Ive Just Told Mama Goodbye
Ive just told mama goodbye
Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by curley kinsey and sunshine slim sweet
[d] each year on [a7] mothers [d] day
The rose I [g] wore was [d] red
But [g] today Im saying [d] my first prayer
Mamas lying on her [a7] dying [d] bed.
[d] Ive just told [a7] mama good-[d] bye
Mothers day has [g] turned to [d] night
Like the [g] flowers in may, she [d] withered away
And my red rose is [a7] turning [d] white.
This is the dreaded hour
We all must face someday
Yet theres consolation in my heart
She will bloom in the masters bouquet.
Her time has come to go
And theres nothing I can do
Only hold her hand and say goodbye
Mamas day with her children is through.
Ive just told mama goodbye
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I Can't Help It
Words and music by hank williams, sr.
Intro: notes/chords to last line of last verse.
Capo: 2nd fret/key: e/play: d
[a7] today i [d] passed you [a7] on the [d] street
[d7] and my [g] heart fell at your [d] feet
I can't [a7] help it if i'm still in love with [d] you
[a7] somebody [d] else stood [a7] by your [d] side
[d7] and he [g] looked so satis-[d] fied
I can't [a7] help it if i'm still in love with [d] you. ... [d7]
A [g] picture from the past came slowly [d] stealing
As i [a7] brushed your arm and walked so close to [d] you ... [d7]
Then [g] suddenly i got that old time [d] feeling
I can't [a] help it if i'm still in love with [d] you.
It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you
And hold you just the way i used to do
Oh, heaven only knows how much i miss you
I can't help it if i'm still in love with you.
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No One Will Ever Know
[c] no one will ever know [f] my heart is [c] breaking
Al[g]though a million teardrops start to [c] flow
Ill cry myself to sleep [f] and wake up [c] smiling
Ill [g] miss you but no one will ever [c] know
Ill [g] tell them we grew tired of each [c] other
And [d] realized our dreams could never [g] be
Ill [c] even make believe [f] I never [c] loved you
Then no [g] one will ever know the truth but [c] me
[c]no one will ever know [f] how much Im [c] pineing
Each [g] time the past comes back to haunt me [c] so
No one will ever see [f] the tears Im [c] hiding
Youve [g] hurt me but no one will ever [c] know
Ill [g] tell then I found true love with [c] another
That [d] I was glad the day you set me [g] free
Ill [c] even make believe [f] I never [c] loved you
Then no [g] one will ever know the truth but [c] me
Ron mcgough
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Singing Waterfall
Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Written by fred rose and hank williams, sr.
Theres a [c] singin waterfall
In the [f] mountains far a-[c] way
Thats where I long to be
At the [d7] close of evry [g7] day
Thats [c] where my sweethearts sleepin
[f] down beneath the [c] clay
I [f] often sit and [c] wonder
Why the [g7] lord took her a-[c] way.
Chorus
Wed meet there evry evnin
When the [f] sun was sinkin [c] low
And wed listen to the waters
As they [d7] rippled soft and [g7] low
And [c] since shes gone to heaven
I [f] miss her most of [c] all
To-[f] night my darlins [c] sleepin
By the [g7] singin water-[c] fall.
