By most accounts, George Jones (born George Glenn Jones  September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas), is the finest vocalist in the recorded history of country music. Initially, he was a hardcore honky tonker in the tradition of Hank Williams, but over the course of his career he developed an affecting, nuanced ballad style. In the course of his career, he never left the top of the country charts, even as he suffered innumerable personal and professional difficulties. Only Eddy Arnold had more Top Ten hits, and Jones always stayed closer to the roots of hardcore country. 

I Know A Man Who Can
recorded by George Jones
written by Jack Campbell and Jimmie Davis

G7      C
I can't take a heart that's broken 
        F     C          G7               C  G7   
Make it over  again  but I know a man who can
    C
And I can't take a soul that's sinned 
    F                          C    
And make it white  whiter than snow 
    G7               C
But I know a man who can

F                        C 
Some call him Savior the redeemer of all men
F                    C               G7 
I call him Jesus for He's my dearest friend
       C
If you feel no one can help you 
         F              C
And your life is out of hand 
     G7               C
Well I know a man who can

                                F               C
I can't walk upon the waters or calm the raging sea
    G7               C  G7
But I know a man who c-an
    C
And I can't cause blind eyes to be open 
         F                   C
Make the lame to rise up and walk again
       G7               C 
Oh but I know a man who can

repeat #2

I Know A Man Who Can

If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
Recorded by George Jones
Written by James Rowe and James W. Vaughn

G                                C               G
How sweet and happy seemed those days of which I dream
                    A7           D7
When memory recalls them now and then
G                              C                 G
And with what rapture sweet my weary heart would beat
                          D7   G
If I could hear my mother pray again

                           C           G
She used to pray that I on Jesus would rely
                    A7             D7
And always walk the shining gospel way
G                            C              G
So trusting in His love I'll seek that home above
                           D7        G
For I shall meet my mother some glad day

                   C           G
If I could hear my mother pray again
                    A7              D7
If I could hear her tender voice as then
#G                             C                G
How happy I would be with who means so much to me
                          D7   G
If I could hear my mother pray again

                              C               G
Within the old home place her patient smiling face
                     A7               D7
Was always spreading comfort hope and cheer
G                            C           G
And when she used to sing to her Eternal King
                            D7       G
It was the songs the angels loved to hear

                              C                   G
Her work on earth is done the life crown has been won
                   A7            D7
And she will be at rest with Him above
G                           C                 G
And some glad morning she I know will welcome me
                        D7        G
To that eternal home of peace and love

Repeat #3

If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again

The Gospel Collection: George Jones Sings The Greatest Stories Ever Told

A Cold Day In December
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bobby Braddock

C                F      C
We tried hard to hold onto 
                       G7            C
You lost your patience and I lost my mind 
               C7         F
Now you ask me would I go through it 
   C             G7       C
If you came back one more time 

                    F       C
It'll be a cold day in December 
                      F     C
It'll be a hot day in mid July 
                   C7      F
Or a cool night in late September 
         C        G7           C
Before I give our love another try
 
             F      C
Just as sure as California 
            G7       C
Has a white Atlantic shore 
             C7      F
And a lovely eastern sunset 
  C              G7     C
I won't want you ooh anymore

Repeat #2 
  
                       F             C
There will be icebergs in the arctic ocean 
                        F              C
There will be seashells in the Florida sand 
                 C7        F
And an old heart within me beating 
         C    G7            C
Before I ever take you back again 

Repeat #2

A Cold Day In December

Hell Stays Open All Night
Recorded by George Jones
written by Bobby L. Harden 

C                                  F
She said hello and I said Hon it's me
           C                                     G7
She said I might have known  and I said oh listen please  
        C                      F
Leaving you for her was wrong  please let me come back home
         C                      G7                 C
This old town's closed down and I have no place to go

                                       F
And she said hell stays open all night long  
C                      G7
Hell never closes it's open from dawn till dawn  
       C                                        F
When I slammed the door to heaven I should have known
C          G7             C
Hell stays open all night long

                                    F
She said good-bye  don't call me anymore
    C                                G7
For the one that I love now is at my door
    C
Someone has took your place 
        F                             C
This is something you'll just have to face  
                             G7                   C
As far as I'm concerned when you have no place to go 

                                   F
Remember hell stays open all night long  
C                      G7
Hell never closes it's open from dawn till dawn  
       C                                        F
When I slammed the door to heaven I should have known
C          G7             C
Hell stays open all night long

Hell Stays Open All Night

I Sleep Just Like A Baby
Recorded by George Jones
Written by J. Chambers, B. Sherrill, L. Jenkins

C                                    F
By now I bet she's wondering how I'm doing
   C                                  G7
If it broke my heart when she told me goodbye
C                                    F
Well every night I sleep just like a baby
  C             G7       C
I wake up every hour and cry

                                   F
I'll bet she even thinks I'm gonna miss her
    C                                  G7
She probably thinks she's always on my mind
C                                   F
But every night I sleep just like a baby
  C             G7       C
I wake up every hour and cry

F                              C
She believes that I can't live without her
                F   C                   G7
And it hurts so bad some times I almost die
C                                    F
Well every night I sleep just like a baby
  C             G7       C
I wake up every hour and cry

spoken:

You know I bet way down deep

That she thinks I'll always love her

And I'll bet she thinks I'll never love another

No matter how hard I try

C                                     F
Cause every night I sleep just like a baby
  C             G7       C
I wake up every hour and cry
                                             F
Lord every night I sleep like a little bitty baby
  C             G7       C
I wake up every hour and cry

I Sleep Just Like A Baby

I Want To Grow Old With You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bobby Braddock

C
I saw a sweet old couple in the park the other day

Holding hands and smiling in an old familiar way

Then I thought about you and how I'd feel without you
      G7
And I knew honey I knew

          C
I want to grow old with you

Hugging and holding you be my little old lady

And I'll be your big old baby
              G7                    C
Honey I do  I want to grow old with you


We'll move to California or the sunshine state

If they're not to crowded in two thousand twenty-eight

Pacific or Atlantic we'll still be romantic
           G7
You and me just a wait and see

Repeat #2

When we meet the Maker then we'll understand

I might start all over and be with you again

You and me together forever and ever
         G7
I hope I can but until then

               C
I want to grow old with you 

Squeezing and holding you be my little old lady

And I'll be your big old baby
                  G7                    C
Honey it's true I want to grow old with you

Repeat last verse

I Want To Grow Old With You

You Oughta Be Here With Me

A Drunk Can't Be A Man
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Earl Montgomery and George Jones

G                                      C
He embarrasses his child and wife Lord he leads a miserable life
                        G                   D7
But still he thinks the bottle is his right hand
G                                       C
Yes and he can tear down more than he's ever built before
               G                     D7               G
A man can be a drunk sometimes but a drunk can't be a man

                                        C
He lets his business lag behind for the nightlife he can find
                           G          D7
Why he does all this he'll never understand
G                                    C
In the morning when he wakes up Lord he can't wait to fill his cup
               G                     D7               G
A man can be a drunk sometimes but a drunk can't be a man

    C
For he goes from Doctor Jackel to Mr. Hide
   G                                     D7
He seems proud to have the devil for his guide
         G                          C
Still he keeps on reaching out Lord he needs a helping hand
                   G                     D7               G
But a man can be a drunk sometimes but a drunk can't be a man

C                  G                     D7               G
Yes a man can be a drunk sometimes but a drunk can't be a man

A Drunk Can't Be A Man

Walking the Line

A Good Year For The Roses
recorded by George Jones
written by Jerry Chesnut
C
I can hardly bare the sight of lipstick
            F                   C
On the cigar-ettes there in the ashtray
 
Lying cold the way you left them
                       F                  C
At least your lips caressed them while you packed
 
      F
And a lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee
                           C
That you poured and didn't drink
       G7
But at least you thought you wanted it
                                       C
That's so much more than I can say for me
 
                              F
It's been a good year for the roses
G7                       C
Many blooms still linger there
                             F
The lawn could stand another mowing
G7                      C
It's funny I don't even care

                               F
And when you turned and walked away
G7                         F  C
And as the door behind you cl-oses 
                         F
The only thing I know to say
G7                            C
It's been a good year for the roses 
 
                                   
After three full years of marriage
                             F                C
It's the first time that you haven't made the bed
 
I guess the reason we're not talking
                          F              C
There's so little left to say we haven't said
 
        F
While a million thoughts go running through my mind
                         C
I find I haven't spoke a word
             G7
And from the bedroom those familiar sounds
                                C
Of our one baby's crying goes unheard
 
repeat #3

A Good Year For The Roses

Bradley Barn Sessions

A Picture of me Without You
recorded by George Jones
written by Norro Wilson and George Richey
 
G                        C         G
Imagine a world where no music was playing
                                      D7
Then think of a church where nobody's praying
G                     G7      C           G
If you've ever looked up at a sky with no blue
                           D7            G
Then you've seen a picture of me without you
 
                                  C           G
Have you walked in a garden where nothing was growing
                                      D7
Or stood by a river where nothing was flowing
G                G7         C             G
If you've seen a red rose unkissed by the dew
                           D7            G   G7
Then you've seen a picture of me without you
 
C                           G
Can you picture Heaven with no angels singing
                                               D7
Or a quiet Sunday morning with no church bells ringing
G                        G7         C               G
If you've watched as the heart of a child breaks in two
                              D7         G
Then you've seen a picture of me without you
 
                              D7         G
Then you've seen a picture of me without you

A Picture Of Me Without You

Bartender Blues
recorded by George Jones  [3/4 time]
written by James Taylor

G                  G7
Well I'm just a bartender
      C             A7
And I don't like my work
      D7                      G  
But I don't mind the money at all
D7        G           G7
I've seen lots of sad faces
    C           A7
And lots of bad cases
   D7                            G     
Of folks with their backs to the wall

D7         G          G7        C          A7
But I need four walls around me to hold my life
   D7                 G      D7
To keep me from going astray
      G          G7       C       A7
And a honky tonk angel to hold me tight
   D7                    G
To keep me from slipping away

                         G7 
Well I can light up your smokes
      C             A7  
I can laugh at your jokes
      D7                          G
I can watch you fall down on your knees
D7    G               G7
I can close down this bar
   C             A7
Oh and gas up my car
    D7                           G
And I can pack up and mail in my keys

Repeat #2 
                        G7
Now the smoke fills the air
   C               A7 
Of this honky tonk bar
        D7                             G 
And I'm thinking bout where I'd rather be
D7    G             G7   
But I burned all my bridges
    C             A7 
And I sunk all my ships
    D7                              G 
And I'm standing at the edge of the sea

Repeat #2

Bartender Blues

He Stopped Loving Her Today
recorded by George Jones
written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman 

G
He said I'll love you 'til I die
                              Am
She told him you'll forget in time
                         D7
As the years went slowly by 
                          G
She still preyed upon his mind

 
He kept her picture on his wall
                        Am
Went half crazy now and then 
                              D7
He still loved her through it all 
                       G
Hoping she'd come back again
 
