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Songwriter’s
Notebook
Rich Scott
Songwriter’s Notebook
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Contents
A 1000 Lonely Sunsets ......................................................................................... 4
Angels In The Snow ................................................................................................ 6
Ashes To Ashes .......................................................................................................... 7
Blue River .................................................................................................................... 9
Break Me Up ............................................................................................................. 10
Chasing A Rainbow.............................................................................................. 11
Come Dance With Me .......................................................................................... 12
Comes A Time ........................................................................................................... 15
Covered Bridge ....................................................................................................... 16
Dancing On The Edge ......................................................................................... 17
Do What You Do To Me ....................................................................................... 18
Don’t You Ever Leave Me ................................................................................. 19
Dream Colors ............................................................................................................ 20
Evening Sky .............................................................................................................. 21
Everyday ..................................................................................................................... 22
Feel Love ..................................................................................................................... 23
Forever ......................................................................................................................... 24
Funky Love ................................................................................................................ 26
Hard Luck Woman ................................................................................................ 27
Headed Out On Two Roads ............................................................................. 28
Hearts Of Glass ........................................................................................................ 29
How I Feel ................................................................................................................... 30
It Must Be Love ....................................................................................................... 31
Let’s Leave It Behind ......................................................................................... 32
Like The Day We First Met ............................................................................... 33
Me And You ............................................................................................................... 34
Mountain Of Lies ................................................................................................... 35
Old Time Jazz .......................................................................................................... 36
Rosewood .................................................................................................................... 37
Shelter From The Storm ..................................................................................... 38
Rock & Roll Woman .............................................................................................. 39
The Best Of Times .................................................................................................. 40
The Braden River .................................................................................................. 41
The Fog Rolls In ...................................................................................................... 42
The Square ................................................................................................................ 44
Time Dance ................................................................................................................ 45
Tonight ......................................................................................................................... 46
Too Much Too Young ........................................................................................... 47
Who’s Gonna Love You ...................................................................................... 48
About The Author ................................................................................................. 49
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A 1000 Lonely Sunsets
VERSE
CM7/G FM7/C CM7/G Em7
E--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
B--0---------------|--1---------------|--0---------------|--3---------------|
G—-0----/---/---/--|--2----/---/--/---|--0----/---/---/--|--0----/---/---/--|
D--2---/---/---/---|--3---/---/---/---|--2---/---/---/---|--0---/---/---/---|
A--3---------------|--3---------------|--3---------------|--2---------------|
E--3---------------|------------------|--3---------------|--0---------------|
1. The day was dark and the night so sad
F#m11 B7addE Em9 Em7
E--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
B--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--3---------------|
G—-2----/---/---/--|--2----/---/--/---|--0----/---/---/--|--0----/---/---/--|
D--2---/---/---/---|--1---/---/---/---|--2---/---/---/---|--0---/---/---/---|
A------------------|--2---------------|--4---------------|--2---------------|
E--2---------------|------------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
And every shadow called her name.
CM7/G FM7/C CM7/G Em7
E--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
B--0---------------|--1---------------|--0---------------|--3---------------|
G—-0----/---/---/--|--2----/---/--/---|--0----/---/---/--|--0----/---/---/--|
D--2---/---/---/---|--3---/---/---/---|--2---/---/---/---|--0---/---/---/---|
A--3---------------|--3---------------|--3---------------|--2---------------|
E--3---------------|------------------|--3---------------|--0---------------|
No more flowers in the fields just scattered blues all around
F#m11 B7addE Em9 Em7
E--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
B--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--3---------------|
G—-2----/---/---/--|--2----/---/--/---|--0----/---/---/--|--0----/---/---/--|
D--2---/---/---/---|--1---/---/---/---|--2---/---/---/---|--0---/---/---/---|
A------------------|--2---------------|--4---------------|--2---------------|
E--2---------------|------------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
Like a sonnet in the dark.
