Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools (1968)

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

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

	Am7
Oh, oh,	oh, that’s the sound

Of a worried, a worried man

	D7
Ha ha,	ha ha ha ha ha

	Am
That’s the sound of	having a good time

Mmm, that’s the sound of pain

Vox on 3 4 5

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

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

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

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

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

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
Every c	hain, has got a weak link

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

Instruments out, hard stops only

	Am7
You	tell me to leave you alone

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

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

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

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

	Am	Am7
Chain, chain, chain

	Am7	Am
Chain, chain, chain

	Am	Am7
Chain, chain, chain

Am7	Am
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

Aretha Franklin - Respect (1967)

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

Intro

A7	D7
	x2

Vox on the b6 (!) on “what”

E7	D7
What you want,	baby, I got

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

E7

All I’m asking

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

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

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

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

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

E7

All I’m asking

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

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

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

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

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

E7	D7
Is to give me	my propers

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

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

	A7
When you get	home (just a little bit)

	D7
Yeah	(just a little bit)

Solo, skip if acoustic

Ebm	Ab	Ebm	E

E7	D7
Ooh, your kisses	sweeter than honey

E7	D7
And guess what	so is my money

E7	D7
All I want you to	do for me

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

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

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

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

A7

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

C7	D7
→	Find out what it means to me

G7	A7
→	R-E-S-P-E-C-T

C7	D7
→	Take care, TCB

A7

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

D7

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

	A7
W	hoa, babe (just a little bit)

	D7
A little resp	ect (just a little bit)

A7

I get tired (just a little bit)

	D7
Keep on t	rying (just a little bit)

A7

Running out fool (just a little bit)

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

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

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

D	Dsus4	D
→	→

A	E/G#
Looking out on the morning	rain

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

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

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

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

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

Dsus2/B	C#m7
Life was so unkind

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

	E	A
Y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dsus2/B	C#m7
Of what I’m living fo	r

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

	E	A
‘Cause y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

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

Bridge

A	Em7
Oh baby what you	done to me

A	Em7
You make me feel so	good inside

Dmaj7	Am
And I just w	anna be

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

	E	A
Y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

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

	E	A
Y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

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

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

Originally in B, I play in A

Originally changes key, I skip the key change

Vox on the root of the chord on “like”

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

	D	E
That made my	baby fall in	love with me

One measure just drums

Swept chords in the chorus

A

Who put the bomp

	F#m
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D

Who put the ram

	E
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A

Who put the bop

	F#m
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D

Who put the dip

	E
In the	dip da dip da dip?

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

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

Full strum in the verse

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

	E
Bah	bomp bah bomp bomp

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

	A	F#m
And	when she heard them	singing

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

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

A

Who put the bomp

	F#m
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D

Who put the ram

	E
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A

Who put the bop

	F#m
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D

Who put the dip

	E
In the	dip da dip da dip?

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

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

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

	E
Boogity	boogity boogity shoop

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

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

C/D#

Dip da dip da dip

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

A

Who put the bomp

	F#m
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D

Who put the ram

	E
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A

Who put the bop

	F#m
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D

Who put the dip

	E
In the	dip da dip da dip?

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

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

Spoken

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

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

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

	E
You	know I mean it from the

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

Fade on verse chords, with bomps and da-dips

A

F#m

D

E

Ben E. King - Stand by Me (1961)

Originally in A, I play in C capo 4.

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

Start with single notes or octaves

Cadd9	Am7	Fmaj7	G	Cadd9

Vox in on the 6 on “night”

	Cadd9
When the	night has come

Am7

And the land is dark

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

	Cadd9
No, I	won’t be afraid

	Am7
No, I	won’t be afraid

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

Start to fade the chords in

	Cadd9
So, darling, darling,	stand by me

	Am7
Oh,	stand by me

	Fmaj7	G
Oh,	stand,	stand by me

Cadd9

Stand by me

	Cadd9
If the	sky that we look upon

Am7

Should tumble and fall

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

	Cadd9
I won’t	cry, I won’t cry

	Am7
No, I	won’t shed a tear

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

	Cadd9
So, darling, darling,	stand by me

	Am7
Oh,	stand by me

	Fmaj7	G
Oh,	stand,	stand by me

Cadd9

Stand by me

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

	Am7
Oh,	stand by me

	Fmaj7	G
Oh,	stand,	stand by me

Cadd9

Stand by me

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

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

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

Vox on the 1 of the first chord

D

Does he love me?

C

I wanna know

D

How can I tell if he loves me so?

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

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

With shoop shoop...

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

	C	D
(	That’s where it is	oh yea)

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

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

With shoop shoop...

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

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

	C	G
(	That’s where it is	)

With bom bom bom...

B

Kiss him and squeeze him tight

This line starts on the high 1 of the chord and

ends on the low 1 of the chord

Em

And find out what you wanna know

A

If it’s love if it really is

D7

It’s there in his kiss

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

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

With shoop shoop...

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

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

	C	D
(	That’s where it is	)

Solo

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

Hard stop

G

With bom bom bom...

B

Kiss him and squeeze him tight

Em

And find out what you wanna know

A

If it’s love if it really is

D7

It’s there in his kiss

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

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

With shoop shoop...

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

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

C	D
(That’s where it	is)

Repeat to fade

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

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

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

Vox on the 5 on “down”

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

C	D	A
Some	body must	change

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

C	D	A
Some	body holds the	key

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “near”

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

Vox on 2 1 of the chord on “wasted”

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

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

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

C	D	A
Someb	ody must c	hange

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

C	D	A
Someb	ody holds the k	ey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	C	D	A
But I	can’t find	my way	home

	C	D	A
And I	ain’t got	nothing	wrong

	C	D	A
And I	can’t find	my way	home

Bob Dylan - Blowin’ in the Wind (1963)

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

Lyrics and chords follow PPM version

Intro

F	G	C	Am	F	G	C	C

C	F	C
How many	roads must a	man walk down

	C	F	G
Bef	ore they	call him a	man?

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

	C	F	G
Be	fore she	sleeps in the	sand?

C	F	C
How many	times must the	cannonballs fly

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

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

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

C	F	C
How many	years must a	mountain exist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	C	F	G
Bef	ore he can	see the	sky?

C	F	C	Am
How many	ears must	one man	have

	C	F	G
Bef	ore he can	hear people	cry?

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

	C	F	G
That t	oo many	people have	died?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

F	C	G
It don’t matter, anyho	w

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

D7	G
If you don’t know by no	w

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

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

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

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

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

F	C	G
That light I never knowe	d

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

F	C	G
Like you never did befo	re

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

D7	G
I can’t hear you anymore

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

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

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

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

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

F	C	G
Where I’m bound, I can’t t	ell

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

D7	G
So I’ll just say fare thee well

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

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

C	G	Am	F
You just	kinda wasted	my precious	time

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

Outro

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

Bob Dylan - If You Gotta Go (1964)

Originally in F#, Flying Burrito Brothers in E

Dylan version does I→IV throughout the verse,

I follow the Burrito Brothers arrangement that

doesn’t do this until the chorus.

I also mix the lyrics from different versions here.

Intro

E

	E
Listen to m	e baby

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

Hard stop on “you”

	E
If	you want to be with me

	E	A	E
But if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

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

	E
It ain’t that I’m que	stionin’ you

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

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

	E	A	E
But if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

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

E

I am just a poor boy lookin’ to connect

And I certainly don’t want you thinkin’

	E
That	I haven’t got any respect

	E	A	E
But if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

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

E

It ain’t that I’m wantin’

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

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

	E	A	E
But if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

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

	E	A	E
Said if you got to	go

	E	A	E
That’s all	right

	A	E
But if you got to	go, go	now

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

Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone (1965)

C	Fmaj7/C
	x 4

C	Dm7
Once upon a time you	dressed so fine

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

C	Dm7
People’d call, say	beware doll

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

F	G
You used to	laugh about

F	G
Everybody that was	hangin’ out

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

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

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

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
To be without a home

	C	F	G
Like a complete unknown

	C	F	G
Like a rolling stone

C	F	G	G	G

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

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

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

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

F	G
You said you’d neve	r compromise

F	G
With the mystery tramp, but now you	realize

F	Em	Dm7	C
He’s not	selling any	alibis

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

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

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
To be on your own

	C	F	G
With no direction home

	C	F	G
A complete unknown

	C	F	G
Like a rolling stone

C	F	G	G	G

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

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

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

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

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

F	G
Who carried on his shoulder a	Siamese cat

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

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

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

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
To have you on your own

	C	F	G
With no direction home

	C	F	G
Like a complete unknown

	C	F	G
Like a rolling stone

C	F	G	G	G

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

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

C	Dm7
Exchanging all p	recious gifts

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

F	G
You used to be	so amused

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

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

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

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

	C	F	G
How does it feel

	C	F	G
Aw, how does it feel

	C	F	G
To be on your own

	C	F	G
With no direction home

	C	F	G
Like a complete unknown

	C	F	G
Like a rolling stone

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

	G	Em
Come	gather ‘round	people

	Am	G
Wher	ever you	roam

	G	Em
And ad	mit that the	waters

	C	D
A	round you have	grown

	G	Em
And ac	cept it that	soon

	C	G
You’ll be	drenched to the	bone

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

	D	D/C
Then you	better start	swimmin’

	G/B	D
Or you’ll	sink like a	stone

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

	G	Em
Come	writers and	critics

	Am	G
Who prophe	size with your	pen

	G	Em
And	keep your eyes	wide

	C	D
The chance	won’t come a	gain

	G	Em
And	don’t speak too	soon

	C	G
For the	wheel’s still in	spin

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

	D	D/C
For	the loser	now

	G/B	D
Will be	later to	win

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

	G	Em
Come	senators,	congressmen

Am	G
Please heed the	call

	G	Em
Don’t	stand in the	doorway

	C	D
Don’t	block up the	hall

	G	Em
For	he that gets	hurt

	C	G
Will be	he who has	stalled

	G	Am
There’s a	battle	outside

	D
And it’s	ragin’

	D	D/C
It’ll	soon shake your	windows

	G/B	D
And	rattle your	walls

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

	G	Em
Come	mothers and	fathers

Am	G
Throughout the	land

	G	Em
And	don’t criti	cize

	C	D
What you	can’t under	stand

	G	Em
Your	sons and your	daughters

	C	G
Are be	yond your com	mand

	G	Am	D
Your	old road is	rapidly	agin’

	D	D/C
Please get	out of the	new one

	G/B	D
If you	can’t lend your	hand

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

	G	Em
The	line it is	drawn

	Am	G
The	curse it is	cast

	G	Em
The	slow one	now

	C	D
Will	later be	fast

	G	Em
As the	present	now

	C	G
Will	later be	past

	G	Am	D
The	order is	rapidly	fadin’

Cool ending from the Eddie Vedder cover...

	D	D/C
And the	first one	now

	G/B	D
Will	later be	last

	D	D/C
Please get	out of the	new one

	G/B	D
If you	can’t lend your	hand

	D	D/C
It’ll	soon shake your	windows

	G/B	D
And	rattle your	walls

	D	D/C
For	the loser	now

	G/B	D
Will be	later to	win

	D	D/C
Then you	better start	swimmin’

	G/B	D
Or you’ll	sink like a	stone

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

Bob Marley - One Love (1965)

Originally around Bb, I play in G

G	D	C	G	D	G

G	D
One love,	one heart

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

	G
Hear the children crying (	one love)

	D
Hear the children crying (	one heart)

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

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

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

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

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

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

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

Believe me

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

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

	G
As it was in the beginning (	one love)

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

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

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

One more thing

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

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

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

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

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

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

G

I’m pleading to mankind (one love)

	D
Oh, lord (	one heart), whoa

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

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

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

Bobby Darin - Dream Lover (1960)

Originally around C, I play in A

I play straight-8ths, almost punk

A	F#m	A	F#m

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Key change up a half-step

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

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

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

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

Gm	A#
Please don’t make me	dream alone

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

Gm	A#
No, I don’t wanna	dream alone

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

Originally in F, I play in E capo 1

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

Vox on the 5

E	C#m
My tears are	fallin’

	A	B
‘Cause you’ve	taken her a	way

	E	Eaug
And	though it really	hurts me so

Vox up to the 3 of the chord

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

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

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

E	E7
Just tell her	that you love her

A	Am
Make sure you’re	thinking of her

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

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

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

E	E7
Just let your	love surround her

A	Am
Paint a rainbow	all around her

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

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “once”

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

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

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

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

E	E7
And if you	should discover

A	Am
That you don’t	really love her

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

Key change up a half-step

E	E	E	E
C	C	C	C

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

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

F	F7
And if you	should discover

A#	A#m
That you don’t	really love her

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

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

Repeat to fade

Boris Pickett - The Monster Mash (1962)

	G
I was	working in the lab late one night

	Em
When my	eyes beheld an eerie sight

	C
For my	monster from his slab began to rise

	D
And	suddenly to my surprise

	G
He did the	mash, he did the monster mash

	Em
The monster	mash, it was a graveyard smash

	C
He did the	mash, it caught on in a flash

	D
He did the	mash, he did the monster mash

	G
From my	laboratory in the castle East

	Em
To the	master bedroom where the vampires feast

	C
The	ghouls all came from their humble abodes

	D
To	catch a jolt from my electrodes

	G
They did the	mash, they did the monster mash

	Em
The monster	mash, it was a graveyard smash

	C
They did the	mash, it caught on in a flash

	D
They did the	mash, they did the monster mash

Bridge

	C	D
The	zombies were having fun, the pa	rty had just begun

Hard stop on “Drac”

	C	D
The	guests included Wolf Man, D	racula and his son

	G
The	scene was rockin’, all were digging the sounds

Em

Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds

	C
The	Coffin-Bangers were about to arrive

	D
With their	vocal group, The Crypt-Kicker Five

	G
They played the	mash, they played the monster mash

	Em
The monster	mash, it was a graveyard smash

	C
They played the	mash, it caught on in a flash

	D
They played the	mash, they played the monster mash

G

Out from his coffin, Drac’s voice did ring

Em

Seems he was troubled by just one thing

C

Opened the lid and shook his fist

Hard stop on the V

	D
And said,	“Whatever happened to my Transylvanian Twist?”

	G
It’s now the	mash, it’s now the monster mash

	Em
The monster	mash, and it’s a graveyard smash

	C
It’s now the	mash, it’s caught on in a flash

	D
It’s now the	mash, it’s now the monster mash

	G
Now	everything’s cool, Drac’s a part of the band

	Em
And my	monster mash is the hit of the land

	C
For	you, the living, this mash was meant too

Hard stop on “get”

	D
When you	get to my door, tell them Boris sent you

	G
Then you can	mash, then you can monster mash

	Em
The monster	mash, and do my graveyard smash

	C
Then you can	mash, you’ll catch on in a flash

	D
Then you can	mash, then you can monster mash

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

Originally in E, I play in E capo 3.

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

And play about 1.5x as fast as the original.

E	Asus2	E	Asus2

E	Asus2
There’s somethin’ happenin’	here

	E	Asus2
What it	is ain’t exactly	clear

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

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

	E
I think it’s time we	stop

	D
Children,	what’s that sound?

A	C	E
Everybody look what’s	goin’ down

E	Asus2	E	Asus2

E	Asus2
There’s battle lines bein’	drawn

	E	Asus2
Nobody’s	right if everybody’s	wrong

E	Asus2
Young people speakin’ their	minds

	E	Asus2
A-gettin’	so much resistance	from behind

	E
I think it’s time we	stop

	D
Hey,	what’s that sound?

A	C	E
Everybody look what’s	goin’ down

E	Asus2	E	Asus2

E	Asus2	G
What a field day for the	heat

E	Asus2	G
A thousand people in the	street

	E	Asus2
Singin’	songs and a-carryin’	signs

E	Asus2
Mostly sayin’ hooray for our	side

	E
I think it’s time we	stop

	D
Hey,	what’s that sound?

A	C	E
Everybody look what’s	goin’ down

E	Asus2	E	Asus2

E	Asus2
Paranoia strikes	deep

	E	Asus2
Into your	life it will	creep

E	Asus2
It starts when you’re always	afraid

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

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

A	C
Everybody look what’s	goin’

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

A	C
Everybody look what’s	goin’

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

A	C	E
Everybody look what’s	goin’	down

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

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

Intro

G	D	G	D

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

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

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

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

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

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

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the de	epest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the de	epest

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

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

Solo

G	C	D	D
			x4

Let ring

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

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

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

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

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

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

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the de	epest

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

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

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

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

Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (1969)

Originally in Am, I play in Am capo 3

Intro

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
			→	x4

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

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

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

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

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

F	C
Sitting cross-legged on the fl	oor

G	F
Twenty-five or six to	four

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
			→	x2

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

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

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

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

F	C
Should I try to do some	more?

G	F
Twenty-five or six to	four

Solo

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
			→	x16

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

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

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

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

F	C
Twenty-five or six to	four

G	F
Twenty-five or six to	four

Am	G	D9/F#	F	E
			→	x4

Dm9

Cmmaj9

B(#9)

A#(b9)

B/A

Chubby Checker - Let’s Twist Again (1961)

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

Spoken, with drums

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Solo

A	F#m	D	E

Spoken

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	A
Bop-b	op

Chubby Checker - The Twist (1960)

Originally in E, I play in A

Lots of time on the 3

Intro, with hard stop

E7	D7	A	A

	A
Come on b	aby let’s do the twist

	D	A
Come on	baby let’s do the	twist

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

	A
Ee-aw t	wist, baby, twist

	D	A
Ooh, ooh,	yeah just like	this

	E7	D	A
Come on little	miss	and do the	twist

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

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

	E7	D
We’re gonna twisty twisty	twisty

	A
‘Til we turn the house	down

	A
Come on and t	wist, yeah, baby twist

	D	A
Ooh, ooh,	yeah just like	this

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

Solo

A	D	A	E7	D	A

	A
Yeah you should	see my little sis

	D	A
You should s	ee my, my little	sis

	E7	D
She really knows how to	rock

	A
She knows how to	twist

	A
Come on and t	wist, yeah, baby twist

	D	A
Ooh, ooh,	yeah just like	this

	E7	D	A
Come on little	miss	and do the	twist

A

Yeah, that’s all now

	D	A
Y	eah	twist on now

E7	D	A
Twist

Chuck Berry - No Particular Place to Go (1964)

Originally in G, I play in E

Intro

Baug

Vox on the 1 on “riding”

	E
Riding along in my automo	bile

	E
My baby beside me at the	wheel

	A
I stole a kiss at the turn of a	mile

	E
My curiosity running	wild

	B
Crusin’ and playin’ the ra	dio

	E
With no particular place to	go

	E
Riding along in my automo	bile

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

	A
So I told her softly and sinc	ere

	E
And she leaned and whispered in my	ear

	B
Cuddlin’ more and drivin’	slow

	E
With no particular place to	go

Solo

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

	E
No particular place to	go

	E
So we parked way out on the kokom	o

	A
The night was young and the moon was	gold

	E
So we both decided to take a	stroll

	B
Can you image the way I	felt

	E
I couldn’t unfasten her safety	belt

	E
Riding along in my cala	boose

	E
Still trying to get her belt a-	loose

	A
All the way home I held a	grudge

	E
For the safety belt that wouldn’t	budge

	B
Crusin’ and playin’ the ra	dio

	E
With no particular place to	go

Solo

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

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

F	E
→

Cream - Badge (1969)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 2

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

Intro

Em	A7
	x2

Vox on 1 7 17 on “thinkin’ bout the”

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

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

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

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

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

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

A	Gadd9	D/F#	D
			x2

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

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

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

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

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

With ad libs and solo

A	Gadd9	D/F#	D
			x8

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

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

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

Cream - Crossroads (1968)

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

Intro

E7	E7	A7	E7	B7	A7	E7	B7
				→	→	→

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Solo

E7	E7	A7	E7	B7	A7	E7	B7
				→	→	→	x2

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

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

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

E7	E7	A7	E7	B7	A7	E7	B7
				→	→	→	x2

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

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

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

Cream - Sunshine of Your Love (1967)

Originally in D, I play in A

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

Intro

A

	A
It’s g	etting near dawn

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

	D
I’ll b	e with you darling soon

I’ll be with you when the stars start falling

A

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
To be w	here I’m g	oing

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

A

	A
I’m w	ith you my love

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

	D
I’ll s	tay with you darling now

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

A

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
To be w	here I’m g	oing

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

Solo on verse and chorus chords

A

	A
I’m w	ith you my love

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

	D
I’ll s	tay with you darling now

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

A

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
I’ve been	waiting s	o long

E	G	D
To be w	here I’m g	oing

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

Cream - White Room (1968)

In 5/4

Gm	F	Dm	C
			x2

In 4/4, let ring

Am7

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

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

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

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

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

Hard stop after this line

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In 5/4

Gm	F	Dm	C
			x2

In 4/4, let ring

Am7

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

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

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

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

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

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

In 5/4

Gm	F	Dm	C
			x2

Am7

Long solo on verse chords if appropriate

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (1969)

Originally in D, I play in A

Vox spend most of the time on the 3

Intro

A	E	D	A

A	E	D	A
I see the	bad	moon	rising

A	E	D	A
I see	trouble	on the w	ay

A	E	D	A
I see	earth	quakes and	lightning

A	E	D	A
I see	bad	times to	day

D

Don’t go ‘round tonight

	A
Well it’s	bound to take your life

E	D	A
There’s a	bad moon on the	rise

A	E	D	A
I hear	hurri	canes a-	blowing

A	E	D	A
I know the	end is	coming	soon

A	E	D	A
I fear	rivers	over	flowing

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

D

Don’t go round tonight

	A
Well it’s	bound to take your life

E	D	A
There’s a	bad moon on the	rise

Solo on verse and chorus chords

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

A	E	D	A
Hope you	got your	things tog	ether

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

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

A	E	D	A
One eye is	taken	for an	eye

	D
Well	don’t go around tonight

	A
Well it’s	bound to take your life

E	D	A
There’s a	bad moon on the	rise

D

Don’t go around tonight

	A
Well it’s	bound to take your life

E	D	A
There’s a	bad moon on the	rise

A

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the Corner (1969)

Originally around C, I play in G

Intro

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

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

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

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

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

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

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

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

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

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

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

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

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

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

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

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

F	F	C	F
F	F	C	F

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

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

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

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

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

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

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

	A#	F
Willy and the	Poor Boys are	playin’

	C	F
Bring a	nickel, tap your	feet

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (1969)

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

Intro

D	C/D	G/D	D
			x2

D	C
Some folks are born	made to wave the flag

G	D
Ooh, that red, white and	blue

D	C
And when the band plays	hail to the chief

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

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

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

D	C
Some folks are born	silver spoon in hand

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

D	C
But when the taxman	come to the door

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

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

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

D	Ddim	G	D

D	C
Some folks inherit	star-spangled eyes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Midnight Special (1969)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 1

Rubato

Vox on the 3 on “well”

A	D7	A
Well, you wake up in the mornin’,	you hear the work bell ring

	E7	A
And they march you to the	table, to see the same old	thing

	D7	A
Ain’t no food upon the	table, and no pork up in the	pan

	E7	A
But you better not compla	in boy, you get in trouble with the	man

At tempo

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a everlovin’ light on	me

	D	A
Yonder come Miss	Rosie, how in the world did you	know

	E7	A
By the way she wears her	apron, and the clothes she	wore

	D	A
Umbrella on her	shoulder, piece of paper in her	hand

	E7	A
She come to see the	gov’nor, she want to free her	man

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a everlovin’ light on	me

	D	A
If you’re ever in	Houston, well, you better do	right

	E7	A
You better not	gamble, there you better not	fight, at all

	D7	A
Or the sheriff will	grab ya, and the boys will bring you	down

	E7	A
The next thing you	know boy, oh you’re prison	bound

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a everlovin’ light on	me

Sparse, with heavy swing

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

Back at tempo

	D	A
Let the midnight	special shine a light on	me

	E	A
Let the midnight	special shine a everlovin’ light... on	me

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (1969)

Originally in D, I play A capo 1

I play about halfway between the CCR and Turner tempos

G	E	G	E	G	E	D	C	C	A

A

Left a good job in the city

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

E

Big wheel keep on turnin’

F#m

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

A

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis

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

E

Big wheel keep on turnin’

F#m

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

A

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

G	E	G	E	G	E	D	C	C	A

A

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

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

G	E	G	E	G	E	D	C	C	A

A

If you come down to the river

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

E

Big wheel keep on turnin’

F#m

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

A

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

A

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

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

U2 in G#, I play in E capo 1

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

Intro

E	G#m	A	B

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

A	B
Lots of people around,	baby please come home

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

A	B
What a happy sound,	baby please come home

Let ring

E

They’re singing deck the halls

G#m

But it’s not like Christmas at all

A

I remember when you were here

B

And all the fun we had last year

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

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

Solo

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

Let ring

E

They’re singing deck the halls

G#m

But it’s not like Christmas at all

A

I remember when you were here

B

And all the fun we had last year

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

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

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

E	G#m
Baby please come home,	oh oh

A	B
Baby please come home,	baby please come home

E

Dave Dudley - Six Days on the road (1963)

Lyrics here follow the Mudcrutch version

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

Intro

A	D	A	E	A
		→	→

Vox on the 3

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

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

	D	E
There’s a	speed zone ahead a	lright

	A	D
But I	don’t see a cop in	sight

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

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

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

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

	A	D
I been	passing everything in	sight

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

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

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

	D	E
I could	find one to hold me	tight

	A	D
But I could	never believe it’s	right

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

Here we go

Solo on verse chords

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

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

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

	D	E
But	nothing bothers me ton	ight

	A	D
I could	dodge them scales al	right

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

Solo on verse chords

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

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

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

	D	E
Well my	home town is coming in	sight

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

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

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

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

A

David Bowie - Space Oddity (1969)

Fmaj	Em
	x 2

Vox on the low 1

C	Em
Ground control to Major	Tom

C	Em
Ground control to Major	Tom

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

Start countdown, two per beat

C	Em
Ground control to Major	Tom

C	Em
Commencing countdown engines	on

Hang on the last chord for a bit...

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

C	E
This is ground control to Major T	om

	F
You’ve really made the gr	ade

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

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

	C	E
Th	is is Major Tom to ground contr	ol

	F
I’m stepping through the d	oor

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

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

	Fmaj7	Em
For	here am I	sitting in a tin can

Fmaj7	Em
Far above the	world

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

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

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

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

	F
I’m feeling very st	ill

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

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

G	E7
Ground control to	Major Tom, your

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

	D/F#
Can you	hear me Major Tom?

	C
Can you	hear me Major Tom?

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

Fmaj7	Em
Here am I	floating ‘round my tin can

Fmaj7	Em
Far above the	moon

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

Instrumental

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

Fade to noise on the last chord

Dion - Runaround Sue (1961)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 2

Highest note is the 4.

Quiet, let ring

A

Here’s my story it’s sad but true

F#m

It’s about a girl that I once knew

D

She took my love then ran around

E

With every single guy in town

Pick it up

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

A

Hey, hey, whoa

F#m

Hey, hey, whoa

D

Hey, hey, whoa

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

E

Hey, hey, whoa

Not a typo, he definitely says “yem”

A

Yem, I should have known it from the very start

F#m

This girl’d leave me with a broken heart

D

Aw listen people what I’m telling you

Hard stop on the 1 (every time)

E

Ah keep away from Runaround Sue, yeah

A

I miss ‘em lips and the smile from her face

F#m

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

D

So if you don’t want to cry like I do

E

Ah, keep away from Runaround Sue

A

Hey, hey, whoa

F#m

Hey, hey, whoa

D

Hey, hey, whoa

E

Hey, hey, whoa

D

She likes to travel around

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

	D
Now p	eople let me put you wise

Hard stop on “Sue” (both times)

	E
Ah,	Sue goes out with other guys

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

F#m

I’ve been in love and my love still grows

	D
A	sk any fool that she ever knew

	E
They’ll say	keep away from Runaround Sue

A

Hey

F#m

Yea, keep away from this girl

D

I don’t know what she’ll do

E

Keep away from Sue

D

She likes to travel around

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

	D
Now p	eople let me put you wise

	E
Ah	she goes out with other guys

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

F#m

I’ve been in love and my love still grows

D

Ask any fool that she ever knew

No hard stop this time

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

Fade on...

A

Yea

F#m

Stay away from that girl

D

Don’t you know what she’ll do now

E

Whoa...

Dion - The Wanderer (1961)

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

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

Swung, with 6ths if practical

D

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

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

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

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

	A	G
They call me the	wanderer, yeah the	wanderer

	D	A
I roam a	round around around around

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

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

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

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

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

	D
I roam a	round around around around

	A
Oh well I	roam from town to town

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

Hang on “two fists”

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

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

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

	G
And	when I find myself fallin’ for some girl

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

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

	D	A
I roam a	round around around around

Solo on verse chords

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

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

	G
And	when I find myself fallin’ for some girl

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

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

	D
I roam a	round around around around around

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

	D
I roam a	round around around around around

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

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

Disney - The Bare Necessities (1967)

Originally in C, I play in D capo 2

Vox start on the low 1 of the chord

A	D	D7
Look for the	bare neces	sities

	G
The	simple bare necessities

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

	D	D7
I mean the	bare neces	sities

	G	G7
Old	Mother Nature’s r	ecipes

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

	A7	D
Wherever I	wander, wherever I	roam

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

	G	Gm6
The bees are	buzzin’ in the tree

	D	E7
To make some	honey just for m	e

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

	Bm	B7
When	you look under the	rocks and plants

	E7	B7
And	take a glance at the f	ancy ants

	D	B7
Then	maybe try a few

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

Em7	A7sus4	D	G7	D
They’ll	come to	you

A	D	D7
Look for the	bare neces	sities

	G
The	simple bare necessities

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

I mean the

D	D7
Bare neces	sities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	D	B7
Have	I given you a	clue?

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

Em7	A7sus4	D	G7	D
They’ll	come to	you

A	D	D7
Look for the	bare neces	sities

	G
The	simple bare necessities

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

I mean the

D	D7
Bare neces	sities

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

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

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

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

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

Originally in G, I play in A

Intro

A	D	E	E
			x2

Vox on the 3 on “don’t”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bridge

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

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

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

A	F#m
I just wanna be beside you	everywhere

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

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

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

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

Solo on verse chords

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

D	E	Bm	E	A

Bridge

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

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

A	F#m
I just wanna be beside you	everywhere

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

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

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

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

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

Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man (1968)

Originally in E, I play in E capo 2

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

Intro, with a decent amount of 7

E

	E
B	illy Ray was a preacher’s son

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

When they’d gather ‘round and started talking

B7

That’s when Billy would take me walking

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

	E
The o	nly one who could ever reach me

A	E
Was the son of a p	reacher man

	E
The o	nly boy who could ever teach me

A	E
Was the son of a pr	eacher man

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

E

	E
B	eing good isn’t always easy

A	E
No matter how h	ard I’d try

When he started sweet-talkin' to me

B7

He’d come and tell me everything is alright

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

	E
The o	nly one who could ever reach me

A	E
Was the son of a p	reacher man

	E
The o	nly boy who could ever teach me

A	E
Was the son of a pr	eacher man

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

	D
(Oooh, yes, he w	as)

Bridge, vox on the 5 on “how well”

D

How well I remember

A

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

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

B7

Takin’ time to make time

Tellin’ me that he’s all mine

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

E

Learnin’ from each other’s knowin’

Lookin’ to see how much we’ve grown and

Key change

	A
The o	nly one who could ever reach me

D	A
Was the son of a p	reacher man

	A
The o	nly boy who could ever teach me

D	A
Was the son of a pr	eacher man

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

	A
The o	nly one who could ever reach me

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

	A
The o	nly boy who could ever teach me

D	A
Was the son of a pr	eacher man

	A
The o	nly one who could ever move me

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

	A
The o	nly one who could ever fool me

D	A
Was the son of a p	reacher man

Elvis Presley - Fever (1960)

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

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

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

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

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

Em

Never know how much I love you

D	B7	Em
Never know how	much I	care

Em

When you put your arms around me

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

	Em	C
You give me fever,		when you kiss me

D	Em
Fever when you hold me	tight

Em	C
Fever,	in the morning

B7	Em
Fever all through the	night

Em

Sun lights up the daytime

D	B7	Em
Moon lights	up the	night

Em

I light up when you call my name

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

	Em	C
You give me fever,		when you kiss me

D	Em
Fever when you hold me	tight

Em	C
Fever,	in the morning

B7	Em
Fever all through the	night

Em

Ev’rybody’s got the fever

D	B7	Em
That is something	you all	know

Em

Fever isn’t such a new thing

B7	Em
Fever started long a	go

Em

Romeo loved Juliet

D	B7	Em
Juliet she	felt the	same

Em

When he put his arms around her, he said

B7	Em
Julie, baby, you’re my	flame

	Em	C
Thou givest fever,		when we kisseth

D	Em
Fever when thy flaming	youth

Em	C
Fever	I’m afire

B7	Em
Fever, yea I burn for	sooth

Em

Captain Smith and Pocahantas

D	B7	Em
Had a very	mad af	fair

Em

When her Daddy tried to kill him, she said

B7	Em
“Daddy-o don’t you	dare.”

Em	C
He gives me fever,	with his kisses

D	Em
Fever when he holds me	tight

Em	C
Fever,	I’m his missus

	B7	Em
Oh	daddy won’t you treat him	right

Em

Now you’ve listened to my story

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

Em

Chicks were born to give you fever

	B7	Em
Be it	Fahrenheit or Centi	grade

Em	C
They give you fever,	when you kiss them

D	Em
Fever if you live and	learn

Em	C
Fever,	till you sizzle

B7	Em
What a lovely way to	burn

B7	Em
What a lovely way to	burn

B7	Em
What a lovely way to	burn

Elvis Presley - Return to Sender (1962)

Originally in Eb, I play in D

D	Bm
Return to	sender

Em	A7
Return to	sender

D	Bm
I gave a letter to the	postman

Em	A7
He put it in his	sack

D	Bm
Bright and early next	morning

Hard stop no “back”

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

G	A7	G	A7
Return to	sender,	address un	known

G	A7	D	D7
No such	number,	no such	zone

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

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

D	Bm
So when I dropped it in the	mailbox

Em	A7
And sent it special	D

D	Bm
Bright and early next	morning

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

G	A7	G	A7
Return to	sender,	address un	known

G	A7	D	D7
No such	person,	no such	zone

Bridge

Vox on the 5 of the chord

G

This time I’m gonna take it myself

	D
And	put it right in her hand

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

	E7
And	if it comes back the very next day

A7

Then I’ll understand (the writing on it)

G	A7	G	A7
Return to	sender,	address un	known

G	A7	D	D7
No such	number,	no such	zone

	G	A7
Aaah,	return to	sender

G	A7
Return to	sender

G	A7
Return to	sender

D9

Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (1969)

Originally in G, I play in E

E	A/E	E	A/E

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

B	A	E
Because I lo	ve you too much	baby

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bridge, switch to 6/8

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

A	B
I’ll dry the	tears from your eyes

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

A	B
When honey you	know I’ve never

E	A
Lied to you,	mmm

E	B7
Yeah	yeah

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

B	A	E
Because I l	ove you too much	baby

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

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

Don't you know I'm

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

B	A	E
Because I lo	ve you too much	baby

Don't you know I'm

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

B	A	E
Because I lo	ve you too much	baby

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

Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon (1964)

The Am→A7 transition is pretty optional.

Play G7’s as barre.

Am7

Am7	Dm7
Fly me to the	moon

	G7	Cmaj7
And let me p	lay among the	stars

Fmaj7	Bm7b5
Let me see what s	pring is like

	E7	Am7	A7
On J	upiter and	Mars

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

	Dm7	G7	Cmaj7	E7
In	other words,	baby	kiss me

Am7	Dm7
Fill my heart with s	ong

	G7	Cmaj7
And let me	sing for ever m	ore

Fmaj7	Bm7b5
You are all I lo	ng for

	E7	Am7	A7
All I	worship and a	dore

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

	Dm7	G7	C	E7
In	other words,	I love	you

Am7	Dm7
Fill my heart with s	ong

	G7	Cmaj7
And let me	sing for ever m	ore

Fmaj7	Bm7b5
You are all I lo	ng for

	E7	Am7	A7
All I	worship and a	dore

	Dm7	G7	Em7b5	A7
In	other words,	please be	true

	Dm7
In o	ther words

	Fm7
In o	ther words

	C	Fdim7	C
I love	you

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

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

E/D	Em/D	D
		x2

	D
You’re just too	good to be true

	Dmaj7
Can’t take my	eyes off you

	D7
You’d be like	heaven to touch

	G
I wanna	hold you so much

	Gm
At long last	love has arrived

	D
And I thank	god I’m alive

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

	D
Can’t take my	eyes off you

	D
Pardon the	way that I stare

	Dmaj7
There’s nothing	else to compare

	D7
The sight of	you leaves me weak

	G
There are no	words left to speak

	Gm
But if you	feel like I feel

	D
Please let me	know that it’s real

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

	D
Can’t take my	eyes off of you

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

Em	A7
Daa da daa da	daa da da da da

D

Daa da daa da daa da da da da

Em	A7
Daa da daa da	daa da da da da

D	B7#9
Daa da daa da	daa

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

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

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

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

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

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

	F
You’re just too	good to be true

	Fmaj7
Can’t take my	eyes off you

	F7
You’d be like	heaven to touch

	A#
I wanna	hold you so much

	A#m
At long last	love has arrived

	F
And I thank	god I’m alive

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

	F
Can’t take my	eyes off you

Bridge

Em	A7
Daa da daa da	daa da da da da

D	B7#9
Daa da daa da	daa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Frankie Valli - Working My Way Back (1966)

Originally in G, I play in D

Intro

D7

Am7	D
Working my way back to y	ou babe

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

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

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

	A7	D
I l	et it get a	way

Been payin’ every day

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

G	A
I played around like	I was free

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

G	A
But how I cried over l	osing you

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

right on the line in D.

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

	D	Ddim
L	ivin’ my life without	you

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

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

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

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

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

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

	A7	D
I l	et it get a	way

Been payin’ every day

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

	G	A
It	made me feel like a	man inside

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

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

	G	Gm
Now the	nights are long and	lonely

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	A7	D
I l	et it get a	way

Been payin’ every day

Original changes key before fade, I skip it

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

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

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

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

Am7	D
Working my way back to y	ou babe

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

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

Originally in C#, I play in G

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

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

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

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

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

C	C	G/D	D

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

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

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

C	C	G/D	D

	Am7
Oh,	I

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

	Am7
And,	I

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

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

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

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

C	C	G/D	D

Funky horn bridge

Em	A
	x 2

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

C	D
Spinning my head around and	taking my body under

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

C	C	G/D	D

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

	Am7
Oh,	I

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

	Am7
And,	I

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

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

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

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

C	C	G/D	D

Funky horn bridge

Em	A
	x 2

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

C	D
Spinning my head around and	taking my body under

	G	G/B	C
Oh, what a n	ight

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

C

G/D

D

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

Originally in F, I play in D capo 2

D	F	Bb	Aaug
			x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With triplets on the V

D	D	F#m	A
			x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

D	D	F#m	A
			x4

D

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

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

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

Intro

E7

Vox on 1 2 of the key on “lady”

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

	E	Fm
Give your	love to me,	and

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

Vox on 3 3 4 5 on “I know you want”

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

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

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

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

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

	E	Fm
Give your	love to me,	and

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

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

A	Bm	D	E

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

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

D

And I would gladly teach you

Dm

If I could only reach you

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

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

	E	Fm
Give your	love to me,	and

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

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

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

Originally in A, I play in G

Intro

G	Em	Am	D
G	C	G	F	F#
			→

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

G	Em	Am	D
I	wish I	knew

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

	D	G	C	G	F	F#
I’d	do it to	you			→

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

G	Em	Am	D
I’m	feeling	blue

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A	D	C	D	C	D
		→		→

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

G	Em	Am	D
If I	only	knew

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

Solo on verse chords

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

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

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

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

A	D	C	D	C	D
		→		→

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

G	Em	Am	D
If I	only	knew

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

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

Harry Belafonte - Jump in the Line (1961)

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

Intro

E	B
	x8

Vox on the 5

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

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

Vox up to the 1

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

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

With hard stops

E	A
My girl’s name is Sen	ora

	E	B
I	tell you friends, I a	dore her

	E	A
And	when she dances, oh b	rother

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	E	A
Y	ou can talk about	cha cha

	E	B
T	ango, waltz, or de	rumba

	E	A
Sen	ora’s dance has no t	itle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	E	A
Seno	ra, she’s a sens	ation

	E	B
The r	eason for avi	ation

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brass solo

E	B
	x8

Pause a measure after this line

	E
Sh	ake, shake, shake, Senora

B

Shake your body line

...and another measure after this line

B

Work, work, work, Senora

	E
Work it all the	time

...and here

E

Dance, dance, dance, Senora

B

Dance it all the time

...and here

B

Work, work, work, Senora

B	E
Work it all the	time

	E	A
Sen	ora dances Ca	lypso

	E	B
L	eft to right is de t	empo

	E	A
And w	hen she gets the sen	sation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hard stop on “nora”

	E
Work, work, work, Sen	ora

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

Originally in C, I play in G

G	C
	x 4

G	C	G	C
Woke up this	morning	feeling	fine

G	C	G
There’s something	special	on my mind

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

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

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

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

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

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

(She danced with me like I hoped she would)

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

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

Bridge

Vox on the 7 of the chord

D

We only danced for a minute or two

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

D

Can I be falling in love?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Two extra measures of IV

C	C
Ahhhh

Pseudo-solo

G	G	C	D

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

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

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

(I asked to see her and she told me I could)

D	C	G
Something tells me	I’m into something	good

	C	G	C
(Something	tells me	I’m into	something)

D	C	G
Something tells me	I’m into something	good

	C	G	C
(Something	tells me	I’m into	something)

	D	C	G
To something	good, oh	yeah, something	good

	C	G	C
(Something	tells me	I’m into	something)

	D	C	G
To something	good, oh	yeah, something	good

Herman’s Hermits - Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter (1965)

Muted, uke-like feel in the verse, open up in the chorus

C	Em	Dm7	G7
			x2

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Mrs.	Brown you’ve	got a	lovely	daughter

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Girls as	sharp as	her are	somethin’	rare

Am	C	Am	C
But it’s	sad,	she doesn’t	love me now

Am	C	G7
She’s made it	clear enough it ain’t no good to	pine

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
She wants	to re	turn those	things I	bought her

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Tell her	she can	keep them	just the	same

Am	C	Am	C
Things have	changed,	she doesn’t	love me now

Am	C	G7	Bb
She’s made it	clear enough it ain’t no good to	pine

Vox on the root (Eb), up a half step from “pine”

Eb	Gm	Ab	Bb
Walkin’ a	bout,	even in a	crowd, well

Gb	Bbm	Bb	G
You’ll pick her	out,	makes a bloke feel	so proud

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
If she	finds that	I’ve been	’round to	see you

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Tell her	that I’m	well and	feelin’	fine

Am	C	Am	C
Don’t let	on,	don’t say she’s	broke my heart

Am	C	G7	Bb
I’d go down	on my knees but it’s no good to	pine

Eb	Gm	Ab	Bb
Walkin’ a	bout,	even in a	crowd, well

Gb	Bbm	Bb	G
You’ll pick her	out,	makes a bloke feel	so proud

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
If she	finds that	I’ve been	’round to	see you

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Tell her	that I’m	well and	feelin’	fine

Am	C	Am	C
Don’t let	on,	don’t say she’s	broke my heart

Am	C	G7
I’d go down	on my knees but it’s no good to	pine

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Mrs.	Brown you’ve	got a	lovely	daughter

C	Em	Dm7	G7	C	Em	Dm7	G7
Mrs.	Brown you’ve	got a	lovely	daughter

C6

Jackie DeShannon - Put a Little Love In Your Heart (1969)

Originally in D, I play in G

G

Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

G

You see it’s getting late, oh please don’t hesitate

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

	G	Am	D
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	G	Am	D
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	D
For	you and me, you just wait and see

G

Another day goes by, still the children cry

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

G

If you want the world to know, we won’t let hatred grow

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

	G	Am	D
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	G	Am	D
Ah the	world will be a b	etter	place

	D
For	you and me, you just wait and see

	D#
Wait and	see...

G#

Take a good look around, and if you’re looking down

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

G#

I hope when you decide kindness will be your guide

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

	G#	A#m	D#
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	G#	A#m	D#
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	D#
For	you and me, you just wait and see, people now

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

Repeat to fade

Janis Joplin - Piece of My Heart (1967)

Originally in E, I play in A

Guitar solo, I skip and start with some E before “come on”

Bm	Bm	D	E
F#m	F#m	E	E
G	G	E	E

Vox on 2 1 of the chord on “come on”

	E
Oh	come on, come on, come on, come on

Vox down to the 5, that’s a whole octave jump down

A	D	E	D
Didn’t I make you	feel	like	you were the

A	D	E	D
Only man,			yeah and

A	D	E
Didn’t I give you nearly	everything that a woman	possibly can?

E

Honey you know I did

Vox on the 5 of the chord

F#m

But each time I tell myself that I

E

Well I think I’ve had enough

	G	E
Well	I’m gonna show you baby that a	woman can be tough

I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on, and

Vox stay on the 5

A	D
Take it, take an	other little piece of my

E	D	E
Heart now baby

A	D
Break it, break a	nother little bit of my

E	D	E
Heart now darlin’	yeah yeah	yeah yeah

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

Do the descending parts as barre

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

Well you know you got it, if it

D	C#m	Bm	A
Makes	you f	eel go	od, oh yes it did

A	D	E	D
	A	D	E	D
You’re	out on the	streets looking	good and baby	deep down in your heart

A	D
I guess you know that it ain’t right

Vox on the 5 of the key

E	D
Never never	never never never never

A	D	E
Hear me when I	cry at	night

	E
Babe and I cry	all the time

F#m	E
But each time I tell myself that I,	well I can’t stand the pain

	G	E
But when you	hold me in your arms, I’m	singin’ once again

Said come on, come on, come on, come on

A	D
Take it, take an	other little piece of my

E	D	E
Heart now baby

A	D
Break it, break a	nother little bit of my

E	D	E
Heart now darlin’	yeah

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

Well you know you got it, child if it

D	C#m	Bm	A
Makes	you f	eel go	od

Guitar solo

Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm	Bm	D	E
F#m	E
G	E

	E
I need you to	come on, come on, come on, come on

A	D
Take it, take an	other little piece of my

E	D	E
Heart now baby

A	D
Break it, break a	nother little bit of my

E	D	E
Heart now darlin’	yeah	come on, now

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

You know you got it, wooow

A	D
Take it, take an	other little piece of my

E	D	E
Heart now baby

A	D
Break it, break a	nother little bit of my

E	D	E
Heart now darlin’	yeah	yeah yeah

A	D
Have a, have a	nother little piece of my

E	E	D#
Heart now baby

D

You know you got it, child if it

D	C#m	Bm	A
Makes	you f	eel go	od

Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm

Jay and the Americans - Come a Little Bit Closer (1963)

Originally in Eb, I play in C

e|-1-1-1-1-1---0--------|---------------------|-----------------|
B|-3-3-3-3-3---1---1----|-1-1-----------------|---0-1/3---------|
G|-----------------2----|-2-2-2-2---2---------|-2-0-2/4---------|
D|----------------------|-----3-3---3---------|-3---------------|
A|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------|

	C	F	C
In a	little cafe just the	other side of the	border

	F	C
She was just sitting there giving me	looks that made my mouth	water

	F
So I	started walking her way, she belonged to bad man Jose

Hard stop at the end of the line

	G	C	F	G
And I	knew, yes I knew I should leave when I heard her	say, a	y,	ay

The IV is implied here

F	C
Come a little bit	closer

	F	G	F
You’re	my kind of	man, so big and so	strong

	C
Come a little bit	closer

F	G	C	F	G	F
I’m all a	lone, and the night is so long

	C	F	C
So we	started to dance, in my	arms she felt so in	viting

	F	C
That I just couldn’t resist just	one little kiss, so ex	citing

	F
Then I	heard the guitar player say, “Vamoose, Jose’s on his way”

	G	C	F	G
And I	knew, yes I knew I should run, but I heard her	say, a	y,	ay

F	C
Come a little bit	closer

	F	G	F
You’re	my kind of	man, so big and so	strong

	C
Come a little bit	closer

F	G	C	F	G	F
I’m all a	lone, and the night is so long

Solo

C	C	F	G
			x 4

	C	F	C
Then the	music stopped, when I	looked the cafe was	empty

	F	C
Then I heard Jose say “an, you	know you’re in trouble	plenty”

	F
So I	dropped my drink from my hand and through the window I ran

	G	C	F	G
And as	I rode away I could hear her say to	Jos	e

F	C
Come a little bit	closer

	F	G	F
You’re	my kind of	man, so big and so	strong

	C
Come a little bit	closer

F	G	C	F	G	F
I’m all a	lone, and the night is so long

With ad libs

C	C	F	G
			x 4

Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love (1967)

Originally in F#m, I play in Am capo 3

	Am	D	G	Am
When the t	ruth is found		to b	eeee lies

	Am	D	G	Am
And	all the joy	withi	n yooo	ou dies

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Am	D	Am	G	Am	Am

	Am	D	G
When the	garden’s flowers		they

	Am	D	G
Aaaa	re dead,		yes and

	Am	D	G	Am
Y	our mind your mi	nd	is so	full of red

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Am	D	G	Am
Your eyes, I	say your	eyes may look like	his

	Am	D
Yeah but	in your head baby

	G	Am
I’m a	fraid you don’t know	where it is

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Am	D	Am	G	Am	Am

Am	D	G	Am	D	G
Tears are running		all ‘r	ound and ‘round your breast

	Am	D	G	Am
And	your friends, baby,	they	treat you l	ike a guest

	C	G	Am
Don’t you	want som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Don’t you	need som	ebody to l	ove?

D	C	G	Am
Wouldn’t you	love some	body to l	ove?

D	G	D	Am
You better	find some	body to	love

Outro is vaguely...

