Lyr/Chords Req: songs by Loretta Lynn

Subject: Loretta Lynn Lyrics/Chords
From: Seth
Date: 04 Feb 01 - 05:57 PM

I've been searching the country databases for lyrics to Loretta's songs, but everywhere I go, it's the same four or five songs. Does anyone know of a good place to look? Thanks

Seth from China

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Loretta Lynn Lyrics/Chords
From: Joe Offer
Date: 04 Feb 01 - 09:25 PM

Hi, Seth - the best overall Country lyrics database is Cowpie - Click here for their Loretta Lynn collection, which is probably the same five songs you found elsewhere (and the other sites probably got their lyrics from Cowpie. There's a site called http://www.lorettalynn.com, but I don't know if they have lyrics. It there are specific songs you're looking for, let us know. We have some real experts who can find just about anything you might need.
You may also be able to get something out of thisGoogle Search (click) I've set up for you.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Loretta Lynn Lyrics/Chords
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 05 Feb 01 - 12:44 AM

List some titles you want?

Subject: Happy Birthday Loretta Lynn
From: Felipa
Date: 14 Apr 22 - 06:00 PM

I was listening tonight to BBC radio 2 country music show, so I know that 14 April 2022 is LORETTA LYNN'S NINETIETH BIRTHDAY
She only retired from touring five years ago.

her 2022 "Birthday Bash" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbGxu5ooKdY was held earlier this week apparently.

Hey, I'm surprised at this song from 1972:

THE PILL
Songwriters: Don McHan / Loretta Lynn / T.D. Bayless

You wined me and dined me
When I was your girl
Promised if I'd be your wife
You'd show me the world
But all I've seen of this old world
Is a bed and a doctor bill
I'm tearin' down your brooder house
'Cause now I've got the pill

All these years I've stayed at home
While you had all your fun
And every year that's gone by
Another baby's come
There's a gonna be some changes made
Right here on nursery hill
You've set this chicken your last time
'Cause now I've got the pill

This old maternity dress I've got
Is goin' in the garbage
The clothes I'm wearin' from now on
Won't take up so much yardage
Miniskirts, hot pants and a few little fancy frills
Yeah I'm makin' up for all those years
Since I've got the pill

I'm tired of all your crowin'
How you and your hens play
While holdin' a couple in my arms
Another's on the way
This chicken's done tore up her nest
And I'm ready to make a deal
And ya can't afford to turn it down
'Cause you know I've got the pill

This incubator is overused
Because you've kept it filled
The feelin' good comes easy now
Since I've got the pill
It's gettin' dark it's roostin' time
Tonight's too good to be real
Oh, but daddy don't you worry none
'Cause mama's got the pill
Oh, daddy don't you worry none
'Cause mama's got the pill

Source: LyricFind

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: songs by Loretta Lynn
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Apr 22 - 01:08 AM

There were some lyrics to Loretta Lynn songs at Cowpie, http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/songs.html/l/lynn_loretta
There gone now, so I got what I could find in an archive of the Cowpie Website.

I just copy-pasted these from the Cowpie archive, so I won't guarantee the accuracy of the lyrics. I spend my time on folk music, not commercial stuff. Many of these songs were transcribed by my friend Gene Graham, and his work is quite accurate.

Subject: ADD: Coal Miner's Daughter (from Loretta Lynn)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Apr 22 - 01:09 AM

Date: 2/19/97; 10:17:35 AM
From: [e-mail] (Gene L. Graham)
Subject: COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER


COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
Words and music by Loretta Lynn

[D] Well, I was born a [G] coal miner's [D] daughter
In a cabin on a [E] hill in Butcher [A7] Holler
We were [D] poor, but we had love
That's the [G] one thing that daddy made [D] sure of
He shoveled coal to [A7] make a poor man's [D] dollar.

My daddy worked all night in the Vanleer coal mine
All day long in the field a-hoin' corn
Mommie rocked the babies at night
And read the Bible by the coal-oil light
And ever'thing would start all over come break of morn'.

Change to Eb:
Daddy loved and raised eight kids on a miner's pay
Mommie scrubbed our clothes on a washboard ever' day
Why, I've seen her fingers bleed
To complain there was no need
She'd smile in Mommie's understanding way.

In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear
But in the wintertime we'd all get a brand new pair
>From a mail order catalog
Money made from sellin' a hog
Daddy always managed to get the money somewhere.

