CALIFORNIA Capo @ 4 in C/Am I (C) come from California With a banjo on my (G) knee I was (C) off to Oklahoma To study (G C) Christianity I’m (Am) going back to California A little place in the San (E) Joaquin (Am, stepping down A…

CALIFORNIA Capo @ 4 in Am I (Am) come from California With a banjo on my (E) knee (Am, stepping down) I was off to college in Oklahoma Where I (E) studied (Am) Christianity I’m going back to California A little place in the San Joaquin…

When I was a kid, my dad was the preacher at the Church of Christ in Tehachapi, California. We lived in Palmdale, so we'd get up early on Sunday mornings, pile the 5 of us into our 1950 Chevy coupe and head up thru Lancaster and Mojave, over the…

IN MY ROOM In my room there's no day and there's no night In my room, just an incandescent light ...hanging from a wire. In my room there's no hot and there's no cold In my room,I'm not young. I'm not old ...hanging from a wire…

I saw him live in Dallas about a year before he died. He was sooo good. His sweet wife sat stage right and frequently he would go over and kiss her. His playing and showmanship were tops and he was like in my living room sharing the things…

STIX & STONES Children are playing Hear what they are saying I only wish it was true I'm just a boy, now Just a throw-away toy, now Wondering what I should do Once I was harder Never a martyr Never gave true Love a try Then…

IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY KEY - C capo @ 1 C F C If it makes you Happy I will tie your shoe C D G If it makes you happy I will tickle you F C Am…

IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY If it makes you happy I will tie your shoe If it makes you happy I will tickle you If it makes you happy I'm telling you true If it makes you happy I'll be happy too If it makes you happy I will wiggle my ears…

A friend asked me, "Don't you have any happy songs?" So I wrote one! IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY capo @ 3 C F C If it makes you happy I will tie your shoe C…

This is my adaptation of a poem by Rosemarie Kempton. "I always felt that it was fitting that you turned the poem I wrote into a poignant hymn that captured the feeling of loss of a loved one. My words sprang from my attempts to understand…