69 Love Songs volume two
 
1. Roses
2. Love is Like Jazz
3. When My Boy Walks Down the Street
4. Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old
5. Very Funny
6. Grand Canyon
7. No One Will Ever Love You
8. If You Don't Cry
9. You're My Only Home
10. (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy
11. My Only Friend
12. Promises of Eternity
13. World Love
14. Washington, D.C.
15. Long-Forgotten Fairytale
16. Kiss Me Like You Mean It
17. Papa Was a Rodeo
18. Epitaph for My Heart
19. Asleep and Dreaming
20. The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing
21. The Way You Say Good-Night
22. Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
23. I Shatter

1. Roses

Buy more stock in roses
Millionaires will always woo
Don't be shocked if roses
make a millionaire of you


2. Love is Like Jazz

(The only requirement, when playing this song, is that you wear sunglasses)

Love is like jazz
You make it up as you go along
and you act as
if you really knew the song
but you don't
and you never will
so you flaunt your mistakes
and you make them until
they were you
Love is like jazz
the same song a million times
in different ways
"Strange Fruit" with
and without wind chimes
It's divine
It's asinine
It's depressing
and it's almost entirely
window dressing
but it'll do


3. When My Boy Walks Down the Street

D:x00232 A:002220 C:032010 G:320033
Grand  pianos     crash  together

D       A         G        D
when my boy walks down the street

D         A         C        G
There are whole new kinds of weather

D       A          G       A
when he walks with his new beat
Everyone sings hallelujah
when my boy walks down the street
Life just kind of dances through ya
from your smile down to your feet

      D
(C): Amazing

       G         D       A
he's a whole new form of life

           D
blue eyes blazing

         A              D A C G D A G A
and he's going to be my wife.

The world does the hula-hula
when my boy walks down the street
Everyone thinks he's Petula
so big and yet so petite
Butterflies turn into people
when my boy walks down the street
Maybe he should be illegal
He just makes life too complete (C)

G              D         A        C
Oh, shadows of echoes of memories

G                  D              002230           A
Oh, things that he brings that he found in the sea
Oh, shadows of echoes of memories of songs
Oh, how could he know that it won't be long (C)

Grand pianos crash together
when my boy walks down the street
There are whole new kinds of weather
when he walks with his new beat
Everyone sings hallelujah
when my boy walks down the street
Life just kind of dances through ya
from your smile down to your feet


4. Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old

            Bb:688766       Eb:668886          Bb
There'll be time enough for rocking when we're old
We can rock all day in rocking chairs of gold

      Eb                               Bb
but tonight I think I'd rather just go dancing

                            F:8-8-10-10-10-8   Bb      F Eb F Bb
There'll be time enough for rocking when we're old, my love
There'll be time enough for talk in the nursing home
Darling, time enough to write an epic poem
but tonight I think I'd rather just go dancing
There'll be time enough for talking in the home, my love
There'll be time enough for sleeping when we're dead
You will have a velvet pillow for your head
but tonight I think I'd rather just go dancing
There'll be time enough for sleeping when we're dead, my love
There'll be time enough for sex and drugs in Heaven
when our pheromones are turned up to 11
but tonight I think I'd rather just go dancing
There'll be time enough for sex and drugs in Heaven, my love
and time enough for rocking when we're old


5. Very Funny

D:x00232  A:002220  G:320033 F#m:244222
Everybody knows but me

Em:022000  A:002220 Em             A
when you go where   you shouldn't be
Everybody knows but me
where you go when you're feeling free

Em        A          D A G F#m Em A
Everybody knows but me

So you go there for a laugh
You just go to take photographs
To believe that, I'd be daft
but yes I think you go for a laugh

          D             A
And you say, I love you honey

G
  Very funny


6. Grand Canyon

INTRO, INTERLUDE: D:x00232, G:320033, D, G, D

     D   G         D
If I was the Grand Canyon

            G           A:002220
I'd echo everything you say

G       D
but I'm just me

    F#:244322 G
I'm only      me

    D           A            G
and you used to love me that way

       D           A            D
so you know how to love me that way

If I was Paul Bunyan
I'd carry you so far away
but I'm just me
I'm only me
and you used to love me that way
so you know how to love me that way...


