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"Songs Of Our Soil" - Johnny Cash
Released 1959
# Title
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1.) Drink to Me
2.) Five Feet High and Rising
3.) The Man on the Hill
4.) Hank and Joe and Me
5.) Clementine
6.) The Great Speckled Bird
7.) I Want to Go Home
8.) The Caretaker
9.) Old Apache Squaw
10.) Don't Step on Mother's Roses
11.) My Grandfather's Clock
12.) It Could Be You (Instead of Him)
[!] Capo on 1st fret for all songs [!]
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1.) "Drink to Me"
[Chorus]
CF
Drink to me, drink to me
CG7
Drink to me, drink to me
C
Drink to me
[Verse 1]
FCG7
A rose, a carnation, the lily and an orchid
CG7CG7
Make such a pretty bouquet (drink to me, drink to me)
CFCG7
But only the orchid was worthy of you
CG7C
So I threw all the others away (drink to me, drink to me)
C
Then you took the orchid and you breathed on its petals
DmG7
And after a day or two
CFCG7
The flower still blooms but the scent's not the orchids
CG7C
It carries the savor of you
[Chorus]
F
Drink to me, drink to me
CG7
Drink to me, drink to me
C
Drink to me
[Verse 2]
CFCG7
So if you are going to drink to me, drink with your eyes
CG7CG7
And I will never cry for wine (drink to me, drink to me)
CFCG7
Or leave a kiss in an empty coffee cup
CG7C
Then pass it from your lips to mine (drink to me, drink to me)
C
Because I've got a thirst burning way down in my soul
DmG7
And honey from a sugar tree
CFCG7
Is not half as sweet as the air that you breathe
CG7C
Honey, come here and drink to me
[Chorus]
F
Drink to me, drink to me
CG7
Drink to me, drink to me
N.C.
Drink to me
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2.) "Five Feet High and Rising"
[Chorus]
A
How high's the water, Mama?
A
Two feet high and rising
A
How high's the water, Papa?
A
She said it's two feet high and rising
[Verse 1]
AA7
Well, we can make it to the road in a homemade boat
D
'cause that's the only thing we got left that'll float
E7
It's already over all the wheat and the oats
A
Two feet high and rising
C
[Chorus]
C
How high's the water, Mama?
C
Three feet high and rising
C
How high's the water, Papa?
C
She said it's three feet high and rising
[Verse 2]
CC7
Well, the hives are gone, I've lost my bees
F
The chickens are sleeping in the willow trees
G7
Cow's in water up past her knees,
C
Three feet high and rising
D
[Chorus]
D
How high's the water, Mama?
D
Four feet high and rising
D
How high's the water, Papa?
D
She said it's four feet high and rising
[Verse 3]
DD7
Hey, come look through the window pane
G
The bus is coming, gonna take us to the train
A7
Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain
D
Four feet high and rising
E
[Chorus]
E
How high's the water, Mama?
E
Five feet high and rising
E
How high's the water, Papa?
E
She said it's five feet high and rising
[Verse 4]
EE7
Well, the rails are washed out north of town
A
We gotta head for higher ground
B7
We can't come back, 'til the water goes down
E
Five feet high and rising
E
Well, it's five feet high and rising
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3.) "The Man on the Hill"
[Verse 1]
A
Will we get cold and hungry? Will times be very bad?
AB7E
When we're needing bread and meat, where we gonna get it, Dad?
AA7DDm
We'll get it from the man in the house on the hill
AEA
Yes, we will from the man on the hill
[Verse 2]
A
Plowing time is over, still the fields are bare
AB7E
How we gonna make a living with twenty acres to share?
AA7DDm
I'll beg for more land from the man on the hill
AEA
Yes, I will, I'll ask the man on the hill
[Verse 3]
A
I ain't got no Sunday shoes that I can wear to town
AB7E
Papa reckon the boss has got a pair of hand-me-downs
AA7DDm
I'll go and ask the man in the house on the hill
AEA
Yes, I will, I'll ask the man on the hill
[Verse 4]
A
Maybe he will help us, maybe we'll get by
AB7E
But who's gonna pay the dying bills if we all should die?
