unknown

Written by roy acuff and odell mcleod
Recorded by hank williams, senior
Courtesy of steve raineault

There's a mighty battle coming and its well now on its way.
It'll be fought at armageddon, it shall be a sad, sad day.
In the book of revelation, words in chapter sixteen say
There'll be gathered there great armies for that battle on that day.

(refrain)
All the way from the gates of eden to the battle of armageddon
There's been trobles and tribulation, there'll be sorrow and despair.
He has said "ye not be troubled for these things shall come to pass."
Then your life will be eternal when you dwell with him at last.

Turn the pages of your bible, in st. matthew you will see,
Start with chapter twenty-four and read from one to thirty-three.
In our savior's blessed words he said on earth, he prophesised,
For he spoke of this great battle that is coming by and by.

(refrain)

There'll be nation against nation, there'll be war and rumor of war.
There'll be great signs in heaven, in the sun, the moon, the stars.
Oh, the hearts of been shall fail them, there'll be gnashing of the teeth.
Those who seek it will recieve it, mercy at the savior's feet.

(refrain)

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Written by jean branch and eddie hill

Someday you'll [f] call my name and i won't [bb] answer
Someday you'll [f] reach for me i won't be [c7] there
For you've grown [f] tired of all the love i [bb] gave you
But some-[f] day you'll [c7] wish that i still [f] care.

[c7] all these years how i've [f] loved you
Still i [g] know i claim you for my [c7] own
Someday you'll [f] call my name and i won't [bb] answer
For some-[f] day you'll [c7] find yourself a-[f] lone.

When you hair has turned from gold to silver
And your eyes are dimmed by passing years
You'll remember darling what i told you
There'll be no one then to dry your tears.

There'll come a time in your life dear
When you'll need someone who will care
Someday you'll call my name and i won't answer
For someday you'll find that i'm not there.

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by floyd jenkins (aka fred rose)

[d] i've got a blue [a7] love in my [d] heart
What can i do, love, with my [a7] heart
It's got a [d] burnin', [g] yearnin' while we're a-[d] part
I've got a blue [a7] love in my [d] heart.

So [d7] blue the [g] nights, so [g7] blue the [d] days
Why don't you [g] write to [d] me and [a7] say;

You've [d] got a true [a7] love in your [d] heart
An "i'll come thru love" in your [a7] heart
And stop this [d] burnin', [g] yearnin' while we're a-[d] part
I've got a blue [a7] love in my [d] heart.

I've got an old flame in my heart
A solid-gold flame in my heart
I'm like a weepin'-willow, while we're apart
I've got a blue love in my heart.

What can i do, where can i go
I never knew i loved you so;

I've got a blue love in my heart
What can i do love with my heart
I'm like a weepin-willow, while we're apart
I got a blue love in my heart.

(e) just when i needed you, you left and went a- (a) way,
You made my life so (e) blue both night and (b7) day,
You (e) left me here behind, with a troubled worried (a) mind,
So broken hearted (e) too, just (b7) when i needed (e) you.

Chorus

I cried, i cried, i (a) prayed, lord, i (e) tried, to forget you,
And never call your (b7) name, what a (e) shame, what a shame,
You're the (a) one who was to (e) blame,
You're the (a) one who was un-(e) true, just (b7) when i needed (e) you.

You said, it's best we part, and never love again,
And 'tho it broke my heart, i won't complain,
You know i love you still, and dear i always will,
Altho you proved untrue, just when i needed you.

Repeat chorus

Words and music by hank williams, sr.

We [am] met in the springtime when blossoms unfold
The pastures were green and the [e7] meadows were [am] gold
Our love was in flower as summer grew on
Her love like the leaves now has [e7] withered and [am] gone.

The roses have faded, there's frost at my door
The birds in the morning don't [e7*] sing any-[am] more
The grass in the valley is starting to die
And out in the darkness the [e7] whippoorwills [am] cry.

Refrain
A-[f] lone and forsaken by [c] fate and by man
Oh, lord, if you hear me please [am] hold to my hand
Oh, [e7] please under-[am] stand.

Oh, where has she gone to, oh, where can she be
She may have forsaken some other like me
She promised to honor, to love and obey
Each vow was a plaything that she threw away.

The darkness is falling, the sky has turned gray
A hound in the distance is starting to "bay"
I wonder, i wonder - what she's thinking of
Forsaken, forgotten - without any love.

Refrain

Recorded by: hank williams, sr.
Writer: hank williams, sr.

Capo: 4th fret/key: b/play: g
[g] all my [d7] life i've been so [g] lonesome [g7]
If [c] happpiness came, i missed the [g] call
[c] all my dreams have died and [g] vanished
And [d7] now i'm so tired of it [g] all.

In life and love, i've been a failure
Too many tears thru it all
Too many broken vows and promises
And now i'm so tired of it all.

Ev'ry thing i loved, i lost, dear
Too many times i've watched my castles fall
My life is full of regretting
And now i'm so tired of it all.

From this world i'll soon be goin'
No one will miss me, after all
Up there, i pray i'll find contentment
But now i'm so tired of it all

(a) there's a place i know you'll want to go,
(d) if you're ever feeling low,
For the (a) happiest place beneath the sun,
Is saturday night on ba - (e7) you pon (a) pon.

Oh the fiddles sing and the guitars ring,
They have no thought of care or pain,
It's time to dance their work is done,
It's saturday night on ba - you pon pon.

Oh sweet marie she'll dance with me,
And such a sight you'll never see,
Te - rese, annette and jole` - blon,
Will all be there at ba - you pon pon.

It's a jamboree at st. landree,
They have a good time, oh yes, oui!, oui!,
They come from st. charles, st. james, st. john,
It's saturday night on ba - you pon pon.

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by hank williams, sr.

I [g] went to the country - just [c] the other day
To see [d7] my uncle bill and sorta [g] pass the time away
I asked him how he'd been - since [c] last, i'd passed his way
He rubbed his [d7] chin - here's what he had [g] to say.

"my wife's been sick - the [c] young'ns, too
And i'm [d7] durn near - down [g] with the flu
The cow's gone dry - and them [c] hens won't lay
But - [d7] we're still a-livin' - so ever'-[g] thing's okay.

The hogs took the cholera and they've all done died
The bees got mad - and they left the hive
The weevils got the corn and the rain rotted the hay
But - we're still a-livin' - so ever'thing's okay.

The porch rotted down - that's more expense
The durned old mule - he tore down the fence
The mortgage is due and - i can't pay
But - we're still a-livin' - so ever'thing's okay.