Am

D

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (1967)

Originally in F#, I play in A

Highest note is the 4 (“feed your head”)

Intro

A	A#
	x 3

Vox on the 5

A

One pill makes you larger and

A#

One pill makes you small

	A
And the	ones that mother gives you don’t

	A#
Do	anything at all

	C	D#	F	C
Go ask	Alice	when she’s	ten feet	tall

	A
And if y	ou go chasing rabbits

	A#
And you	know you’re going to fall

	A
Tell ‘em a	hookah-smoking caterpillar has

A#

Given you the call

	C	D#	F	C
Call	Alice	when s	he was just	small

Vox on the 1 of the chord

G

When the men on the chessboard get up

	C
And t	ell you where to go

	G
And you	just had some kind of mushroom

	C
And your	mind is moving on

Vox up to the 1 now

	A	A
Go ask	Alice, I think she’ll	know

	A	A#
When l	ogic and proportion have	fallen sloppy dead

	A
And the	white knight is talking backwards

	A#
And the red	queen’s off with her head

	C	D#	F	C
Rem	ember	what the	dormouse	said

G	C
Feed your	head

G	C
Feed your	head

C

Jimi Hendrix - Fire (1967)

Originally in D, I play in A

Intro, skip this part if acoustic and start at the main riff

D#	D
→

C	D	A	A
→	→

D#	D
→

C	D	A	A
→	→

Writing the riff as chords, will write this as just the I after this

E	G	A	A
→	→

E	G	A	A
→	→

A

All right

A

Now dig this baby

Vox around the b3

	A
You don’t c	are for me, I don’t a care about that

	A
You	got a new fool, hah, I like it like that

A

I have only one a-burnin’ desire

Hard stop on the I

A

Let me stand next to your fire

The ivm11 is more like bVIIadd9/6, e.g. Cadd9/A in the original key

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Hey, let me stand next to your fire

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Whoa, let me stand baby

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Let me stand

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Yeah baby

A

Listen here baby

A

And stop actin’ so crazy

	A
You say your m	om ain’t home, it ain’t my concern

	A
Just don’t p	lay with me, and you won’t get burned

A

I have only one itchin’ desire

A

Let me stand next to your fire

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Yeah, let me stand baby

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Let me stand

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Oh, let me stand

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Oh

A

Ahh, move over Rover

G

And let Jimi take over

E

Yeah, you know what I’m talkin’ about

G

Yeah, get on with it baby

Solo on a chorus, but up a whole step

B	F#m11	B	F#m11
B	F#m11	B	F#m11

Repeat intro

D#	D
→

C	D	A	A
→	→		That’s what I’m talking about

D#	D
→

C	D	A	A
→	→		Now dig this

A

Hah

A

Now listen baby

	A
You try to	give me your money, you better save it babe

A

Save it for your rainy day

A

I have only one a-burnin’ desire

No hard stop this time

A

Let me stand next to your fire, ha

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Ow, let me stand

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Oh, let me stand baby

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) I ain’t gonna do you no harm

A	Em11
(Let me stand next to your f	ire) Ow

B	F#m11
Yeah

B	F#m11
You better m	ove over baby

A	Em11
I ain’t gonna	hurt you baby

A	Em11
Aw, I ain’t do	ne with your ol’ lady

B	F#m11
Ow

B	F#m11
Aw, yes it’s	Jimi comin’ to you

A

John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane (1966)

G	C	G	C

	G	C
All my	bags are packed I’m	ready to go

	G	C
I’m	standin’ here out	side your door

	G	Em	D	D7
I	hate to wake you	up to say good	bye

	G	C
But the	dawn is breakin’ it’s	early morn

	G	C
The	taxi’s waitin’ he’s	blowin’ his horn

	G	Em	D	D7
Al	ready I’m so	lonesome I could	cry

	G	C
So	kiss me and	smile for me

G	C
Tell me that you’ll	wait for me

G	Em	D	D7
Hold me like you’ll	never let me	go

	G	C
Cause I’m	leavin’	on a jet plane

Let ring

G	C
Don’t know when	I’ll be back again

G	Bm7	Am7	D7
Oh	babe, I hate to	go

	G	C
There’s so	many times I’ve	let you down

	G	C
So	many times I’ve	played around

G	Em	D	D7
I tell you now,	they don’t mean a	thing

	G	C
Every	place I go I’ll	think of you

	G	C
Every	song I sing I’ll	sing for you

	G	Em	D	D7
When	I come back I’ll	wear your wedding	ring

	G	C
So	kiss me and	smile for me

G	C
Tell me that you’ll	wait for me

G	Em	D	D7
Hold me like you’ll	never let me	go

	G	C
Cause I’m	leavin’	on a jet plane

Let ring

G	C
Don’t know when	I’ll be back again

G	Bm7	Am7	D7
Oh	babe, I hate to	go

Let all chords ring for this verse

G	C
Now the time has	come to leave you

G	C
One more time just	let me kiss you

G	Em	D	D7
Close your eyes	I’ll be on my	way

G	C
Dream about the	days to come

	G	C
When	I won’t have to	leave alone

	G	Em	D	D7
A	bout the times	I won’t have to	say

	G	C
So	kiss me and	smile for me

G	C
Tell me that you’ll	wait for me

G	Em	D	D7
Hold me like you’ll	never let me	go

	G	C
Cause I’m	leavin’	on a jet plane

Let ring

G	C
Don’t know when	I’ll be back again

G	Bm7	Am7	D7
Oh	babe, I hate to	go

Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (1963)

Intro

G	C	G
	→

G/B	C	G
	→

G	C	G
Love, is a b	urning t	hing

	G	D	G
And it m	akes a	fiery	ring

G	C	G
Bound, by w	ild desi	res

G	D	G
I fell into a r	ing of f	ire

D	C	G
I fell into a b	urning ring of	fire

	D	C	G
I went	down, down, down, and the	flames went	higher

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

G	C	G
	→

G/B	C	G
	→

G	C	G
	→

G/B	C	G
	→

D	C	G
I fell into a b	urning ring of	fire

	D	C	G
I went	down, down, down, and the	flames went	higher

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

	G	C	G
The	taste of	love is sw	eet

	G	D	G
When	hearts like o	urs	meet

G	C	G
I fell for you	like a c	hild

G	D	G
Oh, but the fir	e went w	ild

D	C	G
I fell into a b	urning ring of	fire

	D	C	G
I went	down, down, down, and the	flames went	higher

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

D	C	G
I fell into a b	urning ring of	fire

	D	C	G
I went	down, down, down, and the	flames went	higher

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

	G	C	G
And it	burns, burns, burns, the	ring of	fire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

	D	G
The	ring of f	ire

Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man (1966)

If playing solo, play riff as Em, Emb6, EmM6, Emb6 on the 5th string

E|----0---0---0---0---0---0--|
B|---------------------------|
G|--4---5---5---6---5---5----|

Riff x4 over Em

Em	Am	Em
There’s a man who l	eads a life of d	anger

	Em	B7
To e	veryone he meets he stays a st	ranger

	Em	Am
With	every move he makes, ano	ther chance he takes

Em	Am	Em
Odds are he won’t	live to see to	morrow

Vox 5 7 2 of the key on “secret ag”

	Bm	Em	Bm	Em
Secret	agent	man, secret	agent	man

Vox on the 6 5 of the chord on “given”

	C	B7	Em
They’ve	given you a	number and taken away your	name

Riff x2 over Em

	Em	Am	Em
Be	ware of pretty	faces that you	find

	Em	B7
A	pretty face can hide an evil	mind

	Em
Ah, be	careful what you say

	Am
Or you’ll	give yourself away

Em	Am	Em
Odds are you won’t	live to see tom	orrow

	Bm	Em	Bm	Em
Secret	agent	man, secret	agent	man

	C	B7	Em
They’ve	given you a	number and taken away your	name

Riff x2 over Em

Solo on verse chords

	Bm	Em	Bm	Em
Secret	agent	man, secret	agent	man

	C	B7	Em
They’ve	given you a	number and taken away your	name

Riff x2 over Em

Em	Am	Em
Swingin’ on the	Riviera	one day

	Em	B7
And then	layin’ in the Bombay alley	next day

	Em
Oh no, you	let the wrong word slip

	Am
While	kissing persuasive lips

	Em	Am	Em
The	odds are you won’t	live to see to	morrow

	Bm	Em	Bm	Em
Secret	agent	man, secret	agent	man

	C	B7	Em
They’ve	given you a	number and taken away your	name

Riff x2 over Em

Em

Secret agent man

Lesley Gore - It’s My Party (1963)

Originally in A, I play in A capo 2

A	E	D	A	E
	→	→

A	Aaug
It’s my party and I’ll	cry if I want to

D	Dm
Cry if I want to,	cry if I want to

A	F#m	Bm	E	A
You	would cry	too if it	happened to	you

A	E	D	A	E
	→	→

Way down to the 5 of the chord on “gone”

A	C
Nobody knows where my	Johnny has gone

	A	D
But	Judy left the same	time

F	A
Why was he	holding her hand

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “he’s”, 6 on “posed”

	B7	E
When	he’s supposed to be	mine

A	Aaug
It’s my party and I’ll	cry if I want to

D	Dm
Cry if I want to,	cry if I want to

A	F#m	Bm	E	A
You	would cry	too if it	happened to	you

A	E	D	A	E
	→	→

A	C
Play all my records keep	dancing all night

	A	D
But	leave me alone for a w	hile

F	A
Till Johnny’s	dancing with me

	B7	E
I’ve	got no reason to	smile

A	Aaug
It’s my party and I’ll	cry if I want to

D	Dm
Cry if I want to,	cry if I want to

A	F#m	Bm	E	A
You	would cry	too if it	happened to	you

A	E	D	A	E
	→	→

Solo on chorus chords if appropriate

A	C
Judy and Johnny just	walked through the door

A	D
Like a queen with her	king

F	A
Oh what a	birthday surprise

B7	E
Judy’s wearing his	ring

A	Aaug
It’s my party and I’ll	cry if I want to

Hanging stop on the second “cry”

D	Dm
Cry if I want to,	cry if I want to

A	F#m	Bm	E
You	would cry	too if it	happened to

A	F#m	Bm	E
You	would cry	too if it	happened to

A	F#m	Bm	E	A
You	would cry	too if it	happened to	you

A	E	D	A
	→	→

Little Eva - The Locomotion (1962)

Originally around Eb, I play in E (down an octave) (obviously)

Intro

E

Vox on the 1

E	C#m
Everybody’s doing a	brand new dance, now

Vox on the 5

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

	E	C#m
I	know you’ll get to like it if you	give it a chance now

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

Vox on 1 2 1 2 of the chord (4 6 4 6 of the key) on “little baby”

	A	F#m
My	little baby sister can	do it with ease

	A	F#
It’s	easier than learning your	ABC’s

Vox on 6 5 on “come on”

	E	B	E
So,	come on, come on,	do the locomotion with	me

Vox on the 6 on “swing”

E	A
You gotta swing your hips, now,	come on, baby

	E	B
Jump	up, jump back, well I	think you’ve got the knack, whoa, oh

E	C#m
Now that you can do it	let’s make a chain now

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

	E	C#m
A	chug-a-chug-a motion like a	railroad train, now

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

A	F#m
Do it nice and easy now,	don’t lose control

	A	F#
A l	ittle bit of rhythm, and a	lot of soul

E	B	E
Come on, come on,	do the locomotion with	me

Sax solo

E	A	E	B

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

E	C#m
Move around the floor in a	locomotion

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

E	C#m
Do it holding hands, if	you get the notion

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

	A	F#m
There’s	never been a dance that’s so	easy to do

	A	F#
It	even makes you happy when you’re	feeling blue

	E	B	E
So,	come on, come on,	do the locomotion with	me

E

(Come on) You gotta swing your hips, now, (do the locomotion)

A

(Come on) That’s right

	E
You’re doin’ f	ine (come on, do the locomotion)

	A
Come on,	baby (come on, do the locomotion) mmmm, mmm, mmm

	E
Jump	up, jump back (come on, do the locomotion)

	A
You’re lookin’	good (come on, do the locomotion) mmm, mmm, mmm

Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World (1967)

F6	Gm7/F	F6	Gm7/F

	F	Am	Bb	Am
I see tree	s of gree	n,	red roses too

Gm7	F	A7	Dm
I see them blo	om,	for me and you

	C#(#11)	Gm7/C	C7	F	Bm7b5	Bbmaj7	C7
And I thi	nk to myself,	what a w	onderful world

	F	Am	Bb	Am
I see ski	es of blue		and clouds of white

Gm7	F	A7	Dm
The bright blessed d	ay,	the dark sacred n	ight

	C#(#11)	Gm7/C	C7	F	Bb/D	F/C	F
And I thi	nk to myself,	what a w	onderful world

	Bb/C	C7	Fmaj7	F6
The col	ors of the rainbow,	so p	retty in the s	ky

	Bb/C	C7	Fmaj7	F6
Are al	so on the faces	of	people going b	y

	Dm	C/E	Dm/F	C/G
I see frie	nds shaking h	ands, saying h	ow do you d	o?

Dm	F#dim	Gm7	C7
They’re really s	aying,	I love	you

	F	Am	Bb	Am
I hear ba	bies cry,		I watch them grow

Gm7	F	A7	Dm
They’ll learn much m	ore	than I’ll ever know

	C#(#11)	Gm7/C	C7	F	Am7b5	D9
And I thin	k to myself,	what a wo	nderful world

	Gm7	C7b9	F	Bb6	F
Yes I t	hink to myself,	what a wonderful world

Malvina Reynolds - Little Boxes (Weeds Theme) (1962)

Originally in F, I play in C capo 1

Highest note is the 3

Intro, rubato

C	Am	F	Em	Dm	C
		→	→	→

At tempo

C

Vox on 5 6 3 1 on “little boxes”

	C	F	C
Little bo	xes on the hillside, little bo	xes made of tic	ky-tacky

Vox stay on the 5 on “boxes”

	C	G7	C	G7
Little	boxes on the	hillside, little	boxes all the	same

	C	F	C
There’s a	pink one, and a green one, and a	blue one, and a y	ellow one

	C	G7	C	G7	C
And they’re	all made out of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look	just the s	ame

C

	C	F	C
And the	people in the houses, all	went to the unive	rsity

	C	G7	C	G7
Where	they were put in	boxes, and they	came out all the	same

	C	F	C
And there’s	doctors, and lawyers, and	business exe	cutives

	C	G7	C	G7	C
And they’re	all made out of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look	just the	same

C

	C	F	C
And they	all play on the golf course, and	drink their marti	nis dry

	C	G7	C	G7
And they	all have pretty	children, and the	children go to	school

	C	F	C
And the	children go to summer camp, and	then to the unive	rsity

	C	G7	C	G7	C
Where	they are put in	boxes, and they	come out	all the s	ame

C

	C	F	C
And the	boys go into business, and	marry and raise a f	amily

	C	G7	C	G7
In	boxes made of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look just the	same

	C	F	C
There’s a	pink one, and a green one, and a	blue one, and a y	ellow one

Slow and hold...

	C	G7	C	G7	C
And they’re	all made out of	ticky-tacky, and they	all look	just the	same

Back at tempo

C	Am	F	Em	Dm	C
		→	→	→

Mama Cass - Dream a Little Dream (1968)

Originally in C, I play in A

Chorus may be an octave down, depending how I feel... chorus is

mostly on the 6

A	D#dim7	F6	E
A	D#dim7	F6	E

A	D#dim7	F6	E
Stars shi	ning bright ab	ove you

A	A/G#	A7/G	F#7
Night bre	ezes	seem to w	hisper, I love you

Vox: easiest to stay on the A here

D	Dm
Birds singing in the s	ycamore tree

	A	F	E
Dr	eam a little d	ream of me

A	D#dim7	F6	E
Say nigh	tie-night and	kiss me

A	A/G#	A7/G	F#7
Just hold	me	tight and	tell me you’ll miss me

D	Dm
While I’m alone and	blue as can be

Vox note: Male voice can go down to A, easiest to descend on me(c)-e(b)-stars(a)

	A	F7	E7	A	C#
Dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
Stars f	ading but	I linger	on, dear

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
Still cr	aving your k	iss

If down an octave, “dawn” would go down to E, easier

to sing the same melody as the first line.

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
I’m lo	nging to l	inger till	dawn, dear

F#	D#m	F7	E7
Just	saying	thi	s

A	D#dim7	F6	E
Sweet dre	ams till sunbeams	find you

A	A/G#	A7/G	F#7
Sweet dre	ams that	leave your	worries behind you

D	Dm
But in your dreams what	ever they be

If soloing, end this line on C/G instead of E

	A	F7	E7	A	C#
Dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

Solo on verse chords

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
Stars f	ading but	I linger	on, dear

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
Still cr	aving your k	iss

F#	D#m	G#m7	C#7
I’m lo	nging to l	inger till	dawn, dear

F#	D#m	F7	E7
Just	saying	thi	s

A	D#dim7	F6	E
Sweet dre	ams till sunbeams	find you

A	A/G#	A7/G	F#7
Sweet dre	ams that	leave your	worries behind you

D	Dm
But in your dreams what	ever they be

Hang on “me”

	A	F7	E	Dm
Dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

	A	F7	E	A
Just dr	eam a little dr	eam	of	me

Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street (1964)

Vandellas around Eb, Bowie and Jagger in B, I play in A

Intro

G/A	A
→	x4

G/A	A	G/A	A
Callin’	out a	round the	world

	G/A	A	G/A	A
Are you	ready for a	brand new	beat

G/A	A	G/A	A
Summer’s	here and the	time is	right

	G/A	A	G/A
For	dancin’	in the	street

	A	G/A	A	G/A
They’re	dancin’ in Chi	cago

	G/A	A
Down in	New Orl	eans

G/A	A	G/A	A
In	New York	City

G/A	A	D
All we	need is m	usic, sweet music

D

There’ll be music everywhere

	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’ll be	swingin’,	swayin’ and	records	playing’

G/A	A	G/A	A
Dancin’	in the	street,	oh

C#7

It doesn’t matter what you wear

	F#m
Just as	long as you are there

Mamas and the Papas (and Bowie/Jagger) use a II instead of a ii here... that’s a good idea!

	Bm
So come on,	every guy grab a girl

D/E	E
Everywhere ar	ound the world

	G/A	A
There’ll be	dancing

G/A	A	G/A	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet

	G/A	A	G/A	A
This is	an invi	tation ac	ross the	nation

	G/A	A	G/A	A
A	chance for	folks to	meet

	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’ll be	laughter,	singing and	music s	winging

G/A	A	G/A
Dancing	in the st	reet

	A	G/A	A	G/A
Phila	delphia,	P.A.

	A	G/A	A
Balti	more and D.	C. now

G/A	A	G/A	A
Can’t for	get the Motor	City

G/A	A	D
All we	need is m	usic, sweet music

D

There’ll be music everywhere

	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’ll be	swingin’,	swayin’ and	records	playing’

G/A	A	G/A	A
Dancin’	in the	street,	oh

C#7

It doesn’t matter what you wear

	F#m
Just as	long as you are there

	Bm
So come on,	every guy grab a girl

D/E	E
Everywhere ar	ound the world

	G/A	A
They’re	dancing

G/A	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet (dancing i	n the street)

G/A	A	G/A	A	G/A
Way down	in L.	A., ev	eryda	y (dancing)

	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet (dancin’	in the street)

G/A	A	G/A	A	G/A
Let’s form a	big long	line (	get in	time)

	A	G/A	A
Were dancing	in the st	reet (dancing	in the street)

G/A	A	G/A	A
Across the	ocean	blue (dancing	in the street)

	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet, yeah (dancing	in the street)

Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968)

Marvin Gaye in Ebm, CCR in Dm

I play in Am, and still skip a bunch of the vocal jumps

Following a random YouTube cover, in the riff/verse/chorus

I play a iim → i instead of the IV → i

Intro

Am	D	Am
	→	x2

	Am
Oooh, I	bet you’re wondering how I knew

	E	D
‘Bout your	plans to make me	blue

Don’t jump up on “guy”

	Am
With some other	guy that you knew before

	E	D
Between the two of us	guys you know I love you	more

Up to the 1 of the chord on “prise”

	F#m	D
It took me by	surprise I must	say

	Am	D
When I	found out yester	day, don’t you know that

	Am	D	Am
I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Not much	longer would you be mine

	Am	D	Am
Ooh I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Oh I’m	just about to lose my mind

	Am
Honey, honey	yeah

Am	D	Am
	→	x2

	Am
I know a	man ain’t supposed to cry

	E	D
But these	tears I can’t hold ins	ide

	Am
Losin’	you would end my life you see

	E	D
Cause you	mean that much to	me

	F#m	D
You could have	told me your	self

	Am	D
That you	love someone	else, instead

	Am	D	Am
I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Not much	longer would you be mine

	Am	D	Am
Ooh I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Oh I’m	just about to lose my mind

	Am
Honey, honey	yeah

Am	D	Am
	→	x2

	Am
People say believe h	alf of what you see

	E	D
Son, and	none of what you	hear

	Am
But I can’t	help bein’ confused

	E	D
If it’s	true please tell me	dear

	F#m	D
Do you	plan to let me	go

	Am	D
For the other	guy you loved	before, don’t you know

	Am	D	Am
I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Not much	longer would you be mine

	Am	D	Am
Baby, I	heard it through the	grape	vine

	D
Oh I’m	just about to lose my mind

	Am
Honey, honey	yeah

Am	D	Am
	→	x2

Maurice Williams - Stay (1960)

Maurice Williams in Bb, Four Seasons in Bb, Hollies in A (and insanely fast), Jackson Browne in G

I play in G

There is a separate entry for the Jackson Browne version

G	Em	C	D

G	Em	C	D
Stay,		just a	little bit

G	Em	C	D
Longer

G	Em	C	D
Please,	please, please,	please,	tell me that you’re

G	Em	C	D
Going to

	G	Em	C	D
Now your	daddy don’t	mind

	G	Em	C	D
And you	mommy don’t	mind

	G	Em	C	D
If we	have another dance	, y	eah just a o	ne more

Hang this chord

Em

One more time

	G	Em	C	D
Oh, won’t you	stay,		just a	little bit

G	Em	C	D
Longer,		please	let me

G	Em	C	D	G
Hear,		you	say you wi	ll

Cmaj7	Am7	G
Say y	ou wi	ll

B7	Em
Won’t you place your sweet lips to m	i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ine

Hard stops on the V’s

A	D	D
Won’t you say you love me,		all of the time

G	Em	C	D
Stay,		just a	little bit

G	Em	C	D
Longer

G	Em	C	D
Please,	please, please,	please,	tell me you’re

G	Em	C	D
Going to,		come on, come o	n, come on and

G	Em	C	D
Stay,		come on, come o	n, come on

G	Em	C	D
Stay,		come on, come o	n, come on

G

Stay

Misc - Gilligan’s Island Theme (1964)

Originally starts in Dm, I play in Bm capo 3

	Bm	A	Bm	A
Just	sit right back and you’ll	hear tale, a	tale of a fateful	trip

	Bm	A	G	A	Bm
That	started from this	tropic port, a	board this	tiny	ship

	Cm	A#	Cm	A#
The m	ate was a mighty	sailin’ man, the	skipper brave and	sure

	Cm	A#	G#	A#	Cm
Five	passengers set	sail that day for a	three	hour	tour

	G#	A#	Cm
A	three	hour	tour

Pause for lightning sounds...

	C#m	B	C#m	B
The	weather started	getting rough, the	tiny ship was	tossed

	C#m	B	A	B	C#m
If	not for the courage of the	fearless crew, the	Minnow	would be	lost

	A	B	C#m
The	Minnow	would be	lost

	Dm	C	Dm	C
The	ship set ground on the	shore of this unch	arted desert	isle

	Dm	C	Dm	C
With	Gilligan, the	skipper too, the	millionaire and his	wife

In early seasons, this just said “the movie star, and the rest”

	Dm	C	Dm	C	Dm	C	Dm
The	movie	star, the	professor and	Mary Ann,	here on	Gilligan’s	isle

This was the outro in most seasons

	Bm	A	Bm	A
Now,	this is a tale of our	castaways, they’re	here for a long, long	time

	Bm	A	G	A	Bm
They’ll	have to make the	best of things,	it’s an	uphill	climb

	Cm	A#	Cm	A#
The	first mate and his	skipper too will	do their very	best

	Cm	A#	G#	A#	Cm
To	make the others	comfortable in the	tropic	island	nest

	C#m	B	C#m	B
No	phones, no lights, no	motorcars, not a	single lux	ury

	C#m	B	A	B	C#m
Like	Robinson Cah-r	u-soe, it’s p	rimitive	as can	be

	Dm	C	Dm	C
So	join us here each	week my friend, you’re	sure to get a	smile

	Dm	C	A	Dm
From	seven stranded	castaways,	here on Gilligan’s	isle

Misc - The Brady Bunch Theme (1969)

Originally in F, I play in G

This is attempting to reflect the season 5 theme song, which is hella funkier than earlier seasons

Vox on 5 5 6 5 on “here’s the story”

This is really I6→I repeating, but I’m not writing it out

	G
Here’s the s	tory of a lovely lady

	F	Bb	D7
Who was bringing up three very lovely g	irls →	→

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
All of t	hem had hair of g	old, l	ike their m	other

Am7	D7	G
The youngest o	ne in	curls

	G
It’s the s	tory, of a man named Brady

	F	Bb	D7
Who was busy with three boys of his	own →	→

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
They were	four men,	living all t	ogether

Am7	D7	G
Yet they were a	ll alo	ne

	Ab
Till the	one day when the lady met this fellow

	Bbm7	Eb7
And they knew it was much more than a	hunch

	Bbm7	Eb7	Bbm7	Eb7
That this g	roup must som	ehow form a fam	ily

	Bbm7	Eb7	Ab7
That’s the w	ay we all be	came the Brady	Bunch

	Db
The Brady B	unch

	Ab
The Brady B	unch

	Bb	Eb	Ab	E	Eb	Ab
That’s the w	ay we bec	ame the Brady Bu	nch	→	→

Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin (1966)

E

You keep sayin’, you’ve got somethin’ for me

E

Somethin’ you call love, but confess

A

You’ve been a-messin’ where you shouldn’t have been a-messin’

	E
And now	someone else is gettin’ all your best

	G	Em
These	boots are made for w	alkin’

	G	Em
And	that’s just what they’ll	do

Hard stop on “boots”

G	Em
One of these days these	boots are gonna walk all over you

E7#9

Yeah

E

You keep lyin’ when you oughta be truthin’

	E
And	you keep losin’ when you oughta not bet

A

You keep samein’ when you ought to be a-changin’

	E
Now what’s	right is right but you ain’t been right yet

	G	Em
These	boots are made for w	alkin’

	G	Em
And	that’s just what they’ll	do

G	Em
One of these days these	boots are gonna walk all over you

E7#9

E

You keep playin’ where you shouldn’t be playin’

	E
And	you keep thinkin’ that you’ll never get burned, ha

A

I just found me a brand new box of matches, yeah

	E
And	what he knows you ain’t had time to learn

	G	Em
These	boots are made for w	alkin’

	G	Em
And	that’s just what they’ll	do

G	Em
One of these days these	boots are gonna walk all over you

E7#9

Are you ready boots, start walkin’

E7#9

Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (1969)

Originally in B, I play in A capo 2

Play the intro with the open 6th string (capo 2)

plus this walk on the 5th string, written relative

to the capo. More or less the chord is E.

A|-2-4-5--2-4-5-4-2-5-4-2-
E|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

A|-5-7-9--5-7-9-7-5-9-7-5-
E|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

D------------------------11--9-
A|-9-11-12--9-11-12--11--x---x-
E|-0-0--0---0-0--0-------0---0-

A	D
Where it began	I can’t begin to know it

A	E
But then I know it’s going stro	ng

A	D
Was in the spring,	and spring became a summer

A	E
Who’d have believe you’d come alo	ng?

A	A6
Hands	touching hands

E	D	E	D	E
Reaching out	touching me touching y	ou	→

A	D	E
Sweet Carol	ine, good times never seemed so	good

A	D	E
I’ve been incl	ined to believe they never would

D	C#m	Bm
But	now I	’m

A	D
Look at the night	and it don’t seem so lonely

A	E
We fill it up with only	two

A	D
And when I hurt	hurtin’ runs off my shoulder

A	E
How can I hurt when holding	you?

A	A6
Warm	touching warm

E	D	E	D	E
Reaching out	touching me touching	you	→

A	D	E
Sweet Caro	line, good times never seemed so	good

A	D	E
I’ve been incl	ined to believe they never would

D	C#m	Bm
Oh	no	no

Repeat intro riff

A	D	E
Sweet Caro	line, good times never seemed so	good

A	D	E
Sweet Caro	line, I believe they never	could

D	C#m	Bm
Oh	no	no

A6

Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1962)

Originally in B, I play in D capo 3

Do do do

D	Bm	G	A
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

D	Bm	G	A
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

D	Bm	G
Down dooby	doo down	down

A	D	G	D
Breaking up is	hard	to	do

	D	Bm	G	A
Don’t take your	lov	e a	way from	me

D	Bm	G	A
Don’t you	leave my heart in	mise	ry

D	D/C#	Bm
If you	go then	I’ll be blue

Vox on the 2 of the chord on “breaking”

	E	A
‘Cause	breaking up is hard to	do

	D	Bm	G	A
Re-mem-ber	whe	n you	held me	tight

D	Bm	G	A
And you	kissed me	all through the	night

D	D/C#	Bm
Think of	all that	we’ve been through

	E	A	D
And	breaking up is	hard to	do

Vox stay on the 1 for “they say”, and on “break”,

it goes to the b3

	Dm	G7	Dm	G7
They say that breaking	up	is	hard to	do

C	Cmaj7	C6	Cmaj7
Now I	know I	know that it’s	true

Cm	F7	Cm	F7
Don’t	say that	this is the	end

	A#
In	stead of breaking up I wish that

A7

We were making up again

	D	Bm
I beg of	you

G	A
Don’t say good	bye

D	Bm	G	A
Can’t we	give our love a	nother	try?

D	D/C#	Bm
Come on	baby, let’s	start anew

	E	A	D
‘Cause	breaking up is	hard to	do

Girls sing the first and third lines this time

	Dm	G7	Dm	G7
They say that breaking	up	is	hard to	do

C	Cmaj7	C6	Cmaj7
Now I	know I	know that it’s	true

Cm	F7	Cm	F7
Don’t	say that	this is the	end

	A#
In	stead of breaking up I wish that

A7

We were making up again

	D	Bm
I beg of	you

G	A
Don’t say good	bye

D	Bm	G	A
Can’t we	give our love a	nother	try?

D	D/C#	Bm
Come on	baby, let’s	start anew

	E	A	D
‘Cause	breaking up is	hard to	do

Fade

D	Bm	G	A
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

D	Bm	G	A
Down dooby	doo down	down,	comma comma

D	Bm	G
Down dooby	doo down	down

Nina Simone - Feeling Good (1965)

Nina Simone in Gm, Michael Bublé in Ebm, I play in Em and drop all the gymnastic at the end

I follow the Michael Bublé arrangement, except that I don’t do the key change

Let ring, rubato

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	Em/B	B7
Birds flying	high	you know how I fe	el

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	Em/B	B7
Sun in the sk	y	you know how I f	eel

Em	Em7/D	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
Reeds driftin’ on b	y	you know how I	feel

Chords ring after each line

	Cmaj7
It’s a new dawn

	Am11
It’s a new day

	F#m7b5
It’s a new life

B7

For me

And I'm feeling good

At tempo

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
		I’m

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Feeling good

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Fish in the	sea	you know how I feel

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
River running	free	you know how I feel

Em	Em7/D	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
Blossom o	n the tree	you know how I fe	el

	Em/B
It’s a n	ew dawn

	Am7
It’s a n	ew day

	Am7/G	F#m7b5
It’s a n	ew life

Hard stop on the V#5

	Am	B7#5
For me

Not what you think happens here... James Bond chords, not the descending pattern from the first verse

	Em	Em(#5)	Em6	Em(#5)
And I’m f	eeling good

Em	Em7/D
Dragonfly o	ut in the sun

Cmaj7	B7
You know what I me	an, don’t you know

Em	Em7/D
Butterflies a	ll havin’ fun

Cmaj7	B7
You know what I m	ean

Em	Em7/D	C#m7b5
Sleep in	peace when day is done

	Cmaj7
That’s what I me	an

Faster chord changes here

	Em	Em/D
And this o	ld world

	Am7/C	Am7/E
Is a n	ew world

	Am7/G	F#m7b5
And a b	old world

	Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
For	me

The Michael Bublé version changes key up a whole step here

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Stars	when you shine,	you know how I fe	el

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Scent of the	pine,	you know how I fe	el

Em	Em7/D	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
Oh freedom is	mine and I kn	ow how I fe	el

	Em
It’s a n	ew dawn

	Em7/D
It’s a n	ew day

	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
It’s a n	ew life

	Em
It’s a n	ew dawn

	Em7/D
It’s a n	ew day

	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
It’s a n	ew life

	Em
It’s a n	ew dawn

	Em7/D
It’s a n	ew day

	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
It’s a n	ew life

	Cmaj7	B7#5
For m	e

And I'm feeling

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Good

Em

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky (1969)

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

A

When I die and they lay me to rest

	D
Gonna go to the pl	ace that’s the best

	A
When they lay me	down to die

Doesn’t go back to the I until a beat after the last lyric

	E	A
Going	up to the spirit in the sky

A

Going up to the spirit in the sky

	D
That’s where I’m gonna go when I	die

	A
When I die and they	lay me to rest

	E	A
I’m gonna	go to the place that’s the best

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

A

Prepare yourself, you know it’s a must

	D
Got to have a friend in	Jesus

	A
So you know that	when you die

This time the I hits on the last lyric

	E	A
He’s g	onna recommend you to the spirit in the	sky

Oh, recommend you to the spirit in the sky

	D
That’s where you’re gonna go w	hen you die

	A
When you die and they	lay you to rest

	E	A
You’re gonna	go to the place that’s the	best

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

Solo

A	G	A	C
A	G	A	C	D
			→

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

A

Never been a sinner, I’ve never sinned

	D
I’ve got a friend in	Jesus

	A
So you know that	when I die

	E	A
He’s g	onna set me up with the spirit in the	sky

Oh, set me up with the spirit in the sky

	D
That’s where I’m gonna go	when I die

	A
When I die and they	lay me to rest

	E	A
I’m gonna	go to the place that’s the	best

E	A
Go to the place that’s the	best

A	D	C	A	C	D
	→			→	x3

A

Otis Redding - (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay (1967)

G

G	B7
Sittin’ in the mornin’	sun

	C	A
I’ll be	sittin’ when the evenin’	comes

G	B7
Watching the ships roll	in

	C	A
Then I	watch ‘em roll away a	gain, yeah

	G	E
I’m	sittin’ on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Watching the	tide roll a	way

	G	A
Ooo, I’m just	sittin’ on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Wastin’	tim	e

	G	B7
I	left my home in	Georgia

C	A
Headed for the ‘Frisco	Bay

	G	B7
‘Cause	I had nothing to	live for

	C	A
It looks like	nothin’s gonna come my	way

	G	E
So I’m just gon’	sit on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Watching the	tide roll a	way

	G	A
Ooo, I’m	sittin’ on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Wastin’	tim	e

Bridge

Vox start on the 1 on the first line, then the 6, then the 1

G	D	C
Look	like,	nothing’s gonna change

G	D	C
Everyt	hing	still remains the same

G	D	C	G
I can’t	do what	ten people	tell me to do

Vox on the 1 of the chord

F	D
So I guess I’ll re	main the same, yes

G	B7
Sittin’ here resting my	bones

	C	A
And this	loneliness won’t leave me a	lone

	G	B7
It’s	two thousand miles I	roam

	C	A
Just to	make this dock my	home

	G	E
Now I’m just gonna	sit at the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Watching the	tide roll a	way

	G	A
Ooo, I’m	sittin’ on the dock of the	bay

	G	E
Wastin’	tim	e

With whistling

G	G	G	G	Em	Em	Em	Em

Patsy Cline - Crazy (1962)

Originally in Bb, I play in E

E	E	A6	A6	Amaj7	G#m7	F#m7	B7

Vox on 3 5 on “crazy”, 1 3 5 1 b7 of the chord on “crazy for feeling”

Play the bVII in the same voicing as you’re going to play the VI

E	E	D	C#7	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
Crazy,		I’m	crazy for feeling	so lonely

Vox on 9 3 of the chord on “crazy”, which starts where “lonely” was

1 3 5 4 (up an octave) 9 of the chord on “crazy for feeling”

	B	Gdim7	E	Fdim7	F#m7	B7
I’m	crazy, crazy for	feeling so	blue

E	E	D	C#7	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
I knew		you’d l	ove me as long as you	wanted

Vox on 9 3 of the chord on “someday”, 7 of the chord on “somebody”

	B	B7	E	F#m7	Gdim7	G#dim7
And then	someday you’d leave me for s	omebody	new

Vox on 5 3 of the chord on “worry”

A	E	Fdim7
Worry, why do I let myself	worry?

Vox on “wond’ring” the same as “worry”

F#7	B	B7
Wond’ring what in the world did I	do?

E	E	D	C#7	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
Crazy		for	thinking that my love	could hold you

	Amaj7	G#m7	F#m7	Fdim7
I’m	crazy for	trying and	crazy for	crying

	F#m7	B7	E	B9
And I’m	crazy for	loving you

Originally changes key here up a half-step, I just repeat

E	E	D	C#7	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
Crazy		for	thinking that my love	could hold you

	Amaj7	G#m7	F#m7	Fdim7
I’m	crazy for	trying and	crazy for	crying

	F#m7	B7	E
And I’m	crazy for	loving you

Paul Simon - Kathy’s Song (1964)

Originally in G tuned down to F#, I play in G

Intro

G	G	G	C/G
			x4

G	C/G	G
I hear the	drizzle of the	rain

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
Like a	memo	ry i	t	falls

G	Bm/F#	G	C
Soft and	warm cont	inu	ing

Am	Asus2/G	D	G
Tapping	on my	roof and	walls

G	C/G
	x4

G	C/G	G
And from the	shelter of my	mind

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
Through the	window	of m	y	eyes

	G	Bm/F#	G	C
I	gaze be	yond the	rain-drenched	streets

Not a typo, this line is shorter than it is in all the other verses, and the vi/5 is gone

	Am	D	G
To E	ngland,	where my h	eart lies

G	C/G
	x4

D11	D11
G	C/G
	x4

G	C/G	G
My mind’s dis	tracted and diffu	sed

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
My thoughts are m	any	miles	a	way

	G	Bm/F#	G	C
They l	ie with	you when	you’re a	sleep

	Am	Asus2/G	D	G
And k	iss you	when you	start your	day

G	C/G
	x4

	G	C/G	G
And a s	ong I was	writing is left un	done

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
I don’t know	why I	spend m	y	time

G	Bm/F#	G	C
Writing	songs I	can’t be	lieve

	Am	Asus2/G	D	G
With w	ords that	tear and	strain to	rhyme

G	C/G
	x4

D11	D11
G	C/G
	x4

G	C/G	G
And so you	see, I have come to	doubt

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
All that	I once	held a	s	true

G	Bm/F#	G	C
I stand a	lone with	out be	liefs

	Am	Asus2/G	D	G
The o	nly	truth I	know is	you

G	C/G
	x4

G	C/G	G
And as I	watch the drops of	rain

Am	Am/G	C	G/B	Bm/F#
Weave their	weary	paths a	nd	die

	G	Bm/F#	G	C
I	know that	I am	like the	rain

Am	Asus2/G	D	G
There but f	or the grace of	you go	I

G	C/G
	x4

Optionally play an instrumental verse

G

Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman (1966)

Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton in C#, I play in G

G	D/F#	Em7	Em/D	C	D	G	D6

Vox on 6 5 on “ma-an”

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	can’t keep his mind on	nothing else

C	D	G	D
He’d trade the w	orld for the good thing	he’s found

	G	D/F#	Em	G/D
If she’s	bad he can’t	see it	she can do no	wrong

C	D	G	D
Turn his back on his b	est friend if he put her d	own

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	spend his v	ery last dime

C	D	G	D
Tryin’ to hold	on to what he	needs

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
He’d give up a	ll his c	omforts,	sleep out in the r	ain

C	D	G	G7
If she said that’s the	way it	ought to be

C	G
Well, this man loves a w	oman

C	G
I gave you everything I	had

C	G	Em
Tryin’ to hold on to	your heartless	love

A7	D
Baby, please don’t treat me	bad

Michael Bolton changes key up a half-step here, which IMO is silly

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	down deep in his	soul

C	D	G	D
She can bring h	im such m	isery

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
If she pl	ays him for a f	ool,	he’s the last o	ne to know

C	D	G	D
Lovin’ eyes	can ne	ver see

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	he can do her n	o wrong

C	D	G	D
He can never h	ug, some o	ther girl

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
Yes, when a	man loves a	woman,	I know exactly h	ow he feels

C	D	G	D
‘Cause baby ba	by, you’re	my world

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	I know e	xactly how he feels

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Going to the Zoo (1969)

G

Daddy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

D	D7
Zoo tomorrow,	zoo tomorrow

G

Daddy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

See the elephant with the long trunk swingin’

D	D7
Great big ears and a	long trunk swingin’

G

Snuffin’ up peanuts with a long trunk swingin’

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

See all the monkeys they’re scritch-scritch scratchin’

D	D7
Jumpin’ around and	scritch-scritch scratchin’

G

Hangin’ by the long-tail scritch-scritch scratchin’

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

There’s a big black bear he’s a huff-puff-a-puffin’

D	D7
His coat’s too heavy he’s a	huff-puff-a-puffin’

G

Don’t get too near the huff-puff-a-puffin’

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

Well the seals in the pool all honk-honk-honkin’

D	D7
Catchin’ the fish and	honk-honk-honkin’

G

Little tiny seals all honk-honk-honkin’

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

	G
Well we	stayed all day and I’m gettin’ sleepy

D	D7
Sittin’ in the car gettin’	sleep sleep sleepy

G

Home already gettin’ sleep sleep sleepy

	D7	G
‘Cause	we haved stayed all	day

	C
We been to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
So have	you, you, you

	D7
You came	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We been to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

G

Mommy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

D	D7
Zoo tomorrow,	zoo tomorrow

G

Mommy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow

	D7	G
And	we can stay all	day

	C
We’re goin’ to the	zoo, zoo, zoo

	G
How about	you, you, you?

	D7
You can come	too, too, too

	G	D7	G
We’re goin’ to the	zoo,	zoo,	zoo

Peter, Paul, and Mary - I Dig Rock and Roll Music (1967)

Tricky to get this to sound not stupid without percussion.

I try to mix up the D7 in as many positions as I can and be

percussive about it, and mix in D9’s and D7#9’s.

D7

I dig rock and roll music and I’d

Love to get the chance to play (and sing it)
I figure it's about the happiest
Sound going down today

Bm	G
The message	may not move me

Bm	G
Or mean a	great deal to me

Bm	E	A
But hey, it	feels so groovy to	say

D7

I dig the Mamas and the Papas at

“The Trip,” Sunset Strip in L.A.
And they got a good thing going
When the words don't get in the way

Bm	G
And when they’re	really wailing

Bm	G
Michelle and	Cass are sailing

Bm

Hey, they really

E	A
Nail me to the	wall

D7

I dig Donovan in a dream-like, tripped out way

His crystal images tell you ‘bout a brighter day

Bm	G
And when the	Beatles tell you

Bm	G
They’ve got a	word “love” to sell you

Bm	E	A
They mean ex	actly what they	say

D7

I dig rock and roll music

I could really get it on in that scene
I think I could say somethin'
If you know what I mean

Bm	G
But if I	really say it

Bm	G
The radi	o won’t play it

Bm	E	A
Unless I	lay it between the	lines

D7

Peter, Paul, and Mary - If I Had a Hammer (1962)

Originally in A, I play in D, highest note is the 1

D	F#m	G	A
			x2

	D	F#m	G	A
If I had a	ha	mmer

	D	F#m	G	A
I’d hammer in the	mo	rnin	g

	D	F#m	G
I’d hammer in the	ev	enin	g

	A
All over this	land

	D
I’d hammer out	danger

	Bm
I’d hammer out a	warning

	G	D
I’d hammer out	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

A	D	F#m	G	A
All over this l	an	d

D	F#m	G	A
Ooh

	D	F#m	G	A
If I had a	bell

	D	F#m	G	A
I’d ring it in the	mo	rnin	g

	D	F#m	G
I’d ring it in the	ev	enin	g

	A
All over this	land

	D
I’d ring out	danger

	Bm
I’d ring out a	warning

	G	D
I’d ring out	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

A	D	F#m	G	A
All over this l	an	d

D	F#m	G	A
Ooh

	D	F#m	G	A
If I had a	song

	D	F#m	G	A
I’d sing it in the	mo	rnin	g	morning

	D	F#m	G
I’d sing it in the	ev	enin	g

	A
All over this	land

	D
I’d sing out	danger

	Bm
I’d sing out a	warning

	G	D
I’d sing out	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

A	D	F#m	G	A
All over this l	an	d

D	F#m	G	A
Ooh

	D	F#m	G	A
Well I’ve got a	ha	mmer

	D	F#m	G	A
And I’ve got a	bell

	D	F#m	G
And I’ve got a	song	to	sing

	A
All over this	land

	D
It’s a hammer of	justice

	Bm
It’s a bell of	freedom

	G	D
It’s a song about	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

A	D	F#m	G
All over this l	an	d

	A	D
It’s the	hammer of	justice

	Bm
It’s a bell of	freedom

	G	D
It’s a song about	love be	tween

G	D	G	D
My brothers and my	sisters

	Bm	A	D
All over this	lan	d

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Puff, the Magic Dragon (1963)

G	G	Bm7	Bm7	C	C	G	G
C	C	G	Em	A	D	G	D

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ived by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicked in the	autumn	mist

	A	D
In a	land called Hona	lee

G	Bm7	C	G
Little Jackie	Paper	loved that rascal	Puff

	C	G	Em
And	brought him strings and	sealing	wax

	A	D	G	D
And	other	fancy	stuff	Oh

	G	Bm7	C	G
Toget	her they would	travel on boa	t with billowed	sail

C	G	Em	A	D
Jackie kept a lookout		perched on	Puff’s gigantic tail

G	Bm7	C	G
Noble kings and	princes would	bow whene’er they came

C	G	Em
Pirate ships would	lower their	flags

	A	D	G	D
When	Puff roared out	his	name

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ived by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicked in the	autumn	mist

	A	D
In a	land called Hona	lee

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ived by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicked in the	autumn	mistn

	A	D	G	D
In a	land called	Hona	lee

	G	Bm7	C	G
A dra	gon lives for	ever, but	not so little boys

C	G	Em	A	D
Painted wings and	giant’s	rings make	way for other	toys

G	Bm7	C	G
One grey night it	happened, Jackie	Paper came no more

	C	G	Em	A	D	G	D
And Puf	f that mighty	dragon,	he cea	sed his	fearless	roar

	G	Bm7	C	G
His hea	d was bent in	sorrow, gre	en scales fell like rain

C	G	Em	A	D
Puff no longer	went to	play al	ong the cherry	lane

	G	Bm7	C	G
With	out his lifelong	friend, P	uff could not be brave

	C	G
So, Puf	f that mighty	dragon

Em	A	D	G	D
Sadly	slipped in	to his	cave, but

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ives by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicks in the	autumn	mist

	A	D
In a	land called Hona	lee

G	Bm7	C	G
Puff the magic	dragon l	ives by the	sea

	C	G	Em
And	frolicks in the	autumn	mist

	A	D	G
In a	land called	Hona	lee

Peter, Paul, and Mary - This Land is Your Land (1962)

PPM play this in A, I play in G capo 1

G

	C	G
This land is	your land, this land is	my land

	D7	G
From Calif	ornia to the New York	island

	C	G	Em
From the redwood f	orests to the Gulf Stream	wat	ers

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
As I was	walking that ribbon of	highway

	D7	G
I saw ab	ove me, that endless	skyway

	C	G	Em
I saw bel	ow me, the golden	valley

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, this land is	my land

	D7	G
From Calif	ornia to the New York	island

	C	G	Em
From the redwood f	orests to the Gulf Stream	wat	ers

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
I roamed and	rambled, and followed my	footsteps

	D7	G
Through the sparkling	sands of her diamond	deserts

	C	G	Em
And all ar	ound me this voice kept	saying

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, this land is	my land

	D7	G
From Calif	ornia to the New York	island

	C	G	Em
From the redwood f	orests to the Gulf Stream	wat	ers

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
As the sun was	shining, and I was	strolling

	D7	G
Through the wheat fields	waving and the dust clouds	rolling

	D7	G	Em
I could feel in	side me and see all ar	ound me

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, this land is	my land

	D7	G
From Calif	ornia to the New York	island

	C	G	Em
From the redwood f	orests to the Gulf Stream	wat	ers

D7	G
This land was made for you and	me

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Where Have All the Flowers Gone (1962)

Originally in Bb, I play in C

Intro

C	Am	C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

Dm7	G
Long time ag	o

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

F	G
Young girls have picked them	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	G	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever	learn?

C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the y	oung girls gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the y	oung girls gone?

Dm7	G
Long time	ago

C	Am
Where have all the y	oung girls gone?

F	G
Gone for husbands	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	C	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever l	earn?

C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the hus	bands gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the	husbands gone?

Dm7	G
Long time	ago

C	Am
Where have all the hus	bands men gone?

F	G
Gone for soldiers	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	C	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever l	earn?

C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the	soldiers gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the	soldiers gone?

Dm7	G
Long time	ago

C	Am
Where have all the	soldiers gone?

F	G
Gone to graveyards	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	C	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever l	earn?

Not a typo, there’s no I → vi before this verse

C	Am
Where have all the	graveyards gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the	graveyards gone?

Dm7	G
Long time	ago

C	Am
Where have all the	graveyards gone?

F	G
Gone to flowers	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	C	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever l	earn?

C	Am

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

F	G
Long time	passing

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

Dm7	G
Long time ag	o

C	Am
Where have all the f	lowers gone?

F	G
Young girls have picked them	every one

F	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever learn?

F	G	C
Oh, when will t	hey ever	learn?

C

Am

C

Petula Clark - Downtown (1964)

A	A	D/A	E/A
			x2

In A, play this E/A in open position

A	E/A
When you’re a	lone

	D/A	E/A
And life is	making you	lonely

In A, play the C#m with open B and E

	A	C#m7	D	E
You can	always	go	downt	own

A	E/A
When you’ve got	worries

	D/A	E/A
All the	noise and the	hurry

	A	C#m7	D	E
Seems to	help, I	know,	down	town

	A	F#m
Just	listen to the music of the	traffic in the city

A	F#m
Linger on the sidewalk where the	neon signs are pretty

C#m7

How can you lose?

Chords follow vocal rhythm

D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D
	The	lights	are	much	brigh	ter	there

E/D	D	F#m	B
You	can for	get all your	troubles, forget all your cares and go

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	things’ll be great when you’re

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	no finer place for sure

Hang on “everything”

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	everything’s waiting for you

A	G/A	A	G/A
A	G/A	A	G/A
Down	town

A	E/A
Don’t hang a	round

	D/A	E/A
And let your	problems sur	round you

	A	C#m7	D	E
There are	movie	shows	down	town

A	E/A
Maybe you	know

	D/A	E/A
Some little	places to	go to

	A	C#m7	D	E
Where they	never	close	down	town

	A	F#m
Just	listen to the rhythm of a	gentle bossanova

A	F#m
You’ll be dancing with ‘em too	before the night is over

C#m7

Happy again

D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D
	The	lights	are	much	brigh	ter	there

E/D	D	F#m	B
You	can for	get all your	troubles, forget all your cares and go

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	where all the lights are bright

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	waiting for you tonight

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	you’re gonna be alright now

A	G/A	A	G/A
A	G/A	A	G/A
Down	town

Possible solo on verse chords, in the youtube arrangement I’m following

this sounds great without a lead guitar.

	A	F#m
And	you may find somebody kind to	help and understand you

A	F#m
Someone who is just like you and	needs a gentle hand to

C#m7

Guide them along

D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D	E/D	D
	So	may	be	I’ll	see	you	there

E/D	D	F#m	B
We	can for	get all our	troubles, forget all your cares and go

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	things’ll be great when you’re

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	don’t wait a minute more

A	Amaj7	Bm7/E
Down	town,	everything’s waiting for you

A	G/A	A	G/A
A	G/A	A	G/A
Down	town

Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A	G	C	D	C	D
							→

Vox on the 3 on “skipped”

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
We ski	pped the light fa	ndango

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
Turned	cartwheels ‘cross the	floor

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
I was fe	eling kinda s	easick

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
But the c	rowd called ou	t for more

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “room”

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
The room	was humming	harder

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
As the c	eiling flew a	way

Vox up to to 5 6 on “called out”

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
When we cal	led out for ano	ther dr	ink

C	C/B	Am
The wait	er brought a	tray

Vox on 3 3 5 6 on “and so it was”

D	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
And so it wa	s,	that l	ater

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
As the m	iller told his t	ale

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
That her	face was first j	ust ghostly

	G	C	G	D
Turned a wh	iter	shade of	pale

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A	G	C	D	C	D
							→

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
She sa	id there is no	reason

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
And the t	ruth is plain to	see

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
But I wa	ndered through my p	laying cards

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
Would no	t let her	be

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
One of s	ixteen vestal	virgins

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
Who were	leaving for the	coast

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
And although	my eyes were	open

C	C/B	Am
They might	just as well been	closed

D	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
And so it wa	s,	that l	ater

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
As the m	iller told his t	ale

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
That her	face was first j	ust ghostly

	G	C	G	D
Turned a wh	iter	shade of	pale

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A	G	C	D	C	D
							→

D	G	G/F#	Em	Em/D
And so it wa	s,	that l	ater

C	C/B	Am	Am/G
As the m	iller told his t	ale

D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A
That her	face was first j	ust ghostly

	G	C	G	D
Turned a wh	iter	shade of	pale

G	G/F#	Em	Em/D	C	C/B	Am	Am/G
D	D/C	Bm	Bm/A	G	C	D	C	D
							→

G

Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack (1961)

Originally in Abm, I play in Em capo 2

More faithful version of the chords

Em6	Em/D	C7	B9

More practical version of the chords, mix and match to taste

Em	D	C	B7

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more	(	What you s	ay?)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more

	Em	D	C	B7
Oh	woman, oh	woman, don’t	treat me so	mean

	Em	D	C	B7
You’re the	meanest old	woman that I’ve	ever	seen

	Em	D	C	B7
I	guess if	you say	so

	Em	D	C	B7
Ah then I’ll	have to pack my	things and	go (That’s	right)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more	(	What you s	ay?)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more

	Em	D	C	B7
Now b	aby, listen ba	by, don’t ya t	reat me this-a	way

	Em	D	C	B7
For I’	ll be	back on my fe	et some da	y

	Em	D	C	B7
(Don’t c	are if you	do ‘cause it’s	underst	ood

	Em	D	C	B7
You ain’t	got no mon	ey you ju	st ain’t no g	ood

	Em	D	C	B7
Well, I g	uess if y	ou say	so

	Em	D	C	B7
Ah then I’d h	ave to pack my	things and	go (That’s	right)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more	(	What you s	ay?)

