Jimmie Rodgers Chords and Lyrics
- Ben Dewberry's Final Run
- Blue Yodel #3 Lyrics
- Blue Yodel #4 Lyrics
- Blue Yodel #6 Lyrics
- Brakeman's Blues Lyrics
- Hobo Bill's Last Ride
- Hobo's Meditation
- In The Jailhouse Now No.1
- In The jailhouse Now No.2 Lyrics
- I've Ranged, I've Roamed, And I've Travelled Lyrics
- Jimmie The Kid
- Last Blue Yodel Lyrics
- The Mississippi River Blues Lyrics
- Moonlight And Skies
- My Blue Eyed Jane Lyrics
- My Rough And Rowdy Ways Lyrics
- Never No Mo' Blues Lyrics
- New Mule Skinner Blues Lyrics
- Old Pal Of My Heart Lyrics
- Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
- Southern Cannon Ball Lyrics
- T for Texas
- That Wonderful City Lyrics
- The Soldier's Sweetheart Lyrics
- Traveling Blues
- Waitin' For A Train
- Why Did You (Give Me Your Love) Lyrics
- Why Should I Be Lonely Lyrics
- You And My Old Guitar
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Ben Dewberry's Final Run - Jimmie Rodgers
CAPO: 1st FRET/KEY: C#/PLAY: C
[C] Ben Dewberry was a brave engineer
He told his fireman don't you ever [C7] fear
[C] All I want is the water and coal
Put your head out the window, watch the drivers roll
Watch the [F] drivers roll - watch the drivers [C] roll
Put your head out the window; watch the [G7] drivers [C] roll.
Ben Dewberry said before he died
Two more roads that he wanted to ride
His fireman asked him what could they be
Said the old Northeastern and the A and B
The A and B - he said the A and B
It's the old Northeastern and the A and B.
On the fatal morning it began to rain
Around the curve come a passenger train
Ben Dewberry was the engineer
With the throttle wide open and without any fear
He didn't have no fear - he didn't have no fear
He had her runnin' wide open without any fear.
Ben looked at his watch - shook his head
We may make Atlanta but we'll all be dead
The train was flyin' by the troublin' switch
Without any warning then she took the ditch
Yea! she went in the ditch - well, she took the ditch
Without any warning - then she took the ditch.
The big locomotive leaped from the rail
Ben never lived to tell that awful tale
His life was ended and his work was done
When Ben Dewberry made his final run
He made his final run - he made his final run
When Ben Dewberry made his final run.
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Blue Yodel #3 - Jimmie Rodgers
She's long, she's tall, she's six feet from the ground
She's long, she's tall, she's six fee't from the ground
She's tailor made, she ain't no hand me down
O-la-ee-o, la-oo, o-la-ee-oo la-oo
She's tailor made, she ain't no hand me down.
She's got eyes like diamonds, teeth shine just the same
She's got eyes like diamonds, teeth shine just the same
Sweet ruby lips, and hair like a horse's mane
Ola-ee o, la-oo, ola-ee-oo la-oo
Sweet ruby lips, and hair like a horse's mane.
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Blue Yodel #4 - Jimmie Rodgers
Listen to me mama while I sing you this song
Listen to your daddy sing you this lonesome song
You got me worried now; But I won't be worried long.
Let me tell you something mama that you don't know
Let me tell you something mama that you don't know
I'm a do right papa. got a home ev'rywhere I go.
Got the California blues
And I'm sure gonna leave you here
Got the California blues
And I'm sure gonna leave you here
I may ride the blinds
I ain't got no railrdad fare.
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Blue Yodel #6 - Jimmie Rodgers
She left me this morning
Midnight was turning day
She left me this morning
Midnight turning day
I didn't have no blues
Until my good gal went away.
I got the blues like midnight
The moon shining bright as day
I got the blues like midnight
Oh, The moon shines bright as day
I wish a Tornado
Would blow my blues away.
One of these mornings
I'm gonna leave this town
One of these mornings
I'm gonna leave this town
'Cause you triflin' women
Really keep a good man down.
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Brakeman's Blues - Jimmie Rodgers
Portland Maine is just the same as Sunny Tennessee
Portland Maine is just the same as Sunny Tennessee
Any old place I hang my hat, is home sweet home to me.
I went to the depot and looked up on the board
I went to the depot and looked up on the board
It says it's good times here, but it's better down the road.
