Abba - Dancing Queen (1976)

Originally in A, with a huge range; I play in G, but sing the chorus

down an octave.

G	C/G	G	C/G
G	C/G	G	D/G	C/G	G
			Ooh →

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “you”

D	B7
You can dance, y	ou can jive

Em	A/C#
Having the time of your	life

	C	Am7
Ooh ooh ooh,	see that girl,	watch that scene

D7	G	C/G
Digging the d	ancing queen

G	C/G
→

G	C/G
→

G	C/G
Friday night and the lights are low

G	Em
Looking out for a place to go

D	G/D
Where they play the right music

D

Getting in the swing

	D	D	Em	Em	D	Em
You	come to l	ook f	or a k	ing	→

G	C/G
Anybody could be that guy

G	Em
Night is young and the music’s h	igh

D	G/D
With a bit of rock music

D

Everything is fine

	D	Em	Em	D	Em
You’re in the mo	od f	or a d	ance

	Am7	D7
And when you	get the chance

	G	C/G	G	C/G
You are the	dancing queen,	young and sweet, only	seventeen

G	C/G	G	D	C/E	G
Dancing queen,	feel the beat from the	tambourine, o	h y	eah

D	B7
You can dance, y	ou can jive

Em	A/C#
Having the time of your	life

	C	Am7
Ooh ooh ooh,	see that girl,	watch that scene

D7	G	C/G
Digging the d	ancing queen

Not a typo, there is an extra measure here that isn’t here in the first chorus

G	C/G

G	C/G
→

G	C/G
→

G	C/G
You’re a teaser, you turn ‘em on

G	Em
Leave them burning and then you’re	gone

D	G/D
Looking out for another

D

Anyone will do

	D	Em	Em	D	Em
You’re in the mo	od f	or a d	ance	→

	Am7	D7
And when you	get the chance

	G	C/G	G	C/G
You are the	dancing queen,	young and sweet, only	seventeen

G	C/G	G	D	C/E	G
Dancing queen,	feel the beat from the	tambourine, o	h y	eah

D	B7
You can dance, y	ou can jive

Em	A/C#
Having the time of your	life

	C	Am7
Ooh ooh ooh,	see that girl,	watch that scene

D7	G	C/G	G	C/G
Digging the d	ancing queen

G	C/G	D7/A	G	C/G	G	C/G
		Digging the d	ancing queen

G

AC DC - Highway to Hell (1979)

Originally between Ab and A, I play in A capo 2

Intro

A

D/F#

G

D/F#

G

D/F#

G

D/F#

A

x2

“Livin’ easy” is roughly b7 1 b3 b3

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Livin’ ea	sy,		livin’ free

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	A	A
	Seaso	n tic	ket on	a	one way ride

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Askin’ no	thin’	,	leave me be

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	A	A
Ta	kin’	eve	rythin	’	in my stride

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Don’t need rea	son,		don’t need rhym	e

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	A	A
A	in’t	not	hin’ I’d	ra	ther do

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Goin’ do	wn,		party time

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	E
	My f	riends	are gonna	be there too

	A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
I’m on the	high	way	to	hell

	A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
On the	high	way	to	hell

A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
High	way	to	hell,	I’m	on the

A	A	A	D/A
High	way	to	hell

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		No stop	signs	,	speed limi	t

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	A	A
	Nob	ody’s	gonna	sl	ow me down

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Like a whe	el,		gonna spin it

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	A	A
	Nob	ody’s	gonn	a	mess me around

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Hey Sata	n,		payin’ my du	es

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	A	A
		Playin	’ in	a	rockin’ band

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Hey mam	a,		look at m	e

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	E
I’	m on	my wa	y to the	promised land, whoa

	A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
I’m on the	high	way	to	hell

A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
High	way	to	hell,	I’m	on the

A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
High	way	to	hell

A	A	A	D/A
High	way	to	hell

	D	Dsus4	D
Mmmmmmm

	D	Dsus4	D	Dsus4	D
Don’t stop me

Solo on verse chords

	A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
I’m on the	high	way	to	hell,		uh

A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
High	way	to	hell,	I’m	on the

A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
High	way	to	hell,		on the

Hard stop here

A	A	A	D/A
High	way	to

G	D/F#

A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#	A
High	way	to	hell, I’m on on the h	ighway	to he	ll

A	A	A	D/A
High	way	to	hell

A	A	A	D/A
High	way	to	hell

Let ring at the end of this line

A	A	A	D/A
High	way	to	hell

And I'm going down, aaaooohwaayyy

A

Andrew Gold - Thank You For Being a Friend (1978)

Originally in Bb, I play in A

A

Thank you for being a friend

D/A

Traveled down the road and back again

	E/A	A
Your	heart is true, you’re a pal and a confi	dant

A

I’m not ashamed to say

D/A

I hope it always will stay this way

	E/A	A
My	hat is off, won’t you stand up and take a	bow

F#m	A7/E
And if you threw a	party

	Dmaj7	C#7
In	vited everyone you	knew

	F#m/E	A7
Well,	you would	see

	Bm7	F#m
The biggest	gift would be from	me

	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A	E
And the	card	at	tached	would	say

	A
Thank you for being a	friend

	D/A
Thank you for being a	friend

	E/A
Thank you for being a	friend

	A
Thank you for being a	friend

A	A/G#	A	A/G#	A/F#	A/E
	→

D	D/C#	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A
	→

A

If it’s a car you lack

D/A

I’d surely buy you a Cadillac

	E/A	A
What	ever you need any time of the day or	night

A

I’m not ashamed to say

D/A

I hope it always will stay this way

	E/A	A
My	hat is off, won’t you stand up and take a	bow

F#m	A7/E
And when we both get	older

	Dmaj7	C#7
With	walking canes and hair of	gray

F#m/E	A7
Have no	fear

	Bm7	F#m
Even	though it’s hardly	here

	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A	E
I will	stand	real	close	and	say

	A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	D/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	E/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	A
Let me tell you ‘bout a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	D/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	E/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

Vox on “die” are on the root of the chord

A	A/D	A/E	Em6/G	F#m
	And	when we	die and float a	way

	Fmaj7	A/E
Into the	night, the milky	way

	Em6/G	F#m
You’ll hear me	call as we as	cend

	Fmaj7	A/E
I’ll say your	name, then once a	gain

No instruments...

Thank you for being a...

Instruments back in...

A	A/G#	A	A/G#	A/F#	A/E
	→

D	D/C#	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A
	→

This time with baa baa baa baa

A	A/G#	A	A/G#	A/F#	A/E
	→

D	D/C#	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A
	→

	A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	D/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	E/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	A
Thank you for being a	friend

	A
People tell me about a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	D/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	E/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	A
Thank you for being a	friend

A

Thank you right now for being a friend

	D/A
I wanna	tell you ‘bout now and I’ll tell you again

	E/A	A
I wanna	thank you, thank you, thank you for being a	friend

A	A/G#	A	A/G#	A/F#	A/E
	→

D	D/C#	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A
	→

A

Barry Manilow - Copacabana (1978)

Basically ignore all the I/2 chords (Ab/Bb in Ab)

Gm9	Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9
	→	→

Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→

Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→	→	→

	Fm7
Her name was	Lola

Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
She was a	showgirl

	Am7b5	D7
With yellow	feathers in her	hair

	Gm7
And a	dress cut down to there

	Fm7
She would me	rengue

Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
And do the	cha-cha

	Am7b5	D7
And while she	tried to be a	star

	Gm7
Tony	always tended bar

If you’re playing this in Fm, and you’re going to play this Cdim7 the way I think you are, note that’s really D7/D#, which makes that D7 a lot easier to get to

	Cdim7	D7	Gm
Across the	crow-	ded	floor

	Cdim7	D7	Gm
They worked from	eight	til	four

	Cm7	D7
They were	young and they had each	other

	Gm7	F#m7	Bb7/F
Who could	ask	for	more

	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
At the	Copa,	Copaca	bana

	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
The	hottest spot	north of H	avana

C9	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Bb/C	C7
At the	Copa,	Copaca	baaaaa	na

Fm7	Bb7	Gm7	C7	Fm7	D7
Music and	passion were	always the	fashion at the	Copa

	Gm9
They fell in	love

Gm9	Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9
	→	→

Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→

Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→	→	→

	Fm7
His name was	Rico

Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
He wore a	diamond

	Am7b5	D7
He was es	corted to his	chair

	Gm7
He saw	Lola dancing there

	Fm7
And when she	finished

Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
He called her	over

	Am7b5	D7
But Rico	went a bit too	far

	Gm7
Tony	sailed across the bar

	Cdim7	D7	Gm
And then the	punc	hes f	lew

	Cdim7	D7	Gm
And chairs were	smashed	in	two

	Cm	D7
There was	blood and a single	gunshot

	Gm7	F#m7	Bb7/F
But just	who	shot	who?

	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
At the	Copa,	Copaca	bana

	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
The	hottest spot	north of H	avana

C9	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Bb/C	C7
At the	Copa,	Copaca	baaaaa	na

Fm7	Bb7	Gm7	C7	Fm7	D7
Music and	passion were	always the	fashion at the	Copa

	Gm9
She lost her	love

There’s no point in trying the crazy jazz breakdown here

Gm9	Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9
	→	→

Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→

Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→	→	→

	Fm7
Her name is	Lola

Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
She was a	showgirl

	Am7b5	D7
But that was	thirty years a	go

	Gm7
When they	used to have a show

	Fm7
Now it’s a	disco

Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
But not for	Lola

	Am7b5	D7
Still in the	dress she used to	wear

	Gm7
Faded	feathers in her hair

	Cdim7	D7	Gm
She sits there	so	re	fined

	Cdim7	D7	Gm
And drinks her	self	half-	blind

	Cm	D7
She lost her	youth and she lost her	Tony

	Gm7	F#m7	Bb7/F
Now she’s	lost	her	mind

	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
At the	Copa,	Copaca	bana

	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
The	hottest spot	north of H	avana

C9	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Bb/C	C7
At the	Copa,	Copaca	baaaaa	na

Fm7	Bb7	Gm7	C7	Fm7	D7
Music and	passion were	always the	fashion at the	Copa

	Gm9
Don’t fall in	love

Gm9	Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9
	→	→	Don’t fall in love

Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→

Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→	→	→

Bette Midler - The Rose (1979)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

G

	G	D/F#
Some say l	ove, it is a r	iver

	C	D	G
That d	rowns the ten	der r	eed

	D/F#
Some say love, it is a r	azor

	C	D	G
That l	eaves your so	ul to bl	eed

	Bm	Em
Some say l	ove, it is a h	unger

	C	D7sus4	D
An end	less aching n	eed

	G	D
I say l	ove, it is a fl	ower and

	C	D	G
Y	ou its on	ly se	ed

G

	G	D
It’s the he	art afraid of brea	king

	C	D	G
That n	ever lea	rns to da	nce

	G	D
It’s the dr	eam afraid of wak	ing

	C	D	G
That	never tak	es the cha	nce

	Bm	Em
It’s the	one who won’t be t	aken

	C	D7sus4
Who ca	n not seem to g	ive

	G	D
And the	soul afraid of dy	ing

	C	D	G
That n	ever le	arns to li	ve

G

	G	D
When the n	ight has been too lo	nely

	C	D	G
And the r	oad has b	een too lo	ng

	G	D
And you th	ink that love is	only

	C	D	G
For the l	ucky an	d the str	ong

	Bm	Em
Just r	emember in the w	inter

	C	D7sus4
Far bene	ath the bitter	snow

	G	D
Lies the s	eed that with the s	un’s love

	C	D	G
In the sp	ring beco	mes the ro	se

G

Billy Joel - Big Shot (1978)

Basically keep downstroke 16ths going the whole song

Chorus chords:

G/F == x897xx

F/C == x332xx

F/D == xx0565

Em7add4	G
Em7add4	G
Em7add4	Bm/D
C	Csus4	C
→	→

Vox on the 4 of the chord

	Em7add4	G
Well you went	uptown riding in your	limousine

	Em7add4	G
With your	fine Park Avenue c	lothes

	Em7add4	Bm/D
You had the	Dom Perignon in your ha	nd

	C	Csus4	C
And the spoon up your nose	→	→

	Em7add4	G
Ooh, and when you	wake up in the morning with your h	ead on fire

	Em7add4	G
And your	eyes too bloody to	see

	Em7add4	Bm/D
Go on and	cry in your coffee but d	on’t

	C	Csus4	C
Come bitchin’ to me	→	→

Vox on the 3 of the chord (B if the chord is G/F)

	G/F	F/C	G/F	F/C
Because you had to be a	big shot	, didn’t	you

	G/F	F/C	G/F	F/C
You h	ad to o	pen up	your	mouth

	G/F	G	F/D	G
You h	ad to be a	big shot,	d	idn’t you

F/D	G	F/D	C
All your	friends were	so knocked out

	F	G/F	F/C	G/F
You h	ad to have the l	ast word,	last	night

	F/C	G/F	F/C	G/F
You k	now what e	verything’s	about

	F	F/C	C	F/C	C
You	had to have a wh	ite h	ot s	potl	ight

	C	G/D	D	G/D	D
You	had to be a b	ig s	hot l	ast n	ight, whoa

Em7add4	G
Em7add4	G
Yeah!

Em7add4	Bm/D
C	Csus4	C
→	→

	Em7add4	G
Yeah, they were	all impressed with your H	alston dress

	Em7add4	G
And the	people that you knew at Ela	ine’s

	Em7add4	Bm/D
And the	story of your latest suc	cess

	C	Csus4	C
Kept ‘em so entertained	→	→

	Em7add4	G
Aww, but now you	just don’t remember all the t	hings you said

	Em7add4	G
And you’re	not sure you want to know

	Em7add4	Bm/D
I’ll give you	one hint, honey you s	ure

	C	Csus4	C
Did put on a show	→	→

	G/F	F/C	G/F	F/C
Because you had to be a	big shot	, didn’t	you

	G/F	F/C	G/F	F/C
You h	ad to prove	it to	the	crowd

	G/F	G	F/D	G
You h	ad to be a	big shot,	d	idn’t you

F/D	G	F/D	C
All your	friends were	so knocked out

	F	G/F	F/C	G/F
You h	ad to have the l	ast word,	last	night

	F/C	G/F	F/C	G/F
S	o much fun	to be	around

	F	F/C	C	F/C	C
You h	ad to have the front	page	bold		type

	C	G/D	D	G/D	D
You h	ad to be a b	ig s	hot l	ast n	ight, whoa

Solo, with whoa

F	C	G	D
			x2

	Em7add4	G
Yeah, it’s	no big sin to stick your t	wo cents in

	Em7add4	G
If you	know when to leave it a	lone

	Em7add4	Bm/D
But you went	over the line, you couldn’t	see

	C	Csus4	C
It was time to go home	→	→

	G/F	F/C	G/F	F/C
No no no no no no you had to be a	big shot	, didn’t	you

	G/F	F/C	G/F	F/C
You h	ad to o	pen up	your	mouth

	G/F	G	F/D	G
You h	ad to be a	big shot,	d	idn’t you

F/D	G	F/D	C
All your	friends were	so knocked out

	F	G/F	F/C	G/F
You h	ad to have the l	ast word,	last	night

	F/C	G/F	F/C	G/F
You k	now what e	verything’s	about

	F	F/C	C	F/C	C
You	had to have a wh	ite h	ot s	potl	ight

	C	G/D	D	G/D	D
You	had to be a b	ig s	hot l	ast n	ight, whoa

With whoa

F	C	G	D
			x2

Em7add4

Billy Joel - Miami 2017 (1976)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 3

Intro

Siren noises are roughly...

F

Piano intro, skip on guitar

A	Gadd9	D6/F#	F(#11)
A	G6/9	D6/F#	F(#11)
A/C#	Dmaj7	A/E	D/F#
E/G#	D/F#	A	A/G#	D/F#

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
I’ve seen the	lights go out on	Broadway

F#m	Dadd9	E	Esus4	E	Dadd9
I saw the	Empire State laid	low

C#m7	F#m
And life went on beyond the P	alisades

	A/E	E
They all bought	Cadillacs

	Dadd9	D	E
And left there	long ago

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
They held a	concert out in	Brooklyn

F#m	Dadd9	E	Esus4	E	Dadd9
To watch the	island bridges	blow

Hanging stops

A/C#	D
They turned our	power down

A/E	D/F#
And drove us u	nderground

E/G#	D/F#	A
But we went	right on with the s	how

Now the rock starts, on guitar change Bm to G/B

A	F#m	A	F#m	A	A/E	E	A/E	E
	→	→	→	→	→		→

x2

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
I’ve seen the	lights go out on	Broadway

F#m	D	E	A/E	E
I saw the	ruins at my	feet

C#m7	F#m
You know we almost didn’t	notice it

	A/E	E
We’d seen it	all the time

	D	D	E
On Forty-	Second Street

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
They burned the	churches up in	Harlem

F#m	D	E	A/E	E
Like in that	Spanish civil	war

A/C#	D
The flames were e	verywhere

A/E	D/F#
But no one	really cared

E/G#	D/F#	A
It always	burned up there before

A	F#m	A	F#m	A	A/E	E	A/E	E
	→	→	→	→	→		→

x2

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
I’ve seen the	lights go out on	Broadway

F#m	D	E	A/E	E	Dadd9
I watched the	mighty skyline	fall

C#m7	F#m
The boats were waiting at the	Battery

	A/E	E
The union w	ent on strike

	D	D	E
They never	sailed at all

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
They sent a car	rier out from	Norfolk

	F#m	D	E	A/E	E
And	picked the	Yankees up for	free

A/C#	D
They said that	Queens could stay

A/E	D/F#
They blew the B	ronx away

E/G#	D/F#	A
And sank Man	hattan out at s	ea

A	F#m	A	F#m	A	A/E	E	A/E	E
	→	→	→	→	→		→

x2

Hanging stop on “lights”, mellow out

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
You know those	lights were bright on	Broadway

F#m	D	E	Esus4	E	Dadd9
But that was so	many years ago

C#m7	F#m
Before we all lived here in	Florida

	A/E	E	Dadd9	D	E
Before the	Mafia	took over	Mexico

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
There are not	many who re	member

F#m	Dadd9	E
They say a	handful still	survive

A/C#	D
To tell the	world about

A/E	D/F#
The way the l	ights went out

E	D/F#	F
And keep the me	mory alive

Repeat intro

A	Gadd9	D6/F#	F(#11)
A	G6/9	D6/F#	F(#11)
A/C#

Billy Joel - Movin’ Out (1977)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am capo 3

Play Bdim as x2313x

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C

With ooh and mmm

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C

Am	Dm7
Anthony works in the	grocery store

G	G/B	C
Savin’ his	pennies for	someday

Am	Dm7
Mama Leone left a	note on the door

	G	G/B	C
She said,	sonny, move	out to the	country

	Am
Ah, but	workin’ too hard can give you

	D7
A h	eart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack

F	G
You oughta know by	now

Am	Dm7
Who needs a house out in	Hackensack?

	G	G/B	C
Is t	hat all you ge	t for your m	oney?

	F	G
And it s	eems such a waste of	time

	E7	Am
If t	hat’s what it’s all abo	ut

	F	Bdim	E7	Am
Mama if	that’s movin’ up then	I’m	movin’	out

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C
	Mmm, I’m movin’ o	ut

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C

Am	Dm7
Sergeant O’Leary is	walkin’ the beat

	G	G/B	C
At n	ight he be	comes a barte	nder

	Am	Dm7
He works at	Mister Cacciatore’s down on	Sullivan Street

	G	G/B	C
Ac	ross from the	medical	center

	Am	D7
Yeah, and he’s	tradin’ in his Chevy for a	Cadillac-ack-ack-ack-ack

F	G
You oughta know by	now

	Am	Dm7
And	if he can’t drive with a	broken back

	G	G/B	C
At le	ast he can	polish the	fenders

	F	G
And it s	eems such a waste of	time

E7	Am
If that’s what it’s all	about

	F	Bdim	E7	Am
Mama if	that’s movin’ up then	I’m	movin’	out

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C
	Mmm, I’m movin’ o	ut

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C

Am

You should never argue with a

D7

Crazy mi-mi-mi-mi-mind

F	G
You oughta know by	now

	Am	Dm7
You can	pay Uncle Sam with the	overtime

	G	G/B	C
Is t	hat all you	get for your	money?

	F	G
And if t	hat’s what you have in	mind

	E7	Am
Yeah, if t	hat’s what you’re all	about

	F	Bdim	E7	Am
Good	luck movin’ up ‘cause	I’m	movin’	out

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C
	Mmm, I’m movin’ o	ut

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C

Outro

A

D

E

A

Billy Joel - My Life (1978)

Tabbed in drop D

Intro

-----------------2--
---------3--3--3-3--
---------4--4--4-2--
-0-0-0-0-5--5--5-0--
---------0--0--0----
0-0-0-0--000000-----

-----3--/-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-6---
-3-1-3--/-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-6---
-4-2-3--/--8--8--8--8--8-8-8-7---
-0-0-2--/-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-8---
-0-0-3--/----------------8-8-3-4-
---------------------------------

That was roughly as follows, note two different F9’s

D	D	G	D
E7	D7	C9	F9	F9	Bb
→

D	D/F#
Got a call from an	old friend

	G
We used to be	real close

A	D	G
Said he couldn’t go on the American	way

D	D/F#
Closed the shop, sold the	house

	G
Bought a ticket to the	West Coast

A	D
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.	A.

Rpt second part of intro

E7	D7	C9	F9	F9	Bb
→

x2

D	D/F#	G
I don’t need you to	worry for me cause I’m	alright

A	D	G
I don’t want you to tell me it’s time to come	home

D	D/F#	G
I don’t care what you	say anymore, this is	my life

A	Bm
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me	alone

	F#
I never said you had to offer me a	second chance

D7	E7
I never said I was a victim of	circumstance

G	D/F#	F#7	Bm	Bm/A
I still be	long,	don’t get me	wrong

E7sus4	E7
And you can	speak your mind

	G6	A	G6	A
But	not	on	my	time

D	D/F#
They will tell you you	can’t sleep alone in a

G

Strange place

A	D
Then they’ll tell you you can’t sleep with somebody	else

D	D/F#	G
But sooner or	later you sleep in your	own space

A	D
Either way it’s okay you wake up with your	self

Rpt second part of intro

E7	D7	C9	F9	F9	Bb
→

x2

D	D/F#	G
I don’t need you to	worry for me cause I’m	alright

A	D	G
I don’t want you to tell me it’s time to come	home

D	D/F#	G
I don’t care what you	say anymore, this is	my life

A	Bm
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me	alone

	F#
I never said you had to offer me a	second chance

D7	E7
I never said I was a victim of	circumstance

G	D/F#	F#7	Bm	Bm/A
I still be	long,	don’t get me	wrong

E7sus4	E7
And you can	speak your mind

	G6	A	G6	A
But	not	on	my	time

D	G	G	D	Em7	D
I don’t care what you say anymore, this is	my life

A	D
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me	alone

Rpt second part of intro to fade

E7	D7	C9	F9	F9	Bb
→					Keep it to yourself it’s my life

Billy Joel - Only the Good Die Young (1977)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 3

Bridge vox are a lot of 5

C	D	Em	C	D	G
C	D	Em	C	D

C	D	Em
Come out Virginia,	don’t let me	wait

	C	D	G
You	Catholic girls start m	uch too	late

	C	D	Em
But	sooner or later it c	omes down to	fate

	C	D
I	might as well be the	one

	C	D	Em
Well, they	showed you a statue,	told you to	pray

	C	D	G
They	built you a temple and l	ocked you	away

	C	D	Em
But	they never told you the	price that you	pay

	C	D
For	things that you might have	done

	G
Only the good die	young

C	D	G
That’s what I said

	G	C
Only the good	die	young

	D	G
Only the good	die youn	g

	C	D	Em
You might have	heard I run with a	dangerous	crowd

	C	D	G
We	ain’t too pretty we	ain’t too	proud

	C	D	Em
We	might be laughing a	bit too l	oud

	C	D
But	that never hurt no	one

	C	D	Em
So come	on Virginia sh	ow me a	sign

C	D	G
Send up a signal I’ll	throw you a	line

	C	D	Em
The	stained-glass curtain you’re	hiding be	hind

C	D
Never lets in the	sun

	G
Darlin’ only the good die	young

C	D	G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wh	oa

	G	C
I tell ya only the good	die	young

	D	G
Only the good	die young

Bridge

	D
You got a	nice white dress and a

C	G
Party on your confirmati	on

	A	C
You got a	brand new soul, and a cro	ss of gold

	D
But Vir	ginia they didn’t give you

	C	G
Q	uite enough informati	on

	A
You didn’t c	ount on me

	C
When you were counting on your	rosary

G/B	C	G/B	Am7
Oh	woah	woah	woah

	C	D	Em
They	say there’s a heaven for	those who will	wait

C	D	G
Some say it’s better but	I say it	ain’t

	C	D	Em
I’d rather	laugh with the sinners than	cry with the	saints

	C	D
The	sinners are much more	fun

	G
You know that only the good die	young

C	D	G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wh	oa

	G	C
I tell ya only the good	die	young

	D	G
Only the good	die young

Solo on bridge chords if appropriate

D	C	G
A	C

Bridge

	D
You say your	mother told you all that I could

C	G
Give you was a reput	ation

	A
Awww, she never	cared for me

	C
But did she ever say a	prayer for me?

