A-Ha - Take On Me (1985)

Originally in Bm, I play in Am

If solo acoustic, just Am until the lyrics start,

skip all the intro goop. Also play fast.

Just drums @ start

Intro, just texture

Am	Em	Am	Em

Keys riff starts

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

	Am	D
We’re	talking away

G	C	C/B
I don’t know what	I’m to	say

Am	D
I’ll say it anyway

G	C	C/B
Today’s another	day to	find you

Am	D
Shying away

Em	C
I’ll be coming for your	love O.K.

In G, start chorus lines on D, G, B

That D is a whole step below “O.K.”

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	on	me

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	me	on

G	D	Em	C
I’ll	be	gone i	n a day or two

G

D/F#

Em

C

	Am	D	G
So	needless to say	I’m	odds and ends

C	C/B
But I’	ll be

Am	D
Stumbling away

G	C	C/B
Slowly learning that	life is O.	K.

Am	D
Say after me

Em	C
It’s no better to be	safe than sorry

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	on	me

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	me	on

G	D	Em	C
I’ll	be	gone i	n a day or two

G

D/F#

Em

C

Trippy bridge

Bm	F	Bm	F	Am	D

Intro riff, just keys

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

Am	D
The things that you say

G	C	C/B
Is it live or	just to	play

Am	D
My worries away

G	C	C/B
You’re all the things I’ve	got to re	member

Am	D
You’re shying away

Em	C
I’ll be coming for you anyway

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	on	me

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	me	on

G	D	Em	C
I’ll	be	gone i	n a day or two

G

D/F#

Em

C

After 2 choruses, ends on “day”, with keys fading...

AC DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (1980)

Originally in G, I play in A capo 2

A	D	A	D	A	E
	→	→	→	→

A	E	A	E	A
→	→	→	→

x2

Riff goes through the verse, approximating here

	A	D
She was a	fast machine, she kept her	motor clean

	E	A
She was the	best damn woman that I	ever seen

	A	D
She had the	sightless eyes, telling	me no lies

	E	A
K	nockin’ me out with those Am	erican thighs

	A	D
Taking	more than her share, had me	fighting for air

	E	A
She	told me to come, but I was	already there

	A	D
‘Cause the w	alls start shaking, the	Earth was quaking

	E	E7
My	mind was aching, and w	e weren’t thinkin’ and

A	D	A/C#	E	D	A/C#
You shook me al	l ni	ght l	ong

	A	D	A/C#	E	D	A/C#
Yeah yo	u, shook me al	l n	ight l	ong

	A	D
Working dou	ble time on the se	duction line

	E	A
She was o	ne of a kind, she’s just m	ine, all mine

	A	D
Wanted	no applause, just an	other course

	E	A
Made a	meal out of me and ca	me back for more

	A	D
Had to c	ool me down to take a	nother round

	E	A
Now I’m	back in the ring to take a	nother swing

	A	D
‘Cause the w	alls were shaking, the E	arth was quaking

	E	E7
My	mind was aching, and w	e weren’t thinkin’ and

A	D	A/C#	E	D	A/C#
You shook me al	l ni	ght l	ong

	A	D	A/C#	E	D	A/C#
Yeah yo	u, shook me al	l n	ight l	ong		, knockin’ me out

A	D	A/C#	E	D	A/C#
You shook me al	l ni	ght l	ong		, you had me shakin’

	A	D	A/C#	E
And	you shook me al	l ni	ght l	ong

E

Yeah you shook me, well you took me

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

A	D	A/C#	E	D	A/C#
You shook me al	l ni	ght l	ong		, oooh

A	D	A/C#	E	D	A/C#
You shook me al	l ni	ght l	ong		, yeah yeah

A	D	A/C#	E	D	A/C#
You shook me al	l ni	ght l	ong		, you really got me and

A	D	A/C#	E	D	A/C#
You shook me al	l ni	ght l	ong,	yeah you	shook me

Hard stop on “you” (yes, that’s really how the song ends)

E	D	A/C#	E
	Yeah you	shook me,	oh no you

Aerosmith - Angel (1987)

Originally in Eb, I play in A

A	E	D
	→	x 3

F#m	E	D
	→

	A	D	Dsus4	D
I’m a	lone yeah I don’t know if I can	face the night

	A	F#m	C#m	D
I’m in	tears and the	crying that I do is for y	ou

E	F#m	D
I want	your love let’s	break the walls between us

E	F#m	D
Don’t make i	t tough, I’ll	put away my pride

E	F#m	D	E
Enough’s	enough, I’ve	suffered and I’ve seen the	light

Hard stop

E

Baby

	A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
You’re my	angel		come and save me	to	night

	E	A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D	Dsus4	D
You’re my	a	ngel		come and make it a	lr	ight

A	D	Dsus4	D
Don’t know what I’m gonna do about this f	eeling inside

A	F#m	C#m	D
Yes, it’s true l	oneliness took me for a	ride

E	F#m	D
Without	your love, I’m	nothing but a beggar

E	F#m	D
Without	your love, a	dog without a bone

E	F#m	D	E
What can	I do, I’m sl	eeping in this bed a	lone

E

Baby

	A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
You’re my	angel		come and save me	to	night

	E	A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
You’re my	a	n-	gel	yeah come and make it a	lr	ight

	E	A
Come and save me	to	night

Solo if appropriate

A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
	→		→		→

E	A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
→		→		→		→

Vox on the b7 of the chord (!)

E

You’re the reason I live

D

You’re the reason I die

A

You’re the reason I give

F#m

When I break down and cry

D	E
Don’t need no reason why

Hard stop on the last “baby”

Baby, baby, baby

	A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
You’re my	angel		come and save me	to	night

	E	A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
You’re my	a	n-	gel	yeah come and make it a	lr	ight

	E	A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
You’re my	a	n-	-	gel come and save me t	on	ight, living in	the	air

	E	A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
You’re my	a	ngel c	om	e and take me a	lr	ight

	E	A
Come and save me	to	night

	E	D
Come and save me	to	night

	E	F#m
Come and save me	to	night

	E	D
Come and save me	to	night

	E	A
Come and save me	to	night

Aerosmith - What it Takes (1989)

Originally in G-ish, I play in D

However high you think this song is, it’s higher...

F#m7b5 as 2x221x

D	Asus4	Bm7	Gadd9

	D
T	here goes my old girlfriend, there’s a

A

Another diamond ring

	Bm
And uh,	all those late night promises

	G
I gu	ess they don’t mean a thing

	D
So b	aby, what’s the story

	A
Did you	find another man?

	Bm
Is it	easy to sleep in the bed that we made?

	G
When you d	on’t look back

	A
I guess the feelings start to fade aw	ay

	D
I	used to feel your fire

	Bm
But now it’s c	old inside

	G
And you’re b	ack on the street

Like you didn’t miss a beat, yeah

F	C
Tell me what it takes to let you g	o

F	C
Tell me how the pain’s supposed to g	o

F	E	Am
Tell me how it	is that you can sl	eep

	Am/G
In the	night

	F#m7b5
Without th	inking you lost

Everything that was good

	F
In your life to the toss of the di	ce

F	G#	C
Tell me what it	takes to let you g	o, yeah

Make sure to get all the way down to the 5

of this chord (A if the chord is D)

	D
G	irl, before I met you

	A
I was	F.I.N.E. fine

	Bm
But your l	ove made me a prisoner

	G
Yeah my h	eart’s been doing time

	D
You sp	ent me up like money, oh then you

A

Hung me out to dry

	Bm
It was	easy to keep all your lies in disguise

	G
‘Cause you h	ad me in deep with the devil in your eyes

F	C
Tell me what it takes to let you g	o

F	C
Tell me how the pain’s supposed to g	o

F	E	Am
Tell me how it	is that you can sl	eep

	Am/G
In the	night

	F#m7b5
Without th	inking you lost

Everything that was good

	F
In your life to the toss of the di	ce

F	G#	C
Tell me what it	takes to let you g	o

Solo

G	Am	F	C	G	Am	F

Vox on the 5 of this chord, so D if the chord is G

G	D
Tell me that you’re happy that you’re on your	own

	F
Yeah, yeah, y	eah

	C
Tell me that it’s better when you’re all al	one

Vox on the 3 of this chord, so Eb if the chord is Cm

Cm	A#	G#
Tell me that your body doesn’t	miss my t	ouch

	D#
Tell me that my lovin’ didn’t mean that m	uch

	G
Tell me you ain’t dyin’ when you’re cryin’ for m	e

F	C
Tell me what it takes to let you g	o

F	C
Tell me how the pain’s supposed to g	o

F	E	Am
Tell me how it	is that you can sl	eep

	Am/G
In the	night

	F#m7b5
Without th	inking you lost

Everything that was good

	F
In your life to the toss of the di	ce

Note random chord on “no no no”

F	G#	C	Gdim7
Tell me who’s to b	lame for thinkin’ tw	ice,	no no no no

F	G#	C
‘Cause I don’t wanna	burn in parad	ise

	Am
Let it g	o, let it go, let it go, let it go

	F
Let it g	o, let it go, let it go, let it go

	C
Let it g	o, let it go, let it go, let it go

	Am	F	C
I don’t wanna b	urn, I don’t wanna burn

	Am
Let it g	o, let it go, let it go, let it go

	F
Let it g	o, let it go, let it go, let it go

	C
Let it g	o, let it go, let it go, let it go

Alannah Myles - Black Velvet (1989)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Em capo 3

Em

Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell

Em

Jimmy Rodgers on the Victrola up high

Em

Mama’s dancing with baby on her shoulder

Em

The sun is setting like molasses in the sky

Vox are basically on the 4 of the key the whole prechorus

Bsus4	B	Asus4	A
The boy could	sing and knew how to	move	everything

Gsus4	G	Dsus4	D
Always	wanting more	, it leaves you	longing for

Am	D
Black velvet in that l	ittle boy’s smile

Am	F	C
Black velvet with that s	low southern	style

Am	D
A new religion that’ll	bring you to your knees

C	B7	Em
Black v	elvet if you	please

Em

Up in Memphis the music’s like a heatwave

Em

White lightning, bound to drive you wild

Em

Mama’s baby’s in the heart of every school girl

Em

“Love me tender” leaves ‘em cryin’ in the aisle

Bsus4	B	Asus4	A
The way he	moved, it was a	sin, so s	weet and true

Gsus4	G	Dsus4	D
Always wan	ting more	, he’d leave you	longing for

Am	D
Black velvet in that l	ittle boy’s smile

Am	F	C
Black velvet with that s	low southern	style

Am	D
A new religion that’ll	bring you to your knees

C	B7	Em
Black v	elvet if you	please

Em

Am	B	Em
Every word of every	song that he sang is for y	ou

Am	F
In a flash he was	gone

	C	B7	Em
It happened so	soon,	what could you	do?

Solo if appropriate

Em

Am	D
Black velvet in that l	ittle boy’s smile

Am	F	C
Black velvet with that s	low southern	style

Am	D
A new religion that’ll	bring you to your knees

C	B7	Em
Black v	elvet if you	please

Annie - Tomorrow (1982)

Originally in E, I play in A.

All the big “tomorrows” at the end are on the 6.

Esus4

Vox on 3 4 5 1 on “sun’ll come out”

	A	Amaj7
The	sun’ll come out	tomorrow

Dmaj7	C#m7
Bet your bottom	dollar

	F#m	F#m/E	Dmaj7	E
That to	morrow	, there’ll be	sun

	A	Amaj7
Just	thinkin’ about	tomorrow

Dmaj7	C#m7
Clears away the	cobwebs

	F#m	F#m/E	Dmaj7	E
And the	sorrow	till there’s	none

	Am
When I’m stuck with a	day

	C/G	F	G
That’s	gray and	lonely

	C
I just stick out my	chin

	Cmaj7	E7sus
And	grin, and	say

E

Oh

	A	Amaj7
The	sun’ll come out	tomorrow

Dmaj7	C#m7
So you got to	hang on

	F#m	F#m/E	Dmin	E7sus	E7
Till to	morrow	, come what	may

	A	Amaj7
Tomo	rrow, to	morrow

	A7	D	Dm
I	love ya to	morrow

	A	E7sus
You’re	only a	day

E7	A
A wa	y

Ritard

E7	A	Amaj7
Tomo	rrow, to	morrow

	A7	D	Dm
I	love ya to	morrow

	A	E7sus
You’re	only a	daaaay

E7	A	Dm	A
Aaa waaaa	y

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth (1988)

Originally in C#m, I play in F#m

Let ring

F#m	D	E	F#m
Ooh b	aby do you kn	ow what that’s wo	rth?

	A	D	E	F#m
O	oh h	eaven is a pl	ace on	Earth

	F#m	D	E	F#m
They	say in h	eaven l	ove comes f	irst

	A	D	E	F#m
W	e’ll make h	eaven a pl	ace on	Earth

	A	D	E	F#m
O	oh h	eaven is a pl	ace on	Earth

Usually skip this

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

	A	E
When the n	ight falls d	own

	D	E
I w	ait for you and you c	ome around

	A	E
And the w	orld’s al	ive

	D	E
With the s	ound of kids on the str	eet outside

C	D
When you walk int	o the room

C	D
You pull me close and we st	art to move

Bm	C
And we’re spinning with the st	ars above

	Am	Bm	C	D
And you l	ift me u	p in a w	ave of l	ove

F#m	D	E	F#m
Ooh b	aby do you kn	ow what that’s wo	rth?

	A	D	E	F#m
O	oh h	eaven is a pl	ace on	Earth

	F#m	D	E	F#m
They	say in h	eaven l	ove comes f	irst

	A	D	E	F#m
W	e’ll make h	eaven a pl	ace on	Earth

	A	D	E	F#m
O	oh h	eaven is a pl	ace on	Earth

F#m

	A	E
When I f	eel al	one

	D	E
I r	each for you and you br	ing me home

	A	E
When I’m l	ost at s	ea

	D	E
I h	ear your voice and it c	arries me

C	D
In this world we’re j	ust beginning

C	D
To understand the m	iracle of living

Bm	C
Baby I was afr	aid before

	Am	Bm	C	D
But I’m	not af	raid	anym	ore

F#m	D	E	F#m
Ooh b	aby do you kn	ow what that’s wo	rth?

	A	D	E	F#m
O	oh h	eaven is a pl	ace on	Earth

	F#m	D	E	F#m
They	say in h	eaven l	ove comes f	irst

	A	D	E	F#m
W	e’ll make h	eaven a pl	ace on	Earth

Ends on I instead of vi this time

	A	D	E	A
O	oh h	eaven is a pl	ace on	Earth

Interlude

A	F#m	D	E
			x2

Let ring

C	D
In this world we’re j	ust beginning

C	D
To understand the m	iracle of living

Bm	C
Baby I was afr	aid before

	Am	Bm	C	D
But I’m	not af	raid	anym	ore

Chorus rhythm, instruments only

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

G#m	E	F#	G#m
Ooh b	aby do you k	now what that’s	worth

B	E	F#	G#m
Ooh h	eaven is a pl	ace on	Earth

	G#m	E	F#	G#m
They	say in h	eaven l	ove comes f	irst

B	E	F#	G#m
We’ll make h	eaven a pl	ace on	Earth

B	E	F#	G#m
Ooh h	eaven is a pl	ace on	Earth

B	E	F#	G#m
Ooh h	eaven is a pl	ace on	Earth

B	E	F#	G#m
Ooh h	eaven is a pl	ace on	Earth

B	E	F#	G#m
Ooh h	eaven is a pl	ace on	Earth

B	E	F#	G#m
Ooh h	eaven is a pl	ace on	Earth

Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - I’ve Had the Time of My Life (1987)

Originally in E, which works for a duet, otherwise I play in A

Bill, rubato

	A	F#m7	G
Now	I’ve	had the time of my	life

	A
No, I never felt like this be	fore

	F#m7	G
Yes I	swear it’s the	truth

	A
And I owe it all to you

Jennifer, rubato

	A	F#m7	G
‘Cause	I’ve,	had, the time of my	life

	A
And I owe it all to	you

At tempo

A

Bill

	G/A
I’ve been	waiting for so long

Now I’ve finally found someone

	A
To stand by	me

Jennifer

	G/A
We saw the	writing on the wall

	A
As we felt this magical fanta	sy

Both

	G/A
Now with	passion in our eyes

	A
There’s no way we could disguise it secret	ly

	G/A
So we	take each other’s hand

’Cause we seem to understand

	A
The urgen	cy, just remember

Jennifer

D

You’re the one thing

Bill

C

I can’t get enough of

Jennifer

D

So I’ll tell you something

Both

E

This could be love because

A	F#m7	G
I	had the time of my	life

	A
No, I never felt this way be	fore

	F#m7	G
Yes I	swear it’s the	truth

	A
And I owe it all to you

A	A	G/A	A
	Hey	baby

Jennifer

	G/A
With my	body and soul

	A
I want you more than you’ll ever	know

Bill

	G
So we’ll	just let it go

	A
Don’t be afraid to lose cont	rol

Jennifer

	G
Yes I	know what’s on your mind

	A
When you say, stay with me to	night

Just remember

Bill

D

You’re the one thing

Jennifer

C

I can’t get enough of

Bill

D

So I’ll tell you something

Both

E

This could be love because

A	F#m7	G
I	had the time of my	life

	A
No, I never felt this way be	fore

	F#m7	G
Yes I	swear it’s the	truth

And I owe it all to you

	A	F#m7	G
‘Cause	I	had the time of my	life

	A
And I searched through every open d	oor

	F#m7	G
Till I	found the	truth

	A
And I owe it all to you

A

Original repeats the chorus rubato, then at tempo to fade

Billy Joel - Keeping the Faith (1983)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 2.

A

	A
If it	seems like I’ve been lost in let’s remember

If you think I’m feeling older and missing my younger days

	D
Oh, then you	should have known me much better

Cause my past is something that never

	A
Got in my	way oh no

	A
Still I	would not be here now if I never had the hunger

And I’m not ashamed to say the wild boys were my friends

	D
Cause I	never felt the desire till their music set me on fire

	E6	D
And then I was	saved,	yeah

	E6
That’s why I’m keeping the	faith

D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A
Keeping the	faith

	A
We wore	matador boots

Only Flagg Brothers had them with the Cuban heel
Iridescent socks with the same color shirt
And a tight pair of chinos

	D
I	put on my shark skin jacket

You know the kind with the velvet collar

	A
And ditty-bop	shades

I took a fresh pack of Luckies and a mint called Sen-Sen
My old man's Trojans and his Old Spice after shave

	D
Combed my	hair in a pompadour

Like the rest of the Romeos wore

	E6	D
A permanent	wave	yeah

	E6
We were keeping the	faith

D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A
Keeping the	faith

Bridge

	E	D	A
You can	get just so	much from a	good thing

	E	D	A
You can	linger too	long in your	dreams

	E	D	A
Say	goodbye to the	oldies but	goodies

	Bm7
Cause the	good old days weren’t always good

	E7
And	tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems

A

Learned stickball as a formal education

Lost a lot of fights but it taught me how to lose O.K.

	D
I	heard about sex but not enough

	A
I found you could dance and still look tough any	way

I found out a man ain’t just being macho
Ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food drank a lot of take-home pay

	D
I	thought I was the Duke of Earl

When I made it with a red-haired girl

	E6	D
In a	Chevrolet

	E6
We were keeping the	faith

D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A
Keeping the	faith

Bridge

	E	D	A
You can	get just so	much from a	good thing

	E	D	A
You can	linger too	long in your	dreams

	E	D	A
Say	goodbye to the	oldies but	goodies

	Bm7
Cause the	good old days weren’t always good

Hang this line if not doing a solo

	E7
And	tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems

Instrumental, listed here with lyrics but I usually skip if

a solo is not appropriate.

	E	D	A
You can	get just so	much from a	good thing

	E	D	A
You can	linger too	long in your	dreams

	E	D	A
Say	goodbye to the	oldies but	goodies

	Bm7
Cause the	good old days weren’t always good

	E7
And	tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems

	A
Now I	told you my reasons for the whole revival

Now I’m going outside to have an
Ice cold beer in the shade

	D
I’m going to	listen to my 45’s

Ain’t it wonderful to be alive
When the rock 'n' roll

E6	D
Plays	yeah

	E6	D
When the memory	stays,	yeah

	E6
I’m keeping the	faith

D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A
Keeping the	faith

Fade on the root chord

Billy Joel - Shameless (1989)

G	D/F#	Em	C	Bb
				x2

	G	D/F#
Well, I’m	shameless when it comes to	loving you

	Em	C	Bb
I’ll do anything you	want me to, I’ll do anything at	all

	G	D/F#
And I’m	standing, here for all the	world to see

	Em	C	Bb
Aw, there ain’t that much	left of me that has very far to	fall

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “I’m”

	D	B
You know now	I’m not a man who’s	ever been

	Em	Am7
Inse	cure about the world I’ve been	living in

	D	B
I	don’t break easy I	have my pride

	Em	F	F#
But if	you need to be	satis	fied

	G	D/F#
I’m s	hameless baby I don’t	have a prayer

	Em
Every time I see you sta	nding there

	C	Bb
I go down upon my	knees

	G	D/F#
And I’m	changing swore I’d	never compromise

	Em
Aw, but you convinced me o	therwise

	C	Bb
I’ll do anything you	please

	D	B
You see in	all my life I’ve	never found

	Em	Am7
What I c	ouldn’t resist what I couldn’t t	urn down

	D	B
I could	walk away from anyone I	ever knew

	Em	F	Gm	Am
But I	can’t walk away from	you

	Bb	Am
I have	never let anything have this much	control over me

Vox stay on the 3 of the chord

	Ab	Eb
I	worked too hard to call my life my	own

	Bb	Am
And I’ve	made myself a world and it’s worked so	perfectly

Vox stay on the 3 of the chord for this whole line and into the next

	Ab
But it’s	your world now I can’t refuse

Am	D7
I’ve never had so much	to lose

Solo if appropriate

	G	D	Em	C	Bb
Oh, I’m	shameless

G	D	Em	C	Bb

Em	D	C	Bb

	D
You know it	should be easy for a

B

Man who’s strong

	Em	Am7
To say h	e’s sorry or ad	mit when he’s wrong

	D	B
I n	ever lost anything I	ever missed

	Em	F
But	I’ve never been in	love like this

F

It’s outta my hands

	G	D/F#
I’m sham	eless, I don’t have the	power now

	Em	C	Bb
I don’t want it	anyhow so I’ve got to let it go

	G	D/F#
I’m sham	eless, shameless as a ma	n can be

	Em
You could make a total f	ool of me

	C	Bb
I just wanted you to know

	G	D/F#	Em	C	Bb
Oh, I’m	shameless

G

D/F#

Em

C

Bb

Billy Joel - Still Rock and Roll to Me (1980)

C

C	Em
What’s the matter with the cl	othes I’m wearing?

	Bb	F
Can’t you t	ell that your tie’s too w	ide?

C	Em
Maybe I should buy some o	ld tab collars

	Bb	F
Welcome	back to the age of j	ive

Em	Am
Where have you been hidin’ o	ut lately, honey?

	Em	D	G
You	can’t dress trashy till you	spend a lot of	money

C	Em	Bb
Everybody’s	talking ‘bout the	new sound

F	Am	G	C
Funny, but it’s	still rock and	roll to	me

C	Em
What’s the matter with the	car I’m driving?

	Bb	F
Can’t you	tell it’s out of st	yle?

C	Em
Should I get a set of	white wall tires?

	Bb	F
Are you	gonna cruise the miracle mi	le?

Em	Am
Nowadays you can’t be t	oo sentimental

	Em	D	G
Your	best bet’s a true baby,	blue Conti	nental

C	Em	Bb	F
Hot funk,	cool punk	even if it’s	old junk

	Am	G	C
It’s	still rock and r	oll to m	e

Bridge

	G	F
O	h it doesn’t matter what they sa	y in the papers

	E	Am
‘Cause it’s a	lways been the same old sc	ene

	G	F
There’s a	new band in town but you ca	n’t get the sound

	E	Ab
From a	story in a ma	gazine

Eb	F	G
Aimed at your average	teen

C	Em
How about a pair of	pink sidewinders

	Bb	F
And a	bright orange pair of pant	s?

C	Em
Well, you could really be a	Beau Brummel baby

	Bb	F
If you j	ust give it half a cha	nce

Em	Am
Don’t waste your money on a n	ew set of speakers

	Em	D	G
You	get more mileage from a ch	eap pair of sn	eakers

C	Em	Bb	F
Next phase,	new wave,	dance craze,	anyways

	Am	G	C
It’s	still rock and	roll to me

Solo if appropriate

G	F	E	Am
G	F	E7	Ab	Eb	F	G

C	Em
What’s the matter with th	e crowd I’m seeing?

	Bb	F
Don’t you	know that they’re out of touc	h?

C	Em
Should I try to be a s	traight A student?

	Bb	F
If you	are, then you think too much

Em	Am
Don’t you know about the n	ew fashion, honey?

Em	D	G
All you need are looks and a w	hole lotta	money

	C	Em	Bb	F
It’s the n	ext phase, n	ew wave, d	ance craze,	anyways

	Am	G	C
It’s	still rock and	roll to me

Hard stops on each chord

C	Em	Bb
Everybody’s	talking about the n	ew sound

F	G	C9
Funny, but it’s s	till rock and roll to me

Billy Joel - Tell Her About It (1983)

Originally in Bb, I play in E capo 2

E	E	D	A
			x2

	E	D	A
L	isten boy, I don’t want to see you let a g	ood thing slip a	way

	E	D	A
You know I d	on’t like watching anybody make the sa	me mistakes I m	ade

If you’re playing in E, play the G in open voicing here

	G#m	G	F#m
She’s a	real nice girl and she’s	always there for	you

	Am	E/G#	F#m	B
But a n	ice girl wouldn’t	tell you what you should	do

	E	D	A
Oh, l	isten boy, I’m sure that you think you got it a	ll under cont	rol

	E	D	A
You don’t w	ant somebody telling you the way to st	ay in someone’s s	oul

	G#m	G	F#m
You’re a	big boy now and you’ll n	ever let her	go

	Am	E/G#	F#m	E	F#
But t	hat’s just the kind of	thing she ought to k	now

	B	D#m
T	ell her about it, tell her	everything you feel

G#m	G#m7	C#m7	F#7sus4
Give her every	reason to ac	cept that you’re for	real

	B	D#m
T	ell her about it, tell her	all your crazy dreams

G#m	G#m7	C#m7	F#7sus4	F#7
Let her know you	need her, let her	know how much she	means

E	E	D	A
			Oooh x2

	E	D	A
L	isten, boy, it’s not automatically a ce	rtain guarant	ee

	E	D	A
To ins	ure yourself, you’ve got to provide communic	ation constant	ly

	G#m	G	F#m
When you	love someone you’re	always insec	ure

	Am	E/G#	F#m	E	F#
And there’s	only one good	way to reass	ure

	B	D#m
T	ell her about it, let her	know how much you care

G#m	G#m7	C#m7	F#7sus4
When she can’t be	with you, tell her	you wish you were	there

	B	D#m
T	ell her about it every	day before you leave

G#m	G#m7	C#m7	F#7sus4	F#7
Pay her some at	tention, give her	something to be	lieve

Bridge

D	Bm	C
‘Cause now and t	hen she’ll get to w	orrying

	D	Em	A	Bm	A/C#
Ju	st bec	ause you haven’t s	poken for so l	ong

	D	Bm	C
And th	ough you	may not have done	anything

	D	Em	A	F#/A#	B
W	ill that	be a consol	ation when she’s	gone?

	E	D	A
L	isten boy, it’s good information from a m	an who’s made mist	akes

	E	D	A
Just a wo	rd or two that she gets from you could be the d	ifference that it m	akes

	G#m	G	F#m
She’s a	trusting soul, she’s p	ut her trust in	you

	Am	E/G#	F#m	E	F#
But a	girl like that won’t	tell you what you should	do

	B	D#m
T	ell her about it, tell her	everything you feel

G#m	G#m7	C#m7	F#7sus4
Give her every	reason to ac	cept that you’re for	real

	B	D#m
T	ell her about it, tell her	all your crazy dreams

G#m	G#m7	C#m7	F#7sus4	F#7
Let her know you	need her, let her	know how much she	means

Outro

	E	D	A
T	ell her about it,	tell her how you f	eel right now

	E	D	A
T	ell her about it, the	girl don’t want to	wait too long

	E	D	A
You got to te	ll her about it,	tell her now and you	won’t go wrong

	E	D	A
You got to te	ll her about it, be	fore it gets too	late you’ve got to...

Billy Joel - The Downeaster ‘Alexa’ (1989)

Originally in Am, I play in Em.

Sometimes I capo 2, the highest note is Bb in Am.

Mostly muted, be judicioius with strumming.

Em

Vox start on 1 2 3 of the major key

	G	D	Em
Well I’m	on the Downe	aster Al	exa

	G	D	C
And I’m	cruising through	Block Island	Sound

	C	G	Am
I have	charted a	course to the	Vineyard

	Em	D	C
But to	night I am	Nantucket	bound

C	D	G	C
We took on	diesel back in	Montauk	yesterday

C	D	Em	D/F#
And left this	morning from the	bell in Gardiner’s	Bay

C	D	G	C
Like all the	locals here I’ve	had to sell my	home

C	D	Em	D/F#
Too proud to	leave I worked my	fingers to the	bone

	G	D	Em
So I could	own my Downe	aster Ale	xa

	G	D	C
And I	go where the	ocean is	deep

	C	G	Am
There are	giants out	there in the	canyons

	G	D	C
And a	good captain	can’t fall	asleep

C	D	G	C
I’ve got	bills to pay and	children who need	clothes

C	D	Em	D/F#
I know there’s	fish out there	but where God only	knows

C	D	G	C
They say these	waters aren’t	what they used to	be

C	D	Em	D/F#
But I’ve got	people back on	land who count on	me

	G	D	Em
So if you	see my Downe	aster Al	exa

	G	D	C
And if you	work with the	rod and the	reel

	C	G	Am
Tell my	wife I am	trolling	Atlantis

	G	D	C
And I	still have my	hands on the	wheel

Interlude, lots of ayyy-o and accordion noises

Em

	G	D	Em
Now I	drive my Downe	aster Al	exa

	G	D	C
More and	more miles from	shore every	year

	C	G	Am
Since they	tell me I	can’t sell no	stripers

	G	D	C
And there’s	no luck in	swordfishing	here

C	D	G	C
I was a	bayman like my	father was	before

C	D	Em	D/F#
Can’t make a	living as a	bayman	anymore

C	D	G	C
There ain’t much	future for a	man who works the	sea

C	D	Em	D/F#
But there ain’t no	island left for	islanders like	me

	G	D/F#	Em
Ay-ay	yo,		oh

Billy Joel - The Longest Time (1983)

Originally in Eb, I play in A capo 3 (so in C)

Highest note is only the 4, but it sounds terrible to miss

those 4’s on "I’m so in*spired* by you" and "that hasn’t

hap*pened*".

