Archive for September, 2010

Sweet Alley (Capot 3rd Fret)

Posted by RAW Boswin on 20th September 2010 in Songs and Lyrics
Sweet Alley
(Dedicated to all us parents who have to grow up away from our children)
Music and Lyrics by RAW Boswin
Key : Bb 4/4 time 87 BPM See Actual Chart

Lyrics and Chords

G 
Too young to be  
Am7 
honest with each other,  
G 
Too in love to run  
Am7 
free.
G 
Too busy makin’ fools of one another,  
G 
But that’s your Mother and me.

G 
Sometimes there’s no sol
Am7 
utions, There’s no  
G 
guiding light  
Am7 
shining on through, Little Darling,
G 
Don’t think that love’s evol
Am7 
ution’s Forgettin’ about  
G 
you.
Am7 
G/B 

C 
IF THERE’S A CHANGE IN THE  
G 
WEATHER, 
 
 
C 
THERE’S STILL NO  
G/B 
CHANGE IN MY  
Am7 
PLANS,
 
I’M ALWAYS GONNA B
D 
E YOUR  
G 
MAN…SWEET 
 
 
C 
ALLEY. I’M  
D 
ALWAYS GONNA  
D 
BE YOUR  
G 
MAN… SWEET  
C 
ALLEY…
D 

G 
True love never says  
Am7 
sorry, 
 
 
G 
True love don’t say good
Am7 
bye.
G 
There’s another side to the  
Am7 
story, There’s another  
G 
reason 
 
why…
Am7 
G 
For all the thousands of  
Am7 
reasons, You were never  
G 
one…
Am7 
G 
You gave me something to be
Am7 
lieve in, little darlin’, You were the  
G 
only one!  
Am7 
Only 
 
one!
G/B 

C 
IF THERE’S A CHANGE IN THE  
G 
WEATHER, 
 
 
C 
THERE’S STILL NO  
G/B 
CHANGE IN MY  
Am7 
PLANS,
 
I’M ALWAYS GONNA B
D 
E YOUR  
G 
MAN…SWEET 
 
 
C 
ALLEY. I’M  
D 
ALWAYS GONNA  
D 
BE YOUR  
G 
MAN… SWEET  
C 
ALLEY…
D 

Em 
Another day on the  
D/F# 
road, 
 
 
C 
Another day I on the  
G 
phone… 
 
 
D/F# 
How you doing?
Em 
Another day all  
D/F# 
alone, Then I’m comin’  
C 
Home,
D 
Yeah I’m comin’  
C 
home, 
 
 
D 
Lord I’m  
G 
comin’ 
 
 
G 
home…
Ab 
Sweet 
 
Alley

G 
It’s early Sunday  
Am7 
morning, 
 
 
G 
I’ll be there by noon…
Am7 
G 
So we could take in the  
Am7 
Circus, little child, Before we  
G 
fly to the Moon…
Am7 
G/B 

C 
IF THERE’S A CHANGE IN THE  
G 
WEATHER, 
 
 
C 
THERE’S STILL NO  
G/B 
CHANGE IN MY  
Am7 
PLANS,
 
I’M ALWAYS GONNA B
D 
E YOUR  
G 
MAN…SWEET 
 
 
C 
ALLEY. I’M  
D 
ALWAYS GONNA  
D 
BE YOUR  
G 
MAN… SWEET  
C 
ALLEY…
D 


Lost at Sea (Capot 3rd Fret)

Posted by RAW Boswin on 20th September 2010 in Songs and Lyrics
Lost at Sea
Music and lyrics by RAW Boswin
Dedicated to the Anderson Family and the crew of the Northwestern
Key of Bb 6/8 time 166 BPM See Actual Chart

Lyrics and Chords

 
Intro:  
G 
1-2-3-
Am7 
4-5-6|
G/B 
1-2-3-4-5-6|
C 
1-2-3-
D 
4-5-6|
G 
1-2-3-4-5-6|
G 
1-2-3-4-5-6|

 
There’s  
G 
few things that  
Am7 
might stop the  
G/B 
Captain, From  
C 
dropping 
 
a
D 
nother string  
G 
down,
D/F# 
 
Like the  
Em 
bell in the  
D/F# 
dead of the  
G 
night that turned the  
C 
Northwestern 
 
