38 Special - Hold on Loosely (1981)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

All the V/3’s and V/3’s are really probably I/7 and bVII/7 (i.e., only the bottom is moving),

but I prefer it this way if acoustic.

A	E/G#	G	D/F#
			x2

Vox on the 5 on “see”, and 1 2 of the key on “ba-ad”, which will feel low in my key

A	E/G#	G	D/F#
You see it all	around you,	good lovin’ gone	bad

A	E/G#	G	D/F#
And usually it’s	too late when you	realize what you	had

F	G
And my mind goes back to a girl I	left some years ago, who told me

A	E/G#	G	D	D/F#	G
Just hold on l	oosely,	but don’t let g	o	→	→

A	E/G#	G	D
If you cling too	tightly,	you’re gonna lose con	trol

Bm	E
Your baby needs	someone to believe in

Bm	D
And a whole lot of	space to breathe in

A	E/G#	G	D/F#
It’s so damn	easy	when your feelings are	such

A	E/G#	G	D/F#
To overpro	tect her,	to love her too	much

F	G
And my mind goes back to a girl I	left some years ago, who told me

A	E/G#	G	D	D/F#	G
Just hold on l	oosely,	but don’t let g	o	→	→

A	E/G#	G	D
If you cling too	tightly,	you’re gonna lose con	trol

Bm	E
Your baby needs	someone to believe in

Bm	D
And a whole lot of	space to breathe in

Chords change on every beat

C/G	G	C/G	G	C/G	G	C/G
				Don’t	let her	slip

	G	Gsus2	G	Gsus2	G	Gus2	G	Gsus2
A	way,						sentim	ental

C/G	G	C/G	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Fool,				don’t	let your	heart	get

G	Gsus2	G	D	D#	E
In	her	way	→	→

A	E/G#	G	D/F#
You see it all	around you,	good lovin’ gone	bad

A	E/G#	G	D/F#
And usually it’s	too late when you	realize what you	had

A	E/G#	G	D	D/F#	G
Just hold on l	oosely,	but don’t let g	o	→	→

A	E/G#	G	D
If you cling too	tightly,	you’re gonna lose con	trol

Bm	E
Your baby needs	someone to believe in

Bm	D
And a whole lot of	space to breathe in

A	E/G#	G	D	D/F#	G
So hold on l	oosely,	but don’t let g	o	→	→

Hard stop before “you’re gonna lose it”

A	E/G#	G
If you cling too	tightly,	you’re gonna lose it

D/F#

You’re gonna, lose control

Solo

A	E/G#	G	D/F#
			Yeah yeah yeah yeah

A	E/G#	G	D/F#

A	E/G#	G	D	D/F#	G
So hold on l	oosely,	but don’t let g	o	→	→

A	E/G#	G	D
If you cling too	tightly,	you’re gonna lose con	trol

A	E/G#	G	D	D/F#	G
Hold on l	oosely,	but don’t let g	o	→	→

A	E/G#	G	D
If you cling too	tightly to her,	you’re gonna lose con	trol, yeah yeah

Solo to fade

A

E/G#

G

D/F#

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

Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes (1982)

Intro

A	A	A	A
B	G	A	A

	A
With the heartbreak	open, so much you can’t hide

	B	G
Put on a little	makeup, makeup

	A
Make sure they get your	good side, good side

	A
If the words un	spoken get stuck in your throat

	B	G
Send a treasure t	oken token

	A
Write it on a p	ound note, pound note

A	A

B	G
Goody two, goody two, g	oody goody two shoes

A

Goody two, goody two, goody goody two shoes

A

Don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?

	A
You d	on’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?

B	G
Subtle innu	endos follow

	A
There m	ust be something inside

A	A

	A
We don’t follow f	ashion, that would be a joke

	B	G
You know we’re gonna	set them, set them

	A
So everyone can t	ake note, take note

	A
When they saw you	kneeling, crying words that you mean

	B	G
Opening their	eyeballs, eyeballs

	A
Pretending that you’re	Al Green, Al Green

A	A

B	G
Goody two, goody two, g	oody goody two shoes

A

Goody two, goody two, goody goody two shoes

A

Don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?

A

Don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?

B	G
Subtle innu	endos follow

	A
M	ust be something inside

The original does an awkward series of key changes here, just to get back

to the original key in the chorus. Skipping that.

A	A

	A
No one’s gonna t	ell me what’s wrong or what’s right

	B	G
Or tell me who to	eat with, sleep with

	A
Or that I’ve won the	big fight, big fight

A

Look out or they’ll tell you, you’re a superstar

	B	G
Two weeks and you’re an	all time legend

	A
I think the games have	gone much too far

	A
If the word’s uns	poken, it gets stuck in your throat

	B	G
Send a treasure to	ken, token

	A
Write it on a	pound note, pound note

A

Don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?

B	G
Subtle innu	endos follow

A

Must be something inside

	A
You said	don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?

Don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?

B	G
Subtle innu	endos follow

A

Must be something inside

	A
You said	don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?

Don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?

B	G
Subtle innu	endos follow

A

Must be something inside

	A
You said	don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?

Don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?

B	G
Subtle innu	endos follow

Hard stop on “must”

A	G#	A
Must be something inside	→

(Outro)

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 - Rag Doll (1987)

Originally in B, I play in E

A	E	A	B

Vox on the 1 on “rag doll”, and move up the minor pentatonic on “living in a movie”

E

Rag doll, living in a movie

G

Hot tramp, daddy’s little cutie

D

You’re so fine, they’ll never see ya leavin’ by the

E	C	A
Back door, man	→

E

Hot time, get it while it’s easy

G

I don’t mind, come on up and see me

D

Rag doll, baby won’t you do me

	E	C	A	G	D
Like you d	one before	→		→

A

I’m feelin’ like a bad boy, mmm just like a bad boy

E

I’m rippin’ up a rag doll, like throwin’ away an old toy

A

Some babe’s talkin’ real loud, talkin’ all about the new crowd

E

Try and tell I’m an old dream, a new version of the old scene

A

Speak easy on the grape vine, keep shufflin’ in a shoe shine

B

Old tin lizzy, do it till you’re dizzy

B	G
Give it all ya got until you’re put out of your m	isery

E

Rag doll, living in a movie

G

Hot tramp, daddy’s little cutie

D

You’re so fine, they’ll never see ya leavin’ by the

E	C	A
Back door, man	→

Not a typo, he says “hot time” in the first chorus and “hot times” this time

E

Hot times, get it while it’s easy

G

I don’t mind, come on up and see me

D

Rag doll, baby won’t you do me

	E	C	A	G	D
Like you d	one before	→		→

A

Yes, I’m movin’, yes, I’m movin’

E

Gettin’ ready for the big time, tap dancin’ on a land mine

A

Yes, I’m movin’, yes, I’m movin’

B

Sloe gin fizzy

B

Old tin lizzy, do it till you’re dizzy

B	G
Give it all ya got until you’re put out of your m	isery

E

Rag doll, living in a movie

G

Hot tramp, daddy’s little cutie

D

You’re so fine, they’ll never see ya leavin’ by the

E	C	A
Back door, man	→

E

Hot time, get it while it’s easy

G

I don’t mind, a’come on up and see me

D

Rag doll, baby won’t you do me

	E	C	A	G	D
Baby won’t	you do me, baby won’t you do me like you done before	→		→

Solo

B
C#	D
→

C#	B
→

C#	D
→

C#	B	G
→

A

Yes, I’m movin’, yes, I’m movin’

E

Get ready for the big time, get crazy on the moonshine

A

Yes, I’m movin’, I’m really movin’

B

Sloe gin fizzy, do it till you’re dizzy

B	G
Give it all you got until you’re put out of your m	isery

E

Rag doll, living in a movie

G

Hot tramp, daddy’s little cutie

D

You’re so fine, they’ll never see ya leavin’ by the

E	C	A
Back door, man	→

E

Hot time, get it while it’s easy

G

I don’t mind, a’come on up and see me

D

Rag doll, baby won’t you do me

	E	C	A	G	D
Like you d	one before	→		→

E

Rag doll, living in a movie

G

Hot tramp, daddy’s little cutie

D

You’re so fine, they’ll never see ya leavin’ by the

E	C	A
Back door, man	→

E

Hot time, get it while it’s easy

G

I don’t mind, a’come on up and see me

D

Rag doll, baby won’t you do me

	E	C	A	G	D
Like you d	one before	→		→

D

Dab-o-dee-bo-da-bee...

Aerosmith - The Other Side (1989)

Original starts with some noodling in D (the VII of the minor key

Originally in Em, I play in Em capo 3

Em	C	A
Mm mm mm, mm mm mm, mm mm m	m, mm mm	mm mm mm

Em

Yeah, come on

Em	C
Lovin’ you has go to be (take me to the other s	ide)

	C	A	Em
Like the d	evil and the deep blue s	ea (take me to the other si	de)

	Em	C
Forg	et about your foolish pride (take me to the other si	de)

	C	A	D
Oh	take me to the other s	ide (take me to the other side	)

D	G
My mamma told me there’d be days like th	is

	C
And	man she wasn’t foolin’

D	G
‘Cause I just can’t believe the way you ki	ss

C

Uh huh

D	G
You opened up your mouth with baited br	eath

	C
You	said you’d never leave me

	D
You l	ove me, you hate me, I tried to take the loss

Vox on the bVII of the chord for most of this line

	G	C
You’re c	ryin’ me a river but I go	t to get across

Em	C
Lovin’ you has go to be (take me to the other s	ide)

	C	A	Em
Like the d	evil and the deep blue s	ea (take me to the other si	de)

	Em	C
Forg	et about your foolish pride (take me to the other si	de)

	C	A	D
Oh	take me to the other s	ide (take me to the other side	)

D	G
I’m lookin’ for another kind of lo	ve

	C
Oh	lordy, how I need it

D	G
The kind that likes to leap without a sh	ove

	C
Oh,	honey best believe it

D	G
To save a lot of time and foolish pr	ide

	C
I’ll	say what’s on my mind, girl

	D
You	loved me, you hate me, you cut me down to size

	G	C
You	blinded me with love and yeah it op	ened up my eyes

Em	C
Lovin’ you has go to be (take me to the other s	ide)

	C	A	Em
Like the d	evil and the deep blue s	ea (take me to the other si	de)

	Em	C
My	conscience got to be my guide (take me to the other s	ide)

	C	A
Oh honey t	ake me, take, take, take, take	, take

Em	Em	C	A
			x 3

Em	Em	C	A	D
			Take me to the other si	de

D	G
I’m lookin’ for another kind of lo	ve

	C
Oh	lordy, how I need it

D	G
The kind that likes to leap without a sh	ove

	C
Ho	ney, you best believe it

D	G
Now I ain’t one for sayin’ long goodby	es

	C
I	hope all is forgiven

	D
You l	oved me, you hate me, I used to be your lover

	G	C
You	know you had it comin’ girl so ta	ke me to the other

	Em	C	A	Em
Si	de, take me to the other s	ide, ta	ke me to the other si	de

Em	C
Lovin’ you has go to be (take me to the other s	ide)

	C	A	Em
Like the d	evil and the deep blue s	ea (take me to the other si	de)

	Em	C
My	conscience got to be my guide (take me to the other s	ide)

	C	A	D
Honey	take me to the other s	ide (take me to the other side	)

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

Alabama - If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (1984)

Intro

A

A capella

	A	E	D	A
If you’re	gonna play in	Texas, you	gotta have a fiddle in the	band

Hold an extra two beats at the end of this line

	A	E	D	E
That	lead guitar is	hot but not for “	Louisiana	Man”

Guitars enter

	F#m	E	D	A
So	rosin up that	bow for “Faded	Love” and let’s all	dance

	A	E	D	F#m
If you’re	gonna play in	Texas, you	gotta have a fiddle in the	band

F#m	D	A

	A	E	D	A
I re	member down in	Houston we were	puttin’ on a	show

	A	E	D	E
When a	cowboy in the	back stood up and	yelled, Cotton-Eyed	Joe

	A	E	D	A
He said, we	love what you’re	doin’,	boys don’t get us	wrong

A	E	A
There’s just somethin’	missin’ in your	songs

	A	E	D	A
If you’re	gonna play in	Texas, you	gotta have a fiddle in the	band

	A	E	D	E
That	lead guitar is	hot but not for “	Louisiana	Man”

	F#m	E	D	A
So	rosin up that	bow for “Faded	Love” and let’s all	dance

	A	E	D	F#m
If you’re	gonna play in	Texas, you	gotta have a fiddle in the	band

F#m	D

Changes as per verse

A	E	D	A

A

	A	E	D	A
So we	dusted off our	boots and put our	cowboy hats on	straight

	A	E	D	E
Them	Texans raised the	roof when Jeff	opened up his	case

	A	E	D	A
You	say y’all all wanna	two-step, you	say ya wanna do-si-	do

	A	E	A
Well,	here’s your fiddlin’	song before we	go

	A	E	D	A
If you’re	gonna play in	Texas, you	gotta have a fiddle in the	band

	A	E	D	E
That	lead guitar is	hot but not for “	Louisiana	Man”

	F#m	E	D	A
So	rosin up that	bow for “Faded	Love” and let’s all	dance

	A	E	D	A
If you’re	gonna play in	Texas, you	gotta have a fiddle in the	band

Solo, double-time

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

	A	E	D	A
If you’re	gonna play in	Texas, you	gotta have a fiddle in the	band

	A	E	D	E
That	lead guitar is	hot but not for “	Louisiana	Man”

	F#m	E	D	A
So	rosin up that	bow for “Faded	Love” and let’s all	dance

	A	E	D	A
If you’re	gonna play in	Texas, you	gotta have a fiddle in the	band

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

Alabama - Mountain Music (1982)

A	D/A
	x4

	A	D
Oh,	play me some mountain	music

	A	D
Like	grandma and grandpa used to play

	A	D
Then I’ll	float on down the r	iver

	E	A
To a C	ajun hidea	way

	A	D
Drift awa	y like Tom	Sawyer

	A	D
Ride a raft	with ol’ Huck	Finn

	A	D
Take a nap	like Rip Van W	inkle

	G	E
Daze	dreamin’ ag	ain

	A	D
Oh,	play me some mountain	music

	A	D
Like	grandma and grandpa used to play

	A	D
Then I’ll	float on down the r	iver

	Bm	E
To a Ca	jun hidea	way

Solo

D	A	D	A
G	D	A	A

A	D
Swim across the	river

	A	D
Just to p	rove that I’m a	man

	A	D
Spend the d	ay bein’ l	azy

	G	E
Just	bein’ nature’s	friend

A	D
Climb a long tall	hick’ry

	A	D
Bend it o	ver, skinnin’ cats

	A	D
Playin’	baseball with c	hert rocks

	G	E
Usin’	sawmill slabs for	bats

Instruments drop out

	A	D
Play some	back-home come-on	music

	A	D
That	comes from the heart

	A	D
Play	something with lots of f	eelin’

Band back in

	Bm	E
‘Cause that’s where	music has to	start

	A	D
Oh,	play me some mountain	music

	A	D
Like	grandma and grandpa used to play

	A	D
Then I’ll	float on down the r	iver

Let ring on the V

	Bm	E
To a C	ajun hidea	way, hey, hey

	A	D
Oh,	play me some mountain	music

	A	D
Like	grandma and grandpa used to play

	A	D
Then I’ll	float on down the r	iver

	E	A
To a C	ajun hidea	way

Alabama - Song of the South (1988)

Originally in A, I play in G

Intro

G	D	C	C
			x2

G	D
Song,	song of the South

C

Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth

G	D
Gone,	gone with the wind

	C	C
There	ain’t nobody lookin’ back ag	ain

G

G	D
Cotton on the roadside,	cotton in the ditch

	C
We	all picked the cotton but we never got rich

G	D
Daddy was a veteran, a	southern Democrat

C

They oughta get a rich man to vote like that, singin’

G	D
Song,	song of the South

C

Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth

G	D
Gone,	gone with the wind

	C	C
There	ain’t nobody lookin’ back ag	ain

G	D	C	C
			x2

G

	G	D
Well, s	omebody told us W	all Street fell

	C
But	we were so poor that we couldn’t tell

G	D
Cotton was short and the	weeds were tall

	C
But Mr.	Roosevelt a-gonna save us all

C

	G	D
Well,	mama got sick and	daddy got down

	C
The	county got the farm and he moved to town

G	D
Papa got a job with the	TVA

	C
He bought a	washing machine and then a Chevrolet

C

	G	D
Singin,	song,	song of the South

C

Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth

G	D
Gone,	gone with the wind

	C	C
There	ain’t nobody lookin’ back a	gain

C

Fiddle breakdown

G	D	C	C
			x2

	G	D
Singin,	song,	song of the South

C

Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth

G	D
Gone,	gone with the wind

	C	C
There	ain’t nobody lookin’ back a	gain

	G	D
Singin,	song,	song of the South

C

Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth

G	D
Gone,	gone with the wind

	C	C
There	ain’t nobody lookin’ back a	gain

G

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/A
So we’ll	just let it go

	A
Don’t be afraid to lose cont	rol

Jennifer

	G/A
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 Idol - White Wedding (1987)

Intro

Bm
Bm	Bm	E	D
Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm

Bm	A	E
Hey little sister, what have you done

Bm	A	E
Hey little sister, who’s the only one

Bm

Hey little sister, who’s your superman

A

Hey little sister, who’s the one you want

Bm

Hey little sister, shotgun

Vox on the 4 of the chord on “nice day”

	A	E	Bm
It’s a	nice day to	start again

	E	D	Bm
It’s a	nice day for a	white wedding

Not yet...

