hear the train a-comin'; it's rollin' 'round the bend,
E
E7
And
I ain't seen the sunshine since I
don't know when,
A7
E
I'm
stuck at Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin'
on.
B7
E
But that
train keeps a-rollin' on down to San An
tone.
E
When
I was just a baby my momma told me: "Son,
E
E7
Always be a good boy; don't
ever play with guns."
A7
E
But I
shot a man in Reno, just to watch him
die.
B7
E
When I
hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and
cry.
E
I
bet there's rich folk eatin' in a fancy dining car.
E
E7
They're
prob'ly drinkin' coffee and
smokin' big cigars.
A7
E
But I
know I had it comin', I know I can't be
free.
B7
E
But those
people keep a-movin', and that's what tortures
me.
E
Well if they
freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine,
E
E7
I
bet I'd move it all a little
farther down the line.
A7
E
Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to
stay.
B7
E
And I'd
let that lonesome whistle blow my blues a
way.
Capo II
2. Hurt
Trent Reznor / Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral (1994); Johnny Cash (2002)
Bm
D
E
Bm
D
E
Bm
I
hurt my
self to
day - to
see if
I still
feel.
D
E
Bm
D
E
Bm
I
focus
on the
pain - the
only
thing that's
real.
D
E
Bm
D
E
Bm
The
needle
tears a
hole - the
old fa
miliar
sting.
D
E
Bm
D
E
A
Bm
Try to
kill it
all a
way - but I re
member
every
thing
!
Bm
G
D
A
What have I be
come -
my sweetest
friend?
Bm
G
D
A
Everyone I
know - goes a
way in the
end!
Bm
G
D
A
And you could have it
all -
my empire of
dirt.
Bm
G
D
A
D
I will let you
down -
I will make you
hurt
!
Solo
Bm
...
D
D
E
Bm
D
E
Bm
I wear this
crown of
thorns - u
pon my
liars
chair
D
E
Bm
D
E
Bm
Full of
broken
thoughts -
I can
not re
pair
D
E
Bm
D
E
Bm
Be
neath the
stains of
time - the
feelings
disap
pear
D
E
Bm
D
E
A
Bm
You are
someone
else -
I am
still right
here
.
Bm
G
D
A
What have I be
come -
my sweetest
friend?
Bm
G
D
A
Everyone I
know - goes a
way in the
end!
Bm
G
D
A
And you could have it
all -
my empire of
dirt.
Bm
G
D
A
I will let you
down -
I will make you
hurt!
Bm
G
D
A
If I could start a
gain -
A million miles a
way
Bm
G
D
A
I would keep my
self -
I would find a
way
KD Capo IV - MB: Capo II
3. The Highwayman
Jimmy Webb / the Highwaymen (J. Cash et.al.): Highwayman (1985)
Intro:
|:
C#m
B
A
B
:|
Verse 1: (Willie Nelson / Martin)
C#m
B
/
/
A
/
/
/
C#m7
/ / /
B
/
A
/
B
/ / /
I was a
highway
man
,
a
long the
coach roads
I did
ride,
Sword
and
pistol
by my
side,
F#m
/
C#m
/
B
/
A
/ / /
Many
a
young maid
lost her
baubles
to my
trade,
F#m
/
C#m
/
B
/
A
/ / /
Many
a
soldier
shed his
lifeblood
on my
blade,
C#m
/
B
/
A
B
E
/ | / /
/
/
B
/ / /
| / / / /
The
basterds
hung me
in the
spring of
twenty-
five,
But
I am
still a
live...
Verse 2: (Kris Kristofferson / Klausdieter)
C#m
B
A
C#m7
B
A
B
I was a
sailor, I was
born upon the
tide,
With the
sea I did a
bide,
F#m
C#m
B
A
I sailed a
schooner round the
horn of Mexi
co,
F#m
C#m
B
A
I went a
loft and furled the
main sail in a
blow,
C#m
B
A
C#m
E
B
And when the
yards broke off they
said that
I've got
killed, But I am living
still...
Verse 3: (Waylon Jennings / Jürgen)
C#m
B
A
C#m7
B
A
B
I was a
dam builder,
across the river deep and
wide,
Where steel and
water did col
lide,
F#m
C#m
B
A
A place called
Boulder on the
wild Colora
do,
F#m
C#m
B
A
I slipped and
fell into the
wet concrete be
low,
C#m
B
A
C#m
E
B
They buried
me in that gray
tomb that
knows no
sounds, But I am still a
round...
