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Time As Been Here

by Zawacki

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1.
Big Turn 04:41
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Big Turn Here at the big turn down on the river Ma sails the young ones down to the sea Here at the big turn down on the river Pa and his shotgun stand like a tree Here comes a holy war Marching up on us It was too late to start a rapport No help for that charred burning bus No one is trusted outside the holler Hiding among us innocent folk The enemy wears a clerical collar Death offers virgins pulling the yoke All my brothers Fight side by side We’d live free if we had our druthers And we won’t be swamped by this hadithal tide Here at the big turn down on the river Ma sails the young ones down to the sea Here at the big turn down on the river Pa and his shotgun stand like a tree Big Turn Vuelta Grande E pluribus unum spurned Pax haud bellum today There aren’t Jihadis Hiding among on us We could have stopped them from bombing in our cities One holds a piece of my wife’s funeral dress Here at the big turn down on the river Ma sails the young ones down to the sea Here at the big turn down on the river Pa and his shotgun stand like a tree
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Log Cabin Church 07:01
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Log Cabin Church [G] I didn’t want to go Out in the cold [F] snow And walk that long mile Just to [C] put my faith on [G] trial But I [C] walked through the [F] door [C] On to that dirt [G] floor I [Am] took a pew in the [G] back Thats [F] when I [G] smelled her Li[C]lac Thats [G] when I smelled her Li[C]lac [G] In a [C] log [G] cabin [C] church [F] Cut from the mountain [C] birch I first [Am] saw her there In the [F] winter air with spring [G] flowers in her [C] hair [G] In that damp room That smelled like the butcher’s [F] broom I tried to think on my soul And [C] forget about the [G] coal But I [C] thought on the that [F] lass [C] All through the [G] mass Her [Am] skin like china [G] clay And I [F] yearned for a [G] roll in the [C] hay Yes I [F] yearned for a [G] roll in the [C] hay Chorus [G] Back in the mine For her smile I did [F] pine My thoughts they ran wild As the [C] hard coal got [G] piled And I [C] nearly lost my [F] toe [C] In that onion [G] snow I [Am] was smitten as a[G] Loon When [F] the laggin [G] fell in [C] June When [F] the laggin [G] fell in [C] June Chorus [G] Now I longed to go Through the rain or [F] snow And skipped that short mile Not to [C] put my faith on [G] trail Just [C] to see her [F] again [C] and hear her say [G] amen But [Am] I was just a [G] miner And she [F] deserved [G] much [C] finer Yes she [G] was due much [C] finer Chorus Break [Am] She is a [Em] diamond [Am] Surrounded by black [Em] coal [Am] She sparkles in my [Em] mind [F] Even When I’m [G] in a deep [C] hole [G] The preacher man he said We should pray that young men [F] wed And walk that long mile To [C] meet her down the [G] aisle So our [C] children aren’t or[F]phaned [C] He said families should be [G] planned So [Am] I took his sound [G] advice And I [F] made [G] her my [C] wife Yes I [G] made her my [C] wife [G] In a [C] log [G] cabin [C] church [F] Cut from the mountain [C] birch I wed [Am] her there In the [F] summer air with spring [G] flowers in her [C] hair
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Time Has Been Here 04:10
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Time has been here Capo 1 [G] This old town what did it [C] used to be Before the [G] Paper Mill and the glue [C] factory We could walk the [D] square And we could breath the [C] air In [G] this old town [Em] Time has been here [D] can’t you see [Em] The factory feels the echoes [D] of the trees [Em] Time has been here [D] it’s all around [C] The grass is growing [Am] all over [G] town My [G] Father worked the lumber [C] down the creek Before the [G] mountains name was changed [C] to Bald Peak But he got [D] paid And his family [C] stayed In [G] this old town [Em] Time has been here [D] how does it show [Em] The floods come quickly [D] after the snow [Em] Time has been here [D] you can see the signs [C] The concrete covers [Am] all the old [G] pines Break C Em D G C Em D G C Em D G C Em D G [G] This old town what did it [C] used to be Before the [G] Paper Mill and the glue [C] factory Both fore[D]closed And the mayor [C] deposed In [G] this old town [Em] Time has been here [D] it’s moving slow [Em] The trees we lost have [D] begun to grow [Em] Time has been here [D] it leaves a scar [C] The money has left [Am] and I’m in [G] a