A	E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

E	A
For the longest	time

E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh

E

For the longest time

A	A/G#	A/F#	Amaj7/E	D	A
If	you	said	good	bye to me ton	ight

A	A/G#	A/F#	Amaj7/E	B	E
There	would	still	be	music left to	write

C#	F#m
What else could	I do

E7	A	A7
I’m so insp	ired	by you

D	Bm	E	A
That hasn’t	happened for the	longest	time

A	A/G#	A/F#	Amaj7/E	D	A
Once	I	thought	my	innocence was	gone

A	A/G#	A/F#	Amaj7/E	B	E
Now	I k	now	that	happiness goes	on

C#	F#m
That’s where you	found me

E7	A	A7
When you put your	arms a	round me

D	Bm	E	A
I haven’t	been there for the	longest ti	me

A	E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

E	A
For the longest	time

E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh

E

For the longest time

A	A/G#	A/F#	Amaj7/E	D	A
I’m	that	voice	you’re	hearing in the	hall

A	A/G#	A/F#	Amaj7/E	B	E
And	the	great	est	miracle of	all

C#	F#m
Is how I	need you

E7	A	A7
And how you n	eeded	me too

D	Bm	E	A
That has	n’t happened for the	longest	time

E	E7	F#m
Maybe	this won’t	last very long

	G#7
But	you feel so right

	A
And	I could be wrong

C#m	F#m
Maybe I’ve been	hoping too hard

	B7
But	I’ve gone this far

	E	E7
And it’s	more than I	hoped for

A	A/G#	A/F#	Amaj7/E	D	A
Who	knows	how	much	further we’ll go	on

A	A/G#	A/F#	Amaj7/E	B	E
May	be I’	ll	be s	orry when you’re	gone

C#	F#m
I’ll take my	chances

E7	A	A7
I forgot how n	ice r	omance is

D	Bm	E	A
I haven’t	been there for the	longest	time

E	E7	F#m
I had	second	thoughts at the start

	G#7
I s	aid to myself

	A
Hold	on to your heart

C#m	F#m
Now I know the	woman that you are

	B7
You’re	wonderful so far

	E	E7
And it’s	more than I	hoped for

A	A/G#	A/F#	Amaj7/E	D	A
I	don’t c	are	what	consequence it b	rings

A	A/G#	A/F#	Amaj7/E	B	E
I	have b	een	a	fool for lesser t	hings

C#	F#m
I want you	so bad

E7	A	A7
I think you	ought to	know that

D	Bm	E	A
I intend to	hold you for the	longest	time

A	E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

E	A
For the longest	time

E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh

E

For the longest time

Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (1983)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 1.

Definitely practice the bridge oh-oh’s before playing.

Vox start on the root

A	Bm
Oh oh oh	oh oh oh oh

C#m	D	E
Oh oh oh	oh oh	oh oh

A

Uptown girl

Bm	C#m
She’s been living in her	uptown world

D	E	A
I bet she	never had a	back street guy

Bm	C#m
I bet her mama never	told her why

D	E
I’m gonna	try for an

A

Uptown girl

Bm	C#m
She’s been living in her	white bread world

D	E	A
As long as	anyone with	hot blood can

Bm	C#m
And now she’s looking for a	downtown man

D	E
That’s what I	am

Vox on 1 3 6 of the first chord on “and when she”

F	Dm	Gm	C7
And when she	knows what she	wants from her	time

F	Dm	Gm/D#	C7
And when she	wakes up and	makes up her	mind

D	Bm
She’ll see I’m	not so tough

Em	E
Just because	I’m in love with an

A

Uptown girl

Bm	C#m
You know I’ve seen her in her	uptown world

D	E	A
She’s getting	tired of her	high-class toys

Bm	C#m
And all her presents from her	uptown boys

D	E
She’s got a	choice

Bridge

Starts on 1 3 5 of the first chord, get to the

1 of the second chord on its second “oh-oh”

C	D	D#dim7	Em	D
Ohh...			→

C	D	D#dim7	E
Ohh...

A

Uptown girl

Bm	C#m
You know I can’t afford to	buy her pearls

D	E	A
But maybe	someday when my	ship comes in

Bm	C#m
She’ll understand what kind of	guy I’ve been

D	E
And then I’ll	win

F	Dm	Gm	C7
And when she’s	walking, she’s	looking so	fine

F	Dm	Gm/D#	C7
And when she’s	talking, she’ll	say that she’s	mine

D	Bm
She’ll say I’m	not so tough

Em	E
Just because	I’m in love with an

A

Uptown girl

Bm	C#m
She’s been living in her	white bread world

D	E	A
As long as	anyone with	hot blood can

Bm	C#m
And now she’s looking for a	downtown man

D	E
That’s what I	am

Bridge

C	D	D#dim7	Em	D
Ohh...

C	D	D#dim7	E
Ohh...

(Uptown girl, repeat to fade...)

A

Bm

C#m

D

E

Billy Joel - You May Be Right (1980)

A

Friday night I crashed your party

Saturday I said I’m sorry

	E
Sunday came and trashed me out a	gain

	Bm
I was	only having fun

	G
Wasn’t	hurting anyone

	E	A
And we	all enjoyed the weekend for a	change

	A
I was	stranded in the combat zone

I walked through Bedford Sty alone

	E
Even rode my motorcycle in the	rain

	Bm
And you	told me not to drive

	G
But I	made it home alive

	E	A
So you	said that only proves that I’m in	sane

	E	A
You may be	right I may be	crazy

	E	D	F#m	A
But it	just may be a	lunatic you’re	looking for

	E	A
Turn out the	lights don’t try to	save me

	D	E
You may be	wrong for all I	know

	A
But you may be	right

A

Remember how I found you there

Alone in your electric chair

	E
I told you dirty jokes until you	smiled

	Bm
You were	lonely for a man

	G
I said	take me as I am

	E	A
‘Cause you	might enjoy some madness for a	while

	A
Now	think of all the years you tried to

Find someone to satisfy you

	E
I might be as crazy as you	say

	Bm
If I’m	crazy then it’s true

	G
That it’s	all because of you

	E	A
And you	wouldn’t want me any other	way

	E	A
You may be	right I may be	crazy

	E	D	F#m	A
But it	just may be a	lunatic you’re	looking for

	E	A
Turn out the	lights it’s too late to	change me

	D	E
You may be	wrong for all I	know

	A
But you may be	right

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

	E	A
You may be	right I may be	crazy

	E	D	F#m	A
Hey but it	just may be a	lunatic you’re	looking for

	E	A
Turn out the	lights, aww don’t try to	save me

	D	E
You may be	wrong for all I	know

	A
You may be	right

A

You may be wrong but you may be right

Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine (1988)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

A	A7	A6	A7
			x 2

A	D	C	A
Your love is like	bad	medi	cine

D	C	A
Bad medicine is	what I	need, whoa ho ho

	D	C	A
Shake it up, just like	bad	medi	cine

D

There ain’t no doctor that can

C	A
Cure my	disease

A

D

C

Hard stop

A	A

Vox more or less on the b3

A	D	C
I ain’t got a fever got a permanent dise	ase

	A	D	C
And it’ll t	ake more than a doctor to prescribe a reme	dy

D

I got lots of money but it isn’t what I need

	A	D	C
Gonna t	ake more than a shot to get this poison out of me

	E
And	I got all the symptoms count ‘em one, two, three

	A
First you	need (that’s what you get for falling in love)

Then you bleed (you get a little and it’s never enough)

	B
And you’re o	n your knees (that’s what you get for falling in love)

G	E
Now this boy’s addicted ‘cause your	kiss is the drug, whoa ho ho

A	D	C	A
Your love is like	bad	medi	cine

D	C	A
Bad medicine is	what I	need, whoa ho ho

	D	C	A
Shake it up, just like	bad	medi	cine

D

There ain’t no doctor that can

C	A
Cure my	disease

G	D	A
Bad,	bad	medicine

A	D	C
I don’t need no needle to be giving me a thrill

	A	D	C
I don’t	need no anesthesia or a nurse to bring a pill

	D
I got a	dirty-down addition that doesn’t leave a track

	A	D	C
I got a	jone for your affection like a monkey on my back

	E
There	ain’t no paramedic gonna save this heart attack

	A
When you	need (that’s what you get for falling in love)

Then you bleed (you get a little and it’s never enough)

	B
And then you’re o	n your knees (that’s what you get for falling in love)

G	E
Now this boy’s addicted ‘cause your	kiss is the drug, whoa ho ho

A	D	C	A
Your love is like	bad	medi	cine

D	C	A
Bad medicine is	what I	need, whoa ho ho

	D	C	A
Shake it up, just like	bad	medi	cine

D

So let’s play doctor baby

C	A
Cure my	disease

G	D	A
Bad,	bad	medicine, it’s what I want

G	D	A
Bad,	bad	medicine, oww, what I need

Solo

D	A	D	E

Let ring

	A	D	C
I n	eed a respirator cause I’m running out of breath

	D	D	C
Oh you’re an a	ll-night generator wrapped in stockings and a dress

E

When you find your medicine you take what you can get

	A
‘Cause if there’s s	omething better baby well they haven’t found it yet

Oh ho ho

A	D	C	A
Your love is like	bad	medi	cine

D	C	A
Bad medicine is	what I	need, whoa ho ho

	D	C	A
Shake it up, just like	bad	medi	cine

D

There ain’t no doctor that can

C	A
Cure my	disease

A	D	C	A
Your love,	bad	medi	cine

Bon Jovi - Born to Be My Baby (1988)

Originally starts in F#m, I start in Bm capo 3

Two, three, four!

Bm	G
Na-na-na-na na-na-	na na-na-na na

A	D	A/C#
Na-na-na-na na-na-	na na-na-	na na

Bm	G	Asus4	A
Na-na-na-na na-na-	na na-na-na na	→

Bm

Rainy night and we worked all day

G

Both got jobs ‘cause there’s bills to pay

	A
But w	e got something they can’t take away

Dsus4	D	Dsus4	D
Our	love,	our	lives

Bm

Close the door, leave the cold outside

	G
I	don’t need nothing when I’m by your side

A

We got something that’ll never die

Dsus4	D	Dsus4	D
Our	dreams,	our	pride

	A#	C	Dm
My heart	beats like a drum (	all	night)

	A#	C	Dm
Flesh to	flesh, one to one (and it’s	al	right)

	A#
And I’ll	never let go

	Dm	A
Cause there’s	something I know deep in	side

	Dm	A#
You were	born to be my b	aby

	C	F
And baby, I was	made to be your m	an

C/E	Dm	A#
We got	something to bel	ieve in

	C	Dm
Even if we	don’t know where we s	tand

Dm	C	A#	F
On	ly	god would know the r	easons

	Dm	C
But I bet he	must have had a p	lan

	Dm	A#
‘Cause you were	born to be my b	aby

	C	Dm
And baby, I was	made to be your m	an

Bm

Light a candle, blow the world away

G

Table for two on a TV tray

A

It ain’t fancy baby that’s okay

Dsus4	D	Dsus4	D
Our	time,	our	way

	Bm
So	hold me close, better hang on tight

G

Buckle up baby it’s a bumpy ride

A

Two kids hitching down the road of life

Dsus4	D	Dsus4	D
Our	world,	our	fight

	A#	C	Dm
If we	stand side by side (	all	night)

	A#	C	Dm
There’s a	chance we’ll get by (and it’s	al	right)

	A#
And I	know that you’ll live

	Dm	A
In my	heart till the day that I	die

	Dm	A#
‘Cause you were	born to be my b	aby

	C	F
And baby, I was	made to be your m	an

C/E	Dm	A#
We got	something to bel	ieve in

	C	Dm
Even if we	don’t know where we s	tand

Dm	C	A#	F
On	ly	god would know the r	easons

	Dm	C
But I bet he	must have had a p	lan

	Dm	A#
‘Cause you were	born to be my b	aby

	C	Dm
And baby, I was	made to be your m	an

Solo on chorus chords

	A#	C	Dm
And my heart	beats like a drum (	all	night)

	A#	C	Dm
Flesh to	flesh, one to one (and it’s	al	right)

	A#
And I’ll	never let go

	Dm	A
There’s	something I know, deep in	side

	Dm	A#
You were	born to be my b	aby

	C	F
And baby, I was	made to be your m	an

C/E	Dm	A#
We got	something to bel	ieve in

	C	Dm
Even if we	don’t know where we s	tand

Dm	C	A#	F
On	ly	god would know the r	easons

	Dm	C
But I bet he	must have had a p	lan

	Dm	A#
‘Cause you were	born to be my b	aby

	C	Dm
And baby, I was	made to be your m	an

F	C/E	Dm	A#
You	were	born to be my b	aby

	Csus4
And baby, I was	maaaaade

C	Dm
To be your	man

Dm	A#
Na-na-na-na na-na-	na na-na-na na

C	F	C/E
Na-na-na-na na-na-	na na-na-	na na

Dm	A#
Na-na-na-na na-na-	na na-na-na na

C	F	C/E
Na-na-na-na na-na-	na na-na-	na na

Bon Jovi - Livin’ on a Prayer (1986)

Originally in Em, I play in Am capo 2 (so in Bm).

On piano, I play in Em but sing it down a fifth or so.

Am	F	G

Am	F	G
Once upon a time,	not so long ago

Am

Tommy used to work on the docks

Am

Union’s been on strike, he’s down on his luck

	F	G	Am
It’s t	ough,	so tough

Am

Gina works the diner all day

Am

Working for her man, she brings home her pay

	F	G	Am
For	love,	for lo	ve

	F	G	G	Am
She says we’ve got to h	old	on to	what we’ve	got

	F	G	G	Am
It	doesn’t make a	difference if we	make it or	not

	F	G	G	Am	F
We’ve g	ot each o	ther and	that’s a	lot for l	ove

	G
We’ll	give it a shot

Am	F	G	C	F	G
Who	a, we’re hal	fway there,	who	a,	livin’ on a prayer

Am	F	G
Take my h	and we’ll m	ake it I swear

C	F	G
Who	a,	livin’ on a prayer

Am

Tommy’s got his six string in hock

Now he’s holding in what he used to make it talk

	F	G	Am
So	tough,	so tough

Am

Gina dreams of running away

When she cries in the night Tommy whispers

	F	G	Am
Baby it’s	O.K.,	some day

	F	G	G	Am
We’ve got to h	old	on to	what we’ve	got

	F	G	G	Am
It	doesn’t make a	difference if we	make it or	not

	F	G	G	Am	F
We’ve g	ot each o	ther and	that’s a	lot for l	ove

	G
We’ll	give it a shot

Am	F	G	C	F	G
Who	a, we’re hal	fway there,	who	a,	livin’ on a prayer

Am	F	G
Take my h	and we’ll m	ake it I swear

C	F	G
Who	oa,	livin’ on a prayer

F	G	Am
Livin’	on a	prayer

Originally a solo on chorus chords, I just let the i ring for a while

then come back in with slow, hanging chords.

Am	F	G	G	Am
Oooooooooh, we’ve got to h	old	on	ready or n	ot

	F	G
You li	ve for the fight when it’s a	ll that you’ve got

Original goes up 1.5 steps, I usually skip that, and do one half-time,

super-melodramatic chorus here.

Am	F	G	C	F	G
Who	a, we’re hal	fway there,	who	a,	livin’ on a prayer

Am	F	G
Take my h	and we’ll m	ake it I swear

C	F	G
Who	a,	livin’ on a prayer

Am	F	G	C	F	G
Whoo	a, we’re hal	fway there,	who	a,	livin’ on a prayer

Am	F	G
Take my h	and we’ll m	ake it I swear

C	F	G
Who	a,	livin’ on a prayer

Am

Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive (1987)

Originally in D, I play in A. In A, play all the Gadd9’s as G.

4 measures high riff, chords are approximately:

Am	G	F	Em7	C	D	Am
						x 2

4 measures low riff, chords are approximately:

D	D	C	A5
			x 3

G	G	A

A	Gadd9	D
It’s all the same,	only the names wil	l change

	Gadd9	D	C	A
And	ev’ry	day, it seems we’re	wasting a	way

	A	Gadd9	D
A	nother place, where the	faces are so	cold

	Gadd9	D	D	C	A
I’d	drive all	night, just to	get	back	home

	Gadd9	D	C	A
I’m a	cowboy	, on a	steel horse I	ride

	Gadd9	D	C	A
I’m	wanted	,	dead or a	live

Gadd9	D	C	A
Wanted	,	dead or a	live

4 measures high riff

	A	Gadd9	D
Some	times I sleep, some	times it’s not for	days

	Gadd9	D	C	A
And	people I meet	, always	go their separate	ways

	A	Gadd9	D
Some	times you tell the day, by the	bottle that you	drink

	Gadd9	D	D	C	A
Some	times when you’re a	lone,	all you	do is	think

	Gadd9	D	C	A
I’m a	cowboy	, on a	steel horse I	ride

	Gadd9	D	C	A
I’m	wanted	,	dead or a	live

Gadd9	D	C	A
Wanted	,	dead or a	live

Solo

When a soloist is available, play the chorus chorus,

and come out in a chorus with vocals.

For typical acoustic performance, let everything just

ring out in A minor for a while, then fade right into the verse.

	A	Gadd9	D
And I	walk these streets, a loaded	six string on my	back

	Gadd9	D	C	A
I	play for keeps	, ‘cause I	might not make it	back

A	Gadd9	D
I been ev’ry where, still I’m	standing	tall

Hard stop on “rocked”

	Gadd9	D	D	C	A
I’ve	seen a million	faces, and I’ve	rocked	them all

	Gadd9	D	C	A
I’m a	cowboy	, on a	steel horse I	ride

	Gadd9	D	C	A
I’m	wanted	,	dead or a	live

	Gadd9	D	C	A
I’m a	cowboy	, I got the	night on my	side

	Gadd9	D	C	A
I’m	wanted	,	dead or a	live

	Gadd9	D	C	A
Dead or a	live	,	dead or	alive

	Gadd9	D	C	A
I still	try I still	ride,	dead or	alive

Gadd9	D	C	A
Dead or a	live,	dead or	alive

Gadd9	D	C	A
Dead or a	live,	dead or	alive

End with high riff, then a cadence on the I major.

Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For a Hero (1984)

Originally in Am, I play in Am capo 5, or possibly in Em

Highest note is the 5 (in the bridge)

I play just once through the intro, play the first

verse slow and rubato, and hit it hard on the first chorus.

Am	Am7/G	Fmaj7	Eaug	E
				x2, second time with “do do do”

Vox on the 5

Am	G
Where have all the good men gone and	where are all the gods?

F	Eaug	E
Where’s the street-wise Hercules to	fight the rising	odds?

Am	Em
Isn’t there a white knight u	pon a fiery steed?

Dm	Eaug	E
Late at night I toss and turn and I dr	eam of what I n	eed

	Am	Em
I need a	hero, I’m holding out for a	hero till the end of the night

	F
He’s	gotta be strong and he’s gotta be fast

	C	G
And he’s	gotta be fresh from the f	ight

	Am	Em
I need a	hero, I’m holding out for a	hero till the morning light

	F
He’s	gotta be sure, and it’s gotta be soon

	C	G
And he’s	gotta be larger than	life

	Am
Larger than	life

Am

Do do do do

Am7/G

Do do do do

Fmaj7

Do do do do

Eaug	E
Aaah	aaah

Am	G
Somewhere after midnight in my	wildest fantasy

F	Eaug	E
Somewhere just beyond my reach there’s	someone reaching back for	me

Am	Em
Racing on the thunder and ri	sing with the heat

The “yeah” is an extra measure in this line

Dm	Eaug	E
It’s gonna take a superman to	sweep me off my	feet, yeah!

	Am	Em
I need a	hero, I’m holding out for a	hero till the end of the night

	F
He’s	gotta be strong and he’s gotta be fast

	C	G
And he’s	gotta be fresh from the f	ight

	Am	Em
I need a	hero, I’m holding out for a	hero till the morning light

	F
And he’s	gotta be sure, and it’s gotta be soon

Empty measure after this line

	C	G
And he’s	gotta be larger than	life

	Am
I need a	hero

	Em
I’m holding out for a	hero till the end of the night

Bridge

Am	Am	Am	Am
F/A	Dm/A	Bm7b5/A	Am

Am

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above

F

Out where the lightning splits the sea

Dm	E	Am
I could swear there is	someone somewhere	watching me

Am

Through the wind and the chill and the rain

F

And the storm and the flood

Dm	E	Am
I can feel his approach	like the fire in my	blood

Ebdim7

Like the fire in my blood, like the fire in my blood

	Eaug	E
Like the fire in my blood, like the fire in my	blood,	aah

	Am	Em
I need a	hero, I’m holding out for a	hero till the end of the night

	F
He’s	gotta be strong and he’s gotta be fast

	C	G
And he’s	gotta be fresh from the f	ight

	Am	Em
I need a	hero, I’m holding out for a	hero till the morning light

	F
He’s	gotta be sure, and it’s gotta be soon

	C	G
And he’s	gotta be larger than	life

	Am	Em
I need a	hero, I’m holding out for a	hero till the end of the night

F	C	G
Am

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983)

Originally around Bbm, I play in Em

Only do the very first “turn around” unless otherwise noted

Intro

Em

(Turn around) Every now and then I get a

D

Little bit lonely and you’re never coming round

Em

(Turn around) Every now and then I get a

D

Little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears

G

(Turn around) Every now and then I get a

F

Little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by

G

(Turn around) Every now and then I get a

F

Little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes

Sing “turn around” both times, and “every now and then” just the first time

Also note to self, that chord is over the *4*, not the 3

A#	A#/D#
(Turn around	bright eyes) Every now and the I fall apart

A#	A#/D#
(Turn around	bright eyes) Every now and the I fall apart

Yes, do the “turn around” again here

Em

(Turn around) Every now and then I get a

D

Little bit restless and I dream of something wild

Em

(Turn around) Every now and then I get a

D

Little bit helpless and I’m lying like a child in your arms

G

(Turn around) Every now and then I get a

F

Little bit angry and I know I’ve got to get out and cry

G

(Turn around) Every now and then I get a

F

Little bit terrified but then I see the look in your eyes

A#	A#/D#
(Turn around	bright eyes) Every now and the I fall apart

A#	A#/D#	D
(Turn around	bright eyes) Every now and the I fall a	part

	Bm7	G
And I	need you now tonig	ht

	A7	D
And I	need you more than	ever

	Bm7	G
And if you	only hold me	tight we’ll be

A7	D
Holding on for	ever

	Bm7	G	A7
And we’ll	only be making it	right ‘cause we’ll	never be wrong

	G/B	A/C#
To	gether we can take it to the	end of the line

	Bm	E
Your	love is like a shadow on me	all of the time

	G	A/C#
I	don’t know what to do and I’m	always in the dark

	Bm	E
We’re	living in a powder keg and	giving off sparks

	D/F#
I really need you	tonight

	A/E	D/F#	G
For	ever’s gonna	start	tonight

	A7
For	ever’s gonna start tonight

D/A	Bm7
Once upon a time I was	falling in love but

F#	G	D/F#
Now I’m only falling	apart

	Em7	A7
There’s	nothing I can do, a	total eclipse of the heart

D	Bm7	G	A7	A/C#
			→

D	Bm7
Once upon a time there was	light in my life but

F#7	G	D/F#
Now there’s only love in the	dark

Em	A7	D
Nothing I can say, a	total eclipse of the	heart

D	Bm7	G	A7	A7/C#
			→

D

Organ solo on pre-chorus chords

Em	D	Em	D
G	F	G	F

A#	A#/D#
(Turn around	bright eyes) Every now and then I fall apart

A#	A#/D#	D
(Turn around	bright eyes) Every now and then I fall a	part

	Bm7	G
And I	need you now tonig	ht

	A7	D
And I	need you more than	ever

	Bm7	G
And if you	only hold me	tight we’ll be

A7	D
Holding on for	ever

	Bm7	G	A7
And we’ll	only be making it	right ‘cause we’ll	never be wrong

	G/B	A/C#
To	gether we can take it to the	end of the line

	Bm	E
Your	love is like a shadow on me	all of the time

	G	A/C#
I	don’t know what to do, I’m	always in the dark

Hold the second chord two beats longer than the first time

	Bm	E
We’re	living in a powder keg and	giving off sparks

	D/F#
I really need you	tonight

	A/E	D/F#	G
For	ever’s gonna	start	tonight

	A7
For	ever’s gonna start tonight

D/A	Bm7
Once upon a time I was	falling in love but

F#7	G	D/F#
Now I’m only falling	apart

Em7	A7
Nothing I can do, a	total eclipse of the heart

D	Bm7	G	A7	A/C#
			→

D	Bm7
Once upon a time there was	light in my life but

F#7	G	D/F#
Now there’s only love in the	dark

Em	A7	D
Nothing I can say, a	total eclipse of the	heart

D	Bm7	G	A7	A7/C#
		A to	tal e	clipse of the heart

D	Bm7	G	A7	A/C#
			→

	D	Bm7	G	A7
Turn around	bright eyes

	D	Bm7	G	A7
Turn around	bright eyes	turn a	round

D

Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days (1984)

Straight muted 8ths through most of the verse

Originally in A, vox mostly on the 5, so E capo 2

is an option if 5 minutes of E isn’t on the menu.

A	D
	x 4

A	D
I had a friend was a big	baseball player

A	D
Back in high school

A	D
He could throw that	speedball by you

A	D
Make you look like a	fool boy

E

Saw him the other night at this roadside bar

	D
I was walking	in and he was walking out

	E
We went back	inside sat down, had a few drinks

	D	E
But al	l he kept talking a	bout was

A	D
Glory days they’ll	pass you by

A	D
Glory days in the wink of a	young girl’s eye

A	E
Glory days, glory	days

A	D
	x 2

A	D
There’s a girl that lives up the	block

	A	D
Back in	school she could turn all the boys’ heads

	A	D
Sometimes	on a Friday I’ll stop	by and have a few drinks

A	D
After she put her kids to bed

	E
Her and her	husband Bobby well they split up

	D
I guess	it’s two years gone by now

	E
We just sit	around talking about the old times

	D	E
She says when she feels like	crying she starts laughing	thinking about

A	D
Glory days they’ll	pass you by

A	D
Glory days in the wink of a	young girl’s eye

A	E
Glory days, glory	days

A	D

Hard stop on the last chord

E	E	D	E

A	D
Think I’m going down to the	well tonight

	A	D
And I’m going to	drink till I get my fill

	A	D
And I hop	e when I get old I don’t sit around	thinking about it

A	D
But I probably will

	E
Yeah, just sitti	ng back trying to recapture

	D
A l	ittle of the glory-a

	E
But ti	me slips away and leaves you with nothing mister but

D	E
Boring stories of

A	D
Glory days they’ll	pass you by

A	D
Glory days in the wink of a	young girl’s eye

A	E
Glory days, glory	days

A	D
Yea they’ll	pass you by

A	D
Glory days in the wink of a	young girl’s eye

A	E
Glory days, glory	days

A	D
	Alright

A	D
	Oooh yea

A	D
	Alright

A	D
	Come on now

Bryan Adams - Heaven (1984)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 1

Vox spend a lot of time on the 5, highest note is the 6

(in “standing there by you”)

G	Em	G/D	C
			x 2

G	Em7	D
Oh	thinking about our you	nger years

	Am	Em
There was	only you and	me

	F	D
We were y	oung and wild and f	ree

G	Em7	D
Now n	othing can take you a	way from me

	Am	Em
We’ve been	down that road be	fore

	F
But that’s o	ver now

	D
You keep me	coming back for more

C	D	Em
Baby you’re	all that I	want

	G	C
And when you’re	lying here in my	arms

	C	D	Em	D
I’m	finding it	hard to believ	e, we’re in hea	ven

	C	D	Em
And	love is	all that I	need

	G	C
And I	found it there in your	heart

	C	D	Em	D
It i	sn’t too h	ard to	see we’re in hea	ven

G	Em	G/D	C

G	Em7	D
Oh	once in your life you f	ind someone

	Am	Em
Who will	turn your world ar	ound

	F	D
Bring you	up when you’re feelin’ d	own

G	Em7	D
Yeah	nothing can change what you	mean to me

	Am	Em
Ooh, there’s	lots that I could	say

	F
But just h	old me now

	D
‘Cause our l	ove will light the way

	C	D	Em
And	baby you’re	all that I	want

	G	C
When you’re	lying here in my	arms

	C	D	Em	D
I’m	finding it	hard to believ	e, we’re in hea	ven

	C	D	Em
Yeah	love is	all that I	need

	G	C
And I	found it there in your	heart

	C	D	Em	D
It i	sn’t too h	ard to	see we’re in hea	ven

D

Am	G/B	C
I’ve been waiting	for so	long

	D	Em
For something	to a	rrive

	D/F#
For love to come a	long

G	Am	G/B	C
	Now our dreams are	coming tr	ue

	G
Through the good times and the	bad

	Dsus4	D
Yeah, I’ll be	standing there by	you

Solo if appropriate on chorus chords, ending on ‘80s triplets

	C	D	Em
And	baby you’re	all that I	want

	G	C
When you’re	lying here in my	arms

	C	D	Em	D
I’m	finding it	hard to believ	e, we’re in hea	ven

	C	D	Em
And	love is	all that I	need

	G	C
And I	found it there in your	heart

	C	D	Em	D
I	sn’t too h	ard to	see we’re in hea	ven, heaven

C	D	Em	G	C
Woah,	woah,	oh

	C	D	Em	D
You’re	all that I	want, you’re	all that I need

G	Em	G/D	Cadd9

Bryan Adams - Summer of ‘69 (1984)

Originally in D, I play in A.

Sparse

A	E	A	E

A

I got my first real six-string

E

Bought it at the five-and-dime

A

Played it till my fingers bled

E

Was the summer of ‘69

Band enters

A

Me and some guys from school

E

Had a band and we tried real hard

A

Jimmy quit, Jody got married

E

I shoulda known we’d never get far

F#m	E
Oh when I	look back now

A	D
The summer seemed to	last forever

F#m	E
And if I	had the choice

A	D
Yeah I’d always	wanna be there

Hang on “best” (every time)

F#m	E
Those were the	best days of my life

A	E

A

Ain’t no use in complainin’

E

When you got a job to do

A

Spent my evenings down at the drive-in

E

And that’s when I met you, yeah

F#m	E
Standin’ on your	mama’s porch

A	D
You told me that you’d	wait forever

F#m	E
Oh, and when you	held my hand

A	D
I knew that it was	now or never

F#m	E
Those were the	best days of my life

A	E
Oh	yeah

	A	E
Back in the summer of	’69, o	h

C	F
Man we were	killing time

	G	F
We were	young and restless, we	needed to unwind

C	F	G
I guess	nothin’ can last for	ever, forever, no

Sparse again

A	E	A	E

Band enters

A

And now the times are changin’

E

Look at everything that’s come and gone

A

Sometimes when I play that old six-string

E

I think about you and what went wrong

F#m	E
Standin’ on your	mama’s porch

A	D
You told me that it’d	last forever

F#m	E
Oh, and when you	held my hand

A	D
I knew that it was	now or never

F#m	E
Those were the	best days of my life

A	E
Oh	yeah

	A	E
Back in the summer of	’69	, oh

	A	E
It was the summer of	’69, oh	yeah

	A	E
Me and my baby in	’69,	oh

Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1983)

Originally in F#, I play in G

Intro

G	Em
	x 2

G

I come home in the morning light

	Em
My	mother says “when you gonna live your life right?”

Cadd9

Oh mother dear we’re not the fortunate ones

	Em	D	Cadd9
And	girls, they	want to have f	un

	Em	D	G
Oh	girls just	want to have	fun

G	Em

G

The phone rings in the middle of the night

	Em
My f	ather yells “what you gonna do with your life?”