 
D 
’round,
D/C 
G/B 
Am7 
 
We had  
G 
pushed the last  
Am7 
pot to the  
G/B 
ocean floor, And  
C 
I made my  
D 
way to the  
G/E 
Bridge,
 
Seems the  
C 
cruelest of  
G/B 
waves had crashed  
Am7 
back on the  
G 
shore,
D/F# 
Back where my  
G/E 
Chelsea Dawn  
D 
lives…

Chorus
 
AND I  
C 
WEPT IN THE  
G 
ARMS OF MY  
D 
BRO
G 
THERS,
 
THE  
C 
WIND KNOCKED ME  
G 
DOWN TO MY  
D 
KNEES
D/C 
 
WHILE I  
G/B 
TRIED TO BE  
C 
STRONG FOR MY  
D/F# 
MO
G/E 
THER,
 
THE  
C 
TRUTH IS I’M  
D 
LOST AT  
G 
SEA
D/F# 
G/E 
D/F# 
G 
D/F# 
G/E 

 
I heard the  
G 
broken 
 
voi
Am7 
ce of my  
G/B 
Mother, She said  
C 
Chelsea was  
D 
taken 
 
to
G 
day
D/F# 
 
I  
Em 
told her that  
D/F# 
she need say  
G 
nothing more,  
C 
I’m on my  
D 
way, 
 
 
D/C 
G/B 
yeah!
Am7 
 
Come  
G 
Hell and high  
Am7 
water I’ll get  
G/B 
there, 
 
A
C 
drift on a  
D 
wing and a  
G/E 
prayer
 
And  
C 
I’ll make it  
G/B 
home to my  
Am7 
Sweet Chelsea  
G 
Dawn, I’ll  
D/F# 
swim if I’ve  
G/E 
got to I  
D 
swear!

Chorus

Bridge
 
The  
C 
good Captain  
D 
Sig had been  
G 
listening, 
 
 
C 
He was an  
D 
ethical 
 
 
G 
man,
C 
He left those  
D 
strings and the  
G 
profits 
 
 
D/F# 
they’d 
 
 
G/E 
bring to the  
A 
ice 
 
jam
D 
Dsus4 
C 
He sent word  
D 
we were dis
G 
patching, 
 
 
D/F# 
As the  
G/E 
Northwestern set through the  
A 
squall
C 
Just one more  
D 
night on the  
G/B 
ocean 
 
 
C 
Brother…
C 
We’ll have you back to St.  
D 
Paul!
D#dim7 

Lead Break :
Em 
1-2-3-
D/F# 
4-5-6-|
C 
1-2-3-
G 
4-5-6-|
Am7 
1-2-3-4-5-6-|
D 
1-2-3-
Dsus4 
4-5-6-|
Em 
1-2-3-
D/F# 
4-5-6-|
C 
1-2-3-
G 
4-5-6-|
Am7 
1-2-3-4-5-6-|
Am7 
1-2-3-4-5-6-|
D 
1-2-3-
Dsus4 
4-5-6-|
D 
1-2-3-4-5-6-|

G 
Once we drew  
Am7 
close to the  
G/B 
harbor, 
 
 
C 
I rowed the  
D 
last league a
G 
lone
D/F# 
 
I  
Em 
chartered a  
D/F# 
flight from A
G 
laska, and  
C 
made my way  
D 
home,
D/C 
G/B 
Am7 
 
And  
G 
we laid to  
Am7 
rest my big  
G/B 
Sister, My  
C 
best friend and  
D 
my 
 
confi
Em 
dant,
 
I  
C 
knew it’d be  
G/B 
me who’d be  
Am7 
Lost at  
G 
Sea, Just  
D/F# 
not with my  
G/E 
Sweet Chelsea  
D 
Dawn
D/C 
G/B 
Am7 

 
AND I  
C 
WEPT IN THE  
G 
ARMS OF MY  
D 
BRO
G 
THERS, THE  
C 
WIND KNOCKED ME  
G 
DOWN TO MY  
D 
KNEES
D/C 
 
WHILE I  
G/B 
TRIED TO BE  
C 
STRONG FOR MY  
D/F# 
MO
G/E 
THER, THE  
C 
TRUTH IS I’M  
D 
LOST AT  
G 
SEA
G 
 
YEAH, I  
C 
WEPT IN THE  
G 
ARMS OF MY  
D 
BRO
G 
THERS, THE  
C 
WIND KNOCKED ME  
G 
DOWN TO MY  
D 
KNEES
D/C 
 
WHILE I  
G/B 
TRIED TO BE  
C 
STRONG FOR MY  
D/F# 
MO
G/E 
THER, THE  
C 
TRUTH IS I’M  
D 
LOST AT  
G 
SEA
D/F# 
Yeah, that’s  
G/E 
me 
 
 
D/F# 
Lost at  
G 
Sea
D/F# 
G/E 
D/F# 
….Lost at sea…
G 
Sweet Chelsea  
D/F# 
Dawn, 
 
 
G/E 
Why have you  
D/F# 
gone,||: 
 
 
G 
While I’m a
D/F# 
board the North
G/E 
western?
D/F# 
:||



I’m Tired

Posted by RAW Boswin on 20th September 2010 in Songs and Lyrics
I'm Tired
Words and music by RAW Boswin
Key of G   4/4 time   75 BPM

Lyrics and Chords
 

 
Intro: 1-2-3-
D 
4-|
G 
1-2-3-4-|
G 
1-2-3-
D 
4-|
G 
1-2-3-4-|
G 
1-2-3-4-|


D 
I’m  
G 
tired, 
 
 
D 
I picked up  
D/C 
steam for a while, but I’m  
G/B 
broken,
 
And I’m  
C 
rough around the edges, and just a little too out
G 
spoken.
 
I’m in  
D 
trouble all the time,  
D/C 
even though I’m trying to do the  
G/B 
right 
 
thing
 
In the  
C 
eye of the storm, in the middle of the thunder and the  
Cm 
lightning


Chorus
G 
It happens all the  
Em 
time, a simple twist of  
C 
fate, The things that cross my  
D 
mind,
 
I  
D7 
think but I won’t  
G 
say… Just tell me I’m for
Em 
given, For leaving you be
C 
hind,
 
And find the strength to  
Cm 
let me go, cuz  
D 
I’m 
 
 
G 
tired


D 
And even though I’m  
G 
tired, 
 
 
D 
I wake up  
D/C 
early in the morning, then i  
G/B 
drift 
 
off
C 
i tell myself again today i think i’m finally gonna  
G 
lift 
 
off
 
And from my  
D 
rocket to the stars, i’m  
D/C 
never looking back because i’m  
G/B 
pissed 
 
off
 
That when I  
C 
fly too close to sun, I guess my wings are gonna  
Cm 
drip 
 
off


Chorus
G 
It happens all the  
Em 
time, a simple twist of  
C 
fate, The things that cross my  
D 
mind,
 
I  
D7 
think but I won’t  
G 
say… Just tell me I’m for
Em 
given, For leaving you be
C 
hind,
 
And find the strength to  
Cm 
let me go…


Bridge
 
and sing me a lulla
E7 
by..Sleep now my  
Am 
Darlin’, Close your  
Am7 
eyes and let it slip a
D/F# 
way. Sweet dreams sur
G 
round your, so be  
D/F# 
strong until we meet a
C 
gain. We’ll be to
F 
gether and we’ll  
F/E 
live forever and a  
D#dim7 
day!… 
 
 
Em 
Hush now baby  
C 
don’t you cry,  
D 
Mama’s gonna sing you a lullaby


D 
I’m 
 
 
G 
tired, 
 
 
D 
I kept my  
D/C 
faith for a while but its  
G/B 
jaded
C 
I took my lumps with a smile, but I’ve  
G 
faded
D 
So I’ll turn my  
D/C 
eyes to the sun and I’ll  
G/B 
drift off…  
C 
Lift 
 
off!…
Cm 


 
Lead break :  
G 
1-2-3-4-|
Em 
1-2-3-4-|
C 
1-2-3-4-|
D 
1-2-
D7 
3-4-|
G 
1-2-3-4-|
Em 
1-2-3-4-|
C 
1-2-3-4-|
D 
1-2-
D7 
3-4-|


