Тональность: A major
Verse 1
Em
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I remember when I
met Carl Martin
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G
It must have been a dozen years ago
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This wise old gent was grey and bent
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G
D
But his eyes had a fiery glow
G
He was born April Fool's
Day of 1906
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Near Big Stone Gap, VA
He could play a little fiddle
And some blues guitar that
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D
he'd picked up along the way
But, Jethro,
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once he put his hands on the mandolin
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G
He lit up just like a Christmas tree
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Along with Ted Bogan and Howard
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Armstrong
They were the best string
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G
band I ever did see
Verse 2
G
Now for fifty odd years
they played rent parties
C
G
Road houses, concerts and festivals too
C
At the drop of a hat these
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D
Would play you every song they knew
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It was "Lady Be Good" and
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"The Barnyard Dance"
Em
And "The Ice Cream
C
Now, they'd trot the oldest
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And make every one sound
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And the little white boys
with their shiny guitars
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G
Would follow right along at their heels
C
They learned all the words
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and they learned all the chords
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D
But they never did learn how it feels
G
Now one night I asked Carl
where he got the fire
And he said, 'Steve,
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G
you've got to understand
C
If you want to be someone,
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you better have some fun
And you better get it while you can.'
Verse 3
said:
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D
G
You better get it while you can
You better get it while you can
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If you wait too long, it'll all be gone
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D
And you'll be sorry then
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It doesn't matter if you're
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rich or poor
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G
And it's the same for a woman or a man
C
From the cradle to the crypt
G
Is a mighty short trip
So you better get it while
you can
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G
C
Verse 4
G
Carl always had a way to make the
good times roll
C
He'd just pick out the prettiest
D
And then he'd sing every
song to her
G
Now, one night back East
when the gig was done
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G
There was an all night blow- out jam
C
We played and we sang
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and we drank for hours
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D
Until the sun came up again
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It was blues and ballads, Ragtime,
Dixieland, Swing,
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G
Some old time show tunes
C
And then Carl Martin sang
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some songs nobody else knew
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G
D
And some I haven't heard since then
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But right before dawn he did
two more songs
C
Just to separate the strong
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It was a red- hot rendition
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of "The Old Pine Tree"
Em
And a double- time version of 'The
G
D
Saints'
(With the mandolin behind his head)
G
And when he was done those
of us who could still breathe
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G
Took off our hats to that man
C
Carl had played everybody under the
And he said,
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A
'You better get it while you can'
Verse 5
D
G
You better get it while you can
C
G
You better get it while you can
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G
If you wait too long, it'll all be gone
Cm
C
A
D
And you'll be sorry then
G
It doesn't matter if
you're rich or poor
C
G
And it's the same for a woman or a man
C
From the cradle to the crypt
G
Is a mighty short trip
So you better get it while
you can
C
G
C
G
Verse 6
G
You know Carl and his buddies
never got too far
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G
When he died Martin didn't have a dime
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G
He was a little behind in his payments
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G
And a little bit ahead of his time
Last week some so- called
C
musicians
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C
Stayed up real late and burned one down
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C
The li quor kept coming,
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C
so we kept strumming
D
Til a minute or two before dawn
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There were those who stayed
and those who faded
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But soon I was left all alone
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Now I don't believe in ghosts
- but I could swear
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I heard Carl Martin singing
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one more song
Verse 7
C
G
You better get it while you can
C
If you wait too long,
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D
And you'll be sorry then
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It doesn't matter if you're
rich or poor
C
G
And it's the same for a woman or a man
C
From the cradle to the crypt
G
Is a mighty short trip
G
So you better get it while you can
G
You better get it while you can
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G
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