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E
(intro)
A
She stands on the banks of the mighty mississippi
E
Alone in the pale moonlight

Waiting for a man, a riverboat gambler
A
Said that he'd return tonight

They used to waltz on the banks of the mighty mississippi
E
Loving the whole night through

'til the riverboat gambler went off to make a killing
A
And bring it on back to you.

D a
Evangeline, evangeline
E a
Curses the soul of the mississippi queen
E a
That pulled her man away.

Bayou sam, from the south lousianne
Had gambling in his veins
Evangeline, from the maritimes(*)
Was slowly going insane.

High on the top of hickory hill
She stands in the lightning and thunder
Down on the river the boat was a-sinking
She watched that queen go under

She broke down, on a highway
Miles from nowhere, it had no number
She was lost, a long way from home
She was fed up with the routine
She got trouble with her man
She blew town with a vengeance
Painted desert, peyote rain
Lord, don't let me go insane

Skinwalker, skinwalker
Who am i, who are you
I was only passing through
Skinwalker, skinwalker

A strange encounter to be sure
He was wicked he was pure
Hear him calling, he's calling for you
Come with me into the mystic
Come with me into the night
We can live, live forever
Painted desert, peyote rain
Lord, don't let me go insane

Skinwalker, skinwalker
Through your eyes i can see
You have left your mark on me
Skinwalker, skinwalker

Painted desert, peyote rain
Lord, don't let me go insane

Skinwalker, skinwalker
He takes you to a sacred place
And drinks a tear off your face

Skinwalker, skinwalker
Talk to the spirits
Talk to the wind
Skinwalker, skinwalker
Ceremony of the cloud people

It

Capo 4th fret (sounding key e major)

C

C
After a while we took in the clothes,

Nobody said very much.

Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants

Which nobody really wanted to touch.
F
Mama come in and picked up a book

An' papa asked her what it was.
C
Someone else asked, "what do you care?"

Papa said, "well, just because."
G7
Then they started to take back their clothes,

Hang 'em on the line.
C
It was january the thirtieth

And everybody was feelin' fine.


The very next day everybody got up
Seein' if the clothes were dry.
The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed,
Mama, of course, she said, "hi!"
"have you heard the news?" he said, with a grin,
"the vice-president's gone mad!"
"where?" "downtown." "when?" "last night."
"hmm, say, that's too bad!"
"well, there's nothin' we can do about it," said the neighbor,
"it's just somethin' we're gonna have to forget."
"yes, i guess so," said ma,
Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet.

I reached up, touched my shirt,
And the neighbor said, "are those clothes yours?"
I said, "some of 'em, not all of 'em."
He said, "ya always help out around here with the chores?"
I said, "sometime, not all the time."
Then my neighbor, he blew his nose
Just as papa yelled outside,
"mama wants you t' come back in the house and bring them clothes."
Well, i just do what i'm told,
So, i did it, of course.
I went back in the house and mama met me
And then i shut all the doors.

Chorus:
N.c. g
Let's go out (let's go out)
C
In a blaze of glory
G d
All good things must end
G c
Like three heros in a story
G d
Lets go out like we came in
G
In a blaze of glory

G c
Here we are, and we're broken-hearted
G d
Thought this love could never end
G c
Now we fell hard once we got started
G d g
Fallin' out like we fell in

(chorus)

G c
Let's not try to hurt each other
G d
That could be a big mistake
G c
Let's just try to act like brothers
G d g
One more time for old-time's sake

(chorus 4 times)

I know i want you, i'm tired of cryin
I can't help the way you feel
No time like the present, let's not waste a minute
I can give it, and i can take it..how bout you?
I just wanna make it up ... don't wanna fake it
I just wanna shake it up ... shake it shake it shake it

Now the bottles empty, storms passin over
I've been alone here too long in my room
There's no fields of clover
No white clouds driftin over
I wanna be where the sun shines on you
I just wanna make it up, don't wanna fake it
I just wanna shake it up ... shake it shake it shake it

If you think i'm crazy, or just a bit too lazy
Well that ain't been my main excuse
I don't wanna hide, these feelings inside me
I just wanna share them all with you
I just wanna make it up, don't wanna fake it
I just wanna shake it up ... shake it shake it shake it

Am
Didn't we break the silence
Am7
Didn't we fear the storm
Am7
Didn't we move the earth
Am7
Didn't we shoot for the sky
Am7
And didn't we catch the fire
Am
And didn't we call upon the spirits
Am
And didn't we fall together
Am
And didn't we die for love

D
Days on the run, nights in hiding
D
Hoping that you were, the healing inside me

C
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not afraid anymore
G5
Sweet, sweet fire
I'm not alone
C5
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not the same anymore
G5
The sweet fire of love

D c a
D c am
Didn't we cross new waters
Am
Didn't we mix new blood
Am
Didn't we build brand new bridges
Am
Didn't we hold back the flood

D7
Broken idols by the side of the road
D7
They didn't fall on the side of the law
Am d
Here she comes a-shining like a light
Am d
Here she comes salvation in the night

Days on the run
Nights in hiding
Hoping that you were
The healing inside me

Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not afraid anymore
Sweet, sweet fire
I'm not alone
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not the same anymore
The sweet fire of love

Didn't we shine like silver
Didn't we bear the cross
Didn't we bring down the hammer
Didn't we beat on the drum

Here she comes a-shining like a light
(days on the run)
Here she comes salvation in the night
(nights in hiding)
I'm giving up the ghost
(hoping that you were)
I'm giving up the ghost
(the healing inside me)

Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not afraid anymore
Sweet, sweet fire
I'm not alone
Breathe in the sweet fire of love
I'm not the same anymore
The sweet fire of love

Old man go to the river
To drop his bale of woes
He could go if he wanted to
It's just a boat to row you know, whoa
Listen to me now...