Chorus
G 
It happens all the  
Em 
time, a simple twist of  
C 
fate, The things that cross my  
D 
mind,
 
I  
D7 
think but I won’t  
G 
say… Just tell me I’m for
Em 
given, For leaving you be
C 
hind,
 
And find the strength to  
Cm 
let me go,  
G 
And keep the faith and  
Em 
always 
 
know,
C 
that I will always  
D 
love you so…  
G 
1-2-3-4-|1-2-3-
D 
4-|
G 
1-2-3-4-|1-2-3-
D 
4-|
G 


 

The Hard Way (title track)

Posted by RAW Boswin on 16th September 2010 in Songs and Lyrics

The Hard Way - The Hard Way The Hard Way

Words and music by RAW Boswin
Key of G   4/4 time   75 BPM

Lyrics and Chords

 
Well she’s  
G 
thirty-seven years to
Cadd9 
day.
G 
Cadd9 
And 
 
 
G 
all she ever seemed to  
Cadd9 
say…
G 
Cadd9 
 
She said  
Em 
”I… 
 
 
C 
I could have  
G 
been someone,” “You know  
D/F# 
but 
 
 
Em 
I…
C 
I was  
G 
staring into the  
D 
sun.”

Chorus
 
AND SHE SAID,  
Em 
”YOU COULD FIND THE  
C 
HARD WAY OF DOING  
G 
ANYTHING”
Em 
”YOU COULD TRY TO  
C 
MAKE IT ON YOUR  
G 
O—
D 
OWN”
 
AND SHE SAID  
Em 
”YOU COULD FIND THE  
C 
HARD WAY OF DOING  
G 
ANYTHING”
C 
”BUT YOU MAY NEVER  
G 
MAKE IT ALL A
D 
LONE.”

 
So she  
G 
ordered up another  
Cadd9 
round,
G 
Cadd9 
And she said,  
G 
”Well I don’t mean to bring you  
Cadd9 
down.”
G 
Cadd9 
 
“But on the  
Em 
road that we must  
C 
travel.., take  
G 
care.”
 
“Before the  
EM 
yellow brick turns to  
C 
gravel, You got to  
G 
hurry up and take your  
D 
share!”

Chorus

Bridge
C 
”WHATEVER YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE, LEAVE A  
G 
TRAIL!”
 
“DON’T YOU KNOW,  
B7 
SOMETIMES SOME THINGS IN LIFE, WELL YOU  
C 
JUST CAN’T HELP!”
G/B 
Am7 
”BUT I SEE BIG THINGS IN YOUR  
D 
FUTURE,”
D7 
 
“ONCE YOU  
Am7 
SHINE YOUR LIGHT DOWN THE LINE THAT  
D 
SUITS 
 
YA’…
D7 
B7 
Am7 
…”OR YOU CAN FIND THE HARD WAY!”

 
Lead Break:
C 
1-2-3-4-|
B7 
1-2-3-4-|
Em 
1-2-3-4-|
C 
1-2-3-4
G/B 
-|
Am 
1-2-3-4-|
D 
1-2-
Dsus4 
3-4|
D 
1-2-3-4-|

 
So she  
G 
lit another ciga
Cadd9 
rette,
G 
Cadd9 
And through her  
G 
smoke came a passion I’ll  
Cadd9 
never 
 
forget.
G 
Cadd9 
 
She said, “De
Em 
si—
Cadd9 
ire… is an  
G 
Angel,.” 
 
 
D/F# 
”And 
 
 
Em 
Pri-
C 
ide is such a lonely mis
G 
take.”
D/F# 
”In 
 
 
Em 
Ambitio-
D/F# 
on… lie’s a  
Cadd9 
danger,” 
 
 
G/B 
”When 
 
 
Am7 
loneliness 
 
 
D 
… is the price you  
G 
pay!”

