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

I've [c] tried and tried to run and hide
To find a [c7] life that's [g7] new
But [c] where i go, i [f] always [c] know
I can't es-[g7] cape from [c] you.

A jug of wine to numb my mind
But what good does it do
The jug runs dry and still i cry
I can't escape from you.

These wasted tears are souvenirs
Of a love i thought was true
Your memory is chained to me
I can't escape from you.

There is no end, i can't pretend
That dreams will soon come true
A slave too long to a heart of stone
I can't escape from you.

[c] you were there in my arms [f] alone in the [c] moonlight
The trees played the waltz of the [g] wind
It was [c] there i knew i'd [f] love you [c] forever
As we danced to the [g] waltz of the [c] wind

The [f] stars up [c] above you look [g] down in your [c] eyes
And [f] there in the [c] moonlight i [g] knew
So [c] i'll say goodbye [f] dear till [c] tommorrow
Till we dance to the [g] waltz of the [c] wind

[repeat entire]

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.

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.

(e)we live in two different (a) worlds, dear
(e)that's why we're so far a(b7)part
(e)you made your world out of (a) vows that are broken
(e)i built a (b7)world in my (e) heart

Everyone here tried to warn me
You were just playing a game
I told them all we were meant for each other
I thought our worlds were the same

If you stay over in your world
Oh, how my poor heart will pine
Darling, someday when your memories wander
Won't you come over in mine

We live in two different worlds, dear
My world is honest and true
Sweetheart, remember when your world gets lonesome
I'll still be waiting for you

Written and recorded by hank williams (sr)

While [c] strolling thru a lovely [g7] garden
As day was drawing to a [c] close...[g7]
My [c] eyes be-[c7]-held a tragic [f] story
I [g7] saw a teardrop on a [c] rose.

It should have been a tear of gladness
But deep inside the sorrow shows
A trusting heart had just been broken
I saw a teardrop on a rose.

A sobbing tear that follows parting
Holds all the pain that sorrow knows
A false goodbye a life is shattered
There lies a story on a rose.

The tear will dry the rose will wither
When spring and winter comes and goes
I loved, i lost, my story ended
With just a teardrop on a rose.

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

Written and sung by hank williams

(d) i'll take you to the picture show and babe i'll hold your hand,
I'll sit up in your parlor, let you cool me with your (d7) fan,
I'll (g) listen to your troubles and (d) pet you when you cry, but get
That marryin' out of your head, i'll be a (a7) bachelor 'til i (d) die.

I don't mind honky tonkin' 'round if that will bring you fun,
But somehow i can't undersdtand how one and one make one,
I like to cuddle near you and listen to you lie,
But get that marryin' out of your head, i'll be a bachelor 'til i die.

Now if you want a helpmate you're wastin' lots of time,
'cause i'm afraid of church bells, how they scare me when they chime,
I've seen those married people just up and say goodbye,
So get that marryin' out of your head, i'll be a bachelor 'til i die.

This freedom's mighty precious in this land of liberty,
I've seen what matrimony done to better men than me,
I don't mind keepin' company with the apple of my eye,
But keep that marryin' out of your head, i'll be a bachelor 'til i die.

(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:

Writer - hank williams

(f) we were waiting at the (c) church,
We watched and saw the wedding (g7) start,
As the (f) organ played, we (c) stood there and prayed,
Just (g7) me and my broken (c) heart.

Oh, (g7) can't you see what you have (c) done, (c7)
To (f) me, oh foolish foolish (c) pride, (c7)
(f) you brought tears and sorrow (c) to,
An (g7) untrue heart that never (c) cried.

I (g7) saw the sunshine of my (c) life, (c7)
Who (f) once i know just worshiped (c) me, (c7)
(f) standin' by another's (c) side,
And (g7) soon his bride she'll (c) be.

(f) i bowed my head in grief and (c) shame,
As i felt the teardrops (g7) start,
But as the (f) organ played, we (c) stood there and prayed,
Just (g7) me and my broken (c) heart.

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Writer: johnn bond and billy folger

[c] far away from friends and loved ones
'mid the [g7] storm, a soldier [c] lay
Gathered 'round him all his buddies
Raised his [g7] head, we heard him [c] say.

There's a [f] lamp light in the [c] window
Where an [f] angel from a-[c] bove
Gently [f] rocked my baby [c] cradle
With such [g7] tender care and [c] love.

Mother [f] dearest, darlin' [c] mother
It would [f] ease this awful [c] pain
If she'd sing until i'm sleepin'
Rock my [g7] cradle once a-[c] gain.

