Louisiana Lou And Three Card Monty John
by Forrest Richard Betts
(c) 1975 Uichappell Music Inc. and F. R. Betts Music (BMI)
Chorus
Louisiana Lou and Three Card Monty John,
Oh lord, what a natural pair.
Looking for a game, fortune and fame,
Waitin' just a little farther down the road somewhere.
Now Three Card Monty is a gamblin' game,
Two black aces and a pretty red queen,
Keep your eye on the lady and lay your money down,
Watch the fastest hand you've ever seen.
Texas Hustlin' Billy, lord he's on the road again,
He was seen in New Orleans the other day,
Now Lou is known as quite a man with a pool cue in his hand,
Won't be long 'til him and John were headed down that way.
ChOrus
It was Friday night, lord the time was right,
Texas Billy finally made his play,
The game went on into the night and just about dawn,
They were counting Bill's money lord, headed for LA
Chorus
Waitin' just a little farther down the road somewhere
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Louisiana Lou & Three Card Monty John
By forrest richard betts
(c) 1975 uichappell music inc. and f. r. betts music (bmi)
Chorus
Louisiana lou and three card monty john,
Oh lord, what a natural pair.
Looking for a game, fortune and fame,
Waitin just a little farther down the road somewhere.
Now three card monty is a gamblin game,
Two black aces and a pretty red queen,
Keep your eye on the lady and lay your money down,
Watch the fastest hand youve ever seen.
Texas hustlin billy, lord hes on the road again,
He was seen in new orleans the other day,
Now lou is known as quite a man with a pool cue in his hand,
Wont be long til him and john were headed down that way.
Chorus
It was friday night, lord the time was right,
Texas billy finally made his play,
The game went on into the night and just about dawn,
They were counting bills money lord, headed for la
Chorus
Waitin just a little farther down the road somewhere
song performed by by Allman Brothers Band
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Pony Boy
By forrest richard betts
(c) 1972 & 1974 by no exit music co.
Transcribed by humberto frederico campos
Dont worry for me
Well Im all right
Lord knows Im having,
A natural good time,
Pocket full of money
Gonna boogie all night;
There aint nobody tell me thats crime
Chorus:
When morning comes and its time to go
Pony boy carry me home
Pony boy carry me home.
Spoken:
All right mama,
Let me see you do that thing now
Band is jumping and so am i.
Im just groovin, cant stop movin,
My ole mans got that ole eagle eye
But he is just waitin, were celebratin
Chorus
Spoken:
I feel a change coming on
Come on, mama!
Here it comes now
Papas with you now;
Look out the door,
There beside that tree.
Well, thats my pony, looking after me,
Front feet doing the shuffle
Back feet, too.
Blow them good old georgia blues.
Chorus
song performed by by Allman Brothers Band
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Just Another Love Song
By dickey betts
(c) 1975 uichappell music inc. and f. r. betts music (bmi)
Transcribed by sam carle
Sit alone, waiting on the morning,
Woman leaving her whole life behind,
Train rolling on, taking mamas baby home,
Noone knows whats going through her mind,
Just another love song Im singing,
And you know people sing them all of the time,
Just another lonesome guitar ringing,
The only difference is this one is mine,
Freedom, lord what a funny word,
We search for it just like some kind of fool,
Woman leaving home, man sits there all alone,
Little child is paying all the dues
(chorus)
song performed by by Allman Brothers Band
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Rambling, Gambling Willie
Come around you rovin gamblers and a story I will tell
About the greatest gambler, you all should know him well.
His name was will o conley and he gambled all his life,
He had twenty-seven children, yet he never had a wife.
And its ride, willie, ride,
Roll, willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.
He gambled in the white house and in the railroad yards,
Wherever there was people, there was willie and his cards.
He had a reputation as the gamblinest man around,
Wives would keep their husbands home when willie came to town.
And its ride, willie, ride,
Roll, willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.
Sailin down the mississippi to a town called new orleans,
Theyre still talkin about their card game on that jackson river queen.
Ive come to win some money, gamblin willie says,
When the game finally ended up, the whole damn boat was his.
And its ride, willie, ride,
Roll, willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.
Up in the rocky mountains in a town called cripple creek,
There was an all-night poker game, lasted about a week.