7. No One Will Ever Love You

Am:002210                G:320033
          If you don't mind
F:133211
         why don't you mind
Where is your sense of indignation
You are too kind
Much too kind

C:032010               G                F
         Where is the madness that you promised me

C               G                 F       E:022100
  Where is the dream for which I paid dearly

When things go wrong I sing along
It is the nature of the business
But you're not here to make my sad songs more sincere
No one will ever love you honestly
No one will ever love you for your honesty
No one will ever love you honestly
No one will ever love you for your honesty


8. If You Don't Cry

INTRO, INTERLUDE: C:032010, G:320033, F:133211, C, F, G

            C        G          Dm:x00231  Em:022000
Softly the crystals falling on 17th       Street

          Am:002210 F           G
do their dance and die and are gone

Em           C       G           Dm
Millions of crystal balls roll around your feet

    Em            G
and nothing gets done

    C
An hour goes by

            F
She doesn't

                  Dm F         C    G
(C): If you don't cry it isn't love

             Dm F          G                  C
If you don't cry then you just don't feel it deep enough

Dying all day in thousands of little ways
Dancing alone and drinking a lot
Closing the clubs and haunting the cabarets
looking for what
Another five years off your life (C)
A year goes by
She doesn't (C)


9. You're My Only Home

G:320033         C:032010          D:x00232
         I will stay if you let me stay

C                           Em
  and I'll go if you let me go
but I won't go far away
because you're my only home
I will hide what you want hidden
and I'll roam if you say roam
but I'd just as soon you didn't
because you're my only home

G          C      Em      D
  When you cancel dinner plans
When you cross the street and you don't take my hand
When you make impossible demands

   Em            G    D
I wish I didn't understand, but...


10. (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy

  Eb:668886         Ab:466544
I built a ship with my own hands
to take us to the moon
I took a pen in my own hand
and wrote you a hundred tunes

             Bb:688766          Ab            Eb Bb
(C): Now I'm crazy for you but not that crazy

                      Ab             (Eb Bb - played in 3rd chorus)
I'm crazy for you but not that crazy.

I pretended you were Jesus
you were just dying to save me
I stood beneath your window
with my ukulele
I made my yard a playground
just in case we had a baby (C)
I treated you like radium
I treated you like God
You were my glass menagerie
Did you not find that odd
I dwelt within and went without
and broke my virgin flesh
I performed acts of devotion
as if you were Ganesh, but (C)


11. My Only Friend

Db:446664        Eb:668886
Billie you're a miracle

    Ab:466544         Db
and God knows I need one

                   Eb
Sing me something terrible

     Ab             Db
that even dawn may come

        Bbm:688666      Db
You and me, we don't believe

          Eb
in happy endings

     Eb         Ab
(C): Hey, Lady Day,

         Db                Eb
can you save my life this time
Can you cry so beautifully
you make my troubles rhyme
Hey, Lady Day,
can you save my life again

Eb          Ab             Db
   My only love has gone away

          Eb        Bb:688766
Will you be my only friend.

Billie you're a genius      <-- since this verse has one more line
enough to be a fool             than the first, simply repeat the
a fool to gamble everything     C# D# G# C# sequence one more time
and never know the rules        before the A#m C# D# sequence.
Some of us can only live
in songs of love and trouble
Some of us can only live in bubbles (C)


12. Promises of Eternity

            F#:244322         B:224442 F# C#:446664
What if the show couldn't go on

            F#      C#
What if we all got jobs

     B      F#         C#
and got to bed before dawn
What if Old Joe had to retire
What if all the stage hands were let go or fired

       C#                  B           F#
That's just like what the world would be

   C#               B
If you fell out of love with me

                      F#
(C): I can't let this happen to you

                 B
Don't you let it happen to me

               C#                  B
What would our friends and family say

              F#        C#
if they could only see
If you let this happen to us
don't think you'd be setting me free

           C#             B    F#
(Wasn't it you and I who made) <-- only in the 3rd chorus

Wasn't it you and I who made
promises of eternity? <-- don't end on C# in 3rd chorus

What if the lights didn't go on
What if the velvet curtain
had to be taken down
What if the clowns couldn't be clowns
and all those painted smiles
gave in to plaintive frowns
What if no show ever happened again       <-- for the extra line,
No Seven, no 8 1/2, no Nine, and no "10"      play the sequence
All numbers and no mystery                    F# B F# C# F# C# B F# C#
No promise of eternity (C) (C)


13. World Love

INTRO: G:320033, Am:002210, C:032010, D:x00232

                G         Am         C
When the rhythm calls the government falls
D             G  Am  C  D
Here come the cops

From Tokyo to Soweto
viva la musica pop
We are black & white and we dance all night
down at the hop
and the letters were tall on the Berlin Wall
viva la musica pop
So if you're feeling low
stuck in some bardo
I, even I know the solution
love, music, wine and revolution
love, love,
love, music, wine and revolution
This too shall pass so raise your glass
to change and chance
and freedom is the only law
shall we dance...


14. Washington, D.C.

W! ASH! ING! TON, baby, D.C.!
W! ASH! ING! TON, baby, D.C.!

