The Christian? By: Jimmy Buffett transcribed by: Mike Tubbs Tubbs@erols.com intro E e b g 1 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 1 d 2 2 2 a e0 0 D A E D A E D A E Chorus: E D A E It's a hell of a time to be thinking about heaven E D A E Didn't you forget the golden rule E D A E You've been acting like Jesus owes you a favor E D A E But he's a little smart for you to fool E D A E You complain how you forgets the gospel E D A C E You remind them seek and you shall find E D A E Maybe youth will have a time for seeking E D A E After they clean up what you left behind Chorus: 'Cause it's a hell of a time to be thinking about heaven Didn't you forget the golden rule You've been acting like Jesus owes you a favor But he's a little smart for you to fool You were right there when the plate was passed last Sunday That's the second time you've been to church all year Could you really call yourself a christian If charity cost half as much as beer Hey You pray a little more as you grow older You get religion as your hair turns gray But you don't need to worry about hereafter Just worry what you're going to do today Chorus: 'Cause it's a hell of a time to be thinking about heaven Didn't you forget the golden rule You've been acting like Jesus owes you a favor But he's a little smart for you to fool Yes my friend I think you've blown your cool Hey Richard Frost by: Jimmy Buffett Transcribed By: Mike Tubbs Tubbs@ erols.com capo 2 intro/interlude e 2 b 3 g 2 d 2 0 0 a 3 2 e G C D G Richard Frost left Alabama heading west to find his fame G C D G Only got to Oklahoma and that's where he changed his name G C D G Now he plays a little tavern all the drunks say he's a star G C D G Hollywood forgot his number now he's stuck in Kelly's Bar F But is he happy my friend G or does he pretend? C D G Is every song a routine chore? F Well he every decide G to go and not hide C D D behind his fear and Kelly's backstage door Richard Frost draws 90 people and on weekends lines grow long Singing loud and laughing with them the crowd reacts to every song Bigger worlds (?) can't help but make you more aware of what you see Afraid of what's beyond just eyesight keeps the worlds in harmony La da da da da da La da da da da da La da da da da da da da La da da da da da La da da da da da La da da da da da da da Ellis Dee By: Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason Transcribed By: Mike Tubbs Tubbs@erols.com intro A D A D A D D Why is he cussin' and callin' disgustin' G D The city that is now his home D He never smiles or keeps up with styles G D He is black and he is all alone A And you ask why he's this way Well brother you're too blind to see D C/D B/D A/D D It's cause Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me Get out of the street don't get high on my beat Go on home the policeman warns Just 'cause you're poor why do you declare war I can't help the way that you were born Why are they holdin' him down He's spending his life on his knees 'Cause Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me Chorus: D Got to help Ellis Got to help Ellis G A You know we got to help Ellis Ellis Dee D G A Try and help Ellis you and me D G A Got to get to Ellis hear his plea G D/F# E A D Try and help Ellis get free Ellis got hooked, he got booked and he shook In his cold little shivery cell While out on the street in that same funky beat Mister pusher was doing well And Ellis Junior cries tears his daddy can't see 'Cause Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me Chorus: Got to help Ellis Got to help Ellis You know we got to help Ellis Ellis Dee Try and help Ellis you and me Got to get to Ellis hear his plea Try and help Ellis get free 'Cause Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me No Ellis Dee ain't free like you and me A Mile High In Denver By: Jimmy Buffett Transcribed By: Mike Tubbs Tubbs@erols.com Intro F#M E F#M Sittin' on a pocket full of hard earned wages E Lookin' at the world through magazine pages A G#M A E I heard a lot about the mountains and the Colorado range F#M Made this stop for personal reasons E Didn't know I'd catch the changin' of the seasons A G#M A E Winter dictates everything from frost to naked trees Chorus: B E I'm about a mile high in Denver A E Where the rock meets timberline B E I've walked this ground from town to town D E Just to finally call it mine Lookin' for the cloud with a styrofoam lining Hopin' that the sun will keep on shinin' Leading me to distant peace that waits so patiently Need a little love to try some givin' Try a little love and then start livin' Things I feared so long ago When everything was wrong Chorus: I'm about a mile high in Denver Where the rock meets timberline I've walked this ground from town to town Tonight I'll call it mine D E Tonight I'll call it mine Sittin' on a pocket full of hard earned wages Lookin' at the world through magazine pages I heard a lot about the mountains and the Colorado range Need a little time to try some livin' Try a little love and then start givin' Things I feared so long ago When everything was wrong I'm about a mile high in Denver Where the rock meets timberline Where God and trees create the breeze Tonight I'll call it mine Tonight I'll call it mine Tonight I'll call it mine Tonight I'll call it mine Tonight I'll call it mine Ain't He a Genius By: Jimmy Buffett Transcribed By: Mike Tubbs Tubbs@erols.com intro D D See the lady E7 Smiles as if to tell A Her son remembers everyone A D Treats 'em all quite well D He never asked for promises E7 And now his fame is wide A And everyone who knew him A D well shares a little pride Chorus: D Ain't he a genius G The boy's become a star A And he smiles upon the faces A D Who wish they could go far D Not long ago they criticized G The genius only wrote A And