Chords for Bill Monroe Stories, Part 6 of 7
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134.15 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Well, I got one more Monroe story for you before we go here.
We were there in December and so I'd always go,
it was actually when we still had the country band.
So we all shared number two dressing room, bluegrass room.
Anyway, I said, Mr.
Bill,
I said, are you all going to do Christmas time's coming tonight?
I said, you know, he said, no, sir, don't don't believe we're going to do that.
You know, I said, well, is it OK if we if we do that?
He said, that'd be fine.
It'd be fine.
And so he said,
you know, you know who did that song right there.
And I said, well, let's see.
I said, Jimmy Martin did that song, didn't he?
He said, he said, Jimmy Martin don't even believe in Santa Claus.
I got one more.
Now, this actually happened to me.
I was working with Bobby and Sonny and and I was backstage at the Opry
and Bill and I got together and was picking.
And so we was playing Rawhide and I was playing a little tenor to Bill behind it.
And we got done and just it really came out well, you know,
as everybody was tickled with it.
And Bill said, he said, he said, boy, I wish I could do that.
And I said, well, it's really not that hard, Bill.
He said, well, dad, blame it must be hard.
I can't do it.
Bill's got one.
I want you to go first.
That's the that's the second Bluegrass Festival that was ever held
was in Fincastle, Virginia.
Yeah, we didn't.
We didn't make the first ones in 1965.
We didn't make it, but we made the second one.
Well, Carl Haney,
he had Bill sitting on stage,
big party afternoon and everybody that come up there,
they sing a song with Monroe.
And somehow or another, I ended up there sitting there with him, you know.
I don't know how I did that, but anyway,
I noticed there was two or three girls hanging around after Monroe that day, you know.
And that's unusual.
No, it's natural for him.
Anyway, I said, I got to think,
we sat there, you know, I had my manly idea.
I said, Bill, I said, when you've got a couple of girlfriends
hanging after you in a park like this, I said,
how do you handle it?
Well, you got to know the answers, boy.
Got to know the answers.
Let me tell you this one thing.
Was you done, Bob?
[F] He's done, but I ain't started.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Go on, go on.
That's all.
Okay.
Well, you know, we was [C] on the road and we come off the road like on a Friday or Thursday or something like that.
And Bill told me as [Bbm] we was coming in, [Eb] he said,
now, now I want to do that song, Wait a Little Longer, Please Jesus,
which is a great [E] gospel song, you know, written by the Lubens, I think, you know.
Oh, Hazel Hauser.
Oh, was it?
Yeah.
The Lubens sang it, didn't they?
Hazel Hauser. Okay.
Anyway, I, in those days, you know, the only way you could get,
[Eb] well, he didn't tell me that he, he told me, he said, I want you to sing the verses.
But he sung the verses on the record and then he sung tenor on the chorus, you know.
But he probably read it off a piece of paper, you know.
And anyway, the only way you could get words to songs was go up at the National Life Building, you know,
and get a, they had 78 RPMs up there and you could play them.
But you couldn't take them out, you know.
So I had to write it down and I worked on it and worked on it.
And the verses, you know, you know, a lot of times the song, this line will lead into this line.
You know, it's pretty easy.
For some reason, that didn't.
But I thought I knew it, you know.
And we got on the opera stage that Saturday night and I got about the second verse and I thought,
you know, I got doubt in myself.
So I knew I'd messed up then.
And so I started, I sang a little of this with that verse and a little of that verse with this [Bb] verse.
And then there's three verses out.
So I had another one to [E] go.
I didn't know what to sing.
[Bb] So you [G] did a re-write.
I didn't get none of them right.
I got the first one right.
But I thought, boy, now what's he going to say to me when we come off stage, you know.
So when we came off, I stuck pretty close to him because I was ready to take it.
You know, whatever he had.
And the curtain come down.
It was at the end of the show.
I stand there with him and he said, you know, I never heard it sung.
[E]
[Bb] [B] I didn't know it either, you know.
We were there in December and so I'd always go,
it was actually when we still had the country band.
So we all shared number two dressing room, bluegrass room.
