The Singing Mailman Delivers

Sweet Revenge

German Afternoons

Diamonds In The Rough

John Prine

Prime Prine

Fair and Square

In Spite of Ourselves

John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois) is an american country/folk singer-songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s.  The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area. He emerged in 1971 with a highly acclaimed debut album titled John Prine.

C F G C

C
She don't like her eggs all runny
C
She thinks crossin' her legs is funny
    F
She looks down her nose at money
    C 
She gets it on like the Easter Bunny
G      
She's my baby I'm her honey
                       C    G    C
I'm never gonna let her go
C
He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays
C
I caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies
   F
He ain't too sharp but he gets things done
C
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen
G
He's my baby
G
And I'm his honey
                    C   G   C
Never gonna let him go
             F
In spite of ourselves
                             C
We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow
             G
Against all odds
                          C
Honey, we're the big door prize
             F
We're gonna spite our noses
                 C
Right off of our faces
                                    G
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
               C     G   C
Dancin' in our eyes.
C
She thinks all my jokes are corny
C
Convict movies make her horny
    F
She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs
C
Swears like a sailor when shaves her legs
G
She takes a lickin'
G
And keeps on tickin'
                        C   G   C
I'm never gonna let her go.
C
He's got more balls than a big brass monkey

He's a whacked out weirdo and a lovebug junkie
F
Sly as a fox and crazy as a loon
C
Payday comes and he's howlin' at the moon
G
He's my baby I don't mean maybe
                    C   G   C
Never gonna let him go

              F
In spite of ourselves
                             C
We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow
             G
Against all odds
                          C
Honey, we're the big door prize
             F
We're gonna spite our noses
                 C
Right off of our faces
                                    G
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
               C     G   C
Dancin' in our eyes.

[X2]

In Spite Of Ourselves

G            Em   C                 G
Wanda had a baby in nineteen fifty one.
                 Em      C                     D7
The father was stranger and a stranger was the son.
C                      D7    C                   D7
Call that child James Lewis, call these rooms a home.
  G                 C       D7              G
Changing all them diapers polish all that chrome.
 C            D7                  G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me

G                 Em        C               G
All around the schoolyard playing all the games
                   Em            C                       D7
Running, laughing back and forth the kid with two first names
C                 D7     C        D7
Stranger in the closet, lock the diary
G                     C     D7       G
The past is running faster singing harmony
  C           D7                  G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me
G                 Em    C                     G
God bless this kitchen said the knick-knack shelf
                     Em   C              D7
The dinner's almost ready Go and wash yourself"
  C                D7  C                   D7
Jimmy's growing up now and Wanda's growing old
G                     C     D7                      G
The time is growin' shorter the nights are long and cold
  C           D7                  G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me

G                 Em    C            G
Sneaking in the closet through the diary
                    Em         C                    D7
Now, don't you know all he saw was all there was to see
C                   D7   C                  D7
The whole town saw Jimmy on the six o'clock news
G                        C      D7                    G
His brains were on the sidewalk and blood was on his shoes
 C            D7                  G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me
  C           D7                  G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me (D7) (G)

Six O'clock News

G                        C            G
Dear Abby, Dear Abby, my feet are too long
G                            A              D
My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong
G                                    C             G
My friends they all tell me, they're no friends at all
G                                      D         G
Won't you write me a letter, won't you give me a call
C  D     G
Signed Bewildered

Bewildered, Bewildered you have no complaint
You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster listen up good
Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood

Dear Abby, Dear Abby, my fountain pen leaks
My wife hollers at me and my kids are all freaks
Every side I get up on is the wrong side of bed
If it weren't so expensive I'd wish I were dead
Signed Unhappy

Unhappy, Unhappy, you have no complaint ...
You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster listen up good
Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood

Dear Abby, Dear Abby, you won't believe this
But my stomache makes noises whenever I kiss
My girlfriend tells me it's all in my head
But my stomache tells me to write you instead
Signed Noisemaker.

