- A Better Place
I've tried and I have failed, Lord
I've won and I have lost
I've lived and I have loved, Lord
Some times, at such a cost
[Chorus:]
One thing I know
The world's been good to me
- About The Ocean
It's goin' t' take me such a long time to write this
Like you said, it's so hard
To write about the ocean
Well, this is about the ocean
About you.
There are so many words you never heard me say
So many songs you never heard me sing
- Adoration
Ad-or-a-tion, Ad-or-a-tion
Baby when will you-ou ge-et your-our-our-our fill
Ad-you-la-tion, Ad-you-la-tion
You know baby I don't thi-ink you-ou-ou ever will
You're always talkin' about just livin' for the mo-oment 'n
Bein' a romantic in you, you talk about freedom
But you don't know what freedom i-is
No you don't know where freedom li-i-i-ives
- Amazing Grace
Amazi-ing Grace, how-ow sweet the-e sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
I-I was blind, but now, I see
T'was Grace that taught my-why heart to fear
And Grace, my fears re-e-elieved
How precious did tha-at Grace appear
- And I Love You So
And I love you so, the people ask me how
How I've lived till now, I tell them I don't know
I guess, they understand, how lonely life it's been
But life began again the day you took my hand
And yes, I've known, how lonely life can be
The shadows follow me and the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evenin' get me down
- As Far As I'm Concerned
(Dale Parker)
As far as I'm concerned I don't believe the words
They say about you as far as I'm concerned
I think it's time they learn that nothing I have heard
Could make me doubt you as far as I'm concerned.
As far as I'm concerned I'd rather be unhappy dear with you
- Both Sides Now
Bows and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air
Feathered canyons everywhere, I've looked at clouds that way
Now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone
So many things I could have done, but clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now from up and down and still somehow
It's cloud's illusion I recall, I really don't know clouds at all
- Burning Bridges
Found some letters
You wrote me this morning
They told of a love we once knew
Now they're gone
I burnt them to ashes
Don't want nothin' to remind me o-of you
Burning bridges behind me
- Dream Sweet Dreams About Me
Baby won't you dream sweet dreams about me
Let me share your love even if it's only in your mind
Baby won't you dream sweet dreams about me
Dreams of happiness and secret pleasures we have yet to find
And though we're far apart won't you treat me in your heart
Till I'm back in your arms where I belong
And dream sweet dreams about me till I'm home
- Early Morning Song
There's a woman and she thinks I can do no wrong
She's been waiting for me, all night long
Still she forgives me, when I drag it home
And tells me I belong
For her this early morning song
It's for Harry-why and the times that have go-one before
We're still laughin' but I, I ain't that much fun no more
- Faith
You must have faith in everything you do
Faith will help you find the way faith will see you through
Faith can move mountains and change the tide of the sea
You can follow the guiding light wherever you may be
Like the darkness come at the end of each day there must be an end to the night
And from the depths of your darkest moments faith will show you the lights
You must have faced yes in everything you do
Faith will help you find the way faith will see you through
- Fate Of Man
Pity a man for he don't know
The trouble he'll pass goin' down life's road
When a man is one and twenty he thinks he knows it all
He can't see down the road of life where he'll ever fall
But fall he will as he travels through life
With all its pitfalls troubles and strife
- Folk Singer
As I walk these narrow streets where a million passin' feet are before me
With my guitar in my hand suddenly I realize nobody knows me
Well yesterday the motor toots screamed and cried my name out for a song
Now the streets are empty and the crowds they go on home
With the rain on my face there's no place where I belong
And my whole life consists of a story of poem at a song
Now the truths I've tried to tell you are as distant as the moon
- Gene Autry, My Hero
The childhood memories I treasure
The most I suppose
Were the Saturday afternoons spent at
The town's picture show
I'd work all day long in the fields
But at night I would dream
That I'd see Gene Autry go
Riding across the big screen
- God Only Knows
I may not always love you
But 'long as there's stars above you
You'll never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it
God only knows what I'd be
Without you
God only knows how I fee-eel
About you
- Guess I'm Dumb
The way I act don't seem like me
I'm not on top like I used to be
I'll give in when I know I should be strong
I still give in even though I know it's wrong, know it's wrong
I guess I'm dumb but I don't care
And breaking off wasn't hard to do
But I couldn't stay away from you
- Here We Go Again
Here we go again she's back in town again
I'll take her back again one more time
Here we go again the phone will ring again
I'll be her fool again one more time.
I've been there before and I'll try it again
But any fool knows that there's no way to win
Here we go again she'll break my heart again
- Highwayman
I was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
But I am still alive.
