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

Originally in B, I play in A, and may or may not change keys

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

Key change coming on ‘yeah’

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

Key change, up a half-step

	A#	Gm	D#
Each	time that we’re	alone	boogity boogity boogity

	F
Boogity	boogity boogity shoop

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

	A#	Gm	D#
And	every time we	dance to	dip da dip da dip

C/E

Dip da dip da dip

A#	Gm	D#	F	A#	F
She	always	says she	loves me	so	so

A#

Who put the bomp

	Gm
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D#

Who put the ram

	F
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A#

Who put the bop

	Gm
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D#

Who put the dip

	F
In the	dip da dip da dip?

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

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

Spoken

A#	Gm	D#	F
Darlin’,	bomp bah bah	bomp, bah	bomp bah bomp bomp

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

	A#	Gm	D#
And when I	say, dip da dip,	da dip, da dip,	dip dip

	F
You	know I mean it from the

A#	Gm	D#	F
Bottom of my	boogity, boogity,	boogity, boogity	shoop

Fade on verse chords, with bomps and da-dips

A#

Gm

D#

F

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 - 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 - 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

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

Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba

C

Waahhhh... ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba

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

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (1969)

Originally in D, I play A capo 3

I play about halfway between the CCR and Turner tempos

G	E	G	E	G	E	D	C	C	A

A

Left a good job in the city

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

E

Big wheel keep on turnin’

F#m

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

A

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis

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

E

Big wheel keep on turnin’

F#m

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

A

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

G	E	G	E	G	E	D	C	C	A

A

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

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

G	E	G	E	G	E	D	C	C	A

A

If you come down to the river

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

E

Big wheel keep on turnin’

F#m

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

A

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

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

David Bowie - Space Oddity (1969)

Fmaj	Em
x 2

Vox on the low 1

C	Em
Ground control to Major	Tom

C	Em
Ground control to Major	Tom

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

Start countdown, two per beat

C	Em
Ground control to Major	Tom

C	Em
Commencing countdown engines	on

Hang on the last chord for a bit...

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

C	E
This is ground control to Major T	om

	F
You’ve really made the gr	ade

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

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

	C	E
Th	is is Major Tom to ground contr	ol

	F
I’m stepping through the d	oor

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

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

	Fmaj7	Em
For	here am I	sitting in a tin can

Fmaj7	Em
Far above the	world

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

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

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

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

	F
I’m feeling very st	ill

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

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

G	E7
Ground control to	Major Tom, your

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

	D/F#
Can you	hear me Major Tom?

	C
Can you	hear me Major Tom?

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

Fmaj7	Em
Here am I	floating ‘round my tin can

Fmaj7	Em
Far above the	moon

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

Instrumental

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

Fade to noise on the last chord

Dion - Runaround Sue (1961)

Originally in D, I play in C.

Intro open chords, reggae barre after that.

Highest note is the 4.

Quiet, let ring

C

Here’s my story it’s sad but true

Am

It’s about a girl that I once knew

F

She took my love then ran around

G

With every single guy in town

Pick it up w/barre chords

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

C

Hey, hey, whoa

Am

Hey, hey, whoa

F

Hey, hey, whoa

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

G

Hey, hey, whoa

C

Yem, I should have known it from the very start

Am

This girl’d leave me with a broken heart

F

Aw listen people what I’m telling you

Hard stop on the 1 (every time)

G

Ah keep away from Runaround Sue, yeah

C

I miss ‘em lips and the smile from her face

Am

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

F

So if you don’t want to cry like I do

G

Ah, keep away from Runaround Sue

C

Hey, hey, whoa

Am

Hey, hey, whoa

F

Hey, hey, whoa

G

Hey, hey, whoa

F

She likes to travel around

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

	F
Now p	eople let me put you wise

Hard stop on “Sue” (both times)

	G
Ah,	Sue goes out with other guys

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

Am

I’ve been in love and my love still grows

	F
A	sk any fool that she ever knew

	G
They’ll say	keep away from Runaround Sue

C

Hey

Am

Yea, keep away from this girl

F

I don’t know what she’ll do

G

Keep away from Sue

F

She likes to travel around

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

	F
Now p	eople let me put you wise

	G
Ah	she goes out with other guys

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

Am

I’ve been in love and my love still grows

F

Ask any fool that she ever knew

No hard stop this time

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

Fade on...

C

Yea

Am

Stay away from that girl

F

Don’t you know what she’ll do now

G

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

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)

G	C/G	G	C/G

G	C
We’re caught in a trap,	I can’t walk out

D	C	G
Because I lo	ve you too much	baby

G	C
Why can’t you see	what you’re doing to me?

D	C	D	C	Bm	D7
When you don’t believ	e a word I	say?

C	G	Bm	C	D
We can’t go on	together	with suspicious mi	nds

Em	Bm	C	D	D7
And we can’t buil	d our dreams	on suspicious	minds

G	C
So if an old friend I know	drops by to say hello

D	C	G
Would I still se	e suspicion	in your eyes?

G	C
Here we go again	asking where I’ve been

D	C	D	C	Bm	D7
You can see the tear	s are real I’m c	rying

C	G	Bm	C	D
We can’t go on	together	with suspicious mi	nds

Em	Bm	C	B7sus4	B7
And we can’t buil	d our dreams	on suspicious minds

Bridge, switch to 6/8

Em	Bm
Oh, let our	love survive

C	D
I’ll dry the	tears from your eyes

Em	Bm
Let’s don’t let a	good thing die

C	D
When honey you	know I’ve never

G	C
Lied to you,	mmm

G	D7
Yeah	yeah

G	C
We’re caught in a trap,	I can’t walk out

D	C	G
Because I l	ove you too much	baby

G	C
Why can’t you see	what you’re doing to me?

D	C	G
When you don’t believ	e a word I	say?

Don't you know I'm

G	C
Caught in a trap,	I can’t walk out

D	C	G
Because I lo	ve you too much	baby

Don't you know I'm

G	C
Caught in a trap,	I can’t walk out

D	C	G
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

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

Hard stops on each “come on”

I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on

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

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
You’re

A	D	E	D
Out on the	street looking	good and baby	deep down in your heart

A	D	E
I guess you know that it ain’t right

Vox on the 5 of the key

	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

I 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, shout 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

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

Well 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	come on

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

You know you got it, shout if it

D	C#m	Bm	A
Makes	you f	eel go	od

Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm

Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love (1967)

Originally in F#m, I play in Am capo 3

	Am	D	G	Am
When the t	ruth is found		to b	eeee lies

	Am	D	G	Am
And	all the joy	withi	n yooo	ou dies

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Am	D	Am	G	Am	Am

	Am	D	G
When the	garden’s flowers		they

	Am	D	G
Aaaa	re dead,		yes and

	Am	D	G	Am
Y	our mind your mi	nd	is so	full of red

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Am	D	G	Am
Your eyes, I	say your	eyes may look like	his

	Am	D
Yeah but	in your head baby

	G	Am
I’m a	fraid you don’t know	where it is

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Am	D	Am	G	Am	Am

Am	D	G	Am	D	G
Tears are running		all ‘r	ound and ‘round your breast

	Am	D	G	Am
And	your friends, baby,	they	treat you l	ike a guest

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Outro is vaguely...

Am

D

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

	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

	C	F	C
Little bo	xes on the hillside, little bo	xes made of tic	ky-tacky

	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
And they’re	all made out of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look just the same

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 there’s lawyers, and	business exe	cutives

	C	G7	C	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
Where	they are put in	boxes, and they	come out all the same

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	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)

C	F#dim7	Ab6	G
C	F#dim7	Ab6	G

C	F#dim7	Ab6	G
Stars shi	ning bright ab	ove you

C	C/B	C7/Bb	A7
Night bre	ezes	seem to w	hisper, I love you

Vox: easiest to stay on the A here

F	Fm
Birds singing in the s	ycamore tree

	C	G#	G
Dr	eam a little d	ream of me

C	F#dim7	Ab6	G
Say nigh	tie-night and	kiss me

C	C/B	C7/Bb	A7
Just hold	me	tight and	tell me you’ll miss me

F	Fm
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)

	C	G#7	G7	C	E
Dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

A	F#m	Bm7	E7
Stars f	ading but	I linger	on, dear

A	F#m	Bm7	E7
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.

A	F#m	Bm7	E7
I’m lo	nging to l	inger till	dawn, dear

A	F#m	G#7	G7
Just	saying	thi	s

C	F#dim7	Ab6	G
Sweet dre	ams till sunbeams	find you

C	C/B	C7/Bb	A7
Sweet dre	ams that	leave your	worries behind you

F	Fm
But in your dreams what	ever they be

If soloing, end this line on C/G instead of E

	C	G#7	G7	C	E
Dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

Solo on verse chords

A	F#m	Bm7	E7
Stars f	ading but	I linger	on, dear

A	F#m	Bm7	E7
Still cr	aving your k	iss

A	F#m	Bm7	E7
I’m lo	nging to l	inger till	dawn, dear

A	F#m	G#7	G7
Just	saying	thi	s

C	F#dim7	Ab6	G
Sweet dre	ams till sunbeams	find you

C	C/B	C7/Bb	A7
Sweet dre	ams that	leave your	worries behind you

F	Fm
But in your dreams what	ever they be

Hang on “me”

	C	G#7	G	Fm
Dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

	C	G#7	G	C
Just dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

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 G

Do do do

G	Em	C	D
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

G	Em	C	D
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

G	Em	C
Down dooby	doo down	down

D	G	C	G
Breaking up is	hard	to	do

	G	Em	C	D
Don’t take your	lov	e a	way from	me

G	Em	C	D
Don’t you	leave my heart in	mise	ry

G	G/F#	Em
If you	go then	I’ll be blue

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “breaking”

	A	D
‘Cause	breaking up is hard to	do

	G	Em	C	D
Re-mem-ber	whe	n you	held me	tight

G	Em	C	D
And you	kissed me	all through the	night

G	G/F#	Em
Think of	all that	we’ve been through

	A	D	G
And	breaking up is	hard to	do

Vox stay on the 1 for “they say”, and on “break”,

it goes to the b3

	Gm	C7	Gm	C7
They say that breaking	up	is	hard to	do

F	Fmaj7	F6	Fmaj7
Now I	know I	know that it’s	true

Fm	A#7	Fm	A#7
Don’t	say that	this is the	end

	D#
In	stead of breaking up I wish that

D7

We were making up again

	G	Em
I beg of	you

C	D
Don’t say good	bye

G	Em	C	D
Can’t we	give our love a	nother	try?