G/B	C	G/B	Am7
Oh	woah	woah	woah

Rhythm change in the melody here

	C	D	Em
Come out	come out come out Vir	ginia don’t l	et me wait

C	D	G
You Catholic	girls start	much too late

C	D	Em
Sooner or later it	comes down to	fate

	C	D
I	might as well be the	one

	G
You know that only the good die	young

C	D	G
Tell you ba	by

	G	C
You know that only the good	die	young

	D	G
Only the good	die young

	G	C
Only the	goooo...

	D	G
Only the	good die young

	G	C
Oooh...	ooooh...

	D	G
Oooh...	oooh...

Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (1977)

F	Gm7	C7
Bb/F	F	C7

F	Gm7/F
A bottle of white,	a bottle of red

C/F	Bb/F	F
Perhaps a bottle of ro	se instead

C	C/Bb	F/A
Get a table	near the	street

	F/A	Gm7	C
In our	old fa	miliar	place

Gm7	C7	Gm7	Bb/C	C	Bb/C
You and	I,	face to	face,	um umm

F	Gm7/F
A bottle of red, a	bottle of white

C/F	Bb/F	F
It all depends on your	appet	ite

G	F/A	G/B	C
I’ll meet you	anytime	you	want

	Bb/D	C/E	F
In our I	tali	an Re	staurant

Bb/F	Bb/F

Sax solo

Cmaj7	Fmaj7	Bbmaj7	Bbmaj7
Cmaj7	Fmaj7	Bbmaj7	Bbmaj7
Ebmaj7	Ebmaj7	Abmaj7	Abmaj7
Ebmaj7	Ebmaj7	Abmaj7	Abmaj7
C/D	C/D	C/D	C/D

G	D/G
Things are okay with	me these days

G7	G9
Got a good job,	got a good office

C7	F
Got a new wife,	got a new life

	Am7	D7
And the	family’s fine

G	D/G
Oh, we lost touch	long ago

G7	G9
You lost weight I	did not know

C7	F	Am7	D7
You could ever	look so nice after	so much time

	Eb	Bb	F
Do you re	member those days hanging	out at the village	green

Eb	Bb	F
Engineer boots, leather	jackets and tight blue	jeans

	Eb	Bb	F
Woah you drop a	dime in the box play the	song about New Or	leans

Eb	Bb
Cold beer,	hot lights

C	D	G
My sweet ro	mantic teenage	nights

Horn solo on the same chords as the previous verse

G	D/G	G7	G9
C7	F	Am7	D7
G	D/G	G7	G9
C7	F	Am7	D7

D7

Piano solo, the first G is held for a long time

G

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

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

G

Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies

	D	D	C
And the	king and the queen of the prom

G	G7/B	C
Riding around with the	car top down and the	radio on

G	D	D	C
Nobody looked any	finer

	G	C
Or was	more of a hit at the	Parkway Diner

G	F	E
We never knew we could	want more than that out of	life

	Am	G/B	C	D	G
Surely	Brenda and	Eddie would	always know	how to sur	vive

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

G	D	D	C
Brenda and Eddie were still going steady in the	summer of seventy five

G	G7/B	C
When they decided the	marriage would be at the	end of July

G	D	D	C
Everyone said they were	crazy

G	C
Brenda you know that you’re	much too lazy

	G	F	E
And	Eddie could never af	ford to live that kind of	life

	Am	G/B	C	D	G
Oh, but	there we were	waving	Brenda and	Eddie good	bye

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

	F/C	C	F/C	C
Well, they	got an a	partment with	deep pile	carpets

	D	G
And a	couple of paintings from	Sears

	F/C	C	F/C	C
A	big water	bed that they	bought with the	bread

	D	G
They had	saved for a couple of	years

	F/C	C	F/C	C
They	started to	fight when the	money got	tight

	D	Em
And they	just didn’t count on the	tears

	A9	C/D
Woh	oh, woh	oh, yeah rock and roll!

Sax solo with awesome bass

G	G	D	D
G	G7/B	C	C
G	D	G	C
G	F	E	E
Am	G/B	C	C/D

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

	F/C	C	F/C	C
Well, they	lived for a	while in a	very nice	style

	D	G
But it’s	always the same in the end

	F/C	C	F/C	C
They	got a di	vorce as a	matter of	course

	D	G
And they	parted the closest of friends

	F/C	C	F/C	C
Then the	king and the	queen went	back to the	green

	D	Em	A9	C/D
But you can	never go back there a	gain, oh	oh, oh	oh

G	D	D	C
Brenda and Eddie had had it already by the	summer of seventy five

	G	G7/B
From the	high to the low to the	end of the show

	C
For the	rest of their lives

	G	D	D	C
They	couldn’t go back to the	greasers

	G	C
The	best they could do was pick	up their pieces

G	F	E
We always knew they would	both find a way to get	by

Am	G/B	C	D
That’s all I	heard about	Brenda and	Eddie

Am	G/B	C	D
Can’t tell you	more cause I	told you al	ready

	Am	G/B	C	D	G
And	here we are	waving	Brenda and	Eddie good	bye

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

Bass notes are all that’s really played here,

chords somewhat fabricated

F	F/E	D	C	G/B	Am	C	Bb	Am	G	F	F/E

F	Gm7/F	C/F	Bb	F
	Yeah

C	C	Bb	F/A
F/A	Bb	C
C	Gm7	C	Gm7
Bb	C	Bb/C

F	Gm7/F
A bottle of red,	oooh a bottle of white

C/F	Bb/F	F
Whatever kind of mood you’re	in to	night

G	G/A	G/B	C
I’ll meet you	anytime	you	want

G	F/A	G/B	C
I’ll meet you	anytime	you	want

	Bb/D	C/E	F
In our I	tali	an Re	staurant

Sax solo

Cmaj7	Fmaj7	Bbmaj7	Bbmaj7
Cmaj7	Fmaj7	Bbmaj7	Bbmaj7

Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls (PPM arrangement) (1976)

This is based on the Peter, Paul, and Mary version, which is in E. Billy Joel’s

is in F.

I play in D

D	D	D	G
			x4

	D	G	D/F#
They say that	these are not the	best of	times

	G	D/F#	Em7	D/F#	A
But t	hey’re the	only	times I’ve ever	known

	D	G	D/F#	G	D/F#
And I be	lieve there is a	time for	medit	ation

	Em7	A	E	A
In cat	hedrals of our	own	→

F#/A#	Bm	Bm/A
Now I have	seen that sad	surrender

	G	G	D/F#
In my	lover’s eyes

	E	E/G#	A
And	I can only	stand apart and	sympathize

	D	Em7	G
For we are	always what our	situations	hand us

	A	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

A	D	C	G	A
Sadness or eu	phoria	→

	D	G	D/F#
And so we’ll	argue and we’ll co	mpromi	se

	G	D/F#	Em7	D	A
And r	eal	ize that n	othing’s really	changed

	D	G	D/F#
For all our m	utual ex	perienc	e

	G	D/F#	Em7	A	E	A
Our	separ	ate conc	lusions are the	same	→

F#/A#	Bm	Bm/A
Now we are	forced to recog	nize our

	G	G	D/F#
Inhu	manity

	E	E/G#	A
Our	reason coex	ists with our in	sanity

	D	Em7	G
And so we c	hoose between re	ality and m	adness

	A	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

If going into a solo here, the F# comes right after the D

A	D
Sadness or eu	phoria

Instrumental if appropriate on chorus chords, with F# leading in

F#	Bm	Bm/A	G	D/F#
→

E	E/G#	A	A
D	Em7	G	A
G	C	G	A
	→

PPM do a full verse here on “la”

F#/A#	Bm	Bm/A	G	G	D/F#
How thought	lessly we dissi	pate our ener	gies

	E	E/G#	A
Perh	aps we don’	t fulfill each other’s	fantasies

	D	Em7	G
So we	stand upon the	ledges of our liv	es

	A	G	C	G
With our resp	ective simi	larities	→

	A	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia

Hanging end on G, I usually stop here

PPM do *another* full verse here on “la”

Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls (1976)

This is based on the Billy Joel version, which is in F.

I play in D

As much walking between chords as you can fit in

D	D/F#	Em7	G
A7	A7	G	G

	D	D/F#
They say that	these are not the	best of times

	Em7	G	D	D/F#	Em7	G
But t	hey’re the only	times I’ve ever	known

	D	D/F#	Em7
And I be	lieve that there’s a	time for medit	ation

	G	A7	E	A
In cat	hedrals of our	own	→

	F#/A#	Bm	Bm/A
N	ow I have	seen that sad sur	render

	G	G	D/F#
In my	lover’s eyes

	E7	A7
And	I can only stand apart and	sympathize

	G	D/F#	Em7
For we are	always what our	situations	hand us

	A7	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

D	D/F#	Em7	G
A7	A7	G	G

	D	D/F#
And so we’ll	argue and we’ll co	mpromise

	Em7	G	D	D/F#	Em7	G
And r	ealize that n	othing’s really	changed

	D	D/F#
For all our m	utual ex	perience

	Em7	G	A7	E	A
Our	separate conc	lusions are the	same	→

	F#/A#	Bm	Bm/A
N	ow we are	forced to recog	nize our

	G	G	D/F#
Inhu	manity

	E7	A7
Our	reason coexists with our in	sanity

	G	D/F#	Em7
And though we c	hoose between re	ality and m	adness

	A7	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

Instrumental if appropriate

D	D/F#	Em7	G
A7	A7	G	G
D	D/F#	Em7	G
A7	A7	E	A	F#/A#
		→

	Bm	Bm/A	G	G	D/F#
How t	houghtlessly we di	ssipate our e	nergies

	E7	A7
Perh	aps we don’t fulfill each other’s	fantasies

	G	D/F#	Em7
And as we	stand upon the	ledges of our liv	es

	A7	G	C	G
With our resp	ective simi	larities	→

	A7	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

A7	G
Sadness or euph	oria

Billy Joel - The Stranger (1977)

Intro, skip on guitar

Em	Em/D	Cmaj7	Cmaj7	B	B	Cmaj7	Cmaj7
E	E/F#	E/G#	Am	Am/G	D/F#	C/E
	→

D	B/D#

Whistle

Em	Em/D	Cmaj7	Cmaj7	B	B	Cmaj7	Cmaj7
E	E/F#	E/G#	Am	Am/G	D/F#	C/E
	→

B/D#	A/C#	B	B/A	Em

Em	C7	Em	C7

	Em	Am	Em
Well we	all have a face that we	hide away for	ever

	Am	C	D	B7
And we	take them out and	show ourselves when	everyone has gone

	Em	Am	Em
Some are	satin some are steel some are	silk and some are	leather

	Am	D	Bm	Em
They’re the	faces of the	stranger but we	love to try them	on

Em	C7	Em	C7

	Em	Am	Em
Well we	all fall in love but we	disregard the	danger

	Am	C	D	B7
Though we	share so many	secrets there are	some we never tell

	Em	Am	Em
Why were	you so surprised that you	never saw the	stranger?

	Am	D	Bm	Em
Did you	ever let your	lover see the	stranger in your	self?

Vox on the 5, but then I go *down* to avoid the falsetto bit

On guitar that iM7 just wants to be im.

Gmaj7	GmM7	D/F#
Don’t be af	raid to try a	gain

D7	Gmaj7	GmM7	D/F#	D7
Everyone goes	south e	very now and	then,	oh oh

Gmaj7	GmM7	D/F#
You’ve done it,	why can’t someone	else?

D7	Bm7	Bbaug	A6	B7
You should know by	now	you’ve been there your	self

	Em	Am	Em
Once I	used to believe I was	such a great ro	mancer

	Am	C	D	B7
Then I	came home to a	woman that I	could not recognize

	Em	Am	Em
When I	pressed her for a reason she re	fused to even	answer

	Am	D	Bm	Em
It was	then I felt the	stranger kick me	right between the	eyes

Em	C7	Em	C7

	Em	Am	Em
Well we	all fall in love but we	disregard the	danger

	Am	C	D	B7
Though we	share so many	secrets there are	some we never tell

	Em	Am	Em
Why were	you so surprised that you	never saw the	stranger

	Am	D	Bm	Em
Did you	ever let your	lover see the	stranger in your	self?

Gmaj7	GmM7	D/F#
Don’t be af	raid to try a	gain

D7	Gmaj7	GmM7	D/F#	D7
Everyone goes	south e	very now and	then,	oh oh

Gmaj7	GmM7	D/F#
You’ve done it,	why can’t someone	else?

D7	Bm7	Bbaug	A6	B7
You should know by	now	you’ve been there your	self

	Em	Am	Em
You may	never understand how the	stranger is ins	pired

	Am	C	D	B7
But he	isn’t always	evil and he	is not always wrong

	Em	Am	Em
Though you	drown in good intentions you will	never quench the	fire

	Am	D	Bm	Em
You’ll give	in to your de	sire when the	stranger comes a	long

Em	C7	Em	C7

Billy Joel - Vienna (1977)

I play the intro as something like:

 |-G+------F7--------G-Cm-D7-G/D-|
 |------------------------------|
E|-7----7--5-5/7\5-3-3-3--2--3---|
B|-8----8--4---------3-4--1--3---|
G|-8-876---5---------4-5--2--4---|
D|-------------------5-------0---|

G+	G9+/F	F#dim7	C/G
Am7b5/D#	D7	G

Em	G
Slow down, you c	razy child

Vox on the 4 3 3 2 on “juveni-ile”

	D	F
You’re s	o ambitious for a	juvenile

	C
But then if	you’re so smart, tell me

G	A7	B9	B7
Why are you still so afraid?		→

Em	G
Where’s the fire, what’s the	hurry about?

	D	F
You’d better	cool it off before you	burn it out

	C
You’ve got	so much to do and

	G	F#m7	B9	B7
Only	so many hours in a	day	→

Vox *down* to the 1 6 5 of the chord on “truth is told”

C	D
But you know that when the	truth is told

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
That you can	get what you	want or you can	just get old

Vox on the 4 of the chord on “even”

	C	F#m7
You’re gonna	kick off before you	even

	B7	Em7	A7
Get hal	fway throug	h, ooh o	oh

	D#9	D7	G
When will you realize		Vienna waits for	you?

G

Em	G
Slow down, you’re	doing fine

	D	F
You can’t be	everything you want to be befor	e your time

	C	G	A7
Although it’s	so romantic on the	borderline tonight

	B9	B7
Toni	ght

Em	G
Too bad but it’s the	life you lead

	D	F
You’re so ah	ead of yourself that you for	got what you need

	C
Though you can	see when you’re wrong, you know

	G	F#m7
You can’	t always see when you’re right

	B9	B7
You’re righ	t

C	D
You’ve got your passion, you’ve	got your pride

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
But do	n’t you know that	only fools are	satisfied?

C	F#m7
Dream on, but don’t im	agine they’ll

B7	Em7	A7
All come true	, ooh o	oh

	D#9	D7	G
When will you realize		Vienna waits for	you?

Solo on a half-verse

C	D7
Slow down you	crazy child

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
And take the	phone off the	hook and disap	pear for a while

C	F#m7
It’s all right, you can afford	to lose a

B7	Em	A7
Day or two	, ooh o	oh

	D#9	D7	G
When will you realize		Vienna waits for	you?

C	D
And you know that when the	truth is told

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
That you can	get what you	want or you can	just get old

	C	F#m7
You’re gonna	kick off before you	even

	B7	Em7	A7
Get hal	fway throug	h, ooh o	oh

	D#9	D7	G	E7
Why don’t you realize		Vienna waits for	you?

	Em7/A	D7
When will you	realize,	Vienna waits for...

G+	G9+/F	F#dim7	C/G
You

Am7b5/D#

D7

G

Blondie - One Way or Another (1978)

Intro

D	D	D	D	C#	C
			→	→	→

B	B	B	B	C	C#
			→	→	→

D	D	D	D	C#	C
			→	→	→

B	B	B	B	C	C#
			→	→	→

Not writing out the passing notes the rest of the way

D

One way or another, I’m gonna find ya

I’m gonna get ya’, get ya’, get ya’, get ya’

B

One way or another, I’m gonna win ya’

I’m gonna get ya’, get ya’ ,get ya’, get ya’

D

One way or another, I’m gonna see ya’

I’m gonna meet ya’, meet ya’, meet ya’, meet ya’

B

One day maybe next week, I’m gonna meet ya’

I’m gonna meet ya’, I’ll meet ya’

G	Bm	A/C#	G/B	A	F#m
I w	ill	drive	past	your ho	use

G	Bm	A/C#	G/B	A	F#m
And i	f the	lights	are	all d	own

	G	E	F#
I’ll	see who’s ar	ound

D

One way or another, I’m gonna find ya’

I’m gonna get ya’, get ya’, get ya’, get ya’

B

One way or another, I’m gonna win ya’

I’ll get ya’, I’ll get ya’

D

One way or another, I’m gonna see ya’

I’m gonna meet ya’, meet ya’, meet ya’, meet ya’

B

One day maybe next week, I’m gonna meet ya’, I’ll meet ya’, ah

G	Bm	A/C#	G/B	A	F#m
And i	f the	lights	are	all out

G	Bm	A/C#	G/B	A	F#m
I’ll	follow	your	bus d	ownt	own

	G	E	F#
See w	ho’s hangin’ o	ut

F#

Solo

F#m	F#m	A	C#m
F#m	F#m	A	C#m

B	E	F#m	F#m
A	A	B	B

D

One way or another, I’m gonna lose ya’

I’m gonna give you the slip

	B
A s	lip of the hip or another, I’m gonna lose ya’

I’ll trick ya’, I’ll trick ya’

D

One way or another, I’m gonna lose ya’

I’m gonna trick ya’, trick ya’, trick ya’, trick ya’

B

One way or another, I’m gonna lose ya’

I’m gonna give you the slip

Bridge

D	D	B	B

D

I’ll walk down the mall, stand over by the wall

B

Where I can see it all, find out who ya’ call

D

Lead you to the supermarket check out

	B
Some	specials and wrap, we’ll get lost in the crowd

D	B
One way or another I’m gonna	get ya’, I’ll get ya’, I’ll get ya’, get ya’, get ya’, get ya’

(Where I can see it all, find out who ya’ call)

Blue Oyster Cult - Don’t Fear the Reaper (1976)

Am	G	F	G
			x4

Vox on the 3 of the chord

	Am	G	F	G	Am	G	F	G
Al	l	our t	imes h	ave co	me

	Am	G	F	G	Am	G	F	G
He	re	but n	ow the	y’re g	one

F	G	Am
Seasons don’t	fear the	reaper

	F	E7	Am	G	F
Nor do the w	ind, the s	un, or the ra	in (we can b	e like t	hey are)

G	Am	G	F
Come on	baby (don’t	fear the	reaper)

	G	Am	G	F
Baby	take my	hand (don’t	fear the	reaper)

	G	Am	G	F
We’ll be	able to	fly (don’t	fear the	reaper)

	G	Am	G	F	G
Baby	I’m your	man

Am	G	F	G	Am	G	F	G
La-	la-	la-	la-	la

Am	G	F	G	Am	G	F	G
La-	la-	la-	la-	la

Am	G	F	G
			x2

Hang here if you feel like it

Am

Am	G	F	G
			x4

Am	G	F	G	Am	G	F	G
Val	enti	ne i	s d	one

	Am	G	F	G	Am	G	F	G
He	re	but n	ow t	hey’re g	one

F	G	Am
Rome	o and	Juliet

In this verse, if you’re alone, leave out the background lyrics

	F	E7	Am	G
Are tog	ether in et	ernit	y (Rome	o and Juliet)

F	G	Am	G
Forty-thousand m	en and women e	veryday (like Rome	o and Juliet)

F	G	Am	G	F
Forty-thousand m	en and women	everyday (	redefine	happiness)

	F	G	Am	G	F
An	other forty-tho	usand coming e	veryday (we can b	e like the	y are)

G	Am	G	F
Come on	baby (don’t	fear the	reaper)

	G	Am	G	F
Baby	take my	hand (don’t	fear the	reaper)

	G	Am	G	F
We’ll be	able to	fly (don’t	fear the	reaper)

	G	Am	G	F	G
Baby	I’m your	man

Am	G	F	G	Am	G	F	G
La-	la-	la-	la-	la

Am	G	F	G	Am	G	F	G
La-	la-	la-	la-	la

Am	G	F	G

Let ring

Am

Solo, approximating

Fm	G7
	x8

Am	G	F	G
			x4

	Am	G	F	G	Am	G	F	G
L	ove	of t	wo i	s o	ne

	Am	G	F	G	Am	G	F	G
H	ere	but n	ow t	hey’re g	one

F	G	Am
Came the last	night of	sadness

	F	E7	Am	G
And it was c	lear that she c	ouldn’t go o	n

	F	G	Am	G
Then the d	oor was o	pen and the w	ind appeared

	F	G	Am	G
The c	andles bl	ew and di	sappeared

	F	G	Am	G	F
The cur	tains fl	ew and then h	e appeared (saying d	on’t be afr	aid)

G	Am	G	F
Come on	baby (and she	had no	fear)

G	Am	G	F
And she r	an to him (then he s	tarted to f	ly)

	G	Am	G	F
They looked b	ackward and s	aid goodbye (she had bec	ome like th	ey are)

	G	Am	G	F
She had	taken his	hand (she had bec	ome like the	y are)

G	Am	G	F	G
Come on	baby (don’t	fear the	reaper)

Am	G	F	G
			x4

Am

Bonnie Tyler - It’s a Heartache (1978)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

Gadd9

	G	Bm
It’s a	heartache, nothing but a	heartache

	C
Hits you when it’s	too late

	G	D
Hits you when you’re	down

	G	Bm
It’s a	fool’s game, nothing but a	fool’s game

	C	G	D
Standing in the	cold rain, feeling like a	clown

	G	Bm
It’s a	heartache, nothing but a	heartache

	C
Love him till your	arms break

	G	D
Then he lets you	down

	C	D
It ain’t	right with love to	share

	Bm	Em	D	D/C	Gadd9/B	D/A
When you	find he doesn’t	care for	you →	→	→

	C	D
It ain’t	wise to need some	one

	Bm	Em
As much as	I depended	on

D	D/C	Gadd9/B	D/A
You →	→	→

	G	Bm
Aw, it’s a	heartache, nothing but a	heartache

	C
Hits you when it’s	too late

	G	D
Hits you when you’re	down

	G	Bm
It’s a	fool’s game, nothing but a	fool’s game

	C	G	D
Standing in the	cold rain, feeling like a	clown

Solo on verse chords

	C	D
It ain’t	right with love to	share

	Bm	Em
When you	find he doesn’t	care for

D	D/C	Gadd9/B	D/A
You →	→	→

	C	D
It ain’t	wise to need some	one

	Bm	Em
As much as	I depend	on

D	D/C	Gadd9/B	D/A
You →	→	→

	G	Bm
Oh, it’s a	heartache, nothing but a	heartache

	C
Love him till your	arms break

	G	D
Then he lets you	down

Solo on verse chords, with ad libs

G	Bm
It’s a fool’s game,	standing in the cold rain

C	G	D
Feeling like a	clown

	G	Bm	C
It’s a	heartache,	love him til your	arms break

	G	D
Then he lets you	down

Boston - More than a Feeling (1976)

Originally in D, I either play in D (and sing the chorus down an octave) or in G)

Either way, do not try to go up on the “slipped away” line

Not writing out all the suspensions and root movement after the intro

D	Dsus4	D	Cadd9	G/B	G
	→		→	→	x4

	D	C	G
I	looked out this morning and t	he sun was	gone

D	C	G
Turned on some music to	start my	day

	D	C	G
Then	lost myself in a fam	iliar song

	D	C	G/B
I	closed my eyes and I	slipped away

Am	G/B	D

G	C	Em	D
			x2

	G	C	Em	D
It’s	more than a	feeling (	more than a	feeling)

	G	C	Em	D
When I	hear that old	song they used to	play (more than a f	eeling)

	G	C	Em	D
As	I begin	dreaming (	more than a	feeling)

	G	C	Eb
Till I	see Mari	anne walk a	way

Em7	A7sus4	A7	G
I see my	Maria	nne walkin’ a	way

G	D/F#	A/E	D
→	→	→

D	Dsus4	D	Cadd9	G/B	G
	→		→	→	x2

D	C	G
So many people have	come and	gone

	D	C	G
Their	faces fade as the	years go	by

	D	C	G
Yet I	still recall as	I wander	on

	D	C	G/B
As	clear as the sun in the	summer sky

Am	G/B	D

G	C	Em	D
			x2

	G	C	Em	D
It’s	more than a	feeling (	more than a	feeling)

	G	C	Em	D
When I	hear that old	song they used to	play (more than a f	eeling)

	G	C	Em	D
As	I begin	dreaming (	more than a	feeling)

	G	C	Eb
Till I	see Mari	anne walk a	way

Em7	A7sus4	A7	Bm	A
I see my	Marian	ne walkin’ a	way

Solo

D	G	D/F#	A
D	G	D/F#	A
D	G	Bm	A
D	Bm	Em	A
G	G

G	D/F#	A/E	D
→	→	→

D	Dsus4	D	Cadd9	G/B	G
	→		→	→	x2

D	C	G
When I’m tired and	thinking cold

	D	C	G
I	hide in my music, for	get the	day

	D	C	G
And	dream of a girl, I	used to	know

	D	C	G/B
I	closed my eyes and she	slipped a	way

D	D	Cadd9	G/B
D	D	Cadd9	G/B
		Slipped a	way

D

Cadd9

G/B

Hang on the bVII a little extra

D	D	Cadd9	G/B

Hang on the last chord a little extra

Am	G/B	D

G	C	Em	D
			x2

	G	C	Em	D
It’s	more than a	feeling (	more than a	feeling)

	G	C	Em	D
When I	hear that old	song they used to	play (more than a f	eeling)

	G	C	Em	D
As	I begin	dreaming (	more than a	feeling)

	G	C	Em	D
When I	see Mari	anne walk a	way

G	C	Em	D
			x2

G

Bruce Springsteen - Because the Night (1978)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 3

Em	C	D	Em
			x 2

Em	C	D	Em
Take me	now, baby,	here as I	am

Em	C	D	Em
Pull me	close try and	understand

Em	C	D	Em
Worked all	day out in	the hot	sun

Em	C	D	Em
Break my	back till the	evening	comes

C	D	G	D
Come on	now, try and	under	stand

	Em	C	D
I	worked all	day pushing for the	man

G	C	D
Take my	hand as the sun des	cends

	F	Em	B
They	can’t hurt us now,	can’t hurt us now,	can’t hurt us now

Em	C	C	D	Em
Because	the night be	longs	to	lovers

Em	C	C	D	Em
Because	the night bel	ongs	to u	s

Em	C	C	D	Em
Because	the night be	longs	to	lovers

Em	C	C	D	Em
Because	the night bel	ongs	to u	s

Em	C	D	Em
What I	got, baby,	I have	earned

Em	C	D	Em
What I’m	not, baby,	I have	learned

Em	C	D	Em
Love is an	angel that	comes at	dusk

Em	C	D	Em
Stay in my	bed till the	evening	comes

C	D	G	D
Come on	now, try and	under	stand

	Em	C	D
The	way I	feel under your com	mand

G	C	D
Take my	hand as the sun des	cends

	F	Em	B
They	can’t hurt us now,	can’t hurt us now,	can’t hurt us now

Em	C	C	D	Em
Because	the night be	longs	to	lovers

Em	C	C	D	Em
Because	the night bel	ongs	to u	s

Em	C	C	D	Em
Because	the night be	longs	to	lovers

Em	C	C	D	Em
Because	the night bel	ongs	to u	s

Solo if appropriate on prechorus-ish chords

Bridge

	G	D	D	G	G	D	D	Em	D	D
In	love	we	sleep,	with do	ubt	the vi	cious circle	turns	and b	urns

G	G	D	D	Em	D	D	G	G	D
With	out	you	oh I cannot	live,	forgi	ve	with	out the	time has come to

“Take” up to the 1 of the chord

C	G	G	C
Take	the	moment	out

	Em	G/D	C	B
They	can’t hurt us now,	can’t hurt us now,	can’t hurt us now

Em	C	C	D	Em
Because	the night be	longs	to	lovers

Em	C	C	D	Em
Because	the night bel	ongs	to u	s

Em	C	C	D	Em
Because	the night be	longs	to	lovers

Em	C	C	D	Em
Because	the night bel	ongs	to u	s

Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better (1977)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 1

Highest important note is the 4 (“half as good”)

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (in E) use the obvious

root chords in most cases, except that A/B becomes B, and

C#7b9 becomes C#m

In my key:

F#7b9 = 2x2323

Intro

A	Adim7	G#dim7	A	A7
	→

Vox on the b5 of the chord (!!)

