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Interview with Marcy McCann, morning contributor for WSVG and WAMM radio stations in the Shenandoah Valley. This interview aired on Feb. 6, 2011.
1. No Shame (Bb)
Intro (piano and voice): Bb Eb Bb7 F
Verse 1: Bb Bb7
No shame, no shame—the way she used to talk
Bb Bb7
No shame, no shame —the way she used to walk
Eb7 Eb7
No blame, no blame —there’s nothing to do
Bb Bb7
No shame, no shame —and she knew it too
F
Rose just stood there in the rain, she didn’t give a damn
Gb
And had to go out dancing, like the fool that I am
G Ab/Db A/D Bb F7
Naked as a jaybird, and happy as a clam, it was shameless
Verse 2:
I hear she’s from Virginia, just like Virginia Dare
I was looking in there—but there was no Virginia there
The neighbors were talking—and gasping for air
It was all very shocking—but Rose didn’t care
Well it’s a long way from the foothills, a long way to the shack
A long way to the cottage by the rusty old track
She may be from Virginia but she ain’t never going back, she’s shameless, singing:
Chorus: Bb7 Bb7
Sha la la la--sha la la la la Sha la la la--sha la la la la
Bb7 Bb7 B C Db
Sha la la la--sha la la la la Sha la la la--sha la la la la
Solo over 2nd half of verse form: Eb7 Bb
Vocal back in over last part of verse
My soul is aching, there’s no mistaking
I still don’t understand how the Earth kept quaking
Shake it but don’t break it wrap it up and I’m taking, cause I’m shameless
Verse 3:
It’s totally shameless—the way she used to talk
It’s totally shameless—the way she used to walk
I’m totally blameless—there’s nothing to do
It’s totally shameless—and she knew it too
How I miss my wild Rose, how I miss the rain
Considering the circumstance I kinda lost my train
Even after all these years I’d take her back again It’s shameless
Chorus 2:
We’re all singing:
Sha la la la--sha la la la la Sha la la la--sha la la la la
Sha la la la--sha la la la la Sha la la la--sha la la la la
2. Turn This Train Around (Em)
Intro: Em Em Em Em (piano solo)
Vs. 1: Em Em
When the moon rises above the clouds
C C D Em
Spreading bent light to everything around
Em Em
When the sun burns away the air, I don’t care
C D Em
Or the stars no longer there
C D Em
That’s where I’ll take you when we find the open door
C D Em
That’s when we’ll realize it don’t matter anymore
C D Em Asus A
That’s when we’ll walk away, hand in hand, leading away
Bm Em
Turn this train around
Vs. 2:
Now the train is running down the track
And it’s never, ever coming back
There must be something you can show me in the long run
There must be something you can say
There must be something you can show me show me the way
Turn this train around
Br.: Emaj C D E
E C D E
Everyone, take someone, turn this train around
G C D G
Everyone, take someone, turn this train around
E C D E
Everyone, take someone, turn this train around
Em Em Em Em
Piano solo over verse, other solos as desired
Vs. 3:
When the moon rises above the clouds
Spreading bent light to everything around
There must be something you can show me in the long run
There must be something you can say
There must be something you can show me show me the way
Turn this train around
Everyone, take someone, turn this train around
Everyone, take someone, turn this train around
Everyone, take someone, turn this train around
Repeat and fade
3. Take Me Back (G)
Intro: G Bm Em Bm || G Bm Em7 Asus A7
D D+ Em A7 Dsus D7 || G G
Verse 1: G/B C G/B Em
Remember what we said and what we’ve done
G/B C G/B Em
Yesterday was here but now it’s gone
G/B C/A
Tumbling through a silver gate
Bm/D Em D C G/B Bbdim Am Dsus D G G
How the memory haunts me so
Verse 2:
Remember my old friend when you and me
Remember when the world and we were free
But now with this and that to do
There's no time for reverie
Bridge 1:
G/B C Bm/D
Take me back, take me back, take me back
Em D/F# G D/F# Am G || Am G F F C /E D C Am Dsus D G G
Please-----------------------------------------
Verse 3:
Remember what we said and what we’ve done
Yesterday was here but now it's gone
Never ending can’t you see you and me
