you might think it’s in pretty rough shape
it’s wrinkled and tattered and torn
it’s patched up in places with old yellow tape
it’s folded and creased and well-worn
our love makes quite a picture
of the beautiful life that we share
like an old photograph, right here in my heart
but not faded; it’s just seen some wear
yeah, it’s folded in half, down the middle
stuck with tape so it don’t come apart
two smiling faces together
the two of us, joined at the heart
chorus
it’s with me wherever I go
though the edges are ragged and frayed
’cause it keeps getting clearer as time passes by
and I know that it won’t ever fade
chorus, then
but not faded; it’s just seen some wear
Fm [0133] E♭6 [0011] Kenny from Killarney was a sorry little man
Nothing that he ever did went according to his plan
Little did he know today when he went out his door
That he would meet a tiger
and his life would change for sure
That he would meet a tiger
and his life would change for sure
McGillicuddy’s circus was rolling into town
put up all their posters and the people gathered round
nobody was looking and and it changed our Kenny’s fate
when a hungry angry tiger snuck out through an open gate
chorus
now Kenny worked a still hidden out among the green
distilled a murky liquid he pretended was poitin
he’d barely got the fire lit when the tiger happened by
and Kenny lit out running just as fast as he could fly
chorus
now Kenny was no runner and he ended up as lunch
you were thinking that he’d beat the tiger; sure I had a hunch
did you really think the story could end another way?
and the tiger’s had a taste for weasel ever since that day
C
old men have had the time to think about tomorrow
old men know what it’s like to wonder how it ends
stick around too long
everyone you knew is gone
old men feel the hole left by so many friends
old men have had the time to think about what truth is
old men know what it’s like to wonder what to say
they’d like to fix up all the hurt
before they get low in the dirt
old men feel tomorrow creeping into yesterday
and someday when I’m old
I’ll think of all the lies I’ve told
and maybe let go of all the things an old man didn’t know
old men have had the time to think about forgiveness
old men know what it’s like to learn to live alone
they didn’t plan to find
the path that’s now behind
old men feel the thorns of every seed they’ve ever sown
capo 3
Leaving Maricopa in a cloud of dust
Ain’t nobody back there gonna follow us
They can stay right there ’cause we ain’t done nothin’ wrong And we’ll be in Albuquerque by the time they know we’re gone
Leaving Maricopa in a borrowed car
I know we said we wouldn’t have to go that far She’ll be busy hanging out with her friends down at the salon
And we’ll be in Albuquerque by the time they know we’re gone
Leaving Maricopa at the speed of night
Had to take the car, couldn’t catch a flight
Heading east on 40 face-first into the dawn And we’ll be in Albuquerque by the time they know we’re gone
We’ll go to Babylon
Maybe the Amazon
We’ll run this marathon
Up to Saskatchewan
Maybe we’ll go to St. Louis and see that big mastodon ’cause we’ll be in Albuquerque by the time they know we’re gone
Leaving Maricopa in a cloud of dust
Smelling like grease and looking like rust
Tomorrow I’ll be dressed up in silk and you’ll be in chiffon And we’ll be in Albuquerque by the time they know we’re gone
bass notes
T-C P-F low #17 / RH C-T P-G organ #12 vol 2 above mid C
intro Cx8
C
Leaving Maricopa in a cloud of dust
Ain’t nobody back there gonna follow us F C
They can stay right there ’cause we ain’t done nothin’ wrong G C
And we’ll be in Albuquerque by the time they know we’re gone
Leaving Maricopa in a borrowed car
I know we said we wouldn’t have to go that far
But she’ll be busy hanging out with her friends down at the salon
And we’ll be in Albuquerque by the time they know we’re gone
Leaving Maricopa at the speed of night
Had to take the car, couldn’t catch a flight
Heading east on 40 face-first into the dawn
And we’ll be in Albuquerque by the time they know we’re gone
bump; no RH C
We’ll go to Babylon C
Maybe the Amazon C
We’ll run this marathon C
Up to Saskatchewan play normal, with RH F x4 C x4
Maybe we’ll go to St. Louis and see that big mastodon G x4 C x4
And we’ll be in Albuquerque by the time they know we’re gone
Leaving Maricopa in a cloud of dust
Smelling like grease and looking like rust
Tomorrow I’ll be dressed up in silk and you’ll be in chiffon
And we’ll be in Albuquerque by the time they know we’re gone
C x8 F x4 C x4
Leaving Maricopa x8 G x4 C x4
And we’ll be in Albuquerque by the time they know we’re gone
I remember a hillside
Watching white clouds rolling by
As I lay on the hillside
I was dreaming of you and I
All of my mem’ries surround you
As I lay on the ground you were always there
Mem’ries flow all around you
I’m so glad I found you and the life we share
Summer days in the country
Glimpsing wonder now and then
Let’s go back to the country
And fall under its spell again
chorus [love]
Breezes blow through my mem’ry
With a fragrance of the past
Mem’ries of those afternoons
Dreaming of you as I lay in the grass
I remember a hillside
Watching white clouds rolling by
As I lay on the hillside
I was dreaming of you and I
chorus
repeating guitar parts
part 1 is the riff part 2 is the verse and chorus
