Blocks of Life Songbook

Contents

 For song suggestions, e-mail Pete Wiley at pete@blocksoflife.com.

Arlo Guthrie

City of New Orleans—64

The Beatles

All My Lovin—2
I Wanna Hold Your Hand—32
Ticket to Ride—65

Billy Bragg and Wilco

California Stars

Blocks of Life

My Place
Under the Same Moon
I Look to the Leaves

Bob Dylan

Blowin’ in the Wind—62

Bob Marley

Three Little Birds

Bob Seger

Night Moves

Bobby Darin

Mack the Knife—56

Bon Jovi

Dead or Alive—20
Livin on a Prayer—63

Boomslang

Shimmering—43

Bruce Springsteen

Born to Run—58
Atlantic City

Cake

I will Survive—33

Chris Isaac

Wicked Game—66

Cigar Store Indians

Eagle Needs a Push—23

Coldplay

The Scientist—41

Counting Crows

Hard Candy—27
Mr. Jones—37

The Cure

Just Like Heaven—34

The Decemberists

Down by the Water—21

David Bowie

Starman—44
Ziggy Stardust—13

Don McLean

American Pie—71

The Eagles

Hotel California—15

Elvis Costello

Alison—1
Oliver’s Army—3
What’s so Funny ’bout Peace Love and Understanding—55

Elvis Presley

Can’t Help Falling in Love—57

Elton John

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy—77

Foo Fighters

Times Like These—48

Fleetwood Mac

Rhiannon

Frank Sinatra

My Way—72

The Go-Go’s

Our Lips are Sealed—69

Grateful Dead

Bertha—9
Uncle John’s Band—50

Green Day

Basket Case—7
Good Riddance—25

Guns n Roses

Sweet Child O Mine—47

Jack Johnson

Bubble Toes—12

Jimmy Buffett

Margaritaville

John Denver

Country Roads—17

John Prine

The Way that the World Goes Round

Johnny Rivers

Secret Agent Man—42

The Kinks

Celluloid Heroes—14

Kiss

Hard Luck Woman—28

Kris Kristofferson

Me and Bobby McGee—73

Led Zeppelin

Hey Hey What Can I Do—53

Leonard Cohen

Hallelujah—26

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Tuesday’s Gone—49

Modern English

Melt with you—36

Motley Crue

Home Sweet Home—31

Neil Diamond

Sweet Caroline 
Sweet Ginger H 

Neil Young

Cinnamon Girl—16 
Heart of Gold—29

New Order

Bizarre Love Triangle—10

Nirvana

Come As You Are

Old Crow Medicine Show

Wagon Wheel—52

Psychedelic Furs

The Ghost in You—24

Pure Prairie League

Amie

Queen

Crazy Little Thing Called Love—6

Radiohead

Creep—18

REM

Driver 8—22

Rolling Stones

Angie—5
Dead Flowers—19
Wild Horses—45

Rush

Closer to the Heart-54

Simple Minds

Don’t you Forget about Me-68

Tom Petty

I Won’t Back Down—61
American Girl—67

The Who

Behind Blue Eyes—8

U2

Angel of Harlem—4

Van Morrison

Brown Eyed Girl—74

Violent Femmes
Blister in the Sun—11

Wilco

California Stars

1. Alison—Elvis Costello

Intro A E G#m C#m B F#m G#m G#m B

(B) Oh its so (A) funny to be seeing you after (E) so long girl
And by the (A) way you look i understand that (G#m) you were not (C#m) impressed (B) (A)
(A) But i heard you let that little (G#m) friend of (C#m) mine
(D) Take off your party dress (B7)
(A) I’m not gonna get (G#m) too senti(C#m)mental
(B) Like those (A) other sticky valentines (G#m) (C#m)
(A) Cause i don’t know if you were (G#m) loving some(C#m)body
I (D) only know it isn’t mine (B7)

(A) Alison (E) i (A) know this (B) world is (G#m) killing (C#m) you
Oh (A) Alison (E) (A) my (B) aim is (E) true

(A) Well i see you’ve got a (E) husband now
Did he (A) leave your pretty fingers lying (G#m) in the wedding (C#m) cake (B)
(A) You used to hold him right (G#m) in your (C#m) hand
But he (D) took all that he could (B7) take
(A) Sometimes i wish that i could (G#m) stop you from (C#m) talking
(B) When i (A) hear those silly things that you (G#m) say (C#m) (B)
(A) I think somebody better (G#m) put out the big (C#m) light
(Be)cause i (D) can’t stand to see you this (B7) way

(A) Alison (E) i (A) know this (B) world is (G#m) killing (C#m) you
Oh (A) Alison (E) (A) my (B) aim is (E) true (A) (D)
(D) my (B) aim is (E) true (A)
(D) my (B) aim is (E) true (A)
D B E

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2. All My Lovin—The Beatles

SPECIAL CHORD:

Bbaug  6-5-4-3-3-x

Close your (Em) eyes and I´ll (A7) kiss you, (D) tomorrow i´ll (Bm) miss you,
re(G)member I´ll (Em) always be (C) true. (A7)
And then (Em) while I´m (A7) away I´ll write (D) home every (Bm) day
and I´ll (G) send all my (A) loving to (D) you.

I´ll pre (Em) tend that I´m (A7) kissing, the (D) lips I am (Bm) missing
and (G) hope that my (Em) dreams will come (C) true. (A7)
And then (Em) while I´m (A7) away I´ll write (D) home every (Bm) day
and I´ll (G) send all my (A) loving to (D) you.

[Chorus]

All my (Bm) loving (BbAug) I will send to (D) you.
All my (Bm) loving, (BbAug) darling I´ll be (D) true.

[SOLO]

|  G  |  %  |  D  |  %  |  Em  |  A  |  D  |  D   |

[break]

Close your (Em) eyes and I´ll (A7) kiss you, (D) tomorrow i´ll (Bm) miss you,
re(G)member I´ll (Em) always be (C) true. (A7)
And then (Em) while I´m (A7) away I´ll write (D) home every (Bm) day
and I´ll (G) send all my (A) loving to (D) you.

All my (Bm) loving (BbAug) I will send to (D) you.
All my (Bm) loving, (BbAug) darling I´ll be (D) true.

All my (Bm) loving
All my (D) loving
Ooh, ooh, all my (Bm) loving
I will send to (D) you (D)

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 3. Oliver’s Army—Elvis Costello

(G) Don’t start that talking; (C)I could (D) talk all night.

(G) My mind is sleepwalking (C) while I’m (B7) putting the world to right.

(Em) Called careers (A) information. (Em) Have you got your- (A) self an occupation? (G) (C) (D)

 

(G) Oliver’s Army is (C) here to (D) stay. (G) Oliver’s Army are (C) on their (D) way.

(G) And I would (Em) rather be anywhere (C) else but (D) here to- (G) day. (C) (D)

 

(G) There was a checkpoint Charlie, (C) he didn’t (D) crack a smile.

(G) But it’s no laughing party (C) when you’ve been (B7) on the murder (Em) mile.

Only takes one (A) itchy trigger, (Em) one more widow one (A) less white digger.

 

(G) Oliver’s Army is (C) here to (D) stay. (G) Oliver’s Army are (C) on their (D) way.

(G) And I would (Em) rather be anywhere (C) else but (D) here to- (G) day. (C) (D)

 

(F#m) Hong Kong is (E) up for grabs; (D) London is (Db7) full of Arabs.

(B7) We could be in (E) Palestine, (D) overrun by the (E) Chinese line

with the (D) boys from the Mersey and the (E) Thames and the Tyne.

 

(A) But there’s no (D) danger. It’s a (E) professional career

(A) though it could be arranged with (D) just a word in (Db7) Mr. Churchill’s ear.

(F#m) If you’re out of (B7) luck you’re out of (F#m) work

We could send you (B7) to Johannesburg (A) (D) (E)

 

(A) Oliver’s Army is (D) here to (E) stay (A) Oliver’s Army are (D) on their (E) way.

(A) and I would (F#m) rather be anywhere (D) else than (E) here to- (A) day (3 times)

(A) Oh oh oh (D) oh___ (E) Oh oh oh______

 

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4. Angel of Harlem—U2

Intro :     [G    C]       (x4)

It was a (G) cold and wet De- (C) cember day
When we (G) touched the ground at (C) JFK
(G) Snow was melting (C) on the ground
On (G) BLS I (C) heard the sound,   of (G) an angel (C)
(G) New York, like a (C) Christmas tree
(G) Tonight this city (C) belongs to me,   (G) Angel (C)

(C) Soul love…(D) this love won’t let me (C) go
(C) So long…(D) angel of Harlem   [G   C] 4x

(G) Birdland on (C) fifty-three
The (G) street sounds like a (C) symphony
We got (G) John Coltrane and a (C) love supreme
(G) Miles says she’s (C) got to be an (G) angel (C)
(G) Lady Day got (C) diamond eyes
She (G) sees the truth (C) behind the lies,   (G) Angel (C)

(C) Soul love…(D) this love won’t let me (C) go
(C) So long…(D) angel of Harlem   [G   C] 4x

(Em) Oooh, (D) oooh….(C) oooh,
(C) She says it’s (Em) heart…(D) heart and (C) soul…

Yeah yeah (G)…(yeah) (C)
(G) Blue light on the (C)avenue
(G) God knows they (C) got to you
An (G) empty glass, the (C) lady sings
(G) Eyes swollen like a (C) bee sting
(G) Blinded you (C) lost your way
Through the (G) side streets and the (C) alleyway
Like a (G) star exploding (C) in the night
(G) Calling to the city in (C) broad daylight

An (C) angel in Devil’s shoes
(D) Salvation in the blues
You never looked like an (C) angel

(C) Yeah yeah…(D)
angel of (G) Harlem 4x

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5. Angie—Rolling Stones

CAPO 5

Intro
E7 G F C

(Am) Angie, (E7) Angie, (G) when will those clouds [F] all disappear [C]?
(Am) Angie, (E7) Angie, (G) where will it lead [F] us from here (C)?
With no (G) loving in our souls and (Dm) no money in our (Am) coats
(C) You can’t (F) say we’re (G) satisfied
But (Am) Angie, (E7) Angie, [G] you can’t (F) say we never (C) tried

(Am) Angie, you’re (E7) beautiful, but (G) ain’t it [F] time we said good-bye (C)?
(Am) Angie, (E7) I still love you, (G) remember [F] all those nights we cried (C)?
All the (G) dreams we held so close seemed to (Dm) all go up in (Am) smoke
(C) Let me (F) whisper in your (G) ear:
(Am) Angie, (E7) Angie, (G) where will it lead [F] us from (C) here?

Oh, (G) Angie, don’t you weep, all your (Dm) kisses still taste (Am) sweet
(C) I hate that (F) sadness in your (G) eyes
But (Am) Angie, (E7) Angie, [G] ain’t it (F) time we said (C) good-bye?
With no (G) loving in our souls and no (Dm) money in our (Am) coats
(C) You can’t (F) say we’re (G) satisfied

But (Am) Angie, (E7) Angie, (G) ain’t it [F] good to be (C) alive?
(Am) Angie, (E7) Angie, (G) they can’t [F] say we never (C) tried

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6.  Crazy Little Thing Called Love—Queen

[Intro]

D Dsus4 D 4x

(D) This thing,  called love, I (G) just  can`t  (C) handle (G) it,
this (D)  thing,  called love, I (G) must, get (C) round to (G) it,
I ain’t (D) ready,  (Bb) Crazy little (C) thing called (D) love.

This (D) thing, called love, it (G) cries, in (C) craddle at (G) night,
it (D) swings, it jives, it (G) shakes, all overlike a (C) jelly (G) fish,
I kinda (D) like it, (Bb) Crazy little (C) thing called (D) love.

There goes my (G) baby, she (C) knows how to rock and (G) roll,
She drives me (Bb) crazy, she gives me (E) hot and cold fever,
then she (A) leaves me in a cool, cool sweat.

D-C#-C   A-G#-G

E-E-E-E-E-E-E A

A G F# E

[A Cappella]
I gotta be cool, relax, get hip,
get on my tracks, take a back seat, hitch-hike
And take a long ride on my motor bike until I`m ready,
Crazy Little thing called love.

I gotta be (D) cool, relax, get (G) hip,
get (C) on my (G) tracks, take a (D) back seat, hitch-hike
And (G) take a long ride on my (C) motor (G) bike until I`m (D) ready,
(Bb) Crazy Little (C) thing called (D) love.

[outro]

(Bb) Crazy little (C) thing called (D) love.
(Bb) Crazy little (C) thing called (D) love.
(Bb) Crazy little (C) thing called (D) love.

 

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7. Basket Case—Green Day

CAPO 3

(G) Do you have the (D) time to (Em) listen to me (Bm) whine
(C) About nothing and (G) everything all at (D) once
(G) I am one of (D) those
(Em) Melodramatic (Bm) fools
(C) Neurotic to the (G) bone
No doubt about it (D)

(C) Sometimes I (D) give myself the (G) creeps
(C) Sometimes my (D) mind plays tricks on (G) me
It (C) all keeps adding (D) up
I (G) think I’m (F) cracking (Em) up
Am (C) I just para (D) noid?

Am I just stoned

G    D     C     D (2x)

I (G) went to a (D) shrink
To (Em) analyze my (Bm) dreams
She (C) says it’s lack of (G) sex that’s bringing me__ (D) down
I (G) went to a (D) whore
Who (em) said my life’s a (Bm) bore
And (C) quit my whining (G) cause it’s bringing her__ (D) down

(C) Sometimes I (D) give myself the (G) creeps
(C) Sometimes my (D) mind plays tricks on (G) me
It (C) all keeps adding (D) up
I (G) think I’m (F) cracking (Em) up
Am (C) I just para (D) noid?

(No chords)

Ee Ya ya ya.

G    D     C     D   4X
(No lyrics)

(C) Grasping to (D) control
So you better (G) hold__ on__
D  Em   Bm   C   G   D
G   D   Em   Bm   C   G   D

Chorus

(C) Sometimes I (D) give myself the (G) creeps
(C) Sometimes my (D) mind plays tricks on (G) me
It (C) all keeps adding (D) up
I (G) think I’m (F) cracking (Em) up
Am (C) I just para (D) noid?

(No chords)
Am I just stoned

G    D     C     D (2x)
(No lyrics)

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8. Behind Blue Eyes—The Who

Intro : [Esus4] x4

(Em) No one knows what it’s (G) like, to be the (D) bad man,
To be the (C) sad man, (A) behind blue eyes
(Em) No one knows what it’s (G) like to be (D) hated,
To be (C) fated, to telling (A) only lies

But my (C) dreams (D) , they aren’t as (G) empty,
As my (C) conscience (D) seems to be (E)
I have (Bm) hours, only (C) lonely
My love is (D) vengeance that’s never (A) free

(Em) No one knows what it’s (G) like to feel these (D) feelings
Like I (C) do, and I blame (A) you
(Em) No one bites back as (G) hard on their (D) anger
None of my (C) pain and woe, can show (A) through

But my (C) dreams (D) , they aren’t as (G) empty,
As my (C) conscience (D) seems to be (E)
I have (Bm) hours, only (C) lonely
My love is (D) vengeance that’s never (A) free

[Bridge]  E    B      A

(E) When my fist (B) clenches, (A) crack it open
(E) Before I (B) use it and (G) loose my (D) cool
When I (B) smile, (A) tell me some (D) bad news
Before I laugh and (A) act like a (E) fool

E     B    A 2X

(E) And if I (B) swallow (A) anything (E) evil
Put your (B) finger (G) down my (D) throat
And if I (B) shiver, please (A) give me a (D) blanket
Keep me (B) warm, let me (A) wear your (E) coat

E     B    A 2X

B        B  A D  3x

[B](hold)

(Em) No one knows what it’s (G) like, to be the (D) bad man,
To be the (C) sad man, (A) behind blue eyes.

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9. Bertha

Intro (Repeat a few times):

G C/G

I had a (C) hard run, runnin’ from your (GC Riff) window
I was all night (C) runnin’, runnin’, Lord I wonder if you (GC Riff) care
I had a (C) run in, run around and (GC Riff) run down
Run around the (C) corner, corner, Lord I run smack into a (GC Riff) tree

I had to (D) move, (Am) move, really had to (GC D) move
(C) That’s why uf you (G) please, I am (D) on my hand and (C) knees
(Am) Bertha don’t you come (C) around here (GC Riff) anymore

Dressed myself in (C) green, I went down unto the (GC Riff) sea
Try to see what’s goin’ (C) down, try to read between the (GC Riff) lines
I had a feelin’ I was (C) fallin’, fallin, I turned around to (GC Riff) see
Heard a voice (C) callin’, you were comin’ after (GC Riff) me

I had to (D) move, (Am) move, really had to (GC D) move
(C) That’s why uf you (G) please, I am (D) on my hand and (C) knees
(Am) Bertha don’t you come (C) around here (GC Riff) anymore

Ran into a (C) rainstorm, I ducked back into a (GC Riff) bar door
It’s all night (C) pourin’, pourin’, Lord but not a drop on (GC Riff) me
Test me, test me, (C) test me, why don’t you (GC Riff) arrest me
Throw me into the (C) jail house, Lord until the sun goes (GC Riff) down

I had to (D) move, (Am) move, really had to (GC D) move
(C) That’s why uf you (G) please, I am (D) on my hand and (C) knees
(Am) Bertha don’t you come (C) around here (GC Riff) anymore

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10. Bizarre Love Triangle

[Picking: G]

(C) Every time I (D) think of you
I feel (Bm) shot right through with a (C) bolt of blue
It’s no (C) problem of mine but it’s a (D) problem I find
(Bm) Living a life that I can’t (C) leave behind
(C) There’s no sense in (D) telling me
The (Bm) wisdom of a fool won’t (C) set you free

But that’s the (C) way that it goes
And it’s what (D) nobody knows
While (Bm) every day my (C) confusion grows

(C) Every time I (D) see you falling
I  (Bm) get down on my (C) knees and pray
I’m (C) waiting for that (D) final moment
(Bm) You’ll  say the words that (C) I can’t say

[Picking: G]

(C) I feel fine and (D) I feel good
(Bm) I’m feeling like I (C) never should
Whenever (C) I get this way, I just don’t (D) know what to say
Why can’t we (Bm) be ourselves like we were (C) yesterday
(C) I’m not sure what (D) this could mean
(Bm) I don’t think you’re (C) what you seem
I do (C) admit to myself
That if I (D) hurt someone else
Then I’ll (Bm) never see just what (C) we’re meant to be

(C) Every time I (D) see you falling
I  (Bm) get down on my (C) knees and pray
I’m (C) waiting for that (D) final moment
(Bm) You’ll  say the words that (C) I can’t say

(C) Every time I (D) see you falling
I  (Bm) get down on my (C) knees and pray
I’m (C) waiting for that (D) final moment
(Bm) You’ll  say the words that (C) I can’t say

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11. Blister in the Sun

G     C       G     C       G    C      G
e||————-|————–|—————|———|
B||————-|————–|—————|———|
G||————-|————–|—————|———| BASE
D||————-|————–|—————|-xx–xx–|  x2
A||—-2—3-2–|—-2—3-2—|—2—3-2—–|-xx–xx–|
E||–3—3——|–3—3——-|-3—3——-3-|———|

(G) When I’m out (C) walking
(G) I strut my (C) stuff
(G) And I’m (C) so strung (G) out

I’m (G) high as a (C) kite
(G) I just (C) might (G) stop to (G) check you out

Let me go (Em) on like a
(C) Blister in the sun
Let me go (Em) on
Big (C) hands, I know you’re the (D) one

(G) Body and (C) beats,
(G) I stain my (C) sheets
(G) I don’t (C) even know (G) why
(G) My girl (C) friend,
(G) She’s at the (C) end, (G) She is starting to (C) cry

Let me go (Em) on like a
(C) Blister in the sun
Let me go (Em) on
Big (C) hands, I know you’re the (D) one   (D|–0-3-4–0-3-4-)

[Quiet]

(G) When I’m out (C) walking
(G) I strut my (C) stuff
(G) And I’m (C) so strung (G) out
I’m (G) high as a (C) kite
(G) I just (C) might (G) stop to (G) check you out

[Whisper]

(G) When I’m out (C) walking
(G) I strut my (C) stuff
(G) And I’m (C) so strung (G) out
I’m (G) high as a (C) kite
(G) I just (C) might (G) stop to (G) check you out

(G) Body and (C) beats,
(G) I stain my (C) sheets
(G) I don’t (C) even know (G) why
(G) My girl (C) friend,
(G) She’s at the (C) end, (G) She is starting to (C) cry

(G) When I’m out (C) walking
(G) I strut my (C) stuff
(G) And I’m (C) so strung (G) out
I’m (G) high as a (C) kite
(G) I just (C) might (G) stop to (G) check you out

[LOUD!!]

