Songs Of Our Soil – Johnny Cash
Nghệ sĩ: Johnny Cash
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
"Songs Of Our Soil" - Johnny Cash
Released 1959
Link to playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n5eqVrIbJBaHphDc5W2pVpKbif5uqJylE
# Title
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1.) Drink To Me
2.) Five Feet High And Rising
3.) The Man On The Hill
4.) Hank And Joe And Me
5.) Clementine
6.) The Great Speckled Bird
7.) I Want To Go Home
8.) The Caretaker
9.) Old Apache Squaw
10.) Don't Step On Mother's Roses
11.) My Grandfather's Clock
12.) It Could Be You (Instead Of Him)
Capo on 1st fret for all songs
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1.) "Drink To Me"
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iQmBLPTzpU
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Drink to me, drink to me
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
Drink to me, drink to me
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Drink to me
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
A rose, a carnation, the lily and an orchid
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
Make such a pretty bouquet (drink to me, drink to me)
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
But only the orchid was worthy of you
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
So I threw all the others away (drink to me, drink to me)
ch]C[/ch
Then you took the orchid and you breathed on its petals
ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
And after a day or two
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
The flower still blooms, but the scent's not the orchid's
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
It carries the savor of you
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Drink to me, drink to me
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
Drink to me, drink to me
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Drink to me
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
So if you're gonna drink to me, drink with your eyes
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
And I'll never cry for wine (drink to me, drink to me)
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
Or leave a kiss in an empty coffee cup
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Then pass it from your lips to mine (drink to me, drink to me)
ch]C[/ch
'cause I've got a thirst burning way down in my soul
ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
And honey from a sugar tree
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
Is not half as sweet as the air that you breathe
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Honey, come here and drink to me
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Drink to me, drink to me
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
Drink to me, drink to me
[ch]G7[/ch] N.C.
Drink to me
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2.) "Five Feet High And Rising"
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK7P4Sgomtw
ch]A[/ch
How high's the water, Mama?
ch]A[/ch
Two feet high and rising
ch]A[/ch
How high's the water, Papa?
ch]A[/ch
She said it's two feet high and rising
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
Well, we can make it to the road in a homemade boat
ch]D[/ch
'cause that's the only thing we got left that'll float
ch]E7[/ch
It's already over all the wheat and the oats
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Two feet high and rising
ch]C[/ch
How high's the water, Mama?
ch]C[/ch
Three feet high and rising
ch]C[/ch
How high's the water, Papa?
ch]C[/ch
She said it's three feet high and rising
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch
Well, the hives are gone, I've lost my bees
ch]F[/ch
The chickens are sleeping in the willow trees
ch]G7[/ch
Cow's in water up past her knees
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Three feet high and rising
ch]D[/ch
How high's the water, Mama?
ch]D[/ch
Four feet high and rising
ch]D[/ch
How high's the water, Papa?
ch]D[/ch
She said it's four feet high and rising
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch
Hey, come look through the window pane
ch]G[/ch
The bus is coming, gonna take us to the train
ch]A7[/ch
Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Four feet high and rising
ch]E[/ch
How high's the water, Mama?
ch]E[/ch
Five feet high and rising
ch]E[/ch
How high's the water, Papa?
ch]E[/ch
She said it's five feet high and rising
Verse 4→ Phiên khúc
ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
Well, the rails are washed out north of town
ch]A[/ch
We gotta head for higher ground
ch]B7[/ch
We can't come back, 'til the water goes down
ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Five feet high and rising
ch]E[/ch
Well, it's five feet high and rising
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3.) "The Man On The Hill"
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI-6CVZpTqE
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch
Will we get cold and hungry? Will times be very bad?
ch]A[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
When we're needing bread and meat, where we gonna get it, Dad?
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch
We'll get it from the man in the house on the hill
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Yes, we will from the man on the hill
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch
Plowing time is over, still the fields are bare
ch]A[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
How we gonna make a living with twenty acres to share?
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch
I'll beg for more land from the man on the hill
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Yes, I will, I'll ask the man on the hill
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch
I ain't got no Sunday shoes that I can wear to town
ch]A[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Papa reckon the boss has got a pair of hand-me-downs
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch
I'll go and ask the man in the house on the hill
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Yes, I will, I'll ask the man on the hill
Verse 4→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch
Maybe he will help us, maybe we'll get by
ch]A[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
But who's gonna pay the dying bills if we all should die?
