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Akua tuta, akua tuta
Akua tuta tshekuan kaminekuin
Akua tuta
Naketuenta kiei tshin tshekuan
Kanetaunekuin
Hey, hey, hey

Akua tuta
Akua tuta tshekuan kakunuene mekuin ?
Akua tuta
Naketuanta kiei tshin tshekuan kauitshikuin
Hey, hey, hey
Akua tshe tessinnu

Akua tuta nete kiei tshin kanetaunekuin
Akua tshe mushumenut
Akua kiei tshukumenut eshei
Akua tshe tuassimenut
Akua kiei tsheshimenut eshei
Hey, hey, hey

Old man sailin' in a dinghy boat
Down there old man down is baitin' a hook
On there gonna pull man down on a suckling hook
Gonna pull man down on a suckling hook
Oh yeah!

Now he's underneath that suckling tree oh yeah!
Under that suckling tree oh yeah!
That's underneath that tree
There's gonna be just you and me
Underneath that apple suckling tree
Oh yeah!

I push him back and i stand in line oh yeah!
Then i hush my sadie and stand in line oh yeah!
Then i hush my sadie and stand in line
I get on board in two-eyed time
Oh yeah!

Under that suckling tree oh yeah!
Under that suckling tree oh yeah!
Underneath that tree there's just gonna be you and me
Under that suckling tree oh yeah!
Oh yeah!

Now who's on the table who's to tell me oh yeah!
Now who's on the table who's to tell me oh yeah!
Who should i tell oh who should i tell
The forty-nine of you go burn in hell
Oh underneath that old apple suckling tree

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.

Gm c gm c
He was born in the belly of the country, over east of eden, yeah.
Gm c gm c
Confused by the big city blues, he didn't know who's life he's leading, no.
Cm f cm f
Put yourself behind the wheel and see if you can get that feel, oh;
Gm c gm c
Move faster by night, yeah, move faster by night, mm.
Am d am d
The windows were all shattered, and the body was all battered
Eb f gm
American roulette, stake your life upon it.
Eb f gm
American roulette, same eyes, same eyes.
Eb f gm7
American roulette.

Gm c
Take the boy and put him in a mansion; paint the windows black.
Gm
Give him all the women that he wants, put a monkey on his back.
Cm f cm7 f
All of your so called friends, a-take you where the sidewalk ends, i said.
Gm7
Can't sleep at night, no, can't sleep at night, mm.
A d a d
God please save his soul; he was the king of rock and roll.
Eb f gm
American roulette, stake your life upon it,
Eb f gm
American roulette, same eyes, same eyes.
Eb f gm7
American roulette.

Gm c
They say you didn't have a chance in hell, for the american dream.
Gm
There's a thousand young blondes out there try'n to make itto the silver screen.
Cm f cm7 f
But she had the walk, the look, the heart that shook the world, read about it.
Gm7
Some like it hot, boy. some like it cool, mm.
A d a d
Too much for her to handle, another scandal, she burned the candle.
Eb f gm
American roulette, stake your life upon it,
Eb f gm
American roulette, same eyes, same eyes.
Eb f gm7
American roulette.

(after soloing)
A d a d
Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.
Eb f gm
American roulette, stake your life upon it,
Eb f gm
American roulette, same eyes, same eyes.
Eb f gm7
American roulette.

Chorus:
C e-
Out of this world
A-
Out of this mind
F g7 c f / g / c
Out of this love for you
C e-
Out of this world
A- a- / g7 /f
Out of the blue
F g c f/ g / c
Out of this love for you


C e-
Sometimes i don't know you
A- a- /g7 / f
You're like someone else
F c
But that's allright
F g
I'm a stranger here myself


C e-
She don't shed a tear
A- a- / g7/ f
When i walk out that door
F c
She knows, she knows
F g
I'll be coming back for more


Chorus
C e-
It's in the cards
A- a-/ g7 / f
It's written in the stars
F c
It's in the wee-wee hours
G g7
In some lonely bar

C e-
She don't stay up all night
A- a-/ g7 / f
And walk the floor
F c
She knows damn well
G g7
I'll be coming back for more