Chorus:
Blue river keep right on rollin'
All along the shoreline
Keep us safe from the deep
And the dark
We don't want to stray too far

I spent the day with my old dog mo
Walkin' down an old dirt road
What he's thinkin' about
I don't know
But for him i bet the time
Just goes so slow
He's just a dog you know
Listen to me now...

Chorus:
Blue river keep right on rollin'
All along the shoreline
Keep us safe from the deep
And the dark
Don't want to stray too far

Young man stands with his ax in his hand
Believin' that the crops are all in
Firewood stacked ten by ten
For the wife, the folks, the kids
And all of the kin
And a friend...

Chorus:
Blue river keep right on rollin'
All along the shoreline
Keep us safe from the deep
And the dark
We don't want to stray too far
We don't want to stray too far
Don't want to stray too far

May god bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

Brainwash..what a price to pay
Brainwash..when there ain't no other way

Crossed ideas and twisted fear
Chosen channels of a million tears
Strains the mind, night after night
And the price ain't really right

Brainwash..on the road to a cosmic spark
Rub ya and scrub ya until you're raw
Snake oils on the boil
And the master pitch is in a coil

Give it up with your hands in the air
No way you're ever goin nowhere
Brainwash..pick yourself up off the ground
Brainwash..saddle up on the merry-go-round

There once was a colt and they called it morris
And it could not stop the flying horse
Thoroughbred on the wings of reason
Past the sky..the masterpiece of freedom
Brainwash ...

Sometimes life can hit so hard
It can knock you off your feet
Leave you stranded by the side of the road
Livin' on the street

I've been down that path before
From the bottom to the top
I kept pushin' for something more
And i didn't know how to stop

Save me from the madness
Save me from myself
Save me from the sadness
Of losing someone else

Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Carry me home

When i'm down
You lift me up
When i'm out you reel me in
You have come to change my blood
Forgive me for my sins

Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Carry me home

Save me from the darkness
Save me from the hardness
Carry me carry me
Carry me home

Just the other night
I saw a haunted man
He had a beautiful raincoat
I felt a pain of terrific sadness for him
Then i realized i was watching myself
Six months down the road

You know god
Only gives you
The things you sort out
Never the big stuff
That way he can make sure
That you stick around until
The end of the party

Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Carry me home

Save me from the darkness
Save me from the hardness

Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home

There's gonna be a change of season
Indian summer look around and it's gone
Why you wanna save the best for last
We grow up so slowly and grow old so fast

We don't talk about forever
We just catch it while we can
And if i grab on to the moment
Don't let it slip away out of my hand

Chorus:
What about now
Forget about tomorrow
It's too far away
What about now
Close your eyes
Don't talk of yesterday
It's too far away, too far away
What about now

I'm coming out of the shadows
I'm getting of of this one way street
Blue memories they just gather dust
Leave them in the rain they turn into rust

Did you see the march to freedom
Did you ever see savannah moon
All the people walking in a line
Said to the man, is it my time?

Chorus

In the walk of a lifetime
When you know it's the right time
I can't wait until the ship comes in
I can't wait starting all over again
The errors of a wise man
Make the rules for a fool

I've told you once, now you should know
The reason that i'm coming down.
There ain't no time to repeat again;
Just need to bring it around.

We had a beautiful thing going,
You couldn't see things my way.
We had a beautiful thing going,
Something just got in our way.

And i told you once that it was rough.
I looked on you as my friend,
Because that did not seem to be good enough,
And now it's time to begin.

We've got a beautiful thing going,
I hope that's the way it will stay.
We've got a beautiful thing going,
Nothing can stand in our way.

When i got back to my hometown
I saw the ghosts of yesterday
And my godmother bless her soul
She still lives down this way
Remember when i was just a kid
And she would tell a story

Of the rainbow
Rainbow

I come to you with an empty heart
It's locked and i've lost the key
Now she was old and almost blind
But she sees more than you or me
With her cane pointed towards the sky
She said i'll know if you've heard
The silence between the words

Of the rainbow
Rainbow
No one knows
Where the rainbow goes

Walk down the long road
Your back against the wind
Where you can lose yourself again
I've been down the old road
But that was long ago
I want you to walk with me
When the rains come again
And shine this light over you

Rainbow
That's the sign of the rainbow

Walk on down the hard road
That's buried in your soul
And you can feel the light within
Go upon the mountain
That's painted in the sky
I want you to ride with me
When the rains come again
And i will carry you home

Walkin to the rainbow
The halo of the sun
And you will dance the song of light
I could see forever
High upon the hill
I want you to walk with me
When the rains come again
And shine this light over you
Rainbow
Rainbow

Look over yonder, apollo at a distance
You can hear his music if you listen to the wind (blow)
I want to be there - i want to be right there