Bridge 2:
Take me back take me back take me back please
End: G/B C G/B: G/B C G/B repeat to fade
. No Ordinary Man
Intro: G || G
Verse 1: G Dm
Outside the walls of Trenton fair, just across the Delaware
Am F G
Some labored mightily to remember
G Dm
Some words to take them through the ice, into the place of low devise
Am F G
On fortunes borne on winds of cold December
Verse 2:
The sun had shown for all to see, from ramparts Washington and Lee
But now the weather’d turned to snow and rain
Some stopped to watch the rabbits run before the muzzle of a gun
Had silenced the most cynical refrain
Bridge1: Em A7
Rahl’s Hessians turned in for the night and slept in beds so warm and tight
Dm Bb
Content that they had noted every plan
Em A7
No need to fear the common folk, waiting for some lucky stroke
Dm Dm Dm G
Just sitting there, like some ordinary man
Verse 3:
They crossed where only errands go, leaving traces in the snow
The cost was high, but currency no object
Outside the weather lowed and moaned as winter sought to claim its own
But inside they were warming to the subject
Verse 4:
Then something sounded in the squall, perhaps a frantic wakeup call
Echo’d down the streets of King and Queen
The sounding of the mission bell and all had gone extremely well
No exit strategy had been foreseen
Bridge 2:
But after some reflection, was proffered the suggestion
That they make a slight correction in the plan
He thought about it warily, but only momentarily, he was after all
No ordinary man
Solo over verse and bridge form
Verse 5:
He got up from the table he was only barely able to put
One foot past the other out the door
And shuffle off to Buffalo or any place the wind might blow
Cause any place was better than where he’s heading for
Verse 6:
Around the corner, down the road, a tempest wind began to blow
And blew nine hundred souls into the bucket
And so a Hessian lesson taught, the overwhelming train of thought:
If thy eye offend me well then pluck it
Bridge 3:
To think one day the world could change, beyond your scope, beyond your range
And who’s to say it wasn’t in the plan
A lowly bunch what played a hunch and beat ol’ Howie to the punch
Delivered by no ordinary man.
Bridge 4:
And for a final second, Pennsylvania beaconed
You’ve got to seize the moment when you can
The snow is swirling all around, the world is turning upside down
After all, that’s no ordinary man
G F G
That’s no ordinary man, that’s no ordinary man
Repeat and fade
5. Southbound Woman (Em)
Intro: Drums and bass for 4 measures: Em7
(Figure over chords)
(Bb A G A G E G A G A Bb A G A G E G G E-- ://:)
Em Em Em Em ://:
Vs. 1: Em7 Em/G A Em7
I met a southbound woman on a northbound train
Am Bm Em7
She put me in trouble, she left me in pain
Bm7 Am
She came for the summer and left with the rain
(Intro Figure, once)
Verse 2:
Oh--long gone woman, I guess my hand’s been played
I caught you with diamonds, oh I miss you in spades
Southbound woman trouble me again
(over figure twice):
I bet you know how to ride
With your wheels on the side
Why don’t you come on inside?
Bridge 1: EMaj G#m7 C#m G#m
Cold hearted woman don’t you let me down
EMaj G#m7 C#m G#m
Big hearted woman I won’t let you down
F#m C#m7 F#m7 A7/E
Southbound woman, I won’t give you tears
D7
Not in a thousand nights
C#7 F#m B7
Not in a hundred years
(over figure twice):
Why don’t you uncouple your cars
In my freight train yards?
But don’t you bring them in hard
Solo over verse form and intro figure
Bridge 1:
Cold hearted woman don’t you let me down
Big hearted woman I won’t let you down
Southbound woman, I won’t give you tears
Not in a thousand nights
Not in a hundred years
(over figure):
I bet you know how to ride
With your wheels on the side
Why don’t you swallow your pride?
I met a southbound woman on a northbound train
She put me in trouble, she got me in pain
I need that kind of woman to trouble me again---oh
(over figure):
I bet you know how to ride
With your wheels on the side
Why don’t you come on inside?
If you know how to ride
Why don’t you uncouple your cars
In my freight train yards?