Anyway, I said, Mr.
Bill,
I said, are you all going to do Christmas time's coming tonight?
I said, you know, he said, no, sir, don't don't believe we're going to do that.
You know, I said, well, is it OK if we if we do that?
He said, that'd be fine.
It'd be fine.
And so he said,
you know, you know who did that song right there.
And I said, well, let's see.
I said, Jimmy Martin did that song, didn't he?
He said, he said, Jimmy Martin don't even believe in Santa Claus.
I got one more.
Now, this actually happened to me.
I was working with Bobby and Sonny and and I was backstage at the Opry
and Bill and I got together and was picking.
And so we was playing Rawhide and I was playing a little tenor to Bill behind it.
And we got done and just it really came out well, you know,
as everybody was tickled with it.
And Bill said, he said, he said, boy, I wish I could do that.
And I said, well, it's really not that hard, Bill.
He said, well, dad, blame it must be hard.
I can't do it.
Bill's got one.
I want you to go first.
That's the that's the second Bluegrass Festival that was ever held
was in Fincastle, Virginia.
Yeah, we didn't.
We didn't make the first ones in 1965.
We didn't make it, but we made the second one.
Well, Carl Haney,
he had Bill sitting on stage,
big party afternoon and everybody that come up there,
they sing a song with Monroe.
And somehow or another, I ended up there sitting there with him, you know.
I don't know how I did that, but anyway,
I noticed there was two or three girls hanging around after Monroe that day, you know.
And that's unusual.
No, it's natural for him.
Anyway, I said, I got to think,
we sat there, you know, I had my manly idea.
I said, Bill, I said, when you've got a couple of girlfriends
hanging after you in a park like this, I said,
how do you handle it?
Well, you got to know the answers, boy.
Got to know the answers.
Let me tell you this one thing.
Was you done, Bob?
[F] He's done, but I ain't started.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Go on, go on.
That's all.
Okay.
Well, you know, we was [C] on the road and we come off the road like on a Friday or Thursday or something like that.
And Bill told me as [Bbm] we was coming in, [Eb] he said,
now, now I want to do that song, Wait a Little Longer, Please Jesus,
which is a great [E] gospel song, you know, written by the Lubens, I think, you know.
Oh, Hazel Hauser.
Oh, was it?
Yeah.
The Lubens sang it, didn't they?
Hazel Hauser. Okay.
Anyway, I, in those days, you know, the only way you could get,
[Eb] well, he didn't tell me that he, he told me, he said, I want you to sing the verses.
But he sung the verses on the record and then he sung tenor on the chorus, you know.
But he probably read it off a piece of paper, you know.
And anyway, the only way you could get words to songs was go up at the National Life Building, you know,
and get a, they had 78 RPMs up there and you could play them.
But you couldn't take them out, you know.
So I had to write it down and I worked on it and worked on it.
And the verses, you know, you know, a lot of times the song, this line will lead into this line.
You know, it's pretty easy.
For some reason, that didn't.
But I thought I knew it, you know.
And we got on the opera stage that Saturday night and I got about the second verse and I thought,
you know, I got doubt in myself.
So I knew I'd messed up then.
And so I started, I sang a little of this with that verse and a little of that verse with this [Bb] verse.
And then there's three verses out.
So I had another one to [E] go.
I didn't know what to sing.
[Bb] So you [G] did a re-write.
I didn't get none of them right.
I got the first one right.
But I thought, boy, now what's he going to say to me when we come off stage, you know.
So when we came off, I stuck pretty close to him because I was ready to take it.
You know, whatever he had.
And the curtain come down.
It was at the end of the show.
I stand there with him and he said, you know, I never heard it sung.
[E]
[Bb] [B] I didn't know it either, you know.
Key:
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Eb
_ _ _ Well, I got one more Monroe story for you before we go here.
We were _ there in _ December and so _ I'd always go,
it was actually when we still had the country band. _ _ _ _
So we all _ shared number two dressing room, bluegrass room.
_ _ _ Anyway, I said, Mr.
Bill,
I said, are you all going to do Christmas time's coming tonight?
