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Elf - Trying to Burn the Sun
Transcribed by Luke Hatton


(Released: June 1975)

BLACK SWAMPY WATER (Dio / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Gary Driscoll - Drums
Steve Edwards - Guitar
Craig Gruber - Bass
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards
Mark Nauseef - Percussion

Helen Chappelle - Backing Vocals
Liza Strike - Backing Vocals
Barry Saint John - Backing Vocals

The Mountain Fjord Orchestra - Strings
Arranged By: Roger Glover
Led By: Gavyn Wright

Oh Hey - Hey Yeah

Ooh Back In The Wood Where It's Good And The Days Are Yea Long
Well I Saw Me A Child, She Was Wild Like A Lady Going All Wrong
Dark As The Night - She Was Right For A Little Conversation
So I Pulled Her Right In And She Said She Had Some Imagination

Black Swampy Water
That's Where I Caught Her
Black Swampy Water
Black Swampy Water

We Didn't Speak. Felt Weak. Got Tangled Up In Her Hair
So We Lay In The Grass - What A Gas, You Can't Know That You Were There
So Then I Let It All Go. What A Show. Was Like Blowing Up A Freight Train
Then Around The World I Would Go Like Jumping On A Jet Plane

Im In, Black Swampy Water
That's Where I Caught Her
Black Swampy Water
And Ooh, What I Taught Her Yeah - Yeah

(Guitar Solo)

Oh Back In The Wood Where It's Good And The Days Are Yea Long
God, I Saw Me A Child, She Was Wild Like A Lady Going All Wrong

Im In, (Oh - Oh) Black Swampy Water
Oh No That's Where I Caught Her, Oh
(Oh - Oh) Black Swampy Water
And Ooh The Things That I Taught Her

Yes, I'm In, (Oh - Oh) Black Swampy Water
My, My, Where I Saw Her, Oh
(Oh - Oh) Black Swampy Water
What I Did When I Caught Her
Oh Yeah, Yeah

PRENTICE WOOD (Dio / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Gary Driscoll - Drums
Steve Edwards - Guitar
Craig Gruber - Bass
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards
Mark Nauseef - Percussion

Helen Chappelle - Backing Vocals
Liza Strike - Backing Vocals
Barry Saint John - Backing Vocals

The Mountain Fjord Orchestra - Strings
Arranged By: Roger Glover
Led By: Gavyn Wright

Watching All The Flowers Grow - Soon They'll Be Around
I Love To Watch The English Countryside
And Watch The Bird With Purple Wings, How's It Make A Sound?
He's Waiting For The Wind To Take A Ride

And Ain't It Looking Fine?
Wish That It Were Mine
Oh Feels Good,
Oh Feels Good,
In Prentice Wood Yeah

My Then They're Coming Out To Play - Hit The Ball Around
Jump The Net And Change The Sides Again Yeah
Fill The Pool And Splash All Day - Look What We've Found
Couldn't Even Use Another Friend

Ain't It Looking Fine?
Wish That It Were Mine
Oh Feels Good, Oh
Oh Feels Good, Oh

(The Sound Of Children Playing)

Come With Me Lady, Give Us A Smile
Try To Believe That It's Real

Watching All The Flowers Grow - Soon They'll Be Around
Feeling All The Magic In The Air
Seems The Sun Is Only Mine - Never Going Down
Love Is In The Wind, It's Everywhere

Ain't It Looking Fine?
Open Up The Wine
Oh Feels Good,
Oh Feels Good,
In Prentice Wood Yeah - Yeah
Yeah - Yeah

(Guitar Solo)

Oh, Oh - Oh
(Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh - Oh)

(Guitar Solo)

WHEN SHE SMILES (Dio / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Gary Driscoll - Drums
Steve Edwards - Guitar
Craig Gruber - Bass
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards
Mark Nauseef - Percussion

Helen Chappelle - Backing Vocals
Liza Strike - Backing Vocals
Barry Saint John - Backing Vocals

The Mountain Fjord Orchestra - Strings
Arranged By: Roger Glover
Led By: Gavyn Wright

Well Ain't She Lovely (Doo, Doo - Doo, Doo, Doo - Doo)
When She's Blue? (Doo, Doo - Doo, Doo, Doo - Doo)
And Ain't She Lovely, Yeah (Doo, Doo - Doo, Doo, Doo - Doo)
Looking At You? (Doo, Doo - Doo, Doo, Doo - Doo)
And I'm Not One For Speaking Out Loud
But You Can't Miss Her Face In A Crowd
When She Smiles, When She Smiles, Yeah

She Makes Me Happy (Doo, Doo - Doo, Doo, Doo - Doo)
When She's High (Doo, Doo - Doo, Doo, Doo - Doo)
She'd Even Make You Happy (Doo, Doo - Doo, Doo, Doo - Doo)
Just Waving 'Bye-'Bye (Doo, Doo - Doo, Doo, Doo - Doo)
And Like Some Things Way Up In The Air
She's Got More Than Seems To Be There
When She Smiles, When She Smiles, Yeah

Well Hey You With Your Head In The News
Look Like You Swallowed Your Shoes
Don't Be Called A Fool - Ain't You Really Cool?
Won't You Even Give It A Try? My, My, My

(Keyboard Solo)

(Guitar Solo)

Well Hey You With Your Head In The News
Look Like You Swallowed Your Shoes
Don't Be Called A Fool - Ain't You Really Cool?
Won't You Even Give It A Try?
Won't You Even Give It A Try?
Won't You Even Give It A Try?

