JJ Cale

3. 12. 2024

: A Thing Going On

CAPO IV
1. Em 
Look here G 
we got a thing goingAm 
 on H 
 
Never fear we got a thing going on
Am 
Ain't nothing to it, Em 
got to get down and do it
Am 
I tell you the truth, H 
ain't jivin' you

2. Lord, Lord, we got a thing going on
Look here we got a thing going on
Something in this place, it's on every face
It's catching fever, you just can't leave her

What we're gonna do?
Gonna roll through
Do it right, keep it light

Lord, Lord, we got a thing going on
Look here we got a thing going on
Never fear we got a thing going on
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1

: After Midnight

D 
After midnight, F 
we're gonna lG 
et it all hang D 
out.G/D D G/D D 
 
After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout.
We're gonna D 
cause talk and suspicion;
We're gonna gF 
ive an exhibition.
We're gonna G 
find out what it is all A 
about.  
D 
After midnight, F 
we're gonna leG 
t it all hang D 
out G/D D G/D D 
 
After midnight, we're gonna shake your tambourine.
After midnight, it's gonna be peaches and cream.
We're gonna D 
cause talk and suspicion;
We're gonna gF 
ive an exhibition.
We're gonna fG 
ind out what it is all abA 
out.
D 
After midnight, F 
we're gonna lG 
et it all hang D 
out. G/D D G/D D 
 

Solo: 
D F G D G/D D G/D D 2x 

We're gonna D 
cause talk and suspicion;
We're gonna F 
give an exhibition.
We're gonna G 
find out what it is all A 
about.
D 
After midnight, F 
we're gonna lG 
et it all hang D 
out. G/D D G/D D 
 
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang out.
2

: Ain't Love Funny

1. D 
She brings me flowers from the water well
She keeps me laughin' all day
We ride on a horse to the river and back
Ain't love funny, funny it's funny
Aint' A 
love funny thatD 
 way

2. She calls in the evenin' to tell me, she's back
She likes to talk on the phone
Would I come over and just rub her back
Ain't love funny, funny it's funny
Ain't love funny you know

R: This Hm 
woman's touch, F# 
it is too much
Tingles right to the Hm 
bone
Her hand's so slight with a wink in her eyes
Keeps me comin' back home

3. She gives everything expects no return
She's always there when I'm down
Love her a day, don't go away
Ain't love funny, funny it's funny
Funny when it comes around

4. We go on for hours about nothin' at all
We never know what it means
Sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's not
Ain't love funny, funny it's funny
/ :Funny it's just what it seems :/ 3×
3

: All Mama's Children

1. E7#9 
All mama's children got rythm
And all mama's children got H7 
soul
When they E 
get up in the morning
A 
Without no warning
They E 
all start to H 
rock 'n E 
roll

2. All mama's children got rythm
And all mama's children got feel
Quicker than a flash 
they're into their stash
And out in an automobile

R: Just give me some A 
more
Of that country E 
soul
One more A 
time
I'm crossing the H7 
line

3. All mama's children got something
And all mama's children feel good
When the days gone past 
they are having a blast Hangin' out in the woods

R: Just give me some more …

4. All mama's children get real loose
And all mama's children get tight
From the early morning 
'till late in the evening
All mama's children, all mama's children
All mama's children do right 
4

: Blue Sunday

C 
Blue, blue F 
Sunday
You're the C 
day that always turns me G 
'round
C 
Blue, blue F 
Sunday
You're the C 
day that G 
always lets me C 
down
C 
I go out saturday night
I'm not F 
looking for a fight
I G 
just wanna have a good F 
time, with my C 
friends
It C 
always winds up the same
F 
I forget my name
G 
And wind up sleeping F 
on somebody's C 
floor
5

