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A Hug Ain’t the Same
Brand New Life
Changes
Closing of the Day
Homeless
I Tried
I’m Going to Leave You
In the Blink of An Eye
It’s Your Life
Kansas City
Fall
Looking for Love
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Loving from Afar
Mean Wind
Mermaids Are Singing
Nana’s Song
Resting Place
Richard Malotte
Room With a View
Running in Place
Seasons Come & Seasons Go
Song for a Son
Take the Risk
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The Beauty & the Curse
The End of the Line
The Grass is Greener
The Middle Ground
The Shot Heard Round the Block
The Tail Song
The Ticket
The Worst of Me
When the Wind Calls Your Name
Wings of Love
You Are My Compass
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Brand New Life
(Copyright Terry Scott, 1999)
3/4 Capo 2
A D A
/ Pedro was / twenty when he / came from the / South
D E
/ Juanita was / just seven- / teen /
A D A
They / both come / looking for / work in the / North
D E A
/ Chasing that / golden / dream /
A D A
Well, they / met in
Mexi /
c
ali
in the / back of a / truck
D E
/ Waiting to / cross the / line /
A E A
/ Both feeling / scared and / already / missing
D E A
The / families they were / leaving be- / hind /
Chorus:
A D
But, / hey, when that / brand new life / calls / you
A F#m E A
You know you / pack your / bags and you / run /
A D A
And, / hey, don’t that / new life sparkle / just like a / diamond /
D E A
/ Beneath the /
California
/
sun /
D E A
/ Beneath the /
California /
sun /
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Closing of the Day
(Copyright Terry Scott, 1996)
4/4 Capo 3
A D A
/ When I was / 17, you / set out on your / own
F#m D E
/ Traveling north in / search of truth, a / bedroll for your / home
D A D E
I / wish I'd had your / courage, I / wish I'd had your / faith /
A G D A
And / do you ever / think of me at the / closing of the / day?
Tag:
A G D A
/ Do you ever / think of me like / I think of / you?
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In the Blink of an Eye*
(Copyright Terry Scott, 1995)
*Written the day after the bombing of the Federal building in Oklahoma City.
3/4
Em D
A / clear Spring / day in the / heartland /
Am G
And the / feeling / we were / safe /
C Em D G
Both / shattered like a / thousand / shards of / glass
Am Em D G
With the / blast of a / bomb, with the / blast / of a / bomb
Em D
We / thought it could / not happen / here /
Am G
No / need to / post a / guard
C Em D G
Well it / looks like there's / no place / left to / hide
Am Em D G
It's / reached our / own back- / yard /, oh it's / reached our / own back- / yard /
Chorus:
C G
There are / babies who / won't pick / flowers this / Spring
C Am G D
/ Lovers who won't / kiss on a / front porch / swing
Am G D
And / how / do you / pick up / the / pieces / / /
Am D G
When your / life has been / shattered in the / blink of an / eye? / / /
Tag:
Am Em D Am
In the / blink of an eye, in the blink of an / eye
G D G
Oh, / life is as / fragile as the / blink / of an / eye /
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Room With A View
(Copyright Terry Scott, 2003)
3/4 Capo 2
A D A
/ When she was a / young girl she / lived in her / dreams
D E
Of / what she might / do with her / life /
A D A
So / many i-/-deas swam / 'round in her / head
D E A
She / hardly could / sleep at / night /
A D A
She / might be a / dancer or a / singer of / songs
D E
and / maybe / somebody's / wife /
A E A
She / might be a / pilot and / soar through the / clouds
D E A
Or be a / doctor and / save someone's / life /
Chorus:
A D
But, / hey, when that / brand new life / calls / you
A F#m E A
You know you / pack your / bags and you / run /
A D A
And, / hey, don’t that / new life sparkle / just like a / diamond /
D E A
/ Beneath that /
golden
/
sun /
D E A
/ Beneath that /
golden
/
sun /
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Seasons Come & Seasons Go
(Copyright Terry Scott, 2005)
4/4
C G7
/ It's Friday morning and the / rain comes down
C
/ The cat is snoozing in the / chair
F
/ Think I'll take a little / walk outside
G7 C
/ Just to get some / air
F
/ And send these hopes on / broken wings
Am Dm
/ Up into the winter / sky
C G7
/ The New Year's coming just / around the bend
F C
/ Anticipation's running / high
Chorus:
F G7
/ Seasons some and / seasons go
F G7
/ The year winds down, not too / much to show
C F C
/ Some dreams delayed but / still alive
Am Dm Am
/ And life flows onward / by and by
F C
/ Life flows onward / by and by
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The End of the Line
(Copyright Terry Scott, 2005)
3/4 Capo 3
C F C
/ Billy's nine- / teen but tells / folks he's twenty- / two
F C
He / came here from / Memphis with just his / clothes & his / shoes
G7 F C
We work to- / gether at / Caesar's; he parks / cars, I serve / drinks /
F G7 C
Days / off he's out at / Lake Mead, / says the / quiet helps him / think /
Em Am F G7
With a / cold beer at / sunset 'neath that / endless Western / sky /
F C
He can / picture it so / clearly when he / closes his / eyes /
G7 F C
Dreams of / dealing / Blackjack, sees the / cards flash and / shine /
F G7 C
Yeah, he's / looking for that / good life / at the / end of the / line / / /
Chorus:
C C7
And, / hey, this is / Vegas / /
F
You know it / glitters and / shines / /
G7
The / jewel of the / desert / /
C
The / end of the / line / / /
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