A Mess of Blues

Standard tuning.

Intro: C G7

C
I just got your letter baby
C
Too bad you can't come home
F
I swear IÕm goin' crazy
F
Sittin' here all alone
G7
Since your gone
F7 C G7
I got a mess of blues

C
I ain't slept a week since Sunday
C
I can't eat a thing all day
F
Every day is just blue Monday
F
Since you've been away
G7
Since your gone
F7 C G7
I got a mess of blues

F
Whoops there goes a teardrop
C
Rollin' down my face
F
If you cry when you're in love
G7 (tacet) G7
It sure ain't no disgrace

C
I gotta get myself together
C
Before I lose my mind
F
I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
F
And leave my blues behind
G7
Since your gone
F7 C G7
I got a mess of blues

F
Whoops there goes a teardrop
C
Rollin' down my face
F
If you cry when you're in love
G7 (tacet) G7
It sure ain't no disgrace

C
I gotta get myself together
C
Before I lose my mind
F
I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
F
And leave my blues behind
G7
Since your gone
F7 C G7
I got a mess of blues
G7
Since your gone
F7 C G7
I got a mess of blues
G7
Since your gone
F7 C C7
I got a mess of blues

Mama Liked the Roses

Standard tuning.

Intro: Eb Fm Bb Eb

Fm Bb Eb C
Oh, mama liked the roses she grew them in the yard
Fm G C
But Winter always came around and made the growing way too hard
Fm Bb Eb C
Oh, mama liked the roses and when she had the time
Fm G C
She'd decorate the living room, for all us kids to see

F Bb F Bb
When I hear the Sunday bells ringing in the morning
G C F
I remember crying when she used to sing
Fm Bb Eb C
Oh, mama liked the roses but most of all she cared
Fm G C
About the way we learned to live and if we said our prayers

Spoken: (and play this: Fm Bb Eb C Fm G C)
"You know I kept the family bible
With a rose that she saved inside
It was pressed between the pages
Like it had found a place to hide"

Fm Bb Eb C
Oh, mama liked the roses in such a special way
Fm G C
We bring them every Mother's Day and put them on her grave
Fm Bb Eb C
Oh, mama liked the roses Mmmm
Fm Bb Eb C
Mama liked the roses Mmmm

Repeat and fade out...

Mansion Over the Hilltop

c f c
I'm satisfied with just a cottage below
g7 c
A little silver and a little gold
f c
But in that city where the ransomed will shine
g7 c c f
I want a gold one that's silver lined

f c
IÕve got a mansion just over the hilltop
g7 c
In that bright land where we'll never grow old
f c
And some day yonder we will never more wander
g7 c
But walk on streets that are purest gold

Don't think me poor or deserted or lonely
I'm not discouraged IÕm heaven bound
I'm but a pilgrim in search of the city
I want a mansion, a harp and a crown

IÕve got a mansion just over the hilltop
In that bright land where we'll never grow old
And some day yonder we will never more wander
But walk on streets that are purest gold

Mary In The Morning

c f c g
Nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the morning
f c f g
when through the sleepy haze I see her lying there
c f c g
soft as the rain that falls on summer flowers
f c f g c g f
warm as the sunlight shining on her golden hair

f c g
when I awake and see her there so close beside me
f
I want to take her in my arms
g7 g
the ache is there so deep inside ohhh

nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the morning
chasing the rainbow in her dreams so far away
and when she turns to touch me I kiss her face so softly
and then my Mary wakes to love another day

(a piece of music, the same chords as the couplets)

and Mary's there in summer days or stormy weather
she doesn't carem the right or wrong, the love we share
we share together

nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the evening
kissed by the shades of night and starlight in her hair
and as we walk, I hold her close beside me
all our tomorrows for a lifetime we will share

Mean Woman Blues

Standard tuning.

[NC] C
I got a woman, mean as she can be
F C
I got a woman, mean as she can be
G7 F C
Sometimes I think she's almost mean as me

C (Tacet) C (Tacet)
A black cat up and died of fright
C (Tacet) C
'Cause she crossed his path last night
F C
Oh, I got a woman, mean as she can be
G7 F C
Sometimes I think she's almost mean as me

C (Tacet) C (Tacet)
She kiss so hard, she bruise my lips
C (Tacet) C (Tacet)
Hurts so good, my heart just flips
F C
Oh, I got a woman, mean as she can be
G7 F C
Sometimes I think she's almost mean as me

