Dwight Yoakam Chords and Lyrics
- A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
- Ain't That Lonely Yet
- Baby Why Not Lyrics
- Bury Me Lyrics
- Claudette
- Don't Be Sad
- Fast As You
- Gone (That'll Be Me) Lyrics
- Guitars, Cadillacs
- Heart Of Stone Lyrics
- Heartaches By The Number Lyrics
- Home For Sale Lyrics
- Honky-Tonk Man
- I Sang Dixie Lyrics
- I'll Be Gone Lyrics
- It Only Hurts When I Cry Lyrics
- It Won't Hurt Lyrics
- King Of Fools
- Little Sister
- Little Ways Lyrics
- Lonesome Roads Lyrics
- Long White Cadillac Lyrics
- Miner's Prayer Lyrics
- Near You Lyrics
- Never Hold You Lyrics
- Nothing
- Nothing's Changed Here
- One More Night Lyrics
- Please, Please Baby Lyrics
- Pocket Of A Clown
- Ring Of Fire Lyrics
- Send A Message To My Heart
- Sorry You Asked? Lyrics
- South Of Cincinnati
- Streets Of Bakersfield Lyrics
- Suspicious Minds
- Takes A Lot To Rock You Baby
- The Heart That You Own
- Things Change
- This Much I Know Lyrics
- This Time Lyrics
- Try Not To Look So Pretty Lyrics
- Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
- Twenty Years Lyrics
- Two Doors Down Lyrics
- Wild Ride Lyrics
- You're The One
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A Thousand Miles From Nowhere - Dwight Yoakam
C Am C Am
[intro]
C Am *
I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
C Am **
Time don't matter to me
C Am
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
F G *** G
And there's no place I wanna be
I got heartaches in my pocket
I got echoes in my head
And all that I keep hearing
Are the cruel, cruel things that you said
I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don't matter to me
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
And there's no place I wanna be
F F G G F F G G Am Am
Oh I, oh I, oh I------I, I---I...
[guitar solo, same chords as verse]
Oh I...
I've got bruises on my memories
I've got tearstains on my hands
And in the mirror there's a vision
Of what used to be a man
I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don't matter to me
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
And there's no place I wanna be
I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don't matter to me
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
And there's no place I wanna be
F F G G F F G G
[instrumental]
C Am C Am C Am F G G
[instrumental; repeat these 9 measures and fade]
* riff: ** riff: *** riff:
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--------8-5---5~~~ ----8-5--------- --------3-------
------------7--- --------7-5---5~~~ ----4-----------
---------------- ------------7--- --5---5---5-----
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Ain't That Lonely Yet - Dwight Yoakum
A/C#: x42220 Bb: x13331 Bb/F: 113331
C/E: 032010 Gm7: 353333 F/A: x03211
Verse 1:
F Bb F C7 A/C# Dm
You keep callin' me on the telephone. You say you're all alone.
Bb C F Bb
Well, that's real sad. And you keep leavin' notes stuck on my door.
F C7 A/C# Dm Bb C F Bb/F F
Guess you`re hungry for some more. Girl, that's too bad.
Chorus:
C/E Dm A7 Bb C F
'Cause I Ain't That Lonely Yet, no, I Ain't That Lonely Yet.
C/E Dm A7 Bb C F
After what you've put me through, no, I Ain't That Lonely Yet.
Verse 2:
F Bb F C7 A/C#
Once there was this spider in my bed; I got caught up in her web
Dm Bb C F Bb F
Of love and lies. She spun her chains around my heart and soul,
C7 A/C# Dm Bb C F Bb/F F
Never to let go. But I survived.
Chorus
Bridge:
A7 Bb F Gm7
There`s nothin' left that you can do to try and bring me 'round.
F/A Bb G7 C A/C#
`Cause ev'rything you do just brings me down. Woa, and I
Chorus
Tag:
C/E Dm A7 Bb C F
`Cause I Ain't That Lonely Yet, no, I Ain't That Lonely Yet.
C/E Dm A7 Bb C F Bb/F F
After all you've put me through, no, I Ain't That Lonely Yet.