B
E
E/D#
C#m7
B
A
E/G#
F#m
/ / /
A
B
E
I'll always be a
round, and a
round, and a
round, and a
round, and a
round
solo: |:
C#m
B
A
B
:|
Verse 4: (Johnny Cash / Peter)
C#m
B
A
C#m7
B
A
B
I'll fly a
starship '
cross the universe di
vide,
And when I
reach the other
side,
F#m
C#m
B
A
I'll find a
place to rest my
spirit if I
can,
F#m
C#m
B
A
Perhaps I
may become a
highwayman a
gain,
C#m
B
A
C#m
E
B
Or I may
simply be a
single
drop of
rain, But I will re
main...
B
E
E/D#
C#m7
B
A
E/G#
F#m
/ / /
A
B
E
And I'll be back a
gain, and a
gain, and a
gain, and a
gain, and a
gain
Capo I
4. Midnight Special
Huddie Leadbetter
G#
C#
G#
Well, you wake up in the
morning Hear the ding-dong
ring
D#7
G#
G#7
Go marching to the
table, See the same old
thing!
G#
C#
G#
Well, it's on the
table, Knife and fork and a
pan!
D#7
G#
G#7
If you say anything a-
bout it You're in trouble with the
man
C#
G#
|: Let the minight
special Shine it's light on
me;
D#7
G#
G#7
Let the midnight
special Shine it's everloving light on
me!
:|
G#
C#
G#
If you ever go to
Houston, Boy you'd better walk
right.
D#7
G#
G#7
You better not
stagger And you better not
fight.
C#
G#
'Cause the Sheriff will ar
rest you And he'll carry you
down;
D#7
G#
G#7
You can bet your bottom
dollar: You're Sugarland
bound!
Let the minight special ...
G#
C#
G#
Yonder came Doc'
Melton, Just the day
before,
C#
G#
And he gave me a
tablet, when he opend the
door.
G#
C#
G#
But there never was a
doctor Trav'llin' over the
land,
G#
C#
G#
that could cure the
fever of a convict
man.
Let the minight special ...
G#
C#
G#
Yonder comes Miss
Rosie, Tell me, how do you
know?
D#7
G#
I can tell it by her
apron And the dress she
wore.
C#
G#
Umbrella on her
shoulder, Piece of paper in her
hand.
D#7
G#
She's a-sayin' to the
captain: "I want my lifetime
man!"
Let the minight special ...
5. All Along The Watchtower
Bob Dylan / Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland (1967)
|:
Am
G
F
G
:|
////
/
/
////
/
/
Am
G
F
G
Am
"There must be some
kind of way
out of here,"
/ / / /
/
G
F
G
Am
Said the
joker to the
thief:
/ / / /
/
"There's too much confusion,
I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine;
Plowmen dig my earth.
None of them along the line -
Know what any of it is worth!”
All along the watchtower,
Princes kept the view.
While all the women came and went,
Barefoot servants, too!
“No reason to get excited,”
The thief, he kindly spoke:
“There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we’ve been through that,
And this is not our fate!
So let us not talk falsely now,
the hour is getting late!”
All along the watchtower,
Princes kept the view.
While all the women came and went,
Barefoot servants, too!
Outside in the distance
A wildcat did growl.
Two riders were approaching,
And the wind began to howl.
All along the watchtower
Princess kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants too
All along the watchtower
All along the watchtower
All along the watchtower
Capo II
6. The Rose
Amanda McBroom / Bette Midler: The Rose (1980)
Intro:
D
A
G
A
D
peter
D
A
G
A
D
Some say
love it is a
river that
drowns the ten
der
reed,
D
A7
G
A
D
Some say
love it is a
razor that
leeds your
soul to
bleed.
F#m
Bm7
G
A7sus4
A7
Some say
love it is a
hunger an
endless aching
need,
A7
D
A
G
A
D
I say
love it is a
flower and
you it's
only
seed.
+jürgen
D
A
G
A
D
It's the
heart afraid of
breaking that
never
learns to
dance,
A
G
A
D
It's the dream afraid of
waking but
never
takes the
chance.
F#m
Bm7
G
A7sus4
A7
It's the
one who won't be
taken who
cannot seem to
give,
D
A
G
A
D
And the
soul afraid of
dying that
never
learns to
live
solo
all
D
A
G
A
D
When the
night has been too
lonely and the
road has
been too
long,
D
A
G
A
D
And you
think that love is
only for the
lucky
and the
strong.
F#m
Bm7
G
A7sus4
A7
Just
remember in the
winter, far
beneath the bitter
snows,
D
A
G
A
(n.c.)