G	G/F#	Em
Come on	baby, let’s	start anew

	A	D	G
‘Cause	breaking up is	hard to	do

Girls sing the first and third lines this time

	Gm	C7	Gm	C7
They say that breaking	up	is	hard to	do

F	Fmaj7	F6	Fmaj7
Now I	know I	know that it’s	true

Fm	A#7	Fm	A#7
Don’t	say that	this is the	end

	D#
In	stead of breaking up I wish that

D7

We were making up again

	G	Em
I beg of	you

C	D
Don’t say good	bye

G	Em	C	D
Can’t we	give our love a	nother	try?

G	G/F#	Em
Come on	baby, let’s	start anew

	A	D	G
‘Cause	breaking up is	hard to	do

Fade

G	Em	C	D
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

G	Em	C	D
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

G	Em	C
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

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

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
Petty	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 - 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 - What a Wonderful World (1967)

Originally in B, I play in G capo 2.

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
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts are ‘scaping

	G	C
Ho	me, where my mu	sic’s playing

	G	C	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my	love lies waiting 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
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts are ‘scaping

	G	C
Ho	me, where my mu	sic’s playing

	G	C	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my	love lies waiting 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
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts are ‘scaping

	G	C
Ho	me, where my mu	sic’s playing

	G	C	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my	love lies waiting 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 say we’re young and	we don’t know

E	A/E	D	B
We won’t find out	un	til 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
Before 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 you 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 ain’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

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)

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-----9---7------------|
-----9---8---9-8------|
-9---9--99--9----9-11-|
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----------------------|
-----7---5------------|
-----7---6---7-6---6--|
-7---7--77--7----7----|
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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 - 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’ll 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’ll 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

	G7	D
You know I feel	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

A	A7
They call me on and	on across the universe

D	Bm
Thoughts meander	like a restless

F#m

Wind inside a letterbox

	Em7
They	tumble blindly as they make

	A	A7
Their	way across the uni	verse

D	A7sus4
Jai guru deva	om

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

D	Bm
Sounds of laughter,	shades of Earth

	F#m
Are	ringing through my opened ears

Em7	Gm
Inciting and	inviting me

D	Bm
Limitless, un	dying love which

F#m	Em7
Shines around me like a million	suns

A	A7
And calls me	on and on across the universe

D	A7sus4
Jai guru deva	om

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

D

Jai guru deva (Repeat)

The Beatles - All I’ve Got To Do (1963)

Eaugadd7add9 is a name I made up for:

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G#augadd7add9

	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, capo 2

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

Solo, skip if appropriate

Fm	Cm	Fm	Cm	Fm	Fm
Ab	Bb	Eb	Eb

Fm	Cm
Bright are the	stars that shine

Fm	Cm
Dark is the	sky

Fm	Cm
I know this	love of mine

Ab	Bb
Will never	die

	Eb6
And I	love her

Fm	Fm	Eb	Eb
Fm	Fm	C

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

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)

Originally in G, I play in G or G capo 1 or 2

G

I listen 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 hear the clock a’ticking on the mantel 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

NC	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 5.

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 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, so really in B, I play in C.

C	C/B
Your day breaks,	your mind aches

Am	C/G	Fmaj7
You find that	all her words of	kindness linger on

Bb	C
When she no l	onger needs you

C	C/B
She wakes up,	she makes up

Am	C/G	Fmaj7
She takes her t	ime and doesn’t	feel she has to hurry

Bb	C
She no	longer needs you

	Dm	A7
And in her e	yes you see	nothing

Dm	A7
No sign of	love behind the

Dm	A7
Tears cried for	no one

Dm	A7	Dm	Gsus4	G
A love that	should have lasted	years

C	C/B	Am
You want her,	you need her,	and yet you don’t

C/G	Fmaj7	Bb
Believe her	when she says her lov	e is dead, you

C

Think she needs you

C	C/B
Your day breaks,	your mind aches

Am	C/G
There will be	times when all the

Fmaj7

Things she said will

Bb	C
Fill your head you	won’t forget her

	Dm	A7
And in her e	yes you see	nothing

Dm	A7
No sign of	love behind the

Dm	A7
Tears cried for	no one

Dm	A7	Dm	Gsus4	G
A love that	should have lasted	years

C	C/B	Am
You stay home,	she goes out,	and says that long

C/G	Fmaj7	Bb
Ago she	knew someone but now	he’s gone, she

C

Doesn’t need him

	Dm	A7
And in her e	yes you see	nothing

Dm	A7
No sign of	love behind the

Dm	A7
Tears cried for	no one

Dm	A7	Dm	Gsus4	G
A love that	should have lasted	years

C

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

	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	A/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)

	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

Dm

A soap impression of his wife, which he ate

	Am
And donated to the	National Trust

Switch to 3/4

A7	A7

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.

Vocal starts on V-I of whatever the first chord is.

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)

I can’t really sing this in F, but I find

this one works better sung poorly in the

original key (F) than transposed.

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

F	C7
It fe	els so right now

F	Bb7
Hold me t	ight

G7	C7
Tell me I’m the	only one

	F	Bb7
And t	hen I m	ight

	G7	C7
N	ever be the l	onely one

	F	F7	Bb7	Bbm7
So h	old me ti	ght, to	night, t	onight

	F	Bbm7
It’s	you

	F	C7
You you yo	u

F	Bb7
Hold me t	ight

G7	C7
Let me go on	loving you

	F	Bb7
T	onight to	night

	G7	C7
M	aking love to o	nly you

	F	F7	Bb7	Bbm7
So h	old me tig	ht, ton	ight, to	night

	F	Bbm7
It’s	you

Goes to the bIII in the original, I go to the bVII, doesn’t

affect the melody.

	F	Eb7
You you yo	u

Vox land on the 3 on “know”.

Goes to the bIII in the original, I go to the v, doesn’t

affect the melody.

	F7	Cm7	F7
Don’t k	now	what it means to hol	d you tight

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

Bb7	Gm	G7
Being here al	one tonight with yo	u

	C7
It	feels so right now

F	Bb7
Hold me t	ight

G7	C7
Tell me I’m the	only one

	F	Bb7
And t	hen I m	ight

	G7	C7
N	ever be the l	onely one

	F	F7	Bb7	Bbm7
So h	old me ti	ght, to	night, t	onight

	F	Bbm7
It’s	you

	F	Eb7
You you yo	u

	F7	Cm7	F7
Don’t k	now	what it means to hol	d you tight

Bb7	Gm	G7
Being here al	one tonight with yo	u

	C7
It	feels so right now

F	Bb7
Hold me t	ight

G7	C7
Let me go on	loving you

	F	Bb7
T	o-night to	-night

	G7	C7
M	aking love to o	nly you

	F	F7	Bb7	Bbm7
So h	old me tig	ht, ton	ight, to	night

	F	Bbm7
It’s	you

	F	Cm7	F
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)

I prefer to play everything as barre chords until the chorus

Vocals start on 5→bVII (D F)

D7	D7	C7	G7

G

Baby’s good to me, you know

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

	C7	G
I’m in love with	her and I feel fi	ne

G

Baby says she’s mine, you know

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

	C7	G
I’m in love with	her and I feel fi	ne

G	Bm	C	D7
I’m so	glad that	she’s my little	girl

G	Bm	C7	D7
She’s so	glad, she’s	telling all the	world

	G
That her	baby buys her things, you know

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

D7	C7	G
She’s in love with	me and I feel fi	ne

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

G

Baby says she’s mine, you know

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

	C7	G
I’m in love with	her and I feel fi	ne

G	Bm	C	D7
I’m so	glad that	she’s my little	girl

G	Bm	C7	D7
She’s so	glad, she’s	telling all the	world

	G
That her	baby buys her things, you know

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

D7	C7	G
She’s in love with	me and I feel fi	ne

D7	C7	G
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 capo 1.

	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	E	Edim
For the th	ings you d	o end	ear you t	o me

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

	E	E7
I w	ill

A	G#m
La la	la la

C#m7

La la la la

	F#m7	B7	E
La	la la la La	la la

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

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 D

Harmonies in octaves on the oh yea’s

	D	A
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	D	A
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

The “I’m” is on the 6 (B)

	D
Im	agine, I’m in love with you

	G	A
It’s	easy cause I	know

The “I’m” is on the maj7 (C#)

	D	Bm
I’ve im	agined, I’m in lov	e with you

G	A
Many, many, many times be	fore

	D	Am7
It’s not	like me to pre	tend

	D	Bm
But I’ll	get you, I’ll get you in the	end

	G	A
Yes I	will, I’ll get you in the e	nd

	D	A
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	D
I	think about you night and day

	G	A
I	need you, cause it’s t	rue

	D	Bm
When I	think about you,	I can say

	G	A
I’m	never, never, never, never b	lue

	D	Am7
So I’m	telling you, my f	riend

	D	Bm
That I’ll	get you, I’ll get you in the	end

	G	A
Yes I	will, I’ll get you in the	end

	D	A
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	G
Well there’	s gonna be a time

	D
When I’m g	onna change your mind

	E7	A
So you m	ight as well resign yourself to	me, oh yeah

	D
Im	agine, I’m in love with you

	G	A
It’s	easy cause I	know

	D	Bm
I’ve im	agined, I’m in lov	e with you

G	A
Many, many, many times be	fore

	D	Am7
It’s not	like me to pre	tend

	D	Bm
But I’ll	get you, I’ll get you in the	end

	G	A
Yes I	will, I’ll get you in the e	nd

	D	A
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	D	A
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