Let me go (Em) on like a
(C) Blister in the sun
Let me go (Em) on
Big (C) hands, I know you’re the (D) one   (D|–0-3-4–0-3-4-)

[Outro]

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12. Bubble Toes – Jack Johnson

INTRO (Power chords):
1. D  DA  AE   EC 2x
2. G  GG  GG  GG (G’s w/blues pinky)

(intro 1 [x2])
It’s as (D) simple as something that (A) nobody knows
That her (E) eyes are as big as her (C) bubbly toes
On the (D) feet of the queen of the (A) hearts of the cards
And her (E) feet are all covered with (C) tarballs and scars
(INTRO 2)

(INTRO  1 [x2])
It’s as (D) common as something that (A) nobody knows
That her (E) beauty will follow (C) wherever she goes
Up the (D) hill in the back of her (A) house in the wood
She’ll (E) love me forever, I (C) know she could
(INTRO part 2)

I (D) remember when (A) you and me
(E) Mm how we (C) used to be just good (D) friends
Wouldn’t (A) give me none
(E) But all I wanted was some

G  C  D [rest of song]

VERSE
She’s got a whole lot of reasons
She cant think of a single one
That can justify leaving
He got none but he thinks he got so many problems
And he got, too much time to waste

His dreams are like commercials
But her dreams are picture perfect and
Our dreams are so related but they’re often underestimated

RIFF

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It’s as simple as something that nobody knows
That her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes
On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the cards
And her feet are infested with tarboles and

La da da da da da
La da da da da da da
La da da da da da
La da da da da da da la

Well I was eating lunch at the DLG
When this little girl came and she sat next to me
Never seen nobody move the way she did
Well she did and she does and she’ll do it again

When you move like a jellyfish
Rhythm don’t mean nothing
You go with the flow
You don’t stop

Move like a jellyfish
Rhythm is nothing
You go with the flow
You don’t stop… Mm

It’s as common as something that nobody knows
That her beauty will follow wherever she goes
Up the hill in the back of her house in the wood
She’ll love me forever, I know she

La da Part

If you would only listen
You might just realise what you’re missing
You’re missing me

If you would only listen
You might just realise what you’re missing
You’re missing me

It’s as simple as something that nobody knows
That her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes
On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the cards
And her feet are infested with tarballs and

La da Part 2x

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13. Ziggy Stardust—David Bowie

G    D Dsus     Cadd9    Am

(G) Ziggy played guitar,    (Bm) jamming good
with Weird and (C) Gilly and the Spiders from (D) Mars.
He played it left (G) hand, but made it too (Em) far
became the (A) special man, and we were (C) Ziggy’s band.

(G) Ziggy really sang, with (Bm) screwed up eyes and
screwed down (C) hair-do like some cat from (D) Japan.
He could lick ’em by (G) smiling, he could leave ’em to (Em) hang.
He came on so (A) loaded man, well hung and (C) snow-white tan.

(A) So (G) where were the (F) spi-ders,
(A) while the (G) fly tried to (F) break our balls.
(A) Just the (G) beer light to (F) guide us.

And so we (D) bitched about his fans and should we (E) crush his sweet hands.

G    D Dsus     Cadd9    Am

(G) Ziggy played for time, (Bm) jiving us that
we were (C) voodoo and the kids were just (D) crass.
He was the (G) nazz with God-given (Em) ass.
He took it (A) all too far but boy could he (C) play guitar.

(A) Making (G) love with his (F) ego, (G)
(A) Ziggy (G) sucked up in (F) to his mind (G)
(A) Like a (G) leper messiah. (F)
When the (D) kids had killed the man I had to (E) break up the band.

G    D Dsus     Cadd9    Am

(G) (D) (Dsus) (Cadd9) Oh, Ziggy Played… (G) Guit-ar….

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14. Celluloid Heroes—The Kinks

D
(D) Everybody s a (A) dreamer and (G) everybody s a (D) star,
And (F#m) everybody’s in (Bm) movies, it doesn t (G) matter who you (A) are.
There are (Bm) stars in every (F#m) city,
In every (G) house and on every (A) street,
And if you (D7) walk down Hollywood (G) Boulevard
Their names are (A) written in (D) concrete!

D
(D) Don t step on Greta (A) Garbo as you walk (G) down the (D) boulevard,
She (F#m) looks so weak and (Bm) fragile that s why she (G) tried to be so (A) hard
But they (Bm) turned her into a (F#m) princess
And they (G) sat her on a (A) throne,
But she (D7) turned her back on (G) stardom,
Because she (A) wanted to be (D) alone.

You can (C) see all the stars as you (G) walk down Hollywood (D) Boulevard,
(C) Some that you recognize, (G) some that you ve hardly even (D) heard of,
(C) People who worked and (G) suffered and struggled for (D) fame,
(C) Some who succeeded and (G) some who suffered in (D) vain.

(D) Rudolph Valen- (A) tino, looks (G) very much (D) alive,
And he (F#m) looks up ladies  (Bm) dresses as they (G) sadly pass him (A) by.
Avoid (Bm) stepping on Bela (F#m) Lugosi
cos he’s (G) liable to turn and (A) bite,
But stand (D7) close by Bette (G) Davis
Because (A) hers was such a lonely (D) life.

You can (C) see all the stars as you (G) walk down Hollywood (D) Boulevard,
(C) Some that you recognize, (G) some that you ve hardly even (D) heard of,
(C) People who worked and (G) suffered and struggled for (D) fame,
(C) Some who succeeded and (G) some who suffered in (D) vain.

I (C) wish my life was a (G) non-stop Hollywood (D) movie show,
A (C) fantasy world of (G) celluloid villains and (D) heroes,
Because (C) celluloid heroes (G) never feel any (D) pain
And (C) celluloid heroes (G) never really (D) die.

You can (C) see all the stars as you (G) walk down Hollywood (D) Boulevard,
(C) Some that you recognize, (G) some that you ve hardly even (D) heard of,
(C) People who worked and (G) suffered and struggled for (D) fame,
(C) Some who succeeded and (G) some who suffered in (D) vain.

C G D  Dsus4 D  2x

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15. Hotel California—The Eagles

Bm  F#  A  E  G  D  Em  F#

(Bm) On a dark desert highway, (F#) cool wind in my hair
(A) Warm smell of colitas (E) rising up through the air
(G) Up ahead in the distance, (D) I saw a shimmering light
(Em) My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
(F#) I had to stop for the night

(Bm) There she stood in the doorway; (F#) I heard the mission bell
(A) And I was thinking to myself this could be (E) heaven or this could be hell
(G) Then she lit up a candle, (D) and she showed me the way
(Em) There were voices down the corridor, (F#) I thought I heard them say

(G) Welcome to the Hotel (D) California.
(F#) Such a lovely place, (Bm) such a lovely face
(G) Plenty of room at the (D) Hotel California
(Em) Any time of year (any time of year) you can (F#) find it here

(Bm) Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, (F#) she got the Mercedes bends
(A) She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys (E) she calls friends
(G) How they dance in the courtyard, (D) sweet summer sweat.
(Em) Some dance to remember, (F#) some dance to forget

(Bm) So I called up the Captain, (F#) ‘Please bring me my wine’
He said, (A) ‘We haven’t had that spirit here since (E) nineteen sixty nine’
(G) And still those voices are calling from (D) far away,
(Em) Wake you up in the middle of the night
(F#) Just to hear them say…

(G) Welcome to the Hotel (D) California.
(F#) Such a lovely place, (Bm) such a lovely face
(G) They livin’ it up at the (D) Hotel California
(Em) What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise), (F#) Bring your alibis

(Bm) Mirrors on the ceiling, (F#) The pink champagne on ice
And she said (A) ‘We are all just prisoners here, (E) of our own device’
(G) And in the master’s chambers, (D) They gathered for the feast
(Em) They stab it with their steely knives,
But they (F#) just can’t kill the beast

(Bm) Last thing I remember, (F#) I was running for the door
(A) I had to find the passage back to the (E) place I was before
(G) ‘Relax,’ said the night man, ‘We are (D) programmed to receive.
(Em) You can check-out any time you like,
(F#) But you can never leave!’

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16. Cinnamon Girl—Neil Young

Bar D lifting ring finger up and down
(notes) c  b  a (power chord) F  G

(D) I wanna live with a (Am) cinnamon girl
(C) I could be happy the (G) rest of my life
With a (F G) cinnamon (C D) girl. (C A)

A (D) dreamer of pictures I (Am) run in the night
You (C) see us together, (G) chasing the moonlight,
My (F G) cinnamon (C D) girl. (C A)

Intro Riff 4x

(D) Ten silver saxes, a (Am) bass with a bow
The (C) drummer relaxes and (G) waits between shows
For his (F G) cinnamon (C D) girl. (C A)

A (D) dreamer of pictures I (Am) run in the night
You (C) see us together, (G) chasing the moonlight,
My (F G) cinnamon (C D) girl. (C A)

Intro Riff 4x

(C) Pa sent me money now,
I’m gonna make it somehow,
I need another (Gm) chance
You see your baby loves to (Am) dance

Yeah…yeah…yeah.

D   Am   C   G

F-G    C-D      C   A

D  (Riff on)

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17. Country Roads—John Denver

A
(A) Almost heaven, (F#m) West Virginia,
(E) Blue Ridge Mountains, (D) Shenandoah (A) River.
(A) Life is old there, (F#m) older than the trees,
(E) Younger than the mountains, (D) blowin’ like a (A) breeze.

Country (A) roads, take me (E) home,
To the (F#m) place I (D) belong:
West (A) Virginia, mountain (E) momma,
Take me (D) home, country (A) roads.

(A) All my mem’ries, (F#m) gather ’round her,
(E) Miner’s lady, (D) stranger to blue (A) water.
(A) Dark and dusty, (F#m) painted on the sky,
(E) Misty taste of moonshine, (D) teardrop in my (A) eye.

Country (A) roads, take me (E) home,
To the (F#m) place I (D) belong:
West (A) Virginia, mountain (E) momma,
Take me (D) home, country (A) roads.

(F#m) I hear her (E) voice, in the (A) mornin’ hours she calls me,
The (D) radio (A) reminds me of my (E) home far away.
And (F#m) drivin’ down the (G) road,
I get a (D) feelin’ that I (A) should have been home (E) yesterday,
(E7) yesterday.

Country (A) roads, take me (E) home,
To the (F#m) place I (D) belong:
West (A) Virginia, mountain (E) momma,
Take me (D) home, country (A) roads.

Country (A) roads, take me (E) home,
To the (F#m) place I (D) belong:
West (A) Virginia, mountain (E) momma,
Take me (D) home, country (A) roads.

Take me (E) home, country (A) roads.
Take me (E) home, down country (A) roads.

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18. Creep – Radiohead

E  G#  A  Am (One chord per measure—whole song)

When you were here before
Couldn’t look you in the eyes
You look like an angel
Your skin makes me cry

You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You’re so fucking special

Chorus:

But I’m a creep
I’m a wierdo
What the hell am I doin’ here
I don’t belong here

I don’t care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I wanna perfect body
I want a perfect soul

I want you to notice
When I’m not around
You’re so fuckin’ special
I wish I was special….

She’s running out the door
She’s running
She run run run Ruuuuun

Ruuuuun

Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You’re so fucking special
Wish I was special…

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19. Dead Flowers – The Rolling Stones

Intro: D A G D

Verse: D A G D
Well, (D) when you’re sitting(A)  there
In your (G) silk upholstered (D) chair
(D) Talking to some (A) rich folks that you (G) know (D)
Well I (D) hope you won’t see (A) me
In my (G) ragged (D) company
(D) You know I could (A) never be (G) alone (D)

Take me (A) down little Susie, take me (D) down
(A) I know you think you’re the Queen of the (D) Underground
And you can (G) send me dead flowers every (D) morning
(G) Send me dead flower by the (D) mail
(G) Send me dead flowers to my (D) wedding
And (D) I won’t forget to put (A) roses on your (G) grave

Well, (D) when you’re sitting (A) back
In your (G) rose pink (D) Cadillac
(D) Making bets on (A) Kentucky Derby (G) Day (D)
I’ll be (D) in my basement (A) room
With a (G) needle and a (D) spoon
And (D) another girl can (A) take my pain (G) away (D)

Take me (A) down little Susie, take me (D) down
(A) I know you think you’re the Queen of the (D) Underground
And you can (G) send me dead flowers every (D) morning
(G) Send me dead flower by the (D) mail
(G) Send me dead flowers to my (D) wedding
And (D) I won’t forget to put (A) roses on your (G) grave

[Solo] (D A G D) 4x

Take me (A) down little Susie, take me (D) down
(A) I know you think you’re the Queen of the (D) Underground
And you can (G) send me dead flowers every (D) morning
(G) Send me dead flower by the US (D) mail
(G) Say it with  dead flowers to my (D) wedding
And (D) I won’t forget to put (A) roses on your (G) grave
No I (D) won’t forget to put (A) roses on your (G) grave (D)

[Retardando] No I (D) won’t forget to put (A) roses on your (G) grave (D)

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20. Dead or Alive—Bon Jovi

CAPO 5

RIFF

(D) It’s all the same, (C) only the names will (G) change
And (C) every day (G), it seems we’re (F) wasting (D) away
(D) Another place , where the (C) faces are so (G) cold
I’d (C) drive all (G) night , just to (F) get back (D) home

I’m a (C) cowboy (G), on a (F) steel horse I (D) ride
I’m (C) wanted (G), (F) dead or (D) alive
(C) Wanted (G), (F) dead or (D) alive

RIFF

(D) Sometimes I sleep , (C) sometimes is not for (G) days
and (C) people I meet (G), always (F) go their separate (D) ways
(D) Sometimes you tell the day , by the (C) bottle that you (G) drink
And (C) times when you´re (G) alone , and (F) all you do is (D) think

I’m a (C) cowboy (G), on a (F) steel horse I (D) ride
I’m (C) wanted (G), (F) dead or (D) alive
(C) Wanted (G), (F) dead or (D) alive

RIFF

And I (D) walk these streets , a loaded (C) six string on my (G) back
I (C) play for keeps (G), ’cause I (F) might not make it (D) back
Been (D) ev’ry where, still I’m (C) standing (G) tall
I’ve (C) seen a milion (G) faces , and I’ve (F) rocked them (D) all

[Outro]

I’m a (C) cowboy (G), on a (F) steel horse I (D) ride
I’m (C) wanted (G), (F) dead or (D) alive
Well I’m a (C) cowboy (G), I got the (F) night on my (D) side
I’m (C) Wanted (G) (wanted) , (F) dead or (D) alive
(C) Dead or (G) Alive
(F) Dead or (D) alive , (C) Dead or (G) alive
(C) I still ride  (G) (still ride) (F) Dead or (D) alive

RIFF

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21. Down by the Water—The Decemberists

C | Em | C | Em / D  / |

(Em) See this ancient (G) riverbed
(D) See where all the (C) follies led
(Em) Down by the water, (and) (D) down by the old main (Em) drag

(Em) I was just some (G) towhead teen
(D) Feelin’ ’round for fingers to get (C) in-between
(Em) Down by the water, (D) down by the old main (Em) drag

The (Em) season (D) rubs me (Em) wrong
The (Em) summer (D) swells (C) anon
So knock me (Em) down, tear me (G) up
But I would (D) bear it all broken just to (C) fill my cup
(Em) Down by the water and (D) down by the old main (Em) drag

C | Em | C | Em / D  / |

(Em) Sweet decsend this (G) rabble ’round
the (D) pretty little patter of a (C) seaport town
(Em) Rolling in the water and (D) rolling down the old main (Em) drag

(Em) All dolled up in (G) gabardine
The (D) lash-flashing Leda of (C) pier nineteen
(Em) Queen of the water and (D) queen of the old main (Em) drag

The (Em) season (D) rubs me (Em) wrong
The (Em) summer (D) swells (C) anon
So knock me (Em) down, tear me (G) up
But I would (D) bear it all broken just to (C) fill my cup
(Em) Down by the water and (D) down by the old main (Em) drag

C | Em | C | Em  D  |

Em | G | D | C | Em | D

The (Em) season (D) rubs me (Em) wrong
The (Em) summer (D) swells (C) anon
So knock me (Em) down, tear me (G) up
But I would (D) bear it all broken just to (C) fill my cup
(Em) Down by the water and (D) down by the old main (Em) drag

(Em) Down by the water and (D) down by the old main (Em) drag
(Em) Down by the water and (D) down by the old main (Em) drag

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22. Driver 8 – REM

riff:   (G) ——————-4—0—0—0—0—0—|

(D) —————s-5—-5—5–4—2—0—–|

(A) ——–2-0-2-3—————————-|

(E) 0-0-2-3————————————|  repeat….

