Coming Back: Little Jake Music ASCAP

Coming Back
(S. Van Zandt) Little Jake Music ASCAP
Intro: A Asus2 Asus4 A Asus2 A x 4 Horns play c# b d c# b c#
(A) I still remember, baby those wild, desperate times

Making love in crazy places (G) While the town around us died
(A) I played on broken stages I watched the lonely cry

You danced in iron cages (G) For the boys with hungry eyes all those wasted lives
(F#m) Little by little, baby, (E) we were going down

(Bm) I swore I'd (C#m) come back for you
(D) Come back and (E) buy this town
(A) I'm Coming Back (D) back for what's (A) mine
(D) I ain't gonna (A) let nobody (G) stop me this time (D)
(A) No more running baby, I (D) paid for my (A) crime
(D) I'm Coming (A) Back, baby (G) back for what's mine (A/// //// x 2)
(A) You were standing at the station that rainy night I left
You looked so fine, baby (G) I couldn't catch my breath
(A) Once I started running I never asked the cost

Too many years and miles (G) To find out what I'd lost some things can't be bought
(F#m) Everybody's colder now (E) it's everywhere I go

(Bm) I'm getting tired of (C#m) living (D) in a world that's (E) got no soul
(D) I'm Coming (A) Back, baby (G) back for what's mine (A/// //// x 2)
Solo over D/A/E//// x 4 then E///
(F#m) I don't want to confuse you (E) if you found something else
(Bm) But I don't want to lose you (D) just when I found myself
(Bm) Everybody's (C#m) colder now (D) it's everywhere I go
(Bm) I just don't (C#m) want to live (D) in a world that's (E) got no soul (E///)
(D) I'm Coming (A) Back, baby (G) back for what's mine (A)
I'm coming, baby (A) as intro

I'm coming, baby (A)
I'm coming, baby (A)
I'm coming, baby (A) to fade
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All I Needed Was You
Intro A/ /// A/// D/// E///

Gtr a g# e f# g# a b g# x 2
(A) Outside the (D) church bells (E) toll

(A) For this wasteland (D) we call (E) home
(A) There's nowhere (D) left to (E) hide or (A) run to (D E)
(A) Daddy drank real hard (D) late at (E) night

(A) He'd say without love (D) life's a (E) long fight
(A) l promised I'd (D) win one (E) fight for (A) him, babe (D E)
(D) The storm outside is raging

I close my eyes, l think about (A) you, babe (F#m! c# F#m!)
I think about (A) you, girl (F#m c# F#m)
There's (D) got to be something left worth saving
We've wasted too much time
I (A) played the fool I (D) played the (E) soldier

(A) But my struggling (D) days are (E) over
(A) I wanted everything (D) When All l (E) Needed Was (A) You, babe (D E)
(A) l didn't understand I was (D) just a (E) young boy

(A) All I wanted was the (D) rich man's (E) play toys
(A) I didn't really care (D) how I (E) got there, (A) baby (D E)
(A) Now I've seen a (D) thousand (E) dreams die

(A) In the oil fields, (D) in the (E) coal mines
(A) No need to wonder why (D) Nobody's (E) satisfied (A) lately (D E)
(D) The storm outside is raging

I close my eyes l think about (A) you, babe (F#m! c# F#m!)
I think about (A) you, girl (F#m c# F#m)
There's (D) got to be something left worth saving
We've wasted too much time
And (A) I played the fool I (D) played the (E) soldier
(A) But my struggling (D) days are (E) over
(A) I wanted everything (D) When All l (E) Needed was (A) you, babe (D E)
All I Needed Was (A) You, girl, yea (D)

(E) All I Needed Was (A) You, babe (D E)
Solo over Chorus chords x4 then plus a g# a f# a g# a b g# Riff x 4
(D) The storm outside is raging, We've wasted too much time
Chorus x 2 then Intro Riff: A/ /// A/// D/// E///
All I Needed Was (A) You, girl, yea (D/// E///) (Repeat to fade)

It's Been A Long Time
(S. Van Zandt) - Little Jake Music ASCAP
Woah (A) wo woah woah (D) Woah (A) wo woah woah (F#m)
Woah (A) wo woah woah (D) Woah (A) wo woah (E) woah woah (A) woah (E)
(A) We lived in a time and a (D) world of our own

