Adios Amigo

recorded by Jim Reeves 3/4 time

written by Jerry Livingston and Ralph Freed
 
G D7
Adios amigo adios my friend

The road we have traveled

G
Has come to an end when two love the same love
C G
One love has to lose
D7 G
And it's you who she longs for
A7 D7
It's you she will choose

G D7
Adios com-padre what must be must be
G
Remember to name one muchacho for me

I ride to the Rio

C G
Where my life I will spend
D7 G D7 G
Adios amigo adios my friend

D7
Adios com-padre let us shed no tears
G
May all your mananas bring joy through the years

Away from these memories

C G
My life I must spend
D7 G D7 G
Adios amigo adios my friend
Anna Marie
Recorded by Jim Reeves
Written by Cindy Walker
[3/4 time]

G D7
Tonight while the snowflakes are falling
G
Here in my dreams I can see
Am
The white cherry blossoms of Shima
D7 G
Where I walk with Anna Marie

Am
Anna Marie Anna Marie
D7 G
My heart remembers and sighs
 Am
C'est vouz c'est vouz me ames beacoup
D7 G
I miss you Anna Marie

D7
My love was pledged to another
G
But I knew as I crossed the sea
Am
That I'd never love any other
D7 G
As I love my Anna Marie
Someone told a story when they said they saw you out again
D7 G
But I know better cause angels don't lie
C D7 G
Wonder why they pick on you those friends even tell me to
C D7 G
But I don't listen cause angels don't lie

D7 A7 D7
I convinced myself that it can't be true
A7 D7
What e-ver you d-eny I'll believe cause I love you
G C D7 G C
I refuse to listen to all those lies they tell on you
D7 G
I know better cause angels don't lie

D7 A7 D7
I convinced myself that it just can't be true
A7 D7
What ever you deny I'll believe cause I love you
G C D7 G C
I refuse to listen to all those lies they tell on you
D7 G
I know better cause angels don't lie
Before I Die
recorded by Jim Reeves
written by Jim Carroll
 
G D7 G C
No need to say you're sorry no need to feel ashamed
G A7 D7
If I'm not the one you love don't feel you're to blame
G D7 G C
I don't deny it hurts me and this pain is hard to hide
G D7 G
But at least I lived a little while before I died

C G
I lived long enough to know the sweet thrill of your lips
A7 D7
I knew happiness right down to my fingertips
G C
You'll always be a part of me though you can't be mine
G D7 G
At least I lived a little while before I died

D7 G C
Don't ask me to forget you cause you mean too much to me
G A7 D7
I couldn't even if I tried too many memories
G D7 G C
My yesterdays were happy days and each memory's locked inside
G D7 G
At least I lived a little while before I died
C F C
Blue boy that's what they call me
F C G7 C
Cause I'm so lonely since I lost you
F C
Blue boy I'm known as blue boy
F C G7 C
You found the new boy and now we're through

F C
I had a twinkle in my eye
G7 C
When our sweet love was new
F C
Now all I do is moan and cry
D7 G7
And hunger after you

C F C
Blue boy I'll be a blue boy
F C G7 C
Until you need me as I need you

Blues in My Heart
recorded by Jim Reeves
written by Jenny Lou Carson and Red Foley
 
Intro:
G D7 G
Wish I could lose these blues in my heart

G7 C
Blues in my heart oh how it aches
D7 G
Nobody knows the sorrow it takes
G7 C
I should have known right from the start
D7 G
You'd leave me with these blues in my heart

G7 C
Gone is the love I couldn't hold
D7 G
Just like a lamb that's strayed from the fold
 G7 C
What can I do what can I say
D7 G
Blues in my heart have got me this way

G7 C
Rain's falling down down from the sky
D7 G
Why even the sun's beginning to cry
G7 C
Everything's wrong since we're apart
D7 G
Wish I could lose these blues in my heart
He'll Have to Go ( 3/4 time )
recorded by Jim Reeves
written by Joe Allison and Audrey Allison

G C G
Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
D7
Lets pretend that we're together all alone
G G7 C
I'll tell the man to turn the juke-box way down low
G D7
And you can tell you friend there with you
G
He'll have to go

D7 G C G
Whisper to me tell me do you love me true
D7
Or is he holding you the way I do
G G7 C
Tho' love is blind make up your mind I've got to know
G D7
Should I hang up or will you tell him
G G7
He'll have to go