now they listen spellbound 1` A D With lumps caught in their throats His virtue was sheer poverty His vice was reading plays While other children starved and fought He learned just what to say Through tension and confession He beat the monster down Then surfaced in society no longer underground Chorus: Ain't he a genius The boy's become a star And he smiles upon the faces Who wish they could go far Now they remember Talk only of his good While jealousy flows in their veins And says I wish I could Ain't he a genius There's Nothing Soft About Hard Times By: Jimmy Buffett Transcribed By: Mike Tubbs Tubbs@erols.com intro C G D C G D D C Every day held a new surprise D E I watched the hunger burning in my sister's eyes F G The paste-board shack we called a home C A Would haunt me in my dreams C G D 'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times C G D There's nothing soft about hard times We never knew anything groovy A dime meant bread and not a movie The muscles that controlled my smile were rarely ever used 'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times There's nothing soft about hard times Chorus: F G I had to go 'cause I could see F C I wasn't meant for poverty F G The family ties were broken soon F C A I went off to find the moon So I sit on a bench in Jackson Square I drink my wine and I breathe the midnight air Tomorrow I'll just hit the street and bum another dime 'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times There's nothing soft about hard times Chorus: I had to go 'cause I could see I wasn't meant for poverty The family ties were broken soon I went off to find the moon So I sit on a bench in Jackson Square I drink my wine and I breathe the midnight air Tomorrow I'll just hit the street and bum another dime 'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times There's nothing soft about hard times There's nothing soft about No, no, no, no hard times There's nothing soft about hard times No, no, no, no those hard times There's nothing soft about hard times I'm going to tell you about the hard times There's nothing soft about hard times No, no, no, no hard times Captain America By: Jimmy Buffett&co transcribed by:Mike Tubbs questions, comments, corrections-Tubbs@erols.com intro-G verse: D Can you tell me where I might find C G my friend and companion C D he looks a little different F--F#--G then anything you’ve seen D He likes to beat the base drum C G for justice and salvation C D he’s got the brains of Einstien F--F#--G and the braun of Mr. Clean (Continue pattern) He’s a lightening flash he’ll make the dash from one coast to the other to stop a crime or lend a dime or help his agent mother chorus: D C G Captain America we love you D C G Captain America your grand D C G old Spirow Agnew eat your heart out C D G Captain America’s our man (w/ verse) He wears a mask, his clothes are weird and some folks call him hoagie But he his hip, you just can’t dig the Okie from Muscoagie The Captain will help anyone a friend or a stranger now number one without a gun he bypassed the lone ranger He’s a do do good, who loves apple pie and kisses little babies he’ll guard you against anything from atom bombs to rabies Chorus first verse Chorus(enter cazoo) C D G Captain America’s our man Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 01:19:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Arleen Myers Subject: Jimmy Buffett "I Can't Be Your Hero Today" @SONG I Can't Be Your Hero Today By: Jimmy Buffett 1970 (See below for explanation of chord symbols) [Intro: D@ D+ D* D D@ D+ D* D+ D* D] D G It's never been the same since you returned from dreamin' A D With your nursery rhyme excuses your picture postcards gleamin' Bm G Tellin' everyone who looks your way 'bout people and their sinnin' E A While you left field verse is fallin' in proportion to your winnin' D D* D+ D* And I can't be your hero today D D* A I'm through with the simple games you play G D E A It just may take some time for me to even up the score G A D But I can't be your soldier home from war And there you sit shouting that there's still hope for us While nature holds the handcuffs on a Capricorn and Taurus There's nothing you can do or say to get me to your camp Go fill up all your savings books and buy yourself a lamp And I can't be your hero today Your wholesale price is much to high to pay A bargain basement atmosphere is no way to sell love And I can't be your Superman above [interlude: play intro chords] No I can't be your hero today That is all I really want to say G A Go find a leading man who wants to play G A D And I can't be your hero today [repeat and fade: D D D+ D* D+ DD D+ D* D+ D] -------------------------------------------------------------- Chord diagrams: D - |xxo232| D@ - |xxo787| D+ - |xxo675| D* - |xxo453| A - |oo222o| Bm - |xxo432| G - |32ooo3| E - |o221oo| -------------------------------------------------------------- transcribed by Arleen Myers (myera@ils.unc.edu) August '95 ----------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: The Captain and The Kid @CHORDS: Mike A. Hall (mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu) The Captain and the Kid By: Jimmy Buffett 1970 D G I never used to miss the chance D G To climb upon his knee D G And listen to the many tales E7 A Of life upon the sea F#m G We'd go sailing back on barkentines F#m G And talk of things he did F#m G Tomorrow's just a day away E7 A D For the captain and the kid His world had gone from sailing ships To raking mom's back yard He never could adjust to land Although he tried so hard We both were growing older then And wiser with our years That's when I came to understand The course his heart still steers He died about a month ago While winter filled the air And though I cried I was so proud To