 
Kept some letters by his bed
        Am
Dated 1962
                     D7
He had underlined in red
                    G
Every single I love you
 
 
I went to see him just today
                       Am
Oh but I didn't see no tears
                     D7
All dressed up to go away
                                 G
First time I'd seen him smile in years
 
(Chorus)
 
D7                    G
He stopped loving her today
              G7              C
They placed a wreath upon his door
                           D7
And soon they'll carry him away
                      G
He stopped loving her today
 
recitation   
 
You know she came to see him one last time
Oh and we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
This time he's over her for good
 
Repeat Chorus

He Stopped Loving Her Today

I Always Get Lucky With You  
recorded by George Jones [3/4 time]
written by Merle Haggard, Freddy Powers, Gary Church
 
C                                         F
I've had good luck     and bad luck   and no luck  it's true
      C          G7         C     G7
But I always get lucky with you
          C
I've been turned on and turned down 
         F                         C         G7          C     C7
When the bars close at two   but I always get lucky with you 
 
       F                           C
I keep two strikes against me most all of the time
          D7                                 G7
When it's down to a phone call I'm minus the dime
             C
There's been good days and bad days 
    F
But when the day is through
     C          G7         C
I'll always get lucky with you
 
repeat #2

I Always Get Lucky With You

She's My Rock
recorded by George Jones
written by Sharon Dobbins
 
G
You tell me how she was when you once knew her
                          D7        G
She played her games with many many men
 
You tell me that you don't think I'd be with her
                D7             G
If I could have known her back then
 
 
You ask me why I don't pack up and leave her
                D7               G
Now that I know about her wicked ways
 
Well I doubt that you could understand my thinking
                         D7        G
But listen close to what I have to say
 
          D7        G      C
She's the rock that I lean on
G         D7             G
She's the sunshine of my day
        D7            G         C
I don't care what you say about her
G
She took me in and made me everything I am today
                  D7                      G
She's my rock and I ain't gonna throw her away
 
 
I know she wasn't always what she is now
                         D7              G
She had to make mistakes like everybody else
 
And don't you point you finger at nobody
                      D7             G
It's plain to see you ain't no saint yourself
 
repeat #3

She's My Rock

The Door 
recorded by George Jones 
written by Billy Sherrill
 
G                                       Am   C          
I've heard the sound of my dear old mama cry-ing 
    D7                                         G        
And the sound of the train that took me off to war 
                                        C     
And the awful sound of a thousand bombs ex-ploding 
      Am                             D7 
And I wondered if I could take it anymore
  
           G                               C
There were times when they almost drove me crazy 
    D7                               G
But I did my best and took it like a man 
                                          Am    C
But who would think in my lonely room I'd h-ear it 
    D7                                    G 
The one sound in the world my heart can't stand 

                                           C 
To hear that sound and to know it's really over 
                            G                D7  
Through tear stained eyes I watched her walk away 
       G                           
And of earthquakes storms guns and war 
     C                       
Lord nothing has ever hurt me more
          G                D7             G 
Than that lonely sound the closing of the door
 
 Tag:
                                        
And of earthquakes storms guns and war 
     C                       
Lord nothing has ever hurt me more
          G                D7             G 
Than that lonely sound the closing of the door

The Door

The Grand Tour
recorded by George Jones
written by Norro Wilson, Carmol Taylor, George Richey

G                                                         
Step right up  come on in  if you'd like to take the grand tour
     C                                     G       
Of a lonely house that once was home sweet home  
 
I have nothing here to sell you just some things that I will tell you  
    A7                                   D7     
Some things I know will chill you to the bone
 
     G                                                      
Over there sits the chair where she'd bring the paper to me 
        C                                G             
And sit down on my knee and whisper oh I love you  
D7                             G                   C       
But now she's gone forever and this old house will never 
       G                D7                G     
Be the same without the love that we once knew
 
                                                              
Straight ahead that's the bed where we lay and love together 
    C                                    G       
And lord knows we had a good thing going here  
 
See her picture on the table don't it look like she'd be able 
     A7                               D7       
Just to touch me and say good morning dear  
 
            G                                                      
There's her rings all her things and her cloths are in the closet 
          C                                    G      
Just like she left them when she tore my world apart
       D7                                   G               C 
As you leave you'll see the nursery  oh she left me without mercy
       G               D7          G      
Taking nothing but our baby and my heart
 
Step right up come on in

The Grand Tour

The Right Left Hand
recorded by George Jones
written by Arthur Leo Owens and Dennis J. Knutson
 
G
I've cried a million tears down through the years 
          D7                 G
Searching for  that special one  
 
And the vows I took before  were all forever more 
                    D7              G
But no matter how I tried they came undone
 
 
Then the good lord finally gave me  the true love of a lady 
        D7             G
Someone who believes in me  
 
And she lets me know each day that love is here to stay 
                   D7                G
I finally found someone who'll never leave
 
                           C                    G
I put a golden band on the right left hand this time 
        C                     G              D7
And the right left hand put a golden band on mine  
         G                    C                   G
When our hair is snowy white  time will prove I'm right  
                           D7                   G
I put a golden band on the right left hand this time
 
                                 C
I'll never have to plead for the love that my heart needs 
          D7              G
She'll be close enough to touch  
                                       C                  G
And when the nights are long and cold  she'll be there to hold 
                   D7                G
All dressed up for one more night of love

 Repeat #3
                                C                    G
Tag: I put a golden band on the right left hand this time

The Right Left Hand

These Days I Barely Get By
Recorded by George Jones
written by Tammy Wynette and George Jones

C                      F           C 
I woke up this morning aching with pain
                  G7            C
Don't think I can work but I'll try
                          F
The car's in the shop so I thumbed all the way
   C            G7         C
Oh these days I barely get by

                              F               C   
I walked home from work and it rained all the way
                G7         C
My wife left and didn't say why
                              F
She laid all her bills on the desk in the hall
   C            G7         C 
Oh these days I barely get by

                           F           C
Put my only two dollars on my favorite horse
             G7         C
He lost by a nose and I cried
                                  F  
Oh my boss says come winter we'll all be laid off
   C            G7         C
Oh these days I barely get by

F
These days I barely get by
  C                            G7
I want to give up lay down and die
      C                          F
Worst of all is when she told me goodbye
   C            G7         C
Oh these days I barely get by
 
F                 G7          C
Oh these days one barely gets by

These Days I Barely Get By

George Jones - 16 Biggest Hits

A Thousand Times A Day
recorded by George Jones
written by Garry Burr and Gary Nicholson 

G                                                  
I gave up cigarettes haven't had to light one yet
C                        G          
It's been a year since I stopped
                                                      
Same goes for alcohol I don't touch the stuff at all
C                      D7      G        
I used to drink till I dropped

C                             G       
But those were tough  this is easy 
C                       G     
And it feels so good to say 
C                 G                C   
Forgetting you is not that hard to do
    G              D7               G                       
For I've done it a thousand times a day 

                                                            
Friends said it would take some time to get you off my mind
C                           G    
Some said I'd never let you go 

But I guess I've proved them wrong one more bad habit gone 
C                             D7     G   
Just like the whiskey and the smokes 

C                            G      
But those were tough this is easy 
C                     G    
And I'm all right I'm ok 
C                 G                C   
Forgetting you is not that hard to do
    G              D7               G                       
For I've done it a thousand times a day 

                                                     
I've given you up for good just like I said I would 
C                       G      
Oh the night you walked away 
C                 G                C   
Forgetting you is not that hard to do
    G              D7               G                       
For I've done it a thousand times a day 

                  D7               G    
Oh I've done it a thousand times a day

A Thousand Times A Day

Forever's Here To Stay
recorded by George Jones
written by Buddy Cannon and Larry Bastian
C                                  F
She stepped out of the Taxi with a suitcase in her hand
C                                     G7
And a hanging bag too full for her to hold
  C                          F
I felt her body tremble as I took her in my arms
C                       G7          C
And she whispered don't ever let me go
 
       F                                   C
Then I watched her hang her dresses up and close the closet door
      F                   C            G7
And I watched her put her satin things away
C                               F
Somehow now I know she won't be leaving anymore
  C          G7                C
I do believe forever's here to stay
 
                                      F
It's good to hear her foot steps just walking down the hall
C                                         G7
Lord I wondered would I hear those sounds again
C                               F
We're picking up the pieces and putting away the past
C                  G7               C
We've got a lot of broken dreams to mend
 
repeat #2
             G7                C
I do believe forever's here to stay

Forever's Here To Stay

The Visit
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Gene Ellsworth, Brad Rodgers, Charles Stefl

C                     F
Sorry I'm so late but I've been out a-walking
C                                      G7
Trying to find a way to tell you but I think you already know
C                                F
I'd never want to hurt you cause darling I still love you
C                                        G7                    C
But things aren't the way they use to be it's time for letting go

                                 F
I wasn't out there looking but a month ago last Sunday
C                              G7
I met someone just like you in line at the grocery store
C                                 F
We've been spending time together yes she knows all about you
C                            G7                C
The truth is she can give me what you can't anymore

F
I know I promised you forever
  C
I never thought I'd see this day
    F
 If only I could write the pages
    C                       G7
Our story wouldn't end this way

C                             F
I feel so much better knowing we could have this moment
C                                      G7
But it looks like it may rain soon and it's getting kind of late
C                               F
Hon I'll always bring you roses every time I come to visit
    C                  G7                    C
The caretakers waiting he wants to close the gate

F
I know I promised you forever
        C
I never thought I'd see this day
    F
 If only I could write the pages
    C                       G7
Our story wouldn't end this way
                     C
It wouldn't end this way

The Visit

High-Tech Redneck

Accidentally On Purpose
Recorded by George Jones 
Written by George Jones and Darrell Edwards
[3/4 time]

C               F            C
In the papers I saw you this morning
         G7                             C
You were lovely dressed in your wedding gown
                      F       C
And it said you would marry a stranger to me
         D7                        G7
That had drifted into our old home town

    C            F           C
Accidentally you met him one evening
        G7                       C
And you say it was love at first sight
    F                          C
Accidentally on purpose you're marrying
    G7                      C
Accidentally on purpose for spite

    F                           C
For you say that you saw me out painting the town
     D7                         G7
That I was just a fool with the heart of a clown
    C        F        C
Accidentally you were mistaken that night
    G7                      C
Accidentally on purpose for spite

repeat #3  Yes you...

