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.gitignore                                  |  1 
Down The Line.cho                           | 51 ++++++++++++++++++
Dusty Country Roads.cho                     | 38 +++++++++++++
Eight More Miles To Louisville.cho          | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++
How Mountain Girls Can Love.cho             | 37 +++++++++++++
I've been to Georgia on a fast train.cho    | 44 +++++++++++++++
In The Pines.cho                            | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++
Rabbit in the log.cho                       | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++
The Longest Johns/Ashes.cho                 | 36 ++++++++++++
The Longest Johns/Oak and Ash and Thorn.cho | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++
10 files changed, 448 insertions(+)

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Down The Line.cho 🔗 

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+{title: Down The Line}
+{composer: Lonesome River Band}
+{time: 4/4}
+
+{comment: Instrumental verse as intro}
+
+[G]Born out in the [C]country, [Em]raised out on a [D]farm
+[G]Got my edu[C]cation out [D]behind a [C]barn
+[G]Left one Sunday [C]morning [G]in a driving [D]rain
+[Em]Hitchhiked to the [C]freight yard and [G]caught the [D]railroad [G]train
+
+{soc}
+[G]Oh, [C]engineer, [G]let your whistle [D]whine
+[Em]Oh, get me [C]out of here, a little [G]further down the [C]line
+{eoc}
+
+[G]I've been to Cali[C]fornia and I've [Em]been to New Or[D]leans
+[G]Been to New York [C]City and [Em]everywhere be[C]tween
+[G]I've eat beans and [C]taters, your [G]finest cavi[D]ar
+[Em]Drank brandy from a [C]snifter and [G]moonshine [D]from a [G]jar
+
+{soc}
+[G]Oh, [C]engineer, [G]let your whistle [D]whine
+[Em]Oh, get me [C]out of here, a little [G]further down the [C]line
+{eoc}
+
+{comment: Fiddle Solo}
+
+[G]Spent a year in a [C]prison with a [G]number for my [D]name
+[G]Fed me bread and [C]water, tied [Em]to a [D]ball and [C]chain
+[G]I swore the day they [C]slammed the door and the [G]jailer locked me [D]in
+[Em]If they ever let me [C]outta here, I'll [G]never go [D]back a[G]gain
+
+{soc}
+[G]Oh, [C]engineer, [G]let your whistle [D]whine
+[Em]Oh, get me [C]out of here, a little [G]further down the [C]line
+{eoc}
+
+{comment: Mandolin/Banjo Solo}
+
+[G]Been dreaming of the [C]day when I [Em]return back to my [D]home
+[G]That's where I want to settle down, [Em]never [D]more to [C]roam
+[G]Sit me on a [C]tractor and [G]point me to the [D]field
+[Em]And I will plow a [C]furrow with my [G]hands up [D]on the [G]wheel
+
+{soc}
+[G]Oh, [C]engineer, [G]let your whistle [D]whine
+[Em]Oh, get me [C]out of here, a little [G]further down the [C]line
+[G]Oh, [C]engineer, [G]let your whistle [D]whine
+[Em]Oh, get me [C]out of here, a little [G]further down the [C]line
+{eoc}

Dusty Country Roads.cho 🔗 

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+{t: Dusty Country Roads}
+{artist: Bob Henson}
+{capo: 4}
+
+{sov}
+Now when [C]I was growin' up, there was a [F]beat-up pickup [C]truck
+took my dad and me down the [G]dusty country [C]roads
+Now [C]years have come and gone, that old [F]truck still rolls a[C]long
+{eov}
+
+{soc}
+And the [F]lessons that I learned as the [C]old truck rumbled on,
+They got me when I don't know where to [G]go
+Though the [F]old man's gone away, things he [C]taught ring true today
+As I travel down this [G]dusty country [C]road
+{eoc}
+
+{c: Instrumental}
+
+Now [C]she worked dawn to dust, always [F]kept the family [C]first
+And she taught us to be [G]all that we could [C]be
+I've travelled far and wide, I still [F]feel her by my [C]side
+Every time that I reach [G]out and touch my [C]dreams
+
+{soc}
+{c: Chorus}
+{eoc}
+
+{c: Instrumental}
+
+No [C]matter where you go, there's a [F]dusty country [C]road
+Oh, they twist, they turn, they [G]change every [C]day
+Now together or alone, that [F]old road keeps goin' [C]on
+And it's what you've learned that [G]helps you find your [C]way
+
+{soc}
+{c: Chorus}
+{eoc}

