Wednesday's Strings, 106

Guitar 106, emphasizing the subtle harmonic beauty of the rise and fall of major, minor and augmented keys. With the following three songs learned and discussed:

  Am E7 A7 Once I built a railroad, made it run, D G7 C E7 Made it race against time; Dm/F E7 Am F7 Once I build a railroad -- now it's done. Dm6 E7 Am Brother, can you spare a dime? Am E7 A7 Once I built a tower to the sun, D G7 C E7 Brick and rivet and lime; Dm/F E7 Am F7 Once I build a tower -- now it's done. Dm6 E7 Am Brother, can you spare a dime? Bridge: A7 Once, in khaki suits, gee, we looked swell, Gm6 A7 Full of that Yankee Doodle de-dum; D7 Half a million boots went sloggin' through Hell -- Am F7 E7 I was the kid with the drum. Am E7 A7 Say, don't you remember, they called me Al? D G7 C E7 It was Al all the time. Dm/F E7 Am F7 Say, don't you remember? I'm your pal. Dm6 E7 E7+5 Am Buddy can you spare a dime?

    C F C When I was a child my family would travel, G7 C down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born F C And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered, G7 C so many times that my memories are worn. C F C And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, G7 C down by the Green River where Paradise lay F C Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, G7 C Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away C F C Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River, G7 C to the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill F C Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols, G7 C but empty pop bottles was all we would kill. C F C And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, G7 C down by the Green River where Paradise lay F C Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, G7 C Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away C F C G7 C F C G7 C G7 C C F C Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel, G7 C and they tortured the timber and stripped all the land F C Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken, G7 C then they wrote it all down as the progress of man. C F C And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, G7 C down by the Green River where Paradise lay F C Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, G7 C C G7 C Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away C F C When I die let my ashes float down the Green River, G7 C let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam F C I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin', G7 C just five miles away from wherever I am. C F C And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, G7 C down by the Green River where Paradise lay F C Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, G7 C Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away C F C G7 C F C G7 C G7 C . . . D F C G Old man look at my life, Twenty four and there's so much more D F C F Live alone in a paradise That makes me think of two. D F C G Love lost, such a cost, Give me things that don't get lost. D C Like a coin that won't get tossed F G Rolling home to you. [Instrumental] D Am7 Em7 G [Chorus] D Old man take a look at my life Am7 Em7 G I'm a lot like you D I need someone to love me Am7 Em7 G the whole day through D Ah, one look in my eyes Am7 Em7 G and you can tell that's true. [Instrumental] D F C G D F C F [Verse] D F C G Lullabies, look in your eyes, Run around the same old town. D F Doesn't mean that much to me C F To mean that much to you. D F C G I've been first and last, Look at how the time goes past. D C But I'm all alone at last. F G Rolling home to you. [Instrumental] D Am7 Em7 G [Chorus] D Old man take a look at my life Am7 Em7 G I'm a lot like you D I need someone to love me Am7 Em7 G the whole day through D Ah, one look in my eyes Am7 Em7 G and you can tell that's true. [Instrumental] F/D (5th Fret) D5 D Dsus4 D D5 [Outro] F/D (5th Fret) D Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were. F/D (5th Fret) D Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were. F C G D

        G A Got a suprise, especially for you. G A Something that both of us, have always wanted to do. G A Waited so long, waited so long. G A Waited so long, waited so long. [Verse 2] G A I'm gonna take you on a trip so far from here. G A I've got two tickets in my pocket, now baby, we're gonna disappear. G A Waited so long, waited so long. G A Waited so long, waited so long. [Chorus] D G A I've got, two tickets to paradise. D G A Won't you, pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. D G A I've got, two tickets to paradise. D G A I've got, two tickets to paradise. [Solo] | G | G | A | A | x8 [Bridge] G G A oh-oh, ooh, oh oo-oh ooh oh ooh oh-ooh oh-oh G G A oh-oh, ooh, oh oo-oh ooh oh ooh oh-ooh oh-oh [Verse 2] G A I'm gonna take you on a trip so far from here. G A I've got two tickets in my pocket, baby, gonna disappear. (Know why?) G A Waited so long, waited so long. G A Waited so long, waited so long. [Chorus] D G A I've got, two tickets to paradise. D G A Won't you, pack your bags, we'll leave tonight D G A I've got, two tickets to paradise. D G A I've got, two tickets to paradise. [Chorus] D G A I've got, two tickets to paradise. D G A Won't you, pack your bags, we'll leave tonight D G A I've got, two tickets to paradise. D G A I've got, two tickets to paradise.