Accidentally On Purpose

Don't Stop The Music
written and recorded by George Jones        [3/4 time]
 
C                           F             C
Don't stop the music let it play one more song
    G7                     F              C
The same one that's played tonight for so long
                       F          C
She's out with another I saw them tonight
        G7                       F              C
Sitting there close together she knows that not right
 
   G7                          C
So don't stop the music let it play one more song
    D7                     G7
The same one that's played tonight for so long
   C                 F               C
My pockets are empty I spent my last dime
         G7                    F             C
But I've just got to hear that song one more time
 
                            F              C
Don't be mad at me Mister I know that it's wrong
    G7                     F             C
But I want you to hear the words of that song
                              F          C
So don't stop the music don't make me go home
  G7                         F             C
I know she's not there and I cry all night long
 
Repeat #2

Don't Stop The Music

Not What I Had In Mind
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Jack Clement

G                       C              G
Just thought I'd have a little fun and paint the town
C        G                 D7       G
I always said someday I'll walk the line
                       C              G
But now she's gone and I'm the bluest guy around
C          G           D7            G
And that's not exactly what I had in mind

                       C                  G
I thought that I could play the field and be a clown
C           G                   D7   G
I broke the heart that loved me many times
                C                       G
Yes I know that I'm the biggest fool in town
C          G           D7            G
And that's not exactly what I had in mind

  C                             G
I didn't mean for things to get so out of hand
                          D7    G
I always meant to make it up in time
                       C              G
But now she's gone she hates the very sight of me
C          G           D7            G
And that's not exactly what I had in mind

  C                                 G
I told myself go play around you're young and free
                            D7    G
Too late I found that I was oh so blind
                  C           G
I lost the love I never did deserve at all
C          G           D7            G
But that's not exactly what I had in mind

C         G           D7            G
No that's not exactly what I had in mind

Not What I Had In Mind

She Thinks I Still Care
recorded by George Jones
written by Dickey Lee and Steve Duffy
 
C              F            C
Just because I ask a friend about her
               G7                 C
Just because I spoke her name somewhere
                        C7        F
Just because I rang her number by mistake today
C          G7      C
She thinks I still care
 
               F                  C
Just because I haunt the same old places
                        G7           C
Where the memory of her lingers everywhere
                              C7     F
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be
C          G7      C
She thinks I still care
 
    F                               C
But if she's happy thinking I still miss her
                                     G7
Then let that silly notion bring her cheer
F                        C
How could she ever be so foolish
   D7                           G7
Oh where would she get such an idea
 
C              F             C
Just because I ask a friend about her
               G7                 C
Just because I spoke her name somewhere
                                C7      F
Just because I saw her then went all to pieces
C          G7      C
She thinks I still care

She Thinks I Still Care

Tender Years 
recorded by George Jones
Written by Darrell Edwards 
 
C
You keep saying you love him
  G7                C
I believe that it's true
 
And it just doesn't matter
    G7          C
How much I love you
 
                        C7
But in time you'll understand dear
     F          C
When you shed a tear
 
Then you'll know you were living
   G7          C
In your tender years
 
   
In your eyes there's a love light
     G7         C
That shines for him
 
But how long will it stay there
          G7              C
Will that love light grow dim
 
                     C7
You can just see the happiness
    F             C
You can't see the tears
 
Yes it's true  you've been living
   G7          C
In your tender years
 
 
So if I can't be your first love
     G7               C
I'll wait and be your last
 
I'll be somewhere in your future
        G7             C
To help you forget the past
 
                        C7
Then you'll know that I love you
       F              C
With a love that's sincere
 
'Cause I'll wait 'til you're through living
   G7          C
In your tender years
 
                       C7
Yes you'll know that I love you
       F              C
With a love that's sincere
 
Yes  I'll wait 'til you're through living
   G7          C
In your tender years

Tender Years

Too Much Water
Recorded by George Jones
written by George Jones and Sonny James

G
Well I've been thinking about you all night long

What you been doing to me  
A7
You told me that you love me I thought that you loved me
                          D7
But you never was true to me

     G
Well they say you're getting tired of all your running around
                            C
You're wanting me to settle down
                      G
It too much water run under the bridge 
            D7               G
And I'm too mad to come back now

             C                           G
Well there's things I've been wanting to tell you
          C                        G
There's a lot of things you should know
    A7
And I don't think I'll wait for a later date
                          D7
Now's the time to let you know

      G
Cause there's been too many nights I've waited at your door

While you run around on me
A7
But I got to thinking my ship started sinking
                                  D7
And I thought I'd better swim the sea

          G
So now my telephones ringing pretty girls singing

So go ahead and run around
     C                       G
It's just too much water run under the bridge
            D7               G
And I'm too mad to come back now

Repeat #3,4,5

Too Much Water

Treasure Of Love
Recorded by George Jones
Written by J.P. Richardson and George Jones

C                         G7          F             C
I've got a pocket full of pennies the heart full of gold
                       G7          F           C
Though my troubles are many I have treasures untold
                   F                        C
And the shack that I live in is a palace to me
                    G7                                    F  C
For the treasure of love the treasure of love you gave to m--e

                        G7          F           C
In this world there are riches that money can't buy
                     G7          F               C
Like the treasure of true love a love that won't die
                F                        C
So why should I worry what tomorrow will bring
                    G7                                   F  C
For the treasure of love the treasure of love makes me a k-ing

                          G7                F           C
Though my clothes are all tattered and I've seen better days
                     G7             F             C
Know it really don't matter for I'm rich in other ways
                   F                            C
Yes my pockets are empty but still wealthy I'll be
                     G7                                    F  C
With the treasure of love the treasure of love you gave to m--e

Treasure Of Love

Waltz of the Angels
recorded by George Jones             [3/4 time]
written by Jack Rhodes and Dick Reynolds
 
G                                   C
The Waltz Of The Angels I hear each time
           D7                       G
I hold you tightly in these arms of mine
                                     C
It's surely from heaven this music I hear
                     G           D7            G
When your lips say I love you in waltz time my dear
 
G7              C                     G
There must be a power much higher than I
                                     D7
A writer of love songs way up in the sky
             G                       C
The maker of roses of love sweet and true
                     G         D7             G
And the Waltz Of The Angels He wrote just for you
 
                                  C
Oh hurry my darling to my waiting arms
              D7                        G
I'll love you forever and keep you from harm
                                              C
They say love is endless our hearts have been kissed
                    G          D7         G
By the waltz of the angels and far beyond this

Repeat #2

Waltz Of The Angels

Best Of

After Closing Time
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson, Danny Walls
 
G                                   C              G
Well you can find me serving drinks inside a honky tonk
                                       D7
And I'll even play the jukebox on your dime
G                               C                G
Sometimes I will dance with you to your favorite song
                         D7            G
Yeah but she'll be mine  after closing time

                                  C                G
She will smile at all the men and shake her pretty hips
                                      D7
And you can yell and say she looks so fine
    G                             C                G
But I'm not looking for a man I'm looking for them tips
                         D7            G
And then she'll be mine  after closing time

C                                    G
When they turn the lights out that's when I'll turn him on
D7                                        G
Oh she can serve me love much better than wine
C                            G
So when they close the doors guess who takes me home
                    D7            G
And she'll be mine  after closing time

                                   C                G
Tomorrow night I'll still be there inside the honky tonk
                                        D7
And I'll still play the jukebox on your dime
     G                                        C                  G
Yeah as long as you keep buying drinks she'll smile and lead you on
                    D7            G
But she'll be mine  after closing time
 
Repeat #3

                    D7            G
And she'll be mine  after closing time

After Closing Time

We Go Together
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Norro Wilson, Danny Walls, Sammy Lyons

G                                D7
The places where we used to meet we go together
                                    G
Step by step like shoes on the feet we go together
C                                 G
Just like the sand out in the sea what good is sugar if you have no tea
D7                                           G
What good are you if you don't have me we go together

                                D7
That old feeling we used to get even feels better
                                    G
There was a girl you made me forget the day I met her
C                                    G
Just like the tears in a baby's eyes just like the stars up in the sky
D7                                    G
Like ice cream and an apple pie we go together

C                                      G
We go together like the storm and rain just like the fire that needs the flame
D7                                    G
Just like the picture needs the frame we go together
C                                     G
We go together like the moon and June just like the fork needs the spoon
D7                                           G
Just like the song that needs the tune we go together

Repeat #1,3

We Go Together

After I Sing All My Songs
Recorded by Merle Haggard and George Jones
Written by Leona Williams

G                         D7           G
When the show is over and every one is gone
C                                     G
That's when this lonely feeling comes along
                   G7                      G
Everybody loves me while the show is going on
    C                 G        D7                  G
But I need someone to love me  after I sing all my songs

                                 D7                 G
I smile and play the music while they just cheer me on
    C                                   G
But this empty feeling keeps on hanging on
                           G7                 G
Lord I wish I had somebody just to be my only one
  C               G        D7                  G
I need someone to hold me  after I sing all my songs

D7                                       G
After I sing my songs after the crowd is gone
  C               G        D7                  G
I need someone to hold me  after I sing all my songs

D7                                       G
After I sing my songs after the crowd is gone
  C               G        D7                  G
I need someone to hold me  after I sing all my songs

After I Sing All My Songs

A Taste of Yesterday's Wine

Ain't Love A Lot Like That
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Dean Miller and Mark Collie

C                                  F
Well a twister tore the roof off a grocery store
     G7                          C
Blew an Idaho potato through the hardwood floor
                          F
Twirled granny's apron up around her head
    G7                                C
The cat's gone missing and the dog is dead

                G7
Well ain't love a lot lot that
             C
Ain't love a lot like that
              F
Unconditional unpredictable
G7                    C
Ain't love a lot like that

                        F
Just like Moses and the Red Sea water
  G7                                 C
A little bit of faith and the ring I bought her
                       F
I hit my knees and she took my hand
    G7                                C
And she lead my heart to the promised land

Repeat #2

                              F
Well the honeymoon's over and the work begun
   G7                          C
My baby say I'm getting on her nerves again
                      F
One false move and an angry shout
    G7                                 C
I'm sleeping all alone on the fold out couch

Repeat #2

Ain't Love A Lot Like That

Day After Forever
recorded by George Jones
written by Max D. Barnes

C                                 F
If you think you can depend on me you're right you can
       G7                              F              C
If you think that I'm in love with you you're right I am
                          F
But nothing lasts forever all good thing's must end
         C      G7        C
And it's only a matter of time

          F                    C
Day after forever I'm out that door
               G7                    C
One way or the other to return never more
                  F                  C
Don't count on me baby for I will be gone
          G7                           C
Day after forever honey you're on your own

                                       F
If you think I love you more than life you're right I do
       G7                                F                 C
If you think you're in my heart and soul you're right it's true
                             F
But I must leave you someday although I worship you
         C      G7        C
And it's only a matter of time

          F                    C
Day after forever I'm out that door
               G7                    C
One way or the other to return never more
                  F                  C
Don't count on me baby for I will be gone
          G7                           C
Day after forever honey you're on your own
          G7                           C
Day after forever honey you're on your own

Day After Forever

Our Bed Of Roses
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Keith Steagall and Zack Turner
 
G                                      C                        G    C  G
The morning we moved in this house you said let's make a bed of roses
   D7                                                       G      D7
So hand in hand we found that special place and I broke the ground
  G                               C                          G        C  G
I wiped that delta dirt from your face as you knelt there to sow them
       Am                               D7                         G  G7
Oh I'd give anything a mortal man could give if you could see them now