	E	D	Bm
It’s a	nice day to	start again

Bm

Bm	A	E
Hey little sister, who is it you’re with

Bm	A	E
Hey little sister, what’s your vice and wish

Bm

Hey little sister, shotgun, oh yeah

A

Hey little sister, who’s your superman

Bm

Hey little sister, shotgun

	A	E	Bm
It’s a	nice day to	start again

	E	D	Bm
It’s a	nice day for a	white wedding

Ok now...

	E	D	Bm
It’s a	nice day to	start again

Bm	Bm	E	D
Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm	Bm	Bm/E	Bm/E
Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm	Bm

	A
Pick it up

E	Bm
Take me back home, yeah

	Bm
There is	nothin’ fair in this world

	Bm
There is	nothin’ safe in this world

	Bm
And there’s	nothin’ sure in this world

	Bm
And there’s	nothin’ pure in this world

	Bm	E	D
Look for	something left in this wo-o-orld

	Bm
Start ag	ain

	A	E	Bm
Come on, it’s a	nice day for a	white wedding,	whoa

	E	D	Bm
It’s a	nice day to	start aga	in

	E	D	Bm
It’s a	nice day to	start aga	in

Billy Joel - Allentown (1982)

I play in the original key (D), but falsetto on the “getting very hard to stay”

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D	G	C/G	G
	→

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “living”

	Em7	A7sus4	D
Well we’re	living here in	Allentown

	Am7	D9sus4	G
And they’re	closing all the	factories down

	Em7	A	Bm
Out in	Bethlehem they’re	killing	time

F#m/A	G6	D/F#	A7sus4	A
Filling out	forms,	standing in	line

	Em7	A7sus4	D
Well our	fathers fought the	Second World War

	Am7	D9sus4	G
Spent their	weekends on the	Jersey shore

	Em7	A	Bm
Met our	mothers in the	US	O

F#m/A	G6	D/F#	Asus4	A
Asked them to	dance,	danced with them s	low

	Em7	A7sus4	D
And we’re	living here in	Allentown

	F/A	G/B	C	G/C	C
But the	restlessness was	handed d	own

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “getting very hard”

	Am7	D9sus4	Em	G/B	C	D
And it’s	getting very	hard to st	ay

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D	G	C/G	G
	→

	Em7	A7sus4	D
Well we’re	waiting here in	Allentown

	Am7	D9sus4	G
For the	Pennsylvania	we never found

	Em7	A	Bm
For the	promises our	teachers g	ave

F#m/A	G6	D/F#	A7sus4	A
If we worked	hard,	if we be	haved

	Em7	A7sus4	D
So the	graduations	hang on the wall

	Am7	D9sus4	G
But they	never really	helped us at all

	Em7	A	Bm
No they	never taught us	what was	real

F#m/A	G6	D/F#	A7sus4	A
Iron and	coke,	chromium st	eel

	Em7	A7sus4	D
And we’re	waiting here in	Allentown

	F/A	G/B	C	G/C	C
But they’ve	taken all the	coal from the gr	ound

	Am	D9sus4	Em	G/B	C	D
And the	union people	crawled a	way

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D
	→

F	G/F	F
Every child	had a pret	ty good shot

F	G/F	Bb/F
To get at least as f	ar as their	old man got

F	G/F	F
But something ha	ppened on the	way to that place

F	G/F	Cadd9
They threw an A	merican flag in o	ur face

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D	G	C/G	G
	→

	Em7	A7sus4	D
Well I’m	living here in	Allentown

	F/A	G/B	C	G/C	C
And it’s	hard to keep a	good man	down

	Am	D9sus4	Em	G/B	C	D
But I	won’t be getting	up toda	y

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D
	→

Instrumental bridge, more or less

F	G/F	F	F	G/F	Bb/F	F	G/F	F	F	G	C

	Am7	D9sus4	Em	G/B	C	D
And it’s	getting very	hard to st	ay

	Em7	A7sus4	D
And we’re	living here in	Allentown

Billy Joel - I Go to Extremes (1989)

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro

G	D/F#	A	A
			x2

Vox on the 5

A	D/A
Call me a joker, c	all me a fool

	D/A	A
R	ight at this moment I’m t	otally cool

A	A/C#	D
Clear as a	crystal,	sharp as a knife

D	A
I feel like I’m in the p	rime of my life

G	D/F#
Sometimes it feels like I’m g	oing too fast

A/E	B7/D#
I don’t know how long this f	eeling will last

A/E	E	A
Maybe it’s	only toni	ght

	G	D/F#	A/E	A
Darling I	don’t know why	I go to e	xtr	emes

	G	D/F#	A/E	A
Too high or	too low there a	in’t no in	bet	weens

	G6	F#7	Bm	Bm/C#	Dm
And if I	stand or I	fall, i	t’s all or nothing a	t	all

	G	D/F#	A/E	A
Darling I	don’t know why	I go to	extr	emes

A	D/A
Sometimes I’m tired,	sometimes I’m shot

D/A	A
Sometimes I don’t know how m	uch more I got

A	A/C#	D
Maybe I’m	headed o	ver the hill

D	A
Maybe I set myself	up for the kill

G	D/F#
Tell me how much do you t	hink you can take

A/E	B7/D#
Until the heart in you’s s	tarting to break

A/E	E	A
Sometimes it feels	like it w	ill

	G	D/F#	A/E	A
Darling I	don’t know why	I go to e	xtr	emes

	G	D/F#	A/E	A
Too high or	too low there a	in’t no in	bet	weens

	G6	F#7	Bm	Bm/C#	Dm
You can b	e sure when I’m	gone	I won’t be out there t	oo l	ong

	G	D/F#	A/E	A
Darling I	don’t know why	I go to	extr	emes

Bridge

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “out of the darkness”

B	G	D	A
Out of the darkness,	into the light, le	aving the scene of the c	rime

B	G	D
Either I’m wrong or I’m p	erfectly right every t	ime

Vox up to the 5 of the chord on “somties I lie”

F#m	Dmaj7
Sometimes I lie awake n	ight after night

A	E
Coming apart at the	seams

...and back to the 1 of the chord

B	G
Eager to please, r	eady to fight

D	A
Why do I go to extr	emes

Solo

G	D/F#	A	A
			x2

	G6	F#7	Bm	Bm/C#	Dm
And if I	stand or I	fall, i	t’s all or nothing a	t	all

	G	D/F#	A/E	A
Darling I	don’t know why	I go to	extr	emes

	G	D/F#	A/E	A
No I	don’t know why	I go to	extr	emes

	G	D/F#	A/E	A
Too high or	too low, there ain	’t no in	bet	weens

	G6	F#7	Bm	Bm/C#	Dm
You can b	e sure when I’m	gone	I won’t be out there t	oo l	ong

	G	D/F#	A/E	A
Darling I	don’t know why	I go to	extr	emes

G	D/F#	A
	I	don’t know why, I don’t know why

G	D/F#	A
	I	don’t know why, I don’t know why

G	D/F#	A	A
			x2

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 Chevrol	et

	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 I

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 - We Didn’t Start the Fire (1989)

Intro, really unclear whether that’s a Iadd9 or a V or a something-else-over-something-else.

Writing it here as a Iadd9, but play with it.

G	Gadd9	Em7	C
			x 2

G	D
Harry Truman, Doris Day,	Red China, Johnnie Ray

Em	C
South Pacific, Walter Winchell,	Joe DiMaggio

G	D
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon,	Studebaker, television

Em	C
North Korea, South Korea,	Marilyn Monroe

G	D	Em	C

G	D
Rosenbergs, H-bomb,	Sugar Ray, Panmunjom

Em	C
Brando, The King and I	and The Catcher in the Rye

G	D
Eisenhower, vaccine,	England’s got a new queen

Em	C
Marciano, Liberace,	Santayana goodbye

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em	C
It was	always burning since the	world’s been turning

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
No we	didn’t light it

	C
But we	tried to fight it

G	D
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov,	Nasser and Prokofiev

Em	C
Rockefeller, Campanella,	Communist Bloc

G	D
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron,	Toscanini, Dacron

Em	C
Dien... Bien... Phu... falls,	Rock Around the Clock

G	D
Einstein, James Dean,	Brooklyn’s got a winning team

Em	C
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan,	Elvis Presley, Disneyland

G	D
Bardot, Budapest,	Alabama, Khrushchev

Em	C
Princess Grace, Peyton Place,	trouble in the Suez

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
It was	always burning

	C
Since the	world’s been turning

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
No we	didn’t light it

	C
But we	tried to fight it

Bridge

C	Am
Little Rock, Pasternak,	Mickey Mantle, Kerouac

Em	D
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai,	Bridge on the River Kwai

C	Am
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle,	California baseball

Em	D
Stark weather, homicide,	children of thalidomide

D

Oh-oh, oh-oh

G	D
Buddy Holly, Ben Hur,	space monkey, Mafia

Em	C
Hula hoops, Castro,	Edsel is a no-go

G	D
U-2, Syngman Rhee,	payola and Kennedy

Em	C
Chubby Checker, Psycho,	Belgians in the Congo

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
It was	always burning

	C
Since the	world’s been turning

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
No we	didn’t light it

	C
But we	tried to fight it

G	D
Hemingway, Eichmann,	Stranger in a Strange Land

Em	C
Dylan, Berlin,	Bay of Pigs invasion

G	D
Lawrence of Arabia,	British Beatle mania

Em	C
Ole Miss, John Glenn,	Liston beats Patterson

G	D
Pope Paul, Malcolm X,	British politician sex

Hard stop on “what else”

Em	C
JFK, blown away,	what else do I have to say?

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
It was	always burning

	C
Since the	world’s been turning

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
No we	didn’t light it

	C
But we	tried to fight it

G	D
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh,	Richard Nixon back again

Em	C
Moon shot, Woodstock,	Watergate, punk rock

G	D
Begin, Reagan, Palestine,	terror on the airline

Em	C
Ayatollah’s in Iran,	Russians in Afghanistan

Melody stays on the same note all the way to “AIDS”

G	D
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride,	heavy metal, suicide

Em	C
Foreign debts, homeless vets,	AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz

G	D
Hypodermics on the shores,	China’s under martial law

Hard stop on “rock”

Em	C
Rock and roller cola wars,	I can’t take it anymore

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
It was	always burning

	C
Since the	world’s been turning

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
But when	we are gone

	C	G	D	Em	C
It will	still burn on, and	on, and	on, and	on, and	on

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
It was	always burning

	C
Since the	world’s been turning

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
No we	didn’t light it

	C
But we	tried to fight it

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

Blondie - Call Me (1980)

Originally in Dm, I play in Em

Intro

Em	Em	A	G
		→

Em	Em	G	D
		→

Em	Em	A	G
		→

Em	Em	G	D
		→

Em

Color me your color, baby

C

Color me your car

Em

Color me your color, darling

C

I know who you are

Am	B
Come up off your	color chart

Am	B
I know where you’re	coming from

	Em	G
Call me	on the	line

	Am	C
Call me	call me any,	anytime

Hard stop on “day”

	Em	G	Am	C
Call me	I’ll a	rrive you can	call me any	day or night

	Em
Call m	e

Em	Em	A	G
		→

Em	Em	G	D
		→

Em	Em	A	G
		→

Em	Em	G	D
		→

Em

Cover me with kisses, baby

C

Cover me with love

Em

Roll me in designer sheets

	C
I’ll	never get enough

	Am	B
Em	otions come I	don’t know why

Hold the V here longer than the first verse

Am	B
Cover up love’s	alibi

	Em	G
Call me,	on the	line

	Am	C
Call me	call me any,	anytime

	Em	G	Am	C
Call me,	I’ll a	rrive when you’re	ready we can	share the wine

	Em
Call m	e

Em	Em	A	G
		→

Em	Em	G	D
		→

Em	Em	A	G
		→

Em	Em	G	D
		→

F#m	B	A
	→

F#m	A	E
	→

Bridge

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “ooh”, and on the 7 of the chord on “language”

F#m	C#m
Ooh, he speaks the	languages of love

F#m	C#m
Ooh, amore, chia	mami (chiamami)

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “ooh”, and on the 5 of the chord on “mon”

G	D
Ooh, appelle-moi	mon cherie (appelle-moi)

There are 6 beats of i, not 8

	Em	C
Any	time anyplace anywhere any	way

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “time”

	Am	B
Any	time anyplace anywhere any day, any	way

Solo

F#m	F#m	C#m	C#m
F#m	F#m	C#m	C#m
G	G	D	D

There are 6 beats of i, not 8

Em	Em	C	C
Am	Am	B	B

B	D	Em	G
→	Call	me my	life

	Am	C
Call me	call me any	anytime

	Em	G
Call	me for a	ride

	Am	C
Call me	call me for some	overtime

	Em	G
Call	me in my	life

	Am	C
Call me	call me in a sweet	design

	Em	G
Call	me call	me

	Am	C
For your	lover’s lover’s	alibi

	Em	G
Call	me on the	line

	Am	C
Call me	call me any	anytime

	Em
Call m	e

Blondie - The Tide is High (1980)

