How can a poor man stand such times and live

HOW CAN A POOR MAN STAND SUCH TIMES AND LIVE ?
(Alfred Reed)
(G) - (C) - (G7) - (D) - (D7) - (Am)

(G) I remember a time when every (D) thing was (G) cheap
Now prices nearly puts a man to (D) sleep
(D7) Well, when we (G) get our grocery (G7) bill
We (C) feel like making our (Am) will
Tell me, (G) how can a poor man (D7) stand such times and (G) live ?
Tell me, (G) how can a poor man (D7) stand such times and (G) live ?

Well, the doctor comes around with his face all bright
And he says, "In a little while you'll be all right!"
Well, all he gives is a humbug pill
Dose of dope and a great big bill
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?

Most preachers, well, they preach for gold and not for soul
Well, that's what keeps us poor folks always in a hole
Now, we can hardly get our breath
Taxed and schooled and preached to death
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?

http://www.rycooder.nl/pages/ry_cooder_chords_lyrics.htm#6

Up to the Mountain

Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)


Print
Standard tuning

Capo: 4



G: 320033
D: XX0232
Em: 022000
C: X32010
Am: X02210


G D
I went up to the mountain because you asked me to


Em C
Up over the clouds to where the sky was blue


G D
I could see all around me everywhere


Em C G
I could see all around me everywhere


Sometimes I feel like I've never been nothing but tired
And I'll be walking till the day I expire
Sometimes I lay down, no more can I do
But then I go on again because you ask me to



C G
Some days I look down afraid I will fall


Am D
And though the sun shines I see nothing at all


C Em C
Then I hear your sweet voice coming in, oh


G D
Telling me softly, softly you love me so



The peaceful valley just over the mountain
The peaceful valley few come to know
I may never get there ever in this lifetime


D Em C Em C
But sooner or later, it's there I will go


G D G
Sooner or later, it's there I will go

http://tabs.pattynet.net/tabs.php?ID=538

Flag Decal

FLAG DECAL By John Prine

C
Well while digesting Reader's Digest
C7 F
In the back of a dirty book store,

A flag decal, with gum on the back,
C
Fell out on the floor.

So I picked it up and I ran outside
C7 F
And I slapped on my windowshield,

And if I could see old Betsy Ross now
G C
I tell her how good I feel.

F
ch. Oh but your flag decal won't get you
C
Into Heaven any more.
G
They're already overcrowded
F C
From your dirty little wars.
F
Now Jesus he don't like killin'
C
No matter what the reason if for,
G
And your flag decal won't get you
G7 C
Into Heaven any more.


(Well) I went into the bank this morning
and the teller she said to me,
"If you join our Chrismas club
we'll give you ten of those flags for free."
So I didn't mess around a bit
and I took her up on what she said.
And I stuck those stickers all over my car
And one on my wife's forehead.

(Chorus)

(Well) I got my car so stickered up
That I couldn't see.
Then I ran it right upside a curb
And then right into a tree.
By the time they called a doctor down
I was already dead.
And I'll never understand why the man
Standing at the Pearly Gates said...


Final Ch. Oh but your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
We're already overcrowded
From your dirty little wars.
Now Jesus he don't like killin'
No matter what the reason is for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.

Stealing Kisses

Capo V

Intro: (D*)(Dsus2)(D6)(D) . . . (D*)(Dsus2)(D6)(D)

(D*)It's late e(Dsus2)nough all you (D6)kids should be (D)home
(D*)The policeman (Dsus2)says as he takes your (D6)beer for his (D)own
You re(G)member wondering what his wife
Thought about his occupation (D*)(Dsus2)(D6)(D)

(D*)He knows that (Dsus2)you were just (D6)chasing a (D)dream
(D*)To the town (Dsus2)line and then back and (D6)over a(D)gain
So he (G)winks at you girls
And he tells you all he'll see you later (D*)(Dsus2)(D6)(D)

CHORUS
I was (G)stealing kisses from a boy
Now I'm (F#m)begging affection from a man
In my (Em)housedress don't you (F#m)know who I am
Don't you (G)know who I am

http://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/mckenna-lori/stealing-kisses-11264.html
Standing in your kitchen (D*)(Dsus2)(D6)(D)

(D*)It's late e(Dsus2)nough your husband's (D6)dinner is (D)cold
(D*)So you wrap it (Dsus2)up and leave it for (D6)him on the (D)stove
It's (G)probably the traffic again
Or another important meeting (D*)(Dsus2)(D6)(D)

(D*)And you haven't (Dsus2)talked to one a(D6)dult all (D)day
Except your (D*)neighbor (Dsus2)who drives you (D6)cra(D)zy
When he (G)finally gets in he's sure
Not in the mood for talking (D*)(Dsus2)(D6)(D)