D

Yeah

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

Baug as 76544x

C#m	C#m	F#m	G#
			x2

	C#m
Before this	dance is through

	F#m	G#
I think I’ll	love yo	u too

	A6	B6	E6	B7
I’m so	happy when you	dance with	me

	E	C#m	F#m	B7
I don’t	want to kiss or	hold your hand

	E	C#m	F#m	B7
If it’s	funny try and	understand

	A	E	C#m
There is	really nothing else I’d rather	do

	A	Baug	E	B7
‘Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

	E	C#m	F#m	B7
I don’t	need to hug or	hold you tight

	E	C#m	F#m	B7
I just	wanna dance with	you all night

	A	E	C#m
In this	world there’s nothing I would rather	do

	A	Baug	E
‘Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

	C#m	F#m	G#
Just to	dance with you		(oh oh)

	C#m	F#m	G#
Is	everything I	need	(oh oh)

	C#m
Before this	dance is through

	F#m	G#
I think I’ll	love yo	u too

	A6	B6	E6	B7
I’m so	happy when you	dance with	me

	E	C#m	F#m	B7
If some	body tries to	take my place

	E	C#m	F#m	B7
Let’s pre	tend we just can’t see his	face

	A	E	C#m
In this	world there’s nothing I would rather	do

	A	Baug	E
Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

	C#m	F#m	G#
Just to	dance with you		(oh oh)

	C#m	F#m	G#
Is	everything I	need	(oh oh)

	C#m
Before this	dance is through

	F#m	G#
I think I’ll	love yo	u too

	A6	B6	E6	B7
I’m so	happy when you	dance with	me

	E	C#m	F#m	B7
If some	body tries to	take my place

	E	C#m	F#m	B7
Let’s pre	tend we just can’t see his	face

	A	E	C#m
In this	world there’s nothing I would rather	do

	A	Baug	C#m
I’ve dis	covered I’m in	love with	you

F#m	G#
Oh	oh

	A	Baug	C#m
‘Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

F#m	G#
Oh	oh

A6	B6
Oh	oh

E6

Oh

The Beatles - I’m Only Sleeping (1966)

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

Em	Am
When I wake up early in the	morning

G	C	G	B7
Lift my	head,	I’m still	yawning

Em	Am
When I’m in the middle of a	dream

	G	C	G	C
I	stay in	bed, and	float up	stream

G	Am
Please don’t wake me,	no don’t shake me

Bm	Am
Leave me where I	am

Hard stop after this line

	Cmaj7
I’m only	sleeping

Em	Am
Everybody seems to think I’m	lazy

G	C	G	B7
I don’t	mind, I	think they’re	crazy

Em	Am
Running everywhere at such a	speed

	G	C	G	C
‘	Til they	find,	there’s no	need

G	Am
Please don’t spoil my	day

	Bm	Am
I’m miles a	way, and after	all

Hard stop after this line

	Cmaj7
I’m only	sleeping

Let ring

Em

Hard stop on “taking”

Dm	E7	Am
Keeping an eye on the	world going by my	window

Am/G

Taking my time

Em	Am
Lying there and staring at the c	eiling

	G	C	G	B7
W	aiting	for a	sleepy	feeling

Solo on the second half of a verse

Em	Am	G	C	G	C	C

G	Am
Please don’t spoil my	day

	Bm	Am
I’m miles a	way, and after	all

Hard stop after this line

	Cmaj7
I’m only	sleeping

Let ring

Em

Dm	E7	Am
Keeping an eye on the	world going by my	window

Am/G

Taking my time

Em	Am
When I wake up early in the	morning

G	C	G	B7
Lift my	head,	I’m still	yawning

Note extra chord at the end here

Em	Am
When I’m in the middle of a	dream

	G	C	G	C	Am
I	stay in	bed and	float up	stream

G	Am
Please don’t wake me,	no don’t shake me

Bm	Am
Leave me where I	am

	Cmaj7
I’m only	sleeping

With psychadelic riffing

Em

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 forever,	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

E	A

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

The Beatles - It Won’t Be Long (1963)

	C#m
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

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

	C#m	A	A7b9	E
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I be	long to y	ou

E

E	C	E
Every night when e	verybody has f	un

E	C	E
Here I am s	itting all on my o	wn

E

	C#m
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

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

	C#m	A	A7b9	E
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I be	long to y	ou

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

	Bm	C#7
Now you’re c	oming you’re co	ming on home

	A	B7
I	’ll be good like I k	now I should

	F#m7	B7
You’re coming	home you’re coming h	ome

E	C	E
Every night the te	ars come down from my e	yes

E	C	E
Every day I	’ve done nothing but c	ry

	C#m
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

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

	C#m	A	A7b9	E
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I be	long to y	ou

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

	Bm	C#7
Now you’re c	oming you’re co	ming on home

	A	B7
I	’ll be good like I k	now I should

	F#m7	B7
You’re coming	home you’re coming h	ome

E	C	E
Every day w	e’ll be happy I k	now

E	C	E
Now I know that y	ou won’t leave me no m	ore

	C#m
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

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

Hanging stop on “I belong”

	C#m	A
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I belong to you

G6	F#7	Fmaj7	Emaj7

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	C
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

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 F, I play in C capo 5, so still in F

Cm x x x 5 4 3

CmM7 x x x 4 4 3

Cm7 x x x 3 4 3

Cm6 x x x 2 4 3

Fm x x x 1 1 1

Fmadd9 x x x 1 1 4

Fm7 x x x 1 3 1

D7b9 x 5 6 5 6 x

If you’re capo’d, also find your Eb7 and Ab7 beforehand

Cm	CmM7	Cm7	Cm6
Fm	Fmadd9	Fm	Fm7	G

C	Fm7
Michelle,	ma belle

Bb6	Ebdim7
These are words that	go together

G	D7b9	G
Well,	my Mic	helle

C	Fm7
Michelle,	ma belle

Bb6	Ebdim7
Sont les mots quit	vont tres biens

	G	D7b9	G
Ens	emble	tres biens ens	emble

	Cm
I	love you, I love you, I love you

Eb7	Ab
That’s all I want to	say

G	Cm
Until I find a way

	Cm	CmM7	Cm7	Cm6
I will say	the	only	words I	know

	Fm	Fmadd9	Fm	Fm7	G
That you’ll				under	stand

C	Fm7
Michelle,	ma belle

Bb6	Ebdim7
Sont les mots quit	vont tres biens

	G	D7b9	G
Ens	emble	tres biens ens	emble

	Cm
I	need to, I need to, I need to

Eb7	Ab
I need to make you	see

G	Cm
Oh what you mean to me

	Cm	CmM7	Cm7	Cm6
And until	I	do I’m	hoping	you

	Fm	Fmadd9	Fm	Fm7	G
Will know				what I	mean

I usually play the solo chords even without a solo

Cm	Fm7
I love you

Bb6	Ebdim7	G	D7b9	G

	Cm
I	want you, I want you, I want you

Eb7	Ab
I think you know by	now

G	Cm
I’ll get to you somehow

	Cm	CmM7	Cm7	Cm6
And until	I	do I’m	telling	you

	Fm	Fmadd9	Fm	Fm7	G
So you’ll				under	stand

C	Fm7
Michelle,	ma belle

Bb6	Ebdim7
Sont les mots quit	vont tres biens

	G	D7b9	G
Ens	emble	tres biens ens	emble

	Cm	CmM7	Cm7	Cm6
I will say	the	only	words I	know

	Fm	Fmadd9	Fm	Fm7	G
That you’ll				under	stand

Cm	Fm7
I love you

The Beatles - Misery (1963)

Intro, single strum on each chord

F

	F	G
The wo	rld is treating me	bad

C	Am	G
Misery

If solo, I play reggae barre from here on out

C	F
I’m the kind of	guy

	C	F
Who neve	r used to	cry

	F	G
The worl	d is treating me bad

C	Am
Misery

	C	F
I’ve	lost her now for	sure

	C	F
I	won’t see her no	more

	F	G
It’s	gonna be a	drag

C

Misery

Am	C
I’ll remember all the little	things we’ve done

Am	G
Can’t she see she’ll always be t	he only one, only one

C	F
Send her back to	me

	C	F
‘Cause	everyone can	see

	F	G
With	out her I will	be in

C

Misery

Am	C
I’ll remember all the little	things we’ve done

Am	G
She’ll remember and she’ll miss her	only one, lonely one

C	F
Send her back to	me

	C	F
‘Cause	everyone can	see

	F	G
With	out her I will	be in

C

Misery

Am	C
Oooh in mi	sery

Am	C
Oooh misery

Am	C
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

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

In D, the first vocal notes are B D B A

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 love to y	ou (you know I want you to)

	D	A
Rem	ember that I’ll a	lways (yeah)

	A	E7	A
B	e in l	ove with y	ou

	A	Bm	A
I’ll	be coming home	again to you	love

	E	F#m	E	F	F	G	A
Unt	il the day I	do love,	P.S. I love	you,	you	you	you

F	G	A
You	you	you

F	G	A
I lo	ve yo	u

The Beatles - Paperback Writer (1966)

I usually skip the wild intro, and when it happens again later,

I just sing it over G

I stole the clever Bb,C from a YouTube cover, originally

the verse is all G until ‘writer’

	G7
Dear	Sir or Madam, will you read my book?