I said, you know, he said, no, sir, don't don't believe we're going to do that.
You know, I said, well, is it OK if we if we do that?
He said, that'd be fine.
It'd be fine. _
_ _ And so he said, _
_ _ _ you know, _ you know who did that song right there. _ _ _ _
_ And I said, well, let's see. _
I said, Jimmy Martin did that song, didn't he?
He said, he said, Jimmy Martin don't even believe in Santa Claus. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I got one more.
_ _ _ _ Now, this actually happened to me.
I was working with Bobby and Sonny and and I was backstage at the Opry
and Bill and I got together and was picking.
And so we was playing Rawhide and I was playing a little tenor to Bill behind it.
And we got done and just it really came out well, you know,
as everybody was tickled with it.
And Bill said, he said, he said, boy, I wish I could do that.
And I said, well, it's really not that hard, Bill.
He said, well, dad, blame it must be hard.
I can't do it. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Bill's got one.
_ _ I want you to go first. _
_ _ _ _ That's the that's the second Bluegrass Festival that was ever held
was in Fincastle, _ Virginia.
Yeah, we didn't.
_ We didn't make the first ones in 1965.
We didn't make it, but we made the second one.
Well, Carl Haney,
he _ had _ _ _ Bill sitting on stage,
big party afternoon and everybody that come up there,
they sing a song with Monroe. _
And somehow or another, I ended up there sitting there with him, you know.
_ I don't know how I did that, but anyway, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I noticed there was two or three _ girls hanging around after Monroe that day, you know.
And that's unusual. _
_ No, it's natural for him.
_ Anyway, I said, I got to think,
_ we sat there, you know, I had my manly idea.
I said, Bill, I said, when you've got a couple of girlfriends
hanging after you in a park like this, I said,
how do you handle it?
Well, you got to know the answers, boy.
_ _ _ _ Got to know the answers.
_ _ Let me tell you this one thing.
Was you done, Bob?
[F] He's done, but I ain't started.
Go ahead. _
_ _ _ Go ahead.
Go on, go on.
That's all.
Okay. _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, you know, we was [C] on the road and we come off the road like on a _ Friday or Thursday or something like that.
And Bill told me as [Bbm] we was coming in, [Eb] he said,
now, now I want to do that song, Wait a Little Longer, Please Jesus,
which is a great [E] gospel song, you know, written by the Lubens, I think, you know.
Oh, Hazel Hauser.
Oh, was it?
Yeah.
The Lubens sang it, didn't they?
Hazel Hauser. Okay.
_ Anyway, _ I, in those days, you know, the only way you could get, _
[Eb] well, he didn't tell me that he, he told me, he said, I want you to sing the verses.
But he sung the verses on the record and then he sung tenor on the chorus, you know.
_ But he probably read it off a piece of paper, you know.
And anyway, the only way you could get words to songs was go up at the National Life Building, you know,
and get a, they had 78 RPMs up there and you could play them.
But you couldn't take them out, you know.
So _ I had to write it down and I _ worked on it and worked on it.
And the verses, you know, you know, a lot of times the song, this line will lead into this line.
You know, it's pretty easy.
For some reason, that didn't. _
But I thought I knew it, you know.
And we got on the opera stage that Saturday night and _ I got about the second verse and I thought,
you know, _ _ I got doubt in myself.
_ _ _ _ So I knew I'd messed up then.
And so I started, I sang a little of this with that verse and a little of that verse with this [Bb] verse.
And then there's three verses out.
So I had another one to [E] go.
I didn't know what to sing.
_ [Bb] _ So you [G] did a re-write. _
I didn't get none of them right.
I got the first one right. _
But I thought, boy, now what's he going to say to me when we come off stage, you know.
So when we came off, I stuck pretty close to him because I was ready to take it.
You know, whatever he had. _
And the curtain come down.
It was at the end of the show.
I stand there with him and _ he said, you know, I never heard it sung.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [B] I didn't know it either, you know. _ _ _ _ _
We were _ there in _ December and so _ I'd always go,
it was actually when we still had the country band. _ _ _ _
So we all _ shared number two dressing room, bluegrass room.
