Biography:
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Other songs:
- Fishin' In The Dark
- Amazing Grace
- American Dream
- An American Dream
- Angelyne
- Battle Of New Orleans
- Bayou Jubilee
- Blue Ridge Mountain Girl
- Bowlegs
- Buy For Me The Rain
- Cadillac Ranch
- Colorado Christmas
- Daddy Was A Sailor
- Dance Little Jean
- Dancin To The Beat Of A Broken Heart
- Dancing To The Beat
- Face On The Cutting Room Floor
- Fishin In The Dark
- Fishing In The Dark
- Good To Be Alive
- Hello I Am Your Heart
- High Horse
- Home Again In My Heart
- How Long
- Jamaica Lady
- Little Mountain Church House
- Long Hard Road
- Louisiana Saturday Night
- Lovin On The Side
- Lowlands
- Make A Little Magic
- Modern Day Romance
- Mr Bojangles
- Nine Pound Hammer
- Oh What A Love
- Old Upright Piano
- One Step Over The Line
- Partners Brothers And Friends
- Propinquity
- Riding Alone
- Ripplin Water
- Rocky Top Tennessee
- Roll That Stone Away
- Shot Full Of Love
- Some Of Shellys Blues
- Stand A Little Rain
- Take Me In Your Life Boat
- The Lowlands
- The Lowlands Improved
- There Is A Time
- This Train Keeps Rolling Along
- Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble To Me
- When I Get My Rewards
- When Its Gone
- Will The Be Unbroken
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- Working Man Nowhere To Go
- You Aint Goin Nowhere
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
D
F G
[Verse 1]
D C G D C G
Buy for me the rain, my darling, buy for me rain
D C G D
Buy for me the crystal pools that fall upon the plain
G A
And I'll buy for you a rainbow, and a million pots of gold
D C G C
Buy it for me now, babe, before I am too old ( I am too old)
[Instrumental]
D C G
D C
[Verse 2]
D C G D C G
Buy for me the sun, my darling, buy for me the sun
D C G D
Buy for me the light that falls when day has just begun
G A
And I'll buy for you a shadow to protect you from the day
D C G D
Buy it for me now, babe, before I go away-ay-ay.
[Instrumental]
D C G
D C
[Verse 3]
D C G D C G
Buy for me the robin, darling, buy for me the wing.
D C G D
Buy for me a sparrow, or most any flying thing.
G A
And I'll buy for you a tree, my love, where a robin's nest may grow
D C G C
Buy it for me now, babe, the years all hurry so (they hurry so)
[Instrumental]
D C G
D C
[Verse 4]
D C G D C G
I cannot buy you happiness, I cannot buy you years.
D C G D
I cannot buy you happiness, in place of all the tears.
G A
But I can buy for you a gravestone, to lay behind your head
D C G
Gravestones cheer the living, dear, they're no use
C
to the dead
[Instrumental]
D C G
D C
[Outro]
D C G D C G
Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly
D C G D C
Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly
G A D C G C D
D
F G
[Verse 1]
D C G D C G
Buy for me the rain, my darling, buy for me rain
D C G D
Buy for me the crystal pools that fall upon the plain
G A
And I'll buy for you a rainbow, and a million pots of gold
D C G C
Buy it for me now, babe, before I am too old ( I am too old)
[Instrumental]
D C G
D C
[Verse 2]
D C G D C G
Buy for me the sun, my darling, buy for me the sun
D C G D
Buy for me the light that falls when day has just begun
G A
And I'll buy for you a shadow to protect you from the day
D C G D
Buy it for me now, babe, before I go away-ay-ay.
[Instrumental]
D C G
D C
[Verse 3]
D C G D C G
Buy for me the robin, darling, buy for me the wing.
D C G D
Buy for me a sparrow, or most any flying thing.
G A
And I'll buy for you a tree, my love, where a robin's nest may grow
D C G C
Buy it for me now, babe, the years all hurry so (they hurry so)
[Instrumental]
D C G
D C
[Verse 4]
D C G D C G
I cannot buy you happiness, I cannot buy you years.
D C G D
I cannot buy you happiness, in place of all the tears.
G A
But I can buy for you a gravestone, to lay behind your head
D C G
Gravestones cheer the living, dear, they're no use
C
to the dead
[Instrumental]
D C G
D C
[Outro]
D C G D C G
Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly
D C G D C
Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly Ly
G A D C G C D
No Rome
No Special...
No Te Va Gustar
No Use For A Nam (...)
No Vacation