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25 Minutes To Go ( Johnny Cash )

Well they're building a gallows outside my cell I've got 25 minutes to go And the whole town's waiting just to hear me yell I got 24 minutes to go Well they gave me some beans for my last meal I got 23 minutes to …

2 Birds ( Mugison )

I saw two birds, and you saw them too We thought, it, was, all, too sweet And you call, and gave me a number If I needed, just so, I know We drove that night, we know there's a high, there's a high We stayed …

39 ( Queen )

In the year of thirty-nine Assembled here the volunteers In the days when lands were few And the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny mornin' The sweetest sight ever seen And the night followed day And the story tellers say That the score …

50 Ways to leave your lover ( Paul Simon )

"The problem is all inside your head", she said to me,[] The answer is easy if you take it logically. I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free. There must be - Fifty ways to leave your lover." She said: "It's really …

A Boy Named Sue ( Johnny Cash )

( for original key of Bb ) My daddy left home when I was three And he didn't leave much to Ma and me Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze. Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid But …

Afterglow ( Ed Sheeran )

Stop the clocks, it’s amazing. You should see the way the light dances off your hair. A million colors of hazel, golden and red. Saturday morning is fading. The sun’s reflected by the coffee in your hand. My eyes are caught in your gaze all …

Age ( Jim Croce )

[(2x)] I’ve been up and down and around and round and back again Been so many places I can’t remember where or when And my only boss was the clock on the wall and my only friend Never really was a friend at all I’ve …

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall ( Bob Dylan )

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? And where have you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains, I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways, I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests, I've …

A Horse with no Name ( America )

On the first part of the journey I was lookin at all the life There were plants and birds and rocks and things There were sand and hills and rings The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz and the sky with …

Ain't No Cure For Love ( Leonard Cohen )

I loved you for a long, long time I know this love is real It don't matter how it all went wrong That don't change the way I feel And I can't believe that time's Gonna heal this wound that I'm speaking of There ain't …

A Letter From Home ( Johnny Cash )

A cowpoke rode in one hot dusty day To a store down in old San Antone He stood at the window and I heard him say Do I have a letter from home The postmaster looked through the mail that had come Then smilingly shook …

All For The Love of a Girl ( Johnny Horton )

Well today I'm so weary today I'm so blue Sad and broken hearted and it's all because of you Life was so sweet dear life was a song Now you've gone and left me oh where do I belong And it's all for the love …

All Good Things Come To An End ( Nelly Furtado )

Honestly what will become of me I don't like reality It's way too clear to me But really life is daily We are what we don't see We missed everything daydreaming Flames to dust Lovers to friends Why do all good things come to an …

All Over Again ( Johnny Cash )

Every time I look at you I fall in love all over again Every time I think of you it all begins all over again One little dream at night and I can dream all day It only takes a memory to thrill me One …

All the Best ( John Prine )

[] [] [] I wish you love [] And happiness [] I guess I wish You all the best I wish you don't [] Do like I do [] And ever fall in love with Someone like you 'Cause if you feel Just like I …

All The Way Down ( Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova )

You have broken me, all the way down Down upon my knees (and) You have broken me, all the way now You'll be the last, you'll see (and) Some fight you gave When I pushed you away From me (and) In the morning When you …

Alone and Forsaken ( Hank Williams )

We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold The pastures were green and the meadows were gold Our love was in flower as summer grew on Her love like the leaves now has withered and gone The roses have faded there's frost at my door …

Alone Apart ( Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova )

[] [] How many times have I been here How many times was I lost [] And how many times I'd be lost in the sea If you weren't there to rescue me [] We're sailing, sailing every night We're drifting, drifting alone apart Not …

American Pie ( Madonna, Don McLean )

A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile. [] And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while. [] But February made …

An Angel ( The Kelly Family )

I wish I had your pair of wings Had them last night in my dreams I was chasing butterflies 'Till the sunrise broke my eyes Tonight the sky has glued my eyes 'Cause what they see's an angel hive I've got to touch that magic …

And It Stoned Me ( Van Morrison )

Half a mile from the county fair And the rain keep pourin' down Me and Billy standin' there With a silver half a crown Hands full of a fishin' rod And the tackle on our backs We just stood there gettin' wet With our backs …

Angel From Montgomery ( John Prine )

[] [] [] I am an old woman named after my mother. My old man is another child that's grown old. If dreams were lightning and thunder were desire this old house would've burnt down a long time ago. Make me an angel that flies …

Angel Of Death ( Hank Williams )

In the great Book of John you're warned of the day When you'll be laid beneath the cold clay The angel of death will come from the sky And claim your poor soul when the time comes to die When the angel of death comes …

Annie's song ( John Denver )

You fill up my senses Like a night in a forest like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again Come let me …

Annie's Song ( John Denver )

You fill up my sen-ses like a night in a forest Like the mountains in spring-time like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the des-ert like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my sen-ses come fill me again Come let me …

Another Saturday Night ( Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) )

Another Saturday night & I ain't got nobody, I got some money,'cause I just got paid , How I wish I had someone to talk to, I'm in an awful way I got in town a month ago, I've seen a lot of girls since …

