From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley
Key: FF | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Verse
F
 I had to leave town for a little while
                                 C
You said you'd be good while I'm gone
        F                             Bb
But the look in your eye done told me you told a lie
  G                               C
I know there's been some carryin' on
Chorus
F                  Bb           C        F
Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look.
F               Bb     C
 (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
F                  Bb           C        F    | Bb C |
Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look
Verse
    F
The ash trays are all full of ashes,
                               C
The floor needs a touch of the mop
          F                     Bb
There's a man downstairs with a-long bushy hair
              G                     C
He said, your party was a three day rock
Chorus
F                  Bb           C        F
Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look.
F               Bb     C
 (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
F                  Bb           C        F    | Bb C |
Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look
Verse
    F
Baby, if you ever loved me
                                C
Then Bonnie and Clyde loved the law
        F                          Bb
Well, a bird can't fly and I don't like apple pie
    G                   C
And trees won't grow in Arkansas
Chorus
F                  Bb           C        F
Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look.
F               Bb     C
 (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
F                  Bb           C        F    | Bb C |
Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look
Interlude
| F  F6 F | % | % | % |
| F  F6 F | % | % | % |
Chorus
  F
I had to leave town for a little while
                                 C
You said you'd be good while I'm gone
        F                             Bb
But the look in your eye done told me you told a lie
  G                               C
I know there's been some carryin' on
Chorus
F                  Bb           C        F
Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look.
F               Bb     C
 (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
F                  Bb           C        F    | Bb C |
Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look
Outro (repeat and fade)
F                  Bb           C        F
Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look.
F               Bb     C
 (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
F                  Bb           C        F    | Bb C |
Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look
F                  Bb           C        F
Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look.
F               Bb     C
 (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
F                  Bb           C        F    | Bb C |
Baby (baby) you're wearin' that loved on look
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            2. Only the Strong Survive - Elvis Presley
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Written by: Huff/Butler/Gamble
CHORDS
        E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G     3-x-2-0-1-0
Am/G    3-x-2-2-1-0
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Capo 1st fret
Intro
| G | % | C/G | % | Am/G | % | G | % |
[spoken:] I remember my first love affair
Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong
My mamma had some great advice
So I thought I'd put it into words of this song
I can still hear her sayin' it
Verse
G                     C/G
Boy, oh, I see you're sittin' out there all alone
Am/G                                         G
Cryin' your eyes out 'cos the woman that you love has gone
                  G                                   C/G
Oh, there's gonna be, there's gonna be a whole lot of trouble in your life
       Am/G                                    G
Oh, so listen to me get up off your knees 'cos only the strong survive
Chorus
                 G
That's what she said, only the strong survive
         Am/G
Only the strong survive,
          Am        Bm            C           D
Oh you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
Verse
      G                       C/G
Don't go all around with your head hung down
     Am/G
Well I wouldn't let that little girl, no, I wouldn't let her know
                 G
That she made me feel like a clown
          G                               C/G
There's a whole lot a girls lookin' for a good man like you
       Am/G
Oh but you'll never meet 'em if you give up now
             G
And say your life is through
Chorus
                       G                        Am/G
Yes she said: Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,
       Am          Bm          C             D
You've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand
Interlude
| G | % | C/G | % | Am/G | % | G | % |
Boy, boy, oh boy
Chorus (Outro)
         G                        Am/G
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,
          Am        Bm            C           D
Oh you've got to be strong, you'd better hold on
     G
'Cos only the strong survive
         G                        Am/G
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive,
       Am          Bm          C             D
You've got to be a man, you've got to take a stand
         G                        C/G
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive
         Am/G                     G
Only the strong survive, only the strong survive
(repeat and fade)
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3. I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)
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Written by: Thomas Dilbeck/Vaughan Horton/Eddy Arnold
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[False starts]
           G
I said I'd hold ...
           G
I said I'd hold ...
