Abba - Mamma Mia (1975)

Originally in D, I play in A

A	Aaug	A	Aaug
			x2

A	E/A	A	D
I’ve been	cheated by	you since I don’t know	when

A	E/A	A	D
So I	made up my	mind it must come to an	end

A	Aaug
Look at me now,	will I ever learn?

A	Aaug	D
I don’t know ho	w, but I suddenly	lose control

	E
There’s a fire with	in my soul

D	A/C#	E
Just	one	look and I can hear a bell ring

D	A/C#	E
One	more	look and I forget everything

A

Mamma mia, here I go again

G/D	D	A/C#	A
My	my, how can I re	sist	you?

A

Mamma mia, does it show again?

G/D	D	A/C#	A
My	my, just how much I’ve	missed	you

A	E/G#
Yes, I’ve been	broken-hearted

F#m	C#m/E
Blue since the	day we parted

G/D	D	Bm	E
Why,	why	did I ever	let you go?

A	F#m
Mamma mia,	now I really know

G/D	D	Bm	E
My	my,	I could never	let you go

A	Aaug	A	Aaug

A	E/A	A	D
I’ve been	angry and	sad about things that you	do

A	E/A	A	D
I can’t	count all the	times that I told you we’re	through

A	Aaug
And when you go,	when you slam the door

A	Aaug	D
I think you know,	that you won’t be a	way too long

	E
You know that I’m	not that strong

D	A/C#	E
Just	one	look and I can hear a bell ring

D	A/C#	E
One	more	look and I forget everything

A

Mamma mia, here I go again

G/D	D	A/C#	A
My	my, how can I re	sist	you?

A

Mamma mia, does it show again?

G/D	D	A/C#	A
My	my, just how much I’ve	missed	you

A	E/G#
Yes, I’ve been	broken-hearted

F#m	C#m/E
Blue since the	day we parted

G/D	D	Bm	E
Why,	why	did I ever	let you go?

A

Mamma mia, even if I say

G/D	D	A/C#	A
Bye	bye, leave me now or	nev	er

A

Mamma mia, it’s a game we play

G/D	D	A/C#	A
Bye	bye doesn’t mean for	eve	r

A

Mamma mia, here I go again

G/D	D	A/C#	A
My	my, how can I re	sist	you?

A

Mamma mia, does it show again?

G/D	D	A/C#	A
My	my, just how much I	missed	you

A	E/G#
Yes, I’ve been	broken-hearted

F#m	C#m/E
Blue since the	day we parted

G/D	D	Bm	E
Why,	why	did I ever	let you go?

A	F#m
Mamma mia,	now I really know

G/D	D	Bm	E
My	my,	I could never	let you go

Repeat to fade

A	Aaug

Aerosmith - Dream On (1973)

Originally in Fm, I play in Em.

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
			x 2

“Time” is on the 1 of the key in the recording, easier to stay on the 5.

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
Every	time that I	look in the	mirror

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
All these	lines on	my face getting	clearer

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
	The past is	gone

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
It went	by,	like dusk to	dawn

Em	Bm7
Isn’t that the	way

Original goes up to the 5 of the key here, best for me to go to 1

Cmaj7	D	B7
Everybody’s got their	dues in life to	pay

Em	D
Yeah, I know	nobody knows

C	D
Where it comes and	where it goes

Em	D
I know it’s	everybody’s sin

C	D
You got to lose to	know how to win

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
			x 2

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
Half my	life’s in	books’ written	pages

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
Live and	learn from	fools and from	sages

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
	You know it’s	true

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	D
All the	things	come back to	you

Em	D
Sing with me,	sing for the year

C	D
Sing for the laughter,	sing for the tear

Em	D
Sing with me, if it’s	just for today

C	D	B7
Maybe tomorrow, the	good lord will take you aw	ay, yeah

Am	B7	Cmaj7
Dream on	dream on	dream on

D	Em
Dream until the dream come	true

Am	B7	Cmaj7
Dream on	dream on	dream on

D	Em
Dream until the dream come	true

Am	B7
Dream on	dream on

Cmaj7	D
Dream on	dream on

Am	B7
Dream on	dream on

Cmaj7	D	B7
Dream on	ah	ah

Em

America - A Horse With No Name (1971)

In Em, play the second chord as 200200

Intro

Em	Em	D69/F#	D69/F#
			x2

Vox on the 5

	Em	D69/F#
On the	first part of the	journey

	Em	D69/F#
I was	looking at all the	life

	Em	D69/F#
There were	plants and birds and	rocks and things

	Em	D69/F#
There were	sand and hills and	rings

	Em	D69/F#
The	first thing I met was a	fly with a buzz

	Em	D69/F#
And the	sky with no cl	ouds

	Em	D69/F#
The	heat was hot and the g	round was dry

	Em	D69/F#
But the	air was full of so	und

	Em9	D69/F#
I’ve	been through the desert on a	horse with no name

	Em9	D69/F#
It felt	good to be out of the	rain

	Em9	D69/F#
In the d	esert you can rem	ember your name

	Em9	D69/F#
‘Cause there a	in’t no one for to	give you no pain

	Em9	D69/F#
L	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

	Em9	D69/F#
L	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

	Em	D69/F#
After	two days in the	desert sun

	Em	D69/F#
My s	kin began to turn	red

	Em	D69/F#
After t	hree days in the	desert fun

	Em	D69/F#
I was	looking at a river	bed

	Em	D69/F#
And the	story it told of a	river that flowed

	Em	D69/F#
Made me	sad to think it was	dead

	Em9	D69/F#
You see I’ve	been through the desert on a	horse with no name

	Em9	D69/F#
It felt g	ood to be out of the	rain

	Em9	D69/F#
In the	desert you can r	emember your name

	Em9	D69/F#
‘Cause	there ain’t no one for to	give you no pain

Not a typo, there’s an extra “la” at the beginning of each line this time

	Em9	D69/F#
La l	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

	Em9	D69/F#
La l	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

Solo

Em	Em	D69/F#	D69/F#
			x2

Em	Em	D69/F#	D69/F#
Em	Em	D69/A	D69/A

	Em	D69/F#
After	nine days I let the	horse run free

	Em	D69/F#
‘Cause the	desert had turned to	sea

	Em	D69/F#
There were	plants and birds and	rocks and things

	Em	D69/F#
There were	sand and hills and	rings

	Em	D69/F#
The	ocean is a desert with its	life underground

	Em	D69/F#
And a	perfect disguise	above

	Em	D69/F#
Under the	cities lies a	heart made of ground

	Em	D69/F#
But the	humans will give no	love

	Em9	D69/F#
You see, I’ve	been through the desert on a	horse with no name

	Em9	D69/F#
It felt	good to be out of the	rain

	Em9	D69/F#
In the	desert you can re	member your name

	Em9	D69/F#
‘Cause	there ain’t no one for to	give you no pain

	Em9	D69/F#
La l	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

	Em9	D69/F#
La l	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

	Em9	D69/F#
La l	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

	Em9	D69/F#
La l	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

America - Sister Golden Hair (1975)

Play the intro (and most of the A’s) with open top strings

C#m	A	E	E

I prefer to skip this part of the intro

G#m	G#m
C#m	B	A	A

	E
Well I	tried to make it Sunday, but I

G#m

Got so damn depressed

	A	E
That I	set my sights on	Monday, and I

G#m

Got myself undressed

	A	F#m
I ain’t	ready for the	altar

	C#m	G#m	A
But I	do ag	ree there’s	times

	F#m
When a	woman sure can

A	E	Esus4	E
Be a friend of mine

	E
Well I	keep on thinkin’ bout you

	G#m
Sister	golden hair surprise

	A	E
And I	just can’t live with	out you

	G#m
Can’t you	see it in my eyes?

	A	F#m
I been	one poor corres	pondent and I been

C#m	G#m	A
Too, too	hard to	find

	F#m
But it	doesn’t mean you

A	E	Esus4	E
Ain’t been on my mind

	B
Will you	meet me in the middle?

	A	E
Will you	meet me in the	air?

	B
Will you	love me just a little?

	A	E
Just e	nough to show you	care?

Hanging chords

	F#m	G#m
Well I	tried to fake it, I	don’t mind saying

	A
I	just can’t make it

C#m	A	E	E
G#m	G#m
C#m	B	A	A

With doo doo, da doo doo

	E
Well I	keep on thinkin’ bout you

	G#m
Sister	golden hair surprise

	A	E
And I	just can’t live with	out you

	G#m
Can’t you	see it in my eyes?

With aaaah’s

	A	F#m
I been	one poor corres	pondent and I been

C#m	G#m	A
Too, too	hard to	find

	F#m
But it	doesn’t mean you

A	E	Esus4	E
Ain’t been on my mind

	B
Will you	meet me in the middle?

	A	E
Will you	meet me in the	air?

	B
Will you	love me just a little?

	A	E
Just e	nough to show you	care?

	F#m	G#m
Well I	tried to fake it, I	don’t mind saying

	A
I	just can’t make it

Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools (1968)

Originally in Cm, I play in Am capo 3 and sing an octave down (obviously)

Intro, rubato... appears only in some versions, usually skip this

	Am7
Oh, oh,	oh, that’s the sound

Of a worried, a worried man

	D7
Ha ha,	ha ha ha ha ha

	Am
That’s the sound of	having a good time

Mmm, that’s the sound of pain

Vox on 3 4 5

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
For five long y	ears, I thought you were my man

	Am7
But I found o	ut, yeah, I’m just a link in your chain

	Am7
You got me where you w	ant me, I ain’t nothing but your fool

	Am7
You treated me m	ean, oh, you treated me cruel

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
Every c	hain, has got a weak link

	Am7
I might be w	eak child, but I’ll give you strength

Instruments out, hard stops only

	Am7
You	tell me to leave you alone

My father said come on home
My doctor said take it easy
Oh, but your lovin' is much too strong
I'm added to your

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
One of these m	ornings, the chain is gonna break

	Am7
But up until t	hen, I’m gonna take all I can take, oh yeah

	Am	Am7
Chain, chain, chain

	Am7	Am
Chain, chain, chain

	Am	Am7
Chain, chain, chain

Am7	Am
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

Aretha Franklin - Respect (1967)

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)

Aretha Franklin - You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman (1967)

Aretha Franklin in C, Carole King in E, I play in A capo 3

D	Dsus4	D
→	→

A	E/G#
Looking out on the morning	rain

G	D	D	A/C#	Bm7
I used to feel so u	ninspired	→	→

A	E/G#
And when I knew I had to	face another day

G	D	D	A/C#	Bm7
Lord it made me feel so t	ired	→	→

Vox on 7 2 7 2 of the chord on “before the day”

Dsus2/B	C#m7
Before the day I m	et you

Dsus2/B	C#m7
Life was so unkind

Dsus2/B	C#m7	A/B
You’re the key to my p	eace of mind

	E	A
Y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

D	A	D/F#	A/E	A/C#	A/B	A	Bm7	D	A/C#	Bm7
You make me fe	el lik	e a		nat	ur	al	woman	→	→

A	E/G#
When my soul was i	n the lost and found

G	D	D	A/C#	Bm7
You came along to claim	it	→	→

A	E/G#
I didn’t know just what was	wrong with me

G	D	D	A/C#	Bm7
Till your kiss helped me nam	e it	→	→

Dsus2/B	C#m7
Now I’m no longer doubtf	ul

Dsus2/B	C#m7
Of what I’m living fo	r

	Dsus2/B	C#m7	A/B
And i	f I make you happy	I don’t need to do more

	E	A
‘Cause y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

D	A	D/F#	A/E	A/C#	A/B	A	Bm7	E
You make me fe	el lik	e a		nat	ur	al	woman,	woman

Bridge

A	Em7
Oh baby what you	done to me

A	Em7
You make me feel so	good inside

Dmaj7	Am
And I just w	anna be

Dmaj7	C#m7	Bm7
Close to you, you	make me feel so	alive

	E	A
Y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

D	A	D/F#	A/E	A/C#	A/B	A	Bm7
You make me fe	el lik	e a		nat	ur	al	woman

	E	A
Y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

D	A	D/F#	A/E	A/C#	A/B	A	Bm7	E	A
You make me fe	el lik	e a		nat	ur	al	woman

Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans (1972)

Vocal note - melody starts on the 5

Originally in F#, I play in D capo 3, so in F

D	A	D
Riding on the	City of New Or	leans

Bm	G	D
Illinois Central,	Monday morning	rail

D	A	D
Fifteen cars and fi	fteen restless	riders

	Bm	A	D
T	hree conductors, and t	wenty five sacks of	mail

	Bm
All a	long the southbound odyssey

	F#m
The	train pulls out of Kankakee

	A	E
And	rolls along the houses, farms and	fields

Bm

Passing trains that have no name

	F#m
And	freight yards full of old black men

	A	A7	D
And	graveyards of the r	usted automo	biles

G	A	D
Good morning Am	erica, how a	re you?

	Bm	G	D
Say	don’t you know me,	I’m your native	son

A	D	A	Bm	Bm/A	E/G#
I’m the	train they call the	City of New	Orleans

	C	G	A	D
I’ll be gon	e five	hundred miles	when the day is	done

	D	A	D
Dealing	card games with the	old men in the	club cars

	Bm	G	D
A	penny a point, ain’	t no one keeping	score

D	A	D
Pass the paper	bag that holds the	bottle

	Bm	A	D
And	feel the wheels	rumbling ‘neath the	floor

	Bm
And the	sons of Pullman porters

	F#m7
And the	sons of engineers

	A	E
Ride their	fathers’ magic carpet made of	steel

Bm

Mothers with their babes asleep

F#m7

Rocking to the gentle beat

	A	A7	D
And the	rhythm of the r	ails is all they	feel

G	A	D
Good morning Am	erica, how a	re you?

	Bm	G	D
Say	don’t you know me,	I’m your native	son

A	D	A	Bm	Bm/A	E/G#
I’m the	train they call the	City of New	Orleans

	C	G	A	D
I’ll be gon	e five	hundred miles	when the day is	done

D	A	D
Nighttime on the	City of New	Orleans

Bm	G	D
Changing cars in	Memphis,	Tennessee

D	A	D
Halfway home, and	we’ll be there by	morning

	Bm	A	D
Through the	Mississippi darkness,	rolling down to the	sea

	Bm
But	all the towns and people seem

	F#m7
To	fade into a bad dream

	A	E
The	steel rail still ain’t heard the	news

	Bm
The	conductor sings his songs again

	F#m7
The	passengers will please refrain

	A	A7	D
This	train’s got the disapp	earin’ railroad	blues

G	A	D
Good night Am	erica, how a	re you?

	Bm	G	D
Say	don’t you know me,	I’m your native	son

A	D	A	Bm	Bm/A	E/G#
I’m the	train they call the	City of New	Orleans

	C	G	A	D
I’ll be gon	e five	hundred miles	when the day is	done

	C	G	A	D
I’ll be gon	e five	hundred miles	when the day is	done

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin’ Care of Business (1973)

Originally in C, I play in A

A	G	D	A
			x2

Vox are more or less doing 3 b3 3 b3 on “get up ev’ry”

	A	G
You	get up every morning from your	’larm clock’s warning

	D	A
Take the	8:15 into the	city

	A	G
There’s a	whistle up above and people	pushin’, people shovin’

	D	A
And the	girls who try to look	pretty

	A	G
And if your	train’s on time you can	get to work by nine

	D	A
And start your	slaving job to get your	pay

	A	G
If you	ever get annoyed, look at	me I’m self-employed

	D	A
I	love to work at nothing all	day

And I'll be

A	G
Taking care of business	every day

D	A
Taking care of business	every way

	A	G
I’ve been	taking care of business	it’s all mine

D	A
Taking care of business and	working overtime, work out

A	G	D	A
			x2

	A	G
If it were	easy as fishin’ you could	be a musician

	D	A
If	you could make sounds loud or	mellow

	A	G
Get a	second-hand guitar, chances	are you’ll go far

	D	A
If you	get in with the right bunch of	fellows

	A	G
People	see you having fun, just a-	lying in the sun

D	A
Tell them that you like it this	way

	A	G
It’s the	work that we avoid, and we’re	all self-employed

	D	A
We	love to work at nothing all	day

And we been

A	G
Taking care of business	every day

D	A
Taking care of business	every way

	A	G
I’ve been	taking care of business,	it’s all mine

D	A
Taking care of business and	working overtime

A	G
Taking care of business	every day

D	A
Taking care of business	every way

A	G
I’ve been taking care of business,	it’s all mine

D	A
Taking care of business and	working overtime

Solo on verse chords

A	G	D	A
			xN

A	D	C	G
			x2

	A	D	C	G
Take good care		of my business

	A	D	C	G
When I’m away		every day

A	G	D	A
			xN

	A	G
You	get up every morning from your	’larm clock’s warning

	D	A
Take the	8:15 into the	city

	A	G
There’s a	whistle up above and people	pushin’, people shovin’

	D	A
And the	girls who try to look	pretty

	A	G
And if your	train’s on time you can	get to work by nine

	D	A
And start your	slaving job to get your	pay

	A	G
If you	ever get annoyed, look at	me I’m self-employed

	D	A
I	love to work at nothing all	day

And I been

A	G
Taking care of business	every day

D	A
Taking care of business	every way

	A	G
I’ve been	taking care of business,	it’s all mine

D	A
Taking care of business and	working overtime, take care

Drums only

Takin' care of business, whoo
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business

Band enters with hits only

A	G
Takin’ care of business	every day

D	A
Takin’ care of business	every way

A	G
Takin’ care of businessm,	it’s all mine

D

Takin’ care of business and working overtime

A	G
Takin’ care of business

D	A
Takin’ care of business

Repeat to fade

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (1974)

Originally in A, I play in D capo 3

Play the A’s and G’s with lots of open E

D	D	C	G
			x 4

	D	C	G
I m	et a devil woman

	D	C	G
She t	ook my heart away

	D	C	G
She s	aid I had it comin’ to me

	D	C	G
But I w	anted it that way

	G7	A#	C
I think that	any love is good lovin’

	D	F#m7	Bm7
So I t	ook what I could	get	mmm

Em7	A
She looked at me with big brown e	yes and said

	D	A	G
You a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

	D	A	G
B-B-B-Baby you just a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

	D	A	G
Here’s something that you n	ever gonna forget

	D	A	G
B-B-B-Baby you just a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

D	D	C	G
			x 4

	D	C	G
And n	ow I’m feelin’ better

	D	C	G
‘Cause	I found out for sure

	D	C	G
She t	ook me to her doctor

	D	C	G
And he t	old me of a cure

	G7	A#	C
He said that	any love is good lovin’

	D	F#m7	Bm7
So I t	ook what I could	get	mmm

Em7	A
She looked at me with big brown e	yes and said

	D	A	G
You a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

	D	A	G
B-B-B-Baby you just a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

	D	A	G
Here’s something that you n	ever gonna forget

	D	A	G
B-B-B-Baby you just a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

D	D	C	G
			x 4

G7	A#	C
Any love is good lovin’

	D	F#m7	Bm7
So I t	ook what I could	get	mmm

Em7	A
She looked at me with big brown e	yes and said

	D	A	G
You a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

	D	A	G
B-B-B-Baby you just a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

	D	A	G
Here’s something that you n	ever gonna forget

	D	A	G
B-B-B-Baby you just a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

D	D	C	G
			x 4

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Am capo 1

Em	G	Am	Am
→	→		x 4

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am
Com	pa	ny,	al	ways on the	run

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am	G/A	Am
Des	ti	ny,	ooh	is the rising s	un

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am
I	was	born,	six	gun in my	hand

	Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am	G/A	Am
Be	hind	the	gun, I	make	my final s	tand

	C
That’s why they call me

Vox on the 5 of the chord

G	D
Bad compa	ny

Vox lands on the 1 at the bottom of “deny”, which

is an octave below “company” and super low in my key,

so I stay where I am

	Am	G/A	Am	C
I can’t den	y

C	D
Bad, bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am
Till the day I	die

	Am	G/A	Am
Till the day I	die

Em	G	Am	Am
→	→		x 2

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am
Re	bel	souls, de	ser	ters we are	called

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am	G/A	Am
Chose	a	gun, and	threw	away the s	un

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am
Now	these	towns,	they	all know our	name

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am	G/A	Am
Six g	un	sound		is our claim to fa	me

	C
I can hear them saying

G	D
Bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am	C
I won’t den	y

C	D
Bad, bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am
Till the day I	die

	Am	G/A	Am
Till the day I	die

Solo if appropriate vaguely on verse chords, repeating chorus is fine

G	D
Bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am	C
I can’t den	y

C	D
Bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am
Till the day I	die

Am	G/A	Am

C	G	D
	It’s bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am
Oh yea ye	a yea

C	D
Bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am
Till the day I	die

Bad Company - Can’t Get Enough (1974)

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro

A	A	G	D	G	D
			→	→	x2

	A	G	D
Well I’ll	take whate	ver I	want

	A	G	D
And	baby,	I want	you

A	G	D
You give me	something I	need

	A	G	D
Now	tell me I got	something for	you

E

Come on, come on, come on and do it

G	D	C	C	A
Come on and do,	do what you do

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love, huh

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love

E	A	E
→	→

A	A	G	D	G	D
			→	→	x2

	A	G	D
Well it’s	late and	I want	love

A	G	D
Love is gonna	break me in	two

	A	G	D
Don’t	hang me	up at your	doorway

	A	G	D
Don’t	hang me	up like you	do

E

Come on, come on, come on and do it

G	D	C	C	A
Come on, come on and do	what you do

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love, huh

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love

E	A	E
→	→

What'd I say now?

Solo on verse, prechorus, chorus

A	G	D	D
			x4

E	G	D	C	C	A

A	D
	x3

E	A	E
→	→

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love, huh

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love

E	A	E
→	→

Bad Company - Shooting Star (1975)

Intro (chords approximate riff)

D/A	A	A/E	E	D6/A	D/A	G/A	A
→		→		→	→	→	x2

A	E
Johnny was a	schoolboy

“Heard” is on the 2 of the chord, and it will feel weird at first

	G	A
When he	heard his first Beatles	song

A	E
Love Me Do,	I think it was

	G	A
And from	there it didn’t take him	long

A	E
Got himself a	guitar

	G	A
Used to	play every	night

A	E
Now he’s in a	rock ‘n’ roll outfit

	G	A
And	everything’s alr	ight

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know?	→

A	E
Johnny told his	Mama

G	A
Hey, mama, I’m goin’ a	way

A	E
I’m gonna hit the	big time

	G	A
Gonna	be a big star some	day

A	E
Mama came	to the door

	G	A
With a	teardrop in her	eye

	E
Johnny said,	don’t cry, mama

G	A
Smiled and waved good	bye

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know,	yeah	yeah

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know,	don’t you	know

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

	G	D
And	all the world will love you just as	long

	E	D	E
As long as you	are	→

A	E
Johnny made a	record

	G	A
Went	straight up to number	one

A	E
Suddenly	everyone loved

	G	A
To	hear him sing his	song

A	E
Watchin’ the	world go by

	G	A
Surpr	isin’ it goes so	fast

A	E
Johnny looked a	round him and said

	G	A
Well, I	made the big time at	last

D	E
Don’t you	know?

D	E
Don’t you	know?

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know,	whoa	yeah

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star, yeah

	G	D
And	all the world will love you just as	long

	E	D	E
As long as you	are, a sho	oting	star

Solo, skip this and the following chorus acoustic

F#m	E	B	B
			x3

F#m	F#m	E	E

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know,	yeah	yeah

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star, naw

	G	D
And	all the world will love you just as	long

	E	D	E
As long as you	are,	→

A	E
Johnny died	one night

G	A
Gied in his	bed

A	E
Bottle of	whisky

	G	A
Sleeping	tablets by his	head

A	E
Johnny’s life	passed him by

	G	A
Like a	warm summer	day

A	E
If you listen to the	wind

	G	A
You can	still hear him	play

D	E	D	E
	Whoa	whoa	whoa

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know,	don’t you	know

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know	→

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

D	E	D	E
→	Don’t you don’t you don’t you d	on’t you	know

E	D	A	E	A
Don’t you	know that you a	re a	shooting star

Badfinger - No Matter What (1970)

Originally in A, I play in D

Intro

D

Vox on the 5 on “no”, down to the 1 of the key on “I”

	D	Em
No matter what you	are, I will always be with	you

Down to the 2 of the key on “does”

	G	A	G	A	D	A
Doesn’t matter what you	do	girl,	ooh	girl with	you

	D	Em
No matter what you	do, I will always be aro	und

	G	A	G	A	D
Won’t you tell me what you	found	girl,	ooh gi	rl won’t y	ou

Bm7	E7	A7	D7
Knock down the old gray	wall,	be a part of it	all

	G	Em	D
Nothing to	say, nothing to	see, nothing to	do

Bm7	E7	A7	D7
If you would give me	all, as	I would give it to	you

	G	Em	C	A
Nothing would	be, nothing would	be, nothing would	be

	D	Em
No matter where you g	o, there will always be a p	lace

	G	A	G	A	D
Can’t you see it in my fa	ce	girl,	ooh	girl want	you

Bm7	E7	A7	D7
Knock down the old gray	wall,	be a part of it	all

	G	Em	D
Nothing to	say, nothing to	see, nothing to	do

Bm7	E7	A7	D7
If you would give me	all, as	I would give it to	you

	G	Em	C	A
Nothing would	be, nothing would	be, nothing would	be

	D	Em
No matter what you	are, I will always be with	you

	G	A	G	A	D	A
Doesn’t matter what you	do	girl,	ooh	girl with	you

G	A	G	A	D
Ooh g	irl,	you	girl won’t	you

G	A	G	A	D
Ooh g	irl,	you	girl won’t	you

Bill Withers - Ain’t No Sunshine (1971)

The progression at the end of the verse is really Em→Dm→Am,

I prefer it as Dm7→F→Am

Starts voice only, on the 5 (E in Am)

	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s	gone

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
It’s not	warm when she’s a	way

	Dm7
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s	gone

	Em7	F
And she’s	always gone too	long

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Any	time she goes	away

	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Wonder this time where she’s	gone

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Wonder	if she’s gone to	stay

	Dm7
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s	gone

	Em7	F
And this	house just ain’t no	home

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Any	time she goes	away

Am

And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know

	Dm7
Hey, I ought to leave the young thing	alone

	F	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
But ain’t no	sunshine	when she’s	gone

	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s	gone

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Only	darkness every	day

	Dm7
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s	gone

	Em7	F
And this	house just ain’t no	home

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Any	time she goes	away

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Any	time she goes	away

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Any	time she goes	away

	G	Am
Any	time she goes	away

Bill Withers - Lean on Me (1972)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 2

A	D	A	E	A
			→

A	D
Sometimes in our	lives

	A	A	E
We all have	pain we all have	sorr	ow

A	D
But if we are	wise

	A	E	A
We know that	there’s always tom	orr	ow

Let an extra measure hang here on the IV

	A	D
Lean on	me, when you’re not	strong

	A
And I’ll be your	friend

	A	E
I’ll help you	carry	on

A	D
For it won’t be	long

	A
Till I’m gonna	need

	E	A
Somebody to	lean	on

A	D
Please swallow your	pride

	A	A	E
If I have	things you need to	borr	ow

A	D	A
For no one can	fill those of your	needs

	E	A
That you won’t	let	show

Let an extra measure hang here on the IV

	A	D	A	E	A
You just	call on me	bro	ther, when	you need a hand

	E	A
We all need somebody to	lean	on

	A	D	A	E	A
I just	might have a	prob	lem that	you’d under	stand

	E	A
We all need somebody to	lean	on

Let an extra measure hang here on the IV

	A	D
Lean on	me, when you’re not	strong

	A
And I’ll be your	friend

	E
I’ll help you carry	on

A	D
For it won’t be	long

	A
Till I’m gonna	need

	E	A
Somebody to	lean	on

A	D	A
If there is a	load you have to	bear

	A	E
That you can’t	car	ry

A	D
I’m right up the	road

	A
I’ll share your	load

	E	A
If you just	call	me

E6	A
Call	me (if you need a friend)

E6	A
Call	me (call me)

E6	A
Call	me (if you need a friend)

E6	A
Call	me (if you ever need a friend)

E6	A
Call	me (call me)

E6	A
Call	me

E6	A
Call	me (if you need a friend)

Billy Joel - If I Only Had the Words (1973)

Originally in A (then C), I play in E capo 1 (then G capo 1)

Highest note is the b7 of the first key

Intro

E	E	E7
→	→

Am	A	Bsus2	B	E
→		→

E	E	E7
→	→

Am	A	Bsus2	B	E
→		→

G	B7
→

Vox on the 5 on “only”

	E	E/G#	A	A	E/G#
If I o	nly had the	words to	tell you	→	→

	F#m7	F#m7/E	D9	B7	B7/D#
If you	only had the time to u	nder	stand	→	→

	E	E/G#	A	A	E/G#
Though I	know it wouldn’t	change your	feelings	→	→

	F#m7	B7sus4	E	G	B7
And I	know you’ll carry	on the best you	can	→	→

	E	E/G#	A	A	E/G#
If I	only had the	urge to	tell you	→	→

	F#m7	F#m7/E	D9	B7	B7/D#
If you	only knew how hard it i	s to	say	→	→

	E	E/G#	A	A	E/G#
When the	simple lines have	all been	taken	→	→

	F#m7	B7sus4	E	E	D/F#
And the	radio re	peats them every	day	→	→

	G	G/B	C	C	G/B
If I	never find the	song to	sing you	→	→

	Am7	Am7/G	F9	D7	D7/F#
If you	always find it h	ard to compre	hend	→	→

	G	G/B	C	C	G/B
Well you	know there wouldn’t	be much	meaning	→	→

	Am7	D7sus4	G	G	G/A
If I	had to sing those	tired words a	gain	→	→

Bridge

B7	B7/C#	B7/D#	Em
Life,	goes	on and	on

	D	D/F#	G	Gmaj7
And to	night will	soon be	gone

	Cmaj7	Bm7
But if we	try

	Am7	Dsus4	D	Dsus2	D
We can be	sure	→	→	→	→

	G	G/B	C	C	G/B
If I	only had the	words to	tell you	→	→

	Am7	Am7/G	F9	D7	D7/F#
If you	only had the time to u	nder	stand	→	→

	G	G/B	C	C	G/B
But I	only have these	arms to	hold you	→	→

	Am7	D7sus4	G
And it’s	all that you can	ask of any	man

Other bridge

G	G	G7
→	→

Cm	C	Dsus2	D
→		→

G	C	F	Am	D	C/D
Laa,	la la	la	laa la la	la

	G	G/B	C	C	G/B
If I	only had the	words to	tell you	→	→

	Am7	Am7/G	F9	D7
If you	only had the t	ime to under	stand

	D7/F#	G	G/B	C	C	G/B
Oh b	ut I	only have these	arms to	hold you	→	→

	Am7	D7	G	G7
And it’s	all that you can	ask of any	man

Cm	C	Dsus2	D	G
→		→

Cm	C	Dsus2	D	G
→		→

Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)

Loosely

Dm7	Bdim7

In time

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Fmaj7	C/E	D7	G
C	G/B	F/A	C/G
F	F/G
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
It’s ni	ne o’cl	ock on a	Saturday

F	C/E	D7	G
The regular c	rowd shuffles	in

	C	G/B	Fadd9/A	C/G
There’s	an old man	sitting	next to me

	Fadd9	F/G	C
Makin’	love to his	tonic and	gin

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
F	F/G	C	C	F/C	F/C

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
He says,	son can you	play me a	memory?

	F	C/E	D7	G
I’m	not really	sure how it go	es

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
But it’s	sad and it’s	sweet and I	knew it complete

	F	F/G	C
When	I wore a	younger man’s	clothes

Am	Am/G	D/F#	F
La la	la diddy	da

Am	Am/G	D/F#	G	G/F	C/E	G7/D
La	La diddy	da da d	um

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Sing us a	song, you’re the	piano man

F	C/E	D7	G
Sing us a son	g to nig	ht

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Well we’re	all in the	mood for a	melody

	F	F/G	C
And	you’ve got us fe	eling all	right

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
F	F/G
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C

	C	G/B	F/A	C
Now Joh	n at the	bar is a	friend of mine

	F	C/E	D7	G
He gets	me my	drinks for	free

	C	G/B
And he’s	quick with a	joke or to

F/A	C/G
Light up your	smoke

	F	F/G	C	F/C
But there’s	some place that	he’d rather	be

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
He says,	Bill I be	lieve this is	killing me

	F	C/E	D7	G
As a sm	ile ran a	way from his	face

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Well I’	m sure that I	could be a	movie star

	F	F/G	C
If	I could get	out of this	place

	Am	Am/G	D/F#	F
Oh	La la	la diddy	da

Am	Am/G	D/F#	G	G/F	C/E	G7/D
La	La diddy	da da d	um

	C	G/B	F/A	C
Now Pau	l is a	real estate	novelist

	F	C/E	D7	G
Who nev	er had	time for a	wife

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
And he’s	talking with	Davy, who’s	still in the	Navy

	F	F/G	C
And pro	bably w	ill be for	life

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
F	F/G	C	C	F/C	F/C

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
And the	waitress is	practicing	politics

	F	C/E	D7	G
As the	businessmen	slowly get	stoned

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Yes they’re	sharing a	drink they call	loneliness

	F	F/G	C
But it’s	better than	drinking a	lone

Solo

Am	Am/G	D/F#	Dm/F
Am	Am/G	D/F#	Dm/F
Am	Am/G	D/F#	D
G	G7/F	C/E	G/D

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Sing us a	song, you’re the	piano man

F	C/E	D7	G
Sing us a son	g to nig	ht

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Well we’re	all in the	mood for a	melody

	F	F/G	C
And	you’ve got us fe	eling all	right

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
F	F/G
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C

	C	G/B	F/A	C
It’s a	pretty good	crowd for a	Saturday

	F	C/E	D7	G
And the	manager	gives me a	smile

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
‘Cause he	knows that it’s	me they’ve been	coming to	see

	F	F/G	C	F/C
To for g	et about	life for a	while

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
And the	piano	sounds like a	carnival

	F	C/E	D7	G
And the	microphone	smells like a	beer

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
And they	sit at the	bar and put	bread in my	jar

	F	F/G	C
And say	man what are	you doing	here?

	Am	Am/G	D/F#	F
Oh	La la	la diddy	da

Am	Am/G	D/F#	G	G/F	C/E	G7/D
La	La diddy	da da d	um

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Sing us a	song, you’re the	piano man

F	C/E	D7	G
Sing us a son	g to nig	ht

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Well we’re	all in the	mood for a	melody

	F	F/G	C
And	you’ve got us fe	eling all	right

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
F	F/G
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C

Billy Joel - Somewhere Along the Line (1973)

Originally around G#, I play in G capo 1

G	D/F#	F	C/E	C/D	G
					x2

	G	C
Well it’s a	rainy night in	Paris

	Am	D
And I’m	sitting by the	Seine

Vox stay up on the 5

	G	C
It’s a	pleasure to be	soaking

C/B	Am	D
In the E	uropean	rain

	Em	D	C
Now my	belly’s full of f	ancy food and w	ine

	G	C
But in the m	orning there’ll be h	ell to pay

D	G
Somewhere along the lin	e

	G/B	C
Oh, but in the m	orning there’ll be	hell to pay

D	G
Somewhere along the	line

G	D/F#	F	C/E	C/D	G

G	C
Sweet Virginia c	igarette

Am	D
Burning in my ha	nd

	G	C	C/B
Well you	used to be a	friend of	mine

	Am	D
But n	ow I unders	tand

	Em	D	C
You’ve been e	ating up in	side me for some	time, oh

	G	C
And	I know you’re gonn	a get me

D	G
Somewhere along the	line

	G/B	C
Well	I know you’re gonn	a get me

D	G
Somewhere along the	line

G	D/F#	F	C/E

D	D/Eb
Somewhere along the line

	Em	Em/D	C
Well I k	now it’s just a ma	tter of	time

	G/B	C
When the	fun falls through and the	rent comes due

Am	F	D
Somewhere along the	line

	G	C
Well, you	know I love my	woman

	Am	D
And I w	ould not let her d	own

	G	C
And I	did my share of	lovin’

C/B	Am	D
When I u	sed to get	around

	Em	D	C
Now I’m	satisfied and	she is lookin’ fi	ne, oh

	G/B	C
But you	pay for your satis	faction

D	G
Somewhere along the lin	e

	G/B	C
Well you p	ay for your sa	tisfaction

D	G
Somewhere along the li	ne

Solo

G	G/B	C	D
			x2

G	D/F#	F	C/E	C/D	G

	G	C
Hey, it’s	good to be a	young man

	Am	D
And to	live the way you	please

	G	C
Yes, a	young man is the	king

	C/B	Am	D
Of	every	kingdom that he	sees

	Em	D	C
But there’s an	old and feeble	man not far	behind, oh

	G	C
And it	surely will catch	up to him

D	G
Somewhere along the	line

	G	C
Well, you	know it will catch	up to him

D	G
Somewhere along the	line

	G	C
Well, and it	surely will catch	up to him

D	G
Somewhere along the	line

G

D/F#

F

C/E

C/D

G

Billy Joel - Stop in Nevada (1973)

	D	D/F#	G	D/F#
He a	lways found it h	ard to t	ake her

Em7	A7sus4	D	G/D
She wouldn’t	listen to ad	vice

D	D9	G	D/F#
And though he	never tried to	make her

Em7	G	G/B
She often thought it would be	nice

A	A/C#	D/F#	D
Oh, and now she’s h	eadin’ out to Calif	ornia

	A
It’s been a	long time comin’ but she’s

	A/C#	D/F#	D
F	eeling like a woman	tonight

	A
And she	left a little letter said

	A/C#	D/F#
She’s g	onna make a stop in Ne	vada

G	D/F#	Em7	A
Good	bye,	good	bye

Bm7	A/C#

D	D/F#	G	D/F#
She tried for y	ears to be a	good wife

Em7	A7sus4	D	G/D
It never	quite got off the	ground

D	D9	G	D/F#
And all those	stories of the	good life

Em7	G	G/B
Convinced her not to hang	around

A	A/C#	D/F#	D
Oh, and now she’s h	eadin’ out to Calif	ornia

	A
And she	doesn’t know what’s comin’ but

	A/C#	D/F#	D
She’s s	ure of what she’s leaving be	hind

	A
And she	left a little letter said

	A/C#	D/F#
She’s g	onna make a stop in Ne	vada

G	D/F#	Em7	A
Good	bye,	good	bye

Bm7	A/C#

Interlude over verse chords

D	D/F#	G	Em7	A7sus4	D	C	A	D

D	D/F#	G	D/F#
And though she f	inds it hard to	leave him

Em7	A7sus4	D	G/D
She knows it	would be worse to	stay

D	D9	G	D/F#
He wouldn’t	understand the	reasons

Em7	G	G/B
That make a woman run aw	ay

A	A/C#	D/F#	D
Oh, and now she’s h	eadin’ out to Calif	ornia

	A
With some	money in her pocket she’s a

	A/C#	D/F#	D
R	ocket on the fourth of Ju	ly

	A
And she	left a little letter said

	A/C#	D/F#	D
She’s g	onna make a stop in Ne	vada

This A is the A that starts the next line...

G	D/F#	Em7	A
Good	bye,	good	bye

A	A/C#	D/F#	D
Oh, and now she’s h	eadin’ out to Calif	ornia

	A
With some	money in her pocket she’s a

	A/C#	D/F#	D
R	ocket on the fourth of Ju	ly

	A
And she	left a little letter said

	A/C#	D/F#
She’s g	onna make a stop in Ne	vada

G	D/F#	Em7	A
Good	bye,	good	bye

Bm7

A/C#

D

G

Em7

A

D

Billy Joel - The Ballad of Billy the Kid (1973)

On guitar, I play the slow part at tempo and skip the

at-tempo part of the intro.

Slow, swung, or play at tempo

G
G	Em	F
G	Em	F	C	D
G	Em	F	C	G/B	Am	D

At tempo, straight, skip on guitar

F/G	C/G	C/G	F/G	G
				x2

	G	Em	F
From a	town known a	s Wheeling, West Vi	rginia

	G	Em	F	C	D
Rode	a boy with a	six-gun in his	hand

	G	Em	F	C
And his	daring life of c	rime made him a le	gend in his t	ime

	G/B	Am7	D7sus
East	and	west of the	Rio Grande

F/G	C/G	C/G	F/G	G
				x2

	G	Em	F
Well, he sta	rted with a	bank in Color	ado

	G	Em	F	C	D
In the po	cket of his v	est a Colt he h	id

	G	Em
And his	age and his s	ize

	F	C	G/B
Took the t	eller by surpr	ise	and

Am7	D7sus
The word spread	of Billy the Kid

F/G	C/G	C/G	F/G	G

	C	D	Em	Bm
Well he	never traveled h	eavy, yes he	always rode al	one

	C	C/D	F/G
And he so	on put many o	lder guns to sha	me

	C	D	Em	Bm
And he ne	ver had a sw	eetheart, and he n	ever had a h	ome

	C	Dsus4	D
But the	cowboy and the rancher knew his name

	G	Em	F
Well, he r	obbed his way from	Utah to Oklah	oma

	G	Em	F	C	D
And the l	aw just could not s	eem to track him	down

	G	Em	F	C	G/B
And it se	rved his legend	well, for the f	olks they’d love to te	ll	’bout

Am7	D7sus
When Billy the Kid	came to town

F/G	C/G	C/G	F/G	G
				x2

Interlude if appropriate

C	C/E	F	C	C	G
F	G

C	C/E	F	C	C	G
F	C

Bb/C
F	C

F/G	C/G	C/G	F/G	G
				x2

	G	Em	F
Well o	ne cold day a p	osse captured B	illy

	G	Em	F	C	D
And the j	udge said string him	up for what he	did

	G	Em	F	C	G/B
And the c	owboys and their	kin, like the s	ea came pourin’	in to	to watch

Am7	D7sus
The hangin’	of Billy the Kid

F/G	C/G	C/G	F/G	G

	C	D	Em	Bm
Well he n	ever traveled he	avy, yes he	always rode al	one

	C	C/D	F/G
And he so	on put many	older guns to sh	ame

	C	D	Em	Bm
And he n	ever had a sw	eetheart, but he f	inally found a h	ome

	C	Dsus4	D
Underne	ath the Boot Hill grave that bears his na	me

	G	Em	F
From a t	own known as	Oyster Bay, Long I	sland

	G	Em	F	C	D
Rode a b	oy with a	six-pack in his h	and

	G	Em	F	C
And his d	aring life of c	rime made him a l	egend in his t	ime

G/B	Am7	D7sus
East and w	est of the	Rio Grande

F/G	C/G	C/G	F/G	G
				x2

Interlude if appropriate

C	C/E	F	C	C	G
F	G

C	C/E	F	C	C	G
F	C

Bb/C
F	C

Billy Joel - The Entertainer (1974)

G

	G	C	G/B	C
I	am the entertainer and I	know just where	I	stand

	C	G/B	C	D
A	nother serenade	r and another	long-haired b	and

	G	C
To	day I am your champion, I	may have won your hearts

	C	D
But I	know the game, you’ll fo	rget my name

	Am7	Cmaj7
And I	won’t be here in	another year

	D	G
If I	don’t stay on the ch	arts

G

	G	C/E	G/D	C
I	am the entertainer and I’ve	had to pay	my	price

	C	G/B	G/B	C	D
The	things I did not	know at first I l	earned by	doin’	twice

	G
Ah, but	still they come to haunt me

	C/E	C
S	till they want their	say

	C	D
So I’ve l	earned to dance with a h	and in my pants

	Am7	Cmaj7
Let ‘em	rub my neck and I	write ‘em a check

	D	G
And they	go their merry wa	y

G

	G	C/E	G/D	C
I	am the entertainer,	been all around	the	world

	C	G/B	G/B	C	D
I’ve	played all kinds of palace	s and l	aid all	kinds of	girls

	G	C/E	C
I	can’t remember faces,	I don’t remember	names

	C	D
Ah, but	what the hell, you know it’s	just as well

	Am7	Cmaj7
‘Cause a	fter a while and a t	housand miles

D	G
It all becomes the s	ame

G

	G	C/E	G/D	C
I	am the entertainer, I	bring to you	my	songs

	C	G/B	G/B	C	D
I’d	like to spend a	day or two, but I	can’t	stay that	long

	G	C/E	C
No, I’ve	got to meet expenses, I	got to stay in	line

	C	D
Gotta	get those fees to the	agencies

	Am7	Cmaj7
And I’d	love to stay but there’s	bills to pay

	D	G
So I	just don’t have the ti	me

G

	G	C/E	G/D	C
I	am the entertainer, I	come to do	my	show

	C	G/B	G/B	C	D
You’ve	heard my latest recor	d, it’s b	een on the	radi	o

	G
Ah, it	took me years to write it, they were the

C/E	C
Best years of my	life

	Cmaj7	D
It was a b	eautiful song, but it	ran too long

	Am7	C
If you’re	gonna have a hit, you	gotta make it fit

	D	G
So they	cut it down to 3:0	5

G

G	C/E	G/D	C
I am the entertainer, the	idol	of my	age

	C	G/B	G/B	C	D
I	make all kinds of mone	y when I	go	on the	stage

	G
Ah, you’ve	seen me in the papers

	C/E	C
I’ve	been in the ma	gazines

	C	D
But if	I go cold I	won’t get sold

	Am7	C
I’ll get	put in the back in the	discount rack

	D	G
Like a	nother can of be	ans

G

Hanging stops

	G	C/E	G/D	C
I	am the entertainer and I	know just where	I	stand

	C	G/B	C	D
A	nother serenader and	another	long-haired b	and

	G	C/E	C
To	day I am your champion, I	may have won your	hearts

	C	D
But I	know the game, you’ll fo	rget my name

	Am7	Cmaj7
And I	won’t be here in	another year

	D	G
If I	don’t stay on the ch	arts

G

Billy Joel - Travelin’ Prayer (1973)

Starts drums, then bass on D

C/D	D
	x2

D

Hey lord, take a look all around

	G	C	D
To	night to find where my	baby’s gonna	be

	G
Hey lord, would ya look out for her to	night

	C	C/B	A
‘Cause she is	far ac	ross the	sea

D	G	C
Hey lord, would ya	look out for her to	night

	F	Bb
And make sure that	she’s gonna be al	right

	A	D
And things are gonna	be alright with	me

D	G	D	A
			x2

D	G
Hey lord, would ya look out for her to	night

	C	D	G	D	A
And make sure that	all her dreams are	sweet

D	G
Said now, would ya guide her along the	roads

	C	C/B	A
And make them	softer	for her	feet

A	D	A	G	A
			→

D	G9	C
Hey lord, would ya	look out for her to	night

	F	Bb
And make sure that	she’s gonna be al	right

	A	D
Until she’s	home and here with	me

D	G	D	A
			x2

D	G
Hey, lord would ya look out for her to	night

	C	D	G	D	A
If she is	sleepin’ under the	sky

D	G
Said now, make sure the ground she’s	sleepin’ on

	C	C/B	A
Is	always	warm and	dry

A	D	A	G	A
			→

D	G	C
Mmmm, don’tcha	give her too much	rain

	F	Bb
Try to	keep her away from	pain

	A	D
Because my	baby hates to c	ry

D	G	D	A
			x2

D	G
Hey lord, would ya look out for her to	night

	C	D	G	D	A
‘Cause it gets	rough along the	way

D	G
Said now, this song seems strange it’s	just because

	C	C/B	A
I	don’t know	how to	pray

A	D	A	G	A
			→

D	G9	C
Mmmm, won’tcha	give her peace of	mind

	F	Bb
And if you	ever find the	time

	A	D
Won’tcha tell her I	miss her every	day

D	G	D	A
			x2

Solo on verse chords if appropriate, i.e., if awesome

In the original it’s a piano solo, then a violin

solo, each a full verse.

Hanging stops until the DGDA at the end of each line

D

Hey lord, take a look all around

	G	C	D	G	D	A
To	night to find where my	baby’s gonna	be

D	G
Hey lord, would ya look out for her to	night

	C	C/B	A
‘Cause she is	far ac	ross the	sea

A	D	A	G	A
			→

D	G9	C
Hey lord, would ya	look out for her to	night

	F	Bb
And make sure that	she’s gonna be al	right

	A	D
Until she’s	home and here with	me

D	G	D	A
	D
With	me

D	G	D	A
			x2

Hanging stop on D

D

Weird boinky noise and banjos

Billy Joel - Worse Comes to Worst (1973)

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro, with weird wah noises

B7

Enter normal instrumentation

A	E	G	D

A	E
Today I’m livin’ like a	rich man’s son

G	D
Tomorrow morning I could	be a bum

A	E
It doesn’t matter which di	rection though

G	D
I know a woman in New M	exico

Bm7	E
Worse comes to	worst

Bm7	E
I’ll get a	long

Bm7	E
I don’t know	how but sometimes

Bm7	E
I can be s	trong

A	E
And if I don’t have a c	ar I’ll hitch

G	D
I got a thumb and she’s a s	on of a bitch

A	E
I do my writing on my r	oad guitar

G	D
And make a living at a pi	ano bar, oh

Bm7	E
Worse comes to	worst

Bm7	E
I’ll get a	long

Bm7	E
I don’t know	how but sometimes

Bm7	E
I can be s	trong

Bridge, half-time

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “lightning”

G	D
Lightning and th	under

Vox on ascending 5 1 3 on “flashed across the roads”

	A	E
F	lashed across the roads we drove upo	n

G	D
Oh, but it’s clear skies we’re u	nder

Vox on 1 3 3 of the chord on “when I am”, 1 of the chord on “song”

	F#m	E
W	hen I am together, w	hen I sing the song

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

Bm7	E
Worse comes to	worst

Bm7	E
I’ll get a	long

Bm7	E
I don’t know	how but sometimes

Bm7	E
I can be s	trong, oh

A	E
Fun ain’t easy if	it ain’t free

G	D
Too many people got a	hold on me

A	E
But I know something that	they don’t know

G	D
I know a woman in New	Mexico

Bm7	E
Worse comes to	worst

Bm7	E
I’ll get a	long

Bm7	E
I don’t know	how but sometimes

Bm7	E
I can be s	trong

Black Sabbath - Changes (1972)

Originally in C, I play in G

G	Am/D	G
	→	x2

	G	Am/D	G	G	Am/D	G
I feel unh	appy,	→	I feel so s	ad	→

	Am	G	Am/D	G
I’ve lost the	best friend, that I ever	had	→

	G	Am/D	G	G	Am/D	G
She was my w	oman,	→	I loved her s	o	→

	Am	G	Am/D	G
But it’s too	late now, I’ve let her	go	→

C	Bm	Am
I’m	going through	changes

C	Bm	Am
I’m	going through	changes

C	Bm	Am	Am
D	C	Em	Em
D	Em	Em
→

G	Am/D	G
	→	x2

	G	Am/D	G	G	Am/D	G
We shared the y	ears,	→	we shared each d	ay	→

	Am	G	Am/D	G
In love to	gether, we found a	way	→

	G	Am/D	G	G	Am/D	G
But soon the w	orld	→	had its evil w	ay	→

	Am	G	Am/D	G
My heart was	blinded, love went a	stray	→

C	Bm	Am
I’m	going through	changes

C	Bm	Am
I’m	going through	changes

C	Bm	Am	Am
D	C	Em	Em
D	Em	Em
→

G	Am/D	G
	→	x2

Am
G	Am/D	G
	→	x3

	G	Am/D	G	G	Am/D	G
It took so l	ong	→	to reali	ze	→

	Am	G	Am/D	G
And I can	still hear her last good	byes	→

	G	Am/D	G	G	Am/D	G
Now all my d	ays	→	are filled with t	ears	→

	Am	G	Am/D	G
Wish I could	go back and change these	years	→

C	Bm	Am
I’m	going through	changes

C	Bm	Am
I’m	going through	changes

C	Bm	Am	Am
D	C	Em	Em
D	Em	Em
→

Em

Black Sabbath - Iron Man (1970)

Originally in Bm, I play in Am

Intro, with “I am iron man”

Em	D
→	x3

Main riff

Am	C	D	F	C	D
					x2

Am	C	D
Has	he lost h	is mind?

F	C	D
Can he see or	is h	e blind?

Am	C	D
Can	he walk at	all

F	C	D
Or if he moves	will h	e fall?

Main riff

Am	C	D	F	C	D

Am	C	D
Is h	e live o	r dead?

F	C	D
Has he thoughts with	in h	is head?

Am	C	D
We’ll	just pass h	im there

F	C	D
Why should we	even	care?

Am	C	Am	Ab5	G
		→	→

D	F#5	G	G	Ab5
→	→	→	→

Am	C	Am	Ab5	G
		→	→

D	F#5	G	G	Ab5
→	→	→	→

Am	C	Am	Ab5	G
		→	→

Main riff

Am	C	D	F	C	D
					x2

Am	C	D
He	was turned t	o steel

F	C	D
In the great mag	net	ic field

Am	C	D
When	he travele	d time

F	C	D
For the future	of	mankind

D

Nobody wants him

C	Am
He just stares at the	world

Very approximate chords for the riffy business

Am	C	D
		x2

D

Planning his vengeance

C	Am
That he will soon un	furl

Am	C	D
		x2

Main riff

Am	C	D	F	C	D
					x2

Am	C	D
Now	the time i	s here

F	C	D
For Iron Man	to sp	read fear

Am	C	D
Ven	geance from t	he grave

F	C	D
Kills the people	he o	nce saved

D

Nobody wants him

C	Am
They just turn their	heads

Am	C	D
		x2

D

Nobody helps him

C	Am
Now he has his re	venge

Am	C	D
		x2

Solo mostly on...

Bm

Am	C	D
		x4

Main riff

Am	C	D	F	C	D
					x2

Am	C	D
Hea	vy boots	of lead

F	C	D
Fills his vic	tims full	of dread

Am	C	D
Run	ning as fast as	they can

F	C	D
Iron Man l	ives	again

Am	C	Am	Ab5	G
		→	→

D	F#5	G	G	Ab5
→	→	→	→

Am	C	Am	Ab5	G
		→	→

Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)

Originally in Em, I play in Am capo 3

Am	G	C	G	Am
		→

Am	G	C	G	Am
		→

Am	G	C	G	Am
Finished with my woman ‘cause she	couldn’t help me	with	my	mind

Am	G	C	G	Am
People think I’m insane because	I am frowning	all	the time

Am	F	G	Am

Am	G	C	G	Am
All day long I think of things but	nothing seems to	sat	is	fy

Am	G	C	G	Am
Think I’ll lose my mind if I don’t fin	d something to	pac	i	fy

Am	G
Can you help me?

	Am	G
Occupy my brai	n, oh	yeah

Am	G	C	G	Am
		→

Am	G	C	G	Am
I need someone to show me the	things in life that	I	can’t f	ind

Am	G	C	G	Am
I can’t see the things that make true	happiness I	must	be b	lind

Am	F	G	Am

Am	G	C	G	Am
Make a joke and I will sigh and	you will laugh and	I	will cr	y

Am	G	C	G	Am
Happiness I cannot feel, so	love for me is	so	unreal

Am	F	G	Am

Am	G	C	G	Am
And so as you hear these words tel	ling you now	of	my	fate

Am	G	C	G	Am
I tell you to enjoy life I	wish I could but	it’s	too lat	e

Am	G	C	G	Am
		→

Black Sabbath - War Pigs (1970)

Yes, really, this works acoustic. It’s especially good with a

low harmony doing just E E E E E E E B. Also FWIW, the E5’s

are all really E major.

D5	E5
	x 4

D5	E5
	Generals gathered in their masses

D5	E5
	Just like witches at black masses

D5	E5
	Evil minds that plot destruction

D5	E5
	Sorcerers of death’s construction

D5	E5
	In the fields the bodies burning

D5	E5
	As the war machine keeps turning

D5	E5
	Death and hatred to mankind

D5	E5
	Poisoning their brainwashed minds, oh lord yeah!

D5	E5	G	F#	F	E5
D5	E5	G	F#	F	E5

E5

Politicians hide themselves away

E5

They only started the war

E5

Why should they go out to fight?

E5

They leave that role to the poor

I keep going right through this part, though the original has an instrumental here.

E5

Time will tell on their power minds

E5

Making war just for fun

E5

Treating people just like pawns in chess

E5

Wait till their judgment day comes, yeah!

D5	E5	G	F#	F	E5
D5	E5	G	F#	F	E5

D5	E5
	x 2

D5	E5
	Now in darkness, world stops turning

D5	E5
	Ashes where the bodies burning

D5	E5
	No more war pigs have the power

D5	E5
	Hand of God has struck the hour

D5	E5
	Day of judgment, God is calling

D5	E5
	On their knees, the war pigs crawling

D5	E5
	Begging mercy for their sins

D5	E5
	Satan, laughing, spreads his wings, alright now!

D5	E5	G	F#	F	E5
D5	E5	G	F#	F	E5

Blind Faith - Can’t Find My Way Home (1969)

Originally in D, I play in A. Highest note that matters is the 6 (“near the end”).

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E	C	D	A	A
							x2

Vox on the 5 on “down”

	A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
Come	down off your	throne and	leave your body al	one

C	D	A
Some	body must	change

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
You are the	reason I’ve been	waiting so	long

C	D	A
Some	body holds the	key

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “near”

	D/F#	E7	A
Well, I’m	near the end, and I	just ain’t got the	time

Vox on 2 1 of the chord on “wasted”

Bm7	D	A/C#	Bm	A
And I’m wasted and I	can’t find	my	way	home

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E	C	D	A	A
							x2

	A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
Come d	own on your	own and l	eave your body al	one

C	D	A
Someb	ody must c	hange

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
You are the	reason I’ve been	waiting all these	years

C	D	A
Someb	ody holds the k	ey

	D/F#	E7	A
Well, I’m	near the end, and I	just ain’t got the	time, oh

Bm7	D	A/C#	Bm	A
And I’m wasted and I	can’t find	my	way	home

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E	C	D	A	A

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
	C	D	A
But I	can’t	find my way	home

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
	C	D	A
But I	can’t	find my way	home

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
	C	D	A
But I	can’t find	my way	home

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
	C	D	A
But I	can’t find	my way	home

	C	D	A
But I	can’t find	my way	home

	C	D	A
And I	ain’t got	nothing	wrong

	C	D	A
And I	can’t find	my way	home

Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling (1974)

Originally in G#, I play in E capo 1

First verse is a cappella, with ooka-chaka’s

I prefer to skip the ooka-chaka’s, and just play muted

E	B	E7	A
I can’t stop this	feeling	deep inside of	me

Am	E	B	B7
Girl, you just don’t	realize what you	do to me

	E	G#7
When you	hold me in your	arms so tight

	C#m	E7
You let me	know every	thing’s alright

Band enters on “feeling”

A	B	E	B
I-I-I-I-	I, I’m hooked on a	feeling

	A	B
I’m high on	believing

Ends with two hits on the last chord, which is a measure

of 2/4

	E	G#m	A	B
That you’re in	love with	me

E	B	E7	A
Lips as sweet as	candy their	taste is on my	mind

Am	E	B	B7
Girl you got me	thirsty for	another cup of	wine

E	B	E7	A
Got a bug fr	om you girl bu	t I don’t need n	o cure

Am	E	B	B7
I just stay a	victim if I	can for sure

	E	G#7
All the	good love when we’re	all alone

	C#m	E7
Keep it	up girl, yeah you	turn me on

A	B	E	B
I-I-I-I-	I, I’m hooked on a	feeling

	A	B
I’m high on	believing

	E	G#m	A	B
That you’re in	love with	me

Hang the last chord

E	B	E7	A	Am

band out, with ooka-chaka’s

	E	G#7
All the	good love when we’re	all alone

	C#m	E7
Keep it	up girl yeah you	turn me on

Band enters on “feeling”

A	B	E	B
I-I-I-I-	I, I’m hooked on a	feeling

	A	B
I’m high on	believing

Ends with two hits on the last chord

	E	G#m	A	B
That you’re in	love with	me

Repeat to fade

Bob Dylan - Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (1973)

Chords are a combination of the Dylan and GnR versions

G	D	Am7
G	D	C

G	D	Am	Am7
Mama,	take this badge from	me

G	D	C
I can’t	use it any	more

G	D	Am	Am7
It’s gettin’	dark, too dark to	see

G	D	C
Feels like I’m	knockin’ on heaven’s	door

G	D	C
Knock, knock,	knockin’ on heaven’s	door

G	D	Am
Knock, knock,	knockin’ on heaven’s	door

G	D	C	C7
Knock, knock,	knockin’ on heaven’s	door

G	D	C
Knock, knock,	knockin’ on heaven’s	door

G	D	Am	Am7
Mama,	put my guns in the	ground

G	D	C
I can’t	shoot them any	more

G	D	Am	Am7
That long black	cloud is comin’	down

G	D	C
I feel like I’m	knockin’ on heaven’s	door

Let this chorus repeat as appropriate; usually if I’m

doing call and response, I use just I’s, no vi’s.

G	D	C
Knock, knock,	knockin’ on heaven’s	door

G	D	Am
Knock, knock,	knockin’ on heaven’s	door

G	D	C	C7
Knock, knock,	knockin’ on heaven’s	door

G	D	C
Knock, knock,	knockin’ on heaven’s	door

C	G
Ooohhhh... oh oh	yea

Bob Marley - I Shot the Sheriff (1973)

Originally in Gm, I play in Em.

Vox spend a lot of time on the 1.

Riff (in Gm)

|-5-3---------------|
|-----5-3-1-5-3-1---|
|-----------------3-|

Em

I shot the sheriff

Am	Em
But I did not shoot the	deputy

Em

I shot the sheriff

Am	Em
But I did not shoot the	deputy

C	Bm	Em
All aro	und in my h	ome town

C	Bm	Em
They’re trying to	track me d	own

	C	Bm	Em
They	say they want to	bring me in g	uilty

	C	Bm	Em
For the	killing of a	deputy

	C	Bm	Em
For the	life of a	depu	ty

With riff

But I say

Em

I shot the sheriff

Am	Em
But I swear it was in s	elf-defense

Em

I shot the sheriff

Am	Em
And they say it is a ca	pital offense

C	Bm	Em
Sheriff	John Brown a	lways hated me

C	Bm	Em
For wha	t I don’t k	now

C	Bm	Em
Every t	ime that I p	lant a seed

	C	Bm	Em
He said “	Kill it	before it g	rows”

	C	Bm	Em
He said “	Kill it	before it g	rows”

With riff

I say

Em

I shot the sheriff

Am	Em
But I swear it was in s	elf-defense

Em

I shot the sheriff

Am	Em
But I swear it was in s	elf-defense

C	Bm	Em
Freedom	came my way	one day

C	Bm	Em
And I st	arted out of	town yeah

C	Bm	Em
All of a s	udden I see s	heriff John Brown

C	Bm	Em
Aiming to s	hoot me d	own

	C	Bm	Em
So	I shot,	I s	hot him down

With riff, and wait a while after...

I say

Em

I shot the sheriff

Am	Em
But I did not shoot the	deputy

Em

I shot the sheriff

Am	Em
But I didn’t shoot the	deputy

C	Bm	Em
Reflexes	got the b	etter of me

C	Bm	Em
And what	is to be	must be

C	Bm	Em
Every d	ay the bucket f	alls to the well

C	Bm	Em
But one day the	bottom will	drop out

C	Bm	Em
Yes, one d	ay the bottom will	drop out

With riff

But I say

Em

I shot the sheriff

Am	Em
But I didn’t shoot the	deputy, oh no

Em

I shot the sheriff

Am	Em
But I did not shoot no	deputy

Outro

C	Bm	Em
		x2

Original fade, I end on riff

Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry (1974)

Originally in C, I play in G

G	D/F#	Em	C
G	C	G	D

G	D/F#	Em	C
No	woman, no	cry

G	C	G	D/F#
No	woman, no	cry

G	D/F#	Em	C
No	woman, no	cry

G	C	G	D/F#
No	woman, no	cry,	said, said

G	D/F#	Em	C
Said I rememb	er	when we used to sit

G	D/F#	Em	C
In the government yar	d in	Trenchtown

G	D/F#	Em	C
Ob, observ	ing	all the hypo	crits

G	D/F#	Em	C
As they would	mingle with	all the good people we meet

G	D/F#	Em	C
Good friends we have	,	good friends we’ve los	t

G	D/F#	Em	C
	Along the	way

G	D/F#	Em	C
In this great fut	ure, you	can’t forget your past

G	D/F#	Em	C
So dry	your tears I	say

	G	D/F#	Em	C
No	woman,	no cry

	G	C	G	D/F#
No	woman,	no cry

G	D/F#	Em	C
Here little darling	,	don’t shed no tears

	G	C	G	D/F#
No		woman, no	cry,	said, said

G	D/F#	Em	C
Said I rememb	er	when we used to sit

G	D/F#	Em	C
In the government yar	d in	Trenchtown

G	D/F#	Em	C
And then	Georgie would	make the fire light

G	D/F#	Em	C
As it was like a	wood	burning through the night

G	D/F#	Em	C
Then we would cook		cornmeal porridge

G	D/F#	Em	C
Of	which I’ll	share with you

G	D/F#	Em	C
My feet		is my only	carriage, and so

G	D/F#	Em	C
I’ve	got to push on	through, but	while I’m gone

	G	D/F#	Em	C
Everyt	hing’s gonna	be alright,	everything’s gonna	be alright

	G	D/F#	Em	C
Everyt	hing’s gonna	be alright,	everything’s gonna	be alright

	G	D/F#	Em	C
Everyt	hing’s gonna	be alright,	everything’s gonna	be alright

	G	D/F#	Em	C
Everyt	hing’s gonna	be alright,	everything’s gonna	be alright

G	D/F#	Em	C
No	woman, no	cry

G	C	G	D/F#
No	woman, no	cry

G	D/F#	Em	C
No my little	sister	don’t shed no	tears

G	C	G	D/F#
No	woman, no	cry

G	D/F#	Em	C
Said I rememb	er	when we used to sit

G	D/F#	Em	C
In the government yar	d in	Trenchtown

G	D/F#	Em	C
And then	Georgie would	make the fire light

G	D/F#	Em	C
As it was like a	wood	burning through the night

G	D/F#	Em	C
Then we would cook		cornmeal porridge

G	D/F#	Em	C
Of	which I’ll	share with you

G	D/F#	Em	C
My feet		is my only	carriage, and so

G	D/F#	Em	C
I’ve	got to push on	through, but	while I’m gone

G	D/F#	Em	C
No	woman, no	cry

G	C	G	D/F#
No	woman, no	cry

G	D/F#	Em	C
Oh my little	darlin’	don’t shed no	tears

G	C	G	D/F#
No	woman, no	cry

G	D/F#	Em	C
Little	darlin’,	don’t shed no tears

	G	C	G	D/F#
No	woman,	no cry

G	D/F#	Em	C
Little	sister don’t s	hed no tears

	G	C	G	D/F#
No	woman,	no cry

Bob Seger - Turn The Page (1973)

I like to play this about 1.5x faster than the original,

starting with the Em at the 7th fret with the open top string,

then going to more like a low E5 in the second part of the verse.

Changing positions keeps this fairly repetitive song from getting

stale. Actually I try to us as many voicings with the open high E

string as I can.

Em	D	Em	Em

	Em
On a	long and lonesome highway east of Omaha

	D
You can	listen to the engine, moanin’ out its one note song

	A	Em
You can	think about the woman, or the girl you knew the night	before

	Em
And your	thoughts will soon be wandering the way they always do

	D
When you’re	riding sixteen hours and there’s nothing much to do

	A	Em
You	don’t feel much like writing, you just wish the trip was through

	D	Em
But here I	am, on the	road again

	D	Em
Here I	am, up on	stage

	D	A
Here I	go, playing the	star again

	C	D	Em
There I	go,	turn the	page

Em

You walk into a restaurant, strung out from the road

	D
And you	feel the eyes upon you, as you’re shaking off the cold

	A	Em
You	pretend it doesn’t bother you, but you just want to	explode

Em

Sometimes you can hear ‘em talk, other times you can’t

	D
And it’s all the	same cliches is that a woman or a man

	A	Em
And you	always seem outnumbered, you don’t dare make a	stand

	D	Em
But here I	am, on the	road again

	D	Em
Here I	am, up on	stage

	D	A
Here I	go, playing the	star again

	C	D	Em
There I	go,	turn the	page

Quiet, let chords ring...

Em

Out there in the spotlight, you’re a million miles away

D

Every ounce of energy you try to give away

	A	Em
And the	sweat pours out your body like the music that you	play

Em

Later on that evening, as you lie awake in bed

	D
The	echoes of the amplifiers ringin’ in your head

	A	Em
And you	smoke the day’s last cigarette, remembering what she said

	D	Em
But here I	am, on the	road again

	D	Em
Here I	am, up on	stage

	D	A
Here I	go, playing the	star again

	C	D	Em
There I	go,	turn the	page

Now getting loud again...

