Chinese Translation (M. Ward)

Chords used: C-F-G-C7-Dm

C7: 0-3-2-3-1-0



capo 2

I sailed a [C]wild, wild sea
climbed up a [F]tall, tall mountain
I met an [C]old, old man
beneath a [G]weeping willow tree
He said now [C]if you got some questions
go and [F]lay them at my feet
but my [C]time here is brief
so you'll [G]have to pick just three

So I said:
[C]What do you do with the pieces of a broken [F]heart?
and [C]how can a man like me remain in the light?
and if [C]life is really as [C7]short as they say
then [F]why is the night so[Fm]long
and then the [C]sun went down
and he [G]sang for me this [C]song

He said:
I [C]once was a young man like [F]you
A[C]fraid to do the things
that I [G]knew I had to do
So I [G]played an escapade just like you
I [Dm]played an escapade just like [G]you

I sailed a [C]wild, wild sea
climbed up a [F]tall, tall mountain
I met an [C]old, old man
he sat be[G]neath a sapling tree
He said now [C]if you got some questions
go and [F]lay them at my feet
but my [C]time here is brief
so you'll [G]have to pick just three

And I said:
[C]What do you do with the pieces of a broken [F]heart?
and [C]how can a man like me remain in the light?
and if [C]life is really as [C7]short as they say
then [F]why is the night so[Fm]long
and then the [C]sun went down
and he [G]played for me this [C]song

(instrumental)




Source

Jolene (Dolly Parton)

via Karin's gchat away message

Chords used: Am-C-G-Em

Look out the dude's awesome purple shirt:


Capo 4

[Am]Jolene, [C]Jolene, [G]Jolene, [Am]Jolene
I'm [G]begging of you [Em[please don't take my [Am]man
[Am]Jolene, [C]Jolene, [G]Jolene, [Am]Jolene
[G]Please don't take him [Em]just because you [Am]can

[Am[Your beauty is be[C]yond compare with [G]flaming locks of [Am]auburn hair
With [G]ivory skin and [Em]eyes of emerald [Am]green.
[Am]Your smile is like a [C]breathe of spring your [G]voice is soft like [Am]summer rain
And [G]I can not com[Em]pete with [Am]Jolene.

[Am]He talks about you [C]in his sleep and there's [G]nothing I can [Am]do to keep
From [G]crying when he [Em]calls your name [Am]Jolene
Now [Am]I can easily [C]understand how [G]you could easily [Am]take my man
But [G]you don't know what he [Em]means to me [Am]

[Am]Jolene, [C]Jolene, [G]Jolene, [Am]Jolene
I'm [G]begging of you [Em[please don't take my [Am]man
[Am]Jolene, [C]Jolene, [G]Jolene, [Am]Jolene
[G]Please don't take him [Em]just because you [Am]can

[Am]You can have your [C]choice of men but [G]I could never [Am]love again
[G]He's the only [Em]one for me [Am]Jolene
I [Am]had to have this [C]talk with you My [G]happiness de[Am]pends on you
and [G]whatever you de[Em]cide to do [Am]Jolene

[Am]Jolene, [C]Jolene, [G]Jolene, [Am]Jolene
I'm [G]begging of you [Em]please don't take my [Am]man
[Am]Jolene, [C]Jolene, [G]Jolene, [Am]Jolene
[G]Please don't take him [Em]even though you [Am]can
[Am]Jolene Jolene…

Source

White Stripes Cover (different chords):

Tellin' My Troubles To My Old Guitar (Doc Watson)

Originally by Chet Atkins

Chords used: C-E7-A7-D7-G7-C7-F

E7: 0-2-0-1-0-0
G7: 3-2-0-0-0-1
C7: 0-3-2-3-1-0



Capo 4

[C]Telling my troubles to my [E7]old gui[A7]tar
[D7]Singing my [G7]blues a[C]way
[C]Telling it just how much i'm [E7]missing [A7]you
and [D7]that i miss you more every [G]day [G7]

[C]darling i [C7]love you, [F]i'm true to you
[D7]and i wonder if you're [G]missing me too [G7]
[C]Telling my troubles to my [E7]old gui[A7]tar
[D7]Singing my [G7]blues away [C]

I'm [C]telling my troubles to my [E7]old gui[A7]tar
[D7]Singing my [G7]blues a[C]way
[C]Telling it just how much i'm [E7]missing [A7]you
and [D7]that i miss you more every [G]day [G7]