_ _ _ Anyway, I said, Mr.
Bill,
I said, are you all going to do Christmas time's coming tonight?
I said, you know, he said, no, sir, don't don't believe we're going to do that.
You know, I said, well, is it OK if we if we do that?
He said, that'd be fine.
It'd be fine. _
_ _ And so he said, _
_ _ _ you know, _ you know who did that song right there. _ _ _ _
_ And I said, well, let's see. _
I said, Jimmy Martin did that song, didn't he?
He said, he said, Jimmy Martin don't even believe in Santa Claus. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I got one more.
_ _ _ _ Now, this actually happened to me.
I was working with Bobby and Sonny and and I was backstage at the Opry
and Bill and I got together and was picking.
And so we was playing Rawhide and I was playing a little tenor to Bill behind it.
And we got done and just it really came out well, you know,
as everybody was tickled with it.
And Bill said, he said, he said, boy, I wish I could do that.
And I said, well, it's really not that hard, Bill.
He said, well, dad, blame it must be hard.
I can't do it. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Bill's got one.
_ _ I want you to go first. _
_ _ _ _ That's the that's the second Bluegrass Festival that was ever held
was in Fincastle, _ Virginia.
Yeah, we didn't.
_ We didn't make the first ones in 1965.
We didn't make it, but we made the second one.
Well, Carl Haney,
he _ had _ _ _ Bill sitting on stage,
big party afternoon and everybody that come up there,
they sing a song with Monroe. _
And somehow or another, I ended up there sitting there with him, you know.
_ I don't know how I did that, but anyway, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I noticed there was two or three _ girls hanging around after Monroe that day, you know.
And that's unusual. _
_ No, it's natural for him.
_ Anyway, I said, I got to think,
_ we sat there, you know, I had my manly idea.
I said, Bill, I said, when you've got a couple of girlfriends
hanging after you in a park like this, I said,
how do you handle it?
Well, you got to know the answers, boy.
_ _ _ _ Got to know the answers.
_ _ Let me tell you this one thing.
Was you done, Bob?
[F] He's done, but I ain't started.
Go ahead. _
_ _ _ Go ahead.
Go on, go on.
That's all.
Okay. _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, you know, we was [C] on the road and we come off the road like on a _ Friday or Thursday or something like that.
And Bill told me as [Bbm] we was coming in, [Eb] he said,
now, now I want to do that song, Wait a Little Longer, Please Jesus,
which is a great [E] gospel song, you know, written by the Lubens, I think, you know.
Oh, Hazel Hauser.
Oh, was it?
Yeah.
The Lubens sang it, didn't they?
Hazel Hauser. Okay.
_ Anyway, _ I, in those days, you know, the only way you could get, _
[Eb] well, he didn't tell me that he, he told me, he said, I want you to sing the verses.
But he sung the verses on the record and then he sung tenor on the chorus, you know.
_ But he probably read it off a piece of paper, you know.
And anyway, the only way you could get words to songs was go up at the National Life Building, you know,
and get a, they had 78 RPMs up there and you could play them.
But you couldn't take them out, you know.
So _ I had to write it down and I _ worked on it and worked on it.
And the verses, you know, you know, a lot of times the song, this line will lead into this line.
You know, it's pretty easy.
For some reason, that didn't. _
But I thought I knew it, you know.
And we got on the opera stage that Saturday night and _ I got about the second verse and I thought,
you know, _ _ I got doubt in myself.
_ _ _ _ So I knew I'd messed up then.
And so I started, I sang a little of this with that verse and a little of that verse with this [Bb] verse.
And then there's three verses out.
So I had another one to [E] go.
I didn't know what to sing.
_ [Bb] _ So you [G] did a re-write. _
I didn't get none of them right.
I got the first one right. _
But I thought, boy, now what's he going to say to me when we come off stage, you know.
So when we came off, I stuck pretty close to him because I was ready to take it.
You know, whatever he had. _
And the curtain come down.
It was at the end of the show.
I stand there with him and _ he said, you know, I never heard it sung.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [B] I didn't know it either, you know. _ _ _ _ _