	D	Em
But here I	am, on the	road again

	D	Em
Here I	am, up on	stage

	D	A
Here I	go, playing the	star again

	C	D	Em
There I	go,	there I	go

Boston - Rock and Roll Band (1975)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 1

Intro

E	E	E	A
E	E	E	A
E	E	E	A
E	E	E	E
		Well

	A	D
We were	just another band out of	Boston

	A	D
On the r	oad to try to make ends m	eet

	A	D
Pl	ayin’ all the bars, sleepin’ i	n our cars

	A	D	G	G#
And we	practiced right on out in the st	reet	→

A	D
No, we didn’t have much	money

	A	D
We	barely made enough to survi	ve

Hard stop on the V at the end of this line

	A	B	D	E
But when we	got up on stage and got r	eady to play, people c	ame alive

F#m	D
Rock and roll band everybo	dy’s waitin’

F#m	D
Gettin’ crazy ant	icipating

Hard stop on the last “yeah”

A	B	D	E	A	E
Love and m	usic, pl	ay, p	lay, p	lay, yeah, yeah, yeah, y	eah

A	D
Dancin’ in the streets of Hya	nnis

	A	D
We were g	etting pretty good at the	game

A	D
People stood in line and didn’t	seem to mind

	A	D	G	G#
You know	everybody knew our	name	→

A	D
Livin’ on rock-n-roll mus	ic

	A	D
Never	worried ‘bout the things we were	missing

	A	B
When we	got up on the stage and got	ready to play

	D	E
Everybo	dy listened

F#m	D
Rock and roll band everybo	dy’s waitin’

F#m	D
Gettin’ crazy ant	icipating

A	B	D	E	A
Love and m	usic, pl	ay, p	lay, p	lay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Solo

B	B	B	E
B	B	B	E
B	B	B	E
B	B	B	B
D	D	E	E

Let ring

A	D
Playin’ for a week in Rhode I	sland

	A	D
A m	an came to the stage one n	ight

	A	D
He s	moked a big cigar and drove a C	adillac car

	A	D	G	G#
And said,	boys, I think this bands outta s	ight, ooooh	→

A	D
Sign a record company con	tract

	A	D
You k	now I’ve got great expect	ations

	A	B	D	E
When I	hear you on the car radi	o you’re gonna be a	sensation, yeah

F#m	D
Rock and roll band everybo	dy’s waitin’

F#m	D
Gettin’ crazy ant	icipating

A	B	D	E	A	B
Love and m	usic, pl	ay, p	lay, p	lay,	yeah, yeah

D	E	G	D

A	D
A	D
A	G	D	A

Brownsville Station - Smokin’ in the Boys Room (1973)

Some of the banter is from the Mötley Crüe version

All chords in the intro and verse are slid up to from a half-step below

Originally in D, I play in A

A

How you doin’ out there?
You ever seem to have one of those days
When everyone seemed to be on your case
From your teacher all the way down
To your best girlfriend?

Well you know that used to happen just about all the time
But I found a way to get out of it
Let me tell you 'bout it

	A
S	ittin’ in the classroom thinkin’ it’s a drag

	F
L	istening to the teacher rap just ain’t my bag

	A
When t	wo bells ring you know that’s my cue

	F
G	onna meet the boys on floor number two

	D	A
Sm	okin’ in the boys room, sm	okin’ in the boys room

	E	D
Now t	eacher don’t you fill me	up with your rules

Down to the 3 of the chord on “every”, then up to the

five of the chord on “smoke”

E	D	A
Everybody knows that sm	okin’ ain’t allowed in sch	ool

A

	A
C	heckin’ out the halls makin’ sure the coast is clear

	F
L	ookin’ in the stalls, no there ain’t nobody here

A

My buddies Sixx, Mick, and Tom

	F
To	get caught would surely be the death of us all

	D	A
Sm	okin’ in the boys room, sm	okin’ in the boys room

	E	D
Now t	eacher don’t you fill me	up with your rules

E	D	A
Everybody knows that sm	okin’ ain’t allowed in sch	ool

Solo

D	A	D	E
D	A	D	F#	E

	A
P	ut me to work in the school book store

	F
Ch	eck-out counter and I got bored

	A
Te	acher was lookin’ for me all around

	F
T	wo hours later you know where I was found

	D	A
Sm	okin’ in the boys room, yes indeed, I was sm	okin’ in the boys room

	E	D
Now t	eacher don’t you fill me	up with your rules

E	D	A
Everybody knows that sm	okin’ ain’t allowed in sch	ool

One more...

	D	A
Sm	okin’ in the boys room, sm	okin’ in the boys room

	E	D
Now t	eacher I ain’t foolin’ ar	ound with your rules

Hard stop on “smoke”

E	D	A
Everybody knows that sm	okin’ ain’t allowed in sch	ool

Walk on D F# G Ab A, finish on...

G#	A
→

Bruce Springsteen - Blinded by the Light (1973)

Originally in E, I play in D capo 1, Manfred Mann in F-ish

Intro

D	Dsus4
	x 2

Vox and guitar only

D	G	A	D
Madman drummers bummers and	Indians in the summer with a	teenage diplomat

	D	G	A	D
In the	dumps with the mumps as the	adolescent pumps his	way into his h	at

	D	G	A	D
With a	boulder on my shoulder,	feelin’ kinda older I	tripped the merry-go-	round

	D	G	A	D
With this	very unpleasing,	sneezing and wheezing, the ca	lliope crashed to the groun	d

If you feel like it...

	G	A	D
The ca	lliope	crashed to the groun	d

Band enters

	D	G	A	D
Some	all-hot half-shot was	headin’ for a hot spot	snappin’ his fingers clappin’ his hand	s

	D	G	A	D
And some	fleshpot mascot was	tied into a lover’s knot with a	whatnot in her han	d

	D	G	A	D
And now	young Scott with a slingshot	finally found a tender spot and	throws his lover in the san	d

	D	G	A	D
And some	bloodshot forget-me-not whispers, “	Daddy’s within earshot, save the	buckshot, turn up the band”

	G	A	D
And she was	blinded	by the	light

	G	A	D
Oh, cut	loose like a	deuce another	runner in the night

	G	A	D	Bm
Bli	nded	by the	light

A	G	D
She got down but she never got tight, but she’ll	make it al	right

Hang on the minor chord

G

Bm

	D	G	A	D
Some	brimstone baritone	anti-cyclone rolling stone	preacher from the Eas	t

	D	G	A	D
He says, “	Dethrone the dictaphone,	hit it in its funny bone, that’s	where they expect it least	”

	D	G	A	D
And some	new-mown chaperone	standin’ in the corner all alone	watchin’ the young girls danc	e

	D	G	A	D
And some	fresh-sown moonstone was	messin’ with his frozen zone to rem	ind him of the feeling of ro	mance

	G	A	D
And he was	blinded	by the	light

	G	A	D
Oh, cut	loose like a	deuce another	runner in the night

	G	A	D	Bm
Bli	nded	by the	light

A	G	D
He got down but he never got tight, but	he’s gonna make it

	G	Bm
To	night

Bridge, quiet again

	A	G	D
Some	silicone sister with her manager’s mister	told me I got what it	takes

	A	G	D
She said, “I’ll	turn you on sonny, to something strong if you’ll play that	song with the funky	break”

	A	G	D
And	Go-cart Mozart was checkin’ out the weather chart to	see if it was safe to go out	side

	A	G	D
And	little Early-Pearly came by in her curly-wurly and	asked me if I needed a	ride

Loud again

	D	G	A	D
Oh, some	hazard from Harvard was	skunked on beer playin’	backyard bombardier

	D	G
Yes and	Scotland Yard was trying hard, they	sent some dude with a calling card who said

A	D
“Do what you like, but don’t do it here”

	D	G	A	D
Well, I	jumped up, turned around,	spit in the air, fell on the ground,	asked him which was the way back	home

	D	G	A	D
He said, “Take a	right at the light, keep goin’	straight until night, and then	, boys, you’re on your own”

	D	G	A	D
And now in	Zanzibar a shootin’ star was	ridin’ in a side car	hummin’ a lunar tune

	D	G
Yes, and the	avatar said, "Blow the bar but	first remove the cookie jar

	A	D
We’re gonna	teach those boys to laugh too soon"

	D	G	A	D
And some	kidnapped handicap was comp	lainin’ that he caught the clap from some	mousetrap he bought last nigh	t

	D	G	A	D
Well I un	snapped his skull cap, be	tween his ears I saw a gap and f	igured he’d be all righ	t

	G	A	D
He was just	blinded	by the	light

	G	A	D
Cut	loose like a	deuce another	runner in the night

	G	A	D	Bm
Bli	nded	by the	light

Rubato

A	G
Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the	sun

D	G	D
Whoa, but mama that’s where the	fun is, ooh yeah

Stay rubato for this made-up ending that follows neither MM nor BS

	G	A	D
I was just	blinded	by the	light

	G	A	D
Cut	loose like a	deuce another	runner in the night

	G	A	D	Bm
Bli	nded	by the	light

A	G
We got down but we never got tight, we’re gonna m	ake it

	D
Through the n	ight

Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)

Originally in E, I play in D

D	D	G	A
			x2

Vox in on the 4 on “day”

	D
In the d	ay we sweat it out in the streets

	G	A
Of a r	unaway American dr	eam

	D
At n	ight we ride through mansions of glory

	G	A
In s	uicide mach	ines

	G	G/F#
Spr	ung from cages out on h	ighway 9

	Em
Chrome wh	eeled, fuel injected

Leave out the vocal “oh”

	G/F#	D	D9
And st	eppin’ out over the lin	e,	oh

	G	G/F#
B	aby this town rips the b	ones from your back

	Em	G/F#
It’s a d	eath trap, it’s a s	uicide rap

	D	Bm
We gotta g	et out while we’re y	oung

	G
‘Cause tr	amps like us

	A	D
B	aby we were born to r	un

D	D	G	A
			x2

	D
Wendy l	et me in I wanna be your friend

	G	A
I wanna g	uard your dreams and v	isions

	D
Just wr	ap your legs ‘round these velvet rims

	G	A
And str	ap your hands ‘cross my	engines

	G	G/F#
Tog	ether we could b	reak this trap

	Em
We’ll	run till we drop

G/F#	D	D9
Baby we’ll never go b	ack,	oh

	G	G/F#
Will you w	alk with me out on the	wire?

	Em	G/F#
‘Cause	baby I’m just a scared and	lonely rider

	D	Bm
But I g	otta know how it	feels

	G
I want to kn	ow if love is wild

	A	D
Babe I w	ant to know if love is r	eal

Skip right to the vi after one line here if there’s

no solo.

D	D	G	A
			x2

Solo if appropriate

D	D	G	A
			x2

D	D	G	A
Bm	Bm	D	Am7

All chords sus4→major, everything other than C

as 6th-string barres.

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “beyond”

	C
Bey	ond the Palace hemi-powered drones

	F
Sc	ream down the boulevard

	G
The girls	comb their hair in rearview mirrors

	A#
And the	boys try to look so hard

	C
The amu	sement park rises bold and stark

	F
Kids are	huddled on the beach in a mist

	G
I wanna	die with you Wendy on the streets tonight

Hit this as a 6th-string barre, you’re about to do

a lot of suspensions.

	A#
In an	everlasting kiss

I skip the breakdown, and do 4 beats each on...

A#sus4	A#
Asus4	A

Then riff for a while on...

Gsus4	G

Then ritard and fade, and count back in...

Vox back in on the 3

	D
The h	ighway’s jammed with broken heroes on a

	G	A
L	ast chance power d	rive

	D
Everyb	ody’s out on the run tonight but there’s

	G	A
N	o place left to	hide

	G	G/F#
Tog	ether Wendy we’ll l	ive with the sadness

	Em	G/F#	D	D9
I’ll l	ove you with all the	madness in my s	oul,	oh

	G	G/F#
S	omeday girl I	don’t know when we’re gonna

Em

Get to that place

	G/F#	D
Where we r	eally want to g	o

	Bm
And we’ll walk in the	sun

	G	A	D	Bm
But till then tr	amps like us b	aby we were born to r	un

	G	A	D	Bm
Ah honey tr	amps like us b	aby we were born to r	un

	G	A	D
Come on Wendy tr	amps like us b	aby we were born to r	un

Until end, with “whoa”

D

G

A

Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (1975)

Most of the IV’s can be IV2, most of the V’s can be Vsus4

Originally in F; I play in D

D	G	D	G
D	F#m	G	A

	D	G	D
A	screen door slams,	Mary’s	dress waves

	G
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the	radio plays

	A
Roy Orbison singing for the	lonely

	D	G
Hey that’s	me and I want you	only

	D	A
Don’t turn me home again, I	just can’t face myself a	lone again

	D	G	D
Don’t	run back inside, darlin,	you know just what I’m	here for

So you're scared and you're thinking that

F#m	G
Maybe we ain’t that	young any more

	A
Show a little faith, there’s magic in the	night

	D	G
You ain’t a	beauty but hey you’re all	right

	D	A
Oh and	that’s alright with	me

	D	Bm
You can	hide beneath your covers and	study your pain

	D	G
Make	crosses from your lovers, throw	roses in the rain

D	F#m
Waste your summer	praying in vain for a

G	A
Savior to rise from these	streets

	D	Bm
Well now	I’m no hero that’s	understood

	D	G
All the re	demption I can offer girl is	beneath this dirty hood

D	F#m
With a chance to make it	good somehow hey

G	A
What else can we do	now except

D	G	D
Roll down the window and	let the wind blow	back your hair

Well the night’s busting open these

F#m	G
Two lanes can take us	anywhere

	A
We got one last chance to make it	real

	D	G
To	trade in these wings on some	wheels

	D	A
Climb in back, heaven’s	waiting down on the	tracks

D	Bm
Oh come	take my hand

	D	G
We’re	ridin’ out tonight to	case the promised land

D	F#m	G	A
Oh	oh thunder road,	oh thunder road,	oh thunder road

D	G/B
Lyin’ out there like a	killer in the sun

	D	G
Hey	I know it’s late, we can	make it if we run

D	F#m	G	A	D
Oh	oh thunder road, sit	tight, take	hold, thunder	road

	G	A6	D
Well I	got this guitar and I	learned how to make it	talk

	Bm
And my	car’s out back if you’re

	Gmaj7	A
Ready to take that	long	walk

	G	A
From your	front porch to my front	seat

	F#m	Bm
The door’s	open but the ride it ain’t	free

	G	G/F#	Em7	G/D
And	I know you’re	hungry for words that	I ain’t	spoken

	A
To	night we’ll be free, all the promises will be broken

	D	G	D
There were	ghosts in the eyes of	all the boys you	sent away

Vox do *not* go down on “skeleton”, even though you want to

	D	F#m
They haunt this	dusty beach road in the	skeleton frames of

G

Burned-out Chevrolets

Vox back up to the 1 of the key for this whole line, including “street”

	A
They scream your name at night in the	street

	D	G
Your graduation	gown lies in rags at their	feet

Stay on the 1 of the key on “lonely”

	F#m
And in the	lonely cool before dawn

*Still* on the 1 of the key on “engines”

	G
You hear their	engines roaring on

Vox down to the 3 of the chord on “get to the porch”

	G	A
But when you	get to the porch, they’re	gone

	G	Em
On the	wind, so Mary climb	in

	G	A	D
It’s a	town full of losers, and I’m	pulling out of here to w	in

Outro

D	A	D	G
D	A	G	A

D	A	D	G
D	A
G	G/F#	G/E	G/D
→	→	→

A	A/G	A/F#	A/E
→	→	→

D

Repeat to fade

Buffalo Springfield - For What It’s Worth (1966)

Originally in E, I play in E capo 3.

Also I throw in a few A6’s instead of Asus2’s.

And play about 1.5x as fast as the original.

E	Asus2	E	Asus2

E	Asus2
There’s somethin’ happenin’	here

	E	Asus2
What it	is ain’t exactly	clear

	E	Asus2
There’s a	man with a gun over	there

	E	Asus2
A-tellin’	me I’ve got to beware

	E
I think it’s time we	stop

	D
Children,	what’s that sound?

A	C	E
Everybody look what’s	goin’ down

E	Asus2	E	Asus2

E	Asus2
There’s battle lines bein’	drawn

	E	Asus2
Nobody’s	right if everybody’s	wrong

E	Asus2
Young people speakin’ their	minds

	E	Asus2
A-gettin’	so much resistance	from behind

	E
I think it’s time we	stop

	D
Hey,	what’s that sound?

A	C	E
Everybody look what’s	goin’ down

E	Asus2	E	Asus2

E	Asus2	G
What a field day for the	heat

E	Asus2	G
A thousand people in the	street

	E	Asus2
Singin’	songs and a-carryin’	signs

E	Asus2
Mostly sayin’ hooray for our	side

	E
I think it’s time we	stop

	D
Hey,	what’s that sound?

A	C	E
Everybody look what’s	goin’ down

E	Asus2	E	Asus2

E	Asus2
Paranoia strikes	deep

	E	Asus2
Into your	life it will	creep

E	Asus2
It starts when you’re always	afraid

	E	Asus2
Step out of	line, the men come and	take you away

	E	D
You better	stop, hey,	what’s that sound?

A	C
Everybody look what’s	goin’

	E	D
You better	stop, hey,	what’s that sound?

A	C
Everybody look what’s	goin’

	E	D
You better	stop, hey,	what’s that sound?

A	C	E
Everybody look what’s	goin’	down

Cat Stevens - The First Cut is the Deepest (1967)

Sheryl Crow in D, Cat Stevens in G, Rod Stewart in C, I play in G

Intro

G	D	G	D

	G	D	C	D
I would have	given you	all of my he	art

	G	D	C	D
But there’s s	omeone who’s t	orn it apa	rt

	G	D	C	D
And he’s t	aking just a	ll I ha	ve

	G	D	C	D
But if you want, I’ll	try to love a	gain	bab	y

	G	C	D
I’ll	try to love a	gain but I kn	ow

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the dee	pest, ba	by I know

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the de	epest

	G	D	C	D
But when it	comes to being l	ucky he’s cur	sed

	G	C	D	D/C	D/B	D/C
When it co	mes to lovin’	me he’s w	orst

	G	D	C	D
I still	want you	by my sid	e

	G	D	C	D
Just to	help me dry the	tears that I’ve cri	ed

	G	D	C	D
And I’m	sure gonna g	ive you a t	ry

	G	D	C
And if you want, I’ll	try to love a	gain, try

	D	G	C	D
B	aby I’ll	try to love	again, but I k	now

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the dee	pest, ba	by I know

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the de	epest

	G	D	C	D
But when it	comes to being l	ucky he’s cur	sed

	G	C	D	D/C
And when it co	mes to lovin’	me he’s w	orst

Solo

G	C	D	D
			x4

Let ring

	G	D	C	D
I still	want you	by my sid	e

	G	D	C	D
Just to	help me dry the	tears that I’ve cri	ed

	G	D	C	D
But I’m	sure gonna g	ive you a t	ry

	G	D	C
‘Cause if you want, I’ll	try to love a	gain

	D	G	C	D	D/C	D/B	D/C
B	aby I’ll	try to love	again, but I k	now

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the dee	pest, ba	by I know

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the de	epest

	G	D	C	D
But when it	comes to being l	ucky he’s cur	sed

	G	C	D	D/C
And when it co	mes to lovin’	me he’s w	orst	oh

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the dee	pest, ba	by I know

G	D	C	D	G
The first	cut is the de	epest,	try to love a	gain

Cat Stevens - Wild World (1970)

Am	D7	G
La la la	la la la	la

	Cmaj7	F
La la la la	la la	la

Dm	E	E7
La la la la la la	la

Am	D7	G
Now that I’ve	lost everything to	you

	Cmaj7	F
You say you	wanna start something	new

	Dm	E
And it’s	breakin’ my heart you’re	leavin’

Baby, I’m grievin’

Am	D7	G
But if you wanna	leave, take good	care

	Cmaj7	F
Hope you have a	lot of nice things to	wear

	Dm	E	G7
But then a	lot of nice things turn	bad out	there

G7	G6	G

C	G	F
Oh,	baby, baby, it’s a	wild world

G	F	C
It’s hard to get	by just upon a	smile

C	G	F
Oh,	baby, baby, it’s a	wild world

G	F	C	Dm	E
I’ll always re	member you like a	child, girl

Am	D7	G
You know I’ve seen a	lot of what the world can	do

	Cmaj7	F
And it’s	breakin’ my heart in	two

	Dm	E
Because I	never wanna see you a	sad, girl

Don’t be a bad girl

Am	D7	G
But if you wanna	leave, take good	care

	Cmaj7	F
Hope you make a	lot of nice friends out	there

	Dm	E	G7
But just re	member there’s a lot of bad,	and be	ware

C	G	F
Oh,	baby, baby, it’s a	wild world

G	F	C
It’s hard to get	by just upon a	smile

C	G	F
Oh,	baby, baby, it’s a	wild world

G	F	C	Dm	E
I’ll always re	member you like a	child, girl

Am	D7	G
La la la	la la la	la

	Cmaj7	F
La la la la	la la	la

Dm	E
La la la la la la	la

E7

Baby, I love you

Am	D7	G
But if you wanna	leave, take good	care

	Cmaj7	F
Hope you make a	lot of nice friends out	there

	Dm	E	G7
But just re	member there’s a lot of bad,	and be	ware

G7	G6	G
G7	G6	G

C	G	F
Oh,	baby, baby, it’s a	wild world

G	F	C
It’s hard to get	by just upon a	smile

C	G	F
Oh,	baby, baby, it’s a	wild world

G	F	C
I’ll always re	member you like a	child, girl

C	G	F
Oh,	baby, baby, it’s a	wild world

G	F	C
It’s hard to get	by just upon a	smile

C	G	F
Oh,	baby, baby, it’s a	wild world

G	F	C
I’ll always re	member you like a	child, girl

Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (1969)

Originally in Am, I play in Am capo 3

Intro

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
			→	x4

Vox on 1 2 on “waiting”... get way down to that low 1.

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Waiting f	or the break of d	ay

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Searching f	or something to sa	y

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Flashing l	ights against the	sky

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Giving	up I close my ey	es

F	C
Sitting cross-legged on the fl	oor

G	F
Twenty-five or six to	four

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
			→	x2

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Staring bl	indly into spa	ce

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Getting	up to splash my fa	ce

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Wanting ju	st to stay awa	ke

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Wondering h	ow much I can t	ake

F	C
Should I try to do some	more?

G	F
Twenty-five or six to	four

Solo

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
			→	x16

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Feeling l	ike I ought to sl	eep

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Spinning r	oom is sinking de	ep

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Searching f	or something to s	ay

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Waiting f	or the break of d	ay,	hoo hoo hoo	hooo

F	C
Twenty-five or six to	four

G	F
Twenty-five or six to	four

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
			→	x4

Dm9

Cmmaj9

B(#9)

A#(b9)

B/A

Cream - Badge (1969)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 2

The verse is fine in the original key, but the bridge is a lot of 7 in the minor key

Intro

Em	A7
	x2

Vox on 1 7 17 on “thinkin’ bout the”

Em	A	Bm9
Thinkin’ ‘bout the	times you drove in my	car

Em	A	Bm9
Thinkin’ that I	might have drove you too	far

G	Em	F#m	Em9
And I’m thinkin’ ‘bout the	love that you laid on my	table

Em	A	Bm9
I told you not to	wander ‘round in the	dark

Em	A	Bm9
I told you ‘bout the	swans, that they live in the	park

G	Em	F#m	Em9
Then I told you ‘bout our	kid, now he’s married to	Mabel

A	Gadd9	D/F#	D
			x2

	Gadd9	D/F#	D	A
Yes, I	told you that the l	ight	goes	up and down

	Gadd9	D/F#	D	A
Don’t you	notice how the w	heel	goes ‘	round?

	Gadd9	D/F#	D	A
And you’d	better pick yourse	lf	up	from the ground

	Gadd9	D/F#	D	A
Be	fore they bring the	curta	in d	own

	Gadd9	D/F#	D	A
Yes, be	fore they bring the	curta	in	down, wooo

With ad libs and solo

A	Gadd9	D/F#	D
			x8

Em	A	Bm9
Talkin’ ‘bout a	girl that looks quite like	you

Em	A	Bm9
She didn’t have the	time to wait in the	queue

G	Em	F#m	Em9
She cried away her	life since she fell off the	cradle

Cream - Crossroads (1968)

Cream in A, John Mayer in A, Robert Johnson in Bb, I play in E capo 3, or maybe A

Intro

E7	E7	A7	E7	B7	A7	E7	B7
				→	→	→

	E7	A7	E7
I went d	own to the crossroads,	fell down on my knee	s

A7	E7
Down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees

B7	A7	E7
Ask the lord up above for mercy,	take me if you please

E7	A7	E7
I went down to the crossroads,	tried to flag a ride

A7	E7
Down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride

B7	A7	E7
Nobody seemed to know me,	everybody passed by

E7	A7	E7
Well I’m going down to Rosedale,	take my rider by my side

A7	E7
Going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side

B7	A7	E7
You can still buy a house baby,	on the riverside

Solo

E7	E7	A7	E7	B7	A7	E7	B7
				→	→	→	x2

E7	A7	E7
Going down to Rosedale,	take my rider by my side

A7	E7
Going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side

B7	A7	E7
You can still buy a house baby,	on the riverside

E7	E7	A7	E7	B7	A7	E7	B7
				→	→	→	x2

E7	A7	E7
You can run, you can run,	tell my friends I’ll be around

A7	E7
Run, you can run, tell my friends I’ll be around

B7	A7	E7
Well I’m standing at the crossroads, belie	ve I’m sinking	down

Cream - Sunshine of Your Love (1967)

Originally in D, I play in A

Highest note is the 5 (“seas are dried up”

Intro

A

	A
It’s g	etting near dawn

When lights close their tired eyes
I'll soon be with you my love
Give you my dawn surprise

	D
I’ll b	e with you darling soon

I’ll be with you when the stars start falling

A

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
To be w	here I’m g	oing

E	G	D	E
In the s	unshine o	f your l	ove

A

	A
I’m w	ith you my love

The light’s shining through on you
Yes, I'm with you my love
It's the morning and just we two

	D
I’ll s	tay with you darling now

I’ll stay with you ‘til my seas are dried up

A

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
To be w	here I’m g	oing

E	G	D	E
In the s	unshine o	f your l	ove

Solo on verse and chorus chords

A

	A
I’m w	ith you my love

The light’s shining through on you
Yes, I'm with you my love
It's the morning and just we two

	D
I’ll s	tay with you darling now

I’ll stay with you ‘til my seas are dried up

A

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
To be w	here I’m g	oing

E	G	D	E
In the s	unshine o	f your l	ove

Cream - White Room (1968)

In 5/4

Gm	F	Dm	C
			x2

In 4/4, let ring

Am7

	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
In the	white room,	with black	curtains,	ne	ar the	station

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
B	lack roof	country,	no gold p	avements,	t	ired s	tarlings

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
Sil	ver	horses,	ran down	moonbeams,	in	your d	ark eyes

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	Bb/C
Daw	n light	smiles,	on you	leaving,	my	cont	entment

	C	G	Bb	A
I’ll	wait in this	place where the	sun never s	hines

Hard stop after this line

C	G	Bb	C	D
Wait in this	place where the	shadows r	un from thems	elves

	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
You said n	o strings,	could se	cure you,	at	the	station

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
Pl	atform t	icket,	restless d	iesels,	g	oodbye w	indows

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
I	walked	into,	such a	sad time,	at	the st	ation

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	Bb/C
As	I	walked out,	felt my	own need,	jus	t beg	inning

	C	G	Bb	A
I’ll	wait in the q	ueue when the tr	ains come b	y

C	G	Bb	C	D
Lie with you	where the	shadows r	un from the	mselves

In 5/4

Gm	F	Dm	C
			x2

In 4/4, let ring

Am7

	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
At the	party,	she was	kindness,	in	the	hard crowd

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
Co	nsol	ation,	for the	old wound,	no	w for	gotten

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
Yel	low	tigers,	crouched in	jungles,	in	her	dark eyes

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	Bb/C
S	he’s just	dressing,	goodbye	windows,	tir	ed st	arlings

	C	G	Bb	A
I’ll	sleep in this	place with the	lonely cr	owd

C	G	Bb	C	D
Lie in the da	rk where the	shadows	run from the	mselves

In 5/4

Gm	F	Dm	C
			x2

Am7

Long solo on verse chords if appropriate

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (1969)

Originally in D, I play in A

Vox spend most of the time on the 3

Intro

A	E	D	A

A	E	D	A
I see the	bad	moon	rising

A	E	D	A
I see	trouble	on the w	ay

A	E	D	A
I see	earth	quakes and	lightning

A	E	D	A
I see	bad	times to	day

D

Don’t go ‘round tonight

	A
Well it’s	bound to take your life

E	D	A
There’s a	bad moon on the	rise

A	E	D	A
I hear	hurri	canes a-	blowing

A	E	D	A
I know the	end is	coming	soon

A	E	D	A
I fear	rivers	over	flowing

A	E	D	A
I hear the	voice of	rage and	ruin

D

Don’t go round tonight

	A
Well it’s	bound to take your life

E	D	A
There’s a	bad moon on the	rise

Solo on verse and chorus chords

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

A	E	D	A
Hope you	got your	things tog	ether

A	E	D	A
Hope you are	quite prepa	red to	die

A	E	D	A
Looks like we’re	in for	nasty	weather

A	E	D	A
One eye is	taken	for an	eye

	D
Well	don’t go around tonight

	A
Well it’s	bound to take your life

E	D	A
There’s a	bad moon on the	rise

D

Don’t go around tonight

	A
Well it’s	bound to take your life

E	D	A
There’s a	bad moon on the	rise

A

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the Corner (1969)

Originally around C, I play in G

Intro

F	F	C	F
F	F	C	F
A#	A#	F	F
F	F	C	F

F	C	F
Early in the evenin’,	just about supper t	ime

F	C	F
Over by the courthouse, they’re	startin’ to unw	ind

A#	F
Four kids on the corner,	tryin’ to bring you up

F	C	F
Willy picks a tune out and he	blows it on the h	arp

A#	F	C	F
Down on the	corner,	out in the	street

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

F	C	F
Rooster hits the washboard,	people just gotta	smile

F	C	F
Blinky thumbs a gut bass and s	olos for a w	hile

A#	F
Poorboy twangs the rhythym out o	n his kalamazoo

	F	C	F
And W	illy goes into a dance and d	oubles on kaz	oo

A#	F	C	F
Down on the	corner,	out in the	street

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

F	F	C	F
F	F	C	F
A#	A#	F	F
F	F	C	F

A#	F	C	F
Down on the	corner,	out in the	street

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

F	F	C	F
F	F	C	F

F	C	F
You don’t need a penny	just to hang ar	ound

	F	C	F
But i	f you got a nickel, won’t you	lay your money	down?

A#	F
Over on the corner	there’s a happy noise

F	C	F
People come from all around to w	atch the magic b	oy

A#	F	C	F
Down on the	corner,	out in the	street

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

A#	F	C	F
Down on the	corner,	out in the	street

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (1969)

Originally in G, I play in D; vox are mostly on the 1 with some 2 sprinkled in

Intro

D	C/D	G/D	D
			x2

D	C
Some folks are born	made to wave the flag

G	D
Ooh, that red, white and	blue

D	C
And when the band plays	hail to the chief

G	D
Ooh, they point the cannon at	you, lord

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no senator’s	son, son

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no fortunate	one, no

D	C
Some folks are born	silver spoon in hand

G	D
Lord, don’t they help them	selves, y’all

D	C
But when the taxman	come to the door

G	D
Lord, the house lookin’ like a rummage	sale, yeah

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no millionaire’s	son, no

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no fortunate	one, no

D	Ddim	G	D

D	C
Some folks inherit	star-spangled eyes

G	D
Ooh, and they send you down to	war, lord

D	C
And when you ask them,	how much should we give

G	D
Ooh, the only answer	more, more, more, no

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no military	son, son

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no fortunate	one, one

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no fortunate	one, no

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no fortunate	son, son

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain (1970)

Originally in C, I play in G, highest note is the 6 (“I wanna know”)

Intro

Em	C	G	D

G

Someone told me long ago

G	D
There’s a calm before the storm, I k	now

	G
It’s been coming fo	r some time

G

When it’s over, so they say

G	D
It’ll rain a sunny day, I k	now

	G
Shining down like w	ater

C	D
I wanna kn	ow

	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
Have you	ever	seen the	rain

C	D
I wanna kn	ow

	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
Have you	ever	seen the	rain

C	D	G
Coming do	wn on a sunny da	y

G

Yesterday and days before

G	D
Sun is cold and rain is hard, I k	now

	G
Been that way for al	l my time

G

‘Til forever on it goes

G	D
Through the circle fast and slow, I k	now

	G
It can’t stop, I wo	nder

C	D
I wanna kn	ow

	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
Have you	ever	seen the	rain

C	D
I wanna kn	ow

	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
Have you	ever	seen the	rain

C	D	G
Coming do	wn on a sunny day

G

Yeah

C	D
I wanna kn	ow

	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
Have you	ever	seen the	rain

C	D
I wanna kn	ow

	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
Have you	ever	seen the	rain

C	D	G
Coming do	wn on a sunny day

G	D	G
	→

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin Out My Back Door (1970)

Originally in B, I play in G

Highest note that matters is the maj7 (that’s the 6 after the key change)

Intro

G	Em	C	G	D	G
		→	→	→

Vox on the 5

G	Em
Just got home from Illinois,	lock the front door, oh boy

C	G	D
Got to sit	down, take a	rest on the porch

	G	Em
Ima	gination sets in,	pretty soon I’m singing

C	G	D	G
Doo, doo,	doo, lookin’	out my back	door

	G	Em
There’s a g	iant doing cartwheels, a st	atue wearing high heels

C	G	D
Look at all the h	appy creatures dan	cing on the lawn

G	Em
Dinosaur victrola, l	istening to Buck Owens

C	G	D	G
Doo, doo,	doo, lookin’	out my back	door

D	C	G
Tambourines and elephants are p	laying in the b	and

	G	Em	D
Won’t you t	ake a ride	on the flyin’	spoon, doo, doo doo

	G	Em
A	wonderous apparition, prov	ided by magician

C	G	D	G
Doo, doo,	doo, lookin’	out my back	door

G	Em	C	G	D
		→	→

G	Em	C	G	D	G
		→	→	→

D	C	G
Tambourines and elephants are pl	aying in the b	and

	G	Em	D
Won’t you t	ake a ride o	n the flyin’ s	poon, doo, doo, doo

G	Em
Bother me tomorrow, toda	y I’ll find no sorrow

C	G	D	G
Doo, doo,	doo, lookin’	out my back	door

Hard stop, then muted chords for one measure

G

G	F#	F	E
→	→	→

E	E	D	A	A	F#m	E	E

A	F#m
Forward troubles Illinois,	lock the front door, oh boy

D	A	E
Look at all the	happy creatures	dancing on the lawn

Swung, slower

A	F#m
Bother me tomorrow, tod	ay I’ll find no sorrow

D	A	E	A
Doo, doo,	doo, lookin’	out my back	door

E	A
→

D	A	E	A

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Midnight Special (1969)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 1

Rubato

Vox on the 3 on “well”

A	D7	A
Well, you wake up in the mornin’,	you hear the work bell ring

	E7	A
And they march you to the	table, to see the same old	thing

	D7	A
Ain’t no food upon the	table, and no pork up in the	pan

	E7	A
But you better not compla	in boy, you get in trouble with the	man

At tempo

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a everlovin’ light on	me

	D	A
Yonder come Miss	Rosie, how in the world did you	know

	E7	A
By the way she wears her	apron, and the clothes she	wore

	D	A
Umbrella on her	shoulder, piece of paper in her	hand

	E7	A
She come to see the	gov’nor, she want to free her	man

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a everlovin’ light on	me

	D	A
If you’re ever in	Houston, well, you better do	right

	E7	A
You better not	gamble, there you better not	fight, at all

	D7	A
Or the sheriff will	grab ya, and the boys will bring you	down

	E7	A
The next thing you	know boy, oh you’re prison	bound

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a everlovin’ light on	me

Sparse, with heavy swing

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

Back at tempo

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a everlovin’ light... on	me

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (1969)

Originally in D, I play A capo 1

I play about halfway between the CCR and Turner tempos

G	E	G	E	G	E	D	C	C	A

A

Left a good job in the city

Workin’ for the man ev’ry night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been

E

Big wheel keep on turnin’

F#m

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

A

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis

Pumped a lot of ‘tane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of a city
Till I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

E

Big wheel keep on turnin’

F#m

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

A

Rollin’, rollin’, (rollin’), rollin’ on the river

G	E	G	E	G	E	D	C	C	A

A

Solo on one verse and chorus, with the last line sung

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

G	E	G	E	G	E	D	C	C	A

A

If you come down to the river

Bet you gonna find some people who live
You don't have to worry 'cause you have no money
People on the river are happy to give

E

Big wheel keep on turnin’

F#m

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

A

Rollin’, (whoa), rollin’, rollin’ on the river

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

David Bowie - Space Oddity (1969)

Fmaj	Em
	x 2

Vox on the low 1

C	Em
Ground control to Major	Tom

C	Em
Ground control to Major	Tom

Am	Am/G	D/F#
Take your	protein pills and	put your helmet on

Start countdown, two per beat

C	Em
Ground control to Major	Tom

C	Em
Commencing countdown engines	on

Hang on the last chord for a bit...

Am	Am/G	D/F#
Check ig	nition and may	God’s love be with you

C	E
This is ground control to Major T	om

	F
You’ve really made the gr	ade

	Fm	C	F
And the	papers want to k	now whose shirt you w	ear

	Fm	C	F
Now it’s	time to leave the c	apsule if you d	are

	C	E
Th	is is Major Tom to ground contr	ol

	F
I’m stepping through the d	oor

	Fm	C	F
And I’m f	loating in a m	ost peculiar w	ay

	Fm	C	F
And the s	tars look very d	ifferent tod	ay

	Fmaj7	Em
For	here am I	sitting in a tin can

Fmaj7	Em
Far above the	world

Bb	Am	G	F
Planet Earth is	blue and there’s	nothing I can	do

Bridge, I usually skip and just hang the previous line a bit

C	F	G	A	A
C	F	G	A	A
Fmaj7	Em	A	C	D	E

C	E
Though I’m past one hundred thousand mi	les

	F
I’m feeling very st	ill

	Fm	C	F
And I t	hink my spaceship k	nows which way to g	o

	Fm	C	F
Tell my w	ife I love her v	ery much she k	nows

G	E7
Ground control to	Major Tom, your

Am	Am/G
Circuit’s dead, there’s	something wrong

	D/F#
Can you	hear me Major Tom?

	C
Can you	hear me Major Tom?

	G
Can you	hear me Major Tom? Can you...

Fmaj7	Em
Here am I	floating ‘round my tin can

Fmaj7	Em
Far above the	moon

Bb	Am	G	F
Planet Earth is	blue and there’s	nothing I can	do

Instrumental

C	F	G	A	A
C	F	G	A	A
Fmaj7	Em	A	C	D	E

Fade to noise on the last chord

Derek and the Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues (1971)

Originally in C (chorus in A), I play in G (chorus in E)

Intro

If playing in G, the turnaround at the end of these lines sounds better as C G D/F#

G	B7/F#	Em	G/D	C	D	C	G	D
						→	→

Vox on the 3 on “blues”

	G	B7/F#	Em	G/D
Bell bottom	blues, you	made me	cry

	C	D	C	G	D
I don’t wanna	lose this feeling		→	→

	G	B7/F#	Em	G/D
And if I could c	hoose	a place to	die

	C	D
It would be	in your arms

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “do you wanna”

E	B/D#	C#m	A	B
Do you wanna see me	crawl across the	floor to you

E	B/D#	C#m	A	B
Do you wanna see me	beg you to take me	back, I’d	gladly	do it because

E	Emaj7/G#	E7	A	B
I don’t want to	fade awa	y, gi	ve me one more da	y please

E	Emaj7/G#	E7	A	B	C	G	D
I don’t want to	fade awa	y, in	your heart I lo	ng to stay	→	→

	G	B7/F#	Em	G/D
It’s all	wrong, but	it’s all	right

	C	D	C	G	D
The way that you	treat me baby		→	→

	G	B7/F#	Em	G/D
Once I was	strong, but I	lost the	fight

	C	D
You won’t find a	better loser

E	B/D#	C#m	A	B
Do you wanna see me	crawl across the	floor to you

E	B/D#	C#m	A	B
Do you wanna see me	beg you to take me	back, I’d	gladly	do it because

E	Emaj7/G#	E7	A	B
I don’t want to	fade awa	y, gi	ve me one more da	y please

E	Emaj7/G#	E7	A	B	C	G	D
I don’t want to	fade awa	y, in	your heart I lo	ng to stay	→	→

Solo on verse chords

G	B7/F#	Em	G/D	C	D	C	G	D
						→	→

G	B7/F#	Em	G/D	C	D

E	B/D#	C#m	A	B
Do you wanna see me	crawl across the	floor to you

E	B/D#	C#m	A	B
Do you wanna see me	beg you to take me	back, I’d	gladly	do it because

E	Emaj7/G#	E7	A	B
I don’t want to	fade awa	y, gi	ve me one more da	y please

E	Emaj7/G#	E7	A	B	C	G	D
I don’t want to	fade awa	y, in	your heart I lo	ng to stay	→	→

	G	B7/F#	Em	G/D
Bell bottom	blues, don’t	say good	bye

	C	D	C	G	D
We’re surely gonna	meet again		→	→

	G	B7/F#	Em	G/D
And if we	do,	don’t ya be sur	prised

	C	D
If you find me with a	nother lover,	no

E	B/D#	C#m	A	B
Do you wanna see me	crawl across the	floor to you

E	B/D#	C#m	A	B
Do you wanna see me	beg you to take me	back, I’d	gladly	do it because

E	Emaj7/G#	E7	A	B
I don’t want to	fade awa	y, gi	ve me one more da	y please

E	Emaj7/G#	E7	A	B
I don’t want to	fade awa	y, in	your heart I lo	ng to stay

E	Emaj7/G#	E7	A	B
I don’t want to	fade awa	y, gi	ve me one more da	y please

E	Emaj7/G#	E7	A	B	C	G	D
I don’t want to	fade awa	y, in	your heart I lo	ng to stay	→	→

Derek and the Dominos - Layla (1971)

Chorus originally around Dm (verse in C#m), I play the

chorus in Am (verse in G#m)

Intro

Am	F	G	Am
			x5

Am	F	G

G#m7	D#m7
What will you do when you get	lonely?

G#m7	G	A	B	B7
No one	waiting	by your	side

C#m	F#	B	E
You’ve been	runnin’ and	hiding much too	long

C#m	F#	B
You know it’s	just your foolish	pride

E	Am	F
Layla

	G	Am	Am	F
You	got me on my	knees, Layla

	G	Am	Am	F
I’m	beggin’ darling	please, Layla

G	Am	Am	F	G
Darling won’t you	ease my worried m	ind?

G#m7	D#m7
Tried to give you consol	ation

G#m7	G	A	B	B7
Your old	man he	let you	down

C#m	F#	B	E
Like a	fool, I	fell in love with	you

C#m	F#	B
You turned my	whole world upside	down

E	Am	F
Layla

	G	Am	Am	F
You	got me on my	knees, Layla

	G	Am	Am	F
I’m	beggin’ darling	please, Layla

G	Am	Am	F	G
Darling won’t you	ease my worried mind?

G#m7	D#m7
Make the best of the sit	uation

G#m7	G	A	B	B7
Before I	finally	go in	sane

C#m	F#	B	E
Please don’t	say we’ll	never find a	way

C#m	F#	B
Tell me	all my love’s in	vain

E	Am	F
Layla

	G	Am	Am	F
You	got me on my	knees, Layla

	G	Am	Am	F
I’m	beggin’ darling	please, Layla

G	Am	Am	F	G	Am
Darling won’t you	ease my worried mind?

	Am	F
Lay	la	(Layla)

	G	Am	Am	F
You’ve	got me on my	knees, Layla

	G	Am	Am	F
I’m	beggin’ darling	please, Layla

G	Am	Am	F	G	Am
Darling won’t you	ease my worried mind?

Solo

Am	F	G	Am
			x8

Repeat a zillion times

G	G/B	Cadd9	C	Cmaj7	C6
		→	→	→	x2

F7	F7(#11)	G	G

Then once in a while...

Em	Am	D	G
Em	Am	D	D

Disney - The Bare Necessities (1967)

Originally in C, I play in D capo 2

Vox start on the low 1 of the chord

A	D	D7
Look for the	bare neces	sities

	G
The	simple bare necessities

	D	B7	E7	A7
Forg	et about your	worries and your	strife

	D	D7
I mean the	bare neces	sities

	G	G7
Old	Mother Nature’s r	ecipes

	D	G7	E7	A7	D	G	D
That	bring the	bare nec	essit	ies of l	ife

	A7	D
Wherever I	wander, wherever I	roam

	A7	D	D7
I couldn’t be	fonder of my big	home

	G	Gm6
The bees are	buzzin’ in the tree

	D	E7
To make some	honey just for m	e

Vox on 5 1 1 1 of the chord on “you look under”

	Bm	B7
When	you look under the	rocks and plants

	E7	B7
And	take a glance at the f	ancy ants

	D	B7
Then	maybe try a few

	Em7	A7	D	Bm
The bare ne	cessities of	life will come to	you

Em7	A7sus4	D	G7	D
They’ll	come to	you

A	D	D7
Look for the	bare neces	sities

	G
The	simple bare necessities

	D	B7	E7	A7
Forg	et about your	worries and your	strife

I mean the

D	D7
Bare neces	sities

	G	G7
That’s w	hy a bear can	rest at ease

	D7	G7	E7	A7	D	G	D
With	just the	bare nec	essit	ies of l	ife

	A7	D
Now when you pick a	pawpaw, or a prickly p	ear

	A7	D	D7
And you prick a	raw paw, well next time bew	are

	G	Gm6
Don’t pick the	prickly pear by the	paw

	D	E7
When you pick a	pear try to use the c	law

	Bm	B7
But	you don’t need to	use the claw

	E7	B7
When	you pick a pear of the b	ig pawpaw

	D	B7
Have	I given you a	clue?

	Em7	A7	D	Bm
The bare ne	cessities of	life will come to	you

Em7	A7sus4	D	G7	D
They’ll	come to	you

A	D	D7
Look for the	bare neces	sities

	G
The	simple bare necessities

	D	B7	E7	A7
Forg	et about your	worries and your	strife

I mean the

D	D7
Bare neces	sities

	G	G7
That’s w	hy a bear can	rest at ease

	D7	G7	E7	A7	D	G	D
With	just the	bare nec	essit	ies of l	ife

	D7	G7	E7	A7	D	G	D
With	just the	bare nec	essit	ies of l	ife

	D7	G7	E7	A7	D	G	D
With	just the	bare nec	essit	ies of l	ife

Dobie Gray - Drift Away (1970)

Originally in B, I play in A or G, highest note is the 6

(on “POURing rain”), lots of 5 in the chorus

Intro

A	E/A	D/A	E/A	A
→	→	→	→

Esus4	A
→

D	A
Day after day I’m more confu	sed

D	E	A
Yet I look for the	light through the pouring r	ain

D	A
You know that’s a game that I hate to l	ose

Bm	D
I’m feelin’ the strain,	ain’t it a shame

	A
Oh, g	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away

	A
Oh, g	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away

A	E/A	D/A	E/A	A
→	→	→	→

Esus4	A
→

D	A
Beginning to think that I’m wastin’ t	ime

D	E	A
I don’t understand	the things I do

D	A
The world outside looks so unki	nd

Bm	D
Now I’m countin’ on you to	carry me through

	A
Oh, g	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away

	A
Yeah, g	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away

A	E/A	D/A	E/A	A
→	→	→	→

Esus4	A
→

Bm

And when my mind is free

D	A
You know a melody can m	ove me

Bm

And when I’m feelin’ blue

D	E
The guitar’s comin’ through to s	oothe me

D	A
Thanks for the joy that you’ve given	me

D	E	A
I want you to	know I believe in your s	ong

D	A
Rhythm and rhyme and harm	ony

Bm	D
You help me along, m	akin’ me strong

Instruments drop out

	A
Oh, g	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away

	A
G	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul

	E/G#	D/F#
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away, ooh

Instruments back in

	A
G	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul (free my soul)

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away (ooh, hey)

	A
G	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul (free my soul)

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away

	A	E	D
Now won’t you	take me,	take me

Fade on chorus chords

Dolly Parton - Jolene (1973)

Originally in C#m as Am capo 4, I play in Em capo 1 (Fm)

Highest note is the 1

Em

Vox in on 7 1 on Jo-lene

	Em	G	D	Em
J	olene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene

	D	Em
I’m b	egging of you please dont’t take my	man

	Em	G	D	Em
Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene, J	olene

	D	Em
Ple	ase don’t take him just because you c	an

	Em	G
Your be	auty is be	yond compare

	D	Em
With fl	aming locks of au	burn hair

	D	Em
With iv	ory skin and eyes of emerald g	reen

	Em	G
Your sm	ile is like a b	reath of spring

	D	Em
Your vo	ice is soft like su	mmer rain

	D	Em
And I c	annot compete with you, J	olene

	Em	G
He t	alks about you	in his sleep

	D	Em
There’s n	othing I can	do to keep

	D	Em
From	crying when he calls your name, J	olene

	Em	G
And	I can easily u	nderstand

	D	Em
How	you could easily t	ake my man

	D	Em
But you	don’t know what he means to me, J	olene

	Em	G	D	Em
Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene

	D	Em
I’m be	gging of you please don’t take my	man

	Em	G	D	Em
Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene

	D	Em
Pl	ease don’t take him just because you	can

	Em	G
You	could have your	choice of men

	D	Em
But	I could never l	ove again

	D	Em
He’s	the only one for me, Jo	lene

	Em	G
I h	ad to have this t	alk with you

	D	Em
My	happines depe	nds on you

	D	Em
Wha	tever you decide to do, Jo	lene

	Em	G	D	Em
Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene

	D	Em
I’m be	gging of you please don’t take my	man

	Em	G	D	Em
Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene

	D	Em
Pl	ease don’t take him even though you	can

Outro

Em

Jolene...

Don McLean - American Pie (1971)

	G	D	Em7
A	long,	long	time ago

Am	C
I can still re	member how that

	Em	D
M	usic used to make me	smile

	G	D	Em7
And	I know	if I	had my chance

	Am	C
That	I could make those	people dance and

Em	C	D
Maybe they’d be	happy for a	while

	Em	Am
But	February	made me shiver

	Em	Am
Wwith	every paper	I’d deliver

C	G	Am
Bad news	on the	doorstep

	C	D
I	couldn’t take one more	step

	G	D	Em
I	can’t remem	ber if I	cried

	Am7	D
When I	read about his	widowed bride

G	D	Em
Something	touched me	deep inside

	C	D7	G	C	G
The	day the	music	died

	G	C	G	D
So	bye,	bye Miss	American	Pie

	G	C	G	D
Drove my	Chevy to the	levy but the	levy was	dry

	G	C	G	D
And	good old	boys were drinkin’	whiskey and	rye

	Em	A7
Singin’	this’ll be the day that I	die

Em	D7
This’ll be the day that I	die

G	Am
Did you write the	book of love?

	C	Am
And do	you have faith in	god above

Em	D
If the bible	tells you so?

G	D	Em
Do you	believe in	rock and roll

	Am7	C
Can	music save your	mortal soul

	Em	A7	D
And can y	ou teach me	how to dance	real slow?

	Em	D
Well I	know that you’re in	love with him

	Em	D
‘Cause I	saw you dancin’	in the gym

	C	G	A7
You	both kicked	off your	shoes

	C	D7
Man I	dig those rhythm and	blues

	G	D	Em
I was a	lonely	teenage	broncin’ buck

	Am	C
With a	pink carnation and a	pickup truck

	G	D	Em
But	I knew	I was	out of luck

	C	D7	G	C	G
The	day the	music	die	d,	I started singin’

	G	C	G	D
So	bye,	bye Miss	American	Pie

	G	C	G	D
Drove my	Chevy to the	levy but the	levy was	dry

	G	C	G	D
And	good old	boys were drinkin’	whiskey and	rye

	Em	A7
Singin’	this’ll be the day that I	die

Em	D7
This’ll be the day that I	die

	G	Am
Now for t	en years we’ve been	on our own

	C	Am	Em
And mo	ss grows fat on a ro	lling stone

	D
But that’s not how it u	sed to be

	G	D	Em
When the j	ester s	ang for the ki	ng and queen

	Am7	C
In a	coat he borrowed fr	om James Dean

	Em	A7	D
In a v	oice that came from you	and me

	Em	D
And w	hile the king was lo	oking down

	Em	D
The	jester stole his th	orny crown

	C	G	A7
The c	ourtroom	was adjourn	ed

	C	D7
No	verdict was r	eturned

	G	D	Em
And while	Lenin rea	d a b	ook on Marx

	Am	C
The	quartet practiced	in the park

	G	D	Em
And	we sang d	irges i	n the dark

	C	D7	G
The	day the mu	sic die	d

C	G
We	were singin’

	G	C	G	D
So	bye,	bye Miss	American	Pie

	G	C	G	D
Drove my	Chevy to the	levy but the	levy was	dry

	G	C	G	D
And	good old	boys were drinkin’	whiskey and	rye

	Em	A7
Singin’	this’ll be the day that I	die

Em	D7
This’ll be the day that I	die

G	Am
Helter skelter in a	summer swelter

C	Am
The birds flew off with	a fallout shelter

Em	D
Eight miles high and	fallin’ fast

	G	D	Em
It lan	ded	foul o	n the grass

	Am7	C
The pl	ayers tried for a f	orward pass

Em	A7	D
With the jester on the sideline	s in a	cast

	Em	D
Now the ha	lftime air was s	weet perfume

	Em	D
While	sergeants played a m	arching tune

C	G	A7
We all got	up to dan	ce

	C	D7
But	we never got the ch	ance

	G	D	Em
‘Cause the p	layers	tried to t	ake the field

	Am	C
The	marching band re	fused to yield

	G	D	Em
Do y	ou re	call what w	as the feel

	C	D7	G
The	day the m	usic died	?

	C	G
W	e s	tarted singin’

	G	C	G	D
So	bye,	bye Miss	American	Pie

	G	C	G	D
Drove my	Chevy to the	levy but the	levy was	dry

	G	C	G	D
And	good old	boys were drinkin’	whiskey and	rye

	Em	A7
Singin’	this’ll be the day that I	die

Em	D7
This’ll be the day that I	die

	G	Am
And t	here we were all	in one place

	C	Am
A ge	neration	lost in space

Em	D
With no time left to	start again

	G	D	Em
So come on J	ack be ni	mble,	Jack be quick

	Am7	C
J	ack Flash sat on a c	andle

	Em	A7	D
Stick,	’cause fire is the devil’s only	friend

	Em	D
And a	s I watched him o	n the stage

	Em	D
My h	ands were clenched in f	ists of rage

	C	G	A7
No	angel b	orn in H	ell

	C	D7
Could b	read that Satan’s	spell

	G	D	Em
And as the	flames climbed h	igh int	o the night

	Am	C
To	light the sacrif	icial rite

	G	D	Em
I saw S	atan l	aughing with	delight

	C	D7	G	C
The d	ay the	music d	ied

	G
H	e was singin’

G	C	G	D
Bye,	bye Miss	American	Pie

	G	C	G	D
Drove my	Chevy to the	levy but the	levy was	dry

	G	C	G	D
And	good old	boys were drinkin’	whiskey and	rye

	Em	A7
Singin’	this’ll be the day that I	die

Em	D7
This’ll be the day that I	die

	G	D	Em
I	met a	girl who	sang the blues

	Am	C
And I	asked her for some	happy news

	Em	D
But	she just smiled and turned a	way

	G	D	Em
I	went down	to the	sacred store

	Am	C
Where I’d	heard the music	years before

	Em	C
But the	man there said the	music

	D
Wouldn’t	play

	Em	Am
But	in the streets the	children screamed

	Em	Am
The	lovers cried and the	poets dreamed

	C	G	Am
But	not a	word was	spoken

	C	D
The	church bells all were	broken

	G	D	Em
And the	three men	I ad	mire most

	Am7	C	D7
The	Father,	Son, and the	Holy Ghost

G	D	Em
They caught the	last train	for the coast

	Am7	D7	G
The	day the	music	died

D7

And they were singin’

G	C	G	D
Bye,	bye Miss	American	Pie

	G	C	G	D
Drove my	Chevy to the	levy but the	levy was	dry

	G	C	G	D
And	good old	boys were drinkin’	whiskey and	rye

	C	D7	G	C	G
Singin’	this’ll be the	day that I	die

Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man (1968)

Originally in E, I play in E capo 2

Highest note is the 7 of the first key (“was the son of a preacher man” in the last chorus)

Intro, with a decent amount of 7

E

	E
B	illy Ray was a preacher’s son

	A	E
And when his d	addy would visit he’d c	ome along

When they’d gather ‘round and started talking

B7

That’s when Billy would take me walking

A-through the back yard we’d go walking
Then he'd look into my eyes
Lord knows to my surprise

	E
The o	nly one who could ever reach me

A	E
Was the son of a p	reacher man

	E
The o	nly boy who could ever teach me

A	E
Was the son of a pr	eacher man

	E	B	A
Yes he	was, he w	as,	mmm, yes he was

E

	E
B	eing good isn’t always easy

A	E
No matter how h	ard I’d try

When he started sweet-talkin' to me

B7

He’d come and tell me everything is alright

He’d kiss and tell me everything is alright
Can I get away again tonight

	E
The o	nly one who could ever reach me

A	E
Was the son of a p	reacher man

	E
The o	nly boy who could ever teach me

A	E
Was the son of a pr	eacher man

	E	B	A
Yes he	was, he w	as,	mmm, he was

	D
(Oooh, yes, he w	as)

Bridge, vox on the 5 on “how well”

D

How well I remember

A

The look was in his eyes, stealin’ kisses from me on the sly

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “takin’ time to make time”

B7

Takin’ time to make time

Tellin’ me that he’s all mine

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “learning from each other’s”

E

Learnin’ from each other’s knowin’

Lookin’ to see how much we’ve grown and

Key change

	A
The o	nly one who could ever reach me

D	A
Was the son of a p	reacher man

	A
The o	nly boy who could ever teach me

D	A
Was the son of a pr	eacher man

	A	E	D
Yes he	was, he w	as,	oh yes he was

	A
The o	nly one who could ever reach me

	D	A
It was the s	weet-talkin’ son of a p	reacher man

	A
The o	nly boy who could ever teach me

D	A
Was the son of a pr	eacher man

	A
The o	nly one who could ever move me

D	A
Was the sweet-talkin’ son of a p	reacher man

	A
The o	nly one who could ever fool me

D	A
Was the son of a p	reacher man

Elton John - Crocodile Rock (1973)

Intro, II7b9 can be bIIIdim

Originally in G, I play in E

In E, play the D#7b9 in the intro as x1202x

E/B	A/C#	D#7b9

E	E	C#m	C#m	A	A	B	B

	E
I rem	ember when rock was young

	G#m
Me and	Susie had so much fun

	A
Holding	hands and skimmin’ stones

	B
Had a	old gold Chevy and a place of my own

	E
But the	biggest kick I ever got

	G#m
Was doin’ a	thing called the Crocodile Rock

	A
While the	other kids were rockin’ ‘round the clock

	B
We were	hoppin’ and boppin’ to the Crocodile Rock, well

C#m

Crocodile Rockin’ is something shockin’ when your

F#7

Feet just can’t keep still

B7	E
I never knew me a better time and I	guess I never will

C#

Oh, lordy mamma those Friday nights when

F#7

Susie wore her dresses tight and

B7	A
The Crocodile Rockin’ was out of’a	sight

E

La, la la la la

C#m

La, la la la la

A

La, la la la la

B

La

	E
But the	years went by and rock just died

G#m

Susie went and left me for some foreign guy

A

Long nights cryin’ by the record machine

B

Dreamin’ of my Chevy and my old blue jeans

	E
But they’ll	never kill the thrills we’ve got

	G#m
Burnin’	up to the Crocodile Rock

	A
Learning	fast as the weeks went past

	B
We really	thought the Crocodile Rock would last, well

C#m

Crocodile Rockin’ is something shockin’ when your

F#7

Feet just can’t keep still

B7	E
I never knew me a better time and I	guess I never will

C#

Oh, lordy mamma those Friday nights when

F#7

Susie wore her dresses tight and

B7	A
The Crocodile Rockin’ was out of’a	sight

E

La, la la la la

C#m

La, la la la la

A

La, la la la la

B

La

With harmony

	E
I rem	ember when rock was young

	G#m
Me and	Susie had so much fun

	A
Holding	hands and skimmin’ stones

	B
Had a	old gold Chevy and a place of my own

	E
But the	biggest kick I ever got

	G#m
Was doin’ a	thing called the Crocodile Rock

	A
While the	other kids were rockin’ ‘round the clock

	B
We were	hoppin’ and boppin’ to the Crocodile Rock, well

C#m

Crocodile Rockin’ is something shockin’ when your

F#7

Feet just can’t keep still

B7	E
I never knew me a better time and I	guess I never will

C#

Oh, lordy mamma those Friday nights when

F#7

Susie wore her dresses tight and

B7	A
The Crocodile Rockin’ was out of’a	sight

E

La, la la la la

C#m

La, la la la la

A

La, la la la la

B

La

Fade

Elton John - Daniel (1973)

Play as punk-y straight-8ths

C	F	G7	C

	C	Dm7
Daniel	is traveling tonight on a	plane

G	E7	Am
I can see the red tail lights	heading for Spa	in oh and

F	G	Am
I can see	Daniel waving good	bye

	F	G	G7	C
God it	looks like Daniel,	must be the	clouds in my	eyes

	C	Dm7
They	say Spain is pretty though I’ve	never been

G	E7	Am
Well Daniel says it’s the best place he’s e	ver se	en oh and

F	G	Am
He shold kno	w he’s been there en	ough

	F	G	G7	C
Lord	I miss Daniel,	oh I	miss him so	much

F	C
Daniel my brother you are	older than me

	F	C
Do you still	feel the pain of the	scars that won’t heal

	Am	F
Your eyes have	died but you see more than	I

Fm	C	A7	Dm7	G
Daniel you’re a	star	in the face of the	sky

	C	Dm7
Daniel	is traveling tonight on a	plane

G	E7	Am
I can see the red tail lights	heading for Spa	in oh and

F	G	Am
I can see	Daniel waving good	bye

	F	G	G7	C
God it	looks like Daniel,	must be the	clouds in my	eyes

F	C
Daniel my brother you are	older than me

	F	C
Do you still	feel the pain of the	scars that won’t heal

	Am	F
Your eyes have	died but you see more than	I

Fm	C	A7	Dm7	G
Daniel you’re a	star	in the face of the	sky

	F	G	G7	C
God it	looks like Daniel,	must be the	clouds in my	eyes

	F	G	G7	C
God it	looks like Daniel,	must be the	clouds in my	eyes

Outro

	C	F	G7	C
Mmmmm...

Elton John - Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me (1974)

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro

A	A/G	D	A	D
		→

Vox on the 3 of the chord

E	A/E	E	D	A	D/A	A	A/C#
I can’t light	→	no more of your	darknes	s	→

D	G/D	D	E	A/E	E	A/E	E
All my pictures	→	seem to fade to black and	white	→		→

E	A/E	E	D	A	D/A	A	A/C#
I’m growing tired	→	and time stands still befo	re	me	→

D	G/D	D	E	A/E	E	A/E	E
Frozen here	→	on the ladder of my l	ife	→		→

E	A/E	E	D	A	D/A	A	A/C#
Too late	→	to save myself from	falli	ng	→

D	G/D	D	E	A/E	E	A/E	E
I took a chance	→	and changed your way of	life	→		→

E	A/E	E	D	A	D/A	A	A/C#
But you misread	→	my meaning when I	met	you	→

D	D/F#	D/A	A/E	E	E7
Closed the door and l	eft m	e	blinded by the	light,	ahh

A	A/G
Don’t let the sun go	down on me

D/F#	B7/D#
Although I search myself, it’s always	someone else I see

A/E	D/E	E	A	A/G
I’d just allow a fragment of your	life	to wander	free

	D/F#	Bm	A/C#	D	A/E	E	A
But	losing everything is like the	sun	go	ing	down	on	me

A	A/G	D	A/E	D
		→

E	A/E	E9	E/G#	Bm	A	D/A	A	A/C#
I can’t find,	→	o	h the r	ight roman	tic line	→

D	G/D	D	E	A/E	E
But see me once	→	and see the way I	feel	→

E	A/E	E9	E/G#	Bm	A	D/A	A	A/C#
Don’t discard me	→	j	ust beca	use you	think I mean you harm	→

D	D/F#	D/A	A/E	E
But these cuts I have,	oh th	ey need	love to help them	heal

A	A/G
Don’t let the sun go	down on me

D/F#	B7/D#
Although I search myself, it’s always	someone else I see

A/E	D/E	E	A	A/G
I’d just allow a fragment of your	life	to wander	free

	D/F#	Bm	A/C#	D	A/E	E	A
But	losing everything is like the	sun	go	ing	down	on	me

A	A/G	D/F#	F6	G
			→

A	A/G
Don’t let the sun go	down on me

D/F#	B7/D#
Although I search myself, it’s always	someone else I see

A/E	D/E	E	A	A/G
I’d just allow a fragment of your	life	to wander	free

	D/F#	Bm	A/C#	D	A/E	E	A
But	losing everything is like the	sun	go	ing	down	on	me

A	A/G	D/F#	F6	G	A
			→

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)

Originally in F, I play in D

Intro

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm/A	G	G/A	A	D
					→

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “when”

Em	G	A	A/C#
When are you g	onna come	down

D	D/F#	G
When are you go	ing to	land

Vox on the same note again, now the 3 of the chord

	C	C/G	A
I	should have s	tayed on th	e farm, should have

D

Listened to my old man

	Em	G	A	A/C#
You	know you can’t h	old me for	ever

	D	D/F#	G
I	didn’t sign u	p with	you

	C	C/G	A
I’m	not a pr	esent for your	friends to open

	D
This	boy’s too young to be singing

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “blues”

	Gm7	Gm7/D	C	C/E
The	bl	ue	s

F	F/A	A#	A#/A
Ahh,		ahh

Gm7	Gm7/D	A
Ahh,		ahh

	D	F#7
So	goodbye yellow brick	road

	G	D
Where the	dogs of society	howl

	B7	Em
You	can’t plant me in your	penthouse

	A	D	D/F#
I’m	going back to my	plow

Bm	F#
Back to the howling old	owl in the woods

G	A#
Hunting the horny back	toad

A#	C	D	A/C#	Bm	Bm/A
Oh	I’ve	finally de	cided my	future li	es

	G	G/A	A
Bey	ond	the y	ellow brick

Gm7	Gm7/D	C	C/E
Roa	ooo	oad

F	F/A	A#	A#/A
Ahh,		ahh

Gm7	Gm7/D	A
Ahh,		ahh

D

Em	G	A	A/C#
What do you th	ink you’ll	do then?

	D	D/F#	G
I	bet they’ll shoot d	own the pl	ane

	C	C/G	A
It’ll	take you a c	ouple of	vodka and tonics

	D
To	set you on your feet again

Em	G	A	A/C#
Maybe you’ll g	et a re	placement

	D	D/F#	G	G/D
There’s	plenty like m	e to be	found

C	C/G	A	A/C#
Mongrels	who	ain’t got a p	enny

D

Sniffing for tidbits like you

	Gm7	Gm7/D	C	C/E
On the	grou	ou	ound

F	F/A	A#	A#/A
Ahh,		ahh

Gm7	Gm7/D	A
Ahh,		ahh

	D	F#7
So	goodbye yellow brick	road

	G	D
Where the	dogs of society	howl

	B7	Em
You	can’t plant me in your	penthouse

	A	D	D/F#
I’m	going back to my	plow

Bm	F#
Back to the howling old	owl in the woods

G	A#
Hunting the horny back	toad

A#	C	D	A/C#	Bm	Bm/A
Oh	I’ve	finally de	cided my	future li	es

	G	G/A	A
Bey	ond	the y	ellow brick

Gm7	Gm7/D	C	C/E
Roa	ooo	oad

F	F/A	A#	A#/A
Ahh,		ahh

Gm7	Gm7/D	A
Ahh,		ahh

D

Elton John - Love Lies Bleeding (1973)

Originally in A, I play in D capo 4

Highest note that matters is the vi (“love lies bleeding”

On the passing Bb (in D), don’t try to hit the whole

chord, just play it as an octave.

D	F	C	A#	C
			→	x 2

	D
The	roses in the window box

	A
Have tilted	to one side

D/F#	G
Everything a	bout this house

	Em
Was born to	grow and die

	D	D/F#	Em	G
Oh it	doesn’t seem a year a	go to this very	day

	D
You said I’m	sorry honey

	A
If I	don’t change the pace

	G	G	A
I	can’t face another	day

Bm	Em	A	Asus4	A
And love lies	bleeding in my	hand

	Bm	Em	A	Asus4	A
Oh it	kills me to think of	you with another	man

	D	Em7
I was	playing rock and roll and you were	just a fan

	F#m7
But my	guitar couldn’t hold you

	G	Dm
So I	split the baaaa-a-ha-	a-nd

Bm	A	D
Love lies	bleeding in my	hands

D	F	C	A#	C
			→	x 2

	D
I	wonder if those changes

	A
Have left a	scar on you

	D/F#	G
Like	all the burning	hoops of fire

	Em	E7
That you and	I passed through

	D	F#m
You’re a	bluebird on a telegraph	line

	Em	G
I hope you’re happy	now

	D	A
Well if the	wind of change come a’	down your way girl

	G	G	A
You’ll	make it back some	how

Bm	Em	A	Asus4	A
And love lies	bleeding in my	hand

	Bm	Em	A	Asus4	A
Oh it	kills me to think of	you with another	man

	D	Em7
I was	playing rock and roll and you were	just a fan

	F#m7
But my	guitar couldn’t hold you

	G	Dm
So I	split the baaaa-a-ha-	a-nd

Bm	A	D
Love lies	bleeding in my	hands

Let the IV ring

D	Gsus2

Slow

Bm	A	D
Love lies	bleeding in my	hands

Elton John - Rocket Man (1972)

Originally in Gm, I play in Em

Vox on the 3

Em7	A9
She packed my bags last night, pre-f	light

Em7	A9
Zero hour, nine	A.M.