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Colored In Blue 05:18
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[G] I am like [C] a coloring [G] page [Em] colored [C] blue with [D] sorrow and [G] rage [G] The scribbled lines [C] of childhood [G] pain [Em] Can’t be e[C]rased it’s a [D] deep old [G] stain [G] I am a [C] myster[G]y [Em] To my[C]self and [D] all who [G] see [G] It’s almost like [C] ain’t got no [G] soul [Em] but still I [C] feel like a [D] crying [G] fool [C] I’m tired as [G] hell Off the [D] edge I almost [G] fell [C] I’m ready to [G] give in [D7] I’m wearin’ pretty [G] thin And no [D] matter what I do I can’t [C] wipe away the [G] blue [G] Underneath my [C] weathered [G] face Is a [Em] child’s [C] need for a [D] sweet em[G]brace [G] Everyone has tried [C] on the [G] hue [Em] But thats not the [C] same as being [D] colored in [G] blue Chorus Break [Em] Some can [C] feel a [D] cooling [G] breeze [Em] And see the [C] forest [D] for the [G] trees [D] But when your colored in blue [C] Its like burning an old ta[G]too [Em] You can’t re[C]move [D] sorrow’s [G] scar [Em] or scrape [C] away [D] who you [G] are [D] And when your colored in blue [C] there ain’t nothing you can [G] do Verse/Chorus Instrumental [G] Hiding the pain [C] with beer and [G] wine [Em] only drives you [C] down the [D] poverty [G] line [G] When I take the train [C] away from [G] here [Em] At every [C] station dark [D] clouds a[G]ppear Chorus
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The Remembering Waltz 04:34
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The Remembering Waltz (Colloidal Thematic Encephalon) [G] What ever happened to those three dog bowls we bought in Amster[D]dam I can’t remember what we said after spreading that strawberry [G] jam I’m living with silent tears foraging for my digni[C]ty I [D] draw them in his charms I draw them with no arms we’re kneeling so desperately [G] [C] Sweetheart my memories fused fast [G] [C] Darling they’re gurged in my angst [G] [C] Honey there’s no logical end [G] To this [D] puzzle that was placed in my [G] head [G] Where are they now those wooden shoes that sat by the fire [D] place He used to walk around in those clogs and fall right down on his [G] face The feelings I have, now are not, as they were back [C] then But [D] I draw them from my dreams I drawn them from the streams of the memories from our time in the glen [G] Chorus: [Bm] Is there any truth in my brain [C] or [G] does it just put puzzle pieces back together [D] again [Bm] is my memory just a mosaic [C] [G] and do I make it prosaic? [D] or is he still there sitting on that window pane? [G] [G] I try to forget that old brick house and the soldier’s bare grave[D]stones By that great oak we always played running atop those old [G] bones What do you remember, of those times, the church and all of its’ [C] crimes I still {D] draw them with no arms running from his charms to the wringing of those rusty old chimes [G] Chorus:
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Across Northern Waters 05:10
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[C] My sweet Magdalena she rowed [G] over The soft spring ice quietly crossing the [C] border Her underground journey came at quite a [F] price She started in Caro[G]lina with all [C] three of my [G] girls on the [G7] road To [G] freedom in the north [C] country [F] They had a [C] ticket [G] on that gospel [G7] train And they [C] sailed the northern [F] waters to [G] reach promised [C] land [C] Follow the drinking gourd said the station[G]master The quilts on the wall keep the wheels turning [C] faster In the camp by the lake came that deadly [F] squall that cracked those old [G] cotton;wood [C] trees [G] crushing my little [G7] ones Bringing [G] Magdalena to her [C] knees They [F] escaped the bonds of [C] slavery [G] through the howling [G7] rain only to [C] die on [F] arrival in that [G] Canadian tree [C] stand [C] The Wild wind it comes To those northern [G] waters Under the swaying trees Try to keep close your [C] daughters Hear my fair warning, when you feel that cold [F] breeze that drops from the [G] sky a[C]bove you [G] know its time to [G7] run and [G ] protect the ones you [C] love [F] They had a [C] ticket [G] on that gospel [G7] train And they [C] sailed the northern [F] waters to [G] reach promised [C] land they [F] escaped the bonds of [C] slavery [G] through the howling [G7] rain only to [C] die on [F] arrival in that [G] Canadian tree
