3 2016 Slow Jam Book

Yukon Acoustic Music Workshop
operated by the
Sundog Acoustic Music Society
Book of Bluegrass Slow Jam Songs

June 2016
NOTES
This songbook was originally compiled by Stephen Maltby, Bob Hayes and
Thane Phillips for use at the Yukon Bluegrass Music Society slow jam sessions
and annual bluegrass music camp. In August 2010 the book underwent an
extensive revision by Jan Tulloch, Jan Milner and Scott Wilson.
Over time, most of these songs have developed other forms, verses and/or
chord changes. The particular versions in this book are only one example, and
the name under the title of each song is the artist who performed the version
used in this book (not necessarily the composer). To learn the melody you
can search YouTube, iTunes, or your favourite music-streaming website for
examples of these songs.
The Nashville Numbering System
With this system the scale notes of a major scale, for example, C Major; C-D-E-
F-G-A-B-C, are changed to numbers. The C Major scale using the Nashville
Number System would be 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.
Scale Examples: #1 is the root of the scale
Major Scale (1) 2 3 4 5 6 7

G A B C D E F#
A B C# D E F# G#
D E F# G A B C#
C D E F G A B
Key and Chord Numbers: The same system can be used for keys of songs and
the chord progressions of those songs. Here are the chords that fit each key
use the same numbering system (#1 is the key of the song). Most bluegrass
songs use the 1, 4, and 5 chords. Sometimes the 2m, 3m or 6m are played, but
not often. This is country music, remember!
Key Examples: #1 is the name of the key
Key (1) 2 3 4 5 6 7
G A B C D E F#
A B C# D E F# G#
D E F# G A B C#
C D E F G A B
Using a Capo
You can change the key of any song and still play familiar chord forms on the
guitar or banjo by using a capo.
Place the capo at (just above) the second fret and not too tight. By shortening
the strings, the playing length and sound frequency of the strings are changed.
Now strum a G-shape chord. The capo has changed the sound frequencies to
now play an A chord. All other chords follow the same pattern change.
For example, placing the capo at (just above) the second fret changes the C
chord (or 4 chord in the G scale) to a D chord. The D-shape chord (or 5 chord
in the G scale) becomes an E chord. Place the capo at (just above) the third fret
and the same G-shape chord sounds like a Bb chord, and so on.
The chart below shows you what happens to the chord sounds when you place
the capo at the first five frets (from the nut or head of the guitar). Learn this
and you will be playing in most keys in bluegrass. Bluegrass guitarists love
playing in the G-form because it has a great bass root and broad and bright
strum sound.
Chord no capo 1st fret 2nd fret 3rd fret 4th fret 5th fret
G G Ab A Bb B C
A A Bb B C C# D
D D Eb E F F# G
C C C# D Eb E F
Slow Jams and Jam Etiquette
Jam Goals: The purpose of the bluegrass jam is to allow people to come together, enjoy and
participate in a musical journey; and, hopefully, help participants improve their musicianship.
Our bluegrass slow jam is a group effort at making music, learning repertoire and improving our
jamming skills. The musicians sit in a circle and we go around the circle, everyone getting a
chance to lead a song or take a solo during a song - you can also “pass”.
There are a few important things to bring to a slow jam:

• An open mind and a willingness to learn and share
• A sensitivity to playing in a group with other musicians
• Respect for your fellow jammers
Other points for consideration:

• The tempos at a slow jam are…. well… slow… to accommodate all levels of players
• Tune your instrument and… tune… tune… tune
• The jam circle runs clock-wise… for leading a song or taking a solo (a break)
• If you would rather not lead a song or take a break, no problem… just pass
• If you want to lead a song please know the song; the lyrics and the melody and the chord
changes
• If you lead a song announce the song's key before starting
• If you lead a song announce the chords if some one is not familiar with the tune
• When the player next to you does not know the chords and you do, tell them quietly or
turn so they can watch your fingering
• If you want to sit out a song, no problem
• Play quietly under the singer or the soloist in the circle
• Avoid “noodling” behind vocalists and soloists or when announcements are being made
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Angel Band Little Cabin Home On The Hill

Banks of the Ohio Long Black Veil
Blue Moon Of Kentucky Making Plans
Blue Ridge Cabin Home Mr. Engineer
Bury Me Beneath The Willow My Walkin' Shoes
Can’t You Hear Me Calling Nine Pound Hammer
Cora Is Gone Old Home Place
Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Don’t This Road Look Rough And Rocky Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Don’t You Call My Name Some Old Day
East Virginia Blues Stone Walls And Steel Bars
Graveyard Shift There's More Pretty Girls Than One
How Mountain Girls Can Love This Heart Of Mine
I Am a Pilgrim Way Downtown
I Still Carry You Around White Dove
I'll Fly Away Who Will Sing For Me
I'll Stay Around Will The Circle Be Unbroken
I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling You Don't Know My Mind
If You're Ever Going To Love Me You Won't Be Satisfied That Way
Keep On The Sunny Side Your Love Is Like A Flower
Angel Band
(the Stanley Brothers)
My [1] latest sun is [4] sinking [1] fast

