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Ambergrass Lyrics

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Ambergrass Express

Capo 2

^{GIn the distance there's a rumble, like thunder headed ^CWest
I can ^Gsee the smoke a rising, it's the Ambergrass ^DExpress
^{GShe don't roll on rails she's laying her own ^Ctrack
^{GBlazing a trail, ^Dforward through the ^Gpast

Chorus
She ^Dflys through the night like an ^CEagle on the ^Gwind
She ^Dnever looks back or ^Cwonders where she's ^Dbeen
Keep your ^Gbags packed and ready and always look your ^Cbest
^{GDon't miss this chance to ride the ^DAmbergrass ^GExpress

When she blows through town it's just a whistle stop
She keeps her engine pumping or the steam will blow her top
If you're gonna climb aboard you better shake a leg
You've got to move fast to hop a power keg

Repeat Chorus

There's an echo in the night and you know she's drawing near
Don't listen for the clack of rails or look for an engineer
Run down to the station be sure to be around
When the Ambergrass Express passes through your town

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Redwood Fence
© 2006 A.E. & P.P. PFLAGER

Start with A Cappella Chorus

CHORUS
The fence post rotted at the bottom of the post
The bottom of the post made the whole fence fall
I should have mended that post don't you know
But instead I let that whole fence go

A redwood fence is made to last
But you better check it often once time has passed
You better Keep your eye upon your soul
To take it from you is Satans goal

Repeat Chorus

C - PART
Satans coming to conquer you,
You better build a fence he can't get through
Then keep your eye upon those posts
Pray for help from the holy ghost

Repeat Chorus
Mandolin Lead over Chours
Dobro Lead over C- Part
Repeat Chorus

Even little sins are bad for you
They rot those posts through and through
There is still time left to repent
And ask for grace that is heaven sent

Repeat Chorus
Repeat C-Part
Repeat Chorus

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Redwood Cabin by the Pine
© 2006 A.E. & P.P. PFLAGER

There's a cabin neath the redwoods
where I spend the summertime
Left my darlin there to sleep, beneath the only pine
I return every year just to be so very near
My darling sleeping neath the redwoods by the pine

Chorus
Darlin when I'm near, your sweet voice I can hear,
The echos of your harmony sublime
You know I'll come back to that tiny redwood shack
When the winter chill gives way to summertime

In the warm summer air, sunlight sparkled in your hair
As we wandered by the river and I tasted your sweet wine
Now I walk along that path and cry and wish you back
At the cabin neath the redwoods by the pine

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Franks Song
© 2006 P.P.Pflager

D Whenever I started my old John Deere

G Frank would sit on hisA7 porch to D hear

It made him think of years gone by
The G sound of that engine could A7 make him D cry

(D,C,B,A run)
A He couldn't know that it was me

I D lived too far for him to see

He A decided one day to follow that sound

It didn't take him long to come around

CHORUS
With a D put ummmm put put ummmm put put

Bmin Thats the way that tractor ran

You'd G know if you A7 were a John Deere D fan

D The sound of that tractor was loud and strong

It G spoke to Frank and A7 pulled him D along

It had been a while since he'd been out
In G spite of his age he A7 jumped with a D shout

(D,C,B,A run)
A He stopped in my driveway and stood there a while

When I D drove around the corner I saw his smile

He A waved and he smiled his heart full of joy

His mind went back to when he was a boy

(repeat chorus)

D Come on in, take her for a ride

G Open the gate and A7 come D inside

He shook his head, I wish I could
That G old John Deere A7 sure looks D good

(D,C,B,A run)
A I'll just stand and watch for a while

You D plow that field in John Deere style

I A turned that tractor back around

And put the disk back on the ground

(repeat chorus)

D When I came back around, Frank was gone

I G guess he coundn't bear to A7 listen to that tractors D song

It's tough to go back that many years
It's G tough to go back without A7 shedding D tears

(repeat chorus)

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The John Day

© 2006 A.E. & P.P. PFLAGER

^{GWhen the sun is burning ^Bmhot in an Ore^Cgon summer ^Gsky

Let the ^DJohn Day quench your thirsty soul,don't ^Clet it roll on ^Gby

REFRAIN
Roll on ^Emby, Roll on ^Cby

Let the ^GJohn Day quench your ^Emthirsty soul,don't ^Clet it roll on^Gby

Where the John Day drifts through the ^Bmvalley

Where ^Cwheat fields bend in the ^Gwind

Where a ^Emdusty country road lays like ^Dpower on your skin

The ^Cmusic of the river, ^Gfills the air and ^Emsky

Let the ^DJohn Day quench your thirsty soul,don't ^Clet it roll on ^Gby

REFRAIN

In a cave above the ^Bmriver, Indian wri^Ctings on the ^Gwall

^{EmAncient testomony to the ^Drivers mighty call

In my ^Cheart I feel the message like rolling thun^Gder from the ^Emsky

Let the^DJohn Day quench your thirsty soul,don't ^Clet it roll on ^Gby

REFRAIN

When my days are cold and ^Bmempty the ^Cclock ticks on the ^Gwall

^{EmCounting every second I hear a ^Ddistant water fall

There's a ^Ccool clear river flowing some^Gwhere inside of ^Emme

Like the ^DJohn Day from the valley, it's ^Cstraining to be ^Gfree

REFRAIN

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Motorcycle Maniac
© 2006 A. E. & P.P. PFLAGER

^{G I'm a motorcycle racer that got offa the track
I got a motorcycle mamma hanging on my back
I ^C got two wheels on a rocket that flies
You ^G better move over and let me go by
I was ^Dborn in a sidecar on ^C highway one
Oh ^G God, I love to hear that motor run

^GWheels turning fast humming on the ground
Open up the throttle, make those wheels go round
I ^Clove to feel the wind blowin through my hair
^G Flying down the highway without a care
^DScreaming around the corners, ^C slidin through the curves
I'm a ^G motorcycle maniac with cast iron nerves

^GI'm heading to Skyline to try out the curves
I'll pass all the cars in just a few swerves
The ^C cops behind me are hot on my tail
^G Hoping to catch me and throw me in jail
My ^D engine is smoking my ^C brakes are on fire
I'm ^G burning the rubber right offa my tire

^G Don't ever try to make me settle down
I gotta keep rolling, I won't hang around
I ^C like to live my life on a high
^G Get on my motor and watch the world wizz by
^D Rev up my engine ^C fly down the road
I'm ^G headed down the highway, with no ties and no load

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