Jean Shepard (born November 21, 1933 in Paul's Valley, Oklahoma as Ollie Imogene Shepard)was one of the first female vocalists in the country music field to become a major star in the early 1950's.   Shepard's family moved west to Visalia, California in hopes of a better life. In high school, Shepard formed the Melody Ranch Girls, which became locally famous. One night, Country star Hank Thompson saw Shepard performing at a show and liked what he heard. With Thompson's help, Shepard was able to get a recording contract with Capitol Records in 1952.

You Can't Break The Chains Of Love
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Jimmy Wakely, Lew Porter, Franklin Tableporter

C                         F              C
Though we're apart you'll always have my heart
                              G7
You can't break the chains of love dear
    C              F                 C
Wherever you go my heart will always know
                    G7        C
You can't break the chains of love

    F             C
For I will always love you
  D7                    G7
I swear by the stars up above
C                       F          C
I'll be your slave till I am in my grave
                    G7        C
You can't break the chains of love

    F             C
For I will always love you
  D7                    G7
I swear by the stars up above
C                       F          C
I'll be your slave till I am in my grave
                    G7        C
You can't break the chains of love

You Can't Break The Chains Of Love

Sweet Temptation
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Merle Travis and Cliffie Stone

C                       F
Sweet temptation that's what you are to me
C                              G7
That's all you'll always be it seems
C                    F
Sweet temptation you smile and pass me by
    C         G7        C
But still you occupy my dreams

    F                             C
Now maybe I've got lots of hidden charms
      F                                  C
You'd find if you'd just hold me in your arms
G7              C                  F
But you're just sweet temptation a diamond in the rough
    C       G7              C
You make it awful tough for me

                     F
Sweet temptation the most delicious peach
C                           G7
Is always out of reach they say
C                F
Sweet temptation you're just a little flirt
    C                  G7        C
You know you might get hurt that way

    F                            C
Now someday you may get a big surprise
   F                            C
By someone who will make you realize
G7               C                  F
That you're just sweet temptation a diamond in the rough
    C       G7              C
You make it awful tough for me

Sweet Temptation

You'd Better Go
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Harlan Howard and Wynn Stewart
 
C            G7                      C
You'd better go each moment that you linger
         G7                       C
Makes me forget his ring is on my finger
   F                           C
We love each other but I'm his so we must draw the line
             G7                    C
You'd better go before I change my mind

             G7                     C
You'd better go for I'm afraid your charms
     D7                             G7
Will shatter my resistance and I'll end up in your arms
   C               F               C
He loves me so and dear you know I hate to be unkind
             G7                    C
You'd better go before I change my mind

            G7                          C
To keep you here would thrill me beyond measure
    D7                              G7
But we're not always free to do the things that bring us pleasure
   C               F                  C
He loves me so and dear you know we'd hate ourselves in time
             G7                    C
You'd better go before I change my mind

You'd Better Go

You're Telling Me Sweet Lies Again
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Jack Rhodes and Gertrude Cox
[3/4 time]

G                           D7
I thought any fool could be fooled only once 
                                  G
That a burned child remembers the pain
                             D7
Yet here I am listening with stars in my eyes 
                             G
You're telling me sweet lies again

        C                          G
They're tender and soothing like a kiss to my heart 
  C              G          D7
I know that it's healing in vain
G                                 D7
The wound will be deepened you'll say we must part 
                             G
You're telling me sweet lies again

                             D7
Let some angel or fairy come rescue my heart
                                        G
Wave a wand to change my fate that's so plain
                          D7
I'm lost in a trance or a spell I can't break 
                             G
You're telling me sweet lies again

     C                        G
They sound so familiar like a book read before 
  C             G            D7
I know that the ending's the same
G                        D7
Some magic is holding me spell bound once more 
                             G
You're telling me sweet lies again

You're Telling Me Sweet Lies Again

A Thief In The Night
By Jean Sheppard written by Harland Howard
 
C                              G7
This is our last kiss our last moment of bliss 
                              C
Darling our love can never be right
                                   F
For your ring's on her hand and my heart just can't stand
         C           G7           C
Stealing love like a thief in the night
 
      G7                         C
Never more shall we meet on some dim lighted street
D7                                   G7
Darling two wrongs just don't make a right
       C                    F
So I'm sending you home for I just can't go on
         C           G7           C
Stealing love like a thief in the night
 