I'll eat my breakfast here and my dinner in New Orleans
I'll eat my breakfast here and my dinner in New Orleans
I'm gonna get me a mama I ain't never seen.
Where was you mama when the train left the shed
Where was you mama when the train left the shed
Standing in my front door wishing I was dead.
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Hobo Bill's Last Ride - Jimmie Rodgers
[C] Riding on an East-bound freight train, [F] speeding thru the [C] night
[F] Hobo Bill, [C] a railroad bum, was [D] fighting for his [G7] life ...
The [C] sadness of his eyes revealed the [F] torture of his [C] soul
He [F] raised a weak and [C] weary hand to [G7] brush away the [C] cold.
YODEL: [C] Ho-ho-o [G7] Bo-o-o [C] Bil-lie!
No warm light flickers around him, no blankets there to fold
Nothing but, the howling wind and the driving rain, so cold ...
When he heard a whistle blow, in a dreamy kind of way
The hobo seemed contented for he smiled there where he lay.
YODEL: [C] Ho-ho-o [G7] Bo-o-o [C] Bil-lie!
Outside the rain was fallin' on that lonesome boxcar door
But the little form of Hobo Bill lay still upon the floor ...
As the train sped thru the darkness and the raging storm outside
No one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride.
TRAIN WHISTLE
It was early in the mornin' when they raised the hobo's head
The smile still lingered on his face, but Hobo Bill was dead ...
There was no mother's longin', to soothe his weary soul
For he was just a railroad bum, who died out in the cold.
TRAIN WHISTLE fade
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Hobo's Meditation - Jimmie Rodgers
THIS IS IN 3/3 TIME; 3 BEATS PER MEASURE
INTRODUCTION: D - A - F#M - B7 - E
A E A
Tonight as I lay on the boxcar
D A
Just waiting for a train to pass by
D A
What will become of the hobo
B7 E
Whenever his turn comes to die
A E A
There's a Master up yonder in Heaven
D D flat
Got a place that we might call our home
D A F#M
Willl we have to work for a living
B7 E A
Or can we continue to roam
A D A
Will there be any freight trains in Heaven
D A
Any boxcars in which we might hide
D A
Will there be any tough cops or brakemen
B7 E
Will they tell us that we cannot ride
A E A
Will the hobo chum with the rich man
D D flat
Will we always have money to spare
D A F#m
Will they have respect for the hobo
B7 E A
In that land that lies hidden up there
INSTRUMENTAL: A - E - A - D - A - D - A - F#m - B7 - E - A
REPEAT THE ABOVE
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In The Jailhouse Now No.1 - Jimmie Rodgers
[D] I had a friend named Ramblin' Bob
Who used to steal, gamble and rob
He thought he was the smartest guy in [G] town
But I found out last Monday
That Bob got locked up Sunday
They've [A] got him in the [E] jailhouse way down [A] town.
Refrain:
He's in the [D] jailhouse now
He's in the [G] jailhouse now
I [A] told him once or twice
To quit playin' cards and shootin' [A7] dice
He's in the [A] jailhouse [D] now. (Yodel)
He played a game called poker
He knuckled with Dan Yoakum
But shootin' dice was his greatest game
Now he's downtown in jail
Nobody to go his bail
The judge done said that he will pay the fine.
Refrain:
I went out last Tuesday
Met a girl named Susie
I told her I was the swellest man around
We started to spend my money
Then she started to call me honey
We took in every cabaret in town.
We're in the jailhouse now
We're in the jailhouse now
I told the judge right to his face
We didn't like to see this place
We're in the jailhouse now. (Yodel)
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In The jailhouse Now No.2 - Jimmie Rodgers
I had a friend named Campbell
He used to rob, steal and gamble
He tried ev'rything that was lowdown
He was out tom-cattin' one night
When he started a big fight
And a big policeman came and knocked him down.
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
I told him over again
To quit drinking whiskey
Lay off of that gin
He's in the jailhouse now.
Yodel eedle odel layee, yodel ayee
Yodel eedle odel layee yodel ayee
Yodel layeeee, yodel layeeee layeeee eeayee.
Campbell broke jail one day
Decided he'd go away
But the police met him at the train
The cop says I'll come for you
Campbell says that this won't do
Because Campbell never my name.
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
Yes, he broke out
All over town the fool walked about
He's in the jailhouse now.