D	Dm	A	A7
Nobody doe	s it be	tter

D	Dm	A	A7
Makes me feel sa	d for the	rest

D	Dm6	C#7#5	F#m7
Nobody	does it	half as	good as you

Bm7	D/E	A	Adim7	G#dim7
	Baby you’re the	best	→

A	A/C#	D	Dm
I wasn’t lo	oking,	but somehow you fo	und me

A	A/C#	B9	A#9
I tried to	hide from your l	ove l	ight

A	A/C#
But like heaven ab	ove me

D	Dm
The spy who lo	ved me

	C#7	F#7b9	Bm7	E7sus4	A	A7
Is	keeping	all my	secrets sa	fe ton	ight

	D	Dm	A	A7
And	nobody doe	s it b	etter

D	Dm	A	A7
Though sometimes I w	ish som	eone could

D	Dm6	C#7#5	F#m7
Nobody	does it	quite the	way you do

Bm7	D/E	A
Why’d you	have to be so	good

A	A/C#	D	Dm
The way that you	hold me,	whenever you h	old me

A	A/C#	B9	A#9
There’s some kind of	magic ins	ide	you

A	A/C#
That keeps me from	running

D	Dm
But just keep it c	oming

	C#7	F#7b9	Bm7	E7sus4	A	A7
How	’d you	learn to	do the t	hings you	do?

	D	Dm	A	Asus4
And	nobody doe	s it be	tter

D	Dm	A
Makes me feel so sa	d f	or the rest

D	Dm6	C#7#5	F#m7
Nobody	does it	half as	good as you

Bm7	A/C#
Ba	by, baby

Dmaj7	D#7b9	E7	A	A/C#
→	Darlin’	you’re the	best

D	F	G	A	A/C#
	Baby	you’re the	best

D	F	G	A	A/C#
	Darlin’	you’re the	best

D	F	G	A
	Baby	you’re the	best

Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me (1977)

Originally in A, I play in G, and I don’t go up on “cryin’” in the chorus

Intro

G	G	G	G
F	C	G	G

	G	D/F#
I w	ant you to want me

	Em	Em7/D
I n	eed you to need me

	C	G/B
I’d l	ove you to love me

	G	D/F#
I’m b	eggin’ you to beg me

	Em	Em7/D
I w	ant you to want me

	C	G/B
I n	eed you to need me

	G	D/F#
I’d l	ove you to love me

	Em	A
I’d s	hine up my old brown sh	oes

	F	G
I’d p	ut on a brand new sh	irt

	Em	A
I’d	get home early from w	ork

	F	Fm	Em
If you’d s	ay	that you l	ove me

	G	D
D	idn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you cr	yin’

Remember not to go up on “cryin’” if you’re in G

	Em	C
Oh, d	idn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you cr	yin’

	G	D
F	eelin’ all alone without a friend you know you feel like d	yin’

	Em	C
Oh, d	idn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you cr	yin’

	G	D/F#
I w	ant you to want me

	Em	Em7/D
I n	eed you to need me

	C	G/B
I’d l	ove you to love me

	G	D/F#
I’m b	eggin’ you to beg me

	Em	A
I’d s	hine up my old brown sh	oes

	F	G
I’d p	ut on a brand new sh	irt

	Em	A
I’d	get home early from w	ork

	F	Fm	Em
If you’d s	ay	that you l	ove me

	G	D
D	idn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you cr	yin’

	Em	C
Oh, d	idn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you cr	yin’

	G	D
F	eelin’ all alone without a friend you know you feel like d	yin’

	Em	C
Oh, d	idn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you cr	yin’

Solo

G	D	Em	C

G	D
Feelin’ all alone without a friend you know you feel like	dyin’

	Em	C
Oh, d	idn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I see you cr	yin’

Solo

G	D	Em	C

	G	D/F#
I w	ant you to want me

	Em	Em7/D
I n	eed you to need me

	C	G/B
I’d l	ove you to love me

	G	D/F#
I’m b	eggin’ you to beg me

Instruments out, chords implied

	G	D/F#
I	want you to want me

	Em	Em7/D
I	want you to want me

	G	F
I	want you to want me

Repeat intro

G	G	G	G
F	C	G	G

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing (1978)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am capo 5

Am	Am	Am	Am/G
			x4

	Am	G	F	E
You get a	shiver in the dark, it’s	raining in the	park but	meantime

Am	G	F	E
South of the river you s	top and you h	old everyth	ing

C	G
A band is blowing Dixie double f	our time

F	Am
You feel alright when you hear that music r	ing

Am	F	G
	→

	Am	G	F	E
Well now, you	step inside but you	don’t see	too many f	aces

Am	G	F	E
Coming in out of the	rain to hear the	jazz go	down

C	G
Competition in other p	laces

F	Am
Oh, but the horns they blowin’ that	sound

F	G
→	Way on down south

F	G
→	Way on down south

Am

London Town

Am	G	F	C/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→		→

Am	G	F	C/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→		→

	Am	G	F	E
You check out	Guitar George,		he knows	all the chords

Am	G	F	E
Mind he’s strictly rhythm he	doesn’t want to	make it cry	or sing

C	G
They say an old guitar is	all he can afford

F	Am
When he gets up under the lights to play his thi	ng

Am	F	G
	→

Am	G	F	E
And Harry doesn’t	mind	if he doesn’t	make the scene

Am	G	F	E
He’s got a daytime	job, he’s	doin’ al	right

C	G
He can play the honky tonk like a	nything

F	Am
Saving it up for Friday night

F	G
→	With the Sultans

F	G	Am
→	With the Sultans of	Swing

Am	G	F	C/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→		→

Am	G	F	C/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→		→

	Am	G	F	E
Then a	crowd of young boys, they’re	foolin’ a	round in the	corner

Am	G	F	E
Drunk and dressed in their best	brown baggies	and their plat	form soles

C	G
They don’t give a damn about about any	trumpet playin’ band

F	Am
It ain’t what they call rock and r	oll

F	G
→	And the Sultans

F	G	Am
→	Yeah, the Sultans, they play	Creole

Am	G	F	C/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→	Creole	→

Am	G	F	C/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→		→

Solo on verse chords

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

Am	G	F	C/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→		→

Am	G	F	C/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→		→

Am	G	F	E
And then the man he st	eps right	up to the m	icrophone

Am	G	F	E
And says at l	ast just as the	time bell	ring

C	G
Goodnight, now it’s t	ime to go home

F	Am
Then he makes it fast with one more th	ing

F	G	F	G
→	We are the Sultans

F	G	Am
→	We are the Sultans of	Swing

Am	G	F	C/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→		→

Am	G	F	C/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→		→

Eddie Money - Two Tickets to Paradise (1977)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 2

Intro, hang the last chord

D	E
	x 8

	D	E
I’ve got a su	prise especially for	you

	D	E
Something that	both of us have always wanted to	do

	D	E
I’ve waited so	long, I’ve waited so lon	g

	D	E
I’ve waited so	long, I’ve waited so lon	g

	D	E
I’m gonna	take you on a trip so far from	here

	D	E
I’ve got two t	ickets in my pocket now baby, we’re gonna disap	pear

E	D	E
Waited so	long, I’ve waited so	long

	D	E
I’ve waited so	long, we’ve waited so lon	g

	A	D	E
I’ve got	two	tickets to	paradise

	A	D	E
Won’t you	pack your	bags we’ll	leave tonight

	A	D	E
I’ve got	two	tickets to	paradise

	A	D	E
I’ve got	two	tickets to	paradise

Interlude, solo if appropriate

D	E
	x 8

	D	E
Whoa	,	whoa

	D	E
I’m gonna	take you on a trip so far from	here

	D	E
I’ve got two t	ickets in my pocket baby, we’ll disap	pear

	D	E
I’ve waited so	long, I’ve waited so	long

	D	E
I’ve waited so	long, I’ve waited so lon	g

	A	D	E
I’ve got	two	tickets to	paradise

	A	D	E
Won’t you	pack your	bags we’ll	leave tonight

	A	D	E
I’ve got	two	tickets to	paradise

	A	D	E
Won’t you	pack your	bags we’ll	leave tonight

	A	D	E
I’ve got	two	tickets to	paradise

	A	D	E
Won’t you	pack your	bags we’ll	leave tonight

	A	D	E
I’ve got	two	tickets to	paradise

Hang the last chord

	A	D	E
I’ve got	two	tickets to	paradise

Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down (1979)

Originally in A, I play in E, vox is mostly on the b7

Intro

E

Vox on the b7

E

You got me running going out of my mind

E

You got me thinking that I’m wasting my time

	A	E
Don’t bring me	down, no no no no	no, ooh ooh ooh

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “tell you once more”, then down a half-stop for “off the floor”

	G	D	A
I’ll t	ell you once more before I g	et off the fl	oor

	E
Don’t bring me	down

E

You wanna stay out with your fancy friends

E

I’m telling you it’s got to be the end

	A	E
Don’t bring me	down, no no no no	no, ooh ooh ooh

	G	D	A
I’ll t	ell you once more before I g	et off the fl	oor

	E
Don’t bring me	down

Bridge

	C#m	E
Don’t bring me	down, gr	oos

	C#m	E
Don’t bring me	down, gr	oos

	C#m	E
Don’t bring me	down, gr	oos

	B
Don’t bring me d	own

E

What happened to the girl I used to know?

E

You let your mind out somewhere down the road

	A	E
Don’t bring me	down, no no no no	no, ooh ooh ooh

	G	D	A
I’ll t	ell you once more before I g	et off the fl	oor

	E
Don’t bring me	down

E

You’re always talkin’ ‘bout your crazy nights

E

One of these days you’re gonna get it right

	A	E
Don’t bring me	down, no no no no	no, ooh ooh ooh

	G	D	A
I’ll t	ell you once more before I g	et off the fl	oor

	E
Don’t bring me	down

Bridge

	C#m	E
Don’t bring me	down, gr	oos

	C#m	E
Don’t bring me	down, gr	oos

	C#m	E
Don’t bring me	down, gr	oos

	B
Don’t bring me d	own

Band out, percussion only

E

You’re lookin’ good just like a snake in the grass

E

One of these days you’re gonna break your glass

Band back in

	A	E
Don’t bring me	down, no no no no no no no no	no, ooh ooh ooh

	G	D	A
I’ll t	ell you once more before I g	et off the fl	oor

	E
Don’t bring me	down

Instrumental Bridge

C#m	E	C#m	E	C#m	E	B	B7

E

You got me shaking got me running away

E

You get me crawling up to you everyday

	A	E
Don’t bring me	down, no no no no	no, ooh ooh ooh

	G	D	A
I’ll t	ell you once more before I g	et off the fl	oor

	E
Don’t bring me	down, down, down, down down down

Instrumental verse

E	E	E	E
A	A	E	E

	G	D	A
I’ll t	ell you once more before I g	et off the fl	oor

Band drops out, last chord is implied

	E
Don’t bring me d	own

Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally (1977)

Intro

A

Vox start on the 7

A

There is nothing that is wrong

	D
In wanting you to stay here with	me

	A
I k	now you’ve got somewhere to go

But won’t you make yourself at home and

D	E
Stay with me? And don’t you e	ver leave

A	D
Lay down Sally and r	est here in my arms

E	A
Don’t you think you want someone to t	alk to?

A	D
Lay down Sally, no n	eed to leave so soon

E	A
I’ve been trying all night long just to t	alk to you

A

	A
The s	un ain’t nearly on the rise

	D
And we still got the moon and stars ab	ove

A

Underneath the velvet skies

	D
Love is all that matters, won’t you s	tay with me?

	E
Don’t you e	ver leave

A	D
Lay down Sally and r	est here in my arms

E	A
Don’t you think you want someone to t	alk to?

A	D
Lay down Sally, no n	eed to leave so soon

E	A
I’ve been trying all night long just to t	alk to you

A

	A
I l	ong to see the morning light

	D
Coloring your face so dreami	ly

	A
So d	on’t you go and say goodbye

	D
You can lay your worries down and s	tay with me

	E
Don’t you e	ver leave

A	D
Lay down Sally and r	est here in my arms

E	A
Don’t you think you want someone to t	alk to?

A	D
Lay down Sally, no n	eed to leave so soon

E	A
I’ve been trying all night long just to t	alk to you

A	D
Lay down Sally and r	est here in my arms

E	A
Don’t you think you want someone to t	alk to?

A	D
Lay down Sally, no n	eed to leave so soon

E	A
I’ve been trying all night long just to t	alk to you

Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight (1977)

G	D/F#	C	D

G	D/F#	C	D
It’s late in the	evening,	she’s wondering what cl	othes to wear

G	D/F#	C	D
She puts on her	make-up,	and brushes her	long blond hair

C	D	G	D/F#	Em
And then she a	sks me,	do I	look all	right

	C	D	G
And I say y	es, you look w	onderful toni	ght

G	D/F#	C	D

G	D/F#	C	D
We go to	party,	and everyone t	urns to see

G	D/F#	C	D
This beautiful	lady,	who’s walking ar	ound with me

C	D	G	D/F#	Em
And then she	asks me,	do you	feel all right

	C	D	G
And I say ye	s, I feel wo	nderful toni	ght

G

	C	D	G	D/F#	Em
I feel w	onderful bec	ause I see the l	ove light	in your e	yes

	C	D	C	D
And the w	onder of it a	ll is that you j	ust don’t real	ize

	G
How much I l	ove you

G	D/F#	C	D
			x2

G	D/F#	C	D
It’s time to go	home now,	and I’ve got an aching h	ead

G	D/F#	C	D
So I give her the	car keys,	and she helps me to b	ed

C	D	G	D/F#	Em
And then I	tell her,	as I	turn out the	light

	C	D	G	D/F#	Em	D
I say my d	arling, you were w	onderful ton	ight

	C	D	G
Oh my	darling, you were	wonderful to	night

G	D/F#	C	D
			x2

Evita - Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (1978)

This follows the Me First and the Gimme Gimmes arrangement.

I pretty much play this as straight 8ths, punk-style, maybe opening up a little in the chorus

Me First in G, I play in D capo 2

In D, play Gadd9 as 30020x

A	Gadd9	D/F#	Gadd9	D

	D	G
It won’t be	easy, you’ll think it	strange

	A
When I try to explain how I	feel

	D
That I still need your love after	all that I’ve done

	Bm
You won’t bel	ieve me

	E7
All you will see is a	girl you once knew

	E7
Al	though she is dressed to the nines

	A
At sixes and sevens with	you

A	Gadd9	D/F#	Gadd9	D

	D	G
I had to let it	happen, I had to	change

	A
Couldn’t stay all my life down at	heel

	D
Looking out of the window, staying	out of the sun

	Bm
So I chose	freedom

	E7
Running around, trying	everything new

	E7
But	nothing impressed me at all

	A
I never expected it	to

A	Gadd9	D/F#	Gadd9

D

Don’t cry for me Argentina

	D
The	truth is I never left you

	A
All through my	wild days

	Gadd9
My mad ex	istence

	D
I kept my	promise

Let ring on “distance”

	Gadd9
Don’t keep your	distance

	D	G
And as for	fortune, and as for	fame

	A
I never invited them	in

	D
Though it seemed to the world they were	all I desired

	Bm
They are ill	usions

	E7
They are not the solutions they	promised to be

	E7
The	answer was here all the time

	A
I love you and hope you love	me

A	Gadd9	D/F#	Gadd9

D

Don’t cry for me Argentina

	D
The	truth is I never left you

	A
All through my	wild days

	Gadd9
My mad ex	istence

	D
I kept my	promise

	Gadd9
Don’t keep your	distance

Vox on the 3 of the chord

Em	A
Have I said too much?

	D	A/C#	Bm
There’s nothing	more I can	think of to	say to you

Vox on the 3 of the chord (again)

	Em	A
But	all you gotta do is look at	me to know

	D	A/C#	G
That	every	word is	true

D

Don’t cry for me Argentina

	D
The	truth is I never left you

	A
All through my	wild days

	Gadd9
My mad ex	istence

	D
I kept my	promise

	Gadd9
Don’t keep your	distance

Fleetwood Mac - Don’t Stop (1977)

Originally in E, I play in A

A	D/A	A	D/A
→		→	x8

A	G	D
If you	wake up and	don’t want to smile

A	G	D
If it	takes just a	little while

A	G	D
Open your	eyes and	look at the day

E

You’ll see things in a different way

A	G/A	D
Don’t	stop t	hinking about tomorrow

A	G/A	D
Don’t	stop,	it’ll soon be here

A	G/A	D
It’ll	be b	etter than before

E

Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone

A	G	D	D
			x2

A	G	D
Why not	think about	times to come

A	G	D
And not a	bout the	things that you’ve done

A	G	D
If your	life was	bad to you

E

Just think what tomorrow will do

Not a typo, the bass holds the 1 in the first chorus, but not here

A	G	D
Don’t	stop t	hinking about tomorrow

A	G	D
Don’t	stop,	it’ll soon be here

A	G	D
It’ll	be b	etter than before

E

Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone

E

Solo

A	G	D	D
			x3

E	E	E	E

A	G	D
All I	want is to	see you smile

A	G	D
If it	takes just a	little while

A	G	D
I know you	don’t be	lieve that it’s true

E

I never meant any harm to you

A	G/A	D
Don’t	stop t	hinking about tomorrow

Hard stop on “it’ll soon”

A	G	D
Don’t	stop,	it’ll soon be here

A	G	D
It’ll	be b	etter than before

E

Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone

A	G/A	D
Don’t	stop t	hinking about tomorrow

A	G/A	D
Don’t	stop,	it’ll soon be here

A	G	D
It’ll	be b	etter than before

E

Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone

A	G	D	A	G	D
Ooo	h,	don’t you look	back

A	G	D	A	G	D
Ooo	h,	don’t you look	back

A	G	D	A	G	D
Ooo	h,	don’t you look	back

A	G	D	A	G	D
Ooo	h,	don’t you look	back

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (1978)

Originally in Am, I play in Am and sing down an octave

E7

Let ring

	Am	Dm7
At	first I was afraid, I was	petrified

	G	Cmaj7
Kept thinking	I could never live without you	by my side

	Fmaj7	Bm7b5
But then I	spent so many nights thinking	how you did me wrong

	Esus4	E
And I grew	strong, and I learned	how to get along

At tempo

	Am	Dm7
And so you’re	back from outer	space

	G	Cmaj7
I just walked	in to find you here with that sad	look upon your face

	Fmaj7	Bm7b5
I should have	changed that stupid lock, I should have m	ade you leave your key

	Esus4	E
If I had	known for just one second you’d be	back to bother me

	Am	Dm7
Go on now	go, walk out the d	oor

	G	Cmaj7
Just turn ar	ound now ‘cause you’re not	welcome anymore

Fmaj7	Bm7b5
Weren’t you the one who tried to	hurt me with goodbye

	Esus4	E
Did you think I’d c	rumble? Did you think	I’d lay down and die?

	Am	Dm7
Oh no, not	I, I will sur	vive

	G	Cmaj7
Oh, as	long as I know how to love I k	now I’ll stay alive

	Fmaj7	Bm7b5
I’ve got	all my life to live, and I’ve got	all my love to give

	Esus4	E	Am
And I’ll sur	vive, I will sur	vive, hey h	ey

Am7	Dm7	G	Cmaj7
Fmaj7	Bm7b5	Esus4	E

	Am	Dm7
It took	all the strength I had not to	fall apart

	G	Cmaj7
Kept trying	hard to mend the pieces of my	broken heart

	Fmaj7	Bm7b5
And I spent	oh so many nights just feeling	sorry for myself

	Esus4	E
I used to	cry, but now I	hold my head up high

	Am	Dm7
And you see	me, somebody	new

	G	Cmaj7
I’m not that	chained up little person still in	love with you

	Fmaj7	Bm7b5
And so you	felt like dropping in and just ex	pect me to be free

	Esus4	E
Now I’m	saving all my loving for some	one who’s loving me

	Am	Dm7
Go on now	go walk out the	door

	G	Cmaj7
Just turn	around now ‘cause you’re not	welcome anymore

Fmaj7	Bm7b5
Weren’t you the one who tried to	break me with goodbye

	Esus4	E
Did you think	I’d crumble? Did you think	I’d lay down and die?

	Am	Dm7
Oh no, not	I, I will sur	vive

	G	Cmaj7
Oh	as long as I know how to love I kn	ow I’ll stay alive

	Fmaj7	Bm7b5
I’ve got	all my life to live, I’ve got	all my love to give

Hang on the second “survive”

	Esus4	E
And I’ll sur	vive, I will sur	vive, oh

	Am	Dm7
Go on now	go walk out the	door

	G	Cmaj7
Just turn	around now ‘cause you’re not	welcome anymore

Fmaj7	Bm7b5
Weren’t you the one who tried to	break me with goodbye

	Esus4	E
Did you think	I’d crumble? Did you think	I’d lay down and die?

	Am	Dm7
Oh no, not	I, I will sur	vive

	G	Cmaj7
Oh	as long as I know how to love I kn	ow I’ll stay alive

	Fmaj7	Bm7b5
I’ve got	all my life to live, I’ve got	all my love to give

	Esus4	E	Am
And I’ll sur	vive, I will sur	vive, I will surv	ive

Grease - Freddy My Love (1978)

Originally in Db, I play in E

Get the vox ready for “flipped over that gray cashmere sweater”,

and also think hard about how serious you are about the melody in

the bridge. It’s rhythmically simple, but melodically wild. Plan

on a class-II train wreck in the bridge.

B7	B6	B+	B7

Vox start on the 1

E	Emaj7	A	B7
Freddy my	love, I miss you	more than words can	say

Vox on the 7 of the chord on “touch”, down to the 3 of the chord on “way”

E	Emaj7	C#7sus4	C#7
Freddy my	love, please keep in	touch while you’re a	way

F#m7	F#m7b5	B7
Hearing from	you can make the	day so much better

G#m	G#m7b5/D	C#7sus4	C#7
Getting a	souvenir or	maybe a	letter

Vox up to the 3 of the chord on “flipped”, which is awkward,

then on the 5 on “gray”, which is not awkward.

Hard stop on “sweater”

F#m7	Am/D	E/B	A
I really	flipped over the	gray cashmere	sweater

	E	Emaj7	A	B7
Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love

E	Emaj7	A	B7
Freddy you	know, your absence	makes me feel so	blue

E	Emaj7	C#7sus4	C#7
That’s okay	though, your presents	make me think of	you

F#m7	F#m7b5	B7
My ma will	have a heart at	tack when she catches

G#m	G#m7b5/D	C#7sus4	C#7
Those pedal	pushers with the	black leather	patches

F#m7	Am/D	E/B	A
Oh how I	wish I had a	jacket that	matches

	E	Emaj7	A	E7
Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love

Vox on 3 1 of the first chord (“keep your”), then

1 5 of the second (“from me”).