(A) Making up the rules as we (F#m) went along
(A) Just one coat between us and we (D) never felt cold
We were never gonna get (E) old
Playing (A) cards 'till the sun came up, (D) rollin' dice
(A) Down to the club and listen to the (F#m) blues all night
(A) Girls out on the corner get (D) lonely now and then
We'd never be that free again (E)
It's Been a (A) Long Time since we (D) laughed together

It's Been a (A) Long Time since we (F#m) cried
(A) Raise your glass for the (D) comrades we've lost
My (A) friend it's been a (E) long, long (A) time (E)
(A) Workin' just enough to (D) pay the rent

(A) Money got made, baby, (F#m) money got spent
(A) Sleeping when we had nothin' (D) left to do
Under the boardwalk and up on the roof (E)
(A) We never quite fit, baby, (D) we never played the game
(A) Came out explodin' like a (F#m) runaway train
(A) Up all night talkin' about (D) dreams of better days
Ain't it funny how some things don't change? (E)

Gtr solo over A/// D/// A/// F#m/// A/// D/// /// E/// as verse
A/// D/// A/// F#m/// A/// D/// A/E/AE// as intro including Woah woah etc....
(Accapella):
We lived in a time and a world of our own making up the rules as we went along
Just one coat between us and we never felt cold we were never gonna get old


Woah (A) wo woah woah (D) Woah (A) wo woah woah (F#m)
Woah (A) wo woah woah (D) Woah (A) wo woah (E) woah woah (A) woah (E) Repeat to fade

Soul's On Fire
(J. Lyon/S. Van Zandt) Little Jake Music/Doppler Shift Music ASCAP
Intro: G/// G/// Csus4/C/ F C F C Dsus4 C x 2 G///

(Lead c b cb a g Bass f e f e d c)
The (G) moment I saw you, I (Em) wanted you

(G) You made it so easy (Em) Made love feel like it's supposed to
(F) I never took it for (G) granted (F) I was just away too (G) long
Now I (D) need you so badly And you're (C) gone
My (G) Soul's On Fire

My (Em) Soul's On Fire
My (C) Soul's On Fire
Tonight (D)
(G) The moment I left you I (Em) missed you, baby

(G) The things I used to shake right off (Em) Have been stickin' to me lately
(F) Don't you worry about (G) me girl (F) I know this pain can't (G) last
But to- (D) -night, babe It hurts so (C) bad

Tonight (D)

Tonight (D)
Solo over intro: G/// G/// Csus4/C/ F C F C Dsus4 C x 4 Em/D/ C/// //// G/// ////
(G) The moment I spoke to you you (Em) tried to make me see
You (G) needed someone to depend on (Em) you knew that could never be me
(F) I hope he treats you better than (G) I did (F) I hope he can give you all the love he has (G)
But to- (D) -night, baby it hurts so bad (C/// //// D/// ////)

Tonight (D)
Repeat Chorus then Gtr to fade over G/// //// Em/// ////

Better Days
Intro harmonica / acoustic guitar then horns:
B/E/A/E/ x 4
(It's a true story)
(B) I had the (E) craziest (A) dream last (E) night
There was (B) thunder and (E) lightnin' every (A) where (E)
(B) Hellhounds (E) reached up and then the (A) hole in the (E) sky
(B) pissed in the (E) water, spit black (A) smoke up in the (E) air
(E) Eunuchs were chasin' me (F#) all night through
And I (G#m) was wearing (F#) suits and (E) tie
They wanted me to party - I woke up just in (F#) time
(G) I heard some- (A) -body say
(B) Better days are (G) comin' (A), we're gonna

(B) Wake up and break this (G) curse (A)
(B) Better days are (G) on the way, 'cause (A)
(G) You know and I know, (A) it can't get no worse (B/E/A/E/)
(B) Sometimes a (E) dream (A) seems so (E) real, (B) comes to me over and (E) over (A) again (E)
(B) Last night I (E) swear I saw Am- (A) -erica sleepin' in the (E) streets
(B) When does this (E) nightmare (A) end? (E)
(E) I got to find my (F#) baby
Baby, I (G#m) find salv- (F#) -ation in her (E) kiss
Tell me I'm dreaming, it's got to be better than (F#) this
(G) I want some- (A) -body to say
CHORUS
Break: Riff b - d d# f# g# f# a a - a b Piano x 2, with Gtr x 2 Horns x 2
No - I believe I see a train comin' babe