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Baby Why Not - Dwight Yoakam
Oh baby why not
Just take one more chance
And risk all we got
On this luckless romance
If someone asks why
We'll say we forgot
And went kinda crazy
Oh baby why not
If love needs a fool for it to survive
It sure looks to me like we both qualify
And a pair of fools will always beat one
So let's play the cards and get this deal done
Oh baby why not
Bet big on the bliss
And laugh in the face
Of what all odds insist
If someone asks why
We'll say we forgot
And both lost our minds
Oh baby why not
Oh baby please
You and I are exactly what we need
So let's throw away all care
Move out on the edge somewhere
Find a place and just swing there in the breeze
Oh baby why not
Just take one more chance
And risk all we got
On this luckless romance
If someone asks why
We'll say we forgot
And threw our lives away
Oh baby why not
And went kinda crazy
Oh baby why not
And both lost our minds
Oh baby why not
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Bury Me - Dwight Yoakam
Chorus:
Bury me along the Big Sandy
Down in those glue, grey mountains
Rest my soul in those hills of coal
Until this old earth does tremble
Now don't you mourn for me when my soul is free
Woman don't you cry
You just bury me along the Big Sandy
Under a blue Kentucky sky
This old town of sin, it's about to do me in
I don't know how much I can stand
With my knees on the street and my heart at their feet
I'm forced to beg from Satan's hand
Chorus
When I came to this land I was strong and I could stand
But now I've somehow gone astray
Yet I still see the truth in the teaching of my youth
And I that the Lord ain't turned away
Chorus
Under a blue Kentucky sky
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Claudette - Dwight Yoakam
OPEN:
E A
0----0--- ---------
0----1--- OPENING...ACUSTIC E-E-A-E-A-E 2X ---------
1----2--- ---------
2----2--- ---------
2----0--- ---------
0-------- 0/-LONG SLIDE
E RIFF A RIFF
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----------------------------------5-2-4-2--
--------5-2-4-2-----------0-0-3-4----------
0-0-3-4------------------------------------
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OTHER CHORDS USED DURING SONG:
B(b shuffle during chorus) A(also a shuffle)
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4------------------------------2--------
2------------------------------0--------
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E RIFF--->
IVE GOT A BRAND NEW BABY AND I FEEL SO GOOD
SHE LOVES ME EVEN BETTER THAN I THOUGHT SHE COULD
A RIFF--->
IM ON MY WAY TO HER HOUSE
AND IM PLUM OUT OF BREATH
B CHORD(STRUM TO RHYTM)
WHEN I SEE HER TONITE
IM GONNA SQUEEKE HER TO DEATH
E RIFF
chorus:CLAUDETTE, PRETTY LITTLE THING CLAUDETTE
A RIFF
NEVER MAKES ME FRET CLAUDETTE
B SHUFFLE
WELL SHES THE GREATES GIRL
A SHUFFLE
THAT I EVER MET
B SHUFFLE
I GET THE BEST LOVIN
A SHUFFLE
THAT ILL EVER GET FROM
E RIFF
CLAUDETTE, PRETTY LITTLE PET
CLAUDETTE
A RIFF
OH OH CLAUDETTE
-here is what is played at the end of the chorus
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1--1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1----------------
2--2--0h2--0h2--2-2--0h2--------------
2--2--0h2--0h2--2-2--0h2--------------
0--0------------0-0-------------------
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back to verse chorus pattern...
here is the solo...
--3--3/--0--3/-------------
2----2/--0--2/--2/\/\/p0---
--------------------------- this is repeated one more
--------------------------- time...
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reverse rake
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------x---------------------------2------2------
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--------x------0-0----0-0-----0-0---0--0---0----
---------x--4/-----4/------4/-------------------
here is the insane revese climb...play fast or it wont sound right...
although several pulls have been notated...most of this is done with
hammers and pulls....
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-------0---2p0---0----------------------------------------
0-2-4----4-----4---4-2-0---0---2p0---0--------------------
-------------------------4---4-----4---4-2---0---2p0----0-
-------------------------------------------4---4-----3/---
the solo ends with these harmonics and slight movement with
vibrato....those with telecasters may vibrate behind the nut...
-----5~~~~~-------------
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--5---------------------
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back to verse and chorus.....
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Don't Be Sad - Dwight Yoakam
Capo 1
INTRO: G
G C
G
CHORUS: Well don't be sad 'cause you got what you wanted
G C
D
You should be glad to know that I'm finally gone
G C
Don't feel bad or be disappointed
G D G
'Cause you got what you wanted all along
(bass: G F# E D)
D G
Wasn't it you who said a blinded fool could see the
D G
Clear plain truth about how deeply cruel it is to
C
Live a lie here with each other
G
And mourn a love that won't recover
D C G
As I recall those were the very words I heard you use
CHORUS
SOLO: G C G G G C D D G G C C G D G G
(bass: G F# E D)
D G
And wasn't it me who asked so stupidly if there were
D G
Things that I could maybe do or try to somehow
C
Hold what fell apart together
G
But you just coldly told me never
D C G
To even entertain the thought that our love would survive
CHORUS
C G D G
Yes you got what you wanted all along
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Fast As You - Dwight Yoakam
E E E E E E E E
[intro]
E E E E
Maybe someday I'll be strong, maybe it won't be long
A A E E
I'll be the one who's tough, you'll be the one who's got it rough
F# A E E
It won't be long and maybe I'll be real strong
Maybe I'll do things right, maybe I'll start tonight
You'll learn to cry like me, baby let's just wait and see
Maybe I'll start tonight and do things right
A A A E E
You'll control me and oh so boldly rule me 'till I'm free
A A A B
'Till the pain that shakes me finally makes me get up off of my knees
B
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Maybe I'll be fast as you, maybe I'll break hearts too
But I think that you'll slow down when your turn to hurt comes around
Maybe I'll break hearts and be as fast as you...awwwww...
E E E E A A E E F# A E E
[guitar solo]
You'll control me and oh so boldly rule me 'till I'm free
'Til the pain that shakes me finally makes me get up off of my knees
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Maybe I'll be fast as you, maybe I'll break hearts too
But I think you'll slow down when your turn to hurt comes around
Maybe I'll break hearts and be as fast as you
Maybe I'll break hearts and be as fast as you...ahhh, s'okay (?)
E E E E
[similar to intro]
E E E E A A E E F# A E E
[guitar solo]
E E E E A A E E F# A E E
[spoken: Maybe someday I'll be strong, maybe it won't be long]
A A E E
[spoken: I'll be the one who's tough, you'll be the one who's got it rough]
F# A E E
[instrumental]
E E E E
[instrumental]
A A E E
[spoken: You'll learn to cry like me, baby let's just wait and see]
F# A E E
[instrumental]
E E E E
[spoken:] Y'know, maybe I'll be fast as you, maybe I'll break hearts too
A A E E
[laughter]
F# A E E E.
