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Recorded by hank williams
Written by hank williams and fred rose

Key: e capo: 2nd play: d

Kaw- [dm] liga, was a wooden indian standing by the door
He fell in love with an indian maid over in the antique store
Kaw-liga - a, just stood there and never let it [a7] show
So she could never answer "yes" or [dm] "no".

He always wore his sunday feathers and held a tomahawk
The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped someday he'd talk
Kaw-liga - a, too stubborn to ever show a sign
Because his heart was made of knotty pine.

Chorus
[d] poor ol' kaw-liga, he never got a kiss
[g] poor ol' kaw-liga, he don't know what he missed
[d] is it any wonder that his face is [a7] red
Kaw-liga, that poor ol' wooden [d] head. ... [dm]

Kaw-liga, was a lonely indian never went nowhere
His heart was set on the indian maiden with the coal black hair
Kaw-liga - a, just stood there and never let it show
So she could never answer "yes" or "no".

Then one day a wealthy customer bought the indian maid
And took her, oh, so far away, but ol' kaw-liga stayed
Kaw-liga - a, just stands there as lonely as can be
And wishes he was still an old pine tree.

Chorus

Freight train blues written by john lair 1935. recorded by roy acuff's
Crazy tennesseans 1936, "dynamite" hatcher vocal, acuff mimics the train
Whistle.

This is hank williams 1939-40 version on the 10 cd box set from mercury.


(c) i was born in dixie in a boomer's shack,
Just a little old shanty by a (g7) railroad (c) track,
The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby,
And a freight train whistle taught me (g7) how to (c) cry.

Chorus:
(c) i've got the freight train blues, lordy, lordy, lordy,
Got 'em in the bottom of my (d7) ramblin' (g7) shoes,
And (c) when that whistle blows, i've gotta go, (c7)
(f) oh! lordy! (c) guess i'm never gonna (a7) lose,
The (d7) mean old (g7) freight train (c) blues.

(c) now my pappy was a fireman and my mammy dear,
Was the only daughter of an (g7) en-gin- (c) eer,
My sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke,
Now it's a shame the way she keeps a (g7) good man (c) broke.

Chorus: (one word changed, that whistle, to, the whistle.)
(c) i've got the freight train blues, lordy, lordy, lordy,
Got 'em in the bottom of my (d7) ramblin' (g7) shoes,
And(c) when the whistle blows, i've gotta go, (c7)
(f) oh! lordy! (c) guess i'm never gonna (a7) lose,
The (d7) mean old (g7) freight train (c) blues.

Key of d
(d) i'm lonesome for someone, to (g) kiss me good - (d) night,
Just the way you used to (a7) do,
My (d) achin' heart needs someone, to (g) shine love's (d) light,
For without you, i'll (a7) always be (d) blue.

1st chorus
(d) if i (g) don't have you, to (d) help me along,
I (g) know i can never go (d) right,
With - (g) out you beside me, to (d) show me the way,
I'm lost, like a (a7) stranger in the (d) night.

Like a lonely dove that flies, from pine to pine,
My heart can't be gay and light,
Like sightless eyes, that will never see the sun,
I'm lost, like a stranger in the night.

2nd chorus
There's no need for me, to even try,
Nothin' will turn out right,
When i lost your love, i lost the will to live,
And i'm lost, like a stranger in the night

3rd chorus
Like a broken heart, that's lost on life's sea,
Tho i pray with all my might,
I know i can't face, to - morrow alone,
And i'm lost, like a stranger in the night.

Words and music by hank williams, sr.

Capo: 3rd fret key: f play: d
The [d] snow falls [g] 'round my [d] window
But [g] it can't chill my [d] heart
God [g] knows it died the [d] day you left
My dream world [a7] fell a-[d] part.

Chorus
Weary [d] blu-ue-ue [g] ues from [d] waitin'
Lord, i've been [e7] waitin' too [a7] long
These [d] blues have [g] got me [d] cryin'
Oh, sweet ma-a-ma, [a7] please come [d] home.

Thru tears i watch young lovers
As they go strollin' by
Oh, all the things that might have been
God forgive me if i cry.