Cadd9

Oh daddy dear, you know you’re still number one

	Em	D	Cadd9
But	girls, they	want to have f	un

	Em	D
Oh	girls just	want to have

G

That’s all they really want

Em

Some fun

G

When the working day is done

	Em	D	Cadd9
Oh	girls they w	ant to have f	un

	Em	D	G
Oh	girls just w	ant to have f	un

G

Girls, they want, wanna have

Em	C	D
Fun, girls,	wanna	have

Synth solo

G	Em
	x 2

G

Some boys take a beautiful girl

	Em
And	hide her away from the rest of the world

Cadd9

I want to be the one to walk in the sun

	Em	D	C#sus2
Oh g	irls, they w	ant to have fu	n

	Em	D
Oh	girls just	want to have

G

That’s all they really want

Em

Some fun

G

When the working day is done

	Em	D	Cadd9
Oh	girls they w	ant to have f	un

	Em	D	G
Oh	girls just w	ant to have f	un

G

Girls, they want, wanna have

Em	C	D
Fun, girls,	wanna ha	ve

G	Em	C	D
They just wanna, they ju	st wanna

G	Em	C	D
They just wanna, they ju	st wanna

Fade on this for literally three minutes

Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time (1983)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro chords for completeness, skip if acoustic

C	D	Bm7	Cadd9	C	D	Em	Em7
C	D	Bm7	Cadd9	C	D

C	G
	x 4

C	G	C	G	C	G	C	G
Lying	in my	bed I	hear the	clock t	ick and	think of	you

C	G	C	G	C	G	C	G
Caught	up in	cir	cles con	fu	sion is	nothing	new

C	D	Bm7	C	C	D	Em	Em7
Flash	back to	warm	nights	almost	left be	hind

C	D	Bm7	C	C	D
Suit	cases of	memo	ries	time	after

C	G	C	G	C	G	C	G
Someti	mes you p	icture	me I’m	walkin	g too	far ahea	d

C	G	C	G	C	G	C	G
You’re	calling	to	me, I	can’t	hear what	you’ve	said

	C	D	Bm7	C	C	D	Em	Em7
Then y	ou s	ay	go	slow	I	fall be	hind

C	D	Em	C
The	second	hand un	winds

	D	Em	Em7
If you’re	lost you can look and y	ou will find	me

C	G
Time after t	ime

	D	Em	Em7
If you fal	l I will catch you I’ll	be waiti	ng

C	G
Time after t	ime

C	G	C	G	C	G	C	G
Af	ter my	picture	fades and	dark	ness has	turned to	gray

C	G	C	G	C	G	C	G
Wat	ching through	win	dows you’re	wonder	ing if	I’m	OK

C	D	Bm7	C	C	D	Em	Em7
Sec	rets	sto	len	from	deep ins	ide

C	D	Em	C
The	drum beats	out of	time

	D	Em	Em7
If you’re	lost you can look and	you will find	me

C	G
Time after t	ime

	D	Em	Em7
If you fal	l I will catch you I’ll	be waiti	ng

C	G
Time after t	ime

C	D	Bm7	C	C	D	Em	Em7
You	said	go	slow,	I	fall be	hind

C	D	Em	C
The	second	hand un	winds

	D	Em	Em7
If you’re	lost you can look and	you will find	me

C	G
Time after t	ime

	D	Em	Em7
If you fal	l I will catch you I’ll	be waiti	ng

C	G
Time after t	ime

C	G
Time after t	ime

C	G
Time after t	ime

C	G
Time after t	ime

Danzig - Mother (1988)

Originally in Bm, I play in Em capo 2

Highest note is the 1 (“fatheeeer”)

Intro

Em	Em	C	D
			x4

Vox on 3 1 on “mother”

Em	C	D	Em
Mother,	tell your c	hildren not to w	alk my way

C	D	Em
Tell your c	hildren not to h	ear my words

	C	D
What they	mean, what they sa	y

Em	C	D
Mother

This time vox on 5 1 on “mother”

Em	C	D	Em
Mother,	can you k	eep them in the	dark for life

C	D	Em	C	D
Can you	hide them from the	waiting world,		oh

Em	C	D
Mother

This time vox on the 7 on “father”

Em	C	D	Em
Father,	gonna t	ake your daughter	out tonight

C	D	Em	C	D
Gonna	show her	my world,		oh

And up to the 1 this time

Em	C	D
Father

C	D	Em
Not a	bout to see your l	ight

	Em	D	C
But if you	wanna find	hell with	me

	D	Em
I can	show you what it’s	like

Em	D
Till you’re	bleeding

C	D	Em
Not a	bout to see your l	ight

	Em	D	C
And if you	wanna find	hell with	me

	D	B
I can	show you what it’s

Em	C	D	Em
Mother,	tell your c	hildren not to h	old my hand

C	D	Em	C	D
Tell your c	hildren not to u	nderstand,		oh

Em	C	D
Mother

Em	C	D	Em
Father,	do you	wanna bang h	eads with me

C	D	Em	C	D
Do you	wanna fear ev	erything,		oh

Em	C	D
Father

C	D	Em
Not a	bout to see your l	ight

	Em	D	C
But if you	wanna find	hell with	me

	D	Em
I can	show you what it’s	like

Em	D
Till you’re	bleeding

C	D	Em
Not a	bout to see your l	ight

	D	C
And if you wanna find	hell with	me

	D	B
I can	show you what it’s

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

C	D	Em
Not a	bout to see your l	ight

	Em	D	C
But if you	wanna find	hell with	me

	D	Em
I can	show you what it’s	like

Em	D
Till you’re	bleeding

C	D	Em
Not a	bout to see your l	ight

	D	C
And if you wanna find	hell with	me

	D	Em
I can	show you what it’s	like

Fade on solo

David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo (1988)

Originally in G#; I play in G or G#.

I mostly play the Gmaj7 as G when solo acoustic.

G	G	Am	D
			x 2

	G	Gmaj7
I’m	just a gigolo and	everywhere I go

G	Edim/Bb	Am	Am/D
People know the	part I’m	playing

D7	Am	D7	Am
Paid for every	dance	selling each ro	mance

D7	G
Oooh what are they	saying?

	G7	F
There will	come a day when	youth will pass away

	E7	Am
Then	what will they say a	bout me?

	Am	Cm	G	Fdim7/D
When the	end comes I	know they’ll say	just a gigo	lo as

Am7	D7	G
Life goes	on with	out me

	G	Gmaj7
I’m	just a gigolo and	everywhere I go

G	Edim/Bb	Am	Am/D
People know the	part I’m	playing

D7	Am	D7	Am
Paid for every	dance	selling each ro	mance

D7	G
Oooh what are they	saying?

	G7	F
There will	come a day when	youth will pass away, boodooleedoo

	E7	Am
Then	what will they say a	bout me?

	Am	Cm	G	Fdim7/D
When the	end comes I	know They’ll say	just a gigo	lo as

Hard stop on “life”, the other chords are implied

Hard stop on “life”

Am7	D7	G
Life goes	on with	out me

	G	F#	F	E	Am
‘Cause	I	ain’t	got	nobody nobody	cares for me

Am/D	G
Nobody	nobody cares for me

G	F#	F	E
I’m	so	sad	and lonely

Sad and lonely, sad and lonely

A7

Won’t some sweet mama come and take a chance with

D7

Me ‘cause I ain’t so bad

G

Get along with me babe, been singin’ love songs

C

All of the time

E

Even only be, honey only, only be

A7

Bop bozadee bozadee bop zitty bop

If solo acoustic, skip this line and the solo...

G	F#	F	E	Am7	D7	G
I	ain’t	got	nobody nobody	cares for me	nobody	nobody

Solo on chorus chords, not really any lyrics here...

	G	F#	F	E
‘Cause	I	ain’t	got	nobody

	Am	Am/D	G
Nobody	cares for me	nobody

	G	F#	F	E
‘Cause	I	ain’t	got	nobody

	Am	Am/D	G
Nobody	cares for me	nobody

	G	F#	F	E
‘Cause	I	ain’t	got	nobody

	Am	Am/D	G
Nobody	cares for me	nobody

G

Hum-a-la-be-bo-le (hard stop)

G	F#	F	E	Am
I	ain’t	got	nobody nobody	cares for me

Am/D	G
Nobody	nobody cares for me

G	F#	F	E
I’m	so	sad	and lonely

Sad and lonely sad and lonely

A7

Won’t some sweet mama come and take a chance with

D7

Me ‘cause I ain’t so bad

G

Been singin love songs

C

All of the time

E

Even only be, honey only, only be

A7	D

	G	F#	F	E	Am7	D7
‘Cause	I	ain’t	got	nobody nobody

*Right* back into the descending pattern, don’t hold the G

G

F#

F

E

Am7

Hard stop on “me”, end with some chromatic flair

D7	G
Nobody nobody cares for	me

Def Leppard - Bringin on the Heartbreak (1981)

Originally in Am, I play in Am capo 4

Highest note is the 1 of the major key

Here for completeness, but skip this first line

Am	Am	F	F	C	C	Dm	E

Am	F(#11)	Am	G
Dm9/F	Dm9/F	Bb	E7

Am	F(#11)	Am
Gypsy,	sitting looking	pretty

	G	Dm9/F	Bb	E7
A	broken rose with	laughing eyes

	Am	F(#11)	Am
You’re a	mystery,	always running	wild

G	Dm9/F	Bb	E7
Like a child with	out a home

	Am	F(#11)	Am
You’re always	searching,	searching for a f	eeling

	G	Dm9/F
But it’s e	asy come and	easy go

Bb	E7	C
Oh, I’m	sorry but it’s	true

	G	Dsus2
You’re	bringin’ on the	heartache

Bm	C	G
Taking all the	best of	me

	C	G
Oh	can’t you	see

	C	G
You got the	best of	me

	C	G
Whoah	can’t you s	ee?

	Am	F	G
You’re bringin’ on the	heartbreak

	Am	F	G
Bringin’ on the	heartache

	Am	F	G
You’re bringin’ on the	heartbreak

	Am	F
Bringin’ on the	heartache

	G
Can’t you	see? Oh

Am	F(#11)	Am	G
Dm9/F	Dm9/F	Bb	E7

	Am	F(#11)	Am
You’re such a	secret,	misty-eyed and	shady

G	Dm9/F	Bb	E7
Lady how you	hold the key

	Am	F(#11)	Am
Oh you’re like a	candle, your f	lame slowly	fadin’

G	Dm9/F
Burnin’ out and	burnin’ me

	Bb
Can’t you	see?

	E7	C
Just	try’in to say to	you

	G	Dsus2
You’re	bringin’ on the	heartache

Bm	C	G
Taking all the	best of	me

	C	G
Oh	can’t you	see

	C	G
You got the	best of	me

	C	G
Whoah	can’t you s	ee?

	Am	F	G
You’re bringin’ on the	heartbreak

	Am	F	G
Bringin’ on the	heartache

	Am	F	G
You’re bringin’ on the	heartbreak

	Am	F
Bringin’ on the	heartache

	G
Can’t you	see?

Can’t you see?

solo

	Am	F	G	E
No	no	no

C	Am	G	F

C	G	Dsus2	Bm

(Bridge)

	C	G
You got the	best of	me

	C	G
Whoah	can’t you s	ee?

	C	G
You got the	best of	me

	C	G
Whoah	can’t you s	ee?

	Am	F	G
You’re bringin’ on the	heartbreak

	Am	F	G
Bringin’ on the	heartache

	Am	F	G
You’re bringin’ on the	heartbreak

Hang the V

	Am	F	G
Bringin’ on the	heartache

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me (1987)

Originally in C#, I play it in A when I’m alone.

Highest vocal note is the 5 (“one lump or two”)

I pretty much play everything as power chords

Low harmony on 1, high harmony on 3

Step inside, walk this way
You and me babe, hey, hey

Low harmony on 1 only

A

Love is like a bomb, baby, c’mon get it on

Livin’ like a lover with a radar phone
Lookin' like a tramp, like a video vamp
Demolition woman, can I be your man?

High harmony enters on 3

A

Razzle ‘n’ a dazzle ‘n’ a flash a little light

Television lover, baby, go all night
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little miss ah innocent sugar me, yeah

D	G	D	G
Take a	bottle,	shake it	up

C	F	C	G
Break the	bubble,	break it	up

C	F	G
Pour some	sugar on	me, ooh, in the name of love

C	F	G
Pour some	sugar on	me, c’mon fire me up

C	F	G
Pour your	sugar on	me oh, I can’t get enough

A

I’m hot, sticky sweet, from my head to my feet yeah

Listen!

Low harmony on 1 only

A

Red light, yellow light, green-a-light go

Crazy little woman in a one man show
Mirror queen, mannequin, rhythm of love
Sweet dream, saccharine, loosen up

High harmony enters on 3

A

You gotta squeeze a little, squeeze a little

Tease a little more
Easy operator come a knockin' on my door
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little miss innocent sugar me, yeah, yeah, come on

Vox on 1 7 1 b3 of the first chord on “take a bottle”

D	G	D	G
Take a	bottle,	shake it	up

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “break”

C	F	C	G
Break the	bubble,	break it	up

C	F	G
Pour some	sugar on	me, ooh, in the name of love

C	F	G
Pour some	sugar on	me, c’mon fire me up

C	F	G
Pour your	sugar on	me, oh, I can’t get enough

A

I’m hot, sticky sweet, from my head to my feet yeah

I skip the solo here

A

Chromatic 8th-note walk to key change

A	A#	B	C

Harmonies on 1 and 3 in the new key

C

You got the peaches, I got the cream

Sweet to taste, saccharine
'Cause I'm hot (hot), so hot, sticky sweet
From my head (head), my head, to my feet

C

Do you take sugar? One lump or two?

D	G	D	G
Take a	bottle,	shake it	up

C	F	C	G
Break the	bubble,	break it	up

C	F	G
Pour some	sugar on	me, ooh, in the name of love

C	F	G
Pour some	sugar on	me, c’mon fire me up

C	F	G
Pour your	sugar on	me, oh, I can’t get enough

C	F	G
Pour some	sugar on	me, oh, in the name of love

C	F	G
Pour some	sugar on	me, get it, come get it

C	F	G
Pour your	sugar on	me, oooh

C	F	G
Pour your	sugar on	me, yeah, sugar me

C

F

G

Deniece Williams - Let’s Hear it for the Boy (1984)

Originally in C# , I play in C capo 2 (down an octave)

Intro

C	Am	F	F	F/G
			→	x 4

	C	Am	F
My b	aby, he d	on’t talk s	weet

	F	F/G	C	Am	F	G
He a	in’t got m	uch to	say

	C	Am
But he	loves me, loves me,	loves me

	F	F/G	C	Am	F	G
I	know that he	loves me any	way

	C	Am	F
And	maybe he	don’t dress	fine

	F	F/G	C	Am	F	G
But	I don’t r	eally	mind

	Bb	C	D
Cause	every time he pulls me near,	I just wanna c	heer

G	D	G/B
Let’s	hear it for the	boy

C	G/A	D	G/B	C	G/A
Let’s g	ive the boy a	hand

	D	G/B
Let’s	hear it for my	baby

C	G/A	D	G/B	C	G/A
You know you	gotta understand

Vox on the m7 of the chord on “maybe”, which will feel low

Em7	F#m7
Maybe he’s no Romeo, but	he’s my loving one-man show

G	C	G/B	A7sus
Whoa,	whoa,	whoa,	whoa

	D
Let’s hear it for the b	oy

Simplifying some wonky synth-horn parts here

D	G/B	F

C	Am	F	F	F/G
			→	x 2

	C	Am	F
My	baby may	not be	rich

	F	F/G	C	Am	F	G
He’s	watching e	very	dime

	C	Am
But he	loves me, loves me,	loves me

	F	F/G	C	Am	F	G
We	always have a	real good	time

	C	Am	F
And	maybe he	sings off-	key

	F	F/G	C	Am	F	G
But	that’s all	right by	me

	Bb	C	D
Cause	what he does, he does so well,	makes me want to y	ell

G	D	G/B
Let’s	hear it for the	boy

C	G/A	D	G/B	C	G/A
Let’s g	ive the boy a	hand

	D	G/B
Let’s	hear it for my	baby

C	G/A	D	G/B	C	G/A
You know you	gotta understand

Em7	F#m7
Maybe he’s no Romeo, but	he’s my loving one-man show

G	C	G/B	A7sus
Whoa,	whoa,	whoa,	whoa

	D
Let’s hear it for the b	oy

D	G/B	F

C	Am	F	F	F/G
			→	x 2

Dire Straits - Walk of Life (1984)

Rubato

E	B	A
	→

A/C#	B
→

B/G#	A
→

A/C#	B
→

In time

E	A	B	A	B
			→	x 2

E

Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies

Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnel trying to make it pay

A	E
He got the action, he got the motion, oh	yeah the boy can play

Hanging stop on “turning”

A	E
Dedication, devotion,	turning all the night time into the day

	E	B
He do the	song about the sweet lovin’	woman

	E	A
He do the	song about the knife

	E	B	A
He do the	walk,	do the walk of	life

B	E
Yeah, he do the walk of li	fe

E	A	B	A	B
			→

E

Here come Johnny gonna tell you a story

Hand me now my walkin’ shoes
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
Backbeat the talkin' blues

A	E
He got the action, he got the motion,	oh yeah the boy can play

A	E
Dedication, devotion,	turning all the night time into the day

	E	B
A	song about a sweet lovin’	woman

	E	A
He do the	song about the knife

	E	B	A
Yeah they do the	walk,	do the walk of	life

B	E
Yeah, you do the walk of li	fe

E	A	B	A	B
			→	x 2

E

Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies

Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnel, trying to make it pay

A	E
He got the action, he got the motion,	oh yeah the boy can play

A	E
Dedication, devotion,	turning all the night time into the day

	E	B
And a	fter all the violence and d	ouble talk

	E	A
There’s just a	song in all the trouble and the	strife

	E	B	A
You do the	walk	, yeah you do the walk of	life

B	E
Mmmm, you do the walk of l	ife

E	A	B	A	B
			→	x 2

Disney - DuckTales Theme (1987)

Originally in E, I play in D

Intro, with octaves

D

These bVII/1’s are IV/1’s in the original

D	D7	C/D	D	C/D	D
Life is like a	hurricane	here	in D	uckb	urg

D	D7	C/G	G	C/G	G
Race cars, lasers,	aeroplanes,	it’s	a	duck b	lur

Em	A7	Em7	A7
You might solve a	mystery	or rewrite h	istory

Give a whole measure to the 7#9, i.e. the same duration

as the other chords

D	D7#9
Duck tales, oo-oo

Bb	C
Every day they’re	out there making

D	D7#9
Duck tales, oo-oo

Bb	C	D
Tales of derring-	do, bad and good l	uck tales, oo-oo

D	D7	C/D	D	C/D	D
When it seems they’re	headed for the	fin	al c	urta	in

D	D7	C/G	G	C/G	G
Bold deduction n	ever fails,	that’s f	or	certai	n

Em	A7	Em7	A7
The worst of m	esses	become succ	esses

D	D7#9
Duck tales, oo-oo

Bb	C
Every day they’re	out there making

D	D7#9
Duck tales, oo-oo

Bb	C	D
Tales of derring-	do, bad and good l	uck tales, oo-oo

Em7	D/F#
D-d-d-danger,	watch behind you

Em9/G	D/F#
There’s a stranger	out to find you

Key change

E

What to do, just grab on to some

E	E7#9
Duck tales, oo-oo

C	D
Every day they’re	out there making

E	E7#9
Duck tales, oo-oo

C	D	E	E7#9
Tales of derring-	do, bad and good l	uck tales, oo-oo

	C	D11	E
Not	pony tails or c	otton tails but	Duck tales, oo-oo

Disney - Gummi Bears Theme (1984)

Originally starts in Bb, I play in F (which starts really low)

Highest note you really need is the 7 in the first key

Play a little faster than you think it is. This all fits in 2 minutes.

F

Vox start on the 3

F	Am	Bb	F
Dashing and	daring, cou	rageous and	caring

Bb	F	Bb	C
Faithful and	friendly with	stories to	share

F	Am	Bb	F
All through the	forest they	sing out in	chorus

Bb	F	Bb	C
Marching a	long as their	song fills the	air

F	Bb
Gummi B	ears

Gm	C	F	Dm
Bouncing	here and there and	everywh	ere

Gm	C	F	Bb
High ad	venture that’s be	yond comp	are

Gm	C	F
They are the	Gummi	Bears

F	Am	Bb	F
Magic and	mystery are	part of their	history

	Bb	F	Bb	C
A	long with the	secret of	gummiberry	juice

	G	Bm	C	G
Their	legend is	growing they	take pride in	knowing

	C	G	C	D
They’ll	fight for what’s	right in what	ever they	do

G	C
Gummi	Bears

Am	D	G	Em
Bouncing	here and there and	everywh	ere

Am	D	G	C
High ad	venture that’s be	yond comp	are

Am	D	G	C
They are the	Gummi	Bears

Am	D	G
They are the	Gummi	Bears

Skipping sax interlude here...

Slow piano...

A	Dbm	D	A
Dashing and	daring, cou	rageous and	caring

D	A	D	E
Faithful and	friendly with	stories to	share

A	Dbm	D	A
All through the	forest they	sing out in	chorus

D	A	D	E
Marching a	long as their	song fills the	air

Back to tempo

A	D
Gummi	Bears

Bm	E	A	Gbm
Bouncing	here and there and	everywh	ere

Bm	E	A	D
High ad	venture that’s be	yond comp	are

Bm	E	A
They are the	Gummi	Bears

A	D	Bm	E
			Oooh...

A	D
Gummi	Bears

Bm	E	A	Gbm
When a	friend’s in danger	they’ll be	there

Bm	E	A	D
Lives and	legends that we	all can sh	are

Bm	E	A	D
They are the	Gummi	Bears

Bm	E	A	D
They are the	Gummi	Bears

Bm	E	A
They are the	Gummi	Bears

Disney - Kiss The Girl (1989)

Originally in C, I play in D capo 1

A

There you see her, sitting there across the way

D	A
She don’t got a lot to say but there’s something a	bout her

	E
And you	don’t know why but you’re dying to try

	A
You wanna	kiss the girl

A

Yes, you want her, look at her, you know you do

D	A
Possible she want you too, there is one way to	ask her

	E
It don’t	take a word, not a single word

	A
Go on and	kiss the girl

A	D
Shalalalala	my oh my looks like the

A	E
Boy too shy ain’t gonna	kiss the girl

A	D
Shalalalala	ain’t that sad it’s such a

E	A
Shame, too bad, you’re gonna	miss the girl

A

You know, I feel really bad not knowing your name...

Maybe I can guess. Is it, uh Mildred?
Okay, no. How about Diana? Rachel?
Ariel. Her name's Ariel...
Ariel? Ariel? Oh. That's kind of pretty. Okay, Ariel...

A

Now’s your moment, floating in a blue lagoon

D	A
Boy, you better do it soon, no time will be	better

	E
She don’t	say a word and she won’t say a word

	A
Until you	kiss the girl

A	D
Shalalalala	my oh my looks like the

A	E
Boy too shy ain’t gonna	kiss the girl

A	D
Shalalalala	ain’t that sad it’s such a

E	A
Shame, too bad, you’re gonna	miss the girl

A	D
Shalalalala	don’t be scared, you got the

A	E
Moves prepared go on and	kiss the girl

A	D	E
Shalalalala	don’t stop now don’t try to	hide it how

	A
You wanna	kiss the girl

A	D
Shalalalala	float along, and listen

A	E
To this song, this song say	kiss the girl

A	D	E
Shalalalala	music play, do what the	music say

	A
You gotta	kiss the girl

A

Kiss the girl, you gotta

A

Kiss the girl, go on and

A

Kiss the girl

Disney - Part of Your World (1989)

Originally in F, I play in the G below that.

Highest note is the 5

Slow, ringing strums

C	D11
	x2

Vox start on the 5 of the first chord

C	D11
Look at this stuff,	isn’t it neat?

C	D11
Wouldn’t you think my col	lection’s complete?

Vox stay on A

Bm7	Em7
Wouldn’t you think I’m the	girl

	A/C#	A/B
The girl who has	everything?

C	D11
Look at this trove,	treasures untold

C	D11
How many wonders can	one cavern hold?

Bm7	Em7
Lookin’ around here you’d	think

	A/C#	A/B
Sure, she’s got	everything

	Cmaj7	Bm7
I’ve got	gadgets and gizmos a	plenty

	Em7	A
I’ve got	whozits and whatzits ga	lore

	Cmaj7	Bm7
You want	thingamabobs? I got	twenty

	Em7	A
But who	cares? No big	deal

Let this chord hang a while

	D11
I want	more

Enter way up-tempo, straight 8ths

G	Bm7
I wanna be where the	people are

C	D11
I wanna see, wanna	see ‘em dancin’

Em7

Walkin’ around on those

Bm7	C	D11
Whad’ya call ‘em?	Feet

G	Bm7
Flippin’ your fins you don’t	get too far

C	D11
Legs are required for	jumpin’, dancin’

Em7

Strollin’ along down a

Bm7	D11
What’s that word again?	Street

	G	G7
Up where they	walk, up where they	run

	C	Cm
Up where they	stay all day in the	sun

	G	D
Wanderin’	free, wish I could	be

	Cadd9	G
Part of that	world

Vox stay on G

	C	D11
What would I	give, if I could	live

	Bm7	Em7
Out of these	waters?

	C	D11
What would I	pay to spend a	day

	Bm7	Em7
Warm on the	sand?

	C	D11
Betcha on	land they under	stand

	B7	Em7
Bet they don’t	reprimand their	daughters

	A	A7sus4
Bright young	women sick a’	swimmin’

	F	D
Ready to	stand

Key change, vox stay on the root of the new chord.

This key change is not in the original.

	A	C#m7
And	ready to know what the	people know

D	E
Ask my questions and	get some answers

A	C#m7
What’s a fire and	why does it

	D	E
What’s the word...	burn?

	A	A7
When’s it my	turn? Wouldn’t I	love?

	D	Dm
Love to ex	plore that shore a	bove?

	A	E
Out of the	sea, wish I could	be

	F#m	B
Part of that	world

	A	E
Out of the	sea, wish I could be

	D	A	G	A
Part of that	world

Disney - Under the Sea (1989)

Originally in Bb, I play in A capo 3.

A	A	E	A
			x2

Vox enter on I

A	E	A
The seaweed is	always	greener

A	E	A
In somebody	else’s	lake

A	E	A
You dream about	going	up there

A	E	A
But that is a	big	mistake

Vox up to I

D	A
Just look at the	world around you

E	A
Right here on the	ocean floor

D	A
Such wonderful	things surround you

E	A
What more is you	lookin’ for?

	D	A	E	A
Under the	sea,	under the	sea

	D	E
Darling it’s	better down where it’s	wetter

	A
Take it from	me

	D	E
Up on the	shore they work all	day

	F#m	B
Out in the	sun they slave a	way

	D	E
While we	devotin’ full time to	floatin’

	A
Under the	sea

A	A	E	A
			x2

A	E	A
Down here all the	fish is	happy

A	E	A
As off through the	waves they	roll

A	E	A
The fish on the	land ain’t	happy

A	E	A
They sad ‘cause they	in the	bowl

D	A
But fish in the	bowl is lucky

E	A
They in for a	worser fate

D	A
One day when the	boss get hungry

E	A
Guess who’s gon’ be	on the plate

	D	A	E	A
Under the	sea,	under the	sea

	D	E
Nobody	beat us fry us and	eat us

	A
In fricas	see

	D	E
We what the	land folks loves to	cook

Note that “off the hook” is a *triple* entendre here!

	F#m	B
Under the	sea we off the	hook

	D	E
We got no	troubles life is the	bubbles

	A
Under the	sea

	D	A	E	A
Under the	sea,	under the	sea

	D
Since life is	sweet here

	E	A
We got the	beat here natural	ly

	D	E
Even the	sturgeon an’ the	ray

	F#m	B
They get the	urge ‘n’ start to	play

	D
We got the	spirit

	E	A
You got to	hear it under the	sea

	E	A
The	newt play the flute, the	carp play the harp

	E	A
The	plaice play the bass, and	they soundin’ sharp

	D	A
The	bass play the brass, the	chub play the tub

	E	A
The	fluke is the duke of	soul (Yeah)

	E	A
The	ray he can play, the	ling’s on the strings

	E	A
The	trout rockin’ out, the	blackfish she sings

	D	A
The	smelt and the sprat, they	know where it’s at

	E	A
An’	oh that blowfish	blow

Instrumental chorus, skip if no soloist

	D	A	E	A
Under the	sea,	under the	sea

	D	E
When the sar	dine begin the	beguine

	A
It’s music to	me

	D	E
What do they	got? A lot of	sand

	F#m	B
We got a	hot crustacean	band

	D	E
Each little	clam here know how to	jam here

	A
Under the	sea

	D	E
Each little	slug here cuttin’ a	rug here

	A
Under the	sea

	D	E
Each little	snail here know how to	wail here

	F#m	B
That’s why it’s	hotter under the	water

	D	E
Ya we in	luck here down in the	muck here

	A
Under the	sea

A	A	E	A
			x2

Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 (1980)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 1 or 2

Highest note is the 5 (“crazy if you let it”,

but *mostly* the highest note is the 3

Intro, with chromatic walks up to the root

A

Vox on 1 3 5 6 1

A

Tumble outta bed and I stumble to the kitchen

Vox on 1 3 5 6 1 of the chord

D

Pour myself a cup of ambition

Vox stay on the 1 of the chord on “yawn”

A	E
And yawn n’ stretch n’ and try to come to	life

A

Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumpin’

D

Out on the streets the traffic starts jumpin’

	A	E	A
With	folks like me on the	job from 9 to	5

Vox on the 7

	D7
Workin’	9 to 5, what a way to make a livin’

	A7
Barely	gettin’ by, it’s all takin’ and no givin’

	D7
They just	use your mind, and they never give you credit

	B7	E7
It’s	enough to drive you	crazy if you let it

D7

9 to 5, for service and devotion

	A7
You would	think that I would deserve a fair promotion

	D7
Want to	move ahead but the boss won’t seem to let me

	B7	E7
I	swear sometimes that man is	out to get me

A

	A
They	let you dream just to watch ‘em shatter

	D
You’re	just a step on the boss man’s ladder

	A	E
But	you got dreams he’ll never take a	way

A

In the same boat with a lot of your friends

D

Waitin’ for the day your ship’ll come in

	A	E	A
And the	tide’s gonna turn an’ it’s	all gonna roll your	way

	D7
Workin’	9 to 5, what a way to make a livin’

	A7
Barely	gettin’ by, it’s all takin’ and no givin’

	D7
They just	use your mind, and they never give you credit

	B7	E7
It’s	enough to drive you	crazy if you let it

D7

9 to 5, for service and devotion

	A7
You would	think that I would deserve a fair promotion

	D7
Want to	move ahead but the boss won’t seem to let me

	B7	E7
I	swear sometimes that man is	out to get me

Repeat to fade

Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - Islands in the Stream (1983)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 1

Intro

A	A	D/A	A
		→	x 2

Kenny

A

Baby when I met you there was peace unknown

A

I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb

	D	A	D/A	A
I was	soft inside, there was something goin’	on

Both

A

You do something to me that I can’t explain

A	D
Hold me closer and I feel no pain, ev’ry	beat of my heart

	A
We got something goin’ o	n

Kenny

	Dmaj7
Tender love is	blind, it requires a dedication

Both

Dm

All this love we feel needs no conversation

	A
We	ride it together, uh huh

	A
Makin’ l	ove with each other, uh huh

	A	D
Islands i	n the stream, that is w	hat we are

	Bm
No one i	n between, how can we be wrong

	A	D
Sail a	way with me to ano	ther world

	A
And we re	ly on each other, uh huh

	Bm	A
From one l	over to another, uh	huh

Original changes keys up a b6 here, I don’t

Dolly

A

I can’t live without you if the love was gone

A

Ev’rything is nothing if you got no one

	D
And you did w	alk in the night

	A	D/A	A
Slowly losin’ sight of the	real thing

Both

	A
But t	hat won’t happen to us and we got no doubt

A

Too deep in love and we got no way out

	D
And the m	essage is clear, this could be the year

	A
For the r	eal thing

Dolly

	Dmaj7
No more will you c	ry, baby I will hurt you never

Both

	Dm
We s	tart and end as one in love forever we can

A

Ride it together, uh huh

	A
Makin’ l	ove with each other, uh huh

	A	D
Islands i	n the stream, that is w	hat we are

	Bm
No one i	n between, how can we be wrong

	A	D
Sail a	way with me to ano	ther world

	A
And we re	ly on each other, uh huh

	Bm	A
From one l	over to another, uh	huh

Bridge, I skip this and just do one more chorus

Kenny

D	F	A	D/A	A
			Sail aw	ay

D	F	A
Whoa I can	sail away, be	with me

	A	D
Islands i	n the stream, that is w	hat we are

	Bm
No one i	n between, how can we be wrong

	A	D
Sail a	way with me to ano	ther world

	A
And we re	ly on each other, uh huh

	Bm	A
From one l	over to another, uh	huh

A

	A	D
Islands i	n the stream, that is w	hat we are

	Bm
No one i	n between, how can we be wrong

	A	D
Sail a	way with me to ano	ther world

	A
And we re	ly on each other, uh huh

	Bm	A
From one l	over to another, uh	huh

Don Henley - Heart of the Matter (1989)

Originally in D, I play in A

A	A	Asus2	A	Asus2	Asus4
					x 2

A	A	Asus2	A	Asus2	Asus4/E
					x 2

A	E
I got the call today that I	didn’t wanna hear

	D
But I	knew that it would come

A	E
Old true friend of ours was	talking on the phone

	D
She said you	found someone

	E
And I	thought of all the bad luck

And the struggles we went through

	D
And how	I lost me and you lost you

E

What are these voices outside love’s open door

	D
Make us	throw off our contentment

	E
And	beg for something more?