Chorus
 
AND SHE SAID,  
Em 
”YOU COULD FIND THE  
C 
HARD WAY OF DOING  
G 
ANYTHING”
Em 
”YOU COULD TRY TO  
C 
MAKE IT ON YOUR  
G 
O—
D 
OWN”
 
AND SHE SAID  
Em 
”YOU COULD FIND THE  
C 
HARD WAY OF DOING  
G 
ANYTHING”
C 
”BUT YOU MAY NEVER  
Em 
MAKE IT ALL A
D 
LONE.”
Cadd9 
YOU CAN FIND THE  
D 
HARD WAY ON YOUR  
Em 
OWN…
Cadd9 
D 
 
YOU CAN FIND THE HARD WAY ON YOUR  
Em 
OWN…
Cadd9 
D 
 
YOU CAN FIND THE HARD WAY ON YOUR  
Em 
OWN…
Cadd9 
D 
 
YOU CAN FIND THE  
Em 
HARD 
 
 
Cadd9 
WAY 
 
YE-
D 
AH!


Already Gone

Posted by RAW Boswin on 16th September 2010 in Songs and Lyrics

Already Gone - The Hard Way Already Gone

Words and music by RAW Boswin
Key of D   4/4 time   85 BPM

Lyrics and Chords

 
Intro:  
C 
1-2-3-4
G/B 
-|
Am 
1-2-
G 
3-4-|
C 
1-2-3-4
G/B 
-|
Am 
1-2-
G 
3-4-|


C 
Never really loved  
G/B 
no-  
Am 
body, the way that I  
Dm 
loved 
 
you.
Dm7 
G7 
F 
C 
Never really saw  
G/B 
no  
Am 
harm, in living with
Dm 
out 
 
you.
F 


PreChorus
 
But Darlin’,  
F 
Night after night…
G 
Time after time…
 
I take a
C 
nother shot of whiskey  
E7 
just to  
Am 
chase you from my mind
F 
And still I hear you  
G 
calling my name while I’m singing


Chorus
C 
It’s a little  
G 
late to say I’m  
Am 
sorry. 
 
 
F 
G 
 
C 
It’s a little  
G 
late to say I’m  
Am 
wrong.
F 
G 
C 
It’s a little  
G 
late for blazing  
Am 
glory.  
F 
Cuz’ I’m  
G 
already 
 
 
C 
gone.


C 
Sweet sands of time  
G/B 
rush on  
Am 
by, leaving be
Dm 
hind 
 
them,
Dm7 
G7 
F 
C 
Remnants of sex,  
G/B 
love and  
Am 
lies, and screaming and  
Dm 
shouting
F 


PreChorus


C 
It’s a little  
G 
late to say I’m  
Am 
sorry. 
 
 
F 
G 
 
C 
It’s a little  
G 
late to say I’m  
Am 
wrong.
F 
G 
C 
It’s a little  
G 
late for blazing  
Am 
glory.  
F 
Cuz’ I’m  
G 
already 
 
 
C 
gone. 
 
 
F 
Yeah I’m  
G 
already 
 
 
Am 
go-one


Bridge:
 
And I’ll  
F 
never fall in love a
G 
gain, don’t re
Am 
mind me…I said I’ll  
F 
never fall in love a
G 
gain, got to leave it be
Am 
hind 
 
me,
 
And know I’ll  
F 
never fall in love a
G 
gain, I said I’ll  
F 
never fall in love a
G 
gain, Oh no, I’ll  
F 
never fall in love a
G 
gain


 
Cuz’ in a  
C 
heartbeat, 
 
 
G/B 
don’t you know I’d  
Am 
be 
 
there?
 
With only one  
Dm 
breath to breathe,  
Dm7 
hey darlin’ don’t you  
G7 
know with you I’m gonna  
F 
share?
 
But I  
C 
don’t see a  
G/B 
better kind of  
Am 
future, if I should build a  
F 
love for you
 
A better size to  
G 
suit 
 
you…


 
When Darlin’,  
F 
Night after night…
G 
Time after time… I take a
Am 
nother shot of whiskey, and I  
F 
go another  
G 
line…
 
I take a
Am 
nother shot of whiskey, I take another  
F 
lady another  
G 
time…
 
I take another  
Am 
nother shot of whiskey, just to try to  
F 
keep you off my  
G 
mind…So I can keep on  
C 
singing


Chorus