Chorus

Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon

All alone with a jug of rum
Sittin' waiting for the boat to come
Along the line they quietly dock
The boat she's late since twelve o-clock
And watch the tides come breezing in
Below the moon but high they went

Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon

Still all alone, i open a rum
I wonder when the boat should come
American girl comes back to me
We sail away across the sea
The dock in new york, the building is high
We'll find a home up in the sky

Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon

Still all alone, sipping on a rum
Still wonder when the boat should come
And bring my love, oh sweet little thing
She rocks 'n' rolls, she can dance and sing
She holds me tight, and she touches my lips
I had the clothes, and my heart she flips

Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon
Havana moon

G d
Who else is gonna bring you
Em c
A broken arrow
G d
Who else is gonna bring you
Em c
A bottle of rain
G em f c
There he goes, moving across the water
G em f c
There he goes turning my whole
G
World around

G
Do you feel what i feel
D g em
Can we make that so it's part of the deal
C /d g /f#
I gotta hold you in these arms of steel
Em d d7
Lay your heart on the line ... this time


I wanna breathe when you breathe
When you whisper like that hot
Summer breeze
Count the beads of sweat that cover me
Didn't you show me a sign, this time

Who else is gonna bring you
A broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you
A bottle of rain
There he goes, moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole
World around

Can you see what i see
Can you cut behind the mystery
I will meet you by the witness tree
Leave the whole world behind

I want to come when you call
I'll get to you if i have to crawl
They can't hold me with these iron walls
We've got mountains to climb

Who else is gonna bring you
A broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you
A bottle of rain
There he goes, moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole
World around

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

Intro: am am/g d e
Am am/g d e
E am am/g d e a5 am

Am
Soldier of fortune
He's a man of war
Just can't remember
What he's fighting for
Start a revolution
Right before your eyes
When you hear the big bang
Don't you be surprised

C c/e
Showdown at big sky
F d7
Darkness at high noon
C c/e
Showdown at big sky
F d7
That day may be soon
C
People, people
Can you hear the sound
F d7
From every village and every town
C
Let the bells ring out
C/e
Hear the bells ring in
F
Let the bells ring out
D
Keep them ringing, ringing

Can't predict the future
Can't forget the past
Feels like any moment
Could be the last
All you believers
Standing inside this room
Can't you see it coming
Shooting out across the moon

Save this place
In the valley of tears
By the river of time
From weapons race
In the book of david
In the holy bible
When it's laid to waste
It will be written
By the children of eden
I said save this place
And the holy ghost

Showdown at big sky
Darkness at high noon
Showdown at big sky
That day may be soon
People, people
Can you hear the sound
From every village and every town
Let the bells ring out
Hear the bells ring in
Let the bells ring out
Keep them ringing, ringing

Save this place
In the valley of tears
By the river of time
From weapons race
In the book of david
In the holy bible
When it's laid to waste
It will be written
By the children of eden
I said save this place
And the holy ghost

Showdown at big sky
Darkness at high noon
Kiss tomorrow goodbye
That day could be soon
Give us strength
Give us wisdom
And give us the morals
Let the bells ring out
Hear the bells ring in
Let the bells ring out
Keep them ringing, ringing
Let the bells ring out
Hear the bells ring in
Let the bells ring out
Keep them ringing, ringing

Mahk jchi tahm buooi yahmpi gidi
Mahk jchi taum buooi kan spewa ebi
Mahmpi wah hoka yee monk
Tahond tani kiyee tiyee
Gee we-me eetiyee
Nanka yaht yamoonieah wajitse

Capo 3rd fret (sounding key bb major)

G

G
Now, there's a certain thing
Em
That i learned from jim
G d
That he'd always make sure i'd understand
G
And that is that there's a certain way
Em
We all must swim
C
If we expect to live off
D
Of the fat of the land.

Am
Open the door, rachel [richard?],

I've heard it said before.

Open the door, rachel,

I've heard it said before
C g
But i ain't gonna hear it said no more.

Now, there's a certain thing
That i learned from my friend, mouse
A fella who never blushes
And that is that one must always
Flush out his house
If he don't expect to be housing flushes.

Chorus

"take care of all your memories"
Said mick
"for you cannot relive them
And remember when you're out there
Tryin' to heal the sick
That you must always
First forgive them."

