Monday, January 22, 2024

GOLDEN EMBERS - MANDOLIN ORANGE

 

GOLDEN EMBERS – MANDOLIN ORANGE                                                                                                                4     

 

Am   Em   F   C    Em                                                                                      

 

Am                    Em        F                    C             C/B  Am                 Em                            F                       Am                Em

Just like an old friend, kinder than expected,     That Cadillac came and gave our girl the ride.   Loss has no end,

    F                    C                C/B   Am                   Em                   G

It binds to our connection,      And we don’t speak of it….  We don’t even try

 

F                                     4/2 4/0 5/3          G                                  5/0 5/2   C                                                                   

If you could help me,                               to share the trouble,               That you’ve got burnin in you

 F                                                  C                                      G                                   F                                                      

 then you can help me and In our time together, her memory will ever,   Shine like golden embers in the

 Am         Em  F    C   C/B

Night                                               (ENDING  Am Em  F  Am G Am)

 

Am           Em               F                              C     C/B   Am                  Em                  F                           Am

I miss the old hymns, when she used to sing,       the sparrows spread their mortal wings       For now they’ve

Em            F                               C          C/B   Am                         Em                   G                                            F   

alighted, with the silence of strings,         Like notes on the pages,              She breathed life into all things.

 

CHORUS

 

Am              Em                 F                      C               C/B                  Am                Em                F                    C

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Am               Em                F                 C                C/B                           Em                       p     G

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CHORUS    

 

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

RUNNIN RED - WATCHHOUSE


RUNNIN RED – WATCHHOUSE (mandolin orange)                                 SLOW   WALTZ                            CAPO 3 

 

C   F  C  G   C  F  C

                                                F                                                        C       Am                                             F

The water’s runnin red tonight,    And our bridge is burning high           We parted ways in the middle      And

                                              C      G                                                            F

now we gaze from either side.             Of the earth  or         Of the sky….       A love once grounded soon must

Am     G                              F      C     Dm            G                          C  F  C                                                              F

fly.      And in that shadow    Of goodbye,     Our love was left to die.       Well you once shouted from the rocks

                                               Am          G                                              F          ins                                          C           G         

Across the ocean    To the docks               You cried my island is sinking        Will you come     For me?

                                   F                                                     Am      G                          F         C  Dm

Of water     Or the sand       Will you drown or take my hand     And as the last is washed away        Would you

 

call for me again?  

               

F     C     C                   C                    F                C    p                           Am                G                      G  p

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F  p                                               C p                      G

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Bridge to nowhere:

 

 

                               F                                                                                                Am  G                                          F

We’ve a    fa ted ha nd       To hold    From when we’re young until we’re old      And it grows harder to find     

                              C   G                            F                                            Em     G                                         F     C   Dm

Each time we let go   Of reason or belief,     It’s no difference to me         Now      Our bridge is  fal – l- ing       And

       F                           C        F  C

our love was left to drown

 


Thursday, December 28, 2023

THERE WAS A TIME - MANDOLIN ORANGE

 

THERE WAS A TIME - MANDOLIN ORANGE                                                                                                                                                                2                                                                           

Em  udud        C udud          G/B udud          G/B udud           Em udud          C udud       G udud

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                     Em    C              G                                C               Am           G                          Em     C         G          

If I showed up      To your wedding    Wearing black and blue and red       Wouldn’t it      Seem fitting    Cause I’m as

C9                   Am                    G/B

Bruised and angry     as I’ve ever been 

 

                     Am        C            G/B                                   Am       C             C9              D

There was a time     When I called you    There was a time    When I called you mine

 

Em  udud        C udud          G/B udud          G/B udud           Em udud          C udud       G udud

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               Em          C                  G/B                    C               Am          G                      Em         C                 G                             C                            

This old house     Is cold and empty     even these old walls are bent      I laid down    You’re not with me.  Waking up just

Am      G/B                         Am       C         G/B                                     Am    C          G/B            D                 Em

Sinks it in.    There was a time   When I called you    There was a time when I called you mine

           

 

 

                     G                       Dm                         C     C/B          Am                 C                    G                         Em          C

There is no gold on either side of the Mississippi.       No silver in this world left to find.   Precious metals     And precious

G                               Dm           C                              C9                           G/B                            Am    C         G/B                    

Memories       Slip away, slip away    From your fingers and your mind.   There was a time when I called you,  There was a

Am     C          C9              D                                Am     C         G           D                  Am    C            G               D

 time when I called you mine.   There was a time when I called you   Was a time when I    called you mine.

                                                                                                                                                               (slow…………….. )

3/2  2/0  3/2  3/0  Em

 

 

 

 

 

 

C9   03200

Thursday, November 23, 2023

CAN'T GO ON WITHOUT YOU - KALEO

 

CANT GO ON WITHOUT YOU -  KALEO                                                                                                                                        1

 

C                                          B7                      Em      C                     B7              Em       C                         B7                 Em

They thought they were made for each other.  One thinking of one another.   Never thinking just for one second

C                           B7                 Em

He would take a different attraction.

                C                B7              Em                                  C              B7         Em                       C               B7                Em                    

We don’t want that,  we don’t want that,  We don’t want that,     Oh no     We don’t want that,      we don’t want that, 

                  C              B7           Em

We don’t want that,        Oh no

                              C         B7   Em                   C           B7  Em                            C           B7  Em                           C          B7  Em

Can’t go on without you,  Cant go on without you.         Can’t go on without you    .  I can’t go on without you.

