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Old Souls

by Bob Menzies

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Across The Tallahatchie 04:29
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Cross The Tallahatchie Written by Bob Menzies, Sooke BC May 4, 2016 BPM 122 Key of D Intro A7 G D D VERSE 1 [D] The jukejoint was jumpin, the women all were sweatin The men were getting drunker startin in to threatnin’ That [G7] boy was up there play’n like a mad dog in [D] heat [A7] Women all were startin to sittin around his [D] feet [G7] Henry Sturgill sat there lookin and a-tappin on his [D] knee He could [A7] see that boy at the [G] bottom of the [D] Tallahatchie [D] They heaved him in the back of that old pickup truck There’s one sweet guitar picker run out of luck He [G7] loved his moonshine but he loved his women [D] more He [A7] loved that woman in the back of Shaples General [D] store They didn’t [G7] love too quiet so everyone could [D] see That’s how you [A7] end up on the [G] bottom of the [D] Tallahatchie TAG – last 2 lines of verse [D] The Mississippi night was hotter than hell, The Tallahatchie river was startin’ to swell Bobby Joe and [G7] Gladys on the porch sittin in the [D] [breeze Watchin [A7] longhorn beetles suckin’ on the [D] Sumac trees This old [G7] Hercules truck come barreling from the [D] east [A7] Stops on that old bridge cross the [D] Tallahatchie [D]The moonlight is shining on two burly men An old cotton sack between both of them When they [G7] jumped off the truck that old bridge seemed to [D] heave They had [A7] something to bring and something to [D] leave [G7] Bobby Joe and his Gladys said there’s nothing here to [D] see They closed the [A7] door on the moonlight shinin’ on the [D] Tallahatchie SOLO – last 2 lines of verse BRIDGE Got to [G7] cross the Tallahatchie before [D] I die Got to [A7] cross the Tallahatchie / Money’s on the other [D] side Got to [G7] play another Juke Joint, make some women [D] cry Got to [A7] cross the Tallahatchie [G] Before I [D] die [D] Well nobody knows how that body was saved, And got to the churchyard and it’s final grave [G7] Here lies a music man and the music just [D] died With the [A7] man hellhounds chased every day of his [D] life Now his [G7] body is buried underneath the old pecan [D] tree Robert [A7] Leroy Johnson is sleepin near the [D] Tallahatchie
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Crooked Highway 04:07
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Crooked Highway Written by Bob Menzies, started Feb 7, 2005, completed Nov 8, 2016 Intro D D D D D / D D D D BPM 127 KEY OF D VERSE 1 D A Bm G I’m goin down that crooked highway Where my daddy went before D A G D A Goin down that crooked highway, Before I can’t go down no more CHORUS Bm A G A Goin down that crooked highway, Where I’m bound I do not know Bm A G A Goin down that crooked highway/Goin down that crooked road D / D D D D VERSE 2 D A Bm G I’m gonna follow that crazy dream Cause it’s mine & it’s always been D A G D A I’m a-gonna follow that crazy dream,Find those places I’ve never seen CHORUS Bm A G A Goin down that crooked highway, Where I’m bound I do not know Bm A G A Goin down that crooked highway/Goin down that crooked road D / D D D D SOLO – 1st half of verse D / D D A A / Bm Bm G G VERSE 3 D A I’m goin down that crooked highway Where it takes me that’s where I’ll be You only get one chance to do this thing, Only one chance to be free CHORUS D A Bm G La La La La La La La La La La La La La D A G D La La La La La La La La La La La La La Outro (fade) Crooked highway, Crooked highway
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Rodeo Sweetheart 04:49
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Rodeo Sweetheart BPM 103 KEY OF G Written by Bob Menzies, Thursday, Oct 6, 2016 Intro: G C Am D G C Am I’m in a roadside bar / I’ve been here all night D G D //// And everyone I know has gone home G C Am I struck up some small talk / And I had more than one shot D G D / / / / / Now I don’t want to go home alone CHORUS 1 G C Am I need a Rodeo Sweetheart to find me tonight D G D //// I just can’t take one more fall G C Am I need her to find me, there’s not much time D C G C Am ‘Cause the bartender just said last call Turnaround – G C Am D I remember your voice / On the answering machine When you said you didn’t love me any more And how was I to know / You were sad to the bone Your words hit me deep to the core CHORUS 2…………………………………………………………………… SOLO (complete verse) steel guitar + tremelo guitar [G]I know there’s a sweetheart / In [C] this roadside bar Who’s [D] waiting to [G] love me [D] tonight And I [G] know I can be / A [C] better version of me Than I [D] have been for [G] most of my [d]life CHORUS 3………………………………………………………………………….. D C G D G TAG - ‘Cause the bartender just said last call
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Seems Like It's Too Late 03:06