C                                            G     C  G
Through the kitchen windowpane I can see the roses
D7                                                                            G    G7
The ones we planted that first spring are blooming like they did when you were here
C                                                       G   Em
Someone's always left behind when the door of this life closes
Am                          D7                 G     C
So I sit alone and watch it rain on our bed of roses

G                                C                           G     C G
Some days I sit for hours at the time just stirring at those roses
     D7                                                              G     D7
They seem so young and full of life but soon they'll face the winter chill
G                           C                            G      C  G
I don't know how long I can survive but one thing that I know is
     Am                         D7                   G    D7
Come spring time the roses will return but you never will

Repeat #2
 
Am                          D7                 C  G
So I sit alone and watch it rain on our bed of roses

Our Bed Of Roses

The Cold Hard Truth
recorded by George Jones
written by James O'hara

C
You don't know who I am
                     F
But I know all about you
                         G7
I've come to talk to you tonight
                               C
About the things I've seen you do


I've come to set the record straight
                                F
I've come to shine the light on you
                   G7
Let me introduce myself
                   C
I am the cold hard truth
     

There is a woman we both know
                           F
I think you know the one I mean
                               G7
She gave her heart and soul to you
                         C
You gave her only broken dreams
   

You say your not the one to blame
                                  F
For all the heartaches she's been though
                           G7
I say you're nothing but a liar
                      C
And I'm the cold hard truth

C7                            F
All your life that's how it's been
                       C
Looking out for number one
                     G7
Taking more than you give
                      C
Moving on when you're done

C7                             F
With her you could have had it all
                     C
A family and love to last
                        G7
If you had any sense at all
                             C
You'd go and beg her to come back
    

You think that you're a real man
                         F
But you're nothing but a fool
                          G7
The way you run away from love
                           C
The way you try to play it cool
    

I'm gonna say this just one time
                       F
Time is running out on you
                        G7
You best remember me my friend
                   C
I am the cold hard truth

                        G7
You best remember me my friend
                   C
I am the cold hard truth

The Cold Hard Truth

Cold Hard Truth

Blue Side of Lonesome
recorded by George Jones       [3/4 time]
written by Leon Payne
 
G                            D7
I'm calling to tell you it's over
                               G
Yes darling you're now free to go
                               D7
You're saying you're sorry you hurt me
                                   G   G7
But you hurt me much more than you know
 
       C                               G
You're asking me where this call comes from
     D7            A7         D7
Oh I hope that you won't interfere
        G                       D7
If your new romance turns out a failure
                               G
Here's where you'll find me my dear
 
chorus
                             D7
I'm just on the blue side of lonesome
                             G
Right next to the Heartbreak Hotel
                            D7
In a tavern that's known as Three Teardrops
                            G
On a bar stool not doing so well
 
                          D7
The floor has a carpet of sorrows
                           G
Yet no one can weep in the aisle
                                   D7
And they say someone broke the bar mirror
                         G
With only the ghost of a smile
 
    C                        G
The hands on the clock never alter
    D7           A7             D7
For things never change in this place
           G                  D7
There's no present no past no future
                                      G
We're the ones who have lost in loves race
 
repeat chorus

Blue Side Of Lonesome

Brothers Of A Bottle

Boat Of Life
Recorded by George Jones
Written by George Jones and Burl Stephens

C                                 F             C
My friend is the going rough with troubled seas around
                                   D7                    G7
Do angry winds beset your soul and dark clouds on you'll frown
C                                  F            C
Have you ever looked for bread and only found a stone
                                         G7           C
Could it be because you're paddling your boat of life alone

                                     F                C
Is the raft you once had charted now both blurred and marred
                                D7             G7
Is your soul and body weary the task of rowing hard
C                                F              C
Have you ever looked for joy and disappointment known
                                         G7           C
Could it be because you're paddling your boat of life alone

                                      F               C
My friend there is one who knows your every fault and sin
                                      D7                 G7
And He knows you struggle and through all your life fold in
C                              F               C
So why not call on Jesus He'll help you safely on
                          G7            C
Oh my friend it's foolish to paddle all alone

Boat Of Life

If You Want To Wear A Crown
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Eddie Noack and Marvin Rumley

C                    F       C
You've got to run to win the race
             F                 G7
Go along the way and quick the pace
            F                                    C
So remember when you're worried faith is falling down
                                    G7             C
That you got to bear a cross if you want to wear a crown

            F               C
Our Lord is testing us each day
             F            G7
He'll try us out in every way
         F                         C
So don't despair when burdens fall around
                               G7             C
You got to bear a cross if you want to wear a crown

                     F           C
You've seen some men rise to the top
          F                    G7
Then fall apart if they should drop
                F                C
They can't live on without their wealth
                                   G7              C
They blame the Lord above and they never blame themselves

             F                C
Out of these fallen some will rise
             F           G7
Accept their fate and realize
               F                                     C
That their own trial to God they'll hear the trumpet sound
                                      G7             C
That you got to bear the cross if you want to wear a crown

If You Want To Wear A Crown

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Born With The Blues
recorded by George Jones & Merle Haggard
 
C                               F
Dad was my hero  God called him away
          C                 G7
Momma was lonely  and I was afraid
               C                        F
With no one to lean on  I turned to the booze
                C      G7                        C
Hard times come early  when you're born with the blues
 
                                           F
Railroads were leaving  and airplanes were in
                  C                 G7
The great war was brewing  about to begin
           C                    F
Hungry and lonesome  nothing to lose
            C       G7                C
Raised in a boxcar  and born with the blues
 
                                F
Born with the blues  trouble in mind
            C                           G7
Smoking and drinking  by the time I was nine
                 C                          F
In debt from the start  I'm still paying my dues
          C       G7                C
Crazy and lonely  and born with the blues
 
                                            F
In spite of the cocaine  and in spite of it all
              C                     G7
God gave me a woman  to cushion the fall
                        C                     F
You're like Paul of the bible  spreading good news
           C        G7                C
A man on a journey  and born with the blues
 
Repeat #3

Born With The Blues

Kickin' Out The Footlights... Again: Jones Sings Haggard, Haggard Sings Jones

Bridge Washed Out
recorded by George Jones
written by Slim Williamson

Intro:
G                         C
The bridge washed out and I can't swim
       G             D7    G
And my baby's on the other side

       
Well when I woke up this mornin' the rain was a-pourin' down
      C                                                            G
I was gonna wed me a little river girl just over the bridge across town
                                                               C
I'm runnin' up and down the river and my nerves are drivin' me wild
          G                     C
Cause the bridge washed out and I can't swim
       G             D7    G
And my baby's on the other side

 
Rain oh rain stop fallin' dark clouds hurry from the sky
    C
The preacher and my bride is a-waitin' 
                                     G
And my weddin' bells are startin' to chime
                                                       C
I can't kiss and hold her and it's drivin' me outta my mind
    G                     C
The bridge washed out and I can't swim
       G             D7    G
And my baby's on the other side


Now I got one foot in the water the other foot solid on the ground
       C                                                      G
When I try to swim that ragin' old river I know if I try I'll drown
                                                           C
There's not a boat around me they've all gone out with the tide
        G                     C
And the bridge washed out and I can't swim
       G             D7    G
And my baby's on the other side 

Repeat #2 

                          C
The bridge washed out and I can't swim
       G             D7    G
And my baby's on the other side

Bridge Washed Out

I'm A One Woman Man

Brother To The Blues
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Edwin Rowell

C                            F
You and I don't need an introduction
        C                          G7
Neither one of us has that much to lose
      C                     F
Cause you're just a sister  to satisfaction
    G7                        C
And I'm just a brother to the blues

                                    F
Now I don't have to tell you nights are lonely
          C                                 G7
There's a hunger in our eyes that tells the news
    C                     F
And you're just a sister  to satisfaction
    G7                        C
And I'm just a brother to the blues

     F
It's hard to tell exactly which direction
C                        G7
We might go at any given time
     F                          C
It's just a constant search for affection
    D7                             G7
And we need all the comfort we can find

  C                      F
I know you can feel this attraction
       C                                   G7
From a night of love that both of us could use
      C                     F
Cause you're just a sister  to satisfaction
    G7                        C
And I'm just a brother to the blues

                          F
Yes you're just a sister  to satisfaction
    G7                        F    C
And I'm just a brother to the bl--ues

Brother To The Blues

I'm Not Ready Yet
Recorded by George Jones  
Written by Tom T. Hall

G                     C                   G
I've always said that someday I was gonna leave you
                A7              D7
Some April when all the land is wet
     G             C                  G
Some spring summer fall Lord or maybe winter
                   D7                G
I'll leave someday but I'm not ready yet

         C                                         G
I know I shoulda left the day I knew your love was dieing
                      A7               D7
But I passed up every date that I ever set
      C                                           G
But I know I'll leave when my heart tells me it's ready
                     D7                  G
But I'm still around cause I'm not ready yet

Spoken:
You know I must have left you a hundred times 
But you don't know that cause I was afraid I'd be ashamed that
You'd laugh when you found out just how far I'd get 
But you didn't and you don't I know you ain't gonna ever know
And some day I'll go but I'm not ready yet

         C                                         G
I know I shoulda left the day I knew your love was dieing
                     A7                     D7
But I passed up ever date this ole boy ever set
      C                                                   G
But I know I'll leave when my heart tells me George we're ready
                     D7                  G
But I'm still around cause I'm not ready yet

                 D7                  G
I'm still around cause I'm not ready yet

I'm Not Ready Yet

I Am What I Am

Color Of The Blues
recorded by George Jones
written by Lawton Williams and George Jones
C
Up above me are the skies
         F               C
Like the twinkle in your eyes
                                  G7
There things are the color of the blues
       C
In the mail your letter came
                  F          C
The ink and paper looked the same
                 G7           C
Blue must be the color of the blues
 
     F
Blue birds singing in the trees
         C
Seems to sympathize with me
                                    G7
For he's not singing like he use to do
    C
The pretty water in the sea
                 F        C
Still as cold as you left me
                     G7           C
Yes blue must be the color of the blues
 
 
There's a rainbow over head
          F                  C
With more blue than gold and red
                              G7
Blue must be the color angels choose
        C
And the blue dress you proudly wore
                 F         C
When you left to return no more
                 G7           C
Blue must be the color of the blues
 
     F
Blue days come and blue days go
      C
How I feel nobody knows
                             G7
Life is pretty empty without you
        C
There's a blue note in each song
                  F       C
That I sing since you are gone
                     G7           C
Yes blue must be the color of the blues

Color Of The Blues

Best Of George Jones: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection

Come Home To Me
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Bobby Lamoyne Harden
[3/4 time]

C          F         C
Lying here thinking  and I happen to think
                       G7
Blaming myself for the things that I said
C           F        C
Hoping that you can  forget and forgive
                    G7
My life without you ain't no way to live

C                G7
Come home to me  come home to me
C                               G7
It just won't be right till you do
C                G7
Come home to me  come home to me
C                               G7
I can't take one more night all alone
        C
Come on home

