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

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

A#	C	F	Dm	A#	C	F	F

F	A#	F
How many	roads must a	man walk down

	F	A#	C
Bef	ore they	call him a	man?

F	A#	F	Dm
How many	seas must a	white dove	sail

	F	A#	C
Be	fore she	sleeps in the	sand?

F	A#	F
How many	times must the	cannonballs fly

	F	A#	C
Be	fore they’re for	ever	banned?

	A#	C	F	Dm
The a	nswer my f	riend is b	lowin’ in the	wind

	A#	C	F
The a	nswer is	blowin’ in the	wind

F	A#	F
How many	years must a	mountain exist

	F	A#	C
Bef	ore it is	washed to the	sea?

F	A#	F	Dm
How many	years can some	people ex	ist

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

F	A#	F	F
How many	times can a	man turn his	head

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

	A#	C	F	Dm
The a	nswer my f	riend is b	lowin’ in the	wind

	A#	C	F
The a	nswer is	blowin’ in the	wind

F	A#	F	F
How many	times must a	man look	up

	F	A#	C
Bef	ore he can	see the	sky?

F	A#	F	Dm
How many	ears must	one man	have

	F	A#	C
Bef	ore he can	hear people	cry?

F	A#	F	F
How many	deaths will it	take till he	knows

	F	A#	C
That t	oo many	people have	died?

	A#	C	F	Dm
The a	nswer my f	riend is b	lowin’ in the	wind

	A#	C	F
The a	nswer is	blowin’ in the	wind

A#	C	F	Dm
	A#	C	F
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

(Verse)

	C	Dm7	Em
Aww	, Princess on the	steeple and all the	pretty people

	F	G
They’re all	drinkin’, thinkin’ that they	got it made

C	Dm7	Em
Exchanging all p	recious gifts

	F	G
But you’d better	take your diamond 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’

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

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

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 - 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

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 - 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 - 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
			(x2)

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

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

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

C	C	G/D	D

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

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

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

C	C	G/D	D

	Am7
Oh,	I

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

	Am7
And,	I

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

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

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

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

C	C	G/D	D

Funky horn bridge

Em	A
	x 2

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

C	D
Spinning my head around and	taking my body under

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

C	C	G/D	D

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

	Am7
Oh,	I

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

	Am7
And,	I

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

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

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

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

C	C	G/D	D

Funky horn bridge

Em	A
	x 2

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

C	D
Spinning my head around and	taking my body under

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

C

G/D

D

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

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 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

	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

Vox 5 7 2 on “secret ag”

	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
	→	→

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

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 strong

A	D
Was in the spring, and s	pring became a summer

A	E
Who’d have believe you’d come along?

A	A6
Hands	touching hands

E	D	E	D	E
Reaching out	touching me touching you		→

A	D	E
Sweet Carol	ine, good times never seemed so	good

A	D	E
I’ve been inclined t	o 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 inclined t	o 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 1 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

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

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 G

G	Bm	C	D
			x2

	G	Bm	C	D
If I had a	ha	mmer

	G	Bm	C	D
I’d hammer in the	mo	rnin	g

	G	Bm	C
I’d hammer in the	ev	enin	g

	D
All over this	land

	G
I’d hammer out	danger

	Em
I’d hammer out a	warning

	C	G
I’d hammer out	love be	tween

C	G	C	G
My brothers and my	sisters

D	G	Bm	C	D
All over this l	an	d

G	Bm	C	D
Ooh

	G	Bm	C	D
If I had a	bell

	G	Bm	C	D
I’d ring it in the	mo	rnin	g

	G	Bm	C
I’d ring it in the	ev	enin	g

	D
All over this	land

	G
I’d ring out	danger

	Em
I’d ring out a	warning

	C	G
I’d ring out	love be	tween

C	G	C	G
My brothers and my	sisters

D	G	Bm	C	D
All over this l	an	d

G	Bm	C	D
Ooh

	G	Bm	C	D
If I had a	song

	G	Bm	C	D
I’d sing it in the	mo	rnin	g	morning

	G	Bm	C
I’d sing it in the	ev	enin	g

	D
All over this	land

	G
I’d sing out	danger

	Em
I’d sing out a	warning

	C	G
I’d sing out	love be	tween

C	G	C	G
My brothers and my	sisters

D	G	Bm	C	D
All over this l	an	d

G	Bm	C	D
Ooh

	G	Bm	C	D
Well I’ve got a	ha	mmer

	G	Bm	C	D
And I’ve got a	bell

	G	Bm	C
And I’ve got a	song	to	sing

	D
All over this	land

	G
It’s a hammer of	justice

	Em
It’s a bell of	freedom

	C	G
It’s a song about	love be	tween

C	G	C	G
My brothers and my	sisters

D	G	Bm	C
All over this l	an	d

	D	G
It’s the	hammer of	justice

	Em
It’s a bell of	freedom

	C	G
It’s a song about	love be	tween

C	G	C	G
My brothers and my	sisters

	Em	D	G
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

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

Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou (1961)

Intro

A

	A	D
Hel	lo Mary Lou,	goodbye heart

	A	E
Sweet	Mary Lou I’m so in love with	you

	A	C#7	F#m
I	knew Mary Lou,	we’d never	part

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	A
She	passed me by one sunny day

D

Flashed those big brown eyes my way

	A	E
And o	oh I wanted you forever	more

	A
Now	I’m not one that gets around

D

Swear my feet stuck to the ground

	A	E	A
And	though I never d	id meet you be	fore

	A	D
I said	hello Mary Lou,	goodbye heart

	A	E
Sweet	Mary Lou I’m so in love with	you

	A	C#7	F#m
I	knew Mary Lou,	we’d never	part

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	A
I	saw your lips I heard your voice

	D
Be	lieve me I just had no choice

	A	E
Wild h	orses couldn’t make me stay a	way

	A
I	thought about a moonlit night

D

Arms around you good and tight

	A	E	A
That’s	all I had to	see for me to	say

	A	D
Hey hey	hello Mary Lou,	goodbye heart

	A	E
Sweet	Mary Lou I’m so in love with	you

	A	C#7	F#m
I	knew Mary Lou,	we’d never	part

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	B7	E	A	D	A	E	A
Yes hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart		→	→

Ricky Nelson - Travelin’ Man (1961)

D	Bm
	x2

	D	Bm
I’m a	travelin’ man, I’ve	made a lot of stops

D	Bm
All over the	world

Yes, of course you can tack a iv at the end of this line

	D	D7	G
And in	every p	ort I	own the heart

	D	A	D	A7
Of at	least one	lovely	girl

	D	Bm
I’ve a	pretty Senorita,	waiting for me

D	Bm
Down in old Mexi	co

	D	D7	G
If you’re	ever in Ala	ska,	stop and see

	D	A	D	D7
My	cute little	Eski	mo

	G	F#m
Oh, my	sweet Fraulein down in	Berlin town

G	D
Makes my heart start to	yearn

	G	F#m
And my	China doll down in	old Hong Kong

E	A7
Waits for my re	turn

	D	Bm
Pretty	Polynesian baby	over the sea

D	Bm
I remember the	night

	D	D7	G
When we	walked in the s	ands of	Waikiki

	D	A	D	A7
And I h	eld you	oh so	tight

Solo on verse chords

D	Bm	D	Bm
D	D7	G	G
D	A	D	D7

	G	F#m
Oh, my	sweet Fraulein down in	Berlin town

G	D
Makes my heart start to	yearn

	G	F#m
And my	China doll down in	old Hong Kong

E	A7
Waits for my re	turn

	D	Bm
Pretty	Polynesian baby	over the sea

D	Bm
I remember the	night

	D	D7	G
When we	walked in the s	ands of	Waikiki

	D	A	D	A7
And I h	eld you	oh so	tight

D	Bm
Lord, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Yes, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Yes, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Lord, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Mmmm,	mmmm

D	A	D

Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman (1964)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 1

Intro

B

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, walking	down the street

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, the kind I’d	like to meet

	A	B
Pretty	woman, I don’t be	lieve you, you’re not the truth

No one could look as good as you

B7

Mercy

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, won’t you	pardon me

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, I couldn’t	help but see

	A
Pretty	woman

	B
That you look	lovely as can be

Are you lonely just like me?

B7

Rrrowrr

Am	D
Pretty woman,	stop a while

G	Em
Pretty woman,	talk a while

Am	D	G
Pretty woman	give your smile to	me

Am	D
Pretty woman,	yeah yeah yeah

G	Em
Pretty woman	look my way

Am	D	G	E
Pretty woman	say you’ll stay with	me

Down to the 1 of the chord on “need”

	C#m	A	B
‘Cause I	need you,	I’ll treat you	right

E	C#m	A	B	B7
Come with me	baby,	be mine to	night

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, don’t	walk on by

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, don’t	make me cry

	A	B	B7
Pretty	woman, don’t	walk away,	hey

	B
O	K, if that’s the way it must be, OK

I guess I’ll go on home, it’s late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see?
Is she walking back to me?
Yes, she's walking back to me

	E
Oh, oh, pretty	woman

Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night (1964)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 1

	E	A
Another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I j	ust got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had s	omeone to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful	way, get this

E	B
I got in town a	month ago

	E	A
I	seen a lotta girls since	then

	E	A
If I could	meet ‘em I could get ‘em but as	yet I haven’t met ‘em

	B	A	E
That’s	why I’m in the	shape I’m	in

	E	A
Here another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	someone to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful	way

	E	B	E	A
Now,	another fella	told me he had a	sister who looked just	fine

	E	A
Instead of	being my deliverance, she h	ad a strange resemblance

	B	A	E
To a	cat named	Franken	stein

	E	A
Here another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	some chick to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful	way, yeah

Solo on verse chords, with spoken verse...

Here it is another weekend, and I ain't got nobody
Man if I was back home, I'd be swingin', two chicks on my arm
Aw, yeah, listen to me, uh

E	B	E	A
It’s hard on a	fella, when h	e don’t know his way a	round

	E	A
If I don’t	find me a honey to h	elp me spend my money

	B	A	E
I’m	gonna have to	blow this	town

	E	A
Here it’s another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	some chick to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful,	everybody sing

	E	A
Another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	someone to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful,	one more time

	E	A
Another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	some chick to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful,	way

Sam Cooke - Cupid (1961)

Originally in G, I play in E

I like to strum the chorus but play the verse in a reggae style

E	C#m	E	C#m

E	C#m
Cupid,	draw back your bow

E	A
And let,	your arrow go

E	B7	E	B7
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me, no	body but me

E	C#m
Cupid,	please hear my cry

E	A
And let	your arrow fly

E	B7	A	E
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me

	E	B7
Now,	I don’t mean to bother you, but	I’m in distress

	B7	E
There’s	danger of me losin’ all of	my happiness

E	A
For I love a girl who doesn’t	know I exist

A	B7	E
And	this you can	fix, so

E	C#m
Cupid,	draw back your bow

E	A
And let,	your arrow go

E	B7	E	B7
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me, no	body but me

E	C#m
Cupid,	please hear my cry

E	A
And let	your arrow fly

E	B7	A	E
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me

	E	B7
Now,	cupid, if your arrow make her	love strong for me

	B7	E
I	promise I will love her until	eternity

	E	A
I	know, between the two of us, her	heart we can steal

A	B7	E
Help	me if you	will, so

E	C#m
Cupid,	draw back your bow

E	A
And let	your arrow go

E	B7	E	B7
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me, no	body but me

E	C#m
Cupid,	please hear my cry

E	A
And let	your arrow fly

E	B7	A	E
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me

E	C#m
Cupid, don’t you	hear me

E	C#m
Calling I	need you

E	C#m	E
Cupid

Sam Cooke - 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 - 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

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 - 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 - California Girls (1965)

