Playlist Allman Brothers Band

allman brothers band - midnight man

Transcribed by Ed Luskey
Got my snake skin britches, alligator shoes,
money in my pocket, and a Memphis attitude.
Wear my downtown Stetson with a silver on the crown,
when I get started rolling baby, there ain't no slowin me down.
I'm your midnight man, guaranteed to love you like nobody can.
I'm your midnight man, if you don't know by now, somehow I'm gonna make you understand,
I'm your midnight man and I love you till the daylight babe.
Got my six shooter, gonna shoot it up in the air,
if it feels real good, I might shoot it just everywhere.
Got my best mojo, and my hoochie coochie too,
gonna put it all together gonna get after you
I'm your midnight man, guaranteed to love you like nobody can.
I'm your midnight man, if you don't know by now, somehow I'm gonna make you understand,
I'm your midnight man and I love you till the daylight babe.
One thing's for certain since I been foolin' with you,
my reputation's hurtin' and I don't know what to do.
All of my little downtown girls, say I'm wasting time,
there ain't no use to fight it, I just can't get you outta my mind.
I'm your midnight man, guaranteed to love you like nobody can.
I'm your midnight man, if you don't know by now, somehow I'm gonna make you understand,
I'm your midnight man, and I love you till the daylight babe.
Hey, midnight, midnight man.

allman brothers band - statesboro blues

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low;
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
You got no nerve baby, to turn Uncle John from your door.

I woke up this morning, I had them Statesboro Blues,
I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues.
Well, I looked over in the corner, and Grandpa seemed to have them too.

Well my momma died and left me,
My poppa died and left me,
I ain't good looking baby,
Want someone sweet and kind.

I'm goin' to the country, baby do you wanna go?
But if you can't make it baby, your sister Lucille said she wanna go.
(and I sure will take her).

I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen;
Well, I love that woman, better than any woman I've ever seen.
Well, now, she treat me like a king, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I treat her like a doggone queen.

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
You got no nerve baby, to turn Uncle John from your door.

allman brothers band - midnight rider

Well, I've got to run to keep from hiding,
And I'm bound to keep on riding.
And I've got one more silver dollar,
But I'm not gonna let them catch me, no,
Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.

And I don't own the clothes I'm wearing,
And the road goes on forever,
And I've got one more silver dollar,
But I'm not gonna let them catch me, no
Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.

And I've gone by the point of caring,
Some old bed I'll soon be sharing,
And I've got one more silver dollar,

Repeat three times and Fade
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no
Not gonna let them catch the Midnight Rider.

allman brothers band - old before my time

There is a long hard Road follows for behind me,
Its so cold I?m about to die,
Chasing a dream around the world
Its got me feeling down
Though it use to make me high

Looking for answers searching for the truth,
In an ocean of lies.
trying to find a reason to make the hole thing right,
will make you old before your time

When I was younger,
I thought I ruled the world ,
It was an oyster at my feet,
Dancing to my own drum,
fishing out the pearl
wish I would have been much more discreet

I've lived a lifetime,
acting out apart,
Its been a long uphill climb,
now all the things that use to mean so much to me
Has got me old before my time,

Chorus:
Wondering aimlessly,wondering down,
would it ever be much different now,
Remind me of the past,
I slip into a dream,
funny things ain`t never what they seem,

Solo

Living like children,
never doing what we are told ,
Would not hessitateto take to take a chance,
That Road behind me now was paved with fool?s gold,
Its almost time for the victory dance,
No more feeling guilty,
for things I never did,
feeling nothing for my crime ,
Living like a gypsy ,
dreaming like a kid,
it makes me old before my time?

There is a long hard Road, it lies so far behind me?

allman brothers band - leave my blues at home

I been trapped inside four walls, feel like I can't call to no one
ah, way out on the outside.
Well livin' alone is easy, but too long just don't seem really
quite the thing to do, no.
Think I'll drink up a little more wine, to ease my worried mind.
And walk down on the street, and leave my blues at home. All behind.
The landlord is on my line, I can't get no peace of mind.
But I know there's something better.
I can't stay and I can't run, can't keep waitin' for someone
to find and go roll.
Well I'll gather up all my four leaf clovers.
Don't leave, I'm on my way over.
A walk down on the street, and leave my blues at home. All behind.
And I feel I have to scream
whenever I get the notion.
And though I try so hard,
I can't hold back my emotions.
But I... love you, but I can't have ya. Won't you sit by my side.
You don't work, the man don't pay ya.
There ain't no saint to come and save ya, oh, puttin' your toll down.
Well, if you ride you pay the fare... with Satan on your back.
And he don't care where you come from or where you goin'.
And before I get myself all down, I jump up and kick the door down.
And walk down on the street, and leave my blues at home. All behind.

allman brothers band - melissa

Crossroads, seem to come and go, yeah.
The gypsy flies from coast to coast,
Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow, having fun.
But, back home he'll always run,
To sweet Melissa.
Mmmm-hmmm.

Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same.
And no one knows the gypsy's name,
And no one hears his lonely sighs,
There are no blankets where he lies.
Lord, in his deepest dreams the gypsy flies,
With sweet Melissa.
Mmmm-hmmm.

Again, the mornin's come.
Again, he's on the run.
A sunbeam's shinin through his hair.
Fear not to have a care.
Well, pick up your gear and gypsy roll on.
Roll on.