TAB:
Here's the main riff for The A measures in the middle
the E measures: of the verse (NOT the end) are pretty much the same:
E ----------------| E ----------------|
B ----------------| B ----------------|
G ----------------| G --------0-------|
D --------0-------| D ----------2-4-2-|
A ----------2-4-2-| A 0-0-3-4---------|
E 0-0-3-4---------| E ----------------|
I think the B in the bridge is like this:
E ----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|
G --------2-------|----------------|
D ----1-4---4-6-4-|----------------|
A 2-2-------------|2-2-0-0---------|
E ----------------|--------4-4-2-2-|
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Gone (That'll Be Me) - Dwight Yoakam
Chorus:
That'll be me you'll see walking away
That'll be me you'll see for the last time today
That'll be me you'll see for not very long
'Cause that'll be me you'll see
That'll be gone
Remember how you warned me 'bout all your leavin' plans
Well I know this might seem unexpected
So prepare yourself the best you can
Chorus
Think back on when you threatened
And never left no doubt
Although this could be kinda sudden
I'm sure you can figure it all out
Chorus
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Guitars, Cadillacs - Dwight Yoakam
A
Girl, you taught me how to hurt real bad
E
And cry myself to sleep
A
And showed me how this town can shatter dreams
Another lesson 'bout a naive fool
E
Who came to Babylon
And found out that the pie
A
Don't taste so sweet
CHORUS
A E
Now it's guitars, cadillacs, hillbilly music
A
Lonely, lonely streets that I call home
E
Yea, my guitars, cadillacs, hillbilly music
A
The only things that keep me hangin' on
(Instrumental)
A
Ain't no glamour in this tinsle land
E
Of lost and wasted lives
A
Painful scars are all that's left of me
I wanna thank-you girl for teachin' me
E
Brand new ways to be cruel
A
Like findin' mine now I guess I'll just leave
(Chorus)
(Instrumental)
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Heart Of Stone - Dwight Yoakam
Chorus:
This heart of stone sure is missing you
Sure is wishing you were back where love belongs
This heart of stone has not forgotten you
But broke while trying to pretend that it was strong
Memories have made its will grow tired and weak
Silently it turned from being bold to meek
'Til finally it gave into a sad defeat
Aching more and more with every fragile beat
Chorus
Loneliness has slowly stripped it of its pride
Leaving just an empty well here behind
Without a hope of any way it could survive
Stranded there alone and simply left to die
Chorus
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Heartaches By The Number - Dwight Yoakam
Heartache Number One was when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
Heartache Number Two was when you came back again
You came back and never meant to stay
Chorus:
Now I've got heartaches by the number
Troubles by the score
Everyday you love me less
Each day I love you more
Now I've got heartaches by the number
A love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting
That's the day my world will end
Heartache Number Three was when you called me
And told me you was coming home to stay
With hoping heart I waited for your knock on the door
I waited but you must have lost your way
Chorus
Ah the day that I stop counting
That's the day my world will end
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Home For Sale - Dwight Yoakam
Home for sale
That's much too large
Too many rooms
Big ole empty yard
Far more space
Than the owner needs
Price includes
All memories
Home for sale
Restored like new
Just a place
Two lives outgrew
A change in heart
Forces move away
Would like to keep
But just can't stay
Listen close and you might hear the sound
Of what you think is rainfall leaking down
The roof is fine
Set aside your fears
It's just a few remaining tears
Home for sale
Not all that old
A family's dream
Stands dark and cold
Scenic views
That go for free
Of all the love
Thta used to be
Home for sale
That's much too large
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Honky-Tonk Man - Dwight Yoakam
D A7 D
I'm living fast and dangerously - but I've got plenty of company.
D A7
When the moon comes up and the sun goes down
G D
That's when I want to see the lights of town
D |D G| D |G| D D7|
'Cause I'm a Honky-Tonk Man ---- and I can't seem to stop,
D7 G |D A7|D A7 D
I love to give the girls a whirl to the music of the old juke box
D A7
But when my money's all gone I'm on the telephone, callin':
D |G A7|
'Hey, hey, mama, can your daddy come home?'
D |G D|
Repeat, ending: 'Hey, hey, mama, can your daddy come home?'
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I Sang Dixie - Dwight Yoakam
Chorus:
I sang Dixie as he died
People just walked on by as I cried
The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride
So I sang Dixie as he died
He said way down yonder in the land of cotton
Old times there ain't near as rotten as they are
On this damned old L.A. street
Then he drew a dying breath
And laid his head against my chest
Please Lord take his soul back home to Dixie
Chorus
He said listen to me son while you still can
Run back home to that Southern land
Don't you see what life here has done to me?
