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Long neck bottle    (video)    (midi)

 

    Long…

 

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Long neck bottle,       let go of my hand,

        G                                                            D

hey, jukebox, don't start playing that song again.

                           G

’Cause there's a girl at home who loves me,

                   D                       B7

you know, she won't understand,

                  D       - A                      D

long neck bottle,       let go of my hand.

 

              G                                                D

1. Hey, barroom mirror on the wall, go stare at someone else,

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    don't show the world the fool I am, just keep it to yourself.

 

+  CHORUS        + instrumental = CHORUS

 

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2. That dance floor gets underneath my feet everywhere I turn.

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    I ought to waltz right out that swinging door,

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    but that's a step I just can't learn.

 

+  CHORUS

 

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+  There's a girl at home who loves me,

                       D                       B7

    you know, she won't understand,

                      D       - A                      D      - G - A - D

    long neck bottle,       let go of my hand.

    Much too young ( To feel this damn old )     (midi)  

 

      G                                           Am

1.       This old highway's getting longer,

D                       C                      G      - D

    seems there ain't no end in sight,

G                                                  Am

    sleep would be best, but I just can't afford to rest,

D                          C                         G      - D

    I gotta ride in Denver tomorrow night.

 

   G                                                Am

2.  I called the house, but no one answered,

D                             C                               G    - D

    for the last two weeks no one's been home.

G                                                                   Am

    I guess she's through with me, to tell the truth, I just can't see,

                 D                     C                     G

    what's kept a woman holding on this long.

 

                 C                                                   G                      Em

And the white line's getting longer , and the saddle's getting cold,

                C                           D                    G

now I'm much too young to feel this damn old.

            C                                               G                  Em

All my cards are on the table, with no ace left in the hole,

                C                           D                    G

now I'm much too young to feel this damn old.

 

   G-Am-D-G     G                                           Am

2.                          The competition's getting younger,

                    D                 C                   G    - D

    tougher broncs, you know I can't recall.

                        G                                            Am

    A worn out tape of Chris LeDoux,  lonely women and bad booze,

                   D                  C                       G

    seem to be the only friends I've left at all.   + CHORUS   +

 

                    C                           D                    G

  Lord,  I'm much too young to feel this damn old.  

The beaches of Cheyenne    (video)    (intro)

 

    G - F - C - G    - G - D - C

 

    G                                        D                                   Em                 C

1.     They packed up all his buckles and shipped his saddle to his dad,

G                                 Em                        Am                        D

    and by the way the house looked she must have took it bad.

G                        C             G                                                        C

    The workers come on Monday to fix the door and patch the wall,

              G                           D          Em            D         C

    they say she just went crazy the night she got the call.

 

    G                            D                            Em                       C

2.     He was up in Wyoming and drew a bull no man could ride

G                                     Em                    A                           D

    he promised her he'd turn out, well, it turned out that he lied.

                          G                C               G                                C

    And all the dreams that they'd been livin' in the California sand

     Em                        D                      C

    died right there beside him in Cheyenne.

 

C                                          G      - D                               G

    They say she just went crazy          screamin' out his name,

               C               G             Em                       C

she ran out into the ocean and to this day they claim,

                  G                        F                             C                      G

that if you go down by the water you'll see her footprints in the sand,

                       G                              D                     C

'cause every night she walks the beaches of Cheyenne.

 

+  G - F - C - G    - G - D - C

 

   G                                       D                  Em               C

3.    They never found her body, just her diary by the bed,

G                           Em                                 A                            D

    it told about the fight they had and the words that she had said.

                     G          C          G                                                  C

    When he told her he was ridin' she said then I don't give a damn,

               Em               D                    C

    if you never come back from Cheyenne

 

+  CHORUS

C                             G       - D                                   G

    Nobody can explain it,        some say she's still alive,

C                                             G                       Em                   C

    they'd even claim they've seen her on the shoreline late at night.

                    G                        F                              C                      , G

    So if you go down by the water, you'll see her footprints in the sand,

                          G                               D                     C

    'cause every night she walks the beaches of Cheyenne

                       G                              D                     C

    yes, every night she walks the beaches of Cheyenne.

Two of a kind workin’ on a full house    (video)    (midi)

 

    A - A7 - D

 

                 D

1. Yeah, she's my lady luck, hey, I'm her wild card man,

 

    together we're buildin' up a real hot hand,

           G                                                                                     D

    we live out in the country, hey, she's my little queen of the south,

                         A                    A7                     D

    yeah, we're two of a kind workin' on a full house.

