Eyolf Østrem

Oakland, CA Nov 13 1978

A
You mistreat me, baby, I can't see no reason why
                                        *)
You know that I'd kill for you, and I'm not afraid to die
                    D7
You treat me like a stepchild
                  A
Oh, Lordy, like a stepchild
        E
I wanna turn my back and run away from you
    D7                         A
but oh, I just can't leave you babe

I get nervous in your company, my knees get weak
both my eyes get misty and my tongue can't speak

Intro:

C             F           C
Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
C   D7     G  G6  G7
Oh, oh, oh,
C               F        C
Its done ground all to molasses
F   G   C
M-m-m-m-m

C                   F        C
Shoulda been on the river in 1910
C   D7  G  G6
M-m-m-m-m
G7        C           F     C         Am
They were driving the women just like men.
D7 F  G   C
M-m-m-m-m

C                   F        G  C
Shoulda been on the river in 1905
C             F         C  Am
Find yourself lucky to be alive

   C        F                 G       C

        G             /e        /d
Well, I ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more
D                            /f# G
Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more

Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more
    D             /f#       G
And ain't a-gonna grieve no more.

Come on brother, join the band,
Come on sisters, clap your hands,
Tell everybody in every land,
I  ain't a-gonna grieve no more.

You know, I ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more
Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more
Ain't a-gonna grieve no more, no more

          E               (E7)
There's a place, so I been told,
A               B          E
Every street is paved with gold,
         E     C#m             B(sus4 - B)
And it's just across the borderline.
E
When it's time to take your turn,
 A               B        E
There's a lesson you must learn:
                             B            E
You could lose more than you ever hope to find.

                              (E7)
And when you reach that broken-promise land,
A                    B            E

Uncapoed version

C

C            Em  F                   C
 Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
C        Em                 F           C/e F
 Can you tell me where he's gone?
                  Gsus4   G
He freed a lot of people,
       F                  C
But it seems the good die young,
      F            G              F    C/e  Dm  C
Now I just looked around and he's gone.

F

Has anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good die young,
Now I just looked around and he's gone.

Verona rehearsal tape, May 27 1984, #1

E

        C#m
I stood by
           G#m
I stood by you
         C#m
Stood by her
              F#m
Oh don't be untrue
             E
It's already there
               A
for to see the one
           F#m
oh now she rode
             E
She's almost done

Almost done
Almost done
Palestine glow [girl]
You're the one
[Oh not I know]
It might not do
It's already done
for light and blue

Almost done
almost done
but I don't stand missed
but you're the one
oh you're the child
I'm a-trustin' you
to trust me down

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