The cow broke in the field and eat up the beans
The durn rabbits - they got the turnip greens
And my ma-in-law just moved in to stay
But - we're still a-livin' - so ever'thing's okay.

My land's so poor - so hard and "yeller"
You have to set on a sack of fetilizer to raise an "umbreller"
And it rains out here - nearly ever' day
But - we're still a-livin' - so ever'thing's okay.

The well's gone dry and i have to tote the water
Up from the spring - about a mile and a quarter
My helper, he quit - for the lack of pay
But - we're still a-livin' - so ever'thing's okay.

The house it leaks - it needs a new top
When it rains - it wets ever'thing we got
The chimney fell down - just yesterday
But - we're still a-livin' - so ever'thing's okay.

The corn meals gone and the meat's run out
Got nothin' to kill to put in the smokehouse
The preacher's comin' sunday - to spend the day
But - we're still a-livin' - so ever'thing's okay.

The canned stuff's spoiled - else the jar's got broke
And all we got left is one old billy goat
We're gonna have a new baby about the first of may
But - we're still a-livin' - so ever'thing's okay.

My crop it rotted - in the ground
I asked for another loan but the banker turned me down
But - we're still a-livin' and we're prayin' for better days
So - after all, ever'thing's in purty good shape."

Key: e

From the (e)great salt lakes of utah to calif(a)ornia's golden (e)shore
Colorado and nevada through the (f#)deserts burnin' (b7)door
While she's (e)circlin' through the canyons, can't you (a)see that mountain (e)stream
It's the california zephyr, the (b7)union pacific (e)queen

See her rockin' see her rollin' as she rambles on her way
She left la this mornin' burnin' up the right of way
In the distance hear her moanin' hear her lonesome whistle scream
It's the california zephyr, the union pacific queen

She leaves the city of the angels headin' for ole santa fe
She's a makin' nauts she's makin' time just watch her swing and sway
And from way out in the darkness, see that headlight gleam
It's the california zephyr, the union pacific queen

From the great salt lakes of utah to california's golden shore
Colorado and nevada through the deserts burnin' door
While she's circlin' through the canyons, can't you see that mountain stream
It's the california zephyr, the union pacific queen

Writer/s hank williams-mel foree-curly williams (no relation to hank)
Key of e

(e) took my gal to the picture show, just the other (b7) day,
But (e) when i tried to (a) hold her hand,
Here's (b7) what she had to (e) say.

Chorus

No not (a) now, (no not now), no not (e) now, (no not now),
No not (b7) now, but maybe next week some - (e) how.

Walked my gal home to the door, and asked her for a kiss,
But she quickly turned away, and then she told me this.

Repeat chorus

I asked my gal to marry me, reckon what she said,
She said i wouldn't marry you, if all the rest were dead.

Repeat chorus

But she went and changed her mind, how i regret that day,
'cause every since i married her, here's all that she can say.
(spoken) ( you guessed it! )

Repeat chorus

I stayed out too late last night, on a little spree,
And when i asked her to let me in, here's all she said to me.
(spoken) ( here's what she said )

Repeat chorus

Artist: hank williams circa 1951 (hank and his guitar)
Writer: hank williams
Contributed by: felton hall a href="http://www.pine-net.com/felton75">http://www.pine-net.com/felton75 /a>

I went to church with my mom once and they had an evangelist visiting who told the congregation that he was once a drunk and was doing drugs. at a party, someone was playing hank williams and the song "ready to go home" started playing. he listened to it for a bit and he said that the way hank sang it made chill bumps come up and that he threw the bottle down and left. he said that one song totally changed his life. so here it is, enjoy!

Ready to go home

(e)there's comin' a day when the (a)world shall melt a(e)way
And jesus shall come to claim his (b7)own
No more (e)tears, no pain, no woe, in this (a)wicked world be(e)low
Then will you be (b7)ready to go (e)home

(a)will you be ready to go, ready to go home
To live with him up there around the (b7)throne
When he (e)says come unto me, will your (a)soul be clean and (e)free
Then will you be (b7)ready to go (e)home

In this world of greed and hate will you (a)wait til it's too (e)late
To claim the saviour for your (b7)own
For he's (e)coming someday, to (a)bear your soul a(e)way
Then will you be (b7)ready to go (e)home

As you travel day by day, (a)down life's long high(e)way
Are you on the road that leads to (b7)wrong
If you'll just (e)travel in his light and (a)pray both day and (e)night
Then you'll be (b7)ready to go (e)home

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Written by fred rose and hank williams, sr.

There's a [c] singin' waterfall
In the [f] mountains far a-[c] way
That's where i long to be
At the [d7] close of ev'ry [g7] day
That's [c] where my sweetheart's sleepin'
[f] down beneath the [c] clay
I [f] often sit and [c] wonder
Why the [g7] lord took her a-[c] way.

Chorus
We'd meet there ev'ry ev'nin'
When the [f] sun was sinkin' [c] low
And we'd listen to the waters
As they [d7] rippled soft and [g7] low
And [c] since she's gone to heaven
I [f] miss her most of [c] all
To-[f] night my darlin's [c] sleepin'
By the [g7] singin' water-[c] fall.

Last night as i lay dreamin'
I heard my darlin' call
And then i went to meet her
By the singin' waterfall
She took me in her arms
Just like she used to do
And then i heard her whisper
We'll meet beyond the blue.

Chorus

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by jenkins

[g] a prodigal son once [c] strayed from his [g] father
To travel a land of [a] hunger and [d] pain
And [g] now i can see the [c] end of my [g] journey
I'm going to [d] heaven a-[g] gain.

I leave you the day, to help all your neighbors
I leave you the night, to solemnly pray
So try to repent and ask for forgiveness
We'll meet up in heaven, someday.

Goodbye to this world, with all its sorrows
Goodbye to the fields, that i used to roam
I'm going away where, life is eternal
My shepherd is callin me home.

From out of the sky, he's coming to meet me
To wash all my sins and call me his own
His servants will bring, a ring for my finger
And never no more will i roam.

(all lyrics are spoken except 4 the chorus an buzz buzz buzz)
(it's spoken but the words are sed with a hint of beatto them, know wut i mean?)

