{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":617555,"song":"Northern Lights - Southern Cross","artist":"The Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/617555-northern-lights-southern-cross-chords-by-the-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/617555?type=chord","rating":4.41208,"votes":6,"content":"The Band\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nAlbum: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTracks\r\n\r\n1. Forbidden Fruit\r\n2. Hobo Jungle\r\n3. Ophelia  (166K)\r\n4. Acadian Driftwood\r\n5. Ring Your Bell\r\n6. It Makes No Difference\r\n7. Jupiter Hollow\r\n8. Rags And Bones\r\n9.* Twilight\r\n10.* Christmas Must Be Tonight\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 1.Forbidden Fruit\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   High and lonesome out on Times Square[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Haven't got a dime, ain't got a prayer[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Deliver us, Lord, from this golden calf[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   People only want what they cannot have[/tab]\r\n\r\n             D#o7\r\n   Forbidden fruit\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   That's the fruit that you'd better not taste[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            D#o7\r\n   Forbidden fruit[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   You've got one life that you'd better not waste[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   How can I walk with this ball and chain?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   How can I land in this hurricane?[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Or is this part of man's evolution[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   To be torn between truth and illusion?[/tab]\r\n             D#o7\r\n   Forbidden fruit\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   That's the route that you'd better not take[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             D#o7\r\n   Forbidden fruit[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Just watch out for the sign of the snake[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n Little brother got caught in the web\r\n He ran off to join the living dead\r\n Been through the mill, seen the cross on the hill\r\n He sold his soul just for a thrill\r\n Forbidden fruit\r\n In hot pursuit out on a limb\r\n Forbidden fruit\r\n Your whole world is closing in\r\n\r\n You got the picture but missed the drift\r\n About me workin' the graveyard shift\r\n I never went in for no burglary\r\n  But there's a stranger inside of me\r\n Forbidden fruit\r\n Don't you shoot the whole works away\r\n Forbidden fruit\r\n It's too high of a price to pay\r\n\r\n How can you hear with a bad connection?\r\nYou can't see when there's no reception\r\nKeep your distance, don't fool with taboo\r\n 'Cause it'll overtake and undertake you\r\n Forbidden fruit\r\n That's the fruit that you'd better not taste\r\n Forbidden fruit\r\n You've got one life that you'd better not waste\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 2. Hobo Jungle\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\r\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Fm6[/ch]\r\n    There was a chill that night in the hobo jungle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]Ebm7[/ch]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n    Over the train yard lay a smooth coat of frost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Fm6[/ch]\r\n    And although nobody here really knows where they're goin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    At the very same time    nobody's lost[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G/C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Fm6[/ch]/[ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n    Then the fire went out  and the night grew still[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Ebm7[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n    This old man lay frozen     on the cold, cold ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G/C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Fm6[/ch]/[ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n    He was a stray bird   and the road was his callin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\n    Ridin' the rods[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Sleepin' under the stars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Playin' the odds     from a rollin' box car[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G/C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Fm6[/ch]/[ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n    She attended the fun'ral in the hobo jungle[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Ebm7[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n    Long were they lovers     though never could they wed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G/C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Fm6[/ch]/[ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n    Drifters and rounders       and distant friends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\n    Here I lie without anger or regret[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    I'm in no one's debt[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\n    Man goes nowhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Gm6[/ch]/[ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n    Ev'rything comes like tomorrow[/tab]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]F#m7[/ch] [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n    But she took that last ride           there by his side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A/D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Gm6[/ch]/[ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n    He spent his whole life   pursuing the horizon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#m7[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n    Ridin' the rods[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n    Sleepin' under the stars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#m7[/ch]        [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n    Playin' the odds      from a rollin' box car[/tab]\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 3.Ophelia\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\r\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Boards on the window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  Mail by the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n  What would anybody leave so quickly for?