Why don’t you come on inside?
If you know how to ride
Oh south bound woman
Whoa, southbound woman
Ah, southbound woman
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, woman
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, woman
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, woman
Oh south bound woman
6. Lonesome Road (F)
Intro:: F/A Bb Dm Bb F/A Bb F F
Verse. 1: F F/A Bb Bb/C Bb/D Bb/E F (C C Bb/D F Bb/D F)
When I was young I used to think how it would be
F Am7 Bb Bb/C Bb/D Bb/E F A7
Away from family friends and home
Dm A7 Bb Bb/C Bb/D Bb/E F A7
I realize it wasn’t easy or free
Dm7 G7 Eb F
Out on the lonesome road
Dm7 G7 Eb F
Verse 2:
Now I am older but no wiser it seems
I make the same mistake over and over
All I ever wanted was to follow my dreams
Out of the lonesome road
Out of the lonesome road
Chorus. 1: F F/G F/A F/C Bb Bb/C Bb/D Bb/E F (C C Bb/D F Bb/D F)
Well we all spend time on the lonesome road
F F/G F/A F/C Bb C A7/C#
We all look down it in the same way
Dm A7 Bb Bb/C Bb/D Bb/E F A7
Who would choose a life alone?
Dm7 G7 Eb F
Out on the lonesome road
Dm7 G7 Eb F
Verse 3
Somewhere somebody throw the lifeline out
Just grab a hold and let it go
Who pulls it in without a single doubt?
No one on the lonesome road
Chorus 2:
Well we all spend time on the lonesome road
We all look down it in the same way
Nothing’s been the same since you went along
Out on the lonesome road
Out on the lonesome road
Chorus 3 modulate to G:
G G/A G/B G/D C C/D C/E C/F# G (D D C/E G C/E G)
Well we all spend time on the lonesome road
G G/A G/B G/D C C/D C/E D B7/D#
We all look down it in the same way
Em B7 C C/D C/E C/F# G B7
Nothing’s been the same since you went along
Em7 A7 F G Em7 A7 DM7 C7 Bb
Out on the lonesome road
Verse 4 (return to original key of F):
And shall we meet again along the line?
Well, I can’t see and I don’t know
This desperation’s just a waste of time
Lost out on the lonesome road
Chorus 4:
Well we all spend time on the lonesome road
We all look down it in the same way
Who would choose a life alone?
Out on the lonesome road
Chorus 5:
Well we all spend time on the lonesome road
We all look down it in the same way
Nothing’s been the same since you went along
Out on the lonesome road
Out on the lonesome road
Dm7 G7 Eb F
Woah--oh on the lonesome road
Out: Dm7 G7 Eb F
Well we all look down on the lonesome road
Well we all look down on the lonesome road
Well look down, look down, look down, look away
Well look down, look down, on the lonesome road
Well look down, on the lonesome road some day
Well look down, on the lonesome road some day
Woah--ah on the lonesome road
Woah--ah on the lonesome road
Repeat and fade or repeat intro
. Georgia on my Mind (f) H. Carmichael
Vs.
Georgia, Georgia the whole day through (the whole day through)
just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)
I said a Georgia, Georgia a song of you (a song of you)
comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines
Br.
