Tunes

Theme Time

Bill Emerson

Key: A

Waterbound

traditional

Key: A

Wake up Charlie let’s go home…

Dance all night with a bottle in my hand…

Miss Me When I'm Gone

Carter Family

Key: A

You're going to miss me by my hair

You're going to miss me everywhere

You know, you're going to miss me when I'm gone

You're going to miss me by my knees

You're going to miss me if you please

You know, you're going to miss me when I'm gone

Angel Band

traditional

Key: A

Oh, bear my loving heart to him

Who bled and died for me,

Whose blood now cleanses from all sins,

And give me victory

I've almost reached my heavenly home,

My spirit loudly sings,

The holy ones, behold they come,

I hear the noise of wings

Feast Here Tonight

Traditional

Key: A

I'll build me a fire and I'll cook that old hare

Roll him in the flames and make him brown

Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright

And find me a place to lie down

To lie down (to lie down) to lie down (to lie down)

Find me a place to lie down

Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright

And find me a place to lie down

I'm going down that track with my coat and my bag

Soles on my shoes are nearly gone

A little ways ahead there's a farmer's shed

That's where I'll rest my weary bones

Weary bones (weary bones) weary bones (you lazy bones)

That's where I'll rest my weary bones

A little way's ahead there's a farmer's shed

That's where I'll rest my weary bones

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Monroes Hornpipe

Bill Monroe

Key: A

No chord chart available.

Train on the Island

traditional

Key: A

yonder comes my beau, oh lord

Train on the island, headed way out west

me and my love done broke up

perhaps its for the best

me and my love done broke up

perhaps its for the best

Train on the island, can't your hear em roar

another day on the island

wasted on the shore

another day on the island

wasted on the shore

Train on the island, headed way up north

go and tell my true love

you don't know what she's worth

go and tell my true love

you don't know what she's worth

Tunes

Devils Dream

traditional

Key: A

Policeman

traditional

Key: G

I've got a secret I ain't gonna tell...

Keep my whiskey in a coconut shell

Down went the trigger, bang went the gun...

Should have seen him run

This Land Is Your Land

Woody Guthrie

Key: G

As I was walking that ribbon of highway,

I looked above me, there in the skyway,

I saw below me, the Golden Valley;

This land was made for you and me.

I roamed and rambled,

and followed my footsteps

Through the sparkling sands of

her diamond deserts,

And all around me this voice kept saying,

"This land was made for you and me."

Oh my loving father...

As the Sun was shining, and I was strolling

Through the wheat fields waving

and the dust clouds rolling,

I could feel inside me

and see all around me,

This land was made for you and me.

Hop High Lulu

traditional

Key: G

Well where have you been my pretty lulu girl?

Where have you been so long?

Well I've been in the pen with the rough and rowdy men

And honey I'm goin' back again

Well I'll pawn you my watch and I'll pawn you my chain

I'll pawn you my gold wedding ring

To pay my little lulu girl's fine

I'll pawn you my wagon and my team

Lonesome Road Blues

traditional

Key: A

No chord chart available.

CC Rider

traditional

Key: C

You made me love you, now your man done come ...

Standin in the kitchen in that morning gown ...

Lookin right at her when that sun went down ...

My home is on the water, I don't like the land at all ...

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Flop Eared Mule

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Goodbye Booze

Charlie Pool

Key: C

Well she slammed my head

She broke my heart

So goodbye booze its time we part

I had a good time ...

Well she whispered low, how sweet it sounds

Won't don't you take another ride on the merry go round

I had a good time ...

Crawdad Hole

traditional

Key: D

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry, Honey,

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry, Babe,

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry,

Gonna sit on the bank and watch the crawdads die,

Honey, Baby mine.

Look at that man with a sack on his back, Honey

Look at that man with a sack on his back, Babe

Look at that man with a sack on his back

Packin' all the crawdads he can sack

Honey, Baby mine

Man fell down, broke his sack, Honey

Man fell down, broke his sack, Babe

Man fell down, broke his sack, Honey

Look at all the crawdads scramblin' back

Honey, Baby mine

Standin' on the corner with a dollar in my hand, Honey,

Standin' on the corner with a dollar in my hand, Babe,

Standin' on the corner with a dollar in my hand,

Standin' there waitin' for the crawdad man,

Honey, Baby mine.