	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back

	Em	D	C	B7
No m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore, no m	ore

	Em	D	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
Hit the	road	Jack and	don’t you come	back no	more

With “Don’t you come back no more”

You must be joking
What you trying to do to me?
Can't we talk it over?
I thought we had a better understanding
Aw, baby don't be so chilly
You don't wanna see me cry
Oh, baby please, it isn't fair

	C	B7	Em	D	C	B7
And	don’t you come	back no	more

Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou (1961)

Intro

A

	A	D
Hel	lo Mary Lou,	goodbye heart

	A	E
Sweet	Mary Lou I’m so in love with	you

	A	C#7	F#m
I	knew Mary Lou,	we’d never	part

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	A
She	passed me by one sunny day

D

Flashed those big brown eyes my way

	A	E
And o	oh I wanted you forever	more

	A
Now	I’m not one that gets around

D

Swear my feet stuck to the ground

	A	E	A
And	though I never d	id meet you be	fore

	A	D
I said	hello Mary Lou,	goodbye heart

	A	E
Sweet	Mary Lou I’m so in love with	you

	A	C#7	F#m
I	knew Mary Lou,	we’d never	part

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	A
I	saw your lips I heard your voice

	D
Be	lieve me I just had no choice

	A	E
Wild h	orses couldn’t make me stay a	way

	A
I	thought about a moonlit night

D

Arms around you good and tight

	A	E	A
That’s	all I had to	see for me to	say

	A	D
Hey hey	hello Mary Lou,	goodbye heart

	A	E
Sweet	Mary Lou I’m so in love with	you

	A	C#7	F#m
I	knew Mary Lou,	we’d never	part

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	B7	E	A
So hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart

	B7	E	A	D	A	E	A
Yes hel	lo Mary	Lou, goodbye	heart		→	→

Ricky Nelson - Travelin’ Man (1961)

D	Bm
	x2

	D	Bm
I’m a	travelin’ man, I’ve	made a lot of stops

D	Bm
All over the	world

Yes, of course you can tack a iv at the end of this line

	D	D7	G
And in	every p	ort I	own the heart

	D	A	D	A7
Of at	least one	lovely	girl

	D	Bm
I’ve a	pretty Senorita,	waiting for me

D	Bm
Down in old Mexi	co

	D	D7	G
If you’re	ever in Ala	ska,	stop and see

	D	A	D	D7
My	cute little	Eski	mo

	G	F#m
Oh, my	sweet Fraulein down in	Berlin town

G	D
Makes my heart start to	yearn

	G	F#m
And my	China doll down in	old Hong Kong

E	A7
Waits for my re	turn

	D	Bm
Pretty	Polynesian baby	over the sea

D	Bm
I remember the	night

	D	D7	G
When we	walked in the s	ands of	Waikiki

	D	A	D	A7
And I h	eld you	oh so	tight

Solo on verse chords

D	Bm	D	Bm
D	D7	G	G
D	A	D	D7

	G	F#m
Oh, my	sweet Fraulein down in	Berlin town

G	D
Makes my heart start to	yearn

	G	F#m
And my	China doll down in	old Hong Kong

E	A7
Waits for my re	turn

	D	Bm
Pretty	Polynesian baby	over the sea

D	Bm
I remember the	night

	D	D7	G
When we	walked in the s	ands of	Waikiki

	D	A	D	A7
And I h	eld you	oh so	tight

D	Bm
Lord, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Yes, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Yes, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Lord, I’m a	travelin’ man

D	Bm
Mmmm,	mmmm

D	A	D

Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman (1964)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 1

Intro

B

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, walking	down the street

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, the kind I’d	like to meet

	A	B
Pretty	woman, I don’t be	lieve you, you’re not the truth

No one could look as good as you

B7

Mercy

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, won’t you	pardon me

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, I couldn’t	help but see

	A
Pretty	woman

	B
That you look	lovely as can be

Are you lonely just like me?

B7

Rrrowrr

Am	D
Pretty woman,	stop a while

G	Em
Pretty woman,	talk a while

Am	D	G
Pretty woman	give your smile to	me

Am	D
Pretty woman,	yeah yeah yeah

G	Em
Pretty woman	look my way

Am	D	G	E
Pretty woman	say you’ll stay with	me

Down to the 1 of the chord on “need”

	C#m	A	B
‘Cause I	need you,	I’ll treat you	right

E	C#m	A	B	B7
Come with me	baby,	be mine to	night

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, don’t	walk on by

	E	C#m
Pretty	woman, don’t	make me cry

	A	B	B7
Pretty	woman, don’t	walk away,	hey

	B
O	K, if that’s the way it must be, OK

I guess I’ll go on home, it’s late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see?
Is she walking back to me?
Yes, she's walking back to me

	E
Oh, oh, pretty	woman

Sam and Dave - Soul Man (1967)

Originally in G, I play in D

D	C	F	G	A
			→

D	D	Em	D
	→	→	x 4

Not writing out all those I→ii→I’s, but they keep going in all the verses

	D	D
Coming	to you on a	dusty road

D	D
Good loving, I got a	truck load

	D	D
And	when you get it, huh, you g	ot you something

	D	D
So d	on’t worry ‘cause	I’m coming

	D	C	D
I’m a	soul man,	I’m a	soul man

	D	C	D	G	A
I’m a s	oul man,	I’m a	soul man	(and that ain’t	all )

	D	D
Got	what I got the	hard way

	D	D
And I’ll	make it better each and e	very day

D	D
So, honey	don’t you fret, hah

	D	D
‘Cause	you ain’t seen	nothing yet

	D	C	D
I’m a	soul man,	oh lord, I’m a	soul man, play it Steve

	D	C	D	G	A
I’m a s	oul man,	hah, I’m a	soul man,		oh

	D	D
I was	brought up on a	side street

D	D
Learned how to love be	fore I could eat

	D	D
I was	educated from	good stock

	D	D
When	I start loving, oh	I can’t stop

	D	C	D
I’m a	soul man,	I’m a	soul man

	D	C	D	G	A
I’m a s	oul man,	yeah, I’m a	soul man,		look

	A#	F
Well,	grab a rope and I’ll	pull you in

G	G/A	G#/A#
Give you hope and b	e your only boyfriend	yeah

D#	C#	F#	G#	A#
			I’m	talking about a

D#

Soul man

D#

Soul man

D#

Soul man

Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night (1964)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 1

	E	A
Another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I j	ust got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had s	omeone to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful	way, get this

E	B
I got in town a	month ago

	E	A
I	seen a lotta girls since	then

	E	A
If I could	meet ‘em I could get ‘em but as	yet I haven’t met ‘em

	B	A	E
That’s	why I’m in the	shape I’m	in

	E	A
Here another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	someone to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful	way

	E	B	E	A
Now,	another fella	told me he had a	sister who looked just	fine

	E	A
Instead of	being my deliverance, she h	ad a strange resemblance

	B	A	E
To a	cat named	Franken	stein

	E	A
Here another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	some chick to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful	way, yeah

Solo on verse chords, with spoken verse...

Here it is another weekend, and I ain't got nobody
Man if I was back home, I'd be swingin', two chicks on my arm
Aw, yeah, listen to me, uh

E	B	E	A
It’s hard on a	fella, when h	e don’t know his way a	round

	E	A
If I don’t	find me a honey to h	elp me spend my money

	B	A	E
I’m	gonna have to	blow this	town

	E	A
Here it’s another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	some chick to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful,	everybody sing

	E	A
Another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	someone to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful,	one more time

	E	A
Another	Saturday night and I	ain’t got nobody

E	B
I got some money ‘cause I	just got paid

	E	A
Now	how I wish I had	some chick to talk to

B	A	E
I’m in	awful,	way

Sam Cooke - Cupid (1961)

Originally in G, I play in E

I like to strum the chorus but play the verse in a reggae style

E	C#m	E	C#m

E	C#m
Cupid,	draw back your bow

E	A
And let,	your arrow go

E	B7	E	B7
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me, no	body but me

E	C#m
Cupid,	please hear my cry

E	A
And let	your arrow fly

E	B7	A	E
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me

	E	B7
Now,	I don’t mean to bother you, but	I’m in distress

	B7	E
There’s	danger of me losin’ all of	my happiness

E	A
For I love a girl who doesn’t	know I exist

A	B7	E
And	this you can	fix, so

E	C#m
Cupid,	draw back your bow

E	A
And let,	your arrow go

E	B7	E	B7
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me, no	body but me

E	C#m
Cupid,	please hear my cry

E	A
And let	your arrow fly

E	B7	A	E
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me

	E	B7
Now,	cupid, if your arrow make her	love strong for me

	B7	E
I	promise I will love her until	eternity

	E	A
I	know, between the two of us, her	heart we can steal

A	B7	E
Help	me if you	will, so

E	C#m
Cupid,	draw back your bow

E	A
And let	your arrow go

E	B7	E	B7
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me, no	body but me

E	C#m
Cupid,	please hear my cry

E	A
And let	your arrow fly

E	B7	A	E
Straight to my	lover’s heart for	me

E	C#m
Cupid, don’t you	hear me

E	C#m
Calling I	need you

E	C#m	E
Cupid

Sam Cooke - Having a Party (1962)

Originally in Bb, I play in G, highest note is the 6

Intro

G	G

G	Em
We’re havin’ a party,	dancing to the music

G	Em
Played by the D.J.,	on the radio

G	Em
The Coke’s are in the icebox,	popcorn’s on the table

G	C	G
Me and my	baby, we’re out here on the	floor

	G	Em
So	mister, mister D.J.,	keep those, records playin’

	G	C	D	G
‘Cause I’m-a-	havin’, such a	good time,	dancin’ with my	baby

G	Em
Everybody’s swingin’,	Sally’s doing that Twist now

G	Em
If you take requests I’ve,	got a few for you

G	Em
Play that song called “Soul Twist”,	play that one called “I Know”

G	C	G
Don’t forget “The	Mashed Potatoes”, no other songs will d	o

	G	Em
Let me tell you	mister, mister D.J.,	keep those, records playin’

	G	C	D	G
‘Cause I’m-a-	havin’, such a	good time,	dancin’ with my	baby

	G	Em
Havin’ a	party, everybody’s	swingin’, oh we’re

	G	Em
Dancin’ to the	music, yeah, on the radi	o, oh we’re

	G	Em
Havin’ a	party, man, everybody’s	swingin’

	G	C	C	G
We’re dancin’ to the	music, yeah	, on the radi	o, tell ‘em one more t	ime we are

	G	G	Em
Havin’ a	party,	yeah and, everybody’s	swingin’, oh we’re

	G	Em	Em
Dancin’ to the	music, yeah, on the radi	o,	tell you we’re

	G
Havin’ a	party

Sam Cooke - Twistin’ the Night Away (1962)

Originally in A, I play in G, or D capo 3/4

Highest note is the 6, but there’s a lot of 6

Vox start on the 6 on “let”

G	Em
Let me tell you ‘bout a place,	somewhere up a New York way

C	D
Where the people are so gay,	twistin’ the night away

G	Em
Here they have a lot of fun,	puttin’ trouble on the run

C	D	G
Man, you find the old and young,	twistin’ the night a	way

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night a	way

G	Em
Here’s a man in evenin’ clothes,	how he got here, I don’t know, but

C	D
Man, you oughta see him go,	twistin’ the night away

G	Em
He’s dancin’ with the chick in slacks,	she’s a-movin’ up and back

C	D	G
Oh man, there ain’t nothin’ like	twistin’ the night a	way

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night,	let’s twist a lot

	G	Em	C	D
Lean	up, lean	back, lean	up, lean	back

	G	Em	C
Wa	tusi, now	fly, now	twist

	D	G
They’re	twistin’ the night a	way

G	Em
Here’s a fella in blue jeans,	dancin’ with a older queen

C	D
Who’s dolled up in a diamond rings and	twistin’ the night away

G	Em
Man, you oughta see her go,	twistin’ to the rock and roll

C	D	G
Here you find the young and old	twistin’ the night a	way

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’ man, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night,	one more time

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’ man, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night a	way

Sam Cooke - What a Wonderful World (1967)

Originally in B, I play in G

G	Em	G	Em

G	Em
Don’t know much about	history

C	D
Don’t know much	biology

G	Em
Don’t know much about a	science book

C	D
Don’t know much about the	French I took

G	C
But I do know that	I love you

G	C
And I know that if you	love me too

	D	G
What a	wonderful world this would	be

G	Em
Don’t know much about	geography

C	D
Don’t know much trigo	nometry

G	Em
Don’t know much about	algebra

C	D
Don’t know what a slide	rule is for

G	C
But I do know one and	one is two

G	C
And if this one could	be with you

	D	G
What a	wonderful world this would	be

	D	G
Now	I don’t claim to	be an ‘A’ student

D	G
But I’m tryin’ to	be

	A	G
For	maybe by being an	’A’ student baby

A	D
I could win your	love for me

G	Em
Don’t know much about	history

C	D
Don’t know much	biology

G	Em
Don’t know much about a	science book

C	D
Don’t know much about the	French I took

G	C
But I do know that	I love you

G	C
And I know that if you	love me too

	D	G
What a	wonderful world this would	be

G	Em
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta...	history

C	D
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta...	biology

G	Em
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta...	science book

C	D
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta...	French I took

G	C
But I do know that	I love you

G	C
And I know that if you	love me too

	D	G
What a	wonderful world this would	be

	D	D7	G
What a	wonderful	world this would	be

Simon and Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade of Winter (1966)

S&G in Dm, Bangles in Fm, I play in Am capo 3

Intro

Am	G	F	E

Am	G
Time, time, time, see what’s be	come of me

Up to the 1 of the chord on “looked”

	F
While I	looked around

	Em7
For my possib	ilities

	G
I was so	hard to please

	Am	G
But look a	round, leaves are	brown

	F	E7	Am
And the	sky is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	G
Hear the salvation	army band

F

Down by the riverside, it’s bound to be a better ride

	Em7
Than	what you’ve got planned

	G
Carry your	cup in your hand

	Am	G
And look a	round you, leaves are	brown now

	F	E7	Am
And the	sky is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	G
Hang on to your	hopes, my friend

F

That’s an easy thing to say, but if your hopes should pass away

	Em7
Then	simply pretend

	G
That you can	build them again

	Am	G
Look ar	ound, grass is	high

	F	E7	Am
The fields are	ripe, it’s the	springtime of my	life

Am	F	C
	Ah, seasons change with the	scenery

The V here is in the Bangles version, not in th S&G version

	G	E7
Weaving time in a	tapestry

	Am
Won’t you stop and re	member me

G

At any convenient time

F

Funny how my memory slips while looking over manuscripts

	Em7
Of u	npublished rhyme

	G
Drinking my	vodka and lime

	Am	G
I look	around, leaves are	brown now

	F	E7	Am
And the	sky is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	G	F
Look a	round, leaves are	brown

	E7	Am
There’s a	patch of snow on the	ground

	G	F
Look a	round, leaves are	brown

	E7	Am
There’s a	patch of snow on the	ground

	G	F
Look a	round, leaves are	brown

	E7	Am
There’s a	patch of snow on the	ground

Simon and Garfunkel - Homeward Bound (1966)

Originally in Bb, I play In G capo 3

Verse tab:

|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|
|---------|---------|---------|
|3-3-3-3--|2-2-2-2--|1-1-1-1--|

G
	G
I’m s	itting in a railway station

	Bm/F#	Bdim	E7
Got a t	icket for my destination	, mmmmm

Am

On a tour of one-night stands

	F
My	suitcase and guitar in hand

	G
And	every stop is neatly planned

For a poet and a one-man band

G	C
Homeward bo	und

G	C
I wish I was homeward bou	nd

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts	are ‘	scap	ing

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my mu	s	ic’s p	layi	ng

	G	C	G	Am7	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my	love	lies w	aiti	ng si	lently for m	e

G

Everyday’s an endless stream

	Bm/F#	Bdim	E7
Of	cigarettes and magazi	nes, mmmm

	Am
And	each town looks the same to me

	F
The	movies and the factories

	G
And	every stranger’s face I see

Reminds me that I long to be

G	C
Homeward bo	und

G	C
I wish I was homeward bou	nd

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts	are ‘	scap	ing

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my mu	s	ic’s p	layi	ng

	G	C	G	Am7	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my	love	lies w	aiti	ng si	lently for m	e

	G
So ton	ight I’ll sing my songs again

	Bm/F#	Bdim	E7
I’ll	play the game and pret	end, mmmmm

	Am
But	all my words come back to me

	F
In	shades of mediocrity

	G
Like	emptiness in harmony

I need someone to comfort me

G	C
Homeward bo	und

G	C
I wish I was homeward bou	nd

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts	are ‘	scap	ing

	G	C	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my mu	s	ic’s p	layi	ng

	G	C	G	Am7	G	Am7	G
Ho	me, where my	love	lies w	aiti	ng si	lently for m	e

Bm/F#	Bdim	E7
Silently for	me, mmmmm

Simon and Garfunkel - I Am a Rock (1966)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 4

Intro

G	C/G	G
	→

Vox on 5 4 3 on “day-ay-ay”

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
A winter’s	day, in a	deep and dark De	cember

Am	D7	C	G	G
I	am a	lo	one

Am7	Bm7	Am7	Bm7
Gazing from my	window	to the streets be	low

	Am	C	D
On a	freshly fallen	silent shroud of	snow

C	G	C	D7	G
I am a	rock,	I am an	is	land

With Spanish-sound riff-y thing

G	Em9

	G	C/G	G	G
I’ve built	walls, a	fortress steep and	mighty

	Am	D7	C	G	G
That	none	may	penet	rate

	Am7	Bm7	Am7	Bm7
I	have no need of	friendship	friendship causes	pain

	Am	C	D
It’s	laughter and it’s	loving I dis	dain

C	G	C	D7	G
I am a	rock,	I am an	is	land

G	Em9

	G	C/G	G
Don’t talk of	love, well I’ve	heard the word be	fore

	Am	D7	C	G	G
It’s	slee	ping in my	memor	y

	Am7	Bm7	Am7	Bm7
I	won’t disturb the	slumber of	feelings that have	died

	Am	C	D
If I	never loved I	never would have	cried

C	G	C	D7	G
I am a	rock,	I am an	is	land

G	Em9

	G	C/G	G	G
I have my	books and my	poetry to pro	tect me

	Am	D7	C	G	G
I am	shiel	ded in my	ar	mor

Am7	Bm7	Am7	Bm7
Hiding in my	room,	safe within my	womb

	Am	C	D
I	touch no one and	no one touches	me

C	G	C	D7	G
I am a	rock,	I am an	isla	nd

G

	Am7	D7	G
And a	rock fe	els no	pain

	Am7	D7	G
And an	island	never	cries

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears (1965)

Smokey Robinson in G, Linda Ronstadt in A, I play in D capo 2

Intro

D	G	Em7	A	D	G	G	D
							x2

Vox on 3 5 6 of the kye on “people say”

	D	G	G	A
P	eople s	ay I’m the	life of the p	arty

In D or E, don’t go down on “joke or two”

	D	G	G	D
‘Ca	use I tell a j	oke or two

	D	G	G	A
Although I m	ight be l	aughing l	oud and h	earty

D	G	G	D
Deep ins	ide I’m blu	e

The first IV in each line is a ii in the Linda Ronstadt version

	D	G	G	A
So take a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	G	A
You’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of p	lace

	D	G	G	A
If you look cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	D	G	G	D
The tracks of my te	ars

	G	D	G	D
I need y	ou (need y	ou), need y	ou (need y	ou)

D	G	G	A
Since you l	eft me if you s	ee me with an	other girl

D	G	G	D
Seeming like I’m h	aving fun	→

	D	G	G	A
Although she m	ay be c	ute, she’s just a s	ubstitute

	D	G	G	D
Because,	you’re the p	ermanent one	→

	D	G	G	A
So take a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	G	A
Oh, you’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of p	lace

	D	G	G	A
Look a little bit cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	D	G	G	D
Oh, the tracks of my te	ars

	G	D	G	D
I need y	ou (need y	ou), need y	ou (need y	ou)

Random 1-measure hard stop on the I

D

Bridge

G	D	G	D
	Hey hey h	ey yeah

	G	D	G	D
Outs	iii	ide, I’m masquer	ading

	G	D	G	D
Ins	ide,	my hope is f	ading

	G	D	G	D
Just a	clown ooh y	eah, since you p	ut me d	own

Triplets, all on the vi in the Linda Ronstadt version

	D	A/C#	Bm
My s	mile i	s m	y

D	A/C#	Bm
Make u	p	I

D	A/C#	Bm
Wear	since	my

D	A/C#	Bm	A
Break	up	with y	ou

	D	G	G	A
Baby take a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	G	A
Oh, you’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of p	lace

	D	G	G	A
Yeah just looks cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	D	G	G	D
Oh, the tracks of my te	ars

	D	G	G	A
Baby baby baby take a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	G	A
Yeah, you’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of p	lace

	D	G	G	A
Look a little bit cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	D	G	G	D
Oh, the tracks of my te	ars

	D	G	A
B a g	ood l	ook at my f	ace

	D	G	A
You’ll see my s	mile l	ooks out of pl	ace

	D	G	A
If you look cl	oser, it’s e	asy to tr	ace

	A	D	G	D
The tr	acks of my te	ars

Sonny and Cher - I Got You Babe (1965)

Originally in F, I play E capo 1 or open

Highest note is the 3, on “always around”

E	A/E
	x2

	E	A/E
They s	ay we’re young and	we don’t know

	E	A/E	D	B
We w	on’t find out unt	i	l we	grow

	E	A/E
Well,	I don’t know if	all that’s true

	E	A/E	D	B
Cause	you got me and ba	by	I got	you

E	A/E	E	A/E	E	A/E
Babe,	I got	you babe,	I got	you babe

	E	A/E
They	say our love won’t	pay the rent

	E	A/E	D	B
Bef	ore it’s earned our	money’s	all been	spent

	E	A/E
I	guess that’s so, we don’t	have a pot

	E	A/E	D	B	B7
But at	least I’m sure of	all the	things we	got

Hard stop after this line

E	A/E	E	A/E	E	A/E
Babe,	I got	you babe,	I got	you babe

	F#m	B
I got	flowers in the	spring

	F#m	B
I got y	ou to wear my	ring

	E	A/E
And when I’m	sad, you’re a	clown

	A/E	B	C
And if I get	scared, you’re always	around

Key change

	F	A#/F
So,	let them say your	hair’s too long

	F	A#/F	D#	C
Cause	I don’t care, with	you I	can’t go	wrong

	F	A#/F
Then	put your little	hand in mine

	F	A#/F	D#	C
There a	in’t no hill or	mountain	we can’t	climb

F	A#/F	F	A#/F	F	A#/F
Babe,	I got	you babe,	I got	you babe

F	A#/F
I got you to	hold my hand

F	C
I got you to	understand

F	A#/F
I got you to	walk with me

F	C
I got you to	talk with me

F	A#/F
I got you to	kiss goodnight

F	C
I got you to	hold me tight

F	A#/F
I got you, I	won’t let go

F	C
I got you to	love me so

F

A#/F

F

C

Pause...

	A#7	F	A#/F
I	gooooot you	babe

	F	A#/F
I got	you babe

Repeat to fade

Soul Brothers Six - Some Kind of Wonderful (1967)

Arrangement and lyrics follow Grand Funk version

A

Vox on 6 1 3 on “I don’t need”

	A
Well I don’t	need a whole lots of money

	A
I don’t	need a big fine car

	A
I got	everything that a man could want

	A
I got	more than I could ask for

Vox on the b7 of the chord

D	D
I don’t have to	run around

	D	D
I don’t	have to stay out all	night

	A
‘Cause I’ve got me a	sweet, a sweet lovin’ woman

	A
And she	knows just how to treat me right

Vox on the 1→7 of the chord on “baby”

	E
Well my bab	y, she’s alright

	D
Well my b	aby’s clean out of sight

Don’t you know that she’s

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful,	yes she is she’s

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful,	yeah yeah yeah yeah

A
	A
When I	hold her in my arms

	A
You know she	sets my soul on fire

A

Ooh when my baby kisses me

	A
My	heart becomes filled with desire

	D
When she w	raps her loving arms around me

	D
About d	rives me out of my mind

A

Yeah when my baby kisses me

A

Chills run up and down my spine

	E
Well my bab	y, she’s alright

	D
Well my b	aby’s clean out of sight

Don’t you know that she’s

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful,	yes she is

A	D	G
She’s some kind of	wonderful,	yeah yeah yeah yeah

	A
Now is there anyb	ody

	A
Got a s	weet little woman like mine

	A	A
There’s	got to be someb	ody

Got a, got a, a sweet little woman like mine, yea

	A
Now can I get a	witness

	F#m
Can I get a w	itness

	A
Now can I get a	witness

	F#m
Can I get a w	itness

	A
Now can I get a	witness

	F#m
Can I get a w	itness

	A
A talkin’, talkin’, ‘bout my	baby

A	D
She’s some kind of	wonderful

	A
She’s some kind of	wonderful

	D
She’s some kind of	wonderful

	A
She’s some kind of	wonderful

Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild (1968)

Originally in E, I play in D

Intro

D

Get your motor runnin’

Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way

F	G	D
Yeah, d	arlin’ gonna m	ake it happen

F	G	D
Take the w	orld in a l	ove embrace

F	G	D
Fire a	ll of your g	uns at once and

F	G	D
Expl	ode into sp	ace

D

I like smoke and lightnin’

Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under

F	G	D
Yeah, d	arlin’, gonna m	ake it happen

F	G	D
Take the w	orld in a l	ove embrace

F	G	D
Fire a	ll of your g	uns at once and

F	G	D
Expl	ode into sp	ace

	D
Like a t	rue nature’s child

	F
We were b	orn, born to be wild

	G	F	D
We can c	limb so high,	I never wanna	die

	D	C	D	C
B	orn to be w	ild

	D	C	D	C
B	orn to be w	ild

Solo on a bunch of I and I7#9

D

Get your motor runnin’

Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way

F	G	D
Yeah, d	arlin’, gonna m	ake it happen

F	G	D
Take the w	orld in a l	ove embrace

F	G	D
Fire a	ll of your g	uns at once and

F	G	D
Expl	ode into sp	ace

	D
Like a t	rue nature’s child

	F
We were b	orn, born to be wild

	G	F	D
We can c	limb so high,	I never wanna	die

	D	C	D	C
B	orn to be w	ild

	D	C	D	C
B	orn to be w	ild

D

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (1968)

Originally in D, I play in A

A	G	D	A	G	D
I like	to	dream

A	G	D	A	G	D
Right be	tween the	sound machine

	A	G	D
On a	cloud of	sound I	drift in the night

A	G	D
Any place	it goes	is right

A	G	D	D
Goes far,		flies	near

A	G	D
To the stars	away	from here

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an fi	nd

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	come with	me little girl,	on a magic	carpet ri	de

A	G	D	A	G	D
You	don’t	know what	we c	an	see

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	tell your	dreams to me f	antasy will	set you f	ree

D

Close your eyes girl

F

Look inside girl

G	D
Let the sound take you a	way

	A	G	D
Last n	ight I	hold A	laddin’s lamp

A	G	D
And so I wished that I	could s	tay

	A	G	D
B	efore the t	hing could a	nswer me

	A	G	D
Well s	omeone	came and took the l	amp away

A	G	D	A	G	D
I looked		around a	lousy c	andle’s a	ll I found

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an fi	nd

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	come with	me little girl,	on a magic	carpet ri	de

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an	see

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	tell your	dreams to me f	antasy will	set you f	ree

D

Close your eyes girl

F

Look inside girl

G	D
Let the sound take you a	way

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an fi	nd

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	come with	me little girl,	on a magic	carpet ri	de

	A	G	D	A	G	D
Well	you	don’t	know what	we c	an	see

A	G	D	A	G	D
Why don’t you	tell your	dreams to me f	antasy will	set you f	ree

The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun (1964)

Originally in Am, starts on the low A, then goes to the middle A, then the high A

I play in Em and start on the middle E, and only goes as high as the high(er) E

Vox cover lots and lots of 1

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

Vox on the low 1 in the original

	Em	G	A	C
There	is a	house in	New Orleans

Vox up one octave here in the original, but I don’t jump here

	Em	G	B7
They	call the	Rising	Sun

Vox up one more octave to the high 1 in the original, I jump one octave here

	Em	G	A	C
And it’s	been the	ruin of	many a poor boy

	Em	B7	Em
And	God I	know I’m	one

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

	Em	G	A	C
My	mother	was a	tailor

	Em	G	B7
She	sewed my	new blue	jeans

	Em	G	A	C
My	father	was a	gamblin’	man

Em	B7	Em
Down in	New Or	leans

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

	Em	G	A	C
Now the	only	thing a	gambler	needs

	Em	G	B7
Is a	suitcase	and	trunk

	Em	G	A	C
And the	only	time	he’s satis	fied

	Em	B7	Em
Is	when he’s	on a	drunk

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

Solo on verse chords

Starts on the low octave...

	Em	G	A	C
Oh	mothe	r tell your	children

...then jumps up here

	Em	G	B7
Not to	do what	I have	done

Em	G	A	C
Spend your	lives in	sin and mise	ry

	Em	B7	Em
In the	house of the	rising	sun

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

	Em	G	A	C
Well, I got o	ne foot o	n the	platform

	Em	G	B7
The	other foot	on the	train

	Em	G	A	C
I’m	goin’	back to	New Orleans

	Em	B7	Em
To	wear that	ball and	chain

Em	G	A	C	Em	B7	Em	B7

	Em	G	A	C
Well, there	is a	house in	New Orleans

	Em	G	B7
They	call the	rising	sun

	Em	G	A	C
And it’s	been the	ruin of	many a poor	boy

	Em	B7	Em
And	God I	know I’m	one

Em	G	A	C
Em	B7	Em	B7	Em	B7	Em

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (1969)

Intro

D	G
	x 2

D	G
Sugar

	D	G
Ah, honey ho	ney

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, g	irl

	D	G	A
And you got me wan	ting you

D	G
Honey

	D	G
Ah, sugar su	gar

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, gi	rl

	D
And you got me wan	ting you

D	C	D
I just can’t believe the l	oveliness of lo	ving you

	D	G	D
(	I just can’t belie	ve it’s tr	ue)

D	C	D
I just can’t believe the wo	nder of this fe	eling too

	D	G	A
(	I just can’t beli	eve it’s tr	ue)

	D	G
Ah, su	gar

	D	G
Ah, honey ho	ney

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, gi	rl

	D	G	A
And you got me wan	ting you

	D	G
Oh,	honey

	D	G
Ah, sugar su	gar

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, g	irl

	D
And you got me wan	ting you

D	C	D
When I kissed you girl I k	new how sweet a k	iss could be

	D	G	D
(I k	now how sweet a k	iss can	be)

D	C	D
Like the summer sunshine p	our your sweetness ov	er me

	D	G	A
(P	our your sweetness o	ver	me), oh oh oh oh oh

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me ho	ney

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me ba	by

D	G	A
Make your l	ife so sweet	, yeah yeah yeah

D	G	A
Pour a little sugar on me,	oh y	eah

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me h	oney

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me b	aby

D	G	A
I’m gonna make your l	ife so sweet	, yeah yeah yeah

D	G
Pour a little sugar on me h	oney

	D	G
Ah, su	gar

	D	G
Ah, ah, ah, honey ho	ney

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, g	irl

	D	G	A
And you got me wan	ting you		oh oh oh oh oh

D	G
Honey

	D	G
Ah, sugar su	gar

	D	G	A
You are my ca	ndy, gi	rl

D

The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann (1965)

Originally in F#, I play in E capo 2

A capella, but chord is I, first line just one voice

Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

Backing vox still do ba-ba-ba

	E	A	E
Barbara	Ann, take my h	and, Barbara	Ann

Hard stop on each chord

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A

Rockin’ and a-reelin’

	E
Barbara	Ann, Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

A capella, but chord is I

Went to a dance lookin' for romance
Saw Barbara Ann, so I thought I'd take a chance

This chorus starts on the IV

	A	E
Barbara	Ann, take my	hand

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A

Rockin’ and a-reelin’

	E
Barbara	Ann, Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

A capella, but chord is I, first line just one voice

Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

	E	A	E
Barbara	Ann, take my	hand, Barbara	Ann

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A	E
Rockin’ and a-reelin’, Barbara	Ann

Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

A capella, but chord is I, lyrics are very approximate

Tried Peggy Sue, tried Betty Lou
Tried Peggy Sue, but I knew she wouldn't do

	A	E
Barbara	Ann, Barbara	Ann

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A	E
Rockin’ and a-reelin’, Barbara	Ann

Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

A capella, but chord is I, first line just one voice

Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

	E	A	E
Barbara	Ann, take my	hand, Barbara	Ann

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A	E
Rockin’ and a-reelin’, Barbara	Ann

Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann

E

Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann

E

Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann

A

Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann

E

Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann

	B
You got me	rockin’ and a-rollin’

A	E
Rockin’ and a-reelin’, Barbara	Ann

The Beach Boys - Be True to Your School (1963)

Originally in A, I play in G capo 2

	G	Em
When	some loud braggart tries to	put me down

	Am	C/D
And says his	school is great

	D
I tell him	right away

	G	Em
Now	what’s the matter buddy, ain’t you	heard of my school

	Am	D	C/D	Am	D
It’s number	one in the state,	ah	ah a	h a	h

	G
So be true to your	school now

	B7
Just like you would with your	girl or guy

	Em
Be true to your	school now

	C7	A
And let your colors	fly

	Am	C/D	D
Be true to your	school,	rah rah,	rah rah

	G	Em
I got a	letterman sweater with a	letter in front

	Am
I got for	football and track

C/D	D
I’m proud to	wear it now

	G	Em
When	I cruise around the other	parts of the town

	Am
I got my	decal in back

	G
So be true to your	school now

	B7
Just like you would with your	girl or guy

	Em
Be true to your	school now

	C7	A
And let your colors	fly

	Am	C/D	D
Be true to your	school,	rah rah,	rah rah

Solo on chorus chords

G	B7	Em	C7	A
			→

Am	C/D	D
Ahh,	rah,	rah rah

	G	Em
On	Friday we’ll be jacked up on the	football game

	Am
And I’ll be	ready to fight

C/D	D
We’re gonna	smash ‘em now

	G	Em
My	girl will be working on her	pom-poms now

	Am
And she’ll be	yelling tonight

	G
So be true to your	school now

	B7
Just like you would with your	girl or guy

	Em
Be true to your	school now

	C7	A
And let your colors	fly

	Am	C/D	D
Be true to your	school,	rah rah,	rah rah

G

Rah rah rah rah sis boom ba

B7

Rah rah rah rah sis boom ba

Em

Rah rah rah rah sis boom ba

C7	A	D	G
→

The Beach Boys - California Girls (1965)

----------------------|
-----9---7------------|
-----9---8---9-8------|
-9---9--99--9----9-11-|
----------------------|
----------------------|

----------------------|
-----7---5------------|
-----7---6---7-6---6--|
-7---7--77--7----7----|
----------------------|
----------------------|

Intro, specifically the first riff x 4, then

the second riff x 1

E/B	B	E/B	B
E/B	B	E/B	B
E/A	B/A	E/A	B/A
E/A	B/A	E/A	B/A
D/A	A	D/A	A

	B	B9
Well,	east coast girls are hip, I really	dig those styles they wear

	E
And the s	outhern girls with the way they talk

	F#
They knock me	out when I’m down there

	B	B9
The m	idwest farmers’ daughters really m	ake you feel alright

	E
And the n	orthern girls with the way they kiss

	F#
They keep their	boyfriends warm at night

Easiest melody line for me to follow starts F# G# B on “wish they all”

	B	C#m7
I	wish they all could	be California

	A	Bm7
I	wish they all could	be California

	G	Am7	B
I	wish they all could	be California	girls

	B	B9
The	West coast has the sunshine, and the	girls all get so tanned

	E
I dig a	French bikini on Hawaiian Island dolls

	F#
By a	palm tree in the sand

	B	B9
I b	een all around this great big world and I’ve s	een all kinds of girls

	E
Yea but	I couldn’t wait to get back in the states

	F#
Back to the	cutest girls in the world

	B	C#m7
I	wish they all could	be California

	A	Bm7
I	wish they all could	be California

	G	Am7	B
I	wish they all could	be California	girls

Two-measure breakdown to high keys only

B	F#

	B
I	wish they all could be California

	C#m7
I	wish they all could be California

	B
I	wish they all could be California

	C#m7
I	wish they all could be California

Repeat to fade

The Beach Boys - Don’t Worry Baby (1964)

Originally in E, I play in G

Intro

G	G/B	C	C/D
			x 2

G

Well it’s been building up inside of me for

C	D
Oh, I don’t know	how long

G

I don’t know why, but I keep thinkin’

C	D
Somethin’s bound to	go wrong

Am7	D7
But she looks i	n my eyes

Bm7	E7
And makes me r	ealize

	A
When she	says (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

	A
Everything will turn	out all right (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

D7sus4	D7
Ooh, o	oh

G

I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut when I

C	D
Started to brag a	bout my car

G

But I can’t back down now because I

C	D
Pushed the other	guys too far

Am7	D7
She makes me c	ome alive

Bm7	E7
And makes me w	anna drive

	A
When she	says (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

	A
Everything will turn	out all right (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

D7sus4	D7
Ooh, o	oh

G	G/B	C	C/D

G

She told me, baby when you race today just

C	D
Take along my l	ove with you

G

And if you knew how much I love you baby

C	D
Nothing could go wr	ong with you

Am7	D7
Oh what she d	oes to me

Bm7	E7
When she makes l	ove to me

	A
And she	says (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

	A
Everything will turn	out all right (don’t worry baby)

	Bm7	E7
Don’t worry b	aby (don’t worry	baby)

D7sus4	D7
Ooh, o	oh

The Beach Boys - Fun, Fun, Fun (1964)

Originally in Eb, I play in D

Standard 12-bar, straight 8ths with 6ths

D	D	G	D	A	G	D	A

Vox on the 6 on “got”

	D
Well, she	got her daddy’s car and she cruised

	G
Through the hamburger	stand now

	D
Seems she for	got all about the library

	A
Like she told her old	man now

	D
And with her r	adio blastin’ goes cruisin’

	G
Just as fast as she	can now

	D	A/C#	G
And she’ll have,	fun, fun,	fun till her	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Takes the	T-Bird a	way

D

Well, the girls can’t stand her cause she

	G
Walks, looks, and drives like an	ace now (you walk like an ace)

	D
She makes the	Indy 500 look like a Roman

	A7
Chariot	race now (you look like an ace)

	D
A lotta	guys try to catch her but she leads ‘em

	G
On a wild goose	chase now (you drive like an ice)

	D	A/C#	G
And she’ll have,	fun, fun,	fun till her	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Takes the	T-Bird a	way

Solo

A	D	A	E	A

	D
Well, you	knew all along that your dad was gettin’

	G
Wise to	you now (you shouldn’t a’ lied)

	D
And since he	took your set of keys you’ve been thinkin’

	A7
That your fun is all	through now (you shouldn’t a’ lied)

	D
But you can	come along with me cause we got a lotta

	G
Things to	do now (you shouldn’t a’ lied)

	D	A/C#	G
And we’ll have	fun, fun,	fun now that	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Took the	T-Bird a	way

	D	A/C#	G
And we’ll have,	fun, fun,	fun now that	daddy

	A	D	G	D/F#	A/E
Took the	T-Bird a	way

	A	D
We	eeeee...

	A	D
We	eeeee...

The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (1966)

Originally in A, I play in E. For reasons I can’t explain, even though

the range is easier in E, if I don’t sit down and figure out every vocal

note, p(train wreck) is higher in E. So, figure the notes out.

Intro (mostly unhelpful, probably skip this)

E	B	E	B
E	B/D#	C#m	E/B	F#/C#	G/D
				→

In A...

F#m6/A x01222

Bm6 7x677x

In E...

F#m6 2x1222

C#m6 9x899x

Vox on the 1

A/E	F#m6
I may not	always love you

Vox up to the 1 of the chord on “stars”

C#m	C#m6/E
But long as there are	stars above you

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “you’ll”, the b5 of the chord on “need”

B/F#	Gdim7
You never	need to doubt it

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “I’ll”, the b7 of the chord on “sure”, b5 of the chord on “it”

B/F#	Fm7b5
I’ll make you so	sure about it

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “God”

E	B/D#	C#m7
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

Skip this part...

E/B	F#/C#	G/D
	→

A/E	F#m6
If you should	ever leave me

C#m	C#m6/E
Though life would still go	on believe me

B/F#	Gdim7
The world could show	nothing to me

B/F#	Fm7b5
So what good would	living do me

E	B/D#	C#m7
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

Skip this part...

E/B	D	E/B	D

...but play some version of this

D/A	Bm6	F#m/C#	F#m7	B7/A
		→

E/B	Cdim7	E/B	A#m7b5

A	E/G#	F#m
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

A/E	F#m6
If you should	ever leave me

C#m	C#m6/E
Though life would still go	on believe me

B/F#	Gdim
The world could show	nothing to me

B/F#	Fm7b5
So what good would	living do me

E	B/D#	C#m7	B
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

Repeat to fade

E	B/D#	C#m7	B/D#
God only	knows what I’d be with	out you

The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda (1965)

Originally in C#, I play in G

Highest note is the 6

G

	G	C	G
Well	since she put me down I’ve been	out doin’ in my	head

	G	C	G
Come	in late at night and in the	mornin’ I just lay in	bed

	Em
Well,	Rhonda you look so fine

	C	A7
And I	know it wouldn’t take much	time

	G
For you to	help me Rhonda

Am7	G
Help me get her out of my	heart

G	G/F#	G	G/A	G	G/F#	G

Over the V: 5 3 2 2...

Over the I: 3 2 1 1...

Over the IV: 6 5 4 4...

Over the vi: 5 4 3 3...

End: 4 4 3 3 2...

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

C

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

Em	Em7/D
Help me Rhonda,	help, help me Rhonda

Am	D
Help me Rhonda,	yeah

	G
Get her out of my	heart

	G
She was	gonna be my wife

	C	G
And	I was gonna be her	man

	G	C
But she	let another guy come	between us

	G
And it ruined our	plan

	Em
Well,	Rhonda you caught my eye

	C	A7
I can	give you lots of reasons	why

	G
You gotta	help me Rhonda

Am7	G
Help me get her out of my	heart

G	G/F#	G	G/A	G	G/F#	G

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

C

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

Em	Em7/D
Help me Rhonda,	help, help me Rhonda

Note VII→I xition

Am	D
Help me Rhonda,	yeah

	F#	G
Get her out of my he	art

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

D

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

G

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

C

Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda

Em	Em7/D
Help me Rhonda,	help, help me Rhonda

Am	D
Help me Rhonda,	yeah

	G
Get her out of my	heart

The Beach Boys - I Get Around (1964)

Originally starts in G (with the verse in A)

I play in E capo 1 (with the verse in F# capo 1)

Mostly a cappella, hit on the first chord

E	C#7
Round, round, get around,	I get around

	F#m	D	B
Yeah, g	et around round round,	I get aro	und

Band enters

	E
I get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	C#7
From town to t	own (get around, round, round, I get around)

	F#m
I’m a real cool h	ead (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D	B
I’m makin’ real good b	read (get around, round, round,	I get around)

	F#	B	F#	B
I’m gettin’ b	ugged drivin’	up and down the s	ame old s	trip

	F#	B	F#	B
I gotta f	ind a new p	lace where the k	ids are	hip

Little riff for one measure

E

	F#	B	F#	B
My b	uddies and	me are gettin’	real well k	nown

	F#	B	F#	B
Yeah, the	bad guys k	now us and they l	eave us a	lone

	E
I get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	C#7
From town to t	own (get around, round, round, I get around)

	F#m
I’m a real cool h	ead (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D	B
I’m makin’ real good b	read (get around, round, round,	I get around)

	C#7	F#
I get ar	ound, round, get around, round, waho	oo

F#	B	F#	C#	D
Wah, wah	ooo, wah, wah	ooo, wah, wah	ooo	ooo

Key change

	G	C	G	C
We	always take my	car ‘cause it’s n	ever been	beat

	G	C	G	C
And we’ve	never missed	yet with the g	irls we	meet

F

	G	C	G	C
None of the	guys go s	teady ‘cause it w	ouldn’t be r	ight

	G	C	G	C
To leave your	best girl	home now on	Saturday n	ight

	F
I get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D7
From town to t	own (get around, round, round, I get around)

	Gm
I’m a real cool	head (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D#	C
I’m makin’ real good b	read (get around, round, round,	I get around)

	D7	C
I get a	round, round, ooh ooh ooh ooh,	ooh ooh ooh ooh

F	D7
Round, round, get around,	I get around

	Gm	D#	C
Yeah, g	et around round round, I	get arou	nd

	F
Ooooh get ar	ound (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D7
Oooo	ooo (get around, round, round, I get around)

	Gm
Oooo	ooo (get around, round, round, I get around)

	D#	C
Oooo	ooo (get around, round, round,	I get around)

Repeat to fade

The Beach Boys - In My Room (1963)

Originally in B, I play in E

Intro

E	C#m7	F#m7	B

Vox on the 1

	E
Th	ere’s a world where I can go

	D	E	C#m7
And tell my s	ecrets t	o

	F#m7	D	B
In my roo	oo	oo	ooom

	E	D	E
In my r	oom (i	n my r	oom)

E

In this world I lock out all my

	D	E	C#m7
Worries a	nd my fe	ars

	F#m7	D	B
In my roo	oo	oo	ooom

	E	D	E
In my r	oom (i	n my r	oom)

C#m	B
Do my dreaming	and my scheming

C#m	B	C#m	B	E
Lie	a	wake	and	pray

C#m	B
Do my crying	and my sighing

F#m7	Aadd9	B
Laugh at yesterda	y

E

Now it’s dark and I’m alone, but

	D	E	C#m7
I won’t b	e afr	aid

	F#m7	D	B
In my roo	oo	oo	ooom

	E	D	E
In my r	oom (i	n my r	oom)

D	E
In my	room

D	E
In my	room

D	E
In my	room

The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963)

Originally in G#, I play in E capo 3

Probably skip this first chorus, and just noodle a bit on the I (swung w/6ths

Vox on the 1

E

Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

Vox on 3 5 on “I’m not”

	E
Well I	’m not braggin’ babe so don’t put me down

But I’ve got the fastest set of wheels in town

	A
When	something comes up to me he don’t even try

	E
‘Cause if I	had a set of wings man I know she could fly

	B	F#m	B	F#m	E
She’s my	little deuce	coupe,	you don’t	know what I	got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

	E
Just a l	ittle deuce coupe with a flat head mill

But she’ll walk a Thunderbird like shes’ standin’ still

	A
Shes	ported and relieved and she’s stroked and bored

	E
She’ll do a	hundred and forty in the top-end floor

	B	F#m	B	F#m	E
She’s my	little deuce	coupe,	you don’t	know what I	got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

	A
She’s got a	competition clutch with the four on the floor

	E
And she	purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar

	A
And	if that ain’t enough to make you flip your lid

	F#	B
There’s	one more thing, I got the	pink slip daddy

	E
And	comin’ off the line when the light turns green

Well she blows ‘em outta the water like you never seen

	A
I get	pushed out of shape and it’s hard to steer

	E
When	I get rubber in all four gears

	B	F#m	B	F#m	E
She’s my	little deuce	coupe,	you don’t	know what I	got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

	B	F#m	B	F#m	E
She’s my	little deuce	coupe,	you don’t	know what I	got

(Little deuce coupe, you don’t know what I got)

The Beach Boys - Sloop John B (1966)

Vox enter on the third (B)

	G
We	come on the sloop John B

My grandfather and me

	D
Around Nassau town we do	roam

	G
Drinking all	night

	C	Am7
Got into a	fight

	G
Well I	feel so broke up

D	G
I wanna go	home

	G
So	hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

	D
Call for the captain ashore, let me go	home

	G	C	Am7
Let me go	home I wanna go	home, yeah	yeah

	G	D	G
Well I	feel so broke up	I wanna go	home

	G
The	first mate he got drunk

And broke in the captain’s trunk

	D
The constable had to come and take him	away

	G
Sheriff John	Stone

	C	Am7
Why don’t you leave me	alone, yeah	yeah

	G
Well I	feel so broke up

D	G
I wanna go	home

	G
So	hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

	D
Call for the captain ashore, let me go	home

	G	C	Am7
Let me go	home I wanna go	home, yeah	yeah

	G	D	G
Well I	feel so broke up	I wanna go	home

	G
The	poor cook he caught the fits

And threw away all my grits

	D
And then he took and he ate up all of my	corn

	G	C	Am7
Let me go	home I wanna go	home, yeah	yeah

	G	D	G
This	is the worst trip	I’ve ever been	on

	G
So	hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

	D
Call for the captain ashore, let me go	home

	G	C	Am7
Let me go	home I wanna go	home, yeah	yeah

	G	D	G
Well I	feel so broke up	I wanna go	home

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963)

Originally in D, I play in G

Intro, with “ah”

G	Bm	Em	Bm	C	Am	D

Vox on 5 3 on “little”

	G	Em	C	D
L	ittle s	urfer, l	ittle o	ne

Gmaj7	G7	C	Cm6
Make my h	eart come a	ll un	done

G	Em	C	D	G
Do you l	ove me,	do you s	urfer g	irl

	Em	C	D
(Surfer g	irl, my l	ittle surfer g	irl)

G	Em	C	D
I have	watched you	on the	shore

Gmaj7	G7	C	Cm6
Standing	by the	ocean’s	roar

G	Em	C	D	G
Do you l	ove me,	do you s	urfer g	irl

	Cmaj7	G
Surfer	girl, surfer g	irl, ooh

Vox on 3 5 of the chord on “we could”

C	D	Gmaj7	Em
We could r	ide	the surf tog	ether

He clearly says “go”, although I’m about 95% sure he was supposed to say “grow”

C	D	G	G7
While our l	ove would g	o

C	D	Gmaj7	Em
In my w	oody	I would t	ake you

The original changes key up a half-step on “oh”

	A	D
E	verywhere I	go, oh

G	Em	C	D
So I	say from	me to	you

Gmaj7	G7	C	Cm6
I will m	ake your d	reams come	true

Hanging stop at the end of this line

G	Em	C	D
Do you l	ove me	do you s	urfer

	G	Em	Cmaj7	D
G	irl, surfer g	irl, my	little surfer g	irl

	G	Em	Cmaj7	D
G	irl, surfer g	irl, my	little surfer g	irl

The Beach Boys - Surfin’ Safari (1962)

Originally in A, I play in A

Vox enter on the fifth of the first chord

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with me

A	D
Early in the morning well be	startin’ out

	E	A
Some	honeys will be coming a	long

	A	D
Were	loading up our Woody with our	boards inside

	E	A
And	headin’ out singing our	song

A

Come on baby wait and see

Yes I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

D

Come along baby wait and see

	A
Yes	I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E	A
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with	me

	A	D
At	Huntington and Malibu they’re	shooting the pier

	E	A
At	Rincon they’re walking the	nose

	A	D
We’re	going on safari to the	islands this year

	E	A
So if	you’re coming get ready to	go

A

Come on baby wait and see

Yes I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

D

Come along baby wait and see

	A
Yes	I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with me

A	D
They’re anglin’ in Laguna in	Cerro Azul

	E	A
They’re	kicking out in Dohini	too

	A	D
I tell you	surfin’s mighty wild it’s getting	bigger every day

	E	A
From	Hawaii to the shores of Pe	ru

A

Come on baby wait and see

Yes I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

D

Come along baby wait and see

	A
Yes	I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me

E	D
Let’s go surfin’ now,	everybody’s learning how

B	E
Come on and safari with	me, come on and safari with me

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

	A
With	me (Surfin’ safari)

The Beach Boys - Surfin’ USA (1963)

Originally in Eb, I play in Eb but read in E

E7

	B7	E
If everybody had an	ocean across the U.S.	A.

	B7	E
Then everybody’d be	surfin like Californ-i-	a

	A	E
You’d see em wearin’ their	baggies, Huarachi sandals	too

	B7	E
A bushy bushy blonde	hairdo, surfin’ U.S	.A.

E	B7	E
You’ll catch em surfin’ at	Del Mar, Ventura County	line

	B7	E
Santa Cruz and	Trestles, Australia’s Narabin	e

	A	E
All over Man	hattan, and down Doheny	way

	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

E	B7	E
We’ll all be plannin’ out a	route, we’re gonna take real	soon

	B7	E
We’re waxin’ down our	surfboards, we can’t wait for	June

	A	E
We’ll all be gone for the	summer, we’re on safari to	stay

	B7	E
Tell the teacher we’re	surfin’, surfin U.S.	A.

E	B7	E
At Haggerty’s and	Swami’s, Pacific Pali	sades

	B7	E
San Onofre and	Sunset, Redondo Beach, L.	A.

	A	E
All over La	Jolla, and Waimea	Bay

	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

Solo if appropriate

B	E	B	E
A	E
	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

	B7	A	E
Everybody’s gone	surfin’,	surfin’ U.S.	A.