CHORUS

And (Em)hours become days, and (F#m)days become years
And you could (G)burn down this town
If they made matches from fear
But (Em)you're no worse off than (F#m)anybody else
Hey (G)don't you even know
Don't you even know yourself

So you're (D*)standing (Dsus2)outside the (D6)high school (D)doors
(D*)The ones you (Dsus2)walked out of twenty (D6)years be(D)fore
And you (G)whisper to all of the girls, run, run, run

I was (G)stealing kisses from a boy
Now I'm (F#m)begging affection from a man
In my (Em)housedress don't you (F#m)know who I am
Don't you (G)know who I am
Take a look at who I am
Take a look at who I am
I'm stealing kisses (D*)(Dsus2)(D6)(D)
Stealing kisses (D*)(Dsus2)(D6)(D)

(D*)(Dsus2)(D6)(D) . . . (D6)(D) . . . (D6)(D)

Sister, I'm a Poet

E G A E G A G A G
E G A E G A G E

A C#m
And all over this town
A
A slow wind may blow
B
And I can see through everybody's clothes
A B
With no reason to hide these words I feel
A B
And no reason to talk about the books I read
E
But still I do
G A E
That's cause I'm a...
G A G
Sister I'm a...
A G E
All over this town

E E G A G A G E

A C#m
Along the way outside the prison gates
A B
I love the romance of crime

And I wonder
A B
Does anybody feel the same way I do?
A B
And is evil just something you are
E
Or something you do?

G A E
But now I'm a...

G A G
Sister I'm a...

A G E
All over this town

E E G A G A G E G A E G A G A G E

A C#m
And all over this town
A
They pull over in their Citroen vans
B
Not to shake your hand
A
With meths on their breaths
B
And you with youth on your side

A B
A plastic bag stranded at the light

E
This once was me...

G A E
But now I'm a...

G A G
Sister I'm a...

A G E
All over this town

G A E
Oh, all over this town

G A E
All over this town

G A G A
All over this town

G E
Oh...

~

Here's a little variation you
can add to the E major chord of the
main riff that's followed
by the quick G chord, then
A chord.

e|-0------0-0---
b|-0------0-0---
G|-1--0h1-1-1---
D|-2--2---2-2---
A|-2------2-2---
E|-0------0-0---

in short, quickly strum the first E
chord, lift off your pointer finger
that should have been on the 1st fret
of the G string so it is now open,
then pluck the D string, with
your middle finger still on the 2nd
fret from the chord, then hammer back
onto the 1st fret of the G string
with your pointer finger, then 2
very quick strums of the E major
chord, it sounds great when
it's pulled off :)

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/c/colin_meloy/sister_im_a_poet_crd.htm

If I had a boat

by Lyle Lovett

string eadGBE
G6 320030
Csus2 x30030
G/B x20030
Em7 002030
Dsus2/F# 200230

Capo 9

Intro:

G6 Csus2 G/B G6
------0---------|------0---------|0-------0-------|------0---------|
----------3-----|----------3-----|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|
--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|------0-------3-|--0-----------0-|
----------------|----------------|----0-------0---|----------------|
----2-------2---|----2-------2---|3-------2-------|----2-------2---|
3-------3-------|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
repeat

then this little bit right before the chorus starts:

----------0-----|----------0-----|
----3-----------|----3-----------|
----0---------0-|----0---------0-|
----0-----------|----0-----------|
----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
3-------3-------|3-------3-------|


Chorus:

Csus2 G/B G6 Csus2 G/B G6
0-------0-------|------0---------|0-------0-------|------0---------|
--3-------3-----|----------3-----|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|
------0-------3-|--0-----------0-|------0-------3-|--0-----------0-|
----0-------0---|----------------|----0-------0---|----------------|
3-------2-------|----2-------2---|3-------2-------|----2-------2---|
----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
And if I had a boat I'd go out on the ocean

Csus2 G/B G6 Em7 Dsus2/F#
0-------0-------|------0---------|----------------|0---------------|
--3-------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|
------0-------3-|--0-----------0-|------0---------|-----2----------|
----0-------0---|----------------|----2-------2---|---0--------0---|
3-------2-------|----2-------2---|----------------|----------------|
----------------|3-------3-------|0-------0-------|2-------2-------|
And if I had a pony I'd ride him on my boat

Csus2 G/B G6 Csus2 G/B G6
0-------0-------|------0---------|0-------0-------|------0---------|
--3-------3-----|----------3-----|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|
------0-------3-|--0-----------0-|------0-------3-|--0-----------0-|
----0-------0---|----------------|----0-------0---|----------------|
3-------2-------|----2-------2---|3-------2-------|----2-------2---|
----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
And we could all together go out on the ocean