Noisemaker, Noisemaker, you have no complaint ...
You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster listen up good
Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood

Dear Abby, Dear Abby, well I never thought
That me and my girlfriend would ever get caught
We were sittin' in the back seat just shootin' the breeze
With her hair up in curlers and her pants to her knees
Signed Just Married

Just Married, Just Married, you have no complaint ...
You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster listen up good
Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood

Dear Abby

C
 Well while digesting Reader's Digest
         C7                   F
 In the back of a dirty book store,

 A flag decal, with gum on the back,
                  C
 Fell out on the floor.

 So I picked it up and I ran outside
        C7                  F
 And I slapped on my windowshield,

 And if I could see old Betsy Ross now
    G                   C
 I tell her how good I feel.

                  F
 ch.  Oh but your flag decal won't get you
            C
      Into Heaven any more.
                 G
      They're already overcrowded
                 F            C
      From your dirty little wars.
           F
      Now Jesus he don't like killin'
                 C
      No matter what the reason if for,
                G
      And your flag decal won't get you
            G7         C
      Into Heaven any more.


 (Well) I went into the bank this morning
 and the teller she said to me,
 "If you join our Chrismas club
 we'll give you ten of those flags for free."
 So I didn't mess around a bit
 and I took her up on what she said.
 And I stuck those stickers all over my car
 And one on my wife's forehead.

 (Chorus)

 (Well) I got my car so stickered up
 That I couldn't see.
 Then I ran it right upside a curb
 And then right into a tree.
 By the time they called a doctor down
 I was already dead.
 And I'll never understand why the man
 Standing at the Pearly Gates said...


 Final Ch.  Oh but your flag decal won't get you
            Into Heaven any more.
            We're already overcrowded
            From your dirty little wars.
            Now Jesus he don't like killin'
            No matter what the reason is for,
            And your flag decal won't get you
            Into Heaven any more.

Flag Decal

Intro:
[C]

C                        F                C
Feelings are strange especially when they come true
                         G                C
And I had a feeling that you'd be leaving soon
                  F               C
So I tried to rearrange all my emotions
                           G           C
But it seems the same no matter what I do

Chorus:
C             F               C
Blue umbrella rest upon my shoulder
                        G                C
Hide the pain while the rain makes up my mind
                           F                   C
Well, my feet are wet from thinking this thing over
                              F                G
And it's been so long since I felt the warm sunshine
F         G             C
Just give me one good reason
      F               G          C
And I promise I won't ask you anymore
F         G              C
Just give me one extra season
                G             C
So I can figure out the other four

Instrumental:
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[G] [C]

C                F              C   
Dayime makes me wonder why you left me
                     G           C
Nighttime makes me wonder what I said
                  F                  C
Next time are the words I'd like to plan on
                       G               C
But, last time was the only thing you said

Repeat Chorus:

Ending:
[G] [C]

Blue Umbrella

Intro:
(G) (C) (G) (C) (G) (C)

G             C    G              C
I am an old woman named after my mother
   G            C       D7                G  (C) (G)
My old man is another child that's grown old 
G                 C        G           C
If dreams were lightning thunder was desire
G                           C           D7        G  (C)
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago 

Chorus:
G           F          C            G
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
            F          D7     G  (C)
Make me a poster of an old rodeo 
G            F              C             G
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to 
                     C                   D7     G (C)(G)(C)(G)
To believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go 
G                   C         G            C
When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboy
G                   C                          G  (C) (G)
He weren't much to look at, just free rambling man 
G               C         G                   C
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
G               C               D7         G  (C) (G)
The years just flow by like a broken down dam.

Repeat Chorus:

G                      C     G                 C
There's flies in the kitchen I can hear them buzzin'
G                  C             D7        G    (C) (G)
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today.
G                   C     G                   C                
How the hell can a person go to work in the mornin'   (C) (G)
G                      C                 D7       G
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say.