A	Bm7	A/C#
But I’m learning to	live without you	now

	D
But I	miss you sometimes

	A/E	F#m
And the	more I know, the	less I understand

	D	Esus4	E
All the	things I thought I knew I’m	learning aga	in

A

I’ve been trying to get down

Bm7

To the heart of the matter

	A/C#
But my	will gets weak

D

And my thoughts seem to scatter

	A/E
But I think it’s about	forgiveness

F#m

Forgiveness

D	Esus4	E	A
Even if, even if	you don’t	love me any	more

A	A	Asus2	A	Asus2	Asus4
					x 2

	A
All these	times are so uncertain

	E
There’s a	yearning undefined

	D
And	people filled with rage

	A
We all	need a little tenderness

E	D
How can love survive in	such a graceless age?

	E
Ah the	trust and self-assurance that lead to happiness

	D	D
They’re the	very things we	kill, I guess

	E
Our	pride and competition

Can not fill these empty arms

	D
And the	work I put between us

	Esus4	E
You know it	doesn’t keep me	warm

A	Bm7	A/C#
I’m learning to	live without you	now

	D
But I	miss you baby

	A/E	F#m
And the	more I know, the	less I understand

	D
All the	things I thought I’d figured out

	Esus4	E
I	have to learn	again

A

I’ve been trying to get down

Bm7

To the heart of the matter

	A/C#
But	everything changes

D

And my friends seem to scatter

	A/E
But I think it’s about	forgiveness

F#m

Forgiveness

D	Esus4	E	A
Even if, even if,	you don’t	love me any	more

A

	G	D/F#
There are	people in your life,	who’ve come and gone

	Em	D/F#
They	let you down, you know they	hurt your pride

G	D/F#
You better put it all behind you baby, ‘cause	life goes on

	E
You keep	carrying that anger, it will eat you up inside, baby

A

I’ve been trying to get down

Bm7

To the heart of the matter

	A/C#
But my	will gets weak

D

And my thoughts seem to scatter

	A/E
But I think it’s about	forgiveness

F#m

Forgiveness

D	Esus4
Even if, even if	you don’t love me

A

I’ve been trying to get down

Bm7

To the heart of the matter

	A/C#
Because the	flesh will get weak

D

And the ashes will scatter

	A/E
So I’m thinkin’ about	forgiveness

F#m

Forgiveness

D	Esus4	A
Even if, even if	you don’t love me any	more

A	A	Asus2	A	Asus2	Asus4
					x 2

Don Henley - The Boys of Summer (1984)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Am or Am capo 1

Highest note is the 3 in the major key (“I can see you”)

Am	F	G	F

Vox in on the 7, up to the 1 on “road”

Am

Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach

F

I feel it in the air, the summer’s out of reach

G

Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone

F

I’m driving by your house, though I know you’re not home

C	G
But I can see you,	your brown skin shining in the sun

	F
You got your hair combed back and your	sunglasses on, baby

C	G
I can tell you my	love for you will still be strong

	F
After the boys of	summer have gone

Am	F	G	F

Am

I never will forget those nights, I wonder if it was a dream

F

Remember how you made me crazy, remember how I made you scream

G

Now I don’t understand what happened to our love

F

But babe I’m gonna get you back

I’m gonna show you what I’m made of

C	G
I can see you,	your brown skin shining in the sun

	F
I see you walking real slow and you’re smi	ling at everyone

C	G
I can tell you my	love for you will still be strong

	F
After the boys of	summer have gone

Interlude, I skip this

F	F	F
F	G	F
F	G	Dm
F	G	F

Am	F	G	F

Am

Out on the road today I saw a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac

F

A little voice inside my head said

Don’t look back, you could never look back

G

I thought I knew what love was, what did I know?

F

Those days are gone forever I should just let them go, but

C	G
I can see you,	your brown skin shining in the sun

	F
You got the top pulled down and your ra	dio on, baby

C	G
I can tell you my	love for you will still be strong

	F
After the boys of	summer have gone

C	G
I can see you,	your brown skin shining in the sun

	F
You got your hair slicked back and those	wayfarers on, baby

C	G
I can tell you my	love for you will still be strong

	F
After the boys of	summer have gone

Fade on chorus chords

Genesis - Land of Confusion (1986)

Originally in Em tuned to Ebm, I play in Am

Muted 16ths during all of the verse lines

D	Dm

Vox in on the 1 on “must”

G	Am	C
→	I must’ve dreamed a thousand dreams

D	F
Been haunted by a million screams

G	G
But I can hear the marching feet

Am	G
They’re moving into the street

Am	C
Now did you read the news today

D	F
They say the danger’s gone away

G	G
But I can see the fires still alight

Am

They’re burning into the night

	G	Am
There’s	too many	men

C	D
Too many	people

	G	Am	C
Making	too many	problems

	G	Gsus4	Am
And	not much	love to go	round

C	D	G	Am	C	G
Can’t you	see this is a	land of con	fusion	→

Into a double-time reggae beat

Am	F	G	Em
And	this is the	world we	live in

	Am	F	G	Em
(Aaaa	h) And	these are the	hands we’re	given

	Am	F	G	Em
(Oooo	h)	Use them and	let’s start	trying

	Am	F	G	Em	D	Dm
(Aaaaa	h) To	make it a	place worth	living	in

G	Am	C
→	Ooh Superman where are you now

D	F
When everything’s gone wrong somehow

G	G
The men of steel, the men of power

Am

Are losing control by the hour

Watch out, the prechorus comes early in this verse

G	Am
This is the	time

C	D
This is the	place

	G	Am	C
So we	look for the	future

	G	Gsus4	Am
But there’s	not much	love to go	round

C	D	G	Am	C	G
Tell me	why this is a	land of con	fusion	→

Am	F	G	Em
	This is the	world we	live in

	Am	F	G	Em
(Aaaa	h) And	these are the	hands we’re	given

	Am	F	G	Em
(Oooo	h)	Use them and	let’s start	trying

	Am	F	G	Em	D	Dm
(Aaaaa	h) To	make it a	place worth	living	in

Instrumental chords in the original are the same

as the vocal part that follows, I’m trimming here

F#m

B

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “remember”

F#m	F#m	B	B
		I re	member

	F#m
Long	ago

Vox on the 2 of the chord on “sun”

	B/F#
Ooh when the	sun was shining

Vox on the same note as “sun”, now it’s the M7 of the chord

	D/F#
Yes and the	stars were bright

All through the night

Same note on “sound”, now it’s the 3 of the chord

	A	A/G#	F#m
And the	sound of your	laughter

	B	D
As I	held you	tight

	F
So long ag	o

F

x 16 beats

Now two beats each

F	G	F	G	F	G	F	G
Am	G
	→

Am	C
I won’t be coming home tonight

D	F
My generation will put it right

G	G
We’re not just making promises

Am

That we know we’ll never keep

G	Am
Too many	men

C	D
There’s too many	people

	G	Am	C
Making	too many	problems

G	Gsus4	Am
And not much	love to go	round

C	D
Can’t you	see

	G	Am	C	G
This is a	land of con	fusion	→

Am	F	G	Em
Now	this is the	world we	live in

	Am	F	G	Em
(Aaaa	h) And	these are the	hands we’re	given

	Am	F	G	Em
(Oooo	h)	Use them and	let’s start	trying

	Am	F	G	Em	Am
(Aaaaa	h) To	make it a	place worth	fighting	for

F	G	Em
This is the	world we	live in

	Am	F	G	Em
(Aaaa	h) And	these are the	names we’re	given

	Am	F	G	Em
(Oooo	h)	Stand up and	let’s start	showing

	Am	F	G	Em	D
(Aaaa	h)	Just where our	lives are	going	to

D	Dm	G	Am
		→

Genesis - That’s All (1983)

Intro

Em	D/E	Em	D/E	Em

	Em	D/E
Just as I t	hought it was going al	right

	Em	D/E
I found out I’m w	rong when I thought I was r	ight

	Em	D/E	Em
It’s always the s	ame, it’s just a s	hame, that’s al	l

	Am7	D
I could say	day, and you’d say	night

	Am7	D
Tell me it’s	black when I know that it’s	white

	Am7	D	Em
Always the	same, it’s just a	shame, that’s	all

	G	Am7	D
I could l	eave but I won’t go, though my	heart might tell me	so

Vox note: don’t go up to the 1 on “head”

	G	Gmaj7	Am	D
I can’t f	eel a thing from my	head down to my toe	s

Vox an octave above the first verse

	Em	D/E
So why does it	always seem t	o be

	Em	D/E
He’s lookin’ at	you and you were lookin’ at m	e

	Em	D	Em
It’s always the	same, it’s just a s	hame, that’s a	ll

	Em	D/E
Turnin’ me	on, turnin’ me off

	Em	D/E
Makin’ me	feel like I want too m	uch

	Em	D	Em
Livin’ with y	ou just’a puttin’ me th	rough it all of the t	ime

	Am	D
Runnin’ a	round, stayin’ out all n	ight

	Am	D
Takin’ it	all ‘stead of takin’ one	bite

	Am	D	Em
Livin’ with	you just’a puttin’ me t	hrough it all of the	time

	G	Am7	D
I could l	eave but I won’t go, but it’d be	easier I	know

	G	Gmaj7	Am	D
I can’t f	eel a thing from my	head down to my toe	s

	Em	D/E
So why does it	always seem t	o be

	Em	D/E
He’s lookin’ at	you and you were lookin’ at m	e

	Em	D	Em
It’s always the	same, it’s just a s	hame, that’s a	ll

Cmaj7

Truth is I love you, more than I wanted to

	Em
There’s no point in trying	to pretend

Cmaj7

There’s been no one who makes me feel like you do

	Em
Say we’ll be together	till the end

Solo on verse chords, skip if solo acoustic

	G	Am7	D
I could l	eave but I won’t go, but it’d be	easier I	know

	G	Gmaj7	Am	D
I can’t f	eel a thing from my	head down to my toe	s

	Em	D/E
So why does it	always seem t	o be

	Em	D/E
He lookin’ at	you and you were lookin’ at m	e

	Em	D	Em
It’s always the	same, it’s just a s	hame, that’s a	ll

Cmaj7

But I love you, more than I wanted to

	Em
There’s no point in trying	to pretend

Cmaj7

There’s been no one who, makes me feel like you do

	Em
Say we’ll be together t	ill the end

	Em	D/E
Just as I t	hought it was going al	right

	Em	D/E
I found out I’m w	rong when I thought I was r	ight

	Em	D/E	Em
It’s always the s	ame, it’s just a s	hame, that’s al	l

	Am7	D
I could say	day, and you’d say	night

	Am7	D
Tell me it’s	black when I know that it’s	white

	Am7	D	Em
Always the	same, it’s just a	shame, that’s	all

	Am7	D	Em
Always the	same, it’s just a	shame, that’s	all

George Michael - Faith (1987)

Originally somewhere between B and C, I play in A

Intro, skip the whole organ bit

Guitar only, just one measure in original, but wait for vox

A

Bass and drums enter when vox come in, drums still pretty sparse

	A
Well I guess it would be	nice if I could touch your body

	D	A
I know not	everybody has got a body like	you

	A
But I’ve got to think	twice before I give my heart away

	D	A
Girl I know	all the games you play ‘cause I play them	too

Drums ramping in

	D	A
Oh but I	need some time off from	that emotion

D	A
Time to pick my heart up off the	floor

	D	A	F#m
And when that	love comes down with	out de	votion

Hard stop on ‘door’

	Bm	E
Well it	takes a strong man baby but I’m	showing you the door

	A
‘Cause I gotta have	faith

I gotta have faith
I gotta have faith, a-faith, a-faith

Hard stop on last “faith”

I gotta have faith, a-faith, a-faith

A

Baby I know you’re asking me to stay

	D
Say please, please,	please, don’t go away

	A
You say I’m giving you the	blues

	A
May	be girl you mean every word you say

	D
Can’t help but	think of yesterday

	A
And another one who	tied me down to loverboy rules

	D	A
Be	fore this river be	comes an ocean

	D	A
Be	fore you throw my heart back on the	floor

	D	A	F#m
Oh baby I’ll	reconsider my	foolish	notion

Hard stop on ‘more’

	Bm	E
Well I	need someone to hold me but I’ll	wait for something more

	A
‘Cause I gotta have	faith

I gotta have faith
I gotta have faith, a-faith, a-faith

Hard stop on last “faith”

I gotta have faith, a-faith, a-faith

Solo

A	A	D	A
A	A	D	A

	D	A
Be	fore this river be	comes an ocean

	D	A
Be	fore you throw my heart back on the	floor

	D	A	F#m
Oh baby I’ll	reconsider my	foolish	notion

Hard stop then LONG PAUSE on ‘more’

	Bm	E
Well I	need someone to hold me but I’ll	wait for something more

Wait for vox before entering... no matter how long...

	A
‘Cause I gotta have	faith

I gotta have faith
I gotta have faith, a-faith, a-faith

Hard stop on last “faith”

I gotta have faith, a-faith, a-faith

Guns and Roses - Mr. Brownstone (1987)

Originally in E tuned down to Eb, I play in E

Start with muted chords

Roll into the I’s with Im’s

E	E	G	A	A	A	G	E
							x 2

E	G	A
I get up around seven

A	G	E
Get outta bed around nine

	E	G	A
And	I don’t worry about nothin’	no

	A	G	E
Cause	worryin’s a waste of my		time

Repeat intro riff x 2

	E	G	A
The show usually s	tarts around seven

A	G	E
We go on stage around nine

E	G	A
Get on the bus about eleven

	A
Sippin’ a	drink and feelin’ fine

G	C
We’ve been dancin’ with	Mr. Brownstone

D	E
He’s been knockin’, he won’t leave me	alone

E

No, no, no, he won’t leave me alone

B7

I used to do a little but a little wouldn’t do it

	A7
So the	little got more and more

	B7
I	just keep tryin’ to get a little better

	A7
Said a	little better than before

	B7
I	used to do a little but a little wouldn’t do it

	A7
So the	little got more and more

	B7
I	just keep tryin’ to get a little better

	A7
Said a	little better than before

G	C
We’ve been dancin’ with	Mr. Brownstone

D	E
He’s been knockin’, he won’t leave me	alone

E

No, no, no, he won’t leave me alone

Skip solo, just repeat intro

E	G	A
Now I get up around whenever

	A	G	E
I	used to get up on time

	E	G	A
But	that old man he’s a real moth	er	fucker

	A
Gonna	kick him on down the line

B7

I used to do a little but a little wouldn’t do it

	A7
So the	little got more and more

	B7
I	just keep tryin’ to get a little better

	A7
Said a	little better than before

	B7
I	used to do a little but a little wouldn’t do it

	A7
So the	little got more and more

	B7
I	just keep tryin’ to get a little better

	A7
Said a	little better than before

G	C
We’ve been dancin’ with	Mr. Brownstone

D	E
He’s been knockin’, he won’t leave me	alone

Let the “alone” hang fot a bit

E

No, no, no, he won’t leave me alone

E	E	G	A	A	A	G	E
	E	E	G	A	A	A	G	E
He won’t leave me a	lone

Don’t go up to the high octave here

E	E
Stuck it in the middle and I	shot it in the middle

	E	G	A
And it,	it drove outta my mind

A	A
I should’ve known better, said I	wish I never met her said I

	E	E9
I leave it all	behind, yowsa

Guns and Roses - Patience (1988)

Originally in G tuned down to Gb,

I play in G and only knock it down an

octave on the big “I need you” at the end.

Intro, same as verse+chorus, though I skip the verse part of the intro

C	G	A	D
C	G	A	D

I start here (with whistling or humming)

C	G	C	Em	C	G	D

C

Shed a tear ‘cause I’m missing you

G

I’m still alright to smile

A	D
Girl, I think about you every	day now

C

Was a time when I wasn’t sure

	G
But you	set my mind at ease

A	D
There is no doubt you’re in my	heart now

C	G
Said woman	take it slow

	C	Em
It’ll	work itself out	fine

C	G	D
All we need is	just a little	patience

C	G
Said sugar	make it slow

	C	Em
And we’ll	come together	fine

C	G	D
All we need is	just a little	patience

D

Patience

D

Ooh, oh, yeah

C

Sit here on the stairs

	G
‘Cause I’d	rather be alone

	A	D
If	I can’t have you right now, I’ll	wait dear

C

Sometimes, I get so tense

	G
You know I	can’t speed up the time

	A	D
But	you know, love, there’s one more thing to con	sider

C	G
Said woman	take it slow

C	Em
Things will be just	fine

C	G	D
You and I’ll just	use a little	patience

C	G
Said sugar	take the time

	C	Em
‘Cause the	lights are shining	bright

C	G	D
You and I’ve got	what it takes to	make it

We won’t fake it, oh never break it
'Cause I can't take it

Ritard on D, then...

D	D/#F	G	G

	D	G
Need a little	patience, mm	yeah

	D	G
Ooh	yeah, ooh	yeah

	D	G
Need a little	patience, yeah

	D	G
Just a little	patience, yeah

	D	G
Some more	patience, yeah

D

I’ve been walking these streets at night

G

Just trying to get it right (Need some patience, yeah)

D

It’s hard to see with so many around

	G
You	know I don’t like being stuck in a crowd (Could use some patience, yeah)

	D
And the	streets don’t change but maybe the name

G

I ain’t got time for the game

	D
‘Cause I	need you (Patience, yeah)

	G
Yeah, yeah well I	need you

	F
Oh, I	need you (Take some patience)

	G
Whoa, I	need you (Just a little patience is all we need)

	D	G	D	G
Ooh, this	time...

Guns and Roses - Sweet Child o’ Mine (1987)

I usually capo 3 for this, so it’s just higher than an

octave down from the original.

I usually lead in with a slow rendition of the riff,

an octave down (open position).

D

She’s got a smile that it seems to me

	C
Re	minds me of childhood memories

	G
Where e	verything

	D
Was as fresh as the bright blue	sky

D

Now and then when I see her face

	C
She	takes me away to that special place

	G
And if I’d	stare too long

	D
I’d probably break down and	cry

Soft, crescendo through the chorus

A	C	D
Woah,	oh, sweet child o’	mine

A	C	D
Woah,	oh, sweet love of	mine

D

She’s got eyes of the bluest skies

	C
As	if they thought of rain

	G
I’d	hate to look into those eyes

	D
And	see an ounce of pain

	D
Her	hair reminds me of a warm safe place

	C
Where	as a child I’d hide

	G
And	pray for the thunder and the rain

	D
To	quietly pass me by

A	C	D
Woah,	oh, sweet child o’	mine

A	C	D
Woah,	oh, sweet love of	mine

A	C	D
Woah,	oh, sweet child o’	mine, oooh yeah

A	C	D
Woah,	oh, sweet love of	mine

Cha!

Em	G	Am	C	B7
			→

Em	G	Am	C	B7
Where do we go	oooh	where do we go now

Em	G	Am	C	B7
Where do we go	oooh	where do we go now

Em	G	Am	C	B7
Where do we go	oooh sweet	child

	Em	G	Am	C	B7	Em
Sweet	child, sweet	child, sweet	child, sweet	child	of	mine

Heart - Alone (1987)

The original starts in Bbm. For a male

voice this works okay with the chorus an

octave down. For a human (i.e., non-Heart) female,

Gm is somewhat reasonable, so I play it in Em,

capo 3. A dude singing in Em works pretty well

too. If feeling less-than-great in Em, don’t go

up to “got by” (which is a G), just stay on the

E. Similarly, sing the “how do i get you alone?”

on E,F,E→D instead of G,F,E→D.

Em	C	D	D7/C	Em	C	D	B

Em	C	D	D7/C
I hear the	ticking of the	clock, I’m	lying here

	Em	C	D	B
The r	oom’s pitch d	ark

Em	C	D	D7/C
I wonder wh	ere you are ton	ight, no a	nswer on your

	Em	C	D	B
T	elephone

	C	G/B	Am7	G
And the ni	ght goes by	so very	slow

	C	G/B	Am7	Dsus4	D
Oh I h	ope that it won’t e	nd all

	G
A	lone

Am	F	C	G
Till	now, I	always got	by on my own

Am	F	C	G
I	never really	cared until I	met you

Am	F	C	G
	And now it	chills me to the	bone

C	F	G
How do I g	et you a	lone?

C	F	G
How do I g	et you a	lone?

Em	C	D
You don’t know	how long I have	wanted

	D7/C	Em	C	D	B
To	touch your lips and	hold you	tight

Em	C	D
You don’t know	how long I have	waited

	D7/C	Em	C	D	B
And	I was gonna tel	l you tonight

	C	G/B	Am7	G
But the	secret is	still my own

	C	G/B	Am7	Dsus4	D
And my l	ove for you is	still unk	nown

	G
All al	one

Bridge

Am	F	C	G
Am	F	C	G
	Ohoo	oo	oo

Am	F	C	G
Till	now, I	always got	by on my own

Am	F	C	G
I	never really	cared until I	met you

Am	F	C	G
	And now it	chills me to th	e bone

C	F	G
How do I g	et you a	lone?

C	F	G
How do I g	et you a	lone?

Solo

Am	F	C	G
Am	F	C	G
F	C/E	Dm	C
G/B	Am7	G	G7/F

C	F	G
How do I g	et you a	lone?

C	F	G
How do I g	et you a	lone?

	C	F	G
A	lone

	C	F	G
A	lone

Outro

Em

C

D

D7/C

Em

C

D

B

Huey Lewis - If This is It (1983)

Originally in G, I play in D

D	D	F#m7	F#m7
Am7	B7
Em7	D/F#	G	A
→	→	→

D	Bm7	D	Bm7
I’ve been p	honing ni	ght and mo	rning

D	Bm7	C	Bm7	A
I heard you	say, tell him	I’m n	ot h	ome

D	Bm7	D	Bm7
Now you’re	confessing,	but I’m still	guessing

D	Bm7	C	Bm7	A
I’ve been your	fool for s	o s	o l	ong

Em	D/F#	G	A	A	B7
Girl don’t	lie,	just to	save my	feeli	ngs

Em	D/F#	G	A	B7
Girl don’t	cry, and	tell me n	othing’s	wrong

Em	D/F#	G	A	A	B7
Girl don’t	try to	make up	phony	rea	sons

Em	D/F#	G	A
I’d rather	leave than n	ever bel	ieve

	D
If this is	it

	F#m7
Please	let me know

	Am7	B7	Em	D/F#	G	A
If	this ain’t l	ove you’d better let	me	go

	D
If this is	it

	F#m7
I want to	know

	Am7	B7	Em	D/F#	G	A
If	this ain’t	love, baby, j	ust	say	s	o

Repeat intro

D	D	F#m7	F#m7
Am7	B7
Em7	D/F#	G	A
→	→	→

D	Bm7
You’ve been	thinking

D	Bm7
And I’ve been	drinking

D	Bm7	C	Bm7	A
We both	know that it’s j	ust n	ot r	ight

D	Bm7
Now you’re pret	ending

D	Bm7
That it’s not	ending

D	Bm7	C	Bm7	A
You’ll say	anything to av	oid	a	fight

Em	D/F#	G	A	A	B7
Girl don’t	lie,	just to	save my	feeli	ngs

Em	D/F#	G	A	B7
Girl don’t	cry, and	tell me n	othing’s	wrong

Em	D/F#	G	A	A	B7
I’ll be al	right	one way	or a	no	ther

Em	D/F#	G	A
So let me	go, or	make we want to	stay

	D	F#m7
If this is	it, please	let me know

	Am7	B7	Em	D/F#	G	A
If	this ain’t l	ove you’d better let	me	know

	D
If this is	it

	F#m7
I want to	know

	Am7	B	Em	D/F#	G	A
If	this ain’t	love, baby,	just	say	so

Fade on repeating chorus with ad libs

Huey Lewis - Stuck With You (1986)

Originally in C, I play in A

A	F#m7	D	Bm7	E
			→	x2

Vox start on the 5

A	F#m7	D	Bm7	E
We’ve had some	fun,	and yes we’ve had our	ups and	downs

A	F#m7	D	Bm7	E
Been down that	rocky road,	but here we are,	still	around

A	F#m7	D	Bm7	E
We thought about	someone else,	but neither one	took the	bait

A	F#m7	D	Bm7	E
We thought about	breaking up,	but now we know it’s	much too	late

Vox on 3 2 of the key on “bound by”

F#m7	A
We are bound by	all the rest

Vox up to the 5 of the key

	A/C#	Dmaj7
Like the	same phone n	umber

E

All the same friends

F#

And the same address

B	G#m7	E	C#m	F#
Yes, it’s	true,	I am	happy to be	stuck with you

B	G#m7	E	C#m	F#
Yes, it’s	true,	I’m so	happy to be	stuck with you

B	G#m7	E	Bm7	E
‘Cause I c	an see,	that you’re	happy to be	stuck with me

Rpt intro x1

A	F#m7	D	Bm7	E
			→

A	F#m7	D	Bm7	E
We’ve had our	doubts,	we never took them	serious	ly

A	F#m7	D	Bm7	E
And we’ve had our	ins and outs,	but that’s the way it’s	supposed to	be

A	F#m7	D	Bm7	E
We thought about	giving up,	but we could never	stay	away

A	F#m7	D	Bm7	E
Thought about	breaking up,	but now we know it’s	much too	late

F#m7	A
And it’s no great	mystery

	A/C#	Dmaj7
If we	change our	minds

E	F#
Eventually, it’s	back to you and me

B	G#m7	E	C#m	F#
Yes, it’s	true,	I am	happy to be	stuck with you

B	G#m7	E	C#m	F#
Yes, it’s	true,	I’m so	happy to be	stuck with you

B	G#m7	E	Bm7	E
‘Cause I c	an see,	that you’re	happy to be	stuck with me

Solo if appropriate over intro chords

A	F#m7	D	Bm7	E
			→

F#m7	A
We are bound by	all the rest

	A/C#	Dmaj7
Like the	same phone n	umber

E

All the same friends

F#

And the same address

B	G#m7	E	C#m	F#
Yes, it’s	true,	I am	happy to be	stuck with you

B	G#m7	E	C#m	F#
Yes, it’s	true,	I’m so	happy to be	stuck with you

B	G#m7	E	C#m	F#
‘Cause I c	an see,	that you’re	happy to be	stuck with me

B	G#m7	E	C#m	F#
Yes, it’s	true,	I’m so	happy to be	stuck with you

B	G#m7	E	C#m	F#
		I’m	happy to be	stuck with you

Huey Lewis - The Power of Love (1985)

Originally in Cm, I play in Am. The “feel the power-ER”

at the end still goes up to an A, so best to do something

else there.

D	A	A/C#	D	E
→				x3

Am7	D	Am7	D	G	D
				→

	Am7	D
The	power of love is a	curious thing

Am7	D
Make a one man weep, make an	other man sing

Am7	D
Change a hawk to a	little white dove

Am7	D	G	D	Am7
More than a feeling	that’s the	power	of	love

Am7	D	G	D
		→

Am7	D
Tougher than diamonds,	bricks like cream

Am7	D
Stronger and harder than a	bad girl’s dream

Am7	D
Make a bad one good make a	wrong one right

Am7	D
Power of love that keep you	home at night

The IV at the end of each line is just a quick passing chord

A	A/C#	D	E	D
You don’t need	money,	don’t take	fame	→

A	A/C#	D	E	D
Don’t need no	credit card to	ride this	train	→

	A	A/C#	D	E
It’s	strong and it’s	sudden and it’s	cruel some	times

	G	D	E
But it	might just	save your	life

E	Am7
That’s the power of	love

Am7	D	Am7	D	G	D
	That’s the power of	love		→

Am7	D
First time you feel it, it	might make you sad

Am7	D
Next time you feel it it	might make you mad

	Am7	D
But	you’ll be glad baby	when you’ve found

Am7	D
That’s the power makes the	world go’round

A	A/C#	D	E	D
You don’t need	money,	don’t take	fame	→

A	A/C#	D	E	D
Don’t need no	credit card to	ride this	train	→

	A	A/C#	D	E
It’s	strong and it’s	sudden and it’s	cruel some	times

	G	D	E
But it	might just	save your	life

C	E7	Am7
They say that	all in love is	fair

	D9
Yeah, but	you don’t care

F	C/E
But you’ll know	what to do

Fmaj7	C/E
When it gets	hold of you

F	E
And with a little	help from above

E	Am7
You feel the power of l	ove

D	Am7
You feel the power of l	ove

D

Can you feel it?

Am7	D	Am7	D
Hmmm

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

A	A/C#	D	E	D
Don’t take	money,	don’t take	fame

A	A/C#	D	E	D
Don’t need no	credit card to	ride this	train

A	A/C#	D	E	D
Tougher than	diamonds and	stronger than	steel

A	A/C#	D	E	D
You won’t	feel nothin’	till you fee	l

A	A/C#	D	E	D
You feel the po	wer,	just feel the po	wer of love

A	A/C#	D	E	D
That’s the po	wer,	that’s the po	wer of love

A	A/C#	D	E	D
		You feel the	power of love

A	A/C#	D	E	D
		You feel the	power of love

A	A/C#	D	E	A	A/C#	D	E
		Feel the	power of lo	ooo	ooo	ve

G

D

E

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart (1987)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 3

Highest note is the 1, on “why-y-y-y-y-y”

Em	C	Am	C

	Em	C
Don’t	ask me, what you	know is true

If you’re playing down from the original key, go up

an octave on “precious heart”

	Am	C
Don’t have to	tell you, I	love your precious heart

G	C
I

	G	C
I was	standing

	G	C
You were	there

	G	C
Two worlds	collided

	D
And they could	never tear us apart

Riff written here in Em

E|-0--3--5--0~~~--0--3--5--0~~~----|

x2

	Em	C
We could	live for a	thousand years

	Am	C
But if I	hurt you, I’d make	wine from your tears

	Em	C
I	told you that we	could fly

	Am	C
Cause we	all have wings but	some of us don’t know why

G	C
I

	G	C
I was	standing

	G	C
You were	there

	G	C
Two worlds	collided

	D
And they could	never, ever, tear us apart

Play riff x 2

G	C
I (Ooh don’t a	sk me)

	G	C
I was	standing (You know it’s t	rue)

	G	C
You were	there (Worlds coll	ided)

	G	C
Two worlds co	llided (Shining t	hrough)

	D
And they could	never tear us apart

Play riff x 2

Em7

Joan Jett - I Hate Myself for Loving You (1988)

Originally in Em, I play in Am for a male singer

Intro, 4 measures of only drums

Main Riff, play twice, organ enters on second time

A5	C5	A5	G5	A5
G5	A5

A5

Midnight, gettin’ uptight, where are you?

