Intro: GCGGDGCGGDG
Verse 1:
GCG
All the days we spent together, they now seem so few.
GD
And today as I passed you on the street,
GG7CG
You treated me as a stranger that you never knew.
DG
Just the same every time we meet.
Chorus:
GCG
You’ve built a stone wall around your heart.
D
My arms still long to hold you as before
GCG
You’ve built a stone wall around your heart.
DG
You won’t let me love you anymore.
Verse 2:
GCG
Well how did I hurt you darling? Oh why won’t you say?
GD
Please tell me what have I done to you?
GG7CG
I still worship you dear, in that same old way.
DG
How can you forget the love we knew?
Peter Rowan & Mandolin Orange - Stone Wall (Around My Heart)
Capo 3 fret
Intro: G - C/G - G - C/GAm - Em - C/G - AmGC/G
There's no time this side of Jordan
GC/G
There's no light that I can see
AmEm
I went down to meet the Doorman
C/GAm
Figured I'd just have a peek
Happiness and wonder
Lay inside and stay
Curled up in a corner
Locked in a blank stare
C/GG
Oh where are my friends
EmD/AC/G
The Doorman cried
C/GG
I held out my hand
GD/A
That's all I remem...
Am – EmAm – Em }x2
There's no time this side of Jordan
Sing a sad old song
Swing me 'round just like a ragdoll
In a child's arms
C/GG
Now don't be unkind
EmD/AC/G
The Doorman cried
C/GG
His hand held to mine
GD/A (hold)
That's all I remem...
Outro: Am – EmAm – Em }x2
Capo 2 fret
Intro: x2
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B-----8-----8--- ----3-----3- ----1------ -------0--0h1-
G----5--5--5--5- ---5--5--5-- ---2--2--2- -------0--0---
D---7--7--7--7-- --4--4--4--- --3--3--3-- -------2--2---
A--0------------ -0---------- -0--------- 3p0--0-0--0---
E--------------- ------------ ----------- ---h3---------
(Am7)Fmaj7/CG
Freight liners rollin’ down the highway, someday, some
Fmaj7/CG
time ago the line was laid to rest
Fmaj7/CG
Ships are makin’ waves for a traveler, like a jet airliner
Fmaj7/CG
does, it's all here and gone, and never missed
Am7GDmaj7
But true love, ain't true love, without you
C/GG
Walk a mile or two alone, it wa’nt long before I knew
Am7Em7Dmaj7
That true love, ain't true love, without you
Instrumental: Am7C/GGDmaj7Fmaj7/CG
Well mornin' time's a-brewin, it's a brand new, electric coffee
Fmaj7/CG
maker, percolator, it's no use.
Fmaj7/CG
А sip is just a sip, makes the mornings, brighter still,
an’ if you're
Fmaj7/CG
on the go you can grab some Joe at the drive-thru
Intro: Am7Fmaj7/CG
Blue………………………I'm so blue. Got the
Fmaj7/CG
runaround in my hometown it's true.
Fmaj7/CG
All the cotton gins are hung, by now are sound asleep. Still
Fmaj7/CG
half in debt at the end I bet just a bed ol’ cotton sheets. But
Fmaj7/CAm7G
true love, ain't true love without you.
Intro: AmF * C/G | F * AmC/GAmF * C/G | FAmF * - C/GAmF * C/G
If I showed up.....to your wedding
F * AmC/G
wearing black and blue and red
AmF * C/G
wouldn't it....seem fitting
F * AmF * - C/G
cause I'm as bruised and angry as I've ever been.
GAmF *
There was a time when I called you,
GAmF * - C/G
There was a time when I called you mine.
AmF * C/G | F * AmF * - C/GAmF * C/G
This old house.....is cold and empty
F * AmC/G
even these old walls have been.
AmF * C/G
I laid down.... you're not with me.
F * AmC/G
Waking up just sinks it in.
GAmF *
There was a time when I called you,
GAmF * - C/G
There was a time when I called you mine.
GAmF * | GAmF * - C/G (hold)
(soft) AmF * C/G
There's no gold on either side of the Mississippi,
F * AmC/G
No silver in this world left to find.
AmF * C/G
Precious metal......and precious memories
F * AmC/G
slip away, slip away, from your finger-and-your-mind.
