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The Bobby Bare Song Book

I have been given the words and chords of 100 songs recorded
by Bobby Bare. Dr Y.S. Lee has been collecting this material for
many years and has passed them onto me to add to the Web site.
I will add them to the site when time allows. 


All American Boy   Fraternity single F-835 (58)

(I'm not) A Candle in the Wind  "Ain't Got Nothing to Lose"  (81)

Candy Coated Kisses    "The Travelin' Bare" (64)

Come Sundown      "This is Bare Country" (70)

Cowboys and Daddys     "Cowboys and Daddys (75)

Daddy What If.     "Lullabys, Legends and Lies"   (74)

Detroit City          RCA single 47-8183 (63)

Don't it make you want to go Home  "This is Bare Country" (70)

Drop Kick Me Jesus           RCA single PB-10790 (76)

Five Hundred Miles away from Home  From the album of the same name (63)

Four Strong Winds   RCA single 47-8443 (64)

God Bless America Again  RCA single 74-0264 (69)

Green Green Grass of Home     "The Streets of Baltimore" (66)

Homecoming  "The Real Thing" (70)

I Hate Goodbyes     "I Hate Goodbye / Ride Me Down Easy" (73)

I Love you Drops  "The English Country Side" (67)

I Wonder Where you are Tonight  "500 Miles Away From Home" (63)

It's Alright        RCA single 47- 8571 (65)

I've Never Gone To Bed With an Ugly Women  "Drunk & Crazy" (80)

I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew "The English Country Side" (67)

Lonely Christmas  "Merry Christmas from Bobby Bare" (93)

Long Black Limousine  "The Travelin' Bare" (64)

Love Forever   "What am I Gonna Do" (72)

Loving Her Was Easier   "I Need Some Good News Bad" (71)

(Margie's at) The Lincoln Park Inn "The Lincoln Park Inn" (69)

Marie Laveau     "Lullabys, Legends and Lies"   (74)

Me and Bobby McGee  "I Need Some Good News Bad" (71)

Miller's Cave     RCA single 47-8294 (63)

New Cut Road      "AS IS"    (81) 

Numbers     "Down & Dirty"    (80)

Ode to the Little Brown Shack out Back  "A Bird Named Yesterday" (67)

Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends "Where Have All The Seasons Gone" (71)

Ride Me Down Easy     "I Hate Goodbye / Ride Me Down Easy" (73) 

Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe   "Lullabys, Legends and Lies" (74)

Saginaw Michigan  " The Streets of Baltimore" (66) 

Sandy's Crying Again.    RCA single 47-9191   (67)

Shame on Me   RCA single 47-8032 (62)

She Thinks I Can  "Singin' in the Kitchen" (74)

Singin' in the Kitchen       " Singin' in the Kitchen"  (74)

Sleep Tight, Good Night Man  "Sleeper Wherever I Fall " (78)

Some Days are Diamonds  "Down and Dirty"    (80)

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down      "The Real Thing" (70)

Sylvia's Mother   Mercury Single 73317 (72)

Tequila Sheila    "Down And Dirty"   (80)

The Chicago Story     "The Real Thing" (70)

The Deepening Snow      "Constant Sorrow" (66)

The Great Snowman    " The English Country Side"  (67)

The Giving Tree    "Singin' In The Kitchen"  (74)

The Jogger   "Country Store Collection CD (88)

The Mermaid      "Lullabys, Legends and Lies"  (74)

The Party of the First Part  EMI Single PB 8279 (85)

The Streets of Baltimore  "The Streets of Baltimore" (66)

The Winner.      "The Winner and other Losers"   (76)

The Year That Clayton Delaney Died  "For The Good Times" (74)

Town that broke my heart  RCA single 47-9643 (68)

When I'm Gone     RCA single 47-8395   (64)

Where Have all the Seasons Gone  "Where Have all the Seasons Gone" (71)

Where'd I Come From   "Singin' in the Kitchen" (74)

Wonderful Soup Stone (The)  "Lullabys. Legends and Lies"  (74)

You Know Who    " I Hate Goodbyes / Ride Me Down Easy (73)

Below is the contents of the song book. Please let me know what songs you are interested in. 