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Seems Like It’s Too Late BPM 152 Key of G Written by Bob Menzies, Sooke BC Jan 30, 2016 INTRO – C D G C / G D G G VERSE 1 G It seems like it’s too late, to wake up from this dream C G It seems like it’s too late, to start all over again B7 It seems like it’s too late, to get up a head of steam C D G C But I believe, I believe, Wo Ho Ho I do believe G D G That it’s not too late for me to be loving you VERSE 2 G It seems like it’s too late, to unsee what I’ve seen C G It seems like it’s too late, to get all lean and mean B7 It seems like it’s too late, to be heading out to sea C D G C But I believe, I believe, Wo Ho Ho I do believe G D G That it’s not too late for me to be loving you SOLO – 16 bar solo – G G G G / C C G G / G G Bm Bm / C D G G VERSE 3 – Breakdown – just acoustic guitar G It seems like it’s too late, too late for a brand new start C G And it seems like it’s too late, the horse got behind the cart B7 And it seems like it’s too late, to unbreak that broken heart G D G C But I believe, I believe, Wo Ho Ho I do believe G D G That it’s not too late for me to be loving you VERSE 4 G It seems like it’s too late, to put water on the burning bed C G It seems like it’s too late, to rise up from the dead B7 It seems like it’s too late, to change the life I led G D G C But I believe, I believe, Wo Ho Ho I do believe G D G That it’s not too late for me to be loving you OUTRO - SLOW C D G C But I believe, I believe, Wo Ho Ho I do believe G D G That it’s not too late for me to be loving you Seems Like It’s Too Late BPM 152 Key of G Written by Bob Menzies, Sooke BC Jan 30, 2016 INTRO – C D G C / G D G G VERSE 1 G It seems like it’s too late, to wake up from this dream C G It seems like it’s too late, to start all over again B7 It seems like it’s too late, to get up a head of steam C D G C But I believe, I believe, Wo Ho Ho I do believe G D G That it’s not too late for me to be loving you VERSE 2 G It seems like it’s too late, to unsee what I’ve seen C G It seems like it’s too late, to get all lean and mean B7 It seems like it’s too late, to be heading out to sea C D G C But I believe, I believe, Wo Ho Ho I do believe G D G That it’s not too late for me to be loving you SOLO – 16 bar solo – G G G G / C C G G / G G Bm Bm / C D G G VERSE 3 – Breakdown – just acoustic guitar G It seems like it’s too late, too late for a brand new start C G And it seems like it’s too late, the horse got behind the cart B7 And it seems like it’s too late, to unbreak that broken heart G D G C But I believe, I believe, Wo Ho Ho I do believe G D G That it’s not too late for me to be loving you VERSE 4 G It seems like it’s too late, to put water on the burning bed C G It seems like it’s too late, to rise up from the dead B7 It seems like it’s too late, to change the life I led G D G C But I believe, I believe, Wo Ho Ho I do believe G D G That it’s not too late for me to be loving you OUTRO - SLOW C D G C But I believe, I believe, Wo Ho Ho I do believe G D G That it’s not too late for me to be loving you
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Winds of Change 02:56
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Winds Of Change BPM 118 Key of G Written by Bob Menzies, July 11, 2016, Sooke BC ¾ time BPM 118 Intro - G Em / G Em / VERSE 1 G Em C D I was young, I had young dreams / I was tired of all the empty scenes G Em C D So I hit the road with my bag & my roll / Headed for the East and the empty road C D G Em I came back this way, I had something to say, I wanted to find me a brand new day C D G But the winds of change were blowing the wrong way TAG - G Em / G Em Verse 2 G Em C D My time was done, I came back home / Like most in a crowd, I was really alone G Em C D I looked for connections, I got more deceptions, I had expected a better reception C D G Em So I looked to the sky and then I asked why, nobody had nothing to say C D G While the winds of change were blowing the wrong way TAG - G Em / G Em Verse 3 G Em C D ..and if I live to be, a hundred and three / I’ll never lose my right to be free G Em But there ain’t no freedom, when others are bleedin, C D and I know we need ‘em, so we got to believe ‘em C D Cause we all need air and not to be scared G Em but it seems there’s nobody gonna be spared C D G When the winds of change start blowing the wrong way G Em The wrong way G Em The wrong way G Em The wrong way 
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I'm Not As Old As I Used To Be 03:12
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God's Perfect Hobo 03:26
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God’s Perfect Hobo BPM 106 Key of Am written by Bob Menzies November 30, 2012 /2016 INTRO – G C D G G C We broke up when the gas in the car ran dry D G No place left that we wanted to drive G C We broke up when the salt in the shaker was gone D We broke up when all the laundry was done (2-3-4) PRE-CHORUS 1 So if you [Em] see me by the [D]side of the road And I [G]look like a hobo that [Em]nobody knows Just [Am]give me a nod as you [Am7] slowly walk by And you [D] don’t need to cry (2-3-4) CHORUS 1 I’m G God’s Perfect Hobo I got Em nothin to gain I [Am] lives on the border of [D7]Illusion and pain I [G] loves you for nothin, you can [Em] keep your spare change I’m [Am] God’s Perfect Hobo [D7]….I’m [G]not gonna change G VERSE 2 I’m a [G]perfect stranger and it's [C] hard to be perfect I'm a [D] defective lover and it’s [G] no big secret I need [G] nothing from [C] no-one I’ve got all that I need I [D] wish you much happiness I [D] wish you godspeed PRE-CHORUS 2……………………. CHORUS 2 SOLO – (based on chorus) G Em Am D X 2 PRE-CHORUS 2 CHORUS 3 Outro – Repeat last line to fade
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Freedom Candy 02:38
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Midnight Train 03:34
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Looking For The Blues 03:12
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released December 25, 2016

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Bob Menzies Sooke, British Columbia

Bob Menzies is a Canadian folk-rock, alt-country singer-songwriter originally from Montreal and now living in Sooke, a small oceanside town on Vancouver Island’s south coast. He has recorded 5 albums of original music previously and his newest recording is the 2018 EP IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS. ... more

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