G:320033      D:x00232 C:032010     G
Washington, D.C., it's paradise to me

     Am:002210       C               G   D
It's not because it is the grand old seat
of precious freedom and democracy, no no no

     C                Em:022000       Am
It's not the greenery turning gold in fall

            G            D   D7:x00212
the scenery circling the Mall

     Am                   C                   G
It's just that's where my baby lives, that's all
Washington, D.C., it's the greatest place to be
It's not the cherries everywhere in bloom
It's not the way they put folks on the Moon, no no no
It's not the spectacles and pageantry
the thousand things you've got to see
It's just that's where my baby waits for me

W! ASH! ING! TON, baby, D.C.!
W! ASH! ING! TON, baby, D.C.!

Washington, D.C., it fits me to a T
It's not the people doing something real
It's not the way the springtime makes you feel, no no no
It ain't no famous name on a golden plaque
that makes me ride that railroad track
It's my baby's kiss that keeps me coming back

        C                D                G
It's my baby's kiss that keeps me coming back


15. Long-Forgotten Fairytale

                            B:224442
If someone told me you'd be here

                          G#m:466444
whispering these familiar things

        E:022100     F#:244322
talking to my little pets

            E            F#
smoking the same old cigarettes

             B
I would have laughed
I saw you last in summertime
You said you hated long goodbyes
You said there's nothing to explain
in every life a little rain
et cetera

           B               E    B
(C): And a long-forgotten fairytale

    E       B     F#
is in your eyes again
and I'm caught inside a dream world
where the colors are too intense

                       B
and nothing is making sense
There's a floating town of eiderdown
in a mist of mystery
There's an old enchanted castle
and the princess there is me
decked out like a Christmas tree.

I guess you've had your little joke
but I have lost my sense of humor
My medication's wearing off
or it's just not strong enough
to cover this
and then you kiss me like before
and I find myself wanting more
and you tell that little lie
that kept me hypnotized:
another kiss (C)
If someone told me I'd succumb,
if someone said I'd be so dumb
after all the sleepless nights
when I turned on all the lights
I would have hit them
but I have turned the other cheek
My voice trembles, my knees are weak
and you beat me once again
and I know what happens then:
you raise the ante (C) <-- only the first half of the chorus


16. Kiss Me Like You Mean It

         Db:446664 Gb:244322 Db
He is my lord, He  is my     saviour

   (Gb)  Db       Gb     Ab:466544 <-- (Gb) only played in 1st verse
and He rewards my good behavior

   Gb     Db                Gb
My secret soul, I know He's seen it

         Db                 Ab                Gb
He says, come here baby and kiss me like you mean it

   Db                  Ab                Gb
He calls me baby, says kiss me like you mean it

INTERLUDE: Db Gb Db Gb Db Gb Db

He is my light and salvation
He's always right, He's always patient
I pinch myself  It's like I'm dreaming it
He says, come here baby and kiss me like you mean it
He calls me baby, says kiss me like you mean it

INTERLUDE

   Gb    Db                Cb:224442 Gb
He is my love, He's always been it
He says, come here baby and kiss me like you mean it
He calls me baby, says kiss me like and you mean it


17. Papa Was a Rodeo

Note: this is not a direct transcription, just an interpretation

E------3-------3-------3-------3----
B------3-------3-------3-------3----
G----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--
D--------------------------0--------
A-----------------------------------
E--3-------2-------0----------------

I like your twisted point of view, Mike <-- play the above for this line

C:032010             Em:022000      Am:002210 D:x00232
         I like your questioning eyebrows
You've made it pretty clear what you like
It's only fair to tell you now

Em              D             C      Em
   that I leave early in the morning

Am                               D
   and I won't be back till next year
I see that kiss-me pucker forming
but maybe you should plug it with a beer, cause

     G:320033   D
(C): Papa was a rodeo

C                      G
Mama was a rock'n'roll band

                         D
I could play guitar and rope a steer

  C                   D
before I learned to stand

G                      D
Home was anywhere with diesel gas

C                     G
Love was a trucker's hand

G                  D          <-- in the 2nd and 3rd choruses, instead
Never stuck around long enough    of playing G D C Em here, play the
                                  tab from above
      C         Em
for a one-night stand

Am                               G    <-- in the 2nd and 3rd choruses,
   Before you kiss me you should know     play C instead of Am

C      D         play tab from above, then C D x00233 D (1st chorus)
  Papa was a rodeo.                     or C Em Am D (2nd chorus)
                                        or C D G (3rd chorus)

The light reflecting off the mirror ball
looks like a thousand swirling eyes
They make me think I shouldn't be here at all
You know, every minute someone dies
What are we doing in this dive bar
How can you live in a place like this
Why don't you just get into my car
and I'll take you away  I'll take that kiss now, but (C)
And now it's 55 years later
We've had the romance of the century
After all these years wrestling gators
I still feel like crying when I think of what you said to me (C)
What a coincidence, your Papa was a rodeo too