Change to E:
Yeah!, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter
I remember well - the well where I drew water
The work we done was hard
At night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired
I never thought of ever leaving Butcher Holler.

Well, a lot of things have changed since way back then
And it's so good to be back home again
Not much left but the floor
Nothing lives here anymore
Except the mem'ries of a coal miner's daughter.

Subject: Lyr/Chords ADD:Fist City by Loretta Lynn
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Apr 22 - 01:17 AM

ate: 3/3/02; 5:58:21 AM
From: "Bob Crain"
Subject: Fist City by Loretta Lynn

Lyrics from:
http://lyrics.freesoftwarearchive.com/lyrics/Loretta_Lynn/Loretta_Lynn__Coun
try_Music_Hall_Of_Fame/songslist.html
Chords transcribed by Bob Crain ([e-mail])

Song: Fist City
Author: Loretta Lynn
Album: Loretta Lynn: Country Music Hall of Fame

Intro: Riff, 4 beats of each: C F C G

First Verse:

[C] A you've been makin' your brags around town

That [G] you've been a lovin' my [C] man

But the [F] man I love, when he [C] picks up trash

He puts it in a garbage can

And [F] that's what a you look like to me

And [C] what I see's a [F] pity

Ya better [C] close your face and stay outta my way

If ya [G] don't wanna go to fist [C] city

Chorus:

If ya [F] don't wanna go to fist [C] city

Ya better [G] detour around my [C] town

'Cause [F] I'll grab you by the [C] hair a the head

And I'll [D] lift a you off a the [G] ground

[C] I'm not a sayin' my baby's a saint 'cause he ain't

N' that he won't cat around with a [F] kitty

I'm here to tell ya gal to lay [C] offa my man

If ya [G] don't wanna go to fist [C] city


Break: Riff as played in Intro, starting on the last C chord of the chorus


Second Verse, same chords as the first verse:

Come on and tell me what you told my friends
If you think you're brave enough
And I'll show you what a real woman is
Since you think you're hot stuff
You'll bite off more than you can chew
If you get too cute or witty
You better move your feet
If you don't wanna eat
A meal that's called fist city

Chorus, then repeat last two lines of chorus to end:

I'm here to [F] tell ya gal to lay [C] offa my man

If ya [G] don't wanna go to fist [C] city

Subject: Lyr/Chords ADD: Honky Tonk Girl by Loretta Lynn
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Apr 22 - 01:18 AM

From: Gene L. Graham
To: [e-mail]
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 4:29 PM
Subject: HONKY TONK GIRL


HONKY TONK GIRL
Words and music by Loretta Lynn

[D] bridge to:
[G] Ever since you left me I've done [D] nothing but wrong
[A7] Many nights I've [G] laid awake and [D] cried
[G] We once were happy, my [D] heart was in a whirl
But [A7] now I'm a [G] Honky Tonk [D] girl.

CHORUS
So [A7] turn that [G] Jukebox way up [D] high
And [A7] fill my [G] glass up while I [D] cry
I've [G] lost ev'rything in this [D] world
And now I'm a [A7] Honky Tonk [D] girl.

[G] I just can't make a right with [D] all of my wrongs
[A7] Ev'ry ev'ning of my [G] life seems so [D] long
[G] I'm sorry and ashamed for [D] all these things you see
But [A7] losin' him has [G] made a fool of [D] me.

So [A7] fill my [G] glass up to the [D] brim
To [A7] lose my [G] mem-o-ry of [D] him
I've [G] lost ev'rything in this [D] world
And now I'm a [A7] honky tonk [D] girl.

-------------------------------------------

Note. Extra Verse from a different version.

All he ever gave me was a reason to go bad
And it's not hard to see just what I am
I'm ashamed and I'm sorry for everything you see
But losing him has made a fool of me.

Subject: Lyr/Chords ADD: Indian Lake by Loretta Lynn (?)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Apr 22 - 01:20 AM

Date: 2/28/02; 9:26:26 AM
From: "nancy dickenson"
Subject: Fwd: Indian Lake

Indian Lake
Recorded by the Cowsills and Freddy Weller
Words and Music By Tony Romeo

This is the way the Cowsills and Freddy Weller done the song. Loretta Lynn redid the song some , and put it on one of her albums.


