Bluegrass Karaoke

Festivarian Events Telluride Bluegrass Festival
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Once the festival starts you will need a camping pass to enter the campgrounds.
Before that, anyone is welcome to wander in. :cheers

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Yup! That’s your day… and that’s US! :lol

Hope Lin :pickin

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If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out Lyrics
Artist(Band):Cat Stevens

Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free
'Cause there’s a million things to be
You know that there are

And if you want to live high, live high
And if you want to live low, live low
'Cause there’s a million ways to go
You know that there are

Chorus:
You can do what you want
The opportunity’s on
And if you find a new way
You can do it today
You can make it all true
And you can make it undo
you see ah ah ah
its easy ah ah ah
You only need to know

Well if you want to say yes, say yes
And if you want to say no, say no
'Cause there’s a million ways to go
You know that there are

And if you want to be me, be me
And if you want to be you, be you
'Cause there’s a million things to do
You know that there are

Chorus

Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free
'Cause there’s a million things to be
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are

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Current song list:
Packing for Telluride – James Buchanan
In Tall Buildings, By John Hartford,
Hard-Headed Woman by Elvis
WAYFARING STRANGER (sung by Jerry Garcia, Emmy Lou, Crucial Country
It’s A Great Day To Be Alive, Darrell Scott
The River’s Gonna Run (Julie Miller)
Angelina Baker, From Dwight Diller on Elzics Farewell
Boz Scaggs Lido
James Keelaghan or Richard Schindell’s “Dodge?”
Salvation Song by Avett Brothers
The Mountain" by Steve Earle:
the Grateful Dead of Whisky in the Jar.
Gentle on my Mind - John Hartford:
Seeds of Peace - Bonepony. –
Lets talk dirty in hawaiin - By john prine and fred koller
Feeling Like I Need to Fly by James Buchanan
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
FIVE PENNIES - Danny Kaye
Tapestry - Carole King
Forever Young – Bob Dylan
White Bird
I’ve just seen a face
Sugar Magnolia- by, um…duhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Let’s Talk Dirty In Hawaiian - (John Prine and Fred Koller)
Rocky Racoon - Beatles
If you want to sing out – cat stevens

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This Jerry Jeff song is a favorite in Camp Flamingo, especially when being serenaded (at 7:00 AM) to fellow kampers whose behavior had gone :quoteover the top :quote with the prevous evenings libations, but nontheless had reassured everyone that no problem they will STILL be able to get up bright and early to get in Tarpline…

SO BAD LAST NIGHT
© Jerry Jeff Walker Groper Music/BMI

When the telephone woke me this morning
I’m sorry was the first thing I said
From that point it gets a bit fuzzy
Thinking with half of a head
Trying to put the pieces together
It’s shocking to flash on the past
Cause when you are known as a rascal
It’s a good bet you have showed off your ass

I was so damned bad last night.
I’ll be good for the rest of my life
I tore up the bar
Lost a pretty nice car
And it’s a good bet
I have ticked off my wife
From now on I’m gonna act right
That’s right
I was so damned bad last night

The harder I try to remember
The quicker my brain starts to hurt
It really is funny unwadding the money
That’s stuff in my pants and my shirt
Trying to make sense of phone numbers
Scribbled on the back of old cards
I guess that I ought to be thankful
Nobody knows who we are

I was so damned bad last night.
I’ll be good for the rest of my life
I’m telling you and this is the truth
I have finally seen the light
From now on I’m gonna act right
That’s right
I was so damned bad last night

I never intended to do it
I just stopped in for one drink or two
But all of the chicks were so foxy
I wanted to marry a few
The place was more crowded than usual
And everybody there was my friend
Franny and Snake, Ol’ Bunky and Jake
Sometime the night never ends

Repeat Chorus

From now on I’m gonna act right, NOT
I was so damned bad last night.
Yes I was

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Current song list, wishing a musician or one more familiar would reply with info on if these songs are standards or if I should search for chords, music, etc. -