D
Lies the
seed that with the
sun's love in the
spring
bec
omes the
rose.
Capo IV
7. Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel
Townes Van Zandt / Townes Van Zandt: Townes Van Zandt (1969)
only guitars
intro:
E
G#m
A
G#m
F#m
B
A
A
E
G#m
A
G#m
F#m
Well, the
drunken clown still
hanging 'round, But it's
plain the
laughters
all died down;
B
A
E
The
tears you tried so
hard to hide are
flowing.
E
G#m
A
G#m
F#m
And a blind man with his
knife in hand Has con
vinced him
self that he
understands -
B
A
E
I
wish him well, Miss Carousel, but
I gotta be a
going.
+ bass & cajon
C#m
G#m
C#m
G#m
Won't you come and
get me when You're
sure that you don't
need me then
C#m
G#m
A
G#m
B
I'll
stand outside your
window - And I
proudly call your
name!
E
G#m
A
G#m
F#m
Well the
lady's been told that
all her gold Is
worth so
much, she
can't be sold;
B
A
E
No
time to weep, she'll
later sleep to
morrow.
E
G#m
A
G#m
F#m
When she carries her face to the
market place And
bets it
on the
open enrage -
B
A
E
She can
ring her bells, Miss Carousel, but the
singing brings me
sorrow.
C#m
G#m
C#m
G#m
Won't you come and
get me when You're
sure that you don't
need me then
C#m
G#m
A
G#m
B
I'll
stand outside your
window - And I
proudly call your
name!
E
G#m
A
G#m
F#m
Well it's
always done, every
mothers sun Is
surely
grown, and
never run;
B
A
E
So they fight with
all their might
inside them.
E
G#m
A
G#m
F#m
When the battles been fought 'n
they've all been taught That the
trick is
just not
being caught;
B
A
E
Will you give 'em hell, Miss Carousel, When they're
begging you to
hide them.
C#m
G#m
C#m
G#m
Won't you come and
get me when You're
sure that you don't
need me then
C#m
G#m
A
G#m
B
I'll
stand outside your
window - And I
proudly call your
name!
only guitars
E
G#m
A
G#m
F#m
All the
castle walls
grown so tall,
Seems there
ain't no
hope at all -
B
A
E
To
reach the top even
though you stopped your
breathin'.
E
G#m
A
G#m
F#m
But I ain't gonna try to
make you cry, The
teardrops
couldn't
find your eye,
B
A
E
It's
all been swell, Miss Carousel, the
time has come for
leaving!
1st: whisper
|:
C#m
G#m
C#m
G#m
Won't you come and
get me when You're
sure that you don't
need me then
C#m
G#m
A
G#m
B
:|
I'll
stand outside your
window - And I
proudly call your
name!
Bass: Intro Verse Chorus
| E G#m A G#m F#m B A E | E / G#m / A G#m F B / A / E / | | C#m / G#m / C#m / G#m / | C#m / G#m / A / G#m / / / B / / /:|
G|------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-------4-6--6-7-6---4---------|------6---6-7-6---4-------7-7-----| |-------------------------|-------------7-7-------------------|
A|---7-7------------------4-6-7-|--7-7-------------------------7-7-| |-4---4-------4---4-------|-4---4-----------------------------|
E|-7----------------------------|----------------------7-7---------| |-------4---4-------4---4-|-------4---4------4--4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|
KD: Capo V MB: Capo III
8. Sail Away to the Sea
Dave Cousins / Sandy Denny & the Strawbs: All Our Own Work (1973) / the Once (2010)
G / / / D / / / Am7 / / / G / / / D / / / C / / D
G-0---0-0-|---------|------------|-0---0-0-|---------|-------------|
D---------|-0---0-0-|------------|---------|-0---0-0-|----------0--|
A---------|---------|-0----2-3-2-|---------|---------|-3--2--0-----|
E---------|---------|------------|---------|---------|-------------|
__________________ Martins ___________________
Capo II
19. Slip Slidin' Away
Paul Simon (1977)
intro:
|:
A
F#m
:|
D
E
A
A
F#m
Slip sliding a
way, slip sliding a
way
A
E
D
E
A
You know the
near your desti
nation, the
more you slip
sliding a
way
F#m
A
Whoah and I know a
man, he came from my
hometown.
D
E
D
D7
He wore his
passion for his
woman like a thorny
crown.
A
F#m
He said
Dolores, I live in
fear.
A
E
D
E
A
My love for
you's so over
powering, I'm
afraid that I
will dis
appear.