Csus2 Dsus2/F# G6
0-------0-------|0---------------|------0---------|------0---------|
--3-------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|
------0-------3-|-----2----------|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|
----0-------0---|---0--------0---|----------------|----------------|
3-------3-------|----------------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
----------------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
me upon my pony on my boat

Csus2 G/B G6 Csus2 G/B G6
Now the mystery masked man was smarter, he got himself a Tonto

Csus2 Em7 Dsus2/F#
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free

Csus2 G/B G6 Csus2 G/B G6
But Tonto he was smarter, and one day said Kemosabe,

Csus2 Em7 Dsus2/F# G6
"Kiss my ass, I bought a boat, I'm going out to sea"

Chorus

Now if I were Roy Rogers, I'd sure enough be single,
Couldn't bring myself to marryin' no Dale,
Well it'd just be me and Trigger, we'd go riding through them movies,
And we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail.

Chorus

Now if I were like lightning, I wouldn't need no sneakers,
Well I'd come and go whenever I did please,
And I'd scare 'em by the shade tree, and I'd scare 'em by the light pole,
But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea.

Chorus

Wildflowers

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmy Lou Harris

In the key of Bb/CAPO: 3rd FRET/Play: G

The [G] hills were alive with wild [C] flowers and, [G] I
Was as wild, even [D] wilder than [G] they
For at least I could run, they just [C] died in the [G] sun
And I refused to just [D] wither in [G] place
Just a [C] wild mountain rose, needing [G] freedom to grow
So I [C] ran fearing not where I'd [G] go-o-[D] -o
When a [G] flower grows wild, it can [C] always sur-[G] vive
Wildflowers don't [D] care where they [G] grow.

And the flowers I knew, in the fields where I grew
Were content to be lost in the crowd
They were commonly close, I had no room to grow
And I wanted so much to branch out
So I uprooted myself, from my home ground and left
Took my dreams and I took to the road-o-oad
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow.

I grew up fast and wild and I never felt right
In a garden so different from me
I just never belonged, I just longed to be gone
So the garden one day, set me free
I hitched a ride with the wind, and since he was my friend
I just let him decide where we'd go-o-o
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow.

Just a wild mountain rose, seeking myst'ries untold
No regrets for the path that I chose-o-ose
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow.

Freight Train

FREIGHT TRAIN
By Fred Eaglesmith
Well I just came down from Chippewa
I had a station wagon and a hundred dollars
I was thinkin' about the girl I'd lost a year before
I hadn't seen her for some time
I thought that I might go on by
When your memory came floodin' in
And you closed that door

CHORUS:

Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a diesel locomotive
I'd come whistlin' down your track
Crashin' in your door
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I didn't have a heart
And you'd need a shovel for the coal
Just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train

Well every time I talk to you
And I hear your jealous lies
I feel like I've been left abandoned
On some old railway side
And every time I hear your voice
My water just gets cold
My stoker will not stoke
And my boiler will not boil

CHORUS

Well every time I fell behind
And I could not get ahead
I wish someone would pull the lever
And give me a little sand
And every time I slip behind
Even further back
I wish some switchman would come out of the fog
And change my track

Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a diesel locomotive
I'd come whistlin' down your track
Crashin' in your door
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I didn't have a heart
And you'd need a shovel for the coal
Just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train . . .

Icy Blue Heart

ICY BLUE HEART
by John Hiatt)

D Dsus9 Dsus4 Dsus9 D Dsus9 Dsus4 Dsus9
[intro]

D Dsus9 Dsus4 D Dsus9 Dsus4 D
She came on to him like a slow moving cold front
D Dsus9 Bm A Asus9 Asus4 A
His beer was warmer that the look in her eye
G G D Bm Bm Bm Bm
She sat on a stool, and he said "What do you want?"
D G A D Dsus9 Dsus4 Dsus9
She said "Give me a love that don't freeze up inside"

He said, I have melted some hearts in my time, dear
But to sit next to you, well I shiver and shake
And if I knew love, well I don't think I'd be here
Askin' myself if I've got what it takes

G G G G D D D
To melt your icy blue he - art
G G Bm Bm A Asus9 Asus4 A
Should I start to turn what's been frozen for years
A A D Dsus9 Dsus4 Dsus9 D Dsus9 Dsus4 Dsus9
Into a river of tears

These days we all play cool calm and collected
Why, our lips could turn blue just shooting the breeze
But under the frost, well he thought he detected
A warm blush of red, and a touch of her knee

He said, girl, you're a beauty like I've never witnessed
And I've seen the northern lights dancin' on air
I've felt the cold that can follow the first kiss
There's just not enough heat in the fires burning there

To melt your icy blue heart
Should I start to turn what's been frozen for years
Into a river of tears
D Dsus9 Dsus4 Dsus9 D Dsus9 Dsus4 Dsus9 D.
Tears...