My race is [5] nearly [1] run
My strongest trials [4] now are [1] passed
My triumph [5] has be- [1] gun
[5] Oh come [1] angel band

[5] Come and a- [1] round me stand
Oh [4] bear me away on your [1] snow-white wings
To my im- [5] mortal [1] home
Oh [4] bear me away on your [1] snow-white wings
To my im- [5] mortal [1] home
Oh [1] bear my longing [4] heart to [1] him

Who bled and [5] died for [1] me
Whose blood now cleanses [4] from all [1] sins
And gives me [5] vic-tor- [1] y
CHORUS
1 G Ab A Bb B C D Eb E F
4 C Db D Eb E F G Ab A Bb
5 D Eb E F F# G A Bb B C
Banks of the Ohio
(Tony Rice)
I asked my [1] love to take a [5] walk

Just to walk a little [1] ways
As we walked oh may we [4] talk
All a- [1] bout [5] our wedding [1] day
Only [1] say that you'll be [5] mine

In our home we'll happy [1] be
Down beside where the waters [4] flow
On the [1] banks [5] of the Ohi- [1] o
I took her [1] by her little white [5] hand

And dragged her down that bank of [1] sand
There I throwed her in to [4] drown
I watched her [1] as she [5] floated [1] down
CHORUS
Was walking [1] home between twelve and [5] one
Thinking of what I had [1] done
I killed the girl I love, you [4] see
Because she [1] would not [5] marry [1] me
CHORUS
The very next [1] morn’ about half past [5] four
The sheriff’s men knocked at my [1] door
Sayin’ now young man, come now and [4] go
Down to the [1] banks [5] of the Ohi- [1] o
CHORUS
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
(Bill Monroe)
Blue [1] moon of Kentucky keep on [4] shining

Shine [1] on the one that's gone and proved un- [5] true
Shine [1] on the one that's [5] gone and left me [1] blue
It was [4] on a moonlight night

The [1] stars shining bright
They [4] whispered from high
Your [1] love has said good- [5] bye
Shine [1] on the one that's [5] gone and said good- [1] bye
REPEAT VERSE AND CHORUS
Blue Ridge Cabin Home
(The Bluegrass Album Band)
There's a [1] well beaten path on this old [4] mountainside

Where I [5] wandered when I was a [1] lad
There I wandered alone to the [4] place I call home
In those [5] blue ridge hills far a- [1] way
How I [1] love those hills of old Vir- [4] ginia

From those [5] blue ridge hills I did [1] roam
When I die won't you bury me on the [4] mountain
Far a- [5] way near my blue ridge mountain [1] home
Now my [1] thoughts wander back to the [4] ramshackle shack

In those [5] blue ridge hills far a- [1] way
Where my mother and dad are [4] laid there to rest
The’re [5] sleeping in peace together [1] there
CHORUS
I re- [1] turn to that old mountain [4] home with the sigh
I've been [5] longing for days gone [1] by
When I die won't you bury me on this [4] old mountain side
Make my [5] resting place upon the hill so [1] high
CHORUS
Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow
(Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice)
My [1] heart is sad I [4] am lonely

[1] For the only one I [5] love
When [1] shall I see her [4] oh no never
[1] 'Til we [5] meet in heaven a- [1] bove
Oh, [1] bury me be- [4] neath the willow

[1] Under the weeping willow [5] tree
So [1] she will know where [4] I am sleeping
[1] And per- [5] haps she’ll weep for [1] me
She [1] told me that she [4] dearly loved me

[1] How could I believe it un- [5] true
Un- [1] til the angels [4] softly whispered
[1] She will [5] prove untrue to [1] you
CHORUS
To- [1] morrow was our [4] wedding day

[1] Oh God oh God where can she [5] be
She's [1] out a’ courting [4] with another
[1] And no [5] longer cares for [1] me
CHORUS
Can’t You Hear Me Callin’
(Bill Monroe)
The days are [1] long the nights are lonely
Since you [4] left me all a- [1] lone
I’m worried [4] so my little [1] darling
I’m worried s--[4] [5]--o since you've been [1] gone
Sweetheart of [1] mine can't you hear me calling

A million [4] times I love you [1] best
I mistreated [4] you, darling, I'm [1] sorry
Come back to m--[4] [5]--e is my re- [1] quest
I’ll never for- [1] get the morning you left me