 

              D

2. She wakes me every mornin' with a smile and a kiss,

 

    her strong country lovin' is hard to resist,

                    G                                                                            D

    she's my easy lovin' woman, I'm her hard workin' man, no doubt,

                         A                    A7                     D

    yeah, we're two of a kind workin' on a full house.

 

                   G

    Yeah, a pickup truck is her limousine,

                  D

    and her favorite dress is her faded jeans,

            E

    she loves me tender when the goin' gets tough,

             A    - - - - - - - - - - - -   A7

    sometimes we fight just so we can make-up.

 

                  D

3. Lord, I need that little woman like the crops need the rain,

 

    she's my honeycomb and I'm her sugar cane,

           G                                                                        D

    we really fit together, if you know what I'm talkin' about,

                         A                    A7                     D

    yeah, we're two of a kind workin' on a full house.

 

+  A - A7 - D

 

          G

This time I've found a keeper, I made up my mind,

                     D

    Lord, the perfect combination is her heart and mine.

             E

    the sky's the limit, no hill is too steep,

                A       - - - - - - - - - - - -    A7

    we're playin' for fun, but we're playin' for keeps.

 

            D

4. So draw the curtain, honey, turn the lights down low,

 

    we'll find some country music on the radio,

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    I'm yours and you’re mine, hey, that's what it's all about,

                         A                   A7                      D

    yeah, we're two of a kind workin' on a full house.

                                         A                   A7  - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - G - D

    Lordy, mama, we'll be two of a kind workin' on a full house.

Callin' Baton Rouge   (midi)

 

    C ~  Am                   G                               F               C

1.             I spent last night in the arms of a girl in Louisiana,

G                                            C                   F                              G

    and though I'm out on the highway my thoughts are still with her.

Am                          G                         F                     C

    Such a strange combination of a woman and a child,

G                             C                      F                            G                      C  ~

  Such a strange situation stoppin' every hundred miles,callin' Baton Rouge.

 

   Am                 G                       F                                  C

2.               A replay of last night's events rolls through my mind,

G                   C                  F                               G

    except a scene or two erased by sweet red wine.

Am                    G                        F                          C

    And I see a truck stop sign ahead, so I change lanes,

G                         C                     F                      G                                C  ~

   I need a cup of coffee, and a couple dollars change, callin' Baton Rouge.

 

 C

Operator, won't you put on through?

I gotta send my love down to Baton Rouge!

Hurry up, won't you put her on the line?

I gotta talk to the girl just one more time.     +  F - G - F - G

 

  C                  G                      F                         G

3.   Hello, Samantha dear, I hope you're feelin fine.

C                           G                   F                     G

    And it won't be long until I'm with you all the time, but until

       F                           G                     C                       F

    then I'll spend my money up right down to my last dime,

       G                   C

    ca..llin Baton Rouge.       + REFRAIN  +     F

 

         G                   C            G                    C

    Ca....llin Baton Rouge, Ca....llin Baton Rouge....

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)   

    Papa loved Mama       (midi)  

 

       E

1. Papa drove a truck nearly all his life,

                          A

    you know it drove mama crazy being a trucker's wife,

           B7

    the part she couldn't handle was the being alone,

                          C                                               B7

    I guess she needed more to hold than just a telephone.

 

      E

2. Papa called mama each and every night,

                A

    just to ask her how she was and if us kids were alright.

     B7

   Mama would wait for that call to come in,

                      C                                      B7       E

    but when daddy'd hang up she was gone again.

       A

    Mama was a looker, Lord, how she shined,

      E

    papa was a good'n but the jealous kind.

      A                                                        ~~

    Papa loved mama, mama loved men,

       E                                      B7                E

    mama's in the graveyard, papa's in the pen.

 

                          E

3. Well, it was bound to happen, and one night it did,

       A

    Papa came home and it was just us kids.

           B7

    He had a dozen roses and a bottle of wine,

                     C                                             B7      

    if he was looking to surprise us, he was doing fine.

 

        E

4. I heard him cry for mama up and down the hall,

                 A

    then I heard a bottle break against the bedroom wall.

             B7

    That old diesel engine made an eerie sound,

                        C                                 B7   E

    when papa fired it up and headed into town.

                     A

    Well, the picture in the paper showed the scene real well,

       E

    papa's rig was buried in the local motel.

              A                                                        ~ ~

    The desk clerk said he saw it all real clear,

                    E                                          B7        E

    he never hit the breaks, and he was shifting gears.

       A

    Mama was a looker, Lord, how she shined,

       E

    papa was a good'n but the jealous kind.

      A                                                        ~ ~

    Papa loved mama, mama loved men,

       E                                    B7                 E

    mama's in the graveyard papa's in the pen.

 

+  A - E - A - E .....

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