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “high”, which is not quite as high as you think it is

C	G/B	Am	Am/G	D	D/F#	D
And I’m gonna be	high-i-h	igh	as a kite by t	hen

Em7	A9
I miss the Earth so much, I	miss my wife

Em7	A9
It’s lonely out in	space

C	G/B	Am	Am/G	D/F#	D/A	D
On such a	ti-i-i	meless flight

G	C
And I think it’s gonna be a long long	time

	G
‘Til touchdown brings me ‘round again to	find

	C
I’m not the man they think I am at	home

	G/B	A9
Oh no, no,	no, I’m a	rocket man

C	G	C
Rocket man, burnin’ out his fuse up	here alone

G	C
And I think it’s gonna be a long long	time

	G
‘Til touchdown brings me ‘round again to	find

	C
I’m not the man they think I am at	home

	G/B	A9
Oh no, no,	no, I’m a	rocket man

C	G	C
Rocket man, burnin’ out his fuse up	here alone

Em7	A9
Mars ain’t the kinda place to	raise your kids

Em7	A9
In fact it’s cold as	hell

C	G/B	Am	Am/G	D/F#	D/A	D
And there’s no one	there to	raise them	if you	did

Em7	A9
And all this science, I don’t under	stand

Em7	A9
It’s just my job five days a	week

	C	G/B	Am	Am/G	D/F#	D/A	D
Rocket	man-a	aa-a-a-	an,	rocket	man

G	C
And I think it’s gonna be a long long	time

	G
‘Til touchdown brings me ‘round again to	find

	C
I’m not the man they think I am at	home

	G/B	A9
Oh no, no,	no, I’m a r	ocket man

C	G	C
Rocket man, burnin’ out his fuse up	here alone

G	C
And I think it’s gonna be a long long	time

	G
‘Til touchdown brings me ‘round again to	find

	C
I’m not the man they think I am at	home

	G/B	A9
Oh no, no,	no, I’m a	rocket man

C	G
Rocket man, burnin’ out his fuse up	here alone

C	G
And I think it’s gonna be a	long long time

C	G
And I think it’s gonna be a	long long time

C	G
And I think it’s gonna be a	long long time

C	G
And I think it’s gonna be a	long long time

Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting (1973)

C/G	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Bb/F	F	Bb/F	F	Bb/F	F
C/G	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Bb/F	F	Bb/F	F	Bb/F	F

Vox mostly on the 4

	G
It’s	getting late have you seen my mates

	F
Ma	tell me when the boys get here

	C
It’s	seven o’clock and I want to rock

	G
Want to	get a belly full of beer

	G
My	old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

	F
And my	old lady she don’t care

	C
My	sister looks cute in her braces and boots

	G
A	handful of grease in her hair

This D5 is really hiding a Dm

D5

Vox up to the 4 of the chord

C

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

	Bb
We	had it with your discipline

	F
‘Cause	Saturday night’s alright for fighting

C

Get a little action in

C

Get about as oiled as a diesel train

Bb

Gonna set this dance alight

	F
‘Cause	Saturday night’s the night I like

C

Saturday night’s alright

	G	Eb	Dm7	C
Alright al	right,	oooh	oooh	oooh

Original really does G Dm G here, I prefer to repeat

one pass on the intro

C/G	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Bb/F	F	Bb/F	F	Bb/F	F

	G
Well they’re	packed pretty tight in here tonight

	F
I’m	looking for a dolly who’ll see me right

	C
I may	use a little muscle to get what I need

	G
I may	sink a little drink and shout out “She’s with me!”

	G
A	couple of the sounds that I really like

	F
Are the	sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike

	C
I’m a	juvenile product of the working class

	G
Whose	best friend floats in the bottom of a glass

D5

Ooooh

C

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

	Bb
We	had it with your discipline

	F
‘Cause	Saturday night’s alright for fighting

C

Get a little action in

C

Get about as oiled as a diesel train

Bb

Gonna set this dance alight

	F
‘Cause	Saturday night’s the night I like

C

Saturday night’s alright

	G	Eb	Dm7	C
Alright al	right,	oooh	oooh	oooh

Instrumental on chorus chords with suspensions

C	Bb	F	C

D5

Ooooh

C

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

	Bb
We	had it with your discipline

	F
‘Cause	Saturday night’s alright for fighting

C

Get a little action in

C

Get about as oiled as a diesel train

Bb

Gonna set this dance alight

	F
‘Cause	Saturday night’s the night I like

C

Saturday night’s alright

	G	Eb	Dm7	C
Alright al	right,	oooh	oooh	oooh

C	Bb	F	C

C

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

Bb

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

F

Saturday, Saturday

	C
Saturday	night’s alright

Repeat to fade

Elton John - Tiny Dancer (1971)

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro

A	D/A
	x4

A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/F#	D/F#	E/G#
Blue jean	baby,	L.A.	lady,	seamstress for the b	and	→

A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D	D	Amaj7/E
Pretty e	yed,	pirate s	mile,	you’ll marry a music m	an	→

Dmaj7	C#m7	F#m7	B/D#	Bm7	C#m7	F#m	E7/G#
Balleri	na,	you must have s	een her,		dancing in the s	and

A	D/A	A	D/A	A	E	Bm/D	A/C#	Bm
Now she’s	in me,	always	with me,	tiny dancer in my h	and →	→	→

A	D/A	A	D/A

A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/F#	D/F#	E/G#
Jesus f	reaks,	out in the s	treet,	handing tickets out for g	od	→

A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D	D	Amaj7/E
Turning	back,	she just	laughs,	the boulevard is not that	bad	→

Dmaj7	C#m7	F#m7	B/D#	Bm7/D	C#7	F#m	E7
Piano	man,	he makes his	stand,	in the	auditori	um

A	D	A	D	A	E	Bm/D	A/C#	Bm
Looking	on,	she sings the	songs,	the words she knows, the tune she h	ums →	→	→

A	D/A	A	A

F	G
But oh how it	feels so real

Em	Am
Lying here, with	no one near

	F	G
Where o	nly you, and you can	hear me

	E7/G#	E7/B
When I say,	softly,	slowly

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm	A/C#
Hold me	closer Tiny	Dancer	→

D	A/C#	Esus4/F#
Count the	headlights on the	highway

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm	A/C#
Lay me	down in sheets of	linen	→

D	A/C#	Esus4/F#
You had a	busy day to	day

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm	A/C#
Hold me	closer Tiny	Dancer	→

D	A/C#	Esus4/F#
Count the	headlights on the	highway

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm	A/C#
Lay me	down in sheets of	linen	→

D	A/C#	Esus4/F#
You had a	busy day to	day

Esus4/F#	D

A	D/A	A	D/A

A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/F#	D/F#	E/G#
Blue jean	baby,	L.A.	lady,	seamstress for the b	and	→

A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D	D	Amaj7/E
Pretty e	yed,	pirate s	mile,	you’ll marry a music m	an	→

Dmaj7	C#m7	F#m7	B/D#	Bm7	C#m7	F#m	E7/G#
Balleri	na,	you must have s	een her,		dancing in the s	and

A	D/A	A	D/A	A	E	Bm/D	A/C#	Bm
Now she’s	in me,	always	with me,	tiny dancer in my h	and →	→	→

A	D/A	A	A

F	G
But oh how it	feels so real

Em	Am
Lying here, with	no one near

	F	G
Where o	nly you, and you can	hear me

	E7/G#	E7/B
When I say,	softly,	slowly

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm	A/C#
Hold me	closer Tiny	Dancer	→

D	A/C#	Esus4/F#
Count the	headlights on the	highway

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm	A/C#
Lay me	down in sheets of	linen	→

D	A/C#	Esus4/F#
You had a	busy day to	day

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm	A/C#
Hold me	closer Tiny	Dancer	→

D	A/C#	Esus4/F#
Count the	headlights on the	highway

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm	A/C#
Lay me	down in sheets of	linen	→

D	A/C#	Esus4/F#
You had a	busy day to	day

A	D/A
	x4

Elton John - Your Song (1970)

Originally in Eb, I play it in E, with lots of open strings.

C#m/B as 7x6650

C#m/A# as 6x6650

E	A/E	B/E	A/E

E	Amaj7	B/D#	G#m
It’s a little bit fun	ny,	this feeling in	side

	C#m	C#m7/B	C#m/A#	A
I’m no	t one of those	who can	easily	hide

	E	B	G#	C#m
I don’	t have much	money, but	boy if I	did

E	F#m7	A	B
I’d buy a big	house where	we both could	live

E	Amaj7	B	G#m
If I was a sc	ulptor,	but then again	no

	C#m	C#m7/B	C#m/A#	A
Or a m	an who makes	potions in a	travelling	show

E	B	G#	C#m
I know it’s not	much but it’s the	best I can	do

E	F#m7	A	E
My gift is my	song, and	this one’s for	you

B	C#m	F#m7	A
And you can tell	everybody	this is your	song

B	C#m	F#m7	A
It may be	quite simple but	now that it’s	done

C#m	C#m7/B
I hope you don’t mind,	I hope you don’t mind

C#m/A#	A
That I put down in the	words

	E	F#m7	A	B
How won	derful	life is while	you’re in the	world

E	A/E	B/E	A/E

	E	Amaj7	B/D#	G#m
I sat	on the	roof	and kicked off the	moss

	C#m	C#m7/B	C#m/A#	A
Well a	few of the	verses, well, they’ve	got me quite	crossed

E	B	G#	C#m
But the sun’s been quite	kind,	while I wrote this	song

E	F#m7	A	B
It’s for people like	you that they	keep it	turned on

E	Amaj7	B	G#m
So excuse me forget	ting	but	these things I do

	C#m	C#m7/B	C#m/A#	A
You se	e I’ve f	orgotten if they’re	green or they’re	blue

E	B	G#	C#m
Anyway,	the thing is, what I really	mean

E	F#m7	A	E
Yours are the	sweetest eyes	I’ve ever seen

B	C#m	F#m7	A
And you can tell	everybody	this is your	song

B	C#m	F#m7	A
It may be	quite simple but	now that it’s	done

C#m	C#m7/B
I hope you don’t mind,	I hope you don’t mind

C#m/A#	A
That I put down in the	words

	E	F#m7	A	B
How won	derful	life is while	you’re in the	world

C#m	C#m7/B
I hope you don’t mind,	I hope you don’t mind

C#m/A#	A
That I put down in the	words

	E	F#m7	A	E
How won	derful	life is while	you’re in the	world

Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (1969)

Originally in G, I play in E

E	A/E	E	A/E

E	A
We’re caught in a trap,	I can’t walk out

B	A	E
Because I lo	ve you too much	baby

E	A
Why can’t you see	what you’re doing to me?

B	A	B	A	G#m	B7
When you don’t believ	e a word I	say?

A	E	G#m	A	B
We can’t go on	together	with suspicious mi	nds

C#m	G#m	A	B	B7
And we can’t buil	d our dreams	on suspicious	minds

E	A
So if an old friend I know	drops by to say hello

B	A	E
Would I still se	e suspicion	in your eyes?

E	A
Here we go again	asking where I’ve been

B	A	B	A	G#m	B7
You can see the tear	s are real I’m c	rying

A	E	G#m	A	B
We can’t go on	together	with suspicious mi	nds

C#m	G#m	A	G#7sus4	G#7
And we can’t buil	d our dreams	on suspicious minds

Bridge, switch to 6/8

C#m	G#m
Oh, let our	love survive

A	B
I’ll dry the	tears from your eyes

C#m	G#m
Let’s don’t let a	good thing die

A	B
When honey you	know I’ve never

E	A
Lied to you,	mmm

E	B7
Yeah	yeah

E	A
We’re caught in a trap,	I can’t walk out

B	A	E
Because I l	ove you too much	baby

E	A
Why can’t you see	what you’re doing to me?

B	A	E
When you don’t believ	e a word I	say?

Don't you know I'm

E	A
Caught in a trap,	I can’t walk out

B	A	E
Because I lo	ve you too much	baby

Don't you know I'm

E	A
Caught in a trap,	I can’t walk out

B	A	E
Because I lo	ve you too much	baby

Repeat and fade, then unfade, which I think is silly.

Eric Clapton - After Midnight (1970)

Originally in C, I play in A

Let ring

D

Intro

A	D	C	G
	→	→	x4

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gonna	let it all hang down

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gonna	chug-a-lug and shout

	A
We gon’ s	timulate some action

D

We gon’ get some satisfaction

D	E
We gonna find out what it is all ab	out, wooo

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gonna	let it all hang down

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gon’	shake your tambourine

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	it’s all gon’	be peaches and cream

	A
We goonna	cause talk and suspicion

D

We gon’ give an exhibition

D	E
We gon’ find out what it is all ab	out

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gon’	let it all hang down

Solo on verse and chorus chords

A	C	D	A
	→		x2

A	D	D	E

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gon’	let it all hang down

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gon’	shake your tambourine

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	it’s all gon’	be peaches and cream

	A
We gonna	cause talk and suspicion

D

We gon’ give an exhibition

D	E
We gon’ find out what it is all ab	out, wooo

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gonna	let it all hang down

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gonna	let it all hang down

Faces - Stay With Me (1971)

Originally in A, I play in A capo 3

Intro

A	B	D	A

	A
In the m	orning

	B
Don’t say you l	ove me

	D	A
Cause I’ll	only kick you out of the d	oor

	A
I k	now your name is Rita

	B
Cause your p	erfume’s smelling sweeter

	D	A
Since w	hen I saw you down on the fl	oor

A	B	D	A

	A
You won’t n	eed too much persuading

	B
I don’t m	ean to sound degrading

	D
But with a f	ace like that

	A
You got nothing to laugh ab	out

	A
Red l	ips, hair, and fingernails

	B
I h	ear you’re a mean old Jezebel

	D	A
Lets	go up stairs and read my tarot ca	rds

	A
St	ay with me

	B
St	ay with me

	D	A
For ton	ight you better stay with	me

	A
St	ay with me

	B
St	ay with me

	D	A
For ton	ight you better stay with	me

A	B	D	A

	A
So in the m	orning

	B
Please don’t say you l	ove me

	D	A
Cause you k	now I’ll only kick you out the d	oor

	A
Y	ea, I’ll pay your cab fare home

	B
You can	even use my best cologne

	D	A
Just d	on’t be here in the morning when I wake	up

	A
St	ay with me

	B
St	ay with me

	D	A
Cause ton	ight you’re gonna stay with	me

Sit down, get up, get out

	A
St	ay with me

	B
St	ay with me

	D	A
Cause ton	ight you’re gonna stay with	me

A

B

D

A

Five Man Electrical Band - Signs (1971)

Originally in D, I play in A

A	A	D/A	A
		→

	G	D/F#	A/E	D
And the	sign said,	long-haired, freaky people	need not ap	ply

	A	E	D	E
So	I tucked my hair up	under my hat and I	went in to ask him	why

F#m	D
He said you look like a fine, upstanding young	man, I think you’ll do

	A	E	D	E
So, I	took off my hat and said, im	agine that, huh,	me workin’ for	you, whoa

A	G	D
Sign, sign,	everywhere a	sign

A	D
Blocking out the scenery,	breaking my mind

A	E	G
Do this, don’t do	that, can’t you read the	sign?

A

	G	D/F#	A/E	D
And the	sign said anybody	caught trespassing	would be shot on	sight

	A	E	D	E
So, I	jumped on the fence and I	yelled at the house, hey,	what gives you the	right

	F#m	D
To	put up a fence to keep me out or to	keep mother nature in

	A	E	D	E
If	God was here, he’d	tell you to your face,	man, you’re some kinda	sinner

A	G	D
Sign, sign,	everywhere a	sign

A	D
Blocking out the scenery,	breaking my mind

A	E	G
Do this, don’t do	that, can’t you read the	sign?

A	A	D/A	A
		→

	E
Now,	hey you, mister, can’t you read?

	D	A
You’ve	got to have a shirt and	tie to get a seat

	E
You can’t even watch, no,	you can’t eat

D	A	A
You ain’t supposed to	be	here

Let ring

	G	D/F#	A/E	D
And the	sign said, you	got to have a membership	card to get ins	ide, huh

Solo on chorus chords, or just...

A	A	D/A	A
		→

Let ring

	G	D/F#	A/E	D
And the	sign said	everybody welcome, come	in, kneel down and	pray

	A	E
But when they	passed around the plate at the	end of it all

	D	E
I	didn’t have a penny to	pay

	F#m	D
So I	got me a pen and a paper and I	made up my own little sign

	A	E	D	E
I said	thank you, lord, for	thinkin’ ‘bout me, I’m	alive and doin’	fine

A	G	D
Sign, sign,	everywhere a	sign

A	D
Blocking out the scenery,	breaking my mind

A	E	G
Do this, don’t do	that, can’t you read the	sign?

A	G	D
Sign, sign,	everywhere a	sign

A	D
Blocking out the scenery,	breaking my mind

A	E	G
Do this, don’t do	that, can’t you read the	sign?

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide (1975)

Originally in Eb, I play in C capo 2 and avoid a few of the high bits

C	G/B	Am7	G/B
C	G/B	Am7	G/B

C	G/B	Am7	G/B
I took my	love and I took it	down

C	G/B	Am7	G/B
Climbed a	mountain and I turned a	round

	C	G/B	Am7	G/B
And I	saw my re	flection in the	snow-covered	hills

	C	G/B	Am7	Am7
Till the	landslide	brought me	down

G/B	C	G/B	Am7	G/B
Oh,	mirror in the	sky what is	love

	C	G/B	Am7	G/B
Can the	child within my	heart rise a	bove

	C	G/B	Am7	G/B
Can I	sail through the	changing	ocean ti	des

	C	G/B	Am7	G/B
Can I	handle the	seasons	of my	life

C	G/B	Am7	G/B
C	G/B	Am7	D/F#
M	mm

	G	D/F#	Em
Well,	I’ve been a	fraid of	changing cause I

C	G/B	Am	D/F#
Built my	life around	you

	G	D/F#	Em
But	time makes you	bolder, even	children get older

	C	G/B	Am7	Am7	G/B
And	I’m getting	older	too	→

Solo

C	G/B	Am7	G/B
C	G/B	Am7	G/B
C	G/B	Am7	G/B
C	G/B	Am7	D/F#

	G	D/F#	Em
Well,	I’ve been	’fraid of	changing cause I

Not a typo, the vi is held a longer before going to the II at the end of the line than it was in the first chorus

C	G/B	Am	Am	D/F#
Built my	life around	you	→

	G	D/F#	Em
But	time makes you	bolder, even	children get older

	C	G/B	Am7	G/B
And	I’m getting	older	too

	C	G/B	Am7	G/B
Oh,	I’m getting	older	too

	C	G/B	Am7	G/B
Ah,	ah, take my	love, take it	down

	C	G/B	Am7	G/B
Ah,	ah, climb a	mountain and turn ar	ound

	C	G/B	Am7	G/B
And if you	see my refl	ection in the	snow-covered	hills

	C	G/B	Am7	G/B
Will the	landslide	bring you	down?

Hanging stop on “hills”

	C	G/B	Am7	G/B
And if you	see my re	flection in the	snow-covered	hills

	C	G/B	Am7
Will the	landslide	bring you	down?

	G/B	C	G/B	Am7
O	h, oh, the	landslide	bring you d	own

Frankie Valli - Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (1967)

Originally in E (or F), I play in D

E/D	Em/D	D
		x2

	D
You’re just too	good to be true

	Dmaj7
Can’t take my	eyes off you

	D7
You’d be like	heaven to touch

	G
I wanna	hold you so much

	Gm
At long last	love has arrived

	D
And I thank	god I’m alive

	E/D	Em/D
You’re just too	good to be true

	D
Can’t take my	eyes off you

	D
Pardon the	way that I stare

	Dmaj7
There’s nothing	else to compare

	D7
The sight of	you leaves me weak

	G
There are no	words left to speak

	Gm
But if you	feel like I feel

	D
Please let me	know that it’s real

	E/D	Em/D
You’re just too	good to be true

	D
Can’t take my	eyes off of you

Vox on b5 5 of the chord on the first “daa da”

Em	A7
Daa da daa da	daa da da da da

D

Daa da daa da daa da da da da

Em	A7
Daa da daa da	daa da da da da

D	B7#9
Daa da daa da	daa

	Em	A7
I love you	baby, and if it’s	quite alright

	F#m7	Bm7
I need you	baby, to warm the	lonely nights

	Em	A7	D	B7
I love you	baby,	trust in me when I	say

	Em	A7
Oh pretty	baby, don’t bring me d	own I pray

	F#m7	Bm7
Oh pretty	baby, now that I’ve	found you stay

	Em	C7
And let me	love you, baby let me	love you

	F
You’re just too	good to be true

	Fmaj7
Can’t take my	eyes off you

	F7
You’d be like	heaven to touch

	A#
I wanna	hold you so much

	A#m
At long last	love has arrived

	F
And I thank	god I’m alive

	G/F	Gm/F
You’re just too	good to be true

	F
Can’t take my	eyes off you

Bridge

Em	A7
Daa da daa da	daa da da da da

D	B7#9
Daa da daa da	daa

	Em	A7
I love you	baby, and if it’s	quite alright

	F#m7	Bm7
I need you	baby, to warm the	lonely nights

	Em	A7	D	B7
I love you	baby,	trust in me when I	say

	Em	A7
Oh pretty	baby, don’t bring me	down I pray

	F#m7	Bm7
Oh pretty	baby, now that I’ve	found you stay

	Em	A7	D	B7
Oh pretty	baby,	trust in me when I	say

	Em	A7
I need you	baby, oh when you	come my way

	F#m7	Bm7
Oh pretty	baby, now that I’ve	found you stay

	Em	C7
And let me	love you, baby, let me	love you

Frankie Valli - Working My Way Back (1966)

Originally in G, I play in D

Intro

D7

Am7	D
Working my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
With a b	urn	in’ l	ove	insi	de

	Am7	D
Yeah, I’m w	orkin’ my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
And the h	app	in	ess	that	died

	A7	D
I l	et it get a	way

Been payin’ every day

	D	A/C#
W	hen you were so in	love with me

G	A
I played around like	I was free

D	A/C#
Thought I could have my cake	and eat it too

G	A
But how I cried over l	osing you

Vox up to the maj7 of the chord, falsetto in the original key,

right on the line in D.

	G	Gm
See me c	ryin’ now, but	I ain’t about to go

	D	Ddim
L	ivin’ my life without	you

	D	G	D	G	D	G	D	G
For	eve	ry d	ay	I mad	e you	cry

	D	G	D	G	D	G	D	G
I’m	pay	in’, g	irl, ‘t	il the	day	I die

	Am7	D
I keep	working my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
With a b	urn	in’ l	ove	insi	de

	Am7	D
I’m w	orkin’ my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
And the h	app	in	ess	that	died

	A7	D
I l	et it get a	way

Been payin’ every day

D	A/C#
I used to love to m	ake you cry

	G	A
It	made me feel like a	man inside

D	A/C#
But if I’d been a man i	n reality

G	A
You’d still be here babe	lovin’ me

	G	Gm
Now the	nights are long and	lonely

	D	Ddim
And I ain’t too	strong, babe I just miss you	so

	D	G	D	G	D	G	D	G
And	you’re	too	proud	and	won’t	give	in

	D	G	D	G	D	G	D	G
But	when I	th	ink abo	ut	all I	could	win

	Am7	D
I keep	working my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
With a b	urn	in’ l	ove	insi	de

	Am7	D
I’m w	orkin’ my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
And the h	app	in	ess	that	died

	A7	D
I l	et it get a	way

Been payin’ every day

Original changes key before fade, I skip it

	Am7	D
I keep	working my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
With a b	urn	in’ l	ove	insi	de

	Am7	D
I’m w	orkin’ my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
And the h	app	in	ess	that	died no matter how I cried I’m

Am7	D
Working my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
With a b	urn	in’ l	ove	insi	de

Free - All Right Now (1970)

A	A	D/A	A	D/A	D/A	D/A	A
							x2

	A	D/A	A
There she s	tood in t	he s	treet

D/A	A
Smiling from her head to her f	eet

	A	D/A	A
I said he	y, what i	s t	his, now baby maybe

	D/A	A
May	be she’s in need of a k	iss

Realistically I’m going to skip all the places where the vox jump up

	A	D/A	A
I said he	y what’s y	our name	baby?

D/A	A
Maybe we can see things the	same

	D/A	A
Now don’t you wait o	r hesitat	e

	D/A	A
Let’s mo	ve before they raise the parking r	ate, ow

A	G/D	G/D	A
All right	now baby it’s	all right	now

A	G/D	G/D	A
All right	now baby it’s	all right	now

A	A	D/A	A	D/A	D/A	D/A	A
							x1

	A	D/A	A
I took her	home to	my	place

D/A	A
Watching every move on her f	ace

	A	D/A	A
She said	look what’s y	our g	ame baby?

	D/A	A
A	re you tryin’ to put me in	shame?

	A	D/A	A
I said	slow don’t go	so	fast

D/A	A
Don’t you think that love can	last?

	D/A	A
She said love	lord a	bove

D/A	A
Now you’re tryin’ to trick me in lo	ve

A	G/D	G/D	A
All right	now baby it’s	all right	now

A	G/D	G/D	A
All right	now baby it’s	all right	now

Long solos, repeat second verse with more “baby”, shout a lot

Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - Lady Willpower (1968)

Originally in D (changing to Eb), I play in A, without the key change

Highest note is the 5 (“I’ll take good *care* of your love”)

Intro

E7

Vox on 1 2 of the key on “lady”

D	E	A	Bm	A
La	dy	willpower,	it’s now or	never

	E	Fm
Give your	love to me,	and

F#m	G	F#m	E	D	D	E
I’ll shower	your heart with	tenderness,	endless	ly	→	→

Vox on 3 3 4 5 on “I know you want”

A	Bm
I know you want to see me,	but you’re afraid

A	Bm	C#m
Of what I might have on my	mind

D	Dm
One thing you can be sure of	I’ll take good care of your love

A	E	F	D
If you will	let me give you	mine

D	E	A	Bm	A
La	dy	willpower,	it’s now or	never

	E	Fm
Give your	love to me,	and

F#m	G	F#m	E	D	D	E
I’ll shower	your heart with	tenderness,	endless	ly	→	→

Horn solo, during which the original move up a half step

A	Bm	D	E

A	Bm
Did no one ever tell you,	the facts of life

A	Bm	C#m
Well there’s so much you have to	learn

D

And I would gladly teach you

Dm

If I could only reach you

A	E	F	D
And get your	lovin’ in re	turn

D	E	A	Bm	A
La	dy	willpower,	it’s now or	never

	E	Fm
Give your	love to me,	and

F#m	G	F#m	E	D
I’ll shower	your heart with	tenderness,	endless	ly

D	E	A	Bm	A
La	dy	willpower,	it’s now or	never

Hall and Oates - She’s Gone (1973)

I play all the Bsus4’s as A/B @ fret 2, except the “what will be”

Bsus4	B
	x2

Bsus4	B
Everybody’s high on conso	lation

Bsus4	B
Everybody’s trying to tell me what is	right for me

Bsus4	B
My daddy tried to bore me with a	sermon

On “plain to see”, I go *down* on 6 5 4 of the key

	G#m	C#m	Bsus4	B
But it’s	plain to	see that they can’t	comfort	me

Bsus4	B
Sorry Charlie for the impos	ition

Bsus4	B
I think I’ve got it got it, got the strength to	carry on

Bsus4	B
I need a drink and a quick de	cision

	G#m	C#m	Bsus4	B
Now it’s	up to	me, ooh	what will	be

	A	G#m	F#m
She’s	gone oh	I, oh	I’d

	B
Better	learn how to face it

	A	G#m	F#m
She’s	gone oh	I, oh	I’d

	B
Pay the	devil to replace her

	A	G#m
She’s	gone oh	I what went wrong

Bsus4	B
	x2

Bsus4	B
Get up in the morning look in the	mirror

Bsus4	B
I’m worn as her tooth brush hanging	in the stand

Bsus4	B
My face ain’t looking any	younger

	G#m	C#m	Bsus4	B
Now	I can	see love’s taken her	toll on	me

	A	G#m	F#m
She’s	gone oh	I, oh	I’d

	B
Better	learn how to face it

	A	G#m	F#m
She’s	gone oh	I, oh	I’d

	B
Pay the	devil to replace her

	A	G#m
She’s	gone oh	I what went wrong

Bsus4	B
	x2

Bsus4	B
Think I’ll spend eternity in the	city

Bsus4	B
Let the carbon and monoxide choke my	thoughts away

Bsus4	B
And pretty bodies help dissolve the	memories

G#m	C#m	Bsus4	B
But they can never	be what she	was to	me

	A	G#m	F#m
She’s	gone oh	I, oh	I’d

	B
Better	learn how to face it

	A	G#m	F#m
She’s	gone oh	I, oh	I’d

	B
Pay the	devil to replace her

	A	G#m	F#m7
She’s	gone oh	I what went	wrong

I stop here, the original goes to C,C#,D, and repeats the chorus in C

Harry Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle (1974)

Originally in A capo 8 (F), I play in A capo 6

Intro, a chord approximation of the riff

Asus2	Asus4	Dsus2/A	G/A	A

	A	C
My	child arrived just the	other day

	D	A
He	came to the world in the	usual way

	A	C
But there were	planes to catch and	bills to pay

D	A
He learned to walk while I	was away

	G	G/F#	Em7	Em/D
And he was	talkin’ ‘fore I	knew it, and	as he grew

	C	G/B	A
He’d say	I’m gonna	be like	you, Dad

	C	G/B	A
You	know I’m gonna	be like	you

Don’t go up an octave yet

	A	G
And the	cat’s in the cradle and the	silver spoon

C	D
Little boy blue and the	man in the moon

A

When you comin’ home Dad?

	G	C	G/B	A
I	don’t know when but	we’ll get to	gether then

	C	G/B	A
You	know we’ll have a	good time	then

Asus2	Asus4	Dsus2/A	G/A	A

	A	C
My	son turned ten just the	other day

	D	A
He said,	thanks for the ball, Dad, come	on, let’s play

	A
Can you	teach me to throw?

	C	D
I said,	not today, I got a	lot to do

	A
He said,	that’s okay

	G	G/F#	Em7	Em/D
And he,	he walked a	way, but his	smile never	dimmed

	C	G/B	A
It said,	I’m gonna	be like	him, yeah

	C	G/B	A
You	know I’m gonna	be like	him

OK, now go up an octave, you know you want to

	A	G
And the	cat’s in the cradle and the	silver spoon

C	D
Little boy blue and the	man in the moon

A

When you comin’ home Dad?

	G	C	G/B	A
I	don’t know when but	we’ll get to	gether then

	C	G/B	A
You	know we’ll have a	good time	then

Asus2	Asus4	Dsus2/A	G/A	A

	A	C
Well, he	came from college just the	other day

	D	A
So	much like a man I just	had to say

	A	C
Son, I’m	proud of you, can you	sit for a while?

	D	A
He	shook his head and he	said with a smile

	G	G/F#	Em7	Em/D
What I’d	really like,	Dad, is to	borrow the ca	r keys

C	G/B	A
See you	later, can I	have them please?

	A	G
And the	cat’s in the cradle and the	silver spoon

C	D
Little boy blue and the	man in the moon

A

When you comin’ home son?

	G	C	G/B	A
I	don’t know when but	we’ll get to	gether then	, Dad

	C	G/B	A
You	know we’ll have a	good time	then

F	G	Em	A
	→

F	G	Em	A
	→

Slow, let ring

	A	C
I’ve	long since retired, my	son’s moved away

Two extra beats after this line

D	A
I called him up just the	other day

	A	C
I said, I’d	like to see you if	you don’t mind

	D	A
He said I’d	love to, Dad, if I could	find the time

	G	G/F#	Em7	Em/D
You see my	new job’s a	hassle and the	kids have the f	lu

	C	G/B	A
But it’s	sure nice	talkin’ to	you, Dad

	C	G/B	A
It’s been	sure nice	talkin’ to	you

	G	G/F#	Em7	Em/D
And as I	hung up the	phone it	occured to m	e

	C	G/B	A
He’d	grown up	just like	me

	C	G/B	A
My	boy was	just like	me

Back to tempo

	A	G
And the	cat’s in the cradle and the	silver spoon

C	D
Little boy blue and the	man in the moon

A

When you comin’ home son?

	G	C	G/B	A
I	don’t know when but	we’ll get to	gether then	, Dad

	C	G/B	A
We’re	gonna have a	good time	then

Asus2

Asus4

Dsus2/A

G/A

A

Jackie DeShannon - Put a Little Love In Your Heart (1969)

Originally in D, I play in G

G

Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

G

You see it’s getting late, oh please don’t hesitate

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

	G	Am	D
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	G	Am	D
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	D
For	you and me, you just wait and see

G

Another day goes by, still the children cry

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

G

If you want the world to know, we won’t let hatred grow

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

	G	Am	D
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	G	Am	D
Ah the	world will be a b	etter	place

	D
For	you and me, you just wait and see

	D#
Wait and	see...

G#

Take a good look around, and if you’re looking down

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

G#

I hope when you decide kindness will be your guide

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

	G#	A#m	D#
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	G#	A#m	D#
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	D#
For	you and me, you just wait and see, people now

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

Repeat to fade

Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes (1972)

Originally in F, I play in D

D	C/D	G/D	D
	→	→

C/D	G/D
→	→

	D
Doctor, my e	yes have seen the years

	F#m	Bm
And the s	low parade of fears without c	rying

	G	D
Now I w	ant to und	erstand

	D	F#m
I have d	one all that I could, to see the	evil and the good

	Bm	G	D
Without	hiding, you must h	elp me if you c	an

	Bm	D
Doctor, my	eyes,	tell me what is wrong

Hard stop on the V

	Bm	A	G/D
Was I un	wise to leave them o	pen for so lon	g

D	G/D

	D
‘Cause I have	wandered through this world

	F#m	Bm
And as each m	oment has unfurled, I’ve been	waiting

	G	D
To awak	en from these d	reams

	D	F#m
People g	o just where they will, I never	noticed them until

	Bm	G	D
I got this	feeling, that it’s	later than it	seems

	Bm	D
Doctor, my	eyes,	tell me what you see

Not a typo, the chorus ends on IV/1 the first time, bVII/1 this time

	Bm	A	C/D
I hear their	cries, just say if i	t’s too late for m	e

C/D	G/D	D
→	→	x4

	Bm	D
Doctor, my	eyes, they	cannot see the sky

	Bm	A	G/D
Is this the	price for having	learned how not to	cry

D

Solo

G/D	D	G/D	D
			x8

James Taylor - You’ve Got a Friend (1971)

Originally in A as G capo 2, I play in G capo 2

G	G/C	G	F#m	B7
			→

	Em	B7	Em	B7	Em7
When you’re d	own and	troubled and you	need a	helping	hand

	Am7	D7sus4	G	Gsus4	G
And	nothing, oh,	nothing is going	right

B7/F#	B7	Em	B7	Em	Em7
Close your	eyes and think of me and	soon I	will be	there

	Am7	Bm7	D7sus4	D7
To	brighten up	even your darkest night

	G	Gmaj7	C	Am7
You just	call out my	name, and you	know wherever I	am

	G	Gmaj7	D7sus4	D7
I’ll come	running, oh yeah baby	, to see you a	gain

G	Gmaj7	C	Em
Winter, spring, summer, or	fall,	all you got to do is	call

	C	Bm7	Am7	D7sus4
And I’ll	be there,	yeah yeah yeah	→

	G
You’ve got a f	riend

G	G/C	G	F#m	B7
			→

	Em	B7	Em	B7	Em7
If the	sky a	bove you should turn	dark and	full of clouds

	Am7	D7sus4	G	Gsus4	G
And that	old north	wind should begin to blow

B7/F#	B7	Em	B7	Em7
Keep your head to	gether and	call my	name out	loud

Am7	Bm7	D7sus4	D7
Soon I’ll be	knocking upon your	door

Harmony on the 2 and 7 of the chord

	G	Gmaj7	Cmaj7	Am7
You just	call out my	name, and you	know wherever I	am

	G	D7sus4	D7
I’ll come	running, oh yes I will, to see you	again

G	Gmaj7	C	Em
Winter, spring, summer, or	fall,	all you got to do is	call

	C	Bm7	Am7	D7sus4
And I’ll	be there,	yeah yeah yeah	→

Bridge

	F	C
Hey	ain’t it good to know that	you’ve got a friend when

G

People can be so cold

	C	Fmaj7
They’ll	hurt you and	desert you

	Em	A7
Well they’ll	take your soul if you	let them

	D7sus4	D7
Oh yeah, but	don’t you let them

	G	Gmaj7	Cmaj7	Am7
You just	call out my n	ame, and you	know wherever I	am

	G	D7sus4	D7
I’ll come	running, to see you	again,	oh babe, don’t you know ‘bout

G	Gmaj7	C	Em
Winter, spring, summer, or	fall, hey now,	all you got to do is	call

	C	Bm7	Am7	D7sus4
Lord I’ll	be there,	yes I will

	G	C	G
You’ve got a frien	d,	you’ve got a	friend

C	G
Ain’t it good to know you’ve	got a friend

	C	G
Ain’t it	good to know you’ve got a fr	iend

	C	Gsus4	G
Oh, y	eah, yeah, you’ve got a friend

Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee (1971)

Originally in G (and A), I play in C (and D).

Highest note is the 3 after the whole-step key change,

i.e. C# if you start in G, F# if you start in C.

C	F/C	C	F/C	C
			→

Vox on 5 6 5 on “busted flat”

C

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin’ for a train

Vox *down* to the 5 of the chord on “jeans”

	G7
When I’s feelin’ near as faded as my	jeans

Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained

	C	F/C	C
And rode us all the way into New Or	leans

	C
I	pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana

	C7	F
I’s playin’ soft while B	obby sang the bl	ues

Vox up to the 5 of the chord (1 of the key) on “wind”

F	C
Windshield wipers slappin’ time, I was	holdin’ Bobby’s hand in mine

G7

We sang every song that driver knew

F	C
Freedom’s just another word for	nothin’ left to lose

G7	C
Nothin’, it ain’t nothin’ hon’, if it ain’t fr	ee

	F	C
And	feelin’ good was easy, lord, oh,	when he sang the blues

	G7
You know	feelin’ good was good enough for me

	C
Good enough for me and my Bobby Mc	Gee

D

	D
From the	Kentucky coal mines to the California sun

	A7
Yeah Bobby shared the secrets of m	y soul

Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done

	D
Yeah Bobby baby kept me from the	cold

	D
One	day up near Salinas, lord, I let him slip away

	D7	G
He’s lookin’ for that h	ome and I hope he f	inds it

Vox on the b7 of the chord, more or less

	D
Well I’d trade all my tomorrows for one	single yesterday

	A7
To be	holdin’ Bobby’s body next to mine

G	D
Freedom’s just another word for	nothin’ left to lose

A7	D
Nothin’, and that’s all that Bobby left	me

	G	D
Well,	feelin’ good was easy, lo	rd, when he sang the blues

	A7
And	feelin’ good was good enough for me

	D
Good enough for me and my Bobby Mc	Gee

	D
La da	da, la da daa, la da daa da daa da daa

	A7
La da da da daa dadada Bobby Mc	Geeah

Laa li daa da daa daa, la da daa da daa

	D
Laa la laa la daada Bobby Mc	Geeah yeah

	D
La di	da, ladida la dida la di daa, ladida la dida la di daa

	A7
Hey now Bobby now now Bobby Mc	Gee yeah

Lo lo lo lolo lo lo laa, lololo lo lolo lo lolo lo lolo lo la laa

	D
Hey now Bobby no no Bobby McG	ee yeah

	D
Lord, I	called him my lover, I called him my man

I said I called him my lover, did the best I can

	A7
C’mon, hey now Bobby now, hey now Bobby McG	ee, yeah

Lo lo lord, a lord, a lord, a lord, a lord, a lord, a lord oh

	D
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McG	ee, lord

Solo on I V V I

Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz (1971)

Originally in D, I play in E

Spoken

I'd like to do a song of great social and political import

Vox on the 5

	E	A	E
Oh l	ord, won’t you buy me a	Mercedes	Benz?

	E	F#m	B7
My f	riends all drive Porsches, I	must make am	ends

	E	E	A
Worked	hard all my lifetime, no	help from my	friends

	E	B7	E
So	lord, won’t you buy me a	Mercedes	Benz?

	E	A	E
Oh l	ord, won’t you buy me a	color T	V?

	E	F#m	B7
“	Dialing for dollars” is t	rying to find	me

	E	E	A
I	wait for delivery each	day until th	ree

	E	B7	E
So oh	lord, won’t you buy me a	color T	V?

	E	A	E
Oh	lord, won’t you buy me a	night on the	town?

	E	F#m	B7
I’m	counting on you, lord, p	lease don’t let me	down

E	E	A
Prove that you love me and	buy the next ro	und

	E	B7	E
Oh	lord, won’t you buy me a	night on the	town

	E	A	E
Oh l	ord, won’t you buy me a	Mercedes	Benz?

	E	F#m	B7
My	friends all drive Porsches, I m	ust make a	mends

	E	A	E
Worked	hard all my lifetime, no	help from my fr	iends

	E	B7	E
So	lord, won’t you buy me a	Mercedes	Benz

	E	B7	E
So	lord, won’t you buy me a	Mercedes	Benz

Janis Joplin - Piece of My Heart (1967)

Originally in E, I play in A

Guitar solo, I skip and start with some E before “come on”

Bm	Bm	D	E
F#m	F#m	E	E
G	G	E	E

Vox on 2 1 of the chord on “come on”

	E
Oh	come on, come on, come on, come on

Vox down to the 5, that’s a whole octave jump down

A	D	E	D
Didn’t I make you	feel	like	you were the

A	D	E	D
Only man,			yeah and

A	D	E
Didn’t I give you nearly	everything that a woman	possibly can?

E

Honey you know I did

Vox on the 5 of the chord

F#m

But each time I tell myself that I

E

Well I think I’ve had enough

	G	E
Well	I’m gonna show you baby that a	woman can be tough

I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on, and

Vox stay on the 5

A	D
Take it, take an	other little piece of my

E	D	E
Heart now baby

A	D
Break it, break a	nother little bit of my

E	D	E
Heart now darlin’	yeah yeah	yeah yeah

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

Do the descending parts as barre

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

Well you know you got it, if it

D	C#m	Bm	A
Makes	you f	eel go	od, oh yes it did

A	D	E	D
	A	D	E	D
You’re	out on the	streets looking	good and baby	deep down in your heart

A	D
I guess you know that it ain’t right

Vox on the 5 of the key

E	D
Never never	never never never never

A	D	E
Hear me when I	cry at	night

	E
Babe and I cry	all the time

F#m	E
But each time I tell myself that I,	well I can’t stand the pain

	G	E
But when you	hold me in your arms, I’m	singin’ once again

Said come on, come on, come on, come on

A	D
Take it, take an	other little piece of my

E	D	E
Heart now baby

A	D
Break it, break a	nother little bit of my

E	D	E
Heart now darlin’	yeah

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

Well you know you got it, child if it

D	C#m	Bm	A
Makes	you f	eel go	od

Guitar solo

Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm	Bm	D	E
F#m	E
G	E

	E
I need you to	come on, come on, come on, come on

A	D
Take it, take an	other little piece of my

E	D	E
Heart now baby

A	D
Break it, break a	nother little bit of my

E	D	E
Heart now darlin’	yeah	come on, now

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

You know you got it, wooow

A	D
Take it, take an	other little piece of my

E	D	E
Heart now baby

A	D
Break it, break a	nother little bit of my

E	D	E
Heart now darlin’	yeah	yeah yeah

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

You know you got it, child if it

D	C#m	Bm	A
Makes	you f	eel go	od

Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm

Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love (1967)

Originally in F#m, I play in Am capo 3

	Am	D	G	Am
When the t	ruth is found		to b	eeee lies

	Am	D	G	Am
And	all the joy	withi	n yooo	ou dies

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Am	D	Am	G	Am	Am

	Am	D	G
When the	garden’s flowers		they

	Am	D	G
Aaaa	re dead,		yes and

	Am	D	G	Am
Y	our mind your mi	nd	is so	full of red

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Am	D	G	Am
Your eyes, I	say your	eyes may look like	his

	Am	D
Yeah but	in your head baby

	G	Am
I’m a	fraid you don’t know	where it is

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Am	D	Am	G	Am	Am

Am	D	G	Am	D	G
Tears are running		all ‘r	ound and ‘round your breast

	Am	D	G	Am
And	your friends, baby,	they	treat you l	ike a guest

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Outro is vaguely...

Am

D

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (1967)

Originally in F#, I play in A

Highest note is the 4 (“feed your head”)

Intro

A	A#
	x 3

Vox on the 5

A

One pill makes you larger and

A#

One pill makes you small

	A
And the	ones that mother gives you don’t

	A#
Do	anything at all

	C	D#	F	C
Go ask	Alice	when she’s	ten feet	tall

	A
And if y	ou go chasing rabbits

	A#
And you	know you’re going to fall

	A
Tell ‘em a	hookah-smoking caterpillar has

A#

Given you the call

	C	D#	F	C
Call	Alice	when s	he was just	small

Vox on the 1 of the chord

G

When the men on the chessboard get up

	C
And t	ell you where to go

	G
And you	just had some kind of mushroom

	C
And your	mind is moving on

Vox up to the 1 now

	A	A
Go ask	Alice, I think she’ll	know

	A	A#
When l	ogic and proportion have	fallen sloppy dead

	A
And the	white knight is talking backwards

	A#
And the red	queen’s off with her head

	C	D#	F	C
Rem	ember	what the	dormouse	said

G	C
Feed your	head

G	C
Feed your	head

C

Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown (1973)

Originally in G, I play in G capo 2

Intro, with 6ths

G	D7

Vox on the 3 on “south”

	G
Well, the south	side of Chicago

	A7
Is the ba	ddest part of town

	B7
And if you	go down there

	C	D7	C	G	D7
You better	just beware of a	man name of	Leroy	Brown

	G
Now,	Leroy more than trouble

	A7
You see he	stand about six foot four

	B7	C
All the d	owntown ladies call him treetop l	over

	D7	C	G	D7
All the	men just	call him	sir

	G
And he’s	bad, bad, Leroy Brown

	A7
The	baddest man in the whole damn town

B7	C
Badder than old King Kon	g

	D7	C	G	D7
And	meaner than a	junkyard	dog

	G
Now,	Leroy, he a gambler

	A7
And he	like his fancy clothes

	B7	C
And he	like to wave his	diamond rings

	D7	C	G	D7
In front of	every	body’s	nose

	G
He got a	custom Continental

	A7
He got an	El Dorado too

	B7	C
He got a	thirty-two gun in his	pocket for fun

	D7	C	G	D7
He got a	razor	in his	shoe

	G
And he’s	bad, bad, Leroy Brown

	A7
The	baddest man in the whole damn town

B7	C
Badder than old King Kon	g

	D7	C	G	D7
And	meaner than a	junkyard	dog

	G
Well,	Friday ‘bout a week ago

A7

Leroy shootin’ dice

	B7	C
And at the	edge of the bar sat a	girl name of Doris

	D7	C	G	D7
And	oh, that	girl look	nice

	G
Well, he	cast his eyes upon her

	A7
And the	trouble soon began

	B7	C
And	Leroy Brown, he learned a	lesson ‘bout messin’

	D7	C	G	D7
With the	wife of a	jealous	man

I usually skip this chorus... we get it, he’s bad.

	G
And he’s	bad, bad, Leroy Brown

	A7
The	baddest man in the whole damn town

B7	C
Badder than old King Kon	g

	D7	C	G	D7
And	meaner than a	junkyard	dog

Quiet, let ring

	G
Well, the	two men took to fightin’

	A7
And when they	pulled them from the floor

B7	C
Leroy looked like a	jigsaw puzzle

	D7	C	G	D7
With a	couple of	pieces	gone

	G
And he’s	bad, bad, Leroy Brown

	A7
The	baddest man in the whole damn town

B7	C
Badder than old King Kon	g

	D7	C	G	D7
And	meaner than a	junkyard	dog

	G
Yeah he’s	bad, bad, Leroy Brown

	A7
The	baddest man in the whole damn town

B7	C
Badder than old King Kon	g

	D7	C	G
And	meaner than a	junkyard	dog

	B7	C
Yes, you were	badder than old King	Kong

	D7	C	G
And	meaner than a	junkyard	dog

Jim Croce - I’ll Have To Say I Love You In a Song (1974)

Amaj7	C#m	Bm	Dm	E7
			→	x 2

	Amaj7	C#m
Well, I	know it’s kind of	late

	Bm	E
I	hope I didn’t	wake you

	Amaj7	C#m
But what I	got to say can’t	wait

	Bm	E
I	knew you’d under	stand

D	G#7
Every time I	tried to tell you

	C#7	F#m	D
The	words just came out	wrong

	Amaj7	E	D	A
So, I’ll	have to say I	love you in a song

	Amaj7	C#m
Yeah I k	now it’s kind of	strange

	Bm	E
But	every time I’m	near you

	Amaj7	C#m
I just	run out of things to	say

	Bm	E
I	knew you’d under	stand

D	G#7
And every time I	tried to tell you

	C#7	F#m	D
The	words just came out	wrong

	Amaj7	E	D	A
So, I’ll	have to say I	love you in a song

Solo on verse chords

D	G#7
Every time the	time was right

	C#7	F#m	D
All the	words just came out	wrong

	Amaj7	E	D	A
So I’ll	have to say I	love you in a song

	Amaj7	C#m
Yeah, I	know it’s kind of	late

	Bm	E
I	hope I didn’t	wake you

	Amaj7	C#m
But there’s	something that I just got to	say

	Bm	E
I	knew you’d under	stand

D	G#7
Every time I	tried to tell you

	C#7	F#m	D
The	words just came out	wrong

	Amaj7	E	D	A
So, I’ll	have to say I	love you in a song

Amaj7	C#m	Bm	Dm	E7
			→

Amaj7

Jim Croce - Operator (1972)

Intro

G	Bm	Am	C	G/B	Am	D7	G
			→	→	→	→	x2

G	Bm	C	G/B	Am	C	G/B	Am	G
Opera	tor oh could you	help	me p	lace this call	→	→	→

Am	D7/F#	Em	D	D/C	D/B	D/A	G
See the number on the mat	chbook is old and f	aded	→	→	→

Not a typo; this time the pattern resolves to the I on “friend”, the first time it didn’t

G	Bm	C	G/B	Am	G	C	G/B	Am	G
She’s living in L.A.	with my bes	t old		ex-fri	end Ray	→	→	→

Am	D7/F#	Em	D	D/C	D/B	D/A	G
A guy she said she	knew well and sometimes hat	ed	→	→	→

G	C/G	G
Isn’t that the way	they say it goes

	C	D
But let’s for	get all	that

	G	Am
And	give me the number if	you can find it

	C	D	Em	Bm	D	Am
So	I	can	call just to	tell ‘em I’m	fine and to s	how

D7	C	G/B
I’ve overcome the blow,	I’ve learned to take it well

	Am	C
I only wish my words	could just convince myself

Hang on “that’s”

	D	C
That it just wasn’t rea	l, but th	at’s not the way it feels

G	Bm	Am	C	G/B	Am	D7	G
			→	→	→	→

G	Bm	C	G/B	Am	C	G/B	Am	G
Opera	tor oh could you	help	me p	lace this call	→	→	→

Am	D7/F#	Em	D	D/C	D/B	D/A	G
‘Cause I can’t read the	number that you just gav	e me	→	→	→

G	Bm	C	G/B	Am	G	C	G/B	Am	G
There’s something in my	eyes, you know it	ha	ppens	every t	im	→	→	→

Am	D7/F#	Em	D	D/C	D/B	D/A	G
I think about the	love that I thought would save	me	→	→	→

G	C/G	G
Isn’t that the way	they say it goes

	C	D
But let’s for	get all	that

	G	Am
And	give me the number if	you can find it

	C	D	Em	Bm	D	Am
So	I	can	call just to	tell ‘em I’m	fine and to s	how

D7	C	G/B
I’ve overcome the blow,	I’ve learned to take it well

	Am	C
I only wish my words	could just convince myself

Hang on “that’s”

	D	C
That it just wasn’t rea	l, but th	at’s not the way it feels

G	C/G
	No, no no, no, no

G	C/G	G
	That’s not the way it feels

G	Bm	C	G/B	Am	G	C	G/B	Am	G
Oper	ator, oh let’s for	get	ab	out this	call	→	→	→

Am	D7/F#	Em	D	D	D/C	D/B	D/A	G
There’s no one there	I really wanted to tal	k to		→	→	→

G	Bm	C	G/B	Am	G	C	G/B	Am	G
Thank you for your time,	oh you’ve been	so m	uch	more t	han k	ind →	→	→

Am	D7/F#	Em	D	D/C	D/B	D/A	G
You can keep the	dime		→	→	→

G	C/G	G
Isn’t that the way	they say it goes

	C	D
But let’s for	get all	that

	G	Am
And	give me the number if	you can find it

	C	D	Em	Bm	D	Am
So	I	can	call just to	tell ‘em I’m	fine and to s	how

D7	C	G/B
I’ve overcome the blow,	I’ve learned to take it well

	Am	C
I only wish my words	could just convince myself

Hang on “that’s”

	D	C
That it just wasn’t rea	l, but th	at’s not the way it feels

G	Bm	Am	C	G/B	Am	D7	G
			→	→	→	→	x2

Jimi Hendrix - Fire (1967)

Originally in D, I play in A

Intro, skip this part if acoustic and start at the main riff

D#	D
→

C	D	A	A
→	→

D#	D
→

C	D	A	A
→	→

Writing the riff as chords, will write this as just the I after this

E	G	A	A
→	→

E	G	A	A
→	→

A

All right

A

Now dig this baby

Vox around the b3

	A
You don’t c	are for me, I don’t a care about that

	A
You	got a new fool, hah, I like it like that

A

I have only one a-burnin’ desire

Hard stop on the I

A

Let me stand next to your fire

The ivm11 is more like bVIIadd9/6, e.g. Cadd9/A in the original key

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Hey, let me stand next to your fire

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Whoa, let me stand baby

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Let me stand

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Yeah baby

A

Listen here baby

A

And stop actin’ so crazy

	A
You say your m	om ain’t home, it ain’t my concern

	A
Just don’t p	lay with me, and you won’t get burned

A

I have only one itchin’ desire

A

Let me stand next to your fire

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Yeah, let me stand baby

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Let me stand

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Oh, let me stand

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Oh

A

Ahh, move over Rover

G

And let Jimi take over

E

Yeah, you know what I’m talkin’ about

G

Yeah, get on with it baby

Solo on a chorus, but up a whole step

B	F#m11	B	F#m11
B	F#m11	B	F#m11

Repeat intro

D#	D
→

C	D	A	A
→	→		That’s what I’m talking about

D#	D
→

C	D	A	A
→	→		Now dig this

A

Hah

A

Now listen baby

	A
You try to	give me your money, you better save it babe

A

Save it for your rainy day

A

I have only one a-burnin’ desire

No hard stop this time

A

Let me stand next to your fire, ha

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Ow, let me stand

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Oh, let me stand baby

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) I ain’t gonna do you no harm

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Ow

B	F#m11
Yeah

B	F#m11
You better m	ove over baby

A	Em11
I ain’t gonna	hurt you baby

A	Em11
Aw, I ain’t do	ne with your ol’ lady

B	F#m11
Ow

B	F#m11
Aw, yes it’s	Jimi comin’ to you

A

Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust (1975)

This is adapted loosely from the Judas Priest version.

The originals are in Em, I play in Em capo 5.

As a duet, I sing a 3rd below the lead and play in Em.

The songs is a dirge, so I follow the Priest version,

which is a rocking metal gallop.

Long riff

-0------0---0-----0----0---0----0----0---0----
-0--0--0---0---0--0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0-
-0-------------0-------------0-------------
-2-2--4---2---0---2--4---2---0--2--4---2---4--
-2----------------2-------------2-------------
-0------------------0-----------0-0-----------

---0---0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0---0-0--0--0--0-2-
--0---0-----0--0----0--0-----0---0----0--0-----0-
-----------------------------------------------2-
-5---4---5-7--5--7-9--9---9-7--7---7-5--5---5--1-
-----------------------------------------------2-
-------------------------------------------------

Short riff

-0---0---0-----0----0---0----0----0---0----2-
-0--0---0---0--0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0-0-
-0-------------0-------------0-------------2-
-2-4---2---0---2--4---2---0--2--4---2---4--1-
-2-------------2-------------2-------------2-
-0---------------0-----------0-0-------------

Play long riff if not rocking

	Em	C
Well	I’ll be damned here comes your	ghost again

	G	D
But that’s not un	usual it’s just that the	moon is full

	Em
And you happened to	call

	Em	C
And	here I sit hand on the	telephone

	G	D
I’m hearing a	voice I’d known a couple of	light years ago

	Em
Heading straight for a	fall

	C	D
Well we	both know what memories can	bring

	Em
They bring diamonds and	rust

	C	D
Well we	both know what memories can	bring

	Em
They bring diamonds and	rust

Play short riff if not rocking

	Em	C
As	I remember, your eyes were bluer than	robins’ eggs

	G	D
My poetry was	lousy you said, but where are you	calling from?

	Em
A booth in the	mid-west

Em	C
Ten years ago I bought you some	cuff-links

	G
And you bought me	something

	D
We both know what	memories can bring

	Em
They bring diamonds and	rust

Play short riff if not rocking, else another chorus

	Em	C
You	burst on the scene, already a	legend

	G	D
The unwashed phe	nomenon, the original	vagabond

	Em
You	strayed into my arms

	Em	C
And	there you stayed, temporarily	lost at sea

	G	D
The Madonna was	yours for free, the girl on the	half-shell

	Em
Could keep you un	harmed

	C	D
Well we	both know what memories can	bring

	Em
They bring diamonds and	rust

	C	D
Well we	both know what memories can	bring

	Em
They bring diamonds and	rust

Vox on the 5 of the chord

	Bm7
Now I	see you standing with brown leaves falling all around

	Am7
And	snow in your hair

	Bm7
Now you’re	smiling out of the window of that crummy hotel

	Am7
Over	Washington Square

	C
Our	breath comes out of white clouds

	G
Mingles and	hangs in the air

	Fmaj7
Speaking	strictly for me

	B7
We both could have died then and	there

Em	D	Em

Play long riff if not rocking

	Em	C
Now you’re	telling me you’re not nos	talgic

	G	D
Then give me another	word for it you who are so	good with words

	Em
And at keeping things	vague

	Em
‘Cause	I need some of that vagueness now

	C
It’s all come back too	clearly

	G	D
Yes I loved you	dearly, and if you’re offering	diamonds and rust

	Em
I’ve already	paid

	C	D
Well we	both know what memories can	bring

	Em
They bring diamonds and	rust

	C	D
Well we	both know what memories can	bring

	Em
They bring diamonds and	rust

	C	D
Well we	both know what memories can	bring

	Em
They bring diamonds and	rust

	C	D
Well we	both know what memories can	bring

	Em
They bring diamonds and	rust

C	D	Em
Diamonds,	diamonds, and	rust

C	D	Em
Diamonds,	diamonds, and	rust

John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane (1966)

G	C	G	C

	G	C
All my	bags are packed I’m	ready to go

	G	C
I’m	standin’ here out	side your door

	G	Em	D	D7
I	hate to wake you	up to say good	bye

	G	C
But the	dawn is breakin’ it’s	early morn

	G	C
The	taxi’s waitin’ he’s	blowin’ his horn

	G	Em	D	D7
Al	ready I’m so	lonesome I could	cry

	G	C
So	kiss me and	smile for me

G	C
Tell me that you’ll	wait for me

G	Em	D	D7
Hold me like you’ll	never let me	go

	G	C
Cause I’m	leavin’	on a jet plane

Let ring

G	C
Don’t know when	I’ll be back again

G	Bm7	Am7	D7
Oh	babe, I hate to	go

	G	C
There’s so	many times I’ve	let you down

	G	C
So	many times I’ve	played around

G	Em	D	D7
I tell you now,	they don’t mean a	thing

	G	C
Every	place I go I’ll	think of you

	G	C
Every	song I sing I’ll	sing for you

	G	Em	D	D7
When	I come back I’ll	wear your wedding	ring

	G	C
So	kiss me and	smile for me

G	C
Tell me that you’ll	wait for me

G	Em	D	D7
Hold me like you’ll	never let me	go

	G	C
Cause I’m	leavin’	on a jet plane

Let ring

G	C
Don’t know when	I’ll be back again

G	Bm7	Am7	D7
Oh	babe, I hate to	go

Let all chords ring for this verse

G	C
Now the time has	come to leave you

G	C
One more time just	let me kiss you

G	Em	D	D7
Close your eyes	I’ll be on my	way

G	C
Dream about the	days to come

	G	C
When	I won’t have to	leave alone

	G	Em	D	D7
A	bout the times	I won’t have to	say

	G	C
So	kiss me and	smile for me

G	C
Tell me that you’ll	wait for me

G	Em	D	D7
Hold me like you’ll	never let me	go

	G	C
Cause I’m	leavin’	on a jet plane

Let ring

G	C
Don’t know when	I’ll be back again

G	Bm7	Am7	D7
Oh	babe, I hate to	go

John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (1971)

Originally in A, I play in G

G

Hang two beats on the I after this line

G	Em	D	C	G
Almost Heaven,	West Virginia,	Blue Ridge Mountains, Sh	enandoah R	iver

G	Em	D
Life is old there,	older than the trees, y	ounger than the mountains

	C	G
Bl	owin’ like a br	eeze

	G	D	Em	C
Country r	oads, take me h	ome, to the p	lace, I bel	ong

	G	D	C	G
West Virg	inia, mountain m	ama, take me h	ome, country r	oads

Hang two beats on the I after this line

G	Em	D	C	G
All my memories	gather round her,	miner’s lady, str	anger to blue w	ater

G	Em	D
Dark and dusty, p	ainted on the sky, m	isty taste of moonshine

	C	G
Te	ardrop in my	eye

	G	D	Em	C
Country r	oads, take me h	ome, to the p	lace, I bel	ong

	G	D	C	G
West Virg	inia, mountain m	ama, take me h	ome, country r	oads

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “I hear her”

Em	D	G
I hear her v	oice, in the m	orning hour she calls me

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “radio”

	C	G	D
The	radio rem	inds me of my	home far away

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “driving down”, the 3 of the new chord on “road”

	Em	F	C
And	driving down the r	oad I get a f	eeling

	G	D	D7
That I	should have been home	yesterday, yesterd	ay

	G	D	Em	C
Country r	oads, take me h	ome, to the p	lace, I bel	ong

	G	D	C	G
West Virg	inia, mountain m	ama, take me h	ome, country r	oads

	G	D	Em	C
Country r	oads, take me h	ome, to the p	lace, I bel	ong

	G	D	C	G
West Virg	inia, mountain m	ama, take me h	ome, country r	oads

	D	G
Take me h	ome, (down) country r	oads

	D	G
Take me h	ome, (down) country r	oads

G

John Lennon - Imagine (1971)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 1 or 2

A	Amaj7	D	D
			x2

Maj7’s continue, but not writing them out

A	D
Imagine there’s no	heaven

A	D
It’s easy if you	try

A	D
No hell be	low us

A	D
Above us only	sky

D	F#m/C#	Bm7	A
Imagine	all the	people

E

Living for today

A	D
Imagine there’s no	countries

A	D
It isn’t hard to	do

A	D
Nothing to kill or	die for

A	D
And no religion	too

D	F#m/C#	Bm7	A
Imagine	all the	people

E

Living life in peace, you-hoo

D	E	A	C#
You may	say I’m a	dreamer

D	E	A	C#
But I’m	not the only	one

D	E	A	C#
I hope some	day you’ll	join us

D	E	A
And the	world will	live as one

A	D
Imagine no pos	sessions

A	D
I wonder if you	can

A	D
No need for greed or	hunger

A	D
A brotherhood of	man

D	F#m/C#	Bm7	A
Imagine	all the	people

E

Sharing all the world

D	E	A	C#
You may	say I’m a	dreamer

D	E	A	C#
But I’m	not the only	one

D	E	A	C#
I hope some	day you’ll	join us

D	E	A
And the	world will	live as one

Optional fadeout, credit Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora

A	E	A
‘Cause all we are	saying is give peace a	chance

John Lennon - Instant Karma (1970)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 2

Silly intro thing, let each chord ring once, or just skip this

B	D

Every line in the vase has a descending bass that I’m not writing out

E	C#m
Instant Karma’s gonna get you

E	C#m
Gonna knock you right in the head

E	C#m
You better get yourself together

C	D	E
Pretty soon your gon	na be dead

A	F#m
What in the world you thinking o	f?

A	F#m
Laughing in the face of l	ove

G	Em
What on Earth you tryin’ to do?

	A
It’s u	p to you

	B
Y	eah you

E	C#m
Instant Karma’s gonna get you

E	C#m
Gonna look you right in the face

E	C#m
Better get yourself together darlin’

C	D	E
Join the human	race

A	F#m
How in the world you gonna	see?

A	F#m
Laughing at fools like	me

G	Em
Who on Earth do you think you	are?

	A
A	superstar?

	B7
Well	right you are

	D	F#m	Bm
Well we	all	shine o	n

	D	F#m	Bm
Like the	moon and the	stars and the	sun

	D	F#m	Bm
Well we	all	shine	on

A	B
Everyone	come on

E	C#m
Instant Karma’s gonna get you

E	C#m
Gonna knock you off your feet

E	C#m
Better recognize your brothers

C	D	E
Everyone you	meet

A	F#m
Why in the world are we	here?

A	F#m
Surely not to live in pain and	fear

G	Em
Why on Earth are you	there?

	A	B
When you’re e	verywhere gonna	get your share

	D	F#m	Bm
Well we	all	shine o	n

	D	F#m	Bm
Like the	moon and the	stars and the	sun

	D	F#m	Bm
Well we	all	shine	on

A	B
Come on and on and o	n on

E	C#m
Yeah yeah

	E	C#m
A	lright

	E	C#m
A	h ha

	C	D	E
A	h

	D	F#m	Bm
Well we	all	shine o	n

	D	F#m	Bm
Like the	moon and the	stars and the	sun

	D	F#m	Bm
Well we	all	shine	on

A	B7
Everyone	come on

Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now (1972)

Originally in D, I play in A. I play D/G/A with

open A and E strings (e.g. x05430).

Highest note is the 5, but it spends a lot of

time on the 3 and 4.

A

Vox on the 1 on “I”

A	D	A
I can see c	learly now the r	ain is gone

A	D	E
I can see a	ll obstacles	in my way

A	D	A
Gone are the d	ark clouds that	had me blind

	G	D	A
It’s gonna be a b	right, br	ight, sunshiny d	ay

	G	D	A
Gonna be a b	right, br	ight, sunshiny d	ay

A	D	A
I think I can m	ake it now the p	ain is gone

A	D	E
All of the	bad feelings have	disappeared

A	D	A
Here is that ra	inbow I’ve been	praying for

	G	D	A
It’s gonna be a b	right, br	ight, sunshiny d	ay

C	G
Look all around, there’s nothing but	blue skies

C	C/E	E/B
Look straight ahead, there’s	nothing but	blue skies

G#m7	D	G#m7	D	G	F#m	E

A	D	A
I can see c	learly now the r	ain is gone

A	D	E
I can see a	ll obstacles	in my way

A	D	A
Gone are the d	ark clouds that	had me blind

	G	D	A
It’s gonna be a b	right, br	ight, sunshiny d	ay

	G	D	A
It’s gonna be a b	right, br	ight, sunshiny d	ay

	G	D	A
It’s gonna be a b	right, br	ight, sunshiny d	ay

	G	D	A
It’s gonna be a b	right, br	ight, sunshiny d	ay

Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man (1966)

If playing solo, play riff as Em, Emb6, EmM6, Emb6 on the 5th string

E|----0---0---0---0---0---0--|
B|---------------------------|
G|--4---5---5---6---5---5----|

Riff x4 over Em

Em	Am	Em
There’s a man who l	eads a life of d	anger

	Em	B7
To e	veryone he meets he stays a st	ranger

	Em	Am
With	every move he makes, ano	ther chance he takes

Em	Am	Em
Odds are he won’t	live to see to	morrow

Vox 5 7 2 of the key on “secret ag”

	Bm	Em	Bm	Em
Secret	agent	man, secret	agent	man

Vox on the 6 5 of the chord on “given”

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

Riff x2 over Em

	Em	Am	Em
Be	ware of pretty	faces that you	find

	Em	B7
A	pretty face can hide an evil	mind

	Em
Ah, be	careful what you say

	Am
Or you’ll	give yourself away

Em	Am	Em
Odds are you won’t	live to see tom	orrow

	Bm	Em	Bm	Em
Secret	agent	man, secret	agent	man

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

Riff x2 over Em

Solo on verse chords

	Bm	Em	Bm	Em
Secret	agent	man, secret	agent	man

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

Riff x2 over Em

Em	Am	Em
Swingin’ on the	Riviera	one day

	Em	B7
And then	layin’ in the Bombay alley	next day

	Em
Oh no, you	let the wrong word slip

	Am
While	kissing persuasive lips

	Em	Am	Em
The	odds are you won’t	live to see to	morrow

	Bm	Em	Bm	Em
Secret	agent	man, secret	agent	man

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

Riff x2 over Em

Em

Secret agent man

Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (1970)

Joni Mitchell in E, Counting Crows in G#

This arrangement is somewhere in between, I play in G

Highest note is the 1 if you do the high “farmer farmer”

Can play D/F# as D11

C	D/F#	G	G
			x2

Vox in on the 3 of the chord on “paved”

	C	D/F#	G
They	paved paradise and	put up a parking lot

	Cadd9	D/F#	G
With a	pink hotel, a	boutique, and a swingin’ hot spot

G	G9
Don’t it always	seem to go

	Cadd9	G/B	Am7
That you don’	t know	what you	got till it’s gone

	C	D	G
They	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

G	Cadd9	Cadd9	G

	Cadd9	D/F#	G
They	took all the trees, and	put ‘em in a tree museum

	Cadd9	D/F#	G
And they	charged the people a	dollar and a half to see them

No, no, no

G	G9
Don’t it always	seem to go

	Cadd9	G/B	Am7
That you don’	t know	what you	got till it’s gone

	C	D	G
They	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

	Cadd9	G
Hey far	mer, farmer, put away your DDT

	Cadd9
I don’t care about	spots on my apples

D11	G
Leave me the birds and the bees	please

G	G9
Don’t it always	seem to go

	Cadd9	G/B	Am7
That you don’	t know	what you	got till it’s gone

	C	D	G
They	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

	C	D	G
Hey now they	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

C	D/F#	G	G
			x2

Let ring

	Cadd9	D/F#	G
Listen,	late last night, I	heard a screen door	slam

	Cadd9	D/F#	G
And a bi	g yellow taxi to	ok my girl away

	G	G9
Now	don’t it always	seem to go

	Cadd9	G/B	Am7
That you don’	t know	what you	got till it’s gone

	Cadd9	D	G
They	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

	G	G9
Hey now now	don’t it always	seem to go

	Cadd9	G/B	Am7
That you don’	t know	what you	got till it’s gone

	C	D	G
They	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

	C	D	G
Why now they	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

	C	D	G
Hey hey hey	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

I end here, but I’m writing out the rest of the Counting

Crows arrangement.