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Ophelia[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n  Where have you gone?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n  The old neighborhood just ain't the same\r\n  Nobody knows just what became of\r\n  Ophelia\r\n  Tell me, what went wrong\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Was it somethin' that somebody said?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Mama, I know we broke the rules[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Was somebody up against the law?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                            [ch]G7+5[/ch]\r\n  Honey, you know I'd die for you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Ashes of laughter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  The ghost is clear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n  Why do the best things always disappear[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Like Ophelia[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n  Please darken my door[/tab]\r\n\r\nWas it somethin' that somebody said?\r\nHoney, you know we broke the rules\r\nWu somebody up against the law?\r\nHoney, you know I'd die for you\r\n\r\nThey got your number\r\nScared and runnin'\r\nBut I'm still waitin' for the second comin'\r\nOf Ophelia\r\nCome back home\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 4. Acadian Driftwood\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby J.R. Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\r\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\r\n\r\nFor more about this song, see Peter Viney's article.\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C9[/ch]\r\n   The war was over and the spirit was broken[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm9[/ch]                [ch]Ebmaj9[/ch]          [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n   The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n   We stood on the cliffs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]A9[/ch]\r\n   Oh, and watched the ships[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n   Slowly sinking to their rendezvous[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C9[/ch]\r\n   They signed a treaty and our   homes were taken[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm9[/ch]           [ch]Ebmaj9[/ch]\r\n   Loved ones forsaken[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n   They didn't give a damn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n   Try'n' to raise a family[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]A9[/ch]\r\n   End up the enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                      [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n   Over what went down on the plains of Abraham (*)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n  Acadian driftwood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm7[/ch]      [ch]C7[/ch]\r\n  Gypsy tail wind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb/D[/ch]          [ch]F/C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n  They call my home   the land of snow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Gm7[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\n  Canadian cold front    movin' in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb/D[/ch]       [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\n  What a way to ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Dm7[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Gm7[/ch]   [ch]C7[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n    Oh, what a way   to   go[/tab]\r\n\r\n Then some returned to the motherland\r\n The high command had them cast away\r\n  And some stayed on to finish what they started\r\n They never parted\r\n They're just built that way\r\n We had kin livin' south of the border\r\n They're a little older and they've been around\r\n They wrote a letter life is a whole lot better\r\n So pull up your stakes, children and come on down\r\n\r\n Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat\r\n My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone\r\n Been out ice fishing, too much repetition\r\n Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known\r\n Sailing out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre\r\n Nothin' to declare\r\n All we had was gone\r\n Broke down along the coast\r\n But what hurt the most\r\n When the people there said\r\n \"You better keep movin' on\"\r\n\r\n Everlasting summer filled with ill-content\r\n This government had us walkin' in chains\r\n This isn't my turf\r\n This ain't my season\r\n Can't think of one good reason to remain\r\n I've worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans\r\n It was ever green up until the floods\r\n You could call it an omen\r\n Points ya where you're goin'\r\n Set my compass north\r\n I got winter in my blood\r\n\r\n Acadian driftwood\r\n Gypsy tail wind\r\n They call my home the land of snow\r\n Canadian cold front movin' in\r\n What a way to ride\r\n Ah, what a way to go\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C7sus4[/ch]  [ch]C7[/ch]  [ch]Bb/D[/ch]      [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n   Sais tu, A-ca-di-e   j'ai le mal du pays[/tab]\r\n   [You know, Acadia, I long for the country (I am homesick)]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C7sus4[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]  [ch]Bb/D[/ch]      [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n   Ta neige, Acadie,    fait des larmes au soleil[/tab]\r\n   [Your snow, Acadia, makes tears in the sun (or for the sun)]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C7sus4[/ch]  [ch]C7[/ch]  [ch]Bb/D[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n   J'arrive Acadie,   teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh[/tab]\r\n   [I am arriving Acadia (or I am coming Acadia)]\r\n\r\n(*): \"The Plains of Abraham\" refer to farm land owned by Abraham Martin just west of the\r\nCitadel in Quebec City and the site of the battle between the French and the English.\r\nis now a park (also overlooks the St.Lawrence) and is a wonderful place to visit if you \r\nget the chance.