1. |
Runaway Train
03:31
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Intro E/E/E/E
E
Lovin' you is like lovin' a runaway train.
E E7
Lovin' you is like lovin' a runaway train.
A
Bouncing all off the tracks,
B7
don't know if you'll come rolling back.
E G A
Lovin' you is like lovin' a runaway train.
E/E
Verse 2
E
Lovin' you is like lovin' a jet airplane.
E E7
Lovin' you is like lovin' a jet airplane.
A
Just when your cleared to land,
B7
you go and fly off again.
E
Lovin' you is like lovin' a jet airplane.
(chorus)
G A E
Well I don't want to be loved this way.
A
One minute your here then your gone,
B
who knows where and for how long?
G A E
I don't want to be loved this way.
A
If you don't know where you stand
B
then I got to make some other plans
E
Lovin you is like lovin' a runaway train.
1st Solo
E
Lovin' you is like lovin' an automobile.
E E7
Lovin you is like lovin' an automobile.
A
You come to the station & get your fill,
B7
just to speed off over the hill.
E
Lovin' you is like lovin' an automobile.
(chorus)
2nd Solo
(1st verse)
(chorus)
E G A
(Vamp) loving you is like lovin' a runaway train
E G A
I don't want to be loved that way
etc Stop
B A
…I said loving you… is like lovin' a runaway traaaain!
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2. |
Don't Say
02:49
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3. |
Hill Country Boogie
04:09
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Hill Country Boogie
Head out deep thru them fields
covered with cotton snow
Drive down in the valley
& turn up that dirt road
headin' for that hill country boogie (hill country boogie)
that Hill county boogie (hill country boogie)
gimme that hill country boogie
boogie allllll night long
You hear that music coming
from a mile down the track
The place don't look like much
just some ol' country shack
they're plain' that Hill country boogie (hill country boogie)
that Hill country boogie (hill country boogie)
gimme that hill country boogie
boogie allllll night long
(SOLO)
You can smell that catfish frying
once make your way thru the door
folks inside doin the shimmy
on that shaky ol' wooden floor
to that hill country boogie (hill country boogie)
that Hill country boogie (hill country boogie)
gimme that hill country boogie
boogie allllll night long
Washboard Slim is scraping a beat
while Jessie Mae sings along
Everybody in town knows
There's a rent party going on
to that hill country boogie (hill country boogie)
that Hill country boogie (hill country boogie)
gimme that hill country boogie
boogie allllll night long
(solo)
when our feet get sore from dancin'
& You've had your fill of gin
we'll come back tomorrow night
to do it all again
to that hill country boogie (hill country boogie)
that Hill country boogie (hill country boogie)
gimme that hill country boogie
boogie allllll night long
..all night long baby
hill country boogie (hill country boogie)
that Hill country boogie (hill country boogie)
gimme that hill country boogie
boogie allllll night long
(outro solo)
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4. |
Good Graces
04:02
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Good Graces
Innocent and true
is how i think of you.
You’ve done things for me
that I could never do.
But that devil in a bottle
my dark light did follow.
I was swayed
and easily lead astray.
Oh let me get back,
Oh let me get back,
I want to get back,
in your good graces!
(instr. break)
The whiskey I was drinking
sure affected my thinking.
I’m so sorry
I acted that way.
I admit I done wrong
boozing all night long.
Please dear forgive me
when you hear me sing this song.
Chorus
(instr. break)
rubato
Now I don’t have a good excuse
and honey that’s the truth
I just should’ve turned
and walked away
Now I’m down on my knees
begging you please
won’t you hear me
when I say…
Chorus
(instr. break)
I gave into temptation
now I seeking salvation.
Losing you
is a price I cannot pay.
Please tell what to do
so I can make it up to you
I’ll do anything
your sweet lips say.
Oh Let me get back
Oh let me get back
I want to get back,
in your good graces
in your good graces
in your good graces!
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5. |
Tell Me Why
05:22
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TELL ME WHY
Chorus:
Tell me why
the blues got to be so mean,
Oh tell me why
the blues got to be so mean,
Well I wake up every morning
hoping this is all just a bad dream
You know I walked to my baby’s house
she lives up on the corner of 9th
Yes I walked to my baby’s house
cuz the girl will ease my mind
But when I got there
she said sorry I ain’t got the time
chorus
Tell me why
the blues got to be so mean,
Oh tell me why
the blues got to be so mean,
Well I wake up every morning
hoping this is all just a bad dream
2x (solo)
I went down to the liquor store
to fetch me some cheap wine,
said I went down to the liquor store
that alcohol gonna make me feel fine
but when I got up to counter
oh! I didn’t have a single dime.
2x chorus
Tell me why
the blues got to be so mean,
Oh tell me why
the blues got to be so mean,
Well I wake up every morning
hoping this is all just a bad dream
Tell me why
the blues got to be so mean,
Oh tell me why
the blues got to be so mean,
Well I wake up every morning
hoping this is all just a bad dream
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