A big mis- [4] take had caused it [1] all
If you come [4] back sunshine will [1] follow
If you stay awa--[4] [5]--y it will be my [1] fall
CHORUS
The days are [1] long my little darling

Oh how I [4] need your sweet em- [1] brace
When I a- [4] woke the sun was [1] shining
When I looked u--[4] [5]--p and I saw your [1] face
CHORUS
Cora is Gone
( The Bluegrass Album Band)
The [1] winds through the night blowing so lonesome

Singing to me a [5] song
A [1] whippoorwill call is just a reminder
Pretty girls have [5] hearts made of [1] stone
I'll [4] wake with the blues at [1] dawn

My [4] darling Cory is [1] gone
I don't know why she told me goodbye
But my darling [5] Cory is [1] gone
The [1] ring that she wears I bought for her finger
Purchased her raiment so [5] fine
[1] Gave her my last green back dollar
And now she's [5] left me [1] behind
CHORUS
[1] Drifting along like brush on a river

Caring not where I [5] roam
[1] Going to live in the deep forest
Dark hollow will [5] be my new [1] home
CHORUS
Don't Give Your Heart to a Rambler
(Tony Rice)
Don't fall in [1] love with me darling I'm a [4] rambler

Al- [5] though your the sweetest sweetheart in this [1] world
It's all for your sake dear that I'm [4] leaving
Don't [5] give your heart to a rambler, little [1] girl
If I [1] never had the blues, my little [4] darling

Or the [5] lure of the road on my [1] mind
I'm bound to hear the whistle of a [4] freight train
And the [5] boxcars as they rattle down the [1] line
CHORUS
Yes I [1] handed you a line and I'm [4] sorry

You're [5] just a little sweeter that the [1] rest
Believe me when I say I don't want to [4] hurt you
Or do [5] anything to mar your happi- [1] ness
CHORUS
Don’t This Road Look Rough And Rocky
[1] Darling, I have [4] come to [1] tell you

Though it almost breaks my [5] heart
[1] But before the [4] morning [1] darling
[5] We’ll be many miles [1] apart
[4] Don’t this road look rough and [1] rocky

Don’t that sea look wide and [5] deep
[1] Don’t my baby [4] look the [1] sweetest
[5] When she’s in my arms [1] asleep
[1] Can’t you hear the [4] night birds [1] crying
Far across the deep blue [5] sea
[1] While of others [4] you are [1] thinking
[5] Won’t you sometimes think of [1] me
CHORUS
[1] One more kiss [4] before I [1] leave you

One more kiss before we [5] part
[1] You have caused me [4] lots of [1] trouble
[5] Darling you have broke my [1] heart
CHORUS
1 G Ab A B Bb C D E Eb F
4 C Db D E Eb F G A Ab Bb
5 D Eb E F# F G A B Bb C
Don’t You Call My Name
(Del McCoury)
You ran a- [1] round, you had your good times

Said you [4] love me just the [1] same
When the chips are down, and you get lonely
You come runnin’ back to [5] me callin’ my [1] name
[1] Don’t you call my name, ‘cause I won’t answer

Don’t you call my [4] name, ‘cause I won’t be [1] there
You cheated on me, dear for your last time
Don’t you call my name little [5] girl ‘cause I don’t [1] care.
I used to [1] cry, and wait for you dear

While you [4] played your cheatin’ [1] game
It’s your turn now, just keep on hidin’
Can’t hear you cryin’ little [5] girl don’t you call my [1] name
CHORUS
East Virginia Blues
(Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys)
I was [1] born in East Virginia

North Caro- [4] lina I did [1] go
There I [4] courted a fair young [1] maiden
But her [5] age I did not [1] know
Oh her [1] hair was dark and curly

And her [4] cheeks were rosy [1] red
On her [4] breast she wore a [1] lily
Where I [5] longed to lay my [1] head
Molly [1] dear go ask your mother

Be my [4] bride my every [1] dear
If she says [4] no come back and [1] tell me
And I’ll [5] run away with [1] you
No I’ll [1] not go ask my mother

She lies [4] on her bed of [1] rest
And in her [4] hand she holds a [1] dagger
To kill the [5] man that I love [1] best
I’ll go [1] back to East Virgina

North Caro- [4] lina ain’t my [1] home
I’m goin’ [4] back to East Vir- [1] gina
Leave old [5] North Carolina a- [1] lone
Oh you [1] know I’d like to see you

At my [4] door your welcome [1] in
At my [4] gate I’ll always [1] greet you
You’re the [5] girl I tried to [1] win
The Graveyard Shift
(Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band)
Work the [1] graveyard shift, stay up all night long

Work the [4] graveyard shift, stay up all night [1] long
Wake up some [5] day, and you’re good gal [1] gone
[1] If you don’t treat your baby right

