Judy Collins - Judith - Album (1975)
1. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
2. Angel Spread Your Wings
3. Houses tabbed by henatlbch
4. The Lovin' Of The Game
5. Song For Duke tabbed by plaguerose333
6. Send In The Clowns tabbed by Pencom
7. Salt Of The Earth
8. Brother Can You Spare A Dime
9. City Of New Orleans
10. I'll Be Seeing You
11. Pirate Ships
12. Born To The Breed
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Track 1 - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[Intro]
G C G
[Verse 1]
C
See her how she flies
G Am G
Golden sails across the sky
C Am D
Close enough to touch
Bm7 Em
But careful if you try
C D Em C
Though she looks as warm as gold
G Am G
The moon's a harsh mistress
C G
The moon can be so cold
[Verse 2]
C
Once the sun did shine
G Am G
Lord, it felt so fine
C Am D
The moon a phantom rose
Bm7 Em
Through the mountains and the pines
C D Em C
And then the darkness fell
G Am G
And the moon's a harsh mistress
C
It's so hard to love her well
[Verse 3]
Bb Eb
I fell out of her eyes
Bb Cm Bb
I fell out of her heart
Eb Cm F
I fell down on my face
Dm7 Eb
I tripped and missed my star
Eb F Gm Eb
God, I fell and fell alone
Bb Cm Bb
And the moon's a harsh mistress
Eb
And the sky is made of stone
Bb Cm Bb
The moon's a harsh mistress
Eb
She's hard to call your own
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Track 2 - Angel Spread Your Wings
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
C F C F C
[Verse 1]
F C Em G C
Prisoners of the heart, in search of love and peace
F C Em G C
Hung in desperation, longing for release
F C Em G C
I'm just a traveller, angel, you're my ride
F C Em G
Take me past the place I've passed, the last time that I died
[Chorus]
Am Em Am Em Am
Angel spread your wings, I want to fly away with you
Em Am
Take me in your arms, I know you're dying to
F Em Bb G
Fly away forever
F Em Bb G
Fly away forever
C F C F
Angel spread your wings
[Verse 2]
C F C Em G C
Angel comes into my room, it's dark and so is she
F C Em G C
Wants to know if she can take me soaring out to sea
F C Em G C
Lying in her darkness like a child awaiting birth
F C Em G
Angel comes and takes me for everything I'm worth
[Chorus]
Am Em Am Em Am
Angel spread your wings, I want to fly away with you
Em Am
Take me in your arms, I know you're dying to
F Em Bb G
Fly away forever
F Em Bb G
Fly away forever
C F C F
Angel spread your wings
[Outro]
F Em Bb G
Fly away forever
F Em Bb G
Fly away forever
F Em Bb G
Fly away forever
F Em Bb G
Fly away forever
C
Angel spread your wings
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Track 3 - Houses
Houses Judy Collins
G C9 D
You have many houses, one for every season
G C9 D
Mountains in your windows, violets in your hand
Em7 C9 D
Through your English meadows your blue-eyed horses wander
C9 D
You're in Colorado for the spring
G C9 D
When the winter finds you, you fly to where it's summer
G C9 D
Rooms that face the ocean, moonlight on your bed
Em7 C9 D
Mermaids swift as dolphins paint the air with diamonds
C9 D
You are like a seagull as you said
C G
Why do you fly bright feathered sometimes in my dreams?
