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Thread #30961 Message #2489732
Posted By: bluerabbit10
10-Nov-08 - 08:34 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: John Hartford songs
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: DON'T EVER TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE
"Don't Take Your Eyes off the Game, Babe," track 17 on Steam Powered Aero-Takes...I have posted lyrics, the way I hear them on the track. "Eye On the Game" I guess is John's take off on "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down." I am posting below as a way of returning favors others have done for me in posting lyrics I was seeking. Verne:
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Track 17: DON'T EVER TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE GAME, BABE by: John Hartford Steam Powered Aero-Takes Rounder 22 January 2002
Chords tabbed by: Verne Garrison November 9, 2008 Banjo tuned E Key D Capo 1
B7 E7 Don't ever take your eyes off the game, babe A7 D If you don't want your deal to go down B7 E7 Don't try to get away on a sunny day A7 D That's the time to hang around
B7 E7 They'll try to tell you, ain't nothing wrong A7 D Your shirt gets short, where it should be long B7 E7 And setting around singing that old love song A7 D Don't let your deal go down
All together now....(Chorus)(same chords)
B7 E7 Don't let your deal go down A7 D Don't let your deal go down B7 E7 Don't let your deal go down, sweet mama A7 D Till your last gold dollar is gone
B7 E7 Don't ever take your eye off the scoreboard, babe A7 D There's a lot of pretty lights up there B7 E7 Don't ever bet your ass on a snow-white horse A7 D It might not be going anywhere
B7 E7 Now I don't mean to make you sad A7 D But you are having the best time you ever had B7 E7 It's just your nature makes you wanna be bad A7 D Don't let your deal go down
All together now:
B7 E7 Oh no don't let your deal go down A7 D Don't let your deal go down B7 E7 Doobidee, doobidee do do ...down A7 D Till your last gold dollar is gone
Instrumental:
B7 E7 Now I don't know what I said last night A7 D I think it was about quarter to eight B7 E7 I think things were going to go down A7 D Because we couldn't commun--i--cate
B7 E7 But now, I think things are all right A7 D Nobody knows when things go bad, B7 E7 Things have got to get better A7 D If I don't want my deal to go down
All together now: B7 E7 Don't let your deal go down....