Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools (1968)

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

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

	Am7
Oh, oh,	oh, that’s the sound

Of a worried, a worried man

	D7
Ha ha,	ha ha ha ha ha

	Am
That’s the sound of	having a good time

Mmm, that’s the sound of pain

Vox on 3 4 5

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

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

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

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

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

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
Every c	hain, has got a weak link

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

Instruments out, hard stops only

	Am7
You	tell me to leave you alone

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

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

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

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

	Am	Am7
Chain, chain, chain

	Am7	Am
Chain, chain, chain

	Am	Am7
Chain, chain, chain

Am7	Am
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

Aretha Franklin - Respect (1967)

Aretha Franklin in C, Otis Redding in D, I play in A capo 3

Intro

A7	D7
	x2

Vox on the b6 (!) on “what”

E7	D7
What you want,	baby, I got

E7	D7
What you need,	do you know I’ve got it

E7

All I’m asking

D7	A7
Is for a little resp	ect when you come home (just a little bit)

	D7
Hey b	aby (just a little bit) when you get home

A7	D7
(Just a little bit) M	ister (just a little bit)

E7	D7
I ain’t gonna do you wrong	while you’re gone

E7	D7
Ain’t gonna do you wrong	‘cause I don’t want to

E7

All I’m asking

D7	A7
Is for a little resp	ect when you come home (just a little bit)

	D7
B	aby (just a little bit) when you get home

A7	D7
(Just a little bit) yeah	(just a little bit)

E7	D7
I’m about to give you	all my money

E7	D7
And all I’m asking	in return, honey

E7	D7
Is to give me	my propers

	A7
When you get	home (just a, just a, just a, just a)

	D7
Yeah	baby (just a, just a, just a, just a)

	A7
When you get	home (just a little bit)

	D7
Yeah	(just a little bit)

Solo, skip if acoustic

Ebm	Ab	Ebm	E

E7	D7
Ooh, your kisses	sweeter than honey

E7	D7
And guess what	so is my money

E7	D7
All I want you to	do for me

	A7
Is give it to me	when you get home (re, re, re ,re)

	D7
Yeah b	aby (re, re, re ,re)

	A7
Whip it to m	e (respect, just a little bit)

	D7
When you get home, now	(just a little bit)

A7

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

C7	D7
→	Find out what it means to me

G7	A7
→	R-E-S-P-E-C-T

C7	D7
→	Take care, TCB

A7

Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me (a little respect)

D7

Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me

	A7
W	hoa, babe (just a little bit)

	D7
A little resp	ect (just a little bit)

A7

I get tired (just a little bit)

	D7
Keep on t	rying (just a little bit)

A7

Running out fool (just a little bit)

	D7
And I ain’t	lyin’ (just a little bit)

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

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

D	Dsus4	D
→	→

A	E/G#
Looking out on the morning	rain

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

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

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

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

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

Dsus2/B	C#m7
Life was so unkind

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

	E	A
Y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dsus2/B	C#m7
Of what I’m living fo	r

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

	E	A
‘Cause y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

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

Bridge

A	Em7
Oh baby what you	done to me

A	Em7
You make me feel so	good inside

Dmaj7	Am
And I just w	anna be

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

	E	A
Y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

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

	E	A
Y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

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

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

Originally in B, I play in A

Originally changes key, I skip the key change

Vox on the root of the chord on “like”

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

	D	E
That made my	baby fall in	love with me

One measure just drums

Swept chords in the chorus

A

Who put the bomp

	F#m
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D

Who put the ram

	E
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A

Who put the bop

	F#m
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D

Who put the dip

	E
In the	dip da dip da dip?

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

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

Full strum in the verse

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

	E
Bah	bomp bah bomp bomp

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

	A	F#m
And	when she heard them	singing

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

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

A

Who put the bomp

	F#m
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D

Who put the ram

	E
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A

Who put the bop

	F#m
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D

Who put the dip

	E
In the	dip da dip da dip?

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

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

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

	E
Boogity	boogity boogity shoop

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

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

C/D#

Dip da dip da dip

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

A

Who put the bomp

	F#m
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D

Who put the ram

	E
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A

Who put the bop

	F#m
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D

Who put the dip

	E
In the	dip da dip da dip?

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

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

Spoken

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

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

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

	E
You	know I mean it from the

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

Fade on verse chords, with bomps and da-dips

A

F#m

D

E

Ben E. King - Stand by Me (1961)

Originally in A, I play in C capo 4.

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

Start with single notes or octaves

Cadd9	Am7	Fmaj7	G	Cadd9

Vox in on the 6 on “night”

	Cadd9
When the	night has come

Am7

And the land is dark

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

	Cadd9
No, I	won’t be afraid

	Am7
No, I	won’t be afraid

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

Start to fade the chords in

	Cadd9
So, darling, darling,	stand by me

	Am7
Oh,	stand by me

	Fmaj7	G
Oh,	stand,	stand by me

Cadd9

Stand by me

	Cadd9
If the	sky that we look upon

Am7

Should tumble and fall

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

	Cadd9
I won’t	cry, I won’t cry

	Am7
No, I	won’t shed a tear

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

	Cadd9
So, darling, darling,	stand by me

	Am7
Oh,	stand by me

	Fmaj7	G
Oh,	stand,	stand by me

Cadd9

Stand by me

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

	Am7
Oh,	stand by me

	Fmaj7	G
Oh,	stand,	stand by me

Cadd9

Stand by me

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

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

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

Vox on the 1 of the first chord

D

Does he love me?

C

I wanna know

D

How can I tell if he loves me so?

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

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

With shoop shoop...

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

	C	D
(	That’s where it is	oh yea)

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

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

With shoop shoop...

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

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

	C	G
(	That’s where it is	)

With bom bom bom...

B

Kiss him and squeeze him tight

This line starts on the high 1 of the chord and

ends on the low 1 of the chord

Em

And find out what you wanna know

A

If it’s love if it really is

D7

It’s there in his kiss

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

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

With shoop shoop...

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

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

	C	D
(	That’s where it is	)

Solo

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

Hard stop

G

With bom bom bom...

B

Kiss him and squeeze him tight

Em

And find out what you wanna know

A

If it’s love if it really is

D7

It’s there in his kiss

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

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

With shoop shoop...

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

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

C	D
(That’s where it	is)

Repeat to fade

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

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

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

Vox on the 5 on “down”

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

C	D	A
Some	body must	change

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

C	D	A
Some	body holds the	key

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “near”

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

Vox on 2 1 of the chord on “wasted”

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

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

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

C	D	A
Someb	ody must c	hange

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

C	D	A
Someb	ody holds the k	ey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	C	D	A
But I	can’t find	my way	home

	C	D	A
And I	ain’t got	nothing	wrong

	C	D	A
And I	can’t find	my way	home

Bob Dylan - Blowin’ in the Wind (1963)

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

Lyrics and chords follow PPM version

Intro

F	G	C	Am	F	G	C	C

C	F	C
How many	roads must a	man walk down

	C	F	G
Bef	ore they	call him a	man?

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

	C	F	G
Be	fore she	sleeps in the	sand?

C	F	C
How many	times must the	cannonballs fly

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

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

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

C	F	C
How many	years must a	mountain exist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	C	F	G
Bef	ore he can	see the	sky?

C	F	C	Am
How many	ears must	one man	have

	C	F	G
Bef	ore he can	hear people	cry?

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

	C	F	G
That t	oo many	people have	died?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

F	C	G
It don’t matter, anyho	w

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

D7	G
If you don’t know by no	w

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

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

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

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

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

F	C	G
That light I never knowe	d

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

F	C	G
Like you never did befo	re

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

D7	G
I can’t hear you anymore

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

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

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

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

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

F	C	G
Where I’m bound, I can’t t	ell

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

D7	G
So I’ll just say fare thee well

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

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

C	G	Am	F
You just	kinda wasted	my precious	time

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

Outro

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

Bob Dylan - If You Gotta Go (1964)

Originally in F#, Flying Burrito Brothers in E

Dylan version does I→IV throughout the verse,

I follow the Burrito Brothers arrangement that

doesn’t do this until the chorus.

I also mix the lyrics from different versions here.

Intro

E

	E
Listen to m	e baby

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

Hard stop on “you”

	E
If	you want to be with me

	E	A	E
But if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

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

	E
It ain’t that I’m que	stionin’ you

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

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

	E	A	E
But if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

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

E

I am just a poor boy lookin’ to connect

And I certainly don’t want you thinkin’

	E
That	I haven’t got any respect

	E	A	E
But if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

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

E

It ain’t that I’m wantin’

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

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

	E	A	E
But if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

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

	E	A	E
Said if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

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

Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone (1965)

C	Fmaj7/C
	x 4

C	Dm7
Once upon a time you	dressed so fine

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

C	Dm7
People’d call, say	beware doll

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

F	G
You used to	laugh about

F	G
Everybody that was	hangin’ out

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

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

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

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
To be without a home

	C	F	G
Like a complete unknown

	C	F	G
Like a rolling stone

C	F	G	G	G

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

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

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

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

F	G
You said you’d neve	r compromise

F	G
With the mystery tramp, but now you	realize

F	Em	Dm7	C
He’s not	selling any	alibis

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

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

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
To be on your own

	C	F	G
With no direction home

	C	F	G
A complete unknown

	C	F	G
Like a rolling stone

C	F	G	G	G

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

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

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

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

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

F	G
Who carried on his shoulder a	Siamese cat

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

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

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

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
To have you on your own

	C	F	G
With no direction home

	C	F	G
Like a complete unknown

	C	F	G
Like a rolling stone

C	F	G	G	G

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

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

C	Dm7
Exchanging all p	recious gifts

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

F	G
You used to be	so amused

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

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

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

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

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
Aw, how does it feel

	C	F	G
To be on your own

	C	F	G
With no direction home

	C	F	G
Like a complete unknown

	C	F	G
Like a rolling stone

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

	G	Em
Come	gather ‘round	people

	Am	G
Wher	ever you	roam

	G	Em
And ad	mit that the	waters

	C	D
A	round you have	grown

	G	Em
And ac	cept it that	soon

	C	G
You’ll be	drenched to the	bone

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

	D	D/C
Then you	better start	swimmin’

	G/B	D
Or you’ll	sink like a	stone

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

	G	Em
Come	writers and	critics

	Am	G
Who prophe	size with your	pen

	G	Em
And	keep your eyes	wide

	C	D
The chance	won’t come a	gain

	G	Em
And	don’t speak too	soon

	C	G
For the	wheel’s still in	spin

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

	D	D/C
For	the loser	now

	G/B	D
Will be	later to	win

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

	G	Em
Come	senators,	congressmen

Am	G
Please heed the	call

	G	Em
Don’t	stand in the	doorway

	C	D
Don’t	block up the	hall

	G	Em
For	he that gets	hurt

	C	G
Will be	he who has	stalled

	G	Am
There’s a	battle	outside

	D
And it’s	ragin’

	D	D/C
It’ll	soon shake your	windows

	G/B	D
And	rattle your	walls

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

	G	Em
Come	mothers and	fathers

Am	G
Throughout the	land

	G	Em
And	don’t criti	cize

	C	D
What you	can’t under	stand

	G	Em
Your	sons and your	daughters

	C	G
Are be	yond your com	mand

	G	Am	D
Your	old road is	rapidly	agin’

	D	D/C
Please get	out of the	new one

	G/B	D
If you	can’t lend your	hand

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

	G	Em
The	line it is	drawn

	Am	G
The	curse it is	cast

	G	Em
The	slow one	now

	C	D
Will	later be	fast

	G	Em
As the	present	now

	C	G
Will	later be	past

	G	Am	D
The	order is	rapidly	fadin’

Cool ending from the Eddie Vedder cover...

	D	D/C
And the	first one	now

	G/B	D
Will	later be	last

	D	D/C
Please get	out of the	new one

	G/B	D
If you	can’t lend your	hand

	D	D/C
It’ll	soon shake your	windows

	G/B	D
And	rattle your	walls

	D	D/C
For	the loser	now

	G/B	D
Will be	later to	win

	D	D/C
Then you	better start	swimmin’

	G/B	D
Or you’ll	sink like a	stone

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

Bob Marley - One Love (1965)

Originally around Bb, I play in G

G	D	C	G	D	G

G	D
One love,	one heart

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

	G
Hear the children crying (	one love)

	D
Hear the children crying (	one heart)

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

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

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

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

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

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

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

Believe me

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

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

	G
As it was in the beginning (	one love)

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

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

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

One more thing

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

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

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

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

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

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

G

I’m pleading to mankind (one love)

	D
Oh, lord (	one heart), whoa

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

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

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

Bobby Darin - Dream Lover (1960)

Originally around C, I play in A

I play straight-8ths, almost punk

A	F#m	A	F#m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Key change up a half-step

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

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

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

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

Gm	A#
Please don’t make me	dream alone

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

Gm	A#
No, I don’t wanna	dream alone

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

Originally in F, I play in E capo 1

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

Vox on the 5

E	C#m
My tears are	fallin’

	A	B
‘Cause you’ve	taken her a	way

	E	Eaug
And	though it really	hurts me so

Vox up to the 3 of the chord

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

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

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

E	E7
Just tell her	that you love her

A	Am
Make sure you’re	thinking of her

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

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

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

E	E7
Just let your	love surround her

A	Am
Paint a rainbow	all around her

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

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “once”

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

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

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

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

E	E7
And if you	should discover

A	Am
That you don’t	really love her

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

Key change up a half-step

E	E	E	E
C	C	C	C

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

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

F	F7
And if you	should discover

A#	A#m
That you don’t	really love her

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

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

Repeat to fade

Buffalo Springfield - For What It’s Worth (1966)

Originally in E, I play in E capo 3.

Also I throw in a few A6’s instead of Asus2’s.

And play about 1.5x as fast as the original.

E	Asus2	E	Asus2

E	Asus2
There’s somethin’ happenin’	here

	E	Asus2
What it	is ain’t exactly	clear

	E	Asus2
There’s a	man with a gun over	there

	E	Asus2
A-tellin’	me I’ve got to beware

	E
I think it’s time we	stop

	D
Children,	what’s that sound?

A	C	E
Everybody look what’s	goin’ down

E	Asus2	E	Asus2

E	Asus2
There’s battle lines bein’	drawn

	E	Asus2
Nobody’s	right if everybody’s	wrong

E	Asus2
Young people speakin’ their	minds

	E	Asus2
A-gettin’	so much resistance	from behind

	E
I think it’s time we	stop

	D
Hey,	what’s that sound?

A	C	E
Everybody look what’s	goin’ down

E	Asus2	E	Asus2

E	Asus2	G
What a field day for the	heat

E	Asus2	G
A thousand people in the	street

	E	Asus2
Singin’	songs and a-carryin’	signs

E	Asus2
Mostly sayin’ hooray for our	side

	E
I think it’s time we	stop

	D
Hey,	what’s that sound?

A	C	E
Everybody look what’s	goin’ down

E	Asus2	E	Asus2

E	Asus2
Paranoia strikes	deep

	E	Asus2
Into your	life it will	creep

E	Asus2
It starts when you’re always	afraid

	E	Asus2
Step out of	line, the men come and	take you away

	E	D
You better	stop, hey,	what’s that sound?

A	C
Everybody look what’s	goin’

	E	D
You better	stop, hey,	what’s that sound?

A	C
Everybody look what’s	goin’

	E	D
You better	stop, hey,	what’s that sound?

A	C	E
Everybody look what’s	goin’	down

Cat Stevens - The First Cut is the Deepest (1967)

Sheryl Crow in D, Cat Stevens in G, Rod Stewart in C, I play in G

Intro

G	D	G	D

	G	D	C	D
I would have	given you	all of my he	art

	G	D	C	D
But there’s s	omeone who’s t	orn it apa	rt

	G	D	C	D
And he’s t	aking just a	ll I ha	ve

	G	D	C	D
But if you want, I’ll	try to love a	gain	bab	y

	G	C	D
I’ll	try to love a	gain but I kn	ow

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the dee	pest, ba	by I know

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the de	epest

	G	D	C	D
But when it	comes to being l	ucky he’s cur	sed

	G	C	D	D/C	D/B	D/C
When it co	mes to lovin’	me he’s w	orst

	G	D	C	D
I still	want you	by my sid	e

	G	D	C	D
Just to	help me dry the	tears that I’ve cri	ed

	G	D	C	D
And I’m	sure gonna g	ive you a t	ry

	G	D	C
And if you want, I’ll	try to love a	gain, try

	D	G	C	D
B	aby I’ll	try to love	again, but I k	now

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the dee	pest, ba	by I know

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the de	epest

	G	D	C	D
But when it	comes to being l	ucky he’s cur	sed

	G	C	D	D/C
And when it co	mes to lovin’	me he’s w	orst

Solo

G	C	D	D
			x4

Let ring

	G	D	C	D
I still	want you	by my sid	e

	G	D	C	D
Just to	help me dry the	tears that I’ve cri	ed

	G	D	C	D
But I’m	sure gonna g	ive you a t	ry

	G	D	C
‘Cause if you want, I’ll	try to love a	gain

	D	G	C	D	D/C	D/B	D/C
B	aby I’ll	try to love	again, but I k	now

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the dee	pest, ba	by I know

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the de	epest

	G	D	C	D
But when it	comes to being l	ucky he’s cur	sed

	G	C	D	D/C
And when it co	mes to lovin’	me he’s w	orst	oh

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the dee	pest, ba	by I know

G	D	C	D	G
The first	cut is the de	epest,	try to love a	gain

Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (1969)

Originally in Am, I play in Am capo 3

Intro

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
			→	x4

Vox on 1 2 on “waiting”... get way down to that low 1.

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Waiting f	or the break of d	ay

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Searching f	or something to sa	y

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Flashing l	ights against the	sky

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Giving	up I close my ey	es

F	C
Sitting cross-legged on the fl	oor

G	F
Twenty-five or six to	four

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
			→	x2

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Staring bl	indly into spa	ce

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Getting	up to splash my fa	ce

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Wanting ju	st to stay awa	ke

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Wondering h	ow much I can t	ake

F	C
Should I try to do some	more?

G	F
Twenty-five or six to	four

Solo

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
			→	x16

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Feeling l	ike I ought to sl	eep

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Spinning r	oom is sinking de	ep

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Searching f	or something to s	ay

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
Waiting f	or the break of d	ay,	hoo hoo hoo	hooo

F	C
Twenty-five or six to	four

G	F
Twenty-five or six to	four

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
			→	x4

Dm9

Cmmaj9

B(#9)

A#(b9)

B/A

Chubby Checker - Let’s Twist Again (1961)

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

Spoken, with drums

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Solo

A	F#m	D	E

Spoken

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	A
Bop-b	op

Chubby Checker - The Twist (1960)

Originally in E, I play in A

Lots of time on the 3

Intro, with hard stop

E7	D7	A	A

	A
Come on b	aby let’s do the twist

	D	A
Come on	baby let’s do the	twist

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

	A
Ee-aw t	wist, baby, twist

	D	A
Ooh, ooh,	yeah just like	this

	E7	D	A
Come on little	miss	and do the	twist

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

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

	E7	D
We’re gonna twisty twisty	twisty

	A
‘Til we turn the house	down

	A
Come on and t	wist, yeah, baby twist

	D	A
Ooh, ooh,	yeah just like	this

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

Solo

A	D	A	E7	D	A

	A
Yeah you should	see my little sis

	D	A
You should s	ee my, my little	sis

	E7	D
She really knows how to	rock

	A
She knows how to	twist

	A
Come on and t	wist, yeah, baby twist

	D	A
Ooh, ooh,	yeah just like	this

	E7	D	A
Come on little	miss	and do the	twist

A

Yeah, that’s all now

	D	A
Y	eah	twist on now

E7	D	A
Twist

Chuck Berry - No Particular Place to Go (1964)

Originally in G, I play in E

Intro

Baug

Vox on the 1 on “riding”

	E
Riding along in my automo	bile

	E
My baby beside me at the	wheel

	A
I stole a kiss at the turn of a	mile

	E
My curiosity running	wild

	B
Crusin’ and playin’ the ra	dio

	E
With no particular place to	go

	E
Riding along in my automo	bile

	E
I’s anxious to tell her the way I	feel

	A
So I told her softly and sinc	ere

	E
And she leaned and whispered in my	ear

	B
Cuddlin’ more and drivin’	slow

	E
With no particular place to	go

Solo

E	E	E	E
A	A	E	E
B	A	E	E

	E
No particular place to	go

	E
So we parked way out on the kokom	o

	A
The night was young and the moon was	gold

	E
So we both decided to take a	stroll

	B
Can you image the way I	felt

	E
I couldn’t unfasten her safety	belt

	E
Riding along in my cala	boose

	E
Still trying to get her belt a-	loose

	A
All the way home I held a	grudge

	E
For the safety belt that wouldn’t	budge

	B
Crusin’ and playin’ the ra	dio

	E
With no particular place to	go

Solo

E	E	E	E
A	A	E	E
B	A	E	E

E	E	E	E
A	A	E	E
B	A	E	E

F	E
→

Cream - Badge (1969)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 2

The verse is fine in the original key, but the bridge is a lot of 7 in the minor key

Intro

Em	A7
	x2

Vox on 1 7 17 on “thinkin’ bout the”

Em	A	Bm9
Thinkin’ ‘bout the	times you drove in my	car

Em	A	Bm9
Thinkin’ that I	might have drove you too	far

G	Em	F#m	Em9
And I’m thinkin’ ‘bout the	love that you laid on my	table

Em	A	Bm9
I told you not to	wander ‘round in the	dark

Em	A	Bm9
I told you ‘bout the	swans, that they live in the	park

G	Em	F#m	Em9
Then I told you ‘bout our	kid, now he’s married to	Mabel

A	Gadd9	D/F#	D
			x2

	Gadd9	D/F#	D	A
Yes, I	told you that the l	ight	goes	up and down

	Gadd9	D/F#	D	A
Don’t you	notice how the w	heel	goes ‘	round?

