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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 How many times must the cannonballs fly Before they're forever banned The answer my friend …

Blue eyes crying in the rain ( Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, ... )

In the twilight glow I see her Blue eyes crying in the rain. As we kissed good-bye and parted, I knew we'd never meet again. Love is like a dying amber only memories remain Through the ages I'll remember Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain. …

Blue Train ( Johnny Cash )

There's an engine at the station and the whistle blows my name It's callin' callin' callin' come and get aboard the train My baby's gone and I'm alone to live in misery I'm gonna call and make a reservation for me Gonna ride a blue …

Boots of Spanish Leather ( Bob Dylan )

Oh, I'm sailin' away my own true love I'm sailin' away in the mornin' Is there something I can send you from across the sea From the place that I'll be landing? No, there's nothing you can send me my own true love. There's nothing …

Born in the USA ( Bruce Springsteen )

Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground End up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up Born in the U.S.A., I was born in …

Born To Run ( Emmylou Harris )

Well I never did crawl and I never did toe that line No man is a master to me I ain't that kind I just put on my traveling shoes If you wanna win you just can't lose the time Or stay behind Well I …

Breaking Bread ( Johnny Cash )

Breaking bread breaking bread We are gathered here together to break bread Breaking bread breaking bread We are gathered here together to break bread It's not the barley or the wheat It's not the oven or the heat That makes this bread so good to …

Bridge over Troubled Water ( Simon and Garfunkel, Art Garfunkel, ... )

[] [] [] When you’re weary. [] Feeling small. [] When tears are in your eyes I will dry them all. [] I’m on your side when times get rough. [] And friends just can’t be found. Like a - bridge over trouble water, I …

Broken Crown ( Mumford & Sons )

Touch my mouth and hold my tongue I'll never be your chosen one I'll be home safe and tucked away Well you can't tempt me If I don't see the day The pull on my flesh was just too strong Stifled the choice and the …

Budapest ( George Ezra )

My house in Budapest my, My hidden treasure chest, Golden grand piano, My beautiful Castillo You, You, I’'d leave it all My acres of a land, I have achieved, It may be hard for you to, Stop and believe But for you, You, I’'d Leave …

Burning House ( Cam )

I had a dream about a burning house You were stuck inside I couldn't get you out I laid beside you and pulled you close And the two of us went up in smoke Love isn't all that it seems I did you wrong I'll …

By and By ( Lay Low )

I told a lie and I'm telling lies all of the time I told the truth and I'm telling you I feel just fine I made you cry and I'll make you cry with the things I do I made you laugh and I'll make …

By The Light Of the Silvery Moon ( Burl Ives )

By the light of the Silvery Moon I want to spoon To my honey I'll croon love's tune Honey moon keep a shining in June Your silvery beams will bring love dreams We'll be cuddling soon By the silvery moon By the light of the …

California Dreaming ( The Mamas And The Papas )

All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey I’ve been for a walk on a winter’s day I’d be be safe and warm if I was in L.A. California dreaming on such a winter’s day Stopped into a church I passes along the …

Cancelled Check ( Beck )

I hate to do this But you're a pain in the neck I thought you knew this You're handing me a cancelled check You're so helpless Your girlfriends think you're a saint I'll give you a quarter I'll keep my judgements to myself And I …

Cannonball ( Damien Rice )

There's still a little bit of your taste in my mouth Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt Its still a little hard to see what's goin on There's still a little bit of your ghost your witness Still a little bit …

Can't Keep It In ( Cat Stevens )

Oh I can't keep it in, I can't keep it in, I've gotta let it out. I've got to show the world, world's got to see, see all the love, love that's in me. I said,why walk alone, why worry when it's warm over here. …

Carefree Highway ( Gordon Lightfoot )

[] Pickin up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream, I wonder how the old folks are tonight? Her name was Ann, and I'll be damned if I recall her face; She left me not knowing what to do. Carefree highway, let me slip away …

Carolina in my mind ( James Taylor )

In my mind I've gone to Carolina Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the A7 *Chord run*(D D/C# Bm D/A moonshining? Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind I've gone to Carolina in m[*Hook*]y mind. Karen, …

Carolyn ( Merle Haggard )

Carolyn let me tell you what I've heard about a man today He didn't come home from work and he went away Till he came to a city bright in the night time like day There they say he met up with some women dressed …

Cats In The Cradle ( Ugly Kid Joe, Harry Chapin )

(for original key in F) My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch, bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away And he was talkin' 'fore I knew …

Chelsea Hotel #2 ( Leonard Cohen )

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, You were talking so brave and so sweet. Giving me head on the unmade bed While the limousines wait in the street Those were the reasons and that was New York, We were running for the money …

Chicago ( Sufjan Stevens )

I fell in love again all things go, all things go drove to Chicago all things know, all things know we sold our clothes to the state I don't mind, I don't mind I made a lot of mistakes in my mind, in my mind …

Children Go Where I Send Thee ( Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash )

Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee I'm gonna send thee two by two Two by Paul and Silas One by the little bitty baby Born born born in Bethlehem Children go where I send thee How shall I send thee …

Circle Of Steel ( Gordon Lightfoot )

Rows of lights in a circle of steel, Where you place your bets on a great big wheel High windows flickerin' down through the snow, A time you know Sights and sounds of the people goin' 'round, Everybody's in step with the season A child …

City of New Orleans ( Willie Nelson, Arlo Guthrie, ... )