Iowa

IOWA (TRAVELING III)
Words & Music: Dar Williams

INTRO: G D Em C G D G

G D Em
I've never had a way with women
C G D G D G
But the hills of Iowa make me wish that I could
G D Em
And I've never found a way to say I love you
C G D G D G
But if the chance came by, oh I, I would
Em C G
But way back where I come from, we never mean to bother
Em C D G
We never make our passions other people's concern
Em C G
And we walk in the world of safe people
Em C D G D G
And at night we walk into our houses and burn

G D Em C G D G D G
CHORUS: Iowa, oh-oh-oh-oh, Iowa, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-I, Iowa

How I long to fall just a little bit
To dance out of the lines and stray from the light
But I fear that to fall in love with you
Is to fall from a great and gruesome height
So I asked a friend about it on a bad day, her husband had just
Left her, and she sat down in the chair he left behind
She said, "What is love, where did it get me?
Whoever thought of love is no friend of mine."

CHORUS

Once I had everything, I gave it up
For the shoulder of your driveway and the words I've never felt
And so for you, I came this far across the tracks
Ten miles above the limit and with no seat belt, and I'd do it again
For tonight I went running through the screen doors of discretion
For I woke up from a nightmare that I could not stand to see
You were a-wandering out on the hills of Iowa and
You were not thinking of me

CHORUS twice

end on G

Why Don't You Love Me

WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME
Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.

Well, [G] Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do
How come you treat me like a [D7] worn out shoe
My [G] hair's still curly and my [C] eyes are still blue
[G] Why Don't You Love Me Like You [D7] Used To [G] Do.

Ain't had no [C] lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin'
in a [D7] long, long [G] while
We don't get nearer or further or closer
than a country [D7] mile;

Why don't you spark me like you used to do
And say sweet nothin's like you used to coo
I'm the same old trouble that you've always been through
So, Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do.

Well, why don't you be just like you used to be
How come you find so many faults with me
Somebody's changed so let me give you a clue
Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do.

Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin'
in a long, long while
We don't get nearer or further
than a country mile;

Why don't you say the things you used to say
What makes you treat me like a piece of clay
My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue
Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do.

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Words & Music by Hank Williams
Recorded by Hank Williams, 1949
Also recorded by B.J. Thomas, 1966 (#8)

C C/B Am7 Am7/G
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill;

C Em Gm7 C7
He sounds too blue to fly..

F Fm C Am
The midnight train is whining low

G C G7 C G Am7 G/B
I'm so lonesome I could cry.


I've never seen a night so long,
When time goes crawling by;
The moon just went behind a cloud;
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Did you ever see a Robin weep
When leaves begin to die?
That means he's lost the will to live;
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky;
And as I wonder where you are,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Sweet Lorraine

by Patty Griffin


CAPO 3RD

G - 320033 Dsus4 - x00233
C9 - 032030 Am - 002210
D - 000232 C - 003210

Intro: Dsus4 G C9 D Dsus4 G C9 D

Dsus4 G C9 D
Sweet Lor raine the fiery head brown eyed schemer

who came from a long line of drinkers and dreamers

who knew that sunshine donít hold up to dark

whose businesses fail who sleep in the park

Lor raine who spoke of paintings in Paris

and outlandish things to her family just to scare us

whose heart went pokiní where it shouldnít ought

C9 G D
whose mother could only, spit at the thought

C9 Dsus4 G C9 D Dsus4 G C9 D
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine


Dsus4 G C9 D
Her father would tear out like a page of the Bible

then heíd burn down the house to announce his arrival

her mother was working and never was home

Lor raine carved out a little life of her own


Dsus4 G C9 D
Lor raine started working, Lorraine went to school

her mother threw stones at her on the day that she moved

now isnít that a very strange thing to do

C9 G D
for someone who never really wanted you

C9 Dsus4 G C9 D
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine


Am C
Her daddy called her a slut and a whore
G D Am
on the night before her wedding day
C
the very next morning, at the church
D C9
her daddy gave, Lorraine away, Lorraine away
Dsus4 G
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine


Dsus4 G C9
D
In the battle of time, in the battle of will

itís only your hope and your heart that gets killed

and itís harder and harder Lorraine, to believe in magic

C9

C9 G D
when what came before you was so very tragic
C9 Dsus4 G
Lorraine, sweet Lorraine

Dsus4 G C9 D Dsus4 G C9 D
Sweet Lorraine

----repeats, fades out on D