Ol-55
A C#m
Well my time went so quickly, I went lickety-splitly
D A
Out to my ol’ fifty-five
A C#m
As I pulled away slowly, feeling’ so holy
D E7
God knows I was feeling’ alive
CHORUS:
A C#m D E
And now the sun’s coming’ up
A C#m D E
I’m riding’ with Lady Luck
A C#m D E
Freeway, cars, and trucks
Bm E A Bm E A
Stars beginning to fade. And I lead the parade
Bm E F#m
Just a-wishing’ I’d stayed a little longer
B E E7
Oh Lord let me tell you that the feeling’s getting’ stronger.
VERSE 2:
And at six in the morning’, gave me no warning’
I had to be on my way
Well there’s trucks all a-passing’ me, and the lights all a-flashing’
I’m on my way home from your place.
CHORUS:
VERSE 1:
CHORUS:
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I hope that I don’t fall in love with you
C F G
Well I hope that I don’t fall in love with you
C F G
Cause falling in love just makes me blue,
F C F C
Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to see,
F C Dm G
I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me
C F G C
And I hope that I don’t fall in love with you.
Well the room is crowded, people everywhere
And I wonder, should I offer you a chair?
Well if you sit down with this old clown,
Take that frown and break it,
Before the evening’s gone away,
I think that we could make it,
And I hope that I don’t fall in love with you.
Well the night does funny things inside a man
These old tom-cat feelings you don’t understand,
Well I turn around to look at you,
You light a cigarette,
I wish I had the guts to bum one,
But we’ve never met,
And I hope that I don’t fall in love with you.
I can see that you are lonesome just like me,
And it being late, you’d like some some company,
Well I turn around to look at you,
And you look back at me,
The guy you’re with has up and split,
The chair next to you’s free,
And I hope that you don’t fall in love with me.
Now it’s closing time, the music’s fading out
Last call for drinks, I’ll have another stout.
Well I turn around to look at you,
You’re nowhere to be found,
I search the place for your lost face,
Guess I’ll have another round
And I think that I just fell in love with you.
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Old Shoes (& picture postcards)
E A E
Well I’m singing this song, cause it’s time it was sung
E B
I’ve been putting it off for a while,
E A E A
Cause it’s harder by now, and the truth is so clear
E B E B
That I am crying when I’m seeing you smile.
E A E A
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
E B
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
E A E A
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
E B E
Can I kiss you, and then I’ll be gone.
And every time that I tried to tell you
that we’d lost the magic we had at the start,
I would weep my heart when I looked in your eyes
And I searched once again for the spark.
CHORUS:
Oh you know that there’s something calling me dear
and by morning, I’m sure to be gone
For I’m older than you and you know so well
That our time for to love was a song
CHORUS:
Now I can see by your eyes, it’s time now to go
So I’ll leave you crying in the rain,
Though I held in my hand, the key to all joy
Honey my heart was not born to be tamed.
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Martha
CAPO-7
D A7 D A7 Bm A G
Operator, number, please: it’s been so many years
D A7 D A7 Bm A G
Will she remember my old voice while I fight the tears?
D B7 Em A D B7 Em A
Hello, hello there, is this Martha? this is old Tom Frost,
D B7 Em A Bm A G
And I am calling long distance, don’t worry ’bout the cost.
D B7 Em A D B7 Em A
‘Cause it’s been forty years or more, now Martha please recall,
D B7 Em A Bm A G
Meet me out for coffee, where we’ll talk about it all.
CHORUS:
D G D G
And those were the days of roses, poetry and prose
Bm A G D
And Martha all I had was you and all you had was me.
D G D G
There was no tomorrows, we’d packed away our sorrows
Bm A D
And we saved them for a rainy day.
And I feel so much older now, and you’re much older too,
How’s your husband? and how’s the kids? you know that I got married too?
Luck that you found someone to make you feel secure,
‘Cause we were all so young and foolish, now we are mature.
CHORUS:
And I was always so impulsive, I guess that I still am,
And all that really mattered then was that I was a man.
I guess that our being together was never meant to be.
And Martha, Martha, I love you can’t you see?
CHORUS:
And I remember quiet evenings trembling close to you…
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Rosie
CAPO-3
D G D G
Well I’m sitting on a windowsill, blowing my horn
D G E A7
Nobody’s up except the moon and me,
D G D G
And a lazy old tomcat on a midnight spree
D G E A7 D
All that you left me was a melody.
CHORUS:
D G D
Rosie, why do you evade?
D G D D G D
Rosie, how can I persuade? Rosie…
And the moon’s all up, full and big,
Apricot tips in an indigo sky,
And I’ve been loving you, Rosie, since the day I was born
And I’ll love you, Rosie ’til the day I die.
CHORUS:
VERSE 1:
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Little trip to Heaven
C D7 Em G G7
Little trip to Heaven on the wings of your love
C D7 Em D7
Banana moon is shining in the sky
Dm7 G7 C C7
Feel like I’m in Heaven when you’re with me
Dm7 F E Am
Know that I’m in heaven when you smile
Dm7 G7
Though we’re stuck here on the ground
Dm7 G7 C
I got something that I’ve found and it’s you
And I don’t have to take no trip to outer space
All I have to do is look at your face
And before I know it, I’m in orbit around you
Thanking my lucky stars that I’ve found you
When I see your constellation
Honey, you’re my inspiration and it’s you
You’re my North star when I’m lost and feeling blue
The sun is breaking through the clouds
Don’t you, don’t you know it’s true?
Honey, all the other stars seem dim around you
Thanking my lucky stars that I’ve found you
When I see your smiling face, honey
I know nothing ever going to take your place and it’s you
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Grapefruit moon
C Dm7 F C
Grapefruit moon, one star shining
F Em D7 G
Shining down on me
C Dm7 F C
Heard that tune, and now I’m pining
F Em D7 G
Honey, can’t you see?
Am Em F C
Cause every time I hear that melody
Am Em F
Well, something breaks inside
C Dm7 F C
And the grapefruit moon, one star shining
F Em Dm7 G C
Can’t turn back the tide
Never had no destination
Could not get across
You became my inspiration
Oh but what a cost
‘Cause every time I hear that melody
Well, something breaks inside
And the grapefruit moon, one star shining
Is more than I can hide
Now I’m smoking cigarettes
And I strive for purity
And I slip just like the stars
Into obscurity
Cause every time I hear that melody
Puts me up a tree
And the grapefruit moon, one star shining
Is all that I can see
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Some Local Loser 