unknown

Instrumental

By dickey betts
(c) 1996 sony music entertainment, inc.

This transcription comes from the song tombstone eyes
Played on july 26, 1996 in toronto, ontario.
The lyrics will vary from show to show because they are not
Set in stone yet, but this is what dickey sang on july 26.

Transcribed by nathan yerg


Intro: g c g dcg
(g)not so long ago, just a (c)few years back
(g)we used to hang out down by the (c)railroad track.
(g)the guitars they played and the (c)singers made rhyme
(d)it was a good time for being free. g c g c

(g)bouquet of flowers on her (c)kitchen window sill
(g)listen to bob dylans new stuff (c)he'd just done in jacksonville
(g)lay down on the hillside and (c)look up at the sky
(d)we had it all you and i. g c g c

(g)and the lives we were living started to (c)feel like yesterday
(g)people started driftin and (c)goin their separate ways
(g)the wind started blowin and the (c)sky began to cry
(d)you and i we didnt make it, i wished we'd never said goodbye

Chorus:
(c)i hope i never (d)see those eyes (g)again
(c)eyes that used to (d)be my best (g)friend's
(c)and we gave it all (d)away for the (g)diamonds in the (em)dust
(c)with a hungry voice still howlin in the (d)wind
(c)a heart of stone no (d)longer lasts, her (g)eyes no longer (em)cry
(c)i know i'll never (d)see those (c)tombstone (d)eyes again. g dcg
(c)and i know i'll never (d)see those (c)tombstone (d)eyes again g
Dcg.

(not real sure about this next verse, but here's what it sounds like.)
(g)no more religious message just a (c)story to tell
(g)i keep on track on sunday, (c)peace and love, heaven and hell.
(g)i'm a mean beat street drifter, with the (c)sun shining from a face
(d)ah but that was long ago, another time, another place.

Chorus

By g.allman, d. toler & t. colton


Our lives are hanging in a balance
Or they're dangling by a thread
A spark of life brought down from an angel
To raise the stranger from the dead
Once more we're cheating on the
With all the gypsy in our souls
Cause i know there's a god up in heaven
Who must love rock and roll

Once again we sail home to sarasota
With the ocean awash the gunwale
But she still keeps her head above water
Guess we're all gonna live to tell this tale

Here's to the boys in the band forever hangin' on
Without you there's no reason to go
I'd be lying face down in some river
Waiting on an angel to take me back home

Once again we sail home to sarasota
With the ocean awash the gunwale
But she still keeps her head above water
Guess we're all gonna live to tell this tale

Solo:

Once again we sail home to sarasota
With the ocean awash the gunwale
But she still keeps her head above water
Guess we're all gonna live to tell this tale

This city mean old world, try livin' by yourself
This city mean old world, try livin' by yourself
Can't get the one you love, have to use somebody else

I've got the blues, gonna pack my things and go
I've got the blues, gonna pack my things and go
Guess you don't love me, lovin' mister so and so

Solo (two times)

Sometimes i wonder why can your love be so cold
Sometimes i wonder why can your love be so cold
I guess you don't love me, gonna pack my things and go

Solo (to end)

got on a bus in memphis,
Destination rome.
Georgia ain't no paradise
But a place i just call home.
I sat next to a broken hearted bride
She was cryin', tryin' so hard to hide
Her selfish sorrow.

I tried to get her talkin'
She didn't have much to say
She asked me for a map to death row
But i didn't know the way
She had lost a million in the game
One look out the window at the pine trees and the rain
It wasn't her day.

Multicolored lady
You ain't like no rainbow i've ever seen
Multicolored lady
Angry red, passion blue, but mostly shades of green

Midnight came and brought more rain,
Nothing seemed to ease her pain.
The hours that we talked seemed like minutes all in vein.
I watched as her tears kept runnin' wide
Bye and bye and bye, way back after a while
She started smilin'.