Bear witness, i'm wailing like the wind
Come bear witness, the half-breed rides again
In these hands, i've held the broken dream
In my soul, i'm howling at the moon

Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself - i will testify
Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, i will testify

I had a revelation like runaway horses
Took to the road with a carnival show (roll on)
Those golden days on smokey mountain
Playing guitar in a one man band

Bear witness, i'm howling at the moon
Come bear witness, i've danced among the ruins
In these shoes, i've walked a crooked mile
All my life i been searching for the nightbird

Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself - i will testify
Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, i will testify

Are you ready to take the heat
Are you ready to blow the steam
Are you ready to bag the street
You got nothing to lose - but your chains

For forty days and forty nights
I come across the desert
Apollo right by mide side (rave on)

Bear witness, i'm wailing like the wind
Come bear witness, the half-breed rides again
In these hands, i've held the broken dream
In my soul, i'm howling at the moon

Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself - i will testify
Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, i will testify

Sonny got caught in the moonlight
A wanted man with a haunted heart
Sonny found out the hard way

Playing for keeps, loser weeps
He said he'd come back when the lion sleeps

Struck by lightning, the fire is dying
And she called out your name
Sudden thunder, the sky is crying
Can't tell the tears from the rain

Sonny got caught in the moonlight
Paint graffiti on the subway wall
Sonny got lost in the blue night
They stood like statues, legs spread wide
Catch him in the crossfire and take him by surprise

Struck by lightning, the fire is dying
And she called out your name
Sudden thunder, the sky is crying
Can't tell the tears from the rain
Can't tell the tears from the rain

Most my life i've been running
Paint a portrait of a fool
With my heart in my hands
They've come to take me down

Sonny got caught in the moonlight
By the power that can turn the tide
I heard three shots around midnight

Driven by the passion, running from the heat
No questions asked ... he's just a kid from the street

Struck by lightning, the fire is dying
And she called out your name
Sudden thunder, the sky is crying
Can't tell the tears from the rain
Can't tell the tears from the rain

(there's a little riff at the begining and that goes in between the the g chord during the first part of the verse. it's all on the low e string - e -0-1-2h3. listen to the record to get the tim
Ight. h=hammer-on.)

{g} wrote a letter this mornin',
Put it in your hat,
'cause no one to read it
And i know you knew that.
{f} i bought a joke, {g} a trick or two,
{c}just to {c/b} bring and {am}show {am/g}you,
{f} caught ya with the {g} trickster too.
{c} sometimes i {c/b} wonder {am} how ya {am/g} knew
{am} a hypnotist, fancytalker,
Ruben remus ain't no doctor {c bb f c}

I knew the man and tried to remember
Just where it was that i'd seen his face.
Long ago, in a movie show,
He was like that man singin' bass.
Knew him by his nurs'ry rhyme:
The story of the rabbit man.
Fell right in and said to him:
"i'd like to help you if i can."
I know the film would only shock ya,
Ruben remus ain't no doctor!

He only needed what you had,
Asked for nothing more,
Said he'd like to take you on,
But it's been done before.
You couldn't see he's a travelin' man
And he cannot take your hand.
It's very hard to understand
Why his songs were never banned.
Guess the man would never knock ya,
Ruben remus ain't no doctor!

No one seen ya since he's been gone,
It's been a day, maybe more.
I took a walk in your yard
And knocked on your back door.
Why don't you let me in?
I'm not the man who did ya in.
Is mr. remus still your friend?
You say you don't remember him.
Turn me down, would ya?
Well, i've got news for you.
Turn me down would ya,
Can't ya tell
I'm gonna change your mind before i'm... trough...

Den mannen kom fra en helt annet tid
Som et gjenskinn fra en ild som brant en gang
Den mannen ble en venn av mitt liv
Så blei han stille og så blei han en sang
Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
Og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt

Den dagen var som en helt vanlig dag
Du veit; en sånn dag da ikke noe skjer
Så ringer noen et sted langt borte fra
Og sier at han som var her, han er ikke mer

Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
Og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt

Den mannen var fra en helt annet tid
Den tida som alle mine sanger kommer fra
Det skreik en fugl, noen skyer drev forbi
Men ellers var det en helt vanlig dag

Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
Og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt

Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt

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That man came from a whole other time
Like reflections of a fire that burned long ago
That man became my friend for life
Then he was silenced, and so became a song
And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
And the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
Then the dawn comes
And our dreams are dreamt

That day was just like any other day
You know, a day when nothing much happens
Then someone calls from a place far away
And says that he who was here, he isn't anymore

And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
And the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
Then the dawn comes
And our dreams are dreamt

The man was from a whole other time
The time where all my songs come from
A bird cried, some clouds drifted by
But otherwise, it was a completely ordinary day

And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
And the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
Then the dawn comes
And our dreams are dreamt

Then the dawn comes
And our dreams are dreamt

You know we have a million stories to tell
I'm just one of a million or more stories that could be told

Chorus:
Sacrifice your freedom
Sacrifice your prayer
Take away your language
Cut off all your hair
Sacrifice the loved ones
Who always stood by me
Stranded in the wasteland
Set my spirit free

My name is leonard peltier
I am a lakota and anishnabe
And i am living in the united states penitentiary
Which is the swiftest growing
Indian reservations in the country

I have been in prison since 1976
For an incident that took place on the oglala-lakota nation
There was a shoot-out between members of the american indian movement
And the fbi and the local sheriffs state troopers
Two agents were killed and one indian was murdered