[4] If you don’t treat your baby [1] right
She’ll come see [5] me some lonely [1] night
When the [1] sun goes down and the moon is gone
Is when I come around don’t you think I won’t
On the [4] graveyard shift, stay up all night [1] long
Wake up some [5] day, and find you’re good gal [1] gone
Drive a [1] Cadillac it rides just like a dream

Drive a [4] Cadillac it rides just like a [1] dream
All the pretty [5] gals they wanna ride with [1] me
Cause [1] I got what all the women want

Said, [4] I got what all the women [1] want
I never say I [5] do when I really [1] don’t
CHORUS
How Mountain Girls Can Love
(The Stanley Brothers)
[4] Get down boy [1] go back home

[5] Back to the girl you [1] love
[4] Treat her right, [1] never wrong
[5] How mountain girls can [1] love
[1] Riding the night in a high cold wind

On the [5] trail of the old lonesome [1] pine
Thinking of you feeling so blue
Wondering [5] why I left you be- [1] hind
CHORUS
Re- [1] member the night we strolled down the lane

Our [5] hearts were gay and happy [1] then
You whispered to me when I held you close
We [5] hoped that night would never [1] end
CHORUS
I Am a Pilgrim
(Doc Watson)
I am a [5] pilgrim and a [1] stranger

Traveling [4] through this wearisome [1] land [5]
I've got a [1] home due in that yonder [4] city, good Lord
And it's [1] not, [5] not made by [1] hand
I got a [5] mother, a sister and a [1] brother

They’ve done [4] gone on to that other [1] shore [5]
And I’m de- [1] termined to go and [4] see them, good Lord
And [1] live up there, [5] for ever [1] more
When I go [5] down to the river of [1] Jordan

Just to [4] bathe my weary [1] soul [5]
If I [1] can but touch the hem of his [4] garment, good Lord
Then I be- [1] lieve he’ll [5] make me [1] whole
CHORUS
I Still Carry You Around
(Steve Earle)
Sweet [1] heart last night I dreamed of [5] you

You loved me like you used to [1] do
Mornin’s [3] come and I woke [4] up and I found
[5] I still carry you a- [1] round

Everywhere I travel [1] now
No matter [3] how I try to [4] put you down
I [1] still just can’t believe you’re [5] gone

Your memory haunts me from now [1] on
I walk the [3] streets of this old [4] lonely town
CHORUS
You’re [1] with me everywhere I [5] go

In my heart and in my [1] soul
Down [3] every road no matter [4] where I’m bound
CHORUS
3 B C C# D D# E F# G G# A
I’ll Fly Away
(Alison Krause and Gillian Welch)
[1] Some bright morning when this life is o'er, [4] I’ll fly a- [1] way
To a home on God's celestial shore, I’--[5]--ll fly a- [1] way
[1] I’ll fly away oh glory

[4] I’ll fly a- [1] way, in the morning
When I die Hallelujah by and by
I’--[5]--ll fly a- [1] way
[1] When the shadows of this life have gone, [4] I’ll fly a- [1] way
Like a bird from these prison walls I'll fly, I’--[5]--ll fly a- [1] way
CHORUS
[1] Oh how glad and happy when we meet, [4] I’ll fly a- [1] way
No more cold iron shackles on my feet, I’--[5]--ll fly a- [1] way
CHORUS
[1] Just a few more weary days and then, [4] I’ll fly a- [1] way
To a land where joys will never end, I’--[5]--ll fly a- [1] way
CHORUS
1 G Ab A Bb B Bb C D Eb E F
4 C Db D Eb E Eb F G Ab A Bb
5 D Eb E F F# F G A Bb B C
I’ll Stay Around
(Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs)
Now [1] you just told me that you're leaving

On the next train coming [5] down
I [1] loves you dear, you think I’ll [4] follow
[1] I just [5] think I'll stay a- [1] round
[4] For I know someday you'll [1] want me

When your true love can't be [5] found
But [1] if you go dear I won't [4] follow
Now [1] you know my dear I've always loved you

And would never let you [5] down
But [1] if you go dear I won't [4] follow
CHORUS
Some [1] day I'll hear that whistle blowing

On the special coming [5] down
[1] You'll be looking for me [4] baby
[1] But I [5] may not be a- [1] round
CHORUS
I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling
Two [1] years ago when I first [4] met you

You [1] smiled at me and looked so [5] sweet
You [1] made me think you cared a- [4] bout me
But you [1] never [5] said that you loved [1] me
I'm [1] waiting to hear you call me [4] darling

I'm [1] waiting to hear you call me [5] dear
You [1] know that I have always [4] loved you
Don't [1] make me [5] lonely all these [1] years
Now [1] maybe I took too much for [4] granted