	Gadd9	D/F#	D	A
And you’d	better pick yourse	lf	up	from the ground

	Gadd9	D/F#	D	A
Be	fore they bring the	curta	in d	own

	Gadd9	D/F#	D	A
Yes, be	fore they bring the	curta	in	down, wooo

With ad libs and solo

A	Gadd9	D/F#	D
			x8

Em	A	Bm9
Talkin’ ‘bout a	girl that looks quite like	you

Em	A	Bm9
She didn’t have the	time to wait in the	queue

G	Em	F#m	Em9
She cried away her	life since she fell off the	cradle

Cream - Crossroads (1968)

Cream in A, John Mayer in A, Robert Johnson in Bb, I play in E capo 3, or maybe A

Intro

E7	E7	A7	E7	B7	A7	E7	B7
				→	→	→

	E7	A7	E7
I went d	own to the crossroads,	fell down on my knee	s

A7	E7
Down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees

B7	A7	E7
Ask the lord up above for mercy,	take me if you please

E7	A7	E7
I went down to the crossroads,	tried to flag a ride

A7	E7
Down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride

B7	A7	E7
Nobody seemed to know me,	everybody passed by

E7	A7	E7
Well I’m going down to Rosedale,	take my rider by my side

A7	E7
Going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side

B7	A7	E7
You can still buy a house baby,	on the riverside

Solo

E7	E7	A7	E7	B7	A7	E7	B7
				→	→	→	x2

E7	A7	E7
Going down to Rosedale,	take my rider by my side

A7	E7
Going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side

B7	A7	E7
You can still buy a house baby,	on the riverside

E7	E7	A7	E7	B7	A7	E7	B7
				→	→	→	x2

E7	A7	E7
You can run, you can run,	tell my friends I’ll be around

A7	E7
Run, you can run, tell my friends I’ll be around

B7	A7	E7
Well I’m standing at the crossroads, belie	ve I’m sinking	down

Cream - Sunshine of Your Love (1967)

Originally in D, I play in A

Highest note is the 5 (“seas are dried up”

Intro

A

	A
It’s g	etting near dawn

When lights close their tired eyes
I'll soon be with you my love
Give you my dawn surprise

	D
I’ll b	e with you darling soon

I’ll be with you when the stars start falling

A

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
To be w	here I’m g	oing

E	G	D	E
In the s	unshine o	f your l	ove

A

	A
I’m w	ith you my love

The light’s shining through on you
Yes, I'm with you my love
It's the morning and just we two

	D
I’ll s	tay with you darling now

I’ll stay with you ‘til my seas are dried up

A

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
To be w	here I’m g	oing

E	G	D	E
In the s	unshine o	f your l	ove

Solo on verse and chorus chords

A

	A
I’m w	ith you my love

The light’s shining through on you
Yes, I'm with you my love
It's the morning and just we two

	D
I’ll s	tay with you darling now

I’ll stay with you ‘til my seas are dried up

A

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
To be w	here I’m g	oing

E	G	D	E
In the s	unshine o	f your l	ove

Cream - White Room (1968)

In 5/4

Gm	F	Dm	C
			x2

In 4/4, let ring

Am7

	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
In the	white room,	with black	curtains,	ne	ar the	station

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
B	lack roof	country,	no gold p	avements,	t	ired s	tarlings

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
Sil	ver	horses,	ran down	moonbeams,	in	your d	ark eyes

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	Bb/C
Daw	n light	smiles,	on you	leaving,	my	cont	entment

	C	G	Bb	A
I’ll	wait in this	place where the	sun never s	hines

Hard stop after this line

C	G	Bb	C	D
Wait in this	place where the	shadows r	un from thems	elves

	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
You said n	o strings,	could se	cure you,	at	the	station

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
Pl	atform t	icket,	restless d	iesels,	g	oodbye w	indows

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
I	walked	into,	such a	sad time,	at	the st	ation

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	Bb/C
As	I	walked out,	felt my	own need,	jus	t beg	inning

	C	G	Bb	A
I’ll	wait in the q	ueue when the tr	ains come b	y

C	G	Bb	C	D
Lie with you	where the	shadows r	un from the	mselves

In 5/4

Gm	F	Dm	C
			x2

In 4/4, let ring

Am7

	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
At the	party,	she was	kindness,	in	the	hard crowd

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
Co	nsol	ation,	for the	old wound,	no	w for	gotten

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B
Yel	low	tigers,	crouched in	jungles,	in	her	dark eyes

Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	C	D	Csus2	G/B	Bb	Bb/C
S	he’s just	dressing,	goodbye	windows,	tir	ed st	arlings

	C	G	Bb	A
I’ll	sleep in this	place with the	lonely cr	owd

C	G	Bb	C	D
Lie in the da	rk where the	shadows	run from the	mselves

In 5/4

Gm	F	Dm	C
			x2

Am7

Long solo on verse chords if appropriate

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (1969)

Originally in D, I play in A

Vox spend most of the time on the 3

Intro

A	E	D	A

A	E	D	A
I see the	bad	moon	rising

A	E	D	A
I see	trouble	on the w	ay

A	E	D	A
I see	earth	quakes and	lightning

A	E	D	A
I see	bad	times to	day

D

Don’t go ‘round tonight

	A
Well it’s	bound to take your life

E	D	A
There’s a	bad moon on the	rise

A	E	D	A
I hear	hurri	canes a-	blowing

A	E	D	A
I know the	end is	coming	soon

A	E	D	A
I fear	rivers	over	flowing

A	E	D	A
I hear the	voice of	rage and	ruin

D

Don’t go round tonight

	A
Well it’s	bound to take your life

E	D	A
There’s a	bad moon on the	rise

Solo on verse and chorus chords

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

A	E	D	A
Hope you	got your	things tog	ether

A	E	D	A
Hope you are	quite prepa	red to	die

A	E	D	A
Looks like we’re	in for	nasty	weather

A	E	D	A
One eye is	taken	for an	eye

	D
Well	don’t go around tonight

	A
Well it’s	bound to take your life

E	D	A
There’s a	bad moon on the	rise

D

Don’t go around tonight

	A
Well it’s	bound to take your life

E	D	A
There’s a	bad moon on the	rise

A

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the Corner (1969)

Originally around C, I play in G

Intro

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

F	C	F
Early in the evenin’,	just about supper t	ime

F	C	F
Over by the courthouse, they’re	startin’ to unw	ind

A#	F
Four kids on the corner,	tryin’ to bring you up

F	C	F
Willy picks a tune out and he	blows it on the h	arp

A#	F	C	F
Down on the	corner,	out in the	street

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

F	C	F
Rooster hits the washboard,	people just gotta	smile

F	C	F
Blinky thumbs a gut bass and s	olos for a w	hile

A#	F
Poorboy twangs the rhythym out o	n his kalamazoo

	F	C	F
And W	illy goes into a dance and d	oubles on kaz	oo

A#	F	C	F
Down on the	corner,	out in the	street

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

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

A#	F	C	F
Down on the	corner,	out in the	street

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

F	F	C	F
F	F	C	F

F	C	F
You don’t need a penny	just to hang ar	ound

	F	C	F
But i	f you got a nickel, won’t you	lay your money	down?

A#	F
Over on the corner	there’s a happy noise

F	C	F
People come from all around to w	atch the magic b	oy

A#	F	C	F
Down on the	corner,	out in the	street

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

A#	F	C	F
Down on the	corner,	out in the	street

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (1969)

Originally in G, I play in D; vox are mostly on the 1 with some 2 sprinkled in

Intro

D	C/D	G/D	D
			x2

D	C
Some folks are born	made to wave the flag

G	D
Ooh, that red, white and	blue

D	C
And when the band plays	hail to the chief

G	D
Ooh, they point the cannon at	you, lord

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no senator’s	son, son

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no fortunate	one, no

D	C
Some folks are born	silver spoon in hand

G	D
Lord, don’t they help them	selves, y’all

D	C
But when the taxman	come to the door

G	D
Lord, the house lookin’ like a rummage	sale, yeah

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no millionaire’s	son, no

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no fortunate	one, no

D	Ddim	G	D

D	C
Some folks inherit	star-spangled eyes

G	D
Ooh, and they send you down to	war, lord

D	C
And when you ask them,	how much should we give

G	D
Ooh, the only answer	more, more, more, no

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no military	son, son

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no fortunate	one, one

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no fortunate	one, no

D	A	G	D
It ain’t me,	it ain’t me,	I ain’t no fortunate	son, son

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (1969)

Originally in D, I play A capo 1

I play about halfway between the CCR and Turner tempos

G	E	G	E	G	E	D	C	C	A

A

Left a good job in the city

Workin’ for the man ev’ry night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been

E

Big wheel keep on turnin’

F#m

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

A

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis

Pumped a lot of ‘tane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of a city
Till I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

E

Big wheel keep on turnin’

F#m

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

A

Rollin’, rollin’, (rollin’), rollin’ on the river

G	E	G	E	G	E	D	C	C	A

A

Solo on one verse and chorus, with the last line sung

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

G	E	G	E	G	E	D	C	C	A

A

If you come down to the river

Bet you gonna find some people who live
You don't have to worry 'cause you have no money
People on the river are happy to give

E

Big wheel keep on turnin’

F#m

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

A

Rollin’, (whoa), rollin’, rollin’ on the river

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

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

U2 in G#, I play in E capo 1

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

Intro

E	G#m	A	B

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

A	B
Lots of people around,	baby please come home

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

A	B
What a happy sound,	baby please come home

Let ring

E

They’re singing deck the halls

G#m

But it’s not like Christmas at all

A

I remember when you were here

B

And all the fun we had last year

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

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

Solo

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

Let ring

E

They’re singing deck the halls

G#m

But it’s not like Christmas at all

A

I remember when you were here

B

And all the fun we had last year

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

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

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

E	G#m
Baby please come home,	oh oh

A	B
Baby please come home,	baby please come home

E

Dave Dudley - Six Days on the road (1963)

Lyrics here follow the Mudcrutch version

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

Intro

A	D	A	E	A
		→	→

Vox on the 3

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

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

	D	E
There’s a	speed zone ahead a	lright

	A	D
But I	don’t see a cop in	sight

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

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

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

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

	A	D
I been	passing everything in	sight

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

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

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

	D	E
I could	find one to hold me	tight

	A	D
But I could	never believe it’s	right

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

Here we go

Solo on verse chords

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

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

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

	D	E
But	nothing bothers me ton	ight

	A	D
I could	dodge them scales al	right

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

Solo on verse chords

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

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

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

	D	E
Well my	home town is coming in	sight

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

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

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

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

A

David Bowie - Space Oddity (1969)

Fmaj	Em
	x 2

Vox on the low 1

C	Em
Ground control to Major	Tom

C	Em
Ground control to Major	Tom

Am	Am/G	D/F#
Take your	protein pills and	put your helmet on

Start countdown, two per beat

C	Em
Ground control to Major	Tom

C	Em
Commencing countdown engines	on

Hang on the last chord for a bit...

Am	Am/G	D/F#
Check ig	nition and may	God’s love be with you

C	E
This is ground control to Major T	om

	F
You’ve really made the gr	ade

	Fm	C	F
And the	papers want to k	now whose shirt you w	ear

	Fm	C	F
Now it’s	time to leave the c	apsule if you d	are

	C	E
Th	is is Major Tom to ground contr	ol

	F
I’m stepping through the d	oor

	Fm	C	F
And I’m f	loating in a m	ost peculiar w	ay

	Fm	C	F
And the s	tars look very d	ifferent tod	ay

	Fmaj7	Em
For	here am I	sitting in a tin can

Fmaj7	Em
Far above the	world

Bb	Am	G	F
Planet Earth is	blue and there’s	nothing I can	do

Bridge, I usually skip and just hang the previous line a bit

C	F	G	A	A
C	F	G	A	A
Fmaj7	Em	A	C	D	E

C	E
Though I’m past one hundred thousand mi	les

	F
I’m feeling very st	ill

	Fm	C	F
And I t	hink my spaceship k	nows which way to g	o

	Fm	C	F
Tell my w	ife I love her v	ery much she k	nows

G	E7
Ground control to	Major Tom, your

Am	Am/G
Circuit’s dead, there’s	something wrong

	D/F#
Can you	hear me Major Tom?

	C
Can you	hear me Major Tom?

	G
Can you	hear me Major Tom? Can you...

Fmaj7	Em
Here am I	floating ‘round my tin can

Fmaj7	Em
Far above the	moon

Bb	Am	G	F
Planet Earth is	blue and there’s	nothing I can	do

Instrumental

C	F	G	A	A
C	F	G	A	A
Fmaj7	Em	A	C	D	E

Fade to noise on the last chord

Dion - Runaround Sue (1961)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 2

Highest note is the 4.

Quiet, let ring

A

Here’s my story it’s sad but true

F#m

It’s about a girl that I once knew

D

She took my love then ran around

E

With every single guy in town

Pick it up

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

A

Hey, hey, whoa

F#m

Hey, hey, whoa

D

Hey, hey, whoa

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

E

Hey, hey, whoa

Not a typo, he definitely says “yem”

A

Yem, I should have known it from the very start

F#m

This girl’d leave me with a broken heart

D

Aw listen people what I’m telling you

Hard stop on the 1 (every time)

E

Ah keep away from Runaround Sue, yeah

A

I miss ‘em lips and the smile from her face

F#m

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

D

So if you don’t want to cry like I do

E

Ah, keep away from Runaround Sue

A

Hey, hey, whoa

F#m

Hey, hey, whoa

D

Hey, hey, whoa

E

Hey, hey, whoa

D

She likes to travel around

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

	D
Now p	eople let me put you wise

Hard stop on “Sue” (both times)

	E
Ah,	Sue goes out with other guys

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

F#m

I’ve been in love and my love still grows

	D
A	sk any fool that she ever knew

	E
They’ll say	keep away from Runaround Sue

A

Hey

F#m

Yea, keep away from this girl

D

I don’t know what she’ll do

E

Keep away from Sue

D

She likes to travel around

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

	D
Now p	eople let me put you wise

	E
Ah	she goes out with other guys

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

F#m

I’ve been in love and my love still grows

D

Ask any fool that she ever knew

No hard stop this time

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

Fade on...

A

Yea

F#m

Stay away from that girl

D

Don’t you know what she’ll do now

E

Whoa...

Dion - The Wanderer (1961)

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

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

Swung, with 6ths if practical

D

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

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

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

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

	A	G
They call me the	wanderer, yeah the	wanderer

	D	A
I roam a	round around around around

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

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

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

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

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

	D
I roam a	round around around around

	A
Oh well I	roam from town to town

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

Hang on “two fists”

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

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

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

	G
And	when I find myself fallin’ for some girl

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

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

	D	A
I roam a	round around around around

Solo on verse chords

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

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

	G
And	when I find myself fallin’ for some girl

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

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

	D
I roam a	round around around around around

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

	D
I roam a	round around around around around

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

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

Disney - The Bare Necessities (1967)

Originally in C, I play in D capo 2

Vox start on the low 1 of the chord

A	D	D7
Look for the	bare neces	sities

	G
The	simple bare necessities

	D	B7	E7	A7
Forg	et about your	worries and your	strife

	D	D7
I mean the	bare neces	sities

	G	G7
Old	Mother Nature’s r	ecipes

	D	G7	E7	A7	D	G	D
That	bring the	bare nec	essit	ies of l	ife

	A7	D
Wherever I	wander, wherever I	roam

	A7	D	D7
I couldn’t be	fonder of my big	home

	G	Gm6
The bees are	buzzin’ in the tree

	D	E7
To make some	honey just for m	e

Vox on 5 1 1 1 of the chord on “you look under”

	Bm	B7
When	you look under the	rocks and plants

	E7	B7
And	take a glance at the f	ancy ants

	D	B7
Then	maybe try a few

	Em7	A7	D	Bm
The bare ne	cessities of	life will come to	you

Em7	A7sus4	D	G7	D
They’ll	come to	you

A	D	D7
Look for the	bare neces	sities

	G
The	simple bare necessities

	D	B7	E7	A7
Forg	et about your	worries and your	strife

I mean the

D	D7
Bare neces	sities

	G	G7
That’s w	hy a bear can	rest at ease

	D7	G7	E7	A7	D	G	D
With	just the	bare nec	essit	ies of l	ife

	A7	D
Now when you pick a	pawpaw, or a prickly p	ear

	A7	D	D7
And you prick a	raw paw, well next time bew	are

	G	Gm6
Don’t pick the	prickly pear by the	paw

	D	E7
When you pick a	pear try to use the c	law

	Bm	B7
But	you don’t need to	use the claw

	E7	B7
When	you pick a pear of the b	ig pawpaw

	D	B7
Have	I given you a	clue?

	Em7	A7	D	Bm
The bare ne	cessities of	life will come to	you

Em7	A7sus4	D	G7	D
They’ll	come to	you

A	D	D7
Look for the	bare neces	sities

	G
The	simple bare necessities

	D	B7	E7	A7
Forg	et about your	worries and your	strife

I mean the

D	D7
Bare neces	sities

	G	G7
That’s w	hy a bear can	rest at ease

	D7	G7	E7	A7	D	G	D
With	just the	bare nec	essit	ies of l	ife

	D7	G7	E7	A7	D	G	D
With	just the	bare nec	essit	ies of l	ife

	D7	G7	E7	A7	D	G	D
With	just the	bare nec	essit	ies of l	ife

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

Originally in G, I play in A

Intro

A	D	E	E
			x2

Vox on the 3 on “don’t”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bridge

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

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

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

A	F#m
I just wanna be beside you	everywhere

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

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

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

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

Solo on verse chords

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

D	E	Bm	E	A

Bridge

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

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

A	F#m
I just wanna be beside you	everywhere

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

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

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

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

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

Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man (1968)

Originally in E, I play in E capo 2

Highest note is the 7 of the first key (“was the son of a preacher man” in the last chorus)

Intro, with a decent amount of 7

E

	E
B	illy Ray was a preacher’s son

	A	E
And when his d	addy would visit he’d c	ome along

When they’d gather ‘round and started talking

B7

That’s when Billy would take me walking

A-through the back yard we’d go walking
Then he'd look into my eyes
Lord knows to my surprise

	E
The o	nly one who could ever reach me

A	E
Was the son of a p	reacher man

	E
The o	nly boy who could ever teach me

A	E
Was the son of a pr	eacher man

	E	B	A
Yes he	was, he w	as,	mmm, yes he was

E

	E
B	eing good isn’t always easy

A	E
No matter how h	ard I’d try

When he started sweet-talkin' to me

B7

He’d come and tell me everything is alright

He’d kiss and tell me everything is alright
Can I get away again tonight

	E
The o	nly one who could ever reach me

A	E
Was the son of a p	reacher man

	E
The o	nly boy who could ever teach me

A	E
Was the son of a pr	eacher man

	E	B	A
Yes he	was, he w	as,	mmm, he was

	D
(Oooh, yes, he w	as)

Bridge, vox on the 5 on “how well”

D

How well I remember

A

The look was in his eyes, stealin’ kisses from me on the sly

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “takin’ time to make time”

B7

Takin’ time to make time

Tellin’ me that he’s all mine

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “learning from each other’s”

E

Learnin’ from each other’s knowin’

Lookin’ to see how much we’ve grown and

Key change

	A
The o	nly one who could ever reach me

D	A
Was the son of a p	reacher man

	A
The o	nly boy who could ever teach me

D	A
Was the son of a pr	eacher man

	A	E	D
Yes he	was, he w	as,	oh yes he was

	A
The o	nly one who could ever reach me

	D	A
It was the s	weet-talkin’ son of a p	reacher man

	A
The o	nly boy who could ever teach me

D	A
Was the son of a pr	eacher man

	A
The o	nly one who could ever move me

D	A
Was the sweet-talkin’ son of a p	reacher man

	A
The o	nly one who could ever fool me

D	A
Was the son of a p	reacher man

Elvis Presley - Fever (1960)

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

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

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

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

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

Em

Never know how much I love you

D	B7	Em
Never know how	much I	care

Em

When you put your arms around me

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

	Em	C
You give me fever,		when you kiss me

D	Em
Fever when you hold me	tight

Em	C
Fever,	in the morning

B7	Em
Fever all through the	night

Em

Sun lights up the daytime

D	B7	Em
Moon lights	up the	night

Em

I light up when you call my name

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

	Em	C
You give me fever,		when you kiss me

D	Em
Fever when you hold me	tight

Em	C
Fever,	in the morning

B7	Em
Fever all through the	night

Em

Ev’rybody’s got the fever

D	B7	Em
That is something	you all	know

Em

Fever isn’t such a new thing

B7	Em
Fever started long a	go

Em

Romeo loved Juliet

D	B7	Em
Juliet she	felt the	same

Em

When he put his arms around her, he said

B7	Em
Julie, baby, you’re my	flame

	Em	C
Thou givest fever,		when we kisseth

D	Em
Fever when thy flaming	youth

Em	C
Fever	I’m afire

B7	Em
Fever, yea I burn for	sooth

Em

Captain Smith and Pocahantas

D	B7	Em
Had a very	mad af	fair

Em

When her Daddy tried to kill him, she said

B7	Em
“Daddy-o don’t you	dare.”

Em	C
He gives me fever,	with his kisses

D	Em
Fever when he holds me	tight

Em	C
Fever,	I’m his missus

	B7	Em
Oh	daddy won’t you treat him	right

Em

Now you’ve listened to my story

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

Em

Chicks were born to give you fever

	B7	Em
Be it	Fahrenheit or Centi	grade

Em	C
They give you fever,	when you kiss them

D	Em
Fever if you live and	learn

Em	C
Fever,	till you sizzle

B7	Em
What a lovely way to	burn

B7	Em
What a lovely way to	burn

B7	Em
What a lovely way to	burn

Elvis Presley - Return to Sender (1962)

Originally in Eb, I play in D

D	Bm
Return to	sender

Em	A7
Return to	sender

D	Bm
I gave a letter to the	postman

Em	A7
He put it in his	sack

D	Bm
Bright and early next	morning

Hard stop no “back”

	Em	A7	D
He	brought my	letter	back (she wrote upon it)

G	A7	G	A7
Return to	sender,	address un	known

G	A7	D	D7
No such	number,	no such	zone

G	A7	G	A7
We had a	quarrel,	a lover’s	spat

E7	A7
I write I’m sorry but my letter keeps coming	back

D	Bm
So when I dropped it in the	mailbox

Em	A7
And sent it special	D

D	Bm
Bright and early next	morning

	Em	A7	D
It	came right	back to	me (she wrote upon it)

G	A7	G	A7
Return to	sender,	address un	known

G	A7	D	D7
No such	person,	no such	zone

Bridge

Vox on the 5 of the chord

G

This time I’m gonna take it myself

	D
And	put it right in her hand

Vox in the same place, now the b7 of the chord

	E7
And	if it comes back the very next day

A7

Then I’ll understand (the writing on it)

G	A7	G	A7
Return to	sender,	address un	known

G	A7	D	D7
No such	number,	no such	zone

	G	A7
Aaah,	return to	sender

G	A7
Return to	sender

G	A7
Return to	sender

D9

Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (1969)

Originally in G, I play in E

E	A/E	E	A/E

E	A
We’re caught in a trap,	I can’t walk out

B	A	E
Because I lo	ve you too much	baby

E	A
Why can’t you see	what you’re doing to me?

B	A	B	A	G#m	B7
When you don’t believ	e a word I	say?

A	E	G#m	A	B
We can’t go on	together	with suspicious mi	nds

C#m	G#m	A	B	B7
And we can’t buil	d our dreams	on suspicious	minds

E	A
So if an old friend I know	drops by to say hello

B	A	E
Would I still se	e suspicion	in your eyes?

E	A
Here we go again	asking where I’ve been

B	A	B	A	G#m	B7
You can see the tear	s are real I’m c	rying

A	E	G#m	A	B
We can’t go on	together	with suspicious mi	nds

C#m	G#m	A	G#7sus4	G#7
And we can’t buil	d our dreams	on suspicious minds

Bridge, switch to 6/8

C#m	G#m
Oh, let our	love survive

A	B
I’ll dry the	tears from your eyes

C#m	G#m
Let’s don’t let a	good thing die

A	B
When honey you	know I’ve never

E	A
Lied to you,	mmm

E	B7
Yeah	yeah

E	A
We’re caught in a trap,	I can’t walk out

B	A	E
Because I l	ove you too much	baby

E	A
Why can’t you see	what you’re doing to me?

B	A	E
When you don’t believ	e a word I	say?

Don't you know I'm

E	A
Caught in a trap,	I can’t walk out

B	A	E
Because I lo	ve you too much	baby

Don't you know I'm

E	A
Caught in a trap,	I can’t walk out

B	A	E
Because I lo	ve you too much	baby

Repeat and fade, then unfade, which I think is silly.

Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon (1964)

The Am→A7 transition is pretty optional.

Play G7’s as barre.