Three of us were charged with the deaths of the fbi agents
My co-defendants were found not-guilty by reasons of self-defense
My case was separated and i was found guilty before a jury of non-indian
People
The prosecutor stated that they did not know who killed their agents
Nor did he know what participation leonard peltier may have played in it
But someone has to pay for the crime

There's a lot of nights that i lay in my cell
And i can't understand why this hell this hell and this terror
That i have been going through for twenty-one years hasn't ended

Chorus

But yet i know in my heart that someone has to pay sacrifice
To make things better for our people
The sacrifice i have made when i really sit down to think about it
Is nothing compared to what our people a couple hundred years ago
Or fifty years ago or twenty-five years ago have made
Some gave their lives
Some had to stand there and watch their children die in their arms
So the sacrifice i have made is nothing compared to those

I've gone too far now to start backing down
I don't give up
Not 'til my people are free will i give up
And if i have to sacrifice some more
Then i sacrifice some more

You got me spinning
You got me spinning like a spinning top
You got me hoping
Hoping this love will never stop

(refrain)
You gave your love to me, and all my dreams
Your love is making me believe in me

You got me burning
You got me burning like a pile of steam
You got me ruuning
Got me running like a pile of steam

(refrain)

You got me knowing
Knowing that you in my life i'd spend
You got me rolling
Rolling like a river around the bend
You got me turning
Turning around like a spinning top
You know you got me knowing
Knowing our love would never stop

When you grow up on blue highways
And that's what you call home
All the people would stop and stare
At this old orphan of the road

In the beginning they did not believe me
But they believe me now
Tell my mama and tell my papa
I wish they could see me now

Chorus:
I'm coming back
For the resurrection
For the resurrection
I'm coming back
For the resurrection
For the resurrection

You're an outcast in a land of strangers
And that'a a cardinal sin
Make a break for the outside world
And they won't let you in

If you get lost out on coney island
Tell all my friends hello
That's where i learned the rules of the game
They taught me all i know

Chorus

You were drowning in a sea of laughter
Tears were in your eyes
When you found out what you were after
I could see your spirit rise

Chorus

I ain't no cowboy
I just look like one
And i ain't no prisoner
But i'm on the run from these chains
And i'm just between trains

I ain't no loner
I just work alone
There ain't no place
Where there's a home i could claim
And i'm still between trains
Still between trains

Chorus
I've got to let it roll
I've got to let it ride
I can never show
What's really going on inside
If i'm too young to learn
Or too old to change
I guess i'll always be
Between trains

I ain't no soldier
But i've been to war
I done some killin'
All i kill anymore are these pains
And i'm just between trains

Just passin' through
Never stayed this long in one place
So when i'm gone just lay my remains
Somewhere between trains
Somewhere between trains

Chorus

Capo 4th fret (sounding key e major)
G6 (320000) is a suggestion for the last g in the chorus. it could be that he's playing 320010, i.e. a mix between g and c. some of the f's seem to be played fmaj7 (x33210)
C
C
Well, that big dumb blonde
F
With her wheel of gorge
C
And turtle, that friend of theirs
G
With his checks all forged
C
And his cheeks in a chunk
F
With his cheese in the cash
C
They're all gonna be there
G c
At that million dollar bash
Am f c
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
Am f c
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
G6 c
It's that million dollar bash

Ev'rybody from right now
To over there and back
The louder they come
The bigger they crack
Come now, sweet cream
Don't forget to flash
We're all gonna meet
At that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
It's that million dollar bash

Well, i took my counselor
Out to the barn
Silly nelly was there
She told him to yarn
Along came jones
Emptied the trash
Ev'rybody went down
To that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
It's that million dollar bash

Well, i'm hittin' it too hard
My stones won't take
I get up in the mornin'
But it's too early to wake
First it's hello, goodbye
Then push and then crash
But we're all gonna make it
At that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
It's that million dollar bash

Well, i looked at my watch
I looked at my wrist
I punched myself in the face
With my fist
I took my potatoes
Down to be mashed
Then i made it on over
To that million dollar bash
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee
It's that million dollar bash

If i never saw you
You'd still live in my dreams
Calling out from stages
And music magazines
?if i were a painter
You'd be green and gold
Carved out of matches
But broken out of stone
?taken from the fire of your fiddle
Words of unspoken, blinding truth
If i couldn't see it, i was lost in my youth
But i'm going back to memphis - after you.
?if i could have seen you
With blood on your bones
Poison in your fingers
But music in your soul
?you could have been my lover
Taught me everything i know
But now we are your children
Your flowers in the snow
?but all you ever wanted was to see the heart of the city, oh
And all you ever got was hand to mouth
So i know you'll be walking for a long, long time
Cause you're going back to memphis - heading south.
?brothers till the night came
And whispered in the pines
Tempting me with secrets
To play a game with time
?now i feel you in the walls
And i know you're in the air
And it's just like i can touch you
You're living everywhere
?but all you ever wanted was to be in the heart of the city, oh
And all you ever got was handed out
So i know we'll be walking for a long, long time
Cause we're going back to memphis - heading south
Going back to memphis - heading south. ?