              F          C
Baby you left a hurting  only your love can heal
                            G7
And I understand that's how I made you feel
C            F            C
Well my life without you  would just fall apart
                         G7
Right from the body come my lonely heart

Repeat #2

    F
The moon through the window
               
Is my shade of blue
       G7
As I'm holding your pillow

Longing for you baby

Repeat #2

Come Home To Me

I Don't Go Back Anymore
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Mike Reid and Troy Harold Seals 
[3/4 time]
 
Spoken:
 
A friend of mine told me 

That you were down here last night

I almost called him a liar but I see he was right

Yeah he was right

G
I'm over my anger but that's about all
     C                                 G
It's hard to recover from that kind of fall

A fool never knows when to give up
    A7                     D7
For years I remember those long nights of love

G                      C
But I don't go back anymore
   D7                              C           G
My heart's locked it's windows and bolted it's door
                                  G7           C
It's like trying to hold back the sea from the shore
G             D7      G
No I don't go back anymore


You're still just as pretty as you were back then
   C                          G
If I didn't know you I'd fall again

So don't smile and tell me that you still care
      A7                     D7
Don't stir up my feelings it just isn't fair

repeat #3

G             D7      G
No I don't go back anymore

Spoken:
 
A friend of mine told me you might be down here tonight

I Don't Go Back Anymore

King Of The Mountain
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Larry Boone and Paul Nelson

C               G7          C
I gave her that diamond she dreamed of
                   G7          C
And I bought her a home with a view
  F                           C
I took her to the ends of the rainbow
                       G7
But all I left her was blue

        C         G7           C
Seems I never had time to love her
                  C7          F
Now it seems time just stands still
                            C    F
I thought I was king of the moun-tain
          C      G7          C
But I was only a fool on the hill

    E7                   F           C
Now I'm here alone after leaving her lonely
                                             G7
Lord I'm living with a memory I know I can't kill
  C             C7          F    C
I thought I was king of the moun-tain
F         C      G7          C
But I was only a fool on the hill
   
F                           C    F
I thought I was king of the moun-tain
          C      G7          C
But I was only a fool on the hill

King Of The Mountain

And Along Came Jones

Cup Of Loneliness
recorded by George Jones
written by George Jones and Burl Stephens
 
G                         
I see Christian pilgrims so redeemed from sin
D7                       C           G
Called out of darkness a new life to begin
                                     
Were you ever in the valley when the way is dark and dim
D7                            C               G
Did you ever drink the cup of loneliness with Him
 
                                        
Did you ever have them laugh at you and say it was a fake
D7                           C                G
The stand that you so boldly for the Lord did take
                                        
Did they ever mock at you and laugh in ways quite grim
D7                            C               G
Did you ever drink the cup of loneliness with Him
 
                                 
Did you ever try to preach then hold fast and pray
D7                             C              G
And even when you did it there did not seem a way
                               
And you lost all courage then lost all your vim
D7                            C               G
Did you ever drink the cup of loneliness with Him
 
                                       
Oh my friends 'tis bitter sweet while here on earthly sod
D7                              C               G
To follow in the footsteps that our dear Savior trod
                                        
To suffer with the Savior and when the way is dark and dim
D7                            C               G
To drink of the bitter cup of loneliness with Him

Cup Of Loneliness

If I Don't Love You
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Eddie Burton and John Dennis Knutson

G
Well you got my heart a-feeling used and junky 
    C                                     G
The road of love is getting mighty mighty bumpy
                                                  D7
Tell me pretty mama have I filled your heart with hate

G
Well with someone new you're affiliated
    C
And it's making me feel like I'm outdated
G
If I don't love you grits ain't groceries
    D7                        G
And that's on every poor mans plate

     C
Well let me know honey tell me what's the matter
G
Let me know what's on your mind
A7
If I don't love you there ain't a cow in Texas
D7
They raise 'em there all the time

G
Well I don't want to sound like I'm demanding
  C
I just wanta get a little understanding
G
If I don't love you grits ain't groceries
    D7                        G
And that's on every poor mans plate

     C
Well won't you tell me something baby tell me what's the matter
G
Let me know what's on your mind
A7
If I don't love you there ain't a cow in Texas
D7
They raise 'em there all the time

Repeat #4

If I Don't Love You

Just One More
Recorded by George Jones  [3/4 time]

C 
Put the bottle on the table
       F
Let it stay there till I'm not able
   G7                                  C
To see your face in every place that I go


I've been sitting here so long
     F
Just remembering that you are gone

Well one more drink of wine
        C 
Then if you're still on my mind
                   G7            C
One drink just one more and then another


I'll keep drinking it won't matter
     F
I'll just remember that I once had her
        G7                          C
I don't know why I sit and cry everyday


I've been trying to forget 
    F
But I haven't stopped it yet

Well one more drink of wine
        C 
Then if you're still on my mind
                   G7            C 
One drink just one more and then another

repeat #1 & 2

Just One More

The Definitive Collection 

Daddy Come Home
Recorded by George Jones and Georgette Jones  
written by Bobby Braddock
[3/4 time]

G                         C
A year and a half may not seem like much time
        G                   D7
But its almost forever when you're only nine
    G                        C
Yes she still adores him and tears fill her eyes
       G             D7         G
As she clings to her pillow and cries

                          C
Daddy come home oh please daddy come home
      G                           D7
Sweet daddy are you out there somewhere all alone
    G                     C
Was mommy mean to you did I treat you wrong
G        D7         G
Daddy oh daddy come home

                       C
Down on the coast in a honeymoon sweet
          G                       D7
Someone's tossing and turning and trying to sleep
    G                         C
Was that just the wind in the pines cross the bay
     G           D7          G
Or a small voice from so far away

repeat #2

Daddy Come Home

Good Ones And Bad Ones
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Joe Chambers and Larry Jenkins 
[3/4 time]

C
Some come from heaven and some crawl from hell
                                    G7
And the good fight the bad for your soul

But it's hard to tell the lie from the truth
                               C
When you find one that easy to hold


There's no way of knowing which one you been loving
                          C7           F
Till you leave 'em or you lose her for good
       G7
And by then it's too late you just mark it up to fate
                        C
Either way you end up a fool

       F                 C
It's a fine line between heaven and hell
         G7                           C
When the good makes you feel like you should
       F                 C
It's a fine line between heaven and hell
         G7                         C
When the bad makes you feel just as good


A good one will love you for all that she's worth
                            G7
A bad one will take you for more

A good one will cherish the key to your heart
                            C
And a bad one a key to your door


A good one will love you for richer or poorer
                   C7       F
But that makes the bad even worse
       G7
A good one will love you till death do you part
                                C
And a bad one makes sure you go first

Repeat #3

Good Ones And Bad Ones

Still The Same Ole Me

Don't Do This To Me
Written and recorded by George Jones
[3/4 time]

C                               F
I've tried hard in pleasing you tell me you're leaving
       G7                               C
I must know the reason don't do this to me
                             F
My love's like a flower that grows every hour
     G7                            C
It's my only power don't do this to me

      G7                           C
Don't grieve it don't leave it why don't you believe it
   G7                      C                 G7
It needs you it pleads you but say don't you see
C                           F
You're free to abuse it yes you can misuse it
    G7                                      C
But please don't refuse it don't do this to me

                          F
Don't treat me so wrongly for I love you only
      G7                                  C
Don't leave me so lonely don't do this to me
                            F
Cause I love you honey much more than all money
      G7                                     C
Don't think that it's funny don't do this to me

Repeat #2  x2

Don't Do This To Me

Eskimo Pie
Written and recorded by George Jones

G                                          C             G
You can talk about your frauleins and your pretty geisha girls
                                 D7
And about the one you got in the USA
G                                  C             G
But I found myself a sweetheart in Alaska way up high
                              D7     G
She's my Eskimo baby she's my Eskimo pie

                                   D7
Well she's my Eskimo baby she's my Eskimo pie
                                                        G
She lives south of the north-pole and I know the reason why
                                              C
She's my Eskimo baby and I'll love her till I die
         G                    D7     G
She's my Eskimo baby she's my Eskimo pie

                                    C                  G
Crossing o'er the frozen river to a valley filled with snow
                                                 D7
I lost all my directions and I knew not where to go
G                                   C                 G
When a warm hand fell upon me and a voice said with a sigh
                                   D7              G
I will take you to my igloo mister I won't let you die

Repeat #2

                                      C                 G
And there came the day of parting and we had to say goodbye
                                                          D7
As I crossed back o'er the river I could faintly hear her cry
G                               C               G
I know that someday I'll return I must before I die
                                    D7     G
Cause she's my Eskimo baby she's my Eskimo pie

Repeat #2

Eskimo Pie

Long Time To Forget
Recorded by George Jones 
Written by Carl Belew and W.S. Stevenson

G                           D7
It will take a long time to forget you my dear
                      G
A long long time I'll regret you're not here
                               C
A long time remembering when I had you so near
        G           D7      G
It will take a long time to forget

                              D7
There's a lot of people out a-walking tonight
                         G
Thinking about arms that held 'em so tight
                C
Memories keep a-coming in sight
       G         D7      G
Take a long long time to forget

repeat #1 

                           D7
I know a young fellow that lived down the street
                         G
He had a good woman everything was complete
                         C
He was understanding yes she was so sweet
          G         D7      G
It took a long long time to forget

repeat #1 
  
                                 D7
Now there's an old saying you're as old as you feel
                          G
But time waits for no one and it never will
                     C
I keep a-wanting and loving you still
           G         D7      G
It takes a long long time to forget

repeat #1 

                    D7      G

Long Time To Forget

Seasons Of My Heart 
Recorded by George Jones 
Written by George Jones & Darrell Edwards 
 
C                     
The seasons come the seasons go 
                         F        C      
We get a little sunshine rain and snow 
                                    G7    
Just the way that it was planned to be 
               C                    
But there's no seasons in my heart
                   F       C      
While you play the leading part 
                     G7          C    
For the flowers will bloom eternally 
 
     F                            C        
Your leaving it will bring autumn sorrow 
                                       G7      
And my tears like withered leaves will fall 
    F                                 C        
But spring it could bring some glad tomorrow 
                        G7          C     
And darling we could be happy after all 
 
                         
As it is in natures plan
                   F     C     
No season gets the upper hand
                                 G7      
How I tried to keep this fact in mind 
              C                          
The trees are bare the cold winds blow 
                  F         C      
And by experience we should know 
                          G7                C      
That winter comes but the spring is close behind 

Repeat #2

Seasons Of My Heart

Don't Send Me No Angels
recorded by George Jones
written by Wayne Kemp
 
C                            F                 C
When the storm clouds gather and I'm losing my way
                                            G7
She stands right beside me she lights up my day
          C                            F                 C
She's the one thing I found right in a world that's gone wrong
                                     G7             C
She's the words and the music to the world's finest song
 