Multicolored lady
You ain't like no rainbow i've ever known.
Multicolored lady
Come go with me, i'll take you to my home

Oh, by the way, i'm bound for rome.

By chris farren & steve diamond
When i look for the love in your eyes,
You turn away
And there's nothing as loud as the words
We never say
Look at us now, standing on the edge again
Look at us now, it's not too late to try again
I need some...

Evedence of love, to keep me going on
Please show me some
Evidence of love, and i'll be here
I still believe we can see it through,
There's just so much, that i can do
It dosen't make sense, without some evidence of love

There's a cold, cold look on your face,
Is it saying good-bye?
'cause there's nothing as cold as the ashes,
When the fire has died
Talk to me now, tell me what you're missing
Talk to me now, i'll try and find your heart again
I need some...

Evedence of love, to keep me going on
Please show me some
Evidence of love, and i'll be here
I still believe we can see it through,
There's just so much, that i can do
It dosen't make sense, without some evidence of love

Stand and fight
Try to say what's on your mind, baby
So much is on the line
There's a chance we'll makit right

Look at us now, standing on the edge again
Look at us now, it's not too late to try again
I need some...

Evedence of love, to keep me going on
Please show me some
Evidence of love, and i'll be here

By (d.allman)

Oh my word what could it be
Is it love or is it me
That makes me change so suddenly
Looking out feeling free

Sit here lying in my bed
Wondering what is was i'd said
Made me think i'd lost my head
When i know i'd lost my heart instead

Chorus:

Won't you please read my signs be a gypsy
Tell me what i hope to find deep within me
Because you can't see my mind please be with me

Of all the better things i've heard
Loving you has made the words
And all the rest seems so absurd
In the end it all comes out i'm sure

Chorus:

Won't you please read my signs be a gypsy
Tell me what i hope to find deep within me
Because you can't see my mind please be with me

By mckinley morganfield

Had a sweet little girl, ran off, took her the baby boy.
People ain't that sad?
Whoa, i had a sweet little girl, the mother ran off took the baby boy.
Ain't that sad?
Whoa, you can't spend what you ain't got.
You can't lose what you never had.
Ah, you can't spend what you ain't got.
You can't lose what you never had.

I had money in the bank, got busted.
People ain't so sad?
Whoa, i had some money in the bank got busted.
People, people, ain't that sad?
But oh, you can't spend what you ain't got.
You can't lose what you never had.
Ah, you can't spend what you ain't got.
You can't lose what you never had.

I had a sweet little home, got drunk, burned it down.
People ain't so sad?
Oh, i had a sweet little home, got drunk, burned it down.
People ain't that sad?
Oh, you can't spend what you ain't got.
You can't lose what you never had.
Oh, you can't spend what you ain't got.
You can't lose what you never had.

By d. toler, t. colton & b. waibel

He came from the streets, she came from the mountains
A faded star and an angel without wings,
Their passions flowed like a deep running river
They had nothing left to lose and everything to gain and he said

Let's make a garden said the thorn to the wild rose,
Plant some seeds deep in the ground,
Let's make a garden said the thorn to the wild rose,
Strong enough to hold us down

Seasons will change, we'll last forever we'll see the snow and the
Falling of the leaves
High on the hill with the sky all around us, we'll watch it grow
From two wild seeds

Let's make a garden said the thorn to the wild rose,
Plant some seeds deep in the ground,
Let's make a garden said the thorn to the wild rose,
Where it's springtime all around

Solo

He came from the streets, she came from the mountains
A faded star and an angel without wings,
Their passions flowed like a deep running river
They had nothing left to lose and everything to gain and he said

Let's make a garden said the thorn to the wild rose,
Plant some seeds deep in the ground,
Let's make a garden said the thorn to the wild rose,
Where it's springtime all around

Let's make a garden said the thorn to the wild rose,
Plant some seeds deep in the ground,
Let's make a garden said the thorn to the wild rose,
Where it's springtime all around