Eyolf Østrem

Intro:

Take #1

Capo 2nd fret:

    D                     G
She laughed each time she called my name
     D           G
Made promises to meet a...

[no, let's, let's put it down in G]

No capo:

G

            G               Am
Four strong winds that blow lonely,
      D7            G
Seven seas that run high,
          C                 Am                D7
All these things that won't change, Come what may.
        G                  Am
But our good times are all gone,
        D7               G
And I'm bound for moving on.
          C              Am             D7
I'll look for you if you ever come this way.

Think I'll go out to Alberta,
Weather's good there in the fall.
Got some friends that I can go to working for,

Basement Tapes version

G   C/g-G C/g G

G
Crash on the levee mama,
                  C/g-G  C/g-G
water's gonna overflow,
C
swamp's gonna rise,
                G   C/g-G
no boat's gonna row.
                         C/g-G
Now you can train on down

to William's point,
C/g-G
you can bust your feet,
    C/g-G
you can rock this joint.

    C
But oh mama, ain't you gonna
          D           G      C/g-G
miss your best friend now.
          D
You gonna have to find yourself
                        G   C/g-G

C

C
After a while we took in the clothes,

Nobody said very much.

Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants

Which nobody really wanted to touch.
F
Mama come in and picked up a book

An' Papa asked her what it was.
C
Someone else asked, What do you care?

Papa said, Well, just because.
G7
Then they started to take back their clothes,

Hang 'em on the line.
       C
It was January the thirtieth

And everybody was feelin' fine.

The very next day everybody got up
Seein' if the clothes were dry.

G    Am    G   Am

Am               G
 Went to see the gypsy,
Am                  G
 Stayin' in a big hotel.
   Am                    G
He smiled when he saw me coming,
             Am                   D
And he said, "Well, well, well."
                      G
His room was dark and crowded,
Am                  G
Lights were low and dim.
        C     G/b Am     G
How are you?" he said to me,
  Am
I said it back to him.

D             G
  I went down to the lobby
Am                    G
 To make a small call out.
Am
 A pretty dancing girl was there,

C                      F6       G11   C
Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
            F      C
Who's gonna let it roll?
C           Em         F6       G11   C
Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
            F           C       G7       C
Who's gonna let it down easy to save his soul?

    F       C         F          C
Oh, Lucky's drivin' a long, long time
    F        C        G
And now he's stuck on top of the hill.
F                   C           F                C
With twelve forward gears, it's been a long hard climb,

F |G . . . |. . /a /b |C . . . |. /g /a /b |

C                                  F
Why must you always try to make me over
G7                        C     G7
Take me as I am or let me go
C                  C7                F
White lilies never grow on stalks of clover
G7                        C    F   C    /c-b-a
Take me as I am or let me go.

       G7                        C
You're tryin' to reshape me in a mold love
       D7                           F     G
In the image of someone you used to know
    C       /b   C7/Bb           F