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A Night Alone With You
03:11
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A Night Alone With You (Original) (c) 01-05-2013 Written by Shirley Smythe, Melody by Don Smythe
4/4 Swing Western Swing (Bluegrass feel) Tempo 150 BPM
KEY C
Intro: Last 2 line of Verse 1
Verse.1 Rhythm Guitar and Kick drum only
There's one thing that I'm asking for, It would mean so much to me
A Night Alone With You, a night of quality..
We won't have to pretend, and there'll be no one there to see...
When you give me your all, when you give your all to me.
Verse.2 Full Band
I've had to hide my feelings, from the people that I know...
For they wouldn't understand, That I just love you so
Yes, they'll make up their own stories, none of which are true....
So, all I'm asking for, is a night alone with you.
Chorus:
I could tell them how I love you so
More than any one, I've ever known...
I could tell them how I came alive
With the lovin' that you have shown
But that won't change what they will say
and it won't change what we do
So all I'm asking for, is a night alone with you
Intru: Last 2 line of Verse.1
Verse.3
So if you read my story and you ever hear my song..
Please don't judge the words you hear,
and don't judge my love is wrong...
I'm just a loving man, who loves a woman so true
So, all I'm asking for, is A Night Alone With You
Chorus:
I could tell them how I love you so
More than any one, I've ever known...
I could tell them how I came alive
With the lovin' that you have shown
But that won't change what they will say
and it won't change what we do
So all I'm asking for, is a night alone with you
TAG:
Yes, all I'm asking for,
is a night alone with you
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2. |
Coward Of The County
04:40
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"Coward of the County" - by Kenny Rogers (1979)
Words and Music by Roger Bowling & Billy Ed Wheeler
2/2 Western Swing Tempo 90 BPM
KEY C
Verse.1
Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county.
He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong.
His mama named him Tommy, the folks just called him yellow,
but something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong.
Verse.2
He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison.
I looked after Tommy 'cause he was my brother's son.
I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy:
"Son, my life is over, but yours is just begun.
CHORUS:
Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done.
Walk away from trouble if you can.
It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.
I hope you're old enough to understand:
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man."
KEY C#
Verse.3
There's someone for ev'ryone and Tommy's love was Becky.
In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man.
One day while he was workin' the Gatlin boys came callin'.
[Spoken]
They took turns at Becky.... There was three of them!
Verse.4
Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin'.
The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand.
He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy's picture.
As his tears fell on his daddy's face, he heard these words again:
CHORUS:
"Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done.
Walk away from trouble if you can.
It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.
I hope you're old enough to understand:
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man."
KEY D
Verse.5
The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom.
One of them got up and met him halfway 'cross the floor.
When Tommy turned around they said, "Hey look! ol' yellow's leavin'."
But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door.
Verse.6
Twenty years of crawlin' was bottled up inside him.
He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he let 'em have it all.
When Tommy left the barroom not a Gatlin boy was standin'.
He said, "This one's for Becky," as he watched the last one fall.
[Spoken]
And I heard him say,
CHORUS:
"I promised you, Dad, not to do the things you done.
I walk away from trouble when I can.
Now please don't think I'm weak, I didn't turn the other cheek,
and Papa, I sure hope you understand:
Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man."
TAG
Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county.
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3. |
Livin' On Love
03:34
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LIVIN' ON LOVE by ALAN JACKSON 4/4 Straight Tempo 120 BPM
KEY A
INTRO: ****1/2 Verse
VERSE 1
Two young people without a thing
Say some vows and spread their wings
And settle down to just what they need livin' on love
**** She don't care 'bout what's in style
She just likes the way he smiles
It takes more than marble and tile livin' on love****
CHORUS
Livin' on love, buyin' on time
Without somebody nothin' ain't worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme livin' on love
It sounds simple. That's what you're thinkin'
But love can walk through fire without blinkin'
It doesn't take much when you give enough livin' on love
INSTRU: TO FULL VERSE
VERSE 2
Two old people without a thing
Children gone but still they sing
Side beside in that front porch swing livin' on love
He can't see anymore. She can barely sweep the floor
Hand in hand they'll walk though that door livin' on love
CHORUS
Livin' on love, buyin' on time
Without somebody nothin' ain't worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme livin' on love
It sounds simple. That's what you're thinkin'
But love can walk through fire without blinkin'
It doesn't take much when you give enough livin' on love
TAG
No, it doesn't take much when you give enough livin' on love
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4. |
Sing Me Back Home
04:29
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(Merle Haggard) 4/4 Straight (Double Kick) Tempo 100 BPM
KEY E
Verse.1
The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
'Let my guitar playing friend do my request.'