	Bb	C
It took me years to write, will you	take a look

	G7
It’s	based on a novel by a man named Lear

	Bb	C
And I need a job so I want to be a	paperback	writer

	G7
Paperback	writer

G7

It’s a dirty story of a dirty man

	Bb	C
And his clinging wife doesn’t	understand

	G7
His	son is working for the Daily Mail

	Bb	C
It’s a steady job but he wants to be a	paperback	writer

	G7
Paperback	writer

G

Paperback writer writer writer

G7

It’s a thousand pages, give or take a few

	Bb	C
I’ll be writing more in a	week or two

	G7
I can	make it longer if you like the style

	Bb	C
I can change it ‘round and I want to be a	paperback	writer

	G7
Paperback	writer

G7

If you really like it you can have the rights

	Bb	C
It could make a milion for you	overnight

	G7
If you	must return it you can send it here

	Bb	C
But I need a break and I want to be a	paperback	writer

	G7
Paperback	writer

G

Paperback writer writer writer

The Beatles - Penny Lane (1966)

Originally in B, I play in A

	A	A/G#
In Penny La	ne there	is a

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Barb	er showi	ng	photogra	phs

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
Of	every h	ead he’s	had the	pleasure to	know

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7
And all the p	eople that come and	go

	E	Esus44	E
Stop and say	hello

	A	A/G#
On the c	orner	is a

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Ban	ker with	a	mo	torcar

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
The	little c	hildren	laugh at h	im behi	nd his ba	ck

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7	E
And the b	anker never wears a	mack in the	pouring rain

	D
Ve	ry strange

	G	G/B	C
Penny	Lane is in my ea	rs and in my ey	es

	G	G/B	C
T	here beneath the	blue suburban	skies I sit

	E
And	meanwhile back

	A	A/G#
In Penny La	ne there	is a

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Fire	man with	an	hourgla	ss

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
And	in his	pocket	is a p	ortrait of	the quee	n

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7
He likes to	keep his fire engine c	lean

	E	Esus44	E
It’s a c	lean machine

Solo if appropriate over verse chords

A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
F#m7b5	Fmaj7	E	D

	G	G/B	C
Penny	Lane is in my ea	rs and in my ey	es

G	G/B	C	E
Full of	fish and finger	pie in summer	meanwhile back

	A	A/G#
Behind the	shelter	in the

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Mi	ddle of	the	rounda	bout

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
The	pretty	nurse is	selling	poppies fr	om a t	ray

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7
And though she	feels as if she’s in	a play

	E	Esus4	E
She is	anyway

	A	A/G#
In Penny La	ne the b	arber

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Sha	ves anot	her	custo	mer

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
We	see the	banker si	tting w	aiting fo	r a tr	end

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7	E
And then the f	ireman rushes i	n from the	pouring rain

	D
Ver	y strange

	G	G/B	C
Penny	Lane is in my ea	rs and in my ey	es

	G	G/B	C
T	here beneath the	blue suburban	skies I sit

	E
And	meanwhile back

Key change

	A	A/C#	D
Penny	Lane is in my ea	rs and in my ey	es

	A	A/C#	D
T	here beneath the	blue suburban	skies

	A
Penny Lane

The Beatles - Please Please Me (1962)

I play this in E (the original key), which mostly rules out

the high ‘Please Please Me’; I keep that one at E.

E

One voice stays on the 1 the whole time

E	A	E	G	A	B
Last night I said these words to	my	girl

E	A	E
I know you never even	try	girl

	A	F#m
Come o	n (come on), come	on (come on)

Up to the 1 of the key on the second “come on”

	C#m	A
Come	on (come on), come	on

	E	A
Please	please me, whoa	yeah

	B	E
Like	I please	you

E	A	E	G	A	B
You don’t need me to show the	way	girl

E	A	E
Why do I always have to	say	girl

	A	F#m
Come o	n (come on), come	on (come on)

	C#m	A
Come	on (come on), come	on

	E	A
Please	please me, whoa	yeah

	B	E
Like	I please	you

A

I don’t want to sound complaining

B	E
But you know there’s always rain in	my heart (in my heart)

A

I do all the pleasing with you

B	E
It’s so hard to reason with	you

	A	B	E
Oh y	eah, why	do you make me	blue

E	A	E	G	A	B
Last night I said these words to	my	girl

E	A	E
I know you never even	try	girl

	A	F#m
Come o	n (come on), come	on (come on)

	C#m	A
Come	on (come on), come	on

	E	A
Please	please me, whoa y	eah

	B	E
Like	I please	you

	E	A
(Please	please me,) whoa y	eah

	B	E
Like	I please	you

	E	A
(Please	please me,) whoa y	eah

	B	E	G	C	B	E
Like	I please	you

The Beatles - Revolution (1968)

Originally in B, I play in A capo 2.

Can play straight or swung (originally swung).

A	A	A	E

	A	D
You s	ay you want a revolution, well you k	now

	A
We all want to change the wo	rld

	A	D
You t	ell me that it’s evolution, well you k	now

	E
We all want to change the w	orld

Bm	E7
But when you talk about des	truction

Bm	G	A	F#	E7
Don’t you know that you can co	unt	me	out

	A	D
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D	E7
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D
You s	ay you got a real solution, well you	know

	A
We’d all love to see the pla	n

	A	D
You a	sk me for a contribution, well you kno	w

	E
We’re all doing what we can

Bm	E7
But if you want money from people with m	inds that hate

Bm	G	A	F#	E7
All I can tell you is brother you h	ave	to	wait

	A	D
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D	E7
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D
You s	ay you’ll change the constitution, we	ll you know

	A
We all want to change your h	ead

	A	D
You t	ell me it’s the institution, well you	know

	E
You better free your mind i	nstead

Bm	E7
But if you go carrying pictures of	Chairman Mao

Bm	G	A	F#	E
You ain’t gonna make it with anyone	a	ny	how

	A	D
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

	A	D	E7
Don’t you know it’s gonna	be alr	ight

G#6

F#6

The Beatles - Rocky Raccoon (1968)

Am7

Spoken

Am7

Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota

	D7sus4	D7
There lived a	young boy named Rocky Ra	ccoon(na)

G7	C
And one day his woman ran off with	another guy

C/B	Am7
Hit young Rocky in the	eye

	Dsus4	D7
Rocky didn’t like that he said	I’m gonna get that boy

	G7
So one	day he walked into town

	C	C/B
Booked himself a room in the	local saloon

Am7	Dsus4	D7
Rocky Raccoon checked	into his	room

G7	C	C/B
Only to find Gideon’s b	ible

Am7	Dsus4	D7
Rocky had come equip	ped with the	gun

	G7	C	C/B
To	shoot off the legs of his	rival

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
His	rival it seems had	broken his	dreams

	G7	C	C/B
By	stealing the girl of his	fancy

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
Her	name was Magill, and she	called herself	Lil

	G7	C	C/B
But	everyone knew her as	Nancy

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
Now	she and her man who	called himself	Dan

	G7	C	C/B
Were	in the next room at the	hoe-down

Am7	Dsus4	D7
Rocky burst in and	grinning a	grin

	G7	C	C/B
He said	Danny boy this is a show	down

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
But	Daniel was hot he	drew first and	shot

	G7	C	C/B
And	Rocky collapsed in the	corner

With da da da

Am7	Dsus4	D7	G7	C	C/B

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
Now the	doctor came in	stinking of gin

	G7	C	C/B
And pro	ceeded to lie on the	table

	Am7
He said	Rocky you met your match

	Dsus4	D7
And Rocky	said, Doc it’s only a	scratch

	G7
And I’ll be	better

	C	C/B
I’ll be better doc as soon as I am	able

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
And now	Rocky Raccoon he fell	back in his room

G7	C	C/B
Only to find Gideon’s	bible

Am7	Dsus4	D7
Gideon checked out and he	left in no doubt

	G7	C	C/B
To	help with good Rocky’s rev	ival

With da da da

Am7

Dsus4

D7

G7

C

C/B

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise) (1967)

Originally in F (with key change to G), I play in D or E)

E

	E	G	A	E
We’re	Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely	Hearts Club	Band

	A	E
We	hope you have enjoyed the	show

	E	G	A	E
S	ergeant Pepper’s	Lonely	Hearts Club	Band

	F#	B
We’re	sorry, but it’s time to	go

A	E
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely,	Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

F#	C#
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely	Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

F#	A	B	F#
Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely	Hearts Club	Band

	B	F#
We’d	like to thank you once a	gain

F#	A	B	F#
Sergeant Pepper’s	one and only	Lonely Hearts Club	Band

	Ab	C#
It’s	getting very near the	end

B	F#
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely,	Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

Long hold on “hearts” and “club”

Ab	B	F#
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely	Hearts Club	Band

F#	A	B	F#

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Originally in G, I play in D or E

F#7	F#7	A7	E7

	E7	F#7
It was	twenty years ago today

	A7	E7
Sergeant P	epper taught the band to play

	E7	F#7
They’ve been	going in and out of style

	A7	E7
But they’re	guaranteed to raise a smile

	F#7
So	may I introduce to you

	A7
The	act you’ve known for all these years

E7	A7	E7
Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely Heart’s Club Band

Trumpet solo, usually fun to sort of hum

A7	D7	A7	B7	B7

	E	G	A7	E
We’re	Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely Heart’s	Club Band

	A7	E7
We	hope you will enjoy the show

E	G	A7	E
Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely Heart’s	Club Band

	F#7	B7
Sit	back and let the evening go

A7

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

E7

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

F#7

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

A7	E7
Heart’s Club	Band

	A7
It’s	wonderful to be here

	D7
It’s	certainly a thrill

	A7
You’re	such a lovely audience

	B7
We’d	like to take you home with us

	B7
We’d	love to take you home

	E7	F#7
I don’t	really wanna stop the show

	A7	E7
But I t	hought you might like to know

	E7	F#7
That the s	inger’s gonna sing a song

	A7	E7
And he w	ants you all to sing along

	F#7
So	may I introduce to you

	A7
The	one and only Billy Shears

E7	A7	E7
Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely Heart’s Club Band

The Beatles - She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (1969)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 3, so in G

E	D	C#	C	E

Vox enter on F# G F# in A, but much easier to

find E E E in A (“she came in”)

E	A
She came in through the bathroom wi	ndow

E	C#m	A
Protected	by a silver sp	oon

E	C#m	A
But now she	sucks her thumb and won	ders

	A	E
By the	banks of her own lagoon

Resist the temptation to go way up here, vox only

go up a major third from “lagoon” to here

E	Am
Didn’t anybody t	ell her?

E	Am
Didn’t anybody s	ee?

	D7	G	G/F#	Em7
Su	nday’s on the phone to Mond	ay

	D7	G	E
Tu	esday’s on the phone to	me

E	A
She said she’d always been a da	ncer

E	C#m	A
She worked in	fifteen clubs a d	ay

E	C#m	A
And though she	thought I knew the a	nswer

	A	E
Well, I	knew but I could not say

E	A
And so I quit the police depa	rtment

E	C#m	A
And got my	self a steady j	ob

E	C#m	A
And though she	tried her best to h	elp me

	E
She could steal but she could not rob

E	Am
Didn’t anybody t	ell her?

