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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

Crow has brought the message
To the children of the sun
For the return of the buffalo
And for a better day to come

You can kill my body
You can damn my soul
For not believing in your god
And some world down below

You don't stand a chance
Against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
Against my love
They outlawed the ghost dance
But we shall live again,
We shall live again

My sister above
She has red paint
She died at wounded knee
Like a later day saint

You got the big drum in the distance
Blackbird in the sky
That's the sound that you hear
When the buffalo cry

You don't stand a chance
Against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
Against my love
They outlawed the ghost dance
But we shall live again,
We shall live again

Crazy horse was a mystic
He knew the secret of the trance
And sitting bull the great apostle
Of the ghost dance

Come on comanche
Come on blackfoot
Come on shoshone
Come on cheyenne

We shall live again

Come on arapaho
Come on cherokee
Come on paiute
Come on sioux

We shall live again

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)

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

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

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

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

Intro: em c em c

Em c
With eyes of fire
Em c
No one can see
Em c
The smoke from the sweet grass
Em c
Covers me

Em c em c (guitar solo)

Em c
I am drawn
Em c
I am drawn to her
Em c
Like a moth to flame
Am c
She leads me down
Em c am c
Unbound

Em c
I am lost
Em c
I am lost
Em c
Has anybody seen me
Em
I am lost

Am
Oh nothing is forgotten
Em
Only left behind
Am
Wherever i am
C
She leads me down
Em c
Unbound

Am
No borders
C
No fences
Em c
No walls
Am
No borders
C
No fences
Em c am
Unbound

Em c am c (sequence repeated)

Oh, listen for the night chant
Oh, listen for the night chant

Em c
Like a moth to flame
Am c
She leads me down
Em c
Unbound

Am
No borders
C
No fences
Em c
Unbound
Am
No borders
C
No fences
Em c am c
Unbound
Unbound

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

----------------------------

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

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

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)

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

I took my bucket down to the well
There's a (desert?) woman, sweet mystery
She let the rope fall down in the well
Like it was meant to be

She put the jug upon her head
Walked with her back to the wind
I followed her tracks the moment she said
"why don't you come in?"

Chorus:
She killed the light, she dropped her glove
She said "are you looking for trouble
Or looking for love, love, love?"

I woke in the morning dying of thirst
Headed straight back to the well
There she was with a jug on her head
The rope had just fell

The well in her eyes was deep and black
With no question or answer
She wiped my brow and i followed her back
To the tropic of cancer

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. ?

I don't think i could tell you when
I'll be coming back this way again
Got no way of knowin, how far i'll be goin
Or how long i might be stayin
Been puttin it off too long
Time to be movin on
There's so much that i'd like to see ...

You might catch me down in new mexico
Got some folks there that i used to know
But i'd be wastin time, you know just what i'd find
More of the same that made me leave there
Been puttin it off too long, time to be movin on
And there's so much that i'd like to see ...

If i go back to new mexico
And all of those people that i used to know
I'd be wastin time, you know just what i'd find
More of the same that made me leave there
Been puttin it off too long, time to be movin on
And there's still so much that i'd like to see ...

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...

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...

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)

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

Once upon a time, everything i thought of
Somehow seemed to rhyme
The wise were always old
And the young were always showed
But very early on, i was spun a different hand
Tried to get along, just by knowin right from wrong

The best offer is a helping hand
Everyone needs the promised land
And whether you're young or old
Never ever let yourself get put on hold

I would sit on grandps's knee..just to wear his hat
And listen to the tales
From his world of make believe..
As the child comes of age, leave him alone
To turn the page

Luck is the spine..a broken promise of another's mind
Straight goods really are what money cannot buy
Choose your side, and walk with pride
There's no reward for suicide...

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

I tried to reach you
On valentine's day
But how can i reach you
When you're so far away

Don't make me a victim
Don't make me the clown
With my arms reaching out
And my head hanging down

Chorus:
We can't go on
Touching the flame
Breakin the rules
Of the game

I bring you this cross
I carved out of wood
I'm just trying to tell you
That i'd change if i could

Grew up on the west side
Never even been to the east side
Don't know what they do with their lives
Over there - over there

We can't go on
Hiding the pain
Breakin the rules
Of the game

We can't go on
Living in shame
Breakin the rules
Of the game

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!

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

Everyone has a song
God gave us each a song
That's how we know who we are
Everyone has a song
We have come, heat the drum
The land trembles with dancing
We have come, bang the drum
The land trembles with dancing

Chorus:
Making a noise in this world
Making a noise in this world
You can bet your ass
I won't go quietly
Makin' a noise in this world

I don't want your promise
I don't want your whiskey
I don't want your blood on my hands
Only want what belongs to me

I think you thought i was gone
I think you thought i was dead
You won't admit that you was wrong
Ain't there some shit that should be said

Chorus

The indian dancers stop and stare at him
Like he was bad weather
He keeps dancing
And knocks loose an eagle feather
The drums stop
This is the kind of silence that frightens white men

Chorus

(no indians allowed)

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

Change is then, change is now
Change is what, change is how
Change is this and change is that
Change is where change is at
Change is good

Change is yes, change is no
Change is everywhere you go
Change is right, change is wrong
Change is here, change is gone
Change is good

You can change your life
Find a new way to go
You can change your world
You don't even know
Life's a long road
Lighten up your load
Change is good

You can run but you can't hide
From the things you feel inside
You can laugh or you can cry
Kiss all your tears goodbye
All you got to do
Is try and try you should
Change is good

Change is high, change is low
Changes come and changes go
Change is this and change is that
Change is where change is at
Change is good

You can pine your life away
Let others pass you by
You can climb a mountain high
Like an eagle in the sky
All you got to do
Is try and try you should
Change is good

Change is never done
Something better has begun
A change is gonna come

Change is good

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."

I have wondered, i have worried
And i've walked a complicated line
I have hungered, i have hurried
And i've almost lost my mind
Feelin happiness, does not have to be
A smile of regret, that's left from behind
Had no choice, and could not speak a word
But the picture is fading, and i'm tired of waiting ...

There'll be faces at the doorway
Torn between the right and the wrong
And the road i have followed
Left me to sing an older man's song
Had no choice, and could not speak a word
But the picture is fading, and i'm tired of waiting ...

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

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.