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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

Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turning handouts down
To keep his pockets clean

All his goods are sold again
His word's as good as gold again
Sez if you see jean now ask her please to pity me

Jean and i we moved along
Since the day - down in the hollow
When the mind went driftin' on
And the feet were soon to follow

Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turning handouts down
To keep his pockets clean

Sayin' his goodbyes again
Wheels are in his eyes again
Sez if you see jean now ask her please to pity me

Downtown in the big town
Gonna set you back on your heels
With a mouth full of memories
And a lot of stickers for my windshield

Shut the door
Cut the light
Davy want be home tonight
You can wait till the dawn rolls in
You won't see our davy again

Davy's on the road again
Wearin' different clothes again
Davy's turning handouts down
To keep his pockets clean

Sayin' his goodbyes again
Wheels are in his eyes again
Sez if you see jean now ask her please to pity me
Downtown in the big town

Gonna set you back on your heels
With a mouth full of memories
And a lot of stickers for my windshield
Shut the door
Cut the light
Davy want be home tonight
You can wait till the dawn rolls in
You won't see our davy again

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 sound is fading
The sound is fading away

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

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

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...

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...

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)

G

(n.c.) c
Nothing was delivered
G
And i tell this truth to you,
D
Not out of spite or anger
G (c/g g)
But simply because it's true.
(n.c.) c
Now, i hope you won't object to this,
G
Giving back all of what you owe,
D
The fewer words you have to waste on this,
G (c/g g)
The sooner you can go.
(n.c.) em g
Nothing is better, nothing is best,
G d/f# c/e g c d(/a) g
Take care of yourself and get plenty of rest.

Nothing was delivered
But i can't say i sympathize
With what your fate is going to be,
Yes, for telling all those lies.
Now you must provide some answers
For what you sold has not been received,
And the sooner you come up with them,
The sooner you can leave.

Nothing is better, nothing is best,
Take heed of this and get plenty rest.

(now you know)
Nothing was delivered
And it's up to you to say
Just what you had in mind
When you made ev'rybody pay.
No, nothing was delivered,
Yes, 'n' someone must explain
That as long as it takes to do this
Then that's how long that you'll remain.

Nothing is better, nothing is best,
Take heed of this and get plenty rest.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

G c/g-g c/g g

G
Crash on the levee mama,
C/g-g c/g-g
Water's gonna overflow,
C
Swamp's gonna rise,
G c/g-g
No boat's gonna row.
C/g-g
Now you can train on down

To william's point,
C/g-g
You can bust your feet,
C/g-g
You can rock this joint.
C
But oh mama, ain't you gonna
D g c/g-g
Miss your best friend now.
D
You gonna have to find yourself
G c/g-g
Another best friend somehow.

Now don't you try and move me,
You're just gonna lose.
There's a crash on the levee
And mama you been refused.
Well it's sugar for sugar
And it's salt for salt,
If you go down in the flood
It's gonna be your fault.
Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss
Your best friend now.
Yes you gonna have to find yourself
Another best friend somehow.

Well that high tide's rising,
Mama don't you let me down.
Pack up your suitcase,
Mama don't you make a sound.
Now it's king for king,
Queen for queen,
It's gonna be the meanest flood
That anybody's seen.
Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss
Your best friend now.
Yes you gonna have to find yourself
Another best friend somehow.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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."

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

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

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.