E	Am
Didn’t anybody s	ee?

	D7	G	G/F#	Em7
Su	nday’s on the phone to Mond	ay

	D7	G	E
Tu	esday’s on the phone to	me oh y	eah

The Beatles - She Loves You (1963)

I play the chorus with tight hits on “loves you” and straight-8th downbeats.

Originally in G, I play in E.

	C#m
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	F#7
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A	E
She l	oves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, y	eah

	E	C#m7
You th	ink you lost your lo	ve, well

	G#m	B
I	saw her yester	day

	E	C#m7
It’s	you she’s thinking o	f and

	G#m	B
She t	old me what to s	ay

	E
She said she	loves you

	C#m
And you know that can’t be	bad

	Am
Yes she	loves you and you

	B
Know you should be	glad

	E	C#m7
She s	aid you hurt her	so

	G#m	B
She	almost lost her mi	nd

	E	C#m7
But n	ow she said she kn	ows

	G#m	B
You’re	not the hurting ki	nd

	E
She said she	loves you

	C#m
And you know that can’t be	bad

	Am
Yes she	loves you and you

	B
Know you should be	glad

	C#m
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	F#7
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

Vox down a half-step from “yeah” to “love”

("love on the 3 of the chord

	Am	B7	E
With a l	ove like that, you k	now you should be gla	d

	E	C#m7
You	know it’s up to	you

	G#m	B
I t	hink it’s only fa	ir

	E	C#m7
Pride	can hurt you	too

	G#m	B
Ap	ologize to h	er

	E
Because she	loves you

	C#m
And you know that can’t be	bad

	Am
Yes she	loves you and you

	B
Know you should be	glad

	C#m
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	F#7
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	Am	B7	E	C#m
With a l	ove like that, you k	now you should be gla	d

	Am	B7	E	C#m
With a l	ove like that, you k	now you should be gla	d

Soft stop on “should”

	Am	B7
With a l	ove like that, you k	now you should...

	E	C#m
Be gla	d yeah yeah yeah	yeah yeah yeah

A

Yeah yeah yeah

E6

Yeah

The Beatles - She’s Leaving Home (1967)

Originally in E, I play in D

D	Am	Em7	Bm7	E7
Wednesday	morning at	five o’clock as the	day begins

A9	A7
Silently closing her	bedroom door

A9	A7
Leaving the note that she	hoped would say more

	D	Am	Em7
She goes	down	stairs to the	kitchen clutching

	Bm7	E7
Her	handkerchief

A9	A7	A9
Quietly turning the	backdoor key,	stepping outside

	A7
She is	free

D

She (we gave her most of our lives)

Is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)

	Am	Bm7
Home (we gave her	everything money could	buy)

	E7
She’s leaving home after	living alone

	Bm7	E7
For	so many years

D	Am	Em7	Bm7	E7
Father	snores as his	wife gets into her	dressing gown

A9	A7
Picks up the letter that’s	lying there

A9	A7
Standing alone at the	top of the stairs

	D	Am	Em7
She breaks	down and	cries to her	husband

	Bm7	E7
Daddy, our	baby’s gone

A9	A7
Why would she treat us so	thoughtlessly?

A9	A7
How could she do this to	me?

D

She (we never thought of ourselves)

Is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)

	Am	Bm7
Home (we struggled	hard all our lives to get	by)

	E7
She’s leaving home after	living alone

	Bm7	E7
For	so many years

D	Am	Em7	Bm7	E7
Friday	morning at	nine o’clock she is	far away

A9	A7
Waiting to keep the	appointment she made

A9	A7
Meeting a man from the	motor trade

D

She (what did we do that was wrong?)

Is having (we didn’t know it was wrong)

	Am	Bm7
Fun (fun is the	one thing that money can’t	buy)

Bm7	E7	Bm7	E7
Something inside that was	always denied, for	so many years

Bm7	E7	G	D
She’s leaving	home, bye,	bye

The Beatles - Something (1969)

After the first ‘I don’t know’ in each chorus,

I do a descending A → Ab → G → Gb → F → E

I also generally ignore all the slash chords on guitar.

And I play a measure or two of C before the ‘intro’

on guitar; that F always feels like a rocky start.

Sometimes I just skip the ‘intro’. When I play

that riff on guitar, I try to be super-soft on the Eb.

F	Eb	G/D

C	Cmaj7
Something in the way she	moves

C7	F
Attracts me like no other l	over

D7	G
Something in the way she wo	os me

	Am	AmM7
I d	on’t wanna leave her now

	Am7	D9
You k	now I believe, and h	ow

F	Eb	G/D

C	Cmaj7
Somewhere in her smile she kn	ows

C7	F	F/E
That I don’t need no other l	over

D7	G
Something in her style that s	hows me

	Am	AmM7
I d	on’t wanna leave her now

	Am7	D9
You k	now I believe and ho	w

F	Eb	G/D	A

A	C#m/G#	F#m7	A/E
You’re asking m	e will my love	grow

	D	G	A
I don’t	know, I	don’t kn	ow

A	C#m/G#	F#m7	A/E
You stick ar	ound now, it may	show

	D	G	C
I don’t	know, I	don’t kn	ow

Solo if appropriate

C	Cmaj7	C7	F	D7	G
Am	AmM7	Am7	D9
F	Eb	G/D

C	Cmaj7
Something in the way she kn	ows

C7	F
And all I have to do is	think of her

D7	G
Something in the things she sho	ws me

	Am	AmM7
I	don’t wanna leave her now

	Am7	D9
You	know I believe and h	ow

F	Eb	G/D	A
F	Eb	G/D	C

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (1966)

E	Emaj7	E7	F#m	E	D	A

A	Em7
Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going	to Strawberry Fields

F#7

Nothing is real

	D	F#7
And	nothing to	hung about

D	A
Strawberry Fields for	ever

E	Emaj7	E7
Living is	easy with	eyes closed

F#m	E	D
Misunders	tanding all you	see

D	E	A	F#m
It’s getting	hard to be some	one but it all works	out

D	E	D	A
It doesn’t	matter much to	me

A	Em7
Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going	to Strawberry Fields

F#7

Nothing is real

	D	F#7
And	nothing to	hung about

D	A
Strawberry Fields for	ever

E	Emaj7	E7
No one I	think is in	my tree

F#m	E	D
I mean it	must be high or	low

D	E	A	F#m
That is you	can’t you know tune	in but it’s alr	ight

D	E	D	A
That is I	think it’s not too	bad

A	Em7
Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going	to Strawberry Fields

F#7

Nothing is real

	D	F#7
And	nothing to	hung about

D	A
Strawberry Fields for	ever

E	Emaj7	E7
Always	know somet	imes think it’s me

F#m	E	D
But you know I	know when it’s a	dream

D	E	A	F#m
I think I	know I mean oh	yes but it’s all w	rong

D	E	D	A
That is I	think I disag	ree

A	Em7
Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going	to Strawberry Fields

F#7

Nothing is real

	D	F#7
And	nothing to	hung about

D	A	F#m
Strawberry Fields for	ever

D	A
Strawberry Fields for	ever

D	E	D
Strawberry	Fields forev	er

A

The Beatles - Tell Me Why (1964)

Originally in D, I play in C, unless someone else

can do the high harmony, in which case I play in D.

Vocal note: don’t try the original melody on "anything

else I can do". Do anything but that.

Dm7	G	Dm7	G	Dm7	G	G	G

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	C	Am
Well, I g	ave you everything I h	ad

	Dm	G7
But you	left me sitting on my	own

	C	Am
Did you	have to treat me oh so	bad?

	Dm	G7
All I	do is hang my head and	moan

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	C	Am
If it’s	something that I’ve said or	done

	Dm	G7
Tell me	what and I’ll apolo	gise

	C	Am
If you	don’t, I really can’t go	on

	Dm	G7
Holding	back these tears in my	eyes

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	F7
Well, I	beg you on my bended knees

	G7
If you’ll	only listen to my pleas

	Am
Is there	anything I can do?

	Dm7
Cause I	really can’t stand it

	G7	C	Dm7	G7
I’m	so in love with	you

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	C	Dm7	G7
And why you	lied to	me

	C	Am
Tell me	why	you cried

Dm	G7	Am7
And why you	lied to	me

G#7	Gsus4	G6	C
	→

The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Yoko (1969)

E

Standing in the dock at Southampton

Trying to get to Holland or France

	E7
The	man In the mack said

You gotta go back
You know they didn't even give us a chance

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

E

Finally made the plane into Paris

Honeymooning down by the Seine
Peter Brown called to say
You can make it OK
You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

	E
Drove from	Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton

Talking in our beds for a week

	E7
The	newspapers said say what you’re doing in bed

I said we’re only trying to get us some peace

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

A

Saving up your money for a rainy day

Giving all your clothes to charity
Last night the wife said
Oh boy when you're dead

	B7
You	don’t take nothing with you but your soul, think!