Nine hundred miners had laid their money down,
When willie finally left the room, he owned the whole damn town.
And its ride, willie, ride,
Roll, willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.
But willie had a heart of gold and this I know is true,
He supported all his children, and all their mothers too.
He wore no rings or fancy things, like other gamblers wore,
He spread his money far and wide, to help the sick and the poor.
And its ride, willie, ride,
Roll, willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.
When you played your cards with willie, you never really knew
Whether he was bluffin or whether he was true.
He won a fortune from a man who folded in his chair.
The man, he left a diamond flush, willie didnt even have a pair.
And its ride, willie, ride,
Roll, willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.
It was late one evenin during a poker game,
A man lost all his money, he said willie was to blame.
He shot poor willie through the head, which was a tragic fate,
When willies cards fell on the floor, they were aces backed with eights.
And its ride, willie, ride,
Roll, willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.
So all you rovin gamblers, wherever you might be,
The moral of this story is very plain to see.
Make your money while you can, before you have to stop,
For when you pull that dead mans hand, your gamblin days are up.
And its ride, willie, ride,
Roll, willie, roll,
Wherever you are a-gamblin now, nobody really knows.
song performed by by Bob Dylan
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Are You Walking & A-talking With The Lord
Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by hank williams, sr.
Capo: 1st fret/key: eb/play: d
On your [d] journey to the grave
[d7] would you [g] stop and try to [d] save
Are you walkin and a-talkin with the [a7] lord?
Would you [d] lend a helping hand
[d7] to some [g] poor sinner [d] man
Are you walkin and a-[a7] talkin with the [d] lord?
Chorus
Are you [d] walkin, (are you walkin)
[d7] are you [g] talkin, (are you talkin)
Are you [d] walkin and a-talkin with the [a7] lord?
Are you [d] traveling in his light
[d7] evry [g] day and evry [d] night
Are you walkin and a talkin [a7] with the [d] lord?
If you heart said testify, would the world hear your reply
Are you walkin and a-talkin with the lord? .
Would you stand and shout his name or bow your head in shame
Are you walkin and a-talkin with the lord?
Chorus
When the time has come to go, will your robe be white as snow
Are you walkin and a-talkin with the lord?
Will he take you by the hand and lead you to that promised land
Are you walkin and a-talkin with the lord?
Chorus
song performed by by Hank Williams
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Lodi
(john c. fogerty)
Just about a year ago
I set out on the road
Seekin my fame and fortune
Lookin for a pot of gold
Things got bad and things got worse
I guess you know the tune
Oh lord, stuck in lodi again
I came in on a greyhound
Ill be walkin out if I go
I was just passin through
Must be seven months or more
Ran out of time and money
It looks like they took my friends
Oh, lord, stuck in lodi again
Well the man from the magazine
He said I was on my way
Somewhere I lost connection and
Ran out of songs to play
I came into town on a one-night stand
Looks like my plans fell through
Oh, lord, stuck in lodi again
If I only had a dollar
For every song Ive sung
And every time Ive had to play
While people sat there drunk
You know Id catch the next train
Back to where I live
Oh, lord, stuck in lodi again
Oh, lord, stuck in lodi again
Oh lord stuck in lodi again
song performed by by Emmylou Harris
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Whiskey Rock A Roller
(ed king - ronnie vanzant - billy powell)
Im headed down a highway got a suitcase by my side
Blue skies hangin over my head I got 500 miles to ride
Im goin down to memphis town to play a latenight show
I hope the people are ready there cause the boys are all ready to go
(chorus)
Well, Im a whiskey rock-a-roller
Thats what I am
Women, whiskey and miles of travellin
Is all I understand
I was born a travellin man and my feets do burn the ground
I dont care for fancy music if your shoes cant shuffle around
I got a 100 women or more and theres no place I call home
The only time Im satisfied is when Im on the road
(chorus)
Sometimes I wonder where will we go
Lord dont take my whiskey, rock and roll
Take me down to memphis town, busdriver get me there
I got me a queenie she got longbrown curly hair
She likes to drink old grandad and her shoes do shuffle around
And everytime I see that gal
Lord she wants to take me down
(chorus)
Sometimes I wonder where will we go
Lord dont take my whiskey, rock and roll
song performed by by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Weary Blues
Words and music by hank williams, sr.