Did you ever sit straight up in bed
With somethin' a circlin' round ya head
An ya swat at it as it wizzes by
And it's just one pesky little fly

You shake ya head an twitch ya nose
And settle down to sweep ya floors
And when ya just about to dose...fly trouble

(chorus)buzz buzz buzz goes that busy little fly
Buzz buzz buzz he's takin off an hide

You roll the paper up nice and tight
And wait around for him to light
But theirs a fly that's a liven right
Buzz buzz buzz

(band plays)


Now the toughest hide grows on a mule
Cause he's a bulky stuborn fool
He likes to look at yu and glare
An never even move a hair

But when his muscles start to twitch
An when his tail begins to swish
That mule ain't bothered with an itch...fly trouble

(chorus)buzz buzz buzz goes that busy little pest
Buzz buzz buzz that mule can't get no rest

He shakes his head an bats his eye
An kicks his heels up to the sky
Did you ever see a jass ack cry
Buzz buzz buzz

(band plays)

Now you pick a perfect night in june
When flowers are bloomin beneath the moon
And ya light of love is shinin' bright
An you tell ya self tonights the night

Ya brace ya self an ya courage grows
An on ya knees where you would propose
When somethin bights you on the nose...fly trouble

(chorus)buzz buzz buzz goes that busy little thing
Buzz buzz buzz you swat an loose the ring

You fan the air as he goes by
An stick ya finger in your eye
Hit everything except that fly
Buzz buzz buzz

Written and recorded by hank williams.
Copyright, acuff-rose music, inc. / hiriam music (bmi).
Originally released in june, 1951.
Transcribed by darragh egan <darragh@switchtech.net> from
"hank williams - the original singles colection" (disc 2, track 22).

Say hey, good lookin'. what ya got cookin'?
How's about cooking somethin' up with me?
Hey, sweet baby. don't you think maybe,
We can find us a brand new recipe?

I got a hot rod ford, and a two dollar bill;
And i know a spot right over the hill.
There's soda pop and the dancing's free
So if you wanna have fun, come along with me.

Hey, good lookin'. what ya got cookin'?
How's about cooking somethin' up with me?

Instrumental:

I'm free and ready, so we can go steady.
How's about saving all your time for me?
No more lookin'. i know i been cookin'.
How's about keepin' steady company?

I'm gonna throw my date book over the fence,
And buy me one for five or ten cents
I'll keep it 'till it's covered with age
'cause i'm writin' your name down on every page.

Say hey, good lookin'. what ya got cookin'?
How's about cooking somethin' up with me?

(a) ever' time i see her (a7) passin' (d) by,
All i (e7) do is hang my head and (a) cry,
And i can't forget her (a7) tho i (d) try,
All i (e7) do is hang my head and (a) cry.

Oh, i know not how to ease my mind,
Since she left a world of love be - hind,
Ever' time i see her passin' by,
All i do is hang my head and cry.

Golden love, oh, golden love you're gone,
But each broken dream still lingers on,
And my weary heart keeps askin' why,
All i do is hang my head and cry.

Foolish pride, oh, pride, what have you done,
You have made me lose my only one,
Now each time i see her passin' by,
All i do is hang my head and cry.

Recorded by hank williams
Words and music by maurice murry and fred rose

Capo: 2nd fret key: e play: d
You [d] thought she'd care for you and [d7] so you acted [g] smart
Go [a7] on an break, you crazy [d] heart
You lived on promises i [d7] knew would fall a-[g] part
Go [a7] on and break you crazy [d] heart. [d7]

You [g] never would admit you were mis-[d] tak-en
You [g] didn't even know, the [d] chances you were [a7] takin'
I [d] knew you couldn't win, i [d7] told you from the [g] start
Go [a7] on and break you crazy [d] heart.

I knew you'd wake up and find her missin'
I tried my best to warn you, but you wouldn't listen
You told me i was wrong, you thought that you were smart
Go on an break you crazy heart.

Recorded by: hank williams, sr.
Written by: hank williams, sr.

I can [am] settle dow-own and be doin' just fine
Til i [e7] hear an old train rollin' down the [am] line
Then i hurry strai-aight home and pack
And if i [e7] didn't go, i believe i'd blow my [am] stack
I love you ba-aby, but you gotta understand
When the [e7] lord made me
He made a ramblin' [am] man.

Some folks might sa-ay that i'm no good
That i wouldn't settle down if i could
But when that open ro-oad starts to callin' me
There's somethin' o'er the hill that i gotta see
Sometimes it's har-rd but you gotta understand
When the lord made me, he made a ra-amblin' man.

I love to see the tow-owns a-passin' by
And to ride these rails 'neath god's blue sky
Let me travel this la-and from the mountains to the sea
'cause that's the life i believe he meant for me
And when i'm go-one and at my grave you stand
Just say god called home your ra-amblin' man.

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by hank williams, sr.

Capo: 4th fret/key: f#/play: d
[d] in life's many battles that [g] you will have to [d] fight
Just stay close to jesus and [e7] journey in his [a7] light
Then [d] on that judgement morning [g] when all pain has [d] fled
You'll stand in god's kingdom, when the [a7] book of life is [d] read.

[g] when the seals are broken and [d] names are read aloud
You'll see many loved ones [e7] standin' in the [a7] crowd
So [d] brother keep on prayin' and [g] follow where you're [d] lead
You'll stand in god's kingdom, when the [a7] book of life is [d] read.

All your dreams of heaven will come true on that day
When the sky shall open and this earth melt away
Then all god's faithful children will raise up from the dead
United in god's kingdom, when the book of life is read.

What a happy feelin' to know he'll always care
And when our work is over heaven with him we'll share
There's be no pain or sorrow, no tears will e'er be shed
When we stand there in god's kingdom and the book of life is read.

Note. chords for 3rd and 4th verses same as 1st and 2nd

Written and recorded by hank wiliams sr.

[c] listen to ---the rain a-fallin'
Can't you hear ---that lonesome sound [c7]
Oh, my [f] poor ---old heart is [c] breakin'
'cause my sweet ---love [g7] ain't a-[c] round.

Lord, i think ---i'll start to ramble
Got to leave ---this weary town
This old place ---is way too lonely
'cause my sweet ---love ain't around.

On that train ---tonight i'm leavin'
And don't ask me ---where i'm bound
I can't stay ---here any longer
'cause my sweet ---love ain't around.

(two additional verses not on record)
Mem-o-ries ---come back to haunt me
My dream house ---has done fell down
This old world ---is dark around me
'cause my sweet ---love ain't around.

Something tells ---me that i'm losing
'cause these weary ---blues i've found
Oh, my bab- ---y left this morning
Lord, my sweet ---love ain't around.

Recorded by hank williams sr. and audrey williams
Written by hank wiliams sr.

A-[a] round me [e7] many are [a] building
[d] homes of beauty and [a] wealth
But [d] what of a home in [a] heaven
Where will you [e7] live after [a] death

Chorus:
Are you [d] building a home in [a] heaven
To live in when this life is [e7] o'er
Will you [a] move to that [d] beautiful [a] city
And live with [e7] christ ever [a] more.

