{no_grid:} # # For best printing results use -2 option with the chord program # ex. chord -2 album_aimless_love.chordpro > album_aimless_love.ps # This will print two logical pages per physical page. # The chord program can be found at: # olga sites /resources/misc/chord {t:"AIMLESS LOVE" Album} {t:John Prine} # {ci: 1. BE MY FRIEND TONIGHT } {ci: 2. AIMLESS LOVE} {ci: 3. ME, MYSELF AND I } {ci: 4. THE OLDEST BABY IN THE WORLD } {ci: 5. SLOW BOAT TO CHINA } {ci: 6. THE BOTTOMLESS LAKE } {ci: 7. MAUREEN, MAUREEN } {ci: 8. SOMEWHERE SOMEONE'S FALLING IN LOVE } {ci: 9. PEOPLE PUTTIN' PEOPLE DOWN } {ci:10. UNWED FATHERS } {ci:11. ONLY LOVE } {ci: Oh Boy Records, 1984 } # #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Be My Friend Tonight} {st:(John Prine/Roger Cook/Shel Silverstein)} # {ci: Intro:} [D] # [D]I threw a party. [G]Nobody came [D]I bought all the tickets. [E7]They cancelled the g[A7]ame. [D]I give you my picture. [G]It didn't fit your frame [D] [A]Be my friend ton[D]ight {ci:Chorus 1:} [G]Be my friend tonight. [D]Be my friend tonight. [G]I'll sleep on the couch. [D]You can leave on that li[A7]ght. [D]Well, I won't do nothing wrong [G]till you say it's right [D]Come on Honey, [A]be my friend ton[D]ight [D]Now you bring the glasses [G]and I'll bring the wine [D]I'll rub your shoulders [E7]just like they were mi[A7]ne [D]I won't make no passes [G]till it's passing time [D]If your're only gonna [A]be my buddy ton[D]ight {ci:Chorus 2:} [G]Be my friend tonight. [D]Be my friend tonight. [G]I'll sleep on the couch. [D]You can leave on that li[A7]ght. [D]Well, I won't do nothing wrong [G]till you say it's right [D]Come on Darling, [A]be my friend ton[D]ight {ci:Instrumental:} [D] [G] [D] [E7] [A7] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D] # [D]Well, I'll mind my manners. [G]My P's and Q's [D]I won't give you nothing [E7]that you can't u[A7]se [D]I'll whip out that old guitar [G]and sing you the blues [D] [A]Be my friend ton[D]ight {ci:Chorus 3 and Ending:} [G]Be my friend tonight. [D]Be my friend tonight. [G]I'll sleep on the couch. [D]You can leave on that li[A7]ght. [D]Well, I won't do nothing wrong [G]till you say it's right [D]Come on Honey, [A]be my friend ton[D]ight [G]Be my friend tonight. [D]Be my friend tonight. [G]I'll sleep on the couch. [D]You can leave on that li[A7]ght. [D]Well, I won't do nothing wrong [G]till you say it's right [D]Come on Darling, [A]be my friend ton[D]ight [G]Oh, [D]come on Honey, [A]be my friend to[D]night [G]Please,[D] [A]be my friend to[D]night [G] [D] #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Aimless Love} {st:(John Prine)} # {ci: Intro:} [A] # [A]He's just a small fry. A bit too g[D]un shy. To have his [A]heart touched without a [E]glove He looks at [A]strangers as potential da[D]ngers Trying to S[A]teal his [E]aimless l[A]ove. {ci: Chorus 1:} Love has [D]no mind. It can't spell un[A]kind It's never seen a heart shaped like a Valent[E]ine For if love [A]knew him. It'd walk up [D]to him And introd[A]uce him to an a[E]imless l[A]ove [A]I been out walking. Kinda pillow ta[D]lking To anyo[A]ne that has the time for [E]me For there are s[A]ome folks they think that l[D]ove chokes. It ties and [A]keeps them [E]from being f[A]ree {ci: Chorus 2:} Love has [D]no mind. It can't spell un[A]kind It's never seen a heart shaped like a Valent[E]ine For if love [A]knew