Last night as I lay dreamin
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Why Should We Try Anymore
(orginally released august 1950 as m-g-m #10760)
From hank williams: the singles collection
Transcribed by: ron mcgough
[d] whats the use to deny weve been [g] living a [d] lie
That we should have admitted be[a]fore
We were [d] just victims of a [g] half-hearted [d] love
So why should we [a] try any[d]more
The vows that we make are [g] only to [d] break
We drift like a wave from the [a] shore
The [d] kisses we steal we [g] know are not [d] real
So why should we [a] try any[d]more
The dreams that we knew can [g] never come [d] true
Theyre gone to return no [a] more
[d] false love like ours [g] fades with the [d] flowers
So why should we [a] try any[d]more
Our storys so old a[g]gain has been [d] told
On the past lets close the [a] door
And [d] smile dont regret but [g] live and [d] forget
Theres no use to [a] try any[d]more
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Honky Tonk Blues
[e]well I left my home down on the rural route
I told my paw im going steppin out and get the
[a7] honky tonk blues, hey the honky tonk [e] blues
Hey [b7] lord I got em, I got the ho-on-ky tonk [e] blues
ell I went to a dance and I wore out my shoes
Woke up this mornin wishin I could lose
Them jumpin [a7] honky tonk blues, hey the honky tonk [e]blues
Oh [b7] lord I got em, I go the ho-on-ky tonk [e] blues
Solo [e] [a] [e] [b7]
[e]ell I stopped into every place in town
This city life has really got me down
I got [a7] the honky tonk blues, hey the honky tonk [e]blues
ell [b7] lord I got em, I got the ho-on-ky tonk [e] blues
[e] im gonna tuck my worries underneath my arm
And scat right back to my pappys farm
And leave these [a7] honky tonk blues, hey the honky tonk [e] blues
[b7] oh lord I got em, I go the ho-on-ky tonk [e] blues
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The Blues Come Around
Once I was happy as I could be but I let a gal make a fool of me
And ever since she let me down the blues come around when the sun comes down
Oh the blues come around oh the blues come around
Lard the blues come around every evenin' when the sun goes down
[ guitar ]
As the sun is in the sky those doggone blues never make me cry
But ever since she left this town the blues come around when the sun goes down
Oh the blues come around...
[ fiddle ]
I've built my castle very high and then she went and said goodbye
Ever since she poured 'em down the blues come around when the sun goes down
Oh the blues come around...
[ steel ]
Once she called me all her own but now she's gone and I'm alone
And every evenin' I'm sorrow bound
Cause the blues come around when the sun goes down
Oh the blues come around...
[ guitar ]
Oh the blues come around...
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Wealth Wont Save Your Soul
(e) as we journey along, on (a) lifes wicked (e) road,
So selfish are we, for silver and (b7) gold,
You can (e) treasure your wealth, your (a) diamonds and (e) gold,
But my friends it wont save, your (b7) poor wicked (e) soul.
For when God calls, from his home up on high,
To your earthly wealth, you must say goodbye,
Then its useless to you, if youve strayed from the fold,
For my friend it wont save your poor wicked soul.
The rich man like all, will be judged at that time,
But all of his wealth, will be left behind.
For no matter how much earthly wealth you get hold,
Well my friend it wont save, your poor wicked soul.
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When the world is on fire, on that judgement day,
For all of our wrongs, then we must pay,
But the debt cant be paid, with silver and gold,
No friends it wont save, your poor wicked soul.
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Peace Will Come
(e) i'm praying for the day, when the (a) whole wide world can say,
That this (e) cruel war it is (b7) o'er,
And the (e) boys who are gone, start their (a) long journey home,
Oh i'm (e) praying for the (b7) day when peace will (e) come.
When the black clouds roll away, and the skies are bright and gay,
And the guns are silent once more,
And the bombs no longer fly, from the planes up in the sky,
Oh i'm praying for the day when peace will come.
Oh there's mother and dad, don't you know they'll be so glad,
To see their son's coming home,
This old world will rock with joy, for that freedom loving boy,
Oh i'm praying for the day when peace will come.
Sweethearts and wives so dear, who have waited for that year,
For their loved ones to return,
This old world will be so gay, on that great and happy day,
Oh i'm praying for the day when peace will come.
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Im Sorry For You, My Friend
Im sorry for you, my friend
Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Written by hank williams, sr.
[e] youve known so long that you were wrong
But still you had your [b7] way
You told her lies and alibis
And hurt her more each [e] day
But now your conscience bothers you
Youve reached your [e7] journeys [a] end
Youre [b7] asking me for sympathy
Im sorry for you, my [e] friend.
You laughed inside each time she cried
You tried to make her blue
She tagged along through right and wrong
Because she worshipped you
You know that youre the one to blame
Theres no use to pretend
Todays the day you start to pay
Im sorry for you, my friend.
Today as she walked arm in arm
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