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: fred rose

I was walking in savannah past a church, decayed and dim
When slowly through the window came a plaintive funeral hymn
And my sympathy awakened and a wonder quickly grew
'til i found myself envired in a little colored pew.

Out front a colored couple sat in sorrow, nearly wild
On the altar was a casket and in the casket was a child
I could picture him while livin', curly hair, protuding lips
I'd seen perhaps a thousand in my hurried southern trips.

Rose a sad, old colored preacher from his little wooden desk
With a manner sorta awkward, and countenance grotesque
The simplicity and shrewdness in his eithopian face
Showed the wisdom and ignorance of a crushed, undying race.

And he said, "now don't be weepin' for this pretty bit of clay
For the little boy who lived there has done gone and run away
He was doin' very finely and he appreciates your love
But his shore 'nuff father wanted him in the big house up above.

The lord didn't give you that baby, by no hundred thousand miles
He just thought you need some sunshine, and he lent it for awhile
And he let you keep and love it 'til your hearts were bigger grown
And these silver tears you're sheddin' now is just interest on the loan.

Just think, my poor dear mourners, creepin' 'long on sorrows life's way
What a blessed picnic this here baby got today
Your good fathers and good mothers crowd the little fellow 'round
In the angel's tender garden of the big plantation ground.

And his eyes they brightly sparkle at the pretty things he viewed
But a tear came, and he whispered, 'i want my parents , too'
But then the angel's chief musicians teach that little boy a song
Says if only they be faithful they'll soon be comin' 'long.

So, my poor detached mourners, let your hearts with jesus rest
And don't go to criticizin' the one what knows the best
He has give us many comforts, he's got the right to take away
To the lord be praised in glory, forever, let us pray."

Written by ernest tubb 1941. rec. by e.t. 11-17-41
Key d demo recorded by hank williams, probably 1949.

(d) now i've been married about six months,
Only six (d7) months you (g) see,
The (a7) first three months, was all ok,
But the last three is killin' (d) me,
My wife began her hissin', cut down on her kissin',
And then she failed to (d7) shine my (g) shoes,
My (a7) shirts they came up wrinkled,
My pants with dirt were sprinkled,
And then i took the first year (d) blues.


(d) well then she started naggin',
She left the sink a'saggin',
With dishes (d7) piled up (g) high,
No (a7) food upon the table, she said if she was able,
She'd cook something bye and (d) bye,
Then i began to wonder, if i had made a blunder,
When i (d7) said i (g) do, she (a7) must have read my thinkin',
Her eyes began to blinkin' and that gal broke in -(d) - to.


(d) well i heard the dishes crashin',
And i began to dashin', gettin' (d7) out of (g) sight,
For (a7) right there was my honey,
On who i'd spent my money, turnin' into dy - na - (d) - mite,
Then after she'd exploded, her meanness all unloaded,
And things began to (d7) simmer (g) down,
I (a7) found myself a'bleedin', and very much a'needin',
Of stitches taken all a - (d) - round.


(d) well then she started cryin', i felt myself a'sighin',
And then i took her (d7) in my (g) arms,
I (a7) was afraid to scold her, so i just gently told her,
She didn't do a bit of (d) harm,
Now the first six months is over, and i am much the older,
And experienced (d7) with a (g) wife,
If (a7) i can stand the next six, my friends all say i'll be fixed,
To take it the rest of my (d) life.

Tonight down here in the valley
I'm lonesome and o how i feel
As i sit here alone in my cabin
I can see your mansion on the hill

Do you recall when we parted
The story to me you revealed
You said you could live without loving
In your loveless mansion on the hill

I've waited all through the years love
To give you a heart true and real
Cause i know you're living in sorrow
In your loveless mansion on the hill

The light shine bright from yer window
The trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill

(d) now i got rockin' chair money
But i got it the hard, hard way
I (g) fought in every (d) battle
From the start to the vj day
And now i'll rock...yeah rock...
Oh baby (a7)rock...rock on down the (d) line

