Tom: Em
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"Roving Gambler"
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Intro:
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I am a roving gambler I gambled all around
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
B F#
I lay my money down
B
Lay my money down, lay my money down
F#
I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three
I met up with a pretty little girl
B F#
She fell in love with me
B
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me
F#
She took me in her parlour, she cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her mother's ear
B F#
I love that gambling man
B
Love that gambling man, love that gambling man
F#
Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so?
Leave your dear old mother
B F#
And with a gambler go
B
With a gambler go, with a gambler go
F#
My mother oh dear mother you can not understand
If you ever see me a coming back
B F#
I'll be with a gambling man
B
With a gambling man, with a gambling man
F#
I left her here in El Paso and I wound up in Maine
I met up with a gambling man
B F#
Got in a poker game
B
Got in a poker game, got in a poker game
F#
We put our money in the pot and dealt the cards around
I saw him deal from the bottom of the deck
B F#
And I shot that gambler down
B
Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down
F#
Well, now I'm in the jailhouse got a number for my name
The Warden said as he locked the door
B F#
You've gambled your last game
B
Gambled your last game, gambled your last game
F#
I am a roving gambler I gambled all around
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
B F#
I lay my money down
B
Lay my money down, lay my money down
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"Long Time Gone"
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Intro: E
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You cheated me
And made me lonely
I tried to be
B
Your very own
A
There'll be a day
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You'll want me only
B
But when I leave
E
I'll be a long time gone
A
Be a long time gone
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Be a long time gone
B
Yes, when I leave
E
I'll be a long time gone
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You're gonna be sad
You're gonna be weepin'
You're gonna be blue
B
And all alone
A
You'll regret the day
E
You seen me leavin'
B
'Cause when I leave
E
I'll be a long time gone
A
Be a long time gone
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Be a long time gone
B
Yes, when I leave
E
I'll be a long time gone
E
You'll see my face
Through tears and sorrow
You'll miss the love
B
You called your own
A
Baby, there'll be
E
No tomorrow
B
'Cause when I leave
E
I'll be a long time gone
A
Be a long time gone
E
Be a long time gone
B
Yes, when I leave
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I'll be a long time gone
A
Be a long time gone
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Be a long time gone
B
Yes, when I leave
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I'll be a long time gone
B
Yes, when I leave
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I'll be a long time gone
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"Lightning Express"
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Intro: C G A D7 G D7
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The lightning express from the depot so grand
C G
Had started out on its way
All of the passengers that were on board
A D7
Seemed to be happy and gay
G
But one little boy who sat by himself
C G
Was reading a letter he had
C G
You could plainly tell by the look on his face
A D7 G
That the contents of it made him sad
G
The stern old conductor then started his round
C G
Taking tickets from everyone there
And finally reaching the side of the boy
A D7
He gruffly demanded his fare
G
"I have no ticket" the boy then replied
C G
"But I'll pay you back someday"
C G
"Then I'll put you off at the next stop we make"
A D7 G
But he stopped when he heard the boy say
G
"Please Mr. Conductor
C G
Don't put me off of this train
The best friend I have in this world sir
A D7
Is waiting for me in pain
G
Expecting to die any moment sir
C G
And may not live through the day
C G
I wanna reach home and kiss mother goodbye
A D7 G
Before God takes her away."
C G A D7 G D7
G
A girl sitting near was heard to exclaim
C G
"If you put him off, it's a shame."
Taking his hand, a collection she made
A D7
The boy's way was paid on the train
G
"I'm obliged to you miss for your kindness to me."
C G
"You're welcome," she said, "never fear."
C G
Each time the conductor would pass through the car
A D7 G
The boy's words would ring in his ear
G
"Please Mr. Conductor
C G
Don't put me off of this train
The best friend I have in this world sir
A D7
Is waiting for me in pain
G
Expecting to die any moment sir
C G
And may not live through the day
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I wanna reach home and kiss mother goodbye
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Before God takes her away."
Outro:
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"I wanna reach home and kiss mother goodbye
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Before God takes her away."