Verse
           G                                C
I said I'd hold you in my heart 'till I can hold you in my arms
            G        | G/D ] | D | D7 |
Like you've never been held before
          G                                   C
Well I'll think of you each day and then I'll dream the night away
           G            D        | G | G G Am7 G/B |
Oh, 'till you are in my arms once more
[Middle 8]
    C                                  G
The stars up in the sky, you know they know the reason why
Em        A7               A7       D7
I feel so blue 'cause I'm away from you
Verse
          G                                C
Yeah I'll hold you in my heart 'till I can hold you in my arms
   G       D              | G | G7 |
Oh darling please wait for me
[Middle 8]
             C                                  G
You know the stars up in the sky, you know they know the reason why
Em        A7               A7       D7
I feel so blue 'cause I'm away, I'm away from you
Verse
          G                                C
Yeah I'll hold you in my heart 'till I can hold you in my arms
   G       D              | G | % |
Oh darling please wait for me
[Middle 8]
    C                                  G
The stars up in the sky, you know they know the reason why
Em        A7               A7                 D7
I feel so blue 'cause I'm away, I'm away from you
Verse
                   G                                              C
I said, I said I'd hold you in my heart, heart, heart 'till I can hold you in my arms
   G       D              | G | G G7 |
Oh darling please wait for me
[Middle 8]
    C                                  G
The stars up in the sky, you know they know the reason why
Em        A7               A7                 D7
I feel so blue 'cause I'm away, I'm away from you
Verse + coda
           G                                C
Yeah, I'll hold you in my heart 'till I can hold you in my arms
   G       D              | G | % |  G7
Oh darling please wait for me
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       4. Long Black Limousine
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Written by: Vern Stovall/Bobby George
CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
D/Gb      2-x-0-2-3-2
G/D       x-x-0-0-0-3
Eb/G      3-6-5-3-4-3
Ab/Eb     x-6-x-5-4-4
B/Gb      2-x-4-4-4-2
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Intro
| G | % |
Verse
          G
There's a long line of mourners
        C               G
Driving down our little street
      G         D/Gb Em     G/D      A       D     D7
Their fancy cars are such a sight to see, oh yeah
        G        G7               C               G
They're all your rich friends who knew you in the city
    G/D                 D
And now they've finally brought you
            C          G    | G | % |
Brought you home to me
Verse
         G
When you left you know you told me
         C              G
That someday you'd be returnin'
     G        D/Gb  Em      G/D     A       D     D7
In a fancy car,     all the town to see, oh yeah
         G           G7                C                G
Well now everyone is watching you, you finally had your dream, yeah
       G/D         D               C     G
You're ridin' in a long black limousine
Verse variation
             C                                G
You know the papers told of how you lost your life, oh yeah
    G    D/Gb  Em            G/D              A       D
The party, the party and the fatal crash that night
         G             G7              C                G
Well the race upon the highway, oh the curve you didn't see
              G/D            D               G      | G | C | G |
When you were riding in that long black limousine
          G/D            D               G      |  Ab  |
(You were riding in that long black limousine)
Verse variation + key change
        Db                                   Ab
Through tear filled eyes I watch as you pass by, oh yeah
  Ab      Eb/G  Fm               Ab/Eb               Bb   Gb
A chauffeur,  a chauffeur at the wheel dressed up so fi-i-ine
       B
Well I never, I never, never, never
      E             B
Oh my heart, all my dreams
              B/Gb
Yeah, they're with you
        Gb              Abm
In that long black limousine
Outro
              B/Gb
Yeah, they're with you
        Gb              Abm
In that long black limousine
                         B/Gb
Yeah, yeah, yeah they're with you
        Gb              Abm
In that long black limousine
(repeat and fade)
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             5. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'
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Written by: Johnny Tillotson
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Intro
| D | % | G C | G |
Verse
  G             G7
I cry myself to sleep each night
C
Wishing I could hold you tight
     G                              D
Life seems so empty since you went away.
    G                G7
The pillow where you lay your head
    C
Now holds my empty dreams instead
       D                                     | G  C | G |
And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
Chorus
   D                               C
It keeps right on a-hurtin', every minute of the day
      D                          C       G
Every hour you're away I feel so lo-o-onely.