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Global Warming 04:21
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Global Warming Song On the white granite sands of Palmdale Beach Where the wise desert tortoise she once preached Wrangling with the western monsoon rains I unearthed old desert black snake train Just beneath the blue Bay of Kissimmee Where the last Red Wolf he once roamed free Swimming the coral reef of Disney World I discovered an old union flag unfurled If we could see the world anew Without her scars from me and you Would she be What my mind can see Or would she still be sad and blue How could we do it to our Planet Can we undo it for our Planet Under the bright stars of the Great Bear those white giants they hunted there Sailing the warm waters of the Arctic Sea I was broadsided by a lumbering manatee Among the green trees of Everest Isle Where the raging Zemu River she runs wild Fishing under the rushing Khumbu Falls I hooked a brook trout by the shoals Chorus
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Down The Holler 04:18
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Down the Holler Capo 3 [G] [Em] [C] [D] [G] [Em] [C] [D7] [G] [G] Once there was a [Em] cabin [C] up on cedar [D] hill [G] It burned down [Em] to the slab [C] but left behind the [D] still [C] We often [G] go there and light a [D] fire on the [G] floor to [Em] remember what [Am] life was like be[D7]hind that screen [G] door [C] We live down the [D] holler now in an [G] old Massey [C] mine Its [Em] cold and wet and the [D] sun it never [G] shines [G] [Em] [C] [D] [G] [Em] [C] [D7] [G] [G] I started mining the [Em] Gallaway [C] back in [D] ‘45 [G] at that time when my [Em] Papa [C] he was still a[D]live [C] He built that [G] cabin out of [D] soft white [G] Pine [Em] He surveyed the [Am] land and drew the [D7] property [G] line chorus [D] When will we [D7] get out of the [G] mine [D] we have [D7] been here a long [G] time [Bm] we need to [Em] find the [Am] will to [D] go [Em] maybe re[D]build after the [G] snow [D] [D7] [G] [D] [D7] [G] [C] [D] [G] [C] [Em] [D] [G] [G] We lost our [Em] tick hound [C] on that fateful [D] day [G] We never found his [Em] body Blue just [C] might have run [D] away But the [C] cold was creeping [G] in now and there’s no [D] chance he sur[G]vived When [Em] Blue climbed in through the [Am] adit all [D7] hopes were re[G]vived chorus [C] We live down the [D] holler now in an [G] old Massey [C] mine But when [Em] Blue returned [D] the sun began to [G] shine [G] [Em] [C] [D] [G] [Em] [C] [D7] [G]
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Lightning In The Canyon 04:05
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INTRO [G] [Cadd9] [G] [D] [G] [Cadd9] [G] [Em] [D] [G] [G] She lived down by the [Cadd9] dry fork [G] wash, right around the bend You’d walk by her [Cadd9] open [G] door just to see that she was [D] safe With [C] love in your [D] heart, you [G] tried to be a [Em] friend But, her [C] eyes were always [D] turning you a[G]way [G] Oh its like [C] light[G]ning up in the [D] can[G]yon [G] You could [C] smell the [D] ozone in the [G] air [G] When your [C] year[G]ning for an old com[D]pan[G]ion and your [C] reason it [D] leaves you with a vacant [G] stare INTRO [G] It must have been a [Cadd9] quiet calm [G] before the raging storm That day on her [Cadd9] old front [G] porch when she sang that gospel [D] song With [C] joy in her [D] eyes she [G] sang so sweet [Em] warm But her [C] peacefulness on [D] Earth would soon be [G] gone [G] Oh its like [C] light[G]ning up in the [D] can[G]yon [G] You could [C] smell the [D] ozone in the [G] air [G] When your [C] year[G]ning for an old com[D]pan[G]ion and can [C] forget a fertile [D] lifetime of [G] prayer INTRO [G] They say she had [Cadd9] moments of [G] strength and clarity She would talk with her [Cadd9] fami[G]ly the ones that were breath[D]ing But In her [C] old age now she [D] climbed the cliff [G] just to speak to [Em] me She thought the [C] lightning would bring her [D] closer to my angel [G] wings [G] It was the [C] light[G]ning up in the [D] can[G]yon [G] She could [C] smell the [D] ozone in the [G] air [G] For your [C] kind[G]ness for my old com[D]pan[G]ion I [C] thank you and [D] free you from all your [G] cares [G] It was the [C] light[G]ning up in the [D] can[G]yon [G] She could [C] smell the [D] ozone in the [G] air [G] It was a re[C]u[G]nion with my old com[D]pan[G]ion I’ve been [C] waiting for her [D] release from that blank [G] stare
