D                                       Bm
I was born on this mountain a long time ago  
 D                            Em         G               Bm
Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal  
 D                                           Bm
When you rose in the mornin' before it was light  
       D            Em            G               Bm    A
To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night  
       D                                         Bm 
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home  
 D                Em            G         A
She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe  
            D                                          Bm
Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone  
          D           Em             G             D  
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home  
 D                                         Bm
I was young on this mountain but now I am old  
       D          Em            G             Bm 
And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole  
 D                                        Bm
Till one night I lay down and woke up to find  
         D             Em               G          Bm  A
That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine  
       D                                         Bm 
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home  
 D                Em            G         A
She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe  
            D                                          Bm
Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone  
          D           Em             G             D  
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home  
 
SOLO 
 
 D                                                      Bm
There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deep  
     D        Em            G          Bm   
And God only knows all the secrets it keeps  
           D                                Bm
There's a chill in the air only miners can feel  
          D             Em               G       Bm      A
There're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed 
       D                                         Bm 
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home  
 D                Em            G         A
She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe  
            D                                          Bm
Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone  
          D           Em             G             D  
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home

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This tab wont be perfect as my rhythm is shocking. Being only 14 ive got to be the
youngest Steve Earle fan there is. Especially considering i live in Scotland.
Right here is my tab for Someday off of Guitar Town.

Intro - This is basically the acoustic part through the verses:

e|---3-----3---3-----------3---------------3---------------------3---3------
B|---3---3-3---3-----------3-------------3-3---3---3-3-3---3-3---0-3-3------
G|---0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0-----0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0------
D|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----0--------
A|---0h2-2---2---0---0h2-2---2---0h2-2h3-3---2-0-2-0---0h2-0----------------
E|-----------------3---------------------------------3---------3------------

The electric guitar through the verses meerly slashes:

  Csus2  Dsus  G5    G
e|-3-3---------3-3---3-3----------------------------------------------------
B|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3----------------------------------------------------
G|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----------------------------------------------------
D|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----------------------------------------------------
A|-3-3---0-0---------2-2----------------------------------------------------
E|-------------3-3---3-3----------------------------------------------------

Sometimes Dsus is replaced with D5

Chorus is:

   Em        C        D       G
e|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3---------------------------------------
B|-0-0-0-0--1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---------------------------------------
G|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
D|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
A|-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-----------2-2-2-2---------------------------------------
E|-0-0-0-0--------------------3-3-3-3---------------------------------------

Over and over.

The solo is:

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------0-------------|hold|--------------------------------
A|-0h2-2-0h2--0-----0h2---0h2---0h2-2b-2-2-2r-2b-0---0h2-0------------------
E|---------------3------------3--------------------3-------3----------------

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------0-------------|hold|--------------------------------
A|-0h2-2-0h2--0-----0h2---0h2---0h2-2b-2-2-2r-2b-0---0h2-0------------------
E|---------------3------------3--------------------3-------3----------------

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------0---0---0---0----------------------------------------------------
D|-0-2-4/5---4---2---0------0-2--------------|hold|-------------------------
A|----------------------0h2----0h2-----0h2-2b-2-2-2r-2b-0---0h2-0-----------
E|-----------------------------------3--------------------3-------3---------

e|----------------------------3---------------------------------------------
B|-----------3-----3-----0h1------------------------------------------------
G|---------0-----0----------------------------------------------------------
D|-0-2-4/5-----4-----0h2--------0-----------|hold|--------------------------
A|------------------------------------0h2-2b-2-2-2r-2b-0---0h2--0-----------
E|----------------------------------3--------------------3---------3--------

Being my first tab go and rate me good eh?
Cheers
Printie

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G
Just when every ray of hope was gone
                          C               G
I should have known  that you would come along
                   D            D7
I can't believe  I ever doubted you
C      D7         G
My old friend the blues
G
Another lonely night in this town
                       C                  G
The Sleep dont take me first you'll come around
             D               D7
I know I can always count on you
C      D7         G
My old friend the blues
G7                 C
Lovers leave and  friends will  let you down
                  G
But your the only sure thing that I found
                 D             D7
No matter what I do I'll never lose
C      D7         G
My old friend the blues
 
SOLO
 
G7                 C
Lovers leave and  friends will  let you down
                  G
And your the only sure thing that I found
                 D             D7
No matter what I do I'll never lose
C      D7         G
My old friend the blues
G                   D     D7
Just let me hide my weary heart in you
C      D7          G
My old friend the blues
 
e|----7----5----3---|
B|------------------|
G|-7----5----4------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

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This song has no intro...