F                       C
Lord let me keep her at least for a while
                                                     G7
I promise that I'll love her till I've walked my last mile
          C                         F                C
When your trumpets are sounding and you've played my song
                        G7                C
Don't send me no angels cause I've got my own
 
                                          F                  C
She stayed with me through the hard times that's still going on
                                                 G7
That old feeling between us it's still coming on strong
        C                         F              C
When my eyes close forever and my last breath is gone
                        G7                C
Don't send me no angels cause I've got my own
 
repeat #2

Don't Send Me No Angels

Drive Me To Drink
recorded by George Jones 
written by Mike Huffman and Gene Dobbins
 
C
Tonight do me a favor
 
On your way to do me wrong
F
Drop me at a honky tonk
                    C
Don't leave me here alone
 
 
I washed and waxed the car today
                  Am
I even filled the tank
          C
If you're gonna drive me crazy
G7          C
Drive me to drink
 
 
All the mothers and your lovers
 
Will be happy I suppose
F
You'll be in his arms again
                    C
And I'll be off the road
 
 
The highway will be safer
                        Am
And they'll have you to thank
          C
If you're gonna drive me crazy baby
G7          C
Drive me to drink
 
G7
You're in the driver's seat
C
It's all up to you
     F           C
I'll be your dedicated man
                   G7
Or your designated fool
 
C
But if you're hell-bent and bound to bolt
                           Am
I can't change the way you think
          C
If you're gonna drive me crazy baby
G7          C
Drive me to drink
 
 
Tag:           C       
Well if you're gonna drive me crazy baby
G7          C
Drive me to drink

Drive Me To Drink

There's the Door
By George Jones
 
C
I wandered in around midnight
 
Like I've done so many times
        F
She was sitting at the table
           G7              C
There were no tears in her eyes
 
 
It seemed so much unlike her
 
To be so much at ease
    F
She took a sip of coffee
    G7             C
And softly said to me
 
            F
There's the mantle where
                    C
We keep our wedding picture
            G7
There's the bedroom where
                      C
We make both love and war
 
                F
And there's the ring that keeps
                     C
On slipping off your finger
           D7                        G7
There's no reason we should go on anymore
                C
And there's the door
 
 
So I'm back here on this bar stool
 
My whole world gone to hell
           F
Behind the bottles there's a mirror
        G7           C
Where a fool can see himself
 
 
If I was the man I should be
 
And not the one I am
           F
I would go back there this minute
    G7               C
And beg for one more chance
 
            F
There's the jukebox
                         C
Where I wasted all those quarters
             G7
Oh there's a lady trying to
                  C
Get me out on the floor
 
              F
And there's a chance the one I love
            C
Would still forgive me
       D7                         G7
It's a step that I just never took before
            C
There's the door

There's The Door

Walls Can Fall

Even The Bad Times Are Good
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
written by Carl Belew and Clyde Pitts 

G
If there's a chance that your heart misses 

The words I try to say with kisses
     D7                               G
If I don't seem to look as happy as I should

I wouldn't want to live without you 
  C
I love everything about you
    G        D7            G
Yes even the bad times are good

            D7
Your middle name should be perfection 
      G
Cause that's what you are to me
A7                                     D7
Even in my darkest moments you make it easier to see
G                                     C
I wouldn't change one thing about you if I knew that I could
    G        D7            G
Yes even the bad times are good


You never let me feel mistreated 

Your love is all I've ever needed
     D7                                 G
When I was weak somehow you always understood

You're not afraid of stormy weather 
    C
And that's what keeps our love together
    G        D7            G
Yes even the bad times are good

Even The Bad Times Are Good

Tattletale Eyes  
Recorded by Tammy Wynette and George Jones 
Written by J. Emerson 
  
C           F               C
Here we are staring at each other  
Dm                            G7
With that craving look in our eyes
C                F           C
It happens every time we get together 
            G7         C
Did we ever really say goodbye
 
                  F               C
Let our eyes keep looking at each other 
        Dm                             G7
They're talking over places that we've been 
C                F                   C
We might as well admit that it's not over 
              G7                    C
And everybody knows we're more than friends 
 
                           
Tattletale eyes told on our minds 
        Dm                 F                G7
Oh it's something how they read between the lines 
           C
Tattletale eyes told on our minds 
   Dm               F          G7         C
No you can't keep a thing from tattletale eyes 
 
Repeat #3

Tattletale Eyes

Golden Ring

Flowers For Mama  
recorded by George Jones  [3/4 time]
written by Eddie Noack, Cindy Walker, Al Rumley 

C                    F          C
Papa brought flowers for mama today
                           D7                   G7
And all the grown children but it's not mother's day
  C                   F          C
I don't have no money not even a dime
                               G7              C
But I brought mama flowers like I have all the time
 
                         F                C
Everyday I pick flowers  from this pretty hill
                       D7        G7
A small box of Daisies and a few Daffodils 
  C                     F              C
I bring them to mama at the end of the day
                          G7            C
And say flowers for mama  here's mama's bouquet
 
                           F            C
They brighten her face and she holds me close
                                 D7               G7
She'd say they are more precious than a beautiful rose
    C                        F                C
And she wore a smile sweeter than millions of flowers
                                G7             C
A smile that I'll carry through life's darkest hours
 
Spoken:
Now mama was lying there  yes  they tell me she passed away
And she was surrounded by flowers that out shined my bouquet
I know mine aren't fancy but still all the while
They were placed in her hand and I know I saw mama smile
 
F                  C
Flowers for mama I picked them today
               D7            G7
Not very much  just a simple bouquet
C                   F            C
Mom wasn't so fancy but up there above
                              G7              C
She's the prettiest flower in God's garden of love

Flowers For Mama

If You Believe
recorded by George Jones   [3/4 time]
written by Darrell Edwards

G
Oh the promise of tomorrow will banish all your sorrow
           D7               G
No need to grieve  if you believe
 
There will be a brighter future and a way prepared
                   D7             G
To suit your every need  if you believe
 
         C                 G
If you believe  so will it be 
                                 D7
It's true for you  it's true for me
G
Somewhere down that narrow road 
      C                  G
He'll relieve your heavy load
                      D7             G
Life's supreme reward receive if you believe
 
 
If your life is not inspiring and your days are long and tiring
     D7                 G
Rest receive when you believe 
 
Nothing here below can measure up to Heaven's lasting treasure
       D7              G
Be not deceived only believe

If You Believe

Lord You've Been Mighty Good To Me
recorded by George Jones
 
C                         F
This year the boll weevil he lives in my cotton
    C                        G7
The big river flooded out my corn in the bottom
C                     F
Talk about a man with troubles I've got 'em
    C                         G7
But you've been mighty good to me
                                C
Lord you've been mighty good to me
 
                               F
My barn burned down and it was nearly new
  C                      G7
A rat must of gnawed the wires in two
    C                          F
But don't get me wrong I'm not fussing at you
    C                          G7
For you've been mighty good to me
                                C
Lord you've been mighty good to me
 
                                
Lord you've been mighty good to me
       G7               C
You've let me keep my family
      
To me you never have been rude
    D7                        G7
You keep my table filled with food
      C
And I thank you every night and day
        G7                    C
Cause I don't enough I should say
            G7                  C
Lord you've been mighty good to me
 
                             F
My best horse fell and broke both hind legs
     C                          G7
What chickens I have they won't lay any eggs
       C                  F
But you know Lord I never borrow or beg
    C                          G7
For you've been mighty good to me
                                C
Lord you've been mighty good to me
 
Repeat #2 & 3

Lord You've Been Mighty Good To Me

Old Brush Arbors
recorded by George Jones
written by Darrell Edwards and Gordon Ardis 

G
I remember them so clearly
 
Mom and dad loved them so dearly
                                    D7
Old brush arbors by the side of the road
        G
Where I learned about salvation
 
From the book of Revelation
                     D7          G
And in arbors by the side of the road
 
    C                               G
Old brush arbors by the side of the road
                                        D7
Where a sinner could lay down his heavy load
       G
It was in those old brush arbors
         C                    G
Troubled souls found peaceful harbor
                    D7          G
Brush arbors by the side of the road
 
 
Many times I had departed
 
From the way of life I started 
                                  D7
In them arbors by the side of the road
         G
But each time the devil caught me
 
I remember what they taught me
                       D7          G
In brush arbors by the side of the road
 
    C                               G
Old brush arbors by the side of the road
                                            D7
Where the mighty light of God's great mercy flowed
          G
There was praying shouting singing
         C                G
Till the country side was ringing
                    D7          G
Brush arbors by the side of the road
 
                        D7          G
Old brush arbors by the side of the road

Old Brush Arbors

Small Time Laboring Man
recorded by George Jones
written by George Jones & Earl Montgomery 
 
C           G7         C       F
A dollar an hour eight hours a day
     C                     D7     G7
Will soon make a young man wither away
  C           G7          C           F
I work for my family with my wrinkled hands
          C          G7       C
For I'm a small time laboring man
 
                   G7     C          F
Six long days each week I toil and I sweat
       C                      D7             G7
But on Sunday my family gives me comfort and rest
     C            G7                C             F
Then again Monday morning I'll make tracks in the sand
          C          G7       C
For I'm a small time laboring man
 
      F
I'm a small time laboring man
         C                           G7
Fighting against trying as hard as I can
  C            G7           C            F
I fight for my country with my calloused hands
          C          G7       C
For I'm a small time laboring man
 
                        G7      C              F
Twelve long months each year my life stays the same
       C                       D7           G7
Making my honest dollar in the sun snow and rain
   C                G7            C          F
No you don't see my family on the starvation plan 
          C          G7       C
For I'm a small time laboring man

Small Time Laboring Man

Take The World But Give Me Jesus
recorded by George Jones
written by Todd Wilson Agnew and Frances Jane Crosby
 
G
Take the world but give me Jesus
       C                 G
Let me have His constant smile
 
And throughout my pilgrim journey
      A7                     D7
Faith shall cheer me all the while
 
   G
Be Thou near me keep and cheer me
        C                      G
Through life's dark and stormy way
 
Turn my sadness into gladness
       D7            G
And my darkness into day
 
       C
All my fears I give to Jesus
        G
Rest my weary soul on Him
A7
Though my way be hid in darkness
      D7
Never can His light grow dim
 
        G
Let the road be rough and dreary
         C               G
And it's in for route of sight
 
Put it bravely strong and weary
         D7             G
Trust in God and do the right
 
Repeat #1 & 2

Take The World But Give Me Jesus

Wandering Soul
recorded by George Jones
written by George Jones and Bill Dudley
 
G                 C                     G
Oh lend me a hand please Lord and guide me
                 D7                    G
And help lead me down the road that is right
                    C              G
Oh carry me through these hours of darkness
                D7              G
And show me the path of shining light
 
                         C            G
I'm a wandering soul I'm lost from my Savior
                 D7                      G
A sheep that has strayed so far from the fold
                           C             G
Just tarrying along in the clutch of old Satan
                   D7                 G
But I'm hoping someday you'll save my soul
 