D5

You said you’d meet me, now it’s quarter to two

E5

I know I’m hangin’ but I’m still wantin’ you

A5

Hey, Jack, it’s a fact they’re talkin’ in town

D5

I turn my back and you’re messin’ around

E5

I’m not really jealous, don’t like lookin’ like a clown

C5	D5
I think of you ev’ry n	ight and day

C5	D5	E5
You took my heart, then you	took my pride a	way

Backing vox enter

	A5
I	hate myself for loving you

D5

Can’t break free from the the things that you do

E5

I wanna walk but I run back to you, that’s why

Hard stop on ‘hate’

	A5
I	hate myself for loving you

Play main riff twice

A5

Daylight, spent the night without you

D5

But I’ve been dreamin’ ‘bout the lovin’ you do

E5

I won’t be as angry ‘bout the hell you put me through

A5

Hey, man, bet you can treat me right

D5

You just don’t know what you was missin’ last night

E5

I wanna see your face and say forget it just from spite

C5	D5
I think of you ev’ry n	ight and day

C5	D5	E5
You took my heart, then you	took my pride a	way

Backing vox enter

	A5
I	hate myself for loving you

D5

Can’t break free from the the things that you do

E5

I wanna walk but I run back to you, that’s why

Hard stop on ‘hate’

	A5
I	hate myself for loving you

Guitar solo on main riff (not verse chords)

C5	D5
I think of you ev’ry n	ight and day

C5	D5	E5
You took my heart, then you	took my pride a	way

Drums and vox only

	A5
I	hate myself for loving you

D5

Can’t break free from the the things that you do

E5

I wanna walk but I run back to you, that’s why

Hard stop on ‘hate’

	A5
I	hate myself for loving you

Backing vox and band enter

	A5
I	hate myself for loving you

D5

Can’t break free from the the things that you do

E5

I wanna walk but I run back to you, that’s why

Hard stop on ‘hate’

	A5
I	hate myself for loving you

Main riff 4x, with “I hate myself for loving you”

Hang on the last “you”

John Fogerty - Centerfield (1985)

Originally in G, I play in E

E	A	B	E
			x3

A	G#m	F#m	B7

E

	E
Well	beat the drum and hold the phone

	A	E
The	sun came out tod	ay

	E	C#m	B	B7
We’re	born again there’s	new grass on the	field

	E
A-’	roundin’ third and headed for home

	A	E
It’s a	brown-eyed handsome	man

	A	B	E
Anyo	ne can underst	and the way I f	eel

	E
Oh,	put me in coach

	A	E
I’m ready to	play tod	ay

E

Put me in coach

	A	G#m
I’m ready to	play to	day

	F#m
Look at	me

	B7	E
I can	be center	field

E

	E
Well I	spent some time in the Mudville Nine

A	E
Watchin’ it from the	bench

	E	C#m	B	B7
You know I	took some lumps when the	Mighty Case struck	out

	E
So	Say Hey Willie tell the Cobb

	A	E
And	Joe DiMaggi	o

	A
Don’t	say’t ain’t so

	B	E
You	know the time is	now

	E
Oh,	put me in coach

	A	E
I’m ready to	play tod	ay

E

Put me in coach

	A	G#m
I’m ready to	play to	day

	F#m
Look at	me

	B7	E
I can	be center	field

Repeat intro if appropriate

	E
Got a	beat-up glove, a homemade bat

	A	E
And a	brand new pair of	shoes

	E
You know I t	hink it’s time

	C#m	B	B7
To	give this game a	ride

	E
Just to h	it the ball and touch ‘em all

	A	E
A	moment in the	sun

	A	B	E
It’s a-	gone and you can	tell that one good	bye

	E
Oh,	put me in coach

	A	E
I’m ready to	play tod	ay

E

Put me in coach

	A	G#m
I’m ready to	play to	day

	F#m
Look at	me

	B7	E
I can	be center	field

	E
Oh,	put me in coach

	A	E
I’m ready to	play tod	ay

E

Put me in coach

	A	G#m
I’m ready to	play to	day

	F#m
Look at	me

	B7	E
Gotta	be center	field

E

John Lennon - Just Like Starting Over (1980)

	A	Aaug	F#m/A	Aaug
Our	life, tog	ether, is so	precious, tog	ether

	A	E7	A	E7
We have g	rown,	we have g	rown

	A	Aaug	F#m/A
Although our l	ove, is still	special

	A7	D/A	Dm/A	A
L	et’s take a chance and fly a	way some	where alo	ne

	A
It’s b	een too long since we took the time

Vox up to the b5

	Aaug	Bm	E
No o	ne’s to blame, I know time flies so q	uickly

Bm	E
But when I	see you darlin’

C#m	F#	Bm	E
It’s like we b	oth are fallin’ in l	ove again, it’ll	be

	A	Aaug	A	Aaug
Just like starting	over,	starting	over

	A
Every d	ay we used to make it, love

	Aaug	Bm	E
Why ca	n’t we be makin’ love nice and	easy

Bm	E	C#m
It’s time to s	pread our wings and	fly

	F#	Bm	E
Don’t let an	other day go	by, my love, it’ll	be

	A	Aaug	A	G
Just like starting	over	, starting	over

Hard stop before the bridge

	Am
Why don’t we take off	alone

D7	G
Take a trip somewhere far	, far away

Em	Am
We’ll be together all al	one, again

D7	G
Like we used to in the	early days

E	D/F#	E/G#
Well, well	darl	in’

	A
It’s b	een too long since we took the time

	Aaug	Bm	E
No o	ne’s to blame, I know time flies so q	uickly

Bm	E
But when I	see you darlin’

C#m	F#	Bm	E
It’s like we b	oth are fallin’ in l	ove again, it’ll	be

	A	Aaug	A	Aaug
Just like starting	over,	starting	over

Still at tempo

	A	Aaug	F#m/A	Aaug
Our	life, tog	ether, is so	precious, tog	ether

	A	E7	A	E7
We have g	rown, mmmm,	we have g	rown

	A	Aaug	F#m/A
Although our l	ove, is still	special

Hang on “somewhere”

	A7	D/A	Dm/A
L	et’s take a chance and fly a	way some	where

A	Aaug	A	Aaug
	A	Aug	A
Starting o	ver

John Mellencamp - Authority Song (1989)

Originally in D, I play in A

Intro

A

A	D	E	A	D	E
They like to get you in a	compro	mising posi	tion

	A	D	E	A	D	E
Yes, t	hey like to get you t	here and smile i	n your f	ace

	A	D	E	A	D	E
Well, they	think they’re so cute when they	got you in	that con	dition

	A	D	E	A	D	E
Well,	I think it’s a	tot	al disg	race an	d I sa	id

A	D	E	A	D	E
I fight authority, auth	ority a	lways w	ins

	A	D	E	A	D	E
When	I fight authority, aut	hority	always	wins

	A	D	E	A	D	E
Well I’ve been	doing it since I was a	young kid and I	come out	grinnin’

	A	D	E	A	D	E
Well	I fight authority,	authority	always	wins

A	A	D	E
			x 2

	A	D	E	A	D	E
C	all up my preacher, I say g	ive me s	trength for	round five

	A	D	E	A	D	E
He said yo	u don’t need no st	rength you need to	grow up	son

	A	D	E	A	D	E
I said g	rowing up leads to g	rowing old and t	hen to	dying

	A	D	E	A	D
Ooh, and dy	ing to me don’t so	und like al	l that much fu	n

	E
So, I	said

A	D	E	A	D	E
I fight authority, auth	ority a	lways w	ins

	A	D	E	A	D	E
When	I fight authority, aut	hority	always	wins

	A	D	E	A	D	E
Well I’ve been	doing it since I was a	young kid and I	come out	grinnin’

	A	D	E	A	D	E
Well	I fight authority,	authority	always	wins

Solo

A	A	D	E
			x 8

	A	A
I said,	oh no, no, no, I said,	oh no, no, no

	A
I said,	oh no, no, no no

Drums only

A	D	E	A	D	E
I fight authority, auth	ority a	lways w	ins

	A	D	E	A	D	E
When	I fight authority, aut	hority	always	wins

Kick it in

Band enters

	A	D	E	A	D	E
Well I’ve been	doing it since I was a	young kid and I	come out	grinnin’

	A	D	E	A	D	E
Well	I fight authority,	authority	always	wins

Repeat to fade

John Parr - St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)

Originally in F#, I play in D

Highest note is the 3 of the original key

Intro

D	D	G/D	A
D	D	D	D

D	F#m	G	D	F#m	G
Growin’ up,	you don’t see the w	riting on the	wall

D	F#m	G	D
Passin’ by,	movin’ straight ah	ead, you knew it	all

	Bm	G
But maybe	sometime if you	feel the pain

	Bm	G	A
You’ll find you’re	all alone, every	thing has chan	ged

D	F#m	G	D	F#m	G
Play the game,	you know you can’t	quit until it’s	won

D	F#m	G	D
Soldier on,	only you can	do what must be d	one

	Bm	G
You know in s	ome way you’re a	lot like me

	Bm	G	A
You’re just a	prisoner and you’re	tryin’ to break f	ree

B	Esus2	F#
I can see the new horizon,	underneath the	blazin’ sky

B	Esus2	F#
I’ll be where the eagle’s flying	higher and	higher

B	Esus2	F#
Gonna be your man in motion,	all I need is a	pair of wheels

B	Esus2	F#
Take me where my future’s lyin’,	St. Elmo’s	fire

G	F#7/A
Ooh, ooh, ooh,	ooh

D

D	F#m	G	D	F#m	G
Burning up,	don’t know just how	far that I can	go

D	F#m	G	D	F#m	G
Soon be home,	only just a	few miles down the	road

	Bm	G
I can	make it, I	know I can

	Bm	G	A
You broke the	boy in me, but you	won’t break the	man

B	Esus2	F#
I can see the new horizon,	underneath the	blazin’ sky

B	Esus2	F#
I’ll be where the eagle’s flying	higher and	higher

B	Esus2	F#
Gonna be your man in motion,	all I need is a	pair of wheels

B	Esus2	F#
Take me where my future’s lyin’,	St. Elmo’s	fire

B	Esus2	F#
I can climb the highest mountain,	cross the	wildest sea

B	Esus2	F#
I can feel St. Elmo’s fire b	urnin’ in	me

G	F#7/A
Burnin’ in	me

D	D	G/D	A
D	D	G/D	A

Vox on the 5

D	G	A
Just once in his life,	a man has his t	ime

Vox on the 1

D	G	A
And my time is now,	and I’m coming a	live

B	Esus2	F#
I can hear the music playin’,	I can see the	banners fly

B	Esus2	F#
Feel like a man again, I’ll	hold my head	high

B	Esus2	F#
Gonna be your man in motion,	all I need is a	pair of wheels

B	Esus2	F#
Take me where the future’s lyin’,	St. Elmo’s	fire

B	Esus2	F#
I can see the new horizon,	underneath the	blazin’ sky

B	Esus2	F#
I’ll be where the eagle’s flying	higher and	higher

B	Esus2	F#
Gonna be your man in motion,	all I need is a	pair of wheels

B	Esus2	F#
Take me where my future’s lyin’,	St. Elmo’s	fire

B	Esus2	F#
I can climb the highest mountain,	cross the	wildest sea

B	Esus2	F#
I can feel St. Elmo’s fire	burnin’ in	me

G	F#7/A
Burnin’ in me

D

Johnny Mathis - Without Us (1982)

I play the intro roughly as follows, leaving the

second line on the m(7, not 9) to make the transition

easier. Also not hitting the high string on that

last chord will make the transition sound smoother.

E|-1-1-1--3-/5-3-|
B|-1-1-1--3-/5-3-|
G|-2-3-2--3----3-|
D|-3-3-3--3----3-|
A|-3-3-3--x----x-|
E|-1-1-1--1----1-|

F	Fsus4	F	Gm7/F	Gm9/F	Gm7/F
					x2

	F	Am/E	Dm7
I	bet we been t	ogether for a	million years

	Am7	A7	G9sus4	G9
And I	bet we’ll be to	gether for a	million more

	Bbm6/Db	F/C
Oh, it’s	like I started breathing on the	night we kissed

	A7sus4	A	C/D	D7
And I	can’t remember	what I ever	did before

	Gmaj7	Bm7
What would we	do baby, without	us?

Stay on the same note (the 5 of the current key) for this “do”

that you were on for the first “do”, then go down to the 1 on “baBY”

	Cmaj9	A7
What would we	do baby, without	us?

	Am7	Cm9	Bm7	E9
And there	ain’t no nothin’	we can’t love each	other through

	A7sus4	A7	Cmaj7	Bm7	Am7
What would we	do baby	, without	us?

C/D	G/D
Sha la la

That’s the end of the Family Ties version...

Gm6/C is easier as a C7 on guitar

A/C#	Gm6/C

	F	Am/E	Dm7
If it’s	absolutely	perfect, the last	puzzle piece

	Am7	A7	G9sus4	G9
And it	all just comes t	ogether like we	had it pl	anned

	Bbm6/Db	F/C
Ooh, it’s	like we share a secret we could	never tell

	A7sus4	A	C/D	D7
‘Cause	no one else but	you and me could	understand

	Gmaj7	Bm7
What would we	do baby, without	us?

	Cmaj9	A7
What would we	do baby, without	us?

	Am7	Cm9	Bm7	E9
And there	ain’t no nothin’	we can’t love each	other through

	A7sus4	A7	Cmaj7	Bm7	Am7
What would we	do baby	, without	us?

C/D	G/D
Sha la la

I end here, it’s about to get funky and weird and not-Family-Ties-y.

A/C#	A/C#	Cmaj7	Bm7	Am7	B7

Em7	A7
You’ve got my number	and I know you know it

C/D	G	F#7	B7
And I’m stickin’ with you till the	end

Em7	A7
Ooh, I’m in trouble	if I ever lost you

C/D	Am7	G/B	Cmaj7	B7
I’d spend my whole life	looking for	you a	gain

Em7	A7
You’ve got my number,	you’ve got my number

C/D	Cmaj7	Bm7	Am7
You’ve got my number

C/D	Gmaj7	Bm7
What would we	do baby, without	us?

	Cmaj9	A7
What would we	do baby, without	us?

	Am7	Cm9	Bm7	E9
And there	ain’t no nothin’	we can’t love each	other through

	A7sus4	A7	Cmaj7	Bm7	Am7
What would we	do baby	, without	us?

Original fades here on “you’ve got my number” as above

C/D	Gadd9
Sha la la

Journey - Don’t Stop Believin’ (1981)

Originally in E, I play in A, the highest note that

matters is the 5.

A	E	F#m	D

A	E	F#m	D
Just a	small town girl,	living in a	lonely world

A	E	C#m	D
She took the	midnight train going	anywhe	re

A	E	F#m	D
Just a	city boy,	born and raised in	south Detroit

A	E	C#m	D
He took the	midnight train going	anywhe	re

A	E	F#m	D
			x 2

A	E	F#m
A singer in a sm	oky room

	D
The smell of wine and	cheap perfume

A	E
For a smile they can	share the night

	C#m	D
It goes	on and on and	on and on

Pattern repeats here, only including the extended chords for the

first line.

E/D	D	E/D	D	E/A	A	E/A	A
Strang	ers	wait	ing		up and down the	boulev	ard

	D	A
Their	shadows searching in the n	ight

D	A
Streetlights, people,	living just to find emotion

D	E	A	E	A	D
Hiding, somewhere in the	night

A	E	F#m	D

A	E	F#m	D
Working hard to	get my fill,	everybody	wants a thrill

A	E	C#m	D
Paying anything to r	oll the dice, just	one more time

A	E	F#m	D
Some will win,	some will lose,	some are born to	sing the blues

A	E	C#m	D
Oh the movie	never ends, it goes	on and on and	on and on

D	A
Strangers waiting	up and down the boulevard

	D	A
Their	shadows searching in the n	ight

D	A
Streetlights, people,	living just to find emotion

D	E	A	E	A	D
Hiding, somewhere in the	night

Solo if appropriate over verse chords

A	E	F#m	D
Don’t stop bel	ieving	hold on to that	feeling

A	E	C#m	D
Streetlights,	people oo-o	h

A	E	F#m	D
Don’t stop bel	ieving	hold on

A	E	C#m	D
Streetlights,	people oo-o	h

Journey - Faithfully (1983)

Originally in B, I play in C capo 4

C	Am	G	F

	C	Am
Highway r	un into the m	idnight sun

F	C
Wheels go round and round, you’re on my m	ind

C

	C	Am
Restless h	earts sleep a	lone tonight

F	C	G
Sending all my love along the	wir	e

	F	Am	C
They	say that the road ain’t	no place to start a	family

F	Am	C
Right down the	line it’s been you and	me

	F	Am	C
And l	ovin’ a music	man ain’t always what it’s	supposed to be

G	Em	G
Oh girl, you	stand by	me

	Dm	C	F	C
I’m fore	ver yours	→	faithfully

C	Am	G	F

	C	Am
Circus l	ife under the	big top world

F	C
We all need the clowns to make us	smile

C

	C	Am
Through space and t	ime, always an	other show

F	C	G
Wondering where I am, lost with	out y	ou

	F	Am	C
And b	eing apart ain’t	easy on this l	ove affair

F	Am	C
Two strangers learn to	fall in love	again

F	Am	C
I get the	joy of redisc	overing you

G	Em	G
Oh girl, you	stand by	me

	Dm	C	F	C
I’m fore	ver yours	→	faithfully

C	Am	G	F

C	Am	G	F
Oh oh oh oh,	oh oh oh oh,	oh oh oh oh oh	oh

C	Am	G	F
Faithful	ly, I’m still	yours

C	Am	G	F

	C	Am	G	F
I’m for	ever yours,	ad a ya

Hang the last chord

	C	Am	G	F
Faithful	ly

Journey - Open Arms (1981)

Originally in D, I play in G.

G	G	D/F#	C
Em	D	C	Cadd9

Vox on 5 2 on “lying”

G	D/F#	C/E
Lying beside you	here in the	dark

Em	D	C	Cadd9
Feeling your	heart beat with	mine

G	D/F#	C/E
Softly you whisper,	you’re so sin	cere

Em	D	C
How could our	love be so	blind?

	Am	Em
We	sailed on together, we	drifted apart

	D/F#	G	D	C	D/C	C
A	nd	here you	are by my	side

Vox on “so now I” are on 2 3 4 of the key

D/C	G	Bm7
So now I	come to you with o	pen arms

C	F9
Nothing to hide bel	ieve what I say

	G	Bm7
So	here I am with o	pen arms

C	F9
Hoping you’ll see what your	love means to me

	G
Open	arms

Repeat intro

G	G	D/F#	C
Em	D	C	Cadd9

G	D/F#	C/E
Living without you,	living	alone

Em	D	C	Cadd9
This empty	house seems so	cold

G	D/F#	C/E
Wanting to hold you,	wanting you	near

Em	D	C
How much I	wanted you	home

	Am
But	now that you’ve come back

	Em
Turned	night into day

The 5 chord at the beginning is just a passing chord

D/F#	G	D	C	D/C	C
	I	need you to	say

D/C	G	Bm7
So now I	come to you with o	pen arms

C	F9
Nothing to hide bel	ieve what I say

	G	Bm7
So	here I am with o	pen arms

C	F9
Hoping you’ll see what your	love means to me

	G
Open	arms

G

G7/F

C/E

F9

G

Journey - Separate Ways (1983)

Originally in Em, I play in Em capo 3

Em
Em	D/E	C/E	C/E

All chords arguably over the 1

Vox on 5 1 2 on “here we stand”

Em	D	C
Here we st	and,	worlds apart

	D	Em	D	C
Hearts b	roken in t	wo, tw	o, tw	o

Em	D
Sleepless nig	hts

C	D
Losing ground, I’m reachi	ng for

Em	D	C
You, y	ou, y	ou

Am7	Bm7	Cmaj9	D
Feelin’	that it’s	gone

D	Am7
Can change	your mind

Am7	Bm7	Cmaj9	D
If we	can’t go	on

	D	Am7	Bm7	Cmaj9
To	survive	the tide l	ove di	vides

Can play the i/7 as a 7sus2, and the i/6

as a 6add9 (Dsus2 and C6add9 in Em)

Em

Someday love will find you

Em/D

Break those chains that bind you

Em/C

One night will remind you

Am7

How we touched

	D	D#dim7
And	went our	separate ways

Em

If he ever hurts you

Em/D

True love won’t desert you

Em/C

You know I still love you

Am7

Though we touched

	D	D#dim7
An	d went our	separate ways

Em	D/E	C/E	C/E

Em	D
Troubled tim	es

C	D
Caught between conf	usion and

	Em	D	C
P	ain, p	ain, p	ain

Em	D
Distant ey	es

C	D
Promises we m	ade were in

	Em	D	C
V	ain, in v	ain, in v	ain

Am7	Bm7	Cmaj9	D
If you	must	go

D	Am7
I wish	you love

	Am7	Bm7	Cmaj9	D
You’ll	never	walk al	one

	D	Am7	Bm7	Cmaj9
Take c	are	my love, m	iss your l	ove

Em

Someday love will find you

Em/D

Break those chains that bind you

Em/C

One night will remind you

Am7

How we touched

	D	D#dim7
And	went our	separate ways

Em

If he ever hurts you

Em/D

True love won’t desert you

Em/C

You know I still love you

Am7

Though we touched

	D	D#dim7
An	d went our	separate ways

Solo over chorus chords (more or less)

Break down to intro

Em	D/E	C/E	B7
			Ooooohhh

Em

Someday love will find you

Em/D

Break those chains that bind you

Em/C

One night will remind you

No vox on this line

Am7	D	D#dim7

Em

If he ever hurts you

Em/D

True love won’t desert you

Em/C

You know I still love you

With triplets

Am7

D

D#dim7

Last two im’s on each line are staccato hits

Em	Em	Em
Noooooo

Em	Em	Em
Noooooo

Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts (1981)

Originally in D, I play in G

Intro

D	C	G	G
D	G	C	C
C	D	G	G
C	D	G	G

G

Midnight, and I’m a-waiting on the 12:05

	C
Hoping it’ll take me just a little farther down the	line

G

Moonlight, you’re just a heartache in disguise

Won’t you keep my heart from breaking

	C
If it’s only for a very short	time

D	C	G
Playing with the	queen of	hearts

D	G	C
Knowing it ain’t	really	smart

	C	D	G
The	joker ain’t the	only	fool

	C	D	G
Who’ll	do any	thing for	you

D	C	G
Laying out a	nother	lie

D	G	C
Thinking about a	life of	crime

	C	D	G
‘Cause	that’s what I’ll	have to	do

	C	D	G
To	keep me a	way from	you

G

Honey, you know it makes you mad

	C
Why is everybody telling everybody what you have	done

	G
And	baby, I know it makes you sad

But when they’re handing out the heartaches

	C
You know you got to have you	some

D	C	G
Playing with the	queen of	hearts

D	G	C
Knowing it ain’t	really	smart

	C	D	G
The	joker ain’t the	only	fool

	C	D	G
Who’ll	do any	thing for	you

D	C	G
Laying out a	nother	lie

D	G	C
Thinking about a	life of	crime

	C	D	G
‘Cause	that’s what I’ll	have to	do

	C	D	G
To	keep me a	way from	you

Solo if appropriate on chorus chords

G

Lovers, I know you’ve had a few

But how you hide your heart beneath the covers

	C
And you tell ‘em they’re the only	one

	G
And	others they know just what I’m going through

And it’s so hard to be your lover

	C
When you say you only do it for	fun

D	C	G
Playing with the	queen of	hearts

D	G	C
Knowing it ain’t	really	smart

	C	D	G
The	joker ain’t the	only	fool

	C	D	G
Who’ll	do any	thing for	you

Original changes key here, I don’t bother

Hard stops

D	C	G
Playing with the	queen of	hearts

	D	G	C
And	knowing it ain’t	really	smart

	C	D	G
The	joker ain’t the	only	fool

	C	D	G
Who’ll	do any	thing for	you

D	C	G
Laying out a	nother	lie

D	G	C
Thinking about a	life of	crime

	C	D	G
‘Cause	that’s what I’ll	have to	do

	C	D	G
To	keep me a	way from	you

Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine (1985)

Originally in Bb, I play in D capo 2

Intro, drums only, then band enters on...

D	G	A	G
Ow

D	G	A	G
Mmmmm yeah

	D	G	A
I	used to think ma	ybe you lo	ve me, now

G	D	G	A	G
Baby I’m sure

D	G	A
And I just can’t wa	it till the	day when you

G	D	G	A	G
Knock on my	door

	D	G	A
Now	every time I go	for the m	ailbox

	G	D	G	A	G
Gotta	hold myself	down

D	G	A
‘Cause I just can’t wa	it till you	write me

	G	D	G	A	G
You’re	coming a	round

	A6	G6
Now I’m walking on sun	shine, who	ah

	A6	G6
I’m walking on sun	shine, who	ah

	A6	G6
I’m walking on sun	shine, who	ah

	D	G	A	G
And don’t it feel	good, hey

	D	G	A	G
And don’t it feel	good, hey

D	G	A
I used to think ma	ybe you lo	ve me, now

	G	D6	G6	A6	G6
I	know that it’s true

	D	G	A
And I	don’t wanna	spend all of my	life just’a

G	D6	G6	A6	G6
Waiting for you

	D	G	A
Now I	don’t want you b	ack for the	weekend

	G	D	G	A	G
Not	back for a	day		, no	no no

	D	G	A
Said	baby I	just want you	back and I

G	D	G	A	G
Want you to	stay

	A6	G6
Now I’m walking on sun	shine, who	ah

	A6	G6
I’m walking on sun	shine, who	ah

	A6	G6
I’m walking on sun	shine, who	ah

	D	G	A	G
And don’t it feel	good, hey

	D	G	A	G
And don’t it feel	good, hey

Quieter

D	G	A	G
			x 2

	D	G	A	G
Walking on	sunshine

	D	G	A	G
Walking on	sunshine

Improv on main chords

I feel the love, I feel the love, I feel the love that's really real
I feel the love, I feel the love, I feel the love that's really real
I'm on sunshine baby, oh
I'm on sunshine baby, oh

	A6	G6
Now I’m walking on sun	shine, who	ah

	A6	G6
I’m walking on sun	shine, who	ah

	A6	G6
I’m walking on sun	shine, who	ah

	D	G	A	G
And don’t it feel	good, hey

	D	G	A	G
And don’t it feel	good, hey

Improv on main chords

And don't it feel good, I'm on sunshine, tell me again...

Kenny Loggins - Footloose (1984)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 3

Intro, sliding up from G, mix in a couple C’s

E

Vox on the 6 on “been”

E	A	E
Been working so hard

E	A	E
I’m punching my card

E	A	E
Eight hours for what?

E

Oh, tell me what I got

A

I’ve got this feeling

	E
That time’s just holding me	down

Optional little riff on the b3 here

E	E	E	G	F#	E
			→	→

A	A#dim7
I’ll hit the ceiling

Vox around the 6 of the key on “town”

	B	B/C#	B/D	B/D#
Or else I’ll tear up this	town

	E
Now I gotta cut	loose

A	E	A	E
Foot	loose,	kick off the Sunday	shoes

	A	E	A	E
Please,	Lou	ise,	pull me off of my	knees

	A	E	A	E
Jack,	get	back,	come on before we	crack

	A	E	D	A	E
Lose	your	blues,	everybody	cut foot	loose

Rpt intro, sliding up from G, mix in a couple C’s

E

E	A	E
You’re playing so cool

	A	E
Obeying every rule

	A	E
Deep way down in your heart

You’re burning, yearning for some...

A

Somebody to tell you

	E
That life ain’t passing you by

No space for the b3 riff this time

A

I’m trying to tell you

Vox on the 6 of the key on “it will if”

A#dim7	B	B/C#	B/D	B/D#
It will if you don’t even	try,		you’ll get	by

	E
If you’d only cut	loose

A	E	A	E
Foot	loose,	kick off the Sunday	shoes

	A	E	A	E
Ooh-whee,	Ma	rie,	shake it, shake it for	me

	A	E	A	E
Whoah,	Mi	lo	come on, come on let’s	go

	A	E	D	A	E
Lose	your	blues,	everybody	cut foot	loose

Hard stops with muted chords

1 5 6 b7 6 on “oh oh oh oh oh”, I do this down an octave

E

Oh-a-oh-oh-oh (got to footloose)

Vox on the 1 on “you”

E

You got to turn me around

E

And put your feet on the ground

	B	B/C#	B/D	B/D#
Gotta take the hold of all

	E	A	E	A	E
I’m turning	loose,	foot	loose,	kick off the Sunday	shoes

	A	E	A	E
Please,	Lou	ise,	pull me off of my	knees

	A	E	A	E
Jack,	get	back,	come on before we	crack

	A	E	D	A	E
Lose	your	blues,	everybody	cut foot	loose

E	A	E	A	E
Loose	foot	loose,	kick off the Sunday	shoes

	A	E	A	E
Please,	Lou	ise,	pull me off of my	knees

	A	E	A	E
Jack,	get	back,	come on before we	crack

	A	E	D	A	E
Lose	your	blues,	everybody	cut foot	loose

D	E
Everybody cut foot	loose

D	E
Everybody cut foot	loose

D	E
Everybody cut foot	loose

Kim Wilde - Kids in America (1981)

Originally in B, I play in D

D

Looking out a dirty old window

	C
Down below the cars in the city go ru	shing by

	A#	C	G
I s	it here a	lone and I	wonder why

D

Friday night and everyone’s moving

	C
I can feel the heat but it’s soothing,	heading down

	A#	C	G
I	search for the	beat in this	dirty town

G

Downtown the young ones are going

A

Downtown the young ones are growing

A#	F
We’re the kids in A	merica, woah-oh

A#	F
We’re the kids in A	merica, woah-oh

A#	C	D
Everybody	lives for the music-go-	round

D

Bright lights the music gets faster

	C
Look boy, don’t check on your watch, not a	nother glance

	A#	C	G
I’m	not leaving	now, honey,	not a chance

D

Hot shot, give me no problems

	C
Much later baby you’ll be saying	never mind

	A#	C	G
You	know life is	cruel, life is	never kind

G

Kind hearts don’t make a new story

A

Kind hearts don’t grab any glory

A#	F
We’re the kids in A	merica, woah-oh

A#	F
We’re the kids in A	merica, woah-oh

A#	C	D
Everybody	lives for the music-go-	round

D	F
La la la l	a la la

C	A#
La la la l	a la la, say!

D	F
La la la l	a la la

C	A#	A#	C
La la la l	a la la	→

D

Come closer, honey that’s better

	C
Got to get a brand new experience,	feeling right

	A#	C	G
Oh	don’t try to	stop, baby,	hold me tight

D

Outside a new day is dawning

	C
Outside suburbia’s sprawling	everywhere

This line is shorter than last time

	A#	C
I	don’t want to	go baby

G

New York to East California

A

There’s a new wave coming I warn you

A#	F
We’re the kids in A	merica, woah-oh

A#	F
We’re the kids in A	merica, woah-oh

A#	C	D
Everybody	lives for the music-go-	round

D	F
La la la l	a la la

C	A#
La la la l	a la la say!

D	F
La la la l	a la la

C	A#	A#	C
La la la l	a la la	→

D	A#	G	G
			x2

D

We’re the kids

A#

We’re the kids

G

We’re the kids in America

Repeat to fade

Laura Branigan - Gloria (1982)

Originally in A, I play in A capo 3, or if I’m feeling like

a vocal reach, in D (D is better for the guitar). Highest

note is the 4, but it’s a long 4 (“caaaaallling”), and there’s

an awful lot of 3.