\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 5. Ring Your Bell\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\r\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#-5[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C/E[/ch]\r\n      Ring your bell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n      Change your number[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#-5[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C/E[/ch]\r\n      Run like hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n      You can't hide from thunder[/tab]\r\n\r\n      Oh, no\r\n[tab][ch]F#-5[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C/E[/ch]\r\n      Ring your bell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n      Get in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#-5[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C/E[/ch]    Ebo7  [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n      You and me gonna make some medicine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]/[ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F/A[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n      Run that rebel across the tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C7[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n      With the Mounties on his trail[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Eb6[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\n      He was taught:[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n      Don't get caught at the mercy of the man[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n      Land in jail[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C7[/ch]/[ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F/A[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n      Meet me, madam, on the high road[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C7[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n      We gonna blow the man down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Eb6[/ch]            [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n      I've been totin' a heavy load[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n      And I'm rarin' to clown[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n      Mess around[/tab]\r\n\r\n Ring your bell\r\n Shake your tower\r\n Pump your well\r\n Turn on your power\r\n I'm gonna ring your bell\r\n Glide on in\r\n You and me gonna make some medicine\r\n\r\n Smoky bars and souped-up cars\r\n  Where we drowned all sorrow\r\n Renegade woman\r\n Love me like there's no tomorrow\r\n Left to borrow\r\n Bloodhounds comb the back streets\r\n With the ramrod close behind\r\n  Asphalt justice you gonna find\r\n  My ass across\r\n That border line\r\n\r\n Ring your bell\r\n  Sound the chime\r\n Open up your shell\r\n Get on the line\r\n Come on, ring your bell\r\nGimme some skin\r\nYou and me gonna make some medicine\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 6. It Makes No Difference\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\r\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nintro\r\n\r\n/  /   |   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]   |   [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  |  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n |  [ch]Bb[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   It makes no diff'rence where I turn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]Gm7[/ch]/[ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\n   I can't get over you and the flame still burns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   It makes no diff'rence,   night or day[/tab]\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]Gm7[/ch]/[ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   The shadow never seems to fade away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n  And the sun           don't shine          anymore[/tab]\r\n                  [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n   And the rains                fall down on my door[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n    Now there's no love[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\n    As true as the love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                    [ch]C7[/ch]\r\n    That dies untold[/tab]\r\n                  [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]                                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n    But the clouds            never hung so low                before[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt makes no diff'rence how far I go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]Gm7[/ch]/[ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nLike a scar         the hurt will always show[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt makes no diff'rence who I meet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]Gm7[/ch]/[ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey're just a face in the crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm7[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn a dead-end street[/tab]\r\n               [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the sun             don't shine        anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]        [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the rains            fall down on my door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThese old love letters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nWell, I just can't keep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n'Cause like the gambler says[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]\r\nRead 'em and weep[/tab]\r\n                [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]                          [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the dawn           don't rescue me           no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   Without your love   I'm nothing at all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                             [ch]Cm[/ch] 7\r\n   Like an empty hall  it's a lonely fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   Since you've gone   it's a losing battle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n   Stampeding cattle[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cm7[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  They rattle the walls[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the sun              don't shine     anymore[/tab]\r\n                [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the rains            fall down         on my door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWell, I love you so much[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nIt's all I can do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                                      [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nJust to keep myself from telling you[/tab]\r\n\r\n          [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThat I never             felt so alone        before[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n| [ch]Eb[/ch]  |  [ch]Dm[/ch]   |  [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]Gm7[/ch]/[ch]F[/ch]  |  [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Eb[/ch]  |  [ch]Dm[/ch]   |  [ch]Gm[/ch]   [ch]Gm7[/ch]/[ch]F[/ch]   |\r\n  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]     |   [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]      |  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n |  [ch]Bb[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n   [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]     |   [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]      |  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n |  [ch]Bb[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n   [ch]Bb[/ch]         |  [ch]Fm7[/ch]          |   [ch]Eb[/ch]     |  [ch]C7[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]    |   [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]      |   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[tab]|   [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]....\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------[/tab]\r\nTrack 7. Jupiter Hollow\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\r\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\r\n\r\nSee Peter Viney's article on \"Jupiter Hollow\" for more about this song.\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Jupiter Hollow[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Northern Lights[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G/D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Cast a glow through the window late last night[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gsus4[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I went to follow through the sycamore[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]C/D[/ch]\r\n  When I found myself in a place[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I'd never been before[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n  There was a unicorn and a dragon queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Beneath the burgundy sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n  I saw an old soldier singin' a love song[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C/D[/ch]\r\n  He had the distance in his eye[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Livin' in another world[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Livin' in another time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Like a comet I was hurled[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Oh, livin' in another world[/tab]\r\n\r\n Jupiter Hollow\r\n So far, so near\r\n Like a time machine take you out to a different year\r\n Phoebus Apollo played on his lyre\r\n  While we danced to the music of the sphere\r\n And as the moon went down and the sun came up\r\n With the mercury risin' too\r\n 'Twas then the prophet said the secret of the dead\r\n  I'll whisper it to you\r\n\r\n Livin' in another world\r\n Livin' in another time\r\n Like a comet I was hurled\r\n Oh, livin' in another world\r\n\r\n Jupiter Hollow\r\n In the midnight sun\r\n Well, no man of dreams was ever more outdone\r\n Where the swallows circle over head\r\n And muses gather by the river of the tears we shed\r\n Just like a pioneer in the new frontier\r\n I don't know where to begin\r\n Because nobody cares when a man goes mad\r\n And tries to free the ghost within\r\n\r\n Livin' in another world\r\n Livin' in another time\r\n Like a comet I was hurled\r\n Oh, livin' in another world\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 8.  Rags And Bones\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\r\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nCatch a taxi to the fountainhead[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#sus4[/ch]/[ch]G#[/ch]\r\nBlinking neon penny arcade[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA young Caruso on the fire escape[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]/[ch]C#[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D/E[/ch]\r\nPainted face ladies on parade[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe newsboy on the corner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#sus4[/ch]/[ch]G#[/ch]\r\nSinging out headlines[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd a fiddler selling pencils[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]/[ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sign reads: Help the blind[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nComin' up the lane callin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]    [ch]C#m7[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWorkin' while the rain's fallin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch]     [ch]A/E[/ch]         [ch]D#m7[/ch]-5\r\nRagman, your song of the street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dmaj7[/ch]             [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nKeeps haunting my memory[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]/[ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nMusic in the air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]    [ch]C#m7[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI hear it ev'rywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]A/E[/ch]        [ch]D#m7[/ch]-5\r\nRags, bones and old city songs[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]              [ch]E7sus4[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHear them, how they talk to me[/tab]\r\n\r\nTrolley car rings out the morning\r\nWhistle blows at noon\r\nA cat fight breaks open the night\r\nWhile watch dogs bay at the moon\r\nA preacher on an orange crate\r\nWith a Salvation Army Band\r\nAnd clicking along the cobbled stones\r\nThat's the sound of the ice-cream man\r\n\r\nComin' up the lane callin'\r\nWorkin' while the rain's fallin'\r\nRagman, your song of the street\r\nKeeps haunting my memory\r\nMusic in the air\r\nI hear it ev'rywhere\r\nRags, bones and old city songs\r\nHear them, how they talk to me\r\n\r\nThe organ grinder and his monkey\r\nStill walkin' the same old beat\r\nThe shoe-shine boy slappin' leather\r\nHe puts the rhythm in your feet\r\nStrollin' by the churchyard\r\nList'nin' to the Sunday choir\r\nWith voices rising to the heavens\r\nLike sirens screaming to a fire\r\n\r\nComin' up to the lane callin'\r\nWorkin' while the rain's fallin'\r\nRagman, your song of the street\r\nKeeps haunting my memory\r\nMusic in the air\r\nI hear it ev'rywhere\r\nRags, bones and old city songs\r\nPlay them one