 

(Em) The walls are (Am) built up, (G) stone by (G/F#) stone,

(Em) The fields (Am) divided one by (G) one (G/F#).

And the (Em) train conductor (Am) says

“Take a (G) break driver (G/F#) 8, driver (Em) 8 take a (Am) break

We’ve been (G) on this shift too (G/F#) long”.

 

(D) And the (C) train conductor (D) says

“Take a (C) break Driver (D) 8, Driver (C) 8 take a (D) break

We can (C) reach our (Em) destination, **but we’re still a ways away”

[**(Em Em/F# Em/G Em/F# Em Em/F# Em/G Em/F#)

bass note changes on every quarter note beat]

 

(Em) I saw a (Am) treehouse on the (G) outskirts of the (G/F#) farm.

The (Em) power lines have (Am) floaters so the (G) airplanes won’t get (G/F#) snagged.

(Em) Bells are ringing (Am) through the town (G) again (G/F#)

(Em) Children look up, (Am) all they hear is (G) sky-blue, (G/F#) bells ringing

 

(D) And the (C) train conductor (D) says

“Take a (C) break Driver (D) 8, Driver (C) 8 take a (D) break

We can (C) reach our (Em) destination, **but we’re still a ways away”

[**(Em Em/F# Em/G Em/F# Em Em/F# Em/G Em/F#)

bass note changes on every quarter note beat]

 

(Am) Way to seal the hated (C) heat.

(G) Way to put myself to (D) sleep.

(Am) Way to shield the hated (C) heat.

(G) Way to put myself, my (D) children to sleep.

 

Riff

 

(Em) He piloted this (Am) song in a (G) plane like (G/F#) that one.

(Em) She is selling (Am) faith on the (G) Go Tell (G/F#) crusade.

(Em) Locomotive (Am) 8, Southern (G) Crescent, hear the (G/F#) bells ring again.

(Em) Field of (Am) wheat is lookin’ (G) thin (G/F#)

 

(D) And the (C) train conductor (D) says

“Take a (C) break Driver (D) 8, Driver (C) 8 take a (D) break

We’ve been (D) on this shift too (C) long

(D) And the (C) train conductor (D) says

“Take a (C) break Driver (D) 8, Driver (C) 8 take a (D) break

We can (C) reach our (Em) destination, **but we’re still a ways away”

[**(Em Em/F# Em/G Em/F# Em Em/F# Em/G Em/F#)

bass note changes on every quarter note beat]

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23. Eagle needs a push – Cigar Store Indians

Come Saturday (G) night, they have a (C) hoote- (G) nanny

At a local (D) dive (D7) called The In (G) Between

And I hoped you (C) might, Yeah come along (G) with me (Em) 

I’ve got a little (G) crush, (C) Even an (G) Eagle (D) needs a (G) push

 

(G) With a new shoe shine, and a (C) bow tie (G) clip on

I got a strip of (D) cologne (D7) from a maga- (G) zine

and I’d be riding (C) high and happy go (G) lucky (Em) 

I’ve got a little (G) crush, (C) Even an (G) Eagle (D) needs a (G) push

 

(C) When the man on the moon started (G) winking

(D) And the buffalo woman began to (G) sing

That’s when my (C) heart did all the (G) thinking (Em)

(A) That you’d come steppin on out with (D) me (CBA)

 

Don’t break my (G) heart by (C) saying (G) maybe

Lordy I couldn’t (D) take (D7) a flat out (G) no

I’d come (C) apart and go bug eyed (G) crazy (Em) 

I’ve got a little (G) crush, (C) Even an (G) Eagle (D) needs a (G) push

 

(C) When the man on the moon started (G) winking

(D) And the buffalo woman began to (G) sing

That’s when my (C) heart did all the (G) thinking (Em)

(A) That you’d come steppin on out with (D) me (CBA)

 

Don’t break my (G) heart by (C) saying (G) maybe

Lordy I couldn’t (D) take (D7) a flat out (G) no

I’d come (C) apart and go bug eyed (G) crazy (Em) 

I’ve got a little (G) crush, (C) Even an (G) Eagle (D) needs a (G) push (Em)

I’ve got a little (G) crush, (C) Even an (G) Eagle (D) needs a (G) push (Em)

Lord I got a little (G) crush, (C) Even an Eagle needs a (G) push (CGDG)

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24. The Ghost in You – Psychedelic Furs

Chords

C, Fmaj7, F, Em

 

A (C) man in my shoes runs the light, and (Fmaj7) all the papers lie tonight but

(C) falling over you is the (Fmaj7) news of the day.

(F) Angels fall like (Em) rain.

And (Fmaj7) love (love, love), is all of (Em) heaven away.

 

(G) Inside you the time moves and (Fmaj7) she don’t fade.

The (G) ghost in you she don’t (F) fade.

(G) Inside you the time moves and (Fmaj7) she don’t fade.

The (G) ghost in you she don’t (F) fade. In (C) you…

 

The (C) race is on I’m on your side, and (Fmaj7) hearing you my engines die, I’m

(C) in a mood for you, or (Fmaj7) running away.

(F) Stars come down in (Em) you.

And (F) love (love, love), you can’t (Em) give it away.

 

(G) Inside you the time moves and (Fmaj7) she don’t fade.

The (G) ghost in you she don’t (F) fade.

(G) Inside you the time moves and (Fmaj7) she don’t fade.

The (G) ghost in you she don’t (F) fade. In (C) you…

 

(C) Don’t you go it makes no sense when, (Fmaj7) all you talking supermen just

(C) take away the time, and (Fmaj7) get in the way.

(F) Ain’t it just like (Em) rain? And

(F) love (love, love) is only (Em) heaven away.

 

(G) Inside you the time moves and (Fmaj7) she don’t fade.

The (G) ghost in you she don’t (F) fade.

(G) Inside you the time moves and (Fmaj7) she don’t fade.

The (G) ghost in you she don’t (F) fade.   REPEAT

 

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25. Good Riddance – Green Day

Intro:

/ G – – – / – – – – / Cadd9 – – – / D – – – / (x2)

(G) Another turning point, a (Cadd9) fork stuck in the (D) road.

(G) Time grabs you by the wrist, (Cadd9) directs you where to (D) go.

(Em) So make the (D) best of this (Cadd9) test, and don’t ask (G) why.

(Em) It’s not a (D) question, but a lesson (Cadd9) learned in (G) time.

 

It’s (Em) something unpre- (G) dictable, but (Em) in the end is (G) right.

I (Em) hope you had the (G) time of your life.

 

/ G – – – / – – – – / Cadd9 – – – / D – – – / (x2)

 

(G) So take the photographs, and (Cadd9) still frames in your (D) mind.

(G) Hang it on a shelf in (Cadd9)  good health and good (D) time.

(Em) Tattoos of (D) memories and (Cadd9) dead skin on (G) trial.

(Em) For what it’s (D) worth, it was (Cadd9) worth all the (G) while.

 

It’s (Em) something unpre- (G) dictable, but (Em) in the end is (G) right.

I (Em) hope you had the (G) time of your life.

 

INSTRUMENTAL:

/ G – – – / – – – – / Cadd9 – – – / D – – – / (x4)

/ Em – – – / D – – – / Cadd9 – – – / G – – – / (x2)

 

It’s (Em) something unpre- (G) dictable, but (Em) in the end is (G) right.

I (Em) hope you had the (G) time of your life.

 

/ G – – – / – – – – / Cadd9 – – – / D – – – / (x2)

 

End on G

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26. Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen

Intro: C Am C Am

 

I (C) heard there was a (Am) secret chord

That (C) David played and it (Am) pleased the lord

But (F) you don’t really (G) care for music, (C) do you? (G) 

Well it (C) goes like this the (F) fourth, the (G) fifth

The (Am) minor fall and the (F) major lift

The (G) baffled king (Em) composing (Am) hallelujah

 

Halle- (F) lujah, halle- (Am) lujah, halle- (F) lujah, halle- (C) lu-u-u-(G) u-u- (C) jah ….

 

Well your (C) faith was strong but you (Am) needed proof

You (C) saw her bathing (Am) on the roof

Her (F) beauty and the (G) moonlight over (C) threw (G) you

She (C) tied you to her (F) kitchen (G) chair

She (Am) broke your throne and she (F) cut your hair

And (G) from your lips she (Em) drew the (Am) hallelujah

 

Halle- (F) lujah, halle- (Am) lujah, halle- (F) lujah, halle- (C) lu-u-u-(G) u-u- (C) jah ….

 

(C) Baby I’ve been (Am) here before

I’ve (C) seen this room and I’ve (Am) walked this floor

I (F) used to live (G) alone before I (C) knew you (G) 

I’ve (C) seen your flag on the (F) marble (G) arch

But (Am) love is not a (F) victory march

It’s a (G) cold and it’s a (Em) broken (Am) hallelujah

 

Halle- (F) lujah, halle- (Am) lujah, halle- (F) lujah, halle- (C) lu-u-u-(G) u-u- (C) jah ….

 

Well (C) there was a time when you (Am) let me know

What’s (C) really going (Am) on below

But (F) now you never (G) show that to me (C) do you (G) 

But (C) remember when I (F) moved in (G)  you

And the (Am) holy dove was (F) moving too

And (G) every breath we (Em) drew was (Am) hallelujah

 

Halle- (F) lujah, halle- (Am) lujah, halle- (F) lujah, halle- (C) lu-u-u-(G) u-u- (C) jah ….

 

Well, (C) maybe there’s a (Am) god above

But all (C) I’ve ever (Am) learned from love

Was (F) how to shoot some (G) body who out (C) drew you (G) 

It’s (C) not a cry that you (F) hear at (G) night

It’s (Am)  not somebody who’s (F) seen the light

It’s a (G) cold and it’s a (Em) broken (Am) hallelujah

 

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27. Hard Candy – Counting Crows

Intro: Dsus chord with bass walking down D G F# E

[This same riff is correctly played for the verses, or use below]

 

(D) On certain (G) Sundays in No- (Bm) vember when the (A) weather bothers (D) me 

I empty (G) drawers of other (Bm) summers where my (A) shadows used to (D) be

And she is (G) standing by the (Bm) water as her (A) smile begins to (D) curl

In this or (G) any other (Bm) summer she is (A) something altogether different

(A) Never just an ordinary girl  [riff or D G Bm A]

 

(D) And in the (G) evenings on Long (Bm) Island when the (A) colors start to (D) fade

She wears a (G) silly yellow (Bm) hat that someone (A) gave her when she (D) stayed

I didn’t (G) think that she (Bm) returned it we left (A) New York in a (D) whirl

Time (G) expands and then (Bm) contracts when you are (A) spinning in the grips of

someone who is not an ordinary (G) girl

 

(G) When you (A) sleep you find your (D) mother in the (G) night

But she (D) stays just out of (G) sight

So there (D) isn’t any (F#m) sweetness in the (A) dreaming

(G) And when you (A) wake the morning (D) covers you with (G) light

And it (D) makes you feel (G) alright

But it’s (D) just the same hard (F#m) candy you’re (A) remembering (Dsus) again
(to riff or D G Bm A)

 

(D) You send your (G) lover off to (Bm) China then you (A) wait for her to (D) call

You put your (G) girl up on a (Bm) pedestal then you (A) wait for her to (D) fall

I put my (G) summer’s back in a (Bm) letter and I (A) hide it from the (D) world

All the (G) regrets you can’t (Bm) forget are somehow (A) pressed upon a picture

In the face of such an ordinary (G) girl

 

(G) And When you (A) sleep you find your (D) mother in the (G) night

But she (D) stays just out of (G) sight

So there (D) isn’t any (F#m) sweetness in the (A) dreaming

(G) And when you (A) wake the morning (D) covers you with (G) light

And it (D) makes you feel (G) alright

But it’s (D) just the same hard (F#m) candy you’re (A) remembering (Dsus) again

(G) Again, (Em) again,  (A) again

But it’s (D) just the same hard (F#m) candy you’re (A) remembering (Dsus) again

(G) Again, (Em) again,  (A) again

 

And it’s (D) just the same hard (G) candy you’re remembering (A) again

Dsus chord with bass walking down D G F# E

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28. Hard Luck Woman—Kiss

Am G Am Bm C D G

 

If never I (Am) met you

I’d never have (G) seen you cry

If not for a (Am) first (Bm) hello

We’d (C) never have to (D) say good- (G) bye

 

If never I (Am) held you

My feelings would (G) never show

It’s time I start (Am) walkin’

But (Bm) there’s so (C) much that you’ll (D) never (G) know

 

I keep tellin’ you (C) hard (Bm) luck (Am) woman

You ain’t a (C) hard (Bm) luck (Am) woman (C)   (D) 

 

(G) Rags, the sailor’s only (Am) daughter

A child of the (C) water

Too (D) proud to be a (G) queen  (Am) (C) (D) 

(G) Rags, I really love ya

I (Am) can’t forget about you

You’ll be a (C) hard (Bm) luck (Am) woman

(C) Baby till you (D) find your (G) man

 

Before I go let me (Am) kiss you

And wipe the tears (G) from your eyes

I don’t wanna (Am) hurt you (Bm) girl

You (C) know I could (D) never (G) lie

 

I keep tellin’ you (C) hard (Bm) luck (Am) woman

You ain’t a (C) hard (Bm) luck (Am) woman

You’ll be a (C) hard (Bm) luck (Am) woman

(C) Baby till you (D) find your (G) man     (C) (D)

 

(G) Rags, the sailor’s only (Am) daughter

A child of the (C) water

Too (D) proud to be a (G) queen  (Am) (C) (D) 

(G) Rags, I really love ya

I (Am) can’t forget about you

You’ll be a (C) hard (Bm) luck (Am) woman

(C) Baby till you (D) find your (G) man

You’ll be a (C) hard (Bm) luck (Am) woman

(C) Baby till you (D) find your (G) man

 

Am  G to fade

 

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29. Heart of Gold – Neil Young

Em D Em x2

Em C D G  x3

Em D Em

 

(Em) I wanna (C) live  (D) I wanna (G) give

(Em) I’ve been a (C) miner for a (D) heart of (G) gold.

(Em) It’s these ex- (C) pressions (D) I never (G) give

(Em) That keep me searchin for a (G) heart of gold

(C) (C) And (C) I’m (C) gettin old (C) (G)

(Em) That keep me searchin for a (G) heart of gold

(C) (C) And (C) I’m (C) gettin old (C) (G)

 

(Em) I’ve been to (C) Hollywood

(D) I’ve been to (G) Redwood

(Em) I crossed the (C) ocean for a (D) heart of (G) gold

(Em) I’ve been in (C) my mind, (D) it’s such a (G) fine line

(Em) That keeps me searching for a (G) Heart of Gold

(C) (C) And (C) I’m (C) gettin old (C) (G)

(Em) Keep me searchin for a (D) heart of (Em) gold

(Em) You keep me searchin and I’m (D) growin (Em) old

(G) I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold.

(C) (C)   (C) (C) (C)  (walk down) (G)  (hold)

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31. Home Sweet Home – Motley Crue

(D) (F#m) (D7) (G)

(D) You know I’m a dreamer

But my (F#m) heart’s of gold

I had to (D7) run away high

So I (G) wouldn’t come home low

Just when (D) things went bad

Doesn’t mean they’re (F#m) always wrong

Just take this (D7) song and you’ll never

Be (G) left all alone

Take me to your (D) heart

Put it in your (F#m) bones

Just one more (D7) night and I’m coming off

This (G) long and winding road

 

I’m on my (Bb) way

I’m on my (C) way

Home sweet (D) home

Tonight tonight

I’m on my (Bb) way

Just set me (C) free

Home sweet (D) home

 

You know that I’ve (D) seen

Too many romantic (F#m) dreams

Up in (D7) lights falling off

The (G) silver screen

 

My heart’s like an (D) open book

For the whole (F#m) world to read

Sometimes (D7) nothing

Keeps me together (G) at the seams

 

I’m on my (Bb) way

I’m on my (C) way

Home sweet (D) home

 

Yeah

I’m on my (Bb) way

I’m on my (C) way

Home sweet (D) home

 

Tonight tonight

I’m on my (Bb) way

Just set me (C) free

Home sweet (D) home

Home sweet (C,  D, then Bb repeating) home (repeat)

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32. I Wanna Hold Your Hand—The Beatles

C C D         C C D         C C D                 D

 

Oh yeah, (G) I’ll tell you (D) something

(Em) I think you’ll under- (B7) stand

When (G) I say that (D) something

(Em) I wanna hold your (B7) hand

 

(C) I wanna (D) hold your (G) hand (Em) 

(C) I wanna (D) hold your (G) hand

 

Oh (G) please, say to (D) me

(Em) You’ll let me be your (B7) man

And (G) please, say to (D) me

(Em) You’ll let me hold your (B7) hand

 

(C) Now let me (D) hold your (G) hand (Em) 

(C) I wanna (D) hold your (G) hand

 

(Dm7) And when (G) I touch you I feel (G) happy (Am) inside

(Dm7) It’s such a (G) feeling that my (C)  love

(C) I (C) can’t (D) hide – (C) I (C) can’t (D) hide – (C) I (C) can’t (D) hide

 

Yeah, (G) you, got that (D) something

(Em) I think you’ll under- (B7) stand

When (G) I say that (D) something

(Em) I wanna hold your (B7) hand

 

(C) I wanna (D) hold your (G) hand (Em) 

(C) I wanna (D) hold your (G) hand

 

(Dm7) And when (G) I touch you I feel (G) happy (Am) inside

(Dm7) It’s such a (G) feeling that my (C)  love

(C) I (C) can’t (D) hide – (C) I (C) can’t (D) hide – (C) I (C) can’t (D) hide

 

Yeah, (G) you got that (D) something,

(Em) I think you’ll under- (B7) stand

When (G) I feel that (D) something

(Em) I wanna hold your (B7) hand

 

(C) I wanna (D) hold your (G) hand (Em) 

(C) I wanna (D) hold your (Bm7) hand

(C) I wanna hold your (G) hand  (D) (C) (G) (D) (C) (G)

 

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33. I will Survive – Cake

Am Dm G C F B7 E Em (one chord per measure—whole song)

Verse:

At first I was afraid
I was petrified
I kept thinking
I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights
Just thinking how you’d done me wrong
And I grew strong
I learned how to get along
So now you’re back
From outer space
I just walked in to find you here
Without the look upon your face
I should have changed my f-ing lock
I would have made you leave your key
If I’d have known for just one second
You’d be back to bother me

