Biography:
Mark Lavon Helm (May 26, 1940-April 19, 2012), better known as Levon Helm, was an American rock musician most famous as the drummer for the rock group The Band. Helm was also known for his deeply soulful, country-style voice, and powerful drumming style highlighted on many of the The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "King Harvest", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".
Early years
Helm was born in Marvell, Arkansas and began playing the guitar at the age of eight.
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[Verse 1]
G C G
Oh, I got me a woman she's a pretty good woman at that
C G
We live with a monkey and a Chinese acrobat
C G
She calls me 'Tex', makes me wear a cowboy hat
D G
But I don't care she's a pretty good woman at that
[Verse 2]
G C G
Nothing in the world make me treat that woman mean
C G
She shaves my beard and she keeps my tractor clean
C G
She burns my bread, makes me turnip greens
D G
But I don't care she's a best little woman I've seen
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C G
Some folks they move out to California
C G
And some folks they stay in Tennessee
G C
And I don't care where I'm a headed
G D G
Just as long as that woman stand by me
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[Chorus]
C G
Some folks they move out to California
C G
And some folks they stay in Tennessee
G C
And I don't care where I'm a headed
G D G
Just as long as that woman stand by me
[Verse 3]
G C
Nothing I'd rather do than spend my nights at home
C G
Talking with my baby and blowing on the slide trombone
C G
She talks in turn oh, she really turns me on
D G
With a woman like that a man never wants to roam
[Chorus]
C G
Some folks they move out to California
C G
And some folks they stay in Tennessee
G C
And I don't care where I'm a headed
G D G
Just as long as that woman stand by me
G D G
Just as long as that woman stand by me
G D G
Just as long as that woman stand by me
G C G
Oh, I got me a woman she's a pretty good woman at that
C G
We live with a monkey and a Chinese acrobat
C G
She calls me 'Tex', makes me wear a cowboy hat
D G
But I don't care she's a pretty good woman at that
[Verse 2]
G C G
Nothing in the world make me treat that woman mean
C G
She shaves my beard and she keeps my tractor clean
C G
She burns my bread, makes me turnip greens
D G
But I don't care she's a best little woman I've seen
[Chorus]
C G
Some folks they move out to California
C G
And some folks they stay in Tennessee
G C
And I don't care where I'm a headed
G D G
Just as long as that woman stand by me
[Solo]
[Chorus]
C G
Some folks they move out to California
C G
And some folks they stay in Tennessee
G C
And I don't care where I'm a headed
G D G
Just as long as that woman stand by me
[Verse 3]
G C
Nothing I'd rather do than spend my nights at home
C G
Talking with my baby and blowing on the slide trombone
C G
She talks in turn oh, she really turns me on
D G
With a woman like that a man never wants to roam
[Chorus]
C G
Some folks they move out to California
C G
And some folks they stay in Tennessee
G C
And I don't care where I'm a headed
G D G
Just as long as that woman stand by me
G D G
Just as long as that woman stand by me
G D G
Just as long as that woman stand by me
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