AA7DDm
We'll leave it to the man in the sky when we die
AEA
Yes, we'll leave it to the man in the sky
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4.) "Hank and Joe and Me"
[Intro]
CAmCAmCG7C
[Verse 1]
G7
In the desert where we searched for gold
CG7
The days are hot, the nights are cold
CF
Hank and Joe and me walked on
G7C
So bold and brave and free
G7
For days and days we fought the heat
CG7
I got so thirsty and I got so weak
CF
And when I fell 'cause I couldn’t go
G7C
I heard Hank say to Joe
[Chorus]
G7C
"He’s dying (dying, dying) for water
G7C
Hear him crying (crying, crying) for water
Am
We'll lay him down in the dust and sand"
CAm
He said, "Joe, you know he’s a dying man
CAm
Leave him there and let him die
CG7C
I can’t stand to hear him cry for water"
[Verse 3]
G7
I don’t remember how long I lay
CG7
But when I woke it was the break of day
CF
Buzzards circled miles ahead
G7C
I knew Hank and Joe were dead
G7
My eyes were dim but I could see
CG7
A bed of gold nuggets under me
CF
Now I know that it won’t be long
G7C
'til they decorate my bones
[Chorus]
G7C
'cause I’m dying (dying, dying) for water
G7C
Can’t help crying (crying, crying) for water
Am
Well, they laid me down in the dust and sand"
CAm
He said, "Joe, you know he’s a dying man
CAm
Leave him there and let him die
CG7C
I can’t stand to hear him cry for water"
G7C
He couldn’t stand to hear me cry for water
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5.) "Clementine"
[Intro]
N.C. G7C
(Oh my darling Clementine)
[Verse 1]
FC
She knew that Cody was the man she wanted
G7C
But she had waited nearly all her life
FC
Just one more trip to town to tell the boys goodbye
G7C
Then he'd be back to take her for his wife
G7C
(Don't you worry) Clementine
[Verse 2]
FC
Cody saddled up and left his darling
G7C
Then rode to town to celebrate his plan
FC
He told them this would be his last carousing
G7C
"I'm gonna settle down, boys, if I can
G7C
(With my darling) Clementine"
[Verse 3]
FC
Someone said it must have been past midnight
G7C
When Cody had to face a jealous man
FC
Another story goes that no one really knows
G7C
But it seems there was a dance-hall girl called Nan
G7C
(Don't you tell) Clementine
[Verse 4]
FC
We do know that a shot or two was heard from some back room
G7C
Then there was a silence in the place
FC
Just one more trip to town but all his chips were down
G7C
They found Cody lying on his face
G7C
(Softly calling) Clementine
[Verse 5]
FC
So buddies make a monument to lay down at his head
G7C
Sure you hate to leave your pal behind
FC
Mother, help your daughter put her wedding dress away
G7C
'cause Cody won't be riding back this time
G7C
(To his darling) Clementine
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6.) "The Great Speckled Bird"
[Intro]
E7A
[Verse 1]
A7D
What a beautiful thought I am thinking
E7A
Concerning the great speckled bird
A7D
And to know that my name is recorded
E7A
On the pages of God's Holy Word
A7D
Desiring to lower her standard
E7A
They watch every move that she makes
A7D
They long to find fault with her teachings
E7A
But really she makes no mistake
[Interlude]
E7A
[Verse 2]
A7D
I am glad I have learned of her meekness
E7A
I am glad that my name is on her book
A7D
For I want to be one never fearing
E7A
The face of my Savior to look
A7D
And when He cometh descending from heaven
E7A
On a cloud like He said in His Word
A7D
I'll be joyfully carried to meet Him
E7A
On the wings of the great speckled bird
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7.) "I Want to Go Home"
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
We sailed on the ship John B, my grandfather and me
G7
Around Nassau town we did roam
CF
Drinking all night, got into a fight
CG7C
Well, I feel so homesick, I wanna go home
[Chorus]
C
So hoist up the John B sail, see how the mainsail sets
G7
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home
CF
Let me go home, why don't you let me go home?
CG7C
Well, I feel so homesick, I wanna go home
[Verse 2]
C
The first mate, he got drunk, broke up the people's trunk
G7
Constable had to come and take him away
CF
Sheriff John Stone, why don't you leave me alone?
CG7C
Well, I feel so homesick, I wanna go home
[Verse 3]
C
Then the cook, he caught the fits, threw out all of my grits
G7
Then he took and ate up all of my corn
CF
Let me go home, why don't you let me go home?
CG7C
Well, this is the worst trip since I have been born
[Chorus]
C
So hoist up the John B sail, see how the mainsail sets
G7
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home
CF
Let me go home, why don't you let me go home?
CG7 N.C. C
Well, I feel so homesick, I wanna go home
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8.) "The Caretaker"
[Verse 1]
AE7
I live in the cemetery
DA
Oh, Caretaker, they call me
E7
In the wintertime, I rake the leaves
DA
And in the summer, I cut the weeds
DA
When a funeral comes the people cry and pray
E7A
They bury their dead then they all go away
DA
But through their grief, I still can see
E7A
Their hate and greed and jealousy
DA
So here I work and I somehow hide
E7A
From a world that rushes by outside
DA
And each night when I rest my head
E7DA
I'm contented as the peaceful dead
[Chorus]
A
But who's gonna cry when old John dies?
E7DA
Who's gonna cry when old John dies?
[Verse 2]
AE7
Once I was a young man
DA
Dashing with the girls
E7
Now no one wants an old man
DA
I lost my handsome curls
DA
But I wanna say when my time comes
E7A
Lay me facing the rising sun
DA
Put me in a corner where I buried my pop
E7A
Tell the preacher to pray, then cover me up
DA
Don't lay flowers where my head should be
E7A
Maybe God will let some grow from me
DA
And all the little children that I loved like my own
E7DA
Will they be sorry that old John's gone?
[Chorus]
A
Who's gonna cry when old John dies?