Chorus:

Oh now go,
Walk out the door
Just turn around now
You’re not welcome anymore
Weren’t you the one who tried to break me with desire
Did you think I’d crumble
Did you think I’d lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
As long as I know how to love I know I’ll be alive
I’ve got all my life to live
I’ve got all my love to give
I will survive
I will survive
Yeah, yeah

Verse 2:
It took all the strength I had
Just not to fall apart
I’m trying hard to mend the pieces
Of my broken heart
And I spent oh so many nights
Just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
And you see me
With somebody new
I’m not that stupid little person still in love with you
And so you thought you’d just drop by
And you expect me to be free
But now I’m saving all my loving
For someone who’s loving me

Chorus:
Oh now go,
Walk out the door
Just turn around now
You’re not welcome anymore
Weren’t you the one who tried to break me with desire
Did you think I’d crumble
Did you think I’d lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
As long as I know how to love I know I’ll be alive
I’ve got all my live to live
I’ve got all my love to give
I will survive
I will survive

Yeah, yeah

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34. Just Like Heaven – The Cure

CAPO 5

INTRO >  A E Bm D 4x

14 12 10 9 7 5 3 2 2 (same back up)

Up to 15 and 17 on the one return

 

Show me Show me (A) Show me how you (E) do that trick

The (Bm) one that makes me (D) scream she said

The (A) one that makes me (E) laugh she said

And (Bm) threw her arms around my (D) neck

 

(A) Show me how you (E) do it

And I (Bm) promise you I (D) promise that

I’ll run (A) away with you (E) 

I’ll run (Bm) away with you (D) 

 

A – E – Bm – D   (2x)

 

(A) Spinning on that (E) dizzy edge

I (Bm) kissed her face and (D) kissed her head

And (A) dreamed of all the (E) different ways

I (Bm) had To make her (D) glow

(A) Why are you so (E) far away? she (Bm) said

Why won’t you (D) ever know that

I’m in (A) love with you (E)

That I’m in (Bm) love with you (D) 

 

(F#m) You, (G) soft and only

(F#m) You, (G) lost and lonely

(F#m) You, (D) strange as angels

(D) Dancing in the deepest oceans

(D) Twisting in the water

 

You’re just like a (A) dream

(E) You’re just like a (Bm)  dream (D) 

 

A – E – Bm – D

 

(A) Daylight licked me (E) into shape

I (Bm) must have been (D) asleep for days

And (A) moving lips to (E) breathe her name

I (Bm) opened up my (D) eyes

And (A) found myself (E) alone alone

(Bm) Alone above a (D) raging sea

That (A) stole the only (E) girl I loved

And (Bm) drowned her deep in- (D) side of me

 

(F#m) You, (G) soft and only

(F#m) You, (G) lost and lonely

(F#m) You, (G) just like heaven (D)

 

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36. Melt with you—Modern English

Intro: C F C F

 

(C) Moving forward using (F) all my breath

(C) Making love to you was (F) never second best

(C) I saw the world thrashing (F) all around your face

(C) Never really knowing it was (F) always mesh and lace

 

(C) I’ll stop the world and melt with (F) you

(C) You’ve seen the difference and it’s (F) getting better all the time

(C) There’s nothing you and I won’t (F) do

(C) I’ll stop the world and (F) melt with you

 

(C) Dream of better lives the (F) kind which never hate

(C) Trapped in the state of (F) imaginary grace

(C) I made a pilgrimage to (F) save this humans race

(C) What I’m comprehending a race that (F) long gone bye

 

(C) I’ll stop the world and melt with (F) you

(C) You’ve seen the difference and it’s (F) getting better all the time

(C) There’s nothing you and I won’t (F) do

(C) I’ll stop the world and (F) melt with you

 

Em   G Am

(Em) The (G) future’s (Am) open wide

C    F    C    F

 

(C) I’ll stop the world and melt with (F) you

(C) You’ve seen the difference and it’s (F) getting better all the time

(C) There’s nothing you and I won’t (F) do

(C) I’ll stop the world and (F) melt with you

 

Em   G Am

The future’s open wide

[Bass] C to F    G to C

Hmmm hmmm hmmm

Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm

Hmmm hmmm hmmm

Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm

 

(C) I’ll stop the world and melt with (F) you

(C) You’ve seen the difference and it’s (F) getting better all the time

(C) There’s nothing you and I won’t (F) do

(C) I’ll stop the world and (F) melt with you

(C) I’ll stop the world and (F) melt with you

 

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37. Mr. Jones—Black Crows

CAPO 7

[Intro]

Am F Dm G

Sha la la la la la la

Am    F   G           G

uh huh…

 

(Am) I was down at the New (F) Amsterdam (Dm) staring at this (G) yellow-haired girl

(Am) Mr. Jones strikes up a conver- (F) sation with this (Dm) black-haired (G) flamenco dancer

(Am) She dances while his (F) father plays (Dm) guitar.  She’s suddenly (G) beautiful

We (Am) all want something (F) beautiful, (Dm) Man I wish I was (G) beautiful

 

So come (Am) dance this silence (F) down through the morning

(Dm) Sha la la (G) la la la la (Am) la  yeah (F) (G) uh huh…

(Am) Cut up, (F) Maria!  (Dm) Show me some of them (G) Spanish dances

(Am) Pass me a (F) bottle, Mr. (G) Jones

(Am) Believe in me.  (F) (Dm) Help me believe in (G) anything

(Am) ‘Cause I (F) want to be someone who (G) believes

 

(C) Mr. (F) Jones and me (G) tell each other fairy tales

(C) Stare at the beautiful (F) women

She’s (G) looking at you.  Ah, no, no, she’s looking at me.

(C) Smiling in the (F) bright lights, (G) coming through in stereo

When (C) everybody (F) loves you, (G) you can never be lonely

 

(Am) I will paint my (F) picture.  (Dm) Paint myself in (G) blue and red and black and gray

(Am) All of the beautiful (F) colors are very, (G) very meaningful

(Am) (you know) (F) Gray is my favorite (Dm) color I felt so symbolic (G) yesterday

(Am) If I knew (F) Picasso I would (G) buy myself a gray guitar and play

 

(C) Mr. (F) Jones and me (G) look into the future

(C) Stare at the beautiful (F) women

(G) She’s looking at you.  Uh, I don’t think so. She’s looking at me.”

(C) Standing in the (F) spotlight (G) I bought myself a gray guitar

When (C) everybody (F) loves me, (G) I will never be (Am) lonely

 

(Am) I will never be (Fmaj7) lonely

(Am) I am never gonna be (G) lonely

 

(Am) I want to be a lion.  (F) Everybody wants to pass as cats

(Am) We All want to be big, big stars, but (G) we got different reasons for that.

(Am) Believe in me because I (F) don’t believe in anything

And I (Am) want to be someone (G) to believe, to believe, to believe.

 

(C) Mr. (F) Jones and me (G) stumbling through the barrio

(C) Yeah we stare at the beautiful (F) women

(G) She’s perfect for you, man, there’s got to be somebody for me.

(C) I want to be Bob (F) Dylan

(G) Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky

When (C) everybody (F) loves you, son, that’s just about as (G) funky as you can be.

 

(C) Mr. (F) Jones and me (G) staring at the video

When I (C) look at the television, I want to (F) see me (G) staring right back at me.

(C) We all want to be big stars, but we (F) don’t know why, and we don’t (G) know how.

But when (C) everybody (F) loves me, I’m going to (G) be just about as happy as I can be.

(C) Mr. (F) Jones and me, we’re (G) gonna be big stars…..

 

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41. The Scientist—Coldplay

Bm7, G, D, Dsus2 x2

 

(Bm7) Come up to (G) meet you, tell you I’m (D) sorry

You don’t know how (Dsus) lovely you are

(Bm7) I had to find you, (G) tell you I (D) need you,

Tell you I’ll set you (Dsus) apart

 

(Bm7)  Tell me your (G) secrets, ask me your (D) questions

Oh, let’s go back to the (Dsus) start

(Bm7) Running in (G) circles, coming up (D) tails,

Heads on a science (Dsus) apart

 

(G) Nobody said it was easy

(D) It’s such a shame for us to (Dsus) part

(G) Nobody said it was easy

(D) No one ever said it would be this (A) hard.

 

[no chords] Oh take me back to the start…

 

D   | G | D | D D7

[Instrumental]

Bm7 | G | D | Dsus2

 

(Bm7) I was just (G) guessing at numbers and (D) figures

Pulling the puzzles (Dsus) apart

(Bm7) Questions of (G) science, science and (D) progress

Do not speak as loud as my (Dsus) heart

(Bm7) Tell me you (G) love me, come back and (D) haunt me

Oh, and I rush to the (Dsus) start

(Bm7) Running in (G) circles, chasing our (D) tails

Coming back as we (Dsus) are

 

(G) Nobody said it was easy

(D) It’s such a shame for us to (Dsus) part

(G) Nobody said it was easy

(D) No one ever said it would be this (A) hard.

 

[no chords] Oh take me back to the start…

 

[Bridge]

D   | G | D | D

[Ending]

Bm7 | G | D | D x4

Oooooooooooooooohh

 

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42. Secret Agent Man—Johnny Rivers

Intro

E|—-0—0—0—0—0—0———|

B|–0—1—1—2—1—1———–|

G|———————————-| x 3

D|———————————-|

A|———————————-|

E|———————————-|

 

(Em) There’s a man who (Am) leads a life of (Em) danger

To (Em) everyone he meets he stays a (B7) stranger

With (Em) every move he makes, (Am) another chance he takes

(Em) Odds are he won’t (Am) live to see (Em) tomorrow

 

Secret (Bm) Agent (Em) Man, Secret (Bm) Agent (Em) Man

(C) They’ve given you a number and (B7) taken away your name

 

Intro Riff x 2

 

(Em) Beware of pretty (Am) faces that you (Em) find

A (Em) pretty face can hide an evil (B7) mind

Oh, be (Em) careful what you say, or you will (Am) give yourself away

(Em) Odds are you won’t (Am) live to see (Em) tomorrow

 

Secret (Bm) Agent (Em) Man, Secret (Bm) Agent (Em) Man

(C) They’ve given you a number and (B7) taken away your name

 

Intro Riff x 2

 

(Em) Swinging on the (Am) Riviera (Em) one day

(Em) And then lying in a Bombay alley (B7) next day

Oh, don’t you (Em) let the wrong words slip, while (Am) kissing persuasive lips

(Em) Odds are you won’t (Am) live to see (Em) tomorrow

 

Secret (Bm) Agent (Em) Man, Secret (Bm) Agent (Em) Man

(C) They’ve given you a number and (B7) taken away your name

 

Intro x 3

 

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43. Shimmering – Boomslang

F    (Picking)

(F) When you finally (Dm) walk St (C) Michaels (Bb) road

When you’ve (F) done that let me know (Dm)

(F) When walking piece together the (Dm) moves that (C) did you (Bb) in

when you’ve (F) done that you can (Dm) begin

(C      Bb)

 

(F) Holding fast to your bed (Dm) I can (C) hear you (Bb) scream, 

yet you wake (F) smiling and say it’s just a (Dm) dream

(F) You’re trapped between the pages of (Dm) every (C) one you (Bb) love, 

but stay de- (F) termined for every road is (Dm) rough

 

(C) So what are you (Bb) afraid of delivering the proof

(C) what are you (Bb) afraid of, is there gold under tin roofs

 

(F) Sell yourself but save your (C) soul you fish for love by you die for (G) gold

Life is like a shimmering (Dm) sea watch your- (Am) self the water’s (F) deep

 

(F) And everything I’ve won I (Dm) want to (C) win (Bb) again

I want to (F) live where I’ve never (Dm) been

(F) Broken back beside me you (Dm) lost me (C) all the (Bb) way

I’ll start to- (F) morrow but tomorrow’s (Dm) today

 

(C) So what are you (Bb) afraid of are you anything like me

(C) what are you (Bb) afraid of is there something you cant see

 

(F) Sell yourself but save your (C) soul you fish for love by you die for (G) gold

Life is like a shimmering (Dm) sea watch your- (Am) self the water’s (F) deep

(F) And when you sleep it the softest (C) sound you want to live but you almost (G) drown

The porpoises coming back (Dm) around the surf is (Am) up the divers (F) down

 

(F) When I finally die I’m (Dm) going to (C) live (Bb) again 

I want to (F) know what happens (Dm) then

(F) And if you say I love you you’ll (Dm) always (C) be with (Bb) me 

we’ll cross the (F) river and head into the (Dm) trees

 

(C) So what are you afraid of an (Bb) appraisal pound for pound

(C) What are you afraid of are you (Bb) scared to make a sound

 

(F) Sell yourself but save your (C) soul you fish for love by you die for (G) gold

Life is like a shimmering (Dm) sea watch your- (Am) self the water’s (F) deep

(F) And when you sleep it the softest (C) sound you want to live but you almost (G) drown

The porpoises coming back (Dm) around the surf is (Am) up the divers (F) down

 

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44. Starman—David Bowie

[Intro]: Bb/A Fmaj7

 

(Gm) Didn’t know what time it was the lights were low-ow-ow.

(F) I lean back on my radio-o-o

(C) Some cat was laying down some (C7) rock’n’roll,

‘Lotta soul’ he said. (F     Ab Bb)

 

(Gm) Then the loud sound did seem to fa-a-ade

(F) Came back like a slow voice on a wave of pha-a-ase

(C) That weren’t no DJ that was (C7) hazy cosmic jive. (A   G)

 

There’s a (F) starman (Dm) waiting in the sky

He’d (Am) like to come and meet us

But he (C) thinks he’d blow our (C7) minds.

There’s a (F) starman (Dm) waiting in the sky

He’s (Am) told us not to blow it

‘Cause he (C) knows it all worthwhile, He (C7) told me,

 

(Bb) Let the (Bbm) children lose it, (F) let the (D7) children use it,

(Gm) Let the (C) children boogie.”

 

Bb F   C F 

 

(Gm) Well I had to phone someone so I picked on you-ou-ou

(F) Hey that’s far out, so you heard him too-oo-oo

(C) Switch on the TV we may pick him on (C7) Channel 2. (F     Ab Bb)

(Gm) Look out your window I can see his li-i-ight,

(F) If we can sparkle he may land toni-i-ight,

(C) Don’t tell your papa or he’ll (C7) get us locked up in a fright. (A  G)

 

There’s a (F) starman (Dm) waiting in the sky

He’d (Am) like to come and meet us

But he (C) thinks he’d blow our (C7) minds.

There’s a (F) starman (Dm) waiting in the sky

He’s (Am) told us not to blow it

‘Cause he (C) knows it all worthwhile, He (C7) told me,

 

(Bb) Let the (Bbm) children lose it, (F) let the (D7) children use it,

(Gm) Let the (C) children boogie.”

 

[Outro]: Bb      F        C         F

La la la la la, la la la la, la la la la, la la la la

 

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45. Wild Horses

Intro

G Am G Am G

(Bm) Childhood (G) living  is (Bm) easy to (G) do

(Am) The things that  you (C) wanted (C D G) I bought them  for (D) you

(Bm) Graceless (G) lady you (Bm) know who I (G) am

(Am) You know I can’t (C) let you  (C D G) slide from my (D) hand

 

(Am) Wild (C) horses  (C D G) couldn’t (F) drag me (C) away

(Am) Wild wild (C) horses (C  D G) couldn’t (F) drag me (C) away

 

(Bm) I watched you (G) suffer a (Bm) dull aching (G) pain

(Am) Now you’ve (C) decided  (C D G) to show me the (D) same

(Bm) No sweeping (G) exits (Bm) or offstage (G) lights

(Am) Can make me feel (C) bitter (C  D G) or treat you (D) unkind

 

(Am) Wild (C) horses  (C D G) couldn’t (F) drag me (C) away

(Am) Wild wild (C) horses (C  D G) couldn’t (F) drag me (C) away

 

(Bm) I know I (G) dreamed you (Bm) a sin and a (G) lie

(Am) I have my (C) freedom (C  D G) but I don’t have much (D)  time

(Bm) Faith has been (G) broken (Bm) tears must be (G) cried

(Am) Let’s do some (C) living (C  D G) after we (D) die

 

(Am) Wild (C) horses  (C D G) couldn’t (F) drag me (C) away

(Am) Wild (C) horses  (C D G) we’ll (F) ride them some (C) day

(Am) Wild (C) horses  (C D G) couldn’t (F) drag me (C) away

(Am) Wild (C) horses  (C D G) we’ll (F) ride them some (C) day

 

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47. Sweet Child O Mine – Guns n Roses

D

(D) She’s got smile that it seems to me

(C) reminds me of childhood  memories,

Where (G) everything was as fresh as the bright blue (D) sky

 

(D) Now and then When I see her face

she (C) takes me away to that special  place,

and if I (G) stayed too long,

I’d probably break down and (D) cry

 

(Am) Woah, woah, (C) woah, sweet child o’ (D) mine

(Am) Woah, oh, oh, (C)  oh, sweet love of (D) mine

 

(D) She’s got eyes of the bluest skies,

as  (C) if they thought  of rain

I (G) hate to look into those eyes

and (D) see an ounce of pain

 

Her (D) hair reminds me of a warm safe place

where  (C) as a child I’d  hide,

And (G) pray for the thunder and the rain

to (D) quietly pass me by

 

(Am) Woah, woah, (C) woah, sweet child o’ (D) mine

(Am) Woah, oh, oh, (C)  oh, sweet love of (D) mine

 

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48. Times Like These – Foo Fighters

Intro: a plain D while hammering the A (2nd fret) on the G string.

e||—2-2-2—2—–2—–2—–2-2—||

B||o–3-3-3—3—–3—–3—–3-3–o||

G||—0-2-2-0-2—0-2—0-2—0-2-2—||

D||—0-0-0-0-0—0-0—0-0—0-0-0—||

A||o———————————o||

E||———————————–|| 3x

 

Di=Intro riff

 

(D) I, I’m a one way (Am) motorway (Am7)

I’m the one that (C) drives away, (Em) follows (Em7) you back (Di) home

 

(D) I, I’m a streetlight (Am) shining (Am7)

I’m a white light (C) blinding bright, (Em) burning (Em7) off and (D) on

 

It’s (C) times like these you (Em) learn to (Em7) live a- (D) gain

It’s (C) times like these you (Em) give and (Em7) give a- (D) gain

It’s (C) times like these you (Em) learn to (Em7) love a- (D) gain

It’s (C) times like these (Em) time and (Em7) time a- (D) gain

 

Di

(D) I, I’m a new day (Am) rising (Am7) 

I’m a brand new (C) sky that hangs (Em) stars u- (Em7) pon to- (Di) night

 

(D) I, I’m a little (Am) divided (Am7) 

Do I stay or (C) run away and (Em) leave it (Em7) all be- (D) hind

 

It’s (C) times like these you (Em) learn to (Em7) live a- (D) gain

It’s (C) times like these you (Em) give and (Em7) give a- (D) gain

It’s (C) times like these you (Em) learn to (Em7) love a- (D) gain

It’s (C) times like these (Em) time and (Em7) time a- (D) gain

 

[Single strum on all chords below]

It’s (C) times like these you (Em) learn to (Em7) live a- (D) gain

It’s (C) times like these you (Em) give and (Em7) give a- (D) gain

It’s (C) times like these you (Em) learn to (Em7) love a- (D) gain

It’s (C) times like these (Em) time and (Em7) time a- (D) gain

 

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49. Tuesday’s Gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd

(A) Train roll (E) on, (F#m) on down the (D) line..won’t you,

(A) please take my (E) problems, (D) away.

