Foreverly

Intro:

F#
I am a roving gambler I gambled all around
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
  B            F#
I lay my money down
                   B
Lay my money down, lay my money down
F#
I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three
I met up with a pretty little girl
    B                 F#
She fell in love with me
                      B
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me
F#
She took me in her parlour, she cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her mother's ear
  B                  F#
I love that gambling man
                        B
Love that gambling man, love that gambling man
F#
Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so?
Leave your dear old mother
    B              F#
And with a gambler go
                   B
With a gambler go, with a gambler go
F#
My mother oh dear mother you can not understand
If you ever see me a coming back
     B                  F#
I'll be with a gambling man
                     B
With a gambling man, with a gambling man
F#
I left her here in El Paso and I wound up in Maine
I met up with a gambling man
B              F#
Got in a poker game
                     B
Got in a poker game, got in a poker game
F#
We put our money in the pot and dealt the cards around
I saw him deal from the bottom of the deck
      B                 F#
And I shot that gambler down
                       B
Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down
F#
Well, now I'm in the jailhouse got a number for my name
The Warden said as he locked the door
      B                  F#
You've gambled your last game
                        B
Gambled your last game, gambled your last game
F#
I am a roving gambler I gambled all around
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
  B            F#
I lay my money down
                   B
Lay my money down, lay my money down
End

            E
You cheated me
And made me lonely
I tried to be
          B
Your very own
              A
There'll be a day
               E
You'll want me only
           B
But when I leave
                    E
I'll be a long time gone
               A
Be a long time gone
               E
Be a long time gone
            B
Yes, when I leave
                    E
I'll be a long time gone
                E
You're gonna be sad
You're gonna be weepin'
You're gonna be blue
        B
And all alone
                  A
You'll regret the day
            E
You seen me leavin'
              B
'Cause when I leave
                    E
I'll be a long time gone
               A
Be a long time gone
               E
Be a long time gone
            B
Yes, when I leave
                    E
I'll be a long time gone
              E
You'll see my face
Through tears and sorrow
You'll miss the love
                B
You called your own
               A
Baby, there'll be
      E
No tomorrow
              B
'Cause when I leave
                    E
I'll be a long time gone
               A
Be a long time gone
               E
Be a long time gone
            B
Yes, when I leave
                    E
I'll be a long time gone
               A
Be a long time gone
               E
Be a long time gone
            B
Yes, when I leave
                    E
I'll be a long time gone
            B
Yes, when I leave
                    E
I'll be a long time gone
End

Intro: C G A D7 G D7
G
The lightning express from the depot so grand
    C                  G
Had started out on its way
All of the passengers that were on board
A                      D7
Seemed to be happy and gay
   G
But one little boy who sat by himself
    C                   G
Was reading a letter he had
          C                   G
You could plainly tell by the look on his face
         A           D7          G
That the contents of it made him sad
G
The stern old conductor then started his round
       C                     G
Taking tickets from everyone there
And finally reaching the side of the boy
   A                    D7
He gruffly demanded his fare
G
"I have no ticket" the boy then replied
          C                G
"But I'll pay you back someday"
          C                   G
"Then I'll put you off at the next stop we make"
       A              D7             G
But he stopped when he heard the boy say
G
"Please Mr. Conductor
      C                  G
Don't put me off of this train
The best friend I have in this world sir
   A                D7
Is waiting for me in pain
G
Expecting to die any moment sir
    C                        G
And may not live through the day
  C                         G
I wanna reach home and kiss mother goodbye
  A        D7         G
Before God takes her away."
C G A D7 G D7
G
A girl sitting near was heard to exclaim
        C                   G
"If you put him off, it's a shame."
Taking his hand, a collection she made
    A                         D7
The boy's way was paid on the train
       G
"I'm obliged to you miss for your kindness to me."
        C                          G
"You're welcome," she said, "never fear."
     C                        G
Each time the conductor would pass through the car
    A                 D7          G
The boy's words would ring in his ear
G
"Please Mr. Conductor
      C                  G
Don't put me off of this train
The best friend I have in this world sir
   A                D7
Is waiting for me in pain
G
Expecting to die any moment sir
    C                        G
And may not live through the day
  C                         G
I wanna reach home and kiss mother goodbye
  A        D7         G
Before God takes her away."
Outro:
   C                         G
"I wanna reach home and kiss mother goodbye
  A        D7         G
Before God takes her away."
End