Pay no mind to his messed up hair
Pay no mind to the clothes he wears
It's just the hours he's been keepin'
Ain't been doing too much sleeping
They dyed his hair and hid his feathers
And told him he was latin
'til he came chanting down the street
Like a cannibal in manhattan

Chorus:
Rattlebone
Rattlebone
Shake it for the war chief
All night long
Rattlebone
Rattlebone
Sweet medicine
To each his own

One sky above
One earth below
One sky above us
One earth below

Chorus

Here's where we go off the map
Out past the power lines
Up that little side road without a sign
Hidden from the mainstream
The keepers of the ancient future
Keepers of the drum
They don't preserve it
They live it

Rattlebone
Rattlebone
Shake it for the war chief
All night long
Rattlebone
Rattlebone
Get down on your knees
And praise the dawn

Chorus

The sun was going down
Over echo park
Wet raven hair
Glowing in the dark
And that's when the fever would rise
And lord what a look in her eyes
From the moment that she blows out the light
We'd be lost in the forever night

Chorus:
Hold back the dawn
Hold back the dawn
Won't you raise up your hand
And hold back the dawn

I dreamt if i could lay you upon this
Bed of straw
We may break the rules but we don't
Break the law
Come across but the river's too wide
Come across but the river's too high
Over by the fountain where we meet
I will lay silver roses at your feet

Chorus

Now i have seen a painting
Old and hanging in a frame
And that painting was of you
Now how can you explain
From another place in time
Done many years ago
Why i'm haunted by this vision
Guess we'll never know
Then she turned and whispered in my ear
Can you feel my heart beat

Chorus

Won't you raise
Won't you raise up
Won't you raise up your hand
And hold back the dawn

Chorus

He don't love you and he'll break your heart
Just like you're breaking mine
Then he'll take all of your love
And leave you behind
I know the name of his game
Says sweet words like flowing rain

Do you believe that he loves you?
Do you really think that he loves you?
Girl i just want you to know
He don't love you and he'll break your heart

He got money and a big fine car
He'll buy your heart's desire
But pretty soon he'll put you down
Put your feet flat on the ground
Stick with me, stay with me
We'll have love the way it ought to be

Do you believe that he loves you?
Do you really think that he loves you?
Girl i just want to tell you
He don't love you and he'll break your heart

Make you cry telling lies
I hope you'll realize mmmm...
He don't love you and he'll break your heart

Just like a city dude
Then you'll finally find out
He don't care for you
You didn't know which way to go
But like i told you woman long time ago

Do you believe that he loves you?
Do you really think that he loves you?
Oh you can't believe that he loves you
Oh he'll put you down
Put your flat feet on the ground

Hide in the bayou under the gun
Been to the house of the rising sun
Come down here trying to make a connection
Must have a bad sense of direction

Chorus:
Go back go back to your woods
Go back go back go back to your woods

Carry a torch and an old stiletto
The sound of thunder all over the ghetto
One-eyed jacks and king with the axe
Come from the wrong side of the tracks

Chorus

When the night goes down on storyville
If the women don't get ya, the music will
Catch a thrill

You come down here in a four piece suit
Pork pie hat and the alligator boots
Keep jerking rabbits outta your hat
Now can ya pull a disappearing act

Chorus

When the night goes down on storyville
If the women don't get ya, the music will
Catch a thrill

Go back go back to your woods...

I see the people standing on the shore
I see the big chief standing on the shore
I ask my mama what they're crying for

I saw a black cloud hanging in the sky
I saw a big black cloud hanging in the sky
I ask my papa when will it roll by

Oh we're standing on the edge of the world
Oh we're standing out here
On the edge of the world

Chorus:
Come on brother we gonna shake this town
Come on sister we gonna shake this town
Come on children we gonna shake this town
Down to the ground

Can't draw no water no more
From the drinking well
Can't grow no corn no more out here on my land
We're at the mercy of the government man

Then i followed you followed you we did pray
How can you promise me promise me
Come what may
Where you gonna turn to on a judgement day

Oh we're standing on the edge of the world
Oh we're standing out here
On the edge of the world

Chorus

That's the story

There was something strange
In the sky tonight
I was left standing
With three moons shining

Chorus:
Just on the outskirts of civilization
Just on the outskirts of civilization

Indians have always seen the lights
Since the beginning of time
They drew pictures on the rocks
Of our relatives from the sky

Just on the outskirts of civilization
Catch the light
Just on the outskirts of civilization
Where the sun goes at night

Chorus

I hear no longer
The song of the women
I hear no longer
The cry of the bird
I see no more
The white smoke rising
Only the low hum from the lights is still heard

Chorus (2 times)

You got lost in the crowd
The waves of people in chinatown
Can't get behind this mystery
Do you believe everything you see

Just a shadow in the streetlight
Just a shadow on the wall
A silhouette, face in the darkness
I've been waiting for the call

Chorus:
We'll go marching in the night parade
We'll be marching in the night parade

I combed the streets like cloak and dagger
I put the word out on the waterfront
We were living hard, living fast
Outrunning ghosts from the past

Just a shadow in the moonlight
Just a shadow on the wall
A silhouette, the kiss of death
Did somebody take the fall

Chorus

Mary, mary, mary i'm knocking on your door
Mary, mary sanctuary can't see you no more
From out of the past a stranger came
And carried you away
I stood on the corner, the scene of the crime
And i could here her say