you. It'd walk up [D]to you And introd[A]uce you to an a[E]imless l[A]ove {ci: Instrumental:} [A] [D] [A] [E] Do you look at [A]strangers as potential d[D]angers Trying to [A]steal your a[E]imless l[A]ove. {ci: Chorus 3 and Ending:} Love has [D]no mind. It can't spell un[A]kind It's never seen a heart shaped like a Valent[E]ine For if love [A]knew you. It'd walk up [D]to you And introd[A]uce you to an a[E]imless l[A]ove And introd[A]uce you to an a[E]imless l[A]ove [E] [A] #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Me, Myself And I} {st:(John Prine/Dan Penn/Spooner Oldham)} # {ci:Intro:} [C] # Well, ton[C]ight I'll throw a party And I k[F]now who I'll in[C]vite [C]There's a strange and lonely person With w[D7]hom I'll spend this ni[G]ght [G7] There'll [C]be no old sad memories To h[F]aunt me till I d[C]ie In that room there'll be a bottle And [G]me, myself and [C]I In that r[F]oom there'll be a bo[C]ttle And [G]me, myself and [C]I [C]I've been introduced to many People [F]I don't unders[C]tand I've been in the house of lonely. I've shook a th[D7]ousand shaking ha[G]nds [G7] But to[C]night I'll be with someone Who will l[F]ook me in the e[C]ye And in that room there'll be a bottle And [G]me, myself and [C]I In that r[F]oom there'll be a bo[C]ttle And [G]me, myself and [C]I [C7] At that pa[F]rty you'll see me when [C]I was just a child In a room full of happy with a he[D7]art so meek and m[G]ild [G7] And that ch[F]ild will meet a ghost that will ha[C]unt him oh so bad From a family of confusion pretending love they never h[G]ad. [G7] So, ton[C]ight I'll throw that party And I k[F]now just what I'll [C]do Yes, I'll meet myself at midnight And c[D7]ry the whole night t[G]hru [G7] Yeah, I'll m[C]eet that ghost of sadness And he'll l[F]ook me in the e[C]ye And in that room there'll be that bottle And [G]me, myself and [C]I In that r[F]oom there'll be a bo[C]ttle And [G]me, myself and [C]I [G] [C] #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:The Oldest Baby In The World} {st:(John Prine/Don Fritts)} # [C]She's got the mind of a child And a b[F]ody peaking over the h[C]ill Well, she would if she could And she s[D7]hould but nobody w[G]ill [G7] With her n[F]ails painted red And her hair so unnaturally cu[C]rled [C/B] [Am] Well I th[F]ink that she may be The o[G]ldest baby in the wo[C]rld [C]She's tasted the night life But it's l[F]eft her with nothing but hu[C]nger And all the available men Seem to t[D7]hink that they want something you[G]nger [G7] But y[F]outh is a costume And the beauty within lies unf[C]urled [C/B] [Am] And I th[F]ink that she may be The ol[G]dest baby in the w[C]orld [C7] Fast h[F]orses win races And royal flushes beat aces And everyone's playing to k[C]eep So let's t[D7]urn out the lights And rock that old baby to sl[G]eep [C] [G] She loves the so[C]und of the rain But you k[F]now she's still afraid of the th[C]under [C]She keeps a head full of hope And a he[D7]art that's so full of wo[G]nder [G7] She may l[F]ook like a woman But she's still some daddy's little g[C]irl [C/B] [Am] And I th[F]ink that she may be The ol[G]dest baby in the wo[C]rld [C/B] [Am] Yes, I t[F]hink that she may be The ol[G]dest baby in the wo[C]rld [F] [C] [G] [C] #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Slow Boat To China} {st:(John Prine/Bobby Whitlock/Linda Whitlock)} # {ci: Intro:} [E] # Let's take a [E]slow boat to China. Leave from South Carolina Let's take our time and go the long way On a junk boat to Thailand with your hand in mine hand I sure hope we got something to say Well, this old [A]boat's go no sail so won't you please hold our mail- For a[E]while Thanks a[A]nyway pal but the Suez Canal - Ain't our s[B7]tyle Let's take a s[E]low boat to China and maybe we'll find a New way to play those same old games The stars just might show us and the captain will know us Shake our hands and call us by our first names We'll s[A]end a postcard to Grandpa of a vase or rickshaw- He don't c[E]are We'll buy [A]Mom a kimono or maybe we'll just phone her - When we're th[B7]ere {ci:Instrumental:} [E] We'll drink s[A]ake at night beneath the soft harbour lights- On the b[E]ay We'll b[A]uild house on the hill next to Shangri-Li Bill - And we'll s[B7]tay Let's take that s[E]low boat to China (Let's go) Slow boat to China (Real Slow) Slow boat to China (Let's go) Slow boat to China (Real Slow) Let's go Real Slow (Repeat and Fade) #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:The Bottomless Lake} {st:(John Prine)} # {ci:Intro (Capo on 3rd Fret):} [C] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [G]Here's the story of a man and his family And a b[D]ig trip that they to[G]ok Well, I heard all about in a restaurant And I r[A]ead it in a history bo[D]ok They r[C]ented a car at the E[G]rie Canal But the car didn't have no br[C]ake Said Ma to Pa "My G[G]od this car" "Is gonna f[D]all into the Bottomless L[G]ake" [C] [G] [D] [G] # [G]Well, Mama turned to Daddy with a pale face Said "I've d[D]one something horribly wr[G]ong" "Well, the waters still runnin' in the bathtub" And I th[A]ink I left the kitchen light [D]on" Then I he[C]ard a crash the c[G]ar when splash And the compass rolled around and ar[C]ound Oh, for Heaven's Sake! We f[G]ell in a lake And I th[D]ink we're all gonna dr[G]own {ci:Chorus:} {soc:} We are fa[D]lling down Down to the bottom of a h[G]ole in the ground Smoke 'em if you got 'em I'[C]m so scared I can ha[G]rdly breathe I may n[D]ever see my sweatheart ag[G]ain [C]Play once after first verse [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] {eoc:} # [G]There was plenty of food in the backseat And the wi[D]ndows were rolled up ti[G]ght So we all nibbled on a chicken leg Told st[A]ories 'way thru' the n[D]ight We[C]ll, Pa told one that he t[G]old before And the baby got a bellya[C]che Said Ma to Pa "My G[G]od this car" "Falling d[D]own a Bottomless L[G]ake" {ci: Repeat Chorus:} [G]Poppa played the music on the radio M[D]ama rocked the baby to sl[G]eep He said he would've taken the other road But he di[A]dn't think the lake was that d[D]eep Well, if the f[C]erry been there at the [G]end of the pier We'd be half way to Uncle Ja[C]ke's Instead of looking at fish out the w[G]indow I wish We'd hit the bo[D]ttom of the Bottomless L[G]ake 'Stead of lo[C]oking at fish out the wi[G]ndow I wish We'd hit the b[D]ottom of the Bottomless L[G]ake {ci: Repeat Chorus:} [G]So if you're ever goin' on a big trip Ya be[D]tter be careful out th[G]ere Start everything on you good foot And [A]wear clean u[D]nderwear T[C]ake along a Bible in the ba[G]ckseat Read of David and Solo[C]mon For if you make a mistake in the Bottomless L[G]ake You may ne[D]ver see your sweetheart ag[G]ain If you sh[C]ould make a mistake in the