Originally in B, I play in A

A	A	D	E
A	A	Bm7	E

	A	D	E
The	tide is high, but I’m	holding	on

A	D	E
I’m gonna be your	number	one

A	D	E	A
I’m not the kinda girl	who gives up	just like	that

	D	E
Oh	no

	A	D	E
It’s	not the things you do that tease and	hurt me	bad

A	D	E
But it’s the way you do the things you	do to	me

A	D	E	A
I’m not the kinda girl	who gives up	just like	that

	D	E
Oh	no

	A	D	E
The	tide is high, but I’m	holding	on

A	D	E
I’m gonna be your	number	one

D	E
Number	one

D	E	E7
Number	one

A	D	E
Every girl wants you to b	e her	man

A	D	E
But I’ll wait, my dear, ‘til it’s	my	turn

A	D	E	A
I’m not the kinda girl	who gives up	just like	that

	D	E
Oh	no

	A	D	E
The	tide is high, but I’m	holding	on

A	D	E
I’m gonna be your	number	one

D	E
Number	one

D	E	E7
Number	one

A	A	D	E
A	A	Bm7	E

A	D	E
Every girl wants you to b	e her	man

A	D	E
But I’ll wait, my dear, ‘til it’s	my	turn

A	D	E	A
I’m not the kinda girl	who gives up	just like	that

	D	E
Oh	no

	A	D	E
The	tide is high, but I’m	holding	on

A	D	E
I’m gonna be your	number	one

D	E
Number	one

D	E
Number	one

D	E	E7
Number	one

	A	D	E
The	tide is high, but I’m	holding	on

A	D	E
I’m gonna be your	number	one

	A	D	E
The	tide is high, but I’m	holding	on

A	D	E
I’m gonna be your	number	one

Slight rhythmic variation here

	A	D	E
The	tide is high, I’m	holding	on

A	D	E
I’m gonna be your	number	one

	A	D	E
The	tide is high, I’m	holding	on

	A	D	E
I’m	gonna be your number one, your	number	one

A	A	D	E
A	A	Bm7	E
A

Bob Marley - Three Little Birds (1980)

Originally in A, I play in D capo 2; vox go up to the 1, but the highest note that matters is the 6

Intro

D

Vox on 5 6 on “worry”

	D
Don’t wor	ry, about a thing

	G	D
‘Cause	every little thing, gonna be al	right

	D
Singin’ don’t w	orry, about a thing

	G	D
‘Cause	every little thing, gonna be al	right

Vox on the 3 on “mornin”

	D
Rise up this m	ornin’

	A
Smile with the	rising sun

Vox on the 6 on “birds”

	D	G
Three little	birds, pitched by my	doorstep

	D
Singin’	sweet songs

	A
Of melodies	pure and true

	G	D
Singin’,	this is my message to	you-ou-ou

	D
Singin’ don’t	worry, about a thing

	G	D
‘Cause	every little thing, gonna be al	right

	D
Singin’ don’t w	orry, don’t worry, about a thing

	G	D
‘Cause	every little thing, gonna be al	right

	D
Rise up this m	ornin’

	A
Smile with the	rising sun

	D	G
Three little	birds, pitch by my	doorstep

	D
Singin’	sweet songs

	A
Of melodies	pure and true

	G	D
Singing,	this is my message to	you-ou-ou

	D
Singin’ don’t	worry, about a thing (worry about a thing, oh)

G	D
Every little thing, gonna be al	right (no worry)

	D
Singin’ don’t w	orry, about a thing (I won’t worry)

	G	D
‘Cause	every little thing, gonna be al	right

	D
Singin’ don’t	worry, about a thing

	G	D
‘Cause	every little thing, gonna be al	right (I won’t worry)

	D
Singin’ don’t w	orry, don’t worry, about a thing

	G	D
‘Cause	every little thing, gonna be al	right

Bobby McFerrin - Don’t Worry Be Happy (1988)

Originally in B, I play in D and take the “oohs” down an octave, or make them “mmmms”

Or play in G, taking the verse vox up an octave

Intro, with whistling

A	Bm	D	A
			x2

Vox on the 3

A

Here’s a little song I wrote

	Bm
You m	ight want to sing it note for note

	D	A
Don’t wo	rry, be ha	ppy

A

In every life we have some trouble

Bm

But when you worry you make it double

	D	A
Don’t wo	rry, be ha	ppy (don’t worry, be happy now)

With oohs, and spoken “don’t worry be happy”

A	Bm	D	A

Now with *harmonized* oohs

A

Bm

D

A

Ain’t got no place to lay your head

Bm

Somebody came and took your bed

	D	A
Don’t wo	rry, be ha	ppy

A

The landlord say your rent is late

Bm

He may have to litigate

	D	A
Don’t wo	rry, be ha	ppy (look at me, I’m happy)

With ooh’s, and with spoken “let me give you me phone number, when you worry, call me, I make you happy”

A	Bm	D	A
A	Bm	D	A

A

Ain’t got no cash, ain’t got no style

Bm

Ain’t got no gal to make you smile

	D	A
But don’t wo	rry, be ha	ppy

	A
‘Cause w	hen you worry your face will frown

	Bm
And t	hat will bring everybody down

	D	A
So don’t wo	rry, be ha	ppy (don’t worry, be happy now)

	A	A
Don’	t worry, b	e happy now

With oohs, and spoken “don’t worry be happy”

A	Bm	D	A
A	Bm	D	A

Spoken

Don't worry, don't worry, don't do it
Be happy, put a smile on your face
Don't bring everybody down
Don't worry, it will soon pass whatever it is

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 - I’ll Be There For You (1988)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 1

Intro, approximating the riff, no 3 in the I7

A7	A5	Asus2	Asus4	A
→				x2

Vox on the 5 on “I guess”, the end of this line will feel low in Bb

	Bm7
I guess this time you’re really l	eaving

D	A
I heard your suitcase say goodb	ye

	Bm7
Well as my broken heart lies	bleeding

D	A
You say true love, it’s sui	cide

	Bm7
You say you cried a thousand ri	vers

D	A
And now you’re swimming for	the shore

	Bm7
You left me drowning in my	tears

D	E
And you won’t save me anym	ore

Hard stop on “pray”

I pray to God you’ll give me one more chance, girl

A	A/G#
I’ll be there for you

F#m

These five words I swear to you

	D
When you br	eathe I want to be the air for you

E	G	D	A
I’ll be	there fo	r yo	u

	A/G#
I’d live and I’d die for you

F#m

I’d steal the sun from the sky for you

	D
Wo	rds can’t say what love can do

E	G	D	A
I’ll be	there fo	r yo	u

A7	A5	Asus2	Asus4	A
→

	Bm7
I know you know, we’ve had some go	od times

D	A
Now they have their own hiding p	lace

	Bm
Well I can’t promise you tom	orrow

D	E
But I can’t buy back yesterd	ay

	D	E
And baby you know my hands are	dirty (oh woman you know my hands are	dirty)

	A	A/G#	F#m
But I wanted to be your valent	ine

	D
I’ll be the water when you get t	hirsty baby

	E
When you get drunk I’ll be the w	ine, whoa

A	A/G#
I’ll be there for you

F#m

These five words I swear to you

	D
When you br	eathe I want to be the air for you

E	G	D	A
I’ll be	there fo	r yo	u

	A/G#
I’d live and I’d die for you

F#m

I’d steal the sun from the sky for you

	D
Wo	rds can’t say what love can do

E	G	D	A
I’ll be	there fo	r yo	u

Solo

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

	D	E
I wasn’t there when you were h	appy (I wasn’t there to make you h	appy)

	A	A/G#	F#m
And I wasn’t there when you were	down,		down

	D
I didn’t mean to miss your	birthday, baby

Hard stop for the scream

	E
I wish I’d seen you blow those candles o	ut, whoooooooooooooooooa

A	A/G#
I’ll be there for you

F#m

These five words I swear to you

	D
When you br	eathe I want to be the air for you

E	G	D	A
I’ll be	there fo	r yo	u

	A/G#
I’d live and I’d die for you

F#m

I’d steal the sun from the sky for you

	D
Wo	rds can’t say what love can do

E	G	D
I’ll be	there fo	r

I don’t bother with this key change

B	B/A#
I’ll be there for you

G#m

These five words I swear to you

	E
When you br	eathe I want to be the air for you

F#	A	E	B
I’ll be	there fo	r yo	u

	B/A#
I’d live and I’d die for you

G#m

Steal the sun from the sky for you

	E
Wo	rds can’t say what love can do

F#	A	E	B
I’ll be	there fo	r y	ou

B	G#m	E	F#	A	E
	Whoa oh oh	whoa oh oh oh

B	G#m	E	F#	A	E
Whoa oh oh	whoa oh oh	whoa oh oh oh

B

B7	B5	Bsus2	Bsus4	B
→				x2

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 - Runaway (1984)

Originally in Am, I play in Em

Em	D	D	Em	C	D
		→		→

D	Em	C	D
→		→

Em	D
On the street where you live girls talk about their	social lives

	B	C	D	Em
They’re made of	lipstick, plastic, and	paint, a t	ouch of sable i	n your eyes

Em	D
All your life all you’ve asked is when’s your daddy gonna	talk to you

	B	D	Em
But you were	living in another world t	rying to get a	message through

I’m pretty sure this is a v, not a V, but in my key it sounds better as a V

B	D	Em
No one heard a	single word you	said

	Am
They should’ve	seen it in your eyes

	G	D
What was	going around your	head

Em	D
Ooooh, she’s a little	runaway

G	Bm	D	Em
Daddy’s girl learned f	ast	all those things she	couldn’t say

Hard stop on the V

D	B	Em
Ooooh,	she’s a little r	unaway

Em	D
Take a line every night guaranteed to	blow your mind

B	C	D	Em
I see you out in the	streets,	calling for a	wild time

Em	D
So you sit home alone cause there’s nothing left that y	ou can do

	B	D	Em
There’s only	pictures hung in the shadows l	eft there	to look at you

B	D	Em
You know she likes the l	ights at night on the n	eon broadway sign

Am	G	D
She don’t really mind, it’s only	love she hope to	find

Em	D
Ooooh, she’s a little	runaway

G	Bm	D	Em
Daddy’s girl learned f	ast	all those things she	couldn’t say

D	B
Ooooh,	she’s a little ru-u-u-u-unaway

Em

Solo

Em	Em	G	Am
Em	Em	G	D
Em	Em	G	Am
Em	Em	G	D

B	D	Em
No one heard a	single word you s	aid

	Am
They should’ve s	een it in your eyes

	G	D
What was	going around your	head

Em	D
Ooooh, she’s a little	runaway

G	Bm	D	Em
Daddy’s girl learned f	ast	all those things she	couldn’t say

Em	D
Ooooh, she’s a little	runaway

G	Bm	D	Em
Daddy’s girl learned f	ast,	now she works the	night away

Em	D
Ahhhhhh, r	unaway

G	Bm	D	Em
Run, run,	run, run,	run little	runaway

Instead of a fade

D	B	Em
Ooooh,	she’s a little	runaway

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 - Born in the U.S.A. (1984)

Originally in B, I play in G

Vox are almost all on the 5

Intro

G	G	C	C

G

Born down in a dead man’s town

	G
The f	irst kick I took was when I hit the ground

C

End up like a dog that’s been beat too much

	C
Till you spend	half your life just-a covering up, now

G

Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.

	C
I was	born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now

G

Got in a little hometown jam

G

So they put a rifle in my hands

C

Sent me off to a foreign land

C

To go and kill the yellow man

G

Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A., now

C

Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.

G

Come back home to the refinery

	G
Hiring m	an said “son if it was up to me”

C

Went down to see my V.A. man

	C
He said	“son, don’t you understand now”

G	G	C	C

G

I had a brother at Khe Sahn

G

Fighting off the Viet Cong

C

They’re still there, he’s all gone

C

G

He had a woman he loved in Saigon

G

I got a picture of him in her arms now

C

G

Down in the shadow of the penitentiary

	G
Out by the	gas fires of the refinery

	C
I’m	ten years burning down the road

C

Nowhere to run ain’t got nowhere to go

G

Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. now

C

Born in the U.S.A., I’m a long gone daddy in the U.S.A. now

G

Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A.

C

Born in the U.S.A., I’m a cool rockin’ daddy in the U.S.A. now

G	G	C	C

G

Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark (1984)

Intro

G	Em	G	Em
			x2

G	Em
I get up in the	evening

G	Em	G
And I	ain’t got nothing to	say

G	Em
I come home in the	morning

G	Em	C
I go to bed	feeling the same wa	y

	Am
I ain’t nothing but t	ired

C	Am	G
Man I’m just	tired and bored with my	self

G	Em	G	Em	D
Hey there b	aby	I could u	se just a little help

The IV here is not in the original

D	G	G/F#	C
You can’t start a fire, you can’t start a	fire with	out a sp	ark

	Am	C	Am	G
This gun’s for	hire	even if we’re just	dancing in the d	ark

G	Em	G	Em

G	Em
Messages keep getting	clearer

G	Em	G
Radio’s on and I’m	moving round the pla	ce

G	Em
I check my look in the m	irror

G	Em	C
I wanna change my c	lothes, my hair, my face

C	Am
Man I ain’t getting n	owhere

C	Am	G
I’m just li	ving in a dump like th	is

G	Em
There’s something happening some	where

G	Em	D
Baby	I just know there i	s

D	G	G/F#	C
You can’t start a fire, you can’t start a	fire with	out a sp	ark

	Am	C	Am	G
This gun’s for	hire	even if we’re just	dancing in the d	ark

G	Em	G	Em

Bridge

Em	G
You sit around getting ol	der

C	D	Em
There’s a joke here somewh	ere and it’s on	me

Em	G
I’ll shake this world off my s	houlders

C	D
Come on baby the l	augh’s on me

G	Em
Stay on the streets of t	his town

G	Em	G
And they’ll be	carving you up all righ	t

G	Em
They say you gotta stay	hungry

G	Em	C
Hey baby I’m	just about starving tonigh	t

C	Am
I’m dying for some	action

C	Am	G
I’m sick of sitting ‘round	here trying to write this	book

G	Em	G	Em	D
I need a love rea	ction,	come on now b	aby gimme just one l	ook

D	G	G/F#	C
You can’t start a fire, sitting round c	rying over a b	roken he	art

	Am	C	Am	D
This gun’s for	hire	even if we’re just	dancing in the d	ark

D	G	G/F#	C
You can’t start a fire worrying about your	little world f	alling ap	art

	Am	C	Am	G	Em
This gun’s for	hire	even if we’re just	dancing in the da	rk

G	Em	G	Em
Even if we’re just	dancing in the d	ark

G	Em	G	Em
Even if we’re just	dancing in the d	ark

G	Em	G
Even if we’re just	dancing in the d	ark

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 - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)

Originally in D, I play in A

Intro

A	A	D	G
			x2

Vox on the 4

A

Drivin’ home this evening

“Sworn we had it all” is on the 1 of the key

	D	G	A	D	G
I c	oulda sworn we had it a	ll worked o	ut

	A
You	had this boy believin’

D	G	A	D	G
Way beyond the s	hadow of a dou	bt

Now vox on the 5

	A
Well, I	heard it on the street

	D	G	A	D	G
I h	eard you mighta f	ound somebody n	ew

	A	D
Well, w	ho is he baby, w	ho is he

	G	A
And t	ell me what he means to y	ou, oh yeah

	E
I	took it all for granted

	F#m
But	how was I to know

	G	D
That	you’d be letting go

	A	D	G
Now it cuts like a	knife

	A	D	G
But it feels so	right

	A	D	G
Yeah, it cuts like a	knife

	A	D	G
Oh, but it feels so	right

	A
There’s t	imes I’ve been mistaken

	D	G	A	D	G
There’s t	imes I thought I’d b	een misundersto	od,		ooh yeah

	A
So	wait a minute darlin’