            G                G7             C
And I can't help it, I don't think I can go on
       D                                    | G  C | G |
And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
Verse
     G                 G7
They say a man ain't s’pposed to cry
    C
But when I see you passin' by
   G                                     D
My heart breaks down and cries a million tears
    G                         G7
The pillow where you lay your head
    C
Now holds my empty dreams instead
       D                                     | G  C | G |
And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
Chorus
   D                               C
It keeps right on a-hurtin', every minute of the day
      D                          C      G
Every hour you're away I feel so lo-o-nely.
            G                G7             C
And I can't help it, I don't think I can go on
       D                                    | G  C | G |
And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone.
[Coda]
        D                                    | G  C | G
Yes, it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone
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             6. I’m Movin’ On
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Written by: Hank Snow
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Verse time signature
 4/4 5/4 4/4 4/4 5/4  4/4
| D | % | G | D | A7 | D |
Capo: 3rd fret
Play: D
Key: F
For chords in original key transpose +3
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Intro
| D | % |
Verse 1 | 4/4 | 5/4 | 4/4 | x2
     D
That big eight-wheeler runnin' down the track
          D
Mean your true lovin' Daddy ain't comin' back
                   G                D
'Cause he's movin' on, he's rollin' on
         A7
You were flyin' too high for my little old sky
              D
So I'm movin' on
Verse 2 | 4/4 | 5/4 | 4/4 | x2
    D
But some day, baby, when you've had your play
           D
Your gonna want your daddy but your daddy will say
            G7               D
Keep movin' on, keep rollin' on
         A7
You were flyin' too high for my little old sky
              D
So I'm movin' on, move on, baby
[Solo 1 4/4 throughout
| D | % | G7 | D | A7 | D |
| D | % | % |
Verse 3 | 4/4 | 5/4 | 4/4 | x2
    D
Mr. Fireman, won't you please listen to me?
         D
'Cause I gotta pretty momma in Tennessee
                G7              D
To keep rollin' on, keep movin' on
       A7
Please listen to me, let this rattler free
            D
Keep movin' on, move on, son, move on
[Solo 2 4/4 throughout
| D | % | G7 | D | A7 | D |
| D | % | G7 | D | A7 | D |
| D | % | % |
Verse 3 | 4/4 | 5/4 | 4/4 | x2
           D
Well, I’ve told you, baby, from time to time
        D
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
                   G7              D
And now I'm movin' on, I'm rollin' on
    A7
I'm through with you, too bad you're blue
               D
But I'm movin' on, move on, baby, move on
Outro 4/4 throughout, repeat and fade (vocals ad lib)
| D | % | G7 |    D         | A7       | D |
         I said, "Move on",     I said, "Move on"
       | D                | D |
I said, "Move on", I said, "Move on"
       | G7               | D |
I said, "Move on", I said, "Move on"
    A7
I'm through with you, too bad you're blue
         D
I said, "Move on"
       | D             | D |
I said, "Move on", hey, "Move on"
    | G7               | D |
Hey, move on", I said, "Move on"
    A7
I'm through with you, too bad you're blue
         D
I said, "Move on"
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            7. Power of my Love
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Written by: Bill Giant/Bernie Baum/Florence Kaye
Capo: 1st fret
Play: E
Key: F
Basic Riff
 Capo 1st fret     no capo
  E            OR  F
  1 + 2 + 3 +      1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------|   |------------|
B|------------|   |------------|
G|------------|   |------------|
D|------------|   |--------8-h7|
A|2-------0---|   |8-----8-8---|8
E|0-----0--p3-|0  |------------|
Capo 1st fret      no capo
  A            OR  Bb
  1 + 2 + 3 +      1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------|   |------------|
B|------------|   |------------|
G|------------|   |--------8-h7|
D|2-------0---|   |8-----8-8---|8
A|0-----0--p3-|0  |------------|
A|------------|   |------------|
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Intro
| E | % | % | % |
 (Riff)
Verse
    E                  E
Oh, break it, burn it, drag it all around
A                  E
Twist it, turn it, you can't tear it down
      B
Cause every minute, every hour
                 A
You'll be shaken by the strength and mighty power
      | E | % | % | % |
Of my love
Verse
E                  E
Crush it, kick it, you can never win
  A                            E
I know baby you can't lick it, I'll make you give in
B
Every minute, every hour