G	C	D/F#	G

Cadd9

I don’t wanna give it, why you wanna give it?

	G
Why you wanna	giving it all away? Hey, hey, hey

Cadd9

Now you wanna give it, oh she wanna give it

	G
‘Cause she	giving it all away no no

Cadd9

I don’t wanna give it, why you wanna give it?

	G
Why you wanna	giving it all away?

Cadd9

Giving it all

D/F#	G
Giving it all a	way

Am7	Cadd9	G
	Why you	want me?

Am7	Cadd9	G
	Why do you	want me?

	C	D	G
They	paved paradise and	put up a parking lot

Repeat to fade

Kiss - Rock and Roll All Nite (1975)

Originally in Ab, I play in D

Highest note that matters is the 1 (“rock and roll *all* night”)

Intro

C	C	G	C	C	G
→	→	→	→	→

D	A	D	A

Vox on 6 5 on “you show”

D	A
You show us every	thing you’ve got

D	A
You keep on dancin’ and the	room gets hot

The b7 on “crazy” is implied, the band actually drops out for a bit there

G	A	C	C	C	G	C	C	G
You drive us	wild, we’ll drive you cr	azy	→	→	→	→	→

D	A
You say you wanna	go for a spin

D	A
The party’s just begun, we’ll	let you in

G	A	C	C	C	G	C	C	G
You drive us	wild, we’ll drive you cr	azy	→	→	→	→	→

A#	C
You keep on shoutin’,	you keep on shoutin’

D	G	A
I wanna rock and roll all	night,	and party every day

D	G	A
I wanna rock and roll all	night,	and party every day

Instruments drop out a few beats into this line

D

I wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day

D	C	C	G	C	C	G
I wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day	→	→	→	→	→

D	A
You keep on sayin’ you’ll be	mine for a while

D	A
You’re lookin’ fancy and I	like your style

G	A	C	C	C	G	C	C	G
You drive us	wild, we’ll drive you cr	azy	→	→	→	→	→

D	A
You show us every	thing you’ve got

D	A
Baby, baby, that’s	quite a lot

G	A	C	C	C	G	C	C	G
And you drive us	wild, we’ll drive you cr	azy	→	→	→	→	→

A#	C
You keep on shoutin’,	you keep on shoutin’

D	G	A
I wanna rock and roll all	night,	and party every day

D	G	A
I wanna rock and roll all	night,	and party every day

D

I wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day

D	C	C	G	C	C	G
I wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day	→	→	→	→	→

D

Labelle - Lady Marmalade (1974)

Originally in Gm, I play in Am capo 2

Am7	D11
	x2

Vox on the 5

Am7	D11
Hey sista, go sista, s	oul sista, go sista

Am7	D11
Hey sista, go sista, s	oul sista

	Am7	D11
He	met Marmalade down in o	ld New Orleans

Am7	D11
Struttin’ her stuff on the	street

	Dm7	Em7
She said	hello, hey Joe, you wanna	give it a go?

Vox on the 3 of the chord

Am7	D11
Gitchi, gitchi, ya-ya, d	a-da

	Am7	D11
G	itchi, gitchi, ya-ya he	re

Am7	D11
Mocha chocolata, y	a-ya

Hang on “creole”, vox on 7 6 7 1 of the chord on “creole lady”

Em7	Am7
Creole lady Marma	lade

Vox only up to the 3, even though you’ll feel like you

want to go up to the 5.

Am7	D11
Voulez-vous coucher avec m	oi, ce soir?

	Am7	D11
V	oulez-vous coucher ave	c moi?

	Am7	D11
He	stayed in her boudoir while	she freshened up

Am7	D11
That boy drank all that magn	olia wine, on her

Dm7	Em7
Black satin sheets, is w	here he started to freak

Am7	D11
Gitchi, gitchi, ya-ya, d	a-da

	Am7	D11
G	itchi, gitchi, ya-ya he	re

Am7	D11
Mocha chocolata, y	a-ya

Em7	Am7
Creole lady Marma	lade

Am7	D11
Voulez-vous coucher avec m	oi, ce soir?

	Am7	D11
V	oulez-vous coucher ave	c moi?

Am7	D11
	x2

E

Hey, hey, hey...

Am7	D11
Seeing her skin feeling	silky smoothe

	Am7	D11
C	olor of cafe au la	it

	Dm7	Em7
Made the	savage beast inside	roar until it cried

E

More, more, more

Am7	D11
Now he’s at home doing	nine to five

Am7	D11
Living his brave life of l	ies

	Dm7	Em7
But when he	turns off to sleep, old	memories keep

E

More, more, more

Am7	D11
Gitchi, gitchi, ya-ya, d	a-da

	Am7	D11
G	itchi, gitchi, ya-ya he	re

Am7	D11
Mocha chocolata, y	a-ya

Em7	Am7
Creole lady Marma	lade

Am7	D11
Voulez-vous coucher avec m	oi, ce soir?

	Am7	D11
V	oulez vous coucher ave	c moi?

Am7	D11
Voulez-vous coucher avec m	oi, ce soir?

Em7	Am7
Creole lady Marma	lade

Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (1970)

Originally in F#m, I play in Em capo 2 with some octave changes

Intro

Em

An octave down

	Em
Ah-ah-	ahh-ah

	Em
Ah-ah-	ahh-ah

Still an octave down, on the 1

G	D
We	come from the land of the ice and snow

	D	G
From the	midnight sun where the hot	springs blow

Up to the original octave

Em

The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands

To fight the horde and singing and crying

Keep it *real* simple on “coming”

D	G	Em
Valhalla, I am coming

An now back down an octave

G

On we sweep with

A

With threshing oar

A#

Our only goal will be the western shore

Em

	Em
Ah-ah-	ahh-ah

	Em
Ah-ah-	ahh-ah

G	D
We	come from the land of the ice and snow

	D	G
From the	midnight sun where the hot	springs blow

Em

How soft your fields, so green

	Em
Can w	hisper tales of gore

	Em	G
Of	how we calmed the tides of war

D	G	Em
We are your overlords

G

On we sweep with

A

With threshing oar

A#

Our only goal will be the western shore

Em

So now you better stop and rebuild all your ruins

Em

For peace and trust can win the day despite of all you’re losing

Em	A#9

Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll (1971)

Originally in A, I play in A capo 3

Intro

A	A	D	A	E	A

	A
It’s	been a long time since I rock and rolled

It’s been a long time since I did the stroll

	D
Ooh,	let me get back, let me get back

	A
Let me get back, baby, where I come	from

	E
It’s	been a long time, been a long time

	D	A
Been a long	lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely	time, yes, it has

	A
It’s	been a long time since The Book of Love

I can’t count the tears of a life with no love

D

Carry me back, carry me back, carry me back

	A
Baby, where I come	from, whoa-oh, oh

	E
It’s	been a long time, been a long time

	D	A
Been a long	lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely	time

Solo, with “oh”

A	A	D	A	E	A
					x2

A

Whoooa

A

Seems so long since we walked in the moonlight

Making vows that just can’t work right

	D
Oh yeah,	open your arms, open your arms, open your arms

	A
Baby, let my love come	running in, yeah

	E
It’s	been a long time, been a long time

	D	A
Been a long	lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely	time

A

Yeah-hey, yeah-hey

A

Yeah-hey, yeah-hey

D

A

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah

A

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah

	E
It’s	been a long time, been a long time

	D
Been a long	lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time

A7

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (1971)

Am	Cmaj7/G#	C/G	D/F#	Fmaj7	G/B	Am

	Am	Cmaj7/G#	C/G	D/F#
There’s a l	ady who’	s sure all that g	litters is	gold

	Fmaj7	G/B	Am
And she’s	buying a stairway to	heave	n

	Am	Cmaj7/G#	C/G	D/F#
When she g	ets there she	knows, if the s	tores are all c	losed

	Fmaj7	G/B	Am
With a	word she can get what she	came f	or

C	G/B	Fmaj7	Am	C	G/B	Dsus4	D
Ooh	,	oo	h, and she’s	buying a	stairway to	heaven

	C	D	Fmaj7	Am
There’s a	sign on the	wall but she w	ants to be	sure

	C	D	Fmaj7
‘Cause you k	now sometimes w	ords have two	meanings

	Am	Cmaj7/G#	C/G	D/F#
In a tr	ee by th	e brook, there’s a	songbird who	sings

	Fmaj7	G/B	Am
Sometimes a	ll of our thoughts are	misg	iven

Interlude

Am	Cmaj7/G#	C/G	D/F#	Fmaj7	G/B	Am

Am7	D	Am7	Am	Em	D	C	D
Ooh	, it makes me w	onder

Am7	D	Am7	Am	Em	D	C	D
Ooh	, it makes me w	onder

	C	G/B	Am
There’s a fe	eling I	get when I	look to the west

	C	G/B	Fmaj7	Am
And my sp	irit is	crying for	leav	ing

	C	G/B	Am
In my t	hought	s I have seen rings of	smoke through the trees

	C	G/B	Fmaj7	Am
And the v	oices	of those who stand	looki	ng

C	G/B
Am7	D	Am7	Am	Em	D	C	D
Ooh	, it makes me w	onder

Am7	D	Am7	Am	Em	D	C	D
Ooh	, it makes me w	onder

	C	G/B	Am
And it’s w	hispered that	soon if we	all call the tune

	C	G/B	Fmaj7	Am
Then the p	iper will	lead us to	reas	on

	C	G/B	Am
And a	new day will dawn	for	those who stand long

	C	G/B	Fmaj7	Am
And the fo	rests will	echo with	laught	er

C	G/B
Am7	D	Am7	Am	Em	D	C	D
Am7	D	Am7	Am	Em	D	C	D
Ooh

C	G/B	Am
If there’s a	bustle in your	hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now

C	G/B	Fmaj7	Am
It’s just a	spring clean for the	May qu	een

C	G/B	Am
Yes, there are	two paths you can	go by, but in the long run

C	G/B	Fmaj7	Am
There’s still	time to change the	road you’re	on

C	G/B
Am7	D	Am7	Am	Em	D	C	D
Ooh	, it makes me w	onder

Am7	D	Am7	Am	Em	D	C	D
Ooh

C	G/B	Am
Your head is	humming and it w	on’t go, in case you don’t know

C	G/B	Fmaj7	Am
The piper’s	calling you to	join h	im

C	G/B	Am
Dear lady,	can you hear the	wind blow, and did you know

C	G/B	Fmaj7	Am
Your stairway	lies on the	whispering	wind

C	G/B
D	Dsus4	D	Dsus4	Cadd9	G/B
D	Dsus4	D	Dsus4	Cadd9	G/B

Am	G	F	G
And as we	wind on down the	road

Am	G	F	G
Our shadows	taller than our	soul

Am	G	F	G
There walks a	lady we all k	now

Am	G	F	G
Who shines white l	ight and wants to	show

Am	G	F	G
How everyt	hing still turns to	gold

Am	G	F	G
And if you	listen very	hard

Am	G	F	G
The tune will	come to you at	last

Am	G	F	G
When all are	one and one is	all

Am	G	Fmaj7
To be a r	ock and not to r	oll

Fmaj7	Am
And she’s buying a stairway to heav	en

Led Zeppelin - Tangerine (1970)

Am	Asus4	Am	G	D
Am	Asus4	Am	G	D	C
C	G/B	Am
→	→

Am	G	D
→	→

Am	Asus4	Am	G	D
Mea	sur	ing a	summer’s	day

	Am	Asus4	Am	G	D	C	G/B	Am
I	only	find	it	slips a	way to	gray	→

	Am	G	D
The	hours, they	bring me	pain

C	D

G	D	C	D
Tangerine,		tangerine

G	D	C	D
Living reflections		from a dream

G	D	C	D
I was her love,		she was my queen

G	Dsus4
And now a thousand years be	tween

Am	Asus4	Am	G	D
Think	ing	how it	used to b	e

Am	Asus4	Am	G	D	C	G/B	Am
Does	she	still re	member	times	like these?	→

	Am	G	D
To	think of	us a	gain

And I do

Arbitrarily shorten this, but make sure to hit that nice V

Am	G	D	F	E	F	E	F
				→	→	→

C	G	D	C	D	G	D	C	D

C	D
→

G	D	C	D
Tangerine,		tangerine

G	D	C	D
Living reflections		from a dream

G	D	C	D
I was her love,		she was my queen

G	Dsus4
And now a thousand years be	tween

Dsus4

Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time (1970)

Originally in A, I play in D, highest note that matters is the 2 (“*no one* at my side”)

G	A	Bm	Bm	A
			→	x2

Vox on 6 5 of the key on “love will”

G	A	Bm	Bm	A
L	ove will a	bide	→

G	A	D
Take thin	gs in s	tride

G	F#7	Bm
So	unds like good adv	ice

	E7	A
But there’s	no one at my s	ide

	G	A	Bm	Bm	A
And	time	washes cl	ean	→

G	A	D
Love’s w	ounds unse	en

G	F#7	Bm
Th	at’s what someone t	old me

	E7	A
But I d	on’t know what it	means

	G	D
‘Cause	I’ve done everyt	hing I know

F#7	Bm	G
To try and make you	mine

Vox on 3 5 of the key on “think I’m”, 6 6 of the key on “love you”

	D	A	Bm	G
And I	think I’m	gonna	love you

	D	A	D
For a	long	long	time

G	A	Bm	Bm	A
			→	x2

G	A	Bm	Bm	A
Caught	in my	fears	→

G	A	D
Blinking	back the t	ears

G	F#7	Bm
	I can’t say you	hurt me

	E7	A
When you	never let me	near

	G	A	Bm	Bm	A
And	I	never	drew	→

G	A	D
One resp	onse from	you

G	F#7	Bm
A	ll the while you f	ell

	E7	A
All over g	irls you never	knew

	G	D
‘Cause	I’ve done everyt	hing I know

F#7	Bm	G
To try and make you	mine

	D	A	Bm	G
And I	think it’s	gonna	hurt me

	D	A	D
For a	long	long time

G	A	Bm	Bm	A
			→	x2

G	A	Bm	Bm	A
	Wait for the	day	→

G	A	D
You’ll go	awa	y

G	F#7	Bm
K	nowing that you wa	rned me

	E7	A
Of the p	rice I’d have to p	ay

	G	A	Bm	Bm	A
And l	ife’s	full of	flaws	→

G	A	D
Who knows	the c	ause?

G	F#7	Bm
L	iving in the m	emory

	E7	A
Of a l	ove that never w	as

	G	D
‘Cause	I’ve done everyt	hing I know

F#7	Bm	G
To try and change your	mind

	D	A	Bm	G
And I	think I’m	gonna	miss you

	D	A	Bm
For a	long	long	time

	G	D
‘Cause	I’ve done everyt	hing I know

F#7	Bm	G
To try and make you	mine

	D	A	Bm	G
And I	think I’m	gonna	love you

	D	A	D
For a	lon	g long	time

G	A	Bm	Bm	A
			→

G

Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World (1967)

F6	Gm7/F	F6	Gm7/F

	F	Am	Bb	Am
I see tree	s of gree	n,	red roses too

Gm7	F	A7	Dm
I see them blo	om,	for me and you

	C#(#11)	Gm7/C	C7	F	Bm7b5	Bbmaj7	C7
And I thi	nk to myself,	what a w	onderful world

	F	Am	Bb	Am
I see ski	es of blue		and clouds of white

Gm7	F	A7	Dm
The bright blessed d	ay,	the dark sacred n	ight

	C#(#11)	Gm7/C	C7	F	Bb/D	F/C	F
And I thi	nk to myself,	what a w	onderful world

	Bb/C	C7	Fmaj7	F6
The col	ors of the rainbow,	so p	retty in the s	ky

	Bb/C	C7	Fmaj7	F6
Are al	so on the faces	of	people going b	y

	Dm	C/E	Dm/F	C/G
I see frie	nds shaking h	ands, saying h	ow do you d	o?

Dm	F#dim	Gm7	C7
They’re really s	aying,	I love	you

	F	Am	Bb	Am
I hear ba	bies cry,		I watch them grow

Gm7	F	A7	Dm
They’ll learn much m	ore	than I’ll ever know

	C#(#11)	Gm7/C	C7	F	Am7b5	D9
And I thin	k to myself,	what a wo	nderful world

	Gm7	C7b9	F	Bb6	F
Yes I t	hink to myself,	what a wonderful world

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me the Breeze (1974)

J.J. Cale in C#, Skynyrd in A, I play in A

Intro, with lots of b6

A

Call me the breeze, I keep blowin’ down the road

	D	A
Well now they c	all me the breeze, I keep blowin’ down the r	oad

	E
I ain’t g	ot me nobody

D	A
I don’t carry me no lo	ad

A

	A
Ain’t no c	hange in the weather, ain’t no changes in me

	D	A
Well there ain’t no c	hange in the weather, ain’t no changes in m	e

	E
And I ain’t h	idin’ from nobody

D	A
Nobody’s hidin’ from m	e

Oh, that's the way its supposed to be

Solo on chorus chords, more or less

	A
Well I got that g	reen light babe, I got to keep movin’ on

	D	A
Well I got that g	reen light babe, I got to keep movin’ o	n

	E
Well I might go o	ut to California

D	A
Might go ‘round to Georgia, I don’t k	now

Solo on chorus chords, more or less

F’ing fantastic piano + horn solo on chorus chords, more or less

	A
Well I d	ig you Georgia peaches, makes me feel right at home

	D	A
Well now I d	ig you Georgia peaches, makes me feel right at h	ome

E

But I don’t love me no one woman

D	A
So I can’t stay in Georgia l	ong

	A
Well now they	call me the breeze, I keep blowin’ down the road

	D	A
Well now they c	all me the breeze, I keep blowin’ down the r	oad

	E
I ain’t g	ot me nobody

D	A
I don’t carry me no lo	ad

A	A	A/C#	A/C#	D	D	Ebdim7	Ebdim7	E

	Bb7	A7
Oooh, Mr. Breeze	→

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (1973)

G	D/F#	Em	Em	F	C	Dsus4	Dsus4
							x4

G	D/F#	Em
If I	leave here to	morrow

F	C	Dsus4
Would you	still remember	me

G	D/F#	Em
For I must	be travelin’	on now

F	C	Dsus4
‘Cause there’s too many	places I’ve got to	see

G	D/F#	Em
But if I	stay here with	you girl

F	C	Dsus4
Things just	couldn’t be the	same

G	D/F#	Em
‘Cause I’m as	free as a	bird now

F	C	Dsus4
And this	bird you cannot	change, oh

F	C	Dsus4
And the	bird you cannot	change

F	C	Dsus4	D
And this	bird you cannot	cha	nge

F	C	Dsus4	D
Lord k	nows I can’t	cha	age

G	D/F#	Em	Em	F	C	Dsus4	Dsus4
							x2

G	D/F#	Em
Bye,	bye, baby, it’s been a	sweet love

F	C	Dsus4
Though this	feeling I can’t	change

G	D/F#	Em
But please don’t	take it so	badly

F	C	Dsus4
‘Cause lord	knows I’m to	blame

G	D/F#	Em
But if I	stay here with	you, girl

F	C	Dsus4
Things just	couldn’t be the	same

G	D/F#	Em
‘Cause I’m as	free as a	bird now

F	C	Dsus4
And this	bird you’ll never	change, oh

F	C	Dsus4
And the	bird you cannot	change

F	C	Dsus4
And this	bird you cannot	change

F	C	Dsus4	D
Lord	knows I can’t	cha	nge

F	C	Dsus4
Lord,	help me, I can’t	cha-a-a-a-ange

G	Bb	C
	Lord, I can’t c	hange

	G	Bb	C
Won’t you	fly	high,	free bird, yeah

Solo

G	Bb	C	C

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps (1973)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 3

Intro

A	A	E	E	A	A	E	A	A	A
									x 2

	A
I was c	utting the rug, down at place called The Jug

	E
With a g	irl named Linda Lou

	A
When	in walked a man with a gun in his hand

	B7	E
And he was	looking for you know w	ho

	A
He said	hey there, fellow with the hair colored yellow

D	B7
Whatcha tryin’ to	prove?

	A
‘Cause that’s	my woman there and I’m a man who cares

	E	A
And this	might be all for	you

I said, "excuse me"

A	A	E	E	A	A	E	A	A	A

	A
I was s	cared and fearing for my life

	E
I was s	haking like a leaf on a tree

	A
‘Cause he was	lean, mean, big and bad, lord

B7	E
Pointin’ that gun at	me

	A
Oh,	wait a minute, mister I didn’t even kiss her

D	B7
Don’t want no trouble with	you

	A
And I	know you don’t owe me but I wish you would let me

E	A
Ask one favor from	you

	A
Oh won’t you	gimme three steps, gimme three steps, mister

	E
Gimme	three steps toward your door

A

Gimme three steps, gimme three steps, mister

	E	A
And you’ll	never see me no	more

For, sure

Solo on verse chords, or trim to one intro

A	A	E	E	A	A	E	A	A	A

	A
Well the	crowd cleared away, and I began to pray

	E
And the	water fell on the floor

	A
And I’m	telling you, son, well, it ain’t no fun

	B7	E
Staring	straight down a forty-	four

	A
Well, he	turned and screamed at Linda Lou

	D	B7
And that’s the	break I was looking	for

	A
And you could	hear me screaming a mile away

	E	A
As I was	headed out toward your	door

	A
Oh won’t you	gimme three steps, gimme three steps, mister

	E
Gimme	three steps toward your door

A

Gimme three steps, gimme three steps, mister

	E	A
And you’ll	never see me no	more

Show me the back door

A

E

A

E

A

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man (1973)

Originally in B, I play in G

Intro

G	D	Em	Em
			x 4

Vox on 3 3 2 2 1 on “my mama told me”

	G	D	Em
My mama t	old me,	when I was y	oung

	G	D	Em
Come sit be	side me,	my only	son

	G	D	Em
And listen	closely,	to what I	say

	G	D	Em
And if you	do this, it will	help you, some s	unny day, aw yeah

G	D	Em	Em
			x 2

	G	D	Em
Oh, take your	time,	don’t live too	fast

	G	D	Em
Troubles will	come,	and they will	pass

	G	D	Em
Well, find a	woman,	and you’ll find	love

	G	D	Em
And don’t for	get son, there is	someone up a	bove

	G	D	Em
And be a	simple	kind of	man

	G	D	Em
Oh, be	something	you’ll love and under	stand

	G	D	Em
Baby be a	simple	kind of	man

	G	D	Em
Oh, won’t you	do this for me	son if you	can

G	D	Em	Em
			x 1

	G	D	Em
Get your	lust,	the rich man’s	gold

	G	D	Em
All that you	need,	is in your	soul

	G	D	Em
And you can	do this	, if you	try

	G	D	Em
All that I	want for you my	son, is to be satis	fied

	G	D	Em
And be a	simple	kind of	man

	G	D	Em
Oh, be	something	you’ll love and under	stand

	G	D	Em
Baby be a	simple	kind of	man

	G	D	Em
Oh, won’t you	do this for me	son if you	can

Solo

G	D	Em	Em
			x 4

	G	D	Em
Boy don’t you	worry,	you’ll find your	self

	G	D	Em
Follow your	heart,	and nothing	else

	G	D	Em
And you can	do this, oh babe,	if you	try

	G	D	Em
All that I	want for you my	son, is to be s	atisfied

	G	D	Em
And be a	simple	kind of	man

	G	D	Em
Oh, be	something	you’ll love and under	stand

	G	D	Em
Baby be a	simple	kind of	man

	G	D	Em
Oh, won’t you	do this for me	son if you	can

	G	D	Em
Baby be a	simple,	be a simple	man

	G	D	Em
Oh, be	something	you’ll love and under	stand

	G	D	Em
Baby be a	simple	kind of	man

	G	D	Em
Oh, won’t you	do this for me	son if you	can

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (1974)

Originally in D, I play in A

A	G	D
		x4

A	G	D
Big	wheels keep on	turning

A	G	D
Carry me	home to see my	kin

A	G	D
Singing	songs about the	southland

A	G	D
I miss ol’ ‘	bamy once a	gain, and I think it’s a sin, yes

A	G	D
		x2

A	G	D
Well I heard mister Y	oung sing ab	out her

A	G	D
Well I heard old N	eil put her d	own

A	G	D
Well I hope Neil Y	oung will rem	ember

A	G	D
A southern	man don’t need him a	round anyhow

A	G	D	D	G
Sweet	home Ala	bama	→

A	G	D
Where the	skies are so	blue

A	G	D	D	G
Sweet	home Ala	bama	→

A	G	D	C	G/B
Lord I’m c	oming home to y	ou	→

A	G	D
		x2

A	G	D
In Birmingham they	love the	gov’nor

C	G	A
Boo,	hoo,	hoo

A	G	D
Now we all	did what we could	do

A	G	D
Now Watergat	e does not	bother me

A	G	D
Does your	conscience bother	you? Tell the truth

A	G	D	D	G
Sweet	home Ala	bama	→

A	G	D
Where the	skies are so	blue

A	G	D	D	G
Sweet	home Ala	bama	→

A	G	D
Lord I’m c	oming home to y	ou

A	G	D
		x8

A	G	D
Now Muscle	Shoals has got the	Swampers

A	G	D
And they’ve been	known to pick a	song or two

A	G	D
Lord they	get me off s	o much

A	G	D
They pick me	up when I’m feeling	blue, now how about you?

A	G	D	D	G
Sweet	home Ala	bama	→

A	G	D
Where the	skies are so	blue

A	G	D	D	G
Sweet	home Ala	bama	→

A	G	D	C	G/B
Lord I’m c	oming home to y	ou	→

A	G	D	D	G
Sweet	home Ala	bama, oh sweet home	→

A	G	D
Where the	skies are so	blue, and the governor’s true

A	G	D	D	G
Sweet	home Ala	bama, looordy	→

A	G	D	C	G/B
Lord I’m c	oming home to y	ou	→

A

Mama Cass - Dream a Little Dream (1968)

Originally in C, I play in A

Chorus may be an octave down, depending how I feel... chorus is

mostly on the 6

A	D#dim7	F6	E
A	D#dim7	F6	E

A	D#dim7	F6	E
Stars shi	ning bright ab	ove you

A	A/G#	A7/G	F#7
Night bre	ezes	seem to w	hisper, I love you

Vox: easiest to stay on the A here

D	Dm
Birds singing in the s	ycamore tree

	A	F	E
Dr	eam a little d	ream of me

A	D#dim7	F6	E
Say nigh	tie-night and	kiss me

A	A/G#	A7/G	F#7
Just hold	me	tight and	tell me you’ll miss me

D	Dm
While I’m alone and	blue as can be

Vox note: Male voice can go down to A, easiest to descend on me(c)-e(b)-stars(a)

	A	F7	E7	A	C#
Dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
Stars f	ading but	I linger	on, dear

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
Still cr	aving your k	iss

If down an octave, “dawn” would go down to E, easier

to sing the same melody as the first line.

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
I’m lo	nging to l	inger till	dawn, dear

F#	D#m	F7	E7
Just	saying	thi	s

A	D#dim7	F6	E
Sweet dre	ams till sunbeams	find you

A	A/G#	A7/G	F#7
Sweet dre	ams that	leave your	worries behind you

D	Dm
But in your dreams what	ever they be

If soloing, end this line on C/G instead of E

	A	F7	E7	A	C#
Dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

Solo on verse chords

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
Stars f	ading but	I linger	on, dear

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
Still cr	aving your k	iss

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
I’m lo	nging to l	inger till	dawn, dear

F#	D#m	F7	E7
Just	saying	thi	s

A	D#dim7	F6	E
Sweet dre	ams till sunbeams	find you

A	A/G#	A7/G	F#7
Sweet dre	ams that	leave your	worries behind you

D	Dm
But in your dreams what	ever they be

Hang on “me”

	A	F7	E	Dm
Dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

	A	F7	E	A
Just dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

Marshall Tucker Band - Can’t You See (1973)

Originally in D, I play in A. In A, play A/G instead of Asus2/G.

Intro

A	Asus2/G	D	A
			x3

A

I’m gonna take a freight train

Asus2/G

Down at the station, lord

D	A
I don’t care where it	goes

A

Gonna climb me a mountain

Asus2/G

The highest mountain

D	A
A-jump off, nobody gonna	know

	A	Asus2/G
Can’t you s	ee, whoa can’t you	see

	D	A
What that	woman lord, she been doin’ to m	e

	A	Asus2/G
Can’t you s	ee, can’t you	see

	D	A
What that	woman, she been doin’ to m	e

A

I’m gonna find me

Asus2/G

A hole in the wall

D	A
I’m gonna crawl inside and	die

A

‘Cause my lady, now

Asus2/G

A mean ol’ woman, lord

D	A
Never told me goodb	ye

	A	Asus2/G
Can’t you s	ee, whoa can’t you	see

	D	A
What that	woman lord, she been doin’ to m	e

	A	Asus2/G
Can’t you s	ee, can’t you	see

	D	A
What that	woman, she been doin’ to m	e

Solo

A	Asus2/G	D	A
			x2

A

I’m gonna buy me a ticket now

Asus2/G

As far as I can

D	A
Ain’t never comin’	back

A

Ridin’ me southbound

Asus2/G

Uh-all the way to Georgia now

D	A
Till the train run out of	track

	A	Asus2/G
Can’t you s	ee, whoa can’t you	see

	D	A
What that	woman lord, she been doin’ to m	e

	A	Asus2/G
Can’t you s	ee, can’t you	see

	D	A
What that	woman, she been doin’ to m	e

Solo

A	Asus2/G	D	A
			x2

Let ring

	A	Asus2/G
Can’t you s	ee, whoa can’t you	see

	D	A
What that	woman lord, she been doin’ to m	e

Band back in

	A	Asus2/G
Can’t you s	ee, can’t you	see

	D	A
What that	woman, she been doin’ to m	e

Repeat to fade

Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968)

Marvin Gaye in Ebm, CCR in Dm

I play in Am, and still skip a bunch of the vocal jumps

Following a random YouTube cover, in the riff/verse/chorus

I play a iim → i instead of the IV → i

Intro

Am	D	Am
	→	x2

	Am
Oooh, I	bet you’re wondering how I knew

	E	D
‘Bout your	plans to make me	blue

Don’t jump up on “guy”

	Am
With some other	guy that you knew before

	E	D
Between the two of us	guys you know I love you	more

Up to the 1 of the chord on “prise”

	F#m	D
It took me by	surprise I must	say

	Am	D
When I	found out yester	day, don’t you know that

	Am	D	Am
I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Not much	longer would you be mine

	Am	D	Am
Ooh I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Oh I’m	just about to lose my mind

	Am
Honey, honey	yeah

Am	D	Am
	→	x2

	Am
I know a	man ain’t supposed to cry

	E	D
But these	tears I can’t hold ins	ide

	Am
Losin’	you would end my life you see

	E	D
Cause you	mean that much to	me

	F#m	D
You could have	told me your	self

	Am	D
That you	love someone	else, instead

	Am	D	Am
I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Not much	longer would you be mine

	Am	D	Am
Ooh I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Oh I’m	just about to lose my mind

	Am
Honey, honey	yeah

Am	D	Am
	→	x2

	Am
People say believe h	alf of what you see

	E	D
Son, and	none of what you	hear

	Am
But I can’t	help bein’ confused

	E	D
If it’s	true please tell me	dear

	F#m	D
Do you	plan to let me	go

	Am	D
For the other	guy you loved	before, don’t you know

	Am	D	Am
I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Not much	longer would you be mine

	Am	D	Am
Baby, I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Oh I’m	just about to lose my mind

	Am
Honey, honey	yeah

Am	D	Am
	→	x2

Misc - Happy Days Theme (1974)

Originally in F, I play in D

Vox start on 1-2-3-5-6-7-6

D	Bm
Sunday, Monday,	happy days

Em	A
Tuesday, Wednesday,	happy days

F#	Bm
Thursday, Friday,	happy days

	G	A	G	A
The	weekend co	mes, my cy	cle hu	ms

A	A7
Ready to race to	you

D	Bm	G	A
These days are	all	happy and	free

D	Bm	G	A
These days are	ours,	share them with	me

D

Goodbye gray sky, hello blue

	G
There’s	nothing can hold me when I hold you

E

Feels so right it can’t be wrong

A7

Rockin’ and rollin’ all week long

This is an instrumental in the theme, I do a second chorus

D	Bm	G	A
These days are	all	happy and	free

D	Bm	G	A
These days are	ours,	share them with	me

D	Bm
Sunday, Monday,	happy days

Em	A
Tuesday, Wednesday,	happy days

F#	Bm
Thursday, Friday,	happy days

G	A	G	A
Satur	day,	what a d	ay

A	A7
Groovin’ all week with	you

D	Bm	G	A
These days are	all	share them with	me

D	Bm	G	A
These days are	ours,	happy and	free

D	Bm	G
These happy d	ays are yours and	mine

	A	G	D
These happy	days are yours and	my happy	days

Misc - The Brady Bunch Theme (1969)

Originally in F, I play in G

This is attempting to reflect the season 5 theme song, which is hella funkier than earlier seasons

Vox on 5 5 6 5 on “here’s the story”

This is really I6→I repeating, but I’m not writing it out

	G
Here’s the s	tory of a lovely lady

	F	Bb	D7
Who was bringing up three very lovely g	irls →	→

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
All of t	hem had hair of g	old, l	ike their m	other

Am7	D7	G
The youngest o	ne in	curls

	G
It’s the s	tory, of a man named Brady

	F	Bb	D7
Who was busy with three boys of his	own →	→

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
They were	four men,	living all t	ogether

Am7	D7	G
Yet they were a	ll alo	ne

	Ab
Till the	one day when the lady met this fellow

	Bbm7	Eb7
And they knew it was much more than a	hunch

	Bbm7	Eb7	Bbm7	Eb7
That this g	roup must som	ehow form a fam	ily

	Bbm7	Eb7	Ab7
That’s the w	ay we all be	came the Brady	Bunch

	Db
The Brady B	unch

	Ab
The Brady B	unch

	Bb	Eb	Ab	E	Eb	Ab
That’s the w	ay we bec	ame the Brady Bu	nch	→	→

Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime (1970)

Originally in E, I play in D, barre chords preferred in D (open preferred in E)

Intro

D	D	D	D
G	G	D	D
A	G	D	D

	D
In the	summertime, when the weather is high

You can stretch right up and touch the sky

	G	D
When the	weather’s fine, you got women, you got women on your	mind

	A
Have a	drink, have a drive

G	D
Go out and see what you can	find

	D
If her	daddy’s rich, take her out for a meal

If her daddy’s poor, just do what you feel

	G	D
Speed a	long the lane, do a ton or a ton and twenty-	five

	A
When the	sun goes down

	G	D
You can	make it make it good in a lay-	by

	D
We’re not	bad people, we’re not dirty, we’re not mean

We love everybody but we do as we please

	G	D
When the	weather’s fine, we go fishing or go sailing in the	sea

	A
We’re always	happy

	G	D
Life’s for	living yeah that’s our philoso	phy

	D
Sing a	long with us, di di di di di

Da da da da da, yeah we’re hap-happy

G	D
Da da da, di da da di da da da da	da

	A
Da doo	da da da

G	D
Da da da, duh da	da

D	D	D	D
G	G	D	D
A	G	D	D

	D
When the	winter’s here, yeah, it’s party time

Bring a bottle, wear your bright clothes, it’ll soon be summertime

	G	D
And we’ll	sing again, we’ll go driving or maybe we’ll settle	down

	A
If she’s	rich, if she’s nice

	G	D
Bring your	friends and we’ll all go into	town

Everything stops here in the original for engine noises, you know,

because they’re going into town. If no engine noises are available, play

straight into this instrumental break.

D	D	D	D
G	G	D	D
A	G	D	D

	D
In the	summertime, when the weather is high

You can stretch right up and touch the sky

	G	D
When the	weather’s fine, you got women, you got women on your	mind

	A
Have a	drink, have a drive

G	D
Go out and see what you can	find

	D
If her	daddy’s rich, take her out for a meal

If her daddy’s poor, just do what you feel

	G	D
Speed a	long the lane, do a ton or a ton and twenty-	five

	A
When the	sun goes down

	G	D
You can	make it, make it good in a lay-	by

	D
We’re not	bad people, we’re not dirty, we’re not mean

We love everybody but we do as we please

	G	D
When the	weather’s fine, we go fishing or go sailing in the	sea

	A
We’re always	happy

	G	D
Life’s for	living yeah that’s our philoso	phy

	D
Sing a	long with us, da da di di di

	D
Sing a	long with us, di di di di di

Da da da da da, yeah we’re hap-happy

G	D
Da da da, di da da di da da da da	da

	A
Da doo	da da da

G	D
Da da da, duh da	da

Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin (1966)

E

You keep sayin’, you’ve got somethin’ for me

E

Somethin’ you call love, but confess

A

You’ve been a-messin’ where you shouldn’t have been a-messin’

	E
And now	someone else is gettin’ all your best

	G	Em
These	boots are made for w	alkin’

	G	Em
And	that’s just what they’ll	do

Hard stop on “boots”

G	Em
One of these days these	boots are gonna walk all over you

E7#9

Yeah

E

You keep lyin’ when you oughta be truthin’

	E
And	you keep losin’ when you oughta not bet

A

You keep samein’ when you ought to be a-changin’

	E
Now what’s	right is right but you ain’t been right yet

	G	Em
These	boots are made for w	alkin’

	G	Em
And	that’s just what they’ll	do

G	Em
One of these days these	boots are gonna walk all over you

E7#9

E

You keep playin’ where you shouldn’t be playin’

	E
And	you keep thinkin’ that you’ll never get burned, ha

A

I just found me a brand new box of matches, yeah

	E
And	what he knows you ain’t had time to learn

	G	Em
These	boots are made for w	alkin’

	G	Em
And	that’s just what they’ll	do

G	Em
One of these days these	boots are gonna walk all over you

E7#9

Are you ready boots, start walkin’

E7#9

Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (1975)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

A

Vox around the 4

A

Heartbreaker, soul shaker, I’ve been told about you

A

Steamroller, midnight stroller, what they’ve been saying must be true

D

Red hot mama, velvet charmer, time’s come to pay your dues

A

A	C	D
Now you’re messin’ w	ith a,	a son of a bitch

A	G	A
Now you’re messin with a son o	f a bitch

A	C	D
Now you’re messin’ w	ith a,	a son of a bitch

A	G	A
Now you’re messin with a son o	f a bitch

A

Talkin’ jive and poison ivy, you ain’t gonna cling to me

A

Man taker, born faker, I ain’t so blind I can’t see

D

Red hot mama down light charmer, time’s come to pay your dues

A

A	C	D
Now you’re messin’ w	ith a,	a son of a bitch

A	G	A
Now you’re messin with a son o	f a bitch

A	C	D
Now you’re messin’ w	ith a,	a son of a bitch

A	G	A
Now you’re messin with a son o	f a bitch

A

Solo on something like this

A	C	D	A
x3

G	F	E
→	→

A	C	D	A
x3

G	F	E
→	→

A	C	D
Now you’re messin’ w	ith a,	a son of a bitch

A	G	A
Now you’re messin with a son o	f a bitch

A	C	D
Now you’re messin’ w	ith a,	a son of a bitch

A	G	A
Now you’re messin with a son o	f a bitch

Repeat to fade

Nazareth - Love Hurts (1974)

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

Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (1969)

Originally in B, I play in A capo 2

Play the intro with the open 6th string (capo 2)

plus this walk on the 5th string, written relative

to the capo. More or less the chord is E.

A|-2-4-5--2-4-5-4-2-5-4-2-
E|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

A|-5-7-9--5-7-9-7-5-9-7-5-
E|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

D------------------------11--9-
A|-9-11-12--9-11-12--11--x---x-
E|-0-0--0---0-0--0-------0---0-

A	D
Where it began	I can’t begin to know it

A	E
But then I know it’s going stro	ng

A	D
Was in the spring,	and spring became a summer

A	E
Who’d have believe you’d come alo	ng?

A	A6
Hands	touching hands

E	D	E	D	E
Reaching out	touching me touching y	ou	→

A	D	E
Sweet Carol	ine, good times never seemed so	good

A	D	E
I’ve been incl	ined to believe they never would

D	C#m	Bm
But	now I	’m

A	D
Look at the night	and it don’t seem so lonely

A	E
We fill it up with only	two

A	D
And when I hurt	hurtin’ runs off my shoulder

A	E
How can I hurt when holding	you?

A	A6
Warm	touching warm

E	D	E	D	E
Reaching out	touching me touching	you	→

A	D	E
Sweet Caro	line, good times never seemed so	good

A	D	E
I’ve been incl	ined to believe they never would

D	C#m	Bm
Oh	no	no

Repeat intro riff

A	D	E
Sweet Caro	line, good times never seemed so	good

A	D	E
Sweet Caro	line, I believe they never	could

D	C#m	Bm
Oh	no	no

A6

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky (1969)

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

A

When I die and they lay me to rest

	D
Gonna go to the pl	ace that’s the best

	A
When they lay me	down to die

Doesn’t go back to the I until a beat after the last lyric

	E	A
Going	up to the spirit in the sky

A

Going up to the spirit in the sky

	D
That’s where I’m gonna go when I	die

	A
When I die and they	lay me to rest

	E	A
I’m gonna	go to the place that’s the best

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

A

Prepare yourself, you know it’s a must

	D
Got to have a friend in	Jesus

	A
So you know that	when you die

This time the I hits on the last lyric

	E	A
He’s g	onna recommend you to the spirit in the	sky

Oh, recommend you to the spirit in the sky

	D
That’s where you’re gonna go w	hen you die

	A
When you die and they	lay you to rest

	E	A
You’re gonna	go to the place that’s the	best

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

Solo

A	G	A	C
A	G	A	C	D
			→

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

A

Never been a sinner, I’ve never sinned

	D
I’ve got a friend in	Jesus

	A
So you know that	when I die

	E	A
He’s g	onna set me up with the spirit in the	sky

Oh, set me up with the spirit in the sky

	D
That’s where I’m gonna go	when I die

	A
When I die and they	lay me to rest

	E	A
I’m gonna	go to the place that’s the	best

E	A
Go to the place that’s the	best

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

A

Orleans - Dance With Me (1975)

Originally in D, I play A capo 1

Highest note is the 4 (wanna go), lowest is the 1,

but only briefly (on “around us”).

A	A	D/A	D/A
Bm	E	A	A

Melody on 2 3 3 on “dance with me”

	A
Dan	ce with me, I want to be your partner

Dmaj7

Can’t you see the music is just starting

Melody is 4 5 6 1 2 of the key on “I am fa-hall-ling”

	Bm	E
Ni	ght is calling, and	I am falling

A

Dance with me

A

Fantasy could never be so thrilling

Dmaj7

I feel free, I hope that you are willing

Bm	E
Pick your feet up, and	kick your feet up

	A
D	ance with me

Dmaj7	E
Let it lift you	off the ground

“Love is all around us” starts at the 5 of

the chord, which is probably where you were on “and”.

This run goes down to the b7 of the chord on “us”.

Dmaj7	B
Starry eyes, and	love is all around us

D	E	E/F	F#m
I can take you	where you	want to	go

Bm7	E
Oh	whoa

	A
Dan	ce with me, I want to be your partner

Dmaj7

Can’t you see the music is just starting?

	Bm	E
Ni	ght is calling, and	I am falling

A

Dance with me

Solo if appropriate

A	A	D/A	D/A
Bm	E	A	A

x2

Dmaj7	E
Let it lift you	off the ground

Dmaj7	B
Starry eyes, and	love is all around us

D	E	E/F	F#m
I can take you	where you	want to	go

Bm7	E
Oh	whoa

	A
Dan	ce with me, I want to be your partner

Dmaj7

Can’t you see the music is just starting?

	Bm	E
Ni	ght is calling, and	I am falling

A

Dance with me

Outro

A	A	D	D
			x2, then flashy outro riff

Otis Redding - (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay (1967)

G

G	B7
Sittin’ in the mornin’	sun

	C	A
I’ll be	sittin’ when the evenin’	comes

G	B7
Watching the ships roll	in

	C	A
Then I	watch ‘em roll away a	gain, yeah

	G	E
I’m	sittin’ on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Watching the	tide roll a	way

	G	A
Ooo, I’m just	sittin’ on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Wastin’	tim	e

	G	B7
I	left my home in	Georgia

C	A
Headed for the ‘Frisco	Bay

	G	B7
‘Cause	I had nothing to	live for

	C	A
It looks like	nothin’s gonna come my	way

	G	E
So I’m just gon’	sit on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Watching the	tide roll a	way

	G	A
Ooo, I’m	sittin’ on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Wastin’	tim	e

Bridge

Vox start on the 1 on the first line, then the 6, then the 1

G	D	C
Look	like,	nothing’s gonna change

G	D	C
Everyt	hing	still remains the same

G	D	C	G
I can’t	do what	ten people	tell me to do

Vox on the 1 of the chord

F	D
So I guess I’ll re	main the same, yes

G	B7
Sittin’ here resting my	bones

	C	A
And this	loneliness won’t leave me a	lone

	G	B7
It’s	two thousand miles I	roam

	C	A
Just to	make this dock my	home

	G	E
Now I’m just gonna	sit at the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Watching the	tide roll a	way

	G	A
Ooo, I’m	sittin’ on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Wastin’	tim	e

With whistling

G	G	G	G	Em	Em	Em	Em

Paper Lace - Billy Don’t Be a Hero (1974)

Paper Lace in C, Bo Donaldson in Bb, I play in D capo 3

Lyrics and chords here follow the Bo Donaldson version

Vox on 5 1 1 1 of the chord on “the marching band”

Em7	A7
The marchin’ band came	down along Main Street

D

The soldier blues fell in behind

Em7	A7
I looked across and	there I saw Billy

D

Waiting to go and join the line

Vox up to the 5 on “and”

Em7	A7
And with her head u	pon his shoulder

Em7	A7
His young and lovely	fiancee

Back down to the regular melody

Em7	A7
From where I stood I	saw she was cryin’

Em7	G	A7
And through her tears I	heard her	say

D	Dmaj7	Em7
Billy, don’t be a	hero, don’t be a	fool with your life

A7	D
Billy, don’t be a hero, come back and	make me your wife

	D	D7	G	Gm
And a	s he started to	go, she said,	Billy keep your head	low

D	Em7	A	D
Billy, don’t be	hero,	come back to	me

D

Em7	A7
The soldier blues were	trapped on a hillside

D

The battle raging all around

Em7	A7
The sergeant cried we’ve	got to hang on boys

D

We’ve got to hold this piece of ground

Em7	A7
I need a volun	teer to ride up

Em7	A7
And bring us back some	extra men

Em7	A7
And Billy’s hand was	up in a moment

Em7	G	A7
Forgettin’ all the	words she	said

Original changes hey here, I don’t, it’s a silly key change

D	Dmaj7	Em7
Billy, don’t be a	hero, don’t be a	fool with your life

A7	D
Billy, don’t be a hero, come back and	make me your wife

	D	D7	G	Gm
And a	s he started to	go, she said,	Billy keep your head	low

D	Em7	A	D
Billy, don’t be	hero,	come back to	me

D

Let ring

Em7	A7
I heard his fianc	ee got a letter

Dmaj7	Bm7
That told how Billy d	ied that day

Em7	A7
The letter said that	he was a hero

Dmaj7	Bm7
She should be proud he	died that way

Em7	Asus4	A	D
I heard she threw that	letter	a	way

Paul McCartney - Another Day (1971)

Originally in G, I play in D

	D
Every	day she takes a morning bath

	F#7
She	wets her hair

Bm	Em
Wraps a towel around her as she’s	heading for the bedroom chair

	A	D
It’s just	another	day

G	D
Slipping into stoc	kings

G	D
Stepping into	shoes

G	D	E7
Dipping in the poc	ket of her	raincoat

A	D
It’s just another	day

	D	F#7
At the	office where the papers grow she	takes a break

Bm	Em
Drinks another coffee and she	finds it hard to stay awake

	A	D	G	Em
It’s just an	other	day	doo doo doo doo doo	doo

	A	D	B7	Em
It’s just an	other d	ay doo doo doo	doo doo	doo

	A	D	A/C#	Bm
It’s just an	other d	ay

	Bm	Gmaj7
So	sad, so	sad

E/G#	Gmaj7	Bm
Sometimes she	feels so s	ad

	Gmaj7
Alone in her apartment she’d	dwell

	E/G#	Gmaj7	Bm
Till the man of her	dreams comes to	break the s	pell

B	Em	A
Ah,	stay, don’t stand her	up

	Aaug	F#m/A	F#7	Bm
And he	comes, and he	stays, but he	leaves the next	day

	G	E/G#	G	Bm
So	sad,	sometimes she	feels so	sad

	D	F#7
As she	posts another letter to the	sound of five

Bm	Em
People gather round her and she	finds it hard to stay alive

	A	D	G	Em
It’s just an	other	day	doo doo doo doo doo	doo

	A	D	B7	Em
It’s just an	other d	ay doo doo doo	doo doo	doo

	A	D	A/C#	Bm
It’s just an	other d	ay

	Bm	Gmaj7
So	sad, so	sad

E/G#	Gmaj7	Bm
Sometimes she	feels so s	ad

	Gmaj7
Alone in her apartment she’d	dwell

	E/G#	Gmaj7	Bm
Till the man of her	dreams comes to	break, the s	pell

B	Em	A
Ah,	stay, don’t stand her	up

	Aaug	F#m/A	F#7	Bm
And he	comes, and he	stays, but he	leaves the next	day

	G	E/G#	G	Bm
So	sad,	sometimes she	feels so	sad

	D
Every	day she takes a morning bath

	F#7
She	wets her hair

Bm	Em
Wraps a towel around her as she’s	heading for the bedroom chair

	A	D
It’s just	another	day

G	D
Slipping into stoc	kings

G	D
Stepping into	shoes

G	D	E7
Dipping in the poc	ket of her	raincoat

A	D	G	Em
It’s just another	day	doo doo doo doo doo	doo

	A	D	B7	Em
It’s just an	other d	ay doo doo doo	doo doo	doo

	A	D	C	G	D
It’s just an	other d	ay

Paul McCartney - Let Me Roll It (1973)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2.

Intro in the original key, with all the C’s being where the chords go...

-2h3p2-2-0------C-2h3p2-2-0----C-
-2h3p2-2-0-2-0--C-2h3p2-2-0----C-
-----------2-0--C----------2-0-C-
----------------C----------2-0-C-

Intro in my key something like...

G -4h5p4-4-2-----C-4h5p4-4-2-----C-
D -4h5p4-4-2-----C-4h5p4-4-2-----C-
A -----------5-3-C---------------C-
E ---------------C-----------5-3-C-

Possibly sounds better to pick than pull off

in this key.

Intro, no riff yet

D	Bm	D	Bm
A	D	A	D

Riff starts after this line

A	D	A	D	A

Bm	A	Bm	A

Vox on the 5 of the first chord

A	Bm
You gave me something,	I understand

“In the palm” in 1 3 2 of the first chord

A	Bm
You gave me loving in the	palm of my hand

D	Bm	D
I can’t	tell you how I f	eel

	Bm	A
My	heart is like a w	heel

A	D
Let me r	oll it

A	D
Let me r	oll it to you

A	D
Let me r	oll it

A	D	A
Let me r	oll it to you

With riff

Bm	A	Bm	A

A	Bm
I want to tell you, and	now’s the time

Vox on “go ing to” on 4 3 2 of the first chord

A	Bm
I want to tell you that you’re	going to be mine

D	Bm	D
I can’t	tell you how I f	eel

	Bm	A
My	heart is like a w	heel

A	D
Let me r	oll it

A	D
Let me r	oll it to you

A	D
Let me r	oll it

A	D	A
Let me r	oll it to you

With riff

Bm	A	Bm	A

D	Bm	D
I can’t	tell you how I f	eel

	Bm	A
My	heart is like a w	heel

A	D
Let me r	oll it

A	D
Let me r	oll it to you

A	D
Let me r	oll it

A	D	A
Let me r	oll it to you

Bm	A	Bm	A

A	Bm
You gave me something	I understand

A	Bm
You gave me loving in the	palm of my hand

D	Bm	D
I can’t	tell you how I f	eel

	Bm	A
My	heart is like a w	heel

A	D
Let me r	oll it

A	D
Let me r	oll it to you

A	D
Let me r	oll it

A	D	A
Let me r	oll it to you

With riff, to fade

Bm

A

Bm

A

Paul McCartney - Live and Let Die (1973)

Originally in G, I play in E, which makes the riff-y part in Em

E	G#m7	A6	B7	B7b9
When you were	young and your	heart was an	open bo	ok

E	G#m7	A6
You used to	say live and let	live

	B7	B7b9	E
(You know you	did, you know you	did you know you	did)

E	G#m7	A6	F#7
But if this	ever changing	world in which we	live in

	B
Makes you	give in and cry

G/B

	E	A/E
Say live and let die

	Edim7	E
Live and let	die

	E	A/E
Live and let	die

	Edim7
Live and let	die

The riff-y part is 1 2 3, 5 6 7, 4 3

Em

A

What does it matter to ya

E

When you got a job to do

	B7
You gotta	do it well

	C#m	D
You gotta	give the other fella	hell

Em

E	G#m	A	B7	B7b9
			→

E	G#m7	A6
You used to	say live and let	live

	B7	B7b9	E
(You know you	did, you know you	did you know you	did)

E	G#m7	A6	F#7
But if this	ever changing	world in which we	live in

	B
Makes you	give in and cry

G/B

	E	A/E
Say live and let die

	Edim7	E
Live and let	die

	E	A/E
Live and let	die

	Edim7
Live and let	die

Em

Paul McCartney - Maybe I’m Amazed (1970)

Verse originally in Bb, I play in G if I want to work, otherwise

C capo 3.

If you’re capo’d, be ready to find those 9’s. And on guitar, just play

a 7 instead of the #9.

Intro, the first chord is really just fading in,

and the progression really starts at the second chord.

F#	B/D#	Bm/D	C#m7	F#7

Vox on the 5 of the first chord, just up a step on “love”

G	D/F#	A	E/A
Maybe I’m am	azed at the way you l	ove me all the t	ime

G	D/F#	A
And maybe I’m afr	aid of the way I lo	ve you

This time vox on the 6 of the chord on “pulled”

G	D/F#	A	E/A
Maybe I’m ama	zed at the way you pu	lled me out of t	ime

	G	D/F#
You h	ung me on a l	ine

Vox *stay* on the 6 of the chord on “maybe” (A if the chord is D)

	F	C/E	A
And m	aybe I’m amazed at the w	ay I really n	eed you

B	Bmaj7
Maybe I’m a	man

	B9
Maybe I’m a l	onely man who’s in the middle of something

E	B	B(#9)
That he doesn’t really underst	and

B	Bmaj7
Maybe I’m a	man

	B9
And maybe you’re the	only woman who could ever help me

I skip the “ooh’s” at the end of this line

E	B/D#	Bm/D	C#m7	F#7
Baby won’t you help me to underst	and

Solo on verse chords, acoustic I usually skip this and the following chorus.

Can also do it on doo doo, etc.

G	D/F#	A	E/A
G	D/F#	A
G	D/F#	A	E/A
G	D/F#
F	C	A

B	Bmaj7
Maybe I’m a	man

	B9
Maybe I’m a l	onely man who’s in the middle of something

E	B	B(#9)
That he doesn’t really underst	and

B	Bmaj7
Maybe I’m a	man

	B9
And maybe you’re the	only woman who could ever help me

E	B/D#	Bm/D	C#m7	F#7
Baby won’t you help me to underst	and

G	D/F#	A	E/A
Maybe I’m am	azed at the way you’re	with me all the	time

G	D/F#	A
Maybe I’m a	fraid of the way I	need you

G	D/F#	A	E/A
Maybe I’m a	mazed at the way you	help me sing my	song

	G	D/F#
You	right me when I’m	wrong

	F	C/E	A
And	maybe I’m amazed at the	way I really n	eed you

If I skipped the previous chorus, I’ll do this one with lyrics, else do this on “yeah”

B	Bmaj7
Maybe I’m a	man

	B9
Maybe I’m a l	onely man who’s in the middle of something

E	B	B(#9)
That he doesn’t really underst	and

B	Bmaj7
Maybe I’m a	man

	B9
And maybe you’re the	only woman who could ever help me

End here acoustic

E	B/D#	Bm/D	C#m7	F#7
Baby won’t you help me to underst	and

Long pause, then solo on verse chords, acoustic I usually skip this

G	D/F#	A	E/A
G	D/F#	A
G	D/F#	A	E/A
G	D/F#
F	C	A

Outro on chorus chords, fading, acoustic I usually skip this

B	Bmaj7	B9
E	B	B(#9)
B	Bmaj7	B9
E	B/D#	Bm/D	C#m7	F#7

Paul McCartney and Wings - Jet (1974)

Originally in A, I play in G

Get the bridge/solo part ready

Gm13/Bb x10010

Am	G/B	C6	Am	G/B	C6	Bm7
Am	G/B	C6

I usually skip these “jets”; it’s just high enough that it

comes out sounding like a random grunt *near* the root.

G

Jet, jet, jet

	C/G	G
I can almost remember their	funny fac	es

G

That time you told ‘em that

	C/G
You were gonna be marrying s	oon

	Bm7	Am
And	Jet, I thought the o	nly

	G/B	C6	G
Lonel	y pl	ace was on the moo	n

For these “jets”, I’ll sing an octave down but

hit a high guitar voicing on that downbeat.

G

Jet, ooh, jet ooh

G	C/G	G
Jet, was your father as bold as a	sergeant	major?

	G	C/G
Well	how come he told you that you were hardly old enough	yet?

	Bm7
And	Jet, I thought the

Am	G/B	C6	G
Major was	a	lady suffrag	ette

G

Jet, ooh, jet ooh

A	D
Ah, mater, want Jet to al	ways love me

A	D
Ah, mater, want Jet to al	ways love me

A	G	Gsus4	G
Ah, mater, m	uch	later

Instrumental bridge

C	G/B	Gm13/A#	F	F	C	G
→		→		→

x2

Synth solo on verse chords, play the chords either way

	Bm7
And	Jet, I thought the

Am	G/B	C6	G
Major was	a	lady suffrag	ette

G

Jet, ooh, jet ooh

A	D
Ah, mater, want Jet to al	ways love me

A	D
Ah, mater, want Jet to al	ways love me

A	G	Gsus4	G
Ah, mater, m	uch	later

Instrumental bridge

C	G/B	Gm13/A#	F	F	C	G
→		→		→

x2

G	C/G	G
Jet, with the wind in your hair of a	thousand	laces

	C/G
Climb on the back and we’ll go for a ride in the	sky

	Bm7
And	Jet, I thought that the

Am	G/B	C6	G
Major was a	little	lady suffrag	ette

G

Jet, ooh, jet ooh

	Bm7
And	Jet, you know I

Am	G/B	C6	G
Thought you was a	little	lady suffrag	ette

G

Jet, ooh, jet ooh

Am	G/B	C6
		My little lady

Am	G/B	C6	Bm7
		My little lady	yes

Am

Cmaj7

Gmaj7

Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (1975)

Em

Em	Bm/D	Am	Am/G	Ebdim7	B7
The problem is	all inside your	head, she	said to	me

Em	Ebdim7	Gbdim7	B7+	B7
The answer is	easy if you	take it logically

Em	Bm/D	Am	Am/G	Ebdim7
I’d like to	help you in your	struggle	to be	free

	B7	Em	Am	Em
There	must be	fifty	ways to leave your	lover

Em	Bm/D	Am	Am/G	Ebdim7	B7
She said it’s	really not my	habit	to	intrude

	Em	Ebdim7	Gbdim7	B7+	B7
Furthe	rmore, I hope my	meaning won’t be	lost or miscon	strued

	Em	Bm/D	Am	Am/G	Ebdim7
But I’ll re	peat myself,	at the	risk of	being	rude

	B7	Em	Am	Em
There	must be	fifty	ways to leave your	lover

Em	Am	Em
Fifty	ways to leave your	lover

	G
You just slip out the	back, Jack

	Bb
Make a new	plan, Stan

	C
You don’t need to be	coy, Roy

	G
Just get yourself	free

	G
Hop on the	bus, Gus

	Bb
You don’t need to	discuss much

	C
Just drop off the	key, Lee

	G
And get yourself	free

Em	Bm/D	Am	Am/G	Ebdim7	B7
She said it	grieves me so to	see you	in such	pain

	Em	Ebdim7	Gbdim7	B7+	B7
I wish	there was something	I could do to	make you smile again

	Em	Bm/D	Am	Am/G	Ebdim7
I said I ap	preciate that	and	would you	please ex	plain

	B7	Em
A	bout the	fifty ways

Em	Bm/D	Am	Am/G	Ebdim7	B7
She said why	don’t we both just	sleep on	it to	night

	Em	Ebdim7	Gbdim7	B7+	B7
And I be	lieve in the	morning you’ll	begin to see the light

	Em	Bm/D	Am	Am/G	Ebdim7
And then she	kissed me and I	realized she	probab	ly was	right

	B7	Em	Am	Em
There	must be	fifty	ways to leave your	lover

Em	Am	Em
Fifty	ways to leave your	lover

	G
You just slip out the	back, Jack

	Bb
Make a new	plan, Stan

	C
You don’t need to be	coy, Roy

	G
Just get yourself	free

	G
Hop on the	bus, Gus

	Bb
You don’t need to	discuss much

	C
Just drop off the	key, Lee

	G
And get yourself	free

	G
You just slip out the	back, Jack

	Bb
Make a new	plan, Stan

	C
You don’t need to be	coy, Roy

	G
Just get yourself	free

	G
Hop on the	bus, Gus

	Bb
You don’t need to	discuss much

	C
Just drop off the	key, Lee

	G
And get yourself	free

Paul Simon - Kodachrome (1973)

Originally in D capo 2, which is where I play it. Originally

in drop-D, which I don’t bother with.

Almost entirely alternating bass/upper pattern.

Riff on the verse/intro G is some version of:

D|--------0-0-----|
A|----1-2-----1-2-|
E|3-3-------------|

D	Dmaj7	D7	G	Em	A7	D	Em	A7

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G
When I think	back on	all the	crap I learned in h	igh school

Em	A7	D	Em	A7
It’s a wonder	I can think at a	ll

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G
And though my la	ck of	educ	ation hasn’t	hurt me none

Em	A7	D
I can read the	writing on the	wall

	G	G/F#	E
Kodachr	o-	o-	ome

	Am	D7
They give us those	nice bright	colors

	G	C
They give us the	greens of sum	mers

	A	D
Makes you think a	ll the wor	ld’s a sunny

G	G/F#	E
Day	oh	yeah

	Am	D7	G	C
I got a N	ikon cam	era, I love to take	photograp	hs

	A	D
So momma, don’t t	ake my	Kodachrome

	G	Bm	Em	A7
A	way

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G
If you took	all the	girls I	knew when I was	single

Em	A7	D	Em	A7
And put ‘em all	together for one	night

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G
I know they’d	never	match my	sweet imagin	ation

Em	A7	D
And ev’rything looks	worse in black and	white

	G	G/F#	E
Kodachr	o-	o-	ome

	Am	D7
They give us those	nice bright	colors

	G	C
They give us the	greens of sum	mers

	A	D
Makes you think a	ll the wor	ld’s a sunny

G	G/F#	E
Day	oh	yeah

	Am	D7	G	C
I got a N	ikon cam	era, I love to take	photograp	hs

	A	D
So momma, don’t t	ake my	Kodachrome

	G
A	way

G	Bm	Em	Em

	G	Bm	Em
Mama don’t	take my	Kodachrome a	way

	G	Bm	Em
Mama don’t	take my	Kodachrome a	way

	G	Bm	Em
Mama don’t	take my	Kodachrome a	way

Double-time feel

G

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome

Bm

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome

Em

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away

G

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome

Bm

Leave your boy so far from home

Em

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away

G

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome

Bm

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome

Em

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away

Paul Simon - Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (1972)

Originally in G, I play in G capo 2.

Intro

G	C	G	D
			x 2

	G
The	Mama pajama rolled outta bed

	C
And she ran to the police s	tation

	D
When the	papa found out, he began to shout

	G
He started the investi	gation

	D	G
It’s against the	law, it was against the l	aw

	D	G
What the mama	saw, it was against the l	aw

G

Mama look down and spit on the ground

	C
Every time her name gets	mentioned

	D
The	papa said oy, if I get that boy

	G
I’m gonna stick him in the house of de	tention

	C	G
Well I’m on my wa	y, I don’t know w	here I’m goin’

	C	G
I’m on my	way, I’m takin’ my	time

	A	D
But I d	on’t know w	here

	C	G
Goodbye to R	osie, the queen of Co	rona

	G	F	C	D	G	C	G	D
Seein’	me and Ju	lio d	own by the sch	ooly	ard

	G	F	C	D	G	C	G	D
Seein’	me and Ju	lio d	own by the sch	ooly	ard

Instrumental break on chorus chords, with whistling

C	G	C	G	A	D	C	G
G	F	C	D	G	C	G	D
G	F	C	D	G	C	G	D	D

	G
Woah...	In a couple of days they’re gonna take me away

	C
But the press let the story	leak

	D
Now when the	radical priest come to get me released

	G
We was all on the cover of	Newsweek

	C	G
Well I’m on my wa	y, I don’t know w	here I’m goin’

	C	G
I’m on my	way, I’m takin’ my	time

	A	D
But I d	on’t know w	here

	C	G
Goodbye to R	osie, the queen of Co	rona

	G	F	C	D	G	C	G	D
Seein’	me and Ju	lio d	own by the sch	ooly	ard

	G	F	C	D	G	C	G	D
Seein’	me and Ju	lio d	own by the sch	ooly	ard

	G	F	C	D	G
Seein’	me and Ju	lio d	own by the sch	ooly	ard

Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman (1966)

Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton in C#, I play in G

G	D/F#	Em7	Em/D	C	D	G	D6

Vox on 6 5 on “ma-an”

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	can’t keep his mind on	nothing else

C	D	G	D
He’d trade the w	orld for the good thing	he’s found

	G	D/F#	Em	G/D
If she’s	bad he can’t	see it	she can do no	wrong

C	D	G	D
Turn his back on his b	est friend if he put her d	own

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	spend his v	ery last dime

C	D	G	D
Tryin’ to hold	on to what he	needs

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
He’d give up a	ll his c	omforts,	sleep out in the r	ain

C	D	G	G7
If she said that’s the	way it	ought to be

C	G
Well, this man loves a w	oman

C	G
I gave you everything I	had

C	G	Em
Tryin’ to hold on to	your heartless	love

A7	D
Baby, please don’t treat me	bad

Michael Bolton changes key up a half-step here, which IMO is silly

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	down deep in his	soul

C	D	G	D
She can bring h	im such m	isery

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
If she pl	ays him for a f	ool,	he’s the last o	ne to know

C	D	G	D
Lovin’ eyes	can ne	ver see

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	he can do her n	o wrong

C	D	G	D
He can never h	ug, some o	ther girl

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
Yes, when a	man loves a	woman,	I know exactly h	ow he feels

C	D	G	D
‘Cause baby ba	by, you’re	my world

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	I know e	xactly how he feels

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Going to the Zoo (1969)

G

Daddy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

D	D7
Zoo tomorrow,	zoo tomorrow

G

Daddy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

See the elephant with the long trunk swingin’

D	D7
Great big ears and a	long trunk swingin’

G

Snuffin’ up peanuts with a long trunk swingin’

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

See all the monkeys they’re scritch-scritch scratchin’

D	D7
Jumpin’ around and	scritch-scritch scratchin’

G

Hangin’ by the long-tail scritch-scritch scratchin’

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

There’s a big black bear he’s a huff-puff-a-puffin’

D	D7
His coat’s too heavy he’s a	huff-puff-a-puffin’

G

Don’t get too near the huff-puff-a-puffin’

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

Well the seals in the pool all honk-honk-honkin’

D	D7
Catchin’ the fish and	honk-honk-honkin’

G

Little tiny seals all honk-honk-honkin’

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

	G
Well we	stayed all day and I’m gettin’ sleepy

D	D7
Sittin’ in the car gettin’	sleep sleep sleepy

G

Home already gettin’ sleep sleep sleepy

	D7	G
‘Cause	we haved stayed all	day

	C
We been to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
So have	you, you, you

	D7
You came	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We been to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

Mommy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

D	D7
Zoo tomorrow,	zoo tomorrow

G

Mommy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

Peter, Paul, and Mary - I Dig Rock and Roll Music (1967)

Tricky to get this to sound not stupid without percussion.