more time for me\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTrack 9. * Twilight\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: The Best of The Band\r\n© 1976 Medicine Hat Music\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOver by the wildwood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Hot summer night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n We lay in the tall grass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n til the mornin' light[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf I had my way I'd never\r\nget the urge to roam\r\nA young man serves his country\r\nand an old man guards the home\r\n\r\nNever gave a second thought\r\nNever crossed my mind\r\nWhat's right and what's not\r\nI'm not the judgin' kind\r\nI could take the darkness oh\r\nStorms in the skies\r\nBut we all got certain trials\r\nburnin' up inside\r\n\r\nDon't send me no distant salutations\r\nor silly souvenirs from far away\r\nDon't leave me alone in the twilight\r\nTwilight is the loneliest time a day\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDon't put me in a frame upon the mantel[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n'Fore memories turn dusty old and grey[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nDon't leave me alone in the twilight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]-[ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTwilight is the loneliest time a day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------[/tab]\r\nTrack 10. * Christmas Must Be Tonight\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Islands\r\n© 1977 Medicine Hat Music\r\n\r\nSee Peter Viney's article for more about this song.\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCome down to the manger, see the little stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWrapped in swaddling clothes, the prince of peace[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWheels start turning, torches start burning[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the old wise men journey from the East[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow a little baby boy bring the people so much joy[/tab]\r\n            [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am/B[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSon of a carpenter,       Mary carried the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis must be Christmas, must be tonight[/tab]\r\n\r\nA shepherd on a hillside, while over my flock I bide\r\nOh a cold winter night a band of angels sing\r\nIn a dream I heard a voice saying \"fear not, come rejoice\r\nIt's the end of the beginning, praise the new born king\"\r\nCHORUS\r\n\r\nI saw it with my own eyes, written up in the skies\r\nBut why a simple herdsmen such as I\r\nAnd then it came to pass, he was born at last\r\nRight below the star that shines on high\r\nCHORUS\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------","plain_text":"The Band\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nAlbum: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTracks\n\n1. Forbidden Fruit\n2. Hobo Jungle\n3. Ophelia  (166K)\n4. Acadian Driftwood\n5. Ring Your Bell\n6. It Makes No Difference\n7. Jupiter Hollow\n8. Rags And Bones\n9.* Twilight\n10.* Christmas Must Be Tonight\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 1.Forbidden Fruit\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n             D#o7\n   Forbidden fruit\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n             D#o7\n   Forbidden fruit\n\n\n\n\n\n Little brother got caught in the web\n He ran off to join the living dead\n Been through the mill, seen the cross on the hill\n He sold his soul just for a thrill\n Forbidden fruit\n In hot pursuit out on a limb\n Forbidden fruit\n Your whole world is closing in\n\n You got the picture but missed the drift\n About me workin' the graveyard shift\n I never went in for no burglary\n  But there's a stranger inside of me\n Forbidden fruit\n Don't you shoot the whole works away\n Forbidden fruit\n It's too high of a price to pay\n\n How can you hear with a bad connection?\nYou can't see when there's no reception\nKeep your distance, don't fool with taboo\n 'Cause it'll overtake and undertake you\n Forbidden fruit\n That's the fruit that you'd better not taste\n Forbidden fruit\n You've got one life that you'd better not waste\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 2. Hobo Jungle\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm              Em    Em7 Ebm7 Dm7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm              Em    Em7 Ebm7 Dm7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBm                    F#m      F#m7 Fm7 Em7\n\n\n\n\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 3.Ophelia\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  The old neighborhood just ain't the same\n  Nobody knows just what became of\n  Ophelia\n  Tell me, what went wrong\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWas it somethin' that somebody said?\nHoney, you know we broke the rules\nWu somebody up against the law?\nHoney, you know I'd die for you\n\nThey got your number\nScared and runnin'\nBut I'm still waitin' for the second comin'\nOf Ophelia\nCome back home\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 4. Acadian Driftwood\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby J.R. Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\n\nFor more about this song, see Peter Viney's article.\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Then some returned to the motherland\n The high command had them cast away\n  And some stayed on to finish what they started\n They never parted\n They're just built that way\n We had kin livin' south of the border\n They're a little older and they've been around\n They wrote a letter life is a whole lot better\n So pull up your stakes, children and come on down\n\n Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat\n My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone\n Been out ice fishing, too much repetition\n Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known\n Sailing out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre\n Nothin' to declare\n All we had was gone\n Broke down along the coast\n But what hurt the most\n When the people there said\n \"You better keep movin' on\"\n\n Everlasting summer filled with ill-content\n This government had us walkin' in chains\n This isn't my turf\n This ain't my season\n Can't think of one good reason to remain\n I've worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans\n It was ever green up until the floods\n You could call it an omen\n Points ya where you're goin'\n Set my compass north\n I got winter in my blood\n\n Acadian driftwood\n Gypsy tail wind\n They call my home the land of snow\n Canadian cold front movin' in\n What a way to ride\n Ah, what a way to go\n\n\n   [You know, Acadia, I long for the country (I am homesick)]\n\n   [Your snow, Acadia, makes tears in the sun (or for the sun)]\n\n   [I am arriving Acadia (or I am coming Acadia)]\n\n(*): \"The Plains of Abraham\" refer to farm land owned by Abraham Martin just west of the\nCitadel in Quebec City and the site of the battle between the French and the English.