G7                         C
Never more shall we meet on some dim lighted street
D7                                   G7
Darling two wrongs just don't make a right
       C                    F
So I'm sending you home for I just can't go on
         C           G7           C
Stealing love like a thief in the night

A Thief In The Night

Lonesome Love

At The Time
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Bill Anderson

G                                 C                  G
I told him that I loved him cause I loved him at the time
                                      A7                  D7
And I told him that I didn't want any other lips touching mine
G                                C                G
I whispered love your kisses are sweeter than the wine
                     D7               G
But I'd never tasted champagne at the time

                                        C                   G
At the time I didn't know your name and I'd never seen your face
                                     A7               D7
At the time I'd never lost myself in your tender warm embrace
G                                       C                 G
If you've never had filet mignon peanut butter taste just fine
                                 D7               G
And that's the way it was when I loved him at the time

                                          C                G
When I found you I started hearing pretty music I've never heard
                                         A7                           D7
And quietly when we spoke of love it was like I'd learned a brand new word
G                                           C               G
I once thought I'd seen everything but till I met you I was blind
                       D7               G
And I wonder now was I even born at the time

                                        C                   G
At the time I didn't know your name and I'd never seen your face
                                     A7               D7
At the time I'd never lost myself in your tender warm embrace
G                                  C                           G
If you've never had a T-bone steak saltine crackers taste just fine
                                 D7               G
And that's the way it was when I loved him at the time

                                                C                   G
If you've never been to Paris France Big Spring Texas will suit you fine
                                 D7               G
And that's the way it was when I loved him at the time

At The Time

Lost Country Hits of the 70s

Beautiful Lies
recorded by Jean Sheppard    [3/4 time]
written by Jack Rhodes
 
G              C
Beautiful lies beautiful lies 
D7                                  G
Each word is a heartache in perfect disguise
                            C
I can't help but listen and then I realize 
    D7                                  G
The words you have spoken are beautiful lies
 
                       C
Call me a dreamer in a fool's paradise
D7                                            G
My heart knows no difference that love that's unwise
                        C
Tell me you love me and will till you die 
     D7                                 G
Like music you thrill me with beautiful lies
 
Repeat #1
                                    C
I hear wedding bells ringing I have stars in my eyes
  D7                                      G
I see red roses blooming a rainbow in the sky
                                   C
All sweet things come to me in the twinkle of an eye
     D7                                   G
When you hold and tell me those beautiful lies
 
Repeat #1

Beautiful Lies

Dear John Letter
Recorded by Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky
Written by Lewis Talley, Fuzzy Owen, Billy Barton

C                  G7
Dear John oh how I hate to write
                              C
Dear John I must let you know tonight
                         C7
That my love for you has died
          F
Away like grass upon the lawn
    G7                            C
And tonight I'll wed another dear John

Spoken: 
C
I was overseas in battle
         G7
When the postman came to me

And he handed me a letter
                       C
I was happy as I could be 


For the fighting was all over
        F
And the battle had been won
       G7
Then I opened up the letter
                    C
And it started dear John

Repeat #1

Spoken:
C
Will you please send back my picture
           G7
My husband wants it now

When I tell you who I'm wedding
                       C
You won't care dear anyhow

 
Now the ceremony has started
         F
And I'll wed your brother Don
         G7
Will you wish us happiness forever
     C
Dear John

Dear John Letter

Heart We Did All We Could
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Ned Miller

G                            C                    G
Well there he goes he hardly knows the heart he's breaking
                            C             G
I talked to him but I don't think he understood
        C                                    G
So just forget about the plans that you were making
             D7          G
Heart we did all that we could

                             C                         G
Don't blame these lips these hungry lips were pleading for you
                         C               G
They used all the tender words that they should
           C                               G
And if you break and fall apart I couldn't blame you
             D7          G
Heart we did all that we could

                                   C                 G
These misty eyes these tear filled eyes were picture taking
                     C              G
Printing all the memories that they could
            C                                          G
They're the only thing you'll have when you're through breaking
             D7          G
Heart we did all that we could
             D7          G
Heart we did all that we could

Heart We Did All We Could

I Want To Go Where No One Knows Me
Recorded by Jean Shepard

G
I want to go where no one knows me
            C             G
Where I can start my life anew
          C               G
I want to go where no one knows me
                 D7       G
No one will ask  me about you


A cherished friend a worshiped sweetheart
           C          G
The oldest story ever told
          C           G
I trusted you and you deceived me
                   D7         G
I have more grief  than I can hold

