Crumbs From The Table

Lyrics:

Recorded by Connie Smith and Nat Stuckey
Written by Barbara Miller

G               D7           G          C
Lord bless your children who walk in perfection
G             D7          G
Who manage to master Your will
                D7       G              C
Give them their share of sweet milk and wild honey
G                D7                G
Provide bread of life till they're filled

C                                 G
Feed the children but give me the crumbs from the table
                   G7         D7
I'll wait for them down on my knees
C                               G
I'd be ever so grateful for the crumbs from the table
                    D7        G
For strength needed to follow Thee

             D7        G            C
Lord I'm not worthy to eat from the platter
G              D7        G
For I'm just a beggar in need
        D7         G                C
Satisfy others but when they're all finished
G          D7            G
Dear Jesus have mercy on me

Repeat #2

                    D7        C  G
For strength needed to follow Th-ee

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Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy

Lyrics:

recorded by Don Williams
written by Bob McDill
 
C              G7       C     
Well I grew up wild and free
G7            C         G7      C     
Walking these fields in my bare feet
                      G7         C   
There wasn't no place I couldn't go
       G7 C           G7      C     
With a 22 rifle and a fishing pole
 
       F           C        G7        C   
Well I live in the city but don't fit in
    Am                   G7        C   
You know it's a pity the shape I'm in
      F      C          G7     C       
But I got no home and I got no choice
   Am                   G7      C    
Oh Lord have mercy on a country boy
 
                 G7         C     
When I was young I remember well
G7                C              G7        C      
I'd hunt the wild turkey and the bob white quail
                        G7        C     
The river was clear and deep back then
    G7      C                 G7     C     
Had fishing lines tied to the willow limb
 
Repeat #2
                               G7         C       
Well they dammed the river they dammed the stream
G7                C           G7        C      
They cut down the cypress and sweet-gum trees
                           G7     C     
There's a Laundromat and a barber shop
    G7            C           G7      C    
And now the whole meadow is a parking lot
 
Repeat #2

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These Hands

Lyrics:

 
Recorded by Hank Snow written by Eddie Noack 
[3/4 time]

C                     G7         C
These hands ain't the hands of a gentleman 
                G7            C
These hands are calloused and old
                     E7           F             C
These hands raised a family these hands built a home
                          D7         G7
Now these hands raised to praise the Lord

      C             G7          C
These hands won the heart of my loved one 
                        G7     C
And with hers they were never alone
                            E7             F              C
If these hands filled their task then what more could one ask
                       G7            C
For these fingers have worked to the bone

                       E7         F             C
Now don't try to judge me by what you'd like me be
                   G7        C      G7
For my life hasn't been much success
           C           E7        F          C
While some people have power but still they grieve
                             A7   G7
While these hands brought me happiness

        C             G7        C       G7   C
Now I'm tired and I'm old and I haven’t much gold
                        E7         F
Maybe things ain't been all that I planned
                                 C       G7    C
God above hear my plea when it's time to judge me
                     G7           C
Take a look at these hard working hands

                                         G7    C
God above hear my plea when it's time to judge me
                     G7           C
Take a look at these hard working hands

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Lemon Tree

Lyrics:

Recorded by Bobby Bare
written by Will Holt

C          G7            C             G7      C
When I was just a lad of ten my father said to me
              G7     C               G7           C
Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree
      F        C        F                     C       F
Don't put your faith in love my boy my father said to me
              C         F                       C     F
I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree

      C                                        G7
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
                                                 C
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
                                               G7
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
                                                 C
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

        G7          C                      G7    C
One day beneath the lemon tree my love and I did lie
                G7            C                     G7     C
A girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky
   F           C      F                        C     F
We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree
             C        F                   C          F
The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me

Repeat #2

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Greasy Grit Gravy

Lyrics:

 
Recorded by Bobby Bare
Written by Shel Silverstein

C           G7
Momma momma me oh my
                C
I don't want no catfish eyes
                F
I don't want no lizard spleens
      G7                            C
Gimme greasy grit gravy and gizzard greens