In A, play the intro A/E as:

-x-
-2-
-2-
-2-
-4-
-0-

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

Vox on 3→2 of the first chord on “Gloria”

A/E	E	D/A	A
Glori	a, you’re always on the	run	now

	A/E	E	D/A	A
Running after some	bo	dy, you gotta get him	some	how

	A/E	E
I think you’ve got to	slow	down

	D/A	A
Before you start to	blow	it

	A/E	E
I think you’re headed for a	break	down

	D/A	A
So be careful not to	show	it

Vox stay where they were on “you really don’t”,

then up to 3 2 1 of the chord on me-hem-ber

	F#m	B7
You really don’t re	member

	E	Amaj7
Was it something that he	said?

	D	E	A
Are the voices in your	head	calling Glori	a?

Vox start this line where “Gloria” was

A/E	E	D/A	A
Glori	a, don’t you think you’re	fall	ing?

Both these phrases go up...

	A/E	E	D/A	A
If everybody	wants	you, why isn’t anybody c		alling?

	E
You don’t have to	answer

G	D	E	A
Leave them hanging on the	line, oh-oh-	oh, calling Glor	ia

Vox start this line where “Gloria” was

A/E	E	D/A	A
Glori	a (Gloria), I think they got your	num	ber (Gloria)

	A/E	E
I think they got the	ali	as (Gloria)

Go up on to the 4 on “under”

	D/A	A
That you’ve been living	und	er (Gloria)

Vox stay up where “under” was

	F#m	B7
But you really don’t re	member

	E	Amaj7
Was it something that they	said?

	D	E	A
Are the voices in your	head	calling Glori	a?

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

Vox back to where the first verse was, on 3→2

of the first chord on “Gloria”

	A/E	E	D/A	A
A-ha-ha, a-ha-ha,	Gloria	, how’s it gonna	go	down?

	A/E	E
Will you meet him on the	main	line

	D/A	A
Or will you catch him on the	re	bound?

	A/E	E
Will you marry for the	mon	ey

	D/A	A
Take a lover in the	after	noon?

	A/E	E
Feel your innocence	slipping a	way

	D/A	A
Don’t believe it’s coming	back	soon

	F#m	B7
And you really don’t re	member

	E	Amaj7
Is it something that he	said?

	D	E	A
Are the voices in your	head	calling Glori	a?

Vox start this line where “Gloria” was

A/E	E	D/A	A
Glori	a, don’t you think you’re	fall	ing?

Both these phrases go up...

	A/E	E	D/A	A
If everybody	wants	you, why isn’t anybo	dy c	alling?

	E
You don’t have to	answer

G	D	E	A
Leave them hanging on the	line, oh-oh-	oh, calling Glor	ia

Vox start this line where “Gloria” was

A/E	E	D/A	A
Glori	a (Gloria), I think they got your	num	ber (Gloria)

	A/E	E
I think they got the	ali	as (Gloria)

	D/A	A
That you’ve been living	und	er (Gloria)

	F#m	B7
But you really don’t re	member

	E	Amaj7
Was it something that they	said?

	D	E	A
Are the voices in your	head	calling Glori	a?

Fade on stuff like this...

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

Lionel Richie - Hello (1983)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 2

In Em, on guitar, play the Gmaj7’s as G’s

Also in Em, on guitar:

-0--0----0------------2-
-0--0----0--------------
-0--0----0------0-------
-2--2----2--------------
-2--5----3------2-----2-
-0----------------------

Almost every im is really a im9 on piano

Em	Em/D	Cmaj7	Em/D	Cmaj7
			→	x2

	Em	Em/D	Cmaj7
I’ve b	een alone with	you inside my	mind

	Em	Em/D
And in my	dreams I’ve kiss	ed your lips

	Cmaj7
A	thousand times

	Em	Em/D	Cmaj7
Somet	imes I see you	pass outside my	door

	Em	Em/D	Cmaj7	E7
H	ello	is it	me you’re looking f	or?

	Am7	D
I can	see it in your e	yes

	Gmaj7	Cmaj7
I can s	ee it in your sm	ile

	Fmaj7	Baug	B
You are	all I ever wa	nted

	Em	D/F#	G	D/F#
And my	arms are	open	wide

	Am7	D
Cause you	know just know what to s	ay

	Gmaj7	Cmaj7
And you	know just what to	do

	Fmaj7	Baug	B
And I	want to tell you	so	much

	Em
I love	you

Em	Em/D	Cmaj7	Em/D	Cmaj7
			→	x2

	Em	Em/D	Cmaj7
I	long to see the	sunlight in your	hair

	Em	Em/D
And	tell you time and	time again

Cmaj7

How much I care

	Em	Em/D	Cmaj7
Some	times I feel my	heart will over	flow

	Em	Em/D	Cmaj7	E7
Hel	lo,	I’ve just	got to let you	know

	Am7	D
‘Cause I	wonder where you	are

	Gmaj7	Cmaj7
And I	wonder what you	do

	Fmaj7	Baug	B
Are you	somewhere feeling	lone	ly?

	Em	D/F#	G	D/F#
Or is there	someone	loving	you	?

	Am7	D
Tell me	how to win your	heart

	Gmaj7	Cmaj7
For I	haven’t got a	clue

	Fmaj7	Baug	B
But	let me start by	saying

	Em
I love	you

Solo on...

Em	Em/D	Cmaj7	Em/D

	Em	Em/D	Cmaj7	E7
H	ello	is it	me you’re looking f	or?

	Am7	D
‘Cause I	wonder where you	are

	Gmaj7	Cmaj7
And I	wonder what you	do

	Fmaj7	Baug	B
Are you	somewhere feeling	lone	ly?

Em	D/F#	G	D/F#
Is someone	loving	you	?

	Am7	D
Tell me	how to win your	heart

	Gmaj7	Cmaj7
For I	haven’t got a	clue

	Fmaj7	Baug	B
But	let me start by	saying

	Em
I love	you

Not a typo, ends on the parallel major

Em

Em/D

Cmaj7

Em/D

E

Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly (1988)

Originally in C, I play in D

Slow, ringing

	D
I	went to a party last Saturday night

	G
I	didn’t get laid I got in a fight

	D	G
Uh-	huh, it ain’t no	big thing

D

Late for my job and the traffic was bad

	G
Had to	borrow 10 bucks from my old man

	D	G
Uh-	huh, it ain’t no	big thing

Band enters

	D
I	went to a party last Saturday night

	G
I	told you that story would be alright

	D	G
Uh-	huh, it ain’t no	big thing

Vox on the 5

	D	D/F#
But I know what I	like

G	A
I	know I like dancing with you

D	D/F#	G	A
			And I know what you like

D	D/F#	G	A
		I	know you like dancing with me

D	D/F#	G	A
	Yeah	yeah

D	G	A
Kiss me once

D	G	A
Kiss me twice

D	D/F#	G	A
Come on pretty	baby kiss me	deadly

D

Had a few beers getting high

G

Sitting watching the time go by

	D	G
Uh-	huh, it ain’t no	big thing

D

Nothing to eat and no T.V.

G

Looking in the mirror don’t get it for me

	D	G
Uh-	huh, it ain’t no	big thing

	D	D/F#
But I know what I	like

G	A
I	know I like dancing with you

D	D/F#	G	A
			And I know what you like

D	D/F#	G	A
		I	know you like dancing with me

D	D/F#	G	A
	Oh	yeah

D	G	A
Kiss me once

D	G	A
Kiss me twice

D	D/F#	G	A
Come on pretty	baby kiss me	deadly

D	G	A
Kiss me once

D	G	A
Kiss me twice

D	D/F#	G	A
Come on pretty	baby kiss me	deadly

D	G
D	G
	You know I like dancing with you

D	G
Dancing with	you, come on

D	G	A
Kiss me once

D	G	A
Kiss me twice

D	D/F#	G	A
Come on pretty	baby kiss me	deadly

D	G	A
Kiss me once

D	G	A
Kiss me twice

D	D/F#
Come on pretty	baby kiss me

G	Em
Come on pretty	baby kiss me

G	A
Come on pretty	baby kiss me

D	D/F#	G	A
Deadly

D

Madonna - Express Yourself (1989)

Originally in G, I play in A capo 2.

A	G	G	A

A	G
You don’t need	diamond rings

	A
Or eighteen karat	gold

A	G
Fancy cars that	go very fast

	A
You know they never last, no,	no

A	G
What you need is a	big strong hand

	A
To lift you to your higher	ground

A	G
Make you feel like a	queen on a throne

	A
Make him love you till you can’t come	down

A	G
Don’t go for	second best baby

G	A
Put your love to the	test

	G	C	G
You	know, you	know, you’ve	got to

A	G
Make him exp	ress how he feels

	A
And maybe then you’ll know your love is	real

A	G
Long stem roses are the	way to your heart

	A
But he needs to start with your	head

	G
Satin sheets are	very romantic

	A
What happens when youre not in	bed

	G
You deserve the	best in life

	A
So if the time isn’t right then move	on

	G
Second best is	never enough

	A
You’ll do much better baby on your	own

A	G
Don’t go for	second best baby

G	A
Put your love to the	test

	G	C	G
You	know, you	know, you’ve	got to

A	G
Make him exp	ress how he feels

	A
And maybe then you’ll know your love is	real

A	G	A
And when youre	gone he might	regret it

	C	A
Think a	bout the love he once	had

	G	A
Try to carry	on, but he just won’t	get it

	G
He’ll be	back on his knees to express himself

A	G
Don’t go for	second best baby

G	A
Put your love to the	test

	G	C	G
You	know, you	know, you’ve	got to

A	G
Make him exp	ress how he feels

	A
And maybe then you’ll know your love is	real

	G	A
And maybe	then you’ll know your love is	real

	G	A
And maybe	then you’ll know your love is	real

Madonna - Like a Prayer (1989)

Originally in Dm, I play in Em

Em	D	Am	Em
Life is a	my	ste	ry

Em	D	Am	Em
Everyone must	stand	al	one

Em	D	Am	G
I hear you	call	my n	ame

C	G	D	Em
And it	feels	like h	ome

Try to get off of the vox on “name” before hitting the V

G	D
When you call my n	ame

	C
It’s like a little prayer

	Em
I’m down on my kn	es

	Em	D	G
I wanna	take	you	there

G	D
In the midnight h	our

	C
I can feel your po	wer

	Em
Just like a pra	yer

	Em	D	C
You know I’ll	take	you	there

C	G
I hear your v	oice

D	Em
It’s like an	angel sighing

C	G	D
I have no	choice, I hear your	voice

D

Feels like flying

C	G
I close my ey	es

D	Em
Oh god I thin	k I’m falling

C	G	D
Out of the	sky, I close my eye	s

D

Heaven help me

G	D
When you call my n	ame

	C
It’s like a little pra	yer

	Em
I’m down on my kn	ees

	Em	D	G
I wanna	take	you	there

G	D
In the midnight h	our

	C
I can feel your po	wer

	Em
Just like a pra	yer

	Em	D	C
You know I’ll	take	you	there

C	G
Like a child

D	Em
You whisper s	oftly to me

C	G	D
You’re in	control just like a	child

D

Now I’m dancing

C	G
It’s like a d	ream

D	Em
No end and no	beginning

C	G	D
You’re her	e with me it’s like a d	ream

D

Let the choir sing

G	D
When you call my n	ame

	C
It’s like a little pra	yer

	Em
I’m down on my kn	ees

	Em	D	G
I wanna	take	you	there

G	D
In the midnight h	our

	C
I can feel your po	wer

	Em
Just like a pra	yer

	Em	D	Em
You know I’ll	take	you	there

Em	D/E
	x2

Em	D/E
Life is a mystery

Em	D/E
Everyone must stand	alone

Em	D/F#	C	G
I hear you c	all m	y n	ame

C	D	Em
And it fee	ls like h	ome

Em	D/E
Just like a prayer,	your voice can take me there

Em	D/E
Just like a muse to me,	you are a mystery

Em	D/F#	C	G
Just like a dream,	you are not	what you seem

	C	D	G
Just	like a prayer, no	choice your voice can take me	there

G	D
Just like a prayer, I’ll	take you there

C	Bm7	D
It’s like a dream to	me

Repeat four times

Em	D/E
Just like a prayer,	your voice can take me there

Em	D/E
Just like a muse to me,	you are a mystery

Em	D/F#	C	G
Just like a dream,	you are not	what you seem

	C	D	Em
Just	like a prayer, no	choice your voice can take me	there

Em	D/E
Just like a prayer,	your voice can take me there

Em	D/E
Just like a muse to me,	you are a mystery

Em	D/F#	C	G
Just like a dream,	you are not	what you seem

	C	D	Em
Just	like a prayer, no	choice your voice can take me	there

Em	D/E	Em
	Your voice can take me	there

Em	D/E	Em
	Your voice can take me	there

Repeat to fade

Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride (1983)

Originally in F (in the chorus), I play in D

Intro

Am7b5/C

x4

Am7b5/C	G
Last night I had the stra	ngest dream

Bm7

I sailed away to China

F#m

In a little rowboat to find you

Am7b5/C	G
And you said you had to get your la	undry cleaned

Bm7

Didn’t want no one to hold you

A	A	Bm	A7/C#
What	does	that	mean?

And you said

D	G	A
Ain’t nothing gonna br	eak my stri	de

F#m	Bm	A	Em7
Nobody gonna sl	ow m	e d	own, oh no

	F#m7
I’ve got to keep on	moving

D	G	A
Ain’t nothing gonna br	eak-a my st	ride

F#m	Bm	A	Em7
I’m running and I	won’t t	ouch g	round, oh no

	F#m7
I’ve got to keep on	moving

Am7b5/C	G
You’re on a roll and now you p	ray it’ll last

Bm7

The road beyond was rocky

F#m

But now you’re feeling cocky

Am7b5/C	G
You look at me and you se	e your past

Bm7

Is that the reason why you’re

A	A	Bm	A7/C#
Runni	ng	so	fast?

And she said

D	G	A
Ain’t nothing gonna br	eak my stri	de

F#m	Bm	A	Em7
Nobody gonna sl	ow m	e d	own, oh no

	F#m7
I’ve got to keep on	moving

D	G	A
Ain’t nothing gonna br	eak-a my st	ride

F#m	Bm	A	Em7
I’m running and I	won’t t	ouch g	round, oh no

	F#m7
I’ve got to keep on	moving

Am7b5/C	G	Bm7	F#m
Am7b5/C	G	Bm7
A	A	Bm	A7/C#

Dm7

Never let another girl like you

G7

Work me over

Dm7

Never let another girl like you

G7

Drag me under

Em7

If I meet another girl like you

A7

I will tell her

Em7

Never want another girl like you

G	A	A	B
Have	to s	ay,	oh

E	A	B
Ain’t nothing gonna break	-a my str	ide

G#m7	C#m	B	F#m
Nobody gonna sl	ow m	e d	own, oh no, oh no

	G#m7
I’ve got to keep on	moving

E	A	B
Ain’t nothing gonna break	my strid	e

G#m7	C#m	B	F#m7
I’m running and I w	on’t t	ouch g	round, oh no

	G#m7
I got to keep on	moving

E	A	B
Ain’t nothing gonna break	-a my str	ide

G#m7	C#m	B	F#m
Nobody gonna sl	ow m	e d	own, oh no, oh no

	G#m7
I’ve got to keep on	moving

E	A	B
Ain’t nothing gonna break	my strid	e

G#m7	C#m	B	F#m7
I’m running and I w	on’t t	ouch g	round, oh no

	G#m7
I got to keep on	moving

Men At Work - Land Down Under (1981)

Originally in Bm, I play in Am

Am	G	Am	F	G
				x 2

Am	G	Am	F	G
Traveling in a f	ried out Kombie

Am	G	Am	F	G
On a hippy t	rail head full of	Zombie

Am	G	Am	F	G
I met a strange la	dy,	she made me	nervous

Am	G	Am	F	G
She took me i	n and gave me	breakfast,	and	she said

C	G	Am	F	G
Do you come from a	land down under

C	G	Am	F	G
Where women glow	and men plund	er

C	G	Am	F	G
Can you hear can you he	ar the thunder

	C	G	Am	F	G
You	better run, you bet	ter take	cover

Am	G	Am	F	G
				x 2

Am	G	Am	F	G
Buying bread from a	man in Brussels

	Am	G	Am	F	G
He was	six foot	four and full of mus	cles

Am	G	Am	F	G
I said do you	speak my language?

Am	G	Am	F	G
He just smiled and	gave me a Vegemite	sandwich,	and	he said

C	G	Am	F	G
I come from a	land down under

C	G	Am	F	G
Where beer does flow	and men chund	er

C	G	Am	F	G
Can you hear can you he	ar the thunder

	C	G	Am	F	G
You	better run, you bet	ter take	cover

Am	G	Am	F	G
				x 2

Let ring

Am	G	Am	F	G
Lying in a	den in Bombay

Am	G	Am	F	G
With a slackjaw	and not	much to say

Am	G	Am	F	G
I said to the	man, are you trying to	tempt me?

Am	G	Am	F	G
Because I	come from the land of	plenty,	and	he said

C	G	Am	F	G
Do you come from a	land down under

C	G	Am	F	G
Where women glow	and men plund	er

C	G	Am	F	G
Can you hear can you he	ar the thunder

	C	G	Am	F	G
You	better run, you bet	ter take	cover

C	G	Am	F	G
Do you come from a	land down under

C	G	Am	F	G
Where women glow	and men plund	er

C	G	Am	F	G
Can you hear can you he	ar the thunder

Hard stop on “better”

	Am
You	better run, you better take cover

Metallica - Fade to Black (1984)

I skip the Bm intro and outros unless there’s another guitar

who wants to solo; it’s kind of long to just doink around on

one guitar.

Am	C	G	Em
Am	C	G	Em

Am	C	G	Em
Life it seems will fa	de away,	drifting further ev	ery day

Am	C	G	Em
Getting lost within m	yself,	nothing matters, no	one else

Am	C	G	Em
I have lost the will	to live,	simply nothing more	to give

Am	C	G	Em
There is nothing more	for me,	need the end to set	me free

Interlude

Am	C	Am	E
			x 2

Am	C	G	Em
Things not what they	used to be,	missing one inside	of me

Am	C	G	Em
Deathly lost, this ca	n’t be real,	cannot stand this h	ell I feel

Am	C	G	Em
Emptiness is filling	me,	to the point of ago	ny

Am	C	G	Em
Growing darkness taki	ng dawn,	I was me, but now	he’s gone

Interlude

Am	C	Am	E
			x 2

Let the E ring out, then tempo up and into the closing riff.

When doing this acoustic, I like to hit the Em’s on the and of 2, instead

of the and of 1 like the original. Spending an 8th note on D is a little

lame with a single acoustic.

D	Em	D	Em	G	G	G/F#	C/E	D/F#
→		→						x2

D	Em	D	Em	D/F#
No	one but me	can	save myself but it’s	too late

G	G/F#	C/E	D/F#
D	Em	D	Em	D/F#
Now	I can’t think,	think	why I should even t	ry

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

D	Em	D	Em	G	G	G/F#	C/E	D/F#
→		→						x1

D	Em	D	Em	D/F#
Yes	terday seems	as t	hough it never existed

D	Em	D	Em	D/F#
Deat	h greats me warm,	now I	will just say goodb	ye

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

D	Em	D	Em	G	G	G/F#	C/E	D/F#
→		→

Em

Michael Jackson - Beat It (1982)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Em capo 3.

The fourth D in a phrase can be B7.

Em	D	C	D

Em	D
They told him don’t you ever	come around here

	C	D
Don’t	wanna see your face you better	disappear

	Em	D
The	fire’s in their eyes and their	words are really clear

	C	D
So	beat it, just	beat it

Em	D
You better run, you better	do what you can

	C	D
Don’t	wanna see no blood, don’t be a	macho man

	Em	D
You	wanna be tough, better	do what you can

	Em	D
So	beat it, but you	wanna be bad

	Em	D
Just	beat it,	beat it

C	B7
No one wants to be	defeated

Em	D
Showin’ how funky	strong is your right

C	D
It doesn’t matter	who’s wrong or right

	Em	D
Just	beat it,	beat it

Em	D
They’re out to get you better	leave while you can

	C	D
Don’t	wanna be a boy, you wanna	be a man

Em	D
You wanna stay alive, better	do what you can

	C	D
So	beat it, just	beat it

Em	D
You have to show ‘em that you’re	really not scared

	C	D
You’re	playin’ with your life, this ain’t no	truth or dare

	Em
They’ll	kick you then they’ll beat you

	D
Then	they’ll tell you it’s fair

	Em	D
So	beat it, but you	wanna be bad

	Em	D
Just	beat it,	beat it

C	B7
No one wants to be	defeated

Em	D
Showin’ how funky	strong is your right

C	D
It doesn’t matter	who’s wrong or right

	Em	D
Just	beat it,	beat it

Em	D
Beat it,	beat it

Em	D
Beat it,	beat it

Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)

Originally in C#m, I play in Am

Be sure to work out the melody ahead of time for the chorus and bridge

Am7	D7

The original does i → IV for the first half of each verse,

I’m following an arrangement that’s IV → i the whole verse.

	D7	Am7
It’s close to	midnight and something evil’s lurking in the	dark

	D7	Am7
Under the	moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart

	D7	Am7
You try to	scream but terror takes the sound before you	make it

	D7	Am7
You start to	freeze as horror looks you right between the	eyes

	C
You’re para	lyzed

Vox on 1 7 on “thriller”, can also do 7 5 or #6 5

	Am	Am	G/B	C
‘Cause this is	thriller,	thril	ler	night

	D7	Dm7
And	no one’s gonna save you from the	beast about to strike

	Am	Am	G/B	C
You know it’s	thriller,	thril	ler	night

	D7	F7	D7	Am7
You’re	fighting for your life inside a	killer,	thriller, to	night

Am7

	D7	Am7
You hear the	door slam and realize there’s nowhere left to run

	D7	Am7
You feel the	cold hand and wonder if you’ll ever see the sun

	D7	Am7
You close your	eyes and hope that this is just imagi	nation

	D7	Am7
But all the	while you hear the creature creepin’ up be	hind

	C
You’re out of	time

	Am	Am	G/B	C
‘Cause this is	thriller,	thril	ler	night

	D7	Dm7
There	ain’t no second chance to kill the	thing with forty eyes girl

Am	Am	G/B	C
Thriller,	thril	ler	night

	D7	F7	D7	Am7
You’re	fighting for your life inside a	killer,	thriller,	tonight

Am7

Vox up to the 5 of the first chord

Can also do 3 2 1 on the first chord on “night creatures”

D7	Fmaj7	G
Night creatures call and the dead start to walk in their	masquerade

Am7	Am7/G	F#m7b5
There’s no escapin’ the	jaws of the alien this	time

Fmaj7	E7sus4	E7
This is the end of your	life

Am7

	D7	Am7
They’re out to	get you there’s demons closing in on every side

	D7	Am7
They will pos	sess you unless you change the number on your	dial

	D7	Am7
Now is the	time for you and I to cuddle close to	gether

	D7	Am7
All through the	night I’ll save you from the terror on the	screen

	C
I’ll make you	see

	Am	Am	G/B	C
That this is	thriller,	thril	ler	night

	D7	Dm7
‘Cause	I can thrill you more than any	ghost would ever dare try

Am	Am	G/B	C
Thriller,	thril	ler	night

	D7	F7	D7	Am7
So	let me hold you tight and share a	killer,	thriller,	ow!

Am7

I’m gonna thrill you tonight

End on “thrill you tonight”, or keep going if appropriate...

Am7	F	G	D
			Darkness falls across the land the midnight hour is close at hand

Creatures crawl in search of blood to terrorize y’all’s neighborhood
And whosoever shall be found without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell and rot inside a corpse's shell

The foulest stench is in the air the funk of forty thousand years
And grizzy ghouls from every tomb are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist the evil of the thriller

Misc - Charles in Charge Theme (1984)

Originally in Bb, I play in G

Intro (quick changes)

D	Em	D/F#
→	→

G	Em
The new boy in the	neighborhood

C6	D
Lives downstairs and it’s	understood

G	Em	C6
He’s there just to	take good care of	me

	D
Like he’s	one of the family

G	C
Charles in	charge

	G	D
Of our	days and our	nights

G	C
Charles in	charge

	G	D
Of our	wrongs and our	rights

	C	G
And I see,	I	want

Am	D	E/B
Charles in	charge of	me

In the previous chorus, vox were on 5 1 on “chares in charge”,

this time they’re on 1 6. So you’re jumping up from the 5 of

the new key (on “me”) to the 1 (on “Charles”)

E	A
Charles in	charge

	E	B
Of our	days and our	nights

E	A
Charles in	charge

	E	B
Of our	wrongs and our	rights

Vox down to the 1 on “see”, then down to the 6

of the key (3 of th chord) on “I”

	E	A	E	A	E
And I	see,	I	want,	I	want

F#m	B7	E
Charles... in	charge... of	me

Misc - Cheers Theme (1982)

Originally in Bb, I play in G.

Highest note before the key change is the 6,

and I skip the key change.

G	D/G	G	D/G

G	D
Making your way in the	world today takes

G	D
Everything you’ve	got

G	D
Taking a break from	all your worries

G	D
Sure would help a	lot

Bm7b5/F	E7	Am	Dsus4
Wouldn’t you l	ike to get a	way

G	D
All those nights when you’ve	got no lights

	G	D
The	check is in the	mail

G	D
And your little	angel hung the

G	D
Cat up by its	tail

Bm7b5/F	E7	Am
And your third fia	nce didn’t s	how

Dsus4

Sometimes you wanna go

G	F	C	D	Em7	D/F#
Where ev’ry	body knows your	name	→	→

G	F	C	D	Em7	D/F#
And they’re	always glad you	came	→	→

Em7	C
You wanna be where	you can see

	Bm	C
Our	troubles are all the	same

Em7	C	D	G
You wanna be where	ev’rybody	knows your	name

G	D/G	G	D/G

G	D
Roll out of bed, Mr.	Coffee’s dead

	G	D
The	morning’s looking	bright

G	D
And your shrink ran o	ff to Europe

	G	D
And	didn’t even	write

Bm7b5/F	E7	Am
And your husband w	ants to be a g	irl

Dsus4

Be glad there’s one place in the world

G	F	C	D	Em7	D/F#
Where ev’ry	body knows your	name	→	→

G	F	C	D	Em7	D/F#
And they’re	always glad you	came	→	→

Em7	C
You wanna go where	people know

Bm	C
People are all the	same

Em7	C	D	G	D/G
You wanna go where	ev’rybody	knows your	name

This is a good place to end

Solo

G	F	C	D	Em7	D/F#
			→	→

G	F	C	D	Em7	D/F#
			→	→

D#	Fm7	D#/G
→	→

Fade on

G#	F#	C#	D#	Fm7	D#/G
Where ev’ry	body knows your	name	→	→

G#	F#	C#	D#	Fm7	D#/G
And they’re	always glad you	came	→	→

G#	F#	C#	D#	Fm7	D#/G
Where ev’ry	body knows your	name	→	→

G#	F#	C#	D#	Fm7	D#/G
And they’re	always glad you	came	→	→

G#	F#	C#	D#	Fm7	D#/G
Where ev’ry	body knows your	name	→	→

G#	F#	C#	D#	Fm7	D#/G
And they’re	always glad you	came	→	→

Misc - Greatest American Hero Theme (1981)

Originally in D, I play in A, vox up to the 5

There are lots of good reasons to quit after the second

chorus, skipping the bridge and the key change.

Arrangement of the intro chords in A

E|-------4-5-0-2-0-|
B|-9-10--5-5-2-3-0-|
G|-9-9---4-6-2-2-1-|
D|-9-11--0-0-2-0-2-|
A|-0-0-------0-0-2-|
E|-----------0-0-0-|

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

Vox on the 3, which will feel really low in A

A	D	E	A
Look at what’s	happened to	me-	e

A	D/A	E/A	A
I can’t be	lieve it my	self

B/C#	C#m7	F#m7	E	D
Suddenly	I’m up on	top of	the	world

	Bm7	D/E	E	D/E	E
It	shoulda been somebody else

	A	A/C#	D	D/F#
Be	lieve it or	not I’m walki	ng on ai	r

	A	A/C#	D	D/E
I never t	hought I could f	eel so free

A	A/C#	D	D#m7b5
Flying a	way on a w	ing and a	prayer

Bm7	C#m7	Cm6	Bm7
Who	could it	be-	ee?

	D/E	E	E/A
Be	lieve it or not it’s	just	me

Repeat intro

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

A	D	E	A
Just like the l	ight of a	new	day

	A	D/A	E/A	A
It	hit me from	out of the	blue

B/C#	Cm7	F#m7	E	D
Breaking me	out of the s	pell I	was	in

	Bm7	D/E	E	D/E	E
Making	all of my wishes come true

	A	A/C#	D	D/F#
Be	lieve it or	not I’m walki	ng on ai	r

	A	A/C#	D	D/E
I never t	hought I could f	eel so free

A	A/C#	D	D#m7b5
Flying a	way on a w	ing and a	prayer

Bm7	C#m7	Cm6	Bm7
Who	could it	be-	ee?

End on the intro riff here if you’re not going to do the bridge

	D/E	E	F
Be	lieve it or not it’s	just	me

Bridge

	Cmaj7
This is too good to be	true

	A#maj7	D/E	E	D/E	E
Look at	me, falling for you

Each “believe it or not” lasts as long as it does in the

other chorus, so the chord changes are slower

	A	A/C#	D	D/F#
Be	lieve it or	not, be	lieve it or	not

	A	A/C#	D	D/F#
Be	lieve it or	not, be	lieve it or	not

D/E	E	D/E	E	F#

Key change to E

	B	B/D#	E	E/G#
Be	lieve it or	not I’m walki	ng on ai	r

	B	B/D#	E	F#
I never t	hought I could f	eel so free	-ee

B	B/D#	E	Fm7b5
Flying a	way on a w	ing and a p	rayer

C#m7	D#m7	Dm7	E/A
Who c	ould it be	ee?

E/F#	F#	B
Believe it or not it’s	just m	e

Repeat to fade

Misc - Growing Pains Theme (1985)

Originally in Bb, I play in G

D	G	Cadd9
Show me that	smile a	gain

D	G	Cadd9	D
Don’t waste a	nother	minute on your cryi	n’

D/F#	G	Cadd9
We’re nowhere	near the	end

G/B	C	E
The	best is ready to be	gin, oooh

	A
As	long as we got each other

F#m

We got the world spinnin’ right in our hands

	Dmaj7
Baby	you and me, we gotta be

	E
The	luckiest dreamers who never quit dreamin’

	A
As	long as we keep on givin’

F#m

We can take anything that comes our way

	Dmaj7
Baby,	rain or shine, all the time

Esus4	E	Esus4	E
We got each	other	sharing the	laughter and

G/D	D	C/G	G	G/D	D	A
Love

Misc - Perfect Strangers Theme (1986)

Originally in C, I play in A

This song is wildly orchestrated (it was the 80’s; elementary school

plays were wildly orchestrated), so this is a guitar arrangement more

than a transcription. Chords that are only weakly implied are in

parentheses.