Other arms reach out to me other eyes smile tenderly
still in the peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you
I said Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find (no peace I find)
just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind oh)
Instrumental verse
Other arms reach out to me, other eyes smile tenderly
still in peaceful dreams I see
the road leads back to you
Oh Georgia, Georgia no peace, no peace I find
just an old, sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)
just an old, sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)
8. Promises (E) bill vaughan
(two guitars, bass, drums, vocals)
Instrumental verse 1st 2 stanzas-guitar lick
Vs. 1: e a e
Ask me why i’m walking around
A e b b
Upside down two feet off the ground
E e a e
Ask me how it happened to be
A e b b
This happiness just happened to me
A b e
She made promises to me
Vs. 2: Tell me how the sun in the sky
Shining so bright gives off such a light
Show me where the moon up above
Shines such a light as on our love
She made promise to me, yeah, she made promises to me
Br. 1: a e a b
She promised to be my one, she promised to be my only
A e a bsus b
She promised to be my love, and never to leave me lonely
Instrumental verse—(solo follows verse form)
She made promise to me, yeah, she made promises to me
Br. 2: She promised to be my one she promised to be my only
She promised to be my love, and never to leave me lonely
Vs. 2:
A promise is made a promise is kept
A promenade step by step
That is why, day after day
I see the promise in every way
She made promise to me, yeah, she made promises to me
She made promise to me, yeah, she made promises to me
Out: instrumental intro repeated fade out
10. Six Forty Two (D)
Ch. 1: D Em C G G/B
Six forty-two, six forty-two
D Em C G G/B D D
What can I do? Six forty two---
Vs. 1: D Em C G
Over there in the station see the clock on the wall
Bm F#m G G/B D
Face full of dust, arms starting to rust nothing’s working at all
D Em C G
The seconds take hours the hours take days
Bm F#m G D
Time passes by the moments fly upon their way
Br. 1: F#m C#m
It says it’s four in the morning but with the wind in my eye
G D
Time is a lonely siren calling
F#m C#m
You’d think it might notice, youd think it might try
G Bm/F# Em A7
All over the world the hours are fall---ing at
Ch. 2:
Six forty-two, six forty-two
What can I do? Six forty two---
Vs. 2:
How could I have missed it, why didn’t I see
An hour or two, is an hour too few, momentarily
I’m like that old timepiece, heart frozen in place
Can’t make a sound, tears running down all over my face
Br. 2:
Somewhere it is morning somewhere it is night
Someplace the evening bells have spoken
It gave me no warning, just stopped telling time
And now my heart and soul are broken
Ch. 2:
Six forty-two, six forty-two
The worlds’ gone blue, six forty two---
Solo (over verse form)
Br. 3:
So this is my folly so this is my plight
I’ve all the time in the world to bear it
So melancholy, so bitter with light
And noone’s time for me to share it
Ch. 2
Six forty-two, six forty-two
The worlds’ gone blue, six forty two---
Ch. 2:
That’s when I knew, that we were through
The worlds’ gone blue, six forty two---
11. Raised on the Run (C) Bill Vaughan
Intro:
C (C/E F F#dim G) G C F C (G Am C Am C)
Ah ah ah (raised on the run, raised on the run)
Vs. 1: C G7 C F7 C (G Am C Am C)
Still waters run deep--and I’ve no promises to keep
