Happiness Is You

 

1.

HAPPINESS IS YOU

(Johnny Cash - June Carter)


Way down the mountain I chased a moonbeam

On the beach I built sand castles too

My moonbeams faded my castles tumbled

All of this was meaningless cause happiness is you


No more chasing moonbeams or catching falling stars

I know now my pot of gold is anywhere you are

My heart won't miss you my heart goes with you

Loneliness is emptiness but happiness is you

[ flute ]

I tried to doubt you and live without you

Tried to deny but I love you like a do

But I realize now and I'll admit it

You'll always be a part of me cause happiness is you


No more chasing moonbeams...

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2.

GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY

(Jack Clement)


Pa dom pa dom pa dom pa dom pa dom pa dom pa dom pa dom

(Pa doo pa doo pa doo pa doo pa doo pa doo pa doo pa doo )


Well you ask me if I'll forget my baby I guess I will someday

I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

You ask me if I'll get along I guess I will someway

I don't like it but I guess things happen that way


God gave me that girl to lean on then he put me on my own

Heaven help me be a man and have the strenght to stand alone

I don't like it but I guess things happen that way


(Pa doo pa doo pa doo pa doo pa doo pa doo pa doo pa doo )


You ask me if I'll miss her kisses I guess I will everyday

I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

You ask me if I'll find another I don't know I can't say

I don't like it but I guess things happen that way


God gave me that girl to lean on...

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3.

ANCIENT HISTORY

(Wayne P. Walker - Irene Stanton)


Just walk on out the door it's all over

Forgiving you is just a waste of time

I don't believe that I'll live to regret it

Cause you're ancient hist'ry to this heart of mine


So many times I've heard the same old story

Any fool can learn to read between the lines

And this time honey you've burned all your bridges

You're ancient hist'ry to this heart of mine


I've marked you down as just another lonely page

In the book of heartaches that you'll leave behind

Cause I've found out I'm better off without you

You're ancient hist'ry to this heart of mine

[ guitar ]

I've marked you down...

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4.

YOU COMB HER HAIR

(Harlan Howard - Hank Cochran)


I know that you're wondering who I dream about

And if I've met someone who thrills me so

Well I finally met a girl who turns me inside out

I'll tell you about her for you ought to know


You comb her hair every morning and make sure she dresses just right

You comb her hair every morning and put her to bed every night

[ piano ]

When she's around me sometimes I can hardly speak

I stammer and I act just like a fool

And just to hold her hand in mine makes me feel weak

You know her honey don't you know it's you


You comb her hair...

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5.

SHE CAME FROM THE MOUNTAINS

(Peter LaFarge)


She came from the mountains Rocky Mountains eagle-high

She's from where the mountains lean up to the sky

Now she's back among the Rockies where mountain thunders cry

Now the wind from off the mountains wails a sad goodbye


Once in Colorado Springs at the foot of old Pike's Peak

I met a Rocky Mountain girl to my soul her heart let speak

We went to tell her parents and an old grandmother said

If you'll leave these mountains girl you'll wish that you were dead

The next day I took her with me to my far-off Iowa home

Way out on the flatlands where the mountain winds don't moan

Each footstep we took was happy or at least it shoudn't been

But I would find her listening for that same lone mountain wind


She came from the mountains...


Months passed as fast as antelopes until one fatal dismal dawn

I walked to see morning sun shine down on where she was gone

I'd known that lately she'd been sad women sometimes get that way

I hadn't guessed how much was wrong until that fatal day

She had left the weeping letter homesick with mountain names

She was somewhere in the Rockies and I knew I'd been to blame

So now in Colorado Springs I wait near old Pike's Peak

Where once I met a mountain girl that mountain girl I seek


She came from the mountains...

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6.

FOR LOVIN' ME

(Gordon Lightfoot)


That's what you get for lovin' me that's what you get for lovin' me

Everything you have is gone that you can see that's what you get for lovin' me


I ain't the kind to hang aroung with any new love that I found

Movin' is my stock and trade I'm movin' on I won't think of you when I'm gone

So don't you shed a tear for me I ain't the love you thought I'd be

I've got a hundred more like you so don't be blue

I'll have a thousand fore I'm through

[ guitar ]

Now there you go you're cryin' again now there you go you're cryin' again

But then someday your poor heart is on the mend I just might pass your way again


That's what you get for lovin' me...

That's what you get for lovin' me that's what you get for lovin' me

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7.

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

(Fred Rose - Mel Foree)


No one will ever know my heart is breaking

Although a million teardorps start to flow

I'll cry myself to sleep and wake up smiling

I'll love you but no one will ever know


I'll tell them we grew tired of each other

And that I was glad the day you set me free

I'll even make believe I never loved you

And no one will ever know the truth but me

[ piano ]

I'll tell them we grew tired...

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8.

IS THIS MY DESTINY

(Helen Carter)


Cursed with sorrow pain and woe full of feeling I can't show

Hopeless love what else for me is this my destiny


At night I toss and wonder why I must live while others die

The grave would be escape for me from this my destiny

[ autoharph ]

I know God surely made for every man somewhere a maid

Someone stole my love from me is this my destiny


At night I toss and wonder why...

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9.

WOUND TIME CAN'T ERASE

(Bill D. Johnson)


Have you found since you turned me down the one that you were searching for

Are you glad that you made me sad for you know I vowed to love you ever more


What did you have in mind when you broke this heart of mine

Are you laughing in my face

Darling what can I do when you say we're through

You've left a wound time can't erase

[ piano - guitar ]

Tell me now are you satisfied to be foot loose and fancy free

Is it power you want or the things that you've done

What you've gained I guess I'll never see


What did you have in mind...

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10.

HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU

(Merle Kilgore - June Carter - Johnny Cash)


Happy to be with you happy to be with you

Happy to be with you bound to follow you

Somewhere someone above sents you to me for me to love

Hearts can tremble and shake hearts can shutter and break

I give more than I take cause I'm happy to be with you

Happy to be with you happy to be with you

Good times outweigh the bad count the good ones we've had

We have our ups and downs but the good times come around

Nickels and pennies are few don't have a fortune for you

Love you yes I do and I'm happy to be with you

Happy to be with you happy to be with you

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11.

WABASH CANNONBALL

(A.P. Carter)


From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore

She climbs a flowery mountains for the hills and by the shore

She's mighty tall and handsome she's known quite well by all

She's a regular combination on the Wabash Cannonball


Listen to the jingle the rumble and the roar

As she glides along the woodland through the hills and by the shore

Hear the mighty rush of the engine hear those lonesome hoboes call

Traveling through the jungle on the Wabash Cannonball

[ guitar ]

Well she came down from Birmingham one cold December day

As she pulled into the station you could hear all the people say

She's from Tennessee she's long and she's tall

She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball


Listen to the jingle...

[ dobro ]

Here's to daddy Claxton may his name forever stand

And always be remembered in the courts throughout the land

His earthly race is over and the curtains round him fall

We'll carry him home to Dixie on the Wabash Cannonball


Listen to the jingle...

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