The Beach Boys - Wouldn’t It Be Nice (1966)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 2, but still plan on a vocal train wreck

Intro

C#	A#m	D#m	F#
C#	A#m	D#m	E

Vox on the 3 of the key on “woudln’t”

	A
Wouldn’t it be	nice if we were older

	D	Bm7
Then we wouldn’t h	ave to wait so	long

	E7	A
And	wouldn’t it be n	ice to live together

	D	Bm7	E7
In the kind of w	orld where we be	long

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “you know”

F#m7/C#	Em7/A
You know it’s gonna make it	that much better

F#m7/C#	C#m7	Bm7	E7
When we can say goodnight and	stay tog	ether

	A
Wouldn’t it be n	ice if we could wake up

	D	Bm7
In the morning w	hen the day is	new

	E7	A
And	after having s	pent the day together

	D	Bm7	E7
Hold each other c	lose the whole night t	hrough

F#m7/C#	Em7/A
What happy times together	we’d be spending

F#m7/C#	C#m7	Bm7	E7
I wish that every kiss was	never e	nding

	A
Oh, wouldn’t it	be nice

Vox on the 9 of the chord on “if”, the b5 (!!!) of the chord on “think”

F#maj7	Bmaj7	A#m7	D#m7
Maybe if we	think and wish and hope and pray it	might come true

F#maj7	Bmaj7	A#m7	D#m7
Baby then there	wouldn’t be a single thing we	couldn’t do

Vox on 7 3 of the chord on “married”

	A#m7	D#m7
We could be m	arried (we could be m	arried)

	A#m	E7
And then we’d be h	7appy (then we’d be h	appy)

	A
Oh, wouldn’t it be	nice

A

Baa, ba ba baa, ba ba baa, ba ba

A

Baa, ba ba baa, ba ba baa, ba ba

F#m7/C#	Em7/A
You know it seems the more we	talk about it

F#m7/C#	C#m7	Bm7
It only makes it worse to	live with	out it

	C#m7	Bm7	E7
But let’s	talk ab	out it

	A
Oh wouldn’t it be n	ice

A

Baa, ba ba baa, ba ba baa, ba ba

A

Good night, oh baby

A

Sleep tight, oh baby

A

Good night, oh baby

A

Sleep tight, oh baby

The Beatles - A Day in the Life (1967)

G	Bm	Em	Em7	C	C

G	Bm	Em	Em7
I read the	news today oh	boy

C	C/B	Asus2
About a l	ucky man who	made the grade

G	Bm	Em	Em7
And though the	news was rather	sad

C	F	Em	Em7
Well I just	had to l	augh

C	F	Em	C
I saw the	photogra	ph

G	Bm	Em	Em7
He blew his	mind out in a	car

C	C/B	Asus2
He didn’t	notice that the l	ights had changed

G	Bm	Em	Em7
A crowd of	people stood and	stared

C	F
They’d seen his	face before

Em

Nobody was really sure

	Em7	C
If	he was from the House of	Lords

G	Bm	Em	Em7
I saw a	film today oh	boy

C	C/B	Asus2
The English	Army had just	won the war

G	Bm	Em	Em7
A crowd of	people turned	away

C	F	Em
But I just	had to look

	Em7	C
Having	read the	book

	B7
I’d love to	turn you on

Messy instrumental, really a lot of NC’s...

B7	C	B7	E

E

Woke up, got out of bed

	Dsus2
Dragged a comb across my	head

	E	B7sus4
Found my	way downstairs and	drank a cup

	E	B7sus4	B7
And	looking up I	noticed I was late,	ha ha ha

	E
Found my	coat and grabbed my hat

	Dsus2
Made the bus in seconds	flat

	E	B7sus4
Found my	way upstairs and	had a smoke

	E	B7sus4
And	somebody spoke and I went	into a dream

C	G	D	A	E
Ah		Ah		Ah

C	G	D	A
Ah		Ah

E	D	C	D

G	Bm	Em	Em7
I read the	news today oh	boy

C	C/B	Asus2
Four thousand	holes in Blackburn,	Lancashire

G	Bm	Em	Em7
And though the	holes were rather	small

C	F
They had to	count them all

Em	Em7	C
Now they know how many holes it	takes to fill the Albert	Hall

	B7
I’d love to	turn you on

Messy instrumental, really a lot of NC’s...

B7

C

B7

E

The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

Originally in G, I play in D capo 1 or 2

Cadd9

	D	Gadd9	D
It’s been a h	ard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
And I’ve been w	orking like a d	og

	Gadd9	D
It’s been a hard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
I should be sl	eeping like a l	og

	G
But when I g	et home to you

	A
I find the th	ings that you do

	D	G7	D
Will make me f	eel	alr	ight

	D	Gadd9	D
You know I w	ork	all d	ay

	C	D
To get you m	oney to buy you th	ings

	Gadd9	D
And it’s worth it just to h	ear you s	ay

	C	D
You’re gonna g	ive me everyth	ing

	G
So why on	Earth should I moan

	A
‘Cause when I g	et you alone

	D	G7	D
You know I f	eel	oka	y

	F#m	Bm	F#m
When I’m h	ome,	everything seems to be r	ight

	D	Bm	G	A
When I’m h	ome, f	eeling you holding me t	ight, t	ight, yeah

	D	Gadd9	D
It’s been a h	ard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
And I’ve been w	orking like a d	og

	Gadd9	D
It’s been a hard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
I should be sl	eeping like a l	og

	G
But when I g	et home to you

	A
I find the th	ings that you do

	D	G7	D
Will make me f	eel	alr	ight

Solo on verse chords

D	Gadd9	D	D	C	D
					x2

	G
So why on	Earth should I moan

	A
‘Cause when I	get you alone

	D	G7	D
You know I f	eel	oka	y

	F#m	Bm	F#m
When I’m h	ome,	everything seems to be r	ight

	D	Bm	G	A
When I’m h	ome, f	eeling you holding me t	ight, t	ight, yeah

	D	Gadd9	D
It’s been a h	ard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
And I’ve been w	orking like a d	og

	Gadd9	D
It’s been a hard d	ay’s n	ight

	C	D
I should be sl	eeping like a l	og

	G
But when I g	et home to you

	A
I find the th	ings that you do

	D	G7	D
Will make me f	eel	alr	ight

	D	G7	D
You know I f	eel	all r	ight

	D	Gadd9	Cadd9
You know I f	eel a	lr	ight

The Beatles - Across the Universe (1968)

D	F#m	A

D	Bm
Words are flowing	out like endless

F#m

Rain into a paper cup

	Em7
They sli	ther while they pass

	A	A7
They slip away acr	oss the universe

D	Bm
Pools of sorrow,	waves of joy

	F#m
Are	drifting through my opened mind

Em7	Gm
Possessing and ca	ressing me

D	A7sus4
Jai guru deva	om

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

	G	D
Nothing’	s gonna change my	world

D	Bm
Images of	broken light which

F#m	Em7
Dance before me like a million	eyes

	A7
They call me on and on a	cross the universe

D	Bm
Thoughts meander	like a restless

F#m

Wind inside a letterbox

	Em7
They	tumble blindly as they make

	A7
Their way a	cross the universe

D	A7sus4
Jai guru deva	om

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

D	Bm
Sounds of laughter,	shades of Earth

	F#m
Are	ringing through my opened ears

Em7	Gm
Inciting and	inviting me

D	Bm
Limitless, un	dying love which

F#m	Em7
Shines around me like a million	suns

A	A7
And calls me	on and on across the universe

D	A7sus4
Jai guru deva	om

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

A7

Nothing’s gonna change my world

G	D
Nothing’s gonna change my	world

D

Jai guru deva (Repeat)

The Beatles - All I’ve Got To Do (1963)

Eaugadd7add9 is a name I made up for:

x76575

Eaugadd7add9

	C#m	E
Whenever	I want you a	round, yeah

	C#m	F#m
All I gotta	do, is	call you on the phone

And you’ll come running home

Am	E
Yeah that’s all I	gotta do

	C#m	E
And when	I, I wanna	kiss you yeah

	C#m	F#m
All I gotta	do is	whisper in your ear

The words you want to hear

	Am	E
And	I’ll be kissing	you

	A
And the same goes for	me, whenever you want me at all

	C#m
I’ll be	here, yes I will, whenever you call

	A	E	C#m
You	just gotta call on	me,	yeah

	A	E
You	just gotta call on	me

	C#m	E
Whenever	I want you a	round, yeah

	C#m	F#m
All I gotta	do, is	call you on the phone

And you’ll come running home

Am	E
Yeah that’s all I	gotta do

	A
And the same goes for	me, whenever you want me at all

	C#m
I’ll be	here, yes I will, whenever you call

	A	E	C#m
You	just gotta call on	me,	yeah

	A	E
You	just gotta call on	me, oooh

	A	E
You	just gotta call on	me

	C#m	E	C#m
Hm-m	m-m-m-m-m m-m-m-m	m

The Beatles - All My Loving (1963)

Originally in F#m, I play in Em

	Em	A7
Close your	eyes and I’ll	kiss you

	D	Bm
To	morrow I’ll	miss you

	G	Em	C	A7
Re	member I’ll a	lways be	true

	Em	A7	D	Bm
And then	while I’m	away I’ll write	home every	day

	G	A7	D
And I’ll	send all my	loving to	you

	Em	A7
I’ll	pretend that I’m	kissing

	D	Bm
The	lips I am	missing

	G	Em	C	A7
And	hope that my	dreams will come	true

	Em	A7	D	Bm
And then	while I’m a	way I’ll write	home every	day

	G	A7	D
And I’ll	send all my	loving to	you

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	I will send to	you

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	darling I’ll be	true

	Em	A7
Close your	eyes and I’ll	kiss you

	D	Bm
To	morrow I’ll	miss you

	G	Em	C	A7
Re	member I’ll a	lways be	true

	Em	A7	D	Bm
And then	while I’m	away I’ll write	home every	day

	G	A7	D
And I’ll	send all my	loving to	you

Solo

G	G	D	D	Em	A	D	D

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	I will send to	you

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	darling I’ll be	true

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	all my	loving

	Bm	Bm/A#	D
All my	loving,	I will send to	you

The Beatles - All You Need Is Love (1967)

Not rhythmically related to the song, just an excerpt from La Marseillaise

G	D	G	G	C	D7

G	D	Em7
Love,	love,	love

G	D	Em7
Love,	love,	love

D7/A	G	D7/F#	D7/E
Love,	love,	love

D	D/C	D/B	D

G	D/F#	Em7
There’s nothing you can	do that can’t be	done

G	D/F#	Em7
Nothing you can	sing that can’t be	sung

D7/A	G	D7/F#	D7/E
Nothing you can	say but you can	learn how to play the	game

	D	D/C	D/B	D
It’s	easy

	G	D/F#	Em7
There’s	nothing you can	make that can’t be	made

G	D/F#	Em7
No one you can	save that can’t be	saved

D7/A	G	D7/F#	D7/E
Nothing you can	do but you can	learn how to be you in	time

	D	D/C	D
It’s	easy

G	A7	D	D7
All you	need is	love

G	A7	D	D7
All you	need is	love

G	B7	Em	Em7
All you	need is	love,	love

C	D7	G
Love is	all you	need

G	D	Em7
Love,	love,	love

G	D	Em7
Love,	love,	love

D7/A	G	D7/F#
Love,	love,	love

D7/E	D	D/C	D/B	D

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love

G	B7	Em	Em7
All you	need is	love,	love

C	D7	G
Love is	all you	need

	G	D/F#	Em7
There’s	nothing you can	know that isn’t	known

G	D/F#	Em7
Nothing you can	see that isn’t	shown

D7/A	G	D7/F#	D7/E
Nowhere you can	be that isn’t	where, you’re meant to	be

	D	D/C	D/B	D
It’s	easy

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love

G	B7	Em	Em7
All you	need is	love,	love

C	D7	G
Love is	all you	need

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love (All together now)

G	A7	D7
All you	need is	love (Everybody)

G	B7	Em	Em7
All you	need is	love,	love

C	D7	G
Love is	all you	need

G

Love is all you need

G

Love is all you need

The Beatles - And I Love Her (1964)

Originally in C#m, I play in Bm

Em	Em	D6	D6

Vox on the 4 of the key (the 1 of the first chord)

on “I”, and the 2 (of the 2nd chord and the key) on

“all”. You may feel like going to the 1 of the key

there, but it’s the 2.

Em	Bm
I give her	all my love

Em	Bm
That’s all I	do

Em	Bm
And if you	saw my love

G	A
You’d love her	too

	D6
I	love her

Em	Bm
She gives me	everything

Em	Bm
And tender	ly

Em	Bm
The kiss my	lover brings

G	A
She brings to	me

	D6
And I	love her

Bm	A	Bm	F#m
A love like	ours,	could never	die

Bm	F#m	A	A7
As long as	I have you near me

Em	Bm
Bright are the	stars that shine

Em	Bm
Dark is the	sky

Em	Bm
I know this	love of mine

G	A
Will never	die

	D6
And I	love her

Originally changes key here up a half-step, I skip that

Solo, skip if appropriate

Em	Bm	Em	Bm	Em	Em
G	A	D	D

Em	Bm
Bright are the	stars that shine

Em	Bm
Dark is the	sky

Em	Bm
I know this	love of mine

G	A
Will never	die

	D6
And I	love her

Em	Em	D	D
Em	Em	B

The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing (1966)

Originally in E, I play in D

Intro, I do some Norweigan-Wood-esque noodling here

D

	D
You t	ell me that you’ve got every thing you want

And your bird can sing

	Em	G
But you don’t get	me

	D
You don’t get	me

D

You say you’ve seen seven wonders

And your bird is green

	Em	G
But you can’t see	me

	D
You can’t see	me

F#m	F#mM7/F
When your prize posse	ssions

F#m7/E	B7/D#
Start to weigh you d	own

D	Em
Look in my di	rection

	A7
I’ll be ‘round, I’ll be	’round

Verse chords

D	D	Em	G	D	D

F#m	F#mM7/F
When your bird is br	oken

F#m7/E	B7/D#
Will it bring you d	own

D	Em
You may be a	woken

	A7
I’ll be ‘round, I’ll be	’round

	D
You	tell me that you’ve heard every sound there is

And your bird can swing

	Em	G
But you can’t hear	me

	D
You can’t hear	me

D	D	Em	G	D	D
D	G/D

The Beatles - Any Time At All (1964)

Originally in Bm, I play in Am, highest note that matters is the 7

Vox on the 5

	Am	C
Any time at	all

	G
Any time at a	ll

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

C	Em/B
If you need some	body to love

Am	Fm/G#
Just look into my eyes

C/G	G	C
I’ll be there to m	ake you feel right

C	Em/B
If you’re feeling s	orry and sad

Am	Fm/G#
I’d really sympathize

	C/G	G	C
D	on’t you be sad, just c	all me ton	ight

	Am	C
Any time at	all

	G
Any time at a	ll

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

C	Em/B
If the sun has f	aded away

	Am	Fm/G#
I	’ll try to make it shine

C/G	G	C
There is nothing I	won’t do

C	Em/B
If you need a s	houlder to cry on

Am	Fm/G#
I hope it will be mine

C/G	G	C
Call me tonight and I	’ll come to	you

	Am	C
Any time at	all

	G
Any time at a	ll

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

Piano Solo

G	G7	G7	G	G7
F	G7	F	G7	Csus4	C

	Am	C
Any time at	all

	G
Any time at a	ll

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

	Am
Any time at	all

	F
All you’ve got to do is c	all

	G7	C
And I	’ll be there

The Beatles - Ask Me Why (1962)

I prefer to sing the line that starts on a very comfortable G# (in E)

E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
I	love	you

	E
‘Cause you tell me things I w	ant to know

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	nd	it’s	true

	E	G#7
That it really only g	oes to show	that I know

	C#m	A	F#m7	B7
That	I, I, I, I would ne	ver ever ever be	blue

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
N	ow	you’re	mine

	E
My happiness near ma	kes me cry

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	nd	in	time

	E	G#7
You’ll understand the re	ason why	that I cry

	C#m
It’s	not because I’m sad

	A	E	E+
But you’re the o	nly love that I’ve ever h	ad

Bridge

	A	B7	E	E+
I can’t b	elieve	it’s happened to	me

	A	B7	E	B7
I can’t co	nceive	of any more mi	sery

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	sk	me	why I’ll say I	love you

	G#m7	A	E
And I’m a	lways thinking of y	ou

E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
I	love	you

	E
‘Cause you tell me things I w	ant to know

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	nd	it’s	true

	E	G#7
That it really only g	oes to show	that I know

	C#m	A	F#m7	B7
That	I, I, I, I would ne	ver ever ever be	blue

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	sk	me	why I’ll say I	love you

	G#m7	A	E
And I’m a	lways thinking of y	ou

Bridge

	A	B7	E	E+
I can’t b	elieve	it’s happened to	me

	A	B7	E	B7
I can’t co	nceive	of any more mi	sery

	E	F#m7	G#m7	F#m7
A	sk	me	why I’ll say I	love you

	G#m7	A	E
And I’m a	lways thinking of y	ou

A	E
You

A	G#m7
You

The Beatles - Baby It’s You (1963)

G	Em
Sha la la la la la	la

G	Em
Sha la la la la la	la

G	Em
Sha la la la la la	la

	C
Sha la la la	la

C

It’s not the way you smile

	G
That touched my he	art

C

It’s not the way you kiss

	G
That tears me ap	art

	Em
But	how many many many nights go by

Am	G
I sit alone at home and I cry over y	ou

	Em
What can I	do?

C	D
Can’t help mys	elf (hard stop)

	G	Em
‘Cause baby it’s y	ou

	G	Em
Baby it’s y	ou

C	G
You should hear what they say about y	ou

C	G
They say they say you never never ever been t	rue

	Em
Wo ho	it doesn’t matter what they say

Am

I know I’m gonna love you any old way

	G	Em
What can I	do then it’s t	rue

C	D
Don’t want no	body nobody (hard stop)

	G	Em
Cause baby it’s y	ou

	G	Em
Baby it’s y	ou

Solo

C	D	G	G
			x2

	Em
Wo ho	it doesn’t matter what they say

Am

I know I’m gonna love you any old way

	G	Em
What can I	do then it’s t	rue

C	D
Don’t want nobody no	body

	G	Em
‘Cause baby it’s y	ou

	G	Em
Baby it’s y	ou

The Beatles - Baby’s In Black (1964)

A	E7
Oh dear	what can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D	A	E
Oh	what can I d	o?

A	A7
She thinks of him and	so she dresses in

D

Black and though he’ll never come

A	E7	A
Back	she’s dressed in	black

A	E7
Oh dear	what can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D	A	E
Oh	what can I d	o?

A	A7
I think of her but	she thinks only of

D

Him and though it’s only a

A	E7	A
Whim	she thinks of	him

Bridge

F#m7	B7
Oh how	long will it take

D	E7	A
Till she	sees the mistake she has	made?

	E7
Dear w	hat can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D	A	E
Oh	what can I	do?

Solo, I usually skip this and the subsequent bridge

A	E	D7	E7	A	D	A

Bridge

F#m7	B7
Oh how	long will it take

D	E7	A
Till she	sees the mistake she has	made?

	E7
Dear w	hat can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D	A	E
Oh	what can I	do?

Quietly, let ring

A	A7
She thinks of him and	so she dresses in

D

Black and though he’ll never come

A	E7	A
Back	she’s dressed in	black

A	E7
Oh dear	what can I do?

D7	E7
Baby’s in black and I’m	feeling blue tell me

A	D7	A
Oh	what can I d	o?

	A	D7	A
Tell me	oh	what can I d	o?

The Beatles - Back in the USSR (1968)

E	E7

Vox on 4→3 on “Flew in”

	A	D
F	lew in from Miami Beach B.	O.A.C.

	C	D
D	idn’t get to bed last ni	ght

A	D
On the way the paperback was	on my knee

	C	D
M	an I had a dreadful fli	ght

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R.

C	D
You don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Hard stop on “back”

	D	A	D	E
B	ack in the U.S.S.	R.

	A	D
B	een away so long I hardly k	new the place

	C	D
G	ee it’s good to be back ho	me

	A	D
Le	ave it till tomorrow to unp	ack my case

	C	D
Ho	ney disconnect the ph	one

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R.

C	D
You don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Gadd9

Back in the U.S.

	A
Back in the U.S	.S.R.

Bridge, vox down to the root of the chord on “Ukraine”

	D
Well the Ukr	aine girls really knock me out

	A
They le	ave the West behind

	D	D/C#	D/C	D/B
And Mos	cow	girls make me	sing and s	hout

	E	D	A
That Ge	orgia’s always on my mi mi	mi mi mi mi mi	nd

D	Eb	E
		Oh come on!

Solo as verse, but skip solo and subsequent chorus and bridge

if appropriate...

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R.

	C	D
Y	ou don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Hard stop on “back”

	D	A
B	ack in the U.S.S.	R.

Bridge

	D
Well the Ukr	aine girls really knock me out

	A
They le	ave the West behind

	D	D/C#	D/C	D/B
And Mos	cow	girls make me	sing and s	hout

	E	D	A	D	E
That Ge	orgia’s always on my mi mi	mi mi mi mi mi	nd

	A	D
Oh, s	how me ‘round your snow-peaked mountains w	ay down South

	C	D
T	ake me to your daddy’s f	arm

	A	D
L	et me hear your balalaikais rin	ging out

	C	D
C	ome and keep your comrade w	arm

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R., hey

	C	D
Y	ou don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Hard stop on “back”

	D	A	D	E	A
B	ack in the U.S.S.	R.

Oh, let me tell you honey

A

Woo...

Optionally do D/C/A on “wooh”

The Beatles - Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (1967)

Originally in Cm, I play Am capo 3

Intro

G	F#7	Bm	E
		→

Vox on the 1 on “benefit”

	Am	Eaug	G	Bm	E
For the	benefit of	Mr. Kite	there will be a	show tonight on	trampoline

	Am	Eaug	G	Bm	F#
The Hen	dersons will	all be there, l	ate of Pablo F	anques Fair, w	hat a scene

	Bm	Bm/A	G	F#7	Bm
Over	men and horses h	oops and garters, l	astly through a hogs	head of r	eal fire

	G	F#	Bm
In this w	ay Mr. K	. will challenge the w	orld

G6	F#7	Bm	E
		→

	Am	Eaug	G	Bm	E
The cele	brated	Mr. K. perf	orms his feat on S	aturday at B	ishop’s gate

	Am	Eaug	G	Bm	F#
The He	ndersons will d	ance and sing as M	r. Kite flies throug	h the ring, d	on’t be late

	Bm	Bm/A	G	F#7	Bm
Messieurs	K. and H. as	sure the public th	eir production	will be second to	none

	G	F#	Bm
And of co	urse Henry The Ho	rse dances the w	altz

Solo (sort of?)

Bm	Bmmaj7	Bm7	Bm6
F#	F#	F#	F#
Bm	Bmmaj7	Bm7	Bm6
G#	G#
C#m	C#m7	A	G#
C#m	C#m7	A	G#

Let ring

C#m

This is the dah dah dah dah, dah dah

E

	Am	Eaug	G	Bm	E
The	band begins at	ten to six when M	r. K. perfo	rms his tricks witho	ut a sound

	Am	Eaug	G	Bm	F#
And	Mr. H. will dem	onstrate ten sum	mersets he’ll u	ndertake on s	olid ground

	Bm	Bm/A	G	F#7	Bm
Havin	been some days in p	reparation, a sple	ndid time is gu	aranteed for	all

	G	F#	Bm
And ton	ight Mr.	Kite is topping the	bill

Repeat the solo if you feel like it

The Beatles - Blackbird (1968)

Intro

G	Am7	G/B	G
→	→

G	Am7	G/B	G
Blackbird	singing in the	dead of	night

C	A7/C#	D	B7/D#	Em	Ebdim
Take these	broken w	ings and	learn to fl	y

D	A7/C#	C	Cm
All y	our l	ife

G/B	A7	C/D	G
You were only w	aiting for this	moment to a	rise

C	G/B	A7	C/D	G

G	Am7	G/B	G
Blackbird	singing in the	dead of	night

C	A7/C#	D	B7/D#	Em	Ebdim
Take these	sunken e	yes and	learn to	see

D	A7/C#	C	Cm
All y	our l	ife

G/B	A7	C/D	G
You were only w	aiting for this	moment to be	free

F	C/E	Dm	C	Bb6	C
Bla	ckb	ird	f	ly

F	C/E	Dm	C	Bb6	A7
Bla	ckb	ird	f	ly

	C/D	G
Into the	light of the dark black	night

G	Am7	G/B	G
→	→

C	A7/C#	D	B7/D#	Em	Ebdim
D	A7/C#	C	Cm	G/B	A7	C/D	G

F	C/E	Dm	C	Bb6	C
Bla	ckb	ird	f	ly

F	C/E	Dm	C	Bb6	A7
Bla	ckb	ird	f	ly

	C/D	G
Into the	light of the dark black	night

Let the last chord ring

G	Am7	G/B	G
→	→

G	Am7	G/B	C	G/B	A7	C/D

G	Am7	G/B	G
Blackbird	singing in the	dead of	night

C	A7/C#	D	B7/D#	Em	Ebdim
Take these	broken w	ings and	learn to fl	y

D	A7/C#	C	Cm
All y	our l	ife

G/B	A7	C/D	G
You were only w	aiting for this	moment to a	rise

C	G/B	A7	C/D	G
You were	only	waiting for this	moment to a	rise

C	G/B	A7	C/D	G
You were o	nly wai	ting for this	moment to a	rise

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 - Day Tripper (1965)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

A7

Vox on the 3 on “got”

A7

Got a good reason, for taking the easy way out

D7	A7
Got a good reason, for	taking the easy way out now

	B
She was a	day tripper, a one way ticket yeah

	D	C#	F#	E
It took me	so	long to find	out, but I found	out

A7

She’s a big teaser, she took me half the way there

D7	A7
She’s a big teaser,	she took me half the way there now

	B
She was a	day tripper, a one way ticket, yeah

	D	C#	F#	E
It took me	so	long to find	out, but I found	out

The solo is a quirky length, three measures before the "ah", three measures with"

E	E	E
E	E	E
Ah

A7

Tried to please her, but she only played one night stands

D7	A7
Tried to please her, but	she only played one night stands now

	B
She was a	day tripper, Sunday driver, yeah

	D	C#	F#	E
It took me	so	long to find	out, but I found	out

A7

Day tripper, day tripper yeah

The Beatles - Do You Want to Know a Secret? (1963)

	Em	Am	Em
Yo	u’ll never know how much I re	ally l	ove you

	G	F	B7
Yo	u’ll never know how much I re	ally ca	re

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Li	sten

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Do you w	ant to know a se	cret

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7	C
Do you p	romise not to t	ell?	Woo	ooh		ooh

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Cl	oser

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Let me w	hisper in your e	ar

	B7	A	B7
Say the w	ords you long to h	ear

	C#m	F#m7	B6
I’m in love with	you, o	oooo	oo

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Li	sten (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Do you w	ant to know a se	cret (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7	C
Do you p	romise not to t	ell?	Woo	ooh		ooh

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Cl	oser (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Let me w	hisper in your e	ar (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	A	B7
Say the w	ords you long to h	ear

	C#m	F#m7	B6
I’m in love with	you, o	ooooo	oo

Bridge

	A	F#m7	C#m	Bm
I	’ve know the s	ecret for the	week or	two

	A	F#m7	C#m	Bm	F#m7	B6
N	obody k	nows	just we	two

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Li	sten (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Do you w	ant to know a se	cret (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7	C
Do you p	romise not to t	ell?	Woo	ooh		ooh

	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Cl	oser (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	E	G#m7	Gm7	F#m7
Let me w	hisper in your e	ar (	Doo	dah	doo)

	B7	A	B7
Say the w	ords you long to h	ear

	C#m	F#m7	B6	C#m
I’m in love with	you o	ooooo	o

	F#m7	B6	C#m
Ooooo ooooo o	oooo o	oooo o	oooo

	F#m7	B6	C#m
Ooooo ooooo o	oooo o	oooo o	oooo

	F#m7	B6	C#m
Ooooo ooooo o	oooo o	oooo o	oooo

The Beatles - Don’t Let Me Down (1969)

Originally in E, I play in C or C capo 1

Intro

C	Csus4	C

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

One measure of 5/4 at the beginning of each phrase

Vox on 3 5 6 on “no bo dy”

C	Dm7
Nobody ever loved me like she	does

	Cmaj7	Csus4	C
Ooh she does, yes she	does

C	Dm7
And if somebody loved me like she	do me

	Cmaj7	Csus4	C
Ooh she do me, yes she	does

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C

I’m in love for the first time

	G7
Don’t you know it’s gonna	last

It’s a love that lasts forever

	C	F	C
It’s a love that had no	past

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down (oooh)

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
And from the first time that she really	done me

	Cmaj7	Csus4	C
Ooh she done me, she done me	good

C	Dm7
I guess nobody ever really	done me

	Cmaj7	Csus4	C
Ooh she done me, she done me	good

C	Dm7
Don’t let me	down, hey

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

C	Dm7
Weeee	heeeee

Dm7/G	C	Csus4	C
Don’t let me	down

Keyboard solo on chorus chords, with oohs and ad libs

The Beatles - Don’t Pass me By (1968)

G

Vox on the 5

	G
I l	isten for your footsteps coming up the drive

C

Listen for your footsteps but they don’t arrive

D

Waiting for your knock dear on my old front door

	C
I don’t	hear it

	G
Does it mean you don’t love me any	more?

	G
I h	ear the clock a’ticking on the mantle shelf

C

See the hands a’moving but I’m by myself

	D
I w	onder where you are tonight and why I’m by myself

	C
I don’t	see you

	G
Does it mean you don’t love me any	more?

G

Don’t pass me by, don’t make me cry, don’t make me blue

	C
‘Cause you know	darling I love only you

	G
You’ll never	know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go

	D	C	G
Don’t pass me	by, don’t make me	cry

G

I’m sorry that I doubted you I was so unfair

C

You were in a car crash and you lost your hair

	D
You	said that you would be late about an hour or two

	C
I said	that’s alright I’m waiting here

	G
Just waiting to hear from	you

G

Don’t pass me by, don’t make me cry, don’t make me blue

	C
‘Cause you know	darling I love only you

	G
You’ll never	know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go

	D	C	G
Don’t pass me	by, don’t make me	cry

G

Don’t pass me by, don’t make me cry, don’t make me blue

	C
‘Cause you know	darling I love only you

	G
You’ll never	know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go

	D	C	G
Don’t pass me	by, don’t make me	cry

The Beatles - Drive My Car (1965)

The G13’s are all G7 in the original

D	G13	D	G13	D	G13	A7

Vox are on C→B and G→G

D	G13
Asked a girl what she	wanted to be

D	G13
She said baby,	can’t you see

D	G13
I wanna be famous, a	star on the screen

Vox are on C and F... over A7!

Playing A13 makes it easier to find that C

	A7
But	you can do something in between

Melody on F#.A.F#.D.F#.D.F

Harmony on D.F#.D.B.B.B.B or B.D.B.G.B.G.B

Bm	G
Baby you can drive my	car

Bm	G
Yes I’m gonna be a	star

Bm	E
Baby you can drive my	car

	A7	D	G	A7
And	maybe I’ll	love you

D	G13
I told a girl that my	prospects were good

D	G13
And she said baby, it’s	understood

D	G13
Working for peanuts is	all very fine

	A7
But	I can show you a better time

Bm	G
Baby you can drive my	car

Bm	G
Yes I’m gonna be a	star

Bm	E
Baby you can drive my	car

D→G→A7 is twice as fast here as in the previous chorus

	A7	D	G	A7
And	maybe I’ll	love you

A7

Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

Solo:

D	G	D	G	D	G	A7

Probably skip this whole chorus when acoustic

Bm	G
Baby you can drive my	car

Bm	G
Yes I’m gonna be a	star

Bm	E
Baby you can drive my	car

	A7	D	G	A7
And	maybe I’ll	love you

D	G13
I told a girl I can	start right away

D	G13
And she said listen babe I got	something to say

D	G13
I got no car and it’s	breaking my heart

	A7
But	I’ve found a driver and that’s a start

Bm	G
Baby you can drive my	car

Bm	G
Yes I’m gonna be a	star

Bm	E
Baby you can drive my	car

	A7	D	G	A7
And	baby I	love you

X	D
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

G13	D
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

G13	D
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

G13	D
Beep beep’m beep beep yeah

The Beatles - Eight Days A Week (1964)

Originally in D, I play in G capo 1.

When not in the original key, I find the intro works

best arpeggiated slowly, rather than strummed.

The rest I like in a mid-tempo reggae beat.

Gadd9	A	C6	Gadd9

G	A7
Ooh I need your l	ove babe

C	G
Guess you know it’s tr	ue

G	A7
Hope you need my l	ove babe

C	G
Just like I need y	ou

Em	C
Hold me, l	ove me

Em	A7
Hold me, l	ove me

G	A7
Ain’t got nothin’ but l	ove babe

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

G	A7
Love you every d	ay girl

C	G
Always on my m	ind

G	A7
One thing I can s	ay girl

C	G
Love you all the t	ime

Em	C
Hold me, l	ove me

Em	A7
Hold me, l	ove me

G	A7
Ain’t got nothin’ but l	ove babe

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

D

Eight days a week

	Em
I l	ove you

A7

Eight days a week

	C	D7
Is n	ot enough to s	how I care

G	A7
Ooh I need your l	ove babe

C	G
Guess you know it’s tr	ue

G	A7
Hope you need my l	ove babe

C	G
Just like I need y	ou

Em	C
Hold me, l	ove me

Em	A7
Hold me, l	ove me

G	A7
Ain’t got nothin’ but l	ove babe

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

D

Eight days a week

	Em
I l	ove you

A7

Eight days a week

	C	D7
Is n	ot enough to s	how I care

G	A7
Love you every d	ay girl

C	G
Always on my m	ind

G	A7
One thing I can s	ay girl

C	G
Love you all the t	ime

Em	C
Hold me, l	ove me

Em	A7
Hold me, l	ove me

G	A7
Ain’t got nothin’ but l	ove babe

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

C	G
Eight days a w	eek

Gadd9

A

C6

Gadd9

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (1966)

Originally in Em, I play in Am capo 2, swung and fast.

Vox on the 3

	F	Am
A	h, look at all the lonely p	eople

	F	Am
A	h, look at all the lonely p	eople

“In” and “church” are on the *major* 6.

Am

Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice in the church

	F	Am
Where a wedding has b	een, lives in a d	ream

Am

Waits at the window, wearing the face

	F	Am
That she keeps in a jar by the d	oor, who is it	for?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all come f	rom?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all bel	ong?

Am

Father McKenzie, writing the words

	F	Am
To a sermon that no one will	hear, no one comes	near

Am

Look at him working, donning his socks

	F	Am
In the night when there’s nobody	there, what does he	care?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all come f	rom?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all bel	ong?

	F	Am
A	h, look at all the lonely p	eople

	F	Am
A	h, look at all the lonely p	eople

Am

Eleanor Rigby died in the church

	F	Am
And was buried along with her	name, nobody	came

Am

Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt

	F	Am
From his hands as he walks from the	grave, no one was	saved

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all come f	rom?

Am7	AmM6
All the lonely	people

	F/A	Am
Where	do they all bel	ong?

The Beatles - For No One (1966)

Originally in A capo 2, I play in A capo 1.

A	A/G#
Your day breaks,	your mind aches

F#m	A/E	Dmaj7
You find that	all her words of	kindness linger on

G	A
When she no l	onger needs you

A	A/G#
She wakes up,	she makes up

F#m	A/E	Dmaj7
She takes her t	ime and doesn’t	feel she has to hurry

G	A
She no	longer needs you

	Bm	F#7
And in her e	yes you see	nothing

Bm	F#7
No sign of	love behind the

Bm	F#7
Tears cried for	no one

Bm	F#7	Bm	Esus4	E
A love that	should have lasted	years

A	A/G#	F#m
You want her,	you need her,	and yet you don’t

A/E	Dmaj7	G
Believe her	when she says her lov	e is dead, you

A

Think she needs you

A	A/G#
Your day breaks,	your mind aches

F#m	A/E
There will be	times when all the

Dmaj7

Things she said will

G	A
Fill your head you	won’t forget her

	Bm	F#7
And in her e	yes you see	nothing

Bm	F#7
No sign of	love behind the

Bm	F#7
Tears cried for	no one

Bm	F#7	Bm	Esus4	E
A love that	should have lasted	years

A	A/G#	F#m
You stay home,	she goes out,	and says that long

A/E	Dmaj7	G
Ago she	knew someone but now	he’s gone, she

A

Doesn’t need him

	Bm	F#7
And in her e	yes you see	nothing

Bm	F#7
No sign of	love behind the

Bm	F#7
Tears cried for	no one

Bm	F#7	Bm	Esus4	E
A love that	should have lasted	years

A

The Beatles - From Me To You (1963)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 3.

Play on the fast side.

	G	Em
If there’s	anything that you	want

	G	D7
If there’s	anything I can	do

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G	Em
With	love from m	e to yo	u

	G	Em
I’ve got	everything that you	want

	G	D7
Like a	heart that’s oh so	true

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G	G7
With	love from m	e to yo	u

	Dm7	G
I got	arms that long to	hold you

	C	C
And	keep you by my	side

	A7	A7
I got	lips that long to	kiss you

	D	D+
And	keep you	satisfied

	G	Em
If there’s	anything that you	want

	G	D7
If there’s	anything I can	do

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G	Em
With	love	from me	to you

G	Em
	From me

G	D7
	To you

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G	G7
With	love from m	e to yo	u

	Dm7	G
I got	arms that long to	hold you

	C	C
And	keep you by my	side

	A7	A7
I got	lips that long to	kiss you

	D	D+
And	keep you	satisfied

	G	Em
If there’s	anything that you	want

	G	D7
If there’s	anything I can	do

	C	Em
Just	call on me and I’ll	send it along

	G	D7	G
With	love from m	e to yo	u

	Em
To	you

	EmM7
To	you

	Em
To	you

	G	Em
Da da	da da da da da	da

The Beatles - Get Back (1969)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 1.

E5	D	A

E5

Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner

Vox down to 6-5 on “la-ast”

A	E5
But he knew it wouldn’t	last

E5

Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona

A	E5
For some California g	rass

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

Get back Jojo

Solo on verse chords, if no soloist, just dink around

on verse chords a bit and skip subsequent chorus

	E5	E0	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

Hanging stop on “belonged”, stay on the IV

	A
Get	back to where you once belonged

Get back Jojo

E5

Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman

A	E5
But she was another	man

E5

All the girls around her say she’s got it comin’

A	E5
But she gets it while she	can

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

Get back Loretta

Dink around a little on verse chords

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

Hanging stop on “belonged”, still on the IV

	A
Get	Back to where you once belonged

The Let It Be version ends here, the Past Masters

version comes back in

Ooooh...

E5	A
Get back Loretta

	E5	D	A
Your Momma’s	waiting for you

E	A
Wearin’ her high-heeled shoes and her low-necked sweater

	E5	D	A
Get back	home, Loretta

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

	A	E5	D	A
Get	back to where you once belo	nged

	E5	E9	E5	E9
Get	back	, get	back

Hang on “belonged”, stay on the IV

	A
Get	back to where you once belonged

E9

The Beatles - Getting Better (1967)

Originally in C, I play in A

Dadd9
A	Bm7
It’s getting better all the t	ime

Original goes right into the verse, I hang a measure on the I

E

	E	A/E
I u	sed to get mad at my school (no, I can	’t complain)

	E	A/E
The te	achers that taught me weren’t cool (no, I	can’t complain)

	E
You’re hol	ding me down, turning me ‘round

	E
F	illing me up with your rules

A	Bm7
I’ve got to admit it’s getting bet	ter

	C#m	D
A little b	etter all the ti	me

	A	Bm7
I h	ave to admit it’s getting b	etter

	C#m	D
It’s getting b	etter since you’	ve been mine

E

	E	A/E	E	A/E
Me us	ed to be a	ngry young m	an

	E	A/E	E	A/E
Me hi	ding me h	ead in the s	and

	E	A/E	E	A/E
You g	ave me the w	ord I fin	ally he	ard

	E	A/E	E
I’m do	ing the be	st that I c	an

A	Bm7
I’ve got to admit it’s getting bet	ter

	C#m	D
A little b	etter all the ti	me

	A	Bm7
I h	ave to admit it’s getting b	etter

	C#m	D
It’s getting b	etter since you’	ve been mine

	D	A
G	etting so much better all the	time

Vox do a full triad, I sing the 3

	A	Bm7	C#m	D
I	t’s getting better all the t	ime, b	etter, better, b	etter

	A	Bm7	C#m	D
I	t’s getting better all the t	ime, b	etter, better, b	etter

E

	E
I u	sed to be cruel to my woman

I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved

E	A/E	E	A/E
Man I was	mean but I’m	changing my	scene

	E	A/E	E
And I’m	doing the	best that I	can

A	Bm7
I’ve got to admit it’s getting bet	ter

	C#m	D
A little b	etter all the ti	me

	A	Bm7
I h	ave to admit it’s getting b	etter

	C#m	D
It’s getting b	etter since you’	ve been mine

	D	A
G	etting so much better all the	time

	A	Bm7	C#m	D
I	t’s getting better all the t	ime, b	etter, better, b	etter

	A	Bm7	C#m	D
I	t’s getting better all the t	ime, b	etter, better, b	etter

	D	A
G	etting so much better all the	time

The Beatles - Good Night (1968)

G	Bm7	Am7	D7

G	Bm7	Am7
Now it’s	time to	say goodnight

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

G	Bm7	Am7
Now the	sun turns	out his light

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

Gmaj7	D7/G	Gmaj7	D7/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	me

G	C/G	G	C/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	you

G	Bm7	Am7
Close your	eyes and	I’ll close mine

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

G	Bm7	Am7
Now the	moon beg	ins to shine

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

Gmaj7	D7/G	Gmaj7	D7/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	me

G	C/G	G	C/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	you

Bridge

G	Am7	A7	Dm7
			Mmmm...

G7	C/G	D7/F#	Am7	D7
				Mmmm...

G	Bm7	Am7
Close your	eyes and	I’ll close mine

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

G	Bm7	Am7
Now the	sun turns	out his light

Bm7	Am7	Am7/G	D/F#
Good	night,	sleep	tight

Gmaj7	D7/G	Gmaj7	D7/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	me

G	C/G	G	C/G
Dream sweet	dreams for	you

G

Bm7

Am7

D7

The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life (1966)

Originally in G, I play in E

E

D/E at the 7th fret, with open E

If you can’t get up to the 1 on “there”, the 4 works

E	D/E
I was alone I took a ride I didn’t know what I would	find there

E	D/E
Another road where maybe I can see another kind of	mind there

Can play the last chord as a VI9 (C#9 in E)

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	then I su	ddenly	see you

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	did I tell	you I	need you

A	A/G#	A/F#	B7	E
Every	single	day	of my	life

E	D/E
You didn’t run you didn’t lie you knew I wanted just to	hold you

E	D/E
And had you gone you’d knew in time we meet again for I’d have	told you

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	you were meant	to be	near me

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	and I want	you to	hear me

A	A/G#	A/F#	B7	E
Say we’ll	be to	gether	every	day

E	A
Got to get you into my	life

E	D/E
What can I do? What can I be when I’m with you I wanna	stay there

E	D/E
If I’m true I’ll never leave and if I do I know the	way there

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	then I su	ddenly	see you

G#m	G#mM7	G#m7	G#m/F
Ooh	did I tell	you I	need you

A	A/G#	A/F#	B7	E
Every	single	day	of my	life

E	A
Got to get you into my	life

E	Dadd9

E	D/E
I was alone I took a ride I didn’t know what I would	find there

E	D/E
Another road where maybe I can see another kind of	mind there

E	D/E	E	D/E
Then suddenly I	see you, did I	tell you I need you

E	A
Got to get you into my	life

The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun (1968)

Vox on the 7

	Am7	Am6	Emadd9	Em
She’s	not a girl	who	misses much

Am7	Am6	Emadd9	Em
Doo doo doo doo doo	doo	oh yeah

Vox on the 6 of the chord

Dm

She’s well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand

	Am
Like a lizard on a	window pane

	Dm
The	man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors on his

Am

Hobnail boots

Dm

Lying with his eyes

	Am
While his hands are busy working	overtime

There’s a measure of 5/4 here, the i lands on “National”

Dm

A soap impression of his wife, which he ate

	Am
And donated to the	National Trust

Switch to 3/4

A7	A7

Vox on the 5

A7

I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down

Down to the bits that I left up town

C	Am
I need a fix, ‘cause I’m	goin’ down

A7	C
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	G
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	C
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	G
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	C
Mother Superior	jump the gun

A7	G
Mother Superior	jump the gun

C	Am	F	G	C
Happi	ness is a	warm gun

(Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

C	Am	F	G
Happi	ness is a	warm gun, ma	ma

	C
(Bang, bang, shoot,	shoot)

C	Am	F	G
When I	hold you	in my	arms (oh yeah)

C	Am	F	G
And I	feel my	finger on your	trigger (oh yeah)

C	Am	F	G
I	know no	body can do me	no harm

C	Am	F	G	C
Because (happi	ness) is a	warm gun ma	ma

(Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

C	Am	F	G
Happi	ness is a	warm gun, yes it	is

(Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

Hanging stop

Fm

Happiness is a warm, yes it is...

C	Am	F	G
Gun

(Happiness, bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

	C	Am	F	G
Don’t you know that happiness

	C
(Is a warm gun	yeah)

The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (1967)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 1.

Vox starts on 5-1 the first chord.

In G on guitar, I substitute Em7 for the Esus2/D.

C6	G	D7
You say yes,	I say no,	you say stop

Em	D7	Em
I say go, go,	go

	D7	D	D7	C/D	G	G/F#
Oh	no, y	ou say good	bye and	I say	hello

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, he	llo

	C	D#	G	G/F#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, hel	lo

	C	F9	G
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

C6	G	D7
I say high,	you say low,	you say why, and

Em	D7	Em
I say I don’t	know

	D7	D	D7	C/D	G	G/F#
Oh	no, y	ou say good	bye and	I say	hello

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, he	llo

	C	D#	G	G/F#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, hel	lo

	C	F9	G
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

C6	G	D7
	Why, why,	why, why, why, why, do you

Em	D7
Say good	bye

	D7	D	D7	C/D	G	G/F#
Oh	no, y	ou say good	bye and	I say	hello

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, he	llo

	C	D#	G	G/F#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, hel	lo

	C	F9	G
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

C6	G	D7
You say yes,	I say no,	you say stop

Em	D7	Em
I say go, go,	go

	D7	D	D7	C/D	G	G/F#
Oh	no, y	ou say good	bye and	I say	hello

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, he	llo

	C	D#	G	G/F#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

	Em	Esus2/D
Hello, hel	lo

	C	F9	G
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say hel	lo

G	G/F#	Em	Esus2/D
	Hello, hel	lo

	C	D#
I don’t know	why you say good	bye, I say

	D#	D#/D	C#m7b5	C
Hell	o, oh-	whoa oh	-whoa

	G
Hel	lo

G

Hela, heba helloa

The Beatles - 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 - Helter Skelter (1968)

Originally in E, I play in A, highest note that matters is the 5

In A, play the opening riff as x05xxxx, x04xxxx, etc.

Intro

A7

Vox on the 7 on “get”, 1 on “slide”, b3 on “ride”

	A7	A6
When I	get to the bottom I go back to the top of the s	lide

	Aaug
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a	ride

	C
Till I get to the bottom, and I see you a	gain

	A7
Yeah, yeah,	yeah

Vox on 7 1 b3 1 5 5 5 4 b3

A7

Do you, don’t you want me to love you

I’m coming down fast, but I’m miles above you
Tell me, tell me, tell me

	C
Come on t	ell me the answer

	D
Well, you	may be a lover, but you ain’t no dancer

A7

	D	A
Go	Helter Skelter,	Helter Skelter

D	A
Helter Skelter,	yeah

A7

	A7
Ah	will you, won’t you want me to make you

I’m coming down fast, but don’t let me break you

C

Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer

	D
You	may be a lover, but you ain’t no dancer

A7

	D	A
Look out,	Helter Skelter,	Helter Skelter

D	A
Helter Skelter,	ooh

A7	D
Look out ‘cause here she comes

A	D
A

	A7	A6
When I	get to the bottom I go back to the top of the	slide

	Aaug
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a	ride

	C
Then I get to the bottom, and I see you a	gain

	A7
Yeah, yeah,	yeah

	A7
Well, d	o you, don’t you want me to make you

I’m coming down fast, but don’t let me break you

C

Tell me, tell me, tell me your answer

	D
You	may be a lover, but you ain’t no dancer

A7

	D
Look out,	Helter Skelter

A	D
Helter Skelter,	Helter Skelter

A7

Screaming ad libs

Look out, Helter Skelter
She coming down fast
Yes she is, yes she is, coming down fast

Spoken

I got blisters on my fingers

The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun (1969)

Originally in A (as D capo 7), I also play in D capo 7.