Chorus

We're living in a street opera
Are we just living in a street opera

Chorus

Walking the night beat
The rhythm of the street
Moving to the heartbeat of the city

Chorus

*these are the people of the longhouse
These are the people that you tried to break
These are the people of the pines
Who follow the code of handsome lake

He drank your poison, swallowed your fire
And lay with fever four long years
He received a vision so inspired
Three messengers with painted faces appeared
On the allegheny river at a place called burnt house
The code was shared for the very first time
By a seneca chief, they call handsome lake
With a wounded heart and a sober mind

*repeat

**we are the people of the longhouse
We are the people that you couldn't break
We are the people of the sacred pipe
Who follow the code of handsome lake

When the dark moon had come to live in your soul
Get in touch with your creator, you are not alone
These are the words
That he had spoken two hundred years ago
And today they still ring true
Like they're carved in stone
When native life was hurled into the pit
By way of the canon, rum, and greed
Oh a great fire was burned, to let the smoke rise
And show the six nations the code was still alive

Way down deep in the bush
We oh hi ne oh he oh we oh we we
(section repeats 4 times)

* repeat
**repeat

Capo 2nd fret (sounding key e major)

D
Well you can tell ev'rybody
C
Down in ol' frisco
D c
Tell 'em tiny montgomery says hello

D . . . c . . . d . . . c . . .

D
Now ev'ry boy and girl's
C
Gonna get their bang
D
'cause tiny montgomery's
C
Gonna shake that thing
D
Tell ev'rybody
C
Down in ol' frisco
D
That tiny montgomery's comin'
C
Down to say hello

D . . . c . . . d . . . c . . .


Skinny moo and
T-bone frank
They're all gonna take on down
By the bowning bank
One bird book
And a buzzard and a crow
Tell 'em all
That tiny's gonna say hello

Scratch your dad
Do that bird
Suck that pig
And bring it on home
Pink that dream
And nose that dough
Tell 'em all
That tiny says hello

Now he's king of the drunks
An' he squeezes, too
Watch out, lester
Take it, lou
Join the monks
The c.i.o.
Tell 'em all
That tiny montgomery says hello

Now grease that gig
And play it blank
[tell them to] go on out
And gas that dog
Trick on in
Flower that smoke
Take it on down
Begin to grow
Now, play that low
And pick it up
Take it on in
In a bowled cup
Three-legged man
And a hot-lipped hoe
Tell 'em all
Montgomery says hello

Well you can tell ev'rybody
Down in ol' frisco
Tell 'em all
Montgomery says hello

Yeah, i can see it now
The distant red neon shivered in the heat
I was feeling like a stranger in a strange land
You know where people play games with the night
God, it was too hot to sleep
I followed the sound of a jukebox coming from up the levee
All of a sudden i could hear somebody whistling
Fromright behind me
I turned around and she said
"why do you always end up down at nick's cafe?"
I said "i don't know, the wind just kind of pushed me this way."
She said "hang the rich."

Catch the blue train
To places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Catch the blue train
All the way to kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river

Take a picture of this
The fields are empty, abandoned '59 chevy
Laying in the back seat listening to little willie john
Yea, that's when time stood still
You know, i think i'm gonna go down to madam x
And let her read my mind
She said "that voodoo stuff don't do nothing for me."

I'm a man with a clear destination
I'm a man with a broad imagination
You fog the mind, you stir the soul
I can't find, ... no control

Catch the blue train
To places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Catch the blue train
All the way to kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river

Wait, did you hear that
Oh this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said "there's one thing you've got to learn
Is not to be afraid of it."
I said "no, i like it, i like it, it's good."
She said "you like it now
But you'll learn to love it later."

I been spellbound - falling in trances
I been spellbound - falling in trances
You give me shivers - chills and fever
I been spellbound - somewhere down the crazy river

Capo 4th fret (sounding key b major)

G

D
Too much of nothing
C g
Can make a man ill at ease.
D
One man's temper rises
C g
Where another man's temper might freeze.
D eb
Now it's the day of confessions
E f
And we cannot mock the soul.
F# g
Oh when there's too much of nothing
G# asus4 a
No one has control.

C
Say hello to valery,
G
Say hello to vivian.
C
Give her all my salary
Bb d f c g
On the waters of oblivion.

Well too much of nothing
Can cause a man to weep.
He can walk the streets and like most and boast,
But would he like to keep?
But it's all been done before,
It's all been written in the book.
And when there's too much of nothing
Nobody should look.

Say hello to valery,
Say hello to vivian.
Give her all my salary
On the waters of oblivion.

Now too much of nothing
Can make a man a liar.
It can cause some men to sleep on nails,
It can cause others to eat fire.
Everybody's doing something,
I heard it in a dream.
But when there's too much of nothing
It just makes a fellow mean.

Say hello to valery,
Say hello to vivian.
Give her all my salary
On the waters of oblivion.