Now some folks seem to be jealous
Some don't seem to care
But i got rockin' chair money, honey
To rock on away from here
Cause i love to rock...yeah rock...
Baby, rock, rock on down the line

I rocked away out on the ocean
I rocked from here and there
My baby stepped out while i was gone
Now she don't get my rockin' chair
Cause i love to rock, yeah rock
Baby, rock, rock on down the line

I'll soon get my big check, baby
And then we'll have some fun
This rockin' chair money, honey
Is better than totin' a gun
Cause i love to rock, yeah rock
Baby, rock, let's rock on down the line

Now, honey, let's go honky tonkin'
Let's honky tonk all night
Let's lollygag and smooch and love
And do it all up right
Cause i love to rock, yeah rock
Baby, rock, let's rock on down the line

Artist: hank williams
Writer: hank williams
Source: complete hank williams cd 8 track 12
Contributed by: felton hall a href="http://www.pine-net.com/felton75">http://www.pine-net.com/felton75 /a>

I'm going home (just hank and his guitar circa 1950)
When my work here is o'er
And trials come no more
On that great day i'm going homec
To live forever more, just o'er on heaven's shore
When my life here is o'er i'm going home

Chorus

I'm going home, i'm going home
When my life here is o'er i'm going home
Won't it be so sweet, to rest at jesus' feet
When my life here is o'er i'm going home

I'm travelling in the light
And my way is clear and bright
Some glad day i'm going home
Heading for the pearly gates for there my savior waits
When my life here is o'er i'm going home

As i travel down life's road
So heavy is my load
But some glad day i'm going home
I'll meet my loved ones there, in that land so bright and fair
When my life here is o'er i'm going home

Chorus

Words and music by hank williams, sr.

[c] i could [g7] say it's over [c] now [c7]
That [f] i was glad to see you [c] go
[f] i could hate you for the [c] way i'm [am] feelin'
My [g7] lips could tell a lie, but my heart would [c] know. [c7]

[f] it's a sin to make me [c] cry
[g7] when you know i love you [c] so [c7]
[f] i could tell my heart that [c] i don't [am] miss you
My [g7] lips could tell a lie, but my heart would [c] know.

I could give you all the blame
But i'm sure the truth would show
I could tell this world i've found a new love
My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know.

I can't fool my cryin' heart
'cause it knows i need you so
I could tell my heart i'm glad we parted
My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know.

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

Her [g] eyes were blue, her hair was [d7] auburn
Her smile was like an angel [g] fair
She was her daddy's only [d7] daughter
On the tennessee [g] border [g7]

Chorus
One [c] night i took a ride just across the [g] line
I [a7] picked her up in a pickup truck
And she [d] broke this heart of [d7] mine
Her [g] mama said: "no-o, [d7] she's my only daughter,"
But we got married on the tennessee [g] border.

The roses were bloomin' [d7] there on the border
The moon was shinin' [g] there
Her personality made me [d7] want her
On the tennessee [g] border.

Chorus

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

The [g] old maid's waitin' for leap year to come
The crooner's just waitin' to [c] sing
The [d7] old cow's standin' by the bull durham sign
Just a-waitin' for the grass to turn [g] green.

The [g] bar-fly's waitin' for an easy mark
'n' the hitch-hiker's waitin' for a [c] ride
The [d7] life-termer's waitin' for a prison break
The beachcomber's waitin' for the [g] ride.

Farmer's daughter's waitin' for the salesman
To take her into town
The city slicker's waitin' for the country boy
To lay all his money down.

You know ev'rything comes to a standstill
Nothin' seems to make a turn
Worm must be waitin' for the early bird
I guess the early bird's waitin' for the worm.

Nobody wants to do nothin'
Just waitin' to get a finger in the pie
Waitin' for a call from a big quiz show
Or hopin' and a-waitin' and for some rich uncle to die.

Katy, she's waitin' at the garden gate
The moonshiner's waitin' at the still
'n' the gambler's still waitin' for that ace in the hole
I guess jack's still waitin' for jill.

Ev'rybody's waitin' for som'thin'
Nothing seems to turn out right
'cause the night shift's waitin' for mornin'
And the burglar just waitin' for night.