I met his old gal Sadie
'She said, "Have you seen my baby"
I told her he was down-town in the can
She went down to the jail
Just to go his bail
She said, "I've come down here to get, my man."
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
So you can understand
Why old kid Sadie's in the can
She's in the jailhouse now.
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I've Ranged, I've Roamed, And I've Travelled - Jimmie Rodgers
I've ranged, I've 'roamed and I've traveled
I've been a no-good, they say
Many years of my life I have wasted
But I've stopped leading that life today.
I had a dear old mother
A dad and a sister too
But I was the youngest and spoiled, they say
By mother, as mothers will do.
I left when a kid for the city
I craved the great white way
But it is a place without pity
I went wrong the very first day.
I met there a faded lady
She seemed so jolly and gay
She took me to her apartment
Where a dozen or more men stay.
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Jimmie The Kid - Jimmie Rodgers
I'll [G] tell you a story of JIMMIE THE KID
He's a [C] brakeman you all [G] know
He was [C] born in Mississippi, a-[G] way down [Em] south
And he [A7] flagged on the [D7] T. and N. [G] O.
He yodeled to fame on the Boston Main
The Wabash and the T. P.
>From the old Grand Trunk to the cotton belt
He yodeled on the Santa Fe.
YODEL (G/D7/G)
On the Lehigh Valley, he yodeled awhile
Then he went to the Nickel Plate
>From the old Lake Shore and the Erie Line
He yodeled to a Cadillac Eight.
YODEL (G/D7/G)
He yodeled his way to the C. & A.
The Lackawanna and I. C.
He rode a rattler called the Cannon Ball
Then he yodeled on the M. K. & T.
YODEL (G/D7/G)
Now the story goes that JIMMIE THE KID
Has a yodeling mama so sweet
They go "Cadillac-ing" every night
And they yodel up and down the street.
YODEL (G/D7/G)
He rode freight trains from East to West
He's fixed himself up nice
He's got a beautiful home, all of his own
It's the yodeler's paradise.
YODEL (G/D7/G)
They've treated him good, they've treated him bad
He never done any wrong
He yodels a yodel that ever'body knows
Is the yodeling brakeman's song.
YODEL (G/D7/G)
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Last Blue Yodel - Jimmie Rodgers
I love the women, but I love them all the same
Tho' I love the women, I love them all the same
But I don't love nobody
Well enough to change her name
The women make a fool of me.
My papa told me, my mama sat and cried
My papa told me, my mama sat and cried
Said I had too many women for a boy my size
The women make a fool of me.
When I'm in the parlor
The girls think it's a treat
When I'm in the parlor
The girls think it's a treat
For along in the winter time
They turn off the heat
The women make a fool of me.
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The Mississippi River Blues - Jimmie Rodgers
Oh, you Mississippi river
With water so deep and wild
My thoughts of you keep rising
Just like an evening tide
I'm just like a sea-gull that's left the sea
Oh, your muddy waters they keep on calling me.
I'm goin' to pack my grip and head that way
You'll see me hanging 'round again someday
'Cause I know that's the only way to lose
The Mississippi river blues.
I've often ridden on your bosom
From Memphis to New Orleans
Leaning over muddy waters
Flowing through familiar scenes
And when I hear the whistle
Of an old steamboat
Down that Mississippi river
Again I'm goin' to float.
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Moonlight And Skies - Jimmie Rodgers
1/Oh, [D] come hear my stor-[D7]y, of [G] heartaches and [D] sighs
I'm a pris'ner who's lonely, for my Moonlight And [A7] Skies
[D] I have a sweetheart, who's [G] waiting for me
Back in old Okla-[D]homa, not [A7] far from Shaw-[D]nee.
2/Her lips like the [G] cherries, her little heart [D] cries
Daddy, please come [A7] back, to your moonlight and [D] Skies
My pal's name was [G] Blackie, a lad with true [D] heart
A robb'ry we [A7] planned, so decided to [D] start.
3/I went to my [G] darling, with tears in her [D] eyes
She said, daddy don't [A7] leave me, your Moonlight And [D] Skies
I laughed at her [G] pleading, youth must have its' [D] way
And said I'll be ...[A7] back, in a couple of [D] days.
INSTRUMENTAL NOTES TO YODEL: D/A7/D
4/[D] The next scene was [D7] fatal, with a [G] shot thru his [D] heart
For Blackie died sending love to his sweet-[A7]heart
Go [D] tell her, go tell her, [G] I've sinned, my love
I'll meet her in [D] heaven, with the [A7] angels a-[D]bove.