Chorus:
I'm driftin' away
Down a long dark highway
I looked back once
I can't look anymore
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more

You touched a dream
You broke a heart
Now wasn't that a shame
Heaven must know
I gave all i could
Can't give you more
Please don't stand outside
Of my door

Chorus:
I'm driftin' away
Down a long dark highway
I looked back once
I can't look anymore
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more

You call on the phone
You say you're alone
What am i supposed
To do about that
Words they can cut
Cut deep like a knife
Right to the core
Please don't stand outside
Of my door

Chorus:
I'm driftin' away
Down a long dark highway
I looked back once
I can't look anymore
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more

Don't write me a letter
I don't want to know
Don't say you've found
Somebody new
If it's somebody else
Don't tell me who, why, or
What for
Please
Don't stand
Outside of my door

Chorus:
I'm driftin' away
Down a long dark highway
I looked back once
I can't look anymore
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more
And if you find me
On some lonesome shore
You wouldn't have
To look for more

Capo 5th fret (sounding key d major)

A

A
I pulled out for san anton',
D
I never felt so good.
A
My woman said she'd meet me there
D
And of course, i knew she would.
A
The coachman, he hit me for my hook
D
And he asked me my name.
A
I give it to him right away,
D
And i hung my head in shame.
A
Lo and behold! lo and behold!
D
Lookin' for my lo and behold,
C g a
Get me outa here, my dear man!

I come into pittsburgh
At six-thirty flat.
I found myself a vacant seat
An' i put down my hat.
"what's the matter, molly, dear,
What's the matter with your mound?"
"what's it to ya, moby dick?
This is chicken town!"
Lo and behold! lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold,
Get me outa here, my dear man!

I bought myself a herd of moose,
One day she could call her own.*)
Well, she came out the very next day
To see where they had flown.
I'm goin' down to tennessee,
Get me a truck 'r somethin'.
Gonna save my money and rip it up!
- - -
Lo and behold! lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold,
Get me outa here, my dear man!

Now, i come in on a ferris wheel
An' boys, i sure was slick.
I come in like a ton of bricks,
Laid a few tricks on 'em.
Goin' back to pittsburgh,
Count up to thirty,
Round that horn and ride that herd,
Gonna thread up!**)
Lo and behold! lo and behold!
Lookin' for my lo and behold,
Get me outa here, my dear man!

Capo 4th fret (sounding key c# major)

A

A
Well, i've already had two beers
D
I'm ready for the broom
A
Please, missus henry, won't you
D
Take me to my room?
A
I'm a good ol' boy
E
But i've been sniffin' too many eggs
D
Talkin' to too many people
A
Drinkin' too many kegs
A
Please, missus henry, missus henry, please!
D
Please, missus henry, missus henry, please!
A
I'm down on my knees

An' i ain't got a dime

Well, i'm groanin' in a hallway
Pretty soon i'll be mad
Please, missus henry, won't you
Take me to your dad?
I can drink like a fish
I can crawl like a snake
I can bite like a turkey
I can slam like a drake
Please, missus henry, missus henry, please!
Please, missus henry, missus henry, please!
I'm down on my knees
An' i ain't got a dime

Now, don't crowd me, lady
Or i'll fill up your shoe
I'm a sweet bourbon daddy
An' tonight i am blue
I'm a thousand years old
And i'm a generous bomb
I'm t-boned and punctured
But i'm known to be calm
Please, missus henry, missus henry, please!
Please, missus henry, missus henry, please!
I'm down on my knees
An' i ain't got a dime

Now, i'm startin' to drain
My stool's gonna squeak
If i walk too much farther
My crane's gonna leak
Look, missus henry
There's only so much i can do
Why don't you look my way
An' pump me a few?
Please, missus henry, missus henry, please!
Please, missus henry, missus henry, please!
I'm down on my knees
An' i ain't got a dime

Don't ya tell henry,
Apple's got your fly.

E
I went down to the river on a saturday morn,

A-lookin' around just to see who's born.

I found a little chicken down on his knees,

I went up and yelled to him,"please, please, please!"

He said, "don't ya tell henry,
A
Don't ya tell henry,
B7
Don't ya tell henry,
(n.c.) e (turnaround)
Apple's got your fly."

E
I went down to the corner at a-half past ten,

I's lookin' around, i wouldn't say when.

I looked down low, i looked above,

And who did i see but the one i love.
A
She said, "don't ya tell henry,
E
Don't ya tell henry,
B
Don't ya tell henry,
A (n.c.) e
Apple's got your fly."

E
Now, i went down to the beanery at half past twelve,

A-lookin' around just to see myself.
A
I spotted a horse and a donkey, too,
E
I looked for a cow and i saw me a few.
A
They said, "don't ya tell henry,
E
Don't ya tell henry,
B
Don't ya tell henry,
A (n.c.) e
Apple's got your fly."

Now, i went down to the pumphouse the other night,
A-lookin' around, it was outa sight.
I looked high and low for that big ol' tree,
I did go upstairs but i didn't see nobody but me.
I said, "don't ya tell henry,
Don't ya tell henry,
Don't ya tell henry,
Apple's got your fly."