                 A
You'll be shaken by the strength and mighty power
      | E | % | % | % |
Of my love
[Middle 8]
A                       E
Baby I want you, you'll never get away
A                            B
My love will haunt you, yes, haunt you night and day
Verse
E                   E
Touch it, pound it, what good does it do
A                            E
There's just no stoppin' the way I feel for you
      B
Cause every minute, every hour
                 A
You'll be shaken by the strength and mighty power
      | E | % | % | % |
Of my love
[Middle 8]
            A                       E
Yeah, yeah, baby I want you, you'll never get away
A                            B
My love will haunt you, yes, haunt you night and day
Verse
E                   E
Touch it, pound it, what good does it do
A                            E
There's just no stoppin' the way I feel for you
      B
Cause every minute, every hour
                 A
You'll be shaken by the strength and mighty power
      | E | % | % | % |
Of my love
Outro (repeat and fade)
       B
I said every minute, every hour
                 A
You'll be shaken by the strength and mighty power
      | E | % | % | % |
Of my love
B
Every minute, every hour
                 A
You'll be shaken by the strength and mighty power
      | E | % | % | % |
Of my love
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       8. Gentle on my Mind
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Written by: John Hartford
capo: 4th fret
play: C
key: E
For chords in original key transpose this tab +4
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CHORDS
       E-A-D-G-B-e
C      x-3-2-0-1-0
Em/B   x-2-x-0-0-0
Am7    x-0-2-0-1-0
Dm     x-x-0-2-3-1
Dbaug  x-4-3-2-2-x
Dm7/C  x-3-x-2-1-1
G      3-x-0-0-0-3
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Intro
| C | % |
Verse 1
     C                 Em/B           Am7
It's knowin' that your door is always open
         C/G             Dm
And your path is free to walk
     Dm               Dbaug            Dm7/C
That makes me tend to keep my sleeping bag rolled up
    G                   C
And stashed behind your couch
         C               Em/B
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled
   Am7                 C/G
By forgotten words and bonds
        C                                    Dm
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
     Dm               Dbaug
That keeps you in the back roads
       Dm7/C        G
By the rivers of my memory
     Dm             G            C
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
Verse 2
         C               Em/B
It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy
Am7              C/G              Dm
Planted on their columns now that bind me
   Dm                 Dbaug       Dm7/C
Or something that somebody said because
                G            C
They thought we fit together walkin'
          C                Em/B
It's just knowing that the world
            Am7           C/G
Will not be cursing or forgiving
       C                                  Dm
When I walk along some railroad track and find
            Dm            Dbaug
That you're movin' on the back roads
       Dm7/C        G
By the rivers of my memory
        Dm                G            C
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
Verse 3
           C                    Em/B
Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
        Am7               C/G             Dm
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
         Dm            Dbaug         Dm7/C
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
           G                C
'Cause she turned and I was gone
  C                  Em/B
I still might run in silence
         Am7                C/G
Tears of joy might stain my face
        C                                 Dm
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
    Dm             Dbaug
But not to where I cannot see
    Dm7/C          G
You walkin' on the back roads
       Dm             G            C
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind
Verse 4
  C             Em/B
I dip my cup of soup back
       Am7                C/G              Dm
From a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron in some train yard
   Dm               Dbaug
My beard a rustlin' coal pile
      Dm7/C            G             C
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
        C                     Em/B
Through cupped hands 'round a tin can
     Am7              C/G              Dm
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
            Dm               Dbaug
That you're waitin' from the back roads
       Dm7/C        G
By the rivers of my memory
     Dm            G            C
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind
Outro
| C | % |
(repeat and fade)
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             9. After Loving You