I try to mix up the D7 in as many positions as I can and be

percussive about it, and mix in D9’s and D7#9’s.

D7

I dig rock and roll music and I’d

Love to get the chance to play (and sing it)
I figure it's about the happiest
Sound going down today

Bm	G
The message	may not move me

Bm	G
Or mean a	great deal to me

Bm	E	A
But hey, it	feels so groovy to	say

D7

I dig the Mamas and the Papas at

“The Trip,” Sunset Strip in L.A.
And they got a good thing going
When the words don't get in the way

Bm	G
And when they’re	really wailing

Bm	G
Michelle and	Cass are sailing

Bm

Hey, they really

E	A
Nail me to the	wall

D7

I dig Donovan in a dream-like, tripped out way

His crystal images tell you ‘bout a brighter day

Bm	G
And when the	Beatles tell you

Bm	G
They’ve got a	word “love” to sell you

Bm	E	A
They mean ex	actly what they	say

D7

I dig rock and roll music

I could really get it on in that scene
I think I could say somethin'
If you know what I mean

Bm	G
But if I	really say it

Bm	G
The radi	o won’t play it

Bm	E	A
Unless I	lay it between the	lines

D7

Pink Floyd - Brain Damage (1973)

Intro

D

D	G7
The lunatic is on the gras	s

D	G7
The lunatic is on the gras	s

D	E/D
Remembering games and	daisy chains and laughs

A7	D	Dsus2
Got to keep the loonies on the path

D	G7
The lunatic is in the hal	l

D	G7
The lunatics are in my	hall

D	E/D
The paper holds their folded	faces to the floor

	A7	D	Dsus2	D7
And	every day the paperboy brings	more

G	A
And if the dam breaks open	many years too soon

	C	G
And	if there is no room upon the hill

G	A7
And if your head explodes with dark	forebodings too

	C	G
I’ll	see you on the dark side of the moon

G	Bm7	Em7	A7
	→	→

D	G7
The lunatic is in my head

D	G7
The lunatic is in my head

D	E/D
You raise the blade,	you make the change

A7	D	Dsus2
You re-arrange me ‘till I’m sane

D

You lock the door

	E/D
And	throw away the key

	A7	D	Dsus2	D7
There’s	someone in my head but it’s not	me

G	A
And if the cloud bursts,	thunder in your ear

C	G
You shout and no one seems to hear

G	A7
And if the band you’re in starts	playing different tunes

	C	G
I’ll	see you on the dark side of the moon

G	Bm7	Em7	A7
	→	→

Outro on verse chords, with creepy laughter

D	G7	D	G7
			I can’t think of anything to say, it’s sad

D	E/D	A7	D
D	E/D	A7	D

Pink Floyd - Time (1973)

E	F#m	E	F#m

F#m	A
Ticking away the moments that make up a	dull day

E	F#m
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand	way

F#m	A
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your	hometown

E	F#m
Waiting for someone or something to show you the	way

Dmaj7

Tired of lying in the sunshine

Amaj7

Staying home to watch the rain

Dmaj7

You are young and life is long and

Amaj7

There is time to kill today

Dmaj7

And then one day you find

C#m7

Ten years have got behind you

Bm7

No one told you when to run

E

You missed the starting gun

F#m	A	E	F#m
F#m	A	E	F#m

	F#m	A
You	run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it’s sink	ing

E	F#m
Racing around to come up behind you a	gain

	F#m	A
The	sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re	older

E	F#m
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to	death

Dmaj7

Every year is geting shorter

Amaj7

Never seem to find the time

Dmaj7

Plans that either come to naught or

Amaj7

Half a page of scribbled lines

Dmaj7

Hanging on in quiet

	C#m7
Despera	tion is the English way

	Bm7
The	time is gone, the song is over

	F/B
Thought I’d something	more to say

Em9	A7
Em9	A7
Em9	A7
Home home a	gain

Em9	A7
I like to be here when I c	an

Em9	A7
When I come home cold and	tired

	Em9	A7
It’s	good to warm my bones beside the f	ire

Cmaj7	Bm7
Far away across the field the	tolling of the iron bell

Fmaj7	G
Calls the faithful to their knees to	hear the softly

D7#9	Cdim/Eb	Bm
Spoken	magic	spell

Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine (1975)

Originally in Em, I play in Am capo 2

Lots of 3, highest note that matters is the 5 (“we told you what to *dre*-eam”)

There’s a lot moving between the VI and the iv with odd times, I’ll just approximate it like this every time

Fmaj7	Amadd9
	x2

Am

Welcome my son

F	Amadd9
Welcome to the ma	chine

F

Where have you been?

Dm	Am
It’s all right, we know where you’ve b	een

F

You’ve been in the pipeline filling in time

Amadd9

Provided with toys and scouting for boys

F

You bought a guitar to punish your ma

Am

You didn’t like school

And you know you’re nobody’s foo-oo-ool

	Fmaj7	Amadd9
So	welcome to the mach	ine

Very loose approximation of what happens here

Fmaj7	Amadd9
	x8

Am

Welcome my son

F	Amadd9
Welcome to the ma	chine

F

What did you dream?

Not a typo, this chord is minor the first time, major this time

D	Am
It’s all right, we told you what to dr	eam

Fmaj7

You dreamed of a big star

Amadd9

He played a mean guitar

	Fmaj7
He	always ate in the steak bar

	Amadd9
He	loved to drive in his Jaguar

	Fmaj7	Amadd9
So	welcome to the machin	e

Fmaj7	Amadd9
	x8

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)

Em7	G	Em7	G
Em7	A7	Em7	A7
G

C	D
So, so you think you can t	ell

	Am	G
Heaven from h	ell, blue skies from	pain

	D
Can you tell a green	field from a cold steel

C	Am
Rail, a smile from a	veil

	G
Do you think you can t	ell?

	C	D
And did they get you to tr	ade your heroes for	ghosts?

	Am	G
Hot ashes for tr	ees? Warm air for a coo	l breeze?

	D
Cold comfort for cha	nge?

	C	Am	G
And did you exchan	ge a walk on part in the	war for a lead role in a ca	ge?

Em7	G	Em7	G
Em7	A7	Em7	A7
G

C	D
How I wish, how I wish you were	here

	Am
We’re just	two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl

G

Year after year

D

Running over the same old ground

C

What have we found?

	Am	G
The same old	fears, wish you were here

Em7	G	Em7	G
Em7	A7	Em7	A7
G

Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A	G	C	D	C	D
							→

Vox on the 3 on “skipped”

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
We ski	pped the light fa	ndango

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
Turned	cartwheels ‘cross the	floor

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
I was fe	eling kinda s	easick

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
But the c	rowd called ou	t for more

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “room”

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
The room	was humming	harder

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
As the c	eiling flew a	way

Vox up to to 5 6 on “called out”

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
When we cal	led out for ano	ther dr	ink

C	C/B	Am
The wait	er brought a	tray

Vox on 3 3 5 6 on “and so it was”

D	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
And so it wa	s,	that l	ater

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
As the m	iller told his t	ale

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
That her	face was first j	ust ghostly

	G	C	G	D
Turned a wh	iter	shade of	pale

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A	G	C	D	C	D
							→

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
She sa	id there is no	reason

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
And the t	ruth is plain to	see

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
But I wa	ndered through my p	laying cards

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
Would no	t let her	be

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
One of s	ixteen vestal	virgins

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
Who were	leaving for the	coast

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
And although	my eyes were	open

C	C/B	Am
They might	just as well been	closed

D	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
And so it wa	s,	that l	ater

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
As the m	iller told his t	ale

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
That her	face was first j	ust ghostly

	G	C	G	D
Turned a wh	iter	shade of	pale

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A	G	C	D	C	D
							→

D	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
And so it wa	s,	that l	ater

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
As the m	iller told his t	ale

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
That her	face was first j	ust ghostly

	G	C	G	D
Turned a wh	iter	shade of	pale

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A	G	C	D	C	D
							→

G

Pure Prairie League - Amie (1972)

Intro, with bluegrass-solo over just the one chord

A

A	A	G	D
			x2

A	G	D	A	G	D
I can see why	you think	you be	long to me

	A	G	D
I	never tried to	make you	think or

A	D
Let you see one thing for your	self

	C	D
But now you’re	off with someone else and I’m	alone

	C	E
You see I	thought that I might keep you for my	own

A	G	D
Amie	what you wanna	do?

A	G	D
I think	I could stay with	you

	Bm	E
For a	while maybe longer if I	do

A	A	G	D
			x2

A	G	D	A	G	D
Don’t you think the	time is	right for	us to find

A	G	D
All the things we	thought weren’t	proper

A

Could be right in time

	D	C	D
And can you	see which way	we should turn together or	alone

	C	E
I can	never see what’s right or what is	wrong

E

Will it take to long to see?

A	G	D
Amie	what you wanna	do?

A	G	D
I think	I could stay with	you

	Bm	E
For a	while maybe longer if I	do

A	A	G	D
			x2

Solo if appropriate on verse and chorus, else skip the next chorus

A	G	D
Amie	what you wanna	do?

A	G	D
I think	I could stay with	you

	Bm	E
For a	while maybe longer if I	do

A	A	G	D
			x2

A	G	D	A	G	D
Now it’s come to	what you	want you’ve	had your way

	A	G	D
And	all the things you	thought be	fore just

A

Faded into gray

	D	C	D
And can you	see that I	don’t know if it’s you or if it’s	me

	C	E
If it’s	one of us I’m sure we both will	see

E

Won’t you look at me and tell me?

A	G	D
Amie	what you wanna	do?

A	G	D
I think	I could stay with	you

	Bm	E
For a	while maybe longer if I	do

A	G	D
Amie	what you wanna	do?

A	G	D
I think	I could stay with	you

	Bm	E
For a	while maybe longer if I	do

Let open A and high E ring on all these chords

	A	G6/A	Dsus2/A
I keep	falling in and out of	love with	you

A	G6/A	Dsus2/A
Falling in and out of	love with	you

A	G6/A	Dsus2/A
Don’t know what I’m gonna	do

	A	Dsus2/A	Fmaj7	Dmadd9	A
I keep	falling in and out of	love with	you

Queen - Killer Queen (1974)

Start with snaps

Originally in Cm, I play in Em capo 3. That way it’s

still a train wreck, but not for lack of range.

Vox on the 1 on “Moet”

	Em	D7
She keeps	Moet and Chandon	in her pretty cabinet

Em	D7	G
“Let them eat cake” she says,	just like Marie A	ntoinette

	G	D/F#	G7/F	C/E
A	built-in	remedy for K	ruschev and Ke	nnedy

	Cm/D#	G/D	C/D	D7
And	any time an i	nvitation yo	u can’t dec	line

B7	Em	D7	G
Caviar and	cigarettes,	well-versed in e	tiquette

	F#7	Bm	A7
Extra	ordinarily	nice,	she’s a

Vox on the 5 of the first chord, then the 5 of the second chord

D	F#m/C#
Killer Q	ueen

Vox up to the 3 of the chord on “gunpowder”

Skip the extra chord on “laser”

Bm	F#m	Bm	C#7	F#m
Gunpowder,	gelatine,	dynamite with a	laser be	am

B7	A/C#	B7/D#	E	D
Guarant	eed to	blow your	mind

Any time

C#7	F#m
Recommended	at the price

“Insatiable” is lower than “recommended”

	B7	Em
In	satiable in	appetite

E	D
→	Wanna try?

A	D/A	A	D/A
			x2

	Em
To a	void complications

	D
She	never kept the same address

Em

In conversation

	D	G
She	spoke just like a b	aroness

G	D/F#
Met a man from	China

	G7/D	C/E
Went	down to Geisha M	inah

	Cm/D#	G/D
Then a	gain incid	entally

	C/D	D7
If you’re	that way incl	ined

	B7	Em
Perfume came	naturally from	Paris (naturally)

	D7	G
For	cars she couldn’t	care less

	F#7	Bm	A7
Fast	idious and pre	cise,	she’s a

D	F#m/C#
Killer Q	ueen

Bm	F#m	Bm	C#7	F#m
Gunpowder,	gelatine,	dynamite with a	laser	beam

B7	A/C#	B7/D#	E	D
Guarant	eed to	blow your	mind

Any time

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

Vox down low to the 1 of the chord on “hat”

	B7	Em
Drop of a	hat, she’s as	willing as

B7	Em
Playful as a	pussycat

	D	G
Then	momentarily o	ut of action

D	G
Temporarily o	ut of gas

	F#7	Bm	A
To	absolutely	drive	you

D	A	Dm	A
Wi-	ild,	wi-	ild, she’s a

D	F#m/C#
Killer Q	ueen

Bm	F#m	Bm	C#7	F#m
Gunpowder,	gelatine,	dynamite with a	laser	beam

B7	A/C#	B7/D#	E	D
Guarant	eed to	blow your	mind

What a drag

A

D/A

A

Repeat to fade

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song (1973)

Originally in Fm, I play in Em capo 5

	Em	Am
S	trumming my pain with his	fingers

	D7	G
S	inging my life with his w	ords

	Em	A/C#
K	illing me softly with hi	s song

	D	C
Killing me sof	tly with	his song

	G	C
Telling my	whole life with	his words

	Fmaj7	E
Killing me	softly, with his	song

With oohs, for a few measures

Am7/D	D
	x2

More or less on the 4 of the minor key on “heard”, and the 5 of the minor key (2 of the chord) on “sang”

Am7	D
I heard he sa	ng a good song

G	Cmaj7
I heard he h	ad a style

Am7	D
And so I c	ame to see him

	Em
And l	isten for a while

Vox on 7 5 of the chords on “and there”, and the 6 of the chord on “was”

Am7	D7
And there he wa	s this young boy

G	B7
A stranger t	o my eyes

	Em	Am
S	trumming my pain with his	fingers

	D7	G
S	inging my life with his w	ords

	Em	A/C#
K	illing me softly with hi	s song

	D	C
Killing me sof	tly with	his song

	G	C
Telling my	whole life with	his words

	Fmaj7	E
Killing me	softly, with his	song

Am7	D
I felt all flu	shed with fever

G	Cmaj7
Embarrassed b	y the crowd

Am7	D
I felt he f	ound my letters

	Em
And r	ead each one out loud

Am7	D7
I prayed that h	e would finish

G	B7
But he just ke	pt right on

	Em	Am
S	trumming my pain with his	fingers

	D7	G
S	inging my life with his w	ords

	Em	A/C#
K	illing me softly with hi	s song

	D	C
Killing me sof	tly with	his song

	G	C
Telling my	whole life with	his words

	Fmaj7	E
Killing me	softly, with his	song

Am7	D
He sang as	if he knew me

G	Cmaj7
In all my d	ark despair

Am7	D
And then he lo	oked right through me

	Em
As	if I wasn’t there

Am7	D7
And he just ke	pt on singing

G	B7
Singing c	lear and strong

	Em	Am
S	trumming my pain with his	fingers

	D7	G
S	inging my life with his w	ords

	Em	A/C#
K	illing me softly with hi	s song

	D	C
Killing me sof	tly with	his song

	G	C
Telling my	whole life with	his words

	Fmaj7	E
Killing me	softly, with his	song

Very sensible to just stop here

Em	Am	D7	G
Oooooh

Em	A/C#	D	C
La la la, la	la la,	oh	oh

	G	C
La	ah ah	ah

Fmaj7	E
Ah,	ah

	Em	Am
S	trumming my pain with his	fingers

	D7	G
S	inging my life with his w	ords

	Em	A/C#
K	illing me softly with hi	s song

	D	C
Killing me sof	tly with	his song

	G	C
Telling my	whole life with	his words

	Fmaj7	E
Killing me	softly

	Em	Am
He was s	trumming my pain

	D7	G
Yeah, he was s	inging my l	ife

	Em	A/C#
K	illing me softly with hi	s song

	D	C
Killing me sof	tly with	his song

	G	C
Telling my	whole life with	his words

	Fmaj7	E
Killing me	softly with his	song

Rush - Fly By Night (1975)

Originally in D, I play in D capo 2 and sing an octave down (obviously)

D	G/E	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
					→	→	x3

D	G/E
Why try? I	know why

	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
The f	eeling ins	ide me says it’s t	ime I was go	ne	→

D	G/E
Clear head, new	life ahead

	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
It’s t	time I was k	ing now not j	ust one more p	awn	→

G/D	D	D	Cadd9	G
Fly b	y n	ight, awa	y from h	ere

G/D	D	D	D	A	G/A	A
Change m	y l	ife ag	a-a	in	→

G/D	D	D	Cadd9	G
Fly b	y ni	ght goodb	ye my d	ear

	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
My s	hip isn’t c	oming and I j	ust can’t pre	tend	→

D	G/E	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
					→	→	x1

D	G/E
Moon rise,	thoughtful eyes

Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
Staring back a	t me from the	window besid	e	→

D	G/E
No fright or	hindsight

Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
Leaving beh	ind that empty	feeling ins	ide	→

G/D	D	D	Cadd9	G
Fly b	y n	ight, awa	y from h	ere

G/D	D	D	D	A	G/A	A
Change m	y l	ife ag	a-a	in	→

G/D	D	D	Cadd9	G
Fly b	y ni	ght goodb	ye my d	ear

	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
My s	hip isn’t c	oming and I j	ust can’t pre	tend	→

Solo

D	G/E	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
					→	→	x4

G/D	D	D	Cadd9	G
Fly b	y n	ight, awa	y from h	ere

G/D	D	D	D	A	G/A	A
Change m	y l	ife ag	a-a	in	→

G/D	D	D	Cadd9	G
Fly b	y ni	ght goodb	ye my d	ear

	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
My s	hip isn’t c	oming and I j	ust can’t pre	tend	→

	D
S	tart a new chapter

	F
F	ind what I’m after

	G	C	D
It’s cha	nging e	very d	ay

	Am
The ch	ange of a season

	Fmaj7
Is en	ough of a reason

	G	D	G
To w	ant to g	et aw	ay

	D
Q	uiet and pensive

	F
My t	houghts apprehensive

	G	C	D
The h	ours d	rift a	way

Am

Leaving my homeland

	Fmaj7
P	laying a lone hand

	G	D	G
My l	ife beg	ins to	day

G/D	D	D	Cadd9	G
Fly b	y n	ight, awa	y from h	ere

G/D	D	D	D	A	G/A	A
Change m	y l	ife ag	a-a	in	→

G/D	D	D	Cadd9	G
Fly b	y ni	ght goodb	ye my d	ear

	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
My s	hip isn’t c	oming and I j	ust can’t pre	tend	→

	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
My s	hip isn’t c	oming and I j	ust can’t pre	tend	→

G/D	D	D	Cadd9	G
Fly b	y n	ight, awa	y from h	ere

G/D	D	D	D	A	G/A	A
Change m	y l	ife ag	a-a	in	→

G/D	D	D	Cadd9	G
Fly b	y ni	ght goodb	ye my d	ear

	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
My s	hip isn’t c	oming and I j	ust can’t pre	tend	→

	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
My s	hip isn’t c	oming and I j	ust can’t pre	tend	→

	Cadd9	G/B	Gm/Bb	A	G/A	A
My s	hip isn’t c	oming and I j	ust can’t pre	tend	→

D

Sam and Dave - Soul Man (1967)

Originally in G, I play in D

D	C	F	G	A
			→

D	D	Em	D
	→	→	x 4

Not writing out all those I→ii→I’s, but they keep going in all the verses

	D	D
Coming	to you on a	dusty road

D	D
Good loving, I got a	truck load

	D	D
And	when you get it, huh, you g	ot you something

	D	D
So d	on’t worry ‘cause	I’m coming

	D	C	D
I’m a	soul man,	I’m a	soul man

	D	C	D	G	A
I’m a s	oul man,	I’m a	soul man	(and that ain’t	all )

	D	D
Got	what I got the	hard way

	D	D
And I’ll	make it better each and e	very day

D	D
So, honey	don’t you fret, hah

	D	D
‘Cause	you ain’t seen	nothing yet

	D	C	D
I’m a	soul man,	oh lord, I’m a	soul man, play it Steve

	D	C	D	G	A
I’m a s	oul man,	hah, I’m a	soul man,		oh

	D	D
I was	brought up on a	side street

D	D
Learned how to love be	fore I could eat

	D	D
I was	educated from	good stock

	D	D
When	I start loving, oh	I can’t stop

	D	C	D
I’m a	soul man,	I’m a	soul man

	D	C	D	G	A
I’m a s	oul man,	yeah, I’m a	soul man,		look

	A#	F
Well,	grab a rope and I’ll	pull you in

G	G/A	G#/A#
Give you hope and b	e your only boyfriend	yeah

D#	C#	F#	G#	A#
			I’m	talking about a

D#

Soul man

D#

Soul man

D#

Soul man

Sam Cooke - What a Wonderful World (1967)

Originally in B, I play in G

G	Em	G	Em

G	Em
Don’t know much about	history

C	D
Don’t know much	biology

G	Em
Don’t know much about a	science book

C	D
Don’t know much about the	French I took

G	C
But I do know that	I love you

G	C
And I know that if you	love me too

	D	G
What a	wonderful world this would	be

G	Em
Don’t know much about	geography

C	D
Don’t know much trigo	nometry

G	Em
Don’t know much about	algebra

C	D
Don’t know what a slide	rule is for

G	C
But I do know one and	one is two

G	C
And if this one could	be with you

	D	G
What a	wonderful world this would	be

	D	G
Now	I don’t claim to	be an ‘A’ student

D	G
But I’m tryin’ to	be

	A	G
For	maybe by being an	’A’ student baby

A	D
I could win your	love for me

G	Em
Don’t know much about	history

C	D
Don’t know much	biology

G	Em
Don’t know much about a	science book

C	D
Don’t know much about the	French I took

G	C
But I do know that	I love you

G	C
And I know that if you	love me too

	D	G
What a	wonderful world this would	be

G	Em
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta...	history

C	D
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta...	biology

G	Em
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta...	science book

C	D
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta...	French I took

G	C
But I do know that	I love you

G	C
And I know that if you	love me too

	D	G
What a	wonderful world this would	be

	D	D7	G
What a	wonderful	world this would	be

Simon and Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade of Winter (1966)

S&G in Dm, Bangles in Fm, I play in Am capo 3

Intro

Am	G	F	E

Am	G
Time, time, time, see what’s be	come of me

Up to the 1 of the chord on “looked”

	F
While I	looked around

	Em7
For my possib	ilities

	G
I was so	hard to please

	Am	G
But look a	round, leaves are	brown

	F	E7	Am
And the	sky is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	G
Hear the salvation	army band

F

Down by the riverside, it’s bound to be a better ride

	Em7
Than	what you’ve got planned

	G
Carry your	cup in your hand

	Am	G
And look a	round you, leaves are	brown now

	F	E7	Am
And the	sky is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	G
Hang on to your	hopes, my friend

F

That’s an easy thing to say, but if your hopes should pass away

	Em7
Then	simply pretend

	G
That you can	build them again

	Am	G
Look ar	ound, grass is	high

	F	E7	Am
The fields are	ripe, it’s the	springtime of my	life

Am	F	C
	Ah, seasons change with the	scenery

The V here is in the Bangles version, not in th S&G version

	G	E7
Weaving time in a	tapestry

	Am
Won’t you stop and re	member me

G

At any convenient time

F

Funny how my memory slips while looking over manuscripts

	Em7
Of u	npublished rhyme

	G
Drinking my	vodka and lime

	Am	G
I look	around, leaves are	brown now

	F	E7	Am
And the	sky is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	G	F
Look a	round, leaves are	brown

	E7	Am
There’s a	patch of snow on the	ground

	G	F
Look a	round, leaves are	brown

	E7	Am
There’s a	patch of snow on the	ground

	G	F
Look a	round, leaves are	brown

	E7	Am
There’s a	patch of snow on the	ground

Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)

Originally in Eb, I play in A capo 3

Highest note is the 3 on the big last chorus

In A capo 3, ignore the A9’s and play the Bdim7

as xx0101 and the Cdim7 as Ebdim7

Can skip this whole intro and just vamp on I IV or I IV/1

Original here is really I Imaj7 V/2

A	A	A7	A9
D	D	Bdim7	Cdim7
A	A	F#7sus4	F#7
D	D	Dm	Dm
A	A	A	A7
D/A	D/A	D/A	D/A
A	A	A	A7
D/A	D/A	D/A	D/A

	A	D
When you’re	weary

	A	D
Feeling	small

On “when”, make sure to get up to the 3 of the chord

D	G	D	A	D
When	tears	are	in your	eyes

Chords at the end of this line just two beats

	A	D	A	D
I will	dry them all

A	A	E/G#	F#m	E
	I’m	on	your	side, ohhhh

	E7	A	Amaj7	A7
When times	get	rough

	A9	D	B	E
And friends	just	can’t	be	found

A7	A9	D	Bdim7	Cdim7
Like	a	bridge	ove	r

A/E	F#7sus4	F#7
Troubled	wate	r

D	C#7	F#m
I will l	ay me d	own

A7	A9	D	Bdim7	Cdim7
Like	a	bridge	ove	r

A	F#7sus4	F#7
Troubled	wate	r

	D	E9	E7	A
I	will l	ay	me d	own

A	D	A	D

	A	D
When you’re do	wn and out

	A	D
When you’re on the	streets

D	G	D	A	D
When	even	ing	falls so	hard

	A	D	A	D
I will	comfort you

A	E/G#	F#m	E
I’ll t	ake y	our p	art, ohhhh

	E7	A	Amaj7	A7
When dark	ness	comes

	A9	D	B	E
And pain	is	all	a	round

A7	A9	D	Bdim7	Cdim7
Like	a	bridge	ove	r

A/E	F#7sus4	F#7
Troubled	wate	r

D	C#7	F#m
I will l	ay me d	own

A7	A9	D	Bdim7	Cdim7
Like	a	bridge	ove	r

A	F#m
Troubled	water

	D	F#m/C#	C#	F#m
I	will l	ay	me d	own

Bridge (instrumental)

B	B7	A	A
D	F#m	D	Dm
A	D	A	D	A	D/A

	A	D/A
Sail on	silver girl

	A	D/A
Sail on	by

D	G	D	A	D
Your	time	has	come to	shine

	A	D	A	D
All your	dreams are on their w	ay

A	A	E/G#	F#m	E
	See	how	they	shine, ohhh

	A	Amaj7	A7
And if you	need a	friend

	A9	D	B	E
I’m sai	ling	right	behin	d

A7	A9	D	Bdim7	Cdim7
Like	a	bridge	ove	r

A	F#m
Troubled	water

D	F#m	C#7	F#m
I will	ease	your	mind

A7	A9	D	D7	B7
Like	a	bridge	o	ver

	A/E	F#m
Tr	oubled	water

D	C#7	F#m	B9
I will	ease your	mind

A	A	A7	A9
D	Dm	A

Simon and Garfunkel - Cecilia (1970)

Originally in B, I play in G, capo 4, so still in B

Low part on the 3, high on the 5

	G	C	G
C	elia, you’re br	eaking my h	eart

	C	G	D
You’re sha	king my co	nfidence d	aily

Low part on C, high on E

	C	G	C	G
Oh Cec	il	ia, I’m d	own on my	knees

	C	G	D
I’m beg	ging you p	lease to come	home

	G	C	G
C	ecilia, you’re br	eaking my h	eart

	C	G	D
You’re sha	king my co	nfidence d	aily

	C	G	C	G
Oh Cec	il	ia, I’m d	own on my	knees

	C	G	D
I’m beg	ging you p	lease to come	home

	G
Come on h	ome

	G	C	G
M	aking love in the af	ternoon	with Cecilia

	C	D	G
U	p in	my bed	room

	C	G
I got up to w	ash my f	ace

	C	G
When I	come back to	bed

	D	G
Someone’s t	aken my pl	ace

G	C	G
Celia, you’re br	eaking my h	eart

	C	G	D
You’re sha	king my co	nfidence d	aily

	C	G	C	G
Oh Cec	il	ia, I’m d	own on my	knees

	C	G	D
I’m beg	ging you p	lease to come	home

	G
Come on h	ome

G	G	C	G	C	G	D	D
							Bobobo...

	G	C	G
Jubil	ation, she	loves me agai	n

	C	G	D
I f	all on the f	loor and I lau	ghing

	C	G	C	G
Jubil	atio	n, she l	oves me ag	ain

	C	G	D
I f	all on the f	loor and I lau	ghing

C	G	C	G	C	G	D	D
							Oh...

Simon and Garfunkel - Homeward Bound (1966)

Originally in Bb, I play In G capo 3

Verse tab:

|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|
|---------|---------|---------|
|3-3-3-3--|2-2-2-2--|1-1-1-1--|

G
	G
I’m s	itting in a railway station

	Bm/F#	Bdim	E7
Got a t	icket for my destination	, mmmmm

Am

On a tour of one-night stands

	F
My	suitcase and guitar in hand

	G
And	every stop is neatly planned

For a poet and a one-man band

G	C
Homeward bo	und

G	C
I wish I was homeward bou	nd

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts	are ‘	scap	ing

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my mu	s	ic’s p	layi	ng

	G	C	G	Am7	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my	love	lies w	aiti	ng si	lently for m	e

G

Everyday’s an endless stream

	Bm/F#	Bdim	E7
Of	cigarettes and magazi	nes, mmmm

	Am
And	each town looks the same to me

	F
The	movies and the factories

	G
And	every stranger’s face I see

Reminds me that I long to be

G	C
Homeward bo	und

G	C
I wish I was homeward bou	nd

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts	are ‘	scap	ing

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my mu	s	ic’s p	layi	ng

	G	C	G	Am7	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my	love	lies w	aiti	ng si	lently for m	e

	G
So ton	ight I’ll sing my songs again

	Bm/F#	Bdim	E7
I’ll	play the game and pret	end, mmmmm

	Am
But	all my words come back to me

	F
In	shades of mediocrity

	G
Like	emptiness in harmony

I need someone to comfort me

G	C
Homeward bo	und

G	C
I wish I was homeward bou	nd

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts	are ‘	scap	ing

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my mu	s	ic’s p	layi	ng

	G	C	G	Am7	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my	love	lies w	aiti	ng si	lently for m	e

Bm/F#	Bdim	E7
Silently for	me, mmmmm

Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson (1970)

Originally in G capo 2, so really in A.

If there’s a high harmony, I play in G.

E7

Vox start on the 7 and (high) 9 of the chord

(D and F# if the chord is an E7)

E7

Dee de de de de de de de de de de de de de

Vox start on the 1 and 3 of the chord

(A and C# if the chord is an A7)

A7

Doo do do do do do do do do

D

De de de de

G

De de de de

C	G/B
De de	de de

Am

De

E7	D

	G	Em
And here’s to	you Mrs.	Robinson

G	Em	C	D
Jesus loves you	more than you will	know, wo wo wo

	G	Em
God bless you	please Mrs.	Robinson

G	Em	C
Heaven holds a	place for those who	pray

	Am7	E7
Hey hey	hey, hey hey	hey

Extra two beats after this line... fun fact: S&G left those

extra beats out when they played live.

E7

We’d like to know a little bit about you for our files

	A
We’d	like to help you learn to help yourself

D	G	C	Am
Look around you	all you see are	sympathetic	eyes

E7	D
Stroll around the grounds un	til you feel at home

	G	Em
And here’s to	you Mrs.	Robinson

G	Em	C	D
Jesus loves you	more than you will	know, wo wo wo

	G	Em
God bless you	please Mrs.	Robinson

G	Em	C
Heaven holds a	place for those who	pray

	Am7	E7
Hey hey	hey, hey hey	hey

E7

Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes

A

Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes

D	G	C	Am
It’s a little	secret just the	Robinsons’ a	ffair

E7	D
Most of all you’ve got to	hide it from the kids

D	G	Em
Koo koo ka	choo Mrs.	Robinson

G	Em	C	D
Jesus loves you	more than you will	know, wo wo wo

D	G	Em
God bless you	please Mrs.	Robinson

G	Em	C
Heaven holds a	place for those who	pray

	Am7	E7
Hey hey	hey, hey hey	hey

E7

Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon

A

Going to the candidates’ debate

D	G	C	Am
Laugh about it	shout about it	when you’ve got to	choose

E7	D
Any way you look at it you	lose

	G	Em
Where have you	gone Joe Di	Maggio

	G	Em	C	D
A	nation turns its	lonely eyes to	you, woo woo woo

	G	Em
What’s that you	say Mrs.	Robinson

G	Em	C
Joltin’ Joe has	left and gone	away

	Am7	E7
Hey hey	hey, hey hey	hey

Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer (1970)

Originally in B, probably as C tuned down, I play in C

C

C	Am
I am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom	told

	G
I have	squandered my resistance

	G7	G6	C
For a	pocket full of	mumbles, such are	promises

	Am	G	F/C
All lies and	jest, still a	man hears what he	wants to hear

	C	G7	C
And disregards the	rest

	C	Am
When I	left my home and my family, I was no more than a	boy

	G
In the	company of strangers

	G7	G6	C
In the	quiet of a	railway station,	running scared

	Am	G	F
Laying	low, seeking	out the poorer	quarters

	C
Where the ragged people	go

	G	G7	G6	C
Lookin’	for the places	only	they would	know

	Am	G	Am
Lie la	lie, lie la	lie la lie la lie, lie la	lie

	G	F	C
Lie la	lie la la la	lie, lie la la la la	lie

C

	C
Asking	only workman’s wages I come

	Am	G
Looking for a	job but I get no	offers

	G7	G6	C
Just a	come-on from the	whores on Seventh	Avenue

	Am	G
I do de	clare, there were	times when I was

F/C	C
So lonesome I took some comfort	there

	G7
La la	la la la la la

C

Solo if appropriate on verse chords, followed by an extra chord that

I skip if there’s neither big harmonies nor solo

	C	Am
Then I’m	laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was	gone

	G	G7	G6	C
Going	home where the	New York City	winters aren’t	bleeding me

Em	Am	G	G7	C
Leading meee	eeee going	home

C

	C
In the	clearing stands a boxer and a

	Am
Fighter by his	trade

	G	G7
And he	carries a reminder of	ev’ry

	G6
Glove that	laid him down

	C
Or	cut him till he cried out in his

	Am
Anger and his	shame

	G	F/C
I am	leaving, I am	leaving

	F/C	C	G
But the	fighter still re	mains, mmm mmm	mmm

C

This is like four minutes in the original, if no harmonies, keep

it to one chorus.

	Am	G	Am
Lie la	lie, lie la	lie la lie la lie, lie la	lie

	G	F	Am
Lie la	lie la la la la, lie	la la la la	lie

	Am	G	Am
Lie la	lie, lie la	lie la lie la lie, lie la	lie

G	F	C
Lie la lie la la la la, lie	la la la la	lie

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Tears of a Clown (1970)

Originally in C#, I play in E

Vox mostly on the 5 and 6

Intro

E	E	E7	E
E	E	E7	E

Vox on 2 2 1 6 5 on “oh oh yeah yeah-eah”

E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
			Oh, yeah,	yeah yeah,		now,	if there’s a

Vox on the 5 on “smile” (and most of the song)

E	A	D	A
Smile u	pon my	face,	it’s only

E	A	D	A
There trying to	fool the	public,	but when it

E	A	D	A
Comes down to	fooling	you,	now, honey

E	A	D	A
That’s quite a	different	subject

	E	A	D	A
But don’t	let my	glad ex	pression

	E	A	D	A
Give	you the	wrong im	pression,	really

	E	A	D	A
I’m	sad,		oh s	adder than

E	A	D	A
Sad,	you’re	gone, and I’m	hurting so

E	A	D	A
Bad,	like a c	lown I pre	tend to be

	E	A	D	A
G	lad

Vox still on the 5 of the key (now the 1 of the chord on “sad”, up to the b6 on “man”

	B	G#7/C
Now, there’s some	sad things known to	man

Let ring on “than”

	C#m	Amaj7
But ain’t	too much sadder	than the tears of a

Quiet, vox back on the 5 on “clown”

E	E
Clown when there’s no one a	round, mm mm

E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
			Oh, yeah,	baby,		now,	if

	E	A	D	A
I ap	pear to	be care-	free, it’s	only

	E	A	D	A
To	camou	flage my	sadness, in	order

	E	A	D	A
To	shield my	pride I’ve	tried, to	cover

	E	A	D	A
This	hurt with a	show of	gladness

	E	A	D	A
But don’t	let my	show con	vince you

	E	A	D	A
That	I’ve been	happy	since you, de	cided

	E	A	D	A
To	go		oh, I	need you

E	A	D	A
So,	I’m	hurt, and I	want you to

E	A	D	A
Know,	but for	others I	put on a

	E	A	D	A
S	how,		ooh,	whoa

	B	G#7/C
Now, there’s some	sad things known to	man

	C#m	Amaj7
But ain’t	too much sadder	than the tears of a

Quiet

E	E
Clown when there’s no one a	round, mm mm

E	A	D	A
Just	like Pagli	acci	did

E	A	D	A
I try to	keep my	sadness	hid

E	A	D	A
Smiling in the	public	eye

	E	A	D	A
But in my l	onely	room I	cry the t	ears of a

Quiet

E	E
Clown when there’s no one a	round

E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
			Oh, yeah,	baby,		now,	if there’s

	E	A	D	A
A	smile u	pon my	face

	E	A	D
Don’t	let my	glad ex	pression

A	E	A	D	A
Give	you the	wrong im	pression

	E	A	D	A
Don’t	let this	smile I	wear

	E	A	D	A
Make	you think that	I don’t	care, when	really

	E	A	D	A
I’m	sad			hurting so

E	A	D	A
Bad

E

Soul Brothers Six - Some Kind of Wonderful (1967)

Arrangement and lyrics follow Grand Funk version

A

Vox on 6 1 3 on “I don’t need”

	A
Well I don’t	need a whole lots of money

	A
I don’t	need a big fine car

	A
I got	everything that a man could want

	A
I got	more than I could ask for

Vox on the b7 of the chord

D	D
I don’t have to	run around

	D	D
I don’t	have to stay out all	night

	A
‘Cause I’ve got me a	sweet, a sweet lovin’ woman

	A
And she	knows just how to treat me right

Vox on the 1→7 of the chord on “baby”

	E
Well my bab	y, she’s alright

	D
Well my b	aby’s clean out of sight

Don’t you know that she’s

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful,	yes she is she’s

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful,	yeah yeah yeah yeah

A
	A
When I	hold her in my arms

	A
You know she	sets my soul on fire

A

Ooh when my baby kisses me

	A
My	heart becomes filled with desire

	D
When she w	raps her loving arms around me

	D
About d	rives me out of my mind

A

Yeah when my baby kisses me

A

Chills run up and down my spine

	E
Well my bab	y, she’s alright

	D
Well my b	aby’s clean out of sight

Don’t you know that she’s

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful,	yes she is

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful,	yeah yeah yeah yeah

	A
Now is there anyb	ody

	A
Got a s	weet little woman like mine

	A	A
There’s	got to be someb	ody

Got a, got a, a sweet little woman like mine, yea

	A
Now can I get a	witness

	F#m
Can I get a w	itness

	A
Now can I get a	witness

	F#m
Can I get a w	itness

	A
Now can I get a	witness

	F#m
Can I get a w	itness

	A
A talkin’, talkin’, ‘bout my	baby

A	D
She’s some kind of	wonderful

	A
She’s some kind of	wonderful

	D
She’s some kind of	wonderful

	A
She’s some kind of	wonderful

Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You (1973)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 3

In A, play all the I’s as I7’s

Intro

A	A7
	x 2

A

	A
Well I	don’t know why I came here tonight

	A
I got the f	eeling that something ain’t right

	D7
I’m so	scared in case I fall off my chair

	A
And I’m	wondering how I’ll get down the stairs

Vox on the 4 of the chord on “clowns”

E

Clowns to the left of me

G	D	A
Jokers to the	right, here I a	m

A

Stuck in the middle with you

	A
Yes I’m	stuck in the middle with you

	A
And I’m	wondering what it is I should do

	D7
It’s so	hard to keep this smile from my face

	A
Losing con	trol, yeah, I’m all over the place

E

Clowns to the left of me

G	D	A
Jokers to the	right, here I a	m

A

Stuck in the middle with you

Bridge

	D7
Well you	started out with nothing

	A
And you’re proud that you’re a self-made man

	D7
And your	friends, they all come crawlin’, slap you on the back and say

A	Em7
Please...	please...

A

Trying to make some sense of it all

A

But I can see that it makes no sense at all

	D7
Is it	cool to go to sleep on the floor?

	A
‘Cause I don’t	think that I can take anymore

E

Clowns to the left of me

G	D	A
Jokers to the	right, here I a	m

A

Stuck in the middle with you

Solo if appropriate on a verse and chorus

Bridge

	D7
Yea you	started out with nothing

	A
And you’re proud that you’re a self-made man

	D7
And your	friends, they all come crawlin’, slap you on the back and say

A	Em7
Please...	please...

A

	A
Yeah I	don’t know why I came here tonight

	A
I got the f	eeling that something ain’t right

	D7
I’m so	scared in case I fall off my chair

	A
And I’m	wondering how I’ll get down the stairs

E

Clowns to the left of me

G	D	A
Jokers to the	right, here I a	m

A

Stuck in the middle with you

	A
Yes I’m	stuck in the middle with you

A

Stuck in the middle with you

	A
Here I am	stuck in the middle with you

A

Stephen Stills - Love the One You’re With (1970)

Originally in D, I play in A

Verse

-x-x-x-x-x-
-2-7-2-3-2-
-2-7-2-2-2-
-2-7-2-4-2-
-0-0-0-0-0-
-x-x-x-x-x-

Bridge

-x-x-5-
-3-2-5-
-2-2-5-
-2-4-2-
-0-0-0-
-x-x-x-

(Intro)

E	A/E	E	E
E	F#m7/E	E	E

	A/E	E	F#m7	E
If you’re down		and confused

	A/E	E	F#m7/E	E
And you don’t remember		who you’re talking to

	A/E	E	F#m7/E	E
Concentration		slip away

	A/E	E	F#m7/E	E
‘Cause your baby		is so far away

	C#m	B	A
Well there’s a	rose	in a fisted g	love

	C#m	B	A
And the	eagle flies	with the d	ove

	C#m	B	A
And if you c	an’t be	with the one you	love, honey

	E	A/E	E
Love the one you’re with

	E	F#m7/E	E
Love the one you’re with

	E	A/E	E
Love the one you’re with

	E	F#m7/E	E
Love the one you’re with

	A/E	E	F#m7/E	E
Don’t be angry,		don’t be sad

	A/E	E	F#m7/E	E
And don’t sit crying		over good times you had

	A/E	E	F#m7/E	E
There’s a girl		right next to you

	A/E	E	F#m7/E	E
And she’s just waiting		for something to do

	C#m	B	A
Well there’s a	rose	in a fisted g	love

	C#m	B	A
And the	eagle flies	with the d	ove

	C#m	B	A
And if you c	an’t be	with the one you	love, honey

	E	A/E	E
Love the one you’re with

	E	F#m7/E	E
Love the one you’re with

Only three reps this time

	E	A/E	E
Love the one you’re with

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo

Phenomenally-60s organ solo on the chorus chords

	E	A/E	E
Love the one you’re with

	E	F#m7/E	E
Love the one you’re with

	E	A/E	E
Love the one you’re with

	E	F#m7/E	E
Love the one you’re with

This verse is basically all D in the original

	A/E	E	F#m7/E	E
Turn your heartache		right into joy

	A/E	E	F#m7/E	E
She’s a girl		and you’re a boy

	A/E	E	F#m7/E	E
Get it together,		make it nice

	A/E	E	F#m7/E	E
Ain’t gonna need		any more advice

	C#m	B	A
And there’s a	rose	in a fisted g	love

	C#m	B	A
And the	eagle flies	with the d	ove

	C#m	B	A
And if you c	an’t be	with the one you	love, honey

	E	A/E	E
Love the one you’re with

	E	F#m7/E	E
Love the one you’re with

	E	A/E	E
Love the one you’re with

	E	F#m7/E	E
Love the one you’re with

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo

Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild (1968)

Originally in E, I play in D

Intro

D

Get your motor runnin’

Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way

F	G	D
Yeah, d	arlin’ gonna m	ake it happen

F	G	D
Take the w	orld in a l	ove embrace

F	G	D
Fire a	ll of your g	uns at once and

F	G	D
Expl	ode into sp	ace

D

I like smoke and lightnin’

Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under

F	G	D
Yeah, d	arlin’, gonna m	ake it happen

F	G	D
Take the w	orld in a l	ove embrace

F	G	D
Fire a	ll of your g	uns at once and

F	G	D
Expl	ode into sp	ace

	D
Like a t	rue nature’s child

	F
We were b	orn, born to be wild

	G	F	D
We can c	limb so high,	I never wanna	die

	D	C	D	C
B	orn to be w	ild

	D	C	D	C
B	orn to be w	ild

Solo on a bunch of I and I7#9

D

Get your motor runnin’

Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way

F	G	D
Yeah, d	arlin’, gonna m	ake it happen

F	G	D
Take the w	orld in a l	ove embrace

F	G	D
Fire a	ll of your g	uns at once and

F	G	D
Expl	ode into sp	ace

	D
Like a t	rue nature’s child

	F
We were b	orn, born to be wild

	G	F	D
We can c	limb so high,	I never wanna	die

	D	C	D	C
B	orn to be w	ild

	D	C	D	C
B	orn to be w	ild

D

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (1968)

Originally in D, I play in A

A	G	D	A	G	D
I like	to	dream

A	G	D	A	G	D
Right be	tween the	sound machine

	A	G	D
On a	cloud of	sound I	drift in the night

A	G	D
Any place	it goes	is right

A	G	D	D
Goes far,		flies	near

A	G	D
To the stars	away	from here

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an fi	nd

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	come with	me little girl,	on a magic	carpet ri	de

A	G	D	A	G	D
You	don’t	know what	we c	an	see

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	tell your	dreams to me f	antasy will	set you f	ree

D

Close your eyes girl

F

Look inside girl

G	D
Let the sound take you a	way

	A	G	D
Last n	ight I	hold A	laddin’s lamp

A	G	D
And so I wished that I	could s	tay

	A	G	D
B	efore the t	hing could a	nswer me

	A	G	D
Well s	omeone	came and took the l	amp away

A	G	D	A	G	D
I looked		around a	lousy c	andle’s a	ll I found

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an fi	nd

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	come with	me little girl,	on a magic	carpet ri	de

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an	see

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	tell your	dreams to me f	antasy will	set you f	ree

D

Close your eyes girl

F

Look inside girl

G	D
Let the sound take you a	way

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an fi	nd

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	come with	me little girl,	on a magic	carpet ri	de

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an	see

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	tell your	dreams to me f	antasy will	set you f	ree

Steve Miller - The Joker (1973)

Originally in F, I play in D capo 3

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
Some	people call me the space c	owboy, yeah

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
Some	call me the gangster of lo	ve

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
Some	people call me M	aurice

	D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
Cause I	speak of the	pompitous of l	ove

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
	People talk a	bout me, baby

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
Say I’m d	oin’ you wrong, doin	’ you wrong

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
Well, d	on’t you worry b	aby don’t worry

	D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
Cause I’m r	ight here, right here, ri	ght here, right here at h	ome

	D
Cause I’m a	picker

	G
I’m a g	rinner

	D
I’m a l	over

	G
And I’m a s	inner

D	G	A	G
I play my	music in the s	un

	D
I’m a jo	ker

	G
I’m a s	moker

	D	G
I’m a m	idnight t	oker

D	G	A
I get my	lovin’ on the	run, ooh

Short interlude on verse chords with silly ‘70s sounds

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
You’re the cutest thi	ng that I e	ver did see

	D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
I r	eally love your pe	aches want to s	hake your tree

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
Lovey-d	ovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-	dovey all the time

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
Ooo-eee b	aby, I’ll sure s	how you a good time

	D
Cause I’m a	picker

	G
I’m a g	rinner

	D
I’m a l	over

	G
And I’m a s	inner

D	G	A	G
I play my	music in the s	un

	D
I’m a jo	ker

	G
I’m a s	moker

	D	G
I’m a m	idnight t	oker

D	G	A
I sure don’t	want to hurt no o	ne

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
Peopl	e keep talking a	bout me baby

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
They	say I’m doin’ you	wrong

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
Well	don’t you worry, don’t wor	ry, no don’t wor	ry mama

D	G	A	G	G/F#	G/E
Cause I’m r	ight here at h	ome

Original fades, I do one more chorus here instead of repeating

the second half of the verse.

	D
Cause I’m a	picker

	G
I’m a g	rinner

	D
I’m a l	over

	G
And I’m a s	inner

D	G	A	G
I play my	music in the s	un

	D
I’m a jo	ker

	G
I’m a s	moker

	D	G
I’m a m	idnight t	oker

D	G	A	A7
I sure don’t	want to hurt no o	ne

Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (1974)

Prep note: decide what you’re going to do

for vox in the chorus (see below).

I play the riff as:

E 0221xx

A/E 0422xx

Asus4/E 0522xx

Then A/E, E

8 measures drums

Are you ready Steve? Uh huh
Andy? Yeah
Mick? OK
Alright fellas, let's go!

Riff x 4

Vox on the 6 (F# if the chord is A)

	A
Well	it’s been getting so hard

	E
Living with the things you do to	me

Riff x 2

	A
My	dreams are getting so strange

	E
I’d like to tell you everything I	see

Riff x 2

I write E, but it’s close to NC

E

Oh I see a man at the back as a matter of fact

His eyes are as red as the sun
And a girl in the corner let no one ignore her 'cause

Hard stop on “she”

She thinks she's the passionate one

E

Oh yeah, it was like

F#	A
Lightning, everybody was	frightening

	C	E
And the music was	soothing and they all started	grooving

These yeah’s are basically on the 1

E

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

There’s basically no chance of me singing this at pitch,

so I either drop an octave, or descend on F# E D# E.

Great if someone else can sing the real melody an octave

down.

	F#	A
And the	man at the back said	everyone attack

	B	E
And it	turned into a ballroom	blitz

	F#	A
And the	girl in the corner said	boy I wanna warn you

	B	E
And it	turned into a ballroom	blitz

D5	D#5	E5
Ball	room	blitz

x4

Riff x 4, first two w/o drums

	A
I’m	reaching out for something

	E
Touching nothing’s all I ever	do

Riff x 2

	A
I	softly call you over

	E
When you appear there’s nothing left of	you

Riff x 2

E

Now the man at the back is ready to crack

As he raises his hands to the sky
And the girl in the corner is everyone's mourner
She could kill you with a wink of her eye

E	F#	A
Oh yeah, it was	electric, so frightfully	hectic

	C	E
And the band started	leaping ‘cause they all stopped	breathing

E

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	F#	A
And the	man at the back said	everyone attack

	B	E
And it	turned into a ballroom	blitz

	F#	A
And the	girl in the corner said	boy I wanna warn you

	B	E
And it	turned into a ballroom	blitz

D5	D#5	E5
Ball	room	blitz

Bass breakdown and solo more or less on D D# E

E

Oh yeah

	F#	A
It was like	lightning, everybody was	frightening

	C	E
And the music was	soothing and they all started	grooving

E

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	F#	A
And the	man at the back said	everyone attack

	B	E
And it	turned into a ballroom	blitz

	F#	A
And the	girl in the corner said	boy I wanna warn you

	B	E
And it	turned into a ballroom	blitz

D5	D#5	E5
Ball	room	blitz

x4

E	D
It’s, it’s a ballroom blitz

E	D
It’s, it’s a ballroom blitz

E	D
It’s, it’s a ballroom blitz

E

Yeah, it’s a ballroom blitz

Repeat riff a few times

Sweet - Fox on the Run (1975)

Originally in B, I play in E or E capo 1

Highest note that matters is the 7 (foxy *on* the run)

Intro

E	E	D	A
			x 4

Vox on the 5 on “I”, up to the 7 of the key on “know”

E	D	A	E
I	don’t wanna	know your	name

	D	A	E
Cause	you don’t	look the	same

	D
The w	ay you did before

	E	D	A	E
Ok	ay, you t	hink you got a	pretty	face

	D	A	E
But the	rest of you is	out of	place

	D
You l	ooked all right before

Vox on the 1 of the chord, which is probably where you were at the end of the last line

A	E	D
Fox	on the	run

	D	E	A	E	D	D	E
You sc	reamed	and,	every	body	comes, a-r	un	nin

A	E	D	E	D
Take a	run and	hide, yourself	awa	y

	E	D	E
Foxy on the	run, f’f	ox	y

A	E	D	D	E	A
Fox	on the	run, and h	ide	aw	ay

E	E	D	A
			x 2

E	D	A	E
You, you t	alk about just e	very	band

	D	A	E
But the	names you drop are	second-	hand

	D
I’ve h	eard it all before

E	D	A	E
I d	on’t wanna	know your	name

	D	A	E
Cause	you don’t	look the	same

	D
The w	ay you looked before

A	E	D
Fox	on the	run

	D	E	A	E	D	D	E
You sc	reamed	and,	every	body	comes, a-r	un	nin

A	E	D	E	D
Take a	run and	hide, yourself	awa	y

	E	D	E
Foxy on the	run, f’f	ox	y

A	E	D	D	E	A
Fox	on the	run, and h	ide	aw	ay

A	D	A	D

E	E	D	A
			x 3

E	E	D	D

	D	E
F’f	ox	y

A	E	D
Fox	on the	run

	D	E	A	E	D	D	E
You sc	reamed	and,	every	body	comes, a-r	un	nin

A	E	D	E	D
Take a	run and	hide, yourself	awa	y

	E	D	E
Foxy on the	run, f’f	ox	y

A	E	D	D	E	A
Fox	on the	run, and h	ide	aw	ay

A	E	D
Fox	on the	run

A	E	D
Fox	on the	run

A

Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn (1972)

Originally in Bb, I play in D capo 3

Highest note is the 5 of the second key

First chorus a cappella

D	G	D
Delta Dawn what’s that	flower you have	on?

	D	A
Could it	be a faded rose from days gone	by?

	D	G	D
And	did I hear you say he was a-	meetin’ you here to	day

	A	G	D
To take you to his	mansion in the	sky

Vox on 3 3 5 on “forty-one”

D	C	D
She’s forty-one and her	daddy still calls her	baby

D	C	D
All the folks ‘round	Brownsville say she’s	crazy

Vox on the 3 of the first chord (6 of the key) on “walks downtown”

	G	D/F#	Em	A	D
Cause she	walks down	town with a	suitcase	in her	hand

D	C	D
Looking for a my	sterious dark-haired	man

	D	C	D
In her	younger days they	called her Delta	Dawn

D	C	D
Prettiest woman	you ever laid eyes	on

	G	D/F#	Em	A	D
Then a	man of	low deg	ree stood	by her	side

	D	C	D
And he	promised her he’d	take her for his	bride

Key change

E	A	E
Delta Dawn what’s that	flower you have	on?

	E	B
Could it	be a faded rose from days gone	by?

	E	A	E
And	did I hear you say he was a-	meetin’ you here to	day

	E	B	A	E
To	take you to his	mansion in the	sky

A cappella

E	A	E
Delta Dawn what’s that	flower you have	on?

	E	B
Could it	be a faded rose from days gone	by?

	E	A	E
And	did I hear you say he was a-	meetin’ you here to	day

	E	B	A	E
To	take you to his	mansion in the	sky

Band back in

E	A	E
Delta Dawn what’s that	flower you have	on?

	E	B
Could it	be a faded rose from days gone	by?

	E	A	E
And	did I hear you say he was a-	meetin’ you here to	day

	E	B	A	E
To	take you to his	mansion in the	sky

Repeat chorus to fade

The Allman Brothers - Blue Sky (1972)

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

E

	E	B	A	E
W	alk along the r	iver,	sweet lullab	y

	E	B
I	t just keep on fl	owing

	A
I	t don’t worry bout where it’s going, no no

E	E	F#m	G#m	A
		→	→

E	B
Don’t fly mister bl	uebird

	A	E
I’m just wa	lking down the r	oad

E	B
Early morning s	unshine

A

Tell me all I need to know

A

E	E	A	A

B	A	E	A
You’re my b	lue sky, yo	u’re my sunny d	ay

B	A	E	A
Lord you know it m	akes me high when you t	urn your love my	way

A	F#m7
Turn your love my	way, yeah

Solo on I IV

E	B
Good old Sunday mo	rning

	A	E
Bells are ri	nging every	where

E	B	A
Goin’ to Caro	lina, it w	on’t be long and I’ll be there

A

E	E	A	A

B	A	E	A
You’re my b	lue sky, yo	u’re my sunny d	ay

B	A	E	A
Lord you know it m	akes me high when you t	urn your love my	way

Extra “yeah”

A	F#m7
Turn your love my	way, yeah, yeah

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

The Allman Brothers - Melissa (1972)

E	F#m11/E	Emaj7	F#m11/E

E	F#m11/E	Emaj7	F#m11/E
Crossroads	seem to come and g	o,	yeah

E	F#m11/E
The gypsy flies from coast to coast

Vox on 6 6 6 5 of the kye on “knowing many”, make sure to go *down* on “many”

A	Bm(add4)/A	C#m/A	D6(9)/A
Knowing m	any, loving n	one

E	F#m11/E	Emaj7	F#m11/E
Bearing sorro	w, having fun

Cmaj7	B
But back home he’ll always run

	E	F#m11/E	Emaj7	F#m11/E
To sweet Me	lissa

E	F#m11/E	Emaj7	F#m11/E
Freight train,	each car looks the same,		all the same

E	F#m11/E
And no one knows the gypsy’s name

A	Bm(add4)/A	C#m/A	D6(9)/A
No one hea	rs his lonely s	igh

E	F#m11/E	Emaj7	F#m11/E
There are no bl	ankets where he lies

Cmaj7	B
Lord, in deepest dreams the gypsy fl	ies

	E	F#m11/E	Emaj7	F#m11/E
With sweet Mel	issa,		ooooh

E

Again the morning’s come

D

Again he’s on the run

A

Sunbeam shining through his hair

B

Appearing not to have a care

C#m	A	B
Aw pick up your gear and gypsy r	oll on,	roll on

E	F#m11/E	Emaj7	F#m11/E
Crossroads,	will you ever let him g	o,	no, no

E	F#m11/E
Or will you hide the dead man’s ghost

A	Bm(add4)/A	C#m/A	D6(9)/A
Or will he lie	ben	eath the plain

E	F#m11/E	Emaj7	F#m11/E
Or will his spiri	t float aw	ay

Cmaj7	B
But I know that he won’t stay

	E	F#m11/E
Without Mel	issa

Cmaj7	B
Yes I know that he won’t stay

	E	F#m11/E	Emaj7	F#m11/E
Without Melissa			oh

E

The Allman Brothers - Ramblin Man (1973)

Originally in G#, I play in E, highest note that matters is the b7

E	B	A	A	E
			→

E	D	E
Lord, I was	born a ramblin’	man

E	A	B
Trying to make a living and	doing the best I	can

	A	E	C#m	A
But	when it’s time for	leavin’, I	hope you’ll under	stand

E	B	E
That I was	born a ramblin’	man

E	A	E
My father was a	gambler down in	Georgia

	E	A	B
And he w	ound up on the	wrong end of a	gun

	A	E	C#m	A
And	I was born in the	back seat of a	Greyhound	bus

E	B	E
Rolling down	highway forty-	one

E	D	E
Lord, I was	born a ramblin’	man

E	A	B
Trying to make a living and	doing the best I	can

	A	E	C#m	A
But	when it’s time for	leavin’, I	hope you’ll under	stand

E	B	E
That I was	born a ramblin’	man

Hard stop

B

Let ring

E	B	A	E

Solo on chorus chords if appropriate

E	D	E	B
E	A	B	B
A	E	C#m	A
E	B	E	E

	E	A	E
I’m o	n my way to	New Orleans this	morning

	A	B
Leaving out of	Nashville, Tennes	see

	A	E	C#m	A
They’re	always having a	good time down on the	Bayou,	Lord

	E	B	E
Them	delta women	think the world of	me

E	D	E
Lord, I was	born a ramblin’	man

E	A	B
Trying to make a living and	doing the best I	can

	A	E	C#m	A
But	when it’s time for	leavin’, I	hope you’ll under	stand

E	B	E
That I was	born a ramblin’	man

E	D	E
Lord, I was	born a ramblin’	man

E	D	E
Lord, I was	born a ramblin’	man

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (1969)

Intro

D	G
	x 2

D	G
Sugar

	D	G
Ah, honey ho	ney

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, g	irl

	D	G	A
And you got me wan	ting you

D	G
Honey

	D	G
Ah, sugar su	gar

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, gi	rl

	D
And you got me wan	ting you

D	C	D
I just can’t believe the l	oveliness of lo	ving you

	D	G	D
(	I just can’t belie	ve it’s tr	ue)

D	C	D
I just can’t believe the wo	nder of this fe	eling too

	D	G	A
(	I just can’t beli	eve it’s tr	ue)

	D	G
Ah, su	gar

	D	G
Ah, honey ho	ney

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, gi	rl

	D	G	A
And you got me wan	ting you

	D	G
Oh,	honey

	D	G
Ah, sugar su	gar

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, g	irl

	D
And you got me wan	ting you

D	C	D
When I kissed you girl I k	new how sweet a k	iss could be

	D	G	D
(I k	now how sweet a k	iss can	be)

D	C	D
Like the summer sunshine p	our your sweetness ov	er me

	D	G	A
(P	our your sweetness o	ver	me), oh oh oh oh oh

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me ho	ney

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me ba	by

D	G	A
Make your l	ife so sweet	, yeah yeah yeah

D	G	A
Pour a little sugar on me,	oh y	eah

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me h	oney

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me b	aby

D	G	A
I’m gonna make your l	ife so sweet	, yeah yeah yeah

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me h	oney

	D	G
Ah, su	gar

	D	G
Ah, ah, ah, honey ho	ney

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, g	irl

	D	G	A
And you got me wan	ting you		oh oh oh oh oh

D	G
Honey

	D	G
Ah, sugar su	gar

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, gi	rl

D

The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (1966)

Originally in A, I play in E. For reasons I can’t explain, even though

the range is easier in E, if I don’t sit down and figure out every vocal

note, p(train wreck) is higher in E. So, figure the notes out.

Intro (mostly unhelpful, probably skip this)

E	B	E	B
E	B/D#	C#m	E/B	F#/C#	G/D
				→

In A...

F#m6/A x01222

Bm6 7x677x

In E...

F#m6 2x1222

C#m6 9x899x

Vox on the 1

A/E	F#m6
I may not	always love you

Vox up to the 1 of the chord on “stars”

C#m	C#m6/E
But long as there are	stars above you

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “you’ll”, the b5 of the chord on “need”

B/F#	Gdim7
You never	need to doubt it

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “I’ll”, the b7 of the chord on “sure”, b5 of the chord on “it”

B/F#	Fm7b5
I’ll make you so	sure about it

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “God”

E	B/D#	C#m7
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

Skip this part...

E/B	F#/C#	G/D
	→

A/E	F#m6
If you should	ever leave me

C#m	C#m6/E
Though life would still go	on believe me

B/F#	Gdim7
The world could show	nothing to me

B/F#	Fm7b5
So what good would	living do me

E	B/D#	C#m7
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

Skip this part...

E/B	D	E/B	D

...but play some version of this

D/A	Bm6	F#m/C#	F#m7	B7/A
		→

E/B	Cdim7	E/B	A#m7b5

A	E/G#	F#m
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

A/E	F#m6
If you should	ever leave me

C#m	C#m6/E
Though life would still go	on believe me

B/F#	Gdim
The world could show	nothing to me

B/F#	Fm7b5
So what good would	living do me

E	B/D#	C#m7	B
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

Repeat to fade

E	B/D#	C#m7	B/D#
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

The Beach Boys - Sloop John B (1966)

Vox enter on the third (B)

	G
We	come on the sloop John B

My grandfather and me

	D
Around Nassau town we do	roam

	G
Drinking all	night

	C	Am7
Got into a	fight

	G
Well I	feel so broke up

D	G
I wanna go	home

	G
So	hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

	D
Call for the captain ashore, let me go	home

	G	C	Am7
Let me go	home I wanna go	home, yeah	yeah

	G	D	G
Well I	feel so broke up	I wanna go	home

	G
The	first mate he got drunk

And broke in the captain’s trunk

	D
The constable had to come and take him	away

	G
Sheriff John	Stone

	C	Am7
Why don’t you leave me	alone, yeah	yeah

	G
Well I	feel so broke up

D	G
I wanna go	home

	G
So	hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

	D
Call for the captain ashore, let me go	home

	G	C	Am7
Let me go	home I wanna go	home, yeah	yeah

	G	D	G
Well I	feel so broke up	I wanna go	home

	G
The	poor cook he caught the fits

And threw away all my grits

	D
And then he took and he ate up all of my	corn

	G	C	Am7
Let me go	home I wanna go	home, yeah	yeah

	G	D	G
This	is the worst trip	I’ve ever been	on

	G
So	hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

	D
Call for the captain ashore, let me go	home

	G	C	Am7
Let me go	home I wanna go	home, yeah	yeah

	G	D	G
Well I	feel so broke up	I wanna go	home

The Beach Boys - Wouldn’t It Be Nice (1966)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 2, but still plan on a vocal train wreck

Intro

C#	A#m	D#m	F#
C#	A#m	D#m	E

Vox on the 3 of the key on “woudln’t”

	A
Wouldn’t it be	nice if we were older

	D	Bm7
Then we wouldn’t h	ave to wait so	long

	E7	A
And	wouldn’t it be n	ice to live together

	D	Bm7	E7
In the kind of w	orld where we be	long

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “you know”

F#m7/C#	Em7/A
You know it’s gonna make it	that much better

F#m7/C#	C#m7	Bm7	E7
When we can say goodnight and	stay tog	ether

	A
Wouldn’t it be n	ice if we could wake up

	D	Bm7
In the morning w	hen the day is	new

	E7	A
And	after having s	pent the day together

	D	Bm7	E7
Hold each other c	lose the whole night t	hrough

F#m7/C#	Em7/A
What happy times together	we’d be spending

F#m7/C#	C#m7	Bm7	E7
I wish that every kiss was	never e	nding

	A
Oh, wouldn’t it	be nice

Vox on the 9 of the chord on “if”, the b5 (!!!) of the chord on “think”

F#maj7	Bmaj7	A#m7	D#m7
Maybe if we	think and wish and hope and pray it	might come true

F#maj7	Bmaj7	A#m7	D#m7
Baby then there	wouldn’t be a single thing we	couldn’t do

Vox on 7 3 of the chord on “married”

	A#m7	D#m7
We could be m	arried (we could be m	arried)

	A#m	E7
And then we’d be h	7appy (then we’d be h	appy)

	A
Oh, wouldn’t it be	nice

A

Baa, ba ba baa, ba ba baa, ba ba

A

Baa, ba ba baa, ba ba baa, ba ba

F#m7/C#	Em7/A
You know it seems the more we	talk about it

F#m7/C#	C#m7	Bm7
It only makes it worse to	live with	out it

	C#m7	Bm7	E7
But let’s	talk ab	out it

	A
Oh wouldn’t it be n	ice

A

Baa, ba ba baa, ba ba baa, ba ba

A

Good night, oh baby

A

Sleep tight, oh baby

A

Good night, oh baby

A

Sleep tight, oh baby

The Beatles - A Day in the Life (1967)

G	Bm	Em	Em7	C	C

G	Bm	Em	Em7
I read the	news today oh	boy

C	C/B	Asus2
About a l	ucky man who	made the grade

G	Bm	Em	Em7
And though the	news was rather	sad

C	F	Em	Em7
Well I just	had to l	augh

C	F	Em	C
I saw the	photogra	ph

G	Bm	Em	Em7
He blew his	mind out in a	car

C	C/B	Asus2
He didn’t	notice that the l	ights had changed

G	Bm	Em	Em7
A crowd of	people stood and	stared

C	F
They’d seen his	face before

Em

Nobody was really sure

	Em7	C
If	he was from the House of	Lords

G	Bm	Em	Em7
I saw a	film today oh	boy

C	C/B	Asus2
The English	Army had just	won the war

G	Bm	Em	Em7
A crowd of	people turned	away

C	F	Em
But I just	had to look

	Em7	C
Having	read the	book

	B7
I’d love to	turn you on

Messy instrumental, really a lot of NC’s...

B7	C	B7	E

E

Woke up, got out of bed

	Dsus2
Dragged a comb across my	head

	E	B7sus4
Found my	way downstairs and	drank a cup

	E	B7sus4	B7
And	looking up I	noticed I was late,	ha ha ha

	E
Found my	coat and grabbed my hat

	Dsus2
Made the bus in seconds	flat

	E	B7sus4
Found my	way upstairs and	had a smoke

	E	B7sus4
And	somebody spoke and I went	into a dream

C	G	D	A	E
Ah		Ah		Ah

C	G	D	A
Ah		Ah

E	D	C	D

G	Bm	Em	Em7
I read the	news today oh	boy

C	C/B	Asus2
Four thousand	holes in Blackburn,	Lancashire

G	Bm	Em	Em7
And though the	holes were rather	small

C	F
They had to	count them all

Em	Em7	C
Now they know how many holes it	takes to fill the Albert	Hall

	B7
I’d love to	turn you on

Messy instrumental, really a lot of NC’s...