I was a sailor. I was born upon the tide
- Honey Come Back
Well honey I know I've said it many times before
I said I'd never say it again
I guess I shouldn't say anything at all
Since you're supposed to belong to him
But I just can't let you go but I'm tellin' you just how much I love you
So that is why I'm gonna say it one more time
Honey come back I just can't stand each lonely day's a little bit longer
And the last time I held you seems like a hundred years ago
- Hound Dog Man
Hey, hound dog man,
Where you been now,where you been?
I wish that you were back,
It was too good to ever end.
Once in a while someone like you
Will give everything for what you wanted to do.
Hey, hound dog man,
- I love My Truck
Well, it'll just get you down
If you let life get to you
Cause everybody's saying something
None of it's true
Well, I just don't care
When them times get hard
Cause I got everything I need
- I Want To Be With You Always
I lose my blues honey when I'm with you
No one else could ever do you're in my heart to stay
But when I'm gone and I'm all alone
I'll be singing this song I want to be with you always
I'd be happy dear if you could always be here and always be near forever and a day
For my love is true my love is only for you
I'll never be blue if I could be with you always if I could be with you always
- I'll Be Lucky Someday
Feeling low feeling blue
All the troubles come my way
But I just won't worry
I'll be lucky someday.
My money's gone, ain't got no friends
More debts than I can face
But I just won't worry
- If This Is Love
The palpitating beast that beats within my battered breast
Burning and bedeviling, not allowing any rest
The thunder in my mind reflects the storm within my heart
The blasting, blaring sound that tears my soul apart
If this is love
Who nee-eeds it
- If You Go Away
If you go away on this summer day then you might as well take the sun away
All the birds that flew in the summer sky
When our love was new and our hearts were high
When the day was young and the nights were long
And the moon stood still to the night bird's song
If you go away if you go away if you go away
But if you'll stay I'll make you a day like no day has been or will be again
We'll sail the sun we'll glide on the rain we'll talk to the trees and worship the wind
- It's a Sin When You Love Somebody
Now the Lord, he'll forgive you for cheating
And the Lord, he'll forgive you if you lie
Yes, he'll forgive and he'll help you to live
But he sure frowns down soundly on you and I.
It must be a sin when you love somebody
Damned if you don't, twice damned if you do
It must be a sin when you love somebody
- It's Over
If time were not a moving thing
And I could make it stay
This hour of love we share would always be
There'd be no coming day
To shine a morning light
Make us realize our night
Is over
- Just Another Man
I'd like to stay with you for a while but I have promisses to keep
I could be happy here with you but I'm a so wild oat to reap
My strenght tells me my weakness shows you make me think of coats and ties
Of babies home security and jobs that last from nine to five
I could conjure up the constant state of happiness
But I know that I am just another man
And in knowing that I know that I'll get more or less what I can get
So I'll do what I can
- Just This One Time
I gotta try, just one more time
To help you-ou believe me-ee
Won't you look into my eyes
And read my face for lie-hies
Then you might see
That my life's never been
Everythi-ing that I wanted i-it to be-ee-he
- Just To Satisfy You
Someone's gonna get hurt before you're through
Someone's gonna pay for the things you do
How many hearts will break
How many will it take
Just to satisfy you
Just to satisfy-why you
Another love, another fool, to play your game
- Kiss 'N Coo
CHANTICLEER:
Underneath the moon and the stars
I feel like crooning
With you under my wing
I could sing till the dawn
My song is my treasure
That I’m glad to share with you
- MacArthur Park
Spring was never waiting for us girl it ran one step ahead as we followed in the dance
'Tween the parted pages and were pressed
In love's hot fevered iron like a stripped pair of pants
I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave on the ground around your knees
And birds like tender babies in your hands
And the old man playing checkers by the trees
Mac Arturh Park is melting in the dark all the sweet green icing flowing down
- Milk Cow Blues
Yeah
Well I did woke up this mornin'
And I looks out my door-oor
Hey, I could tell my milkcow
I could tell by the way she lows
So if you see... my milk cow
Well drive, drive, help her back ho-ome
Cause I ain't had no milk and butter
- Oh Happy Day
Oh happy day oh happy day
When Jesus washed oh when he washed
When my Jesus washed he washed my sins away
Oh happy day oh happy day oh happy day
When Jesus washed oh when he washed
When my Jesus washed he washed my sins away oh happy day
He taught me how to walk fight and pray fight and pray
And in rejoicing in rejoicing every every every day every day
- Oh What A Woman
Oh what a woman she treats me uncommonly good yeah she does
My my woman she treats me like my woman should yeah she does
Well she's good as a woman can be anything to satisfy me
Yes oh what a woman she treats me uncommonly good
Well she cleans my house she sews my britches scratches my back every time it itches
Cooks my food and has my youngun's makes me proud that she's my woman yeah
- One Last Time
One last time let me love you one last time
All I need is one more chance to say goodbye
One last kiss then I swer I'll let you go baby I need you I've got to see you
One more night stay with me till tomorrow
Just tonight let's pretend that tomorrow will never come (baby I need you)
One last time loving you before the end I can't face never seeing you again
One last look in your eyes to know we're through baby I need you I've got to see you
- One Pair Of Hands
One pair of hands built the mountains one pair of hands formed the sea
And one pair of hands made the sun and the moon every bird every flower every tree
One pair of hands formed the valleys the ocean the rivers and the sand
His hands are so strong so when life goes wrong
Put your faith in the one pair of hands
One pair of hands built the mountains...