Packing for Telluride – James Buchanan
In Tall Buildings, By John Hartford,
Hard-Headed Woman by Elvis
WAYFARING STRANGER (sung by Jerry Garcia, Emmy Lou, Crucial Country
It’s A Great Day To Be Alive, Darrell Scott
The River’s Gonna Run (Julie Miller)
Angelina Baker, From Dwight Diller on Elzics Farewell
Boz Scaggs Lido
James Keelaghan or Richard Schindell’s “Dodge?”
Salvation Song by Avett Brothers
The Mountain" by Steve Earle:
the Grateful Dead of Whisky in the Jar.
Gentle on my Mind - John Hartford:
Seeds of Peace - Bonepony. –
Lets talk dirty in hawaiin - By john prine and fred koller
Feeling Like I Need to Fly by James Buchanan
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
FIVE PENNIES - Danny Kaye
Tapestry - Carole King
Forever Young – Bob Dylan
White Bird
I’ve just seen a face
Sugar Magnolia- by, um…duhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Let’s Talk Dirty In Hawaiian - (John Prine and Fred Koller)
Rocky Racoon - Beatles
If you want to sing out – cat stevens
Soap - (Bonepony)
“When You Say Nothing At All”
I Like The Way You Cook
© 1996 Tim O’Brien and John Cowan
When You Come Back Down
c 1996 Tim O’Brien and Danny O’Keefe
Goddesses, are you fans of Leo Kottke’s Rings
Girl from the North Country
SO BAD LAST NIGHT
© Jerry Jeff Walker Groper Music/BMI

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any guitar players know Brandi Carlisle? folky-poppy, not bluegrass, but i LOVE singing her songs . . . .

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Someone was looking for these lyrics a while back. Hope you’re still around to see them.

Howlin’ at the Moon
Jim Ratts/John McEuen

Take a little time for sunshine
Take a whole lot of time for love
Take time to praise and thank heaven up above
Take your life as it may come
‘Cause boy, it’ll be gone soon
Take a little time for howlin’ at the moon

Somebody said Keep your eyes open
Gotta keep your feet on solid ground
You gotta take time to take a real good look at everything you’ve found
Take your life as it may come
‘Cause boy, it’ll be gone soon
Take a little time for howlin’ at the moon

Take a little time for sunshine
Take a whole lot of time for love
Take time to praise and thank heaven up above
Gotta make music, raise your voice with joy every day
You got a lot to live for, you got a lifetime to stay

And so I tried to keep my eyes open
Tried to live my life from day to day
But it seemed that life’s unhappiness kept leading me astray
Then I saw a friend go down hard
It made me sing a different tune
Made me take a little time for howlin’ at the moon

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Good Work GrassMaster
I had to applaud that one

and a recommendation for this years songbook:

Friend Of The Devil

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia, John Dawson

I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds 
Didn't get to sleep that night till the morning came around

Chorus
Set out running but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight I just might get some sleep
Tonight

I ran into the devil babe, he loaned me twenty bills
I spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills

[chorus]

I ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there 
He took my twenty dollar bill and vanished in the air

[chorus]

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night
The first one's named sweet Anne Marie and she's my heart's delight
Second one is prison baby, sheriff's on my trail (note c)
And if he catches up with me I'll spend my life in jail

Got a wife in Chino babe, and one in Cherokee
First one says she's got my child but it don't look like me

[chorus]
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(note C)?

Comes on- spend. If you insist.

Here’s a great resource for lyrics.

http://home.comcast.net/~barb923/lyrics/

Almost time to pack!

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Last year I brought all the song books and gave them out along the Goddess Walk About - otherwise known as the Chick Parade (insert little chick icon here
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  • Tom?).
    :woohoo :hop :butterfly :flight :flight :flight :flight :flight

Anyway, this year if you would like a songbook - come by Camp Get Enough. It’s a scavenger hunt, if you can find me, you can have a book (as long as supplies last).

If musicians want chords, musicians can sent me the music with chords, otherwise I’ll just add the new songs to the list and take out the one with type-o’s for Hurricane Michelle. - if I remember.

Counting the days…

Courtness

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Wow, another really great site! Thanks :flower

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…ok … I’ll play … :wink:

HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAINS
By Spring Creek Bluegrass

Capo 4th fret
(Verses … G C G C G Em D G C G C G D G … Chorus … G Em D G C D G X 2)

THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES UP ON THE MOUNTAIN
UP ON THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SWEET SUMMER TIME
SNOW ALWAYS FALLS HEAVY ON THE MOUNTAIN
HEAVY ON THE MOUNTAIN WHEN THE COLD WINDS WHINE

THE RIVERS A FLOWIN QUICKLY THROUGH THE CANYON
RAGIN’ THRU THE CANYON, FLOWIN TO THE SEE
AND LIKE THAT RIVER, LORD YOU KNOW I’M RUNNING’
LORD YOU KNOW I’M RUNNIN, WON’T YOU RUN AWAY WITH ME

(CHORUS)
OH ME, OH MY, HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAINS (X2)

ITS HARD NOT TO SMILE, LOOKIN’ AT THE BLUE SKY
LOOKIN AT THE BLUE SKY THAT THE LORD PROVIDES
AND THE RAIN COMES POURIN’ DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS
DOWN FROM THE HEAVANS ONTO THE GREAT DIVIDE

WELL IF YOU NEED IT THERES PEACE UP ON THAT RIDGE LINE
RIGHT UP ON THAT RIDGE LINE, NOT FAR FROM TOWN
ASPENS AND PINE TREES , WILD FLOWERS BLOOMIN’
WILD FLOWERS BLOOMIN’,THERE BLOOMIN’ ALL AROUND

CHORUS X 2

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oooh! i’m so glad the books are coming back! yippeeeeeeee!