Am7

Am7	Dm7
Fly me to the	moon

	G7	Cmaj7
And let me p	lay among the	stars

Fmaj7	Bm7b5
Let me see what s	pring is like

	E7	Am7	A7
On J	upiter and	Mars

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

	Dm7	G7	Cmaj7	E7
In	other words,	baby	kiss me

Am7	Dm7
Fill my heart with s	ong

	G7	Cmaj7
And let me	sing for ever m	ore

Fmaj7	Bm7b5
You are all I lo	ng for

	E7	Am7	A7
All I	worship and a	dore

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

	Dm7	G7	C	E7
In	other words,	I love	you

Am7	Dm7
Fill my heart with s	ong

	G7	Cmaj7
And let me	sing for ever m	ore

Fmaj7	Bm7b5
You are all I lo	ng for

	E7	Am7	A7
All I	worship and a	dore

	Dm7	G7	Em7b5	A7
In	other words,	please be	true

	Dm7
In o	ther words

	Fm7
In o	ther words

	C	Fdim7	C
I love	you

Frankie Valli - Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (1967)

Originally in E (or F), I play in D

E/D	Em/D	D
		x2

	D
You’re just too	good to be true

	Dmaj7
Can’t take my	eyes off you

	D7
You’d be like	heaven to touch

	G
I wanna	hold you so much

	Gm
At long last	love has arrived

	D
And I thank	god I’m alive

	E/D	Em/D
You’re just too	good to be true

	D
Can’t take my	eyes off you

	D
Pardon the	way that I stare

	Dmaj7
There’s nothing	else to compare

	D7
The sight of	you leaves me weak

	G
There are no	words left to speak

	Gm
But if you	feel like I feel

	D
Please let me	know that it’s real

	E/D	Em/D
You’re just too	good to be true

	D
Can’t take my	eyes off of you

Vox on b5 5 of the chord on the first “daa da”

Em	A7
Daa da daa da	daa da da da da

D

Daa da daa da daa da da da da

Em	A7
Daa da daa da	daa da da da da

D	B7#9
Daa da daa da	daa

	Em	A7
I love you	baby, and if it’s	quite alright

	F#m7	Bm7
I need you	baby, to warm the	lonely nights

	Em	A7	D	B7
I love you	baby,	trust in me when I	say

	Em	A7
Oh pretty	baby, don’t bring me d	own I pray

	F#m7	Bm7
Oh pretty	baby, now that I’ve	found you stay

	Em	C7
And let me	love you, baby let me	love you

	F
You’re just too	good to be true

	Fmaj7
Can’t take my	eyes off you

	F7
You’d be like	heaven to touch

	A#
I wanna	hold you so much

	A#m
At long last	love has arrived

	F
And I thank	god I’m alive

	G/F	Gm/F
You’re just too	good to be true

	F
Can’t take my	eyes off you

Bridge

Em	A7
Daa da daa da	daa da da da da

D	B7#9
Daa da daa da	daa

	Em	A7
I love you	baby, and if it’s	quite alright

	F#m7	Bm7
I need you	baby, to warm the	lonely nights

	Em	A7	D	B7
I love you	baby,	trust in me when I	say

	Em	A7
Oh pretty	baby, don’t bring me	down I pray

	F#m7	Bm7
Oh pretty	baby, now that I’ve	found you stay

	Em	A7	D	B7
Oh pretty	baby,	trust in me when I	say

	Em	A7
I need you	baby, oh when you	come my way

	F#m7	Bm7
Oh pretty	baby, now that I’ve	found you stay

	Em	C7
And let me	love you, baby, let me	love you

Frankie Valli - Working My Way Back (1966)

Originally in G, I play in D

Intro

D7

Am7	D
Working my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
With a b	urn	in’ l	ove	insi	de

	Am7	D
Yeah, I’m w	orkin’ my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
And the h	app	in	ess	that	died

	A7	D
I l	et it get a	way

Been payin’ every day

	D	A/C#
W	hen you were so in	love with me

G	A
I played around like	I was free

D	A/C#
Thought I could have my cake	and eat it too

G	A
But how I cried over l	osing you

Vox up to the maj7 of the chord, falsetto in the original key,

right on the line in D.

	G	Gm
See me c	ryin’ now, but	I ain’t about to go

	D	Ddim
L	ivin’ my life without	you

	D	G	D	G	D	G	D	G
For	eve	ry d	ay	I mad	e you	cry

	D	G	D	G	D	G	D	G
I’m	pay	in’, g	irl, ‘t	il the	day	I die

	Am7	D
I keep	working my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
With a b	urn	in’ l	ove	insi	de

	Am7	D
I’m w	orkin’ my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
And the h	app	in	ess	that	died

	A7	D
I l	et it get a	way

Been payin’ every day

D	A/C#
I used to love to m	ake you cry

	G	A
It	made me feel like a	man inside

D	A/C#
But if I’d been a man i	n reality

G	A
You’d still be here babe	lovin’ me

	G	Gm
Now the	nights are long and	lonely

	D	Ddim
And I ain’t too	strong, babe I just miss you	so

	D	G	D	G	D	G	D	G
And	you’re	too	proud	and	won’t	give	in

	D	G	D	G	D	G	D	G
But	when I	th	ink abo	ut	all I	could	win

	Am7	D
I keep	working my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
With a b	urn	in’ l	ove	insi	de

	Am7	D
I’m w	orkin’ my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
And the h	app	in	ess	that	died

	A7	D
I l	et it get a	way

Been payin’ every day

Original changes key before fade, I skip it

	Am7	D
I keep	working my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
With a b	urn	in’ l	ove	insi	de

	Am7	D
I’m w	orkin’ my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
And the h	app	in	ess	that	died no matter how I cried I’m

Am7	D
Working my way back to y	ou babe

	G	C	G	D/F#	Em
With a b	urn	in’ l	ove	insi	de

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

Originally in C#, I play in G

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

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

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

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

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

C	C	G/D	D

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

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

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

C	C	G/D	D

	Am7
Oh,	I

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

	Am7
And,	I

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

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

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

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

C	C	G/D	D

Funky horn bridge

Em	A
	x 2

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

C	D
Spinning my head around and	taking my body under

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

C	C	G/D	D

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

	Am7
Oh,	I

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

	Am7
And,	I

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

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

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

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

C	C	G/D	D

Funky horn bridge

Em	A
	x 2

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

C	D
Spinning my head around and	taking my body under

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

C

G/D

D

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

Originally in F, I play in D capo 2

D	F	Bb	Aaug
			x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With triplets on the V

D	D	F#m	A
			x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

D	D	F#m	A
			x4

D

Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - Lady Willpower (1968)

Originally in D (changing to Eb), I play in A, without the key change

Highest note is the 5 (“I’ll take good *care* of your love”)

Intro

E7

Vox on 1 2 of the key on “lady”

D	E	A	Bm	A
La	dy	willpower,	it’s now or	never

	E	Fm
Give your	love to me,	and

F#m	G	F#m	E	D	D	E
I’ll shower	your heart with	tenderness,	endless	ly	→	→

Vox on 3 3 4 5 on “I know you want”

A	Bm
I know you want to see me,	but you’re afraid

A	Bm	C#m
Of what I might have on my	mind

D	Dm
One thing you can be sure of	I’ll take good care of your love

A	E	F	D
If you will	let me give you	mine

D	E	A	Bm	A
La	dy	willpower,	it’s now or	never

	E	Fm
Give your	love to me,	and

F#m	G	F#m	E	D	D	E
I’ll shower	your heart with	tenderness,	endless	ly	→	→

Horn solo, during which the original move up a half step

A	Bm	D	E

A	Bm
Did no one ever tell you,	the facts of life

A	Bm	C#m
Well there’s so much you have to	learn

D

And I would gladly teach you

Dm

If I could only reach you

A	E	F	D
And get your	lovin’ in re	turn

D	E	A	Bm	A
La	dy	willpower,	it’s now or	never

	E	Fm
Give your	love to me,	and

F#m	G	F#m	E	D
I’ll shower	your heart with	tenderness,	endless	ly

D	E	A	Bm	A
La	dy	willpower,	it’s now or	never

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

Originally in A, I play in G

Intro

G	Em	Am	D
G	C	G	F	F#
			→

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

G	Em	Am	D
I	wish I	knew

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

	D	G	C	G	F	F#
I’d	do it to	you			→

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

G	Em	Am	D
I’m	feeling	blue

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A	D	C	D	C	D
		→		→

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

G	Em	Am	D
If I	only	knew

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

Solo on verse chords

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

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

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

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

A	D	C	D	C	D
		→		→

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

G	Em	Am	D
If I	only	knew

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

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

Harry Belafonte - Jump in the Line (1961)

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

Intro

E	B
	x8

Vox on the 5

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

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

Vox up to the 1

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

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

With hard stops

E	A
My girl’s name is Sen	ora

	E	B
I	tell you friends, I a	dore her

	E	A
And	when she dances, oh b	rother

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	E	A
Y	ou can talk about	cha cha

	E	B
T	ango, waltz, or de	rumba

	E	A
Sen	ora’s dance has no t	itle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	E	A
Seno	ra, she’s a sens	ation

	E	B
The r	eason for avi	ation

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brass solo

E	B
	x8

Pause a measure after this line

	E
Sh	ake, shake, shake, Senora

B

Shake your body line

...and another measure after this line

B

Work, work, work, Senora

	E
Work it all the	time

...and here

E

Dance, dance, dance, Senora

B

Dance it all the time

...and here

B

Work, work, work, Senora

B	E
Work it all the	time

	E	A
Sen	ora dances Ca	lypso

	E	B
L	eft to right is de t	empo

	E	A
And w	hen she gets the sen	sation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hard stop on “nora”

	E
Work, work, work, Sen	ora

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

Originally in C, I play in G

G	C
	x 4

G	C	G	C
Woke up this	morning	feeling	fine

G	C	G
There’s something	special	on my mind

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

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

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

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

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

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

(She danced with me like I hoped she would)

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

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

Bridge

Vox on the 7 of the chord

D

We only danced for a minute or two

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

D

Can I be falling in love?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Two extra measures of IV

C	C
Ahhhh

Pseudo-solo

G	G	C	D

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

C	Em	Dm7	G7
			x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

C6

Jackie DeShannon - Put a Little Love In Your Heart (1969)

Originally in D, I play in G

G

Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

G

You see it’s getting late, oh please don’t hesitate

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

	G	Am	D
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	G	Am	D
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	D
For	you and me, you just wait and see

G

Another day goes by, still the children cry

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

G

If you want the world to know, we won’t let hatred grow

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

	G	Am	D
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	G	Am	D
Ah the	world will be a b	etter	place

	D
For	you and me, you just wait and see

	D#
Wait and	see...

G#

Take a good look around, and if you’re looking down

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

G#

I hope when you decide kindness will be your guide

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

	G#	A#m	D#
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	G#	A#m	D#
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	D#
For	you and me, you just wait and see, people now

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

Repeat to fade

Janis Joplin - Piece of My Heart (1967)

Originally in E, I play in A

Guitar solo, I skip and start with some E before “come on”

Bm	Bm	D	E
F#m	F#m	E	E
G	G	E	E

Vox on 2 1 of the chord on “come on”

	E
Oh	come on, come on, come on, come on

Vox down to the 5, that’s a whole octave jump down

A	D	E	D
Didn’t I make you	feel	like	you were the

A	D	E	D
Only man,			yeah and

A	D	E
Didn’t I give you nearly	everything that a woman	possibly can?

E

Honey you know I did

Vox on the 5 of the chord

F#m

But each time I tell myself that I

E

Well I think I’ve had enough

	G	E
Well	I’m gonna show you baby that a	woman can be tough

I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on, and

Vox stay on the 5

A	D
Take it, take an	other little piece of my

E	D	E
Heart now baby

A	D
Break it, break a	nother little bit of my

E	D	E
Heart now darlin’	yeah yeah	yeah yeah

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

Do the descending parts as barre

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

Well you know you got it, if it

D	C#m	Bm	A
Makes	you f	eel go	od, oh yes it did

A	D	E	D
	A	D	E	D
You’re	out on the	streets looking	good and baby	deep down in your heart

A	D
I guess you know that it ain’t right

Vox on the 5 of the key

E	D
Never never	never never never never

A	D	E
Hear me when I	cry at	night

	E
Babe and I cry	all the time

F#m	E
But each time I tell myself that I,	well I can’t stand the pain

	G	E
But when you	hold me in your arms, I’m	singin’ once again

Said come on, come on, come on, come on

A	D
Take it, take an	other little piece of my

E	D	E
Heart now baby

A	D
Break it, break a	nother little bit of my

E	D	E
Heart now darlin’	yeah

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

Well you know you got it, child if it

D	C#m	Bm	A
Makes	you f	eel go	od

Guitar solo

Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm	Bm	D	E
F#m	E
G	E

	E
I need you to	come on, come on, come on, come on

A	D
Take it, take an	other little piece of my

E	D	E
Heart now baby

A	D
Break it, break a	nother little bit of my

E	D	E
Heart now darlin’	yeah	come on, now

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

You know you got it, wooow

A	D
Take it, take an	other little piece of my

E	D	E
Heart now baby

A	D
Break it, break a	nother little bit of my

E	D	E
Heart now darlin’	yeah	yeah yeah

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

You know you got it, child if it

D	C#m	Bm	A
Makes	you f	eel go	od

Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm

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

Originally in Eb, I play in C

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

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

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

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

Hard stop at the end of the line

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

The IV is implied here

F	C
Come a little bit	closer

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

	C
Come a little bit	closer

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

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

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

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

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

F	C
Come a little bit	closer

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

	C
Come a little bit	closer

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

Solo

C	C	F	G
			x 4

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

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

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

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

F	C
Come a little bit	closer

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

	C
Come a little bit	closer

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

With ad libs

C	C	F	G
			x 4

Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love (1967)

Originally in F#m, I play in Am capo 3

	Am	D	G	Am
When the t	ruth is found		to b	eeee lies

	Am	D	G	Am
And	all the joy	withi	n yooo	ou dies

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Am	D	Am	G	Am	Am

	Am	D	G
When the	garden’s flowers		they

	Am	D	G
Aaaa	re dead,		yes and

	Am	D	G	Am
Y	our mind your mi	nd	is so	full of red

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Am	D	G	Am
Your eyes, I	say your	eyes may look like	his

	Am	D
Yeah but	in your head baby

	G	Am
I’m a	fraid you don’t know	where it is

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Am	D	Am	G	Am	Am

Am	D	G	Am	D	G
Tears are running		all ‘r	ound and ‘round your breast

	Am	D	G	Am
And	your friends, baby,	they	treat you l	ike a guest

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Outro is vaguely...

Am

D

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (1967)

Originally in F#, I play in A

Highest note is the 4 (“feed your head”)

Intro

A	A#
	x 3

Vox on the 5

A

One pill makes you larger and

A#

One pill makes you small

	A
And the	ones that mother gives you don’t

	A#
Do	anything at all

	C	D#	F	C
Go ask	Alice	when she’s	ten feet	tall

	A
And if y	ou go chasing rabbits

	A#
And you	know you’re going to fall

	A
Tell ‘em a	hookah-smoking caterpillar has

A#

Given you the call

	C	D#	F	C
Call	Alice	when s	he was just	small

Vox on the 1 of the chord

G

When the men on the chessboard get up

	C
And t	ell you where to go

	G
And you	just had some kind of mushroom

	C
And your	mind is moving on

Vox up to the 1 now

	A	A
Go ask	Alice, I think she’ll	know

	A	A#
When l	ogic and proportion have	fallen sloppy dead

	A
And the	white knight is talking backwards

	A#
And the red	queen’s off with her head

	C	D#	F	C
Rem	ember	what the	dormouse	said

G	C
Feed your	head

G	C
Feed your	head

C

Jimi Hendrix - Fire (1967)

Originally in D, I play in A

Intro, skip this part if acoustic and start at the main riff

D#	D
→

C	D	A	A
→	→

D#	D
→

C	D	A	A
→	→

Writing the riff as chords, will write this as just the I after this

E	G	A	A
→	→

E	G	A	A
→	→

A

All right

A

Now dig this baby

Vox around the b3

	A
You don’t c	are for me, I don’t a care about that

	A
You	got a new fool, hah, I like it like that

A

I have only one a-burnin’ desire

Hard stop on the I

A

Let me stand next to your fire

The ivm11 is more like bVIIadd9/6, e.g. Cadd9/A in the original key

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Hey, let me stand next to your fire

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Whoa, let me stand baby

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Let me stand

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Yeah baby

A

Listen here baby

A

And stop actin’ so crazy

	A
You say your m	om ain’t home, it ain’t my concern

	A
Just don’t p	lay with me, and you won’t get burned

A

I have only one itchin’ desire

A

Let me stand next to your fire

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Yeah, let me stand baby

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Let me stand

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Oh, let me stand

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Oh

A

Ahh, move over Rover

G

And let Jimi take over

E

Yeah, you know what I’m talkin’ about

G

Yeah, get on with it baby

Solo on a chorus, but up a whole step

B	F#m11	B	F#m11
B	F#m11	B	F#m11

Repeat intro

D#	D
→

C	D	A	A
→	→		That’s what I’m talking about

D#	D
→

C	D	A	A
→	→		Now dig this

A

Hah

A

Now listen baby

	A
You try to	give me your money, you better save it babe

A

Save it for your rainy day

A

I have only one a-burnin’ desire

No hard stop this time

A

Let me stand next to your fire, ha

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Ow, let me stand

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Oh, let me stand baby

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) I ain’t gonna do you no harm

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Ow

B	F#m11
Yeah

B	F#m11
You better m	ove over baby

A	Em11
I ain’t gonna	hurt you baby

A	Em11
Aw, I ain’t do	ne with your ol’ lady

B	F#m11
Ow

B	F#m11
Aw, yes it’s	Jimi comin’ to you

A

John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane (1966)

G	C	G	C

	G	C
All my	bags are packed I’m	ready to go

	G	C
I’m	standin’ here out	side your door

	G	Em	D	D7
I	hate to wake you	up to say good	bye

	G	C
But the	dawn is breakin’ it’s	early morn

	G	C
The	taxi’s waitin’ he’s	blowin’ his horn

	G	Em	D	D7
Al	ready I’m so	lonesome I could	cry

	G	C
So	kiss me and	smile for me

G	C
Tell me that you’ll	wait for me

G	Em	D	D7
Hold me like you’ll	never let me	go

	G	C
Cause I’m	leavin’	on a jet plane

Let ring

G	C
Don’t know when	I’ll be back again

G	Bm7	Am7	D7
Oh	babe, I hate to	go

	G	C
There’s so	many times I’ve	let you down

	G	C
So	many times I’ve	played around

G	Em	D	D7
I tell you now,	they don’t mean a	thing

	G	C
Every	place I go I’ll	think of you

	G	C
Every	song I sing I’ll	sing for you

	G	Em	D	D7
When	I come back I’ll	wear your wedding	ring

	G	C
So	kiss me and	smile for me

G	C
Tell me that you’ll	wait for me

G	Em	D	D7
Hold me like you’ll	never let me	go

	G	C
Cause I’m	leavin’	on a jet plane

Let ring

G	C
Don’t know when	I’ll be back again

G	Bm7	Am7	D7
Oh	babe, I hate to	go

Let all chords ring for this verse

G	C
Now the time has	come to leave you

G	C
One more time just	let me kiss you

G	Em	D	D7
Close your eyes	I’ll be on my	way

G	C
Dream about the	days to come

	G	C
When	I won’t have to	leave alone

	G	Em	D	D7
A	bout the times	I won’t have to	say

	G	C
So	kiss me and	smile for me

G	C
Tell me that you’ll	wait for me

G	Em	D	D7
Hold me like you’ll	never let me	go

	G	C
Cause I’m	leavin’	on a jet plane

Let ring

G	C
Don’t know when	I’ll be back again

G	Bm7	Am7	D7
Oh	babe, I hate to	go

Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (1963)

Intro

G	C	G
	→

G/B	C	G
	→

G	C	G
Love, is a b	urning t	hing

	G	D	G
And it m	akes a	fiery	ring

G	C	G
Bound, by w	ild desi	res

G	D	G
I fell into a r	ing of f	ire

D	C	G
I fell into a b	urning ring of	fire

	D	C	G
I went	down, down, down, and the	flames went	higher

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

G	C	G
	→

G/B	C	G
	→

G	C	G
	→

G/B	C	G
	→

D	C	G
I fell into a b	urning ring of	fire

	D	C	G
I went	down, down, down, and the	flames went	higher

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

	G	C	G
The	taste of	love is sw	eet

	G	D	G
When	hearts like o	urs	meet

G	C	G
I fell for you	like a c	hild

G	D	G
Oh, but the fir	e went w	ild

D	C	G
I fell into a b	urning ring of	fire

	D	C	G
I went	down, down, down, and the	flames went	higher

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

D	C	G
I fell into a b	urning ring of	fire

	D	C	G
I went	down, down, down, and the	flames went	higher

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man (1966)

If playing solo, play riff as Em, Emb6, EmM6, Emb6 on the 5th string

E|----0---0---0---0---0---0--|
B|---------------------------|
G|--4---5---5---6---5---5----|

Riff x4 over Em

Em	Am	Em
There’s a man who l	eads a life of d	anger

	Em	B7
To e	veryone he meets he stays a st	ranger

	Em	Am
With	every move he makes, ano	ther chance he takes

Em	Am	Em
Odds are he won’t	live to see to	morrow

Vox 5 7 2 of the key on “secret ag”

	Bm	Em	Bm	Em
Secret	agent	man, secret	agent	man

Vox on the 6 5 of the chord on “given”

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

Riff x2 over Em

	Em	Am	Em
Be	ware of pretty	faces that you	find

	Em	B7
A	pretty face can hide an evil	mind

	Em
Ah, be	careful what you say

	Am
Or you’ll	give yourself away

Em	Am	Em
Odds are you won’t	live to see tom	orrow

	Bm	Em	Bm	Em
Secret	agent	man, secret	agent	man

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

Riff x2 over Em

Solo on verse chords

	Bm	Em	Bm	Em
Secret	agent	man, secret	agent	man

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

Riff x2 over Em

Em	Am	Em
Swingin’ on the	Riviera	one day

	Em	B7
And then	layin’ in the Bombay alley	next day

	Em
Oh no, you	let the wrong word slip

	Am
While	kissing persuasive lips

	Em	Am	Em
The	odds are you won’t	live to see to	morrow

	Bm	Em	Bm	Em
Secret	agent	man, secret	agent	man

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

Riff x2 over Em

Em

Secret agent man

Lesley Gore - It’s My Party (1963)

Originally in A, I play in A capo 2

A	E	D	A	E
	→	→

A	Aaug
It’s my party and I’ll	cry if I want to

D	Dm
Cry if I want to,	cry if I want to

A	F#m	Bm	E	A
You	would cry	too if it	happened to	you

A	E	D	A	E
	→	→

Way down to the 5 of the chord on “gone”

A	C
Nobody knows where my	Johnny has gone

	A	D
But	Judy left the same	time

F	A
Why was he	holding her hand

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “he’s”, 6 on “posed”

