Crow Black Chicken Ry Cooder

Well, I went on the mountain And I gave my horn a blow Thought I heard some purty gal say

If There's a God Ry Cooder

there`s still a God in heaven He`s got to hit that lonesome road No more Jesus Mary and Joe They done passed Heaven Bill 1070 Restricted signs everywhere you go I think they want to bring back old Jim Crow

Brother Is Gone Ry Cooder

again And take one of you down back to Hell with me Oil spills and cancer towns was our steppin' stones Immigration bills and foreclosure homes States' rights we proclaimed like in the good old Jim Crow

Take Your Hands Off It Ry Cooder

know it don't belong to you Get your greasy stinking hands off my voting rights I'll vote how I please I'll vote how I choose You can spend your money but in the end you're bound to lose Can't Jim Crow

I Got Mine Ry Cooder

I grabbed that money Out the back door (G) I went flying Well, (C) ever since the big crap game I've been (F) livin' on chicken and (C) wine.

Going to Tampa Ry Cooder

We'll spook the congregation and petrify the nation And blame the folks from Mexico somehow And let me introduce a man who all know well He can play a very important role State rights is his game Jim Crow

UFO Has Landed In The Ghetto Ry Cooder

(Ry Cooder & Jim Keltner) Lonesome outerspace invader blasting through the night Tuning in the soul music on the satellite All that low-down funky rhythm makes him jump and shout Just got to find that

Chloe Ry Cooder

Empty spaces in his eyes Empty arms outstretched, he's crying Through the black of night I've got to go where you are If it's dark or bright I've got to go where you are I'll go through the dismal swampland

In My Town Ry Cooder

Black town, shack town, and hick town, from my room. Looking down through the rain, I think the future's going my way. And there's a freeway coming soon Right through this dirty old room.

Billy The Kid Ry Cooder

first man Fair Mexican maidens play guitars and sing Songs about Billy their boy bandit king Before this young manhood reached its sad end He'd a notch on his pistol for twenty one men It was on one black

I Need A Woman Ry Cooder

right Just don't let the wrong people know what it's all about They might put the evil eye on you Use their hidden powers to try to turn you out Well, I need a woman Just to be my queen Need a woman Black

Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean Ry Cooder

(Ry Cooder) Hey, mama, don't you treat your daughter mean Hey, mama, don't you treat your daughter mean 'Cause you treat her so mean and she's only sweet sixteen It was late last Friday evening, when

Sundown Town Ry Cooder

hangin' around Don't let 'em catch you, Buddy, when the sun goin' down If you black, you better get back And if you brown, don't you hang around And if you red, you might be dead And if you ain't white

All shook up Ry Cooder

Yeah! oh! well, bless my soul, what's wrong with me ? I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree the friends say I'm acting wild as a bug I'm in love, I'm all shook up I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, oh...

He`ll Have To Go Ry Cooder

Put your (F) sweet lips a little (B) closer to the (F) phone And let's pretend that we're to (Dm) gether all a (C7) lone I'll tell the (F) man to turn the (F7) jukebox way down (B) low And you can ...

Alimony Ry Cooder

(C) Look at this one, look at that one Tell me do they look like me All my (F) friends said, don't you worry Said they'll testify for (C) me Well, I (G) wonder which of (F) my friends had it in for...

Pigmeat Ry Cooder

(C7) Just look here mama Don't pick pig meat the way you (C) do (F7) Don't pick pig meat the way you (C) do (C7) Don't be (G7) lieve it's pig meat Ask (F7) anybody in the neighborhood (C) Don't be...

Yellow Roses Ry Cooder

(C) I just received, sweetheart, your yellow (F) roses You tell me (C) that they (D) mean that we're all (G) through You tell me (C) that tonight your heart is (F) broken But you should (C) know (G...

Mutt Romney Blues Ry Cooder

Now boss Mitt Romney went for a ride Pulled up on a highway side Tied me down up on the roof Boss I hollered, woof woof woof Please master boss! Don’t look right, it don’t seem right Hot in the day...

No Banker Left Behind Ry Cooder

My telephone rang one evening, my buddy called for me Said the bankers are all leavin', you better come round and see It started revelation, they robbed the nation blind, They're all down at the st...

Quick Sand Ry Cooder

I left my home in Tamaulipas In Sonoyta I came across Just six of us when we started Walking behind thc coyote boss The old man said let me go there with you Yes I'm old but I'm mighty tough I know...

Baby Joined The Army Ry Cooder

Lt was on a Friday evening wasn`t nobody `round I was sitting by my window watching tbe sun go down My baby came up to me saying daddy I got news for you I have been recruited and there ain`t nothi...

Lord Tell Me Why Ry Cooder

Lord tell me why a white man ain`t worth nothing in this world no more Lord tell me how you `spect me to stand up tall and proud I did just what you told I done everything you said But the way I`m ...

Simple Tools Ry Cooder

My wife used to say she couldn`t understand Why I make my living working with my hands She met a junk bond daddy and he broke up my home He made his living on the telephone Daddy spied my darling a...

No Hard Feelings Ry Cooder

This land should have been om land You took it for your land You got a use for every stream and tree When I go up the highway old trees are dying up that way You pump out the water and sell it back...

Smack Dab In The Middle Ry Cooder

Well, (G) pick me a town in any climePeople like a rockin' timeStay awake both day and nightAnd everybody's feeling good and rightThen (G7) throw me(C) Smack dab in the middleSmack dab in the middl...

