{no_grid:} #----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## {t:"FAIR AND SQUARE EP" Album} {t:John Prine} {t:Available on ITUNES} # {ci: 1. CAROUSEL OF LOVE } {ci: 2. THAT'S ALRIGHT BY ME } {ci: 3. THAT'S HOW EVERY EMPIRE FALLS } {ci: 4. DUAL CUSTODY } {ci:Oh Boy Records, 2005} # #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Carousel of Love } {st:(John Prine)} # {ci:Intro (Key of Bb/Capo on 1st Fret):} # [A] [D] [A] [E] [A] [D] [A] [E] [A] [A]I'm going [D]down to ride the merry-go-round in the middle of a [A]bad storm I feel a little [E]forlorn, your man blows a [A]mean horn I think my [D]baby's stuck on a rollercoaster looking for a [A]sad song I'm trying to get her [E]back on the track of the Carousel of [A]Love {ci:Instrumental:} # [A] [D] [A] [E] [A] [D] [A] [E] [A] [A]If I could [D]only go back in time to at least last [A]Tuesday Then it wouldn't be a [E]blues day, it may be April [A]Fool's day I'd [D]buy her flowers and tell her that tomorrow might a better [A]news day And Take her [E]hand and ride on the Carousel of [A]Love {ci:Instrumental:} # [A] [D] [A] [E] [A] [D] [A] [E] [A] [A]If our [D]love is going last then you know it going to have go the [A]long way There's a hundred million [E]wrong ways, trying to find a [A]strong way But if you [D]take my hand I will always be a man and go the [A]right way Down the [E]highway that leads to the Carousel of [A]Love Down the [E]highway that leads to the Carousel of [A]Love {ci:Ending:} # [A] [D] [A] [E] [A] [D] [A] [E] [A] #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:That's Alright By Me } {st:(John Prine)} # {ci:Intro:} # [C] [G] [C] [F] [C] [F] [G] [C] [C]If you wish upon a [G]falling star [C]To figure out exactly who you are [F]That's alright by [C]me, girl [F]That's [G]alright by [C]me. [C]You've been gone about a [G]week or so [C]But you'll be coming home to me I know [F]Your love always sets me [C]free, girl [F]That's [G]alright by [C]me. [F]The wind the keeps blowing the whole world [C]upside down [G]The leaves are falling from the [C]trees [F]The birds are flying the wrong [C]way around [D7]'Til you come back to [G]me {ci:Instrumental:} # [C] [G] [C] [F] [C] [F] [G] [C] [F]The wind the keeps blowing the whole world [C]upside down [G]The leaves are falling from the [C]trees [F]The birds are flying the wrong [C]way around [D7]'Til you come back to [G]me [C]When mixed emotions hit a [G]big brick wall [C]That don't matter much to me at all [F]We can solve this [C]mystery, girl [F]That's [G]alright by [C]me [F]Your love always sets me [C]free, girl [F]That's [G]alright by [C]me {ci:Ending:} # [C] [F] [C] [C] [F] [C] [C] [F] [C] #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:That's How Every Empire Falls } {st:(John Prine)} # {ci:Intro:} # [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F]He caught a train from [C]Alexandria [Bb]Just a broken man in [F]flight [F]Running scared with all his [C]devils [Bb]Saying prayers all through the [F]night [F]But mercy can't find [C]him [Bb]Not in the shadows where he [F]calls [F]Forsaking all his better [C]angels [Bb]That's how every empire [F]falls {ci:Instrumental:} # [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F]The bells ring out on Sunday [C]morning [Bb]Like echoes from another [F]time [F]All our innocence and [C]yearning [Bb]And sense of wonder left [F]behind [F]Oh, gentle hearts [C]remember [Bb]What was that story his they [F]lost [F]When religion loses [C]vision [Bb]That's how every empire [F]falls {ci:Instrumental:} # [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F]He toasts his wife and all his [C]family [Bb]The providence he brought to [F]bear [F]They raise their glasses in his [C]honor [Bb]Although this union made 'em [F]share [F]Of a man that lives among [C]them [Bb]But still a stranger to them [F]all [F]For when a heart is never [C]open [Bb]That's how every empire [F]falls {ci:Instrumental:} # [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F]Lock the door and board the [C]windows [Bb]Put the people in the [F]street [F]It just my job he says I'm [C]sorry [Bb]And draws the jackels home to [F]eat [F]But at night he tell his [C]woman [Bb]I know I hide behind the [F]laws [F]She says you are only taking [C]orders [Bb]That's how every empire [F]falls {ci:Instrumental:} # [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F]A bitter wind blows through the [C]country [Bb]A hard rain falls on the [F]sea [F]If terror comes without a [C]warning [Bb]There must be something we don't [F]see [F]Well, fire begets this [C]fire [Bb]Like torches thrown into the [F]straw [F]If no one ask and no one [C]answers [Bb]That's how every empire [F]falls {ci:Ending:} # [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Dual Custody } {st:(John Prine)} # {ci:Intro:} # [D] E|--------------- B|---2---1---0--- G|--------------- D|--------------- A|--------------- E|--------------- [D] E|--------------- B|---2---1---0--- G|--------------- D|--------------- A|--------------- E|--------------- [A] [G] [D] [D] [D]That's my toaster over there It was mine before we married I bought it fair and square And that's my [G]purple persian, oriental, polyester, continental [D]rug on the floor [A]Pots and pans and ugly dishes, one old dog and two goldfishes [G]Broken dreams and shattered wishes lucky horseshoe hanging above the [D]door What was that for Sweet [A]memories of you and [G]me Dual [D]Custody Dual Custody [D]The oven roaster, your rocking chair The walnut secatariate, the wedding silverware You only [G]brought out on Thanksgiving when Gramdma was still living Rest her [D]soul, heart of gold You [A]only took the things you needed Hanging plants, and old bird feeders The [G]jug we used for Margariters Back when everything was mighty [D]fine Most all the time Sweet [A]memories of you and [G]me Dual [D]Custody Dual Custody These [A]memories of you and [G]me Dual [D]Custody Dual Custody {ci:Instrumental:} # [A] [G] [D] [D]There's our photo of you and me It was taken in Orlando in 1993 When we were [G]holding hands and laughing We were loving we were living [D]naturally So happily [A]Now we only meet on Fridays When you drop the kids at my at place [G]You want yours I want my space That's the one thing we agreed [D]upon Life goes on Sweet [A]memories of you and [G]me Dual [D]Custody Dual Custody Sweet [A]memories of you and [G]me Dual [D]Custody Dual Custody - Alright {ci:Ending:} # [A] [G] [D] [A] [G] [D] #---------------------------------------------------------------------- {cb:--End of "Fair and Square EP" by John Prine--} #----------------------------------------------------------------------