That sets the tone, although this bridge is super-complicated to sing. Just hit

the high 3 of the chord on “mind” at the end and it will be OK.

	A	B7	G#m	E
Don’t	keep your letters	from me, I	thrill to every	line

	Am7	B7	Em	Em
Your	spelling’s kinda	crummy, but	honey so is	mine

	F#m7b5	B7+5	B7	Em	A7
I	treasure every	gifti	e, the	ring is really	nifty

	Dmaj7	C#m7	F#m7	B7
You	say it cost you	fifty, so you’re	thrifty, I don’t	mind

	E	Emaj7	A	B7
Woah, oh, oh,	oh, Freddy you	see, you’ll hold me	in your arms some	day

E	Emaj7	C#7sus4	C#7
And I will	be wearing your	lacy linge	rie

F#m7	F#m7b5	B7
Thinking a	bout it, my heart’s	pounding already

G#m	G#m7b5/D	C#7sus4	C#7
Knowing when	you come home, we’re	bound to go	steady

F#m7	Am/D	E/B	A
And throw your	service pay a	round like con	fetti

	E	Emaj7	A	B7
Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love

E	Emaj7	A	B7
Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love

E	Emaj7	A	B7
Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love

E	Emaj7	A	B7
Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love, Freddy my	love

Fade

Grease - Summer Nights (1978)

D	G	A	G	A	G
					x 2

	D	G	A	G	A	G
M:	Summer l	ovin’,	had me a b	last

	D	G	A	G	A	G
F:	Summer l	ovin’,	happened so	fast

	D	G	A	B
M:	I met a	girl	crazy for	me

	E	A	E	A
F:	Met a b	oy,	cute as can	be

	D	G	A	B
Both:	Summer d	ays,	driftin’ a	way to

	Em	A	D
A	h those s	ummer n	ights

	A	G	A
Men: Oh,	well-a	well-a	well-a

	D	G	E	A
Men:	Tell me	more, tell me	more, did you	get very far?

	D	G	E	A
Women:	Tell me	more, tell me	more, like, does	he have a car?

	D	G	A	G	A	G
All: Doo-	doo ah ah doo-	doo doo-	doo doo	doo	doo	doo

	D	G	A	G	A	G
M:	She swam	by me,	she got a c	ramp

	D	G	A	G	A	G
F:	He ran	by me,	got my suit	damp

	D	G	A	B
M:	I saved her l	ife,	she nearly d	rowned

	E	A	E	A
F:	He showed	off,	splashing ar	ound

	D	G	A	B
Both:	Summer s	un,	something be	gun but

Em	A	D
Oh those	summer	nights

	A	G	A
Both: Oh,	well-a	well-a	well-a

	D	G	E	A
Women:	Tell me	more, tell me	more, was it	love at first sight

	D	G	E	A
Men:	Tell me	more, tell me	more, did she	put up a fight

	D	G	A	G	A	G
All: Doo-	doo ah ah doo-	doo doo-	doo doo	doo	doo	doo

	D	G	A	G	A	G
M:	Took her	bowling	in the ar	cade

	D	G	A	G
F:	We went s	trolling,	drank lemon	ade

	D	G	A	B
M:	We made o	ut,	under the d	ock

	E	A	E	A
F:	We stayed	out,	till ten o’c	lock

	D	G	A	B
Both:	Summer f	ling	don’t mean a t	hing but

Em	A	Bb
Ah those s	ummer n	ights

	Eb	Ab	F	Bb
Men:	Tell me	more, tell me	more, but you	don’t gotta brag

	Eb	Ab	F	Bb
Women:	Tell me	more, tell me	more, ‘cause he	sounds like a drag

	Eb	Ab	Bb	Ab
All:	Shoo bop bop	shoo be bop	shoo bop bop	shoo bop bop

	Eb	Ab	Bb	Ab
All:	Shoo bop bop	shoo be bop	shoo bop bop	yeah

	Eb	Ab	Bb	Ab
F:	He got f	riendly,	holding my	hand

	Eb	Ab	Bb	Ab
M:	Well she got f	riendly,	down in the	sand

	Eb	Ab	Bb	C
F:	He was	sweet,	just turned eig	hteen

	F	Bb	F	Bb
M:	She was	good, you	know what I	mean

	Eb	Ab	Bb	C
Both:	Summer	heat,	boy and girl	meet, but

Fm	Bb	B
Oh those s	ummer n	ights

	E	A	F#	B
Women:	Tell me	more, tell me	more, how much	dough did he spend?

Hard stop on “friend”

	E	A	F#	B	E
Men:	Tell me	more, tell me	more, could she ge	t me a	friend?

Let ring

A7

Slow, let ring

	D	G	A	G	A	G
F:	It’s turned	colder,	that’s where it	ends

	D	G	A	G	A	G
M:	So I told he	r,	we’d still be f	riends

	D	G	A	B
F:	Then we	made	our true love	vow

	E7	A7	E7	A7
M:	Wonder	what	she’s doin’	now

	D	G	A	B
Both:	Summer	dreams,	ripped at the	seams, but

The Ddim is implied by the harmony, but there’s no root

	Em	A	Ddim	D
Ah	those	summer	ni	ghts

	D	G	D	D	G	D
All:	Tell me m	ore, tell me	more ohhh

Grease - You’re the One That I Want (1978)

Originally in Am, I play in Dm

Intro

Dm

Danny, vox on the 1

	Dm	A#	F
I got	chills, they’re multiplyin’, and I’m	losin’ con	trol

	A	Dm
‘Cause the	power you’re	supplyin’, it’s electrifyin’

Sandy

	F	Am	Dm	A#
You better shape	up, ‘cause I	need a man,	and my heart is set on	you

	F	Am	Dm	A#
You better shape	up, you better	understand,	to my heart I must be tr	ue

Danny

	A#
Nothing	left, nothing left for me to do

Both

	F	A#
You’re the	one that I want (you are the one I want), ooh ooh	ooh, honey

	F	A#
The	one that I want (you are the one I want), ooh ooh	ooh, honey

	F	A#
The	one that I want (you are the one I want), ooh ooh	ooh

A#	C	C7
The one I	need (the one I need), oh yes ind	eed (yes indeed)

Dm

Sandy

	Dm	A#	F
If you’re f	illed with affection, you’re too s	hy to con	vey

	A	Dm
Medi	tate in my di	rection, feel your way

Danny

	F	Am
I better shape	up, cause you	need a man (I need a man)

Sandy

Dm	A#
Who can keep me satis	fied

Danny

	F	Am
I better shape	up, if I’m	gonna prove (you better prove)

Sandy

Dm	A#
That my faith is justi	fied

Danny

A#

Are you sure?

Both

	A#
Yes I’m s	ure down deep inside

	F	A#
You’re the	one that I want (you are the one I want), ooh ooh	ooh, honey

	F	A#
The	one that I want (you are the one I want), ooh ooh	ooh, honey

	F	A#
The	one that I want (you are the one I want), ooh ooh	ooh

A#	C	C7
The one I	need (the one I need), oh yes	indeed (yes indeed)

	F	A#
You’re the	one that I want (you are the one I want), ooh ooh	ooh, honey

	F	A#
The	one that I want (you are the one I want), ooh ooh	ooh, honey

	F	A#
The	one that I want (you are the one I want), ooh ooh	ooh

A#	C	C7
The one I	need (the one I need), oh yes	indeed (yes indeed)

	F
You’re the	one that I want

Hall and Oates - Rich Girl (1976)

Originally in F, I play in C

In this verse, chords are syncopated and back a half-measure, so the first chord really hits after “girl”

Vox on 5 6 1 on “you’re a rich”

	C	Em7
You’re a	rich girl and you’ve	gone too far

	Am7	C/G
‘Cause you k	now it don’t matter anyw	ay

F	C/E
You can rely on the	old man’s money

Dm7	F/G
You can rely on the ol	d man’s money

	C	Em7
It’s a bi	tch girl but it’s	gone too far

	Am7	C/G
‘Cause you k	now it don’t matter anyw	ay

F	C/E
Say money but it w	on’t get you too far

Dm7

Get you too far

C

	Dm7	Em7	Fmaj7	Dm7
And	don’t	you	know, don’t you	know

	C/G	Dm7	Em7	Am7
That it’s	wrong, oh, to	take what he’s	givin’	you

Dm7	Em7	Fmaj7	Dm7
So	far	gone, on your own

	Dm7	Am7	Dm7
And you can g	et along i	f you	try to be strong

Am7	F/G	F/A	G/B	F/C
But you’ll	never be st	rong		’cause

	C	Em7
You’re a	rich girl and you’ve	gone too far

	Am7	C/G
‘Cause you k	now it don’t matter anyw	ay

F	C/E
You can rely on the	old man’s money

Dm7	F/G	F/A
You can rely on the ol	d man’s	money

	C	Em7
It’s a bi	tch girl but it’s	gone too far

	Am7	C/G
‘Cause you k	now it don’t matter anyw	ay

F	C/E
Say money but it w	on’t get you too far

Dm7

Get you too far

Dm7	Em7	Fmaj7	Dm7
High	and	dry, out of the	rain

	C/G	Dm7	Em7	Am7
It’s so e	asy to hurt	others when you	can’t feel	pain

	Dm7	Em7	Fmaj7	Dm7
And d	on’t	you	know that a love can’t g	row

	Dm7	Am7	Dm7
‘Cause there’s t	oo much to give,	’cause you’d r	ather live

Am7	F/G	F/A	G/B	F/C
For the thr	ill of it	all	oh

	C	Em7
You’re a	rich girl and you’ve	gone too far

	Am7	C/G
‘Cause you k	now it don’t matter anyw	ay

F	C/E
You can rely on the	old man’s money

Dm7	F/G	F/A
You can rely on the ol	d man’s	money

	C	Em7
It’s a bi	tch girl and it’s	gone too far

	Am7	C/G
‘Cause you k	now it don’t matter anyw	ay

F	C/E
Say money but it w	on’t get you too far

F	Am7	C/G
Say money but it w	on’t get you	too far

F	C/E
Say money but it w	on’t get you too far

Dm7	C
Get you too far

	Dm7	Em7	F	C/E
And	you	say	you can rely on the	old man’s money

Dm7	F/G	F/A
You can rely on the ol	d man’s	money

	C	Em7
You’re a	rich girl, a r	ich girl

	Am7	C/G
Oh	h you’re a	rich rich girl

F	C/E
Say money but it w	on’t get you too far

F	Am7	C/G
Say money but it w	on’t get you	too far

F	C/E
Say money but it w	on’t get you too far

Dm7	C
Get you too far

Jackson Browne - Running on Empty (1977)

Originally in A, I play in G

Downstrokes and straight 8ths in the verse, leave room to open up in the chorus

Intro

C/G	G
	x 2

Em	Em

C/G	G	C/G	G
Looking out at the	road rushing under my wheels

C/G	G	C/G	G
Looking back at the	years gone by like so	many summer fields

C/G	G	C/G	G
In sixty-five I was	seventeen and	running up 101

C/G	G/B	D
I don’t know where I’m	running now, I’m just	running on

	C/G	G
Running	on, running on	empty

	C/G	G
Running	on, running	blind

	C/G	G
Running	on, running into the	sun

	Em
But I’m running be	hind

C/G	G	C/G	G
Gotta do what you	can just to keep your love	alive

C/G	G	C/G	G
Trying not to conf	use it with what you	do to sur	vive

C/G	G	C/G	G
In sixty-nine I was t	wenty-one and I	called the road my	own

C/G	G/B	D
I don’t know when that	road turned onto the	road I’m on

	C/G	G
Running	on, running on	empty

	C/G	G
Running	on, running	blind

	C/G	G
Running	on, running into the	sun

	Em
But I’m running be	hind

Solo if appropriate on verse chords, else just a couple IV→I’s

C/G	G
	x 4

C/G	G/B	D

Em	C/G	D	G
Everyone I	know,	everywhere I	go

Em	D	C
People need some	reason to	believe

	G
I don’t know about	anyone but me

Em	C	D	G
If it takes all	night,	that’ll be all	right

C	D	C/G	G/B	Am7	G	Am7	G/B
If I can get you to	smile before I	leave

C/G	G	C/G	G
Looking out at the	road rushing under my	wheels

C/G	G	C/G	G
I don’t know how to	tell you all just how	crazy this life	feels

C/G	G	C/G	G
I look around for the	friends that I used to	turn to to pull me	through

C/G	G/B	D
Looking into their	eyes I see them	running too

	C/G	G
Running	on, running on	empty

	C/G	G
Running	on, running	blind

	C/G	G
Running	on, running into the	sun

	Em
But I’m running be	hind

C/G	G
Honey you really	tempt me

	C/G	G
You know the	way you look so	kind

C/G	D	C/G	G/B	Am7	G	Am7	G/B
I’d love to stick ar	ound but I’m running be	hind

C/G	D	C/G	G/B	Am7	G	Am7	G/B
You know I don’t even	know what I’m hoping to	find

C/G	D	C/G	G/B	Am7	G
Running into the	sun but I’m running be	hind

Jimmy Buffet - Margaritaville (1977)

Originally in D, I play in D capo 2.

D

Nibblin’ on sponge cake, watchin’ the sun bake

	A
All of those tourists covered with	oil

A7

Strummin’ my six string, on my front porch swing

	D	D7
Smell those shrimp they’re beginnin’ to	boil

G	A	D	D7
Wastin’	away again in Margar	itaville

G	A	D	D7
Searchin’ for my	lost shaker of	salt

G	A	D	A
Some people	claim that there’s a	wom	an to

G	A	D
Blame, but I	know, it’s nobody’s	fault

D

Don’t know the reason, I stayed here all season

	A
Nothin’ to show but this brand new tat	too

A7

But it’s a real beauty, a Mexican cutie, how it got here

	D	D7
I haven’t a	clue

G	A	D	D7
Wastin	away again in Margar	itaville

G	A	D	D7
Search’in’ for my	lost shaker of	salt

G	A	D	A
Some people	claim that there’s a	wom	an to

G	A	D
Blame, now I	think, hell it could be my	fault

D

I blew out my flip flop, stepped on a pop top

	A
Cut my heel had to cruise on back	home

A7

But there’s booze in the blender, and soon it will render

	D	D7
That frozen concoction that helps me hang	on

G	A	D	D7
Wastin’	away again in Margar	itaville

G	A	D	D7
Searchin’ for my	lost shaker of	salt

G	A	D	A
Some people	claim that there’s a	wom	an to

G	A	D
Blame, but I	know, it’s my own damn	fault

D7	G	A	D	A
Yes and	some people	claim that there’s a	wom	an to

G	A	D
Blame, and I	know, it’s my own damn	fault

D

G

A

D

Joe Walsh - Life’s Been Good (1978)

Originally in B, I play in G capo 2

Intro

B	B	B	E
			x4

G	D	G
→	→	x2

Bm	A	Bm
		x2

G	D	G
→	→	x2

Bm	A	Bm
		x2

Vox start on the 3

G	D/F#	Em	D
I have a	mansion	forget the pr	ice

G	D/F#	Em	D
Ain’t never	been there they t	ell me it’s n	ice

G	D/F#	Em	D
I live in	hotels t	ear out the w	alls

G	D/F#	Em	D
I have ac	countants	pay for it a	ll

A	A/G	A/F#	A	Bm	A	Bm	A
They say I’m	crazy but I	have a good	time	→		→

	A	A/G	A/F#	A
I’m just	looking for	clues at the	scene of the	crime

	D	A/C#	B
Life’s been	good to	me so f	ar

G	D/F#	Em	D
My Mase	rati does	one-eighty-	five

G	D/F#	Em	D
I lost my l	icense	now I don’t dr	ive

G	D/F#	Em	D
I have a	limo	ride in the b	ack

G	D/F#	Em	D
I lock the	doors in	case I’m att	acked

G	D/F#	Em	D
I’m making	records my	fans they can’t w	ait

G	D/F#	Em	D
They write me l	etters t	ell me I’m gr	eat

	G	D/F#	Em	D
So I g	ot me an	office gold	records on the w	all

G	D/F#	Em	D
Just leave a	message, m	aybe I’ll c	all

A	A/G	A/F#	A
Lucky I’m	sane after	all I’ve been	through

	Bm	A	Bm	A
Everybody says	I’m	cool (	He’s	cool)

A	A/G	A/F#	A
I can’t comp	lain but somet	imes I still	do

	D	A/C#	B
Life’s been	good to	me so f	ar

Solo (approximately)

B	A9	B	A9
B	E9	B	E9

Repeat a few times, then repeat intro...

B	B	B	E
			x4

G	D	G
→	→	x2

Bm	A	Bm
		x2

G	D	G
→	→	x2

Bm	A	Bm
		x2

G	D/F#	Em	D
I go to	parties some	times until f	our

G	D/F#	Em	D
It’s hard to	leave when you c	an’t find the d	oor

G	D/F#	Em	D
It’s tough to	handle this f	ortune and f	ame

	G	D/F#	Em	D
Everyb	ody’s so d	ifferent	I haven’t ch	anged

A	A/G	A/F#
They say I’m l	azy but it t	akes all my time

	Bm	A	Bm	A
Everybody says	oh	yeah (	Oh	yeah)

A	A/G	A/F#	A
I keep on g	oing guess I’ll	never know	why

	D	A/C#	B
Life’s been	good to	me so f	ar

B

E

Journey - Lights (1978)

Originally in D, I play in G

Highest note that matters is the 6

G	Em	G	D	Em	F	G

	G	Em	F
When the	lights go	down in the	city

	G	Em	F
And the	sun shines	on the	bay

	G	Em	F
I	want to be th	ere in my	city, oh

Em	F	G
Oh,	oh,	ooh-o-o

G	Em	F
So you	think you’r	e lonely

G	Em	F
Well my	friend I’m l	onely too

G	Em	F
I want to get	back to my	city by the bay

Em	F	G
Oh,	oh,	oh-o-o

Bridge

	Em	C	G
It’s	sad,	oh there’s been	mornings

	Em	C
Out on the road with	out you

	G	D
Without your	charms

Em	C	G
O-o-o	oh, my, my,	my my my

Em	F	G
Oh,	oh,	oh-o-o

	G	Em	F
When the	lights go	down in the	city

	G	Em	F
And the	sun shines	on the	bay

	G	Em	F
Ooh I	want to be th	ere in m	y city

Em	F	G
Oh,	oh,	oh-o-o

Solo if appropriate on bridge chords

	G	Em	F
When the	lights go	down in the	city

	G	Em	F
And the	sun shines	on the	bay

	G	Em	F
Ooh I	want to be th	ere in m	y city

Em	F	G
Oh,	oh,	oh-o-o, mmmm

Em	F	G
Oh,	oh,	oh-o-o

Journey - Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ (1979)

Originally in A, I play in D or possibly E,

highest note that matters is the 3.

D

Vox on the 6 on “you”, on the 2 on “die”

	D
Yo	u make me weak, and wanna die

	G
Jus	t when you said we’d try

	D	A	C	D
L	ovin’, t	ouchin’, squ	eezin’, each	other

D

When I’m alone, all by myself

	G
Y	ou’re out with someone else

	D	A	C	D
L	ovin’, t	ouchin’, squ	eezin’, each	other

Bm	D
You’re tearin’ me apart	every, every day

Bm	D
You’re tearin’ me apart,	oh what can I say?

Bm	C	A
You’re tearin’ me apart

D

It won’t be long, yes till you’re alone

	G
When your l	over, oh he hasn’t come home

	D	A
‘Cause he’s l	ovin’, ooh he’s t	ouchin’

	C	D
He’s sq	ueezin’ an	other

Bm	D
He’s tearin’ you apart	, ooh, every, every day

Bm	D
He’s tearin’ you apart,	oh girl, what can you say?

	Bm	C	D
‘Cause he’s	lovin’, t	ouchin’, a	nother

	Bm	C
Now, it’s	your turn girl to c	ry

G/D	D	G/D	D	G/D	D	G/D	D
Na n	a na	na n	a na	na	na na	na n	a

G/D	D	G/D	D	Bm	C
Na	na na	na	na na	na na na na	na

Repeat to fade

Journey - Wheel In the Sky (1978)

Originally in Dm, I play in Em capo 2

Highest note that matters is the 6

Hang this chord

C

Em

Winter is here again oh lord

	D
Haven’t been home in a year or more

	C	Em
I hope she	holds on a little	longer

Em

Sent a letter on a long summer day

	D
Made of silver, not of clay

	C	Em
Ooh I’ve been	running down this d	usty road

	Em	G	D
Ooh the	wheel in the	sky keeps on	turning

	Em	G	D
I	don’t know where	I’ll be to	morrow

Em	G	D
Wheel in the	sky keeps on	turning

Can replace all this with a IV

A/C#	D	C
→	→

Em

I’ve been trying to make it home

	D
Got to make it before too long

	C	Em
Ooh I can’t	take this very much	longer

Em

I’m stranded in the sleet and rain

	D
Don’t think I’m ever gonna make it home ag	ain

	C
The mo	rning sun is rising

Em

It’s kissing the day

	Em	G	D
Ooh the	wheel in the	sky keeps on	turning

	Em	G	D
I	don’t know where	I’ll be to	morrow

Em	G	D
Wheel in the	sky keeps on	turning

A/C#	D	C
Who	ah,	oh

A/C#	D	C
	My my my my	my

For tomorrow

Solo on verse chords (more or less)

	Em	G	D
Oh the	wheel in the	sky keeps on	turning

	Em	G	D
I	don’t know where	I’ll be to	morrow

Em	G	D
Wheel in the	sky keeps on	turning

	Em	G	D
Ooh, I	don’t know, I	don’t know

Em	G	D
Wheel in the	sky keeps on	turning

Em	G	D
Don’t know where	I’ll be to	morrow

	Em	G	D
Ooh the	wheel in the	sky keeps	turning

Em	G	D
Wheel in the	sky keeps on	turning

Kansas - Dust in the Wind (1977)

Originally in C, I play in G

In G, easiest to just play a little I vi for the intro, but if you really want to, use this:

G - 3x003x

Gsus4 - 3x4x3x

Gsus2 - 3x023x

Esus2 - 024000

Esus4 - 02x200

Intro

G	Gmaj7	Gadd9	G	Esus2	Esus4	Em	Esus2
Gadd9	G	Gmaj7	Gadd9	Em	Esus2	Esus4	Em

Vox on the 1

	G	D/F#	Em
I	close	my e	yes

D	Am7	Em
Only for a m	oment and the	moment’s gone

G	D/F#	Em
All	my d	reams

D	Am7	Em
Pass before my	eyes a curi	osity

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “dust”

A/C#	D	Em	Em/D
Dust	in the w	ind

	A/C#	D	Em
A	ll they are is	dust in the	wind

D/F#

G	D/F#	Em
Same	old	song

D	Am7	Em
Just a drop of	water in an	endless sea

G	D/F#	Em
All	we d	o

D	Am7	Em
Crumbles to the	ground though we re	fuse to see

A/C#	D	Em	Em/D
Dust	in the w	ind

	A/C#	D	Em
A	ll we are is	dust in the	wind

Em	D/E	C/E	C6/E

Solo

Em	D/E	C/E	C6/E
Em	D/E	C/E	C6/E

G	Gmaj7	Gadd9	G	Esus2	Esus4	Em	Esus2
Gadd9	G	Gmaj7	Gadd9	Em	Esus2	Esus4	Em

	G	D/F#	Em
Now,	don’t	hang	on

D	Am7	Em
Nothing lasts for	ever but the E	arth and sky

	G	D/F#	Em
It	slips	a	way

	D	Am7	Em
And	all your money	won’t another	minute buy

A/C#	D	Em	Em/D
Dust	in the w	ind

	A/C#	D	Em
A	ll we are is	dust in the	wind

	Em/D
(All we are is	dust in the wind)

A/C#	D	Em	Em/D
Dust	in the w	ind

	A/C#	D	Em
E	verything is	dust in the	wind

Em

Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)

Originally in E, I play in D capo 2

	D	G	D
On a	warm summer’s evenin’ on a	train bound for	nowhere

	G	D	A
I	met up with the	gambler, we were both too tired to	sleep

	D	G	D
So	we took turns a-starin’ out the	window at the	darkness

	G	D	A	D
Till	boredom overtook	us,	and he began to	speak

	D	G	D
He said,	son, I’ve made a life out of	readin’ people’s	faces

	G	D	A
And	knowin’ what their	cards were by the way they held their	eyes

	D	G	D
And if	you don’t mind my sayin’, I can	see you’re out of	aces

	G	D	A	D
For a	taste of your	whiskey I’ll	give you some	advice

	D	G	D
So I	handed him my bottle and he	drank down my last	swallow

G	D	A
Then he bummed a	cigarette and asked me for a	light

	D	G	D
And the	night got deathly quiet, and his	face lost all expr	ession

	G	D	A	D
Said, if you’re	gonna play the	game, boy, ya gotta	learn to play it	right

	D	G	D
You got to	know when to hold ‘em,	know when to	fold ‘em

G	D	A
Know when to	walk away and know when to	run

	D	A	D	G	D
You never	count	your	money when you’re	sittin’ at the	table

	G	D	A	D
There’ll be	time enough for	countin’	when the dealin’s	done

Key change

E	A	E
Ev’ry gambler knows that the	secret to surv	ivin’

	A	E	B
Is	knowin’ what to	throw away and knowing what to	keep

	E	A	E
‘Cause	ev’ry hand’s a winner and	ev’ry hand’s a	loser

	A	E	B	E
And the	best that you can	hope for is to	die in your	sleep

	E	A	E
And	when he’d finished speakin’, he	turned back towards the	window

A	E	B
Crushed out his ciga	rette and faded off to	sleep

	E	A	E
And	somewhere in the darkness the	gambler, he broke	even

	A	E	B	E
But	in his final	words I found an	ace that I could	keep

	E	A	E
You got to	know when to hold ‘em,	know when to	fold ‘em

A	E	B
Know when to	walk away and know when to	run

	E	B	E	A	E
You never	count	your	money when you’re	sittin’ at the	table

	A	E	B	E
There’ll be time	enough for	countin’	when the dealin’s	done

	E	A	E
You got to	know when to hold ‘em,	know when to	fold ‘em

A	E	B
Know when to	walk away and know when to	run

	E	B	E	A	E
You never	count	your	money when you’re	sittin’ at the	table

	A	E	B	E
There’ll be time	enough for	countin’	when the dealin’s	done

Kermit the Frog - The Rainbow Connection (1979)

A	Dmaj7	A	Dmaj7

Vox start on the 3 (C# in A)

A	F#m	Bm	E
Why are there so m	any	songs about rai	nbows?