#
I want to go where no one knows me
           C                G
My soul is sick my heart is sore
          C                G
I want to go where all are strangers
                    D7         G
I don't believe in  friends no more

Repeat #1

I Want To Go Where No One Knows Me

I'll Do Anything It Takes To Stay With You
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Curly Putman, Larry Butler, Jan Crutchfield

C                       G7              C
If I talk too much just tell me I'll be silent
D7                                        G7
If I'm holding on too tight I'll turn you loose
C                                       F                  C
If it means my pride goes begging on my knees I'll do that too
F       C           G7                 C
I'll do anything it takes to stay with you

                        G7             C
If I embarrass you when we go out just tell me
D7                                           G7
But it's so hard for me to keep my hands off you
C                                 F                     C
You can put me cross the table or completely across the room
F       C           G7                 C
I'll do anything it takes to stay with you

           G7                       C     F       C
There were many times many nights I cried wanting you
        D7                                   G7
Waiting for the touch I need so much and not knowing what to do
C                                       F                  C
If it means my pride goes begging on my knees I'll do that too
F       C           G7                 C
I'll do anything it takes to stay with you

Repeat #2

I'll Do Anything It Takes To Stay With You

Poor Sweet Baby
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Bill Anderson

G                      D7                G
I knew this morning as soon as the phone rang
                     D7       G
That crazy woman had hurt you again
                      D7      G
That's why I told you come on over
    C                 G
The coffee's warm and so are my arms
     D7                G
That you fit so nicely in

                C
Poor sweet baby poor sweet baby
       G                            D7
Did my baby spend another sleepless night
G               C
Poor sweet baby come to momma
G                                 D7                  G
Let momma love your pain away and make ever thing all right

                      D7            G
If she don't love you why don't she leave you
                     D7         G
And let a real woman light your fire
                        D7        G
You're too big a boy to go to bed hungry
    C                       G
And the way that I need you I could feed you
   D7               G
Anything your heart desires

Repeat #2

Poor Sweet Baby

Root Of All Evil
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Jeri Jones

G                                C
You've heard that old story ever since time began
     G                    D7
That money is root of all evil     
     G                              C
Well let me tell you mine it's much older than time
        G           D7        G
For the root of all evil is a man

        C                               G
They'll tell you that they love you and will until they die
    A7
But you'll find them out with someone else
           D7
Before the ink on the licenses is dry
   G                             C
So girls take my advice think it over once or twice
        G           D7        G
For the root of all evil is a man

                                  C
Sure there's honky tonk girls but before you condemn
    G                              D7
And look at her with scorn in your eyes
     G                                  C
Give her just a friendly smile hear her troubles for a while
        G            D7            G
For the cause of her trouble was a man

Root Of All Evil

Second Fiddle To An Old Guitar
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Betty Amos and Guy Willis

C                         F            C
Once we were so happy you were my very own
                                    D7               G7
Then you bought that guitar and you ruined our happy home
C                                  F                 C
You told me that you're gonna pick you're gonna be a star
                                        G7        C
Well I'm tired of playing second fiddle to an old guitar

    F                           C
You gaze at that guitar on your knee
     D7                         G7
In a way that you never look at me
C                                      F
This love affair of yours has gone too far
                         C             G7        C
And I'm tired of playing second fiddle to an old guitar

                                  F               C
You said it wouldn't be long till you'd be number one
                                 D7                G7
That we'd have lots of money and we'd have lots of fun
C                                     F                   C
Well all you've done is pick and grin and sing off key so far
                                   G7        C
I'm tired of playing second fiddle to an old guitar

Repeat #2
 
                                             F              C
I've talked and preached and fought with you and tried most everything
                                    G7               C
If you keep a picking an old guitar then I'm a gonna sing

Second Fiddle To An Old Guitar

Then He Touched Me 
recorded by Jean Shepard
written by Norro Wilson and George Richey

C                                      F
There was a time when I felt I'd never love again 
    G7                         C
For hurt had taken all my love away
                                       F
My faith was gone and I knew I'd never trust another man
    C              G7            C
And loneliness was in my life to stay

                            F
Not long ago I met a man he was so good to me 
  G7                             C
I never thought of him as one to love
                              F
He always seemed to be around when I needed company
   C               G7              C
He made my world a better place to live

                           F
The other day I noticed he was staring at me 
    G7                         C
His eyes looked at me as if to say
                                   F
I know that you're a woman starved for love and tenderness
    C                  G7         C
You need the love that only I can give