5/That night I was [G] captured, out under the [D] stars
Now I have last('d) an' [A7] lingered, behind these iron [D] bars
You'll find me at my [G] window, as the day slowly [D] dies
I am dreaming of my [A7] darling and my Moonlight And [D] Skies.
6/A pale Moon is [G] shining, is shining so [D] bright
And lovers are [A7] strolling, by my window to-[D]night
Their laughter so [G] merry, brings heartaches and [D] sighs
To a pris'ner who's [A7] lonely, for the Moonlight And [D] Skies.
TAG: ([D] Half a yodel inst., then) For [A7] Moonlight And [D] Skies.
Note. 1st and 4th verses have different chord sturcture.
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My Blue Eyed Jane - Jimmie Rodgers
The sweetest girl in the world is my blue eyed Jane
We fell in love like turtle doves while the moon was shining down
I asked her then, I asked her when the wedding bells would ring
She said, "Oh dear, it seems so queer, that this could happen here."
You are my little pal, and I never knew a sweeter gal
My little blue eyed Jane, I love you so
And when the sun goes down, and a shadow's creeping over town
Just meet me in the lane, my blue eyed Jane
Janie dear, listen here, I've come to say farewell
The world is drear without you dear, but now I cannot linger here
I'm going away this very day, oh please come go with me
I'll be sad and blue wanting you, longing all day through
My little blue eyed Jane, you'll always be the same sweet thing
I know you'll never change, I love you so
And when the sun goes down, and a shadow's creeping over town
Then I'll come back again, my blue eyed Jane.
BREAK
And when the sun goes down, and a shadow's creeping over town
Then I'll come back again, my blue eyed Jane.
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My Rough And Rowdy Ways - Jimmie Rodgers
For years and years I rambled, drank my wines and gambled
But one day I thought I'd settle down
I met a perfect lady; she said she'd be my baby
We built a cottage in the old home town
yodel ay-hee o, a-lay-hee ay, a-lay-hee.
CHORUS:
But somehow I can't forget my good old rambling days
The railroad trains are calling me always
I may be rough, I may be wild
I may be tough and counted vile
But I can't give up my good old rough and rowdy ways
yodel ay-hee, I-hee, olay-hee.
Sometimes I meet a bounder who knew me when I was a rounder
He grabs my hand and says, "Boy, have a drink."
We go down to the poolroom, get in the game and then soon
The daylight comes before I've had a wink.
yodel ay-hee o, d'lay-hee o, d'lay-hee, I-hee olay....
yodel ay-hee odle ay-hee
yodel ay-hee odle ay-hee
yodel ay-hee I-hee olay-hee
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Never No Mo' Blues - Jimmie Rodgers
I'm just as blue as I can be
Since Susette said good-by to me
My life is a failure I see
And she won't be my gal, no mo', no mo', no more.
I'll pack my things in a grip
Take me a long ocean trip
On a great big steam ship
She'll never see her daddy no more.
I hate to say farewell
To my mammy and my sister Nell
They're sure gonna cry
When I tell that I ain't comin' home no more.
Oh la-ee oh a-la-ee oh-a-la-ee
Oh la-ee oh a-la-ee oh-a-la-ee
Oh-a-la-ee a-ee a-ee
Now whether I'm right or wrong
I'm gonna be gone before long
And then I'll hush this song
That I never will sing no mo', no mo', no more.
Perhaps I'll be sorry someday
That I leave here and go away
But they need not ask me to stay
For I'll never change my mind, no mo', no more.
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New Mule Skinner Blues - Jimmie Rodgers
Good mornin', foreman good mornin', boss
Do you need another mule skinner
With a blacksnake whip to toss.
Refrain:
Yodel lay, ee ee, yodel ay ee ee.
Lord, I been workin' hard
An' ah feel so bad!
I've got a good woman
An' I want to keep 'er glad.
Refrain:
I'm an ol' mule skinner from down Kentucky way
I can make any mule listen
Or I won't accept no pay.
Refrain:
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Old Pal Of My Heart - Jimmie Rodgers
The shadows of twilight are falling
On a heart so lonesome and blue
I can hear a voice sweetly calling
And it brings back mem'ries of you.