Then he closed those old blue eyes
And fell limp against my side
No more pain, now he's safe back home in Dixie
Chorus
I sang Dixie as he died
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I'll Be Gone - Dwight Yoakam
I watch as you take off your clothes and slip under the sheets
Then I turn and kick the boots off my feet
I pull you close without a word 'cause there's no need to speak
Girl, beauty like yours is hard to beat
Chorus:
But I'll be gone in the morning, in the morning I'll be gone
'Cause I'm not one for hanging on
Please don't think that you done something wrong
In the morning when you wake and find me gone
Just a look from those fiery eyes can all but erase
The memory of any other's face
And the passion they unleash could cause me to misplace
And lose all track of time without a trace
Chorus
The sun intrudes and throws across the room its golden tracks
Shake the dreams, now it's back to facts
As I turn to leave I know you had what so many lack
Maybe someday that'll bring me back
Chorus
But I'll be gone in the morning, in the morning I'll be gone
'Cause I'm not one for hanging on
Please don't think that you done something wrong
In the morning when you wake and find me gone
In the morning when you wake and find me gone
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It Only Hurts When I Cry - Dwight Yoakam
Chorus:
The only time I feel the pain
Is in the sunshine or the rain
And I don't feel no hurt at all
Unless you count when teardrops fall
I tell the truth 'cept when I lie
And it only hurts me when I cry
You couldn't tell it by this smile
But my recovery took awhile
I worked for days and nights on end
Just to walk and talk again
You can't believe the time it takes
To heal a heart once it breaks
Chorus
Oh maybe every now and then
I have a small heartache again
You wouldn't know to look at me
There's tiny scars that you can't see
It was a struggle to survive
I'm probably lucky I'm alive
Chorus
I tell the truth 'cept when I lie
And it only hurts me when I cry
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It Won't Hurt - Dwight Yoakam
Chorus:
It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool
And it won't hurt when I stumble in the street
It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery
But even whiskey cannot ease your hurting me
Today I had another bout with sorrow
You know this time I almost won
If this bottle would just hold out 'til tomorrow
I know that I'd have sorrow on the run
Chorus
Your memory comes back up with each sunrise
I reach out for the bottle and find it's gone
Yeah, Lord, somewhere every night the whiskey leaves me
To face this cold, cold world on my own
Chorus
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King Of Fools - Dwight Yoakam
[Intro]
EA
E
1.As you look into my eyes and tell those empty lies
A
I'll pretend they're true 'cause that's what I do
E
As you sit and hold my hand and smile at other men
A
I'll pretend I'm blind 'cause I'm just that kind
C# F#m
C.I'm the king of fool and I'll always reign
B E
Over loneliness and pain
C# F#m
The king of fools wears his crown
B E
Wherever misery can be found
E
2.As you walk away with him and I lose in love again
A
I'll pretend to see that you're still with me
E
But I'll be there all alone like a king upon a throne
A
'Cause I'm the king of fools
E A
Yes I'm the king of fools
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Little Sister - Dwight Yoakam
Intro note Eb
CHORUS:
Eb
Little Sister don't you Little Sister don't you
Ab
Little Sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Eb
and tell me that's it nice And then you run
Bb B Bb Eb
Oooh Little Sister don't you do what your big sister's done.
Eb
1.) You know I dated your big sister Oh I took her to a show
I went for some candy and along came Jim Dandy
N.C. Eb
and they slipped right out the door
Eb
2.) I used to pull down on your pigtails and pinch your turned up nose
Oh but baby you've been growing Lately it's been showing, Honey
N.C. Eb
>From your head right down to your toes
Eb
3.) Everytime I sees your sister Lord she's with somebody new
She's mean, and she's evil Like a little old boll weevil
N.C. Eb
Guess I'll try my love with you.
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Little Ways - Dwight Yoakam
Chorus:
You've got your little ways to hurt me
You know just how to tear me up
And leave me in small pieces on the ground
You've got your little ways to hurt me
They're not too big but they're real tough
Just one cold look from you can knock me down
To look at you and me, noone would ever know
The pain that I've endured 'cause I won't let it show
My friends would laugh out loud if they only knew
The truth about how I am just your lovesick fool
Chorus
The sadness in my eyes should somehow be a clue
But noone here would ever suspect sweet little you
There've been rumors of the truth but I've kept it quiet
'Cause I'm too ashamed to let them know you make me cry
Chorus
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Lonesome Roads - Dwight Yoakam
Where did I go wrong
You know I've never had a clue
I must have just been born no good
'Cause bad's the best that I can do
Was it just my fate in life
To end up here this way
Lost and all alone
One more black lamb
That's gone astray
Lonesome roads are the only kind I ever travel
Empty rooms are the only place I ever stay
I'm just a face out in the crowd that looks like trouble
Poor ol' worthless me is the only friend I ever made
Lonesome roads are the only kind I ever travel
Empty rooms are the only place I ever stay
I'm just a face out in the crowd that looks like trouble
Poor ol' worthless me is the only friend I ever made
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Long White Cadillac - Dwight Yoakam
Night wolves moan
Winter hills are black
I'm all alone
Sitting the back
Of a long white Cadillac
Train whistle cries
Lost on its own track
I close my eyes
Sitting in the back
Of a long white Cadillac
Chorus:
Sometimes I blame it on a woman
The one that made my poor heart bleed
Sometimes I blame it on the money
Sometimes I blame it all on me
Headlights shine
Highway fades to black
It's my last ride
Sitting in the back
Of a long white Cadillac
Chorus (twice)
Train whistle cries
Lost on its own track
I close my eyes
I ain't never coming back
In a long white Cadillac