D	G	A
Can’t you see we d	id the best we coul	d, ooh we could

	E
This	wouldn’t be the first time

	F#m
That	things have gone astray

	G	D
Now you’ve	thrown it all awa	y

	A	D	G
Now it cuts like a	knife

	A	D	G
Yeah, but it feels so	right

	A	D	G
Oh, it cuts like a	knife

	A	D	G
Yeah, but it feels so	right

A	D	G	A	D	G
Na na, na na	na na	na, na

A	D	G	A	D	G
Na na, na na	na na	na, na

	E
I	took it all for granted

	F#m
But	how was I to know

	G	D
That	you’d be letting go

Let ring

	A
Now it cuts like a	knife

	A
But it feels so	right

	A
Now it cuts like a	knife

	A
Yeah, but it feels so	right, yeah

A	D	G	A	D	G
Na na na, na na	na na n	a, na n	a

A	D	G	A	D	G
Na na na, na na	na na n	a, na n	a

Repeat to fade with ad libs and na na’s

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 - Run to You (1984)

Originally in F#m, I play in Am capo 4

Intro

Am7	Am7	C	D
			x4

Vox on the 1 on “she”

Am	C	D	Am	C	G
She says her	love for	me could	never die

Am	C	D	Am	C	G
But that’d change if she	ever found	out about	you and I

Vox up to the 3

Am	C	G
Oh, but her	love is c	old

Am	C	G
It wouldn’t hurt her if she	didn’t	know, ‘cause

F

When it gets too much

G	Em7
I need to	feel your touch

	Am	C	G	D
I’m gonna	run to you

	Am	C	G	D
I’m gonna	run to you

	Am	C	G	D
Cause when the	feeling’s	right I’m gonna	run all	night

Let ring

	Am	C	G
I’m gonna	run to you

Am7	Am7	C	D
			x2

Am	C	D	Am	C	G
She’s got a	heart of g	old she’d never	let me down

Am	C	D	Am	C	G
But you’re the one that always	turns me	on, you keep me	coming round

Am	C	G
I know her	love is	true

	Am	C	G
But it’s	so damn easy making	love to	you

F

I got my mind made up

G	Em7
I need to	feel your touch

	Am	C	G	D
I’m gonna	run to you

	Am	C	G	D
Yeah I’m gonna	run to you

	Am	C	G	D
Cause when the	feeling’s	right I’m gonna	run all	night

	Am	C	G	D
I’m gonna	run to you

	Am	C	G	D
Yeah I’m gonna	run to you

	Am	C	G	D
Oh when the	feeling’s	right I’m gonna	run all	night

Hang the last chord

	Am	C	G
I’m gonna	run to you

Bridge

Let each chord ring, and that’s not a typo, it’s really a I at the beginning of this line

A	G/B	F	G
			x2

This is really the intro repeating

Am7	Am7	C	D
			x2

	Am	C	G	D
Oh, I’m gonna	run to you

	Am	C	G	D
Yeah I’m gonna	run to you

	Am	C	G	D
Cause when the	feeling’s	right I’m gonna	stay all	night

	Am	C	G	D
I’m gonna	run to you

	Am	C	G	D
Oh I’m gonna	run to you

	Am	C	G	D
Yeah when the	feeling’s	right I’m gonna	stay all	night

Am	C	G	D
Oh	when the	feeling’s r	ight now

Am

C

G

D

Fade with ad libs

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

Cher - If I Could Turn Back time (1989)

Originally in B, I play in D capo 2

Intro

D	Dsus4	D
		x2

Vox on the 5 on “turn”

	D
If I could t	urn back time

	G
If I could	find a way

	Em	A
I’d take	back those words that hurt you and you’d	stay

Vox on 1 1 2 2 of the *key* on “I don’t know why”

A	D	G	A
I don’t know	why I did the	things I	did

A	D	G	A
I don’t know	why I said the	things I	said

A	D	G	A
Pride’s like a	knife it can	cut deep ins	ide

A	D	G	A
Words are like	weapons, they	wound someti	mes

G	Bm	A	G	Bm	A
→	→	I didn’t really mean to	hurt you →	→

	G
I didn’t wanna see you	go

	A
I know I made you cry,	but baby

	D
If I could	turn back time

	G
If I could	find a way

	Em	A
I’d take	back those words that hurt you and you’d	stay

	D
If I could	reach the stars

	G
I’d give them	all to you

	Em	A
Then you’d	love me, love me, like you used to	do

D	G	A
	If I could	turn back time

A	D	G	A
My world was s	hattered I was	torn a	part

A	D	G	A
Like someone took a k	nife and drove it	deep in my	heart

A	D	G	A
You walk out that d	oor I swore that	I didn’t	care

	A	D	G	A
But I l	ost everyt	hing darling	then and t	here

G	Bm	A	G	Bm	A
→	→	Too strong to tell you I was	sorry →	→

	G
Too proud to tell you I was	wrong

	A
And I know that I was blind,	and darling

	D
If I could	turn back time

	G
If I could	find a way

	Em	A
I’d take	back those words that hurt you and you’d	stay

	D
If I could	reach the stars

	G
I’d give them	all to you

	Em	A
Then you’d	love me, love me, like you used to	do, aaah

A	D	G	A
		If I could	turn back time

A	D	G	A
		If I could	turn back time

A	D	G	G	A	A
Baby!		→		→

G	Bm	A	G	Bm	A
→	→	I didn’t really mean to	hurt you →	→

	G
I didn’t wanna see you	go

	A
I know I made you cry,	but oh-whoa

Original does a silly key change here

	D
If I could	turn back time

	G
If I could	find a way

	Em
I’d take	back those words that hurt you

	D
If I could	reach the stars

	G
I’d give them	all to you

	Em	A
Then you’d	love me, love me, love, like you used to	do

	D
If I could	turn back time

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	Dsus2
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 Bowie - Modern Love (1983)

Originally in C, I play in G

Muted chords in the intro, in 6/4, switches to 4/4 when the chords come in

Spoken

A/B	Bm
	I know when to go out

A/G	G
	And when to stay in

Asus4	Asus4
	Get things done

A/B	Bm

G

I catch the paper boy

	D
But things don’t really	change

	Em
I’m standing in the	wind

	B7	C
But I never wave bye-	bye

	G	D
But I	try, I	try

Bm7	Bm

G

There’s no sign of life

	D
It’s just the power to	charm

	Em
I’m lying in the	rain

	B7	C
But I never wave bye-	bye

	G	D
But I	try, I	try

Bm7

Never gonna fall for

G

Modern love, walks beside me

A

Modern love, walks on by

Bm	C
Modern love, gets me to the	church on time

G

Church on time, terrifies me

A

Church on time, makes me party

Bm	C
Church on time, puts my trust in	god and man

G

God and man, no confessions

A

God and man, no religion

Bm	C
God and man, don’t believe in	modern love

Sax solo

G	G	D	Em
B7	C	G	D
Bm

G

It’s not really work

	D
It’s just the power to	charm

	Em
I’m still standing in the	wind

	B7	C
But I never wave bye-	bye

	G	D
But I	try, I	try

Bm7

Never gonna fall for

G

Modern love, walks beside me

A

Modern love, walks on by

Bm	C
Modern love, gets me to the	church on time

G

Church on time, terrifies me

A

Church on time, makes me party

Bm	C
Church on time, puts my trust in	god and man

G

God and man, no confessions

A

God and man, no religion

Bm	C
God and man, don’t believe in	modern love

G	A
Modern love, modern	love

	Bm	C
Modern	love, modern	love

G	A
Modern love,	modern love

Bm	C
Modern love,	modern love

G	A
Modern love,	modern love

Bm	C
Modern love,	modern love

G	A
Modern love, walks beside me,	modern love

Bm	C
Modern love, walks on by,	modern love

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 - Animal (1987)

Originally in Bb, I play in E

Esus2	Esus2	F#5	G#m
			x4

Vox on 2 5 on “wild ride”

	Esus2	F#5	G#m	Esus2	C#m
A wild r	ide,	over st	ony gro	und

	B/D#	Esus2	F#5	G#m	Esus2	C#m
Such a l	ust for l	ife,	the circus	comes to	town

	B/D#	Esus2	F#5	G#m	Esus2	C#m
We are the h	ungry o	nes,	on a l	ightning r	aid

	B/D#	Esus2	F#5	G#m	Esus2	C#m	B/D#
Just like a	river r	uns,	like a f	ire needs	flame, oh	I burn	for you

F	C	G
I gotta f	eel it in my b	lood, whoa oh

F	C	G
I need your t	ouch, don’t need your l	ove, whoa oh

	C	A#
And I w	ant, and I n	eed

	F	D#
And I l	ust, anim	al

	C	A#
And I w	ant, and I n	eed

Hard stop on the last chord

	F	D#
And I l	ust, anim	al

	Esus2	F#5	G#m	Esus2	C#m
I cry w	olf,	given m	outh-to-mou	th

	B/D#	Esus2	F#5	G#m	Esus2	C#m
Like a m	ovin’ h	eartbeat,	in the w	itching	hour

	B/D#	Esus2	F#5	G#m	Esus2	C#m
I’m runnin’	with the w	ind,	a shadow i	n the d	ust

	B/D#	Esus2	F#5	G#m	Esus2	C#m	B/D#
And like the d	rivin’ r	ain, yearh,	yeah, like the	restless r	ust,	I n	ever sleep

Vox on the 1 of the first chord

F	C	G
I gotta f	eel it in my b	lood, whoa oh

F	C	G
I need your t	ouch, don’t need your l	ove, whoa oh

	C	A#
And I w	ant, and I n	eed

	F	D#
And I l	ust, anim	al

	C	A#
And I w	ant, and I n	eed

Hard stop on the last chord

	F	D#
And I l	ust, anim	al, huh

D#	C	C#
→	→	Cry wolf, baby

D#	C	C#	C#
→	→	Cry tough

C#	G#	A#
→	→	Gonna hunt you like an, an, an, an, an animal

C#	G#	A#
→	→	Gonna take your love and run

Solo

Esus2	Esus2	F#5	G#m
			x4

F	C	G
I gotta f	eel it in my b	lood, whoa oh

F	C	G
I need your t	ouch, don’t need your l	ove, whoa oh

	C	A#
And I w	ant, and I n	eed

	F	D#
And I l	ust, anim	al

	C	A#
And I w	ant, and I n	eed

	F	D#
And I l	ust, anim	al

	C	A#
And I w	ant (I want), and I n	eed (I need)

Hard stop after this line

	F	D#
And I l	ust (and I lust), anim	al (animal)

	C	A#
And I w	ant (take me), and I n	eed (tame me)

	F	D#
And I l	ust (let me), anim	al (animal)

	C	A#
And I w	ant (show me), and I n	eed (stroke me)

Hang after this line

	F	D#
And I l	ust (let me be your, anim	al (animal)

	C	A#
And I w	ant (I want), and I n	eed (ooh ooh ooh)

	F	D#
And I l	ove (animal), anim	al

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 - Hysteria (1987)

Originally in D, I play in D capo 5

Main chords as...

|-------|
|-3-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-|
|-4-4-4-|
|-5-4-2-|
|---3-0-|

D11	Gmaj7	Em9	Gmaj7	D11
		→

	D11	Gmaj7
Out of	touch, out of	reach yeah

	Em9	Gmaj7	D11
You could	try	to get closer to	me

	D11	Gmaj7
I’m in	luck, I’m in	deep, yeah

	Em9	Gmaj7	D11
Hypno	tized,	I’m shakin’ to my	knees

D	Dsus	Cadd9
		I gotta know tonight

D	Dsus	Em7/B
		If you’re alone tonight

D	Dsus	Cadd9
		Can’t stop this feeling

C	G/B	D/A
		Can’t stop this fire

	Em	C
Oh, I get hys	terical, hys	teria

	D
Oh can you	feel it, do you believe it?

	Em	C
It’s such a	magical mys	teria

	D
When you get that	feelin’, better start believin’

Let the last chord ring

	Em	C	D
‘Cause it’s a m	iracle, oh s	ay you will, ooh babe

In my key, go up, not down here

Hysteria when you’re near

D11	Gmaj7

	D11	Gmaj7
Out of	me, into you	yeah

	Em9	Gmaj7	D11
You could	hide	it’s just a one way	street

	D11	Gmaj7
Oh, I be	lieve I’m in	you, yeah

	Em9	Gmaj7	D11
Open	wide, that’s	right, dream me off my	feet, oh believe in me

D	Dsus	Cadd9
		I gotta know tonight

D	Dsus	Em7/B
		If you’re alone tonight

D	Dsus	Cadd9
		Can’t stop this feeling

C	G/B	D/A
		Can’t stop this fire

	Em	C
Oh, I get hys	terical, hys	teria

	D
Oh can you	feel it, do you believe it?

	Em	C
It’s such a	magical mys	teria

	D
When you get that	feelin’, better start believin’

Let the last chord ring

	Em	C	D
‘Cause it’s a m	iracle, oh s	ay you will, ooh babe

Hysteria when you’re near

Solo, find a way to skip this

A	D
	x 4

D	Dsus	Cadd9
		I gotta know tonight

D	Dsus	Em7/B
		If you’re alone tonight

D	Dsus	Cadd9
		Can’t stop this feeling

C	G/B	D/A
		Can’t stop this fire

	Em	C
Oh, I get hys	terical, hys	teria

	D
Oh can you	feel it, do you believe it?

	Em	C
It’s such a	magical mys	teria

	D
When you get that	feelin’, better start believin’

	Em	C	D
‘Cause it’s a m	iracle, oh s	ay you will, ooh babe

D

Oh can you feel it, do you believe it

	Em	C
Oh, I get hys	terical, hys	teria

	D
When you get that	feelin’, better start believin’

	Em	C	D
‘Cause it’s a m	iracle, oh s	ay you will, ooh babe	, say you will

D11	Gmaj7	Em9	Gmaj7	D11
		→

Def Leppard - Love Bites (1987)

Originally in Dm, I play in Em, down an octave

Intro

Em7	Am7	D7sus4	G

Vox on the 5 on “love”

	Em7	Am7
When you make	love, do you look in the	mirror?

	D7sus4	G
Who do you think	of, does he look like	me?

	Em7	Am7
Do you tell	lies and say that it’s	forever?

	D7sus4	G
Do you think	twice, or just touch and	see?

	Em7	G
Ooh babe,	oh ye	ah

	Em7	Am7
When you’re al	one, do you let	go?

	D7sus4	G
Are you wild and	willing or is it just for	show?

Ooh c'mon

F	A#
I don’t wanna touch you too much	baby

Gm	C	A#
‘Cause making love to you might drive me	crazy →	→

F	A#
I know you think that love is the way you	make it

Gm	C
So I don’t wanna be there when you decide to	break it, no

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “bites”

	Dm	A#	Gm	C
Love	bites, love	bleeds,	it’s bringin’ me	to my knees

	Dm	A#	Gm	C
Love	lives, love	dies,	it’s no surpr	ise

	Dm	A#	Gm	C
Love	begs, love	pleads,	it’s what I	need

Em7	Am7	D7sus4	G

	Em7	Am7
When I’m with	you are you somewhere	else?

	D7sus4	G
Am I gettin’	thru or do you please your	self?

	Em7	Am7
When you wake	up will you walk	out?