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B |-333-222-000-000|-000-222-333-333| || |-333-222-000-000|-000-220-333-333|
G |-222-222-000-000|-000-222-222-222| || |-222-222-000-000|-000-220-222-222|
D |-000-000-000-000|-000-000-000-000| || |-000-000-000-000|-000-000-000-000|
A |-000-000--------|-----000-000-000| || |-000-000--------|---------000-000|
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bass notes
Fiona sings intro: come in on 2nd time — walkup CDE
F E D C
I remember a hillside Bb C F CDE
Watching white clouds rolling by
As I lay on the hillside
I was dreaming of you and I
All of my memories surround you
As I lay on the ground you were always there
Memories flow all around you
I’m so glad I found you and the life we share
Summer days in the country
Glimpsing wonder now and then
Let’s go back to the country
And fall under its spell again
chorus
[instrumental (2x) last time F 2x]
[pause]
Breezes blow through my memory
With a fragrance of the past
Memories of those afternoons
Dreaming of you as I lay in the grass
[CDE walkup]
I remember a hillside
Watching white clouds rolling by
As I lay on the hillside
I was dreaming of you and I
A DM7 [x00222] C6 [000010]
earl grey and marmalade toast
drive up the coast see where it ends
wearing our marmelade coats
sharing some notes with a few friends
we build a crackling fire
funeral pyre see where it ends
we fill the sunset with stars
we spend the hours with a few friends
misty wet mountains the ocean below
staring at stars in our sky
misty wet mountains will stay when we go
staring at stars in the sky
slip through the mist like a ghost
marmalade coast with a few friends
we build a funeral pyre
slip down the wire see where it ends chorus
earl grey and marmalade toast
drive up the coast see where it ends
wearing our marmelade coats
sharing some notes with a few friends chorus
drive up the marmalade coast
with a few friends see where it ends
no capo | notes E E D D G G E E E G D E
coming into Tucumcari out of the north lightning crackled air E G D E
Quality Inn at the end of town seventeen minutes I’m there E E D D E E
big dark cloud big dark cloud
map shows a road crossing the lake East Saxon Avenue
lake’s been dry as long as I’ve seen dust is greyish blue
big dark cloud big dark cloud
E E D D E big dark cloud let it down E D D E fill that lake and soak the ground E D D A rinse me off so I don’t drown A E E E big dark cloud D D E E
this isn’t a place anyone goes, all just passing through
no one’s ever gonna cross that lake on East Saxon Avenue
big dark cloud big dark cloud chorus
just play E
I met a girl and she was made of clouds
but there was nothing light and fluffy about this one
she was dark, she was strong
and when she sang you couldn’t hear the sun
big dark cloud big dark cloud
eleven hours from Dalhart Texas, nine more gets me to you
turn right around and cross that lake on East Saxon Avenue
big dark cloud big dark cloud chorus x2
big dark cloud x3
Dark clouds always symbolize something bad. All my travels, all the places I’ve lived, clouds are a good thing, dark or otherwise.
Came across a picture I took on travels with Best Beloved of a sky-wide black cloud over Tucumcari. Flood of memories, good ones.
bass notes
fingered bass T-C P-F 2nd octave
intro G G F F Bb Bb G G G Bb F G
coming into Tucumcari out of the north lightning crackled air G Bb F G
Quality Inn at the end of town seventeen minutes I’m there G G F F G G
big dark cloud big dark cloud
map shows a road crossing the lake East Saxon Avenue
lake’s been dry as long as I’ve seen dust is greyish blue
big dark cloud big dark cloud
G G F F G
big dark cloud let it down G F F G
fill that lake and soak the ground G F F C
rinse me off so I don’t drown C G G G
big dark cloud
F F G G
isn’t a place anyone goes all just passing through
no one’s ever gonna cross that lake on East Saxon Avenue
big dark cloud big dark cloud
chorus
G G F G
met a girl G G F G
and she was made of clouds G G G G F G
but there was nothing light and fluffy about this one G G F G
she was dark G G F G
she was strong G G F G
and when she sang G x8
you couldn’t hear the sun G G F F G G
big dark cloud big dark cloud
eleven hours from Dalhart Texas nine more gets me to you
turn right around and cross that lake on East Saxon Avenue
big dark cloud big dark cloud
G G F F G
big dark cloud let it down G F F G
fill that lake and soak the ground G F F C
rinse me off so I don’t drown C G G G
big dark cloud repeat chorus
F F G G
big dark cloud F F G G
big dark cloud Bb Bb G G vamp G
big dark cloud
E E D G G E capo 3 G G F Bb Bb G
C 2 0 2
G 0 2 3
D 0 3 3
A 2 3 3
Am G F E7 [2122]
I’ve sailed upon this wilderness all my life
This sea has taught me everything I’ve learned
It’s taken from me everything I ever had
And all I ever had has been returned
Hard weather howled horizon to horizon
Tackle overboard and lost for good
Fearsome creatures prowling in my wake each day
Sun and stars still found me when they could
So many islands green and fair crossed my bow
So many times I thought to go ashore
But not one held the port I knew awaited me
One by one they fell astern forevermore
The time has come to furl my sails and ship the oars
Time to end this life on brine and foam
My time’s been spent in just the way it should have been
And now’s the time, and now, oh now I’m home