CHORUS
E7sus4 Em9 Em7#5 Em7
E--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
B--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
G—-0----/---/---/--|--0----/---/--/---|--0----/---/---/--|--0----/---/---/--|
D--7---/---/---/---|--5---/---/---/---|--5---/---/---/---|--0---/---/---/---|
A--5---------------|--4---------------|--3---------------|--2---------------|
E--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|
Will a thousand lonely sunsets have to pass me by
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E7sus4 Em9 Em7#5 Em7
E--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0--------------||
B--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0--------------||
G—-0----/---/---/--|--0----/---/--/---|--0----/---/---/--|--0----/---/---/-||
D--7---/---/---/---|--5---/---/---/---|--5---/---/---/---|--0---/---/---/--||
A--5---------------|--4---------------|--3---------------|--2--------------||
E--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|--0--------------||
Before the stars will shine down mm --- why?
Additional Verses:
Memories of the night before unforgettable forevermore
After all what more can I say
Night lights by the windows Lord I could not sleep
This empty mirror just stares back at me
Standard tuning with capo on the third fret
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Angels In The Snow
E G#m Aadd9/E E
1. It seems so long ago, those kind and gentler days
E G#m Aadd9/E E
It seems I lost my smile somewhere along the way
E Esus(add9) Aadd9/E E Aadd9/E
And now I can’t see angles in the snow
Esus (add9) Aadd9/E E
And now I can’t see angels in the snow
2. Been Running well past empty down some God forsaken road
And I prayed at the church of broken dreams please help me with this load
But I still can’t see angels in the snow
But I still can’t see angels in the snow
3. On sleepless nights I still recall when we held each other tight
And how we’d make love each and every night
And she would make me angels in the snow
She was my angels in the snow
Open “E” tuning: EBEG#BE
Verse: E = 000000 G#m = 44400x Aadd9/E = 020100
Esus(add9) = 002100
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Ashes To Ashes
INTRO
E-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
B---8-------8-----|---10-------10-----|---8-------8-----|---10-------10----||
G-----0-------0---|------0--------0---|-----0-------0---|------0--------0--||
D-------8---------|--------8----------|-------8---------|--------8---------||
G---0-----0-------|----0-----0--------|---0-----0-------|----0-----0-------||
E-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
VERSE
E-----------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
B---8-------8-----|---6--------6-----|---10--------10-----|---8-------8-----|
G-----0-------0---|-----0--------0---|------0---------0---|-----0-------0---|
D-------8---------|-------7----------|--------10----------|-------8---------|
G---0-----0-------|---0-----0--------|----0------0--------|---0-----0-------|
E-----------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
1. If the night’s so hot why are my days so cold
E-----------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
B---8-------8-----|---6--------6-----|---10--------10-----|---8-------8-----|
G-----0-------0---|-----0--------0---|------0---------0---|-----0-------0---|
D-------8---------|-------7----------|--------10----------|-------8---------|
G---0-----0-------|---0-----0--------|----0------0--------|---0-----0-------|
E-----------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
These middle ages have me feeling old
E-----------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
B---8-------8-----|---6--------6-----|---10--------10-----|---8-------8-----|
G-----0-------0---|-----0--------0---|------0---------0---|-----0-------0---|
D-------8---------|-------7----------|--------10----------|-------8---------|
G---0-----0-------|---0-----0--------|----0------0--------|---0-----0-------|
E-----------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
On a crowded street or in a room alone
E-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------||
B---8-------8-----|---6-------6-----|---10--------10-----|---8-------8-----||
G-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|------0---------0---|-----0-------0---||
D-------8---------|-------7---------|--------10----------|-------8---------||
G---0-----0-------|---0-----0-------|----0------0--------|---0-----0-------||
E-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------||
Hide the broken hearts that have turned to stone.