[C]Someday you'll [C7]miss me like [F]i'm missing you
[D7]honey then you'll know just [G]what i'm goin [G7]through
[C]Telling my troubles to my [E7]old gui[A7]tar
[D7]Singing my [G7]blues a[C]way

Don't Hurry For Heaven (Devon Sproule)

Chords Used: C-G-F-F*-Dm-Am-D

Dm: 0-0-0-2-3-1
Fm: 1-3-3-1-1-1 (not sure what the actual name of this chord is…)



[C]I don’t believe, that you should believe in [G]heaven, anymore
The way that you’re going, I’m afraid of you floating [C]away
And if it’s forever, then you’ve got forever to [F]get there, [Fm]oh…
Don’t [C]hurry for heaven while [G]I’m taking care of you [C]here

[C]Baby you’ve got a body worth more than it’s lot of [G]admirin [G7]
I’m talking [G]studies and statues have not found a match for you [C]yet
But if you keep on living like you’ve been living [F]darlin’ who’s to [Fm]say…
Don’t [C]hurry for heaven, [G]darlin, don’t hurry a[C]way

[Dm]Tell it on the [G]mountain
[C]Tell it cross the [Am]sea, boy
[Dm]Tell ‘em all you’re [G]coming home to [C]me

Instrumental:
[C] [G] [C] [F] [Fm] [C] [G] [C]

[C]Well I’ve heard that the curves of a guitar are like the curves of [G]woman [G7]
And you can [G]tell a true player by his want to get better they [C]say
So if you love me even half as much as you love your old [F]Martin [Fm]
You should be [C]practicin on [G]me just about every [C]day

[Dm]Tell it on the [G]mountain
[C]Tell it cross the [Am]sea, boy
[Dm]Tell ‘em all you’re [G]coming home to [Am]me, to [D]me
[Dm]Tell ‘em all you’re [G]coming home to [C]me

I’ll Be Here In The Morning (Townes Van Zandt)

via Andrew

Chords Used: C-F-G7-F-Am

G7: 3-2-0-0-0-1



Capo 4

[C]There's no stronger wind than the one that blows down [F]lonesome railroad [C]lines
No prettier sight than lookin' back at a [G7]town you left behind
But there's [C]nothin' that's as real as the [F]love that's in my [C]mind.
[G7]Close your eyes I'll be here in the [F]mornin'
[G7]Close your eyes I'll [F]be here for [Am]awhile. [G7]

There's [C]lots of things along the road I'd [F]surely like to [C]see
I'd like to lean into the wind and [G7]tell myself I'm free
But your [C]softest whispers louder than the [F]highway's call to [C]me
[G7]Close your eyes I'll be here in the [F]mornin'
[G7]Close your eyes I'll [F]be here for [Am]awhile. [G7]

All the [C]mountains and the rivers and the [F]valleys can't com[C]pare
To your bluely dancin' eyes and [G7]yellow shinin' hair
I could [C]never hit the open road and [F]leave you lyin' [C]there
[G7]Close your eyes I'll be here in the [F]mornin'
[G7]Close your eyes I'll [F]be here for [Am]awhile. [G7]

Aw [C]lay your head back easy love and [F]close your cryin' [C]eyes
I'll be layin' here beside you when the [G7]sun comes on the rise
And I'll [C]stay as long as the cuckoo wails and the [F]lonesome blue jay [C]cries.
[G7]Close your eyes I'll be here in the [F]mornin'
[G7]Close your eyes I'll [F]be here for [Am]awhile. [G7]

[G7]Close your eyes I'll be here in the [F]mornin'
[G7]Close your eyes I'll [F]be here for [Am]awhile. [G7]

Killing the Blues (Alison Krauss & Robert Plant)

via Andrew

Chords used: G A D



[D] Leaves were falling just like embers
in colors red and gold the set us on [G] fire
burning just like a [D]moonbeam in our eyes

[A] somebody said they saw me
[D]swinging the world by the [G] tail
bouncing over a [D] white cloud
[A] killing the [D] blues

[D] Now I'm guilty of something
I hope you never do, because there is [G] nothing
sadder than [D] losing yourself in love.

[A] somebody said they saw me
[D]swinging the world by the [G] tail
bouncing over a [D] white cloud
[A] killing the [D] blues

Instrumental
[D] [G] [D] - [A] [D] [G] - [D] [A] [D]

[D]Now you ask me just to leave you
to go out on my own and get what I [G] need to
you want me to [D] find what I've already had

[A] somebody said they saw me
[D]swinging the world by the [G] tail
bouncing over a [D] white cloud
[A] killing the [D] blues

Waiting Round To Die (Townes Van Zandt)

Submitted by Minh

The lyrics on the second to last verse are a little different, and I think the 4th capo sounds right for this version. Unfortunately my ears may be big, but they don't have perfect pitch, so I could be wrong.