Moderately:
You take a (D7) bus marked (G) "Lake-wood Drive,"__ and you keep on rid-in' till
you're (D7) out-ta the city. Where the air is fine__ with sweet smell-in' pine and the
(G) country-side's pretty. And you'll see daf-fo-dils __ peep-in' o-ver the hills__or a (C)
hon-ey lov-in' ma-ma bear, just take a left at the bridge,_ (A7) go down to (G)
Quak-er - town (E7) Ridge,___ (A7) and in a min-ute you're (D7) there._____(G)

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,
doo, doo, doo, doo. Let's go to
(chorus)
(G) Indian Lake __ is a scene you should make __with you (C) lit-tle one.___ Keep
in (D7) mind__ if you're look-in to find__a place in the (G) sum-mer sun.__ Swim
in the cove,__ have a snack in the grove,__ or you can (C) rent a can-oe. At (D7)
Indian Lake, you'll be a-ble to make__ it the way the (G) Indians do. (G) Doo,

doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,
doo, doo ,   Let's go to.

Repeat chorus and fade

Subject: Lyr/ChordsADD: One's on the Way by Loretta Lynn
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Apr 22 - 01:29 AM

ONES ON THE WAY
Recorded by: Loretta Lynn
Submitted by: Tom Rivers

THEY SAY TO HAVE HER HAIR DONE LIZ FLIES ALL THE WAY TO FRANCE
AND JACKIE'S SEEN IN A DISCOTHEQUE DOIN' A BRAND NEW DANCE.
AND THE WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL SEASON SHOULD BE GLITTERING AND GAY
BUT HERE IN TOPEKA, THE RAIN IS A'FALLIN'
THE FAUCET IS A'DRIPPIN' AND THE KIDS ARE A'BAWLIN'
ONE A' THEM A'TODDLIN' AND ONE A' THEM A'CRAWLIN' AND ONE'S ON THE WAY.

I'M GLAD THAT RAQUEL WELCH JUST SIGNED A MILLION DOLLAR PACT,
AND DEBBIE'S OUT IN VEGAS WORKIN' UP A BRAND NEW ACT.
WHILE THE TV'S SHOWIN' NEWLYWEDS A REAL FINE GAME TO PLAY.
BUT HERE IN TOPEKA, THE SCREEN DOOR'S A BANGIN'
THE COFFEE'S BOILIN' OVER AND THE WASH NEEDS A'HANGIN'
ONE WANTS A COOKIE AND ONE WANTS A CHANGIN' AND ONE'S ON THE WAY.

(Bridge)
NOW WHAT WAS I DOIN'? JIMMY GET AWAY FROM THERE, DARN THERE GOES THE
PHONE.
HELLO HONEY, WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? YOU'RE BRINGIN' A FEW OLD ARMY BUDDIES HOME?
YOU'RE CALLIN' FROM A BAR? GET AWAY FROM THERE! NO, NOT YOU HONEY I WAS TALKIN' TO THE BABIES.
WAIT A MINUTE HONEY ö THE DOORBELL. HONEY? COULD YOU STOP AT THE
MARKET, AND...?
HELLO? HELLO? WELL, I'LL BE..

THE GIRLS IN NEW YORK CITY, THEY ALL MARCH FOR WOMEN'S LIB.
AND BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS SHOWS A MODERN WAY TO LIVE.
AND THE PILL MAY CHANGE THE WORLD TOMORROW, BUT MEANWHILE TODAY
HERE IN TOPEKA, THE FLIES ARE A BUZZIN'
THE DOG IS A'BARKIN' AND THE FLOOR NEEDS A SCRUBBIN'
ONE NEEDS A SPANKIN' AND ONE NEEDS A HUGGIN'
LORD, ONE'S ON THE WAY.

OH GEE I HOPE IT AIN'T TWINS AGAIN··


(Verses and Chorus)

        1           1           4           4
        57          57          57          1
        1           1           4           1
        57          57          57          57
        57          57          57          1           1
  
  (Bridge)
        57          57          1           1
        57          57          1           1
        4           4           1           1
        57          57          57          57
        1           1           4           1

Subject: Lyr/Chords ADD: Your Squaw Is on the Warpath Tonig
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Apr 22 - 01:33 AM

Date: 3/22/02; 6:18:49 PM
>From: [e-mail]
Subject: YOUR SQUAW IS ON THE WARPATH TONIGHT