She's Lovely When She's Blue
She Looks So Damn Lovely Yeah, Looking At You
My Baby Makes Me Happy, She's Lovely
I'm Happy When She's Waving 'Bye-'Bye
She Makes Me Feel Good, She Should
Every Time I See Her, I'm High
Yeah, Yeah! 'Bye-'Bye

GOOD TIME MUSIC (Dio / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Gary Driscoll - Drums
Steve Edwards - Guitar
Craig Gruber - Bass
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards
Mark Nauseef - Percussion

Helen Chappelle - Backing Vocals
Liza Strike - Backing Vocals
Barry Saint John - Backing Vocals

The Mountain Fjord Orchestra - Strings
Arranged By: Roger Glover
Led By: Gavyn Wright

Are There Hard Days Ahead?
Should We Put It Away For A Rainy Day?
And Is My Moon Out Tonight?
Should I Wake Up Today? I Think I've Just Gotta Say

Life's Too Complicated To Do Much More Creating
Waiting For The Man To Take Us Down
And You Can't Have No Money, The Cloudy Days Aren't Sunny
And All The Women That You Know Look Just Like Men

Ah But It's Smiling Time Again (Ooh - Ooh)
And Everybody Wins (Ooh - Ooh)
'Cause Good Time Music's Coming Back Today

(Keyboards Solo)

(Guitar Solo)

Will The Sun Shine Today? (Ooh - Ooh - Ooh)
Should We Keep It Alive? (Ooh) Or Lock It All Up Inside? (Ooh)
Can We All Find A Way (Ooh - Ooh - Ooh)
To Be Happy Again? (Ooh) When's It All Gonna End? (Ooh)

Life's Too Complicated To Do Much More Creating
Waiting For The Man To Take Us Down
But You Can't Have No Money, The Cloudy Days Aren't Sunny
And All The Women That You Know Look Just Like Me

But It's Smiling Time Again (Ooh - Ooh)
And Everybody Wins (Ooh - Ooh)
'Cause Good Time Music's Coming Back
Good Time Music's Coming Back
Good Time Music's Coming Back Today

Oh, Good Time Music's Coming Back
Good Time Music's Getting Back
Good Time Music's Coming Back To Stay

(Keyboard Solo)

LIBERTY ROAD (Dio / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Gary Driscoll - Drums
Steve Edwards - Guitar
Craig Gruber - Bass
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards
Mark Nauseef - Percussion

Helen Chappelle - Backing Vocals
Liza Strike - Backing Vocals
Barry Saint John - Backing Vocals

The Mountain Fjord Orchestra - Strings
Arranged By: Roger Glover
Led By: Gavyn Wright

Doo - Doo - Doo
Doo - Doo - Doo
Doo - Doo - Doo
Doo - Doo - Doo

Any Time Of Day, See Her On Her Way - Straight Down Liberty Road
Slinky Like A Cat, Trying To Catch A Rat, Oh My!
She's Got Crazy Looking Wheels,
Love The Way It Feels, Just Plain Watching Her Move
Could You Let Her Go?
Stop The River Flow? Now, Now!

Well Come On
Well Come On Down Liberty Road (Road, Road)
Well Come On (Come On, Come On)
Well Come On Down Liberty Road (Road)
(Ooh - Ooh)
Yea, Yeah!

(Doo - Doo - Doo - Doo Ah)

She's Lightning, Frightening
Oh - Oh She's Lightning, Lord, Lord
Got No Way To Say Follow Me Home
Get On Home

(Guitar Solo)

(Ooh Ah - Ah)
(Ooh Ah - Ah)

She's Lightning, Frightening
And Oh My She's Lightning
Got No Way To Say Follow Me Home
Yes Right Home, Yea

Any Time Of Day, See Her On Her Way, Straight Down Liberty Road
Slinky Like A Cat,
Trying To Catch A Rat, Oh My!

