Barrett Strong - Money (1959)

Originally in Fm, Beatles in Em, I play in Em

All the i’s can also be I7#9’s, the riff has both a m3 and a M3

Em	A7
→	x8

B7	A7	Em	A7	Em	B7
		→		→

Em	A7
The best things in life are free

Em

But you can give ‘em to the birds and bees

	A7
I need	money (that’s what I want)

	Em	A7	Em	A7
That’s what I	want	(that’s w	hat I wa	nt)

	B7	A7
That’s what I	wa-a-a-a-a-a	nt

	Em	A7	Em	B7
That’s	what I want (that’s w	hat I w	ant)

Em	A7
Your love give me such a thrill

Em

But your love don’t pay my bills

	A7
I need	money (that’s what I want)

	Em	A7	Em	A7
That’s what I	want	(that’s w	hat I wa	nt)

	B7	A7
That’s what I	wa-a-a-a-a-a	nt

	Em	A7	Em	B7
That’s	what I want (that’s w	hat I w	ant)

Em	A7
→	x8

B7	A7	Em	A7	Em	B7
		→		→

Em	A7
Money don’t get everything it’s true

Em

What it don’t get I can’t use

	A7
I need	money (that’s what I want)

	Em	A7	Em	A7
That’s what I	want	(that’s w	hat I wa	nt)

	B7	A7
That’s what I	wa-a-a-a-a-a	nt

	Em	A7	Em	B7
That’s	what I want (that’s w	hat I w	ant)

With IV’s, just not writing them all out here

Em

Money, (that’s what I want), lots of money (that’s what I want)

	A7	Em	A7	Em
Whole lot of	money, (that’s what I want), uh-	huh	(that’s what I	want)

	B7	A7	Em	A7	Em	B7
Oh	oh oh oh, oh	oh,	yeah, (that’s	what I	want)

	Em
Give me	money, (that’s what I want), lots of money, (that’s what I want)

	A7	Em	A7	Em
Oh, that mean	green, yeah, that’s right, baby, that’s what I	mean

	B7	A7	Em	A7	Em	B7
Oh	oh oh oh,	oh oh,	yeah, (that’s	what I	want)

Barry Mann - Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) (1961)

Originally in B, I play in A

Originally changes key, I skip the key change

Vox on the root of the chord on “like”

	E	A	F#m
I’d	like to thank the	guy, who wrote the	song

	D	E
That made my	baby fall in	love with me

One measure just drums

Swept chords in the chorus

A

Who put the bomp

	F#m
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D

Who put the ram

	E
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A

Who put the bop

	F#m
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D

Who put the dip

	E
In the	dip da dip da dip?

A	C#7	D	B/D#
Who was that	man? I’d	like to shake his	hand

	A	F#m	D	E	A	E
He	made my	baby	fall in	love with	me (	Yeah!)

Full strum in the verse

A	F#m	D
When my baby	heard	bomp bah bah bomp

	E
Bah	bomp bah bomp bomp

A	F#m	D	E
Every word went	right into her	heart

	A	F#m
And	when she heard them	singing

D	B/D#
Rama lama lama lama	lama ding dong

A	F#m	D	E	A	E
She	said we’d	never	have to	part	so

A

Who put the bomp

	F#m
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D

Who put the ram

	E
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A

Who put the bop

	F#m
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D

Who put the dip

	E
In the	dip da dip da dip?

A	C#7	D	B/D#
Who was that	man? I’d	like to shake his	hand

	A	F#m	D	E	A	F#
He	made my	baby	fall in	love with	me,	yeah

	A	F#m	D
Each	time that we’re	alone	boogity boogity boogity

	E
Boogity	boogity boogity shoop

A	F#m	D	E
Sets my baby’s	heart all a	glow

	A	F#m	D
And	every time we	dance to	dip da dip da dip

C/D#

Dip da dip da dip

A	F#m	D	E	A	E
She	always	says she	loves me	so	so

A

Who put the bomp

	F#m
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D

Who put the ram

	E
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A

Who put the bop

	F#m
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D

Who put the dip

	E
In the	dip da dip da dip?

A	D7	D	C/E
Who was that	man? I’d	like to shake his	hand

	A	F#m	D	E	A	E
He	made my	baby	fall in	love with	me (	Yeah!)

Spoken

A	F#m	D	E
Darlin’,	bomp bah bah	bomp, bah	bomp bah bomp bomp

A	F#m	D	E
And my honey,	rama lama ding	dong,	forever

	A	F#m	D
And when I	say, dip da dip,	da dip, da dip,	dip dip

	E
You	know I mean it from the

A	F#m	D	E
Bottom of my	boogity, boogity,	boogity, boogity	shoop

Fade on verse chords, with bomps and da-dips

A

F#m

D

E

Ben E. King - Stand by Me (1961)

Originally in A, I play in C capo 4.

Highest note is the 1 (darlin’, DARlin’)

Start with single notes or octaves

Cadd9	Am7	Fmaj7	G	Cadd9

Vox in on the 6 on “night”

	Cadd9
When the	night has come

Am7

And the land is dark

	Fmaj7	G	Cadd9
And the mo	on is the on	ly light we’ll see

	Cadd9
No, I	won’t be afraid

	Am7
No, I	won’t be afraid

	Fmaj7	G	Cadd9
Just as lo	ng as you stand	, stand by me

Start to fade the chords in

	Cadd9
So, darling, darling,	stand by me

	Am7
Oh,	stand by me

	Fmaj7	G
Oh,	stand,	stand by me

Cadd9

Stand by me

	Cadd9
If the	sky that we look upon

Am7

Should tumble and fall

	Fmaj7	G	Cadd9
Or the mo	untain should	crumble to the	sea

	Cadd9
I won’t	cry, I won’t cry

	Am7
No, I	won’t shed a tear

	Fmaj7	G	Cadd9
Just as lo	ng as you stand	, stand by me

	Cadd9
So, darling, darling,	stand by me

	Am7
Oh,	stand by me

	Fmaj7	G
Oh,	stand,	stand by me

Cadd9

Stand by me

	Cadd9
Whenever you’re in trouble won’t you	stand by me

	Am7
Oh,	stand by me

	Fmaj7	G
Oh,	stand,	stand by me

Cadd9

Stand by me

Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In Hiss Kiss) (1964)

Originally in D (Cher in C), I play in G

Vox easier if you leave out the “oh no”’s

Vox on the 1 of the first chord

D

Does he love me?

C

I wanna know

D

How can I tell if he loves me so?

	Am7	D	Am7	D7
(Is it i	n his ey	es?) Oh	no you’ll be	deceived

	Am7	D	Am7	D7
(Is it i	n his ey	es?) Oh	no he’ll make be	lieve

With shoop shoop...

	G	Em	C	D	G
If you w	anna kno	w if	he loves you	so it’s in his kiss

	C	D
(	That’s where it is	oh yea)

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
(Or is i	t in his	face?) Oh	no that’s just his	charm

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
(In his	warm emb	race?) Oh	no that’s just his	arms

With shoop shoop...

	G	Em	C	D	G
If you w	anna kno	w if	he loves you	so it’s in his kiss

	C	D	G
(	That’s where it is	) Oh it’s in his	kiss

	C	G
(	That’s where it is	)

With bom bom bom...

B

Kiss him and squeeze him tight

This line starts on the high 1 of the chord and

ends on the low 1 of the chord

Em

And find out what you wanna know

A

If it’s love if it really is

D7

It’s there in his kiss

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
(How ‘bout t	he way h	e acts?) Oh	no that’s not the	way

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
And you’	re not l	istening to	all I	say

With shoop shoop...

	G	Em	C	D	G
If you w	anna kno	w if	he loves you	so it’s in his kiss

	C	D	G
(	That’s where it is	) Oh it’s in his	kiss

	C	D
(	That’s where it is	)

Solo

Am7	D	Am7	D
G	G/D	G	G/D
Am7	D	Am7	D

Hard stop

G

With bom bom bom...

B

Kiss him and squeeze him tight

Em

And find out what you wanna know

A

If it’s love if it really is

D7

It’s there in his kiss

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
(How ‘bout t	he way h	e acts?) Oh	no that’s not the	way

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
And you’	re not l	istening to	all I	say

With shoop shoop...

	G	Em	C	D	G
If you w	anna kno	w if	he loves you	so it’s in his kiss

C	D	G
(That’s where it	is) Oh it’s in his	kiss

C	D
(That’s where it	is)

Repeat to fade

Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock Around the Clock (1955)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 2

With hard stops

Vox start on the 1

E

One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock, rock

E

Five, six, seven o’clock, eight o’clock, rock

E

Nine, ten, eleven o’clock, twelve o’clock, rock

	B7
We’re gonna	rock around the clock tonight

	E
Put your	glad rags on and join me, hon

	E7
We’ll have some fun when the	clock strikes one

	A7
We’re gonna	rock around the clock tonight

	E
We’re gonna r	ock, rock, rock, ‘til the broad daylight

	B7	E
We’re gonna	rock, gonna rock, around the clock ton	ight

No hard stops this tieme

	E
When the	clock strikes two, three and four

	E7
If the band slows down we’ll	yell for more

	A7
We’re gonna	rock around the clock tonight

	E
We’re gonna r	ock, rock, rock, ‘til the broad daylight

	B7	E
We’re gonna	rock, gonna rock, around the clock ton	ight

Solo on verse chords

	E
When the	chimes ring five, six and seven

	E7
We’ll be right in	seventh heaven

	A7
We’re gonna	rock around the clock tonight

	E
We’re gonna r	ock, rock, rock, ‘til the broad daylight

	B7	E
We’re gonna	rock, gonna rock, around the clock ton	ight

	E
When it’s	eight, nine, ten, eleven too

	E7
I’ll be goin’ strong and	so will you

	A7
We’re gonna	rock around the clock tonight

	E
We’re gonna r	ock, rock, rock, ‘til the broad daylight

	B7	E
We’re gonna	rock, gonna rock, around the clock ton	ight

Solo on verse chords

	E
When the	clock strikes twelve, we’ll cool off then

	E7
Start a rockin’ round the	clock again

	A7
We’re gonna	rock around the clock tonight

	E
We’re gonna r	ock, rock, rock, ‘til the broad daylight

	B7	E
We’re gonna	rock, gonna rock, around the clock ton	ight

E	E7	E6	E(b6)	B
→	→	→	→

B	E
→

Bob Dylan - Blowin’ in the Wind (1963)

Dylan in D, PPM in F, I play in C capo 2

Lyrics and chords follow PPM version

Intro

F	G	C	Am	F	G	C	C

C	F	C
How many	roads must a	man walk down

	C	F	G
Bef	ore they	call him a	man?

C	F	C	Am
How many	seas must a	white dove	sail

	C	F	G
Be	fore she	sleeps in the	sand?

C	F	C
How many	times must the	cannonballs fly

	C	F	G
Be	fore they’re for	ever	banned?

	F	G	C	Am
The a	nswer my f	riend is b	lowin’ in the	wind

	F	G	C
The a	nswer is	blowin’ in the	wind

C	F	C
How many	years must a	mountain exist

	C	F	G
Bef	ore it is	washed to the	sea?

C	F	C	Am
How many	years can some	people ex	ist

	C	F	G
Bef	ore they’re	allowed to be	free?

C	F	C	C
How many	times can a	man turn his	head

	C	F	G
And pre	tend that he j	ust doesn’t	see?

	F	G	C	Am
The a	nswer my f	riend is b	lowin’ in the	wind

	F	G	C
The a	nswer is	blowin’ in the	wind

C	F	C	C
How many	times must a	man look	up

	C	F	G
Bef	ore he can	see the	sky?

C	F	C	Am
How many	ears must	one man	have

	C	F	G
Bef	ore he can	hear people	cry?

C	F	C	C
How many	deaths will it	take till he	knows

	C	F	G
That t	oo many	people have	died?

	F	G	C	Am
The a	nswer my f	riend is b	lowin’ in the	wind

	F	G	C
The a	nswer is	blowin’ in the	wind

F	G	C	Am
	F	G	C
The a	nswer is	blowin’ in the	wind

Bob Dylan - Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (1962)

Originally in C capo 4, I play in C capo 5.

C	C	G	G	Am	Am/G
F	F/E	C/G	C/G	G	G
C	C

	C	G	Am
It	ain’t no use to s	it and wonder	why, babe

F	C	G
It don’t matter, anyho	w

	C	G	Am
And it	ain’t no use to s	it and wonder wh	y, babe

D7	G
If you don’t know by no	w

	C	C7
When your roo	ster crows at the b	reak of dawn

F	D7
Look out your window and I’	ll be gone

C	G	Am	F
You’re the rea	son I’m tr	av’lin’ on

C	G	C
Don’t think tw	ice, it’s all righ	t

	C	G	Am
It	ain’t no use in tu	rnin’ on your lig	ht, babe

F	C	G
That light I never knowe	d

	C	G	Am
And it	ain’t no use in t	urnin’ on your l	ight, babe

D7	G
I’m on the dark side of the r	oad

	C	C7
Still I	wish there was somethin’ you would	do or say

	F	D7
To t	ry and make me change my m	ind and stay

C	G	Am	F
We never d	id too much ta	lkin’ an	yway

C	G	C
Don’t think tw	ice, it’s all r	ight

	C	G	Am
It	ain’t no use in ca	llin’ out my na	me, babe

F	C	G
Like you never did befo	re

	C	G	Am
And it a	in’t no use in c	allin’ out my n	ame, babe

D7	G
I can’t hear you anymore

	C	C7
I’m a-th	inkin’ and a-wond’rin’ all	the way down the road

	F	D7
I o	nce loved a woman, a ch	ild I’m told

	C	G	Am	F
I g	ave her my he	art but she wa	nted my s	oul

C	G	C
Don’t think tw	ice, it’s all r	ight

	C	G	Am
And I’m	walking down that	long lonesome	road babe

F	C	G
Where I’m bound, I can’t t	ell

	C	G	Am
But goo	dbye is t	oo good a w	ord, babe

D7	G
So I’ll just say fare thee well

C	C7
I ain’t sayin’ you treated	me unkind

	F	D7
You co	uld have done better but	I don’t mind

C	G	Am	F
You just	kinda wasted	my precious	time

	C	G	C
But do	n’t think tw	ice, it’s al	right

Outro

C	C	G	G	Am	Am/G
F	F/E	C/G	C/G	G	G
C	C

Bob Dylan - If You Gotta Go (1964)

Originally in F#, Flying Burrito Brothers in E

Dylan version does I→IV throughout the verse,

I follow the Burrito Brothers arrangement that

doesn’t do this until the chorus.

I also mix the lyrics from different versions here.

Intro

E

	E
Listen to m	e baby

I’ve come to make you see
I want to be with you, girl

Hard stop on “you”

	E
If	you want to be with me

	E	A	E
But if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

	B	E
Or e	lse you got to stay all n	ight

	E
It ain’t that I’m que	stionin’ you

To take part in any kind’a quiz
It's just that I ain't got no watch

	E
An’ you keep	askin’ me what time it is

	E	A	E
But if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

	B	E
Or e	lse you got to stay all n	ight

E

I am just a poor boy lookin’ to connect

And I certainly don’t want you thinkin’

	E
That	I haven’t got any respect

	E	A	E
But if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

	B	E
Or e	lse you got to stay all n	ight

E

It ain’t that I’m wantin’

Anything you never gave before
It's just that I'll be sleepin' soon

	E
It’ll be too da	rk for you to find the door

	E	A	E
But if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

	B	E
Or e	lse you got to stay all n	ight

	E	A	E
Said if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

	B	E
Or e	lse you got to stay all n	ight

Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone (1965)

C	Fmaj7/C
	x 4

C	Dm7
Once upon a time you	dressed so fine

	Em	F	G
You	threw the bums a dime	in your prime,	didn’t you?

C	Dm7
People’d call, say	beware doll

	Em	F	G
You’re	bound to fall, you thought	they were all	a kiddin’ you

F	G
You used to	laugh about

F	G
Everybody that was	hangin’ out

F	Em	Dm7	C
Now you d	on’t	talk so loud

F	Em	Dm7	C
Now you d	on’t	seem so proud

	Dm7	F	G
About	having to be scrounging	for your next	meal

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
To be without a home

	C	F	G
Like a complete unknown

	C	F	G
Like a rolling stone

C	F	G	G	G

	C	Dm7	Em
Aww, You’ve	gone to the	finest school all righ	t, Miss Lonely

	F	G
But you	know you only used to get	juiced in it

	C	Dm7	Em
No	body’s ever taught you	how to live out on the	street

	F	G
And now you’re	gonna have to get	used to it

F	G
You said you’d neve	r compromise

F	G
With the mystery tramp, but now you	realize

F	Em	Dm7	C
He’s not	selling any	alibis

F	Em	Dm7	C
As you stare into the	vacuum	of his eye	s

	Dm7	F	G
And	say do you want to	make a	deal?

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
To be on your own

	C	F	G
With no direction home

	C	F	G
A complete unknown

	C	F	G
Like a rolling stone

C	F	G	G	G

	C	Dm7	Em
Aww, you	never turned a	round to see the frowns

	F	G
On the jugglers and the	clowns when they all did	tricks for you

	C	Dm7
You	never understood that it	ain’t no good

	Em	F	G
You	shouldn’t let other	people get your	kicks for you

F	G
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your	diplomat

F	G
Who carried on his shoulder a	Siamese cat

F	Em	Dm7	C
Ain’t it hard	when you dis	cover tha	t

F	Em	Dm7	C
He really	wasn’t	where it’s a	t

	Dm7	F	G
After	he took from you everything	he could	steal

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
To have you on your own

	C	F	G
With no direction home

	C	F	G
Like a complete unknown

	C	F	G
Like a rolling stone

C	F	G	G	G

	C	Dm7
Aww, p	rincess on the steeple and a	ll the pretty people

	Em	F	G
They’re all	drinkin’, t	hinkin’ that they	got it made

C	Dm7
Exchanging all p	recious gifts

	Em	F	G
But you’d b	etter take your d	iamond ring,	you’d better pawn it babe

F	G
You used to be	so amused

F	G
At Napoleon in rags	and the language that he used

F	Em	Dm7	C
Go to him now, he	calls you, you	can’t refuse

F	Em	Dm7	C
When you ain’t got	nothing, you got	nothing to los	e

Dm7	F	G
You’re invisible now, you got no secrets	to conc	eal

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
Aw, how does it feel

	C	F	G
To be on your own

	C	F	G
With no direction home

	C	F	G
Like a complete unknown

	C	F	G
Like a rolling stone

Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin’ (1964)

	G	Em
Come	gather ‘round	people

	Am	G
Wher	ever you	roam

	G	Em
And ad	mit that the	waters

	C	D
A	round you have	grown

	G	Em
And ac	cept it that	soon

	C	G
You’ll be	drenched to the	bone

	G	Am	D
If your	time to	you is worth	savin’

	D	D/C
Then you	better start	swimmin’

	G/B	D
Or you’ll	sink like a	stone

	G	C	D	G
For the	times	they are a-	chan	gin’

	G	Em
Come	writers and	critics

	Am	G
Who prophe	size with your	pen

	G	Em
And	keep your eyes	wide

	C	D
The chance	won’t come a	gain

	G	Em
And	don’t speak too	soon

	C	G
For the	wheel’s still in	spin

	G	Am	D
And there’s	no tellin’	who that it’s	namin’

	D	D/C
For	the loser	now

	G/B	D
Will be	later to	win

	G	C	D	G
For the	times	they are a-	chan	gin’

	G	Em
Come	senators,	congressmen

Am	G
Please heed the	call

	G	Em
Don’t	stand in the	doorway

	C	D
Don’t	block up the	hall

	G	Em
For	he that gets	hurt

	C	G
Will be	he who has	stalled

	G	Am
There’s a	battle	outside

	D
And it’s	ragin’

	D	D/C
It’ll	soon shake your	windows

	G/B	D
And	rattle your	walls

	G	C	D	G
For the	times	they are a-	chan	gin’

	G	Em
Come	mothers and	fathers

Am	G
Throughout the	land

	G	Em
And	don’t criti	cize

	C	D
What you	can’t under	stand

	G	Em
Your	sons and your	daughters

	C	G
Are be	yond your com	mand

	G	Am	D
Your	old road is	rapidly	agin’

	D	D/C
Please get	out of the	new one

	G/B	D
If you	can’t lend your	hand

	G	C	D	G
For the	times	they are a-	chan	gin’

	G	Em
The	line it is	drawn

	Am	G
The	curse it is	cast

	G	Em
The	slow one	now

	C	D
Will	later be	fast

	G	Em
As the	present	now

	C	G
Will	later be	past

	G	Am	D
The	order is	rapidly	fadin’

Cool ending from the Eddie Vedder cover...

	D	D/C
And the	first one	now

	G/B	D
Will	later be	last

	D	D/C
Please get	out of the	new one

	G/B	D
If you	can’t lend your	hand

	D	D/C
It’ll	soon shake your	windows

	G/B	D
And	rattle your	walls

	D	D/C
For	the loser	now

	G/B	D
Will be	later to	win

	D	D/C
Then you	better start	swimmin’

	G/B	D
Or you’ll	sink like a	stone

	G	C	D	G
For the	times	they are a-	chan	gin’

Bob Marley - One Love (1965)

Originally around Bb, I play in G

G	D	C	G	D	G

G	D
One love,	one heart

C	G	D	G
Let’s get to	gether and	feel all	right

	G
Hear the children crying (	one love)

	D
Hear the children crying (	one heart)

	C	G	D	G
Sayin’ give	thanks and praise to the	lord and I will	feel al	right

	C	G	D	G
Sayin’	let’s get to	gether and	feel al	right

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

G	Em	C	G
Let them all	pass all their,	dirty re	marks (one love)

G	Em	C	D	G
There is one	question I’d	really	love to	ask (one heart)

G	Em	C	G
Is there a	place, for the	hopeless	sinner

	G	Em	C	D	G
Who has	hurt all man	kind just to	save h	is	own

Believe me

G	D
One love, (what about a-one-oh)	one heart (what about)

C	G	D	G
Let’s get to	gether and	feel all	right

	G
As it was in the beginning (	one love)

	D
So shall it be in the end (	one heart)

	C	G	D	G
Alright, give	thanks and praise to the	lord and I will	feel al	right

C	G	D	G
Let’s a-get to	gether and	feel al	right

One more thing

G	Em	C	G
Let’s get to	gether to	fight this holy arma	geddon (one love)

G	Em	C	D	G
So when the	man comes there will	be	no, no	doom (one song)

G	Em	C	G
Have pity on t	hose whose	chances grow	thinner

G	Em	C	D	G
There ain’t n	o hiding	place from the	father of cre	ation

	G	D
Saying	one love (what about a-one-oh),	one light

C	G	D	G
Let’s get to	gether and	feel al	right

G

I’m pleading to mankind (one love)

	D
Oh, lord (	one heart), whoa

	C	G	D	G
Give	thanks and praise to the	lord and I will	feel al	right

C	G	D	G
Let’s get to	gether and	feel al	right

	C	G	D	G
Give	thanks and praise to the	lord and I will	feel al	right

Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea (1959)

F	Dm7	Gm	C7
			x2

	F	Dm7	Gm	C7
Some	where		be	yond the

F	Dm7	Gm	C7
Sea	some	where	waiting for

F	A7	Dm7	C7
Me		my	lover

F	Dm7	Bb	D7	Gm
Stands on	golden	sands

	C7	F	Dm7
And	watches the	ships	that go

G	G7	C	C7
Sail	ing

	F	Dm7	Gm	C7
Some	where		be	yond the

F	Dm7	Gm	C7
Sea	she’s	there	watching for

F	A7	Dm7	C7
Me			If I could

F	Dm7	Bb	D7	Gm
Fly like	birds on	high

	C7	F	Dm7
Then	straight to her	arms	I’d go

The F at the end of this line is just two beats,

then two beats on the E7.

	Gm7	C7	F	E7
S	ail	ing

	A	F#m	Bm	E7
It’s	far		be	yond a

G7 at the end of this line is just a hit on 4

A	F#m	Bm	E7	A	A	G7
Star	it’s	near	beyond the	moon

	C	Am	Dm7	G7
I k	now		be	yond a

C	Am	Dm7	G7	C	Am	C7/G	C7
Doubt	, my	heart	will	lead me	there soon

	F	Dm7	Gm	C7
We’ll	meet		bey	ond the

F	Dm7	Gm	C7
Shore,	we’ll	kiss	just as

	F	A7	Dm7	C7
Be	fore			happy we’ll

F	Dm7	Bb	D7	Gm
Be bey	ond the	sea

	C7	F	Dm7
And	never a	gain,	I’ll go

G7	C7	F
Sail	i	ng

Solo over first verse chords, or just hit a II somewhere (G in F)

	C	Am	Dm7	G7
I k	now		be	yond a

C	Am	Dm7	G7	C	Am	C7/G	C7
Doubt	, my	heart	will	lead me	there soon

	F	Dm7	Gm	C7
We’ll	meet, I	know we’ll	meet, bey	ond the

F	Dm7	Gm	C7
Shore,	we’ll	kiss	just as

	F	A7	Dm7	C7
Be	fore			happy we’ll

F	Dm7	Bb	D7	Gm
Be bey	ond the	sea

	C7	F	Dm7
And	never a	gain,	I’ll go

G7	C7	F
Sail	i	ng

F	Dm7	Gm	C7
			No more sailing

F	Dm7	Gm	C7
			So long sailing

F	Dm7	Gm	C7
			Bye bye sailing

F

Bobby Darin - Dream Lover (1960)

Originally around C, I play in A

I play straight-8ths, almost punk

A	F#m	A	F#m

A	F#m
Every night I hope and pray, a	dream lover will come my way

A	F#m
A girl to hold in my arms, and	know the magic of her charms

	A	E7	A	D
Because I	want a	girl to	call my	own

	A	F#m	Bm7	E7	A	E
I want a	dream	lover so	I don’t have to	dream a	lone

A	F#m
Dream lover, where are you,	with a love, oh, so true

A	F#m
And a hand that I can hold, to	feel you near as I grow old

	A	E7	A	D
Because I	want a	girl to	call my	own

	A	F#m	Bm7	E7	A	E
I want a	dream	lover so	I don’t have to	dream a	lone

D	A
Someday, I don’t know how,	I hope she’ll hear my plea

B7	E7
Some way, I don’t know how,	she’ll bring her love to me

A	F#m
Dream lover, until then,	I’ll go to sleep and dream again

A	F#m
That’s the only thing to do,	till all my lover’s dreams come true

	A	E7	A	D
Because I	want a	girl to	call my	own

	A	F#m	Bm7	E7	A	A#
I want a	dream	lover so	I don’t have to	dream a	lone

Key change up a half-step

A#	Gm
Dream lover, until then,	I’ll go to sleep and dream again

A#	Gm
That’s the only thing to do,	till all my lover’s dreams come true

	A#	F7	A#	D#
Because I	want a	girl to	call my	own

	A#	Gm	Cm7	F7	A#
I want a	dream	lover so	I don’t have to	dream a	lone

Gm	A#
Please don’t make me	dream alone

Gm	A#
I beg you don’t make me	dream alone

Gm	A#
No, I don’t wanna	dream alone

Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife (1959)

Vox start on the 6

Bobby darin in Bb, I play in Bb

Bb

	Bb6	Cm
Oh, the	shark, babe, has such	teeth, dear

	F7	Bb6
And it	shows them pearly	white

	Bb/D	Dbdim	Cm
Just a	jackknife	has old Mac	Heath, babe

	Bb6
And he keeps it out of sight

	Bb6	Cm
You know when that	shark bites with his	teeth, babe

	F7	Bb6
Scarlet	billows start to	spread

	Bb/D	Dbdim	Cm
Fancy	gloves, though	wears old Mac	Heath, babe

	Bb6
So there’s never, never a trace of	red

B

	B	Dbm
On a	sidewalk, ooh sunny	mornin uh-huh

	Gb7	B6
Lies a	body just	oozin’ life

	B/Eb	Ddim	Dbm
Some, someone’s	sneakin’	’round a	corner

	B6
Could that someone be old Mack the	Knife?

C

	C6	Dm
There’s a	tugboat down by the	river, don’t you know

	G7	C6
Where a	cement bag, just a’	droopin’ on down

	C/E	Ebdim	Dm
Oh, that cem	ent is	just it’s there for the	weight, dear

	C6
Five’ll get you ten old Macky’s back in	town

Db6

	Db6	Ebm	Ab7
Now d’ja	hear ‘bout Louie	Miller? He disap	peared, babe

	Db6
After drawin’ out all his	hard earned cash

	Db/F	Edim	Ebm
And now Mac	Heath spend	just like a sa	ilor

	Db6
Could it be our boy’s done somethin’	rash?

D

	D6	Em
Jenny	Diver, yeah, yeah, Sukey	Tawdry

	A7	D6
Ooh Miss	Lotte Lenya, and old	Lucy Brown

	D/Gb	Fdim	Em
Oh the	line forms,	on the	right, babe

	D6
Now that Macky’s back in	town

Eb

	Eb6	Fm
I said, Jenny	Diver, Sukey	Tawdry

	Bb7	Eb6
Look out Miss Lotte	Lenya and old	Lucy Brown

Last chord in this line is not a typo, this line

lands on the ii in every other verse, but on the

V in this verse.

	Eb/G	Gbdim	Bb
Oh that	line forms	on the	right, babe

	Fm7	Bb	Fm7	Bb	Fm7	Bb	Bb
Now, that	Mac	ky’s

	Eb	Db7	Eb	Db7	Eb	Db7
Back in	town

Eb	Eb7#9
Look out, old Macky is back

Bobby Day - Rockin’ Robin (1958)

Originally in G, I play in E capo 1

E	F#m	B
Tweedily deedily dee,	tweedily	deedily dee

E	F#m	B
Tweedily deedily dee,	tweedily	deedily dee

E	F#m	B
Tweedily deedily dee,	tweedily	deedily dee

E

Tweet, tweet, tweet tweet

Vox on the b7 on “rocks”

	E7
He	rocks in the treetops all day long

Hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and a-singin’ his song
All the little birds on J-Bird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet

	A7
Rockin’	robin (tweet, tweet, tweet)

	E7
Rock, rock, rockin’	robin (tweet, tweedlee-dee)

B7	A	E
Go rockin’ robin, cause we’re	really gonna rock to	night

E7

Every little swallow, every chickadee

Every little bird in the tall oak tree
The wise old owl, the big black crow
Flappin' their wings singin' go bird, go

	A7
Rockin’	robin (tweet, tweet, tweet)

	E7
Rock, rock, rockin’	robin (tweet, tweedlee-dee)

B7	A	E
Go rockin’ robin, cause we’re	really gonna rock to	night, oh

Solo

E7	E7	E7	E7
A7	A7	E7	E7
B7	A7	E7	E7

Bridge

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “pretty”

	A
A	pretty little raven at the bird man stand

E

Taught him how to do the bop and it was grand

	A
He	started goin’ steady and bless my soul

	B
He ou	t-bopped the buzzard and the oriole

	E7
He	rocks in the treetops all day long

Hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and a-singin’ his song
All the little birds on J-Bird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet

	A7
Rockin’	robin (tweet, tweet, tweet)

	E7
Rock, rock, rockin’	robin (tweet, tweedlee-dee)

B7	A	E
Go rockin’ robin, cause we’re	really gonna rock to	night

	A
Well the	pretty little raven at the bird man stand

E

Taught him how to do the bop and it was grand

	A
He	started goin’ steady and bless my soul

	B
He ou	t-bopped the buzzard and the oriole

	E7
He	rocks in the treetops all day long

Hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and a-singin’ his song
All the little birds on J-Bird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet

	A7
Rockin’	robin (tweet, tweet, tweet)

	E7
Rock, rock, rockin’	robin (tweet, tweedlee-dee)

B7	A	E
Go rockin’ robin, cause we’re	really gonna rock to	night

E	F#m	B
Tweedily deedily dee,	tweedily	deedily dee

E	F#m	B
Tweedily deedily dee,	tweedily	deedily dee

E	F#m	B
Tweedily deedily dee,	tweedily	deedily dee

E

Tweet, tweet, tweet tweet

Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby (1964)

Originally in F, I play in E capo 1

High risk of being boring, do everything after the intro as a fast swing

Vox on the 5

E	C#m
My tears are	fallin’

	A	B
‘Cause you’ve	taken her a	way

	E	Eaug
And	though it really	hurts me so

Vox up to the 3 of the chord

	A	B
There’s	something that I’ve gotta	say

E	C#m	A	B
Take good	care of my	ba	by

E	C#m	A	B
Please don’t	ever make her	blue

E	E7
Just tell her	that you love her

A	Am
Make sure you’re	thinking of her

E	C#m	A	B
In every	thing you say and	do

E	C#m	A	B
Take good	care of my	ba	by

E	C#m	A	B
Now don’t you	ever make her	cry

E	E7
Just let your	love surround her

A	Am
Paint a rainbow	all around her

E	A	B	E
Don’t let her	see a	cloudy	sky

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “once”

F#m7	B	E	C#m7
Once upon a	time, that	little girl was	mine

F#m7	B	E	C#m7	F#m7	B
If I’d been	true, I	know she’d	never	be with	you, so...

E	C#m	A	B
Take good	care of my	ba	by

E	C#m	A	B
Be just as	kind as you can	be

E	E7
And if you	should discover

A	Am
That you don’t	really love her

E	C#m	A	B	E
Just send my	baby back	home	to	me

Key change up a half-step

E	E	E	E
C	C	C	C

F	Dm	A#	C
Take good	care of my	ba	by

F	Dm	A#	C
Be just as	kind as you can	be

F	F7
And if you	should discover

A#	A#m
That you don’t	really love her

F	Dm	A#	C	F
Just send my	baby back	home	to	me

F	Dm	A#	C
F	Dm	A#	C
Take good	care of my	ba	by

Repeat to fade

Buddy Holly - Everyday (1958)

D

D	G	A7
Everyday,	it’s a gettin’	closer

D	G	A7
Goin’ faster	than a roller	coaster

D	G	A7	D	G	D	A7
Love like yours will	surely	come my	way,	hey,	hey,	hey

D	G	A7
Everyday,	it’s a gettin’	faster

D	G	A7
Everyone says	go ahead and	ask her

D	G	A7	D	G	D	A7
Love like yours will	surely	come my	way,	hey,	hey,	hey

	G
Ev	eryday seems a little longer

	C
Ev	ery way, love’s a little stronger

	F
C	ome what may, do you ever long for

	Bb	A	A7
T	rue love from	me?

D	G	A7
Everyday,	it’s a gettin’	closer

D	G	A7
Goin’ faster	than a roller	coaster

D	G	A7	D	G	D	A7
Love like yours will	surely	come my	way,	hey,	hey,	hey

D	G	A7
Everyday,	it’s a gettin’	faster

D	G	A7
Everyone says	go ahead and	ask her

D	G	A7	D	G	D	A7
Love like yours will	surely	come my	way,	hey,	hey,	hey

	G
Ev	eryday seems a little longer

	C
Ev	ery way, love’s a little stronger

	F
C	ome what may, do you ever long for

	Bb	A	A7
T	rue love from	me?

D	G	A7
Everyday,	it’s a gettin’	closer

D	G	A7
Goin’ faster	than a roller	coaster

D	G	A7	D	G	D	A7
Love like yours will	surely	come my	way,	hey,	hey,	hey

D	G	A7	D
Love like yours will	surely	come my	way

Buddy Holly - It’s So Easy (1958)

Buddy Holly in A, Linda Rondstadt in E, I play in A

A	E	D	E
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	D	E	A
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	E	D	E
A	D	E	A

A	E	D	E
People t	ell me	love’s for	fools

	A	D	E	A
So h	ere I	go breaking	all of the	rules

	D
It seems so	easy

	A
Oh-oh-oh, so doggone	easy

	D
Mmm-mmm-hmm, it seems so	easy

	B	E
Where y	ou’re concerned my h	eart has learned

A	E	D	E
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	D	E	A
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	E	D	E
A	D	E	A

Solo on chorus chords

D	D	A	A
D	D	B	E

A	E	D	E
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	D	E	A
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	E	D	E
Look in	to your	heart and	see

A	D	E	A
What your	love book has s	et apart for me

	D
It seems so	easy

	A
Oh-oh-oh, so doggone	easy

	D
Mmm-mmm-hmm, it seems so	easy

	B	E
Where y	ou’re concerned my h	eart has learned

A	E	D	E
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	D	E	A
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	E	D	E
A	D	E	A

	D
Well it’s so	easy

	A
Mmm-mmm-hmm, so doggone	easy

	D
Mmm-mmm-hmm, it seems so	easy

	B	E
Well where y	ou’re concerned my h	eart has learned

A	E	D	E
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	D	E	A
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue (1958)

A	D	A	E7
A	D	A	E7

A	D
If you knew	Peggy Sue

A	D	A
Then you’d	know why	I feel blue

	D	A	D	A
About	Peggy, my Peggy	Sue

	E7
Oh well, I	love you gal

	D	A	D	A	E7
Yes I	love you, Peggy	Sue

A	D
Peggy Sue,	Peggy Sue

A	D	A
Oh how	my heart	yearns for you

	D	A	D	A
Oh	Peggy, my Peggy	Sue

	E7
Oh well, I	love you gal

	D	A	D	A	E7
Yes I	love you, Peggy	Sue

A

Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue

F	A
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty	Peggy Sue

	D	A	D	A
Oh Peg	gy, my Peggy	Sue

	E7
Oh well, I	love you gal

	D	A	D	A	E7
And I	need you, Peggy	Sue

Usually skip solo, but it looks like a verse...

