A Hard Act To Follow George Jones

known I'm a-gonna be a hard act to follow If you keep comin' on.

The Cold Hard Truth George Jones

[B7] You Don't know who I [E] am But I know all about [A] you I've come to talk to you [B7] tonight About the things I've seen you [ E] do.

A Little Bitty Tear George Jones

When you said you were leaving tomorrow that today was our last day I said there would be no sorrow then I'd laugh when you walked away But a little bitty tear let me down spoiled my act as a clown I had

She Told Me So George Jones

I'm her world and she revolves around me Just being close to me makes her love grow Each night she thanks God for the day she found me For when she came home this morning she told me so And there's roses

Pretty Little Lady from Beaumont Texas George Jones

"It's not that blue Mercedes Benz That she could give to me It's not that if she married me That I would be set free.

You Take Me For Granted George Jones

My legs and my feet Have walked 'till they can't hardly move from tryin' to please you And my back is sore From bendin' over backwards to just lay the world at your door I've tried so hard to keep a smile

Brother To The Blues George Jones

You and I don't need an introduction Neither one of us has that much to lose 'Cause you're just a sister to satisfaction And I'm just a brother to the blues Now, I don't have to tell you nights are

Burning Bridges George Jones

Found some letters that you wrote me this mornin' And they told of a love we once knew Now they're gone, I burned them to ashes Don't want nothin' to remind me of you.

You Never Know Just How Good You've Got It George Jones

Hey, once I was a honky-tonkin talk of the town Riding high up in my bad Chevrolet Had seven pretty woman, Lord, hanging on me A kissing one for every day.

I Just Don'T Like This Kind Of Livin' George Jones

You ain't never done to be wrong And I ain't never been right Tell me where you think we're goin' Cause I ain't got no way of knowin' When things go wrong you go your way You leave me here to pay and pay

Real Deal George Jones

"Dolled up to the nines, you got the eyes locked on tall and dark Well, he's mighty pretty but I'll bet he ain't worried a bit about your heart He's a real Casanova but I think I know you just a little

Good Ones And Bad Ones George Jones

Some come from Heaven and some crawl from Hell And the good fight the bad for your soul But it's hard to tell the lie from the truth When you find one that easy to hold There's no way of knowing which

The Race Is On George Jones

I feel tears wellin' up Cold and deep inside Like my heart's sprung a big break And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful That I may never shake You might say that I was takin' it hard Oh, she wrote me

A Place In the Country George Jones

For thirty some odd years he faced a grinder in the city Hustlin' day in day out just tryin' to survive He bought his wife the finer things and sent his kids to collage That always took what little bit

Stand On My Own Two Knees George Jones

I've tried everything I know to make you happy Never knew someone could be so hard to please Loving you is hard and I'm not sure I'll make it But at least I've learned I would stand on my own two knees

We're Gonna Hold On George Jones

We're gonna hooooold on We're gonna hooooold on We're gonna ho-ho-oh-old on to Each other Life can be rough Sometimes it's kind A real good life Is hard to find But the best love Is the one we've known

Family Bible George Jones

There's A Fam'ly Bible on the table Each page is torn and hard to read But The Fam'ly Bible on the table Will ever be my key to memories At the close of day when work was over And when the evening meal

Ain't No Woman Gonna Make a George Jones Outta Me Daniel Johnston

Ain't no woman gonna make a George Jones outta me Ain't no woman gonna make a George Jones outta me [Verse 1] Whatever will be will be Just wait and you'll see You'll see Ain't no woman gonna make a George

You Can't Get The Hell Out Of Texas George Jones

On a highway deep within the heart of Texas I was just about as lost as I could be I was drivin' round in circles Tryin' to find the border But Texas was as far as I could see Hey!

Fox On The Run George Jones

She walks through the corn leadin' down to the river Her hair shone like gold in the hot mornin' sun She took all the love that a poor boy could give her And left me to die like a fox on the run Like

Jingle Bells George Jones

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

I'm Ragged But I'm Right George Jones

Well, I've a-come here to tell you folks, I'm ragged but I'm right I'm a tramp and a rounder, I stay out late at night A porterhouse steak three times a day for my board That's more than any loafer in

A Drunk Can't Be A Man George Jones

He embarrasses his child and wife Lord he leads a miserable life But still he thinks the bottle is his right hand Yes and he can tear down more Than he's ever built before A man can be a drunk sometimes

I'm A Fool For Loving Her George Jones

She doesn't really want me, oh, but she keeps me hangin' on I'm just someone to talk to when she's all alone I know you keep on hoping someday she'll set me free Well, I'm a fool for loving her, you're

Old King Kong George Jones

the world 'Cause just like me he would do anything Just to keep his girl Yeah, old King Kong was just a little monkey Compared to my love for you If you treat right, every night And to do what

You Better Treat Your Man Right George Jones

You better start to treatin' your man a little bit better You better wear a smile when I come home and not a frown You better give me everything I need in the line of lovin' Or there'll be a day when your

A House Without Love George Jones

(Hank Williams) For years we both have lived on pride dear And we agree that love is gone Why, oh why, do we keep tryin' A house without love is not a home.

Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half As Bad As Losing You) George Jones

Well, I've had a splittin' headache from my eyebrows to my backbone Arthritis appendicitis brights disease and gall stones Bleedin' ulcers ingrown toe nails swollen adenoids The Asian flu a time or two

I'M A One Woman Man George Jones

If you told me that you love me I would feel so proud If you'd let me hold you honey I'd holler out loud I'll never love another Even if I can Come to me baby I'm a one woman man (Chorus:) Want you let

I'm A One Woman Man (Album Version) George Jones

If you told me that you love me I would feel so proud If you'd let me hold you honey I'd holler out loud I'll never love another Even if I can Come to me baby I'm a one woman man (Chorus:) Want you let

I Turn To You George Jones

Rivers turn to oceans and flow on to the sea, embers turn to ashes, and love to memories. Rain turns to rainbows and gray skies turn to blue. But when the world turns on me I turn to you.

Sing Me Back Home George Jones

The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom I stood up to say good bye like all the rest And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell 'Let my guitar playing friend do my request

I Just Don't Give A Damn George Jones

There are those who'd like to change the way I'm livin' It seems they just don't like me the way I am Tomorrow I may live the way they're thinkin' Oh, but tonight I just don't give a damn I've done

The Ghost Of Another Man George Jones

He's living in that big old house that he knows was built by me He's playing with the baby that belongs to her and me At night he loves a woman that was held by these two hands It must be a living hell

His Lovin' Her Is Gettin' In My Way George Jones

"His name is on my mailbox where mine way yesterday His face is in the mirror where I once used to shave His clothes are in my closet his car's in my driveway And his loving her is gettin' in my way

Too Much Water George Jones

"Well, I've been thinking about you all night long What you been a doing to me You told me that you love me, I thought that you loved me But you never was true to me.

Still Doin' Time (Album Version) George Jones

Has it been a year since the last time I've seen her my God I could swear it was ten And the ocean of liquor I drank to forget her is gonna kill me but I'll drink till then I've been livin' in hell with

Still Doin' Time George Jones

Has it been a year since the last time I've seen her my God I could swear it was ten And the ocean of liquor I drank to forget her is gonna kill me but I'll drink till then I've been livin' in hell with

Bartenders Blues George Jones

Well, I'm just a bartender And I don't like my work But I don't mind the money at all I've seen lots of sad faces And lots of bad cases Of folks with their backs to the wall Chorus: But I got four walls

Bartender's Blues George Jones

Well, I'm just a bartender And I don't like my work But I don't mind the money at all I've seen lots of sad faces And lots of bad cases Of folks with their backs to the wall [Chorus:] But I got four walls

Bartender's Blues (Album Version) George Jones

Well, I'm just a bartender And I don't like my work But I don't mind the money at all I've seen lots of sad faces And lots of bad cases Of folks with their backs to the wall [Chorus:] But I got four walls

When Mama Sang (The Angels Stopped To Listen) George Jones

Mama didn't have special trainin' She couldn't read the music, just the words But when she'd stand to sing on Sunday mornin' She had the sweetest voice I think I've, I've ever heard She loved to sing the

The Right Left Hand George Jones

I've cried a million tears, down through the years Searching for that special one And the vows I took before, where all forever more But no matter how I tried, they came undone Then the good Lord finally

Big Harlan Taylor George Jones

[Chorus] Oh the ways of the world, and the wants of a woman If I figured them all out 'twould take many years I once had a sweetheart, the fairest of maidens She out shined all others that I'd known by

The Old Rugged Cross George Jones

On a hill far away Stood an old rugged cross The emblem of suffering and shame And I love that old cross Where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain So, I'll cherish the old rugged

Leaning On The Everlasting Arms George Jones

What a fellowship, what a joy divine Leaning on the everlasting arms What a blessedness, what a peace is mine Leaning on the everlasting arms Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms Leaning,

Radio Lover George Jones

Oh, he hates to leave her, but he's got another show to do. He knows she gets lonely, so he lets her know that he's thinking about her.

Bone Dry George Jones

Baby wants me to go cold turkey bone dry No Jack Daniels no Jim Beam whiskey bone dry No stoppin' after work for a beer with the guys Nothin' in the mornin' to open my eyes Well I'm comin' down from a

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot George Jones

Well, I looked over Jordan and what did I see Comin' for to carry me home A band of angels comin' after me Comin' for to carry me home Swing low, sweet chariot Comin' for to carry me home Swing low, sweet

Love Lives Again George Jones

You had a temper like my jealousy: Too hot, too greedy. How could you leave me, When I needed to possess you? I hated you. I loved you, too. Bad dreams in the night.