: Blues for Mama

R: Cm 
Blues for Gm 
mama Cm 
Blues for Gm 
mama

1. Bb 
It just seems wrong to Ab 
sing this song
Bb 
'Cause she's not here Ab 
where she beGm 
longs

R: Blues for mama …

2. Rest her soul, she's grown so cold
Her touch is like the winter snow

R: Blues for mama …

3. She went away only yesterday
I couldn't help her, what can I say?

R: Blues for mama …

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R: Blues for mama …

4. She made her run
She can't be done
She's the only one

R: Blues for mama …

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6

: Borrowed Time

Well we're living on borrowed time, Lord
Can you give us another day
Yes we're living on borrowed time, Lord
Can you give us another day
Our chance of survival is slim, it's what they say
Yes we're living on borrowed time, Lord
Can you give us another day
We gotta hold ourselves together, 
But there ain't no guarantee
We gotta hold ourselves together, 
But there ain't no guarantee
Our chance of survival is slim, many plea
We gotta hold ourselves together, 
But there ain't no guarantee
Yes I've seen many people down 
On their knees to pray
Yes I've seen many people 
On their knees to pray
They say our chance of survival is slim, 
It's what they say
Yes we're living on borrowed time, Lord
Can you give us another day
7

: Bring Down the Curtain

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1. E 
Bring Down The Curtain
Bring down the curtain, saw the show tonight
It's so A 
dark outside, soon be E 
light
A 
Enough is enough, can't do it no E 
more
G 
Bring down the curtain, A 
close the door

2. Sometime you do, sometime you don't
Sometime you will and sometime you won't
Sometimes it's better to leave it alone
Slow it down, ease it, you let it be gone, gone, gone
Bring down the curtain, we've been movin' on

3. Say what you want, it's something else again
No matter what you say, it'll come to an end
Enough is enough, can't do it no more

Bring down the curtain
Bring down the curtain
Bring down the curtain, close the door 
8

: Cajun Moon

Em7 A Em7 A Em7 B7 A Em7 

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1. Em7 
Cajun moon, where does yoA 
ur power lie
As you mEm7 
ove across the southern sA 
ky
You took my bEm7 
abe way too sB7 
oon
What have you dA 
one, cajun mEm7 
oon

2. Someday babe, when you want your man
And you find him gone, just like the wind
Dont trouble your mind whatever you do
cause cajun moon took him from you

3. When daylight fades, the night comes on
You can hear the silence of this song
Dont trouble your mind whatever you do
cause he got me like he got you

4.=1. 
9

: Call Me the Breeze

1. A 
Call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down the road
D 
Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down A 
the road
E 
I ain't got me nobody
D 
I don't carry me D 
no load

2. A 
Ain't no change in the weather
Ain't no changes in me
D 
Well there ain't no change in the weather
Ain't no changes A 
in me
E 
And I ain't hidin' from nobody
D 
Nobody's hidin' from me
A 
Oh, that's the way its supposed to be

Solo
A D A E D A D A E D A 

3. A 
Well I got that green light baby
I got to keep movin' on
D 
Well I got that green light baby
I got to keep moA 
vin' on
E 
Well I might go out to California
D 
Might go down to Georgia
A 
I don't know

Solo
A D A E D A D A E D A 

4. A 
Well I dig you Georgia peaches
Makes me feel right at home
D 
Well now I dig you Georgia peaches
Makes me feel right A 
at home
E 
But I don't love me no one woman
D 
So I can't stay in GeorA 
gia long

5. A 
Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down the road
D 
Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down A 
the road
E 
I ain't got me nobody
D 
I don't carry me no A 
load

10

: Carry on

CAPO II
1. If lifeAm 
`s little downs they keG 
ep coming aroAm 
und
Carry on, cE 
arry onAm 
 
With darknAm 
ess all about, you waG 
nt to scream and shAm 
out
Carry on, carE 
ry onAm 
 

R: Dm 
Don`t cry baAm 
by, loDm 
ok at where you`ve beAm 
en
Am 
Everybody knoG 
ws you jusF 
t need a friE 
end
Am 
Please, please, please, if youG 
`re down on your kneAm 
es
Carry on, caE 
rry onAm 
 