Chorus:
Let Him
Sing me back home with a song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing Me Back Home before I die.
Verse.2
I recall last Sunday morning when a choir came off from the street
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
And I heard him tell the singers 'There's a song that my mama sang.
Could I hear it once before you move along?'
Chorus
Let him
Sing me back home with a song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing Me Back Home before I die.
Chorus
Let him
Sing me back home with a song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing Me Back Home before I die.
TAG
Sing Me Back Home before I die. Yes Before I Die
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Precious Years
04:42
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Precious Years Clark Reid (c) 1997.
2/2 1/16th Bluegrass Ballad feel Tempo 63 BPM
KEY A
Instrumental:
VERSE 1.
Daddy plays the honky tonks and he lives------ out on the road,
He hasn’t seen his little ones,---- Since the last big Christmas Show
Blindly each night he goes on and he plays his old guitar
and cries on through-- another night
as he wonders how they are....
CHORUS:
He’s a Daddy--- but he doesn’t know how To fill the boots he wears
He needs them to be proud of him, Those--- little ones who care
He sings the songs--- to make his name
And he hopes--- he might get there
But the little ones, just want Daddy
And he’s losing-- Precious years.
VERSE 2.
Drinking is his only-- comfort
But each bottle-- makes him worse
Last night he forgot the words to,--- Every second verse
He hides away-- until the day
He can make-- his little ones proud
But they don’t care what Daddy does, So long-- as he’s around
CHORUS REPEATS:
Turnaround:
VERSE 3.
He’s loved just-- for who he is, They don’t care-- what he does
But he doesn’t feel good enough, To deserve-- his little ones
The years have all--- passed them now
And time-- has slipped away
But they’re all here-- together now, They’ll bury him today
BRIDGE:
And just before he closed his eyes
The last thing he said out loud
I love you both my little ones
I hope I made you proud
CHORUS:
He’s a Daddy--- but he doesn’t know how To fill the boots he wears
He needs them to be proud of him, Those--- little ones who care
He sings the songs--- to make his name
And he hopes--- he might get there
But the little ones, just want Daddy
And he’s losing-- Precious years.
And the little ones just wanted Daddy
And he lost those Precious Years. OUTRO
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6. |
Always Wanting You
03:09
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Always Wanting You 4/4 Straight (slow with feeling) Tempo 97 BPM
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard
KEY C
Band
Always loving you but never touching you
Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand
Chorus:
Always wanting you but never having you
Makes it hard to face tomorrow
Cause I know I'll wake up wanting you again
Always loving you but never touching you Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand
Verse.1
I'd been better off if I'd turned away And never looked at you the, second time
Cause I really had my life all together,
till your eyes meet, mine
And there I saw a yearning and a feeling across the room, that you felt for me
Wish I'd had a way of knowing
That the things we had in mind could, never be
Chorus:
Always wanting you but never having you
Makes it hard to face tomorrow
Cause I know I'll wake up wanting you again
Always loving you but never touching you Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand
Instru:
Always loving you but never touching you
Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand
Singing Always wanting you but never having you
Sometimes hurts me almost more than I can stand
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Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
recorded by Don Williams written by Waylon Holyfield
2/2 (2/4 feel – Back beat rhythm) Tempo 100 BPM
KEY A
Intro:
Verse:1
Coffee black, cigarettes, Start this day like all the rest
First thing every morning that I do
Is start missing you
Chorus:
Some broken hearts never mend, Some memories never end,
Some tears will never dry,
My love for you will never die
Instru: to full Chorus
Verse: 2
Rendezvous in the night
A willin’ woman to hold me tight
But in the middle of loves embrace
I see your face
Chorus:
Some broken hearts never mend, Some memories never end,
Some tears will never dry,
My love for you will never die
Chorus:
Some broken hearts never mend, Some memories never end,
Some tears will never dry,
My love for you will never die
Instru: to full Chorus twice
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Don Smythe New Zealand
Country music singer, guitar musician, country promotions.
A genuine true-blue Country advocate and supporter of New Zealand Country Music at all levels plus I help to promote overseas Country Artists and Country Music Radio stations worldwide.
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