Long is the [d] road that leads [a] you
To that beautiful home up [e7] there
Is [a] work on your [d] home com-[a] pleted
Death may [e7] be lingering [a] near.

Are you ready [d] for his [a] coming
Have you been true all a-[e7] long
Have you [a] finished your [d] building in [a] glory
Will you move to this [e7] heavenly [a] home.

Recorded by hank williams (with audrey williams)
Words and music by william m. golden

B: [c] to canaan's land i'm on my way
H: where the soul of man never [g7] dies
A: where the soul........never dies
B: my [c] darkest night will turn to day
H: where the soul of [g7] man never [c] dies
A: where the soul.............never dies.

Chorus
H: [c] dear friend there'll be no sad farewells
A: no sad.............................farewells
H: there'll be no tear-dimmed [g7] eyes
A: no tear-........... dimmed eyes
H: where [c] all is joy, peace and love
A: where all....................is joy
H: and the soul of man [g7] never [c] dies
A: and the soul.............never dies.

B: a garden's blooming there for me
H: where the soul of man never dies
A: where the soul........never dies
B: and i shall spend eternity
H: where the soul of man never dies
A: where the soul........never dies.

Chorus

Additional verses:

A love-light beams across the foam
Where the soul of man never dies
Where the soul........never dies
It shines to light the fires of home
Where the soul of man never dies
Where the soul........never dies.

My life will end in deathless sleep
Where the soul of man never dies
Where the soul........never dies
And everlasting joys i'll reap
Where the soul of man never dies
Where the soul........never dies.

I'm on my way to that fair land
Where the soul of man never dies
Where the soul........never dies
Where there will be no parting hand
Where the soul of man never dies
Where the soul........never dies.

Should you go first and i remain, to walk the road alone
Ill live in memory's garden dear, with happy days we've known
In spring i'll wait for roses red, when faith the lilacs bloom
And in early fall when brown leaves fall,
I'll catch a glimpse of you
Should you go first and i remain, for battles to be fought
Each thing you've touched along the way, will be a hallowed spot
I'll hear your voice ill see your smile
Though blindly i may grope
The memory of your helping hand, will buoy me on with hope
(c)beyond the sunset oh blissful (g)morning
When with our saviour, heaven is be(c)gun
Earths toiling ended, oh glorious (f)dawning
Beyond the (c)sunset (g)when day is (c)done
Should you go first and i remain, to finish with the scroll
No lessening shadows shall ever creep in
To make this life seem droll
We've known so much of happiness, we've had our cup of joy
And memory is one gift of god, that death cannot destroy
I want to know each step you take, that i may walk the same
For someday down that lonely road, you'll hear me call your name
Should you go first and i remain, one thing ill have you do
Walk slowly down that long long path, for soon ill follow you
(c)in that fair homeland we'll know no (f)parting
Beyond the (c)sunset (g)for ever (c)more

(orginally released august 1950 as m-g-m #10760)
From hank williams: the singles collection

Transcribed by: ron mcgough


[d] what's the use to deny we've been [g] living a [d] lie
That we should have admitted be[a]fore
We were [d] just victims of a [g] half-hearted [d] love
So why should we [a] try any[d]more

The vows that we make are [g] only to [d] break
We drift like a wave from the [a] shore
The [d] kisses we steal we [g] know are not [d] real
So why should we [a] try any[d]more

The dreams that we knew can [g] never come [d] true
They're gone to return no [a] more
[d] false love like ours [g] fades with the [d] flowers
So why should we [a] try any[d]more

Our story's so old a[g]gain has been [d] told
On the past let's close the [a] door
And [d] smile don't regret but [g] live and [d] forget
There's no use to [a] try any[d]more

I'm a rollin' stone all alone and lost
For a life of sin i have paid the cost
When i pass by all the people say
Just another guy on the lost highway

Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
And a woman's lies makes a life like mine
O the day we met, i went astray
I started rolling down that lost highway

I was just a lad, nearly 22
Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you
And now i'm lost, too late to pray
Lord i take a cost, o the lost highway

Now boy's don't start to ramblin' round
On this road of sin are you sorrow bound
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
You started rollin' down that lost highway

(g) they tell me little darlin',
That to- (c) morrow you'll be (g) wed,
You thought that you would hurt me,
But you (a7) hurt yourself in- (d7) stead,
I'll (g) always be the same old pal,
Just (c) as in years gone (g) by,
I'll (c) just set back and (g) watch you,
While you (d7) set alone and (g) cry.

Chorus:

(g) tears fallin' (c) down your pretty (g) cheeks,
Tears you cannot hide and (a7) tears you cannot (d7) keep,
(g) **they** are tears of sorrow and (c) tears of de- (g) light,
I wish i had a nickel, for every (d7) tear you shed last (g) night.

I just dropped by to tell you that i wish you happi-ness,
I hope that you'll forgive me for in-truding like this,
I hope my dear your happiness will follow through the years,
I'll just set back and watch you, while you shed those bitter tears.

Repeat chorus:

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by hank williams, sr.

Capo: 2nd fret key: e play: d
Like a [d] bird that's [d7] lost its mate in [g] flight
I'm a-[a7] lone and oh, so blue to-[d] night
Like a piece of [d7] driftwood on the [g] sea
May you [a7] never be alone like [d] me.

I believed the [d7] lies you told to [g] me
When you [a7] whispered, "dear, i worship [d] thee!"
Now here am [d7] i alone and [g] blue
All be-[a7] cause i loved no one but [d] you.

I gave up my [d7] friends, i left my [g] home
When you [a7] promised to be mine a-[d] lone
Now you're gone, our [d7] love could never [g] be
May you [a7] never be alone like [d] me.

In the bible, [d7] god's own words do [g] say
For [a7] ev'ry wrong some day you'll [d] pay
I pray the [d7] lord to set me [g] free
May you [a7] never be alone like [d] me.

(f) honey do you love me, huh, honey do you love me, huh,
(bb) do you want to marry, got no time to tarry,
(f) honey do you love me, huh, (c7) quit your hesitatin',
I'm tired of waitin', honey do you love me, (f) huh.

Honey won't you hold me tight, honey won't you hold me tight,
That ole moon above, was just made for love,
Honey won't you hold me tight, start your turtle dovein'
I need a little lovin', honey won't you hold me tight.