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White Bird by It’s A Beautiful Day
From the album It’s A Beautiful Day

Tuning:
Standard, EADGBE.

Chords:
C(viii) 8AA988 (i.e. A = 10th fret)
Cm x35543
Bb(vi) 688766
Bb x13331
F 133211
G 355433
Gm 355333
G# 466544
Dm x57765

Key:
(n) = grace note

Intro:

C(viii)

| 1, 2, 3, and 4 |
E|-------------8--------|------------------------|
B|-----(10)p8----8------|-----------8------------|
G|-----------------9----|–(10)p9-----9----------|
D|–10---------------10-|-------------------8-12-|
A|----------------------|-----------------10-----|
E|----------------------|------------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

C(viii)

| 5
E|-------------8--------|------------------------|
B|-----(10)p8----8------|-----------8------------|
G|-----------------9----|–(10)p9-----9----------|
D|–10---------------10-|------------------------|
A|----------------------|------------------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

C(viii) Bb(vi)
White bird in a golden cage

 C(viii)              Bb(vi)

On a winter’s day, in the rain

C(viii) Bb(vi)
White bird in a golden cage

Bb(vi)-slide-C(viii) Bb(vi)-slide-C(viii)
Alone.

Bb(vi)-slide-C(viii) Bb(vi)-slide-C(viii)

The leaves blow 'cross the long black road
To the darkened sky, in its rage
But the white bird just sits in her cage
Unknown.

F G# C
White bird must fly or she will die

Instrumental section:
C(viii) Bb(vi)
C(viii) Bb(vi)
C(viii) Bb(vi)
Bb(vi)-slide-C(viii) Bb(vi)-slide-C(viii)
Bb(vi)-slide-C(viii) Bb(vi)-slide-C(viii)

The white bird dreams of the aspen tree
With her dying leaves turning gold
But the white bird just sits in her cage
Growing old

F G# C
White bird must fly or she will die

F G# C Bb (rest)
White bird must fly or she will die

Cm                Gm

The sunsets come, the sunsets go

G#                   G

The clouds float by, the earth turns slow

  Cm                          G#

And a young bird’s eyes do always glow

         C(vii)   Bb(vi)

And she must fly

         C(vii)   Bb(vi)

And she must fly

         C(vii)   Bb(vi)

And she must fly

Instrumental section:
Cm Bb (8 times)
Cm Dm G G# (4 times)
C(viii) Bb(vi) (16 times)
C(viii)

White bird in a golden cage
On a winter’s day, in the rain
White bird in a golden cage
Alone.

White bird must fly or she will die
White bird must fly or she will die
White bird must fly or she will die
White bird must fly.

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…for whomever had requested the Crooked Still version of Angeline the Baker …

ANGELINE THE BAKER
(as performed by Crooked Still)

Angeline the baker, lives on the village green
The way I’d always loved her, beats all you’ve ever seen
Angeline the baker, Angeline I knew
Should have married Angeline, just 20 years ago

(chorus)
Angeline the baker, age of 43
Fed her sugared candy and she still won’t marry me
Angeline the baker, Angeline I knew
Should have married Angeline, just 20 years ago

Her father was a baker, his name was Uncle Sam
I never shall forget her, no matter where I am
She said she can’t do hard work, because she is not stout
She bakes the biscuits every day, and pour the coffee out

(Chorus)

I bought Angeline a brand new dress, was neither black nor brown
It was the color of a stormy sky, before the rain came down
16 horses in my pack, leader he was blind,
I imagined I was dyin’, and saw my Angeline

(Chorus X 2)

kevin

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Don’t Fence Me In
Words and music by Cole Porter© & Robert Fletcher,
©1942, from the film Hollywood Canteen*

[C]Wildcat [F]Kelly looking [C]mighty pale,
Was standing by the sheriff’s [G7]side
And [C]when the [F]sheriff said "I’m [C]sending you to
jail, "
[G7]Wildcat raised his head and [C]cried:

Chorus:
[C]Oh [G7]give me [C]land, lots of [Am]land
Under [C]starry skies a[Am]bove.
[C]Don’t [F]Fence Me [G]In.
Let me [G]ride through the [G7]wide open
[G]Country that I [G7]love.
[G]Don’t [G7]Fence Me [C]In.
Let me [C]be by myself in the evening [C7]breeze,
[F]Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood [Dm7]trees.
[C]Send me off for[C7]ever,
but I ask [F]you, [C7]please[F],
[C]Don’t [G7]Fence Me [C]In.