Repeat Chorus:

Ending:
(G) (C) (G) (C) ( Repeat and fade)

Angel From Montgomery

Intro:
(C) (G) (D) (G)

G                                          C             G
While out sailing on the ocean. While out sailing on the sea
                                  A7          D7
I bumped into the Saviour and He said "Pardon Me"
          G                                C           G
I said "Jesus, you look tired". He said "Jesus, so do you"
          C                    D                G
Won't ya sit down son 'cause I got some fat to chew

Chorus:
G                         C                 G
Everybody needs somebody that they can talk to
                                  A7                 D7
Someone to open up their ears and let that trouble through
     G                               C                 G
Now you don't have to sympathize or care what they may do
     C         G              D                 G
But everybody needs somebody that they can talk to.
(C) (G) (D) (G)

      G                               C                 G
Well, he spoke to me of morality, starvation, pain and sin
                                      A7                  D7
Matter of fact the whole dang time I only got a few words in
    G                                         C
But I won't squawk. Let 'em talk. Hell, it's been a long long 
 G
time
     C                 G
And any friend that's been turned down
    D                       G
Is bound to be a friend to mine.

Repeat Chorus:

    G                                     C                 G
Now we sat there for an hour or two just eatin' that Gospel pie
                                                A7
When around the bend come a terrible wind and lightning lit 
    D7
the sky
           G                           C
He said so long son I gotta run. I appreciate you listenin' to
G
me
        C                  G
And I believe I heard him sing these words
        D                     G
As he skipped out across the sea

Repeat Chorus:

Ending:
      C        G              D                 G
But everybody needs somebody that they can talk to.
(C) (D) (G)

Everybody

C
a little girl who was almost a lady
      F                           C
had a way with all the men in her life
      G
every inch of her blosoms in beauty
        F                    C
she was born on the forth of july

and she lived in an aluminum house trailer
and she worked in a juke-box saloon
and she spent all the money i'd give her
just to see the ol' man in the moon

CHORUS:
          C
I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
   F                         C
and awake in the dawns early light
         F                     C
but much to my surprise when i opened my eyes
     G                      C
i was a victim of the great compromise

we used to go out on saturday evening
to the drive in on route fourty one
and it was there that I first discovered
she was doin' what she'd already done

she said 'johny would you get me some popcorn
and she knew i had to walk pretty far
and as soon as i walked through the moonlight
she'd hopped into a foreign sports car

CHORUS

and you know, i could'a beat up that fella
but it was her that hopped in to his car
as many times as i'd fought to protect her
well this time she'd gone too far

and some folks call me a coward
'cause i left her at the drive in that night
but i'd rather have names thrown at me
than to fight for a thing that aint right

CHORUS

now she writes all the fellas love letters
sayin' please come and see me real soon
and there's a growin' line up in the bar-room
to spend a night in that sick womans room

and sometimes i get awful lonesome
and i wish she were my girl instead
but she won't let me live with her
she makes me live in my head

CHORUS

Great Compromise

G         Am               D7
We had an apartment in the city,
G        Am                 D7
Me and Loretta liked living there.
Bm                            C
Well its been years since the kids had grown,
       G                 D
A life of their own left us alone.

 
G        Am            D7
John and Linda live in Omaha,
G          Am               D7
And Joe is somewhere on the road.
Bm                  C
We lost Davy in the Korean war,
                  G                          D
And I still don't know what for don't matter anymore.



Chorus:

F                                G
Ya know that old trees just grow stronger,
        F                        G
And old rivers grow wilder every day.
    Bm               C
Old people just grow lonesome
            G              D               G
Waiting for someone to say Hello in there, hello.




G      Am               D7
Me and Loretta we don't talk much more,
G            Am                           D7
She sits and stares through the back door screen.
Bm                      C
And all the news just repeats itself
          G                    D
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen.


G       Am                  D7
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,
G           Am               D7
We worked together at the factory.
Bm                      C
But what could I say if asks What's new
         G                        D
Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do.


(Repeat Chorus)


G            Am               D7
So if you're walking down the street sometime
G             Am             D7
And spot some hollow ancient eyes,
Bm                          C
Please don't just pass them by and stare
          G                D               G
As if you didn't care, say Hello in there, hello

Hello In There

C                                       F
Today I walked down the street I use to wander
               C                      G
Yeah, shook my head and made myself a bet
                    C                           F
There was all these things that I don't think I remember
         C         G       C
Hey, How lucky can one man get.