I know I'm gonna take a ride on the train of broken dreams
We got to leave 'em all behind 'cause we're gonna go (again)
We're gonna catch that train (5x)

(B) Ooooooooooooooooh (B)
Solo guitar – B/// G/A/ x 8
CHORUS
Piano B/E/A/E/ x 2 It can't get no worse - well
Plus Guitar B/E/A/E/ x 2
(B) Better (E) days are (A) comin' (E)
Repeat to fade

I've Been Working Too Hard
Intro: Gtr C/// //// Harp C/// //// Drums C/// //// //// //// //// //// //// ////
Now (C) brothers and sisters gathered here today I got something I want to share with you
Now let me warn you it's a sad, sad story but I swear every word is true
Now, (F) money and me don't talk too much we never got along too well
But when (C) I got some in my pocket I seem to have a lot more friends
I pay the (G) landlord and the taxman and it's time to go to work again
Can I get a (C) witness? (Bb F), Can I get a (C) witness? (Bb F)
I need some- (C) -body (Bb F), Let me hear you say (G) Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
I've Been (C) Workin' Too Hard, I've Been (Bb) Workin' Too Hard
I've Been (F) Workin' Too hard, I got to get just a little bit (C) out of control
I've Been (F) Workin' Too hard, Gotta find somebody just to (C) soothe my soul
I (C) had a young girl back in Cleveland my baby would not be true
It took a while to realize the evil that some girls do
I told her (F) mother and father what I did they said what kind of work is that?
They said I (C) just didn't have the fear of God they could tell by the way I laughed
She (G) ran off and married a preachers son in a ragtop cadillac
Harmonica Solo over C/// //// //// //// F/// //// G/// //// x 2
Well (C) people I've learned my lesson and I've learned my lesson well
Some girls want your money but your money is the Devil himself
But (F) life can get confusing whether you're high, low, rich or poor
I (C) swear when you get right down to it there's only one thing I know for sure
Be- (G) -fore this night is over I'll be in trouble and I'm lookin' for more, more, more
Repeat to fade

Ride The Night Away
(S. Van Zandt/S. Jordan) Blue Midnight Music ASCAP Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp. Irisque Situl BMI
Intro Gtr: Bsus4 B E x 2 continue this for Verses
(B) I got something, baby, on my mind well, it's tearing me up inside

I've got to let it loose tonight
(B) I know you can feel what I'm going through everybody telling me what to do
Well I need somebody to talk to
(G#m) I'm different, I can feel the (E) changes

But I can't turn back the pages (C#m)
And our hearts are all we have to (A) save us
Somebody (F#) save me tonight
We're gonna (B) Ride (E) The (F#) Night Away

Well there (B) ain't no time left to (E) borrow
I guess we'll (B) have to think about it tom- (G#m) -orrow
'Cause (E) tonight we're gonna (F#) Ride The Night Away (Bsus4 B E x 2)
(B) I got a gun pointing at my head and I put it there by myself

Can't ask you, but I need some help
(B) I got a fire burning in my soul I'm dangerous and out of control
And tonight I've got to let it go
(G#m) I can't look back ,baby, I've (E) tried

It's too late for me to compromise (C#m)
Well I need somebody by my (A) side
Come on (F#) with me tonight

'Cause (E) tonight we're gonna (F#) Ride The Night Away (E/// ////)
Solo E/// F#/// x 8
(G#m) I can't look back ,baby, I've (E) tried

It's too late for me to compromise (C#m)
Well I need somebody by my (A) side
Come on (F#) with me tonight (F#///F#!)

'Cause (E) tonight we're gonna (F#) Ride The Night Away
(B) Ride (E) The (F#) Night Away Repeat to fade

The Right To Walk Away
(J. Lyon/L. Preston/D. Lecorriere) Doppler Shift Music ASCAP/Whiskey Drinkin' Music/Locorriere Songs
BMI/BUG
Intro A/// D/// A/// D/// A/// D/E/ A/// E///
I know you've been (A) hurt

Burned by the fire (F#m)
Still you (A) held on, right down to the wire (F#m)
If it was so (Bm) wrong, (E) why did you (Bm) stay (E)
When you've always (A) had The (D) Right To (E) Walk Aw- (A) -ay? (E)
Now I under- (A) -stand, you have your (F#m) doubts