[C7]Just turn me [F]loose, let me straddle my old
saddle
Underneath the western [C]skies.
[C7]On my [F]cayuse let me wander over yonder
Till I see the mountains [C]rise.
[G]I [G7]want to [C]ride to the ridge
where the west com[C7]mences,
[F]Gaze at the moon until I lose my [Dm7]senses.
[C]Can’t look at [C7]hobbles
and I can’t [F]stand [C7]fen[F]ces.
[C]Don’t [G7]Fence Me [C]In.

Wild cat Kelly back again in town,
was sitting by his sweetheart’s side,
And when his sweetheart said,
“Come on let’s settle down.”
Wild Cat raised his head and cried:

*Cole Porter was credited with sole authorship when
the song was published, but he had essentially
re-worked a poem written earlier by Robert Fletcher.
Fletcher,
who worked for the Dept. of Highways in Helena, MT, is
the one who wrote the “roadside history” placques that
were seen along the state’s highways until the
1980s. Fletcher sold the poem/song to Porter for a
small sum when Porter was asked to write a cowboy song
for the film. Porter wanted to give Fletcher
co-authorship credit, but his publishers would not
allow that. Later, after the song got so popular,
Fletcher hired legal advice and his attorneys
negotiated his
being given proper co-authorship credit in subsequent
publications.

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I do a I do a like a this a thread a!

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Having the chance to see the very first what in tarnation incarnation of the the original O’boys at the Boulder Theatre which produced ODD MAN IN or at least was the first chance live that played to the Disc, reflectively brings back some mighty fine memories. The crowd was jolly, the band was enormous and the evening seemed to go on for ever and ever. Truly magical in it’s self. An evening never to forget. I’ll always remember the gracefulness of the dancers that evening and Tim wondering if anyone would dance to the new band. Well, duh!

This one always brings a tear to the eye or at least a goosey bump on the skin whenever Tim lets loose on this one. There is nothing like looking into Kit’s eyes when he sings this one to her everytime wherever she may be. Again, if you are without this disc, ODD MAN IN, you are seriously missing out and it is highly recommended that you procur this mighty fine disc.
[b]Like I Used To Do
From Odd Man In
(Tim O’Brien, Pat Alger (Howdy Skies Music/Bait & Beer Music/Forerunner Music, ASCAP))

Like I Used To Do

©1990 Tim O’Brien and Pat Alger

There was a time when we’d be the last to leave
Watching the sun come up while everyone fell asleep
The music was always loud and I’d smoke and drink too much
Until I’d fall in your arms and into your lovin’ touch
Now as the years roll by, time has reeled me in
I’ve slowed down a notch or two from the way things were then

Those old ways of mine, I’ve left them behind
Those crazy days are through
The only thing I still do like I used to do
Is carry this torch for you

Remember the days when we’d pack our bags and run
Chasing a crazy dream into the morning sun
Now as the twilight falls, I find I’m satisfied
Watching the fire glow as long as you’re by my side
Here in my heart it seems, time has passed me by
I love you as much today as the very first time

Those old ways of mine, I’ve left them behind
Those crazy days are through
The only thing I still do like I used to do
Is carry this torch for you

I still want you the way I wanted you then
If I could do it all over, I’d do it all over again

Those old ways of mine, I’ve left them behind
Those crazy days are through
The only thing I still do like I used to do
Is carry this torch for you

[/b]

Lovely, truly a lovely tune…

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Always reminds me of my Dad’s passing on Christmas Day, long time now.

Warm, salty, Sweet and Savory all at the same time.

Time To Learn
From Oh Boy! O’Boy!
(Tim O’Brien, Pat Alger (Howdy Skies Music, ASCAP/Bait and Beer Music, Forerunner Music, Inc., ASCAP))

Time To Learn

The hand is cold that once held mine

I can’t believe you’ve really left this world behind

I can wait and I can hope I’ll get over this in time

It takes time to learn when someone’s gone for good

They’re not comin’ back like you wish they would

In the empty hours when you miss them so

Then it’s time to learn to let them go

Your last hours we never knew

We never had a chance to say goodbye to you

Words unsaid and things undone

We’d just begun and now we’ll never see them through

It takes time to learn when someone’s gone for good

They’re not comin’ back like you wish they would

In the empty hours when you miss them so

It takes time to learn to let them go

It takes time to learn that you’re gone for good

You’re not comin’ back like I wish you would

In the empty hours when I miss you so

Then it’s time to learn to let you go

The hand is cold that once held mine