love a man so rare He's somewhere on the ocean now The place he ought to be With one hand on the starboard rail He's waving back at me (Repeat first verse) E7 A D For the captain and this kid ------------------------------------------------------ Chord diagrams: F#m - |244222| E7 - |o2o1oo| ------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- The Missionary By Jimmy Buffett, 1970 Transcription by Doug Erickson Please send comments/corrections to me at doerickson@amherst.edu This one is very easy to play, but says a lot. Intro: G G I didn't know we were at war C D G I've been away so long G Trying to help once lost men C D G Distinguish right from wrong G D I didn't know we'd killed the men C G Our leaders proud and strong G The situation's changed my friend C D G I've been away too long G I taught my friends how we had gained C D G Respect for every man G And freedom flowed like jungle streams C D G While peace embraced the land G D I told them how we'd learned to change C G Our sword blades into plows G I told them they should learn from us C D G What should I tell them now Chorus: G 'Cause I didn't know we were at war C D G I've been away so long G Trying to help once lost men C D G Distinguish right from wrong Bridge (not really a solo): G C D G C D G G The jungle silence shut them off C D G From civilized mankind G Their nakedness was no disgrace C D G No censors could I find G D The population lived in peace C G All brothers on their own G And now that I have seen the mess C D G I don't think I'll go home G 'Cause I didn't know we were at war C D G I've been away so long G I told them they should learn from us C D G I think I told them wrong Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 20:21:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Archon I Subject: b/buffett_jimmy/truckstop_salvation.crd Truckstop Salvation (Jimmy Buffett) Words and Music by Jimmy Buffett >From the Album "Before the Beach" Intro: G G/C (repeat) Verse 1: Am C Straight-laced leather-faced B/G D G G/C He rolled in like he owned the two bit town Am D Dollar bills bulging from his bell bottomed jeans B/G D G G/C The population they gathered 'round Em G Nothing this exciting since a fertilizer truck blew a Am D D/G6 D D/G6 Front tire and landed in the creek Am C Everybody talkin' everybody strainin' B/G D G G/C Tryin' to get a little peek Chorus: Am C It's just the word they'll never know B/G D Not a country fair sideshow Am C D A reality they'll somehow never see Am C He's what they tried to kill B/G D With their Bibles and their stills Am C D D/G6 D D/G6 But he's not weird just a man that's bein' free Repeat Intro. Verse 2: Payin' for the gas he wickedly shouted thanks And continued on his journey once again Just about that time a siren fast approachin'' and The pot bellied sheriff he whizzed right in With his self inflicted grammar started shoutin' Accusations at the long haired greasy looking ape While a local D.J. from the fifty watt station got The whole damn thing on tape Repeat Chorus Repeat Intro. Verse 3: The holy roller preacher told the eager congregation That the devil has passed right through their nest But the teenage girls with their locks in curls were Talkin' 'bout that hair upon his chest Now the kids got their cookie while the preacher saved some souls And the story spread to everyone in sight Commotion was the word and everybody heard He was gone before the night Repeat Chorus -- Please send comments or corrections to Archonian@yahoo.com TURNABOUT (Jimmy Buffett) submitted by Austin Lawhead (Auslaw@aol.com) CAPO 2 riff 1 e:-------------------------- B:------------------------- G:------------------------ D:-6-7------------------- A:------------------------ E:------------------------- riff 2 e:-------------------------------- B:------------------------------- G:------------------------------- D:------------------------------- A:5-4-2----2-4-5-4-2---2-4 E:--------5--------------5----- Into: riff 1 D - Dsus4 combo, riff 2, A, D D-Dsus4 riff 2 as large as life she stood there, kissed my cheek and called my old nickname A D-Dsus4 and though several years had passed both of us still looked quite the same D-Dsus4 riff 2 I said how relaxed I'd been then asked her how she'd been all these years A D-Dsus4 she told me she was doing fine and came to see a friend who lived up here D-Dsus4 riff 2 she told me she had finished school and then went on to college for a year A D-Dsus4 I asked if she had married and slowly down here cheek there came a tear D-Dsus4 riff 2 she said just an itchy eye, it must be the weather way up here A Dsus4 I told her I can't stand the cold, it freezes me and I can't feel my ears D- Dsus4 riff 2 We talked a bit about MOBILE and thought about how it has never changed A D-Dsus4 I told her I was coming home to spend some time and hoped it wouldn't rain I'm pretty sure y'all have got the pattern by now, the rest of the words are as follows: She asked if she could see me then and we could spend some time now and then and 'cause I lived so far away there was still no chance why we could not be friends I drove her to the waiting plane and watched the big jet streaking through the sky thought about the sad young girl and the time that I just saw her cry That flame must still be burning bright, I think I'll catch a later flight today It's time for me to go on home and spend a day or two down by the bay *on riff 2 the "2" would actually be an open A string or "0" in CAPO 2. "life is just a chance, a chance at making people happy, a chance to dance the night away and hear the music flow" "let's cruise on down to the GULF and get ourselves a cool one at the FLORA~BA MA" WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!! HEY EVERYBODY, HELP OUT!!!! TRANSCRIBE A SONG AND ADD TO THE GCC!!