	B7	E
When	he’s supposed to be	mine

A	Aaug
It’s my party and I’ll	cry if I want to

D	Dm
Cry if I want to,	cry if I want to

A	F#m	Bm	E	A
You	would cry	too if it	happened to	you

A	E	D	A	E
	→	→

A	C
Play all my records keep	dancing all night

	A	D
But	leave me alone for a w	hile

F	A
Till Johnny’s	dancing with me

	B7	E
I’ve	got no reason to	smile

A	Aaug
It’s my party and I’ll	cry if I want to

D	Dm
Cry if I want to,	cry if I want to

A	F#m	Bm	E	A
You	would cry	too if it	happened to	you

A	E	D	A	E
	→	→

Solo on chorus chords if appropriate

A	C
Judy and Johnny just	walked through the door

A	D
Like a queen with her	king

F	A
Oh what a	birthday surprise

B7	E
Judy’s wearing his	ring

A	Aaug
It’s my party and I’ll	cry if I want to

Hanging stop on the second “cry”

D	Dm
Cry if I want to,	cry if I want to

A	F#m	Bm	E
You	would cry	too if it	happened to

A	F#m	Bm	E
You	would cry	too if it	happened to

A	F#m	Bm	E	A
You	would cry	too if it	happened to	you

A	E	D	A
	→	→

Little Eva - The Locomotion (1962)

Originally around Eb, I play in E (down an octave) (obviously)

Intro

E

Vox on the 1

E	C#m
Everybody’s doing a	brand new dance, now

Vox on the 5

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

	E	C#m
I	know you’ll get to like it if you	give it a chance now

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

Vox on 1 2 1 2 of the chord (4 6 4 6 of the key) on “little baby”

	A	F#m
My	little baby sister can	do it with ease

	A	F#
It’s	easier than learning your	ABC’s

Vox on 6 5 on “come on”

	E	B	E
So,	come on, come on,	do the locomotion with	me

Vox on the 6 on “swing”

E	A
You gotta swing your hips, now,	come on, baby

	E	B
Jump	up, jump back, well I	think you’ve got the knack, whoa, oh

E	C#m
Now that you can do it	let’s make a chain now

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

	E	C#m
A	chug-a-chug-a motion like a	railroad train, now

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

A	F#m
Do it nice and easy now,	don’t lose control

	A	F#
A l	ittle bit of rhythm, and a	lot of soul

E	B	E
Come on, come on,	do the locomotion with	me

Sax solo

E	A	E	B

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

E	C#m
Move around the floor in a	locomotion

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

E	C#m
Do it holding hands, if	you get the notion

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

	A	F#m
There’s	never been a dance that’s so	easy to do

	A	F#
It	even makes you happy when you’re	feeling blue

	E	B	E
So,	come on, come on,	do the locomotion with	me

E

(Come on) You gotta swing your hips, now, (do the locomotion)

A

(Come on) That’s right

	E
You’re doin’ f	ine (come on, do the locomotion)

	A
Come on,	baby (come on, do the locomotion) mmmm, mmm, mmm

	E
Jump	up, jump back (come on, do the locomotion)

	A
You’re lookin’	good (come on, do the locomotion) mmm, mmm, mmm

Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World (1967)

F6	Gm7/F	F6	Gm7/F

	F	Am	Bb	Am
I see tree	s of gree	n,	red roses too

Gm7	F	A7	Dm
I see them blo	om,	for me and you

	C#(#11)	Gm7/C	C7	F	Bm7b5	Bbmaj7	C7
And I thi	nk to myself,	what a w	onderful world

	F	Am	Bb	Am
I see ski	es of blue		and clouds of white

Gm7	F	A7	Dm
The bright blessed d	ay,	the dark sacred n	ight

	C#(#11)	Gm7/C	C7	F	Bb/D	F/C	F
And I thi	nk to myself,	what a w	onderful world

	Bb/C	C7	Fmaj7	F6
The col	ors of the rainbow,	so p	retty in the s	ky

	Bb/C	C7	Fmaj7	F6
Are al	so on the faces	of	people going b	y

	Dm	C/E	Dm/F	C/G
I see frie	nds shaking h	ands, saying h	ow do you d	o?

Dm	F#dim	Gm7	C7
They’re really s	aying,	I love	you

	F	Am	Bb	Am
I hear ba	bies cry,		I watch them grow

Gm7	F	A7	Dm
They’ll learn much m	ore	than I’ll ever know

	C#(#11)	Gm7/C	C7	F	Am7b5	D9
And I thin	k to myself,	what a wo	nderful world

	Gm7	C7b9	F	Bb6	F
Yes I t	hink to myself,	what a wonderful world

Malvina Reynolds - Little Boxes (Weeds Theme) (1962)

Originally in F, I play in C capo 1

Highest note is the 3

Intro, rubato

C	Am	F	Em	Dm	C
		→	→	→

At tempo

C

Vox on 5 6 3 1 on “little boxes”

	C	F	C
Little bo	xes on the hillside, little bo	xes made of tic	ky-tacky

Vox stay on the 5 on “boxes”

	C	G7	C	G7
Little	boxes on the	hillside, little	boxes all the	same

	C	F	C
There’s a	pink one, and a green one, and a	blue one, and a y	ellow one

	C	G7	C	G7	C
And they’re	all made out of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look	just the s	ame

C

	C	F	C
And the	people in the houses, all	went to the unive	rsity

	C	G7	C	G7
Where	they were put in	boxes, and they	came out all the	same

	C	F	C
And there’s	doctors, and lawyers, and	business exe	cutives

	C	G7	C	G7	C
And they’re	all made out of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look	just the	same

C

	C	F	C
And they	all play on the golf course, and	drink their marti	nis dry

	C	G7	C	G7
And they	all have pretty	children, and the	children go to	school

	C	F	C
And the	children go to summer camp, and	then to the unive	rsity

	C	G7	C	G7	C
Where	they are put in	boxes, and they	come out	all the s	ame

C

	C	F	C
And the	boys go into business, and	marry and raise a f	amily

	C	G7	C	G7
In	boxes made of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look just the	same

	C	F	C
There’s a	pink one, and a green one, and a	blue one, and a y	ellow one

Slow and hold...

	C	G7	C	G7	C
And they’re	all made out of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look	just the	same

Back at tempo

C	Am	F	Em	Dm	C
		→	→	→

Mama Cass - Dream a Little Dream (1968)

Originally in C, I play in A

Chorus may be an octave down, depending how I feel... chorus is

mostly on the 6

A	D#dim7	F6	E
A	D#dim7	F6	E

A	D#dim7	F6	E
Stars shi	ning bright ab	ove you

A	A/G#	A7/G	F#7
Night bre	ezes	seem to w	hisper, I love you

Vox: easiest to stay on the A here

D	Dm
Birds singing in the s	ycamore tree

	A	F	E
Dr	eam a little d	ream of me

A	D#dim7	F6	E
Say nigh	tie-night and	kiss me

A	A/G#	A7/G	F#7
Just hold	me	tight and	tell me you’ll miss me

D	Dm
While I’m alone and	blue as can be

Vox note: Male voice can go down to A, easiest to descend on me(c)-e(b)-stars(a)

	A	F7	E7	A	C#
Dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
Stars f	ading but	I linger	on, dear

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
Still cr	aving your k	iss

If down an octave, “dawn” would go down to E, easier

to sing the same melody as the first line.

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
I’m lo	nging to l	inger till	dawn, dear

F#	D#m	F7	E7
Just	saying	thi	s

A	D#dim7	F6	E
Sweet dre	ams till sunbeams	find you

A	A/G#	A7/G	F#7
Sweet dre	ams that	leave your	worries behind you

D	Dm
But in your dreams what	ever they be

If soloing, end this line on C/G instead of E

	A	F7	E7	A	C#
Dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

Solo on verse chords

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
Stars f	ading but	I linger	on, dear

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
Still cr	aving your k	iss

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
I’m lo	nging to l	inger till	dawn, dear

F#	D#m	F7	E7
Just	saying	thi	s

A	D#dim7	F6	E
Sweet dre	ams till sunbeams	find you

A	A/G#	A7/G	F#7
Sweet dre	ams that	leave your	worries behind you

D	Dm
But in your dreams what	ever they be

Hang on “me”

	A	F7	E	Dm
Dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

	A	F7	E	A
Just dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street (1964)

Vandellas around Eb, Bowie and Jagger in B, I play in A

Intro

G/A	A
→	x4

G/A	A	G/A	A
Callin’	out a	round the	world

	G/A	A	G/A	A
Are you	ready for a	brand new	beat

G/A	A	G/A	A
Summer’s	here and the	time is	right

	G/A	A	G/A
For	dancin’	in the	street

	A	G/A	A	G/A
They’re	dancin’ in Chi	cago

	G/A	A
Down in	New Orl	eans

G/A	A	G/A	A
In	New York	City

G/A	A	D
All we	need is m	usic, sweet music

D

There’ll be music everywhere

	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’ll be	swingin’,	swayin’ and	records	playing’

G/A	A	G/A	A
Dancin’	in the	street,	oh

C#7

It doesn’t matter what you wear

	F#m
Just as	long as you are there

Mamas and the Papas (and Bowie/Jagger) use a II instead of a ii here... that’s a good idea!

	Bm
So come on,	every guy grab a girl

D/E	E
Everywhere ar	ound the world

	G/A	A
There’ll be	dancing

G/A	A	G/A	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet

	G/A	A	G/A	A
This is	an invi	tation ac	ross the	nation

	G/A	A	G/A	A
A	chance for	folks to	meet

	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’ll be	laughter,	singing and	music s	winging

G/A	A	G/A
Dancing	in the st	reet

	A	G/A	A	G/A
Phila	delphia,	P.A.

	A	G/A	A
Balti	more and D.	C. now

G/A	A	G/A	A
Can’t for	get the Motor	City

G/A	A	D
All we	need is m	usic, sweet music

D

There’ll be music everywhere

	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’ll be	swingin’,	swayin’ and	records	playing’

G/A	A	G/A	A
Dancin’	in the	street,	oh

C#7

It doesn’t matter what you wear

	F#m
Just as	long as you are there

	Bm
So come on,	every guy grab a girl

D/E	E
Everywhere ar	ound the world

	G/A	A
They’re	dancing

G/A	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet (dancing i	n the street)

G/A	A	G/A	A	G/A
Way down	in L.	A., ev	eryda	y (dancing)

	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet (dancin’	in the street)

G/A	A	G/A	A	G/A
Let’s form a	big long	line (	get in	time)

	A	G/A	A
Were dancing	in the st	reet (dancing	in the street)

G/A	A	G/A	A
Across the	ocean	blue (dancing	in the street)

	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet, yeah (dancing	in the street)

Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968)

Marvin Gaye in Ebm, CCR in Dm

I play in Am, and still skip a bunch of the vocal jumps

Following a random YouTube cover, in the riff/verse/chorus

I play a iim → i instead of the IV → i

Intro

Am	D	Am
	→	x2

	Am
Oooh, I	bet you’re wondering how I knew

	E	D
‘Bout your	plans to make me	blue

Don’t jump up on “guy”

	Am
With some other	guy that you knew before

	E	D
Between the two of us	guys you know I love you	more

Up to the 1 of the chord on “prise”

	F#m	D
It took me by	surprise I must	say

	Am	D
When I	found out yester	day, don’t you know that

	Am	D	Am
I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Not much	longer would you be mine

	Am	D	Am
Ooh I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Oh I’m	just about to lose my mind

	Am
Honey, honey	yeah

Am	D	Am
	→	x2

	Am
I know a	man ain’t supposed to cry

	E	D
But these	tears I can’t hold ins	ide

	Am
Losin’	you would end my life you see

	E	D
Cause you	mean that much to	me

	F#m	D
You could have	told me your	self

	Am	D
That you	love someone	else, instead

	Am	D	Am
I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Not much	longer would you be mine

	Am	D	Am
Ooh I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Oh I’m	just about to lose my mind

	Am
Honey, honey	yeah

Am	D	Am
	→	x2

	Am
People say believe h	alf of what you see

	E	D
Son, and	none of what you	hear

	Am
But I can’t	help bein’ confused

	E	D
If it’s	true please tell me	dear

	F#m	D
Do you	plan to let me	go

	Am	D
For the other	guy you loved	before, don’t you know

	Am	D	Am
I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Not much	longer would you be mine

	Am	D	Am
Baby, I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Oh I’m	just about to lose my mind

	Am
Honey, honey	yeah

Am	D	Am
	→	x2

Maurice Williams - Stay (1960)

Maurice Williams in Bb, Four Seasons in Bb, Hollies in A (and insanely fast), Jackson Browne in G

I play in G

There is a separate entry for the Jackson Browne version

G	Em	C	D

G	Em	C	D
Stay,		just a	little bit

G	Em	C	D
Longer

G	Em	C	D
Please,	please, please,	please,	tell me that you’re

G	Em	C	D
Going to

	G	Em	C	D
Now your	daddy don’t	mind

	G	Em	C	D
And you	mommy don’t	mind

	G	Em	C	D
If we	have another dance	, y	eah just a o	ne more

Hang this chord

Em

One more time

	G	Em	C	D
Oh, won’t you	stay,		just a	little bit

G	Em	C	D
Longer,		please	let me

G	Em	C	D	G
Hear,		you	say you wi	ll

Cmaj7	Am7	G
Say y	ou wi	ll

B7	Em
Won’t you place your sweet lips to m	i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ine

Hard stops on the V’s

A	D	D
Won’t you say you love me,		all of the time

G	Em	C	D
Stay,		just a	little bit

G	Em	C	D
Longer

G	Em	C	D
Please,	please, please,	please,	tell me you’re

G	Em	C	D
Going to,		come on, come o	n, come on and

G	Em	C	D
Stay,		come on, come o	n, come on

G	Em	C	D
Stay,		come on, come o	n, come on

G

Stay

Misc - Gilligan’s Island Theme (1964)

Originally starts in Dm, I play in Bm capo 3

	Bm	A	Bm	A
Just	sit right back and you’ll	hear tale, a	tale of a fateful	trip

	Bm	A	G	A	Bm
That	started from this	tropic port, a	board this	tiny	ship

	Cm	A#	Cm	A#
The m	ate was a mighty	sailin’ man, the	skipper brave and	sure

	Cm	A#	G#	A#	Cm
Five	passengers set	sail that day for a	three	hour	tour

	G#	A#	Cm
A	three	hour	tour

Pause for lightning sounds...

	C#m	B	C#m	B
The	weather started	getting rough, the	tiny ship was	tossed

	C#m	B	A	B	C#m
If	not for the courage of the	fearless crew, the	Minnow	would be	lost

	A	B	C#m
The	Minnow	would be	lost

	Dm	C	Dm	C
The	ship set ground on the	shore of this unch	arted desert	isle

	Dm	C	Dm	C
With	Gilligan, the	skipper too, the	millionaire and his	wife

In early seasons, this just said “the movie star, and the rest”

	Dm	C	Dm	C	Dm	C	Dm
The	movie	star, the	professor and	Mary Ann,	here on	Gilligan’s	isle

This was the outro in most seasons

	Bm	A	Bm	A
Now,	this is a tale of our	castaways, they’re	here for a long, long	time

	Bm	A	G	A	Bm
They’ll	have to make the	best of things,	it’s an	uphill	climb

	Cm	A#	Cm	A#
The	first mate and his	skipper too will	do their very	best

	Cm	A#	G#	A#	Cm
To	make the others	comfortable in the	tropic	island	nest

	C#m	B	C#m	B
No	phones, no lights, no	motorcars, not a	single lux	ury

	C#m	B	A	B	C#m
Like	Robinson Cah-r	u-soe, it’s p	rimitive	as can	be

	Dm	C	Dm	C
So	join us here each	week my friend, you’re	sure to get a	smile

	Dm	C	A	Dm
From	seven stranded	castaways,	here on Gilligan’s	isle

Misc - The Brady Bunch Theme (1969)

Originally in F, I play in G

This is attempting to reflect the season 5 theme song, which is hella funkier than earlier seasons

Vox on 5 5 6 5 on “here’s the story”

This is really I6→I repeating, but I’m not writing it out

	G
Here’s the s	tory of a lovely lady

	F	Bb	D7
Who was bringing up three very lovely g	irls →	→

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
All of t	hem had hair of g	old, l	ike their m	other

Am7	D7	G
The youngest o	ne in	curls

	G
It’s the s	tory, of a man named Brady

	F	Bb	D7
Who was busy with three boys of his	own →	→

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
They were	four men,	living all t	ogether

Am7	D7	G
Yet they were a	ll alo	ne

	Ab
Till the	one day when the lady met this fellow

	Bbm7	Eb7
And they knew it was much more than a	hunch

	Bbm7	Eb7	Bbm7	Eb7
That this g	roup must som	ehow form a fam	ily

	Bbm7	Eb7	Ab7
That’s the w	ay we all be	came the Brady	Bunch

	Db
The Brady B	unch

	Ab
The Brady B	unch

	Bb	Eb	Ab	E	Eb	Ab
That’s the w	ay we bec	ame the Brady Bu	nch	→	→

Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin (1966)

E

You keep sayin’, you’ve got somethin’ for me

E

Somethin’ you call love, but confess

A

You’ve been a-messin’ where you shouldn’t have been a-messin’

	E
And now	someone else is gettin’ all your best

	G	Em
These	boots are made for w	alkin’

	G	Em
And	that’s just what they’ll	do

Hard stop on “boots”

G	Em
One of these days these	boots are gonna walk all over you

E7#9

Yeah

E

You keep lyin’ when you oughta be truthin’

	E
And	you keep losin’ when you oughta not bet

A

You keep samein’ when you ought to be a-changin’

	E
Now what’s	right is right but you ain’t been right yet

	G	Em
These	boots are made for w	alkin’

	G	Em
And	that’s just what they’ll	do

G	Em
One of these days these	boots are gonna walk all over you

E7#9

E

You keep playin’ where you shouldn’t be playin’

	E
And	you keep thinkin’ that you’ll never get burned, ha

A

I just found me a brand new box of matches, yeah

	E
And	what he knows you ain’t had time to learn

	G	Em
These	boots are made for w	alkin’

	G	Em
And	that’s just what they’ll	do

G	Em
One of these days these	boots are gonna walk all over you

E7#9

Are you ready boots, start walkin’

E7#9

Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (1969)

Originally in B, I play in A capo 2

Play the intro with the open 6th string (capo 2)

plus this walk on the 5th string, written relative

to the capo. More or less the chord is E.

A|-2-4-5--2-4-5-4-2-5-4-2-
E|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

A|-5-7-9--5-7-9-7-5-9-7-5-
E|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

D------------------------11--9-
A|-9-11-12--9-11-12--11--x---x-
E|-0-0--0---0-0--0-------0---0-

A	D
Where it began	I can’t begin to know it

A	E
But then I know it’s going stro	ng

A	D
Was in the spring,	and spring became a summer

A	E
Who’d have believe you’d come alo	ng?

A	A6
Hands	touching hands

E	D	E	D	E
Reaching out	touching me touching y	ou	→

A	D	E
Sweet Carol	ine, good times never seemed so	good

A	D	E
I’ve been incl	ined to believe they never would

D	C#m	Bm
But	now I	’m

A	D
Look at the night	and it don’t seem so lonely

A	E
We fill it up with only	two

A	D
And when I hurt	hurtin’ runs off my shoulder

A	E
How can I hurt when holding	you?

A	A6
Warm	touching warm

E	D	E	D	E
Reaching out	touching me touching	you	→

A	D	E
Sweet Caro	line, good times never seemed so	good

A	D	E
I’ve been incl	ined to believe they never would

D	C#m	Bm
Oh	no	no

Repeat intro riff

A	D	E
Sweet Caro	line, good times never seemed so	good

A	D	E
Sweet Caro	line, I believe they never	could

D	C#m	Bm
Oh	no	no

A6

Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1962)

Originally in B, I play in D capo 3

Do do do

D	Bm	G	A
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

D	Bm	G	A
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

D	Bm	G
Down dooby	doo down	down

A	D	G	D
Breaking up is	hard	to	do

	D	Bm	G	A
Don’t take your	lov	e a	way from	me

D	Bm	G	A
Don’t you	leave my heart in	mise	ry

D	D/C#	Bm
If you	go then	I’ll be blue

Vox on the 2 of the chord on “breaking”

	E	A
‘Cause	breaking up is hard to	do

	D	Bm	G	A
Re-mem-ber	whe	n you	held me	tight

D	Bm	G	A
And you	kissed me	all through the	night

D	D/C#	Bm
Think of	all that	we’ve been through

	E	A	D
And	breaking up is	hard to	do

Vox stay on the 1 for “they say”, and on “break”,

it goes to the b3

	Dm	G7	Dm	G7
They say that breaking	up	is	hard to	do

C	Cmaj7	C6	Cmaj7
Now I	know I	know that it’s	true

Cm	F7	Cm	F7
Don’t	say that	this is the	end

	A#
In	stead of breaking up I wish that

A7

We were making up again

	D	Bm
I beg of	you

G	A
Don’t say good	bye

D	Bm	G	A
Can’t we	give our love a	nother	try?

D	D/C#	Bm
Come on	baby, let’s	start anew

	E	A	D
‘Cause	breaking up is	hard to	do

Girls sing the first and third lines this time

	Dm	G7	Dm	G7
They say that breaking	up	is	hard to	do

C	Cmaj7	C6	Cmaj7
Now I	know I	know that it’s	true

Cm	F7	Cm	F7
Don’t	say that	this is the	end

	A#
In	stead of breaking up I wish that

A7

We were making up again

	D	Bm
I beg of	you

G	A
Don’t say good	bye

D	Bm	G	A
Can’t we	give our love a	nother	try?