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"Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine"
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Intro: F#
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In a vine covered shack in the mountains
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Bravely fighting the battle of time
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There's a dear one who's weathered my sorrows
F# C# F#
This is that silver haired daddy of mine
F#
If I could recall all the heartaches
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Dear old daddy, I've caused you to bear
C# F#
If I could erase those lines from your face
G# C#
And bring back the gold to your hair
F#
If God would but grant me the power
C#
Just to turn back the pages of time
F# B
I'd give all I own if I could but atone
F# C# F#
To that silver haired daddy of mine
F# C# F# B F# C# F#
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I know it's too late, dear old Daddy
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To repay for the sorrows and cares
F# B
Though dear Mother is waiting in Heaven
F# C# F#
Just to comfort and solace you there
F#
If I could recall all the heartaches
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Dear old daddy, I've caused you to bear
C# F#
If I could erase those lines from your face
G# C#
And bring back the gold to your hair
F#
If God would but grant me the power
C#
Just to turn back the pages of time
F# B
I'd give all I own if I could but atone
F# C# F#
To that silver haired daddy of mine
F# B
I'd give all I own if I could but atone
F# C# F#
To that silver haired daddy of mine
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"Down In The Willow Garden"
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Intro:
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Down in the willow garden
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Where me and my love did meet
A F#m
As we sat a-courtin'
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My love fell off to sleep
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I had a bottle of Burgundy wine
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My love she did not know
A F#m
So I poisoned that dear little girl
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On the banks below
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I drew a sabre through her
A F#m
It was a bloody knife
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I threw her in the river
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Which was a dreadful sign
F#m A F#m
My father often told me
A F#m
That money would set me free
A F#m
If I would murder that dear little girl
A E A
Whose name was Rose Connelly
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My father sits at his cabin door
A F#m
Wiping his tear-dimmed eyes
A F#m
For his only son soon shall walk
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To yonder scaffold high
F#m A F#m
My race is run, beneath the sun
A F#m
The scaffold waits for me
A F#m
For I did murder that dear little girl
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Whose name was Rose Connelly
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"Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?"
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Intro: D A D
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Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
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Who's gonna glove your little hands
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Who's gonna kiss your ruby red lips
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Who-oo-oo-oo
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Papa's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
A
Mama's gonna glove your little hands
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And I'm gonna kiss your ruby red lips
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Who-oo-oo-oo
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Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
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Who's gonna glove your little hands
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Who's gonna kiss your ruby red lips
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Who-oo-oo-oo
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Papa's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
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Mama's gonna glove your little hands
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And I'm gonna kiss your ruby red lips
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Who-oo-oo-oo
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"Oh So Many Years"
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F#
All these many years I've loved you
B
No one has ever known
F# C#
No one has ever known but you alone
F#
I've kept it locked inside my heart
B
And smiled through all my tears
F# C# F#
My darling, I have loved you oh so many years
F#
Each night within my lonely room
B
I cry dear, over you
F# C#
And pray to God that things will turn out right
F#
But when the dawn of day appears
B
I brush away my tears
F# C# F#
My darling, I have loved you oh so many years
F# B F# C#
F# B F# C# F#
F# B
I'll go on pretending that my life is oh so gay
F# C#
And happy dear without you by my side
F# B
When all the time my heart is longing just to have you near
F# C# F#
My darling I have loved you oh so many years
F# B
Maybe fate will lead us down a path where we will meet again
F# C#
And then we both be free to love anew
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Then one sweet kiss from your dear lips
B
Will banish all my fears
F# C# F#
My darling I have loved you oh so many years
F# C# F#
My darling I have loved you oh so many years
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"Barbara Allen"
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Intro: Bb F C F
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T'was in the merry month of May
Bb F
When flowers were a-bloomin'
Bb F
Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay
C F
For the love of Barbara Allen
F
He sent his servant to the town
Bb F
The town where she did dwell in
Bb F
Saying "Master dear has sent me here
C F
If your name is Barbara Allen"
F
Then slowly, slowly she got up
Bb F
And slowly she went to him
Bb F
And all she said when she got there
C F
"Young man, I think you're dying"
F
"Oh don't you remember the other day
Bb F
When we were in the tavern?