Old pal of my heart, are you lonesome?
Old pal of my dreams, are you blue?
It's been many days since we parted
My thoughts are forever of you.
Life is so empty without you
I long for you forever it seems
For I know you'll always be the same sweetheart to me
When I come back to you in my dreams.
And oh how I long for you darling
To hold you again tenderly
And hear you say that you always will be
Just the same old sweet pal to me.
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Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia - Jimmie Rodgers
C C7
When its peach pickin time in Georgia
F C
Apple pickin time in Tennesee
G7 C
Cotton pickin time in Mississippi
D7 G7 G
Everybody picks on me
G7 C
When its roundup time in Texas
C7 F Dm6 E7
The Cowboys make Whoopee
F C A7
And way down in old Alabamy
Dm G7 C
Its gal pickin time to me
C C7
There's the bluegrass in old Kentucky
F C
Virginia's where they do the swing
G7 C
Carolina now I'm coming to you
D7 G7 G
Coming just to spend the spring
G7 C
Arkansas I hear you calling
C7 F Dm6 E7
I know I'll see you soon
F C A7
There is where we'll do some pickin
Dm G7 C
Beneath that ole Ozark moon
C C7
When the pickininees pick the cotton
F C
Thats the time I'll pick the wedding ring
G7 C
We'll go to town a pick a little gown
D7 G7 G
For the wedding in the Spring
G7 C
Hope the preacher knows his business
C7 F Dm6 E7
I know he can't fool me
F C A7
When its peach pickin time in Georgia
Dm G7 C
Its gal pickin time for me
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Southern Cannon Ball - Jimmie Rodgers
I had to quit railroadin'; We didn't agree at all
There was always something wrong; With the Southern Cannon Ball.
Refrain:
Odle ayee adle eedle; Ayee odle eedle ayee.
I once loved a maiden; She was fair and tall
Her father was the engineer; On the Southern Cannon Ball.
She promised she would wed me; In the merry month of June
And go to the magic islands; To spend our honeymoon.
At last my dreams were shattered; When she put me off with a stall
She said the whistle was broken; On the Southern Cannon Ball.
I loved this girl sincerely; So I fixed the whistle back
The next thing she told me; Was, "The caboose is off the track."
For days and nights I labored; To get it back with the train
All was ready for the "hop-off"; When, the bell refused to ring.
I fixed the bell in a jiffy; And called for Preacher Dunn
Who married us in a boxcar; But the train refused to run.
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T for Texas - Jimmie Rodgers
E E7 A
Well, 'T' for Texas, 'T' for Tennessee
A E
'T' for Texas, 'T' for Tennessee
B7 E
'T' for Thelma, the gal that made a wreck out of me
If you don't want me mama, you sure don't have to stall
If you don't want me mama, you sure don't have to stall
'Cause I can get more women than a passenger train [can haul]
Well, I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine
I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine
'Cause this Georgia water tastes like turpentine
I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log
I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log
Than to be here in Atlanta, [and] get treated like a dirty dog
E B7 E
Women make a fool out of me
If you're ever down in mobile be sure to look me up
If you're ever down in mobile be sure to look me up
And if your ever in Atlanta tell Lucille to go to hell
Women make a fool out of me
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That Wonderful City - Jimmie Rodgers
I'm waiting, watching and longing
That beautiful sight to behold
When I shall awake some bright morning
In that city of streets of pure gold;
My Saviour has gone to prepare it
For all who accept His grace
And that's why I know I'll be welcome
To a home in that wonderful place.
When I reach my home in that city
Shall I find you waiting up there?
With the saints who have gone on before us
To that beautiful home so fair.
My whole heart is set up on Heaven
Where my Saviour's face I see
And live in the light of His glory
Throughout all Eternity.
He bids us to work in His vineyard
To toil for Him early and late
What a glorius reward for our labor
To enter that beautiful gate.
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The Soldier's Sweetheart - Jimmie Rodgers
Once I had a sweetheart
A sweetheart brave and true
His hair was dark and curly
His loving eyes were blue.
He told me that he loved me
And he often proved it so
And he often came to see me
When the ev'ning sun was low.
But fate took him away
To this awful German war
And when he came to say goodbye
My heart did overflow.
He says, "Goodbye, little darling
To France I must go."
He takes the golden finger ring
And he placed it on my hand
Said, "Remember me, little darling
When I'm in no man's land:'
He promised he would write to me
That promise he's kept true
And when I read this letier, friend
I pray the war is through.