D	D/C#	Bm
Come on	baby, let’s	start anew

	E	A	D
‘Cause	breaking up is	hard to	do

Fade

D	Bm	G	A
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

D	Bm	G	A
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

D	Bm	G
Down dooby	doo down	down

Nina Simone - Feeling Good (1965)

Nina Simone in Gm, Michael Bublé in Ebm, I play in Em and drop all the gymnastic at the end

I follow the Michael Bublé arrangement, except that I don’t do the key change

Let ring, rubato

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	Em/B	B7
Birds flying	high	you know how I fe	el

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	Em/B	B7
Sun in the sk	y	you know how I f	eel

Em	Em7/D	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
Reeds driftin’ on b	y	you know how I	feel

Chords ring after each line

	Cmaj7
It’s a new dawn

	Am11
It’s a new day

	F#m7b5
It’s a new life

B7

For me

And I'm feeling good

At tempo

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
		I’m

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Feeling good

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Fish in the	sea	you know how I feel

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
River running	free	you know how I feel

Em	Em7/D	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
Blossom o	n the tree	you know how I fe	el

	Em/B
It’s a n	ew dawn

	Am7
It’s a n	ew day

	Am7/G	F#m7b5
It’s a n	ew life

Hard stop on the V#5

	Am	B7#5
For me

Not what you think happens here... James Bond chords, not the descending pattern from the first verse

	Em	Em(#5)	Em6	Em(#5)
And I’m f	eeling good

Em	Em7/D
Dragonfly o	ut in the sun

Cmaj7	B7
You know what I me	an, don’t you know

Em	Em7/D
Butterflies a	ll havin’ fun

Cmaj7	B7
You know what I m	ean

Em	Em7/D	C#m7b5
Sleep in	peace when day is done

	Cmaj7
That’s what I me	an

Faster chord changes here

	Em	Em/D
And this o	ld world

	Am7/C	Am7/E
Is a n	ew world

	Am7/G	F#m7b5
And a b	old world

	Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
For	me

The Michael Bublé version changes key up a whole step here

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Stars	when you shine,	you know how I fe	el

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Scent of the	pine,	you know how I fe	el

Em	Em7/D	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
Oh freedom is	mine and I kn	ow how I fe	el

	Em
It’s a n	ew dawn

	Em7/D
It’s a n	ew day

	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
It’s a n	ew life

	Em
It’s a n	ew dawn

	Em7/D
It’s a n	ew day

	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
It’s a n	ew life

	Em
It’s a n	ew dawn

	Em7/D
It’s a n	ew day

	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
It’s a n	ew life

	Cmaj7	B7#5
For m	e

And I'm feeling

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Good

Em

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky (1969)

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

A

When I die and they lay me to rest

	D
Gonna go to the pl	ace that’s the best

	A
When they lay me	down to die

Doesn’t go back to the I until a beat after the last lyric

	E	A
Going	up to the spirit in the sky

A

Going up to the spirit in the sky

	D
That’s where I’m gonna go when I	die

	A
When I die and they	lay me to rest

	E	A
I’m gonna	go to the place that’s the best

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

A

Prepare yourself, you know it’s a must

	D
Got to have a friend in	Jesus

	A
So you know that	when you die

This time the I hits on the last lyric

	E	A
He’s g	onna recommend you to the spirit in the	sky

Oh, recommend you to the spirit in the sky

	D
That’s where you’re gonna go w	hen you die

	A
When you die and they	lay you to rest

	E	A
You’re gonna	go to the place that’s the	best

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

Solo

A	G	A	C
A	G	A	C	D
			→

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

A

Never been a sinner, I’ve never sinned

	D
I’ve got a friend in	Jesus

	A
So you know that	when I die

	E	A
He’s g	onna set me up with the spirit in the	sky

Oh, set me up with the spirit in the sky

	D
That’s where I’m gonna go	when I die

	A
When I die and they	lay me to rest

	E	A
I’m gonna	go to the place that’s the	best

E	A
Go to the place that’s the	best

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

A

Otis Redding - (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay (1967)

G

G	B7
Sittin’ in the mornin’	sun

	C	A
I’ll be	sittin’ when the evenin’	comes

G	B7
Watching the ships roll	in

	C	A
Then I	watch ‘em roll away a	gain, yeah

	G	E
I’m	sittin’ on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Watching the	tide roll a	way

	G	A
Ooo, I’m just	sittin’ on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Wastin’	tim	e

	G	B7
I	left my home in	Georgia

C	A
Headed for the ‘Frisco	Bay

	G	B7
‘Cause	I had nothing to	live for

	C	A
It looks like	nothin’s gonna come my	way

	G	E
So I’m just gon’	sit on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Watching the	tide roll a	way

	G	A
Ooo, I’m	sittin’ on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Wastin’	tim	e

Bridge

Vox start on the 1 on the first line, then the 6, then the 1

G	D	C
Look	like,	nothing’s gonna change

G	D	C
Everyt	hing	still remains the same

G	D	C	G
I can’t	do what	ten people	tell me to do

Vox on the 1 of the chord

F	D
So I guess I’ll re	main the same, yes

G	B7
Sittin’ here resting my	bones

	C	A
And this	loneliness won’t leave me a	lone

	G	B7
It’s	two thousand miles I	roam

	C	A
Just to	make this dock my	home

	G	E
Now I’m just gonna	sit at the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Watching the	tide roll a	way

	G	A
Ooo, I’m	sittin’ on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Wastin’	tim	e

With whistling

G	G	G	G	Em	Em	Em	Em

Patsy Cline - Crazy (1962)

Originally in Bb, I play in E

E	E	A6	A6	Amaj7	G#m7	F#m7	B7

Vox on 3 5 on “crazy”, 1 3 5 1 b7 of the chord on “crazy for feeling”

Play the bVII in the same voicing as you’re going to play the VI

E	E	D	C#7	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
Crazy,		I’m	crazy for feeling	so lonely

Vox on 9 3 of the chord on “crazy”, which starts where “lonely” was

1 3 5 4 (up an octave) 9 of the chord on “crazy for feeling”

	B	Gdim7	E	Fdim7	F#m7	B7
I’m	crazy, crazy for	feeling so	blue

E	E	D	C#7	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
I knew		you’d l	ove me as long as you	wanted

Vox on 9 3 of the chord on “someday”, 7 of the chord on “somebody”

	B	B7	E	F#m7	Gdim7	G#dim7
And then	someday you’d leave me for s	omebody	new

Vox on 5 3 of the chord on “worry”

A	E	Fdim7
Worry, why do I let myself	worry?

Vox on “wond’ring” the same as “worry”

F#7	B	B7
Wond’ring what in the world did I	do?

E	E	D	C#7	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
Crazy		for	thinking that my love	could hold you

	Amaj7	G#m7	F#m7	Fdim7
I’m	crazy for	trying and	crazy for	crying

	F#m7	B7	E	B9
And I’m	crazy for	loving you

Originally changes key here up a half-step, I just repeat

E	E	D	C#7	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
Crazy		for	thinking that my love	could hold you

	Amaj7	G#m7	F#m7	Fdim7
I’m	crazy for	trying and	crazy for	crying

	F#m7	B7	E
And I’m	crazy for	loving you

Paul Simon - Kathy’s Song (1964)

Originally in G tuned down to F#, I play in G

Intro

G	G	G	C/G
			x4

G	C/G	G
I hear the	drizzle of the	rain

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
Like a	memo	ry i	t	falls

G	Bm/F#	G	C
Soft and	warm cont	inu	ing

Am	Asus2/G	D	G
Tapping	on my	roof and	walls

G	C/G
	x4

G	C/G	G
And from the	shelter of my	mind

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
Through the	window	of m	y	eyes

	G	Bm/F#	G	C
I	gaze be	yond the	rain-drenched	streets

Not a typo, this line is shorter than it is in all the other verses, and the vi/5 is gone

	Am	D	G
To E	ngland,	where my h	eart lies

G	C/G
	x4

D11	D11
G	C/G
	x4

G	C/G	G
My mind’s dis	tracted and diffu	sed

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
My thoughts are m	any	miles	a	way

	G	Bm/F#	G	C
They l	ie with	you when	you’re a	sleep

	Am	Asus2/G	D	G
And k	iss you	when you	start your	day

G	C/G
	x4

	G	C/G	G
And a s	ong I was	writing is left un	done

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
I don’t know	why I	spend m	y	time

G	Bm/F#	G	C
Writing	songs I	can’t be	lieve

	Am	Asus2/G	D	G
With w	ords that	tear and	strain to	rhyme

G	C/G
	x4

D11	D11
G	C/G
	x4

G	C/G	G
And so you	see, I have come to	doubt

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
All that	I once	held a	s	true

G	Bm/F#	G	C
I stand a	lone with	out be	liefs

	Am	Asus2/G	D	G
The o	nly	truth I	know is	you

G	C/G
	x4

G	C/G	G
And as I	watch the drops of	rain

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
Weave their	weary	paths a	nd	die

	G	Bm/F#	G	C
I	know that	I am	like the	rain

Am	Asus2/G	D	G
There but f	or the grace of	you go	I

G	C/G
	x4

Optionally play an instrumental verse

G

Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman (1966)

Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton in C#, I play in G

G	D/F#	Em7	Em/D	C	D	G	D6

Vox on 6 5 on “ma-an”

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	can’t keep his mind on	nothing else

C	D	G	D
He’d trade the w	orld for the good thing	he’s found

	G	D/F#	Em	G/D
If she’s	bad he can’t	see it	she can do no	wrong

C	D	G	D
Turn his back on his b	est friend if he put her d	own

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	spend his v	ery last dime

C	D	G	D
Tryin’ to hold	on to what he	needs

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
He’d give up a	ll his c	omforts,	sleep out in the r	ain

C	D	G	G7
If she said that’s the	way it	ought to be

C	G
Well, this man loves a w	oman

C	G
I gave you everything I	had

C	G	Em
Tryin’ to hold on to	your heartless	love

A7	D
Baby, please don’t treat me	bad

Michael Bolton changes key up a half-step here, which IMO is silly

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	down deep in his	soul

C	D	G	D
She can bring h	im such m	isery

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
If she pl	ays him for a f	ool,	he’s the last o	ne to know

C	D	G	D
Lovin’ eyes	can ne	ver see

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	he can do her n	o wrong

C	D	G	D
He can never h	ug, some o	ther girl

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
Yes, when a	man loves a	woman,	I know exactly h	ow he feels

C	D	G	D
‘Cause baby ba	by, you’re	my world

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	I know e	xactly how he feels

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Going to the Zoo (1969)

G

Daddy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

D	D7
Zoo tomorrow,	zoo tomorrow

G

Daddy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

See the elephant with the long trunk swingin’

D	D7
Great big ears and a	long trunk swingin’

G

Snuffin’ up peanuts with a long trunk swingin’

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

See all the monkeys they’re scritch-scritch scratchin’

D	D7
Jumpin’ around and	scritch-scritch scratchin’

G

Hangin’ by the long-tail scritch-scritch scratchin’

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

There’s a big black bear he’s a huff-puff-a-puffin’

D	D7
His coat’s too heavy he’s a	huff-puff-a-puffin’

G

Don’t get too near the huff-puff-a-puffin’

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

Well the seals in the pool all honk-honk-honkin’

D	D7
Catchin’ the fish and	honk-honk-honkin’

G

Little tiny seals all honk-honk-honkin’

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

	G
Well we	stayed all day and I’m gettin’ sleepy

D	D7
Sittin’ in the car gettin’	sleep sleep sleepy

G

Home already gettin’ sleep sleep sleepy

	D7	G
‘Cause	we haved stayed all	day

	C
We been to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
So have	you, you, you

	D7
You came	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We been to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

Mommy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

D	D7
Zoo tomorrow,	zoo tomorrow

G

Mommy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

Peter, Paul, and Mary - I Dig Rock and Roll Music (1967)

Tricky to get this to sound not stupid without percussion.

I try to mix up the D7 in as many positions as I can and be

percussive about it, and mix in D9’s and D7#9’s.

D7

I dig rock and roll music and I’d

Love to get the chance to play (and sing it)
I figure it's about the happiest
Sound going down today

Bm	G
The message	may not move me

Bm	G
Or mean a	great deal to me

Bm	E	A
But hey, it	feels so groovy to	say

D7

I dig the Mamas and the Papas at

“The Trip,” Sunset Strip in L.A.
And they got a good thing going
When the words don't get in the way

Bm	G
And when they’re	really wailing

Bm	G
Michelle and	Cass are sailing

Bm

Hey, they really

E	A
Nail me to the	wall

D7

I dig Donovan in a dream-like, tripped out way

His crystal images tell you ‘bout a brighter day

Bm	G
And when the	Beatles tell you

Bm	G
They’ve got a	word “love” to sell you

Bm	E	A
They mean ex	actly what they	say

D7

I dig rock and roll music

I could really get it on in that scene
I think I could say somethin'
If you know what I mean

Bm	G
But if I	really say it

Bm	G
The radi	o won’t play it

Bm	E	A
Unless I	lay it between the	lines

D7

Peter, Paul, and Mary - If I Had a Hammer (1962)

Originally in A, I play in D, highest note is the 1

D	F#m	G	A
			x2

	D	F#m	G	A
If I had a	ha	mmer

	D	F#m	G	A
I’d hammer in the	mo	rnin	g

	D	F#m	G
I’d hammer in the	ev	enin	g

	A
All over this	land

	D
I’d hammer out	danger

	Bm
I’d hammer out a	warning

	G	D
I’d hammer out	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

A	D	F#m	G	A
All over this l	an	d

D	F#m	G	A
Ooh

	D	F#m	G	A
If I had a	bell

	D	F#m	G	A
I’d ring it in the	mo	rnin	g

	D	F#m	G
I’d ring it in the	ev	enin	g

	A
All over this	land

	D
I’d ring out	danger

	Bm
I’d ring out a	warning

	G	D
I’d ring out	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

A	D	F#m	G	A
All over this l	an	d

D	F#m	G	A
Ooh

	D	F#m	G	A
If I had a	song

	D	F#m	G	A
I’d sing it in the	mo	rnin	g	morning

	D	F#m	G
I’d sing it in the	ev	enin	g

	A
All over this	land

	D
I’d sing out	danger

	Bm
I’d sing out a	warning

	G	D
I’d sing out	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

A	D	F#m	G	A
All over this l	an	d

D	F#m	G	A
Ooh

	D	F#m	G	A
Well I’ve got a	ha	mmer

	D	F#m	G	A
And I’ve got a	bell

	D	F#m	G
And I’ve got a	song	to	sing

	A
All over this	land

	D
It’s a hammer of	justice

	Bm
It’s a bell of	freedom

	G	D
It’s a song about	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

A	D	F#m	G
All over this l	an	d

	A	D
It’s the	hammer of	justice

	Bm
It’s a bell of	freedom

	G	D
It’s a song about	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

	Bm	A	D
All over this	lan	d

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Puff, the Magic Dragon (1963)

G	G	Bm7	Bm7	C	C	G	G
C	C	G	Em	A	D	G	D

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ived by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicked in the	autumn	mist

	A	D
In a	land called Hona	lee

G	Bm7	C	G
Little Jackie	Paper	loved that rascal	Puff

	C	G	Em
And	brought him strings and	sealing	wax

	A	D	G	D
And	other	fancy	stuff	Oh

	G	Bm7	C	G
Toget	her they would	travel on boa	t with billowed	sail

C	G	Em	A	D
Jackie kept a lookout		perched on	Puff’s gigantic tail

G	Bm7	C	G
Noble kings and	princes would	bow whene’er they came

C	G	Em
Pirate ships would	lower their	flags

	A	D	G	D
When	Puff roared out	his	name

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ived by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicked in the	autumn	mist

	A	D
In a	land called Hona	lee

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ived by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicked in the	autumn	mistn

	A	D	G	D
In a	land called	Hona	lee

	G	Bm7	C	G
A dra	gon lives for	ever, but	not so little boys

C	G	Em	A	D
Painted wings and	giant’s	rings make	way for other	toys

G	Bm7	C	G
One grey night it	happened, Jackie	Paper came no more

	C	G	Em	A	D	G	D
And Puf	f that mighty	dragon,	he cea	sed his	fearless	roar

	G	Bm7	C	G
His hea	d was bent in	sorrow, gre	en scales fell like rain

C	G	Em	A	D
Puff no longer	went to	play al	ong the cherry	lane

	G	Bm7	C	G
With	out his lifelong	friend, P	uff could not be brave

	C	G
So, Puf	f that mighty	dragon

Em	A	D	G	D
Sadly	slipped in	to his	cave, but

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ives by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicks in the	autumn	mist

	A	D
In a	land called Hona	lee

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ives by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicks in the	autumn	mist

	A	D	G
In a	land called	Hona	lee

Peter, Paul, and Mary - This Land is Your Land (1962)

PPM play this in A, I play in G capo 1

G

	C	G
This land is	your land, this land is	my land

	D7	G
From Calif	ornia to the New York	island

	C	G	Em
From the redwood f	orests to the Gulf Stream	wat	ers

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
As I was	walking that ribbon of	highway

	D7	G
I saw ab	ove me, that endless	skyway

	C	G	Em
I saw bel	ow me, the golden	valley

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, this land is	my land

	D7	G
From Calif	ornia to the New York	island

	C	G	Em
From the redwood f	orests to the Gulf Stream	wat	ers

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
I roamed and	rambled, and followed my	footsteps

	D7	G
Through the sparkling	sands of her diamond	deserts

	C	G	Em
And all ar	ound me this voice kept	saying

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, this land is	my land

	D7	G
From Calif	ornia to the New York	island

	C	G	Em
From the redwood f	orests to the Gulf Stream	wat	ers

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
As the sun was	shining, and I was	strolling

	D7	G
Through the wheat fields	waving and the dust clouds	rolling

	D7	G	Em
I could feel in	side me and see all ar	ound me

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, this land is	my land

	D7	G
From Calif	ornia to the New York	island

	C	G	Em
From the redwood f	orests to the Gulf Stream	wat	ers

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Where Have All the Flowers Gone (1962)

Originally in Bb, I play in C

Intro

C	Am	C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

Dm7	G
Long time ag	o

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

F	G
Young girls have picked them	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	G	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever	learn?

C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the y	oung girls gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the y	oung girls gone?

Dm7	G
Long time	ago

C	Am
Where have all the y	oung girls gone?

F	G
Gone for husbands	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	C	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever l	earn?

C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the hus	bands gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the	husbands gone?

Dm7	G
Long time	ago

C	Am
Where have all the hus	bands men gone?

F	G
Gone for soldiers	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	C	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever l	earn?

C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the	soldiers gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the	soldiers gone?

Dm7	G
Long time	ago

C	Am
Where have all the	soldiers gone?

F	G
Gone to graveyards	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	C	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever l	earn?

Not a typo, there’s no I → vi before this verse

C	Am
Where have all the	graveyards gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the	graveyards gone?

Dm7	G
Long time	ago

C	Am
Where have all the	graveyards gone?

F	G
Gone to flowers	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	C	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever l	earn?

C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

Dm7	G
Long time ag	o

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

F	G
Young girls have picked them	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	G	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever	learn?

C

Am

C

Petula Clark - Downtown (1964)

A	A	D/A	E/A
			x2

In A, play this E/A in open position

A	E/A
When you’re a	lone

	D/A	E/A
And life is	making you	lonely

In A, play the C#m with open B and E

	A	C#m7	D	E
You can	always	go	downt	own

A	E/A
When you’ve got	worries

	D/A	E/A
All the	noise and the	hurry

	A	C#m7	D	E
Seems to	help, I	know,	down	town

	A	F#m
Just	listen to the music of the	traffic in the city

A	F#m
Linger on the sidewalk where the	neon signs are pretty

C#m7

How can you lose?

Chords follow vocal rhythm

D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D
	The	lights	are	much	brigh	ter	there

E/D	D	F#m	B
You	can for	get all your	troubles, forget all your cares and go

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	things’ll be great when you’re

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	no finer place for sure

Hang on “everything”

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	everything’s waiting for you

A	G/A	A	G/A
A	G/A	A	G/A
Down	town

A	E/A
Don’t hang a	round

	D/A	E/A
And let your	problems sur	round you

	A	C#m7	D	E
There are	movie	shows	down	town

A	E/A
Maybe you	know

	D/A	E/A
Some little	places to	go to

	A	C#m7	D	E
Where they	never	close	down	town

	A	F#m
Just	listen to the rhythm of a	gentle bossanova

A	F#m
You’ll be dancing with ‘em too	before the night is over

C#m7

Happy again

D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D
	The	lights	are	much	brigh	ter	there

E/D	D	F#m	B
You	can for	get all your	troubles, forget all your cares and go

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	where all the lights are bright

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	waiting for you tonight

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	you’re gonna be alright now

A	G/A	A	G/A
A	G/A	A	G/A
Down	town

Possible solo on verse chords, in the youtube arrangement I’m following

this sounds great without a lead guitar.

	A	F#m
And	you may find somebody kind to	help and understand you

A	F#m
Someone who is just like you and	needs a gentle hand to

C#m7

Guide them along

D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D
	So	may	be	I’ll	see	you	there

E/D	D	F#m	B
We	can for	get all our	troubles, forget all your cares and go

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	things’ll be great when you’re

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	don’t wait a minute more

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	everything’s waiting for you

A	G/A	A	G/A
A	G/A	A	G/A
Down	town

Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack (1961)

Originally in Abm, I play in Em capo 2

More faithful version of the chords

Em6	Em/D	C7	B9

More practical version of the chords, mix and match to taste

Em	D	C	B7

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more	(	What you s	ay?)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more

	Em	D	C	B7
Oh	woman, oh	woman, don’t	treat me so	mean

	Em	D	C	B7
You’re the	meanest old	woman that I’ve	ever	seen

	Em	D	C	B7
I	guess if	you say	so

	Em	D	C	B7
Ah then I’ll	have to pack my	things and	go (That’s	right)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more	(	What you s	ay?)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more

	Em	D	C	B7
Now b	aby, listen ba	by, don’t ya t	reat me this-a	way

	Em	D	C	B7
For I’	ll be	back on my fe	et some da	y

	Em	D	C	B7
(Don’t c	are if you	do ‘cause it’s	underst	ood

	Em	D	C	B7
You ain’t	got no mon	ey you ju	st ain’t no g	ood

	Em	D	C	B7
Well, I g	uess if y	ou say	so

	Em	D	C	B7
Ah then I’d h	ave to pack my	things and	go (That’s	right)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more	(	What you s	ay?)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more

With “Don’t you come back no more”

You must be joking
What you trying to do to me?
Can't we talk it over?
I thought we had a better understanding
Aw, baby don't be so chilly
You don't wanna see me cry
Oh, baby please, it isn't fair

	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
And	don’t you come	back no	more

Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou (1961)

Intro

A

	A	D
Hel	lo Mary Lou,	goodbye heart

	A	E
Sweet	Mary Lou I’m so in love with	you

	A	C#7	F#m
I	knew Mary Lou,	we’d never	part

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	A
She	passed me by one sunny day

D

Flashed those big brown eyes my way

	A	E
And o	oh I wanted you forever	more

	A
Now	I’m not one that gets around

D

Swear my feet stuck to the ground

	A	E	A
And	though I never d	id meet you be	fore

	A	D
I said	hello Mary Lou,	goodbye heart

	A	E
Sweet	Mary Lou I’m so in love with	you

	A	C#7	F#m
I	knew Mary Lou,	we’d never	part

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	A
I	saw your lips I heard your voice

	D
Be	lieve me I just had no choice

	A	E
Wild h	orses couldn’t make me stay a	way

	A
I	thought about a moonlit night

D

Arms around you good and tight

	A	E	A
That’s	all I had to	see for me to	say

	A	D
Hey hey	hello Mary Lou,	goodbye heart

	A	E
Sweet	Mary Lou I’m so in love with	you

	A	C#7	F#m
I	knew Mary Lou,	we’d never	part

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	B7	E	A	D	A	E	A
Yes hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart		→	→

Ricky Nelson - Travelin’ Man (1961)

D	Bm
	x2

	D	Bm
I’m a	travelin’ man, I’ve	made a lot of stops

D	Bm
All over the	world

Yes, of course you can tack a iv at the end of this line

	D	D7	G
And in	every p	ort I	own the heart

	D	A	D	A7
Of at	least one	lovely	girl

	D	Bm
I’ve a	pretty Senorita,	waiting for me

D	Bm
Down in old Mexi	co

	D	D7	G
If you’re	ever in Ala	ska,	stop and see

	D	A	D	D7
My	cute little	Eski	mo

	G	F#m
Oh, my	sweet Fraulein down in	Berlin town

G	D
Makes my heart start to	yearn

	G	F#m
And my	China doll down in	old Hong Kong

E	A7
Waits for my re	turn

	D	Bm
Pretty	Polynesian baby	over the sea

D	Bm
I remember the	night

	D	D7	G
When we	walked in the s	ands of	Waikiki

	D	A	D	A7
And I h	eld you	oh so	tight

Solo on verse chords

D	Bm	D	Bm
D	D7	G	G
D	A	D	D7

	G	F#m
Oh, my	sweet Fraulein down in	Berlin town

G	D
Makes my heart start to	yearn

	G	F#m
And my	China doll down in	old Hong Kong

E	A7
Waits for my re	turn

	D	Bm
Pretty	Polynesian baby	over the sea

D	Bm
I remember the	night

	D	D7	G
When we	walked in the s	ands of	Waikiki

	D	A	D	A7
And I h	eld you	oh so	tight

D	Bm
Lord, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Yes, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Yes, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Lord, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Mmmm,	mmmm

D	A	D

Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman (1964)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 1

Intro

B

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, walking	down the street

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, the kind I’d	like to meet

	A	B
Pretty	woman, I don’t be	lieve you, you’re not the truth

No one could look as good as you

B7

Mercy

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, won’t you	pardon me

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, I couldn’t	help but see

	A
Pretty	woman

	B
That you look	lovely as can be

Are you lonely just like me?