In a long white Cadillac
In a long white Cadillac
In a long white Cadillac
In a long white Cadillac
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Miner's Prayer - Dwight Yoakam
When the whistle blows each morning
And I walk down in that cold, dark mine
I say a prayer to my dear Saviour
Please let me see the sunshine one more time
Chorus:
When oh when will it be over
When will I lay these burdens down
And when I die, dear Lord, in heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold, dark ground
I still grieve for my poor brother
And I still hear my dear old mother cry
When late that night they came and told her
He'd lost his life down in the Big Shoal Mine
Chorus
I have no shame, I feel no sorrow
If on this earth not much I own
I have the love of my sweet children
An old plow mule, a shovel and a hoe
Chorus
Yeah when I die, dear Lord, in heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold, dark ground
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Near You - Dwight Yoakam
Everywhere you go each day I will be near you Oh and dear you
Don't even have to say much for me to hear you
Because it's clear you
Have a very simple way to keep me near you
Oh yeah dear
Through the power of love
Through the power of love
Every morning, night and noon I will be near you Oh and dear you
Won't even have to do much for me to feel you
Are sincere you
Like a magnet pull so strong it keeps me near you
Oh yeah dear
Through the power of love
Through the power of love
I could try to just lie and tell people I'm free
Like a wave telling sand it won't go back to the sea
But what I say doesn't do no good
Like I ever thought it would
Everywhere you go each day I will be near you Oh and dear you
Don't even have to say much for me to hear you
Because it's clear you
Have a very simple way to keep me near you
Oh yeah dear
Through the power of love
Through the power of love
Through the power of love
Through the power of love
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Never Hold You - Dwight Yoakam
I've seen 'em watch you and
Make plans what they'll do when
Someday you are no longer mine
I've heard 'em carry on about
How when I'm finally gone they're
Gonna treat you oh so fine
But I could have told them that
They'd never hold you if they tried
I could have toldthem
You bend and fold men who
Thought they would have you as a prize
I could have told them
Those foolish soul'd men that
They'd never hold you if they tried
I've been made real aware of
Pleasure that they'll share with
You soon as I slip your mind
I've listened to 'em boast how
I'll just be a ghost once
They start taking up your time
But I could have told them that
They'd never hold you if they tried
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Nothing - Dwight Yoakam
capo 2
INTRO: E E
E G#m
I couldn't change your heart
E G#m
I couldn't change your mind
A E
So I just had to learn to live with
F# B
This empty life you left behind
E G#m
You didn't try to help
E G#m
You didn't try to see
A E
No you just stared right through the deardrops
F# B
Like there was nothing left of me
C#m E
CHORUS: Nothing but sorrow
C#m E
Nothing put pain
C#m E B
A
Nothing but memories that whisper your name
C#m E
Nothing but sadness
C#m E
Nothing but fear
C#m E B
Nothing but silence is heard around here
G
BRIDGE: Bridges will burn
C G
Lessons were learned
C G
Promises made that were broken
A7 D7 E
Tender lies so softly spoken
G#m E
You didn't try to hear
G#m A
You didn't try to see
E
You just stared right through the deardrops
F# B
Like there was nothing left of me
CHORUS
CHORUS
E G#m
I couldn't change your heart...
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Nothing's Changed Here - Dwight Yoakam
B7-A-E
E A E
I hear you walkin' across the floor
B7
I think that I'm dreamin'
A E
'Til I hear you shut the door
A E
I wake up cryin' and callin' your name
B7
Nothin's changed here without you
A E
I start every day the same
A
The same old sun comes up to shine
E
On this old bed at the same old time
A
I tell myself the same ole lie
E B7
I've got you off my mind
E A E
I feel your body lyin' next to mine
B7
I reach out in the darkness
A E
But you're not there for me to find
E A E
There's only sorrow followed by pain
B7
Nothing's changed here without you
A E
I start every day the same
E A E
I see your sweet lips softly kiss me goodbye
B7
I taste the salt of my teardrops
A E
As they fall down from my eyes
I take a deep breath
A E
But its only in vain
B7
Cause nothin's changed here without you
A E
I start everyday the same
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One More Night - Dwight Yoakam
One more night and I know
That I'll be over you
One more night and I know
That the worst is through
And if I can make this heart
Just believe it too
Then one more night and I know
That I'll be over you
One more night and I know
That I'll forget your voice
One more night and I know
That I can make that choice
And ignore the awful sounds
That come when love's destroyed
One more night and I know
That'll I'll forget your voice
Bridge:
I'll escapge it if I learn to take it
And just survive two or three
of the next million thoughts
That I have about you and me
(Bridge)
One more night and I know
One more night and I know
One more night and I know
One more night and I know
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Please, Please Baby - Dwight Yoakam
Chorus:
Please, please baby, baby come back home
'Cause it's so cold and dark here all alone
If you come back I promise I'll be good
If you come home, baby, I'll act like I should
I laughed when you packed your bags and told me goodbye
I hollered, "I don't need you", aw but honey, that's a lie
Chorus
If you don't come home dear, I know I'll go insane
Sweetheart, I plead guilty, darlin' I'll talk all the blame
Chorus (twice)
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Pocket Of A Clown - Dwight Yoakam
[VERSE 1]
[NC] Inside the pocket of a [A]clown [ooh-ah, ooh-ah, ooh-ah, ooh-ah]
Is a sad place to hang [E]around. [ooh-ah...]
Just watching smiles turn into frowns;[ooh-ah...]
Inside the pocket of a [A]clown. [ooh-ah...]
[VERSE2]
[NC] Inside the heartache of a [A]fool [ooh-ah...]
You'll learn things they don't teach in [E]school; [ooh-ah...]
And lessons there can be real cruel; [ooh-ah...]
Inside the heartache of a [A]fool. [ooh-ah...]