Repeat verse one

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Writer: lorene rose

I talked with a stranger, so sad and alone.
His heart was tormented, tattered and torn
He told me a story,of sorrow and bold
His heart went to heaven,at the first fall of snow

He spooke of his angel, a dear baby girl
He loved every foot tail, he loved every curl
But she went to heaven,just one year ago
The angels came for her, at the first fall of snow

He still has a dolly,that she used to love
He held and caressed it, and gazed up above
He whispered my darlin, your waiting i know
I'll bring you your dolly, at the first fall of snow

And there as i listened, my eyes filled with tears
I knew she was full fild, in happier years
His frail body trembled, he spoke soft and low
I'll bring you your dolly, at the first fall of snow

I just couldn't tell him how i felt inside
My heart was so heavy,my feelings too high
He smilled as we parted,cause he didn't know
That we lost our darlin, at the first fall of snow

[c] no one will ever know [f] my heart is [c] breaking
Al[g]though a million teardrops start to [c] flow
I'll cry myself to sleep [f] and wake up [c] smiling
I'll [g] miss you but no one will ever [c] know

I'll [g] tell them we grew tired of each [c] other
And [d] realized our dreams could never [g] be
I'll [c] even make believe [f] i never [c] loved you
Then no [g] one will ever know the truth but [c] me

[c]no one will ever know [f] how much i'm [c] pineing
Each [g] time the past comes back to haunt me [c] so
No one will ever see [f] the tears i'm [c] hiding
You've [g] hurt me but no one will ever [c] know

I'll [g] tell then i found true love with [c] another
That [d] i was glad the day you set me [g] free
I'll [c] even make believe [f] i never [c] loved you
Then no [g] one will ever know the truth but [c] me

Ron mcgough

[c] though our paths in life have parted
You no [f] longer care for me but when you're [c] happy with another
Won't you [g] sometimes think of [c] me

[c] when the evenin' sun is sinking
[f] down behind the trees and the [c] moon is slowly rising
Won't you [g] sometimes think of [c] me

[c] i'll always keep your picture it [f] means so much to me
And every [c] night i'll pray dear that
You'll [g] sometimes think of [c] me

[c] think of days that are gone dear
[f] days we could recall if [c] you would only try dear
But still [g] you blame me for [c] all

[c] when the evenin' sun is sinking
[f] down behind the trees and the [c] moon is slowly rising
Won't you [g] sometimes think of [c] me

[c] all i can say's i tried dear
But [f] you wouldn't let it be
So if you're [c] ever sad and lonely
Won't you [g] sometimes think of [c] me

[c] when the evenin' sun is sinking
[f] down behind the trees and the [c] moon is slowly rising
Won't you [g] sometimes think of [c] me

you don't dress up in satin,
You don't wear diamond rings,
But i'm satisfied with you.
You look just like an angel but you haven't got wings,
But i'm satisfied with you.

I'd rather have you just the way that you are
Than change you for somebody new.
Maybe i could do better if i reached for a star,
But i'm satisfied with you.

You're not made out of candy
But you're as sweet as you can be
So i'm satisfied with you.
I just can't see no reason why you bother with me,
But i'm satisfied with you.

I often wonder if it's all a mistake;
It's hard to believe that it's true.
But if i'm only dreaming, i sure don't want to wake,
'cause i'm satisfied with you.

I'm satisfied with you.

(g) oh the rain is slowly fallin',
And my (c) heart is so (g) sore,
Six more (c) miles and leave my (g) darlin',
Never on this earth to (d7) meet no (g) more.

Chorus

(g) six more miles (c) to the (g) graveyard,
Six more miles, long and (d7) sad,
Six more (g) miles and (c) leave my (g) darlin',
Leave the best (c) friend, i ever (g) had.

(g) oh i hear the train a-comin',
Bringin' my (c) darlin' back (g) home,
Six more (c) miles, to the (g) graveyard,
And i'll be left here (d7) all a- (g) lone.

Repeat chorus

This verse not on record, but in both early song books:

Left her in that lonely church yard,
Left my darlin' alone,
Now i'm sad, my heart is cryin',
As i wander thru life alone.

Fool about you
Artist: hank williams on the 10 cd boxset cd 8 track 11
Writer: ralph c. hutcheson
Contributed by: felton hall a href="http://www.pine-net.com/felton75">http://www.pine-net.com/felton75 /a>

Key: e

(e)like a hog a rootin' up under a fence
Like a flop-eared mule that ain't got no sense
I've been a (a)fool about you, for way too (e)long
I've been a fool about (b7)you, but now i'm gonna get (e)gone

We fight and we fuss like a dog and a cat
I'll tell you right now i've had enough of that
I've been a fool about you, for way too long
I've been a fool about you, but i'm gonna get gone

Well, i said i would leave if you didn't change
Baby, it's time for me to rearrange
I've been a fool about you, for way too long
I've been a fool about you, but now i'm gonna get gone

I'm gettin' sick and tired of the same ole bull
I'll tell you right now, lord my bucket's 'bout full
I've been a fool about you, for way too long
I've been a fool about you, but now i'm gonna get gone

(c)i like candy, (f)i like cake, (g7)i like jam but (c)goodness sake
There's (g7)nothin' as sweet as my (c)baby(g7)

(c)golden hair and (f)big blue eyes (g7)she could win a (c)beauty prize
There's (g7)nothin' as sweet as my (c)baby

(f)if i ever lose her i'll (c)lay me down and die
If (d7)sugar seems sweet then you ought to meet
My (g7)honey coated sweetie pie

(c)i like candy, (f)i like cake, (g7)i like jam but (c)goodness sake
There's (g7)nothin' as sweet as my (c)baby

I like candy, (f)i like cake, (g7)i like jam but (c)goodness sake
There's (g7)nothin' as sweet as my (c)baby(g7)

(c)i feel like a (f)honey bee, (g7)when she's buzzing (c)round with me
There's (g7)nothin' as sweet as my (c)baby

Got (f)pounds of candy kisses, but (c)i can't spare an ounce
She's (d7)sweeter than wine and brother she's mine
And (g7)that's the only thing that counts

(c)i like candy, (f)i like cake, (g7)i like jam but (c)goodness sakes
There's (g7)nothin' as sweet as my (c)baby

I have heard your stories about your fast trains
But now i'll tell you about one all the southern folks have seen|g
She's the beauty of the southlands listen to that whistle scream
It's that pan american on her way to new or-leans.

She leaves cincinnati headin' down that dixie line
When she passes that nashville tower you can hear that
Whistle whine
Stick your head right out the window and feel that southern breeze
Your on that pan american on her way to new or-leans.