2. Your head is full of doubt, you can`t figure it out
Carry on, carry on
Between the time it takes to make all those mistakes
Carry on, carry on

R: It don`t matter what you say or do
It just seems to work out if you want it to
Let out all the slack, take it off your back
Carry on, carry on

END: Let me bend your ear, never shed a tear
Carry on, carry on Carry on, carry on
11

: Cloudy Day

00:00 – intro guitar
C#m Fm C#m Fm C#m Fm A G# C#m (2×)
Fm B Fm G#

01:13 – guitarsolo
C#m Fm C#m Fm C#m Fm A G# C#m  

01:44 – sax solo
C#m Fm C#m Fm C#m Fm A G# C#m (2×)
Fm B Fm G#

02:59 – bass solo
C#m Fm C#m Fm C#m Fm A G# C#m

03:31 – sax solo
C#m Fm C#m Fm C#m Fm A G# C#m

04:01 – guitar & sax solo
C#m Fm C#m Fm C#m Fm A G# C#m  
Fm B Fm G#

04:47 – outro guitar & sax solo
C#m Fm C#m Fm C#m Fm A G# C#m 
Intro solo
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Guitarsolo: 

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12

: Crazy Mama

Capo II
E 

E 
Crazy mama, where you been so long?
Crazy mama, where you been so long?
You've been hiding out, I know that's true,
crazy mama, I sure need you
Crazy mama, where you been so long?

D A E 4x 

E 

E 
Standing on the corner, looking for you, babe
Standing on the corner, looking for you, babe
Lord mercy, I can not see, 
crazy mama coming back to me
Crazy mama, where you been so long?

D A E 

13

: Does Your Mamma Like to Reggae

G G G G Bb C 
 
G G G G Bb Bb C 

Does your mama like to reggae
Does your mama like to reggae

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Does your mama like to reggae

You gotta come on home to the city
Down in Jamaica way
Better come on home to the city
Down in Jamaica way

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Does she dance it for you daily
Watch it, watch it
Does she dance it for you daily
(When you want it)

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Does your mama like to reggae
Does your mama like to reggae

Yes does your mama like to reggae
Does your mama like to reggae

/: Hey, hey, hey (Hey, hey, hey) (Does she like it) :/ 5X
14

: Don't Cry Sister

CAPO III

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R: Don't Am 
cry sister cry, G 
it'll be alright in Am 
the morning.
Don't cry sister cry, everything will be just fine
Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright, I tell you no lie
Don't cry sister cry, don't do it, don't do it

1. When Am 
Old Man G 
Trouble knocks F 
on your G 
door
Don't give him no key, he just wants more
He'll turn your life to misery
Kick you down, just like me

R: Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright in the morning
Don't cry sister cry, everything will be just fine
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2. Woke downhearted and you feel so bad
Somebody wants something of nothing you had
Love don't come too easy, you see
A little bit of you and a little bit of me

R: Don't cry sister cry, it'll be alright in the morning
Don't cry sister cry, everything will be just fine
everything will be just fine
everything will be just fine
Don't cry sister cry, don't do it, don't do it
Don't cry sister cry, don't do it, don't do it
15

: Don't Go to Strangers

INTRO: 
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Gm 
If I'm standing in a crowd, Bb 
call my name, C 
call it Gm 
loud
Gm 
Don't go to strangers, Bb 
woman, call on D7 
me
Wave your Gm 
arm in the air, Bb 
let me know C 
that you're thereG 
 
When in doubt, oh D7 
woman, call on G 
me

Don't C 
leave me here to rust, don't G 
let me turn to dust
Oh, woman, when in doubt, call on meD7 
 