To [1] think you would ever love [5] me
[1] Please oh please don't try to [4] fool me
[1] All you’ll [5] cause is miser- [1] y
CHORUS
If You’re Ever Going To Love Me
(The White Brothers)
If you’re ever going to [1] love me, what I want to [5] know is
There’s just one way that you can [1] show it
If you don’t start treating me better you [4] see
I’m a’goin’ to [5] do away with [1] me
I’m gonna go [1] down, where the water’s a little [5] deeper
I’m takin no chance and now you [1] see
If you don’t start treating me a little bit [5] better
I’m a’goin to do away with [1] me
CHORUS
Oh won’t you [1] tell me, how you feel a- [5] bout it
Your runnin’ me crazy can’t you [1] see
If you don’t start treating me a little bit [5] better
I’m a’goin to do away with [1] me
CHORUS
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KMB Slow Jam Book

Little Cabin Home On The Hill
(Dave Grisman)
To [1] night I'm all alone with [4] out you my [1] dear
It seems there's a longing for you [5] still
All I [1] have to do now is [4] sit alone and [1] cry
In our little cabin [5] home on the [1] hill
Oh, [4] someone has taken you [1] from me

And left me here all a- [5] lone
Just [1] listen to the rain beat [4] on my window- [1] pane
I [1] hope you are happy to- [4] night as you [1] are
But in my heart there's a longing for you [5] still
I'll just [1] keep it there so [4] I won't be a- [1] lone
CHORUS
Now [1] when you have come to the [4] end of the [1] way
And find there's no more happiness for [5] you
Just [1] let your thoughts turn back once [4] more if you [1] will
CHORUS
Long Black Veil – Rosanna Cash
[1] Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night

There was [5] someone was killed ‘neath the [4] town hall [1] lights
There were few at the scene, but they all did agree
That the [5] slayer who ran looked a [4] lot like [1] me
The [1] judge said son, what is your alibi

If [5] you were somewhere else, then you [4] won’t have to [1] die
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
For I’d [5] been in the arms of my [4] best friend’s [1] wife
She [4] walks these [1] hills, in a [4] long black [1] veil
She [4] visits my [1] grave, when the [4] night winds [1] wail
Nobody knows, [4] nobody [1] sees
[4] Nobody [5] knows but [1] me
The [1] scaffold was high, and eternity near

She [5] stood in the crowd, and [4] shed not a [1] tear
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans
In a [5] long black veil, she cries [4] o’er my [1] bones
CHORUS
Making Plans
(Here Today)
You [1] say tomorrow you're [4] going

It's so [1] hard for me to be- [5] lieve
[1] I'm making plans for the [4] heartache
Cause [1] you're making [5] plans to [1] leave
The [1] tears for me will be [4] falling

Like a [1] tree shedding its [5] leaves
[1] I'm making plans for the [4] teardrops
You're making [5] plans to forget me

I'm making [1] plans to miss you
[2] I'm getting ready to [5] leave
[1] I'm making plans to be [4] lonesome
CHORUS (repeat last two lines)
2 A Bb B C C# D E F F# G
Mr. Engineer
(Tony Rice)
Engi- [4] neer reach [5] up and pull the [1] whistle
Let me [4] hear that [5] lonesome [1] sound
For it [4] blends with the [5] feeling that’s [1] in me
The one I [4] love has [5] turned me [1] down
I’m goin to [4] catch [5] me a [1] freight train

Lord I’m [4] leavin this [5] lonesome [1] town
The one I [4] love and [5] gave my [1] heart to
For someone [4] else she’s [5] turned me [1] down
CHORUS
There’s [4] sixteen [5] cars behind each [1] engine

I’ll ride the [4] last one til the [5] end of the [1] line
I don’t know [4] where I ‘m [5] goin or where I ‘ll [1] wind up
Just any- [4] thing to ease my [5] worried [1] mind
CHORUS
My Walkin’ Shoes
(Here Today)
My [1] walkin’ shoes don’t fit me anymore

My walkin’ shoes don’t fit me any- [5] more
Stay [1] on your side of town, honey [4] I won’t be around
My [1] walkin’ shoes don’t [5] fit me any- [1] more
It’s a [1] long way from here to over yonder

My feet are getting mighty [5] sore
I ain’t [1] comin’ back, you made your mind to [4] wander
CHORUS
I’ll be a [1] long time gone from you baby

You’ll never hear me knock upon your [5] door
I thought [1] you were worth it once but I was [4] crazy
CHORUS
Nine Pound Hammer
(The Tony Rice Unit)
Well a nine-pound [1] hammer is a little too [4] heavy