A	D	A	D	A
D	A	D	A
E7	D	A	D	A	E7

A	D	A	D	A
I love you	Peggy Sue	with a	love so	rare and true

	D	A	D	A
Oh	Peggy, my Peggy	Sue

	E7
Oh well, I	love you gal

	D	A	D	A	E7
Yes I	want you, Peggy	Sue

A

Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue

F	A
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty	Peggy Sue

	D	A	D	A
Oh Peg	gy, my Peggy	Sue

	E7
Oh well, I	love you gal

	D	A	D	A	E7
And I	need you, Peggy	Sue

A	D	A	D	A
I love you	Peggy Sue	with a	love so	rare and true

	D	A	D	A
Oh	Peggy, my Peggy	Sue

	E7
Oh well, I	love you gal

	D	A	D	A
Yes I	want you, Peggy	Sue

	E7
Oh well, I	love you gal

	D	A	D	A
And I	need you, Peggy	Sue

Buddy Holly - That’ll Be The Day (1957)

Starts with a little riff in A blues (I usually make it A major) into an E7

	D
Well,	that’ll be the day, when you say goodbye

	A
Yes,	that’ll be the day, when you make me cry

	D
You	say you’re gonna leave, you know it’s a lie

Hard stop on “that’ll”

	A	E7	A
‘Cause	that’ll be the day	when I	die

	D	A
Well, you	give me all your loving and your	turtle doving

D	A
All your hugs and kisses and your	money too

	D	A
Well,	you know you love me baby,	until you tell me, maybe

B	E7
That some day, well	I’ll be blue

	D
Well,	that’ll be the day, when you say goodbye

	A
Yes,	that’ll be the day, when you make me cry

	D
You	say you’re gonna leave, you know it’s a lie

	A	E7	A
‘Cause	that’ll be the day	when I	die

	D	A
Well,	when Cupid shot his dart	he shot it at your heart

D	A
So if we ever part and	I leave you

D	A
You sit and hold me and you	tell me boldly

B	E7
That some day, well	I’ll be blue

	D
Well,	that’ll be the day, when you say goodbye

	A
Yes,	that’ll be the day, when you make me cry

	D
You	say you’re gonna leave, you know it’s a lie

	A	E7	A
‘Cause	that’ll be the day	when I	die

	D
Well,	that’ll be the day, woo hoo

A

That’ll be the day, woo hoo

D

That’ll be the day, woo hoo

A	A9
That’ll be the day

Chubby Checker - Let’s Twist Again (1961)

Originally in Eb, I play in A, vox mostly on the 3

Spoken, with drums

Come on everybody, clap your hands
Awww, you're looking good
I'm gonna sing my song and it won´t take long
We're gonna do the twist and it goes like this

	A	F#m
Come on let’s t	wist again like we did last s	ummer

	D	E
Yeah, let’s	twist again like we did last	year

	A	F#m
Do you re	member when things were really	hummin’

	D	E	A
Yeah, let’s	twist again,	twistin’ time is	here

	D	A
Arou	nd and round and up and down we g	o again

	D	E
Oh	baby, make me know you love me	so, and then

	A	F#m
T	wist again like we did last s	ummer

	D	E	A
Come on,	twist again	like we did last	year, twist!

Solo

A	F#m	D	E

Spoken

	A	F#m
Who’s that flyin’ up there	? Is it a bird? Noo	o!

	D	E	A
Is it a plane?	Nooo!	Is it the twister?	Yeah!

	A	F#m
Oh, t	wist again like we did last s	ummer

	D	E
Come on, let’s	twist again like we did last	year

	A	F#m
Do you re	member when things were really	hummin’

	D	E	A
Come on, let’s	twist again,	twistin’ time is	here

	D	A
Arou	nd and round and up and down we g	o again

	D	E
Oh	baby, make me know you love me	so, and then

	A	F#m
Come on, t	wist again like we did last s	ummer

	D	E	A
Girl, let’s	twist again	like we did last	year

	D	E	A
Come on,	twist again	twistin’ time is	here

	A
Bop-b	op

Chubby Checker - The Twist (1960)

Originally in E, I play in A

Lots of time on the 3

Intro, with hard stop

E7	D7	A	A

	A
Come on b	aby let’s do the twist

	D	A
Come on	baby let’s do the	twist

	E7	D	A
Take me by my little	hand	and go like	this

	A
Ee-aw t	wist, baby, twist

	D	A
Ooh, ooh,	yeah just like	this

	E7	D	A
Come on little	miss	and do the	twist

	A
My daddy is	sleepin’ and mama ain’t around

	D	A
Yeah daddy’s just	sleepin’ and mama ain’t a	round

	E7	D
We’re gonna twisty twisty	twisty

	A
‘Til we turn the house	down

	A
Come on and t	wist, yeah, baby twist

	D	A
Ooh, ooh,	yeah just like	this

	E7	D	A
Come on little	miss	and do the	twist, ee-yeah

Solo

A	D	A	E7	D	A

	A
Yeah you should	see my little sis

	D	A
You should s	ee my, my little	sis

	E7	D
She really knows how to	rock

	A
She knows how to	twist

	A
Come on and t	wist, yeah, baby twist

	D	A
Ooh, ooh,	yeah just like	this

	E7	D	A
Come on little	miss	and do the	twist

A

Yeah, that’s all now

	D	A
Y	eah	twist on now

E7	D	A
Twist

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (1958)

Originally in Bb, I play in E capo 3

Intro

E	E	A	E	B	A	E

	E
Deep	down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans

	E
Way b	ack up in the woods among the evergreens

	A
There	stood a log cabin made of earth and wood

	E
Where	lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode

	B
Who	never ever learned to read or write so well

	E
But he could	play a guitar just like a ringin’ a bell

	E
Go!	Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!

	A
Go, Johnny, go! G	o! Go, Johnny, go!

E

Go! Go, Johnny, go!

B	E
Go! Johnny B. G	oode

	E
He used to c	arry his guitar in a gunny sack

	E
Go s	it beneath the tree by the railroad track

	A
Old en	gineers would see him sittin’ in the shade

	E
S	trummin’ with the rhythm that the drivers made

	B
When	people passed him by they would stop and say

	E
Oh, m	y but that little country boy could play

	E
Go!	Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!

	A
Go, Johnny, go! G	o! Go, Johnny, go!

E

Go! Go, Johnny, go!

B	E
Go! Johnny B. G	oode

Solo

Solo on verse chords, with hard stops

E	E	A	E	B	E
					x2

	E
His m	other told him, someday you will be a man

	E
And	you will be the leader of a big ol’ band

	A
M	any people comin’ from miles around

	E
Will h	ear you play your music when the sun go down

	B
Mayb	e someday your name’ll be in lights

	E
Sayin’ Jo	hnny B. Goode tonight

	E
Go!	Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!

	A
Go, Johnny, go! G	o! Go, Johnny, go!

E

Go! Go, Johnny, go!

B	E
Go! Johnny B. G	oode

Chuck Berry - Memphis, Tennessee (1959)

E

	B7
Long	distance information, give me Memphis, Tennessee

Help me find a party that tried to get in touch with me

	E
She	could not leave a number but I know who placed the call

	B7	E
‘Cause my	uncle took a message and he wrote it on the	wall

E

B7

Help me, information, get in touch with my Marie

She’s the only one who’d call me here from Memphis, Tennessee

	E
Her	home is on the south side, high upon a ridge

B7	E
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi	bridge

B6	A6	B6	A6	B6	A6	E	E
							x2

B7

Help me, information, more than that I cannot add

Only that I miss her and all the fun we had

	E
But	we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree

	B7	E
And	tore apart our happy home in Memphis, Tennes	see

	B7
Last	time I saw Marie she’s wavin’ me goodbye

With “hurry-home” drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye

	E
Ma	rie is only six years old, information please

B7	E
Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennes	see

B6	A6	B6	A6	B6	A6	E	E
							x2

Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run (1958)

Originally in C, I play in E capo 3

E	A9	E	E7

Vox on the 5 of the key (2 of the chord)

A	E
Out of all the reindeers you know you’re the master	mind

B	E
Run, run Rudolph, Randolph ain’t too far be	hind

Vox on the 5 of the key (now also the 5 of the chord)

E	A	E
Run, run Rudolph,	Santa’s got to make it to	town

A	E
Santa make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway	down

B	E
Run, run Rudolph ‘cause I’m reelin’ like a merry-go-	round

Vox on the 3

E	A	E
Said Santa to a boy child,	what have you been longing	for?

	A	E
A	ll I want for Christmas is a rock and roll electric gui	tar

	B	E
And then a	way went Rudolph a-whizzin’ like a shooting	star

E	A	E
Run, run Rudolph,	Santa went to make it to	town

A	E
Santa make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway	down

B	E
Run, run Rudolph, reelin’ like a merry-go-	round

12-bar-ish Solo

E	A	E	B	E	B7

E	A	E
Run, run Rudolph,	Santa’s got to make it to	town

A	E
Santa make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway	down

B	E
Run, run Rudolph, I’m reelin’ like a merry-go-	round

	E	A	E
Said	Santa to a girl child	what would please you most to	get?

	A	E
A	little baby doll that can cry, sleep, drink and	wet

	B	E
And then a	way went Rudolph whizzin’ like a Sabre J	et

E	A	E
Run, run Rudolph,	Santa’s got to make it to	town

A	E
Santa make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway	down

B	E
Run, run Rudolph, I’m reelin’ like a merry-go-ro	und

E7

Danny and the Juniors - At The Hop (1958)

Originally in G, I play in E capo 3

Play fast, swung, with 6ths, except possibly let the intro be rubato

Intro (probably rubato, unless someone can really sing this well)

E

E	C#m
Bah-bah-bah-bah,	bah-bah-bah-bah

A	B	E
Bah-bah-bah-bah,	bah-bah-bah-bah, at the	hop

Now fast, with 6ths

	E
Well, you can	rock it you can roll it

You can stomp and you can stroll it at the hop

	A
When the	record starts spinnin’

	E
You calypso and you chicken at the	hop

	B	A	E
Do the	dance sensations that are	sweepin’ the nation at the	hop

E

Let’s go to the hop

Let’s go to the hop (oh baby)

A

Let’s go to the hop (oh baby)

E

Let’s go to the hop

B	A	E
Come	on,	let’s go to the hop

	E
Well, you can	swing it you can groove it

You can really start to move it at the hop

	A
Where the	jockey is the smoothest

	E
And the music is the coolest at the	hop

	B	A	E
All the	cats and chicks can	get their kicks at the	hop, let’s go!

E

Let’s go to the hop

Let’s go to the hop (oh baby)

A

Let’s go to the hop (oh baby)

E

Let’s go to the hop

B	A	E
Come	on,	let’s go to the hop, let’s go!

Solo on verse chords

This time, vox on the 3 in the original

	E
Well, you can	rock it you can roll it

Do the stomp and you can stroll it at the hop

	A
When the	record starts spinnin’

	E
You calypso and you chicken at the	hop

	B	A	E
Do the	dance sensations that are	sweepin’ the nation at the	hop, you...

	E
Can	swing it you can groove it

You can really start to move it at the hop

	A
Where the	jockey is the smoothest

	E
And the music is the coolest at the	hop

	B	A	E
All the	cats and chicks can	get their kicks at the	hop, let’s go!

E

Let’s go to the hop

Let’s go to the hop (oh baby)

A

Let’s go to the hop (oh baby)

E

Let’s go to the hop

B	A	E
Come	on,	let’s go to the hop

E	C#m
Bah-bah-bah-bah,	bah-bah-bah-bah

A	B	E
Bah-bah-bah-bah,	bah-bah-bah-bah, at the	hop

Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (1963)

U2 in G#, I play in E capo 1

Highest note is the the 1 (“baaaaby please come home”

Intro

E	G#m	A	B

E	G#m
The snow’s coming down,	I’m watching it fall

A	B
Lots of people around,	baby please come home

E	G#m
The church bells in town,	they’re ringing a song

A	B
What a happy sound,	baby please come home

Let ring

E

They’re singing deck the halls

G#m

But it’s not like Christmas at all

A

I remember when you were here

B

And all the fun we had last year

E	G#m
Pretty lights on the tree,	I’m watching them shine

A	B
You should be here with me,	baby please come home

Solo

E	G#m	A	B
		Baby please come home,	baby please come home

Let ring

E

They’re singing deck the halls

G#m

But it’s not like Christmas at all

A

I remember when you were here

B

And all the fun we had last year

E	G#m
If there was a way,	I’d hold back these tears

A	B
But it’s Christmas day,	baby please come home

E	G#m	A	B
Oh		baby please come home,	baby please come home

E	G#m
Baby please come home,	oh oh

A	B
Baby please come home,	baby please come home

E

Dave Dudley - Six Days on the road (1963)

Lyrics here follow the Mudcrutch version

Mudcrutch in A, Dave Dudley in G, George Thorogood in G, I play in A

Intro

A	D	A	E	A
		→	→

Vox on the 3

	A	E	A
Well I	pulled out of Pittsburgh	rolling down that Eastern sea	board

	E
I got my diesel wound up, she’s running like she never did be	fore

	D	E
There’s a	speed zone ahead a	lright

	A	D
But I	don’t see a cop in	sight

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m gonna	see my baby to	night

	A	E	A
I got	ten forward gears and a	sweet Georgia over	drive

	E
I’m takin’ little white pills, my eyes are open	wide

	D	E
Well I j	ust passed a Jimmy and a	White

	A	D
I been	passing everything in	sight

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m gonna	see my baby to	night

	A	E	A
Well it	seems like a month since I	kissed my baby good	bye

	E
Could have a lotta women, I’m not like some other	guys

	D	E
I could	find one to hold me	tight

	A	D
But I could	never believe it’s	right

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m	gonna see my baby to	night

Here we go

Solo on verse chords

A	E	A	A
A	A	E	E
D	E	A	D
A	E	A	A

	A	E	A
Well the	I.C.C. is	checkin’ on down the	line

	E
I’m a little overweight and my log book’s way be	hind

	D	E
But	nothing bothers me ton	ight

	A	D
I could	dodge them scales al	right

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m	gonna see my baby to	night

Solo on verse chords

A	E	A	A
A	A	E	E
D	E	A	D
A	E	A	A

	A	E	A
Well my	rig’s a little old but	that don’t mean she’s	slow

	E
There’s a flame from her stack and that smoke blowin’ black as	coal

	D	E
Well my	home town is coming in	sight

	A	D
And if you	think I’m happy you’re	right

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m	gonna see my baby to	night

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m	gonna see my baby to	night

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m	gonna see my baby to	night

A

Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (1955)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3. Highest note is the 3 (“I hear”).

B	D	A	E7

Vox on the low 3 on “went”

	A
You	went away and left me long time ago

A

Now you’re knocking on the door

Vox on the high 3 on “hear”

	D
I hear you	knocking

	A
But you can’t come	in

	D
I hear you	knocking

	E7
Go back where you	been

	A
I	begged you not to go but you said goodbye

A

Now you’re telling me all your lies

	D
I hear you	knocking

	A
But you can’t come	in

	D
I hear you	knocking

	E7
Go back where you	been, oh yeah

Solo

A	A
	Ooo, hoooh, come on ramp it up

D	D
	Fats Domino

A	A
Smiley Lewis

B	D	E7	Eaug
Chuck Berry,	Huey Smith, oh,	let’s do it

	A
You	better get back to your used to be

	A
‘Cause	your kind of love ain’t good for me

	D
I hear you	knocking

	A
But you can’t come	in

	D
I hear you	knocking

	E7
Go back where you	been

	A
I	told you way back in ‘52

	A
That	I would never go with you

	D
I hear you	knocking

	A
But you can’t come	in

	B	D
I hear you	knocking

	E7	Eaug
Go back where you	been

Outro

A	A	A	A
D	D	A	A

Dion - Runaround Sue (1961)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 2

Highest note is the 4.

Quiet, let ring

A

Here’s my story it’s sad but true

F#m

It’s about a girl that I once knew

D

She took my love then ran around

E

With every single guy in town

Pick it up

These are really background “hey” over lead “whoa”

A

Hey, hey, whoa

F#m

Hey, hey, whoa

D

Hey, hey, whoa

Hard stop on the last “whoa” (every time)

E

Hey, hey, whoa

Not a typo, he definitely says “yem”

A

Yem, I should have known it from the very start

F#m

This girl’d leave me with a broken heart

D

Aw listen people what I’m telling you

Hard stop on the 1 (every time)

E

Ah keep away from Runaround Sue, yeah

A

I miss ‘em lips and the smile from her face

F#m

The touch of her hand and this girl’s warm embrace

D

So if you don’t want to cry like I do

E

Ah, keep away from Runaround Sue

A

Hey, hey, whoa

F#m

Hey, hey, whoa

D

Hey, hey, whoa

E

Hey, hey, whoa

D

She likes to travel around

	A
She’ll	love you, then she’ll put you down

	D
Now p	eople let me put you wise

Hard stop on “Sue” (both times)

	E
Ah,	Sue goes out with other guys

	A
Here’s the	moral and the story from the guy who knows

F#m

I’ve been in love and my love still grows

	D
A	sk any fool that she ever knew

	E
They’ll say	keep away from Runaround Sue

A

Hey

F#m

Yea, keep away from this girl

D

I don’t know what she’ll do

E

Keep away from Sue

D

She likes to travel around

	A
She’ll	love you, then she’ll put you down

	D
Now p	eople let me put you wise

	E
Ah	she goes out with other guys

	A
Here’s the	moral and the story from that guy who knows

F#m

I’ve been in love and my love still grows

D

Ask any fool that she ever knew

No hard stop this time

	E
They’ll say	ah, keep away from Runaround Sue

Fade on...

A

Yea

F#m

Stay away from that girl

D

Don’t you know what she’ll do now

E

Whoa...

Dion - The Wanderer (1961)

Originally in D, I play in D or C. If in C, I use 8x555x fingering

so I can (a) be less folk-y and (b) work the 6ths in.

Swung, with 6ths if practical

D

	D
Oh well	I’m the type of guy who will never settle down

Where pretty girls are, well you know that I’m around

	G
I	kiss ‘em and I love ‘em ‘cause to me they’re all the same

	D
I	hug ‘em and I squeeze ‘em, they don’t even know my name

	A	G
They call me the	wanderer, yeah the	wanderer

	D	A
I roam a	round around around around

	D
Oh well there’s	Flo on my left arm and there’s Mary on my right

And Janie is the girl well that I’ll be with tonight

	G
And	when she asks me which one I love the best

	D
I	tear open my shirt and I show her Rosie on my chest

	A	G
‘Cause I’m a	wanderer, yeah a	wanderer

	D
I roam a	round around around around

	A
Oh well I	roam from town to town

I go through life without a care
And I'm as happy as a clown

Hang on “two fists”

	B7	E
With my	two fists of iron, but I’m	going nowhere

	D
Oh,	I’m the type of guy that likes to roam around

I’m never in one place, I roam from town to town

	G
And	when I find myself fallin’ for some girl

	D
Yeah, I	hop right into that car of mine, I drive around the world

	A	G
Yeah I’m a	wanderer, yeah the	wanderer

	D	A
I roam a	round around around around

Solo on verse chords

	D
Oh,	I’m the type of guy that likes to roam around

I’m never in one place, I roam from town to town

	G
And	when I find myself fallin’ for some girl

	D
I	hop right into that car of mine, drive around the world

	A	G
Cause I’m a	wanderer, yeah a	wanderer

	D
I roam a	round around around around around

	A	G
Yeah I’m a	wanderer, they call me a	wanderer

	D
I roam a	round around around around around

	A	G
Yeah I’m a	wanderer, they call me a	wanderer

	D	A7	D	D9
I roam a	round around around around around

Dion and the Belmonts - A Teenager in Love (1959)

Originally in C#, I play in C capo 1

C	Am	F	G
			x2

C	Am
Each time we	have a quarrel

F	G
It almost	breaks my heart

C	Am	F	G
‘Cause I am	so afraid	that we will	have to part

C	Am	F	G
Each night I	ask the	stars up a	bove

C	Am	F	G
Why must I	be a teen	ager in	love?

C	Am
One day I	feel so happy

F	G
Next day I	feel so sad

C	Am	F	G
I guess I’ll	learn to take	the good	with the bad

	C	Am	F	G
‘Cause	each night I	ask the	stars up a	bove

C	Am	F	G
Why must I	be a teen	ager in	love?

F	G	F	G
I cried a	tear	for nobody but	you

F	G	F	G
I’ll be a	lonely one if	you should say we’re	through

C	Am
Well if you want to	make me cry

F	G
That won’t be so	hard to do

C	Am
If you should	say goodbye

F	G
I’d still go on	loving you

C	Am	F	G
Each night I	ask the	stars up a	bove

C	Am	F	G
Why must I	be a teen	ager in	love?

F	G	F	G
I cried a	tear	for nobody but	you

F	G	F	G
I’ll be a	lonely one if	you should say we’re	through

C	Am
Well if you want to	make me cry

F	G
That won’t be so	hard to do

C	Am
And if you should	say goodbye

F	G
I’d still go on	loving you

C	Am	F	G
Each night I	ask the	stars up	above

C	Am	F	G
Why must I	be a teen	ager in	love?

C	Am	F	G
Why must I	be a teen	ager in	love?

C	Am	F	G
Why must I	be a teen	ager in	love?

Dusty Springfield - I Only Want to Be with You (1964)

Originally in G, I play in A

Intro

A	D	E	E
			x2

Vox on the 3 on “don’t”

	A	F#m
I	don’t know what it is that makes me	love you so

	A	F#m
I	only know I never want to	let you go

	D	E	Bm	E
Cause	you started	something, oh	can’t you	see

	A	F#m
That	ever since we met you’ve had a	hold on me

	D	E	Bm	E	A	D	E
It	happens to be	true, I	only wanna	be with	you	→

	A	F#m
It	doesn’t matter where you go or	what you do

	A	F#m
I	want to spend each moment of the	day with you

	D	E	Bm	E
Now	look what has	happened with	just one	kiss

	A	F#m
I	never knew that I could be in	love like this

	D	E	Bm	E	A	D	A
It’s	crazy but it’s	true, I	only wanna	be with	you	→

Bridge

Vox on 3 2 of the chord on “you stopped”

F	A	D	A
You stopped and smiled at me,	asked if I	care to	dance

E	F#m7	B7	E
I fell into your open arms, and	I didn’t s	tand a	chance, now listen honey

A	F#m
I just wanna be beside you	everywhere

	A	F#m
As	long as we’re together honey	I don’t care

	D	E	Bm	E
Cause	you started	something, oh	can’t you	see

	A	F#m
That	ever since we met you’ve had a	hold on me

	D	E	Bm	E	A	D	E
No	matter what you	do, I	only wanna	be with	you	→

Solo on verse chords

A	F#m	A	F#m
D	E	Bm	E
A	A	F#m	F#m

D	E	Bm	E	A

Bridge

F	A	D	A
You stopped and smiled at me,	asked if I	care to	dance

E	F#m7	B7	E
I fell into your open arms, and	I didn’t s	tand a	chance, now hear me tell you

A	F#m
I just wanna be beside you	everywhere

	A	F#m
As	long as we’re together honey	I don’t care

	D	E	Bm	E
Cause	you started	something, oh	can’t you	see

	A	F#m
That	ever since we met you’ve had a	hold on me

	D	E	Bm	E	A	D	A
No	matter what you	do, I	only wanna	be with	you	→

	D	E	Bm	E	A	D	A
I said no	matter, no matter what you	do, I	only wanna	be with	you	→

Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (1958)

With half-step slides

E
E	A	B	E
→		→	x2

	E	E	A	B	E
I’m a-g	onna raise a fuss, I’m a-gonna raise a holler	→		→

	E	E	A	B	E
About a-	workin’ all summer, just to try to earn a dollar	→		→

	A
Every	time I call my baby, try to get a date

Hard stop on “boss”

	E
My boss	says “no dice son, you gotta work late”

	A
Some	times I wonder what I’m a-gonna do

Hard stop on “ain’t”

	E
But there	ain’t no cure for the summertime blues

With half-step slides

E
E	A	B	E
→		→	x2

	E	E	A	B	E
Well my	mom ‘n poppa told me “son, you gotta make some money”	→		→

	E	E	A	B	E
If you	wanna use the car to go a-ridin’ next Sunday	→		→

	A
Well I	didn’t go to to work, told the boss I was sick

Hard stop on “can’t”

	E
“Now you	can’t use the car ‘cause you didn’t work a lick”

	A
Some	times I wonder what I’m a-gonna do

Hard stop on “ain’t”

	E
But there	ain’t no cure for the summertime blues

With half-step slides

E
E	A	B	E
→		→	x2

	E	E	A	B	E
I’m gonna	take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation	→		→

	E	E	A	B	E
I’m gonna	take my problem to the United Nations	→		→

	A
Well I	called my Congressman and he said, quote

Hard stop on “like”

	E
“I’d	like to help you son, but you’re too young to vote”

	A
Some	times I wonder what I’m a-gonna do

Hard stop on “ain’t”

	E
But there	ain’t no cure for the summertime blues

With half-step slides

E
E	A	B	E
→		→	x4

Elvis Presley - Don’t Be Cruel (1956)

D

	D	D
You k	now I can be found,	sitting home all alone

	G	D
If y	ou can’t come around, at	least please telephone

	Em	A	D
A-don’t be	cruel	to a heart that’s	true

D	D
Baby, if I made you mad, for	something I might have said

	G	D
P	lease, let’s forget my past, the f	uture looks bright ahead

	Em	A	D	D7
A-don’t be	cruel	to a heart that’s	true

	G	A	G	A	D
I don’t w	ant no other	love,	baby it’s just	you I’m thinking	of

D	D
Don’t stop thinking of me, a-don’t m	ake me feel this way

	G	D
Come on	over here and love me, you	know what I want you to say

	Em	A	D	D7
A-don’t be	cruel	to a heart that’s	true

	G	A	G	A	D
Why	should we be a	part, I	really love you	baby, cross my	heart

	D	D
Let’s w	alk up to the preacher, and l	et us say I do

	G	D
Th	en you’ll know you’ll have me, and I’ll	know that I’ll have you

	Em	A	D	D7
A-don’t be	cruel	to a heart that’s	true

Hard stop after this line

	G	A	G	A	D
I don’t w	ant no other	love,	baby it’s just	you I’m thinking	of

	Em	A	D
A-don’t be c	ruel t	o a heart that’s t	rue

	Em	A	D	D7
Don’t be	cruel	to a heart that’s	true

	G	A	G	A	D
I don’t w	ant no other	love,	baby it’s just	you I’m thinking	of

D6

Elvis Presley - Fever (1960)

Often played in Am, I play in Em capo 3.

Note the vocals ride mostly on IV in this key, i.e. the A in Em.

Crazy chromatic key changes are also common, but I skip that when

doing it acoustic. This is fun to do with just bass and vox, in

which I case I go up a half-step after every chorus.

Em

Never know how much I love you

D	B7	Em
Never know how	much I	care

Em

When you put your arms around me

	B7	Em
I get a	fever that’s so hard to	bear

	Em	C
You give me fever,		when you kiss me

D	Em
Fever when you hold me	tight

Em	C
Fever,	in the morning

B7	Em
Fever all through the	night

Em

Sun lights up the daytime

D	B7	Em
Moon lights	up the	night

Em

I light up when you call my name

	B7	Em
And you	know I’m gonna treat you	right

	Em	C
You give me fever,		when you kiss me

D	Em
Fever when you hold me	tight

Em	C
Fever,	in the morning

B7	Em
Fever all through the	night

Em

Ev’rybody’s got the fever

D	B7	Em
That is something	you all	know

Em

Fever isn’t such a new thing

B7	Em
Fever started long a	go

Em

Romeo loved Juliet

D	B7	Em
Juliet she	felt the	same

Em

When he put his arms around her, he said

B7	Em
Julie, baby, you’re my	flame

	Em	C
Thou givest fever,		when we kisseth

D	Em
Fever when thy flaming	youth

Em	C
Fever	I’m afire

B7	Em
Fever, yea I burn for	sooth

Em

Captain Smith and Pocahantas

D	B7	Em
Had a very	mad af	fair

Em

When her Daddy tried to kill him, she said

B7	Em
“Daddy-o don’t you	dare.”

Em	C
He gives me fever,	with his kisses

D	Em
Fever when he holds me	tight

Em	C
Fever,	I’m his missus

	B7	Em
Oh	daddy won’t you treat him	right

Em

Now you’ve listened to my story

D	B7	Em
Here’s a point that	I have	made

Em

Chicks were born to give you fever

	B7	Em
Be it	Fahrenheit or Centi	grade

Em	C
They give you fever,	when you kiss them

D	Em
Fever if you live and	learn

Em	C
Fever,	till you sizzle

B7	Em
What a lovely way to	burn

B7	Em
What a lovely way to	burn

B7	Em
What a lovely way to	burn

Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel (1956)

Starts a cappella on the high 1, chord hits after the end of each line

	E
Well,	since my baby left me

	E
Well I	found a new place to dwell

Goes up to something like the b3 on “end”, but this is likely to train wreck, so just descend on the pentatonic minor

	E
Well it’s	down at the end of lonely street

	E
At	heartbreak hotel, well I’ve been

A7

I’ve been so lonely baby, well, I’m so lonely

B7	E
I’m so lonely, I could	die

	E
Alth	ough it’s always crowded

	E
You s	till can find some room

	E
For b	roken-hearted lovers

	E
To	cry away their gloom

A7

They’ve been so lonely baby

They’ll make you so lonely

	B7	E
Oh	they’re be so lonely they could	die

	E
Now, the b	ell hop’s tears keep flowin

	E
And the d	esk clerk’s dressed in black

	E
Well they b	een so long on lonely street

	E
They	never, they never look back

A7

And they’re so lonely baby

Well they’re so lonely

B7	E
Well they’re so lonely they could	die

	E
Well, i	f your baby leaves you

	E
And you g	ot a tale to tell

	E
Well, just ta	ke a walk down lonely street

	E
To	heartbreak hotel, where you will be

A

You’ll be so lonely, where you’ll be lonely

B7	E
You’ll be so lonely you could	die

Solo on verse and chorus chords

E	E	A	B	E
	E
Alth	ough it’s always crowded

	E
You s	till can find some room

	E
For b	roken-hearted lovers

	E
To	cry away their gloom

A7

They’ve been so lonely baby

They’ll make you so lonely

	B7	E
Oh	They’re be so lonely they could	die

F9	E9
→

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (1956)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 1

	A
You ain’t nothin’ but a h	ound dog, cryin’ all the time

	D	A
You ain’t nothin’ but a	hound dog, cryin’ all the	time

	E
Well, you ain’t	never caught a rabbit

	D	A
And you	ain’t no friend of	mine

	A
Well they said you was	high-classed, well, that was just a lie

	D	A
Yeah they said you was	high-classed, well, that was just a	lie

	E
Yeah, you ain’t	never caught a rabbit

	D	A
And you	ain’t no friend of	mine

	A
You ain’t nothin’ but a h	ound dog, cryin’ all the time

	D	A
You ain’t nothin’ but a	hound dog, cryin’ all the	time

	E
Well, you ain’t	never caught a rabbit

	D	A
And you	ain’t no friend of	mine

Solo

A	A	A	A
D	D	A	A
E	D	A	A

	A
Well they said you was	high-classed, well, that was just a lie

	D	A
Yeah they said you was	high-classed, well, that was just a	lie

	E
Well, you ain’t	never caught a rabbit

	D	A
And you	ain’t no friend of	mine

More solo

A	A	A	A
D	D	A	A
E	D	A	A

	A
When they said you was	high classed

	A
Well they said you was	high-classed, well, that was just a lie

	D	A
You know they said you was	high-classed, well, that was just a	lie

	E
Well, you ain’t	never caught a rabbit

	D	A
And you	ain’t no friend of	mine

	A
You ain’t nothin’ but a h	ound dog, cryin’ all the time

	D	A
You ain’t nothin’ but a	hound dog, cryin’ all the	time

Hard stop on “rabbit”

	E
Well, you ain’t	never caught a rabbit

IV is implied

	D	A	A#9	A9
You	ain’t no friend of	mine	→

Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (1957)

Originally in Eb, I play in Db

C	Db
→

x2

Vox in on the minor 3

C	Db
The	warden threw a party in the county jail

C	Db
Pris	on band was there and they began to wail

C	Db
The band	was jumpin’ and the joint began to swing

	C	Db
You	shou	lda heard thosed kocked out jail birds sing

	Gb7	Db
Let’s	rock, everybody let’s	rock

	Ab7	Gb7
Every	body in the whole cell	block

	Db
Was	dancin’ to the jail-house rock

C	Db
Spid	er Murphy played the tenor saxophone

C	Db
Litt	le Joe was blowin’ on the slide trombone

C	Db
The	drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang

C	Db
The	whole rhythm section was a purple gang

	Gb7	Db
Let’s	rock, everybody let’s	rock

	Ab7	Gb7
Every	body in the whole cell	block

	Db
Was	dancin’ to the jail-house rock

C	Db
Numb	er forty seven said to number three

C	Db
You’	re the cutest jailbird I ever did see

C	Db
I su	re would be delighted with your company

C	Db
Come	on and do the jailhouse rock with me

	Gb7	Db
Let’s	rock, everybody let’s	rock

	Ab7	Gb7
Every	body in the whole cell	block

	Db
Was	dancin’ to the jail-house rock

Solo on chorus chords

Gb7	Db	Ab7	Gb	Db
C	Db
The	sad sack was a-sittin’ on a block of stone

C	Db
Way	over in the corner weeping all alone

C	Db
The	warden said hey, buddy, don’t you be no square

C	Db
If y	ou can’t find a partner use a wooden chair

	Gb7	Db
Let’s	rock, everybody let’s	rock

	Ab7	Gb7
Every	body in the whole cell	block

	Db
Was	dancin’ to the jail-house rock

C	Db
Shif	ty Henry said to Bugs for heaven’s sakes

C	Db
No o	ne’s lookin’ now’s our chance to make a break

C	Db
Bugs	y turned to Shifty and he said nix, nix

C	Db
I wa	nna stick around a while and get my kicks

	Gb7	Db
Let’s	rock, everybody let’s	rock

	Ab7	Gb7
Every	body in the whole cell	block

	Db
Was	dancin’ to the jail-house rock

Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (1956)

D	E7	A7	D
Love me tender,	love me sweet,	never let me go

D	E7	A7	D
You have made my	life complete,	and I love you so

D	F#7	Bm	D7	G	Gm	D
Love me	tender,	love me	true,	all my	dreams ful	fill

D	B7	E7	A7	D
For my	darling	I love you,	and I always	will

D	E7	A7	D
Love me tender,	love me long,	take me to your	heart

D	E7	A7	D
For it’s there that	I belong,	and we’ll never	part

D	F#7	Bm	D7	G	Gm	D
Love me	tender,	love me	true,	all my	dreams ful	fill

D	B7	E7	A7	D
For my	darling	I love you,	and I always	will

D	E7	A7	D
Love me tender,	love me dear,	tell me you are	mine

D	E7	A7	D
I’ll be yours through	all the years,	til the end of	time

Fats Domino - Ain’t That a Shame (1955)

Fats Domino in B, McCartney in E, Cheap Trick in B

I play in A capo 2

	A
You made,	me cry, when you said goodbye

	D	A
Ain’t that a	shame, my tears fell like	rain

	D	E
Ain’t that a	shame, you’re the one to	blame

	A
You broke,	my heart, when you said we’ll part

	D	A
Ain’t that a	shame, my tears fell like	rain

	D	E
Ain’t that a	shame, you’re the one to	blame

	A
Oh well	, goodbye, although, I’ll cry

	D	A
Ain’t that a	shame, my tears fell like	rain

	D	E
Ain’t that a	shame, you’re the one to	blame

Solo on verse chords

A	A	D	A	D	E

	A
You made,	me cry, when you said goodbye

	D	A
Ain’t that a	shame, my tears fell like	rain

	D	E
Ain’t that a	shame, you’re the one to	blame

	A
Oh well	, goodbye, although, I’ll cry

	D	A
Ain’t that a	shame, my tears fell like	rain

	D	A
Ain’t that a	shame, you’re the one to	blame

A	A/C#	D	Ebdim7	E	A
→	→	→	→	→

Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (1956)

Fats Domino in B, I play in D

Intro

D	G	D

Vox on the 1 on “I”

	G
I found my t	hrill

	D
On Blueberry	Hill

	A7
On Blueberry	Hill

	D	G	D
Where I found	you

	G
The moon stood	still

	D
On Blueberry	Hill

	A7
And lingered un	til

Not a typo! It’s a IV in the first verse, and a iv here

	D	Gm	D
My dreams came true

	C6	D
The	wind in the	willow played

A/D	D	D7
Love’s sweet melod	y

	C#7	F#m	C#7	F#m
But	all of the vo	ws you m	ade

Vocally easier to hard stop on the last chord on this line

	C#7	F#	A7
Were	never to	be

	G
Though we’re ap	art

	D
You’re part of me	still

	A7
For you were my	thrill

	D	Gm	D
On Blueberry Hil	l

	C6	D
The	wind in the	willow played

A/D	D	D7
Love’s sweet melod	y

	C#7	F#m	C#7	F#m
But	all of the vo	ws you m	ade

	C#7	F#	A7
Were	only to	be

	G
Though we’re a	part

	D
You’re part of me	still

	A7
For you were my	thrill

	D	Gm	D
On Blueberry H	ill

Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon (1964)

The Am→A7 transition is pretty optional.