A Pub With No Beer ( The Dubliners, Slim Dusty, ... )

It's lonesome away from your kindred and all By the camp fire at night where the wild dingoes call, But there's nothing so lonesome so morbid or drear Than to stand in a bar of a pub with no beer. Now the publican's anxious for …

A Rainy Night In Soho ( The Pogues )

I've been loving you a long time Down all the years, down all the days And I've cried for all your troubles Smiled at your funny little ways We watched our friends grow up together And we saw them as they fell Some of them …

Arms Of A Woman ( Amos Lee )

[] I am at ease in the arms of a woman. Although now, Most of my days are spent alone. [] A thousand miles, From the place I was born. [] But when she wakes me, She takes me back home. Now, most days, I …

Asshole ( Beck )

Your brains went black when she took back her love And put it out into the sun The birds did fly when the heavens all went dry And the cigarettes were smoking by themselves She'll do anything She'll do anything She'll do anything to make …

A Sunday Smile ( Beirut )

All I want is the best for our lives my dear, and you know my wishes are sincere. Whats to say for the days I cannot bare. A Sunday smile you wore it for a while. A Sunday mile we paused and sang. A Sunday …

A World Of Our Own ( Carol Smith, Sonny James, ... )

(for original key of Bb) Close the door light the light we're staying home tonight Far away from the bustle and the bright city lights Let them all fade away just leave us alone And we'll live in a world of our own We'll build …

Babel ( Mumford & Sons )

I know that time has numbered my days and I'll go along with everything you say But I ride home laughing look at me now and the walls of town they come crumbling down And my ears here the call of my unborn sons and …

Baby, let me follow you down ( Bob Dylan )

Baby let me follow you down, baby let me follow you down Well I'll do anything in this godalmighty world If you just let me follow you down. Can I come home with you, baby can I come home with you? Yes I'll do anything …

Back Home Again ( John Denver )

There's a storm across the valley the clouds are rolling in The afternoon is heavy on your shoulders There's a truck out on the four lane a mile or more away The whining of his wheels just makes it colder He's an hour away from …

Backwoods Barbie ( Dolly Parton )

I grew up poor and ragged just a simple country girl I wanted to be pretty more than anything in the world Like Barbie or the models in the Fredrick´s catalog From rags to wishes in my dreams I could have it all I'm just …

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown ( Jim Croce )

Well, the south side of Chicago Is the baddest part of town. And if you go down there You better just beware of a man name of Leroy Brown. Now, Leroy more than trouble, You see he stand about 'bout six foot four. All the …

Ballad Of A Teenage Queen ( Johnny Cash, Jack Clement )

Dream on Dream on teenage queen Prettiest girl we've ever seen There's a story in our town Of the prettiest girl around Golden hair and eyes of blue How those eyes could flash at you Boys hung around her by the score But she loved …

Ballad of a Thin Man ( Bob Dylan )

You walk into the room With your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked And you say, "Who is that man?" You try so hard But you don't understand Just what you will say When you get home Because something is happening here But …

Banana Boat Song ( Harry Belafonte )

Day-oh Day-oh Daylight come an' I wanna go home Day-oh Day-oh Daylight come an' I wanna go home Six han' seven han' eight han' bunch Daylight come an' I wanna go home Six han' seven han' eight han' bunch Daylight come an' I wanna go …

Banks Of The Ohio ( Johnny Cash )

I asked my love to take a walk Take a walk just a little way And as we walked along we talked Of when would be our wedding-day And only say that you'll be mine In no others arms entwined Down beside where the waters …

Barbara Allen ( The Everly Brothers )

Twas in the merry month of May When flowers were a bloomin' Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay For the love of Barbara Allen He sent his servant to the town The town where she did dwell in Saying master dear has sent me here …

Because Of The Blood ( Sin Fang )

[] [] [] [] [] [] [] I made you a flag out of leaves and grass I made you a map out of blood and glass We were young and we still are We were cold and it was dark The tide came early, …

Before My Time ( Johnny Cash )

I know that hearts were loving Long before I was here And I'm not the first to ever cry In my bed or in my beer There were songs before there was radio Of love that stays and love that goes They were writing melancholy …

Below my Feet ( Mumford & Sons )

You were cold as the blood through your bones And the light which led us from our chosen homes Oh, I was lost. So now I sleep Sleep the hours that I don't weep And all I knew was steeped in blackened holes Oh, I …

Big River ( Johnny Cash )

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River Then I'm gonna sit right here until I …

Big Rock Candy Mountain ( Burl Ives )

Oh the buzzing of the bees at the cigarette trees Near the soda water fountain Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings In the Big Rock Candy Mountain On a summer day in the month of May A burly bum came hiking Down a …

Bird On A Wire ( Johnny Cash )

Like a bird on a wire like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my ways to be free Like a fish on a hook like a knight in some old fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee And …

Birds ( Neil Young )

[] Lover there will be another one Who'll hover over you beneath the sun Tomorrow see the things that never come Today [] When you see me fly away without you Shadow on the things you know Feathers fall around you And show you the …

Blowing in the wind ( Bob Dylan )

How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? Yes, and how many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The …