E

Made a lightning trip to Vienna

Eating chocolate cake in a bag

	E7
The	newspapers said she’s gone to his head

They look just like two gurus in drag

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

E

Caught the early plane back to London

Fifty acorns tied in a sack

	E7
The	men from the press say we wish you success

It’s good to have the both of you back

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

B7

E

E6

The Beatles - The Fool on the Hill (1967)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 2

A6

A6	Bm7
Day after day, a	lone on a hill

	A6	Bm7
The	man with foolish grin is keeping p	erfectly still

	Bm7	E7
But	nobody wants to	know him

	A6	F#m7
They can	see that he’s just a f	ool

	Bm7	E7
And	he never gives an ans	wer

	Am	Amaug	Am	Amaug
But the f	ool	on the	hill sees the	sun going down

	G7	Am	Am7	A6
And the	eyes in his head see the wo	rld spinning rou	nd

A6	Bm7
Well on his way, his	head in a cloud

	A6	Bm7
The	man of a thousand voices talking	perfectly loud

	Bm7	E7	A6	F#m7
But	nobody ever	hears him, or the so	und he appears to m	ake

	Bm7	E7
And	he never seems to no	tice

	Am	Amaug	Am	Amaug
But the f	ool	on the	hill sees the	sun going down

	G7	Am	Am7	A6
And the	eyes in his head see the wo	rld spinning rou	nd

Solo if appropriate

A6	A6	Bm7	Bm7
A6	A6	Bm7	Bm7

	Bm7	E7
And	nobody seems to	like him

	A6	F#m7
They can	tell what he wants to	do

	Bm7	E7
And	he never shows his	feelings

	Am	Amaug	Am	Amaug
But the f	ool	on the	hill sees the	sun going down

	G7	Am	Am7
And the	eyes in his head see the wo	rld spinning rou	nd

A6	Bm7	A6	Bm7
Oh	oh	’round ‘round	’round

	Bm7	E7
And	he never listens	to them

	A6	F#m7
He	knows that they’re the	fools

Bm7	E7
They don’t	like him

	Am	Amaug	Am	Amaug
But the f	ool	on the	hill sees the	sun going down

	G7	Am	Am7
And the	eyes in his head see the wo	rld spinning rou	nd

A6	Bm7	A6	Bm7
Oh	oh	’round ‘round	’round

The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road (1969)

Originally in Eb, I play in C

On guitar, don’t strum much, play light, almost finger-picky

	Am	F/G
The	long and winding road

On guitar, skip the I/IV at the end of these lines

	C	C7	F	C/F
That	leads	to your door

F	Em7	Am
Will ne	ver disap	pear

Dm7	G7	A#/C
I’ve seen that r	oad before

F	Em7	Am
It	always lead	s me here

Dm7	G7	C
Lead me t	o your d	oor

	Am	F/G
The	wild and windy night

	C	C7	F	C/F
That the	rain w	ashed a	way

F	Em7	Am
Has	left a pool of	tears

Dm7	G7	A#/C
Crying f	or the day

F	Em7	Am
Why l	eave me standing	here

Dm7	G7	C
Let me kn	ow the	way

C/G	F
Many times I’ve	been alone

	Em7	Dm7	G7
And	many times I’ve	cried

C/G	F
Any way you’ll never	know

	Em7	Dm7
The	many ways I’ve tr	ied

	Am	F/G
But	still they lead me back

	C	C7	F	C/F
To the lo	ng win	ding r	oad

F	Em7	Am
You	left me stan	ding here

Dm7	G7	A#/C
A long long	time ag	o

F	Em7	Am
Don’t	leave me	waiting here

Dm7	G7	C
Lead me	to your	door

Bridge

C/G	F	Em7	Dm7	G7
C/G	F	Em7	Dm7

	Am	F/G
But	still they lead me back

	C	C7	F	C/F
To the lo	ng win	ding r	oad

F	Em7	Am
You	left me stan	ding here

Dm7	G7	A#/C
A long long	time ag	o

F	Em7	Am
Don’t	keep me w	aiting here

Dm7	G7	C
Lead me	to your	door

F/G	C
Yeah yeah yeah y	eah

The Beatles - The Night Before (1965)

Originally in D, I play it in A, capo 2, so in B

A	A	C	C	D	D	E	E

A	G	D	E
We said our good	byes (	ah the n	ight before)

	A	G	D	E
L	ove was in your e	yes (	ah the n	ight before)

F#m	Dm6	F#m	Dm6
Now today I f	ind	you have changed your m	ind

A	D7	A	C	D
Treat me like you d	id the night be	fore

A	G	D	E
Were you telling l	ies (	ah the n	ight before)

A	G	D	E
Was I so unwi	se (a	h the ni	ght before)

F#m	Dm6	F#m	Dm6
When I held you n	ear	you were so sin	cere

	A	D7	A
T	reat me like you d	id the night b	efore

Bridge, vox on 4 3 of the chord on “last night”

	Em	A7	D
L	ast night is the ni	ght I will rem	ember you by

Vox on 3 1 of the chord on “when I”

	F#m	B7	E7
W	hen I think of th	ings we did it m	akes me wanna cry

A	G	D	E
We said our good	byes (	ah the n	ight before)

	A	G	D	E
L	ove was in your e	yes (	ah the ni	ght before)

F#m	Dm6	F#m	Dm6
Now today I f	ind	you have changed your m	ind

	A	D7	A	C	D
T	reat me like you d	id the night be	fore

Solo if appropriate

A	G	D	E
			x 2

F#m	Dm6	F#m	Dm6
When I held you n	ear	you were so sin	cere

	A	D7	A
T	reat me like you d	id the night b	efore

Bridge

	Em	A7	D
L	ast night is the ni	ght I will rem	ember you by

	F#m	B7	E7
W	hen I think of th	ings we did it m	akes me wanna cry

	A	G	D	E
W	ere you telling l	ies (	ah the n	ight before)

A	G	D	E
Was I so unw	ise (	ah the ni	ght before)

F#m	Dm6	F#m	Dm6
When I held you n	ear	you were so sin	cere

	A	D	A
T	reat me like you d	id the night be	fore

C	A
Like the night bef	ore

The Beatles - There’s a Place (1963)

Originally in E, I play in C (it still goes up to G)

I play all the F’s as Fmaj7’s, and sometimes skip the Dm

Vocal note: starts on V

C	F	C	F

There...

	C	F	C
Is a	place,	where I can	go

F	C	Am	G7
When I feel	low,	when I feel	blue

	Em	F	C	F
And it’s my	mind	, and there’s no	time

	Dm	Am7
When I’m a	lone

I...

	C	F	C
Think of	you,	and things you	do

F	C	Am7	G7
Go round my	head	the things you	said

	F	G7
Like ‘I	love only	you

Am7	D
In my mind there’s no	sorrow

C	E7
Don’t you know that it’s	so

Am7	D
There’ll be no sad to	morrow

C	E7	Am7
Don’t you know that it’s	so?

There...

	C	F	C
Is a	place,	where I can	go

F	C	Am	G7
When I feel	low,	when I feel	blue

	Em	F	C	F
And it’s my	mind.	..and there’s no	time

	Dm	Am7
When I’m a	lone

	C	F
There’s a	place

	C	F
There’s a	place

	C	F
There’s a	place

The Beatles - Things We Said Today (1964)

Am

Am	Em	Am	Am	Em	Am
You say	you will	love me,	if I	ave to go

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
Y	ou’ll be t	hinking	of me, somehow	I will k	now

	C	C7	F	Bb
S	omeday when I’m l	onely, wi	shing you weren’t so f	ar away

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
T	hen I w	ill re	member things we s	aid tod	ay

Am	Em	Am	Am	Em	Am
You say	you’ll be	mine girl,	till the	end of	time

	Am	Em	Am	Am	Em	Am
T	hese days s	uch a k	ind girl, s	eems so	hard to f	ind

	C	C7	F	Bb
S	omeday when we’re d	reaming, d	eep in love not a l	ot to say

	Am	Em	Am	Em	A
T	hen we w	ill re	member things we s	aid tod	ay

	A	D	B7	E7	A
Me	I’m just the luc	ky kind, lov	e to hear you sa	y that love is lov	e

	D	B7	Bb7
And though we may	be blind, lov	e is here to st	ay and that’s...

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
E	nough to	make you m	ine girl, be the	only	one

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
L	ove me a	ll the t	ime girl, we’ll go	on and	on

	C	C7	F	Bb
S	omeday when we’re d	reaming, d	eep in love not a l	ot to say

	Am	Em	Am	Em	A
T	hen we w	ill re	member things we s	aid tod	ay

	A	D	B7	E7	A
Me	I’m just the luc	ky kind, lov	e to hear you sa	y that love is lov	e

	D	B7	Bb7
And though we may	be blind, lov	e is here to st	ay and that’s

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
E	nough to	make you m	ine girl, be the	only	one

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
L	ove me a	ll the t	ime girl, we’ll go	on and	on

	C	C7	F	Bb
S	omeday when we’re d	reaming, d	eep in love not a l	ot to say

	Am	Em	Am	Em	Am
T	hen we w	ill re	member things we s	aid tod	ay

Am

The Beatles - This Boy (1963)

D	Bm7	Em7	A
			x2

Harmonies on the 3,5,7; solo I sing the 3

D	Bm	Em	A7	D	Bm
That boy		took my	love a	wa	y

Em	A7	D	Bm
Oh, he’ll regr	et it somed	a	y

Hang on “this” and “wants”

	Em7	A7	D	Bm	Em	A7
But t	his boy w	ants you back a	gain

D	Bm	Em	A7	D	Bm
That boy		isn’t	good for you

Em	A7	D	Bm
Though he may w	ant you	too

Hang on “this” and “wants”

	Em7	A7	Dsus4	D	D9
T	his boy w	ants you back a	gain

	G	F#7
Oh, and t	his boy, would be h	appy

	Bm	D	D7
Just to l	ove you, but oh	my

	G	E7
T	hat boy won’t be h	appy

Hard stop on “cry”

	A
T	ill he’s seen you cry

D	Bm	Em	A7	D	Bm
This boy		wouldn’t mind	the pai	n

Em	A7	D	Bm
Would always f	eel the	same

Hard stop on “this” and “gets”

	Em7	A7	D	Bm	Em	A7
If t	his boy, g	ets you back ag	ain

D	Bm	Em	A7
This boy

D	Bm	Em	A7
This boy

D	Bm	Em	A7	D
This boy

The Beatles - Ticket to Ride (1965)

Originally in A, I play it in G, which makes the high

harmony at least plausible (on I)

In G, I avoid the open chord and play it @ 3

G

	G
I	think I’m gonna be sad I think it’s today, yeah

	Am	D
The girl that’s driving me mad is going a	way

	Em	C7	Em	Fmaj7
Sh	e’s got a ticket to ri	de s	he’s got a ticket to r	ide

	Em	D	G
S	he’s got a ticket to ri	de and she don’t ca	re

	G
She	says that living with me is bringing her down, yea

	Am	D
But she will never be free when I was around,	oh

Em	C7	Em	Fmaj7
She’s got a ticket to	ride	she’s got a ticket to	ride

Em	D	G
She’s got a ticket to r	ide and she don’t c	are

	C
I d	on’t know why she’s riding so high

	D	D7
She ought to think twice she ought to do right by	me

	C
Bef	ore she gets to saying goodbye

	D	D7
She ought to think twice she ought to do right by	me

	G
I th	ink I’m gonna be sad I think it’s today, yeah

	Am	D
The girl that’s driving me mad is going a	way

	Em	C7	Em	Fmaj7
Sh	e’s got a ticket to ri	de s	he’s got a ticket to r	ide

	Em	D	G
S	he’s got a ticket to ri	de and she don’t ca	re

	G
My baby don’t care

	G
My baby don’t care

	G
My baby don’t care

	G
My baby don’t care

The Beatles - Twist and Shout (1963)

D	G	A
		x2

	D	G	A
Well shake it up b	aby now (sh	ake it up b	aby)

	D	G	A
Twist and sh	out (tw	ist and sh	out)

	D	G	A
Come on, come on, come on, come on, b	aby now (c	ome on b	aby)

	D	G	A
Come on and work it on o	ut (w	ork it on o	ut!)