When you (A) fall in love too deep, it's hard to (F#m) climb out
But now you have your (Bm) freedom, (E) there's no more to (Bm) pay, no (E)
You've always (A) had the (D) right
You've always (A) had the (D) right
You've always (A) had The (D) Right To (E) Walk Aw- (A) -ay? (E)
(C#m) Walk right away from the one who keeps breaking your (Bm) heart
But (C#m) don't walk away from your one chance to make a new (D) start (E)
(A) Don't walk aw- (D) -ay, baby

(A) Turn around and (D) look at me
(A) I've got all the (D) love you (E) need
(A) Yes I do
I offer my (A) hand, to have and to (F#m) hold

I want to give (A) love, not take control (F#m)
My door is (Bm) open, darling, (E) don't turn aw- (Bm) –ay (E)
At least we can (A) try, don't be afraid (F#m)
We might last a (Bm) lifetime (E) or only one day (Bm E!)
But you'll always (A) have the (D) right
You'll always (A) have the (D) right
You'll always (A) have The (D) Right To (E) Walk Aw- (A) -ay? (E)
Oh, believe me, baby

You'll always (A) have The (D) Right To (E) Walk Aw- (A) -ay? (E)
The (D) Right To (E) Walk Aw- (A) -ay? (E)

The (D) Right To (E) Walk Aw- (A) -ay? (E)
The (D) Right To (E) Walk Aw- (A) -ay?

All Night Long
(B. Bandiera/J. Lyon) Doppler Shift Music (BUG)/Carli-Rob Publishing ASCAP
Intro: A/// A/// F/// C/// x 3 (Note that the A chord has no 3rd throughout)
(A) Snuck in the barroom, I was just 14

(F) Man he used to shake 'em (C) down
(A) He'd turn it up and then he'd make it scream
(F) But then he put it (C) down
(C) I used to go just to (F) watch him (C) play

(F) All (C) Night (G) Long
(C ) Now all I ever see him (F) do is (C) pray
All night long A/// A/// F/// C///
(A) I got a letter from a friend of mine

(F) It knocked me off my (C) feet
(A) He said he saw a girl I used to know
(F) Workin' on the (C) street, oh no
(C) She's the one who helped me (F) find my (C) way
(C) Now you tell me that she's (F) gone astray (C)
Well, (F) man, I (C) hope you're (G) wrong
I hope you're wrong A/// A/// F/// C/// A/// A/// F/// C///
(F) Well I don't (C ) know about it, (F) it's a mystery (C)
(F) Wish I knew how to walk the (C) straight and narrow
(F) And still be (G) me, still be me
A/// //// F/// C/// x4 plus Guitar Solo
(A) I still go back there every now and then

(F) Just to walk (C) around
(A) I can't get caught up in them memories
(F) I'm afraid I'll (C) drown
(C) I used to try to drink my (F) life away (C)

(C) Now I try to take it (F) day by (C) day
(F) Right (C) or (G) wrong
(C) People tell me there's a (F) better (C) way

(C) All I ever want to (F) do is (C) play
All night long A/// A/// F/// C///
A/// A/// F/// C/// to fade including breakdown over A chord

All The Way Home
(B. Springsteen) Bruce Springsteen Music ASCAP
Intro G/// C/// x 4
(G) I know what it's like to have (C) failed, baby (D)
(G) With the whole world lookin' (C) on (D)
(G) I know what it's like to have (C) been so sure (D)
(G) And to wake up and find it all (C) gone (D)
(G) Now you've got no reason, no reason to (C) trust me (D)
(G) And tonight my confidence is a little (C) rusty (D)
(G) It's getting late and if you don't (C) feel like leavin' alone (Am)
Well maybe I can (C) walk you, baby
(D) All The Way Home (G/// C/// G/// C//D)
(G) Our old fears and failures well they do (C) linger, oh yes they (D) do
(G) Like the shadow of that ring that was on your (C) finger (D)
(G) Well those days darling all those (C) days are dead and (Am) gone
Oh I could (C) walk you, baby
(D) All The Way Home (G/// C/// G/// C//D)
(D) Now there's things no one (C) can rearrange

(D) We both have yesterdays that we (C) can't change (D)
(G) It's closing time, bar- (C) -tender's ringing last call (D)
(G) These days I don't stand on pride and I've (C) learned how to take a (D) fall
(G) Now the time has come and if your (C) first choice, he's (Am) gone
Well that's alright, (C) baby
'Cause I can (D) walk you All The Way (G) Home (G///C//D)
G/// C/D/
All The Way (G) Home (C/ D/)