C E7 G7 C F C C7
Take my heart but leave my soul, I’ll be needing it til I grow old
F F7 C Am
On the day that I was born--was a mean and nasty storm
D7 D7/F# G G7
On the day that I go cold will be a hurricane I’m told
C G7 C F7 C (G Am C Am C)
Be no peace in this old town—til the day they run me down
C E7 G7 C F C C7
They can cry and rant and rave--and plant a stone over my grave
F F#Dim C/G Am
Even then the crops that rise—will have the devil in their eyes
C/E (C/E F F#dim G) G C F C (G AM C Am C)
I was borne on the water but I was raised on the run (raised on the run)
Vs. 2:
All my life I guess I’ve known that I’d never quite atone
For the kisses that I’d share and the witnesses I’d bear
Mrs. Evans, when I was three, she took a good long look at me
When I turned ten, she looked again, that was the end of the mystery
Life is short and life is sweet, and you don’t get no reprieve
You can keep it one-on-one, but you’ll be doing it one and done
As for me, as I live and breathe, it’s like it’s tattooed on my sleeve
I was borne on the water but I was raised on the run (raised on the run)
Solo: (over verse form)
Oh yeah I was—borne on the water borne on the water
But I was raised on the run
Vs. 3: Got no chains as you can see, got no strings attached to me
Take my heart but leave my soul, I’ll be needing it til I grow old
On the day that I was born--was a mean and nasty storm
On the day that I go cold will be a hurricane I’m told
Life is short and life is sweet, and you sure get no reprieve
You can keep it one-on-one, but you’ll be doing it one and done
As for me, as I live and breathe, it’s like it’s tattooed on my sleeve
I was borne on the water but I was raised on the run (raised on the run)
As for me, as I live and breathe, it’s like it’s tattooed on my sleeve
I was borne on the water but I was raised on the run (raised on the run)
I was borne on the water but I was raised on the run (raised on the run)
Out: C (C/E F F#dim G) G C F C (G Am C Am C)
Ah ah ah (raised on the run, raised on the run)
Ah ah ah (raised on the run, raised on the run)
Ah ah ah (raised on the run, raised on the run)
Ah ah ah (raised on the run, raised on the run)
45 MILES FROM BERRYVILLE D BILL VAUGHAN
Intro (Piano): D D D
Vs. 1 (piano and voice):D D/F# G G/A G/B G/C# D
WHEN I STARTED OUT THIS MORNING, THE SUN WAS IN MY EYES
F#m Bm Bm/A E7/G# Gm
BUT BY EVENING-TIDE, THE SUICIDAL CLOUDS CAME ROLLING BY
Em G
WELL, I MIGHT JUST LAST, IF I CAN MAKE IT ON PAST
Bm Bm/A E7/G# E7
THE DIVE AT THE WEST VIRGINIA LINE
D D/F# G A Bm G D
BUT I’M 45 MILES FROM BERRYVILLE, AND I’M DRIVING NEARLY BLIND
Vs. 2: (Full Band)
THERE’S AN ANCIENT HOLLOW BLESSING, IT GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS
WHEN YOU LEAVE ‘EM, LEAVE ‘EM GUESSING AND GRACE THEM WITH A KISS
‘CAUSE THE KISS THEY’LL RECALL, WHEN THE CURTAINS FALL
AND THE LAST NOTE’S ECHO IS DONE
I’LL BE 45 MILES FROM BERRYVILLE, BEFORE THEY EVEN KNOW I’M GONE
Ch. 1: D F#m Bm D/A G D D F#m Bm D/A E7/G# Gm
AH-OOH, I’M ALMOST GONE, AH-OOH, I’M ALMOST GONE
Em7 G
WELL, THE KISS THEY RECALL, WHEN THE CURTAINS FALL
Bm Bm/A E7/G# E7
AND THE LAST NOTE’S ECHO IS DONE
D D/F# G A Bm G D
I’LL BE 45 MILES FROM BERRYVILLE, OH LORD, I’M ALMOST GONE
Vs. 2
NOW WAIT A MINUTE, WOULD YOU PASS ME BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
IF YOUR HEART’S NOT IN IT, I MIGHT NOT EVER HAVE KNOW’D