[BRIDGE]
[D] Hollow lies, make a [A]thin disguise
As [F#m]little drops of truth fall from your [E]eyes.
[INSTRUMENTAL - same chord progression as verse]
[BRIDGE]
[D] Hollow lies, make a [A]thin disguise
As [F#m]little drops of truth fall from your [E]eyes.
[VERSE 3]
[NC] Inside a memory from the [A]past [ooh-ah...]
Lives every love that didn't [E]last. [ooh-ah...]
Sweet dreams can start to fade real fast [ooh-ah...]
Inside a memory from the [A]past. [ooh-ah...]
[TAG]
[E]It's a real sad place to hang around;
[ooh-ah, ooh-ah, ooh-ah, ooh-ah]
Inside the pocket of a [A]clown. [ooh-ah, ooh-ah, ooooooh]
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Ring Of Fire - Dwight Yoakam
Love is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell into a ring of fire
Chorus:
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down, and the flams climbed higher
And it burned, burned, burned, the ring of fire
The ring of fire
The taste of love is sweet
When hearts like ours meet
I fell for you like a child
Ooh but the fire went wild
Chorus
Repeat Chorus
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Send A Message To My Heart - Dwight Yoakam
Cm-F-F-Bb
(Chorus BOTH)
Bb F
Send a message to my heart, on the wings of the wind
Cm F Bb
Let me hear you sweet voice sayin', you love me again
F
Even though we're apart, I still hold your memory
Cm F Bb
Send a message to my heart, to keep you here with me
(MALE)
Bb F
Darlin' when you're all alone, tell me do you think of me
Cm F Bb
Does my name touch you lips, am I still in your dreams
(FEMALE)
Bb F
Do your arms reach out for mine, in the still of the night
Cm F Bb
Do you wish that I was with you, when you turn out the light
(Chorus BOTH)
(FEMALE)
Bb F
All those moments alone, make me realize
Cm F Bb
Just how empty this old world is without you in my life
(MALE)
Bb F
Our day is yet to come and our love is so sweet
Cm F Bb
Send a message to my heart, to keep you here with me
(Chorus BOTH & Tag)
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Sorry You Asked? - Dwight Yoakam
Chorus:
You'll be sorry you asked me the reason
That she's not here with me tonight
And I know you were probably just acting polite
But you'll be sorry you ever asked why
We started having problems in August last year
So things had been kinda rough for quite awhile
And you know how you think it'll work itself out
Well mister that thought's wrong by a long, long mile
Chorus
I mighta, shoulda seen that we were drifting apart
But I was in what I guess you'd call denial
And I always heard they say that you're the last one to know
Well buddy I was last by a long, long while
Chorus
Okay we both have the tendency to overreact
So I can't really tell you who's at fault
But there were certain third parties, well her sister for one
Who helped bring our reconciling to a drop-dead halt
Now aren't you sorry you asked me the reason
Taht she's not here with me tonight
And I know you were probably just acting polite
But I'm sure sorry you ever asked why
Aren't you sorry you ever asked why
I'm sure sorry you ever asked why
Did I tell you how she tried to have me locked out of the hosue
I had to go hire a lawyer and all
But I know that was mostly her family's idea
I could hear 'em tell her what to say every time I'd call
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South Of Cincinnati - Dwight Yoakam
G CG
Chorus:
G B7 C G
If you ever get south of Cincinnati
C D7 G D7
down where the dogwood trees grow
G B7 C G
If you ever get south of the Mason Dixon
C D7 G D7
to the home you left so long ago
G B7 C G
If you ever get south of the Ohio River
C D7 G D7
down where Dixieland begins
G B7 C G
If you ever get south of Cincinnati
C D7 G C G
I'll be yours again.
G C G
She pulled the letter from the pages of her Bible
D7 G
And a rose pressed inside the Book of Luke
G C G
For fourteen years she'd write each day but keep it hidden
D7 G
Refused to even speak his name, but still she wrote:
Chorus:
If you ever.....
[INSTRUMENTAL, SAME AS CHORUS]
G C G
At a cold gray apartment in Chicago
D7 G
A cigarette drowns inside a glass of gin
C G
He lies there drunk but it don't matter drunk or sober
D7 G
He'll never read the words that pride won't let her send
Chorus:
If you ever.....
C D7 G
Then I'll be yours again
[INSTRUMENTAL, SAME AS CHORUS (FADING)]
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Streets Of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam
I came here looking for something
I couldn't find anywhere else
Hey, I'm not trying to be nobody
Just want a chance to be myself
I've done a thousand miles of thumbin'
I've worn holes in both my heels
Trying to find me something better
On the streets of Bakersfield
Chorus:
You don't know me, but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?
Spent some time in San Francisco
Spent a night there in the can
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell
Took fifteen dollars from that man
Left him my watch and my old house key
Don't want folks thinkin' that I'd steal
Then I thanked him as I was leaving, and
I headed for the streets of Bakersfield
Chorus (twice)
How many of you that sit and judge me
Have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?