Bot[G]tomless Lake You may ne[D]ver see your sweetheart a[G]gain If you sh[C]ould make a mistake in the Bot[G]tomless Lake You may n[D]ever see your sweetheart ag[G]ain [C] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Maureen, Maureen} {st:(John Prine)} # {ci:Intro:} [G] # [G]Maureen, Maureen, I shot a doctor last night on the airpl[C]ane [C/B] [Am] Well, th[D]ey said he wouldn't hurt us But he got me real nervous and m[G]ean [G]He was fat and he stank And God knows that he drank more than we [C]do [C/B] [Am] So I s[D]hot him in the first class Then I bailed out and ran home to y[G]ou {ci:Chorus:} {soc:} [G]But you don't be[C]lieve me I could tell by your sm[G]ile Honey, why don't you le[C]ave me Get lost for a[D]while, M[D7]aureen. {eoc:} Ma[G]ureen, Maureen, There's a hole in between where we come f[C]rom [C/B] [Am] And the [D]things that I'm thinking Ain't necessary the things that I [G]say [G]I may have lied to myself But I tried to tell God how I love y[C]ou [C/B] [Am] But even [D]He don't answer His phone anymore when I p[G]ray {ci:Repeat Chorus:} {ci:Instrumental:} [G] [C] [C/B] [Am] [D] [G] [G7] # {ci:Repeat Chorus:} [G]Maureen, Maureen, [G]I shot a doctor last night on the airpl[C]ane [C/B] [Am] Well, th[D]ey said he wouldn't hurt us But he got me real nervous and m[G]ean Real ne[C]rvous and m[G]ean #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Somewhere Someone's Falling In Love} {st:John Prine/Don Fritts} # {ci:Intro:} [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F] [A7] [Bb] [G7] [F] [C7] [F] [F]Well, I got time on my hands and I got y[Bb]ou on my mind And the m[F]oon and the stars up ab[Bb]ove There's a w[F]arm summer br[A7]eeze Blowing d[Bb]own through the tr[G7]ees And so[F]mewhere someone's fa[C7]lling in l[F]ove [F]Well, if this world where we live is the o[Bb]nly one we have Then th[F]ere's only one thing I'm thinking [Bb]of Let's [F]go for that r[A7]ide - keep our e[Bb]yes open wi[G7]de Cause so[F]mewhere someone's fa[C7]lling in l[F]ove {ci:Chorus:} {soc:} Y[Bb]ou may be looking for som[F]eone S[Bb]omeone may be looking for y[F]ou S[Bb]omeday you'll awaken and o[F]pen your eyes And l[G7]ove will be looking at y[C]ou {eoc:} So don't get d[F]own on yourself. No and don't l[Bb]ose your faith Beli[F]eve these words that I'm singing [Bb]of For as s[F]ure as the d[A7]ay t[Bb]hat you were b[G7]orn So[F]mewhere someone's f[C7]alling in l[F]ove {ci:Instrumental:} [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F] [A7] [Bb] [G7] [F] [C7] [F] # {ci:Repeat Chorus:} So don't get d[F]own on yourself. No and don't l[Bb]ose your faith Beli[F]eve these words that I'm singing [Bb]of For as s[F]ure as the d[A7]ay t[Bb]hat you were b[G7]orn So[F]mewhere someone's f[C7]alling in l[F]ove Yeah, for as s[F]ure as the d[A7]ay t[Bb]hat you were b[G7]orn So[F]mewhere someone's f[C7]alling So[F]mewhere someone's f[C7]alling So[F]mewhere someone's f[C7]alling in l[F]ove #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:People Puttin' People Down} {st:(John Prine)} # {ci:Intro:} [B] [E] [B] [F#] P[B]eople who are sad - sometimes they w[E]ear a frown And p[B]eople who are kings - sometimes they w[E]ear a crown But all the pe[B]ople who don't fit Get the o[F#]nly fun they get From people puttin' people d[B]own [E]People puttin' people d[B]own P[B]eople without love - sometimes build a f[E]ence around The