A	A	D/A	D/A

Vox on 5 1 on “sometimes”

A

Sometimes the world looks perfect

D

Nothing to rearrange

A	A/C#
Sometimes you just	get a feeling like you

D	D/E
Need some kind of change

D	C#m7
No matter what the	odds are this time

F#m	Aadd9
Nothing’s gonna	stand in my way

	D
This	flame in my heart like a long lost friend gives

E	D	E
Every dark street a light at the end

A	A/C#	D	E
Standing	tall on the	wings of my	dreams

A	A/C#	D	E
Rise and	fall on the	wings of my	dreams

C#7

Rain and thunder

F#m	F#m/E
Wind and	haze I’m

D#m7b5

Bound for better days

	A	F#m7
It’s	my life and	my dream

D	Bm7
Nothing’s gonna stop me	now

	A	F#m7
It’s	my life and	my dream

D	A/C#	Bm7
Nothing’s gonna	stop me	now

A

D/A

A

Misc - Saved by the Bell Theme (1989)

I start with a ringing I9 to find the key

A9

Vox on the b7 of the chord

	D7
When I	wake up in the morning and the alarm gives out a warning

	A
I don’t	think I’ll ever make it on time

	D7
By the	time I grab my books and I give myself a look

	F	E7
I’m at the	corner just in time to see the	bus fly by

On “saved by the be-e-ell”, vox are 4 2 1 1 b7 5 of the key

Getting that b7 in there is important, you’ll want to hit the 6

G	D	E	A
It’s	al	right ‘cause I’m saved by the	bell

	D7
If the	teacher pops a test I know I’m in a mess

	A
And my	dog ate all my homework last night

	D7
Riding	low in my chair, she won’t know that I’m there

	F	E7
If I can	hand it in tomorrow it’ll	be all right

G	D	E	A
It’s	al	right ‘cause I’m saved by the	bell

Solo on verse chords

G	D	E
It’s	al	right ‘cause I’m saved by the

G	D	E
It’s	al	right ‘cause I’m saved by the

G	D	E	A
It’s	al	right ‘cause I’m saved by the	bell

Misc - Theme to It’s the Garry Shandling Show (1986)

Intro

C7

F

This is the theme to Garry’s Show, the theme to Garry’s show

C7

Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song

F

I’m almost halfway finished, how do you like it so far

C	F
How do you like the theme to Garry’s	show

C7

F

This is the theme to Garry’s Show, the opening theme to Garry’s show

C7

This is the music that you hear as you watch the credits

F

We’re almost to the part of where I start to whistle

C7	F
Then we’ll watch “It’s Garry Shandling’s	Show”

With whistling

F	F	C7	F
		This was the theme to Garry Shandling’s	show

Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home (1985)

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro

A	Amaj7/G#	A/G	D/A

	A	Amaj7
You know I’m a dr	eamer but my h	eart’s of gold

	A7	D
I had to r	un away high so I w	ouldn’t come home low

	A	Amaj7
Just when th	ings went right doesn’t mean they’re	always wrong

	A7	D
Just take this s	ong and you’ll never feel l	eft all alone

	A	Amaj7
Take me to your h	eart, feel me in your	bones

Hanging stop on “lonely”

	A7	D
Just one more n	ight and I’m comin’ off this l	onely winding road

	F	G
I’m on my w	ay, I’m on my w	ay

	A
Home sweet h	ome, tonight, tonight

	F	G
I’m on my w	ay, I’m on my w	ay

	A
Home sweet h	ome

	A	Amaj7
You know that I’ve s	een too many ro	mantic dreams

	A7	D
Up in l	ights, fallin’ off the s	ilver screen

	A	Amaj7
My heart’s like an	open book for the whole	world to read

	A7	D
Sometimes n	othing keeps me together	at the seams

	F	G
I’m on my w	ay, I’m on my w	ay

	A
Home sweet h	ome, tonight, tonight

	F	G
I’m on my w	ay, just set me	free

	A
Home sweet h	ome

Bridge

A	G	F	G
	Home sweet h	ome

	A	G
Home sweet h	ome

	F	G
Home sweet h	ome

	F	G
I’m on my w	ay, I’m on my w	ay

	A
Home sweet h	ome, yeah

	F	G
I’m on my w	ay, just set me	free

	A
Home sweet h	ome

A	Amaj7/G#	A/G	D/A
	A	Amaj7/G#	A/G	D/A
Mmm,		mmm,	mmmm,	mmmm

Neil Young - Rockin’ in the Free World (1989)

Originally in Em, I play in Am, capo 5, so Dm

Am	Am	G	F
			x 2

	Am	G	F
There’s	colors on the street

	Am	G	F
Red	white and blue

	Am	G	F
People	shufflin’ their feet

	Am	G	F
People	sleepin’ in their shoes

	Am	G	F
But there’s a	warnin’ sign on the	road	ahead

	Am	G	F
There’s a	lot of people sayin’ we’d be	better off d	ead

	Am	G	F
Don’t	feel like Satan but	I’m to t	hem

	Am	G	F
So I	try to forget it any	way I c	an

C	G	F	C/E	Am
Keep on	rockin’ in the free world

C	G	F	C/E	Am
Keep on	rockin’ in the free world

C	G	F	C/E	Am
Keep on	rockin’ in the free world

C	G	F	C/E	Am
Keep on	rockin’ in the free world

D7

	Am	G	F	Am	G	F
I see a	woman in the night		with a	baby in her hand

	Am	G	F	Am	G	F
Under an	old street light near a	garbage	can

	Am	G	F
Now she	puts the kid away and she’s	gone to get a	hit

	Am	G	F
She	hates her life and what she’s	done to	it

	Am	G	F
That’s	one more kid that will	never go to	school

	Am	G	F
Never	get to fall in love never	get to be	cool

C	G	F	C/E	Am
Keep on	rockin’ in the free world

C	G	F	C/E	Am
Keep on	rockin’ in the free world

C	G	F	C/E	Am
Keep on	rockin’ in the free world

C	G	F	C/E	Am
Keep on	rockin’ in the free world

D7

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

	Am	G	F	Am	G	F
We got a	thousand points of light		for the	homeless man

	Am	G	F
We got a	kinder gentler ma	chine gun	hand

Am	G	F
	Am	G	F
We got de	partment stores and	toilet	paper

	Am	G	F
Got	styrofoam boxes for the	ozone	layer

	Am	G	F
Got a	man of the people says	keep hope a	live

	Am	G	F
Got	fuel to burn got	roads to	drive

C	G	F	C/E	Am
Keep on	rockin’ in the free world

C	G	F	C/E	Am
Keep on	rockin’ in the free world

C	G	F	C/E	Am
Keep on	rockin’ in the free world

C	G	F	C/E	Am
Keep on	rockin’ in the free world

D7

Am

Nena - 99 Red Balloons (1984)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro, let ring

Vox start on the 2

A	Bm
You and I in a	little toy shop

	D	E
Buy a	bag of balloons with the	money we got

A	Bm
Set them free at the	break of dawn

	D	E
Till	one by one, they were	gone

A	Bm
Back at base,	bugs in the software

D	E
Flash the message,	something’s out there

A	Bm
Floating in the	summer sky

D	E
Ninety-nine	red balloons go by

Chording out the riff here...

A	A/F#	A	A/F#
A	A/F#	A	A/F#	A
				(x2)

A	A/F#	A	A/F#	Bm	A
A	A/F#	A	A/F#	E
				(x2)

A	Bm
Ninety-nine	red balloons

D	E
Floating in the	summer sky

A	Bm
Panic bells, it’s	red alert

	D	E
There’s	something here from	somewhere else

	A	Bm
The	war machine	springs to life

D	E
Opens up one	eager eye

A	Bm
Focusing it	on the sky

	D	E	A
Where	ninety-nine	red balloons go	by

A	Bm	D	E
			x 2

	A	Bm
At	ninety-nine dec	ision street

D	E
Ninety-nine mini	sters meet

	A	Bm
To	worry, worry,	super scurry

D	E
Call the troops out	in a hurry

A	Bm
This is what we’ve	waited for

D	E
This is it, boys,	this is war

	A	Bm
The	president is	on the line

	D	E	A
As	ninety-nine	red balloons go b	y

Repeat riff

A	Bm
Ninety-nine knights	of the air

	D	E
Ride	super high-tech	jet fighters

A	Bm
Everyone’s a	super hero

D	E
Everyone’s a	Captain Kirk

	A	Bm
With	orders to i	dentify

	D	E
To	clarify and c	lassify

A	Bm
Scramble in the	summer sky

	D	E	A
As	ninety-nine	red balloons go	by

A	Bm	D	E
A	Bm	D	E	A
	As	ninety-nine	red balloons go	by

Hard stop on the last chord

A	Bm	D	E
			x 2

Let ring

A	Bm
Ninety-nine dreams	I have had

	D	E
In	every one a	red balloon

A	Bm
It’s all over and I’m	standing pretty

D	E
In this dust that	was a city

	A	Bm
If	I could find a	souvenir

D	E
Just to prove the	world was here

A	Bm
And here is a	red balloon

	D	E
I	think of you and	let it go

Night Ranger - Sister Christian (1984)

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

Highest note is the b7, on “*What’s* your price for life?”

G	G	C	D
			x2

C	C	Bm	Am7	Am7/D	G
				→

Vox start on the third

G	C	D
Sister Christian, oh the	time has	come

G	C	D
And you know that you’re the	only	one to

When the vox land on “say”, they’re already in a

good place for “okay”

C	Bm	Am7	Am7/D
Say o	kay

G	C	D
Where you goin’, what you	looking	for

G	C	D
You know those boys don’t want to	play no	more with

C	Bm	Am7	Am7/D
You, it’s t	rue

G	C/G	G	C/G

Harmony root on everything except “what’s your”,

go to 4, “mister”, go to b7

	G
You’re	motoring

C	G
What’s your price for f	light?

	C	F	G
In	finding	mister	right

	C	F	F	C/E	C/D
You’ll	be alright ton	ight

G	C	D
Babe, you know you’re growing	up so	fast

	G	C	D
And	mama’s worrying that	you won’t	last to

C	Bm	Am7	Am7/D
Say, let’s	play

G	C	D
Sister Christian, there’s so	much in	life

G	C	D
Don’t you give it up be	fore your	time is

C	Bm	Am7	Am7/D
Due, it’s t	rue

G	C/G	G	C/G
It’s tru	e

	G
You’re	motoring

C	G
What’s your price for f	light?

	C	F	G
In	finding	mister	right

	C	F	F	C/E	C/D
You’ll	be alright ton	ight

Solo

C	D/C
	x4

G/B	Em/A#	F/A	D	D

	G
You’re	motoring

C	G
Got him in your	sight

	C	F	G
You’re	driving	through the	night

	C	F	F	C/E	C/D
You’ll	be alright ton	ight

G	C/G	G	C/G

G	C	D
Sister Christian, oh the	time has	come

G	C	D
And you know that you’re the	only	one to

C	Bm	Am7	Am7/D
Say o	kay

G	C
But you’re motor	ing

G	C
Yeah

	G	C	D	G
Motor	ing

Oingo Boingo - Dead Man’s Party (1985)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Em, capo 4, so Abm

A lot of loose timing between lines, just bopping around on Em and D

Em

Em	D	Em
I’m all dressed up with	nowhere to	go

Em	D	Em
Walkin’ with a dead man	over my	shoulder

I skip the repeats of each verse...

Em	D	Em

Em	D	Em
Waiting for an invi	tation to ar	rive

Em	D	Em
Goin’ to a party where	no one’s still a	live

Em	D

Em	Asus2
I was struck by lighting

Em	Asus2
Walkin’ down the street

Em	G	D	Em
I was hit by	something last night	in my	sleep

Em	Asus2
It’s a dead man’s party

Em	Asus2
Who could ask for more

Em	G	D	Em
Everybody’s	comin’, leave your	body at the	door

	A	B	D	Em
Leave your	body and soul	at	the	door

C	D	Em
Don’t run away it’s	only	me

C	D	Em
Don’t be afraid of	what you	can’t see

C	D	Em
Don’t run away it’s	only	me

C	D	Em	D	Em
Don’t be afraid of	what you	can’t		see

Em	Em	D	Em
			x 4

Solo is basically over Em

Em

Em	D	Em
Got my best suit	and my	tie

Em	D	Em
Shiny silver dollar on	either	eye

	Em	D	Em
I	hear the chauffeur comin’	to my	door

Em	D	Em
Says there’s room for maybe	just one	more

Em	Asus2
I was struck by lighting

Em	Asus2
Walkin’ down the street

Em	G	D	Em
I was hit by	something last night	in my	sleep

Em	Asus2
It’s a dead man’s party

Em	Asus2
Who could ask for more

Em	G	D	Em
Everybody’s	comin’, leave your	body at the	door

	A	B	D	Em
Leave your	body and soul	at	the	door

C	D	Em
Don’t run away it’s	only	me

C	D	Em
Don’t be afraid of	what you	can’t see

C	D	Em
Don’t run away it’s	only	me

C	D	Em	D	Em
Don’t be afraid of	what you	can’t		see

	D	Em
It’s	only	me

	D	Em
It’s	only	me

	D	Em
It’s	only	me

Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker (1980)

Originally in Fm, I play in Em capo 4

Basically straight-8th downstrokes until the chorus

Em	G

Vox on the 3

Em	D
Your love is like a ti	dal wave

	C	A	C	D
Spinni	ng over my hea	d

	Em	D
D	rownin’ me in your pro	mises

C	A	C	D
Better left unsaid

Em	D	C
You’re the	right kind of	sinner

	Am	B
To	release my inner	fantasy

Em	D	C
The i	nvincible	winner and you

Am	B
Know that you were	born to be

	Em	G	A
You’re a	heartbreaker,	dream maker,	love taker

B	C	B
Don’t you m	ess around with	me

	Em	G	A
You’re a	heartbreaker,	dream maker,	love taker

B	C	B
Don’t you m	ess around,	no, no, no

Em	G
	x2

Em	D
Your love has set my s	oul on fire

C	A	C	D
Burnin’ out of co	ntrol

Em	D
You taught me the wa	ys of desire

C	A	C	D
Now it’s takin’ its	toll

Em	D	C
You’re the	right kind of	sinner

	Am	B
To	release my inner	fantasy

Em	D	C
The i	nvincible	winner and you

Am	B
Know that you were	born to be

	Em	G	A
You’re a	heartbreaker,	dream maker,	love taker

B	C	B
Don’t you m	ess around with	me

	Em	G	A
You’re a	heartbreaker,	dream maker,	love taker

B	C	B
Don’t you m	ess around,	no, no, no

Em	G
	x2

Prog breakdown, chords approximate

Em	B7	G	D/F#	Em	G	D/F#
		→	→	→	→	→

Em	B7	Em	D	C	B7
		→	→	→

B7

Hits on the first beat of each measure (“you’re”, “sin”)

Em	D	C
You’re the	right kind of	sinner

	A	B
To	release my inner	fantasy

Em	D	C
The i	nvincible	winner and you

A	B
Know that you were	born to be

Instruments out

You're a heartbreaker, dream maker, love taker
Don't you mess around with me

Instruments back, but straight-8th rhythm, not chorus rhythm

	Em	G	A
You’re a	heartbreaker,	dream maker,	love taker

B	C	B
Don’t you m	ess around with	me

	Em	G	A
You’re a	heartbreaker,	dream maker,	love taker

B	C	B
Don’t you m	ess around with	me

	Em	G	A
You’re a	heartbreaker,	dream maker,	love taker

Ritard here if there’s not going to be a solo

B	C	B
Heartb	reaker

Solo on chorus chords if appropriate, else end on...

Em

Pat Benetar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot (1980)

Originally in E, I play in A

A	D	F#m	E
A	D	F#m	E	D	E
		→	→	→

x2

	A	E/G#
Well you’re a	real tough cookie

	F#m	D
With a lo	ng history

	E
Of br	eaking little hearts like the one in me

A	E/G#
That’s OK

	F#m	D
Let’s s	ee how you do it

	E
P	ut up your dukes, let’s get down to it

	A	D	F#m	E
H	it me with your b	est shot

	A	D	F#m	E	D	E
Why don’t you h	it me with your b	est shot	→	→	→

	A	D	F#m	E
H	it me with your b	est shot

	A	D	F#m	E	D	E
Fire aw	ay		→	→	→

	A	E/G#
You co	me on with a come-on

	F#m	D
You do	n’t fight fair

E

But that’s OK, see if I care

	A	E/G#	F#m	D
Kno	ck me down,	it’s all in	vain

	E
I’ll g	et right back on my feet again

	A	D	F#m	E
H	it me with your b	est shot

	A	D	F#m	E	D	E
Why don’t you h	it me with your b	est shot	→	→	→

	A	D	F#m	E
H	it me with your b	est shot

	A	D	F#m	E	D	E
Fire aw	ay		→	→	→

Solo in intro chords

Let ring

	A	E/G#
Well, you’re a re	al tough cookie

	D	F#m
W	ith a lo	ng history

	E
Of bre	aking little hearts like the one in me

	A	E/G#
Before I p	ut another notch

D	F#m
In my li	pstick case

	E
You b	etter make sure you put me in my place

Let ring

	A	D	F#m	E
H	it me with your b	est shot

	A	D	F#m	E	D	E
Come on, h	it me with your b	est shot	→	→	→

	A	D	F#m	E
H	it me with your b	est shot

	A	D	F#m	E	D	E
Fire aw	ay		→	→	→

Band re-enters

	A	D	F#m	E
H	it me with your b	est shot

	A	D	F#m	E	D	E
Why don’t you h	it me with your b	est shot	→	→	→

	A	D	F#m	E
H	it me with your b	est shot

	A	D	F#m	E	D	E
Fire aw	aaaaaaaaaaaay		→	→	→

A	D	F#m	E	D	E
		→	→	→

A	D	F#m	E	D	E
		→	→	→

A	D	F#m	E	D	E
		→	→	→

A9

Paul McCartney - My Brave Face (1989)

Originally in E, I play in D and find a way out of the high “my brave face”

Intro, a capella, usually skip this and start with the chords

My brave, my brave, my brave face

D	G/D
	x 2

D

I’ve been living in style

D	G/D	D
Unaccustomed	as I	am to the luxury life

G	Em	A	D
I’ve been hitting the	town	and it	didn’t hit back

D

I’ve been doing the rounds

D	G/D	D
Unaccustomed	as I	am to the time on my hands

G	Em	A	D
Now I don’t have to t	ell any	body when I’m	gonna get back

	Bm	BmM7	Bm7	D7
E	ver since you w	ent away I’ve	had this sentim	ental

	G	Gm	D
Incli	nation not to	change a single	thing

Bm	BmM7	Bm7
As I pull the	sheets back on the	bed

	Bm6	G	Gm
I want to	go bury my h	ead In your	pillow

D	A	D
Now that	I’m a	lone again

	D	A	D
I	can’t stop	breaking	down again

	D	F#m	Bm
The	simplest	things set me	off again

	Bm	F#m	Em
And	take me	to that	place

G	D/F#	Em	D
Where I	can’t find	my brave	face

G	D/F#	Em	D
Where I	can’t find	my brave	face

G	D/F#	Em	D
My brave,	my brave,	my brave	face

D

Easiest to skip this

G	D/F#	Em	G	D/F#
→	→	→	→

Em/B	D	D7sus4
My brave	face

D

I’ve been living a lie

D	G/D	D
Unaccustomed	as I	am to the work of a housewife

G	Em	A	D
I’ve been breaking up	dirty	dishes and been	throwing them away

Bm	BmM7	Bm7	D7
Ever since you	left I have been	trying to comp	ose a

	G	Gm	D
Baby,	will you please come	home note meant for	you

Bm	BmM7	Bm7	Bm6
As I clear a	way another un	touched TV di	nner

	G	Gm
From the t	able I laid	for two

D	A	D
Now that	I’m a	lone again

	D	A	D
I	can’t stop	breaking	down again

	D	F#m	Bm
The	simplest	things set me	off again

	Bm	F#m	Em
And	take me	to that	place

G	D/F#	Em	D
Where I	can’t find	my brave	face

G	D/F#	Em	D
Where I	can’t find	my brave	face

G	D/F#	Em	D
My brave,	my brave,	my brave	face

D

Easiest to skip this

G	D/F#	Em	G	D/F#
→	→	→	→

Em/B	G/A	D
My brave	face

Peter Cetera - Glory of Love (1986)

Originally in C, I play in E capo 2. This arrangement avoids the

key change, more for guitar than for vocal reasons.

E	E	A/C#	D
			x2

E	B
Tonight it’s very clear	as we’re both lying here

E	A	E/B	B
There’s so m	any things I w	ant to s	ay

E	A/C#
I will always lo	ve you

D	G	C	D/C	C	D/C
I would never l	eave you alon	e

E	B
Sometimes I just forget s	ay things I might regret

E	A/C#	E/B	B
It breaks my he	art to see you c	ryin	g

E	A/C#
I don’t want to l	ose you

D	G	C	D/C	C	D	Dsus2
I could never m	ake it alo	ne			→

E	A	E/G#	Bsus4	B
I am a m	an who would f	ight for your h	onor

E	A/C#	F#m7	B
I’ll be the	hero you’re	dreaming of

C#m7	F#m7	E/G#	G#/C
We’ll live for	ever knowing	together

	C#m	F#m7	B	E
That we	did it	all for the g	lory of l	ove

E	E	A/C#	D

E	B
You keep me standing tall,	you help me through it all

E/G#	A	E/B	B
I’m always stro	ng when you’re b	eside	me

E	A/C#
I have always nee	ded you

D	G	C	D/C	C	D	Dsus2
I could never m	ake it alo	ne			→

E	A	E/G#	Bsus4	B
I am a m	an who would f	ight for your h	onor

E	A/C#	F#m7	B
I’ll be the	hero you been	dreaming of

C#m7	F#m7	E/G#	G#/C
We’ll live for	ever knowing	together

	C#m	F#m7	B	E
That we	did it	all for the g	lory of l	ove

Am	C
Just like a knight in	shining armor

D	D/F#	G
From a	long time a	go

Am	C
Just in time I will	save the day

Em7	G	Am	D
Take you	to my c	astle far aw	ay

D	G	C	D
Bsus4	Bsus4

E	A	E/G#	Bsus4	B
I am a m	an who would f	ight for your h	onor

E	A/C#	F#m7	B
I’ll be the	hero you been	dreaming of

	C#m7	F#m7	E/G#	G#/C
We’re	gonna live for	ever k	nowing tog	ether

	C#m	F#m7	Bsus4	B	E
That we	did it	all for the g	lory	of	love

E	A	E/G#	B
E	A	F#m7	B
C#m7	F#m7	E/G#	G#/C
We’ll live for	ever	knowing tog	ether

	C#m	F#m7	Bsus4	C#m
That we	did it	all for the g	lory of l	ove

Fade on...

C#m	A	B	C#m
We d	id it a	ll for	love

Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (1986)

Originally in Bm, I play in Am per the Jeffrey Gaines arrangement

Am	G	C	Am	G	F
	→			→

Am	G	C	Am	G	F
Love,		I get so lo	st,	somet	imes

Am	G	C	Am	G	F
Days pass		and this	emptiness	fills	my heart

Am	G	C
When I want to		run away

	Am	G	F
I	drive off in m	y c	ar

Am	G	C
But whichever	w	ay I choose

	Am	G	F
I come	back to the place	you are

G	C
And all my instincts,	they return

G	C
And the grand facade,	so soon will burn

G	C
Without a noise,	without my pride

G	F
I reach out from the insid	e

F

Woah

	D
In your eyes

	C
The light, the heat

	D
I am complete

	C
I see the doorways

	D
To a thousand churches

	C	D
The resoluti	on of all the fruitless	searches

C	D
Oh, I see the light and the heat

C	D
Yes, I want to be that complete

	C
I want to	touch the light

	D
The heat I see in	your eyes

	C
In	your eyes

	D
In	your eyes

	C
In	your eyes

Am

Am	G	C	Am	G	F
Love,		I don’t lik	e to see	so much	pain

Am	G	C	Am	G	F
So much		wasted and this	moment is slipping	away

Am	G	C	Am	G	F
I get s	o tire	d, working so	hard for our s	ur	vival

Am	G	C	Am	G	F
I look to	these	times with you, to	keep me awake and	alive

G	C
And all my instincts, the	y return

G	C
And the grand facade,	so soon will burn

G	C
Without a noise,	without my pride

G	F
I reach out from the insid	e

F

Woah

	D
In	your eyes

	C
The light, the heat

	D
I am complete

	C
I see the doorways

	D
To a thousand churches

	C	D
The resoluti	on of all the fruitless	searches

C	D
Oh, I see the light and the heat

C	D
Yes, I want to be that complete

	C
I want to	touch the light

	D
The heat I see in	your eyes

	C
In	your eyes

	D
In	your eyes

	C
In	your eyes

Am

Peter, Paul, and Mary - El Salvador (1982)

Originally in E, I prefer it in E on guitar, but D vocally.

A	B	G#m	C#m	A	B	E

Little Latin flourish on the 3rd and 4th strings, roughly iii ii

	E
There’s a	sunny little country south of Mexico

	F#7
Where the	winds are gentle and the waters flow

	A	Am	E
But	breezes aren’t the only	things that blow in El	Salvador

	E
If you	took the little lady for a moonlight drive

F#7

Odds are still good you’d come back alive

	A	Am	E	E7
But	everyone is innocent unt	il they arrive in El	Salvador

	A	B
If the	rebels take a bus on the	grand highway

	G#m	C#m
The	government destroys a village	miles away

	A
The	man on the radio says

Go down to the 1 instead of up to the 3 on “border”

B	E	E7
Now we’ll play South of the	Border

A	B
And in the morning the	natives say

G#m	C#m
We’re happy you have lived a	nother day

A

Last night a thousand more

B	E
Passed away in El Salva	dor

C#m	B
Oooh	Oooh

	E
There’s a t	elevision crew here from ABC

F#7

Filming Rio Lempe and the refugees

A	Am	E
Calling murdered children the t	ragedy of El S	alvador

	E
Be	fore the government camera twenty feet away

F#7

Another man is asking for continued aid

A	Am	E	E7
Food and medicine and h	and grenades for El	Salvador

	A	B
There’s a	thump, a rumble, and the	buildings sway

G#m	C#m
A soldier fires the	acid spray

	A
The	public address system

	B	E	E7
S	tarts to play South of the	Border

A	B
You run for cover and	hide your eyes

G#m	C#m
You hear the screams from	paradise

A	B
They’ve fallen further than you	realize

	C#m
In El Salva	dor

A	F#7	B
La,	la,	ooh

Pause and ease into the next verse rubato

	E
Just like	Poland is protected by her Russian “friends”

	F#7
The	junta is assisted by Americans

	A	Am	E
And if	sixty million dollars seems	too much to spend in El	Salvador

	E
They say	for half a billion they could do it right

F#7

Bomb all day, burn all night

	A	Am	E	E7
Unt	il there’s not a living t	hing upright in El Sa	lvador

	A	B
They’ll con	tinue training troops in the	USA

G#m	C#m
And watch the nuns that	got away

A	B
And teach the military	bands

	E	E7
To play South of the	Border

A	B
And kill the people to	set them free

G#m	C#m
Who put this price on their	liberty?

A	B	A
Don’t you think it’s	time to leave El Salva	dor?

G#m

A

B

C#m

Phil Collins - Against All Odds (1984)

Originally in Bbm (in the verse), I play in Em

Highest note is the 5

Minimalist fingerpicking in the verse, start strumming

in the chorus.

Am7	Asus2	Dsus4	Dsus4
Am7	Asus2	D	D

Vox on the 1 of the chord, which will feel really low in Am

Em7sus4	Em7	F#m
How can I just	let you	walk away

	Gadd9	Am11	Am7
Just let you l	eave without a t	race

	Cadd9	C	D/C
When I st	and here	taking	every breath with

Bm7	Em
You, oooh	oooh

	Am7	Am/G	Dsus4	D
You’re the	only one who re	ally knew me at	all

Em7sus4	Em7	F#m
How can you just	walk a	way from me

	Gadd9	Am11	Am7
When all	I can do is watch you l	eave

	Cadd9	C	D/C
Cause we’ve sh	ared the	laughter	and the pain

	Bm7	Em
And e	ven shared the t	ears

	Am7	Am/G	Dsus4	D
You’re the	only one who really	knew me at	all

	G/D
So take a look at me	now

	A/D
Well there’s just an	empty space

	Em7	C
And there’s nothing l	eft here to remi	nd me

	Am7	Dsus4
Just the	memory of your f	ace

	G/D
Oh take a look at me	now

	A/D
Well there’s just an	empty space

	Em7	C
And you coming	back to me is aga	inst the odds

The sus4 takes twice as long to resolve as you think

	Am7	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	D
And that’s	what I’ve got to fa	ce

Drums enter

	Em7sus4	Em7	F#m
I	wish I could just	make you	turn around

	Gadd9	Am11	Am7
T	urn around and see me c	ry

	Cadd9	C	D/C
There’s so	much I	need to	say to you

	Bm7	Em
So	many reasons	why

	Am7	Am/G	Dsus4	D
You’re the	only one who really	knew me at	all

	G/D
So take a look at me	now

	A/D
Well there’s just an	empty space

	Em7	C
And there’s nothing l	eft here to remi	nd me

	Am7	Dsus4
Just the	memory of your f	ace

	G/D
Now take a look at me	now

	A/D
Cause there’s just an	empty space

	Em7	C
But to	wait for you, is a	ll I can do

	Am7	Dsus4
And that’s	what I’ve got to fa	ce

	G/D
Take a good look at me	now

	A/D
Cause I’ll still be	standing here

	Em7	C
And you coming	back to me is aga	inst all odds

	Am7	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	D
It’s the	chance I’ve got to ta	ke

Am7	Asus2	Dsus4	Dsus4
Am7	Asus2	D
	Am7	C/G	D/F#	C/E	D/F#
Take a look at me	now

Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn (1988)

Originally in G tuned down to Gb, I keep it in G

Intro, acoustic only

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9

G	Cadd9
We both lie silently still in the	dead of the night

	G	Cadd9
Although we	both lie close together we feel	miles apart inside

	G	Cadd9
Was it	something I said or	something I did

	G	Cadd9
Did my	words not come out	right

	D	Cadd9
Though I	tried not to hurt you though I	tried

I guess that’s why they say

Keys and cymbals gently enter...

G	Cadd9
Every rose has its	thorn

	G	Cadd9
Just like	every night has its	dawn

	G	D	Cadd9	G
Just like	every	cowboy sings his	sad, sad	song

Band enters on “thorn”

G	Cadd9
Every rose has its	thorn

Yeah it does

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9

	G	Cadd9
I	listen to our favorite song playing on the	radio

	G	Cadd9
Hear the	DJ say love’s a game of easy come and	easy go

Ooooh’s begin

	G	Cadd9
But I	wonder does	he know

	G	Cadd9
Has he	ever felt like	this

	D
And I	know that you’d be here right now

	Cadd9
If I	could have let you know somehow I guess

G	Cadd9
Every rose has its	thorn

	G	Cadd9
Just like	every night has its	dawn

	G	D	Cadd9	G
Just like	every	cowboy sings his	sad, sad	song

G	Cadd9
Every rose has its	thorn

Bridge

Em	D
Though its been a	while now I can

	Cadd9	G	D/F#
Sti	ll feel so much p	ain

Em	D
Like a knife that c	uts you the wound heals

Cadd9	G
But the scar, that scar rem	ains

Solo

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9
Em	D	C	G	Em	D	C

Guitar only

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9

G	Cadd9
I know I could have saved a love that night If I’d	known what to say

G	Cadd9
Instead of makin’ love we both	made our separate ways

	G	Cadd9
And now I	hear you found somebo	dy new

	G	Cadd9
And	that I never meant that mu	ch to you

	D
To he	ar that tears me up inside

	Cadd9
And to	see you cuts me like a knife

I guess

G	Cadd9
Every rose has its	thorn

	G	Cadd9
Just like	every night has its	dawn

	G	D	Cadd9	G
Just like	every	cowboy sings his	sad, sad	song

Hanging end on “thorn”

G	Cadd9
Every rose has its	thorn

G

Prince - When Doves Cry (1984)

Sometime’s it’s fun to replace the E→E7 transition

at the end of each phrase with a single E7#9

Intro, played slowly

Fmaj7	G	Fmaj7	G

Am	G
Dig if you will the	picture

	Edim7	Am
Of you and I en	gaged in a	kiss

	G
The sweat from your body it	covers me

	E	E7
Can you my darling,	can you	picture this?