If your ever in the south lands and want to see the scenes
Just get your self a ticket on that pan american queen
There's louivill nashville montgomery the cap'tal of ala-bam
You pass right through then all when your new orleans bound.

She leaves cincinnati headin' down that dixie line
When she passes that nashville tower you can hear that
Whistle whine
Stick your head right out the window and feel that southern breeze
Your on that pan american on her way to new or-leans.

Recorded by: hank williams, sr.
Writer: hank williams, sr.

Capo: 4th fret/key: b/play: g
[g] for years we both have lived on pride, [d7] dear
And we agree that love is [g] gone
Why, oh why do we keep [d7] tryin'
A house without love is not a [g] home. [g7]

The [c] lovelight in your eyes has [g] faded
And i'm contented just to [d7] roam
We [g] slaved to gain a worthless [d7] treasure
A house without love is not a [g] home.

No matter where our footsteps wander
I know we'll both be all alone
With the pride that came between us
A house without love is not a home.

The simple things have gone forever
We wanted wealth to call our own
And now we've reached the hour of parting
A house without love is not a home.

Words and music; hank williams
Recorded by hank williams, 1948

I'll ne'er forget______that sad, sad day___
Darling that_______you went away_____
You told me that______our love was true_____
And then you left_____me 'lone and blue______
Yes i received_______your note today_______
Saying you'd_________come back and stay_______
Don't come back now_____it is too late_________
My love for you______ has turned to hate________

Don't come back now_____on your knees_______
Trying to take______ me back please______
Cause you can't mend_____my broken heart______
Because it died______when we were apart_______
Yes i received_______your note today______
Saying you'd______come back and stay______
Don't come back now_____it is too late_______
My love for you_______ has turned to hate_____

(c)why should i cry, i (g7)never done you wrong
I kept my vows you left me all a(c)lone
You told me you loved me, you (f)told me a lie
(c)why should i pay, tell me (g7)why should i (c)cry

You knew i worshipped you, right from the start
I gave you my love, never thought that we'd part
You didn't care enough, to even say goodbye
Why should i pay, tell me why should i cry

You know i miss you, now that you're gone
Life can be sad when you're livin' all alone
But darlin' i'll forget you, your memory will die
Why should i pay, tell me why should i cry

Recorded by hank williams (sr.)
Written by hank williams (sr.)

Chorus
Oh, i [d] can't get you [a] off of my [d] mind
When i try i 'm just [d7] wastin' my [a] time
Lord i 've [d] tried and i 've [d7] tried
And [g7] all night long i 've [d] cried
But i can't get you [a] off of my [d] mind.

Didn't think you would leave me behind
But i guess you're the two-timin' kind
Do you think that it's smart to jump from heart to heart
When i can't get you off of my mind.

Chorus
You believe that a true love is blind
So you fool ev'ry new love you find
You've got stars in your eyes but they can't hide the lies
Oh, i can't get you off my mind.

Chorus

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by joe earls

[e] i went to the old home --- where i [a] once used to [e] roam
And all of my friends --- had [f#] ev'ryone [b7] gone
How [e] sad and how drear --- no [a] voice did i [e] hear
There was no one --- to [b7] welcome me [e] home.

[e] no one --- to welcome me home;
Oh! no, no one --- to [f#] welcome me [b7] home
How [e] sad and how drear --- no [a] voice could i [e] hear
There was no one --- to [b7] welcome me [e] home.

I went to the old school --- where i once loved to play
And all of my playmates had every one gone
So lonesome and drear --- no voice did i hear
There was no one --- to welcome me home.

No one - to welcome me home
There was one --- to welcome me home
But, when i behold --- that mansion of gold
There'll be someone --- to welcome me home.

Writen by vaughn horton
Key of e demo made by hank williams 1949
This is on the 10cd box set.

(e) i'm a'headin' back to dixie,
That's the (a) place i long to (e) be,
Where the (a) cotton grows and the (e) swanee flows,
That's (f#7) home sweet home to (b7) me,
(e) where they meet you and they greet you,
With the (a) sweetest how you all,
Well (e) shut my mouth, i'm a'headin' south,
On the (b7) dixie cannon- (e) ball.

Chorus:
(e) on the dixie cannonball, on the (a) dixie cannonball,
Just (e) listen to the whistle, it'll (f#7) thrill you one and (b7) all,
And i (e) know there's some one waitin', with the (a) sweetest how you all,
Well (e) shut my mouth, i'm a'headin' south, on the (b7) dixie cannon- (e)
Ball.

(e) when i cross them smokey mtns. i'll be (a) countin' every (e) mile,
When the (a) whistle blows, i'll be on my (e) toes,
And i'll (f#7) shuffle down the (b7) aisle,
And i (e) know i'll not be lonesome,
When i (a) see them treetops tall,
I'm coming (e) through on the big choo-choo,
On the (b7) dixie cannon- (e) ball.

Repeat chorus:

(e) yes, i'm goin' back to dixie, that's the (a) place i long to (e) be,
Where the (a) cotton grows and the (e) swanee flows,
That's (f#7) home sweet home to (b7) me,
(e) where they meet you and they greet you,
With the (a) sweetest how you all,
Well (e) shut my mouth, i'm a'headin' south,
On the (b7) dixie cannon- (e) ball.

Repeat chorus:

Hank williams sr.

(d) if you will listen a (g) song i will (d) sing
About my daddy who ran a log (a) train
Way (d) down in the southland in (g) old ala- (d) bam
We lived in a place that they (a) call chatmantown.

And late in the evening when the sun was low
Way off in the distance you could hear the train blow
The boys would come runnin' and mamma would sing,
"get the supper on the table here comes the log train".

Every morning at the break of day
He'd grab his lunch bucket and be on his way
In winter or summer, sunshine or rain
Every mornin' he'd run that old log train.

A sweatin' and swearin' all day long
Shoutin' "git-up there oxen, keep movin' along,
Load îer up boys îcause it looks like rain,
I've got get rollin' this old log train.

This story happened a long time ago
The log train is silent, god called daddy to go
But when i get to heaven to always remain
I'll listen for the whistle of the old log train.

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by hank williams, sr.

Capo: 1st fret/key: eb/play: d
On your [d] journey to the grave
[d7] would you [g] stop and try to [d] save
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' with the [a7] lord?
Would you [d] lend a helping hand
[d7] to some [g] poor sinner [d] man
Are you walkin' and a-[a7] talkin' with the [d] lord?

Chorus
Are you [d] walkin', (are you walkin')
[d7] are you [g] talkin', (are you talkin')
Are you [d] walkin' and a-talkin' with the [a7] lord?
Are you [d] traveling in his light
[d7] ev'ry [g] day and ev'ry [d] night
Are you walkin' and a talkin' [a7] with the [d] lord?