(robbie:)
"we

In this dusty little railroad town
Smack in the heart of the bible belt
Where nothing ever changes
While nothing remains the same
When first i saw the raven
Lean against the wind
I said who's the girl
With the tattoo on her skin
I followed her home
She lives down by the water
My friend teddy told me
She's the frenchman's daughter

On this day of reckoning
I'm riding shotgun with you
Tangled twisted strands of love
Hanging from above

Chorus:
I'm burnin for you
Burnin for you
We were first time lovers
In a secret rendezvous
Burnin, burnin
Burnin for you

When i come knocking on her front door
The neighbour said she don't live there no more

Well she moved from the country
Down to the city
Where the scene was dark
And the street was gritty
In the hustle and bustle and all the commotion
She got addicted to the locomotion

On this day of reckoning
By the old wooden bridge
I wait for you
Tangled twisted strands of love
Hanging from above

Chorus

I remember the smell of the burning leaves
And we were making love
She was like a young georgia o'keefe
From another time
In an old abandoned railroad shack
On should never go
Where anything can happen
When the zephyr blows

On this day of reckoning
I'm calling to you
Tangled twisted strands of love
Hanging from above

Chorus

The phone rings she said
I can't tell you where i'm calling from
Cause my papa's on the lam
For something shady that he's done

There hangs a tale of love

For the first time
For the first time

It's all small town talk, you know how people are
They can't stand to see, someone else
Doing what they want to
And it's small town talk, they tell alot of lies
Make some people crazy
Never realize that they're sinkin
We're all the same people, tryin to live together
And we're tryin to make something work
Now who are we to judge one another?
No ... that could cause alot of hurt ...

You can't believe everything you hear
And only half of what you see
And if you're going to believe in anyone
Oh - you gotta believe in me

And it's small town talk, you know how people are
They can't stand to see, someone else
Doing what they want to
And it's small town talk, it's a well known fact
You don't ever know how one might react
To what you're thinkin ...

To our elders who teach us of our creation and our past
So we may preserve mother earth for ancestors yet to come
We are the land

To our brothers and sisters and all living things across mother earth
Her beauty we've destroyed
And denied the honor the creator has given each individual

The truth lies in our hands
All my relations

You how long i've waited
I waited for so long
It needs a place i'm going
That's my home
Princie, how do you do?
They all greeted too
Others have done so too
That's my home

(bridge)

It matters a difference
If it's a one-room set
Any time that i get back
I still like it like that

And we got blues that match the sky
And love hurts like a fly
Until the day i die
That's my home

(bridge)

And friends say, "how do you do?"
We all greeted too
Others have done so too
That's my home
That's my home
That's my home

Soap box preacher standing on the corner
And all the people they would gather round
You speak of faith with a blaze of glory
But those that fear they wanna knock you down

Nobody knows where you live
Where do you go in the naked night
All of the prophets that come before you
They can hear your lonesome cry

When you're out there in the night
All alone
When you're staring in the light
At the end of the road

Chorus:
In those proud shoes, coming on up the alley
In those proud shoes, walks all over the sky
Then he tipped his hat just like don quixote
And said don't let the rapture pass you by

Heard a bugle blowing in the misty morning
What a haunting sound over times square
Heard of the ghost of 52nd street
Looked out the door but no one was there

Out in the cold harlem rain
I went looking for this minstrel man
Played me a song to ease the pain
With a salvation army band

When you're out there on the dark
All alone
When you're sleeping in the park
At the end of the road

Chorus

In the neon wilderness and the ashphalt jungle
He carries his cross of passion
Through the wreckage and the rumble

Chorus:
In those proud shoes, coming on up the alley
In those proud shoes, walks all over the sky
Then he tipped his hat just like don quixote
And said don't let the rapture
Don't let the rapture pass you by

Don't let it pass you by

The general rode for sixteen days
The horses were thirsty and tired
On the trail of a renegade chief
One he'd come to admire
The soldiers hid behind the hills
That surrounded the village
And he rode down to warn the chief
They'd come to conquer and pillage

Lay down your arms
Lay down your spear
The chief's eyes were sad
But showed no sign of fear

(chorus)
It is a good day to die
Oh my children dry your eyes
It is a good day to die

He spoke of the days before the white man came
With his guns and whisky
He told of a time a long time ago
Before what you call history
The general couldn't believe his words
Nor the look on his face
But he knew these people would rather die
Then have to live in this disgrace

What law have i broken
What wrong have i done
That makes you want to bury me
Upon this trail of blood

(chorus)

We cared for the land and the land cared for us
And that's the way it's always been
Never asked for more never asked too much
And now you tell me this is the end

I laid down my weapon
Laid down my bow
Now you want to drive me out
With no place left to go

(chorus)

And he turned to his people and said dry your eyes
We've been blessed and we are thankful
Raise your voices to the sky
It is a good day to die

D bm a
Tough mama, meat shaking on your bones
D bm a
I'm gonna take you down to the river and get you stoned.
Bm a
Papa's on the highway with that steel driving crew
Bm f#m em g
Sister's in the big house her working days are through
C g a
Tough mama, can i blow a little smoke on you?

Dark beauty, won't you move it on over and make some room?
It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom.
Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise,
You came through it all the way, flyin' through the skies.
Dark beauty with that long night's journey in your eyes.

Sweet goddess, born of a blinding light and a changing wind,
Now, don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been.
Jack the cowboy went up north he's buried in your past.
The lone wolf went out drinking that was over pretty fast.
Sweet goddess your perfect stranger's comin' in at last.

Silver angel, with the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve,
I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive. today on the
Countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch, i stood alone upon the ridge
And all i did was watch. sweet goddess it must be time to carve another
Notch.

I'm crestfallen, the world of illusion is at my door,
I ain't haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore.
The prison walls are crumblin', there is no end in sight,
I've gained some recognition but i lost my appetite.
Dark beauty meet me at the border late tonight.