	A	F#m	Bm	E
And wh	at’s on the o	ther si	de?

A	F#m	Bm	E
Rainbows are vi	sions, but o	nly il	lusions

A	F#m	Bm	E
Rainbows have no	thing to h	ide

Dmaj7

So we’ve been told and some choose to believe it

	C#m7
But	I know they’re wrong wait and see

Bm	E	Amaj7	F#
Someday we’ll f	ind it the rai	nbow conn	ection

	Bm	E	A
The l	overs, the dre	amers, and m	e

A	Dmaj7	A	Dmaj7

A	F#m	Bm	E
Who said that	every wish would	be heard and	answered

	A	F#m	Bm	E
When	wished on the mor	ning	star

A	F#m	Bm	E
Somebody	thought of that and	someone beli	eved it

	A	F#m	Bm	E
And	look what it’s	done so	far

Dmaj7

What’s so amazing that keeps us stargazing?

C#m7

And what do we think we might see?

Bm	E	Amaj7	F#
Someday we’ll f	ind it the rai	nbow conn	ection

	Bm	E	A
The l	overs, the dre	amers, and m	e

Bridge

	E/G#	F#m	A
All	of us un	der its spell

	Dmaj7	A/C#	Bm7	E
We know	that it’s prob	ably mag	ic

Kermit changes key up a half-step here...

A	F#m	Bm	E
Have you been hal	f-asleep? And h	ave you heard v	oices?

	A	F#m	Bm	E
Well I’	ve heard them cal	ling my n	ame

A	F#m	Bm	E
Are these the s	weet sounds that ca	lled the young sa	ilors?

A	F#m	Bm	E
The voice might be o	ne and the s	ame

Dmaj7

I’ve heard it too many times to ignore it

	C#m7
It’s	something that I’m s’posed to be

Bm	E	Amaj7	F#
Someday we’ll f	ind it, the ra	inbow conn	ection

	Bm	E	A
The lo	vers, the dr	eamers, and	me

E/G#	F#m	A
La da dee	la da da	da

	Dmaj7	E	A
La la	la la	la la	la

Kiss - Beth (1976)

When Kiss plays this on acoustic guitar, the

main line is I I ii V, and the verse starts

I ii iii. I play in A capo 1, all fingerpicking,

with the descending riff on the 5th string, and the

original changes.

A	A	D/A	E/A
			x2

A	D/A
Beth I hear you	callin’

	E/A	F#m	E
But I	can’t come home right	now

D	E/D
Me and the boys are	playin’

	F#m	C#7sus4	C#7/F
And we	just can’t find the	sound

F#m	E
Just a few more	hours

	D	C#m
And I’ll	be right home to	you

	B7	D	E
I	think I hear them	callin’

Instruments hang on “Beth”

	F#m	F#m	E
Oh	Beth what can I do?

D	D/E	A
Beth what	can I	do?

A	D/A
You say you feel so	empty

	E/A	F#m	E
That our	house just ain’t a	home

	D	E/D
And	I’m always somewhere	else

	F#m	C#7sus4	C#7/F
And	you’re always there al	one

F#m	E
Just a few more	hours

	D	C#m
And I’ll	be right home to	you

	B7	D	E
I	think I hear them	callin’

	F#m	F#m	E
Oh	Beth what can I do?

D	D/E	A
Beth what	can I	do?

Solo over one verse and one chorus,

skip if solo guitar.

Slow, hanging chords

A	D/A
Beth I know you’re	lonely

	E/A	F#m	E
And I	hope you’ll be	alright

	D	E7
‘Cause	me and the boys will be	playin’

	A	D/A	E/A
All	night

	A	D/A	E
Ah,	aaah

A

Led Zeppelin - D’yer Mak’er (1976)

Originally in C, I play in C and just skip the high melodic

parts, like going up an octave on “ooh baby I love you”

Intro

C	Am	F	G
			x 2

C	Am	F	G	C
Oh, oh-oh-	oh, oh-	ooh,	you don’t have to	go

	Am	F	G	C
Oh-	oh-oh-	ooh,	you don’t have to	go

	Am	F	G	Am
Oh-	oh-oh-	ooh,	you don’t have to g	o

C	Am	F	G	C
Aye, ah-ah-	ah, ah-	aye,	all those tears I	cried

	Am	F	G	C
Ah-	ah-ah-	aye,	all those tears I	cried

	Am	F	G	Am
Oh-	oh, ah-	aye,	baby please	don’t go

Am	G
When I read the letter you	wrote me

It made me mad, mad, mad

Am	G
When I read the words that it	told me

It made me sad, sad, sad

Am	G
But I still love you so,	I can’t let you go

Don’t go up the octave on “ooh”, that’s just the 1 of the key

F	G
I love you...	ooh, baby I love you

C	Am	F	G	C
Oh, oh-oh-	oh, oh-	ooh,	every breath I	take

	Am	F	G	C	Am	F
Oh-	oh-oh-	ooh, oooh,	every move I m	ake hey-hey

G	Am
Oh baby please	don’t go

C	Am	F	G	C
Aye, ah-ah-	ah, ah-	aye, you	hurt me to my	soul

	Am	F	G	C
Oh-	oh-oh-	ooh,	you hurt me to my	soul

	Am	F	G	Am
Oo	h,		darling please	don’t go

Am	G
When I read the letter you	wrote me

You made me mad, mad, mad

Am	G
When I read the words that it	told me

It made me sad, sad, sad

Am	G
But I still love you so,	and I can’t let you go

F	G
I love you...	ooh, baby I love you

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

C	Am	F	G	C
Oh, oh-oh-	oh, oh-	ooh,	you don’t have to	go

	Am	F	G	C
Oh-	oh-oh-	ooh,	you don’t have to	go

	Am	F	G	Am
Oh-	oh-oh-o	oh, oh	baby	baby, please, please, please, please

C	Am	F	G
Oh-oh, oh-oh,	oh-oh baby,	oh-oh I really	love you baby

C	Am	F	G
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh,	ooh-ooh darling,		oh

C	Am	F	G
	Oh, oh	baby I still	love you so

Lynyrd Skynyrd - What’s Your Name (1977)

Intro

C	C#	D
→	→

F	E	D
→	→

G

Vox more or less on the b3

	A	G	A
Well, it’s	8 o’clock in Boise, Idah	o

	A	E	F#	G	G#	A
I’ll find my	limo driver, mister, take us to the	show	→	→	→

	A	G	D	G
I	done made some plans for later on tonigh	t

	A	E	A
I’ll find a	little queen, and	I know I can treat her	right

C	C#	D	F	E	D	G
What’s	your	name,	lit	tle	girl? What’s your	name?

C	C#	D	F	E	D	G
Shootin’	you s	traight,	lit	tle	girl? Won’t you do the	same?

A	G	A
Back at the hotel lord we got such a	mess

	A	E	F#	G	G#	A
It seems that	one of the crew had a go with one of the	guests, oh yes	→	→	→

	A	G	D	G
Well the	police said we can’t drink in the bar, what a	shame

	A	E	A
Won’t you	come upstairs girl,	and have a drink of cham	pagne

C	C#	D	F	E	D	G
What’s	your	name,	lit	tle	girl? What’s your	name?

C	C#	D	F	E	D	G
Shootin’	you s	traight,	lit	tle	girl? For there ain’t no	shame

C	C#	D	F	E	D	G
What’s	your	name,	lit	tle	girl? What’s your	name?

C	C#	D	F	E	D	G
Shootin’	you s	traight,	lit	tle	girl? Won’t you do the	same?

Solo on verse-ish chords, simplifying here

A	A	G	A
			x 4

C	C#	D	F	E	D	G
What’s	your	name,	lit	tle	girl? What’s your	name?

C	C#	D	F	E	D	G
Shootin’	you s	traight,	lit	tle	girl? Won’t you do the	same?

A	G	A
Nine o’clock the next day, and I’m ready to	go

	A	E	F#	G	G#	A
I got s	ix hundred miles to ride, to do one more	show, oh no	→	→	→

	A	G	D	G
Can I	get you a taxi home, It sure was	grand

	A	E	A
When I	come back here next	year, I wanna see you aga	in

C	C#	D	F	E	D	G
What was	your	name,	lit	tle	girl? What’s your	name?

C	C#	D	F	E	D	G
Shootin’	you s	traight,	lit	tle	girl? Well there ain’t no	shame

C	C#	D	F	E	D	G
What was	your	name,	lit	tle	girl? What’s your	name?

C	C#	D	F	E	D	G
Shootin’	you s	traight,	lit	tle	girl? Won’t you do the	same?

Misc - Facts of Life Theme (1979)

Originally in F, I play in A

A	D/A	A

	A	F#m
You	take the good, you	take the bad

	D	E
You	take ‘em both and	there you have

	D	G/D	D
The	facts of life	→

	E	A/E	E
The	facts of life	→

	A	F#m
There’s a	time you gotta	go and show

	D	E
You’re	growin’ now ya	know about

	D	G/D	D
The	facts of life	→

	E	A/E	E
The	facts of life	→

	D	E
When the	world never	seems

	A	E/G#	D/F#	E
To be	li	ving	up to your	dreams

	D
And	suddenly you’re findin’ out

	E	D	G/D	D
The	facts of life are all about	you	→

	A	D/A	A
You

	A	F#m
When there’s	someone that you	care about

	D	E
It	really isn’t	fair they’re out to

D	G/D	D
Slow you up	→

	E	A/E	E
When you’re	growing up	→

	A	F#m
When you	let ‘em flirt and	then you hurt

	D	E
A	waitin’ ‘cause your	date is late

	D	G/D	D
For	showing up	→

	E	A/E	E
Then you’re	growin’ up	→

	D	E
When it’s	more than just the birds and the	bees

	A	E/G#	D/F#	E
You need	some	one	telling you	please

	D
There’s	only one conclusion

	E	D	G/D	D
There will	always be confusion over	you	→

	A	D/A	A
You

	D
You

Bridge that no one has ever heard

D	F#m7	Bm7
It takes a	lot to get ‘em	right

A/C#	D	A
When you’re	learning the facts of	life

A	D/A	A

Original goes up a half-step, I’m not doing that

	A	F#m
You’ll av	oid a lot of	damage

	D	E
And enj	oy the fun of	managing

	D	G/D	D
The	facts of life	→

	E	A/E	E
They shed a	lot of light	→

	A	F#m
If you	hear ‘em from your	brother

	D	E
Better	clear ‘em with your	mother

	D	G/D	D
Better	get ‘em right	→

	E	A/E	E
Call her	late at night	→

	D	E
You got the	future in the palm of your ha	nd

	A	E/G#	D/F#	E
All you	gotta do to	get you through is	understand

	D
You	think you’d rather do without

	E	D	G/D	D
You’ll	never muddle through without the	truth	→

	A
The facts of life are all about	you

	D	F
Oh learning the facts of life

	A
Oh they’re all about	you

	D	F
They’re all about y	ou, about	you

Repeat to fade

Misc - Laverne and Shirley Theme (1976)

Originally in F, I play an octave down in G

Skip this unless you’re feeling goofy

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated

I strum a slow V7 here, vox on the 3 of the chord

D7

We’re gonna do it!

G	B
Give us any	chance we’ll take it

Em	C
Read us any	rule we’ll break it

G/D	Em	D/F#
We’re gonna	make our dreams come	true

D7

Doin’ it our way

G	B
Nothin’s gonna	turn us back now

Em	C
Straight ahead and	on the track now

G/D	Em	D/F#
We’re gonna	make our dreams come	true

B7

Doin’ it our way

Em7	A
There is nothing	we won’t try

Dmaj7

Never heard the word impossible

Cmaj7	Fmaj7	G
This time there’s	no stopping	us

D7

We’re gonna do it

G	B
On your mark get	set and go now

Em	C
Got a dream and	we just know now

G/D	Em	D/F#
We’re gonna	make that dream come	true

	G	Em7
And we’ll do it	our way, yes	our way

C	D
Make all our dreams come	true

	G	Em7
And we’ll do it	our way, yes	our way

C	Dsus4
Make all our dreams come	true

	C	G
For me and	you

Misc - Three’s Company Theme (1977)

Intro

F7	C7

	F
Come and knock on our do	or

	Am7	D9
We’ve been waiting for y	ou

	G7	G#dim7	Gm7
Where the kisses are h	ers and he	rs and h	is

	C7	F	F	Edim7	F
Three’s c	ompany t	oo	→	→

	F
Come and dance on on our fl	oor

	Am7	D9
Take a step that is n	ew

	G7	G#dim7	Gm7
We’ve a loveable sp	ace that ne	eds your fa	ce

	C7	F	F	Edim7	F
Three’s co	mpany t	oo	→	→

	Bm7	E7b9	Am7	D7b9	Gm7	C7
You’ll see that l	ife is a b	all again, l	aughter is ca	lling for y	ou

	Bb6/C
Down at our re	ndezvous

	F
Three is company t	oo

Molly Hatchet - Flirtin with Disaster (1979)

Originally in A (in the verse), I play in G

There’s lots of 6 in the chorus

D

C/D	D
	x4

D	C	G/B	C	G/B	D/A	G
→	→		→	→	→

G	F	G
I’m travelin’ down the road and I’m fl	irtin’ with dis	aster

G	F	G
I’ve got the pedal to the floor, my l	ife is running f	aster

G	F	G
I’m out of money, out of hope, it lo	oks like self destr	uction

G	F	G
Well, how much more can we take with a	ll of this corr	uption

A	Asus4	A	C/G	G/A	A
We’re flirtin’	with dis	aster, y’a	ll know	what I m	ean

A	Asus4	A	C/G	G/A	A
And the way we	run our l	ives, it m	akes no s	ense to	me

A	Asus4	A	C/G	G/A	A
I don’t know a	bout yours	elf or	what you	want to	be, yeah

A	Asus4	A	C/G	G	A
When we gamble w	ith our t	ime, we c	hoose our d	estin	y

C	G	A
I’m travelin’ d	own that lonesome r	oad

C	G	A	G	G#	A	A#	B	C
Feel like I’m dr	agging a heavy l	oad	→	→	→	→	→

C	G	A
Yeah, I’ve tried to t	urn my head aw	ay

C	G	D
Feel about the sa	me most every d	ay

D	C/D	D	C/D	D	C	G/B	C	G/B	D/A	G
	You know what I’m talking about, baby			→	→		→	→	→

G	F	G
Speeding down the fast lane, honey, we’re pl	ayin’ from town to t	own

G	F	G
The boys and I’ve been burnin’ it up, can’t s	eem to slow it d	own

G	F	G
We got the pedal to the floor, our li	ves are runnin’ f	aster

G	F	G
We got our sights set straight ahead, but I a	in’t sure what we’re	after

A	Asus4	A	C/G	G/A	A
Flirtin’ with dis	aster, y	’all	damn sure	know what I m	ean

A	Asus4	A	C/G	G/A	A
You know, the way we	run our l	ives, it m	akes no	sense to	me

A	Asus4	A	C/G	G/A	A
I don’t know ab	out yours	elf or	what you	plan to b	e, yeah

A	Asus4	A	C/G	G	A
When we gamble w	ith our t	ime we ch	oose our de	stin	y

C	G	A
Yeah, we’re travelin’ d	own that lonesome r	oad

C	G	A	G	G#	A	A#	B	C
Feel like I’m dr	agging a heavy lo	ad	→	→	→	→	→

C	G	A
Don’t try to t	urn my head aw	ay

C	G	D
I’m flirtin’ with dis	aster every d	ay

D	C/D	G/D	F/D	D
	And you are too, baby	→	→

D	C/D	G/D	F/D	D
Get in with everybody		→	→

Solo

D	C	G	F	D
		→	→	x6

A	Asus4	A	C/G	G/A	A
Flirtin’ with dis	aster, b	abe, y’	all know	what I m	ean

A	Asus4	A	C/G	G/A	A
You know the way we	run our l	ives, it m	akes no	sense to	me

A	Asus4	A	C/G	G/A	A
I don’t know ab	out yours	elf or	what you	plan to	be

A	Asus4	A	C/G	G	A
When we gamble w	ith our t	ime we ch	oose our d	esti	ny

C	G	A
Yeah, we’re traveling d	own this lonesome r	oad

C	G	A	G	G	G#	A	A#	B	C
Feel like I’m dr	agging a heavy lo	ad		→	→	→	→	→

Hard stop on “way”

C	G	A
Don’t try and t	urn my head aw	ay, bop bop yeah

C	G	D	D	D	C	C#	D	D
Flirtin’ with dis	aster every d	ay		→	→	→

Orleans - Still the One (1976)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro, swung with 6ths

A

We’ve been together since way back when

Sometimes I never want to see you again

	D	E
But I	want you to know, after	all these years

D	E
You’re still the one I want	whisperin’ in my ear

Drop the 6ths and switch to full strum for the chorus

	A	D
You’re	still the one I want to	talk to in bed

F#m	B
Still the one that	turns my head

D	E	A
We’re still having fun	and you’re still the	one

	A
I	looked at your face every day

But I never saw it till I went away

	D	E
When	winter came, I just	wanted to go

Hold a half-beat before “longed”, make it one syllable

instead of “lo-onged”

D	E
Deep in the desert I	longed for the snow

	A	D
You’re	still the one that	makes me laugh

F#m	B
Still the one that’s my	better half

D	E	A
We’re still having fun	and you’re still the o	ne

	A	D
You’re	still the one that	makes me strong

F#m	B
Still the one I want to	take along

D	E	A
We’re still having fun	and you’re still the o	ne, yes you are

Solo if appropriate on a verse and a chorus

Hold off an extra beat before the “our”

A	B11/A
Changing, our	love is going gold

Play this line soft

G	F#m	E
Even though we grow	old, it grows	new

Original comes back in full here, I stay on a slow strum

	A	D
You’re	still the one that I	love to touch

F#m	B
Still the one and I	can’t get enough

D	E	A
We’re still having fun	and you’re still the o	ne

All but drums drop out

	A	D
You’re	still the one who can	scratch my itch

F#m	B
Still the one and	I wouldn’t switch

D	E	A
We’re still having fun	and you’re still the o	ne

Hits on “you are”, band re-enters

D	E	A	D
You	are	still the one that	makes me shout

F#m	B
Still the one that I	dream about

D	E	A
We’re still having fun	and you’re still the o	ne

	A	D
You are	still the one

	F#m	B
You’re	still the one

D	E	A	D/A
We’re still having fun	and you’re still the o	ne

On the bridge rhythm, triplets

A	A	B11/A	B11/A	G	F#m	D	A
					→

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (1979)

Bm	A
Hello, is there anybody	in there?

	G	Em
Just nod if you can	hear me

	Bm
Is there	anyone home?

Bm

Come on (come on) now

	A
I hear you’re	feeling down

G	Em
I can ease your	pain

	Bm
And get you	on your feet again

Bm

Relax (relax, relax)

	A
I’ll need some infor	mation first

G	Em
Just the basic facts

	Bm
Can you	show me where it hurts?

D	A
There is no pain you are re	ceding

D	A
A distant ship smoke on the ho	rizon

C	G
You are only coming through in	waves

	C	G
Your	lips move but I can’t hear what you’re	saying

	D	A
When	I was a child I had a	fever

	D	A
My	hands felt just like two	balloons

C	G
Now I’ve got that feeling once a	gain

	C
I can’t explain, you would not	understand

	G
This is not how I	am

A	C	G	D
I	have be	come comfortably	numb

Solo, if appropriate, otherwise skip

A	D	A	C	G	C	G
A	C	G	D
I	have be	come comfortably	numb

Bm	A
O.K. (O.K., O.K.) just a little	pinprick

	G	Em
There’ll be no more	aaaa	aaaah!

	Bm
But you may	feel a little sick

	Bm
Can you	stand up?

	A
I do believe it’s	working, good

	G	Em
That’ll keep you	going for the	show

	Bm
Come	on it’s time to go

D	A
There is no pain, you are re	ceding

D	A
A distant ship smoke on the ho	rizon

C	G
You are only coming through in	waves

	C	G
Your	lips move but I can’t hear what you’re	saying

	D	A
When	I was a child, I caught a	fleeting glimpse

D	A
Out of the corner of my	eye

C	G
I turned to look but it was	gone

	C
I cannot put my finger	on it now

	G
The child is grown, the	dream is gone

A	C	G	D
I	have be	come comfortably	numb

A	C	G	D
I	have be	come comfortably	numb

Pink Floyd - Hey You (1979)

Intro

Emadd9	Dm
	x4

Vox on 3 2 on “hey you”

	Emadd9
Hey	you, out there in the cold

	Bm7
Getting lonely, getting old, can you	feel me?

	Emadd9
Hey	you, standing in the aisles

	Bm7
With itchy feet and fading smiles, can you	feel me?

D	G	D	C
Hey you, don’t you help them to bury the	li-	ii-	ght

Bm	Am	Emadd9
Don’t give in	without a	fight

Emadd	Dm

With a quiet voice an octave up

	Emadd9
Hey	you, out there on your own

	Bm
Sitting naked by the phone, would you	touch me?

	Emadd9
Hey	you, with your ear against the wall

	Bm
Waiting for someone to call out, would you	touch me?

D	G	D	C
Hey you, would you help me to carry the	sto-	o-	one?

Hang the first two chords

Bm	Am	Em
Open your heart,	I’m coming	home

Solo

Em	Am
	x4

Em

C	D	G	D	C
But it was	only a	fan	ta	sy

	C	D	G	D	C
The w	all was too	high, as	you	can	see

	C	D	G	D	C
No m	atter how he	tried he could	not	break	free

	C	D	Emadd9
And the	worms ate	into his	brain

Emadd9	Dm
	x4

Now an octave up... go for it, it’s not supposed to be perfect

	Emadd9
Hey	you, out there on the road

	Bm
Always doing what you’re told, can you	help me?

	Emadd9
Hey	you, out there beyond the wall

	Bm
Breaking bottles in the hall, can you	help me?

If you were ever going to reach for a C, this is the time

D	G	D	C
Hey you, don’t tell me there’s no hope at	a-a	a-l	l

	Bm	Am	Emadd9
To	gether we stand,	divided we	fall

Pink Floyd - Nobody Home (1979)

Am7	Caug/G#	C/G	D7	F	Fm

	C
I’ve got a	little black book with my poems in

	E
Got a	bag with a toothbrush and a comb in

	F	C
When	I’m a good dog, they sometimes throw me a	bone

F	C
I got e	lastic bands keeping my shoes on

	E	E7
Got those	swollen hand blues

	F	C
Got	thirteen channels of shit on the TV to	choose from

	C
I’ve got e	lectric light

C7

And I’ve got second sight

	F	Fm	C	E7	Am	D7	G
And a	mazing po	wers of observatio	n

	E7
And that is how I know

Am

When I try to get through

Not a typo: this is really D Fm,

but I play as F Fm.

C	D	Fm
On the telephone to you

	C
There’ll be nobody ho	me

F	C	F	C

	C
I’ve got the ob	ligatory Hendrix perm

	E
And the in	evitable pinhole burns

F	C
All down the front of my favorite satin s	hirt

F	C
I’ve got	nicotine stains on my fingers

	E	E7
I’ve got a	silver spoon on a chain

	F	C
Got a	grand piano to prop up my mortal re	mains

	C
I’ve got	wild staring eyes

C7	F
And I’ve got a strong urge to fly

	Fm	C	E7	Am	D7	G
But	I got nowhere to	fly to

Vox all the way up to A here

Am	C	D	Fm
Ooooh, babe	when I pick up the phone

	C	F	C	F	C
There’s still nobody hom	e

	C
I’ve got a	pair of Gohill’s boots

	E	E7
And I got	fading roots

Queen - Somebody to Love (1976)

Originally in Ab, I play in D

Skip this part, and just start where it comes in at tempo

But if you must... vox on the 1 on “can”

A capella, chords implied

D	D	A/C#	Bm	G
Can,	an	yb	od	y

A7

Find me

G	D/A	D
Somebody t	o, lo	ve

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm
G	G	A	A

Vox on the 5

	D	A/C#	Bm
Oh, each	morning I	get up, I	die a little

	D	E7	A
Can	barely st	and on my f	eet

	D	A/C#	Bm
(Take a look at yourself) Take a	look i	n the m	irror and cry

E7	A
Lord what you’re doing to	me

	D	E7	A
I have s	pent all my	years in bel	ieving you

	A	E7/G#	A	G
But I ju	st can’t	get no rel	ief,	lord

D

Somebody (somebody), ooh somebody (somebody)

	D	A/C#	Bm	G	A7
Can	any	body f	ind	me

	D	A/C#	Bm	G	A
Somebody to l	ove?