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Learning To Run 05:18
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The house on the corner Yellow like the sun What can you see there? After that gun Can you lay down a prayer? When you’re learning to run Blood on the pale walls Broken windows Can you still hear the dour calls? Of the child-sized ghosts Do they still walk the halls? Or did they learn to let go? Learning to Run Boys May save your life Strangers are near boys So don’t die by the Knife Learning to Run Girls Might keep you alive When Strangers are near girls Better Run to survive What can you see boys When you fly to the sun What can you see boys When you’re faced with a gun Do you lay down your toys? When you’re learning to run What can you see girls When you fly to the sun What can you see girls When you’re faced with a gun Do you lay down your pearls? When you’re learning to run Chorus Verse Break I will return one day When I can handle the pain To see where my kids played And left that big stain But for now I will keep away Till its washed by the rain Chorus
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The Ballad of Grin Darling 04:29
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The Ballad of Grin Darling CAPO 1 Intro G Em G Em G Em Em Am G Em G Em Yes I was standing in line with Grin Am G Em G Em When a troubled soul walked in Am C G D He raised his gun and screamed with pain G Em D Em G Em X2 The air stood still... by the idle train Em Am G Em G Em We fell to the ground when he opened fire Am G Em G Em I could smell the blazing iron Am C G D The screams rang out and the blood it flowed G Em D Em But the air stood still when he stopped to reload Em Am Em Where Oh Where did that smile come from Em Am D G And how do you hide it under your gun C D G You could save nations or make hard men cry C Am D G Em G Em When you show that glint in you eye Em Am G Em G Em The station it echoed with that dreadful sound Am G Em G Em Bullets flying underground Am C G D I could feel Grin Darling move away G Em D Em The air stood still when the gunmen stopped to pray Em Am G Em G Em Am G Em G Em Am C G D G Em D Em Chorus Em Am G Em G Em I opened my eyes I could to see two stand Am G Em G Em One with the gun in his hand Am C G D And Grin in white she faced the man G Em D Em G Em The air stood still... when the tears began Em Am G Em G Em Darling’s snowy dress now hemmed in red Am G Em G Em Was a glistening among the dead Am C G D It happened so fast I can’t explain G Em D Em An the air it stirred from the throttle of the train Chorus 2nd Chorus G C D G Where Oh Where did that smile come from G C D G And how do you hide it under your gun C D G You could save nations or make hard men cry C Am D G When you show that glint in you eye G Em G Em G Em
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Up On The Mountain 02:38
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Up on the Mountain Capo 1 [C] up over yonder the wiskey [F] bend That’s where I’ll [C] wander [G] Until the [C] end [C] Down Bolder River That’s where I [F] run Fishing the [C] sliver Of [G] each setting [C] Sun [F] up on the mountain Is [C] where I’ll stay [G] you can’t make me [C] leave today [F] up on my mountain You [C] blast your mines You [G] craked the well [G7] and you cut my [C] pines [C] I hiked to Wolf Paw yester[F]day To feel the Elwha [C] [G] Whitewater [C] spray [C] I can’t come down the moutain [F] trail No horses [C] in the town They’ll [G] take me to [C] jail [F] up on the mountain Is [C] where I’ll stay [G] you can’t make me [C] leave today [F] Up on the moutain The [C] sulfur stings [G] Its an acid bath in the [G7] old hot [C] springs [C] I love my cabin In the wood [F] Won’t leave my [C] garden Is [G] that under[C]stood [C] You do your damage Then get out of [F] here Push me to [C] the edge [G] I’ll still have no [C] fear [F] up on the mountain Is [C] where I’ll stay [G] you can’t make me [C] leave today [F] Up on the mountain We [C] hear your blast [G] just take your coal and [G7] leave real [C] fast

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