Chords for ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE , BREWER AND SHIPLEY
Tempo:
78.6 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
B
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
We did that song we just wrote, and we didn't [Db] even take that song seriously.
We just [Eb] wrote that song entertaining ourselves.
We really did.
Never even thought [E] about recording it or anything.
[B] The president of the record company we were with at the time came backstage and he said,
oh, you've got to record that and add it to [A] the LP.
[Eb] So we did, and we took a little break after we finished the LP and went down to the floor
to eat and do some [A] fishing.
Came [N] back to discover that they had not only released it as a single,
and it was shooting up the charts, but we were in big trouble.
They had the vice president of the United States of America at the time, Spiro T.
named us, Tom and me, named us personally [C] on national TV one night as subversives to [Db] American youth.
[N]
We were making a series of it.
And now another fan of ours, and we [D] appreciate it.
[A] We were in London, not only that, but we were in London when Lawrence Welk [E] performed our song.
Lawrence Welk.
It's true, that's where we got it.
[Eb] 35 years, we looked for a copy of it, and finally [Gb] got one a couple years ago,
and now [Eb] everybody can see it on YouTube.
There he is, [A] conducting the champagne music.
When he started [Eb] doing it, the Grateful Dead starts doing the same darn song.
[B] So Michael and I are the only guys on the planet who ever wrote a song that was performed
both by [Db] Lawrence Welk and Jerry Garcia.
[E] And that was a song called, Oh Mommy, [B] I Ain't No Commie.
[A] [D] Anyway, if you remember, that was how we [A] did it.
[A] [D]
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[D] [E]
[B] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[B] [D] [E]
Who do you [D] love?
Always [A]
me.
I've been [B] drinking, [Bm] and you've been playing [E] the sea.
[A] I've been enjoying my pain, and my mom said,
if I let you be [D] a part of me, [Bm] you [A] should have striped and dead.
Now I'm one color for the light, sweet Jesus, [D] one color for the [E] light.
Sitting downtown [B] in the railway [D] station, one color for [A] the light.
Waiting for the train to go to Salt Street and [D] Mary,
before I let it pass [A] on time.
Sitting [Dbm] downtown in the railway [Bm] station, one color for [A] the light.
[D] [A]
I'm just waiting for the train to go to Salt Street and [D] Mary,
before I let it [E] pass on time.
Sitting downtown [B] in the railway [D] station, one color for [A] the light.
I wanna be one color for the light, sweet [D] Jesus, one color for the light.
[E] Sitting [Ab] downtown in the railway [Bm] station, one color [A] for the light.
Waiting for the train to go to Salt Street and [D] Mary,
[A] before I let it pass on time.
[B] Sitting downtown in the railway [D] station, [B] one color for the light.
Sitting downtown in the railway [Bm] station, one color for the light.
[A] [B] [A] [N]
[Ab]
[Bb]
We just [Eb] wrote that song entertaining ourselves.
We really did.
Never even thought [E] about recording it or anything.
[B] The president of the record company we were with at the time came backstage and he said,
oh, you've got to record that and add it to [A] the LP.
[Eb] So we did, and we took a little break after we finished the LP and went down to the floor
to eat and do some [A] fishing.
Came [N] back to discover that they had not only released it as a single,
and it was shooting up the charts, but we were in big trouble.
They had the vice president of the United States of America at the time, Spiro T.
named us, Tom and me, named us personally [C] on national TV one night as subversives to [Db] American youth.
[N]
We were making a series of it.
And now another fan of ours, and we [D] appreciate it.
[A] We were in London, not only that, but we were in London when Lawrence Welk [E] performed our song.
Lawrence Welk.
It's true, that's where we got it.
[Eb] 35 years, we looked for a copy of it, and finally [Gb] got one a couple years ago,
and now [Eb] everybody can see it on YouTube.
There he is, [A] conducting the champagne music.
When he started [Eb] doing it, the Grateful Dead starts doing the same darn song.
[B] So Michael and I are the only guys on the planet who ever wrote a song that was performed
both by [Db] Lawrence Welk and Jerry Garcia.
[E] And that was a song called, Oh Mommy, [B] I Ain't No Commie.
[A] [D] Anyway, if you remember, that was how we [A] did it.
[A] [D]
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[D] [E]
[B] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[B] [D] [E]
Who do you [D] love?
Always [A]
me.
I've been [B] drinking, [Bm] and you've been playing [E] the sea.
[A] I've been enjoying my pain, and my mom said,
if I let you be [D] a part of me, [Bm] you [A] should have striped and dead.
Now I'm one color for the light, sweet Jesus, [D] one color for the [E] light.
Sitting downtown [B] in the railway [D] station, one color for [A] the light.
Waiting for the train to go to Salt Street and [D] Mary,
before I let it pass [A] on time.
Sitting [Dbm] downtown in the railway [Bm] station, one color for [A] the light.
[D] [A]
I'm just waiting for the train to go to Salt Street and [D] Mary,
before I let it [E] pass on time.
Sitting downtown [B] in the railway [D] station, one color for [A] the light.
I wanna be one color for the light, sweet [D] Jesus, one color for the light.
[E] Sitting [Ab] downtown in the railway [Bm] station, one color [A] for the light.
Waiting for the train to go to Salt Street and [D] Mary,
[A] before I let it pass on time.
[B] Sitting downtown in the railway [D] station, [B] one color for the light.
