Biography:
By most accounts, George Jones (born George Glenn Jones September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas, died April 26, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee), was the finest vocalist in the recorded history of country music. Initially, he was a hardcore honky tonker in the tradition of Hank Williams, but over the course of his career he developed an affecting, nuanced ballad style. In the course of his career, he never left the top of the country charts, even as he suffered innumerable personal and professional difficulties.
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Other songs:
- 50,000 Names Carved In The Wall
- A Cold Day In December
- A Drunk Can't Be A Man
- A Few Good Ole Country Boys Around
- A Good Year For The Roses
- A Picture Of Me Without You
- A Real Close Friend
- A Thousand Times A Day
- Accidentally On Purpose
- Aching Breaking Heart
- After Closing Time
- After I Sing All My Songs
- Ain't Love A Lot Like That
- Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
- All I Want To Do In Life
- Angels Don't Fly They Just Walk Out On You
- Bartender Blues
- Blindfold Of Love
- Blue Side Of Lonesome
- Boat Of Life
- Born With The Blues
- Bridge Washed Out
- Bringing It Home
- Brother To The Blues
- Brown To Blue
- C C Waterback
- Color Of The Blues
- Come Home To Me
- Cup Of Loneliness
- Daddy Come Home
- Day After Forever
- Don't Do This To Me
- Don't Send Me No Angels
- Don't Stop The Music
- Drive Me To Drink
- Eskimo Pie
- Even The Bad Times Are Good
- Flowers For Mama
- Forever's Here To Stay
- Four O Thirty Three
- Fox On The Run
- Garage Sale Today
- Golden Ring
- Good Ones And Bad Ones
- Half Over You
- He Made Me Free
- He Stopped Loving Her Today
- Hell Stays Open All Night
- Hello Heart
- Here In The Real World
- High Tech Redneck
- Homecoming In Heaven
- Honky Tonk Myself To Death
- Hopelessly Yours
- How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
- How Proud I Would Have Been
- Hundred Proof Memories
- I Always Get Lucky With You
- I Can Live Forever
- I Can Still See Him In Your Eyes
- I Can't Change Overnight
- I Don't Go Back Anymore
- I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair
- I Don't Want No Stranger Sleepin' In My Bed
- I Dreamed My Baby Came Home
- I Just Don't Give A Damn
- I Know A Man Who Can
- I Must Have Done Something Bad
- I Said All That To Say All This
- I Sleep Just Like A Baby
- I Turn To You
- I Want To Grow Old With You
- I'll Be Your Stepping Stone
- I'll Give You Something To Drink About
- I'll Never Let Go Of You
- I'll Share My World With You
- I'm Finally Over You
- I'm Not Ready Yet
- I'm Over You
- I'm Wasting Good Paper
- I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You
- I've Aged Twenty Years In Five
- I've Had Choices
- I've Just Got To See You Once More
- I've Still Got Some Hurting To Do
- If Drinking Don't Kill Me
- If Drinking Don't Kill Me (her Memory Will)
- If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
- If I Could Put Them All Together
- If I Don't Love You
- If Only Your Eyes Could Lie
- If You Believe
- If You Want To Wear A Crown
- In A Gospel Way
- It Don't Get Any Better Than This
- It's Finally Friday
- Just One More
- Keep The Change
- King Of The Mountain
- Leaning On The Everlasting Arm
- Let There Be Woman
- Long Time To Forget
- Lord You've Been Mighty Good To Me
- Love Is All We Need
- Loving You Could Never Be Better
- Mama Take Me Home
- Mama's Hands
- Me And Jesus
- Milwaukee Here I Come
- Multiply The Heartaches
- My Favorite Lies
- Near You
- No Future For Me In Our Past
- Not What I Had In Mind
- Nothing Ever Hurt Me (half As Bad As Losing You)
- Old Brush Arbors
- Old Fashioned Singing
- On Second Thought
- On The Back Row
- Once You've Had The Best
- Our Bed Of Roses
- Over Something Good
- Poor Man's Riches
- Release Me From Sin
- Same Old Me
- Say It's Not You
- Seasons Of My Heart
- Second Handed Flowers
- She Knows What She's Crying About
- She Loved A Lot In Her Time
- She Loves Me Right Out Of My Mind
- She Needs Me
- She Once Lived Here
- She Thinks I Still Care
- She's Just An Old Love Turned Memory
- She's Mine
- She's My Mother
- She's My Rock
- Shine On
- Simply Divine
- Size Seven Round
- Skip A Rope
- Small Time Laboring Man
- Someday My Day Will Come
- Sometimes You Just Can't Win
- Southern California
- Stand On My Own Two Knees
- Still Doing Time
- Sweeter Than The Flowers
- Tagging Along
- Take Me
- Take The World But Give Me Jesus
- Talk Back Trembling Lips
- Talk To Me Lonesome Heart
- Talk To Me Old Lonesome Heart
- Tall Tall Trees