                             C                   G
Dear Lord please forgive the grief I have caused you
                   D7                    G
The thoughts of my sins that tortured my soul
                       C         G
Oh help me to know the joy of salvation
                     D7                  G
Help cleanse my life through and make me whole
 
Repeat #2

Wandering Soul

20 Super Hits - Gospel

Four O Thirty Three
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Earl Montgomery

C
Well the two new people that's moved to the middle of the block 
                                                         G7
And we're the talk of the town and don't you think we're not
    F                  C
For we've got love and happiness people envy us you see     
                                           G7            C
For we found heaven right here on earth at four O thirty three


Yes we found what most people are looking for    
                                                   G7
And it's not a lotta money to spend on a real fine car
    F             C
But it's a window where a bird flies and sings so free    
                  
And there's whole lotta windows in this little house 
   G7            C
At four O thirty three

    G7                           D7                 G7
The four thousandth block proves what true love can do
                            D7             G7
Once a lonely place but was sold to me and you
C
Oh all around the house you can see little children play
                                                  G7
And they're not other people's kids were proud to say
     F              C
They are the symbol of our love for all the world to see
                                                G7            C
They're a part of heaven right here on earth at four O thirty three


And all hours of the day you can see many people drive by
                                                 G7
For a look at the house they think fell from the sky
     F                   C
They say that this place would make them happy as you and me
                                                 G7            C
And the whole town's tryin' to buy this house at four O thirty three

Repeat #3

                                               G7            C
We're not gonna sale our happy little house at four O thirty three
                                                     G7            C
Wouldn't take a pretty penny for the love we have at four O thirty three

Four O Thirty Three

We Found Heaven Right Here On Earth At "4033"

Fox On The Run
recorded by George Jones  
written by Tony Hazzard
 
G                     D7           Am          C
She walks through the corn leading down to the river
    Am              D7          C           G
Her hair shone like gold in the hot morning sun
                 D7          Am             C
She took all the love that a poor boy could give her
    Am         D7         C          G
And left me to die like a fox on the run
       C                                     G
Like a fox  (like a fox  like a fox)  on the run
 
C                  G         D7             G
Out here everybody knows the reason for the fall
     C             G          A7        D7
When woman tempted me down in paradise hall
     C             G           D7            G
This woman tempted me then she took me for a ride
    C             G           D7              G
But like a lonely fox  boys I need a place to hide
 
Repeat #1
 
C                      G            D7          G
We'll drink a glass of wine boys to fortify our souls
      C              G          A7                 D7
We'll talk about the world and friends we used to know
C                 G              D7            G
I see a string of girls who have put me on the floor
    C              G            D7               G
The game is nearly over and the hounds are at my door
 
Repeat #1

Fox On The Run

First Time Live

Golden Ring  
recorded by George Jones & Tammy Wynette
written by Bobby Braddock and Rafe VanHoy
 
C
In a pawn shop in Chicago on a sunny summer day
  G7                          C
A couple gazes at the wedding rings there on display
 
She smiles and nods her head as he says honey that's for you 
         G7                                C
It's not much but it's the best that I can do
 
 
Golden Ring with one tiny little stone
        G7            C
Waiting there for someone to take it home
 
By itself it's just a cold metallic thing
                     G7             C
Only love can make a golden wedding ring
 
 
In a little wedding chapel later on that after noon
   G7                       C
An old up right piano plays that old familiar tune
 
Tears roll down her cheeks and happy 
 
Thoughts run through her head
      G7                                C
As he whispers low with this ring I thee wed
 
Repeat #2
 
In a small two room apartment as they fight their final round
   G7                            C
He says you won't admit it but I know you're leaving town
 
She says one thing's for certain I don't love you anymore
                            G7                C
And throws down the ring as she walks out the door
 
Repeat #2
 
Tag : 
In a pawn shop in Chicago on a sunny summer day
  G7                          F              C
A couple gazes at the wedding rings there on display

Keep The Change
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Billy Sherrill, Carmol Taylor, Monroe Fields

G
It was so good when he loved you
                                     D7
I could tell by the sunshine on your face

Though he bought you pretty things
                                  G
I know he made your world a happy place


And I remember when she loved you
       G7                               C
And in those days you've had someone to care
    D7
And through your long and lonely nights
                                G
When you needed someone she was there


Oh but lately you're not smiling
                                     D7
And I don't see that sunshine like before

I know you tried to make it work
                                  G
But I don't think he loves you anymore


And I know she must have hurt you
        G7                                  C
Cause I see the things you tried so hard to find
    D7
But if we'd have each other
                                       G
It might just stop this hurt we have inside

          C  D7             G
Change to m--e and keep the change
    C              G
And I won't do you like he did
    A7                    D7
And I won't hurt you like she did
G         C  D7             G
Change to m--e and keep the change

          C          G
And we'll never need another
D7                G
Once we have each other
          C  D7             G
Change to m--e and keep the change

Keep The Change

Near You
by Tammy Wynette and George Jones
written by Francis Craig and Kermit Goell
 
C            G7                C
There's just one place for me  near you
          G7            C
It's like heaven to be  near you
G7
Times when we're apart
C
I can't face my heart
 
D7
Say you'll never stay
          G7
More than just two lips away
                            C
If my hours could be spent  near you
       E7                 Am   C
I'd be more than content  near you
 
F
Make my life worth while
   C               A7
By telling me that I'll
          G7               C
Spend the rest of my days  near you
 
Repeat

Near You

Two Story House
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Glenn D. Tubb, Dave Lindsey, Tammy Wynette

C                  G7            C
We always wanted a big two story house
                           G7              C
Back when we lived in that little two room shack
                                                  C7                 F
We wanted fame and fortune and we'd live life the way the rich folks do
   C                          G7              C
We knew some how we'd make it together me and you

                                           G7               C
With dreams and hopes of things to come we worked and never stopped
                                G7               C
Not much time for you and me we had to reach the top
                                              C7                   F
We bought that big two story house and soon became the envy of the town
     C                           G7             C
With all our work behind us we'd finally settle down

                               F         G7
Now we live (yes we live) in a two story house
          C                    F       G7
Whoa what splendor but there's no love about
C           G7        C             F
I've got my story and I've got mine too
           C                   G7        C
How sad it is we now live in a two story house

                                               G7            C
The house is filled with rare antiques there's marble on the floor
                                G7         C
Beauty all around us like we've never seen before
                                           C7                  F
There's chandeliers in every room imported silks and satin all about
   C                                    G7                C
We filled the house with everything but somehow left love out
 
Repeat #3

Two Story House

We're Gonna Hold On
Recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Written by Earl Montgomery and George Jones

G
We're gonna h-old on we're gonna h-old on
                 C  G     D7   G
We're gonna ho-o-ld on to each other

                      C          G
Life can be rough sometimes it's kind

A real good life is hard to find
                  C             G
But the best love is the one we know
                 C      G        D7       G
And the faith we have between us makes it grow

                C         G
Some love lives some love don't

We've got the kind of love we want
                  C                    G
It brings us happiness all through the day
                C    G       D7  G    D7
And nothing can ever make it go away

Repeat #1

                         C        G
Time will tell if you're right or wrong

We know we're right by holding on
                  C               G
And the future is set for you and me
C           G        C      G    D7         G
Filled with love the way we both want it to be

Repeat #1

We're Gonna Hold On

George Jones and Tammy Wynette - 16 Biggest Hits

Hello Heart
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Melba Montgomery and Billy Yates

C                                    F
Hello heart well I'm glad you came a knocking
         C                                             G7
Oh I can see that pretty little honey's got you back a rocking
               C                          F
Well ain't you something now you got me a jumping
             C                    G7          C
Oh where you been good to see you again hello heart

                                                          G7
Well I know it's been a long time since the hugging and a kissing
                                            C
And I'd nearly forgot just what we'd been a missing
                                              G7
Now it's good to be together oh it never felt better
                                            C
You gave me a scare I thought you were gone forever

Repeat #1

                                                     G7
You say you did a lotta hurting and you took a lotta aching
                                            C
But you never told me how close you came to breaking
                                                   G7
Now it's time for some healing she knows how we're feeling
                                                C
Her loving is enough to give us both what we're needing

Repeat #1

                               G7          C
Where you been good to see you again hello heart

Hello Heart

Hundred Proof Memories
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Keith Stegall and Zack Turner
[3/4 time]

C                  F             C
Love on the rocks  that's all he said
                                      G7
As he sat there beside me shaking his head
       C                           F         C
I said mister you look like you're taking it rough
                               G7                C
The next round's on me he said I don't touch the stuff

                          F                          C
Cause these hundred proof memories are stronger than wine
                      G7                            C
It don't take but one taste to send you out of your mind
                    F                              C
No I don't want the whiskey but I could sure use a ride
                         G7                                C
Cause with hundred proof memories Lord you don't think and drive

                             F            C
He said I quit drinking  the day that she left
                                       G7
I come here out of habit in spite of myself
          C                    F         C
But there ain't no liquor that money can buy
                      G7                  C
That's stronger than  what's bottled up inside

Repeat #2

Hundred Proof Memories

I Must Have Done Something Bad
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Red Lane
[3/4 time]

C                              C7             F
I must have done something bad sometime in my life
                  C        G7
And I paid for it time and again
C                                     C7                 F
But this time you've hurt me so bad I could lay down and die
                        C    G7                  C
And the pain grows each day  ten times ten times ten

                                         C7             F
If I thought my hand was against you why I'd cut off my arm
                     C          G7
And I'd walk off and leave it behind
C                                          C7          F
If I thought that you needed money why I'd sell my own soul
             C              G7           C
And I'd even steal from the poor and the blind

                               C7           F
I can't understand how ice can glitter like fire
               C           G7
Why you had me fooled all alone
C                                C7                  F
I gave you all that I had then I searched around for more
                 C          G7             C
And now I've got nothing at all and you're gone

                               C7             F
I must have done something bad sometime in my life
                  C        G7         C
And I paid for it time and again  and again

repeat #3

I Must Have Done Something Bad

I'll Give You Something To Drink About
recorded by George Jones
written by Hank Cochran, Mack Vickery, Jerry Leseter
G
I stumbled in this morning
C
Completely out of my mind
D7
Down to my last warning
                G
Down to my last line


But before I got one word out
C
She unloaded on me
D7
Said if that bottle is all that important
                            G
Then I've got just what you need

                                      
I'll give you something to Drink About
                             C
When I start doing what I've done without
                               D7
You think that you've got some problems now
                               G
Just wait'll I get out of this house


I'm gonna leave you with this memory
                      C
It'll be here just to drive you to drink
                           D7
Now you'll have yourself a good excuse to pour down that juice
                           G
I'll give you something to drink about

                              
She's only been gone two hours
C
But I'm not here alone
D7
Her memory's already moving in
                     G
And making itself at home


And I'm already reaching
C
For what drove her away
               D7
From somewhere over in the corner
                   G
I heard her memory say

tag
              D7
You'll have a good excuse to pour down that juice
                           G
I'll give you something to drink about