The congregation's waitin' for the preacher
Preacher just waitin' for the groom
The groom's just waitin' for the june bride
And the bride's just waitin' for june.

Sunflow'rs waitin' for the sunshine
Violets just waitin' for dew
Bees just waitin' for honey
And, honey, -- i'm -- just -- waitin' -- for -- you.

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?

Writer: zeke manners
Artist: hank williams on the 10 cd box set cd 6 track 19
Contributed by: felton hall a href="http://www.pine-net.com/felton75/">http://www.pine-net.com/felton75/ /a>

This is a really good song that i have liked since the very first time i ever heard it. hope you enjoy it. i do it in the key of e but hank does it in d as best as i can tell.

Don't do it darlin' (key of d)

(d)if you're worryin' over me like i've worried over you
Don't do it (a)darlin', don't do it (d)darlin'
If you think i'm missin' you and i'm missin' kissin' you
Don't do it (a)darlin', don't do it (d)darlin'

I (g)gave my heart to you my dear and (d)trusted you and then
You (a)took my heart and played with it and (e)now you say we're through
If you (d)think i'm all alone and you feel the urge to phone
Don't do it (a)darlin', don't do it (d)darlin'

If you're worryin' over me like i've worried over you
Don't do it darlin', don't do it darlin'
If you think i'm missin' you and i'm missin' kissin' you
Don't do it darlin', don't do it darlin'

I gave my heart to you my love, i trusted it with you
You took my heart you played with it and now you say we're through
Now that you are all alone and you feel the urge to phone
Don't do it darlin', don't do it darlin'

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.

Writer, hank williams

(e) let me tell you 'bout a preacher,
With a cane and a long tailed coat, (e7)
Let me (a) tell you 'bout a preacher,
With a cane and a long tailed (e) coat,
But he (b7) does all his preachin',
With his eyes on the women - (e) folk.

Chorus

(e) send him back, send him back, where he (e7) was be - (a) fore,
He's a (b7) two-faced man, and we don't want him here no (e) more.

Well he preached about gamblin', said it's a sin and it's a shame,
Yes he preached about gamblin', said it's a sin and it's a shame,
But when i met him in a alley, he won my watch and chain.

Repeat chorus

Well he preached about liquor, said leave the stuff alone,
Yes he preached about liquor, said leave the stuff alone,
But then i saw a deacon, totin' the preacher home.

Repeat chorus

Well he preached about wedlock, the finest thing in life,
Yes he preached about wedlock, the finest thing in life,
But then i saw the preacher, kissin' brother jackson's wife.

Repeat chorus

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

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

Capo: 1st fret/key: eb/play: d

[d] i told my [a] heart i didn't love [d] you
That [g] i'd be happy if we'd [d] part
But [g] now i know i was mis-[d] taken
[a] i told a lie to my [d] heart.

I [g] told my heart i didn't [d] love you
Now we'll forever be a-[a] part
[g] lonely years of tears and [d] sorrow
[a] i told a lie to my [d] heart.

[d] if we [a] sin somehow we [d] pay
And [g] now the bitter teardrops [d] start
[g] i must learn to live with-[d] out you
[a] i told a lie to my [d] heart.

I [g] told my heart i didn't [d] love you
That i'd be happy if we'd [a] part
[g] lonely years of tears and [d] sorrow
[a] i told a lie to my [d] heart.

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

I was [d] ridin' number nine
Headin' [g] south from caro-[d] line
I heard that lone-[a7] some whistle [d] blow
Got in trouble had to roam
Left my [g] gal and left my [d] home
I heard that lone-[a7] some whistle [d] blow.

1st refrain
Just a [g] kid actin' smart
I went and [d] broke my darlin's heart
I guess i was too young to [a7] know
They took me [d] off the georgia main
Locked me [g] to a ball and [d] chain
I heard that lone-[a7] some whistle [d] blow.