----------------------|
-----9---7------------|
-----9---8---9-8------|
-9---9--99--9----9-11-|
----------------------|
----------------------|

----------------------|
-----7---5------------|
-----7---6---7-6---6--|
-7---7--77--7----7----|
----------------------|
----------------------|

Intro, specifically the first riff x 4, then

the second riff x 1

E/B	B	E/B	B
E/B	B	E/B	B
E/A	B/A	E/A	B/A
E/A	B/A	E/A	B/A
D/A	A	D/A	A

	B	B9
Well,	east coast girls are hip, I really	dig those styles they wear

	E
And the s	outhern girls with the way they talk

	F#
They knock me	out when I’m down there

	B	B9
The m	idwest farmers’ daughters really m	ake you feel alright

	E
And the n	orthern girls with the way they kiss

	F#
They keep their	boyfriends warm at night

Easiest melody line for me to follow starts F# G# B on “wish they all”

	B	C#m7
I	wish they all could	be California

	A	Bm7
I	wish they all could	be California

	G	Am7	B
I	wish they all could	be California	girls

	B	B9
The	West coast has the sunshine, and the	girls all get so tanned

	E
I dig a	French bikini on Hawaiian Island dolls

	F#
By a	palm tree in the sand

	B	B9
I b	een all around this great big world and I’ve s	een all kinds of girls

	E
Yea but	I couldn’t wait to get back in the states

	F#
Back to the	cutest girls in the world

	B	C#m7
I	wish they all could	be California

	A	Bm7
I	wish they all could	be California

	G	Am7	B
I	wish they all could	be California	girls

Two-measure breakdown to high keys only

B	F#

	B
I	wish they all could be California

	C#m7
I	wish they all could be California

	B
I	wish they all could be California

	C#m7
I	wish they all could be California

Repeat to fade

The Beach Boys - Don’t Worry Baby (1964)

Originally in E, I play in G

Intro

G	G/B	C	C/D
			x 2

G

Well it’s been building up inside of me for

C	D
Oh, I don’t know	how long

G

I don’t know why, but I keep thinkin’

C	D
Somethin’s bound to	go wrong

Am7	D7
But she looks i	n my eyes

Bm7	E7
And makes me r	ealize

	A
When she	says (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

	A
Everything will turn	out all right (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

D7sus4	D7
Ooh, o	oh

G

I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut when I

C	D
Started to brag a	bout my car

G

But I can’t back down now because I

C	D
Pushed the other	guys too far

Am7	D7
She makes me c	ome alive

Bm7	E7
And makes me w	anna drive

	A
When she	says (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

	A
Everything will turn	out all right (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

D7sus4	D7
Ooh, o	oh

G	G/B	C	C/D

G

She told me, baby when you race today just

C	D
Take along my l	ove with you

G

And if you knew how much I love you baby

C	D
Nothing could go wr	ong with you

Am7	D7
Oh what she d	oes to me

Bm7	E7
When she makes l	ove to me

	A
And she	says (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

	A
Everything will turn	out all right (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

D7sus4	D7
Ooh, o	oh

The Beach Boys - Fun, Fun, Fun (1964)

Originally in Eb, I play in D

Standard 12-bar, straight 8ths with 6ths

D	D	G	D	A	G	D	A

Vox on the 6 on “got”

	D
Well, she	got her daddy’s car and she cruised

	G
Through the hamburger	stand now

	D
Seems she for	got all about the library

	A
Like she told her old	man now

	D
And with her r	adio blastin’ goes cruisin’

	G
Just as fast as she	can now

	D	A/C#	G
And she’ll have,	fun, fun,	fun till her	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Takes the	T-Bird a	way

D

Well, the girls can’t stand her cause she

	G
Walks, looks, and drives like an	ace now (you walk like an ace)

	D
She makes the	Indy 500 look like a Roman

	A7
Chariot	race now (you look like an ace)

	D
A lotta	guys try to catch her but she leads ‘em

	G
On a wild goose	chase now (you drive like an ice)

	D	A/C#	G
And she’ll have,	fun, fun,	fun till her	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Takes the	T-Bird a	way

Solo

A	D	A	E	A

	D
Well, you	knew all along that your dad was gettin’

	G
Wise to	you now (you shouldn’t a’ lied)

	D
And since he	took your set of keys you’ve been thinkin’

	A7
That your fun is all	through now (you shouldn’t a’ lied)

	D
But you can	come along with me cause we got a lotta

	G
Things to	do now (you shouldn’t a’ lied)

	D	A/C#	G
And we’ll have	fun, fun,	fun now that	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Took the	T-Bird a	way

	D	A/C#	G
And we’ll have,	fun, fun,	fun now that	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Took the	T-Bird a	way

	A	D
We	eeeee...

	A	D
We	eeeee...

The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda (1965)

Originally in C#, I play in G

Highest note is the 6

G

	G	C	G
Well	since she put me down I’ve been	out doin’ in my	head

	G	C	G
Come	in late at night and in the	mornin’ I just lay in	bed

	Em
Well,	Rhonda you look so fine

	C	A7
And I	know it wouldn’t take much	time

	G
For you to	help me Rhonda

Am7	G
Help me get her out of my	heart

G	G/F#	G	G/A	G	G/F#	G

Over the V: 5 3 2 2...

Over the I: 3 2 1 1...

Over the IV: 6 5 4 4...

Over the vi: 5 4 3 3...

End: 4 4 3 3 2...

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

C

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

Em	Em7/D
Help me Rhonda,	help, help me Rhonda

Am	D
Help me Rhonda,	yeah

	G
Get her out of my	heart

	G
She was	gonna be my wife

	C	G
And	I was gonna be her	man

	G	C
But she	let another guy come	between us

	G
And it ruined our	plan

	Em
Well,	Rhonda you caught my eye

	C	A7
I can	give you lots of reasons	why

	G
You gotta	help me Rhonda

Am7	G
Help me get her out of my	heart

G	G/F#	G	G/A	G	G/F#	G

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

C

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

Em	Em7/D
Help me Rhonda,	help, help me Rhonda

Note VII→I xition

Am	D
Help me Rhonda,	yeah

	F#	G
Get her out of my he	art

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

C

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

Em	Em7/D
Help me Rhonda,	help, help me Rhonda

Am	D
Help me Rhonda,	yeah

	G
Get her out of my	heart

The Beach Boys - I Get Around (1964)

Originally starts in G (with the verse in A)

I play in E capo 1 (with the verse in F# capo 1)

Mostly a cappella, hit on the first chord

E	C#7
Round, round, get around,	I get around

	F#m	D	B
Yeah, g	et around round round,	I get aro	und

Band enters

	E
I get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	C#7
From town to t	own (get around, round, round, I get around)

	F#m
I’m a real cool h	ead (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D	B
I’m makin’ real good b	read (get around, round, round,	I get around)

	F#	B	F#	B
I’m gettin’ b	ugged drivin’	up and down the s	ame old s	trip

	F#	B	F#	B
I gotta f	ind a new p	lace where the k	ids are	hip

Little riff for one measure

E

	F#	B	F#	B
My b	uddies and	me are gettin’	real well k	nown

	F#	B	F#	B
Yeah, the	bad guys k	now us and they l	eave us a	lone

	E
I get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	C#7
From town to t	own (get around, round, round, I get around)

	F#m
I’m a real cool h	ead (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D	B
I’m makin’ real good b	read (get around, round, round,	I get around)

	C#7	F#
I get ar	ound, round, get around, round, waho	oo

F#	B	F#	C#	D
Wah, wah	ooo, wah, wah	ooo, wah, wah	ooo	ooo

Key change

	G	C	G	C
We	always take my	car ‘cause it’s n	ever been	beat

	G	C	G	C
And we’ve	never missed	yet with the g	irls we	meet

F

	G	C	G	C
None of the	guys go s	teady ‘cause it w	ouldn’t be r	ight

	G	C	G	C
To leave your	best girl	home now on	Saturday n	ight

	F
I get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D7
From town to t	own (get around, round, round, I get around)

	Gm
I’m a real cool	head (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D#	C
I’m makin’ real good b	read (get around, round, round,	I get around)

	D7	C
I get a	round, round, ooh ooh ooh ooh,	ooh ooh ooh ooh

F	D7
Round, round, get around,	I get around

	Gm	D#	C
Yeah, g	et around round round, I	get arou	nd

	F
Ooooh get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D7
Oooo	ooo (get around, round, round, I get around)

	Gm
Oooo	ooo (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D#	C
Oooo	ooo (get around, round, round,	I get around)

Repeat to fade

The Beach Boys - 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 - Surfin’ Safari (1962)

Originally in A, I play in A

Vox enter on the fifth of the first chord

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with me

A	D
Early in the morning well be	startin’ out

	E	A
Some	honeys will be coming a	long

	A	D
Were	loading up our Woody with our	boards inside

	E	A
And	headin’ out singing our	song

A

Come on baby wait and see

Yes I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

D

Come along baby wait and see

	A
Yes	I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E	A
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with	me

	A	D
At	Huntington and Malibu they’re	shooting the pier

	E	A
At	Rincon they’re walking the	nose

	A	D
We’re	going on safari to the	islands this year

	E	A
So if	you’re coming get ready to	go

A

Come on baby wait and see

Yes I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

D

Come along baby wait and see

	A
Yes	I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with me

A	D
They’re anglin’ in Laguna in	Cerro Azul

	E	A
They’re	kicking out in Dohini	too

	A	D
I tell you	surfin’s mighty wild it’s getting	bigger every day

	E	A
From	Hawaii to the shores of Pe	ru

A

Come on baby wait and see

Yes I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

D

Come along baby wait and see

	A
Yes	I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with me

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

The Beach Boys - Surfin’ USA (1963)

Originally in Eb, I play in Eb but read in E

E7

	B7	E
If everybody had an	ocean across the U.S.	A.

	B7	E
Then everybody’d be	surfin like Californ-i-	a

	A	E
You’d see em wearin’ their	baggies, Huarachi sandals	too

	B7	E
A bushy bushy blonde	hairdo, surfin’ U.S	.A.

E	B7	E
You’ll catch em surfin’ at	Del Mar, Ventura County	line

	B7	E
Santa Cruz and	Trestles, Australia’s Narabin	e

	A	E
All over Man	hattan, and down Doheny	way

	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

E	B7	E
We’ll all be plannin’ out a	route, we’re gonna take real	soon

	B7	E
We’re waxin’ down our	surfboards, we can’t wait for	June

	A	E
We’ll all be gone for the	summer, we’re on safari to	stay

	B7	E
Tell the teacher we’re	surfin’, surfin U.S.	A.

E	B7	E
At Haggerty’s and	Swami’s, Pacific Pali	sades

	B7	E
San Onofre and	Sunset, Redondo Beach, L.	A.

