blues

The Blues Man ( Hank Williams Jr. )

I'm just a singer a natural born guitar ringer Kind of a clinger to sad old songs I'm not a walk behinder I'm a new note finder But my name's a reminder of a blues man that's already gone So I started drinking and took …

The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams ( Tony Bennett )

I walk along the street of sorrow, The boulevard of broken dreams, Where gi - go [Bm7-5]- lo and gigalette can take a kiss wi[Bm7-5]thout regret So they forget their [Bm7-5]broken dreams. You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow When you behold your shattered dreams, And …

The End Of A Love Affair ( Julie London )

So I walk a little too fast, and I drive a little too fast, And I'm reckless it's true, but what else can you do At the end of a love affair? So I talk a little too much, and I laugh a little too …

The Folks Who Live On The Hill ( Sammy Davis Jr., Bing Crosby, ... )

Someday, We'll build a home on a hilltop high, you and I, Shiny and new, a cottage that two can fill; And we'll be pleased to be called The folks who live on the hill. Someday, we may be adding a wing or two, a …

The Heart of Saturday Night ( Tom Waits )

Well, you gassed her up behind the wheel With your arm around your sweet one In your Oldsmobile Hailing down the Boulevard You're looking for the heart of Saturday night And you got paid on Friday And your pockets are jinglin' And you then see …

The Impossible Dream (The Quest) ( Elvis Presley )

To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, to bear with unbearable sorrow, to run where the brave dare not go. To right the unrightable wrong, to love pure and chaste from afar, to try when your arms are too weary, to reach …

The Midnight Special ( Creedence Clearwater Revival )

Well you wake up in the mornin' you hear the work bell ring And they march you to the table to see the same old thing. Ain´t no food upon the table and no pork up in the pan. But you better not complain boy …

The Piano has been Drinking ( Tom Waits )

The piano has been drinking My necktie's asleep The combo went back to New York, The jukebox has to take a leak and the carpet needs a haircut? And the spotlight looks just like a prison break And the telephone's out of cigarettes As usual …

The Spider And The Fly ( The Rolling Stones )

Sittin' thinkin' sinkin' drinkin' Wondering what I'd do when I'm through tonight Smoking moping, maybe just hopin' Some little girl will pass on by I don't wanna be alone but I love my girl at home I remember what she said She said, "My, my, …

The thrill is gone ( B.B. King )

The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone away The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone away You done me wrong baby And you're gonna be sorry someday The thrill is gone, it's gone away from me The thrill is gone, the thrill has …

The Wind Cries Mary ( Jimi Hendrix )

After all the jacks are in their boxes And the clowns have all gone to bed You can hear happiness staggering on down the street Footsteps dressed in red And the wind whispers Mary A broom is drearily sweeping Up the broken peices of yesterday's …

Tighten Up ( The Black Keys )

I wanted love, I needed love, most of all, most of all Someone said, true love was dead, and I'm bound to fall, bound to fall, for you Oh what can I do, yeah Take my badge but my heart remains, lovin' you, baby child …

'Til the Money Runs Out ( Tom Waits )

Check this strange beverage that falls out from the sky Splashin' Bagdad on the hudson in panther martin's eyes He's high and outside wearin' candy apple red Scarlet gave him twenty seven stitches in his head With a pint of green chartreuse ain't nothin' seems …

Time Is On My Side ( Irma Thomas, The Rolling Stones )

Time is on my side, yes it is Time is on my side, yes it is Now you always say That you want to be free But you'll come running back (said you would baby) You'll come running back (I said so many times before) …

Time Machine ( Ingrid Michaelson )

You lit the fire Then drank the water You slammed that door And left me standing all alone We wrote the story We turned the pages You changed the end Like everybody said you would I should've seen it coming It should've sent me running …

Tokspor ( Teitur )

Vit hava bygt henda stóra býin, har streymurin ferðast sum eiturkoppaspinn. Fær alt við sum rørir seg á ein og hvønn hátt, frá harraleysum djórum til tjóvar á nátt. Tokspor røkka víða út og mær leingist heim at strekkja míni troyttu bein. Fólkini ganga eftir …

Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) ( Tom Waits )

Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did I got what I paid for now See you tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow a couple of bucks from you? To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda You'll go waltzing Matilda with me I'm an innocent …

Touch Me (Willie Nelson) ( Willie Nelson )

Touch me touch the hand of a man Who once owned all the world And touch me touch the arms That once held all the charms Of the world's sweetest girl Touch me maybe someday you may Need to know how it feels when you …

Train Whistle Blues ( Merle Haggard )

When a woman gets the blues she hangs her little head and cries When a woman gets the blues she hangs her little head and cries But when a man gets blues he grabs him a train and rides I can't understand how come you …

Trampled Rose ( Tom Waits )

Woah, woah Woah, woah Long way going to Get my medicine Sky's the autumn grey of a lonely wren Piano from a window played Gone tomorrow, gone yesterday I found it in the street At first I did not see Lying at my feet A …

Try A Little Tenderness ( Otis Redding, Val Rosing, ... )

[] Oh she may be weary and young girls they do get wearied Wearing that same old shaggy dress But when she gets weary try a little tenderness (Fandango)[] You know she's waiting Just anticipating The things that she's never never never never possess, yeah …

Unchain my heart ( Trini Lopez, Ray Charles, ... )

Unchain my heart, (unchain my heart) baby let me be, (unchain my heart) Unchain my heart, (unchain my heart) cause you don't care about me. (unchain my heart) You've got me sewed up like a pillow case But you let my love go to waste …