Riding on the city of New Orleans Illinois central Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Three conductors and twenty five sacks of mail All along the southbound Odyssey The train pulls out of Kankakee And rolls along the houses farms and fields …

Class Of 57 ( the Statler Brothers )

Tommy's selling used cars Nancy's fixing hair Harvey runs a grocery store and Margaret doesn't care Jerry drives a truck for Sears and Charlotte's on the make And Paul sells life insurance and part-time real estate Helen is a hostess Frank works at the mill …

Clementine ( Svavar Knútur, Hraun )

Oh my darling Clemen- tine How could I leave, while you were sleep- ing Oh my darling Clemen - tine I couldn’t bear to hear you weep- ing You tried to teach me right from wrong You tried to burn off all my bad ways …

Coat Of Many Colors ( Dolly Parton )

Back through the years I go wonderin' once again Back to the seasons of my youth I recall a box of rags that someone gave us And how my momma put the rags to use There were rags of many colors Every piece was small …

Cocaine Blues ( Johnny Cash )

Early one morning while making the rounds I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down I went right home and I went to bed I stuck that loving 44 beneath my head Got up next morning and I grabbed that gun …

Cold On The Shoulder ( Gordon Lightfoot )

All you need is time; All you need is time, time, time to make me bend Give it a try, don’t be rude, Put it to the test and I’ll give it right back to you It’s cold on the shoulder, And you know that …

Color Decay ( Júníus Meyvant )

Little like the colors fade away. Right under Blind beginning of decay broad under Blind beginning of decay Right under Little like the flowers of debate stood by me in trials Of moving into place stood by me in trials From gloom to grace Straight …

Comanche (The Brave Horse) ( Johnny Horton )

The battle was over at Custer's last stand And taps were sounding for all the brave men While one lone survivor wounded and weak Comanche the Brave Horse lay at the General's feet Comanche you fought hard Comanche you tried You were a good soldier …

Come In Stranger ( Johnny Cash )

She said come in stranger it's good to have you home I hurried thru 'cause I knew it was you When I saw your dog wagging his tail Honey why didn't you let me know by mail You've been gone so long She said come …

Coming into Los Angeles ( Arlo Guthrie )

Coming in from London from over the pole Flying in a big airliner Chickens flyin everywhere around the plane Could we ever feel much finer Coming into Los Angeles Bringing in a couple of keys Don't touch my bags if you please Mr. Customs man …

Country Road ( James Taylor )

Take to the highway won't you lend me your name Your way and my way seem to be one in the same Mama don't understand it She wants to know where I've been I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool To want …

Country Road ( James Taylor )

Take to the highway won't you lend me your name Your way and my way seem to be one in the same Mama don't understand it She wants to know where I've been I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool To want …

Country Trash ( Johnny Cash )

I got a crib full of corn and a turning plow But the ground's too wet for the hopper now I got a cultivator and a double tree And a leather line for the haw and gee Let the thunder roll and the lightning flash …

Coyote ( Joni Mitchell, The Band )

No regrets Coyote, we just come from such different sets of circumstance I'm up all night in the studio while you're up early on your ranch You'll be brushing out a brood mare's tail while the sun is ascending And I'll just be getting home …

Crystals ( Of Monsters and Men )

Lost in skies of powdered gold Caught in clouds of silver ropes Showered by the empty hopes As I tumble down falling fast to the ground I know I'll wither So peel away the bark Because nothing Grows when it is dark In spite of …

Cyanide Breath Mint ( Beck )

Definitely this is the wrong place to be There's blood on the futon There's a kid drinking fire Going down to the sea They got people to meet Shaking hands with themselves Looking out for themselves When they ask you for credit Give them a …

Daddy Sang Bass ( Johnny Cash )

I remember when I was a lad Times were hard and things were bad But there's a silver linin' behind every cloud Just poor people that's all we were Tryin' to make a livin' out of blackland dirt But we'd get together in a family …

Dance me to the end of love ( Leonard Cohen )

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Oh …

Dead Melodies ( Beck )

Where will you go when this day is over? A gambler's purse lays on the road Straight to your door snakes have gone crazy tonight winding their way out of sight A laugh, a joke a sentiment wasted Seasons of strangers they've come and gone …

Dedicated to the one I love ( The Mamas And The Papas )

While I'm far away from you my baby. I know it's hard for you my baby. Because it's hard for me my baby. And the darkest hour, is just before dawn. Each night before you go to bed my baby. Whisper a little prayer for …

Desolation Row ( Bob Dylan )

They're selling postcards of the hanging They're painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town Here comes the blind commissioner They've got him in a trance One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker The other is …

Different Drum ( Linda Ronstadt, the Greenbriar Boys, ... )

You and I, travel to the beat of a different drum Oh can't you tell by the way I run Every time you make eyes at me Wo-oh You cry, and moan, and say it will work out But honey child, I've got my doubts …

Dirty old town ( The Pogues, Papar )

I met my love, by the gas works wall Dreamed a dream, by the old canal I kissed my girl, by the factory wall Dirty old town, dirty old town Clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beats Springs a girl …

Dirty Paws ( Of Monsters and Men )

[] [] Jumping up and down the floor, My head is an animal. And once there was an animal, It had a son that mowed the lawn. The son was an ok guy, Thay had a pet dragonfly. The dragonfly it ran away But it …

Don't Make Me Go ( Johnny Cash )

You take my hand and smile at me But I can tell you'd rather be Alone or with somebody else you know And when your eyes look into mine That old time love light doesn't shine But let me try again don't make me go …