DON GIBSON
WITH SPANISH GUITARS
(RCA Victor LSP-3594)
July/1966
Produced by Chet Atkins

Grady Martin, Chet Atkins, Harold Bradley - guitar
Ray Edenton, Velma Smith - rh.guitar
Roy Huskey - bass
Buddy Harman, Jerry Carrigan - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Vocals:
The Jordanaires (Hoyt Hawkins, Raymond Walker, Neal Matthews, Gordon Stoker) Recorded:
March 15-16/1966, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville

1.
BLUES IN MY MIND
(Fred Rose) « © '56 Milene Music, ASCAP »
I ought to hate you for these blues in my mind
What makes me love you am I losin' my mind
I wonder where I'm gonna wind up I just can't make my crazy mind up
Too many kisses brought me too many tears
Tears that I carried with me all through the years
I'm just a broken hearted kind worry and blues in my mind
[ guitar ] I'm goin' crazy with these blues in my mind
How can you just keep on abusin' my mind
You've got a jealous heart about you maybe I'm better off without you
Still I can't make my heart believe that it's true
Trouble with me is having a trouble with you
I'm just a broken hearted kind worry and blues in my mind
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2.

MARIA ELENA
(S.K. Russell - Lorenzo Barcalata - William H. Heagney) « © '33 Peer International, BMI »
Maria Elena you're the answer to a prayer
Maria Elena can't you see how much I care
To me your voice is like the echo of a sigh
And when you're near my heart can't speak above a sigh

Maria Elena say that we will never part
Maria Elena take take me to your heart
Oh a love like mine is great enough for two
To share this love is really all I ask of you
[ ac.guitar ] Maria Elena say that we will never part...
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3.

MAKING BELIEVE
(Jimmy Work) « © '54 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Making believe that you still love me
It's leaving me alone and so blue
But I'll always dream still I'll never own you
Oh a making believe is all I can do

I can't hold you close darlin' when you're not with me
You're somebody's love you'll never be mine
I'm a making believe I'll spend my lifetime
Loving you and making believe
[ whistle ] Well now I can't hold you close...
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4.

JUST CALL ME LONESOME
(Rex Griffin) « © '53 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Why must I love a heartless one
Who'll never never know the harm she's done
Though love is blind I should have known
Just call me lonesome from now on

I climb the stairs up to my room
Oh but no one ever greets me in my gloom
Yes and the silence tells me that she's gone
Oh just call me lonesome from now on
[ guitar ] I pray my memories at last
Yes will fade into the distant past
Yes and if I must live and love alone
You can call me lonesome from now on
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5.

VAYA CON DIOS (MAY GOD BE WITH YOU) (Larry Russell - Buddy Pepper - Inez James) « © '53 Beachaven Music, ASCAP / Jarest Music, ASCAP »
Now the hacienda's dark the town is sleeping
And the time's come to part the time for weeping
Vaya con dios my darling vaya con dios my love

Now the village mission bells are softly ringing
If you listen with your heart you'll hear them singing
Vaya con dios my darling vaya con dios my love

Wherever you may be I'll be beside you
Although you're many many million miles away
Each night I'll say a prayer a prayer to guide you
And to hasten every lonely hour of every lonely day

Now the dawn is breaking through a gray tomorrow
But the memories we share are there to borrow
Vaya con dios my darling vaya con dios my love
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6.

ONCE A DAY
(Bill Anderson) « © '64 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
When you found somebody new I thought I never would
Forget you for I thought then I never could
But time has taken all the pain away
And until now I'm down to hurtin' once a day

Once a day all day long and once a night from dusk till dawn
The only time I wish you weren't gone is once a day every day all day long

I'm so glad I'm not like a friend I knew one time
He lost the one he loved slowly lost his mind
He sat around and cried his life away
And lucky me I'm only hurtin' once a day oh yes

Once a day all day long...
Once a day every day all day long
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7.

I CAN'T TELL MY HEART THAT
(Johnny Wright - Jack Anglin - Jim Anglin) « © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I can't tell my heart that you are no good
I'd give this world if only I could
And you cheated and lied you left me flat
Yes it's true but I can't tell my heart that

Oh my foolish heart no one to believe
Your softness and bitteress has caused me the grieve
Still pinin' for someone oh can never come back
I know it's so I can't tell my heart that
[ guitar ] I can't tell my heart that you are no good...
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8.

WITH YOUR LOVE ON MY MIND
(Robert Ford) « © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Here I sit with your love on my mind I'm blue as a man can be
So long ago you told me you'll return
Now I've been waitin' so long you think I'd learned
Here I sit with your love on my mind I'm hoping praying saying you'll be mine
And now each day I'm havin' dreams without you
And though how I long for your return
So here I sit with your love on my mind I'm hoping praying saying you'll be mine
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9.

(ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GONNA BE) STRANGERS
(Liz Anderson) « © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
All the love you promised would be mine forever
I would have bet my bottom dollar on
Well it sure turned out to be a short forever
Just once I turned my back and you were gone

From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers
I'm all through ever trusting anyone
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers
I was a fool believing you and now you are gone
[ guitar ] Well from now on all my friends...
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10.

SOMEBODY LOVES YOU DARLING
(Wiley Morris - Zake Morris) « © '62 Peer International, BMI »
Somebody loves you darling sombeody loves you I know
Somebody loves you truly why did you let her go

I see the postman coming he's coming down the street
I know that he's got a letter yes he's headed straight for me
[ guitar ] Well there's gonna be a wedding it's going to get to fall
And boys and girls get ready yes I'm goin' to invite you all
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11.

DON'T YOU EVER GET TIRED (OF HURTIN' ME) (Hank Cochran) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You make my eyes run over all the time
Are you happy when I'm out of my mind
You won't love me and you won't let me be
And don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me

Well someone must have hurt you long ago
Why avenge someone who loves you so
Please loosen the chains and set me free
Don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me

You must think I look bad with a smile
For you haven't let me have on such a long long while
Still I keep coming back how can this be
Don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me
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12.

STRANGER TO ME
(Don Gibson) « © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Oh I guess I'm a fool
I walk down the street where we once walked together
You pass you don't even speak
What have I done that's made you so bitter
That you seem like a stranger to me

Oh I guess I'm a fool for still loving you
And my feelings should change since you feel like you do
All the dreams we once shared together our castles they're now fantasies
Just to think that I once held you here in my arms
Now you seem like oh a stranger to me
Just to think that I once held you here in my arms
Now you seem like a stranger to me
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