All alone i bear the shame
I'm a number not a name
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
All i do is sit and cry
When the ev'nin' train goes by
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

2nd refrain
I'll be locked here in this cell
Til my body's just a shell
And my hair turns whiter than snow
I'll never see that gal of mine
Lord, i'm in georgia doin' time
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

Recorded by hank williams
Words and music by pee wee king and redd stewart

[c] travelin' [g7] down a lonely high-[c] way
I knew not [f] where the road would [c] end
Not a [f] penny in my [c] pocket
All a-[g7] lone without a [c] friend
In a [g7] little country [c] village
I met a [f] man and he was [c] blind
As i [f] helped him cross the high-[c] way
Oh! [am] lord i cried his [c] burdens are [g7] greater than [c] mine.

I can [f] see the light of day
I [c] need not feel my way
Yes, thy burdens are [g7] greater than [c] mine.

Met a lad while on my travels
Tryin' hard to play the game
Though his leg was very crippled
And he could not speak his name
Yet, he smiled in understandin'
Though life to him had been unkind
And as i watched, i cried in sorrow
Oh! lord his burdens are greater than mine.

I can speak my name aloud
Make my way among the crowd
Yes, his burdens are greater than mine.

Just by chance i passed a graveyard
I saw a young man kneelin' there
In his hand, there were some roses
On his lips, there was a prayer
On a stone, these words were written
'your soul is god's, your mem'ry mine'
And as i watched, i cried in sorrow
Oh! lord i see his burdens are greater than mine.

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.

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

Key: c

(c)there's no room in my (c7)heart for the (f)blues
Love is (g7)satisfied to either win or (c)lose
Darlin', if our pathways part, (c7)let there (f)be no broken hearts
There's no (g7)room in my heart for the (c)blues

There's no room in my life for a sigh
We'll be strong enough to face our last goodbye
Darlin', if our romance ends, let us part the best of friends
There's no room in my heart for the blues

There's no room in my memory for tears
We'll let bygones be forgotten souvenirs
If your hungry heart forgets, let there be no sad regrets
There's no room in my heart for the blues

There's no room in my life for a sigh
We'll be strong enough to face our last goodbye
Darlin' if our romance ends let us be the best of friends
There's no room in my heart for the blues

(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.
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.

I've just told mama goodbye
Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by curley kinsey and sunshine slim sweet

[d] each year on [a7] mother's [d] day
The rose i [g] wore was [d] red
But [g] today i'm saying [d] my first prayer
Mama's lying on her [a7] dying [d] bed.

[d] i've just told [a7] mama good-[d] bye
Mother's day has [g] turned to [d] night
Like the [g] flowers in may, she [d] withered away
And my red rose is [a7] turning [d] white.

This is the dreaded hour
We all must face someday
Yet there's consolation in my heart
She will bloom in the master's bouquet.

Her time has come to go
And there's nothing i can do
Only hold her hand and say goodbye
Mama's day with her children is through.

I've just told mama goodbye
And knelt beside her bed
I heard her say, "i'll meet you someday,
Where the white roses turn to red."

[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.
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

(e) i'm praying for the day, when the (a) whole wide world can say,
That this (e) cruel war it is (b7) o'er,
And the (e) boys who are gone, start their (a) long journey home,
Oh i'm (e) praying for the (b7) day when peace will (e) come.

When the black clouds roll away, and the skies are bright and gay,
And the guns are silent once more,
And the bombs no longer fly, from the planes up in the sky,
Oh i'm praying for the day when peace will come.

Oh there's mother and dad, don't you know they'll be so glad,
To see their son's coming home,
This old world will rock with joy, for that freedom loving boy,
Oh i'm praying for the day when peace will come.

Sweethearts and wives so dear, who have waited for that year,
For their loved ones to return,
This old world will be so gay, on that great and happy day,
Oh i'm praying for the day when peace will come.