D	D	G	A7
			x2

D

Here comes the sun

G	E7
Here comes the s	un

	D
And I say,	it’s all right

Bmadd11	Asus4	G6	A7

D	G	A7
Little darling, it’s been a	long, cold, lonely	winter

D	G	A7
Little darling, it feels like y	ears since it’s been h	ere

D

Here comes the sun

G	E7
Here comes the s	un

	D
And I say,	it’s all right

Bmadd11

Asus4

G6

A7

D	G	A7
Little darling, the smiles re	turning to their fa	ces

D	G	A7
Little darling, it seems like	years since it’s b	een here

D

Here comes the sun

G	E7
Here comes the s	un

	D
And I say,	it’s all right

Bmadd11

Asus4

G6

A7

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

F	C	G/B	G	D	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

F	C	G/B	G	D	A	Asus4	A	Asus4	A7
Sun,	sun,	sun,	here it comes

D	G	A7
Little darling, I feel that i	ce is slowly m	elting

D	G	A7
Little darling, it seems like y	ears since it’s been h	ere

D

Here comes the sun

G	E7
Here comes the s	un

	D
And I say,	it’s all right

Bmadd11	Asus4	G6	A7
D
It’s all right

Bmadd11

Asus4

G6

A7

F

C

G/B

G

D

The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere (1966)

Originally in G, I play in E

E	G#m	G	F#m7	B7
To lead a b	etter life,	I need my love to be h	ere

E	F#m7	G#m	A	E	F#m7
Here,		making each d	ay of the y	ear

	G#m	A	D#m7	G#7
C	hanging my l	ife with a	wave of her h	and

	D#m7	G#7	C#m	F#m	F#m7	B7
N	obody	can d	eny that there’s s	omething t	here

E	F#m7	G#m	A	E	F#m7
There	,	running my h	ands through her h	air

	G#m	A	D#m7	G#7
B	oth of us th	inking how	good it can	be

	D#m7	G#7	C#m	F#m	F#m7	B7
S	omeone is spe	aking, but	she doesn’t k	now he’s t	here

	G	Em
I want her e	verywhere

	Am	B7	Em
And if	she’s beside me	I know I need	never care

Am	B7
But to love her	is to need her

E	F#m7	G#m	A	E	F#m7
Everywhere	,	knowing that lo	ve is to s	hare

	G#m	A	D#m7	G#7
E	ach one bel	ieving that	love never	dies

	D#m7	G#7	C#m	F#m	F#m7	B7
W	atching her e	yes, and h	oping I’m a	lways th	ere

	G	Em
I want her e	verywhere

	Am	B7	Em
And if	she’s beside me	I know I need	never care

Am	B7
But to love her	is to need her

E	F#m7	G#m	A	E	F#m7
Everywhere	,	knowing that lo	ve is to s	hare

	G#m	A	D#m7	G#7
E	ach one bel	ieving that	love never	dies

	D#m7	G#7	C#m	F#m	F#m7	B7
W	atching her e	yes, and h	oping I’m a	lways th	ere

	E	F#m7	G#m	A
I will be t	here,	and e	verywhe	re

	E	F#m7	G#m	A	E
H	ere, t	here, and e	verywhe	re

The Beatles - Hey Jude (1967)

Originally in F, I play in D capo 1

	D	A
Hey	Jude don’t make i	t bad

	A7	D
Take	a sad song and make it	better

	G	D
Remem	ber to let her into your hear	t

	A7	D
Then you can s	tart to make it be	tter

	D	A
Hey Ju	de don’t be	afraid

	A7	D
You were m	ade to go out and get	her

	G	D
The m	inute you let her under your	skin

	A7	D	D7
Then you be	gin to make it bet	ter

	G	G/F#	G/E
And anytime you feel the	pain hey	jude refr	ain

	G/D	A	D	D7
Don’t	carry the	world upon your s	houlders

	G	G/F#	G/E
For well you know that it’s a	fool who	plays it	cool

	G/D	A	D
By	making his wo	rld a little co	lder

	D7	A7
Na na	na na na	na na na na

	D	A
Hey Ju	de don’t let me	down

	A7	D
You have f	ound her now go and get	her

	G	D
Rem	ember to let her into you h	eart

	A7	D	D7
Then you can s	tart to make it be	tter

	G	G/F#	G/E
So let it out and let it	in hey	Jude begi	n

	G/D	A	D	D7
You’re	waiting for	someone to per	form with

	G	G/F#	G/E
And don’t you know that it’s just	you hey J	ude you’l	l do

	G/D	A	D
The	movement you	need is on your	shoulder

	D7	A7
Na na	na na na	na na na na

	D	A
Hey J	ude don’t make it	bad

	A7	D
Take a	sad song and make it	better

	G	D
R	emember to let her into your	heart

	A7	D
Then you can s	tart to make it better	better better better

D	C
Na na na	na na na na

G	D
Na na na na, hey	Jude

The Beatles - Hold Me Tight (1963)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 2

Vox in on the 3 of the key (the 6 of the chord)

A	E7
It fe	els so right now

A	D7
Hold me t	ight

B7	E7
Tell me I’m the	only one

	A	D7
And t	hen I m	ight

	B7	E7
N	ever be the l	onely one

	A	A7	D7	Dm7
So h	old me ti	ght, to	night, t	onight

	A	Dm7
It’s	you

	A	E7
You you yo	u

A	D7
Hold me t	ight

B7	E7
Let me go on	loving you

	A	D7
T	onight to	night

	B7	E7
M	aking love to o	nly you

	A	A7	D7	Dm7
So h	old me tig	ht, ton	ight, to	night

	A	Dm7
It’s	you

	A	C
You you yo	u

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “know”

	A7	C	A7
Don’t k	now	what it means to hol	d you tight

Vox on the 3 of the chords on “being” and “night”

D7	Bm	B7
Being here al	one tonight with yo	u

	E7
It	feels so right now

A	D7
Hold me t	ight

B7	E7
Tell me I’m the	only one

	A	D7
And t	hen I m	ight

	B7	E7
N	ever be the l	onely one

	A	A7	D7	Dm7
So h	old me ti	ght, to	night, t	onight

	A	Dm7
It’s	you

	A	C
You you yo	u

	A7	C	A7
Don’t k	now	what it means to hol	d you tight

D7	Bm	B7
Being here al	one tonight with yo	u

	E7
It	feels so right now

A	D7
Hold me t	ight

B7	E7
Let me go on	loving you

	A	D7
T	onight to	night

	B7	E7
M	aking love to o	nly you

	A	A7	D7	Dm7
So h	old me tig	ht, ton	ight, to	night

	A	Dm7
It’s	you

	A	Em7	A
You you yo	u-oo-	oo-hoo-	hoo

The Beatles - I Am The Walrus (1967)

B	B	A	A6	G	F	F6	E	E7	D	D7

Vox on E

A	A/G
I am he as	you are he

	C	D	A	A/G
As yo	u are me and	we are all tog	ether

C

See how they run like pigs from a gun

	D	A
See	how they fly, I’m	crying

A	A/G	Dadd9/F#
Sitting on a cornflake

F	G	A	A/G
Waiting for the	van to	come

Vox on B

F

Corporation T-shirt stupid bloody Tuesday

B7

Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long

	C	D
I am the eggman	, they are the	eggmen

	E
I am the	walrus

Goo goo g’joob

A	A/G	C	D	A	A/G
Mr. city p’li	cemen sitting	pretty little	p’licemen in a	row

C

See how they fly like Lucy in the sky

	D	A
See	how they run, I’m	crying

	Dsus4
I’m cr	yyyy ing

	A
I’m cr	ying

	E	D	D7
I’m cr	yyyy ing

A	A/G	Dadd9/F#
Yellow matter custard

F	G	A	A/G
Dripping from a	dead dog’s	eye

F

Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess

B7

Boy, you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down

	C	D
I am the eggman	, they are the	eggmen

	E
I am the	walrus

Goo goo g’joob

B	B	A	A6	G	F	F6	E	E7

B	A	A6	G	F	F6	E	F
Sitting in an	Engli	sh	garden, waiting	for	the sun

	B7
If the sun don’t	come, you get a tan

From standing in the English rain

	C	D
I am the eggman	, they are the	eggmen

	E
I am the	walrus

Goo goo g’joob

D

Goo goo goo g’joob

A	A/G
Expert texpert	choking smokers

C	D	A
Don’t you think the	joker laughs at	you?

	A/G
(Ha ha ha! Hee hee h	ee! Ha ha ha!)

C

See how they smile like pigs in the sty

	D	A
See h	ow they snied, I’m	crying

A	A/G	Dadd9/F#
Semolina pilchard

F	G	A	A/G
Climbing up the	Eiffel	Tower

F

Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna

B7

Man, you should have seen them

Kicking Edgar Allen Poe

	C	D
I am the eggman	, they are the	eggmen

	E
I am the	walrus

Goo goo g’joob

D

Goo goo goo g’joob

C

Goo goo g’joob

	B7
Goo goo goo g’joob, goo

B7

Chooga, chooga, chooga

Joob-a, joob-a, joob-a

A

G

F

E

D

C

B7

The Beatles - I Feel Fine (1964)

Originally in G, I play in E

Vocals start on 5→bVII (D F)

B7	B7	A7	E7

E

Baby’s good to me, you know

	B
She’s happy as can be, you know, she	said so

	A7	E
I’m in love with	her and I feel fi	ne

E

Baby says she’s mine, you know

	B
She tells me all the time, you know, she	said so

	A7	E
I’m in love with	her and I feel fi	ne

E	G#m	A	B7
I’m so	glad that	she’s my little	girl

E	G#m	A7	B7
She’s so	glad, she’s	telling all the	world

	E
That her	baby buys her things, you know

	B
He buys her diamond rings, you know, she	said so

B7	A7	E
She’s in love with	me and I feel fi	ne

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

E

Baby says she’s mine, you know

	B
She tells me all the time, you know, she	said so

	A7	E
I’m in love with	her and I feel fi	ne

E	G#m	A	B7
I’m so	glad that	she’s my little	girl

E	G#m	A7	B7
She’s so	glad, she’s	telling all the	world

	E
That her	baby buys her things, you know

	B
He buys her diamond rings, you know, she	said so

B7	A7	E
She’s in love with	me and I feel fi	ne

B7	A7	E
She’s in love with	me and I feel fi	ne

The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There (1963)

Vocals start “well” on the V, “just” on the I

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

	A7	D7	A7
Well she was j	ust seventeen, if you k	now what I m	ean

	E7
And the way she looked was way beyond comp	are

	A7	A7	D	F	A7	E7	A7
So h	ow could I d	ance with an	other,	when I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	A7	D7	A7
Well s	he looked at me, and	I, I could s	ee

	E7
That before too long I’d fall in love with	her

	A	A7	D	F	A7	E7	A7
S	he wouldn’t d	ance with an	other,	when I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	D7
Well my h	eart went boom when I crossed that room

	E	D
And I held her hand in m	ine

	A7	D7	A7
Well we da	nced through the night, and we h	eld each other t	ight

	E7
And before too long I fell in love with h	er

	A	A7	D	F	A7	E7	A7
Now I	’ll never d	ance with an	other,	since I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	D7
Well my h	eart went boom when I crossed that room

	E	D
And I held her hand in m	ine

	A7	D7	A7
Well we da	nced through the night, and we h	eld each other t	ight

	E7
And before too long I fell in love with h	er

	A	A7	D	F	A7	E7	A7
Now I	’ll never d	ance with an	other,	since I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	A7	E7	A7
Since I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

	A7	E7	A7	A9
Since I s	aw her st	anding th	ere

The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better (1964)

Originally in G, I play in D capo 1

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
I		sh	ould have known b	etter with a g	irl like y	ou

	D	A	Bm
That I would l	ove everyth	ing that you	do

	G	A	D	A	D
And I d	o, hey, hey,	hey, and I	do

	A
W	hoa, ooh

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
I			never real	ized what a k	iss could	be

	D	A	Bm
This could	only	happen to	me

	G	F#7
Can’t you s	ee, can’t you	see?

Bm	G	D	F#7
That when I t	ell you that I l	ove you,	oh

Bm	G	D	D7
You’re gonna s	ay you love me t	oo - oo - oo - oo - oo, oho

G	A	D	Bm
And when I	ask you to be m	in	e

G	A	D	A	D
You’re gonna	say you love me t	oo

	A
S	o

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
I		sh	ould have real	ized a lot of t	hings bef	ore

	D	A	Bm
If this is l	ove you’ve gotta g	ive me m	ore

	G	A	D	A	D	A
Give me m	ore, hey, hey,	hey, give me m	ore

Solo if appropriate

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
D	A	Bm	G	A	D	A	D	A

D	A	D	A	D	A	D	A
I			never real	ized what a k	iss could	be

	D	A	Bm
This could	only	happen to	me

	G	F#7
Can’t you s	ee, can’t you	see?

Bm	G	D	F#7
That when I t	ell you that I l	ove you,	oh

Bm	G	D	D7
You’re gonna s	ay you love me t	oo - oo - oo - oo - oo, oho

G	A	D	Bm
And when I	ask you to be m	in	e

	A	D	A	D
You l	ove me t	oo

	A	D	A	D	A
You l	ove me t	oo

The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand (1963)

I like this in the original key (G), so long as

I don’t go for the big “I can’t hide”

Also I only play a power chord with 6ths on the D’s

in the verses and the last D in the intro.

C	D	C	D	C	D

	G	D
Oh yeah	I’ll tell you	something

Em	B7
I think you’ll under	stand

	G	D
When	I say that	something

Em	B7
I wanna hold your	hand

C	D	G	Em
I wanna	hold your	ha---	nd

C	D	G
I wanna	hold your	hand

	G	D
Oh	please say to	me

Em	B7
You’ll let me be your	man

	G	D
And	please say to	me

Em	B7
You’ll let me hold your	hand

C	D	G	Em
You’ll let me	hold your	ha---	nd

C	D	G
I wanna	hold your	hand

Dm	G	C	Am
And when I	touch you I feel	happy in	side

Dm	G	D
It’s such a	feeling that my	love

C	D
I can’t h	ide

C	D
I can’t h	ide

C	D
I can’t h	ide

	G	D
Yeah	you got that	something

Em	B7
I think you’ll under	stand

	G	D
When	I hear that	something

Em	B7
I wanna hold your	hand

C	D	G	Em
I wanna	hold your	ha---	nd

C	D	G
I wanna	hold your	hand

Dm	G	C	Am
And when I	touch you I feel	happy in	side

Dm	G	D
It’s such a	feeling that my	love

C	D
I can’t h	ide

C	D
I can’t h	ide

C	D
I can’t h	ide

	G	D
Yeah	you, got that	something

Em	B7
I think you’ll under	stand

	G	D
When	I, feel that	something

Em	B7
I wanna hold your	hand

C	D	G	Em
I wanna	hold your	ha---	nd

C	D	B7
I wanna	hold your	hand

C	D	C	G
I wanna	hold your	ha-a-a-a-and

The Beatles - I Will (1968)

Originally in F, I play in E

	E	C#m7	F#m7	B7
Who k	nows how l	ong I’ve lo	ved yo	u

	E	C#m	G#m
You k	now I l	ove you st	ill

E7	A	B7	C#m
Will I w	ait a lo	nely li	fetime

E	A	B7	E	C#m7	F#m7	B7
If you w	ant me	to I w	ill

	E	C#m7	F#m7	B7
For i	f I e	ver s	aw you

	E	C#m	G#m
I di	dn’t c	atch your n	ame

E7	A	B7	C#m
But it n	ever re	ally ma	ttered

E	A	B7	E	E7
I will al	ways f	eel the s	ame

A	B7	C#m7
Love you fo	rever	and forever

F#m	B7	E	E7
Love you with a	ll my he	art

A	B7	C#m7
Love you whene	ver	we’re together

F#7	B7
Love you when we’re ap	art

	E	C#m7	F#m7	B7
And wh	en at l	ast I f	ind yo	u

	E	C#m	G#m
Your	song will fi	ll the a	ir

E	A	B7	C#m	Am
Sing it l	oud so I	can h	ear you

E	A	B7	C#m	Am
Make it e	asy	to be	near you

E	A	B7	C#m	A	E	Edim
For the th	ings you d	o end	ear y	ou t	o m	e

F#m7	B7	C7
Ah, you k	now I w	ill

	E
I w	ill

A	G#m
Mmm mmm mmm	mmm mmm

C#m7

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

	F#m7	B7	E
Da	da da da da	da da

The Beatles - I’ll Be Back (1964)

Harmonies on the root and the third.

A

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
You	know if you	break my heart I’ll	go

	E	A
But	I’ll be back a	gain

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
‘Cause	I told you	once before good	bye

	E	A
But	I came back ag	ain

	F#m	Bm
I love you	so, I’m the one who w	ants you

	E
Yes I’m the one who	wants you

D	E	D	E
Oh	ho,	oh	ho

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
Oh	you could find	better things to	do

	E	A
Than to	break my heart a	gain

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
This	time I will	try to show that	I’m

	E	A
Not	trying to	pretend

Vox on the 4, can just hit it briefly, or hold the 3 instead

Bm7	C#m
I thought that you would	realize that if I

F#m

Ran away from you

	B7
That	you would want me too but

D	E7
I got a big surp	rise

D	E	D	E
Oh	ho,	oh	ho

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
Oh	you could find	better things to	do

	E	A
Than to	break my heart a	gain

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
This	time I will	try to show that	I’m

	E	A
Not	trying to	pretend

	F#m	Bm
I wanna	go, but I hate to	leave you

	E7
You know I hate to	leave you

D	E	D	E
Oh	ho,	oh	ho

	Am	G6	Fmaj7
Oh	you, if you	break my heart I’ll	go

	E	A
But	I’ll be back a	gain

Am

A

Am

A

The Beatles - I’ll Follow the Sun (1964)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 1

A	Aadd9	D	A

E	D	A	B
One day	you’ll look	to see I’ve	gone

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	Aadd9	D	A
For to	morrow may	rain, so	I’ll	follow the	sun

E	D	A	B
Some day	you’ll know	I was the	one

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	A7
But to	morrow may	rain, so	I’ll	follow the	sun

	D
And now the	time has come

	Dm7	A	A7
And	so my love I must	go

	D
And though I	lose a friend

Dm7	A	Bm7
In the end you will	know,	oh

E	D	A	B
One day	you’ll find	that I have	gone

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	Aadd9	D	A
For to	morrow may	rain so	I’ll	follow the	sun

Solo

E	D	A	B

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	A7
Yes, to	morrow may	rain, so	I’ll	follow the	sun

	D
And now the	time has come

	Dm7	A	A7
And	so my love I must	go

	D
And though I	lose a friend

Dm7	A	Bm7
In the end you will	know,	oh

E	D	A	B
One day	you’ll find	that I have	gone

	A	E/G#	B	E	A	Aadd9	D	A
For to	morrow may	rain, so	I’ll	follow the	sun

The Beatles - I’ll Get You (1963)

Originally in Db, I play in A capo 3

Harmonies in octaves on the oh yea’s

“oh” on the 3

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

The “I’m” is on the 6

	A
Im	agine, I’m in love with you

	D	E
It’s	easy ‘cause I	know

The “I’m” is on the maj7

	A	F#m
I’ve im	agined, I’m in lov	e with you

D	E
Many, many, many times be	fore

	A	Em7
It’s not	like me to pre	tend

	A	F#m
But I’ll	get you, I’ll get you in the	end

	D	E
Yes I	will, I’ll get you in the e	nd

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	A
I	think about you night and day

	D	E
I	need you, ‘cause it’s t	rue

	A	F#m
When I	think about you,	I can say

	D	E
I’m	never, never, never, never b	lue

	A	Em7
So I’m	telling you, my f	riend

	A	F#m
That I’ll	get you, I’ll get you in the	end

	D	E
Yes I	will, I’ll get you in the	end

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	D
Well there’	s gonna be a time

	A
When I’m g	onna change your mind

	B7	E
So you m	ight as well resign yourself to	me, oh yeah

	A
Im	agine, I’m in love with you

	D	E
It’s	easy ‘cause I	know

	A	F#m
I’ve im	agined, I’m in lov	e with you

D	E
Many, many, many times be	fore

	A	Em7
It’s not	like me to pre	tend

	A	F#m
But I’ll	get you, I’ll get you in the	end

	D	E
Yes I	will, I’ll get you in the e	nd

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

	A	E
Oh	yeah, oh	yeah

A

Yeah

The Beatles - I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (1964)

Originally in C#m, I play in Bm

Bm	Bm	Em	F#
			x2

	Bm
Before this	dance is through

	Em	F#
I think I’ll	love yo	u too

	G6	A6	D6	A7
I’m so	happy when you	dance with	me

	D	Bm	Em	A7
I don’t	want to kiss or	hold your hand

	D	Bm	Em	A7
If it’s	funny try and	understand

	G	D	Bm
There is	really nothing else I’d rather	do

	G	Aaug	D	A7
‘Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

	D	Bm	Em	A7
I don’t	need to hug or	hold you tight

	D	Bm	Em	A7
I just	wanna dance with	you all night

	G	D	Bm
In this	world there’s nothing I would rather	do

	G	Aaug	D
‘Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

	Bm	Em	F#
Just to	dance with you		(oh oh)

	Bm	Em	F#
Is	everything I	need	(oh oh)

	Bm
Before this	dance is through

	Em	F#
I think I’ll	love yo	u too

	G6	A6	D6	A7
I’m so	happy when you	dance with	me

	D	Bm	Em	A7
If some	body tries to	take my place

	D	Bm	Em	A7
Let’s pre	tend we just can’t see his	face

	G	D	Bm
In this	world there’s nothing I would rather	do

	G	Aaug	D
Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

	Bm	Em	F#
Just to	dance with you		(oh oh)

	Bm	Em	F#
Is	everything I	need	(oh oh)

	Bm
Before this	dance is through

	Em	F#
I think I’ll	love yo	u too

	G6	A6	D6	A7
I’m so	happy when you	dance with	me

	D	Bm	Em	A7
If some	body tries to	take my place

	D	Bm	Em	A7
Let’s pre	tend we just can’t see his	face

	G	D	Bm
In this	world there’s nothing I would rather	do

	G	Aaug	Bm
I’ve dis	covered I’m in	love with	you

Em	F#
Oh	oh

	G	Aaug	Bm
‘Cause I’m	happy just to	dance with	you

Em	F#
Oh	oh

G6	A6
Oh	oh

D6

Oh

The Beatles - I’m Looking Through You (1965)

Originally in Ab as G capo 1, I play in D, highest note is the b3 (“*you’re* not the same”)

Intro

D/A	A/D	D	Gadd9	D	Gadd9
		→		→

Vox on 3 4 6 1 of the key on “I’m looking through”

D	Gadd9	D/F#	Em	Bm7	A
I’m	look	ing	through you,	where did you	go

D	Gadd9	D/F#	Em	Bm7	A
I	thought	I	knew you,	what did I	know

Bm7	Em7	D	Gadd9	A
You don’t look	different, but	you	have c	hanged

D	Gadd9	D/F#	Em	Gadd9	D
I’m	look	ing	through you,	you’re not the sa	me

D	Gadd9
D	Gadd9
D	Gadd9

D	Gadd9	D/F#	Em	Bm7	A
Your	lips	are	moving,	I cannot	hear

D	Gadd9	D/F#	Em	Bm7	A
Your	voice	is	soothing,	but the words aren’t	clear

Bm7	Em7	D	Gadd9	A
You don’t sound	different, I’ve	learned	the	game

D	Gadd9	D/F#	Em	Gadd9	D
I’m	look	ing	through you,	you’re not the sa	me

D	Gadd9
D	Gadd9
D	Gadd9
D	Gadd9

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “why”

Gadd9	D
Why, tell me why, did you not	treat me right

Gadd9	Asus4	A
Love has a nasty habit of	disappearing	overnight

D	Gadd9	D/F#	Em	Bm7	A
You’re	think	ing	of me,	the same old	way

D	Gadd9	D/F#	Em	Bm7	A
You	were	a	bove me,	but not to	day

Bm7	Em7	D	Gadd9	A
The only	difference is	you’re	down	there

D	Gadd9	D/F#	Em	Gadd9	D
I’m	look	ing	through you,	and you’re now	here

D	Gadd9
D	Gadd9
D	Gadd9
D	Gadd9

Gadd9	D
Why, tell me why, did you not	treat me right

Gadd9	Asus4	A
Love has a nasty habit of	disappearing	overnight

D	Gadd9	D/F#	Em	Bm7	A
I’m	look	ing	through you,	where did you	go

D	Gadd9	D/F#	Em	Bm7	A
I	thought	I	knew you,	what did I	know

Bm7	Em7	D	Gadd9	A
You don’t look	different, but	you	have c	hanged

D	Gadd9	D/F#	Em	Gadd9	D
I’m	look	ing	through you,	you’re not the sa	me

D	Gadd9
D	Gadd9	D	Gadd9
Yeah, well,	baby, you’ve	changed

D	Gadd9	D	Gadd9
Ah,	I’m looking	through	you

D	Gadd9	D	Gadd9
Yeah,	I’m looking	through	you

D

The Beatles - I’m Only Sleeping (1966)

Recorded in Ebm, but played in Em tuned down. I play in C#m.

C#m	F#m
When I wake up early in the	morning

E	A	E	G#7
Lift my	head,	I’m still	yawning

C#m	F#m
When I’m in the middle of a	dream

	E	A	E	A
I	stay in	bed, and	float up	stream

E	F#m
Please don’t wake me,	no don’t shake me

G#m	F#m
Leave me where I	am

Hard stop after this line

	Amaj7
I’m only	sleeping

C#m	F#m
Everybody seems to think I’m	lazy

E	A	E	G#7
I don’t	mind, I	think they’re	crazy

C#m	F#m
Running everywhere at such a	speed

	E	A	E	A
‘	Til they	find,	there’s no	need

E	F#m
Please don’t spoil my	day

	G#m	F#m
I’m miles a	way, and after	all

Hard stop after this line

	Amaj7
I’m only	sleeping

Let ring

C#m

Hard stop on “taking”

Bm	C#7	F#m
Keeping an eye on the	world going by my	window

F#m/E

Taking my time

C#m	F#m
Lying there and staring at the c	eiling

	E	A	E	G#7
W	aiting	for a	sleepy	feeling

Solo on the second half of a verse

C#m	F#m	E	A	E	A	A

E	F#m
Please don’t spoil my	day

	G#m	F#m
I’m miles a	way, and after	all

Hard stop after this line

	Amaj7
I’m only	sleeping

Let ring

C#m

Bm	C#7	F#m
Keeping an eye on the	world going by my	window

F#m/E

Taking my time

C#m	F#m
When I wake up early in the	morning

E	A	E	G#7
Lift my	head,	I’m still	yawning

Note extra chord at the end here

C#m	F#m
When I’m in the middle of a	dream

	E	A	E	A	F#m
I	stay in	bed and	float up	stream

E	F#m
Please don’t wake me,	no don’t shake me

G#m	F#m
Leave me where I	am

	Amaj7
I’m only	sleeping

With psychadelic riffing

C#m

The Beatles - I’m So Tired (1968)

Vox in on the 2

	A	G#7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, I	haven’t slept a	wink

	A	F#m7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, my	mind is on the	blink

	A	E+	F#m
I	wonder should I	get up and	fix myself a

Dm

Drink, no, no, no

	A	G#7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, I	don’t know what to	do

	A	F#m7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, my	mind is set on	you

	A	E+	F#m
I	wonder should I	call you but I	know what you would

Dm

Do

A

You’d say I’m putting you on but it’s

A

No joke, it’s doing me harm you know I

E

Can’t sleep, I can’t stop my brain you know it’s

E

Three weeks, I’m going insane, you know I’d

D	A
Give you everything I’ve got for a little peace of m	ind

	A	G#7	D	E
I’m	so	tired, I’	m feeling so ups	et

	A	F#m7	D	E
Althou	gh	I’m so tired, I’ll	have another c	igarette and

	A	E+	F#m
Cu	rse Sir Walter	Raleigh, he was	such a stupid

Dm

Get

A

You’d say I’m putting you on but it’s

A

No joke, it’s doing me harm you know I

E

Can’t sleep, I can’t stop my brain you know it’s

E

Three weeks, I’m going insane, you know I’d

D	A
Give you everything I’ve got for a little peace of m	ind

	D	A
I’d	give you everything I’ve got for a little peace of m	ind

The Beatles - I’ve Just Seen a Face (1965)

Originally in A, by myself I play in G.

With two voices, I play in C capo 4.

Alone (in G), I play a version of the triplet intro that’s more

or less the following (twice):

E|-7-10-5-7-3-5-|
B|-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
G|-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
D|-9-0--7-7-5-5-|

G

I’ve just seen a face I can’t forget the time or place where we just

Em

Met she’s just the girl for me and I want all the world to see we’ve

C	D	G
Met mmm mmm	mmm mmm-mmm	mmm

G

Had it been another day I might have looked the other way and

Em

I’d have never been aware but as it is I’ll dream of her

	C	D	G
Ton	ight, dai dai	dai dai-dum	dai

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G
Calling	me back a	gain

G

I have never known the like of this I’ve been alone and I have

Em

Missed things and kept out of sight but other girls were never quite like

C	D	G
This, dai dai	dai dai-dun	dai

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G
Calling	me back a	gain

Solo on verse if appropriate

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G
Calling	me back a	gain

G

I’ve just seen a face I can’t forget the time or place where we just

Em

Met she’s just the girl for me and I want all the world to see we’ve

C	D	G
Met mmm mmm	mmm da-da	dai

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G
Calling	me back a	gain

D	C
Falling yes I am	falling and she keeps

G	C	G	D	G
Calling	me back a	gain

The Beatles - If I Fell (1964)

Vox on 1 2 3 of the chord on “If I fell”

	Ebm
If I	fell in love with you

	D
Would you	promise to be true

	Db	Bbm
And h	elp me	understand

	Ebm
‘Cause I’ve	been in love before

	D
And I	found that love was more

	Em7	A
Than	just holding	hands

The vox on the second chord are the high point,

so I delay that syllable a half-beat when solo.

	D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
If I	give	my	heart to	you

	A
I	must be sure from the

D	Em7	F#m7	Em
Ver	y	start that	you would

A	D	Gm7	A
Love me more than	her

	D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
If I	trust	in	you, oh	please don’t

A

Run and hide

	D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
If I l	ove	you	too, oh	please, don’t

A	D9
Hurt my pride like	her

	G
‘Cause I couldn’t stand the	pain

	Gm7	D	A7
And	I would be sad if our new	love was in	vain

	D	Em7	F#m7
So I	hope	you’ll	see

	Em7	A
That	I would	love to love you

D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
And	that	she will	cry

	A	D9
When	she learns we are	two

	G
‘Cause I couldn’t stand the	pain

	Gm7	D	A7
And	I would be sad if our new	love was in	vain

	D	Em7	F#m7
So I	hope	you’ll	see

	Em7	A
That	I would	love to love you

D	Em7	F#m7	Em7
And	that	she will	cry

	A	D
When	she learns we are	two

	Gm7	D	Gm7	D
If I	fell in love with	you

The Beatles - In My Life (1965)

A	E7	A	E7

	A	E	F#m	A7/G
There are	places	I re	member

	D	Dm	A
All my	li	fe, though	some have changed

	A	E	F#m	A7/G
Some fore	ver,	not for	better

	D	Dm	A
Some have	go	ne, and	some remain

	F#m	D
All these	places have their	moments

	G	A
With	lovers and friends I	still can recall

	F#m	B
Some are	dead and some are	living

	Dm7	A
In	my life I’ve	loved them all

A	E7

	A	E	F#m	A7/G
But of	all these	friends and	lovers

	D	Dm	A
There is	no	one com	pares with you

A	E	F#m	A7/G
And these memories	lose their	meaning

	D	Dm	A
When I	think of	love as	something new

	F#m	D
Though I	know I’ll never lose af	fection

	G	A
For	people and things that	went before

	F#m	B
I	know I’ll often stop and think a	bout them

	Dm7	A
In	my life I	love you more

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

A	E	F#m	A7	D	Dm6	A	E
A	E	F#m	A7	D	Dm6	A	E	A

	F#m	D
Though I	know I’ll never lose af	fection

	G	A
For	people and things that	went before

	F#m	B
I	know I’ll often stop and think a	bout them

	Dm7	A
In	my life I	love you more

A	E

	Dm7	X	A	E7	A
In	my life I	love you	more

The Beatles - It Won’t Be Long (1963)

Originally in C#m, I play in Bm

Vox on the 4 of the first chord on “it won’t be”

	Bm
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	D
It won’t be l	ong yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	Bm	G	G7b9	D
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I be	long to y	ou

D

Vox on the 1

D	A#	D
Every night when e	verybody has f	un

D	A#	D
Here I am s	itting all on my o	wn

D

	Bm
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	D
It won’t be l	ong yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	Bm	G	G7b9	D
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I be	long to y	ou

	D	C#aug
Since you l	eft me I	’m so alone

	Am	B7
Now you’re c	oming you’re co	ming on home

	G	A7
I	’ll be good like I k	now I should

	Em7	A7
You’re coming	home you’re coming h	ome

D	A#	D
Every night the te	ars come down from my e	yes

D	A#	D
Every day I	’ve done nothing but c	ry

	Bm
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	D
It won’t be l	ong yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	Bm	G	G7b9	D
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I be	long to y	ou

	D	C#aug
Since you l	eft me I	’m so alone

	Am	B7
Now you’re c	oming you’re co	ming on home

	G	A7
I	’ll be good like I k	now I should

	Em7	A7
You’re coming	home you’re coming h	ome

D	A#	D
Every day w	e’ll be happy I k	now

D	A#	D
Now I know that y	ou won’t leave me no m	ore

	Bm
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

	D
It won’t be l	ong yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

Hanging stop on “I belong”

	Bm	G
It won’t be	long yeah (yeah) till	I belong to you

F6	E7	D#maj7	Dmaj7

The Beatles - Let It Be (1969)

Originally in C, I play in A, or maybe Bb on piano

	A	E
When I	find myself in t	imes of trouble

	F#m	D
Mo	ther Mary c	omes to me

	A	E	D	A
Sp	eaking words of w	isdom, let it	be

	A	E
And	in my hour of da	rkness

	F#m	D
She is st	anding right in f	ront of me

	A	E	D	A
Sp	eaking words of w	isdom, let it	be

	F#m	F#m/E	D	A
Let it	be, let it	be, let it	be, let it	be

A	E	D	A
Whisper words of wis	dom, let it	be

	A	E
And	when the broken	hearted people

F#m	D
Living in the	world agree

A	E	D	A
There will be an	answer, let it	be

	A	E
But	though they may be	parted

	F#m	D
There is	still a chance that	they will see

A	E	D	A
There will be an an	swer, let it	be

	F#m	F#m/E	D	A
Let it	be, let it	be, let it	be, let it	be

	E	D	A
There will be an ans	wer, let it	be

Interlude, which I usually play even when there’s no solo.

D	A	E	D	A
D	A	E	D	A

	A	E
And	when the night is	cloudy

	F#m	D
There is	still a light that	shines on me

A	E	D	A
Shine until tom	orrow, let it	be

	E
I wake up to the	sound of music

	F#m	D
Mot	her Mary	comes to me

A	E	D	A
Speaking words of	wisdom, let it	be

	F#m	F#m/E	D	A
Let it	be, let it	be, let it	be, let it	be

	E	D	A
Whisper words of wis	dom, let it	be

	F#m	F#m/E	D	A
Let it	be, let it	be, let it	be, let it	be

	E	D	A
There will be an ans	wer, let it	be

D

A

E

D

A

The Beatles - Love Me Do (1962)

G	C	G	C

G	C
Love, love me d	o

	G	C
You k	now I love y	ou

	G	C
I’ll al	ways be t	rue

	C
So	pleeeeeease

	G	C	G	C
Love me	do

G	C
Love, love me d	o

	G	C
You k	now I love y	ou

	G	C
I’ll al	ways be t	rue

	C
So	pleeeeeease

	G	C	G	G
Love me	do

D	C	G
Someone to love, so	mebody n	ew

D	C	G
Someone to love, so	meone like y	ou

G	C
Love, love me d	o

	G	C
You k	now I love y	ou

	G	C
I’ll al	ways be t	rue

	C
So	pleeeeeease

	G	C	G	G
Love me	do

D	C	G
Someone to love, so	mebody n	ew

D	C	G
Someone to love, so	meone like y	ou

G	C
Love, love me d	o

	G	C
You k	now I love y	ou

	G	C
I’ll al	ways be t	rue

	C
So	pleeeeeease

	G	C	G	C
Love me	do

Fade with lots of Paul-esque Love-me-do’s

G

C

G

C

The Beatles - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (1967)

A	A7	A6	Dm/F

	A	A7	A6	F6
Pi	cture your	self in a	boat on a	river

	A	A7	A6	F
With	tangerine	trees and	marmalade	skies

	A	A7	A6	F6
Som	ebody c	alls you, you	answer quite	slowly

	A	A7	A6	Dm	Dm/C
A	girl with kale	idiscope	eyes

	Bb	C
C	ellophane flowers of	yellow and green

F	Bb
Towering over your	head

C	G
Look for the girl with the	sun in her

	D
Eyes and she’s	gone

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

D	A
Aaaah

A	A7	A6	F6
Follow her	down to a	bridge by a	fountain

	A	A7	A6	F
Where	rocking horse	people eat	marshmallow	pies

A	A7	A6	F6
Everyone	smiles as you	drift past the	flowers

	A	A7	A6	Dm	Dm/C
That	grow so in	credibly	high

Bb	C
Newspaper taxies	appear on the shore

F	Bb
Waiting to take you	away

C	G
Climb in the back with your	head in the clouds

	D
And you’re	gone

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

D	A
Aaaah

	A	A7	A6	F6
Pi	cture your	self on a	train in a	station

	A	A7	A6	F
With	plasticine	porters with	looking glass	ties

	A	A7	A6	F6
Sud	denly some	one is there	at the turn	stile

	A	A7	A6	Dm	Dm/C
The	girl with kale	idiscope	eyes

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

G	C	D
Lucy in the	sky with	diamonds

D	A
Aaaah

The Beatles - Martha My Dear (1968)

Originally in Eb, I play in C

Intro, writing one beat per chord, but probably skip this and just play the I for a bit

C	C	C	C	B7
Em	Em/D	A7	A7
D	D	D	D
G	G	Fmaj9	Fmaj9
G7	G7	Fmaj7	Fmaj7
G7	G7	Fmaj7	Fmaj7
G	G	G7	G7

C	B7	Em
Martha my dear, though I	spend my	days

	Em/D	A7	D
In	conver	sation,	please

Vox on the 5 of the first chord on “me”, 1 of the first chord on “love”

	G	Fmaj9
Remember	me,	Martha my love

G7	Fmaj7
	Don’t forget me

G7	Fmaj7	G7
	Martha my d	ear

Vox on the 7 of the chord on “hold”

Bm7	Em9	D6
Hold your head up, you	silly girl,	look what you’ve done

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “find”

	Asus4	A
When you f	ind yourself in the	thick of it

Asus4	F#7	Bm7
Help yourself to a bit of what is	all a	round you

	Em9
Silly g	irl

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “good”

	Bm7	E9	E9
Take a	good look ar	ound you

	Bm7	E9	E9
Take a g	ood look you’re	bound to see

	Gmaj7/A	Gmaj7
That	you and me, were	meant to be

	Bm7
For each o	ther

	Em9	C
Silly g	irl

Repeat intro, or skip

C	C	C	C	B7
Em	Em/D	A7	A7
D	D	D	D
G	G	Fmaj9	Fmaj9
G7	G7	Fmaj7	Fmaj7
G7	G7	Fmaj7	Fmaj7
G	G	G7	G7

Bm7	Em9	D6
Hold your hand out, you	silly girl,	see what you’ve done

	Asus4	A
When you f	ind yourself in the	thick of it

Asus4	F#	Bm7
Help yourself to a bit of what is	all ar	ound you

	Em9	C
Silly g	irl

C	B7
Martha my dear you have	always

Em	Em/D	A7	D
Been my	inspi	ration,	please

	G	Fmaj9
Be good to	me,	Martha my love

G7	Fmaj7
	Don’t forget me

G7	Fmaj7	G7
	Martha my d	ear

C

The Beatles - Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (1969)

Vox on the 3 on Joan

D	D/C#	B7
Joan was	quizzical,	studied pataphysical

Em

Science in the home

A7

Late nights all alone with a test tube

D	A
Oh, oh, oh,	oh

D	D/C#	B7
Maxwell E	dison,	majoring in medicine

Em

Calls her on the phone

A7	D	A
Can I take you out to the pictures, J	o, oa, oa, a	n

Vox stays on what is now the 1 of the chord on “as”

	E7
But	as she’s getting ready to go

	A7
A	knock comes on the door

Vox on 3 5 1 on “bang bang Max”

D

Bang bang Maxwell’s silver hammer

	E7
Came	down upon her head

A7

Clang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer

	Em7	A7	D
Made	sure that	she was	dead

D	F#/C#	Bm	D7/A	G	G	D	D

D	D/C#	B7
Back in	school again	Maxwell plays the fool again

Em

Teacher gets annoyed

A7	D	A
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant	sce-e-e-	ene

D	D/C#	B7
She tells	Max to stay	when the class has gone away

Em

So he waits behind

A7	D	A
Writing fifty times I must not be	so, o, o,	o

	E7
But	when she turns her back on the boy

	A7
He	creeps up from behind

D

Bang bang Maxwell’s silver hammer

	E7
Came	down upon her head

A7

Clang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer

Note different ending to this line

	Em7	A7
Made	sure that she was	dead

Solo on chorus chords

D	E7	A7	Em7	A7	D
			→	→

D	F#/C#	Bm	D7/A	G	G	D	D

D	D/C#	B7
P.C.	thirty-one s	aid we caught a dirty one

Em

Maxwell stands alone

A7

Painting testimonial pictures

D	A
Oh, oh, oh,	oh

D	D/C#	B7
Rose and	Valerie,	screaming from the gallery

Em

Say he must go free

	A7	D	A
The	judge does not agree and he tells them	so, o, o,	o

	E7
But	as the words are leaving his lips

	A7
A	noise comes from behind

D

Bang bang Maxwell’s silver hammer

	E7
Came	down upon his head

A7

Clang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer

	Em7	A7
Made	sure that he was de	ad, whow whoa whoa

D	E7	A7	Em7	A7	D
			→	→

D	F#/C#	Bm	D7/A	G	D	A	D
Sil	ver	ham	mer	man	→	→

The Beatles - Michelle (1965)

Originally in Cm, I play in Em

Play the intro riff up high on 123, then drop to open chords

Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B

E	Am7
Michelle,	ma belle

D6	Gdim7
These are words that	go together

B	F#7b9	B
Well,	my Mic	helle

E	Am7
Michelle,	ma belle

D6	Gdim7
Sont les mots quit	vont tres biens

	B	F#7b9	B
Ens	emble	tres biens ens	emble

	Em
I	love you, I love you, I love you

G7	C
That’s all I want to	say

B	Em
Until I find a way

	Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
I will say	the	only	words I	know

	Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B
That you’ll				under	stand

E	Am7
Michelle,	ma belle

D6	Gdim7
Sont les mots quit	vont tres biens

	B	F#7b9	B
Ens	emble	tres biens ens	emble

	Em
I	need to, I need to, I need to

G7	C
I need to make you	see

B	Em
Oh what you mean to me

	Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
And until	I	do I’m	hoping	you

	Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B
Will know				what I	mean

I usually play the solo chords even without a solo

Em	Am7
I love you

D6	Gdim7	B	F#7b9	B

	Em
I	want you, I want you, I want you

G7	C
I think you know by	now

B	Em
I’ll get to you somehow

	Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
And until	I	do I’m	telling	you

	Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B
So you’ll				under	stand

E	Am7
Michelle,	ma belle

D6	Gdim7
Sont les mots quit	vont tres biens

	B	F#7b9	B
Ens	emble	tres biens ens	emble

	Em	EmM7	Em7	Em6
I will say	the	only	words I	know

	Am	Amadd9	Am	Am7	B
That you’ll				under	stand

Em	Am7
I love you

The Beatles - Misery (1963)

Originally in C, I play in A or A capo 1

Rubato intro, then fast reggae with barre chords

D

	D	E
The wo	rld is treating me	bad

A	F#m	E
Misery

A	D
I’m the kind of	guy

	A	D
Who neve	r used to	cry

	D	E
The worl	d is treating me bad

A	F#m
Misery

	A	D
I’ve	lost her now for	sure

	A	D
I	won’t see her no	more

	D	E
It’s	gonna be a	drag

A

Misery

F#m	A
I’ll remember all the little	things we’ve done

F#m	E
Can’t she see she’ll always be t	he only one, only one

A	D
Send her back to	me

	A	D
‘Cause	everyone can	see

	D	E
With	out her I will	be in

A

Misery

F#m	A
I’ll remember all the little	things we’ve done

F#m	E
She’ll remember and she’ll miss her	only one, lonely one

A	D
Send her back to	me

	A	D
‘Cause	everyone can	see

	D	E
With	out her I will	be in

A

Misery

F#m	A
Oooh in mi	sery

F#m	A
Oooh misery

F#m	A
La la la la la	misery

The Beatles - Mother Nature’s Son (1968)

The Bm part is best played up at 7, on the top 4 strings

Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9	D

	D	G/D	D
B	orn a p	oor young country	boy

	Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9
M	other N	ature’s s	on

	A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/A
A	ll	day lo	ng	I’m si	tting s	inging

A	D/A	D	Dm7	G/D	D
Songs for ever	y	one

D	Dm7	G/D	D

	D	G/D	D
S	it b	eside a mountain st	ream

	Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9
S	ee her w	aters r	ise

	A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/A
L	ist	en t	o	the pr	etty s	ound of

	A	D/A	D	Dm7	G/D	D
Mu	sic	as she fl	ies

	G/D	D
Do do do do,	do-yoo do do	do

D	G/D	D	Dmaj7
Do do do do,	do-yoo do do	do

D7	D6	G/D	Gm/D	D
	Do do do

D	G/D	D
Find m	e in my field of g	rass

Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9
Mother	Nature’s	son

	A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/A
S	way	ing da	isi	es sin	g a	lazy

	A	D/A	D	Dm7	G/D	D
So	ng benea	th the s	un

	D	G/D	D
Do do	do do,	do-yoo do do	do

D	G/D	D	Dmaj7
Do do do do,	do-yoo do do	do

D7	D6	G/D	Gm/D
	Do do do

	D
Yeah yeah yeah

With mmmm’s

D	G/D	G/D	D
Bm	Bm7	Bm6	E9

A	D/A	A	D/A	A	D/A
A	D/A

D	Dm7	G/D	D7
Oh	Mo	ther Nature’s s	on

The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (1965)

Originally in D capo 2, so really in E.

I play in D or D capo 1.

D	D	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
I once had a	girl or should I	say	she once	had	me

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
She showed me her	room isn’t it	good	Norweg	ian	wood

	Dm	G
She	asked me to stay and she told me to sit any	where

	Dm	Em7	A
But	I looked around and I noticed there wasn’t a	chair

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
I sat on a	rug biding my	time	drinking	her	wine

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
We talked until	two and then she	said	it’s time	for	bed

D	D	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A

	Dm	G
She	told me she worked in the morning and started to	laugh

	Dm	Em7	A
I	told her I didn’t and crawled off to sleep in the	bath

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
And when I a	woke I was a	lone	this bird	had	flown

D	D11	D	Cadd9	G/B	D/A
So I lit a	fire isn’t it	good	Norweg	ian	wood

D

Cadd9

G/B

D/A

The Beatles - Nowhere Man (1965)

Originally in D, capo 2; I play in D

Let ring, vox start on the 5

D	A
He’s a real	nowhere man

G	D
Sitting in his	nowhere land

Instruments enter

Em	Gm	D
Making all his	nowhere plans for	nobody

D	A
Doesn’t have a	point of view

G	D
Knows not where he’s	going to

Em	Gm	D
Isn’t he a bi	t like you and	me

	F#m	G
Nowhere	man please	listen

	F#m	G
You don’t kn	ow what you’re	missing

	F#m	Em7	A7
Nowhere	man the	world is at your command

Solo, if appropriate, else skip

D	A	G	D
Em	Gm	D	D

D	A
He’s as blind as	he can be

G	D
Just sees what he	wants to see

Em	Gm	D
Nowhere man can	you see me at	all

	F#m	G
Nowhere	man don’t	worry

	F#m	G
Take your	time don’t	hurry

	F#m	Em7	A7
Leave it	all till	somebody else lends you a hand

D	A
Doesn’t have a	point of view

G	D
Knows not where he’s	going to

Em	Gm	D
Isn’t he a bi	t like you and	me

	F#m	G
Nowhere	man please	listen

	F#m	G
You don’t kn	ow what you’re	missing

	F#m	Em7	A7
Nowhere	man the	world is at your command

D	A
He’s a real	nowhere man

G	D
Sitting in his	nowhere land

Em	Gm	D
Making all his	nowhere plans for	nobody

Em	Gm	D
Making all his	nowhere plans for	nobody

Em	Gm	D
Making all his	nowhere plans for	nobody

The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (1968)

Originally in Bb, I play in G.

Sounds fun played with power chords, more or less like Get Back,

then open it up in the chorus.

I drop the vox down on the ‘bra’.

G	D
Desmond had a barrow in the	market place

D7	G
Molly is the singer in a	band

G	C
Desmond says to Molly, girl I	like your face

	G	D	G
And Molly	says this as she	takes him by the	hand

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

G	D
Desmond takes a trolley to the	jeweller’s store

D7	G
Buys a twenty carat golden	ring

G	C
Takes it back to Molly, waiting	at the door

	G	D	G
And as he	gives it to her	she begins to	sing

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

C	G
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet	home

C

With a couple of kids running in the yard

	G/D	D
Of	Desmond and Molly	Jones

G	D
Happy ever after in the	market place

D7	G
Desmond lets the children lend a	hand

G	C
Molly stays at home and does her	pretty face

	G	D	G
And in the	evening she still	sings it with the	band

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

C	G
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet	home

C

With a couple of kids running in the yard

	G/D	D
Of	Desmond and Molly	Jones

G	D
Happy ever after in the	market place

D7	G
Molly lets the children lend a	hand

G	C
Desmond stays at home and does his	pretty face

	G	D	G
And in the	evening she’s a	singer with the	band

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	G
La la how the	life goes	on

	G	D	Em7
Ob-la-	di, ob-la-da, life goes	on	bra

G	D	Em7
La la how the	life goes	on

And if you want some fun

	D	G
Take	ob-la-di-bla-	da

The Beatles - Octopus’s Garden (1969)

Originally in E, I play in E.

Intro; I just do some riffing on I and IV for the first line

E	E	B	E
E	C#m	A	B

E	C#m
I’d like to be	under the sea

	A	B
In an	octopus’s garden in the sh	ade

E	C#m
He’d let us in,	knows where we’ve been

	A	B
In his	octopus’s garden in the sh	ade

C#m	C#m/B
I’d ask my friends to come and see

A	B
An octopus’s	garden with me

E	C#m
I’d like to be	under the sea

	A	B	E
In an	octopus’s	garden in the sh	ade

E	C#m
We would be warm	below the storm

	A	B
In our	little hideaway beneath the w	aves

E	C#m
Resting our head	on the sea bed

	A	B
In an	octopus’s garden near a c	ave

C#m	C#m/B
We would sing and dance around

A	B
Because we know we	can’t be found

E	C#m
I’d like to be	under the sea

	A	B	E
In an	octopus’s	garden in the sh	ade

Weird solo bit with underwater noises; I usually skip when playing acoustic.

A	F#m	D	E
A	F#m	D	E	A	B7

E	C#m
We would shout	and swim about

	A	B
The	coral that lies beneath the w	aves

E	C#m
Oh, what joy for	every girl and boy

A	B
Knowing they’re happy and they’re s	afe

C#m	B
We would be so happy, you and me

A	B
No-one there to tell us what to	do

E	C#m
I’d like to be	under the sea

	A	B	C#m	C#m/B
In an	octopus’s	garden with	you

	A	B	C#m	C#m/B
In an	octopus’s	garden with	you

	A	B	E
In an	octopus’s	garden with	you

The Beatles - Oh! Darling (1969)

Originally in A, I play in D

A+

Vox on 6 1 6 5 on “o-hoh darling”

	D	A
Oh	darling please be	lieve me

Bm7	G
I’ll never do you no	harm

	Em7	A7
Be	lieve me when I tell	you

Em7	A7	D
I’ll never	do you no	harm

D	G	D	A

	D	A
Oh	darling if you	leave me

Bm7	G
I’ll never make it a	lone

Em7	A7
Believe me when I beg	you

Em7	A7	D
Don’t ever	leave me a	lone

D	G	D	D7

	G	A#7
When you	told me you didn’t	need me anymore

	D
Well you	know I nearly broke down and cried

	E
When you	told me you didn’t need me anymore

	A	A#	A	A+
Well you	know I nearly	broke down and	died

	D	A
Oh	darling if you	leave me

Bm7	G
I’ll never make it a	lone

	Em7	A7
Be	lieve me when I tell	you

Em7	A7	D
I’ll never	do you no	harm

D	G	D	D7
			Believe me, darling

	G	A#7
When you	told me you didn’t	need me anymore

	D
Well you	know I nearly broke down and cried

	E
When you	told me you didn’t need me anymore

	A	A#	A	A+
Well you	know I nearly	broke down and	died

	D	A
Oh	darling please be	lieve me

Bm7	G
I’ll never let you	down, oh believe me darling

	Em7	A7
Be	lieve me when I	tell you

Em7	A7	D
I’ll never	do you no	harm

D

G

D

D#7

D7

The Beatles - P.S. I Love You (1962)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 3

D	G#7	A	D	G#7	A
As I w	rite this l	etter, s	end my l	ove to y	ou

	D	G#7	A	A	E7	A
Rem	ember th	at I’ll a	lways b	e in lo	ve with y	ou

	A	Bm	A
Tr	easure these few w	ords till we’re tog	ether

	E	F#m	E	F	F	G	A
Keep a	ll my love fore	ver,	P.S. I love	you,	you y	ou y	ou

A	Bm	A
I’ll be coming h	ome again to	you love

	E	F#m	E	F	F	G	A
Unt	il the day I	do love,	P.S. I love	you,	you	you	you

D	A
As I write this l	etter

	D	A
S	end my love to y	ou

	D	A
Rem	ember that I’ll a	lways

	A	E7	A
B	e in l	ove with y	ou

	A	Bm	A
Tr	easure these few w	ords till we’re tog	ether

	E	F#m	E	F	F	G	A
Keep a	ll my love fore	ver,	P.S. I love	you,	you y	ou y	ou

D	A
As I write this l	etter (oooh)

	D	A
S	end my 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)

Originally in G, I play in E

I usually skip the wild intro, and when it happens again later,

I just sing it over I

I stole the clever bIII,IV from a YouTube cover, originally

the verse is all I until ‘writer’

	E7
Dear	Sir or Madam, will you read my book?

