Live At The Grand Ole Opry

Hank Williams Live At The Grand Ole Opry Lyrics
1.Baby We're Really In Love

Recorded:hank williams, sr.
Writer:hank williams, sr.

If you're happy with me like i'm happy with you
If you're thinkin' of me like i'm thinkin' of you
If you're lovin' me like i'm lovin' you

If you're lovin' me like i'm lovin' you

If you're lovin' me like i'm lovin' you
Baby, we're really in love.
If you're countin' on me like i'm countin' on you
Old cupid just gave us a shove
If you're dreamin' of me like i'm dreamin' of you
Then i know what you're dreamin' of
If you're lovin' me like i'm lovin' you
Baby, we're really in love.

My folks think i've gone crazy
And i don't feel too sure
And yet there's nothin' wrong with me
That weddin' bells won't cure
If you go for me like i go for you
Baby, we fit like a glove
If you're lovin' me like i'm lovin' you
Baby, we're really in love.


2.Cold Cold Heart

i tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream.
Yet you're afraid each thing i do is just some evil scheme
A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't i free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold
heart

Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things i didn't do
In anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops start
Why can't i free your doubtful mind,and melt your cold cold
heart

You'll never know how much it hurts to see you sat and cry
You know you need and want my love yet you're afraid to try
Why do you run and hide from lies,to try it just ain't smart
Why can't i free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold
heart

There was a time when i believed that you belonged to me
But now i know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more i learn to care for you,the more we drift apart
Why can't i free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold
heart


3.Dear John

Key f writers, aubry gass and tex ritter

(f) well when i woke up this mornin',
There was a note upon my door,
Said don't make me no coffee babe,
'cause i won't be back no more,
And that's all she wrote, dear john,
I've (c7) sent your saddle (f) home.

Now jonah got along in the belly of the whale,
Daniel in the lion's den,
But i know a guy that didn't try to get along,
And he won't get a chance again,
And that's all she wrote, dear john,
I've fetched your saddle home.

Now she didn't forward no address,
Nor she didn't say goodbye,
All she said was if you get blue,
Just hang your little head and cry,
And that's all she wrote, dear john,
I've sent your saddle home.

Now my gal's short and stubby,
She's strong as she can be,
But if that little old gal of mine,
Ever get's a-hold of me,
That's all she wrote, dear john,
I've sent your saddle home.

Now jonah got along in the belly of the whale,
Daniel in the lion's den,
But i know a man that didn't try to get along,
And he won't get a chance again,
And that's all she wrote, dear john,
I've fetched your saddle home.

Now i went down to the bank this morning,
The cashier said with a grin,
I feel so sorry for you hank,
But your wife has done been in,
And that's all she wrote, dear john,
I've sent your saddle home.


4.Half As Much

Written:curley williams 1952
Used by permission of brent l. weldon, curley's grandson

If you love me half as much as i love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down

If you missed me half as much as i miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that i would never feel so blue
If you only loved me half as much as i love you
Repeat both verses


5.Hey, Good Lookin'

Words:hank williams, sr.
Music:hank williams, sr.


I'm free and ready so we can go steady
How's about savin' all your time for me
No more lookin', i know i've been (*tooken)
How's about keepin' steady company.

I'm gonna throw my date book over the fence
And find me one for five or ten cents.
I'll keep it 'til it's covered with age
'cause i'm writin' your name down on ev'ry page.

Say hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin'
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me.


6.Honky Tonk Blues

I told my paw iâm going steppin out and get the

îell i went to a dance and i wore out my shoes
Woke up this mornin wishin i could lose


This city life has really got me down

And scat right back to my pappyâs farm


7.I Can't Help It(If I'm Still In Love With You)

Words:hank williams, sr.
Music:hank williams, sr.

Intro:notes/chords to last line of last verse.

Capo:2nd fret/key:e/play:d


It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you
And hold you just the way i used to do
Oh, heaven only knows how much i miss you
I can't help it if i'm still in love with you.


8.I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'

Written:hank williams, sr.
recorded:hank williams, sr.


I just don't like the things you're doin'
Your evil heart will be your ruin
When things start runnin' smooth and free
You haul right off and you pick on me
And i just don't like this way of livin'.

They say the road of love is long
It's rocky and it's rough
But if this road don't start to get smooth
I've traveled it long enough;

Why don't you act a little older
And get that chip off of your shoulder
I've told you once, now i'll tell you twice
You better start to treat me nice
'cause i just don't like this way of livin'.


9.Jambalaya


Chorus:

2. instrumental verse (country fiddle solo)


Repeat chorus

4. instrumental verse (country fiddle solo)

Final chorus:


10.Long Gone Lonesome Blues

Written:hank williams.
recorded:hank williams.

I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by;
But i got to the river so lonesome i wanted to die..., oh lord!
And then i jumped in the river, but the doggone river was
dry.she's long gone, and now i'm lonesome blue.

I had me a woman who couldn't be true.
She made me for my money and she made me blue.
A man needs a woman that he can lean on,
But my leanin' post is done left and gone.
She's long gone, and now i'm lonesome blue.

I'm gonna find me a river, one that's cold as ice.
And when i find me that river, lord i'm gonna pay the price, oh
lord!
I'm goin' down in it three times, but lord i'm only comin up
twice.
She's long gone, and now i'm lonesome blue.

She told me on sunday she was checkin' me out;
Long about monday she was nowhere about.
And here it is tuesday, ain't had no news.
I got them gone but not forgotten blues.
She's long gone, and now i'm lonesome blue.


11.Lovesick Blues

Words:irving mills and cliff friend
Music:irving mills and cliff friend
Recorded:hank williams, sr.


Capo:3rd fret key:f play:d
And i don't know what i'll do-oo-oo
I hate to think it all o-o-ver

Lawd, i tried and i tried, to keep her satisfied

Repeat 1st verse


12.Moanin' The Blues

Words:hank williams, sr.
Music:hank williams, sr.

There wasn't nothin' i could do
But mosey around with my head in my hands

I can't afford to lose her now
I thought i was right but i must of been wrong

If you want a good gal to stay around
You gotta treat her nice and kind
If you do her wrong she'll leave this tonw
And you'll almost lose your mlind
Then you'll moanin'; moa-oanin' the blues.

Aw! baby, baby, baby
Honey baby, please come home
Your dad-ad-dy is lon-one-some and all i do is moan
I promise you baby that i'll be good
And i'll never be bad no more
I'm sittin' here waitin' for you right now
To walk through that front door
Then i'll stop moanin'; moa-oanin' the blues.


13.Nobody's Lonesome For Me

Words:hank williams, sr.
Music:hank williams, sr.

Ev'rybody's thinkin' 'bout somebody else

Ev'rybody's longin' for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me
Ev'rybody's dreamin' about somebody else
But nobody dreams about me
All i need is a bride who want's a big-hearted groom
I wouldn't care if she come ridin' in on a broom
Ev'rybody's lonesome for somebody else
No-bod-o-dy lonesome for me.

Ev'rybody's pinin' for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me
Ev'rybody's crazy 'bout somebody else
But nobody's crazy 'bout me
Oh, i shined up my shoes and then i slicked down my hair
Put on my sunday suit, but i ain't goin' nowhere
Ev'rybody's lonesome for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me.

Ev'rybody's yearnin' for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me
Ev'rybody's fallin' for somebody else
But nobody's fallin' for me
Now i ain't had a kiss since i fell out of my crib
It looks to me like i been cheated out of my rib
Ev'rybody's lonesome for somebody else
No-bod-o-dy lonesome for me.


14.They' Ll Never Take Her Love From Me

If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares
There is one smiling face the gods would see
'cus she'll walk along beside me up the golden stairs
No, they'll never never take her love from me.

What a fool i was to go and break the trust she gave
And see her love turn into sympathy
It's the one regret i'll carry with me to my grave
Oh, they'll never ever take her love from me.

(bridge chords for solos)

I'm so thankful for each golden hour of happiness
That we shared together in the used to be
Someone else's arms may hold her now in fond caress
But they'll never never take her love from me.

I thought i'd make her happy if i stepped aside
But i knew her love would never set me free
And even on the morning she became another's bride
I said they'll never never take her love from me.


15.Wedding Bells

I have the invitation that you sent me
You wanted me to see you change your name
I couldn't stand to see you with another
But dear i hope you're happy just the same

Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
That should be ringing out for you and me
Down the aisle with someone else you're walking
Those wedding bell will never ring for me

I planned a little cottage in the valley
I even bought a little band of gold
I thought some day i'd place it on your finger
But now the future looks so dark and cold

Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
I hear the children laughing out with glee
At home alone i hang my head in sorrow
Those wedding bells will never ring for me

I fancy that i see a bunch of roses
A blossom from an orange tree in your hair
And while the organ plays i love you truly
Please let me pretend that i am there

Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
Ever since the dat you set me free
I know someday that you are with another
But wedding bells will never ring for me


16.Why Don't You Love Me

Words:hank williams, sr.
Music:hank williams, sr.


We don't get nearer or further or closer

Why don't you spark me like you used to do
And say sweet nothin's like you used to coo
I'm the same old trouble that you've always been through
So, why don't you love me like you used to do.

Well, why don't you be just like you used to be
How come you find so many faults with me
Somebody's changed so let me give you a clue
Why don't you love me like you used to do.

Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin'
In a long, long while
We don't get nearer or further
Than a country mile;

Why don't you say the things you used to say
What makes you treat me like a piece of clay
My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue
Why don't you love me like you used to do.


17.Window Shopping

Words:marcel joseph
Music:marcel joseph
Recorded:hank williams, sr.


Repeat both verses.


18.You're Gonna Change(Or I'm Gonna Leave)

Words:hank williams, sr.
Music:hank williams, sr.

Your daddy's mad; he's done got pee-eeved

Chorus
Change the things you do
Your daddy's mad; he's done got pee-eeved

This ain't right and that is wrong
You just keep naggin', all the day long
Its gotta stop, i don't mean plea-ease
Now, you're gonna change or i'm a-gonna leave.

The way to keep a woman happy
And make her do what's right
Is love her ev'ry mornin', bawl her out at night
Your daddy's mad; he's done got pee-eeved
Now, you're gonna change or i'm a-gonna leave.

Ev'ry time you get mad
You pack your rags and go back to dad
You tell him lies he don't belie-ieve
Now, you're gonna change or i'm a-gonna leave.

Chorus