B7

C

B7

E

The Beatles - Across the Universe (1968)

D	F#m	A

D	Bm
Words are flowing	out like endless

F#m

Rain into a paper cup

	Em7
They sli	ther while they pass

	A	A7
They slip away acr	oss the universe

D	Bm
Pools of sorrow,	waves of joy

	F#m
Are	drifting through my opened mind

Em7	Gm
Possessing and ca	ressing me

D	A7sus4
Jai guru deva	om

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

	G	D
Nothing’	s gonna change my	world

D	Bm
Images of	broken light which

F#m	Em7
Dance before me like a million	eyes

	A7
They call me on and on a	cross the universe

D	Bm
Thoughts meander	like a restless

F#m

Wind inside a letterbox

	Em7
They	tumble blindly as they make

	A7
Their way a	cross the universe

D	A7sus4
Jai guru deva	om

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

D	Bm
Sounds of laughter,	shades of Earth

	F#m
Are	ringing through my opened ears

Em7	Gm
Inciting and	inviting me

D	Bm
Limitless, un	dying love which

F#m	Em7
Shines around me like a million	suns

A	A7
And calls me	on and on across the universe

D	A7sus4
Jai guru deva	om

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

D

Jai guru deva (Repeat)

The Beatles - All You Need Is Love (1967)

Not rhythmically related to the song, just an excerpt from La Marseillaise

G	D	G	G	C	D7

G	D	Em7
Love,	love,	love

G	D	Em7
Love,	love,	love

D7/A	G	D7/F#	D7/E
Love,	love,	love

D	D/C	D/B	D

G	D/F#	Em7
There’s nothing you can	do that can’t be	done

G	D/F#	Em7
Nothing you can	sing that can’t be	sung

D7/A	G	D7/F#	D7/E
Nothing you can	say but you can	learn how to play the	game

	D	D/C	D/B	D
It’s	easy

	G	D/F#	Em7
There’s	nothing you can	make that can’t be	made

G	D/F#	Em7
No one you can	save that can’t be	saved

D7/A	G	D7/F#	D7/E
Nothing you can	do but you can	learn how to be you in	time

	D	D/C	D
It’s	easy

G	A7	D	D7
All you	need is	love

G	A7	D	D7
All you	need is	love

G	B7	Em	Em7
All you	need is	love,	love

C	D7	G
Love is	all you	need

G	D	Em7
Love,	love,	love

G	D	Em7
Love,	love,	love

D7/A	G	D7/F#
Love,	love,	love

D7/E	D	D/C	D/B	D

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love

G	B7	Em	Em7
All you	need is	love,	love

C	D7	G
Love is	all you	need

	G	D/F#	Em7
There’s	nothing you can	know that isn’t	known

G	D/F#	Em7
Nothing you can	see that isn’t	shown

D7/A	G	D7/F#	D7/E
Nowhere you can	be that isn’t	where, you’re meant to	be

	D	D/C	D/B	D
It’s	easy

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love

G	B7	Em	Em7
All you	need is	love,	love

C	D7	G
Love is	all you	need

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love (All together now)

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love (Everybody)

G	B7	Em	Em7
All you	need is	love,	love

C	D7	G
Love is	all you	need

G

Love is all you need

G

Love is all you need

The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing (1966)

Originally in E, I play in D

Intro, I do some Norweigan-Wood-esque noodling here

D

	D
You t	ell me that you’ve got every thing you want

And your bird can sing

	Em	G
But you don’t get	me

	D
You don’t get	me

D

You say you’ve seen seven wonders

And your bird is green

	Em	G
But you can’t see	me

	D
You can’t see	me

F#m	F#mM7/F
When your prize posse	ssions

F#m7/E	B7/D#
Start to weigh you d	own

D	Em
Look in my di	rection

	A7
I’ll be ‘round, I’ll be	’round

Verse chords

D	D	Em	G	D	D

F#m	F#mM7/F
When your bird is br	oken

F#m7/E	B7/D#
Will it bring you d	own

D	Em
You may be a	woken

	A7
I’ll be ‘round, I’ll be	’round

	D
You	tell me that you’ve heard every sound there is

And your bird can swing

	Em	G
But you can’t hear	me

	D
You can’t hear	me

D	D	Em	G	D	D
D	G/D

The Beatles - Back in the USSR (1968)

E	E7

Vox on 4→3 on “Flew in”

	A	D
F	lew in from Miami Beach B.	O.A.C.

	C	D
D	idn’t get to bed last ni	ght

A	D
On the way the paperback was	on my knee

	C	D
M	an I had a dreadful fli	ght

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R.

C	D
You don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Hard stop on “back”

	D	A	D	E
B	ack in the U.S.S.	R.

	A	D
B	een away so long I hardly k	new the place

	C	D
G	ee it’s good to be back ho	me

	A	D
Le	ave it till tomorrow to unp	ack my case

	C	D
Ho	ney disconnect the ph	one

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R.

C	D
You don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Gadd9

Back in the U.S.

	A
Back in the U.S	.S.R.

Bridge, vox down to the root of the chord on “Ukraine”

	D
Well the Ukr	aine girls really knock me out

	A
They le	ave the West behind

	D	D/C#	D/C	D/B
And Mos	cow	girls make me	sing and s	hout

	E	D	A
That Ge	orgia’s always on my mi mi	mi mi mi mi mi	nd

D	Eb	E
		Oh come on!

Solo as verse, but skip solo and subsequent chorus and bridge

if appropriate...

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R.

	C	D
Y	ou don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Hard stop on “back”

	D	A
B	ack in the U.S.S.	R.

Bridge

	D
Well the Ukr	aine girls really knock me out

	A
They le	ave the West behind

	D	D/C#	D/C	D/B
And Mos	cow	girls make me	sing and s	hout

	E	D	A	D	E
That Ge	orgia’s always on my mi mi	mi mi mi mi mi	nd

	A	D
Oh, s	how me ‘round your snow-peaked mountains w	ay down South

	C	D
T	ake me to your daddy’s f	arm

	A	D
L	et me hear your balalaikais rin	ging out

	C	D
C	ome and keep your comrade w	arm

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R., hey

	C	D
Y	ou don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Hard stop on “back”

	D	A	D	E	A
B	ack in the U.S.S.	R.

Oh, let me tell you honey

A

Woo...

Optionally do D/C/A on “wooh”

The Beatles - Come Together (1969)

Originally in Dm, I play in Cm

I play the opening riff as (i in octave, bVII in octaves, im7 chord)

Can make the m7’s 7#9’s in the intro

In Cm, play the 6ths as:

-5-7-
-x-x-
-8-8-

Cm7

Here come old flat top, he come grooving up slowly

Cm7

He got joo-joo eyeball, he one holy roller

	G
He got	hair down to his knee

F7

Got to be a joker, he just do what he please

Play riff

Cm7

He wear no shoe shine, he got toe jam football

Cm7

He got monkey finger, he shoot Coca-Cola

	G
He say,	I know you, you know me

F7

One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

	Am	G	F	G	Cm7
Come	together,	right	now	, over me

Play riff

Cm7

He bag production, he got walrus gumboot

Cm7

He got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker

	G
He got	feet down below his knee

F7

Hold you in his armchair, you can feel his disease

	Am	G	F	G	Cm7
Come	together,	right	now	, over me

Play riff

Cm7

He roller coaster, he got early warning

Cm7

He got muddy water, he one mojo filter

	G
He say,	one and one and one is three

F7

Got to be good looking ‘cause he’s so hard to see

	Am	G	F	G	Cm7
Come	together,	right	now	, over me

The Beatles - Don’t Let Me Down (1969)

Originally in E, I play in C or C capo 1

Intro

C	Csus4	C

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

One measure of 5/4 at the beginning of each phrase

Vox on 3 5 6 on “no bo dy”

C	Dm7
Nobody ever loved me like she	does

	Cmaj7	Csus4	C
Ooh she does, yes she	does

C	Dm7
And if somebody loved me like she	do me

	Cmaj7	Csus4	C
Ooh she do me, yes she	does

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C

I’m in love for the first time

	G7
Don’t you know it’s gonna	last

It’s a love that lasts forever

	C	F	C
It’s a love that had no	past

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down (oooh)

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
And from the first time that she really	done me

	Cmaj7	Csus4	C
Ooh she done me, she done me	good

C	Dm7
I guess nobody ever really	done me

	Cmaj7	Csus4	C
Ooh she done me, she done me	good

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down, hey

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
Weeee	heeeee

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

Keyboard solo on chorus chords, with oohs and ad libs

The Beatles - Don’t Pass me By (1968)

G

Vox on the 5

	G
I l	isten for your footsteps coming up the drive

C

Listen for your footsteps but they don’t arrive

D

Waiting for your knock dear on my old front door

	C
I don’t	hear it

	G
Does it mean you don’t love me any	more?

	G
I h	ear the clock a’ticking on the mantle shelf

C

See the hands a’moving but I’m by myself

	D
I w	onder where you are tonight and why I’m by myself

	C
I don’t	see you

	G
Does it mean you don’t love me any	more?

G

Don’t pass me by, don’t make me cry, don’t make me blue

	C
‘Cause you know	darling I love only you

	G
You’ll never	know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go

	D	C	G
Don’t pass me	by, don’t make me	cry

G

I’m sorry that I doubted you I was so unfair

C

You were in a car crash and you lost your hair

	D
You	said that you would be late about an hour or two

	C
I said	that’s alright I’m waiting here

	G
Just waiting to hear from	you

G

Don’t pass me by, don’t make me cry, don’t make me blue

	C
‘Cause you know	darling I love only you

	G
You’ll never	know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go

	D	C	G
Don’t pass me	by, don’t make me	cry

G

Don’t pass me by, don’t make me cry, don’t make me blue

	C
‘Cause you know	darling I love only you

	G
You’ll never	know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go

	D	C	G
Don’t pass me	by, don’t make me	cry

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (1966)

Originally in Em, I play in Am capo 2, swung and fast.

Vox on the 3

	F	Am
A	h, look at all the lonely p	eople

	F	Am
A	h, look at all the lonely p	eople

“In” and “church” are on the *major* 6.

Am

Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice in the church

	F	Am
Where a wedding has b	een, lives in a d	ream

Am

Waits at the window, wearing the face

	F	Am
That she keeps in a jar by the d	oor, who is it	for?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all come f	rom?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all bel	ong?

Am

Father McKenzie, writing the words

	F	Am
To a sermon that no one will	hear, no one comes	near

Am

Look at him working, donning his socks

	F	Am
In the night when there’s nobody	there, what does he	care?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all come f	rom?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all bel	ong?

	F	Am
A	h, look at all the lonely p	eople

	F	Am
A	h, look at all the lonely p	eople

Am

Eleanor Rigby died in the church

	F	Am
And was buried along with her	name, nobody	came

Am

Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt

	F	Am
From his hands as he walks from the	grave, no one was	saved

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all come f	rom?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all bel	ong?

The Beatles - For No One (1966)

Originally in A capo 2, I play in A capo 1.

A	A/G#
Your day breaks,	your mind aches

F#m	A/E	Dmaj7
You find that	all her words of	kindness linger on

G	A
When she no l	onger needs you

A	A/G#
She wakes up,	she makes up

F#m	A/E	Dmaj7
She takes her t	ime and doesn’t	feel she has to hurry

G	A
She no	longer needs you

	Bm	F#7
And in her e	yes you see	nothing

Bm	F#7
No sign of	love behind the

Bm	F#7
Tears cried for	no one

Bm	F#7	Bm	Esus4	E
A love that	should have lasted	years

A	A/G#	F#m
You want her,	you need her,	and yet you don’t

A/E	Dmaj7	G
Believe her	when she says her lov	e is dead, you

A

Think she needs you

A	A/G#
Your day breaks,	your mind aches

F#m	A/E
There will be	times when all the

Dmaj7

Things she said will

G	A
Fill your head you	won’t forget her

	Bm	F#7
And in her e	yes you see	nothing

Bm	F#7
No sign of	love behind the

Bm	F#7
Tears cried for	no one

Bm	F#7	Bm	Esus4	E
A love that	should have lasted	years

A	A/G#	F#m
You stay home,	she goes out,	and says that long

A/E	Dmaj7	G
Ago she	knew someone but now	he’s gone, she

A

Doesn’t need him

	Bm	F#7
And in her e	yes you see	nothing

Bm	F#7
No sign of	love behind the

Bm	F#7
Tears cried for	no one

Bm	F#7	Bm	Esus4	E
A love that	should have lasted	years

A

The Beatles - Get Back (1969)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 1.

E5	D	A

E5

Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner

Vox down to 6-5 on “la-ast”

A	E5
But he knew it wouldn’t	last

E5

Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona

A	E5
For some California g	rass

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

Get back Jojo

Solo on verse chords, if no soloist, just dink around

on verse chords a bit and skip subsequent chorus

	E5	E0	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

Hanging stop on “belonged”, stay on the IV

	A
Get	back to where you once belonged

Get back Jojo

E5

Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman

A	E5
But she was another	man

E5

All the girls around her say she’s got it comin’

A	E5
But she gets it while she	can

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

Get back Loretta

Dink around a little on verse chords

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

Hanging stop on “belonged”, still on the IV

	A
Get	Back to where you once belonged

The Let It Be version ends here, the Past Masters

version comes back in

Ooooh...

E5	A
Get back Loretta

	E5	D	A
Your Momma’s	waiting for you

E	A
Wearin’ her high-heeled shoes and her low-necked sweater

	E5	D	A
Get back	home, Loretta

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

Hang on “belonged”, stay on the IV

	A
Get	back to where you once belonged

E9

The Beatles - Getting Better (1967)

Originally in C, I play in A

Dadd9
A	Bm7
It’s getting better all the t	ime

Original goes right into the verse, I hang a measure on the I

E

	E	A/E
I u	sed to get mad at my school (no, I can	’t complain)

	E	A/E
The te	achers that taught me weren’t cool (no, I	can’t complain)

	E
You’re hol	ding me down, turning me ‘round

	E
F	illing me up with your rules

A	Bm7
I’ve got to admit it’s getting bet	ter

	C#m	D
A little b	etter all the ti	me

	A	Bm7
I h	ave to admit it’s getting b	etter

	C#m	D
It’s getting b	etter since you’	ve been mine

E

	E	A/E	E	A/E
Me us	ed to be a	ngry young m	an

	E	A/E	E	A/E
Me hi	ding me h	ead in the s	and

	E	A/E	E	A/E
You g	ave me the w	ord I fin	ally he	ard

	E	A/E	E
I’m do	ing the be	st that I c	an

A	Bm7
I’ve got to admit it’s getting bet	ter

	C#m	D
A little b	etter all the ti	me

	A	Bm7
I h	ave to admit it’s getting b	etter

	C#m	D
It’s getting b	etter since you’	ve been mine

	D	A
G	etting so much better all the	time

Vox do a full triad, I sing the 3

	A	Bm7	C#m	D
I	t’s getting better all the t	ime, b	etter, better, b	etter

	A	Bm7	C#m	D
I	t’s getting better all the t	ime, b	etter, better, b	etter

E

	E
I u	sed to be cruel to my woman

I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved

E	A/E	E	A/E
Man I was	mean but I’m	changing my	scene

	E	A/E	E
And I’m	doing the	best that I	can

A	Bm7
I’ve got to admit it’s getting bet	ter

	C#m	D
A little b	etter all the ti	me

	A	Bm7
I h	ave to admit it’s getting b	etter

	C#m	D
It’s getting b	etter since you’	ve been mine

	D	A
G	etting so much better all the	time

	A	Bm7	C#m	D
I	t’s getting better all the t	ime, b	etter, better, b	etter

	A	Bm7	C#m	D
I	t’s getting better all the t	ime, b	etter, better, b	etter

	D	A
G	etting so much better all the	time

The Beatles - Good Night (1968)

G	Bm7	Am7	D7

G	Bm7	Am7
Now it’s	time to	say goodnight

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

G	Bm7	Am7
Now the	sun turns	out his light

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

Gmaj7	D7/G	Gmaj7	D7/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	me

G	C/G	G	C/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	you

G	Bm7	Am7
Close your	eyes and	I’ll close mine

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

G	Bm7	Am7
Now the	moon beg	ins to shine

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

Gmaj7	D7/G	Gmaj7	D7/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	me

G	C/G	G	C/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	you

Bridge

G	Am7	A7	Dm7
			Mmmm...

G7	C/G	D7/F#	Am7	D7
				Mmmm...

G	Bm7	Am7
Close your	eyes and	I’ll close mine

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

G	Bm7	Am7
Now the	sun turns	out his light

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

Gmaj7	D7/G	Gmaj7	D7/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	me

G	C/G	G	C/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	you

G

Bm7

Am7

D7

The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life (1966)

Originally in G, I play in E

E

D/E at the 7th fret, with open E

If you can’t get up to the 1 on “there”, the 4 works

E	D/E
I was alone I took a ride I didn’t know what I would	find there

E	D/E
Another road where maybe I can see another kind of	mind there

Can play the last chord as a VI9 (C#9 in E)

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	then I su	ddenly	see you

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	did I tell	you I	need you

A	A/G#	A/F#	B7	E
Every	single	day	of my	life

E	D/E
You didn’t run you didn’t lie you knew I wanted just to	hold you

E	D/E
And had you gone you’d knew in time we meet again for I’d have	told you

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	you were meant	to be	near me

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	and I want	you to	hear me

A	A/G#	A/F#	B7	E
Say we’ll	be to	gether	every	day

E	A
Got to get you into my	life

E	D/E
What can I do? What can I be when I’m with you I wanna	stay there

E	D/E
If I’m true I’ll never leave and if I do I know the	way there

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	then I su	ddenly	see you

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	did I tell	you I	need you

A	A/G#	A/F#	B7	E
Every	single	day	of my	life

E	A
Got to get you into my	life

E	Dadd9

E	D/E
I was alone I took a ride I didn’t know what I would	find there

E	D/E
Another road where maybe I can see another kind of	mind there

E	D/E	E	D/E
Then suddenly I	see you, did I	tell you I need you

E	A
Got to get you into my	life

The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun (1968)

Vox on the 7

	Am7	Am6	Emadd9	Em
She’s	not a girl	who	misses much

Am7	Am6	Emadd9	Em
Doo doo doo doo doo	doo	oh yeah

Vox on the 6 of the chord

Dm

She’s well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand

	Am
Like a lizard on a	window pane

	Dm
The	man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors on his

Am

Hobnail boots

Dm

Lying with his eyes

	Am
While his hands are busy working	overtime

There’s a measure of 5/4 here, the i lands on “National”

Dm

A soap impression of his wife, which he ate

	Am
And donated to the	National Trust

Switch to 3/4

A7	A7

Vox on the 5

A7

I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down

Down to the bits that I left up town

C	Am
I need a fix, ‘cause I’m	goin’ down

A7	C
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	G
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	C
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	G
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	C
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	G
Mother Superior	jump the gun

C	Am	F	G	C
Happi	ness is a	warm gun

(Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

C	Am	F	G
Happi	ness is a	warm gun, ma	ma

	C
(Bang, bang, shoot,	shoot)

C	Am	F	G
When I	hold you	in my	arms (oh yeah)

C	Am	F	G
And I	feel my	finger on your	trigger (oh yeah)

C	Am	F	G
I	know no	body can do me	no harm

C	Am	F	G	C
Because (happi	ness) is a	warm gun ma	ma

(Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

C	Am	F	G
Happi	ness is a	warm gun, yes it	is

(Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

Hanging stop

Fm

Happiness is a warm, yes it is...

C	Am	F	G
Gun

(Happiness, bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

	C	Am	F	G
Don’t you know that happiness

	C
(Is a warm gun	yeah)

The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (1967)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 1.

Vox starts on 5-1 the first chord.

In G on guitar, I substitute Em7 for the Esus2/D.

C6	G	D7
You say yes,	I say no,	you say stop

Em	D7	Em
I say go, go,	go

	D7	D	D7	C/D	G	G/F#
Oh	no, y	ou say good	bye and	I say	hello

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, he	llo

	C	D#	G	G/F#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, hel	lo

	C	F9	G
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

C6	G	D7
I say high,	you say low,	you say why, and

Em	D7	Em
I say I don’t	know

	D7	D	D7	C/D	G	G/F#
Oh	no, y	ou say good	bye and	I say	hello

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, he	llo

	C	D#	G	G/F#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, hel	lo

	C	F9	G
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

C6	G	D7
	Why, why,	why, why, why, why, do you

Em	D7
Say good	bye

	D7	D	D7	C/D	G	G/F#
Oh	no, y	ou say good	bye and	I say	hello

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, he	llo

	C	D#	G	G/F#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, hel	lo

	C	F9	G
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

C6	G	D7
You say yes,	I say no,	you say stop

Em	D7	Em
I say go, go,	go

	D7	D	D7	C/D	G	G/F#
Oh	no, y	ou say good	bye and	I say	hello

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, he	llo

	C	D#	G	G/F#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, hel	lo

	C	F9	G
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

G	G/F#	Em	Esus2/D
	Hello, hel	lo

	C	D#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say

	D#	D#/D	C#m7b5	C
Hell	o, oh-	whoa oh	-whoa

	G
Hel	lo

G

Hela, heba helloa

The Beatles - Helter Skelter (1968)

Originally in E, I play in A, highest note that matters is the 5

In A, play the opening riff as x05xxxx, x04xxxx, etc.

Intro

A7

Vox on the 7 on “get”, 1 on “slide”, b3 on “ride”

	A7	A6
When I	get to the bottom I go back to the top of the s	lide

	Aaug
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a	ride

	C
Till I get to the bottom, and I see you a	gain

	A7
Yeah, yeah,	yeah

Vox on 7 1 b3 1 5 5 5 4 b3

A7

Do you, don’t you want me to love you

I’m coming down fast, but I’m miles above you
Tell me, tell me, tell me

	C
Come on t	ell me the answer

	D
Well, you	may be a lover, but you ain’t no dancer

A7

	D	A
Go	Helter Skelter,	Helter Skelter

D	A
Helter Skelter,	yeah

A7

	A7
Ah	will you, won’t you want me to make you

I’m coming down fast, but don’t let me break you

C

Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer

	D
You	may be a lover, but you ain’t no dancer

A7

	D	A
Look out,	Helter Skelter,	Helter Skelter

D	A
Helter Skelter,	ooh

A7	D
Look out ‘cause here she comes

A	D
A

	A7	A6
When I	get to the bottom I go back to the top of the	slide

	Aaug
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a	ride

	C
Then I get to the bottom, and I see you a	gain

	A7
Yeah, yeah,	yeah

	A7
Well, d	o you, don’t you want me to make you

I’m coming down fast, but don’t let me break you

C

Tell me, tell me, tell me your answer

	D
You	may be a lover, but you ain’t no dancer

A7

	D
Look out,	Helter Skelter

A	D
Helter Skelter,	Helter Skelter

A7

Screaming ad libs

Look out, Helter Skelter
She coming down fast
Yes she is, yes she is, coming down fast

Spoken

I got blisters on my fingers

The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun (1969)

Originally in A (as D capo 7), I also play in D capo 7.

D	D	G	A7
			x2

D

Here comes the sun

G	E7
Here comes the s	un

	D
And I say,	it’s all right

Bmadd11	Asus4	G6	A7

D	G	A7
Little darling, it’s been a	long, cold, lonely	winter

D	G	A7
Little darling, it feels like y	ears since it’s been h	ere

D

Here comes the sun

G	E7
Here comes the s	un

	D
And I say,	it’s all right

Bmadd11

Asus4

G6

A7

D	G	A7
Little darling, the smiles re	turning to their fa	ces

D	G	A7
Little darling, it seems like	years since it’s b	een here

D

Here comes the sun

G	E7
Here comes the s	un

	D
And I say,	it’s all right

Bmadd11

Asus4

G6

A7

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

F	C	G/B	G	D	A	Asus4	A	Asus4	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

D	G	A7
Little darling, I feel that i	ce is slowly m	elting

D	G	A7
Little darling, it seems like y	ears since it’s been h	ere

D

Here comes the sun

G	E7
Here comes the s	un

	D
And I say,	it’s all right

Bmadd11	Asus4	G6	A7
D
It’s all right

Bmadd11

Asus4

G6

A7

F

C

G/B

G

D

The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere (1966)

Originally in G, I play in E

E	G#m	G	F#m7	B7
To lead a b	etter life,	I need my love to be h	ere

E	F#m7	G#m	A	E	F#m7
Here,		making each d	ay of the y	ear

	G#m	A	D#m7	G#7
C	hanging my l	ife with a	wave of her h	and

	D#m7	G#7	C#m	F#m	F#m7	B7
N	obody	can d	eny that there’s s	omething t	here

E	F#m7	G#m	A	E	F#m7
There	,	running my h	ands through her h	air

	G#m	A	D#m7	G#7
B	oth of us th	inking how	good it can	be

	D#m7	G#7	C#m	F#m	F#m7	B7
S	omeone is spe	aking, but	she doesn’t k	now he’s t	here

	G	Em
I want her e	verywhere

	Am	B7	Em
And if	she’s beside me	I know I need	never care

Am	B7
But to love her	is to need her

E	F#m7	G#m	A	E	F#m7
Everywhere	,	knowing that lo	ve is to s	hare

	G#m	A	D#m7	G#7
E	ach one bel	ieving that	love never	dies

	D#m7	G#7	C#m	F#m	F#m7	B7
W	atching her e	yes, and h	oping I’m a	lways th	ere

	G	Em
I want her e	verywhere

	Am	B7	Em
And if	she’s beside me	I know I need	never care

Am	B7
But to love her	is to need her

E	F#m7	G#m	A	E	F#m7
Everywhere	,	knowing that lo	ve is to s	hare

	G#m	A	D#m7	G#7
E	ach one bel	ieving that	love never	dies

	D#m7	G#7	C#m	F#m	F#m7	B7
W	atching her e	yes, and h	oping I’m a	lways th	ere

	E	F#m7	G#m	A
I will be t	here,	and e	verywhe	re

	E	F#m7	G#m	A	E
H	ere, t	here, and e	verywhe	re

The Beatles - Hey Jude (1967)

Originally in F, I play in D capo 1

	D	A
Hey	Jude don’t make i	t bad

	A7	D
Take	a sad song and make it	better

	G	D
Remem	ber to let her into your hear	t

	A7	D
Then you can s	tart to make it be	tter

	D	A
Hey Ju	de don’t be	afraid

	A7	D
You were m	ade to go out and get	her

	G	D
The m	inute you let her under your	skin

	A7	D	D7
Then you be	gin to make it bet	ter

	G	G/F#	G/E
And anytime you feel the	pain hey	jude refr	ain

	G/D	A	D	D7
Don’t	carry the	world upon your s	houlders

	G	G/F#	G/E
For well you know that it’s a	fool who	plays it	cool

	G/D	A	D
By	making his wo	rld a little co	lder

	D7	A7
Na na	na na na	na na na na

	D	A
Hey Ju	de don’t let me	down

	A7	D
You have f	ound her now go and get	her

	G	D
Rem	ember to let her into you h	eart

	A7	D	D7
Then you can s	tart to make it be	tter

	G	G/F#	G/E
So let it out and let it	in hey	Jude begi	n

	G/D	A	D	D7
You’re	waiting for	someone to per	form with

	G	G/F#	G/E
And don’t you know that it’s just	you hey J	ude you’l	l do

	G/D	A	D
The	movement you	need is on your	shoulder

	D7	A7
Na na	na na na	na na na na

	D	A
Hey J	ude don’t make it	bad

	A7	D
Take a	sad song and make it	better

	G	D
R	emember to let her into your	heart

	A7	D
Then you can s	tart to make it better	better better better

D	C
Na na na	na na na na

G	D
Na na na na, hey	Jude

The Beatles - I Am The Walrus (1967)

B	B	A	A6	G	F	F6	E	E7	D	D7

Vox on E

A	A/G
I am he as	you are he

	C	D	A	A/G
As yo	u are me and	we are all tog	ether

C

See how they run like pigs from a gun

	D	A
See	how they fly, I’m	crying

A	A/G	Dadd9/F#
Sitting on a cornflake

F	G	A	A/G
Waiting for the	van to	come

Vox on B

F

Corporation T-shirt stupid bloody Tuesday

B7

Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long

	C	D
I am the eggman	, they are the	eggmen

	E
I am the	walrus

Goo goo g’joob

A	A/G	C	D	A	A/G
Mr. city p’li	cemen sitting	pretty little	p’licemen in a	row

C

See how they fly like Lucy in the sky

	D	A
See	how they run, I’m	crying

	Dsus4
I’m cr	yyyy ing

	A
I’m cr	ying

	E	D	D7
I’m cr	yyyy ing

A	A/G	Dadd9/F#
Yellow matter custard

F	G	A	A/G
Dripping from a	dead dog’s	eye

F

Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess

B7

Boy, you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down

	C	D
I am the eggman	, they are the	eggmen

	E
I am the	walrus

Goo goo g’joob

B	B	A	A6	G	F	F6	E	E7

B	A	A6	G	F	F6	E	F
Sitting in an	Engli	sh	garden, waiting	for	the sun

	B7
If the sun don’t	come, you get a tan

From standing in the English rain

	C	D
I am the eggman	, they are the	eggmen

	E
I am the	walrus

Goo goo g’joob

D

Goo goo goo g’joob

A	A/G
Expert texpert	choking smokers

C	D	A
Don’t you think the	joker laughs at	you?

	A/G
(Ha ha ha! Hee hee h	ee! Ha ha ha!)

C

See how they smile like pigs in the sty

	D	A
See h	ow they snied, I’m	crying

A	A/G	Dadd9/F#
Semolina pilchard

F	G	A	A/G
Climbing up the	Eiffel	Tower

F

Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna

B7

Man, you should have seen them

Kicking Edgar Allen Poe

	C	D
I am the eggman	, they are the	eggmen

	E
I am the	walrus

Goo goo g’joob

D

Goo goo goo g’joob

C

Goo goo g’joob

	B7
Goo goo goo g’joob, goo

B7

Chooga, chooga, chooga

Joob-a, joob-a, joob-a

A

G

F

E

D

C

B7

The Beatles - I Me Mine (1970)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 3

Em	Em/G	A7	A7	D	B7

Em	Em/G	A7
All	through the d	ay

	D	B7	Em
I me m	ine, I me	mine, I me m	ine

Em	Em/G	A7
All	through the n	ight

	D	B7	Em
I me m	ine, I me	mine, I me m	ine

	Am	Am/B
Never	frightened of	leaving it

C6	Am/D
Everyone’s	weaving it

B7b9	B
Coming on strong all the	time

Em	EmM7	Em7	EmM6
All	through the	day

	Cmaj7
I me min	e

E7

I me me mine

E7

I me me mine

A7

I me me mine

E7	B7
I me me mine

Em	Em/G	A7
All	I can	hear

	D	B7	Em
I me m	ine, I me	mine, I me mine

Em	Em/G	A7
E	ven those tears

	D	B7	Em
I me m	ine, I me	mine, I me mine

	Am	Am/B
No one’s	frightened of	playing it

C6	Am/D
Everyone’s	saying it

B7b9	B
Flowing more freely than	wine

Em	EmM7	Em7	EmM6
All	through the	day

	Cmaj7
I me min	e

E7

I me me mine

E7

I me me mine

A7

I me me mine

E7	B7
I me me mine

Em	Em/G	A7
All	I can	hear

	D	B7	Em
I me m	ine, I me	mine, I me m	ine

Em	Em/G	A7
E	ven those tears

	D	B7	Em
I me m	ine, I me	mine, I me m	ine

	Am	Am/B
No one’s	frightened of	playing it

C6	Am/D
Everyone’s	saying it

B7b9	B
Flowing more freely than	wine

Em	EmM7	Em7	EmM6
All	through the	day

	Cmaj7
I me min	e

The Beatles - I Will (1968)

Originally in F, I play in E

	E	C#m7	F#m7	B7
Who k	nows how l	ong I’ve lo	ved yo	u

	E	C#m	G#m
You k	now I l	ove you st	ill

E7	A	B7	C#m
Will I w	ait a lo	nely li	fetime

E	A	B7	E	C#m7	F#m7	B7
If you w	ant me	to I w	ill

	E	C#m7	F#m7	B7
For i	f I e	ver s	aw you

	E	C#m	G#m
I di	dn’t c	atch your n	ame

E7	A	B7	C#m
But it n	ever re	ally ma	ttered

E	A	B7	E	E7
I will al	ways f	eel the s	ame

A	B7	C#m7
Love you fo	rever	and forever

F#m	B7	E	E7
Love you with a	ll my he	art

A	B7	C#m7
Love you whene	ver	we’re together

F#7	B7
Love you when we’re ap	art

	E	C#m7	F#m7	B7
And wh	en at l	ast I f	ind yo	u

	E	C#m	G#m
Your	song will fi	ll the a	ir

E	A	B7	C#m	Am
Sing it l	oud so I	can h	ear you

E	A	B7	C#m	Am
Make it e	asy	to be	near you

E	A	B7	C#m	A	E	Edim
For the th	ings you d	o end	ear y	ou t	o m	e

F#m7	B7	C7
Ah, you k	now I w	ill

	E
I w	ill

A	G#m
Mmm mmm mmm	mmm mmm

C#m7

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

	F#m7	B7	E
Da	da da da da	da da

The Beatles - I’m Only Sleeping (1966)

Recorded in Ebm, but played in Em tuned down. I play in C#m.

C#m	F#m
When I wake up early in the	morning

E	A	E	G#7
Lift my	head,	I’m still	yawning

C#m	F#m
When I’m in the middle of a	dream

	E	A	E	A
I	stay in	bed, and	float up	stream

E	F#m
Please don’t wake me,	no don’t shake me

G#m	F#m
Leave me where I	am

Hard stop after this line

	Amaj7
I’m only	sleeping

C#m	F#m
Everybody seems to think I’m	lazy

E	A	E	G#7
I don’t	mind, I	think they’re	crazy

C#m	F#m
Running everywhere at such a	speed

	E	A	E	A
‘	Til they	find,	there’s no	need

E	F#m
Please don’t spoil my	day

	G#m	F#m
I’m miles a	way, and after	all

Hard stop after this line

	Amaj7
I’m only	sleeping

Let ring

C#m

Hard stop on “taking”

Bm	C#7	F#m
Keeping an eye on the	world going by my	window

F#m/E

Taking my time

C#m	F#m
Lying there and staring at the c	eiling

	E	A	E	G#7
W	aiting	for a	sleepy	feeling

Solo on the second half of a verse

C#m	F#m	E	A	E	A	A

E	F#m
Please don’t spoil my	day

	G#m	F#m
I’m miles a	way, and after	all

Hard stop after this line

	Amaj7
I’m only	sleeping

Let ring

C#m

Bm	C#7	F#m
Keeping an eye on the	world going by my	window

F#m/E

Taking my time

C#m	F#m
When I wake up early in the	morning

E	A	E	G#7
Lift my	head,	I’m still	yawning

Note extra chord at the end here

C#m	F#m
When I’m in the middle of a	dream

	E	A	E	A	F#m
I	stay in	bed and	float up	stream

E	F#m
Please don’t wake me,	no don’t shake me

G#m	F#m
Leave me where I	am

	Amaj7
I’m only	sleeping

With psychadelic riffing

C#m

The Beatles - I’m So Tired (1968)

Vox in on the 2

	A	G#7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, I	haven’t slept a	wink

	A	F#m7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, my	mind is on the	blink

	A	E+	F#m
I	wonder should I	get up and	fix myself a

Dm

Drink, no, no, no

	A	G#7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, I	don’t know what to	do

	A	F#m7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, my	mind is set on	you

	A	E+	F#m
I	wonder should I	call you but I	know what you would

Dm

Do

A

You’d say I’m putting you on but it’s

A

No joke, it’s doing me harm you know I

E

Can’t sleep, I can’t stop my brain you know it’s

E

Three weeks, I’m going insane, you know I’d

D	A
Give you everything I’ve got for a little peace of m	ind

	A	G#7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, I’	m feeling so ups	et

	A	F#m7	D	E
Althou	gh	I’m so tired, I’ll	have another c	igarette and

	A	E+	F#m
Cu	rse Sir Walter	Raleigh, he was	such a stupid

Dm

Get

A

You’d say I’m putting you on but it’s

A

No joke, it’s doing me harm you know I

E

Can’t sleep, I can’t stop my brain you know it’s

E

Three weeks, I’m going insane, you know I’d

D	A
Give you everything I’ve got for a little peace of m	ind

	D	A
I’d	give you everything I’ve got for a little peace of m	ind

The Beatles - Lady Madonna (1970)

Intro

A	D	A	D
A	D	D/E	F	G	A
	→	→	→	→

Vox on the 3

A	D	A	D
Lady Ma	donna,	children at your	feet

A	D	D/E	F	G	A
Wonder how you	manage	to	make	ends	meet

A	D	A	D
Who finds the	money,	when you pay the	rent

A	D	D/E	F	G	A
Did you think that	money	was	Heav	en s	ent

Dm7	G7
Friday night arrives without a	suitcase

C	Am7
Sunday morning creeping like a	nun

Dm7	G7
Monday’s child has learned to tie his	bootlace

C	Bm7	E7sus4	E7
See	how they	run

A	D	A	D
Lady Ma	donna,	baby at your	breast

A	D	D/E	F	G	A
Wonder how you	manage	to	feed	the	rest

A	D	A	D
A	D	D/E	F	G	A
	→	→	→	→

Dm7	G7
Pa pa pa pa, pa pa p	a pa pa

C	Am7
Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa	pa, pa pa pa pa

Dm7	G7
Pa pa pa pa, pa pa p	a pa pa

C	Bm7	E7sus4	E7
See	how they	run

A	D	A	D
Lady Mad	onna	lying on the	bed

A	D	D/E	F	G	A
Listen to the	music	playing	in	your	head

A	D	A	D
A	D	D/E	F	G	A
	→	→	→	→

With “pa”

Dm7	G7
Tuesday afternoon is never e	nding

C	Am7
Wednesday morning papers didn’t	come

Dm7	G7
Thursday night you stocking needed	mending

C	Bm7	E7sus4	E7
See	how they	run

A	D	A	D
Lady Mad	onna,	children at your	feet

A	D	D/E	F	G	A
Wonder how you	manage	to	make	ends	meet

Go easy on the third in the minor chord... it’s not wrong, but treat it like a 5

A	G/B	Cm	G/B	A
		→	→

A	G/B	Cm	G/B	A
		→	→

The Beatles - Let It Be (1969)

Originally in C, I play in A, or maybe Bb on piano

	A	E
When I	find myself in t	imes of trouble

	F#m	D
Mo	ther Mary c	omes to me

	A	E	D	A
Sp	eaking words of w	isdom, let it	be

	A	E
And	in my hour of da	rkness

	F#m	D
She is st	anding right in f	ront of me

	A	E	D	A
Sp	eaking words of w	isdom, let it	be

	F#m	F#m/E	D	A
Let it	be, let it	be, let it	be, let it	be

A	E	D	A
Whisper words of wis	dom, let it	be

	A	E
And	when the broken	hearted people

F#m	D
Living in the	world agree

A	E	D	A
There will be an	answer, let it	be

	A	E
But	though they may be	parted

	F#m	D
There is	still a chance that	they will see

A	E	D	A
There will be an an	swer, let it	be

	F#m	F#m/E	D	A
Let it	be, let it	be, let it	be, let it	be

	E	D	A
There will be an ans	wer, let it	be

Interlude, which I usually play even when there’s no solo.

D	A	E	D	A
D	A	E	D	A

	A	E
And	when the night is	cloudy

	F#m	D
There is	still a light that	shines on me

A	E	D	A
Shine until tom	orrow, let it	be

	E
I wake up to the	sound of music

	F#m	D
Mot	her Mary	comes to me

A	E	D	A
Speaking words of	wisdom, let it	be

	F#m	F#m/E	D	A
Let it	be, let it	be, let it	be, let it	be

	E	D	A
Whisper words of wis	dom, let it	be

	F#m	F#m/E	D	A
Let it	be, let it	be, let it	be, let it	be

	E	D	A
There will be an ans	wer, let it	be

D

A

E

D

A

The Beatles - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (1967)

A	A7	A6	Dm/F

	A	A7	A6	F6
Pi	cture your	self in a	boat on a	river

	A	A7	A6	F
With	tangerine	trees and	marmalade	skies

	A	A7	A6	F6
Som	ebody c	alls you, you	answer quite	slowly

	A	A7	A6	Dm	Dm/C
A	girl with kale	idiscope	eyes

	Bb	C
C	ellophane flowers of	yellow and green

F	Bb
Towering over your	head

C	G
Look for the girl with the	sun in her

	D
Eyes and she’s	gone

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

D	A
Aaaah

A	A7	A6	F6
Follow her	down to a	bridge by a	fountain

	A	A7	A6	F
Where	rocking horse	people eat	marshmallow	pies

A	A7	A6	F6
Everyone	smiles as you	drift past the	flowers

	A	A7	A6	Dm	Dm/C
That	grow so in	credibly	high

Bb	C
Newspaper taxies	appear on the shore

F	Bb
Waiting to take you	away

C	G
Climb in the back with your	head in the clouds

	D
And you’re	gone

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

D	A
Aaaah

	A	A7	A6	F6
Pi	cture your	self on a	train in a	station

	A	A7	A6	F
With	plasticine	porters with	looking glass	ties

	A	A7	A6	F6
Sud	denly some	one is there	at the turn	stile

	A	A7	A6	Dm	Dm/C
The	girl with kale	idiscope	eyes

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

D	A
Aaaah

The Beatles - Martha My Dear (1968)

Originally in Eb, I play in C

Intro, writing one beat per chord, but probably skip this and just play the I for a bit

C	C	C	C	B7
Em	Em/D	A7	A7
D	D	D	D
G	G	Fmaj9	Fmaj9
G7	G7	Fmaj7	Fmaj7
G7	G7	Fmaj7	Fmaj7
G	G	G7	G7

C	B7	Em
Martha my dear, though I	spend my	days

	Em/D	A7	D
In	conver	sation,	please

Vox on the 5 of the first chord on “me”, 1 of the first chord on “love”

	G	Fmaj9
Remember	me,	Martha my love

G7	Fmaj7
	Don’t forget me

G7	Fmaj7	G7
	Martha my d	ear

Vox on the 7 of the chord on “hold”

Bm7	Em9	D6
Hold your head up, you	silly girl,	look what you’ve done

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “find”

	Asus4	A
When you f	ind yourself in the	thick of it

Asus4	F#7	Bm7
Help yourself to a bit of what is	all a	round you

	Em9
Silly g	irl

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “good”

	Bm7	E9	E9
Take a	good look ar	ound you

	Bm7	E9	E9
Take a g	ood look you’re	bound to see

	Gmaj7/A	Gmaj7
That	you and me, were	meant to be

	Bm7
For each o	ther

	Em9	C
Silly g	irl

Repeat intro, or skip

C	C	C	C	B7
Em	Em/D	A7	A7
D	D	D	D
G	G	Fmaj9	Fmaj9
G7	G7	Fmaj7	Fmaj7
G7	G7	Fmaj7	Fmaj7
G	G	G7	G7

Bm7	Em9	D6
Hold your hand out, you	silly girl,	see what you’ve done

	Asus4	A
When you f	ind yourself in the	thick of it

Asus4	F#	Bm7
Help yourself to a bit of what is	all ar	ound you

	Em9	C
Silly g	irl

C	B7
Martha my dear you have	always

Em	Em/D	A7	D
Been my	inspi	ration,	please

	G	Fmaj9
Be good to	me,	Martha my love

G7	Fmaj7
	Don’t forget me

G7	Fmaj7	G7
	Martha my d	ear

C

The Beatles - Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (1969)

Vox on the 3 on Joan

D	D/C#	B7
Joan was	quizzical,	studied pataphysical

Em

Science in the home

A7

Late nights all alone with a test tube

D	A
Oh, oh, oh,	oh

D	D/C#	B7
Maxwell E	dison,	majoring in medicine

Em

Calls her on the phone

A7	D	A
Can I take you out to the pictures, J	o, oa, oa, a	n

Vox stays on what is now the 1 of the chord on “as”

	E7
But	as she’s getting ready to go

	A7
A	knock comes on the door

Vox on 3 5 1 on “bang bang Max”

D

Bang bang Maxwell’s silver hammer

	E7
Came	down upon her head

A7

Clang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer

	Em7	A7	D
Made	sure that	she was	dead

D	F#/C#	Bm	D7/A	G	G	D	D

D	D/C#	B7
Back in	school again	Maxwell plays the fool again

Em

Teacher gets annoyed

A7	D	A
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant	sce-e-e-	ene

D	D/C#	B7
She tells	Max to stay	when the class has gone away

Em

So he waits behind

A7	D	A
Writing fifty times I must not be	so, o, o,	o

	E7
But	when she turns her back on the boy

	A7
He	creeps up from behind

D

Bang bang Maxwell’s silver hammer

	E7
Came	down upon her head

A7

Clang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer

Note different ending to this line

	Em7	A7
Made	sure that she was	dead

Solo on chorus chords

D	E7	A7	Em7	A7	D
			→	→

D	F#/C#	Bm	D7/A	G	G	D	D

D	D/C#	B7
P.C.	thirty-one s	aid we caught a dirty one

Em

Maxwell stands alone

A7

Painting testimonial pictures

D	A
Oh, oh, oh,	oh

D	D/C#	B7
Rose and	Valerie,	screaming from the gallery

Em

Say he must go free

	A7	D	A
The	judge does not agree and he tells them	so, o, o,	o

	E7
But	as the words are leaving his lips

	A7
A	noise comes from behind

D

Bang bang Maxwell’s silver hammer

	E7
Came	down upon his head

A7

Clang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer

	Em7	A7
Made	sure that he was de	ad, whow whoa whoa

D	E7	A7	Em7	A7	D
			→	→

D	F#/C#	Bm	D7/A	G	D	A	D
Sil	ver	ham	mer	man	→	→

The Beatles - Mother Nature’s Son (1968)

The Bm part is best played up at 7, on the top 4 strings

Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9	D

	D	G/D	D
B	orn a p	oor young country	boy

	Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9
M	other N	ature’s s	on

	A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/A
A	ll	day lo	ng	I’m si	tting s	inging

A	D/A	D	Dm7	G/D	D
Songs for ever	y	one

D	Dm7	G/D	D

	D	G/D	D
S	it b	eside a mountain st	ream

	Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9
S	ee her w	aters r	ise

	A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/A
L	ist	en t	o	the pr	etty s	ound of

	A	D/A	D	Dm7	G/D	D
Mu	sic	as she fl	ies

	G/D	D
Do do do do,	do-yoo do do	do

D	G/D	D	Dmaj7
Do do do do,	do-yoo do do	do

D7	D6	G/D	Gm/D	D
	Do do do

D	G/D	D
Find m	e in my field of g	rass

Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9
Mother	Nature’s	son

	A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/A
S	way	ing da	isi	es sin	g a	lazy

	A	D/A	D	Dm7	G/D	D
So	ng benea	th the s	un

	D	G/D	D
Do do	do do,	do-yoo do do	do

D	G/D	D	Dmaj7
Do do do do,	do-yoo do do	do

D7	D6	G/D	Gm/D
	Do do do

	D
Yeah yeah yeah

With mmmm’s

D	G/D	G/D	D
Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9

A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/A
A	D/A

D	Dm7	G/D	D7
Oh	Mo	ther Nature’s s	on

The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (1968)

Originally in Bb, I play in G.

Sounds fun played with power chords, more or less like Get Back,

then open it up in the chorus.

I drop the vox down on the ‘bra’.

G	D
Desmond had a barrow in the	market place

D7	G
Molly is the singer in a	band

G	C
Desmond says to Molly, girl I	like your face

	G	D	G
And Molly	says this as she	takes him by the	hand

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

G	D
Desmond takes a trolley to the	jeweller’s store

D7	G
Buys a twenty carat golden	ring

G	C
Takes it back to Molly, waiting	at the door

	G	D	G
And as he	gives it to her	she begins to	sing

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

C	G
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet	home

C

With a couple of kids running in the yard

	G/D	D
Of	Desmond and Molly	Jones

G	D
Happy ever after in the	market place

D7	G
Desmond lets the children lend a	hand

G	C
Molly stays at home and does her	pretty face

	G	D	G
And in the	evening she still	sings it with the	band

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

C	G
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet	home

C

With a couple of kids running in the yard

	G/D	D
Of	Desmond and Molly	Jones

G	D
Happy ever after in the	market place

D7	G
Molly lets the children lend a	hand

G	C
Desmond stays at home and does his	pretty face

	G	D	G
And in the	evening she’s a	singer with the	band

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	Em7
La la how the	life goes	on

And if you want some fun

	D	G
Take	ob-la-di-bla-	da

The Beatles - Octopus’s Garden (1969)

Originally in E, I play in E.

Intro; I just do some riffing on I and IV for the first line

E	E	B	E
E	C#m	A	B

E	C#m
I’d like to be	under the sea

	A	B
In an	octopus’s garden in the sh	ade

E	C#m
He’d let us in,	knows where we’ve been

	A	B
In his	octopus’s garden in the sh	ade

C#m	C#m/B
I’d ask my friends to come and see

A	B
An octopus’s	garden with me

E	C#m
I’d like to be	under the sea

	A	B	E
In an	octopus’s	garden in the sh	ade

E	C#m
We would be warm	below the storm

	A	B
In our	little hideaway beneath the w	aves

E	C#m
Resting our head	on the sea bed

	A	B
In an	octopus’s garden near a c	ave

C#m	C#m/B
We would sing and dance around

A	B
Because we know we	can’t be found

E	C#m
I’d like to be	under the sea

	A	B	E
In an	octopus’s	garden in the sh	ade

Weird solo bit with underwater noises; I usually skip when playing acoustic.

A	F#m	D	E
A	F#m	D	E	A	B7

E	C#m
We would shout	and swim about

	A	B
The	coral that lies beneath the w	aves

E	C#m
Oh, what joy for	every girl and boy

A	B
Knowing they’re happy and they’re s	afe

C#m	B
We would be so happy, you and me

A	B
No-one there to tell us what to	do

E	C#m
I’d like to be	under the sea

	A	B	C#m	C#m/B
In an	octopus’s	garden with	you

	A	B	C#m	C#m/B
In an	octopus’s	garden with	you

	A	B	E
In an	octopus’s	garden with	you

The Beatles - Oh! Darling (1969)

Originally in A, I play in D

A+

Vox on 6 1 6 5 on “o-hoh darling”

	D	A
Oh	darling please be	lieve me

Bm7	G
I’ll never do you no	harm

	Em7	A7
Be	lieve me when I tell	you

Em7	A7	D
I’ll never	do you no	harm

D	G	D	A

	D	A
Oh	darling if you	leave me

Bm7	G
I’ll never make it a	lone

Em7	A7
Believe me when I beg	you

Em7	A7	D
Don’t ever	leave me a	lone

D	G	D	D7

	G	A#7
When you	told me you didn’t	need me anymore

	D
Well you	know I nearly broke down and cried

	E
When you	told me you didn’t need me anymore

	A	A#	A	A+
Well you	know I nearly	broke down and	died

	D	A
Oh	darling if you	leave me

Bm7	G
I’ll never make it a	lone

	Em7	A7
Be	lieve me when I tell	you

Em7	A7	D
I’ll never	do you no	harm

D	G	D	D7
			Believe me, darling

	G	A#7
When you	told me you didn’t	need me anymore

	D
Well you	know I nearly broke down and cried

	E
When you	told me you didn’t need me anymore

	A	A#	A	A+
Well you	know I nearly	broke down and	died

	D	A
Oh	darling please be	lieve me

Bm7	G
I’ll never let you	down, oh believe me darling

	Em7	A7
Be	lieve me when I	tell you

Em7	A7	D
I’ll never	do you no	harm

D

G

D

D#7

D7

The Beatles - Paperback Writer (1966)

Originally in G, I play in E

I usually skip the wild intro, and when it happens again later,

I just sing it over I

I stole the clever bIII,IV from a YouTube cover, originally

the verse is all I until ‘writer’

	E7
Dear	Sir or Madam, will you read my book?

	G	A
It took me years to write, will you	take a look

	E7
It’s	based on a novel by a man named Lear

	G	A
And I need a job so I want to be a	paperback	writer

	E7
Paperback	writer

E7

It’s a dirty story of a dirty man

	G	A
And his clinging wife doesn’t	understand

	E7
His	son is working for the Daily Mail

	G	A
It’s a steady job but he wants to be a	paperback	writer

	E7
Paperback	writer

E

Paperback writer writer writer

E7

It’s a thousand pages, give or take a few

	G	A
I’ll be writing more in a	week or two

	E7
I can	make it longer if you like the style

	G	A
I can change it ‘round and I want to be a	paperback	writer

	E7
Paperback	writer

E7

If you really like it you can have the rights

	G	A
It could make a milion for you	overnight

	E7
If you	must return it you can send it here

	G	A
But I need a break and I want to be a	paperback	writer

	E7
Paperback	writer

E

Paperback writer writer writer

The Beatles - Penny Lane (1966)

Originally in B, I play in A

	A	A/G#
In Penny La	ne there	is a

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Barb	er showi	ng	photogra	phs

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
Of	every h	ead he’s	had the	pleasure to	know

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7
And all the p	eople that come and	go

	E	Esus44	E
Stop and say	hello

	A	A/G#
On the c	orner	is a

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Ban	ker with	a	mo	torcar

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
The	little c	hildren	laugh at h	im behi	nd his ba	ck

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7	E
And the b	anker never wears a	mack in the	pouring rain

	D
Ve	ry strange

	G	G/B	C
Penny	Lane is in my ea	rs and in my ey	es

	G	G/B	C
T	here beneath the	blue suburban	skies I sit

	E
And	meanwhile back

	A	A/G#
In Penny La	ne there	is a

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Fire	man with	an	hourgla	ss

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
And	in his	pocket	is a p	ortrait of	the quee	n

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7
He likes to	keep his fire engine c	lean

	E	Esus44	E
It’s a c	lean machine

Solo if appropriate over verse chords

A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
F#m7b5	Fmaj7	E	D

	G	G/B	C
Penny	Lane is in my ea	rs and in my ey	es

G	G/B	C	E
Full of	fish and finger	pie in summer	meanwhile back

	A	A/G#
Behind the	shelter	in the

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Mi	ddle of	the	rounda	bout

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
The	pretty	nurse is	selling	poppies fr	om a t	ray

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7
And though she	feels as if she’s in	a play

	E	Esus4	E
She is	anyway

	A	A/G#
In Penny La	ne the b	arber

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Sha	ves anot	her	custo	mer

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
We	see the	banker si	tting w	aiting fo	r a tr	end

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7	E
And then the f	ireman rushes i	n from the	pouring rain

	D
Ver	y strange

	G	G/B	C
Penny	Lane is in my ea	rs and in my ey	es

	G	G/B	C
T	here beneath the	blue suburban	skies I sit

	E
And	meanwhile back

Key change

	A	A/C#	D
Penny	Lane is in my ea	rs and in my ey	es

	A	A/C#	D
T	here beneath the	blue suburban	skies

	A
Penny Lane

The Beatles - Revolution (1968)

Originally in B, I play in A capo 2.

Can play straight or swung (originally swung).

A	A	A	E

	A	D
You s	ay you want a revolution, well you k	now

	A
We all want to change the wo	rld

	A	D
You t	ell me that it’s evolution, well you k	now

	E
We all want to change the w	orld

Bm	E7
But when you talk about des	truction

Bm	G	A	F#	E7
Don’t you know that you can co	unt	me	out

	A	D
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D	E7
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D
You s	ay you got a real solution, well you	know

	A
We’d all love to see the pla	n

	A	D
You a	sk me for a contribution, well you kno	w

	E
We’re all doing what we can

Bm	E7
But if you want money from people with m	inds that hate

Bm	G	A	F#	E7
All I can tell you is brother you h	ave	to	wait

	A	D
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D	E7
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D
You s	ay you’ll change the constitution, we	ll you know

	A
We all want to change your h	ead

	A	D
You t	ell me it’s the institution, well you	know

	E
You better free your mind i	nstead

Bm	E7
But if you go carrying pictures of	Chairman Mao

Bm	G	A	F#	E
You ain’t gonna make it with anyone	a	ny	how

	A	D
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D	E7
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

G#6

F#6

The Beatles - Rocky Raccoon (1968)

Am7

Spoken

Am7

Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota

	D7sus4	D7
There lived a	young boy named Rocky Ra	ccoon(na)

G7	C
And one day his woman ran off with	another guy

C/B	Am7
Hit young Rocky in the	eye

	Dsus4	D7
Rocky didn’t like that he said	I’m gonna get that boy

	G7
So one	day he walked into town

	C	C/B
Booked himself a room in the	local saloon

Sung, “Rock” on the 4 of the chord

Am7	Dsus4	D7
Rocky Raccoon checked	into his	room

G7	C	C/B
Only to find Gideon’s b	ible

Am7	Dsus4	D7
Rocky had come equip	ped with a	gun

	G7	C	C/B
To	shoot off the legs of his	rival

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
His	rival it seems had	broken his	dreams

	G7	C	C/B
By	stealing the girl of his	fancy

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
Her	name was Magill, and she	called herself	Lil

	G7	C	C/B
But	everyone knew her as	Nancy

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
Now	she and her man who	called himself	Dan

	G7	C	C/B
Were	in the next room at the	hoe-down

Am7	Dsus4	D7
Rocky burst in and	grinning a	grin

	G7	C	C/B
He said	Danny boy this is a show	down

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
But	Daniel was hot he	drew first and	shot

	G7	C	C/B
And	Rocky collapsed in the	corner

With da da da

Am7	Dsus4	D7	G7	C	C/B

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
Now the	doctor came in	stinking of gin

	G7	C	C/B
And pro	ceeded to lie on the	table

	Am7
He said	Rocky you met your match

	Dsus4	D7
And Rocky	said, Doc it’s only a	scratch

	G7
And I’ll be	better

	C	C/B
I’ll be better doc as soon as I am	able

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
And now	Rocky Raccoon he fell	back in his room

G7	C	C/B
Only to find Gideon’s	bible

Am7	Dsus4	D7
Gideon checked out and he	left in no doubt

	G7	C	C/B
To	help with good Rocky’s rev	ival

With da da da

Am7

Dsus4

D7

G7

C

C/B

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise) (1967)

Originally in F (with key change to G), I play in D or E)

E

	E	G	A	E
We’re	Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely	Hearts Club	Band

	A	E
We	hope you have enjoyed the	show

	E	G	A	E
S	ergeant Pepper’s	Lonely	Hearts Club	Band

	F#	B
We’re	sorry, but it’s time to	go

A	E
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely,	Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

F#	C#
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely	Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

F#	A	B	F#
Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely	Hearts Club	Band

	B	F#
We’d	like to thank you once a	gain

F#	A	B	F#
Sergeant Pepper’s	one and only	Lonely Hearts Club	Band

	Ab	C#
It’s	getting very near the	end

B	F#
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely,	Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

Long hold on “hearts” and “club”

Ab	B	F#
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely	Hearts Club	Band

F#	A	B	F#

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Originally in G, I play in D or E

F#7	F#7	A7	E7

	E7	F#7
It was	twenty years ago today

	A7	E7
Sergeant P	epper taught the band to play

	E7	F#7
They’ve been	going in and out of style

	A7	E7
But they’re	guaranteed to raise a smile

	F#7
So	may I introduce to you

	A7
The	act you’ve known for all these years

E7	A7	E7
Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely Heart’s Club Band

Trumpet solo, usually fun to sort of hum

A7	D7	A7	B7	B7

	E	G	A7	E
We’re	Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely Heart’s	Club Band

	A7	E7
We	hope you will enjoy the show

E	G	A7	E
Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely Heart’s	Club Band

	F#7	B7
Sit	back and let the evening go

A7

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

E7

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

F#7

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

A7	E7
Heart’s Club	Band

	A7
It’s	wonderful to be here

	D7
It’s	certainly a thrill

	A7
You’re	such a lovely audience

	B7
We’d	like to take you home with us

	B7
We’d	love to take you home

	E7	F#7
I don’t	really wanna stop the show

	A7	E7
But I t	hought you might like to know

	E7	F#7
That the s	inger’s gonna sing a song

	A7	E7
And he w	ants you all to sing along

	F#7
So	may I introduce to you

	A7
The	one and only Billy Shears

E7	A7	E7
Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely Heart’s Club Band

The Beatles - She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (1969)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 2

Skip the weird intro and just play I → IV → I,

hard stop on the last I

E	A	E

Vox on the low 1 on “she”, the high b7 on “came”,

and back down to the 1 on “dow”

E	A	D/A
She came in through the bathroom wi	ndow

E	C#m	A	D/A
Protected	by a silver sp	oon

E	C#m	A	D/A
But now she	sucks her thumb and won	ders

	A	E
By the	banks of her own lagoon

No space between “lagoon” and the chorus

Vox on the 3 on “didn’t anybody”

E	Am
Didn’t anybody t	ell her?

E	Am
Didn’t anybody s	ee?

	D7	G	G/F#	Em7
Su	nday’s on the phone to Mond	ay

	D7	G	E
Tu	esday’s on the phone to	me

E	A	D/A
She said she’d always been a da	ncer

E	C#m	A	D/A
She worked in	fifteen clubs a d	ay

E	C#m	A	D/A
And though she	thought I knew the a	nswer

	A	E
Well, I	knew but I could not say

Hang the first 1

E	A	D/A
And so I quit the police depa	rtment

E	C#m	A	D/A
And got my	self a steady j	ob

E	C#m	A	D/A
And though she	tried her best to h	elp me

	A	E
She could	steal but she could not rob

E	Am
Didn’t anybody t	ell her?

E	Am
Didn’t anybody s	ee?

	D7	G	G/F#	Em7
Su	nday’s on the phone to Mond	ay

	D7	G	E
Tu	esday’s on the phone to	me oh y	eah

The Beatles - She’s Leaving Home (1967)

Originally in E, I play in D

D	Am	Em7	Bm7	E7
Wednesday	morning at	five o’clock as the	day begins

A9	A7
Silently closing her	bedroom door

A9	A7
Leaving the note that she	hoped would say more

	D	Am	Em7
She goes	down	stairs to the	kitchen clutching

	Bm7	E7
Her	handkerchief

A9	A7	A9
Quietly turning the	backdoor key,	stepping outside

	A7
She is	free

D

She (we gave her most of our lives)

Is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)

	Am	Bm7
Home (we gave her	everything money could	buy)

	E7
She’s leaving home after	living alone

	Bm7	E7
For	so many years

D	Am	Em7	Bm7	E7
Father	snores as his	wife gets into her	dressing gown

A9	A7
Picks up the letter that’s	lying there

A9	A7
Standing alone at the	top of the stairs

	D	Am	Em7
She breaks	down and	cries to her	husband

	Bm7	E7
Daddy, our	baby’s gone

A9	A7
Why would she treat us so	thoughtlessly?

A9	A7
How could she do this to	me?

D

She (we never thought of ourselves)

Is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)

	Am	Bm7
Home (we struggled	hard all our lives to get	by)

	E7
She’s leaving home after	living alone

	Bm7	E7
For	so many years

D	Am	Em7	Bm7	E7
Friday	morning at	nine o’clock she is	far away

A9	A7
Waiting to keep the	appointment she made

A9	A7
Meeting a man from the	motor trade

D

She (what did we do that was wrong?)

Is having (we didn’t know it was wrong)

	Am	Bm7
Fun (fun is the	one thing that money can’t	buy)

Bm7	E7	Bm7	E7
Something inside that was	always denied, for	so many years

Bm7	E7	G	D
She’s leaving	home, bye,	bye

The Beatles - Something (1969)

After the first ‘I don’t know’ in each chorus,

I do a descending A → Ab → G → Gb → F → E

I also generally ignore all the slash chords on guitar.

And I play a measure or two of C before the ‘intro’

on guitar; that F always feels like a rocky start.

Sometimes I just skip the ‘intro’. When I play

that riff on guitar, I try to be super-soft on the Eb.

F	Eb	G/D

C	Cmaj7
Something in the way she	moves

C7	F	F/E
Attracts me like no other l	over

D7	G
Something in the way she wo	os me

	Am	AmM7
I d	on’t wanna leave her now

	Am7	D9
You k	now I believe, and h	ow

F	Eb	G/D

C	Cmaj7
Somewhere in her smile she kn	ows

C7	F	F/E
That I don’t need no other l	over

D7	G
Something in her style that s	hows me

	Am	AmM7
I d	on’t wanna leave her now

	Am7	D9
You k	now I believe and ho	w

F	Eb	G/D	A

A	C#m/G#	F#m7	A/E
You’re asking m	e will my love	grow

	D	G	A
I don’t	know, I	don’t kn	ow

A	C#m/G#	F#m7	A/E
You stick ar	ound now, it may	show

	D	G	C
I don’t	know, I	don’t kn	ow

Solo if appropriate

C	Cmaj7	C7	F	D7	G
Am	AmM7	Am7	D9
F	Eb	G/D

C	Cmaj7
Something in the way she kn	ows

C7	F	F/E
And all I have to do is	think of her

D7	G
Something in the things she sho	ws me

	Am	AmM7
I	don’t wanna leave her now

	Am7	D9
You	know I believe and h	ow

F	Eb	G/D	A
F	Eb	G/D	C

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (1966)

Play this phrase barre @ 7 if playing in A

E	Emaj7	E7	F#m	E	D	A
					→

A	Em7
Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going	to Strawberry Fields

F#7

Nothing is real

	D	F#7
And	nothing to	hung about

D	A
Strawberry Fields for	ever

E	Emaj7	E7
Living is	easy with	eyes closed

F#m	E	D
Misunders	tanding all you	see

D	E	A	F#m
It’s getting	hard to be some	one but it all works	out

D	E	D	A
It doesn’t	matter much to	me

A	Em7
Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going	to Strawberry Fields

F#7

Nothing is real

	D	F#7
And	nothing to	hung about

D	A
Strawberry Fields for	ever

E	Emaj7	E7
No one I	think is in	my tree

F#m	E	D
I mean it	must be high or	low

D	E	A	F#m
That is you	can’t you know tune	in but it’s alr	ight

D	E	D	A
That is I	think it’s not too	bad

A	Em7
Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going	to Strawberry Fields

F#7

Nothing is real

	D	F#7
And	nothing to	hung about

D	A
Strawberry Fields for	ever

E	Emaj7	E7
Always	know somet	imes think it’s me

F#m	E	D
But you know I	know when it’s a	dream

D	E	A	F#m
I think I	know I mean oh	yes but it’s all w	rong

D	E	D	A
That is I	think I disag	ree

A	Em7
Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going	to Strawberry Fields

F#7

Nothing is real

	D	F#7
And	nothing to	hung about

D	A	F#m
Strawberry Fields for	ever

D	A
Strawberry Fields for	ever

D	E	D
Strawberry	Fields forev	er

A

The Beatles - Taxman (1966)

Spoken

One, two, three, four, one, two

D7	D7

Remember there’s a measure of I7 on every line after the I7#9

	D7	D7#9	D7
Let	me tell you how it will be

	D7	D7#9	D7
There’s	one for you nineteen for me

	C	G7	D7
‘Cause I’m the	taxman, yeah I’m the	taxman

	D7	D7#9	D7
Should	five percent appear too small

	D7	D7#9	D7
Be t	hankful I don’t take it all

	C	G7	D7
‘Cause I’m the t	axman, yeah I’m the	taxman

D7

	D7
If you dri	ve a car I’ll tax the street

	C
If you try to sit I’ll t	ax your seat

	D7
If you g	et too cold I’ll tax the heat

	C
If you take a walk I’ll ta	x your feet

	D7
T	axman

Solo

D7	D7	D7	D7#9
D7	D7	D7	D7#9

There really is a IV7#9 here, and nowhere else

	C	G7#9	D7
‘Cause I’m the t	axman, yeah, I’m the	taxman

D7

	D7	D7#9	D7
Don’t	ask me what I want it for (	ah-ah M	ister Wilson)

	D7	D7#9	D7
If you	don’t want to pay some more (	ah-ah M	ister Heath)

	C	G7	D7
‘Cause I’m the	taxman, yeah, I’m the	taxman

	D7	D7#9	D7
Now	my advice for those who die,	taxman

	D7	D7#9	D7
Decl	are the pennies on your eyes, t	axman

	C
‘Cause I’m the	taxman

	G7	D7
Yeah, I’m the	taxman

	F7	D7
And you’re	working for no one but	me

The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Yoko (1969)

E

Standing in the dock at Southampton

Trying to get to Holland or France
The man in the mack said
You gotta go back
You know they didn't even give us a chance

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

E

Finally made the plane into Paris

Honeymooning down by the Seine
Peter Brown called to say
You can make it OK
You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

	E
Drove from	Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton

Talking in our beds for a week
The newspeople said say what you're doing in bed
I said we're only trying to get us some peace

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

Vox down to the 1 of the chord

A

Saving up your money for a rainy day

Giving all your clothes to charity
Last night the wife said
Oh boy when you're dead

	B7
You	don’t take nothing with you but your soul, think!