C
You can't say the words I want to hear while
G G7
you're with another man

If you want me answer yes or no

G D7
darling I will understand

G C G
Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
D7
Let's pretend that we're together all a lone
G G7 C
I'll tell the man to turn the juke-box way down low
G D7
And you can tell your friend there with you
G
He'll have to go 
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Recorded by Jim Reeves written by Scott Wiseman
C G7
Have I told you lately that I love you
C
Could I tell you once again somehow
C7 F C F C
Have I told with all my heart and soul how I adore you
G7 C
Well darling I'm telling you now

C7 F C
This heart would break in two if you refuse me
G7 C
I'm no good without you anyhow
C7 F C
Dear have I told you lately that I love you
G7 C
Well darling I'm telling you now

G7
Have I told you lately how I miss you
C
When the stars are shining in the sky
C7 F C
Have I told you why the nights are long
F C
When you're not with me
G7 C
Well darling I'm telling you now

repeat #2
I Let The World Pass Me By
Recorded by Jim Reeves

G C
I let the world pass me by when I let you go
D7 G
I was a fool so how could I know
C
That when blue shadows fall each night I pray
D7 G
For someone I've loved always and lost in a day

C
I let the world pass me by the day I lost you
D7 G
My dreams are the same but they'll never come true
C
Where ever you go I'd like you to know
D7 G
The world pass me by when I let you go

C
I let the world pass me by I was to blind to see
D7 G
The one thing that mattered was being stolen from me
C
Now if I live forever I know that I
D7 G
Will always remember when the world passed me by
I Missed Me
recorded by Jim Reeves
written by Bill Anderson
 
G D7
Last night was the worst night of my life no doubt
G
Cause while I stayed at home someone else took you out
C
I cried 'cause I love you with all of my might
G D7 G
And I missed me how I missed me at your house last night

C G
I missed holding hands walking out on your lawn
C G D7
I missed the sweet kiss that was mine for so long
G C
Were you happy with new arms wrapped around you so tight
G D7 G
I missed me how I missed me at your house last night

D7
Did the neighbors say they noticed anything strange
G
Like a different car parked in your drive for a change
C
Did they watch as he kissed you beneath the porch light
G D7 G
Did they miss me like I missed me at your house last night

repeat #2
I Let The World Pass Me By
Recorded by Jim Reeves

G C
I let the world pass me by when I let you go
D7 G
I was a fool so how could I know
C
That when blue shadows fall each night I pray
D7 G
For someone I've loved always and lost in a day

C
I let the world pass me by the day I lost you
D7 G
My dreams are the same but they'll never come true
C
Where ever you go I'd like you to know
D7 G
The world pass me by when I let you go

C
I let the world pass me by I was to blind to see
D7 G
The one thing that mattered was being stolen from me
C
Now if I live forever I know that I
 D7 G
Will always remember when the world passed me by
I Love You More
recorded by Jim Reeves
written by Martin Greene and Jim Reeves
 
G C D7
I love you more than every wave that breaks upon
G C D7 G
Some far and distant lonely island shore
C D7
I love you more than every drop of rain that falls
G C D7 G
With every drop that falls I love you more

C G
At night I watch the moon on high and count the stars up in the sky
C G D7
For every star that shines tonight my love for you is just as bright
G C D7
I love you more forever I'll be true to you
G C D7 G
I know you'll always love me true for-ev-er more

Repeat #2
I Never Pass There Anymore
Recorded by Jim Reeves
Written by Harlan Howard

G
There's a house just down the street
C
A welcome mat outside the door
D7
But it's for him and not for me
G
I never pass there anymore

Within this house there is a girl

C
I'll always adore
D7
But I've been vanished from her world
G
I never pass there anymore

C
Within this girl there is a heart
G
And in this part there is a love
C
But it's a love for someone else
D7
I'm not the one she's dreaming of

G
Yes there's a house just down the street
C
I've been there many times before
 D7
But now it's best we never meet
G
I never pass there anymore
I Was Just Walking Out The Door
recorded by Jim Reeves
written by Cindy Walker
 
C G7 C
I was just walking out the door
F
It's too bad you didn't come before
E7 C Am
I waited so long so long so long
D7 G7
Now there's no time to wait anymore