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Written by: Eddie Miller/Janet Lantz
Intro all in triplets
[ D       G ]  A                               A7
               1 2 3 4 5 6  1 2 3 4 5 6  1 2 3 4 5 6  1 2 3 4 5 6
e ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B ----5---6---|8-----------|------------|------5-----|------------|
G 5---5---5---|7-----------|------------|-----5h6----|------------|
D 5---5---7---|9-----------|------------|------5-----|------------|
A ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
E ------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
  D            G            D
  1 2 3 4 5 6  1 2 3 4 5 6  1
e|------------|------------|
B|------------|------------|
G|7-----------|------------|
D|7-----------|--7-9-------|0
A|----------5-/9-----7-0-2-|
E|------5-7---|------------|
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Intro
[ D ] | A | A A7 | D G | D
                      (break)
Verse
              G                        D
But now after loving you, what else is there to do
           A                                     D
For honey, all the rest is just gonna have to be second best
Verse
            G                         D
I know I'll go through life comparing her to you
                                          A                   | D G7 | D |
That's 'cause I'm no good, I'm no good to anyone after loving you
[Middle 8]
                          G                                      D
Your precious love cannot be erased by just another woman with a pretty face
                             E7                          | A |     A7
And your memory, you know it will remain for it cannot be erased (break)
Verse
                G                           D
Other loves may come along, they can't live up to you
                                          A                   | D G7 | D |
That's 'cause I'm no good, I'm no good to anyone after loving you
[Middle 8]
                          G7                                     D
Your precious love cannot be erased by just another woman with a pretty face
                             E7                          | A |     A7
And your memory, you know it will remain for it cannot be erased (break)
Verse
                G                           D
Other loves may come along, they can't live up to you
                                          A                   | D G7 | D |
That's 'cause I'm no good, I'm no good to anyone after loving you
                                   A                   | D G7 | D |
I said I'm no good, I'm no good to anyone after loving you
                                        A
I said I'm no good, I'm no good, I'm no good to anyone
                                             | D G7 | D |
To anyone, to anyone, to anyone after loving you
(repeat and fade)
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      10. True Love Travels On A Gravel Road
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Written by: A.L. Owens/Dallas Frazier
CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
F/G      3-x-3-2-1-x
Em/B     x-2-0-0-0-0
Eaug     0-3-2-1-1-x
F/C      x-3-x-2-1-1
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Intro
| C Em | Dm F/G | C | % |
Verse 1
C                     Em/B
How many girls choose cotton dress worlds
     F                          C
When they could have satins and lace
    E                       E7                           F      | G |
And stand by her man, never once letting shade touch her face
C                          Eaug
How many hearts could live through all the winters
      F                      C
We've known and still not be cold
C    Em   Dm           F/G    C     | C F/C |
True love travels on a gravel road
Chorus
C                      Eaug
Love is a stranger and hearts are in danger
    F                          C
All through streets paved with gold
    C    Em   Dm           F/G    C     | C |
Oh, true love travels on a gravel road.
Interlude
| C Em | Dm F/G | C | % |
Verse 2
C                                Em/B
Down through the years we've had hard times and tears
    F                         C
But they only helped our love grow
    E                                            F           | G |
And we'll stay together no matter how strong the wind blows
    C                     Eaug
Not once have I seen your blue eyes filled with envy
   F                           C
Or stray from the one that you hold
    C    Em   Dm           F/G    C     | C |
Oh, true love travels on a gravel road.
Chorus
C                      Eaug
Love is a stranger and hearts are in danger
    F                          C
All through streets paved with gold
    C    Em   Dm           F/G    C     | C |
Oh, true love travels on a gravel road
Outro
      C    Em   Dm           F/G    C     | C |
Yeah, true love travels on a gravel road. Mmmm
C    Em   Dm           F/G    C     | C |
True love travels on a gravel road.