Intro: F#
      F#
In a vine covered shack in the mountains
                                C#
Bravely fighting the battle of time
           F#                          B
There's a dear one who's weathered my sorrows
              F#            C#       F#
This is that silver haired daddy of mine
   F#
If I could recall all the heartaches
          B                         F#
Dear old daddy, I've caused you to bear
   C#                   F#
If I could erase those lines from your face
      G#                         C#
And bring back the gold to your hair
    F#
If God would but grant me the power
                                C#
Just to turn back the pages of time
     F#               B
I'd give all I own if I could but atone
         F#            C#       F#
To that silver haired daddy of mine
F#  C#  F#  B  F#  C#  F#
   F#
I know it's too late, dear old Daddy
                              C#
To repay for the sorrows and cares
             F#                    B
Though dear Mother is waiting in Heaven
          F#         C#          F#
Just to comfort and solace you there
   F#
If I could recall all the heartaches
          B                         F#
Dear old daddy, I've caused you to bear
   C#                   F#
If I could erase those lines from your face
     G#                          C#
And bring back the gold to your hair
    F#
If God would but grant me the power
                                C#
Just to turn back the pages of time
     F#               B
I'd give all I own if I could but atone
         F#            C#       F#
To that silver haired daddy of mine
     F#               B
I'd give all I own if I could but atone
         F#            C#       F#
To that silver haired daddy of mine
End

     A                F#m
Down in the willow garden
      A                  F#m
Where me and my love did meet
A                F#m
As we sat a-courtin'
   A         E      A
My love fell off to sleep
  F#m             A        F#m
I had a bottle of Burgundy wine
   A                F#m
My love she did not know
A                              F#m
So I poisoned that dear little girl
A      E     F#m
On the banks below

  A                    F#m
I drew a sabre through her
   A            F#m
It was a bloody knife
  A                  F#m
I threw her in the river
      A     E        A
Which was a dreadful sign
   F#m          A    F#m
My father often told me
     A                  F#m
That money would set me free
   A                               F#m
If I would murder that dear little girl
      A        E    A
Whose name was Rose Connelly
F#m A F#m A F#m A F#m A E F#m
   A                        F#m
My father sits at his cabin door
A                      F#m
Wiping his tear-dimmed eyes
        A                   F#m
For his only son soon shall walk
   A      E        A
To yonder scaffold high
   F#m             A        F#m
My race is run, beneath the sun
    A                 F#m
The scaffold waits for me
    A                             F#m
For I did murder that dear little girl
      A        E         F#m
Whose name was Rose Connelly
F#m
End

Intro: D A D
D
Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
                              A
Who's gonna glove your little hands
D
Who's gonna kiss your ruby red lips
D      A  D
Who-oo-oo-oo
D
Papa's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
                               A
Mama's gonna glove your little hands
D
And I'm gonna kiss your ruby red lips
D      A  D
Who-oo-oo-oo
D A D
D
Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
                              A
Who's gonna glove your little hands
D
Who's gonna kiss your ruby red lips
D      A  D
Who-oo-oo-oo
D
Papa's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
                               A
Mama's gonna glove your little hands
D
And I'm gonna kiss your ruby red lips
D      A  D
Who-oo-oo-oo
D A D
End

          F#
All these many years I've loved you
   B
No one has ever known
   F#                          C#
No one has ever known but you alone
     F#
I've kept it locked inside my heart
    B
And smiled through all my tears
   F#                        C#         F#
My darling, I have loved you oh so many years
F#
Each night within my lonely room
  B
I cry dear, over you
    F#                                    C#
And pray to God that things will turn out right
    F#
But when the dawn of day appears
  B
I brush away my tears
   F#                        C#         F#
My darling, I have loved you oh so many years
F# B F# C#
F# B F# C# F#
F#                            B
I'll go on pretending that my life is oh so gay
    F#                           C#
And happy dear without you by my side
     F#                               B
When all the time my heart is longing just to have you near
   F#                       C#         F#
My darling I have loved you oh so many years
F#                                        B
Maybe fate will lead us down a path where we will meet again
    F#                           C#
And then we both be free to love anew
     F#
Then one sweet kiss from your dear lips
     B
Will banish all my fears
   F#                       C#         F#
My darling I have loved you oh so many years
   F#                       C#         F#
My darling I have loved you oh so many years
F#
End