[1st. Verse]
G    G       Dsus4/D/Dsus2/D      G   G  Dsus4/D/Dsus2/D
Baby, it's a cold, hard world out there,
G    G       Dsus4/D/Dsus2/D      G   G  Dsus4/D/Dsus2/D
Broken-hearted people everywhere;
Em      Em      Bm        Bm
Takin' whatever love they get,
C       C       D7        D7
I don't wanna wind up like that, so

[Chorus]
G               G              Em
Baby throw your arms around my neck,
                Em              Am
Lay your pretty head against my chest,
              Am                 D7
Listen to one heartbeat then the next
                    D7             G  G  Em  Em  Am  Am  D7  D7
'Cause baby I don't wanna lose you yet.

[2nd. Verse]
You know I love you and I know you love me'
It's everything that love's supposed to be,
But I don't wanna look up one day
And find out we let it slip away...

[Chorus]
G               G              Em
Baby throw your arms around my neck,
                    Em           Am
Lay your pretty head against my chest,
              Am                    D7
Listen to one heartbeat then the next
                    D7             G  G  Em  Em  Am  Am  D7  D7
'Cause baby I don't wanna lose you yet.

[Middle]
Em            Em             G          G
Can't tell you nothing 'bout love I guess,
C              C       G         G
That you don't already know,
Em            Em            Bm         Bm
But girl, when you're in my arms like this
C       C            D7      D7
I don't ever want to let you go....

[3rd. Verse]
Baby maybe I'm wrong, but what if I'm right
And everything's depending on us tonight?
maybe we'll pass this way again,
But honey I don't wanna wait till then...

[Chorus]
G               G              Em
Baby throw your arms around my neck,
               Em               Am
Lay your pretty head against my chest,
              Am                 D7
Listen to one heartbeat then the next
                    D7             G  G  Em  Em  Am  Am  D7  D7
'Cause baby I don't wanna lose you yet.

.......I don't wanna lose you yet..


And there you have it, ol' Haggis's 1st. attempt...please be gentle with me!

Thanks to Baddog for asking, and to Guitarviper for help and encouragement.

Hopefully the first of many!

Walk On!

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V-I

A                  F#m
In the blink of an eye
                       C#m
Stars'll fall from the sky
E          A
Noone even notices
A                     F#m
If you think it would help
               C#m
I can walk ouy myself
E                    A
And we won't have to go Through this
     D                   E
If I pretend to hold you tight
               A        A/G#     F#m
And out on the highway late some night
           C#m   E
Thats all right
A                    F#m
If thats all that it takes
                  C#m     E
Even if my heart breaks
        A
Darlin' I can wait
A                  F#m
I have nothing but time
                        C#m
And this poor heart of mine
E               A
Probably could use some rest
A                   F#m
When the ghost all gone
                         C#m
You can leave your light on
E                    A
Shinin' through the lonliness
             D             E
Just like a beacon in the night
              A    A/G#   F#m
Brighter than any star in Sight
              C#m     E
But thats all right
A                  F#m
For as long as it takes
                    C#m
for the morning to break
E        F#m
Darlin' I can wait

(  SOLO  )

              D                  E
Out where the mountains meet the sky
            A       A/G#    F#m
Feelin' so lonssome I could cry
               C#m    E
But thats all right
A                    F#m
Cause all the signs say
                  C#m
You'll call me some day
E        F#m           A   F#m    C#m    E    A
Darlin' I can wait

 Provided courtesy of (Rick) atrick11@ix.netcom.com
 and also courtasy of(steve) at catmandude2000@yahoo.com

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Verse:1 
 G 
Hey pretty baby are you ready for me 
                                       C  
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee 
 D  
I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone 
         C  
With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on 
 G  
There's a speed trap up ahead in Selma Town 
                         C  
But no local yokel gonna shut me down 
 D  
'Cause me and my boys got this rig unwound 
           C                                   G  
And we've come a thousand miles from a Guitar Town 
 
Verse:2 
 G  
Nothin' ever happened 'round my hometown 
                             C  
And I ain't the kind to just hang around 
 D  
But I heard someone callin' my name one day 
      C  
And I followed that voice down the lost highway 
 G  
Everybody told me you can't get far 
                              C  
On thirty-seven dollars and a jap guitar 
 