Well Come On (Come On, Come On)
Well Come On Down Liberty Road (Road, Road)
Get Down, Down
Well Come On (Come On, Come On)
Well Come On Down Liberty Road (Road, Road)
Set Me Free

Well Come On (Come On, Come On)
Well Come On Down
Down, Down (Road)
Down, Down
Down, Down (Road)
Down, Down
Well Come On (Come On, Come On)
Get Down That Liberty Road (Road, Road)
Yeah

Hey - Hey
Ooh My Soul Oh
Ooh Baby

SHOTGUN BOOGIE (Dio / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Gary Driscoll - Drums
Steve Edwards - Guitar
Craig Gruber - Bass
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards
Mark Nauseef - Percussion

Helen Chappelle - Backing Vocals
Liza Strike - Backing Vocals
Barry Saint John - Backing Vocals

The Mountain Fjord Orchestra - Strings
Arranged By: Roger Glover
Led By: Gavyn Wright

Someone In The Front Of The Shop Needed The Bar
Heard The Boogie-Woogie From The Back Of The Car
Rooting, Tooting, Shooting By The Man With The Horn
Wailing Since The Day He Was Born


Give Me All The Skin You Got,
And Keep Me Alive
Jitter-Bugging Baby Filled With Nothing But Jive
Padded In The Shoulders But Your Front Is For Sure
You Got Me Coming, Can Even Keep It No More

Oh - Oh - Oh

I Wanna Reach You Baby
Got To Put The Phone Down
And Let It Ring In My Ear
Maybe In The Morning
You Can See If Something's Dawning
Am I Making Myself Very Clear?

Oh Hands Come Alive - Move From Side To Side
Hands Come Alive - Do The Shotgun Boogie
Make It Low Down

All Right, Oh Yeah
Ooh, Ooh, Baby

(Keyboard Solo)

(Guitar Solo)

Oh Hands Come Alive - Move From Side To Side
Hands Come Alive - Do That Whaling Jive

Hands Come Alive - Move From Side To Side
Hands Come Alive - And Do The Shotgun Boogie
Make It Low Down

Hands Come Alive - Move From Side To Side
Hands Come Alive - Do The Shotgun Boogie
Make It Low Down

Hands Come Alive (Hands Come Alive)
Move From Side To Side (Hands Come Alive)
Hands Come Alive (Hands Come Alive)
Do The Shotgun Boogie Make It Low Down

Hands Come Alive - Move From Side To Side
Hands Come Alive - Do The Shotgun Boogie
Make It Low Down, Low Down, Low Down
Oh Shotgun Boogie, Make It Low Down
Aah

WONDERWORLD (Dio / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Gary Driscoll - Drums
Steve Edwards - Guitar
Craig Gruber - Bass
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards
Mark Nauseef - Percussion

Helen Chappelle - Backing Vocals
Liza Strike - Backing Vocals
Barry Saint John - Backing Vocals

The Mountain Fjord Orchestra - Strings
Arranged By: Roger Glover
Led By: Gavyn Wright

Touch Me - I Feel.
Take Me - I'm Real.
Sail Away Into The Sun,
I'm Everyone.

Wake Me - I Dream,
I'm What I Seem.
Drift Away Into The Night.
I'm The Light.

I Am The Sky,
Help You To Fly.
Catch A Wing, It's Love I Bring.
I'm Everything.

I Am The Sea,
Always To Be.
Drift Away, Into The Night,
I'm The Light.

(Guitar Solo)

I'm A Fire Burning Higher,
Trying To Burn The Sun.
But Don't You Know The Rules Just Won't Apply.
Who Am I?

Wake Me - I Dream.
Now I'm What I Seem.
So Sail Away Into The Sun, 'Cause I'm Everyone.
Yeah!

Touch Me - I Feel.
Take Me - I'm Real.
Drift Away Into The Night,
I'm The Light!

STREETWALKER (Dio / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Gary Driscoll - Drums
Steve Edwards - Guitar
Craig Gruber - Bass
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards
Mark Nauseef - Percussion

Helen Chappelle - Backing Vocals
Liza Strike - Backing Vocals
Barry Saint John - Backing Vocals

Streetwalker - You've Been So Good To Me
Sweet Talker - You've Sure Been Good To Me
You Make A Lonely-Hearted Stranger, Feel...

Magic - There's Magic In The Way You Make Me Feel Like Magic
I Can't Believe It's True, No
Magic - So Spooky In The Way You Always Get Me Higher
Voodoo Woman You've Cast A Spell On Me

Woman - Woman I Know That You're The Only Woman
I Believe In You Woman
You're Having Everyone Who Comes Your Way You Woman
Got Me On My Knees, What Can I Do?

Gotta Get To The Well Before The Well Runs Dry
And Shuts Me Out Again
You Got Something To Sell Beneath The Midnight Sky
And Lady I'm In Need Of A Friend. Yeah.

(Guitar Solo)

Magic - There's Magic In The Way You Make Me Feel Like Magic
Well I Can't Believe It's True, No
Magic - So Spooky In The Way You Always Get Me Higher
Voodoo Woman You've Cast A Spell On Me Yeah - Yeah

Streetwalker - You've Been So Good To Me
You Sweet Talker - You've Been So Good To Me
You Make A Lonely-Hearted Stranger Feel Like He Ought To Be

Love Woman - Dressed Like A Neon Sign
Ah, Ooh, Yea.
Love Woman - Dressed Like A Neon Sign
Just A Hoochie-Koochie Baby,
Loving With Anyone You Find.
Remember You're Mine.

Streetwalker - You've Been So Good, Good To Me.
Oh, Sweet Talker, Sweet Walker, Sweet Talker - You've Been Good To Only Me.
Make A Lonely-Hearted Stranger Feel Like He Just Got To Be
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh.