Welcome to the magazine page of the Townsville and Thuringowa Country Music Association for July, 2023! Here you will find a wealth of information and articles about the latest happenings in the world of country music in the Townsville and Thuringowa area. From interviews with local musicians and performers, to reviews of recent concerts and festivals, to updates about the Association’s activities, this magazine is your go-to source for all things country music. So sit back, relax, and immerse yourself in the vibrant and welcoming community of the Townsville and Thuringowa Country Music Association.
June Magazine 2023
Welcome to the magazine page of the Townsville and Thuringowa Country Music Association for June, 2023! Here you will find a wealth of information and articles about the latest happenings in the world of country music in the Townsville and Thuringowa area. From interviews with local musicians and performers, to reviews of recent concerts and festivals, to updates about the Association’s activities, this magazine is your go-to source for all things country music. So sit back, relax, and immerse yourself in the vibrant and welcoming community of the Townsville and Thuringowa Country Music Association.
Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles
[Intro]
Am G F E7
Am G F E7
[Chorus]
Am G F E7 Am G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no
more.
Am G F E7 Am G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more. (What you say?)
Am G F E7 Am G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no
more.
Am G F E7 Am G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more.
[Verse]
Am G F E7
Oh woman, oh woman, don't treat me so mean,
Am G F E7
You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen.
Am G F E7
I guess if you say so
Am G F E7
I'll have to pack my things and go. (That's right)
[Chorus]
Am G F E7 Am G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no
more.
Am G F E7 Am G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more. (What you say?)
Am G F E7 Am G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no
more.
Am G F E7 Am G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more.
[Verse]
Am G F E7
Now baby, listen baby, don't-a treat me this-a way
Am G F E7
For I'll be back on my feet some day.
Am G F E7
(Don't care if you do 'cause it's understood
Am G F E7
you ain't got no money you just ain't no good.)
Am G F E7
Well, I guess if you say so
Am G F E7
I'd have to pack my things and go. (That's right)
[Chorus]
Am G F E7 Am G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no
more.
Am G F E7 Am G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more. (What you say?)
Am G F E7 Am G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no
more.
Am G F E7 Am G
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more. (Well !)
[Outro]
F E7
Don't you come back no more.
Am G F E7
(aah! what you say) Don't you come back no more.
Am G F E7
(I didn't understand you) Don't you come back no more.
Am G F E7
(You can't mean that) Don't you come back no more.
Am G F E7
(Oh, now baby, please) Don't you come back no more.
Am G F E7
(What you tryin' to do to me?) Don't you come back no more.
Am G F E7
(Oh, don't treat me like that) Don't you come back no more.
Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker
[Intro]
G D Em C
G D Em C
G D C
[Verse]
G D
Heading down south to the land of the pines
Em C
I'm thumbing my way into North Caroline
G D C
Staring up the road and pray to God I see headlights
G D
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Em C
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
G D C
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight
[Chorus]
G D
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me momma any way you feel
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
G D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
[Instrumental]
G D Em C
G D C
[Verse]
G D
Running from the cold up in New England
Em C
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
G D C
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
G D
Oh, north country winters keep a-getting me down
Em C
I lost my money playing poker so I had to leave town
G D C
But I ain't turning back to living that old life no more
[Chorus]
G D
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me momma any way you feel
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
G D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
[Instrumental]
G D Em C
G D C
G D Em C
G D C
[Verse]
G D
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
Em C
I caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke
G D
But he's a heading west from the Cumberland gap
C
To Johnson City, Tennessee
G D
And I gotta get a move on before the sun
Em C
I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she's the only one
G D C
And if I died in Raleigh at least I will die free
[Chorus] (one strum each chord below)
G D
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me momma any way you feel
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
G D
Oh, rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
(normal strumming)
G D
Oh, so rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Em C
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, I wanna feel
(Rock me momma any way you feel)
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
G D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
G D Em C
G D C
G D Em C
G D C
G D Em C
G D C
G D Em C
G D C
(fade out)
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan
[Intro]
G D Am G D C
Oo oo-oo oo
G D Am G D C
Oo oo-oo oo Oo oo-oo oo
[Verse 1]
G D Am
Mama take this badge off of me
G D C
I can't use it anymore
G D Am
It's getting dark, too dark to see
G D C
I feel I'm knockin on heaven's door
[Chorus]
G D Am
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G D C
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G D Am
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G D C
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
[Verse 2]
G D Am
Mama put my guns in the ground
G D C
I can't shoot them anymore
G D Am
That long black cloud is comin' down
G D C
I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door
[Chorus]
G D Am
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G D C
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G D Am
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G D C
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
[Outro]
G D Am G
Oo oo-oo oo (fade)
The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
[Verse 1]
G C G
On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere,
C G C D
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
G C G
So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness
C G D G
'til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.
