American Folk Music Tabs

 Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow (1928, A.P. Carter) C - / F C / F C / CG C I'm a-going to leave this country I'm a-going around this world I'm going to leave this country For the sake of one little girl Well she told me that she loved me And it give my poor heart grief And she's got her back turned on me She's courting whoever she please Well I lost my money in gambling And I lost my name you see I am nobody's darling And nobody cares for me Don't you hear my banjo ringing Don't you hear this mournful sound Don't you hear those pretty girls laughing Standing on the cold, frozen ground I'll hang my head in sorrow I'll hang my head and cry I'll hang my head in sorrow As my darling passes by Well, I ain't gonna work tomorrow And I may not work next day I ain't gonna work tomorrow For it be a wet, rainy day

 A Beautiful Life (W. Golden, 1918; Monroe Brothers rec. 1937) G – -C G / G D – G / G – -C G / G D G – / Each day I do a golden deed By helping those who are in need My life on Earth is but a span And so I’ll do the best I can G – – C / C D – G/ G – –C G / G – D G / Life’s evening sun is sinking low A few more days and I must go To meet the deeds that I have done Where there will be no setting sun To be a child of God each day My light must shine along the way I'll sing His praise while ages roll And strive to help some troubled soul. While going down life's weary road I'll try to lift some traveler's load I'll try to turn the night to day Make flowers bloom along the way The only life that will endure Is one that's kind and good and pure And so for God I'll take my stand Each day I'll lend a helping hand

900 Miles (Traditional, 1924 / Woodie Guthry rec. 1944)  Dm Dm Dm Dm / Dm Am Dm Dm  Dm Dm Dm Dm / Dm Dm Dm Dm / CC/b Am Dm Dm  This train that I ride on is a hundred coaches long,  you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.  If that train runs right, Ill be home tomorrow night,  cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home and  I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow.   Walkin down the track I got tears in my eyes  tryin ta read a letter from my home.  If that train runs right, Ill be home tomorrow night,  cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home and  I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow.   Well I'll pawn you my watch pawn you my chain  Pawn you my gold and diamond ring  If that train runs right, Ill be home tomorrow night,  cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home and  I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow.   -- I usually play in Drop D Tuning