Am C    G  Am

16 kids 16 ways

Am           C      G  Am

They shot my babies by mistake

Am       C         G        Am

I'm all alone on a midnight ride

Am    C    G        Am

My 16 kids all have died



Chorus

C          Am

They ain't coming back

C        Am

It's too late

C            Am

They shot my babies but

               Em

They killed my faith



I haven't slept in 14 days

Now it's time to barricade

Myself in these four walls

My 16 kids all are gone



Chorus



I worked so hard for 40 years

I told myself I had nothing to fear

Then one by one they got shot down

The youngest one held a gun to his ear



Chorus

From Girvan Burnside gburnsid@mcs.dundee.ac.uk

F

before I met you baby 

    Bb                 C           F           Bb  C

the little things in life just passed me by

the sound of children's laughter

the tune to some forgotten lullaby

i was out of town on business 

back when i had no place to call my home

i was arrrested by your beauty 

we locked into a cell of all our own



chorus:

Dm              C Bb     Bb, C

you know i love you baby 

Dm                  C      Bb   C

ah honey what else could i do?

       F

so let me know if there's anything 

      Bb      C               F

just anything i can do for you



when i was just a youngster

i collected crazy songs in my head

yeah the scene from 'the night porter'

a broken jelly jac crushed by the bed

yes at times our love was fragile 

like a hand me down watch that slows down when its old

but our love could last forever 

like a sacred ring of precious stones and gold



chorus



before I met you baby 

the little things in life just passed me by

the color of the twilight 

the reflection of my smile in your eyes



chorus


Broken Radio


Got a tape of an old forgotten song


It was sad and mournful, how the past can't be undone


Singer sounded like Dylan through an old broke radio


Cryin about a woman whose heart had turned cold

And I wander through the night the melody holds me tight


And whispers I'm not alone

In the kitchen cupboard theres family recipes


For love and kindness the precious things you need


We rely on these things through trials and tribulations


When you feel like going out and buyin a gun

And I wander through the days the melody keeps me safe


And whispers I'm not alone

And I'm not going to believe in your lies anymore


I've got my dreams, you've got yours
Count your blessings on your toes 


Maybe your fingers will find someone to hold


Don't be stubborn like some ole fool


The future's not bleak dreams will come true

And I wander through these days the melody keeps me sane


No reason to run and hide with some fake disguise


So if your looking for someone who don't give a damn


Well I think you've found your man



Good Patient Woman
Its three in the morning I can't get to sleep


I know I'm in trouble, I'm in trouble deep oh no, oh no


The bankers have taken the chevy away


Its the only thing left around here anyway except you, except you


I can't understand all of the things that I put you through

I hear a noise but it ain't your car 


You don't complain 'bout the job at the bar anymore, anymore


You gave a vow to stay by my side 


You were 14 when I made you my bride forever, amen


Don't you know babe I would do it all over again

Good patient woman, you won't have to wait for me anymore
Looking at pictures of you on the wall
 

Cutting the cake we were having a ball, that Sunday, way back when


We never had children as hard as we tried


Lately at night I hear you crying softly, alone in the dark


Dreaming of laughing and playing with kids in the park
Good patient woman, you won't have to wait for me anymore
The sun is arisin', I'm cleaning my gun, 
 

This nightmare ain't over

I hope you had fun oh darling, my sweet little woman




Nothing's forever but I got my doubts


I'm going upstairs, I'm gonna find out what's waiting, for me now


Baby don't miss me I was no good for you anyhow


Baby don't miss me I was no good for you anyhow




Hold The Line
Baby hold the line, I'm so far away


I've put in a hundred dimes, just to hear your voice say


Honey I'm missing you, I'm coming down with the flu


But I'm coming home good this time


So baby hold the line
Your girlfriend called and your bookie friend dropped by


They both need cash, ole Louis said gonna dash


But honey I'm so alone stuck here with this damn phone


But I won't be there for you this time


Oh baby hold the line


Yeah baby hold the line
No matter how hard we try 


Some things we lose we need find 


But baby you gotta hold the line
Baby don't you hang up, you know I hate to hear you cry


