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I Wish I’d Known You When
[G]A long time a[Bm]go [C]Down an old dirt [G]road
When [D]you were just a [C]child
[G]I was in my [Bm]teens [C]Kind of wild and [G]mean
But you were [D]waiting all the [C]while
[Am]Time just slips [D]away
[Am]When you live from day to [D]day
Some[G]times I [Em]wish I’d known you [C]when
Some[G]times I [Em]wish I’d known you [C]when
Some[G]times I [Em]wish I’d known you [C]when
Some[G]times I [Em]wish I’d known you [C]when
But that was [Am]then And you [D]can’t go back a[G]gain
Still another day Further up the way
The young child comes of age
I ran up ahead On a path that led
Through the same book Just a different page
And you weren’t far behind
I might have seen you in my mind
Sometimes I wish I’d known you when
Sometimes I wish I’d known you when
But this is now and that was then
And you can’t go back again
No you can’t go back again
[Am]Sometimes our life’s a [D]mystery
[Am]some angel holds the [D]key
Sometimes I wish I’d known you when
Sometimes I wish I’d known you when
But this is now and that was then
And you can’t go back again
No you can’t go back again
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Good Friends
03:25
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Good [G]Friends Let [C]nothing come be[G]tween us. CAPO @ 4
Good Friends [C]Stand the test of [G]time
And [G]then [C]We’ll be friends for[G]ever
[C]Good Friend [D]Say that you’ll be [G]mine
It [C]gets so quiet ‘round this place
I [G]long to see your smiling face
Just [A]look out your window and you’ll [D]find
Good [G]Friend [C]Walking through your [G]garden
[C]Good Friend [D]Say that you’ll be [G]mine
[C]We’ve be friends through thick and thin
[G]Down the road and back again
[A]Turn around and see what you might [D]find
Good [G]Friend [C]Walking up your [G]sidewalk
[C]Good Friend [D]Say that you’ll be [G]mine
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Mail Train Blues
04:09
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Mail[G]train mailtrain. I hope you're bringing me some good news.
Mail[C]train mailtrain. I hope you're bringing me some good [G]news.
Cos if the [D]news is bad I'll be [C]singing those mail train [G]blues. [D]
[G]Birthday cards, Christmas cards. Bills and checks and such.
The bills are kind of heav. The checks don't weigh too much.
Mail[C]train man. I hope you're bringing me some good [G]news.
Cos if the [D]news is bad I'll be [C]singing those mail train [G]blues.
The mailtrain man is sorting those letters every day.
If you can't sort me a good letter send a postcard my way.
Mailtrain man. Won't you bring me some good news.
Cos if the news is bad I'll be singing those mail train blues.
LEAD
All night sorting letters picking pouches on the fly.
Leaning on the windowsill watching towns go by.
Mailtrain man. I hope you're bringing me some good news.
Cos if the news is bad I'll be singing those mail train blues.
Onie's in the corner sleeping on a sack.
He's 1000 miles from Albany on a long and winding track.
Mailtrain man. Won't you bring me some good news.
Cos if the news is bad I'll be singing those mail train blues.
LEAD
Mailtrain mailtrain. I hope you're bringing me some good news.
Mailtrain mailtrain. I hope you're bringing me some good news.
Cos if the news is bad I'll be singing those mail train blues.
Yeah if the news is bad I'll be singing those mail train blues.
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Coming Home
02:56
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Coming Home
[C]I wish I was [G]home [Am]By the warmth of your [F]fire
[C]Lying in your [G]arms [Am]Feeling your de[F]sire
But you're so [C]far away I’m [G]here today
Wishing I was [F]home. [C]
I wish you were here Your fingers on my skin
And the warmth of your breath Caressing me again
But you’re so far away And I’m here today
Wishing you were here
[Em]On and on we live these [F]crazy lives
Blowing [C]us around like leaves in the [G]wind
[Em]It’s a wonder that we [F]all survive
Keep this [C]love alive until [G]then
When I come home to you Just like this song
Keep your candlelight burning You know it won’t be long
And like some summer wind Around and back again
I’ll be coming home
Like some summer wind Around and back again
I’ll be coming home
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Eight Days A Week
03:10
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Darling Boy
03:44
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Darling Boy
[C]I would be the first to [Dm]say. Forever and a [Em]day.
