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.............................Songwriters
..........................Are Gonna Miss
...........................You John Prine
.............................Repeat four
............................Guitar chords
............................Em - o22ooo;
.............................G - 32ooo3;
.............................C - x32o1o;
.............................D - xxo232;
.............................Introduction
...............................[Em]John
................................[G] Prine
................................[C] John
................................[D] Prine
...............................[Em]John
................................[G] Prine
................................[C] John
................................[D] Prine
...............................[Em]John
...............................[G] Prine
...............................[C] John
...............................[D] Prine
...........You were a songwriter’s songwriter
........Used the simplest of chords and rhymes
......Songwriters are gonna miss you John Prine
........Just a regular guy....... life storyteller and
.......Could make me..................laugh or cry
......Songwriters are.................gonna miss you
.........John........Prine..............John......Prine
..........Songwriters are gonna miss you John
........Prine. They’re crying and they’re writing.
.....They’re playing all of your songs. Still trying
...To figure out how you did it. When they do that
.they’ll use it to make a living...... John Prine John
Prine John Prine John Prine John Prine John Prine
Prine John Prine John Prine John Prine John Prine
..John Prine John Prine John Prine John Prine. This
....Songwriter is sure gonna miss you John Prine
........I’ll use the simplest of chords and rhymes
...............John Prine John Prine John Prine
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2. |
Opening Up
03:01
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Opening Up
[Emaj7(Amaj7)] Opening up
Can’t believe things are [E7(A7)] opening up
[B(E)] I’m just gonna stay home
[B7(E7)] I’d rather be healthy alone
[Emaj7(Amaj7)] Pretend it’s not there
Pretend the 800 pound gorilla [E7(A7)] is not there
[B(E)] Exercising my right to make choices
[B7(E7)] Staying home except for essential voyages
[A(D)] Gotta do what is best for my family
[Amj7(Dmaj7)] Acceptable risk is under the control of me
[A7(D7)] Wear a mask, where I go
[A6(D6)] What I exhale, what I breathe
[A(D)] I respect the right of choices others make
[Amj7(Dmaj7)] Even if they take risks I don’t want to take
[A7(D7)] Got no control over what is done by anyone but me
[A6(D6)] World, nation, organization, or community
[Emaj7(Amaj7)] Opening up
Staying in the house while everythings [E7(A7)] opening up
[B(E)] Wishing my friends and loved ones the best of luck
[B7(E7)] In avoiding the asymptomatic Mack truck
[Emaj7(Amaj7)] Opening up
Can’t believe things are [E7(A7)] opening up
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3. |
Wear A Mask
01:35
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Wear a Mask
Repeat progression throughout [B7] [E] [A] [C]
Verse
I used to live on the beach
Now I hardly ever go to the beach
Way too frenetic, hot, and crowded at the beach
Now the Town requires if you go to the beach
Refrain
Wear a mask (repeat four times)
Verse
I used to go to the mall
Now I hardly ever go to the mall
Way too materialistic, cold, and crowded at the mall
Now the Town requires if you go to the mall
Refrain
Verse
I used to go to the bars
Now I never ever go to the bars
Way too alcoholic, loud, and crowded at the bars
Now its not even safe to go to the bars
or anywhere public unless I
Repeat Refrain
(Please wear a mask, its not gonna kill ya, but without one you might accidentally kill somebody else)
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4. |
Re-evaluate
02:04
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Re-evaluate
Nashville tuning DADGAD
[Dm] Got tested yesterday now I’m Tom Waits
[D2] About a virus I can’t see is it punishment or fate?
[D5ddb2] Last month I planned ten years ahead
[D5] Now I wonder if in three weeks I’ll be dead
Locked in this ICU haven’t seen daylight in weeks
Behind the curtains all the doctors and nurses covered head to toe like freaks
Another test another sample
Do I become an example
Another week after another week of rising cases
Wonder if they just see the numbers, cause they don’t see the grief on my families ravaged faces
Hoping I don’t die
Maybe I live but don’t have much of a life
Can I take the test again, can I re-evaluate
Starting living healthy, take care of myself, or is it too late
To shake this virus I can’t see is capital punishment my fate?