Chords used: Am-Dm-E



Capo 4th Fret

[Am]Well sometimes I don't know where this dirty [Dm]road is taking me
Some[Am]times I can't even see the reason [E]why
I [Am]guess I keep on gamblin', lots of [Dm]booze and lots of ramblin'
It's [Am]easier than just a-[E]waitin' 'round to [Am]die

[Am]One-time friends I had a ma, I [Dm]even had a pa
He [Am]beat her with a belt once cause she [E]cried
She [Am]told him to take care of me, she headed [Dm]down to Tennessee
It's [Am]easier than just a-[E]waitin' 'round to [Am]die

[Am]I came of age and found a girl in a [Dm]Tuscaloosa bar
She [Am]cleaned me out and hit it on the [E]sly
I [Am]tried to kill the pain, I bought some [Dm]booze and hopped a train
Seemed [Am]easier than just a-[E]waitin' 'round to [Am]die

[Am]A friend said he knew where some [Dm]easy money was
We [Am]robbed a man and brother did we [E]fly
The [Am]posse caught up with me, drug me [Dm]back to Muskogee
It's [Am]two long years, just a-[E]waitin' 'round to [Am]die

[Am]Now I'm out of prison, I got [Dm]me a friend at last
He [Am]don't drink or steal or cheat or [E]lie
His [Am]name's codine, he's the [Dm]nicest thing I've seen
To[Am]gether we're gonna [E]wait around to [Am]die
[Am]Well together we’re gonna [E]wait around… [Am]

Gulf Coast Highway (Emmylou Harris and Dave Matthews version)

submitted by Aimee and Minh

Dave Matthews is no Willie Nelson, but i guess he'll do. (originally a Nanci Griffith song.)

Chords used: C-F-G-Am



Capo 2nd fret

[C]Gulf coast highway, he [F]worked the [C]rails,
He worked the rice fields with their cool dark [F]wells,
He worked the [Am]old rigs in the [G]Gulf of Mexi[C]co,
The only [F]thing we've ever [C]owned is this old [G]house here by the [C]road

Chorus:
And when he [Am]dies, he says he'll [G]catch some blackbird's [C]wing;
And he will [F]fly away to [C]heaven,
come some [G]sweet blue bonnet [C]spring

She walked through spring time, when [F]I was [C]home
Our days were sweet, the nights were [F]warm
Seasons [Am]pass, jobs would [G]come, flowers [C]fade,
this old [F]house felt so a[C]lone when the [G]work took me a[C]way

And when she [Am]dies, she says she'll [G]catch some blackbird's [C]wing;
And she will [F]fly away to [C]heaven,
come some [G]sweet blue bonnet [C]spring

[short instrumental... something like Am-C-G... not sure]

Highway 90, the [F]jobs are [C]gone,
We tend our garden, we set the [F]sun
This is the [Am]only place on [G]earth blue bonnets [C]grow
And once a [F]year they come and [C]go
At this old [G]house here by the [C]road

And when we [Am]die, we says we'll [G]catch some blackbird's [C]wing;
And we will [F]fly away to C]gether, come some [G]sweet blue bonnet [C]spring;
And we will [F]fly away to C]gether, come some [G]sweet blue bonnet [C]spring

Forget the Flowers (Wilco)

submitted by Minh

Chords Used: C-E-F-G



Capo 2nd fret

[C] You're trying my patience,
Try [E]pink carnations, red [F]roses yellow daffodils [C]
[G]Don't forget the flowers [F]someday, I know you will. [C]
[C]Displayers of affection and [E]all good intentions,
[F] don't you just send me the bill. [C]

[G]Don't forget the flowers [F]someday,I know you will. [C]

[E] Well, you've been taking me, way to seriously
[F] mmmm-mmm-mmm-hmmmmm [C]
[E]I can't ever explain why I don't feel your pain
[F] mmmm-mmm-mmm-hmmmmm [C]

[C]I left you behind
I [E] know it's been a long [F]time But I'm not over you [C]
[G]Don't forget the flowers [F]Someday, I hope I do [C]

[C] You're trying my patience,
Try [E]pink carnations, red [F]roses yellow daffodils [C]
[G]Don't forget the flowers [F]someday, I know you will. [C]
[G]Don't forget the flowers [F]someday, I know you will. [C]