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Version 1 of The Allman Brothers Band Lyrics Tombstone Eyes (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-allman-brothers-band/tombston...) Version 1 of the lyrics | ||||||||||||
| 1 | [by Dickey Betts | by Dickey Betts | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | (c) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.] | (c) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | [This transcription comes from the song Tombstone Eyes | This transcription comes from the song Tombstone Eyes | 3 | ||||||||||
| played on July 26, 1996 in Toronto, Ontario. | played on July 26, 1996 in Toronto, Ontario. | ||||||||||||
| The lyrics will vary from show to show because they are not | The lyrics will vary from show to show because they are not | ||||||||||||
| 4 | set in stone yet, but this is what Dickey sang on July 26.] | set in stone yet, but this is what Dickey sang on July 26. | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | [Transcribed by Nathan Yerg] | Transcribed by Nathan Yerg | 5 | ||||||||||
| 6 | [I've submitted a few additions to Nathan's transcription. | INTRO: G C G DCG | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1 | I have tapes from many of the 1996 ABB shows, and I think the | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | transcription below is pretty close. Dickey might have | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | eventually changed some lyrics, but I've not compared these | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | to the version on the "Let's Get Together" album from 2001.] | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | [INTRO: G C G DCG] | 6 | |||||||||||
| (G)Not so long ago, just a (C)few years back | (G)Not so long ago, just a (C)few years back | ||||||||||||
| (G)We used to hang out down by the (C)railroad track. | (G)We used to hang out down by the (C)railroad track. | ||||||||||||
| (G)The guitars they played and the (C)singers made rhyme | (G)The guitars they played and the (C)singers made rhyme | ||||||||||||
| (D)It was a good time for being free. G C G C | (D)It was a good time for being free. G C G C | ||||||||||||
| (G)Bouquet of flowers on her (C)kitchen window sill | (G)Bouquet of flowers on her (C)kitchen window sill | ||||||||||||
| 7 | (G)Listenin' to Bob Dylans new stuff (C)he'd just done in Nashville | (G)Listen to Bob Dylans new stuff (C)he'd just done in Jacksonville | 7 | ||||||||||
| 8 | (G)We'd lay down on the hillside and (C)look up at the sky | (G)Lay down on the hillside and (C)look up at the sky | 8 | ||||||||||
| (D)We had it all you and I. G C G C | (D)We had it all you and I. G C G C | ||||||||||||
| (G)And the lives we were living started to (C)feel like yesterday | (G)And the lives we were living started to (C)feel like yesterday | ||||||||||||
| (G)People started driftin and (C)goin their separate ways | (G)People started driftin and (C)goin their separate ways | ||||||||||||
| (G)The wind started blowin and the (C)sky began to cry | (G)The wind started blowin and the (C)sky began to cry | ||||||||||||
| 9 | (D)You and I we didn't make it, I wished we'd never said goodbye | (D)You and I we didnt make it, I wished we'd never said goodbye | 9 | ||||||||||
| 10 | [Chorus:] | Chorus: | 10 | ||||||||||
| (C)I hope I never (D)see those eyes (G)again | (C)I hope I never (D)see those eyes (G)again | ||||||||||||
| (C)Eyes that used to (D)be my best (G)friend's | (C)Eyes that used to (D)be my best (G)friend's | ||||||||||||
| (C)And we gave it all (D)away for the (G)diamonds in the (Em)dust | (C)And we gave it all (D)away for the (G)diamonds in the (Em)dust | ||||||||||||
| (C)With a hungry voice still howlin in the (D)wind | (C)With a hungry voice still howlin in the (D)wind | ||||||||||||
| (C)A heart of stone no (D)longer lasts, her (G)eyes no longer (Em)cry | (C)A heart of stone no (D)longer lasts, her (G)eyes no longer (Em)cry | ||||||||||||
| (C)I know I'll never (D)see those (C)tombstone (D)eyes again. G DCG | (C)I know I'll never (D)see those (C)tombstone (D)eyes again. G DCG | ||||||||||||
| (C)And I know I'll never (D)see those (C)tombstone (D)eyes again G | (C)And I know I'll never (D)see those (C)tombstone (D)eyes again G | ||||||||||||
| DCG. | DCG. | ||||||||||||
| (Not real sure about this next verse, but here's what it sounds like.) | (Not real sure about this next verse, but here's what it sounds like.) | ||||||||||||
| (G)No more religious message just a (C)story to tell | (G)No more religious message just a (C)story to tell | ||||||||||||
| 11 | (G)About Piedmont Park on Sundays, (C)peace and love, heaven and hell. | (G)I keep on track on Sunday, (C)peace and love, heaven and hell. | 11 | ||||||||||
| 12 | (G)How the Peachtree Street grifters, stole the (C)sunshine from her face | (G)I'm a mean beat street drifter, with the (C)sun shining from a face | 12 | ||||||||||
| (D)Ah but that was long ago, another time, another place. | (D)Ah but that was long ago, another time, another place. | ||||||||||||
| 13 | [Chorus] | Chorus | 13 | ||||||||||
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