(A) I feel the wind (E) blow, (F#m) outside my (D) door..means I’m,

(A) I’m leaving my (E) woman, at (D) home.

 

(A) Tuesday’s (G) gone, with (D) wind.

(A) My baby’s (E) gone, with the (D) wind.

 

(A) And I don’t (E) know, (F#m) oh where I’m (D) going,

(A) I just want to (E) be, left (D) alone.

 

(A) And when this train (E) ends, (F#m) I’ll try (D) again..’cause I’m

(A) I’m leaving my (E) woman, at (D) home.

 

(A) Tuesday’s (G) gone, with (D) wind.

(A) My baby’s (E) gone, with the (D) wind.

(A) Tuesday’s (G) gone, with (D) wind.

(A) My baby’s (E) gone, with the (D) wind.

 

(A) Train roll (E) on, I’m (F#m) many miles from my (D) home,

(A) I’m riding my (E) blues, (D) away.

(A) Well, Tuesday you (E) see, well she (F#m) had to be (D) free,

(A) and somehow I’ve (E) got to, carry (D) on.

 

(A) Tuesday’s (G) gone, with (D) wind.

(A) My baby’s (E) gone, with the (D) wind.

(A) Tuesday’s (G) gone, with (D) wind.

(A) My baby’s (E) gone, with the (D) wind.

(A)

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50. Uncle John’s Band—Grateful Dead

(G) Oh, the first days are the hardest days, don’t you (C) worry any (G) more,

‘Cause when (G) life looks like Easy Street there is (C) danger at your (G) door.

(Am) Think this through with (Em) me; (C) let me know your (D) mind.

(C) Whoa-(D) oh, what I (G) want to (D  C G) know-oh, is (D) are you (G) kind.

 

It’s a (G) buck dancer’s choice, my friend, better (C) take my (G) advice;

(G) You know all the rules by now, and the (C) fire from the (G) ice.

(Am) Will you come with (Em) me, (C) won’t you come with (D) me?

(C) Whoa-(D) oh, what I (G) want to (D  C G) know-oh, is (D) will you (G) come with me.

 

(G) God damn! well I (C) declare!  (Am) Have you (G) seen the (D) like?

Their (C) walls are built of cannon- (G) balls, their motto (D) is “Don’t (C) tread on (D) me”.

(G) Come hear Uncle John’s (C) band (Am) playing by the (G) river- (D) side,

(C) Got some things to talk a- (G) bout, here (D) beside the (C) rising (D) tide.

 

It’s the (G) same story the crow told me, it’s the (C) only one he (G) knows;

(G) Like the morning sun you come, and (C) like the wind you (G) go.

(Am) Ain’t no time to (Em) hate, (C) barely time to (D) wait.

(C) Whoa-(D) oh, what I (G) want to (D  C G) know-oh, is (D) where does the (G) time go.

 

(G) I live in a silver mine and I (C) call it Beggar’s (G) Tomb;

(G) I’ve got me a violin and I (C) beg you, call a (G) tune.

(Am) Anybody’s (Em) choice, (C) I can hear your (D) voice.

(C) Whoa-(D) oh, what I (G) want to (D  C G) know-oh, is (D) how does this (G) song go.

 

(G) Come hear Uncle John’s (C) band (Am) by the (G) river- (D) side,

(C) Got some things to talk a- (G) bout, here (D) beside the (C) rising (D) tide.

 

(G) Come hear Uncle John’s (C) band (Am) playing (G) to the (D) tide,

(C) Come on along or go a- (G) lone, he’s come to (D) take his (C) children (D) home

 

[Solo}: Dmin G  C Dmin G  C Dmin G  C Dmin G  C

 

(C) Whoa-(D) oh, what I (G) want to (D  C G) know-oh, is (D) how does this (G) song go.

 

(A Capella)

Come hear Uncle John’s band by the riverside

Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide.

 

(G) Come hear Uncle John’s (C) band (Am) playing (G) to the (D) tide,

(C) Come on along or go a- (G) lone, he’s come to (D) take his (C) children (D) home

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52. Wagon Wheel—Old Crow Medicine Show

[Intro]

G D Em C

G D C

 

(G) Headed down south to the (D) land of the pines

And I’m (Em) thumbin’ my way into (C) North Caroline

(G) Starin’ up the road

And (D) pray to God I see (C) headlights

 

I (G) made it down the coast in (D) seventeen hours

(Em) Pickin’ me a bouquet of (C) dogwood flowers

And I’m a (G) hopin’ for Raleigh

I can (D) see my baby (C) tonight

 

So (G) rock me mama like a (D) wagon wheel

(Em) Rock me mama any (C) way you feel

(G   D) Hey, mama (C) rock me

 

(G) Rock me mama like the (D) wind and the rain

(Em) Rock me mama like a (C) south-bound train

(G   D) Hey, mama (C) rock me

 

G D Em C

G D C

 

(G) Runnin’ from the cold (D) up in New England

I was (Em) born to be a fiddler in an (C) old-time stringband

My (G) baby plays the guitar

(D) I pick a banjo (C) now

 

(G) Oh, the North country winters keep a (D) gettin’ me down

Lost my (Em) money playin’ poker so I (C) had to up and leave

But I (G) ain’t a turnin’ back

To (D) livin’ that old life no (C)  more

 

So (G) rock me mama like a (D) wagon wheel

(Em) Rock me mama any (C) way you feel

(G   D) Hey, mama (C) rock me

 

(G) Rock me mama like the (D) wind and the rain

(Em) Rock me mama like a (C) south-bound train

(G   D) Hey, mama (C) rock me

 

G D Em C

G D C

 

[Single Strums]

(G) Walkin’ to the south (D) out of Roanoke

I caught a (Em) trucker out of Philly

Had a (C) nice long toke

But (G) he’s a headed west from the (D) Cumberland Gap

To (C) Johnson City, Tennessee

 

[Normal Strumming]

And I (G) gotta get a move on (D) before the sun

I hear my (Em) baby callin’ my name

And I (C) know that she’s the only one

And (G) if I die in Raleigh

At (D) least I will die (C) free

 

So (G) rock me mama like a (D) wagon wheel

(Em) Rock me mama any (C) way you feel

(G   D) Hey, mama (C) rock me

 

(G) Rock me mama like the (D) wind and the rain

(Em) Rock me mama like a (C) south-bound train

(G   D) Hey, mama (C) rock me

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53. Hey Hey What Can I Do—Led Zeppelin

Riff to G 2x

Then F   F   C   C   

(G) Wanna (D) tell you ’bout the (F) girl I love. (C) My she looks so fine……

(G) She’s the (D) only one that (F) I’ve been dreaming of maybe (C) someday she will be all

mine……..

(G) I wanna (D) tell her that I (F) love her so..I (C) thrill her with my every touch

(G) I need to (D) tell her she’s the (F) only one I really love………..

Chorus:

G G   F F C

(G G   F F C) I got a woman wanna ball all day……

(G G   F F C) I got a woman and she won’t be true………

(G G   F F C) I got a woman stay drunk all the time……

(G G   F F C) I got a woman and she won’t be true and……

 

(G) Sunday (D) morning when we (F) go down to church…..See the (C) men folks standing in

line

(G) They say they (D) come to (F) prey to the lord……and my (C) little girl looks so fine

(G) And in the (D) evening when the (F) sun is singing low…..Every- (C) body’s with the one

they love…..

(G) I walk the (D) town and keep (F) searching all around…..Looking for my street

corner girl.

 

(G G   F F C) I got a woman wanna ball all day……

(G G   F F C) I got a woman and she won’t be true………

(G G   F F C) I got a woman stay drunk all the time……

(G G   F F C) I got a woman and she won’t be true and……

 

(G) In the (D) bars with the (F) men who play guitars sit there (C) drinking and remembering

the times…

(G) My little (D) honey does a (F) midnight shift……She (C) balls around all of the

time……

I (G) guess there’s (D) just one thing (F) left for me to do gonna (C) pack my bags and go

on my way……

‘Cause i (G) got a worried (D) mind sharing (F) what I thought was (C) mine….Gonna leave her where the guitars play

 

(G G   F F C) I got a woman wanna ball all day……

(G G   F F C) I got a woman and she won’t be true………

(G G   F F C) I got a woman stay drunk all the time……

(G G   F F C) I got a woman and she won’t be true and……

 

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54. Closer to the Heart—Rush

Riff

 

(A) And the men who hold high (G) places, must (D) be the (G) ones who (A) start

To (A) mold a new (G) reality, (D) closer (A) to the (G) heart, (D) closer (A) to the (G) heart

 

The (A) Blacksmith and the (G) Artist, (D) reflect it (G) in their (A) art

They (A) forge their crea- (G) tivity, (D) closer (A) to the (G) heart, yes, (D) closer (A) to the (G) heart

 

(A) Philosophers and (G) Ploughmen, (D) each must (G) know his (A) part

To (A) sow a new men- (G) tality, 

(D) closer (A) to the (G) heart, yes, (D) closer (A) to the (G) heart, yeah!

 

Oh, (A) you can be the (G) Captain, and (D) I will (G) draw the (A) chart

(A) Sailing into (G) destiny, 

(D) closer (A) to the (G) heart, (D) closer (A) to the (G) heart

Well, (D) closer (A) to the (G) heart, yeah, (D) closer (A) to the (G) heart  (etc)

 

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55. What’s so Funny ’bout Peace Love and Understanding—Elvis Costello

[GDC Riff 4x]

As I walk (G) through (D  C)

this wicked (G) world (D  C)

Searching for (Em) light in the (A) darkness of (D) insanity (C) 

 

I ask my- (G) self (D  C)

“Is all hope (G) lost?” (D  C)

Is there only (Em) pain and (A) hatred, and (D) misery? (C)

 

Cause each (G) time I feel like (D) this inside there’s (Em) one thing I wanna (C) know;

(G) Whats so funny ’bout (D) peace, love, and under- (Em) standing? (A) Oh

(G) Whats so funny ’bout (D) peace, love, and under- (Em) standing? (D) 

 

[GDC Riff 2x]

 

As I walk (G) on (D  C)

through troubled (G) times (D  C)

My spirit gets (Em) so down (A) hearted (D) sometimes (C)

 

So where are the (G) strong? (D  C)

and who are the (G) trusted? (D  C)

And where is the (Em) har – (A)  – – mony, (D) sweet (C) harmony

 

‘Cause each (G) time I feel it (D) slippin’ away (Em) just makes me wanna (C) cry,

(G) Whats so funny ’bout (D) peace, love, and under- (Em) standing? (A) Oh

(G) Whats so funny ’bout (D) peace, love, and under- (Em) standing? (D) 

 

[GDC Riff 2x]

Em A

 

(D) Sooo (C) ooo

So where are the (G) strong? (D  C)

and who are the (G) trusted? (D  C)

And where is the (Em) har – (A)  – – mony, (D) sweet (C) harmony

 

‘Cause each (G) time I feel it (D) slippin’ away (Em) just makes me wanna (C) cry,

(G) Whats so funny ’bout (D) peace, love, and under- (Em) standing? (A) Oh

(G) Whats so funny ’bout (D) peace, love, and under- (Em) standing? (D)

(G) Whats so funny ’bout (D) peace, love, and under- (Em) sta – – – nding?

 

[GDC Riff] repeat to fade

 

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56. Mack the Knife

Capo I

 

C

Oh, the (C) shark, babe, has such (Dm) teeth, dear

And it (G7) shows them pearly (C) white

Just a (Am) jackknife has old Mac-(Dm) Heath, babe

And he (G7) keeps it, ah, out of (C) sight

 

Ya know when that (C) shark bites with his (Dm) teeth, babe

Scarlet (G7) billows start to (C) spread

Fancy (Am) gloves, oh, wears old Mac- (Dm) Heath, babe

So there’s (G7) never, never a trace of (C) red

 

Now on the (C) sidewalk, huh, huh,

whoo sunny (Dm) morning, un huh

Lies a (G7) body just oozin’ (C) life, eek

And someone’s (Am) sneakin’ ’round the (Dm) corner

Could that (G7) someone be (C) Mack the Knife?

 

There’s a (C) tugboat, huh, huh, down by the (Dm) river dontcha know

Where a (G7) cement bag’s just a’ (C) drooppin’ on down

Oh, that (Am) cement is just, it’s there for the (Dm) weight, dear

Five’ll get ya (G7) ten old (C) Macky’s back in town

 

Now d’ja hear ’bout Louie (C) Miller? He disa- (Dm) ppeared, babe

After (G7) drawin’ out all his (C) hard-earned cash

And now Mac- (Am) Heath spends just like a (Dm) sailor

Could it (G7) be our boy’s done somethin’ (C) rash?

 

Now Jenny (C) Diver, ho, ho, yeah, Sukey (Dm) Tawdry

Ooh, Miss (G7) Lotte Lenya and old (C) Lucy Brown

Oh, the (Am) line forms on the (Dm) right, babe

Now that (G7) Macky’s back in (C) town

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57. Can’t Help Falling in Love—Elvis Presley

 

C G Am C G

 

(C) Wise (Em) men [Am] say, only (F) fools (C) rush (G) in

but (F) I (G) can’t (Am) help falling in (C) love (G) with (C) you

 

(C) Shall (Em) I (Am) stay, would it (F) be (C) a (G) sin?

If (F) I (G) can’t (Am) help falling in (C) love (G) with (C) you

 

(Em) Like a river (B7) flows (Em) surely to the (B7) sea

(Em) Darling so it (B7) goes

(Em) some things (A7) are meant to (Dm) be (G)

 

(C) Take (Em) my (Am) hand, take my (F) whole (C) life (G) too

for (F) I (G) can’t (Am) help falling in (C) love (G) with (C) you

 

(Em) Like a river (B7) flows (Em) surely to the (B7) sea

(Em) Darling so it (B7) goes

(Em) some things (A7) are meant to (Dm) be (G)

 

(C) Take (Em) my (Am) hand, take my (F) whole (C) life (G) too

for (F) I (G) can’t (Am) help falling in (C) love (G) with (C) you

for (F) I (G) can’t (Am) help falling in (C) love (G) with (C) you

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58. Born to Run—Bruce Sringstein

E E A B (2x)

 

In the (E) day we sweat it out in the streets of a (A) runaway American (B) dream

At (E) night we ride through mansions of glory in (A) suicide (B) machines

(A) Sprung from cages out on (G#) highway 9, Chrome (F#m) wheeled, fuel injected

and (G#) steppin’ out over the (E) line (D) Oh (A) Baby this town rips the (G#) bones from your back

It’s a (F#m) death trap, it’s a (G#) suicide rap We gotta (E) get out while we’re (C#m) young

`Cause (A) tramps like us, (B) baby we were born to (E) run

 

E E A B (2x)

 

Wendy (E) let me in I wanna be your friend I want to (A) guard your dreams and (B) visions

Just (E) wrap your legs ’round these velvet rims

and (A) strap your hands across my (B) engines (A) Together we could (G#) break this trap

We’ll (F#m) run till we drop, (G#) baby we’ll never go (E) back (D) Oh

Will you (A) walk with me out on the (G#) wire `Cause (F#m) baby I’m just

a scared and (G#) lonely rider But I (E) gotta find out how it (C#m) feels

I want to (A) know if love is wild babe I (B) want to know if love is (E) real

 

E E A B (2x)

 

(D) Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones (G) scream down the boulevard

The girls (A) comb their hair in rearview mirrors And the (C) boys try to look so hard

The (D) amusement park rises bold and stark as Kids are (G) huddled on the beach in a mist

I wanna (A) die with you Wendy on the streets tonight In an (C) everlasting kiss

 

F C  F C then chromatic up to F, then down chromatic all the way to low E

 

The (E) highway’s jammed with broken heroes on a (A) last chance power (B7) drive

(E) Everybody’s out on the run tonight but there’s (A) no place left to (B7) hide

(A) Together Wendy we’ll (G#) live with the sadness

I’ll (F#M) love you with all the (G#) madness in my (E) soul (D) Oh

 

(A) Someday girl I (G#) don’t know when we’re gonna (F#m) get to that place

Where we (G#) really want to (E) go and we’ll walk in the (C#m) sun

But till then (A) tramps like us (B) baby we were born to (E) run

(C#m) Ah honey (A) tramps like us (B) baby we were born to (E) run

(C#m) Come on Wendy (A) tramps like us (B) baby we were born to (E) run

 

E E A B

till end

 

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61. I Won’t Back Down—Tom Petty

| Em D | G | Em D | G |

 

Well I (Em) won´t (D) back (G) down,

No, I (Em) won´t (D) back (G) down,

You can (Em) stand me (D) up at the (C) gates of hell,

But I (Em) won´t (D) back (G) down

 

No, I (Em) stand (D) my (G) ground

Won´t be (Em)  turned (D) a- (G) round

And I (Em) keep this (D) world from (C) draggin´ me down

Gonna (Em) stand (D) my (G) ground

And I (Em) won´t (D) back (G) down

 

(G C G   C) Hey, (G   D) baby, (G   C) there ain´t no (G) easy way (D) out

(G C G   C) Hey, (G   D) I, will (Em) stand (D) my (G) ground,

And I (Em) won´t (D) back (G) down

 

Well I (Em) know (D) what’s (G) right

And I got (Em) just (D) one (G) life

In a (Em) world that (D) keeps on © pushin’ me around

But I (Em) stand (D) my (G) ground

And I (Em) won’t (D) back (G) down

 

(G C G   C) Hey, (G   D) baby, (G   C) there ain´t no (G) easy way (D) out

(G C G   C) Hey, (G   D) I, will (Em) stand (D) my (G) ground,

And I (Em) won´t (D) back (G) down

 

(G C G   C) Hey, (G   D) baby, (G   C) there ain´t no (G) easy way (D) out

(G C G   C) Hey, (G   D) I, will (Em) stand (D) my (G) ground,

And I (Em) won´t (D) back (G) down

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62. Blowing’ in the Wind—Bob Dylan

 

(G) How many (C) roads must a (G) man walk down, before you

(C) call him a (G) man, (G) How many (C) seas must a (G) white dove

sail before she (C) sleeps in the (D) sand, Yes and (G) how

many (C) times must the (G) cannonballs fly before they’re

(C) forever (D) banned,

 

The (C) answer my (D) friend is (G) blowin’ in the (Em) wind

The (C) answer is (D) blowin’ in the (G) wind

 

Yes and (G) how many (C) years can a (G) mountain exist

before it is (C) washed to the (G) sea, Yes and (G) how

many (C) years can some (G) people exist before

they’re (C) allowed to be (D) free, Yes and (G) how many

(C) times can a (G) man turn his head and pretend

that he (C) just doesn’t (D) see

 

The (C) answer my (D) friend is (G) blowin’ in the (Em) win

The (C) answer is (D) blowin’ in the (G) wind

 

Yes and (G) how many (C) times must a (D) man look (G) up

before he can (C) see the (G) sky, Yes and how

many (C) ears must (G) one man have before he can

(C) hear people (D) cry, yes and (G) how many (C) deaths will

it (G) take till he knows that (C) too many people have

have (D) died

 

The (C) answer my (D) friend is (G) blowin’ in the (Em) win

The (C) answer is (D) blowin’ in the (G) wind

 

The (C) answer my (D) friend is (G) blowin’ in the (Em) win

The (C) answer is (D) blowin’ in the (G) wind

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63. Living on a Prayer—Bon Jovi

CAPO 5
Em

(Em) Tommy used to work on the docks, Union’s been on strike. He’s down on his luck

It’s (C) tough (D) , so (Em) tough.