(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

Recorded by: hank williams, sr.
Writers: grady and hazel cole capo: 1st fret/key: eb/play: d

[d] only a tramp was lazarus sad [g] fate
He who lay do-[a7] wn at the rich man's [d] gate
He begged for the crumbs from the rich man to [g] eat
He was only a [d] tramp found [a7] dead on the [d] street. [d] he was some mother's darlin', he was some mother's [g] son
Once he was [a7] fair and once he was [d] young
And some mother rocked him, her darlin' to [g] sleep
But they left him to [d] die like a [a7] tramp on the [d] street. jesus, he died on calvary's tree
He shed his life's blood for you and for me
They pierced his side and then his feet
And they left him to die like a tramp on the street. he was mary's own darlin', he was god's chosen son
Once he was fair and once he was young
Mary, she rocked him, her darlin' to sleep
But they left him to die like a tramp on the street. if jesus should come and knock on your door
For a place to come in, or bread from your store
Would you welcome him in, or turn him away
Then the god's would deny you on the great judgement day.

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_____

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.

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.

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

Writer: fred rose
Artist: hank williams on the 10 cd boxset cd 6 track 2
Contributor: felton hall a target=_top href="http://www.pine-net.com/felton75">http://www.pine-net.com/felton75 /a>

Key: e
(if you don't know e very well throw a capo on the 2nd fret and play it in d)

(e) faded love and winter roses (b7) always bloom in memo(e)ry
Faded love and winter roses (b7) yearning hearts that used to (e)be

(a)will they meet again tomorrow (e)where we parted yester(b7)day
(e)give me back the winter roses (b7)and the love you took a(e)way

(e)faded love and winter roses (b7)sprinkled with a lonely (e)tear
Faded love and winter roses (b7)still recall each yester(e)year

(a)will i always be a dreamer (e)dreaming of the used to (b7)be
(e)faded love and winter roses (b7)live and die in memo(e)ry

I'm sorry for you, my friend
Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Written by hank williams, sr.

[e] you've known so long that you were wrong
But still you had your [b7] way
You told her lies and alibis
And hurt her more each [e] day
But now your conscience bothers you
You've reached your [e7] journey's [a] end
You're [b7] asking me for sympathy
I'm sorry for you, my [e] friend.

You laughed inside each time she cried
You tried to make her blue
She tagged along through right and wrong
Because she worshipped you
You know that you're the one to blame
There's no use to pretend
Today's the day you start to pay
I'm sorry for you, my friend.

Today as she walked arm in arm
At someone else's side
It made you stop and realize
That time has turned the tide
You should have known you'd be alone
'cause cheaters never win
You tried and lost, now pay the cost
I'm sorry for you, my friend.

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

(a) next sunday darlin' is my birth -(e7) day,
A day that should be free from (a) care,
Best wishes and con - grat - u - (e7) la - tions,
But only sorrow fills the (a) air.

First chorus

While (e7) friends are singing happy birth- (a) day,
There'll (b7) be smile upon my (e7) face,
But (a) when they're gone, the smile will (e7) vanish,
A broken heart will take it's (a) place.

Another year has come and gone now,
The plans i made have gone a - stray,
The day that should be filled with laughter,
Will only be another day.

Second chorus

The little house we planned to - gether,
Is empty now without you dear,
But in my dreams you're there be - side me,
So let me dream that you are here.

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

(c)darling lets turn back the years
And go back to yester(g)day
Lets pretend the time has stopped
And i didn't go (c)away

We had our love to make us happy
It wasn't meant to bring us (g)tears
Love like ours should never die
So darling lets turn back the (c)years

We had our love to make us happy
It wasn't meant to bring us tears
Love like ours should never die
So darling lets turn back the years

(e) sometimes late at night,
When our (a) friends are fast a- (e) sleep,
You say you'd like to take a stroll with (b7) me,
Tho (e) we are wed to others, and (a) it may not be (e) right,
I have (a) longed to hold you (e) in my arms,
(b7) sometimes late at (e) night.

Chorus:

I've (a) cried myself to sleep,
A (e) thousand times or more,
But when i dream of you, my heart is (b7) light,
No (e) matter what our friends may (e7) say,
And (a) it may not be (e) right,
I (a) love you so, you (e) know i'll go,
(b7) sometimes late at (e) night.

Repeat chorus.