Crossroads, will you ever let him go? Lord, Lord.
Or will you hide the dead man's ghost?
Or will he lie, beneath the clay?
Or will his spirit float away?
But, I know that he won't stay,
Without Melissa.
Yes, I know that he won't stay, yeah,
Without Melissa.
Lord, Lord, it's all the same.
Mmmmm-hmmmmm.

allman brothers band - just another love song

Transcribed by Sam Carle

Sit alone, waiting on the morning,
Woman leaving her whole life behind,
train rolling on, taking mama's baby home,
Noone knows what's going through her mind,

Just another love song I'm singing,
And you know people sing them all of the time,
Just another lonesome guitar ringing,
The only difference is this one is mine,

Freedom, Lord what a funny word,
We search for it just like some kind of fool,
Woman leaving home, man sit's there all alone,
Little child is paying all the dues

(Chorus)

allman brothers band - hot lanta

Instrumental

allman brothers band - can t take it with you

Cant take it with you.
Everybody knows.
Cant take it with you when you go.
Cant hide your love away.
Save it up for a rainy day.
Ya cant take it with you when you go.
And it hurts so bad when you finally have to show.

Chorus:
Cant take it with you.
Everybody knows.
Cant take it with you when you go.
Cant hide your love away.
Save it up for a rainy day.

You cant take it with you when you go.
No, you cant take it with you when you go. ooo.
No, you cant take it with you when you go, oh, no.

Play it high or low.
Break the bank in monte carlo.
You can play it just the way it falls.
Cut it like you want to.
But it just might come back and haunt you.
Lady lucks your mama when she calls.

[Chorus]

Hot-wire a fast car
Just to take a ride.
You can run, but you sure cannot hide.
Oh, tell her a lie
And live with it til you die, but you
Cant take it with you when you go.

[Chorus]

allman brothers band - maybe we can go back to yesterday

I will never forget the time we spent together
And let the whole wide world go by
I can't forget the dreams that we made come true
As the clouds in the sky rolled on

And I can't forget the day we met
Oh our love came so easy
It's so hard for me to say
That we can never go back to yesterday

You must know that it don't happen everyday
Now I see that I let love slip through my fingers
Someone said that love is just a beautiful dream
And let it drift away

Oh another lonely teardrop
Just one more careless love
It's so hard for me to say
That we can never go back to yesterday

Baby let's fall in love again
Baby let's fall in love
Baby let's fall in love again
And maybe we can go back to yesterday

allman brothers band - ramblin man

[Chorus]
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man,
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can.
And when it's time for leavin',
I hope you'll understand,
That I was born a ramblin' man.

Well my father was a gambler down in Georgia,
He wound up on the wrong end of a gun.
And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus
Rollin' down highway 41.

CHORUS

I'm on my way to New Orleans this mornin',
Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee,
They're always having a good time down on the bayou,
Lord, them Delta women think the world of me.

CHORUS

[Repeat and Fade]
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man...

allman brothers band - ain t wastin time no more

Last Sunday morning, the sunshine felt like rain.
The week before, they all seemed the same.
With the help of God and true friends, I've come to realize,
I still have two strong legs, and even wings to fly.

So I, ain't a-wastin time no more.
Cause time goes by like hurricanes, and faster things.

Well, Lord, Lord, Miss Sally, why all your cryin?
Been around here three long days, lookin like we're dyin.
Go step yourself outside, and look up at the stars above,
And go on downtown, baby, find somebody to love.

Meanwhile, I ain't a-wastin time no more.
Cause time goes by like pouring rain, and much faster things.

You don't need no gypsy to tell you why,
Ya can't let one precious day to slip by.
Well, look inside yourself, and if you don't see what you want,
Maybe sometimes then ya don't,
But, leave your mind alone and just get high.

Well, by and by, way after many years have gone,
And all the war freaks die off, leavin us alone.
We'll raise our children, in the peaceful way we can,
It's up to you and me brother,
To try and try again.

So, hear us now, we ain't wastin time no more.
Cause time rolls by like hurricanes.
Runnin after the subway train.
Don't forget the pourin rain.

allman brothers band - dreams

* Cause I've a hunger for the dreams I'll never see, yeah, baby.
Ah, help me baby, or, or this will surely be the end of me, yeah.

Pull myself together, put on a new face.
Climb down off the hilltop, baby, get back in the race.

* Lord, cause I've a hunger for dreams I'll never see, yeah, babe.
Lord, help me baby, or, this will surely be the end of me, yeah.

Pull myself together, put on a new face.
Climb down off the hilltop, baby, and get back in the race.

* Cause I've a hunger for the dreams I'll never see, yeah, baby.
Ah, help me baby, or, or this will surely be the end of me, yeah.

allman brothers band - rain

When the rain comes,
They run and hide their head,
Might as well be dead,
When the rain comes,
When the rain comes.

When the sun shines,
They slip into the shade,
Drink their lemonade,
When the sun shines,
When the sun shines.

Rain, I don't mind, I dont mind.
Shine, the weather is fine.

I can show you,
When i starts to rain,
Everything's gonna be the same, yeah,
I can show you, I can show you.

Rain, I don't mind, I don't mind.
Shine, the weather is fine.

allman brothers band - ain t no good to cry

Hear a new girl moved to the town
Now your baby just ain't no where to be found
Now you think you're in dispair - no
You feel that chill - that cold black clinging in the air

Love's a game - you're in it
And you're so proud
Someone you can depend on
Someone you can rely on
No matter what you say
You won't come
Running back to you're arms
It's all over baby
Well it don't do no good to cry

How do think I felt when you
Let me stay here never once said that we're through
You didn't fight it all the way, no
But I don't care - you just don't mean that much to me this way

Love's a game - you're in it
And you're so proud
Someone you can depend on
Someone you can rely on
No matter what you say
You won't come
Running back to you're arms
It's all over baby
Well it don't do no good to cry

[solo]

Love's a game - you're in it
And you're so proud
Someone you can depend on
Someone you can rely on
No matter what you say
You won't come
Running back to you're arms
It's all over baby
Well it don't do no good to cry

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