Play G7’s as barre.

Am7

Am7	Dm7
Fly me to the	moon

	G7	Cmaj7
And let me p	lay among the	stars

Fmaj7	Bm7b5
Let me see what s	pring is like

	E7	Am7	A7
On J	upiter and	Mars

	Dm7	G7	Em7	A7
In o	ther words,	hold my h	and

	Dm7	G7	Cmaj7	E7
In	other words,	baby	kiss me

Am7	Dm7
Fill my heart with s	ong

	G7	Cmaj7
And let me	sing for ever m	ore

Fmaj7	Bm7b5
You are all I lo	ng for

	E7	Am7	A7
All I	worship and a	dore

	Dm7	G7	Em7	A7
In o	ther words,	please be	true

	Dm7	G7	C	E7
In	other words,	I love	you

Am7	Dm7
Fill my heart with s	ong

	G7	Cmaj7
And let me	sing for ever m	ore

Fmaj7	Bm7b5
You are all I lo	ng for

	E7	Am7	A7
All I	worship and a	dore

	Dm7	G7	Em7b5	A7
In	other words,	please be	true

	Dm7
In o	ther words

	Fm7
In o	ther words

	C	Fdim7	C
I love	you

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh What a Night) (1963)

Originally in C#, I play in G

G	G	G/B	C
C	C	G/D	D
			(x2)

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

C	G/D	D	G	G/B	C
Late Dec	ember, b	ack in ‘	sixty-t	hree

C	G/D	D	G	G/B	C
What a v	ery	special	time for	me

	C	G/D	D	G	G/B
As	I rem	ember, w	hat a	night

C	C	G/D	D

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

	C	G/D	D	G	G/B	C
You k	now, I d	idn’t e	ven k	now her n	ame

	C	G/D	D	G	G/B	C
But I	was n	ever	gonna	be the same

C	G/D	D	G	G/B
What a la	dy,	what a	night

C	C	G/D	D

	Am7
Oh,	I

	C	Em	D
I g	ot a funny feeling when she	walked in the	room

	Am7
And,	I

	C	D	G/D	D
As	I recall, it ended much	too soon	→

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

C	G/D	D	G	G/B	C
Hypno	tising,	mesmer	ising me

C	G/D	D	G	G/B	C
She was e	veryth	ing I	dreamed she’d	be

C	G/D	D	G	G/B
Sweet su	rrender,	what a	night

C	C	G/D	D

Funky horn bridge

Em	A
	x 2

Am7	Bm7
I felt a rush like a	rolling bolt of thunder

C	D
Spinning my head around and	taking my body under

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

C	C	G/D	D

G	G	G/B	C
C	C	G/D	D

	Am7
Oh,	I

	C	Em	D
I g	ot a funny feeling when she	walked in the	room

	Am7
And,	I

	C	D	G/D	D
As	I recall, it ended much too s	oon	→

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

C	G/D	D	G	G/B	C
Why’d it	take so l	ong to	see the l	ight?

C	G/D	D	G	G/B	C
Seemed so	wrong, but n	ow it	seems so r	ight

C	G/D	D	G	G/B
What a la	dy,	what a ni	ght

C	C	G/D	D

Funky horn bridge

Em	A
	x 2

Am7	Bm7
I felt a rush like a	rolling bolt of thunder

C	D
Spinning my head around and	taking my body under

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

C	C	G/D	D
	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

C

G/D

D

Gary Lewis and the Playboys - Count Me In (1965)

Originally in F, I play in D capo 2

D	F	Bb	Aaug
			x2

D	F#m	A
If you need someone to count on,	count me	in

D	F#m	D7
Someone you can rely on,	through thick and	thin

G	Em
When you start to count the ones that	you might ever doubt

D	F	Bb	Aaug
If you think of	counting me,	count me	out

D	F#m	A
When you count the ones that want you,	count me	too

D	F#m	D7
And if I’m not first on your lis	t, count me	blue

G	Em
Just be sure you count on me and	when the countin’s through

D	F	A	D
Count me	madly,	in love with	you

With triplets on the V

D	D	F#m	A
			x2

D	F#m	A
If you need someone to count on,	when you’re	down

D	F#m	D7
And all your other friends you’ve l	ost, can’t be	found

G	Em
Just be sure you count on me	when you’re down and out

D	F	Bb	Aaug
Count me in through	thick and thin, or	it don’t	count

D	F#m	A
When you count the ones that want you,	count me	too

D	F#m	D7
And if I’m not first on your lis	t, count me	blue

G	Em
Just be sure you count on me and	when the countin’s through

D	F	A	D
Count me	madly,	in love with	you

D	D	F#m	A
			x4

D

Gerry and the Pacemakers - How Do You Do It (1963)

Originally in A, I play in G

Intro

G	Em	Am	D
G	C	G	F	F#
			→

G	Em	Am	D
How	do you	do what you	do to me?

G	Em	Am	D
I	wish I	knew

	G	Em	Am
If I	knew how you	do it to	me

	D	G	C	G	F	F#
I’d	do it to	you			→

G	Em	Am	D
How	do you	do what you d	o to me?

G	Em	Am	D
I’m	feeling	blue

	G	Em	Am
Wish I	knew how you	do it to	me

	D	G	C	G	F	G	F	G
But I	haven’t a	clue			→		→

Vox on the 3 of the minor chord on “give”

	Am	D	G	Em7
You	give me a	feeling in my	heart

Vox on the 5 4 of the minor chord on “arrow”

	Am	D	G	F	G	F	G
Like an	arrow,	passin’	through it	→		→

	Am	D	G	Em
Sup	pose that you	think you’re very	smart

Vox up to the 5 of the chord on “won’t”, then the 3 of the chord on “how”

	A	D
But	won’t you tell me	how do you do it?

A	D	C	D	C	D
		→		→

G	Em	Am	D
How	do you	do what you	do to me?

G	Em	Am	D
If I	only	knew

	G	Em	Am	D	G	C	G	D
Then perh	aps you’d	fall for	me like I	fell for	you

Solo on verse chords

	Am	D	G	Em7
You	give me a	feeling in my	heart

	Am	D	G	F	G	F	G
Like an	arrow,	passin’	through it	→		→

	Am	D	G	Em
Sup	pose that you	think you’re very	smart

	A	D
But	won’t you tell me	how do you do it?

A	D	C	D	C	D
		→		→

G	Em	Am	D
How	do you	do what you	do to me?

G	Em	Am	D
If I	only	knew

	G	Em	Am	D	E	A7
Then perh	aps you’ll	fall for	me like I	fell for	you

	D	G	C	G	F	G	F	G
When I	do it to	you			→		→

Harry Belafonte - Jump in the Line (1961)

Originally in F, I play in E. Lots of 1.

Intro

E	B
	x8

Vox on the 5

	E	B
Sh	ake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body l	ine

	E
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the t	ime

Vox up to the 1

	B
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body l	ine

	E
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the t	ime

With hard stops

E	A
My girl’s name is Sen	ora

	E	B
I	tell you friends, I a	dore her

	E	A
And	when she dances, oh b	rother

	E	B
She’s a h	urricane in all k	inds of weather

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, OK,	I believe you

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, OK,	I believe you

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, OK,	I believe you

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, whoa

	E	B
Sh	ake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body l	ine, whoa

	E
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the t	ime

	B
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body li	ne

	E
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the t	ime

	E	A
Y	ou can talk about	cha cha

	E	B
T	ango, waltz, or de	rumba

	E	A
Sen	ora’s dance has no t	itle

	E	B
You j	ump in the saddle, hold o	n to de bridle

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, OK,	I believe you

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, rock your b	ody, child

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, somebod	y, help me

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, whoa

	E	B
Sh	ake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body l	ine

	E
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the t	ime, whoa

	B
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body l	ine, yep

	E
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the t	ime

	E	A
Seno	ra, she’s a sens	ation

	E	B
The r	eason for avi	ation

	E	A
And f	ellas, you got to w	atch it

	E	B
When she w	ind up she bottom, she g	o like a rocket

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, OK,	I believe you

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, h	oist those skirts a little higher

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, up the	chimney

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, w	hoa

Brass solo

E	B
	x8

Pause a measure after this line

	E
Sh	ake, shake, shake, Senora

B

Shake your body line

...and another measure after this line

B

Work, work, work, Senora

	E
Work it all the	time

...and here

E

Dance, dance, dance, Senora

B

Dance it all the time

...and here

B

Work, work, work, Senora

B	E
Work it all the	time

	E	A
Sen	ora dances Ca	lypso

	E	B
L	eft to right is de t	empo

	E	A
And w	hen she gets the sen	sation

	E	B
She go	up in the air, come d	own in slow motion

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, OK,	I believe you

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime,	somebody help me

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, OK,	I believe you

	E	B	E	B
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime, OK,	I believe you

	E	B	E
J	ump in de line,	rock your body in t	ime

	E	B
Sh	ake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body l	ine

	E
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the t	ime, whoa

Hard stop on “nora”

	E
Work, work, work, Sen	ora

Herman’s Hermits - I’m Into Something Good (1964)

Originally in C, I play in G

G	C
	x 4

G	C	G	C
Woke up this	morning	feeling	fine

G	C	G
There’s something	special	on my mind

C	G
Last night I met a new girl in the neighbor	hood, whoa yeah

D	C	G
Something tells me	I’m into something	good

	C	G	C
(Something	tells me	I’m into	something)

G	C	G	C
She’s the kind of	girl who’s	not too	shy

G	C	G
And I can	tell I’m	her kind of guy

C	G
She danced close to me like I hoped she	would

(She danced with me like I hoped she would)

D	C	G
Something tells me	I’m into something	good

	C	G	C
(Something	tells me	I’m into	something)

Bridge

Vox on the 7 of the chord

D

We only danced for a minute or two

	G	C	G
But then she	stuck close to	me the	whole night through

D

Can I be falling in love?

A	A7	D
She’s everything I’ve been	dreaming	of

	A7	D
She’s everything I’ve been	dreaming	of

G	C	G	C
I walked her	home and she	held my	hand

	G	C	G
I k	new it couldn’t	be just a	one-night stand

	C	G
So	I asked to see her next week and she told me I	could

(I asked to see her and she told me I could)

D	C	G
Something tells me	I’m into something	good

	C	G	C
(Something	tells me	I’m into	something)

	G	C	G	C
(	Something	tells me	I’m into	something)

Two extra measures of IV

C	C
Ahhhh

Pseudo-solo

G	G	C	D

G	C	G	C
I walked her	home and she	held my	hand

	G	C	G
I k	new it couldn’t	be just a	one-night stand

	C	G
So I	asked to see her next week and she told me I	could

(I asked to see her and she told me I could)

D	C	G
Something tells me	I’m into something	good

	C	G	C
(Something	tells me	I’m into	something)

D	C	G
Something tells me	I’m into something	good

	C	G	C
(Something	tells me	I’m into	something)

	D	C	G
To something	good, oh	yeah, something	good

	C	G	C
(Something	tells me	I’m into	something)

	D	C	G
To something	good, oh	yeah, something	good

Herman’s Hermits - Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter (1965)

Muted, uke-like feel in the verse, open up in the chorus

C	Em	Dm7	G7
			x2

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Mrs.	Brown you’ve	got a	lovely	daughter

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Girls as	sharp as	her are	somethin’	rare

Am	C	Am	C
But it’s	sad,	she doesn’t	love me now

Am	C	G7
She’s made it	clear enough it ain’t no good to	pine

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
She wants	to re	turn those	things I	bought her

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Tell her	she can	keep them	just the	same

Am	C	Am	C
Things have	changed,	she doesn’t	love me now

Am	C	G7	Bb
She’s made it	clear enough it ain’t no good to	pine

Vox on the root (Eb), up a half step from “pine”

Eb	Gm	Ab	Bb
Walkin’ a	bout,	even in a	crowd, well

Gb	Bbm	Bb	G
You’ll pick her	out,	makes a bloke feel	so proud

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
If she	finds that	I’ve been	’round to	see you

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Tell her	that I’m	well and	feelin’	fine

Am	C	Am	C
Don’t let	on,	don’t say she’s	broke my heart

Am	C	G7	Bb
I’d go down	on my knees but it’s no good to	pine

Eb	Gm	Ab	Bb
Walkin’ a	bout,	even in a	crowd, well

Gb	Bbm	Bb	G
You’ll pick her	out,	makes a bloke feel	so proud

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
If she	finds that	I’ve been	’round to	see you

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Tell her	that I’m	well and	feelin’	fine

Am	C	Am	C
Don’t let	on,	don’t say she’s	broke my heart

Am	C	G7
I’d go down	on my knees but it’s no good to	pine

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Mrs.	Brown you’ve	got a	lovely	daughter

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Mrs.	Brown you’ve	got a	lovely	daughter

C6

Jay and the Americans - Come a Little Bit Closer (1963)

Originally in Eb, I play in C

e|-1-1-1-1-1---0--------|---------------------|-----------------|
B|-3-3-3-3-3---1---1----|-1-1-----------------|---0-1/3---------|
G|-----------------2----|-2-2-2-2---2---------|-2-0-2/4---------|
D|----------------------|-----3-3---3---------|-3---------------|
A|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------|

	C	F	C
In a	little cafe just the	other side of the	border

	F	C
She was just sitting there giving me	looks that made my mouth	water

	F
So I	started walking her way, she belonged to bad man Jose

Hard stop at the end of the line

	G	C	F	G
And I	knew, yes I knew I should leave when I heard her	say, a	y,	ay

The IV is implied here

F	C
Come a little bit	closer

	F	G	F
You’re	my kind of	man, so big and so	strong

	C
Come a little bit	closer

F	G	C	F	G	F
I’m all a	lone, and the night is so long

	C	F	C
So we	started to dance, in my	arms she felt so in	viting

	F	C
That I just couldn’t resist just	one little kiss, so ex	citing

	F
Then I	heard the guitar player say, “Vamoose, Jose’s on his way”

	G	C	F	G
And I	knew, yes I knew I should run, but I heard her	say, a	y,	ay

F	C
Come a little bit	closer

	F	G	F
You’re	my kind of	man, so big and so	strong

	C
Come a little bit	closer

F	G	C	F	G	F
I’m all a	lone, and the night is so long

Solo

C	C	F	G
			x 4

	C	F	C
Then the	music stopped, when I	looked the cafe was	empty

	F	C
Then I heard Jose say “an, you	know you’re in trouble	plenty”

	F
So I	dropped my drink from my hand and through the window I ran

	G	C	F	G
And as	I rode away I could hear her say to	Jos	e

F	C
Come a little bit	closer

	F	G	F
You’re	my kind of	man, so big and so	strong

	C
Come a little bit	closer

F	G	C	F	G	F
I’m all a	lone, and the night is so long

With ad libs

C	C	F	G
			x 4

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire (1957)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 2

Hard stops throughout this verse

A

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain

D7

Too much love drives a man insane

E7	D7
You broke my will,	but what a thrill

A

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire

Band enters

A

I laughed at love, for I thought it was funny

D7

You came along and moved me honey

E7	D7
I changed my mind,	this love is fine

A

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire

D7	A
Kiss me baby, woooooo,	it feels good

D7

Hold me baby

	E7
Well,	I want to love you like a lover should

E7

You’re fine, so kind

E7

Got to tell this world that you’re mine mine mine mine

A

I chew my nails and then I twiddle my thumbs

D7

I’m real nervous but it sure is fun

E7	D7
C’mon baby,	you drive me crazy

A

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire

Solo

A	D	E	D	A
		→		x2

D7	A
Kiss me baby, woooooo,	it feels good

D7

Hold me baby

	E7
Well,	I want to love you like a lover should

E7

You’re fine, so kind

E7

Got to tell this world that you’re mine mine mine mine

A

I chew my nails and then I twiddle my thumbs

D7

I’m real nervous but it sure is fun

E7	D7
C’mon baby,	you drive me crazy

A

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire

A

Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (1956)

Originally starts in Bb, I play the first chord as A capo 3

Intro

A	D	A	E	E7	E

	B	E
I keep a	close watch on this heart of	mine

	B	E
I keep my	eyes wide open all the	time

	A	E
I keep the	ends out for the tie that	binds

	B	E
Because you’re	mine, I walk the	line

A

	E	A
I find it	very, very easy to be	true

	E	A
I find mys	elf alone when each day’s	through

	D	A
Yes, I’ll ad	mit that I’m a fool for y	ou

	E	A
Because you’re	mine, I walk the	line

D

	A	D
As sure as n	ight is dark and day is	light

	A	D
I keep you	on my mind both day and	night

	G	D
And happin	ess I’ve known proves that it’s	right

	A	D
Because you’re	mine, I walk the	line

A

	E	A
You’ve got a	way to keep me on your	side

	E	A
You give me	cause for love that I can’t h	ide

	D	A
For you I k	now I’d even try to turn the	tide

	E	A
Because you’re	mine, I walk the	line

E

	B	E
I keep a	close watch on this heart of	mine

	B	E
I keep my	eyes wide open all the	time

	A	E
I keep the	ends out for the tie that	binds

	B	E
Because you’re	mine, I walk the	line

E

Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (1963)

Intro

G	C	G
	→

G/B	C	G
	→

G	C	G
Love, is a b	urning t	hing

	G	D	G
And it m	akes a	fiery	ring

G	C	G
Bound, by w	ild desi	res

G	D	G
I fell into a r	ing of f	ire

D	C	G
I fell into a b	urning ring of	fire

	D	C	G
I went	down, down, down, and the	flames went	higher

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

G	C	G
	→

G/B	C	G
	→

G	C	G
	→

G/B	C	G
	→

D	C	G
I fell into a b	urning ring of	fire

	D	C	G
I went	down, down, down, and the	flames went	higher

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

	G	C	G
The	taste of	love is sw	eet

	G	D	G
When	hearts like o	urs	meet

G	C	G
I fell for you	like a c	hild

G	D	G
Oh, but the fir	e went w	ild

D	C	G
I fell into a b	urning ring of	fire

	D	C	G
I went	down, down, down, and the	flames went	higher

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

D	C	G
I fell into a b	urning ring of	fire

	D	C	G
I went	down, down, down, and the	flames went	higher

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

Lesley Gore - It’s My Party (1963)

Originally in A, I play in A capo 2

A	E	D	A	E
	→	→

A	Aaug
It’s my party and I’ll	cry if I want to

D	Dm
Cry if I want to,	cry if I want to

A	F#m	Bm	E	A
You	would cry	too if it	happened to	you

A	E	D	A	E
	→	→

Way down to the 5 of the chord on “gone”

A	C
Nobody knows where my	Johnny has gone

	A	D
But	Judy left the same	time

F	A
Why was he	holding her hand

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “he’s”, 6 on “posed”

	B7	E
When	he’s supposed to be	mine

A	Aaug
It’s my party and I’ll	cry if I want to

D	Dm
Cry if I want to,	cry if I want to

A	F#m	Bm	E	A
You	would cry	too if it	happened to	you

A	E	D	A	E
	→	→

A	C
Play all my records keep	dancing all night

	A	D
But	leave me alone for a w	hile

F	A
Till Johnny’s	dancing with me

	B7	E
I’ve	got no reason to	smile

A	Aaug
It’s my party and I’ll	cry if I want to

D	Dm
Cry if I want to,	cry if I want to

A	F#m	Bm	E	A
You	would cry	too if it	happened to	you

A	E	D	A	E
	→	→

Solo on chorus chords if appropriate

A	C
Judy and Johnny just	walked through the door

A	D
Like a queen with her	king

F	A
Oh what a	birthday surprise

B7	E
Judy’s wearing his	ring

A	Aaug
It’s my party and I’ll	cry if I want to

Hanging stop on the second “cry”

D	Dm
Cry if I want to,	cry if I want to

A	F#m	Bm	E
You	would cry	too if it	happened to

A	F#m	Bm	E
You	would cry	too if it	happened to

A	F#m	Bm	E	A
You	would cry	too if it	happened to	you

A	E	D	A
	→	→

Little Eva - The Locomotion (1962)

Originally around Eb, I play in E (down an octave) (obviously)

Intro

E

Vox on the 1

E	C#m
Everybody’s doing a	brand new dance, now

Vox on the 5

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

	E	C#m
I	know you’ll get to like it if you	give it a chance now

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

Vox on 1 2 1 2 of the chord (4 6 4 6 of the key) on “little baby”

	A	F#m
My	little baby sister can	do it with ease

	A	F#
It’s	easier than learning your	ABC’s

Vox on 6 5 on “come on”

	E	B	E
So,	come on, come on,	do the locomotion with	me

Vox on the 6 on “swing”

E	A
You gotta swing your hips, now,	come on, baby

	E	B
Jump	up, jump back, well I	think you’ve got the knack, whoa, oh

E	C#m
Now that you can do it	let’s make a chain now

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

	E	C#m
A	chug-a-chug-a motion like a	railroad train, now

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

A	F#m
Do it nice and easy now,	don’t lose control

	A	F#
A l	ittle bit of rhythm, and a	lot of soul

E	B	E
Come on, come on,	do the locomotion with	me

Sax solo

E	A	E	B

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

E	C#m
Move around the floor in a	locomotion

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

E	C#m
Do it holding hands, if	you get the notion

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

	A	F#m
There’s	never been a dance that’s so	easy to do

	A	F#
It	even makes you happy when you’re	feeling blue

	E	B	E
So,	come on, come on,	do the locomotion with	me

E

(Come on) You gotta swing your hips, now, (do the locomotion)

A

(Come on) That’s right

	E
You’re doin’ f	ine (come on, do the locomotion)

	A
Come on,	baby (come on, do the locomotion) mmmm, mmm, mmm

	E
Jump	up, jump back (come on, do the locomotion)

	A
You’re lookin’	good (come on, do the locomotion) mmm, mmm, mmm

Little Richard - Tutti Frutti (1955)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 2, most of the melody is on the 3

Intro, vox on the 1

Wa bop a lu mop a lop bom bom

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	D
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	E	D
Tutti	frutti, oh	rooty

Hard stop on “wa”

	A
Ah w	a bop a lu mop a lop bom bom

	A
I got a	girl named Sue

She knows just what to do

	D
I’ve got a	girl named Sue

	A
She	knows just what to do

Hard stops on the next two lines

	A	A
She	rock me to the east, she	rock me to the west

	A
But	she’s the girl that I love best

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty, wooooh

	D
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	E	D
Tutti	frutti, oh	rooty

	A
Ah w	a bop a lu mop a lop bom bom

	A
I g	ot a girl named Daisy

	A
She	almost drive me crazy

	D
Got a	girl named Daisy

	A
She	almost drive me crazy

	A	A
She	knows how to love me,	yes, indeed

A

Boy, you don’t know what she do to me

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty, wooooh

	D
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	E	D
Tutti	frutti, oh	rooty

Not exactly a hard stop, percussion plays through

A

Wa bop a lu mop, ow

Solo

A	A	A	A
D	D	A	A
E	D#	A	A

	A
Aaaah, tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty, wooooh

	D
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	E	D
Tutti	frutti, oh	rooty

	A
Ah w	a bop a lu mop a lop bom bom

	A
I g	ot a girl named Daisy

	A
She	almost drive me crazy

	D
Got a	girl named Daisy

	A
She	almost drive me crazy

	A	A
She	knows how to love me,	yes, indeed

A

Boy, you don’t know what she do to me

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty, wooooh

	D
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	A
Tutti	frutti, oh rooty

	E	D
Tutti	frutti, oh	rooty

Not exactly a hard stop, percussion plays through

	A
Ah w	a bop a lu mop a lop bam boom

Malvina Reynolds - Little Boxes (Weeds Theme) (1962)

Originally in F, I play in C capo 1

Highest note is the 3

Intro, rubato

C	Am	F	Em	Dm	C
		→	→	→

At tempo

C

Vox on 5 6 3 1 on “little boxes”

	C	F	C
Little bo	xes on the hillside, little bo	xes made of tic	ky-tacky

Vox stay on the 5 on “boxes”

	C	G7	C	G7
Little	boxes on the	hillside, little	boxes all the	same

	C	F	C
There’s a	pink one, and a green one, and a	blue one, and a y	ellow one

	C	G7	C	G7	C
And they’re	all made out of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look	just the s	ame

C

	C	F	C
And the	people in the houses, all	went to the unive	rsity

	C	G7	C	G7
Where	they were put in	boxes, and they	came out all the	same

	C	F	C
And there’s	doctors, and lawyers, and	business exe	cutives

	C	G7	C	G7	C
And they’re	all made out of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look	just the	same

C

	C	F	C
And they	all play on the golf course, and	drink their marti	nis dry

	C	G7	C	G7
And they	all have pretty	children, and the	children go to	school

	C	F	C
And the	children go to summer camp, and	then to the unive	rsity

	C	G7	C	G7	C
Where	they are put in	boxes, and they	come out	all the s	ame

C

	C	F	C
And the	boys go into business, and	marry and raise a f	amily

	C	G7	C	G7
In	boxes made of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look just the	same

	C	F	C
There’s a	pink one, and a green one, and a	blue one, and a y	ellow one

Slow and hold...

	C	G7	C	G7	C
And they’re	all made out of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look	just the	same

Back at tempo

C	Am	F	Em	Dm	C
		→	→	→

Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street (1964)

Vandellas around Eb, Bowie and Jagger in B, I play in A

Intro

G/A	A
→	x4

G/A	A	G/A	A
Callin’	out a	round the	world

	G/A	A	G/A	A
Are you	ready for a	brand new	beat

G/A	A	G/A	A
Summer’s	here and the	time is	right

	G/A	A	G/A
For	dancin’	in the	street

	A	G/A	A	G/A
They’re	dancin’ in Chi	cago

	G/A	A
Down in	New Orl	eans

G/A	A	G/A	A
In	New York	City

G/A	A	D
All we	need is m	usic, sweet music

D

There’ll be music everywhere

	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’ll be	swingin’,	swayin’ and	records	playing’

G/A	A	G/A	A
Dancin’	in the	street,	oh

C#7

It doesn’t matter what you wear

	F#m
Just as	long as you are there

Mamas and the Papas (and Bowie/Jagger) use a II instead of a ii here... that’s a good idea!

	Bm
So come on,	every guy grab a girl

D/E	E
Everywhere ar	ound the world

	G/A	A
There’ll be	dancing

G/A	A	G/A	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet

	G/A	A	G/A	A
This is	an invi	tation ac	ross the	nation

	G/A	A	G/A	A
A	chance for	folks to	meet

	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’ll be	laughter,	singing and	music s	winging

G/A	A	G/A
Dancing	in the st	reet

	A	G/A	A	G/A
Phila	delphia,	P.A.

	A	G/A	A
Balti	more and D.	C. now

G/A	A	G/A	A
Can’t for	get the Motor	City

G/A	A	D
All we	need is m	usic, sweet music

D

There’ll be music everywhere

	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’ll be	swingin’,	swayin’ and	records	playing’

G/A	A	G/A	A
Dancin’	in the	street,	oh

C#7

It doesn’t matter what you wear

	F#m
Just as	long as you are there

	Bm
So come on,	every guy grab a girl

D/E	E
Everywhere ar	ound the world

	G/A	A
They’re	dancing

G/A	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet (dancing i	n the street)

G/A	A	G/A	A	G/A
Way down	in L.	A., ev	eryda	y (dancing)

	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet (dancin’	in the street)

G/A	A	G/A	A	G/A
Let’s form a	big long	line (	get in	time)

	A	G/A	A
Were dancing	in the st	reet (dancing	in the street)

G/A	A	G/A	A
Across the	ocean	blue (dancing	in the street)

	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet, yeah (dancing	in the street)

Misc - Gilligan’s Island Theme (1964)

Originally starts in Dm, I play in Bm capo 3

	Bm	A	Bm	A
Just	sit right back and you’ll	hear tale, a	tale of a fateful	trip

	Bm	A	G	A	Bm
That	started from this	tropic port, a	board this	tiny	ship

	Cm	A#	Cm	A#
The m	ate was a mighty	sailin’ man, the	skipper brave and	sure

	Cm	A#	G#	A#	Cm
Five	passengers set	sail that day for a	three	hour	tour

	G#	A#	Cm
A	three	hour	tour

Pause for lightning sounds...

	C#m	B	C#m	B
The	weather started	getting rough, the	tiny ship was	tossed

	C#m	B	A	B	C#m
If	not for the courage of the	fearless crew, the	Minnow	would be	lost

	A	B	C#m
The	Minnow	would be	lost

	Dm	C	Dm	C
The	ship set ground on the	shore of this unch	arted desert	isle

	Dm	C	Dm	C
With	Gilligan, the	skipper too, the	millionaire and his	wife

In early seasons, this just said “the movie star, and the rest”

	Dm	C	Dm	C	Dm	C	Dm
The	movie	star, the	professor and	Mary Ann,	here on	Gilligan’s	isle

This was the outro in most seasons

	Bm	A	Bm	A
Now,	this is a tale of our	castaways, they’re	here for a long, long	time

	Bm	A	G	A	Bm
They’ll	have to make the	best of things,	it’s an	uphill	climb

	Cm	A#	Cm	A#
The	first mate and his	skipper too will	do their very	best

	Cm	A#	G#	A#	Cm
To	make the others	comfortable in the	tropic	island	nest

	C#m	B	C#m	B
No	phones, no lights, no	motorcars, not a	single lux	ury

	C#m	B	A	B	C#m
Like	Robinson Cah-r	u-soe, it’s p	rimitive	as can	be

	Dm	C	Dm	C
So	join us here each	week my friend, you’re	sure to get a	smile

	Dm	C	A	Dm
From	seven stranded	castaways,	here on Gilligan’s	isle

Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1962)

Originally in B, I play in D capo 3

Do do do

D	Bm	G	A
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

D	Bm	G	A
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

D	Bm	G
Down dooby	doo down	down

A	D	G	D
Breaking up is	hard	to	do

	D	Bm	G	A
Don’t take your	lov	e a	way from	me

D	Bm	G	A
Don’t you	leave my heart in	mise	ry

D	D/C#	Bm
If you	go then	I’ll be blue

Vox on the 2 of the chord on “breaking”

	E	A
‘Cause	breaking up is hard to	do

	D	Bm	G	A
Re-mem-ber	whe	n you	held me	tight

D	Bm	G	A
And you	kissed me	all through the	night

D	D/C#	Bm
Think of	all that	we’ve been through

	E	A	D
And	breaking up is	hard to	do

Vox stay on the 1 for “they say”, and on “break”,

it goes to the b3

	Dm	G7	Dm	G7
They say that breaking	up	is	hard to	do

C	Cmaj7	C6	Cmaj7
Now I	know I	know that it’s	true

Cm	F7	Cm	F7
Don’t	say that	this is the	end

	A#
In	stead of breaking up I wish that

A7

We were making up again

	D	Bm
I beg of	you

G	A
Don’t say good	bye

D	Bm	G	A
Can’t we	give our love a	nother	try?

D	D/C#	Bm
Come on	baby, let’s	start anew

	E	A	D
‘Cause	breaking up is	hard to	do

Girls sing the first and third lines this time

	Dm	G7	Dm	G7
They say that breaking	up	is	hard to	do

C	Cmaj7	C6	Cmaj7
Now I	know I	know that it’s	true

Cm	F7	Cm	F7
Don’t	say that	this is the	end

	A#
In	stead of breaking up I wish that

A7

We were making up again

	D	Bm
I beg of	you

G	A
Don’t say good	bye

D	Bm	G	A
Can’t we	give our love a	nother	try?

D	D/C#	Bm
Come on	baby, let’s	start anew

	E	A	D
‘Cause	breaking up is	hard to	do

Fade

D	Bm	G	A
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

D	Bm	G	A
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

D	Bm	G
Down dooby	doo down	down

Patsy Cline - Crazy (1962)

Originally in Bb, I play in E

E	E	A6	A6	Amaj7	G#m7	F#m7	B7

Vox on 3 5 on “crazy”, 1 3 5 1 b7 of the chord on “crazy for feeling”

Play the bVII in the same voicing as you’re going to play the VI

E	E	D	C#7	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
Crazy,		I’m	crazy for feeling	so lonely

Vox on 9 3 of the chord on “crazy”, which starts where “lonely” was

1 3 5 4 (up an octave) 9 of the chord on “crazy for feeling”

	B	Gdim7	E	Fdim7	F#m7	B7
I’m	crazy, crazy for	feeling so	blue

E	E	D	C#7	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
I knew		you’d l	ove me as long as you	wanted

Vox on 9 3 of the chord on “someday”, 7 of the chord on “somebody”

	B	B7	E	F#m7	Gdim7	G#dim7
And then	someday you’d leave me for s	omebody	new

Vox on 5 3 of the chord on “worry”

A	E	Fdim7
Worry, why do I let myself	worry?

Vox on “wond’ring” the same as “worry”

F#7	B	B7
Wond’ring what in the world did I	do?

E	E	D	C#7	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
Crazy		for	thinking that my love	could hold you

	Amaj7	G#m7	F#m7	Fdim7
I’m	crazy for	trying and	crazy for	crying

	F#m7	B7	E	B9
And I’m	crazy for	loving you

Originally changes key here up a half-step, I just repeat

E	E	D	C#7	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
Crazy		for	thinking that my love	could hold you

	Amaj7	G#m7	F#m7	Fdim7
I’m	crazy for	trying and	crazy for	crying

	F#m7	B7	E
And I’m	crazy for	loving you

Paul Simon - Kathy’s Song (1964)

Originally in G tuned down to F#, I play in G

Intro

G	G	G	C/G
			x4

G	C/G	G
I hear the	drizzle of the	rain

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
Like a	memo	ry i	t	falls

G	Bm/F#	G	C
Soft and	warm cont	inu	ing

Am	Asus2/G	D	G
Tapping	on my	roof and	walls

G	C/G
	x4

G	C/G	G
And from the	shelter of my	mind

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
Through the	window	of m	y	eyes

	G	Bm/F#	G	C
I	gaze be	yond the	rain-drenched	streets

Not a typo, this line is shorter than it is in all the other verses, and the vi/5 is gone

	Am	D	G
To E	ngland,	where my h	eart lies

G	C/G
	x4

D11	D11
G	C/G
	x4

G	C/G	G
My mind’s dis	tracted and diffu	sed

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
My thoughts are m	any	miles	a	way

	G	Bm/F#	G	C
They l	ie with	you when	you’re a	sleep

	Am	Asus2/G	D	G
And k	iss you	when you	start your	day

G	C/G
	x4

	G	C/G	G
And a s	ong I was	writing is left un	done

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
I don’t know	why I	spend m	y	time

G	Bm/F#	G	C
Writing	songs I	can’t be	lieve

	Am	Asus2/G	D	G
With w	ords that	tear and	strain to	rhyme

G	C/G
	x4

D11	D11
G	C/G
	x4

G	C/G	G
And so you	see, I have come to	doubt

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
All that	I once	held a	s	true

G	Bm/F#	G	C
I stand a	lone with	out be	liefs

	Am	Asus2/G	D	G
The o	nly	truth I	know is	you

G	C/G
	x4

G	C/G	G
And as I	watch the drops of	rain

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
Weave their	weary	paths a	nd	die

	G	Bm/F#	G	C
I	know that	I am	like the	rain

Am	Asus2/G	D	G
There but f	or the grace of	you go	I

G	C/G
	x4

Optionally play an instrumental verse

G

Peter, Paul, and Mary - If I Had a Hammer (1962)

Originally in A, I play in D, highest note is the 1

D	F#m	G	A
			x2

	D	F#m	G	A
If I had a	ha	mmer

	D	F#m	G	A
I’d hammer in the	mo	rnin	g

	D	F#m	G
I’d hammer in the	ev	enin	g

	A
All over this	land

	D
I’d hammer out	danger

	Bm
I’d hammer out a	warning

	G	D
I’d hammer out	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

A	D	F#m	G	A
All over this l	an	d

D	F#m	G	A
Ooh

	D	F#m	G	A
If I had a	bell

	D	F#m	G	A
I’d ring it in the	mo	rnin	g

	D	F#m	G
I’d ring it in the	ev	enin	g

	A
All over this	land

	D
I’d ring out	danger

	Bm
I’d ring out a	warning

	G	D
I’d ring out	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

A	D	F#m	G	A
All over this l	an	d

D	F#m	G	A
Ooh

	D	F#m	G	A
If I had a	song

	D	F#m	G	A
I’d sing it in the	mo	rnin	g	morning

	D	F#m	G
I’d sing it in the	ev	enin	g

	A
All over this	land

	D
I’d sing out	danger

	Bm
I’d sing out a	warning

	G	D
I’d sing out	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

A	D	F#m	G	A
All over this l	an	d

D	F#m	G	A
Ooh

	D	F#m	G	A
Well I’ve got a	ha	mmer

	D	F#m	G	A
And I’ve got a	bell

	D	F#m	G
And I’ve got a	song	to	sing

	A
All over this	land

	D
It’s a hammer of	justice

	Bm
It’s a bell of	freedom

	G	D
It’s a song about	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

A	D	F#m	G
All over this l	an	d

	A	D
It’s the	hammer of	justice

	Bm
It’s a bell of	freedom

	G	D
It’s a song about	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

	Bm	A	D
All over this	lan	d

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Puff, the Magic Dragon (1963)

G	G	Bm7	Bm7	C	C	G	G
C	C	G	Em	A	D	G	D

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ived by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicked in the	autumn	mist

	A	D
In a	land called Hona	lee

G	Bm7	C	G
Little Jackie	Paper	loved that rascal	Puff

	C	G	Em
And	brought him strings and	sealing	wax

	A	D	G	D
And	other	fancy	stuff	Oh

	G	Bm7	C	G
Toget	her they would	travel on boa	t with billowed	sail

C	G	Em	A	D
Jackie kept a lookout		perched on	Puff’s gigantic tail

G	Bm7	C	G
Noble kings and	princes would	bow whene’er they came

C	G	Em
Pirate ships would	lower their	flags

	A	D	G	D
When	Puff roared out	his	name

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ived by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicked in the	autumn	mist

	A	D
In a	land called Hona	lee

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ived by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicked in the	autumn	mistn

	A	D	G	D
In a	land called	Hona	lee

	G	Bm7	C	G
A dra	gon lives for	ever, but	not so little boys

C	G	Em	A	D
Painted wings and	giant’s	rings make	way for other	toys

G	Bm7	C	G
One grey night it	happened, Jackie	Paper came no more

	C	G	Em	A	D	G	D
And Puf	f that mighty	dragon,	he cea	sed his	fearless	roar

	G	Bm7	C	G
His hea	d was bent in	sorrow, gre	en scales fell like rain

C	G	Em	A	D
Puff no longer	went to	play al	ong the cherry	lane

	G	Bm7	C	G
With	out his lifelong	friend, P	uff could not be brave

	C	G
So, Puf	f that mighty	dragon

Em	A	D	G	D
Sadly	slipped in	to his	cave, but

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ives by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicks in the	autumn	mist

	A	D
In a	land called Hona	lee

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ives by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicks in the	autumn	mist

	A	D	G
In a	land called	Hona	lee

Peter, Paul, and Mary - This Land is Your Land (1962)

PPM play this in A, I play in G capo 1.