Eight More Miles To Louisville.cho 🔗 

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+{title: Eight More Miles to Louisville}
+{composer: Grandpa Jones}
+{time: 4/4}
+
+{c: On last line of verses, walk up from G on first word and back}
+{c: down on last.}
+
+{c: Instrumental}
+
+I've travelled o'er this country wide seeking fortune fair
+Up an down the two coast lines I've travelled everywhere
+Portland east and Portland West and back across the line
+I'm goin' down to the place that's best, the ol' hometown of mine
+
+{soc}
+Well eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view
+Eight more miles on this ol' road and I'll never more be blue
+I knew some day I'd come back, I knew it from the start
+Eight more miles to Louisville, the hometown of my heart
+{eoc}
+
+{c: Instrumental}
+
+There's got to be a gal somewhere that you love best of all
+Mine lives down in Louisville, she's little small oh she's small
+She's the kind you can't find a' ramblin' through the land
+I'm goin' there this very day to win her heart and hand
+
+{soc}
+Well eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view
+Eight more miles on this ol' road and I'll never more be blue
+I knew some day I'd come back, I knew it from the start
+Eight more miles to Louisville, the hometown of my heart
+{eoc}
+
+{c: Instrumental}
+
+Now I can picture in my mind a place we'll call our home
+A humble little hut for two, we'll never want to roam
+The place that's right for that love sight is in those bluegrass hills
+Where gently rolls the Ohio near a place called Louisville
+
+{soc}
+Oh eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view
+Eight more miles on this ol' road and I'll never more be blue
+I knew some day I'd come back, I knew it from the start
+Eight more miles to Louisville, the hometown of my heart
+{eoc}
+
+{comment: Instrumental}
+
+{soc}
+Oh eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view
+Eight more miles on this ol' road and I'll never more be blue
+I knew some day I'd come back, I knew it from the start
+Eight more miles to Louisville, the hometown of my heart
+Eight more miles to Louisville, the hometown of my heart
+{comment: Instrumental walk up & back down}
+{eoc}

How Mountain Girls Can Love.cho 🔗 

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+{title: How Mountain Girls Can Love}
+
+{comment: Instrumental intro leading into chorus}
+
+
+{soc}
+[C]Get down boys, [G]go back home
+[D]Back to that girl you [G]love
+[C]Treat her right, [G]never wrong
+[D]How mountain girls can [G]love
+{eoc}
+
+[G]I'm ridin' tonight in that high cold wind
+on the [D]trail of the old lonesome [G]pine
+[G]I'm thinking of you, Lord I'm feelin' so blue,
+Wonderin' [D]why you left me [G]behind
+
+{soc}
+{comment: Chorus}
+{eoc}
+
+{comment: Instrumental}
+
+[G]Remember the night when we strolled down the lane
+Our [D]hearts were gay an' happy [G]then
+[G]I pulled you close while you whispered low
+We [D]both hoped the night would never [G]end
+
+{soc}
+{comment: Chorus}
+{eoc}
+
+{comment: Instrumental}
+
+{soc}
+{comment: Chorus, repeating last line}
+{eoc}

I've been to Georgia on a fast train.cho 🔗 

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+{title: I've been to Georgia on a fast train}
+{composer: Willie Nelson}
+
+It was a [G]rainy Wednesday morning on the [C]day that I was born
+in that old [G]sharecropper's wondering' country [D]shack
+Well they [G]say my mammy left me on the [C]same day that she had me
+she [G]hit the road an' she [D]never once looked [G]back
+
+[G]I just thought that I might mention thgat my [C]grandma's old age pension,
+it's the [G]reason I'm sittin' here [D]today
+
+{soc}
+[G]  I've been to Georgia on a [C]fast train honey
+[G]  I wasn't born no yester[D]day
+I got a [G]good Christian raisin', [C]eight grade education
+Ain't no [G]need in y'all [D]treatin' me this [G]way
+{eoc}
+
+{comment: Instrumental}
+
+Well now my [G]woman, Carolina, I don't [C]guess I'll ever find
+another [G]lady put together like you [D]are
+I lvoe that a'[G]wiggle in your walk and all o'your [C]big city talk
+and that [G]brand new shiny [D]Plymouth ragtime car
+
+{soc}
+{comment: Chorus}
+{eoc}
+
+Well now it's [G]hurry up and wait in this [C]world of give and take
+It seems like [G]haste makes waste every [D]time
+But I [G]swear to my soul, when you [C]hear the engines roll,
+You better [G]know I'm gonna [D]get my share o' [G]mine
+
+
+{soc}
+[G]  I've been to Georgia on a [C]fast train honey
+[G]  I wasn't born no yester[D]day
+I got a [G]good Christian raisin', [C]eight grade education
+Ain't no [G]need in y'all [D]treatin' me this [G]way
+I got a [G]good Christian raisin', [C]eight grade education
+Ain't no [G]need in y'all [D]treatin' me this [G]way
+There ain't no [G]need in y'all [D]treatin' me this [G]way
+{eoc}