YOUR SQUAW IS ON THE WARPATH TONIGHT
Recorded by: Loretta Lynn

[1] Well-uh your Pet Name for me is Squaw
When you [4] Come Home a-drinkin' and can Barely Crawl
And [5] all that Lovin' on me won't Make Things [1] Right
Well you're Leavin' me at Home to Keep the Tepee Clean
With [4] Six Papooses to Break an Wean
Well, YOUR [5] SQUAW IS ON THE WARPATH TO-[1]-NIGHT

CHORUS
Well [4] I Found out uh-Big Brave Chief
The [1] Game you're a-Huntin' for ain't Beef
[2] Get off-a my Huntin' Grounds - Get outta my [5] Sight
This-uh [1] War Dance I'm Doin' Means I'm Fightin' Mad
You [4] don't Need no More of what you've Already Had
YOUR [5] SQUAW IS ON THE WARPATH TO-[1]-NIGHT

Well that Firewater that-uh you've Been Drinkin'
Makes you Feel Bigger but Chief you're Shrinkin'
Since you've Been on that Love Makin' Diet
Now don't Hand me that old Peace Pipe
There ain't no Pipe can Settle this Fight
YOUR SQUAW IS ON THE WARPATH TONIGHT

CHORUS

TAG:
Well, YOUR [5] SQUAW IS ON THE WARPATH TO-[1]-NIGHT

Note. If playing in KEY of C: 1/2/4/5 = C/D/F/G

Subject: Lyr/Chords ADD: Success by Loretta Lynn
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Apr 22 - 01:33 AM

Date: 3/22/02; 6:13:21 PM
>From: [e-mail]
Subject: SUCCESS

SUCCESS
Recorded by: Loretta Lynn

[1] We used to Go out Walkin' Hand-in-hand
You [5] Told me all the [4] Sweet Things you had [1] Planned
It wasn't Long till all your Dreams came True
SUC-[5]-CESS Put me in [4] Second Place with [1] You [1-7]

CHORUS
You [4] Have no Time to Love me Any-[1]-more
Since [5] Fame and Fortune [4] Knocked upon our [1] Door
Now [4] I Spend all my Ev'nings all A-[1]-lone
SUC-[5]-CESS has Made a [4] Failure of our [1] Home

If we could Share an Ev'ning Now and Then
Perhaps we'd Find True Happiness Again
You never Hold me like you Used to Do
It's Funny what SUCCESS has Done to You

CHORUS

Note. If playing in KEY of C: 1/4/5 = C/F/G

Subject: Lyr/Chords You Ain't Woman Enough to Take my Man
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Apr 22 - 01:35 AM

Date: 10/5/97; 7:51:39 PM
From: [e-mail]
Subject: You Ain't Woman Enough to Take my Man, L. Lynn

You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man,
Performed by Loretta Lynn
Austin City Limits, February 10, 1983

[D]You've come to tell me something
You [G] think I ought to know
[A]He don't love me anymore and it's time for me to go.[D]
You say you're gonna take him
But I [G]don't believe you can
Cause you ain't woman e-[A]nough to take my man[D]


Chorus
[A]Women like you are a dime a dozen
You can [D]buy 'em anywhere
For you to [E]get to him, I'd have to move over
And I'm [A]gonna stand right here.
It'll be[D] over my dead body, so [G]get out while you can.
Cause you ain't woman e-[A]nough to take my man.[D]

Sometimes a man's caught lookin'
At things that he don't need
He took a second look at you
But he's in love with me
I don't know where that leaves you
But I know where I stand
And you aint woman enough to take my man

Chorus

Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: songs by Loretta Lynn
From: pattyClink
Date: 16 Apr 22 - 01:47 PM

A pretty big list at this site:

Classic Country Song Lyrics

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: songs by Loretta Lynn
From: GUEST,Frank Hamilton
Date: 16 Apr 22 - 05:59 PM

He Stopped Lovin' Her Today, Lucille, and Jolene are expertly written country songs. The ability to paint pictures with few words is a gift that is evidenced by the above lyrics of Loretta.

I give credit to A.P. Carter and Woody Guthrie for this ability. Country music recycles melodies from earlier traditional sources and they are the vehicles for new forms of basic lyrics found in Country. Definitely part of a "folk process".

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: songs by Loretta Lynn
From: GUEST,Felipa
Date: 16 Apr 22 - 06:35 PM

funny you should mention Jolene, Frank Hamilton. When I saw the lyrics of "You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man", I thought "that's a better song than Jolene!" I do like the melody of Jolene, however, and there is nothing special about the melody of the Loretta Lynn song,"You ain't woman enough ..."