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Suspicious Minds - Dwight Yokam
Capo 4th fret
Main Guitar Riff
D
| Use your little finger to do the triplet
e-----2-32-0-2---------2-32-0-2---------2-32-0-2---e
B---3----------3-----3----------3-----3----------3-B
G-2----------------2----------------2--------------G
D--------------------------------------------------D
A--------------------------------------------------A
E--------------------------------------------------E
e-----2-32-0-2---------2-32-0-2---------2-32-0-2---e
B---3----------3-----3----------3-----3----------3-B
G-2----------------2----------------2--------------G
D--------------------------------------------------D
A--------------------------------------------------A
E--------------------------------------------------E
G A
e--------------------------------------------------e
B-----0-10---0---------0-10---0---------2-32-0-2---B
G---0------2---0-----0------2---0-----2----------2-G
D-0----------------0----------------2--------------D
A--------------------------------------------------A
E--------------------------------------------------E
G D
e----------------------2-32-0-2---------2-32-0-2---e
B-----0-10---0-------3----------3-----3----------3-B
G---0------2---0---2----------------2--------------G
D-0------------------------------------------------D
A--------------------------------------------------A
E--------------------------------------------------E
If you listen to the song you'll know what I'm
talking about with the little finger. It's pretty
cool to hear and do.
That's pretty much the whole song. There are some
other chords at the chorus and the bridge but I
haven't figured those out yet. When I do I'll be
sure to get them out here. That's about it and have
fun!
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Takes A Lot To Rock You Baby - Dwight Yoakam
INTRO: E E E4 E4 E E E4 E4
E
Takes a lot to rock you, baby
E
It takes a lot to make you smile
A
It takes a lot to rock you baby
E
You make me crawl the extra mile
E
So much for wishful thinkin
E
So much for beginner's luck
E
It takes a lot to rock you baby
E\ [stop]
When it comes to love, you're double tough
And it takes a lot to rock you, baby
It takes a lot to make you smile
It takes a lot to rock you baby
You make me crawl the extra mile
Little things that used to please you
Are all the things that I do wrong
It takes a lot to rock you baby
Tried my darndest all night long
BRIDGE: A
My baby drives a big Rolls Royce
E
Cause my baby says she got no choice
A
My baby wear big ol' diamond ring
E
Cause my baby says she need them things
CHORUS / INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS: E E E E A A E E
CHORUS / OUTRO: Repeat A A E E [like bridge].
E4 = 022200
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The Heart That You Own - Dwight Yoakam
E-B7-E
E
I pay rent on a run down place
A
There ain't no view but there's lots of space
E B7
In my heart, the heart that you own
E
I pay rent, pay it right on time
A
Baby I pay yoq every single dime
E Bw E E'
For my heArt, the heart that you own
A
Used to be I could love here for free
E
Way back before you bought the property
A
Now I pay daily on what once was mine
E B7
Lord, I probably owe you for the tears that I cry
E
Cause I pay rent on a run down place
A
There ain't no room but there's lots of space
E B7 E
In my heart, the heart that you own
A
I struggle each night to find a new way
E
To pay what I owe, just so I can stay
A
I ain't overdue, so you can't throw me out
E B7
I've loved here for years, don't know where I'd do now
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Things Change - Dwight Yoakam
A
She said baby things change I said but I feel the same
A E D A
She said well let me explain Baby how things can change
A
I said but that doesn't show How a love that could grow
A E D
Would become so strange She said well baby things change
D E
She said na na na na na na na na na na
A
Now baby don't try
D E A
To figure this out or ask questions about why
D E F#m
Forever's a promise no love can survive
D E
Trust with hearts just don't apply
E A
She said 'cause baby things change
D E
Na na na na na na na na na na
A
So baby I quit trying
D E D A
To figure things out about all your heart's lying
D E F#m
Forever's a promise we couldn't survive
D E
I may be slow, but I aint blind
E A
She said I still love you so
A
I said I don't care to know
A E
She said you once cried my name
D A
I said well baby things change
A E D A
Lets don't go placing no blame Cause you know things can change
A
Na na na na na na na na na na
A E D A
She said you once cried my name I said well baby things change
A
Na na na na na na na na na na
A E D A
Well lets don't go placing no blame, you know things can change
A
Na na na na na na na na na na
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This Much I Know - Dwight Yoakam
This much I know
She'll never come back to me
This much I know
She meant what she said
This much I know
It's taught me all about misery
I just learn kinda slow
This much I know
This much I feel
I should have reached out to her
This much I feel
I tried it too late
This much I feel
How empty the world can be
And so painfully real
This much I feel
I've had second thoughts about every reason
We let love slip away from our lives
And there's no place left to look
That I don't see some small reminder
Of all the chances I just let go by
This much I need
To wake up once and find she's not gone
This much I need
But I'll never have
This much I need
Words to speak without missing her
Or just some new way to breathe
This much I need
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This Time - Dwight Yoakam
This time
Is the last time
That'll I'll ever call her name
This time
Is the last time
That'll I'll ever play her game
And this time
Is the last time
That I'll endure this pain
'Cause this time
Is the last time
She'll ever hurt me again
I tell myself each morning
That we're through
But every night I see
That it's not true
I run out
And track her down
Just so I can hang around
And cry
This time
Is the last time
That'll I'll ever call her name
This time
Is the last time
That'll I'll ever play her game
And this time
Is the last time
That I'll endure this pain
'Cause this time
Is the last time
She'll ever hurt me again
Come on heart let's make believe we're fine
We'll both agree the pain's just in our mind
I'll close my eyes and try not to hear