In The Pines.cho 🔗 

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+{title: In The Pines}
+{composer: Traditional}
+{time: 3/4}
+{key: Am}
+
+Hey [Am]girl, hey [C]girl, don't [Dm]lie to [F]me,
+Tell me [Am]where did you [E]sleep last [Am]night
+
+{soc}
+In the [Am]pines, in the [C]pines
+Where the [Dm]sun never [F]shines
+And I [Am]shivered the [E]whole night [Am]through
+{eoc}
+
+My [Am]daddy [C]was a [Dm]railroad [F]man,
+Killed a [Am]mile and a [E]half from [Am]here
+His [Am]head was [C]found in a [Dm]driver's [F]wheel
+His [Am]body as [E]never [Am]found
+
+Hey [Am]girl, hey [C]girl, where [Dm]will you [F]go,
+I'm [Am]goin' where the [E]cold wind [Am]blows
+
+{soc}
+In the [Am]pines, in the [C]pines
+Where the [Dm]sun never [F]shines
+And you [Am]shiver the [E]whole night [Am]through
+{eoc}
+
+{comment: Instrumental}
+
+The [Am]longest [C]train I [Dm]ever [F]saw,
+went [Am]down that [E]Georgia [Am]line
+The [Am]engine [C]passed at [Dm]six o'[F]clock,
+and the [Am]cab came a[E]round at [Am]nine
+
+The [Am]prettiest [C]girl I [Dm]ever [F]saw
+lived [Am]down that [E]railroad [Am]track
+Red [Am]rosey [C]cheeks and [Dm]blue eyes [F]fair
+and the [Am]curls hung [E]down her [Am]back
+
+My [Am]darling was [C]killed last [Dm]Friday [F]night,
+Just a [Am]half a [E]mile from [Am]town
+Her [Am]head was [C]lain in the [Dm]carbox [F]floor
+And her [Am]body has [E]never been [Am]found
+
+Hey [Am]girl, Hey [C]girl what [Dm]have I [F]done,
+For to [Am]make you [E]treat me [Am]so
+You have [Am]caused me to [C]weep, you [Dm]caused me to [F]mourn
+and you [Am]caused me to [E]lose my [Am]home
+
+{soc}
+In the [Am]pines, in the [C]pines
+Where the [Dm]sun never [F]shines
+And you [Am]shiver when [E]cold winds [Am]blow
+In the [Am]pines, in the [C]pines
+Where the [Dm]sun don't ever [F]shine
+And we'll [Am]shiver the [E]whole night [Am]through
+{eoc}

Rabbit in the log.cho 🔗 

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+{title: Rabbit in the log}
+{composer: Bill Monroe}
+
+{comment: Instrumental intro}
+
+Now there's a [C]rabbit in a log and I ain't got my dog
+How will I get him, I [G]know
+Oh, I'll [C]get me a briar and I'll twist it in his hair
+and that's how I'll [G]get him, I [C]know
+
+{start_of_chorus}
+I [F]know (I know) yes I [C]know (I know)
+That's how I'll get him, I [G]know
+Oh, I'll [C]get me a briar and I'll twist it in his hair
+and that's how I'll [G]get him, I [C]know
+{end_of_chorus}
+
+{comment: Instrumental}
+
+I'm gonna [C]build me a fire and I'll cook that ole hare
+I'll roll him in them flames and make him [G]brown
+have a [C]feast here tonight while the moon's shinin' bright
+and find me a good [G]place to lie [C]down
+
+{soc}
+To lie [F]down (to lie down) yes to lie [C]down (to lie down)
+I'll find me a good place to lie [G]down
+Have a [C]feast here tonight while the moon's shinin' bright
+and find me a [G]good place to lie [C]down
+{eoc}
+
+{comment: Instrumental}
+
+Now I'm [C]going down the track with a coat ripped up my back
+and the sole on my shoes are nearly [G]gone
+Just a [C]little ways ahead there's an old farmer's shed
+and that's where I'll [G]rest my weary [C]bones
+
+{soc}
+Weary [F]bones (weary bones) my lazy [C]bones (my lazy bones)
+Yeah that's where I'll rest my weary [G]bones
+Just a [C]little ways ahead there's an old farmer's shed
+and that's where I'll [G]rest my weary [C]bones
+{eoc}
+
+{comment: Instrumental}
+
+Now there's a [C]rabbit in a log and I ain't got my dog
+How will I get him, I [G]know
+Oh, I'll [C]get me a briar and I'll twist it in his hair
+and that's how I'll [G]get him, I [C]know
+
+
+{start_of_chorus}
+I [F]know (I know) yes I [C]know (I know)
+That's how I'll get him, I [G]know
+Oh, I'll [C]get me a briar and I'll twist it in his hair
+and that's how I'll [G]get him, I [C]know
+{end_of_chorus}

