1. |
Casualty
04:33
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Cmaj7 Fmaj7
She walks in the room with a confident air
C maj7 Fmaj7
With that swing and that thing that can make a man stare
Cmaj7 Fmaj 7
She takes a seat and throws back her hair
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
And checks all around to see who’s aware
Dm7 Am7 G7
She says she’s looking for company
Dm7 Am7 G7
There’s nothing to pay but nothing is free
Dm7 Am7 G7
She says she’s so cool and so wild and so free
Dm7 Am7 G7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
But …all….. that he can see is that she….
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
Is a casualty…… of love
She takes his hand and talks for a while
Buys him a drink and gives him a smile
She paints a picture about her life
And asks him straight up does he have a wife
She says hey baby how about me,
She’s nothing to lose so why shouldn’t she
No-one will know they can do as they please
But all that he can see etc….
They leave together and step into the night
With just a touch she says it’s alright
She moves closer and she is holding him tight
But he gets scared and whispers goodnight
She feels like crying but holds back the tears
How could this happen, how could it be
She wants him to stay but she wants him to leave
But all that he can see etc…
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2. |
The Key
03:54
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D Bm
Gonna buy me a boat, gonna sail around the world
G A
Gonna see all the places that I’ve been told
D Bm
Get a ticket for a plane, gonna fly like a bird
G D
And I’m gonna look down on this funny little world
(chorus)
G D
But all I got is this old car, and it won’t even start
Bm A G
And I don’t wanna go far cos you hold..
D
The key to my heart
Gonna ride on that railroad, head on down the track
And I’ll live like some hobo, and never come back
Gonna catch me a pony, gonna ride like the wind
Way across that open range, feel the rain on my skin
(chorus)
Bm F#m G D
The higher you fly you know the further you fall
Bm F#m G A
The more you drive the more those heart strings call
(instrument break over verse)
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3. |
Some Say
03:23
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D F#m G A
Some say he was a drunken man, some say he was a fool
D F#m Bm G
Some say it was a selfish thing for a man like that to do
D F# Bm E7
But the picture I remember in the laughter and the tears
D A G
Was that sweet old guitar playing and his voice that I still
Em
hear
Some say he played a game of chance some say it was a waste
Some say it was his last ever dance, after the dreams he chased
But the picture I remember etc……. * D
G D G D
So sad, so sad to see a man so low
Bm G
When the first thing that he wanted
A Em
Was the last thing he let go
Some say he got back what he gave, some say it was a shame
Some say he lay down like a lamb, some say that he was brave
But the picture I remember etc……
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4. |
If Only
02:40
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D E7
If broken hearts were made of china or clay
G D Bm A
We’d gather up the pieces and put them safely away
D E7
Then one rainy day when we’ve nothing better to do
G D Bm A D
We’d take out all those fragments and fix ‘em, good as new
If promises were made of gold we’d lock them in a chest
And keep them the way they’re meant, at least do our best
We’d look on them as treasure, and really know their worth
And though they may be valuable, they would not cost the earth
Bm Em
And if life was like a river flowing constantly
G D E7 A
Rolling and tumbling on its way down to the sea
Bm Em
I’d sit by that river and look to the other side
G D Bm A D
And wonder what was over there, and if I should have tried
But life ain’t like no river, it takes a different path
And if I swam on over, I’d only swim on back
And broken hearts will never mend, no matter what they say
And promises we meant to keep, are forgotten every day
But if broken hearts were really made of china or clay
Then my heart could be mended, and I would not feel this way
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5. |
Oh Susannah
03:12
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A m
I’ll tell you lies that’ll please you
G
Or the truth that’ll hurt
Am G
Cos that’s what we do
Am
LIving like strangers
G
With the wisdom of fools
C G
Those pictures of love, they all turned to blue
E D Em C
Oh Susannah all of the nights that we cried
G Am Bm Am
I must confess, in my moments of weakness
C G Am G
I still think of you sometimes
Though you’re not here
I still feel you near
I still see that very first smile.
Dancing in silence
To nobody’s tune
We tiptoed around and we loved for a while.
Oh Susannah, all of the times that we tried
When the night grows cold and there’s no-one to hold
I still think of you sometimes... still think of you sometimes
Those times that we shared
And those times that we dared
Times that have faded from view.