        C                               F
Today I walked down the street I use to wander
                   C                    G
Yeah, scratched my head and lit my cigarette
                          C                           F
Well, There was all these things that I don't think I remember
         C         G       C
Hey, How lucky can one man get.

             C                              F
I bronzed my shoes and hung from a rearview mirror
           C                              G
Bronzed admiration in the blind spot of regret
                    C                           F
There was all these things that I don't think I remember
         C         G       C
Hey, How lucky can one man get.

        C                               F
Today I walked down the street I use to wander
               C                      G
Yeah, shook my head and made myself a bet
                    C                           F
There was all these things that I don't think I remember
         C         G       C
Hey, How lucky can one man get.
F        C         G       C
Hey, How lucky can one man get.
F        C            G      A      C
Hey, How lucky can    One... Man... Get.

How Lucky

G           D           B7      C
Well I once knew a man who was going insane
       G              E          A     D
He let love chase him right up a tree
            G            D
It took the police and a fire truck
        B7             C
Just to bring him back down
      G                 D          G
Oh, I hate it when that happens to me


            G                 D
It made the front page of the paper
    B7             C
The gossip tongues wagged
         G              E      A   D
Why they even showed it all on TV
       G                 D
Now if he should live forever
   B7            C
He won't live it down
      G                 D          G
Oh, I hate it when that happens to me


D
Dogs bites Man
G
Man loses girl
   A
Oh what did he ever do
D
Wrong in this world?


D
Dogs bites Man
G
Man loses girl
   A
Oh what did he ever do
D
Wrong in this world?

 
      G          D        B7       C
There once was a big buzz all over town
        G               E           A    D
About a movie where the killer goes free
          G      D        B7    C
Now, he's got every one's sympathy
      G                 D          G
Oh, I hate it when that happens to me
       G                 D          G
Yes, I hate it when that happens to me

I Hate It When That Happens To Me

G                   D        C                   G
When I woke up this morning, things were lookin' bad
C                G              D             G
seems like total silence is the only friend I have
D                 C                 G       C   G
a bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won
           D                       C                   G      C  G
and it was twelve o'clock before I realized that I was havin' no fun


      {chorus}
          D             G                 C      D  G
      but fortunately I have the key to escape reality
      step up to) C                      G
      and you may see me tonight with an illegal smile
               D                      G
      it don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while
   (step up to) C                            G
      won't you please tell the man I didn't kill anyone
               D              C            G
      no I was just tryin' to have me some fun


     G                 D              C              G
last time I checked my bankroll, well it was gettin' thin
    C                       G             D               G
sometimes it seems like the bottom is the only place I've been
D                C              G         C    G
chased a rainbow down a one-way street... dead end
    D                     C           G       C    G
and all my friends turned out to be insurance salesmen


      {repeat chorus}

  G              D           C          G
I sat down in my closet with all my overalls
     C              G                D                  G
just tryin' to get away from all the years inside these walls
D                  C                  G          C    G
dreamed the police heard everything I thought... what then?
       D                     C            G   C   G
well I went to court and the judge's name was Hoffman


      {repeat chorus}

Illegal Smile

C
Well,I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket
C                             G
For the land of the tall palm tree
G                              C
Aloha Old Milwaukee, Hello Waikiki
C
I just stepped down from the airplane
C7               F
When I heard her say
                      C
Waka waka nuka licka, waka waka nuka licka
G                C    G
Would you like a lei? Eh?

Chorus
C
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
              G
Whisper in my ear
G
Kicka pooka mok a wa wahini
G                       C
Are the words I long to hear
C
Lay your coconut on my tiki
C                          F
What the hecka mooka mooka dear
                      C
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian 
A       Dm      G       C
Say the words I long to hear

[F] [C] [A] [Dm] [G] [C]

C
It's a ukelele Honolulu sunset
C                          G
Listen to the grass skirts sway
G
Drinking rum from a pineapple
                C
Out on Honolulu Bay

The steel guitars all playing
             C7              F
While she's talking with her hands
                     C
Gimme gimme oka doka make a wish and wanta polka
G            C     G
Words I understand Hey!