& I just gotta get some sleep, I don't want nightmares tonight


And you'll feel better in the morning, and not so ragged and torn 


Between your heart and your mind 


Oh baby hold the line

Keith Can't Read


Get outta the street right now


Your in the way


The red light has turned to green


I ain't got all day
There ain't no pictures in this book


Just dirty pages take a look
If you think your woman is good to you


Think about when you're away from her 


What you put her through
There ain't no pictures in this book


Just dirty pages take a look
Get off of your knees right now


Your looking up my nose


Girl that aint gonna cut no ice


Heaven knows
Sucky Sucky

Morning Blue

D            G                  D

Mr Morning Blue is that you outside

D                    G                         D 

The sun is breaking through, I got no place to hide

A               G             D

Torn between the day and the night

A               G             D

Its all over and I'm gonna be alright

                   A

I'm gonna be alright





Mr Morning Blue is that you at my door

This here is nothing new I been this way before

There's always you about this time

And its all over and I don't mind

And I don't mind





Mr Morning Blue there's nothing more to say

I ain't gotta clue & you'll soon fade away

I'll hear your troubles some other time

Cause its all over and I don't mind

I don't mind.

Thing or Two 


I know, I know a thing, I know a thing or two


I know, I know a thing, I know a thing or two
Take a little bit of monkey soul


Wrap it up in a jelly roll


A little feather from a buzzard's nest 


A piece of eight from a pirate's chest
Shake your fist with a rattler's tail


Choke your chicken on a bed of nails


Hitch a ride to outer space


Turn some heads in your momma's lace
Change your name 'Sweet Georgia brown


Steal a virgins white wedding gown


Find a fella like the girl next door


& do the dog on the kitchen floor
Find a graveyard dig up the dead 


Mix a cocktail in a shrunken head


Keep on drinkin' till you just can't quit


You know I can't get enough of that shit
I know, I know a thing, I know a thing or two


I know, I know a thing, I know a thing or two
Buy a ticket to a cock fight show


Cook the loser in a pot of gumbo


Serve it up to a group of friends 


Back to the top start over again
Put a sailor in a womans dress


Little girl your face is a mess


Throw a stone at a big black crow


I know a little about rock'n'roll
I know, I know a thing, I know a thing or two


I know, I know a thing, I know a thing or two

We Had It All


I can hear the wind blowing in my mind 


The way it used to sound through the Georgia Pines 


You were there to answer when I called  


You and me, we had it all
Remember how I used to touch your hair  


Searchin' for a feeling that was always there 


You're the best thing in my life that I recall 


You and me, we had it all
I know that we can never live those times again 


So I let my dreams take me back to where we've been 


And I stay with you girl just as long as I can  


Oh it was so good, yeah it was so good  


When I was your man
I never stop believing in your smile 


Even though you didn't stay  


It was worth all the while 


You're the best thing in my life that I recall 


You and me, we had it all



You Couldn't Get Arrested
Were you 19 or 21,


A crazy outlaw living on the run


Your cowboy life we knows a lie 


You could'nt get arrested if you tried
You were raised a rich boy now you live in your car


You give your money to dealers or spend it all in bars


Your criminal ways who can deny 


You could'nt get arrested if you tried
You're an art-collector & a Russian spy


You run over animals never bat an eye


Your gamblin' days have all come up dry 


You could'nt get arrested if you tried
Your manner with woman has always been cruel 


You're the clown prince of London a yankee fool


Your lover days  have all run dry


You could'nt get arrested if you tried
You're on the run now, how long can it last 


Someone with your reputation such a sordid past


Such a hard life don't make me cry


You could'nt get arrested if you tried
I'm sure you'll blame others for where your at


Hell you been lucky ...



Cool Million
Well I gotta dream, its kinda obscene


Long tall women, in longer limousines


Drinkin' champagne from Italian shoes


Throwing money out the door and listening to blues



I'm gonna play tonight till the morning light


For something we all want to own, a cool million
Well I've seen my share of people that care


Fix you up then they set you down, get tangled up in your hair


Well I'll ber on loan maybe get a phone


Surf across my hard wax floor


Keep on knocking I'll open the door
I'm gonna play tonight till the morning light


For something we all want to own, a cool million
Well I've been around with second class clowns


Always drunk with a big red nose


Spill their troubles all over your clothes


It ain't such a drag, so go ahead and grab


Fruit-a-hanging from the tree


Enough for you enough for me
I'm gonna laugh tonight till the morning light


For something we all wanna own, cool million