(Em) Gina work the dinner all day, Working for her man. She brings home her pay

For (C) love (D) , for (Em) love.

 

She says we’ve got to (C) hold (D) on to (Em) what we’ve got.

It (C) doesn’t make a (D) difference if we (Em) make it or not.

We’ve got (C) each (D) other and (Em) that’s a lot, for (C) love.

We’ll (D) give it a shot.

 

(Em) Woo – (C) oo, we’re (D) halfway there, (G) wo – (C) oo, (D) livin’ on a prayer.

(Em) Take my (C) hand we’ll (D) make it, I swear

(G) Wo – (C) oo, (D) livin’ on a prayer

 

Em

(Em) Tommy’s got his six strings in hock, Now he’s holding in,

what he used to make it talk

So (C) tough (D) , it’s so (Em) tough.

 

(Em) Gina dreams of running away, when she cries in the night, Tommy whispers:

Baby its (C) O.K, (D) some (Em) day.

 

She says we’ve got to (C) hold (D) on to (Em) what we’ve got.

It (C) doesn’t make a (D) difference if we (Em) make it or not.

We’ve got (C) each (D) other and (Em) that’s a lot, for (C) love.

We’ll (D) give it a shot.

 

(Em) Woo – (C) oo, we’re (D) halfway there, (G) wo – (C) oo, (D) livin’ on a prayer.

(Em) Take my (C) hand we’ll (D) make it, I swear

(G) Wo – (C) oo, (D) livin’ on a prayer

(C) Livin’ on a prayer.

 

[Solo]

Em C D G C D

 

(D) Oooooooooh, we’ve got to (Em) hold (C) on, (D) ready or (Em) not

You (C) live for the fight when it’s all (D) that you’ve got.

 

(Bb) Woo – (Eb) oooo, we’re (F) half – way there

(Bb) Woo – (Eb) oooo, (F) livin’ on a prayer

(Gm) Take my (Eb) hand and we’ll (F) make it I swear

(Bb) Woo – (Eb) oo, (F) living on a prayer

(Eb) Living on a prayer

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64. City of New Orleans—Arlo Guthrie

D

(D) Riding on the (A) City of New (D) Orleans

(Bm) Illinois Central, (G) Monday morning (D) rail (A) 

(D) Fifteen cars and (A) fifteen restless (D) riders

(Bm) Three conductors and (A) twenty-five sacks of (D) mail.

 

(Bm) All along the south bound odyssey, the (F#m) train pulls out of Kenkakee

(A) Rolls along past houses, farms and (E) fields

(Bm) Passing towns that have no name, (F#m) freight yards full of old black men

And the (A) graveyards of the rusted (D) automobiles.

 

(G) Good morning (A) America, how (D) are you?

Say, (Bm) don’t you know me, (G) I’m your native (D) son.

(A7) I’m the (D) train they call the (A) City of New (Bm) Orleans (E7) 

I’ll be (C) gone five (G) hundred (A) miles when the day is (D) done.

 

(D) Dealing card games with the (A) old men in the (D) club car

(Bm) Penny a point, ain’t (G) no one keeping (D) score (A) 

(D) Pass the paper (A) bag that holds the (D) bottle

(Bm) Feel the wheels (A) rumblin’ ‘neath the (D) floor

 

(Bm) And the sons of Pullman porters and the (F#m) sons of engineers

Ride their (A) fathers’ magic carpets made of (E) steel

(Bm) Mothers with their babes asleep, (F#m) rockin’ to the gentle beat

And the (A) rhythm of the (A7) rails is all they (D) feel.

 

(G) Good morning (A) America, how (D) are you?

Say, (Bm) don’t you know me, (G) I’m your native (D) son.

(A7) I’m the (D) train they call the (A) City of New (Bm) Orleans (E7) 

I’ll be (C) gone five (G) hundred (A) miles when the day is (D) done.

 

(D) Night time on the (A) City of New (D) Orleans

(Bm) Changing cars in (G) Memphis, Tenne- (D) ssee (A) 

(D) Halfway home, (A) we’ll be there by (D) morning

through the (Bm) Mississippi darkness (A) rolling down to the (D) sea.

 

(Bm) But all the towns and people seem to (F#m) fade into a bad dream

And the (A) steel rail still ain’t heard the (E) news

The (Bm) conductor sings his songs again, the (F#m) passengers will please refrain

This (A) train got the (A7) disappearing railroad (D) blues.

 

(G) Good morning (A) America, how (D) are you?

Say, (Bm) don’t you know me, (G) I’m your native (D) son.

(A7) I’m the (D) train they call the (A) City of New (Bm) Orleans (E7) 

I’ll be (C) gone five (G) hundred (A) miles when the day is (D) done.

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65. Ticket to Ride—Beatles

 

CAPO 5

 

e|—–0———–0—–0———–0——–|

B|——–2—–0———–2—–0———–|

G|–2——–2——–2——–2————–|

D|——————————————–|

A|——————————————–|

 

(A) I think I’m gonna be sad I think it’s today, yeah

The girl that’s driving me mad is going (Bm) away (E) 

 

(F#m) She’s got a ticket to (D) ride (F#m) she’s got a ticket to (Gmaj7) ) ride

(F#m) She’s got a ticket to (E) ride and she don’t (A) care.

 

(A) She said that living with me Is bringing her down, yeah

She would never be free when I was (Bm) around (E) 

 

(F#m) She’s got a ticket to (D) ride (F#m) she’s got a ticket to (Gmaj7) ride

(F#m) She’s got a ticket to (E) ride and she don’t (A) care.

 

(D) I don’t know why she’s riding so high

She ought to think twice she ought to do right by (E) me

(D) Before she gets to saying goodbye

She ought to think twice she ought to do right by (E) me

 

(A) I think I’m gonna be sad I think it’s today, yeah

The girl that’s driving me mad is going (Bm) away, (E) yeah

 

(F#m) She’s got a ticket to (D) ride (F#m) she’s got a ticket to (Gmaj7) ) ride

(F#m) She’s got a ticket to (E) ride and she don’t (A) care.

 

(D) I don’t know why she’s riding so high

She ought to think twice she ought to do right by (E) me

(D) Before she gets to saying goodbye

She ought to think twice she ought to do right by (E) me

 

(A) She said that living with me Is bringing her down, yeah

She would never be free when I was (Bm) around (E) 

 

(F#m) She’s got a ticket to (D) ride (F#m) she’s got a ticket to (Gmaj7) ) ride

(F#m) She’s got a ticket to (E) ride and she don’t (A) care.

 

(A) My baby don’t care…

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66. Wicked Game—Chris Isaac

Bm A E 2x

 

(Bm) The world was on fire and (A) no one could save me but (E) you.

It’s (Bm) strange what desire will (A) make foolish people (E) do.

(Bm) I never dreamed that (A) I’d meet somebody like (E) you.

(Bm) I never dreamed that (A) I’d love somebody like (E) you.

 

(Bm) I (A) don’t want to fall in (E) love. (This world is only gonna break your heart)

(Bm) I (A) don’t want to fall in (E) love. (This world is only gonna break your heart)

(Bm) With you (A   E). (Bm) With you (A   E) . (This world is only gonna break your heart)

 

(Bm) What a wicked (A) game to play, (E) to make me feel this way.

(Bm) What a wicked (A) thing to do, (E) to let me dream of you.

(Bm) What a wicked (A) thing to say, (E) you never felt this way.

(Bm) What a wicked (A) thing to do, (E) to make me dream of you and,

 

(Bm) I (A) don’t want to fall in (E) love. (This world is only gonna break your heart)

(Bm) I (A) don’t want to fall in (E) love. (This world is only gonna break your heart)

(Bm) With you (A   E). (Bm) With you (A   E) . (This world is only gonna break your heart)

 

(Bm) The world was on fire and (A) no one could save me but (E) you.

(Bm) It’s strange what desire will (A) make foolish people (E) do.

(Bm) I never dreamed that (A) I’d love somebody like (E) you.

(Bm) I never dreamed that (A) I’d loose somebody like (E) you no,

 

(Bm) I (A) don’t want to fall in (E) love. (This world is only gonna break your heart)

(Bm) I (A) don’t want to fall in (E) love. (This world is only gonna break your heart)

(Bm) With you (A   E). (Bm) With you (A   E) . (This world is only gonna break your heart)

 

Single Strums

(Bm) Nobody (A) loves no one (E) .

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67. American Girl—Tom Petty

CAPO 5

D

E7 E7 G G A A D D E7 E7 G G A7 A7

 

(D) Well, she was an (E7) American girl

(G) Raised on (A) promises

(D) She couldn’t (E7) help thinkin’ that there was a

(G) little more to life (A) somewhere else

 

(A) After all it was a (D) great big world

(G) With lots of places to (Em) run to

(A) And if she had to die tryin’ she had one little promise she was gonna keep

 

(G) O yeah, (A) all right, (D) take it easy, baby, (Bm) make it last all night

(G) She was an (A) American (D) girl

 

(D) Well, it was kinda (E7) cold that night

(G) She stood alone on the (A) balcony

(D) Yeah, she could hear the (E7) cars roll by

(G) Out on 441 like (A) waves crashin’ on the beach

 

(A) And for one desperate (D) moment there

(G) He crept back in her (Em) memory

(A) God it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach

 

(G) O yeah, (A) all right, (D) take it easy, baby, (Bm) make it last all night

(G) She was an (A) American (D) girl

 

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68. Don’t you Forget about Me—Simple Minds

 

(D   E) – – Hey hey hey hey –(D   Em) – Oooooooooooooh, (C D) oh…oh (D   E)

D E D Em C D

 

(E) – Won’t you come (D) see about me – (A) I’ll be alone (D) dancing you know it baby

(E) – Tell me your (D) troubles and doubts – (A) giving me everything (D) inside and out, and

(E) – Love’s strange so (D) real in the dark – (A) think of the tender things (D) that we were working on

(E) – Slow change may (D) pull us apart – (A) when the light gets (D) into your heart, baby

 

(E) – Don’t you — (D) forget about (A) me – (D) don’t don’t don’t don’t

(E) – Don’t you — (D) forget about (A) me –

 

(C) Will you stand above me – (G) look my way never love me

(D) Rain keeps falling – (A) rain keeps falling down down down

(C) Will you recognize me – (G) call my name or walk on by

(D) Rain keeps falling – (A) rain keeps falling down down down down

 

(D   E) – – Hey hey hey hey –(D   Em) – Oooooooooooooh, (C D) oh…oh (D   E)

D E D Em C D

 

(E) – Don’t you (D) try to pretend – (A) it’s my feeling we’ll (D) win in the end – I won’t

(E) – harm you or (D) touch your defenses – (A) vanity and (D) security

(E) – Don’t you (D) forget about me – (A) I’ll be alone (D) dancing you know it baby

(E) – Going to (D) take you apart – (A) I’ll put us back (D) together at heart baby

 

(E) – Don’t you — (D) forget about (A) me – (D) don’t don’t don’t don’t

(E) – Don’t you — (D) forget about (A) me –

 

(E) As you walk on (D) by – – (A) will you call my (D) name –

(E) As you walk on (D) by – – (A) will you call my (D) name –

(E) When you walk (D) away – – – (A    D)

 

I say (E) la la la la (D) la… la la la (A) la… la la la (D) la la la la la la

I say (E) la la la la (D) la… la la la (A) la… la la la (D) la la la la la la

 

(E) – When you walk on (D) by – – (A   D) 

 

(E)  – And you call my (D) name – – – (A   D)

 

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69. Our Lips are Sealed—The Go-Go’s

[Intro] A G D x 2

 

(A) Can you hear them?

The (G) talk about us,

(D) Telling lies,

Well, (D) that’s no surprise.

 

(A) Can you see them?

See right (G) through them,

(D) They have no shields,

(D) No secrets to reveal.

 

(F) It doesn’t matter (D) what they say

In the (Bb) jealous games (E) people play, he-he- (A) hey!

(D) Our lips are (D) sealed.

 

(A) There’s a weapon

(G) We must use

(D) In our defense:

(D) Silence.

 

(A) When you look at them,

(G) Look right through them,

(D) That’s when they’ll disappear,

(D) That’s when you’ll be feared.

 

(F) It doesn’t matter (D) what they say

(Bb) In the jealous games (E) people play, he-he- (A) hey!

 

(F) Pay no mind to (D) what they say,

(Bb) It doesn’t matter (E) anyway, he-he- (A) hey!

(D) Our lips are (A) sealed.

 

(A) … [pianissimo]

Hush, my darling

Don’t you cry.

Quiet, angel,

Forget their lies.

 

[fortissimo]

(A) Can you hear them?

(G) The talk about us,

(D) Telling lies,

(D) Well, that’s no surprise.

 

(A) Can you see them?

(G) See right through them,

(D) They have no shields,

(D) No secrets to reveal.

 

(F) It doesn’t matter (D) what they say

(Bb) In the jealous games (E) people play, he-he-(A) hey!

 

(A) Our lips are (D) sealed.

(F) Pay no mind to (D) what they say,

(Bb) It doesn’t matter (E) anyway, he-he- (A) hey!

 

(A) Our lips are (D) sealed.

(A) Our lips are (D) sealed.

(A) Our lips are (D) sealed.

 

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70. Amie

Pure Prairie League

Intro:(A) (G) (D) (A) (G) (D)

(A)I can see why (G)you think you be-(A)long to me,(G)(A)
I never try to (G)make you think
or (A)let you see (A7)one thing for your-(D)self,
But now you’re (C)off with someone else and I’m a-(D)lone,
You see I (C)thought that I might keep you for my (E7)own.

(A)Amie, (G)what you wanna (D)do?
(A)I think (G)I could stay with (D)you
For a (Bm7)while, maybe longer if I (E7)do.

(A) (G) (D) (A) (G) (D)
(A)Don’t you think the (G)time is right for (A)us to find (G)(A)
All the things we (G)thought weren’t proper
(A)Could be right in (A7)time and can you (D)see
Which way (C)we should turn, together or a-(D)lone,
I can (C)never see what’s right or what is (E7)wrong.
Will it take too long to see…

(A)Amie, (G)what you wanna (D)do?
(A)I think (G)I could stay with (D)you
For a (Bm7)while, maybelonger if I (E7)do.

(A) (G) (D) (A) (G) (D)
(A)Now it’s come to (G)what you want,
you’ve (A)had your way,(G)(A)
All the things you (G)thought before
Just (A)faded into (A7)gray and can you (D)see
That I (C)don’t know if it’s you or if it’s (D)me,
If it’s (C)one of us I’m sure we both will (E7)see,
Won’t you look at me and tell me…

(A)Amie, (G)what you wanna (D)do?
(A)I think (G)I could stay with (D)you
For a (Bm7)while, maybelonger if I (E7)do.

I keep (A)falling in and out of (G)love with (D)you,
(A)Falling in and out of (G)love with (D)you,
(A)Don’t know what I’m gonna (G)do, (D)I keep
(A)Falling in and out of (G)love with (Fm7)you… (A5)(A)

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71. American Pie—Don McLean

A (G) long, (D) long (Em) time ago, (Am) I can still re- (C) -member
How that mu- (Em) -sic used to make me (D) smile,
And (G) I knew (D) if I (Em) had my chance that (Am) I could make those (C) people dance
And (Em) maybe they’d be (C) happy for a (D) while,
(Em) But February (Am) made me shiver with (Em) every paper (Am) I’d deliver,
(C) Bad news (G) on the (Am) doorstep, I (C) couldn’t take one more (D) step,
I (G) can’t re- (D) -member if I (Em) cried when I (C) read about his (D) widowed bride,
But (G) something (D) touched me (Em) deep inside the (C) day the (D) music (G) died.

(G) Bye- (C) -bye, Miss A- (G) -merican (D) Pie,
Drove my (G) Chevy to the (C) levee but the (G) levee was (D) dry,
Them (G) good ol’ (C) boys were drinking (G) whiskey and (D) rye, singing,
(Em) “This will be the day that I (A7) die, (Em) this will be the day that I (D7) die.”

(G) Did you write the (Am) book of love and do (C) you have faith in (Am) God above
(Em) If the Bible (D) tells you so?
Now do (G) you be- (D) -lieve in (Em) rock and roll, can (Am) music save your (C) mortal soul
And (Em) can you teach me (A7) how to dance real (D) slow?
Well, I (Em) know that you’re in (D) love with him ‘cause I (Em) saw you dancing (D) in the gym,
You (C) both kicked (G) off your (Am) shoes, man, I (C) dig those rhythm and (D) blues.
I was a (G) lonely (D) teenage (Em) bronkin’ buck with a (Am) pink carnation and a (C) pickup truck,
But (G) I knew (D) I was (Em) out of luck the (C) day the (D7) music (G) died.
(C) (G) I started (D) singing…

(G) Bye- (C) -bye, Miss A- (G) -merican (D) Pie,
Drove my (G) Chevy to the (C) levee but the (G) levee was (D) dry,
Them (G) good ol’ (C) boys were drinking (G) whiskey and (D) rye, singing,
(Em) “This will be the day that I (A7) die, (Em) this will be the day that I (D7) die.”