	D	A/C#	Bm
I work	hard (he works hard) every	day of my life

	D	E7	A
I w	ork till I	ache my	bones

	D	A/C#	Bm
At the e	nd (at the e	nd of the d	ay)

Bm	E7	A
I take home my	hard-earned pay all on my o	wn

	D	E7
I get	down (down) on my	knees (knees)

	A
And I s	tart to pray (praise the Lord)

	A	E7/G#	A	G
Till the te	ars run	down from my	eyes,	lord

D

Somebody (somebody), ooh somebody (somebody)

	D	A/C#	Bm	G	A7
Can	any	body f	ind	me

	D	D	D7	D7
Somebody to l	ove?

	G
(	He works hard) everyday

I try and I try and I try

	C
But	everybody wants to put me down

	Cm
They say	I’m going crazy

E7

They say I got a lot of water in my brain

	A
Aw, I got no common sense, I got nobody left to bel	ieve

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Solo on verse chords

D	A/C#	Bm
D	E7	A
D	A/C#	Bm
E7	A
D	E7	A
A	E7/G#	A	G
		Oooh	lord

D

Somebody (somebody), somebody (somebody)

	D	A/C#	Bm	G	A
Can	any	body f	ind	me

	D	A/C#
Somebody to l	ove?

	Bm	G	A
(Anybo	dy f	ind me	someone to love)

	D	A/C#	Bm
Got no f	eel,	I got no	rhythm

	D	E7	A
I j	ust keep lo	sing my b	eat (you just keep losing and losing)

	D	A/C#	Bm
I’m	OK, I’m	alright	(he’s alright)

	E7	A
I a	in’t gonna face no de	feat

	D	E7	A
I just	gotta get	out of this p	rison cell

The IV is implied at the end of this line

	A	E7/G#	A	G
Somed	ay I’m	gonna be f	ree	lord!

D

Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love

Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love, love, love, love

D

Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love

Somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody
Somebody find me, somebody find me Somebody to love

	D	A/C#	Bm	G	A7
Can	any	body f	ind	me

	D
Somebody tooooooo, lo	ve

D	A/C#	Bm	G	A	D
	Find me	somebody t	o	l	ove

D	A/C#	Bm	G	A	D
	Find me	somebody t	o	l	ove

R.E.O. Speedwagon - Time For Me to Fly (1978)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 1

Intro

A	D	E	D
			x2

A

I’ve been around for you

E/G#

Been up and down for you

	D/F#	A	D/A	A
But	I just can’t get any re	lief	→

	A
I’ve	swallowed my pride for you

	E/G#
I’ve	lived and lied for you

	D/F#	A	D/A	A
But	you still make me feel like a	thief	→

	E
You got me	stealing your love away

	D	A
Cause	you never	give it

E

Peeling the years away

	D	A
And	we can’t re	live it

D	A
I make you	laugh

	D	A
And	you make me	cry

Hang the first chord

E	A
I believe it’s time for me to	fly

Band enters

A	D	E	D
			x2

A

You said we’d work it out

	E
You	said that you had no doubt

	D	A	D/A	A
That	deep down we were really in	love	→

	A
Oh, but I	’m tired of holding on

	E
To a	feeling I know is gone

D	A	D/A	A
I do believe that I’ve had e	nough	→

	E
I’ve had e	nough of the falseness

	D	A
Of a	worn-out re	lation

	E
E	nough of the jealousy

	D	A
And the	intole	ration

	D	A
Oh	I make you	laugh

	D	A
And	you make me	cry

Hang the first chord, hard stop on the last I

E	A	D	A
I believe it’s time for me to	fly

	E
Time for me to	fly

	D	A
Oh, I’ve got to	set myself	free

	E
Time for me to	fly

	D	A
And that’s just how it’s g	ot to	be

D	E
I know it hurts to say good	bye

	D	E
But it’s time for me to	fly

A	D	E	A

Oh don’t you know it’s

	E
Time for me to	fly

	D	A
Oh, I’ve got to	set myself	free

	E
Time for me to	fly

	D	A
Oh, baby that’s just how it’s	meant to	be

D	E
I know it hurts to say good	bye

	D	E
But it’s time for me to	fly

	D	E
It’s time for me to	fly

	A
It’s time for me to	fly

With ad lib’d “it’s time for me to fly”

A	D	E	D
			x2

Rainbow - Since You Been Gone (1979)

Originally in G#, I play in G capo 3

The highest note is the b5, i.e. the 3 after the

key change. That’s a *D* in the original (!).

G	D	Em	C	G	D	Em	C	C	D
						→		→

Hang the last chord

G	D	Em	C	G	D	Em	C	C	D
						→		→

Vox in on the 1

G	D/F#	Em	D
I get the s	ame old dreams	same time ev	ery night

C	G/B	Am	D
Fall to the g	round and I	wake up

G	D/F#	Em	D
So I get	out of bed, put	on my shoes and i	n my head

C	G/B	Am	D
Thoughts fly b	ack to the br	eak-up

Vox on the 5 of the chord

Eb	F
These four walls are	closin’ in

	Eb	D/A	D
L	ook at the fix you’ve	put me	in

G	D	Em	C
Since you’ve been go	ne, s	ince you’ve been go	ne

	G	D	Em	C	C	D
I’m o	ut of my he	ad, can’t t	ake	it	→

G	D	Em	C
Could I be wro	ng, but s	ince you’ve been g	one

G	D	Em	C	C	D
You cast a sp	ell so	break i	t	→

G	D	Em	C
Whoa	oh	whoa	oh

G	D	Em	C	C	D
Whoa	oh	→		since you	been gone

G	D/F#	Em	D
So in the n	ight I stand	beneath the b	ack street light

C	G/B	Am	D
I read the w	ords that you s	ent to me

G	D/F#	Em	D
I could take the	afternoon the n	ighttime comes aro	und too soon

C	G/B	Am	D
You can’t k	now what you m	ean to m	e

Eb	F
Your poison letter, your	telegram

	Eb	D/A	D
J	ust goes to show you don’t	give a	damn

G	D	Em	C
Since you’ve been go	ne, s	ince you’ve been go	ne

	G	D	Em	C	C	D
I’m o	ut of my he	ad, can’t t	ake	it	→

G	D	Em	C
Could I be wro	ng, but s	ince you’ve been g	one

G	D	Em	C	C	D
You cast a sp	ell so	break i	t	→

G	D	Em	C
Whoa	oh	whoa	oh

G	D	Em	C	C	D
Whoa	oh	→		since you	been gone

Half-time

G	Am7	Bm7	C	D7	Ebdim7
Em	G/D	C	D/A

Vox on the 3

	G	Am7	Bm7
I	f you	will come	back

	C	D7	Ebdim7
B	aby you kn	ow you’ll n	ever do

Em	G/D	C	D/A
Wrong

Three hits on...

D

Key change up a whole step

A	E	F#m	D
Since you’ve been go	ne, s	ince you’ve been go	ne

	A	E	F#m	D	D	E
I’m o	ut of my he	ad, can’t t	ake	it	→

A	E	F#m	D
Could I be wro	ng, but s	ince you’ve been g	one

A	E	F#m	D	D	E
You cast a sp	ell so	break i	t	→

A	E	F#m	Dm/F
Whoa	oh	whoa	oh

A/E	E	F#m	Dm/F	A/E	E	A
Whoa	oh	→		ever since	you been	gone

Original repeat the chorus in the new key for a solo here

Rupert Holmes - Escape (the Pina Colada Song) (1979)

Intro

F	Am7	G	F	G9
	→	→

C	Em7	Dm7	C	C9
	→	→

F	Am7	G	F	G9
	→	→

C	Em7	Dm7	C
	→	→

Vox on the 3 on “I was tired”

	F	Am	G	F
I was tired of my	lady

All the way down to the 5 on “long”

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
We’d been to	gether too l	ong

	C9	F	Am	G	F
Like a w	orn out recor	ding

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
Of a	favorite s	ong

	C9	F	Am	G	F
So while she	lay there s	leepin’

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
I read the	paper in be	d

	C9	F	Am	G	F
And in the	personal co	lumns

	C9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
There was this	letter I re	ad

	F	Am	G	F
If you like piña	coladas

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
And gettin’ caug	ht in the r	ain

	C9	F	Am	G	F
If you’re	not into y	oga

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
If you	have half a b	rain

Original goes up to the 2 of the key here, I use the same melody as the “pina coladas” line

	C9	F	Am	G	F
If you like	makin’ love at m	idnight

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
In the	dunes of a	cape

	C9	F	Am	G	F
Then I’m the	love that you’ve l	ooked for

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
Write to m	e and e	scape

Solo

F	Am7	G	F	G9
	→	→

C	Em7	Dm7	C	C9
	→	→

F	Am7	G	F	G9
	→	→

C	Em7	Dm7	C	C9
	→	→

	F	Am	G	F
I didn’t think about my	lady

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
I know that so	unds kind of me	an

	C9	F	Am	G	F
But me and	my old l	ady

	G9	C	Em	Dm	C
Had fallen i	nto the sam	e old d	ull ro	utine

	C9	F	Am	G	F
So I w	rote to the p	aper

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
Took out a	personal a	d

	C9	F	Am	G	F
And though I’m n	obody’s p	oet

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
I thought it	wasn’t half	bad

	F	Am	G	F
Yes I like piña	coladas

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
And getting ca	ught in the r	ain

	C9	F	Am	G	F
I’m not m	uch into h	ealth food

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
I am i	nto champ	agne

	C9	F	Am	G	F
I’ve got to	meet you by t	omorrow n	oon

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
And cut through a	ll this r	ed tape

	C9	F	Am	G	F
At a	bar called O’M	alley’s

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
Where we’ll	plan our e	scape

F	Am7	G	F	G9
	→	→

C	Em7	Dm7	C	C9
	→	→

	F	Am	G	F
So I waited with	high hopes

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
And she wa	lked in the p	lace

	C9	F	Am	G	F
I knew her s	mile in an i	nstant

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
I knew the	curve of her	face

	C9	F	Am	G	F
It was my	own lovely l	ady

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
And she s	aid, aw it’s	you

	C9	F	Am	G	F
And we	laughed for a m	oment

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
And I s	aid I ne	ver knew

	F	Am	G	F
That you like piña	coladas

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
And gettin’ caug	ht in the r	ain

	C9	F	Am	G	F
And the	feel of the o	cean

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
And the	taste of champa	gne

	C9	F	Am	G	F
If you like	makin’ love at m	idnight

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
In the	dunes of a	cape

	C9	F	Am	G	F
You’re the	lady I’ve l	ooked for

	G9	C	Em7	Dm7	C
Come with m	e and e	scape

Sesame Street - I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon (1978)

	C	C/B	Am
Well I’d	like to	visit the	moon

	F	G	C
On a	rocket ship	high in the	air

	C	C/B	Am
Yes I’d	like to	visit the	moon

	F	G	C
But I	don’t think I’d	like to live	there

	F	F/E
Though I’d	like to look	down at the

Dm7	C
Earth from	above

	F	F/E	Dm7	C
I would	miss all the	places and	people I	love

	F	C	G	Am
So al	though I might	like it for	one after	noon

	F	G	C
I	don’t want to	live on the	moon

	C	C/B	Am
I’d like to	travel	under the	sea

	F	G	C
I could	meet all the	fish every	where

	C	C/B	Am
Yes I’d	travel	under the	sea

	F	G	C
But I	don’t think I’d	like to live	there

	F	F/E	Dm7	C
I might	stay for a	day there if	I had my	wish

	F	F/E
But there’s	not much to	do when your

Dm7	C
Friends are all	fish

	F	C	G	Am
And an	oyster and	clam aren’t	real fami	ly

	F	G	C
So I	don’t want to	live in the	sea

Bridge, vox on the 3 of the chord on “visit”

	F	C	G	C
I’d like to	visit the	jungle hear the	lions	roar

F	F/E	G	C
Go back in	time and meet a	dino	saur

	F	C	G	Am
There’s	so many strange	places	I’d like to	be

	F	G	C
But	none of them	permanent	ly

	C	C/B	Am
So if	I should	visit the	moon

	F	G	C
Well I’ll	dance on a	moonbeam and	then

	C	C/B	Am
I will	make a	wish on a	star

	F	G	C
And I’ll	wish I was	home once a	gain

	F	F/E
Though I’d	like to look	down at the

Dm7	C
Earth from a	bove

	F	F/E	Dm7	C
I would	miss all the	places and	people I	love

	F	C	G	Am
So al	though I may	go I’ll be	coming home	soon

	F	G	C
‘Cause I	don’t want to	live on the	moon

	F	G	C	C/B	Am	Am	F	G	C
No I	don’t... want to	live... on the	moon

Steve Miller - Jungle Love (1977)

Originally around E, I play in A capo 3

Intro with nifty little riff

A	Bm
→

Vox start on the 3

	A	G
I m	et you on somebody’s i	sland

	D	A
You though	t you had known me bef	ore

	A	G
I brou	ght you a crate of pap	aya

	D	A
They w	aited all night by your d	oor

	A	G
You p	robably wouldn’t re	member

	D	A
I pro	bably couldn’t forget

	A	G
Jungle l	ove in the surf in the p	ouring rain

	D	A
E	verything’s better when wet

Bm	D	A
Jungle lo	ve, it’s drivin’ me mad

	D
It’s makin’ me crazy

Bm	D	A
Jungle lo	ve, it’s drivin’ me mad

	Bm
It’s makin’ me crazy

	A	G
But l	ately you live in the j	ungle

	D	A
I ne	ver see you al	one

	A	G
But we n	eed some definite a	nswers

	D	A
So I though	t I would write you a p	oem

	A	G
The q	uestion to everyone’s a	nswer

	D	A
Is us	ually asked from within

	A	G
But the p	atterns of the rain and the	truth they contain

	D	A
Have writte	n my life on your skin

Bm	D	A
Jungle lo	ve, it’s drivin’ me mad

	D
It’s makin’ me crazy

Bm	D	A
Jungle lo	ve, it’s drivin’ me mad

	Bm
It’s makin’ me crazy

Solo if appropriate on something like the verse chords

A	G
You treat me like I was your ocean

	D	A
You s	wim in my blood when it’s warm

	A	G
My c	ycles of circular motion

	D	A
Protec	t you and keep you from harm

	A	G
You live	in a world of illusion

	D	A
Where e	verything’s peaches and cream

	A	G
We a	ll face a scarlet conclusion

	D	A
But we s	pend our time in a dream

Bm	D	A
Jungle lo	ve, it’s drivin’ me mad

	D
It’s makin’ me crazy

Bm	D	A
Jungle lo	ve, it’s drivin’ me mad

	D
It’s makin’ me crazy

Bm	D	A
Jungle lo	ve, it’s drivin’ me mad

	D
It’s makin’ me crazy

Bm	D	A
Jungle lo	ve, it’s drivin’ me mad

	Bm
It’s makin’ me crazy

Steve Miller - Swingtown (1977)

Originally in Bb, I play in A

Can change the big 5 in the main “oh” line to

a 1 if that’s too much

Intro

A	D/A	E/A
→	→

This pattern continues through, I’m not going

to try to align it

A

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oo oh oh oh oh oh oh
Come on and dance
Come on and dance
Let's make some romance
You know the night is fallin' and the music's callin'

	D
And we’ve got to get down to the	swingtown

E

We’ve been workin’ so hard

We’ve been workin’ so hard
Come on baby, come on baby

	A
Let’s dan	ce

Back to main pattern

Come on, come on, come on

A

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oo oh oh oh oh oh oh
Come on and dance
Come on and dance
We may not get another chance
You know the night is fallin' and the music's callin'

	D
And we’ve got to get down to the	swingtown

Instrumental in the original, I play a regular chorus

E

We’ve been workin’ so hard

We’ve been workin’ so hard
Come on baby, come on baby

	A
Let’s dan	ce

Steve Miller - Take the Money and Run (1976)

Originally in G, I play in A

A	G	D
This here’s a s	tory about Billy J	oe and Bobbie Sue

A	G	D
Two young l	overs with n	othin’ better to do

A	G	D
Than sit around the h	ouse, get h	igh, and watch the tube

A	G	D	C	G
And here is what h	appened when they dec	ided to cut loose

A	G	D
They headed down	to c	ool El Paso

A	G	D
That’s where they r	an into a gr	eat big hassle

A	G	D
Billy Joe	shot a man while r	obbing his castle

A	G	D
Bobbie S	ue took the money and r	un

C	G	A
Hoo h	oo h	oo

A	G	D	G/D	D	G/D	D
Go o	n, take the money and r	un

A	G	D
Go o	n take the money and r	un, hoo hoo hoo

A	G	D	G/D	D	G/D	D
Go o	n, take the money and r	un

A	G	D	C	G	A
Go o	n take the money and r	un, h	oo h	oo h	oo

A	G	D
Billy M	ack is a det	ective down in Texas

A	G	D
You know he kn	ows just exactl	y what the facts is

A	G	D
He ain’t gonna l	et those two	escape justice

A	G	D	C	G
He makes his l	ivin’ off of t	he people’s ta	xes

A	G	D
Bobbie Sue, w	hoa, w	oa, she slipped away

A	G	D
Billy Joe	caught up to her the v	ery next day

A	G	D
They got the m	oney, hey, you know they g	ot away

A	G	D	C	G
They headed down S	outh and they’re still r	unning today	s	ingin’

A	G	D	G/D	D	G/D	D
Go o	n, take the money and r	un

A	G	D
Go o	n take the money and r	un, hoo hoo hoo

A	G	D	G/D	D	G/D	D
Go o	n, take the money and r	un

A	G	D	C	G	A
Go o	n take the money and r	un, h	oo h	oo h	oo

Styx - Blue Collar Man (1978)

Originally in Dm, I play in Em capo 2

Intro

Em	G	Em	A	G
			→

Em	G	Em	A	G
			→

C	D	Em
→	→

Em	Am
Give me a job, give me se	curity

D	Em
Give me a chance to sur	vive

	Em	Am
I’m just a	poor soul in the unem	ployment line

D	B
My god, I’m hardly al	ive

	Em	Am
My m	other and father, my	wife and my friends

D	Em
I see them laugh in my	face

	Em	Am
But	I’ve got the power, and	I’ve got the will

D	B
I’m not a charity	case, I’ll take those

Em	Am	D	Em
Long	nights, im	possible	odds

C	D	Em
Keeping my	eye to the ke	yhole

	C	D	Em	Am	D	Em
If	it	takes	all	that to be	just what I	am

	C	D	Em
I’m	gonna be a	blue collar	man

Repeat intro, or skip

Em	G	Em	A	G
			→

Em	G	Em	A	G
			→

C	D	Em
→	→

Em	Am
Make me an offer that	I can’t refuse

D	Em
Make me respectable,	man

	Em	Am
This is my	last time in the une	mployment line

D	B
So like it or	not, I’ll take those

Em	Am	D	Em
Long	nights, im	possible	odds

C	D	Em
Keeping my	eye to the ke	yhole

	C	D	Em	Am	D	Em
If	it	takes	all	that to be	just what I	am

	C	D	Em
I’m	gonna be a	blue collar	man

Bridge

Em	D
Keeping my mind on a b	etter life

	C	Em
Where	happiness is only a heartbeat a	way

Em	D
Paradise, can it be all I	heard it was?

	C	B
I	close my eyes and maybe I’m already	there

Solo on verse chords if appropriate, else right to chorus

I'll take those

Em	Am	D	Em
Long	nights, im	possible	odds

C	D	Em	C	D
Keeping my	back to the wa	ll	→

Em	Am	D	Em
All	that, be	just what I	am

Let the last chord ring, end here if solo

	C	D	C
I’m	gonna be a	blue collar	man

Skip this bridge if solo acoustic

C

Do do do do do do do do

You don’t understand
Do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do

	Em	Am	D	Em
I’ll take those	long	nights, im	possible	odds

C	D	Em
Keeping my	eye to the ke	yhole

	C	D	Em	Am	D	Em
If	it	takes	all	night be	just who I	am

	C	D	Em
I’d	rather be a	blue collar	man

	C	D	Em
I’m	gonna be a	blue collar	man

	C	D	Em
I’ve	gotta be a	blue collar	man

Styx - Come Sail Away (1977)

Originally in C, I play in G

G	Am	Bm	Am	G	D

G	Bm	Em	Em	D
I’m	sailing a	way	→	→

C	D
Set an open course for the	virgin sea

	G	Bm	Em	Em	D
‘Cause	I’ve	got to be	free	→	→

C	D
Free to face the life that’s a	head of me

Em	D
On board I’m a captain,	so climb aboard

Em	D
We’ll search for tomorrow	on every shore

	G	D	Em	Em	D
And I’ll	try,	oh lord, I’ll	try	→	→

C	D	G
To ca	rry	on

G	Am	Bm	Am	G	D

G	Bm	Em	Em	D
I	look to the	sea	→	→

C	D
Reflections in the waves spark my	memory

G	Bm	Em	Em	D
Some	happy, some	sad	→	→

C	D
I think of childhood friends, and the	dreams we had

Em	D
We lived happily forever,	so the story goes

Em	D
But somehow we missed out,	on the pot of gold

	G	D	Em	Em	D
But we’ll	try,	best that we	can	→	→

C	D	G
To ca	rry	on

G	C/G	D/G	C/G
			x 2

	G	C/G
A	gathering of	angels

	D/G	C/G
A	ppeared above my	head

	G	C/G
They	sang to me this	song of hope

	D/G	C/G
And	this is what they	said, they said

G	C/G
Come sail away,	come sail away

	D/G	C/G
Come	sail away with	me, lads

G	C/G
Come sail away,	come sail away

	G	C/G
Come	sail away with	me

G	C/G
Come sail away,	come sail away

	D/G	C/G
Come	sail away with	me, baby

G	C/G
Come sail away,	come sail away

	G	C/G
Come	sail away with	me, baby

	G	C/G
I	thought that they were	angels

	D/G	C
But	much to my sur	prise

	G	C/G
We	climbed aboard their	starship

	D/G	C/G
And	headed for the	skies, singing

G	C/G
Come sail away,	come sail away

	D/G	C/G
Come	sail away with	me, lads

G	C/G
Come sail away,	come sail away

	G	C/G
Come	sail away with	me

Styx - Renegade (1978)

Originally in Gm, I play in Em

Strum once per line, vox on the 3

Em

Oh mama I’m in fear for my life from the long arm of the law

Em

Law man has put an end to my running and I’m so far from my home

Mix in m7 and mM6’s if there’s no harmony

Em

Oh mama I can hear you a-cryin’, you’re so scared and all alone

Em

Hangman is comin’ down from the gallows and I don’t have very long

Vox on 5 7 1

	Em
The	jig is up, the news is out

	Em7	A	G
They’ve	finally	found	me

	Em
The	renegade who had it made

	Em7	A	G
Retr	ieved for a	bount	y

Vox on the 3 of the chord

Bm

Never more to go astray

Vox on 2 4 4 4 4 5 5 of the chord

A

This will be the end today

	Em
Of the	wanted man

Vox on 7 #6 5 of the chord on “oh mama”

Em

Oh mama I’ve been years on the lam and had a

A	G	D/F#	Em	Em
High	price	on	my	head

Em

Lawman said get him dead or alive, now it’s for

A	G	D/F#	Em	Em
Sure	he’ll	see	me	dead

Em

Dear mama I can hear you a-cryin’

	A	G	D/F#	Em	Em
You’re so	scared	and	all	al	one

Em

Hangman is comin’ down from the gallows and I

A	G	D/F#	Em	Em
Don’t	have	ve	ry l	ong

	Em
The	jig is up, the news is out

	Em7	A	G
They’ve	finally	found	me

	Em
The	renegade who had it made

	Em7	A	G
Ret	rieved for a	bount	y

Bm

Never more to go astray

A

Judge will have revenge today

	Em
On the	wanted man

Solo on verse riff

Strum only, a capella in original

Em

Oh mama I’m in fear for my life from the long arm of the law

Em

Hangman is comin’ down from the gallows and I don’t have very long

Band enters

	Em
The	jig is up, the news is out

	Em7	A	G
They’ve	finally	found	me

	Em
The	renegade who had it made

	Em7	A	G
Retr	ieved for a	bount	y

Bm

Never more to go astray

A

This will be the end today

	Em
Of the	wanted man

Fade with ad libs, wanted man, don’t wanna die, etc.