Underground ( Tom Waits )

Rattle Big Black Bones in the Dan - ger zone there's a rum - blin' groan down below there's a big dark town it's a place I've found there's a world going on underground they're alive, they're awake while the rest of the world is …

Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart ( Hank Snow )

I'm a wanderer I'll keep drifting on Can't see honey why you done me wrong Hard luck's sure has got me I can't sleep a wink I'll just have to face it from now on Sailing on the sea of dreams no one cares for …

Virginia Avenue ( Tom Waits )

Well, I'm walking on down Virginia Aven-ue, Trying to find somebody to tell my troubles to. Harold's club is closing and everybody's going on home; What's a poor boy to do? I'll just get on back into my short; make it back to the fort, …

Waiting On The World To Change ( John Mayer )

Me and all my friends We're all misunderstood They say we stand for nothing and There's no way we ever could Now we see everything that's going wrong With the world and those who lead it We just feel like we don't have the means …

Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine ( the Kentucky Headhunters )

You say your sorry once again dear You want me to take you back once more You say you need a helping hand dear Well that's what you told me once before Walk softly on this heart of mine love Don't treat it mean and …

Watch Out For Lucy ( Eric Clapton )

Now my friend Bill was just a working lad And he liked to have his fun. He'd like to find a girl and get comfortable When his working day was done. He would spend all his money on a Friday night, Wake up in the …

Way down we go ( Kaleo )

Oh Father tell me, we get what we deserve We get what we deserve And way down we go-o-o-o-o Way down we go-o-o-o-o Say way down we go Way down we go Oh You let your feet run wild Time has come as we all …

Weary Blues From Waiting ( Hank Williams )

Weary bl-ues from waiting Lord I've been waiting too long These blues have got me crying Oh sweet mamma please come home The snow falls around my window But it can't chill my heart God knows it died the day you left My dream world …

What Am I To You? ( Norah Jones )

What am I to you Tell me darling true To me you are the sea Fast as you can be And deep the shade of blue When you're feeling low To whom else do you go See I cry if you hurt I'd give you …

What A Wonderful World ( Louis Armstrong )

I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom, for me and you, And I think to myself, What a wonderful world. [] I see skies of blue and clouds of white, The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night, And I …

When Love Comes To Town ( B.B. King, U2 )

I was a sailor, I was lost in sea I was under the waves, before love resqued me I was a fighter, I could turn on the threat Now I stand accused of things I've said Love comes to town, I'm gonna jump that train …

When The Saints Go Marching In ( Fats Domino )

Oh when the saints go marching in When the saints go marching in I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in And when the sun refuse to shine And when the sun refuse to shine I still want to be …

When you wish upon a star ( Various, Louis Armstrong )

When you wish upon a star, Makes no difference who you are, Anything your heart desires, Will come to you. If your heart is in your dream, No request is too extreme, When you wish upon a star, As dreamers do. Fate is kind, She …

Whiskey Heaven ( Fats Domino )

Every afternoon when I wake up I say a little prayer and I drink up And thank the Lord for driving me home once more There's an open Bible on the table and an empty bottle on the floor Last night I thought I'd died …

Why worry ( Dire Strait )

Baby I see this world has made you sad Some people can be bad The things they do, the things they say But, baby I'll wipe away those bitter tears I'll chase away those restless fears That turn your blue skies into grey Why worry, …

Willin' ( Little Feat, Linda Ronstadt )

I've been worked by the rain Driven by the snow Drunk and dirty - don't you know But I'm still.. ..willin And I was Out on the road Late at night Seen my pretty Alice in every headlight Alice.. ..Dallas Alice And I been from …

Wonderful Tonight ( Eric Clapton )

[] [] It's late in the evening She's wonderin' what clothes to wear, She put's on her make-up, and brushes her long-long hair; And then she asked me, do i look alright ? And I said, Yes, You are Wonderful Tonight [] We go to …

Wrong Side of the Road ( Tom Waits )

Put a dead cat on the railroad tracks When the wolf bains blooming by the tressel And get the eyeball of a rooster and the stones from a ditch And wash 'em down with bilge water and you say you'll never snitch Take the buttons …

Yer Blues ( The Beatles )

Yes, I'm lonely, wanna die, yes, I'm lonely, wanna die, if I ain't dead already, ooh, girl, you know the reason why. In the morning wanna die, in the evening wanna die, if I ain't dead already, ooh, girl, you know the reason why. My …

Yesterday is Here ( Tom Waits )

If you want money in your pocket and a top hat on your head a hot meal on your table and a blanket on your bed well today is grey skies tomorrow is tears you'll have to wait till yesterday is here Well I'm going …

You Know I Miss You ( Fats Domino )

The rain is falling I can hear my baby calling The rain is falling I can hear my baby calling Yes I need your loving and I need it very bad You know I miss you don't you know I wanna kiss you You know …

You'll Always Have Someone ( Willie Nelson )

Discontent you must be leaving love leaving me So go away for your dreams to come true But should young dreams grow old And warm friendships grow cold There'll be someone waiting for you And if you ever find that fate is unkind And the …

Your Latest Trick ( Dire Straits )

All the late night bargains have been struck Between the satin beaus and their belles Prehistoric garbage trucks Have the city to themselves Echoes and roars, dinosaurs They're all doing the monster mash And most of the taxis, most of the whores Are only taking …