On This Cold Prison Wall

George Tolbert

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Wildwood Flower

traditional

Key: C

I will dance I will sing and my laugh shall be gay

I will charm every heart, in his arms I will sway

when I woke from my dreaming, my idols was clay

All portion of love had all gone away

He taught me to love him and promised to love

and to cherish me over all others above

How my heart is now aching no misery can tell

he left me no warning, no words of farewell

He taught me to love him and called me his flower

that was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour

How I long to see him and regret the dark hour

he's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower

Tunes

Cold Frosty Morning

traditional

Key: G

A part

B part

Darling Corey

traditional

Key: C

No chord chart available.

Shady Grove

traditional

Key: B

When I was a little boy

I wanted a Barlow knife

And now I want little Shady Grove

To say she'll be my wife

Peaches in the summertime

Apples in the fall

If I can't get the girl I love

I don't want none at all

Wish I had a banjo string

Made of golden twine

I'd play that song on my banjo string

And make that girly mine

Some come here to fiddle and dance

Sme come here to tarry

Some come here to fiddle and dance

I come here to marry

The Cuckoo

traditional

Key: G

And she never, hollers cuckoo,

Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds,

I knowed you from old

You rob my, poor pockets,

of my silver, and my gold

Going to build me a log cabin

on a mountain so high,

So I can see Kevin

as he goes on by

I played cards in England

I played cards in Spain

I'll bet you $100

I'll beat you next game

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Key: A

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John the Revelator

traditional

Key: G

Moses to Moses watching the flock,

saw the burning bush and he had to stop

God said Moses, take off your shoes

out of the flock, it's you that I choose

Ezekiel walking in the valley of bones

he was dry, thirsty and alone

God said bones, get up and move

Ezekiel he didn't know what he should do

Spent

John Davey

Key: C

No chord chart available.

Angeline the Baker

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Mole in the Ground

traditional

Key: D

Oh, I wish I was a lizard in the spring

Yes, I wish I was a lizard in the spring

If I's a lizard in the spring

I'd hear my darlin' sing

And I wish I was a lizard in the spring

Oh, Kempe wants a nine dollar shawl

Yes, Kempe wants a nine dollar shawl

With a nine dollar shawl

She could beat them all in all

Kempe wants a nine dollar shawl

Oh Kempe, let your hair roll down

Kempe, let your hair roll down

Let your hair roll down

and your bangs curl round

Oh Kempe, let your hair roll down

I been in the bend so long

Yes, I been in the bend so long

I been in the bend

with the rough and rowdy men

Baby, where you been so long?

Oh, I don't like a railroad man

No, I don't like a railroad man

Oh the railroad man

He'll kill you if he can

Drink up your blood like wine

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Liberty

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Miss Ferris

John Hartford

Key: D

She had log-books and bells and the things like that,

And she knew the old captains and where they were at.

She rode the Alabama and the Gordon C. Green,

As the Cape Girardeau, she was later renamed, Uh-huh.

Well, now, fast people in St. Louis society

A-takin' a trip on the Mississippi

Sleepin' in their bunks after an after-dinner drink

They didn't think the boat would sink. Oh, no!

Well, I know Captain Buck was a very sad man

When that old wooden hull went into the sand

And Miss Ferris was sad for sure

But immediately, her mind went to work. Oh, yeah!

I had to work real hard to get my school work done

Cause you could not fool Miss Ferris none;

And, if I went to sleep or I were not supposed to talk

Oh, she was a dead shot with a little piece of chalk. Uh-huh!{soc}

Oh me, oh my, how the time does fly.

Time and the river keep a-rollin' on by.

Now, I am not a student and she is not a teacher

But, we both still love the Mississippi River. Uh, huh.