E7DA
Who's gonna cry when old John dies?
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9.) "Old Apache Squaw"
[Intro]
N.C.
[Verse 1]
N.C. G
Old Apache Squaw, how many long lean years you saw?
G
How many bitter winter nights
DG
Shivering in a cold teepee?
DG
Shivering in a cold teepee?
[Verse 2]
G
Old Apache Squaw, how many hungry kids you saw?
G
How many bloody warriors
DG
Running to the sea?
DG
Fleeing to the sea?
[Chorus]
C
Well, now they tell me that you saw Cochise
G
When he made his last stand
C
He said, "The next white man that sees my face
D N.C.
Is gonna... be a dead white man"
[Verse 3]
N.C. G
Old Apache Squaw, how many broken hearts you saw?
G
Have you had misty eyes for years?
DG
Could that mist be tears?
DG
Could that mist be tears?
[Chorus]
C
Well, now they tell me that you saw Cochise
G
When he made his last stand
C
He said, "The next white man that sees my face
D N.C.
Is gonna... be a dead white man"
[Verse 4]
G
Old Apache Squaw, how many broken hearts you saw?
G
You've had misty eyes for years
DG
Could that mist be tears?
DG
Could that mist be tears?
DG
Old Apache Squaw
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10.) "Don't Step on Mother's Roses"
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
G
We all were called to come back
D
To the old home on the farm
A7
Mother passed away
D
What a mournful day
DG
And as my daddy watched
D
His eyes were filled with pain and hurt
E7
When someone stepped upon a rose
A7
And crushed it in the dirt
[Chorus]
DGD
"Don't step on Mother's roses," Daddy cried
A7D
"She planted them the day she was my bride
GD
And every time I see a rose, I see her smiling face
E7A7
She made my darkest days look bright around the old home place
DGD
Don't step on Mother's roses, let 'em grow
A7D
The way they did since many years ago
GD
They'll bloom for me each year and I'll have Mother near
E7A7D
Don't step on Mother's roses, let them grow"
[Verse 2]
G
Years have passed away
D
And how the old home place has changed
A7
Daddy had to go
D
We all miss him so
G
Children pick the roses
D
As they go along the way
E7
But when their petals are abused
A7
I hear my daddy say
[Chorus]
DGD
"Don't step on Mother's roses," Daddy cried
A7D
"She planted them the day she was my bride
GD
And every time I see a rose, I see her smiling face
E7A7
She made my darkest days look bright around the old home place
DGD
Don't step on Mother's roses, let 'em grow
A7D
The way they did since many years ago
GD
They'll bloom for me each year and I'll have Mother near
E7A7DGD
Don't step on Mother's roses, let them grow"
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11.) "My Grandfather's Clock"
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
A7DG
My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf
DA7D
So it stood ninety years on the floor
A7DG
It was taller by half than the old man himself
DA7D
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more
GD
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born
A7
And was always his treasure and pride
D N.C. A7 N.C. DG
But it stopped... short... never to go again
DA7D
When the old man died
[Chorus]
D
Ninety years without slumbering
D
His life seconds numbering
D N.C. A7 N.C. DG
It stopped... short... never to go again
DA7D
When the old man died
[Verse 2]
A7DG
My grandfather said that of those he could hire
DA7D
Not a servant so faithful he found
A7DG
For it wasted no time and had but one desire
DA7D
At the close of each week to be wound
A7D
And it kept in its place, not a frown upon its face
A7
And its hands never hung by its side
D N.C. A7 N.C. DG
But it stopped... short... never to go again
DA7D
When the old man died
E
[Verse 3]
B7EA
It rang an alarm in the dead of the night
EB7E
An alarm that for years had been dumb
B7EA
And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight
EB7E
That his hour for departure had come
B7E
Still the clock kept the time with a soft and muffled chime
B7
As we silently stood by his side
E N.C. B7 N.C. EA
But it stopped... short... never to go again
EB7E
When the old man died
[Chorus]
E
Ninety years without slumbering
E
His life seconds numbering
E N.C. B7 N.C. EA
It stopped... short... never to go again
EB7E
When the old man died
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12.) "It Could Be You (Instead of Him)"
[Intro]
AE7A
[Verse 1]
AA7
If you should meet some lonely soul
DA
Who on this earth can't reach his gold
E7
And he's traveling down a road so dark and dim (dark and dim)
[Chorus]
AA7
Lend a hand, say a prayer
DA
Give a smile that he might share
E7A
But for the grace of God, it could be you instead of him
E7A
(But for the grace of God, it could be you instead of him)
[Verse 2]
AA7
Befriend each stranger in the night
DA
Help to make his burdens light
E7
Lift up the fallen ones and be a friend (be a friend)
[Chorus]
AA7
Shed a tear, share a sight
DA
Share his fears, don't pass him by
E7A
But for the grace of God, it could be you instead of him
E7A
(It could be you instead of him)
A7
Shed a tear, share a sight
DA
Share his fears, don't pass him by
E7A
But for the grace of God, it could be you instead of him
E7A
(It could be you instead of him)