E

Made a lightning trip to Vienna

Eating chocolate cake in a bag
The newspapers said she's gone to his head
They look just like two gurus in drag

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

E

Caught the early plane back to London

Fifty acorns tied in a sack
The men from the press say we wish you success
It's good to have the both of you back

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

B7

E

E6

The Beatles - The Fool on the Hill (1967)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 2

A6

A6	Bm7
Day after day, a	lone on a hill

	A6	Bm7
The	man with foolish grin is keeping p	erfectly still

	Bm7	E7
But	nobody wants to	know him

	A6	F#m7
They can	see that he’s just a f	ool

	Bm7	E7
And	he never gives an ans	wer

	Am	Amaug	Am	Amaug
But the f	ool	on the	hill sees the	sun going down

	G7	Am	Am7	A6
And the	eyes in his head see the wo	rld spinning rou	nd

A6	Bm7
Well on his way, his	head in a cloud

	A6	Bm7
The	man of a thousand voices talking	perfectly loud

	Bm7	E7	A6	F#m7
But	nobody ever	hears him, or the so	und he appears to m	ake

	Bm7	E7
And	he never seems to no	tice

	Am	Amaug	Am	Amaug
But the f	ool	on the	hill sees the	sun going down

	G7	Am	Am7	A6
And the	eyes in his head see the wo	rld spinning rou	nd

Solo if appropriate

A6	A6	Bm7	Bm7
A6	A6	Bm7	Bm7

	Bm7	E7
And	nobody seems to	like him

	A6	F#m7
They can	tell what he wants to	do

	Bm7	E7
And	he never shows his	feelings

	Am	Amaug	Am	Amaug
But the f	ool	on the	hill sees the	sun going down

	G7	Am	Am7
And the	eyes in his head see the wo	rld spinning rou	nd

A6	Bm7	A6	Bm7
Oh	oh	’round ‘round	’round

	Bm7	E7
And	he never listens	to them

	A6	F#m7
He	knows that they’re the	fools

Bm7	E7
They don’t	like him

	Am	Amaug	Am	Amaug
But the f	ool	on the	hill sees the	sun going down

	G7	Am	Am7
And the	eyes in his head see the wo	rld spinning rou	nd

A6	Bm7	A6	Bm7
Oh	oh	’round ‘round	’round

The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road (1969)

Originally in Eb, I play in C

On guitar, don’t strum much, play light, almost finger-picky

	Am	F/G
The	long and winding road

On guitar, skip the I/IV at the end of these lines

	C	C7	F	C/F
That	leads	to your door

F	Em7	Am
Will ne	ver disap	pear

Dm7	G7	A#/C
I’ve seen that r	oad before

F	Em7	Am
It	always lead	s me here

Dm7	G7	C
Lead me t	o your d	oor

	Am	F/G
The	wild and windy night

	C	C7	F	C/F
That the	rain w	ashed a	way

F	Em7	Am
Has	left a pool of	tears

Dm7	G7	A#/C
Crying f	or the day

F	Em7	Am
Why l	eave me standing	here

Dm7	G7	C
Let me kn	ow the	way

C/G	F
Many times I’ve	been alone

	Em7	Dm7	G7
And	many times I’ve	cried

C/G	F
Any way you’ll never	know

	Em7	Dm7	G7
The	many ways I’ve tr	ied

	Am	F/G
But	still they lead me back

	C	C7	F	C/F
To the lo	ng win	ding r	oad

F	Em7	Am
You	left me stan	ding here

Dm7	G7	A#/C
A long long	time ag	o

F	Em7	Am
Don’t	leave me	waiting here

Dm7	G7	C
Lead me	to your	door

Bridge

C/G	F	Em7	Dm7	G7
C/G	F	Em7	Dm7	G7

	Am	F/G
But	still they lead me back

	C	C7	F	C/F
To the lo	ng win	ding r	oad

F	Em7	Am
You	left me stan	ding here

Dm7	G7	A#/C
A long long	time ag	o

F	Em7	Am
Don’t	keep me w	aiting here

Dm7	G7	C
Lead me	to your	door

F/G	C
Yeah yeah yeah y	eah

The Beatles - Two of Us (1969)

G

I Dig a Pygmy by Charles Hortrey and the Deaf Aids

Phase one in which Doris gets her oats

G

Two of us riding nowhere

	C	G/B	Am7
Spending someone’s	hard	earned pay

G

You and me Sunday driving not arriving

C	G/B	Am7	G
On	our	way back	home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

C	G
We’re going	home

G

Two of us sending postcards

	C	G/B	Am7
Writing letters o	n	my	wall

G

You and me burning matches lifting latches

C	G/B	Am7	G
On	our	way back	home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

C	G
We’re going	home

Bb	Dm
You and I have m	emories

Gm7	Am	D7
Longer than the	road that stretches out ahead

G

Two of us wearing raincoats

	C	G/B	Am
Standing solo in	the	sun

G

You and me chasing paper getting nowhere

C	G/B	Am	G
On	our	way back	home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

C	G
We’re going	home

Bb	Dm
You and I have m	emories

Gm7	Am	D7
Longer than the	road that stretches out ahead

G

Two of us wearing raincoats

	C	G/B	Am7
Standing solo	In	the sun

G

You and me chasing paper getting nowhere

C	G/B	Am7	G
On	our	way back	home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

C	G
We’re going	home

G

Whistle and rejoice

The Beatles - When I’m Sixty-Four (1966)

Originally in C#, I play in A

I play the verse as I, I/5, etc.

I usually hit 57 on the NC’s

A	A/E	A	A/E
D	E	A	E	A
		→	→

Vox on the 3, which will feel low in A

A

When I get older losing my hair

	E
Many years from n	ow

E7

Will you still be sending me a valentine

NX	A
Birthday greetings	bottle of wine?

A

If I’d been out till quarter to three

A7	D
Would you lock the	door

D	Dm	A	F#
Will you still	need me,	will you still	feed me

B	E7	A	E	A
When I’m	sixty-	four?

F#m	F#m	E	F#m

F#m	C#
You’ll be older	too

F#m	Bm
And if you	say the word

D	E	A	E7
I could	stay with	you

A

I could be handy mending a fuse

	E
When your lights have g	one

E7

You can knit a sweater by the fireside

X	A
Sunday mornings	go for a ride

A

Doing the garden, digging the weeds

A7	D
Who could ask for	more?

D	Dm	A	F#
Will you still	need me,	will you still	feed me

B	E7	A	E	A
When I’m	sixty-	four?

F#m	E
Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of	Wight

	F#m
If it’s not too	dear

F#m	C#
We shall scrimp and	save

F#m	Bm
Grandchildren	on your knee

D	E	A	E7
Vera,	Chuck, and	Dave

A

Send me a postcard, drop me a line

	E
Stating point of v	iew

E7

Indicate precisely what you mean to say

X	A
Yours sincerely,	Wasting Away

A

Give me your answer, fill in a form

A7	D
Mine for ever	more

D	Dm	A	F#
Will you still	need me,	will you still	feed me

B	E7	A	E	A
When I’m	sixty-	four?

A	A/E	A	A/E
D	E	A	E	A
		→	→

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1968)

Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
Am	G	D	E

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
I	look at you a	ll see the	love there that’s sl	eeping

Am	G	D	E
While my gui	tar gently	weeps

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
I	look at the f	loor and I	see it needs sweepin	g

Am	G	C	E
Still my gui	tar gently	weeps

A	C#m7	F#m	C#m7
I don’t know	why	nobody t	old you

Bm7	E
How to unfold your	love

A	C#m7	F#m	C#m7
I don’t know	how	someone con	trolled you

Bm7	E
They bought and sold	you

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
I	look at the w	orld and I	notice it’s	turning

Am	G	D	E
While my gui	tar gently	weeps

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
Wi	th every mistak	e we must	surely be	learning

Am	G	C	E
Still my gui	tar gently	weeps

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

A	C#m7	F#m	C#m7
I don’t know	how	you were di	verted

Bm7	E
You were perverted	too

A	C#m7	F#m	C#m7
I don’t know	how	you were in	verted

Bm7	E
No one alerted	you

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
I	look at you a	ll see the	love there that’s sl	eeping

Am	G	D	E
While my gui	tar gently	weeps

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
Lo	ok at you all	...

Am	G	C	E
Still my gui	tar gently	weeps

Over outro solo

Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

Am	G	D	E
While my gui	tar gently	weeps

The Beatles - With a Little Help From My Friends (1967)

C	D	E
Bil	ly	Shears

	E	B	F#m
W	hat would you	do if I sa	ng out of tune

	F#m	B7	E
Would you	stand up and w	alk out on m	e?

E	B	F#m
Lend me your e	ars and I’ll si	ng you a song

	F#m	B7	E
And I’ll	try not to s	ing out of k	ey

	D	A	E
Oh, I get	by with a little he	lp from my fri	ends

	D	A	E
Mmm, I get h	igh with a little h	elp from my fr	iends

	A	E
Mmm, gonna tr	y with a little help from my fri	ends

B7

	E	B	F#m
W	hat do I d	o when my lo	ve is away

	F#m	B7	E
Does it	worry you to	be alon	e?

	B	F#m
How do I f	eel by the e	nd of the day

	F#m	B7	E
Are you	sad because yo	u’re on your o	wn?

	D	A	E
No, I get	by with a little he	lp from my fri	ends

	D	A	E
Mmm, I get h	igh with a little h	elp from my fr	iends

	A	E
Mmm, gonna tr	y with a little help from my fri	ends

	C#m	F#
Do you n	eed anybod	y?

	E	D	A
I ne	ed some	body to l	ove

	C#m	F#
Could it	be anyb	ody?

	E	D	A
I w	ant some	body to l	ove

E	B	F#m
Would you	believe in a	love at first sight

	F#m	B	E
Yes, I’m	certain that it	happens all the	time

E	B	F#m
What do you	see when you	turn out the light

	F#m	B	E
I can’t	tell you but I	know it’s	mine

	D	A	E
Oh, I get	by with a little he	lp from my fri	ends

	D	A	E
Mmm, I get h	igh with a little h	elp from my fr	iends

	A	E
Mmm, gonna tr	y with a little help from my fri	ends

	C#m	F#
Do you n	eed anybod	y?

	E	D	A
I ne	ed some	body to l	ove

	C#m	F#
Could it	be anyb	ody?

	E	D	A
I w	ant some	body to l	ove

A	D	A	E
Oh, I get b	y with a little h	elp from my frien	ds

	D	A	E
Mmm, I’m gonna t	ry with a little he	lp from my fri	ends

	A	E
Oh I get hig	h with a little help from my fri	ends

	D	A
Yes, I get b	y with a little help from my frie	nds

	C	D	E
With a little help from my fr	iends

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (1966)

Vocals start with “town” on I (D)

X	D7	C	G
In the	town where	I was	born

Em	Am	C	D7
Lived a	man who	sailed the	sea

G	D7	C	G
And he	told us	of his	life

Em	Am	C	D7
In the	land of	submar	ines

G	D7	C	G
So we	sailed up	to the	sun

Em	Am	C	D7
Till we	found a	sea of	green

G	D7	C	G
And we	lived be	neath the	waves

Em	Am	C	D7
In our	yellow	submar	ine

G	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

	D7	C	G
And our	friends are	all a	board

Em	Am	C	D7
Many	more of them	live next	door

G	D7	C	G
And the	band be	gins to	play

D	G	G	G	D7	G

G	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

I usually skip the weird instrumental

G	D7	C	G
As we	live a	life of	ease

Em	Am	C	D7
Every	one of us	has all we	need

G	D7	C	G
Sky of	blue and	sea of	green

Em	Am	C	D7
In our	yellow	subma	rine

G	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

The Bee Gees - I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You (1968)

Originally in Bb (chorus in C),

I play in G (chorus in A).

A	D
	x2

	G	Am
The	preacher talked with me and he	smiled

	D	G
Said	come and walk with me, come and	walk one more mile

	G	Am
Now for	once in your life you’re a	lone

	D	E
But you	ain’t got a dime, there’s no	time for the phone

	A	Bm
I just	gotta get a message to	you

	D	E	A
Hold	on,	hold	on

	A	Bm
One more	hour and my life will be	through

	D	E	A
Hold	on,	hold	on

D

G	Am
I told him I’m in no	hurry

	D	G
But if	I broke her heart, then won’t you	tell her I’m sorry

	G	Am
And for	once in my life I’m a	lone

	D
And I’ve	got to let her know

	E
Just in	time before I go

	A	Bm
I just	gotta get a message to	you

	D	E	A
Hold	on,	hold	on

	A	Bm
One more	hour and my life will be	through

	D	E	A
Hold	on,	hold	on

D

	G	Am
Well I	laughed but that didn’t	hurt

	D	G
And it’s	only her love that keeps me	wearing this dirt

	G	Am
Now I’m	crying but deep down in	side

	D	E
Well I	did it to him, now it’s	my turn to die

	A	Bm
I just	gotta get a message to	you

	D	E	A
Hold	on,	hold	on

	A	Bm
One more	hour and my life will be	through

	D	E	A
Hold	on	hold	on

Half-measure in between keys, then key change

A#

B	C#m	E	F#	B
			Hold	on

	B	C#m
One more	hour and my life will be	through

	E	F#	B
Hold	on,	hold	on

	B	C#m
I just	gotta get a message to	you

	E	F#	B
Hold	on,	hold	on

	B	C#m
One more	hour and my life will be	through

	E	F#	B
Hold	on,	hold	on

Fade on chorus

The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law (1966)

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 Box Tops - The Letter (1967)

After some muted percussion...

D|-------2-0-----|
A|-----2-----3-2-|
E|-0-3-----------|

Am	F
Give me a ticket for an	aeroplane

G	D
Ain’t got time to take a	fast train

Am	F	Am	F
Lonely days are	gone,	I’m a-comin’	home

	E	Am
Cause my	baby just wrote me a letter

Am	F
I don’t care how much money I	gotta spend

G	D
Got to get back to my	baby once again

Am	F	Am	F
Lonely days are	gone,	I’m a-comin’	home

	E	Am
Cause my	baby just wrote me a letter

	C	G
Well she	wrote me a	letter

	F	C	G
Said she	couldn’t	live without	me no more

C	G
Listen mister	can’t you see

	F	C	G
I	got to get	back to my ba	by once more

E

Anyway

Am	F
Give me a ticket for an	aeroplane

G	D
Ain’t got time to take a	fast train

Am	F	Am	F
Lonely days are	gone,	I’m a-comin’	home

	E	Am
Cause my	baby just wrote me a letter

	C	G
Well she	wrote me a	letter

	F	C	G
Said she	couldn’t	live without	me no more

C	G
Listen mister	can’t you see

	F	C	G
I	got to get	back to my ba	by once more

E

Anyway

Am	F
Give me a ticket for an	aeroplane

G	D
Ain’t got time to take a	fast train

Am	F	Am	F
Lonely days are	gone,	I’m a-comin’	home

	E	Am
Cause my	baby just wrote me a letter

	E	Am
Yeah my	baby just wrote me a letter

	E	Am
Yeah my	baby just wrote me a letter

Original does a solo over the verse chords, then another chorus

I repeat intro riff into a im

The Brady Bunch - Keep On (1972)

Originally in D, I play in A

Intro

E	E	E7	E7

	A	D	A
F	lying down the highway in a	makeshift Model T.A	.

	D
Woo, y	eah, woo

	A
It’s a b	eautiful morning

	D	E7
And it’s g	onna be a beautiful	day

	A
The w	heels are humming

	A7
And the	guitar’s strumming

	D
And the	radio is blasting

	F
And	good sounds are coming

	A
As we’re f	lying down the highway

	E7	A
In a	makeshift Model T.A	.

E7

	A
We’re gonna k	eep on, keep on, keep on, keep on

	D	A
D	ancing all through the	night

	A	E7
We’re gonna k	eep on, keep on, keep on doing it	right

	A	A7
We’re gonna k	eep on, keep on, k	eep on movin’

	D	F
Gonna k	eep on, keep on, k	eep on groovin’

	A	E7	A
K	eep on singing and	dancing all through the	night

E7

	A	D	A
Y	ou can hear the music coming tw	enty-six miles a	way

	D
Woo, y	eah, woo

	A
Sm	iling is happy

	D	E7
And h	appy is here to	stay

	A	A7
S	hifting on down, coming	into town

D	F
Waving at the kids all	hanging around

A	E7	A
Cruising down the bay in a	makeshift model T.A	.

E7

	A
We’re gonna k	eep on, keep on, keep on, keep on

	D	A
D	ancing all through the	night

	A	E7
We’re gonna k	eep on, keep on, keep on doing it	right

	A	A7
We’re gonna k	eep on, keep on, k	eep on movin’

	D	F
Gonna k	eep on, keep on, k	eep on groovin’

	A	E7	A
K	eep on singing and	dancing all through the	night

E	E	E7	E7

	A
We’re gonna k	eep on, keep on, keep on, keep on

	D	A
D	ancing all through the	night

	A	E7
We’re gonna k	eep on, keep on, keep on doing it	right

	A	A7
We’re gonna k	eep on, keep on, k	eep on movin’

	D	F
Gonna k	eep on, keep on, k	eep on groovin’

	A	E7	A
K	eep on singing and	dancing all through the	night

The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball (1966)

Intro

A	F#m	Dmaj7	E

1 low-3 4 5 on “I should have known”

A	C#m	D	A
I should have	known you’d	bid me fare	well

	A	C#m
There’s a	lesson to be	learned from this

	D	E
And I	learned it very	well

D	E
Now I know you’re	not

	A	F#m
The only	starfish in the	sea

	Bm	C#m
If I	never hear your	name again

	D	C#
It’s	all the same to	me

	F#m
And I	think it’s gonna be all right

Bm

Yeah the worst is over now

	E	D	A
The	morning sun is shining like a	red rubber	ball

A	F#m	E
	→

A	C#m	D	A
You never	cared for	secrets I’d con	fide

	A	C#m
For	you I’m just an	ornament

D	E
Something for your	pride

D	E
Always running,	never caring

A	F#m
That’s the life you	live

Bm	C#m
Stolen minutes	of your time

	D	C#
Were	all you had to	give

	F#m
And I	think it’s gonna be all right

Bm

Yeah the worst is over now

	E	D	A
The	morning sun is shining like a	red rubber	ball

Original changes key to Bb here, I don’t

A	F#m	E
	→

	A	C#m	D	A
The	story’s in the	past with	nothing to re	call

	A	C#m
I’ve	got my life to	live and I

D	E
Don’t need you at	all

	D	E
The	roller coaster	ride we took is

A	F#m
Nearly at an	end

	Bm	C#m
I	bought my ticket	with my tears

	D	C#
That’s	all I’m gonna	spend

	F#m
And I	think it’s gonna be all right

Bm

Yeah the worst is over now

	E	D	A
The	morning sun is shining like a	red rubber	ball

	F#m
Oh oh, I	think it’s gonna be all right

Bm

Yeah the worst is over now

	E	D	A
The	morning sun is shining like a	red rubber	ball

A	F#m	Dmaj7	A

The Doobie Brothers - Black Water (1974)

*Maybe* worth tuning to drop D for this one

Intro

Am7	Dsus2
	x4

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “built”, and around the minor 3 of the chord on “raft”... even though the chord is more or less a IV

	Am7	Dsus2	Am7	Dsus2
Well, I	built me a	raft and she’s	ready for	floatin’

Am7	Dsus2	Am7	Dsus2
Ole Missis	sippi, she’s	callin’ my	name

Am7	Dsus2	Am7	Dsus2
Catfish are j	umpin’, that	paddle-wheel	thumpin’

	Am7	Dsus2	Am7	Dsus2
Black	water keeps	rollin’ on	past just the	same

I’m not going to write the Iadd9 every time, it’s just a reminder to put some 9’s in. And a 7 sometimes.

G	Gadd9	G
Old black	wat	er, keep on rollin’

Bb6

Mississippi moon won’t you keep on shinin’ on me

G

Old black water, keep on rollin’

Bb6

Mississippi moon won’t you keep on shinin’ on me

G

Old black water, keep on rollin’

Bb6	A	Em7
Mississippi moon won’t you keep on shinin’ on	me?

	A	Em7	A	Em7
Yeah, keep on	shinin’ your l	ight, gonna make	every	thing

	A	Em7
Pretty mama, gonna	make everything all	right

	Dsus2	Am7	Dsus2	Am7	A	Em7
And I	ain’t got no	worries ‘cause I	ain’t in no	hurry at al	l

A	D/A	A	D/A	A
	→	→	→

Am7	Dsus2
	x4

	Am7	Dsus2	Am7	Dsus2
Well, if it	rains, I don’t	care, don’t make no	difference to	me

	Am7	Dsus2	Am7	Dsus2
Just take that	street car that’s	goin’ up	town

	Am7	Dsus2	Am7	Dsus2
Yeah, I’d like to	hear some funky	Dixieland and	dance a honky-	tonk

	Am7	Dsus2	Am7	Dsus2
And I’ll be	buyin’ everybody drinks	all	round

G

Old black water, keep on rollin’

Bb6

Mississippi moon won’t you keep on shinin’ on me

G

Old black water, keep on rollin’

Bb6

Mississippi moon won’t you keep on shinin’ on me

G

Old black water, keep on rollin’

Bb6	A	Em7
Mississippi moon won’t you keep on shinin’ on	me?

	A	Em7	A	Em7
Yeah, keep on	shinin’ your l	ight, gonna make	every	thing

	A	Em7
Everyone, gonna	make everything all	right

	Dsus2	Am7	Dsus2	Am7	A	Em7
And I	ain’t got no	worries ‘cause I	ain’t in no	hurry at al	l

A	D/A	A	D/A	A
	→	→	→

Am7	Dsus2
	x4

	Am7	Dsus2
I’d like to	hear some funky	Dixieland

	Am7	Dsus2
Pretty	mama come and take me	by the hand

	Am7	Dsus2
By the	hand, take me by the	hand, pretty mama

	Am7	Dsus2
Come and	dance with your daddy,	all night long

	Am7	Dsus2
I’d like to	hear some funky	Dixieland

	Am7	Dsus2
Pretty	mama come and take me	by the hand

	Am7	Dsus2
By the	hand, take me by the	hand, pretty mama

	Am7	Dsus2
Come and	dance with your daddy,	all night long

The Doobie Brothers - China Grove (1973)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 1

Can replace the all the vi’s in the riff-y parts with IV/3

Guitar only

A	A	A	A	G	F#m	D	A	A
A	A	A	A	G	F#m	D	A	A

Band enters

A	A	A	A	G	F#m	D	A	A

Hanging stop at the end of this phrase

A	A	A	A	G	F#m	D

Vox on the 3 on “sun”

	A	A
When the s	un comes up on a	sleepy little town

G	F#m	D	A
Down around	San Ant	one

	A
And the f	olks are risin’ for another day

	G	F#m	D	A
‘	Round ab	out their h	ome

	F#m7	E
The p	eople of the town are	strange

With chromatic walk from the first to the second chord

	D7	F7
And they’re	proud of where they ca	me

	A	G	D/F#
We’ll your	talkin’ ‘bout China	Grove,	whoa oh

A	G	D/F#	A	G	D/F#	A
Oh,	oh,	oh China Gr	ove

	A
Well the p	reacher and the teacher, lord they’re a caution

G	F#m	D	A
They are the	talk of t	he town

	A	A
When the g	ossip gets to flyin’, and t	hey ain’t lyin’

	G	F#m	D	A
When the s	un go	fallin’ d	own

	F#m7	E
They s	ay that the father’s ins	ane

	D	F7
And d	ear Miss Perkins a gam	e

	A	G	D/F#
We’ll your	talkin’ ‘bout China	Grove,	whoa oh

A	G	D/F#	A	G	D/F#	A
Oh,	oh,	oh China Gr	ove

C#m	E	F#m7
→	→ But e	very day there’s a new thing comin’

	Bm7	F#m7
The	ways of a oriental	view

	F#m7	F#m7
The	sheriff and his buddies with their	samurai swords

B	Bsus4	B
You can even hear the music at night

C#m	E	F#m7
→	→ And t	hough it’s a part of the lone star state

Bm7	F#m7
People don’t seem to c	are

D	Dsus4	D	F	G	A	F	G	A
They just keep on l	ookin’ to the E	ast	→	→		→	→

Solo

A	A	A	A	G	F#m	D	A	A
A	A	A	A	G	F#m	D	A	A

A	A	A	A	G	F#m	D	A	A
A	A	A	A	G	F#m	D	A	A

A	A	A	A	G	F#m	D	A	A
A	A	A	A	G	F#m	D	A	A

F#m7	E	D	D	D#7	E7	F7
			→	→	→

A	G	D/F#
Talkin’ ‘bout China	Grove,	whoa oh

A	G	D/F#	A	G	D/F#	A
Oh,	oh,	oh China Gr	ove

A

The Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music (1972)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 1

Intro

A	A	D/A
	→	x4

Vox on the 3

A	D/A
Don’t you feel it growin’, day by	day

A	F#m
People, gettin’ ready for the	news

	E	D
Some are	happy, some are s	ad

This 7sus4 doesn’t work very well in A, use D/F# instead of a D7sus4

D7sus4	A
Oh, we got to let the music	play

A	A	D/A
	→

A

What the people need

	D/A
Is a way to make ‘em s	mile

	A	F#m
It a	in’t so hard to do if you know	how

	E	D
Gotta get a	message, get it on	through

	D7sus4	A
Oh	now mama, don’t you ask me	why

	F#m	D
Whoa oh	whoaaa listen to the	music

	F#m	D
Whoa oh	whoaaa listen to the	music

	F#m	D
Whoa oh	whoaaa listen to the	music

	B7	D
All the	tiiii	iime

A	A	D/A
	→	x2

A

Well I know, you know better

	D/A
Everything I	say

A	F#m
Meet me in the country for a	day

	E
We’ll be	happy

	D
And we’ll	dance, lord

D7sus4	A
We’re gonna dance our blues aw	ay

A	D

A	A	D/A
	→

	A
And i	f I’m feelin’ good to you

	D/A
And you’re feelin’ good to	me

A	F#m
There ain’t nothin’ we can’t do or	say

	E	D
Feelin’	good, feeling	fine

D7sus4	A
Oh, baby, let the music	play

	F#m	D
Whoa oh	whoaaa listen to the	music

	F#m	D
Whoa oh	whoaaa listen to the	music

	F#m	D
Whoa oh	whoaaa listen to the	music

	B7	D
All the	tiiii	iime

Bridge

A	G
Like a lazy flowing r	iver

D	A
Surrounding castles in the	sky

A	G
And the crowd is growing	bigger

D

Listenin’ for the happy sounds

And I got to let them fly

	F#m	D
Whoa oh	whoaaa listen to the	music

	F#m	D
Whoa oh	whoaaa listen to the	music

	F#m	D
Whoa oh	whoaaa listen to the	music

	B7	D
All the	tiiii	iime

The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running (1973)

Originally in Gm, I play in Em, barre 7

Em7	Bm7

Vox on the 1

Em7	Bm7
Down around the corner

	Em7	Bm7
A	half a mile from here

	Em7	Bm7
You	see them old trains runnin’

	Em7
And you	watch them disappear

	Am7	AmM6
Without	love

	Em7	Bm7	Em7
Where would you be	now?

	C7	Em7	B7	Em7
Without	love

Em7	Bm7

	Em7	Bm7
You	know I saw miss Lucy

Em7	Bm7
Down along the tracks

	Em7	Bm7
She	lost her home and family

	Em7
And she	won’t be comin’ back

	Am7	AmM6
Without	love

	Em7	Bm7	Em7
Where would you be	now?

	C7	Em7	B7	Em7
Without	love

Em7	Bm7

Hard stops

	Em7
Well the	Illinois Central

	Em7
And the	Southern Central Freight

	Em7
Gotta	keep on pushin’ mama

	Em7
‘Cause you	know they’re running late

	Am7	AmM6
Without	love

	Em7	Bm7	Em7
Where would you be	now? No no no...

	C7	Em7	B7	Em7
Without	love

Em7	Bm7

Solo over verse and chorus chords if appropriate

Hard stops

	Em7
Well the	Illinois Central

	Em7
And the	Southern Central Freight

	Em7
Gotta	keep on pushin’ mama

	Em7
‘Cause you	know they’re running late

	Am7	AmM6
Without	love

	Em7	Bm7	Em7
Where would you be	now?

	C7	Em7	B7	Em7
Without	love

Em7	Bm7

	Em7
Well the	pistons keep on turnin’

D#m7	Em7
And the	wheels go round’ and round’

D#m7	Em7
And the	steel rails are cold and hard

D#m7	Em7
And the	miles they go down

	Am7	AmM6
Without	love

	Em7	Bm7	Em7
Where would you be	now?

Hanging stops, hold on Cm7

	C7	Em7	B7	Am7
Without	love

Vocals ad lib over intro chords

Em7	Bm7

Got to get it baby won’t you move it down?
Won't you move it down?
Baby baby baby baby won't you move it down?
When the big train run
And the train is movin' on
I got to keep on movin'
Keep on movin'
Keep on movin'
Gonna keep on movin'

The Doors - Love Me Two Times (1967)

Let the record show that when I write “two time”

instead of “two times”, it’s not a typo, that’s what

he says.

E7#9

Love me two times baby

Love me twice today

	A7
Love me two time	girl

	E7#9
I’m goin’ a	way

Vox on the b7 of the chord on “girl”, up to the

1 of the chord on “one for tomorrow”

	D7
Love me two times g	irl

	C7
One for tomorrow, one just for today

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ a	way

Back to quiet intro

E7#9

	E7#9
L	ove me one time, could not speak

	A7
Love me one time

	E7#9
Yeah, my knees got	weak

	D7
Love me two time g	irl

	C7
Last me all through the week

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ away

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ a	way

Solo over one verse and the longer chorus

Then back to quiet intro

E7#9

	E7#9
L	ove me one time, could not speak

	A7
Love me one time	baby

	E7#9
Yeah, my knees got	weak

	D7
Love me two time g	irl

	C7
Last me all through the week

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ away

Louder and an octave up in this verse

	E7#9
Love me two time	babe

	E7#9
Love me twice	today

	A7
Love me two time	babe

	E7#9
‘Cause I’m going a	way

	D7
Love me two time g	irl

	C7
One for tomorrow, one just for today

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ away

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ away

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ away

E7#9

The Doors - People Are Strange (1967)

Originally in Em, I play in Em capo 2

Em	Am	Em
People are strange	when you’re a	stranger

Am	Em	B	Em
Faces look	ugly w	hen you’re a	lone

	Am	Em
Women seem wicked w	hen you’re un	wanted

	Am	Em	B	Em
Str	eets are un	even	when you’re d	own

	B7
When you’re str	ange

	G	B
F	aces come out of the	rain

B

When you’re strange

G	B
No one remembers your	name

B

When you’re strange

B

When you’re strange

B

When you’re strange

Em	Am	Em
People are strange	when you’re a	stranger

Am	Em	B	Em
Faces look	ugly w	hen you’re a	lone

	Am	Em
Women seem wicked w	hen you’re un	wanted

	Am	Em	B	Em
Str	eets are un	even	when you’re d	own

Solo

B	Em	B	Em

	B7
When you’re str	ange

	G	B
F	aces come out of the	rain

B

When you’re strange

G	B
No one remembers your	name

B

When you’re strange

B

When you’re strange

B

When you’re strange, alright yeah

Solo on verse chords

Em	Am	Em	Am	Em	B	Em
Em	Am	Em	Am	Em	B	Em

	B7
When you’re str	ange

	G	B
F	aces come out of the	rain

B

When you’re strange

G	B
No one remembers your	name

B

When you’re strange

B

When you’re strange

Hard stop before “strange”

B

When you’re strange

The Doors - Roadhouse Blues (1970)

E7

	E7
Ah,	keep your eyes on the road, your hand upon the wheel

Keep your eyes on the road, your hand upon the wheel
Yeah, we're goin' to the Roadhouse
Gonna have a real good time

E7

Yeah, the back o’ the Roadhouse they got some bungalows
Yeah, the back o' the Roadhouse they got some bungalows
And that's for the people
Who like to go down slow

	A7
Let it	roll, baby, roll

Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll

	B7	C7	B7	E7
Let it	roll,		all night	long

Solo on the I

Do it, Robby, do it
Ah, yeah

	E7
You gotta	roll, roll, roll

You gotta thrill my soul, all right
Roll, roll, roll, roll, thrill my soul
You gotta beep-a-gunk-a-chucha
Honk-konk-konk
You gotta each-you-puna
Each ya bop-a-luba
Each y'all bump-a-kechonk
Ease sum konk
Ya, ride

After a couple more measures of harmonica solo...

Only up to the 5 (B in E) here, not screaming yet

E7

Ashen lady, Ashen lady

Give up your vows, give up your vows

Vox up to the high 4 here, ok to just go up to the 1

Save our city, save our city
A'ight now

Well, I woke up e'in morning, I got myself a beer
Well, I woke up e'in morning, and I got myself a beer
The future's uncertain and the end is always near

	A7
Let it	roll, baby, roll

Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll

	B7	Bb7	B7	C7
Let it	roll

C#7	D7	Eb7	E7	E9
All	night		long

The Doors - Touch Me (1969)

Use all barre chords

Vox on the 5

Am	Am	Am	Am/G
			x 4

Am9	Am9	Am9	Am/G
			x 4

Vox on the 5

Am9

Come on, come on, c’mon, c’mon now

G

Touch me babe

Bm	C	Eb
Can’t you see that	I am not afraid?

	Bb	Dm
What was that	promise that you made?

	Eb	F#
Why won’t you	tell me what she said?

	C#
What was that	promise that you made?

	F#	Fm
Now	I’m gonna	love you

	F#	G#	C#
Till the	heavens	stop the	rain

F#	Fm
I’m gonna	love you

	F#	G#	F#
Till the	stars	fall from the	sky

	C#
For you and	I

Repeat intro

Am9

Come on, come on, c’mon, c’mon now

G

Touch me babe

Bm	C	Eb
Can’t you see that	I am not afraid?

	Bb	Dm
What was that	promise that you made?

	Eb	F#
Why won’t you	tell me what she said?

	C#
What was that	promise that you made?

	F#	Fm
Now	I’m gonna	love you

	F#	G#	C#
Till the	heavens	stop the	rain

F#	Fm
I’m gonna	love you

	F#	G#	F#
Till the	stars	fall from the	sky

	C#
For you and	I

Let ring

F#	Fm
I’m gonna	love you

	F#	G#	C#
Till the	heavens	stop the	rain

F#	Fm
I’m gonna	love you

	F#	G#	F#
Till the	stars	fall from the	sky

	C#
For you and	I

Repeat intro with solo

Am9

Stronger than dirt

The Eagles - Already Gone (1974)

G	D	C	C
			x2

	G	D	C
Well, I	heard some people	talking just the	other day

	G	D	C
And they	said you were gonna	put me on a s	helf

	G	D
Well, let me tell you I’ve	got some news for	you

	C
And you’ll	soon find out it’s true

	G	D	C
And then you’ll	have to eat your l	unch all by yours	elf

	G	D	C
‘Cause I’m	al	ready go	ne, and I’m

G	D	C
Fee	ling s	trong

	G	D	C
I will	si	ing this vict’ry	song

	G	D	C
Woo-hoo-	hoo, my	my, woo-hoo-	hoo

	G	D	C
The	letter that you	wrote me made me	stop and wonder why

	G	D	C
But I	guess you felt like you	had to set things right

G	D	C
Just remember thi	s my girl when you	look up in the sky

	G	D	C
You can	see the stars and st	ill not see the light	, that’s right

	G	D	C
‘Cause I’m	al	ready go	ne, and I’m

G	D	C
Fee	ling s	trong

	G	D	C
I will	si	ing this vict’ry	song

	G	D	C
Woo-hoo-	hoo, my	my, woo-hoo-	hoo

Solo on verse chords

	G	D	C	C7
Well, I	know it wasn’t you	who held me down

	G	D	C	C7
Heaven	knows it wasn’t you	who set me free

	G	D	C
So	oftentimes it ha	ppens that we	live our lives in chains

	G	D	C
That we	never even kno	w we have the key

	G	D	C
Me I’m	al	ready go	ne, and I’m

G	D	C
Fee	ling s	trong

	G	D	C
I will	si	ing this vict’ry	song

	G	D	C
‘Cause I’m	al	ready go	ne

I don’t usually do the key change when I’m singing

Hold the first two chords

	C	G	F
Yes I’m	al	ready g	one, and I’m

C	G	F
Fee	ling	strong

	C	G	F
I will	si	ing this vict’ry	song

Hold all three chords

	C	G	F
‘Cause I’m	al	ready g	one

C

The Eagles - Desperado (1973)

G	G7	C	Cm6
G	Em	A7	D7

	G	G9	C	Cm6
Desper	ado	, why don’t you	come to your se	nses?

	G	Em7	A7	D7
You been	out ridin’ fe	nces for	so long no	w

	G	G9	C	Cm6
Oh, you’re a	hard one	, I know that	you got your reasons

	G/D	B7/D#	Em7
These	things that	are ple	asin’ you

	A7	D7	G	D/F#
Can	hurt you	somehow

	Em	Bm7
Don’t you	draw the queen of	diamonds boy

	C	G	D/F#
She’ll	beat you if she’s	able

	Em7	C	G
You know the	queen of hearts is	always your best	bet

	Em	Bm7
Now it	seems to me some	fine things have been

C	G	D/F#
Laid upon your	table

	Em	A7	Am7	D7
But you	only want the	ones you can’t	get

	G	G9	C
Desper	ado	, oh you ain’t	gettin’ no younger

	G	D/F#	Em7	A7	D7
Your	pain	and your hu	nger, they’re	drivin’ you	home

	G	G9	C
And	freedom	, well, that’s just	some people talkin’

	G	D/F#	Em7
Your	prison	is wa	lkin’ through

	A7	D7	G	D/F#
This	world all	alone

D	Em	Bm7
Don’t your	feet get cold in the	winter time?

	C	G	D/F#
The	sky won’t snow and the	sun won’t shine

	Em7	C	G
It’s	hard to tell the	night time from the	day

	Em	Bm7
You’re	losin’ all your	highs and lows

	C	G	Am7	D7
Ain’t it	funny how the	feelin’ goes a	way

	G	G9	C	Cm6
Desper	ado	, why don’t you	come to your se	nses

	G	D/F#	Em	A7	D7
Come	down from	your fe	nces	, open the	gate

	G	G9	C	Cm6
It may be	rainin’	, but there’s a	rainbow abov	e you

	G	D/F#	Em	C	G/B	Am7
You better	let some	body	love you

	G	B7/D#	Em
You better	let some	body	love you

	Am7	G
Be	fore it’s too	late

G

G7

C

Cm6

G

The Eagles - Lyin’ Eyes (1975)

G	Gmaj7	C
Am	D	G

G	Gmaj7	C
City girls just	seem to find out	early

Am7	D
How to open doors with just a	smile

	G	Gmaj7	C
A	rich old man, and	she won’t have to	worry

	Am	C	G
She’ll	dress up all in	lace and go in	style

G	Gmaj7	C
Late at night a b	ig old house gets lonely

	Am7	D
I guess	every form of refuge has its pr	ice

	G	Gmaj7	C
And it b	reaks her heart to	think her love is o	nly

	Am	C	G	C	D
Given	to a man with ha	nds as cold as	ice

	G	Gmaj7	C
So she te	lls him she must	go out for the even	ing

	Am7	D
To c	omfort an old friend who’s feelin’ do	wn

	G	Gmaj7	C
But	he knows where she’s go	in’ as she’s leav	in’

	Am	C	G	C	G
She is	headed for the c	heatin’ side of town

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
You can’t	hid	e your lyin’ ey	es

	Em	Bm7	Am7	D
And your	smil	e is a thin dis	guise

	G	F/G	C	A
I thought by	no	w you’d real	ize

	Am	D7	G
There	ain’t no way to	hide your lyin’	eyes

G	Gmaj7	C
Am	D	G

	G	Gmaj7	C
On the	other side of t	own a boy is wait	ing

	Am7	D
With f	iery eyes and dreams no one could steal

	G	Gmaj7	C
She dr	ives on through the n	ight anticipati	ng

	Am	C	G	C	D
‘Cause he m	akes her feel the wa	y she used to feel

	G	Gmaj7	C
She rus	hes to his a	rms they fall togeth	er

	Am7	D
S	he whispers that it’s only for a wh	ile

	G	Gmaj7	C
She	swears that soon she’ll be	coming back forev	er

	Am	C	G	C	G
She pu	lls away and le	aves him with a smile

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
You can’t	hid	e your lyin’ ey	es

	Em	Bm7	Am7	D
And your	smil	e is a thin dis	guise

	G	F/G	C	A
I thought by	no	w you’d real	ize

	Am	D7	G
There	ain’t no way to	hide your lyin’	eyes

G	Gmaj7	C
Am	D	G

G	Gmaj7	C
She gets up and	pours herself a s	trong one

	Am7	D
And	stares out at the stars up in the s	ky

	G	Gmaj7	C
Ano	ther night, it’s g	onna be a	long one

	Am	C	G
She	draws the shade and hang	s her head to cr	y

	G	Gmaj7	C
She	wonders how it e	ver got this cr	azy

	Am7	D
She th	inks about a boy she knew in sch	ool

	G	Gmaj7	C
Did sh	e get tired or d	id she just get laz	y

	Am	C	G	C	D
She’s	so far gone she fee	ls just like a foo	l

G	Gmaj7	C
My, oh my, you su	re know how to arrange th	ings

	Am	D
You	set it up so well, so careful	ly

	G	Gmaj7	C
Ain’t it fu	nny how your ne	w life didn’t chan	ge things?

	Am	C	G	C	G
You’re st	ill the same old g	irl you used to be

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
You can’t	hid	e your lyin’ ey	es

	Em	Bm7	Am7	D
And your	smil	e is a thin dis	guise

	G	F/G	C	A
I thought by	no	w you’d real	ize

	Am	D7	G
There	ain’t no way to	hide your lyin’	eyes

	Am	D7	G
There	ain’t no way to	hide your lyin’	eyes

Am	D7	G
Honey you can’t	hide your lyin’	eyes

G	Gmaj7	C
Am	D	G

The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)

Originally in Em, I play in C#m

C#m	B6	Amaj7	Amaj7	F#m	F#m	C#m	C#m
C#m	B6	Amaj7	Amaj7	F#m	F#m	C#m	G#m7

Vox on the 5 on “one”, and the 1 on “nights”

	C#m	B6	Amaj7
One of these	nights,	one of these	crazy old nights

	F#m	C#m	G#m7
We’re gonna	find out pretty mama, what turns	on your lights

	C#m	B6
The	full moon is calling, the	fever is high

	Amaj7
And the	wicked wind whispers and moans

F#m

You got your demons, and you got desires

	C#m	G#m7
Well,	I got a few of my own

The closest there is to a melody is probably the 7 of the chord, still falsetto in my key

Amaj7	Emaj7
Ooh, someone to be kind to	in between the dark and the light

Amaj7	F#m
Ooh, coming right behind you,	swear I’m gonna find you

G#m7

One of these nights

	C#m	B6	Amaj7
One of these	dreams,	one of these	lost and lonely dreams now

	F#m	C#m	G#m7
We’re gonna f	ind one, mmm one that r	eally screams

	C#m	B6
I’ve been	searchin’ for the daughter of the	devil himself

	Amaj7
I’ve been	searchin’ for an angel in white

	F#m
And I’ve been	waitin’ for a woman who’s a little of both

	C#m	G#m7
And I can	feel her but she’s nowhere in sight

Amaj7	Emaj7
Ooh, loneliness will bind you i	n between the wrong and the right

Amaj7	F#m
Ooh, coming right behind you,	swear I’m gonna find you

G#m7

One of these nights

Solo

C#m	B6	Amaj7	Amaj7	F#m	F#m	C#m	C#m
C#m	B6	Amaj7	Amaj7	F#m	F#m	C#m	G#m7

	Amaj7
(One of these	nights)

	Emaj7
Ooh,	in between the dark and the light

Amaj7

Coming right behind you, swear I’m gonna find you

Emaj7

Get ya baby one of these nights

	Amaj7
(One of these	nights)

	Emaj7
Hoo-oo-h	oo hoo-hoo-hoo

	Amaj7
(One of these	nights)

	Emaj7
I can f	eel it, I can feel it

	Amaj7
(One of these	nights)

	Emaj7
Coming right behind you,	swear I’m gonna find you now

	Amaj7
(One of these	nights)

	Emaj7
It gets so d	ark, so dark and all alone

	Amaj7
(One of these	nights)

	Emaj7
One of these c	razy, crazy, crazy nights

	Amaj7
(One of these	nights)

Emaj7

Swear I’m gonna find you, coming right behind you

	Amaj7
(One of these	nights)

	Emaj7
Hoo-oo-	hoo-oo-ooh

	Amaj7
(One of these	nights)

I wanna say a

	Amaj7
(One of these	nights)

Emaj7

One of these, one of these

	Amaj7
(One of these	nights)

	Emaj7
Aw,	coming right behind you, swear I’m gonna find you

The Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling (1972)

I think the intro to this song is more of a mystery than it’s

given credit for... I just muck around on open strings for a bit.

E	Esus4
	x2

E	A	E	A
I like the	way your sparkling	earrings	lay

E	A	Bsus4	B
Against your	skin so	brown

E	A	E	A
And I want to	sleep with you in the	desert to	night

E	A	Bsus4	B
With a billion	stars all a	round

	A	E
‘Cause I got a	peaceful, easy	feeling

A	F#m	B
And I know you won’t let me	down

	E	F#m	A	B	E
‘Cause I’m	a	lready	standing	on the	ground

E	Esus4
	x2

E	A	E	A
And I found	out a long	time a	go

E	A	Bsus4	B
What a woman can	do to your	soul

E	A	E	A
Aw, but	she can’t take you	any	way

E	A	Bsus4	B
You don’t already	know how to	go

	A	E
And I got a	peaceful, easy	feeling

Different chords from previous chorus

A	Bsus4	B
And I know you won’t let me	down

	E	F#m	A	B	E
‘Cause I’m	a	lready	standing	on the	ground

E	Esus4

Solo if appropriate

E	A	E	A	B
				x2

A	E	A	B
E	F#m	A	B

E	A	E	A
I get this	feeling I may	know	you

E	A	Bsus4	B
As a l	over and a	friend

E	A	E	A
But this voice keeps	whispering i	n my other	ear

	E	A	Bsus4	B
Tells me	I may never	see you	again

	A	E
‘Cause I get a	peaceful, easy	feeling

A	Bsus4	B
And I know you won’t let me	down

	E	F#m	A	B
‘Cause I’m	a	lready	standing

	E	F#m	A	B
I’m	a	lready	standing

	E	F#m	A	B	E
Yes, I’m	a	lready	standing	on the	ground

E	F#m	A	B
			Ooooh...

E	F#m	A	B
			Whoa...

E	F#m	A	B
			Ooooh...

E	F#m	A	B
			Ooooh...

E

The Eagles - Take It Easy (1972)

G	G	C	Am7/G
			x2

G

	G
Well I’m a	runnin’ down the road tryin’ to loosen my load

	D	C
I’ve got seven women	on my	mind

G	D
Four that wanna own me,	two that wanna stone me

	C	G
O	ne says she’s a friend of	mine

	Em	C	G
Take it	easy, take it	ea	sy

	Am
Don’t let the	sound of your own

C	Em
Wheels drive you	crazy

	C	G
Lighten	up while you still c	an

	C	G
Don’t even	try to under	stand

	Am
Just find a	place to make your

C	G
Stand and take it e	asy

G

	G
Well I’m a	standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona

	D	C
Such a fine	sight to	see

	G	D
It’s a	girl my lord in a	flatbed Ford

	C	G
Slowin’	down to take a look at	me

	Em	D	C	G
Come on	ba	by, don’t say	may	be

	Am
I gotta	know if your sweet

	C	Em
L	ove is gonna	save me

	C	G
We may	lose and we may	win

	C	G
Though we will	never be here a	gain

	Am	C	G
So open	up, I’m climbin’	in, so take it e	asy

Solo if appropriate

G	G	G	D	C
		→

G	D	C	G
Em	D	C	G
Am	Am	Em	D

	G
Well I’m a	runnin’ down the road tryin’ to loosen my load

	D	C
Got a world of trouble	on my	mind

G	D
Lookin’ for a lover who	won’t blow my cover

	C	G
She’s	so hard to	find

	Em	C	G
Take it	easy, take it	ea	sy

	Am
Don’t let the	sound of your own

C	Em
Wheels make you	crazy

	C	G	C	G
Come on	ba	by, don’t say	may	be

	Am
I gotta	know if your sweet

C	G
Love is gonna	save me

C	G
Oooh...	Oooh...

x3

	G	G9	C
Oh, we got it	ea		sy

	G	G9	C
We oughta take it	ea		sy

Em

The Eagles - Take It To The Limit (1975)

Originally in B, I play in E

Highest note is the 1 (“take *it*”)

E	A	E	B	A

	E	A
All	alone at the end of the	evening

	E	A
And the	bright lights have faded to	blue

	E	G#7	C#m
I was	thinking ‘bout a	woman who might have	loved me

The I/3 can also be a V/6, i.e. B/G# in E

	B	B/A	E/G#
But I never	knew

	B/F#	E	A
You know I’ve	always been a	dreamer (spent my life	runnin’ round)

	A	E	A
And it’s	so hard to	change (can’t seem to	settle down)

	A	F#m	A
But the	dreams I’ve seen	lately	keep on turnin’ out

	A/B	B	A/B	B
And	burnin’ out and	turnin’ out the	sa	me

	A	E	A	E
So	put me on a	highway and	show me a	sign

	A	B	E
And	take it to the	limit one more	time

E	A	E	B	A

	E	A
You can	spend all your time making m	oney

	E	A
Or you can	spend all your love making	time

	E	G#7	C#m
If it	all fell to	pieces tom	orrow

	B	B/A	E/G#
Would you still be	mine?

	B/F#	E	A
And when you’re	looking for your	freedom (nobody	seems to care)

	A	E	A
And you	can’t find the	door (can’t find it	anywhere)

	A	F#m	A
When there’s	nothing to be	lieve in	still you’re coming back

	A/B	B	A/B	B
You’re	running back, you’re	coming back for	mo	re

	A	E	A	E
So	put me on a	highway and	show me a	sign

	A	B	C#m
And	take it to the	limit one more	time

Repeat to fade

A	B	A	B
Take it to the	limit,	take it to the	limit

A	B	E
Take it, to the	limit one more	time

The Eagles - Tequila Sunrise (1973)

Intro

G	G	G	G
Am	D7	G	G

Vox on the 3 on “another”

G

It’s another tequila sunrise

D	Am
Starin’ slowly ‘cross the	sky

D7	G
Said goodb	ye

G

He was just a hired hand

D	Am
Workin’ on a dreams he planned to	try

D7	G
The days go b	y

Em	C
Every night when the	sun goes down

Em	C	Em
Just another	lonely boy in to	wn

	Am	D7
And	she’s out runnin’ ro	und

G

She wasn’t just another woman

D	Am
And I couldn’t keep from comin’	on

D7	G
It’s been so lo	ng

G

Oh and it’s a hollow feelin’

D	Am
When it comes down to dealin’ fr	iends

D7	G
It never en	ds

Solo

G	G	D	D
Am	D7	G	G

Vox on 1 3 3 1 4 of the chord on “take another shot”

Am	D
Take another sh	ot of courage

Bm	E	Am
Wonder why the ri	ght words never co	me

B7	Em	A
You just get nu	mb

G

It’s another tequila sunrise

D	Am
This old world still looks the s	ame

D7	G
Another fr	ame

G

The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (1968)

Originally in C, I play in G.

G	B	C	D
			x2

Vox on 1 6 5 of the key (4 2 1 of the chord)

on “why do you”.

D	G	B
Why do you bu	ild me up B	uttercup, baby

	C	D
Just to l	et me down and m	ess me around

	G	B
And then wo	rst of all you	never call, baby

	C	D
When you s	ay you will but	I love you still

	G	G7/F
I need y	ou more than a	nyone, darling

	C/E	Cm/D#
You k	now that I have from the	start

	G	D	C
So b	uild me up b	uttercup, don’t break my	heart

The first chord here is just one beat

G	D

	G	D	F	C
I’ll be o	ver at t	en, you told me	time and	again

	G	C
But you’re l	ate, I wait ar	ound and then

	G	D	F	C
I r	un to the d	oor, I can’t t	ake any	more

	G	C
It’s not y	ou, you let me d	own again

C	C/B	Am
Hey,	hey,	hey!

Vox on the third of the chord on “baby baby”

	D
Baby, baby, t	ry to find

D	D/C	Bm
Hey,	hey,	hey!

Bm	E	E/D
A little time, and I	’ll make you happy

C

I’ll be home

	A7	D
I’ll be	beside the phone waiting for	you-oo-hoo, you-oo-hoo

D	G	B
Why do you bu	ild me up B	uttercup, baby

	C	D
Just to l	et me down and m	ess me around

	G	B
And then wo	rst of all you	never call, baby

	C	D
When you s	ay you will but	I love you still

	G	G7/F
I need y	ou more than a	nyone, darlin’g

	C/E	Cm/D#
You k	now that I have from the	start

	G	D	C
So b	uild me up B	uttercup, don’t break my	heart

The first chord here is just one beat

G	D

	G	D	F	C	G
To y	ou I’m a t	oy but I co	uld be the b	oy you a	dore

	C
If you’d just l	et me know

G	D	F	C	G
Although you’re unt	rue, I’m attr	acted to y	ou all the m	ore

	C
Why do you tr	reat me so?

C	C/B	Am
Hey,	hey,	hey!

	D
Baby, baby, t	ry to find

D	D/C	Bm
Hey,	hey,	hey!

Bm	E
A little time, and I	’ll make you happy

C

I’ll be home

	A7	D
I’ll be be	side the phone waiting for	you-oo-hoo, you-oo-hoo

D	G	B
Why do you bu	ild me up B	uttercup, baby

	C	D
Just to l	et me down and m	ess me around

	G	B
And then wo	rst of all you	never call, baby

	C	D
When you s	ay you will but	I love you still

	G	G7/F
I need y	ou more than a	nyone, darlin’

	C/E	Cm/D#
You k	now that I have from the	start

Watch for the key change coming up here...

	G	D	E
So b	uild me up B	uttercup, don’t break my	heart

Fades out here, I do a quiet live fade...

	A	A7/G
I need y	ou more than a	nyone, darlin’

	D/F#	Dm/F
You k	now that I have from the	start

	A	E	D
So b	uild me up B	uttercup, don’t break my	heart

A

The Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil (1970)

Loose approximation of the intro

G	D/F#	Em7	D	C	G/B	Am7	D
							x2

The intro pattern more or less continues through all the verses, but I’m not writing that all out

G	C
I lit out from Reno, I was	trailed by twenty hounds

G	C
Didn’t get to sleep that night ‘till the	morning came around

D

Set out runnin’ but I take my time

	Am7
A	friend of the devil is a friend of mine

D	Am7	D
I get home before daylight, I	just might get some sleep to	night

G	C
Ran into the devil, babe, he	loaned me twenty bills

G	C
Spent the night in Utah in a	cave up in the hills

D

Set out runnin’ but I take my time

	Am7
A	friend of the devil is a friend of mine

D	Am7	D
I get home before daylight, I	just might get some sleep to	night

	G	C
I	ran down to the levee but the	devil caught me there

	G	C
He	took my twenty dollar bill and	vanished in the air

D

Set out runnin’ but I take my time

	Am7
A	friend of the devil is a friend of mine

D	Am7	D
I get home before daylight, I	just might get some sleep to	night

D

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night

	C
The	first one’s named Sweet Anne Marie, and she’s my heart’s delight

	D
The	second one is prison, babe, the sheriff’s on my trail

	Am7	C	D
And	if he catches up with me, I’ll	spend my life in	jail

G	C
Got a wife in Chino, babe, and	one in Cherokee

	G	C
The	first one say she’s got my child, but	it don’t look like me

D

Set out runnin’ but I take my time

	Am7
A	friend of the devil is a friend of mine

D	Am7	D
I get home before daylight, I	just might get some sleep to	night

Solo on verse chords

D

Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night

	C
The	first one’s named Sweet Anne Marie, and she’s my heart’s delight

	D
The	second one is prison, babe, the sheriff’s on my trail

	Am7	C	D
And	if he catches up with me, I’ll	spend my life in	jail

G	C
Got a wife in Chino, babe, and	one in Cherokee

	G	C
The	first one say she’s got my child, but	it don’t look like me

D

Set out runnin’ but I take my time

	Am7
A	friend of the devil is a friend of mine

D	Am7	D
I get home before daylight, I	just might get some sleep to	night

The Grateful Dead - Truckin’ (1970)

Intro

E7

E

Truckin’ got my chips cashed in

	A
Keep t	ruckin’, like the do-dah man

	B
Tog	ether, more or less in line

	A	E7
J	ust keep truckin’ on

E7

Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street

	E7
Chi	cago, New York, Detroit and it’s all on he same street

	E7
Your t	ypical city involved in a typical daydream

E7

Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings

E

Dallas, got a soft machine

A

Houston, too close to New Orleans

B

New York’s got the ways and means

	A	E7
But j	ust won’t let you be

E7

Most of the cats that you meet on the streets speak of true love

E7

Most of the time they’re sittin’ and cryin’ at home

E7

One of these days they know they gotta get goin’

E7

Out of the door and down on the street all alone

E

Truckin’, like the do-dah man

A

Once told me you got to play your hand

B

Sometimes your cards ain’t worth a dime

A	E7
If you don’t lay ‘em down

E7

Bridge

A	G	D/F#	A
Sometimes the light’s all shinin’ on me	→	→

A	D	A	G	D/F#	A
Other times I can bar	ely s	ee	→	→

D	Bm	F#
Lately it oc	curs to	me

	Amaj7	E7
What a	long, strange trip it’s been

E7

What in the world ever became of sweet Jane?

E7

She lost her sparkle, you know she isn’t the same

E7

Livin’ on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine

E7

All a friend can say is ain’t it a shame?

E

Truckin’, up to Buffalo

	A
Been	thinkin’, you got to mellow slow

B

Takes time, to pick a place to go

	A	E7
And j	ust keep truckin’ on

E7

Sittin’ and starin’ out of the hotel window

E7

Got a tip they’re gonna kick the door in again

	E7
I’d l	ike to get some sleep before I travel

	E7
But if y	ou got a warrant, I guess you’re gonna come in

E

Busted, down on Bourbon Street

A

Set up, like a bowlin’ pin

B

Knocked down, it gets to wearin’ thin

	A	E7
They j	ust won’t let you be

E7

You’re sick of hangin’ around and you’d like to travel

E7

Get tired of travelin’ and you want to settle down

	E7
I g	uess they can’t revoke your soul for tryin’

E7

Get out of the door and light out and look all around

Bridge

A	G	D/F#	A
Sometimes the light’s all shinin’ on me	→	→

A	D	A	G	D/F#	A
Other times I can bar	ely s	ee	→	→

D	Bm	F#
Lately it oc	curs to	me

	Amaj7	E7
What a	long, strange trip it’s been

E7

E

Truckin’, I’m a goin’ home

A

Whoa whoa baby, back where I belong

B

Back home, sit down and patch my bones

	A	E7
And	get back truckin’ on

E7

The Guess Who - American Woman (1970)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

I’m going to call this just “I” throughout

E	G	A	A	A	A	A	G	A
								x 8

Vox on 4 b3 on “woman”

	A
American	woman, stay away from me

	A
American w	oman, mama let me be

A

Don’t come a hangin’ around my door

A

I don’t want to see your face no more

A

I got more important things to do

	A
Than	spend my time growin’ old with you

	A
Now	woman, I said stay away

	A
American	woman, listen what I say

A

	A
American w	oman, get away from me

	A
American w	oman, mama let me be

A

Don’t come a knockin’ around my door

A

Don’t want to see your shadow no more

A

Colored lights can hypnotize

A

Sparkle someone else’s eyes

	A
Now	woman, I said get away

	A
American	woman, listen what I say-ay, hey-ey

Solo

A

	A
American	woman, said get away

	A
American	woman, listen what I say

A

Don’t come a-hangin’ around my door

A

Don’t want to see your face no more

A

I don’t need your war machines

A

I don’t need your ghetto scenes

A

Colored lights can hypnotize

A

Sparkle someone else’s eyes

	A
Now	woman, get away from me

	A
American w	oman, mama let me be

A

Go, gotta get away, gotta get away now go, go, go

	A
I’m gonna l	eave you woman

	A
Gonna l	eave you woman

	A
Bye-	bye, bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye

A

You’re no good for me, I’m no good for you

A

Gonna look you right in the eye, tell you what I’m gonna do

	A
You know I’m gonna l	eave

You know I’m gonna go
You know I'm gonna leave
You know I'm gonna go, woman
I'm gonna leave you woman

	A
Goodb	ye American woman

The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 2

Optionally keep this pattern going throughout the verse

Em	D/F#
	x2

Em

Bus stop, wet day, she’s there, I say

Em

Please share my umbrella

Em

Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows

Em

Under my umbrella

G	D	Em
All that	summer	we enjoyed it

Cmaj7	Bm7
Wind and rain and	shine

Em

That umbrella, we employed it

	Em	Bm	Em
By	August,	she was	mine

G	F#7	Bm	Bm/A	G
Every morning	I would see her	waiting	at the	stop

	Em6	F#7	Bm
Sometimes she’d	shopped and she would	show me what she	bought

G	F#7	Bm	Bm/A	G
Other people	stared as if we	were both	quite in	sane

	Em6	F#7	Bm
Someday my	name and hers are	going to be the	same

Em

That’s the way the whole thing started

Em

Silly but it’s true

Em

Thinkin’ of a sweet romance

	Em
Beg	inning in a queue

G	D	Em
Came the	sun the	ice was melting

Cmaj7	Bm7
No more sheltering	now

Em

Nice to think that that umbrella

Em	Bm	Em
Led me	to a	vow

Em	Em/G
	x7

This really happens, though I don’t recommend it

Em	E

G	F#7	Bm	Bm/A	G
Every morning	I would see her	waiting	at the	stop

	Em6	F#7	Bm
Sometimes she’d	shopped and she would	show me what she	bought

G	F#7	Bm	Bm/A	G
Other people	stared as if we	were both	quite in	sane

	Em6	F#7	Bm
Someday my	name and hers are	going to be the	same

Em

Bus stop, wet day, she’s there, I say

Em

Please share my umbrella

Em

Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows

Em

Under my umbrella

G	D	Em
All that	summer	we enjoyed it

Cmaj7	Bm7
Wind and rain and	shine

Em

That umbrella, we employed it

	Em7	Bm	Em
By	August,	she was	mine

The Jackson Five - I Want You Back (1969)

Originally in G#, I play in A down an octave, possibly capo 1 or 2

Highest note is the 5 (on OH baby give)

Highest note that’s held a long time is the 3

A	A/C#	D
F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm7	E	A

Vox on 5 on “when”, on the 6 of the key on “self” and “didn’t”.

That means you’re *not* going up from “self” to “didn’t”, even

though you want to.

A	D
When I had you to myself, I	didn’t want you around

	F#m	A/C#	D	A
Those	pretty	faces a	lways m	ade you

	Bm7	E7	A
S	tand out i	n a c	rowd

	A	D
Then	someone picked you from the bunch, one	glance was all it took

F#m	A/C#	D	A
Now it’s	much too l	ate for m	e

	Bm7	E7	A
To t	ake a s	econd l	ook

A	E/G#	F#m	E	D	A/C#
Oh	baby	give me one	more	chance

	Bm7	E
(To	show you that I	love you)

F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm7	E
Won’t	you p	lease l	et m	e

A

Back in your heart

A	E/G#	F#m	E	D	A/C#
Oh d	arlin’ I	was b	lind to l	et you go

	Bm7	E
(L	et you go	baby)

	F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm	E	A
Well	now	since I’	ve	seen yo	u	in his	arms

(I want you back)

A

Yes I do now (I want you back)

A

Ooh ooh baby (I want you back)

A

Yeah no no no (I want you back)

A

No no no no

A	D
Tryin’ to live without your love, is	one long sleepless night

F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm7	E7	A
Let me	show you g	irl	that I	know w	rong from r	ight

A	D
Every street you walk on, I leave	tear stains on the ground

F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm7	E7	A
Follow	ing the g	irl,	I didn’t e	ven w	ant ar	ound

Let me tell you now

A	E/G#	F#m	A	D	A/C#	Bm7
Oh	baby	all I	need is	one more	chance

	Bm7	E
(To	show you that I	love you)

F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm7	E
Won’t	you p	lease l	et m	e

A

Back in your heart

A	E/G#	F#m	E	D	A/C#
Oh d	arlin’ I	was b	lind to l	et you go

	Bm7	E
(L	et you go	baby)

Note different rhythm here, downbeat on *IN* his arms

	F#m	A/C#	D	A	A
Well	now	since I		see you	in his arms

Bass/vox break, mostly on the I chord with some buh buh buh

A	E/G#	F#m	E	D	A/C#
Oh d	arlin’ I	was b	lind to l	et you go

	Bm7	E
(L	et you go	baby)

	F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm	E	A
Well	now	since I’	ve	seen yo	u	in his	arms

(I want you back)

Original ad libs on chorus chords to fade, I prefer to end on:

A

Yes I do now (I want you back)

A

Ooh ooh baby (I want you back)

A

Yeah no no no (I want you back)

Hard stop before “I want you back”

A

No no no no (I want you back)

The Lovin Spoonful - Daydream (1966)

Originally in C#, I play in C

Intro

C

C	A7
What a day for a	daydream

Dm7	G
What a day for a	daydreamin’ boy

C	A7
And I’m lost in a	daydream

Dm7	G
Dreamin’ bout my	bundle of joy

F	D7	C	A7
And even if	time ain’t really	on my	side

F	D7	C	A7
It’s one of those	days for takin’ a	walk out	side

F	D7	C	A7
I’m blowin’ the	day to take a	walk in the	sun

G/B	C	G7
And fall on my f	ace on somebody’s	new-mowed lawn

C	A7
I been havin’ a	sweet dream

Dm7	G
I been dreamin’ since I	woke up today

C	A7
It’s starring me and my	sweet thing

Dm7	G
‘Cause she’s the one that makes me	feel this way

F	D7	C	A7
And even if	time is passin’ me	by a	lot

F	D7	C	A7
I couldn’t care	less about the	dues you say I’ve	got

F	D7	C	A7
Tomorrow I’ll	pay the dues for	dropping my	load

G	C	G7
A pie in the f	ace for bein’ a	sleepy bull toad

Whistling solo on verse chords

C	A7	Dm7	G
C	A7	Dm7	G

F	D7	C	A7
And you can be	sure that if you’re	feelin’	right

F	D7	C	A7
A daydream will	last ‘til long	into the	night

F	D7	C	A7
Tomorrow at	breakfast you may	prick up your	ears

G	C	G7
Or you may be da	ydreamin’ for a t	housand years

C	A7
What a day for a	daydream

Dm7	G
Custom-made for a	daydreamin’ boy

C	A7
And I’m lost in a	daydream

Dm7	G
Dreamin’ bout my	bundle of joy

Whistling solo on chorus chords

F	D7	C	A7
F	D7	C	A7
F	D7	C	A7
G	C	G7	C

The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin (1966)

Originally in Am capo 4, I play in Am capo 1

Intro is a bunch of noodling on the first chord, then hang the second

Asus2/E	Esus4

“All” and “brown” both on the 1

	Am	G	Fmaj7
All the leaves are	brown

	G	Esus4	E7
And the s	ky is	gray

	F	C	E7	Am
I	’ve been for a w	alk

	F	Esus4	E7
On a wi	nter’s	day

	Am	G	Fmaj7
I’d be safe and wa	rm

	G	Esus4	E7
If I wa	s in L	.A.

	Am	G	Fmaj7
California dreamin’

	G	Esus4
On s	uch a winter’s	day

	Am	G	Fmaj7
Stopped in to a chu	rch

	G	Esus4	E7
I passed a	long the	way

	F	C	E7	Am
Well I	got down on my	knees

	F	Esus4	E7
And I pr	etended to	pray

	Am	G	Fmaj7
You know the preacher liked the co	ld

	G	Esus4	E7
He knows I’m g	onna st	ay

	Am	G	Fmaj7
California dreamin’

	G	Esus4
On s	uch a winter’s	day

Solo on verse-ish chords

	Am	G	Fmaj7
All the leaves are	brown

	G	Esus4	E7
And the s	ky is	gray

	F	C	E7	Am
I	’ve been for a w	alk

	F	Esus4	E7
On a wi	nter’s	day

	Am	G	Fmaj7
If I didn’t te	ll her

	G	Esus4	E7
I could l	eave today

	Am	G	Fmaj7
California dreamin’

	G	Am
On s	uch a winter’s	day

	Am	G	Fmaj7
California dreamin ‘

	G	Am
On s	uch a winter’s	day

	Am	G	Fmaj7
California dreamin’

	G	Esus4
On s	uch a winter’s	day

Am

The Monkees - Daydream Believer (1968)

Play more upbeat and snappy than you remember it

G	D7sus4	G	D7sus4

	G	Am
Oh I could h	ide ‘neath the w	ings

Dropping all the way to the 1 on “sings” never works

for me; I stay on the 5 (same as “she”)

	Bm	C
Of the b	luebird as she s	ings

	G	Em	A7	D7
The s	ix-o-clock a	larm would never r	ing

	G	Am
But six	rings and I	rise

	Bm	C
Wipe the s	leep out of my ey	es

	G	Em	C	D7	G
My sh	aving r	azor’s c	old	and it sti	ngs

G	G/F#	G	Am7	G	G/F#	G

	C	D	Bm
Ch	eer up sl	eepy J	ean

C	D	Em	C
Oh what c	an it m	ean	to a

G	C
Daydream bel	iever and a

G	Em	A7	D7
Home	coming qu	een

G	Am
You once thought of	me

Last reminder: don’t go down to the 1

	Bm	C
As a w	hite knight on his s	teed

G	Em	A7	D7
Now you know how	happy I can	be

	G	Am
Oh and our g	ood times start an	d end

	Bm	C
Without	dollar one to	spend

	G	Em	C	D7	G
But	how much	baby d	o we	really nee	d

G	G/F#	G	Am7	G	G/F#	G

	C	D	Bm
Ch	eer up sl	eepy J	ean

C	D	Em	C
Oh what c	an it m	ean	to a

G	C
Daydream bel	iever and a

G	Em	A7	D7
Home	coming qu	een

	C	D	Bm
Ch	eer up sl	eepy J	ean

C	D	Em	C
Oh what c	an it m	ean	to a

G	C
Daydream bel	iever and a

G	Em	A7	D7
Home	coming qu	een

G	D7sus4	G	D7sus4

	C	D	Bm
Ch	eer up sl	eepy J	ean

C	D	Em	C
Oh what c	an it m	ean	to a

G	C
Daydream bel	iever and a

G	Em	A7	D7
Home	coming qu	een

G

D7sus4

G

D7sus4

G

The Monkees - I’m a Believer (1966)

Start with a little semblance of the organ riff, e.g.:

D------3-3--5p3--3-
A--3h5----------5--

G	D	G
I thought love was	only true in	fairy tales

G	D	G
Meant for someone	else but not for	me

C	G
Love was out to	get me

C	G
That’s the way it	seemed

Hard stop on the V7

C	G	D	D7
Disappointment	haunted all my	dreams

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Then I saw her face			now I’m a believer

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Not a t	race		of doubt in my mind

Hang a half-beat after “love”

	G	C	G	F	D	D7
I’m in l	ove	I’m a be	liever I couldn’t	leave her if I	tried

G	D	G
I thought love was	more or less a	givin’ thing

G	D	G
Seems the more I	gave the less I	got

C	G
What’s the use in	tryin’?