	A	E
All over La	Jolla, and Waimea	Bay

	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

Solo if appropriate

B	E	B	E
A	E
	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

The Beatles - A 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:

x76575

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)

G	D	G	G	C	D7

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

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
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

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
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 - Any Time At All (1964)

Originally in Bm, I play in Am, sometimes Am capo 1

Vocal notes... starts on the 5 (E in Am), highest note is the 1 (A in Am)

	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

	C#m	F#m	C#m	F#m	Bm7	E	A7
Can’t buy me l	o-o	ve, l	o-o	ve, can’t buy me l	ove

The Beatles - Come Together (1969)

Originally in Dm, I play in Cm

I play the opening riff as (i in octave, bVII in octaves, im7 chord)

Can make the m7’s 7#9’s in the intro

In Cm, play the 6ths as:

-5-7-
-x-x-
-8-8-

Cm7

Here come old flat top, he come grooving up slowly

Cm7

He got joo-joo eyeball, he one holy roller

	G
He got	hair down to his knee

F7

Got to be a joker, he just do what he please

Play riff

Cm7

He wear no shoe shine, he got toe jam football

Cm7

He got monkey finger, he shoot Coca-Cola

	G
He say,	I know you, you know me

F7

One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

	Am	G	F	G	Cm7
Come	together,	right	now	, over me

Play riff

Cm7

He bag production, he got walrus gumboot

Cm7

He got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker

	G
He got	feet down below his knee

F7

Hold you in his armchair, you can feel his disease

	Am	G	F	G	Cm7
Come	together,	right	now	, over me

Play riff

Cm7

He roller coaster, he got early warning

Cm7

He got muddy water, he one mojo filter

	G
He say,	one and one and one is three

F7

Got to be good looking ‘cause he’s so hard to see

	Am	G	F	G	Cm7
Come	together,	right	now	, over me

The Beatles - Do You Want to Know a Secret? (1963)

	Em	Am	Em
Yo	u’ll never know how much I re	ally l	ove you

	G	F	B7
Yo	u’ll never know how much I re	ally ca	re

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Li	sten

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Do you w	ant to know a se	cret

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7	C
Do you p	romise not to t	ell?	Woo	ooh		ooh

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Cl	oser

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Let me w	hisper in your e	ar

	B7	A	B7
Say the w	ords you long to h	ear

	C#m	F#m7	B6
I’m in love with	you, o	oooo	oo

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Li	sten (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Do you w	ant to know a se	cret (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7	C
Do you p	romise not to t	ell?	Woo	ooh		ooh

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Cl	oser (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Let me w	hisper in your e	ar (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	A	B7
Say the w	ords you long to h	ear

	C#m	F#m7	B6
I’m in love with	you, o	ooooo	oo

Bridge

	A	F#m7	C#m	Bm
I	’ve know the s	ecret for the	week or	two

	A	F#m7	C#m	Bm	F#m7	B6
N	obody k	nows	just we	two

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Li	sten (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Do you w	ant to know a se	cret (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7	C
Do you p	romise not to t	ell?	Woo	ooh		ooh

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Cl	oser (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Let me w	hisper in your e	ar (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	A	B7
Say the w	ords you long to h	ear

	C#m	F#m7	B6	C#m
I’m in love with	you o	ooooo	o

	F#m7	B6	C#m
Ooooo ooooo o	oooo o	oooo o	oooo

	F#m7	B6	C#m
Ooooo ooooo o	oooo o	oooo o	oooo

	F#m7	B6	C#m
Ooooo ooooo o	oooo o	oooo o	oooo

The Beatles - Don’t Let Me Down (1969)

Originally in E, I play in C or C capo 1

Intro

C	Csus4	C

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

One measure of 5/4 at the beginning of each phrase

Vox on 3 5 6 on “no bo dy”

C	Dm7
Nobody ever loved me like she	does

	Cmaj7	Csus4	C
Ooh she does, yes she	does

C	Dm7
And if somebody loved me like she	do me

	Cmaj7	Csus4	C
Ooh she do me, yes she	does

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C

I’m in love for the first time

	G7
Don’t you know it’s gonna	last

It’s a love that lasts forever

	C	F	C
It’s a love that had no	past

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down (oooh)

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
And from the first time that she really	done me

	Cmaj7	Csus4	C
Ooh she done me, she done me	good

C	Dm7
I guess nobody ever really	done me

	Cmaj7	Csus4	C
Ooh she done me, she done me	good

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down, hey

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
Weeee	heeeee

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

Keyboard solo on chorus chords, with oohs and ad libs

The Beatles - Don’t Pass me By (1968)

G

Vox on the 5

	G
I l	isten for your footsteps coming up the drive

C

Listen for your footsteps but they don’t arrive

D

Waiting for your knock dear on my old front door

	C
I don’t	hear it

	G
Does it mean you don’t love me any	more?

	G
I h	ear the clock a’ticking on the mantle shelf

C

See the hands a’moving but I’m by myself

	D
I w	onder where you are tonight and why I’m by myself

	C
I don’t	see you

	G
Does it mean you don’t love me any	more?

G

Don’t pass me by, don’t make me cry, don’t make me blue

	C
‘Cause you know	darling I love only you

	G
You’ll never	know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go

	D	C	G
Don’t pass me	by, don’t make me	cry

G

I’m sorry that I doubted you I was so unfair

C

You were in a car crash and you lost your hair

	D
You	said that you would be late about an hour or two

	C
I said	that’s alright I’m waiting here

	G
Just waiting to hear from	you

G

Don’t pass me by, don’t make me cry, don’t make me blue

	C
‘Cause you know	darling I love only you

	G
You’ll never	know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go

	D	C	G
Don’t pass me	by, don’t make me	cry

G

Don’t pass me by, don’t make me cry, don’t make me blue

	C
‘Cause you know	darling I love only you

	G
You’ll never	know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go

	D	C	G
Don’t pass me	by, don’t make me	cry

The Beatles - Drive My Car (1965)

The G13’s are all G7 in the original

D	G13	D	G13	D	G13	A7

Vox are on C→B and G→G

D	G13
Asked a girl what she	wanted to be

D	G13
She said baby,	can’t you see

D	G13
I wanna be famous, a	star on the screen

Vox are on C and F... over A7!

Playing A13 makes it easier to find that C

	A7
But	you can do something in between

Melody on F#.A.F#.D.F#.D.F

Harmony on D.F#.D.B.B.B.B or B.D.B.G.B.G.B

Bm	G
Baby you can drive my	car

Bm	G
Yes I’m gonna be a	star

Bm	E
Baby you can drive my	car

	A7	D	G	A7
And	maybe I’ll	love you

D	G13
I told a girl that my	prospects were good

D	G13
And she said baby, it’s	understood

D	G13
Working for peanuts is	all very fine

	A7
But	I can show you a better time

Bm	G
Baby you can drive my	car

Bm	G
Yes I’m gonna be a	star

Bm	E
Baby you can drive my	car

D→G→A7 is twice as fast here as in the previous chorus

	A7	D	G	A7
And	maybe I’ll	love you

A7

Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

Solo:

D	G	D	G	D	G	A7

Probably skip this whole chorus when acoustic

Bm	G
Baby you can drive my	car

Bm	G
Yes I’m gonna be a	star

Bm	E
Baby you can drive my	car

	A7	D	G	A7
And	maybe I’ll	love you

D	G13
I told a girl I can	start right away

D	G13
And she said listen babe I got	something to say

D	G13
I got no car and it’s	breaking my heart

	A7
But	I’ve found a driver and that’s a start

Bm	G
Baby you can drive my	car

Bm	G
Yes I’m gonna be a	star

Bm	E
Baby you can drive my	car

	A7	D	G	A7
And	baby I	love you

X	D
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

G13	D
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

G13	D
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

G13	D
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

The Beatles - Eight Days A Week (1964)

Originally in D, I play in G capo 1.

When not in the original key, I find the intro works

best arpeggiated slowly, rather than strummed.

The rest I like in a mid-tempo reggae beat.

Gadd9	A	C6	Gadd9

G	A7
Ooh I need your l	ove babe

C	G
Guess you know it’s tr	ue

G	A7
Hope you need my l	ove babe

C	G
Just like I need y	ou

Em	C
Hold me, l	ove me

Em	A7
Hold me, l	ove me

G	A7
Ain’t got nothin’ but l	ove babe

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

G	A7
Love you every d	ay girl

C	G
Always on my m	ind

G	A7
One thing I can s	ay girl

C	G
Love you all the t	ime

Em	C
Hold me, l	ove me

Em	A7
Hold me, l	ove me

G	A7
Ain’t got nothin’ but l	ove babe

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

D

Eight days a week

	Em
I l	ove you

A7

Eight days a week

	C	D7
Is n	ot enough to s	how I care

G	A7
Ooh I need your l	ove babe

C	G
Guess you know it’s tr	ue

G	A7
Hope you need my l	ove babe

C	G
Just like I need y	ou

Em	C
Hold me, l	ove me

Em	A7
Hold me, l	ove me

G	A7
Ain’t got nothin’ but l	ove babe

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

D

Eight days a week

	Em
I l	ove you

A7

Eight days a week

	C	D7
Is n	ot enough to s	how I care

G	A7
Love you every d	ay girl

C	G
Always on my m	ind

G	A7
One thing I can s	ay girl

C	G
Love you all the t	ime

Em	C
Hold me, l	ove me

Em	A7
Hold me, l	ove me

G	A7
Ain’t got nothin’ but l	ove babe

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

Gadd9

A

C6

Gadd9

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (1966)

Originally in Em, I play in Am capo 2, swung and fast.

Vox on the 3

	F	Am
A	h, look at all the lonely p	eople

	F	Am
A	h, look at all the lonely p	eople

“In” and “church” are on the *major* 6.

Am

Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice in the church

	F	Am
Where a wedding has b	een, lives in a d	ream

Am

Waits at the window, wearing the face

	F	Am
That she keeps in a jar by the d	oor, who is it	for?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all come f	rom?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all bel	ong?

Am

Father McKenzie, writing the words

	F	Am
To a sermon that no one will	hear, no one comes	near

Am

Look at him working, donning his socks

	F	Am
In the night when there’s nobody	there, what does he	care?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all come f	rom?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all bel	ong?

	F	Am
A	h, look at all the lonely p	eople

	F	Am
A	h, look at all the lonely p	eople

Am

Eleanor Rigby died in the church

	F	Am
And was buried along with her	name, nobody	came

Am

Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt

	F	Am
From his hands as he walks from the	grave, no one was	saved

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all come f	rom?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all bel	ong?

The Beatles - For No One (1966)

Originally in A capo 2, I play in A capo 1.

A	A/G#
Your day breaks,	your mind aches

F#m	A/E	Dmaj7
You find that	all her words of	kindness linger on

G	A
When she no l	onger needs you

A	A/G#
She wakes up,	she makes up

F#m	A/E	Dmaj7
She takes her t	ime and doesn’t	feel she has to hurry

G	A
She no	longer needs you

	Bm	F#7
And in her e	yes you see	nothing

Bm	F#7
No sign of	love behind the

Bm	F#7
Tears cried for	no one

Bm	F#7	Bm	Esus4	E
A love that	should have lasted	years

A	A/G#	F#m
You want her,	you need her,	and yet you don’t

A/E	Dmaj7	G
Believe her	when she says her lov	e is dead, you

A

Think she needs you

A	A/G#
Your day breaks,	your mind aches

F#m	A/E
There will be	times when all the

Dmaj7

Things she said will

G	A
Fill your head you	won’t forget her

	Bm	F#7
And in her e	yes you see	nothing

Bm	F#7
No sign of	love behind the

Bm	F#7
Tears cried for	no one

Bm	F#7	Bm	Esus4	E
A love that	should have lasted	years

A	A/G#	F#m
You stay home,	she goes out,	and says that long

A/E	Dmaj7	G
Ago she	knew someone but now	he’s gone, she

A

Doesn’t need him

	Bm	F#7
And in her e	yes you see	nothing

Bm	F#7
No sign of	love behind the

Bm	F#7
Tears cried for	no one

Bm	F#7	Bm	Esus4	E
A love that	should have lasted	years

A

The Beatles - From Me To You (1963)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 3.

Play on the fast side.

	G	Em
If there’s	anything that you	want

	G	D7
If there’s	anything I can	do

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G	Em
With	love from m	e to yo	u

	G	Em
I’ve got	everything that you	want

	G	D7
Like a	heart that’s oh so	true

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G	G7
With	love from m	e to yo	u

	Dm7	G
I got	arms that long to	hold you

	C	C
And	keep you by my	side

	A7	A7
I got	lips that long to	kiss you

	D	D+
And	keep you	satisfied

	G	Em
If there’s	anything that you	want

	G	D7
If there’s	anything I can	do

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G	Em
With	love	from me	to you

G	Em
	From me

G	D7
	To you

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G	G7
With	love from m	e to yo	u

	Dm7	G
I got	arms that long to	hold you

	C	C
And	keep you by my	side

	A7	A7
I got	lips that long to	kiss you

	D	D+
And	keep you	satisfied

	G	Em
If there’s	anything that you	want

	G	D7
If there’s	anything I can	do

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G
With	love from m	e to yo	u

	Em
To	you

	EmM7
To	you

	Em
To	you

	G	Em
Da da	da da da da da	da

The Beatles - Get Back (1969)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 1.