 D  
Now I'm smokin' into Texas with the hammer down 
      C                                    G  
And a rockin' little combo from the Guitar Town 
 
 D  
Hey pretty baby don't you know it ain't my fault 
   C                            G  
I love to hear the steel belts hummin' on the asphalt 
 D  
Wake up in the middle of the night in a truck stop 
 C                         D7 (or D) 
Stumble in the restaurant wonderin' why I don't stop 
 G  
Gotta keep rockin' why I still can 
                             C  
I gotta two pack habit and a motel tan 
 
 D  
But when my boots hit the boards I'm a brand new man 
 C  
With my back to the riser I make my stand 
 
(drums stop) 
 
 G  
Hey pretty baby won't you hold me tight 
                                     C         C G D  
We're loadin' up and rollin' out of here tonight 
 D  
One of these days I'm gonna settle down 
 C                                       G  
And take you back with me to the Guitar Town

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 16:10:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Andrew Mullins 
Subject: CRD: Goodbye - Steve Earle

                                Goodbye

by Steve Earle  on the album Train A Comin'

also on Emmylou Harris' Wrecking Ball

Intro is something like  C  G/B  F  G  C

C                  G/B
I remember holdin' on to you
Am                F               C
All them long and lonely nights I put you through
C                             G/B
Somewhere in there I'm sure I made you cry
      F              G (G7)          C    
But I can't remember if we said goodbye


Bridge:
      F                                     C
But I recall all of them nights down in Mexico
                G            G7
One place I may never go
G7           C       G (G7)
In my life again

      C                           G/B
Was I just off somewhere just too high
     F              G               C  
But I can't remember if we said goodbye


I only miss you every now and then
Like a soft breeze blowin up from the Caribbean
Most Novembers I break down and cry
But I can't remember if we said goodbye

Repeat bridge

Coda:
      F              G               Am
But I can't remember if we said goodbye
F          
Goodbye
C
Goodbye

*Note  (G7) means maybe throw in a dominant seventh
        the C and G chords use sus 4's etc off and on.

You can incorporate the riff that runs throughout the song into
your fingerpicking by playing it on the 4th (D) and 5th (A)
strings, effectively playing Csus4's, G6/B's, G7/B's etc.

Csus4=x33010
G/B  =x20003
G6/B =x22003 
G7/B =x23003 

use a C harp for the harmonica solo

Cheers,

Andrew Mullins
mullins@artsci.concordia.ca

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Verse 1:
D
Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk
     G            D
On a day —I—ay—I—ay 
Bm             A           G          D
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk 
G      		    A  D                          
On a fine soft day —I—ay 

G             D        G              D       
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do 
Bm                  A          G         D    
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue 
G             D        G              D          
And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl 
Bm                  A          G         D    
'Round the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl 

Verse 2:
D
We were halfway there when the rain came down 
     G            D
On a day —I—ay—I—ay 
Bm             A           G          D
And she asked me up to her flat downtown 
G      		    A  D                          
Of a fine soft day —I—ay—I—ay 

G             D        G              D       
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do 
Bm                  A          G         D 
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue 
G             D        G              D       
So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl 
Bm                  A          G  D 
And I lost my heart to a Galway girl 

Verse 3:
D
When I woke up I was all alone 

G D

Bm             A           G        D
With a broken heart and a ticket home 

G D 

G        D            G             D     
And I ask you now, tell me what would you do 
Bm         A          G          D      
If her hair was black and her eyes were blue 
G        D                 
'Cause I've traveled around. 
    G         D       
I've been all over this world 
Bm                  A                  G      D   
Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: aarong@myself.com

Down The Road
by Steve Earle, Jimbeau Hinson, Tony Brown
as performed by Steve Earle

G
On the blue side of evenin'

         Em             G
When the darkness takes control


You start lookin' for a reason

             Em       C           G
To take your lonesome on down the road

G
'Cause the night is filled with strangers

        Em   C          G
All you need is one you know

G
And if she ain't the one you're after

        Em     C            G
Keep on lookin' on down the road.

           D   C          G
Though the miles lay long behind you

         Em    C            G
You have still got miles to go

G
How's love ever gonna find you

            Em    C             G
If it ain't here, it's down the road

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