C	G
All you get is	pain

C	G	D	D7
When I needed	sunshine I got	rain

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Aw then I saw her face			now I’m a believer

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Not a t	race		of doubt in my mind

	G	C	G	F	D	D7
I’m in l	ove	I’m a be	liever I couldn’t	leave her if I	tried

Instrumental

G	F	D
	→

G	D	G	D
G	F	D
	→

G	D	G	G

C	G
Love was out to	get me

C	G
That’s the way it	seemed

C	G	D	D7
Disappointment	haunted all my	dreams

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Aw then I saw her face			now I’m a believer

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Not a t	race		of doubt in my mind

	G	C	G	F	D	D7
I’m in l	ove	I’m a be	liever I couldn’t	leave her if I	tried

Outro, drop an octave

	G	C/G	G	G	C/G	G
Yes I saw her f	ace		now I’m a be	liever

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Not a t	race		of doubt in my mind

This ending comes from the Smashmouth arrangement

	G	F	G	F	G
Said I’m a	believer yeah	yeah yeah	yeah yeah	yeah	yeah

F

G

Hang on the last “yeah”

	F	G	F	G	F	G
Yes	I’m a	believer yeah	yeah yeah	yeah yeah	yeah	yeah

The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville (1966)

Originally in G, I play in E, vox mostly on the 7

Intro

E7	D
	x4

Vox on the 7 on “last”

	E7
Take the	last train to Clarksville

And I’ll meet you at the station
You can be here by four thirty
'Cause I've made your reservation

	A7
Don’t be	slow, oh, no, no, no

Oh, no, no, no

	E7
‘Cause I’m	leavin’ in the morning

And I must see you again
We'll have one more night together
'Til the morning brings my train

	A7
And I must	go, oh, no, no, no

Hard stop after this line

Oh, no, no, no, no

	B7	E7
And I	don’t know if I’m ever coming	home

E7

	E7
Take the	last train to Clarksville

I’ll be waiting at the station
We'll have time for coffee flavored kisses
And a bit of conversation

Hard stop after this line

A7

Oh, no, no, no, oh, no, no, no

Bridge

E

Do do do do do do do do do

Dadd9

Do do do do do do do do do

E

Do do do do do do do do do

Dadd9

Do

E

Do do do do do do do do do

Dadd9

Do do do do do do do do do

E

Do do do do do do do do do

Dadd9

Do

	E7
Take the	last train to Clarksville

Now I must hang up the phone
I can't hear you in this noisy
Railroad station all alone

	A7	A7
I’m feelin’ l	ow, oh, no, no,	no

Oh, no, no, no

	B7	E
And I	don’t know if I’m ever coming	home

Instrumental bridge

E	Dadd9	E	Dadd9	E	Dadd9	E	Dadd9
E	Dadd9	E	Dadd9	E	Dadd9	E	Dadd9
Ahhhhh

	E7
Take the	last train to Clarksville

And I’ll meet you at the station
You can be here by four thirty
'Cause I've made your reservation

	A7
Don’t be	slow, oh, no, no, no

Oh, no, no, no

	B7	E7
And I	don’t know if I’m ever coming	home

E7

	E7	Dadd9	E7	Dadd9
Take the la	st train to Cl	arksville

	E7	Dadd9	E7	Dadd9
Take the la	st train to Cl	arksville

	E7	Dadd9	E7	Dadd9
Take the la	st train to Cl	arksville

	E7
Take the la	st train to Clarksville

The Monkees - The Monkees (1966)

Originally in C (then D, then E), I play in G (then A, then B)

Vox on the 5 on “come”, which will feel really low in my key

	Em	C
Here we	come, walking down the	street

	A	D
We get the funniest	looks from everyone we	meet

	G	G7
Hey, hey, we’re the	Monkees

	C	D	G	G7
And	people say we	monkey ar	ound

	C	D	G	G7
But	we’re too	busy	singing

	C	D	Em
To	put anyb	ody d	own

	Em
We go wherever we	want to

	C
Do what we like to d	o

	A
We don’t have time to get rest	less

	D
There’s always something n	ew

	G	G7
Hey, hey, we’re the	Monkees

	C	D	G	G7
And	people say we	monkey ar	ound

	C	D	G	G7
But	we’re too	busy	singing

	C	D	E
To	put anyb	ody d	own

	A
We’re just trying to be	friendly

D	E	A
Come and watch us s	ing and	play

D	E	A
We’re the	young gener	ation

	D	E	F#
And	we’ve got	something to	say

Brief trippy bridge

F#	B

	Em	C
Anyti	me, or anywhe	re

	A
Just look over your s	houlder

	D
Guess who’ll be standing t	here

	G	G7
Hey, hey, we’re the	Monkees

	C	D	G	G7
And	people say we	monkey ar	ound

	C	D	G	G7
But	we’re too	busy	singing

	C	D	G	C	D
To	put anyb	ody d	own	→

Solo (sort of), on the I for a long time

	G
Wooow,	one time

	G	G7
Hey, hey, we’re the	Monkees

	C	D	G	G7
And	people say we	monkey ar	ound

	C	D	G	G7
But	we’re too	busy	singing

	C	D	E
To	put anyb	ody d	own

	A
We’re just trying to be	friendly

D	E	A
Come and watch us s	ing and	play

D	E	A
We’re the	young gener	ation

	D	E	F#
And	we’ve got	something to	say

	B
Hey, hey, we’re the	Monkees

	E	F#	B
You	never know	where we’ll be	found

E	F#	B
So, you	better get	ready

	E	F#	B
We	may be coming	to your	town

B

The Rocky Horror Picture Show - The Time Warp (1975)

Originally in A, I play in E.

Everything works except the “step to the right”,

which is a G#, so I drop an octave.

Intro, straight 8ths

E

	E
(Riff Raff) It’s as	tounding

	F#
Time is f	leeting

D	A	E
Madness	takes its t	oll

(Magenta) Ahh...

Low octave, almost spoken

	E
(Riff Raff) But listen	closely

	F#
(Magenta) Not for very much l	onger

	D	A	E
(Riff Raff) I	’ve got to	keep cont	rol

Up to the high octave on the I

	E	F#
I re	member doing the Time	Warp

D	A	E
Drinking	those moments w	hen

	E
The blackness would	hit me

	F#
(Riff Raff & Magenta) And the void would be	calling

Vox up to the 3 of the chord on “let’s”

	C	G	D	A	E
(Guests) L	et’s	do the	Time W	arp aga	in

Hard stop after this line

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

Out rubato, come back in on “left”

	B
(Narrator) It’s just a jump to the lef	t

Hard stop after this line, but stay in time

Either drop an octave, or work around E

	E
(Guests) And then a step to the r	i-i-i-i-ight

	B
(Narrator) With your hand on your hip	s

	E
(Guests) You bring your knees in t	ight

	A
But it’s the pelvic t	hrust

	E
They really drive you in	sa-a-a-a-a-ne

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

	E
(Magenta) It’s so d	reamy

	F#
Oh, fantasy	free me

	D	A
So you can’t	see me

	E
No not at a	ll

	E
In another di	mension

	F#
With voyeuristic int	ention

	D	A	E
Well secl	uded	I see	all

	E
(Riff Raff)	With a bit of a mind flip

	F#
(Magenta) You’re into a time	slip

	D	A	E
(Riff Raff) And	nothing	can ever be the s	ame

	E
(Magenta) You’re spaced out on sensa	tion

Up to the high octave

	F#
(Riff Raff) Like you’re under sed	ation

	C	G	D	A	E
(Guests)	Let’s	do the T	ime	Warp a	gain

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

	E
(Columbia) Well, I was w	alking down the street

	E
Just a-	having a think

	E	E
When a	snake of a guy gave me an	evil wink

	A	A
He s	hook me up, he took me	by surprise

	E	E
He had a	pick-up truck and the	devil’s eyes

	B	A
He s	tared at me, and I f	elt a change

E	E
Time meant nothing,	never would again

	C	G	D	A	E
(Guests) L	et’s	do the T	ime	Warp ag	ain

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp aga	in

	B
(Narrator) It’s just a jump to the lef	t

	E
(Guests) And then a step to the ri	-i-i-i-ight

	B
(Narrator) With your hands on your hip	s

	E
(Guests) You bring you knees in t	ight

	A
But it’s the pelvic t	hrust

	E
That really drives you in	sa-a-a-a-a-ne

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp a	gain

Tapdancing breakdown on verse chords, hits only on chord changes

E	F#	D	A	E
E	F#

(Columbia) Ah! Oh! Oh! Yeoooww

	C	G	D	A	E
(Guests) L	et’s d	o the T	ime W	arp a	gain

	C	G	D	A	E
L	et’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

	B
(Narrator) It’s just a jump to the lef	t

	E
(Guests) And then a step to the ri	-i-i-i-ight

	B
(Narrator) With your hands on your hip	s

	E
(Guests) You bring you knees in t	ight

	A
But it’s the pelvic t	hrust

	E
That really drives you in	sa-a-a-a-a-ne

	C	G	D	A	E
(Guests) L	et’s d	o the T	ime W	arp a	gain

	C	G	D	A	E
L	et’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (1969)

Originally in G, I play in E capo 3

Intro

E

	E	A
I m	et a gin-soaked barroom queen in M	emphis

	E	F#	B
She trie	d to take me u	pstairs for a r	ide

	E	A
She h	ad to heave me right across her s	houlders

	E	B	E
Cause I	just can’t seem to d	rink you off my m	ind

	E	B	E
She’s a	Hon	ky-tonk w	oman

E	B	E
Gimme, gimme,	gimme the honky-tonk b	lues

E	A
I laid a divorcee in New York C	ity

	E	F#	B
I ha	d to put up	some kind of a f	ight

	E	A
The l	ady then she covered me in r	oses

	E	B	E
She bl	ew my nose and	then she blew my m	ind

	E	B	E
It’s the	Hon	ky-tonk w	omen

E	B	E
Gimme, gimme,	gimme the honky-tonk b	lues

Solo on chorus chords

	E	B	E
It’s the	Hon	ky-tonk w	omen

E	B	E
Gimme, gimme,	gimme the honky-tonk b	lues

The Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash (1968)

Originally around B, I play in A

Intro

A	D	G
	→

A	D	G
	→

A	D	G
	→

A	A	A
		Watch it

A	G/A	A	G/A

All the bVII’s are really VII/1, but I’m not writing that out

Vox more or less on the b3

	A	G	A	G
I was	born in a	cross-fire hurri	cane

	A	G	A	G
And I	howled at my	ma in the driving	rain

	C	G	D	A
But it’s	all	right	now, in fact it’s a	gas

	C	G	D
But it’s	all	right, I’m	Jumpin’ Jack Flash

	A
It’s a	gas gas gas

A

A	G/A	A	G/A

	A	G	A	G
I was	raised by a	toothless, bearded	hag

	A	G	A	G
I was	schooled with a	strap right across my	back

	C	G	D	A
But it’s	all	right	now, in fact it’s a	gas

	C	G	D
But it’s	all	right, I’m	Jumpin’ Jack Flash

	A
It’s a	gas gas gas

A

Yeah

A	D	G
	→

A	D	G
	→

A	D	G
	→

A	A	A

A	G/A	A	G/A

	A	G	A	G
I was	drowned, I was	washed up and left for	dead

	A	G	A	G
I fell	down to my	feet and I saw they	bled,	yeah yeah yeah

	A	G	A	G
I	frowned at the	crumbs of a crust of	bread,	my, my, yeah

	A	G	A	G
I was	crowned with a	spike right thru my	head,	my, my, yeah

	C	G	D	A
But it’s	all	right	now, in fact it’s a	gas

	C	G	D
But it’s	all	right, I’m	Jumpin’ Jack Flash

	A
It’s a	gas gas gas

A

A	D	G
Jumping Jack Flash,	it s a	gas

A	D	G
Jumping Jack Flash,	it s a	gas

A	D	G
Jumping Jack Flash,	it s a	gas

A	D	G
Jumping Jack Flash,	it s a	gas

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (1969)

Strum and let ring

E	D
Please allow me to intro	duce myself

	A	E
I’m a	man of wealth and	taste

E	D
I’ve been around for a	long, long year

A	E
Stole many a man’s soul and	faith

Strum a little heavier

E	D
And I was ‘round when	Jesus Christ

	A	E
Had his	moment of doubt and	pain

	D
Made damn sure that	Pilate

	A	E
Washed his	hands and sealed his	fate

B	E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my	name

	B	E
But what’s	puzzling you is the nature of my	game

Come in full-blast now

E	D
I stuck around St.	Petersburg

	A	E
When I	saw it was a time for a	change

	D
Killed the Czar and his	ministers

	A	E
Anas	tasia screamed in	vain

	E	D
I	rode a tank, held a	general’s rank

	A	E
When the	Blitzkrieg raged and the	bodies stank

B	E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my	name

	B	E
But what’s	puzzling you is the nature of my	game

	E	D
I	watched with glee while your	kings and queens

	A	E
Fought for	ten decades for the	Gods they made

	E	D
I	shouted out “Who killed the	Kennedys?”

	A	E
When	after all it was	you and me

E	D
Let me please intro	duce myself

	A	E
I’m a	man of wealth and	taste

	D
And I laid traps for	troubadours

	A	E
Who get	killed before they reached Bom	bay

B	E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my	name

	B	E
But what’s	puzzling you is the nature of my	game

Solo on verse chords if appropriate...

B	E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my	name

	B	E
But what’s	confusing you is the nature of my	game

	E	D
Just as	every cop is a	criminal

	A	E
And	all the sinners	saints

	E	D
As	heads is tails just call me	Lucifer

	A	E
‘Cause I’m in	need of some re	straint

E	D
So if you meet me have some	courtesy

	A	E
Have some	sympathy, and some	taste

	D
Use all your well-learned pol	itesse

	A	E
Or I’ll	lay your soul to	waste, aw yeah

B	E
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my	name

	B	E
But what’s	puzzling you is the nature of my	game, get down

Fade on verse chords...

Woo hoo, aww yeah, get on down
Mmm ba ba bom bom ba ba
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, baby guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name

The Rolling Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want (1969)

Originally in C, I play in A

Skipping the choir intro

Intro

A	D
	x 4

	A	D
I	saw her today at the re	ception

A	D
A glass of wine in her	hand

	A	D
I	knew she would meet her con	nection

	A	D
At her	feet was her footloose	man

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	B	D
But if you	try sometimes, you might	find

	A
You get what you	need

A	D
	x 4

	A	D
And I	went down to the demons	tration

	A	D
To	get my fair share of ab	use

	A	D
Singing,	we’re gonna vent our frus	tration

	A	D
If we	don’t we’re gonna blow a 50-amp f	use

Sing it to me now...

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	B	D
But if you	try sometimes, well you	just might find

	A
You get what you	need

A	D
	x 4

	A	D
I	went down to the Chelsea dr	ugstore

	A	D
To	get your prescription f	illed

	A	D
I was	standing in line with Mr. J	immy

	A	D
And	man, did he look pretty i	ll

	A	D
We de	cided that we would have	a soda

	A	D
My	favorite flavor, cherry r	ed

	A	D
I	sung my song to Mr. J	immy

	A	D
Yeah, and he s	aid one word to me, and that was d	ead

I said to him

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	B	D
But if you	try sometimes, you	just might find

	A
You get what you	need

A	D

Bm7	F#m7	D	Bm7	E

A	D
	x 3

B	D	A	D
	You get what you	need, yea	h

	A	D
I	saw her today at the re	ception

	A	D
In her	glass was a bleeding	man

	A	D
She was	practiced at the art of de	ception

	A	D
Well I could	tell by her blood-stained h	ands

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	B	D
But if you	try sometimes, you just might find, you	just might find

	A
You get what you	need

A	D
	x 4

The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin’ (1966)

Originally in G, I play in A capo 2, melody is mostly on the 3

Keyboard riff can be faked decently with a I7

A

(Vamp, then keyboard riff x 2, then “hey!”)

A

Hey

A	D/A	A	D/A

	A	D/A
Well my	temperature’s	rising

	A	D/A
And my feet	left the	floor

A	D/A
Crazy people	knocking

	A	D/A
‘Cause	they want it some	more

A	D/A
Let me in	baby

	A	D/A
I don’t	know what you	got

	A	D/A
You	better take it	easy

A	D/A
This place is	hot

	A	C
And I’m	so glad we	made it

D/A	F
So glad we	made it, I wanna

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’

A	D/A	A
Gimme some	lovin’ every	day

A

(Vamp, then keyboard riff x 2, then “hey!”)

A	D/A	A	D/A

	A	D/A
My	head’s a-	spinning

	A	D/A
And I’m	floating to	sound

A	D/A
Too much is	happening

	A	D/A
‘Cause	you’re	around

	A	D/A
It’s	been a	hard day

	A	D/A
And nothing	went too	good

	A	D/A
I’m	gonna re	lax

	A	D/A
Like	everybody	should

	A	C
And I’m	so glad we	made it

D/A	F
So glad we	made it, I wanna

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’

A	D/A	A
Gimme some	lovin’ every	day

Repeat intro

	A	D/A
Well I	feel so	good

	A	D/A
Every	thing is gettin’	higher

	A	D/A
You	better take some	time out

	A	D/A
‘Cause the	place is on	fire

A	D/A
Better stop	baby

	A	D/A
‘Cause I	have so much to	do

	A	D/A
We	made it,	baby

	A	D/A
And it	happened to	you

And I'm

A	C
So glad we	made it

D/A	F
So glad we	made it

I wanna

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’ every day

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’ every night

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’ whoohooo

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’ every day

Fade on intro

The Stampeders - Sweet City Woman (1971)

Intro

G	Am	Am	G
			x2

Vox on the 5

	G	Am
Well I’m	on my way, to the	city life

	Am	G
To a	pretty face, that shines her light on the c	ity nights

	G	Am
And I g	otta catch a noon train, I gotta	be there on time

	Am	G
Oh, it	feels so good to know she waits at the e	nd of the line

	G	Am
Sw	eet, sweet city	woman

	Am	G
I can s	ee your face, I can hear your voice, I can	almost touch you

	G	Am
Sw	eet, sweet city	woman

	Am	G
Oh, my b	anjo and me, we got a feel for s	inging, yeah, yeah

	G	C	G
B	on, c’est bon, bon bon c’est bon, bon, bon c’est bon bon bon	bon,	bon

	G	C	G
B	on, c’est bon, bon bon c’est bon, bon, bon c’est bon bon bon	bon,	bon

Hang these chords

C	G	Am/D	G	Am/D	G
So l	ong ma,	so l	ong pa,	so long,	neighbors and friends

	G	Am
Like a co	untry morning, all sn	uggled in dew

	G
Ah she’s got a way, to make a man feel sh	iny and new

	G	Am
And she s	ing in the evening, oh fam	iliar tunes

	Am	G
And she	feeds me love and tenderness and m	acaroons

	G	Am
Sw	eet, sweet city	woman

	Am	G
I can s	ee your face, I can hear your voice, I can	almost touch you

	G	Am
Sw	eet, sweet city	woman

	Am	G
Oh, my b	anjo and me, we got a feel for s	inging

Solo

G	Am	Am	G
			x2

	G	Am
Sw	eet, sweet city w	oman, oh she’s my

Am	G
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet city w	oman

	G	Am
Sw	eet, sweet city w	oman, oh my

Am	G
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet city w	oman

The Supremes - You Can’t Hurry Love (1966)

Originally in Bb, Phil Collins in G, I play in D

Intro

E

Vox on 5 6 on “need love”

	E	A	E
I need	love, love to	ease my mind

	G#m	C#m
I need to	find, find

	F#m
Someone to	call mine

	B
But	mama said

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	love don’t come	easy

F#m	B
It’s a game of	give and take

Vox on 4 on “can’t”

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
You gotta	trust,	give it time

	F#m	B
No	matter how	long it takes

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “how many”

	G#m
But	how many heartaches must I stand

Vox up to the 3 of the chord on “find”

	C#m
Before I	find the love to let me live again

	F#m
Right now the	only thing that keeps me hangin’ on

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “feel”

	B	B/G#	B/A
When I	feel my strength	, yeah, its	almost gone

	B7
I re	member mama said

Maybe skip this line vocally, it’s a rush to get back to the chorus in time

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	love don’t come	easy

F#m	B
It’s a game of	give and take

	E
How	long must I wait?

	A	E
How much	more can I	take

	G#m	C#m
Before	loneli	ness

	F#m	B
Will	cause my heart,	heart to break?

	G#m
No	I can’t bear to live my life alone

	C#m
I grow im	patient for a love to call my own

	F#m
But when I	feel that I, I can’t go on

	B	B/G#	B/A
These	precious words	keeps me	hangin’ on

	B7
I re	member mama said

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	love don’t come	easy

F#m	B
It’s a game of	give and take

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	trust,	give it time

	F#m	B
No	matter how	long it takes

E

Break!

	E	A	E
No	love, love don’t come	easy

	G#m	C#m	F#m	B
But I	keep on	waiting, an	tici	pating

	E	A	E
For that	soft voice to talk to	me at night

	G#m	C#m	F#m	B
For some	tender	arms to	hold me	tight

	E	A	E
I keep	waiting, I keep on	waiting

	G#m	C#m	F#m	B
But it ain’t	easy,	it ain’t	easy, but	mama said

(Chorus)

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said:	Love don’t come	easy

	F#m	B
But	it’s a game of	give and take

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
Just	trust on a	good time

	F#m	B
No	matter how	long it takes

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said:	Love don’t come	easy

	F#m	B
But	it’s a game of	give and take

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	trust,	give it time

	F#m	B
No	matter how	long it takes

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

The Temptations - Ain’t Too Proud to Beg (1966)

Originally around C, I play in E capo 3

Vox on the 6 on “know”

E	A
I know you want to leave me

	E	A
But I re	fuse to let you go

	E	A
If I have to	beg, plead for your sympathy

	E
I don’t	mind, ‘cause you mean that much to me

A	E	A	E
Ain’t too proud to	beg,	sweet d	arlin’

A	E	A	E
Please don’t	leave me girl

	A	E	A	E
Ain’t	too proud to	plead,	baby,	baby

A	E	A	E	A
Please don’t	leave me	girl

Let ring, Temptations version doesn’t have the IVs in verses other than the first

	E
Now, I’ve	heard a cryin’ man, is half a man

	E
With n	o sense of pride

	E
But if I have to	cry to keep you, I don’t mind weepin’

	E	B
If it’ll	keep you by my side

	E	A	E
Ain’t too proud to	beg,	sweet d	arlin’

A	E	A	E
Please don’t	leave me girl

	A	E	A	E
Ain’t	too proud to	plead,	baby,	baby

A	E	A	E	A
Please don’t	leave me	girl

	E
If I have to s	leep on your door step all night and day

	E
Just to	keep you from walkin’ away

	E
Let your	friends laugh, even this I can stand

	E	B
‘Cause I	wanna keep you,	any way I can

E	A	E	A
Ain’t too proud to be	g, sweet d	arlin’

	E	A	E
Please don’t	leave me girl

	A	E	A	E
Ain’t	too proud to	plead,	baby,	baby

A	E	A	E	A	B
Please don’t	leave me	girl

Solo

E	A	B	B
	x 7

	E
Now I’ve got a	love so deep in the pit of my heart

	E
And each	day it grows more and more

	E
I’m not as	hamed to come and plead to you, baby

	E	B
If	pleadin’ keeps you from	walkin’ out the door

E	A	E	A
Ain’t too proud to be	g, sweet d	arlin’

	E	A	E
Please don’t	leave me girl

	A	E	A	E
Ain’t	too proud to	plead,	baby,	baby

A	E	A	E	A	B
Please don’t	leave me	girl

The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)

Originally in F#m, I play in Em

Highest note is the I

All the D’s in the chorus are originally Bm’s

I play the verse D as D11/A, the verse C as C/G, and the

verse B7 as Bsus4 @ the 7th fret (799600), and the chorus

G as G6.

Em

	Em
Imagine	me and you, I do

	D
I think about you	day and night, it’s only right

	C
To think about the	girl you love and hold her tight

	B7
So happy to	gether

	Em
If I should	call you up, invest a dime

	D
And you say you be	long to me and ease my mind

	C
Imagine how the	world could be so very fine

	B7
So happy to	gether

E	Bm7
I can’t see me	lovin’ nobody but

E	G
You for all my	life

E	Bm7
When you’re with me	baby the skies’ll be

E	G
Blue for all my	life

Em

Me and you and you and me

	D
No matter how they	toss the dice it had to be

	C
The only one for	me is you and you for me

	B7
So happy tog	ether

E	Bm7
I can’t see me	lovin’ nobody but

E	G
You for all my	life

E	Bm7
When you’re with me	baby the skies’ll be

E	G
Blue for all my	life

Em

Me and you and you and me

	D
No matter how they	toss the dice it had to be

	C
The only one for	me is you and you for me

	B7
So happy tog	ether

Bridge

E	Bm7	E	G
Ba-ba-ba-ba	ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-	ba ba-ba-ba-	baaa

Not a typo, this line ends differently

E	Bm7	E	Bm7
Ba-ba-ba-ba	ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-	ba ba-ba-ba-	baaa

Em

Me and you and you and me

	D
No matter how they	toss the dice it had to be

	C
The only one for	me is you and you for me

	B7	Em
So happy to	gether...

	B7	Em
So happy to	gether...

	B7	Em
How is the	weather?

	B7	Em
So happy to	gether...

The Who - Baba O’Riley (1971)

Originally in F, I play in A

Intro

A

A	E	D
	→	x8

A	E	D
Out here in	the	fields

A	E	D
I fight for	my m	eals

A	E	D	A	E	D
I get m	y b	ack into my	living

A	E	D
I don’t need	to f	ight

A	E	D
To prove I’	m r	ight

A	E	D	A	E	D
I d	on’t	need to be for	given, yeah, yeah,	yeah,	yeah

A	E	D
	→	x5

E

E	E5
Don’t	cry

Don’t raise your eye

This is really still a 5 in the original

	A	D	E
It’s	only	teenage	wasteland

A	E	D
Sally, take	my	hand

A	E	D
We’ll travel South	cross	land

A	E	D	A	E	D
Put out the fire	, and	don’t look past my	shoulder

A	E	D
The exodus	is	here

A	E	D
The happy ones	are	near

A	E	D	A	E	D
Let’s get together,	be	fore we get much	older

Quiet

A	E	D
	→	x2

	A	E	D
Teenage	wasteland

	A	E	D
It’s only teenage	wasteland

	A	E	D
Teenage	wasteland,	oh	yeah

	A	E	D
Teenage	wasteland

	E	E	D	D
They’re all	wasted!

E	D	A	G
E	D	A	G

The Who - Behind Blue Eyes (1971)

Em	G	D
No one knows what it’s	like, to be the	bad man

	Cadd9	Asus2
To be the	sad man, behin	d blue eyes

Em	G	D
No one knows what it’s	like to be	hated

	Cadd9	Asus2
To be	fated, to telling on	ly lies

	C	D	G	C/G	G
But my	dre	ams, they aren’t as	empty

	C	D	E	Asus2	E
As my	conscience	seems to	be

	Bm	C
I have	hours, only l	onely

	D	Asus2
My love is	vengeance that’s never	free

Em	G	D
No one knows what it’s	like to feel these	feelings

	Cadd9	Asus2
Like I	do, and I blame	you

Em	G	D
No one bites back as	hard on their	anger

	Cadd9	Asus2
None of my	pain and woe, can show	through

	C	D	G	C/G	G
But my	dre	ams, they aren’t as	empty

	C	D	E	Asus2	E
As my	conscience	seems to	be

	Bm	C
I have	hours, only l	onely

	D	Asus2
My love is	vengeance that’s never	free

E	Bm	A	E	Bm	A
E	Bm	A	E
When my fist	clenches	crack it open

	Bm	G	D
Before I	use it and	lose my	cool

	Bm	A	D
When I s	mile t	ell me some b	ad news

	Bm	A	E	Bm	A
Before I la	ugh and a	ct like a f	ool

E	Bm	A	E
And if I sw	allow any	thing ev	il

	Bm	G	D
Stick your fi	nger do	wn my th	roat

	Bm	A	D
And if I sh	iver please gi	ve me a bla	nket

	Bm	A	E
Keep me w	arm let me we	ar your c	oat

E	Bm	A	E	Bm	A
B	A	G	D
B	A	G	D
B	A	G	D
B

Em	G	D
No one knows what it’s	like, to be the	bad man

	Cadd9	Asus2
To be the	sad man, behin	d blue eyes

The Who - Pinball Wizard (1975)

Originally in B (key change to D), I play in E capo 2 and don’t do the key change

Intro, skip this in E

Em/B	Esus4/B	B7sus4	B7
Bm7	Am/B	Am/C	Bsus4	B

Esus4	E
	x4

Vox on the 5

	Esus4	E
Ever	since I was a young boy, I	played the silver ball

	Dsus4	D
From	Soho down to Brighton, I	must have played ‘em all

	Csus4	C
But I	ain’t seen nothin’ like him, in	any amusement hall

Hard stop on “sure”

	Bsus4	B
That	deaf, dumb and blind kid,	sure plays a mean pinball

E	E	D	G	A	A
					x2

	Esus4	E
He	stands like a statue, becomes	part of the machine

Dsus4	D
Feeling all the bumpers,	always playing clean

	Csus4	C
He	plays by intuition, the	digit counters fall

	Bsus4	B
That	deaf, dumb and blind kid,	sure plays a mean pinball

E	E	D	G	A	A
					x2

	A	B	E
He’s a	pin	ball	wizard

	A	B	E
There	has to	be a	twist

	A	B	E
A	pin	ball	wizard’s

	C	G	Gsus4	G
Got	such a supple	wrist	→

Vox on the high 7 of the chor d on “how”

G	Fadd9	C/E	G	Fadd9	C/E
How do you t	hink h	e	does it? (I	don’t	know)

G	Fadd9	C/E	G
What makes	him	so	good?

Esus4	E
Ain’t got no distractions, can’t	hear no buzzers and bells

	Dsus4	D
Don’t	see no lights a-flashin’, he	plays by sense of smell

Csus4	C
Always gets the replay,	never seen him fall

	Bsus4	B
That	deaf, dumb and blind kid,	sure plays a mean pinball

E	E	D	G	A	A
					x2

	A	B	E
I	thought	I wa	s

	A	B	E
The	Bally	table	king

	A	B	E
But	I	just	handed

	C	G	Gsus4	G
My	pinball crown to	him	→

Written here with key change, though I’m not sure it’s advisable

Gsus4	G
	x4

	Gsus4	G
Even	on my favorite table,	he can beat my best

	Fsus4	F
His di	sciples lead him in, and	he just does the rest

	D#sus4	D#
He’s got	crazy flipper fingers,	never seen him fall

	Dsus4	D
That	deaf, dumb and blind kid,	sure plays a mean pinball

G

F

A#

D#

The Young Rascals - Good Lovin’ (1966)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 1

One two three

	A	D	E	D
Good	love

	A	D	E	D
Good	love

	A	D	E	D
Good	love

Band hard stop on “love”

	A	D	E	D
Good	love

A	D	E	D

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
I was	feelin’			so	bad

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
I	asked my	family	doctor just	what I	had

	A	D	E	D
I said,	doctor (	Doc	tor)

	A	D	E	D
Mr. M.	D. (	Doc	tor)

	A	D	E	D
Now can you	tell me

	D	A	D	E	D
What’s	ailin’	me? (	Doc	tor)

	A	D	A	D	A
He said,	Yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah

	A	D	A	D	A
(	Yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah)

	B	E
Yes, in	deed, all I	really need

	A	D	E	D
(Good	love)	Gimme that	good, good	lovin

	A	D	E	D
(Good	love)	All I	need is	love

	A	D	E	D
(Good	love)	Good	lovin’	baby

	A	D	E	D
Good	love

A	D	E	D

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
Now honey	please			squeeze me	tight (	Squeeze me	tight)

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
Now	don’t you	want your	baby to	be al	right? (	Be al	right)

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
I said	baby	(Ba	by) now i	t’s for	sure (	It’s for	sure)

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
I got the	fever,	yeah	yea, and	you’ve got the	cure (	Got the	cure)

	A	D	A	D	A
Everybody,	Yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah

	A	D	A	D	A
(	Yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah)

	B	E
Yes, in	deed, all I	really need

	A	D	E	D
(Good	love)	Come on	gimme that	lovin’

	A	D	E	D
(Good	love)	All I	need is	love

	A	D	E	D
(Good	love)	Good	lovin’	baby

	A	D	E	D
Good	love

A	D	E	D

Organ solo over main vamp

A	D	E	A

When it’s over, long hard stop at the end of this line...

A	A	B	B	E	E

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)			All I need is love

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)			All I want is love

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)			Lovin’ early in the morning

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)			Lovin’ late ate night

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)			Love

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)			Love love love love love love

A	D	E	D
			x4

A

Three Dog Night - Joy to the World (1970)

Originally i D, I play in G or A

A better on guitar, G better on voice. Highest note

that matters is the 6, but there’s a lot of 6.

Intro (replaced by the end of a verse line)

A	A7	D	F
A	E	A

G	G#	A
→	→

A	G	G#	A
Jeremiah was a bullfrog	→	→

A	G	G#	A
Was a good friend of mine	→	→

	A	A7	D	F
I n	ever understo	od a single	word he	said

	A	E7	A
But I	helped him	drink his	wine

	D7	E7	A
And he	always had some	mighty fine w	ine

	A
Singin’ j	oy to the world

E7	A
All the boys and	girls, now

A	A7	D	F
Joy to the	fishes in the	deep blue	sea

A	E7	A	G	G#	A
Joy to	you and	me	→	→

A	G	G#	A
If I were the king of the world	→	→

A	G	G#	A
Tell you what I’d do	→	→

A	A7	D	F
I’d throw away the	cars and the	bars and the	wars

	A	E7	A
And	make sweet	love to	you, say it now

	A
J	oy to the world

E7	A
All the boys and	girls

A	A7	D	F
Joy to the	fishes in the	deep blue	sea

A	E7	A
Joy to	you and	me

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

A	G	G#	A
You know I love the ladies	→	→

A	G	G#	A
Love to have my fun	→	→

	A	A7	D	F
I’m a h	igh life	flyer and a	rainbow	rider

	A	E7	A
A	straight shootin’	son-of-a-	gun

	D7	E7	A
I said, a	straight shootin’	son-of-a-	gun

	A
J	oy to the world

E7	A
All the boys and	girls

A	A7	D	F
Joy to the	fishes in the	deep blue	sea

A	E7	A
Joy to	you and	me

Bridge

B	A	E
Joy... t	o the w	orld

B	A	E
All... the b	oys and g	irls

B	A	E
Joy... t	o the w	orld

B	A	E
Joy....to y	ou and m	e

A

Joy to the world

E7	A
All the boys and	girls

A	A7	D	F
Joy to the	fishes in the	deep blue	sea

A	E7	A
Joy to	you and	me

A	A7	D	F
Joy	to the	world

A	E7	A
Joy to	you and	me, you know I mean

A

Joy to the world

E7	A
All the boys and	girls

A	A7	D	F
Joy to the	fishes in the	deep blue	sea

A	E7	A
Joy to	you and	me

Repeat to fade

Three Dog Night - Shambala (1973)

Intro

B	A	E/G#	E
B	A	E	E

	B	A	E/G#	E
Wash a	way my troubles,	wash aw	ay my pain

	B	A	E
With the r	ain in	Shambal	a

	B	A	E/G#	E
Wash a	way my sorrow,	wash a	way my s	hame

	B	A	E
With the r	ain in	Shambal	a

	B	A	E/G#	E
Ahh-ahh,	oooh-oo	oh,	oooh-oooh, yea	h

	B	A	E
Y	eah-yeah-y	eah-yeah-y	eah

	B	A	E/G#	E
Ahh-ahh,	oooh-oo	oh,	oooh-oooh, ye	ah

	B	A	E
Y	eah-yeah-y	eah-yeah-y	eah

	B	A	E/G#	E
Every	one is helpful,	every	one is kind

	B	A	E
On the	road to	Shambal	a

	B	A	E/G#	E
Every	one is lucky,	every	one is so kind

	B	A	E
On the	road to	Shambal	a

	B	A	E/G#	E
Ahh-ahh,	oooh-oo	oh,	oooh-oooh, yea	h

	B	A	E
Y	eah-yeah-y	eah-yeah-y	eah

	B	A	E/G#	E
Ahh-ahh,	oooh-oo	oh,	oooh-oooh, ye	ah

	B	A	E
Y	eah-yeah-y	eah-yeah-y	eah

E	A/E	E
How does your light shine in the	halls of Shambal	a?

E	A/E	E
How does your light shine in the	halls of Shambal	a?

B	A	E/G#	E

	B	A	E/G#	E
I can t	ell my sister,	from the f	lowers in her eyes

	B	A	E
On the r	oad to S	hambal	a

	B	A	E/G#	E
I can t	ell my brother,	from the f	lowers in his eyes

	B	A	E
On the r	oad to S	hambal	a

	B	A	E/G#	E
Ahh-ahh,	oooh-oo	oh,	oooh-oooh, yea	h

	B	A	E
Y	eah-yeah-y	eah-yeah-y	eah

	B	A	E/G#	E
Ahh-ahh,	oooh-oo	oh,	oooh-oooh, ye	ah

	B	A	E
Y	eah-yeah-y	eah-yeah-y	eah

E	A/E	E
How does your light shine in the	halls of Shambal	a?

E	A/E	E
How does your light shine in the	halls of Shambal	a?

	E	A/E	E
Tell me	how does your light shine in the	halls of Shambal	a?

	E	A/E	E
Tell me	how does your light shine in the	halls of Shambal	a?

	B	A	E/G#	E
Ahh-ahh,	oooh-oo	oh,	oooh-oooh, yea	h

	B	A	E
Y	eah-yeah-y	eah-yeah-y	eah

	B	A	E/G#	E
Ahh-ahh,	oooh-oo	oh,	oooh-oooh, ye	ah

Not a typo, this line is lyrics this time

	B	A	E
On the	road to	Shambal	a

	B	A	E/G#	E
Ahh-ahh,	oooh-oo	oh,	oooh-oooh, yea	h

B	A	E
Sham...	ba...	la

	B	A	E/G#	E
Ahh-ahh,	oooh-oo	oh,	oooh-oooh, yea	h

	B	A	E
On the	road to	Shambal	a

Tommy James - Draggin’ the Line (1971)

Originally in F#, I play in E

Intro

E

Vox on the 3 on “makin”

E

Makin’ a living the old hard way

Takin’ and giving by day by day

	D
I dig snow and rain and the bright sunshine

	E
Draggin’ the l	ine

E

My dog Sam eats purple flowers

Ain’t got much but what we got’s ours

	D
We dig snow and rain and the bright sunshine

	E
Draggin’ the l	ine

Draggin’ the line

E	D	E
I f	eel f	ine

	E	D	E
I’m talkin’ bout peace	o	f mind

	E	D	E
I’m gonna t	ake	my t	ime

	D
I’m gettin’ the g	ood sign

	E
Draggin’ the l	ine

Draggin’ the line

E

Loving the free and feelin’ spirit

Of huggin’ a tree when you get near it

	D
Diggin’ the snow and the rain and the bright sunshine

Draggin’ the line
Draggin' the line

E	D	E
I f	eel f	ine

	E	D	E
I’m talkin’ bout peace	o	f mind

	E	D	E
I’m gonna t	ake	my t	ime

	D
I’m gettin’ the g	ood sign

	E
Draggin’ the l	ine

Draggin’ the line

E

La la la la la la la la

E	D
La la la la la la la la	la

Tommy James - I Think We’re Alone Now (1967)

Originally in A, I play in G

Intro, bass only

G	D	C	G

Band enters

G	Bm
Children be	have

Em	D
That’s what they	say when we’re together

G	Bm
And watch how you	play

Em	D
They don’t under	stand, and so we’re

Bm	G
Running just as fast as we	can

Bm	G
Holding on to one another’s	hand

F

Trying to get away into the night

	D
And then you	put your arms around me

	G
And we tumble to the ground and then you	say

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
There	doesn’t seem to be any	one around

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
The	beating of our hearts is the	only sound

Two measures of hand drums and insect noises

G

G	Bm
Look at the	way

Em	D
We gotta	hide what we’re doing

G	Bm
‘Cause what would they	say

Em	D
If they ever	knew, and so we’re

Bm	G
Running just as fast as we	can

Bm	G
Holding on to one another’s	hand

F

Trying to get away into the night

	D
And then you	put your arms around me

	G
And we tumble to the ground and then you	say

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
There	doesn’t seem to be any	one around

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
The	beating of our hearts is the	only sound

G

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

For just this line, downbeat is on “be” instead of “one”

C	G
There doesn’t seem to	be anyone around

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
The	beating of our hearts is the	only sound

Repeat chorus and fade

Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (1968)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 1

	A	E	D
Ahhh	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
Now I	don’t hardly	know her	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
But I	think I could	love her	→	→

E	A	A	E	D
Crimson and	clover	→	→

D	E
→

A	A	E	D
Ah	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
Well if she c	ome walkin’	over	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
Now I been	waitin’ to	show her	→	→

E	A	A	E	D
Crimson and cl	over	→	→

D	A	A	E	D
Over and	over	→	→

D	E
→

Solo(ish)

A	G	D
	→	x5

E

A	A	E	D
Yeah	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
My,	my such a	sweet thing	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
I wanna	do ever	ything	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
What a	beautiful	feeling	→	→

E	A	A	E	D
Crimson and	clover	→	→

D	E
Over and	over

E

Solo over verse chords

A	A	E	D	E
	→	→		x 4

D	E
→

That repeats a gazillion times, then changes key a half-step, which I think is silly, so skipping it

A	E	D	E

A	E	D	E
Crimson and	clover,	over and	over x6

Tommy James and the Shondells - Mony Mony (1968)

Tommy James in A, Billy Idol in F#, I play in A

Lots of 1 in the chorus (“feel... so... good”)

Intro

E

Vox on the 1 on “here”

E	E	A	E
Here she come now, say Mony Mony		→

	E	E	A	E
Well	shoot ‘em down, turn around, come on, Mony		→

E	E	A	E
Hey, she give me love and I feel alright now		→

	E
You got me	tossin’ and turnin’ in the middle of the night

	A
And I	feel all right

	B
I say	yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

With “Mony Mony”

	E
Well you make me	feel, so, good, yeah

	A
So	good, well alright, come on, alright baby

	B
I say	yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

E

E	E	A	E
Wake me, shake me Mony, Mony		→

E	E	A	E
Shotgun, get it done, come on Mony		→

E	E	A	E
Don’t stop cookin’ it feels so good, yeah		→

	E
Hey, well	don’t stop now hey, come on Mony

	A
Well	Come on Mony

B

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

With “Mony Mony”, except I think in the Billy Idol version this time it’s “ride the pony”

	E
Well you make me	feel, so, good, yeah

	A
So	good, well alright, come on, alright

	B
I say	yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, awwww

E	D	A	A

	E	D	A
I love you	Mony,	Mo, Mo,	Mony, so good

	E	D	A
I love you	Mony,	Mo, Mo,	Mony, so good

	E	D	A
I love you	Mony,	Mo, Mo,	Mony, alright

	E	D	A
I love you	Mony,	Mo, Mo,	Mony

B

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hard stop for a bit...

E

Come on, come on, come on, come on

A

Come on, come on, come on, come on feel alright

	B
I say	yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

E

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (1967)

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---------------9-10-12-10-9------------------
-9-10-12-10-9----------------9-10-12-10-9-10-

G	C	G	D

G	C	G	D
Hey where did	we go	days when the r	ain came

G	C	G	D
Down in the ho	llow,	playing a n	ew game

G	C	G	D
Laughin’ and a	runnin’ hey, hey,	skipping and a	jumping

G	C	G	D
In the misty mor	ning fog	oh our	hearts a thumpin’ and

C	D	G	Em
You	my brown-eyed	girl

C	D	G	D
You my	brown-eyed	girl

G	C	G	D
Whatever	happened	to Tuesdays and	so slow

G	C	G	D
Going down the o	ld mine with a	transistor	radio

G	C	G	D
Standing in the	sunlight laughing,	hiding behind a	rainbow’s wall

G	C	G	D
Slipping and a	sliding	all along the	waterfall with

C	D	G	Em
You	my brown-eyed	girl

C	D	G
You my	brown-eyed	girl

D7

Do you remember when we used to sing

G	C	G	D
Sha la la	la la la la	la la la la tee	da just like that

G	C	G	D	G
Sha la la	la la la la	la la la la tee	da la tee da

G	C	G	D

G	C	G	D
So hard to	find my way,	now that I’m	on my own

G	C	G	D
I saw you	just the other day,	my how	you have grown

G	C	G	D
Cast my memory	back there, lord	sometimes I’m	overcome thinking ‘bout

G	C	G	D	C
Making love in the	green grass	behind the	stadium with	you

C	D	G	Em
You	my brown-eyed	girl

C	D	G
You my	brown-eyed	girl

D7	G
Do you remember when we used to	sing

G	C	G	D
Sha la la	la la la la	la la la la tee	da just like that

G	C	G	D	G
Sha la la	la la la la	la la la la tee	da la tee da

G

C

G

D

G

Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 1

Highest note is the 1 on “Can” and “have” in the chorus

Gmaj7 played as 3x443x

Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
			x2

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Well it’s a ma	rvelous nig	ht for a mo	ondance	with the

Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Stars up abo	ve in your ey	es

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
A fan	tabulous nigh	t to make r	omance	‘neath the

Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Color of O	ctober s	kies

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
All the l	eaves on the tree	s are fal	ling	to the

Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Sound of the bre	ezes that bl	ow

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
And I’m	trying to plea	se to the c	alling	of your

Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Heartstrings that pla	y soft and lo	w

Vox up to the 3 of the chord on “night”

	Am7	Em7
You know the	night’s m	agic seems to

Am7	Em7
Whisper and	hush

	Am7	Em7	Am7
You know the	soft m	oonlight seems to shine

	B7#9
In your blush

Vox on 1 7 on “Can I”

Original switches to i iv here

	Em7	F#m7	Em7	F#m7
Can I	just hav	e one mo	re moondanc	e with

	Em7	F#m7	Em7	B7#9
Yo	u	my l	ove

	Em7	F#m7	Em7	F#m7
Can I	just ma	ke some m	ore roma	nce with

	Em7	F#m7	Em7	B7#9
You		my	love

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Well I	want to make lov	e to you	tonight

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
I can’	t wait till t	he morning has co	me

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
And I k	now now the tim	e is just	right	and straight

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
In	to my arm	s you will r	un

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
When you	come my he	art will be w	aiting	to make

Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Sure that you’re n	ever alon	e

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
There and	then all my d	reams will c	ome true d	ear

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
There and	then I will m	ake you my ow	n

And every time...

Am7	Em7
I	touch you, you just

Am7	Em7
Tremble insid	e

	Am7	Em7	Am7
Then I know	how	much you want me that

	B7#9
You can’t hide

	Em7	F#m7	Em7	F#m7
Can I	just hav	e one mo	re moondanc	e with

	Em7	F#m7	Em7	B7#9
Yo	u	my l	ove

	Em7	F#m7	Em7	F#m7
Can I	just ma	ke some m	ore roma	nce with

	Em7	F#m7	Em7	B7#9
You		my	love

Solo on intro/verse/chorus

Vox are all shifted in rhythm here; I did not try to re-align the chords

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Well it’s a ma	rvelous nig	ht for a mo	ondance	with the

Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Stars up abo	ve in your ey	es

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
A fan	tabulous nigh	t to make r	omance	‘neath the

Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Color of O	ctober s	kies

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
All the l	eaves on the tree	s are fal	ling	to the

Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Sound of the bre	ezes that bl	ow

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
And I’m	trying to plea	se to the c	alling	of your

Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Heartstrings that pla	y soft and lo	w

	Am7	Em7
You know the	night’s m	agic seems to

Am7	Em7
Whisper and	hush

	Am7	Em7	Am7
You know the	soft m	oonlight seems to shine

	B7#9
In your blush

	Em7	F#m7	Em7	F#m7
Can I	just hav	e one mo	re moondanc	e with

	Em7	F#m7	Em7	B7#9
Yo	u	my l	ove

	Em7	F#m7	Em7	F#m7
Can I	just ma	ke some m	ore roma	nce with

	Em7	F#m7	Em7	B7#9
You		my	love

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
One more moon	dance	with yo	u

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
In the	moonlight			on a

Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
Magic	night

Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
La la la	la la la

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
In the	moonlight

	Em7	F#m7	Gmaj7	F#m7
On a	magic	night

	Gmaj7	D	C	Bm	Am7
Can	I just	have one	more moon	dance with	you

	Gmaj7
My love

Van Morrison - Wild Night (1971)

Originally in Em, I play in Am capo 5

Intro

Am	C
	x2

	Am	C
Then you brush your	shoes, stand before the m	irror

	Am	C
And you comb your	hair, grab your coat and l	augh

	Am	C	Am
And you walk	wet streets trying to	remember

Hard stop after this line

	F	G	C
All the	wild night breezes i	n your memory e	ver

	Am	F
And everyt	hing looks so compl	ete

	Am	F
When you’re w	alking out on the	street

	Am	F	G
And the w	ind catches your f	eet and sends you f	lying, crying

Am	F	G	Am	Am	G	C
Ooo	o o	ooh	wee,	wild n	ight is ca	lling

Am	F	G	Am	Am	G	C
Ooo	o o	ooh	wee,	wild n	ight is ca	lling

	Am	C
All the	girls walk by, dressed up for each ot	her

	Am	C
And the	boys do the boogie woogie on the corner of the st	reet

	Am	C	Am
And the	people passin’ by stare in wide wond	er

	F	G	C
And the	inside jukebox	blows out just like th	under

	Am	F
And everyt	hing looks so compl	ete

	Am	F
When you’re w	alking out on the	street

	Am	F	G
And the w	ind catches your f	eet and sends you f	lying, crying

Am	F	G	Am	Am	G	C
Ooo	o o	ooh	wee,	wild n	ight is ca	lling, alright

Am	F	G	Am	Am	G	C
Ooo	o o	ooh	wee,	wild n	ight is ca	lling

	Am	C
Well the	wiiiild night is c	alling

	Am	C
The	wiiiild night is c	alling

	Am	C
Come on out and d	ance, whoa come on out and m	ake romance

	Am	G	C
Come on out and d	ance,	come on out, make rom	ance

Solo

Am	C
	x4

	Am	C
The	wiiiild night is c	alling

	Am	C
The	wiiiild night is c	alling

	Am	C
Come on out and d	ance, whoa come on out and m	ake romance

	Am	G	C
Come on out and d	ance,	come on out and make rom	ance

Vicki Lawrence - The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1972)

Originally in Bbm, Reba McIntire in Cm, Tanya Tucker in Am, I play in Em, capo 1

Highest note that matters is the 3 of the chorus major key, which the 1 of the original minor key

Intro

Em

Vox on the 1 of the minor key

	Em	D
He was	on his way home from C	andletop

Vox up to the 5

	Em	A
Been t	wo weeks gone and he thou	ght he stop

	Em	Bm	Em
At W	ebb’s and have him a dri	nk ‘fore he went home to h	er

Em	D
Andy Wo-Lo s	aid hello

	Em	A
And h	e said hi, what’s a d	oin’ Wo

	Em	Bm	Em
Said s	it down, I got some b	ad news, it’s gonn	a hurt

	Em	D
Said	I’m you best friend and you	know that’s right

	Em	A
But y	our young bride ain’t ho	me tonight

	Em	Bm	Em
Si	nce you’ve been gone she’s been se	eing that Amos boy, S	eth

	Em	D
Well	he got mad and	he saw red

	Em	A
And A	ndy said, boy, don’t you lo	se your head

	Em	Bm	Em
Cause to t	ell you the truth,	I’ve been with her myse	lf

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “night”

E6	F#6	B	G#m
That’s the night that the li	ghts went out in G	eorgia

E6	F#6	B	G#m
That’s the night that they h	ung an innocent m	an

	E6	F#6	B	G#m
Well don’t t	rust your soul to no b	ackwoods Southern	lawyer

	E6	F#6	Bm
Cause the j	udge in the town’s got b	lood stains on his	hands

	Em	D
Well A	ndy got scared and	left the bar

	Em	A
W	alking on home cause he di	dn’t live far

	Em	Bm	Em
See, A	ndy didn’t have many fr	iends and he just lost him o	ne

	Em	D
B	rother thought his wife	must’ve left town

	Em	A
So h	e went home and fin	ally found

	Em	Bm	Em
The o	nly thing papa had le	ft him and that was a g	un

	Em	D
Then h	e went off to A	ndy’s house

	Em	A
S	lipping through the back woods qui	et as a mouse

	Em	Bm	Em
C	ame upon some tracks too s	mall for Andy to m	ake

	Em	D
He l	ooked through the screen at the	back porch door

	Em	A
And	he saw Andy ly	ing on the floor

	Em	Bm	Em
In a p	uddle of blood,	and he started to sh	ake

	E6	F#6
Well the G	eorgia Patrol was m	aking their rounds

	B	G#m
So he f	ired a shot just to f	lag them down

	E6	F#6
And a	big-bellied sheriff grabbed his g	un and said

	Bm
Why’d you	do it?

	Em	D
The	judge said guilty in a m	ake-believe trial

	Em	A
Slappe	d the sheriff on the	back with a smile

	Em	Bm	Em
Said s	upper’s waiting at h	ome and I got to get t	o it

E6	F#6	B	G#m
That’s the night that the li	ghts went out in G	eorgia

E6	F#6	B	G#m
That’s the night that they h	ung an innocent m	an

	E6	F#6	B	G#m
Well don’t tr	ust your soul to no b	ackwoods Southern	lawyer

	E6	F#6	Bm
Cause the j	udge in the town’s got b	lood stains on his	hands

	Em	D
Well they h	ung my brother befo	re I could say

	Em	A
The tr	acks he saw while on	his way

	Em	Bm	Em
To A	ndy’s house and ba	ck that night were m	ine

	Em	D
And h	is cheatin’ wife had n	ever left town

	Em	A
And t	hat’s one body that’ll ne	ver be found

	Em	Bm	Em
See, l	ittle sister don’t m	iss when she aims he	r gun

E6	F#6	B	G#m
That’s the night that the li	ghts went out in G	eorgia,	whoa whoa

E6	F#6	B
That’s the night that they h	ung an innocent m	an, uh huh

	E6	F#6	B	G#m
Well don’t t	rust your soul to no b	ackwoods Southern	lawyer

	E6	F#6	B
Cause the j	udge in the town’s got b	lood stains on his	hands

Willy Wonka - Pure Imagination (1971)

Originally in C#, I play in A capo 4

Spoken over something resembling the notes 6 b6 6

Hold your breath, make a wish, count to three

	Bm7	E6
Come with	me, and you’ll	be

	Amaj7
In a	world of pure imagination

	Bm7	E6
Take a look	, and you’ll	see

	Amaj7
Into	your imagination

	Bm7	E6
We’ll be	gin, with a	spin

	Amaj7	Bm7	C#m7
Traveling in	the	world of my cre	ation

	Gm/C	Bm7	E6
Wh	at we’ll see	, will de	fy

	C#maj7
Expla	nation

Dmaj7	C#m7
If you want to view p	aradise

Bm7	E6	Amaj7
Simply look a	round and view	it

D#m7b5	G#7	C#m7
Anything you wa	nt to, d	o it

F#9

Want to change the world?

	D/A	Bbm7b5	B9
There’s	nothing	to i	t

	Bm7	E6
There is	no life I	know

	Amaj7	Bm7	C#m7
To com	pare with	pure imagina	tion

	Gm/C	Bm7	E6
L	iving ther	e, you’ll be fr	ee

	C#maj7	E7	Amaj7
If you	truly	wish to be

Dmaj7	C#m7
If you want to view p	aradise

Bm7	E6	Amaj7
Simply look a	round and view	it

D#m7b5	G#7	C#m7
Anything you wa	nt to, d	o it

F#9

Want to change the world?

	D/A	Bbm7b5	B9
There’s	nothing	to i	t

	Bm7	E6
There is	no life I	know

	Amaj7	Bm7	C#m7
To com	pare with	pure imagina	tion

	Gm/C	Bm7	E6
L	iving ther	e, you’ll be fr	ee

	C#maj7	E7	Amaj7
If you	truly	wish to be

Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally (1966)

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro

A7

	A7
Mustang	Sally, huh, huh, guess you’d better slow your Mustang down, oh lord, what I said now?

	D7	A7
Mustang S	ally now baby, oh lord, guess you’d better slow your Mustang do	wn, huh, oh yeah

	E7	D7
You been r	unnin’ all over town

	A7
Oh, guess have you put your flat feet on the g	round, what I said now, listen

A7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

A7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

D7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

A7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

E7	D7
One of these a early mornings

	A7
Whoa, gonna be wipin’ your weepin’ ey	es, huh, well I said now, look it here

	A7
I b	ought you a brand new Mustang, a nineteen-sixty-five, huh

	A7
N	ow your goin’ ‘round, signifyin’ woman

	A7
You d	on’t wanna let me ride

	D7	A7
Mustang S	ally now baby, oh lord, I guess you’d better slow that Mustang	down, huh, oh lord

	E7	D7
You been r	unnin’ all over town now

	A7
Oh, I got to put your flat feet on the g	round, what I said now

Let me say it one more time y'all

	A7
Now a	ll you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

A7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

D7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

A7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

E7	D7
One of these a early mornings

	A7
Your gonna put your flat feet on the g	round

Ben E. King - Stand by Me (cover)

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

Bobby Day - Rockin’ Robin (cover)

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

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

Izzy Stradlin - Take a Look at the Guy (cover)

Izzy and Ron Wood both in A, I play in G

Intro

C	Dm7
→	x4

C	G
Take a look at the guy who’s	standing in front of you

C	G
Take a look at the guy who	walked in here with you

C

Does he look at the same guy, same guy, same guy

	G	Dm	C
Who’s	looking	straight back at y	ou

G	Dm

C	G
Take a look at the guy once	lost in fields

C	G
Remember the time he t	raveled the sky

C

It wasn’t too long ago he ran away from home

	G	Dm	C
And he	ran away	from y	ou

G	Dm

Solo

G	G	Dm	F
			x2

G

C	G
Take a look at the guy	hanging flesh on the bone

C	G
Who used to play silly	games for you to be amused

C

Does he look like the same face, same eyes, same guy

	G	Dm	C
Who’s	staring	straight back at y	ou

G	Dm

C	G
Take a look at the guy who’s s	tanding in front of you

C	G
Take a look at the guy who	waltzed in here with you

C

Does he look like the same guy, same guy, same guy

	G	Dm	C
Who	used to sing	songs for yo	u

G	Dm

Random slow outro

A#	C	C#	Fm	C#	Fm
→	→

C#

Fm

C#

Fm

Joe Walsh - Walk Away (cover)

Originally in Ab, I play in D

Intro

G

→

D	D	D	D	G/D
				→

D	D	G/D	G/D
D	D	D	D

Vox on 3 5 6 6 on “takin’ my time”

D	G	D
Takin’ my time,	→	choosin’ my line

G	D	G	D
→	Tryin’ to decide	what to	do

G	D	G	D
→	Looks like my stop,	don’t	wanna get off

Hard stop at the end of this line

G	D	G	D	D
→	Got myself hung up	on yo	u

	Bm	G
Seems to m	e, you don’t w	anna talk about it

	Bm	G	A	D
Seems to m	e, you just	turn your pretty	head and walk	away

D	Em	F	Em

G

→

D	D	D	D	G/D
				→

D	G	D
Places I’ve known,	→	things that I’m growin’

G	D	G	D
→	Don’t taste the same w	itho	ut you

G	D	G	D	G
I g	ot myself in, th	e w	orst mess I been, and	I

D	G	D
Find myself startin’ t	o d	oubt you

	Bm	G
Seems to m	e, talk all n	ight here comes the morning

	Bm	G	A	D
Seems to m	e, you just f	orget what we sa	id and greet the	day

D	Em	F	Em

Solo on intro riff

D

	Bm	G
Seems to m	e, you don’t w	anna talk about it

	Bm	G	A	D
Seems to m	e, you just	turn your pretty	head and walk	away

D	Em	F	Em

D

	D	G	D
Iiiii... got to	cool myself down,	→	stompin’ around

G	D
→	Thinkin’ some words, I can’t blame ya

G	D	D
→	Meet ya half way, I got	nothin’ to say

G	D
→	Still I don’t s’pose I can blame ya

	Bm	G
Seems to m	e, you don’t w	anna talk about it

	Bm	G	A	D
Seems to m	e, you just	turn your pretty	head and walk	away

D	Em	F	Em

	D	Em	F	Em
Walk awa	y

Solo

D

Em

F

Em

Kiss - God Gave Rock and Roll to You II (cover)

This version skips the key change and leaves out some of the prog-i-er parts; there’s a complete arrangement in the “nonsongbook” folder

Kiss in B, Argent in C, I play in E capo 2

Intro

E	B/D#	C#m	B
A	C	D	E	G	B
	→			→

Vox on 3 5 on “god gave”

E	B/D#
God gave rock and r	oll to you

C#m	B
Gave rock and r	oll to you

A	C	D	E
Put it in the s	o	ul of	everyone

Vox on the 1 on “know”, stays there on “know” before it goes down

	A	D
Do you kno	w what you want? You don’t	know for sure

	A	D
You d	on’t feel right, you can’t f	ind a cure

Vox up to the 1 of the chord on “get”

	C	G	C	G	G	C
And you’re g	etting less than what you’re l	ookin’ for	→		→

	A	D
You do	n’t have money or a fa	ncy car

	A	D
And you’re ti	red of wishin’ on a f	alling star

Cut the word “guitar” off before the last chord

	C	G	B
You gotta p	ut your faith in a lo	ud guitar

E	B/D#
God gave rock and r	oll to you

C#m	B
Gave rock and r	oll to you

A	C	D	E	G	B
Gave rock and ro	-o	ll to	everyone	→

E	B/D#
God gave rock and r	oll to you

C#m	B
Gave rock and r	oll to you

A	C	D	E	G	D
Put it in the s	o	ul of	everyone	→

	A	D
If you w	anna be a singer or p	lay guitar

A	D
Man, you gotta sweat or you	won’t get far

	C	G	C	G	G	C
Cause it’s n	ever too late to work	nine-to-five	→		→

	A	D
You can tak	e a stand, or you can	compromise

	A	D
You can wo	rk real hard or just	fantazise

	C	G	B
But you d	on’t start livin’ ‘til you	reali-	ize

E	B/D#
God gave rock and r	oll to you

C#m	B
Gave rock and r	oll to you

A	C	D	E	G	B
Gave rock and ro	-o	ll to	everyone	→

E	B/D#
God gave rock and r	oll to you

C#m	B
Gave rock and r	oll to you

A	C	D	E	G	D
Put it in the s	o	ul of	everyone	→

Let ring

E	B/D#
God gave rock and r	oll to you

C#m	A#m7b5
He gave a	song to be

A	Am	E	E/B
Sung, gave rock and	roll to e	veryone

E	B/D#
God gave rock and r	oll to you

C#m	A#m7b5
He gave a	song to be

A	Am	E	E/B
Sung, save rock and	roll for e	veryone

A	Am
Save rock and ro	ll

E	B/D#
God gave rock and r	oll to you

C#m	B
Gave rock and r	oll to you

A	C	D	E	G	B
Gave rock and ro	-o	ll to	everyone,	oh	yeah

E	B/D#
God gave rock and r	oll to you

C#m	B
Gave rock and r	oll to you

A	C	D	E
Put it in the s	o	ul of (	everyone)

E	B/D#
God gave rock and r	oll to you

C#m	B
Gave rock and r	oll to you

A	C	D	E
Gave rock and ro	-o	ll to (	everyone)

Spoken, with repeated chorus

I know life sometimes can get tough
And I know life sometimes can be a drag
But people, we have been given a gift
We have been given a road, and that road's name is
Rooooock and rooollll

E

Little Eva - The Locomotion (cover)

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

Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street (cover)

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)

Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night (cover)

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 - Twistin’ the Night Away (cover)

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

The Drifters - This Magic Moment (cover)

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 Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (cover)

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 - When Will I Be Loved (cover)

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 Righteous Brothers - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (cover)

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

UB40 - Red Red Wine (cover)

UB40 in C#, I play in G capo 1

I transcribed the chords according to the UB40 version, but for solo acoustic

performance, it makes more sense to replace the V/2 and IV/5 with the iimin7

and V, respectively.

Vox on 5 7 1 on “red red wine”

	G	C	D/A
Red red win	e

C/D	G	C	D/A
Goes to my he	ad

C/D	G	C	D/A
Makes me forget	that I

C/D	D	C	D
Still need her so		→

D	G	C	D/A
Red red win	e

C/D	G	C	D/A
It’s up to	you

C/D	G	C	D/A
All I can d	o I’ve do	ne

C/D	D
Memories won’t go

C	D	G
Memorie	s won’t g	o

G	C	D/A	C/D

Vox on the 3 of the chord (7 of the key) on “sworn”

	D
I have swor	n

	G
That with ti	me

C	G
Thoughts of you would leave my h	ead

	D	G
I was wr	ong, now I f	ind

	C	D
Just one th	ing makes me forge	t

	G	C	D/A
Red red	wine

C/D	G	C	D/A
Stay close to m	e

C/D	G	C	D/A
Don’t let me b	e alo	ne

	C/D	D
It’s t	earin’ apa	rt

C	D	G
My	blue, blue heart

G	C
Red red wine, you make me	feel so fine

	D/A	C/D
You	keep me rockin’ a	ll of the time

G	C
Red red wine, you make me	feel so grand

	D/A	C/D
I	feel a million dollar when you’re	just in my hand

G	C
Red red wine, you make me	feel so sad

D/A	C/D
Any time I see you go, it	make me feel bad

G	C
Red red wine, you make me	feel so fine

D/A	C/D
Monkey pack him Rizla pon the	sweet Dep line

D	G	C	D/A
Red red win	e

C/D	G	C	D/A
It’s up to	you

C/D	G	C	D/A
All I can d	o I’ve do	ne

C/D	D
Memories won’t go

C	D	G
Memorie	s won’t g	o

G	C	D/A	C/D

	D
I have swor	n

	G
That with ti	me

C	G
Thoughts of you would leave my h	ead

	D	G
I was wr	ong, now I f	ind

	C	D
Just one th	ing makes me forge	t

	G	C	D/A
Red red	wine

C/D	G	C	D/A
Stay close to m	e

C/D	G	C	D/A
Don’t let me b	e alo	ne

	C/D	D
It’s t	earin’ apa	rt

C	D	G
My	blue, blue heart

G	C	D/A	C/D
G	C	D/A

C/D	G	C	D/A	C/D
Red red red wine

Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind (cover)

Willie Nelson in D, Elvis in G, I play in D

Intro

G	D/F#	Em	A

D	A
Maybe I didn’t	love you

Bm	Bm/A	G
Quite as	often as I c	ould have

D	A
Maybe I didn’t	treat you

Bm	Bm/A	E
Quite as g	ood as I s	hould have

G	D	D	D/C
If I made you feel second	best	→

G	D/F#	Em	Em7/D	Em7/B
Girl, I’m	sorry I was bl	ind	→

A	D
But you were always on my	mind

G	A	D	G	A
You were always	on my	mind	→

D	A
Maybe I didn’t h	old you

Bm	Bm/A	G
All those	lonely, lonely time	s

D	A
I guess I never t	old you

Bm	Bm/A	E
I’m so ha	ppy that you’re mi	ne

G	D
Little things I	should have said and done

G	D/F#	Em	Em7/D	Em/B
I just	never took the t	ime	→

A	A/C#	D	D	D/C
But you were always on	my	mind	→

G	A	D	A
You were always	on my	mind

Bridge

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm/A
Tell	me

G	D	Em	A
Tell me that your sweet	love hasn’t die	d

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm/A
Give	me

	G	D	Em
Give me	one more chance to	keep you satisf	ied

	A	D
I’ll	keep you satisfi	ed

Solo, skip the first line if there’s no soloist

D	A	Bm	Bm/A	G	G	A/E
					→

D	A	Bm	Bm/A	E

G	D	D	D/C
Little things I should have said and	done	→

G	D/F#	Em	Em7/D	Em/B
I just	never took the t	ime	→

A	A/C#	D
But you were always on	my	mind

G	A	D	D/B
You were always	on my	mind

A	A/C#	D	D	D/C
You were always on	my	mind	→

G	A	D
You were always	on my m	ind

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