E5	D	A

E5

Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner

Vox down to 6-5 on “la-ast”

A	E5
But he knew it wouldn’t	last

E5

Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona

A	E5
For some California g	rass

	E5	E7	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E7	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

Get back Jojo

Solo on verse chords, if no soloist, just dink around

on verse chords a bit and skip subsequent chorus

	E5	E7	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E7	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

Hanging stop on “belonged”, stay on the IV

	A
Get	back to where you once belonged

Get back Jojo

E5

Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman

A	E5
But she was another	man

E5

All the girls around her say she’s got it comin’

A	E5
But she gets it while she	can

	E5	E7	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E7	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

Get back Loretta

Dink around a little on verse chords

	E5	E7	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E7	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

Hanging stop on “belonged”, still on the IV

	A
Get	Back to where you once belonged

The Let It Be version ends here, the Past Masters

version comes back in

Ooooh...

E5	A
Get back Loretta

	E5	D	A
Your Momma’s	waiting for you

E	A
Wearin’ her high-heeled shoes and her low-necked sweater

	E5	D	A
Get back	home, Loretta

	E5	E7	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E7	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

Hang on “belonged”, stay on the IV

	A
Get	back to where you once belonged

E9

The Beatles - Getting Better (1967)

Originally in C, I play in A

Dadd9
A	Bm7
It’s getting better all the t	ime

Original goes right into the verse, I hang a measure on the I

E

	E	A/E
I u	sed to get mad at my school (no, I can	’t complain)

	E	A/E
The te	achers that taught me weren’t cool (no, I	can’t complain)

	E
You’re hol	ding me down, turning me ‘round

	E
F	illing me up with your rules

A	Bm7
I’ve got to admit it’s getting bet	ter

	C#m	D
A little b	etter all the ti	me

	A	Bm7
I h	ave to admit it’s getting b	etter

	C#m	D
It’s getting b	etter since you’	ve been mine

E

	E	A/E	E	A/E
Me us	ed to be a	ngry young m	an

	E	A/E	E	A/E
Me hi	ding me h	ead in the s	and

	E	A/E	E	A/E
You g	ave me the w	ord I fin	ally he	ard

	E	A/E	E
I’m do	ing the be	st that I c	an

A	Bm7
I’ve got to admit it’s getting bet	ter

	C#m	D
A little b	etter all the ti	me

	A	Bm7
I h	ave to admit it’s getting b	etter

	C#m	D
It’s getting b	etter since you’	ve been mine

	D	A
G	etting so much better all the	time

Vox do a full triad, I sing the 3

	A	Bm7	C#m	D
I	t’s getting better all the t	ime, b	etter, better, b	etter

	A	Bm7	C#m	D
I	t’s getting better all the t	ime, b	etter, better, b	etter

E

	E
I u	sed to be cruel to my woman

I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved

E	A/E	E	A/E
Man I was	mean but I’m	changing my	scene

	E	A/E	E
And I’m	doing the	best that I	can

A	Bm7
I’ve got to admit it’s getting bet	ter

	C#m	D
A little b	etter all the ti	me

	A	Bm7
I h	ave to admit it’s getting b	etter

	C#m	D
It’s getting b	etter since you’	ve been mine

	D	A
G	etting so much better all the	time

	A	Bm7	C#m	D
I	t’s getting better all the t	ime, b	etter, better, b	etter

	A	Bm7	C#m	D
I	t’s getting better all the t	ime, b	etter, better, b	etter

	D	A
G	etting so much better all the	time

The Beatles - Good Night (1968)

G	Bm7	Am7	D7

G	Bm7	Am7
Now it’s	time to	say goodnight

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

G	Bm7	Am7
Now the	sun turns	out his light

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

Gmaj7	D7/G	Gmaj7	D7/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	me

G	C/G	G	C/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	you

G	Bm7	Am7
Close your	eyes and	I’ll close mine

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

G	Bm7	Am7
Now the	moon beg	ins to shine

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

Gmaj7	D7/G	Gmaj7	D7/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	me

G	C/G	G	C/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	you

Bridge

G	Am7	A7	Dm7
			Mmmm...

G7	C/G	D7/F#	Am7	D7
				Mmmm...

G	Bm7	Am7
Close your	eyes and	I’ll close mine

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

G	Bm7	Am7
Now the	sun turns	out his light

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

Gmaj7	D7/G	Gmaj7	D7/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	me

G	C/G	G	C/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	you

G

Bm7

Am7

D7

The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life (1966)

Originally in G, I play in E

E

D/E at the 7th fret, with open E

If you can’t get up to the 1 on “there”, the 4 works

E	D/E
I was alone I took a ride I didn’t know what I would	find there

E	D/E
Another road where maybe I can see another kind of	mind there

Can play the last chord as a VI9 (C#9 in E)

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	then I su	ddenly	see you

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	did I tell	you I	need you

A	A/G#	A/F#	B7	E
Every	single	day	of my	life

E	D/E
You didn’t run you didn’t lie you knew I wanted just to	hold you

E	D/E
And had you gone you’d knew in time we meet again for I’d have	told you

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	you were meant	to be	near me

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	and I want	you to	hear me

A	A/G#	A/F#	B7	E
Say we’ll	be to	gether	every	day

E	A
Got to get you into my	life

E	D/E
What can I do? What can I be when I’m with you I wanna	stay there

E	D/E
If I’m true I’ll never leave and if I do I know the	way there

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	then I su	ddenly	see you

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	did I tell	you I	need you

A	A/G#	A/F#	B7	E
Every	single	day	of my	life

E	A
Got to get you into my	life

E	Dadd9

E	D/E
I was alone I took a ride I didn’t know what I would	find there

E	D/E
Another road where maybe I can see another kind of	mind there

E	D/E	E	D/E
Then suddenly I	see you, did I	tell you I need you

E	A
Got to get you into my	life

The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun (1968)

Vox on the 7

	Am7	Am6	Emadd9	Em
She’s	not a girl	who	misses much

Am7	Am6	Emadd9	Em
Doo doo doo doo doo	doo	oh yeah

Vox on the 6 of the chord

Dm

She’s well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand

	Am
Like a lizard on a	window pane

	Dm
The	man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors on his

Am

Hobnail boots

Dm

Lying with his eyes

	Am
While his hands are busy working	overtime

There’s a measure of 5/4 here, the i lands on “National”

Dm

A soap impression of his wife, which he ate

	Am
And donated to the	National Trust

Switch to 3/4

A7	A7

Vox on the 5

A7

I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down

Down to the bits that I left up town

C	Am
I need a fix, ‘cause I’m	goin’ down

A7	C
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	G
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	C
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	G
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	C
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	G
Mother Superior	jump the gun

C	Am	F	G	C
Happi	ness is a	warm gun

(Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

C	Am	F	G
Happi	ness is a	warm gun, ma	ma

	C
(Bang, bang, shoot,	shoot)

C	Am	F	G
When I	hold you	in my	arms (oh yeah)

C	Am	F	G
And I	feel my	finger on your	trigger (oh yeah)

C	Am	F	G
I	know no	body can do me	no harm

C	Am	F	G	C
Because (happi	ness) is a	warm gun ma	ma

(Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

C	Am	F	G
Happi	ness is a	warm gun, yes it	is

(Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

Hanging stop

Fm

Happiness is a warm, yes it is...

C	Am	F	G
Gun

(Happiness, bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

	C	Am	F	G
Don’t you know that happiness

	C
(Is a warm gun	yeah)

The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (1967)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 1.

Vox starts on 5-1 the first chord.

In G on guitar, I substitute Em7 for the Esus2/D.

C6	G	D7
You say yes,	I say no,	you say stop

Em	D7	Em
I say go, go,	go

	D7	D	D7	C/D	G	G/F#
Oh	no, y	ou say good	bye and	I say	hello

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, he	llo

	C	D#	G	G/F#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, hel	lo

	C	F9	G
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

C6	G	D7
I say high,	you say low,	you say why, and

Em	D7	Em
I say I don’t	know

	D7	D	D7	C/D	G	G/F#
Oh	no, y	ou say good	bye and	I say	hello

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, he	llo

	C	D#	G	G/F#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, hel	lo

	C	F9	G
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

C6	G	D7
	Why, why,	why, why, why, why, do you

Em	D7
Say good	bye

	D7	D	D7	C/D	G	G/F#
Oh	no, y	ou say good	bye and	I say	hello

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, he	llo

	C	D#	G	G/F#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, hel	lo

	C	F9	G
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

C6	G	D7
You say yes,	I say no,	you say stop

Em	D7	Em
I say go, go,	go

	D7	D	D7	C/D	G	G/F#
Oh	no, y	ou say good	bye and	I say	hello

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, he	llo

	C	D#	G	G/F#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, hel	lo

	C	F9	G
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

G	G/F#	Em	Esus2/D
	Hello, hel	lo

	C	D#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say

	D#	D#/D	C#m7b5	C
Hell	o, oh-	whoa oh	-whoa

	G
Hel	lo

G

Hela, heba helloa

The Beatles - Help! (1965)

G is a poor approximation of the chromatic run at the end

of the chorus, so if no one is playing the run, best not to

sing over it.

Bm	Bm/A
Help! I need some	body

G	G/F#
Help! Not just any	body

E

Help! You know I need someone

G

Help!

A	C#m
When I was younger, so much	younger than today

F#m	D	G	A
I never needed anybody’s	help in	any	way

A	C#m
But now those days are gone I’m	not so self-assured

F#m	D	G	A
Now I find I’ve changed my mind, I’ve	opened	up the	door

	Bm	Bm/A
H	elp me if you can I’m feeling down,	and I

	G	G/F#
D	o appreciate you being ‘round

E

Help me get my feet back on the ground, won’t you

G

Please please help me

A	C#m
And now my life has changed in	oh so many ways

F#m	D	G	A
My independence seemed to	vanish	in the	haze

A	C#m
But every now and then I	feel so insecure

F#m	D	G	A
I know that I just need you like I’ve	never	done	before

	Bm	Bm/A
H	elp me if you can I’m feeling down,	and I

	G	G/F#
D	o appreciate you being ‘round

E

Help me get my feet back on the ground, won’t you

G

Please please help me

A	C#m
When I was younger, o much y	ounger than today

F#m	D	G	A
I never needed anybody’s	help in	any	way

A	C#m
But now those days are gone I’m	not so self-assured

F#m	D	G	A
I find I’ve changed my mind, I’ve o	pened	up the	door

	Bm	Bm/A
H	elp me if you can I’m feeling down,	and I

	G	G/F#
D	o appreciate you being ‘round

E

Help me get my feet back on the ground, won’t you

G	F#m	A6
Please please help	me help me help	ooh

The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun (1969)

Originally in A (as D capo 7), I also play in D capo 7.