G

	C	G
This land is	your land, this land is	my land

	D7	G
From Calif	ornia to the New York	island

	C	G	Em
From the redwood f	orests to the Gulf Stream	wat	ers

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
As I was	walking that ribbon of	highway

	D7	G
I saw ab	ove me, that endless	skyway

	C	G	Em
I saw bel	ow me, the golden	valley

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, this land is	my land

	D7	G
From Calif	ornia to the New York	island

	C	G	Em
From the redwood f	orests to the Gulf Stream	wat	ers

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
I roamed and	rambled, and followed my	footsteps

	D7	G
Through the sparkling	sands of her diamond	deserts

	C	G	Em
And all ar	ound me this voice kept	saying

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, this land is	my land

	D7	G
From Calif	ornia to the New York	island

	C	G	Em
From the redwood f	orests to the Gulf Stream	wat	ers

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
As the sun was	shining, and I was	strolling

	D7	G
Through the wheat fields	waving and the dust clouds	rolling

	D7	G	Em
I could feel in	side me and see all ar	ound me

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, this land is	my land

	D7	G
From Calif	ornia to the New York	island

	C	G	Em
From the redwood f	orests to the Gulf Stream	wat	ers

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Where Have All the Flowers Gone (1962)

Originally in Bb, I play in C

Intro

C	Am	C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

Dm7	G
Long time ag	o

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

F	G
Young girls have picked them	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	G	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever	learn?

C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the y	oung girls gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the y	oung girls gone?

Dm7	G
Long time	ago

C	Am
Where have all the y	oung girls gone?

F	G
Gone for husbands	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	C	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever l	earn?

C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the hus	bands gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the	husbands gone?

Dm7	G
Long time	ago

C	Am
Where have all the hus	bands men gone?

F	G
Gone for soldiers	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	C	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever l	earn?

C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the	soldiers gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the	soldiers gone?

Dm7	G
Long time	ago

C	Am
Where have all the	soldiers gone?

F	G
Gone to graveyards	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	C	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever l	earn?

Not a typo, there’s no I → vi before this verse

C	Am
Where have all the	graveyards gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the	graveyards gone?

Dm7	G
Long time	ago

C	Am
Where have all the	graveyards gone?

F	G
Gone to flowers	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	C	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever l	earn?

C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

Dm7	G
Long time ag	o

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

F	G
Young girls have picked them	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	G	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever	learn?

C

Am

C

Petula Clark - Downtown (1964)

A	A	D/A	E/A
			x2

In A, play this E/A in open position

A	E/A
When you’re a	lone

	D/A	E/A
And life is	making you	lonely

In A, play the C#m with open B and E

	A	C#m7	D	E
You can	always	go	downt	own

A	E/A
When you’ve got	worries

	D/A	E/A
All the	noise and the	hurry

	A	C#m7	D	E
Seems to	help, I	know,	down	town

	A	F#m
Just	listen to the music of the	traffic in the city

A	F#m
Linger on the sidewalk where the	neon signs are pretty

C#m7

How can you lose?

Chords follow vocal rhythm

D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D
	The	lights	are	much	brigh	ter	there

E/D	D	F#m	B
You	can for	get all your	troubles, forget all your cares and go

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	things’ll be great when you’re

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	no finer place for sure

Hang on “everything”

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	everything’s waiting for you

A	G/A	A	G/A
A	G/A	A	G/A
Down	town

A	E/A
Don’t hang a	round

	D/A	E/A
And let your	problems sur	round you

	A	C#m7	D	E
There are	movie	shows	down	town

A	E/A
Maybe you	know

	D/A	E/A
Some little	places to	go to

	A	C#m7	D	E
Where they	never	close	down	town

	A	F#m
Just	listen to the rhythm of a	gentle bossanova

A	F#m
You’ll be dancing with ‘em too	before the night is over

C#m7

Happy again

D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D
	The	lights	are	much	brigh	ter	there

E/D	D	F#m	B
You	can for	get all your	troubles, forget all your cares and go

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	where all the lights are bright

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	waiting for you tonight

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	you’re gonna be alright now

A	G/A	A	G/A
A	G/A	A	G/A
Down	town

Possible solo on verse chords, in the youtube arrangement I’m following

this sounds great without a lead guitar.

	A	F#m
And	you may find somebody kind to	help and understand you

A	F#m
Someone who is just like you and	needs a gentle hand to

C#m7

Guide them along

D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D
	So	may	be	I’ll	see	you	there

E/D	D	F#m	B
We	can for	get all our	troubles, forget all your cares and go

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	things’ll be great when you’re

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	don’t wait a minute more

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	everything’s waiting for you

A	G/A	A	G/A
A	G/A	A	G/A
Down	town

Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack (1961)

Originally in Abm, I play in Em capo 2

More faithful version of the chords

Em6	Em/D	C7	B9

More practical version of the chords, mix and match to taste

Em	D	C	B7

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more	(	What you s	ay?)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more

	Em	D	C	B7
Oh	woman, oh	woman, don’t	treat me so	mean

	Em	D	C	B7
You’re the	meanest old	woman that I’ve	ever	seen

	Em	D	C	B7
I	guess if	you say	so

	Em	D	C	B7
Ah then I’ll	have to pack my	things and	go (That’s	right)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more	(	What you s	ay?)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more

	Em	D	C	B7
Now b	aby, listen ba	by, don’t ya t	reat me this-a	way

	Em	D	C	B7
For I’	ll be	back on my fe	et some da	y

	Em	D	C	B7
(Don’t c	are if you	do ‘cause it’s	underst	ood

	Em	D	C	B7
You ain’t	got no mon	ey you ju	st ain’t no g	ood

	Em	D	C	B7
Well, I g	uess if y	ou say	so

	Em	D	C	B7
Ah then I’d h	ave to pack my	things and	go (That’s	right)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more	(	What you s	ay?)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more

With “Don’t you come back no more”

You must be joking
What you trying to do to me?
Can't we talk it over?
I thought we had a better understanding
Aw, baby don't be so chilly
You don't wanna see me cry
Oh, baby please, it isn't fair

	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
And	don’t you come	back no	more

Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou (1961)

Intro

A

	A	D
Hel	lo Mary Lou,	goodbye heart

	A	E
Sweet	Mary Lou I’m so in love with	you

	A	C#7	F#m
I	knew Mary Lou,	we’d never	part

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	A
She	passed me by one sunny day

D

Flashed those big brown eyes my way

	A	E
And o	oh I wanted you forever	more

	A
Now	I’m not one that gets around

D

Swear my feet stuck to the ground

	A	E	A
And	though I never d	id meet you be	fore

	A	D
I said	hello Mary Lou,	goodbye heart

	A	E
Sweet	Mary Lou I’m so in love with	you

	A	C#7	F#m
I	knew Mary Lou,	we’d never	part

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	A
I	saw your lips I heard your voice

	D
Be	lieve me I just had no choice

	A	E
Wild h	orses couldn’t make me stay a	way

	A
I	thought about a moonlit night

D

Arms around you good and tight

	A	E	A
That’s	all I had to	see for me to	say

	A	D
Hey hey	hello Mary Lou,	goodbye heart

	A	E
Sweet	Mary Lou I’m so in love with	you

	A	C#7	F#m
I	knew Mary Lou,	we’d never	part

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	B7	E	A	D	A	E	A
Yes hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart		→	→

Ricky Nelson - Travelin’ Man (1961)

D	Bm
	x2

	D	Bm
I’m a	travelin’ man, I’ve	made a lot of stops

D	Bm
All over the	world

Yes, of course you can tack a iv at the end of this line

	D	D7	G
And in	every p	ort I	own the heart

	D	A	D	A7
Of at	least one	lovely	girl

	D	Bm
I’ve a	pretty Senorita,	waiting for me

D	Bm
Down in old Mexi	co

	D	D7	G
If you’re	ever in Ala	ska,	stop and see

	D	A	D	D7
My	cute little	Eski	mo

	G	F#m
Oh, my	sweet Fraulein down in	Berlin town

G	D
Makes my heart start to	yearn

	G	F#m
And my	China doll down in	old Hong Kong

E	A7
Waits for my re	turn

	D	Bm
Pretty	Polynesian baby	over the sea

D	Bm
I remember the	night

	D	D7	G
When we	walked in the s	ands of	Waikiki

	D	A	D	A7
And I h	eld you	oh so	tight

Solo on verse chords

D	Bm	D	Bm
D	D7	G	G
D	A	D	D7

	G	F#m
Oh, my	sweet Fraulein down in	Berlin town

G	D
Makes my heart start to	yearn

	G	F#m
And my	China doll down in	old Hong Kong

E	A7
Waits for my re	turn

	D	Bm
Pretty	Polynesian baby	over the sea

D	Bm
I remember the	night

	D	D7	G
When we	walked in the s	ands of	Waikiki

	D	A	D	A7
And I h	eld you	oh so	tight

D	Bm
Lord, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Yes, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Yes, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Lord, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Mmmm,	mmmm

D	A	D

Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman (1964)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 1

Intro

B

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, walking	down the street

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, the kind I’d	like to meet

	A	B
Pretty	woman, I don’t be	lieve you, you’re not the truth

No one could look as good as you

B7

Mercy

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, won’t you	pardon me

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, I couldn’t	help but see

	A
Pretty	woman

	B
That you look	lovely as can be

Are you lonely just like me?

B7

Rrrowrr

Am	D
Pretty woman,	stop a while

G	Em
Pretty woman,	talk a while

Am	D	G
Pretty woman	give your smile to	me

Am	D
Pretty woman,	yeah yeah yeah

G	Em
Pretty woman	look my way

Am	D	G	E
Pretty woman	say you’ll stay with	me

Down to the 1 of the chord on “need”

	C#m	A	B
‘Cause I	need you,	I’ll treat you	right

E	C#m	A	B	B7
Come with me	baby,	be mine to	night

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, don’t	walk on by

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, don’t	make me cry

	A	B	B7
Pretty	woman, don’t	walk away,	hey

	B
O	K, if that’s the way it must be, OK

I guess I’ll go on home, it’s late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see?
Is she walking back to me?
Yes, she's walking back to me

	E
Oh, oh, pretty	woman

Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night (1964)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 1

	E	A
Another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I j	ust got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had s	omeone to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful	way, get this

E	B
I got in town a	month ago

	E	A
I	seen a lotta girls since	then

	E	A
If I could	meet ‘em I could get ‘em but as	yet I haven’t met ‘em

	B	A	E
That’s	why I’m in the	shape I’m	in

	E	A
Here another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	someone to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful	way

	E	B	E	A
Now,	another fella	told me he had a	sister who looked just	fine

	E	A
Instead of	being my deliverance, she h	ad a strange resemblance

	B	A	E
To a	cat named	Franken	stein

	E	A
Here another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	some chick to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful	way, yeah

Solo on verse chords, with spoken verse...

Here it is another weekend, and I ain't got nobody
Man if I was back home, I'd be swingin', two chicks on my arm
Aw, yeah, listen to me, uh

E	B	E	A
It’s hard on a	fella, when h	e don’t know his way a	round

	E	A
If I don’t	find me a honey to h	elp me spend my money

	B	A	E
I’m	gonna have to	blow this	town

	E	A
Here it’s another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	some chick to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful,	everybody sing

	E	A
Another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	someone to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful,	one more time

	E	A
Another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	some chick to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful,	way

Sam Cooke - Cupid (1961)

Originally in G, I play in E

I like to strum the chorus but play the verse in a reggae style

E	C#m	E	C#m

E	C#m
Cupid,	draw back your bow

E	A
And let,	your arrow go

E	B7	E	B7
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me, no	body but me

E	C#m
Cupid,	please hear my cry

E	A
And let	your arrow fly

E	B7	A	E
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me

	E	B7
Now,	I don’t mean to bother you, but	I’m in distress

	B7	E
There’s	danger of me losin’ all of	my happiness

E	A
For I love a girl who doesn’t	know I exist

A	B7	E
And	this you can	fix, so

E	C#m
Cupid,	draw back your bow

E	A
And let,	your arrow go

E	B7	E	B7
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me, no	body but me

E	C#m
Cupid,	please hear my cry

E	A
And let	your arrow fly

E	B7	A	E
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me

	E	B7
Now,	cupid, if your arrow make her	love strong for me

	B7	E
I	promise I will love her until	eternity

	E	A
I	know, between the two of us, her	heart we can steal

A	B7	E
Help	me if you	will, so

E	C#m
Cupid,	draw back your bow

E	A
And let	your arrow go

E	B7	E	B7
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me, no	body but me

E	C#m
Cupid,	please hear my cry

E	A
And let	your arrow fly

E	B7	A	E
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me

E	C#m
Cupid, don’t you	hear me

E	C#m
Calling I	need you

E	C#m	E
Cupid

Sam Cooke - Having a Party (1962)

Originally in Bb, I play in G, highest note is the 6

Intro

G	G

G	Em
We’re havin’ a party,	dancing to the music

G	Em
Played by the D.J.,	on the radio

G	Em
The Coke’s are in the icebox,	popcorn’s on the table

G	C	G
Me and my	baby, we’re out here on the	floor

	G	Em
So	mister, mister D.J.,	keep those, records playin’

	G	C	D	G
‘Cause I’m-a-	havin’, such a	good time,	dancin’ with my	baby

G	Em
Everybody’s swingin’,	Sally’s doing that Twist now

G	Em
If you take requests I’ve,	got a few for you

G	Em
Play that song called “Soul Twist”,	play that one called “I Know”

G	C	G
Don’t forget “The	Mashed Potatoes”, no other songs will d	o

	G	Em
Let me tell you	mister, mister D.J.,	keep those, records playin’

	G	C	D	G
‘Cause I’m-a-	havin’, such a	good time,	dancin’ with my	baby

	G	Em
Havin’ a	party, everybody’s	swingin’, oh we’re

	G	Em
Dancin’ to the	music, yeah, on the radi	o, oh we’re

	G	Em
Havin’ a	party, man, everybody’s	swingin’

	G	C	C	G
We’re dancin’ to the	music, yeah	, on the radi	o, tell ‘em one more t	ime we are

	G	G	Em
Havin’ a	party,	yeah and, everybody’s	swingin’, oh we’re

	G	Em	Em
Dancin’ to the	music, yeah, on the radi	o,	tell you we’re

	G
Havin’ a	party

Sam Cooke - Twistin’ the Night Away (1962)

Originally in A, I play in G, or D capo 3/4

Highest note is the 6, but there’s a lot of 6

Vox start on the 6 on “let”

G	Em
Let me tell you ‘bout a place,	somewhere up a New York way

C	D
Where the people are so gay,	twistin’ the night away

G	Em
Here they have a lot of fun,	puttin’ trouble on the run

C	D	G
Man, you find the old and young,	twistin’ the night a	way

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night a	way

G	Em
Here’s a man in evenin’ clothes,	how he got here, I don’t know, but

C	D
Man, you oughta see him go,	twistin’ the night away

G	Em
He’s dancin’ with the chick in slacks,	she’s a-movin’ up and back

C	D	G
Oh man, there ain’t nothin’ like	twistin’ the night a	way

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night,	let’s twist a lot

	G	Em	C	D
Lean	up, lean	back, lean	up, lean	back

	G	Em	C
Wa	tusi, now	fly, now	twist

	D	G
They’re	twistin’ the night a	way

G	Em
Here’s a fella in blue jeans,	dancin’ with a older queen

C	D
Who’s dolled up in a diamond rings and	twistin’ the night away

G	Em
Man, you oughta see her go,	twistin’ to the rock and roll

C	D	G
Here you find the young and old	twistin’ the night a	way

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’ man, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night,	one more time

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’ man, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night a	way

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears (1965)

Smokey Robinson in G, Linda Ronstadt in A, I play in D capo 2

Intro

D	G	Em7	A	D	G	G	D
							x2

Vox on 3 5 6 of the kye on “people say”

	D	G	G	A
P	eople s	ay I’m the	life of the p	arty

In D or E, don’t go down on “joke or two”

	D	G	G	D
‘Ca	use I tell a j	oke or two

	D	G	G	A
Although I m	ight be l	aughing l	oud and h	earty

D	G	G	D
Deep ins	ide I’m blu	e

The first IV in each line is a ii in the Linda Ronstadt version

	D	G	G	A
So take a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	G	A
You’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of p	lace

	D	G	G	A
If you look cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	D	G	G	D
The tracks of my te	ars

	G	D	G	D
I need y	ou (need y	ou), need y	ou (need y	ou)

D	G	G	A
Since you l	eft me if you s	ee me with an	other girl

D	G	G	D
Seeming like I’m h	aving fun	→

	D	G	G	A
Although she m	ay be c	ute, she’s just a s	ubstitute

	D	G	G	D
Because,	you’re the p	ermanent one	→

	D	G	G	A
So take a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	G	A
Oh, you’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of p	lace

	D	G	G	A
Look a little bit cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	D	G	G	D
Oh, the tracks of my te	ars

	G	D	G	D
I need y	ou (need y	ou), need y	ou (need y	ou)

Random 1-measure hard stop on the I

D

Bridge

G	D	G	D
	Hey hey h	ey yeah

	G	D	G	D
Outs	iii	ide, I’m masquer	ading

	G	D	G	D
Ins	ide,	my hope is f	ading

	G	D	G	D
Just a	clown ooh y	eah, since you p	ut me d	own

Triplets, all on the vi in the Linda Ronstadt version

	D	A/C#	Bm
My s	mile i	s m	y

D	A/C#	Bm
Make u	p	I

D	A/C#	Bm
Wear	since	my

D	A/C#	Bm	A
Break	up	with y	ou

	D	G	G	A
Baby take a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	G	A
Oh, you’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of p	lace

	D	G	G	A
Yeah just looks cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	D	G	G	D
Oh, the tracks of my te	ars

	D	G	G	A
Baby baby baby take a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	G	A
Yeah, you’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of p	lace

	D	G	G	A
Look a little bit cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	D	G	G	D
Oh, the tracks of my te	ars

	D	G	A
B a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	A
You’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of pl	ace

	D	G	A
If you look cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	A	D	G	D
The tr	acks of my te	ars

Sonny and Cher - I Got You Babe (1965)

Originally in F, I play E capo 1 or open

Highest note is the 3, on “always around”

E	A/E
	x2

	E	A/E
They s	ay we’re young and	we don’t know

	E	A/E	D	B
We w	on’t find out unt	i	l we	grow

	E	A/E
Well,	I don’t know if	all that’s true

	E	A/E	D	B
Cause	you got me and ba	by	I got	you

E	A/E	E	A/E	E	A/E
Babe,	I got	you babe,	I got	you babe

	E	A/E
They	say our love won’t	pay the rent

	E	A/E	D	B
Bef	ore it’s earned our	money’s	all been	spent

	E	A/E
I	guess that’s so, we don’t	have a pot

	E	A/E	D	B	B7
But at	least I’m sure of	all the	things we	got

Hard stop after this line

E	A/E	E	A/E	E	A/E
Babe,	I got	you babe,	I got	you babe

	F#m	B
I got	flowers in the	spring

	F#m	B
I got y	ou to wear my	ring

	E	A/E
And when I’m	sad, you’re a	clown

	A/E	B	C
And if I get	scared, you’re always	around

Key change

	F	A#/F
So,	let them say your	hair’s too long

	F	A#/F	D#	C
Cause	I don’t care, with	you I	can’t go	wrong

	F	A#/F
Then	put your little	hand in mine

	F	A#/F	D#	C
There a	in’t no hill or	mountain	we can’t	climb

F	A#/F	F	A#/F	F	A#/F
Babe,	I got	you babe,	I got	you babe

F	A#/F
I got you to	hold my hand

F	C
I got you to	understand

F	A#/F
I got you to	walk with me

F	C
I got you to	talk with me

F	A#/F
I got you to	kiss goodnight

F	C
I got you to	hold me tight

F	A#/F
I got you, I	won’t let go

F	C
I got you to	love me so

F

A#/F

F

C

Pause...

	A#7	F	A#/F
I	gooooot you	babe

	F	A#/F
I got	you babe

Repeat to fade

The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun (1964)

Originally in Am, starts on the low A, then goes to the middle A, then the high A

I play in Em and start on the middle E, and only goes as high as the high(er) E

Vox cover lots and lots of 1

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

Vox on the low 1 in the original

	Em	G	A	C
There	is a	house in	New Orleans

Vox up one octave here in the original, but I don’t jump here

	Em	G	B7
They	call the	Rising	Sun

Vox up one more octave to the high 1 in the original, I jump one octave here

	Em	G	A	C
And it’s	been the	ruin of	many a poor boy

	Em	B7	Em
And	God I	know I’m	one

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

	Em	G	A	C
My	mother	was a	tailor

	Em	G	B7
She	sewed my	new blue	jeans

	Em	G	A	C
My	father	was a	gamblin’	man

Em	B7	Em
Down in	New Or	leans

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

	Em	G	A	C
Now the	only	thing a	gambler	needs

	Em	G	B7
Is a	suitcase	and	trunk

	Em	G	A	C
And the	only	time	he’s satis	fied

	Em	B7	Em
Is	when he’s	on a	drunk

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

Solo on verse chords

Starts on the low octave...

	Em	G	A	C
Oh	mothe	r tell your	children

...then jumps up here

	Em	G	B7
Not to	do what	I have	done

Em	G	A	C
Spend your	lives in	sin and mise	ry

	Em	B7	Em
In the	house of the	rising	sun

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

	Em	G	A	C
Well, I got o	ne foot o	n the	platform

	Em	G	B7
The	other foot	on the	train

	Em	G	A	C
I’m	goin’	back to	New Orleans

	Em	B7	Em
To	wear that	ball and	chain

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

	Em	G	A	C
Well, there	is a	house in	New Orleans

	Em	G	B7
They	call the	rising	sun

	Em	G	A	C
And it’s	been the	ruin of	many a poor	boy

	Em	B7	Em
And	God I	know I’m	one

Em	G	A	C
Em	B7	Em	B7	Em	B7	Em

The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann (1965)

Originally in F#, I play in E capo 2

A capella, but chord is I, first line just one voice

Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

Backing vox still do ba-ba-ba

	E	A	E
Barbara	Ann, take my h	and, Barbara	Ann

Hard stop on each chord

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A

Rockin’ and a-reelin’

	E
Barbara	Ann, Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

A capella, but chord is I

Went to a dance lookin' for romance
Saw Barbara Ann, so I thought I'd take a chance

This chorus starts on the IV

	A	E
Barbara	Ann, take my	hand

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A

Rockin’ and a-reelin’

	E
Barbara	Ann, Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

A capella, but chord is I, first line just one voice

Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

	E	A	E
Barbara	Ann, take my	hand, Barbara	Ann

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A	E
Rockin’ and a-reelin’, Barbara	Ann

Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

A capella, but chord is I, lyrics are very approximate

Tried Peggy Sue, tried Betty Lou
Tried Peggy Sue, but I knew she wouldn't do

	A	E
Barbara	Ann, Barbara	Ann

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A	E
Rockin’ and a-reelin’, Barbara	Ann

Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

A capella, but chord is I, first line just one voice

Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

	E	A	E
Barbara	Ann, take my	hand, Barbara	Ann

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A	E
Rockin’ and a-reelin’, Barbara	Ann

Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

E

Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann

E

Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann

A

Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann

E

Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A	E
Rockin’ and a-reelin’, Barbara	Ann

The Beach Boys - Be True to Your School (1963)

Originally in A, I play in G capo 2

	G	Em
When	some loud braggart tries to	put me down

	Am	C/D
And says his	school is great

	D
I tell him	right away

	G	Em
Now	what’s the matter buddy, ain’t you	heard of my school

	Am	D	C/D	Am	D
It’s number	one in the state,	ah	ah a	h a	h

	G
So be true to your	school now

	B7
Just like you would with your	girl or guy

	Em
Be true to your	school now

	C7	A
And let your colors	fly

	Am	C/D	D
Be true to your	school,	rah rah,	rah rah

	G	Em
I got a	letterman sweater with a	letter in front

	Am
I got for	football and track

C/D	D
I’m proud to	wear it now

	G	Em
When	I cruise around the other	parts of the town

	Am
I got my	decal in back

	G
So be true to your	school now

	B7
Just like you would with your	girl or guy

	Em
Be true to your	school now

	C7	A
And let your colors	fly

	Am	C/D	D
Be true to your	school,	rah rah,	rah rah

Solo on chorus chords

G	B7	Em	C7	A
			→

Am	C/D	D
Ahh,	rah,	rah rah

	G	Em
On	Friday we’ll be jacked up on the	football game

	Am
And I’ll be	ready to fight

C/D	D
We’re gonna	smash ‘em now

	G	Em
My	girl will be working on her	pom-poms now

	Am
And she’ll be	yelling tonight

	G
So be true to your	school now

	B7
Just like you would with your	girl or guy

	Em
Be true to your	school now

	C7	A
And let your colors	fly

	Am	C/D	D
Be true to your	school,	rah rah,	rah rah

G

Rah rah rah rah sis boom ba

B7

Rah rah rah rah sis boom ba

Em

Rah rah rah rah sis boom ba

C7	A	D	G
→

The Beach Boys - California Girls (1965)

----------------------|
-----9---7------------|
-----9---8---9-8------|
-9---9--99--9----9-11-|
----------------------|
----------------------|

----------------------|
-----7---5------------|
-----7---6---7-6---6--|
-7---7--77--7----7----|
----------------------|
----------------------|

Intro, specifically the first riff x 4, then

the second riff x 1

E/B	B	E/B	B
E/B	B	E/B	B
E/A	B/A	E/A	B/A
E/A	B/A	E/A	B/A
D/A	A	D/A	A

	B	B9
Well,	east coast girls are hip, I really	dig those styles they wear

	E
And the s	outhern girls with the way they talk

	F#
They knock me	out when I’m down there

	B	B9
The m	idwest farmers’ daughters really m	ake you feel alright

	E
And the n	orthern girls with the way they kiss

	F#
They keep their	boyfriends warm at night

Easiest melody line for me to follow starts F# G# B on “wish they all”

	B	C#m7
I	wish they all could	be California

	A	Bm7
I	wish they all could	be California

	G	Am7	B
I	wish they all could	be California	girls

	B	B9
The	West coast has the sunshine, and the	girls all get so tanned

	E
I dig a	French bikini on Hawaiian Island dolls

	F#
By a	palm tree in the sand

	B	B9
I b	een all around this great big world and I’ve s	een all kinds of girls

	E
Yea but	I couldn’t wait to get back in the states

	F#
Back to the	cutest girls in the world

	B	C#m7
I	wish they all could	be California

	A	Bm7
I	wish they all could	be California

	G	Am7	B
I	wish they all could	be California	girls

Two-measure breakdown to high keys only

B	F#

	B
I	wish they all could be California

	C#m7
I	wish they all could be California

	B
I	wish they all could be California

	C#m7
I	wish they all could be California

Repeat to fade

The Beach Boys - Don’t Worry Baby (1964)

Originally in E, I play in G

Intro

G	G/B	C	C/D
			x 2

G

Well it’s been building up inside of me for

C	D
Oh, I don’t know	how long

G

I don’t know why, but I keep thinkin’

C	D
Somethin’s bound to	go wrong

Am7	D7
But she looks i	n my eyes

Bm7	E7
And makes me r	ealize

	A
When she	says (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

	A
Everything will turn	out all right (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

D7sus4	D7
Ooh, o	oh

G

I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut when I

C	D
Started to brag a	bout my car

G

But I can’t back down now because I

C	D
Pushed the other	guys too far

Am7	D7
She makes me c	ome alive

Bm7	E7
And makes me w	anna drive

	A
When she	says (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

	A
Everything will turn	out all right (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

D7sus4	D7
Ooh, o	oh

G	G/B	C	C/D

G

She told me, baby when you race today just

C	D
Take along my l	ove with you

G

And if you knew how much I love you baby

C	D
Nothing could go wr	ong with you

Am7	D7
Oh what she d	oes to me

Bm7	E7
When she makes l	ove to me

	A
And she	says (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

	A
Everything will turn	out all right (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

D7sus4	D7
Ooh, o	oh

The Beach Boys - Fun, Fun, Fun (1964)

Originally in Eb, I play in D

Standard 12-bar, straight 8ths with 6ths

D	D	G	D	A	G	D	A

Vox on the 6 on “got”

	D
Well, she	got her daddy’s car and she cruised

	G
Through the hamburger	stand now

	D
Seems she for	got all about the library

	A
Like she told her old	man now

	D
And with her r	adio blastin’ goes cruisin’

	G
Just as fast as she	can now

	D	A/C#	G
And she’ll have,	fun, fun,	fun till her	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Takes the	T-Bird a	way

D

Well, the girls can’t stand her cause she

	G
Walks, looks, and drives like an	ace now (you walk like an ace)

	D
She makes the	Indy 500 look like a Roman

	A7
Chariot	race now (you look like an ace)

	D
A lotta	guys try to catch her but she leads ‘em

	G
On a wild goose	chase now (you drive like an ice)

	D	A/C#	G
And she’ll have,	fun, fun,	fun till her	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Takes the	T-Bird a	way

Solo

A	D	A	E	A

	D
Well, you	knew all along that your dad was gettin’

	G
Wise to	you now (you shouldn’t a’ lied)

	D
And since he	took your set of keys you’ve been thinkin’

	A7
That your fun is all	through now (you shouldn’t a’ lied)

	D
But you can	come along with me cause we got a lotta

	G
Things to	do now (you shouldn’t a’ lied)

	D	A/C#	G
And we’ll have	fun, fun,	fun now that	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Took the	T-Bird a	way

	D	A/C#	G
And we’ll have,	fun, fun,	fun now that	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Took the	T-Bird a	way

	A	D
We	eeeee...

	A	D
We	eeeee...

The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda (1965)

Originally in C#, I play in G

Highest note is the 6

G

	G	C	G
Well	since she put me down I’ve been	out doin’ in my	head

	G	C	G
Come	in late at night and in the	mornin’ I just lay in	bed

	Em
Well,	Rhonda you look so fine

	C	A7
And I	know it wouldn’t take much	time

	G
For you to	help me Rhonda

Am7	G
Help me get her out of my	heart

G	G/F#	G	G/A	G	G/F#	G

Over the V: 5 3 2 2...

Over the I: 3 2 1 1...

Over the IV: 6 5 4 4...

Over the vi: 5 4 3 3...

End: 4 4 3 3 2...

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

C

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

Em	Em7/D
Help me Rhonda,	help, help me Rhonda

Am	D
Help me Rhonda,	yeah

	G
Get her out of my	heart

	G
She was	gonna be my wife

	C	G
And	I was gonna be her	man

	G	C
But she	let another guy come	between us

	G
And it ruined our	plan

	Em
Well,	Rhonda you caught my eye

	C	A7
I can	give you lots of reasons	why

	G
You gotta	help me Rhonda

Am7	G
Help me get her out of my	heart

G	G/F#	G	G/A	G	G/F#	G

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

C

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

Em	Em7/D
Help me Rhonda,	help, help me Rhonda

Note VII→I xition

Am	D
Help me Rhonda,	yeah

	F#	G
Get her out of my he	art

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

C

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

Em	Em7/D
Help me Rhonda,	help, help me Rhonda

Am	D
Help me Rhonda,	yeah

	G
Get her out of my	heart

The Beach Boys - I Get Around (1964)

Originally starts in G (with the verse in A)

I play in E capo 1 (with the verse in F# capo 1)

Mostly a cappella, hit on the first chord

E	C#7
Round, round, get around,	I get around

	F#m	D	B
Yeah, g	et around round round,	I get aro	und

Band enters

	E
I get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	C#7
From town to t	own (get around, round, round, I get around)

	F#m
I’m a real cool h	ead (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D	B
I’m makin’ real good b	read (get around, round, round,	I get around)

	F#	B	F#	B
I’m gettin’ b	ugged drivin’	up and down the s	ame old s	trip

	F#	B	F#	B
I gotta f	ind a new p	lace where the k	ids are	hip

Little riff for one measure

E

	F#	B	F#	B
My b	uddies and	me are gettin’	real well k	nown

	F#	B	F#	B
Yeah, the	bad guys k	now us and they l	eave us a	lone

	E
I get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	C#7
From town to t	own (get around, round, round, I get around)

	F#m
I’m a real cool h	ead (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D	B
I’m makin’ real good b	read (get around, round, round,	I get around)

	C#7	F#
I get ar	ound, round, get around, round, waho	oo

F#	B	F#	C#	D
Wah, wah	ooo, wah, wah	ooo, wah, wah	ooo	ooo

Key change

	G	C	G	C
We	always take my	car ‘cause it’s n	ever been	beat

	G	C	G	C
And we’ve	never missed	yet with the g	irls we	meet

F

	G	C	G	C
None of the	guys go s	teady ‘cause it w	ouldn’t be r	ight

	G	C	G	C
To leave your	best girl	home now on	Saturday n	ight

	F
I get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D7
From town to t	own (get around, round, round, I get around)

	Gm
I’m a real cool	head (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D#	C
I’m makin’ real good b	read (get around, round, round,	I get around)

	D7	C
I get a	round, round, ooh ooh ooh ooh,	ooh ooh ooh ooh

F	D7
Round, round, get around,	I get around

	Gm	D#	C
Yeah, g	et around round round, I	get arou	nd

	F
Ooooh get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D7
Oooo	ooo (get around, round, round, I get around)

	Gm
Oooo	ooo (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D#	C
Oooo	ooo (get around, round, round,	I get around)

Repeat to fade

The Beach Boys - In My Room (1963)

Originally in B, I play in E

Intro

E	C#m7	F#m7	B

Vox on the 1

	E
Th	ere’s a world where I can go

	D	E	C#m7
And tell my s	ecrets t	o

	F#m7	D	B
In my roo	oo	oo	ooom

	E	D	E
In my r	oom (i	n my r	oom)

E

In this world I lock out all my

	D	E	C#m7
Worries a	nd my fe	ars

	F#m7	D	B
In my roo	oo	oo	ooom

	E	D	E
In my r	oom (i	n my r	oom)

C#m	B
Do my dreaming	and my scheming

C#m	B	C#m	B	E
Lie	a	wake	and	pray

C#m	B
Do my crying	and my sighing

F#m7	Aadd9	B
Laugh at yesterda	y

E

Now it’s dark and I’m alone, but

	D	E	C#m7
I won’t b	e afr	aid

	F#m7	D	B
In my roo	oo	oo	ooom

	E	D	E
In my r	oom (i	n my r	oom)

D	E
In my	room

D	E
In my	room

D	E
In my	room

The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)

Originally in G#, I play in E capo 3

Probably skip this first chorus, and just noodle a bit on the I (swung w/6ths

Vox on the 1

E

Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

Vox on 3 5 on “I’m not”

	E
Well I	’m not braggin’ babe so don’t put me down

But I’ve got the fastest set of wheels in town

	A
When	something comes up to me he don’t even try

	E
‘Cause if I	had a set of wings man I know she could fly

	B	F#m	B	F#m	E
She’s my	little deuce	coupe,	you don’t	know what I	got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

	E
Just a l	ittle deuce coupe with a flat head mill

But she’ll walk a Thunderbird like shes’ standin’ still

	A
Shes	ported and relieved and she’s stroked and bored

	E
She’ll do a	hundred and forty in the top-end floor

	B	F#m	B	F#m	E
She’s my	little deuce	coupe,	you don’t	know what I	got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

	A
She’s got a	competition clutch with the four on the floor

	E
And she	purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar

	A
And	if that ain’t enough to make you flip your lid

	F#	B
There’s	one more thing, I got the	pink slip daddy

	E
And	comin’ off the line when the light turns green

Well she blows ‘em outta the water like you never seen

	A
I get	pushed out of shape and it’s hard to steer

	E
When	I get rubber in all four gears

	B	F#m	B	F#m	E
She’s my	little deuce	coupe,	you don’t	know what I	got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

	B	F#m	B	F#m	E
She’s my	little deuce	coupe,	you don’t	know what I	got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)

Originally in D, I play in G

Intro, with “ah”

G	Bm	Em	Bm	C	Am	D

Vox on 5 3 on “little”

	G	Em	C	D
L	ittle s	urfer, l	ittle o	ne

Gmaj7	G7	C	Cm6
Make my h	eart come a	ll un	done

G	Em	C	D	G
Do you l	ove me,	do you s	urfer g	irl

	Em	C	D
(Surfer g	irl, my l	ittle surfer g	irl)

G	Em	C	D
I have	watched you	on the	shore

Gmaj7	G7	C	Cm6
Standing	by the	ocean’s	roar

G	Em	C	D	G
Do you l	ove me,	do you s	urfer g	irl

	Cmaj7	G
Surfer	girl, surfer g	irl, ooh

Vox on 3 5 of the chord on “we could”

C	D	Gmaj7	Em
We could r	ide	the surf tog	ether

He clearly says “go”, although I’m about 95% sure he was supposed to say “grow”

C	D	G	G7
While our l	ove would g	o

C	D	Gmaj7	Em
In my w	oody	I would t	ake you

The original changes key up a half-step on “oh”

	A	D
E	verywhere I	go, oh

G	Em	C	D
So I	say from	me to	you

Gmaj7	G7	C	Cm6
I will m	ake your d	reams come	true

Hanging stop at the end of this line

G	Em	C	D
Do you l	ove me	do you s	urfer

	G	Em	Cmaj7	D
G	irl, surfer g	irl, my	little surfer g	irl

	G	Em	Cmaj7	D
G	irl, surfer g	irl, my	little surfer g	irl

The Beach Boys - Surfin’ Safari (1962)

Originally in A, I play in A

Vox enter on the fifth of the first chord

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with me

A	D
Early in the morning well be	startin’ out

	E	A
Some	honeys will be coming a	long

	A	D
Were	loading up our Woody with our	boards inside

	E	A
And	headin’ out singing our	song

A

Come on baby wait and see

Yes I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

D

Come along baby wait and see

	A
Yes	I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E	A
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with	me

	A	D
At	Huntington and Malibu they’re	shooting the pier

	E	A
At	Rincon they’re walking the	nose

	A	D
We’re	going on safari to the	islands this year

	E	A
So if	you’re coming get ready to	go

A

Come on baby wait and see

Yes I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

D

Come along baby wait and see

	A
Yes	I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with me

A	D
They’re anglin’ in Laguna in	Cerro Azul

	E	A
They’re	kicking out in Dohini	too

	A	D
I tell you	surfin’s mighty wild it’s getting	bigger every day

	E	A
From	Hawaii to the shores of Pe	ru

A

Come on baby wait and see

Yes I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

D

Come along baby wait and see

	A
Yes	I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with me

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

The Beach Boys - Surfin’ USA (1963)

Originally in Eb, I play in Eb but read in E

E7

	B7	E
If everybody had an	ocean across the U.S.	A.