B7

Rrrowrr

Am	D
Pretty woman,	stop a while

G	Em
Pretty woman,	talk a while

Am	D	G
Pretty woman	give your smile to	me

Am	D
Pretty woman,	yeah yeah yeah

G	Em
Pretty woman	look my way

Am	D	G	E
Pretty woman	say you’ll stay with	me

Down to the 1 of the chord on “need”

	C#m	A	B
‘Cause I	need you,	I’ll treat you	right

E	C#m	A	B	B7
Come with me	baby,	be mine to	night

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, don’t	walk on by

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, don’t	make me cry

	A	B	B7
Pretty	woman, don’t	walk away,	hey

	B
O	K, if that’s the way it must be, OK

I guess I’ll go on home, it’s late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see?
Is she walking back to me?
Yes, she's walking back to me

	E
Oh, oh, pretty	woman

Sam and Dave - Soul Man (1967)

Originally in G, I play in D

D	C	F	G	A
			→

D	D	Em	D
	→	→	x 4

Not writing out all those I→ii→I’s, but they keep going in all the verses

	D	D
Coming	to you on a	dusty road

D	D
Good loving, I got a	truck load

	D	D
And	when you get it, huh, you g	ot you something

	D	D
So d	on’t worry ‘cause	I’m coming

	D	C	D
I’m a	soul man,	I’m a	soul man

	D	C	D	G	A
I’m a s	oul man,	I’m a	soul man	(and that ain’t	all )

	D	D
Got	what I got the	hard way

	D	D
And I’ll	make it better each and e	very day

D	D
So, honey	don’t you fret, hah

	D	D
‘Cause	you ain’t seen	nothing yet

	D	C	D
I’m a	soul man,	oh lord, I’m a	soul man, play it Steve

	D	C	D	G	A
I’m a s	oul man,	hah, I’m a	soul man,		oh

	D	D
I was	brought up on a	side street

D	D
Learned how to love be	fore I could eat

	D	D
I was	educated from	good stock

	D	D
When	I start loving, oh	I can’t stop

	D	C	D
I’m a	soul man,	I’m a	soul man

	D	C	D	G	A
I’m a s	oul man,	yeah, I’m a	soul man,		look

	A#	F
Well,	grab a rope and I’ll	pull you in

G	G/A	G#/A#
Give you hope and b	e your only boyfriend	yeah

D#	C#	F#	G#	A#
			I’m	talking about a

D#

Soul man

D#

Soul man

D#

Soul man

Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night (1964)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 1

	E	A
Another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I j	ust got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had s	omeone to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful	way, get this

E	B
I got in town a	month ago

	E	A
I	seen a lotta girls since	then

	E	A
If I could	meet ‘em I could get ‘em but as	yet I haven’t met ‘em

	B	A	E
That’s	why I’m in the	shape I’m	in

	E	A
Here another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	someone to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful	way

	E	B	E	A
Now,	another fella	told me he had a	sister who looked just	fine

	E	A
Instead of	being my deliverance, she h	ad a strange resemblance

	B	A	E
To a	cat named	Franken	stein

	E	A
Here another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	some chick to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful	way, yeah

Solo on verse chords, with spoken verse...

Here it is another weekend, and I ain't got nobody
Man if I was back home, I'd be swingin', two chicks on my arm
Aw, yeah, listen to me, uh

E	B	E	A
It’s hard on a	fella, when h	e don’t know his way a	round

	E	A
If I don’t	find me a honey to h	elp me spend my money

	B	A	E
I’m	gonna have to	blow this	town

	E	A
Here it’s another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	some chick to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful,	everybody sing

	E	A
Another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	someone to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful,	one more time

	E	A
Another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	some chick to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful,	way

Sam Cooke - Cupid (1961)

Originally in G, I play in E

I like to strum the chorus but play the verse in a reggae style

E	C#m	E	C#m

E	C#m
Cupid,	draw back your bow

E	A
And let,	your arrow go

E	B7	E	B7
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me, no	body but me

E	C#m
Cupid,	please hear my cry

E	A
And let	your arrow fly

E	B7	A	E
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me

	E	B7
Now,	I don’t mean to bother you, but	I’m in distress

	B7	E
There’s	danger of me losin’ all of	my happiness

E	A
For I love a girl who doesn’t	know I exist

A	B7	E
And	this you can	fix, so

E	C#m
Cupid,	draw back your bow

E	A
And let,	your arrow go

E	B7	E	B7
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me, no	body but me

E	C#m
Cupid,	please hear my cry

E	A
And let	your arrow fly

E	B7	A	E
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me

	E	B7
Now,	cupid, if your arrow make her	love strong for me

	B7	E
I	promise I will love her until	eternity

	E	A
I	know, between the two of us, her	heart we can steal

A	B7	E
Help	me if you	will, so

E	C#m
Cupid,	draw back your bow

E	A
And let	your arrow go

E	B7	E	B7
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me, no	body but me

E	C#m
Cupid,	please hear my cry

E	A
And let	your arrow fly

E	B7	A	E
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me

E	C#m
Cupid, don’t you	hear me

E	C#m
Calling I	need you

E	C#m	E
Cupid

Sam Cooke - Having a Party (1962)

Originally in Bb, I play in G, highest note is the 6

Intro

G	G

G	Em
We’re havin’ a party,	dancing to the music

G	Em
Played by the D.J.,	on the radio

G	Em
The Coke’s are in the icebox,	popcorn’s on the table

G	C	G
Me and my	baby, we’re out here on the	floor

	G	Em
So	mister, mister D.J.,	keep those, records playin’

	G	C	D	G
‘Cause I’m-a-	havin’, such a	good time,	dancin’ with my	baby

G	Em
Everybody’s swingin’,	Sally’s doing that Twist now

G	Em
If you take requests I’ve,	got a few for you

G	Em
Play that song called “Soul Twist”,	play that one called “I Know”

G	C	G
Don’t forget “The	Mashed Potatoes”, no other songs will d	o

	G	Em
Let me tell you	mister, mister D.J.,	keep those, records playin’

	G	C	D	G
‘Cause I’m-a-	havin’, such a	good time,	dancin’ with my	baby

	G	Em
Havin’ a	party, everybody’s	swingin’, oh we’re

	G	Em
Dancin’ to the	music, yeah, on the radi	o, oh we’re

	G	Em
Havin’ a	party, man, everybody’s	swingin’

	G	C	C	G
We’re dancin’ to the	music, yeah	, on the radi	o, tell ‘em one more t	ime we are

	G	G	Em
Havin’ a	party,	yeah and, everybody’s	swingin’, oh we’re

	G	Em	Em
Dancin’ to the	music, yeah, on the radi	o,	tell you we’re

	G
Havin’ a	party

Sam Cooke - Twistin’ the Night Away (1962)

Originally in A, I play in G, or D capo 3/4

Highest note is the 6, but there’s a lot of 6

Vox start on the 6 on “let”

G	Em
Let me tell you ‘bout a place,	somewhere up a New York way

C	D
Where the people are so gay,	twistin’ the night away

G	Em
Here they have a lot of fun,	puttin’ trouble on the run

C	D	G
Man, you find the old and young,	twistin’ the night a	way

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night a	way

G	Em
Here’s a man in evenin’ clothes,	how he got here, I don’t know, but

C	D
Man, you oughta see him go,	twistin’ the night away

G	Em
He’s dancin’ with the chick in slacks,	she’s a-movin’ up and back

C	D	G
Oh man, there ain’t nothin’ like	twistin’ the night a	way

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night,	let’s twist a lot

	G	Em	C	D
Lean	up, lean	back, lean	up, lean	back

	G	Em	C
Wa	tusi, now	fly, now	twist

	D	G
They’re	twistin’ the night a	way

G	Em
Here’s a fella in blue jeans,	dancin’ with a older queen

C	D
Who’s dolled up in a diamond rings and	twistin’ the night away

G	Em
Man, you oughta see her go,	twistin’ to the rock and roll

C	D	G
Here you find the young and old	twistin’ the night a	way

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’ man, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night,	one more time

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’ man, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night a	way

Sam Cooke - What a Wonderful World (1967)

Originally in B, I play in G

G	Em	G	Em

G	Em
Don’t know much about	history

C	D
Don’t know much	biology

G	Em
Don’t know much about a	science book

C	D
Don’t know much about the	French I took

G	C
But I do know that	I love you

G	C
And I know that if you	love me too

	D	G
What a	wonderful world this would	be

G	Em
Don’t know much about	geography

C	D
Don’t know much trigo	nometry

G	Em
Don’t know much about	algebra

C	D
Don’t know what a slide	rule is for

G	C
But I do know one and	one is two

G	C
And if this one could	be with you

	D	G
What a	wonderful world this would	be

	D	G
Now	I don’t claim to	be an ‘A’ student

D	G
But I’m tryin’ to	be

	A	G
For	maybe by being an	’A’ student baby

A	D
I could win your	love for me

G	Em
Don’t know much about	history

C	D
Don’t know much	biology

G	Em
Don’t know much about a	science book

C	D
Don’t know much about the	French I took

G	C
But I do know that	I love you

G	C
And I know that if you	love me too

	D	G
What a	wonderful world this would	be

G	Em
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta...	history

C	D
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta...	biology

G	Em
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta...	science book

C	D
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta...	French I took

G	C
But I do know that	I love you

G	C
And I know that if you	love me too

	D	G
What a	wonderful world this would	be

	D	D7	G
What a	wonderful	world this would	be

Simon and Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade of Winter (1966)

S&G in Dm, Bangles in Fm, I play in Am capo 3

Intro

Am	G	F	E

Am	G
Time, time, time, see what’s be	come of me

Up to the 1 of the chord on “looked”

	F
While I	looked around

	Em7
For my possib	ilities

	G
I was so	hard to please

	Am	G
But look a	round, leaves are	brown

	F	E7	Am
And the	sky is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	G
Hear the salvation	army band

F

Down by the riverside, it’s bound to be a better ride

	Em7
Than	what you’ve got planned

	G
Carry your	cup in your hand

	Am	G
And look a	round you, leaves are	brown now

	F	E7	Am
And the	sky is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	G
Hang on to your	hopes, my friend

F

That’s an easy thing to say, but if your hopes should pass away

	Em7
Then	simply pretend

	G
That you can	build them again

	Am	G
Look ar	ound, grass is	high

	F	E7	Am
The fields are	ripe, it’s the	springtime of my	life

Am	F	C
	Ah, seasons change with the	scenery

The V here is in the Bangles version, not in th S&G version

	G	E7
Weaving time in a	tapestry

	Am
Won’t you stop and re	member me

G

At any convenient time

F

Funny how my memory slips while looking over manuscripts

	Em7
Of u	npublished rhyme

	G
Drinking my	vodka and lime

	Am	G
I look	around, leaves are	brown now

	F	E7	Am
And the	sky is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	G	F
Look a	round, leaves are	brown

	E7	Am
There’s a	patch of snow on the	ground

	G	F
Look a	round, leaves are	brown

	E7	Am
There’s a	patch of snow on the	ground

	G	F
Look a	round, leaves are	brown

	E7	Am
There’s a	patch of snow on the	ground

Simon and Garfunkel - Homeward Bound (1966)

Originally in Bb, I play In G capo 3

Verse tab:

|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|
|---------|---------|---------|
|3-3-3-3--|2-2-2-2--|1-1-1-1--|

G
	G
I’m s	itting in a railway station

	Bm/F#	Bdim	E7
Got a t	icket for my destination	, mmmmm

Am

On a tour of one-night stands

	F
My	suitcase and guitar in hand

	G
And	every stop is neatly planned

For a poet and a one-man band

G	C
Homeward bo	und

G	C
I wish I was homeward bou	nd

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts	are ‘	scap	ing

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my mu	s	ic’s p	layi	ng

	G	C	G	Am7	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my	love	lies w	aiti	ng si	lently for m	e

G

Everyday’s an endless stream

	Bm/F#	Bdim	E7
Of	cigarettes and magazi	nes, mmmm

	Am
And	each town looks the same to me

	F
The	movies and the factories

	G
And	every stranger’s face I see

Reminds me that I long to be

G	C
Homeward bo	und

G	C
I wish I was homeward bou	nd

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts	are ‘	scap	ing

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my mu	s	ic’s p	layi	ng

	G	C	G	Am7	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my	love	lies w	aiti	ng si	lently for m	e

	G
So ton	ight I’ll sing my songs again

	Bm/F#	Bdim	E7
I’ll	play the game and pret	end, mmmmm

	Am
But	all my words come back to me

	F
In	shades of mediocrity

	G
Like	emptiness in harmony

I need someone to comfort me

G	C
Homeward bo	und

G	C
I wish I was homeward bou	nd

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts	are ‘	scap	ing

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my mu	s	ic’s p	layi	ng

	G	C	G	Am7	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my	love	lies w	aiti	ng si	lently for m	e

Bm/F#	Bdim	E7
Silently for	me, mmmmm

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears (1965)

Smokey Robinson in G, Linda Ronstadt in A, I play in D capo 2

Intro

D	G	Em7	A	D	G	G	D
							x2

Vox on 3 5 6 of the kye on “people say”

	D	G	G	A
P	eople s	ay I’m the	life of the p	arty

In D or E, don’t go down on “joke or two”

	D	G	G	D
‘Ca	use I tell a j	oke or two

	D	G	G	A
Although I m	ight be l	aughing l	oud and h	earty

D	G	G	D
Deep ins	ide I’m blu	e

The first IV in each line is a ii in the Linda Ronstadt version

	D	G	G	A
So take a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	G	A
You’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of p	lace

	D	G	G	A
If you look cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	D	G	G	D
The tracks of my te	ars

	G	D	G	D
I need y	ou (need y	ou), need y	ou (need y	ou)

D	G	G	A
Since you l	eft me if you s	ee me with an	other girl

D	G	G	D
Seeming like I’m h	aving fun	→

	D	G	G	A
Although she m	ay be c	ute, she’s just a s	ubstitute

	D	G	G	D
Because,	you’re the p	ermanent one	→

	D	G	G	A
So take a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	G	A
Oh, you’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of p	lace

	D	G	G	A
Look a little bit cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	D	G	G	D
Oh, the tracks of my te	ars

	G	D	G	D
I need y	ou (need y	ou), need y	ou (need y	ou)

Random 1-measure hard stop on the I

D

Bridge

G	D	G	D
	Hey hey h	ey yeah

	G	D	G	D
Outs	iii	ide, I’m masquer	ading

	G	D	G	D
Ins	ide,	my hope is f	ading

	G	D	G	D
Just a	clown ooh y	eah, since you p	ut me d	own

Triplets, all on the vi in the Linda Ronstadt version

	D	A/C#	Bm
My s	mile i	s m	y

D	A/C#	Bm
Make u	p	I

D	A/C#	Bm
Wear	since	my

D	A/C#	Bm	A
Break	up	with y	ou

	D	G	G	A
Baby take a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	G	A
Oh, you’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of p	lace

	D	G	G	A
Yeah just looks cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	D	G	G	D
Oh, the tracks of my te	ars

	D	G	G	A
Baby baby baby take a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	G	A
Yeah, you’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of p	lace

	D	G	G	A
Look a little bit cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	D	G	G	D
Oh, the tracks of my te	ars

	D	G	A
B a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	A
You’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of pl	ace

	D	G	A
If you look cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	A	D	G	D
The tr	acks of my te	ars

Sonny and Cher - I Got You Babe (1965)

Originally in F, I play E capo 1 or open

Highest note is the 3, on “always around”

E	A/E
	x2

	E	A/E
They s	ay we’re young and	we don’t know

	E	A/E	D	B
We w	on’t find out unt	i	l we	grow

	E	A/E
Well,	I don’t know if	all that’s true

	E	A/E	D	B
Cause	you got me and ba	by	I got	you

E	A/E	E	A/E	E	A/E
Babe,	I got	you babe,	I got	you babe

	E	A/E
They	say our love won’t	pay the rent

	E	A/E	D	B
Bef	ore it’s earned our	money’s	all been	spent

	E	A/E
I	guess that’s so, we don’t	have a pot

	E	A/E	D	B	B7
But at	least I’m sure of	all the	things we	got

Hard stop after this line

E	A/E	E	A/E	E	A/E
Babe,	I got	you babe,	I got	you babe

	F#m	B
I got	flowers in the	spring

	F#m	B
I got y	ou to wear my	ring

	E	A/E
And when I’m	sad, you’re a	clown

	A/E	B	C
And if I get	scared, you’re always	around

Key change

	F	A#/F
So,	let them say your	hair’s too long

	F	A#/F	D#	C
Cause	I don’t care, with	you I	can’t go	wrong

	F	A#/F
Then	put your little	hand in mine

	F	A#/F	D#	C
There a	in’t no hill or	mountain	we can’t	climb

F	A#/F	F	A#/F	F	A#/F
Babe,	I got	you babe,	I got	you babe

F	A#/F
I got you to	hold my hand

F	C
I got you to	understand

F	A#/F
I got you to	walk with me

F	C
I got you to	talk with me

F	A#/F
I got you to	kiss goodnight

F	C
I got you to	hold me tight

F	A#/F
I got you, I	won’t let go

F	C
I got you to	love me so

F

A#/F

F

C

Pause...

	A#7	F	A#/F
I	gooooot you	babe

	F	A#/F
I got	you babe

Repeat to fade

Soul Brothers Six - Some Kind of Wonderful (1967)

Arrangement and lyrics follow Grand Funk version

A

Vox on 6 1 3 on “I don’t need”

	A
Well I don’t	need a whole lots of money

	A
I don’t	need a big fine car

	A
I got	everything that a man could want

	A
I got	more than I could ask for

Vox on the b7 of the chord

D	D
I don’t have to	run around

	D	D
I don’t	have to stay out all	night

	A
‘Cause I’ve got me a	sweet, a sweet lovin’ woman

	A
And she	knows just how to treat me right

Vox on the 1→7 of the chord on “baby”

	E
Well my bab	y, she’s alright

	D
Well my b	aby’s clean out of sight

Don’t you know that she’s

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful,	yes she is she’s

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful,	yeah yeah yeah yeah

A
	A
When I	hold her in my arms

	A
You know she	sets my soul on fire

A

Ooh when my baby kisses me

	A
My	heart becomes filled with desire

	D
When she w	raps her loving arms around me

	D
About d	rives me out of my mind

A

Yeah when my baby kisses me

A

Chills run up and down my spine

	E
Well my bab	y, she’s alright

	D
Well my b	aby’s clean out of sight

Don’t you know that she’s

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful,	yes she is

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful,	yeah yeah yeah yeah

	A
Now is there anyb	ody

	A
Got a s	weet little woman like mine

	A	A
There’s	got to be someb	ody

Got a, got a, a sweet little woman like mine, yea

	A
Now can I get a	witness

	F#m
Can I get a w	itness

	A
Now can I get a	witness

	F#m
Can I get a w	itness

	A
Now can I get a	witness

	F#m
Can I get a w	itness

	A
A talkin’, talkin’, ‘bout my	baby

A	D
She’s some kind of	wonderful

	A
She’s some kind of	wonderful

	D
She’s some kind of	wonderful

	A
She’s some kind of	wonderful

Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild (1968)

Originally in E, I play in D

Intro

D

Get your motor runnin’

Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way

F	G	D
Yeah, d	arlin’ gonna m	ake it happen

F	G	D
Take the w	orld in a l	ove embrace

F	G	D
Fire a	ll of your g	uns at once and

F	G	D
Expl	ode into sp	ace

D

I like smoke and lightnin’

Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under

F	G	D
Yeah, d	arlin’, gonna m	ake it happen

F	G	D
Take the w	orld in a l	ove embrace

F	G	D
Fire a	ll of your g	uns at once and

F	G	D
Expl	ode into sp	ace

	D
Like a t	rue nature’s child

	F
We were b	orn, born to be wild

	G	F	D
We can c	limb so high,	I never wanna	die

	D	C	D	C
B	orn to be w	ild

	D	C	D	C
B	orn to be w	ild

Solo on a bunch of I and I7#9

D

Get your motor runnin’

Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way

F	G	D
Yeah, d	arlin’, gonna m	ake it happen

F	G	D
Take the w	orld in a l	ove embrace

F	G	D
Fire a	ll of your g	uns at once and

F	G	D
Expl	ode into sp	ace

	D
Like a t	rue nature’s child

	F
We were b	orn, born to be wild

	G	F	D
We can c	limb so high,	I never wanna	die

	D	C	D	C
B	orn to be w	ild

	D	C	D	C
B	orn to be w	ild

D

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (1968)

Originally in D, I play in A

A	G	D	A	G	D
I like	to	dream

A	G	D	A	G	D
Right be	tween the	sound machine

	A	G	D
On a	cloud of	sound I	drift in the night

A	G	D
Any place	it goes	is right

A	G	D	D
Goes far,		flies	near

A	G	D
To the stars	away	from here

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an fi	nd

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	come with	me little girl,	on a magic	carpet ri	de

A	G	D	A	G	D
You	don’t	know what	we c	an	see

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	tell your	dreams to me f	antasy will	set you f	ree

D

Close your eyes girl

F

Look inside girl

G	D
Let the sound take you a	way

	A	G	D
Last n	ight I	hold A	laddin’s lamp

A	G	D
And so I wished that I	could s	tay

	A	G	D
B	efore the t	hing could a	nswer me

	A	G	D
Well s	omeone	came and took the l	amp away

A	G	D	A	G	D
I looked		around a	lousy c	andle’s a	ll I found

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an fi	nd

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	come with	me little girl,	on a magic	carpet ri	de

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an	see

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	tell your	dreams to me f	antasy will	set you f	ree

D

Close your eyes girl

F

Look inside girl

G	D
Let the sound take you a	way

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an fi	nd

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	come with	me little girl,	on a magic	carpet ri	de

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an	see

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	tell your	dreams to me f	antasy will	set you f	ree

The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun (1964)

Originally in Am, starts on the low A, then goes to the middle A, then the high A

I play in Em and start on the middle E, and only goes as high as the high(er) E

Vox cover lots and lots of 1

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

Vox on the low 1 in the original

	Em	G	A	C
There	is a	house in	New Orleans

Vox up one octave here in the original, but I don’t jump here

	Em	G	B7
They	call the	Rising	Sun

Vox up one more octave to the high 1 in the original, I jump one octave here

	Em	G	A	C
And it’s	been the	ruin of	many a poor boy

	Em	B7	Em
And	God I	know I’m	one

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

	Em	G	A	C
My	mother	was a	tailor

	Em	G	B7
She	sewed my	new blue	jeans

	Em	G	A	C
My	father	was a	gamblin’	man

Em	B7	Em
Down in	New Or	leans

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

	Em	G	A	C
Now the	only	thing a	gambler	needs

	Em	G	B7
Is a	suitcase	and	trunk

	Em	G	A	C
And the	only	time	he’s satis	fied

	Em	B7	Em
Is	when he’s	on a	drunk

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

Solo on verse chords

Starts on the low octave...