Now for (G) ten years we’ve been (Am) on our own and (C) moss grows fat on a (Am) Rolling Stone,
But (Em) that’s not how it (D) used to be
When the (G) jester (D) sang for the (Em) king and queen in a (Am) coat he borrowed (C) from James Dean
And a (Em) voice that (A7) came from you and (D) me.
Oh, and (Em) while the king was (D) looking down the (Em) jester stole his (D) thorny crown.
The (C) courtroom (G) was ad- (Am) -journed, (C) no verdict was re- (D) -turned.
And while (G) Lennon (D) read a (Em) book of Marx, the (Am) quartet practiced (C) in the park,
And (G) we sang (D) dirges (Em) in the dark the (C) day the (D7) music (G) died.
(C) (G) We was (D) singing…

(G) Bye- (C) -bye, Miss A- (G) -merican (D) Pie,
Drove my (G) Chevy to the (C) levee but the (G) levee was (D) dry,
Them (G) good ol’ (C) boys were drinking (G) whiskey and (D) rye, singing,
(Em) “This will be the day that I (A7) die, (Em) this will be the day that I (D7) die.”
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(G) Helter skelter (Am) in summer swelter, the (C) Byrds flew off for the (Am) fallout shelter,
(Em) Eight miles high and (D) falling fast.
(G) It landed (D) foul (Em) on the grass, the (Am) players tried for a (C) forward pass
With the (Em) jester on the (A7) sidelines in a (D) cast.
Now the (Em) halftime air was (D) sweet perfume while (Em) Sergeants played a (D) marching tune.
We (C) all got (G) up to (Am) dance, oh, but (C) we never got the (D) chance.
Oh, as the (G) players (D) tried to (Em) take the field, the (Am) marching band re- (C) -fused to yield.
(G) Do you re- (D) -call what (Em) was revealed the (C) day the (D7) music (G) died?
(C) (G) We started (D) singing…

(G) Bye- (C) -bye, Miss A- (G) -merican (D) Pie,
Drove my (G) Chevy to the (C) levee but the (G) levee was (D) dry,
Them (G) good ol’ (C) boys were drinking (G) whiskey and (D) rye, singing,
(Em) “This will be the day that I (A7) die, (Em) this will be the day that I (D7) die.”

Oh, (G) in there we were all (Am) in one place, a (C) generation (Am) lost in space
With (Em) no time left to (D) start again.
So come (G) on, Jack be (D) nimble, (Em) Jack be quick, (Am) Jack Flash sat on a (C) candlestick
‘Cause (Em) fire is the (A7) devil’s only (D) friend.
Oh, (Em) and as I watched him (D) on the stage, my (Em) hands were clenched in (D) fists of rage.
(C) No angel (G) born in (Am) hell could (C) break that Satan (D) spell.
And as the (G) flames climbed (D) high in- (Em) -to the night to (Am) light the sacri- (C) -ficial rite,
I saw (G) Satan (D) laughing (Em) with delight the (C) day the (D7) music (G) died.
(C) (G) He was (D) singing…

(G) Bye- (C) -bye, Miss A- (G) -merican (D) Pie,
Drove my (G) Chevy to the (C) levee but the (G) levee was (D) dry,
Them (G) good ol’ (C) boys were drinking (G) whiskey and (D) rye, singing,
(Em) “This will be the day that I (A7) die, (Em) this will be the day that I (D7) die.”

(G) I met a (D) girl who (Em) sang the blues and I (Am) asked her for some (C) happy news,
But (Em) she just smiled and (D) turned away.
(G) I went (D) down to the (Em) sacred store where I’d (Am) heard the music (C) years before,
But the (Em) man there said the (C) music wouldn’t (D) play.
And (Em) in the streets the (Am) children screamed, the (Em) lovers cried, and the (Am) poets dreamed,
(C) But not a (G) word was (Am) spoken, the (C) church bells all were (D) broken.
And the (G) three (D) men I ad- (Em) -mired most, the (C) Father, Son and the Holy (D) Ghost,
They (G) caught the (D) last train (Em) for the coast the (C) day the (D) music (G) died.
(N.C.) And they were singing…

(G) Bye- (C) -bye, Miss A- (G) -merican (D) Pie,
Drove my (G) Chevy to the (C) levee but the (G) levee was (D) dry,
Them (G) good ol’ (C) boys were drinking (G) whiskey and (D) rye, singing,
(Em) “This will be the day that I (A7) die, (Em) this will be the day that I (D7) die.”
They were singing…
(G) Bye- (C) -bye, Miss A- (G) -merican (D) Pie,
Drove my (G) Chevy to the (C) levee but the (G) levee was (D) dry,
Them (G) good ol’ (C) boys were drinking (G) whiskey and (D) rye, singing,
(C) “This will be the (D) day that I (G) die.” (C) (G)

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72. My Way—Frank Sinatra

And (C) now, the end is (Am) near,
And so I (Gm) face, the final (A7) curtain.
My (Dm) friend, I’ll say it clear,
I’ll state my (G7) case, of which I’m (C) certain.

I’ve (C) lived, a life that’s (C7) full,
I’ve traveled (F) each, and every (Fm) highway.
But (C) more, much more than (G7)this,
I did it (F) my (C) way.

(C) Regrets, I’ve had a (Em) few,
But then (Gm) again, too few to (A7) mention.
I (Dm) did, what I had to do,
And saw it (G7) through, without (C) exemption.

I (C) planned, each chartered (C7) course,
Each careful (F) step, along the (Fm) byway.
But (C) more, much more than (G7) this,
I did it (F) my (C) way.

Yes, there were (C) times, I’m sure you (C7) knew,
When I bit (F) off, more than I could chew.
But through it (Dm) all, when there was (G7) doubt,
I ate it (Em7) up, and spit it (Am) out.
I faced it (Dm) all, and I stood (G7) tall,
And did it (F) my (C) way.

I’ve (C) loved, I’ve laughed and (Em) cried,
I’ve had my (Gm) fill, my share of (A7) losing.
And (Dm) now, as tears subside,
I find it (G7) all so (C) amusing.

To (C) think, I did all (C7) that,
And may I (F) say, not in a (Fm) shy way.
Oh (C) no, no not (G7) me,
I did it (F) my (C) way.

For what is a (C) man, what has he (C7) got,
If not (F) himself, then he has naught.
To say the (Dm) things, he truly (G7) feels,
And not the (Em7) words, of one who (Am) kneels.
The record (Dm) shows, I took the (G7) blows,
And did it (F) my (C) way.

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73. Me and Bobby McGee – Kris Kristofferson

CAPO 2

[G]  [C] [G]  [C] [G]  [C] [G]  [C]

[G] Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin’ for a train

Feelin’ nearly faded as my [D7] jeans

Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained

And rode us all the way to New Or [G] leans

 

I [G] took my harpoon from my dirty red bandana

I was blowin’ sad while [G7] Bobby sang the blues [C] 

With wind shield wipers slappin’  time and (G) Bobby clappin’ time

(D7) We sang every song that driver knew

 

[C] Freedom’s just an other word for [G] nothin’ left to lose

[D7] Nothin’ ain’t worth nothin’ but it’s [G] free 

Feel [C] in’ good was easy, Lord, when (G) Bobby sang the blues  

[D7] Feelin’ good was good enough for me

Good enough for me and my Bobby Mc [G] Gee   

 

[A]

 

From the [A] coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun

Bobby shared the (A7) secrets of my (E7) soul

Standin’ right beside me, Lord, through everything I’ve done

Every night she kept me from the [A] cold      

 

Then [A] somewhere near Salinas, I let her slip away

Look in’ for the (A7) home and I hope she (D) finds it

And I’ll trade all my tomorrows for a (A) single yesterday

(E7) Holdin’ Bobby’s body next to mine  

 

[D] Freedom’s just an other word for [A] nothin’ left to lose

[E7] Nothin’ left is all she left for (A) me

Feel [D] in’ good was easy, Lord, when [A] Bobby sang the blues   

(E7) Feeling good was good enough for me 

Good enough for me and Bobby Mc [A] Gee  

 

 

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74. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison

Opening Riff (start with middle finger at ninth fret)

[G]  Hey where did [C] we go,   [G]  days when the [D] rains  came

[G]  Down in the [C] hollow,  [G] playin a [D] new game

[G]  Laughin’ and a- [C] runnin’  hey, hey,

[G]  skippin’ and [D] jumpin’

[G]  In the misty [C] mornin’ fog with,

[G]   ah,  our [D] hearts thumpin’ with [C] you

[D]  My brown-eyed [G] girl,

[Em]     [C]   you’re my [D] brown-eyed [G] girl  [D7]

 

[G]  Whatever [C] happened, [G]   to Tuesday and [D] so slow

[G]    Goin’ down the [C] old mine with a [G] transitor [D] radio

[G]    Standin’ in the [C] sunlight laughin’,  [G] hidin’ behind a [D] rainbow’s wall

[G]    Slippin’ and a –[C]  slidin’  [G]    all along the [D] waterfall with [C] you

[D]  My brown-eyed [G] girl,     [Em]     [C]   you’re my [D] brown-eyed [G] girl

 

[D7] Do you remember when we used to [G] sing

Sha  la  la [C]  la  la  la  la [G] la  la  la  la   te   [D]  da  (just like that)

[G] Sha  la  la [C]  la  la  la  la [G] la  la  la  la   te  [D]   da ,  la  te [G] da

 

[G] So hard to [C] find my way,  [G] now that I’m [D] all on my own

[G] I saw you just the [C] other day,  [G] my,  [D] you have grown

[G] Cast my memory [C] back there,  lord, [G] sometimes I’m [D] overcome thinkin’ about

[G]  Makin’ love in the [C] green grass, [G] behind the [D] stadium with [C] you

[D]  My brown-eyed [G] girl,     [Em]     [C]   you’re my [D] brown-eyed [G] girl

 

[D7] Do you remember when we used to [G] sing

Sha  la  la [C]  la  la  la  la [G] la  la  la  la   te   [D]  da

[G] Sha  la  la [C]  la  la  la  la [G] la  la  la  la   te  [D]   da

[G] Sha  la  la [C]  la  la  la  la [G] la  la  la  la   te  [D]   da

[G] Sha  la  la [C]  la  la  la  la [G] la  la  la  la   te  [D]   da

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77. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy—Elton John 5

G C G Em G C G Em

(Am) Captain Fantastic (C) raised and regimented, hardly a (G) hero (D).
Just (G) someone his (C) mother might (D) know.
(Am) Very clearly a (G) case for (Dm) corn flakes and (G) classics.
(C) “Two teas both with sugar please” (Cm).
(G) In the back of an (Em) alley.

(Am) While little Dirt Cowboys, (C) turned brown in their saddles.
(C) Sweet (G) chocolate (D) biscuits. And (G) red rosy (C) apples in (D) summer.
For it’s (Am) hay make and (G) “Hey mom, do the (Dm) papers say (G) anything good.
(C) Are there chances in life for (Cm) little Dirt Cowboys,
(G) Should I make my way out of (Bb) my home (C) in the woods?” (G)

(Am) Brown Dirt Cowboy, (C) still green and growing.
(C) City slick (G) Captain (D).
(G) Fantastic the feedback,
(C) The honey the hive could be (D) holding.
For there’s (Am) weak winged (G) young sparrows, (Dm) that starve in the (G) winter.
(Am) Broken young children on the (Cm) wheels of the winners.
(G) And the sixty-eight summer festival (Bb) wallflowers (C) are (G) thinning.

(Em) For cheap easy meals are hardly a home on the range. (C F C F C F C F)
(Em) Too hot for the band with a desperate desire for change. (C F C F C F C F)
(G) We’ve thrown in the (C) towel too many (G) times.
Out for the (C) count and when we’re (G) down,
Captain Fan- (C) tastic and the (G) Brown Dirt (C) Cowboy.
From the (Bb) end of the (C) world to your (G) town.

(Am) And all this talk of Jesus, (C) coming back to see us.
(C) Mmm (G) Mmmmm Couldn’t fool (D) us.
(G) For we were spinning out our (C) lines walking on the (D) wire.
(Am) Hand in hand went (G) music and the (Dm) rhyme.
The (G) Captain and the (C) Kid stepping in the (Cm) ring.
(G) From here on sonny, sonny (Bb) sonny, it’s a (C) long and lonely (G) climb.

(Em) For cheap easy meals are hardly a home on the range. (C F C F C F C F)
(Em) Too hot for the band with a desperate desire for change. (C F C F C F C F)
(G) We’ve thrown in the (C) towel too many (G) times.
Out for the (C) count and when we’re (G) down,
Captain Fan- (C) tastic and the (G) Brown Dirt (C) Cowboy.
From the (Bb) end of the (C) world to your (G) town.

(G) We’ve thrown in the (C) towel too many (G) times.
Out for the (C) count and when we’re (G) down,
Captain Fan- (C) tastic and the (G) Brown Dirt (C) Cowboy.
From the (Bb) end of the (C) world to your (G) town.

G C G Em G C G Em

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California Stars—Billy Bragg and Wilco

Whole Song
A E D A

I’d like to rest my heavy head tonight
On a bed of California stars
I’d like to lay my weary bones tonight
On a bed of California stars

I’d love to feel your hand touching mine
And tell me why I must keep working on
Yes I’d give my life to lay my head tonight
On a bed of California stars

I’d like to dream my troubles all away
On a bed of California stars
Jump up from my star bed make another day
Underneath my California stars

They hang like grapes on vines that shine
And warm a lover’s glass like a friendly wine
So I’d give this world to dream a dream with you
On our bed of California stars

I’d like to rest my heavy head tonight
On a bed of California stars
I’d like to lay my weary bones tonight
On a bed of California stars

I’d love to feel your hand touching mine
And tell me why I must keep working on
Yes I’d give my life to lay my head tonight
On a bed of California stars

I’d like to dream my troubles all away
On a bed of California stars
Jump up from my star bed make another day
Underneath my California stars

They hang like grapes on vines that shine
And warm a lover’s glass like a friendly wine
So I’d give this world to dream a dream with you
On our bed of California stars

Dream a dream with you
So I’d give my life to lay my head to night
On a bed of California stars.

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Come As You Are—Nirvana

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[F#m] Come as you [E] are, as you [F#m] were, as I [E] want you to [F#m] be
As a [E] friend, as a [F#m] friend, as an [E] old ene- [F#m] my
Take your [E] time, hurry [F#m] up, the choice is [E] yours – don’t be [F#m] late
Take a [E] rest, as a [F#m] friend, as an [E] old memo- [F#m] ri- [A] a

Memo- [F#m] ri- [A] a Memoria Memoria

[F#m] Come dowsed in [E] mud, soaked in [F#m] bleach, as I [E] want you to [F#m]be
As a [E] trend, as a [F#m] friend, as an [E] old memo- [F#m] ri- [A] a

Memo- [F#m] ri- [A] a Memoria Memoria

[B] And I [D] swear that I [B] don’t have a [D] gun
No, I [B] don’t have a [D] gun – No, I [B] don’t have a [D] gun

RIFF

Memo- [F#m] ri- [A] a Memoria Memoria

[B] And I [D] swear that I [B] don’t have a [D] gun
No, I [B] don’t have a [D] gun – No, I [B] don’t have a [D] gun
No, I [B] don’t have a [D] gun – No, I [B] don’t have a [D] gun

[Outro]

RIFF

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Better Man—Pearl Jam

[Intro]

D E D E

[D] Waiting, watching the [E] clock, it’s 4 o’clock, it’s got to [D] stop
Tell him, take no [E] more she practices her speech
As he [F] opens the door [G] she rolls over
Pre- [F] tends to sleep as he [G] looks her over

[D] She lies and [A] says she’s in [G] love with [D] him
Can’t find a [A] better man [G]
[D] She dreams in [A] color, she [G] dreams in [D] red
Can’t find a [Asus4] better man
Can’t find a [D] better man
Can’t find a [Asus4] better man Oh

D E

[D] Talking to her- [E] self there’s no one else who needs to [D] know
She tells herself, oh [E]
[D] Memories, back when she was [E] bold and strong and waited for
The [F] world to [G] come along
[F] Swears she knew it, now she [G] swears he’s gone

[D] She lies and [A] says she’s in [G] love with [D] him
Can’t find a [A] better man [G]
[D] She dreams in [A] color, she [G] dreams in [D] red
Can’t find a [A] better [G] man
[D] She lies and [A] says she still [G] loves him
[D] Can’t find a [A] better man [G]
[D] She dreams in [A] color, she [G] dreams in [D] red
Can’t find a [Asus4] better man
Can’t find a [D] better man
Can’t find a [Asus4] better man Oh

[D] She loved him [A] [G] yeah
[D] She don’t want to [A] leave this [G] way
[D] She feeds him [A] [G] yeah
[D] That’s why she’ll be [A] back a- [G] gain

[D] Can’t find a [A] better [G] man

[D] Can’t find a [A] better [G] man

[D] Can’t find a [A] better [G] man

[D] Can’t find a [A] better [G] man

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The Way That the World Goes Round—John Prine

I know a guy that’s got a lot to lose

He’s a pretty nice fellow, rarely confused

Got mussels in his beds, always enthused

Think I’ve never seen him frown

 

Starts drinking heavy at the Annual Meeting

Brings out his guitar, starts tapping his feet and

Gets us all together for our ritual greeting

That’s the way that the NERRds will drown

 

That’s the way that the NERRds will drown

We’re up a creek, the next we’re down

With half a foot of water, we know we’ll be around

That’s the way that the NERRds will drown

 

I was lying on the coastline, having a doze

When the glaciers all melted, water done rose

I saw a dark future without any snows

Nervous my Reserve was going down

 

I was crying “retreat”, hoping I’d float

When the NERRds came to the rescue, brought a big-ass boat

I stood up and laughed, booked another TOTE

That’s the way that the NERRds will drown

 

That’s the way that the NERRds will drown

In the field all day, the next in town

With another foot of water, we think we’ll be around

That’s the way that the NERRds will drown

 

That’s the way that the NERRds will drown

You cry one day, the next you clown

It’s seven feet of water, we hope we’ll be around

That’s the way that the NERRds will drown

That’s the way that the NERRds will drown

That’s the way that the NERRds will drown

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Three Little Birds—Bob Marley

