Saint Genevieve

The best Christmas song of all time... It was Christmas Eve babe In the drunk tank An old man said to me, won't see another one And then he sang a song The Rare Old Mountain Dew I turned my face away And dreamed about you Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one I've got a feeling This year's for me and you So Happy Christmas I love you baby I can see a better time When all our dreams come true They've got cars big as bars They've got rivers of gold But the wind goes right through you It's no place for the old When he first took my hand On a cold Christmas Eve You promised me Broadwa

There's a justice in this world And I know just what she's called She's called Elaine There's a dead man in your heart And he takes up too much room And I know just what he's called He's called Steve There's a farmer in the clouds And he's sowing golden seeds And he's feeding on your dreams That's the only thing you need And I know just what he's called He's called Ray I'm starting to freeze Freeze Freeze Freeze I know who wrote the book of love It was an idiot It was a fool A slobbering fool with a speech defect and a shakin' hand And he wrote my name Next to yours But it should have

Dear God, hope you got the letter, and... I pray you can make it better down here. I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer but all the people that you made in your image, see them starving on their feet 'cause they don't get enough to eat from God I can't believe in you Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but... I feel that I should be heard loud and clear. We all need a big reduction in amount of tears and all the people that you made in your image, see them fighting in the street 'cause they can't make opinions meet about God I can't believe in you Did you make disease, and

Yes, I think so too.

OK, since I missed out on Vol. 2, and I now have a working 4-track, I'd like to do Kamera for Vol. 3.

Now that I've gotten my 4-track fixed, maybe I'll be able to contribute... unless it's too late... :

Here's another one.... Being There is not one of my favorites, but this song always gets me choked up - Verse: A Bm D A E Close your eyes and go to sleep, baby A Bm D A E Take your head off your feet, honey Pre-Chorus: A Bm D E Cause you been working hard and I know you're tired A Bm D C You been trying hard not to think I'm a liar Chorus: A D What's the world got in store A D What's the world got in store for you A

Here's a Wilco song for you to play, for a breezy spring day in Portland... I didn't transcribe this, and a couple of chords in this seem off to me, so maybe when the Dude shows up he can fix them. Intro E C#m F# A [E]Like a cloud [G#]His fingers explode [A]On the typewriter ribbon [F#]The shadow grows [E]His heart's in a [C#m]bowl behind the [F#]bank [A D] [E]And every evening [G#]when he gets home [A]To make his supper and [F#]eat it alone [E]His black shirt cries While his shoes get [F#m]cold [A]It just a dream he keeps [E]having [C#m F#m] And it doesn't seem to [G#m]mean [E]anythi