George Jones

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A Girl I Used To Know

A Girl I Used To Know

There's a picture that I carry,
One we made some time ago
If they ask who's in the picture with me,
I say just a girl, I used to know.

Just a girl, I used to go around with
Just a friend, from long ago,
I don't tell them how lost I am without her
I say she's just a girl, I used to know.

I say, she's just another girl now
Just a flame, that's lost it's glow
And I say, her name has slipped my mind now,
And she's just a girl, I used to know.

Just a girl, I used to spend some time with
Just a friend, from long ago,
I don't talk about the nights I cry about her
I say she's just a girl, I used to know.

Just a girl I used to know...

 

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A Goodbye Joke

A Goodbye Joke

No, she not gone forever
She's just playing one of her games
And tonight when I get home
Everything will be the same.
'Cause when I woke up this morning
Yes, I found her goodbye note
It just a game she's plays
It just a goodbye joke.
She's just goin' downtown shopping
She'll bring me back some sporty clothes
'Cause I'm always on her mind
No matter where she plans to go.
If I thought she was gone forever
Lord, I'd find me a hangin' rope
That's why I'm drifting now
It's just a goodbye joke.
Ain't it funny the sense of humor
A woman can have sometimes
Especially that lovely woman of mine.
Hey, bartender won't you bring me a drink
'Cause I still like ???
On the words she wrote
In her little goodbye joke...

 

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A House Of Gold

A House Of Gold

People steal they cheat and lie
For wealth and what it will buy
But don't they know on the Judgement Day
That gold and silver will melt away
I'd rather be in a deep dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my God and doom my soul
What good is gold and silver too
If your heart's not pure and true
Sinner hear me when I say
Fall down on your knees and pray
I'd rather be in a deep dark grave...

 

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A Lifetime To Regret

A Lifetime To Regret

Tonight I'm all alone and broken hearted
A love we knew I never shall forget
And tell myself that lonely night we parted
I got a lifetime to regret.

They tell me you are happy with another
And I wonder if my memory lingers yet
The things I said the night we said goodbye, dear
Oh, I got a lifetime to regret.

--- Instrumental ---

If we could just erase the mistakes we made, dear
I'm sure we could find happy moments yet
But we can't change the past and I'm afraid, dear
That I got a lifetime to regret.

I know down in my heart that I'm forgivin'
'Cause I'm just like the fish caught in a net
I know true love is what mad my life worth livin'
I got a lifetime to regret...

 

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A Man I Always Wanted To Meet

A Man I Always Wanted To Meet

I was thrilled to death the day that Babe Ruth signed my baseball bat
I always remember that, the greatest one of all
When I was out in Hollywood John Wayne tipped his cowboy hat
And when I got his autograph I felt ten feet tall.

I met the great Hank Williams one night backstage at the Opy House
He look down and grinned when I said, "I'm your biggest fan."
And I was there the day when J.F.K. rode into Dallas
I walked up to the limosine and shook his mighty hand.

I've met the famous and I've met the best
But there one man I've never met that outshines all the rest
And He's one man I always wanted to meet
He is the King of Kings and He's the Prince of Peace.

If I ever get the chance I'll fall down at His feet
He's one man I always wanted to meet.

Jesus, is the man I always wanted to meet...

 

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A New Baby For Christmas

A New Baby For Christmas

I want a new baby for Christmas
The one with long pretty hair
I can send her kisses
And I know I'll never miss her
Because she will aklways be there.

Now I don't want this old baby for Christmas
So Santa you know she's not true
She kissed me on a hay ride
And took me on a sleigh ride
The turned my white Christmas blue.

The people are happy at Christmas time
The children they're jumpin' all around
And I don't wan t to be left out of all the fun
So Santa don't you let me down.

I want a new baby for Christmas
So don't you bring me one that's untrue
You kissed me on a hay ride
And took me on a sleigh ride
And turned my white Christmas blue.

--- Instrumental ---

I want a new baby for Christmas
The one with long pretty hair
Then I can send her kisses
And I know I'll never miss her
Because she will always be there.

I don't want this old baby for Christmas
Now, Santa you know she's not true
'Cause she kissed me on a hay ride
And took me on a sleigh ride
Then turned my white Christmas to blue.

Yes, the people are happy at Christmas time
The children they're jumpin' all around
And I don't wan t to be left out of all the fun
So Santa don't you let me down.

I want a new baby for Christmas
Now don't you bring me one that's untrue
She'll kissed me on a hay ride
And took me on a sleigh ride
And turned my white Christmas blue...