The second letter I got from him
The war was just ahead
The third one, wrote by his captain
My darling dear was dead.
I'll keep all of his letters
I'll keep his gold ring, too
And I'll always live a single life
For the soldier who was so true.
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Traveling Blues - Jimmie Rogers
C
I had a dream last night
I thought my good gal had gone
F
When I woke this morning
C
She really had done me wrong
G
I know it's not fair
C
But my good gal has done caught air
(Chorus)
I'm going away leaving today
I'm gonna bring my baby back
If that ain't the driver
Don't jump the railroad track
I'll take her from that man
Gonna bring her home if I can
My gal's been trifflin round
Bout a week I know
Several of my friends
Just told me so and so
She's found a new man
Now I can understand
(Chorus)
Well It's true my baby's gone
I know it won't be long
Soon we'll be on that train
My baby'll be home agian
She's been trifflin' round
But now she's turned him down
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Waitin' For A Train - Jimmie Rodgers
F C7 F F7
All Around the Water Tank
Bb Bbm F
Waiting For a Train
Bb F Dm
A thousand Miles Away From Home
G7 C7
Sleeping in the Rain
F C7 F
I walked Up to a brakeman
F7 Bb Bbm F
To Give Him A Line of Talk
Bb F
He says "If you've got Money
G7 C7 F
I'll see that you don't walk"
C7 F
I haven't got a nickel
F7 Bb A7
Not a penny can I show
Bb F
He said Get off you Railroad Bum
G7 C7 F
And he slammed the box car door
(yodel)
F C7 F C7 F
C7 F C7 F
He put me off in Texas
F7 Bb Bbm F
A place I surely love
Bb F
Wide open spaces 'round me
G7 C7
The Moon and Stars above
F C7 F
Nobody seems to want me
F7 Bb Bbm F
or Lend me a helping Hand
Bb F
I'm On my Way from Frisco
G7 C7 F
Goin back to Dixieland
C7 F
My pocket book is empty
F7 Bb A7
And my heart is filled with pain
Bb F
I'm a thousand Miles away from home
G7 C7 F
Just Waiting for a train
(yodel)
F C7 F C7 F
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Why Did You (Give Me Your Love) - Jimmie Rodgers
Oh, why did you give me your love, dear
When it only lasted a day?
Why did you teach me to love you
Only to turn me away?
You promised that you would be true
But your promise was all in vain
But my heart keeps callin' for you, dear
Like the flowers call for the rain.
You may be sorry someday, dear
That you have broken my heart
That you have cast me away dear
And fooled me from the start.
Now this is my last appeal dear
I've' only a word to say
Why did you give me your love, dear
When it lasted only a day.
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Why Should I Be Lonely - Jimmie Rodgers
Oh! the moonlight so bright
Makes me lonely tonight
Ev'rything seems to make me feel blue, dear
I am downhearted now
I'm lonesome somehow
'Cause you are proving untrue.
Why should I be so lonely?
Why should I be sad
Tho' another is taking from me
The best pal I've ever had.
She's taking the sunshine with her
Leaving the clouds for me
But why should I be so lonesome?
When there's nobody lonesome for me.
Yodel ay-ee-o-del ay-ee-o-del ay-ee
Oh! the violets so blue are calling for you
The roses so sweet make me lonely
They bring to my mind; The sweet happy time
When your love was only for me.
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You And My Old guitar - Jimmie Rodgers
I could never be lonely
I could never be blue
As I go thru life if only
I have my guitar and you.
Why should I ev'er worry
Why, should I be sad
We travel thru life, in a hurry
Sharing the good and the bad.
Whenever I'm up, you are near me
Giving me happiness
And when I'm down, you, cheer me
Nothing is better than this.
Oh-lee-lay-ee oh-lee-lay-ee-oh lay-ee
O-lee-Iay-ee-oh lay-ee.
Here we go, just we three
Oh, how happy we will be
I'll hook my ladder to a silver star
And climb with you and my old guitar.
Refrain:
All around we wander
First we're here and then there
But I never stop to ponder
If clouds are dark or fair
In one horse town or city
No matter where we are
I'm happy if I have you with' me
You and my old' guitar.
We'll travel the road together
Leading to land afar
No matter what the weather
Strumming my old guitar.
Refrain:
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