Tattler Ry Cooder

Whenever you find a man that loves every woman he sees,There's always some kind of woman that's a-puttin' him up a tree.Now that kind of man, he ain't got as much sense as a mule.You know, everyone...

Dark End Of The Street Ry Cooder

At the dark end of the streetThat's where we always meetHiding in shadows where we don't belongLiving in darkness, to right our wrongYou and me, at the dark end of the streetYou and meI know time's...

The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor) Ry Cooder

My father told me, lying on his bed of death, "Boy," he says, "woman she's gonna make it, don't fool your self 'Cause she's got something to make a man lay that money, uh, right in her hand And...

Going Back To Okinawa Ry Cooder

Goin' back down to OkinawaSorry, baby, but I can't take youYou better stay at home in CaliforniaThere's nothing over there that you can doGoin' back down to OkinawaAin't gonna do me like you've don...

Money Honey Ry Cooder

(A) Well, the landlord rang my frontdoor bell (E) I let it rang for a long, long spell (D) Went to the window, peeped through the blind (E) Asked him to tell me what was on his mind He said, (A)

Why Don't You Try Me Ry Cooder

If your man has got you on the run why don't you try me ?If you wanna have a little fun, oh baby, why don't you try me ?If you tote more that you can bear, if your troubles been more than your shar...

Down In Hollywood Ry Cooder

Give me that"; [Sounds of fists, a robbery] ";Cops coming"; Voice of policeman (Ry): ";869 Victor."; [radio code] ";Jesus, this guy's a mess"; Voice of other cop: ";Well, he's just drunk.

Which Came First Ry Cooder

You may be a hater, you may be a lover You can bet your life one destroys the other I don't know how it all began, which came first The egg or the hen The moon comes up and the sun goes down This o...

Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know) Ry Cooder

-Man, I'm gonna tell you my story -Go on and tell about it, go on and tell about it more -Just what I've been doing -What you've been doing, Ry ?

Get Rhythm (With Larry Blackmon) Ry Cooder

Get rhythm when you get the bluesHey, get rhythm when you get the bluesGet a rock 'n' roll feelin' in your bonesGet taps on your toes and just get goneGet rhythm when you get the bluesLittle shoesh...

Little Sister Ry Cooder

(B) Little sister won't you (E) please, please, (B) pleaseLittle sister don't you (E) cheat on (B) meLittle sister don't you (E) kiss me once and twiceSay it's very nice and then you (Gm) run (F)(E...

Stand By Me (LP Version) Ry Cooder

When the night has come, and the land is dark And the moon is the only light we will see No, I won't be afraid, oh, I won't be afraid Just as long as you stand, stand by me So darlin', darlin' ...

Suitcase In My Hand Ry Cooder

When I was still a kitten, daddy told me, Son,There's just one thing that you should knowAs through this world you ramble and through this world you roamJust take this little suitcase when you goAn...

Cat And Mouse Ry Cooder

Well I had an Uncle Charley, back in my hometownSaid, Don't take no mice to be your friend'Cause they'll wait till you're asleep and steal your money and your foodAnd rat you out when the police co...

J. Edgar Ry Cooder

Down on the farm we had a pig, J. Edgar was his nameHe'd eat up all our victuals and start back up againJust like them vacuum cleaners they sell down in the laneWell, that's how J. Edgar Hoover got...

Footprints In The Snow Ry Cooder

Well, some folks like the summertime they can walk aboutStrolling through the meadow green it's pleasant there's no doubtBut to me the wintertime is the best of all'Cause I found her when the snow ...

Green Dog Ry Cooder

Walkin' cross the desert, it ain't no funToo hot in the daytime, too much sunLefty says we'll cross at nighttimeLike my people always have doneKeep moving, quit naggingWalk, don't runI ask Lefty, W...

The Dying Truck Driver Ry Cooder

Well, we made our way up 99 in the springtime of the yearThe San Joaquin was all in bloom, and songbirds everywhereWe chanced upon a workingman, lying by the roadI judged him for a truck driver by ...

Christmas In Southgate Ry Cooder

Well, you got no credit and I got no cashNow that bonus they give us was nothing but trashYou been laid off at Goodyear, I been laid off at HughesIt looks like a bad year, there just ain't no use'C...

Hank Williams Ry Cooder

You been over at that jukebox, mister, all this afternoonPlaying Hank Williams records for a dimeWell, I may be just a cat to you, but I know that heartbreak tuneAnd I'm proud to say Hank Williams ...

Three Chords and the Truth Ry Cooder

I'm going to tell you a story right hereHuh, you may not believe itI dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, standin' in the prison yardThey were taking poor Joe, chained and bound, to a Utah firing squ...

My Name Is Buddy Ry Cooder

Now my name is Buddy, don't you pity meDon't you pity me, don't you pity meMy name is Buddy, don't you pity meDon't you pity me, don't you pity meJust because I ain't so big, you think I'm smallWel...

Cardboard Avenue Ry Cooder

Well, thank you for the drink my friend, that's alright with meLet's drink to the workingman, wherever he might beRemember what he stood up for and the struggles he went throughThen let us take a l...

There's A Bright Side Somewhere Ry Cooder

Well there's a bright side somewhere, there's a bright side somewhereNow I ain't gonna rest until I find itThere's a bright side somewhereAnd there's more love somewhere, and there's more peace som...