Sitting downtown in the railway [Bm] station, one color for the light.
[A] [B] [A] [N]
[Ab]
[Bb]
Key:
A
D
B
E
Bm
A
D
B
We did that song we just wrote, and we didn't [Db] even take that song seriously.
We just [Eb] wrote that song entertaining ourselves.
We really did.
Never even thought [E] about recording it or anything.
[B] The president of the record company we were with at the time came backstage and he said,
oh, you've got to record that and add it to [A] the LP.
[Eb] So we did, and we took a little break after we finished the LP and went down to the floor
to eat and do some [A] fishing.
Came [N] back to discover that they had not only released it as a single,
and it was shooting up the charts, but we were in big trouble.
They had the vice president of the United States of America at the time, Spiro T.
named _ _ us, Tom and me, named us personally [C] on national TV one night as subversives to [Db] American youth.
[N] _
_ _ _ _ We were making a series of it.
And now another fan of ours, and we [D] appreciate it.
_ [A] _ _ _ We were in London, not only that, but we were in London when Lawrence Welk [E] performed our song.
Lawrence Welk.
It's true, that's where we got it.
[Eb] 35 years, we looked for a copy of it, and finally [Gb] got one a couple years ago,
and now [Eb] everybody can see it on YouTube.
There he is, [A] conducting the champagne music.
When he started [Eb] doing it, the Grateful Dead starts doing the same darn song.
[B] So Michael and I are the only guys on the planet who ever wrote a song that was performed
both by [Db] Lawrence Welk and Jerry Garcia. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ And that was a song called, Oh Mommy, [B] I Ain't No Commie.
_ [A] _ _ [D] Anyway, if you remember, that was how we [A] did it. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ Who do you [D] love?
Always [A]
me.
I've been [B] drinking, [Bm] and you've been playing [E] the sea.
[A] I've been enjoying my pain, and my mom said,
if I let you be [D] a part of me, [Bm] you [A] should have striped and dead.
Now I'm one color for the light, sweet Jesus, [D] one color for the [E] light.
Sitting downtown [B] in the railway [D] station, one color for [A] the light.
Waiting for the train to go to Salt Street and [D] Mary,
before I let it pass [A] on time.
Sitting [Dbm] downtown in the railway [Bm] station, one color for [A] the light.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm just waiting for the train to go to Salt Street and [D] Mary,
before I let it [E] pass on time.
Sitting downtown [B] in the railway [D] station, one color for [A] the light.
I wanna be one color for the light, sweet [D] Jesus, one color for the light.
[E] Sitting [Ab] downtown in the railway [Bm] station, one color [A] for the light.
Waiting for the train to go to Salt Street and [D] Mary,
[A] before I let it pass on time.
[B] Sitting downtown in the railway [D] station, [B] one color for the light.
Sitting downtown in the railway [Bm] station, one color for the light.
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
We just [Eb] wrote that song entertaining ourselves.
We really did.
Never even thought [E] about recording it or anything.
[B] The president of the record company we were with at the time came backstage and he said,
oh, you've got to record that and add it to [A] the LP.
[Eb] So we did, and we took a little break after we finished the LP and went down to the floor
to eat and do some [A] fishing.
Came [N] back to discover that they had not only released it as a single,
and it was shooting up the charts, but we were in big trouble.
They had the vice president of the United States of America at the time, Spiro T.
named _ _ us, Tom and me, named us personally [C] on national TV one night as subversives to [Db] American youth.
[N] _
_ _ _ _ We were making a series of it.
And now another fan of ours, and we [D] appreciate it.
_ [A] _ _ _ We were in London, not only that, but we were in London when Lawrence Welk [E] performed our song.
Lawrence Welk.
It's true, that's where we got it.
[Eb] 35 years, we looked for a copy of it, and finally [Gb] got one a couple years ago,
and now [Eb] everybody can see it on YouTube.
There he is, [A] conducting the champagne music.
When he started [Eb] doing it, the Grateful Dead starts doing the same darn song.
[B] So Michael and I are the only guys on the planet who ever wrote a song that was performed
both by [Db] Lawrence Welk and Jerry Garcia. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ And that was a song called, Oh Mommy, [B] I Ain't No Commie.
_ [A] _ _ [D] Anyway, if you remember, that was how we [A] did it. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ Who do you [D] love?
Always [A]
me.
I've been [B] drinking, [Bm] and you've been playing [E] the sea.
[A] I've been enjoying my pain, and my mom said,
if I let you be [D] a part of me, [Bm] you [A] should have striped and dead.
Now I'm one color for the light, sweet Jesus, [D] one color for the [E] light.
Sitting downtown [B] in the railway [D] station, one color for [A] the light.
Waiting for the train to go to Salt Street and [D] Mary,
before I let it pass [A] on time.
Sitting [Dbm] downtown in the railway [Bm] station, one color for [A] the light.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm just waiting for the train to go to Salt Street and [D] Mary,
before I let it [E] pass on time.
Sitting downtown [B] in the railway [D] station, one color for [A] the light.
I wanna be one color for the light, sweet [D] Jesus, one color for the light.
[E] Sitting [Ab] downtown in the railway [Bm] station, one color [A] for the light.
Waiting for the train to go to Salt Street and [D] Mary,
[A] before I let it pass on time.
[B] Sitting downtown in the railway [D] station, [B] one color for the light.
Sitting downtown in the railway [Bm] station, one color for the light.
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _