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CONTENTS A HORSE WITH NO NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 CLARICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 DONKEY JAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 EVERYONE I MEET IS FROM CALIFORNIA

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HERE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 I NEED YOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 NEVER FOUND THE TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 PIGEON SONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 RAINY DAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 RIVERSIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SANDMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 THREE ROSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

RIVERSIDE

Words and Music by DEWEY BUNNELL

Moderately f a s t A d 4

Liv-ing on

in

my

stride.-

the Riv-er

-

side-

Liv-ing on

tak- ing it

the

Riv - e r - side,-

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all

I'm tak-ing

I

I

I

like a

life

- side

and I'll

big long

stay on

You take what you-

ride. -

You stay on your-

mine.

want and I'll

take the

sun

-

shine.-

(Group)

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do,

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do,

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-

owe me no

liv

r

I

said the

world

don't

o

I

said the

world

don't

owe me no

I

- inn.

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SANDMAN Words and Music by DEWEY BUNNELL

Moderately slow, with a beat

Ain't i t fog - gy out-side,

I

I

I

Let's all go stand a

and

been here-

- round it.

Fun-ny, I've been t h e r e , -

and w e ain't had-

no

time-

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to drink-

h -

I

- that beer .-

-

by

-

&5fr.

7

'Cause

a- ban

-

= x i

3 fr.

I un - der-stand you'vebeenrun-ning from the man that goes-

the name of the Sand- man.

hur- ri-cane that's

I

-

He flies the sky like an ea-gle in the eye

Ain't the years -

doned.

I

sup-pose,

you have

missed them.

gone-

of a

by-

fast,-

I

Oh, I

a l - most

for-got

to

ask,-

D. S . # a1 Coda $ G

I

did

+

Coda

I

you hear-

of

my

en - l i s t

-

ment?

Repeat and fade Am

I un- der-stand you've been run-ningfrom the man thatgoes- by the name of the Sand -man.

A HORSE WITH N O NAME Moderately D9/6

Fm

Words and Music by DEWEY BUNNELL

1. On the

first nine

part davs

of

I

the jour let the

horse

ney run free

I was 'cause the

look - ing at des - ert had

-

There

,

sand sand

and and

hillshills-

and and

rings.rings.-

were

plants

and

birds-

The The

and

all turned-

the - life,t o sea.-

?

rocks - and

first thing o - cean is

I a

things,- there were

was met des - ert with

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a it's

fly with

I

a

buzz-

and

the

sky

the

ground

r

u

heat

was

hot - and

You see I ve

I

with n

good

to be

out - of

}

the

been

rain,

was dry,-

o

clouds,-

The

I

but the

thru the des - ert on

In

A

the

air

was

Horse With No

des - ert

full -

o

Name,_ it

you can

f sound.-

felt

re -

mem

- ber your name-

'cause there

ain't

no

- one

for

2. Af

I

des-ert

sun-

my

skin

be - g a n

to turn

to

give

-

ter

red,

you no

two

pain.-

in

days

Af

the

- ter

1

three

I

-

I

sad

days

in

the

And

to

Horse With No

think-

Name,-

it

it

the

was

felt

des - ert

sto

fun -

- ry

it

dead.

good

I

was

told-

of

You see

to

be

out-

of

look - ing at

a

I've

the

a

- er-

riv

riv - er that flowed-made

been

thru

rain,

the des

-

ert on

In

bed.-

me

A

the

I

des - ert

I

give

la

I

you no

you can

p a i n .

la

give you no pain.-

- mem - ber your name-

re

La

la

'cause there

la

la

ain't

la

no

one

for

to

la

la

la

la

3. Af

- ter

la

la. -

La,

la

la

la

la la la

la

la la

la

la

la.-

La

THREE ROSES Words and Music by DEWEY BUNNELL

Moderately Amaj7

-

1. Sit - ting by the f i r e - side2. Walk-ing through a won - d e r - land -

with

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I

a got

bookyou-

s i t - tin1 just a s

I

I

Three

watch- in' y o u r it were planned.

if

Ros - e s were born -

man. -

with you-

Three

Ros- e s were born -

in

mind,-

with you-

r I

I

I

and see-

stop

-

what

stop

I want, I

got - t a

and feel-

what

I'm on

- bout,-

stop

and s e e what

stop

what

a

I

w a n t

w i t h .

you.

got - t a

and feel-

I'm

on a

-

bout,,

hkm Repeat and fade F A

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CHILDREN Words and Music by DEWEY BUNNELL

Moderately, smoothly G maj7

The

cried were

throw

it

out YOu

far-

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at you

but i f

the were

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me

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some- thing hehad tell m e I -should

come on,

t o - geth

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er,

--

found. stay.

Chil-dren,

get your heads-

come on,

Chi1

- dren,

I

get

your

heads -

back

to - geth

-

er.

Aw ,

To Coda

come on,

h

I

Chi1 - dren,

get

heads -

back

to - geth-

3 fr.

The -

your

days

a r e get - ting

$

warm

I

-

er

now,-

the

a r e get-ting

short - e r

now. -

And you know we can make

I

'cause you know we're a - live, -

nights

it,

but we don't have to take-

-

r

it,

- y-way we'll

s u r - vive.

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HERE Words and Music by GERRY BECKLEY

Slowly

am

think - ing 'bout -

the

days

we led our

-

selves-

a - stray-

i I I

ways. -

in more than man-y

Here

with - in-

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the time-we 've

spent

won- d'ring what-

we

years,

meant

by

by liv- ing

liv - ing

all -

those

all - those years.

Moderately f a s t

We a r e

I

here

with

noth- ing

to

d

o

to

it's

I

some-thing we

I

I-

can't-

ex

-

plain,

and to

m o r - row?

- mor - row

What will

we

s e e

where will we be-

to

-

day?

to

-

RAINY DAY Words and Music by DAN PEEK

Moderately slow

Verse Em7

I

pack

my

trou - bles up

in

my-

room

.-

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CLARICE Words and Music by GERRY BECK LEY

Moderately, smoothly Em9

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1 . Clar- i c 2,3.Be-hind

it's there there lies

Fol - l Fol - l

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lay an

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just a

hard mil

me me

as as

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your pen

to lion

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mind,door-

find.more.

we we

wind wind

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