Supertramp - Give a Little Bit (1977)

Originally in D, I play in A

Rhythm is trickier than you think; remember to start on an upstroke

E7	A	E7	A
→		→

D	E	D	E
→		→

D	A	E7	A
→		→

D	E	D	E
→		→

D	A	E7	A	D	E	D	E
→	Give a little bit,		give a little bit of	your	love to me

D	A	E7	A	D	E	D	E
→	I’ll give a little bit,		I’ll give a little bit of m	y	love to you

D	F#m	Bsus4	B
→	There’s so much that we	need to	share

A/C#	D	A/E	E	A/E	E
→	Send a smile and	show you	care

A	E7	A	D	E	D	E
I’ll give a little bit,		I’ll give a little bit of m	y	life for you

D	A	E7	A	D	E	D	E
→	So give a little bit,		give a little bit of y	our	time to me

D	F#m	Bsus4	B
→	See the man with the	lonely	eyes

A/C#	D	A/E	E	A/E	E
Oh,	take his hand, you’ll	be sur	prised

Funky sax solo, skip if acoustic

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

D	A	E7	A	D	E	D	E
→	Give a little bit,		give a little bit of	your	love to me

D	A	E7	A	D	E	D	E
→	I’ll give a little bit,		I’ll give a little bit of m	y	life for you

D	F#m	Bsus4	B
→	Now’s the time that we	need to	share

A/C#	D	G	D
So f	ind yourself, we’re	on our	way back

E7	A/E	E7	Aadd4
Home,		oh	going

E7	A/E	E7	Aadd4
Home,		don’t you need, don’t you	need to feel at

E7	A/E	E7	Aadd4
Home,		oh y	eah, we gotta

A	D/A	Amaj7add9	D/A	A
See		→	→

	G/A	D/A
Oh you gotta have	feeling,	oooh yeah come along

A	D/A	Amaj7add9	D/A	A
Too		→	→

The Bee Gees - Stayin’ Alive (1977)

Originally in Fm, I play in Em capo 2

Intro

Em7	Em7	A	A

Em7

	Em7
Well, you can	tell by the way I use my walk

	D	Em7
I’m a	woman’s man, no	time to talk

Em7

Music loud and women warm

	D	Em7
I’ve been	kicked around since	I was born

	A
And now it’s a	ll right, that’s OK, you may look the other way

We can try to understand the New York Times’ effect on man

Em7

Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother

You’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive

	Em7	D	Em7	Bm7
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ aliiii	iiii	iii	iii	iiive

Em7

	Em7
Well now,	I get low and I get high

	D	Em7
And if I	can’t get either I	really try

	Em7
Got the	wings of heaven on my shoes

	D	Em7
I’m a	dancing man, I j	ust can’t lose

	A
You know it’s a	ll right, it’s OK, I live to see another day

We can try to understand the New York Times’ effect on man

Em7

Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother

You’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive

	Em7	D	Em7	Bm7
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ aliiii	iiii	iii	iii	iiive

Em7

A	Em7
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me, somebody help me	yeah

A	Em7
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me	yeah

	Em7
Stayin’ alii	iive

	Em7
Well, you can	tell by the way I use my walk

	D	Em7
I’m a	woman’s man, no	time to talk

Em7

Music loud and women warm

	D	Em7
I’ve been	kicked around since	I was born

	A
And now it’s a	ll right, it’s OK, you may look the other way

We can try to understand the New York Times’ effect on man

Em7

Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother

You’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive

	Em7	D	Em7	Bm7
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ aliiii	iiii	iii	iii	iiive

Em7

The Cars - Good Times Roll (1978)

Intro

B

	B	A	B
Let the g	ood times roll,	let them knock you a	round

	B	A	B
Let the g	ood times roll,	let them make you a	clown

G	A
Let them leave you	up in the air

G	A
Let them brush your	rock and roll hair

	B
Let the g	ood times roll

	G
Let the g	ood times roll, oh-oll

	E	Bm7	C#m7/E
Let the	good	times	roll

B

	B	A	B
Let the s	tories be told,	let them say what they	want

	B	A	B
Let the p	hotos be old,	let them show what they	want

G	A
Let them leave you	up in the air

G	A
Let them brush your	rock and roll hair

	B
Let the g	ood times roll

	G
Let the g	ood times roll, oh-oll

	E	Bm7	C#m7/E
Won’t you let the	good	times	roll

Solo

B	A	G
E	Bm7	C#m7/E
Good	times	roll

B

	B	A	B
If the i	llusion is real,	let them give you a	ride

	B	A	B
If they got t	hunder appeal,	let them be on your	side

G	A
Let them leave you	up in the air

G	A
Let them brush your	rock and roll hair

	B
Let the g	ood times roll

	G
Won’t you let the g	ood times roll, oh-oll

	E	Bm7	C#m7/E
Let the	good	times	roll

	B
Let the g	ood times roll

	A
Won’t you let the g	ood times roll

	G
Won’t you let the g	ood times roll

	E	Bm7	C#m7/E
Let ‘em roll,	good	times	roll

	B
Let the g	ood times roll

	A
Let the g	ood times roll

	G
Ooh, let the g	ood times roll

Let ‘em roll

E	Bm7	C#m7/E
→	→

B	A	E
→	→

The Cars - Just What I Needed (1978)

Originally in E, I play in D

Intro, guitar only, drums hit with guitar on FOUR (not 1, don’t be tricked...)

D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D
D	A
I don’t mind you	coming here

Bm	F#
And wasting all my	time

D	A
‘Cause when you’re standing	oh, so near

Bm	F#
I kind of lose my	mind

D	A
It’s not the perfume	that you wear

Bm	F#
It’s not the ribbons	in your hair

D	A
I don’t mind you	coming here

F#	G
And wasting all my	time

D	A	Bm	F#
D	A	Bm	G

D	A
I don’t mind you	hanging out

Bm	F#
And talking in your	sleep

D	A
It doesn’t matter	where you’ve been

Bm	F#
As long as it was	deep

D	A
You always knew to	wear it well and

Bm	F#
You look so fancy	I can tell

D	A/C#
I don’t mind you	hanging out

F#	G
And talking in your	sleep

D	A	G	Bm	A
	I guess you	’re just what I	need	ed

D	A	G	Bm
	I need	ed someone to	feed

D	A	G	Bm	A
	I guess you	’re just what I	need	ed

D	A	G	Bm
	I need	ed someone to	bleed

Guitar Solo (skip if solo acoustic)

D	A	Bm	F#
D	A	Bm	G
D	A	Bm	F#
D	A	Bm	G

Take it down a notch here

D	A
I don’t mind you	coming here

Bm	F#
And wasting all my	time, time

D	A
‘Cause when you’re standing	oh, so near

Bm	F#
I kind of lose my	mind

D	A
It’s not the perfume	that you wear

Bm	F#
It’s not the ribbons	in your hair

D	A/C#
I don’t mind you	coming here

F#	G
And wasting all my	time

D	A	G	Bm	A
	I guess you	’re just what I	need	ed

D	A	G	Bm
	I need	ed someone to	feed

D	A	G	Bm	A
	I guess you	’re just what I	need	ed

D	A	G	Bm
	I need	ed someone to	bleed

Guitar Fill

Bm

D	A	G	Bm	A
	I guess you	’re just what I	need	ed

D	A	G	Bm
	I need	ed someone to	feed

D	A	G	Bm	A
	I guess you	’re just what I	need	ed

D	A	G	Bm
	I need	ed someone to	bleed

Bm

So feed me

D	A	Bm	F#
D	A	Bm	G
			You’re just what I needed

D	A	Bm	F#
D	A	Bm	G
			You’re just what I needed

D	A	Bm	F#
D	A	Bm	G
			You’re just what I needed

D	A	Bm	F#
			Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

G

A

Bm

The Eagles - Heartache Tonight (1979)

Originally in G, I play in D

Play I7 in chorus as power with 6th’s

F	C	C	G	D

Vox enter on the 6

D	Bm
Somebody’s gonna	hurt someone

D	Bm
Before the night is	through

D	G
Somebody’s gonna	come undone

D	A
There’s nothing we can	do

D	Bm
Everybody wants to	touch somebody

D	Bm
If it takes all	night

D	G
Everybody wants to	take a little chance

D	A
Make it come out	right

On “heart”, vox on the 7 of the chord, harmony on the 4 of the chord

	G7
There’s gonna be a	heartache tonight

	D
A heartache tonight I	know

	G7
There’s gonna be a	heartache tonight

	E7
A heartache tonight I	know

	A7
Lord I	know

D	Bm
Some people like to	stay out late

D	Bm
Some folks can’t hold out that	long

	D	G
But	nobody wants to	go home now

D	A
There’s too much going on

D	Bm
This night is gonna	last forever

D	Bm
Last all, last all summer	long

D	G
Some time before the	sun comes up

D	A
The radio is gonna	play that song

	G7
There’s gonna be a	heartache tonight

	D
A heartache tonight I	know

	G7
There’s gonna be a	heartache tonight

	E7
A heartache tonight I	know

	A7
Lord I	know

	D
There’s gonna be a	heartache tonight

	D7
The	moon’s shining bright

	G7	G#dim
So	turn out the light and	we’ll get it right

	D
There’s gonna be a	heartache tonight

	A7	D
A	heartache tonight I	know

F	C	C	G	D
				x4

D	Bm
Somebody’s gonna	hurt someone

D	Bm
Before the night is	through

D	G
Somebody’s gonna	come undone

D	A
There’s nothing we can	do

D	Bm
Everybody wants to	touch somebody

D	Bm
If it takes all	night

D	G
Everybody wants to	take a little chance

D	A
Make it come out	right

	G7
There’s gonna be a	heartache tonight

	D
A heartache tonight I	know

	G7
There’s gonna be a	heartache tonight

	E7
A heartache tonight I	know

	A7
Lord, I	know

	D
We can	beat around the bushes

	D7
We can	get down to the bone

	G7	G#dim
We can	leave it in a parking lot but	either way

	D
There’s gonna be a	heartache tonight

	A7	D	G
A	heartache tonight I	know

	D
There’ll be a	heartache tonight

	A7	D
A	heartache tonight I	know

F	C	C	G	D
				x4

The Eagles - Hotel California (1977)

Originally in Bm, I play in Am

Am	E
On a dark desert highway,	cool wind in my hair

G	D
Warm smell of colitas,	rising up through the air

F	C
Up ahead in the distance,	I saw a shimmering light

Dm

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim

E

I had to stop for the night

Am	E
There she stood in the doorway,	I heard the mission bell

G

And I was thinking to myself

	D
This could be	heaven or this could be hell

F	C
Then she lit up a candle	and she showed me the way

Dm

There were voices down the corridor

E

I thought I heard them say

F	C
Welcome to the Hotel Cali	fornia

	Dm
Such a	lovely place

	Am
Such a	lovely face

F	C
Plenty of room at the Hotel Cali	fornia

	Dm	E
Any	time of year, you can	find it here

Am	E
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,	she got the Mercedes bends

G	D
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,	that she calls friends

F	C
How they dance in the courtyard,	sweet summer sweat

Dm	E
Some dance to remember,	some dance to forget

Am

So I called up the captain

E

Please bring me my wine

	G	D
He said,	we haven’t had that spirit here since	nineteen sixty-nine

F	C
And still those voices are calling from	far away

Dm

Wake you up in the middle of the night

E

Just to hear them say

F	C
Welcome to the Hotel Cali	fornia

	Dm
Such a	lovely place

	Am
Such a	lovely face

	F	C
We’re	livin’ it up at the Hotel Cali	fornia

	Dm	E
What a	nice surprise, bring your ali	bis

Let ring

Am

Mirrors on the ceiling

E

Pink champagne on ice

	G	D
And she said	we are all just prisoners here,	of our own device

F

And in the master’s chambers

	C
They are	gathered for the feast

Dm

They stab it with their steely knives

	E
But they	just can’t kill the beast

Back to tempo

Am

Last thing I remember

	E
I was	running for the door

G

I had to find the passage back

	D
To the	place I was before

F

Relax, said the night man

	C
We are	programmed to receive

Dm

You can check out any time you like

	E
But	you can never leave

Am

The Eagles - In the City (1979)

Originally in A, I play in D

Highest note is the I (“nowhere else in *sight*”

D	G	D	A	D	G	D	A
→		→		→		→

The second half of each phrase changes on downbeats during the verse

D	G	D	A
→	Somewhere out on th	at ho	rizon

D	G	D	A
→	Out beyond the n	eon	lights

D	G	D	A
→	I know there must be so	mething	better

D	G	A	D
→	But there’s	nowhere else in	sight

D	G	D	A
→	It’s survival i	n the	city

D	G	D	A
→	When you live from d	ay to	day

D	G	D	A
→	City streets don’t h	ave much	pity

D	G	A/G	D	G/D
→	When you’re	down that’s where you’ll	stay

	A/D	G/D
In the	city, ah	ah

D	G/D	A/D	G/D
	In the	city, ah	ah

Solo

D	C	G	D	A	D	G	D	A
	→		→		→		→

D	G	D	A
→		→

D	G	D	A
→	I was born here i	n the	city

D	G	D	A
→	With my back ag	ainst the	wall

D	G	D	A
→	Nothing grows and life ain’t v	ery	pretty

D	G	A/G	D
→	And no one’s there to c	atch you when you	fall

D	G	D	A
→	Somewhere out on t	hat hor	izon

D	G	D	A
→	Far away from the n	eon	sky

D	G	D	A
→	I know there must be s	omething	better

D	G	A	D	G/D
→	And I can’t s	tay another	night

	A/D	G/D
In the	city, ah	ah

D	G/D	A/D	G/D
	In the	city, ah	ah

D	G/D	A/D	G/D
	In the	city

D	G/D	A/D	G/D
	In the	city

The Eagles - Life in the Fast Lane (1976)

Originally in Em, I play in Am

All the m’s are closer to 7#9’s

Intro, just muck around for a bit, I usually skip the riff-ish mucking around

Am

Now muck around a little differently, this is the mucking around I prefer

Am

	Am
He was a h	ard-headed man, he was brutally handsome

And she was terminally pretty
She held him up, and he held her for ransom
In the heart of the cold, cold city

	D7
He had a	nasty reputation as a cruel dude

	Am
They	said he was ruthless, they said he was crude

	E7
They had	one thing in common, they were good in bed

	D7
She’d say,	faster, faster, the lights are turnin’ red

Am

Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind

Am

Life in the fast lane, mmm

Am

Eager for action and hot for the game

The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills

	D7
There were	lines on the mirror, lines on her face

	Am
She	pretended not to notice, she was caught up in the race

E7

Out every evening, until it was light

	D7
He was	too tired to make it, she was too tired to fight about it

Am

Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind

Am

Life in the fast lane, mmm

Am

Life in the fast lane, everything, all the time

Am

Life in the fast lane, uh-huh

Solo

E	G	E	D

Now a real I major

A

Am

Blowin’ and burnin,’ blinded by thirst

They didn’t see the stop sign, took a turn for the worse
She said, listen, baby, you can hear the engine rev
We've been up and down this highway, haven't seen a goddam thing

	D7
He said,	call the doctor, I think I’m gonna crash

	Am
The	doctor say he’s comin’, but you gotta pay him cash

	E7
They went	rushin’ down that freeway, messed around and got lost

D7

They didn’t care, they were just dyin’ to get off

Am

Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind

Am

Life in the fast lane, mmm

Am

Life in the fast lane, everything, all the time

Am

Life in the fast lane, uh-huh

A

Life in the fast lane

G

F

Life in the fast lane

D

Am

The Eagles - New Kid in Town (1976)

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

A	A	Esus2	E	Esus2	E
		→		→

D	E	A	A

“talk” on the 3, “street” on the 7

A	Esus2	E	Esus2	E
There’s talk on the street, it sounds so fa	miliar

D	E	A
Great expec	tations, ev’rybody’s	watchin’ you

A	Esus2	E	Esus2	E
People you meet they all seem to	know you

D	E	A	C#7sus4	C#7
Even your	old friends treat you like you’re	somethin’ new	→

F#m	B
Johnny come	lately

F#m	B
The new kid in	town

F#m	B
Ev’rybody	loves you

Bm7	E
So don’t let them	down

Let the first chord ring, band back in on “begins”

A	Bm7	E	Bm7	E
You look in her eyes, the music be	gins to	play

D	E	A
Hopeless ro	mantics, here we go again

A	Esus2	E	Esus2	E
But after a while you’re lookin’ the	other	way

	D	E	A	C#7sus4	C#7
It’s those	restless	hearts that never	mend,		oohh ohh

F#m	B
Johnny come	lately

F#m	B
The new kid in	town

F#m	B
Will she still	love you

Bm7	E7
When you’re not	around

Solo

A	A	E	E
D	E	A	D	C#m	Bm	A
			→	→	→	→

Bridge

E	A	D	A	E	D	A	E
There’s so many things you should have	told her	→	→	→	→	→

E	F#m
But night after night you’re willing to	hold her

	B	Dm7	Dm7/G	G
Just	hold her,	tears on your	should	er

C	Dm7	G	Dm7	G
There’s talk on the street, it’s there to re	mind	you

F	G	C
It doesn’t really	matter which side	you’re on

C	Dm7	G	Dm7	G
You’re walkin’ away and they’re talkin’ be	hind	you

	F	G	C	E7
They will	never forget you ‘til	somebody new comes a	long

Am7	D
Where you been	lately?

Am7	D
There’s a new kid in	town

Am7	D
Everybody	loves him, don’t they?

Dm7	E7
And he’s holdin’	her and you’re still

	A	C#m7	D	E
A	round	oh my	my,	there’s a new kid in

A	C#m7	D	E
Town,			Just another new kid in

A	C#m7	D	Dm7
Town

A	F#m
Oo-hoo, ev’rybody’s talkin’ ‘bout the	new kid in town

A	F#m
Oo-hooh, ev’rybody’s walkin’ like the	new kid in town

	A	A
There’s a	new kid in town (	I don’t want to hear it)

	F#m	F#m
There’s a	new kid in town (	I don’t want to hear it)

	A	A
There’s a	new kid in town (	I don’t want to hear it)

	F#m	F#m
There’s a	new kid in town (	I don’t want to hear it)

The Eagles - Please Come Home for Christmas (1978)

Eagles in A, I play in D capo 4

Vox on 3 5 6 on “bells will be”

	D	Dmaj7	D7
Bells will be	ringing	this sad, sad	news

	G	G#dim7
Oh what a	Christmas to have the	blues

	D	G	D	D/C#	Bm
My baby’s	gone	I have no	friends

	E7	A	A+
To wish me	greetings once a	gain

	D	Dmaj7	D7
Crowds will be	singing	“Silent	Night”

	G	G#dim7
Christmas	carols by candle	light

	D	G	D	D/C#	Bm
Please come home for	Christmas,	please come home for	Christmas

	E7	A7	D	D7
If not for	Christmas,	by New Year’s	night

	G	Gm
Friends and	relations send salu	tations

D	A+	D	D7
Sure as the	stars shine	above

	G	Gm
But this is	Christmas, yeah, Christmas m	y dear

Hang on “love”

	E7	A	A+
It’s the time of	year to be with the one you	love

	D	Dmaj7	D7
So won’t you	tell me	you’ll never more	roam

	G	G#dim7
Christmas and	New Year’s will find you	home

	D	F#7	Bm	Bm/A	G
There’ll be no more	sorrow,	no grief and	pain

	G#dim7	D	Bm	E7	A7	D	A+
And	I’ll be	happy,	happy		once a	gain

Solo

D	Dmaj7	D7
G	G#dim7

	D	F#7	Bm	Bm/A	G
Ooh, there’ll be no more	sorrow,	no grief and	pain

	G#dim7	D	Bm	E7	A7	D
And	I’ll be	happy,	happy		once a	gain

G/D	D

The Gatlin Brothers - All the Gold in California (1979)

Originally in G, I play in F

Let ring

	F	Bb	F
All the	gold in	Cali	fornia

	F
Is in a	bank in the middle of Beverly Hills

	C
In somebody else’s	name

Band enters a little

	F	Bb	F
So if you’re	dreamin’ about	Cali	fornia

	F
It don’t	matter at all where you played before

	C	F	Bb/F	F
Cali	fornia’s a brand new	game	→

Band enters

	Bb	F
Tryin’ to be a	hero, winding up a	zero

	Bb/F	F	C
Can	scar a man for	ever right down to your	soul

	F	Bb	F
Living on the	spotlight can	kill a man	outright

	Bb	F	C	F	Bb	F
‘Cause	everything that	glitters	is not	gold	→

	F	Bb	F	Bb	F	Bb	F
And all the	gold	→	in	Cali	fornia	→

	Bb	F
Is	in a	bank in the middle of Beverly Hills

	C
In somebody else’s	name

	Eb	F	Bb	F	Bb	F	Bb	F
So	if you’re	dreamin’	→	about	Cali	fornia	→

Bb	F
It don’t	matter at all where you played before

	C	F	Bb	F
Cali	fornia’s a brand new	game	→

Chords implied

	G	C	G
All the	gold in	Cali	fornia

	C	G
Is	in a	bank in the middle of Beverly Hills

	D
In somebody else’s	name

	G	C	G	C	G
So if you’re	dreamin’	→	about	Cali	fornia

C	G
It don’t	matter at all where you played before

	D	C
Cali	fornia’s a brand new	game

	F	C
A brand new	game

	G
A brand new	game

The Police - Can’t Stand Losing You (1978)

Originally in Dm, I play in Em capo 3

Em	Am
	x 4

	Em	Bm	Am
I’ve c	alled you	so many	times today

	Em	Bm	Am
And I	guess it’s all	true what your	girlfriends say

	Em	Bm	Am
That	you don’t	ever want to	see me again

	Em	Bm	Am
And your	brother’s gonna	kill me and he’s	six feet ten

	C	G	C	G
I	guess you’d	call it	cowar	dice

If I had to choose, the sus4’s are morel like V than v

	D	A	D	Bsus4
But I’m	not pre	pared to go	on like	this

C

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

Am

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

Bsus4

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t

I can’t stand losing you

Em	Am	Em	Am
		I can’t stand l	osing you

Em	Am	Em	Am
		I can’t stand l	osing you

Em	Am	Em	Am
		I can’t stand l	osing you

Em	Am	Em	Am
		I can’t stand l	osing you

	Em	Bm	Am
I s	ee you’ve	sent my	letters back

	Em	Bm	Am
And my	LP	records and	they’re all scratched

	Em	Bm	Am
I	can’t see the	point in a	nother day

	Em	Bm	Am
When	nobody	listens to a	word I say

	C	G	C	G
You can	call it	lack of	confi	dence

	D	A	D	Bsus4
But to	carry on	living doesn’t	make no	sense

C

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

Am

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

Bsus4

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t, can’t stand losing

C

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

Am

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

Bsus4

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t, can’t stand losing

Bridge

C	D	C#	D

Really this is basically Dm the whole verse, but the melody is the same, so writing the normal verse chords

	Em	Bm	Am
I	guess this i	s our last goodb	ye

	Em	Bm	Am
And	you don’t c	are so I	won’t cry

	Em	Bm	Am
But	you’ll be s	orry w	hen I’m dead

	Em	Bm	Am
And	all this g	uilt will be o	n your head

	C	G	C	G
I	guess you’d	call it	sui	cide

	D	A	D	Bsus4
But	I’m too	full to	swallow my	pride

C

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

Am

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

Bsus4

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

C

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

Am

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

Bsus4

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

D

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

Bsus4

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

C

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

D

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

Bsus4

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

C

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t stand losing

D	Bsus4
I can’t, I can’t, I	can’t stand

	Em
Can’t stand losing y	ou

The Police - Message in a Bottle (1979)

Originally in C#m, I play it in Em capo 3

I voice the chords as:

-----------
---3-2-0---
---0-3-4---
-4-2-0-2---
-2-3-0-0---
-0---2-----

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
			x2

Vox enter on 2 7 (“just a”) of the key (F# D in Em)

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
Just	a c	asta	way

	Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
On an	island	lost at	sea

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
Ano	ther lo	nely	day

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
With no	one here	but	me

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
Mor	e l	onelin	ess

	Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
	Than	any man c	ould	bear

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
Res	cue m	e be	fore

	Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
I	fall i	nto de	spair

Vox to the root of the key

C	F	G	C
I’ll send an	SO	S to the world

	C	F	G	Am
I’ll	send an	SO	S to the world

Vox stay on the same note, now the 3 of the minor chord

Am	F
I hope that s	omeone gets my

Am	F
I hope that s	omeone gets my

Am	F
I hope that s	omeone gets my

Vox down to 5 1 of the chord on “message”

	Em	Cadd9	Em	Cadd9
M	essage in a b	ottle

	Em	Cadd9	Am7
M	essage in a b	ottle

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
			x2

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
	A	year has	passed since I

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
Wrote my	note

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
But	I should have	known this	right from the

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
Start

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
O	nly	hope can	keep me

	Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
To	gethe	r

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
	Love can m	end your	life

	Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
B	ut love c	an break yo	ur	heart

C	F	G	C
I’ll send an	SO	S to the world

	C	F	G	Am
I’ll	send an	SO	S to the world

Am	F
I hope that s	omeone gets my

Am	F
I hope that s	omeone gets my

Am	F
I hope that s	omeone gets my

	Em	Cadd9	Em	Cadd9
M	essage in a b	ottle

	Em	Cadd9	Am7
M	essage in a b	ottle

Am7

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
Wa	lked out this	morn	ing

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
Don’t beli	eve what I	saw

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
A h	undred	billion	bottles

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
Washed up	on the s	hore

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
See	ms I’m not al	one at	being alone

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
	Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
A h	undred	billion c	asta	ways

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
Looking	for a	home

C	F	G	C
I’ll send an	SO	S to the world

	C	F	G	Am
I’ll	send an	SO	S to the world

Am	F
I hope that s	omeone gets my

Am	F
I hope that s	omeone gets my

Am	F
I hope that s	omeone gets my

	Em	Cadd9	Em	Cadd9
M	essage in a b	ottle

	Em	Cadd9	Em	Cadd9
M	essage in a b	ottle

	Em	Cadd9	Em	Cadd9
M	essage in a b	ottle

	Em	Cadd9	Am7
M	essage in a b	ottle

Em9	Cadd9	Dsus2	Asus2
			x2

Em9	C	Dsus2	Asus2
Sending	out an	S	OS

Repeat to end

The Police - Roxanne (1978)

Originally in Gm, I play in Am capo 3

In the chorus, I just say “put on the red light”

Am	Am
Am	G	Fmaj7	Em7
Fmaj7	G	Amsus4

	Am	G
Rox	anne	you don’t have to

Fmaj7	Em7
Put on the red light

Fmaj7	G
Those days are over

	Amsus4
You don’t have to sell your	body to the night

	Am	G
R	oxanne	you don’t have to

Fmaj7	Em7
Wear that dress tonight

Fmaj7	G
Walk the streets for money

	Amsus4
You don’t care	if it’s wrong or if it’s right

	Fmaj7	G	Amsus4
Roxan	ne	you don’t have to	put on the red light

	Fmaj7	G	Amsus4
Roxan	ne	you don’t have to	put on the red light

Em7	C
Roxa	nne (Put on the red light)