	D	G	A
Well work it on o	ut (w	ork it on o	ut)

	D	G	A
You know you look so go	od (l	ook so g	ood)

	D	G	A
You know you got me g	oin’ now (g	ot me g	oin’)

	D	G	A
Just like I knew you wo	uld (like I k	new you w	ould)

	D	G	A
Well shake it up b	aby now (sh	ake it up b	aby)

	D	G	A
Twist and sh	out (tw	ist and sh	out)

	D	G	A
Come on, come on, come on, come on, b	aby now (c	ome on b	aby)

	D	G	A
Come on and work it on o	ut (w	ork it on o	ut)

	D	G	A
You know you twist it little g	irl, (tw	ist little g	irl)

	D	G	A
You know you twist so f	ine (tw	ist so f	ine)

	D	G	A
Come on and twist a little cl	oser now (tw	ist a little c	loser)

	D	G	A
And let me know that you’re m	ine (let me k	now you’re m	ine, ooh!)

D	G	A	A
			x4

A	A7
Ahh ahh a	hh ahh ahh yeah!

	D	G	A
B	aby now (sh	ake it up b	aby)

	D	G	A
Twist and sh	out (tw	ist and sh	out)

	D	G	A
Come on, come on, come on, come on, b	aby now (c	ome on b	aby)

	D	G	A
Come on and work it on o	ut (w	ork it on o	ut, ooh!)

	D	G	A
You know you twist it little	girl (t	wist little gi	rl)

	D	G	A
You know you twist so f	ine (tw	ist so f	ine)

	D	G	A
Come on and twist a little cl	oser now (tw	ist little cl	oser)

	D	G	A
And let me know that you’re m	ine (let me k	now you’re m	ine ooh!)

	D	G	A
Well shake it shake it shake it b	aby now (s	hake it up b	aby)

	D	G	A
Well shake it shake it shake it b	aby now (s	hake it up b	aby)

	D	G	A
Well shake it shake it shake it b	aby now (s	hake it up b	aby)

A	A7
Ahh ahh a	hh ahh

A

Bb

B

C

C#

D

D9

The Beatles - Two of Us (1969)

G

I Dig a Pygmy by Charles Hortrey and the Deaf Aids

Phase one in which Doris gets her oats

G

Two of us riding nowhere

	C	G/B	Am7
Spending someone’s	hard	earned pay

G

You and me Sunday driving not arriving

C	G/B	Am7	G
On	our	way back	home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

C	G
We’re going	home

G

Two of us sending postcards

	C	G/B	Am7
Writing letters o	n	my	wall

G

You and me burning matches lifting latches

C	G/B	Am7	G
On	our	way back	home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

C	G
We’re going	home

Bb	Dm
You and I have m	emories

Gm7	Am	D7
Longer than the	road that stretches out ahead

G

Two of us wearing raincoats

	C	G/B	Am
Standing solo in	the	sun

G

You and me chasing paper getting nowhere

C	G/B	Am	G
On	our	way back	home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

C	G
We’re going	home

Bb	Dm
You and I have m	emories

Gm7	Am	D7
Longer than the	road that stretches out ahead

G

Two of us wearing raincoats

	C	G/B	Am7
Standing solo	In	the sun

G

You and me chasing paper getting nowhere

C	G/B	Am7	G
On	our	way back	home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

D	C	G
We’re on our	way home

C	G
We’re going	home

G

Whistle and rejoice

The Beatles - Wait (1965)

The verse is originally played on just strings 2 and 3, descending

	F#m7	B/F#
It’s been a	long	time

	Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
N	ow	I’m c	oming back	home

	F#m7	B/F#
I’ve been a	way n	ow

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Oh	how	I’ve been a	lone

A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7
Wait	till I	come back	to your sid	e

	A6	C#7	F#m
We’ll f	orget the t	ears we’ve c	ried

	F#7m	B/F#
But if your h	eart br	eaks

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Don’t	wait,	turn me	away

	F#m7	B/F#
And if your	heart’s st	rong

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Hold	on,	I won’t de	lay

A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7
Wait	till I	come bac	k to your si	de

	A6	C#7	F#m
We’ll for	get the t	ears we’ve c	ried

Bridge

	B	E
I feel as th	ough you ought to	know

	A	F#m
That I’ve been	good as good as I can	be

	B	E
And if you	do I’ll trust in	you

	A	C#7sus4	C#7
And know that	you will wait for	me

	F#m7	B/F#
It’s been a	long ti	me

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Now	I’m	coming back	home

	F#m7	B/F#
I’ve been	away n	ow

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Oh	how	I’ve been a	lone

A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7
Wait	till I	come bac	k to your si	de

	A6	C#7	F#m
We’ll for	get the t	ears we’ve c	ried

Bridge

	B	E
I feel as th	ough you ought to	know

	A	F#m
That I’ve been	good as good as I can	be

	B	E
And if you	do I’ll trust in	you

	A	C#7sus4	C#7
And know that	you will wait for	me

	F#m7	B/F#
It’s been a	long t	ime

	Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
N	ow	I’m	coming back	home

	F#m7	B/F#
I’ve been	away n	ow

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Oh	how	I’ve been a	lone

A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7	A6	Dmaj7
Wait	till I c	ome bac	k to your si	de

	A6	C#7	F#m
We’ll for	get the t	ears we’ve c	ried

	F#m7	B/F#
It’s been a	long t	ime

	Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
N	ow	I’m	coming back	home

No guitar

	F#m7	B/F#
I’ve been a	way n	ow

Bm/F#	F#m	C#7	F#m
Oh,	how	I’ve been alon	e

The Beatles - We Can Work It Out (1965)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 3.

I skip all the sus4’s.

A	Asus4	A
Try to see it	my	way

	Asus4	G	A
Do I have to	keep on talking	till I can’t go	on

A	Asus4	A
While you see it y	our w	ay

A	Asus4	G	A
Run the risk of know	ing that our l	ove may soon be g	one

D	A
We can work it	out

D	E
We can work it	out

A	Asus4	A
Think of what you’re	say	ing

A	Asus4	G	A
You can get it	wrong and still you	think that it’s all	right

A	Asus4	A
Think of what I’m	say	ing

A	Asus4	G	A
We can work it	out and get it	straight or say goodn	ight

D	A
We can work it	out

D	E
We can work it	out

F#m	F#m/E	D	C#7
Life is very short and	there’s no	tim	e

In A, just play the same chords as the previous line, skip

the descending pattern

	C#	F#m	F#m/E	F#m/D	F#m/C#
For	fussing and	fighting, my	friend

F#m	F#m/E	D	C#7
I have always thought that	it’s a	crim	e

	C#	F#m	F#m/E	F#m/D	F#m/C#
So	I will	ask you	once	again

A	Asus4	A
Try to see it	my	way

	Asus4	G	A
Only time wil	l tell if I am r	ight or I am wro	ng

A	Asus4	A
While you see it y	our w	ay

A	Asus4	G	A
There’s a chance that w	e might fall a	part before too l	ong

D	A
We can work it	out

D	E
We can work it	out

F#m	F#m/E	D	C#7
Life is very short and	there’s no	tim	e

	C#	F#m	F#m/E	F#m/D	F#m/C#
For	fussing and	fighting, my	friend

F#m	F#m/E	D	C#7
I have always thought that	it’s a	crim	e

	C#	F#m	F#m/E	F#m/D	F#m/C#
So	I will	ask you	once	again

A	Asus4	A
Try to see it	my	way

	Asus4	G	A
Only time wil	l tell if I am r	ight or I am wro	ng

A	Asus4	A
While you see it y	our w	ay

A	Asus4	G	A
There’s a chance that w	e might fall a	part before too l	ong

D	A
We can work it	out

D	E
We can work it	out

A

Asus2

A

Asus4

A

The Beatles - When I’m Sixty-Four (1966)

Originally in C#, I play in A

I play the verse as C, C/G, etc.

I usually hit G7 on the NC’s

A	A/E	A	A/E
D	E	A	E	A
		→	→

Vox on the 3, which will feel low in A

A

When I get older losing my hair

	E
Many years from n	ow

E7

Will you still be sending me a valentine

NA	A
Birthday greetings	bottle of wine?

A

If I’d been out till quarter to three

A7	D
Would you lock the	door

D	Dm	A	F#
Will you still	need me,	will you still	feed me

B	E7	A	E	A
When I’m	sixty-	four?

F#m	F#m	E	F#m

F#m	C#
You’ll be older	too

F#m	Bm
And if you	say the word

D	E	A	E7
I could	stay with	you

A

I could be handy mending a fuse

	E
When your lights have g	one

E7

You can knit a sweater by the fireside

NA	A
Sunday mornings	go for a ride

A

Doing the garden, digging the weeds

A7	D
Who could ask for	more?

D	Dm	A	F#
Will you still	need me,	will you still	feed me

B	E7	A	E	A
When I’m	sixty-	four?