Bb C
The shadows of your wings fall over my face
Bb C
I can feel no air, I can find no peace
Bb C
Brides in black ribbons, witches in white
Bb C G
Fly in through windows, fly out through the night
C G
Why do I think I'm dying sometimes in my dreams
Bb C
I see myself a child running through the trees
Bb C
Searching for myself, looking for my life
Bb C
Looking everywhere crawling on my knees
Bb C g
I cannot see the leaves, I cannot see the light
Em7 D
Then I see you walking just beyond the forest
Em7 D
Walking very quickly, walking by yourself
Em7 D
Your shoes are silver, your coat is made of velvet
Em7 D
Your eyes are shining, your voice is sweet and clear
C D
"Come on", you say, "Come with me, I'm going to the castle"
C D
All the bells are ringing, the weddings have begun
C D
But I can only stand here, I cannot move to follow
C C9 D
I'm burning in the shadows and freezing in the sun
G C9 D
There are people with you living in your houses
G C9 D
People from your childhood who remember how you were
Em7 C9 D
You were always flying, nightingale of sorry
C9 D C
Singing bird with rainbows on your wings
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Track 4 - The Lovin' Of The Game
[Intro]
C D F C D F C
[Verse 1]
D F
I watched the Feather River glide
C
Over shining golden sand
D F
Struck the silver ribbon wide
C
Held a million in my hand
[Verse 2]
G/B Am
But besides the looking for
The finding's always tame
C D F
And there's nothing drives a gambler
C
Like the lovin' of the game
[Verse 3]
D F
All my life I've searched around
C
Travelin' hard from town to town
D F
But I never really found
C
Anything to tie me down
[Verse 4]
G/B Am
Still I would not trade my time
For a solid diamond claim
C D F
No, I would not trade a fortune
C
For the lovin' of the game
[Instrumental]
C D F C D F C
[Verse 5]
D F
So long, Darlin', don't you cry
C
I hope that things turn out for you
D F
All these good times goin' by
C
Got to get ourselves a few
[Verse 6]
G/B Am
Still I would not trade my time
For a solid diamond claim
C D F
Oh, the treasure's not for taking
C
It's the lovin' of the game
C D F
Oh, the treasure's not for taking
C F
It's the lovin' of the game___
C
The lovin' of the game
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Track 5 - Song For Duke
I didn’t even know the man
Dm
I didn’t know the man himself
G
Even though his music filled my life
C
As it has so many others
C
I knew that he had died that week
Dm
After fighting death a year or more
G
But I had had a rule before
C
That funerals were a waste of flowers
Am
But something said I had to go
Em
To be a witness to his gift of love
F
A man who never once gave up on life
Dm G
Until death took him in its tracks
C
The people stood around the church
Dm
Ten thousand people there they say or more
G
Black and white and rich and poor
C
Together they were there to say farewell
C
In New York City it had rained that day
Dm
The streets were silver and the sky was gray
G
In the church the music sailed and sang
C
And seemed to fill the air with shining sun
Am
The man was a hero
Em
He played the music of our souls
F
He knew that we all have in us
Dm G
A place where beauty always grows
C
Outside in the streets again
Dm
The people wandered through the falling rain
G
They waved their hands and dried their tears
C
And turned to go about their lives again
C
But none of us will be the same
Dm
If we hear the things his music says
G
That loving is the gift of life
C
And making music was his way of love
Am
The man was a hero
Em
He sang the music of our souls
F
He knew that we all have in us
Dm G
A place where beauty always grows
C
Always grows
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Track 6 - Send In The Clowns
Capo III
F C F C G7 C C7 F F Dm C
F C F C
Isn't it rich? Aren't we a pair?
G C C7 F Dm
Me here at last on the ground, and you in mid-air
F C Dm F C
Where are the clowns.
F C F C
Isn't it bliss? Don't you approve?
G C C7 C F Dm
One who keeps tearing around, and one who can't move.
F C Dm F C
But where are the clowns? Send in the clowns.
Cmaj7 Em Am Em
Just when I stopped, opening doors,
Cmaj7 Em Am C
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours;
Em D7 Em D7
Making my entrance again, with my usual flair,
Am Em D7 G G7
Sure of my lines, no one is there.
F C F C
Don't you love farce? My fault, I fear;
G C C7 C F Dm
I thought that you'd want what I want - sorry my dear.
F C Dm F C Dm
But where are the clowns? Quick, send in the clowns.
F G7 C
Don't bother, they're here.
F C F C G7 C C7 F F Dm C
F C F C
Isn't it rich? Isn't it queer,
G C C7 C F Dm
Losing my timing this late, in my career?
F C Dm F C
But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns
Dm F G C
Well, maybe next year.