C    Em   Dm           F/G    C     | C |
True love travels on a gravel road
(repeat and fade)
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          11. Any Day Now
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Written by: Burt Bacharach/Bob Hilliard
Intro
  D      Dsus2     D       D7       D6      D       Dsus4    D  Dsus2
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2-------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|3-------3-------|3-------1-------|3-------3-------|3-------3---3---|
G|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|4-------2-------|0-------2---2---|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------4---2---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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Intro
| D Dsus2 | D D7 | D6 D | Dsus4   D Dsus2 |
| G | % | Em | % |
Verse
    G
Any day now
Bm
  I will hear you say
    C
Goodbye my love
C                 Dbdim7
You'll be on your way
        G/D            Gaug/Eb
Then my wild beautiful bird
              Em      Cm
You will have flown
    G/D
Any day now (Any day now)
             C/D
I'll be all alone (I'll be all alone)
C/D             G
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Verse
    G
Any day now
Bm
  When your restless eyes
             C
Meet someone new
C            Dbdim7
To my sad surprise
         G/D              Gaug/Eb
Then the blue shadow will fall
         Em      Cm
All over town
    G/D
Any day now (Any day now)
             C/D
Love will let me down (Love will let me down)
C/D             G
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Interlude
| G | % | Em | % |
[Middle 8]
Em
 I know I shouldn't want to keep you
       Bm            C     D
If you don't want to stay, yeah
G                      Bm
  Until you've gone forever
        Em      Bm          Em
I'll be holding on for dear life
D                  C
  Holding you this way
C/D              G
  Begging you to stay
Verse
G
  Any day now
Bm
  When the clock strikes go
               C
You'll call it off
C                  Dbdim7
Then my tears will flow
         G/D              Gaug/Eb
Then the blue shadow will fall
         Em      Cm
All over town
    G/D
Any day now (Any day now)
                 C    C/D
Love will let me down  (Love will let me down)
                  G
And you won't be around
Outro
| G | % | Em | % |
    (Any day now) Any day now
| G | % | Em | % |
Don't fly away, my beautiful bird
| G | % | Em | % |
Don't fly away, my beautiful bird
(repeat and fade)
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          12. In the Ghetto
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Written by: Mac Davis
Capo: 3rd fret
Play: G
Key: Bb
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CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
G        3-x-0-0-0-x
C/G      3-x-2-0-1-x
Dsus4    x-x-0-2-3-3
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Intro
| G C/G | G  C/G G |
Verse 1
       | G         C/G | G  C/G G |
As the snow flies
     Bm
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
  C                D
A poor little baby child is born
       | G     C/G | G  C/G G |
In the ghetto
Verse
       | G          C/G | G  C/G G |
And his mama cries
         Bm
Cause if there’s one thing that she don’t need
      C             D
It’s another hungry mouth to feed
       | G     C/G | G  C/G G |
In the ghetto
[Middle 8]
                  D
People, don’t you understand
                  C       G
The child needs a helping hand
   C                   D                    G
Or he’ll grow to be an angry young man some day
                    D          [ Dsus4 D ]
Now, take a look at you and me,
           C        G
Are we too blind to see,
C            Bm
Do we simply turn our heads
    Am7            D
And look the other way
Verse
       | G          C/G | G  C/G G |
Well the world turns
      Bm
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
C                          D
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
       | G     C/G | G  C/G G |
In the ghetto
Verse
       | G          C/G | G  C/G G |
And his hunger burns
       Bm
So, he starts to roam the streets at night
       C                          D
And he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight
       | G     C/G | G  C/G G |
In the ghetto
[Middle 8] variation
D
Then one night in desperation
    C                 G
The young man breaks away
   C           Bm
He buys a gun, steals a car,
Am                   D
Tries to run, but he don’t get far
Verse
   | G        C/G | G  C/G G |
His mama cries
     Bm
As a crowd gathers round an angry young man
     C                         D
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
       | G      C/G   | G  C/G G |
In the ghetto   (In the ghetto)
Verse
      | G              C/G  |  G  C/G G |
As her young man dies  (In the ghetto)
     Bm
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin',
 C                  D
Another little baby child is born ...
       | G      C/G   | G  C/G G |
In the ghetto   (In the ghetto)
Outro
       | G           C/G   | G  C/G G |
And his mama cries  (In the ghetto)
| G        C/G   | G  C/G G |
           (In the ghetto)
| G        C/G   | G  C/G G |
             (Aah, aaah)
| G C/G | G  C/G G |
(fade out)