Dry and Dusty

traditional

Key: D

Part A

Part B

Wild Bill Jones

traditional

Key: D

He said my age is twenty-one

Too old to be controlled

I drew my revolver from my side

And destroyed that poor boy's soul

He reeled and he staggered, and he fell to the ground

And then he gave one dying moan

He wrapped his arms around my little girl's neck

Saying honey won't you take me home

They sent me to prison for twenty long years

This poor boy longs to be free

But Wild Bill Jones and that long-necked bottle

Have been the ruin of me

Raleigh & Spencer

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Skillet Good and Greasy

traditional

Key: D

Gonna cook it every hour

Keep my skillet good and greasy

All the time, time, time

Got chickens in my sack, bloodhounds on my back

Keep my skillet good and greasy

All the time, time, time

Keep my skillet good and greasy all the time

Well if you say so, I’ll never work no more

I’ll lay around your Chevy

All the time, time, time

Just lay around your Chevy all the time

I’m going up the mountain, gonna get me jug of whiskey

Gonna give all to Misty

Keep her good and drunk and goozy

All the time, time, time

Keep her good and drunk and goozy all the time

I’m going down town, gonna get me sack of flour

Gonna cook it every hour

Keep my skillet good and greasy

All the time, time, time

Keep my skillet good and greasy all the time

Booth Shot Lincoln

Bascom Lamar Lunsford

Key: A

It was early in April,

Not many weeks ago,

The people of this fair city

All gathered at the show.

The war it is all over,

The people happy now,

And Abraham Lincoln arose,

Arose to make his bow;

The people cheer him wildly,

Arising to their feet,

And Lincoln waving of his hand,

He calmly takes his seat.

And while he sees the play go on,

His thoughts are running deep,

His darling wife, close by his side,

Has fallen fast asleep.

From the box there hangs a flag,

It's not the Stars and Bars,

The flag that holds within its folds

Bright gleaming stripes and stars.

John Wilkes Booth he moves down the aisle,

He had measured once before,

He passes Lincoln's bodyguard

A-nodding at the door.

He holds a dagger in his right hand,

A pistol in his left,

He shoots poor Lincoln in the temple,

And he sends his soul to rest.

The wife awakes from slumber,

And screams in her rage,

Booth jumps over the railing

And lands him on the stage.

He'll rue the day, he'll rue the hour,

As God him life shall give,

When Booth stood in that center stage,

Crying, "Tyrants shall not live!"

The people all excited

Then cried everyone, "A hand!"

Cried all the people near,

"For God's sake, save that man!"

Then Booth ran back with boot and spurs

Across the backstage floor,

He mounts that trusty claybank mare,

All saddled at the door.

John Wilkes Booth, in his last play,

All dressed in broadcloth deep,

He gallops down the alleyway,

I hear those horses feet.

Poor Lincoln then was heard to say,

And all has gone to rest,

"Of all the actors in this town,

I loved Booth the best."

Lazy John

traditional

Key: G

Every night when I come home

Peas in the pot and the old jawbone

Here today and tomorrow he's gone

Why don't you get away lazy John?

My gal lives at the end of the road

Her teeth are crooked and her legs are bowed

But we sure have a lot of fun

Why don't you get away lazy John?

Goin to a dance Saturday night

Ain't coming home til the broad daylight

Then I'll take my girl back home

Why don't you get away lazy John?

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Foggy Mountain Special

Earl Scruggs

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Take a Whiff on Me

Memphis Jug Band

Key: G

I've got a woman, she's ten feet tall

Her head in the kitchen, feet in the hall

Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me

Two old women fishing in a creek

ain't caught a man since late last week

Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me

Cocaine's for horses not for men

doctor say it'll kill you but he won't say when

Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me

I'm a-walkin' down the road with my hat in my hand

Lookin' for a woman who needs a banjo man,

Hey, hey, baby take a whiff on me.

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Key: A

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All You Fascists Bound To Lose

Woody Guthrie

Key: G

you may be surprised

Race hatred cannot stop us,

this one thing I know

Poll tax and Jim Crow and greed

have got to go

People of every color marching

side by side

Marching across these fields

where a million fascists died

I'm going into this battle,

take my union gun

Gonna end this world of slavery

before this war is won

Little Girl & Dreadful Snake

traditional

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Cripple Creek

Traditional

Key: G

Now the girls up Cripple Creek, about half-grown,

jump on a boy like a dog on a bone.