	G	A
It took me years to write, will you	take a look

	E7
It’s	based on a novel by a man named Lear

	G	A
And I need a job so I want to be a	paperback	writer

	E7
Paperback	writer

E7

It’s a dirty story of a dirty man

	G	A
And his clinging wife doesn’t	understand

	E7
His	son is working for the Daily Mail

	G	A
It’s a steady job but he wants to be a	paperback	writer

	E7
Paperback	writer

E

Paperback writer writer writer

E7

It’s a thousand pages, give or take a few

	G	A
I’ll be writing more in a	week or two

	E7
I can	make it longer if you like the style

	G	A
I can change it ‘round and I want to be a	paperback	writer

	E7
Paperback	writer

E7

If you really like it you can have the rights

	G	A
It could make a milion for you	overnight

	E7
If you	must return it you can send it here

	G	A
But I need a break and I want to be a	paperback	writer

	E7
Paperback	writer

E

Paperback writer writer writer

The Beatles - Penny Lane (1966)

Originally in B, I play in A

	A	A/G#
In Penny La	ne there	is a

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Barb	er showi	ng	photogra	phs

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
Of	every h	ead he’s	had the	pleasure to	know

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7
And all the p	eople that come and	go

	E	Esus44	E
Stop and say	hello

	A	A/G#
On the c	orner	is a

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Ban	ker with	a	mo	torcar

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
The	little c	hildren	laugh at h	im behi	nd his ba	ck

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7	E
And the b	anker never wears a	mack in the	pouring rain

	D
Ve	ry strange

	G	G/B	C
Penny	Lane is in my ea	rs and in my ey	es

	G	G/B	C
T	here beneath the	blue suburban	skies I sit

	E
And	meanwhile back

	A	A/G#
In Penny La	ne there	is a

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Fire	man with	an	hourgla	ss

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
And	in his	pocket	is a p	ortrait of	the quee	n

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7
He likes to	keep his fire engine c	lean

	E	Esus44	E
It’s a c	lean machine

Solo if appropriate over verse chords

A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
F#m7b5	Fmaj7	E	D

	G	G/B	C
Penny	Lane is in my ea	rs and in my ey	es

G	G/B	C	E
Full of	fish and finger	pie in summer	meanwhile back

	A	A/G#
Behind the	shelter	in the

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Mi	ddle of	the	rounda	bout

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
The	pretty	nurse is	selling	poppies fr	om a t	ray

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7
And though she	feels as if she’s in	a play

	E	Esus4	E
She is	anyway

	A	A/G#
In Penny La	ne the b	arber

	F#m7	A/E	D	Bm7	E
Sha	ves anot	her	custo	mer

	E7	A	A/G#	F#m7	A/E	Am7
We	see the	banker si	tting w	aiting fo	r a tr	end

	F#m7b5	Fmaj7	E
And then the f	ireman rushes i	n from the	pouring rain

	D
Ver	y strange

	G	G/B	C
Penny	Lane is in my ea	rs and in my ey	es

	G	G/B	C
T	here beneath the	blue suburban	skies I sit

	E
And	meanwhile back

Key change

	A	A/C#	D
Penny	Lane is in my ea	rs and in my ey	es

	A	A/C#	D
T	here beneath the	blue suburban	skies

	A
Penny Lane

The Beatles - 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

Sung, “Rock” on the 4 of the chord

Am7	Dsus4	D7
Rocky Raccoon checked	into his	room

G7	C	C/B
Only to find Gideon’s b	ible

Am7	Dsus4	D7
Rocky had come equip	ped with a	gun

	G7	C	C/B
To	shoot off the legs of his	rival

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
His	rival it seems had	broken his	dreams

	G7	C	C/B
By	stealing the girl of his	fancy

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
Her	name was Magill, and she	called herself	Lil

	G7	C	C/B
But	everyone knew her as	Nancy

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
Now	she and her man who	called himself	Dan

	G7	C	C/B
Were	in the next room at the	hoe-down

Am7	Dsus4	D7
Rocky burst in and	grinning a	grin

	G7	C	C/B
He said	Danny boy this is a show	down

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
But	Daniel was hot he	drew first and	shot

	G7	C	C/B
And	Rocky collapsed in the	corner

With da da da

Am7	Dsus4	D7	G7	C	C/B

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
Now the	doctor came in	stinking of gin

	G7	C	C/B
And pro	ceeded to lie on the	table

	Am7
He said	Rocky you met your match

	Dsus4	D7
And Rocky	said, Doc it’s only a	scratch

	G7
And I’ll be	better

	C	C/B
I’ll be better doc as soon as I am	able

	Am7	Dsus4	D7
And now	Rocky Raccoon he fell	back in his room

G7	C	C/B
Only to find Gideon’s	bible

Am7	Dsus4	D7
Gideon checked out and he	left in no doubt

	G7	C	C/B
To	help with good Rocky’s rev	ival

With da da da

Am7

Dsus4

D7

G7

C

C/B

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise) (1967)

Originally in F (with key change to G), I play in D or E)

E

	E	G	A	E
We’re	Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely	Hearts Club	Band

	A	E
We	hope you have enjoyed the	show

	E	G	A	E
S	ergeant Pepper’s	Lonely	Hearts Club	Band

	F#	B
We’re	sorry, but it’s time to	go

A	E
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely,	Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

F#	C#
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely	Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

F#	A	B	F#
Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely	Hearts Club	Band

	B	F#
We’d	like to thank you once a	gain

F#	A	B	F#
Sergeant Pepper’s	one and only	Lonely Hearts Club	Band

	Ab	C#
It’s	getting very near the	end

B	F#
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely,	Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

Long hold on “hearts” and “club”

Ab	B	F#
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely	Hearts Club	Band

F#	A	B	F#

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Originally in G, I play in D or E

F#7	F#7	A7	E7

	E7	F#7
It was	twenty years ago today

	A7	E7
Sergeant P	epper taught the band to play

	E7	F#7
They’ve been	going in and out of style

	A7	E7
But they’re	guaranteed to raise a smile

	F#7
So	may I introduce to you

	A7
The	act you’ve known for all these years

E7	A7	E7
Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely Heart’s Club Band

Trumpet solo, usually fun to sort of hum

A7	D7	A7	B7	B7

	E	G	A7	E
We’re	Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely Heart’s	Club Band

	A7	E7
We	hope you will enjoy the show

E	G	A7	E
Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely Heart’s	Club Band

	F#7	B7
Sit	back and let the evening go

A7

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

E7

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

F#7

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely

A7	E7
Heart’s Club	Band

	A7
It’s	wonderful to be here

	D7
It’s	certainly a thrill

	A7
You’re	such a lovely audience

	B7
We’d	like to take you home with us

	B7
We’d	love to take you home

	E7	F#7
I don’t	really wanna stop the show

	A7	E7
But I t	hought you might like to know

	E7	F#7
That the s	inger’s gonna sing a song

	A7	E7
And he w	ants you all to sing along

	F#7
So	may I introduce to you

	A7
The	one and only Billy Shears

E7	A7	E7
Sergeant Pepper’s	Lonely Heart’s Club Band

The Beatles - She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (1969)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 2

Skip the weird intro and just play I → IV → I,

hard stop on the last I

E	A	E

Vox on the low 1 on “she”, the high b7 on “came”,

and back down to the 1 on “dow”

E	A	D/A
She came in through the bathroom wi	ndow

E	C#m	A	D/A
Protected	by a silver sp	oon

E	C#m	A	D/A
But now she	sucks her thumb and won	ders

	A	E
By the	banks of her own lagoon

No space between “lagoon” and the chorus

Vox on the 3 on “didn’t anybody”

E	Am
Didn’t anybody t	ell her?

E	Am
Didn’t anybody s	ee?

	D7	G	G/F#	Em7
Su	nday’s on the phone to Mond	ay

	D7	G	E
Tu	esday’s on the phone to	me

E	A	D/A
She said she’d always been a da	ncer

E	C#m	A	D/A
She worked in	fifteen clubs a d	ay

E	C#m	A	D/A
And though she	thought I knew the a	nswer

	A	E
Well, I	knew but I could not say

Hang the first 1

E	A	D/A
And so I quit the police depa	rtment

E	C#m	A	D/A
And got my	self a steady j	ob

E	C#m	A	D/A
And though she	tried her best to h	elp me

	A	E
She could	steal but she could not rob

E	Am
Didn’t anybody t	ell her?

E	Am
Didn’t anybody s	ee?

	D7	G	G/F#	Em7
Su	nday’s on the phone to Mond	ay

	D7	G	E
Tu	esday’s on the phone to	me oh y	eah

The Beatles - She Loves You (1963)

I play the chorus with tight hits on “loves you”.

Originally in G, I play in D.

	Bm
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	E7
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	G	D
She l	oves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, y	eah

	D	Bm7
You th	ink you lost your lo	ve, well

	F#m	A
I	saw her yester	day

	D	Bm7
It’s	you she’s thinking o	f and

	F#m	A
She t	old me what to s	ay

	D
She said she	loves you

	Bm
And you know that can’t be	bad

	Gm
Yes she	loves you and you

	A
Know you should be	glad

	D	Bm7
She s	aid you hurt her	so

	F#m	A
She	almost lost her mi	nd

	D	Bm7
But n	ow she said she kn	ows

	F#m	A
You’re	not the hurting ki	nd

	D
She said she	loves you

	Bm
And you know that can’t be	bad

	Gm
Yes she	loves you and you

	A
Know you should be	glad

	Bm
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	E7
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

Vox down a half-step from “yeah” to “love”

(“love” on the 3 of the chord)

	Gm	A7	D
With a l	ove like that, you k	now you should be gla	d

	D	Bm7
You	know it’s up to	you

	F#m	A
I t	hink it’s only fa	ir

	D	Bm7
Pride	can hurt you	too

	F#m	A
Ap	ologize to h	er

	D
Because she	loves you

	Bm
And you know that can’t be	bad

	Gm
Yes she	loves you and you

	A
Know you should be	glad

	Bm
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	E7
She lo	ves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

	Gm	A7	D	Bm
With a l	ove like that, you k	now you should be gla	d

	Gm	A7	D	Bm
With a l	ove like that, you k	now you should be gla	d

Soft stop on “should”

	Gm	A7
With a l	ove like that, you k	now you should...

	D	Bm
Be gla	d yeah yeah yeah	yeah yeah yeah

G

Yeah yeah yeah

D6

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	F/E
Attracts me like no other l	over

D7	G
Something in the way she wo	os me

	Am	AmM7
I d	on’t wanna leave her now

	Am7	D9
You k	now I believe, and h	ow

F	Eb	G/D

C	Cmaj7
Somewhere in her smile she kn	ows

C7	F	F/E
That I don’t need no other l	over

D7	G
Something in her style that s	hows me

	Am	AmM7
I d	on’t wanna leave her now

	Am7	D9
You k	now I believe and ho	w

F	Eb	G/D	A

A	C#m/G#	F#m7	A/E
You’re asking m	e will my love	grow

	D	G	A
I don’t	know, I	don’t kn	ow

A	C#m/G#	F#m7	A/E
You stick ar	ound now, it may	show

	D	G	C
I don’t	know, I	don’t kn	ow

Solo if appropriate

C	Cmaj7	C7	F	D7	G
Am	AmM7	Am7	D9
F	Eb	G/D

C	Cmaj7
Something in the way she kn	ows

C7	F	F/E
And all I have to do is	think of her

D7	G
Something in the things she sho	ws me

	Am	AmM7
I	don’t wanna leave her now

	Am7	D9
You	know I believe and h	ow

F	Eb	G/D	A
F	Eb	G/D	C

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (1966)

Play this phrase barre @ 7 if playing in A

E	Emaj7	E7	F#m	E	D	A
					→

A	Em7
Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going	to Strawberry Fields

F#7

Nothing is real

	D	F#7
And	nothing to	hung about

D	A
Strawberry Fields for	ever

E	Emaj7	E7
Living is	easy with	eyes closed

F#m	E	D
Misunders	tanding all you	see

D	E	A	F#m
It’s getting	hard to be some	one but it all works	out

D	E	D	A
It doesn’t	matter much to	me

A	Em7
Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going	to Strawberry Fields

F#7

Nothing is real

	D	F#7
And	nothing to	hung about

D	A
Strawberry Fields for	ever

E	Emaj7	E7
No one I	think is in	my tree

F#m	E	D
I mean it	must be high or	low

D	E	A	F#m
That is you	can’t you know tune	in but it’s alr	ight

D	E	D	A
That is I	think it’s not too	bad

A	Em7
Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going	to Strawberry Fields

F#7

Nothing is real

	D	F#7
And	nothing to	hung about

D	A
Strawberry Fields for	ever

E	Emaj7	E7
Always	know somet	imes think it’s me

F#m	E	D
But you know I	know when it’s a	dream

D	E	A	F#m
I think I	know I mean oh	yes but it’s all w	rong

D	E	D	A
That is I	think I disag	ree

A	Em7
Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going	to Strawberry Fields

F#7

Nothing is real

	D	F#7
And	nothing to	hung about

D	A	F#m
Strawberry Fields for	ever

D	A
Strawberry Fields for	ever

D	E	D
Strawberry	Fields forev	er

A

The Beatles - Taxman (1966)

Spoken

One, two, three, four, one, two

D7	D7

Remember there’s a measure of I7 on every line after the I7#9

	D7	D7#9	D7
Let	me tell you how it will be

	D7	D7#9	D7
There’s	one for you nineteen for me

	C	G7	D7
‘Cause I’m the	taxman, yeah I’m the	taxman

	D7	D7#9	D7
Should	five percent appear too small

	D7	D7#9	D7
Be t	hankful I don’t take it all

	C	G7	D7
‘Cause I’m the t	axman, yeah I’m the	taxman

D7

	D7
If you dri	ve a car I’ll tax the street

	C
If you try to sit I’ll t	ax your seat

	D7
If you g	et too cold I’ll tax the heat

	C
If you take a walk I’ll ta	x your feet

	D7
T	axman

Solo

D7	D7	D7	D7#9
D7	D7	D7	D7#9

There really is a IV7#9 here, and nowhere else

	C	G7#9	D7
‘Cause I’m the t	axman, yeah, I’m the	taxman

D7

	D7	D7#9	D7
Don’t	ask me what I want it for (	ah-ah M	ister Wilson)

	D7	D7#9	D7
If you	don’t want to pay some more (	ah-ah M	ister Heath)

	C	G7	D7
‘Cause I’m the	taxman, yeah, I’m the	taxman

	D7	D7#9	D7
Now	my advice for those who die,	taxman

	D7	D7#9	D7
Decl	are the pennies on your eyes, t	axman

	C
‘Cause I’m the	taxman

	G7	D7
Yeah, I’m the	taxman

	F7	D7
And you’re	working for no one but	me

The Beatles - Tell Me Why (1964)

Originally in D, I play in A

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

Vox on the 3

	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
The man in the mack said
You gotta go back
You know they didn't even give us a chance

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

E

Finally made the plane into Paris

Honeymooning down by the Seine
Peter Brown called to say
You can make it OK
You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

	E
Drove from	Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton

Talking in our beds for a week
The newspeople said say what you're doing in bed
I said we're only trying to get us some peace

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

Vox down to the 1 of the chord

A

Saving up your money for a rainy day

Giving all your clothes to charity
Last night the wife said
Oh boy when you're dead

	B7
You	don’t take nothing with you but your soul, think!

E

Made a lightning trip to Vienna

Eating chocolate cake in a bag
The newspapers said she's gone to his head
They look just like two gurus in drag

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

E

Caught the early plane back to London

Fifty acorns tied in a sack
The men from the press say we wish you success
It's good to have the both of you back

	A
Christ you know it ain’t	easy

	E
You know how hard it can	be

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

	B7
The way things are	going

	E
They’re gonna crucify	me

B7

E

E6

The Beatles - The Fool on the Hill (1967)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 2

A6

A6	Bm7
Day after day, a	lone on a hill

	A6	Bm7
The	man with foolish grin is keeping p	erfectly still

	Bm7	E7
But	nobody wants to	know him

	A6	F#m7
They can	see that he’s just a f	ool

	Bm7	E7
And	he never gives an ans	wer

	Am	Amaug	Am	Amaug
But the f	ool	on the	hill sees the	sun going down

	G7	Am	Am7	A6
And the	eyes in his head see the wo	rld spinning rou	nd

A6	Bm7
Well on his way, his	head in a cloud

	A6	Bm7
The	man of a thousand voices talking	perfectly loud

	Bm7	E7	A6	F#m7
But	nobody ever	hears him, or the so	und he appears to m	ake

	Bm7	E7
And	he never seems to no	tice

	Am	Amaug	Am	Amaug
But the f	ool	on the	hill sees the	sun going down

	G7	Am	Am7	A6
And the	eyes in his head see the wo	rld spinning rou	nd

Solo if appropriate

A6	A6	Bm7	Bm7
A6	A6	Bm7	Bm7

	Bm7	E7
And	nobody seems to	like him

	A6	F#m7
They can	tell what he wants to	do

	Bm7	E7
And	he never shows his	feelings

	Am	Amaug	Am	Amaug
But the f	ool	on the	hill sees the	sun going down

	G7	Am	Am7
And the	eyes in his head see the wo	rld spinning rou	nd

A6	Bm7	A6	Bm7
Oh	oh	’round ‘round	’round

	Bm7	E7
And	he never listens	to them

	A6	F#m7
He	knows that they’re the	fools

Bm7	E7
They don’t	like him

	Am	Amaug	Am	Amaug
But the f	ool	on the	hill sees the	sun going down

	G7	Am	Am7
And the	eyes in his head see the wo	rld spinning rou	nd

A6	Bm7	A6	Bm7
Oh	oh	’round ‘round	’round

The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road (1969)

Originally in Eb, I play in C

On guitar, don’t strum much, play light, almost finger-picky

	Am	F/G
The	long and winding road

On guitar, skip the I/IV at the end of these lines

	C	C7	F	C/F
That	leads	to your door

F	Em7	Am
Will ne	ver disap	pear

Dm7	G7	A#/C
I’ve seen that r	oad before

F	Em7	Am
It	always lead	s me here

Dm7	G7	C
Lead me t	o your d	oor

	Am	F/G
The	wild and windy night

	C	C7	F	C/F
That the	rain w	ashed a	way

F	Em7	Am
Has	left a pool of	tears

Dm7	G7	A#/C
Crying f	or the day

F	Em7	Am
Why l	eave me standing	here

Dm7	G7	C
Let me kn	ow the	way

C/G	F
Many times I’ve	been alone

	Em7	Dm7	G7
And	many times I’ve	cried

C/G	F
Any way you’ll never	know

	Em7	Dm7	G7
The	many ways I’ve tr	ied

	Am	F/G
But	still they lead me back

	C	C7	F	C/F
To the lo	ng win	ding r	oad

F	Em7	Am
You	left me stan	ding here

Dm7	G7	A#/C
A long long	time ag	o

F	Em7	Am
Don’t	leave me	waiting here

Dm7	G7	C
Lead me	to your	door

Bridge

C/G	F	Em7	Dm7	G7
C/G	F	Em7	Dm7	G7

	Am	F/G
But	still they lead me back

	C	C7	F	C/F
To the lo	ng win	ding r	oad

F	Em7	Am
You	left me stan	ding here

Dm7	G7	A#/C
A long long	time ag	o

F	Em7	Am
Don’t	keep me w	aiting here

Dm7	G7	C
Lead me	to your	door

F/G	C
Yeah yeah yeah y	eah

The Beatles - The Night Before (1965)

Originally in D, I play it in A, capo 2

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 (highest note is the 5) (“don’t you *know* that it’s so”

C	F	C	F

Vox on the (low) 3

There...

Vox on the 5 on “is”

	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	have 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)

Originally in D, I play in C

C	Am7	Dm7	G
			x2

Harmonies on the 3,5,7; solo I sing the 3

C	Am	Dm	G7	C	Am
That boy		took my	love a	wa	y

Dm	G7	C	Am
Oh, he’ll regr	et it somed	a	y

Hang on “this” and “wants”

	Dm7	G7	C	Am	Dm	G7
But t	his boy w	ants you back a	gain

C	Am	Dm	G7	C	Am
That boy		isn’t	good for you

Dm	G7	C	Am
Though he may w	ant you	too

Hang on “this” and “wants”

	Dm7	G7	Csus4	C	C9
T	his boy w	ants you back a	gain

Vox on 5 3 of the chord on “this boy”

	F	E7
Oh, and t	his boy, would be h	appy

	Am	C	C7
Just to l	ove you, but oh	my

	F	D7
T	hat boy won’t be h	appy

Hard stop on “cry”

	G
T	ill he’s seen you cry

C	Am	Dm	G7	C	Am
This boy		wouldn’t mind	the pai	n

Dm	G7	C	Am
Would always f	eel the	same

Hard stop on “this” and “gets”

	Dm7	G7	C	Am	Dm	G7
If t	his boy, g	ets you back ag	ain

C	Am	Dm	G7
This boy

C	Am	Dm	G7
This boy

C	Am	Dm	G7	C
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)

Originally in D, I play in A

A	D	E
		x2

	A	D	E
Well shake it up b	aby now (sh	ake it up b	aby)

	A	D	E
Twist and sh	out (tw	ist and sh	out)

	A	D	E
Come on, come on, come on, come on, b	aby now (c	ome on b	aby)

	A	D	E
Come on and work it on o	ut (w	ork it on o	ut!)

	A	D	E
Well work it on o	ut (w	ork it on o	ut)

	A	D	E
You know you look so go	od (l	ook so g	ood)

	A	D	E
You know you got me g	oin’ now (g	ot me g	oin’)

	A	D	E
Just like I knew you wo	uld (like I k	new you w	ould)

	A	D	E
Well shake it up b	aby now (sh	ake it up b	aby)

	A	D	E
Twist and sh	out (tw	ist and sh	out)

	A	D	E
Come on, come on, come on, come on, b	aby now (c	ome on b	aby)

	A	D	E
Come on and work it on o	ut (w	ork it on o	ut)

	A	D	E
You know you twist it little g	irl, (tw	ist little g	irl)

	A	D	E
You know you twist so f	ine (tw	ist so f	ine)

	A	D	E
Come on and twist a little cl	oser now (tw	ist a little c	loser)

	A	D	E
And let me know that you’re m	ine (let me k	now you’re m	ine, ooh!)

A	D	E	E
			x4

E	E7
Ahh ahh a	hh ahh ahh yeah!

	A	D	E
B	aby now (sh	ake it up b	aby)

	A	D	E
Twist and sh	out (tw	ist and sh	out)

	A	D	E
Come on, come on, come on, come on, b	aby now (c	ome on b	aby)

	A	D	E
Come on and work it on o	ut (w	ork it on o	ut, ooh!)

	A	D	E
You know you twist it little	girl (t	wist little gi	rl)

	A	D	E
You know you twist so f	ine (tw	ist so f	ine)

	A	D	E
Come on and twist a little cl	oser now (tw	ist little cl	oser)

	A	D	E
And let me know that you’re m	ine (let me k	now you’re m	ine ooh!)

	A	D	E
Well shake it shake it shake it b	aby now (s	hake it up b	aby)

	A	D	E
Well shake it shake it shake it b	aby now (s	hake it up b	aby)

	A	D	E
Well shake it shake it shake it b	aby now (s	hake it up b	aby)

E	E7
Ahh ahh a	hh ahh

E

F

F#

G

G#

A

A9

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 1.

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 I, I/5, etc.

I usually hit 57 on the NC’s

A	A/E	A	A/E
D	E	A	E	A
		→	→

Vox on the 3, which will feel low in A

A

When I get older losing my hair

	E
Many years from n	ow

E7

Will you still be sending me a valentine

NX	A
Birthday greetings	bottle of wine?

A

If I’d been out till quarter to three

A7	D
Would you lock the	door

D	Dm	A	F#
Will you still	need me,	will you still	feed me

B	E7	A	E	A
When I’m	sixty-	four?

F#m	F#m	E	F#m

F#m	C#
You’ll be older	too

F#m	Bm
And if you	say the word

D	E	A	E7
I could	stay with	you

A

I could be handy mending a fuse

	E
When your lights have g	one

E7

You can knit a sweater by the fireside

X	A
Sunday mornings	go for a ride

A

Doing the garden, digging the weeds

A7	D
Who could ask for	more?

D	Dm	A	F#
Will you still	need me,	will you still	feed me

B	E7	A	E	A
When I’m	sixty-	four?

F#m	E
Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of	Wight

	F#m
If it’s not too	dear

F#m	C#
We shall scrimp and	save

F#m	Bm
Grandchildren	on your knee

D	E	A	E7
Vera,	Chuck, and	Dave

A

Send me a postcard, drop me a line

	E
Stating point of v	iew

E7

Indicate precisely what you mean to say

X	A
Yours sincerely,	Wasting Away

A

Give me your answer, fill in a form

A7	D
Mine for ever	more

D	Dm	A	F#
Will you still	need me,	will you still	feed me

B	E7	A	E	A
When I’m	sixty-	four?

A	A/E	A	A/E
D	E	A	E	A
		→	→

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1968)

Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
Am	G	D	E

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
I	look at you a	ll see the	love there that’s sl	eeping

Am	G	D	E
While my gui	tar gently	weeps

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
I	look at the f	loor and I	see it needs sweepin	g

Am	G	C	E
Still my gui	tar gently	weeps

A	C#m7	F#m	C#m7
I don’t know	why	nobody t	old you

Bm7	E
How to unfold your	love

A	C#m7	F#m	C#m7
I don’t know	how	someone con	trolled you

Bm7	E
They bought and sold	you

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
I	look at the w	orld and I	notice it’s	turning

Am	G	D	E
While my gui	tar gently	weeps

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
Wi	th every mistak	e we must	surely be	learning

Am	G	C	E
Still my gui	tar gently	weeps

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

A	C#m7	F#m	C#m7
I don’t know	how	you were di	verted

Bm7	E
You were perverted	too

A	C#m7	F#m	C#m7
I don’t know	how	you were in	verted

Bm7	E
No one alerted	you

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
I	look at you a	ll see the	love there that’s sl	eeping

Am	G	D	E
While my gui	tar gently	weeps

	Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
Lo	ok at you all	...

Am	G	C	E
Still my gui	tar gently	weeps

Over outro solo

Am	Am/G	D9/F#	Fmaj7
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

Am	G	D	E
While my gui	tar gently	weeps

The Beatles - With a Little Help From My Friends (1967)

C	D	E
Bil	ly	Shears

	E	B	F#m
W	hat would you	do if I sa	ng out of tune

	F#m	B7	E
Would you	stand up and w	alk out on m	e?

E	B	F#m
Lend me your e	ars and I’ll si	ng you a song

	F#m	B7	E
And I’ll	try not to s	ing out of k	ey

	D	A	E
Oh, I get	by with a little he	lp from my fri	ends

	D	A	E
Mmm, I get h	igh with a little h	elp from my fr	iends

	A	E
Mmm, gonna tr	y with a little help from my fri	ends

B7

	E	B	F#m
W	hat do I d	o when my lo	ve is away

	F#m	B7	E
Does it	worry you to	be alon	e?

	B	F#m
How do I f	eel by the e	nd of the day

	F#m	B7	E
Are you	sad because yo	u’re on your o	wn?

	D	A	E
No, I get	by with a little he	lp from my fri	ends

	D	A	E
Mmm, I get h	igh with a little h	elp from my fr	iends

	A	E
Mmm, gonna tr	y with a little help from my fri	ends

	C#m	F#
Do you n	eed anybod	y?

	E	D	A
I ne	ed some	body to l	ove

	C#m	F#
Could it	be anyb	ody?

	E	D	A
I w	ant some	body to l	ove

E	B	F#m
Would you	believe in a	love at first sight

	F#m	B	E
Yes, I’m	certain that it	happens all the	time

E	B	F#m
What do you	see when you	turn out the light

	F#m	B	E
I can’t	tell you but I	know it’s	mine

	D	A	E
Oh, I get	by with a little he	lp from my fri	ends

	D	A	E
Mmm, I get h	igh with a little h	elp from my fr	iends

	A	E
Mmm, gonna tr	y with a little help from my fri	ends

	C#m	F#
Do you n	eed anybod	y?

	E	D	A
I ne	ed some	body to l	ove

	C#m	F#
Could it	be anyb	ody?

	E	D	A
I w	ant some	body to l	ove

A	D	A	E
Oh, I get b	y with a little h	elp from my frien	ds

	D	A	E
Mmm, I’m gonna t	ry with a little he	lp from my fri	ends

	A	E
Oh I get hig	h with a little help from my fri	ends

	D	A
Yes, I get b	y with a little help from my frie	nds

	C	D	E
With a little help from my fr	iends

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (1966)

Vocals start with “town” on I (D)

X	D7	C	G
In the	town where	I was	born

Em	Am	C	D7
Lived a	man who	sailed the	sea

G	D7	C	G
And he	told us	of his	life

Em	Am	C	D7
In the	land of	submar	ines

G	D7	C	G
So we	sailed up	to the	sun

Em	Am	C	D7
Till we	found a	sea of	green

G	D7	C	G
And we	lived be	neath the	waves

Em	Am	C	D7
In our	yellow	submar	ine

G	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

	D7	C	G
And our	friends are	all a	board

Em	Am	C	D7
Many	more of them	live next	door

G	D7	C	G
And the	band be	gins to	play

D	G	G	G	D7	G

G	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

I usually skip the weird instrumental

G	D7	C	G
As we	live a	life of	ease

Em	Am	C	D7
Every	one of us	has all we	need

G	D7	C	G
Sky of	blue and	sea of	green

Em	Am	C	D7
In our	yellow	subma	rine

G	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

	D7
We all live in a	yellow submarine

	G
Yellow submarine,	yellow submarine

The Beatles - Yes It Is (1965)

Originally in E, I play in D

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	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	F#
Yes it is it’s t	rue

D	G
Yes it is it’s t	rue

The Beatles - Yesterday (1965)

Originally in F (as G down 1), I play in D.

D

3 #4 #5 of the key on “all my troub”

D	C#m7	F#7	Bm	Bm7/A
Yesterday,	all my	troubles seemed so f	ar away

G	A	A7	D
Now it l	ooks as	though they’re her	e to stay

A	Bm7	E7	G	D
Oh,	I bel	ieve in y	ester	day

D	C#m7	F#7	Bm	Bm7/A
Suddenly,	I’m not	half the man I	used to be

G	A	A7	D
There’s a	shadow	hanging	over me

	Bm7	E7	G	D
Oh	yester	day came	sudden	ly

F#7	Bm	A	G
Why she	had	to	go

Bm	A	A7	D
I don’t	know, she	wouldn’t	say

F#7	Bm	A	G	Bm
I said	some	thing	wrong,	now I

A	A7	D
Long for	yester	day

D	C#m7	F#7	Bm	Bm7/A	G
Yesterday, l	ove was	such an easy	game to play

	A	A7	D
Now I	need a	place to	hide away

	Bm7	E7	G	D
Oh,	I bel	ieve in	yester	day

F#7	Bm	A	G
Why she	had	to	go

Bm	A	A7	D
I don’t	know, she	wouldn’t	say

F#7	F#7	Bm	A	G	Bm
I	said	somet	hing	wrong	now I

A	A7	D
Long for	yester	day

D	C#m7	F#7	Bm	Bm7/A	G
Yesterday, l	ove was	such an easy	game to play

	A	A7	D
Now I	need a	place to	hide away

	Bm7	E7	G	D
Oh,	I bel	ieve in	yester	day

Bm	E7	G	D
Mmm mmm-m	mm mmm m	mm m	mm mmm

The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money (1969)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 3

Intro

Em7	Am9	Am7	D	Gsus4	G
	→			→

Cmaj7	F#m7b5	B7	Em
	→

Em7	Am9	Am7
You never give me your	mon	ey

D7	Gsus4	G
You only give me your	funny p	aper

Cmaj7	F#m7b5	B7
And in the middle of neg	oti	ations

	Em
You	break down

Em7	Am9	Am7
I never give you my	num	ber

D	Gsus4	G
I only give you my	situa	tion

Cmaj7	F#m7b5	B7
And in the middle of in	vesti	gation

	Em	Em7	D
I	break down

G	B7
Out of college,	money spent

Em	G7
See no future,	pay no rent

C	D	G
All the money’s	gone, nowhere to	go

G	B7
Any jobber	got the sack

Em	G7
Monday morning,	turning back

C	D	G
Yellow lorry	slow, nowhere to	go

	F	C
But	oh that magic feeling

C	G
Nowhere to	go

F	C
Oh, that magic feeling

C	G
Nowhere to	go, nowhere to go

If acoustic, replace this whole section with a single II (i.e, D in C/Am)

F	C	G
Ah

F	C	G
F	C	G

A7	A#	D7
	→	→

G	E7
→

A#	G7
→

C#	A#7
→

E	C#
→

D	D#
→	→

Up to the 1 of the chord on “sweet”, best to falsetto

E	F#
One sweet	dream

G

Pick up the bags and

B	E
Get in the limousi	ne

Vox on the 1 of the first chord for most of these two lines

Am	D/A
Soon we’ll be a	way from here

Em/A	D/A	E
Step on the gas and	wipe that tear a	way

	F#	G	D/A	E
One sweet	dream came	true	to	day

	G	D/A	E
Came	true	to	day

	G	D/A	E
Came	true	to	day, yes it did

G	D/A	E	E

G	D/A
One two three f	our five six seven

E

All good children go to heaven

G	D/A
One two three f	our five six seven

E

All good children go to heaven

The Beatles - You’re Going to Lose that Girl (1965)

Vox start on 3 5 3 6 on “you’re gonna lose”...

Let chords ring in the intro

	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#m
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#m
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#m
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#m
‘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

Vox on b3 3 b3 3 of the chord on “I’ll make a point”

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#m	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	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?

E	G#m
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#m
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)

B7	F#m	D	A	E
You’re gonna	lo	se	that	girl

The Beatles - You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away (1965)

G

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
Here I s	tand	head in h	and

C	Fadd9	C
Turn my face to th	e wall

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
If she’s	gone I	can’t go	on

	C	Fadd9	C	D
F	eeling two foot	small

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
Everyw	here	people s	tare

C	Fadd9	C
Each and every	day

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
I can	see them l	augh at m	e

	C	Fadd9	C	D
A	nd I hear them	say

G	C	Dsus4	D	Dsus2	D
Hey, you’ve got to	hide your love	away

G	C	Dsus4	D	Dsus2	D
Hey, you’ve got to	hide your love	away

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
How can	I	even	try

C	Fadd9	C
I can never	win

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
Hearing	them, s	eeing t	hem

C	Fadd9	C	D
In the state I’m i	n

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
How could	she	say to	me

C	Fadd9	C
“Love will find a	way”?

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G
Gather	around,	all you c	lowns

C	Fadd9	C	D	D/C	D/B	D/A
Let me hear you	say

G	C	Dsus4	D	Dsus2	D
Hey, you’ve got to	hide your love	away

G	C	Dsus4	D	Dsus2	D
Hey, you’ve got to	hide your love	away

Solo if appropriate

G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G	C	Fadd9	C
G	Dsus4	Fadd9	G	C	Fadd9	C
G

The Bee Gees - I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You (1968)

Originally in Bb (chorus in C),

I play in G (chorus in A).

A	D
	x2

	G	Am
The	preacher talked with me and he	smiled

	D	G
Said	come and walk with me, come and	walk one more mile

	G	Am
Now for	once in your life you’re a	lone

	D	E
But you	ain’t got a dime, there’s no	time for the phone

	A	Bm
I just	gotta get a message to	you

	D	E	A
Hold	on,	hold	on

	A	Bm
One more	hour and my life will be	through

	D	E	A
Hold	on,	hold	on

D

G	Am
I told him I’m in no	hurry

	D	G
But if	I broke her heart, then won’t you	tell her I’m sorry

	G	Am
And for	once in my life I’m a	lone

	D
And I’ve	got to let her know

	E
Just in	time before I go

	A	Bm
I just	gotta get a message to	you

	D	E	A
Hold	on,	hold	on

	A	Bm
One more	hour and my life will be	through

	D	E	A
Hold	on,	hold	on

D

	G	Am
Well I	laughed but that didn’t	hurt

	D	G
And it’s	only her love that keeps me	wearing this dirt

	G	Am
Now I’m	crying but deep down in	side

	D	E
Well I	did it to him, now it’s	my turn to die

	A	Bm
I just	gotta get a message to	you

	D	E	A
Hold	on,	hold	on

	A	Bm
One more	hour and my life will be	through

	D	E	A
Hold	on	hold	on

Half-measure in between keys, then key change

A#

B	C#m	E	F#	B
			Hold	on

	B	C#m
One more	hour and my life will be	through

	E	F#	B
Hold	on,	hold	on

	B	C#m
I just	gotta get a message to	you

	E	F#	B
Hold	on,	hold	on

	B	C#m
One more	hour and my life will be	through

	E	F#	B
Hold	on,	hold	on

Fade on chorus

The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law (1966)

Originally in G, I play in E

Intro

E

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	E	A	E
Ah	breaking rocks in the	hot	sun

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	E	A	E
I n	eeded money cause I	had	none

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	A
I l	eft my baby and I feel so bad

	E
I	guess my race is run

	A
Well	she’s the best girl I’ve ever had

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

Solo

A	A	A	A
E	E	E	E
A	A	A	A
E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

Hard stop before “six gun”, chords are implied

	E	A	E
Ah	robbing people with a	six	gun

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

Yes, he says “um good fun”

	E	A	E
I m	iss my baby and um	good	fun

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	A
I l	eft my baby and I feel so bad

	E
I	guess my race is run

	A
Well	she’s the best girl I’ve ever had

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

The Box Tops - The Letter (1967)

After some muted percussion...

D|-------2-0-----|
A|-----2-----3-2-|
E|-0-3-----------|

Am	F
Give me a ticket for an	aeroplane

G	D
Ain’t got time to take a	fast train

Am	F	Am	F
Lonely days are	gone,	I’m a-comin’	home

	E	Am
Cause my	baby just wrote me a letter

Am	F
I don’t care how much money I	gotta spend

G	D
Got to get back to my	baby once again

Am	F	Am	F
Lonely days are	gone,	I’m a-comin’	home

	E	Am
Cause my	baby just wrote me a letter

	C	G
Well she	wrote me a	letter

	F	C	G
Said she	couldn’t	live without	me no more

C	G
Listen mister	can’t you see

	F	C	G
I	got to get	back to my ba	by once more

E

Anyway

Am	F
Give me a ticket for an	aeroplane

G	D
Ain’t got time to take a	fast train

Am	F	Am	F
Lonely days are	gone,	I’m a-comin’	home

	E	Am
Cause my	baby just wrote me a letter

	C	G
Well she	wrote me a	letter

	F	C	G
Said she	couldn’t	live without	me no more

C	G
Listen mister	can’t you see

	F	C	G
I	got to get	back to my ba	by once more

E

Anyway

Am	F
Give me a ticket for an	aeroplane

G	D
Ain’t got time to take a	fast train

Am	F	Am	F
Lonely days are	gone,	I’m a-comin’	home

	E	Am
Cause my	baby just wrote me a letter

	E	Am
Yeah my	baby just wrote me a letter

	E	Am
Yeah my	baby just wrote me a letter

Original does a solo over the verse chords, then another chorus

I repeat intro riff into a im

The Chiffons - One Fine Day (1963)

Originally in Gb, Carole King plays in F, I play in A

A	F#m	D	E
			x2

Vox on the 5 of the key on “one fine” and “you’ll look”

Then up to the 1 of the key on “and you will know”

A	E
One fine day,	you’ll look at me

F#m	D	Dm
And you will know our love was	meant to	be

A	F#m	D	E	A
One fine	day	you’re gonna	want me for your	girl

A	F#m	D	E

A	E
The arms I long for	will open wide

F#m	D	Dm
And you’ll be proud to have me	right by your	side

A	F#m	D	E	A
One fine	day	you’re gonna	want me for your	girl

A	D/A	A	A

Vox stays on the root, i.e. comes in on 1→2

in the key (4 → 5 in the chord) on “though I”

Em7	A	Em7	A
Though I	know you’re the	kind of	boy

D	Dmaj7	D6	Dadd9
Who only	wants to run a	round

F#m7	B	F#m7	B
I’ll keep	waiting and	someday	darling

Resist the temptation to go up on “down”

E	E7
You’ll come to me when you want to settle	down, oh

A	E
One fine day	we’ll meet once more

F#m	D	Dm
And then you’ll want the love you	threw away be	fore

A	F#m	D	E	A
One fine	day	you’re gonna	want me for your	girl

A	F#m	D	E	A
One fine	day	you’re gonna	want me for your	girl

A	D/A	A

The Contours - Do You Love Me (1962)

Originally in F, I play in A, highest note is the 5 “do you *love* me”

Intro, let ring, more or less spoken

A

You broke my heart

D

‘Cause I couldn’t dance

E	F#m
You didn’t even want me a	round

Hard stop on “back”

	E
And now I’m	back, to let you know

I can really shake ‘em down

E7

Vox on the 5

	A	D	E
Do you	love me? (I can	really	move)

	A	D	E
Do you	love me? (I’m	in the	groove)

	A	D	E
Now do you	love? (	Do you	love me?)

D	Dm	E7
Now that	I can	dance

	A
Watch me now, hey (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Ah,	work it out	baby (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Well, you’re	drivin’ me	crazy (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Just a	little bit of	soul now (	work)

E7

	A	D	E
I can	mash-potato (I can	mash-po	tato)

	A	D	E
I can	do the twist (I can	do the	twist)

	A	D	E
Now	tell me baby (	tell me	baby)

	A	D	E
Ah do you l	ike it like this (do you	like it like	this)

E	E
Tell me (	tell me)

	A	D	E
Do you	love me? (	Do you	love me)

	A	D	E
Now do you	love me? (	Do you	love me)

	A	D	E
Now do you	love me? (	Do you	love me)

D	Dm	E7
Now that	I can	dance (dance)

	A
Watch me now, hey (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Aw	shake it u	p, shake it (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Aw	shake ‘em, shake ‘em	down (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Aw, a	little bit of	soul now (	work)

E7

	D	E	A
Ah,	shake it, shake it	baby (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Ah, you’re	driving me	crazy (	work, work)

	D	E	A
Ah,	don’t get	lazy (	work)

E7

	A	D	E
I can	mash-potato (I can	mash-po	tato)

	A	D	E
I can	do the twist (I can	do the	twist)

	A	D	E
Well now	tell-a me baby (	tell me	baby)

	A	D	E
Do you l	ike it like this (do you	like it like	this)

E7

Tell me (tell me), tell me

	A	D	E
Do you	love me? (	Do you	love me)

	A	D	E
Now do you	love me? (	Do you	love me)

	A	D	E
Now do you	love me? (	Do you	love me)

D	Dm	E7
Now that	I can	dance (dance)

C#9

The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron (1962)

Originally in Eb, I play in G

Intro

G

	G	C
I	met him on a Monday and my	heart stood still

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C
Somebody told me that his	name was Bill

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C
Yes, my	heart stood still

G	D
Yes, his	name was Bill

G	C
And when he w	alked me home

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

	G	C
He	knew what he was doin’ when he	caught my eye

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

	G	C
He l	ooked so quiet but	my oh my

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C
Yes, he c	aught my eye

G	D
Yes, but	my oh my

G	C
And when he	walked me home

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C	D	G
	Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C	D	G
	Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

	G	C
He p	icked me up at seven and he	looked so fine

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C
Someday soon I’m gonna	make him mine

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

G	C
Yes, he	looked so fine

G	D
Yes, I’ll	make him mine

G	C
And when he	walked me home

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron,	da doo ron ron

With yeah’s

	G	C
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

	G	C
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

	D	G
Da	doo ron ron ron, da	doo ron ron

The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball (1966)

Intro

A	F#m	Dmaj7	E

1 low-3 4 5 on “I should have known”

A	C#m	D	A
I should have	known you’d	bid me fare	well

	A	C#m
There’s a	lesson to be	learned from this

	D	E
And I	learned it very	well

D	E
Now I know you’re	not

	A	F#m
The only	starfish in the	sea

	Bm	C#m
If I	never hear your	name again

	D	C#
It’s	all the same to	me

	F#m
And I	think it’s gonna be all right

Bm

Yeah the worst is over now

	E	D	A
The	morning sun is shining like a	red rubber	ball

A	F#m	E
	→

A	C#m	D	A
You never	cared for	secrets I’d con	fide

	A	C#m
For	you I’m just an	ornament

D	E
Something for your	pride

D	E
Always running,	never caring

A	F#m
That’s the life you	live

Bm	C#m
Stolen minutes	of your time

	D	C#
Were	all you had to	give

	F#m
And I	think it’s gonna be all right

Bm

Yeah the worst is over now

	E	D	A
The	morning sun is shining like a	red rubber	ball

Original changes key to Bb here, I don’t

A	F#m	E
	→

	A	C#m	D	A
The	story’s in the	past with	nothing to re	call

	A	C#m
I’ve	got my life to	live and I

D	E
Don’t need you at	all

	D	E
The	roller coaster	ride we took is

A	F#m
Nearly at an	end

	Bm	C#m
I	bought my ticket	with my tears

	D	C#
That’s	all I’m gonna	spend

	F#m
And I	think it’s gonna be all right

Bm

Yeah the worst is over now

	E	D	A
The	morning sun is shining like a	red rubber	ball

	F#m
Oh oh, I	think it’s gonna be all right

Bm

Yeah the worst is over now

	E	D	A
The	morning sun is shining like a	red rubber	ball

A	F#m	Dmaj7	A

The Dave Clark Five - Because (1964)

Originally in G, I play in E

E	E+	E6	E+

	E	E+	E6	E7
It’s	right that	I should care a	bout you

	F#m	B	B+
And	try to make you happy when you’re b	lue

	E	E+	A	Am
It’s ri	ght, it’s ri	ght to f	eel the way I	do

	E	F#m	B7	E
Beca	use, beca	use	I love y	ou

F#m	B	E	C#m
It’s wrong to	say I don’t think of	you

F#m	B
‘Cause when you	say these things

	F#7	B	B+
You	know it makes me	blue

	E	E+	E6	E7
G	ive me one k	iss and I’ll be h	appy

F#m	B	B+
Just, just to be here with	you

	E	E+	A	Am
Give	me, give	me, a	chance to be	near you

	E	F#m	B7	E	C	B
Bec	ause, bec	ause	I love	you	→

Organ solo

E	E+	E6	E7
F#m	B	E	C	B
			→

	E	E+	E6	E7
G	ive me one k	iss and I’ll be h	appy

F#m	B	B+
Just, just to be here with	you

	E	E+	A	Am
Give	me, give	me, a	chance to be	near you

	E	F#m	B7	E	C#7
Bec	ause, bec	ause	I love	you

	F#m	B7	E
Bec	ause, bec	ause I love y	ou

E6/9

The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1964)

Originally in D, I play in A

Intro

A	D	A
	D	A	D	A
You s	ay that you l	ove me (s	ay you	love me)

D	A	D	A
All of the	time (	all of the	time)

	D	A	D	A
You	say that you	need me (	say you	need me)

	D	A	D	A
You’ll	always be	mine (	always be	mine)

Vox on 5 6 b7 of the key on “I’m feelin’”

	E
I’m feelin’	glad all over

	A
Yes I’m	glad all over

	E
Baby I’m	glad all over

	A	D	A	D
So glad you’re	mine

D	A	D	A
I’ll make you	happy (	make you	happy)

	D	A	D	A
You’ll n	ever be	blue (	never be	blue)

D	A	D	A
You’ll have no	sorrow (	have no	sorrow)

	D	A	D	A
‘Cause I’ll a	lways be	true (	always be	true)

	E
And I’m feelin’	glad all over

	A
Yes I’m	glad all over

	E
Baby I’m	glad all over

	A	D	A	D
So glad you’re	mine

Vox on the 3 of the chord

F	A	D	A
Other girls, may try to take me a	way (	take me a	way)

D	E7
But you know, it’s by your side I will	stay

	D
I’ll	stay

	A	D	A
Our love will	last now (	our love will	last)

	D	A	D	A
Till the	end of	time (	end of	time)

D	A	D	A
Because this	love now (	because this	love)

	D	A	D	A
Is only	yours and	mine (	yours and	mine)

	E
And I’m feelin’	glad all over

	A
Yes I’m	glad all over

	E
Baby I’m	glad all over

	A	D	A	D
So glad you’re	mine

F	A	D	A
Other girls, may try to take me a	way (	take me a	way)

D	E7
But you know, it’s by your side I wll	stay

	D
I’ll	stay

Key change, which I don’t bother with

	A#	D#	A
Our love will	last now (	our love will	last)

	D#	A#	D#	A
Till the	end of	time (	end of	time)

D#	A#	D#	A#
Because this	love now (	because this	love)

	D#	A#	D	A#
Is gonna be	yours and	mine (	yours and	mine)

	F
And I’m feelin’	glad all over

	A#
Yes I’m	glad all over

	F
Baby I’m	glad all over

	A#	D#	A#	D#
So glad you’re	mine

	D#	A#	D#	A#
I’m	so glad you’re	mine now

	D#	A#	D#	A#
I’m	so glad you’re	mine now

	D#	A#	D#
I’m	so glad you’re	mine now

A#	D#	A#
Whoa whoa	whoa whoa	whoa

The Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love (1964)

Originally in D, I play in A, highest note that matters is the 3, but there’s a lot of 3

Starts a cappella

A

Going to the chapel and we’re gonna get married

Bm	E7	Bm	E7
Going to the	chapel and we’re	gonna get m	arried

Band enters

A

Gee I really love you and we’re gonna get married

Bm	E7	A
Going to the	chapel of l	ove

A

Spring is here, the sky is blue, whoa-oh-oh

Bm	E7	Bm	E7
Birds all	sing as i	f they k	new

A	A	A7	F#7
Today’s the day,	we’ll	say I do

	Bm	E7	A
And we’ll	never be	lonely anym	ore

	A
Because we’re	going to the chapel and we’re gonna get married

Bm	E7	Bm	E7
Going to the	chapel and we’re	gonna get m	arried

A

Gee I really love you and we’re gonna get married

Bm	E7	A
Going to the	chapel of l	ove

A

Bells will ring, the sun will shine, whoa-oh-oh

Bm	E7	Bm	E7
I’ll be	his, and h	e’ll be m	ine

A	A	A7	F#7
We’ll love until,	the	end of ti	me

	Bm	E7	A
And we’ll	never be	lonely anym	ore

	A
Because we’re	going to the chapel and we’re gonna get married

Bm	E7	Bm	E7
Going to the	chapel and we’re	gonna get m	arried

A

Gee I really love you and we’re gonna get married

Bm	E7	A
Going to the	chapel of l	ove, yeah yeah yeah yeah

Bm	E7	A
Going to the	chapel of l	ove

The Doors - Love Me Two Times (1967)

Let the record show that when I write “two time”

instead of “two times”, it’s not a typo, that’s what

he says.

E7#9

Love me two times baby

Love me twice today

	A7
Love me two time	girl

	E7#9
I’m goin’ a	way

Vox on the b7 of the chord on “girl”, up to the

1 of the chord on “one for tomorrow”

	D7
Love me two times g	irl

	C7
One for tomorrow, one just for today

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ a	way

Back to quiet intro

E7#9

	E7#9
L	ove me one time, could not speak

	A7
Love me one time

	E7#9
Yeah, my knees got	weak

	D7
Love me two time g	irl

	C7
Last me all through the week

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ away

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ a	way

Solo over one verse and the longer chorus

Then back to quiet intro

E7#9

	E7#9
L	ove me one time, could not speak

	A7
Love me one time	baby

	E7#9
Yeah, my knees got	weak

	D7
Love me two time g	irl

	C7
Last me all through the week

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ away

Louder and an octave up in this verse

	E7#9
Love me two time	babe

	E7#9
Love me twice	today

	A7
Love me two time	babe

	E7#9
‘Cause I’m going a	way

	D7
Love me two time g	irl

	C7
One for tomorrow, one just for today

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ away

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ away

	G	D	C7	B7	E7#9
L	ove me two t	imes	I’m	goin’ away

E7#9

The Doors - People Are Strange (1967)

Originally in Em, I play in Em capo 2

Em	Am	Em
People are strange	when you’re a	stranger

Am	Em	B	Em
Faces look	ugly w	hen you’re a	lone

	Am	Em
Women seem wicked w	hen you’re un	wanted

	Am	Em	B	Em
Str	eets are un	even	when you’re d	own

	B7
When you’re str	ange

	G	B
F	aces come out of the	rain

B

When you’re strange

G	B
No one remembers your	name

B

When you’re strange

B

When you’re strange

B

When you’re strange

Em	Am	Em
People are strange	when you’re a	stranger

Am	Em	B	Em
Faces look	ugly w	hen you’re a	lone

	Am	Em
Women seem wicked w	hen you’re un	wanted

	Am	Em	B	Em
Str	eets are un	even	when you’re d	own

Solo

B	Em	B	Em

	B7
When you’re str	ange

	G	B
F	aces come out of the	rain

B

When you’re strange

G	B
No one remembers your	name

B

When you’re strange

B

When you’re strange

B

When you’re strange, alright yeah

Solo on verse chords

Em	Am	Em	Am	Em	B	Em
Em	Am	Em	Am	Em	B	Em

	B7
When you’re str	ange

	G	B
F	aces come out of the	rain

B

When you’re strange

G	B
No one remembers your	name

B

When you’re strange

B

When you’re strange

Hard stop before “strange”

B

When you’re strange

The Doors - Touch Me (1969)

Use all barre chords

Vox on the 5

Am	Am	Am	Am/G
			x 4

Am9	Am9	Am9	Am/G
			x 4

Vox on the 5

Am9

Come on, come on, c’mon, c’mon now

G

Touch me babe

Bm	C	Eb
Can’t you see that	I am not afraid?

	Bb	Dm
What was that	promise that you made?

	Eb	F#
Why won’t you	tell me what she said?

	C#
What was that	promise that you made?

	F#	Fm
Now	I’m gonna	love you

	F#	G#	C#
Till the	heavens	stop the	rain

F#	Fm
I’m gonna	love you

	F#	G#	F#
Till the	stars	fall from the	sky

	C#
For you and	I

Repeat intro

Am9

Come on, come on, c’mon, c’mon now

G

Touch me babe

Bm	C	Eb
Can’t you see that	I am not afraid?

	Bb	Dm
What was that	promise that you made?