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5. |
I Don’t Give Up
02:56
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I Don’t Give Up
Draft inspired by Amanda Rose Riley Extraordinary mini-musical
Verse 1
[C] I never get picked first
On recess teams or neighborhood pick-up games
[F] In sports I don’t mind getting dirty
[C] Sometimes I win sometimes I lose but I always feel the same
Chorus 1
But I [G] don’t give [F] up
[G] I keep on [F] working
[G] Harder than I [F] should doing my best to be more than [C] good
Verse 2
[C] In school I’m getting mostly A’s and some B’s
Not quite good enough for the honor society
[F] I do all the chores that my parents give to me
[C] Empty smelly garbage, washing dirty dishes, feeding and walking the puppy is my responsibility
Chorus 2
Cause I [G] don’t give [F] up
[G] I keep on [F] working
[G] Harder than any one I [F] know doing my best that I can [C] grow
Bridge
[A] I’ve got a [G] dream
[A] To be [C] extraordinary
[C] Some days its difficult
[A] I want to be [G] more
[A] Than my family [C] thought I could be
[G] I want this to be [F] more than just a [C] dream
Verse 3
[C] Guitar playing is a struggle
Learning a few chords and singing my heart out
[F] I keep a rhythmic strum while my fingers turn purple
[C] While I play my songs with passion leaving no doubt
Chorus 3
That I [G] don’t give [F] up
[G] I keep on [F] working
[G] Harder to [F] be a musician and fulfill my [C] vision
No I [G] don’t give [F] up
No I [G] don’t give [F] up
No I [G] don’t give [F] up
And I [G] won’t give [A] up
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Riding 219 Listen To The Pirates
Drop D & Nashville tuning
Verses (repeat pattern)
[D] Riding 219 [Bm] listen to the Pirates [G] lose
[Bm] Mom’s working in the [A] shoe factory
[Bm] Dad’s welding in the [D] B&O locomotive yard
Chorus 1
[A] I’m playing [G] wiffle ball
[A] One-on-one with [E] Joe in the soft grass
[A] Rightfield is out and its [G] almost fall
[A] Baseball’s gonna save us [D] until this has passed
Riding 219 listen to the Pirates win
Mom’s selling Avon
Dad’s laid off from the B&O locomotive yard
Chorus 2
We go to the kingdom hall
Wait for god to save us all
Grandma and grandpa are there
Sayin god’s gonna save us if we follow the rituals
Riding 219 listen to the pirates lose again
Mom’s waitressing in the Holiday Inn
Dad’s called back to the B&O locomotive yard
Three months later he’s laid off again
Chorus 3
We’re moving to Florida
There’s more jobs to save us all
Grandma and grandpa are there
They tell me the Pirates play spring training there
Outro
and the grass grows tall, in Florida, past where 219 ends, riding
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7. |
A Self-Portrait
02:50
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A Self-Portrait
[A] All I need is a mirror to paint
[E] a self-portrait
[A] The subject doesn’t get mad when I mess up
[E] a self-portrait
[B] I don’t have to pay a model $75/hour pose for
[A] a self-portrait
[A] No expectations of a sale or commission when I paint
[E] a self-portrait
Chorus 1
[Bm7] When I do a self-portrait
[A] I learn how to draw
[Bm7] I learn how to paint
[A] I learn a little more about myself
[C#m7] Replicating the lines [A] on my face
[A] Vincent Van Gogh did about three dozen of
[E] a self-portrait
[A] Pablo Picasso 14 Salvador Dali
[E] about a dozen
[B] Wassily Kandinsky [A] only did one
All my artist friends sooner or later do
[E] a self-portrait
Repeat chorus
[A] I feel like every song I write is
[E] a self-portrait
[A] The subject doesn’t get mad when I mess up
[E] a self-portrait
[B] I don’t have to pay a recording engineer $75/hour for
[A] this self-portrait
[A] No expectations of making sales or commissions when I write
[E] a self-portrait
Chorus 2
[Bm7] When I do a self-portrait
[A] I learn how to play
[Bm7] I learn how to sing
[A] I learn a little more about myself