 

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A Pair Of Old Sneakers

A Pair Of Old Sneakers

We're just a pair of old sneakers
Stringin' each other along
Sometimes I feel just like a heel
'Cause I know in my soul, that it's wrong

We're just a pair of old sneakers
Kickin' each other around
Eight times a week, we play 'hide an' cheat'
'Til we've run that game in the ground

We're just a pair of old sneakers
We know that cheatin' is wrong
We're just a pair of old sneakers
And we've been in the closet too long

We're just a pair of old sneakers
Worn out an' comin' unglued
Both wea
A Pair Of Old Sneakers
Tammy Wynette and George Jones
(Composed by G. Sutton, L. Kingston)
16 Biggest Hits Tammy Wynette and Geoge Jones
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



We're just a pair of old sneakers
Stringin' each other along
Sometimes I feel just like a heel
'Cause I know in my soul, that it's wrong

We're just a pair of old sneakers
Kickin' each other around
Eight times a week, we play 'hide an' cheat'
'Til we've run that game in the ground

We're just a pair of old sneakers
We know that cheatin' is wrong
We're just a pair of old sneakers
And we've been in the closet too long

We're just a pair of old sneakers
Worn out an' comin' unglued
Both wearin' rings, feelin' ashamed
Tryin' to run from the truth

We're just a pair of old sneakers
And nothin' can tear us apart
Living the lie and Lord knows we've tried
To stop walking on each other's heart

We're just a pair of old sneakers
We know that cheatin' is wrong
We're just a pair of old sneakers
And we've been in the closet too long

We're just a pair of old sneakers
And we've been in the closet too long
rin' rings, feelin' ashamed
Tryin' to run from the truth

We're just a pair of old sneakers
And nothin' can tear us apart
Living the lie and Lord knows we've tried
To stop walking on each other's heart

We're just a pair of old sneakers
We know that cheatin' is wrong
We're just a pair of old sneakers
And we've been in the closet too long

We're just a pair of old sneakers
And we've been in the closet too long

 

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A Picture Of Me Without You

A Picture Of Me Without You


G C G
Imagine a world where no music was playing
G D
then think of a church where nobody's praying
G G7 C G
if you've ever looked up at a sky with no blue
G D G
then you've seen a picture of me without you

G
C G
Have you walked in a garden where nothing was growing
G D
or stood by a river where nothing was flowing
G G7 C G
if you've seen a red rose unkissed by the dew

G D G G7
then you've seen a picture of me without you

C G
Can you picture Heaven with no angels singing
G D

or a quiet Sunday morning with no church bells ringing
G G7 C G

if you've watched as the heart of a child breaks in two
G D G
then you've seen a picture of me without you

G D C G
then you've seen a picture of me without you

 

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A Place In The Country

A Place In The Country

G C D D7
For thirty some odd years he faced a grinder in the city,
G C D D7
hustlin' day in day out just tryin' to survive,
C G
he bought his wife the finer things,and sent his kids to collage,
C Am D
that always took what little bit he tried to put aside,

G C D D7
But thru it all he had one thing that seemed to keep him going,
G C D D7
a dream that someday he could leave this city life behind,
C G
I watched his hair turn thin and gray, but his dream never faded,
C D G
he told me all about it at least a thousand times.
(chorus)
G G7 C
He always wanted, a place out in the country,
G G7 Am D
where the birds sing, in the morning,and the grass is emerald green,
G C
a place where, he could feel the mornin' sunshine,
G D G
and sit out in the evenin', where the air is, fresh and clean.

It took lots of overtime to keep his wife up with the jonses,
and more to get his son out of his run-ins with the law,
the more it took the more he gave, never once complaining,
I don't know how he ever stood the pressure of it all.

I never thought he'd make it, but he finally left the city,
and now he's got that special little place to call his own,
today I took a ride out in the country just to see him,
it wasn't hard to find because his name was on the stone.
(repeat chorus)x 2

 

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A Real Close Friend

A Real Close Friend

(I think you know a real close friend of mine)
The girl that you described sounds so familiar
The one you say you've loved for quite some time
Are you sure there's no mistake for I have a feeling
That your real love's a real close friend of mine
Well I am glad we've had this little talk together
For at last I began to see the light
I've been spending many lonely nights here lately
All because of that real close friend of mine
(I think you know a real close friend of mine)
Well I'll bet she says each day her love grows stronger
And if you left she'd surely lose her mind
And if she ever makes you feel unwanted
Then I think you know a real close friend of mine
Yes I am glad we've had this little talk together...
All because of a real close friend of mine