Bb F
You drank your health to the ladies there
C F
And you slighted Barbara Allen"
Bb F C F
F
He turned his face unto the wall
Bb F
He turned his back upon her
Bb F
"So long farewell to all my friends
C F
Be kind to Barbara Allen"
F
She looked to the east, she looked to the west
Bb F
She saw his corpse a-comin'
Bb F
"Oh sit him down for me" she cried
C F
"That I may gaze upon him"
F
The more she looked the more she grieved
Bb F
She bursted out to cryin'
Bb F
Sayin' "Pick me up and carry me home
C F
For I feel like I am dyin'"
Bb F C F
F
They buried Willie in the old churchyard
Bb F
And Barbara in the new one
Bb F
From Willie's grave there grew a rose
C F
From Barbara's a green briar
F
They grew and grew to the old church wall
Bb F
And could not grow no higher
Bb F
And there they died in a true love-knot
C F
The rosebush and the briar
Bb F C F
End
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"Rockin' Alone (In an Old Rockin' Chair)"
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Sitting alone in an old rocking chair
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I saw an old mother with silvery hair
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She seemed so neglected by those who should care
B E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
E B
Her hands were all callused and wrinkled and old
B7 E
A life of hard work was the story they told
A
And I thought of angels as I saw her there
B E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
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Bless her old heart, do you think she'd complain
B7 E
Though life has been bitter she'd live it again
A
And carry that cross that is more than her share
B E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
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It wouldn't take much just to gladden her heart
B7 E
Just some small remembrance on somebody's part
A
A letter would brighten her empty life there
B E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
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I look at her and I think "What a shame"
B7 E
The ones who forgot her she loves just the same
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And I think of angels as I see her there
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Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
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End
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"I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail"
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"I'm not in your town to stay,"
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said a lady old and gray
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to the warden of the penitentiary
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"I'm not in your town to stay
A
And I'll soon be on my way
E A
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
D E A
Oh warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
A
"I tried to raise my baby right
A
I have prayed both day and night
E A
That he wouldn't follow footsteps of his dad
A
I have searched both far and wide
A
And I feared that he had died
E A
But at last I've found my baby here in jail
D E A
Oh warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail"
A
A
"It was just five years today
A
When his daddy passed away
E A
He was found beneath the snow so cold and white
A
T’was then I bowed to take his ring
A
And his gold watch and his chain
E A
Then the county laid his daddy in the grave
D E A
Yes warden, the county laid his daddy in the grave"
A
"I will pawn you his watch
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I will pawn you his chain
E A
I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
A
I will wash all your clothes
A
I will scrub all your floors
E A
If that will get my baby out of jail
D E A
Yes warden, if that will get my baby out of jail"
A
Then I heard the warden say
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to the lady old and gray:
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"I'll go bring your darling baby to your side"
A
Two iron gates swung wide apart
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She held her darling to her heart
E A
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
D E A
But smiling, she kissed her baby boy and then she died
A E A
A E A
D E A
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"I'm not in your town to stay,"
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said a lady old and gray
E A
"I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
D E A
Yes warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
End
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"Kentucky"
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Intro: G
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Kentucky
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You are the dearest land outside of Heaven to me
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Kentucky
G
I miss your laurel and your redbud trees
G
When I die,
D
I want to rest upon a graceful mountain so high
D
For that is
G
Where God will look for me
G
Kentucky
D
I miss the old folks singing in the silvery moonlight
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Kentucky
G
I miss the hound dogs chasin' coons
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I know that
D
My mother, dad and sweetheart are waiting for me
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Kentucky
G
I will be coming soon
G
Kentucky
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"Put My Little Shoes Away"
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Mother dear come bathe my forehead
G# A#
For I'm growing very weak
D# A# D#
Mother let one drop of water
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Fall upon my burning cheek
G# D#
I'm going away to leave you mother darling
G# A#
And remember what I say
D# A# D#
Do this wont you please dear mother
A# D#
Put my little shoes away
A# D#
Santa Claus he brought them to me
G# A#
With a lot of other things
D# A# D#
I believe he brought an Angel
A# D#
With a pair of golden wings
A# D#
Tell my loving little playmates
G# A#
That I never more will play
D# A# D#
Give them all my toys but mother
A# D#
Put my little shoes away
G# D#
I'm going away to leave you mother darling
G# A#
And remember what I say
D# A# D#
Do this wont you please dear mother
A# D#
Put my little shoes away