I'll walk you All The Way (G) Home (C/D/)
All The Way (G) Home (C/ D/)
La la la la la (G///C/D/)
Repeat to fade

Shake 'Em Down
Intro: C/// F/// C/// G/// C/// F/// C/G/ CG//
I ride the (C) top of the line, I can't (F) settle for less
I (C) came here tonight to do what (G) I do best
(C) Hold tight, babe, I'm breakin' (F) down the doors
(G) I got mine, I'm hopin' you got yours
We're gonna (C) rock until the morning

We're gonna (F) ride till we die
I (C) gotta keep movin till I'm (G) satisfied
(C) Come on, come on it's gonna (F) be alright
We're gonna (C) Shake 'Em Down, (G) baby, tonight (CG//)
I (C) can't back down when the (F) goin' gets rough
This is (C) all we got, baby, it's got to (G) be enough
I'd (C) like to try to quit it, but I (F) don't know how
I (G) needed it then and, baby, I need it right now

Goodnight
(C) I've sacrificed everything I've known and loved

I've lost too much time, I spilled too much blood
I ain't felt nothin' since '65
There's only (G) one thing left keeping me alive


(C) Shake 'Em Down, (G) baby, tonight (CG//)



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(S. Van Zandt) Little Jake Music ASCAP

Intro: A Asus2 Asus4 A Asus2 A x 4 Horns play c# b d c# b c#

(A) I still remember, baby those wild, desperate times

(A) I played on broken stages I watched the lonely cry

(F#m) Little by little, baby, (E) we were going down

(A) Once I started running I never asked the cost

(F#m) Everybody's colder now (E) it's everywhere I go

Solo over D/A/E//// x 4 then E///

I'm coming, baby (A) as intro

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Intro A/ /// A/// D/// E///

(A) Outside the (D) church bells (E) toll

(A) Daddy drank real hard (D) late at (E) night

(D) The storm outside is raging

I (A) played the fool I (D) played the (E) soldier

(A) l didn't understand I was (D) just a (E) young boy

(A) Now I've seen a (D) thousand (E) dreams die

(D) The storm outside is raging

All I Needed Was (A) You, girl, yea (D)

Solo over Chorus chords x4 then plus a g# a f# a g# a b g# Riff x 4

Chorus x 2 then Intro Riff: A/ /// A/// D/// E///

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(A) We lived in a time and a (D) world of our own

It's Been a (A) Long Time since we (D) laughed together

(A) Workin' just enough to (D) pay the rent

It's Been a (A) Long Time since we (D) laughed together

It's Been a (A) Long Time since we (D) laughed together

It's Been a (A) Long Time since we (D) laughed together

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Intro: G/// G/// Csus4/C/ F C F C Dsus4 C x 2 G///

The (G) moment I saw you, I (Em) wanted you

My (G) Soul's On Fire

(G) The moment I left you I (Em) missed you, baby

My (G) Soul's On Fire

My (G) Soul's On Fire

My (G) Soul's On Fire

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Intro harmonica / acoustic guitar then horns:

(It's a true story)

(B) Better days are (G) comin' (A), we're gonna

Break: Riff b - d d# f# g# f# a a - a b Piano x 2, with Gtr x 2 Horns x 2

No - I believe I see a train comin' babe

We're gonna catch that train (5x)

Solo guitar – B/// G/A/ x 8

Piano B/E/A/E/ x 2 It can't get no worse - well

Plus Guitar B/E/A/E/ x 2

(B) Better (E) days are (A) comin' (E)

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Intro Gtr: Bsus4 B E x 2 continue this for Verses

(B) I got something, baby, on my mind well, it's tearing me up inside

(G#m) I'm different, I can feel the (E) changes

We're gonna (B) Ride (E) The (F#) Night Away

(B) I got a gun pointing at my head and I put it there by myself

(G#m) I can't look back ,baby, I've (E) tried

We're gonna (B) Ride (E) The (F#) Night Away

Solo E/// F#/// x 8

(G#m) I can't look back ,baby, I've (E) tried

We're gonna (B) Ride (E) The (F#) Night Away

(B) Ride (E) The (F#) Night Away Repeat to fade

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