Its for my [1] size, [5] buddy, for my [1] size
Well roll on [1] buddy, don't you roll so [4] slow
How can I [1] roll, [5] when the wheels won't [1] go
It’s a long way to [1] Harlan, it’s a long way to [4] Hazard
Just to get a little [1] brew, [5] just to get a little [1] brew
Well it ain't one [1] hammer that’s in this [4] tunnel

That’ll ring like [1] mine, [5] that’ll ring like [1] mine
I'm a-goin’ on a [1] mountain yea to see my [4] baby

An' I ain't comin’ [1] back, [5] oh I ain't comin’ [1] back
Well roll on [1] buddy, pull a load of [4] coal
CHORUS
Old Home Place
(J. D. Crowe and The New South)
It’s been [1] ten long [3] years since [4] I left my [1] home
In the holler where I was [5] born
Where the [1] cool fall [3] nights make the [4] wood smoke [1] rise
And the foxhunter [5] blows his [1] horn
I [1] fell in [3] love with a [4] girl from the [1] town
I thought that she would be [5] true
I [1] ran a- [3] way to [4] Charlottes- [1] ville
And worked in a [5] sawmill or [1] two
[5] What have you done to the [1] old home place
[2] Why did they tear it [5] down
And [1] why did I [3] leave the [4] plough in the [1] field
And look for a [5] job in the [1] town
Well the [1] girl ran [3] off with [4] somebody [1] else
The taverns took all my [5] pay
And [1] here I [3] stand at the [4] old home [1] place
Before they [5] took it [1] away
Now the [1] geese fly [3] south and the [4] cold wind [1] moans
As I stand here and hang my [5] head
I’ve [1] lost my [3] love, I’ve [4] lost my [1] home
And now I [5] wish that I was [1] dead
CHORUS
3 B C C# D D# E F# G G# A
Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
(Del McCoury)
You were [1] mine for just a while

Now you're [4] putting on a style
And you [5] never once looked back
At your home across the [1] track
You're the gossip of the town
But my [4] heart can still be found
Where you [5] tossed it on the ground
Pick me up on your way [1] down
Pick me [1] up on your way down

When you're [4] blue and all alone
When the [5] glamour starts to bore you
Come on back where you [1] belong
You may be their pride and joy
But they'll [4] find another toy
And they'll [5] take away your crown
They have [1] changed you're attitude

Made you [4] haughty and so rude
Your new [5] friends now take the blame
But underneath you're still the [1] same
When you find these things are true
I'll be [4] waiting dear for you
When you [5] tumble to the ground
CHORUS
Rollin’ in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
(Lester Flatt)
[1] Rollin’ in my sweet baby's arms

Rollin’ in my sweet baby's [5] arms
[1] Lay around the shack, 'til the [4] mail train comes back
And I'll [1] roll in my [5] sweet baby's [1] arms
I [1] Ain't gonna work on the railroad

Ain't gonna work on the [5] farm
[1] Lay around the shack, 'til the [4] mail train comes back
And I'll [1] roll in my [5] sweet baby's [1] arms
CHORUS
Now [1] where were you last Friday night

While I was lying in [5] jail
[1] Walking the streets with a- [4] nother man
[1] Wouldn't even [5] go my [1] bail
CHORUS
[1] I know your parents don't like me

They drove me away from your [5] door
If [1] I had my life to [4] live over
[1] Never go [5] there any [1] more
CHORUS
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Some Old Day
(J.D. Crowe and The New South)
I've been [1] workin' out in the rain

Tied to the [4] dirty old ball and [1] chain
Oh dear mother I'll come [2] home some old [5] day
Some sweet [1] day they'll turn me loose
From this [4] dirty old cala- [1] boose
Oh dear mother I'll come [2] home [5] some old [1]day
Some old [4] day

You'll wait for me and [1] pray
Some sweet [1] day they'll turn me loose
From this [4] dirty old cala- [1] boose
Oh dear mother I'll come [2] home [5] some old [1] day
Oh dear [1] mother I've hurt you so

I've been [4] cruel to you I [1] know
Tell my [1] brother my sister and dad
Tell the [4] dear friends that I've [1] had
Oh dear mother I'll come [2] home [5] some old [1] day
CHORUS
Stone Walls And Steel Bars
[1] Stone walls and steel bars a [4] love on my [1] mind
I'm a three time loser I'm [5] long gone this [1] time
[5] Jealousy has [4] took my young [1] life

[5] All for the love of a- [4] nother man's [1] wife
I had it coming I've known all the [4] time
No more [1] stone walls and steel bars are [5] you on my [1] mind
Stone walls and steel bars a [4] love on my [1] mind

[5] Gray-haired warden [4] deep Frisco [1] Bay

[5] Guards all around me [4] leading my [1] way
I've had it coming I’m at the end of the [4] line
No more [1] stone walls and steel bars are [5] you on my [1] mind
Stone walls and steel bars a [4] love on my [1] mind