IF YOU LOSE YOUR NERVE AT EVERY OLD CURVE
AND THE SHADOWS MAKE YOU WANT TO RUN
YOU’LL BE SHUFFLING ON OUT OF BERRYVILLE THE HOUR YOUR RUNNING IS DONE
Ch. 2
AH-OOH, I THINK MY RUNNING IS DONE, AH-OOH, I’M ALMOST GONE
I THINK I LOST MY NERVE AT THAT LAST DEEP CURVE
‘CAUSE THE SHADOWS MAKE ME WANT TO RUN
AND I’M 45 MILES FROM BERRYVILLE, OH LORD, WON’T YOU CARRY ME ON HOME
Ch. 3
AH-OOH, WON’T YOU CARRY ME ON HOME, AH-OOH, I’M ALMOST DONE
WELL, THE KISS THEY RECALL, WHEN THE CURTAIN’S FALL
AND THE LAST NOTE’S ECHO IS DONE
D D/F# G A Bm Bm/F# Bm
I’LL BE 45 MILES FROM BER - RY- VILLE,
G D
OH LORD, I’M ALMOST GONE
Out: D D D D/F# G A Bm
A WOMAN LIKE YOU (F) BILL VAUGHAN
Intro: F F/a Bb Bdim C7 F/A Bb Bb Ab G F ://:
Vs. 1 F F/A
WELL I, TOOK UP WITH THIS FILLY LEGS THAT WOULDN’T QUIT—WE WENT
F/C Bb Bb7
DOWN TO THE ONE AND A HALF TIL IT MAKES ME WANNA SPLIT—WE PUT
F F/A
WINGS ON MY MONEY YOU KNOW AND WE WATCHED IT FLY AWAY
F/C Bb Bb7 F F7
MORE THAN I’VE MADE IN MY WHOLE DAMNED LIFE I DROPPED IT IN A SINGLE DAY
Bb Dm F C
BUT THAT’S OKAY I GUESS THE WAGES BOUGHT THE SIN
Bb Dm F/C C
AND IT’S NO WORSE DURESS THAN THE TROUBLE THAT I’M IN
Ch. 1 F F F/A Bb Bdim C7
IT’S A WELL KNOWN FACT BABY, IT’S TRIED AND TRUE
F/A Bb Bb Ab G F
OH BABE I NEED A WOMAN LIKE YOU
F F F/A Bb Bdim C7
AND IF YOU TAKE ME BACK WOMAN I’LL BE CLINGING TO YOU
F/A Bb Bb Ab G F
OH CHILD I NEED A WOMAN LIKE YOU
Vs.2:
THEN THERE WAS THIS STRANGE FAST BIRD THE ROAD GONE LONG AND STRAIGHT
I HAD TO LEARN THE PASSWORD AND IT MUST HAVE BEEN MY FATE
I WAS BURNED IN THE BUSHES AND FROZEN IN THE SAND
IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD I WAS DYING A THIRSTY MAN
IT’S WRITTEN IN THE BOOK IT’S TAUGHT IN ALL THE SCHOOLS
DON’T TAKE A SECOND LOOK DON’T BEND THE GOLDEN RULE
Ch. 2
IT’S A WELL KNOWN FACT BABY, IT’S TRIED AND TRUE
OH BABE I NEED A WOMAN LIKE YOU
AND IF YOU TAKE ME BACK WOMAN I TELL YOU WHAT I’D DO
OH CHILD I NEED A WOMAN LIKE YOU
Br. 1: F
WOMAN—YOU KNOW I REALLY DON’T HAVE A CLUE
Eb7
WOMAN—HOW YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO
D7/Dm7
WOMAN—IF I EVER STOP TO WONDER WHY
Eb
WOMAN—I’D BE LAUGHING SO I DON’T HAVE TO CRY
Intro figure
Vs. 3
I HAD TO GO OUT WEST YOU KNOW WHERE THE TREES GROW WAY UP HIGH
I HAD SOME LAWS I HAD TO TEST AND SOME RULES I HAD TO TRY
YOU KNOW I STOKE A LOT OF FOLKS AND I RAISED A LOT OF CAIN
BUT I PUT IT ALL ON THE HOPES THAT YOU WOULD TAKE ME BACK AGAIN
IT’S WRITTEN IN THE BOOK IT’S TAUGHT IN ALL THE SCHOOLS
DON’T TAKE A SECOND LOOK DON’T BEND THE GOLDEN RULE
Ch. 3
IT’S A WELL KNOWN FACT BABY, IT’S TRIED AND TRUE
OH BABE I NEED A WOMAN LIKE YOU
AND IF YOU TAKE ME BACK WOMAN I TELL YOU WHAT I’D DO
OH CHILD I NEED A WOMAN LIKE YOU
Ch. 4
IT’S A WELL KNOWN FACT BABY, IT’S TRIED AND TRUE
OH BABE I NEED A WOMAN LIKE YOU
AND IF YOU TAKE ME BACK WOMAN I TELL YOU WHAT I’D LIKE TO DO
OH CHILD I NEED A WOMAN LIKE YOU
Br. 2:
WOMAN—YOU KNOW I REALLY DON’T HAVE A CLUE
WOMAN—HOW YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO
WOMAN—IF I EVER STOP TO WONDER WHY
WOMAN—I’D BE LAUGHING SO I DON’T HAVE TO CRY
Br. 3:
WOMAN—YOU KNOW I REALLY DON’T HAVE A CLUE
WOMAN—HOW YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO
WOMAN—IF I EVER STOP TO WONDER WHY
WOMAN—I’D BE LAUGHING SO I DON’T HAVE TO CRY
Out: Intro Figure
Interview with Marcy McCann, morning contributor for WSVG and WAMM radio stations in the Shenandoah Valley. This interview aired on Feb. 6, 2011.