If you heart said testify, would the world hear your reply
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' with the lord?.
Would you stand and shout his name or bow your head in shame
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' with the lord?

Chorus

When the time has come to go, will your robe be white as snow
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' with the lord?
Will he take you by the hand and lead you to that promised land
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' with the lord?

Chorus

Recorded by hank williams (sr.)
Written by hank williams (sr.)

Capo on 2nd fret: key: e play: d
I don't [d] care if to-[a] morrow never [d] comes [d7]
This [g] world holds nothin' for [d] me [d7]
I've been [g] lonely night and day ever [d] since you went away
So i don't care if to-[a] morrow never [d] comes. [d7]

Chorus
If to-[g] morrow never comes and the sun [d] don't ever shine
It won't matter with [a] me
For [d] when she went a-[d7] way, my [g] world ended that [d] day
So i don't care if to-[a] morrow never [d] comes.

My lonely mind wanders back to days that used to be
My broken heart cries out for you
Oh, if i can't have you here, i can't go on my dear
So i don't care if tomorrow never comes.

Repeat chorus

Writer, hank williams demo rec. 1950?

(c) well, you can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em,
Yes, there's something mighty necessary (c7) 'bout 'em,
A (f) woman will give you the (c) blues, she'll have you (g7) pullin'
Out your hair, and (f) wearin' out your (g7) walkin' (c) shoes.

Well they just keep naggin', until your head is saggin',
There ain't a wink a-sleepin', when they start in weepin',
A woman will give you the blues, she'll have you bitein' off
Your nails, and wearin' out your walkin' shoes.

It's a losin' gamble, when you start to ramble,
Oh lordy, how you miss 'em, and you long to kiss 'em,
'cause a woman will give you the blues, she'll have you
Tossin' in your sleep, and wearin' out your walkin' shoes.

Well you can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em,
It's better to talk with 'em, than to talk about 'em,
A woman will give you the blues, she'll have you talkin' to
Yourself, and wearin' out your walkin' shoes.

I know you tried your best to love me
You smiled when your heart told you to weep
You tried to pretend that you were happy
But last night i heard you crying in your sleep

You gave the best years of your life dear
And each precious vow you tried to keep
I love you so much i want you happy
But last night i heard you crying in your sleep

Your heart is yearning for an old love
With new love its useless to compete
It hurts me to know you are unhappy
But last night i heard you crying in your sleep

You know that you are free to go dear
And don't mind if i start to weep
I know i can never make you happy
Cause last night i heard you crying in your sleep

Came in last night at half past ten
That baby of mine wouldn't let me in
So move it on over (move it on over)
Move it on over (move it on over)
Move over little dog cause the big dog's moving in

She's changed the lock on my front door
My door key don't fit no more
So get it on over (move it on over)
Scoot it on over (move it on over)
Move over skinny dog cause the fat dog's moving in

This dog house here is mighty small
But it's better than no house at all
So ease it on over (move it on over)
Drag it on over (move it on over)
Move over old dog cause a new dog's moving in

She told me not to play around
But i done let the deal go down
So pack it on over (move it on over)
Tote it on over (move it on over)
Move over nice dog cause a mad dog's moving in

She warned me once, she warned me twice
But i don't take no one's advice
So scratch it on over (move it on over)
Shake it on over (move it on over)
Move over short dog cause the tall dog's moving in

She'll crawl back to me on her knees
I'll be busy scratching fleas
So slide it on over (move it on over)
Sneak it on over (move it on over)
Move over good dog cause a mad dog's moving in

Remember pup, before you whine
That side's yours and this side's mine
So shove it on over (move it on over)
Sweep it on over (move it on over)
Move over cold dog cause a hot dog's moving in

(g) i dreamed that the great judgement (c) morning,
Had (g) dawned, and the trumpet had (d7) blown,
I (g) dreamed that all nations had (c) gathered,
To (g) judgement be- (d7) fore the white (g) throne.
From the throne came a bright shining (c) angel,
And he (g) stood on the land and the (d7) sea,
And (g) swore with his hand raised to (c) heaven,
That (g) time was no (d7) longer to (g) be.

Chorus

And oh what weeping and (c) wailing,
As the (g) lost were told of their (d7) fate,
They (g) cried for the rocks and the (c) mountains,
They (g) prayed, but their (d7) prayers were too (g) late.

The rich man was there but his money,
Had melted and vanished away,
A pauper stood there in the judgement,
His debts were too many to pay.
The great man was there, but his greatness,
When death came, was left far behind,
The angel that opened the records,
No trace of his greatness could find.

Repeat chorus

The widow was there and the orphan,
God heard and remembered their cries,
No sorrow in heaven forever,
God wiped all the tears from their eyes.
The gambler was there and the drunkard,
And they who had sold them the drink,
With people who gave them the license,
Together in hell they did sink.

Repeat chorus

The mortal man to the judgement,
But self rightousness would not do,
For the men who had crucified jesus,
Had passed off as mortal men too.
And the souls that had put off salvation,
Not tonight i'll get saved by and by,
No time now to think of religion,
At last they had found time to die.

Repeat chorus

| / / / / |
| your cheat - in'|

| c / / / | c7 / / / | f / / / |
| heart_______________ will make you weep_____________________
| heart_______________ will pine some day______________________


| / / / ab7 |g7 / / / | / / / / |
| _____ you'll cry and__ cry___________________ and try to
| _____ and crave the love__________________ you thew a -

| c / / / | / / g7 / | c / / / |
| sleep._____________________ but sleep won't come______________
| way________________________ the time will__ come______________

| c7 / / / | f / / / | / / / ab7 |
| ___ the whole night through________________ your cheat - in'__
| ___ when you'll be blue___________________ your cheat - in'__

| g7 / / / | / / / / | c / / / |
| heart_____________________ will tell on you___________________
| heart_____________________ will tell on you___________________

| / / c7 / | f / / / | / / / / |
| ___ when tears come down________________ like fall - in'
| ___ when tears come down________________ like fall - in'

| c / / / | / / / / | d7 / / / |
| rain____________________ you'll toss a - round_______________
| rain____________________ you'll toss a - round_______________


| / / / / | g7 / / / | / / / / |
| ___ and call my name___________________ you'll walk the___
| ___ and call my name___________________ you'll walk the___

| c / / / | c7 / / / | f / / / |
| floor__________________ the way i do______________________
| floor__________________ the way i do______________________

| / / / ab7 |g7 / / / | / / / / |
| ____ your cheat - in'___ heart_____________ will tell on
| ____ your cheat - in'___ heart_____________ will tell on