- Tarnished Angel
- Tattletale Eyes
- Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong
- Tell Me Something I Don't Know
- Tender Years
- Tennessee Whiskey
- That's The Way I Feel
- The Bill Is Falling Due
- The Cold Hard Truth
- The Door
- The Garden
- The Good Ole Bible
- The Grand Tour
- The Lone Ranger
- The Old Old House
- The One I Loved Back Then (the Corvette Song)
- The Race Is On
- The Right Left Hand
- The Rock
- The Visit
- The Warm Red Wine
- There's The Door
- These Days I Barely Get By
- These Old Eyes Have Seen It All
- Things Have Gone To Pieces
- This Bottle In My Hand
- Tied To A Stone
- Too Cold At Home
- Too Much Water
- Treasure Of Love
- Two Story House
- Walk Through This World With Me
- Walls Can Fall
- Waltz Of The Angels
- Wandering Soul
- We Go Together
- We're Gonna Hold On
- 50000 Names Carved In The Wall
- A Day In The Life Of A Fool
- A Drunk Cant Be A Man
- A New Baby For Christmas
- After Clsing Time
- After You
- Aint Love A Lot Like That
- All I Have To Offer You Is Me
- All The Praises
- Am I That Easy To Forget
- Angel Band
- Angels Dont Fly
- Anit Nobody Gonna Miss Me When Im Gone
- Back Down To Hung Up On You
- Beer Run
- Beggar To A King
- Between My House And Town
- Bone Dry
- Book Of Memories
- Bur4Ning Bridges
- Burn Your Playhouse Down
- Choices
- Cold Hard Truth
- Corvette Song
- Couldnt Love Have Picked A Better Place To Die
- Crawdad Song
- Cry Like A Baby
- Darlin
- Dont Do This To Me
- Dont Send Me No Angels
- Dont Stop The Music
- Feeling Single Seeing Double
- Finally Friday
- Flame In My Heart
- Forevers Here To Stay
- From Strangers To Lovers To Friends
- Getting Over The Storm
- Grand Tour
- Hangin On To One
- Heartaches By The Number
- Hell Stays Open All Night Long
- Her Name Is
- Here We Are
- High
- Honey Hush
- Honky Tonk Song
- I Cried Myself Awake
- I Dont Need You Rocking Chair
- I Dont Need Your Rocking Chair
- I Just Dont Give A Damn
- I Shouldve Called
- If Drinking Dont Kill Me
- If My Heart Had Windows
- Ill Give You Something To Drink About
- Ill Share My World
- Ill Share My World With You
- Ill Take You To My World
- Im A One Woman Man
- Im With The Wrong One
- It Sure Was Good
- Ive Aged Twenty Years In Five
- Ive Been Out A Walk
- Ive Never Bit A Bullet Like This Before
- Jesus Hold My Hand
- Just When
- Least Of All You
- Life To Go
- Lonesome Old Town
- Love Bug
- Love Coming Down
- Love In Your Eyes
- Loves Gonna Live Here Again
- Made For The Blues
- Man Worth Lovin You
- Mansion Over The Hill Top
- Memories
- Memories Of Us
- Money To Burn
- Mr And Mrs Santa Claus
- Never Ending Song Of Love
- Nothing Can Stop My Loving You
- Nothing Ever Hurt Me Half As Bad As Losing You
- Oh Lonesome Me
- Old Old House
- On The Other Hand
- Once Youve Had The Best
- One
- Open Pit Mine
- Pass Me By
- Playing Possum
- Precious Memories
- Rest In Peace
- Revenooer Man
- Right Wont Touch A Hand
- Rosie Bokay
- Same Ol Me
- Selfishness In Man
- She Hung The Moon
- She Loved Alot In Her Time
- She Told Me So
- Shell Love The One Shes With
- Shes Mine
- Ship Of Love
- Silver Eagle
- Somebody Wants Me
- Somethin To Brag About
- Something To Brag About
- Sometimes You Just Cant Win
- Still Doin Time
- Tavern Choir
- Thats All It Took
- The Battle
- The Bird
- The Corvette Song
- The Greatest Christmas Gift
- The Image Of Me
- The King Is Gone
- The Last Letter
- The One I Loved Back Then
- The Way I Am
- The Window Up Above
- Theres The Door
- These Days
- These Hands
- Theyre Playing Our Song
- Uh Uh No
- We Didnt See A Thing
- We Found A Match
- Were Not The Jet Set
- Were Watching Our Steps
- What Am I Doing There
- What Am I Worth
- What My Woman Cant Do
- Whatcha Gonna Do
- When Mama Sang
- When The Grass Grows Over Me
- When The Last Curtain Falls
- Where Grass Wont Grow
- Where We Will Never Grow Old
- White Lighting
- White Lightning
- Who Shot Sam
- Whos Gonna Fill Their Shoes
- Why Baby Why
- Wild Irish Rose
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- Will You Travel Down The Road With Me
- Window Up Above
- Wine Colored Roses
- Wood And Wire
- Wrongs What I Do Best
- You Oughta Be Here With Me
- Your Heart Turned Left
- Youre Still On My Mind
- Youve Still Got A Place In My Heart
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Wild Irish Rose
by George Jones September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013
This is one of my favorite songs of all time, but the only versions I found
weren't exactly wrong, just incomplete. This song is VERY easy to play; you can
arpeggiate the chords if you want to make it that much better, but strumming is just fine.