If I'm standG 
ing in a crowd,Bb 
 call my name,C 
 call it loudG 
 
Don't go to strangers, D7 
woman, call on meG 
 

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16

: Downtown LA

A 
Downtown L.A. is a deG 
pressing place
You can sD 
ee young men with deep lines in Ami 
their face
They could all be something if G 
somebody cared
But nD 
obody knows they're even Ami 
down there
G 
Old woman walking with Ami 
a sack on her back
G 
Picking up the garbage people Emi 
put out back
Men down there trying to walk Ami 
the line
Trading their soul for a D 
bottle of wineAmi 
 
In the inner city it ain't D 
no good
It's a long, long way from HollyAmi 
wood
Bad kind of people G 
got a hold of the street
D 
They got something that the poor people needG 
 
At two in the morning they Bmi 
bust your G 
head
Fat D 
chance walking Ami 
you'll end up dead
G 
It' the law of the jungle with a gun and a Ami 
knifeG 
 
If you stay long enough you lose your lifeAmi 
 D 
 Ami 
 G 
 D 
 A 
 G 
 Ami 
 G 
 Ami 
 G 
 D 
 G 
 Emi 
 
G 
Man down there he couldn't be lying  
He was D 
sleeping in the street and he couldn't keep from crying  
Said he'd been there for G 
twenty one years
D 
Through the bars and the brawls and the blues and the Ami 
tears
Prop up the Bmi 
front the C 
back falls down
D 
All around the canyons of L.A. town
G 
When he asked me for a A 
dollar I looked Ami 
him in his face
G 
Downtown L.A. is a depressing placeAmi 
 D 
 Ami 
 G 
 D 
 A 
 G 
 Ami 
 G 
 Ami 
 G 
 D 
 G 
 Emi 
 
17

: Drifters Wife

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1. Had me a woman down in Tennessee
Boy, she used to love me
Free fever got me and I had to go
I never seen that woman no more

2. New York City is a place I've been
I was there one time with a travelin' band
Young girl there wanted me to stay
I think she wanted me to pay

R: Roll it out, roll it in
Here we go down the road again
Drifters life is a drifters wife
Don't say I didn't tell you so
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3. Travelin' man, now he don't know
Only what he hears on the radio
Politics and money don't bother him
Only good lookin' women and a bottle of gin

4. Portland, Oregon, to the Mexican line
Boy, let me tell you the women are fine
If you don't hang around there very long
They'll never ever know you're gone

R: Roll it out, roll it in
Here we go down the road again
Drifters life is a drifters wife
Don't say I didn't tell you so

18

: End of the line

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A D7 A F B7 E
Trains don't run forever
Fire goes out sometime
Gotta tell you, baby
We've come to the end of the line

Pages of yesterday
Fill this book of mine
Gotta tell you, baby
It is the end of the line

I can't remember those good old days
They are from a different time
I gotta tell you, baby
We've come to the end of the line  

19

: Heads in Georgia

1. WeCm 
ll my heads in Georgia but my feet are California bound
WeCm 
ll my heads in Georgia but my feet is California bound
CaCm 
use that good looking Gm 
woman I got wants to leave these GeFm 
orgia towns

2. Well we ride them old freight trains rent them automobiles
For we ride them old freight trains and rent them automobiles
Cause that good looking woman is tired of these old Georgia hills

3. And that lonesome old highway seems to be our way no doubt
And that lonesome old highway seems to be the way no doubt
Cause that good looking woman and me, we just hanging out

Ref.: TrCm 
ains and airplanes is all weGm 
 do, I’m running half the time just liFm 
ke she wants me to
Cm 
Makes me no differGm 
ence to me when all is said and done,
heFm 
aded west toward the setting sun 

WCm 
ell my heads in Georgia but my feet is California bound
CaCm 
use that good looking woGm 
man I got wants to leave these GeFm 
orgia towns

4. Well my heads in Georgia but my feet is California bound
Well my heads in Georgia but my feet is California bound
Cause that good looking woman I got wants to leave these Georgia towns

End: CaCm 
use that good looking woGm 
man I got wants to leave these GeFm 
orgia towns
Cause that good looking woman I got wants to leave these Georgia towns
20

: Homeless

1. C 
She said she had no money But he was in doubt G 
   
Am 
He told her, "I used to be in too" 
But nowEm 
 he was out  
F 
"Spare some small change lady G 
 
And I'll be on my way" Am 
 

2. She looked into his eyes And deep in his soul 
I know she was wondering 
If he was in control 
She muttered to herself, "Those beggars, 
Where do they all come from?" 

Am 
He said, "I'C 
m not a homeless man G 
 
I'm a gypF 
sy by trade Em 
 
And I'm travelliAm 
ng this land 
I'm notG 
 a homeless man" Am 
 

C 
He moved through the streets With his headband low G 
 
Never thinkiAm 
ng he would never see 
That woman Em 
again, you know 
F 
Just sleeping in the doorways 
And alleyG 
s like he always had Am 
 
C 
The years rolled by And later on G 
 
He spotteAm 
d an old woman All tattered and worn Em 
 
HardF 
 times had got her 
HerG 
 clothes were ragged and old Am 
 
She said, "I'm not C 
a homeless woman G 
 
I'm a gypsyF 
 by trade And I'Em 
m travelling this lAm 
and
I'm not aG 
 homeless woman" Am 
 

C 
Sometime in the daytime Sometimes at night G 
 
You will see a couAm 
ple walking They'll come into sight Em 
 
F 
Pushing their carts G 
 
And holding hands Am 
 

C 
If you ask to help They'll just run away G 
 
Am 
Like little children, out to Em 
play 
F 
And if you ask, "Who are you" G 
 
They'll always say Am 
 

C 
"I'm not a homeless man G 
 
I'm a gypsF 
y by trade Em 
 
And I'm travelliAm 
ng this land 

She's notG 
 a homeless woman 

I'm not a homeleAm 
ss man"
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: Chains of love

1. Gm 
Chains of Gm 
love, won't F 
let me be
C 
They keep haunting, Gm 
haunting me
Free my mind from their vice
Chains of love, cold as ice

R: Dm 
That old key, I've yet to Gm 
find
Dm 
That unlocks, those Gm 
ties that Eb 
biD 
nd

2. Ain't no way I am told
No you cannot break the hold
Chains of love won't let me be
They keep haunting

3. Once you get down, you will know
They won't ever, ever, let you go
Chains of love all wrapped in now
Break these bond, I don't know how

4. Chains of love will follow you
Don't matter what you do
Free my mind, from this vice
Chains of love, cold as ice

5. Chains of love won't let me be
They keep haunting, haunting me
Free my mind from their vice
Chains of love, cold as ice

R: That old key, I've yet to find …

6. Chains of love won't let me be
They keep haunting, haunting me

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: Mama Don't

Hm F#m Hm Em Hm F#m Hm 

1. Yeah, Hm 
Mama don't allow no guitar playing 'round here  
Yeah, Hm 
Mama don't allow no guitar playing 'round F#m 
 here  
Hm 
I don't care what mama don't allow I'll  Em 
play my guitar anyhow  
Hm 
Mama don't allow no F#m 
 guitar playing 'round  Hm 
here

2. Hey, Mama don't allow no bass in this place  
Yeah, Mama don't allow no bass in this place  
I don't care what mama don't allow I'll play my bass anyhow  
Mama don't allow no bass in this place

3. Yeah, Mama don't allow no drumming going on  
Yeah, Mama don't allow no drumming going on  
I don't care what mama don't allow Gonna play my drums anyhow  
Mama don't allow no drumming going on

Hm F#m Hm Em Hm F#m Hm 

4. Yeah, Mama don't allow no piano players in here  
Mama don't allow no piano players in here  
I don't care what mama don't allow Gonna play my piano anyhow  
Mama don't allow no piano players in here