Repeat Chorus

C
Well, I boughta lota junka with my moola
C                             G
And sent it to the folks back home
G
I never had the chance to dance the hula
                           C
Well,I guess I should have known
C
When you start talking to the sweet wahini
  C7                    F
Walking in the pale moonlight
                       C
Ohka noka whatta setta knocka-rocka-sis-boom-boccas
G              C     G
Hope I said it right Oh!

Repeat Chorus

Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian

Intro:
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]

G                                  C
It got so hot last night, I swear, you couldn't hardly breathe
        G                Dm          G
Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol
G
I sat on the porch without my shoes
        C
And I watched the cars roll by
         G                     Dm                    G
As the headlights raced to the corner of the kitchen wall

Chorus:
 Dm                        G
Mama dear you boy is here. Far across the sea
  A7                              D7
Waiting for that sacred core that burns inside of me
      G                                 C
And I feel a storm all wet and warm not ten miles away
     G         Dm      G
Approaching my Mexican home

Instrumental:
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]

G                                             C
My God, I cried. It's so hot inside you could die in the living room
         G                            Dm               G
Take the fan from the window-prop the door open with a broom
G
Well, the cuckoo clock has died of shock
        C
And the windows feel no pane
    G                   Dm                      G
The air's as still as a throttle on a funeral train

Repeat Chorus:

Instrumental:
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]

     G                                      C
My father died on the porch outside on an August afternoon
          G                         Dm                       G
I sipped bourbon and cried with a friend by the light of the moon
G
So it's hurry hurry! Step right up
       C
It's a matter of life or death  
          G                        Dm                         G
Well, the sun's going down and the moon is just holding it's breath

Repeat Chorus:

Ending:
     G         Dm      G
Approaching my Mexican home (x2)

Instrumental-Repeat and Fade:
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]

Mexican Home

C              C       F         F
 Woke up this morning, put on my slippers
C              C           G    G
 Walked in the kitchen and died
    C         C               F                     F
And oh what a feeling when my soul went through the ceiling
    G           G            C    C
and on up in to heaven I did rise
       F                  F           C               
When I got there they did say John it happened this-a-way
    C                C                  G    G
you slipped upon the floor and hit your head
    C              C          F               C
And all the angels say just before you passed away
      C             G                   C   
these were the very last words that you said
 
 
CHORUS:
F                 F       C                 C
Please don't bury me down in that cold cold ground
    C               C             C            G     G
I'd rather have 'em cut me up and pass me all around
C                    C             F                 C
Throw my brains in a hurricane the blind can have my eyes
    F             C                  G                  C   
The deaf can take both of my ears if they don't mind the size
 
 
C               C               F               F
Give my stomach to Milwaukee if they run out of beer 
C                 C              G             G
Put my socks in a cedar box just get 'em out'a here 
C                 C                 F                  F
Venus de milo can have my arms Look out! I've got your nose
F                    C            G               C    
Sell my heart to the junk man and give my love to Rose
 
CHORUS
 
 
C                    C          F              F
 Give my feet to the foot-loose careless fancy free
C                    C                G                  G
Give my knees to the needy don't 'cha pull that stuff on me
C               C                    F             F
Hand me down my walkin' cane, it's a sin to tell a lie
F             C                  G                C   
Send my mouth way down south and kiss my ass good-bye
 
 
CHORUS
 
    F             C                  G                   C  
The deaf can take both of my ears if they don't mind the size

Please Don't Bury Me

C
Sam Stone came home,
       F
to his wife and family,
      G                           C
after serving in the conflict overseas.
        
And the time that he served,
    F
had shattered all his nerves,
    G                             C
and left a little shrapnel in his knee. 
        F
But the morphine eased the pain,

and the grass grew round his brain,
    D7                             G
and gave him all the confidence he lacked;
       D                  D7            G
with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.