	B7	E
Then everybody’d be	surfin like Californ-i-	a

	A	E
You’d see em wearin’ their	baggies, Huarachi sandals	too

	B7	E
A bushy bushy blonde	hairdo, surfin’ U.S	.A.

E	B7	E
You’ll catch em surfin’ at	Del Mar, Ventura County	line

	B7	E
Santa Cruz and	Trestles, Australia’s Narabin	e

	A	E
All over Man	hattan, and down Doheny	way

	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

E	B7	E
We’ll all be plannin’ out a	route, we’re gonna take real	soon

	B7	E
We’re waxin’ down our	surfboards, we can’t wait for	June

	A	E
We’ll all be gone for the	summer, we’re on safari to	stay

	B7	E
Tell the teacher we’re	surfin’, surfin U.S.	A.

E	B7	E
At Haggerty’s and	Swami’s, Pacific Pali	sades

	B7	E
San Onofre and	Sunset, Redondo Beach, L.	A.

	A	E
All over La	Jolla, and Waimea	Bay

	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

Solo if appropriate

B	E	B	E
A	E
	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

Originally in G, I play in D capo 1 or 2

Cadd9

	D	Gadd9	D
It’s been a h	ard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
And I’ve been w	orking like a d	og

	Gadd9	D
It’s been a hard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
I should be sl	eeping like a l	og

	G
But when I g	et home to you

	A
I find the th	ings that you do

	D	G7	D
Will make me f	eel	alr	ight

	D	Gadd9	D
You know I w	ork	all d	ay

	C	D
To get you m	oney to buy you th	ings

	Gadd9	D
And it’s worth it just to h	ear you s	ay

	C	D
You’re gonna g	ive me everyth	ing

	G
So why on	Earth should I moan

	A
‘Cause when I g	et you alone

	D	G7	D
You know I f	eel	oka	y

	F#m	Bm	F#m
When I’m h	ome,	everything seems to be r	ight

	D	Bm	G	A
When I’m h	ome, f	eeling you holding me t	ight, t	ight, yeah

	D	Gadd9	D
It’s been a h	ard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
And I’ve been w	orking like a d	og

	Gadd9	D
It’s been a hard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
I should be sl	eeping like a l	og

	G
But when I g	et home to you

	A
I find the th	ings that you do

	D	G7	D
Will make me f	eel	alr	ight

Solo on verse chords

D	Gadd9	D	D	C	D
					x2

	G
So why on	Earth should I moan

	A
‘Cause when I	get you alone

	D	G7	D
You know I f	eel	oka	y

	F#m	Bm	F#m
When I’m h	ome,	everything seems to be r	ight

	D	Bm	G	A
When I’m h	ome, f	eeling you holding me t	ight, t	ight, yeah

	D	Gadd9	D
It’s been a h	ard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
And I’ve been w	orking like a d	og

	Gadd9	D
It’s been a hard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
I should be sl	eeping like a l	og

	G
But when I g	et home to you

	A
I find the th	ings that you do

	D	G7	D
Will make me f	eel	alr	ight

	D	G7	D
You know I f	eel	all r	ight

	D	Gadd9	Cadd9
You know I f	eel a	lr	ight

The Beatles - All I’ve Got To Do (1963)

Eaugadd7add9 is a name I made up for:

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Eaugadd7add9

	C#m	E
Whenever	I want you a	round, yeah

	C#m	F#m
All I gotta	do, is	call you on the phone

And you’ll come running home

Am	E
Yeah that’s all I	gotta do

	C#m	E
And when	I, I wanna	kiss you yeah

	C#m	F#m
All I gotta	do is	whisper in your ear

The words you want to hear

	Am	E
And	I’ll be kissing	you

	A
And the same goes for	me, whenever you want me at all

	C#m
I’ll be	here, yes I will, whenever you call

	A	E	C#m
You	just gotta call on	me,	yeah

	A	E
You	just gotta call on	me

	C#m	E
Whenever	I want you a	round, yeah

	C#m	F#m
All I gotta	do, is	call you on the phone

And you’ll come running home

Am	E
Yeah that’s all I	gotta do

	A
And the same goes for	me, whenever you want me at all

	C#m
I’ll be	here, yes I will, whenever you call

	A	E	C#m
You	just gotta call on	me,	yeah

	A	E
You	just gotta call on	me, oooh

	A	E
You	just gotta call on	me

	C#m	E	C#m
Hm-m	m-m-m-m-m m-m-m-m	m

The Beatles - All My Loving (1963)

Originally in F#m, I play in Em

	Em	A7
Close your	eyes and I’ll	kiss you

	D	Bm
To	morrow I’ll	miss you

	G	Em	C	A7
Re	member I’ll a	lways be	true

	Em	A7	D	Bm
And then	while I’m	away I’ll write	home every	day

	G	A7	D
And I’ll	send all my	loving to	you

	Em	A7
I’ll	pretend that I’m	kissing

	D	Bm
The	lips I am	missing

	G	Em	C	A7
And	hope that my	dreams will come	true

	Em	A7	D	Bm
And then	while I’m a	way I’ll write	home every	day

	G	A7	D
And I’ll	send all my	loving to	you

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	I will send to	you

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	darling I’ll be	true

	Em	A7
Close your	eyes and I’ll	kiss you

	D	Bm
To	morrow I’ll	miss you

	G	Em	C	A7
Re	member I’ll a	lways be	true

	Em	A7	D	Bm
And then	while I’m	away I’ll write	home every	day

	G	A7	D
And I’ll	send all my	loving to	you

Solo

G	G	D	D	Em	A	D	D

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	I will send to	you

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	darling I’ll be	true

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	all my	loving

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	I will send to	you

The Beatles - And I Love Her (1964)

Originally in C#m, I play in Bm

Em	Em	D6	D6

Vox on the 4 of the key (the 1 of the first chord)

on “I”, and the 2 (of the 2nd chord and the key) on

“all”. You may feel like going to the 1 of the key

there, but it’s the 2.

Em	Bm
I give her	all my love

Em	Bm
That’s all I	do

Em	Bm
And if you	saw my love

G	A
You’d love her	too

	D6
I	love her

Em	Bm
She gives me	everything

Em	Bm
And tender	ly

Em	Bm
The kiss my	lover brings

G	A
She brings to	me

	D6
And I	love her

Bm	A	Bm	F#m
A love like	ours,	could never	die

Bm	F#m	A	A7
As long as	I have you near me

Em	Bm
Bright are the	stars that shine

Em	Bm
Dark is the	sky

Em	Bm
I know this	love of mine

G	A
Will never	die

	D6
And I	love her

Originally changes key here up a half-step, I skip that

Solo, skip if appropriate

Em	Bm	Em	Bm	Em	Em
G	A	D	D

Em	Bm
Bright are the	stars that shine

Em	Bm
Dark is the	sky

Em	Bm
I know this	love of mine

G	A
Will never	die

	D6
And I	love her

Em	Em	D	D
Em	Em	B

The Beatles - Any Time At All (1964)

Originally in Bm, I play in Am, highest note that matters is the 7

Vox on the 5

	Am	C
Any time at	all

	G
Any time at a	ll

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

C	Em/B
If you need some	body to love

Am	Fm/G#
Just look into my eyes

C/G	G	C
I’ll be there to m	ake you feel right

C	Em/B
If you’re feeling s	orry and sad

Am	Fm/G#
I’d really sympathize

	C/G	G	C
D	on’t you be sad, just c	all me ton	ight

	Am	C
Any time at	all

	G
Any time at a	ll

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

C	Em/B
If the sun has f	aded away

	Am	Fm/G#
I	’ll try to make it shine

C/G	G	C
There is nothing I	won’t do

C	Em/B
If you need a s	houlder to cry on

Am	Fm/G#
I hope it will be mine

C/G	G	C
Call me tonight and I	’ll come to	you

	Am	C
Any time at	all

	G
Any time at a	ll

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

Piano Solo

G	G7	G7	G	G7
F	G7	F	G7	Csus4	C

	Am	C
Any time at	all

	G
Any time at a	ll

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

The Beatles - Ask Me Why (1962)

I prefer to sing the line that starts on a very comfortable G# (in E)

E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
I	love	you

	E
‘Cause you tell me things I w	ant to know

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	nd	it’s	true

	E	G#7
That it really only g	oes to show	that I know

	C#m	A	F#m7	B7
That	I, I, I, I would ne	ver ever ever be	blue

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
N	ow	you’re	mine

	E
My happiness near ma	kes me cry

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	nd	in	time

	E	G#7
You’ll understand the re	ason why	that I cry

	C#m
It’s	not because I’m sad

	A	E	E+
But you’re the o	nly love that I’ve ever h	ad

Bridge

	A	B7	E	E+
I can’t b	elieve	it’s happened to	me

	A	B7	E	B7
I can’t co	nceive	of any more mi	sery

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	sk	me	why I’ll say I	love you

	G#m7	A	E
And I’m a	lways thinking of y	ou

E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
I	love	you

	E
‘Cause you tell me things I w	ant to know

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	nd	it’s	true

	E	G#7
That it really only g	oes to show	that I know

	C#m	A	F#m7	B7
That	I, I, I, I would ne	ver ever ever be	blue

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	sk	me	why I’ll say I	love you

	G#m7	A	E
And I’m a	lways thinking of y	ou

Bridge

	A	B7	E	E+
I can’t b	elieve	it’s happened to	me

	A	B7	E	B7
I can’t co	nceive	of any more mi	sery

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	sk	me	why I’ll say I	love you

	G#m7	A	E
And I’m a	lways thinking of y	ou

A	E
You

A	G#m7
You

The Beatles - Baby It’s You (1963)

G	Em
Sha la la la la la	la

G	Em
Sha la la la la la	la

G	Em
Sha la la la la la	la

	C
Sha la la la	la

C

It’s not the way you smile

	G
That touched my he	art

C

It’s not the way you kiss

	G
That tears me ap	art

	Em
But	how many many many nights go by

Am	G
I sit alone at home and I cry over y	ou

	Em
What can I	do?

C	D
Can’t help mys	elf (hard stop)

	G	Em
‘Cause baby it’s y	ou

	G	Em
Baby it’s y	ou

C	G
You should hear what they say about y	ou

C	G
They say they say you never never ever been t	rue

	Em
Wo ho	it doesn’t matter what they say

Am

I know I’m gonna love you any old way

	G	Em
What can I	do then it’s t	rue

C	D
Don’t want no	body nobody (hard stop)

	G	Em
Cause baby it’s y	ou

	G	Em
Baby it’s y	ou

Solo

C	D	G	G
			x2

	Em
Wo ho	it doesn’t matter what they say

Am

I know I’m gonna love you any old way

	G	Em
What can I	do then it’s t	rue

C	D
Don’t want nobody no	body

	G	Em
‘Cause baby it’s y	ou

	G	Em
Baby it’s y	ou

The Beatles - Baby’s In Black (1964)

A	E7
Oh dear	what can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D	A	E
Oh	what can I d	o?

A	A7
She thinks of him and	so she dresses in

D

Black and though he’ll never come

A	E7	A
Back	she’s dressed in	black

A	E7
Oh dear	what can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D	A	E
Oh	what can I d	o?

A	A7
I think of her but	she thinks only of

D

Him and though it’s only a

A	E7	A
Whim	she thinks of	him

Bridge

F#m7	B7
Oh how	long will it take

D	E7	A
Till she	sees the mistake she has	made?

	E7
Dear w	hat can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D	A	E
Oh	what can I	do?

Solo, I usually skip this and the subsequent bridge

A	E	D7	E7	A	D	A

Bridge

F#m7	B7
Oh how	long will it take

D	E7	A
Till she	sees the mistake she has	made?

	E7
Dear w	hat can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D	A	E
Oh	what can I	do?

Quietly, let ring

A	A7
She thinks of him and	so she dresses in

D

Black and though he’ll never come

A	E7	A
Back	she’s dressed in	black

A	E7
Oh dear	what can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D7	A
Oh	what can I d	o?

	A	D7	A
Tell me	oh	what can I d	o?

The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love (1964)

Originally in C, I play in A.

I do the opening chorus super slow, then break into a

syncopated triplet beat.

The first vocal note is the root (C in C),

so the first ‘love’ is the 5 above that (G in C), i.e.

the third of the opening minor chord.

	C#m	F#m	C#m	F#m
Can’t buy m	e lo	ve,	oh, lo	ve

	Bm7	E
Oh, can’t buy m	e lo	ve, oh, oh

	A7
I’ll	buy you a diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel all right

	D7	A7
I’ll	get you anything my friend if it	makes you feel all right

	E7	D7	A7
‘Cause	I don’t care too	much for money, for money can’t buy me love

	A7
I’ll	give you all I’ve got to give if it makes you love me too

	D7	A7
I	may not have a lot to give but what I’ve	got I’ll give to you

	E7	D7	A7
‘Cause	I don’t care too	much for money, for money can’t buy me love

	C#m	F#m	A7
Can’t buy me	love,	oh, e	verybody tells me so

	C#m	F#m	Bm7	E
Can’t buy me	love,	oh,	no, no, no,	no

A7

Say you don’t need no diamond rings and I’ll be satisfied

D7	A7
Tell me that you want the kind of things that	money just can’t buy

	E7	D7	A7
‘Cause	I don’t care too	much for money, for money can’t buy me love

Solo, 1-4-5 in C, skip if unaccompanied

	C#m	F#m	A7
Can’t buy me	love,	oh, e	verybody tells me so

	C#m	F#m	Bm7	E
Can’t buy me	love,	oh,	no, no, no,	no

A7

Say you don’t need no diamond rings and I’ll be satisfied

D7	A7
Tell me that you want the kind of things that	money just can’t buy

	E7	D7	A7
‘Cause	I don’t care too	much for money, for money can’t buy me love

	C#m	F#m	C#m	F#m	Bm7	E	A7
Can’t buy me l	o-o	ve, l	o-o	ve, can’t buy me l	ove

The Beatles - Do You Want to Know a Secret? (1963)

	Em	Am	Em
Yo	u’ll never know how much I re	ally l	ove you

	G	F	B7
Yo	u’ll never know how much I re	ally ca	re

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Li	sten

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Do you w	ant to know a se	cret

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7	C
Do you p	romise not to t	ell?	Woo	ooh		ooh

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Cl	oser

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Let me w	hisper in your e	ar

	B7	A	B7
Say the w	ords you long to h	ear

	C#m	F#m7	B6
I’m in love with	you, o	oooo	oo

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Li	sten (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Do you w	ant to know a se	cret (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7	C
Do you p	romise not to t	ell?	Woo	ooh		ooh

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Cl	oser (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Let me w	hisper in your e	ar (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	A	B7
Say the w	ords you long to h	ear

	C#m	F#m7	B6
I’m in love with	you, o	ooooo	oo

Bridge

	A	F#m7	C#m	Bm
I	’ve know the s	ecret for the	week or	two

	A	F#m7	C#m	Bm	F#m7	B6
N	obody k	nows	just we	two

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Li	sten (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Do you w	ant to know a se	cret (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7	C
Do you p	romise not to t	ell?	Woo	ooh		ooh

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Cl	oser (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Let me w	hisper in your e	ar (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	A	B7
Say the w	ords you long to h	ear

	C#m	F#m7	B6	C#m
I’m in love with	you o	ooooo	o

	F#m7	B6	C#m
Ooooo ooooo o	oooo o	oooo o	oooo

	F#m7	B6	C#m
Ooooo ooooo o	oooo o	oooo o	oooo

	F#m7	B6	C#m
Ooooo ooooo o	oooo o	oooo o	oooo

The Beatles - Drive My Car (1965)

The G13’s are all G7 in the original

D	G13	D	G13	D	G13	A7

Vox are on C→B and G→G

D	G13
Asked a girl what she	wanted to be

D	G13
She said baby,	can’t you see

D	G13
I wanna be famous, a	star on the screen

Vox are on C and F... over A7!

Playing A13 makes it easier to find that C

	A7
But	you can do something in between

Melody on F#.A.F#.D.F#.D.F

Harmony on D.F#.D.B.B.B.B or B.D.B.G.B.G.B

Bm	G
Baby you can drive my	car

Bm	G
Yes I’m gonna be a	star

Bm	E
Baby you can drive my	car

	A7	D	G	A7
And	maybe I’ll	love you

D	G13
I told a girl that my	prospects were good

D	G13
And she said baby, it’s	understood

D	G13
Working for peanuts is	all very fine

	A7
But	I can show you a better time

Bm	G
Baby you can drive my	car

Bm	G
Yes I’m gonna be a	star

Bm	E
Baby you can drive my	car

D→G→A7 is twice as fast here as in the previous chorus

	A7	D	G	A7
And	maybe I’ll	love you

A7

Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

Solo:

D	G	D	G	D	G	A7

Probably skip this whole chorus when acoustic

Bm	G
Baby you can drive my	car

Bm	G
Yes I’m gonna be a	star

Bm	E
Baby you can drive my	car

	A7	D	G	A7
And	maybe I’ll	love you

D	G13
I told a girl I can	start right away

D	G13
And she said listen babe I got	something to say

D	G13
I got no car and it’s	breaking my heart

	A7
But	I’ve found a driver and that’s a start

Bm	G
Baby you can drive my	car

Bm	G
Yes I’m gonna be a	star

Bm	E
Baby you can drive my	car

	A7	D	G	A7
And	baby I	love you

X	D
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

G13	D
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

G13	D
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

G13	D
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

The Beatles - Eight Days A Week (1964)

Originally in D, I play in G capo 1.

When not in the original key, I find the intro works

best arpeggiated slowly, rather than strummed.

The rest I like in a mid-tempo reggae beat.

Gadd9	A	C6	Gadd9

G	A7
Ooh I need your l	ove babe

C	G
Guess you know it’s tr	ue

G	A7
Hope you need my l	ove babe

C	G
Just like I need y	ou

Em	C
Hold me, l	ove me

Em	A7
Hold me, l	ove me

G	A7
Ain’t got nothin’ but l	ove babe

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

G	A7
Love you every d	ay girl

C	G
Always on my m	ind

G	A7
One thing I can s	ay girl

C	G
Love you all the t	ime

Em	C
Hold me, l	ove me

Em	A7
Hold me, l	ove me

G	A7
Ain’t got nothin’ but l	ove babe

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

D

Eight days a week

	Em
I l	ove you

A7

Eight days a week

	C	D7
Is n	ot enough to s	how I care

G	A7
Ooh I need your l	ove babe

C	G
Guess you know it’s tr	ue

G	A7
Hope you need my l	ove babe

C	G
Just like I need y	ou

Em	C
Hold me, l	ove me

Em	A7
Hold me, l	ove me

G	A7
Ain’t got nothin’ but l	ove babe

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

D

Eight days a week

	Em
I l	ove you

A7

Eight days a week

	C	D7
Is n	ot enough to s	how I care

G	A7
Love you every d	ay girl

C	G
Always on my m	ind

G	A7
One thing I can s	ay girl

C	G
Love you all the t	ime

Em	C
Hold me, l	ove me

Em	A7
Hold me, l	ove me

G	A7
Ain’t got nothin’ but l	ove babe

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

Gadd9

A

C6

Gadd9

The Beatles - From Me To You (1963)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 3.

Play on the fast side.

	G	Em
If there’s	anything that you	want

	G	D7
If there’s	anything I can	do

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G	Em
With	love from m	e to yo	u

	G	Em
I’ve got	everything that you	want

	G	D7
Like a	heart that’s oh so	true

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G	G7
With	love from m	e to yo	u

	Dm7	G
I got	arms that long to	hold you

	C	C
And	keep you by my	side

	A7	A7
I got	lips that long to	kiss you

	D	D+
And	keep you	satisfied

	G	Em
If there’s	anything that you	want

	G	D7
If there’s	anything I can	do

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G	Em
With	love	from me	to you

G	Em
	From me

G	D7
	To you

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G	G7
With	love from m	e to yo	u

	Dm7	G
I got	arms that long to	hold you

	C	C
And	keep you by my	side

	A7	A7
I got	lips that long to	kiss you

	D	D+
And	keep you	satisfied

	G	Em
If there’s	anything that you	want

	G	D7
If there’s	anything I can	do

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G
With	love from m	e to yo	u

	Em
To	you

	EmM7
To	you

	Em
To	you

	G	Em
Da da	da da da da da	da

The Beatles - Help! (1965)

G is a poor approximation of the chromatic run at the end

of the chorus, so if no one is playing the run, best not to

sing over it.

Bm	Bm/A
Help! I need some	body

G	G/F#
Help! Not just any	body

E

Help! You know I need someone

G

Help!

A	C#m
When I was younger, so much	younger than today

F#m	D	G	A
I never needed anybody’s	help in	any	way

A	C#m
But now those days are gone I’m	not so self-assured

F#m	D	G	A
Now I find I’ve changed my mind, I’ve	opened	up the	door

	Bm	Bm/A
H	elp me if you can I’m feeling down,	and I

	G	G/F#
D	o appreciate you being ‘round

E

Help me get my feet back on the ground, won’t you

G

Please please help me

A	C#m
And now my life has changed in	oh so many ways

F#m	D	G	A
My independence seemed to	vanish	in the	haze

A	C#m
But every now and then I	feel so insecure

F#m	D	G	A
I know that I just need you like I’ve	never	done	before

	Bm	Bm/A
H	elp me if you can I’m feeling down,	and I

	G	G/F#
D	o appreciate you being ‘round

E

Help me get my feet back on the ground, won’t you

G

Please please help me

A	C#m
When I was younger, o much y	ounger than today

F#m	D	G	A
I never needed anybody’s	help in	any	way

A	C#m
But now those days are gone I’m	not so self-assured

F#m	D	G	A
I find I’ve changed my mind, I’ve o	pened	up the	door

	Bm	Bm/A
H	elp me if you can I’m feeling down,	and I

	G	G/F#
D	o appreciate you being ‘round

E

Help me get my feet back on the ground, won’t you

G	F#m	A6
Please please help	me help me help	ooh

The Beatles - Hold Me Tight (1963)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 2

Vox in on the 3 of the key (the 6 of the chord)

A	E7
It fe	els so right now

A	D7
Hold me t	ight

B7	E7
Tell me I’m the	only one

	A	D7
And t	hen I m	ight

	B7	E7
N	ever be the l	onely one

	A	A7	D7	Dm7
So h	old me ti	ght, to	night, t	onight

	A	Dm7
It’s	you

	A	E7
You you yo	u

A	D7
Hold me t	ight

B7	E7
Let me go on	loving you

	A	D7
T	onight to	night

	B7	E7
M	aking love to o	nly you

	A	A7	D7	Dm7
So h	old me tig	ht, ton	ight, to	night

	A	Dm7
It’s	you

	A	C
You you yo	u

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “know”

	A7	C	A7
Don’t k	now	what it means to hol	d you tight

Vox on the 3 of the chords on “being” and “night”

D7	Bm	B7
Being here al	one tonight with yo	u

	E7
It	feels so right now

A	D7
Hold me t	ight

B7	E7
Tell me I’m the	only one

	A	D7
And t	hen I m	ight

	B7	E7
N	ever be the l	onely one

	A	A7	D7	Dm7
So h	old me ti	ght, to	night, t	onight

	A	Dm7
It’s	you

	A	C
You you yo	u

	A7	C	A7
Don’t k	now	what it means to hol	d you tight

D7	Bm	B7
Being here al	one tonight with yo	u

	E7
It	feels so right now

A	D7
Hold me t	ight

B7	E7
Let me go on	loving you

	A	D7
T	onight to	night

	B7	E7
M	aking love to o	nly you

	A	A7	D7	Dm7
So h	old me tig	ht, ton	ight, to	night

	A	Dm7
It’s	you

	A	Em7	A
You you yo	u-oo-	oo-hoo-	hoo

The Beatles - I Feel Fine (1964)

Originally in G, I play in E

Vocals start on 5→bVII (D F)

B7	B7	A7	E7

E

Baby’s good to me, you know

	B
She’s happy as can be, you know, she	said so

	A7	E
I’m in love with	her and I feel fi	ne

E

Baby says she’s mine, you know

	B
She tells me all the time, you know, she	said so

	A7	E
I’m in love with	her and I feel fi	ne

E	G#m	A	B7
I’m so	glad that	she’s my little	girl

E	G#m	A7	B7
She’s so	glad, she’s	telling all the	world

	E
That her	baby buys her things, you know

	B
He buys her diamond rings, you know, she	said so

B7	A7	E
She’s in love with	me and I feel fi	ne

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

E

Baby says she’s mine, you know

	B
She tells me all the time, you know, she	said so

	A7	E
I’m in love with	her and I feel fi	ne

E	G#m	A	B7
I’m so	glad that	she’s my little	girl

E	G#m	A7	B7
She’s so	glad, she’s	telling all the	world

	E
That her	baby buys her things, you know

	B
He buys her diamond rings, you know, she	said so

B7	A7	E
She’s in love with	me and I feel fi	ne

B7	A7	E
She’s in love with	me and I feel fi	ne

The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There (1963)

Vocals start “well” on the V, “just” on the I

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

	A7	D7	A7
Well she was j	ust seventeen, if you k	now what I m	ean

	E7
And the way she looked was way beyond comp	are

	A7	A7	D	F	A7	E7	A7
So h	ow could I d	ance with an	other,	when I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	A7	D7	A7
Well s	he looked at me, and	I, I could s	ee

	E7
That before too long I’d fall in love with	her

	A	A7	D	F	A7	E7	A7
S	he wouldn’t d	ance with an	other,	when I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	D7
Well my h	eart went boom when I crossed that room

	E	D
And I held her hand in m	ine

	A7	D7	A7
Well we da	nced through the night, and we h	eld each other t	ight

	E7
And before too long I fell in love with h	er

	A	A7	D	F	A7	E7	A7
Now I	’ll never d	ance with an	other,	since I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	D7
Well my h	eart went boom when I crossed that room

	E	D
And I held her hand in m	ine

	A7	D7	A7
Well we da	nced through the night, and we h	eld each other t	ight

	E7
And before too long I fell in love with h	er

	A	A7	D	F	A7	E7	A7
Now I	’ll never d	ance with an	other,	since I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	A7	E7	A7
Since I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	A7	E7	A7	A9
Since I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better (1964)

Originally in G, I play in D capo 1

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
I		sh	ould have known b	etter with a g	irl like y	ou

	D	A	Bm
That I would l	ove everyth	ing that you	do

	G	A	D	A	D
And I d	o, hey, hey,	hey, and I	do

	A
W	hoa, ooh

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
I			never real	ized what a k	iss could	be

	D	A	Bm
This could	only	happen to	me

	G	F#7
Can’t you s	ee, can’t you	see?

Bm	G	D	F#7
That when I t	ell you that I l	ove you,	oh

Bm	G	D	D7
You’re gonna s	ay you love me t	oo - oo - oo - oo - oo, oho

G	A	D	Bm
And when I	ask you to be m	in	e

G	A	D	A	D
You’re gonna	say you love me t	oo

	A
S	o

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
I		sh	ould have real	ized a lot of t	hings bef	ore

	D	A	Bm
If this is l	ove you’ve gotta g	ive me m	ore

	G	A	D	A	D	A
Give me m	ore, hey, hey,	hey, give me m	ore

Solo if appropriate

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
D	A	Bm	G	A	D	A	D	A

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
I			never real	ized what a k	iss could	be

	D	A	Bm
This could	only	happen to	me

	G	F#7
Can’t you s	ee, can’t you	see?

Bm	G	D	F#7
That when I t	ell you that I l	ove you,	oh

Bm	G	D	D7
You’re gonna s	ay you love me t	oo - oo - oo - oo - oo, oho

G	A	D	Bm
And when I	ask you to be m	in	e

	A	D	A	D
You l	ove me t	oo

	A	D	A	D	A
You l	ove me t	oo

The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand (1963)

I like this in the original key (G), so long as

I don’t go for the big “I can’t hide”

Also I only play a power chord with 6ths on the D’s

in the verses and the last D in the intro.

C	D	C	D	C	D

	G	D
Oh yeah	I’ll tell you	something

Em	B7
I think you’ll under	stand

	G	D
When	I say that	something

Em	B7
I wanna hold your	hand

C	D	G	Em
I wanna	hold your	ha---	nd

C	D	G
I wanna	hold your	hand

	G	D
Oh	please say to	me

Em	B7
You’ll let me be your	man

	G	D
And	please say to	me

Em	B7
You’ll let me hold your	hand

C	D	G	Em
You’ll let me	hold your	ha---	nd

C	D	G
I wanna	hold your	hand

Dm	G	C	Am
And when I	touch you I feel	happy in	side

Dm	G	D
It’s such a	feeling that my	love

C	D
I can’t h	ide

C	D
I can’t h	ide

C	D
I can’t h	ide

	G	D
Yeah	you got that	something

Em	B7
I think you’ll under	stand

	G	D
When	I hear that	something

Em	B7
I wanna hold your	hand

C	D	G	Em
I wanna	hold your	ha---	nd

C	D	G
I wanna	hold your	hand

Dm	G	C	Am
And when I	touch you I feel	happy in	side

Dm	G	D
It’s such a	feeling that my	love

C	D
I can’t h	ide

C	D
I can’t h	ide

C	D
I can’t h	ide

	G	D
Yeah	you, got that	something

Em	B7
I think you’ll under	stand

	G	D
When	I, feel that	something

Em	B7
I wanna hold your	hand

C	D	G	Em
I wanna	hold your	ha---	nd

C	D	B7
I wanna	hold your	hand

C	D	C	G
I wanna	hold your	ha-a-a-a-and

The Beatles - I’ll Be Back (1964)

Harmonies on the root and the third.

A

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
You	know if you	break my heart I’ll	go

	E	A
But	I’ll be back a	gain

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
‘Cause	I told you	once before good	bye

	E	A
But	I came back ag	ain

	F#m	Bm
I love you	so, I’m the one who w	ants you

	E
Yes I’m the one who	wants you

D	E	D	E
Oh	ho,	oh	ho

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
Oh	you could find	better things to	do

	E	A
Than to	break my heart a	gain

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
This	time I will	try to show that	I’m

	E	A
Not	trying to	pretend

Vox on the 4, can just hit it briefly, or hold the 3 instead

Bm7	C#m
I thought that you would	realize that if I

F#m

Ran away from you

	B7
That	you would want me too but

D	E7
I got a big surp	rise

D	E	D	E
Oh	ho,	oh	ho

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
Oh	you could find	better things to	do

	E	A
Than to	break my heart a	gain

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
This	time I will	try to show that	I’m

	E	A
Not	trying to	pretend

	F#m	Bm
I wanna	go, but I hate to	leave you

	E7
You know I hate to	leave you

D	E	D	E
Oh	ho,	oh	ho

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
Oh	you, if you	break my heart I’ll	go

	E	A
But	I’ll be back a	gain

Am

A

Am

A

The Beatles - I’ll Follow the Sun (1964)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 1

A	Aadd9	D	A

E	D	A	B
One day	you’ll look	to see I’ve	gone

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	Aadd9	D	A
For to	morrow may	rain, so	I’ll	follow the	sun

E	D	A	B
Some day	you’ll know	I was the	one

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	A7
But to	morrow may	rain, so	I’ll	follow the	sun

	D
And now the	time has come

	Dm7	A	A7
And	so my love I must	go

	D
And though I	lose a friend

Dm7	A	Bm7
In the end you will	know,	oh

E	D	A	B
One day	you’ll find	that I have	gone

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	Aadd9	D	A
For to	morrow may	rain so	I’ll	follow the	sun

Solo

E	D	A	B

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	A7
Yes, to	morrow may	rain, so	I’ll	follow the	sun

	D
And now the	time has come

	Dm7	A	A7
And	so my love I must	go

	D
And though I	lose a friend

Dm7	A	Bm7
In the end you will	know,	oh

E	D	A	B
One day	you’ll find	that I have	gone

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	Aadd9	D	A
For to	morrow may	rain, so	I’ll	follow the	sun

The Beatles - I’ll Get You (1963)

Originally in Db, I play in A capo 3

Harmonies in octaves on the oh yea’s

“oh” on the 3

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

The “I’m” is on the 6

	A
Im	agine, I’m in love with you

	D	E
It’s	easy ‘cause I	know

The “I’m” is on the maj7

	A	F#m
I’ve im	agined, I’m in lov	e with you

D	E
Many, many, many times be	fore

	A	Em7
It’s not	like me to pre	tend

	A	F#m
But I’ll	get you, I’ll get you in the	end

	D	E
Yes I	will, I’ll get you in the e	nd

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	A
I	think about you night and day

	D	E
I	need you, ‘cause it’s t	rue

	A	F#m
When I	think about you,	I can say

	D	E
I’m	never, never, never, never b	lue

	A	Em7
So I’m	telling you, my f	riend

	A	F#m
That I’ll	get you, I’ll get you in the	end

	D	E
Yes I	will, I’ll get you in the	end

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	D
Well there’	s gonna be a time

	A
When I’m g	onna change your mind

	B7	E
So you m	ight as well resign yourself to	me, oh yeah

	A
Im	agine, I’m in love with you

	D	E
It’s	easy ‘cause I	know

	A	F#m
I’ve im	agined, I’m in lov	e with you

D	E
Many, many, many times be	fore

	A	Em7
It’s not	like me to pre	tend

	A	F#m
But I’ll	get you, I’ll get you in the	end

	D	E
Yes I	will, I’ll get you in the e	nd

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

A

Yeah

The Beatles - I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (1964)

Originally in C#m, I play in Bm

Bm	Bm	Em	F#
			x2

	Bm
Before this	dance is through

	Em	F#
I think I’ll	love yo	u too

	G6	A6	D6	A7
I’m so	happy when you	dance with	me

	D	Bm	Em	A7
I don’t	want to kiss or	hold your hand

	D	Bm	Em	A7
If it’s	funny try and	understand

	G	D	Bm
There is	really nothing else I’d rather	do

	G	Aaug	D	A7
‘Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

	D	Bm	Em	A7
I don’t	need to hug or	hold you tight

	D	Bm	Em	A7
I just	wanna dance with	you all night

	G	D	Bm
In this	world there’s nothing I would rather	do

	G	Aaug	D
‘Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

	Bm	Em	F#
Just to	dance with you		(oh oh)

	Bm	Em	F#
Is	everything I	need	(oh oh)

	Bm
Before this	dance is through

	Em	F#
I think I’ll	love yo	u too

	G6	A6	D6	A7
I’m so	happy when you	dance with	me

	D	Bm	Em	A7
If some	body tries to	take my place

	D	Bm	Em	A7
Let’s pre	tend we just can’t see his	face

	G	D	Bm
In this	world there’s nothing I would rather	do

	G	Aaug	D
Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

	Bm	Em	F#
Just to	dance with you		(oh oh)

	Bm	Em	F#
Is	everything I	need	(oh oh)

	Bm
Before this	dance is through

	Em	F#
I think I’ll	love yo	u too

	G6	A6	D6	A7
I’m so	happy when you	dance with	me

	D	Bm	Em	A7
If some	body tries to	take my place

	D	Bm	Em	A7
Let’s pre	tend we just can’t see his	face

	G	D	Bm
In this	world there’s nothing I would rather	do

	G	Aaug	Bm
I’ve dis	covered I’m in	love with	you

Em	F#
Oh	oh

	G	Aaug	Bm
‘Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

Em	F#
Oh	oh

G6	A6
Oh	oh

D6

Oh

The Beatles - I’ve Just Seen a Face (1965)

Originally in A, by myself I play in G.