Intro: Bb F C F
F
T'was in the merry month of May
     Bb             F
When flowers were a-bloomin'
      Bb            F
Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay
                C       F
For the love of Barbara Allen
F
He sent his servant to the town
    Bb                 F
The town where she did dwell in
        Bb              F
Saying "Master dear has sent me here
                C       F
If your name is Barbara Allen"
F
Then slowly, slowly she got up
    Bb              F
And slowly she went to him
    Bb                F
And all she said when she got there
              C            F
"Young man, I think you're dying"
F
"Oh don't you remember the other day
     Bb             F
When we were in the tavern?
    Bb                       F
You drank your health to the ladies there
                 C       F
And you slighted Barbara Allen"
Bb F C F
F
He turned his face unto the wall
   Bb               F
He turned his back upon her
    Bb               F
"So long farewell to all my friends
           C       F
Be kind to Barbara Allen"
F
She looked to the east, she looked to the west
    Bb               F
She saw his corpse a-comin'
    Bb               F
"Oh sit him down for me" she cried
            C     F
"That I may gaze upon him"
F
The more she looked the more she grieved
    Bb             F
She bursted out to cryin'
        Bb             F
Sayin' "Pick me up and carry me home
                C    F
For I feel like I am dyin'"
Bb F C F
F
They buried Willie in the old churchyard
    Bb             F
And Barbara in the new one
     Bb                   F
From Willie's grave there grew a rose
               C       F
From Barbara's a green briar
F
They grew and grew to the old church wall
    Bb                F
And could not grow no higher
    Bb                   F
And there they died in a true love-knot
             C       F
The rosebush and the briar
Bb F C F
End

Intro: E
E                   B
Sitting alone in an old rocking chair
  B7                     E
I saw an old mother with silvery hair
                           A
She seemed so neglected by those who should care
B                               E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
E                               B
Her hands were all callused and wrinkled and old
  B7                        E
A life of hard work was the story they told
                           A
And I thought of angels as I saw her there
B                               E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
E                           B
Bless her old heart, do you think she'd complain
       B7                         E
Though life has been bitter she'd live it again
                             A
And carry that cross that is more than her share
B                               E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
E                             B
It wouldn't take much just to gladden her heart
     B7                        E
Just some small remembrance on somebody's part
                            A
A letter would brighten her empty life there
B                               E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
E                   B
I look at her and I think "What a shame"
    B7                      E
The ones who forgot her she loves just the same
                         A
And I think of angels as I see her there
B                               E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
E
End

         A
"I'm not in your town to stay,"
       A
said a lady old and gray
       E                       A
to the warden of the penitentiary
         A
"I'm not in your town to stay
         A
And I'll soon be on my way
    E                               A
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
   D                E                           A
Oh warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
            A
"I tried to raise my baby right
       A
I have prayed both day and night
        E                                A
That he wouldn't follow footsteps of his dad
       A
I have searched both far and wide
      A
And I feared that he had died
       E                                A
But at last I've found my baby here in jail
   D          E                               A
Oh warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail"
A
        A
"It was just five years today
         A
When his daddy passed away
       E                                  A
He was found beneath the snow so cold and white
             A
T’was then I bowed to take his ring
        A
And his gold watch and his chain
         E                            A
Then the county laid his daddy in the grave
    D           E                            A
Yes warden, the county laid his daddy in the grave"
        A
"I will pawn you his watch
       A
I will pawn you his chain
       E                           A
I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
       A
I will wash all your clothes
       A
I will scrub all your floors
   E                            A
If that will get my baby out of jail
    D          E                            A
Yes warden, if that will get my baby out of jail"
       A
Then I heard the warden say
       A
to the lady old and gray:
         E                               A
"I'll go bring your darling baby to your side"
         A
Two iron gates swung wide apart
             A
She held her darling to her heart
    E                                A
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
    D            E                                A
But smiling, she kissed her baby boy and then she died
A E A
A E A
D E A
         A
"I'm not in your town to stay,"
       A
said a lady old and gray
          E                          A
"I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
    D                E                          A
Yes warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
End

Intro: G
   G
Kentucky
                                              D
You are the dearest land outside of Heaven to me
D
Kentucky
                                  G
I miss your laurel and your redbud trees
G
When I die,
                               D
I want to rest upon a graceful mountain so high
D
For that is
                        G
Where God will look for me
G
Kentucky
                                     D
I miss the old folks singing in the silvery moonlight
D
Kentucky
                              G
I miss the hound dogs chasin' coons
G D G
G
I know that
                                              D
My mother, dad and sweetheart are waiting for me
D
Kentucky
                 G
I will be coming soon
G
Kentucky
End

                           D#
Mother dear come bathe my forehead
                G#    A#
For I'm growing very weak
D#              A#          D#
Mother let one drop of water
             A#         D#
Fall upon my burning cheek
   G#                               D#
I'm going away to leave you mother darling
              G#      A#
And remember what I say
D#                A#              D#
Do this wont you please dear mother
              A#     D#
Put my little shoes away
               A#               D#
Santa Claus he brought them to me
              G#      A#
With a lot of other things
D#            A#            D#
I believe he brought an Angel
               A#      D#
With a pair of golden wings
               A#        D#
Tell my loving little playmates
              G#        A#
That I never more will play
D#                 A#        D#
Give them all my toys but mother
              A#     D#
Put my little shoes away
   G#                              D#
I'm going away to leave you mother darling
             G#     A#
And remember what I say
D#                 A#             D#
Do this wont you please dear mother
               A#       D#
Put my little shoes away