Solo:
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The strangest gal I ever had
Never happy 'less she's mad
Oh, I got a woman mean as she can be
Sometimes I think she's almost mean as me

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She makes love without a smile
Ooh, hot dog that drives me wild
Oh, I got a woman mean as she can be
Sometimes I think she's almost mean as me
Sometimes I think she's almost mean as me
Sometimes I think she's almost mean as me

Memories

Tune guitar 1/2 step down (Eb)

Intro: A Asus4 A Asus4

Amaj7 D Amaj7 Dmaj7
Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind
Amaj7 D Amaj7
Memories, sweetened thru the ages just like wine

C
Quiet thought come floating down
Cmaj7
And settle softly to the ground
Bb/C Fmaj7 Dm7
Like golden autumn leaves around my feet
Fmaj7 Dm7 Bm7 E7 Amaj7 Dmaj7
I touched them and they burst apart with sweet memories,
Amaj7 Dmaj7
Sweet memories

A
Of holding hands and red bouquets
A6
And twilight trimmed in purple haze
Ddim
And laughing eyes and simple ways
D6 Ddim A Asus4
And quiet nights and gentle days with you

Amaj7 D Amaj7 Dmaj7
Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind
Amaj7 D Amaj7 Asus4
Memories, sweetened thru the ages just like wine,
Amaj7 Asus4 Amaj7 Asus4 Amaj7
Memories, memories, sweet memories

Chords used:
Asus4 Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Bb/C Fmaj7 Dm7
eb ---0--- ---0--- ---2--- ---0--- ---1--- ---0--- ---1---
Bb ---3--- ---2--- ---2--- ---0--- ---3--- ---1--- ---1---
Gb ---2--- ---1--- ---2--- ---0--- ---3--- ---2--- ---2---
Db ---2--- ---2--- ---0--- ---2--- ---x--- ---3--- ---0---
Ab ---0--- ---0--- ------- ---3--- ---3--- ------- -------
Eb ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------

A6 Ddim D6
eb ---2--- ---1--- ---2---
Bb ---2--- ---0--- ---0---
Gb ---2--- ---1--- ---2---
Db ---2--- ---0--- ---0---
Ab ------- ------- -------
Eb ------- ------- -------

Memphis, Tennessee

D
Long distance information get me Memphis Tennessee

help me find the party who tried to get in touch with me
g
She could not leave her number but I know who placed the call
d7 g
cause my uncle took a message and he wrote it on the wall

Help me information to get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who called me here from Memphis Tennessee
Here home is on the south side, high upon the ridge
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi bridge

Help me information more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss here and all the fun we had
But we were pulled apart because here mom would not agree
Tore apart our happy home in Memphis Tennessee

Last time I saw Marie she was wavin' me goodbye
With hurry home drops on her cheeks that trickled from her eyes
Marie is only six year old information please
Try to put me throught to her in Memphis Tennessee

Milky White Way

E/G# A
Yes I'm gonna walk o'er that milky white way,
B7 E A
Oh Lord some of these days.
E A
Well, I'm gonna walk o'er that milky white way,
B7
Some of these days.

Well, well, well, well.
E E7
I'm gonna walk up and take my stand,
A/C# A-9
Gonna join that Christian band.
E A
I'm gonna walk o'er that milky white way,
B7 E A E
Oh Lord some of these days.

E/G# A
I'm gonna tell my mother howdy,
B7 E A
Howdy, howdy, when I get home
E A
Yes I'm gonna tell my mother howdy,
B7
When I get home.

Well, well, well, well.
E E7
I'm gonna shake my father's hand,
A A-9
I will shake more hands that day.
E A
That's when we walk o'er that milky white way,
B7 E A E
Oh Lord some of these days.

I'm gonna meet God the Father,
And God the Son.
I'm gonna meet God the Father
,And God the Son. Well,
well, well, well.
I'm gonna sit down and tell Him my troubles,
About the world I just came from.
That's when we walk o'er that milky white way,
Oh Lord one of these days

Mona Lisa

Standard tuning.

E
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, man have named you
E B7
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
B7
Is it only 'cause you're lonely man have blamed you
B7 E
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile
E
Do you smile to tempt a lover Mona Lisa
E A
Or is it your way to hide a broken heart

A E
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
B7 E
They just lie there and they die there
A E
Are you warm, are you real Mona Lisa
B7 E
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art

E
La la la la......

For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile
Do you smile to tempt a lover Mona Lisa
Or is it your way to hide a broken heart

Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real Mona Lisa
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art

Money Honey

Standard tuning.

