Capo on 1st fret 
 
      C     F     C  
You know the crowd was very small for a country music show 
      G     C  
But he faked a curtain call, just like it was years ago 
      F     C  
And then a lady grabbed his arm as he staggered down the aisle 
      G     F     C  
And with all his country charm, he addressed her with a smile. 

CHORUS:
      C     F     C  
Would you catch a fallin' star before he crashes to the ground 
      G     C  
Don't you know how people are, nobody loves you when you're down 
      F     C  
Pick me up and take me home and I'll bring my old guitar 
      G     F     C  
Sing a golden oldie song, if you'll catch a fallin' star. 
 
      C     F     C  
He had a silver plated bus and a million country fans 
      G     C  
And now there's just a few of us and he drives a little van 
      F     C  
An' they were beating down his door, the lovely women, 
left and right 
      G     F  
And now he's on the hardwood floor, a-wonderin' 
where he'll spend the night. 
 
      C     F     C  
Would you catch a fallin' star before he crashes to the ground 
      G     C  
Don't you know how people are, nobody loves you when you're down 
      F     C  
Pick him up and take me home and he'll bring his old guitar 
      G     F     C  
Sing a golden oldie song, if you'll catch a fallin' star.  
      G     F     C  
Sing a golden oldie song, if you'll catch a fallin' star.

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C  
You know this whole world is full of singers 
 Em  
But just a few are chosen 
 F                               C  G7  
To tear your heart out when they s-ing 
 C                    Em  
Imagine life without all your radio heroes 
         F           G7                    C  
Like the outlaw that walks through Jesse's dreams 
  
No there'll never be another 
 Em  
Red headed stranger 
  F                                 C  
А man in black and Folsom Prison Blues 
                      Em  
The Okie from Muskogee or Hello Darling 
 F             G7                     C  
Lord I wonder who's gonna fill their shoes 
  
Who's gonna fill their shoes 
 F                         C  
Who's gonna stand that tall 
 G7  
Who's gonna play the Opry 
        C  
And the Wabash Cannonball 
  
                       Em  
Who's gonna give their heart and soul 
   F  
To get to me and you 
       C  
Lord I wonder 
 G7                     C  
Who's gonna fill their shoes 
  
God bless the boys from Memphis 
 Em  
Blue Suede Shoes and Elvis 
 F                                 C  G7  
Much to soon he left this world in t-ears 
 C                     Em  
They tore up the 50's ole Jerry Lee and Charlie 
    F               G7                 C  
And Go Cat Go still echoes through the years 
  
You know the heart of country music 
 Em  
Still beats in Luke The Drifter 
        F                              C  G7  
You can tell it when he sang I Saw the L-ight 
 C  
Ole Marty  Hank and Lefty 
 Em  
Why I can feel 'em right here with me 
        F            G7                  C  
On this silver eagle rolling through the night 
  
Repeat 3 & 4

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C                 F          G7             C  
Walk through this world with me  go where I go 
               F               G7             C  
Share all your dreams with me  for I love you so 
           F        G7             C  
In life we search and some of us find 
                F     G7          C  
I've looked for you a long long time 
  
                  F     G7                  C  
And now that I've found you  new horizons I see 
             F         G7                           C  
Come take my hand and walk through this world with me 
  
                  F              G7         C  
Walk through this world with me  go where I go 
               F              G7             C  
Share all your dreams with me for I love you so 
           F        G7             C  
In life we search and some of us find 
                F     G7           C  
I've looked for you a long long time  
  
                  F     G7                  C  
And now that I've found you new horizons I see 
             F         G7                           C  
Come take my hand and walk through this world with me

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G                                                         
Step right up  come on in  if you'd like to take the grand tour 
     C                                     G       
Of a lonely house that once was home sweet home  
I have nothing here to sell you just some things 
that I will tell you  
    A7                                   D7     
Some things I know will chill you to the bone 
  
     G                                                      
Over there sits the chair where she'd bring the paper to me 
        C                                G             
And sit down on my knee and whisper oh I love you  
 D7                             G                   C       
But now she's gone forever and this old house will never 
       G                D7                G     
Be the same without the love that we once knew 
  