 

                         C              B7                    Em                                        C           B7                    Em        C                                                                 

So what’s the point  of breaking my sweet  heart?   He wanted me   to let down my guard.   Well, you know what they say

    B7                                        Am7                                 B7

I’s better that way   So  you better hush and walk away.

                             C            B7                     Em                                              C              B7                 Em

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                             C            B7                     Em                                             C                       B7                      Em

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                C                B7              Em                                  C              B7         Em                       C               B7                Em                    

We don’t want that,  we don’t want that,  We don’t want that,     Oh no     We don’t want that,      we don’t want that, 

                  C              B7           Em

We don’t want that,        Oh no  

 

(SLOW)                                                         (SPEED BACK UP)

                              C         B7   Em                   C           B7  Em                            C           B7  Em                    C    B7  Em

Can’t go on without you,  Cant go on without you.         Can’t go on without you    .  I can’t go on without you.

 

                   C                               B7                    Em               C                  B7         Em          C                             

Where was I     supposed to wait for you sweetheart,  And hide away the shame.   Yes I keep it all inside,   All the

B7                                                            A7                             B7

Thought that crosses my mind.  I do all the things I regret 

                C                B7              Em                                  C              B7         Em                       C               B7                Em                    

We don’t want that,  we don’t want that,  We don’t want that,     Oh no     We don’t want that,      we don’t want that, 

                  C              B7           Em

We don’t want that,        Oh no

                              C         B7   Em                   C           B7  Em                            C           B7  Em                   C     B7   Em

Can’t go on without you,  Cant go on without you.         Can’t go on without you    .  I can’t go on without you.

Friday, November 17, 2023

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN - THE MAMMAS & THE PAPAS

 

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN – THE MAMMAS AND THE PAPAS                                                             1

 6/0  5/3 5/2   5/0      6/3  Am                     Am7/G      F           5/0   5/2 5/0 6/3   E*                              E7                                 C

        All   the   leaves  are brown  (all the leaves are brown) and  the sky is     gray  (and the sky is gray)   Ive been for a walk 

C/B                       Am                F            E*                               E7                    6/0  6/0 3/2  3/0  Am                   Am7/G      F

(Ive    Been for a walk.   On a winters day.   (on a winters day)                  I’d   be safe and  warm  (I’d be  safe and warm)

3/2 2/0  3/2  3/2 3/0  E*                      E7       1/0  2/3  2/1 2/0 Am                     Am7/G  F                       G                        E*    E7

If       I    was  in      L    A    (If I was in LA )     Cal    I     for   nia  dreamin   (California    Dreamin)  on such a winter’s day….

 

5/0        5/2 5/0  6/3 Am              Am7/G                            F                 

Stopped in   to    a   church          3/2    3/4    3/2   3/0    F

                 G            E*  E7         F                G           C                             CB         Am

I passed along the way       Well I got down on my knees   (got down on my knees)  and

         F           E*                              E7                                                                    Am                          Am7/G    F          

I pretend to pray   ( I pretend to pray.)    You know the preacher likes the cold    (Preacher  likes the cold)     He knows

G                E*                                          E7                                  Am                    Am7/G    F                     G                        E*   E7

I’m gonna stay      (knows I’m gonna stay        )     California dreamin   (California   Dreamin)  on such a winter’s day….

 

                          Am                                F                       G         Am                     F                               

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                                            Am                     Am7/G      F           5/0   5/2 5/0 6/3  E*                                E7       F                        C

        All   the   leaves  are brown  (all the leaves are brown) and  the sky  is gray  (and the sky is gray)   Ive been for a walk 

C/B                       Am                F            E*                               E7           6/0  6/0 6/3   6/0      Am                  Am7/G  F

(Ive    Been for a walk.   On a winters day.   (on a winters day)          If      I     did   n’t       tell her   (if I didn’t     tell her)          

               G       E*                                    E7

I  could leave today.  (I could leave today)

                  Am                      Am7/G    F                      G                         Am           Am7/G  F                       G                         Am

California Dreamin  (California       Dreamin)   On such a winter’s day  (California     Dreamin)  On such a winter’s day 

       Am7/G     F                      G                        Fmaj7

(California    Dreamin)   On such a winter’s day….

 

 

 

 

 

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E*  (E7 sus4)    000200              Am7/G   302010          Fmaj7    003210

Friday, October 13, 2023

GRATITUDE - Brandon Lake - selected excerpt

 

GRATITUDE – Brandon Lake                                                           1

 

       C                          Em7                    Am                 F

All my words fall short   Ive got nothing new   How could I express  All my gratitude

 

         C                     Em7                 Am                     F     

I could sing these songs  As I often do, But every song must end, Yet you never do

 

     C                       Em7                  Am          C

So I throw up my hands  And praise you again and again  Cause all that I have is a

F           Am   G  C                                      Em7                    Am

Hallelujah, hallelujah  And I know it’s not much  But I’ve nothing else fit for a king

Am7                         F          Am    G  C   

Except for a heart singing  Hallelujah, hallelu jah

 

         C                      Em7                    Am

I've got one response  I’ve got just one move  With my arms stretched wide  I will

       F

I will worship You           

 

     C                       Em7                  Am          C

So I throw up my hands  And praise you again and again  Cause all that I have is a

F           Am   G            C                            Em7                    Am

Hallelujah, hallelujah  And I know it’s not much  But I’ve nothing else fit for a king

Am7                         F          Am    G  C   

Except for a heart singing  Hallelujah, hallelu jah