18. Epitaph for My Heart

 Db:446664       Gb:244322    Ab:466544
"Caution: to prevent electric shock

Db            Ab
do not remove cover

   Gb                       Ab
No user-serviceable parts inside

Gb                      Ab
Refer servicing to qualified

Gb     Ab     Db
service personnel"

                Bbm:688666  Db       Ab
Let this be the epi  -  taph for my heart

Eb            Bbm        Db       Ab   Eb
Cupid put too much poison in the dart

            Bbm    Db       Ab
This is the epitaph for my heart

  Eb         Db    Ab     Eb
because it's gone, gone, gone

              Bbm     Db   Ab Eb
and life goes on and on anon

               Bbm       Db       Ab Eb
and death goes on, world without end

            Db Ab  Eb
and you're not my friend

                   Bbm       Db   Ab  Eb
Who will mourn the passing of my heart

                Bbm        Db            Ab
Will its little droppings climb the pop chart

                Eb         Db  Ab    Eb
Who'll take its ashes and, singing, fling

                          Db   Ab   Eb
them from the top of the Brill Building
And life goes on, and dawn, and dawn
and death goes on, world without end
and you're not my friend


19. Asleep and Dreaming

              G:320033 C:032010   G
I've seen you laugh at nothing at all

              D:x00232 Em:022000
I've seen you sadly weeping

    C        G       C    G
The sweetest thing I ever saw

         D             C
was you asleep and dreaming

             G            D
Well you may not be beautiful

         C              Em
but it's not for me to judge

             G               D
I don't know if you're beautiful

          C
because I love you too much

I've seen you laugh at nothing at all
I've seen you sadly weeping
The sweetest thing I ever saw
was you asleep and dreaming

I've seen you when your ship came in
and when your train was leaving
The sweetest thing I ever saw
was you asleep and dreaming


20. The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing

       Db:446664  Ab:466544  Gb:244322 Db      Ab
So the sun goes down and the world    goes dancing
and the stars come out and they all go dancing

              Gb       Db      Ab
and there is nothing I'd like more

         Gb    Bbm:688666 Ebm:668876   Ab
than a twirl across this rickety old floor
Well I don't know why but I just feel like dancing
I can't imagine why but I feel like dancing
and there is nothing in this world

               Gb      Db   Ebm
that I'd like better than a twirl

    Bbm        Ebm        Ab  <-- second time through, play Gb
across your rickety old floor     instead of Ebm

Db              Ab
   Maybe it's you

Ebm
    You know your eyes are awful blue
Maybe it's more
Maybe you're all I've ever waited for

Db         Bbm            Db
   after all the endless nights

         Gb                  Ab
when I wished I could still cry...


21. The Way You Say Good-Night
 

   C#:446664
So faraway and so alone
how could I ever take you home

       F#:244322  C#
You're beautiful, beautiful
You've a got a devastating point of view
and everything you say is true
You're beautiful, beautiful

    B:224442             F#                   C#
The nightbirds start to sing their favorite song:

     B                  F#  C#
"The Way You Say Good-Night"
The nightbirds start to sing their favorite song
and the moon begins to sing

I kiss you and the sun goes down
How come it's always dark when you're around
You're beautiful, beautiful
The nightbirds sing their favorite song
The moon begins to sing
You're beautiful, beautiful
The stars begin their Busby Berkeley dance:
"The Way You Say Good-Night"
and the night becomes a musical extravaganza:
The Way You Say Good-Night

C#                       F#
   The way you say good-night

                     C#
I dream of all day long

                     F#                              C#
Oh, I could write a song about the way you say good-night...


22. Abigail, Belle of Kilronan

G:320033
Abigail

                C:032010     G            D:x00232
can you feel my heart in the palm of your hand

           Em:022000 C:032010             G   D
and do you understand         why I can't stay
Abigail
and evil wind is blowing through the land
and they need every man to drive it away

                 C              Em
(C): When I come home if I come home

            G       D
you'll be a grown woman

            C              Em
When I come home if I come home

           C
don't be alone,

         G           D G
Abigail, belle of Kilronan.

Abigail
's gonna be the beauty of County Galway
and she will live always in a world of love

G
Abigail

               C                  Em
I'm off to the war but you can be sure

            G                        D
I will know you're what I'm fighting for
I'm off to the war but you can be sure
I will know you're what I'm fighting for
I'm off to the war but you can be sure
I will know you're what I'm fighting for (C)


23. I Shatter

G:320033                 A:002220
         Bang there was you

C:032010         G
         too gold too blue
You told the truth
I cried  You flew

(C):You called me mad (and I am mad)
as a hatter
Some fall in love
I shatter.

You make it rain
Too bleak, too stark
Should night not fall
you make things dark (C)
Bang here am I
No one nowhere
no ground no sky
no light no air (C)



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