C G7 C
How I cried for you day and night
F
And for the letters that you didn't write
E7 C Am
But now it's alright alright alright
D7 G7 C
You won't have to write anymore

G7 C
Not so long ago you will never know
G7 C
What this day to me could have been
G7 C
But it's all changed now darling anyhow
D7 G7
It was nice to see you again

C G7 C
Well it's almost a quarter to four
F
Sorry I can't wait anymore
E7 C Am
Must be on my way this is my wedding day
D7 G7 E7
And I was just walking out the door
D7 G7 C
I was just walking out the door
I Won't Come In While He's There
recorded by Jim Reeves
written by Gene Davis
 
C G7 C
Thought I'd stop by awhile and see you
F
Just once more before I leave town
C
But his car's parked there in your driveway
G7
And I see the curtain's pulled down
C G7 C
I won't bother to ring your doorbell
F
I'm not sure just how much I can bear
C
I might do something I'd be sorry for later
G7 C
So I won't come in while he's there

G7 C
Does he know my whole world is in there with him
G7 C
That he's king while he sits there in my chair
F
I'd like to tell you just how much I still love you
C G7 C
But I won't come in while he's there
C G7 C
No I won't come in while he's there
I'm Gonna Change Everything
recorded by Jim Reeves
written by Alex Zanetis
 
G
Yeah I'm gonna change everything
D7 G D7
That holds a memory of you oh yeah
G
I'm gonna start with the walls
D7
Take the pictures off the walls and burn 'em

Move the chairs around take

G
The window curtains down and burn 'em
C
Everything I see reminds me you were here
G
Yeah I'm gonna change everything
D7 G D7
That holds a memory of you oh yeah

G D7
The candelabra set you gave me on the night of my birthday
G
The records that you bought the hi-fi we loved to play
C
The decorating man will come and rearrange them
G D7 G D7
Yeah I'm gonna change everything that holds a memory of you oh yeah

G
Take the carpet off the floor
D7
Throw it out the door it's filled with tears
G
Everything I find that bring you to my mind must disappear
C
Every night I dream I'll dream of someone new
G D7 G
Yeah I'm gonna change everything that holds a memory of you

Repeat #1 
My Lips Are Sealed
recorded by Jim Reeves
written by Ben Weisman, Hal Blair, Bill Peppers 

G
I promise you he'll never know 
                              D7
That once we loved each other so
 
The past we knew I'll not reveal 
            G
My lips are sealed
 
 
My heart may cry with every beat 
                          D7
Without your love I'm not complete
 
It doesn't matter how I feel 
            G
My lips are sealed
 
G7           C
Let there be laughter 
               G
Not one single tear 
         A7
And ever after 
               D7
Let your fears disappear
 
G
If you love him as I love you 
                          D7
Forget the past I led you through
                              
Just don't look back it's all concealed 
            G
My lips are sealed
 
G7           C
Let there be laughter 
               G
Not one single tear 
         A7
And ever after 
               D7
Let your fears disappear
 
G
If you love him as I love you 
                          D7
Forget the past I led you through
                              
Just don't look back it's all concealed 
            G
My lips are sealed

Yonder Comes A Sucker

by Jim Reeves
 
C                            G7
Railroad steamboat river and canal
                                      C
Yonder comes a sucker and he's got my gal
 
And she's gone gone gone  and she's gone gone gone
                    G7       C
And I'll bid her my last farewell
 
                                          
I fell in love with a pretty little thing
               G7                  C
I thought that wedding bells would ring
 
She was as sweet as she could be
             G7                  C
Till I found out what she did to me
 
Repeat #1
                             
I asked her mother to let her go
              G7                     C
She whispered mother please tell him no
 
Though he may think that I am true
                 G7                   C
There are plenty more who'll think so too
 
Repeat #1
                        
Now I won't cry my life away
           G7                  C
Some other sucker will have to pay
 
And when he finds that she is gone
             G7                 C
I guess I'll hear him sing this song
 
Repeat #1

FOUR WALLS (Jim Reeves)

Written by George Campbell and Marvin Moore 

Out where the bright lights are glowing

You're drawn like a moth to a flame 
You laugh while the wine's overflowing
While I sit and whisper your name

CHORUS:
Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls too near me
Closing in on me

Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting

But my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love not for hating
So here where you left me I'll stay

One night with you is like heaven

And so while I'm walking the floor
I listen for steps in the hallway
And wait for your knock on my door.