                                                              
Straight ahead that's the bed where we lay and love together 
    C                                    G       
And lord knows we had a good thing going here  
See her picture on the table don't it look like she'd be able 
     A7                               D7       
Just to touch me and say good morning dear  
  
            G                                                      
There's her rings all her things and her cloths are in the closet 
          C                                    G      
Just like she left them when she tore my world apart 
       D7                                   G               C  
As you leave you'll see the nursery  oh she left me without mercy 
       G               D7          G      
Taking nothing but our baby and my heart 
Step right up come on in

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Verse 1:  
 C/G   
I curse the day she bought me that old bird  
 G   
Squalking,talking,telling everything it ever heard  
 C/G  F   
She never would have known about Big Betty Brown and me  
 C/G  G  C/G   
But he fowled up and told her some things you won`t believe 
 
Verse 2: 
 C/G   
Oh my woman moved out on me today  
 G   
And left that old stool pigeon parrot trembling in his cage  
 C/G  F   
I hollered from the front porch and stopped her at the curb  
 C/G  G  C/G   
And the last thing i gave her was the bird 
  
Chorus:  
 C/G  F   
Oh the last thing I gave her was the bird  
 C/G   
And she returned the favor with a few selected words 
 F  C/G   
I don`t have to worry now what`s being overheard  
 G  C/G   
`cause the last thing i gave her was the bird 
 
Verse 3:  
 C/G   
She sat the cage beside her on the seat  
 G   
And left two streaks of firestone smokin` on the street  
 C/G  F   
The neighbors ran for cover they could see she was disturbed  
 C/G  G  C/G   
`cause the last thing I gave her was the bird 
  
Chorus: (x2)
 C/G  G  C/G   
Yes the last thing I gave her was the bird

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G                        D7  
I'll share my world with you 
                  G  
Everything that I own 
           D7  
My earthly possessions 
                       G  
They're no good if I'm alone 
  
                       D7  
Let me give you the sunshine 
                              G  
While it's fresh with morning dew 
                       D7  
Can't you see that I'm waiting 
                       G  
To share my world with you 
  
                         D7  
I'll share my world with you 
                   G  
If you'll be mine alone 
                D7  
I'll give you a new heart 
                          G  
You're the only love it's known 
  
                   C  
Let me give you my two arms 
                             G  
They'll be reaching when you do 
                       D7  
Can't you see they are waiting 
                       G  
To share my world with you 
  
                         D7  
I'll share my world with you 
                  G  
Everything that I see 
               D7  
Divide all the memories 
                        G  
One for you and one for me 
  
                      C  
Oh let me give you my two lips 
                            G  
They'll be smiling when you do 
                       D7  
Can't you see they are waiting 
                       G  
To share my world with you 
                       D7  
Can't you see they are waiting 
                       G  
To share my world with you

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G                           C              G  
I've had choices  since the day that I was born 
                        Em                 D7  
There were voices  that told me right from wrong 
         G              C  
If I had listened  no I wouldn't be here today  
 G      C   G               D7           G  
Living and dieing with the choices I've made 
  
      D7            C           G  
I was tempted  by a early age I found 
       D7                 C               G  
I like drinking  oh and I never turned it down  
                             C  
There were loved ones  but I turned them all away 
        G                      D7           G  
Now I'm living and dieing with choices I've made 
  
 G                           C              G  
I've had choices  since the day that I was born 
                        Am                 D7  
There were voices  that told me right from wrong 
         G              C  
If I had listened  no I wouldn't be here today 
 G      C   G                D7           G  
Living and dieing  with the choices I've made 
  
            D7              C                  G  
I guess I'm paying  for the things that I have done 
           D7          C              G  
If I could go back  oh Lord knows I'd run 
                           C  
But I'm still losing  this game of life I play 
 G                          D7           G  
Losing and dieing with the choices I've made 
  