Am	G
Dream if you can a	courtyard

	Edim7	Am
An ocean of	violets in	bloom

	G
Animals strike	curious poses

They feel the heat

	E	E7
The	heat between	me and you

Am	G
How can you just leave me	standing?

	Edim7	Am
Alone in a	world that’s so	cold? (so cold)

	G
Maybe I’m just too	demanding

	E	E7
Maybe I’m just like my	father	too bold

Am	G
Maybe you’re just like my	mother

	Edim7	Am
She’s never	satis	fied (she’s never satisfied)

	G
Why do we scream at each	other

	E	E7	Am
This is what it sounds like	when	doves cry

Am	G
Touch if you will my	stomach

	Edim7	Am
Feel how it	trembles in	side

	G
You’ve got the butter	flies all tied up

Don’t make me chase you

E	E7
Even	doves have pride

Am	G
How can you just leave me	standing?

	Edim7	Am
Alone in a	world that’s so	cold? (so cold)

	G
Maybe I’m just too	demanding

	E	E7
Maybe I’m just like my	father	too bold

Am	G
Maybe you’re just like my	mother

	Edim7	Am
She’s never	satis	fied (she’s never satisfied)

	G
Why do we scream at each	other

	E	E7	Am
This is what it sounds like	when	doves cry

Do the first half of this chorus quiet and rubato...

Am	G
How can you just leave me	standing?

	Edim7	Am
Alone in a	world that’s so	cold? (so cold)

	G
Maybe I’m just too	demanding

	E	E7
Maybe I’m just like my	father	too bold

Am	G
Maybe you’re just like my	mother

	Edim7	Am
She’s never	satis	fied (she’s never satisfied)

	G
Why do we scream at each	other

	E	E7	Am
This is what it sounds like	when	doves cry

Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1980)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 3

A	Asus4	A
		x 4

A	D	G	D
This thing, called love, I	just can’t	handle	it

A	D	G	D
This thing, called love, I	must get ‘	round to i	t

	A	F	G	A
I ain’t	ready,	crazy little	thing called	love

A

This thing called love

	D	G	D
It	cries (like a baby) In a	cradle all	night

	A
It	swings it jives

	D	G	D
It	shakes all over like a	jelly	fish

	A
I kinda l	ike it

F	G	A
Crazy little	thing called	love

	D
There goes my	baby, she

G	D
Knows how to rock and	roll

	F
She drives me	crazy

	B
She gives me	hot and cold fever

	E
Then she	leaves me in a cool, cool sweat

A	G#	G	E	D#	D
B	B	B	B	B	B

	A	D
I gotta be	cool relax, get	hip

	G	D
Get	on my	tracks

	A
Take a	back seat, hitch-hike

	D	G	D
And	take a long ride on my	motor	bike

	A
Until I’m	ready

F	G	A
Crazy little	thing called	love

Solo if appropriate

F	A	F	B	E	C
			→	→

A	G#	G	E	D#	D
B	B	B	B	B	B

Snaps only, no guitar, chords are “just in case”

	A	D
I gotta be	cool relax, get	hip

	G	D
Get	on my	tracks

	A
Take a	back seat, hitch-hike

	D	G	D
And	take a long ride on my	motor	bike

	A
Until I’m	ready (ready, Freddie)

F	G	A
Crazy little	thing called	love

A	D	G	D
This thing, called love, I	just can’t	handle	it

A	D	G	D
This thing, called love, I	must get ‘	round to i	t

	A	F	G	A
I ain’t	ready,	crazy little	thing called	love

F	G	A
Crazy little	thing called	love

F	G	A
Crazy little	thing called	love

F	G	A
Crazy little	thing called	love

R.E.M. - It’s the End of the World (1987)

Originally in G, I play in E

Vox on the 5 for basically the whole song

I play all the IVmaj7’s as IV’s

E	Amaj7
That’s great, it starts with an	earthquake

	E	Amaj7
Birds and snakes, an	aeroplane, Lenny Bruce is	not afraid

E

Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn

Amaj7

World serves its own needs, don’t misserve your own needs

E

Speed it up a knock, speed, grunt, no, strength no

Amaj7

Ladder starts to clatter with fear fight, down height

G

Wire in a fire, representing seven games

	F#m
In a	government for hire and a combat site

E

Left of west and coming in a hurry with the furies breathing

	Amaj7
Do	wn your neck

E

Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tethered, cropped, look at

Plane, fine, then get one beat each

Amaj7

That low plane, fine, then

E

Uh oh, overflow, population, common group, but

Amaj7

It’ll do, save yourself, serve yourself, world serves its

E

Own needs, listen to your heart bleed, tell me with the

Amaj7

Rapture and the reverent in the right, right

	G
You	vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light

F#m

Feeling pretty psyched

	E	B	F#m
It’s the	end of the	world as we k	now it

	E	B	F#m
It’s the	end of the	world as we k	now it

	E	B	F#m
It’s the	end of the	world as we k	now it

	A
And I feel f	ine

E

Six o’clock, TV hour, don’t get caught in foreign tower

Amaj7

Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn

E

Lock him in uniform, and book burning, blood letting

Amaj7

Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate

E

Light a candle, light a motive, step down, step down

Amaj7

Watch a heel crush, crush, uh oh, this means

E

No fear, cavalier, renegade, steer clear

	Amaj7
A t	ournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies

G	F#m
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I	decline

With “might I have some time alone” for the rest of the song

	E	B	F#m
It’s the	end of the	world as we k	now it

	E	B	F#m
It’s the	end of the	world as we k	now it

	E	B	F#m
It’s the	end of the	world as we k	now it

	A
And I feel f	ine

E	Amaj7	E	Amaj7	E	D	D
I feel f	ine

	E	B	F#m
It’s the	end of the	world as we k	now it

	E	B	F#m
It’s the	end of the	world as we k	now it

	E	B	F#m
It’s the	end of the	world as we k	now it

	A
And I feel f	ine

	E
The o	ther night I dreamed of knives, continental drift divide

Amaj7

Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein

E

Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs

Amaj7

Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom

	G	F#m
You	symbiotic, patriotic, slam, but neck,	right? Right

	E	B	F#m
It’s the	end of the	world as we k	now it

	E	B	F#m
It’s the	end of the	world as we k	now it

	E	B	F#m
It’s the	end of the	world as we k	now it

	A
And I feel f	ine

R.E.M. - Pop Song 89 (1988)

Intro

A	D
	x 6

	A	D	A	D
Hel	lo, I s	aw you, I	know you, I	knew you

	A	D	A	D
I th	ink I can rem	ember your n	ame, n	ame

A	D
	x 4

	A	D	A	D
Hel	lo, I’m s	orry, I	lost mys	elf

	A	D	A	D
I th	ink I th	ought you were s	omeone e	lse

E	G	D	B
Should we t	alk about the w	eather?

E	G	D	B
Should we t	alk about the	government?

A	D
	x 4

	A	D	A	D
Hel	lo, how a	are you, I	know you, I	knew you

	A	D	A	D
I th	ink I can rem	ember your n	ame, n	ame

A	D
	x 4

	A	D	A	D
Hel	lo, I’m s	orry, I	lost mys	elf

	A	D	A	D
I th	ink I th	ought you were s	omeone e	lse

E	G	D	B
Should we t	alk about the w	eather?

E	G	D	B
Should we t	alk about the	government?

B	B	E	E
B	B	E	D

A	D
	x 2

	A	D	A	D
Hel	lo, my frie	nd, are you visib	le today?

	A	D	A	D
You know	I never kn	ew that it could b	e so str	ange

A	D
	x 2

	A	D	A	D
Hel	lo, I’m s	orry, I	lost mys	elf

	A	D	A	D
I th	ink I th	ought you were s	omeone e	lse

E	G	D	B
Should we t	alk about the w	eather?

E	G	D	B
Should we t	alk about the	government?

A	D
	x 2

R.E.O. Speedwagon - Can’t Fight This Feeling (1980)

Originally in A, I play in D capo 3

Intro

D	A/D	Bm7/D	A/D
D/B	A/B	Bm7	A/B
D/G	A/G	Bm7/G	Asus4	A
			→

	D	A/D	Bm7/D	A/D
Oh,	I can’t fight this fe	eling any lon	ger

	Em	D#aug	Asus4	A
And	yet, I’m still af	raid to let it flo	w

	D	A/C#	C	B
What s	tarted out as fri	endship, has grown st	ronger

	Em	F#m	G	Asus4	A
I only w	ish I ha	d the st	rength to let it	show

	D	A/C#	Bm7
I te	ll myself that I	can’t hold out fo	rever

	Em	D#aug	Asus4	A
I s	ay there is no r	eason for my	fear

	D	A/C#	C	B
‘Cause I	feel so sec	ure when we’re tog	ether

	Em	F#m7
You	give my life dire	ction

	G	A
You make e	verything so cl	ear

	G	F#m7
And e	ven as I wander, I’	m keeping you in sight

	G	D	D/F#	D/A	A
You’re a	candle in the window on a co	ld	dark w	inter’s n	ight

	G	A	Bm	Asus4	A	G/A	G/A
And I	’m getting closer t	han	I ever thought I	might

	D	Em	G
And I can’t fight this fe	eling any	more

	D	Em	G
I’ve forgotten what I sta	rted fighting	for

	D	Em
It’s time to bring this	ship into the s	hore

	F#m	G	Asus4	A	G/A	G/A
And th	row away the o	ars fore	ver

	D	Em	G
Cause I can’t fight this fe	eling an	ymore

	D	Em	G
I’ve forgotten what I sta	rted fighting	for

	D	Em
And if I have to cr	awl upon the f	loor

	F#m	G
Come cra	shing through your do	or

	Asus4	A
Baby, I	can’t fight this fee	ling anymore

Solo if appropriate on intro chords (almost)

D	A/D	Bm7/D	A/D
D/B	A/B	Bm7	A/B
D/G	A/G	Bm7/G	A/G
Asus4	A	G/A	A

	D	A/C#	Bm7
My li	fe has been such a wh	irlwind since I	saw you

	Em	D#aug	Asus4	A
I’ve been r	unning round in c	ircles in my m	ind

	D	A/C#	C	B
And it alw	ays seems that I’m f	ollowing y	ou, g	irl

	Em	F#m7	G	A
‘Cause you t	ake me to the	places that al	one I’d never f	ind

	G	F#m7
And e	ven as I wander, I’	m keeping you in sight

	G	D	D/F#	D/A	A
You’re a	candle in the window on a co	ld	dark w	inter’s n	ight

	G	A	Bm	Asus4	A	G/A	G/A
And I	’m getting closer t	han	I ever thought I	might

	D	Em	G
And I can’t fight this fe	eling any	more

	D	Em	G
I’ve forgotten what I sta	rted fighting	for

	D	Em
It’s time to bring this	ship into the s	hore

	F#m	G	Asus4	A	G/A	G/A
And th	row away the o	ars fore	ver

	D	Em	G
Cause I can’t fight this fe	eling an	ymore

	D	Em	G
I’ve forgotten what I sta	rted fighting	for

	D	Em
And if I have to cr	awl upon the f	loor

	F#m	G
Come cra	shing through your do	or

	Asus4	A
Baby, I	can’t fight this fee	ling anymore

D	A/D	Bm7/D	A/D
D/B	A/B	Bm7	A/B
D/G	A/G	Bm7/G	Asus4	A
			→

D

R.E.O. Speedwagon - Take it on the Run (1980)

Originally in G, I play in A capo 1

A

Heard it from a friend who

D/F#

Heard it from a friend who

E	Dadd9	A	Esus4	E
Heard it from another you’ve been	messin’ a	round

A

They say you’ve got a boyfriend

D/F#

You’re out late every weekend

E	A
They’re talkin’ about you and it’s bringin’ me	down

A

But I know the neighborhood

D/F#

And talk is cheap when the story is good

E	A
And the tales grow taller on down the	line

A

But I’m telling you, babe

D/F#

That I don’t think it’s true, babe

E	A	A	E/G#
And even if it is keep this in	mind

F#m

You take it on the run, baby

D

If that’s the way you want it, baby

E	A	A	E/G#
Then I don’t want you a	round

F#m

I don’t believe it

D

Not for a minute

Bm	E	Esus4	E
You’re under the gun so you take it on the	run

A

You’re thinking up your white lies

D

You’re putting on your bedroom eyes

E	A
You say you’re coming home but you won’t say	when

A

But I can feel it comin’

D

If you leave tonight keep runnin’

E	A	A	E/G#
And you need never look back a	gain

F#m

You take it on the run, baby

D

If that’s the way you want it, baby

E	A	A	E/G#
Then I don’t want you a	round

F#m

I don’t believe it

D

Not for a minute

Bm	E	Esus4	E
You’re under the gun so you take it on the	run

Solo if appropriate

F#m	D	Bm	D	C#m	E
		→	→	→	x4

F#m

You take it on the run, baby

D

If that’s the way you want it, baby

E	A	A	E/G#
Then I don’t want you a	round

F#m

I don’t believe it

D

Not for a minute

Bm	E	Esus4	E
You’re under the gun so you take it on the	run

A

Heard it from a friend who

D/F#

Heard it from a friend who

E	Dadd9	A
Heard it from another you’ve been	messin’ a	round

Raffi - Baby Beluga (1980)

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

G

Baby beluga in the deep blue sea

	D
You swim so wild and you	swim so free

D7

Sky above and the sea below and a

	G
Little white whale on the	go

C	G
Baby beluga,	baby beluga

A	D
Is the water warm? Is your mama home with	you? So happy...

G

Way down yonder where the dolphins play

	D
Where you splash and	dive all day

	D7
The	waves roll in, and the waves roll out

	D7	G
See the	water squirtin’ out of your	spout

C	G
Baby beluga,	baby beluga

A

Sing your little song, sing for all your friends

	D
We	like to hear you

G

When it’s dark and you’re home and fed

	D
Curled up snug in your	Water bed

	D7
The	moon is shining and the stars are out

	D7	G
Good	night little whale good	night

C	G
Baby beluga,	baby beluga

A

With tomorrow’s sun, another day has gone

	D
You’ll	soon be waking

G

Baby beluga in the deep blue sea

	D
You swim so wild and you	swim so free

D7

Sky above and the sea below

	G
And a little white whale on the	go

	D7	G	D	G
You’re just a	little white whale on the	go

Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters (1984)

Originally in B, I play in A

Intro, with chromatic noises on b7→7

A	F	E	D#	D	C	Ab

A	A	G	D
			x6

A	A	G	D	A	G	D
			Ghost	busters

	A	G	D	A	G	D
If there’s	something strange		in your	neighborhood

A	G	D	A	G	D
Who you gonna call?		Ghost	busters

	A	G	D	A	G	D
If there’s	something weird,		and it	don’t look good

A	G	D	A	G	D
Who you gonna call?		Ghost	busters

I ignore the decending bass if I’m on guitar, and

play the 7#9 the whole time. I find it easier to sing

if I hard stop on “I”.

A7#9	A7#9/G	D7/F#	D7
			I ain’t afraid of no ghost

A7#9	A7#9/G	D7/F#	D7
			I ain’t afraid of no ghost

A	A	G	D
			x4

	A	G	D	A	G	D
If you’re	seeing things		running	through your head

A	G	D	A	G	D
Who can you call?		Ghost	busters

	A	G	D	A	G	D
An in	visible man		sleeping	in your bed

A	G	D	A	G	D
Who you gonna call?		Ghost	busters

A7#9	A7#9/G	D7/F#	D7
			I ain’t afraid of no ghost

A7#9	A7#9/G	D7/F#	D7
			I ain’t afraid of no ghost

A	A	G	D
			x2

A	G	D	A	G	D
Who you gonna call?		Ghost	busters

	A	G	D	A	G	D
If you’re a	ll alone,		pick	up the phone

	A	G	D	A	G	D
And	call		Ghost	busters

A	G	A	A
	I ain’t afraid of	no	ghost

A	G	A	A
	I hear it likes	the	girls

A	G	A	A
	I ain’t afraid of	no	ghost

Yea’s on C B A F# if you’re in A

A	G	D
	Yea yea	yea yea

A	A	G	D
			x2

A	G	D	A	G	D
Who you gonna call?		Ghost	busters

Vox on the b3

A	G	D	A	G	D
If you have a	dose	of a	freaky	ghost,	baby

A	G	D	A	G	D
You better call		Ghost	busters

Bridge almost all over the V

E

Let me tell you something, bustin’ makes me feel good

A7#9	A7#9/G	D7/F#	D7
			I ain’t afraid of no ghost

A7#9	A7#9/G	D7/F#	D7
			I ain’t afraid of no ghost

A

G

D

Vox on the 4 and b3 on “don’t get”

A	G	D	A	G	D	A	G	D
Don’t get caught	alone oh,	no			Ghost	busters

	A	G	D
When it	comes through your	door

A	G	D
Unless you just want some	more

	A	G	D	A	G	D
I	think you’d better call		Ghost	busters

A	G	D	A	G	D
Who you gonna call?		Ghost	busters

A	G	D	A	G	D
Who you gonna call?		Ghost	busters

A	G	D	A	G	D
Think you better call		Ghost	busters

A	G	D	A	G	D
Who you gonna call?		Ghost	busters		(I can’t hear you)

A	G	D	A	G	D
Who you gonna call?		Ghost	busters		(Louder)

A	G	D	A	G	D
Who can you call?		Ghost	busters

To fade

Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting (1989)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 1.

Vox spend a lot of time on the 5.

G	D	Em	C	D
			→	x 2

Em

G	C	Am7
Oceans a	part day after	day

	D	G
And I	slowly go in	sane

G	C	Am7
I hear your	voice on the	line

	D/F#	Em
But it	doesn’t stop the	pain

Em	Am7sus4
If I see you	next to never

Em	Am7sus4	D11
How can we	say for	ever

G	D
Wherever you	go

	Em
Whatever you	do

	C	D	G
I will be	right here	waiting for	you

	D
Whatever it	takes

	Em
Or how my heart	breaks

	C	D	Em
I will be	right here	waiting for	you

Em

G	C	Am7
I took for	granted all the	times

	D	G
That I	thought would last some	how

G	C	Am7
I hear the la	ughter, I taste the t	ears

	D/F#	Em
But I	can’t get near you	now

Em	Am7sus4
Oh, can’t you	see it baby

Em	Am7sus4	D11
You’ve got me	goin’ c	razy

G	D
Wherever you	go

	Em
Whatever you	do

	C	D	G
I will be	right here	waiting for	you

	D
Whatever it	takes

	Em
Or how my heart	breaks

Goes right into the bridge on the last chord

	C	D	Am7
I will be	right here	waiting for	you

Am7	G/B	C
I wonder	how we can sur	vive this romance

Am7	G/B	C
But in the	end if I’m with	you

	D11
I’ll take the	chance

Solo if appropriate on chorus chords

Em	Am7sus4
Oh, can’t you	see it baby

Em	Am7sus4	D11
You’ve got me	goin’ c	razy

G	D
Wherever you	go

	Em
Whatever you	do

	C	D	G
I will be	right here	waiting for	you

	D
Whatever it	takes

	Em
Or how my heart	breaks

	C	D	G
I will be	right here	waiting for	you

G	D	Em	C	D
			→	Waiting for

G	D	Em	D	G
You

Rod Stewart - Forever Young (1988)

Originally in A, I play in A

A	Dsus2	A	A

Vox on the 4

	A	Dsus2	A
May the	good lord be with you down	every road you	roam

	A	Dsus2	A
And may	sunshine and happiness surr	ound you when you’re far from	home

	A	Dsus2	A
And may you	grow to be proud,	dignified, and	true

	A	Dsus2	A
And	do unto others as	you’d have done to	you

	Bm	Dsus2
Be cou	rageous and be	brave

	F#m	Dsus2
And in my	heart you’ll always	stay

	A	Dsus2/A
Forever	young, forever	young

	A	A
Forever	young, forever	young

	A	Dsus2	A
May good	fortune be with you, may your	guiding light be	strong

	A	D	A
Build a	stairway to heaven with a	prince or a vaga	bond

	Bm	Dsus2
And may you	never love in	vain

	F#m	D
And in my	heart you will re	main

	A	Dsus2/A
Forever	young, forever	young

	A	A
Forever	young, forever	young

Bm	D	A
For	ever	young

Bm	D	A
For	ever	young

Solo

E	E	D	A
E	E	D	E
A	A

	A	Dsus2	A
And when you	finally fly away I’ll be	hoping that I served you	well

	A	Dsus2	A
For all the	wisdom of a lifetime,	no one can ever	tell

	Bm	Dsus2
But what	ever road you	choose

	F#m	D
I’m right be	hind you, win or	lose

	A	Dsus2/A
Forever	young, forever	young

	A	A
Forever	young, forever	young

Bm	D	A
For	ever	young

Bm	D	A
For	ever	young

Bm	D	A
For,	forever	young

Bm	D	A
For	ever	young

Scandal - Goodbye To You (1982)

Originally in A; I play in G capo 6 (C#) or in D

G	G	G	G
G	C	Em	D
G	C	Em	D

G	C	Em	D
Those times I	waited for you	seem so long a	go

G	C	Em	D
I wanted you	far too much to	ever let you	go

C	D
You know you never got by	I feel it too

C	D
And I guess I	never could stand to lose

C	D
It’s such a pity to	say

	G	C	Em	D
Goodbye to you,		goodbye to	you

G	C	Em	D
How could I have l	oved someone like the	one I see in	you

G	C	Em	D
I remember the go	od times baby now,	and the bad times	too

C	D
These last few	weeks of holding on

C	D
The days are d	ull, the nights are long

C	D
Guess it’s better to s	ay

	G	C	Em	D
Goodbye to you,		goodbye to	you

	G	C	Em	D
Goodbye to you,		goodbye to	you

Bridge

Em	C	Em	C
‘Cause baby it’s	over now,	no need to	talk about it

Em	C	Em	C	Em
It’s not the	same	my love for	you’s just not the	same

Em	B	C	D
And my	heart, and my	heart, and my	heart can’t stand the strain

Em	B	C	D
And my	love, and my	love, and my	love won’t stand the pain

Em	B	C	D
And my	heart, and my	heart, and my	heart can’t stand the strain

Em	B	C	D
And my	love, and my	love, and my	love...

Solo

Em	B	C	D
			x3

Triplets on the last chord

Em	B	C	C	D	D

	G	C	Em	D
Goodbye to you,		goodbye to	you

	G	C	Em	D
Goodbye to you,		goodbye to	you

G	C	Em	D
How could I have l	oved someone like the	one I see in	you

G	C	Em	D
I remember the go	od times baby now,	and the bad times	too

C	D
These last few	weeks of holding on

C	D
The days are d	ull, the nights are long

C	D
Guess it’s better to s	ay

	G	C	Em	D
Goodbye to you,		goodbye to	you

	G	C	Em	D
Goodbye to you,		goodbye to	you, oh	who-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

G	C	Em	D
	G	C	Em	D
Goodbye	baby,	so long	darling

	G	C	Em	D
Goodbye to you,		goodbye to	you,	who-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

G	C	Em	D
	G	C	Em	D
Bye bye	baby,	so long	darling

G

C

Fade on chorus

Scandal - The Warrior (1984)

Originally in D, I play in D capo 3

Intro

D	G	A	Bm
			x 4, with oh’s

A	Bm
You run, run,	run away

A	G
It’s your heart that yo	u betray

A	Bm
Feeding on your h	ungry eyes

A	G
I bet you’re not so c	ivilized

G	G

A	Bm
Well, isn’t love p	rimitive

A	G
A wild gift that you wa	nna give

A	Bm
Break out of capti	vity

	G
And f	ollow me stereo jungle child

A	G	A
	Love is the kill, your heart’s still	wild

	D	G	A	Bm
Sh	ooting at the w	alls of h	eartache,	bang, bang

D	G	A	Bm
I a	m the	warrior

D	G	A	Bm
Well	I am the	warrior

	D	A/C#	G/B	A
And h	eart to	heart you’ll	win

	D	G	A	Bm
If you sur	vive,	the w	arri	or

D	G	A	Bm
	The w	arri	or

A	Bm
You talk, talk, you t	alk to me

A	G
Your eyes touch me	physically

A	Bm
Stay with me, we’ll t	ake the night

A	G
As passion takes an	other bite

G	G
	Whoa!

A	Bm
Who’s the hunter, w	ho’s the game?

A	G
I feel the beat, I c	all your name

A	Bm
I hold you close in v	ictory

G

I don’t wanna tame your animal style

A	G	A
You w	on’t be caged in the call of the	wild

	D	G	A	Bm
Sh	ooting at the w	alls of h	eartache,	bang, bang

D	G	A	Bm
I a	m the	warrior

D	G	A	Bm
Well I a	m the	warrior

	D	A/C#	G/B	A
And h	eart to	heart you’ll	win

	D	G	A	Bm
If you sur	vive,	the w	arri	or

D	G	A	Bm
	The w	arri	or

Extra “I am the warrior”

D	G	A	Bm
I	am the w	arrio	r

G	A/G
→	x 4

Quiet-ish

D	G	A	Bm
Shooting at	the walls of he	rtache

With “shooting at the walls of heartache” in backing box

D	G	A	Bm
	The w	arri	or

D	G	A	Bm
I a	m the	warrio	r

	D	A/C#	G/B	A
And h	eart to	heart you’ll	win

	D	A/C#	G/B	A
And h	eart to	heart you’ll	win

Loud again

	D	G	A	Bm
If you sur	vive,		warri	or

D	G	A	Bm
	The w	arri	or

	D	G	A	Bm
Sh	ooting at the	walls of h	eartache,	bang, bang

D	G	A	Bm
I a	m the	warrior

D	G	A	Bm
Yes	I am the	warrior

	D	A/C#	G/B	A
And	victo	ry is	mine

Simple Minds - Don’t You (Forget About Me) (1985)

If I’m not feeling up to the E on the initial “hey”, I’ll do a B instead.

I prefer to keep it in the original key so I can go up an octave on “rain keeps falling”.

D	Em
	Hey, hey, hey ,hey

D	Em	C	D
	Oo	oo	hhh...

D	Em
D	Em	C	D

E	D
Won’t you come	see about me?

A	D
I’ll be alone,	dancing you know it baby

E	D
Tell me your	troubles and doubts

A	D
Giving me everything	inside and out and

E	D
Love’s strange so	real in the dark

A	D
Think of the tender things	that we were working on

E	D
Slow change	may pull us apart

A	D
When the light gets	into your heart, baby

E	D	A
Don’t you	forget about	me

D

Don’t don’t don’t don’t

E	D	A
Don’t you	forget about	me

Vox on 3 5 of the chord on “will you”

C

Will you stand above me?

G

Look my way, never love me

D

Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling

A

Down, down, down

C

Will you recognize me?

G

Call my name or walk on by

D

Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling

A

Down, down, down, down

D	Em
	Hey, hey, hey ,hey

D	Em	C	D
	Oo	oo	hhh...

D	Em
D	Em	C	D

E	D
Don’t you try to	pretend

A	D
It’s my feeling	we’ll win in the end

E	D
I won’t harm you or	touch your defenses

A	D
Vanity and	security

E	D
Don’t you forget	about me

A	D
I’ll be alone,	dancing you know it baby

E	D
Going to	take you apart

A	D
I’ll put us back together	at heart, baby

E	D	A
Don’t you	forget about	me

D

Don’t don’t don’t don’t

E	D	A	D
Don’t you	forget about	me

	E	D
As you walk on	by

	A	D
Will you call my	name?

	E	D
As you walk on	by

	A	D
Will you call my	name?

	E
When you walk a	way

Super-quiet part...

E	D	A	D

	E	D	A	D
Or will you walk	away?

	E	D	A	D
Will you walk on	by?

E	D	A	D
Will you all my	name?

I say

E	D	A	D
La la la...

Skid Row - 18 and Life (1989)

Originally in a totally ridiculous C#m, I play in Em capo 1.

Em	D	Em	D	Em	D	C	D

Em	D	Em	D
Ricky was a	young boy,	he had a he	art of stone

Em	D	Csus2	Dsus4
Lived nine to fi	ve and he worked his f	ingers to the bone

Em	D	Em	D
Just barely	out of school,	came from the	edge of town

Em	D	Csus2	Dsus4
Fought like a swi	tchblade so no	one could take him down

C	Am
He had no money, no,	no good at home

B

Walked the streets a soldier and he

C	D
Fought the world al	one and now it’s

Em	C
Eighteen and	life, you got it

G	D
Eighteen and	life, you know

Em	C
Your crime is	time

	G	D
And it’s	eighteen and	life to go

Em	C
Eighteen and	life, you got it

G	D
Eighteen and	life, you know

Em	C
Your crime is	time

	G	D
And it’s	eighteen and	life to go

Em	D	Em	D	Em	D	C	D

Em	D	Em	D
Tequila	in his heartbeat,	his veins burned	gasoline

Em	D	Csus2	Dsus4
It kept his m	otor running,	but it never	kept him clean

Em	D	Em	D
They said he l	oved adventure,	Ricky’s the w	ild one

Em	D	Csus2	Dsus4
He married t	rouble, had a c	ourtship with a g	un

C	Am
Bang, bang, shoot ‘em up, the	party never ends

B	C	D
You can’t think of dying when the	bottle’s your best	friend

And now it’s

Em	C
Eighteen and	life, you got it

G	D
Eighteen and	life, you know

Em	C
Your crime is	time

	G	D
And it’s	eighteen and	life to go

Em	C
Eighteen and	life, you got it

G	D
Eighteen and	life, you know

Em	C
Your crime is	time

	G	D
And it’s	eighteen and	life to go

Em

G	D
Accidents will happen, they a	ll heard Ricky say

	C	D
He f	ired his six shot to the wind, that	child blew a child away

Solo over chorus chords if appropriate, else just

play a half-chorus of chords, i.e.:

Em	C	G	D
			x 2

Em	C
Eighteen and	life, you got it

G	D
Eighteen and	life, you know

Em	C
Your crime is	time

	G	D
And it’s	eighteen and	life to go

Em	C
Eighteen and	life, you got it

G	D
Eighteen and	life, you know

Em	C
Your crime is	time

	G	D
And it’s	eighteen and	life to go

Em

D

Em

D

Em

D

C

D

Em

Skid Row - I Remember You (1989)

Originally in G, I play in G capo 5.

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9

G	Cadd9
Woke up to the sound of	pouring rain

G	Cadd9
The wind would whisper and I’d th	ink of you

G	Cadd9
And all the tears you cried, that ca	lled my name

D	Cadd9
And when you needed me	I came through

G	Cadd9
I paint a picture of the d	ays gone by

G	Cadd9
When love went blind and you would m	ake me see

G	Cadd9
I’d stare a lifetime i	nto your eyes

D	Cadd9
So that I knew you were th	ere for me

D	Cadd9
Time after time you were th	ere for me

G	D
Remember yesterday,	walking hand in hand

Em	Cadd9	G
Love letters in the sand,	I remember y	ou

	D
Through the sleepless nights	and every endless day

Em

I wanna hear you say

Cadd9	D	G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9
I rem	ember y	ou

G	Cadd9
We spent the summer with the t	op rolled down

G	Cadd9
Wished ever after would	be like this

G	Cadd9
You said I love you babe, with	out a sound

D	Cadd9
I said I’d give my life for j	ust one kiss

D	Cadd9
I’d live for your smile and d	ie for your kiss

G	D
Remember yesterday,	walking hand in hand

Em	Cadd9	G
Love letters in the sand,	I remember y	ou

	D
Through the sleepless nights	and every endless day

Em

I wanna hear you say

Cadd9	G
I remember y	ou

Bridge

Am

We’ve had our share of hard times

Em

But that’s the price we paid

Am	D
And through it all we kept the	promise that we made

I swear you’ll never be lonely

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9

G	Cadd9
Woke up to the sound of	pouring rain

G	Cadd9
Washed away a dr	eam of you

G	Cadd9
But nothing else could ever t	ake you away

D

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