With two voices, I play in C capo 4.

Alone (in G), I play a version of the triplet intro that’s more

or less the following (twice):

E|-7-10-5-7-3-5-|
B|-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
G|-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
D|-9-0--7-7-5-5-|

G

I’ve just seen a face I can’t forget the time or place where we just

Em

Met she’s just the girl for me and I want all the world to see we’ve

C	D	G
Met mmm mmm	mmm mmm-mmm	mmm

G

Had it been another day I might have looked the other way and

Em

I’d have never been aware but as it is I’ll dream of her

	C	D	G
Ton	ight, dai dai	dai dai-dum	dai

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G
Calling	me back a	gain

G

I have never known the like of this I’ve been alone and I have

Em

Missed things and kept out of sight but other girls were never quite like

C	D	G
This, dai dai	dai dai-dun	dai

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G
Calling	me back a	gain

Solo on verse if appropriate

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G
Calling	me back a	gain

G

I’ve just seen a face I can’t forget the time or place where we just

Em

Met she’s just the girl for me and I want all the world to see we’ve

C	D	G
Met mmm mmm	mmm da-da	dai

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G
Calling	me back a	gain

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G	D	G
Calling	me back a	gain

The Beatles - If I Fell (1964)

Vox on 1 2 3 of the chord on “If I fell”

	Ebm
If I	fell in love with you

	D
Would you	promise to be true

	Db	Bbm
And h	elp me	understand

	Ebm
‘Cause I’ve	been in love before

	D
And I	found that love was more

	Em7	A
Than	just holding	hands

The vox on the second chord are the high point,

so I delay that syllable a half-beat when solo.

	D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
If I	give	my	heart to	you

	A
I	must be sure from the

D	Em7	F#m7	Em
Ver	y	start that	you would

A	D	Gm7	A
Love me more than	her

	D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
If I	trust	in	you, oh	please don’t

A

Run and hide

	D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
If I l	ove	you	too, oh	please, don’t

A	D9
Hurt my pride like	her

	G
‘Cause I couldn’t stand the	pain

	Gm7	D	A7
And	I would be sad if our new	love was in	vain

	D	Em7	F#m7
So I	hope	you’ll	see

	Em7	A
That	I would	love to love you

D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
And	that	she will	cry

	A	D9
When	she learns we are	two

	G
‘Cause I couldn’t stand the	pain

	Gm7	D	A7
And	I would be sad if our new	love was in	vain

	D	Em7	F#m7
So I	hope	you’ll	see

	Em7	A
That	I would	love to love you

D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
And	that	she will	cry

	A	D
When	she learns we are	two

	Gm7	D	Gm7	D
If I	fell in love with	you

The Beatles - In My Life (1965)

A	E7	A	E7

	A	E	F#m	A7/G
There are	places	I re	member

	D	Dm	A
All my	li	fe, though	some have changed

	A	E	F#m	A7/G
Some fore	ver,	not for	better

	D	Dm	A
Some have	go	ne, and	some remain

	F#m	D
All these	places have their	moments

	G	A
With	lovers and friends I	still can recall

	F#m	B
Some are	dead and some are	living

	Dm7	A
In	my life I’ve	loved them all

A	E7

	A	E	F#m	A7/G
But of	all these	friends and	lovers

	D	Dm	A
There is	no	one com	pares with you

A	E	F#m	A7/G
And these memories	lose their	meaning

	D	Dm	A
When I	think of	love as	something new

	F#m	D
Though I	know I’ll never lose af	fection

	G	A
For	people and things that	went before

	F#m	B
I	know I’ll often stop and think a	bout them

	Dm7	A
In	my life I	love you more

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

A	E	F#m	A7	D	Dm6	A	E
A	E	F#m	A7	D	Dm6	A	E	A

	F#m	D
Though I	know I’ll never lose af	fection

	G	A
For	people and things that	went before

	F#m	B
I	know I’ll often stop and think a	bout them

	Dm7	A
In	my life I	love you more

A	E

	Dm7	X	A	E7	A
In	my life I	love you	more

The Beatles - It Won’t Be Long (1963)

Originally in C#m, I play in Bm

Vox on the 4 of the first chord on “it won’t be”

	Bm
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	D
It won’t be l	ong yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	Bm	G	G7b9	D
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I be	long to y	ou

D

Vox on the 1

D	A#	D
Every night when e	verybody has f	un

D	A#	D
Here I am s	itting all on my o	wn

D

	Bm
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	D
It won’t be l	ong yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	Bm	G	G7b9	D
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I be	long to y	ou

	D	C#aug
Since you l	eft me I	’m so alone

	Am	B7
Now you’re c	oming you’re co	ming on home

	G	A7
I	’ll be good like I k	now I should

	Em7	A7
You’re coming	home you’re coming h	ome

D	A#	D
Every night the te	ars come down from my e	yes

D	A#	D
Every day I	’ve done nothing but c	ry

	Bm
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	D
It won’t be l	ong yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	Bm	G	G7b9	D
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I be	long to y	ou

	D	C#aug
Since you l	eft me I	’m so alone

	Am	B7
Now you’re c	oming you’re co	ming on home

	G	A7
I	’ll be good like I k	now I should

	Em7	A7
You’re coming	home you’re coming h	ome

D	A#	D
Every day w	e’ll be happy I k	now

D	A#	D
Now I know that y	ou won’t leave me no m	ore

	Bm
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	D
It won’t be l	ong yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

Hanging stop on “I belong”

	Bm	G
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I belong to you

F6	E7	D#maj7	Dmaj7

The Beatles - Love Me Do (1962)

G	C	G	C

G	C
Love, love me d	o

	G	C
You k	now I love y	ou

	G	C
I’ll al	ways be t	rue

	C
So	pleeeeeease

	G	C	G	C
Love me	do

G	C
Love, love me d	o

	G	C
You k	now I love y	ou

	G	C
I’ll al	ways be t	rue

	C
So	pleeeeeease

	G	C	G	G
Love me	do

D	C	G
Someone to love, so	mebody n	ew

D	C	G
Someone to love, so	meone like y	ou

G	C
Love, love me d	o

	G	C
You k	now I love y	ou

	G	C
I’ll al	ways be t	rue

	C
So	pleeeeeease

	G	C	G	G
Love me	do

D	C	G
Someone to love, so	mebody n	ew

D	C	G
Someone to love, so	meone like y	ou

G	C
Love, love me d	o

	G	C
You k	now I love y	ou

	G	C
I’ll al	ways be t	rue

	C
So	pleeeeeease

	G	C	G	C
Love me	do

Fade with lots of Paul-esque Love-me-do’s

G

C

G

C

The Beatles - Michelle (1965)

Originally in Cm, I play in Em

Play the intro riff up high on 123, then drop to open chords

Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B

E	Am7
Michelle,	ma belle

D6	Gdim7
These are words that	go together

B	F#7b9	B
Well,	my Mic	helle

E	Am7
Michelle,	ma belle

D6	Gdim7
Sont les mots quit	vont tres biens

	B	F#7b9	B
Ens	emble	tres biens ens	emble

	Em
I	love you, I love you, I love you

G7	C
That’s all I want to	say

B	Em
Until I find a way

	Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
I will say	the	only	words I	know

	Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B
That you’ll				under	stand

E	Am7
Michelle,	ma belle

D6	Gdim7
Sont les mots quit	vont tres biens

	B	F#7b9	B
Ens	emble	tres biens ens	emble

	Em
I	need to, I need to, I need to

G7	C
I need to make you	see

B	Em
Oh what you mean to me

	Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
And until	I	do I’m	hoping	you

	Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B
Will know				what I	mean

I usually play the solo chords even without a solo

Em	Am7
I love you

D6	Gdim7	B	F#7b9	B

	Em
I	want you, I want you, I want you

G7	C
I think you know by	now

B	Em
I’ll get to you somehow

	Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
And until	I	do I’m	telling	you

	Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B
So you’ll				under	stand

E	Am7
Michelle,	ma belle

D6	Gdim7
Sont les mots quit	vont tres biens

	B	F#7b9	B
Ens	emble	tres biens ens	emble

	Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
I will say	the	only	words I	know

	Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B
That you’ll				under	stand

Em	Am7
I love you

The Beatles - Misery (1963)

Originally in C, I play in A or A capo 1

Rubato intro, then fast reggae with barre chords

D

	D	E
The wo	rld is treating me	bad

A	F#m	E
Misery

A	D
I’m the kind of	guy

	A	D
Who neve	r used to	cry

	D	E
The worl	d is treating me bad

A	F#m
Misery

	A	D
I’ve	lost her now for	sure

	A	D
I	won’t see her no	more

	D	E
It’s	gonna be a	drag

A

Misery

F#m	A
I’ll remember all the little	things we’ve done

F#m	E
Can’t she see she’ll always be t	he only one, only one

A	D
Send her back to	me

	A	D
‘Cause	everyone can	see

	D	E
With	out her I will	be in

A

Misery

F#m	A
I’ll remember all the little	things we’ve done

F#m	E
She’ll remember and she’ll miss her	only one, lonely one

A	D
Send her back to	me

	A	D
‘Cause	everyone can	see

	D	E
With	out her I will	be in

A

Misery

F#m	A
Oooh in mi	sery

F#m	A
Oooh misery

F#m	A
La la la la la	misery

The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (1965)

Originally in D capo 2, so really in E.

I play in D or D capo 1.

D	D	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
I once had a	girl or should I	say	she once	had	me

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
She showed me her	room isn’t it	good	Norweg	ian	wood

	Dm	G
She	asked me to stay and she told me to sit any	where

	Dm	Em7	A
But	I looked around and I noticed there wasn’t a	chair

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
I sat on a	rug biding my	time	drinking	her	wine

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
We talked until	two and then she	said	it’s time	for	bed

D	D	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A

	Dm	G
She	told me she worked in the morning and started to	laugh

	Dm	Em7	A
I	told her I didn’t and crawled off to sleep in the	bath

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
And when I a	woke I was a	lone	this bird	had	flown

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
So I lit a	fire isn’t it	good	Norweg	ian	wood

D

Cadd9

G/B

D/A

The Beatles - Nowhere Man (1965)

Originally in D, capo 2; I play in D

Let ring, vox start on the 5

D	A
He’s a real	nowhere man

G	D
Sitting in his	nowhere land

Instruments enter

Em	Gm	D
Making all his	nowhere plans for	nobody

D	A
Doesn’t have a	point of view

G	D
Knows not where he’s	going to

Em	Gm	D
Isn’t he a bi	t like you and	me

	F#m	G
Nowhere	man please	listen

	F#m	G
You don’t kn	ow what you’re	missing

	F#m	Em7	A7
Nowhere	man the	world is at your command

Solo, if appropriate, else skip

D	A	G	D
Em	Gm	D	D

D	A
He’s as blind as	he can be

G	D
Just sees what he	wants to see

Em	Gm	D
Nowhere man can	you see me at	all

	F#m	G
Nowhere	man don’t	worry

	F#m	G
Take your	time don’t	hurry

	F#m	Em7	A7
Leave it	all till	somebody else lends you a hand

D	A
Doesn’t have a	point of view

G	D
Knows not where he’s	going to

Em	Gm	D
Isn’t he a bi	t like you and	me

	F#m	G
Nowhere	man please	listen

	F#m	G
You don’t kn	ow what you’re	missing

	F#m	Em7	A7
Nowhere	man the	world is at your command

D	A
He’s a real	nowhere man

G	D
Sitting in his	nowhere land

Em	Gm	D
Making all his	nowhere plans for	nobody

Em	Gm	D
Making all his	nowhere plans for	nobody

Em	Gm	D
Making all his	nowhere plans for	nobody

The Beatles - P.S. I Love You (1962)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 3

D	G#7	A	D	G#7	A
As I w	rite this l	etter, s	end my l	ove to y	ou

	D	G#7	A	A	E7	A
Rem	ember th	at I’ll a	lways b	e in lo	ve with y	ou

	A	Bm	A
Tr	easure these few w	ords till we’re tog	ether

	E	F#m	E	F	F	G	A
Keep a	ll my love fore	ver,	P.S. I love	you,	you y	ou y	ou

A	Bm	A
I’ll be coming h	ome again to	you love

	E	F#m	E	F	F	G	A
Unt	il the day I	do love,	P.S. I love	you,	you	you	you

D	A
As I write this l	etter

	D	A
S	end my love to y	ou

	D	A
Rem	ember that I’ll a	lways

	A	E7	A
B	e in l	ove with y	ou

	A	Bm	A
Tr	easure these few w	ords till we’re tog	ether

	E	F#m	E	F	F	G	A
Keep a	ll my love fore	ver,	P.S. I love	you,	you y	ou y	ou

D	A
As I write this l	etter (oooh)

	D	A
S	end my love to y	ou (you know I want you to)

	D	A
Rem	ember that I’ll a	lways (yeah)

	A	E7	A
B	e in l	ove with y	ou

	A	Bm	A
I’ll	be coming home	again to you	love

	E	F#m	E	F	F	G	A
Unt	il the day I	do love,	P.S. I love	you,	you	you	you

F	G	A
You	you	you

F	G	A
I lo	ve yo	u

The Beatles - Please Please Me (1962)

I play this in E (the original key), which mostly rules out

the high ‘Please Please Me’; I keep that one at E.

E

One voice stays on the 1 the whole time

E	A	E	G	A	B
Last night I said these words to	my	girl

E	A	E
I know you never even	try	girl

	A	F#m
Come o	n (come on), come	on (come on)

Up to the 1 of the key on the second “come on”

	C#m	A
Come	on (come on), come	on

	E	A
Please	please me, whoa	yeah

	B	E
Like	I please	you

E	A	E	G	A	B
You don’t need me to show the	way	girl

E	A	E
Why do I always have to	say	girl

	A	F#m
Come o	n (come on), come	on (come on)

	C#m	A
Come	on (come on), come	on

	E	A
Please	please me, whoa	yeah

	B	E
Like	I please	you

A

I don’t want to sound complaining

B	E
But you know there’s always rain in	my heart (in my heart)

A

I do all the pleasing with you

B	E
It’s so hard to reason with	you

	A	B	E
Oh y	eah, why	do you make me	blue

E	A	E	G	A	B
Last night I said these words to	my	girl

E	A	E
I know you never even	try	girl

	A	F#m
Come o	n (come on), come	on (come on)

	C#m	A
Come	on (come on), come	on

	E	A
Please	please me, whoa y	eah

	B	E
Like	I please	you

	E	A
(Please	please me,) whoa y	eah

	B	E
Like	I please	you

	E	A
(Please	please me,) whoa y	eah

	B	E	G	C	B	E
Like	I please	you

The Beatles - She Loves You (1963)

I play the chorus with tight hits on “loves you”.

Originally in G, I play in D.

	Bm
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	E7
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	G	D
She l	oves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, y	eah

	D	Bm7
You th	ink you lost your lo	ve, well

	F#m	A
I	saw her yester	day

	D	Bm7
It’s	you she’s thinking o	f and

	F#m	A
She t	old me what to s	ay

	D
She said she	loves you

	Bm
And you know that can’t be	bad

	Gm
Yes she	loves you and you

	A
Know you should be	glad

	D	Bm7
She s	aid you hurt her	so

	F#m	A
She	almost lost her mi	nd

	D	Bm7
But n	ow she said she kn	ows

	F#m	A
You’re	not the hurting ki	nd

	D
She said she	loves you

	Bm
And you know that can’t be	bad

	Gm
Yes she	loves you and you

	A
Know you should be	glad

	Bm
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	E7
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

Vox down a half-step from “yeah” to “love”

(“love” on the 3 of the chord)

	Gm	A7	D
With a l	ove like that, you k	now you should be gla	d

	D	Bm7
You	know it’s up to	you

	F#m	A
I t	hink it’s only fa	ir

	D	Bm7
Pride	can hurt you	too

	F#m	A
Ap	ologize to h	er

	D
Because she	loves you

	Bm
And you know that can’t be	bad

	Gm
Yes she	loves you and you

	A
Know you should be	glad

	Bm
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	E7
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	Gm	A7	D	Bm
With a l	ove like that, you k	now you should be gla	d

	Gm	A7	D	Bm
With a l	ove like that, you k	now you should be gla	d

Soft stop on “should”

	Gm	A7
With a l	ove like that, you k	now you should...

	D	Bm
Be gla	d yeah yeah yeah	yeah yeah yeah

G

Yeah yeah yeah

D6

Yeah

The Beatles - Tell Me Why (1964)

Originally in D, I play in A

Vocal note: don’t try the original melody on "anything

else I can do". Do anything but that.

Dm7	G	Dm7	G	Dm7	G	G	G

Vox on the 3

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	C	Am
Well, I g	ave you everything I h	ad

	Dm	G7
But you	left me sitting on my	own

	C	Am
Did you	have to treat me oh so	bad?

	Dm	G7
All I	do is hang my head and	moan

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	C	Am
If it’s	something that I’ve said or	done

	Dm	G7
Tell me	what and I’ll apolo	gise

	C	Am
If you	don’t, I really can’t go	on

	Dm	G7
Holding	back these tears in my	eyes

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	F7
Well, I	beg you on my bended knees

	G7
If you’ll	only listen to my pleas

	Am
Is there	anything I can do?

	Dm7
Cause I	really can’t stand it

	G7	C	Dm7	G7
I’m	so in love with	you

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	Am7
And why you	lied to	me

G#7	Gsus4	G6	C
	→

The Beatles - The Night Before (1965)

Originally in D, I play it in A, capo 2

A	A	C	C	D	D	E	E

A	G	D	E
We said our good	byes (	ah the n	ight before)

	A	G	D	E
L	ove was in your e	yes (	ah the n	ight before)

F#m	Dm6	F#m	Dm6
Now today I f	ind	you have changed your m	ind

A	D7	A	C	D
Treat me like you d	id the night be	fore	→

A	G	D	E
Were you telling l	ies (	ah the n	ight before)

A	G	D	E
Was I so unwi	se (a	h the ni	ght before)

F#m	Dm6	F#m	Dm6
When I held you n	ear	you were so sin	cere

	A	D7	A
T	reat me like you d	id the night b	efore

Bridge, vox on 4 3 of the chord on “last night”

	Em	A7	D
L	ast night is the ni	ght I will rem	ember you by

Vox on 3 1 of the chord on “when I”

	F#m	B7	E7
W	hen I think of th	ings we did it m	akes me wanna cry

A	G	D	E
We said our good	byes (	ah the n	ight before)

	A	G	D	E
L	ove was in your e	yes (	ah the ni	ght before)

F#m	Dm6	F#m	Dm6
Now today I f	ind	you have changed your m	ind

	A	D7	A	C	D
T	reat me like you d	id the night be	fore	→

Solo if appropriate

A	G	D	E
			x 2

F#m	Dm6	F#m	Dm6
When I held you n	ear	you were so sin	cere

	A	D7	A
T	reat me like you d	id the night b	efore

Bridge

	Em	A7	D
L	ast night is the ni	ght I will rem	ember you by

	F#m	B7	E7
W	hen I think of th	ings we did it m	akes me wanna cry

	A	G	D	E
W	ere you telling l	ies (	ah the n	ight before)

A	G	D	E
Was I so unw	ise (	ah the ni	ght before)

F#m	Dm6	F#m	Dm6
When I held you n	ear	you were so sin	cere

	A	D	A
T	reat me like you d	id the night be	fore

C	A
Like the night bef	ore

The Beatles - There’s a Place (1963)

Originally in E, I play in C (highest note is the 5) (“don’t you *know* that it’s so”

C	F	C	F

Vox on the (low) 3

There...

Vox on the 5 on “is”

	C	F	C
Is a	place,	where I can	go

F	C	Am	G7
When I feel	low,	when I feel	blue

	Em	F	C	F
And it’s my	mind	, and there’s no	time

	Dm	Am7
When I’m a	lone

I...

	C	F	C
Think of	you,	and things you	do

F	C	Am7	G7
Go round my	head	the things you	said

	F	G7
Like ‘I	love only	you

Am7	D
In my mind there’s no	sorrow

C	E7
Don’t you know that it’s	so

Am7	D
There’ll be no sad to	morrow

C	E7	Am7
Don’t you know that it’s	so?

There...

	C	F	C
Is a	place,	where I can	go

F	C	Am	G7
When I feel	low,	when I feel	blue

	Em	F	C	F
And it’s my	mind	, and there’s no	time

	Dm	Am7
When I’m a	lone

	C	F
There’s a	place

	C	F
There’s a	place

	C	F
There’s a	place

The Beatles - Things We Said Today (1964)

Am

Am	Em	Am	Am	Em	Am
You say	you will	love me,	if I	have to go

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
Y	ou’ll be t	hinking	of me, somehow	I will k	now

	C	C7	F	Bb
S	omeday when I’m l	onely, wi	shing you weren’t so f	ar away

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
T	hen I w	ill re	member things we s	aid tod	ay

Am	Em	Am	Am	Em	Am
You say	you’ll be	mine girl,	till the	end of	time

	Am	Em	Am	Am	Em	Am
T	hese days s	uch a k	ind girl, s	eems so	hard to f	ind

	C	C7	F	Bb
S	omeday when we’re d	reaming, d	eep in love not a l	ot to say

	Am	Em	Am	Em	A
T	hen we w	ill re	member things we s	aid tod	ay

	A	D	B7	E7	A
Me	I’m just the luc	ky kind, lov	e to hear you sa	y that love is lov	e

	D	B7	Bb7
And though we may	be blind, lov	e is here to st	ay and that’s...

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
E	nough to	make you m	ine girl, be the	only	one

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
L	ove me a	ll the t	ime girl, we’ll go	on and	on

	C	C7	F	Bb
S	omeday when we’re d	reaming, d	eep in love not a l	ot to say

	Am	Em	Am	Em	A
T	hen we w	ill re	member things we s	aid tod	ay

	A	D	B7	E7	A
Me	I’m just the luc	ky kind, lov	e to hear you sa	y that love is lov	e

	D	B7	Bb7
And though we may	be blind, lov	e is here to st	ay and that’s

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
E	nough to	make you m	ine girl, be the	only	one

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
L	ove me a	ll the t	ime girl, we’ll go	on and	on

	C	C7	F	Bb
S	omeday when we’re d	reaming, d	eep in love not a l	ot to say

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
T	hen we w	ill re	member things we s	aid tod	ay

Am

The Beatles - This Boy (1963)

Originally in D, I play in C

C	Am7	Dm7	G
			x2

Harmonies on the 3,5,7; solo I sing the 3

C	Am	Dm	G7	C	Am
That boy		took my	love a	wa	y

Dm	G7	C	Am
Oh, he’ll regr	et it somed	a	y

Hang on “this” and “wants”

	Dm7	G7	C	Am	Dm	G7
But t	his boy w	ants you back a	gain

C	Am	Dm	G7	C	Am
That boy		isn’t	good for you

Dm	G7	C	Am
Though he may w	ant you	too

Hang on “this” and “wants”

	Dm7	G7	Csus4	C	C9
T	his boy w	ants you back a	gain

Vox on 5 3 of the chord on “this boy”

	F	E7
Oh, and t	his boy, would be h	appy

	Am	C	C7
Just to l	ove you, but oh	my

	F	D7
T	hat boy won’t be h	appy

Hard stop on “cry”

	G
T	ill he’s seen you cry

C	Am	Dm	G7	C	Am
This boy		wouldn’t mind	the pai	n

Dm	G7	C	Am
Would always f	eel the	same

Hard stop on “this” and “gets”

	Dm7	G7	C	Am	Dm	G7
If t	his boy, g	ets you back ag	ain

C	Am	Dm	G7
This boy

C	Am	Dm	G7
This boy

C	Am	Dm	G7	C
This boy

The Beatles - Ticket to Ride (1965)

Originally in A, I play it in G, which makes the high

harmony at least plausible (on I)

In G, I avoid the open chord and play it @ 3

G

	G
I	think I’m gonna be sad I think it’s today, yeah

	Am	D
The girl that’s driving me mad is going a	way

	Em	C7	Em	Fmaj7
Sh	e’s got a ticket to ri	de, s	he’s got a ticket to r	ide

	Em	D	G
S	he’s got a ticket to ri	de and she don’t ca	re

	G
She	says that living with me is bringing her down, yea

	Am	D
But she will never be free when I was around,	oh

Em	C7	Em	Fmaj7
She’s got a ticket to	ride,	she’s got a ticket to	ride

Em	D	G
She’s got a ticket to r	ide and she don’t c	are

	C
I d	on’t know why she’s riding so high

	D	D7
She ought to think twice she ought to do right by	me

	C
Bef	ore she gets to saying goodbye

	D	D7
She ought to think twice she ought to do right by	me

	G
I th	ink I’m gonna be sad I think it’s today, yeah

	Am	D
The girl that’s driving me mad is going a	way

	Em	C7	Em	Fmaj7
Sh	e’s got a ticket to ri	de, s	he’s got a ticket to r	ide

	Em	D	G
S	he’s got a ticket to ri	de and she don’t ca	re

	G
My baby don’t care

	G
My baby don’t care

	G
My baby don’t care

	G
My baby don’t care

The Beatles - Twist and Shout (1963)

Originally in D, I play in A

A	D	E
		x2

	A	D	E
Well shake it up b	aby now (sh	ake it up b	aby)

	A	D	E
Twist and sh	out (tw	ist and sh	out)

	A	D	E
Come on, come on, come on, come on, b	aby now (c	ome on b	aby)

	A	D	E
Come on and work it on o	ut (w	ork it on o	ut!)

	A	D	E
Well work it on o	ut (w	ork it on o	ut)

	A	D	E
You know you look so go	od (l	ook so g	ood)

	A	D	E
You know you got me g	oin’ now (g	ot me g	oin’)

	A	D	E
Just like I knew you wo	uld (like I k	new you w	ould)

	A	D	E
Well shake it up b	aby now (sh	ake it up b	aby)

	A	D	E
Twist and sh	out (tw	ist and sh	out)

	A	D	E
Come on, come on, come on, come on, b	aby now (c	ome on b	aby)

	A	D	E
Come on and work it on o	ut (w	ork it on o	ut)

	A	D	E
You know you twist it little g	irl, (tw	ist little g	irl)

	A	D	E
You know you twist so f	ine (tw	ist so f	ine)

	A	D	E
Come on and twist a little cl	oser now (tw	ist a little c	loser)

	A	D	E
And let me know that you’re m	ine (let me k	now you’re m	ine, ooh!)

A	D	E	E
			x4

E	E7
Ahh ahh a	hh ahh ahh yeah!

	A	D	E
B	aby now (sh	ake it up b	aby)

	A	D	E
Twist and sh	out (tw	ist and sh	out)

	A	D	E
Come on, come on, come on, come on, b	aby now (c	ome on b	aby)

	A	D	E
Come on and work it on o	ut (w	ork it on o	ut, ooh!)

	A	D	E
You know you twist it little	girl (t	wist little gi	rl)

	A	D	E
You know you twist so f	ine (tw	ist so f	ine)

	A	D	E
Come on and twist a little cl	oser now (tw	ist little cl	oser)

	A	D	E
And let me know that you’re m	ine (let me k	now you’re m	ine ooh!)

	A	D	E
Well shake it shake it shake it b	aby now (s	hake it up b	aby)

	A	D	E
Well shake it shake it shake it b	aby now (s	hake it up b	aby)

	A	D	E
Well shake it shake it shake it b	aby now (s	hake it up b	aby)

E	E7
Ahh ahh a	hh ahh

E

F

F#

G

G#

A

A9

The Beatles - Wait (1965)

The verse is originally played on just strings 2 and 3, descending

	F#m7	B/F#
It’s been a	long	time

	Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
N	ow	I’m c	oming back	home

	F#m7	B/F#
I’ve been a	way n	ow

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Oh	how	I’ve been a	lone

A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7
Wait	till I	come back	to your sid	e

	A6	C#7	F#m
We’ll f	orget the t	ears we’ve c	ried

	F#7m	B/F#
But if your h	eart br	eaks

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Don’t	wait,	turn me	away

	F#m7	B/F#
And if your	heart’s st	rong

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Hold	on,	I won’t de	lay

A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7
Wait	till I	come bac	k to your si	de

	A6	C#7	F#m
We’ll for	get the t	ears we’ve c	ried

Bridge

	B	E
I feel as th	ough you ought to	know

	A	F#m
That I’ve been	good as good as I can	be

	B	E
And if you	do I’ll trust in	you

	A	C#7sus4	C#7
And know that	you will wait for	me

	F#m7	B/F#
It’s been a	long ti	me

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Now	I’m	coming back	home

	F#m7	B/F#
I’ve been	away n	ow

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Oh	how	I’ve been a	lone

A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7
Wait	till I	come bac	k to your si	de

	A6	C#7	F#m
We’ll for	get the t	ears we’ve c	ried

Bridge

	B	E
I feel as th	ough you ought to	know

	A	F#m
That I’ve been	good as good as I can	be

	B	E
And if you	do I’ll trust in	you

	A	C#7sus4	C#7
And know that	you will wait for	me

	F#m7	B/F#
It’s been a	long t	ime

	Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
N	ow	I’m	coming back	home

	F#m7	B/F#
I’ve been	away n	ow

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Oh	how	I’ve been a	lone

A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7
Wait	till I c	ome bac	k to your si	de

	A6	C#7	F#m
We’ll for	get the t	ears we’ve c	ried

	F#m7	B/F#
It’s been a	long t	ime

	Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
N	ow	I’m	coming back	home

No guitar

	F#m7	B/F#
I’ve been a	way n	ow

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Oh,	how	I’ve been alon	e

The Beatles - We Can Work It Out (1965)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 1.

I skip all the sus4’s.

A	Asus4	A
Try to see it	my	way

	Asus4	G	A
Do I have to	keep on talking	till I can’t go	on

A	Asus4	A
While you see it y	our w	ay

A	Asus4	G	A
Run the risk of know	ing that our l	ove may soon be g	one

D	A
We can work it	out

D	E
We can work it	out

A	Asus4	A
Think of what you’re	say	ing

A	Asus4	G	A
You can get it	wrong and still you	think that it’s all	right

A	Asus4	A
Think of what I’m	say	ing

A	Asus4	G	A
We can work it	out and get it	straight or say goodn	ight

D	A
We can work it	out

D	E
We can work it	out

F#m	F#m/E	D	C#7
Life is very short and	there’s no	tim	e

In A, just play the same chords as the previous line, skip

the descending pattern

	C#	F#m	F#m/E	F#m/D	F#m/C#
For	fussing and	fighting, my	friend

F#m	F#m/E	D	C#7
I have always thought that	it’s a	crim	e

	C#	F#m	F#m/E	F#m/D	F#m/C#
So	I will	ask you	once	again

A	Asus4	A
Try to see it	my	way

	Asus4	G	A
Only time wil	l tell if I am r	ight or I am wro	ng

A	Asus4	A
While you see it y	our w	ay

A	Asus4	G	A
There’s a chance that w	e might fall a	part before too l	ong

D	A
We can work it	out

D	E
We can work it	out

F#m	F#m/E	D	C#7
Life is very short and	there’s no	tim	e

	C#	F#m	F#m/E	F#m/D	F#m/C#
For	fussing and	fighting, my	friend

F#m	F#m/E	D	C#7
I have always thought that	it’s a	crim	e

	C#	F#m	F#m/E	F#m/D	F#m/C#
So	I will	ask you	once	again

A	Asus4	A
Try to see it	my	way

	Asus4	G	A
Only time wil	l tell if I am r	ight or I am wro	ng

A	Asus4	A
While you see it y	our w	ay

A	Asus4	G	A
There’s a chance that w	e might fall a	part before too l	ong

D	A
We can work it	out

D	E
We can work it	out

A

Asus2

A

Asus4

A

The Beatles - Yes It Is (1965)

Originally in E, I play in D

D

D	G	Em7	A7
If you wear r	ed ton	ight

D	G	C	A7
Remember what I s	aid ton	ight

	Bm	G
For	red is the color that my	baby wore

	C	Bm
An	d what’s more, it’s	true

D

Yes it is

D

D	G	Em7	A7
Scarlet were the	clothes she	wore

D	G	C	A7
Everybody	knows I’m	sure

Bm	G
I would remember all the t	hings we planned

C	Bm
Understand, it’s	true

D	D7
Yes it is, it’s true,	yes it is

Am	D7	G	Em
I could be	happy with	you by my	side

Am	D7
If I could for	get her, but

Bm	D
It’s my pride, yes it is,	yes it is

	E7	A7
Oh, yes it	is, y	eah

D	G	Em7	A7
Please don’t wear r	ed ton	ight

D	G	C	A7
This is what I sa	id toni	ght

	Bm	G
For	red is the color that will m	ake me blue

	C	Bm
In spite	of you, it’s	true

D	D7
Yes it is, it’s true,	yes it is

Am	D7	G	Em
I could be	happy with	you by my	side

Am	D7
If I could for	get her, but

Bm	D
It’s my pride, yes it is,	yes it is

	E7	A7
Oh, yes it	is, y	eah

D	G	Em7	A7
Please don’t wear r	ed ton	ight

D	G	C	A7
This is what I sa	id toni	ght

	Bm	G
For	red is the color that will m	ake me blue

	C	Bm
In spite	of you, it’s	true

D	F#
Yes it is it’s t	rue

D	G
Yes it is it’s t	rue

The Beatles - Yesterday (1965)

Originally in F (as G down 1), I play in D.

D

3 #4 #5 of the key on “all my troub”

D	C#m7	F#7	Bm	Bm7/A
Yesterday,	all my	troubles seemed so f	ar away

G	A	A7	D
Now it l	ooks as	though they’re her	e to stay

A	Bm7	E7	G	D
Oh,	I bel	ieve in y	ester	day

D	C#m7	F#7	Bm	Bm7/A
Suddenly,	I’m not	half the man I	used to be

G	A	A7	D
There’s a	shadow	hanging	over me

	Bm7	E7	G	D
Oh	yester	day came	sudden	ly

F#7	Bm	A	G
Why she	had	to	go

Bm	A	A7	D
I don’t	know, she	wouldn’t	say

F#7	Bm	A	G	Bm
I said	some	thing	wrong,	now I

A	A7	D
Long for	yester	day

D	C#m7	F#7	Bm	Bm7/A	G
Yesterday, l	ove was	such an easy	game to play

	A	A7	D
Now I	need a	place to	hide away

	Bm7	E7	G	D
Oh,	I bel	ieve in	yester	day

F#7	Bm	A	G
Why she	had	to	go

Bm	A	A7	D
I don’t	know, she	wouldn’t	say

F#7	F#7	Bm	A	G	Bm
I	said	somet	hing	wrong	now I

A	A7	D
Long for	yester	day

D	C#m7	F#7	Bm	Bm7/A	G
Yesterday, l	ove was	such an easy	game to play

	A	A7	D
Now I	need a	place to	hide away

	Bm7	E7	G	D
Oh,	I bel	ieve in	yester	day

Bm	E7	G	D
Mmm mmm-m	mm mmm m	mm m	mm mmm

The Beatles - You’re Going to Lose that Girl (1965)

Vox start on 3 5 3 6 on “you’re gonna lose”...