[Verse 2]
G C G
He said, "Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces,
C G C D
and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
G C G
And if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.
C G D G
For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."
[Verse 3]
G C G
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
C G C D
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
G C G
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
C G D
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it
G
right.
[Chorus]
G C G
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
C G C D
know when to walk away and know when to run.
G C G
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
C G D G
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
[Verse 4] (transpose +1 here if you want to play it correctly)
G C G
Ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
C G C D
is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
G C G
'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser,
C G D G
and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."
[Verse 5]
G C G
And when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
C G C D
crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
G C G
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
C G D G
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.
[Chorus]
G C G
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
C G C D
know when to walk away and know when to run.
G C G
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
C G D G
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
G C G
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
C G C D
know when to walk away and know when to run.
G C G
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
C G D G
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
G C G
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
C G C D
know when to walk away and know when to run.
G C G
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
C G D G
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
Hurt – Johnny Cash
[Intro]
Am C D Am C D
[Verse 1]
Am C D Am C D Am
I hurt myself today to see if I still feel
C D Am C D Am
I focus on the pain the only thing that's real
C D Am C D Am
The needle tears a hole the old familiar sting
C D Am C D G
Try to kill it all away but I remember everything
[Chorus 1]
Am F C G
What have I become? My sweetest friend
Am F C G
Everyone I know goes away in the end
Am F G G
And you could have it all My empire of dirt
Am F G Am
I will let you down I will make you hurt
[Transition]
(Am) C D Am C D
[Verse 2]
Am C D Am C D Am
I wear this crown of thorns upon my liar's chair
C D Am C D Am
Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair
C D Am C D Am
Beneath the stains of time the feelings disappear
C D Am C D G
You are someone else I am still right here
[Chorus 2]
Am F C G
What have I become? My sweetest friend
Am F C G
Everyone I know goes away in the end
Am F G G
And you could have it all My empire of dirt
Am F G G
I will let you down I will make you hurt
[Outro]
Am F G G
If I could start again a million miles away
Am F G
I would keep myself I would find a way
(single strum)
Jolene – Dolly Parton
[Intro]
Am
(4 bars)
[Chorus]
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Am
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Em Am
Please don't take him just because you can
[Verse]
Am C
Your beauty is beyond compare
G Am
With flaming locks of auburn hair
G Em Am
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Am C
Your smile is like a breath of spring
G Am
Your voice is soft like summer rain
G Em Am
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene
[Verse]
Am C
He talks about you in his sleep
G Am
There's nothing I can do to keep
G Em Am
From crying when he calls your name, Jolene
Am C
And I can easily understand
G Am
How you could easily take my man
G Em Am
But you don't know what he means to me, Jolene
[Chorus]
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Am
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Em Am
Please don't take him just because you can
[Verse]
Am C
You could have your choice of men
G Am
But I could never love again
G Em Am
He's the only one for me, Jolene
Am C
I had to have this talk with you
G Am
My happiness depends on you
G Em Am
And whatever you decide to do, Jolene
[Chorus]
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Am
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Em Am
Please don't take him even though you can
Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
[Verse 1]
G Em D C G
Almost Heaven; West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
G Em D
Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains,
C G
Blowin' like a breeze.
[Chorus]
G D Em C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
G D C G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
[Verse 2]
G Em D C G
All my memories gather round her, miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
G Em D
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine,
C G
Teardrop in my eye.
[Chorus]
G D Em C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
G D C G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
[Bridge]
Em D G
I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
C G D
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
Em F C
And driving down the road I get a feeling
G D D7
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.
[Chorus]
N.C. G D Em C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
G D C G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
G D Em C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
G D C G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
D G D G
Take me home, down country roads; take me home, down country roads
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