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch
We'll leave it to the man in the sky when we die
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Yes, we'll leave it to the man in the sky
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4.) "Hank and Joe and Me"
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFgp9eWmRwc
Intro
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
In the desert where we searched for gold
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
The days are hot, the nights are cold
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Hank and Joe and me walked on
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
So bold and brave and free
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
For days and days, we fought the heat
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
I got so thirsty and I got so weak
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
And when I fell 'cause I couldn’t go
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
I heard Hank say to Joe
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
"He’s dying (dying, dying) for water
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Hear him crying (crying, crying) for water
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch
We'll lay him down in the dust and sand"
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch
He said, "Joe, you know he’s a dying man
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch
Leave him there and let him die
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
I can’t stand to hear him cry for water"
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
I don't remember how long I lay
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
But when I woke, it was the break of day
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Buzzards circled miles ahead
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
I knew Hank and Joe were dead
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
My eyes were dim, but I could see
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
A bed of gold nuggets under me
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Now I know that it won't be long
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
'til they decorate my bones
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
'cause I’m dying (dying, dying) for water
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Can’t help crying (crying, crying) for water
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch
Well, they laid me down in the dust and sand"
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch
He said, "Joe, you know he’s a dying man
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch
Leave him there and let him die
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
I can't stand to hear him cry for water"
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
He couldn't stand to hear me cry for water
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5.) "Clementine"
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dFEeqKjVog
Intro
N.C. [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]
(Oh, my darling, Clementine)
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
She knew that Cody was the man she wanted
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
But she had waited nearly all her life
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Just one more trip to town to tell the boys goodbye
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Then he'd be back to take her for his wife
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
(Don't you worry) Clementine
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Cody saddled up and left his darling
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Then rode to town to celebrate his plan
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
He told them this would be his last carousing
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
"I'm gonna settle down, boys, if I can
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
(With my darling) Clementine"
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Someone said it must have been past midnight
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
When Cody had to face a jealous man
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Another story goes that no one really knows
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
But it seems there was a dance-hall girl called Nan
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
(Don't you tell) Clementine
Verse 4→ Phiên khúc
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
We do know that a shot or two was heard from some back room
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Then there was a silence in the place
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Just one more trip to town, but all his chips were down
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
They found Cody lying on his face
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
(Softly calling) Clementine
Verse 5→ Phiên khúc
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
So buddies, make a monument to lay down at his head
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Sure you hate to leave your pal behind
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Mother, help your daughter put her wedding dress away
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
'cause Cody won't be riding back this time
ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
(To his darling) Clementine
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6.) "The Great Speckled Bird"
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ihP99FkKzw
Intro
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
What a beautiful thought I am thinking
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Concerning the great speckled bird
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And to know that my name is recorded
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
On the pages of God's Holy Word
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Desiring to lower her standard
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
They watch every move that she makes
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
They long to find fault with her teachings
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
But really she makes no mistake
Interlude
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
I am glad I have learned of her meekness
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
I am glad that my name is on her book
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
For I want to be one never fearing
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
The face of my Savior to look
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And when He cometh descending from heaven
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
On a cloud like He said in His Word
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
I'll be joyfully carried to meet Him
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
On the wings of the great speckled bird
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7.) "I Want To Go Home"
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQPyy23F1KY
Intro
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch
We sailed on the ship John B, my grandfather and me
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
Around Nassau town we did roam
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Drinking all night, got into a fight
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Well, I feel so homesick, I wanna go home
ch]C[/ch
So hoist up the John B sail, see how the mainsail sets
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Let me go home, why don't you let me go home?
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Well, I feel so homesick, I wanna go home
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch
The first mate, he got drunk, broke up the people's trunk
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
Constable had to come and take him away
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Sheriff John Stone, why don't you leave me alone?
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Well, I feel so homesick, I wanna go home
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch
Then the cook, he caught the fits, threw out all of my grits
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
Then he took and ate up all of my corn
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Let me go home, why don't you let me go home?
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Well, this is the worst trip since I have been born
ch]C[/ch
So hoist up the John B sail, see how the mainsail sets
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Let me go home, why don't you let me go home?
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] N.C. [ch]C[/ch
Well, I feel so homesick, I wanna go home
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8.) "The Caretaker"
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEAxB7Eh8dQ
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
I live in the cemetery
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Oh, Caretaker, they call me
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
In the wintertime, I rake the leaves
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
And in the summer, I cut the weeds
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
When a funeral comes, the people cry and pray
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
They bury their dead, then they all go away
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
But through their grief, I still can see
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Their hate and greed and jealousy
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
So here I work and I somehow hide
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
From a world that rushes by outside
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
And each night when I rest my head
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
I'm contented as the peaceful dead
ch]A[/ch
But who's gonna cry when old John dies?
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Who's gonna cry when old John dies?
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
Once, I was a young man
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Dashing with the girls
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
Now, no one wants an old man
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
I lost my handsome curls
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
But I wanna say when my time comes
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Lay me facing the rising sun
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Put me in a corner where I buried my pop
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Tell the preacher to pray, then cover me up
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Don't lay flowers where my head should be
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Maybe God will let some grow from me
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
And all the little children that I loved like my own
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Will they be sorry that old John's gone?
ch]A[/ch
Who's gonna cry when old John dies?
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Who's gonna cry when old John dies?
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9.) "Old Apache Squaw"
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndlhTeAxwTk
Intro
N.C.