D	D	G	A7
			x2

D

Here comes the sun

G	E7
Here comes the s	un

	D
And I say,	it’s all right

Bmadd11	Asus4	G6	A7

D	G	A7
Little darling, it’s been a	long, cold, lonely	winter

D	G	A7
Little darling, it feels like y	ears since it’s been h	ere

D

Here comes the sun

G	E7
Here comes the s	un

	D
And I say,	it’s all right

Bmadd11

Asus4

G6

A7

D	G	A7
Little darling, the smiles re	turning to their fa	ces

D	G	A7
Little darling, it seems like	years since it’s b	een here

D

Here comes the sun

G	E7
Here comes the s	un

	D
And I say,	it’s all right

Bmadd11

Asus4

G6

A7

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

F	C	G/B	G	D	A	Asus4	A	Asus4	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

D	G	A7
Little darling, I feel that i	ce is slowly m	elting

D	G	A7
Little darling, it seems like y	ears since it’s been h	ere

D

Here comes the sun

G	E7
Here comes the s	un

	D
And I say,	it’s all right

Bmadd11	Asus4	G6	A7
D
It’s all right

Bmadd11

Asus4

G6

A7

F

C

G/B

G

D

The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere (1966)

Originally in G, I play in E

E	G#m	G	F#m7	B7
To lead a b	etter life,	I need my love to be h	ere

E	F#m7	G#m	A	E	F#m7
Here,		making each d	ay of the y	ear

	G#m	A	D#m7	G#7
C	hanging my l	ife with a	wave of her h	and

	D#m7	G#7	C#m	F#m	F#m7	B7
N	obody	can d	eny that there’s s	omething t	here

E	F#m7	G#m	A	E	F#m7
There	,	running my h	ands through her h	air

	G#m	A	D#m7	G#7
B	oth of us th	inking how	good it can	be

	D#m7	G#7	C#m	F#m	F#m7	B7
S	omeone is spe	aking, but	she doesn’t k	now he’s t	here

	G	Em
I want her e	verywhere

	Am	B7	Em
And if	she’s beside me	I know I need	never care

Am	B7
But to love her	is to need her

E	F#m7	G#m	A	E	F#m7
Everywhere	,	knowing that lo	ve is to s	hare

	G#m	A	D#m7	G#7
E	ach one bel	ieving that	love never	dies

	D#m7	G#7	C#m	F#m	F#m7	B7
W	atching her e	yes, and h	oping I’m a	lways th	ere

	G	Em
I want her e	verywhere

	Am	B7	Em
And if	she’s beside me	I know I need	never care

Am	B7
But to love her	is to need her

E	F#m7	G#m	A	E	F#m7
Everywhere	,	knowing that lo	ve is to s	hare

	G#m	A	D#m7	G#7
E	ach one bel	ieving that	love never	dies

	D#m7	G#7	C#m	F#m	F#m7	B7
W	atching her e	yes, and h	oping I’m a	lways th	ere

	E	F#m7	G#m	A
I will be t	here,	and e	verywhe	re

	E	F#m7	G#m	A	E
H	ere, t	here, and e	verywhe	re

The Beatles - Hey Jude (1967)

Originally in F, I play in D capo 1

	D	A
Hey	Jude don’t make i	t bad

	A7	D
Take	a sad song and make it	better

	G	D
Remem	ber to let her into your hear	t

	A7	D
Then you can s	tart to make it be	tter

	D	A
Hey Ju	de don’t be	afraid

	A7	D
You were m	ade to go out and get	her

	G	D
The m	inute you let her under your	skin

	A7	D	D7
Then you be	gin to make it bet	ter

	G	G/F#	G/E
And anytime you feel the	pain hey	jude refr	ain

	G/D	A	D	D7
Don’t	carry the	world upon your s	houlders

	G	G/F#	G/E
For well you know that it’s a	fool who	plays it	cool

	G/D	A	D
By	making his wo	rld a little co	lder

	D7	A7
Na na	na na na	na na na na

	D	A
Hey Ju	de don’t let me	down

	A7	D
You have f	ound her now go and get	her

	G	D
Rem	ember to let her into you h	eart

	A7	D	D7
Then you can s	tart to make it be	tter

	G	G/F#	G/E
So let it out and let it	in hey	Jude begi	n

	G/D	A	D	D7
You’re	waiting for	someone to per	form with

	G	G/F#	G/E
And don’t you know that it’s just	you hey J	ude you’l	l do

	G/D	A	D
The	movement you	need is on your	shoulder

	D7	A7
Na na	na na na	na na na na

	D	A
Hey J	ude don’t make it	bad

	A7	D
Take a	sad song and make it	better

	G	D
R	emember to let her into your	heart

	A7	D
Then you can s	tart to make it better	better better better

D	C
Na na na	na na na na

G	D
Na na na na, hey	Jude

The Beatles - Hold Me Tight (1963)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 2

Vox in on the 3 of the key (the 6 of the chord)

A	E7
It fe	els so right now

A	D7
Hold me t	ight

B7	E7
Tell me I’m the	only one

	A	D7
And t	hen I m	ight

	B7	E7
N	ever be the l	onely one

	A	A7	D7	Dm7
So h	old me ti	ght, to	night, t	onight

	A	Dm7
It’s	you

	A	E7
You you yo	u

A	D7
Hold me t	ight

B7	E7
Let me go on	loving you

	A	D7
T	onight to	night

	B7	E7
M	aking love to o	nly you

	A	A7	D7	Dm7
So h	old me tig	ht, ton	ight, to	night

	A	Dm7
It’s	you

	A	C
You you yo	u

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “know”

	A7	C	A7
Don’t k	now	what it means to hol	d you tight

Vox on the 3 of the chords on “being” and “night”

D7	Bm	B7
Being here al	one tonight with yo	u

	E7
It	feels so right now

A	D7
Hold me t	ight

B7	E7
Tell me I’m the	only one

	A	D7
And t	hen I m	ight

	B7	E7
N	ever be the l	onely one

	A	A7	D7	Dm7
So h	old me ti	ght, to	night, t	onight

	A	Dm7
It’s	you

	A	C
You you yo	u

	A7	C	A7
Don’t k	now	what it means to hol	d you tight

D7	Bm	B7
Being here al	one tonight with yo	u

	E7
It	feels so right now

A	D7
Hold me t	ight

B7	E7
Let me go on	loving you

	A	D7
T	onight to	night

	B7	E7
M	aking love to o	nly you

	A	A7	D7	Dm7
So h	old me tig	ht, ton	ight, to	night

	A	Dm7
It’s	you

	A	Em7	A
You you yo	u-oo-	oo-hoo-	hoo

The Beatles - I Am The Walrus (1967)

B	B	A	A6	G	F	F6	E	E7	D	D7

Vox on E

A	A/G
I am he as	you are he

	C	D	A	A/G
As yo	u are me and	we are all tog	ether

C

See how they run like pigs from a gun

	D	A
See	how they fly, I’m	crying

A	A/G	Dadd9/F#
Sitting on a cornflake

F	G	A	A/G
Waiting for the	van to	come

Vox on B

F

Corporation T-shirt stupid bloody Tuesday

B7

Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long

	C	D
I am the eggman	, they are the	eggmen

	E
I am the	walrus

Goo goo g’joob

A	A/G	C	D	A	A/G
Mr. city p’li	cemen sitting	pretty little	p’licemen in a	row

C

See how they fly like Lucy in the sky

	D	A
See	how they run, I’m	crying

	Dsus4
I’m cr	yyyy ing

	A
I’m cr	ying

	E	D	D7
I’m cr	yyyy ing

A	A/G	Dadd9/F#
Yellow matter custard

F	G	A	A/G
Dripping from a	dead dog’s	eye

F

Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess

B7

Boy, you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down

	C	D
I am the eggman	, they are the	eggmen

	E
I am the	walrus

Goo goo g’joob

B	B	A	A6	G	F	F6	E	E7

B	A	A6	G	F	F6	E	F
Sitting in an	Engli	sh	garden, waiting	for	the sun

	B7
If the sun don’t	come, you get a tan

From standing in the English rain

	C	D
I am the eggman	, they are the	eggmen

	E
I am the	walrus

Goo goo g’joob

D

Goo goo goo g’joob

A	A/G
Expert texpert	choking smokers

C	D	A
Don’t you think the	joker laughs at	you?

	A/G
(Ha ha ha! Hee hee h	ee! Ha ha ha!)

C

See how they smile like pigs in the sty

	D	A
See h	ow they snied, I’m	crying

A	A/G	Dadd9/F#
Semolina pilchard

F	G	A	A/G
Climbing up the	Eiffel	Tower

F

Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna

B7

Man, you should have seen them

Kicking Edgar Allen Poe

	C	D
I am the eggman	, they are the	eggmen

	E
I am the	walrus

Goo goo g’joob

D

Goo goo goo g’joob

C

Goo goo g’joob

	B7
Goo goo goo g’joob, goo

B7

Chooga, chooga, chooga

Joob-a, joob-a, joob-a

A

G

F

E

D

C

B7

The Beatles - I Feel Fine (1964)

Originally in G, I play in E

Vocals start on 5→bVII (D F)

B7	B7	A7	E7

E

Baby’s good to me, you know

	B
She’s happy as can be, you know, she	said so

	A7	E
I’m in love with	her and I feel fi	ne

E

Baby says she’s mine, you know

	B
She tells me all the time, you know, she	said so

	A7	E
I’m in love with	her and I feel fi	ne

E	G#m	A	B7
I’m so	glad that	she’s my little	girl

E	G#m	A7	B7
She’s so	glad, she’s	telling all the	world

	E
That her	baby buys her things, you know

	B
He buys her diamond rings, you know, she	said so

B7	A7	E
She’s in love with	me and I feel fi	ne

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

E

Baby says she’s mine, you know

	B
She tells me all the time, you know, she	said so

	A7	E
I’m in love with	her and I feel fi	ne

E	G#m	A	B7
I’m so	glad that	she’s my little	girl

E	G#m	A7	B7
She’s so	glad, she’s	telling all the	world

	E
That her	baby buys her things, you know

	B
He buys her diamond rings, you know, she	said so

B7	A7	E
She’s in love with	me and I feel fi	ne

B7	A7	E
She’s in love with	me and I feel fi	ne

The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There (1963)

Vocals start “well” on the V, “just” on the I

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

	A7	D7	A7
Well she was j	ust seventeen, if you k	now what I m	ean

	E7
And the way she looked was way beyond comp	are

	A7	A7	D	F	A7	E7	A7
So h	ow could I d	ance with an	other,	when I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	A7	D7	A7
Well s	he looked at me, and	I, I could s	ee

	E7
That before too long I’d fall in love with	her

	A	A7	D	F	A7	E7	A7
S	he wouldn’t d	ance with an	other,	when I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	D7
Well my h	eart went boom when I crossed that room

	E	D
And I held her hand in m	ine

	A7	D7	A7
Well we da	nced through the night, and we h	eld each other t	ight

	E7
And before too long I fell in love with h	er

	A	A7	D	F	A7	E7	A7
Now I	’ll never d	ance with an	other,	since I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	D7
Well my h	eart went boom when I crossed that room

	E	D
And I held her hand in m	ine

	A7	D7	A7
Well we da	nced through the night, and we h	eld each other t	ight

	E7
And before too long I fell in love with h	er

	A	A7	D	F	A7	E7	A7
Now I	’ll never d	ance with an	other,	since I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	A7	E7	A7
Since I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	A7	E7	A7	A9
Since I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better (1964)

Originally in G, I play in D capo 1

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
I		sh	ould have known b	etter with a g	irl like y	ou

	D	A	Bm
That I would l	ove everyth	ing that you	do

	G	A	D	A	D
And I d	o, hey, hey,	hey, and I	do

	A
W	hoa, ooh

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
I			never real	ized what a k	iss could	be

	D	A	Bm
This could	only	happen to	me

	G	F#7
Can’t you s	ee, can’t you	see?

Bm	G	D	F#7
That when I t	ell you that I l	ove you,	oh

Bm	G	D	D7
You’re gonna s	ay you love me t	oo - oo - oo - oo - oo, oho

G	A	D	Bm
And when I	ask you to be m	in	e

G	A	D	A	D
You’re gonna	say you love me t	oo

	A
S	o

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
I		sh	ould have real	ized a lot of t	hings bef	ore

	D	A	Bm
If this is l	ove you’ve gotta g	ive me m	ore

	G	A	D	A	D	A
Give me m	ore, hey, hey,	hey, give me m	ore

Solo if appropriate

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
D	A	Bm	G	A	D	A	D	A

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
I			never real	ized what a k	iss could	be

	D	A	Bm
This could	only	happen to	me

	G	F#7
Can’t you s	ee, can’t you	see?