                          E7            F            C
Then he touched me and my world started turning once again
        G7                        F            C
When he kissed me my lips started burning once again
                   C7                 F
When he held me my feet just wouldn't touch the ground
       C                     G7               C
Now my world's so bright for there's love all around

tag:  
F      C                     G7               C
Now my world's so bright for there's love all around

Then He Touched Me

Greatest Hits 

Girls In Disgrace
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Dan Welch and Mary McDaniel

C                                  C7           F
So faithfully you promised me we'd marry in the spring
  G7                                                 C
A year has passed and now at last I see through everything
                                     C7              F
Just like a fool I let you rule this heart inside of me
    G7                                              C
Now you don't care how many years I'll spend in misery

F                                      C
Girls in disgrace must surely face the gossips of the town
D7                                   G7
And every time she's passing by they greet her with a frown
C                                C7              F
You constantly reveal to me that you could never be
    G7                                               C
The kind of man to understand girls in disgrace like me

                                   C7              F
So patiently I've tried to see and understand your game
    G7                                          C
I'd even wait night after night you seldom ever came
                                          C7             F
I know you'll say I'm all to blame I know you just can't see
    G7                                              C
How I could think so much of you and never think of me

Repeat #2

Girls In Disgrace

Hello Old Broken Heart
recorded by Jean Shepard                       [3/4 time]
written by Joe Allison and Audrey Allison

C                        F                   C
Hello old broken heart I see you're back once more
F                C      D7        G7
Hurting the same way as you did before
C                            F                 C
Listen old broken heart I've got some news for you
F            C               G7               C
Aching won't help things and tears just won't do

  F                                    C
I promised myself that I'll see you no more 
F                      D7           G7
But you have me crying as you did before
C                             F               C
Look here old broken heart go away and let me be
F                   C          G7             C
Just because he has gone don't come crying to me

  F                                    C
I promised myself that I'll see you no more 
F                      D7           G7
But you have me crying as you did before
C                           F                 C
Get lost old broken heart I wish you'd let me go
F                  C         G7             C
But no matter what happens I still love him so

Hello Old Broken Heart

If You Haven't You Can't Feel The Way I Do
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Bill Carver
[3/4 time]

G                          G7               C
Have you ever lost someone just like I lost you
                     G                        D7
Have you ever missed someone like I'm missing you
G                   G7              C
Have you ever cried the whole night through
                   G          D7             G
If you haven't you can't feel the way that I do

      C                                  G
Don't tell me it's silly to sit here and cry 
C                                 D7
You can't understand if I want to die
                   G       G7               C
Have you ever lost someone just like I lost you
                   G              D7         G
If you haven't you can't feel the way that I do

                           G7               C
Have you ever been cheated like you cheated me
                   G                        D7
Have you ever been called someone's used to be
G                          G7                  C
Have you ever gone through just what I've gone through
                   G              D7         G
If you haven't you can't feel the way that I do

Repeat #2

If You Haven't You Can't Feel The Way I Do

My Wedding Ring
recorded by Jean Shepard
written by Jack Rhodes 

G              D7             G
You ask me how long I've been drinking 
                D7         G
And living this honky tonk life
                  G7               C
Well listen girls I'll tell you my story 
      G               D7           G
I'm a mother that was once a happy wife
 
                     D7      G
I'm a girl just like so many others 
                     D7                 G
Neither good nor bad may be a girl like you
                            G7              C
And just think what for the grace of God in heaven
         G                    D7             G   G7
It could have been your heart that was broke two
 
      C                          G
I'm a girl that's left without a future 
                                      D7
And the baby boy that has his daddy's name
        C                        G
And the baby looks just like his daddy 
                  D7               G
But another woman wears my wedding ring

repeat #1

My Wedding Ring

Passing Love Affair
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Jack Rhodes and Jack Rollins

G                        C
Be sure before you say I love you
D7                     G
That no other love you share
                            C
I love too deep to have you think dear
         D7                  G
That I'm just a passing love affair

      C
Don't build my hopes to watch them tumble
G                           D7
Tell me how much you really care
G                             C
Tell me the truth although it hurts me
     D7                  G
Am I just a passing love affair

                         C
I know there was someone before me
D7                   G
Who ended up in deep despair
                            C
Don't make me love you then desert me
     D7                  G
Am I just a passing love affair

     C
Will I be like your other sweethearts
G                                  D7
When love's not new will you still care
G                           C
Or will I find the love I'd hope for
   D7                  G
Is just a passing love affair