Let chords ring in the intro

	E	C#m
You’re gonna	lose that girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

	F#m	B7
You’re gonna	lose that	girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

E	G#m
If you don’t take her	out tonight

	F#m	B7
She’s gonna	change her mind

(She’s gonna change her mind)

E	G#m
And I will take her	out tonight

	F#m	B7
And I will	treat her kind

(I’m gonna treat her kind)

	E	C#m
You’re gonna	lose that girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

	F#m	B7
You’re gonna	lose that	girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

E	G#m
If you don’t treat her	right my friend

	F#m	B7
You’re gonna	find her gone

(You’re gonna find her gone)

E	G#m
‘Cause I will treat her	right and then

	F#m	B7
You’ll be the	lonely one

(You’re not the only one)

	E	C#m
You’re gonna	lose that girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

	F#m	B7
You’re gonna	lose that	girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

B7	F#m	D
You’re gonna	lo	se

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

Bridge

Vox on b3 3 b3 3 of the chord on “I’ll make a point”

G	C	G
I’ll make a point of	takin’ her away from	you

(Watch what you do) yeah

G	C	F
The way you treat her	what else can I	do?

Solo if appropriate, with “you’re gonna lose that girl”

E	G#m	F#m	B7
			x 2

	E	C#m
You’re gonna	lose that girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

	F#m	B7
You’re gonna	lose that	girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

B7	F#m	D
You’re gonna	lo	se

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

Bridge

G	C	G
I’ll make a point of	takin’ her away from	you

(Watch what you do) Yeah

G	C	F
The way you treat her	what else can I	do?

E	G#m
If you don’t take her	out tonight

	F#m	B7
She’s gonna	change her mind

(She’s gonna change her mind)

E	G#m
And I will take her	out tonight

	F#m	B7
And I will	treat her kind

(I’m gonna treat her kind)

	E	C#m
You’re gonna	lose that girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

	F#m	B7
You’re gonna	lose that	girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

B7	F#m	D	A	E
You’re gonna	lo	se	that	girl

The Beatles - You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away (1965)

G

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
Here I s	tand	head in h	and

C	Fadd9	C
Turn my face to th	e wall

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
If she’s	gone I	can’t go	on

	C	Fadd9	C	D
F	eeling two foot	small

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
Everyw	here	people s	tare

C	Fadd9	C
Each and every	day

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
I can	see them l	augh at m	e

	C	Fadd9	C	D
A	nd I hear them	say

G	C	Dsus4	D	Dsus2	D
Hey, you’ve got to	hide your love	away

G	C	Dsus4	D	Dsus2	D
Hey, you’ve got to	hide your love	away

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
How can	I	even	try

C	Fadd9	C
I can never	win

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
Hearing	them, s	eeing t	hem

C	Fadd9	C	D
In the state I’m i	n

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
How could	she	say to	me

C	Fadd9	C
“Love will find a	way”?

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
Gather	around,	all you c	lowns

C	Fadd9	C	D	D/C	D/B	D/A
Let me hear you	say

G	C	Dsus4	D	Dsus2	D
Hey, you’ve got to	hide your love	away

G	C	Dsus4	D	Dsus2	D
Hey, you’ve got to	hide your love	away

Solo if appropriate

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G	C	Fadd9	C
G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G	C	Fadd9	C
G

The Chiffons - One Fine Day (1963)

Originally in Gb, Carole King plays in F, I play in A

A	F#m	D	E
			x2

Vox on the 5 of the key on “one fine” and “you’ll look”

Then up to the 1 of the key on “and you will know”

A	E
One fine day,	you’ll look at me

F#m	D	Dm
And you will know our love was	meant to	be

A	F#m	D	E	A
One fine	day	you’re gonna	want me for your	girl

A	F#m	D	E

A	E
The arms I long for	will open wide

F#m	D	Dm
And you’ll be proud to have me	right by your	side

A	F#m	D	E	A
One fine	day	you’re gonna	want me for your	girl

A	D/A	A	A

Vox stays on the root, i.e. comes in on 1→2

in the key (4 → 5 in the chord) on “though I”

Em7	A	Em7	A
Though I	know you’re the	kind of	boy

D	Dmaj7	D6	Dadd9
Who only	wants to run a	round

F#m7	B	F#m7	B
I’ll keep	waiting and	someday	darling

Resist the temptation to go up on “down”

E	E7
You’ll come to me when you want to settle	down, oh

A	E
One fine day	we’ll meet once more

F#m	D	Dm
And then you’ll want the love you	threw away be	fore

A	F#m	D	E	A
One fine	day	you’re gonna	want me for your	girl

A	F#m	D	E	A
One fine	day	you’re gonna	want me for your	girl

A	D/A	A

The Contours - Do You Love Me (1962)

Let ring

A

You broke my heart

D

‘Cause I couldn’t dance

E	F#m
You didn’t even want me a	round

	E
And now I’m	back, to let you know

I can really shake ‘em down

E7

Vox on the 5

	A	D	E
Do you	love me? (I can	really	move)

	A	D	E
Do you	love me? (I’m	in the	groove)

	A	D	E
Now do you	love? (	Do you	love me?)

D	Dm	E7
Now that	I can	dance

	A
Watch me now, hey (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Ah,	work it out	baby (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Well, you’re	drivin’ me	crazy (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Just a	little bit of	soul now (	work)

E7

	A	D	E
I can	mash-potato (I can	mash-po	tato)

	A	D	E
I can	do the twist (I can	do the	twist)

	A	D	E
Now	tell me baby (	tell me	baby)

	A	D	E
Ah do you l	ike it like this (do you	like it like	this)

E	E
Tell me (	tell me)

	A	D	E
Do you	love me? (	Do you	love me)

	A	D	E
Now do you	love me? (	Do you	love me)

	A	D	E
Now do you	love me? (	Do you	love me)

D	Dm	E7
Now that	I can	dance (dance)

	A
Watch me now, hey (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Aw	shake it u	p, shake it (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Aw	shake ‘em, shake ‘em	down (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Aw, a	little bit of	soul now (	work)

E7

	D	E	A
Ah,	shake it, shake it	baby (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Ah, you’re	driving me	crazy (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Ah,	don’t get	lazy (	work)

E7

	A	D	E
I can	mash-potato (I can	mash-po	tato)

	A	D	E
I can	do the twist (I can	do the	twist)

	A	D	E
Well now	tell-a me baby (	tell me	baby)

	A	D	E
Do you l	ike it like this (do you	like it like	this)

E7

Tell me (tell me), tell me

	A	D	E
Do you	love me? (	Do you	love me)

	A	D	E
Now do you	love me? (	Do you	love me)

	A	D	E
Now do you	love me? (	Do you	love me)

D	Dm	E7
Now that	I can	dance (dance)

C#9

The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron (1962)

Originally in Eb, I play in G

Intro

G

	G	C
I	met him on a Monday and my	heart stood still

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C
Somebody told me that his	name was Bill

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C
Yes, my	heart stood still

G	D
Yes, his	name was Bill

G	C
And when he w	alked me home

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

	G	C
He	knew what he was doin’ when he	caught my eye

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

	G	C
He l	ooked so quiet but	my oh my

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C
Yes, he c	aught my eye

G	D
Yes, but	my oh my

G	C
And when he	walked me home

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C	D	G
	Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C	D	G
	Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

	G	C
He p	icked me up at seven and he	looked so fine

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C
Someday soon I’m gonna	make him mine

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C
Yes, he	looked so fine

G	D
Yes, I’ll	make him mine

G	C
And when he	walked me home

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron,	da doo ron ron

With yeah’s

	G	C
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

	G	C
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

The Dave Clark Five - Because (1964)

Originally in G, I play in E

E	E+	E6	E+

	E	E+	E6	E7
It’s	right that	I should care a	bout you

	F#m	B	B+
And	try to make you happy when you’re b	lue

	E	E+	A	Am
It’s ri	ght, it’s ri	ght to f	eel the way I	do

	E	F#m	B7	E
Beca	use, beca	use	I love y	ou

F#m	B	E	C#m
It’s wrong to	say I don’t think of	you

F#m	B
‘Cause when you	say these things

	F#7	B	B+
You	know it makes me	blue

	E	E+	E6	E7
G	ive me one k	iss and I’ll be h	appy

F#m	B	B+
Just, just to be here with	you

	E	E+	A	Am
Give	me, give	me, a	chance to be	near you

	E	F#m	B7	E	C	B
Bec	ause, bec	ause	I love	you	→

Organ solo

E	E+	E6	E7
F#m	B	E	C	B
			→

	E	E+	E6	E7
G	ive me one k	iss and I’ll be h	appy

F#m	B	B+
Just, just to be here with	you

	E	E+	A	Am
Give	me, give	me, a	chance to be	near you

	E	F#m	B7	E	C#7
Bec	ause, bec	ause	I love	you

	F#m	B7	E
Bec	ause, bec	ause I love y	ou

E6/9

The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964)

Originally in D, I play in A

Intro

A	D	A
	D	A	D	A
You s	ay that you l	ove me (s	ay you	love me)

D	A	D	A
All of the	time (	all of the	time)

	D	A	D	A
You	say that you	need me (	say you	need me)

	D	A	D	A
You’ll	always be	mine (	always be	mine)

Vox on 5 6 b7 of the key on “I’m feelin’”

	E
I’m feelin’	glad all over

	A
Yes I’m	glad all over

	E
Baby I’m	glad all over

	A	D	A	D
So glad you’re	mine

D	A	D	A
I’ll make you	happy (	make you	happy)

	D	A	D	A
You’ll n	ever be	blue (	never be	blue)

D	A	D	A
You’ll have no	sorrow (	have no	sorrow)

	D	A	D	A
‘Cause I’ll a	lways be	true (	always be	true)

	E
And I’m feelin’	glad all over

	A
Yes I’m	glad all over

	E
Baby I’m	glad all over

	A	D	A	D
So glad you’re	mine

Vox on the 3 of the chord

F	A	D	A
Other girls, may try to take me a	way (	take me a	way)

D	E7
But you know, it’s by your side I will	stay

	D
I’ll	stay

	A	D	A
Our love will	last now (	our love will	last)

	D	A	D	A
Till the	end of	time (	end of	time)

D	A	D	A
Because this	love now (	because this	love)

	D	A	D	A
Is only	yours and	mine (	yours and	mine)

	E
And I’m feelin’	glad all over

	A
Yes I’m	glad all over

	E
Baby I’m	glad all over

	A	D	A	D
So glad you’re	mine

F	A	D	A
Other girls, may try to take me a	way (	take me a	way)

D	E7
But you know, it’s by your side I wll	stay

	D
I’ll	stay

Key change, which I don’t bother with

	A#	D#	A
Our love will	last now (	our love will	last)

	D#	A#	D#	A
Till the	end of	time (	end of	time)

D#	A#	D#	A#
Because this	love now (	because this	love)

	D#	A#	D	A#
Is gonna be	yours and	mine (	yours and	mine)

	F
And I’m feelin’	glad all over

	A#
Yes I’m	glad all over

	F
Baby I’m	glad all over

	A#	D#	A#	D#
So glad you’re	mine

	D#	A#	D#	A#
I’m	so glad you’re	mine now

	D#	A#	D#	A#
I’m	so glad you’re	mine now

	D#	A#	D#
I’m	so glad you’re	mine now

A#	D#	A#
Whoa whoa	whoa whoa	whoa

The Del-Vikings - Come and Go With Me (1957)

Originally in G#, I play in G capo 1

G	Em	Am	D7
Dom d	om dom dom	dom, d	om de-doobie x3

G	Am	G
Dom	wah wah wah w	ah

	G	Em
Well, l	ove, love me,	darling

Am	D7
Come and	go with me

G	Em
Don’t	send me

Am	D7
Way bey	ond the sea

G	Em
I need you	darling

Am	D7	G	Em	Am	D7
So come	go with	me

G	Em
Come, come,	come

Am	D7
Come in	to my heart

G	Em
Tell me	darling

Am	D7
We will	never part

G	Em
I need you	darling

Am	D7	G	Am	G
So come	go with	me

C7

Yes I need you, yes I really need you

G

Please say you’ll never leave me

C7

Well say you never, yes you really never

Hard stop on “never”

	D7
You	never give me a chance

G	Em
Come, come, come, c	ome

Am	D7
Come in	to my heart

G	Em
Tell me	darling

G	Em
Come, come,	come

Am	D7
Come in	to my heart

G	Em
Tell me	darling

Am	D7
We will	never part

G	Em
I need you	darling

Am	D7	G	Am	G
So come	go with	me, yeah

Solo on chorus chords, then verse chords

C7	G	C7	D7	G

G	Em	Am	D7
			x 3

G	Am	G

C7

Yes I need you, yes I really need you

G

Please say you’ll never leave me

C7

Well say you never, yes you really never

D7

You never give me a chance

G	Em
I love you	darling

Am	D7
Come and	go with me

G	Em
Come home	with me

Am	D7
Baby	I’m to see

G	Em
I need you	darling

Am	D7	G	Em
So come	go with	me

Am	D7	G
Come on	, go with	me

The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me (1960)

Originally in E, I play in D

D

You can dance every dance with the guy who gives you the eye

	A
Let him	hold you tight

	A
You can	smile every smile for the man who held your hand

	D
‘Neath the	pale moonlight

	G
But don’t for	get who’s taking you home

	D
And in whose arms you’re	gonna be

	A	D
So	darling, save the last dance for	me

D

Oh I know that the music’s fine like sparkling wine

	A
Go and	have your fun

	A
Laugh and	sing but while we’re apart

	D
Don’t give your heart to	anyone

	G
But don’t for	get who’s taking you home

	D
And in whose arms you’re	gonna be

	A	D
So	darling, save the last dance for	me

	A
Baby don’t you know I	love you so

	D
Can’t you feel it when we	touch

	A
I will never never	let you go

	D
Cause I love you oh so	much

	D
You can	dance, go and carry on

	A
Till the night is gone and it’s	time to go

	A
If he	asks if you’re all alone can he take you home

	D
You must	tell him no

	G
But don’t for	get who’s taking you home

	D
And in whose arms you’re	gonna be

	A	D
So	darling, save the last dance for	me

Solo

A	D	A	D

	G
‘Cause don’t for	get who’s taking you home

	D
And in whose arms you’re	gonna be

	A	D
So	darling, save the last dance for	me

A	D
Save the last dance for	me

A	D
Save the last dance for	me

The Drifters - This Magic Moment (1960)

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro

A	F#m	D	E

	A	F#m
This magic	moment, so	different and so new

	D	E
Was like any	other, until	I kissed you

	A	F#m
And then it	happened, it	took me by surprise

	D	E
I knew that you	felt it too, by the	look in your eyes

	F#m
Sweeter than	wine

	D
Softer than the	summer night

	A	E
Everything I	want I have, whenever I	hold you tight

	A	F#m
This magic	moment, while your	lips are close to mine

	D	E	A
Will last for	ever, for	ever till the end of	time

	F#m	D
Oh,	oh, oh, o	h

	E
Oooh,	oooh

String solo

A	F#m	D	E

	F#m
Sweeter than	wine

	D
Softer than the	summer night

	A	E
Everything I	want I have, whenever I	hold you tight

	A	F#m
This magic	moment, while your	lips are close to mine

	D	E	A
Will last for	ever, for	ever till the end of	time

	F#m	D
Oh,	oh, magic mo	ment

	E
Magic mo	ment

A

The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964)

Originally in G, I play in D

D

	D	A
Oh the s	un beats down and melts the tar upon the r	oof

	A	D	D7
And your s	hoes get so hot you wish your tired feet were firep	roof

	G	D
Under the b	oardwalk, down by the	sea

	D	A	D
On a b	lanket with my baby	is where I’ll	be

Don’t go down to the low octave here, stay in the melody octave

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, out of the sun

	A
Under the b	oardwalk, we’ll be having some fun

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, people walking above

	A
Under the b	oardwalk, we’ll be making love

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, boardwalk

	D	A
From a p	ark nearby happy sounds from a carousel

	A	D	D7
You can al	most taste the hot dogs and french fries they sell

	G	D
Under the b	oardwalk, down by the	sea

	D	A	D
On a b	lanket with my baby	is where I’ll be

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, out of the sun

	A
Under the b	oardwalk, we’ll be having some fun

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, people walking above

	A
Under the b	oardwalk, we’ll be making love

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, boardwalk

Solo on half verse

D	A	A	D

	G	D
Under the b	oardwalk, down by the	sea

	D	A	D
On a b	lanket with my baby	is where I’ll	be

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, out of the sun

	A
Under the b	oardwalk, we’ll be having some fun

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, people walking above

	A
Under the b	oardwalk, we’ll be making love

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, boardwalk

The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream (1958)

E	C#m7	A	B

E	C#m7	A	B
Drea-ea-ea-ea-	eam,	dream, dream,	dream

E	C#m7	A	B
Drea-ea-ea-ea-	eam,	dream, dream,	dream

	E	C#m7	A	B
When	I want	you	in my	arms

	E	C#m7	A	B
When	I want	you	and all your	charms

	E	C#m7	A	B
When	ever I	want you,	all I have to	do is

E	C#m7	A	B
Drea-ea-ea-ea-	eam,	dream, dream,	dream

	E	C#m7	A	B
When	I feel	blue	in the	night

	E	C#m7	A	B
And	I need	you	to hold me	tight

	E	C#m7	A	B
When	ever I	want you,	all I have to	do is

E	A	E	E7
Drea-	ee-	eam

A	G#m7
I can make you mine,	taste your lips of wine

F#m7	B7	E	E7
Anytime	night or	day

A	G#m7
Only trouble is,	gee whiz

	F#	B7
I’m	dreamin’ my life	away

	E	C#m7	A	B
I	need you	so	that I could	die

	E	C#m7	A	B
I	love you	so	and that is	why

	E	C#m7	A	B
When	ever I	want you,	all I have to	do is

E	A	E	E7
Drea-	ee-	eam

A	G#m7
I can make you mine,	taste your lips of wine

F#m7	B7	E	E7
Anytime	night or	day

A	G#m7
Only trouble is,	gee whiz

	F#	B7
I’m	dreamin’ my life	away

	E	C#m7	A	B
I	need you	so	that I could	die

	E	C#m7	A	B
I	love you	so	and that is	why

	E	C#m7	A	B
When	ever I	want you,	all I have to	do is

E	C#m7	A	B
Drea-ea-ea-ea-	eam,	dream, dream,	dream

E	C#m7	A	B
Drea-ea-ea-ea-	eam,	dream, dream,	dream

E

Dream

The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (1957)

Originally in A, I play in G capo 2 (still in A)

With two guitars, it’s cool to have one playing in G capo 2

A and one playing in D capo 7.

Intro, chords change on the downbeats

G	G	A#	C	G	G	G	G
							x 2

C	G	C	G
Bye bye	love,	bye bye	happiness

C	G
Hello	loneliness

	G	D	G
I	think I’m a-	gonna	cry-y

C	G	C	G
Bye bye	love,	bye bye	sweet caress

C	G
Hello	emptiness

	G	D	G
I	feel like	I could	di-ie

	G	D	G
Bye	bye, my	love, good	by-ye

	D7	G
There goes my	baby with-a someone	new

	D7	G
She sure looks	happy, I sure am	blue

	C	D
She was my	baby till he stepped	in

	G	G7
Goodbye to romance that might have	been

C	G	C	G
Bye bye	love,	bye bye	happiness

C	G
Hello	loneliness

	G	D	G
I	think I’m a-	gonna	cry-y

C	G	C	G
Bye bye	love,	bye bye	sweet caress

C	G
Hello,	emptiness

	G	D	G
I	feel like	I could	di-ie

	G	D	G
Bye	bye, my	love, good	by-ye

	D7	G
I’m a-through with	romance, I’m a-through with	love

	D7	G
I’m through with-a	countin’ the stars a	bove

	C	D
And here’s the	reason that I’m so	free

	G	G7
My lovin’ baby is a-through with	me

C	G	C	G
Bye bye	love,	bye bye	happiness

C	G
Hello	loneliness

	G	D	G
I	think I’m a-	gonna	cry-y

C	G	C	G
Bye bye	love,	bye bye	sweet caress

C	G
Hello,	emptiness

	G	D	G
I	feel like	I could	di-ie

	G	D	G
Bye	bye, my	love, good	by-ye

	G	D	G
Bye	bye, my	love, good	by-ye

	G	D	G
Bye	bye, my	love, good	by-ye

The Everly Brothers - Cathy’s Clown (1960)

Originally in G, I play in E

as upbeat, syncopated barre chords

E	B	E	B	E	B	E

Both vox lines come in the 5 on “don’t”, 6 on “love”

	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Don’t want your	love			any	more

	B	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Don’t	want your	kisse	s		that’s for	sure

	B	C#m	A	B
I	die each	time I hear this	sound

	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Here he	co	mes	that’s	Cathy’s	clown

	E	A	E
I’ve gotta stand	tall

	A	E	A	E
You know a	man can’t	crawl

	A	C#m	A
For when he	knows you tell lies and he	hears ‘em passin’	by

	B	E	A	E
He’s	not a man at	all

	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Don’t want your	love			any	more

	B	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Don’t	want your	kisse	s		that’s for	sure

	B	C#m	A	B
I	die each	time I hear this	sound

	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Here he	co	mes	that’s	Cathy’s	clown

	E	A	E	E	A	E
When you see me shed a	tear		and you know that it’s sin	cere

	A	C#m	A
Don’t ya think it’s kinda	sad that you’re	treatin’ me so	bad

	B	E	A	E
Or	don’t you even	care

	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Don’t want your	love			any	more

	B	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Don’t	want your	kisse	s		that’s for	sure

	B	C#m	A	B
I	die each	time I hear this	sound

	E	B	E	B	E
Here he	co	mes	that’s	Cathy’s	clown

B	E	B	E
	That’s	Cathy’s	clown

B	E	B	E
	That’s	Cathy’s	clown

The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie (1957)

D	F	G	F
			x 4

D	F	G	F	D
Wake up little Susie, wake up

D	F	G	F	D
Wake up little Susie, wake up

	G	D	G	G	D	G
We b	oth been s	ound asl	eep, wake	up little Su	sie and w	eep

	G	D	G	D	G	D	G
The mov	ie’s ov	er, it’s fo	ur o’clo	ck and we	’re in tr	ouble de	ep

	A	G	A
Wake up little Su	sie	, wake up little	Susie

This is I→V in the original, I prefer I→bVII

	A	G	A
W	hat are we gonna t	ell your ma	mma?

	A	G	A
W	hat are we gonna t	ell your p	a?

	A	G	A
W	hat are we gonna t	ell our	friends when they say “ooh la la”

	D	A	D
Wake up little Sus	ie,	wake up little Su	sie

	D
Well I to	ld your momma that you’d be in by ten

	G
Well now Su	sie baby looks like we goofed again

	A	G	A
Wake up little Sus	ie,	wake up little Su	sie, we gotta go home

D	F	G	F
			x 2

D	F	G	F	D
Wake up little Susie, wake up

D	F	G	F	D
Wake up little Susie, wake up

	G	D	G	G	D	G
The mo	vie w	asn’t so h	ot, it d	idn’t have m	uch of a p	lot

	G	D	G	D	G	D	G
We f	ell as	leep, our go	ose is co	oked, our rep	uta	tion is s	hot

	A	G	A
Wake up little S	usie	, wake up li	ttle Susie

	A	G	A
W	hat are we gonna t	ell your ma	mma?

	A	G	A
W	hat are we gonna t	ell your p	a?

	A	G	A
W	hat are we gonna t	ell our	friends when they say “ooh la la”

	D	A	D
Wake up little Sus	ie,	wake up little Su	sie

A	D
Wake up little Sus	ie

D	F	G	F
			x 2

D

The Everly Brothers - When Will I Be Loved (1960)

Everly Brothers in B, Linda Ronstadt in E, I play in A

This arrangement follows the Ronstadt version a little more

than the Everly Brothers version.

Let ring, basically just the I, as per Ronstadt arrangement

A	D	E
I’ve been	chea	ted

A	D	E
Been mis	trea	ted

A	D	E	A
When will	I	be	loved?

Now come in with the rock

A	D	E
I’ve been	turned	down

A	D	E
I’ve been	pushed ‘	round

A	D	E	A
When will	I	be	loved?

D	E
When I meet a	new girl

D	A
That I want for	mine

	D	E
She	always breaks my	heart in two

Slash chords are from the Ronstadt arrangement

	D/F#	E/G#
It	happens every	time

A	D	E
I’ve been	made	blue

A	D	E
I’ve been	lied	to

A	D	E	A	D	E
When will	I	be	loved?

Optionally solo on verse chords

A	D	E
I’ve been	chea	ted

A	D	E
Been mis	trea	ted

A	D	E	A
When will	I	be	loved?

D	E
When I meet a	new girl

D	A
That I want for	mine

	D	E
She	always breaks my	heart in two

	D/F#	E/G#
It	happens every	time

A	D	E
I’ve been	chea	ted

A	D	E
Been mis	trea	ted

A	D	E	A
When will	I	be	loved?

A	D	E	A
When will	I	be	loved?

A	D	E	A
When will	I	be	loved?

The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night (1956)

Originally in F#, I play in C

Intro, with “shoo-doo, shooby-doo”

C	Am	F	G

Vox on the 5 on “still”

	C	Am
In the	still of the	night

	F	G
I	held you, held you	tight

	C	Am
Cause I	love, love you	so

	F	G
Promise I’ll	never let you g	o

	C	F	C
In the still of the	night

	F
I remem	ber that night in May

	C
The s	tars were bright above

	F
I’ll h	ope and I’ll pray

Hard stops after “keep”

	G
To k	eep your precious love

	C	Am
Well bef	ore the	light

	F	G
Hold me aga	in with all of your	might

	C	F	C	G
In the still of the	night

Solo, with “doo-bop, doo-bah”

C	Am	F	G
			x2

	C	Am
So bef	ore the	light

	F	G
Hold me aga	in with all of your	might

Hang on the V at the end of this line

	C	F	G
In the still of the	night

A cappella, V implied

In the still of the...

C	Am	F	G	C
Night

The Four Seasons - Walk Like a Man (1963)

Originally in Bb, I play in E capo 2

E	A	E	A

The first “weee” is on the 2 7 of the chord (5 3 of the key)

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A
Ooo	weee ooo	ooo	ooo	weee,	walk,	walk,	walk

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	B
Ooo	weee ooo	ooo	ooo	walk	like a	ma	n

E	F#m7	E	F#m7
Oh, how you	tried to	cut me down to	size

E	F#m7	E	F#m7
Tellin’ dirty	lies to my	friends

	E	F#m7	E	F#m7
But	my own	father said	give her up, don’t	bother

Hard stop on “end”

	E	F#m7	E
The	world isn’t	comin’ to an	end

He said...

A	D	A	D
Walk like a	man,	talk like a	man

A	C#m	Bm	E
Walk like a	man my	son

A	D	A	D
No woman’s	worth	crawlin’ on the	earth

	A	C#m	D	B
So	walk like a	man, my	so	n

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A
Ooo	weee ooo	ooo	ooo	weee,	walk,	walk,	walk

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	B
Ooo	weee ooo	ooo	ooo	walk	like a	ma	n

E	F#m7	E	F#m7
Bye-aye	baby, I	don’t-a mean	maybe

E	F#m7	E	F#m7
Gonna get alo	ng some	how

E	F#m7	E	F#m7
Soon you’ll be	cryin’ on	account of all your	lyin’

	E	F#m7	E
Oh	yeah, just	look who’s laughin’	now

I'm gonnna...

A	D	A	D
Walk like a	man,	fast as I	can

A	C#m	Bm	E
Walk like a	man from	you

A	D	A	D
I’ll tell the	world forg	et about it,	girl

	A	C#m	D	B
And	walk like a	man from	yo	u

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A
Ooo	weee ooo	ooo	ooo	weee,	walk,	walk,	walk

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	B
Ooo	weee ooo	ooo	ooo	walk	like a	ma	n

The Four Tops - I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey bunch) (1965)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

G

	G	D
Ooooh, s	ugar pie, honey bunch, you know that	I love you

	Am	C	D
I can’t he	lp myself, I love you and n	obody else

G	D
In and out my life, you come and you	go

	Am	C	D
Leaving just your pi	cture behind, and I’ve kissed it a th	ousand times

G	D
When you snap your finger, or wink your eye, I come a-r	unning to you

	Am	C	D
I’m tied to your a	pron strings, and there’s nothing that	I can do

Short solo

G	D

	Am	C	D
I can’t h	elp myself, no, I can’t h	elp myself

	G	D
‘Cause, s	ugar pie, honey bunch, I’m weaker than a m	an should be

	Am	C	D
I can’t	help myself, I’m a fool in lo	ve ya see

	G	D
Wanna t	ell you I don’t love you, tell you that we’re through, a	nd I try

	Am	C	D
But every time I s	ee your face, I get all choked u	p inside

	G
Wh	en I call your name, girl it starts to flame

	G
B	urning in my heart, tear’n it all apart

	G
No ma	tter how I try, my love I cannot hide

	G	D
‘Cause su	gar pie honey bunch, you know that I’d wa	it for you

	Am	C	D
Can’t h	elp myself, I love you and n	obody else

	G	D
S	ugar pie, honey bunch, I’d do anything you a	sk me to

	Am	C	D
I can’t h	elp myself, I want you and n	obody else

	G	D
S	ugar pie, honey bunch, you know that	I love you

	Am	C	D
I can’t h	elp myself, I can’t he	lp myself

G

The Isley Brothers - Shout (1959)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 2

Well...

	A
You know you make me wanna (Sh	out!)

	F#m
Kick my heels up and (Sho	ut!)

	A
Throw my hands up and (Sh	out!)

	F#m
Throw my head back and (Sh	out!)

	A
Come on now (Sho	ut!)

	F#m
Don’t forget to say you w	ill

	A
D	on’t forget to say, yeah

	F#m
Y	eah, yeah, yeah, yeah

A	F#m
(Say you wi	ll) Say it right now bab-ay

A	F#m
(Say you wi	ll) Come on, come on

A	F#m
(Say you wi	ll) Say it, will-a yoooo

A	F#m
(Say you wi	ll) Come on now

A

(Say) Say that you love me

F#m

(Say) Say that you need me

A

(Say) Say that you want me

F#m

(Say) You wanna please me

A

(Say) Come on now

F#m

(Say) Come on now

A

(Say) Come on now

Hard stop

F#m

(Say)

Thise whole verse with “Shooby-doo-wop-do-wop-wop-wop-wop”

	A
I still rem	ember

	F#m
When you used to be nine years o	ld, yeah yeah

	A	F#m
I was a fo	ol for you, from the bottom of my s	oul, yeah

	A	F#m
Now that you’ve gr	own, up, grown enough to kn	ow, yeah yeah

Hard stop after this line, into half-time swing

	A	F#m
You wanna le	ave me, you wanna, let me	go

This whole verse arguably bounces between I and IV6, not writing them all out, it behaves like a standard I→I6

	A
I want you to kn	ow

I said I want you to know right now, yeah
You been good to me baby
Better than I been to myself, hey, hey

And if you ever leave me
I don't want nobody else, hey, hey
I said I want you to know, hey
I said I want you to know right now, hey, hey
You know you make me wanna

At tempo

A

(Shout-wooo) hey yeah

F#m

(Shout-wooo) yeah yeah yeah

A

(Shout-wooo) aaaalll right

F#m

(Shout-wooo) aaaalll right

A

(Shout-wooo) come on now

F#m

(Shout) come on now

A

(Shout) yeah, yeah, yeah

F#m

(Shout) yeah, yeah, yeah (good sound)

A

(Shout) yeah, yeah, yeah (good sound)

F#m

(Shout) yeah, yeah, yeah (good sound)

A

(Shout) all-alright (good sound)

F#m

(Shout) it’s all-alright (good sound)

A

(Shout) all-alright (good sound)

F#m

(Shout) all-alright (aah)

Hard stop, into rubato

	A
Now	wait a minute, I feel allllllllll right

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Now that I got my woman

	D7
I feel aaaaaaaalllllri	ght

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Every time I think about you
You been so good to me
You know you make me wanna

At tempo

A

(Shout-wooo) lift my heels up and

F#m

(Shout-wooo) throw my head back and

A

(Shout-wooo) kick my heels up and

F#m

(Shout-wooo) come on now

A

(Shout-wooo) take it easy

F#m

(Shout-wooo) take it easy

A

(Shout-wooo) take it easy (higher)

Repeat like a zillion times

F#m

(Shout) a little bit softer now

Repeat like a zillion times

A

(Shout) a little bit louder now

With at libs to end

The Kingsmen - Louie Louie (1963)

Intro

A	D	Em	D
			x2

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh no,	hey	we gotta go,		ah yea yea ye	a yea baby

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh baby,		we gotta go

	A	D	Em	D
A	fine little	girl, who	waited for	me

	A	D	Em	D
I	catch a	ship a	cross the	sea

	A	D	Em	D
I	sailed that	ship, about	all a	lone

	A	D	Em	D
N	ever could know	if I’ll	make it	home

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	no no no no n	o, say	we gotta go,		oh	no

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh baby,	said	we gotta go

	A	D	Em	D
Three	nights and	days I	sailed the	sea

	A	D	Em	D
I	think of the	girl	constant	ly

	A	D	Em	D
And	on that	ship, I	dream she	there

	A	D	Em	D
I	smell the	rose, ah,	in her	hair

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh no,	hey	we gotta go,		ah yea yea ye	a yea said

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh baby,	said	we gotta go,			okay let’s give it to ‘em

Solo

A	D	Em	D
			x8

It sounds like he made a mistake here, and started singing this line, but they kept it...

	A	D	Em	D
I	see

	A	D	Em	D
I	see Ja	maican	moon a	bove

	A	D	Em	D
I	won’t be	long, me	see me	love

	A	D	Em	D
I	take her	in my	arms a	gain

	A	D	Em	D
And	tell her I	’ll never	leave a	gain

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh no,	hey	we gotta go,		ah yea yea ye	a yea said

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh baby,	said	we gotta go

	A	D	Em	D
I said	we gotta go now

	A	D	Em	D
Uh-huh	we gotta go

	A
Let’s g	o

The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman (1961)

Originally in D, Beatles in A, I play in D capo 3

D

(Wait!) Oh yes, wait a minute Mr. Postman

Bm

(Wait!) Wai-ai-ai-ait Mr. Postman

Backup vox sing main lyrics

D

Mr. Postman, look and see (Oh yea)

Bm

Is there a letter in your bag for me? (Please, please, Mr. Postman)

G

I’ve been waiting such a long time (Whoa yea)

A

Since I heard from this boyfriend of mine

Lead vox sing main lyrics

D

There must be some word today (waaooo)

Bm

From my boyfriend so far away (waaooo)

G

Please Mr. Postman, look and see (waaooo)

A

Is there a letter, a letter for me?

Lead vox sing main lyrics

D

I’ve been standing here waiting Mr. Postman (waaooo)

Bm

So... so patiently (waaooo)

G

For just a card, or just a letter (waaooo)

A

Saying he’s returning home to me

Backup vox sing main lyrics

	D
(Please Mr.	Postman) Please Mr. postman look and see (Oh yea)

Bm

Is there a letter in your bag for me? (Please, please, Mr. Postman)

G

I’ve been waiting such a long time (Whoa yea)

A

Since I heard from this boyfriend of mine

Lead vox sing main lyrics

D

So many days, you passed me by

Bm

You saw the tear standing in my eye

G

You wouldn’t stop to make me feel better

A

By leaving me a card or a letter

Lead vox sing main lyrics

D

Please Mr. Postman, look and see (Postman, postman)

	Bm
Is there a	letter oh yea in your bag for me? (Postman, postman)

	G
You know it’s	been so long (Postman, postman)

	A
Since I	heard from this boyfriend of mine

Lead vox sing main lyrics

	D
You better	wait a minute, wait a minute (Please wait a minute)

	Bm
Oh, you better	wait a minute, wait a minute (Please wait a minute)

	G
Please, please Mr.	Postman (Wait a minute, Mr. Postman)

	A
Please	check and see, one more time for me

	D
You better	wait a minute, wait a minute (Please wait a minute)

	Bm
Oh, you better	wait a minute, wait a minute (Please wait a minute)

	G
Please Mr.	Postman (Wait a minute, Mr. Postman)

	A
Don’t	pass me by, you see the tears in my eyes

Fade

The McCoys - Hang on Sloopy (1964)

Originally in G, I play in D

D	G	A	G

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Sloopy	lives in a	very	bad part of	town

	D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
And	every	body,	yeah, tries to	put my Sloopy	down

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Sloopy,	I don’t	care what your	daddy	do

	D	G	A	G	D	G	A
Cause	you know,	Sloopy	girl, I’m in	love with	you

A

And so I sing out

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Sloopy wears a	red dress,	yeah, as	old as the hi	lls

	D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
But when	Sloopy wears that	red dress,	yeah, you know, it	gives me the	chills,	oh,	oh

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Sloopy, when I s	ee you	walkin’, w	alkin’ down the st	reet

	D	G	A	G	D	G	A
I say	don’t worry	Sloopy gi	rl, you bel	ong to m	e

A

And so I sing out

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n,	yeah,	yeah

Solo if necessary on chorus chords

D	G	A	G
			x4

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Sloopy, let your	hair hang	down, let it	hang down on	me

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Sloopy, let your	hair down	girl, let it	hang down on	me,	yeah,	yeah,	come on

D	G	A	G
Sloopy (come	on, come o	n), oh c	ome on

D	G	A	G
Sloopy (come	on, come o	n), oh c	ome on

D	G	A	G
Sloopy (come	on, come o	n), oh c	ome on

D	G	A	G
Sloopy (come	on, come o	n), well it fee	ls so

D	G	A	G
Good (come	on, come o	n), you know it fee	ls so

D	G	A	G
Good (come	on, come o	n), well shake it sh	ake it shake it

D	G	A	G
Sloopy (come	on, come o	n), oh shake it sh	ake it shake it

D	G	A	A7
Yeah (come	on, come o	n)	oooooh

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n,	yeah,	yeah

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n,	yeah,	yeah

D	G	A	G	D	D	G	G	A	A	G	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang on

D

The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (1955)

Originally in C, I play in G and still drop a lot of the high stuff

G	Em	C	D	G
Oh, my	love, my	darling, I’ve	hungered for your	touch

	Em	D
A	long, lonely	time

	G	Em	C	D	G
And	time goes	by so	slowly and	time can do so	much

	Em	D
Are	you still	mine?

