Iris DeMent
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Let the Mystery BeD G APas de barréEverybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from. Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done. But no one knows for certain and so it's all the same to me. I think I'll just let the mystery be.
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Our TownA D EPas de barréAnd you know the sun's settin' fast, And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts. Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye, But hold on to your lover, 'Cause your heart's bound to die.
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My LifeG C Bm D B7 EmMy life, it don't count for nothing. When I look at this world, I feel so small. My life, it's only a season: A passing September that no one will recall.
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Wasteland Of The FreeC G F Am EWe got preachers dealin' in politics and diamond mines And their speech is growing increasingly unkind They say they are Christ's disciples But they don't look like Jesus to me And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
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Easys Getting Harder Every DayG D C A B F#[Verse] Standin' barefoot on a cold wood floor, lookin' out the window of my back door If it keeps on rainin' I think the whole damn house is gonna float away The alarm was buzzin' at the break of dawn, my husband's askin', "Is the coffee on?" And easy's gettin' harder every day
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When My Morning Comes AroundG C Bm D F# Em[Verse 1] When my mornin' comes around No one else will be there So I won't have to worry About what I'm supposed to say
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After Youre GoneG D C B A D7[Chorus] There’ll be laughter even after you're gone I'll find reasons to face that empty dawn 'Cause I've memorized each line in your face And not even death can ev-er erase
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I Never Shall Forget The DayC G D Am FPas de barré*Long years ago when out in sin I had no hope no peace within Down on my knees in agony I prayed to Jesus and He gladly set me free
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No Time To CryG D C Em B A7[Verse 1] G D Dsus4 My father died a year ago today. The rooster started crowing when they carried Dad away. There beside my mother, in the living room, I stood,
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Childhood MemoriesE A B Dm F#m GFireflies inside of a mason jar Acting big behind the wheel of Daddy's car. Playing church around the old piano stand. You were quite a preacher and we sang so grand. I remember every night what we would say and do:
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The Way I ShouldG D C EmPas de barréA cold wind against my shoulder woke me up in the middle of the night An autumn leaf was scraping against my window Like it was tryin' hard to get inside And then a ghost that I had met before he kept me up till dawn And everything I thought was right was suddenly all wrong
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Sweet Is The MelodyG D A C Bm AmSweet is the melody, so hard to come by. It's so hard to make every note bend just right. You lay down the hours and leave not one trace, But a tune for the dancing is there in its place.
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The Shores of JordanC F G DPas de barré*I () looked up into heaven, I thought I'd () solve life's myste () ries. I () observed the constellations for a () clue to my destiny. But the () rhyme of life confounds me, Things will () be as things will () be.
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Youve Done Nothing WrongG C A B F# DYou never thought there' come time when you would go -way You stayed right here beside me ev - en while the love was gone And just be-cause I'm hurting That don't mean that you've done something wrong
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The Night I Learned How Not To PrayG C D Em A AmPas de barré[Verse 1] I was laying on my belly in the middle of the living room floor I was watching Howdy Doody so I'm guessing it was right around four When I saw my baby brother tumbling from the top of the stairs He was lying limp and silent and the blood was trickling through his shiny hair
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Infamous AngelG C D7Pas de barré[Verse 1] Last night before I went to sleep my knees dropped to the floor I turned me eyes up to the sky and I prayed "Please help me, Lord, You know I've sowed my wild oats and now the fun's all gone" And then I heard these tender words and I put them in my song:
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Go On Ahead And Go HomeG D C A7Pas de barré“Go On Ahead and Go Home” By Iris Dement From her album Sing the Delta Https://youtu.be/HTL3jU6cGMU
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Troublesome WatersC F Am GPas de barré*Troublesome waters much blacker than night Are hiding from view the harbor's bright light. Tossed on the turmoil of life's troubled sea I cried to my saviour, "Have mercy on me."
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Theres A Whole Lotta HeavenG C Em D A Am[Verse 1] There's a lot of people talking 'bout getting in the glory land way Walking straight and narrow, 'cuz they're trying to get to heaven someday But I've been saved by the love of the people living right here And there's a whole lot of heaven shining in this river of tears
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I Dont Want To Get Adjusted To This WorldG C D EmPas de barré[Verse] In this world we have our trials Sometimes lonesome, sometimes blue But the hope of life eternal Makes all old hopes brand new
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These HillsG C D7 G7Pas de barré[Verse 1] Far away I've traveled, To stand once more alone. And hear my memories echo, Through these hills that I call home.
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Calling for YouG C G/F# Em D BmWell I woke up this morning without you, Don't ask me how but I got through. The floor of this room I've been pacing, Trying to drown out the sound my heart is making; It's calling for you.
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Mama's OpryG C D Em BbShe grew up plain and simple in a farming town. Her daddy played the fiddle and used to do the calling when they had hoedowns. She says the neighbors would come and they'd move all my grandma's furniture 'round. And there'd be twenty or more there on the old wooden floor dancin' to a country sound.
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Fifty Miles Of Elbow RoomG C D7 Em G7Pas de barré[Verse] Twelve hundred miles it's length and breadth that four square city stands It's gem set walls of Jasper shine they're not made by human hands One hundred miles it's gates are wide abundant entrance there With fifty miles of elbow room on either side to spare
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The Kingdom Has Already ComeBb F Eb Gm Cm D7[Verse 1] I stopped in the church to pray It was the middle of the day And I don't even know if I believe in God But I laid my soul on the table
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When Love Was YoungG Em C G7 B Am[Verse 1] Look at you, look at me. My heart breaks as I read our sad story. Never thought that I'd be, Here with you wishing I was free.
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Sweet ForgivenessG D C Em G7 F#[Verse 1] Sweet forgiveness, that's what you give to me When you hold me close And you say: "That's all over" You don't go looking back,
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The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers HomeG C Em D D7 G7Pas de barréCome along, my dear, the time is growing near. We'll have to walk down where the field is overgrown. Consumption's claimed his life and we dare not miss the sight
Iris Luella DeMent, née le 5 janvier 1961, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète de folk, de country alternatif et de gospel.