[Intro]
A

[A] Don’t worry, about a thing
Cause’ [D] every little thing, gonna be al- [A] right
Singin’ don’t [A] worry, about a thing
Cause’ [D] every little thing, gonna be al- [A] right

Rise up this mornin’
Smile with the [E] rising sun
Three little [A] birds perch by my [D] doorstep
Singin’ [A] sweet songs
Of melodies [E] pure and true
Singin’, [D] this is my message to [A]you-ou-ou

Singin’ [A] Don’t worry, about a thing
Cause’ [D] every little thing, gonna be al- [A] right
Singin’ don’t [A] worry, about a thing
Cause’ [D] every little thing, gonna be al- [A] right

Rise up this mornin’
Smile with the [E] rising sun
Three little [A] birds perch by my [D] doorstep
Singin’ [A] sweet songs
Of melodies [E] pure and true
Singin’, [D] this is my message to [A]you-ou-ou

[A] Don’t worry, about a thing
Cause’ [D] every little thing, gonna be al- [A] right
Singin’ don’t [A] worry, about a thing
Cause’ [D] every little thing, gonna be al- [A] right

 

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Margaritaville—Jimmy Buffett

[Intro]
D G A D

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[D] Nibblin’ on sponge cake, watchin’ the sun bake
All of those tourists covered with [A] oil
Strummin’ my six string, on my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp they’re beginnin’ to [D] boil [D7]

[G] Wastin’ a- [A] way again in Marga- [D] ritaville [D7], [G] searchin’ for my [A] lost shaker of [D] salt [D7]
[G] Some people [A] claim that there’s a [D] wo- [A] man to [G] blame, but I [A] know, it’s nobody’s [D] fault

[D] Don’t know the reason, I stayed here all season
Nothin’ to show but this brand new ta- [A] ttoo
But it’s a real beauty, a Mexican cutie
How it got here I haven’t a [D] clue [D7]

[G] Wastin’ a- [A] way again in Marga- [D] ritaville [D7], [G] searchin’ for my [A] lost shaker of [D] salt [D7]
[G] Some people [A] claim that there’s a [D] wo- [A] man to [G] blame, but I [A] know, hell it could be my [D] fault

I blew out my flip flop, stepped on a pop top
Cut my heel had to cruise on back [A] home
But there’s booze in the blender, and soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang [D] on [D7]

[Chorus]

[G] Wastin’ a- [A] way again in Marga- [D] ritaville [D7], [G] searchin’ for my [A] lost shaker of [D] salt [D7]
[G] Some people [A] claim that there’s a [D] wo- [A/C#] man to [G] blame, but I [A] know, it’s my own damn [D] fault
Yes and, [G] Some people [A] claim that there’s a [D] wo- [A] man to [G] blame, but I [A] know, it’s my own damn [D] fault

[Outro]
D G A D

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Atlantic City—Bruce Springsteen

CAPO 2

Intro

Em – G – C – G

Verse

[Em] Well they blew up the [G] chicken man in [C] Philly last [G] night
[Em] and they blew [G] up his house too [C] [G]
[Em] Down on the [G] boardwalk, they’re [C] ready for a [G] fight
[Em] gonna see what them [G] racket boys can [C] do [G]

[Em] Now there’s trouble [G] busing in, from [C] outta state [G]
[Em] and the D.A. can’t [G] get no relief [C] [G]
[Em] Gonna be a rumble [G] out on the [C] promenade [G]
and the [Em] gambling commissioners [G] hanging on, by the [D] skin of his teeth

Chorus

[Em] Everything [G] dies baby [C] that’s a [G] fact
But maybe [Em] everything that [G] dies some- [C] day comes [G] back
Put your [Em] makeup [G] on, fix your [C] hair up [G] pretty and
[Em] Meet me to- [G] night, in At- [C] lantic [G] City

Em – G – C – G – Em – G – C – G

[Em] Well I got a [G] job and tried to put my [C] money a- [G] way
[Em] But I got the kind of [G] debt no [C] honest man could [G] pay
So I [Em] drew what I [G] had from the [C] Central [G] Trust
And I [Em] bought us two [G] tickets on that [D] Coast City bus

[Em] Everything [G] dies baby [C] that’s a [G] fact
But maybe [Em] everything that [G] dies some- [C] day comes [G] back
Put your [Em] makeup [G] on, fix your [C] hair up [G] pretty and
[Em] Meet me to- [G] night, in At- [C] lantic [G] City

[Solo]

Em – G – C – G (2X)

[Bridge]

Now our [C] luck may have died, and our [Em] love may be cold
but with [C] you, for- [D] ever I’ll [Em] stay
Yeah we’re [C] going out where, the [Em] sand turns to gold
so put your [D] stockings on, cause it might get cold

[Em] Everything [G] dies baby [C] that’s a [G] fact
But maybe [Em] everything that [G] dies some- [C] day comes [G] back
Put your [Em] makeup [G] on, fix your [C] hair up [G] pretty and
[Em] Meet me to- [G] night, in At- [C] lantic [G] City

[Solo]

Em – G – C – G – Em – G – C – G
Em – G – C – G – Em – G – C – G

[Verse 3]

Now I been [Em] looking for a [G] job but it’s [C] hard to [G] find
There’s [Em] winners and there’s [G] losers and I’m [C] south of that [G] line
Well I’m [Em] tired of coming [G] out on the [C] losing [G] end
But I [Em] talked to a man last [G] night gonna do a little [D] favor for him

[Em] Everything [G] dies baby [C] that’s a [G] fact
But maybe [Em] everything that [G] dies some- [C] day comes [G] back
Put your [Em] makeup [G] on, fix your [C] hair up [G] pretty and
[Em] Meet me to- [G] night, in At- [C] lantic [G] City

[Outro] (fade out)

[Em] Meet me to- [G] night, in At- [C] lantic [G] City (3X)

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Rhiannon—Fleetwood Mack

CAPO 3
Intro: Am F (2x)

[Am] Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night
And [F] wouldn’t you love to love her?
[Am] Takes to the sky like a bird in flight
And [F] who will be her lover?

[C] All your life you’ve never seen a [F] woman
Taken by the wind
[C] Would you stay if she promised you heaven
[F] Will you ever win?

[Am] She is like a cat in the dark
[F] And then she is the darkness
[Am] She rules her life like a fine skylark
And [F] when the sky is starless

[C] All your life you’ve never seen a [F] woman
Taken by the wind
[C] Would you stay if she promised you heaven
[F] Will you ever win? Will you ever win?

[Am] Rhi-[F] annon [Am] 4X

[Am] She rings like a bell through the night
And [F] wouldn’t you love to love her?
[Am] She rules her life like a bird in flight
And [F] who will be her lover?

[C] All your life you’ve never seen a [F] woman
Taken by the wind
[C] Would you stay if she promised you heaven
[F] Will you ever win? Will you ever win?

[Am] Rhi-[F] annon [Am] 4X

[F] Taken by, taken by the [Am] sky 3x

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My Place—Blocks of Life

[C] [G] Never in [Am] one [G] place for too long
[C] [G] I know a [Am] place where [G] I feel at home
[C] Roam [G] across, to the [Am] shore, want to [G] get away
[C] Across the [G] land, across the [Am] sea, gone [G] I want to stay

[C] My [G] head and [Am] heart [G] move to one [C] place
[G] When I stay [Am] put [G] in the same space
[C] To ex- [G] plore, take a [Am] tour, till I [G] find my place
[C] It’s a- [G] head, in my [Am] Heart, right in [G] front of my face

[C] [Dm7] My place is [C] here. [F] Here’s where I’ll [C] live.
[Dm7] My head and [C] heart – [F] all that I give.
[C] Steppin [Dm7] in Steppin [C] out kinda [F] lost my track
[C] Steppin [Dm7] in looked [C] around then I [F] went right back

[C] [Dm7] I’ve been right [C] here – [F] right from the start
[C] [Dm7] Now it’s all [C] clear, [F] deep in my heart
[C] Find my [Dm7] soul, play a [C] role, no matter [F] where I am
[C] Roam [Dm7] around, lost and [C] found, having [F] never left

CHORUS
C G F G C
[C] My [G] [F] [G] [C] place [G] is [F] where [G] I go
[C] My [G] [F] [G] [C] place [G] my [F] only [G] home
Bridge

C Em Am F

It’s the [C] beating of my [Em] heart, that
[Am] calls me back to the [F] start
[C] Hearing the sound when I [Em] breath will [Am] always
Help me [F] believe

[C] When I find myself alone
A [Em] feeling I cannot condone
I’m [Am] never really by my- [F] self

[C] There is always there with me
The [Em] spirit of all that I see
[Am] Everything is within [F] me

I can [C] never stay a- [Em] way, because I
[Am] Live here every [F] day
No matter [C] how I get off [Em] track, I
Can a- [Am] lways come right [F] back

[C] When I find myself alone
A [Em] feeling I cannot condone
I’m [Am] never really by my- [F] self

[C] There is always there with me
The [Em] spirit of all that I see
[Am] Everything is within [F] me

[C] My [G] head and [Am] heart [G] move to one [C] place
[G] When I stay [Am] put [G] in the same space
[C] To ex- [G] plore, take a [Am] tour, till I [G] find my place
[C] It’s a- [G] head, in my [Am] heart, right in [G] front of my face

[C] [G] Never in [Am] one [G] place for too long
[C] [G] I know a [Am] place where [G] I feel at home
[C] Roam a- [G]cross, to the [Am] shore, want to [G] get away
[C] Across the [G] land, across the [Am] sea, gone I [G] want to stay [C]

CHORUS 2X

[C] My [G] [F] [G] [C] place [G] is [F] where [G] I go
[C] My [G] [F] [G] [C] place [G] my [F] only [G] home

Outro
(only guitar single strums)
[C] [G] Never in [Am] one [G] place for too long [C]

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Under the Same Moon—Blocks of Life

Verse 1:
[F] I see, I can’t get near you and
[Fsus4] I know, I’ll shed a tear for you
[F] But that, won’t change the way
that this [C] goes

[F] It was, good for a while and I’ll
[Fsus4] love you, now till the end of time
[F] this won’t, change the way that
the [C] wind blows

Chorus:
[F] You have the [Fsus4] key to my [F] heart
[F] Under the [Fsus4] same moon, a- [C] part

Verse 2:
[F] When can, I see you again? I can’t
[Fsus4] take it, if this were the end, but even
[F] I know, that you have to walk
your own [C] road

[F] Eyes meet, just for a moment then
[Fsus4] hearts melt, we just don’t show it
[F] we missed it, it would have been
quite the [C] show

Chorus:
[F] You have the [Fsus4] key to my [F] heart
[F] Under the [Fsus4] same moon, a- [C] part

Bridge:
[Bb] We are two different people but
[Am] two hearts, can beat as one, and so
[G] I’ll find, my way back to you, and
[G7] two stars, around the same moon

Verse 3:
[F] Be strong, I’ll see you soon, but know
[Fsus4] we are, under the same moon and and I’m
[F] sure that, we’ll soon be on the same [C] road

[F] With you, no matter the distance
be- [Fsus4] tween us, I have the persistence, and
[F] I know, you’ll be right back in my [C] arms

Chorus:
[F] You have the [Fsus4] key to my [F] heart
[F] Under the [Fsus4] same moon, a- [C] part
[F]

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Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond

[Intro]

E7 E7 E E E7 E7 E E7 A

[A]

[A] Where it began, [D] I can’t begin to knowin’
[A] But then I know it’s growin’ [E] strong
[A] Was in the spring, [D] and spring became a summer
[A] Who’d have believed you’d come a-[E] long? [E7]

[Pre-Chorus]

[A] Hands, [F#] touching hands
[E] Reaching out, touching [D] me, touching [E] you

[Chorus]

[A] Sweet Caro-[D] line, [D A D] [D] good times never seemed so [E] good
[A] I’d be in-[D] clined, [D A D] to [D] believe they never [E] would
[D] But [C#m] now [Bm] I

[A] Look at the night, [D] and it don’t seem so lonely
[A] We fill it up with only [E] two
[A] And when I hurt, [D] hurting runs off my shoulder
[A] How can I hurt when holding [E] you? [E7]

[A] Warm, [F#] touching warm
[E] Reaching out, touching [D] me, touching [E] you

[A] Sweet Caro-[D] line, [D A D] [D] good times never seemed so [E] good
[A] I’d be in-[D] clined, [D A D] to [D] believe they never [E] would
[repeated]

[D] Oh [C#m] no [Bm] no

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Sweet Ginger H – Neil Diamond and Willy Reay

[Intro]

E7 E7 E E E7 E7 E E7 A

[A]

[A] Where it began, [D] Eight years as a ranger
[A] Off to Rookery, she growing [E] strong
[A] Was in Chuck Town, [D] Ranger became an ED chief
[A] We all believed you’d come a-[E] long [E7]

[Pre-Chorus]

[A] Hands, [F#] touching hands
[E] Reaching out, touching [D] me, touching [E] you

[Chorus]

[A] Sweet Ginger [D] H, [D A D] [D] good times never seemed so [E] good
[A] We’d be in-[D] clined, [D A D] to [D] believe they never [E] would
[D] But [C#m] now [Bm] I

[A] Look at the coast, [D] and it don’t seem so futile
[A] Storm plans, marshes,carbon [E] BLUE
[A] With your white horse, [D] Off goes the lady of the lake
[A] How can we hurt when loved by [E] you? [E7]

[A] Warm, [F#] touching warm
[E] Reaching out, touching [D] me, touching [E] you

[A] Sweet Ginger [D] H, [D A D] [D] good times never seemed so [E] good
[A] We’d be in-[D] clined, [D A D] to [D] believe they never [E] would
[repeated]

[D] Oh [C#m] no [Bm] no

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Night Moves – Bob Seger

[Intro]
G F C F
G F C F

[Verse]
G F
I was a little too tall, coulda’ used a few pounds
C F
Tight pants, points, hardly renown
G F
She was a black haired beauty with big dark eyes
C F G F C F
And points all her own sittin’ way up high way up firm and high
G F
Out past the cornfields, where the woods got heavy
C F
Out in the backseat of my sixty Chevy
G F C
Workin on mysteries without any clues

[Chorus]
C D Em D C
Working on our night moves
C D Em D C
Tryin’ to make some front page drive-in news
C D Em D C G F C F
Workin’ on our night moves in the summertime hmm
G F C F
In the sweet, summertime

[Verse]
G F
We weren’t in love, oh no, far from it
C F
We weren’t searching for some pie in the sky summit
G F C F
We were just young and restless and bored living by the sword
G F
And we’d steal away every chance we could
C F
To the back room, alley, or the trusty woods
G F C
I used her, she used me but neither one cared we were getting our share

[Chorus]
C D Em D C
Working on our night moves
C D Em D C
Tryin’ to lose the awkward teenage blues
C D Em D C G F C F
Workin’ on our night moves in the summertime hmm
G F C F
In the sweet, summertime, summertime

[Interlude]
Em (hold) Em D G (hold) G7 (hold)

[Bridge]
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Oh I wonder felt the lightning yeah
F D G (hold) G (hold)
And waited on the thunder waited on the thunder
G (hold)
I woke last night to the sound of thunder
Cmaj7 (hold)
How far off I sat and wondered
G (hold)
Started humming a song from 1962
Cmaj7 (hold) Em (hold)
Ain’t it funny how the night moves
C (hold) Em (hold)
We just don’t seem to have as much to lose
C (hold) Em (hold)
Strange how the night moves
C Cmaj7 (hold) G (hold) G F C F
With autumn closing in hmm
G F C F G F
Night moves hmmm (night moves) night moves
C F G F
(Night moves) Yeah (night moves) I remember
C F
(Night moves) ah sure remember the night moves
G F
(Night moves) aint it funny how you remember
C F
(Night moves) funny how you remember
G F
(Night moves) I remember I remember I remember I remember
C F
(Night moves) Oooohh ohh wohh
G F
(Night moves) we were workin’ workin and practicin
C F
(Night moves) workin and practicin
G F
(Night moves) all of the night moves night moves
C F G F C F
(Night moves) ooooh I remember yeah, yeah, yeah I remember Oooo
(night moves) (night moves)
G F C F
(Night moves) I remember lord I remember lord I remember Ohh ho
(night moves)
Em Bm Am C
Oooo hooo oh yeah, yeah, yeah uh huh, uh huh
G G (hold)
I remember, I remember

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I Look to the Leaves – Blocks of Life

INTRO [G6] (Eight measures)

VERSE
[G6] The breeze has a secret
[F#m] to most but not all
[G6] The days all seem the same
[F#m] but the nights, not at all

[G6] It’s not the cool of the evening
[F#] or the comfort that it brings
[G6] It’s not sweet aroma
[F#] or the sound of a wind chimes’ ring

PRE-CHORUS
[ Bm | Bm | Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 ] 1x

[Bm] It’s not just the leaves
they’re beginning to [Cmaj7] blow
their colors are different
in the dusk’s early
[Bm] glow

[Bm] The thrill of the season
[Cmaj7] I escape the [Cmaj7] heat
The sun going sooner
but the dark bitter- [Em] sweet [C D]
[Em] sweet [C D]

SOLO [Em C D] (Piano) 16 measures

CHORUS
[Em] I feel the new freedom
I look to the [C] leaves
aroma of [D] autumn
that comes with the [Em] breeze

[Em] A quickening now
the change in [C] scene
The change in my [D] spirit
and what that could [Em] mean [C D]
[D] What that could [Em] mean [C D]

BRIDGE
[F#m] dread the nearing chill
and the freeze that will [G] come
But for now, it’s the breeze
and to it, I su- [F#m] ccumb

[F#m] aroma of autumn
that comes with the [G] breeze
I feel the new freedom
I look to the [Em] leaves
[Em C D] 2x

VERSE
[G6] (4 measure)
[G6] I know soon it will be over
[F#m] I know soon, the chill will fall
[G6] I know soon, I’ll lose this feeling
[F#m] and the life will leave us all

[G6] It doesn’t come slow and quiet
[F#] It doesn’t come as a thief in the night
[G6] It doesn’t come as a whisper
[F#] It thunders in with the leave of the light

CHORUS
[Em] I feel the new freedom
I look to the [C] leaves
the aroma of [D] autumn
that comes with the [Em] breeze

[Em] It’s a quickening now
and the change in [C] scene
The change in my [D]spirit
and what that could [Em] mean

[Em] The sun going sooner
but the dark bitter- [C] sweet [D]
the dark bitter- [Em] sweet [C D]

SOLO [Em C D] (Guitar)

[Vocal ad lib]
It’s not the freeze
I look to the leaves
the smell on the breeze
I look to the leaves

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