	D7sus4	G
It can’t be	love if you throw it a	bout, ooh babe

F	A#
I don’t wanna touch you too much	baby

Gm	C
‘Cause making love to you might drive me	crazy, oh

	Dm	A#	Gm	C
Love	bites, love	bleeds,	it’s bringin’ me	to my knees

	Dm	A#	Gm	C
Love	lives, love	dies,	it’s no surpr	ise

	Dm	A#	Gm	C
Love	begs, love	pleads,	it’s what I	need

Em7	Am7	D7sus4	G
			x2

Oh, yeah

F	A#
I don’t wanna touch you too much	baby

Gm	C	A#
‘Cause making love to you might drive me	crazy →	→

F	A#
I know you think that love is the way you	make it

Gm	C
So I don’t wanna be there when you decide to	break it, no

	Dm	A#	Gm	C
Love	bites, love	bleeds,	it’s bringin’ me	to my knees

	Dm	A#	Gsus4	G	G/C
Love	lives, love	dies,	→

	Dm	A#	Gm	C
Love	bites, love	bleeds,	it’s bringin’ me	to my knees

	Dm	A#	Gm	C
Love	lives, love	dies,	it’s no surpr	ise

	Dm	A#	Gm	C
Love	begs, love	pleads,	it’s what I	need

Spoken

Em7

If you’ve got love in your sights, watch out, love bites

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 - Money for Nothing (1985)

Originally in Gm, I play in Em capo 3

Em7

I want my... I want my... I want my MTV

Em7	A	Em7	G	A
			→

Em7	A	Em7	D	Em7
			→

	Em7
Now l	ook at them yo-yo’s, that’s the way you do it

Em7	G	A
You play the guitar on the	M.T.	V.

Em7

That ain’t workin’, that’s the way you do it

	D	Em7
Money for nothin’ and your	chicks for	free

Em7

Now that ain’t workin’, that’s the way you do it

Em7	G	A
Lemme tell ya them	guys ain’t	dumb

Em7

Maybe get a blister on your little finger

Em7	D	Em7
Maybe get a	blister on your	thumb

C	G
We got to install	microwave ovens

C	D
Custom kitchen de	liveries

Em7

We got to move these refrigerators

A	B	C#
We got to move these	color TV’s

Em7	A
See the little maggot with the earring and the	makeup

Em7	G	A
Yeah buddy that’s	his own	hair

Em7

That little maggot got his own jet airplane

	D	Em7
That little faggot he’s a	millionaire

C	G
We got to install	microwave ovens

C	D
Custom kitchen de	liveries

Em7

We got to move these refrigerators

A	B	C#
We got to move these	color TV’s

Em7	A	Em7	G	A
			→

Em7	A	Em7	D	Em7
			→

Weird chorus with just Sting...

C	G
We got to install	microwave ovens

C	D
Custom kitchen de	liveries

...then just Mark.

Em7

We got to move these refrigerators

A	B	C#
We got to move these	color TV’s

Em7

I should’a learned to play the guitar

Em7	G	A
I should’a learned to	play them	drums

Em7

Look at that mama, she’s got it stickin’ in the camera

	D	A
Man we could	have some	fun

Em7

And he’s up there, what’s that? Hawaiian noises?

Em7	G	A
He’s bangin’ on the bongos like a	chimpan	zee

Em7

Oh, that ain’t workin’, that’s the way you do it

	D	Em7
Get your money for nothin’ and your	chicks for	free

C	G
We got to install	microwave ovens

C	D
Custom kitchen de	liveries

Em7

We got to move these refrigerators

A	B	C#
We got to move these	color TV’s

Em7	A	Em7	G	A
			→

Em7	A	Em7	D	Em7
			→

Mostly spoken

Em7

Listen here, now that ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it

Em7	G	A
You play the guitar on the	M.T.	V.

Em7

That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it

	D	Em7
Money for nothin’ and your	chicks for	free

Em7	G	A
Money for nothin’, chicks for free

Em7	D	Em7
Get you money for nothin’, and you chicks for free

With “I want my MTV”

Em7	G	A
Money for nothin’, chicks for free

Em7	D	Em7
Get you money for nothin’, and you chicks for free

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... that’s the *low* 3, you will regret it a *lot* if you start on the high 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

D

There you see her, sitting there across the way

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

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

	D
You wanna	kiss the girl

D

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

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

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

	D
Go on and	kiss the girl

D	G
Shalalalala	my oh my looks like the

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

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

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

D

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...

D

Now’s your moment, floating in a blue lagoon

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

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

	D
Until you	kiss the girl

D	G
Shalalalala	my oh my looks like the

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

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

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

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

D	A
Moves prepared go on and	kiss the girl

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

	D
You wanna	kiss the girl

D	G
Shalalalala	float along, and listen

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

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

	D
You gotta	kiss the girl

D

Kiss the girl, you gotta

D

Kiss the girl, go on and

D

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 - I Will Not Go Quietly (1989)

Originally in Am, I play in Em

Intro

E5	A5	G5
	→

E5	A5	D5	G5
	→	→

E5	E5/B	A#dim7
	→

A5	E5	G5	D5
	→	→

E5

Em7	Em7	Em7	Em7	A7	B7	Em7	Em7
							x2

Vox on the 7

Em7

Woke up with a heavy head

And I thought about leavin’ town
I could have died if I wanted to
Slipped over the edge and drowned

Vox up to the high 1 of the key on “oh no”

A7

But, oh no baby

B7	Em7
I won’t give up that	easy, no

Vox up to the high 7 of the key now

Em7

Too many tire tracks in the sands of time

Too many love affairs that stop on a dime, well

A7

Oh baby

B7	Em7
Think it’s time to make some	changes ‘round here

D5	A/C#
→	→

Mostly just play the root on these 5’s

	Em7	G5	F#5
Yeah, I’m gonna t	ear it up	→

	Em7	G5	F#5
Gonna t	rash it up	→

	Em7	G5	F#5
I’m gonna r	ound it up	→

	Em7
Gonna s	hake it up

A7	B7	Em7
Oh now baby,	I will not lie d	own

G5	F#5	D5
→	→

	Em7
I’m b	rave enough to be crazy

Strong enough to be weak
I see all these heroes with feet of clay
Whose mighty ships have sprung a leak

	A7
And I	want you to tell me darlin’

B7

Just what do you believe in now?

D5	A/C#
→	→

	Em7
Well,	come on over here baby

You ‘bout to gimme a heart attack
Wanna wrap my lovin' arms
Around the small of your back

	A7	B7
Yeah and I’ll	pull you, pull you,	pull you

	Em7
Pull you right up c	lose to me, yeah

	Em7	G5	F#5
Yeah, I’m gonna t	ear it up	→

	Em7	G5	F#5
Gonna t	rash it up	→

	Em7	G5	F#5
I’m gonna r	ound it up	→

	Em7
Gonna s	hake it up

A7	B7	Em7
Oh no no no,	I will not lie	down

G5	F#5	D5
→	→

G5	D/F#
→

G5	D/F#	Em
→	→

Low voice is on the 5 of the chord on “turn”

C	D	Em
Turn this	thing ar	ound

...now on the 5 of the chord on “I”

G	A	Em	G	D	Em
I w	ill n	ot g	o qu	ietl	y

C	D	Em
I will n	ot lie d	own

G	A	Em	G	D	Em
I w	ill n	ot g	o qu	ietl	y

C	D	Em
I will n	ot lie do	wn

G	A	Em	G	D	Em
I w	ill n	ot g	o qu	ietl	y

C	D	Em
I will n	ot lie d	own

G	A	Em	D	Em
	No,	I will no	t lie d	own, no

Em

	Em
Well, d	on’t you ever get lonely?

Don’t you ever get down?
Don't you ever get tired
Of all the wicked tongues in this town?

A7	B7	Em
Ooh baby,	just wanna take you a	way from here

Em

Yeah, I ain’t no tiger

Ain’t no little lamb
Suppose you tell me mama
Who do you think I think I am?

A7	A7
Oh baby,	don’t you give a damn?

	Em7	G5	F#5
Yeah, I’m gonna t	ear it up	→

	Em7	G5	F#5
Gonna t	rash it up	→

	Em7	G5	F#5
I’m gonna r	ound it up	→

	Em7
Gonna s	hake it up

A7	B7	Em7
Oooh ooh baby,	I will not lie	down

G5	F#5	D5
→	→

G5	D/F#
→

G5	D/F#	Em
→	→

C	D	Em
Turn this	thing ar	ound

G	A	Em	G	D	Em
I w	ill n	ot g	o qu	ietl	y

C	D	Em
I will n	ot lie d	own

G	A	Em	G	D	Em
I w	ill n	ot g	o qu	ietl	y

C	D	Em
I will n	ot lie do	wn

G	A	Em	G	D	Em
I w	ill n	ot g	o qu	ietl	y

C	D	Em
I will n	ot lie d	own

G	A	Em	D	Em
	No,	I will no	t lie d	own, no

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

Don Henley - The End of the Innocence (1989)

Originally in Ab, I play in D capo 1

D	Dsus2	D	Dsus2	Dsus4/F#	D/F#	G/B	Bm7/A	A/G	Gadd9
									x2

	D
Rem	ember when the days were long

	Gadd9
And	rolled beneath a deep blue sky

D

Didn’t have a care in the world

	Gadd9	A
With	mommy and daddy	standing by

	D
But	happily ever after fails

	Gadd9
And we’ve been	poisoned by these fairy tales

	D
The	lawyers dwell on small details

	Bm	G	A
Since	daddy	had to	fly

	Bm7	F#m7	Em7	G6
Ah, but	I know a	place where	we can go

Bm7	G	A
Still unt	ouched by	man

Bm7	F#m7	Em7	G6
We’ll sit and	watch the	clouds roll by

	Bm7	G	A
And the	tall grass	waves in the	wind

	D	A	Gadd9
You can	lay your	head back	on the ground

	Bm7	F#m7	Em7	G6
And	let your	hair fall	all around me

D	A	Gadd9
Offer	up your	best defense

Bm7	F#m7	Em7
This is the	end

Gmaj7	A	D
This is the	end of the	innocence

D	Dsus2	D	Dsus2	Dsus4/F#	D/F#	G/B	Bm7/A	A/G	Gadd9

	D
Oh	beautiful for spacious skies

	Gadd9
But	now those skies are threatening

D

They’re beating plowshares into swords

	Gadd9	A
For this	tired old man that we e	lected king

D

Armchair warriors often fail

	Gadd9
And we’ve been	poisoned by these fairy tales

	D
The	lawyers clean up all details

	Bm	G	A
Since	daddy	had to	lie

	Bm7	F#m7	Em7	G6
Ah, but	I know a	place where	we can go

Bm7	G
And wash away	this sin

Bm7	F#m7	Em7	G6
We’ll sit and	watch the	clouds roll by

	Bm7	G	A
And	tall grass	waves in the	wind

	D	A	Gadd9
Just	lay your	head back	on the ground

	Bm7	F#m7	Em7	G6
And	let your	hair spill	all aro	und me

D	A	Gadd9
Offer	up your	best defense

Bm7	F#m7	Em7
This is the	end

Gmaj7	A	D
This is the	end of the	innocence

D	Dsus2	D	Dsus2	Dsus4/F#	D/F#	G/B	Bm7/A	A/G	Gadd9

Solo, on somtehing like this

Em7	Em7	Bm7	A
Em7	Em7	Bm7	A

D

Who knows how long this will last

Gadd9

Or how we’ve come so far so fast

D

But somewhere back there in the dust

	Gadd9	A
That	same small town in	each of us

D

I need to remember this

Gadd9

So baby give me just one kiss

D

And let me take a long last look

	Bm7	G	A
Be	fore we	say good	bye

	D	A	Gadd9
Just	lay your	head back	on the ground

	Bm7	F#m7	Em7	G6
And	let your	hair fall	all aro	und me

D	A	Gadd9
Offer	up your	best defense

Bm7	F#m7	Em7
This is the	end

Gmaj7	A	D
This is the	end of the	innocence

D	Dsus2	D	Dsus2	Dsus4/F#	D/F#	G/B	Bm7/A	A/G	Gadd9
									x2

Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf (1982)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Intro, in A you can play some remnants of the riff on the 5th string

A

Dark in the city, night is a wire, steam in the subway, Earth is a-fire

	G	A
Do do	doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do	do do

A

Woman you want me, give me a sign and catch me breathing even closer behind

	G	A
Do do	doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do	do do

F	C	A#
In touch with the	ground, I’m on the	hunt, I’m after you

	F	C	A#	G
Smell like I	sound, I’m lost in a	crowd, and I’m	hungry like the	wolf

	F	C	A#
Straddle the l	ine, discord and	rhyme, I’m on the	hunt, I’m after you

	F	C	A#	G
Mouth is a	live, juices like	wine, and I’m	hungry like the	wolf

A5

A

Stalked in the forest, too close to hide, I’ll be upon you by the moonlight side

	G	A
Do do	doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do	do do

A

High blood drumming on your skin it’s so tight, you feel my heat, I’m just a moment behind

	G	A
Do do	doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do doo do, do	do do

F	C	A#
In touch with the	ground, I’m on the	hunt I’m after you

	F	C	A#	G
Scent and a	sound, I’m lost and I’m	found and I’m	hungry like the	wolf

	F	C	A#
Straddle the	line, it’s discord and	rhyme, I howl and I	whine, I’m after you

	F	C	A#	G
Mouth is a	live, all running in	side, and I’m	hungry like the	wolf

Bridge

A5

(Hungry like the wolf)

	F	C	A#
Burning the	ground, I break from the	crowd, I’m on the	hunt, I’m after you

	F	C	A#	G
I smell like I	sound, I’m lost and I’m	found and I’m	hungry like the	wolf

	F	C	A#
Straddle the	line, it’s discord and	rhyme, I’m on the	hunt, I’m after you

	F	C	A#	G
Mouth is a	live with juices like	wine and I’m	hungry like the	wolf

	F	C	A#
Burning the	ground, I break from the	crowd, I’m on the	hunt, I’m after you

	F	C	A#	G
Scent and a	sound, I’m lost and I’m	found and I’m	hungry like the	wolf

	F	C	A#
Straddle the	line, it’s discord and	rhyme, I howl and I	whine, I’m after you

	F	C	A#	G
Mouth is a	live, all running in	side, and I’m	hungry like the	wolf

A5

Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes (1987)

Originally in F, I play in G capo 4

Intro

G
G	G	C	D
			x4

G

Vox on the 5

G	G	D/G
I’ve been meaning to tell you	→	→

Vox on the 5 of the chord

Bm	F#m/B	Gmaj7/B	Gmaj7/B	F#m/B
I’ve got this feeling that	won’t sub	side	→	→

Bm	F#m/B	Em
I look at you and I	fanta	size

D/E	A
You’re mine to	night

A	F#m	Em	D/E	A
Now	I’ve	got you	in my	sights

C	D
With	these

G	C	D
Hungry	eyes

G	C	D
One look at you and I	can’t dis	guise

	G	C	D
I’ve got	hungry	eyes

G	C	D
I feel the magic be	tween you and	I

G	G	G	G	F#m/G
			→

Bm	F#m/B	Gmaj7/B	Gmaj7/B	F#m/B
I want to hold you so	hear me	out	→	→

Bm	F#m/B	Em
I want to show you what love’s	all a	bout

D/E	A
Darling to	night

A	F#m	Em	D/E	A
Now	I’ve	got you	in my	sights

C	D
With	these

G	C	D
Hungry	eyes

G	C	D
One look at you and I	can’t dis	guise

	G	C	D
I’ve got	hungry	eyes

G	C	D
I feel the magic be	tween you and	I

	G	C	D
I’ve got	hungry	eyes

G	C	D
Now I’ve got you	in my sights	with those

G	C	D
Hungry	eyes

G	C	D
Now did I take you	by surp	rise

Bridge

Em	D/E	Em	D/E	Em	D/E
			I need you to see

Em	C	D	G
This love	was me	ant to	be

Sax solo on chorus chords

G	G	C	D
			x4

	G	C	D
I’ve got	hungry	eyes

G	C	D
One look at you and I	can’t dis	guise

	G	C	D
I’ve got	hungry	eyes

G	C	D
Now did I take you	by surp	rise

	G	C	D
With my	hungry	eyes

G	G	C	D

G

Eric Clapton - Before You Accuse Me (1989)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