[C#m7] Replicating the lines [A] on my face
[A] Every day is
[E] a self-portrait
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8. |
Sporks Are For Dorks
03:11
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Chorus [A] .. [D] vamp throughout
[A] You may have heard [D] sporks are for dorks
Spoons never wrote sporks are for dorks
Yeah thats right sporks are for dorks
I said sporks are for dorks
yeah sporks are for dorks
Sporks are for dorks
I’ll say sporks
are for
dorks
Verse 1 [G] .. [D] vamp throughout
[G] Imagining 5th Avenue view
[D] Marketers reaching for whats new
Angles to sell more fast food
Needing more customers
Bored with fries burgers
And teenagers
Hanging out
Downtown
‘Round
Repeat chorus
Verse 2
This is a missed opportunity
Lampooning plastic marketing
Clearly is this ad mans dream
Mashup of cutlery
Takeout sour cream
Buttery scheme
Needs a theme
To eat
Scream
Repeat chorus
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9. |
Everything’s A Risk
02:34
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Everything’s A Risk
Guitar tuned down BEADF#B chords [actual sound(chord shape)]: B(E) - o221oo; E(A) - xo222o; A(D) - xxo232; G(C) - x32o1o;
[B(E)] vamp [E(A)]
These days we take our chances going to the grocery store
Want to stay safe but we need to buy food
Last roll of toilet paper looks like we need more
Doing the things that we need to do
I got sick and still don’t know what it was
COVID 19 test says undetected
Maybe the flu or west Nile
Maybe I visualized it and or had a different kind of infected
[A(D)] Everything’s a risk
Over 32 years no matter what we do
[G(C)] Everything’s a risk
But I’ll take those risks for you
[B(E)] vamp [E(A)]
When I’m with you I feel a special power
I feel like together we can face whatever life throws at us
Drawing strength from the harmony and peace in our house
Let the rest of the world be combative
[A(D)] Everything’s a risk
Over 32 years no matter what we do
[G(C)] Everything’s a risk
But I’ll take those risks with you
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10. |
Maybe Next Year
03:47
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Nashville tuning strings down a step DGCFAD chords [actual sound(shape)]: Bb/F(C/G) - 332o1o; F/G - 32ooo3; C/E(D/F#) - 2oo232; Adim(Bdim) - xxo4o1; G(A) - xo222o; D(E) xxx454; Dm(EM) - o22ooo;
Verse
[Bb/F(C/G)] My big ideas have been turned inside out
[F(G)] Grand plans for fun work in retirement now on the shelf
[Bb/F(C/G)] My connections have been virtualized
[C/E(D/F#)] My face to face interactions have been [Adim(Bdim)] diminished
Chorus
[C/E(D/F#)] Maybe next year
[G(A)] I’ll get back to some of the places I took for granted
[C/E(D/F#)] Maybe next year
[G(A)] I’ll see the smiles on the faces of people I love
[C/E(D/F#)] Maybe next year
[D(E)] I’ll work to tend the new trees and ideas I have planted
[C/E(D/F#)] Maybe next year
[G(A)] I’ll hold onto gratitude when the pandemic gets tough (again)
Verse
[Bb/F(C/G)] My songwriting has gone into some dark corners
[F(G)] The pandemic shoved my concept themes aside
[Bb/F(C/G)] My painting and employment have gone on hiatus
[C/E(D/F#)] Slogging through my [Adim(Bdim)] emotional swamp
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
[Dm(Em)] Oh to have a little more money to spend
[F(G)] Now that time is not an issue
[Dm(Em)] Oh to be able to hug my friends again and family
[F(G)] Go to art shows, yoga and hang at the farmers market
[G(A)] Safe transportation, and be able to walk into a public building
Without a mask or a COVID death threat hanging over my head
Verse
[Bb/F(C/G)] [F(G)]
[Bb/F(C/G)] My defenses have worn very thin
[C/E(D/F#)] Reserve energy is [Adim(Bdim)] nearly empty
Repeat Chorus
Outro
And its gonna get tough
The second wave is coming
It’s gonna be tough
It’s gonna be a long winter
Maybe next year
It’ll all be better
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