There’s More Pretty Girls Than One
(Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice)
There’s [1] more pretty girls than one

[4] More pretty girls than [1] one
[4] Any old town that I [1] ramble all around in
There’s more pretty [5] girls than [1] one
Momma talked to [5] me last [1] night

She [4] gave to me some good ad- [1] vice
She said [4] son you ought to quit this old [1] ramblin’ all around
And marry you a [5] sweet and lovin’ [1] wife
CHORUS
Honey look down that old [5] lonesome [1] road

Hang [4] down your pretty head and [1] cry
Cause I’m [4] thinkin’ all about them [1] pretty little gals
And hopin’ that I’ll [5] never [1] die
CHORUS
This Heart of Mine
(Noah and Irene Carver)
This heart of [1] mine is made of silver

This heart of [4] mine is made of [1] gold
It will [4] shine like a [1] candle
When your [6m] wor--[5]--ld is dark and [1] cold
When your [6m] wor--[5]--ld is dark and [1] cold
This heart of [1] mine is made of timber

This heart of [4] mine is made of [1] stone
Like a [4] bridge across the [1] mountain
When you're [6m] walk--[5]--in’ all a- [1] lone
When you're [6m] walk--[5]--in’ all a- [1] lone
SOLO
This heart of [1] mine is made of iron

This heart of [4] mine is made of [1] steel
It won't [4] turn toward a- [1] nother
When the [6m] wi--[5]--nd is on the [1] hill
When the [6m] wi--[5]--nd is on the [1] hill
REPEAT First Verse
6m Em Fm F#m Gm G#m Am Bm Cm C#m Dm
Way Downtown
(Tony Rice)
[4] Oh me [1] oh my
[5] What's gonna become of [1] me
[4] Been downtown [1] fooling around
[5] No one to cry for [1] me
Well [4] late last night when my [1] Willie came home
I [5] heard him a-rappin' at the [1] door
[4] Slippin' and a slidin' with his [1] new shoes on
[5] Willie don't you rap no [1] more
CHORUS
[4] I like the hills of West Vir- [1] ginia

[5] I like the hills of Tenne- [1] ssee
[4] North, South, [1] East or West
Its [5] home sweet home to [1] me
CHORUS
That [4] one old shirt is [1] all that I have

And a [5] dollar is all that I [1] crave
Ain’t [4] brought nothing with me in [1] to this old world
Ain’t [5] gonna take nothing to the [1] grave
CHORUS
White Dove
In the [1] deep rolling hills of old Vir- [4] ginia

There's a [1] place I love so [5] well
Where I [1] spent many days of my [4] childhood
In a [1] cabin where we [5] loved to [1] dwell
White [1] dove will mourn in [4] sorrow

The [1] willows will [5] hang their [1] heads
I live my life in [4] sorrow
Since [1] mother and [5] daddy are [1] dead
We were [1] all so happy there to- [4] gether

In our [1] peaceful, little mountain [5] home
But the [1] Savior needs angels up in [4] heaven
Now they [1] sing around the [5] great white [1] throne
CHORUS
As the [1] years roll by I often [4] wonder

If we will [1] all be together some- [5] day
And each [1] night as I wander through the [4] graveyard
Darkness [1] finds me where I [5] kneel to [1] pray
CHORUS
Who Will Sing For Me
Oft I [1] sing for my friends

When [4] death's cold hand I [1] see
When I reach my journey’s end
Who will [2] sing one [5] song for [1] me
I [5] won- (I won-) der [1] who

Will [5] sing (will sing) for [1] me
When I come to cross that [4] silent sea
Who will [1] sing (who will [5] sing) for [1] me
When [1] friends shall gather round

And [4] look down on [1] me
Will they turn and walk away
Will they [2] sing one [5] song for [1] me
CHORUS
So I'll [1] sing until the end

Con- [4] tented I will [1] be
Assured that some friends
Will [2] sing one [5] song for [1] me
CHORUS
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
(Delmore Brothers)
Will the [1] circle be unbroken

Bye and [4] bye Lord bye and [1] bye
There's a better home a waiting
In the sky Lord [5] in the [1] sky
I was [1] standing by my window

On a [4] cold and cloudy [1] day
When I saw the hearse come rolling
For to carry my [5] mother a- [1] way
CHORUS
Lord I [1] told that undertaker

Under- [4] taker please drive [1] slow
For this lady you are hauling
Lord I hate to [5] see her [1] go
CHORUS
I will [1] follow close behind her