Passing Love Affair

Got You On My Mind 

Many Happy Hangovers To You
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Johnny McRae

C                                  F
You're going out again tonight and you'll end up getting tight
     C                                                   G7
Then when your money's gone you'll come crawling home to me
C
You'll think you're quiet as a mouse 
       F
As you come stumbling through the house
    C                        G7                 C
And find the note with these parting words from me

               F        C
Many happy hangovers to you
                              D7          G7
May your life be blessed with more than a few
       C                            F
Oh our love can never be you hold a bottle more than me
     C         G7       C
Many happy hangovers to you

                                       F
When tomorrow's sun comes up you'll be sicker than a pup
    C                                         G7
And your blood shot eyes will look around for me
C                                       F
But you'll find yourself alone like the many nights I've known
     C           G7            C
With only lonely walls for company

Repeat #2

F    C         G7       C
Many happy hangovers to you

Many Happy Hangovers To You

Second Best
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Marie Wilson

C                               G7
I know you'll never love me the way I love you
                          C
And I'll always be second best to you
                                     G7
But in my heart I'd rather have just part of you
                                                      C
Than all of someone else for there's no one else like you

    F                               C
I'd rather be the second one you've loved than not to know
     D7                               G7
This feeling that I get each time you let me hold you close
C                                G7
And anything to keep you with me I would do
                                      C
I'm glad that I can be second best to you

                                  G7
If it's wrong to worship you then wrong I'll be
                                  C
No one else can do the things you do to me
                                       G7
And just what little time that you can spend with me
                                                    C
Means more than all the rest though I'm only second best

Repeat #2

Second Best

Best Of The Best

That's What Lonesome Is
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Bill Anderson

G                                D7              G
All night long I stayed away and stared out into space
                                   D7              G
I close my eyes but all I see is a picture of your face
    C                              G
And on my lips remain the sweetest taste of your last kiss
       D7                         C           D7       G
And in case you've never wondered that's what lonesome is

C                           G
That's what lonesome is and that's how lonesome feels
    D7                              C                  G
Its starts out like a bad bad dream then ends up being real
                                   G7                 C
I don't know how much longer I can live and hurt like this
                G       C           D7       G
I'm almost dead already that's what lonesome is

C           D7       G
That's what lonesome is

                                 D7                 G
I drank a pot of coffee tried to numb my brain with wine
                                       D7                  G
But still your memory keeps on running reckless through my mind
  C                               G
I think of all I used to have and all I'm gonna miss
       D7                         C           D7       G
And in case you've never suffered that's what lonesome is

Repeat #2

That's What Lonesome Is

Looking Better Every Beer

The Palm Of Your Hand
Recorded by Jean Shepard
Written by Pete Drake

G                 G7              C             G
I swore I'd never let another man get inside my mind
    C                G              A7            D7
But it only took one touch from you to make me realize
        G            G7   C                    G
When my maker molded me   you were part of His plan
    C              G      Em     D7               G
For He made me fit perfectly  in the palm of your hand

                G7               C               G
I even love the calluses and the wrinkle in your hand
  C                    G         A7              D7
I swear that they were put there to help me understand
            G             G7      C                    G
It took the labor of your loving  oh to make me what I am
    C            G      Em     D7               G
And now I fit so perfectly  in the palm of your hand
 
     C                D7                 G
They say behind every good man there's a woman
    Em          A7                  D7
But you made my place right by your side
G                      G7
I just can't believe I found this much love
C                          G
All wrapped up in just one man 
  C                  G      Em     D7               G
I thank God I fit so perfectly  in the palm of your hand

   C                    G      Em     D7               C   G
Oh I thank God I fit so perfectly  in the palm of your h-and

The Palm Of Your Hand

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
A|--4--1--3--6---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------9-9-9-9---4-4-4-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------9-9-9-9-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

School Friends

S                     S        
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|--6------6-6---3-------------------1-| 
C|-------------5---5-------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
                                                              
A|----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------| 
C|-----4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------| 

A|-----5--8--10--8--5--|--8-12--------12--|----5-8-10-8-5-------| 
E|--6------------------|------------------|--6------------------| 
C|---------------------|------------------|---------------------| 
G|---------------------|-------5--7-5-----|---------------------| 
     S      S      S      S            
A|----------------7------7-8----8---| 
E|--5-6----5-6------1----5-6----6---| 
C|--4-5------2------2-----------2---| 
G|---------6------6-----------------|

King Creole

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

...

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