The Band ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tracks 1. Forbidden Fruit 2. Hobo Jungle 3. Ophelia (166K) 4. Acadian Driftwood 5. Ring Your Bell 6. It Makes No Difference 7. Jupiter Hollow 8. Rags And Bones 9.* Twilight 10.* Christmas Must Be Tonight ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 1.Forbidden Fruit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A A7 D A High and lonesome out on Times Square A7 D A Haven't got a dime, ain't got a prayer A7 D A Deliver us, Lord, from this golden calf A7 D A People only want what they cannot have D#o7 Forbidden fruit D E A D That's the fruit that you'd better not taste A D#o7 Forbidden fruit D E A D You've got one life that you'd better not waste A A7 D A How can I walk with this ball and chain? A7 D A How can I land in this hurricane? A7 D A Or is this part of man's evolution A7 D A To be torn between truth and illusion? D#o7 Forbidden fruit D E A D That's the route that you'd better not take A D#o7 Forbidden fruit D E A Just watch out for the sign of the snake Little brother got caught in the web He ran off to join the living dead Been through the mill, seen the cross on the hill He sold his soul just for a thrill Forbidden fruit In hot pursuit out on a limb Forbidden fruit Your whole world is closing in You got the picture but missed the drift About me workin' the graveyard shift I never went in for no burglary But there's a stranger inside of me Forbidden fruit Don't you shoot the whole works away Forbidden fruit It's too high of a price to pay How can you hear with a bad connection? You can't see when there's no reception Keep your distance, don't fool with taboo 'Cause it'll overtake and undertake you Forbidden fruit That's the fruit that you'd better not taste Forbidden fruit You've got one life that you'd better not waste ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 2. Hobo Jungle ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- by J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross © 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C G F Fm6 There was a chill that night in the hobo jungle Am Em7 Ebm7 Dm7 G7 Over the train yard lay a smooth coat of frost C G F Fm6 And although nobody here really knows where they're goin' Am Em7 Dm7 F G7 C At the very same time nobody's lost C G/C F Fm6/Ab Then the fire went out and the night grew still Am Em Em7 Ebm7 Dm7 G7 This old man lay frozen on the cold, cold ground C G/C F Fm6/Ab He was a stray bird and the road was his callin' Am Em7 Dm7 Ridin' the rods G7 F C Sleepin' under the stars Am Em7 Dm7 F G7 C Playin' the odds from a rollin' box car C G/C F Fm6/Ab She attended the fun'ral in the hobo jungle Am Em Em7 Ebm7 Dm7 G7 Long were they lovers though never could they wed C G/C F Fm6/Ab Drifters and rounders and distant friends Am Em7 Dm7 Here I lie without anger or regret F G7 C I'm in no one's debt D A/D Man goes nowhere G Gm6/Bb Ev'rything comes like tomorrow Bm F#m F#m7 Fm7 Em7 A7 But she took that last ride there by his side D A/D G Gm6/Bb He spent his whole life pursuing the horizon Bm F#m7 Em7 Ridin' the rods A7 G D Sleepin' under the stars Bm F#m7 Em7 G A7 D Playin' the odds from a rollin' box car ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 3.Ophelia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- by J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross © 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C Boards on the window E7 Mail by the door A7 D7 What would anybody leave so quickly for? F Ophelia G7 C A7 D7 G7 Where have you gone? The old neighborhood just ain't the same Nobody knows just what became of Ophelia Tell me, what went wrong F C Was it somethin' that somebody said? G7 C Mama, I know we broke the rules F C Was somebody up against the law? G7 G7+5 Honey, you know I'd die for you C Ashes of laughter E7 The ghost is clear A7 D7 Why do the best things always disappear F Like Ophelia G7 C A7 D7 G7 Please darken my door Was it somethin' that somebody said? Honey, you know we broke the rules Wu somebody up against the law? Honey, you know I'd die for you They got your number Scared and runnin' But I'm still waitin' for the second comin' Of Ophelia Come back home ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 4. Acadian Driftwood ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- by J.R. Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross © 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music For more about this song, see Peter Viney's article. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- F C9 The war was over and the spirit was broken Dm9 Ebmaj9 Gm7 The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew F We stood on the cliffs C/G A9 Oh, and watched the ships Bb Gm7 Slowly sinking to their rendezvous F C9 They signed a treaty and our homes were taken Dm9 Ebmaj9 Loved ones forsaken Gm7 They didn't give a damn F Try'n' to raise a family C/G A9 End up the enemy Bb Gm7 Over what went down on the plains of Abraham (*) F Bb Acadian driftwood Gm7 C7 Gypsy tail wind Bb/D F Bb Gm7 They call my home the land of snow F Bb Gm7 C7 Canadian cold front movin' in Bb/D F What a way to ride Bb Dm7/A Gm7 C7 F Oh, what a way to go Then some returned to the motherland The high command had them cast away And some stayed on to finish what they started They never parted They're just built that way We had kin livin' south of the border They're a little older and they've been around They wrote a letter life is a whole lot better So pull up your stakes, children and come on down Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone Been out ice fishing, too much repetition Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known Sailing out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre Nothin' to declare All we had was gone Broke down along the coast But what hurt the most When the people there said "You better keep movin' on" Everlasting summer filled with ill-content This government had us walkin' in chains This isn't my turf This ain't my season Can't think of one good reason to remain I've worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans It was ever green up until the floods You could call it an omen Points ya where you're goin' Set my compass north I got winter in my blood Acadian driftwood Gypsy tail wind They call my home the land of snow Canadian cold front movin' in What a way to ride Ah, what a way to go F C7sus4 C7 Bb/D Gm7 Sais tu, A-ca-di-e j'ai le mal du pays [You know, Acadia, I long for the country (I am homesick)] F C7sus4 C7 Bb/D Gm7 Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleil [Your snow, Acadia, makes tears in the sun (or for the sun)] F C7sus4 C7 Bb/D Gm7 J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh [I am arriving Acadia (or I am coming Acadia)] (*): "The Plains of Abraham" refer to farm land owned by Abraham Martin just west of the Citadel in Quebec City and the site of the battle between the French and the English. is now a park (also overlooks the St.Lawrence) and is a wonderful place to visit if you get the chance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 5. Ring Your Bell ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- by J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross © 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#-5 F C/E Ring your bell Ebm Dm C Change your number F#-5 F C/E Run like hell Ebm Dm C You can't hide from thunder Oh, no F#-5 F C/E Ring your bell Ebm Dm C Get in the wind F#-5 F C/E Ebo7 Dm7 C You and me gonna make some medicine C7/Bb F/A C/G Run that rebel across the tracks C7/E Dm7 C With the Mounties on his trail Eb6 Dm7 He was taught: C F Don't get caught at the mercy of the man G Land in jail C7/Bb F/A C/G Meet me, madam, on the high road C7/E Dm7 C We gonna blow the man down Eb6 Dm7 C I've been totin' a heavy load F And I'm rarin' to clown G Mess around Ring your bell Shake your tower Pump your well Turn on your power I'm gonna ring your bell Glide on in You and me gonna make some medicine Smoky bars and souped-up cars Where we drowned all sorrow Renegade woman Love me like there's no tomorrow Left to borrow Bloodhounds comb the back streets With the ramrod close behind Asphalt justice you gonna find My ass across That border line Ring your bell Sound the chime Open up your shell Get on the line Come on, ring your bell Gimme some skin You and me gonna make some medicine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 6. It Makes No Difference ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- by J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross © 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- intro / / | Bb Gm | Eb F | Bb | Bb | Eb Dm It makes no diff'rence where I turn Gm Gm7/F Cm7 I can't get over you and the flame still burns Eb Dm It makes no diff'rence, night or day Gm Gm7/F Eb F The shadow never seems to fade away Bb Gm Eb F Bb Eb Bb And the sun don't shine anymore Bb Gm Eb F Bb Eb Bb And the rains fall down on my door Bb Now there's no love Fm7 As true as the love Eb C7 That dies untold Bb Gm Eb F Bb Eb Bb But the clouds never hung so low before Eb Dm It makes no diff'rence how far I go Gm Gm7/F Cm7 Like a scar the hurt will always show Eb Dm It makes no diff'rence who I meet Gm Gm7/F They're just a face in the crowd Cm7 F On a dead-end street Bb Gm Eb F Bb Eb Bb And the sun don't shine anymore Bb Gm Eb F Bb Eb Bb And the rains fall down on my door Bb These old love letters Fm7 Well, I just can't keep Eb 'Cause like the gambler says C7 Read 'em and weep Bb Gm Eb Bb Eb Bb And the dawn don't rescue me no more F Dm Without your love I'm nothing at all Eb Cm 7 Like an empty hall it's a lonely fall F Dm Since you've gone it's a losing battle Eb Stampeding cattle Cm7 F They rattle the walls Bb Gm Eb F Bb Eb Bb And the sun don't shine anymore Bb Gm Eb F Bb Eb Bb And the rains fall down on my door Bb Well, I love you so much Fm7 It's all I can do Eb C7 Just to keep myself from telling you Bb Gm Eb F Bb Eb Bb That I never felt so alone before | Eb | Dm | Gm Gm7/F | Cm7 | Eb | Dm | Gm Gm7/F | F | Bb Gm | Eb F | Bb | Bb | Bb Gm | Eb F | Bb | Bb | Bb | Fm7 | Eb | C7 | Bb Gm | Eb F | Bb | Eb Bb.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 7. Jupiter Hollow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- by J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross © 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music See Peter Viney's article on "Jupiter Hollow" for more about this song. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- G Jupiter Hollow C G Northern Lights C G/D G Cast a glow through the window late last night Gsus4 G C G I went to follow through the sycamore C C/D When I found myself in a place G I'd never been before C G/B There was a unicorn and a dragon queen D G Beneath the burgundy sky C G/B I saw an old soldier singin' a love song C/D He had the distance in his eye G Livin' in another world C C/D G Livin' in another time C G Like a comet I was hurled C C/D G Oh, livin' in another world Jupiter Hollow So far, so near Like a time machine take you out to a different year Phoebus Apollo played on his lyre While we danced to the music of the sphere And as the moon went down and the sun came up With the mercury risin' too 'Twas then the prophet said the secret of the dead I'll whisper it to you Livin' in another world Livin' in another time Like a comet I was hurled Oh, livin' in another world Jupiter Hollow In the midnight sun Well, no man of dreams was ever more outdone Where the swallows circle over head And muses gather by the river of the tears we shed Just like a pioneer in the new frontier I don't know where to begin Because nobody cares when a man goes mad And tries to free the ghost within Livin' in another world Livin' in another time Like a comet I was hurled Oh, livin' in another world ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 8. Rags And Bones ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- by J.R.Robertson. Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross © 1975, 1976 Medicine Hat Music ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#m Catch a taxi to the fountainhead C#sus4/Ab Blinking neon penny arcade A A young Caruso on the fire escape Bm Bm/C# D D/E Painted face ladies on parade F#m The newsboy on the corner C#sus4/Ab Singing out headlines A And a fiddler selling pencils Bm Bm/C# D The sign reads: Help the blind F#m F#m/E Dmaj7 Comin' up the lane callin' Bm7 C#m7 F#m Workin' while the rain's fallin' Dmaj7 C# A/E Ebm7-5 Ragman, your song of the street Dmaj7 E7sus4 Keeps haunting my memory F#m F#m/E Dmaj7 Music in the air Bm7 C#m7 F#m I hear it ev'rywhere Dmaj7 C# A/E Ebm7-5 Rags, bones and old city songs Dmaj7 E7sus4 A Hear them, how they talk to me Trolley car rings out the morning Whistle blows at noon A cat fight breaks open the night While watch dogs bay at the moon A preacher on an orange crate With a Salvation Army Band And clicking along the cobbled stones That's the sound of the ice-cream man Comin' up the lane callin' Workin' while the rain's fallin' Ragman, your song of the street Keeps haunting my memory Music in the air I hear it ev'rywhere Rags, bones and old city songs Hear them, how they talk to me The organ grinder and his monkey Still walkin' the same old beat The shoe-shine boy slappin' leather He puts the rhythm in your feet Strollin' by the churchyard List'nin' to the Sunday choir With voices rising to the heavens Like sirens screaming to a fire Comin' up to the lane callin' Workin' while the rain's fallin' Ragman, your song of the street Keeps haunting my memory Music in the air I hear it ev'rywhere Rags, bones and old city songs Play them one more time for me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 9. * Twilight ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- by J.R.Robertson. Album: The Best of The Band © 1976 Medicine Hat Music ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- F Bb F Over by the wildwood Dm Hot summer night Gm We lay in the tall grass C til the mornin' light If I had my way I'd never get the urge to roam A young man serves his country and an old man guards the home Never gave a second thought Never crossed my mind What's right and what's not I'm not the judgin' kind I could take the darkness oh Storms in the skies But we all got certain trials burnin' up inside Don't send me no distant salutations or silly souvenirs from far away Don't leave me alone in the twilight Twilight is the loneliest time a day F Bb F Don't put me in a frame upon the mantel F Bb C Gm 'Fore memories turn dusty old and grey C C7 Don't leave me alone in the twilight Bb-C F Twilight is the loneliest time a day Bb C Gm Dm Bb C Gm F ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 10. * Christmas Must Be Tonight ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- by J.R.Robertson. Album: Islands © 1977 Medicine Hat Music See Peter Viney's article for more about this song. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- G Em G Em G Am Come down to the manger, see the little stranger D D G Wrapped in swaddling clothes, the prince of peace G Am Wheels start turning, torches start burning D G And the old wise men journey from the East CHORUS: Em Am D G How a little baby boy bring the people so much joy Am Am/B C Am C Son of a carpenter, Mary carried the light Am D G This must be Christmas, must be tonight A shepherd on a hillside, while over my flock I bide Oh a cold winter night a band of angels sing In a dream I heard a voice saying "fear not, come rejoice It's the end of the beginning, praise the new born king" CHORUS I saw it with my own eyes, written up in the skies But why a simple herdsmen such as I And then it came to pass, he was born at last Right below the star that shines on high CHORUS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------