___________________________________ _________________________________
|1. |2.
| c / / / | / / g7 / | g / / / | / / / |
| you.____________ your cheat - in'_| you__________________

Comb your hair and paint and powder
You act proud and i'll act prouder
You sing loud and i'll sing louder
Tonight we're setting the woods on fire

You my gal and i'm your feller
Dress up in your frock of yeller
I'll look swell but you'll look sweller
Setting the woods on fire

We'll take in all the honkey tonks
Tonihgt we're having fun
We'll show the folks a brand new dance
That never has been done

I don't care who thinks we're silly
You be daffy and i'll be dilly
We'll order up to bowls of chili
Setting the woods on fire

I'll gas up my hot rod stocker
We'll get hotter than a poker
You'll be broke but i'll be broker
Tonight we're setting the woods on fire

We'll sit close to one another
Up the one street and down the other
We'll have a time o brother
Setting the woods on fire

We'll put aside a little time
To fix a flat or two
My tires and tubes are doing fine
But the air is showing through

You clap hands and i'll start bowing
We'll do all the laws allowin'
Tomorrow i'll be right back plowing
Setting the woods on fire

Chorus
[sung]
A little girl prayed at the close of the day,
Cause her daddy had gone far away,
On her little face was a look of despair,
I stood there and listened, and i heard this prayer
My mommie says daddy has brought us to shame
And i'm never no more to mention his name
Lord take me and lead me and hold to my hand
Oh heavenly father help me understand

[recitation]
You know friends i wonder--
Just how many homes are broken tonight
And just how many tears are shed
By some little word of anger
That never should have been said

I'd like to tell you a story
Of a family i once knew.
We'll call them mary and william
And their little daughter sue

Now mary was just a plain mother
And bill was just a usual dad
And they had their little family quarrels
(like everybody else)
But neither one really got mad

Then one day something happened
It was nothing of course
But one word led to another
And the last word led to a divorce

Now here were two grown up people
Who failed to use common sense
They strengthened their own selfish pride
At little sue's expense

You know she didn

Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You're grow cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free

Take these tears from my eyes and let me see
Just a spark of the love that use to be
If you love somebody new let me me find a new love too
Take these chains from my heart and set me free

Give my heart just a word of sympathy
Be as fair to my heart as you can be
Then if you no longer care for the love being there
Take these chains from my heart and set me free

Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You're grow cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free

[d] better pack up your suitcase and [g] leave in a [d] hurry
Now i don't wanna show you the door
[d] since the day that we met you've been [g] nothin' but [d] trouble
Now i don't want you [a] here [d] anymore

Run [g] along run along don't [d] pester me further
For i [g] know that you'll never be [d] true
If you can't treat me right then get [g] out of my [d] life
Go and leave me [a] alone with the [d] blues

[d] oh you stayed by my side till you [g] got all my [d] money
Now my clothes are all ragged and torn
[d] since the day that we met you've been [g] nothin' but [d] worry
Lord i wish i had [a] never been [d] born

Run [g] along run along don't you [d] pester me further
I [g] know that you'll never be [d] true
If you can't treat me right then get [g] out of my [d] life
Go and leave me [a] alone with these [d] blues

[d] you may ramble and ramble this [g] whole wide world [d] over
But don't trust any woman you meet
[d] they won't leave you alone till they've [g] got your last [d] dollar
Then you're just like the [a] dirt beneath their [d] feet

Run [g] along run along don't you [d] pester me further
For [g] i know that you'll never be [d] true
If you can't treat me right then get [g] out of my [d] life
Go and leave me [a] alone with these [d] blues

Ron mcgough

Words and music by hank williams, sr.

[g] i could shame you 'til you hide your face
And drag you right down in disgrace
But what good would it [d] do
I know i'd still want [g] you.

I could tell the world you're doin' wrong
That i was stringin' you along
And if it all were [d] true
I know i'd still want [g] you.

The [c] world with me might sympathize
[g] when i got thru with all my lies
But i'd be just as [d] blue
'cause my heart would still want [g] you-ooo-oo
[d] cry, oh, [g] lord.

I could tell my friends i threw you down
And slander your name all over town
But what good would it do
I know i'd still want you.

If i said i'm happy to be free
The only one i'd fool is me
Because it isn't true
I know i'd still want you.

What's the use to say that you're no good
When i'd crawl back if i could
No matter what you do
I know i'd still want you-ooo-oo
Cry, oh, lord.

I could smile and say that i don't care
And then go home and pull my hair
But what good would it do
I know i'd still want you.

I could say that someone put me wise
And get revenge by telling lies
But when i got all thru
I know i'd still want you.

If the things i said was to break your heart
I'd be the first to take your part
'cause if all these lies were true
I know i'd still want you-oooo-oo
Cry, oh, lord.

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Written by bonnie dodd

Chorus
A [f] tongue can accuse and carry bad [c] news
The [f] seeds of distrust, it will [c] sow
But [f] unless you've made no mistakes in your [c] life
Be careful of [g7] stones that you [c] throw.

(spoken)
[c] a neighbor was passing my [f] garden one time
[c] she stopped and i knew right away [g7]
That it was gossip, not flowers, she had on her mind [c]
And this is what i heard my neighbor say:

[c] "that girl down the street [f] should be run from our midst
[c] she drinks and she talks quite a lot [g7]
She knows not to speak to my child or to me." [c]
My neighbor then smiled and i thought:

Chorus

(spoken)
A car speeded by and the screamin' of brakes
A sound that made my blood chill
For my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path
And saved by a girl lying still.

The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out:
"oh! who was that brave girl so sweet?"
I covered the crushed, broken body and said:
"the bad girl who lived down the street."

Chorus

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by ralph jones

Oh! [d] plea-ease - don't let me [g] love you
Just be-[d] cause i'm feelin' [a7] blue
And [d] plea-ease - don't let me [g] kiss you
'cause i [d] know you-[a7] ll be un-[d] true.

Because you're [a7] sweet dear, i want to [d] love you
[e7] plea-ease - stay away from my [a7] heart
And [d] plea-ease - don't let me [g] love you
'cause i [d] know you-[a7] ll break my [d] heart.

Oh! plea-ease - don't call me darlin'
When i know you don't love me
And plea-ease - don't whisper sweetheart
For i know it just can't be

When i'm lonely, i want you only
Where is the dream i once knew
Oh! plea-ease - don't let me love you
'cause i know you'll be untrue.