'neath the palms tonight he's sleepin'
On an island far away
Tho' the years pass on in sorrow
I still recall his words today.

Repeat 2nd and 3rd verse.

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Arranged by hank williams, sr.

Capo: 2nd fret/key: e/play: d
[d] in the world's mighty gallery of pictures
Hang the [g] scenes that are painted from life [d]
There's pictures of love and of passion
Then there's [e7] pictures of peace and of [a7] strife
There hang [d] pictures of youth and of beauty
Of old [g] age and the blushing young [d] bride
They all [g] hang on the wall - but the [d] saddest of all
Are the [a7] pictures from life's other [d] side.

[d] just a picture from life's other side
Some-[g] one has fell by the way [d]
A life has gone out with the tide
That [e7] might have been happy some [a7] day
There's a [d] poor old mother at home
She's [g] watching and waiting a-[d] lone
Just [g] longing to hear - from a [d] loved one so dear
It's just a [a7] picture from life's other [d] side.

The first scene is that of a gambler
Who had lost all his money at play
An' he draws his dead mother's ring from his finger
That she wore long ago on her wedding day
It's his last earthly treasure, but he stakes it
Then he bows his head that his shame he may hide
But, when they lifted his head - they found he was dead
That's just a picture from life's other side.

Now the last scene is that by the river
Of a heart-broken mother and babe
As the harbor lights shine and they shiver
On an outcast whom no one will save
And yet, she was once a true woman
She was somebody's darlin' and pride
God help her, she leaps - for there's no one to weep
It's just a picture from life's other side.

Extra verse:
The next was a scene of two brothers
Whose pathways so diff'rent had led
One lived the life of a rich man
The other one begged for his bread
Then one night they met on the highway
"your money or life", the thief cried
And then with his knife - took his own brother's life
It's just a picture from life's other side.

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

To-[c] night my head is bowed in sor-[g] row
I can't keep the tears from my [c] eyes
My son calls an-[c7] other man [f] daddy
The [g7] right to his love, i've been [c] denied.

Chorus

My [f] son calls another man [c] daddy
He'll [d7] ne'er know my name nor my [g7] face
[f] god only knows how it [c] hurts me
For an-[g7] other to be in my [c] place.

Each night i laid there in prison
I pictured a future so bright
For he was the one ray of sunshine
That showed thru the darkest of nights.

Chorus

Today his mother shares a new love
She just couldn't stand my disgrace
My son calls another man daddy
And longs for the love he can't replace.

Chorus

[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

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

[c] i'll pretend i'm free from sor-[g7] row
Make believe that wrong is [c] right
Your wedding day [c7] will be to-[f] morrow
But there'll [c] be no [g7] teardrops to-[c] night.

Why, oh [f] why - should you de-[c] sert me
Are you [f] doin' this for [g7] spite
If you [c] only [c7] want to hurt [f] me
Then there'll [c] be no [g7] teardrops to-[c] night.

I'll believe that you still love me
When you wear your veil of white
But you think that you're above me
So there'll be no teardrops tonight.

Shame, oh shame - for what you're doin'
Other arms will hold you tight
You don't care whose life you ruin
But there'll be no teardrops tonight.

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.

(e) i was strollin' one day, in a lonely graveyard,
When a voice from the tomb, seemed to (b7) say,
I once (e) lived as you live, walked and talked as you talk,
But from earth i was (b7) soon called a- (e) way.

Chorus

(e) oh, those tombs, ("oh those tombs"),
Lonely tombs, ("lonely tombs "),
Seemed to say in a low gentle (b7) tone,
Oh how (e) sweet, ("oh how sweet"),
Is the rest, ("is the rest"),
In our beautiful, (b7) heavenly (e) home.

Every voice from the tomb, seemed to whisper and say,
Livin' man you must soon follow me,
And i thought as i gazed, on that cold marble slab,
What a sad lonesome place that must be.

Repeat chorus

I then came to the place, where my mother did lay,
And her voice, soft and low, from the tomb,
It said, son i'm at rest, with the savior above,
I am safe in my heavenly home.