Vox mostly on the b3

Intro

E	B7

Vox more or less on the b3

	E	A	E
Be	fore you accuse me,	take a look at yourse	lf

	A	E
Be	fore you accuse me, take a look at yours	elf

	B7
You say I’m	spending my money on other women

A	E	B7
You’re takin’ money from from someone	else

	E	A	E
I	called your mama,	‘bout three or four nights ag	o

	A	E
I	called your mama, ‘bout three or four nights ag	o

B7	A	E	B7
Mama said son, don’t c	all my daughter no m	ore

	E	A	E
Be	fore you accuse me,	take a look at yours	elf

	A	E
Be	fore you accuse me, take a look at yours	elf

	B7
You say I’m	spending my money on other women

A	E	B7
You’re takin’ money from from someone e	lse

Solo

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

E	A	E
Come back home baby,	try my love one more t	ime

	A	E
Come o	n back home baby, try my love one more t	ime

	B7
You know if I	don’t go on and quit you

A	E	B7
I think I’ll lose my m	ind

Solo

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

	E	A	E
Be	fore you accuse me,	take a look at yourse	lf

	A	E
Be	fore you accuse me, take a look at yours	elf

	B7
You say I’m	spending my money on other women

A	E	B7
You’re takin’ money from from someone	else

E

Faith No More - Falling to Pieces (1989)

Intro

A	A	G	A
		→	x 8

Not writing the bVII’s for the whole song, but they keep going

	A
B	ack and forth, I sway with the wind

Resolution slips away again
Right through my fingers, back into my heart
Where it's out of reach and it's in the dark

D

Sometimes I think I’m blind

Or I may be just paralyzed

	A
Because the p	lot thickens every day

And the pieces of my puzzle keep crumblin’ away
But I know, there's a picture beneath

	E	D	E	D
I	ndecisi	on clo	uds my vis	ion

E	D	E	D
No one list	ens	because I’m so	mewhere

A	D	E
In b	etwee	n

	A	D	E
My love and my	ag	ony

	A	D	E
You see, I’m somewhere	in b	etwee	n

Hard stop after this line

	G
My life is falling to piec	es

	A
Somebody put me tog	ether

A

Layin’ face down on the ground

My fingers in my ears to block the sound
My eyes shut tight to avoid the sight

	A	A
Anticipa	ting the end, losing the wi	ll to fight

D

Droplets of “yes” and “no”

In an ocean of “maybe”

	A
From the b	ottom, it looks like a steep incline

From the top, another downhill slope of mine
But I know, the equilibrium's there

	E	D	E	D
I	ndecisi	on clo	uds my vis	ion

E	D	E	D
No one list	ens	because I’m so	mewhere

A	D	E
In b	etwee	n

	A	D	E
My love and my	ag	ony

	A	D	E
You see, I’m somewhere	in b	etwee	n

	G
My life is falling to piec	es

	A
Somebody put me tog	ether

A

	A
B	ack and forth, I sway with the wind

Resolution slips away again
Right through my fingers, back into my heart
Where it's out of reach and it's in the dark

D

Sometimes I think I’m blind

Or I may be just paralyzed

	A
Because the p	lot thickens every day

And the pieces of my puzzle keep crumblin’ away
But I know, there's a picture beneath

	E	D	E	D
I	ndecisi	on clo	uds my vis	ion

E	D	E	D
No one list	ens	because I’m so	mewhere

A	D	E
In b	etwee	n

	A	D	E
My love and my	ag	ony

	A	D	E
You see, I’m somewhere	in b	etwee	n

Hard stop after this line

	G
My life is falling to piec	es

	A
Somebody put me tog	ether (because I’m somewhere)

A	D	E
In b	etwee	n

	A	D	E
My love and my	ag	ony

	A	D	E
You see, I’m somewhere	in b	etwee	n

	G
My life is falling to piec	es

	A
Somebody put me tog	ether

Foreigner - Juke Box Hero (1981)

Originally in E, I play in E and just don’t go up to the higher octave

All Is are pretty much I5s

E	E	E	E

Vox on the 7 on “in”

	E	D/E
Standin’ in the r	ain with his head hung l	ow

	E	D/E
Couldn’t get a t	icket, it was a sold out	show

	E	D/E
Heard the roar of the	crowd, he could picture the	scene

	E	D/E
Put his ear to the	wall, and like a distant	scream

	E	D
He heard one guitar,	just blew him away

	E	D
Saw stars in his eyes	and the very next day

	E	D/E
Bought a beat up s	ix-string in a second hand s	tore

	E	D/E
Didn’t know how to	play it but he knew for s	ure

	E	D
That that one guitar	felt good in his hands

	E	D
Didn’t take long	to understand

	E	D
Just one guitar,	slung way down	low

	E	D
Was a one way ticket,	only one way to go

	B
So, he started	rockin’, ain’t never gonna stop

	B
Gotta keep on	rockin’, someday he’s gonna make it to the top

	Em	G	D	Em
And be a	juke box	hero, got	stars in his	eyes

	Em	G	D	Em
He’s a	juke box	hero

	Em	G	D	Em
He took one gui	tar (juke box h	ero,	stars in his	eyes)

	Em	G	D	Em
Juke box	hero,	he’ll come ali	ve toni	ght

Em
E	D/E
E	D/E

	E	D/E
In a town without a n	ame, in a heavy downp	our

	E	D/E
Thought he passed his own	shadow by the backstage	door

	E	D/E
Like a trip through the past,	that day in the rain

	E	D/E
That one guitar	made his whole life change

	B
Now, he needs to keep a-ro	ckin’, he just can’t stop

	B
Gotta keep on r	ockin’, that boy has got to stay on top

	Em	G	D	Em
And be a	juke box	hero, got	stars in his	eyes

	Em	G	D	Em
He’s a	juke box	hero

	Em	G	D	Em
He took one gui	tar (juke box h	ero,	stars in his	eyes)

	Em	G	D	Em
Juke box	hero,	he’ll come ali	ve toni	ght

Solo

E	D
	x12

	B
He’s gotta keep a-r	ockin’, he just can’t stop

	B
Gotta keep on	rockin’, that boy has got to stay on top

	Em	G	D	Em
And be a	juke box	hero, got	stars in his	eyes

	Em	G	D	Em
He’s a	juke box	hero

	Em	G	D	Em
He took one gui	tar (juke box h	ero,	stars in his	eyes)

	Em	G	D	Em
Juke box	hero,	he’ll come ali	ve toni	ght

Em	G	D	Em
Juke box	hero

	Em	G	D	Em
Juke box heeeeep	ro,	he got stars	in his	eyes

Em	G	D	Em
Stars	in his	eyes

Garth Brooks - Much Too Young to Feel This Damn Old (1989)

Intro

G	Am	D	C	G	D
		→		→	x2

G	Am
This old highway’s getting lon	ger

D	C	G	D
It seems there a	in’t no end in	sight

G

To sleep would be best

	Am
But I just	can’t afford the rest

D	C	G	D
I gotta ride in Den	ver tomorrow	night

G	Am
I called the house, but no one a	nswered

D	C	G	D
For the last two wee	ks no one’s been h	ome

G

I guess she’s through with me

	Am
To tell the t	ruth, I just can’t see

	D	C	G
What’s	kept a woman hol	ding on this l	ong

	C
And the w	hite line’s getting longer

	G	D/F#	Em
And the s	addle’s	getting	cold

	C	D	G
Now I’m	much too young to f	eel this damn	old

	C
All my c	ards are on the table with no

G	D/F#	Em
Ace left	in the	hole

	C	D	G
Now I’m	much too young to	feel this damn	old

G	Am	D	C	G	D
		→		→	x2

G	Am
The competition’s getting y	ounger

	D	C	G	D
Tougher b	roncs, you k	now I can’t reca	ll

	G
A worn out t	ape of Chris LeDoux

	Am
Lonely	women and bad booze

	D	C	G
Seem to b	e the only f	riends I’ve left at	all

	C
And the w	hite line’s getting longer

	G	D/F#	Em
And the s	addle’s	getting	cold

	C	D	G
Now I’m	much too young to f	eel this damn	old

	C
All my c	ards are on the table with no

G	D/F#	Em
Ace left	in the	hole

	C	D	G	D/F#	Em
Now I’m	much too young to	feel this damn	old →	→

	C	D	G
Lord, I’m	much too young to f	eel this damn	old

G	C	G
→	→

Garth Brooks - The Dance (1989)

Intro, rubato

Em	C	Dsus4

In tempo

G	C/G	G	C/G	G	D11	C	G
	→		→		→

	G	C/G	G	C	D
Lookin b	ack	→	on the mem	’ry of the dan	ce we shared

	G	D
‘Neath the sta	rs above

	G	C/G	G	C
For a mom	ent	→	all the wor	ld was right

	D
How could I h	ave known

	Em	D/F#
That you’d ev	er say goodbye

	C	D
And	now, I’m glad I didn’t	know

	Bm
The way it all would	end

	C	D
The way it all would	go

	C	D
Our	lives, are better left to	chance

	Bm
I could have missed the	pain

	C	D	G
But I’d have had to	miss	the	dance

G	C/G	G	C/G	G	D11	C	G
	→		→		→

	C	D
Holding you I held eve	rything for a mom	ent

	G	D
Wasn’t	I the king?

	G	C
If I’d o	nly known how the kin	g would fall

	D
Hey who	’s to say

	Em	D
You know, I mig	ht have changed it a	ll

	C	D
And	now, I’m glad I didn’t	know

	Bm
The way it all would	end

	C	D
The way it all would	go

	C	D
Our	lives, are better left to	chance

	Bm
I could have missed the	pain

	C	D	G
But I’d have had to	miss	the	dance

G	C/G	G
	→

Am7	G/B
→	→

	C	D
Yes my	life, it’s better left to	chance

	Bm
I could have missed the	pain

	C	D	G
But I’d have had to	miss	the	dance

Rubato

Em	C	Dsus4	Em
			x2

Genesis - Invisible Touch (1986)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 1

Intro

Asus4	A	D	E
Asus4	A	D/F#	E
Asus4	A	D	E
Asus4	A	D/F#	E

F#m	D
Well I’ve been	waiting

C#m	A	Asus2	A
Waiting here so l	ong

F#m	D
But thinking	nothing

C#m	E
Nothing could go wr	ong

	B
Well	now I know

	D	A	Asus2	A
She has a	built-in abili	ty

	D	A	Asus2	A
To t	ake everything she	sees

D

And now it seems I’m falling

E

Falling for her

Asus4	A	D	E
She seems to have	an in	visible touch	yeah

Asus4	A	D/F#	E
She reaches in	and	grabs right hold of	your heart

Asus4	A	D	E
She seems to have	an in	visible touch	yeah

Asus4	A	D/F#	E	F#m
It takes control	and	slowly	tears you a	part

F#m	D
Well I don’t really	know her

	C#m	A	Asus2	A
I	only know her	name

F#m	D
But she crawls	under your skin

C#m	E
You’re never quite the	same

	B
And	now I know

	D	A	Asus2	A
She’s got	something you just can’t	trust

	D	A	Asus2	A
And it’s	something mysteri	ous

D

And now it seems I’m falling

E

Falling for her

Asus4	A	D	E
She seems to have	an in	visible touch	yeah

Asus4	A	D/F#	E
She reaches in	and	grabs right hold of	your heart

Asus4	A	D	E
She seems to have	an in	visible touch	yeah

Asus4	A	D/F#	E	G7sus2
It takes control	and	slowly	tears you a	part

Bizarre prog solo

G7sus2

Asus4	A	D	E
She seems to have	an in	visible touch	yeah

Asus4	A	D/F#	E
She reaches in	and	grabs right hold of	your heart

Asus4	A	D	E
She seems to have	an in	visible touch	yeah

Asus4	A	D/F#	E	F#m
It takes control	and	slowly	tears you a	part

F#m	D
Well she don’t like	losing

	C#m	A	Asus2	A
To	her it’s still a	game

F#m	D
And though she will	mess up your life

C#m	E
You’ll want her just the	same

	B
And	now I know

	D	A	Asus2	A
She has a	built-in abili	ty

	D	A	Asus2	A
To	take everything she	sees

D

And now it seems I’ve fallen

E

Fallen for her

Bsus4	B	E	F#
She seems to have	an in	visible touch	yeah

Bsus4	B	E/G#	F#
She reaches in	and	grabs right hold of	your heart

Bsus4	B	E	F#
She seems to have	an in	visible touch	yeah

Bsus4	B	E/G#	F#	B
It takes control	and	slowly	tears you a	part

Bsus4	B	E	F#
She seems to have	an in	visible touch	yeah

Bsus4	B	E/G#	F#
She seems to have	an in	visible touch	oh, oh, oh

Bsus4	B	E	F#
She seems to have	an in	visible touch	yeah

Bsus4	B	E/G#	F#	B
She seems to have	an in	visible touch	oh, oh, o	h

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 Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You (1987)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Highest note is the 3 (“*whole* lot of...”)