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Track 7 - Salt Of The Earth
[Intro]
G C G C G D
[Verse 1]
G D G C G
Let's drink to the hard working people
D G C
Let's drink to the lowly of birth
G D G C G
Raise your glass to the good and the evil
D G C
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
[Verse 2]
G D G C G
Say a prayer for the common foot-soldier
D G C
Spare a thought for his back breaking work
G D G C G
Say a prayer for his wife and his children
D G C
Who tend the fires and who still till the earth
[Chorus]
Em Bm
When I see this crowd of faceless
Em Bm Am
A swirling mass of black and grey and white
Bm
They look so real to me
C A7 D
But they look so much in pain___
[Verse 3]
G D G C G
Raise your glass to the hard working people
D G C
Let's drink to the uncounted dead
G D G C G
Let's think of the wavering millions
D G C
Who need leaders, but get gamblers instead
[Verse 4]
G D G C G
Spare a thought for the stay at-home voter
D G C
His empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows
G D G C G
In a parading of grey suited grafters
D G C
A choice of cancer or polio
[Chorus]
Em Bm
When I see this crowd of faceless
Em Bm Am
A swirling mass of grey and black and white
Bm
They look so real to me
C A7 D
But they look so much in pain___
[Verse 5]
G D G C G
Let's drink to the hard working people
D G C
Let's think of the lowly of birth
G D G C G
Spare a thought for the rag-tagged people
D G C
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
[Verse 6]
G D G C G
Let's drink to the hard working people
D G C
Let's think of the lowly of birth
G D G C G
Spare a thought for the rag-tagged people
D G C
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
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Track 8 - Brother Can You Spare A Dime
[Intro]
Am
[Verse 1]
Dm
They used to tell me I was building a dream
Am G
And so I followed the mob
Am Dm
When there was earth to plough or guns to bear
Bm E
I was always there, right on the job
[Verse 2]
Am Dm
They used to tell me I was building a dream
Am G
With peace and glory ahead
C E7
Why should I be standing in line
Am F E7 F E7
Just waiting for bread?
[Verse 3]
Am Bm A7
Once I built a railroad, made it run
D G C E7
Made it race against time
F E7 Am F7
Once I build a railroad, now it's done
Bdim7 E7 Am
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
[Verse 4]
Am Bm A7
Once I built a tower to the sun
D G C E7
Built of brick and mortar and lime
F E7 Am F7
Once I built a tower, now it's done
Bdim7 E7 Am
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
[Bridge]
A7 Em Am
Once, in khaki suits, gee, we looked swell
Em A7
Full of that Yankee Doodle de-dum
D7
Half a million boots went slogging through Hell
Am G Bm E7
And I was the kid with the drum
[Verse 5]
Am Bm A7
Say, don't you remember, they called me Al?
D G C E7
It was Al all the time
F E7 Am F7
Say, don't you remember? I'm your pal
Bdim7 E7 Am
Buddy can you spare a dime?
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Track 9 - City Of New Orleans
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G D G
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Em C G
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
D G
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Em D G
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
Em Bm
On the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kenkakee
D A
Rolls along past houses farms and fields
Em Bm
Passing trains that have no name, freight yards of old black men
D C G
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
[Chorus]
C D G
Good morning America, how are you?
Em C G D
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son
G D Em
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
F C D G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
[Verse 2]
D G
Playing cards with the old men in the club car
Em C G
Penny a point, ain't no one keeping score
D G
Pass the paper bag, but hold the bottle
Em D G
And feel the wheels rumbling beneath the floor
Em Bm
And the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers
D A
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel
Em Bm
Mother with their babes asleep, rocking to the gentle beat
D C G
The rhythm of the rails is all they feel
[Chorus]
C D G
Good morning America, how are you?
Em C G D
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son
G D Em
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
F C D G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
[Verse 3]
D G
Night time on the City of New Orleans
Em C G
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
D G
Half way home and we'll be there by morning
Em D G
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
Em Bm
And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
D A
The steel rail still ain't heard the news
Em Bm
The conductor sings his songs again, the passengers will please refrain
D C G
This train got the disappearing railroad blues
[Chorus]
C D G
Good night America, how are you?