 G                           C              G  
I've had choices  since the day that I was born 
                        Am                 D7  
There were voices  that told me right from wrong 
         G              C  
If I had listened  no I wouldn't be here today 
 G      C   G                D7           G  
Living and dieing  with the choices I've made

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C  
He said I'll love you 'til I die 
                              Dm  
She told him you'll forget in time 
                         G7  
As the years went slowly by  
                          C  
She still preyed upon his mind 
                          C
He kept her picture on his wall 
                        Dm  
Went half crazy now and then  
                              G7  
He still loved her through it all  
                       C  
Hoping she'd come back again   

                        C
Kept some letters by his bed 
        Dm  
Dated 1962 
                     G7  
He had underlined in red 
                    C  
Every single I love you  
                      C 
I went to see him just today 
                       Dm  
Oh but I didn't see no tears 
                     G7  
All dressed up to go away 
                                 C  
First time I'd seen him smile in years 
  
Chorus:
 G7                    C  
He stopped loving her today 
              C7              F  
They placed a wreath upon his door 
                           G7  
And soon they'll carry him away 
                      C  
He stopped loving her today 
  
(recitation)
                        C
You know she came to see him one last time 
                             Dm   
Oh and we all wondered if she would 
                              G7  
And it kept running through my mind 
                            C
This time he's over her for good 
  
Repeat Chorus 
 
 G7                    C  
He stopped loving her today 
              C7              F  
They placed a wreath upon his door 
                           G7  
And soon they'll carry him away 
                      C  
He stopped loving her today

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Chorus: 
D  G  D
I’ve had choices, since the day that I was born, 
Em  A
There were voices, that told me right from wrong. 
D  G
If I had listened, no I wouldn’t be here today, 
D  G  D  A  D
Li-i-ving and dying with the choices I made. 
 
A  G  D
I was tempted, by an early age I found, 
A  G  D
I liked drinking, oh and I never turned it down. 
G 
There were loved ones, but I turned them all away, 
D  G  D  A  D
Li-i-ving and dying with the choices I made. 
 
Chorus: 
D  G  D
I’ve had choices, since the day that I was born, 
Em  A
There were voices, that told me right from wrong. 
D  G
If I had listened, no I wouldn’t be here today, 
D  G  D  A  D
Li-i-ving and dying with the choices I made. 
 
D  A  G  D
I guess I’m paying, for the things that I’ve done, 
A  G  D
If I could go back, oh Lord knows I’d run 
G
But I still losing, this game of life I play,  
D  G  D  A  D
Li-i-ving and dying with the choices I made. 
 
Chorus: 
D  G  D
I’ve had choices, since the day that I was born, 
Em  A
There were voices, that told me right from wrong. 
D  G
If I had listened, no I wouldn’t be here today, 
D  G  D  A  D
Li-i-ving and dying with the choices I made. 
 
D  G  D  A  D
Yes, Li-i-ving and dying with the choices I made.

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G                        C          G
Imagine a world, where no music was playing 
                                        D
Then think of a church, where nobody's praying 
           G           G7       C           G
If you've ever looked up, at a sky with no blue 
       G                       D           G
Then you've seen a picture, of me without you 
          G                          C           G
Have you walked in a garden, where nothing was growing 
      G                                  D
Or stood by a river, where nothing was flowing 
     G                          C            G
If you've seen a red rose, un-kissed by the dew 
      G                        D           G  G7
Then you've seen a picture, of me without you 
 
     C                        G          
Can you picture Heaven, with no angels singing 
       G                                          D
Or a quiet Sunday morning, with no church bells ringing 
            G                         C               G
If you've watched as the heart, of a child breaks in two 
       G                       D           G
Then you've seen a picture, of me without you. 
 
Instrumental.. 
 
     C                        G          
Can you picture Heaven, with no angels singing 
       G                                          D
Or a quiet Sunday morning, with no church bells ringing 
            G                         C               G
If you've watched as the heart, of a child breaks in two 
       G                        D           G
Then you've seen a picture, of me without you. 
       G                        D           G
Then you've seen a picture, of me without you.

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