Starts percussion only

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set o	n you

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

	A	D	E
But it’s gonna take m	oney

	A	D	E
A whole lotta sp	ending money

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take	plenty of money

Hard stop on the V

	A	D	E
To do it r	ight child

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take t	ime

	A	D	E
A whole lot of p	recious	time

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take p	atience and t	ime,	mmm

	A	D	A	D	A
To	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it

Hard stop

	D	A
To	do it	right child

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set o	n you

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

Bridge

	A	D
And th	is time I know it’s for r	eal

	A	D
The fe	eling that I f	eel

	A	D
I know	if I put my mind	to it

	A	E7
I know	that I really can	do it

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
S	et	on y	ou

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set o	n you

	A	E	A
S	et	on y	ou

	A	D	E
But it’s gonna take m	oney

	A	D	E
A whole lotta sp	ending money

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take	plenty of money

	A	D	E
To do it r	ight child

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take t	ime

	A	D	E
A whole lot of p	recious	time

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take p	atience and t	ime,	mmm

	A	D	A	D	A
To	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it

	D	A
To	do it	right

Instrumental chorus, skip acoustic

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

	F#m	C#7	F#m
I got my mind	set o	n you

	A	E	A
I got my mind s	et	on y	ou

Bridge

	A	D
And th	is time I know it’s for r	eal

	A	D
The fe	elings that I f	eel

	A	D
I know	if I put my mind	to it

	A	E7
I know	that I really can	do it

	A	D	E
But it’s gonna take m	oney

	A	D	E
A whole lotta sp	ending money

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take	plenty of money

	A	D	E
To do it r	ight child

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take t	ime

	A	D	E
A whole lot of p	recious	time

	A	D	E
It’s gonna take p	atience and t	ime,	mmm

	A	D	A	D	A
To	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it, to	do it

	D	A
To	do it	right

F#m	C#7	F#m
Set	on yo	u

	A	E	A
S	et	on y	ou

F#m	C#7	F#m
A	E	A

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

George Strait - All My Ex’s Live in Texas (1987)

Intro

A	E	E	A

Vox on the 1

A	E
All my ex’s live in T	exas

Make sure to get down to the 1 of the chord (2 of the key) on “place”

	Bm	Bm/F#	Fdim7	A
And Texas is the	place I’d dearly	love	to be

	A	E
But a	ll my ex’s live in	Texas

	A
And that’s why I hang my hat in Tenne	ssee

	A	Bm
Rosa	nna’s down in Texarkana,	wanted me to push her broom

E7	A
Sweet Eileen’s in Abilene, she forgot I hung the	moon

	A	Bm
And	Allison’s in Galveston,	somehow lost her sanity

Vox on 1 2 of the chord (3 4 of the key) on “dimples”, 6 5 of the chord (3 2 of the key) on “law-aw”

	B7	E7
And	Dimples, who now lives in Temple’s got the	law lookin’ for me

A	E
All my ex’s live in T	exas

	Bm	Bm/F#	Fdim7	A
And Texas is the	place I’d dearly	love	to be

	A	E
But a	ll my ex’s live in	Texas

	A
And that’s why I hang my hat in Tenne	ssee

A	E	E	A

	A
I rem	ember that ole Frio River

Bm

Where I learned to swim

	E
But it	brings to mind another time

	A
Where I wore my welcome	thin

	Bm
By transcendental meditation,	I go there each night

	B7	E
But I	always come back to myself,	long before daylight

A	E
All my ex’s live in T	exas

	Bm	Bm/F#	Fdim7	A
And Texas is the	place I’d dearly	love	to be

	A	E
But a	ll my ex’s live in	Texas

	A
Therefore I reside in Tenne	ssee

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “some folks”

E	D	D#	E
Some folks thinks I’m hiding	→	→

	D	D#	E
It’s been rumored that I died	→	→

	A
But I’m alive and well in Tenne	ssee

A6

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

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 - Paradise City (1987)

Originally in Gb, I play in A and sing down an octave

Intro

A	D	G	D	A
		→		x2

A

Take me down to the paradise city

	D
Where the g	rass is green and the girls are pretty

G	D	A
Oh won’t you	please take me	home

A

Take me down to the paradise city

	D
Where the g	rass is green and the girls are pretty

G	D	A
Oh won’t you	please take me	home

A	D	G	D	A
		→		x4

A	A	A	C
			x 4

A	C
Just an urchin livin’ under the stree	t

	A	C
I’m a	hard case that’s tough to bea	t

	A	C
I’m your	charity case, so buy me something to e	at

	A	D	A
I’ll	pay you at another	time, take it to the end of the	line

A	A	A	C
			x 4

A	C
Rags to riches, or so they sa	y

	A	C
You gotta	keep pushin’ for the fortune and fam	e

	A	C
You know it’s,	it’s all a gamble when it’s just a gam	e

	A	D	A
You t	reat it like a capital	crime, everybody’s doin’ the	time

A

Take me down to the paradise city

	D
Where the g	rass is green and the girls are pretty

G	D	A
Oh won’t you	please take me	home

A

Take me down to the paradise city

	D
Where the g	rass is green and the girls are pretty

G	D	A
Oh won’t you	please take me	home

A	A	A	C
			x 4

A	C
Strapped in the chair of the city gas cham	ber

A	C
Why I’m here I can’t quite remem	ber

A	C
The surgeon general says it’s hazardous to brea	the

	A	D
I’d h	ave another cigarette, but	I can’t see

	A
Tell me who you’re gonna beli	eve

Really, in this chorus, it’s “a paradise city” instead of “the paradise city”

A

Take me down to a paradise city

	D
Where the g	rass is green and the girls are pretty

G	D	A
Oh won’t you	please take me	home

A

Take me down to the paradise city

	D
Where the g	rass is green and the girls are pretty

G	D	C	A
Oh won’t you	please take me	home,	yeah

A	A	A	C
			x 4

B	B	B	D
			x 2

A	A	A	C
A	A	A	D

	E	D
So	far a	way

	E	D
So	far a	way

	E	D	C
So	far a	wa	y

A	C
Captain America’s been torn apa	rt

	A	C
Now	he’s a court jester with a broken hea	rt

	A	C
He said,	turn me around and take me back to the st	art

	A	D
I m	ust be losin’ my	mind, are you blind?

	A
I’ve seen it all a million	times

A

Take me down to the paradise city

	D
Where the g	rass is green and the girls are pretty

G	D	A
Oh won’t you	please take me	home

A

Take me down to the paradise city

	D
Where the g	rass is green and the girls are pretty

G	D	A
Oh won’t you	please take me	home

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

Guns and Roses - Used to Love Her (1988)

D	A	G	A
			x2

D	A	G	A
I used to	love her	but I had to	kill her

D	A	G	A
I used to	love her, mmm,	yeah, but I had to	kill her

G	A	G	A
I had to	put her	six feet	under

G	A	D
And I can	still hear her com	plain

D	A	G	A
I used to	love her, ooh	yeah, but I had to	kill her

D	A	G	A
I used to	love her, ooh	yeah, but I had to	kill her

G	A	G	A
I knew I’d	miss her,	so I had to	keep her

G	A	D
She’s buried	right in my back	yard

Solo on verse + chorus

	D	A	G	A	D
Oh	yeah,	ooh	yeah,	whoa, oh ye	ah

D	A	G	A
G	A	G	A
G	A	D	D

D	A	G	A
I used to	love her	but I had to	kill her

D	A	G	A
I used to	love her, ooh,	yeah, but I had to	kill her

G	A	G	A
She bitched so	much,	she drove me	nuts

G	A	D
And now we’re	happier this	way, yeah

(Solo)

D	A	G	A
	Whoa, oh	yeah,	take it for what it is

D	A	G	A
G	A	G	A
G	A	D	D

D	A	G	A
I used to	love her	but I had to	kill her

D	A	G	A
I used to	love her, oooh	yeah, but I had to	kill her

G	A	G	A
I had to	put her, oooh,	six feet	under

G	A	D
And I can	still hear her com	plain

Hall and Oates - Maneater (1982)

Originally in Bm, I play in Em capo 2

Em	D	C	D
			x8

Vox on the 3

	G
She’ll o	nly come out at night

	D/F#
The l	ean and hungry type

Vox stay where they were, on the 3 of the new chord

F	E
Nothing is new, I’ve seen her here bef	ore

Am7

Watching and waiting

	D	D#dim7	Em	D	Em
Ooh, she’s si	ttin’ with you but her e	yes are on the d	oor	→

	G
So m	any have paid to see

D/F#

What you think you’re getting for free

	F	E
The w	oman is wild, a she-cat tamed by the p	urr of a Jag-u-ar

Am7

Money’s the matter

Not a typo, this time it really ends on the relative major, but IMO it sounds worse... YMMV

	D	D#dim7	Em	D	E
If you’re in	it for love, you a	in’t gonna get too far		→

Em	D
Oh-oh, here she comes, w	atch out boy she’ll chew you up

C	B	B/D#
Whoa-oh, here she comes, she’s a ma	neater

Em	D
Oh-oh, here she comes, w	atch out boy she’ll chew you up

Amy	C	D
Whoa-oh, here she comes, she’s a	maneater

Em	Em	D/F#
	→

	G
I w	ouldn’t if I were you

	D/F#
I k	now what she can do

	F	E
She’s d	eadly man, she could really r	ip your world apart

Am7

Mind over matter

	D	D#dim7	Em	D	E
Ooh, the beau	ty is there but a	beast is in the heart		→

Em	D
Oh-oh, here she comes, w	atch out boy she’ll chew you up

C	B	B/D#
Whoa-oh, here she comes, she’s a ma	neater

Em	D
Oh-oh, here she comes, w	atch out boy she’ll chew you up

Am7	C	D
Whoa-oh, here she comes, she’s a	maneater

Em

Solo

Em	D	C	D
Em	D	C	D	D#dim7
			→

Em	D	C	D
Em	D	Am7	B
			Ooooh

Em	D
Oh-oh, here she comes, (here she comes) w	atch out boy she’ll chew you up

C	B	B/D#
Whoa-oh, here she comes, (watch out) she’s a ma	neater

Em	D
Oh-oh, here she comes, (she’s a maneater)	ooh ooh she’ll chew you up

Am7	C	D
Whoa-oh, here she comes, (here she comes) she’s a	maneater

Em	D
Oh-oh, here she comes, (watch out) she’ll	only come out at night, ooh

C	B	B/D#
Whoa-oh, here she comes, here she comes, she’s a ma	neater

Em	D
Oh-oh, here she comes, (she’s a maneater)	ooh but it’s why I woooo

Am7	C	D
Whoa-oh, here she comes, here she comes,	watch out boy,	watch out boy

Hall and Oates - You Make My Dreams Come True (1981)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 2

Intro

A

	A
What I	want you’ve got and it might be hard to handle

Like the flame that burns the candle

	Bm7	A/C#	D
The	candle	feeds the	flame, yeah, yeah

	A
What I’ve	got, full stock of thoughts and dreams that scatter

Then you pull them all together

	Bm7	A/C#	D
And a-	how I	can’t	explain, oh yeah

	Bm7	E	A
Well, well	you,	you make my dreams come	true

Bm7	A/C#	D
Well, we	ll, well	you

	E	A
Oh, y	eah, you make my dreams come	true, well yeah

Hard stop on the I

D	A
→

	A
On a ni	ght when bad, dreams become a screamer

When they’re messin’ with a dreamer

	Bm7	A/C#	D
I can	laugh it	in the	face

	A
Twist and	shout my way out, and wrap yourself around me

’Cause I ain’t the way you found me

	Bm7	A/C#	D
And I’ll	never	be the	same, oh yeah

	Bm7	E	A
Well, ‘cause	you,	you make my dreams come	true, yeah

Bm7	A/C#	D
Well, we	ll, well	you

E	A
You make my dreams come	true, ooh, ooh yeah

Bridge

	G	D	A	A
Listen to this!

G	D	A	A
G	F#m7

	Bm7
I’m down on my	daydream

	D	E
Oh, that	sleepwalk should be over by now, I	know

A

	A#	Bm7	E	A
Wh	ooow	you,	you make my dreams come	true, yeah

Bm7	A/C#	D
Well, we	ll, well	you

E	A
You make my dreams come	true, ooh, ooh yeah

Repeat with ad libs

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

Heart - What About Love (1985)

Originally in F, I play in G an octave down... the highest note is the *root*!!!! in F!!!!

Intro, sparse

Em	D/E	C/E	D/E
			x2

Still sparse

Vox on 4 3 on “lonely”

	Em	C
I’ve been	lonely

	G	D
I’ve been	waiting for	you

	Em	C
I’m pre	tending

	G	D
And that’s	all I can	do

Em	C
The love I’m	sending

	G	D	C	Csus2
Ain’t	making it	through to your	heart

Band enters

	Em	C
You’ve been	hiding

	G	D
Never	letting it	show

	Em	C
Always	trying

	G	D
To keep it	under cont	rol

Em	C
You got it	down

	G	D	C
And you’re	well on your	way to the	top

Hard stop on “got”

	D
But there’s	something that you forgot

	G/B
What about	love

	C	D
Don’t you	want someone to care	about you

	G/B
What about	love

	C	D
Don’t	let it slip aw	ay

	G/B
What about	love

	C	D
I	only wanna share	it with you

	C	Em
You might	need it someday,	yeah

Em	D/E	C/E	D/E
			x1

	Em	C
I can’t	tell you

	G	D
What you’re	feeling ins	ide

	Em	C
And I can’t	sell you

	G	D
What you	don’t want to	buy

Em	C
Something’s	missing

	G	D	C
You	gotta look	back on your	life

	D
You know	something here just ain’t right

	G/B
What about	love

	C	D
Don’t you	want someone to care	about you

	G/B
What about	love

	C	D
Don’t	let it slip aw	ay

	G/B
What about	love

Original does a hanging stop on “share”, I roll right into the next (last) chorus

	C	D
I	only wanna share	it with you

Solo

C

D

C

D

Hard stop at the end of this line

C	D	Em	D

	G/B
What about	love

	C	D
Don’t you	want someone to care	about you

	G/B
What about	love

	C	D
Don’t	let it slip aw	ay

	G/B
But what about	love

	C	D
I	only wanna share	it with you, whoa

Generally skip the fading, key-changed outro

A/E	D/E	E
Lo-	ove,	oh-oh

	A/E	D/E	E
Oh, what about	love,	love,	ooh-ooh

	A/E	D/E	E
What about	love,	love, love,	love

	A/E	D/E	E
What about, what about,	lo - o -	o - ove

	A/E	D/E	E
Oooh-ooh-ooh-	ooh-ohh

Huey Lewis - Do You Believe in Love (1982)

Originally in B, I play in G

Intro

G	D/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→	x2

Vox on 5 3 on “walking”

	G
I was w	alking down a one way street

	Bm
Just a	looking for someone to meet

	C	D	G
One w	oman who was l	ooking for a ma	n

Can simplify all of this to just IV → V

G	D/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→

	G
Now I’m	hoping (hoping) that the feeling is right

	Bm
And I’m w	ondering (wondering) if you’ll stay for the night

Sing the background line here

	C	D	G
So I’m c	oming (I don’t wanna be lo	nely baby please t	ell me)

And skip this line, because it’s *super* awkward

	C	D
I wanna love you all over	→

If solo, sing 6 5 on “do you”

G	D	C	D
Do you	beli	eve in	love

G	D	C	G
Do you	belie	ve it’s	true

G	D	C	D
Do you	beli	eve in	love

	Am7	D6
Oh you’re m	aking me believe it t	oo

Am7	D

	G
Now the feeling	is beginning to grow

	Bm
And the	meaning is something you only know

	C	D	G
If you be	lieve it, take my h	and and I’ll take your h	eart, come on

G	D/G	G	C/G	G
→	→		→

	G
Now I wo	nder (wonder) where does true love begin

	Bm
I’m going u	nder (under) so I’m letting you in

	C	D	G
My wom	an (I don’t wanna be l	onely baby pleas	e tell me)

	C	D
I wanna love you all over	→

G	D	C	D
Do you	beli	eve in	love (Do you believe in love?)

G	D	C	G
Do you	belie	ve it’s	true (If you believe it’s true)

G	D	C	D
Do you	beli	eve in	love

	Am7	D6
Oh you’re m	aking me believe it t	oo

Am7	D

Solo on verse chords

G	Bm	C	D	G
		→

Bridge, ideally vox on the 3 of the chord, but OK to do it on the 1 of the chord

C	G	D/G
I used to have you in a p	hotogr	aph (I’m so glad it’s changed)

C	G/D	D
But now I’ve got you and it’s	gonna l	ast (Do you believe in love)

G	D	C	D
Do you	beli	eve in	love

G	D	C	G
Do you	belie	ve it’s	true (I’m so glad)

G	D	C	D
Do you	beli	eve in	love

	Am7	D6
Oh you’re m	aking me believe it t	oo, yeah

G	D	C	D
Wee-ooh	ooh-ooh	ooh-ooh	(Do you believe in love)

G	D	C	D
Wee-ooh	ooh-ooh	wee-ooh	(If you believe it too)

G	D	C	D
Wee-ooh	ooh-ooh	ooh-ooh	(Do you believe in love)

G	D	C	D
Wee-ooh	ooh-ooh	wee-ooh	(If you believe it too)

G

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 Heart of Rock and Roll (1983)

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro... anywhere there are I7’s, mix in some 7#9’s

A7

First “New York” on the 5, the second more or less on the b3

A7

New York, New York is everything they say and no place that I’d rather be

A7

Where else can you do a half a million things, all at a quarter to three

Vox on the 1 of the chorus

G7

When they play their music, oooh that modern music, they like it with a lot of style

Vox on the b7 of the chord

	D7	G	D	A7
But it’s s	till that same old backbeat rhythm that re	ally really d	rives ‘em w	ild

	G	D
They say the h	eart of rock and roll is still	beating

	G	D
And from	what I’ve seen I bel	ieve ‘em

	C
Now the o	ld boy may be barely breathing

	B	E
But the	heart of rock and roll,	heart of rock and roll is

	A7
Still	beating

A7

L.A., Hollywood, and the Sunset Strip is something everyone should see

A7

Neon nights and the pretty pretty girls all dressed so scantily

G7

When they play their music, that hard rock music, they like it with a lot of flash

	D7	G	D7	A7
But it’s	still that same old backbeat rhythm that r	eally really kic	ks ‘em in the

	G	D
They say the h	eart of rock and roll is still	beating

	G	D
And from	what I’ve seen I bel	ieve ‘em

	C
Now the o	ld boy may be barely breathing

	B	E
But the	heart of rock and roll,	heart of rock and roll is

	A7
Still	beating

A7

Johnny, ow!