Repeat chorus

Artist: hank williams on the 10 cd boxset cd 6 track 16
Writer: paul howard
Contributed by: felton hall a href="http://www.pine-net.com/felton75">http://www.pine-net.com/felton75 /a>

Key: c

(c)with tears in my eyes, dear, i begged you to (f)stay
You couldn't for(g7)give me, so you went a-(c)way
I made a mistake, dear, by tellin' you (f)lies
Now i lay a(g7)wake, dear, with tears in my (c)eyes

No more to be sweetheart, no more to be friend
Please give me a chance, dear, and i'll make amends
My yesterdays haunt me, my weary heart cries
I just can't go on, dear, with tears in my eyes

If you ever need me, oh please let me know
Wherever you lead me, i'm willin' to go
The past is a flower, that withers and dies
I'll wake up tomorrow, with tears in my eyes

With tears in my eyes, dear, i begged you to stay
You couldn't forgive me, so you went away
I made a mistake, dear, by tellin' you lies
Now i lay awake, dear, with tears in my eyes

Hank williams & audrey williams

[c] at first when i heard of some people who claim
That the old-time religion was [g] real
I [c] said "i'll go down, take a [f] look at the crowd
For [c] just that weak-[g] minded i [c] feel."

[c] i walked up the steps and i peeked in the door
But the devil said, "don't you go [g] in!"
But i [c] said, "it won't hurt me i'll [f] just step inside
And i'll [c] set as far [g] back as i [c] can." [but-]

Chorus
[c] something got a hold of me [praise god]
Yes something got a hold of [g] me [oh! lord]
I [c] went there to fight, but i'll [f] tell you that night
God [c] certainly got a [g] hold of [c] me.

They sang like they meant it, they all clapped their hands
I said, "it's commotion, that's all."
"when they get down to pray, i'll just get up and leave
For i don't wanta be seen here at all."

But i bowed that time, he got started to preach
And he looked straight down at me
He told ev'rybody how mean that i was
He didn't talk like he thought much of me.

I sat in my seat just thinkin' it o'er
And then they all started to pray
The fire fell from heaven, i fell to the floor
I prayed there and god had his way. [for-]

Chorus

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 hank williams, sr.

Capo: 3rd fret/key: b/play: g
[g] in a little pine grove [c] by the old home
There's [g] someone who's [d7] restin' a-[g] lone [d7]
And [g] there on the the tomb, these [c] words i read
The [g] words were [d7] mother is [g] gone. [g7]

Chours
[c] mother is gone, to her [g] home
Way up in [d7] heaven a-[g] bove [d7]
And my [g] heart's so sad, for the [c] words i read there
The [g] words said [d7] mother is [g] gone.

As i stood alone, with mem'ries of home
The place i left long, long ago
I returned home, but i waited too long
For the words said, mother is gone.

My friends did say, before she went away
She called my name o'er and o'er
So trustin' in god's love, i'll meet her above
Over there on that other shore.

Chorus

Writer: autry inman
Artist: hank williams
Contributed by: felton hall

This song is hard to pick out on the copy i have. it is pretty scratchy
And a couple of the words i have for lyrics in here may be wrong but i
Think they are right. email greg if you see a problem with it.

I cried again key: g

(g)teardrops (c)fell the night you (g)said
I love you dear but you are (d)wed
I (g)watched you (c)as you held his (g)hand
Then i turned (d)away and cried again

(chorus)
I (c) cried again when i reached (g)home
There sat your picture all a(d)lone
I (g)thought of (c)things that might have (g)been
I bowed my (d)head and cried a(g)gain

I took your letters from the shelf
Then read aloud just to myself
But just before i reached the end
I bowed my head and cried again

Chorus

And here's the reason why i say
Dear, i must throw your things away
For they would only bring me pain
And i'd bow my head and cry again

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

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.

Written and sung by, hank williams

(d) lord i went to the doctor, he took one look,
He said the (g) trouble with you ain't (d) in my book,
I'll (g) tell you what it is but it (d) ain't good news,
You've got an awful bad case of them (a7) low down (d) blues.

Chorus
(d) i've got the (g) mean old miseries (d) in my soul,
I (g) went to the river, but the (d) water's too cold,
I've (g) walked the floor 'till i've (d) wore out my shoes,
Lord they're killin' me, i mean them (a7) low down (d) blues.


(d) lord i never knew a man could feel so bad,
I (g) never knew livin' could (g) be so sad,
(g) all i do is (d) set and cry,
Lord i'd have to get better, be- (a7) fore i could (d) die.

Repeat chorus

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

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

| / / / / |
| 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__________________

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

Written and recorded by hank williams


Capo on 2nd fret
I was [a] sad and blue, i was [d] down-hearted, too
It [a] seemed like the [e] whole world was [a] lost [e]
And [a] i took a chance, and we [d] happened to dance
To the [a] tune of the [e] alabama [a] waltz.


Chorus
[d] waltz, waltz, the [a] alabama waltz
[b] there all my fears and [e] tears were lost [e7]
[a] there in your arms, with [d] all of your charms
We [a] danced to the [e] alabama [a] waltz.


Chorus

[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.