CHORUS
E-----------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
B--13-------13----|--11--------11----|---10--------10-----|---8-------8-----|
G-----0--------0--|-----0---------0--|------0---------0---|-----0-------0---|
D-------12--------|-------10---------|--------10----------|-------8---------|
G---0------0------|---0------0-------|----0------0--------|---0-----0-------|
E-----------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
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E-----------------|------------------|--------------------|----------------||
B--13-------13----|--11--------11----|---10--------10-----|---8-------8----||
G-----0--------0--|-----0---------0--|------0---------0---|-----0-------0--||
D-------12--------|-------10---------|--------10----------|-------8--------||
G---0------0------|---0------0-------|----0------0--------|---0-----0------||
E-----------------|------------------|--------------------|----------------||
Ashes to ashes, It’s dust to dust
ENDING
E-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B---8-------8-----|---10-------10-----|---8-------8-----|---10-------10-----|
G-----0-------0---|------0--------0---|-----0-------0---|------0--------0---|
D-------8---------|--------8----------|-------8---------|--------8----------|
G---0-----0-------|----0-----0--------|---0-----0-------|----0-----0--------|
E-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E-----------------|-------------------||
B--------8--------|-------------------||
G--------0--------|-------------------||
D--------8--------|-------------------||
G--------0--------|-------------------||
E-----------------|-------------------||
Additional Verses:
2. When we kiss it’s there on your lips
A taste of doubt, a bitter turn about
In the dark of night or in broad day light
Whether wrong or right, love is out of sight.
3. Here lies these blues in quiet desperation
Can one man’s tears drown his isolation?
Heaven or hell, only time will tell
Is it only love that can break the spell?
Tuning: EGDGBE (Note this is played in Standard Tuning with the 5th “A” string lowered a
whole step to “G”)
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Blue River
INTRO
VERSE
GM7 F#m7b5 B7b9 Em7 A13 Dm7 G13
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B--3---------------|--1-------1-------|--8-------7-------|--6-------5-------|
G—-4----/---/---/--|--2----/--2---/---|--7----/--6----/--|--5----/--4----/--|
D--4---/---/---/---|--2---/---1---/---|--5---/---5---/---|--3---/---3---/---|
A------------------|----------2-------|--7---------------|--5---------------|
E--3---------------|--2---------------|----------5-------|----------3-------|
1. I ---- will never see the sunlight shining --- - in your eyes and
CM7 Cm7 F9 BbM7 Bbm7 Eb9
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B--8---------------|--8-------8-------|--6---------------|--6-------6-------|
G--9----/---/---/--|--8----/--8----/--|--7----/---/---/--|--6----/--6----/--|
D--9---/---/---/---|--8---/---7---/---|--7---/---/---/---|--6---/---5---/---|
A------------------|----------8-------|------------------|----------6-------|
E--8---------------|--8---------------|--6---------------|--6---------------|
I ---- will never touch your heart a - gain ----
CHORUS
Am7 Am11 Ab7b5 G13 E7#9 Am7 D7b9
E------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
B--5---------------|--3-------3-------|--5-------8-------|--5-------4------||
G—-5----/---/---/--|--5----/--5----/--|--4----/--7----/--|--5----/--5----/-||
D--5---/---/---/---|--5---/---4---/---|--3---/---6---/---|--5---/---4---/--||
A------------------|------------------|----------7-------|----------5------||
E--5---------------|--5-------4-------|--3---------------|--5--------------||
Since you said goodbye Feels like a blue river running through my soul.
Additional Verses:
2. I don’t want to eat any thing all I do is
Sleep, can’t think of anything but you and all the things you do.
3. I don’t know how much more I can take afraid that I might
Break, don’t know why all I ever do is cry.
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Break Me Up
Bm7 G7 F#7
1. She’s been gone for nearly three weeks
Feels like I’m lost on some dead end street
I don’t know why she left me this way
I hope and pray that she’ll come home someday.
Chorus: Break me up, shake me up
Baby don’t you wake me now.
2. Haven’t slept in nearly a week
Feeling so tired I need all of my sleep
It’s not so important it couldn’t wait
You see baby it’s so very late.
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