Written by don helms and hank williams
Recorded by ray price feb. 8, 1952, with the drifting cowboys

(d) you ask me why my (d7) heart's so (g) sad,
And (d) why the teardrops fill my (a7) eyes,
A (d) heart can't sing that's (d7) filled with (g) pain,
How (d) can it (a7) laugh when it (d) cries. (d7)

First chorus

I (g) saw my dreams all fade and (d) die,
Like castles in the (a7) blue,
Each (d) dawn will bring more (d7) tears and (g) pain,
I've (d) lost the (a7) only love i (d) knew.

Oh, life for me is use - less now,
It seems so empty and blue,
There's no more use to try a - gain,
I fail in everything i do.

Second chorus

It's hard to know you'll never have,
The one you love so true,
While the world's asleep, i'll lay and cry,
I've lost the only love i knew.

| / / / / |
| 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

Hear the lonesome whiperwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome i could cry

I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide it's face and cry

Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die
That means he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome i could cry

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as i wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome i could cry

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

Like a bird that's lost in maiden flight
I'm alone and oh so blue tonight
Like a piece of driftwood on the sea
May you never be alone like me

I believed the lies you told to me
When you whispered dear,i'll worship thee
Now here i am all alone and blue
All because i love no one but you

I have left my friends,i left my home
When you promised to be mine alone
Now you're gone our love could never be
May you never be alone like me

In the bible,god's own words do say
For every wrong some day you'll have to pay
I'll pray the lord to set me free
May you never be alone like me

Goodbye little darling

Goodbye little darling we're parting
Parting don't always mean goodbye
Although we have to part,you're always in my heart
Goodbye little darling goodbye

Goodbye little darling,i'll miss you
Miss you like the stars would miss the sky
I hate to see you go,i'm going to miss you so
Good bye little darling ,goodbye

Goodbye little darling,i love you
I'll love you till the day i die
Will you dream a dream of me,where ever you may be
Goodbye little darling,goodbye

Recorded by: hank williams, sr.
Written by: hank williams sr. & ramona vincent

I [a] travelled from [a7] texas to [d] old louis-[a] anne
Thru valleys, o'er mountains and [e7] plains
Both [a] footsore and [a7] weary i [d] rested a-[a] while
On the [e7] banks of the old ponchar-[a] train.

The fairest young maiden that i ever saw
Passed by as it started to rain
We both found a shelter beneath the same tree
On the banks of the old ponchartrain.

We hid from the shower an hour or so
She asked me how long i'd remain
I told her that i'd spend the rest of my days
On the banks of the old ponchartrain.

I just couldn't tell her that i ran away
From jail on a west texas plain
I prayed in my heart i would never be found
On the banks of the old ponchartrain.

Then one day a man put his hand on my arm
And said i must go west again
I left her alone without saying goodbye
On the banks of the old ponchartrain.

Tonight as i sit here alone in my cell
I know that she's waiting in vain
I'm hoping and praying someday to return
To the banks of the old ponchartrain.

Key e writers, hank williams and fred rose

(e) you're barkin' up the wrong tree now,
You're barkin' up the wrong tree (b7) now,
You don't (e) ever want to (e7) play, un - (a) less you have your (e)
Way,
But you're barkin' up the (b7) wrong tree (e) now. (e7)
(a) two can play that cheatin' game, (e) just as good as one,
And (f#7) i'm the person that can show you (b7) how;
If you (e) think i'm second (e7) rate, then you're (a) gonna have to (e)
Wait,
'cause you're barkin' up the (b7) wrong tree (e) now.

You're barkin' up the wrong tree now,
You're barkin' up the wrong tree now,
When you get dis-sat-is-fied, let your concience be your guide,
'cause you're barkin' up the wrong tree now.
Two can play that cheatin' game, just as good as one,
And i'm the person that can show you how;
If you want to chase a-bout, just don't let me find it out,
'cause you're barkin' up the wrong tree now.

You're barkin' up the wrong tree now,
You're barkin' up the wrong tree now,
Just be sure you never do, what you don't want done to you,
'cause you're barkin' up the wrong tree now.
Two can play that cheatin' game, just as good as one,
And i'm the person that can show you how;
If it's time you want to spend, then you're on the losin' end,
'cause you're barkin' up the wrong tree now.