Listen to the Music
don't you feel it growin', day by day - people gettin' ready for the news
some are happy, some are sad - oh, we got to let the music play
what the people need is a way to make 'em smile - it ain't so hard to do if you know how
gotta get a message - get it on through - oh, now mama's go'n' to after 'while
oh, oh, listen to the music... all the time
well i know, you know better, everything i say - meet me in the country for a day
we'll be happy and we'll dance - oh, we're gonna dance our blues away
and if i'm feelin' good to you and you're feelin' good to me - there ain't nothin' we can't do or say
feelin' good, feeling fine - oh, baby, let the music play
like a lazy flowing river - surrounding castles in the sky
and the crowd is growing bigger
list'nin' for the happy sounds and i got to let them fly
Listen to the Music
basic bass tab
intro
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riff
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Rockin' Down the Highway
got those highway blues, can't you hear my motor runnin'
flyin' down the road with my foot on the floor
all the way in town they can hear me comin'
ford's about to drop, she won't do no more
and i smell my motor burnin' - underneath the hood is smoke
can't stop, and i can't stop - got to keep on movin' or i'll lose my mind
oh, rockin' down the highway...
the highway patrol got his eyes on me
i know what he's thinkin' and it ain't good
i'm movin' so fast he can barely see me
gonna lose that man, i know i should
i gotta kick in my pedal - make my ford move a little bit faster
can't stop, and i can't stop - got to keep on movin' or i'll lose my mind
oh, rockin' down the highway...
Rockin Down the Highway
basic bass tab
intro
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theme
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Jesus Is Just Alright
jesus is just alright with me...
i don't care what they may say
i don't care what they may do
i don't care what they may say
jesus is just alright...
i don't care what they may know
i don't care where they may go
i don't care what they may know
jesus is just alright...
jesus, he's my friend...
he took me by the hand - led me far from this land
jesus, he's my friend...
Long Train Runnin
down around the corner, a half a mile from here
you see them old trains runnin' and you watch them disappear
without love, where would you be now
without love
you know i saw miss lucy, down along the tracks
she lost her home and her family and she won't be comin' back
without love, where would you be now
without love
well the illinois central and the southern central freight
gotta keep on pushin' mama 'cause you know they're runnin' late
without love, where would you be now - now, now, now
without love
where pistons keep on churnin' and the wheels go 'round and 'round
and the steel rails are cold and hard for the miles that they go down
without love, where would you be right now
without love, where would you be now
China Grove
when the sun comes up on a sleepy little town, down around san antone
and the folks are risin' for another day, 'round about their homes
the people of the town are strange, and they're proud of where they came
well, you're talkin' 'bout china grove...
well, the preacher and the teacher - lord, they're a caution - they are the talk of the town
when the gossip gets to flyin' and they ain't lyin' when the sun goes fallin' down
they say that the father's insane - and dear missus perkin's a game
we're talkin' 'bout the china grove...
but every day there's a new thing comin - the ways of an oriental view
the sheriff and his buddies with their samurai swords
you can even hear the music at night
and though it's a part of the lone star state - people don't seem to care
they just keep on lookin' to the east
talkin' 'bout the china grove...
Without You
i get a feelin', lost without you baby
livin' alone is drivin' me crazy
don't you know i got nowhere to go
you should be the one that's hurtin'
you got everything you need
back in the days when love was so easy
i was fancy free and laughin' with no reason
things have changed, your touch has grown strange
i can't help myself, i know that you have left me dyin' here
baby, baby - i can't live without you
baby, baby - i can't live without you no more
baby, baby - i can't live without you
i feel you know it, huh
oh, baby, now i'm lost without my baby
oh, baby, baby, babe, don't you hear right now
Black Water
well, i built me a raft and she's ready for floatin'
ol' mississippi, she's callin' my name
catfish are jumpin - that paddle wheel thumpin'
black water keeps rollin' on past just the same
old black water, keep on rollin'
mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me
yeah, keep on shinin' your light
gonna make everything, pretty mama
gonna make everything all right
and i ain't got no worries
'cause i ain't in no hurry at all
well, if it rains, i don't care - don't make no difference to me
just take that street car thats goin' up town
yeah, i'd like to hear some funky dixieland and dance a honky tonk
and i'll be buyin' ev'rybody drinks all 'roun'
i'd like to hear some funky dixieland
pretty mama come and take me by the hand
by the hand, take me by the hand pretty mama
come and dance with your daddy all night long
i want to honky tonk, honky tonk, honky tonk
with you all night long
Take Me in Your Arms
i know you're leavin' me behind
i'm seein' you darlin' for the very last time
show a little tenderness before you go
please let me feel your embrace once more
take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while
we all must feel heartache sometimes
right now, right now i'm feelin' mine
i've tried my best to be strong, but i'm not able
i'm like a helpless child left in a cradle
before you leave me behind let me feel happy one more time
take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while
i'm losin' you and my happiness
my life is so dark i must confess
i'll never, never see your smiling face no more
i'll never, never hear your knock upon my door
before you leave me, leave me behind
let me feel happy one more time
take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while
Takin It to the Streets
you don't know me but i'm your brother - i was raised here in this living hell
you don't know my kind in your world - fairly soon the time will tell
you, telling me the things you're gonna do for me
i ain't blind and i don't like what i think i see
takin' it to the streets...
take this message to my brother - you will find him everywhere
wherever people live together - tied in poverty's despair
you, telling me the things you're gonna do for me
i ain't blind and i don't like what i think i see
takin' it to the streets...
It Keeps You Runnin
say, where you gonna go - girl, where you gonna hide
you go on leavin' out your heart - and all it's sayin' down deep inside
from here i can feel your heartbeat - oh, you got me all wrong
you ain't got no worry - you just been lonely too long
i know what it means to hide your heart, from a long time ago
oh, darlin' - it keeps you runnin...
oh, you know how i feel - hey, you know i been there
but what you're keepin' to yourself - oh, you know it just ain't fair
are you gonna worry, for the rest of your life
why you in such a hurry, to be lonely one more night
What a Fool Believes
he came from somewhere back in her long ago
the sentimental fool don't see
tryin' hard to recreate what had yet to be created
once in her life she musters a smilefor his nostalgic tale
never coming near what he wanted to say
only to realize it never really was
she had a place in his life
he never made her think twice
as he rises to her apology
anybody else would surely know
he's watching her go
but what a fool believes he sees
no wise man has the power to reason away
what seems to be is always better than nothing
and nothing at all keeps sending him...
somewhere back in her long ago
where he can still believe there's a place in her life
someday, somewhere, she will return
Minute by Minute
hey, don't worry, i've been lied to
i've been here many times before
girl, don't you worry, i know where i stand
i don't need this love, i don't need your hand
i know i could turn, blink, and you'd be gone
then i must be prepared any time to carry on
but minute by minute...
i keep holding on
you will stay just to watch me, darlin'
wilt away on lies from you
can't stop the habit of livin' on the run
i take it all for granted like you're the only one
livin' on my own, somehow that sounds nice
you think i'm your fool - well, you may just be right
call my name and i'll be gone
you'll reach out and i won't be there
just my luck you'll realize
you should spend your life with someone
you could spend your life with someone