	Eb	F#
Why won’t you	tell me what she said?

	C#
What was that	promise that you made?

	F#	Fm
Now	I’m gonna	love you

	F#	G#	C#
Till the	heavens	stop the	rain

F#	Fm
I’m gonna	love you

	F#	G#	F#
Till the	stars	fall from the	sky

	C#
For you and	I

Let ring

F#	Fm
I’m gonna	love you

	F#	G#	C#
Till the	heavens	stop the	rain

F#	Fm
I’m gonna	love you

	F#	G#	F#
Till the	stars	fall from the	sky

	C#
For you and	I

Repeat intro with solo

Am9

Stronger than dirt

The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me (1960)

Originally in E, I play in D

D

You can dance every dance with the guy who gives you the eye

	A
Let him	hold you tight

	A
You can	smile every smile for the man who held your hand

	D
‘Neath the	pale moonlight

	G
But don’t for	get who’s taking you home

	D
And in whose arms you’re	gonna be

	A	D
So	darling, save the last dance for	me

D

Oh I know that the music’s fine like sparkling wine

	A
Go and	have your fun

	A
Laugh and	sing but while we’re apart

	D
Don’t give your heart to	anyone

	G
But don’t for	get who’s taking you home

	D
And in whose arms you’re	gonna be

	A	D
So	darling, save the last dance for	me

	A
Baby don’t you know I	love you so

	D
Can’t you feel it when we	touch

	A
I will never never	let you go

	D
Cause I love you oh so	much

	D
You can	dance, go and carry on

	A
Till the night is gone and it’s	time to go

	A
If he	asks if you’re all alone can he take you home

	D
You must	tell him no

	G
But don’t for	get who’s taking you home

	D
And in whose arms you’re	gonna be

	A	D
So	darling, save the last dance for	me

Solo

A	D	A	D

	G
‘Cause don’t for	get who’s taking you home

	D
And in whose arms you’re	gonna be

	A	D
So	darling, save the last dance for	me

A	D
Save the last dance for	me

A	D
Save the last dance for	me

The Drifters - This Magic Moment (1960)

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro

A	F#m	D	E

	A	F#m
This magic	moment, so	different and so new

	D	E
Was like any	other, until	I kissed you

	A	F#m
And then it	happened, it	took me by surprise

	D	E
I knew that you	felt it too, by the	look in your eyes

	F#m
Sweeter than	wine

	D
Softer than the	summer night

	A	E
Everything I	want I have, whenever I	hold you tight

	A	F#m
This magic	moment, while your	lips are close to mine

	D	E	A
Will last for	ever, for	ever till the end of	time

	F#m	D
Oh,	oh, oh, o	h

	E
Oooh,	oooh

String solo

A	F#m	D	E

	F#m
Sweeter than	wine

	D
Softer than the	summer night

	A	E
Everything I	want I have, whenever I	hold you tight

	A	F#m
This magic	moment, while your	lips are close to mine

	D	E	A
Will last for	ever, for	ever till the end of	time

	F#m	D
Oh,	oh, magic mo	ment

	E
Magic mo	ment

A

The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964)

Originally in G, I play in D

D

	D	A
Oh the s	un beats down and melts the tar upon the r	oof

	A	D	D7
And your s	hoes get so hot you wish your tired feet were firep	roof

	G	D
Under the b	oardwalk, down by the	sea

	D	A	D
On a b	lanket with my baby	is where I’ll	be

Don’t go down to the low octave here, stay in the melody octave

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, out of the sun

	A
Under the b	oardwalk, we’ll be having some fun

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, people walking above

	A
Under the b	oardwalk, we’ll be making love

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, boardwalk

	D	A
From a p	ark nearby happy sounds from a carousel

	A	D	D7
You can al	most taste the hot dogs and french fries they sell

	G	D
Under the b	oardwalk, down by the	sea

	D	A	D
On a b	lanket with my baby	is where I’ll be

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, out of the sun

	A
Under the b	oardwalk, we’ll be having some fun

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, people walking above

	A
Under the b	oardwalk, we’ll be making love

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, boardwalk

Solo on half verse

D	A	A	D

	G	D
Under the b	oardwalk, down by the	sea

	D	A	D
On a b	lanket with my baby	is where I’ll	be

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, out of the sun

	A
Under the b	oardwalk, we’ll be having some fun

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, people walking above

	A
Under the b	oardwalk, we’ll be making love

	Bm
Under the b	oardwalk, boardwalk

The Everly Brothers - Cathy’s Clown (1960)

Originally in G, I play in E

as upbeat, syncopated barre chords

E	B	E	B	E	B	E

Both vox lines come in the 5 on “don’t”, 6 on “love”

	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Don’t want your	love			any	more

	B	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Don’t	want your	kisse	s		that’s for	sure

	B	C#m	A	B
I	die each	time I hear this	sound

	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Here he	co	mes	that’s	Cathy’s	clown

	E	A	E
I’ve gotta stand	tall

	A	E	A	E
You know a	man can’t	crawl

	A	C#m	A
For when he	knows you tell lies and he	hears ‘em passin’	by

	B	E	A	E
He’s	not a man at	all

	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Don’t want your	love			any	more

	B	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Don’t	want your	kisse	s		that’s for	sure

	B	C#m	A	B
I	die each	time I hear this	sound

	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Here he	co	mes	that’s	Cathy’s	clown

	E	A	E	E	A	E
When you see me shed a	tear		and you know that it’s sin	cere

	A	C#m	A
Don’t ya think it’s kinda	sad that you’re	treatin’ me so	bad

	B	E	A	E
Or	don’t you even	care

	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Don’t want your	love			any	more

	B	E	B	E	B	E	B	E
Don’t	want your	kisse	s		that’s for	sure

	B	C#m	A	B
I	die each	time I hear this	sound

	E	B	E	B	E
Here he	co	mes	that’s	Cathy’s	clown

B	E	B	E
	That’s	Cathy’s	clown

B	E	B	E
	That’s	Cathy’s	clown

The Everly Brothers - When Will I Be Loved (1960)

Everly Brothers in B, Linda Ronstadt in E, I play in A

This arrangement follows the Ronstadt version a little more

than the Everly Brothers version.

Let ring, basically just the I, as per Ronstadt arrangement

A	D	E
I’ve been	chea	ted

A	D	E
Been mis	trea	ted

A	D	E	A
When will	I	be	loved?

Now come in with the rock

A	D	E
I’ve been	turned	down

A	D	E
I’ve been	pushed ‘	round

A	D	E	A
When will	I	be	loved?

D	E
When I meet a	new girl

D	A
That I want for	mine

	D	E
She	always breaks my	heart in two

Slash chords are from the Ronstadt arrangement

	D/F#	E/G#
It	happens every	time

A	D	E
I’ve been	made	blue

A	D	E
I’ve been	lied	to

A	D	E	A	D	E
When will	I	be	loved?

Optionally solo on verse chords

A	D	E
I’ve been	chea	ted

A	D	E
Been mis	trea	ted

A	D	E	A
When will	I	be	loved?

D	E
When I meet a	new girl

D	A
That I want for	mine

	D	E
She	always breaks my	heart in two

	D/F#	E/G#
It	happens every	time

A	D	E
I’ve been	chea	ted

A	D	E
Been mis	trea	ted

A	D	E	A
When will	I	be	loved?

A	D	E	A
When will	I	be	loved?

A	D	E	A
When will	I	be	loved?

The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (1968)

Originally in C, I play in G.

G	B	C	D
			x2

Vox on 1 6 5 of the key (4 2 1 of the chord)

on “why do you”.

D	G	B
Why do you bu	ild me up B	uttercup, baby

	C	D
Just to l	et me down and m	ess me around

	G	B
And then wo	rst of all you	never call, baby

	C	D
When you s	ay you will but	I love you still

	G	G7/F
I need y	ou more than a	nyone, darling

	C/E	Cm/D#
You k	now that I have from the	start

	G	D	C
So b	uild me up b	uttercup, don’t break my	heart

The first chord here is just one beat

G	D

	G	D	F	C
I’ll be o	ver at t	en, you told me	time and	again

	G	C
But you’re l	ate, I wait ar	ound and then

	G	D	F	C
I r	un to the d	oor, I can’t t	ake any	more

	G	C
It’s not y	ou, you let me d	own again

C	C/B	Am
Hey,	hey,	hey!

Vox on the third of the chord on “baby baby”

	D
Baby, baby, t	ry to find

D	D/C	Bm
Hey,	hey,	hey!

Bm	E	E/D
A little time, and I	’ll make you happy

C

I’ll be home

	A7	D
I’ll be	beside the phone waiting for	you-oo-hoo, you-oo-hoo

D	G	B
Why do you bu	ild me up B	uttercup, baby

	C	D
Just to l	et me down and m	ess me around

	G	B
And then wo	rst of all you	never call, baby

	C	D
When you s	ay you will but	I love you still

	G	G7/F
I need y	ou more than a	nyone, darlin’g

	C/E	Cm/D#
You k	now that I have from the	start

	G	D	C
So b	uild me up B	uttercup, don’t break my	heart

The first chord here is just one beat

G	D

	G	D	F	C	G
To y	ou I’m a t	oy but I co	uld be the b	oy you a	dore

	C
If you’d just l	et me know

G	D	F	C	G
Although you’re unt	rue, I’m attr	acted to y	ou all the m	ore

	C
Why do you tr	reat me so?

C	C/B	Am
Hey,	hey,	hey!

	D
Baby, baby, t	ry to find

D	D/C	Bm
Hey,	hey,	hey!

Bm	E
A little time, and I	’ll make you happy

C

I’ll be home

	A7	D
I’ll be be	side the phone waiting for	you-oo-hoo, you-oo-hoo

D	G	B
Why do you bu	ild me up B	uttercup, baby

	C	D
Just to l	et me down and m	ess me around

	G	B
And then wo	rst of all you	never call, baby

	C	D
When you s	ay you will but	I love you still

	G	G7/F
I need y	ou more than a	nyone, darlin’

	C/E	Cm/D#
You k	now that I have from the	start

Watch for the key change coming up here...

	G	D	E
So b	uild me up B	uttercup, don’t break my	heart

Fades out here, I do a quiet live fade...

	A	A7/G
I need y	ou more than a	nyone, darlin’

	D/F#	Dm/F
You k	now that I have from the	start

	A	E	D
So b	uild me up B	uttercup, don’t break my	heart

A

The Four Seasons - Walk Like a Man (1963)

Originally in Bb, I play in E capo 2

E	A	E	A

The first “weee” is on the 2 7 of the chord (5 3 of the key)

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A
Ooo	weee ooo	ooo	ooo	weee,	walk,	walk,	walk

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	B
Ooo	weee ooo	ooo	ooo	walk	like a	ma	n

E	F#m7	E	F#m7
Oh, how you	tried to	cut me down to	size

E	F#m7	E	F#m7
Tellin’ dirty	lies to my	friends

	E	F#m7	E	F#m7
But	my own	father said	give her up, don’t	bother

Hard stop on “end”

	E	F#m7	E
The	world isn’t	comin’ to an	end

He said...

A	D	A	D
Walk like a	man,	talk like a	man

A	C#m	Bm	E
Walk like a	man my	son

A	D	A	D
No woman’s	worth	crawlin’ on the	earth

	A	C#m	D	B
So	walk like a	man, my	so	n

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A
Ooo	weee ooo	ooo	ooo	weee,	walk,	walk,	walk

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	B
Ooo	weee ooo	ooo	ooo	walk	like a	ma	n

E	F#m7	E	F#m7
Bye-aye	baby, I	don’t-a mean	maybe

E	F#m7	E	F#m7
Gonna get alo	ng some	how

E	F#m7	E	F#m7
Soon you’ll be	cryin’ on	account of all your	lyin’

	E	F#m7	E
Oh	yeah, just	look who’s laughin’	now

I'm gonnna...

A	D	A	D
Walk like a	man,	fast as I	can

A	C#m	Bm	E
Walk like a	man from	you

A	D	A	D
I’ll tell the	world forg	et about it,	girl

	A	C#m	D	B
And	walk like a	man from	yo	u

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A
Ooo	weee ooo	ooo	ooo	weee,	walk,	walk,	walk

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	B
Ooo	weee ooo	ooo	ooo	walk	like a	ma	n

The Four Tops - I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey bunch) (1965)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

G

	G	D
Ooooh, s	ugar pie, honey bunch, you know that	I love you

	Am	C	D
I can’t he	lp myself, I love you and n	obody else

G	D
In and out my life, you come and you	go

	Am	C	D
Leaving just your pi	cture behind, and I’ve kissed it a th	ousand times

G	D
When you snap your finger, or wink your eye, I come a-r	unning to you

	Am	C	D
I’m tied to your a	pron strings, and there’s nothing that	I can do

Short solo

G	D

	Am	C	D
I can’t h	elp myself, no, I can’t h	elp myself

	G	D
‘Cause, s	ugar pie, honey bunch, I’m weaker than a m	an should be

	Am	C	D
I can’t	help myself, I’m a fool in lo	ve ya see

	G	D
Wanna t	ell you I don’t love you, tell you that we’re through, a	nd I try

	Am	C	D
But every time I s	ee your face, I get all choked u	p inside

	G
Wh	en I call your name, girl it starts to flame

	G
B	urning in my heart, tear’n it all apart

	G
No ma	tter how I try, my love I cannot hide

	G	D
‘Cause su	gar pie honey bunch, you know that I’d wa	it for you

	Am	C	D
Can’t h	elp myself, I love you and n	obody else

	G	D
S	ugar pie, honey bunch, I’d do anything you a	sk me to

	Am	C	D
I can’t h	elp myself, I want you and n	obody else

	G	D
S	ugar pie, honey bunch, you know that	I love you

	Am	C	D
I can’t h	elp myself, I can’t he	lp myself

G

The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 2

Optionally keep this pattern going throughout the verse

Em	D/F#
	x2

Em

Bus stop, wet day, she’s there, I say

Em

Please share my umbrella

Em

Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows

Em

Under my umbrella

G	D	Em
All that	summer	we enjoyed it

Cmaj7	Bm7
Wind and rain and	shine

Em

That umbrella, we employed it

	Em	Bm	Em
By	August,	she was	mine

G	F#7	Bm	Bm/A	G
Every morning	I would see her	waiting	at the	stop

	Em6	F#7	Bm
Sometimes she’d	shopped and she would	show me what she	bought

G	F#7	Bm	Bm/A	G
Other people	stared as if we	were both	quite in	sane

	Em6	F#7	Bm
Someday my	name and hers are	going to be the	same

Em

That’s the way the whole thing started

Em

Silly but it’s true

Em

Thinkin’ of a sweet romance

	Em
Beg	inning in a queue

G	D	Em
Came the	sun the	ice was melting

Cmaj7	Bm7
No more sheltering	now

Em

Nice to think that that umbrella

Em	Bm	Em
Led me	to a	vow

Em	Em/G
	x7

This really happens, though I don’t recommend it

Em	E

G	F#7	Bm	Bm/A	G
Every morning	I would see her	waiting	at the	stop

	Em6	F#7	Bm
Sometimes she’d	shopped and she would	show me what she	bought

G	F#7	Bm	Bm/A	G
Other people	stared as if we	were both	quite in	sane

	Em6	F#7	Bm
Someday my	name and hers are	going to be the	same

Em

Bus stop, wet day, she’s there, I say

Em

Please share my umbrella

Em

Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows

Em

Under my umbrella

G	D	Em
All that	summer	we enjoyed it

Cmaj7	Bm7
Wind and rain and	shine

Em

That umbrella, we employed it

	Em7	Bm	Em
By	August,	she was	mine

The Jackson Five - I Want You Back (1969)

Originally in G#, I play in A down an octave, possibly capo 1 or 2

Highest note is the 5 (on OH baby give)

Highest note that’s held a long time is the 3

A	A/C#	D
F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm7	E	A

Vox on 5 on “when”, on the 6 of the key on “self” and “didn’t”.

That means you’re *not* going up from “self” to “didn’t”, even

though you want to.

A	D
When I had you to myself, I	didn’t want you around

	F#m	A/C#	D	A
Those	pretty	faces a	lways m	ade you

	Bm7	E7	A
S	tand out i	n a c	rowd

	A	D
Then	someone picked you from the bunch, one	glance was all it took

F#m	A/C#	D	A
Now it’s	much too l	ate for m	e

	Bm7	E7	A
To t	ake a s	econd l	ook

A	E/G#	F#m	E	D	A/C#
Oh	baby	give me one	more	chance

	Bm7	E
(To	show you that I	love you)

F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm7	E
Won’t	you p	lease l	et m	e

A

Back in your heart

A	E/G#	F#m	E	D	A/C#
Oh d	arlin’ I	was b	lind to l	et you go

	Bm7	E
(L	et you go	baby)

	F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm	E	A
Well	now	since I’	ve	seen yo	u	in his	arms

(I want you back)

A

Yes I do now (I want you back)

A

Ooh ooh baby (I want you back)

A

Yeah no no no (I want you back)

A

No no no no

A	D
Tryin’ to live without your love, is	one long sleepless night

F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm7	E7	A
Let me	show you g	irl	that I	know w	rong from r	ight

A	D
Every street you walk on, I leave	tear stains on the ground

F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm7	E7	A
Follow	ing the g	irl,	I didn’t e	ven w	ant ar	ound

Let me tell you now

A	E/G#	F#m	A	D	A/C#	Bm7
Oh	baby	all I	need is	one more	chance

	Bm7	E
(To	show you that I	love you)

F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm7	E
Won’t	you p	lease l	et m	e

A

Back in your heart

A	E/G#	F#m	E	D	A/C#
Oh d	arlin’ I	was b	lind to l	et you go

	Bm7	E
(L	et you go	baby)

Note different rhythm here, downbeat on *IN* his arms

	F#m	A/C#	D	A	A
Well	now	since I		see you	in his arms

Bass/vox break, mostly on the I chord with some buh buh buh

A	E/G#	F#m	E	D	A/C#
Oh d	arlin’ I	was b	lind to l	et you go

	Bm7	E
(L	et you go	baby)

	F#m	A/C#	D	A	Bm	E	A
Well	now	since I’	ve	seen yo	u	in his	arms

(I want you back)

Original ad libs on chorus chords to fade, I prefer to end on:

A

Yes I do now (I want you back)

A

Ooh ooh baby (I want you back)

A

Yeah no no no (I want you back)

Hard stop before “I want you back”

A

No no no no (I want you back)

The Kingsmen - Louie Louie (1963)

Intro

A	D	Em	D
			x2

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh no,	hey	we gotta go,		ah yea yea ye	a yea baby

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh baby,		we gotta go

	A	D	Em	D
A	fine little	girl, who	waited for	me

	A	D	Em	D
I	catch a	ship a	cross the	sea

	A	D	Em	D
I	sailed that	ship, about	all a	lone

	A	D	Em	D
N	ever could know	if I’ll	make it	home

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	no no no no n	o, say	we gotta go,		oh	no

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh baby,	said	we gotta go

	A	D	Em	D
Three	nights and	days I	sailed the	sea

	A	D	Em	D
I	think of the	girl	constant	ly

	A	D	Em	D
And	on that	ship, I	dream she	there

	A	D	Em	D
I	smell the	rose, ah,	in her	hair

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh no,	hey	we gotta go,		ah yea yea ye	a yea said

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh baby,	said	we gotta go,			okay let’s give it to ‘em

Solo

A	D	Em	D
			x8

It sounds like he made a mistake here, and started singing this line, but they kept it...

	A	D	Em	D
I	see

	A	D	Em	D
I	see Ja	maican	moon a	bove

	A	D	Em	D
I	won’t be	long, me	see me	love

	A	D	Em	D
I	take her	in my	arms a	gain

	A	D	Em	D
And	tell her I	’ll never	leave a	gain

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh no,	hey	we gotta go,		ah yea yea ye	a yea said

A	D	Em	D	A	D	Em	D
Louie Loui	e,	oh baby,	said	we gotta go

	A	D	Em	D
I said	we gotta go now

	A	D	Em	D
Uh-huh	we gotta go

	A
Let’s g	o

The Lovin Spoonful - Daydream (1966)

Originally in C#, I play in C

Intro

C

C	A7
What a day for a	daydream

Dm7	G
What a day for a	daydreamin’ boy

C	A7
And I’m lost in a	daydream

Dm7	G
Dreamin’ bout my	bundle of joy

F	D7	C	A7
And even if	time ain’t really	on my	side

F	D7	C	A7
It’s one of those	days for takin’ a	walk out	side

F	D7	C	A7
I’m blowin’ the	day to take a	walk in the	sun

G/B	C	G7
And fall on my f	ace on somebody’s	new-mowed lawn

C	A7
I been havin’ a	sweet dream

Dm7	G
I been dreamin’ since I	woke up today

C	A7
It’s starring me and my	sweet thing

Dm7	G
‘Cause she’s the one that makes me	feel this way

F	D7	C	A7
And even if	time is passin’ me	by a	lot

F	D7	C	A7
I couldn’t care	less about the	dues you say I’ve	got

F	D7	C	A7
Tomorrow I’ll	pay the dues for	dropping my	load

G	C	G7
A pie in the f	ace for bein’ a	sleepy bull toad

Whistling solo on verse chords

C	A7	Dm7	G
C	A7	Dm7	G

F	D7	C	A7
And you can be	sure that if you’re	feelin’	right

F	D7	C	A7
A daydream will	last ‘til long	into the	night

F	D7	C	A7
Tomorrow at	breakfast you may	prick up your	ears

G	C	G7
Or you may be da	ydreamin’ for a t	housand years

C	A7
What a day for a	daydream

Dm7	G
Custom-made for a	daydreamin’ boy

C	A7
And I’m lost in a	daydream

Dm7	G
Dreamin’ bout my	bundle of joy

Whistling solo on chorus chords

F	D7	C	A7
F	D7	C	A7
F	D7	C	A7
G	C	G7	C

The Lovin Spoonful - Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind (1965)

Intro

D7	G

Vox on the 3

	G	G6/B	G	G6/B
Did you	ever have to	make up your	mind?

	G	G6/B	G	E
And	pick up on	one and leave the	other be	hind

	G	D	C
It’s	not often	easy and	not often kind

	D	G
Did you	ever have to make up your	mind?

	G	G6/B	G	G6/B
Did you	ever have to	finally de	cide?

	G	G6/B	G	E
And	say yes to	one and let the	other one	ride

	G	D	C
There’s	so many	changes and	tears you must hide

	D	G
Did you	ever have to finally de	cide?

There is a lot going on here in the vocals, and not a clear melody. If it’s just me, I would do the low 3 on “one”, up to the high 3 on “eyes”

	E7
Sometimes there’s	one with big blue eyes, cute as a bunny

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “hair”

	A7
With	hair down to here, and plenty of money

	C	A7	G	E7
And	just when you	think she’s that	one in the	world

	D	Dsus4	D	Dsus4
You	heart gets	stolen by some	mousy little	girl

	G	G6/B	G	G6/B
And then you	know you better	make up your	mind

	G	G6/B	G	E
And	pick up on	one and leave the	other be	hind

	G	D	C
It’s	not often	easy and	not often kind

	D	G
Did you	ever have to make up your	mind?

Solo on verse chords

G	G6/B	G	G6/B
G	G6/B	G	E
G	D	C	C
D	D	G	G

	E7
Sometimes you	really dig a girl the moment you kiss her

	A7
And	then you get distracted by her older sister

	C	A7	G	E7
When	in walks her	father and	takes you in	line

	D
And says,	better go home, son, and make up your mind

	G	G6/B	G	G6/B
Then you	bet you’d better	finally de	cide

	G	G6/B	G	E
And	say yes to	one and let the	other one	ride

	G	D	C
There’s	so many	changes and	tears you must hide

	D	G
Did you	ever have to finally de	cide?

G

The Lovin Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (1965)

Originally near C, I play in G capo 2

Intro

Am	Bm	C	Bm
Am	Bm	C	D
		Do you be	lieve in

G	C
Magic in a	young girl’s heart

	G	C
How the	music can free her, when	ever it starts

	G	C
And it’s	magic, if the	music is groovy

	G	C
It	makes you feel happy like an	old-time movie

	Am	Bm	C	Bm
I’ll	tell you about the	magic, and it’ll	free your	soul

	D
But it’s like	trying to tell a stranger ‘bout rock and roll

	G	C
If you believe in	magic don’t	bother to choose

	G	C
If it’s	jug band music, or	rhythm and blues

	G	C
Just go and	listen it’ll	start with a smile

	G	C
It won’t	wipe off your face no matter	how hard you try

	Am	Bm	C	Bm
Your	feet start	tapping and you	can’t seem to	find

	D
How you g	ot there, so just blow your mind

Solo

C	C	G	G
Am	Bm	C	Bm
D	D

	G	C
If you believe in	magic, come a	long with me

	G	C
We’ll	dance until morning ‘til there’s	just you and me

	G	C
And	maybe, if the	music is right

	G	C
I’ll	meet you tomorrow, sort of	late at night

	Am	Bm	C	Bm
And	we’ll go	dancing, baby,	then you’ll	see

	D
How the	magic’s in the music and the music’s in me

This is different than the other verses

C	G
Yeah, do you believe in	magic?

	Am	Bm	C	Bm
Yeah,	believe in the	magic of a	young girl’s	soul

	Am	Bm	C	Bm
Be	lieve in the	magic of	rock and	roll

	Am	Bm	C	Bm
Be	lieve in the	magic that can	set you	free

D

Oh, talking ‘bout the

With “do you believe like I believe?”

C	G
Magic, do you believe in	magic?

	C	G
Do you believe, beli	ever? Do you believe in m	agic?

The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin (1966)

Originally in Am capo 4, I play in Am capo 1

Intro is a bunch of noodling on the first chord, then hang the second

Asus2/E	Esus4

“All” and “brown” both on the 1

	Am	G	Fmaj7
All the leaves are	brown

	G	Esus4	E7
And the s	ky is	gray

	F	C	E7	Am
I	’ve been for a w	alk

	F	Esus4	E7
On a wi	nter’s	day

	Am	G	Fmaj7
I’d be safe and wa	rm

	G	Esus4	E7
If I wa	s in L	.A.

	Am	G	Fmaj7
California dreamin’

	G	Esus4
On s	uch a winter’s	day

	Am	G	Fmaj7
Stopped in to a chu	rch

	G	Esus4	E7
I passed a	long the	way

	F	C	E7	Am
Well I	got down on my	knees

	F	Esus4	E7
And I pr	etended to	pray

	Am	G	Fmaj7
You know the preacher liked the co	ld

	G	Esus4	E7
He knows I’m g	onna st	ay

	Am	G	Fmaj7
California dreamin’

	G	Esus4
On s	uch a winter’s	day

Solo on verse-ish chords

	Am	G	Fmaj7
All the leaves are	brown

	G	Esus4	E7
And the s	ky is	gray

	F	C	E7	Am
I	’ve been for a w	alk

	F	Esus4	E7
On a wi	nter’s	day

	Am	G	Fmaj7
If I didn’t te	ll her

	G	Esus4	E7
I could l	eave today

	Am	G	Fmaj7
California dreamin’

	G	Am
On s	uch a winter’s	day

	Am	G	Fmaj7
California dreamin ‘

	G	Am
On s	uch a winter’s	day

	Am	G	Fmaj7
California dreamin’

	G	Esus4
On s	uch a winter’s	day

Am

The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman (1961)

Originally in D, Beatles in A, I play in D capo 3

D

(Wait!) Oh yes, wait a minute Mr. Postman

Bm

(Wait!) Wai-ai-ai-ait Mr. Postman

Backup vox sing main lyrics

D

Mr. Postman, look and see (Oh yea)

Bm

Is there a letter in your bag for me? (Please, please, Mr. Postman)

G

I’ve been waiting such a long time (Whoa yea)

A

Since I heard from this boyfriend of mine

Lead vox sing main lyrics

D

There must be some word today (waaooo)

Bm

From my boyfriend so far away (waaooo)

G

Please Mr. Postman, look and see (waaooo)

A

Is there a letter, a letter for me?

Lead vox sing main lyrics

D

I’ve been standing here waiting Mr. Postman (waaooo)

Bm

So... so patiently (waaooo)

G

For just a card, or just a letter (waaooo)

A

Saying he’s returning home to me

Backup vox sing main lyrics

	D
(Please Mr.	Postman) Please Mr. postman look and see (Oh yea)

Bm

Is there a letter in your bag for me? (Please, please, Mr. Postman)

G

I’ve been waiting such a long time (Whoa yea)

A

Since I heard from this boyfriend of mine

Lead vox sing main lyrics

D

So many days, you passed me by

Bm

You saw the tear standing in my eye

G

You wouldn’t stop to make me feel better

A

By leaving me a card or a letter

Lead vox sing main lyrics

D

Please Mr. Postman, look and see (Postman, postman)

	Bm
Is there a	letter oh yea in your bag for me? (Postman, postman)

	G
You know it’s	been so long (Postman, postman)

	A
Since I	heard from this boyfriend of mine

Lead vox sing main lyrics

	D
You better	wait a minute, wait a minute (Please wait a minute)

	Bm
Oh, you better	wait a minute, wait a minute (Please wait a minute)

	G
Please, please Mr.	Postman (Wait a minute, Mr. Postman)

	A
Please	check and see, one more time for me

	D
You better	wait a minute, wait a minute (Please wait a minute)

	Bm
Oh, you better	wait a minute, wait a minute (Please wait a minute)

	G
Please Mr.	Postman (Wait a minute, Mr. Postman)

	A
Don’t	pass me by, you see the tears in my eyes

Fade

The McCoys - Hang on Sloopy (1964)

Originally in G, I play in D

D	G	A	G

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Sloopy	lives in a	very	bad part of	town

	D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
And	every	body,	yeah, tries to	put my Sloopy	down

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Sloopy,	I don’t	care what your	daddy	do

	D	G	A	G	D	G	A
Cause	you know,	Sloopy	girl, I’m in	love with	you

A

And so I sing out

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Sloopy wears a	red dress,	yeah, as	old as the hi	lls

	D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
But when	Sloopy wears that	red dress,	yeah, you know, it	gives me the	chills,	oh,	oh

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Sloopy, when I s	ee you	walkin’, w	alkin’ down the st	reet

	D	G	A	G	D	G	A
I say	don’t worry	Sloopy gi	rl, you bel	ong to m	e

A

And so I sing out

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n,	yeah,	yeah

Solo if necessary on chorus chords

D	G	A	G
			x4

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Sloopy, let your	hair hang	down, let it	hang down on	me

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Sloopy, let your	hair down	girl, let it	hang down on	me,	yeah,	yeah,	come on

D	G	A	G
Sloopy (come	on, come o	n), oh c	ome on

D	G	A	G
Sloopy (come	on, come o	n), oh c	ome on

D	G	A	G
Sloopy (come	on, come o	n), oh c	ome on

D	G	A	G
Sloopy (come	on, come o	n), well it fee	ls so

D	G	A	G
Good (come	on, come o	n), you know it fee	ls so

D	G	A	G
Good (come	on, come o	n), well shake it sh	ake it shake it

D	G	A	G
Sloopy (come	on, come o	n), oh shake it sh	ake it shake it

D	G	A	A7
Yeah (come	on, come o	n)	oooooh

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n,	yeah,	yeah

D	G	A	G	D	G	A	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang o	n,	yeah,	yeah

D	G	A	G	D	D	G	G	A	A	G	G
Ha	ng on S	loopy, S	loopy hang on

D

The Monkees - Daydream Believer (1968)

Play more upbeat and snappy than you remember it

G	D7sus4	G	D7sus4

	G	Am
Oh I could h	ide ‘neath the w	ings

Dropping all the way to the 1 on “sings” never works

for me; I stay on the 5 (same as “she”)

	Bm	C
Of the b	luebird as she s	ings

	G	Em	A7	D7
The s	ix-o-clock a	larm would never r	ing

	G	Am
But six	rings and I	rise

	Bm	C
Wipe the s	leep out of my ey	es

	G	Em	C	D7	G
My sh	aving r	azor’s c	old	and it sti	ngs

G	G/F#	G	Am7	G	G/F#	G

	C	D	Bm
Ch	eer up sl	eepy J	ean

C	D	Em	C
Oh what c	an it m	ean	to a

G	C
Daydream bel	iever and a

G	Em	A7	D7
Home	coming qu	een

G	Am
You once thought of	me

Last reminder: don’t go down to the 1

	Bm	C
As a w	hite knight on his s	teed

G	Em	A7	D7
Now you know how	happy I can	be

	G	Am
Oh and our g	ood times start an	d end

	Bm	C
Without	dollar one to	spend

	G	Em	C	D7	G
But	how much	baby d	o we	really nee	d

G	G/F#	G	Am7	G	G/F#	G

	C	D	Bm
Ch	eer up sl	eepy J	ean

C	D	Em	C
Oh what c	an it m	ean	to a

G	C
Daydream bel	iever and a

G	Em	A7	D7
Home	coming qu	een

	C	D	Bm
Ch	eer up sl	eepy J	ean

C	D	Em	C
Oh what c	an it m	ean	to a

G	C
Daydream bel	iever and a

G	Em	A7	D7
Home	coming qu	een

G	D7sus4	G	D7sus4

	C	D	Bm
Ch	eer up sl	eepy J	ean

C	D	Em	C
Oh what c	an it m	ean	to a

G	C
Daydream bel	iever and a

G	Em	A7	D7
Home	coming qu	een

G

D7sus4

G

D7sus4

G

The Monkees - I’m a Believer (1966)

Start with a little semblance of the organ riff, e.g.:

D------3-3--5p3--3-
A--3h5----------5--

G	D	G
I thought love was	only true in	fairy tales

G	D	G
Meant for someone	else but not for	me

C	G
Love was out to	get me

C	G
That’s the way it	seemed

Hard stop on the V7

C	G	D	D7
Disappointment	haunted all my	dreams

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Then I saw her face			now I’m a believer

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Not a t	race		of doubt in my mind

Hang a half-beat after “love”

	G	C	G	F	D	D7
I’m in l	ove	I’m a be	liever I couldn’t	leave her if I	tried

G	D	G
I thought love was	more or less a	givin’ thing

G	D	G
Seems the more I	gave the less I	got

C	G
What’s the use in	tryin’?

C	G
All you get is	pain

C	G	D	D7
When I needed	sunshine I got	rain

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Aw then I saw her face			now I’m a believer

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Not a t	race		of doubt in my mind

	G	C	G	F	D	D7
I’m in l	ove	I’m a be	liever I couldn’t	leave her if I	tried

Instrumental

G	F	D
	→

G	D	G	D
G	F	D
	→

G	D	G	G

C	G
Love was out to	get me

C	G
That’s the way it	seemed

C	G	D	D7
Disappointment	haunted all my	dreams

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Aw then I saw her face			now I’m a believer

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Not a t	race		of doubt in my mind

	G	C	G	F	D	D7
I’m in l	ove	I’m a be	liever I couldn’t	leave her if I	tried

Outro, drop an octave

	G	C/G	G	G	C/G	G
Yes I saw her f	ace		now I’m a be	liever

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Not a t	race		of doubt in my mind

This ending comes from the Smashmouth arrangement

	G	F	G	F	G
Said I’m a	believer yeah	yeah yeah	yeah yeah	yeah	yeah

F

G

Hang on the last “yeah”

	F	G	F	G	F	G
Yes	I’m a	believer yeah	yeah yeah	yeah yeah	yeah	yeah

The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville (1966)

Originally in G, I play in E, vox mostly on the 7

Intro

E7	D
	x4

Vox on the 7 on “last”

	E7
Take the	last train to Clarksville

And I’ll meet you at the station
You can be here by four thirty
'Cause I've made your reservation

	A7
Don’t be	slow, oh, no, no, no

Oh, no, no, no

	E7
‘Cause I’m	leavin’ in the morning

And I must see you again
We'll have one more night together
'Til the morning brings my train

	A7
And I must	go, oh, no, no, no

Hard stop after this line

Oh, no, no, no, no

	B7	E7
And I	don’t know if I’m ever coming	home

E7

	E7
Take the	last train to Clarksville

I’ll be waiting at the station
We'll have time for coffee flavored kisses
And a bit of conversation

Hard stop after this line

A7

Oh, no, no, no, oh, no, no, no

Bridge

E

Do do do do do do do do do

Dadd9

Do do do do do do do do do

E

Do do do do do do do do do

Dadd9

Do

E

Do do do do do do do do do

Dadd9

Do do do do do do do do do

E

Do do do do do do do do do

Dadd9

Do

	E7
Take the	last train to Clarksville

Now I must hang up the phone
I can't hear you in this noisy
Railroad station all alone

	A7	A7
I’m feelin’ l	ow, oh, no, no,	no

Oh, no, no, no

	B7	E
And I	don’t know if I’m ever coming	home

Instrumental bridge

E	Dadd9	E	Dadd9	E	Dadd9	E	Dadd9
E	Dadd9	E	Dadd9	E	Dadd9	E	Dadd9
Ahhhhh

	E7
Take the	last train to Clarksville

And I’ll meet you at the station
You can be here by four thirty
'Cause I've made your reservation

	A7
Don’t be	slow, oh, no, no, no

Oh, no, no, no

	B7	E7
And I	don’t know if I’m ever coming	home

E7

	E7	Dadd9	E7	Dadd9
Take the la	st train to Cl	arksville

	E7	Dadd9	E7	Dadd9
Take the la	st train to Cl	arksville

	E7	Dadd9	E7	Dadd9
Take the la	st train to Cl	arksville

	E7
Take the la	st train to Clarksville

The Monkees - The Monkees (1966)

Originally in C (then D, then E), I play in G (then A, then B)

Vox on the 5 on “come”, which will feel really low in my key

	Em	C
Here we	come, walking down the	street

	A	D
We get the funniest	looks from everyone we	meet

	G	G7
Hey, hey, we’re the	Monkees

	C	D	G	G7
And	people say we	monkey ar	ound

	C	D	G	G7
But	we’re too	busy	singing

	C	D	Em
To	put anyb	ody d	own

	Em
We go wherever we	want to

	C
Do what we like to d	o

	A
We don’t have time to get rest	less

	D
There’s always something n	ew

	G	G7
Hey, hey, we’re the	Monkees

	C	D	G	G7
And	people say we	monkey ar	ound

	C	D	G	G7
But	we’re too	busy	singing

	C	D	E
To	put anyb	ody d	own

	A
We’re just trying to be	friendly

D	E	A
Come and watch us s	ing and	play

D	E	A
We’re the	young gener	ation

	D	E	F#
And	we’ve got	something to	say

Brief trippy bridge

F#	B

	Em	C
Anyti	me, or anywhe	re

	A
Just look over your s	houlder

	D
Guess who’ll be standing t	here

	G	G7
Hey, hey, we’re the	Monkees

	C	D	G	G7
And	people say we	monkey ar	ound

	C	D	G	G7
But	we’re too	busy	singing

	C	D	G	C	D
To	put anyb	ody d	own	→

Solo (sort of), on the I for a long time

	G
Wooow,	one time

	G	G7
Hey, hey, we’re the	Monkees

	C	D	G	G7
And	people say we	monkey ar	ound

	C	D	G	G7
But	we’re too	busy	singing

	C	D	E
To	put anyb	ody d	own

	A
We’re just trying to be	friendly

D	E	A
Come and watch us s	ing and	play

D	E	A
We’re the	young gener	ation

	D	E	F#
And	we’ve got	something to	say

	B
Hey, hey, we’re the	Monkees

	E	F#	B
You	never know	where we’ll be	found

E	F#	B
So, you	better get	ready

	E	F#	B
We	may be coming	to your	town

B

The Righteous Brothers - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (1964)

Righteous Brothers in Db (chorus), Hall and Oates in D (chorus), I play in C (chorus

Vox on 4 b7 b3 2 of the chorus key on “you never close”. Simplify “when I kiss your lips”. Everything else will be fine.

	A#/C	C
You never	close your eyes anymore when I kiss your	lips

	A#/C	C
And there’s	no tenderness like before in your finger	tips

	Dm7	Em7
You’re trying	hard not to show it	(baby)

	Fmaj7	F/G	G
But	baby,	baby I k	now it

C	Dm/C
You’ve lost that	lovin’ feeling

G7	C
Woah, that	lovin’ feeling

C	Dm/C
You’ve lost that	lovin’ feeling

	A#/C	C
Now it’s	gone, gone, gone, whoa oh oh o	h

C	A#
→

	A#/C	C
Now there’s no w	elcome look in your eyes when I reach for y	ou

	A#/C	C
And girl you’re	starting to criticize little things I d	o

	Dm7	Em7
It makes me j	ust feel like crying	(baby)

	Fmaj7	F/G	G
‘Cause	baby, something b	eautiful’s d	yin’

C	Dm/C
You’ve lost that	lovin’ feeling

G7	C
Woah, that	lovin’ feeling

C	Dm/C
You’ve lost that	lovin’ feeling

	A#	F/A	C
Now it’s	gone,	gone, gone, whoa oh oh o	h

C	F	G	F	G/D
			→

C	F	G	F	G/D	C	F	G	F	G/D
Baby, baby		I’d get down o	n my k	nees for	you			→

C	F	G	F	G/D	C	F	G	F	G/D
If you would	only	love me	→	like you used to	do			→

C	F	G	F	G/D	C	F	G	F	G/D
We had a	love, a	love, a	love you don’t f	ind every	day			→

	C	F	G	F	G/D	C	F	G	F	G/D
So	don’t,	don’t,	don’t,		let it slip a	way			→

C	F	G	F	G/D
Baby,	baby,	baby,	ba	by

	C	F	G	F	G/D	C
I beg you	please,	please,	please,	I n	eed your lo	ve

	C	F	G	F	G/D	C
I need your	love,	I need your	love,	so b	ring it on b	ack

C	F	G	F	G/D
	Bring it on	back	→

C	Dm/C
Bring back that	lovin’ feeling

G7	C
Woah, that	lovin’ feeling

C	Dm/C
Bring back that	lovin’ feeling

	A#/C
‘Cause it’s	gone, gone, gone

	A#/C	C
And I	can’t, go, on, whoa oh oh o	h

C	F	G	F	G/D
			→

C	Dm/C
Bring back that	lovin’ feeling

G7	C
Woah, that	lovin’ feeling

C	Dm/C
Bring back that	lovin’ feeling

	A#	F/A
‘Cause it’s	gone,	gone, gone

	A#/C	C
And I	can’t, go, on, whoa oh oh o	h

The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (1969)

Originally in G, I play in E capo 3

Intro

E

	E	A
I m	et a gin-soaked barroom queen in M	emphis

	E	F#	B
She trie	d to take me u	pstairs for a r	ide

	E	A
She h	ad to heave me right across her s	houlders

	E	B	E
Cause I	just can’t seem to d	rink you off my m	ind

	E	B	E
She’s a	Hon	ky-tonk w	oman

E	B	E
Gimme, gimme,	gimme the honky-tonk b	lues

E	A
I laid a divorcee in New York C	ity

	E	F#	B
I ha	d to put up	some kind of a f	ight

	E	A
The l	ady then she covered me in r	oses

	E	B	E
She bl	ew my nose and	then she blew my m	ind

	E	B	E
It’s the	Hon	ky-tonk w	omen

E	B	E
Gimme, gimme,	gimme the honky-tonk b	lues

Solo on chorus chords

	E	B	E
It’s the	Hon	ky-tonk w	omen

E	B	E
Gimme, gimme,	gimme the honky-tonk b	lues

The Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash (1968)

Originally around B, I play in A

Intro

A	D	G
	→

A	D	G
	→

A	D	G
	→

A	A	A
		Watch it

A	G/A	A	G/A

All the bVII’s are really VII/1, but I’m not writing that out

Vox more or less on the b3

	A	G	A	G
I was	born in a	cross-fire hurri	cane

	A	G	A	G
And I	howled at my	ma in the driving	rain

	C	G	D	A
But it’s	all	right	now, in fact it’s a	gas

	C	G	D
But it’s	all	right, I’m	Jumpin’ Jack Flash

	A
It’s a	gas gas gas

A

A	G/A	A	G/A

	A	G	A	G
I was	raised by a	toothless, bearded	hag

	A	G	A	G
I was	schooled with a	strap right across my	back

	C	G	D	A
But it’s	all	right	now, in fact it’s a	gas

	C	G	D
But it’s	all	right, I’m	Jumpin’ Jack Flash

	A
It’s a	gas gas gas

A

Yeah

A	D	G
	→

A	D	G
	→

A	D	G
	→

A	A	A

A	G/A	A	G/A

	A	G	A	G
I was	drowned, I was	washed up and left for	dead

	A	G	A	G
I fell	down to my	feet and I saw they	bled,	yeah yeah yeah

	A	G	A	G
I	frowned at the	crumbs of a crust of	bread,	my, my, yeah

	A	G	A	G
I was	crowned with a	spike right thru my	head,	my, my, yeah

	C	G	D	A
But it’s	all	right	now, in fact it’s a	gas

	C	G	D
But it’s	all	right, I’m	Jumpin’ Jack Flash

	A
It’s a	gas gas gas

A

A	D	G
Jumping Jack Flash,	it s a	gas

A	D	G
Jumping Jack Flash,	it s a	gas

A	D	G
Jumping Jack Flash,	it s a	gas

A	D	G
Jumping Jack Flash,	it s a	gas

The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction (1965)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Intro

A	A	A	D	G	G	G	D
		→	→			→	x4

A	D
I can’t get no	satisfaction

A	D
I can’t get no	satisfaction

	A	E7	A	D
‘Cause I	try and I	try and I	try and I	try

D

A

D

G

D

A

D

G

I

can’t

get

no,

I

can’t

get

no

D	A	D	G
When I’m	drivin’	in my	car

D	A	D	G
And a	man comes	on the	radio

D	A	D	G
And he’s	tellin’ me	more and	more

	D	A	D	G
A	bout some	useless	infor	mation

D	A	D	G
Supposed to	fire my	imagi	nation

Hard stop at the end of this line

D	D	A	A	A	D	G	D	D	A
I	can’t	get	no,			oh	no	no	no

	A	A	A	D	G	D	A
Hey hey	hey,				that’s	what I	say

A	A	A	D	G	G	G	D
		→	→			→

A	D
I can’t get no	satisfaction

A	D
I can’t get no	satisfaction

	A	E7	A	D
‘Cause I	try and I	try and I	try and I	try

D

A

D

G

D

A

D

G

I

can’t

get

no,

I

can’t

get

no

D	A	D	G
When I’m	watchin’	my	TV

D	A	D	G
And a	man comes	on and	tells me

D	A	D	G
How	white my shirts c	an	be

D	A	D	G	D
But he	can’t be a	man ‘cause he	doesn’t	smoke

	A	D	G
The	same ciga	rettes as	me

D	D	A	A	A	D	G	D	D	A
I	can’t	get	no,			oh	no	no	no

	A	A	A	D	G	D	A
Hey hey	hey,				that’s	what I	say

A	A	A	D	G	G	G	D
		→	→			→

A	D
I can’t get no	satisfaction

A	D
I can’t get no	girl reaction

	A	E7	A	D
‘Cause I	try and I	try and I	try and I	try

D

A

D

G

D

A

D

G

I

can’t

get

no,

I

can’t

get

no

D	A	D	G
When I’m	ridin’	’round the	world

D	A	D	G	D
And I’m	doin’	this and I’m	signing	that

	A	D	G
And I’m	tryin’ to	make some	girl

	D	A	D	G	D
Who	tells me	baby better	come back	maybe next	week

	A	D	G	D
‘Cause you	see I’m	on a	losing	streak

D	D	A	A	A	D	G	D	D	A
I	can’t	get	no,			oh	no	no	no

	A	A	A	D	G	D	A
Uh-hey hey	hey,				that’s	what I	say

A	A	A	D	G	G	G	D
		→	→			→

D	D	A	A	A	D	G
I	can’t	get	no,			I can’t

A	A	A	D	G
Get	no,			I can’t

A	A	A	D	G	A
Get	no,			Satisf	action

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (1969)

Strum and let ring

E	D
Please allow me to intro	duce myself

	A	E
I’m a	man of wealth and	taste

E	D
I’ve been around for a	long, long year

A	E
Stole many a man’s soul and	faith

Strum a little heavier

E	D
And I was ‘round when	Jesus Christ

	A	E
Had his	moment of doubt and	pain

	D
Made damn sure that	Pilate

	A	E
Washed his	hands and sealed his	fate

B	E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my	name

	B	E
But what’s	puzzling you is the nature of my	game

Come in full-blast now

E	D
I stuck around St.	Petersburg

	A	E
When I	saw it was a time for a	change

	D
Killed the Czar and his	ministers

	A	E
Anas	tasia screamed in	vain

	E	D
I	rode a tank, held a	general’s rank

	A	E
When the	Blitzkrieg raged and the	bodies stank

B	E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my	name

	B	E
But what’s	puzzling you is the nature of my	game

	E	D
I	watched with glee while your	kings and queens

	A	E
Fought for	ten decades for the	Gods they made

	E	D
I	shouted out “Who killed the	Kennedys?”

	A	E
When	after all it was	you and me

E	D
Let me please intro	duce myself

	A	E
I’m a	man of wealth and	taste

	D
And I laid traps for	troubadours

	A	E
Who get	killed before they reached Bom	bay

B	E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my	name

	B	E
But what’s	puzzling you is the nature of my	game

Solo on verse chords if appropriate...

B	E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my	name

	B	E
But what’s	confusing you is the nature of my	game

	E	D
Just as	every cop is a	criminal

	A	E
And	all the sinners	saints

	E	D
As	heads is tails just call me	Lucifer

	A	E
‘Cause I’m in	need of some re	straint

E	D
So if you meet me have some	courtesy

	A	E
Have some	sympathy, and some	taste

	D
Use all your well-learned pol	itesse

	A	E
Or I’ll	lay your soul to	waste, aw yeah

B	E
Pleased to meet you hope you guess my	name

	B	E
But what’s	puzzling you is the nature of my	game, get down

Fade on verse chords...

Woo hoo, aww yeah, get on down
Mmm ba ba bom bom ba ba
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, baby guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name

The Rolling Stones - Time Is on My Side (1964)

Originally in Bb, I play in A

Rubato organ intro with blues-y solo

Dmaj7	F#m7	B7	E

At tempo

A	D	E
Time is on my	side, yes it	is

A	D	E
Time is on my	side, yes it	is

F#m	E
Now you always	say

F#m	B
That you want to be	free

	E	D
But	you’ll come	running back (said you would baby)

E	D
You’ll come	running back (like I told you so many times before)

E	D	E
You’ll come	running back to	me

	A	D	E
Yeah,	time is on my	side, yes it	is

A	D	E
Time is on my	side, yes it	is

F#m	E
Searching for	good times

F#m	B
But just wait and	see

E	D
You’ll come	running back (I said you would darling)

E	D
You’ll come	running back (spend the rest of my life with you, baby)

E	D	E
You’ll come	running back to	me

Loose vocals with solo

D

Go ahead, baby go ahead

A

Go ahead and light up the town

D

And baby, do everything your

A

Heart desires, remember, I’ll always be around

D

And I know, I know

	F#m
Like I told you so many times be	fore, you’re gonna come back

B7

Yeah you’re gonna come back baby, knocking

E

Yeah, knocking right on my door, yeah

A	D	E
Time is on my	side, yes it	is

A	D	E
Time is on my	side, yes it	is

F#m	E
‘Cause I got the	real love

F#m	B
The kind that you	need

E	D
You’ll come	running back (I knew you would one day)

E	D
You’ll come	running back (Like I told you before)

E	D	E
You’ll come	running back to	me

	A	D	E
Yes	time, time, time is on my	side, yes it	is, yeah

A	D	E
Time, time, time is on my	side, yes it	is, yeah

A	D	E
Time, time, time is on my	side

A

The Rolling Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want (1969)

Originally in C, I play in A

Skipping the choir intro

Intro

A	D
	x 4

	A	D
I	saw her today at the re	ception

A	D
A glass of wine in her	hand

	A	D
I	knew she would meet her con	nection

	A	D
At her	feet was her footloose	man

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	B	D
But if you	try sometimes, you might	find

	A
You get what you	need

A	D
	x 4

	A	D
And I	went down to the demons	tration

	A	D
To	get my fair share of ab	use

	A	D
Singing,	we’re gonna vent our frus	tration

	A	D
If we	don’t we’re gonna blow a 50-amp f	use

Sing it to me now...