          C                                 Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
    F                                  G
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
       C
Little pitchers have big ears,
      Am
don't stop to count the years,
      D7                   D                  G   G Gsus4 G G
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

    C
Sam Stone's welcome home,
       F
didn't last too long,
   G                                     C
he went to work when he'd spent his last dime
    
And Sammy took to stealing,
        F
when he got that empty feeling,
      G                                C
for a hundred dollar habit without overtime. 
        F
And the gold rolled through his veins,

like a thousand railroad trains,
    D7                                  G
and eased his mind in the hours that he chose;
          D               D7                     G
while the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...

          C                                 Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
    F                                  G
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
       C
Little pitchers have big ears,
      Am
don't stop to count the years,
      D7                   D                  G   G Gsus4 G G
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

    C
Sam Stone was alone,
        F
when he popped his last balloon,
G                                 C
climbing walls while sitting in a chair

Well, he played his last request,
          F
while the room smelled just like death,
        G                        C
with an overdose hovering in the air
    F
But life had lost its fun,

and there was nothing to be done,
    D7                                          G
but trade his house that he bought on the G, I. Bill;
      D                       D7            G
for a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill

          C                                 Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
    F                                  G
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
       C
Little pitchers have big ears,
      Am
don't stop to count the years,
      D7                   D                  G   G Gsus4 G G
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

G Gsus4 G C
Mmm....

Sam Stone

Intro:
(G) (C) (D) (G) (C) (D) (G)(Rest until next "C")
                           C
All the snow has turned to water
D                           G
Christmas day has come and gone
                      C
Broken toys and faded colors
D                        G
Are all that's left to linger on
(Restagain until "C")         C
I hate graveyards and old pawnshops
D                         G
For they always bring me tears
G                          C
Can't forgive the way they rob me
D                     G
Of my childhoood souvenirs

Chorus:
D                          G
Memories, they can't be boughten
     D                              G
They can't be won at carnivals for free
D                          G
Well, it took me years, to get those souvenirs
      C                                     D
And I don't know how they slipped away from me

(G) (C) (D) (G)
(G) (C) (D) (G)

(Rest until "C")         C
Broken hearts and dirty windows
D                      G
Make life difficult to see
                                 C
That's why last night and this morning
D                       G
Always look the same to me
(Again, the "C")           C
I hate reading old love letters
D                         G
For they always bring me tears
                                 C
I can't forgive the way they rob me
D                  G
Of my sweetheart souvenirs

Repeat Chorus:

Souvenirs

Intro:
 (C)(F)(C)(G)
 (C)(F)(C)(G)(C)
 
 C
 Robert was a sailor
         F
 For the best years of his life
                     C
 His Captain was his mother
                       G
 And the ocean was his wife.
      C
 Only fresh out of the cradle
                     F
 Life's one and only spring
                        C
 He was sworn to do his duty
     G                        C
 Got blood on his high school ring.

Chorus:

 C
 And it's Hello California
               F
 Hello Dad and Mom
                 C
 Ship Ahoy, your baby boy
              G
 Is home from Vietnam.
       C
 Don't you ask me any questions
                        F
 'Bout the medals on my chest
                          C
 Take the star out of the window
            G                 C
 And let my conscience take a rest.

Intrumental:

 (C)(F)(C)(G)
 (C)(F)(C)(G)

 C
 So he sailed across the ocean
                         F
 To that old far Eastern war
                       C
 it was foreign to his body
                       G
 it was foreign to his shore.
       C
 So he traded in the present
                           F
 for the better times he'd seen
                  C
 Made an oriental waitress
     G              C
 His own Homecoming Queen

Repeat chorus

Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You

John Prine from Sweet Revenge Album - Song: Dear Abby. I do not own any rights to this song. I'm just a fan trying to spread his good music to others. 

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

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


Perfect

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

Baa Baa Black Sheep

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

You Make It Real

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

Country Roads

Intro/Verse
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Solo
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School Friends

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

It Ain't Me

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

Arrows Of Eros

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

Out Of The Darkness

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