g[B]arden up above - that makes the whole wo[E]rld go 'round But all the p[B]eople who don't fit Get the o[F#]nly fun they get From people puttin' people d[B]own [E]People puttin' people d[B]own [B7] [E]So c[B]old, some[F#]times it g[E]ets [F#]so c[B]old Y[B]ou may love your wife - you may lose your fa[E]mily You m[B]ay lose you mind - just to keep your sa[E]nity But the pe[B]ople who don't fit Get the o[F#]nly fun they get From people puttin' people d[B]own [E]People puttin' people d[B]own Pe[B]ople that are glad - sometimes they w[E]ear a smile And pe[B]ople without dreams they walk the ex[E]tra mile But all the p[B]eople who don't fit Get the o[F#]nly fun they get From people puttin' people d[B]own [E]People puttin' people d[B]own F[E]rom people puttin' people d[B]own [E]People puttin' people d[B]own [B7] [E]So c[B]old, some[F#]times it g[E]ets [F#]so c[B]old #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Unwed Fathers} {st:(John Prine/Bobby Braddock)} # {ci:Intro:} [G] [C] [G] In an App[G]alachian, [C]Greyhound sta[G]tion [C] She sits there wa[G]iting, [D]in a family w[G]ay 'Goodbye br[G]other, [C]Tell Mom I love h[G]er' [C] 'Tell all the ot[G]hers, [D]I'll write som[G]eday' {ci:Chorus:} {soc:} [G]From an teenage lo[C]ver, to an unwed mo[G]ther Kept undercover, like some bad dr[D]eam [D7] While unwed fa[G]thers, [C]they can't be bot[G]hered [C] They run like w[G]ater, [D]through a mountain st[G]ream {eoc:} [G]In a cold and grey town, [C]a nurse say's 'L[G]ay down' [C] 'This ain't no pla[G]yground, [D]and this ain't h[G]ome' [G]Someone's children, [C]out having chi[G]ldren [C] In a grey stone bu[G]ilding, [D]all al[G]one {ci:Repeat Chorus:} {ci:Instrumental:} [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] # [G]On somewhere else bound, [C]Smokey Mountain Grey[G]hound [C] 'She bows her h[G]ead down, [D]hummin' lul[G]labys '[G]Your daddy never, [C]meant to hurt you e[G]ver' [C] 'He just don't li[G]ve here, [D]but you've got his e[G]yes' {ci:Repeat Chorus:} {ci: Ending:} [G]Well, they run like wa[D]ter, through a mountain str[G]eam #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Only Love} {st:(John Prine/Roger Cook/Sandy Mason)} # {ci:Intro:} [C] [C]You may live alone and close your e[F]yes - Some folks [C]do You may dream a dream that's twice your s[F]ize - All night thr[C]ough W[G]hen the morning comes who's to t[F]ell your dr[Bb]eams [C]to - [F]On-[Bb]ly y[C]ou {ci:Chorus:} {soc:} O[C]nly love, love only , only lo[F]ve - will [C]do O[C]nly love, love only , only l[F]ove - comes t[C]rue N[G]othing else, you see - there nothing e[F]lse [F]On-[Bb]ly lo[C]ve, [F]on-[Bb]ly l[C]ove {eoc:} I[C] have know a love within my he[F]art - One or t[C]wo Where one love would end and one would st[F]art - I never k[C]new If[G] love should come your way you'll learn to s[F]ay - [F]I l[Bb]ove y[C]ou [F]I l[Bb]ove y[C]ou {ci:Repeat Chorus:} {ci:Instrumental and Ending:} [C] [F] [C] [C] [F] [C] [G] [F] [Bb] [C] [F] [Bb] [C] # O[C]nly love, love only , only l[F]ove - will [C]do O[C]nly love, love only , only l[F]ove - comes t[C]rue N[G]othing else, you see - there nothing e[F]lse [F]On-[Bb]ly l[C]ove, [F]on-[Bb]ly l[C]ove [F] [Bb] [C] #---------------------------------------------------------------------- {cb:--End of "Aimless Love" by John Prine--} #----------------------------------------------------------------------