F	G
Roxa	nne (Put on the red light)

G	Am
Roxa	nne (Put on the red light)

Em7	C
Roxa	nne (Put on the red light)

F	G
Roxa	nne (Put on the red light)

G	Am
Rox

Interlude

Am

	Am	G
I	loved you since I knew you

	Fmaj7	Em7
I	wouldn’t talk down to you

	Fmaj7	G
I	have you to tell just	how I feel

	Amsus4
I won’t share	you with another boy

	Am	G
I	know my mind is made up

	Fmaj7	Em7
So put	away your make up

Fmaj7	G
Told you once I won’t	tell you again

	Amsus4
It’s a	bad way

	Fmaj7	G	Amsus4
Rox	anne	you don’t have to	put on the red light

	Fmaj7	G	Amsus4
Rox	anne	you don’t have to	put on the red light

Em7	C
Roxa	nne (Put on the red light)

F	G
Roxa	nne (Put on the red light)

G	Am
Roxa	nne (Put on the red light)

Em7	C
Roxa	nne (Put on the red light)

F	G
Roxa	nne (Put on the red light)

G	Am
Rox

The Police - So Lonely (1978)

Originally in C, I play C capo 1 or 2

C	G	Am	F
Well	someone told me	yesterday

C	G	Am	F
That	when you throw your	love a	way

C	G	Am	F
You	act as if you	just don’t	care

C	G	Am	F
You	look as if you’re	going some	where

C	G	Am	F
But	I just can’t con	vince myself

C	G	Am	F
I	couldn’t live with	no one else

C	G	Am	F
And	I can only	play that part

C	G	Am	F
And	sit and nurse my	broken heart,	so lonely

C	G	Am	F
So lonely,	so lonely,	so lonely

C	G	Am	F
So lonely,	so lonely,	so lonely

C	G	Am	F
Now	no one’s knocked u	pon my door

C	G	Am	F
	For a thousand	years or	more

C	G	Am	F
	All made up and no	where to go

C	G	Am	F
	Welcome to this	one man show

C	G	Am	F
Just	take a seat, they’re	always free

C	G	Am	F
	No surprise, no	mystery

C	G	Am	F
In this	theater that I	call my soul

C	G	Am	F
I	always play the	starring role,	so lonely

With ad lib’d “I feel so low”

C	G	Am	F
So lonely,	so lonely,	so lonely

C	G	Am	F
So lonely,	so lonely,	so lonely

Solo if appropriate

D	A	Bm	G
			x 4

With ad lib’d “I feel so low”

D	A	Bm	G
So lonely,	so lonely,	so lonely

D	A	Bm	G
So lonely,	so lonely,	so lonely

D	A	Bm	G
So lonely,	so lonely,	so lonely

D	A	Bm	G
So lonely,	so lonely,	so lonely

The Police - Walking on the Moon (1979)

Originally in Dm, I play in Em

In Em, play all of the verse C’s as Cadd9, and all of the verse D’s as Dsus2

Intro

Em7	D
	x4

Vox start on the 5 of the chord

Em7

Giant steps are what you take

Vox on 3 3 2 2 1 of the minor key on “walking on the moon”

C	D
Walking on the moon

Em7

I hope my legs don’t break

C	D
Walking on the moon

Em7

We could walk forever

C	D
Walking on the moon

Em7

We could live together

C	D
Walking on, w	alking on the moon

Em7	D
	x2

Em7

Walking back from your house

C	D
Walking on the moon

Em7

Walking back from your house

C	D
Walking on the moon

Em7

Feet they hardly touch the ground

C	D
Walking on the moon

Em7

My feet don’t hardly make no sound

C	D	Em7
Walking on, wa	lking on the m	oon

Vox *stay* on the 3 of the chord on “some”

C	G
Some may say

D	Am
I’m wishing my	days away

C	G
No way

D	Am
And if it’s the	price I pay

C	G
Some say

D	Am
Tomorrow’s a	nother day

C	G	D
You stay	I	may as well play

Em7	D
	x2

Em7

Giant steps are what you take

C	D
Walking on the moon

Em7

I hope my legs don’t break

C	D
Walking on the moon

Em7

We could walk forever

C	D
Walking on the moon

Em7

We could be together

C	D
Walking on, w	alking on the moon

C	G
Some may say

D	Am
I’m wishing my	days away

C	G
No way

D	Am
And if it’s the	price I pay

C	G
Some say

D	Am
Tomorrow’s a	nother day

C	G	D
You stay	I	may as well play

Em7	D
	x2

Em7	D
Keep it up,	keep it up

Em7	D
Keep it up,	keep it up

Em7	D
Keep it up,	keep it up

Em7	D
Keep it up,	keep it up

The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated (1978)

Intro

D#5	E5	E5
→

D#5	E5	E5
→

E5	A5	E5
Twenty, twenty, twenty four hours to go,	I wanna be se	dated

E5	A5	E5
Nothin’ to do, nowhere to go, oh,	I wanna be se	dated

	B5	E5
Just	get me to the airport,	put me on a plane

B5	E5
Hurry, hurry, hurry, be	fore I go insane

	B5	E5
I	can’t control my fingers, I	can’t control my brain

	A5	B5
Oh	no, oh, oh, oh,	oh

Riff only happens once here

D#5	E5	E5
→

E5	A5	E5
Twenty, twenty, twenty four hours to go,	I wanna be se	dated

E5	A5	E5
Nothin’ to do, nowhere to go, oh,	I wanna be se	dated

	B5	E5
Just	put me in a wheelchair,	get me on a plane

B5	E5
Hurry, hurry, hurry, be	fore I go insane

	B5	E5
I	can’t control my fingers, I	can’t control my brain

	A5	B5
Oh	no, oh, oh, oh,	oh

E5	A5	B5	E5
E5	A5	B5	E5

D#5	E5	E5
→

Key change

F#5	B5	F#5
Twenty, twenty, twenty four hours to go,	I wanna be se	dated

F#5	B5	F#5
Nothin’ to do, nowhere to go, oh,	I wanna be se	dated

	C#5	F#5
Just	put me in a wheelchair,	get me to the show

C#5	F#5
Hurry, hurry, hurry, be	fore I go loco

	C#5	F#5
I	can’t control my fingers, I	can’t control my toes

	B5	C#5
Oh	no, oh, oh, oh,	oh

F5	F#5
→

F#5	B5	F#5
Twenty, twenty, twenty four hours to go,	I wanna be se	dated

F#5	B5	F#5
Nothin’ to do, nowhere to go, oh,	I wanna be se	dated

	C#5	F#5
Just	put me in a wheelchair,	get me to the show

C#5	F#5
Hurry, hurry, hurry, be	fore I go loco

	C#5	F#5
I	can’t control my fingers, I	can’t control my toes

	B5	C#5
Oh	no, oh, oh, oh,	oh

F#5	B5	C#5	F#5
Bam bam ba-bam, ba-	bam bam ba-bam,	I wanna be se	dated

F#5	B5	C#5	F#5
Bam bam ba-bam, ba-	bam bam ba-bam,	I wanna be se	dated

F#5	B5	C#5	F#5
Bam bam ba-bam, ba-	bam bam ba-bam,	I wanna be se	dated

F#5	B5	C#5	F#5
Bam bam ba-bam, ba-	bam bam ba-bam,	I wanna be se	dated

The Rolling Stones - Shattered (1978)

Originally in E, I play in E

A	E
A	E
A	E
Uh-huh,	shattered

A	E
	Shattered

D

Love and hope and sex and dreams

	E
Are	still surviving on the streets

	A	D
And	look at me,	I’m in tatters

A	E
	I’m a-shattered

A	E
	Shattered

A

Friends are so alarming

	E
And my l	over’s never charming

A	E
Life’s just a cocktail party,	on the street, Big Apple

A

People dressed in plastic bags

E

Directing traffic

A	E
Some kind of fashion,	shattered

D	E
Laughter, joy, and loneliness and s	ex and sex and sex and sex

	A	D
And	look at me,	I’m in tatters

A	E
	I’m a-shattered

A	E
	Shattered

A	E
All this chitter-chatter, titter-t	atter, chitter-chatter ‘bout

A	E
Shmatta, shmatta, shmatta, I can’t g	ive it away on 7th Avenue

A	E
This town’s been wearing t	atters (shattered)

A	E
	(Shattered)

D

Work and work for love and sex

E

Ain’t you hungry for success

	A
Succe	ss, success, success

D

Does it matter?

A	E
	Shattered

A	E
	Does it matter?

Solo

F#m	A	D	G	C	F	D	D
F#m	A	D	G	C	F	A	E

	A	E
Ahhh, l	ook at me,	I’m a shattered

A	E
	I’m a shattered

A	E
Look at me,	I’m a shattered

A	E
Yeah	(shattered)

D

Pride and joy and greed and sex

E

That’s what makes our town the best

A

Pride and joy and dirty dreams and

E

Still surviving on the street

	A	E
And	look at me,	I’m in tatters

A	E
Yeah,	I’ve been battered

A	E
	What does it matter

A	E
	Does it matter

A	E
Uh-huh,	does it matter

A	E
Uh-huh,	I’m a shattered

A	E
	(Shattered)

A	E
	(Shattered)

A	E
	(Shattered)

A	E
	(Shattered, shattered)

A

Don’t you know the crime rate’s going

E

Up, up, up, up

	A	E
U	p, to l	ive in this town you must be

A

Tough tough, tough, tough, tough!

E

(Shattered)

	A
You got r	ats on the west side

E

Bed bugs uptown

A

What a mess this town’s in tatters

E

I’ve been shattered

A	E
My brain’s been battered,	splattered all over Manhattan

A	E
A	E
What say?

A	E
A	E

A	E
Uh-huh, this town’s full of	money grabbers

	A	E
Go a	head, bite the Big	Apple, don’t mind the maggots

A	E
Uh-huh, my	brain’s been battered

A

My friends they come around they

E

Flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter

A

Flatter, flatter, flatter

E

Pile it up

A	E
Pile it up, pile it h	igh on the platter

A

The Romantics - What I Like About You (1979)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 3

D	A	D	G	D
→	→

D	A	D	G	D
→	→			(Clap clap clap clap clap)

D	A	D	G	D
→	→

D	A	D	G	D
→	→			Hey!

A	D	G	D
			Uh, huh

A	D	G	D
			Hey!

A	D	G	D
			Uh, huh

A	D	G	D	A
		What I	like about	you

A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
		You h	old me	tight

A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
Tell me I’m the	only one,	wanna come	over ton	ight,		yeah

A	D	G	D
Keep on	whispering	in my	ear

A	D	G	D	A	D
Tell me all the	things that	I wanna	hear, ‘cause it’s	true

G	D	A	D
That’s what I	like about	you

G	D	A	D	G	D	A	D	G
What I	like about	you,		you really	know how to	dance

D	A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
When you go	up, down,	jump around,	think about	true ro	mance,		yeah

A	D	G	D
Keep on	whispering	in my	ear

A	D	G	D	A	D
Tell me all the	things that	I wanna	hear, ‘cause it’s	true

G	D	A	D
That’s what I	like about	you

G	D	A	D
That’s what I	like about	you

G	D	A	D
That’s what I	like about	you

G

Wahh!

Bridge

C	G	C	D	D	E	E	E
							Hey!

A	D	G	D
			x 3

A	D

G	D	A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
What I	like about	you,		you keep me	warm at	night

A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
Never wanna’	let you go,	know you make me	feel alr	ight,		yeah

A	D	G	D
Keep on	whispering	in my	ear

A	D	G	D	A	D
Tell me all the	things that	I wanna	hear, ‘cause it’s	true

G	D	A	D
That’s what I	like about	you

G	D	A	D
That’s what I	like about	you

G	D	A	D
That’s what I	like about	you

G	D	A	D
That’s what I	like about	you

Whispered

G	D	A	D
That’s what I	like about	you

G	D	A	D
That’s what I	like about	you

G	D	A	D
That’s what I	like about	you

G	D	A	D
That’s what I	like about	you

Fade with lots of hey’s and brr’s and uh-huh’s

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town (1976)

Originally in Ab, I play in D

D	D	Em	G
			x 4

D	F#m7
Guess who just got b	ack today

G	Bm
Them wild eyed boys that	had been away

F#m7	Bm
Haven’t changed,	hadn’t much to say

	Em7	Em7/A
But m	an I still think them	cats are crazy

D	F#m7
They were asking if	you were around

G	A#
How you was, where you	could be found

F#m7	Bm
I told them you were living dow	ntown

Em7	Em7/A
Driving all the old men c	razy

	D	Em	G
The	boys are back in town, the boys are back in town

	D	Em	G
I said the	boys are back in town, the	boys are back in town

	D
The	boys are back in town, the boys are back in town

	Em	G
The	boys are back in town, the	boys are back in town

D	D	Em	G
			x2

D	F#m7
You know that chick that	used to dance a lot

G	Bm
Every night she’d be on the	floor shakin’ what she’d got

F#m7	Bm
Man, when I tell you she was	cool, she was red hot

Em7	Em7/A
I mean she was steam	ing

D	F#m7
And that time over at J	ohnny’s place

G	A#
Well, this chick got up and sh	e slapped Johnny’s face

F#m7	Bm
Man, we just fell	about the place

	Em7	Em7/A
If t	hat chick don’t wanna know, f	orget her

	D	Em	G
The	boys are back in town, the boys are back in town

	D	Em	G
I said the	boys are back in town, the	boys are back in town

	D
The	boys are back in town, the boys are back in town

	Em	G
The	boys are back in town, the	boys are back in town

D	D	Em	G
			x2

C	G

Bridge

F#m7	Bm
Spread the w	ord around

Em7	Em7/A	Bm
Guess who’s back in town

C	G
	F#m7	Bm	Em7	Em7/A	Bm
You spread the	word around

D	F#m7
Friday night they’ll be d	ressed to kill

G	Bm
Down at Dino’s	bar and grill

F#m7	Bm
The drink will flow and b	lood will spill

	Em7	Em7/A
And if the	boys wanna fight you better	let ‘em

D	F#m7	G
That jukebox in the corner b	lasting out my fav’rite so	ng

	A#
The nights are getting w	armer, it won’t be long

F#m7	Bm
Won’t be long till s	ummer comes

Em7	Em7/A
Now that the boys are here	again

	D	Em	G
The	boys are back in town, the boys are back in town

	D	Em	G
The	boys are back in town, the	boys are back in town

Quiet

	D
The	boys are back in town, the boys are back in town

Spoken

Em	G
Spread the word	around

	D
The	boys are back in town, the boys are back in town

	Em	G
The	boys are back, the boys	are back

Solo

D	D	C	Bm	C	Bm	G	A
							x 2

Fade with ad libs

D	D	Em	G
			x2

Tom Petty - American Girl (1976)

Originally in D, I play in G

Intro, with lots of jangling and bass movement

G

Vox on the 1

G	A
Well, she was an A	merican girl

C	D
Raised on	promises

G	A
She couldn’t help	thinkin’ that there was a

C	D
Little more to life	somewhere else

D	G
After all it was a	great big world

C	Am
With lots of places to	run to

D

And if she had to die tryin’ she had one little promise she was gonna keep

C	D	G	Em
Oh yeah,	all right,	take it easy, baby,	make it last all night

C	D	G
She was	an American	girl

G	A
Well, it was kinda	cold that night

C	D
She stood alone on the	balcony

G	A
Yeah, she could hear the	cars roll by

	C	D
Out on	four forty-one like	waves crashin’ on the beach

D	G
And for one desperate	moment there

C	Am
He crept back in her	memory

D

God it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach

C	D	G	Em
Oh yeah,	all right,	take it easy, baby,	make it last all night

C	D	G
She was	an American	girl

Funky bridge

C	C	D	G
			x 3

C	C	D	D

Repeat intro

G

Tom Petty - Don’t Do Me Like That (1979)

Originally in G, I play in E

Intro

E	Dmaj9	A6	B
E	Dmaj9	A	B

E

I was talkin’ with a friend of mine

Dmaj9

Said a woman had hurt his pride

A

Told him that she loved him so

	B
And	turned around and let him go

E

Then he said you better watch your step

Dmaj9

Or you’re gonna get hurt yourself

A

Someone’s gonna tell you lies

B

Cut you down to size

E	Dmaj9
Don’t do me like that,	don’t do me like that

C#m

What if I loved you, baby?

A	B
Don’t do me like	that

E	Dmaj9
Don’t do me like that,	don’t do me like that

C#m

Someday I might need you, baby

A	B
Don’t do me like	that

E

Listen, honey, can you see?

Dmaj9

Baby, it would bury me

A

If you were in the public eye

B

Givin’ someone else a try

E

And you know you better watch your step

Dmaj9

Or you’re gonna get hurt yourself

A

Someone’s gonna tell you lies

B

Cut you down to size

E	Dmaj9
Don’t do me like that,	don’t do me like that

C#m

What if I loved you, baby?

A	B
Don’t, don’	t, don’t, don’t

E	Dmaj9
Don’t do me like that,	don’t do me like that

C#m

What if I need you, baby

A	B
Don’t do me like	that

Bridge

Vox on the b7

	E7	A7
‘Cause s	omewhere deep down inside	someone is sayin’

E7	A7
Love doesn’t last that	long

E7	A7
I got this feelin’ inside,	night and day

	Am	B
And n	ow I can’t take it no mor	e

E

Listen, honey, can you see?

Dmaj9

Baby, it would bury me

A

If you were in the public eye

B

Givin’ someone else a try

E

And you know you better watch your step

Dmaj9

Or you’re gonna get hurt yourself

A

Someone’s gonna tell you lies

B

Cut you down to size

E	Dmaj9
Don’t do me like that,	don’t do me like that

C#m

What if I loved you, baby?

A	B
Don’t, don’	t, don’t, don’t

E	Dmaj9
Don’t do me like that,	don’t do me like that

C#m

I just might need you, honey

A	B
Don’t do me like	that, no way!

Toto - Hold the Line (1978)

Originally in F#m I play in Bm and I skip the chromatic movement

Bm	D/F#	G	G	A	Asus4	A
						x 2

F#m	Fm	Em
→	→

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “not in the way”

Em	F#m	Bm	F#m	Fm	Em
It’s not in the	way that you	hold me	→	→

Em	F#m	Bm	F#m	Fm	Em
It’s not in the w	ay you say you c	are	→	→

Em	F#m	G	A	F#m	Fm	Em
It’s not in the w	ay you’ve been tr	eating my fr	iends	→	→

Em	F#m	G	A	F#m	Fm	Em
It’s not in the	way that you st	ayed till the	end	→	→

Em	F#m	G	A
It’s not in the	way you look or the th	ings that you say that you’ll	do

	Bm	D/F#	G	G	A
Hold the	line

	Asus4	Bm	D/F#	G	G	A
Love isn’t a	lways on t	ime		oh	oh	oh

	Bm	D/F#	G	G	A
Hold the	line

	Asus4	Bm	D/F#	G	G	A
Love isn’t a	lways on t	ime		oh	oh	oh

F#m	Fm	Em
→	→

Em	F#m	Bm	F#m	Fm	Em
It’s not in the	words that you t	old me girl	→	→

Em	F#m	Bm	F#m	Fm	Em
It’s not in the	way you say you’re m	ine	→	→

Em	F#m	G	A	F#m	Fm	Em
It’s not in the w	ay that you cam	e back to m	e	→	→

Em	F#m	G	A	F#m	Fm	Em
It’s not in the	way that your l	ove set me fre	e	→	→

Em	F#m	G	A
It’s not in the	way you look or the th	ings that you say that you’ll	do

	Bm	D/F#	G	G	A
Hold the	line

	Asus4	Bm	D/F#	G	G	A
Love isn’t a	lways on t	ime		oh	oh	oh

	Bm	D/F#	G	G	A
Hold the	line

	Asus4	Bm	D/F#	G	G	A
Love isn’t a	lways on t	ime		oh	oh	oh

Ripping solo on chorus chords (obviously) if appropriate

Em	F#m	Bm	F#m	Fm	Em
It’s not in the	words that you t	old me girl	→	→

Em	F#m	Bm	F#m	Fm	Em
It’s not in the	way you say you’re m	ine	→	→

Em	F#m	G	A	F#m	Fm	Em
It’s not in the w	ay that you cam	e back to m	e	→	→

Em	F#m	G	A	F#m	Fm	Em
It’s not in the	way that your l	ove set me fre	e	→	→

Em	F#m	G	A
It’s not in the	way you look or the th	ings that you say that you’ll	do

	Bm	D/F#	G	G	A
Hold the	line

	Asus4	Bm	D/F#	G	G	A
Love isn’t a	lways on t	ime		oh	oh	oh

	Bm	D/F#	G	G	A
Hold the	line

	Asus4	Bm	D/F#	G	G	A
Love isn’t a	lways on t	ime		oh	oh	oh

Waylon Jennings - Dukes of Hazzard Theme (1979)

Originally in F, I play in E capo 1

Intro

B7	E

	E
Just’a good ol’	boys

	A
Never meanin’ no	harm

	E
Beats	all you never saw

	B7
Been in	trouble with the law

	B7	E
Since the	day they was	born

	E
Straightenin’ the	curves

	A
Flattenin’ the	hills

	E	B7
S	omeday the mountain might	get ‘em

	E
But the law never	will

	B7
Makin’ their	way

	B7
The only way they know	how

	B7
That’s just a little bit	more

	B7	E
Than the	law will all	ow

	E
Just’a good ol’	boys

	A
Wouldn’t change if they	could

	E
F	ightin’ the system like

B7	E
Two modern day Robin	Hoods

Bruce Springsteen - Blinded by the Light (cover)

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

Buddy Holly - It’s So Easy (cover)

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

A	E	D	E
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	D	E	A
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	E	D	E
A	D	E	A

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

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

	D
It seems so	easy

	A
Oh-oh-oh, so doggone	easy

	D
Mmm-mmm-hmm, it seems so	easy

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

A	E	D	E
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	D	E	A
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	E	D	E
A	D	E	A

Solo on chorus chords

D	D	A	A
D	D	B	E

A	E	D	E
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	D	E	A
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	E	D	E
Look in	to your	heart and	see

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

	D
It seems so	easy

	A
Oh-oh-oh, so doggone	easy

	D
Mmm-mmm-hmm, it seems so	easy

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

A	E	D	E
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	D	E	A
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	E	D	E
A	D	E	A

	D
Well it’s so	easy

	A
Mmm-mmm-hmm, so doggone	easy

	D
Mmm-mmm-hmm, it seems so	easy

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

A	E	D	E
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

A	D	E	A
It’s so	easy to	fall in	love

Cat Stevens - The First Cut is the Deepest (cover)

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

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

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

I play in A capo 2

	A
You made,	me cry, when you said goodbye

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Solo on verse chords

A	A	D	A	D	E

	A
You made,	me cry, when you said goodbye

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

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

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

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

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

A	A/C#	D	Ebdim7	E	A
→	→	→	→	→

Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust (cover)

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

Sam and Dave - Soul Man (cover)

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

The Beatles - Come Together (cover)

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 Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law (cover)

Originally in G, I play in E

Intro

E

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	E	A	E
Ah	breaking rocks in the	hot	sun

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	E	A	E
I n	eeded money cause I	had	none

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	A
I l	eft my baby and I feel so bad

	E
I	guess my race is run

	A
Well	she’s the best girl I’ve ever had

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

Solo

A	A	A	A
E	E	E	E
A	A	A	A
E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

Hard stop before “six gun”, chords are implied

	E	A	E
Ah	robbing people with a	six	gun

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

Yes, he says “um good fun”

	E	A	E
I m	iss my baby and um	good	fun

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	A
I l	eft my baby and I feel so bad

	E
I	guess my race is run

	A
Well	she’s the best girl I’ve ever had

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

The Searchers - Needles and Pins (cover)

Originally in A (then C#), I play in F (then A)

Intro

F	Fsus2	F	F	Fsus4	F	Fsus2	F
→	→		→	→	→	→

	F
I saw her tod	ay, I saw her face

	Dm
It was a face I	loved, and I knew

	F	Dm
I had to run aw	ay and get down on my knees and p	ray

That they’d go away

	F
But still they beg	in

	Dm
Needles and p	ins

	Bb	C
Because of all my p	ride, the tears I’ve gotta h	ide

	F
Hey, I thought I was sm	art, I wanted her

	Dm
Didn’t think I’d d	o, but now I see

	F
She’s worse to him than	me

	Dm
Let her go ahead, take his love in	stead

And one day she will see

	F
Just how to say p	lease

	Dm
And get down on her kn	ees

	Bb
Yeah, that’s how it beg	ins

	C
She’ll feel those needles and p	ins, hurtin’ her, hurtin’ her

Vox on the 1 of the chord

A	G
Why can’t I stop and tell myself I’m w	rong, I’m wrong, so wrong

F	E
Why can’t I stand up and tell myself I’m str	ong

	A
Because I saw her tod	ay, I saw her face

	Gbm
It was the face I	loved, and I knew

	A	Gbm
I had to run a	way and get down on my knees and	pray

That they’d go away

	A
But still they be	gin

	Gbm
Needles and	pins

	D	E
Because of all my p	ride, the tears I’ve gotta	hide

	A
Oh, needles and p	ins

	A
Needles and pi	ns

	A
Needles and pi	ns

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