I'll Give You Something To Drink About

The Lone Ranger
recorded by George Jones
written by Gerald Smith, Billy Yates, John Northrup
G
I'm tired of sitting home sick of being all alone
                          C
Thought I'd just go for a drive
D7
I was headed downtown when I did me a turnaround
                    G
When I saw the neon sign


Happy hour two for one sounded like a lot of fun
                        C
So I stopped and went inside
D7
The next thing that I knew I was sitting on a barstool
                      G
Having the time of my life

                                                   C
Well I had more silver bullets last night than the Lone Ranger
D7                                                                 G
I was shooting 'em down like I didn't have a care ignoring all the danger
                                                            C
Bless my soul this morning I awoke in the arms of a perfect stranger
D7                                                 G
I had more silver bullets last night than the Lone Ranger


Did I fail to mention it wasn't my intention
                      C
To stay out all night long
D7
I was gonna have a few but one round led to two
                        G
Next thing I knew I was gone


Well here's where I draw a blank the band was playing Hank
                        C
She rode in to save the day
D7
And all I remember were kisses sweet and tender
                 G
And hi yo silver away

The Lone Ranger

Tied To A Stone
recorded by George Jones
written by Max D. Barnes

C                                                         F
I woke up this morning and prayed to God oh let this be a dream
G7                                                              C
Her side of the bed was cold and laying there beside me was her ring
                                                                      F
With a note that she had left for me laying where she used to lay her head
      C                            G7                   C
And I felt the world fall in on me for this is what she said

          F                     C
Tied to a stone ain't no way to live  
           G7              C
I can't go on  living like this
              F                    C
I'd rather be lonely and face life alone
              G7                               C
Than to go on this way day after day tied to a stone

                                                           F
I always thought I gave her everything that any girl could want
G7                                                        C
The diamonds on her fingers a new car and a big two-story home
                                                              F
Oh but home became a prison and looking back now I can see it all
       C                                    G7
Oh I'd give the world if I could change the things 
                         C
That made her climb that wall

                   F                     C
She said tied to a stone ain't no way to live  
           G7              C
I can't go on  living like this
              F                    C
I'd rather be lonely and face life alone
              G7                               C
Than to go on this way day after day tied to a stone

F                    C
I'd rather be lonely and face life alone
              G7                               C
Than to go on this way day after day tied to a stone

Tied To A Stone

I Lived To Tell It All

High Tech Redneck
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Byron Hill and Zack Turner

G
He got 13 channels of wrestling 
 
Coming in strong from a satellite send 
D7
Two hundred function remote control 
G
A big screen TV with stereo 
 
C
Football baseball NASCAR too 
G
With picture in a picture and it's all in view 
D7
And if it comes on just a little too late 
         G
With his VCR's he can get it on tape 
 

He's a high tech redneck  
               D7
Mayberry meets Star Trek 
     G                C
He's bumpkin but he's plugged in  
       D7        G
He's a high tech redneck  
 

He's got 20 sub-woofers in the bed of his truck 
 
A thousand watts of power and he keeps it cracked up 
D7
He ain't into hip hop he ain't into rap 
           G
He like to rattle them speakers with a Ronnie Milsap 
  
C
CD's and cassettes and digital tape 
G
A CB and radar and scamming short waves 
    D7
And if he needs to talk to his honey at home 
          G
He just a dials-up a number on his telephone  
  
Repeat #3

High Tech Redneck

Honky Tonk Myself To Death
recorded by George Jones
written by Max D. Barnes and Max T. Barnes
 
C
Well I don't know why you left me
    F                     C
But I do know that you're gone
                                                   G7
Colder nights you've turned my life into a sad old song
    C                    F
And one way or another I gotta get me over you
    C                              G7             C
And I think there's only one thing left for me to do
 
     F
Lord I don't wanna die of a broken heart
     C                   F
That would be too sad or drive my car off a cliff
    C                            G7
You see that would just hurt too bad
    C
And if I tied a rope around my neck
                  F
I couldn't get my breath
   C                            G7        C
So I think I'll just honky tonk myself to death
 
 
Well I might get a little bit crazy
    F                  C
But I don't wanna go insane
                                                              G7
Young Wendy and Dan's old whiskey well it might just kill the pain
    C                                        F
I'm gonna find the highest barstool and I'll climb up to the top
     C                           G7              C
Yeah I think I'll just drink and two-step till I drop
 
repeat #2
tag:

And if I tied a rope around my neck
                  F
I couldn't get my breath
   C                            G7        C
So I think I'll just honky tonk myself to death

Honky Tonk Myself To Death

She Loved A Lot In Her Time
By George Jones 
Written by Randy Boudreaux, Sam Hogin, Kim Williams
 
C                  F          C
I started drinking and acting crazy
            F     C
Way back in sixty-five
                    F           C
Mama would pray and say he's my baby
                     G7
Lord please keep him alive
 
            C         F               C
Sister came home with two little children
            F        C
Her man had left her alone
                       F            C
Mama knew too well the hurt she was feeling
      F                      C
Cause Daddy had been gone so long
 
F
We all did our part 
C
To add to her pain
F
We all broke her heart 
        G7
But she never complained
 
C           F          C
She loved a lot in her time
                          F          C
She watched love grow and die on the vine
                 
She stood in the shadows
   F            C
So others could shine
            G7         C
She loved a lot in her time
 
                    F                    C
Mama's prayers were answered a long time ago
                           F  C
I ain't touched a drink in 10 years
                      F        C
Sister remarried to a good ol' boy
                G7       C
They don't live far from here
 
F
Mama's work is done  
C
Now she's gone on home
F
The words in our hearts  
      G7
Are engraved on her stone
 
Repeat #4
Tag:
                 G7          C
Mama you loved a lot in your time

She Loved A Lot In Her Time

Walls Can Fall
recorded by George Jones
written by Frank Dycus, Billy Yates,  Bruce Bouton
 
C            F          C      F              C
I once stood in the darkness I couldn't see a light
          F           C      G7
Backed up against the wall I built around my life
C      F       C          F         C
I'd run out of reasons to ever love again
                F       C        G7                C
But somehow you found a door and you came waltzing in
 
          F               C
Walls can fall storms can end
                           G7
Sky's can clear hearts can mend
C      F                           C             F
All it took was your sweet love to rise above it all
        C         F          C        G7        C
You can build 'em strong and tall but walls can fall
 
        F     C             F                C
Here we stand together with stones enough to build
          F      C    G7
A bridge into forever beyond the highest hill
    C         F      C             F              C
The past will fade behind us if we let the future shine
                F      C              G7             C
Not a thing can come between us if we always keep in mind
 
Repeat #2
                  F          C        G7        C
You can build 'em strong and tall but walls can fall

The George Jones Collection

Hopelessly Yours
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley
[3/4 time]

G            D7       C          D7
I love you I hate you forget you but I'm afraid to
    G           D7           C        D7
You loved me or did you I'll never be sure
    C               D7         G             C
But one thing's for certain in spite of this hurting 
G           D7         G
Forever I'm hopelessly yours 

                 D7          C         D7
From laughing to crying from living to dying
     G         D7           C            D7
From Heaven to heartaches I know I can't cure
    C               D7         G             C
But one thing's for certain in spite of this hurting 
G           D7         G
Forever I'm hopelessly yours 

  D7                      C  G
I cry on the slightest of mo-tions  
        A7                       D7
Cuz I'm just going through these emotions
 
Repeat #1
 
               D7         G
I'll always be hopelessly yours 
D7         G
Hopelessly yours

Hopelessly Yours

I Turn To You  
recorded by George Jones
written by Max Barnes and Curly Putman
 
C                          F
Rivers turn to oceans  and flow on to the sea 
G7                        F          C
Embers turn to ashes  and love to memories 
                            F
Rain turns to rainbows  and gray skies turn to blue 
             G7                          C
But when the world turns on me I turn to you
 
                             F
A thirsty man needs water  a bluebird needs the sky 
  G7                      F                   C
A man needs his woman  or he'll wither up and die 
                     F
Roses need sunshine  violets need the dew 
    G7                         C
But not half as much as I need you
 
                      C7         F
Deep in my soul and always on my mind 
G7                   F          G7         C
Forever in my heart  you're the light that shines 
                         C7            F
Someone to hold  when no one else will do 
         G7                          C
When the world turns on me I turn to you 
         G7                          C
When the world turns on my I turn to you

I Turn To You

If Only Your Eyes Could Lie 
Recorded by George Jones
Written by John Charles Jarrard and Robert Lee McDill

C                                       F
Girl I can tell that you're thinking of leaving
          C                                    G7
But it'll hurt me so much you don't want me to know 
       C                                    F
You've done all you can to hide what you're feeling 
       C               G7                     C
Oh but one part of you it let's your feelings show

        F                         C
Oh your fingertips tell me you'll stay 
         G7                    C
And your warm red lips say you won't go away 
         F                   C                    Am
And your lovin' arms make me think you're still mine 
C          G7                   C
Oh girl if only your eyes could lie

                                                    F
So I say what's wrong and darlin' you just say it's nothin'
      C                                          G7
I can almost believe it hun when I hold you like this 
      C                                F
But I know in my heart that there's no tomorrow
   C                G7                          C
So just for tonight hun I'll pretend that there is

Repeat #2

           G7                   F  C
Oh girl if only your eyes could l-ie

If Only Your Eyes Could Lie

These Old Eyes Have Seen It All
Recorded by George Jones
Written by Curly Putman and Bucky Jones

Spoken:

C
The old mans hair was white and his eyes looked tired
He drank his beer at a table all alone
But he smiled when I spoke to him so I sit down for awhile
I wound up sitting there the whole night long
Cause I could see he had a lifetime on his mind
So I just sat there and listened I was glad to take the time
Then he said...  

C                                F
I saw Jimmy Rodgers yodel on the stage
          G7                               C
And I saw Hank when they walked him to his grave

I saw a country boy from Memphis 
           F
Change the world with rock and roll
    G7                          C
And these old eyes have seen it all

Then he said...  

                                          F
I saw friends of mine on foreign soil die proud
      G7                                            C
I saw things over there son that I still can't talk about
                                       F
I saw a crazy man named Hitler and his army rise and fall
    G7                          C
Yes these old eyes have seen it all

F     G7                    C
These old eyes have seen it all
        F                                G7
Now the hands of time are writing on the wall
F            G7              C                        F
Telling me I won't have long waiting till my Jesus to calls
G7                          C
These old eyes have seen it all

                            F
I saw my sweet Mary love me fifty years
       G7                             C
With a trembling hand he wiped away a tear
                                    F
He said my memories of Mary are the sweetest I recall
    G7                          C
And these old eyes have seen it all

F         G7                C
These old eyes have seen it all
           F                                  G7
They saw a man walk on the moon and come back home
    F                  G7              C               F
And I know it won't be very long until I hear my Jesus call
G7                          C
These old eyes have seen it all 

    G7                          C
Son these old eyes have seen it all

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