Nights of silence
And days all alone,
Something inside took the fire out of you
Oh Susannah, all of those days passed us by
I can’t deny, although I might try
I still think of you sometimes repeat chorus and pattern to end
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6. |
Matter Of The Heart
02:32
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C E7 Am C7
I don’t mind if you say goodbye
F E7 Am G
Don’t hang around you’re not going to see me cry
C E7 Am Fm
Ain’t no use I’m not even going to try
C D7 F G C
It’s a matter of the heart, and I don’t want any part of it again
I may be guilty but I don’t feel any shame
You know in my eyes we were both to blame
I maybe the villain but it wasn’t all in vain
It’s a matter of the heart, and I don’t want any part of it again
Am E7 F G
It’s the same old scenario played out every time
Am E7 F G
The same old dilemma, what is yours and mine
Am E7 F D7
The same sad situation, nobody ever wins
F C G# G G G G G
When tears will fall and heartaches begin again
One day maybe, maybe you’ll agree
I paid my penance and that’s enough for me
You can talk about me you can even curse my name
It’s a matter of the heart, and I don’t want any part of it again
It’s a matter of the heart, and I don’t want any part ….
I don’t want any part of it again…
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7. |
Magdalena
04:06
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A D
There’s something about Magdalena always makes me smile
D A D
While I’m staring at the ceiling, she sings her lullaby
D A D Bm
In her world of kindness, there’s enough for everyone
A F#m D Bm D A
No matter what the weather, she always brings the sun
There’s something about Magdalena, puts me at my ease
She’ll pick me up and set me right when I’m down on my knees
Sometimes I feel I’m staring down the barrel of a gun
But when those dark clouds gather, she always brings the sun
G D A
If only I could see….what she can see
G D A
No complications, no real mystery
D C#m D E
Now I don’t believe in angels, but maybe she is one
A F#m D Bm D A
Cos no matter what the weather she always brings the sun
There’s something about Magdalena, can open every door
While I keep on raging never knowing just what for
In her eyes there are.. no battles to be won,
And all the shadows fall behind her and she always brings the sun
A D
There’s something about…….. Magdalena
A D
There’s something about……..Magdalena
A D
There’s something about… Magdalena
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8. |
Words
04:29
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Am D7 Am E7
Each time I see tail lights of a city homeward bound
Am D7 Am
Or hear the final shout for that last train out with its
E7
mournful sound
Am D7 Am
I remember that night in September when all the world went
E7
wrong
Am D7 E7
And the last doors closed and the wind blew cold …and you were
Am
gone
G Am G E7
The sun may rise tomorrow, but I see a storm ahead
Am D7
As I think how I watched you walk away
F7 E7 Am
And all those words I never said
Each time I hear the fiddler playing some well worn tune
And we all sang along to that old cowboy song like we were howling at the moon
I remember I took for granted somehow you’d always be there
But my dreams all fell on stony ground just like a doubter’s prayer
And the sun may rise tomorrow, but dark clouds fill my head
As I think how I watched you walk away
And all those words I never said
And each time I hear Hank Williams singing his lonesome song
Like that falling star I wonder where you are and where did I go wrong
And each time I see that train disappearing down the track
I can’t believe I didn’t say I need you to come back
So the sun may rise tomorrow, and the sky burn gold and red
But I’ll see different colours
And all those words I never said
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9. |
Trouble
02:48
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C A7 Dm G
I can’t sleep……I can’t stop thinking
C A7 Dm G
Feeling drunk…..I’ve not been drinking
C A7 Dm G C F C G7
Trouble with me……it must be love
C A7 Dm G
I can’t speak…… I want to shout it
C A7 Dm G
Feels so real…..and then I doubt it
C A7 Dm G C F C G7
Trouble with me……it must be love
E7 A7
What kind of fool am I who still believes
F# G A# A G #
In happy ever after, true love and harmony
I can’t stop, although I’m trying
I can’t laugh, I end up crying
Trouble with me, it must be love
What kind of fool am I, lying here counting sheep
Feels like swimming against the tide, and I’m sinking deep
I can’t help it, I’ve gone and done it
There’s no way out but I’m working on it
Trouble with me, it must be love
Trouble with me, it must be...
Trouble with me, it must be...
Trouble with me, it must be love
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10. |
The Veteran's Song
03:21
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Am G Am
There’s an old man in the mirror, looks a lot like me
Am C Dm Am
I live on my own in this crowded place, just him and me
C G E7
I see my life through the tv and the newspapers on the floor
Am Dm C E7 Am
But something keeps on telling me, there’s gotta be more
My face may be familiar, what you get is what you see
I’ve crossed the line a thousand times and I’ll make no apology
In the darkest hours I sing my song to my friends in these four walls
But something keeps on telling me, there’s gotta be more
F C G Am
So remember me with your flowers of red
C G Am
If it helps you sleep soundly in your bed
F C G F
Your path of glory brings no reward
C G Am
So let me be the last one to fall
( Instrument break over verse )
I am one of many, I don’t need your sympathy
I’ve fought for love and I’ve fought out of hate and I’ll fight for my dignity
I have spoke my mind, I’ve held my tongue, sometimes said nothing at all
But something keeps on telling me, there’s gotta be more
(chorus)
F C G Am
So remember me with your flowers of red
C G Am
Think of me as you bow your head
F C G F
Your path of glory brings no reward
C G Am
So let me be the last one to fall
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