                      G7
Greasy grit gravy and gizzard greens
                C
Big fat pie and mobo beans
               F
Make you wanna split your jeans
       G7                            C
Eating greasy grit gravy and gizzard greens

          G7
Hey Marie will you be mine 
                   C
I'm gonna take you out to dine
                 F
We're gonna live beyond our means 
       G7                            C
Eating greasy grit gravy and gizzard greens

                     G7
I kissed my wife and sold the baby
               C
A going off to join the navy
                F
All they eat on submarines
   G7                            C
Is greasy grit gravy and gizzard greens

Repeat #2

              G7
Me and little English Alice
                C
We went down to Buckingham Palace
                 F
Walked in on the King and Queen
       G7                            C
Eating greasy grit gravy and gizzard greens

Repeat #2

              G7
Doctor doctor help me please
                C
I'm neurotic as I can be
                F
I keep doing it in my dreams
   G7                            C
Oh greasy grit gravy and gizzard greens

                 G7
Dixie Bell she's southern fried
                  C
She don't want no champagne wine
                       F
You wanna get into her jeans give her
       G7                     C
Greasy grit gravy and gizzard greens

Repeat #2

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Five Hundred Miles Away From Home

Lyrics:

 
recorded by Bobby Bare
written by Bobby Bare and Charlie Williams 

G
Teardrops fell on mama's note
                           Em
When I read the things she wrote
            Am
She said we miss you son 
   C                D7
We love you come on home
       G
Well I didn't have to pack
                         Em
I had it all right on my back
        D7           C               G
Now I'm five hundred miles away from home
 
 
Away from home away from home
                       Em
Cold and tired and all alone
        D7           C               G
Yes I'm five hundred miles away from home
 
Spoken: 
 
I know this is the same road I took the day I left home
But it sure looks different now
Well I guess I look different too cause time changes everything
I wonder what they'll say when they see their boy looking this way
Oh I wonder what they'll say when I get home
 
 
Can't remember when I ate
                             Em
It's just thumb and walk and wait
        D7                 C               G
And I'm still five hundred miles away from home
D7    G
If my luck had been just right
                     Em
I'd be with them all tonight
        D7                 C               G
But I'm still five hundred miles away from home
 
repeat #2

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Daddy What If

Lyrics:

 
Recorded by Bobby Bare  with Bobby Bare Jr.
Written by Shel Silverstein

G                 Am
Daddy what if the sun stop shining
D7                G    G7
What would happen then

       C                   G
If the sun stopped shining you'd be so surprised
      C                    G
You'd stare at the heavens with wide open eyes
        C                     G            Em
And the wind would carry your light to the skies
        Am              D7       G
And the sun would start shining again

                  Am
Daddy what if the wind stopped blowing
D7                G    G7
What would happen then

       C                    G
If the wind stopped blowing then the land would be dry
         C                          G
And your boat wouldn't sail son and your kite couldn't fly
        C                                 G              Em
And the grass would see your troubles and she'd tell the wind
        Am               D7       G
And the wind would start blowing again

                      Am
But daddy what if the grass stopped growing
D7                G    G7
What would happen then

       C                     G
If the grass stopped growing why you'd probably cry
        C                              G
And the ground would be watered by the tears from your eyes
         C                          G             Em
And like your love for me the grass would grow so high
        Am                D7      G
Yes the grass would start growing again

                    Am
But daddy what if I stopped loving you
D7                G
What would happen then

         C                       G
If you'd stop loving me then the grass would stop growing
        C                          G
The sun would stop shining and the wind would stop blowing
       C                          G           Em
So you see if you wanna keep this old world a going
    Am           D7        G     Em
You better start loving me again again
    Am           D7        G
You better start loving me again

You hear me Bobby
    Am           D7        G
You better start loving me again

You love me Bobby
    Am           D7        G
You better start loving me again

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