Capo: 3rd fret key: f play: d
The [d] snow falls [g] 'round my [d] window
But [g] it can't chill my [d] heart
God [g] knows it died the [d] day you left
My dream world [a7] fell a-[d] part.
Chorus
Weary [d] blu-ue-ue [g] ues from [d] waitin'
Lord, i've been [e7] waitin' too [a7] long
These [d] blues have [g] got me [d] cryin'
Oh, sweet ma-a-ma, [a7] please come [d] home.
Thru tears i watch young lovers
As they go strollin' by
Oh, all the things that might have been
God forgive me if i cry.
Chorus
song performed by by Hank Williams
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End Of The Road
(t. cerney, e. king, g. rossington, j. van zant)
It was a late night show in georgia
We were on the ol highway
We know weve lost some friends
And family on the way
But you know we all feel better
And it makes it worth our time
To know our bus is rollin towards
That mason-dixon line
(chorus)
Oh we cant seem to find the end of the road
Roots never grow on the seeds that we sow
Weve still got our music and so many miles to go
You know we cant seem to find the end of the road
We know weve got a legacy thats hard to live up to
But theres still a lot of reasons
Why we play these songs for you
Its a family tradition and as long as were around
That freebird keeps on flyin and it never will come down
(repeat chorus)
Oh we cant seem to find the end of the road
Roots never grow on the seeds that we sow
We cant seem to find the end of the road
No matter how far we travel it always seems to slow
We still got our music and so many miles to go
You know we cant seem to find lord the end of the road
The end of the road
song performed by by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Did We Really Ever Try
(J.P. Maunick / M. Edwards)
Chorus:
Did we really ever try to understand each other?
Or was it just a game that sometimes people play?
Did we really ever see eye to eye, I wonder?
Was it just a game that sometimes people play?
[Sometimes people play]
I wonder if
We ever listened
To a word
That the other had to say
All that we shared
Our inner treasures
Are used against each other as we fall
Chorus
I wonder if
Before we started
We could have known
That the road would end this way
What makes us give
Our hearts so freely
Only to find that we're strangers after all
Chorus
Night and day, night and day, day and night
Night and day, people play, day and night
We fool ourselves
Into believing
Our difference will surely change in time
So we proceed
Blissfully blinded
Throwing caution to the wind along the way
Chorus
song performed by by Incognito
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7 Days Over You
Well its friday night and Im waiting
On your call girl, like I do
Am I wasting my time by this telephone line
Waiting on your call to come through
Chorus:
I should be already over you
Tell me mama, what can I do
Its been a long hard road that you put me through
Seven days over you
Seven days, seven days over you
Seven days over you
Kick it
I kick and fight for you baby
But thats never enough for you
Youve been twisted and torn since the day you were born
You make a game of breaking hearts in two
Now I want to give up but I dig the rush too much
I guess thats what love will do
So drag your heart-stopping mind trip downtown, girl
By friday night Ill find someone new
Chorus
Lord knows what you put me through
Already over you, tell me mama what can I do (repeat)
Chorus out
song performed by by Poison
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Dark Lady
The fortune queen of new orleans
Was brushing her cat in her black limousine
On the back seat were scratches
From the marks of men her fortune she had won
Couldnt see through the tinted glass
She said, home james and he hit the gas
I followed her to some darkened room
She took my money, she said, Ill be with you soon
Chorus:
Dark lady laughed and danced
And lit the candles one by one
Danced to her gypsy music
Till her brew was done
Dark lady played black magic
Till the clock struck on the twelve
She told me more about me
Than I knew myself
She dealt two cards, a queen and a three
And mumbled some words
That were so strange to me
Then she turned up a two-eyed jack
My eyes saw red but the card
Still stayed black
She said the man you love is secretly true
To someone else who is very close to you
My advice is that you leave this place
Never come back and forget you ever saw my face
Chorus
So I ran home and crawled in my bed
I couldnt sleep because of all the things she said
Then I remembered her strange perfume
And how I smelled it once in my own room
So I sneaked back and caught her with my man
Laughing and kissing till they saw the gun in my hand
The next thing I knew they were dead on the floor
Dark lady would never turn a card up anymore
Chorus
song performed by by Cher