	G	D	Em	Bm
I	need your love,		I	need your love

	C	D	G	G7
God	speed your love	to	me

C	D	C	A#
Lonely rivers	flow to the	sea, to the	sea

C	D	G
To the open	arms of the	sea, yeah

C	D	C	A#
Lonely rivers	sigh, wait for	me, wait for	me

C	D	G
I’ll be coming	home, wait	for me

G	Em	C	D	G
Oh, my	love, my	darling, I’ve	hungered, hungered for your	touch

	Em	D
A	long, lonely	time

	G	Em	C	D	G
And	time goes	by so	slowly and	time can do so	much

	Em	D
Are	you still	mine?

	G	D	Em	Bm
I	need your love,		I	need your love

	C	D	G
God	speed your love	to	me

G

Em

C

G

The Righteous Brothers - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (1964)

Righteous Brothers in Db (chorus), Hall and Oates in D (chorus), I play in C (chorus

Vox on 4 b7 b3 2 of the chorus key on “you never close”. Simplify “when I kiss your lips”. Everything else will be fine.

	A#/C	C
You never	close your eyes anymore when I kiss your	lips

	A#/C	C
And there’s	no tenderness like before in your finger	tips

	Dm7	Em7
You’re trying	hard not to show it	(baby)

	Fmaj7	F/G	G
But	baby,	baby I k	now it

C	Dm/C
You’ve lost that	lovin’ feeling

G7	C
Woah, that	lovin’ feeling

C	Dm/C
You’ve lost that	lovin’ feeling

	A#/C	C
Now it’s	gone, gone, gone, whoa oh oh o	h

C	A#
→

	A#/C	C
Now there’s no w	elcome look in your eyes when I reach for y	ou

	A#/C	C
And girl you’re	starting to criticize little things I d	o

	Dm7	Em7
It makes me j	ust feel like crying	(baby)

	Fmaj7	F/G	G
‘Cause	baby, something b	eautiful’s d	yin’

C	Dm/C
You’ve lost that	lovin’ feeling

G7	C
Woah, that	lovin’ feeling

C	Dm/C
You’ve lost that	lovin’ feeling

	A#	F/A	C
Now it’s	gone,	gone, gone, whoa oh oh o	h

C	F	G	F	G/D
			→

C	F	G	F	G/D	C	F	G	F	G/D
Baby, baby		I’d get down o	n my k	nees for	you			→

C	F	G	F	G/D	C	F	G	F	G/D
If you would	only	love me	→	like you used to	do			→

C	F	G	F	G/D	C	F	G	F	G/D
We had a	love, a	love, a	love you don’t f	ind every	day			→

	C	F	G	F	G/D	C	F	G	F	G/D
So	don’t,	don’t,	don’t,		let it slip a	way			→

C	F	G	F	G/D
Baby,	baby,	baby,	ba	by

	C	F	G	F	G/D	C
I beg you	please,	please,	please,	I n	eed your lo	ve

	C	F	G	F	G/D	C
I need your	love,	I need your	love,	so b	ring it on b	ack

C	F	G	F	G/D
	Bring it on	back	→

C	Dm/C
Bring back that	lovin’ feeling

G7	C
Woah, that	lovin’ feeling

C	Dm/C
Bring back that	lovin’ feeling

	A#/C
‘Cause it’s	gone, gone, gone

	A#/C	C
And I	can’t, go, on, whoa oh oh o	h

C	F	G	F	G/D
			→

C	Dm/C
Bring back that	lovin’ feeling

G7	C
Woah, that	lovin’ feeling

C	Dm/C
Bring back that	lovin’ feeling

	A#	F/A
‘Cause it’s	gone,	gone, gone

	A#/C	C
And I	can’t, go, on, whoa oh oh o	h

The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction (1965)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Intro

A	A	A	D	G	G	G	D
		→	→			→	x4

A	D
I can’t get no	satisfaction

A	D
I can’t get no	satisfaction

	A	E7	A	D
‘Cause I	try and I	try and I	try and I	try

D

A

D

G

D

A

D

G

I

can’t

get

no,

I

can’t

get

no

D	A	D	G
When I’m	drivin’	in my	car

D	A	D	G
And a	man comes	on the	radio

D	A	D	G
And he’s	tellin’ me	more and	more

	D	A	D	G
A	bout some	useless	infor	mation

D	A	D	G
Supposed to	fire my	imagi	nation

Hard stop at the end of this line

D	D	A	A	A	D	G	D	D	A
I	can’t	get	no,			oh	no	no	no

	A	A	A	D	G	D	A
Hey hey	hey,				that’s	what I	say

A	A	A	D	G	G	G	D
		→	→			→

A	D
I can’t get no	satisfaction

A	D
I can’t get no	satisfaction

	A	E7	A	D
‘Cause I	try and I	try and I	try and I	try

D

A

D

G

D

A

D

G

I

can’t

get

no,

I

can’t

get

no

D	A	D	G
When I’m	watchin’	my	TV

D	A	D	G
And a	man comes	on and	tells me

D	A	D	G
How	white my shirts c	an	be

D	A	D	G	D
But he	can’t be a	man ‘cause he	doesn’t	smoke

	A	D	G
The	same ciga	rettes as	me

D	D	A	A	A	D	G	D	D	A
I	can’t	get	no,			oh	no	no	no

	A	A	A	D	G	D	A
Hey hey	hey,				that’s	what I	say

A	A	A	D	G	G	G	D
		→	→			→

A	D
I can’t get no	satisfaction

A	D
I can’t get no	girl reaction

	A	E7	A	D
‘Cause I	try and I	try and I	try and I	try

D

A

D

G

D

A

D

G

I

can’t

get

no,

I

can’t

get

no

D	A	D	G
When I’m	ridin’	’round the	world

D	A	D	G	D
And I’m	doin’	this and I’m	signing	that

	A	D	G
And I’m	tryin’ to	make some	girl

	D	A	D	G	D
Who	tells me	baby better	come back	maybe next	week

	A	D	G	D
‘Cause you	see I’m	on a	losing	streak

D	D	A	A	A	D	G	D	D	A
I	can’t	get	no,			oh	no	no	no

	A	A	A	D	G	D	A
Uh-hey hey	hey,				that’s	what I	say

A	A	A	D	G	G	G	D
		→	→			→

D	D	A	A	A	D	G
I	can’t	get	no,			I can’t

A	A	A	D	G
Get	no,			I can’t

A	A	A	D	G	A
Get	no,			Satisf	action

The Rolling Stones - Time Is on My Side (1964)

Originally in Bb, I play in A

Rubato organ intro with blues-y solo

Dmaj7	F#m7	B7	E

At tempo

A	D	E
Time is on my	side, yes it	is

A	D	E
Time is on my	side, yes it	is

F#m	E
Now you always	say

F#m	B
That you want to be	free

	E	D
But	you’ll come	running back (said you would baby)

E	D
You’ll come	running back (like I told you so many times before)

E	D	E
You’ll come	running back to	me

	A	D	E
Yeah,	time is on my	side, yes it	is

A	D	E
Time is on my	side, yes it	is

F#m	E
Searching for	good times

F#m	B
But just wait and	see

E	D
You’ll come	running back (I said you would darling)

E	D
You’ll come	running back (spend the rest of my life with you, baby)

E	D	E
You’ll come	running back to	me

Loose vocals with solo

D

Go ahead, baby go ahead

A

Go ahead and light up the town

D

And baby, do everything your

A

Heart desires, remember, I’ll always be around

D

And I know, I know

	F#m
Like I told you so many times be	fore, you’re gonna come back

B7

Yeah you’re gonna come back baby, knocking

E

Yeah, knocking right on my door, yeah

A	D	E
Time is on my	side, yes it	is

A	D	E
Time is on my	side, yes it	is

F#m	E
‘Cause I got the	real love

F#m	B
The kind that you	need

E	D
You’ll come	running back (I knew you would one day)

E	D
You’ll come	running back (Like I told you before)

E	D	E
You’ll come	running back to	me

	A	D	E
Yes	time, time, time is on my	side, yes it	is, yeah

A	D	E
Time, time, time is on my	side, yes it	is, yeah

A	D	E
Time, time, time is on my	side

A

The Ronettes - Be My Baby (1963)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

A

A	Bm	E7
The night we met I knew I	needed you	so

A	Bm	E7
And if I had the chance I’d	never let you	go

C#7

So won’t you say you love me

F#7

I’ll make you so proud of me

B

We’ll make ‘em turn their heads

E

Every place we go

	A
So won’t you please	(be my be my baby)

	F#m
Be my little	baby (my one and only baby)

	D
Say you’ll be my da	rling (be my be my baby)

	E
Be my baby n	ow (my one and only baby) ooh, oh, oh, oh

A	Bm	E7
I’ll make you happy baby,	just wait and s	ee

A	Bm	E7
For every kiss you give me	I’ll give you t	hree

C#7

Oh, since the day I saw you

F#7

I have been waiting for you

B

You know I will adore you

E

Till eternity

	A
So won’t you please	(be my be my baby)

	F#m
Be my little	baby (my one and only baby)

	D
Say you’ll be my da	rling (be my be my baby)

	E
Be my baby n	ow (my one and only baby) ooh, oh, oh, oh

Solo

A	A	Bm	E7
			x2

	A	F#m
So come on and plea	se (be my be my baby) Be my little	baby

	F#m
Be my little	baby (my one and only baby)

	D
Say you’ll be my da	rling (be my be my baby)

One measure drums only after this line

	E
Be my baby n	ow (my one and only baby) ooh, oh, oh, oh

A

(Be my be my baby)

	F#m
Be my little	baby (my one and only baby)

	D
Oh, oh, o	h (be my be my baby)

	E
Oh, oh,	oh (my one and only baby)

The Searchers - Love Potion Number Nine (1963)

With hard stops

G	Am	C	Dm
→	I took my troubles down	to	Madame Rue

G	Am	C	Dm
→	You know that gypsy with	the	gold-capped tooth

C	Am
She’s got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and	Vine

Hard stop on the V

Dm	E	Am
Sellin’ little bottles of	love potion number	nine

Normal strum

Am	Dm
I told her that I was a	flop with chicks

Am	Dm
I’ve been this way since 19	56

	C	Am
She l	ooked at my palm and she made a magic	sign

	Dm	E	Am
She s	aid what you need is	love potion number	nine

	Dm
She	bent down and turned around and gave me a wink

	B7
She	said I’m gonna make it up right here in the sink

	Dm
It	smelled like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink

Hard stop on “held”

	E
I	held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink

Am	Dm
I didn’t know if it was	day or night

Am	Dm
I started kissin’ every	thing in sight

	C	Am
But w	hen I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and	Vine

	Dm	E	Am
He	broke my little bottle of	love potion number	nine

Solo

Dm	B7	Dm
	E
I	held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink

Am	Dm
I didn’t know if it was	day or night

Am	Dm
I started kissin’ every	thing in sight

	C	Am
But w	hen I kissed that cop down on Thirty-Fourth and	Vine

	Dm	E	Am
He	broke my little bottle of	love potion number	nine

Dm	Am
Love potion number	nine

Dm	Am
Love potion number	nine

Ringing

Dm	Am
Love potion number	nine

The Searchers - Needles and Pins (1964)

Originally in A (then C#), I play in F (then A)

Intro

F	Fsus2	F	F	Fsus4	F	Fsus2	F
→	→		→	→	→	→

	F
I saw her tod	ay, I saw her face

	Dm
It was a face I	loved, and I knew

	F	Dm
I had to run aw	ay and get down on my knees and p	ray

That they’d go away

	F
But still they beg	in

	Dm
Needles and p	ins

	Bb	C
Because of all my p	ride, the tears I’ve gotta h	ide

	F
Hey, I thought I was sm	art, I wanted her

	Dm
Didn’t think I’d d	o, but now I see

	F
She’s worse to him than	me

	Dm
Let her go ahead, take his love in	stead

And one day she will see

	F
Just how to say p	lease

	Dm
And get down on her kn	ees

	Bb
Yeah, that’s how it beg	ins

	C
She’ll feel those needles and p	ins, hurtin’ her, hurtin’ her

Vox on the 1 of the chord

A	G
Why can’t I stop and tell myself I’m w	rong, I’m wrong, so wrong

F	E
Why can’t I stand up and tell myself I’m str	ong

	A
Because I saw her tod	ay, I saw her face

	Gbm
It was the face I	loved, and I knew

	A	Gbm
I had to run a	way and get down on my knees and	pray

That they’d go away

	A
But still they be	gin

	Gbm
Needles and	pins

	D	E
Because of all my p	ride, the tears I’ve gotta	hide

	A
Oh, needles and p	ins

	A
Needles and pi	ns

	A
Needles and pi	ns

The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (1960)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

G

G	C	D
Tonight you’re mine compl	etely

G	D
You give your love so sw	eetly

	B	Em
Toni	ght the light of	love is in your eyes

C	D	G
But will you	love me to	morrow?

G	C	D
Is this a lasting	treasure

G	D
Or just a moment’s	pleasure?

	B	Em
Can I	believe the ma	gic of your sighs?

C	D	G
Will you still	love me to	morrow?

Vox up to the 3 of the chord

C	Bm
Tonight with words unsp	oken

C	G
You say that I’m the only	one

C	Bm
But will my heart be	broken

	Em	A7	C	D7
When the	night meets the	morning	sun?

G	C	D
I like to know that	your love

G	D
Is a love I can be	sure of

	B	Em
So t	ell me now and	I won’t ask again

C	D	G
Will you still	love me to	morrow?

Solo

G	G	C	D
G	G	D	D

(Outro)

	B	Em
So t	ell me now and	I won’t ask again

C	D	G
Will you still	love me to	morrow?

C	D	G
Will you still	love me to	morrow?

The Skyliners - Since I Don’t Have You (1958)

Originally in F#, I play in C capo 4 (E)

C	Am	F	Fm
C	Am	F	G7

Vox on the 5

C	Am	Fm	G7
I	don’t have	plans and schemes

	C	Am	Fm	G7
And	I	don’t have	hopes and dreams

C	Am	Fm
I-I-I	don’t have	anything

Dm	G7
Since I don’t have y	ou

C	Am	Fm	G7
I	don’t have	fond desires

	C	Am	Fm	G7
And	I	don’t have	happy hours

C	Am	Fm
I-I-I	don’t have	anything

Dm	G7	C
Since I	don’t have y	ou

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “I”

Dm	C
Iiiiiii... don’t have	happiness, and I guess

Dm	C
I never will ever ag	ain

Dm

When you walked out on me

C

In walked old misery

Dm	G7
And he’s been here since t	hen

First two lines falsetto an octave up

C	Am	Fm	G7
I	don’t have	love to share

	C	Am	Fm	G7
And	I	don’t have	one who cares

C	Am	Fm
I-I-I	don’t have	anything

“Since” twice as long as usual

Dm	G7
Since I	don’t have

C	Am	F	G7
You, y	ou, y	ou,	you

C	Am	F	G7
You, y	ou, y	ou, y	ou

Repeat to fade

The Temptations - My Girl (1964)

Originally around C#, I play in G capo 2

Intro

G

	G	C	G	C
I’ve got	sunshine	on a cloudy	day

	G	C	G	C
And when it’s	cold outside,	I’ve got the mo	nth of May

G	Am7	C	D
I	guess	you’d	say

G	Am7	C	D
What can	make me	feel this	way?

Gmaj7

My girl (my girl, my girl)

	Am7	D	C	C	D	D
Talkin’ ‘bout	my girl (m	y girl)

	G	C	G	C
I’ve got	so much honey,	the bees envy	me

	G	C	G	C
I’ve got a swe	eter song,	than the birds in the	trees

	G	Am7	C	D
Well	I	guess	you’d	say

G	Am7	C	D
What can	make me	feel this	way?

Gmaj7

My girl (my girl, my girl)

	Am7	D	C	C	D	D
Talkin’ ‘bout	my girl (m	y girl)

G	G
Oooh

G	C	G	C
	Hey hey h	ey

	Am	D	Bm	E	E	E
Hey hey h	ey,	oooh,	ooh

	A	D	A	D
I don’t	need no money,	fortune or	fame

	A	D	A	D
I’ve got	all the riches, baby,	one man can	claim

	A	Bm	D	E
Well	I	guess	you’ll	say

A	Bm	D	E
What can	make me	feel this	way?

Amaj7

My girl (my girl, my girl)

	Bm	E	E/D	E/C#	E/B
Talkin’ ‘bout	my girl

E/B	Amaj7
Talking ‘bout	my girl

Amaj7	Bm
I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day with	my girl

	E	E/D	E/C#	E/B	Amaj7
I’ve	even	got the	month of	May with	my girl

	Bm	E	E/D	E/C#	Bm	Amaj7
Talking bout,	talking bout			talking ‘	bout my	girl

The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (1961)

Originally in G, I play in E

Chords implied

E	A	E	B
Eee, ee	ee,	wee um um a weh

E	A	E	B
Eee, ee	ee,	wee um um a weh

Band enters

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

E	A
In the jungle the	mighty jungle

	E	B
The	lion sleeps ton	ight

E	A
In the jungle the	quiet jungle

	E	B
The	lion sleeps ton	ight, oh oh

With eeeeeeeh, we um um a weh

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

E	A
Near the village the	peaceful village

	E	B
The	lion sleeps ton	ight

E	A
Near the village the	quiet village

	E	B
The	lion sleeps ton	ight, hey hey

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

Solo, with high “oooh”

E	A	E	B
E	A	E	B

E	A
Hush my darling don’t	fear my darling

	E	B
The	lion sleeps tonigh	t

E	A
Hush my darling don’t	fear my darling

	E	B
The	lion sleeps ton	ight, oh oh

With whoa whoa whoa

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

Chords implied

E	A	E	B
Eee, ee	ee,	wee um um a weh

E	A	E	B
Eee, ee	ee,	wee um um a weh

The Zombies - She’s Not There (1965)

Originally in Am, I play in Em

Vox in the chorus stay on the root for a long time

He falsettos it all, so if there’s a low harmony,

do it in Am.

Play m’s as m7’s.

Em	A
	x 4

Vox on 3 5 2 1 on “no one told me”

Em	A	Em	A
Well no one	told me a	bout	her

Em	C	Em	A
The	way she	lied

Em	A	Em	A
Well no one	told me a	bout	her

Em	C	E
How many	people	cried

	A	Am	Em
Well it’s too	late to	say you’re	sorry

	Bm	Em
How would I	know, why should I	care?

	A	Am	G
Please don’t	bother	trying to	find her

	B7
She’s not	there

	Em	A
Well let me tell you ‘bout the	way she looked

	Em	C	Em	A
The way she	acted, the	color of her	hair

	Em	C	Em	A
Her voice was	soft and cool,	her eyes were	clear and bright

	E
But she’s not	there

Em	A
	x 4

Em	A	Em	A
Well no	one told me a	bout	her

Em	C	Em	A
What	could I	do?

Em	A	Em	A
Well no one	told me a	bout	her

Em	C	E
Though	they all knew

	A	Am	Em
But it’s too	late to	say you’re	sorry

	Bm	Em
How would I	know, why should I	care?

	A	Am	G
Please don’t	bother	trying to	find her

	B7
She’s not	there

	Em	A
Well let me tell you ‘bout the	way she looked

	Em	C	Em	A
The way she	acted, the	color of her	hair

	Em	C	Em	A
Her voice was	soft and cool,	her eyes were	clear and bright

Hard stop after this line

	E
But she’s not	there

Rockin’ ‘60s ePiano solo

Em	A
	x7

E

	A	Am	Em
Well it’s too	late to	say you’re	sorry

	Bm	Em
How would I	know, why should I	care?

	A	Am	G
Please don’t	bother	trying to	find her

	B7
She’s not	there

	Em	A
Well let me tell you ‘bout the	way she looked

	Em	C	Em	A
The way she	acted, the	color of her	hair

	Em	C	Em	A
Her voice was	soft and cool,	her eyes were	clear and bright

Hard stop after this line

	E
But she’s not	there

We Five - You Were On My Mind (1965)

Originally in E, I play in D

D	G	D	G	D

	D
When I woke up this	morning

G	A	D	G	A
You were	on my	mind

	G	F#m	Em	A
And	you were	on my	mind

	D	G
I got	troubles, whoa-	oh

	D	G
I got	worries, whoa-	oh

	D	Bm	G	A
I got	wound	s to	bind

	D
So I went to the	corner

G	A	D	G	A
Just to	ease my	pains

	G	F#m	Em	A
Said,	just to	ease my	pains

	D	G
I got	troubles, whoa-	oh

	D	G
I got	worries, whoa-	oh

	D	Bm	Em	A
I came	home	a	gain

	D
When I woke up this	morning

G	A	D	F#	G	A
You were	on my	mi-	i-	-i-	ind and

Originally a II here, I stick with the ii this time

G	F#m	Em
You were	on my	mind

A	D	G
I got	troubles, whoa-	oh

	D	G
I got	worries, whoa-	oh

	D	Bm	E	A
I got	wounds	to	bi	nd

Vox up to the 3 of the chord on “I”,

up to the 1 of the chord on “feelin”

	B	E	A
And	I got a	feelin’

	B	E	G#	A	B
Down	in my	sho-	oo-	oo-o	es, said

A	G#m	F#m	B
Way down	in my	sho-oo-	oes

	E	A
Yeah, I got to	ramble, whoa-	oh

	E	A
I got to	move on, whoa-	oh

Watch out, this melody only happens once

	E	C#m	F#m	B
I got to	walk a	way my	blues

Quiet again

	E
When I woke up this	morning

A	B	E	A	B
You were	on my	mind

Extra long “mind”

A	G#m	F#m	B
You were	on my	mind

Loud again

	E	A
I got	troubles, whoa-	oh

	E	A
I got	worries, whoa-	oh

Hang the last chord

	E	F#m
I got	wounds to	bind

Aretha Franklin - Respect (cover)

Aretha Franklin in C, Otis Redding in D, I play in A capo 3

Intro

A7	D7
	x2

Vox on the b6 (!) on “what”

E7	D7
What you want,	baby, I got

E7	D7
What you need,	do you know I’ve got it

E7

All I’m asking

D7	A7
Is for a little resp	ect when you come home (just a little bit)

	D7
Hey b	aby (just a little bit) when you get home

A7	D7
(Just a little bit) M	ister (just a little bit)

E7	D7
I ain’t gonna do you wrong	while you’re gone

E7	D7
Ain’t gonna do you wrong	‘cause I don’t want to

E7

All I’m asking

D7	A7
Is for a little resp	ect when you come home (just a little bit)

	D7
B	aby (just a little bit) when you get home

A7	D7
(Just a little bit) yeah	(just a little bit)

E7	D7
I’m about to give you	all my money

E7	D7
And all I’m asking	in return, honey

E7	D7
Is to give me	my propers

	A7
When you get	home (just a, just a, just a, just a)

	D7
Yeah	baby (just a, just a, just a, just a)

	A7
When you get	home (just a little bit)

	D7
Yeah	(just a little bit)

Solo, skip if acoustic

Ebm	Ab	Ebm	E

E7	D7
Ooh, your kisses	sweeter than honey

E7	D7
And guess what	so is my money

E7	D7
All I want you to	do for me

	A7
Is give it to me	when you get home (re, re, re ,re)

	D7
Yeah b	aby (re, re, re ,re)

	A7
Whip it to m	e (respect, just a little bit)

	D7
When you get home, now	(just a little bit)

A7

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

C7	D7
→	Find out what it means to me

G7	A7
→	R-E-S-P-E-C-T

C7	D7
→	Take care, TCB

A7

Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me (a little respect)

D7

Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me

	A7
W	hoa, babe (just a little bit)

	D7
A little resp	ect (just a little bit)

A7

I get tired (just a little bit)

	D7
Keep on t	rying (just a little bit)

A7

Running out fool (just a little bit)

	D7
And I ain’t	lyin’ (just a little bit)

Eric Clapton - Before You Accuse Me (cover)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

Vox mostly on the b3

Intro

E	B7

Vox more or less on the b3

	E	A	E
Be	fore you accuse me,	take a look at yourse	lf

	A	E
Be	fore you accuse me, take a look at yours	elf

	B7
You say I’m	spending my money on other women

A	E	B7
You’re takin’ money from from someone	else

	E	A	E
I	called your mama,	‘bout three or four nights ag	o

	A	E
I	called your mama, ‘bout three or four nights ag	o

B7	A	E	B7
Mama said son, don’t c	all my daughter no m	ore

	E	A	E
Be	fore you accuse me,	take a look at yours	elf

	A	E
Be	fore you accuse me, take a look at yours	elf

	B7
You say I’m	spending my money on other women

A	E	B7
You’re takin’ money from from someone e	lse

Solo

E	A	E	E
A	A	E	E
B	A	E	B

E	A	E
Come back home baby,	try my love one more t	ime

	A	E
Come o	n back home baby, try my love one more t	ime

	B7
You know if I	don’t go on and quit you

A	E	B7
I think I’ll lose my m	ind

Solo

E	A	E	E
A	A	E	E
B	A	E	B

	E	A	E
Be	fore you accuse me,	take a look at yourse	lf

	A	E
Be	fore you accuse me, take a look at yours	elf

	B7
You say I’m	spending my money on other women

A	E	B7
You’re takin’ money from from someone	else

E

George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You (cover)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Highest note is the 3 (“*whole* lot of...”)

Starts percussion only

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set o	n you

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

	A	D	E
But it’s gonna take m	oney

	A	D	E
A whole lotta sp	ending money

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take	plenty of money

Hard stop on the V

	A	D	E
To do it r	ight child

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take t	ime

	A	D	E
A whole lot of p	recious	time

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take p	atience and t	ime,	mmm

	A	D	A	D	A
To	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it

Hard stop

	D	A
To	do it	right child

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set o	n you

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

Bridge

	A	D
And th	is time I know it’s for r	eal

	A	D
The fe	eling that I f	eel

	A	D
I know	if I put my mind	to it

	A	E7
I know	that I really can	do it

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
S	et	on y	ou

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set o	n you

	A	E	A
S	et	on y	ou

	A	D	E
But it’s gonna take m	oney

	A	D	E
A whole lotta sp	ending money

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take	plenty of money

	A	D	E
To do it r	ight child

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take t	ime

	A	D	E
A whole lot of p	recious	time

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take p	atience and t	ime,	mmm

	A	D	A	D	A
To	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it

	D	A
To	do it	right

Instrumental chorus, skip acoustic

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set o	n you

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

Bridge

	A	D
And th	is time I know it’s for r	eal

	A	D
The fe	elings that I f	eel

	A	D
I know	if I put my mind	to it

	A	E7
I know	that I really can	do it

	A	D	E
But it’s gonna take m	oney

	A	D	E
A whole lotta sp	ending money

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take	plenty of money

	A	D	E
To do it r	ight child

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take t	ime

	A	D	E
A whole lot of p	recious	time

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take p	atience and t	ime,	mmm

	A	D	A	D	A
To	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it

	D	A
To	do it	right

F#m	C#7	F#m
Set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
S	et	on y	ou

F#m	C#7	F#m
A	E	A

Johnny Cash - I’ve Been Everywhere (cover)

Chords follow the Johnny Cash version; the Hank Snow version changes key a bunch

E

Rubato, vox on the 1 of the key basically the whole verse

	E
I was	totin’ my pack along the dusty Winnemucca road

When along came a semi with a high an' canvas-covered load

	A7
If you’re	goin’ to Winnemucca, Mack, with me you can ride

	E
And so I	climbed into the cab and then I settled down inside

Vox up to the 2 of the key

	B7	Caug	B7
He	asked me if I’d seen a road with	so much dust and	sand

	E
And I said,	listen, I’ve traveled every road in this here land

At tempo

E

I’ve been everywhere, man

A

Crossed the deserts bare, man

	E
I’ve	breathed the mountain air, man

	B7
Of	travel I’ve-a had my share, man

	E
I’ve been every	where

	E
I’ve been to	Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota

Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota

A

Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma

E

Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma

B7

Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo

E

Tocapillo, Baranquilla, and Perdilla, I’m a killer

E

I’ve been everywhere, man

A

Crossed the deserts bare, man

	E
I’ve	breathed the mountain air, man

	B7
Of	travel I’ve had my share, man

	E
I’ve been every	where

E

	E
I’ve been to	Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana

Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana

A

Monterey, Faraday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa

E

Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa

B7

Tennessee to Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake

E

Grand Lake, Devil’s Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete’s sake

E

I’ve been everywhere, man

A

Crossed the deserts bare, man

	E
I’ve	breathed the mountain air, man

	B7
Of	travel I’ve had my share, man

	E
I’ve been every	where

E

	E
I’ve been to	Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika

He clearly says “Costa Rocka”

Schefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica

A

Pittsfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport

E

Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond du Lac, Davenport

B7

Idaho, Jellico, Argentina, Diamantina

E

Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean-a

E

I’ve been everywhere, man

A

Crossed the deserts bare, man

	E
I’ve	breathed the mountain air, man

	B7
Of	travel I’ve had my share, man

	E
I’ve been every	where

E

	E
I’ve been to	Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravelbourg, Colorado

Ellisburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, Eldorado

A

Larimore, Admore, Haverstraw, Chatanika

He also says “opalacka”

E

Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika

B7

Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City

E

Sioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity

E

I’ve been everywhere, man

A

Crossed the deserts bare, man

	E
I’ve	breathed the mountain air, man

	B7
Of	travel I’ve had my share, man

	E
I’ve been every	where

E

B7	E
I’ve been every	where

E

Nazareth - Love Hurts (cover)

Nazareth around G, Everly Brothers in F#, Roy Orbison around Bb, I play in A

D/A	A
→

	A	F#m	D	E
Love	hurts, love	scars, love	wounds and	mars

It amuses me that Nazareth says “not tough or strong” and the Everly Brothers say “not tough nor strong”

Dadd9	A	F#m	D	E
Any	heart, not	tough or	strong e	nough

	Dadd9	A	C#7	F#m
To	take a lot of	pain,	take a lot of	pain

Everly Brothers arrangement does a V7 instead of another III7 at the beginning of this line

C#7	D	E
Love is like a	cloud, it holds a lot of	rain

Dadd9	A	G	D	A
Love	hurts,	ooh	hoo love	hurts

A

	A	F#m	D	E
I’m	young, I	know, but	even	so

Dadd9	A	F#m	D	E
I know a	thing, or	two, I	learned from	you

	Dadd9	A	C#7	F#m
I	really learned a	lot,	really learned a	lot

C#7	D	E
Love is like a	flame, it burns you when it’s	hot

Dadd9	A	G	D	A
Love	hurts,	ooh	hoo love	hurts

A

Bridge

F#m	C#7	F#m	C#7	F#m	C#7	F#m
Some fools think of	happi	ness,	blissful	ness, tog	ether	ness

B

Some fools, fool themselves, I guess

Bm	E
They’re not foolin’	me

Back to the pre-chorus, so chords are changing faster now

	Dadd9	A	C#7	F#m
I	know it isn’t	true, I	know it isn’t	true

C#7	D	E
Love is just a	lie made to make you	blue

Dadd9	A	G	D	A
Love	hurts,	ooh	hoo love	hurts

G	D	A
Ooh	hoo love	hurts

Solo on verse chords

A	F#m	D	E	Dadd9
			→

A	F#m	D	E	Dadd9
			→

	Dadd9	A	C#7	F#m
I	know it isn’t	true, I	know it isn’t	true

C#7	D	E
Love is just a	lie made to make you	blue

Dadd9	A	G	D	A
Love	hurts,	ooh	hoo love	hurts

G	D	A
Ooh	hoo love	hurts

G	D	A
Ooh	hoo love	hurts

The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law (cover)

Originally in G, I play in E

Intro

E

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	E	A	E
Ah	breaking rocks in the	hot	sun

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	E	A	E
I n	eeded money cause I	had	none

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	A
I l	eft my baby and I feel so bad

	E
I	guess my race is run

	A
Well	she’s the best girl I’ve ever had

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

Solo

A	A	A	A
E	E	E	E
A	A	A	A
E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

Hard stop before “six gun”, chords are implied

	E	A	E
Ah	robbing people with a	six	gun

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

Yes, he says “um good fun”

	E	A	E
I m	iss my baby and um	good	fun

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	A
I l	eft my baby and I feel so bad

	E
I	guess my race is run

	A
Well	she’s the best girl I’ve ever had

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

The Wonders - That Thing You Do (cover)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Highest note is the 3 (a passing note on the 4)

A	Dm

Vox on the 5 on “you”

A	D	E
You	doin’ that	thing you

A	D	E
Do	breakin’ my	heart

	F#m	B
In	to a million	pieces

Bm	Dm	E
Like you always	do-o-o-	o

	A	D	E
And	you	don’t mean	to be

A	D	E
Cruel, you	never	even

F#m	B
Knew about the	heartache

G	E
I’ve been goin’	through

	F#m	B
Well I	try and try to	forget you girl

	A	A7	D	Dm
But it’s	just so	hard to	do

A	Dm	A	E
Every time you	do that thing you	do

A	D	E
I know	all the	games you

A	D	E
Play, and I’m	gonna	find a

F#m	B
Way to let you	know that

Bm	Dm	E
You’ll be mine some	day

	A	D	E
‘Cause	we could be	happy	can’t you

A	D	E
See, if you’d	only	let me

F#m	B
Be the one to	hold you

	G	E
And	keep you here with	me

	F#m	B
‘Cause I	try and try to	forget you girl

	A	A7	D	Dm
But it’s	just so	hard to	do

A	Dm	A
Every time you	do that thing you	do

Vox on the 5 of the first chord here

D

I don’t ask a lot girl

	F#m
But I	know one thing’s for sure

	B
It’s the	love I haven’t got, girl

	E	F	E
And I	just can’t take it	anymore

Solo on verse chords

	A	D	E
‘Cause	we could be	happy	can’t you

A	D	E
See, if you’d	only	let me

F#m	B
Be the one to	hold you

	G	E
And	keep you here with	me

	F#m	B
‘Cause it	hurts me so just to	see you go

A	A7	D	Dm
Around with	someone	new

	A	Dm
And if	I know you you’re	doin’ that thing

A	Dm
Every day just	doin’ that thing

A	E	D	Dm	Amaj7
I can’t take you	doin’ that thing you	do

Woody Guthrie - This Land is Your Land (cover)

Originally around D, PPM in A, I play in G

Intro, a hybrid of other arrangements

C	G	D/F#	Em	D	D7	G
	→	→

	C	G
This land is	your land, and this land is	my land

	D	G
From Cali	fornia, to the New York	Island

	C	G
From the Redwood	Forest, to the Gulf stream	waters

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
As I went	walking that ribbon of	highway

	D	G
And I saw a	bove me that endless	skyway

	C	G
I saw be	low me that golden	valley

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, and this land is	my land

	D	G
From Cali	fornia, to the New York	Island

	C	G
From the Redwood	Forest, to the Gulf stream	waters

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
I roamed and	rambled and I followed my	footsteps

	D	G
To the sparkling	sands of her diamond	deserts

	C	G
All a	round me her voice was a’	sounding

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
There was a big high w	all there that tried to st	op me

	D	G
It’s sign was p	ainted, said private p	roperty

	C	G
But on the b	ack side it didn’t say n	othing

D	G
This land was made for you and m	e

	C	G
This land is	your land, and this land is	my land

	D	G
From Cali	fornia, to the New York	Island

	C	G
From the Redwood	Forest, to the Gulf stream	waters

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
When the sun come	shining then I was	strolling

	D	G
And the wheat fields	waving and the dust clouds	rolling

	C	G
The fog was	lifting a voice come	chanting

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, and this land is	my land

	D	G
From Cali	fornia, to the New York	Island

	C	G
From the Redwood	Forest, to the Gulf stream	waters

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

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