	Em	G	A	C
Oh	mothe	r tell your	children

...then jumps up here

	Em	G	B7
Not to	do what	I have	done

Em	G	A	C
Spend your	lives in	sin and mise	ry

	Em	B7	Em
In the	house of the	rising	sun

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

	Em	G	A	C
Well, I got o	ne foot o	n the	platform

	Em	G	B7
The	other foot	on the	train

	Em	G	A	C
I’m	goin’	back to	New Orleans

	Em	B7	Em
To	wear that	ball and	chain

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

	Em	G	A	C
Well, there	is a	house in	New Orleans

	Em	G	B7
They	call the	rising	sun

	Em	G	A	C
And it’s	been the	ruin of	many a poor	boy

	Em	B7	Em
And	God I	know I’m	one

Em	G	A	C
Em	B7	Em	B7	Em	B7	Em

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (1969)

Intro

D	G
	x 2

D	G
Sugar

	D	G
Ah, honey ho	ney

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, g	irl

	D	G	A
And you got me wan	ting you

D	G
Honey

	D	G
Ah, sugar su	gar

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, gi	rl

	D
And you got me wan	ting you

D	C	D
I just can’t believe the l	oveliness of lo	ving you

	D	G	D
(	I just can’t belie	ve it’s tr	ue)

D	C	D
I just can’t believe the wo	nder of this fe	eling too

	D	G	A
(	I just can’t beli	eve it’s tr	ue)

	D	G
Ah, su	gar

	D	G
Ah, honey ho	ney

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, gi	rl

	D	G	A
And you got me wan	ting you

	D	G
Oh,	honey

	D	G
Ah, sugar su	gar

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, g	irl

	D
And you got me wan	ting you

D	C	D
When I kissed you girl I k	new how sweet a k	iss could be

	D	G	D
(I k	now how sweet a k	iss can	be)

D	C	D
Like the summer sunshine p	our your sweetness ov	er me

	D	G	A
(P	our your sweetness o	ver	me), oh oh oh oh oh

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me ho	ney

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me ba	by

D	G	A
Make your l	ife so sweet	, yeah yeah yeah

D	G	A
Pour a little sugar on me,	oh y	eah

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me h	oney

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me b	aby

D	G	A
I’m gonna make your l	ife so sweet	, yeah yeah yeah

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me h	oney

	D	G
Ah, su	gar

	D	G
Ah, ah, ah, honey ho	ney

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, g	irl

	D	G	A
And you got me wan	ting you		oh oh oh oh oh

D	G
Honey

	D	G
Ah, sugar su	gar

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, gi	rl

D

The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann (1965)

Originally in F#, I play in E capo 2

A capella, but chord is I, first line just one voice

Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

Backing vox still do ba-ba-ba

	E	A	E
Barbara	Ann, take my h	and, Barbara	Ann

Hard stop on each chord

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A

Rockin’ and a-reelin’

	E
Barbara	Ann, Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

A capella, but chord is I

Went to a dance lookin' for romance
Saw Barbara Ann, so I thought I'd take a chance

This chorus starts on the IV

	A	E
Barbara	Ann, take my	hand

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A

Rockin’ and a-reelin’

	E
Barbara	Ann, Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

A capella, but chord is I, first line just one voice

Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

	E	A	E
Barbara	Ann, take my	hand, Barbara	Ann

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A	E
Rockin’ and a-reelin’, Barbara	Ann

Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

A capella, but chord is I, lyrics are very approximate

Tried Peggy Sue, tried Betty Lou
Tried Peggy Sue, but I knew she wouldn't do

	A	E
Barbara	Ann, Barbara	Ann

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A	E
Rockin’ and a-reelin’, Barbara	Ann

Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

A capella, but chord is I, first line just one voice

Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

	E	A	E
Barbara	Ann, take my	hand, Barbara	Ann

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A	E
Rockin’ and a-reelin’, Barbara	Ann

Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

E

Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann

E

Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann

A

Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann

E

Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A	E
Rockin’ and a-reelin’, Barbara	Ann

The Beach Boys - Be True to Your School (1963)

Originally in A, I play in G capo 2

	G	Em
When	some loud braggart tries to	put me down

	Am	C/D
And says his	school is great

	D
I tell him	right away

	G	Em
Now	what’s the matter buddy, ain’t you	heard of my school

	Am	D	C/D	Am	D
It’s number	one in the state,	ah	ah a	h a	h

	G
So be true to your	school now

	B7
Just like you would with your	girl or guy

	Em
Be true to your	school now

	C7	A
And let your colors	fly

	Am	C/D	D
Be true to your	school,	rah rah,	rah rah

	G	Em
I got a	letterman sweater with a	letter in front

	Am
I got for	football and track

C/D	D
I’m proud to	wear it now

	G	Em
When	I cruise around the other	parts of the town

	Am
I got my	decal in back

	G
So be true to your	school now

	B7
Just like you would with your	girl or guy

	Em
Be true to your	school now

	C7	A
And let your colors	fly

	Am	C/D	D
Be true to your	school,	rah rah,	rah rah

Solo on chorus chords

G	B7	Em	C7	A
			→

Am	C/D	D
Ahh,	rah,	rah rah

	G	Em
On	Friday we’ll be jacked up on the	football game

	Am
And I’ll be	ready to fight

C/D	D
We’re gonna	smash ‘em now

	G	Em
My	girl will be working on her	pom-poms now

	Am
And she’ll be	yelling tonight

	G
So be true to your	school now

	B7
Just like you would with your	girl or guy

	Em
Be true to your	school now

	C7	A
And let your colors	fly

	Am	C/D	D
Be true to your	school,	rah rah,	rah rah

G

Rah rah rah rah sis boom ba

B7

Rah rah rah rah sis boom ba

Em

Rah rah rah rah sis boom ba

C7	A	D	G
→

The Beach Boys - California Girls (1965)

----------------------|
-----9---7------------|
-----9---8---9-8------|
-9---9--99--9----9-11-|
----------------------|
----------------------|

----------------------|
-----7---5------------|
-----7---6---7-6---6--|
-7---7--77--7----7----|
----------------------|
----------------------|

Intro, specifically the first riff x 4, then

the second riff x 1

E/B	B	E/B	B
E/B	B	E/B	B
E/A	B/A	E/A	B/A
E/A	B/A	E/A	B/A
D/A	A	D/A	A

	B	B9
Well,	east coast girls are hip, I really	dig those styles they wear

	E
And the s	outhern girls with the way they talk

	F#
They knock me	out when I’m down there

	B	B9
The m	idwest farmers’ daughters really m	ake you feel alright

	E
And the n	orthern girls with the way they kiss

	F#
They keep their	boyfriends warm at night

Easiest melody line for me to follow starts F# G# B on “wish they all”

	B	C#m7
I	wish they all could	be California

	A	Bm7
I	wish they all could	be California

	G	Am7	B
I	wish they all could	be California	girls

	B	B9
The	West coast has the sunshine, and the	girls all get so tanned

	E
I dig a	French bikini on Hawaiian Island dolls

	F#
By a	palm tree in the sand

	B	B9
I b	een all around this great big world and I’ve s	een all kinds of girls

	E
Yea but	I couldn’t wait to get back in the states

	F#
Back to the	cutest girls in the world

	B	C#m7
I	wish they all could	be California

	A	Bm7
I	wish they all could	be California

	G	Am7	B
I	wish they all could	be California	girls

Two-measure breakdown to high keys only

B	F#

	B
I	wish they all could be California

	C#m7
I	wish they all could be California

	B
I	wish they all could be California

	C#m7
I	wish they all could be California

Repeat to fade

The Beach Boys - Don’t Worry Baby (1964)

Originally in E, I play in G

Intro

G	G/B	C	C/D
			x 2

G

Well it’s been building up inside of me for

C	D
Oh, I don’t know	how long

G

I don’t know why, but I keep thinkin’

C	D
Somethin’s bound to	go wrong

Am7	D7
But she looks i	n my eyes

Bm7	E7
And makes me r	ealize

	A
When she	says (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

	A
Everything will turn	out all right (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

D7sus4	D7
Ooh, o	oh

G

I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut when I

C	D
Started to brag a	bout my car

G

But I can’t back down now because I

C	D
Pushed the other	guys too far

Am7	D7
She makes me c	ome alive

Bm7	E7
And makes me w	anna drive

	A
When she	says (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

	A
Everything will turn	out all right (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

D7sus4	D7
Ooh, o	oh

G	G/B	C	C/D

G

She told me, baby when you race today just

C	D
Take along my l	ove with you

G

And if you knew how much I love you baby

C	D
Nothing could go wr	ong with you

Am7	D7
Oh what she d	oes to me

Bm7	E7
When she makes l	ove to me

	A
And she	says (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

	A
Everything will turn	out all right (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

D7sus4	D7
Ooh, o	oh

The Beach Boys - Fun, Fun, Fun (1964)

Originally in Eb, I play in D

Standard 12-bar, straight 8ths with 6ths

D	D	G	D	A	G	D	A

Vox on the 6 on “got”

	D
Well, she	got her daddy’s car and she cruised

	G
Through the hamburger	stand now

	D
Seems she for	got all about the library

	A
Like she told her old	man now

	D
And with her r	adio blastin’ goes cruisin’

	G
Just as fast as she	can now

	D	A/C#	G
And she’ll have,	fun, fun,	fun till her	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Takes the	T-Bird a	way

D

Well, the girls can’t stand her cause she

	G
Walks, looks, and drives like an	ace now (you walk like an ace)

	D
She makes the	Indy 500 look like a Roman

	A7
Chariot	race now (you look like an ace)

	D
A lotta	guys try to catch her but she leads ‘em

	G
On a wild goose	chase now (you drive like an ice)

	D	A/C#	G
And she’ll have,	fun, fun,	fun till her	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Takes the	T-Bird a	way

Solo

A	D	A	E	A

	D
Well, you	knew all along that your dad was gettin’

	G
Wise to	you now (you shouldn’t a’ lied)

	D
And since he	took your set of keys you’ve been thinkin’

	A7
That your fun is all	through now (you shouldn’t a’ lied)

	D
But you can	come along with me cause we got a lotta

	G
Things to	do now (you shouldn’t a’ lied)

	D	A/C#	G
And we’ll have	fun, fun,	fun now that	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Took the	T-Bird a	way

	D	A/C#	G
And we’ll have,	fun, fun,	fun now that	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Took the	T-Bird a	way

	A	D
We	eeeee...

	A	D
We	eeeee...

The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (1966)

Originally in A, I play in E. For reasons I can’t explain, even though

the range is easier in E, if I don’t sit down and figure out every vocal

note, p(train wreck) is higher in E. So, figure the notes out.

Intro (mostly unhelpful, probably skip this)

E	B	E	B
E	B/D#	C#m	E/B	F#/C#	G/D
				→

In A...

F#m6/A x01222

Bm6 7x677x

In E...

F#m6 2x1222

C#m6 9x899x

Vox on the 1

A/E	F#m6
I may not	always love you

Vox up to the 1 of the chord on “stars”

C#m	C#m6/E
But long as there are	stars above you

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “you’ll”, the b5 of the chord on “need”

B/F#	Gdim7
You never	need to doubt it

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “I’ll”, the b7 of the chord on “sure”, b5 of the chord on “it”

B/F#	Fm7b5
I’ll make you so	sure about it

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “God”

E	B/D#	C#m7
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

Skip this part...

E/B	F#/C#	G/D
	→

A/E	F#m6
If you should	ever leave me

C#m	C#m6/E
Though life would still go	on believe me

B/F#	Gdim7
The world could show	nothing to me

B/F#	Fm7b5
So what good would	living do me

E	B/D#	C#m7
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

Skip this part...

E/B	D	E/B	D

...but play some version of this

D/A	Bm6	F#m/C#	F#m7	B7/A
		→

E/B	Cdim7	E/B	A#m7b5

A	E/G#	F#m
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

A/E	F#m6
If you should	ever leave me

C#m	C#m6/E
Though life would still go	on believe me

B/F#	Gdim
The world could show	nothing to me

B/F#	Fm7b5
So what good would	living do me

E	B/D#	C#m7	B
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

Repeat to fade

E	B/D#	C#m7	B/D#
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda (1965)

Originally in C#, I play in G

Highest note is the 6

G

	G	C	G
Well	since she put me down I’ve been	out doin’ in my	head

	G	C	G
Come	in late at night and in the	mornin’ I just lay in	bed

	Em
Well,	Rhonda you look so fine

	C	A7
And I	know it wouldn’t take much	time

	G
For you to	help me Rhonda

Am7	G
Help me get her out of my	heart

G	G/F#	G	G/A	G	G/F#	G

Over the V: 5 3 2 2...

Over the I: 3 2 1 1...

Over the IV: 6 5 4 4...

Over the vi: 5 4 3 3...

End: 4 4 3 3 2...

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

C

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

Em	Em7/D
Help me Rhonda,	help, help me Rhonda

Am	D
Help me Rhonda,	yeah

	G
Get her out of my	heart

	G
She was	gonna be my wife

	C	G
And	I was gonna be her	man

	G	C
But she	let another guy come	between us

	G
And it ruined our	plan

	Em
Well,	Rhonda you caught my eye

	C	A7
I can	give you lots of reasons	why

	G
You gotta	help me Rhonda

Am7	G
Help me get her out of my	heart

G	G/F#	G	G/A	G	G/F#	G

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

C

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

Em	Em7/D
Help me Rhonda,	help, help me Rhonda

Note VII→I xition

Am	D
Help me Rhonda,	yeah

	F#	G
Get her out of my he	art

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

C

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

Em	Em7/D
Help me Rhonda,	help, help me Rhonda

Am	D
Help me Rhonda,	yeah

	G
Get her out of my	heart

The Beach Boys - I Get Around (1964)

Originally starts in G (with the verse in A)

I play in E capo 1 (with the verse in F# capo 1)

Mostly a cappella, hit on the first chord

E	C#7
Round, round, get around,	I get around

	F#m	D	B
Yeah, g	et around round round,	I get aro	und

Band enters

	E
I get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	C#7
From town to t	own (get around, round, round, I get around)

	F#m
I’m a real cool h	ead (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D	B
I’m makin’ real good b	read (get around, round, round,	I get around)

	F#	B	F#	B
I’m gettin’ b	ugged drivin’	up and down the s	ame old s	trip

	F#	B	F#	B
I gotta f	ind a new p	lace where the k	ids are	hip

Little riff for one measure

E

	F#	B	F#	B
My b	uddies and	me are gettin’	real well k	nown

	F#	B	F#	B
Yeah, the	bad guys k	now us and they l	eave us a	lone

	E
I get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	C#7
From town to t	own (get around, round, round, I get around)

	F#m
I’m a real cool h	ead (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D	B
I’m makin’ real good b	read (get around, round, round,	I get around)

	C#7	F#
I get ar	ound, round, get around, round, waho	oo

F#	B	F#	C#	D
Wah, wah	ooo, wah, wah	ooo, wah, wah	ooo	ooo

Key change

	G	C	G	C
We	always take my	car ‘cause it’s n	ever been	beat

	G	C	G	C
And we’ve	never missed	yet with the g	irls we	meet

F

	G	C	G	C
None of the	guys go s	teady ‘cause it w	ouldn’t be r	ight

	G	C	G	C
To leave your	best girl	home now on	Saturday n	ight

	F
I get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D7
From town to t	own (get around, round, round, I get around)

	Gm
I’m a real cool	head (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D#	C
I’m makin’ real good b	read (get around, round, round,	I get around)

	D7	C
I get a	round, round, ooh ooh ooh ooh,	ooh ooh ooh ooh

F	D7
Round, round, get around,	I get around

	Gm	D#	C
Yeah, g	et around round round, I	get arou	nd

	F
Ooooh get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D7
Oooo	ooo (get around, round, round, I get around)

	Gm
Oooo	ooo (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D#	C
Oooo	ooo (get around, round, round,	I get around)

Repeat to fade

The Beach Boys - In My Room (1963)

Originally in B, I play in E

Intro

E	C#m7	F#m7	B

Vox on the 1

	E
Th	ere’s a world where I can go

	D	E	C#m7
And tell my s	ecrets t	o

	F#m7	D	B
In my roo	oo	oo	ooom

	E	D	E
In my r	oom (i	n my r	oom)

E

In this world I lock out all my

	D	E	C#m7
Worries a	nd my fe	ars

	F#m7	D	B
In my roo	oo	oo	ooom

	E	D	E
In my r	oom (i	n my r	oom)

C#m	B
Do my dreaming	and my scheming

C#m	B	C#m	B	E
Lie	a	wake	and	pray

C#m	B
Do my crying	and my sighing

F#m7	Aadd9	B
Laugh at yesterda	y

E

Now it’s dark and I’m alone, but

	D	E	C#m7
I won’t b	e afr	aid

	F#m7	D	B
In my roo	oo	oo	ooom

	E	D	E
In my r	oom (i	n my r	oom)

D	E
In my	room

D	E
In my	room

D	E
In my	room

The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)

Originally in G#, I play in E capo 3

Probably skip this first chorus, and just noodle a bit on the I (swung w/6ths

Vox on the 1

E

Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

Vox on 3 5 on “I’m not”

	E
Well I	’m not braggin’ babe so don’t put me down

But I’ve got the fastest set of wheels in town

	A
When	something comes up to me he don’t even try

	E
‘Cause if I	had a set of wings man I know she could fly

	B	F#m	B	F#m	E
She’s my	little deuce	coupe,	you don’t	know what I	got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

	E
Just a l	ittle deuce coupe with a flat head mill

But she’ll walk a Thunderbird like shes’ standin’ still

	A
Shes	ported and relieved and she’s stroked and bored

	E
She’ll do a	hundred and forty in the top-end floor

	B	F#m	B	F#m	E
She’s my	little deuce	coupe,	you don’t	know what I	got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

	A
She’s got a	competition clutch with the four on the floor

	E
And she	purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar

	A
And	if that ain’t enough to make you flip your lid

	F#	B
There’s	one more thing, I got the	pink slip daddy

	E
And	comin’ off the line when the light turns green

Well she blows ‘em outta the water like you never seen

	A
I get	pushed out of shape and it’s hard to steer

	E
When	I get rubber in all four gears

	B	F#m	B	F#m	E
She’s my	little deuce	coupe,	you don’t	know what I	got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

	B	F#m	B	F#m	E
She’s my	little deuce	coupe,	you don’t	know what I	got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

The Beach Boys - Sloop John B (1966)

Vox enter on the third (B)

	G
We	come on the sloop John B

My grandfather and me

	D
Around Nassau town we do	roam

	G
Drinking all	night

	C	Am7
Got into a	fight

	G
Well I	feel so broke up

D	G
I wanna go	home

	G
So	hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

	D
Call for the captain ashore, let me go	home

	G	C	Am7
Let me go	home I wanna go	home, yeah	yeah

	G	D	G
Well I	feel so broke up	I wanna go	home

	G
The	first mate he got drunk

And broke in the captain’s trunk

	D
The constable had to come and take him	away

	G
Sheriff John	Stone

	C	Am7
Why don’t you leave me	alone, yeah	yeah

	G
Well I	feel so broke up

D	G
I wanna go	home

	G
So	hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

	D
Call for the captain ashore, let me go	home

	G	C	Am7
Let me go	home I wanna go	home, yeah	yeah

	G	D	G
Well I	feel so broke up	I wanna go	home

	G
The	poor cook he caught the fits

And threw away all my grits

	D
And then he took and he ate up all of my	corn

	G	C	Am7
Let me go	home I wanna go	home, yeah	yeah

	G	D	G
This	is the worst trip	I’ve ever been	on

	G
So	hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

	D
Call for the captain ashore, let me go	home

	G	C	Am7
Let me go	home I wanna go	home, yeah	yeah

	G	D	G
Well I	feel so broke up	I wanna go	home

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)

Originally in D, I play in G

Intro, with “ah”

G	Bm	Em	Bm	C	Am	D

Vox on 5 3 on “little”

	G	Em	C	D
L	ittle s	urfer, l	ittle o	ne

Gmaj7	G7	C	Cm6
Make my h	eart come a	ll un	done

G	Em	C	D	G
Do you l	ove me,	do you s	urfer g	irl

	Em	C	D
(Surfer g	irl, my l	ittle surfer g	irl)

G	Em	C	D
I have	watched you	on the	shore

Gmaj7	G7	C	Cm6
Standing	by the	ocean’s	roar

G	Em	C	D	G
Do you l	ove me,	do you s	urfer g	irl

	Cmaj7	G
Surfer	girl, surfer g	irl, ooh

Vox on 3 5 of the chord on “we could”

C	D	Gmaj7	Em
We could r	ide	the surf tog	ether

He clearly says “go”, although I’m about 95% sure he was supposed to say “grow”

C	D	G	G7
While our l	ove would g	o

C	D	Gmaj7	Em
In my w	oody	I would t	ake you

The original changes key up a half-step on “oh”

	A	D
E	verywhere I	go, oh

G	Em	C	D
So I	say from	me to	you

Gmaj7	G7	C	Cm6
I will m	ake your d	reams come	true

Hanging stop at the end of this line

G	Em	C	D
Do you l	ove me	do you s	urfer

	G	Em	Cmaj7	D
G	irl, surfer g	irl, my	little surfer g	irl

	G	Em	Cmaj7	D
G	irl, surfer g	irl, my	little surfer g	irl

The Beach Boys - Surfin’ Safari (1962)

Originally in A, I play in A

Vox enter on the fifth of the first chord

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with me

A	D
Early in the morning well be	startin’ out

	E	A
Some	honeys will be coming a	long

	A	D
Were	loading up our Woody with our	boards inside

	E	A
And	headin’ out singing our	song

A

Come on baby wait and see

Yes I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

D

Come along baby wait and see

	A
Yes	I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E	A
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with	me

	A	D
At	Huntington and Malibu they’re	shooting the pier

	E	A
At	Rincon they’re walking the	nose

	A	D
We’re	going on safari to the	islands this year

	E	A
So if	you’re coming get ready to	go

A

Come on baby wait and see

Yes I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

D

Come along baby wait and see

	A
Yes	I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with me

A	D
They’re anglin’ in Laguna in	Cerro Azul

	E	A
They’re	kicking out in Dohini	too

	A	D
I tell you	surfin’s mighty wild it’s getting	bigger every day

	E	A
From	Hawaii to the shores of Pe	ru

A

Come on baby wait and see

Yes I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

D

Come along baby wait and see

	A
Yes	I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with me

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

The Beach Boys - Surfin’ USA (1963)

Originally in Eb, I play in Eb but read in E

E7

	B7	E
If everybody had an	ocean across the U.S.	A.

	B7	E
Then everybody’d be	surfin like Californ-i-	a

	A	E
You’d see em wearin’ their	baggies, Huarachi sandals	too

	B7	E
A bushy bushy blonde	hairdo, surfin’ U.S	.A.

E	B7	E
You’ll catch em surfin’ at	Del Mar, Ventura County	line

	B7	E
Santa Cruz and	Trestles, Australia’s Narabin	e

	A	E
All over Man	hattan, and down Doheny	way

	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

E	B7	E
We’ll all be plannin’ out a	route, we’re gonna take real	soon

	B7	E
We’re waxin’ down our	surfboards, we can’t wait for	June

	A	E
We’ll all be gone for the	summer, we’re on safari to	stay

	B7	E
Tell the teacher we’re	surfin’, surfin U.S.	A.