Roll my britches up to my knees,

wade ol Cripple Creek whenever I please.

Now, Cripple Creek's wide and Cripple Creek's deep,

wade old Cripple Creek before I sleep.

Hills are steep and the roads are muddy,

and I'm so dizzy that I can't stand steady

Jesse James

traditional

Key: G

It was on a Friday night the moon was shining bright

They robbed the Glendale train

And people all did say, from many miles away

It was those outlaws Frank and Jesse James

It was Robert Ford that dirty little coward

I wonder how he does feel

For he ate of Jesse's bread and slept in Jesse's bed

and he laid Jesse James in his grave

He was standing on a chair just dustin' a picture there

Thought that he heard a noise

He turned his head around and the bullet smashed him down

and they laid poor Jesse on the floor

Wagon Wheel

Old Crow Medicine Show and Bob Dylan

Key: G

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours

pickin me a bouquet of dogwood flowers and I'm

hoping for Raliegh, gonna see my baby tonight

Runnin' from the cold up in New England

I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band

My baby plays the guitar, I pick the banjo now

Ah, north country winters keep-a gettin' me cold

Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave

but i ain't turning back to live that old life no more

Walkin' to the south out of Roanoake

I caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke

But he was headed west 'cross the Cumberland Gap

into Johnson City, Tennessee

I gotta get a move on, pray for the sun

I hear my baby callin my name and i know that she's the only one

and if I die in Raleigh, well at least I will die free

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

The Carter Family

Key: G

when I saw that hearse come rolling

There's a better home a-waiting,

Lord I told that undertaker

undertaker please drive slow

for this body you are hauling

Lord, I hate to see her go

I will follow close behind her

try to hold up and be brave

but I could not hide my sorrow

when they laid her in her grave

Worried Man's Blues

traditional

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Summertime

George Gershwin

Key: G

and the livin' is easy

and your momma's good lookin'

One of these mornings,

you're gonna rise up singing

Then you'll spread your wings

and you'll take to the sky

But till that morning,

there's a nothin' can harm you

With daddy and mommy

by your side

Hesitation Blues

traditional

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Rove Riley Rove

traditional

Key: G

Mama give me meat

Daddy give me bread

Pretty girl give me one sweet kiss

Like to done killed me dead

Possum is a funny thing

He rambles in the dark

Only time you know he's there

Is when you hear old Ranger bark

Daddy had a great big house

A hundred stories high

Every story in that house

Was filled with chicken pie

Went up on a mountain

Done stripped me a load of cane

Make me a barrel of molasses

Sweet Miss Liza Jane

Blue Skies

Irving Berlin

Key: G

No chord chart available.

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Flint Hill Special

Earl Scruggs

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Tennessee Waltz

traditional

Key: C

Now I wonder how a dance like the Tennessee Waltz

Could have broken my heart so complete

Well I couldn't blame my darlin', and who could help fallin'

In love with my darlin' so sweet

Well it must be the fault of the Tennessee Waltz

Wish I'd known just how much it would cost

But I didn't see it commin', it's all over but the cryin'

Blame it all on the Tennessee Waltz

She goes dancin' with the darkness to the Tennessee Waltz

and I feel like I'm falling apart

and it's stronger than drink and it's deeper than sorrow

this darkness she left in my heart

St James Infirmary

traditional

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Down in the Willow Garden

traditional

Key: G

my love she did not know

I drew a sabre through her,

it was a bloody knife

I threw her in the river,

which was a dreadful sight

My father often told me,

that money would set me free

If I would murder that dear little girl,

whose name was Rose Connolly

My father sits at his cabin door,

wiping his tear-dimmed eyes

For his only son soon shall walk,

to yonder scaffold high

My race is run, beneath the sun,

the scaffold now waits for me

For I did murder that dear little girl,

whose name was Rose Connelly

Hard, Ain't It Hard

Woody Guthrie

Key: G