Chorus

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

Stopped by a diner, and the blond behind the counter
Asked if she could help in any way
I could tell by her smile, her number i could dial
If i was in the need of company
I asked her for some java
Instead she brought a cup of chickory

A taste of java, is like a volcanic rush
Nobody's gonna stop me from drinkin too much
Costs many more than you care to pay
But money is nothin, compared to a fired-up day
Don't try to cheat, it's impossible to beat
The only pick-me-up that's here to stay

Java blues ... coffee's got me
Java blues ... coffee coffee coffee
Java blues ... well the coffee's got me
Java blues ... coffee coffee coffee
You know that i'll stay high
Drinkin coffee till i die
Java blues

Won't you boil me water ... fill up my cup
You know it takes alot to keep me up
Down in bolivia ... the people are insane
They want as much for java as they do for cocaine
Don't try to cheat, it's impossible to beat
The only pick-me-up that's here to stay

Java blues ... coffee's got me
Java blues ... coffee coffee coffee
Java blues ... you don't know what it does to me
Java blues ... coffee coffee coffee
You know that i'll stay high
Drinkin coffee till i die
Java blues ...

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

Alone in the shadows, of a willow tree
I watched from the dark
As you crossed through the park
Coming closer to me
Those brief moments return of the day we first met
The time we shared with that special care
Free from all jealousy
There must be a distant place
Far from every wrong face
Tears won't fall by chance
On this sweet romance ...

Where the light of the moon, and the lay of the land
Brightened the way of so many nights
Helping us understand
The line that we crossed, to climb those hills
Gave us the strength to never fear
The hurting talk folks want to hear
There must be a different place
Far from every wrong face
Tears won't fall by chance
On this sweet romance ...

When they hear, of our last goodbye
They'll have to seek another dream to surprise
With desperate lies
As we parade, far from these streets
We'll be side by side, livin life in pride
With love's lullabye
There must be a distant place
Far from every wrong face
Tears won't fall by chance
On this sweet romance ...

In circles we gather
Moonlight fires are kindled
Sending it back
We just make it go back
Beating hearts, beating hearts
Come as one, come as one
This is indian country
This is indian country

Together we dance
All the first nations
There's no chance
We ever gonna give up
Beating hearts, beating hearts
Come as one, come as one
This is indian country
This is indian country

(intertribal)

Going home, going home
To a nation, six nations
To all the faces i did not know
Beating hearts, beating hearts
Come as one, come as one
This is indian country
This is indian country

Ongwehonwe - intertribal
Haudenosaune

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

Intro: d5 e5 e
E a d
E a d

E a d e a d
It's way up in the black hills where we come from
E a d e a d
There's a girl and she warned me don't pick up that gun
E a
By the law of the land
E a
By the promise that might is right
E a d e
She would hold me and cry - don't you go off and fight
D dsus
Somebody knocking at my door
B5 c g
Oh, i been called to war
D dsus
Say goodbye to tobacco road
A7
Wear my colors, call my brothers
C
And for my country i'll go

E a d e
Down on hell's half acre
E a d e
Shakin' with fever
E a d e
Rumble in the jungle
E d e
Down on hell's half acre

She wrote me a letter and said what have they done
Placed a crown of thorns an this native son
Oh, maybe they're right, but maybe they're wrong
But what can i do, you're not here you're gone

Something in the air is much too quiet
Hear my heartbeat
The storms that rages from within
Three times thunder, blood runs cold
Got this wound on my soul

Down on hell's half acre
Walking on fire
We got trouble in the wasteland
Down on hell's half acre

Back in the land where buffalo roam
Oh is this my home
She said you've changed, you're not the same
Clouds of napalm and the opium
The damage was already done

Down on hell's half acre
Shakin' with fever
Rumble in the jungle
Down on hell's half acre

Down on hell's half acre
Walking on fire
We got trouble in the wasteland
Down on hell's half acre

Capo 6th fret (sounding key eb major)
The only difference between the two takes (apart from minor lyric
Changes) is that in the officially released version the g is embellished
By a g6 (320000) first.