Bm	G	D	F#7
That when I t	ell you that I l	ove you,	oh

Bm	G	D	D7
You’re gonna s	ay you love me t	oo - oo - oo - oo - oo, oho

G	A	D	Bm
And when I	ask you to be m	in	e

	A	D	A	D
You l	ove me t	oo

	A	D	A	D	A
You l	ove me t	oo

The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand (1963)

I like this in the original key (G), so long as

I don’t go for the big “I can’t hide”

Also I only play a power chord with 6ths on the D’s

in the verses and the last D in the intro.

C	D	C	D	C	D

	G	D
Oh yeah	I’ll tell you	something

Em	B7
I think you’ll under	stand

	G	D
When	I say that	something

Em	B7
I wanna hold your	hand

C	D	G	Em
I wanna	hold your	ha---	nd

C	D	G
I wanna	hold your	hand

	G	D
Oh	please say to	me

Em	B7
You’ll let me be your	man

	G	D
And	please say to	me

Em	B7
You’ll let me hold your	hand

C	D	G	Em
You’ll let me	hold your	ha---	nd

C	D	G
I wanna	hold your	hand

Dm	G	C	Am
And when I	touch you I feel	happy in	side

Dm	G	D
It’s such a	feeling that my	love

C	D
I can’t h	ide

C	D
I can’t h	ide

C	D
I can’t h	ide

	G	D
Yeah	you got that	something

Em	B7
I think you’ll under	stand

	G	D
When	I hear that	something

Em	B7
I wanna hold your	hand

C	D	G	Em
I wanna	hold your	ha---	nd

C	D	G
I wanna	hold your	hand

Dm	G	C	Am
And when I	touch you I feel	happy in	side

Dm	G	D
It’s such a	feeling that my	love

C	D
I can’t h	ide

C	D
I can’t h	ide

C	D
I can’t h	ide

	G	D
Yeah	you, got that	something

Em	B7
I think you’ll under	stand

	G	D
When	I, feel that	something

Em	B7
I wanna hold your	hand

C	D	G	Em
I wanna	hold your	ha---	nd

C	D	B7
I wanna	hold your	hand

C	D	C	G
I wanna	hold your	ha-a-a-a-and

The Beatles - I Will (1968)

Originally in F, I play in E

	E	C#m7	F#m7	B7
Who k	nows how l	ong I’ve lo	ved yo	u

	E	C#m	G#m
You k	now I l	ove you st	ill

E7	A	B7	C#m
Will I w	ait a lo	nely li	fetime

E	A	B7	E	C#m7	F#m7	B7
If you w	ant me	to I w	ill

	E	C#m7	F#m7	B7
For i	f I e	ver s	aw you

	E	C#m	G#m
I di	dn’t c	atch your n	ame

E7	A	B7	C#m
But it n	ever re	ally ma	ttered

E	A	B7	E	E7
I will al	ways f	eel the s	ame

A	B7	C#m7
Love you fo	rever	and forever

F#m	B7	E	E7
Love you with a	ll my he	art

A	B7	C#m7
Love you whene	ver	we’re together

F#7	B7
Love you when we’re ap	art

	E	C#m7	F#m7	B7
And wh	en at l	ast I f	ind yo	u

	E	C#m	G#m
Your	song will fi	ll the a	ir

E	A	B7	C#m	Am
Sing it l	oud so I	can h	ear you

E	A	B7	C#m	Am
Make it e	asy	to be	near you

E	A	B7	C#m	A	E	Edim
For the th	ings you d	o end	ear y	ou t	o m	e

F#m7	B7	C7
Ah, you k	now I w	ill

	E
I w	ill

A	G#m
Mmm mmm mmm	mmm mmm

C#m7

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

	F#m7	B7	E
Da	da da da da	da da

The Beatles - I’ll Be Back (1964)

Harmonies on the root and the third.

A

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
You	know if you	break my heart I’ll	go

	E	A
But	I’ll be back a	gain

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
‘Cause	I told you	once before good	bye

	E	A
But	I came back ag	ain

	F#m	Bm
I love you	so, I’m the one who w	ants you

	E
Yes I’m the one who	wants you

D	E	D	E
Oh	ho,	oh	ho

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
Oh	you could find	better things to	do

	E	A
Than to	break my heart a	gain

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
This	time I will	try to show that	I’m

	E	A
Not	trying to	pretend

Vox on the 4, can just hit it briefly, or hold the 3 instead

Bm7	C#m
I thought that you would	realize that if I

F#m

Ran away from you

	B7
That	you would want me too but

D	E7
I got a big surp	rise

D	E	D	E
Oh	ho,	oh	ho

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
Oh	you could find	better things to	do

	E	A
Than to	break my heart a	gain

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
This	time I will	try to show that	I’m

	E	A
Not	trying to	pretend

	F#m	Bm
I wanna	go, but I hate to	leave you

	E7
You know I hate to	leave you

D	E	D	E
Oh	ho,	oh	ho

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
Oh	you, if you	break my heart I’ll	go

	E	A
But	I’ll be back a	gain

Am

A

Am

A

The Beatles - I’ll Follow the Sun (1964)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 1

A	Aadd9	D	A

E	D	A	B
One day	you’ll look	to see I’ve	gone

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	Aadd9	D	A
For to	morrow may	rain, so	I’ll	follow the	sun

E	D	A	B
Some day	you’ll know	I was the	one

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	A7
But to	morrow may	rain, so	I’ll	follow the	sun

	D
And now the	time has come

	Dm7	A	A7
And	so my love I must	go

	D
And though I	lose a friend

Dm7	A	Bm7
In the end you will	know,	oh

E	D	A	B
One day	you’ll find	that I have	gone

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	Aadd9	D	A
For to	morrow may	rain so	I’ll	follow the	sun

Solo

E	D	A	B

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	A7
Yes, to	morrow may	rain, so	I’ll	follow the	sun

	D
And now the	time has come

	Dm7	A	A7
And	so my love I must	go

	D
And though I	lose a friend

Dm7	A	Bm7
In the end you will	know,	oh

E	D	A	B
One day	you’ll find	that I have	gone

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	Aadd9	D	A
For to	morrow may	rain, so	I’ll	follow the	sun

The Beatles - I’ll Get You (1963)

Originally in Db, I play in A capo 3

Harmonies in octaves on the oh yea’s

“oh” on the 3

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

The “I’m” is on the 6

	A
Im	agine, I’m in love with you

	D	E
It’s	easy ‘cause I	know

The “I’m” is on the maj7

	A	F#m
I’ve im	agined, I’m in lov	e with you

D	E
Many, many, many times be	fore

	A	Em7
It’s not	like me to pre	tend

	A	F#m
But I’ll	get you, I’ll get you in the	end

	D	E
Yes I	will, I’ll get you in the e	nd

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	A
I	think about you night and day

	D	E
I	need you, ‘cause it’s t	rue

	A	F#m
When I	think about you,	I can say

	D	E
I’m	never, never, never, never b	lue

	A	Em7
So I’m	telling you, my f	riend

	A	F#m
That I’ll	get you, I’ll get you in the	end

	D	E
Yes I	will, I’ll get you in the	end

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	D
Well there’	s gonna be a time

	A
When I’m g	onna change your mind

	B7	E
So you m	ight as well resign yourself to	me, oh yeah

	A
Im	agine, I’m in love with you

	D	E
It’s	easy ‘cause I	know

	A	F#m
I’ve im	agined, I’m in lov	e with you

D	E
Many, many, many times be	fore

	A	Em7
It’s not	like me to pre	tend

	A	F#m
But I’ll	get you, I’ll get you in the	end

	D	E
Yes I	will, I’ll get you in the e	nd

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

A

Yeah

The Beatles - I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (1964)

Originally in C#m, I play in Bm

Bm	Bm	Em	F#
			x2

	Bm
Before this	dance is through

	Em	F#
I think I’ll	love yo	u too

	G6	A6	D6	A7
I’m so	happy when you	dance with	me

	D	Bm	Em	A7
I don’t	want to kiss or	hold your hand

	D	Bm	Em	A7
If it’s	funny try and	understand

	G	D	Bm
There is	really nothing else I’d rather	do

	G	Aaug	D	A7
‘Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

	D	Bm	Em	A7
I don’t	need to hug or	hold you tight

	D	Bm	Em	A7
I just	wanna dance with	you all night

	G	D	Bm
In this	world there’s nothing I would rather	do

	G	Aaug	D
‘Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

	Bm	Em	F#
Just to	dance with you		(oh oh)

	Bm	Em	F#
Is	everything I	need	(oh oh)

	Bm
Before this	dance is through

	Em	F#
I think I’ll	love yo	u too

	G6	A6	D6	A7
I’m so	happy when you	dance with	me

	D	Bm	Em	A7
If some	body tries to	take my place

	D	Bm	Em	A7
Let’s pre	tend we just can’t see his	face

	G	D	Bm
In this	world there’s nothing I would rather	do

	G	Aaug	D
Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

	Bm	Em	F#
Just to	dance with you		(oh oh)

	Bm	Em	F#
Is	everything I	need	(oh oh)

	Bm
Before this	dance is through

	Em	F#
I think I’ll	love yo	u too

	G6	A6	D6	A7
I’m so	happy when you	dance with	me

	D	Bm	Em	A7
If some	body tries to	take my place

	D	Bm	Em	A7
Let’s pre	tend we just can’t see his	face

	G	D	Bm
In this	world there’s nothing I would rather	do

	G	Aaug	Bm
I’ve dis	covered I’m in	love with	you

Em	F#
Oh	oh

	G	Aaug	Bm
‘Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

Em	F#
Oh	oh

G6	A6
Oh	oh

D6

Oh

The Beatles - I’m Only Sleeping (1966)

Recorded in Ebm, but played in Em tuned down. I play in C#m.

C#m	F#m
When I wake up early in the	morning

E	A	E	G#7
Lift my	head,	I’m still	yawning

C#m	F#m
When I’m in the middle of a	dream

	E	A	E	A
I	stay in	bed, and	float up	stream

E	F#m
Please don’t wake me,	no don’t shake me

G#m	F#m
Leave me where I	am

Hard stop after this line

	Amaj7
I’m only	sleeping

C#m	F#m
Everybody seems to think I’m	lazy

E	A	E	G#7
I don’t	mind, I	think they’re	crazy

C#m	F#m
Running everywhere at such a	speed

	E	A	E	A
‘	Til they	find,	there’s no	need

E	F#m
Please don’t spoil my	day

	G#m	F#m
I’m miles a	way, and after	all

Hard stop after this line

	Amaj7
I’m only	sleeping

Let ring

C#m

Hard stop on “taking”

Bm	C#7	F#m
Keeping an eye on the	world going by my	window

F#m/E

Taking my time

C#m	F#m
Lying there and staring at the c	eiling

	E	A	E	G#7
W	aiting	for a	sleepy	feeling

Solo on the second half of a verse

C#m	F#m	E	A	E	A	A

E	F#m
Please don’t spoil my	day

	G#m	F#m
I’m miles a	way, and after	all

Hard stop after this line

	Amaj7
I’m only	sleeping

Let ring

C#m

Bm	C#7	F#m
Keeping an eye on the	world going by my	window

F#m/E

Taking my time

C#m	F#m
When I wake up early in the	morning

E	A	E	G#7
Lift my	head,	I’m still	yawning

Note extra chord at the end here

C#m	F#m
When I’m in the middle of a	dream

	E	A	E	A	F#m
I	stay in	bed and	float up	stream

E	F#m
Please don’t wake me,	no don’t shake me

G#m	F#m
Leave me where I	am

	Amaj7
I’m only	sleeping

With psychadelic riffing

C#m

The Beatles - I’m So Tired (1968)

Vox in on the 2

	A	G#7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, I	haven’t slept a	wink

	A	F#m7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, my	mind is on the	blink

	A	E+	F#m
I	wonder should I	get up and	fix myself a

Dm

Drink, no, no, no

	A	G#7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, I	don’t know what to	do

	A	F#m7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, my	mind is set on	you

	A	E+	F#m
I	wonder should I	call you but I	know what you would

Dm

Do

A

You’d say I’m putting you on but it’s

A

No joke, it’s doing me harm you know I

E

Can’t sleep, I can’t stop my brain you know it’s

E

Three weeks, I’m going insane, you know I’d

D	A
Give you everything I’ve got for a little peace of m	ind

	A	G#7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, I’	m feeling so ups	et

	A	F#m7	D	E
Althou	gh	I’m so tired, I’ll	have another c	igarette and

	A	E+	F#m
Cu	rse Sir Walter	Raleigh, he was	such a stupid

Dm

Get

A

You’d say I’m putting you on but it’s

A

No joke, it’s doing me harm you know I

E

Can’t sleep, I can’t stop my brain you know it’s

E

Three weeks, I’m going insane, you know I’d

D	A
Give you everything I’ve got for a little peace of m	ind

	D	A
I’d	give you everything I’ve got for a little peace of m	ind

The Beatles - I’ve Just Seen a Face (1965)

Originally in A, by myself I play in G.