Em C G D
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son
G D Em
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
F C D G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
F C D G
I'll be gone a million miles when the race is run
F C G
I'll be gone_____
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Track 10 - I'll Be Seeing You
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[Intro]
G Em C Am D
[Verse 1]
G B Am E Am E
I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places
Am E A D
That this heart of mine embraces
G Em
All day through
E
In that small café
Am
The park across the way
D
The children's carousel
G C
The chestnut trees, the wishing well
[Verse 2]
G B Am Em Am G#m
I'll be seeing you in every lovely summer's day
D Am Em A G#m
In everything that's light and gay
Bm F E
I'll always think of you that way
Am B
I'll find you in the morning sun
Em Am
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
C G
But I'll be seeing you
[Instrumental]
Em D# G# C C# A#m F# D# A D A#m Cm D# A
D# Cm C# F A# A#m
[Outro]
A#m C Fm
I'll find you in the morning sun and when the night is new
A#m C#m G#
I'll be looking at the moon, but I'll be seeing you
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Track 11 - Pirate Ships
CAPO: 1st Fret
[Intro]
Am Dm
[Verse 1]
Am Dm Am Dm
Far away, far away, child
Am Dm Am Dm
Turn your eyes far away, child
C F C Am F
Mama will sleep right down beside you tonight
Am F Dm
Mama will sleep tonight
[Verse 2]
Am Dm Am Dm
Pirate ships, pirate ships, child
Am Dm Am Dm
Merry and bold, sparkling and rich, child
C F C Am F
Coming to dock right at your feet tonight
Am F Dm
Coming to dock tonight
[Verse 3]
Am Dm Am Dm
In the stars, in the stars, child
Am Dm Am Dm
See the people in the stars, child
C F C Am F
They will fly right through your window tonight
Am F Dm
Into your window tonight
[Outro]
C F C Am F
Mama will sleep right down beside you tonight
Am F Dm
Mama will sleep tonight, far away
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Track 12 - Born To The Breed
CAPO: 1st Fret
[Intro]
G C F G C F G
[Verse 1]
C F
I was only nineteen
G
The morning you were born
C
With your hair fine and red
F G F
And your eyes like my own
[Verse 2]
Am
Barely a woman
G D F
With only a song
C
I sang to make you smile
F C Am
And held you all night long
[Verse 3]
C F
Home through the streets
G
With you in my arms
C
Cold winter mornings
F G F
In a Colorado town
[Verse 4]
Am
I've seen you stumble
G D F
You've watched me fall
C
You know I've got nothing
F C Am
You know we've got it all
[Verse 5]
C F
Trucks roll by and the rain coming down
G
Does that old parka keep you dry?
C
Sixteen years old, out on the road
F G F
Trying to get to the sky
[Verse 6]
Am
Back in September
G D F
You called me on the phone
C
"Ma, you know I love you
F C Am
But I gotta be own my own"
[Verse 7]
C F
"Comes a time in a boy's life
G
When he's got to be a man
C
Please don't try to find me
F G F
Please try to understand"
[Verse 8]
Am
Now he's playing guitar
G D F
In a rock and roll band
C
Looking like a baby
F C Am
Talking like a man
[Verse 9]
C F
The life of a guitar man
G
Is a hard life to live
C
What can I tell you
F G F
You were born to the breed
[Verse 10]
Am
Rain comes down, the trucks rolling by
G D F
Is that old poncho gonna keep you dry?
C
Sixteen years old, January child
F C Am
Trying to get to the sky
[Verse 11]
C F
I've watched you growing
G
Through all these years
C
You've seen me stumble
F G F
I've watched your tears
[Verse 12]
Am
Sometimes there was roses
G D F
Sometimes there was thorns
C
But I know you're gonna make it
F C Am
As sure as you were born
[Verse 13]
C F
And I hope from what you wanted
G
You get what you need
C
I know you're gonna make it
F G F
You were born to the breed
[Outro]
C
Sixteen years old, January child
F C F C F C
Trying to get to the sky______
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