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Whiskey Rock & Roller
I'm headed down a highway got a suitcase by my side
Blue skies hangin' over my head I got 500 miles to ride
I'm goin' down to Memphis town to play a latenight show
I hope the people are ready there 'cause the boys are all ready to go
(Chorus)
Well, I'm a whiskey rock-a-roller
That's what I am
Women, whiskey and miles of travellin'
Is all I understand
I was born a travellin' man and my feets do burn the ground
I don't care for fancy music if your shoes can't shuffle around
I got a 100 women or more and there's no place I call home
The only time I'm satisfied is when I'm on the road
(Chorus)
Sometimes I wonder where will we go
Lord don't take my whiskey, rock and roll
Take me down to Memphis town, busdriver get me there
I got me a queenie she got longbrown curly hair
She likes to drink Old Grandad and her shoes do shuffle around
And everytime I see that gal
Lord she wants to take me down
(Chorus)
Sometimes I wonder where will we go
Lord don't take my whiskey, rock and roll
song performed by by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Rockaway The Days
Billy got out of prison but he wasnt right
Some like to drink or gamble, billy liked to fight
He tracked back to his home state of maryland
Went to his moms mobile home where she took him in, alright
Chorus:
Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby, till the morning light
I aint lookin for trouble, I aint looking for a fight
Honey rockaway these days, rockaway these nights
Well at a picnic one sunday billy met mary dove
Mary looked at billy, billy fell in love
Billy swore to mary hed always love her so
They were married in the valley where the river flows, alright
(chorus)
At a roadside bar billy argued with a young man
And he settled that argument with a razor in his hand
With blood on his shirt back to mary he did run
She sighed billy, oh billy, what have you done?
He ran to his mas trailer but the lights were dim
He pounded on the door, she wouldnt let him in
Up the road to a neighbors house he drew near
They said billy go away, we dont want no trouble round here
Billy stole a car and headed out on the road
Pocketful of pills and his brain on overload
Seen some lights in his rearview mirror, panicked and gave her the gun
Wrapped himself round a telephone pole way out on 101
Well billy got cut out by the highway patrol
Just lay there with the cars passing on slow
Sheriff told billys ma that billy died
She buried his body by the riverside, alright
(chorus)
Well rich man want the power and the seat on the top
Poor man want the money that the rich man got
Honey tonight Im feeling so tired and unsure
Come on in mary, shut the light, close the door
(chorus)
song performed by by Bruce Springsteen
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The Ballad Of Conley And Billy (The Proof's In The Pickin')
Screamn' whitewall tires and a guitar by his side
Billy's got the fever as he rolls on thru the night
Some were born to listen, some were born to play
He was lightning on the highstrings and thunder on the bass
Chorus
He could play it high, he could play it low
He could make it cry, he could make it moan
He knows when push comes to shove
the proof's in the pickin'
In a smoky little tavern just off of Bourbon Street
Tobacco stained fingers waited on the down beat
Conley was the master, the undisputed king
He'd ruled the town for thirty years
with an army of six strings
Chorus
Sometimes after midnight Billy drives through New Orleans
Straight to the French Quarter there's a man he has to see
The music is a raging like a city that's on fire
Billy felt just like an altar boy at the feet of a higher power
Conley watched as Billy walked across the room
Opened his case and started a tune
The whole club was silent and the lights were turned down low
Billy stepped up on the stage and Conley whispered Go son, go
Chorus
Conley held his hand up, no one made a sound
And he handed Bill his old archtop and stepped into the crowd
Billy played it soft, Billy played it sad
Then he made it talk and in came the band
Soon the room was shaking before Billy's wall of sound
And just a block off Bourbon Street, a new king's been crowned.
Chorus
song performed by by Diamond Rio
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One Night Stand
When Im on the road playin in a town without a name,
And Im feelin low an everybody looks the same.
Well, you catch my eye, and then you come on strong an try to make your play.
Just because we loved tonight, please dont you think its gonna stay that way.
Dont you know that youre nothin more than a one night stand.
Tomorrow Ill be on my way, an you can catch me if you can.
Honey, take me by the hand and play that game again, yeah.
Everywhere I go, the people wanna make some time with me.