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	B	D
But if you	try sometimes, well you	just might find

	A
You get what you	need

A	D
	x 4

	A	D
I	went down to the Chelsea dr	ugstore

	A	D
To	get your prescription f	illed

	A	D
I was	standing in line with Mr. J	immy

	A	D
And	man, did he look pretty i	ll

	A	D
We de	cided that we would have	a soda

	A	D
My	favorite flavor, cherry r	ed

	A	D
I	sung my song to Mr. J	immy

	A	D
Yeah, and he s	aid one word to me, and that was d	ead

I said to him

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	B	D
But if you	try sometimes, you	just might find

	A
You get what you	need

A	D

Bm7	F#m7	D	Bm7	E

A	D
	x 3

B	D	A	D
	You get what you	need, yea	h

	A	D
I	saw her today at the re	ception

	A	D
In her	glass was a bleeding	man

	A	D
She was	practiced at the art of de	ception

	A	D
Well I could	tell by her blood-stained h	ands

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	A	D
You	can’t always get what you	want

	B	D
But if you	try sometimes, you just might find, you	just might find

	A
You get what you	need

A	D
	x 4

The Ronettes - Be My Baby (1963)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

A

A	Bm	E7
The night we met I knew I	needed you	so

A	Bm	E7
And if I had the chance I’d	never let you	go

C#7

So won’t you say you love me

F#7

I’ll make you so proud of me

B

We’ll make ‘em turn their heads

E

Every place we go

	A
So won’t you please	(be my be my baby)

	F#m
Be my little	baby (my one and only baby)

	D
Say you’ll be my da	rling (be my be my baby)

	E
Be my baby n	ow (my one and only baby) ooh, oh, oh, oh

A	Bm	E7
I’ll make you happy baby,	just wait and s	ee

A	Bm	E7
For every kiss you give me	I’ll give you t	hree

C#7

Oh, since the day I saw you

F#7

I have been waiting for you

B

You know I will adore you

E

Till eternity

	A
So won’t you please	(be my be my baby)

	F#m
Be my little	baby (my one and only baby)

	D
Say you’ll be my da	rling (be my be my baby)

	E
Be my baby n	ow (my one and only baby) ooh, oh, oh, oh

Solo

A	A	Bm	E7
			x2

	A	F#m
So come on and plea	se (be my be my baby) Be my little	baby

	F#m
Be my little	baby (my one and only baby)

	D
Say you’ll be my da	rling (be my be my baby)

One measure drums only after this line

	E
Be my baby n	ow (my one and only baby) ooh, oh, oh, oh

A

(Be my be my baby)

	F#m
Be my little	baby (my one and only baby)

	D
Oh, oh, o	h (be my be my baby)

	E
Oh, oh,	oh (my one and only baby)

The Searchers - Love Potion Number Nine (1963)

With hard stops

G	Am	C	Dm
→	I took my troubles down	to	Madame Rue

G	Am	C	Dm
→	You know that gypsy with	the	gold-capped tooth

C	Am
She’s got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and	Vine

Hard stop on the V

Dm	E	Am
Sellin’ little bottles of	love potion number	nine

Normal strum

Am	Dm
I told her that I was a	flop with chicks

Am	Dm
I’ve been this way since 19	56

	C	Am
She l	ooked at my palm and she made a magic	sign

	Dm	E	Am
She s	aid what you need is	love potion number	nine

	Dm
She	bent down and turned around and gave me a wink

	B7
She	said I’m gonna make it up right here in the sink

	Dm
It	smelled like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink

Hard stop on “held”

	E
I	held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink

Am	Dm
I didn’t know if it was	day or night

Am	Dm
I started kissin’ every	thing in sight

	C	Am
But w	hen I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and	Vine

	Dm	E	Am
He	broke my little bottle of	love potion number	nine

Solo

Dm	B7	Dm
	E
I	held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink

Am	Dm
I didn’t know if it was	day or night

Am	Dm
I started kissin’ every	thing in sight

	C	Am
But w	hen I kissed that cop down on Thirty-Fourth and	Vine

	Dm	E	Am
He	broke my little bottle of	love potion number	nine

Dm	Am
Love potion number	nine

Dm	Am
Love potion number	nine

Ringing

Dm	Am
Love potion number	nine

The Searchers - Needles and Pins (1964)

Originally in A (then C#), I play in F (then A)

Intro

F	Fsus2	F	F	Fsus4	F	Fsus2	F
→	→		→	→	→	→

	F
I saw her tod	ay, I saw her face

	Dm
It was a face I	loved, and I knew

	F	Dm
I had to run aw	ay and get down on my knees and p	ray

That they’d go away

	F
But still they beg	in

	Dm
Needles and p	ins

	Bb	C
Because of all my p	ride, the tears I’ve gotta h	ide

	F
Hey, I thought I was sm	art, I wanted her

	Dm
Didn’t think I’d d	o, but now I see

	F
She’s worse to him than	me

	Dm
Let her go ahead, take his love in	stead

And one day she will see

	F
Just how to say p	lease

	Dm
And get down on her kn	ees

	Bb
Yeah, that’s how it beg	ins

	C
She’ll feel those needles and p	ins, hurtin’ her, hurtin’ her

Vox on the 1 of the chord

A	G
Why can’t I stop and tell myself I’m w	rong, I’m wrong, so wrong

F	E
Why can’t I stand up and tell myself I’m str	ong

	A
Because I saw her tod	ay, I saw her face

	Gbm
It was the face I	loved, and I knew

	A	Gbm
I had to run a	way and get down on my knees and	pray

That they’d go away

	A
But still they be	gin

	Gbm
Needles and	pins

	D	E
Because of all my p	ride, the tears I’ve gotta	hide

	A
Oh, needles and p	ins

	A
Needles and pi	ns

	A
Needles and pi	ns

The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (1960)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

G

G	C	D
Tonight you’re mine compl	etely

G	D
You give your love so sw	eetly

	B	Em
Toni	ght the light of	love is in your eyes

C	D	G
But will you	love me to	morrow?

G	C	D
Is this a lasting	treasure

G	D
Or just a moment’s	pleasure?

	B	Em
Can I	believe the ma	gic of your sighs?

C	D	G
Will you still	love me to	morrow?

Vox up to the 3 of the chord

C	Bm
Tonight with words unsp	oken

C	G
You say that I’m the only	one

C	Bm
But will my heart be	broken

	Em	A7	C	D7
When the	night meets the	morning	sun?

G	C	D
I like to know that	your love

G	D
Is a love I can be	sure of

	B	Em
So t	ell me now and	I won’t ask again

C	D	G
Will you still	love me to	morrow?

Solo

G	G	C	D
G	G	D	D

Outro

	B	Em
So t	ell me now and	I won’t ask again

C	D	G
Will you still	love me to	morrow?

C	D	G
Will you still	love me to	morrow?

The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin’ (1966)

Originally in G, I play in A capo 2, melody is mostly on the 3

Keyboard riff can be faked decently with a I7

A

(Vamp, then keyboard riff x 2, then “hey!”)

A

Hey

A	D/A	A	D/A

	A	D/A
Well my	temperature’s	rising

	A	D/A
And my feet	left the	floor

A	D/A
Crazy people	knocking

	A	D/A
‘Cause	they want it some	more

A	D/A
Let me in	baby

	A	D/A
I don’t	know what you	got

	A	D/A
You	better take it	easy

A	D/A
This place is	hot

	A	C
And I’m	so glad we	made it

D/A	F
So glad we	made it, I wanna

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’

A	D/A	A
Gimme some	lovin’ every	day

A

(Vamp, then keyboard riff x 2, then “hey!”)

A	D/A	A	D/A

	A	D/A
My	head’s a-	spinning

	A	D/A
And I’m	floating to	sound

A	D/A
Too much is	happening

	A	D/A
‘Cause	you’re	around

	A	D/A
It’s	been a	hard day

	A	D/A
And nothing	went too	good

	A	D/A
I’m	gonna re	lax

	A	D/A
Like	everybody	should

	A	C
And I’m	so glad we	made it

D/A	F
So glad we	made it, I wanna

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’

A	D/A	A
Gimme some	lovin’ every	day

Repeat intro

	A	D/A
Well I	feel so	good

	A	D/A
Every	thing is gettin’	higher

	A	D/A
You	better take some	time out

	A	D/A
‘Cause the	place is on	fire

A	D/A
Better stop	baby

	A	D/A
‘Cause I	have so much to	do

	A	D/A
We	made it,	baby

	A	D/A
And it	happened to	you

And I'm

A	C
So glad we	made it

D/A	F
So glad we	made it

I wanna

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’ every day

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’ every night

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’ whoohooo

A	D/A
Gimme some	lovin’ every day

Fade on intro

The Supremes - You Can’t Hurry Love (1966)

Originally in Bb, Phil Collins in G, I play in D

Intro

E

Vox on 5 6 on “need love”

	E	A	E
I need	love, love to	ease my mind

	G#m	C#m
I need to	find, find

	F#m
Someone to	call mine

	B
But	mama said

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	love don’t come	easy

F#m	B
It’s a game of	give and take

Vox on 4 on “can’t”

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
You gotta	trust,	give it time

	F#m	B
No	matter how	long it takes

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “how many”

	G#m
But	how many heartaches must I stand

Vox up to the 3 of the chord on “find”

	C#m
Before I	find the love to let me live again

	F#m
Right now the	only thing that keeps me hangin’ on

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “feel”

	B	B/G#	B/A
When I	feel my strength	, yeah, its	almost gone

	B7
I re	member mama said

Maybe skip this line vocally, it’s a rush to get back to the chorus in time

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	love don’t come	easy

F#m	B
It’s a game of	give and take

	E
How	long must I wait?

	A	E
How much	more can I	take

	G#m	C#m
Before	loneli	ness

	F#m	B
Will	cause my heart,	heart to break?

	G#m
No	I can’t bear to live my life alone

	C#m
I grow im	patient for a love to call my own

	F#m
But when I	feel that I, I can’t go on

	B	B/G#	B/A
These	precious words	keeps me	hangin’ on

	B7
I re	member mama said

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	love don’t come	easy

F#m	B
It’s a game of	give and take

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	trust,	give it time

	F#m	B
No	matter how	long it takes

E

Break!

	E	A	E
No	love, love don’t come	easy

	G#m	C#m	F#m	B
But I	keep on	waiting, an	tici	pating

	E	A	E
For that	soft voice to talk to	me at night

	G#m	C#m	F#m	B
For some	tender	arms to	hold me	tight

	E	A	E
I keep	waiting, I keep on	waiting

	G#m	C#m	F#m	B
But it ain’t	easy,	it ain’t	easy, but	mama said

(Chorus)

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said:	Love don’t come	easy

	F#m	B
But	it’s a game of	give and take

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
Just	trust on a	good time

	F#m	B
No	matter how	long it takes

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said:	Love don’t come	easy

	F#m	B
But	it’s a game of	give and take

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	trust,	give it time

	F#m	B
No	matter how	long it takes

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake (1963)

Swinging Blue Jeans, Beatles, Chan Romero, and Georgia Satellites all in E, I play in A capo 2

Vox on b7 b7 b7 b7 5 of the chord on “for goodness sa-ake”, no hard stops yet

	D	A
For goodness	sake, I got the hippy hippy	shakes

Hard stop after “shakes”

	D	E
Yeah, I got the	shakes, I got the hippy hippy	shakes, oh

	A
I can’t sit	still, with the hippy hippy shakes

	D	A
Yeah, I feel my	fill now, with the hippy hippy	shakes

Hard stop on the IV

	E	D	A	E
Yeah, it’s in the	bag,	oh, the hippy hippy	shakes

With hard stop on “shake”, “shake”, and “do”

	A	A
Well now, you	shake it to the left, you	shake it to the right

	A	A7
You	do the hippy shake shake, with	all of your might

Band back in

	D	A
Oh	baby, yeah, come on and	shake

Hard stop on the IV

	E	D	A
Oh, it’s in the	bag,	ooh, the hippy hippy	shake, oowwww

Solo

A	A	A	A
D	D	A	A
E	D	A	E

	A	A
Well now, you	shake it to the left, you	shake it to the right

	A	A7
You	do the hippy shake shake, with	all of your might

	D	A
Oh	baby, yeah, come on and	shake

	E	D	A
Oh, it’s in the	bag,	ooh, the hippy hippy	shake

	A
Ooh, the hippy hippy	shake

	A	A6
Ooh, the hippy hippy	shake

The Temptations - Ain’t Too Proud to Beg (1966)

Originally around C, I play in E capo 3

Vox on the 6 on “know”

E	A
I know you want to leave me

	E	A
But I re	fuse to let you go

	E	A
If I have to	beg, plead for your sympathy

	E
I don’t	mind, ‘cause you mean that much to me

A	E	A	E
Ain’t too proud to	beg,	sweet d	arlin’

A	E	A	E
Please don’t	leave me girl

	A	E	A	E
Ain’t	too proud to	plead,	baby,	baby

A	E	A	E	A
Please don’t	leave me	girl

Let ring, Temptations version doesn’t have the IVs in verses other than the first

	E
Now, I’ve	heard a cryin’ man, is half a man

	E
With n	o sense of pride

	E
But if I have to	cry to keep you, I don’t mind weepin’

	E	B
If it’ll	keep you by my side

	E	A	E
Ain’t too proud to	beg,	sweet d	arlin’

A	E	A	E
Please don’t	leave me girl

	A	E	A	E
Ain’t	too proud to	plead,	baby,	baby

A	E	A	E	A
Please don’t	leave me	girl

	E
If I have to s	leep on your door step all night and day

	E
Just to	keep you from walkin’ away

	E
Let your	friends laugh, even this I can stand

	E	B
‘Cause I	wanna keep you,	any way I can

E	A	E	A
Ain’t too proud to be	g, sweet d	arlin’

	E	A	E
Please don’t	leave me girl

	A	E	A	E
Ain’t	too proud to	plead,	baby,	baby

A	E	A	E	A	B
Please don’t	leave me	girl

Solo

E	A	B	B
	x 7

	E
Now I’ve got a	love so deep in the pit of my heart

	E
And each	day it grows more and more

	E
I’m not as	hamed to come and plead to you, baby

	E	B
If	pleadin’ keeps you from	walkin’ out the door

E	A	E	A
Ain’t too proud to be	g, sweet d	arlin’

	E	A	E
Please don’t	leave me girl

	A	E	A	E
Ain’t	too proud to	plead,	baby,	baby

A	E	A	E	A	B
Please don’t	leave me	girl

The Temptations - My Girl (1964)

Originally around C#, I play in G capo 2

Intro

G

	G	C	G	C
I’ve got	sunshine	on a cloudy	day

	G	C	G	C
And when it’s	cold outside,	I’ve got the mo	nth of May

G	Am7	C	D
I	guess	you’d	say

G	Am7	C	D
What can	make me	feel this	way?

Gmaj7

My girl (my girl, my girl)

	Am7	D	C	C	D	D
Talkin’ ‘bout	my girl (m	y girl)

	G	C	G	C
I’ve got	so much honey,	the bees envy	me

	G	C	G	C
I’ve got a swe	eter song,	than the birds in the	trees

	G	Am7	C	D
Well	I	guess	you’d	say

G	Am7	C	D
What can	make me	feel this	way?

Gmaj7

My girl (my girl, my girl)

	Am7	D	C	C	D	D
Talkin’ ‘bout	my girl (m	y girl)

G	G
Oooh

G	C	G	C
	Hey hey h	ey

	Am	D	Bm	E	E	E
Hey hey h	ey,	oooh,	ooh

	A	D	A	D
I don’t	need no money,	fortune or	fame

	A	D	A	D
I’ve got	all the riches, baby,	one man can	claim

	A	Bm	D	E
Well	I	guess	you’ll	say

A	Bm	D	E
What can	make me	feel this	way?

Amaj7

My girl (my girl, my girl)

	Bm	E	E/D	E/C#	E/B
Talkin’ ‘bout	my girl

E/B	Amaj7
Talking ‘bout	my girl

Amaj7	Bm
I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day with	my girl

	E	E/D	E/C#	E/B	Amaj7
I’ve	even	got the	month of	May with	my girl

	Bm	E	E/D	E/C#	Bm	Amaj7
Talking bout,	talking bout			talking ‘	bout my	girl

The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (1961)

Originally in G, I play in E

Chords implied

E	A	E	B
Eee, ee	ee,	wee um um a weh

E	A	E	B
Eee, ee	ee,	wee um um a weh

Band enters

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

E	A
In the jungle the	mighty jungle

	E	B
The	lion sleeps ton	ight

E	A
In the jungle the	quiet jungle

	E	B
The	lion sleeps ton	ight, oh oh

With eeeeeeeh, we um um a weh

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

E	A
Near the village the	peaceful village

	E	B
The	lion sleeps ton	ight

E	A
Near the village the	quiet village

	E	B
The	lion sleeps ton	ight, hey hey

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

Solo, with high “oooh”

E	A	E	B
E	A	E	B

E	A
Hush my darling don’t	fear my darling

	E	B
The	lion sleeps tonigh	t

E	A
Hush my darling don’t	fear my darling

	E	B
The	lion sleeps ton	ight, oh oh

With whoa whoa whoa

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	A
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

	E	B
Ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh ah-w	imoweh ah-wimoweh

Chords implied

E	A	E	B
Eee, ee	ee,	wee um um a weh

E	A	E	B
Eee, ee	ee,	wee um um a weh

The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)

Originally in F#m, I play in Em

Highest note is the I

All the D’s in the chorus are originally Bm’s

I play the verse D as D11/A, the verse C as C/G, and the

verse B7 as Bsus4 @ the 7th fret (799600), and the chorus

G as G6.

Em

	Em
Imagine	me and you, I do

	D
I think about you	day and night, it’s only right

	C
To think about the	girl you love and hold her tight

	B7
So happy to	gether

	Em
If I should	call you up, invest a dime

	D
And you say you be	long to me and ease my mind

	C
Imagine how the	world could be so very fine

	B7
So happy to	gether

E	Bm7
I can’t see me	lovin’ nobody but

E	G
You for all my	life

E	Bm7
When you’re with me	baby the skies’ll be

E	G
Blue for all my	life

Em

Me and you and you and me

	D
No matter how they	toss the dice it had to be

	C
The only one for	me is you and you for me

	B7
So happy tog	ether

E	Bm7
I can’t see me	lovin’ nobody but

E	G
You for all my	life

E	Bm7
When you’re with me	baby the skies’ll be

E	G
Blue for all my	life

Em

Me and you and you and me

	D
No matter how they	toss the dice it had to be

	C
The only one for	me is you and you for me

	B7
So happy tog	ether

Bridge

E	Bm7	E	G
Ba-ba-ba-ba	ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-	ba ba-ba-ba-	baaa

Not a typo, this line ends differently

E	Bm7	E	Bm7
Ba-ba-ba-ba	ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-	ba ba-ba-ba-	baaa

Em

Me and you and you and me

	D
No matter how they	toss the dice it had to be

	C
The only one for	me is you and you for me

	B7	Em
So happy to	gether...

	B7	Em
So happy to	gether...

	B7	Em
How is the	weather?

	B7	Em
So happy to	gether...

The Young Rascals - Good Lovin’ (1966)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 1

One two three

	A	D	E	D
Good	love

	A	D	E	D
Good	love

	A	D	E	D
Good	love

Band hard stop on “love”

	A	D	E	D
Good	love

A	D	E	D

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
I was	feelin’			so	bad

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
I	asked my	family	doctor just	what I	had

	A	D	E	D
I said,	doctor (	Doc	tor)

	A	D	E	D
Mr. M.	D. (	Doc	tor)

	A	D	E	D
Now can you	tell me

	D	A	D	E	D
What’s	ailin’	me? (	Doc	tor)

	A	D	A	D	A
He said,	Yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah

	A	D	A	D	A
(	Yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah)

	B	E
Yes, in	deed, all I	really need

	A	D	E	D
(Good	love)	Gimme that	good, good	lovin

	A	D	E	D
(Good	love)	All I	need is	love

	A	D	E	D
(Good	love)	Good	lovin’	baby

	A	D	E	D
Good	love

A	D	E	D

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
Now honey	please			squeeze me	tight (	Squeeze me	tight)

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
Now	don’t you	want your	baby to	be al	right? (	Be al	right)

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
I said	baby	(Ba	by) now i	t’s for	sure (	It’s for	sure)

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
I got the	fever,	yeah	yea, and	you’ve got the	cure (	Got the	cure)

	A	D	A	D	A
Everybody,	Yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah

	A	D	A	D	A
(	Yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah,	yeah)

	B	E
Yes, in	deed, all I	really need

	A	D	E	D
(Good	love)	Come on	gimme that	lovin’

	A	D	E	D
(Good	love)	All I	need is	love

	A	D	E	D
(Good	love)	Good	lovin’	baby

	A	D	E	D
Good	love

A	D	E	D

Organ solo over main vamp

A	D	E	A

When it’s over, long hard stop at the end of this line...

A	A	B	B	E	E

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)			All I need is love

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)			All I want is love

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)			Lovin’ early in the morning

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)			Lovin’ late ate night

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)			Love

	A	D	E	A
(Good	love)			Love love love love love love

A	D	E	D
			x4

A

The Zombies - She’s Not There (1965)

Originally in Am, I play in Em

Vox in the chorus stay on the root for a long time

He falsettos it all, so if there’s a low harmony,

do it in Am.

Play m’s as m7’s.

Em	A
	x 4

Vox on 3 5 2 1 on “no one told me”

Em	A	Em	A
Well no one	told me a	bout	her

Em	C	Em	A
The	way she	lied

Em	A	Em	A
Well no one	told me a	bout	her

Em	C	E
How many	people	cried

	A	Am	Em
Well it’s too	late to	say you’re	sorry

	Bm	Em
How would I	know, why should I	care?

	A	Am	G
Please don’t	bother	trying to	find her

	B7
She’s not	there

	Em	A
Well let me tell you ‘bout the	way she looked

	Em	C	Em	A
The way she	acted, the	color of her	hair

	Em	C	Em	A
Her voice was	soft and cool,	her eyes were	clear and bright

	E
But she’s not	there

Em	A
	x 4

Em	A	Em	A
Well no	one told me a	bout	her

Em	C	Em	A
What	could I	do?

Em	A	Em	A
Well no one	told me a	bout	her

Em	C	E
Though	they all knew

	A	Am	Em
But it’s too	late to	say you’re	sorry

	Bm	Em
How would I	know, why should I	care?

	A	Am	G
Please don’t	bother	trying to	find her

	B7
She’s not	there

	Em	A
Well let me tell you ‘bout the	way she looked

	Em	C	Em	A
The way she	acted, the	color of her	hair

	Em	C	Em	A
Her voice was	soft and cool,	her eyes were	clear and bright

Hard stop after this line

	E
But she’s not	there

Rockin’ ‘60s ePiano solo

Em	A
	x7

E

	A	Am	Em
Well it’s too	late to	say you’re	sorry

	Bm	Em
How would I	know, why should I	care?

	A	Am	G
Please don’t	bother	trying to	find her

	B7
She’s not	there

	Em	A
Well let me tell you ‘bout the	way she looked

	Em	C	Em	A
The way she	acted, the	color of her	hair

	Em	C	Em	A
Her voice was	soft and cool,	her eyes were	clear and bright

Hard stop after this line

	E
But she’s not	there

Tommy James - I Think We’re Alone Now (1967)

Originally in A, I play in G

Intro, bass only

G	D	C	G

Band enters

G	Bm
Children be	have

Em	D
That’s what they	say when we’re together

G	Bm
And watch how you	play

Em	D
They don’t under	stand, and so we’re

Bm	G
Running just as fast as we	can

Bm	G
Holding on to one another’s	hand

F

Trying to get away into the night

	D
And then you	put your arms around me

	G
And we tumble to the ground and then you	say

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
There	doesn’t seem to be any	one around

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
The	beating of our hearts is the	only sound

Two measures of hand drums and insect noises

G

G	Bm
Look at the	way

Em	D
We gotta	hide what we’re doing

G	Bm
‘Cause what would they	say

Em	D
If they ever	knew, and so we’re

Bm	G
Running just as fast as we	can

Bm	G
Holding on to one another’s	hand

F

Trying to get away into the night

	D
And then you	put your arms around me

	G
And we tumble to the ground and then you	say

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
There	doesn’t seem to be any	one around

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
The	beating of our hearts is the	only sound

G

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

For just this line, downbeat is on “be” instead of “one”

C	G
There doesn’t seem to	be anyone around

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
The	beating of our hearts is the	only sound

Repeat chorus and fade

Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (1968)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 1

	A	E	D
Ahhh	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
Now I	don’t hardly	know her	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
But I	think I could	love her	→	→

E	A	A	E	D
Crimson and	clover	→	→

D	E
→

A	A	E	D
Ah	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
Well if she c	ome walkin’	over	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
Now I been	waitin’ to	show her	→	→

E	A	A	E	D
Crimson and cl	over	→	→

D	A	A	E	D
Over and	over	→	→

D	E
→

Solo(ish)

A	G	D
	→	x5

E

A	A	E	D
Yeah	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
My,	my such a	sweet thing	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
I wanna	do ever	ything	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
What a	beautiful	feeling	→	→

E	A	A	E	D
Crimson and	clover	→	→

D	E
Over and	over

E

Solo over verse chords

A	A	E	D	E
	→	→		x 4

D	E
→

That repeats a gazillion times, then changes key a half-step, which I think is silly, so skipping it

A	E	D	E

A	E	D	E
Crimson and	clover,	over and	over x6

Tommy James and the Shondells - Mony Mony (1968)

Tommy James in A, Billy Idol in F#, I play in A

Lots of 1 in the chorus (“feel... so... good”)

Intro

E

Vox on the 1 on “here”

E	E	A	E
Here she come now, say Mony Mony		→

	E	E	A	E
Well	shoot ‘em down, turn around, come on, Mony		→

E	E	A	E
Hey, she give me love and I feel alright now		→

	E
You got me	tossin’ and turnin’ in the middle of the night

	A
And I	feel all right

	B
I say	yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

With “Mony Mony”

	E
Well you make me	feel, so, good, yeah

	A
So	good, well alright, come on, alright baby

	B
I say	yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

E

E	E	A	E
Wake me, shake me Mony, Mony		→

E	E	A	E
Shotgun, get it done, come on Mony		→

E	E	A	E
Don’t stop cookin’ it feels so good, yeah		→

	E
Hey, well	don’t stop now hey, come on Mony

	A
Well	Come on Mony

B

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

With “Mony Mony”, except I think in the Billy Idol version this time it’s “ride the pony”

	E
Well you make me	feel, so, good, yeah

	A
So	good, well alright, come on, alright

	B
I say	yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, awwww

E	D	A	A

	E	D	A
I love you	Mony,	Mo, Mo,	Mony, so good

	E	D	A
I love you	Mony,	Mo, Mo,	Mony, so good

	E	D	A
I love you	Mony,	Mo, Mo,	Mony, alright

	E	D	A
I love you	Mony,	Mo, Mo,	Mony

B

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hard stop for a bit...

E

Come on, come on, come on, come on

A

Come on, come on, come on, come on feel alright

	B
I say	yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

E

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (1967)

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-9-10-12-10-9----------------9-10-12-10-9-10-

G	C	G	D

G	C	G	D
Hey where did	we go	days when the r	ain came

G	C	G	D
Down in the ho	llow,	playing a n	ew game

G	C	G	D
Laughin’ and a	runnin’ hey, hey,	skipping and a	jumping

G	C	G	D
In the misty mor	ning fog	oh our	hearts a thumpin’ and

C	D	G	Em
You	my brown-eyed	girl

C	D	G	D
You my	brown-eyed	girl

G	C	G	D
Whatever	happened	to Tuesdays and	so slow

G	C	G	D
Going down the o	ld mine with a	transistor	radio

G	C	G	D
Standing in the	sunlight laughing,	hiding behind a	rainbow’s wall

G	C	G	D
Slipping and a	sliding	all along the	waterfall with

C	D	G	Em
You	my brown-eyed	girl

C	D	G
You my	brown-eyed	girl

D7

Do you remember when we used to sing

G	C	G	D
Sha la la	la la la la	la la la la tee	da just like that

G	C	G	D	G
Sha la la	la la la la	la la la la tee	da la tee da

G	C	G	D

G	C	G	D
So hard to	find my way,	now that I’m	on my own

G	C	G	D
I saw you	just the other day,	my how	you have grown

G	C	G	D
Cast my memory	back there, lord	sometimes I’m	overcome thinking ‘bout

G	C	G	D	C
Making love in the	green grass	behind the	stadium with	you

C	D	G	Em
You	my brown-eyed	girl

C	D	G
You my	brown-eyed	girl

D7	G
Do you remember when we used to	sing

G	C	G	D
Sha la la	la la la la	la la la la tee	da just like that

G	C	G	D	G
Sha la la	la la la la	la la la la tee	da la tee da

G

C

G

D

G

We Five - You Were On My Mind (1965)

Originally in E, I play in D

D	G	D	G	D

	D
When I woke up this	morning

G	A	D	G	A
You were	on my	mind

	G	F#m	Em	A
And	you were	on my	mind

	D	G
I got	troubles, whoa-	oh

	D	G
I got	worries, whoa-	oh

	D	Bm	G	A
I got	wound	s to	bind

	D
So I went to the	corner

G	A	D	G	A
Just to	ease my	pains

	G	F#m	Em	A
Said,	just to	ease my	pains

	D	G
I got	troubles, whoa-	oh

	D	G
I got	worries, whoa-	oh

	D	Bm	Em	A
I came	home	a	gain

	D
When I woke up this	morning

G	A	D	F#	G	A
You were	on my	mi-	i-	-i-	ind and

Originally a II here, I stick with the ii this time

G	F#m	Em
You were	on my	mind

A	D	G
I got	troubles, whoa-	oh

	D	G
I got	worries, whoa-	oh

	D	Bm	E	A
I got	wounds	to	bi	nd

Vox up to the 3 of the chord on “I”,

up to the 1 of the chord on “feelin”

	B	E	A
And	I got a	feelin’

	B	E	G#	A	B
Down	in my	sho-	oo-	oo-o	es, said

A	G#m	F#m	B
Way down	in my	sho-oo-	oes

	E	A
Yeah, I got to	ramble, whoa-	oh

	E	A
I got to	move on, whoa-	oh

Watch out, this melody only happens once

	E	C#m	F#m	B
I got to	walk a	way my	blues

Quiet again

	E
When I woke up this	morning

A	B	E	A	B
You were	on my	mind

Extra long “mind”

A	G#m	F#m	B
You were	on my	mind

Loud again

	E	A
I got	troubles, whoa-	oh

	E	A
I got	worries, whoa-	oh

Hang the last chord

	E	F#m
I got	wounds to	bind

Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally (1966)

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro

A7

	A7
Mustang	Sally, huh, huh, guess you’d better slow your Mustang down, oh lord, what I said now?

	D7	A7
Mustang S	ally now baby, oh lord, guess you’d better slow your Mustang do	wn, huh, oh yeah

	E7	D7
You been r	unnin’ all over town

	A7
Oh, guess have you put your flat feet on the g	round, what I said now, listen

A7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

A7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

D7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

A7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

E7	D7
One of these a early mornings

	A7
Whoa, gonna be wipin’ your weepin’ ey	es, huh, well I said now, look it here

	A7
I b	ought you a brand new Mustang, a nineteen-sixty-five, huh

	A7
N	ow your goin’ ‘round, signifyin’ woman

	A7
You d	on’t wanna let me ride

	D7	A7
Mustang S	ally now baby, oh lord, I guess you’d better slow that Mustang	down, huh, oh lord

	E7	D7
You been r	unnin’ all over town now

	A7
Oh, I got to put your flat feet on the g	round, what I said now

Let me say it one more time y'all

	A7
Now a	ll you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

A7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

D7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

A7

All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride Sally ride)

E7	D7
One of these a early mornings

	A7
Your gonna put your flat feet on the g	round

Barrett Strong - Money (cover)

Originally in Fm, Beatles in Em, I play in Em

All the i’s can also be I7#9’s, the riff has both a m3 and a M3

Em	A7
→	x8

B7	A7	Em	A7	Em	B7
		→		→

Em	A7
The best things in life are free

Em

But you can give ‘em to the birds and bees

	A7
I need	money (that’s what I want)

	Em	A7	Em	A7
That’s what I	want	(that’s w	hat I wa	nt)

	B7	A7
That’s what I	wa-a-a-a-a-a	nt

	Em	A7	Em	B7
That’s	what I want (that’s w	hat I w	ant)

Em	A7
Your love give me such a thrill

Em

But your love don’t pay my bills

	A7
I need	money (that’s what I want)

	Em	A7	Em	A7
That’s what I	want	(that’s w	hat I wa	nt)

	B7	A7
That’s what I	wa-a-a-a-a-a	nt

	Em	A7	Em	B7
That’s	what I want (that’s w	hat I w	ant)

Em	A7
→	x8

B7	A7	Em	A7	Em	B7
		→		→

Em	A7
Money don’t get everything it’s true

Em

What it don’t get I can’t use

	A7
I need	money (that’s what I want)

	Em	A7	Em	A7
That’s what I	want	(that’s w	hat I wa	nt)

	B7	A7
That’s what I	wa-a-a-a-a-a	nt

	Em	A7	Em	B7
That’s	what I want (that’s w	hat I w	ant)

With IV’s, just not writing them all out here

Em

Money, (that’s what I want), lots of money (that’s what I want)

	A7	Em	A7	Em
Whole lot of	money, (that’s what I want), uh-	huh	(that’s what I	want)

	B7	A7	Em	A7	Em	B7
Oh	oh oh oh, oh	oh,	yeah, (that’s	what I	want)

	Em
Give me	money, (that’s what I want), lots of money, (that’s what I want)

	A7	Em	A7	Em
Oh, that mean	green, yeah, that’s right, baby, that’s what I	mean

	B7	A7	Em	A7	Em	B7
Oh	oh oh oh,	oh oh,	yeah, (that’s	what I	want)

Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven (cover)

Beatles in D, Chuck Berry around D, Rolling Stones in C, I play in A capo 2

Lyrics here follow the Beatles version

Intro

A	A	A	A
D	D	A	A
D	E	A	E

	A
I’m gonna w	rite a little letter

	D	A
Gonna	mail it to my local D.	J.

	D
It’s a	rocking little record

	A
I want my jockey to	play

	D
Roll	over Beethoven

	E	A
Gotta	hear it again to	day

	A
You know my	temperature’s rising

	D	A
And the	jukebox blows a fuse

	D
My h	eart beating rhythm

	A
And my soul keeps a-singin’ the b	lues

	D
Roll	over Beethoven

	E	A
And	tell Tchaikovsky the	news

	A
I got the	rocking pneumonia

	D	A
I	need a shot of rhythm and	blues, whooo

	D
I think I	caught it off the writer

	A
Sittin’ down by the rhythm revie	ws

	D
Roll	over Beethoven

	E	A
We’re	rockin’ in two by	two

	A
Well if you	feel it and like it, well get your lover and

A

Reel and rock it, roll it over and

D

Move on up just, trifle further

	A
And-a	reel and rock it, roll it over

	D
Roll	over Beethoven

	E	A
A	rocking in two by	two, whooo

Solo

A	D	A	A
D	D	A	A
D	E	A	A

	A
Well e	arly in the morning

	D
I’m a	giving you the warning

	A
Don’t you	step on my blue suede shoes

D

Hey diddle diddle, I’ll play my fiddle

A

Ain’t got nothing to lose

	D
Roll	over Beethoven

	E	A
And	tell Tchaikovsky the news

	A
You know she	winks like a glow worm

D	A
Dance like a spinning	top

	D
She’s got a	crazy partner

	A
Oughta see ‘em reel an	rock

	D
As long as	she got a dime

	E	A	E
The	music will never	stop

	A
Roll over Beet	hoven

Roll over Beethoven

	D
Roll over Beet	hoven

	A
Roll over Beet	hoven

	E7
Roll over Beet	hoven

	A
Dig to these rhythm and	blues

A9

Eric Clapton - After Midnight (cover)

Originally in C, I play in A

Let ring

D

Intro

A	D	C	G
	→	→	x4

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gonna	let it all hang down

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gonna	chug-a-lug and shout

	A
We gon’ s	timulate some action

D

We gon’ get some satisfaction

D	E
We gonna find out what it is all ab	out, wooo

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gonna	let it all hang down

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gon’	shake your tambourine

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	it’s all gon’	be peaches and cream

	A
We goonna	cause talk and suspicion

D

We gon’ give an exhibition

D	E
We gon’ find out what it is all ab	out

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gon’	let it all hang down

Solo on verse and chorus chords

A	C	D	A
	→		x2

A	D	D	E

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gon’	let it all hang down

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gon’	shake your tambourine

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	it’s all gon’	be peaches and cream

	A
We gonna	cause talk and suspicion

D

We gon’ give an exhibition

D	E
We gon’ find out what it is all ab	out, wooo

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gonna	let it all hang down

A	C	D	A
After midnight,	we gonna	let it all hang down

George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You (cover)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Highest note is the 3 (“*whole* lot of...”)

Starts percussion only

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set o	n you

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

	A	D	E
But it’s gonna take m	oney

	A	D	E
A whole lotta sp	ending money

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take	plenty of money

Hard stop on the V

	A	D	E
To do it r	ight child

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take t	ime

	A	D	E
A whole lot of p	recious	time

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take p	atience and t	ime,	mmm

	A	D	A	D	A
To	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it

Hard stop

	D	A
To	do it	right child

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set o	n you

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

Bridge

	A	D
And th	is time I know it’s for r	eal

	A	D
The fe	eling that I f	eel

	A	D
I know	if I put my mind	to it

	A	E7
I know	that I really can	do it

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
S	et	on y	ou

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set o	n you

	A	E	A
S	et	on y	ou

	A	D	E
But it’s gonna take m	oney

	A	D	E
A whole lotta sp	ending money

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take	plenty of money

	A	D	E
To do it r	ight child

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take t	ime

	A	D	E
A whole lot of p	recious	time

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take p	atience and t	ime,	mmm

	A	D	A	D	A
To	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it

	D	A
To	do it	right

Instrumental chorus, skip acoustic

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set o	n you

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

Bridge

	A	D
And th	is time I know it’s for r	eal

	A	D
The fe	elings that I f	eel

	A	D
I know	if I put my mind	to it

	A	E7
I know	that I really can	do it

	A	D	E
But it’s gonna take m	oney

	A	D	E
A whole lotta sp	ending money

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take	plenty of money

	A	D	E
To do it r	ight child

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take t	ime

	A	D	E
A whole lot of p	recious	time

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take p	atience and t	ime,	mmm

	A	D	A	D	A
To	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it

	D	A
To	do it	right

F#m	C#7	F#m
Set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
S	et	on y	ou

F#m	C#7	F#m
A	E	A

Jackson Browne - Stay (cover)

Maurice Williams in Bb, Four Seasons in Bb, Hollies in A (and insanely fast), Jackson Browne in G

I play in G

There is a separate entry for the Maurice Williams version

G	Em	C	D

	G	Em	C	D
People	stay,		just a	little bit

G	Em	C	D
Longer

	G	Em	C	D
We wanna pl	ay,		just a	little bit

G	Em	C	D
Longer

	G	Em	C	D
Now the prom	oter don’t	mind

	G	Em	C	D
And the	union don’t	mind

	G	Em	C	D
If we	take a little time	, and we	leave it all be	hind

Hang this chord

	Em
Singin’,	one more song

	G	Em	C	D
Oh, won’t you	stay,		just a	little bit

G	Em	C	D
Longer

G	Em	C	D
Please,	please,	please	say you will

Hang this chord

Em

Say you will

Solo

B7	B7	Em	Em	A	A	D	D

	G	Em	C	D
Oh won’t you	stay,		just a	little bit

G	Em	C	D
Longer,		oh

	G	Em	C	D
Please	please, stay,		just a	little bit

G	Em	C	D
More

	G	Em	C	D
Now the prom	oter don’t	mind

	G	Em	C	D
And the	roadies don’t	mind

	G	Em	C	D
If we	take a little time	, and we	leave this all be	hind

Hang this chord

	Em
Singin’,	one more song

Fade on keyboard solo, followed by guitar solo

G	Em	C	D
			x8

Johnny Cash - I’ve Been Everywhere (cover)

Chords follow the Johnny Cash version; the Hank Snow version changes key a bunch

E

Rubato, vox on the 1 of the key basically the whole verse

	E
I was	totin’ my pack along the dusty Winnemucca road

When along came a semi with a high an' canvas-covered load

	A7
If you’re	goin’ to Winnemucca, Mack, with me you can ride

	E
And so I	climbed into the cab and then I settled down inside

Vox up to the 2 of the key

	B7	Caug	B7
He	asked me if I’d seen a road with	so much dust and	sand

	E
And I said,	listen, I’ve traveled every road in this here land

At tempo

E

I’ve been everywhere, man

A

Crossed the deserts bare, man

	E
I’ve	breathed the mountain air, man

	B7
Of	travel I’ve-a had my share, man

	E
I’ve been every	where

	E
I’ve been to	Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota

Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota

A

Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma

E

Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma

B7

Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo

E

Tocapillo, Baranquilla, and Perdilla, I’m a killer

E

I’ve been everywhere, man

A

Crossed the deserts bare, man

	E
I’ve	breathed the mountain air, man

	B7
Of	travel I’ve had my share, man

	E
I’ve been every	where

E

	E
I’ve been to	Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana

Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana

A

Monterey, Faraday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa

E

Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa

B7

Tennessee to Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake

E

Grand Lake, Devil’s Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete’s sake

E

I’ve been everywhere, man

A

Crossed the deserts bare, man

	E
I’ve	breathed the mountain air, man

	B7
Of	travel I’ve had my share, man

	E
I’ve been every	where

E

	E
I’ve been to	Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika

He clearly says “Costa Rocka”

Schefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica

A

Pittsfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport

E

Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond du Lac, Davenport

B7

Idaho, Jellico, Argentina, Diamantina

E

Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean-a

E

I’ve been everywhere, man

A

Crossed the deserts bare, man

	E
I’ve	breathed the mountain air, man

	B7
Of	travel I’ve had my share, man

	E
I’ve been every	where

E

	E
I’ve been to	Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravelbourg, Colorado

Ellisburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, Eldorado

A

Larimore, Admore, Haverstraw, Chatanika

He also says “opalacka”

E

Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika

B7

Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City

E

Sioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity

E

I’ve been everywhere, man

A

Crossed the deserts bare, man

	E
I’ve	breathed the mountain air, man

	B7
Of	travel I’ve had my share, man

	E
I’ve been every	where

E

B7	E
I’ve been every	where

E

Nazareth - Love Hurts (cover)

Nazareth around G, Everly Brothers in F#, Roy Orbison around Bb, I play in A

D/A	A
→

	A	F#m	D	E
Love	hurts, love	scars, love	wounds and	mars

It amuses me that Nazareth says “not tough or strong” and the Everly Brothers say “not tough nor strong”

Dadd9	A	F#m	D	E
Any	heart, not	tough or	strong e	nough

	Dadd9	A	C#7	F#m
To	take a lot of	pain,	take a lot of	pain

Everly Brothers arrangement does a V7 instead of another III7 at the beginning of this line

C#7	D	E
Love is like a	cloud, it holds a lot of	rain

Dadd9	A	G	D	A
Love	hurts,	ooh	hoo love	hurts

A

	A	F#m	D	E
I’m	young, I	know, but	even	so

Dadd9	A	F#m	D	E
I know a	thing, or	two, I	learned from	you

	Dadd9	A	C#7	F#m
I	really learned a	lot,	really learned a	lot

C#7	D	E
Love is like a	flame, it burns you when it’s	hot

Dadd9	A	G	D	A
Love	hurts,	ooh	hoo love	hurts

A

Bridge

F#m	C#7	F#m	C#7	F#m	C#7	F#m
Some fools think of	happi	ness,	blissful	ness, tog	ether	ness

B

Some fools, fool themselves, I guess

Bm	E
They’re not foolin’	me

Back to the pre-chorus, so chords are changing faster now

	Dadd9	A	C#7	F#m
I	know it isn’t	true, I	know it isn’t	true

C#7	D	E
Love is just a	lie made to make you	blue

Dadd9	A	G	D	A
Love	hurts,	ooh	hoo love	hurts

G	D	A
Ooh	hoo love	hurts

Solo on verse chords

A	F#m	D	E	Dadd9
			→

A	F#m	D	E	Dadd9
			→

	Dadd9	A	C#7	F#m
I	know it isn’t	true, I	know it isn’t	true

C#7	D	E
Love is just a	lie made to make you	blue

Dadd9	A	G	D	A
Love	hurts,	ooh	hoo love	hurts

G	D	A
Ooh	hoo love	hurts

G	D	A
Ooh	hoo love	hurts

The Blues Brothers - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (cover)

Blue Brothers in C, Solomon Burke in Eb, I play in A

Spoken sections follow the movie, not the soundtrack

Intro, chords repeat over spoken intro

A	D	G	D
			x4

Spoken

We're so glad to see so many of you lovely people here tonight
We would especially like to welcome all the representatives of Illinois's law enforcement community
Who have chosen to join us here in the Palace Hotel ballroom at this time

We certainly hope you all enjoy the show, and remember people
That no matter who you are and what you do to live, thrive, and survive
There are still some things that make us all the same
You, me, them, everybody, everybody

A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
Ev	ery	bod	y	needs	someb	ody

A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
Ev	ery	bod	y	needs	someb	ody	to

A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
Love,			someone to	love

	D	A	D	G	D
Sw	eetheart to m	iss

	D	A	D	G	D
S	ugar to ki	ss

	A	D	G	D
I need	you,	you,	you

	A	D	G	D
I need	you,	you,	you

	A	D	G	D
I need	you,	you,	you, in the mor	ning

A	D	G	D
		When my so	ul’s on fire

A	D	G	D

Vox on the 5 of the chord

F#m

Sometimes I feel

D

I feel a little sad inside

F#m

When my baby mistreats me

	E
I ne	ver, never, never have a place to hide

Solo, chords change half as often

	A	D	A	D	A	D	A	D
I need you

A	D	A	D	A	D	A	D

F#m

Sometimes I feel

D

I feel a little sad inside

F#m

When my baby mistreats me

	E
I ne	ver, never, never have a place to hide

	A	D	G	D
I need	you,	you,	you

	A	D	G	D
I need	you,	you,	you

	A	D	G	D
I need	you,	you,	you

	A	D	G	D
I need	you,	you,	you

	A
I need	you

Spoken, percussion only

You know people, when you do find that special somebody
You gotta hold that man, hold that women
Love him, please him, squeeze her, please her

Signify your feelings with every gentle caress
Because it's so important to have that special somebody
To hold, to kiss, to miss, to squeeze and please

A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
Ev	ery	bod	y	needs	someb	ody

A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
Ev	ery	bod	y	needs	someb	ody	to love

A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
Ev	ery	bod	y	needs	someb	ody

A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
Ev	ery	bod	y	needs	someb	ody	to

A	D	G	D	A	D	G	D
Love,			someone to	love

	D	A	D	G	D
Sw	eetheart to m	iss

	D	A	D	G	D
S	ugar to ki	ss

	A	D	G	D
I need	you,	you,	you

	A	D	G	D
I need	you,	you,	you

	A	D	G	D
I need	you,	you,	you

	A	D	G	D
I need	you,	you,	you

The Wonders - That Thing You Do (cover)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Highest note is the 3 (a passing note on the 4)

A	Dm

Vox on the 5 on “you”

A	D	E
You	doin’ that	thing you

A	D	E
Do	breakin’ my	heart

	F#m	B
In	to a million	pieces

Bm	Dm	E
Like you always	do-o-o-	o

	A	D	E
And	you	don’t mean	to be

A	D	E
Cruel, you	never	even

F#m	B
Knew about the	heartache

G	E
I’ve been goin’	through

	F#m	B
Well I	try and try to	forget you girl

	A	A7	D	Dm
But it’s	just so	hard to	do

A	Dm	A	E
Every time you	do that thing you	do

A	D	E
I know	all the	games you

A	D	E
Play, and I’m	gonna	find a

F#m	B
Way to let you	know that

Bm	Dm	E
You’ll be mine some	day

	A	D	E
‘Cause	we could be	happy	can’t you

A	D	E
See, if you’d	only	let me

F#m	B
Be the one to	hold you

	G	E
And	keep you here with	me

	F#m	B
‘Cause I	try and try to	forget you girl

	A	A7	D	Dm
But it’s	just so	hard to	do

A	Dm	A
Every time you	do that thing you	do

Vox on the 5 of the first chord here

D

I don’t ask a lot girl

	F#m
But I	know one thing’s for sure

	B
It’s the	love I haven’t got, girl

	E	F	E
And I	just can’t take it	anymore

Solo on verse chords

	A	D	E
‘Cause	we could be	happy	can’t you

A	D	E
See, if you’d	only	let me

F#m	B
Be the one to	hold you

	G	E
And	keep you here with	me

	F#m	B
‘Cause it	hurts me so just to	see you go

A	A7	D	Dm
Around with	someone	new

	A	Dm
And if	I know you you’re	doin’ that thing

A	Dm
Every day just	doin’ that thing

A	E	D	Dm	Amaj7
I can’t take you	doin’ that thing you	do

UB40 - Red Red Wine (cover)

UB40 in C#, I play in G capo 1

I transcribed the chords according to the UB40 version, but for solo acoustic

performance, it makes more sense to replace the V/2 and IV/5 with the iimin7

and V, respectively.

Vox on 5 7 1 on “red red wine”

	G	C	D/A
Red red win	e

C/D	G	C	D/A
Goes to my he	ad

C/D	G	C	D/A
Makes me forget	that I

C/D	D	C	D
Still need her so		→

D	G	C	D/A
Red red win	e

C/D	G	C	D/A
It’s up to	you

C/D	G	C	D/A
All I can d	o I’ve do	ne

C/D	D
Memories won’t go

C	D	G
Memorie	s won’t g	o

G	C	D/A	C/D

Vox on the 3 of the chord (7 of the key) on “sworn”

	D
I have swor	n

	G
That with ti	me

C	G
Thoughts of you would leave my h	ead

	D	G
I was wr	ong, now I f	ind

	C	D
Just one th	ing makes me forge	t

	G	C	D/A
Red red	wine

C/D	G	C	D/A
Stay close to m	e

C/D	G	C	D/A
Don’t let me b	e alo	ne

	C/D	D
It’s t	earin’ apa	rt

C	D	G
My	blue, blue heart

G	C
Red red wine, you make me	feel so fine

	D/A	C/D
You	keep me rockin’ a	ll of the time

G	C
Red red wine, you make me	feel so grand

	D/A	C/D
I	feel a million dollar when you’re	just in my hand

G	C
Red red wine, you make me	feel so sad

D/A	C/D
Any time I see you go, it	make me feel bad

G	C
Red red wine, you make me	feel so fine

D/A	C/D
Monkey pack him Rizla pon the	sweet Dep line

D	G	C	D/A
Red red win	e

C/D	G	C	D/A
It’s up to	you

C/D	G	C	D/A
All I can d	o I’ve do	ne

C/D	D
Memories won’t go

C	D	G
Memorie	s won’t g	o

G	C	D/A	C/D

	D
I have swor	n

	G
That with ti	me

C	G
Thoughts of you would leave my h	ead

	D	G
I was wr	ong, now I f	ind

	C	D
Just one th	ing makes me forge	t

	G	C	D/A
Red red	wine

C/D	G	C	D/A
Stay close to m	e

C/D	G	C	D/A
Don’t let me b	e alo	ne

	C/D	D
It’s t	earin’ apa	rt

C	D	G
My	blue, blue heart

G	C	D/A	C/D
G	C	D/A

C/D	G	C	D/A	C/D
Red red red wine

Woody Guthrie - This Land is Your Land (cover)

Originally around D, PPM in A, I play in G

Intro, a hybrid of other arrangements

C	G	D/F#	Em	D	D7	G
	→	→

	C	G
This land is	your land, and this land is	my land

	D	G
From Cali	fornia, to the New York	Island

	C	G
From the Redwood	Forest, to the Gulf stream	waters

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
As I went	walking that ribbon of	highway

	D	G
And I saw a	bove me that endless	skyway

	C	G
I saw be	low me that golden	valley

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, and this land is	my land

	D	G
From Cali	fornia, to the New York	Island

	C	G
From the Redwood	Forest, to the Gulf stream	waters

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
I roamed and	rambled and I followed my	footsteps

	D	G
To the sparkling	sands of her diamond	deserts

	C	G
All a	round me her voice was a’	sounding

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
There was a big high w	all there that tried to st	op me

	D	G
It’s sign was p	ainted, said private p	roperty

	C	G
But on the b	ack side it didn’t say n	othing

D	G
This land was made for you and m	e

	C	G
This land is	your land, and this land is	my land

	D	G
From Cali	fornia, to the New York	Island

	C	G
From the Redwood	Forest, to the Gulf stream	waters

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
When the sun come	shining then I was	strolling

	D	G
And the wheat fields	waving and the dust clouds	rolling

	C	G
The fog was	lifting a voice come	chanting

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

	C	G
This land is	your land, and this land is	my land

	D	G
From Cali	fornia, to the New York	Island

	C	G
From the Redwood	Forest, to the Gulf stream	waters

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

D	G
This land was made for you and	me

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