Intro:
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(Scotty plays the intro riff throughout the verses)
E
You know, the landlord rang my front door bell.
E
I let it ring for a long, long spell.
E
I went to the window,
E
I peeped through the blind,
E (Tacet)
And asked him to tell me what's on his mind.

A
He said, Money, honey, a hah hah.
E
Money, honey.
B7 A E
Money, honey, if you want to get along with me.

Well, I screamed and I hollered,
I was so hard-pressed.
I called the woman that I loved the best.
I finally got my baby about half past three,
She said I'd like to know what you want with me.

I said, Money, honey, a hah hah.
Money, honey.
Money, honey, If you want to get along with me.

Solo:
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Well, I said tell me baby, what's wrong with you?
From this day on our romance is thru
I said tell me baby face to face
How could another man, take my place

She said, Money, honey, a hah hah.
Money, honey.
Money, honey, If you want to get along with me.

Well, I've learned my lesson and now I know
The sun may shine and the winds may blow.
The women may come and the women may go,
But before I say I love you so,

I want Money, honey, a hah hah.
Money, honey.
Money, honey, If you want to get along with me.

Moody Blue

Standard tuning.

Intro: F E D C B A G

C
Well, it's hard to be a gambler, bettin' on the number
G7
that changes ev'ry time. Well, you think you're gonna win
C
Think she's givin' in a stranger's all you find.
C7
Yeah, it's hard to figure out, what she's all about.
F
That she's a woman through and through.
G7 C G7
She's a complicated lady, so color my baby moody blue.

C Dm7
Oh, Moody blue Tell me am I gettin' through.
G7 C G7
I keep hangin' on, try to learn the song but I never do.
C Dm7
Oh, Moody blue, tell me who I'm talkin' to.
G7
You're like the night and day and it's hard to say,
C
which one is you.

Middleplay: F E D C B A G

C
Well, when Monday comes she's Tuesday, when Tuesday comes she's Wednesday,
G7
Into another day again. Her personality unwinds Just like a ball of twine,
C
on a spool that never ends. Just when I think I know her well
C7 F
her emotions reveal, she's not the person that I though I knew.
G7 C
She's a complicated lady, so color my baby moody blue.

C Dm7
Oh, Moody blue Tell me am I gettin' through.
G7 C G7
I keep hangin' on, try to learn the song but I never do.
C Dm7
Oh, Moody blue, tell me who I'm talkin' to.
G7
You're like the night and day and it's hard to say,
C
which one is you.
C Dm7
Oh, Moody blue Tell me am I gettin' through.
G7 C G7
I keep hangin' on, try to learn the song but I never do.
C Dm7
Oh, Moody blue, tell me who I'm talkin' to.
G7
You're like the night and day and it's hard to say,
C
which one is you.
Dm7 G7
You're like the night and day and it's hard to say,
C
which one is you.

Outro: F E D C B A G C

My Babe

Standard tuning.

Intro (play variations during verse in F, C and Bb):

F
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F
Well, my babe don't stand no cheating, my babe
C7
Well, my babe don't stand no cheating, my babe
F
You know, my babe don't stand no cheating
Bb [tacet]
She don't, she don't, she don't, oh, God
F C7 F
My babe, I know she loves me, my babe

F
Well, my babe, I know she loves me, my babe
C7
Well, my babe, I know she loves me, my babe
F
Well, my babe, I know she loves me
Bb [tacet]
She don't do nothing but kiss and love me
F C7 F
My babe, I know she loves me, my babe

My baby left me

Yes my [E]baby left me, never said a word.
Was it [E]something I done, something that she heard?
My baby [A7]left me, my baby left me.
My baby [B7]even left me, never said a [E]word.

Now I [E]stand at my window, wring my hands and cry.
I hate to [E]lose that woman, hate to say goodbye.
You know she [A7]left me, yes, she left me.
My baby [B7]even left me, never said a [E]word.

Baby, [E]one of these mornings, Lord, it won't be long,
You'll [E]look for me and, Baby, and daddy he'll be gone.
You know you [A7]left me, you know you left me.
My baby [B7]even left me, never said a [E]word.

Now, I [E]stand at my window, wring my hands and moan.
All I [E]know is that the one I love is gone.
My baby [A7]left me, you know she left me.
My baby [B7]even left me, never said a [E]word.