CONTENT:

Pages:

1. AIR-CONDITIONER’S SONG,THE

2. CANDY COATED KISSES

3. CHICAGO STORY, THE

4. CHRISTIAN SOLDIER

5. COME SUNDOWN

6. DADDY WHAT IF

7. DARBY CASTLE

8. DEAR JOHN

9. DEEPENING SNOW

10. DESPERADO WAITING FOR A TRAIN

11. DETROIT CITY

12. DON’T IT MAKE YOU WANT TO GO HOME

13. FAMILY BIBLE

14. FIVE HUNDRED MILES AWAY FROM HOME

15. FOOD BLUES

16. FOUR STRONG WINDS

17. GIVING TREE, THE

19. GOLDEN MEMORIES

20. GOTTA TRAVEL ON

21. GREAT SNOWMAN, THE

22. GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME

23. HEALIN’

24. HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT

25. HOMECOMING

26. HOMESTEAD ON THE FARM

27. I HATE GOODBYE

28. I WAS COMING HOME TO YOU

29. I WASH MY FACE IN THE MORNING DEW

30. I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT

31. IN THE MISTY MOONLIGHT

32. IN THE SHELTER OF YOUR EYES

33. ISN’T THAT JUST LIKE LOVE

34. IT AIN’T ME BABE

35. IT’S ALRIGHT

36. I’LL FIGHT THE WORLD

37. I’LL FLY AWAY

38. I’VE GOT A THING ABOUT TRAIN

39. JEANIE’S LAST KISS

40. JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE

41. LEARNING TO LIVE AGAIN

42. LONELY CHRISTMAS

43. LONG BLACK LIMOUSINE

44. LONG BLACK VEIL, THE

45. LONG WAY TO TENNESSEE

46. LORENA

47. LOVE FOREVER

48. LOVING HER WAS EASIER

49. MARGIE’S AT THE LINCOLN PARK INN

50. MARIE LAVEAU

52. ME AND BOBBY McGEE

53. MERMAID, THE

55. MILLER’S CAVE

56. NO MEMORIES HANGIN’ ‘ROUND

57. NOT A CANDLE IN THE WIND

58. NUMBERS

60. ODE TO LITTLE BROWN SHACK OUT BACK

62. OLD GANG’S GONE, THE

63. PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, THE

64. PLEASE DON’T TELL ME HOW STORY ENDS

65. POISON RED BERRIES

66. RIDE ME DOWN EASY

67. SAGINAW MICHIGAN

68. SANDY CRYING AGAIN

69. SHAME ON ME

70. SHE PICKED A PERFECT DAY

71. SHE THINKS I CAN

72. SINGER OF SAD SONG

73. SITTIN’ AND THINKIN’

74. SLEEP TIGHT GOODNIGHT MAN

75. SOMEBODY BOUGHT MY OLD HOMETOWN

76. SOMEDAYS ARE DIAMOND

77. SON OF HICKORY HOLLER’S TRAMP, THE

78. STREETS OF BALTIMORE

79. SUMMER WAGES

80. SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN

81. SWEETER THAN FLOWERS

82. SYLVIA’S MOTHER

83. TAKE ME AS I AM (OR LET ME GO)

84. TAKE ME HOME

85. TEQUILA SHEILA

86. THEY COVERED THE OLD SWIMMINGHOLE

87. TILL I GAIN CONTROL AGAIN

88. TIMES ARE GETTING HARD

89. TOWN THAT BROKE MY HEART

90. WHEN I WANT TO LOVE ALADY

91. WHEN I AM GONE

92. WHERE HAVE ALL THE SEASONS GONE?

93. WHICH ONE WILL IT BE?

95. WHAT A MERRY CHRISTMAS

96. WINNER, THE

98. WOMAN YOU’VE BEEN A FRIEND TO ME

99. WONDERFUL SOUP STONE

100.YEAR THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED

101.YOU KNOW WHO.