- Puff The Magic Dragon
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land called Honah Lee
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
And brought him strings and sealing wax
And other fancy stuff oh,
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
- Rose Garden
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
When you take you got to give so live and let live or let go
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
I could promise you things like big diamond rings
But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover so you better think it over
When it's sweet talking you could make it come true
- Someday Soon
Now there's a young girl that I know and her age is twenty-one
She comes from down in southern Colorado
I just got out of the service and I'm looking for some fun
Someday soon she'll be with me someday soon
Her parents could not like me cause I rides the rodeo
Her father thinks that I will leave her crying
But I know she would follow me right down the roughest road
Someday soon she'll be with me someday soon
- Someone Above
See the birds unfolding on the tress see them blossom into leaves
Wise men know someone above has made it so
See the daffodil and crocus there as they bow their heads in prayer
For they know someone above has made it so
When the raindrops fall the flowers grow and the rivers kiss the sea
But there'd be no rain no river flow if there live the fools like me
Man can build his city plan his yard paint a picture called an art
But I know someone above has made it so
- Southern Nights
Southern Nights Have You Ever Felt A
Southern Night Free As A Breeze
Not To Mention The Trees
Whistling Tunes That You Know And Love So
Southern Nights Just As Good Even When
Closed Your Eyes I Apologize
To Any One Who Can Truly Say
- Sunflower
Sunflower, good morning
You sure do make it like a sunny day
Sunflower, fair warning
I'm gonna love you if you come my way
Now, if there's a chance that romance can find you
It better not find you looking the other way
Now, isn't it time you finally take it
Make it so real it steals your breath away
- The Moon's A Harsh Mistress
See her how she flies
Golden sails across the sky
Close enough to touch
But careful if you try
Though she looks as warm as gold
The moon's a harsh mistress
The moon can be so cold
- The Straight Life
Sometimes I imagine myself as a drifter
A seeker of fortune, connoisseur of great wines
Dashin' through meadows of yellow and green
Tryin' to catch the impossible dream
A-leavin' the straight life behind
Sometimes my thoughts found me way down in Mexico
A-drinkin' tequila goin' out of my mind
- Tomorrow Never Comes
Oh you tell me that you love me
Yes you tell me that you care
That tomorrow we'll be married
But tomorrow's never there
Many weeks have I waited
Many many long nights have I cried
Just to see that happy morning happy morning
When I'd have you right by my side
- Too Late To Worry - Too Blue To Cry
Arkansas, land of opportunity
Arkansas, oh, what you do to me
Prettiest place I ever saw
Was back home in Arkansas
All those boyhood memories
Lakes and rivers and Backwood trees
Gentle mountains, it reached to the sky
- True Grit
One day, little girl, the sadness will leave your face
As soon as you've won the fight to get justice done
Someday little girl you'll wonder what life's about
But other's have known few battles are won alone
So, you'll look around to find
Someone who's kind, someone who is fearless like you
The pain of it will ease a bit
When you find a man with true grit
- Try A Little Kindness
If you see your brother standing by the road
With a heavy load from the seeds he's sowed
And if you see your sister falling by the way
Just stop and stay you're going the wrong way
You got to try a little kindness
Yes show a little kindness
Just shine your light for everyone to see
- Walking The Floor Over You
Now darling you know I love you so well yes I love you more than words could ever tell
I thought that you wanted me and always would be mine
But now you've gone and left me with trouble on my mind
Now someday you may be lonesome too walking the floor is good for you
Just keep right on walking it won't hurt you to cry
Just remember that I love you and I will the day I die
I'm walking the floor over you I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying too as my heart breaks right in two
- Wichita Lineman
“Wichita Lineman”
Glen Campbell
Intro: Am7 – Gm7 (x2)
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I am a lineman for the county, and I drive the main road,
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- Wishing Now
Just another day
And I think I'll die before it ends
It's just another day
And I sure like to go see my baby again
Time was when I did not know
What they meant when they said a man was blue
But now I know because of you
- Yesterday When I Was Young
Yesterday, when I was young
The taste of life was sweet
Like rain upon my tongue
I teased at life as if
It were a foolish game
The way an evening breeze
May tease a candle flame
The thousand dreams I dreamed
- You'll Never Walk Alone
When you walk through a storm hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm there's a golden sky and the sweet silver song of a lark
Walk on through the wind walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on walk on with hope in your heart and you'll never walk alone