Try to [4] hold up and be [1] brave
But I could not hide my sorrow
When they laid her [5] in that [1] grave
CHORUS
You Don't Know My Mind
(Jimmy Martin)
Honey [1] you don't know my mind, I'm lonesome all the [4] time
[5] Born to lose, a drifter that's [1] me
You can tell her for so long, she makes a rambler’s heart go [4] wrong
[5] Baby you don't know my mind to- [1] day
Heard the [1] music of the rails, slept in every old dirty [4] jail
[5] Lord life's too short for you to worry [1] me
When I find I can't win, I’m checking out a- [4] gain
I've been a [1] hobo and a tramp, and my soul has done been [4] stamped
[5] Lord things I know I've learned the hard, hard [1] way
I'm not here to judge or plead, but just to give my poor heart [4] ease
Honey [1] you don't know my mind, I'm lonesome all the [4] time
[5] Born to lose, a drifter that's [1] me
Well say I'm sweet and kind, but I can love you a thousand [4] times
You Won’t Be Satisfied That Way
(The White Brothers)
I'll [1] leave you now if you don't want me

I'll leave you anytime you [4] say
But [1] when I'm gone, no more to see you
You won't be [4] satisfied that [1] way
I [1] tried to tell you how I love you

I tried to prove it night and [4] day


Your Love Is Like A Flower
It was [1] long, long ago in the [4] moonlight

We were [1] sitting on the banks of the [5] stream
When you [1] whispered so sweetly I [4] love you
As the [1] waters [5] murmured a [1] tune
Oh they [1] tell me your love is like a [4] flower

In the [1] springtime blossoms so [5] fair
In the [1] fall when it withers a- [4] way dear
And they [1] tell me that's the [5] way of your [1] love
I re- [1] member the night, little [4] darling

We were [1] talking of days gone [5] by
When you [1] told me you always would [4] love me
That for [1] me your [5] love would never [1] die
CHORUS
It was [1] spring when you whispered these [4] words dear
The [1] flowers were all blooming so [5] fair
But to- [1] day as the snow falls a- [4] round us
I can [1] see that your [5] love is not [1] there
CHORUS

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Yukon Acoustic Music Workshop

Book of Bluegrass Slow Jam Songs

The Nashville Numbering System

Scale Examples: #1 is the root of the scale

Major Scale (1) 2 3 4 5 6 7

Key Examples: #1 is the name of the key

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Angel Band Little Cabin Home On The Hill

My [1] latest sun is [4] sinking [1] fast

[5] Oh come [1] angel band

Oh [1] bear my longing [4] heart to [1] him

I asked my [1] love to take a [5] walk

Only [1] say that you'll be [5] mine

I took her [1] by her little white [5] hand

Blue [1] moon of Kentucky keep on [4] shining

It was [4] on a moonlight night

REPEAT VERSE AND CHORUS

There's a [1] well beaten path on this old [4] mountainside

How I [1] love those hills of old Vir- [4] ginia

Now my [1] thoughts wander back to the [4] ramshackle shack

My [1] heart is sad I [4] am lonely

Oh, [1] bury me be- [4] neath the willow

She [1] told me that she [4] dearly loved me

To- [1] morrow was our [4] wedding day

Sweetheart of [1] mine can't you hear me calling

I’ll never for- [1] get the morning you left me

The days are [1] long my little darling

The [1] winds through the night blowing so lonesome

I'll [4] wake with the blues at [1] dawn

[1] Drifting along like brush on a river

Don't fall in [1] love with me darling I'm a [4] rambler

If I [1] never had the blues, my little [4] darling

Yes I [1] handed you a line and I'm [4] sorry

[1] Darling, I have [4] come to [1] tell you

[4] Don’t this road look rough and [1] rocky

[1] One more kiss [4] before I [1] leave you

You ran a- [1] round, you had your good times

[1] Don’t you call my name, ‘cause I won’t answer

I used to [1] cry, and wait for you dear

I was [1] born in East Virginia

Oh her [1] hair was dark and curly

Molly [1] dear go ask your mother

No I’ll [1] not go ask my mother

I’ll go [1] back to East Virgina

Oh you [1] know I’d like to see you

Work the [1] graveyard shift, stay up all night long

[1] If you don’t treat your baby right

Drive a [1] Cadillac it rides just like a dream

Cause [1] I got what all the women want

[4] Get down boy [1] go back home

[1] Riding the night in a high cold wind

Re- [1] member the night we strolled down the lane

I am a [5] pilgrim and a [1] stranger

I got a [5] mother, a sister and a [1] brother

When I go [5] down to the river of [1] Jordan

Sweet [1] heart last night I dreamed of [5] you

[1] I still carry you a- [5] round

I [1] still just can’t believe you’re [5] gone

You’re [1] with me everywhere I [5] go

[1] I’ll fly away oh glory

Now [1] you just told me that you're leaving

[4] For I know someday you'll [1] want me

Now [1] you know my dear I've always loved you