\nis now a park (also overlooks the St.Lawrence) and is a wonderful place to visit if you \nget the chance.\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 5. Ring Your Bell\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      Oh, no\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Ring your bell\n Shake your tower\n Pump your well\n Turn on your power\n I'm gonna ring your bell\n Glide on in\n You and me gonna make some medicine\n\n Smoky bars and souped-up cars\n  Where we drowned all sorrow\n Renegade woman\n Love me like there's no tomorrow\n Left to borrow\n Bloodhounds comb the back streets\n With the ramrod close behind\n  Asphalt justice you gonna find\n  My ass across\n That border line\n\n Ring your bell\n  Sound the chime\n Open up your shell\n Get on the line\n Come on, ring your bell\nGimme some skin\nYou and me gonna make some medicine\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 6. It Makes No Difference\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nintro\n\n/  /   |   Bb   Gm   |   Eb   F  |  Bb\n |  Bb    |\n\n\n\n\n\nGm                 Gm7/F                    Eb\n\n\n\n                  Bb   Gm             Eb  F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                  Bb    Gm                                Eb\n F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n               Bb    Gm            Eb     F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                Bb   Gm                          Eb\n           Bb\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                Bb     Gm       Eb    F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n          Bb   Gm                     Eb   F\n\n\n\n| Eb  |  Dm   |  Gm    Gm7/F  |  Cm7\n\n| Eb  |  Dm   |  Gm   Gm7/F   |\n  F\n\n| Bb   Gm     |   Eb   F      |  Bb\n |  Bb   |\n\n   Bb  Gm     |   Eb   F      |  Bb\n |  Bb   |\n\n   Bb         |  Fm7          |   Eb     |  C7   |\n\n   Bb   Gm    |   Eb   F      |   Bb\n\nTrack 7. Jupiter Hollow\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\n\nSee Peter Viney's article on \"Jupiter Hollow\" for more about this song.\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Jupiter Hollow\n So far, so near\n Like a time machine take you out to a different year\n Phoebus Apollo played on his lyre\n  While we danced to the music of the sphere\n And as the moon went down and the sun came up\n With the mercury risin' too\n 'Twas then the prophet said the secret of the dead\n  I'll whisper it to you\n\n Livin' in another world\n Livin' in another time\n Like a comet I was hurled\n Oh, livin' in another world\n\n Jupiter Hollow\n In the midnight sun\n Well, no man of dreams was ever more outdone\n Where the swallows circle over head\n And muses gather by the river of the tears we shed\n Just like a pioneer in the new frontier\n I don't know where to begin\n Because nobody cares when a man goes mad\n And tries to free the ghost within\n\n Livin' in another world\n Livin' in another time\n Like a comet I was hurled\n Oh, livin' in another world\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 8.  Rags And Bones\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross\n© 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrolley car rings out the morning\nWhistle blows at noon\nA cat fight breaks open the night\nWhile watch dogs bay at the moon\nA preacher on an orange crate\nWith a Salvation Army Band\nAnd clicking along the cobbled stones\nThat's the sound of the ice-cream man\n\nComin' up the lane callin'\nWorkin' while the rain's fallin'\nRagman, your song of the street\nKeeps haunting my memory\nMusic in the air\nI hear it ev'rywhere\nRags, bones and old city songs\nHear them, how they talk to me\n\nThe organ grinder and his monkey\nStill walkin' the same old beat\nThe shoe-shine boy slappin' leather\nHe puts the rhythm in your feet\nStrollin' by the churchyard\nList'nin' to the Sunday choir\nWith voices rising to the heavens\nLike sirens screaming to a fire\n\nComin' up to the lane callin'\nWorkin' while the rain's fallin'\nRagman, your song of the street\nKeeps haunting my memory\nMusic in the air\nI hear it ev'rywhere\nRags, bones and old city songs\nPlay them one more time for me\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTrack 9. * Twilight\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: The Best of The Band\n© 1976 Medicine Hat Music\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\nIf I had my way I'd never\nget the urge to roam\nA young man serves his country\nand an old man guards the home\n\nNever gave a second thought\nNever crossed my mind\nWhat's right and what's not\nI'm not the judgin' kind\nI could take the darkness oh\nStorms in the skies\nBut we all got certain trials\nburnin' up inside\n\nDon't send me no distant salutations\nor silly souvenirs from far away\nDon't leave me alone in the twilight\nTwilight is the loneliest time a day\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBb C Gm Dm\n\nTrack 10. * Christmas Must Be Tonight\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nby J.R.Robertson. Album: Islands\n© 1977 Medicine Hat Music\n\nSee Peter Viney's article for more about this song.\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nG  Em  G  Em\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n            Am     Am/B   C                Am\n\n\n\nA shepherd on a hillside, while over my flock I bide\nOh a cold winter night a band of angels sing\nIn a dream I heard a voice saying \"fear not, come rejoice\nIt's the end of the beginning, praise the new born king\"\nCHORUS\n\nI saw it with my own eyes, written up in the skies\nBut why a simple herdsmen such as I\nAnd then it came to pass, he was born at last\nRight below the star that shines on high\nCHORUS\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------","chords":["A","A7","D","D#","E","C","G","F","Fm6","Am","Em7","Ebm7","Dm7","G7","G/C","Ab","Em","A/D","Gm6","Bb","Bm","F#m","F#m7","Fm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"E7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,2,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}