A
F#m
Slip sliding a
way, slip sliding a
way!
A
E
D
E
A
You know the
near your desti
nation, the
more you slip
sliding a
way.
I know a woman, (who) became a wife;
These are the very words she uses to describe her life.
She said a good day ain't got no rain
She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed; And I think of things that might have been
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away.
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away.
And I know a father who had a son.
He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he'd done.
He came a long way just to explain;
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping, Then he turned around and he headed home again
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away.
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away.
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away.
harp solo
Whoah God only knows, God makes his plan.
The information's unavailable to the mortal man.
We're workin' our jobs, collect our pay.
Believe we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away.
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away.
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away.
20. My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
Neil Young & Jeff Blackburn / Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps (1978)
Am
G
Fmaj7
Am
G
Fmaj7
Am
G
Fmaj7
Am
G
Fmaj7
My
My, Hey
Hey -
Rock and
roll is here to
stay.
C
G
Am
F
Am
G
Fmaj7
It's better to
burn out than to
fade a
way -
My
My, Hey
Hey.
Am
G
Fmaj7
Out of the
blue and into the
black.
Am
G
Fmaj7
They give you
this, but you pay for
that.
C
G
Am
F
And once you're
gone you can
never come
back.
Am
G
Fmaj7
When you're
out of the
blue And into the
black.
solo:
Am
G
Fmaj7
Am
G
Fmaj7
C
G
Am
F
Am
G
Fmaj7
Am
G
Fmaj7
The king is
gone but he's not for
gotten.
Am
G
Fmaj7
Is this the
story of Johnny
Rotten?
C
G
Am
F
It's better to
burn out than it
is to
rust.
Am
G
Fmaj7
The king is
gone but he's not for
gotten.
Am
G
Fmaj7
Am
G
Fmaj7
Hey
Hey, My
My -
Rock and
roll will never
die.
C
G
Am
F
Am
G
Fmaj7
There's more to the
picture than
meets the
eye -
Hey
Hey, My
My.
Capo: MB III
21. Rockin' In the Free World
Frank Sampedro, Neil Young / Neil Young: Freedom (1989)
|:
Gm
|
F
D#
:|
|
/ / / / / / / /
|
/ -
/ -
|
Gm
F
D#
Gm
F
D#
There's colors on the street,
-
Red, white, and blue.
Gm
F
D#
Gm
F
D#
People shufflin' their feet,
-
People sleepin' in their shoes.
Gm
F
D#
There's a warning sign on the
road
ahead.
Gm
F
D#
There's a lot of people saying we'd be
better off
dead.
Gm
F
D#
Don't feel like Satan, but I
am to
them.
Gm
F
D#
So I try to forget it any
way I
can.
|:
A#
F
D#
D#
D#/D
D#/C
A#
:|
Keep on
rockin' in the free world
-
|:
A#
F
D#
D#
D#/D
D#/C
A#
:|
C
|:
Gm
F
D#
:|
Keep on
rockin' in the free world
-
Gm
F
D#
F
D#
I see a woman in the night
- With a baby in her hand.
Gm
F
D#
F
D#
Under an old street light
- Near a garbage can.
Gm
F
D#
Now she puts the kid away cause she's
gotta get a
hit.
Gm
F
D#
She hates her life and what she's
done with
it.
Gm
F
D#
That's one more kid that'll never
go to
school,
Gm
F
D#
Never get to fall in love, never
get to be
cool.
|:
A#
F
D#
D#
D#/D
D#/C
A#
:|
Keep on
rockin' in the free world
-
|:
A#
F
D#
D#
D#/D
D#/C
A#
:|
C
|:
Gm
F
D#
:|
Keep on
rockin' in the free world
-
Gm
F
D#
Gm
F
D#
We gotta thousand points of light
-
for the homeless man.
Gm
F
D#
Gm
F
D#
We've got a kinder, gentler,
machine gun
hand.
Gm
F
D#
We've got department stores and
toilet
paper,
Gm
F
D#
Got styrofoam boxes for the
ozone
layer,
Gm
F
D#
Got a man of the people, says
keep hope
alive.
Gm
F
D#
Got fuel to burn, got
roads to
drive.
|:
A#
F
D#
D#
D#/D
D#/C
A#
:|
Keep on
rockin' in the free world
-
|:
A#
F
D#
D#
D#/D
D#/C
A#
:|
C
|:
Gm
F
D#
:|
Keep on
rockin' in the free world
-
MB Capo IV
22. Helpless
Neil Young / Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Déjà Vu (1970)