With two voices, I play in C capo 4.

Alone (in G), I play a version of the triplet intro that’s more

or less the following (twice):

E|-7-10-5-7-3-5-|
B|-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
G|-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
D|-9-0--7-7-5-5-|

G

I’ve just seen a face I can’t forget the time or place where we just

Em

Met she’s just the girl for me and I want all the world to see we’ve

C	D	G
Met mmm mmm	mmm mmm-mmm	mmm

G

Had it been another day I might have looked the other way and

Em

I’d have never been aware but as it is I’ll dream of her

	C	D	G
Ton	ight, dai dai	dai dai-dum	dai

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G
Calling	me back a	gain

G

I have never known the like of this I’ve been alone and I have

Em

Missed things and kept out of sight but other girls were never quite like

C	D	G
This, dai dai	dai dai-dun	dai

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G
Calling	me back a	gain

Solo on verse if appropriate

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G
Calling	me back a	gain

G

I’ve just seen a face I can’t forget the time or place where we just

Em

Met she’s just the girl for me and I want all the world to see we’ve

C	D	G
Met mmm mmm	mmm da-da	dai

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G
Calling	me back a	gain

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G	D	G
Calling	me back a	gain

The Beatles - If I Fell (1964)

Vox on 1 2 3 of the chord on “If I fell”

	Ebm
If I	fell in love with you

	D
Would you	promise to be true

	Db	Bbm
And h	elp me	understand

	Ebm
‘Cause I’ve	been in love before

	D
And I	found that love was more

	Em7	A
Than	just holding	hands

The vox on the second chord are the high point,

so I delay that syllable a half-beat when solo.

	D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
If I	give	my	heart to	you

	A
I	must be sure from the

D	Em7	F#m7	Em
Ver	y	start that	you would

A	D	Gm7	A
Love me more than	her

	D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
If I	trust	in	you, oh	please don’t

A

Run and hide

	D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
If I l	ove	you	too, oh	please, don’t

A	D9
Hurt my pride like	her

	G
‘Cause I couldn’t stand the	pain

	Gm7	D	A7
And	I would be sad if our new	love was in	vain

	D	Em7	F#m7
So I	hope	you’ll	see

	Em7	A
That	I would	love to love you

D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
And	that	she will	cry

	A	D9
When	she learns we are	two

	G
‘Cause I couldn’t stand the	pain

	Gm7	D	A7
And	I would be sad if our new	love was in	vain

	D	Em7	F#m7
So I	hope	you’ll	see

	Em7	A
That	I would	love to love you

D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
And	that	she will	cry

	A	D
When	she learns we are	two

	Gm7	D	Gm7	D
If I	fell in love with	you

The Beatles - In My Life (1965)

A	E7	A	E7

	A	E	F#m	A7/G
There are	places	I re	member

	D	Dm	A
All my	li	fe, though	some have changed

	A	E	F#m	A7/G
Some fore	ver,	not for	better

	D	Dm	A
Some have	go	ne, and	some remain

	F#m	D
All these	places have their	moments

	G	A
With	lovers and friends I	still can recall

	F#m	B
Some are	dead and some are	living

	Dm7	A
In	my life I’ve	loved them all

A	E7

	A	E	F#m	A7/G
But of	all these	friends and	lovers

	D	Dm	A
There is	no	one com	pares with you

A	E	F#m	A7/G
And these memories	lose their	meaning

	D	Dm	A
When I	think of	love as	something new

	F#m	D
Though I	know I’ll never lose af	fection

	G	A
For	people and things that	went before

	F#m	B
I	know I’ll often stop and think a	bout them

	Dm7	A
In	my life I	love you more

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

A	E	F#m	A7	D	Dm6	A	E
A	E	F#m	A7	D	Dm6	A	E	A

	F#m	D
Though I	know I’ll never lose af	fection

	G	A
For	people and things that	went before

	F#m	B
I	know I’ll often stop and think a	bout them

	Dm7	A
In	my life I	love you more

A	E

	Dm7	X	A	E7	A
In	my life I	love you	more

The Beatles - It Won’t Be Long (1963)

Originally in C#m, I play in Bm

Vox on the 4 of the first chord on “it won’t be”

	Bm
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	D
It won’t be l	ong yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	Bm	G	G7b9	D
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I be	long to y	ou

D

Vox on the 1

D	A#	D
Every night when e	verybody has f	un

D	A#	D
Here I am s	itting all on my o	wn

D

	Bm
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	D
It won’t be l	ong yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	Bm	G	G7b9	D
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I be	long to y	ou

	D	C#+
Since you l	eft me I	’m so alone

	Am	B7
Now you’re c	oming you’re co	ming on home

	G	A7
I	’ll be good like I k	now I should

	Em7	A7
You’re coming	home you’re coming h	ome

D	A#	D
Every night the te	ars come down from my e	yes

D	A#	D
Every day I	’ve done nothing but c	ry

	Bm
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	D
It won’t be l	ong yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	Bm	G	G7b9	D
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I be	long to y	ou

	D	C#+
Since you l	eft me I	’m so alone

	Am	B7
Now you’re c	oming you’re co	ming on home

	G	A7
I	’ll be good like I k	now I should

	Em7	A7
You’re coming	home you’re coming h	ome

D	A#	D
Every day w	e’ll be happy I k	now

D	A#	D
Now I know that y	ou won’t leave me no m	ore

	Bm
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	D
It won’t be l	ong yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

Hanging stop on “I belong”

	Bm	G
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I belong to you

F6	E7	D#maj7	Dmaj7

The Beatles - Let It Be (1969)

Originally in C, I play in A, or maybe Bb on piano

	A	E
When I	find myself in t	imes of trouble

	F#m	D
Mo	ther Mary c	omes to me

	A	E	D	A
Sp	eaking words of w	isdom, let it	be

	A	E
And	in my hour of da	rkness

	F#m	D
She is st	anding right in f	ront of me

	A	E	D	A
Sp	eaking words of w	isdom, let it	be

	F#m	F#m/E	D	A
Let it	be, let it	be, let it	be, let it	be

A	E	D	A
Whisper words of wis	dom, let it	be

	A	E
And	when the broken	hearted people

F#m	D
Living in the	world agree

A	E	D	A
There will be an	answer, let it	be

	A	E
But	though they may be	parted

	F#m	D
There is	still a chance that	they will see

A	E	D	A
There will be an an	swer, let it	be

	F#m	F#m/E	D	A
Let it	be, let it	be, let it	be, let it	be

	E	D	A
There will be an ans	wer, let it	be

Interlude, which I usually play even when there’s no solo.

D	A	E	D	A
D	A	E	D	A

	A	E
And	when the night is	cloudy

	F#m	D
There is	still a light that	shines on me

A	E	D	A
Shine until tom	orrow, let it	be

	E
I wake up to the	sound of music

	F#m	D
Mot	her Mary	comes to me

A	E	D	A
Speaking words of	wisdom, let it	be

	F#m	F#m/E	D	A
Let it	be, let it	be, let it	be, let it	be

	E	D	A
Whisper words of wis	dom, let it	be

	F#m	F#m/E	D	A
Let it	be, let it	be, let it	be, let it	be

	E	D	A
There will be an ans	wer, let it	be

D

A

E

D

A

The Beatles - Love Me Do (1962)

G	C	G	C

G	C
Love, love me d	o

	G	C
You k	now I love y	ou

	G	C
I’ll al	ways be t	rue

	C
So	pleeeeeease

	G	C	G	C
Love me	do

G	C
Love, love me d	o

	G	C
You k	now I love y	ou

	G	C
I’ll al	ways be t	rue

	C
So	pleeeeeease

	G	C	G	G
Love me	do

D	C	G
Someone to love, so	mebody n	ew

D	C	G
Someone to love, so	meone like y	ou

G	C
Love, love me d	o

	G	C
You k	now I love y	ou

	G	C
I’ll al	ways be t	rue

	C
So	pleeeeeease

	G	C	G	G
Love me	do

D	C	G
Someone to love, so	mebody n	ew

D	C	G
Someone to love, so	meone like y	ou

G	C
Love, love me d	o

	G	C
You k	now I love y	ou

	G	C
I’ll al	ways be t	rue

	C
So	pleeeeeease

	G	C	G	C
Love me	do

Fade with lots of Paul-esque Love-me-do’s

G

C

G

C

The Beatles - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (1967)

A	A7	A6	Dm/F

	A	A7	A6	F6
Pi	cture your	self in a	boat on a	river

	A	A7	A6	F
With	tangerine	trees and	marmalade	skies

	A	A7	A6	F6
Som	ebody c	alls you, you	answer quite	slowly

	A	A7	A6	Dm	Dm/C
A	girl with kale	idiscope	eyes

	Bb	C
C	ellophane flowers of	yellow and green

F	Bb
Towering over your	head

C	G
Look for the girl with the	sun in her

	D
Eyes and she’s	gone

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

D	A
Aaaah

A	A7	A6	F6
Follow her	down to a	bridge by a	fountain

	A	A7	A6	F
Where	rocking horse	people eat	marshmallow	pies

A	A7	A6	F6
Everyone	smiles as you	drift past the	flowers

	A	A7	A6	Dm	Dm/C
That	grow so in	credibly	high

Bb	C
Newspaper taxies	appear on the shore

F	Bb
Waiting to take you	away

C	G
Climb in the back with your	head in the clouds

	D
And you’re	gone

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

D	A
Aaaah

	A	A7	A6	F6
Pi	cture your	self on a	train in a	station

	A	A7	A6	F
With	plasticine	porters with	looking glass	ties

	A	A7	A6	F6
Sud	denly some	one is there	at the turn	stile

	A	A7	A6	Dm	Dm/C
The	girl with kale	idiscope	eyes

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

D	A
Aaaah

The Beatles - Michelle (1965)

Originally in Cm, I play in Em

Play the intro riff up high on 123, then drop to open chords

Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B

E	Am7
Michelle,	ma belle

D6	Gdim7
These are words that	go together

B	F#7b9	B
Well,	my Mic	helle

E	Am7
Michelle,	ma belle

D6	Gdim7
Sont les mots quit	vont tres biens

	B	F#7b9	B
Ens	emble	tres biens ens	emble

	Em
I	love you, I love you, I love you

G7	C
That’s all I want to	say

B	Em
Until I find a way

	Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
I will say	the	only	words I	know

	Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B
That you’ll				under	stand

E	Am7
Michelle,	ma belle

D6	Gdim7
Sont les mots quit	vont tres biens

	B	F#7b9	B
Ens	emble	tres biens ens	emble

	Em
I	need to, I need to, I need to

G7	C
I need to make you	see

B	Em
Oh what you mean to me

	Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
And until	I	do I’m	hoping	you

	Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B
Will know				what I	mean

I usually play the solo chords even without a solo

Em	Am7
I love you

D6	Gdim7	B	F#7b9	B

	Em
I	want you, I want you, I want you

G7	C
I think you know by	now

B	Em
I’ll get to you somehow

	Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
And until	I	do I’m	telling	you

	Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B
So you’ll				under	stand

E	Am7
Michelle,	ma belle

D6	Gdim7
Sont les mots quit	vont tres biens

	B	F#7b9	B
Ens	emble	tres biens ens	emble

	Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
I will say	the	only	words I	know

	Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B
That you’ll				under	stand

Em	Am7
I love you

The Beatles - Misery (1963)

Originally in C, I play in A or A capo 1

Rubato intro, then fast reggae with barre chords

D

	D	E
The wo	rld is treating me	bad

A	F#m	E
Misery

A	D
I’m the kind of	guy

	A	D
Who neve	r used to	cry

	D	E
The worl	d is treating me bad

A	F#m
Misery

	A	D
I’ve	lost her now for	sure

	A	D
I	won’t see her no	more

	D	E
It’s	gonna be a	drag

A

Misery

F#m	A
I’ll remember all the little	things we’ve done

F#m	E
Can’t she see she’ll always be t	he only one, only one

A	D
Send her back to	me

	A	D
‘Cause	everyone can	see

	D	E
With	out her I will	be in

A

Misery

F#m	A
I’ll remember all the little	things we’ve done

F#m	E
She’ll remember and she’ll miss her	only one, lonely one

A	D
Send her back to	me

	A	D
‘Cause	everyone can	see

	D	E
With	out her I will	be in

A

Misery

F#m	A
Oooh in mi	sery

F#m	A
Oooh misery

F#m	A
La la la la la	misery

The Beatles - Mother Nature’s Son (1968)

The Bm part is best played up at 7, on the top 4 strings

Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9	D

	D	G/D	D
B	orn a p	oor young country	boy

	Bm	Bm7	E9
M	other N	ature’s s	on

	A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/A
A	ll	day lo	ng	I’m si	tting s	inging

A	D/A	D	Dm7	G/D	D
Songs for ever	y	one

D	Dm7	G/D	D

	D	G/D	D
S	it b	eside a mountain st	ream

	Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9
S	ee her w	aters r	ise

	A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/A
L	ist	en t	o	the pr	etty s	ound of

	A	D/A	D	Dm7	G/D	D
Mu	sic	as she fl	ies

	G/D	D
Do do do do,	do-yoo do do	do

D	G/D	D	Dmaj7
Do do do do,	do-yoo do do	do

D7	D6	G/D	Gm/D	D
	Do do do

D	G/D	D
Find m	e in my field of g	rass

Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9
Mother	Nature’s	son

	A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/A
S	way	ing da	isi	es sin	g a	lazy

	A	D/A	D	Dm7	G/D	D
So	ng benea	th the s	un

	D	G/D	D
Do do	do do,	do-yoo do do	do

D	G/D	D	Dmaj7
Do do do do,	do-yoo do do	do

D7	D6	G/D	Gm/D
	Do do do

	D
Yeah yeah yeah

With mmmm’s

D	G/D	G/D	D
Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9

A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/A
A	D/A

D	Dm7	G/D	D7
Oh	Mo	ther Nature’s s	on

The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (1965)

Originally in D capo 2, so really in E.

I play in D or D capo 1.

D	D	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
I once had a	girl or should I	say	she once	had	me

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
She showed me her	room isn’t it	good	Norweg	ian	wood

	Dm	G
She	asked me to stay and she told me to sit any	where

	Dm	Em7	A
But	I looked around and I noticed there wasn’t a	chair

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
I sat on a	rug biding my	time	drinking	her	wine

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
We talked until	two and then she	said	it’s time	for	bed

D	D	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A

	Dm	G
She	told me she worked in the morning and started to	laugh

	Dm	Em7	A
I	told her I didn’t and crawled off to sleep in the	bath

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
And when I a	woke I was a	lone	this bird	had	flown

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
So I lit a	fire isn’t it	good	Norweg	ian	wood

D

Cadd9

G/B

D/A

The Beatles - Nowhere Man (1965)

Originally in D, capo 2; I play in D

Let ring, vox start on the 5

D	A
He’s a real	nowhere man

G	D
Sitting in his	nowhere land

Instruments enter

Em	Gm	D
Making all his	nowhere plans for	nobody

D	A
Doesn’t have a	point of view

G	D
Knows not where he’s	going to

Em	Gm	D
Isn’t he a bi	t like you and	me

	F#m	G
Nowhere	man please	listen

	F#m	G
You don’t kn	ow what you’re	missing

	F#m	Em7	A7
Nowhere	man the	world is at your command

Solo, if appropriate, else skip

D	A	G	D
Em	Gm	D	D

D	A
He’s as blind as	he can be

G	D
Just sees what he	wants to see

Em	Gm	D
Nowhere man can	you see me at	all

	F#m	G
Nowhere	man don’t	worry

	F#m	G
Take your	time don’t	hurry

	F#m	Em7	A7
Leave it	all till	somebody else lends you a hand

D	A
Doesn’t have a	point of view

G	D
Knows not where he’s	going to

Em	Gm	D
Isn’t he a bi	t like you and	me

	F#m	G
Nowhere	man please	listen

	F#m	G
You don’t kn	ow what you’re	missing

	F#m	Em7	A7
Nowhere	man the	world is at your command

D	A
He’s a real	nowhere man

G	D
Sitting in his	nowhere land

Em	Gm	D
Making all his	nowhere plans for	nobody

Em	Gm	D
Making all his	nowhere plans for	nobody

Em	Gm	D
Making all his	nowhere plans for	nobody

The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (1968)

Originally in Bb, I play in G.

Sounds fun played with power chords, more or less like Get Back,

then open it up in the chorus.

I drop the vox down on the ‘bra’.

G	D
Desmond had a barrow in the	market place

D7	G
Molly is the singer in a	band

G	C
Desmond says to Molly, girl I	like your face

	G	D	G
And Molly	says this as she	takes him by the	hand

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

G	D
Desmond takes a trolley to the	jeweller’s store

D7	G
Buys a twenty carat golden	ring

G	C
Takes it back to Molly, waiting	at the door

	G	D	G
And as he	gives it to her	she begins to	sing

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

C	G
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet	home

C

With a couple of kids running in the yard

	G/D	D
Of	Desmond and Molly	Jones

G	D
Happy ever after in the	market place

D7	G
Desmond lets the children lend a	hand

G	C
Molly stays at home and does her	pretty face

	G	D	G
And in the	evening she still	sings it with the	band

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

C	G
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet	home

C

With a couple of kids running in the yard

	G/D	D
Of	Desmond and Molly	Jones

G	D
Happy ever after in the	market place

D7	G
Molly lets the children lend a	hand

G	C
Desmond stays at home and does his	pretty face

	G	D	G
And in the	evening she’s a	singer with the	band

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	Em7
La la how the	life goes	on

And if you want some fun

	D	G
Take	ob-la-di-bla-	da

The Beatles - Octopus’s Garden (1969)

Originally in E, I play in E.

Intro; I just do some riffing on I and IV for the first line

E	E	B	E
E	C#m	A	B

E	C#m
I’d like to be	under the sea

	A	B
In an	octopus’s garden in the sh	ade

E	C#m
He’d let us in,	knows where we’ve been

	A	B
In his	octopus’s garden in the sh	ade

C#m	C#m/B
I’d ask my friends to come and see

A	B
An octopus’s	garden with me

E	C#m
I’d like to be	under the sea

	A	B	E
In an	octopus’s	garden in the sh	ade

E	C#m
We would be warm	below the storm

	A	B
In our	little hideaway beneath the w	aves

E	C#m
Resting our head	on the sea bed

	A	B
In an	octopus’s garden near a c	ave

C#m	C#m/B
We would sing and dance around

A	B
Because we know we	can’t be found

E	C#m
I’d like to be	under the sea

	A	B	E
In an	octopus’s	garden in the sh	ade

Weird solo bit with underwater noises; I usually skip when playing acoustic.

A	F#m	D	E
A	F#m	D	E	A	B7

E	C#m
We would shout	and swim about

	A	B
The	coral that lies beneath the w	aves

E	C#m
Oh, what joy for	every girl and boy

A	B
Knowing they’re happy and they’re s	afe

C#m	B
We would be so happy, you and me

A	B
No-one there to tell us what to	do

E	C#m
I’d like to be	under the sea

	A	B	C#m	C#m/B
In an	octopus’s	garden with	you

	A	B	C#m	C#m/B
In an	octopus’s	garden with	you

	A	B	E
In an	octopus’s	garden with	you

The Beatles - Oh! Darling (1969)

Originally in A, I play in D

A+

Vox on 6 1 6 5 on “o-hoh darling”

	D	A
Oh	darling please be	lieve me

Bm7	G
I’ll never do you no	harm

	Em7	A7
Be	lieve me when I tell	you

Em7	A7	D
I’ll never	do you no	harm

D	G	D	A

	D	A
Oh	darling if you	leave me

Bm7	G
I’ll never make it a	lone

Em7	A7
Believe me when I beg	you

Em7	A7	D
Don’t ever	leave me a	lone

D	G	D	D7

	G	A#7
When you	told me you didn’t	need me anymore

	D
Well you	know I nearly broke down and cried

	E
When you	told me you didn’t need me anymore

	A	A#	A	A+
Well you	know I nearly	broke down and	died

	D	A
Oh	darling if you	leave me

Bm7	G
I’ll never make it a	lone

	Em7	A7
Be	lieve me when I tell	you

Em7	A7	D
I’ll never	do you no	harm

D	G	D	D7
			Believe me, darling

	G	A#7
When you	told me you didn’t	need me anymore

	D
Well you	know I nearly broke down and cried

	E
When you	told me you didn’t need me anymore

	A	A#	A	A+
Well you	know I nearly	broke down and	died

	D	A
Oh	darling please be	lieve me

Bm7	G
I’ll never let you	down, oh believe me darling

	Em7	A7
Be	lieve me when I	tell you

Em7	A7	D
I’ll never	do you no	harm

D

G

D

D#7

D7

The Beatles - P.S. I Love You (1962)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 3

D	G#7	A	D	G#7	A
As I w	rite this l	etter, s	end my l	ove to y	ou

	D	G#7	A	A	E7	A
Rem	ember th	at I’ll a	lways b	e in lo	ve with y	ou

	A	Bm	A
Tr	easure these few w	ords till we’re tog	ether

	E	F#m	E	F	F	G	A
Keep a	ll my love fore	ver,	P.S. I love	you,	you y	ou y	ou

A	Bm	A
I’ll be coming h	ome again to	you love

	E	F#m	E	F	F	G	A
Unt	il the day I	do love,	P.S. I love	you,	you	you	you

D	A
As I write this l	etter

	D	A
S	end my love to y	ou

	D	A
Rem	ember that I’ll a	lways

	A	E7	A
B	e in l	ove with y	ou

	A	Bm	A
Tr	easure these few w	ords till we’re tog	ether

	E	F#m	E	F	F	G	A
Keep a	ll my love fore	ver,	P.S. I love	you,	you y	ou y	ou

D	A
As I write this l	etter (oooh)

	D	A
S	end my&nb

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