Hm F#m Hm Em Hm F#m Hm 

5. Yeah, Mama don't allow no reefer-smoking round about  
Yeah, Mama don't allow no reefer-smoking round a- bout  
Yeah, I don't care what mama don't allow I'm gonna smoke my reefer anyhow  
Mama don't allow no reefer in here

Hm F#m Hm Em Hm F#m Hm 2x 
 

6. Mama don't allow us all playing at the same time  
Mama don't allow us all playing at the same time  
I don't care what mama don't allow we're all gonna play all at the same time anyhow  
Mama don't allow us all playing at the same time

Hm F#m Hm Em Hm F#m Hm 
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: Mississippi River

1. Dm 
Mississippi River railroad track
Want to go to Memphis C 
 my baby Dm 
back
Dm 
Get me a motorcycle take off tomorrow
If it don't run Am 
 get me a car

2. Fill that car with gasoline
Do anything just to see her again
Mississippi River railroad track
Want to go to Memphis get my baby back

R: G 
Walking down the highway
Dm 
Thumbing down the road
G 
Got to get there
A 
How I don't know

3. Uphill, downhill just around the bend
Got to go to Memphis see my baby again
Leavin' in the mornin', I cannot wait
Got to go to Memphis, see my baby today

4. Get me a ticket, fly on a cloud
Airplane, airplane help me out
Mississippi River railroad track
Want to go to Memphis get my baby back

End.: Dm - C - Bb - Am (which is 10th fret, 8 fret, 6th fret, 5ft fret)
Gm - Fmaj7 - Gm - C - Dm (third fret, first fret, open, open, open)
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: Riverboat Song

1. E 
I hear a whistle, I hear a moan
Must be my A 
baby coming E 
home
She's been down in Tupelo C 
singin' that riB 
verboat E 
song

2. She is a dancer, a river queen
She teach them gamblers most anything
She been down in Tupelo singin' that riverboat song

R: Many niA 
ghts I spend alE 
one
Many days there ain't nobody home
Many times I wish she was here
Hear that riC 
verboat whistle blow I B 
know she's gettin near

3. Hey river captain bring my baby home
I guess I'm lonesome since she been gone
She been down in Tupelo workin' that riverboat song

R: Many nights I spend alone …

25

: The Problem

B G# D# B B G# B 
 

1. B 
Have you heard the G# 
news, that's D# 
going 'round hereB 
 
B 
The man in chG# 
arge has got to goB 
 

2. Cause he dances 'round, the problem, boy
and the problem is the man in charge, you know

3. Now the young knows what, I'm a talkin' 'bout
it's a con in the old man's game

4. The man in charge he don't, know what he's doin'
He don't know, the world has changed

R: D# 
The power seems to beF 
, sB 
o fG# 
ar uD# 
 
B 
The man on theG# 
 street ain't got a clueB 
 

5. The high top cats, runnin' your life
Thinks the problem is uh, me and you

(piano solo)

6. Born in a time, that has gone by
The old tell the young what to do

7. Have you heard the news, that's going 'round 
/: The problem is the man in charge of you :/

(guitar solo)

R: The power seems to be, so far up …

Bb Ab Eb Bb Bb Ab Bb 
 

*: B 
Have you heard the nG# 
ews, tD# 
hat's a goin' 'round heB 
re
B 
The man in G# 
charge has to goB 
 
The man in charge has got to go
The man in charge got to go
26

: Travellin' Light

1. F#m 
Travelin' light, Amaj 
is the only way to fly
F#m 
Travelin' light, Amaj 
just you and I
Amaj 
One-way ticket to F#m 
ecstasy
Amaj 
Way on down, F#m 
follow me
F#m 
Travelin' light, iAmaj 
s the only way to fly

2. Travelin' light, we can go beyond
Travelin' light, we can catch the wind
Travelin' light, let your mind pretend
We can go to paradise
Maybe once, maybe twice
Travelin' light, is the only way to fly
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