The Longest Johns/Ashes.cho 🔗 

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+{title: Ashes}
+{composer: The Longest Johns}
+
+
+[Am]Watch that old [C]fire as it [G]flickers and [Am]dies
+That [C]once blessed the [G]household and [D]lit up our lives
+It [C]shone for the [G]friends and the [D]clinking of [Am]glasses
+I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes
+
+[Am]Capture the [C]wild things and [G]bring them in [Am]line
+And [C]own what was [G]never your [D]right to confine
+The [C]lives and the [G]loves and the [D]songs are what [Am]matters
+I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes
+
+[Am]Do you feel [C]heavy? Your [G]eyes drop with [Am]grief
+Your [C]spirit is [G]wild and your [D]suffering is brief
+So [C]never you [G]buckle and [D]bend to the [Am]masses
+I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes
+
+[Am]Get round the [C]fire with a [G]glass of strong [Am]ale
+And [C]tell us a [G]story from [D]beyond the pale
+[C]Bury some [G]seeds and [D]expect some strong [Am]branches
+I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes
+
+Now [Am]show me a [C]man that can [G]meet all his [Am]needs
+For [C]what we need [G]most now is [D]unity's seed
+A [C]common old [G]song for all [D]creeds and all [Am]classes
+I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes
+I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame...
+
+[Am]What will we [C]do when the [G]world it is [Am]ending
+And [C]time it is [G]halted for [D]friend and for foe?
+[C]Try to hold [G]on to the [D]time as it [Am]passes
+I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes
+I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes
+I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes

The Longest Johns/Oak and Ash and Thorn.cho 🔗 

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+{title: Oak & Ash & Thorn}
+{composer: The Longest Johns}
+
+{c: Intro: Am}
+
+Of [Am]all the trees that grow so fair, old England to adorn,
+[FM7/C]Greater are none beneath the sun than [G]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.
+
+{soc}
+Sing [Am]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
+All on a midsummer's [Em]morn.
+[FM7/C]Surely we'll sing of no little thing
+In [G]Oak, and Ash, and [Am]Thorn.
+{eoc}
+
+[Am]Yew that is old, in churchyard mould, he breedeth a mighty bow
+Alder for shoes do wise men choose, and Beech for cups also
+But when you have killed, and your bowl it is filled, and your shoes are clean outworn
+[FM7/C]Back you must speed for all that you need to [G]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn
+
+{soc}
+Sing [Am]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
+All on a midsummer's [Em]morn.
+[FM7/C]Surely we sing of no little thing
+In [G]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.
+{eoc}
+
+{c: Repeat chorus, playing Am on last "Thorn"}
+
+[Am]Elm, she hates mankind and waits, til every gust be laid,
+To [FM7/C]drop a limb on the head of him that [G]anyway trusts her shade,
+But [Am]whether a lad be sober or sad, or mellow with ale from the horn,
+He'll [FM7/C]take no wrong when he lyeth along 'neath [G]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn
+
+{soc}
+Sing [Am]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
+All on a midsummer's [Em]morn.
+[FM7/C]Surely we sing of no little thing
+In [G]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.
+{eoc}
+
+{c: Repeat chorus, playing Am on last "Thorn"}
+
+Oh, [Am]do not tell the priest our plight, for he would call it a sin,
+But [Am]we've been out in the woods all night, a-conjuring summer in,
+We [Am]bring you good news by word of mouth, good news for cattle and corn
+[Am]Sure as the sun come up from the south, by Oak, and Ash, and [D]Thorn.
+
+{soc}
+Sing [Am]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs,
+All on a midsummer's [Em]morn.
+[FM7/C]Surely we sing of no little thing
+In [G]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.
+{eoc}
+
+{c: Play x4 total, playing Am on very last "Thorn"}
+
+{c: In DADGAD, the chords are fingered as follows}
+{c: Am Em F  G  D}
+{c: 0  0  0  0  0}
+{c: 0  0  0  0  0}
+{c: 2  0  0  0  2}
+{c: 2  2  0  0  4}
+{c: 0  2  3  5  0}
+{c: X  2  3  5  0}