A
A g6
G
Well, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus.
A g6
G
The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed
A g6 g
On the very next day, with a nose full of pus.
A g6 g
Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread
A g6 g
Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread
A g6 g
Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread

It's a one-track town, just brown, and a breeze, too,
Pack up the meat, sweet, we're headin' out
For wichita in a pile of fruit.
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout
Get the loot, don't be slow, we're gonna catch a trout

Now, pull that drummer out from behind that bottle.
Bring me my pipe, we're gonna shake it.
Slap that drummer with a pie that smells.
Take me down to california, baby
Take me down to california, baby
Take me down to california, baby

Yes, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus.
The poor little chauffeur, though, she was back in bed
On the very next day, with a nose full of pus.
Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread
Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread
G a
Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread

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

I think i'll go on back to shenandoah
She said that she'd meet me by the fork in the road
I jump start my one eyed ford
I'm heading for the pow-wow
I follow red path that leads to you

(chorus)
I gave my love a golden feather
I gave my love a heart of stone
And when you find a golden feather
It means you'll never lose your way back home

Should i paint my face
Should i pierce my skin
Does this make me a pagan
Sweating out my sins
We ate the sacred mushroom
And waded in the water
Howling like coyotes
At the naked moon

(chorus)

In the autumn night
When there's no wind blowin'
I could hear the stars falling in the dark
When you find what's worth keeping
With a breath of kindness
Blow the rest away

(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

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

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. ?

What a town what a town what a town
I fall in love every time i turn around

I looked to my left, looked to my right
And what do i see?
All the young girls dreaming, old ones scheming
Call girls calling after me

What a town what a town what a town
I fall in love every time i turn around

The music was playin, the people were swayin
Keepin the beat
In the alley, where they all rally
On them old cobblestone streets

What a town what a town what a town
I fall in love every time i turn around

Now i'm going home, i'm all alone
I'm putting my day to an end
So many places, so many faces
All of these people my friends

What a town what a town what a town
I fall in love every time i turn around...

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

E
I'm the talk of the neighbourhood,

Cause i don't do what i should.
A
I don't care what people say,
E
I'm gonna do things my way.


Chorus:
B7
I think i growing,
A a7
I've got my own thing goin'
E
Leave me alone x2
B7 a7
Trouble! fight!
B7 a7
Almost every night.
B7 a
Bad man don't come around,
B7 a7
Or i'm gonna lay your body down, down.


People don't understand
Just what bugs this man.
Don't tell me what to do,
Or i'll put you down too.

Chorus.

Repeat 2nd verse and 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

This was the way of it
Let the story fires be lighted
Let our circle be strong and full of medicine

Hear me
This is my dream song that i'm singing for you
This is my power song that is taking me to the edge
This is rock medicine
The talking tree
The singing water

Listen
I am dancing underneath you
This was the way of it
It is a river
It is a chant
It is a medicine story
It is what happened long ago
It is a bead in a story belt
It is what has been forgotten
It is the smell of sweetgrass and cedar

And prayers lifted to sky father
It is a way, a tradition
The way it was always done by the people
It is a feeling of warmth
The sound of voices

Listen
I am dancing underneath you

Perhaps you think the creator sent you here to dispose of us as you see fit
If i thought you were sent by the creator
I might be induced to think you had a right to dispose of me
Do not misunderstand me
But understand me fully with reference to my affection for the land
I never said the land was mine to do with as i choose
The one who has a right to dispose of it is the one who has created it

I claim a right to live on my land
And accord you the privilege to return to yours
Brother we have listened to your talk
Coming from our father the great white chief at washington
And my people have called upon me to reply to you
And in the winds which pass through these aged pines
We hear the moanings of their departed ghosts

And if the voice of our people could have been heard
That act would never have been done
But alas though they stood around they could neither be seen or heard
Their tears fell like drops of rain
I hear my voice in the depths of the forest
But no answering voice comes back to me
All is silent around me
My words must therefore be few
I can now say no more

He is silent for he has nothing to answer when the sun goes down

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.