"George Jones has left us. We have lost one of the most individual singers of all
time. I cannot express the emptiness I feel." Keith Richards
VERSE 1:
A D A
THEY SENT HIM TO ASIA TO FIGHT IN A WAR
D A E
HE CAME BACK HOME CRAZY AND THEY ASKED HIM WHAT FOR
A D A
THEY HAD HIM COMMITTED OH MEDALS AND ALL
D A E A
TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL WITH RUBBER WALLS
VERSE 2:
A D A
THEY CUT OFF THE FUNDING OH THEY CUT OF THE LIGHTS
D A E
HE HIT THE STREET RUNNING THAT COLD WINTER NIGHT
A D A
NOW THE STREETS ARE THE ONLY PLACE HE CAN CALL HOME
D A E A
HE SEEMS OH SO LONELY BUT HE'S NEVER ALONE
CHORUS:
A C#m D A
HE LIES THERE HOLDING HIS WILD IRISH ROSE
D A E
THIS CRAZY OLD FOOL IN THE SMELLY OLD CLOTHES
A C#m D A
HE COULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING MUCH BETTER, GOD KNOWS
A D E A
THAN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE
VERSE 3:
A D A
A BABY NAMED SCARLET WITH LAUGHING BLUE EYES
D A E A
HAS BEEN IN HIS WALLET OH WAY BACK SINCE '65
D A
SO MUCH WAS FORGOTTEN OH SO FAR BACK IN TIME
D A E A
WAY DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF A RIVER OF WINE
SPOKEN:
D A
YOU KNOW THEY FOUND HIM ON PARK STREET, WEST 25TH
D A E
THEY CANT EVEN FIND A HEART BEAT LORD HIS FINGERS ARE STIFF
A D A
JUST LIKE THEIR ALL FROZEN HE'S HOLDING HER TIGHT
D A E A
BUT THE HABIT OH ITS BROKEN THIS IS ROSES LAST NIGHT
CHORUS 2
A C#m D A
HE LIES THERE HOLDING HIS WILD IRISH ROSE
D A E
BUT HIS SOUL'S IN A PLACE WHERE A REAL HERO GOES
A C#m D A
NOW HES GOT SOMETHING BETTER, MUCH BETTER, GOD KNOWS
No Chords
THAN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE
Outro
A, C#m, D, A, D, A, E (x2)
by George Jones September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013
This is one of my favorite songs of all time, but the only versions I found
weren't exactly wrong, just incomplete. This song is VERY easy to play; you can
arpeggiate the chords if you want to make it that much better, but strumming is just fine.
"George Jones has left us. We have lost one of the most individual singers of all
time. I cannot express the emptiness I feel." Keith Richards
VERSE 1:
A D A
THEY SENT HIM TO ASIA TO FIGHT IN A WAR
D A E
HE CAME BACK HOME CRAZY AND THEY ASKED HIM WHAT FOR
A D A
THEY HAD HIM COMMITTED OH MEDALS AND ALL
D A E A
TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL WITH RUBBER WALLS
VERSE 2:
A D A
THEY CUT OFF THE FUNDING OH THEY CUT OF THE LIGHTS
D A E
HE HIT THE STREET RUNNING THAT COLD WINTER NIGHT
A D A
NOW THE STREETS ARE THE ONLY PLACE HE CAN CALL HOME
D A E A
HE SEEMS OH SO LONELY BUT HE'S NEVER ALONE
CHORUS:
A C#m D A
HE LIES THERE HOLDING HIS WILD IRISH ROSE
D A E
THIS CRAZY OLD FOOL IN THE SMELLY OLD CLOTHES
A C#m D A
HE COULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING MUCH BETTER, GOD KNOWS
A D E A
THAN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE
VERSE 3:
A D A
A BABY NAMED SCARLET WITH LAUGHING BLUE EYES
D A E A
HAS BEEN IN HIS WALLET OH WAY BACK SINCE '65
D A
SO MUCH WAS FORGOTTEN OH SO FAR BACK IN TIME
D A E A
WAY DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF A RIVER OF WINE
SPOKEN:
D A
YOU KNOW THEY FOUND HIM ON PARK STREET, WEST 25TH
D A E
THEY CANT EVEN FIND A HEART BEAT LORD HIS FINGERS ARE STIFF
A D A
JUST LIKE THEIR ALL FROZEN HE'S HOLDING HER TIGHT
D A E A
BUT THE HABIT OH ITS BROKEN THIS IS ROSES LAST NIGHT
CHORUS 2
A C#m D A
HE LIES THERE HOLDING HIS WILD IRISH ROSE
D A E
BUT HIS SOUL'S IN A PLACE WHERE A REAL HERO GOES
A C#m D A
NOW HES GOT SOMETHING BETTER, MUCH BETTER, GOD KNOWS
No Chords
THAN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE
Outro
A, C#m, D, A, D, A, E (x2)
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