Thats okay, if the next day I can be free.
Well, its feelin good and youre the one Im lovin tonight,
Well, dont you go and spoil it, babe, by trying to get yourself all uptight.
Dont you know that youre nothing more than a one night stand.
Ill be on my way an you can catch me if you can.
Honey, take me by the hand and play that game again, yeah!!!
When Im on the road, playin in a town without a name,
Honey, Im feelin low and everyone looks the same.
Well, its lookin good and youre the one thats lovin tonight,
Dont you go and spoil it babe, by trying to get yourself all uptight.
Dont you know that youre nothing more than a one night stand.
Ill be one my way an you can catch me if you can.
Honey, take me by the hand and play that game again.
Dont you know that youre nothing more than a one night stand.
Oh, Ill be on my way, you can catch me if you can.
Honey, take me by the hand and play that game again.
Dont you know that youre nothing more than a one night stand.
Lord!!!
Lord!!!!!
song performed by by Janis Joplin
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Angeline
By dickey betts, mike lawler and johnny cobb
(c) 1980 emi blackwood music inc., pangola publishing company and
Milene music, inc.
Ridin in a long gray limousine.
Sittin in a pair of hundred dollar jeans.
Tryin to talk sense to a rocknroll queen.
Damn, best kinda livin anybody ever seen.
Oh, angeline.
Chorus:
Lookin at the bright lights, searchin for the sliver screen.
I never seen a woman who could look so good,
And be so doggone mean. yeah.
Oh, midnight struttin in new york city.
Midnight woman, she is lookin so pretty.
Her little heart beat in rhythm with the world.
She used to be her mamas little girl.
Hey, hey angeline.
Chorus
Whoa, just a game that she loves to play,
Leavin broken hearts all along the way.
Shes got friends that she aint never used.
Shes winnin now but shes bound to lose.
Oh, angeline.
Chorus
song performed by by Allman Brothers Band
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Come In From The Outside
Come in from the outside
Don't be ashamed
Come in from the outside
And bless His name
It's all on the inside
Where His glory reigns
Enter in
Come in from the outside
Just as you are
Come in from the outside
You're not too far
It's all on the inside
Simply open your heart
Enter in
(Chorus)
Everybody everybody
Everybody everybody
Everybody everybody
Let everything that hath breath
Praise the Lord
Everybody everybody
Praise
We're the generation
That will give You praise and adoration
Let Your kingdom come
Let Your will be done
Establish now Your throne, oh my Lord
O my Lord
Lord, Lord, Lord
Praise You Lord
Lord, Lord, Lord
We love You Lord
Lord, Lord, Lord
O my Lord
(Repeat Chorus)
song performed by by Israel
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Lodi
Just about a year ago, I set out on the road,
Seekin my fame and fortune, lookin for a pot of gold.
Things got bad, and things got worse, I guess you will know the tune.
Oh ! lord, stuck in lodi again.
Rode in on the greyhound, Ill be walkin out if I go.
I was just passin through, must be seven months or more.
Ran out of time and money, looks like they took my friends.
Oh ! lord, Im stuck in lodi again.
The man from the magazine said I was on my way.
Somewhere I lost connections, ran out of songs to play.
I came into town, a one night stand, looks like my plans fell through
Oh ! lord, stuck in lodi again.
Mmmm...
If I only had a dollar, for evry song Ive sung.
And evry time Ive had to play while people sat there drunk.
You know, Id catch the next train back to where I live.
Oh ! lord, Im stuck in lodi again.
Oh ! lord, Im stuck in lodi again.
song performed by by Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Hold Me Lord
By eric clapton
Sixteen days in bethlehem, peddling dope and drinking wine.
Pulling women, making gigs, steering clear and doing fine.
I moved on down to galilee, trying to find a few new friends.
Im throwing aces everywhere, trying to forget the end.
Hold me lord, hold me lord,
Hold me tight, Im slipping through.
Hold me lord, hold me lord,
Hold me tight, I beg of you.
Im cruising through jerusalem, dust is flying everywhere.
Im dodging bullets, making time, on the level, in the square.
They say you kissed your best friends hand, they say you did it for his love.
They say you got in agony, the hand fits well into the glove.
Chorus
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song performed by by Eric Clapton
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