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
N.C. [ch]G[/ch]
Old Apache Squaw, how many long lean years you saw?
ch]G[/ch
How many bitter winter nights
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Shivering in a cold teepee?
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Shivering in a cold teepee?
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch
Old Apache Squaw, how many hungry kids you saw?
ch]G[/ch
How many bloody warriors
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Running to the sea?
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Fleeing to the sea?
ch]C[/ch
Well, now they tell me that you saw Cochise
ch]G[/ch
When he made his last stand
ch]C[/ch
He said, "The next white man that sees my face
[ch]D[/ch] N.C.
Is gonna... be a dead white man"
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
N.C. [ch]G[/ch]
Old Apache Squaw, how many broken hearts you saw?
ch]G[/ch
Have you had misty eyes for years?
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Could that mist be tears?
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Could that mist be tears?
ch]C[/ch
Well, now they tell me that you saw Cochise
ch]G[/ch
When he made his last stand
ch]C[/ch
He said, "The next white man that sees my face
[ch]D[/ch] N.C.
Is gonna... be a dead white man"
Verse 4→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch
Old Apache Squaw, how many broken hearts you saw?
ch]G[/ch
You've had misty eyes for years
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Could that mist be tears?
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Could that mist be tears?
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Old Apache Squaw
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10.) "Don't Step on Mother's Roses"
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2rHzg-R7lk
Intro
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
We all were called to come back
ch]D[/ch
To the old home on the farm
ch]A7[/ch
Mother passed away
ch]D[/ch
What a mournful day
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
And as my daddy watched
ch]D[/ch
His eyes were filled with pain and hurt
ch]E7[/ch
When someone stepped upon a rose
ch]A7[/ch
And crushed it in the dirt
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
"Don't step on Mother's roses," Daddy cried
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
"She planted them the day she was my bride
ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And every time I see a rose, I see her smiling face
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
She made my darkest days look bright around the old home place
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Don't step on Mother's roses, let 'em grow
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The way they did since many years ago
ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
They'll bloom for me each year and I'll have Mother near
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Don't step on Mother's roses, let 'em grow"
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Years have passed away
ch]D[/ch
And how the old home place has changed
ch]A7[/ch
Daddy had to go
ch]D[/ch
We all miss him so
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Children pick the roses
ch]D[/ch
As they go along the way
ch]E7[/ch
But when their petals are abused
ch]A7[/ch
I hear my daddy say
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
"Don't step on Mother's roses," Daddy cried
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
"She planted them the day she was my bride
ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And every time I see a rose, I see her smiling face
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
She made my darkest days look bright around the old home place
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Don't step on Mother's roses, let 'em grow
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The way they did since many years ago
ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
They'll bloom for me each year and I'll have Mother near
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Don't step on Mother's roses, let them grow"
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11.) "My Grandfather's Clock"
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0o8A4RccUY
Intro
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
So it stood ninety years on the floor
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
It was taller by half than the old man himself
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
And was always his treasure and pride
ch]D[/ch] N.C. [ch]A7[/ch] N.C. [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
But it stopped... short... never to go again
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
When the old man died
ch]D[/ch
Ninety years without slumbering
ch]D[/ch
His life seconds numbering
ch]D[/ch] N.C. [ch]A7[/ch] N.C. [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
It stopped... short... never to go again
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
When the old man died
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
My grandfather said that of those he could hire
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Not a servant so faithful he found
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
For it wasted no time and had but one desire
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
At the close of each week to be wound
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And it kept in its place, not a frown upon its face
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
And its hands never hung by its side
ch]D[/ch] N.C. [ch]A7[/ch] N.C. [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
But it stopped... short... never to go again
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
When the old man died
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
It rang an alarm in the dead of the night
ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
An alarm that for years had been dumb
ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight
ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
That his hour for departure had come
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Still the clock kept the time with a soft and muffled chime
ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch
As we silently stood by his side
ch]E[/ch] N.C. [ch]B7[/ch] N.C. [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
But it stopped... short... never to go again
ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
When the old man died
ch]E[/ch
Ninety years without slumbering
ch]E[/ch
His life seconds numbering
ch]E[/ch] N.C. [ch]B7[/ch] N.C. [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
It stopped... short... never to go again
ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
When the old man died
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12.) "It Could Be You (Instead of Him)"
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Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5R5fy8Hqmc
Intro
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
If you should meet some lonely soul
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Who on this earth can't reach his gold
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
And he's traveling down a road so dark and dim (dark and dim)
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
Lend a hand, say a prayer
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Give a smile that he might share
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
But for the grace of God, it could be you instead of him
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
(But for the grace of God, it could be you instead of him)
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
Befriend each stranger in the night
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Help to make his burdens light
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch
Lift up the fallen ones and be a friend (be a friend)
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
Shed a tear, share a sigh
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Share his fears, don't pass him by
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
But for the grace of God, it could be you instead of him
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
(It could be you instead of him)
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch
Shed a tear, share a sigh
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Share his fears, don't pass him by
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
But for the grace of God, it could be you instead of him
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
(It could be you instead of him)