Intro: d a/c# bm g d g em a
D a/c# bm g d g a d

G d a bm g d asus a
G d a bm g d a d (play twice)

G d a bm
They come to me and they start to cry
G d asus a
Say you gotta do something about that guy
G d a bm
They say take this sword, i say thanks a lot
G d a d
But i do alright with this sling i got

G d a bm
Someone gimme a stone, gimme a stone, gimme a stone
G d asus a
Someone gimme a stone, gimme a stone
G d
Stone that i can hold
A bm
Stone that i can throw
G d a d
Someone gimme a stone, someone gimme a stone

Never had to fight such a real big man
Just gimme a stone and i

G
Clouds so swift
Am
Rain won't lift
C
Gate won't close
G
Railings froze
G am
Get your mind off wintertime
C g
You ain't goin' nowhere
G am
Whoo-ee! ride me high
C
Tomorrow's the day
G
My bride's gonna come
G am
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
C g
Down in the easy chair! ?

I don't care
How many letters they sent
Morning came and morning went
Pick up your money
And pack up your tent
You ain't goin' nowhere
Whoo-ee! ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair! ?

Buy me a flute
And a gun that shoots
Tailgates and substitutes
Strap yourself
To the tree with roots
You ain't goin' nowhere
Whoo-ee! ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair! ?

Djenghis khan
He could not keep
All his kings
Supplied with sleep
We'll climb that hill no matter how steep
When we get up to it
Whoo-ee! ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!

(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

A
I stand in awe and i take my place

You break your promise all over the place
D7
You promised to love me, but what do i see
A
Just you comin' and spillin' juice over me
E7
Odds and ends, odds and ends
A (n.c.)
Lost time is not found again

Now, you take your file and you bend my head
I never can remember anything that you said **)
You promised to love me, but what do i know
You're always spillin' juice on me like you got
Someplace to go
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again

Now, i've had enough, my box is clean
You know what i'm sayin' and you know what i mean
>from now on you'd best get on someone else
While you're doin' it, keep that juice to yourself
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again

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 ...

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."

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

Are you out there
Can you hear me
Can you see me in the dark

I don't believe it's all for nothing
It's not just written in the sand
Sometimes i thought you felt too much
And you crossed into the shadowland

And the river was overflowing
And the sky was fiery red
You gotta play the hand that's dealt ya
That's what the old man always said

Fallen angel
Casts a shadow up against the sun
If my eyes could see
The spirit of the chosen one

In my dream the pipes were playing
In my dream i lost a friend
Come down gabriel and blow your horn
'cause some day we will meet again

Fallen angel
Casts a shadow up against the sun
If my eyes could see
The spirit of the chosen one

All the tears
All the rage
All the blues in the night
If my eyes could see
You kneeling in the silver light

Fallin', fallin', fallin' down
Fallin', fallin' down
Fallin', fallin', fallin' down
Fallin', fallin' down

Fallen angel
Casts a shadow up against the sun
If my eyes could see
The spirit of the chosen one

All the tears
All the rage
All the blues in the night
If my eyes could see
You kneeling in the silver light

If you're out there can you touch me
Can you see me i don't know
If you're out there can you reach me
Lay a flower in the snow

Down the street the dogs are barkin'
And the day is a-gettin' dark.
As the night comes in a-fallin',
The dogs 'll lose their bark.
An' the silent night will shatter
From the sounds inside my mind,
For i'm one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind.

From the crossroads of my doorstep,
My eyes they start to fade,
As i turn my head back to the room
Where my love and i have laid.
An' i gaze back to the street,
The sidewalk and the sign,
And i'm one too many mornings
An' a thousand miles behind.

It's a restless hungry feeling
That don't mean no one no good,
When ev'rything i'm a-sayin'
You can say it just as good.
You're right from your side,
I'm right from mine.
We're both just too many mornings
An' a thousand miles behind

G c g
Ain't no more cane on the brazos(1)

G a d
Oh, oh, oh, oh...

G c g
Its all been ground down to molasses

D7 c g
Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh...


You shoulda been on the river in 1910
They were driving the women just like they drove the men.

Go down old hannah,(2) don'cha rise no more
Don't you rise up til judgment day's for sure

Ain't no more cane on the brazos
Its all been ground down to molasses

Captain(3), don't you do me like you done poor old shine
Well ya drove that bully(4) til he went stone blind

Wake up on a lifetime(5), hold up your own head
Well you may get a pardon and then you might drop dead

Ain't no more cane on the brazos
Its all been ground down to molasses.