My boy

[Gsus4][F#sus4][Fsus4][F][Bbsus4][Bb][Eb]
[Eb]You're sleeping son, I [Bb]know, but, really, this can't [Cm]wait.
I wanted to explain before it [G7]gets too [Cm]late.
For your mother and [Ab]me, love has finally [Gm]died.
This is no happy [Fm]home, but God knows how I've [G7sus4]tried.[G7]

Be[Dm7]cause [G7]you're [Cm]all I have, my [Fm]boy,
you are my [Bb7]life, my pride, my [Eb]joy
And if I [Am7-5]stay, I stay be[D7-9]cause of [D7]you, my [G7sus4]boy.[G7]

[Eb]I know it's hard to under[Bb]stand, why did we ever [Cm]start?
We're more like strangers now, each acting [G7]out a [Cm]part.
I have laughed, I have [Ab]cried, I have lost every [Gm]game,
taken all I can [Fm]take, but I'll stay just the [G7sus4]same.[G7]

Be[Dm7]cause [G7]you're [Cm]all I have, my [Fm]boy,
you are my [Bb7]life, my pride, my [Eb]joy
And if I [Am7-5]stay, I stay be[D7-9]cause of [D7]you, my [G7sus4]boy.[G7]

[Eb]Sleep on, you haven't heard a [Bb]word, perhaps it's just as [Cm]well.
Why spoil your little dreams, why put you [G7]through the [Cm]hell?
Life is no fairy[Ab]tale as one day you will [Gm]know,
but now you're just a [Fm]child, I'll stay her and watch you [G7sus4]grow.

Be[Dm7]cause [G7]you're [Cm]all I have, my [Fm]boy,
you are my [Bb7]life, my pride, my [Eb]joy
And if I [Am7-5]stay, I stay be[D7-9]cause of [D7]you, my [G7sus4]boy.[G7]

My Happiness

Standard tuning.

C F
Evening shadows make me blue
C
When each weary day is through
C G7
How I long to be with you
C
My happiness

C F
Every day I bring from this
C
Dreaming of your tender kiss
C G7
Always thinking how I miss
C C7
My happiness

F
A million years it seems
C
Have gone by since we shared our dreams
G7
But I'll hold you again
D G7
There'll be no blue memories then

Whether skies are grey or blue
Any place on earth will do
Just as long as I'm with you
My happiness

A million years it seems
Have gone by since we shared our dreams
But I'll hold you again
There'll be no blue memories then

Whether skies are grey or blue
Any place on earth will do
Just as long as I'm with you
My happiness

My way

And [C]now, the end is [Em]near, and so I [Em7]face the final [A]curtain,
My [Dm]friends. I'll say it [Dm7]clear, I'll state my [G7]case of which I'm [C]certain.
I've [C7]lived a life that's full. I travelled [F]each and every [Dm]highway,
And [C]more, much more than [G]this, I did it [Dm]my [C]way.

Re[C]grets, I've had a [Em]few, but then a[Em7]gain, too few to [A]mention.
I [Dm]did what I had to [Dm7]do, and saw it [G7]through without ex[C]emption.
I [C7]planned each chartered course, each careful [F]step along the [Dm7]byway,
And [C]more, much more than [G]this, I did it [Dm]my [C]way.

Yes there were [C]times,I'm sure you [C7]knew,when I bit [F]off more than I could [Dm]chew,
But through it [Dm7]all, when there was [G7]doubt, I ate it [Em7]up, and spit it [Am]out.
I faced it [Dm7]all, and I stood [G7]tall, and did it [F]my [C]way.

I've [C]loved, I've laughed and [Em]cried. I've had my [Em7]fill, my share of [A]losing.
And [Dm]now, as tears sub[Dm7]side, I find it [G7]all so am[C]using.
To [C7]think I did all that, and may I [F]say, not in a [Dm]shy way.
Oh [C]no, oh no, not [G]me, I did it [Dm]my [C]way.

For what is a [C]man, what has he [C7]got? If not him[F]self, then he has [Dm]naught.
To say the [Dm7]things he truly [G7]feels, and not the [Em7]words of one who [Am]kneels.
The record [Dm7]shows I took the [G7]blows - and did it [F]my [C]way!

Mystery Train

Standard tuning.

E A/E 6x
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E A E
Train I ride, sixteen coaches long
A E
Train I ride, sixteen coaches long
B7 A E
Well that long black train got my baby and gone

Train train, comin' 'round, 'round the bend
Train train, comin' 'round the bend
Well it took my baby, but it never will again (no, not again)

Train train, comin' down, down the line
Train train, comin' down the line
Well it's bringin' my baby, 'cause she's mine all, all mine
(She's mine, all, all mine)