 Send "How Can I Write On Paper What I Feel In My Heart" Ringtones to Cell  

With pen in hand I try to write this note to you.

I know now where I stand but what am I to do
I found so many things to say since we're so far apart
How can I write on paper what I feel in my heart

How can I write on paper what I'm feeling deep inside

Words to you would last no longer then it takes the ink to dry
A love as sweet as yours and mine deserve another start
How can I write on paper what I feel in my heart

[Music]
 Those simple things you gave are worth the world to me
And each of them I claim you, can take memories
so many things were left unsaid I don't know where to start
How can I write on paper what I feel in my heart

How can I write on paper what I'm feeling deep inside

Words to you would last no longer then it takes the ink to dry
A love as sweet as yours and mine deserve another start
How can I write on paper what I feel in my heart

 Send "Gypsy Heart" Ringtones to Cell 

Oh, Gypsy heart when you hear the whistle of a train

You forget the promise that you made down in lover's lane
You forget the kisses warm
The way you held her in your arms
You forget the way you thrilled her heart with all your gypsy charms.

Oh - oh - ohhhhhhhhhhh
Hear the whistle blow
Oh - oh - ohhhhhhhhhhh 
Away, away you go
Gypsy heart you want love but not the settled kind
You'll be the death of love for me oh gypsy heart of mine.

I met a girl Birmingham with eyes so big and blue

I loved her since she said I cannot roam my dear with you
She said I want a little home
A heart to love and not roam
I'm sure someday you'll find your own a gypsy heart like you.

Oh - oh - ohhhhhhhhhhh
Hear the whistle blow
Oh - oh - ohhhhhhhhhhh 
Away, away you go
Up till now the girls you've loved have all been very smart
They know even the change of love can't bind your gypsy heart.

Gypsy heart the wind that blows so far across the sea
Most of you will come along there's pretty things to see
In Ireland there are fair colleens
And songs of long ago
And the lovely ladies down in Spain oh gypsy heart let's go.

Oh - oh - ohhhhhhhhhhh
Hear the whistle blow
Oh - oh - ohhhhhhhhhhh 
Away, away you go
You've been doin' everything since Noah sailed his ark
So let's keep rolling 'til we find another gypsy heart.

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Back about eighteen hundred and some a Louisiana couple had a red headed son
No name suited him Jim Jack or Joe they just called him Billy Bayou

Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go you're walkin' on quick sand and walk slow
Billy Billy Bayou watch what you say a pretty girl'll get you one of these days
[ guitar ]
Billy was a boy kinda big for his size red hair and freckles and big blue eyes
Thirteen years from the day he was born Bill fought the battles of the Little Big Horn
Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go...
[ guitar ]
One sad day Billy cried ho-ho I can whip the feathers of Geronimo
He smarted off the chief got mad this nearly ended our Louisiana lad
Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go...
[ guitar ]
One day in 1878 a pretty girl walked through Bill's front gate
He didn't know whether to stand there and run
He wound up married cause he did neighter one
Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go...

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South of the border, hey, I know a lad,

He's got more fun than anybody's had,
Don't got no worry, don't got no dough,
Everybody's wondering 'bout Mexican Joe.
In old Mexico, they call him the Rhumba King,
Leads all the women around on a string,
When they go out, they get a million thrills,
But the lovely senoritas always wind up with the bills.

Chorus: Dancin', romancin',

Always on the go,
Sun shinin' down on Mexican Joe

(piano)

He makes the night spots all along the bay,

People want to see him when he comes their way,
He spreads so much joy everywhere he goes,
That everyone shouts "Viva la Mexican Joe."
He likes to gamble, at poker he's an ace,
He's always lucky with the cards that got a face,
At winning the money, he is sure a whiz,
But when they win they don't collect 
'cause they don't know where he is. 

Repeat Chorus

(Fiddles)

He don't got no income tax 'cause he don't got no dough,

Still he gets along just fine, how we'll never know,
He's got everything he wants, a girl, a drink, a song,
If we use his formula, we surely can't go wrong.
His favorite playground is anywhere there's girls,
He's got that somethin' that sets their hearts a-whirl,
It couldn't be his money 'cause he ain't got a peso,
But when he wants a kiss all he's got to do is say so 

Repeat Chorus