GAmF *
There was a time when I called you,
GAmF * - C/G
There was a time when I called you mine.
Outro: AmF * C/G | F * AmC/G }x2
Mandolin Orange - There Was A Time - Audiotree Live
Capo IV
Intro: Play G chord, but hammer on the 3 from an open E.
G
Silence is golden some may say, some may say
CGD/F#
I say silence is an aimless time to kill
EmD/F#C
Its a restless feeling pounding on my brain both night and day
GD/F#G
and these old wheels of mine spin louder as it builds
Yes the sky would surely fall if my dear eardrum did fail
to beat a single time, in time or out
Some may make it out alright and some may have never known
but these old wheels spin far too loud, far too loud
For I love to hear a chorus from the morning bird choir
and the sounds of coffee boiling on the pot
How I love to hear I love you in a dry morning tone
And just assume that if I can’t these wheels would stop
Yes happy is the day I lay my poor head down
with neither trial nor trouble to compete
with the chirp of summer crickets nor a tree frog’s croak
And these old wheels slow down enough so that I may sleep
Solo is just the chord progression again
Silence is golden some may say, some may say
I say silence is an aimless time to kill
It’s a restless feeling pounding on my brain both night and day
and these old wheels of mine spin louder as it builds
Capo on 4
Intro: CDGGCG
I never did have that fast train to take me down the line
DGG7
Or smelled the smoke from a hot coal as the engine fired
CG (F# walk down) Em
If I could ask that engineer for one more mile and then I’ll go
CDG
Just let the whistle wail and take it in slow
GCG
Take me back to the railroad track and the sounds inside my mind
DGG7
Where rusty wheels and steel rails still whine
CG (F# walk down) Em
Where I can hop that 909 and go back in time some time ago
CDG
Just let the whistle wail and take it in slow
GCG | DGG7CGEm | CDGGCG
Park my horse and buggie by some old lazy creek
DGG7
Take my car to the graveyard and dig a hole real deep
CG (F# walk down) Em
We’ll holler “rest in peace” and weep, lay track on every street
CDG
Let the whistle wail and give the rail my soul to keep
CG (F# walk down) Em
Mr. engineer just one more mile and then I’ll go
CDG
Just let the whistle wail and take it in slow
CDG
Let the whistle wail and take it in slow
Double Drop D Tuning
Intro: DDG/BG (x2)
DDG/BGDDG/BG
She came along like she was hiding some deep secret,
DDG/BA7DDG/BG
but now she's gone and I carry on to keep it.
DDG/BGDDG/BG
The cow's are grazing, boys, the fishin's getting good.
DDG/BA7DDG/BA
If fate's an old woodpecker, I'm an old chunk of wood.
GGDDA - G
Some mysteries we will...never know,
GDDEm7Em7
the turtle dove and the crow ... made a nest.
DDG/BGDDG/BG
We shared a line etched in stone between two years
DDG/BA7DDG/BG
I aim to pack my grave someday . . . and go see her
DDG/BGDDG/BG
Want to climb that ladder, Jacob won't you hold the door.
DDG/BA7DDG/BA
Just got to drop me a line this side of Jor...dan.
GGDDA - G
Some mysteries we will...never know,
GDDEm7AEm7A
the turtle dove and the crow ... made a nest.
Instrumental: DDG/BG (X2)
DDG/BGDDG/BG
She came along like she was hiding some deep secret.
DDG/BA7DDG/BG
She saw the future, boys, and I......was her ticket.
DDG/BGDDG/BG
The American dream ... suited us just fine.
DDG/BA7D
I'm a-layin down easy in my time of dying.
Capo 4th fret
Intro: G
Verse:
GC/GG
Born to die, born to die Darling you'll live
D/F#
No longer than your years
C/GGD/F#G
If Heaven and Earth are both on the market,
C/GDsusG
Then hell will be nothing to fear.
Chorus:
C/GG
So where oh where have the lights gone love
EmGD/F#
As the sun retires for the day
C/GEmGC/G
Or has the light found good in these eyes of mine
C/GDsusG
Please stay until the last light fades.