The things I'll say when she appears
To haunt me
This time
Is the last time
That'll I'll ever call her name
This time
Is the last time
That'll I'll ever play her game
And this time
Is the last time
That I'll endure this pain
'Cause this time
Is the last time
She'll ever hurt me again
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Try Not To Look So Pretty - Dwight Yoakam
Try not to look so pretty
The next time that we meet
Please don't look so pretty
And I won't act so weak
Please don't look so pretty
You're lovely but it's just cruel
Try not to look so pretty
And I'll try not to be your fool
You walk in and steal my mind
But who gave you the right
To treat me like some useless thought
You throw away each night
Please don't look so pretty
You're lovely but it's just cruel
Try not to look so pretty
And I'll try not to be your fool
You make it hard on me
But I'll try to pretend
That you're just a lovesick dream
That always has to end
Please don't look so pretty
You're lovely but it's just cruel
Try not to look so pretty
And I'll try not to be your fool
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Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose - Dwight Yoakam
E B7
Well I'm back again for another night
E
Of trying to break free from the sadness I can't lay to rest
B7
This old honky-tonk sure does feel like home
E
And the music and the laughter seems to soothe my loneliness
(Chorus)
A
(So) Turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose
E
From her memory that's drivin' me lonely, crazy, and blue
A
It helps me forget her so the louder the better
E B7 E
Hey mister, turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose
E B7
Now if a tear should fall, if I should whisper her name
To some stranger I'm holdin' while we're dancin'
E
To an old Buck Owens song
B7
I know she won't mind, she won't even know
Cause she'll be dancin' with a memory
E
Cryin' teardrops of her own
(Chorus x2)
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Twenty Years - Dwight Yoakam
Hey look yonder, Henry, comes the sherrif
And he's carrying a warrant in his hand
Don't you run, poor old Henry, for he'll shoot you
Not long will you be a free man
Chorus:
Now twenty years you must spend behind steel bars
For a crime that you did not do
Yeah the lie she swore in that district court
Has proved to be the ruin of you
Tried to warn you, Henry, not to cross her
Tried to tell you about her vengeful ways
When you turned and left her for another
She swore, Henry, that she'd make you pay
Chorus
Listen well, all you young rounders
Head the lesson poor old Henry never learned
That even hell with all its fiery power
Hath no fury like a woman's scorn
Chorus
Yeah the lie she swore in that district court
Has proved to be the ruin of you
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Two Doors Down - Dwight Yoakam
Two doors down there's a jukebox
That plays all night long
Real sad songs
All about me and you
Two doors down there's a barmaid
That serves 'em real strong
Here lately
That's how I make it through
Two doors down there's a heartache
That once was my friend
Two doors down there's a memory
That won't ever end
Two doors down there's a barstool
That knows me by name
And we sit there together
And wait for you
Two doors down there's a bottle
Where I take out my shame
And hold it up
For the whole world to view
Two doors down there's a pay phone
But no calls come in
Two doors down there's a memory
That won't ever end
From the hotel to the barroom
Is just a stumble and a fall
And sometimes when it gets bad
I've been known to crawl
Freedom from sorrow
Is just two doors away
I'll escape for a short time
But I know I can't stay
Two doors down is where they'll find me
When you're finally through
Taking what's left of my life
Two doors down is where they'll leave me
When payment comes due
For the hours I've spent there each night
Two doors down I'll be forgotten
But until then
Two doors down there's a memory
That won't ever end
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Wild Ride - Dwight Yoakam
I walked in
There said slim
Cleaning up his memory with some sapphire gin
Mr. Paine grabbed my arm
Pulled me aside
And said kid are you ready for the wild ride
I looked up
There she stood
I said if you didn't look so great
I'd say you look good
She took her hand
Ran it up my thigh
And said cowboy you ready for the wild ride
Come on now junior take the wild ride
See can you make it on the wild ride
Don't try no shakin' on the wild ride
'Cause things start breakin' on the wild ride
Layin' on the highway
I saw my mind
In tiny little pieces thrown from side to side
My heart was shattered along with my pride
Guess you can't keep 'em on the wild ride
Come on now junior take the wild ride
See can you make it on the wild ride
Don't try no shakin' on the wild ride
'Cause things start breakin' on the wild ride
I was crawlin' 'cross the floor
I was trying to leave
when I felt something tuggin' what was left of my sleeve
I heard a little voice with a gold-plated vibe
Say I bought a ticket for the wild ride
Come on now junior take the wild ride
See can we make it on the wild ride
Let's try to shake it on the wild ride
We might just break it on the wild ride
Come on now junior take the wild ride
See can we make it on the wild ride
Let's try to shake it on the wild ride
We might just break it on the wild ride
Come on come on
Take me on the wild ride
See can you make me on the wild ride
Come on an' shake me on the wild ride
You might just break me on the wild ride
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You're The One - Dwight Yoakam
Waltz G-C-D Am-D-G
(Chorus)
G G/F# C
You're the one, you're the one that made me cry
Am D G
You're the one that laughted at me then said goodbye
G G/F# C
You're the one, you're the one that made me blue
Am D G
So how's it feel now that you're the one its happened to
G C D
Now you're back calling me with open arms
G C D
What happened to the one you met with all that charm
Em Em/Eb Em7 A
You say he's gone and you're alone, well that's a shame
Am
But if you think real hard, I know you'll see
D
Just who's to blame
(Chorus)
G C D
You're begging me to think about the love we shared
G C D
Yet it seems to me not too long ago, you didn't care
Em Em/Eb Em7 A
The love you left no longer lives within my heart
Am D
The game you played, so recklessly, tore it apart
(Chorus & Tag)
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