F#m	E
Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of	Wight

	F#m
If it’s not too	dear

F#m	C#
We shall scrimp and	save

F#m	Bm
Grandchildren	on your knee

D	E	A	E7
Vera,	Chuck, and	Dave

A

Send me a postcard, drop me a line

	E
Stating point of v	iew

E7

Indicate precisely what you mean to say

NA	A
Yours sincerely,	Wasting Away

A

Give me your answer, fill in a form

A7	D
Mine for ever	more

D	Dm	A	F#
Will you still	need me,	will you still	feed me

B	E7	A	E	A
When I’m	sixty-	four?

A	A/E	A	A/E
D	E	A	E	A
		→	→

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1968)

Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
Am	G	D	E

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
I	look at you a	ll see the	love there that’s sl	eeping

Am	G	D	E
While my gui	tar gently	weeps

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
I	look at the f	loor and I	see it needs sweepin	g

Am	G	C	E
Still my gui	tar gently	weeps

A	C#m7	F#m	C#m7
I don’t know	why	nobody t	old you

Bm7	E
How to unfold your	love

A	C#m7	F#m	C#m7
I don’t know	how	someone con	trolled you

Bm7	E
They bought and sold	you

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
I	look at the w	orld and I	notice it’s	turning

Am	G	D	E
While my gui	tar gently	weeps

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
Wi	th every mistak	e we must	surely be	learning

Am	G	C	E
Still my gui	tar gently	weeps

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

A	C#m7	F#m	C#m7
I don’t know	how	you were di	verted

Bm7	E
You were perverted	too

A	C#m7	F#m	C#m7
I don’t know	how	you were in	verted

Bm7	E
No one alerted	you

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
I	look at you a	ll see the	love there that’s sl	eeping

Am	G	D	E
While my gui	tar gently	weeps

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
Lo	ok at you all	...

Am	G	C	E
Still my gui	tar gently	weeps

Over outro solo

Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

Am	G	D	E
While my gui	tar gently	weeps

The Beatles - With a Little Help From My Friends (1967)

C	D	E
Bil	ly	Shears

	E	B	F#m
W	hat would you	do if I sa	ng out of tune

	F#m	B7	E
Would you	stand up and w	alk out on m	e?

E	B	F#m
Lend me your e	ars and I’ll si	ng you a song

	F#m	B7	E
And I’ll	try not to s	ing out of k	ey

	D	A	E
Oh, I get	by with a little he	lp from my fri	ends

	D	A	E
Mm, I get h	igh with a little h	elp from my fr	iends

	A	E
Mm, gonna tr	y with a little help from my fri	ends

B7

	E	B	F#m
W	hat do I d	o when my lo	ve is away

	F#m	B7	E
Does it	worry you to	be alon	e?

	B	F#m
How do I f	eel by the e	nd of the day

	F#m	B7	E
Are you	sad because yo	u’re on your o	wn?

	D	A	E
No, I get	by with a little he	lp from my fri	ends

	D	A	E
Mm, I get h	igh with a little h	elp from my fr	iends

	A	E
Mm, gonna tr	y with a little help from my fri	ends

	C#m	F#
Do you n	eed anybod	y?

	E	D	A
I ne	ed some	body to l	ove

	C#m	F#
Could it	be anyb	ody?

	E	D	A
I w	ant some	body to l	ove

E	B	F#m
Would you	believe in a	love at first sight

	F#m	B	E
Yes, I’m	certain that it	happens all the	time

E	B	F#m
What do you	see when you	turn out the light

	F#m	B	E
I can’t	tell you but I	know it’s	mine

	D	A	E
Oh, I get	by with a little he	lp from my fri	ends

	D	A	E
Mm, I get h	igh with a little h	elp from my fr	iends

	A	E
Mm, gonna tr	y with a little help from my fri	ends

	C#m	F#
Do you n	eed anybod	y?

	E	D	A
I ne	ed some	body to l	ove

	C#m	F#
Could it	be anyb	ody?

	E	D	A
I w	ant some	body to l	ove

A	D	A	E
Oh, I get b	y with a little h	elp from my frien	ds

	D	A	E
Mm, I’m gonna t	ry with a little he	lp from my fri	ends

	A	E
Oh I get hig	h with a little help from my fri	ends

	D	A
Yes, I get b	y with a little help from my frie	nds

	C	D	E
With a little help from my fr	iends

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (1966)

Vocals start with “town” on I (D)

NC	D7	C	G
In the	town where	I was	born

Em	Am	C	D7
Lived a	man who	sailed the	sea

G	D7	C	G
And he	told us	of his	life

Em	Am	C	D7
In the	land of	submar	ines

G	D7	C	G
So we	sailed up	to the	sun

Em	Am	C	D7
Till we	found a	sea of	green

G	D7	C	G
And we	lived be	neath the	waves

Em	Am	C	D7
In our	yellow	submar	ine

G	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

	D7	C	G
And our	friends are	all a	board

Em	Am	C	D7
Many	more of them	live next	door

G	D7	C	G
And the	band be	gins to	play

D	G	G	G	D7	G

G	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

I usually skip the weird instrumental

G	D7	C	G
As we	live a	life of	ease

Em	Am	C	D7
Every	one of us	has all we	need

G	D7	C	G
Sky of	blue and	sea of	green

Em	Am	C	D7
In our	yellow	subma	rine

G	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

The Beatles - Yes It Is (1965)

Originally in E, I play in D, especially if there’s a high

harmony available, else I might capo up to E.

D

D	G	Em7	A7
If you wear r	ed ton	ight

D	G	C	A7
Remember what I s	aid ton	ight

	Bm	G
For	red is the color that my	baby wore

	C	Bm
An	d what’s more, it’s	true

D

Yes it is

D

D	G	Em7	A7
Scarlet were the	clothes she	wore

D	G	C	A7
Everybody	knows I’m	sure

Bm	G
I would remember all the t	hings we planned

C	Bm
Understand, it’s	true

D	D7
Yes it is, it’s true,	yes it is

Am	D7	G	Em
I could be	happy with	you by my	side

Am	D7
If I could for	get her, but

Bm	D
It’s my pride, yes it is,	yes it is

	E7	A7
Oh, yes it	is, y	eah

D	G	Em7	A7
Please don’t wear r	ed ton	ight

D	G	C	A7
This is what I sa	id toni	ght

	Bm	G
For	red is the color that will m	ake me blue

	C	Bm
In spite	of you, it’s	true

D

Yes it is, it’s true

D7

Yes it is

Am	D7	G	Em
I could be	happy with	you by my	side

Am	D7
If I could for	get her, but

Bm	D
It’s my pride, yes it is,	yes it is

	E7	A7
Oh, yes it	is, y	eah

D	G	Em7	A7
Please don’t wear r	ed ton	ight

D	G	C	A7
This is what I sa	id toni	ght

	Bm	G
For	red is the color that will m	ake me blue

	C	Bm
In spite	of you, it’s	true

D	F#
Yes it is it’s t	rue

D	G
Yes it is it’s t	rue

The Beatles - Yesterday (1965)

Originally in F but probably played in G down 1,

I play in F.

F

F	Em7	A7	Dm	Dm7/C
Yesterday,	all my	troubles seemed so f	ar away

Bb	C	C7	F
Now it l	ooks as	though they’re her	e to stay

C	Dm7	G7	Bb	F
Oh,	I bel	ieve in y	ester	day

F	Em7	A7	Dm	Dm7/C
Suddenly,	I’m not	half the man I	used to be

Bb	C	C7	F
There’s a	shadow	hanging	over me

C	Dm7	G7	Bb	F
Oh	yester	day came	sudden	ly

A7	Dm	C	Bb
Why she	had	to	go

Dm	C	C7	F
I don’t	know, she	wouldn’t	say

A7	Dm	C	Bb	Dm
I said	some	thing	wrong,	now I

C	C7	F
Long for	yester	day

F	Em7	A7	Dm	Dm7/C	Bb
Yesterday, l	ove was	such an easy	game to play

	C	C7	F
Now I	need a	place to	hide away

C	Dm7	G7	Bb	F
Oh,	I bel	ieve in	yester	day

A7	Dm	C	Bb
Why she	had	to	go

Dm	C	C7	F
I don’t	know, she	wouldn’t	say

A7	A7	Dm	C	Bb	Dm
I	said	somet	hing	wrong	now I

C	C7	F
Long for	yester	day

F	Em7	A7	Dm	Dm7/C	Bb
Yesterday, l	ove was	such an easy	game to play

	C	C7	F
Now I	need a	place to	hide away

C	Dm7	G7	Bb	F
Oh,	I bel	ieve in	yester	day

	Dm	G7	Bb	F
Mmm	mmm-mmm	mmm mmm	mmm	mmm

The Beatles - You’re Going to Lose that Girl (1965)

Vox start on 3 5 3 6 on “you’re gonna lose”...

It’s lower than you think.

	E	C#m
You’re gonna	lose that girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

	F#m	B7
You’re gonna	lose that	girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

E	G#
If you don’t take her	out tonight

	F#m	B7
She’s gonna	change her mind

(She’s gonna change her mind)

E	G#
And I will take her	out tonight

	F#m	B7
And I will	treat her kind

(I’m gonna treat her kind)

	E	C#m
You’re gonna	lose that girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

	F#m	B7
You’re gonna	lose that	girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

E	G#
If you don’t treat her	right my friend

	F#m	B7
You’re gonna	find her gone

(You’re gonna find her gone)

E	G#
‘Cause I will treat her	right and then

	F#m	B7
You’ll be the	lonely one

(You’re not the only one)

	E	C#m
You’re gonna	lose that girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

	F#m	B7
You’re gonna	lose that	girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

B7	F#m	D
You’re gonna	lo	se

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

Bridge

G	C	G
I’ll make a point of	takin’ her away from	you

(Watch what you do) yeah

G	C	F
The way you treat her	what else can I	do?

Solo if appropriate, with “you’re gonna lose that girl”

E	G#	F#m	B7
x 2

	E	C#m
You’re gonna	lose that girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

	F#m	B7
You’re gonna	lose that	girl

(Yes yes you’re gonna lose that girl)

B7

F#m

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