Short instrumental break: C - D - G
Verse:
GC/GG
Father oh my father I'll be standing in line
D/F#
To face what faults are mine
C/GBmAmG
It's not these old bones that I'll miss in my dying
C/GDsusG
It's the girl I'm leaving behind.
Chorus:
C/GG
So where oh where have the lights gone love
EmGD/F#
As the sun retires for the day
C/GEmGC/G
Or has the light found good in these eyes of mine
C/GDsusG
Please stay until the last light fades.
(Play verse chords for mandolin solo)
Verse:
GC/GG
Love of mine sweet love of mine I'll soon return
D/F#
To the land to make room for the new
C/GBmAmG
I'll give hell my worst and good to this earth
C/GDsusG
As for heaven it was found in you
Chorus:
C/GG
So where oh where have the lights gone love
EmGD/F#
As the sun retires for the day
C/GEmGC/G
Or has the light found good in these eyes of mine
C/GDsusG
Please stay until the last light fades.
End on G
Folk Alley Sessions: Mandolin Orange - "Until the Last Light Fades"
C
Like a rock that came rolling down the hill
Dm
I've been searching for something to kill
Em
I'm shameless
Dm
and I've aimlessly drawn
C
I wanna lay down somewhere
Dm
I wanna close my eyes
Em
I've a good girl waiting
Dm
If I ain't back soon, she may be gone
FEm
Hmm, mmm, mmm, it's all the same
F
It's enough to hold her close
G
But I'm in need of pleasant dreams
C
So I cried to the doctor
Doctor, please come quick
Dm
My world's grown tired and sick
EmDm
If it ain't fixed, I fear it may fall
C
I wanna lay down somewhere
Dm
Lay down and die
Em
Well, the Doc just smiled and said in a good while
Dm
Son, sometimes don't we all
FEm
Hmm, mmm, mmm, it's all the same
F
It's enough to hold her close
G
But I'm in need of pleasant dreams
C
So won't you wake me
Dm
In the morning light
G
Wake me
F
When the morning comes
C
Well, I ran outside and shout
Dm
So loud it shook the earth
EmDm
So loud it chilled the air and cleared the sky
C
I wanna lay down somewhere
Dm
Down by her side
Em
And I've been going too long to crawl back now
Dm
And crumble in her eyes
C
I see a lock and a key and clock on the wall
Dm
And I swear I hear her singin'
Em
The air smells sweet
Dm
And I do think there's coffee in it
C
I wanna lay down somewhere
Dm
As long as time abides
Em
And with that morning sky above
Dm
We can share our love with sleep still in our eyes
FEm
Hmm, mmm, mmm, it's all the same
F
It's enough to hold her close
G
But I'm in need of pleasant dreams
C
So won't you wake me
Dm
In the morning light
G
Wake me
F
When the morning comes
C
So won't you wake me
Dm
In the morning light
G
Wake me
F
When the morning comes
FEmFG
Hmmm, mmm, mmm, hmmm, mmm, mmm...
Mandolin Orange - Wake Me @Pickathon 2014 On The Farm
Capo 5
GG/F#EmCG
Once the gettin' was good, but now the gettin's got gone
D/F#CC/BC/AG
So i'm going downtown just to tie one on
GG/F#EmCG
I'm oak aged and sour, I'm goin' down by the hour
EmDG
and I'm as blue as the night is long.
Chorus:
CG/BAmG
Won't someone dance with me to a waltz about whiskey
EmA7D
And turn my sad songs to lullabies
EmGCG
I don't need much of nothin except for all your lovin'
EmDG
And a waltz about whiskey on ice
GG/F#EmCG
One quarter should do, number A thirty-two
D/F#CC/BC/AG
a little truth from the jukebox should make it al - right
GG/F#EmCG
and as the blues sets in I'm getting high again
EmDG
to a waltz about whiskey on ice
(instrumental interlude, same chords as verse)
(Chorus)
A7A7/EDEmC
I remember the night she sat down beside me, she said love was a
G
ring that won't end
D/F#B7
I was handed a lie
EmGBmCGD/F#
Now the only thing I know of a ring is the circle my glass
G
leaves behind
Chorus, Final chord starts at C and walks down to G
Folk Alley Sessions: Mandolin Orange - "Waltz About Whiskey"