E	B7	E
At Haggerty’s and	Swami’s, Pacific Pali	sades

	B7	E
San Onofre and	Sunset, Redondo Beach, L.	A.

	A	E
All over La	Jolla, and Waimea	Bay

	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

Solo if appropriate

B	E	B	E
A	E
	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

The Beach Boys - Wouldn’t It Be Nice (1966)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 2, but still plan on a vocal train wreck

Intro

C#	A#m	D#m	F#
C#	A#m	D#m	E

Vox on the 3 of the key on “woudln’t”

	A
Wouldn’t it be	nice if we were older

	D	Bm7
Then we wouldn’t h	ave to wait so	long

	E7	A
And	wouldn’t it be n	ice to live together

	D	Bm7	E7
In the kind of w	orld where we be	long

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “you know”

F#m7/C#	Em7/A
You know it’s gonna make it	that much better

F#m7/C#	C#m7	Bm7	E7
When we can say goodnight and	stay tog	ether

	A
Wouldn’t it be n	ice if we could wake up

	D	Bm7
In the morning w	hen the day is	new

	E7	A
And	after having s	pent the day together

	D	Bm7	E7
Hold each other c	lose the whole night t	hrough

F#m7/C#	Em7/A
What happy times together	we’d be spending

F#m7/C#	C#m7	Bm7	E7
I wish that every kiss was	never e	nding

	A
Oh, wouldn’t it	be nice

Vox on the 9 of the chord on “if”, the b5 (!!!) of the chord on “think”

F#maj7	Bmaj7	A#m7	D#m7
Maybe if we	think and wish and hope and pray it	might come true

F#maj7	Bmaj7	A#m7	D#m7
Baby then there	wouldn’t be a single thing we	couldn’t do

Vox on 7 3 of the chord on “married”

	A#m7	D#m7
We could be m	arried (we could be m	arried)

	A#m	E7
And then we’d be h	7appy (then we’d be h	appy)

	A
Oh, wouldn’t it be	nice

A

Baa, ba ba baa, ba ba baa, ba ba

A

Baa, ba ba baa, ba ba baa, ba ba

F#m7/C#	Em7/A
You know it seems the more we	talk about it

F#m7/C#	C#m7	Bm7
It only makes it worse to	live with	out it

	C#m7	Bm7	E7
But let’s	talk ab	out it

	A
Oh wouldn’t it be n	ice

A

Baa, ba ba baa, ba ba baa, ba ba

A

Good night, oh baby

A

Sleep tight, oh baby

A

Good night, oh baby

A

Sleep tight, oh baby

The Beatles - A Day in the Life (1967)

G	Bm	Em	Em7	C	C

G	Bm	Em	Em7
I read the	news today oh	boy

C	C/B	Asus2
About a l	ucky man who	made the grade

G	Bm	Em	Em7
And though the	news was rather	sad

C	F	Em	Em7
Well I just	had to l	augh

C	F	Em	C
I saw the	photogra	ph

G	Bm	Em	Em7
He blew his	mind out in a	car

C	C/B	Asus2
He didn’t	notice that the l	ights had changed

G	Bm	Em	Em7
A crowd of	people stood and	stared

C	F
They’d seen his	face before

Em

Nobody was really sure

	Em7	C
If	he was from the House of	Lords

G	Bm	Em	Em7
I saw a	film today oh	boy

C	C/B	Asus2
The English	Army had just	won the war

G	Bm	Em	Em7
A crowd of	people turned	away

C	F	Em
But I just	had to look

	Em7	C
Having	read the	book

	B7
I’d love to	turn you on

Messy instrumental, really a lot of NC’s...

B7	C	B7	E

E

Woke up, got out of bed

	Dsus2
Dragged a comb across my	head

	E	B7sus4
Found my	way downstairs and	drank a cup

	E	B7sus4	B7
And	looking up I	noticed I was late,	ha ha ha

	E
Found my	coat and grabbed my hat

	Dsus2
Made the bus in seconds	flat

	E	B7sus4
Found my	way upstairs and	had a smoke

	E	B7sus4
And	somebody spoke and I went	into a dream

C	G	D	A	E
Ah		Ah		Ah

C	G	D	A
Ah		Ah

E	D	C	D

G	Bm	Em	Em7
I read the	news today oh	boy

C	C/B	Asus2
Four thousand	holes in Blackburn,	Lancashire

G	Bm	Em	Em7
And though the	holes were rather	small

C	F
They had to	count them all

Em	Em7	C
Now they know how many holes it	takes to fill the Albert	Hall

	B7
I’d love to	turn you on

Messy instrumental, really a lot of NC’s...

B7

C

B7

E

The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

Originally in G, I play in D capo 1 or 2

Cadd9

	D	Gadd9	D
It’s been a h	ard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
And I’ve been w	orking like a d	og

	Gadd9	D
It’s been a hard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
I should be sl	eeping like a l	og

	G
But when I g	et home to you

	A
I find the th	ings that you do

	D	G7	D
Will make me f	eel	alr	ight

	D	Gadd9	D
You know I w	ork	all d	ay

	C	D
To get you m	oney to buy you th	ings

	Gadd9	D
And it’s worth it just to h	ear you s	ay

	C	D
You’re gonna g	ive me everyth	ing

	G
So why on	Earth should I moan

	A
‘Cause when I g	et you alone

	D	G7	D
You know I f	eel	oka	y

	F#m	Bm	F#m
When I’m h	ome,	everything seems to be r	ight

	D	Bm	G	A
When I’m h	ome, f	eeling you holding me t	ight, t	ight, yeah

	D	Gadd9	D
It’s been a h	ard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
And I’ve been w	orking like a d	og

	Gadd9	D
It’s been a hard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
I should be sl	eeping like a l	og

	G
But when I g	et home to you

	A
I find the th	ings that you do

	D	G7	D
Will make me f	eel	alr	ight

Solo on verse chords

D	Gadd9	D	D	C	D
					x2

	G
So why on	Earth should I moan

	A
‘Cause when I	get you alone

	D	G7	D
You know I f	eel	oka	y

	F#m	Bm	F#m
When I’m h	ome,	everything seems to be r	ight

	D	Bm	G	A
When I’m h	ome, f	eeling you holding me t	ight, t	ight, yeah

	D	Gadd9	D
It’s been a h	ard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
And I’ve been w	orking like a d	og

	Gadd9	D
It’s been a hard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
I should be sl	eeping like a l	og

	G
But when I g	et home to you

	A
I find the th	ings that you do

	D	G7	D
Will make me f	eel	alr	ight

	D	G7	D
You know I f	eel	all r	ight

	D	Gadd9	Cadd9
You know I f	eel a	lr	ight

The Beatles - Across the Universe (1968)

D	F#m	A

D	Bm
Words are flowing	out like endless

F#m

Rain into a paper cup

	Em7
They sli	ther while they pass

	A	A7
They slip away acr	oss the universe

D	Bm
Pools of sorrow,	waves of joy

	F#m
Are	drifting through my opened mind

Em7	Gm
Possessing and ca	ressing me

D	A7sus4
Jai guru deva	om

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

	G	D
Nothing’	s gonna change my	world

D	Bm
Images of	broken light which

F#m	Em7
Dance before me like a million	eyes

	A7
They call me on and on a	cross the universe

D	Bm
Thoughts meander	like a restless

F#m

Wind inside a letterbox

	Em7
They	tumble blindly as they make

	A7
Their way a	cross the universe

D	A7sus4
Jai guru deva	om

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

D	Bm
Sounds of laughter,	shades of Earth

	F#m
Are	ringing through my opened ears

Em7	Gm
Inciting and	inviting me

D	Bm
Limitless, un	dying love which

F#m	Em7
Shines around me like a million	suns

A	A7
And calls me	on and on across the universe

D	A7sus4
Jai guru deva	om

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

D

Jai guru deva (Repeat)

The Beatles - All I’ve Got To Do (1963)

Eaugadd7add9 is a name I made up for:

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Eaugadd7add9

	C#m	E
Whenever	I want you a	round, yeah

	C#m	F#m
All I gotta	do, is	call you on the phone

And you’ll come running home

Am	E
Yeah that’s all I	gotta do

	C#m	E
And when	I, I wanna	kiss you yeah

	C#m	F#m
All I gotta	do is	whisper in your ear

The words you want to hear

	Am	E
And	I’ll be kissing	you

	A
And the same goes for	me, whenever you want me at all

	C#m
I’ll be	here, yes I will, whenever you call

	A	E	C#m
You	just gotta call on	me,	yeah

	A	E
You	just gotta call on	me

	C#m	E
Whenever	I want you a	round, yeah

	C#m	F#m
All I gotta	do, is	call you on the phone

And you’ll come running home

Am	E
Yeah that’s all I	gotta do

	A
And the same goes for	me, whenever you want me at all

	C#m
I’ll be	here, yes I will, whenever you call

	A	E	C#m
You	just gotta call on	me,	yeah

	A	E
You	just gotta call on	me, oooh

	A	E
You	just gotta call on	me

	C#m	E	C#m
Hm-m	m-m-m-m-m m-m-m-m	m

The Beatles - All My Loving (1963)

Originally in F#m, I play in Em

	Em	A7
Close your	eyes and I’ll	kiss you

	D	Bm
To	morrow I’ll	miss you

	G	Em	C	A7
Re	member I’ll a	lways be	true

	Em	A7	D	Bm
And then	while I’m	away I’ll write	home every	day

	G	A7	D
And I’ll	send all my	loving to	you

	Em	A7
I’ll	pretend that I’m	kissing

	D	Bm
The	lips I am	missing

	G	Em	C	A7
And	hope that my	dreams will come	true

	Em	A7	D	Bm
And then	while I’m a	way I’ll write	home every	day

	G	A7	D
And I’ll	send all my	loving to	you

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	I will send to	you

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	darling I’ll be	true

	Em	A7
Close your	eyes and I’ll	kiss you

	D	Bm
To	morrow I’ll	miss you

	G	Em	C	A7
Re	member I’ll a	lways be	true

	Em	A7	D	Bm
And then	while I’m	away I’ll write	home every	day

	G	A7	D
And I’ll	send all my	loving to	you

Solo

G	G	D	D	Em	A	D	D

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	I will send to	you

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	darling I’ll be	true

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	all my	loving

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	I will send to	you

The Beatles - All You Need Is Love (1967)

Not rhythmically related to the song, just an excerpt from La Marseillaise

G	D	G	G	C	D7

G	D	Em7
Love,	love,	love

G	D	Em7
Love,	love,	love

D7/A	G	D7/F#	D7/E
Love,	love,	love

D	D/C	D/B	D

G	D/F#	Em7
There’s nothing you can	do that can’t be	done

G	D/F#	Em7
Nothing you can	sing that can’t be	sung

D7/A	G	D7/F#	D7/E
Nothing you can	say but you can	learn how to play the	game

	D	D/C	D/B	D
It’s	easy

	G	D/F#	Em7
There’s	nothing you can	make that can’t be	made

G	D/F#	Em7
No one you can	save that can’t be	saved

D7/A	G	D7/F#	D7/E
Nothing you can	do but you can	learn how to be you in	time

	D	D/C	D
It’s	easy

G	A7	D	D7
All you	need is	love

G	A7	D	D7
All you	need is	love

G	B7	Em	Em7
All you	need is	love,	love

C	D7	G
Love is	all you	need

G	D	Em7
Love,	love,	love

G	D	Em7
Love,	love,	love

D7/A	G	D7/F#
Love,	love,	love

D7/E	D	D/C	D/B	D

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love

G	B7	Em	Em7
All you	need is	love,	love

C	D7	G
Love is	all you	need

	G	D/F#	Em7
There’s	nothing you can	know that isn’t	known

G	D/F#	Em7
Nothing you can	see that isn’t	shown

D7/A	G	D7/F#	D7/E
Nowhere you can	be that isn’t	where, you’re meant to	be

	D	D/C	D/B	D
It’s	easy

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love

G	B7	Em	Em7
All you	need is	love,	love

C	D7	G
Love is	all you	need

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love (All together now)

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love (Everybody)

G	B7	Em	Em7
All you	need is	love,	love

C	D7	G
Love is	all you	need

G

Love is all you need

G

Love is all you need

The Beatles - And I Love Her (1964)

Originally in C#m, I play in Bm

Em	Em	D6	D6

Vox on the 4 of the key (the 1 of the first chord)

on “I”, and the 2 (of the 2nd chord and the key) on

“all”. You may feel like going to the 1 of the key

there, but it’s the 2.

Em	Bm
I give her	all my love

Em	Bm
That’s all I	do

Em	Bm
And if you	saw my love

G	A
You’d love her	too

	D6
I	love her

Em	Bm
She gives me	everything

Em	Bm
And tender	ly

Em	Bm
The kiss my	lover brings

G	A
She brings to	me

	D6
And I	love her

Bm	A	Bm	F#m
A love like	ours,	could never	die

Bm	F#m	A	A7
As long as	I have you near me

Em	Bm
Bright are the	stars that shine

Em	Bm
Dark is the	sky

Em	Bm
I know this	love of mine

G	A
Will never	die

	D6
And I	love her

Originally changes key here up a half-step, I skip that

Solo, skip if appropriate

Em	Bm	Em	Bm	Em	Em
G	A	D	D

Em	Bm
Bright are the	stars that shine

Em	Bm
Dark is the	sky

Em	Bm
I know this	love of mine

G	A
Will never	die

	D6
And I	love her

Em	Em	D	D
Em	Em	B

The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing (1966)

Originally in E, I play in D

Intro, I do some Norweigan-Wood-esque noodling here

D

	D
You t	ell me that you’ve got every thing you want

And your bird can sing

	Em	G
But you don’t get	me

	D
You don’t get	me

D

You say you’ve seen seven wonders

And your bird is green

	Em	G
But you can’t see	me

	D
You can’t see	me

F#m	F#mM7/F
When your prize posse	ssions

F#m7/E	B7/D#
Start to weigh you d	own

D	Em
Look in my di	rection

	A7
I’ll be ‘round, I’ll be	’round

Verse chords

D	D	Em	G	D	D

F#m	F#mM7/F
When your bird is br	oken

F#m7/E	B7/D#
Will it bring you d	own

D	Em
You may be a	woken

	A7
I’ll be ‘round, I’ll be	’round

	D
You	tell me that you’ve heard every sound there is

And your bird can swing

	Em	G
But you can’t hear	me

	D
You can’t hear	me

D	D	Em	G	D	D
D	G/D

The Beatles - Any Time At All (1964)

Originally in Bm, I play in Am, highest note that matters is the 7

Vox on the 5

	Am	C
Any time at	all

	G
Any time at a	ll

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

C	Em/B
If you need some	body to love

Am	Fm/G#
Just look into my eyes

C/G	G	C
I’ll be there to m	ake you feel right

C	Em/B
If you’re feeling s	orry and sad

Am	Fm/G#
I’d really sympathize

	C/G	G	C
D	on’t you be sad, just c	all me ton	ight

	Am	C
Any time at	all

	G
Any time at a	ll

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

C	Em/B
If the sun has f	aded away

	Am	Fm/G#
I	’ll try to make it shine

C/G	G	C
There is nothing I	won’t do

C	Em/B
If you need a s	houlder to cry on

Am	Fm/G#
I hope it will be mine

C/G	G	C
Call me tonight and I	’ll come to	you

	Am	C
Any time at	all

	G
Any time at a	ll

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

Piano Solo

G	G7	G7	G	G7
F	G7	F	G7	Csus4	C

	Am	C
Any time at	all

	G
Any time at a	ll

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

The Beatles - Ask Me Why (1962)

I prefer to sing the line that starts on a very comfortable G# (in E)

E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
I	love	you

	E
‘Cause you tell me things I w	ant to know

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	nd	it’s	true

	E	G#7
That it really only g	oes to show	that I know

	C#m	A	F#m7	B7
That	I, I, I, I would ne	ver ever ever be	blue

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
N	ow	you’re	mine

	E
My happiness near ma	kes me cry

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	nd	in	time

	E	G#7
You’ll understand the re	ason why	that I cry

	C#m
It’s	not because I’m sad

	A	E	E+
But you’re the o	nly love that I’ve ever h	ad

Bridge

	A	B7	E	E+
I can’t b	elieve	it’s happened to	me

	A	B7	E	B7
I can’t co	nceive	of any more mi	sery

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	sk	me	why I’ll say I	love you

	G#m7	A	E
And I’m a	lways thinking of y	ou

E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
I	love	you

	E
‘Cause you tell me things I w	ant to know

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	nd	it’s	true

	E	G#7
That it really only g	oes to show	that I know

	C#m	A	F#m7	B7
That	I, I, I, I would ne	ver ever ever be	blue

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	sk	me	why I’ll say I	love you

	G#m7	A	E
And I’m a	lways thinking of y	ou

Bridge

	A	B7	E	E+
I can’t b	elieve	it’s happened to	me

	A	B7	E	B7
I can’t co	nceive	of any more mi	sery

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	sk	me	why I’ll say I	love you

	G#m7	A	E
And I’m a	lways thinking of y	ou

A	E
You

A	G#m7
You

The Beatles - Baby It’s You (1963)

G	Em
Sha la la la la la	la

G	Em
Sha la la la la la	la

G	Em
Sha la la la la la	la

	C
Sha la la la	la

C

It’s not the way you smile

	G
That touched my he	art

C

It’s not the way you kiss

	G
That tears me ap	art

	Em
But	how many many many nights go by

Am	G
I sit alone at home and I cry over y	ou

	Em
What can I	do?

C	D
Can’t help mys	elf (hard stop)

	G	Em
‘Cause baby it’s y	ou

	G	Em
Baby it’s y	ou

C	G
You should hear what they say about y	ou

C	G
They say they say you never never ever been t	rue

	Em
Wo ho	it doesn’t matter what they say

Am

I know I’m gonna love you any old way

	G	Em
What can I	do then it’s t	rue

C	D
Don’t want no	body nobody (hard stop)

	G	Em
Cause baby it’s y	ou

	G	Em
Baby it’s y	ou

Solo

C	D	G	G
			x2

	Em
Wo ho	it doesn’t matter what they say

Am

I know I’m gonna love you any old way

	G	Em
What can I	do then it’s t	rue

C	D
Don’t want nobody no	body

	G	Em
‘Cause baby it’s y	ou

	G	Em
Baby it’s y	ou

The Beatles - Baby’s In Black (1964)

A	E7
Oh dear	what can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D	A	E
Oh	what can I d	o?

A	A7
She thinks of him and	so she dresses in

D

Black and though he’ll never come

A	E7	A
Back	she’s dressed in	black

A	E7
Oh dear	what can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D	A	E
Oh	what can I d	o?

A	A7
I think of her but	she thinks only of

D

Him and though it’s only a

A	E7	A
Whim	she thinks of	him

Bridge

F#m7	B7
Oh how	long will it take

D	E7	A
Till she	sees the mistake she has	made?

	E7
Dear w	hat can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D	A	E
Oh	what can I	do?

Solo, I usually skip this and the subsequent bridge

A	E	D7	E7	A	D	A

Bridge

F#m7	B7
Oh how	long will it take

D	E7	A
Till she	sees the mistake she has	made?

	E7
Dear w	hat can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D	A	E
Oh	what can I	do?

Quietly, let ring

A	A7
She thinks of him and	so she dresses in

D

Black and though he’ll never come

A	E7	A
Back	she’s dressed in	black

A	E7
Oh dear	what can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D7	A
Oh	what can I d	o?

	A	D7	A
Tell me	oh	what can I d	o?

The Beatles - Back in the USSR (1968)

E	E7

Vox on 4→3 on “Flew in”

	A	D
F	lew in from Miami Beach B.	O.A.C.

	C	D
D	idn’t get to bed last ni	ght

A	D
On the way the paperback was	on my knee

	C	D
M	an I had a dreadful fli	ght

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R.

C	D
You don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Hard stop on “back”

	D	A	D	E
B	ack in the U.S.S.	R.

	A	D
B	een away so long I hardly k	new the place

	C	D
G	ee it’s good to be back ho	me

	A	D
Le	ave it till tomorrow to unp	ack my case

	C	D
Ho	ney disconnect the ph	one

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R.

C	D
You don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Gadd9

Back in the U.S.

	A
Back in the U.S	.S.R.

Bridge, vox down to the root of the chord on “Ukraine”

	D
Well the Ukr	aine girls really knock me out

	A
They le	ave the West behind

	D	D/C#	D/C	D/B
And Mos	cow	girls make me	sing and s	hout

	E	D	A
That Ge	orgia’s always on my mi mi	mi mi mi mi mi	nd

D	Eb	E
		Oh come on!

Solo as verse, but skip solo and subsequent chorus and bridge

if appropriate...

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R.

	C	D
Y	ou don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Hard stop on “back”

	D	A
B	ack in the U.S.S.	R.

Bridge

	D
Well the Ukr	aine girls really knock me out

	A
They le	ave the West behind

	D	D/C#	D/C	D/B
And Mos	cow	girls make me	sing and s	hout

	E	D	A	D	E
That Ge	orgia’s always on my mi mi	mi mi mi mi mi	nd

	A	D
Oh, s	how me ‘round your snow-peaked mountains w	ay down South

	C	D
T	ake me to your daddy’s f	arm

	A	D
L	et me hear your balalaikais rin	ging out

	C	D
C	ome and keep your comrade w	arm

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R., hey

	C	D
Y	ou don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Hard stop on “back”

	D	A	D	E	A
B	ack in the U.S.S.	R.

Oh, let me tell you honey

A

Woo...

Optionally do D/C/A on “wooh”

The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love (1964)

Originally in C, I play in A.

I do the opening chorus super slow, then break into a

syncopated triplet beat.

The first vocal note is the root (C in C),

so the first ‘love’ is the 5 above that (G in C), i.e.

the third of the opening minor chord.

	C#m	F#m	C#m	F#m
Can’t buy m	e lo	ve,	oh, lo	ve

	Bm7	E
Oh, can’t buy m	e lo	ve, oh, oh

	A7
I’ll	buy you a diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel all right

	D7	A7
I’ll	get you anything my friend if it	makes you feel all right

	E7	D7	A7
‘Cause	I don’t care too	much for money, for money can’t buy me love

	A7
I’ll	give you all I’ve got to give if it makes you love me too

	D7	A7
I	may not have a lot to give but what I’ve	got I’ll give to you

	E7	D7	A7
‘Cause	I don’t care too	much for money, for money can’t buy me love

	C#m	F#m	A7
Can’t buy me	love,	oh, e	verybody tells me so

	C#m	F#m	Bm7	E
Can’t buy me	love,	oh,	no, no, no,	no

A7

Say you don’t need no diamond rings and I’ll be satisfied

D7	A7
Tell me that you want the kind of things that	money just can’t buy

	E7	D7	A7
‘Cause	I don’t care too	much for money, for money can’t buy me love

Solo, 1-4-5 in C, skip if unaccompanied

	C#m	F#m	A7
Can’t buy me	love,	oh, e	verybody tells me so

	C#m	F#m	Bm7	E
Can’t buy me	love,	oh,	no, no, no,	no

A7

Say you don’t need no diamond rings and I’ll be satisfied

D7	A7
Tell me that you want the kind of things that	money just can’t buy

	E7	D7	A7
‘Cause	I don’t care too	much for money, for money can’t buy me love

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