That's just how long I [F]wait for you.
From [C]here to the furthest [Dm]star. That's just about as [Em]far.
As I would travel [F]just to [G]get to...
[Am]You have settled in my [G]soul. You've got [C]control.
Of every dream when [F]I lay sleeping.
[Dm]I am just a [Em]toy. I'll be your darling [F]boy. Until the day they [G]lay me down.
[C]I will never be the [Dm]same. You're the one to [Em]blame.
If I seem a [F]bit down hearted.
[C]You might never even [Dm]know and it might never [Em]show.
What I lost the [F]day we [G]parted. [C]. LEAD
[Am]You have settled in my [G]soul. You've got [C]control.
Of every dream when [F]I lay sleeping.
[Dm]I am just a [Em]toy. I'll be your darling [F]boy. Until the day they [G]lay me down.
And [C]I will never be the [Dm]same. And you're the one to [Em]blame.
If I'm feeling [F]broken hearted.
[C]We were never meant to [Dm]be. But don't tell that to [Em]me.
You know you only [F]get me [G]started.
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Winter Song (Postman's Lament)
[C]Fingertips peaking through the [F]gloves that I'm [C]wearing
Just how long I've owned them is anyone's [G]guess
I'm [C]trying to make sense of this [F]mail that I'm [C]carrying
I'm a 30 year veteran of the [G]USPS[C]
Temperatures hovering down in the mid-20s.
On a cold winters morning in the upper Midwest.
A cold front comes crawling down out of the Rockies.
The winter wind whips me and it won't take a rest.
[F]When I was [C]young man the [G]winters were [C]warmer.
The [F]dogs were all [C]friendly and my heart was on [G]fire.
I [C]burned deep inside with a [F]pride and [C]passion.
But now I long only for the [G]day I re[C]tire.
Mailboxes frozen in lockjaw positions
Wooden steps coated in thin sheets of ice.
Creeping along on some treacherous sidewalk.
Thinking warm cups of coffee sure would be nice. CHORUS
I had me a friend down in Norman, Oklahoma.
Now and again I think of him still.
He had a way that he'd laugh when he told you.
If the neckties don't get you the lunatics will. CHORUS
There was a time when I was a runner.
An eight hour day was a simple request.
But the days all get shorter than the routes just get longer.
So don't push me know cause I'm doing my best. CHORUS
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Texas Morning
03:48
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Big Corn
02:24
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Big Corn
When the [C]caucuses are over and [F]subsidies been spent.
The [G]price of Iowa farmland is up another [C]10%
We'll [C]harvest all the food we grow. And then will [F]pour it in our tank.
While [G]Farmer John is laughing all the way down to the [C]bank.
Big [F]Corn. Is [C]anybody watching
Is [G]anybody here going to [C]sound the alarm.
Big [F]Corn. [C]Once they've seen highlife
[G]How you going to keep them down on the [C]farm.
The oil up in Anwar just sits there don't you know.
As it does beneath the waters in the Gulf of Mexico.
If politicians had some backbone. Then we'd really going to town.
But Washington won't let us punch a hole down in the ground.
Big Corn. Is anybody watching
Is anybody here going to sound the alarm.
Big Corn. Once they've seen highlife
How you going to keep them down on the farm.
[F]If Exxon goes [C]under and all the [G]moneys in the [C]barn.
[F]Who's left to [C]forgive us of our [G]sins.
If it's [F]all about the [G]struggle For the [C]money and the [Am]power.
Does it [F]really matter [C]which big group [G]wins?
Big Corn. Is anybody watching
Is anybody here going to sound the alarm.
Big Corn. Once they've seen highlife
How you going to keep them down on the farm.
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Dana Erlandson Green Bay, Wisconsin
WAMI WINNER(Wisconsin Area Music Industry) Dana Erlandson has brought his songs and stories everywhere from coffee houses to grand concert halls all across the country. He has shared stages and played with such diverse artists as America, Jackson Browne, .the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Nanci Griffith, Jerry Jeff Walker, John Hiatt, Tanya Tucker, Leo Kottke, Todd Snider, Shelby West, and Jack Ingram. ... more
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