(I Almost Washed the ) DISHES I almost washed the dishes I almost ran the water Maybe tomorrow Maybe Saturday What does it matter to me I almost washed the dishes.. (C) 2020 Royal T Music

FIREFLIES. capo @ 2 F walk down We (C) spoke of them as (C/B) sweethearts There (Am) in the Southern (F) sky (C) Saturn, just a (G) twinkle, bold (F) Jupiter near (G) by I (Am) guess we didn't (Am/G) notice as they (Am/F)drifted a…

GONE - My sequester song... Chain wrapped around the dog park gate Weeds growing on the school yard lawn Where has everybody gone The chairs are stacked And the stage is dusty And my strings are getting rusty... (C) Royal T Music

BEAVERS AND WILLOWS Capo @ 5 in C C) Like beavers and willows (G Bats and mosquitos F) Toad C) frogs and G) flies (C Algae and oil spills Shovels and coal hills Black holes and light (C) 2020 Royal T Music

Capo @ 3 in C I said, "Okay, okay. I'll wear 'em one more time and I'll throw them away." I can only take so many knocks When my children make fun of my socks. I said, "Okay, okay. I'll wear them one more time and I'll throw them away…

SKINNY GIRLS Capo @ 3 in G ...and then he said, I like skinny girls Toothy girls Flat chested girls I like girls with Adam's apples A mouth full of titty And a hand full of ass... A girl with a six pack is my kind of... And then…

DIRTY LAUNDRY Key C I got a call from Russell. He had to move his junk He’d filled his car. He’d filled his trunk Big black bags of something. I said, “What’s with these?” He said, “It’s dirty laundry.” I said, “That’s crazy.” So, he…

JUST LIKE ME How many people, each day, do you see You think to yourself, “Hey, he’s just like me.” He looks like my brother. He looks like my dad. He looks like some old friend that I had. When I’m sitting at the stop light Or driving…

CALIFORNIA Capo @ 4 in C/Am I’m (Am) going back to California A little place in the San (E) Joaquin (Am, stepping down A G F# F E) Where the back pasture builds To Sierra foothills And Kaweah tumbles down cool and clean I’m going back…

THE TIDE POOLS OF CALIFORNIA capo @ 5 in C When you’re born in California There are things you take for granted The sunshine and the desert and The forests, and bears and the beach In the tide pools of California In the memories of…