Solo

D	A	D	A
D	A	D	G	F#	B
			→	→

A7

D.C., San Antone, and the liberty town, Boston and-a Baton Rouge

A7

Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco too

G7

Everywhere there’s music, real live music, bands with a million styles

	D7	G	D	A7
But it’s s	till that same old rock and roll music that re	ally really d	rives ‘em w	ild

	G	D
Th-th-th-th-they say the h	eart of rock and roll is still	beating

	G	D
And from	what I’ve seen I bel	ieve ‘em

	C
Now the o	ld boy may be barely breathing

	B	E
But the	heart of rock and roll,	heart of rock and roll is

	A7
Still	beating

A7

In Cleveland

A7

Detroit

A7

Uh, heart of rock and roll

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 - Need You Tonight (1987)

Intro

C	Eb
	x2

Unclear whether this is a Cm7, a C7, or a C7#9.. it sounds like a m7 to me, INXS plays this acoustic with a clear C7

Cm7	F7	Cm7	F7
	All you got is this mom	ent

	Cm7	F7
The twenty-first century’s ye	sterday

	Cm7	F7
You can care all you w	ant

	Cm7	F7
Everybody does yeah t	hat’s okay

	C	Eb	C
So sl	ide over here and	give me a mo	ment

	C	Eb	C
Your mo	ves are so raw, I’ve g	ot to let you k	now

	C	Eb
I’ve g	ot to let you know

	C	C	Eb	C
You’re o	ne of my k	ind

Vox on the 1 1 4 of the second chord on “need you to”

Cm7	F7	Cm7	F7
	I need you ton	ight

	Cm7	F7
‘Cause I’m not sl	eeping

	Cm7	F7
There’s something ab	out you girl

	Cm7	F7
That makes me sw	eat

Cm7	F7
How do you feel, I’m l	onely

Cm7	F7
What do you think, can’t	think at all

Cm7	F7
Whatcha gonna do, gonna l	ive my life

	C	Eb	C
So sl	ide over here and	give me a mo	ment

	C	Eb	C
Your mo	ves are so raw, I’ve g	ot to let you k	now

	C	Eb
I’ve g	ot to let you know

	C	Eb	C
You’re o	ne of my kind

Cm7	F7	Cm7	F7
	I need you ton	ight

	Cm7	F7
‘Cause I’m not sl	eeping

	Cm7	F7
There’s something ab	out you girl

	Cm7	F7
That makes me sw	eat

	Cm7	F7
So	how do you feel, I’m l	onely

Cm7	F7
What do you think, can’t	think at all

Cm7	F7
Whatcha gonna do, gonna l	ive my life

Hard stop on “lonely”

	Cm7	F7
So	how do you feel, I’m l	onely

Cm7	F7
What do you think, can’t	think at all

Cm7	F7
Whatcha gonna do, gonna l	ive my life

	Cm7	F7
So sl	ide over here and	give me a moment

	Cm7	F7
Your mo	ves are so raw, I’ve g	ot to let you know

	Eb	C
I’ve g	ot to let you k	now

	Cm7	F7
So sl	ide over here and	give me a moment

	Cm7	F7
I’ve g	ot to let you k	now

Hard stop on “got”, the other chord is implied

	Cm7	F7
I’ve g	ot to let you k	now

A cappella

You're one of my kind

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

Irene Cara - What a Feeling (1983)

Originally in Bb, I play in D

Intro, rubato

D	A	Em	Bm

Still rubato

D	A	Em	Bm
First, when there’s not	hing but a s	low glowing d	ream

	G	D	C	A
That your f	ear seems to h	ide deep ins	ide your m	ind

	D	A	Em	Bm
All alon	e I have crie	d silent tea	rs full of pr	ide

	G	D	C
In a worl	d made of ste	el, made of st	one

Band enters

C	Asus4

	D	A	Em	Bm
Well	I hear the m	usic, close my e	yes, feel the rhy	thm

	G	D	C	Asus4
Wrap aroun	d, take a hol	d of my hea	rt →

	Bm	A	G
What a f	eeling

A	Bm	A	G
Bein’s bel	ievin’

A	D	Em	D/F#	G	Asus4
I can’t ha	ve it	all, now I’m danc	in’ f	or my l	ife

	Bm	A	G
Take your pass	ion

	A	Bm	A	G
And m	ake it h	appe	n

	A	D	Em7	D/F#	G	Asus4
Pi	ctures c	ome ali	ve, you can da	nce right t	hrough your l	ife

D	A	Em	Bm	G	D	C	Asus4

	D	A	Em	Bm
Now	I hear the m	usic, close my ey	es, I am rhy	thm

	G	D	C	Asus4
In a fla	sh it takes hol	d of my he	art →

	Bm	A	G
What a f	eeling

A	Bm	A	G
Bein’s bel	ievin’

	D	Em	D/F#	G	Asus4
I can’t ha	ve it	all, now I’m danc	in’ f	or my l	ife

	Bm	A	G
Take your pass	ion

	A	Bm	A	G
And m	ake it h	appe	n

	A	D	Em7	D/F#	G	Asus4
Pi	ctures c	ome ali	ve, now I’m da	ncing t	hrough my l	ife

Silly bridge, best to skip this... those are *really*

	C	A	C	A
What a	feeling

Staccato

	Bm	A	G
What a f	eeling		(I am music now)

A	Bm	A	G
Bein’s bel	ievin’		(I am rhythm now)

A	D	Em7	D/F#	G	Asus4
Pictures c	ome ali	ve, you can da	nce right t	hrough your l	ife

	Bm	A	G
What a f	eeling		(I can really have it all)

	A	Bm	A	G
W	hat a f	eeling		(it just came about with a call)

	A	Bm	A	G
W	hat a f	eeling		(I can really have it all)

	A	Bm	A	G
W	hat a f	eeling		(it just came about with a call)

J. Geils Band - Centerfold (1981)

G	F	C	F
			x2

Come on!

G	F	C	F
			x2

G	F	C	F	C
Does she walk?	Does she talk? D	oes she come complete?

	G	F	C	F	C
My h	omeroom homeroom an	gel always p	ulled me from my seat

G	F	C	F	C
She was pure like	snowflakes, no o	ne could ever stain

	G	F	C	F	C
The m	emory of my an	gel could ne	ver cause me pain

Em	Am	C	D
Years go by, I’m lookin’ through a gi	rly magazine

	Em	Am	C	D
And t	here’s my homeroom angel on the	pages in-bet	wee	n

	G	F	C	F	C
My b	lood runs c	old, my me	mory has j	ust been s	old

G	F	C	F	C
My angel is the c	enterfold, an	gel is the cen	terf	old

	G	F	C	F	C
My b	lood runs c	old, my me	mory has j	ust been s	old

G	F	C	F	C
		Angel is the c	ente	rfold

G	F	C	F	C
Slipped me notes un	der the desk while	I was thinkin’ ab	out her dr	ess

G	F	C	F	C
I was shy, I tur	ned away be	fore she caught my eye

G	F	C	F	C
I was shakin’ i	n my shoes when	ever she flashed those bab	y-b	lues

G	F	C	F	C
Something had a h	old on me when an	gel passed close by

	Em	Am	C	D
Those s	oft and fuzzy sweaters, too ma	gical to t	ouch

	Em	Am	C	D
To s	ee her in that negligee is r	eally just too	much

	G	F	C	F	C
My b	lood runs c	old, yeah my me	mory has j	ust been s	old

G	F	C	F	C
My angel is the c	enterfold, an	gel is the cen	terf	old

	G	F	C	F	C
My b	lood runs c	old, my me	mory has j	ust been s	old

G	F	C	F	C
	Oh yeah,	angel is the c	ente	rfold

G	F	C	F	C
Na na, na	na na na, na	na na na nana	na na	na na

G	F	C	F	C
Na na, na	na na na, na	na na na nana	na na	na na

G	F	C	F	C
Na na, na	na na na, na	na na na nana	na na	na na

G	F	C	F	C
Na na, na	na na na, na	na na na nana	na na	na

G	F	C	F	C
It’s okay I u	nderstand, this a	in’t no never-nev	er land

G	F	C	F	C
I hope that when this is	sue’s gone I’ll see	you when your cl	othes are	on

G	F	C	F	C
Take your car, y	es we will, we’ll ta	ke your car and d	rive it

G	F	C	F	C
We’ll take it to a	motel room and t	ake ‘em off in pr	ivate

	Em	Am	C	D
A p	art of me has just been ripped, the p	ages from my	mind are	stripped

Em	Am	C	D
Oh no, I can’t deny it,	oh yeah, I gu	ess I gotta	buy it

	G	F	C	F	C
My b	lood runs c	old, my me	mory has j	ust been s	old

G	F	C	F	C
My angel is the c	enterfold, an	gel is the cen	terf	old

	G	F	C	F	C
My b	lood runs c	old, my me	mory has j	ust been s	old

G	F	C	F	C
	My	angel is the c	ente	rfold

Hits on the downbeats only, let ring at the end

G	F	C	F	C
Na na, na	na na na, na	na na na nana	na na	na na

Alright, alright, one, two, three, four

G	F	C	F	C
Na na, na	na na na, na	na na na nana	na na	na na

G	F	C	F	C
Na na, na	na na na, na	na na na nana	na na	na na

With na nas

	G	F	C	F	C
My b	lood runs c	old, yeah my me	mory has j	ust been s	old

G	F	C	F	C
My angel is the c	enterfold, an	gel is the cen	terf	old

G	F	C	F	C
Na na, na	na na na, na	na na na nana	na na	na na

G	F	C	F	C
Na na, na	na na na, na	na na na nana	na na	na na

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
	x2

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 n	ot 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

A5	C5	A5	G5	A5
G5	A5
	x2

A5

Daylight, spent the night without you

D5

But I’ve been dreamin’ ‘bout the lovin’ you do

	E5
I w	on’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 w	anna 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”

Joan Jett - I Love Rock N’ Roll (1981)

Originally in E, and there’s a lot of b3 in the melody, but every other key sounds silly, so I choose to sing those b3’s poorly

Intro

E	E	A	B
E	E	A	B	E
			→

E	E

	E
I	saw him dancin’ there by the record machine

	E	B
I	knew he must’a been about seven	teen

	A	B
The	beat was going st	rong

E	A
Playin’ my favorite	song

An' I could tell it wouldn't be long
Till he was with me, yeah me
An' I could tell it wouldn't be long

	B
Till he was with	me, yeah me, singin’

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B
So	put another dime in the	jukebox, baby

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B	E
So	come and take your time and	dance with	me

E

Ow!

	E
He	smiled so I got up an’ asked for his name

E	B
That don’t matter, he said, ‘cause it’s all the	same

A	B
Said can I take you	home

	E	A
Where	we can be a	lone

And next we were movin' on, he was with me, yeah me

	B
Next we were movin’ on, he was with	me, yeah me, singin’

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B
So	put another dime in the	jukebox, baby

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B	E
So	come and take your time and	dance with	me

E

Ow!

Solo

E	E7#9	E	B

A	B	E	A
Said can I take you	home where	we can be a	lone

Next we were movin' on, he was with me, yeah me
An' we'll be movin' on, an' singin' that same old song
Yeah with me, singin'

Instruments out, chords implied

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B
So	put another dime in the	jukebox, baby

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B	E
So	come and take your time and	dance with	me

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B
So	put another dime in the	jukebox, baby

E

I love rock n’ roll

Note no “me” at the end of this line

	A	B
So	come and take your time and	dance with

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B
So	put another dime in the	jukebox, baby

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B
So	come and take your time and	dance with

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B
So	put another dime in the	jukebox, baby

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B
So	come and take your time and	dance with

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B
So	put another dime in the	jukebox, baby

E

I love rock n’ roll

	A	B	E
So	come and take your time and	dance with	me

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 it 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

Vox on the 5 on “time”

	A
It’s b	een too long since we took the time

Vox up to the #5 of the key on “one’s”, then up to the 1 on “flies”, then 6 b7 on “quickly”

	Aaug	Bm	E
No o	ne’s to blame, I know time flies so q	uickly

Vox on 6 5 of the key on “but when” (so “when” is the 4 of the chord)

Bm	E
But when I	see you darlin’

Vox on the 6 of the key (5 of the chord) on “like”

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 Mellencamp - Hurts So Good (1982)

Originally in A, I play in D capo 2

Intro

D	G/D	D	G/D

D	A	Bm	G
When I was a y	oung boy,	said put away those yo	ung boy ways

D	A	Bm	G
Now that I’m gettin’ o	lder, so much older,	I love all those yo	ung boy days

D	A	D	A
With a girl like you	,	with a girl like y	ou

Bm	G
Lord knows there are t	hings we can do, baby

A

Just me and you, come on and make it uh

D	A
Hurt so	good

D	A
Come on baby, make it	hurt so good

G	Bm	G
Sometimes	love don’t f	eel like it should

	A	D
You make it	hurt so g	ood

D	G/D	D	G/D

D	A
Don’t have to be s	o exciting

Bm	G
Just tryin’ to give myself a lit	tle bit of fun, yeah

D	A
You always look so	invitin’

Bm	G
You ain’t as green as y	ou are young

D	A	D	A
Hey baby, its y	ou,	come on, girl, now it’s	you

Bm	G
Sink your teeth right t	hrough my bones, baby

A

Let’s see what we can do, come on and make it uh

D	A
Hurt so	good

D	A
Come on baby, make it	hurt so good

G	Bm	G
Sometimes	love don’t f	eel like it should

	A	D
You make it	hurt so g	ood

D	G/D

G	D
I ain’t talkin’ no b	ig deals

G	Bm	D
I ain’t made no p	lans myse	lf

G	D
I ain’t talkin’ no h	igh heels

	A
Maybe we could w	alk around all day long, walk around all day long

A

D	A
Hurt so	good

D	A
Come on baby, make it	hurt so good

G	Bm	G
Sometimes	love don’t f	eel like it should

	A	D
You make it	hurt so g	ood

D	A
Hurt so	good, come on baby now

D	A
Come on baby, make it	hurt so good

G	Bm	G
Sometimes	love don’t f	eel like it should

	A	D
You make it	hurt so g	ood

John Mellencamp - Pink Houses (1983)

Originally in G, I play in E

Intro

E	A	E
	→	x4

	E
There’s a b	lack man, with a black cat, living in a black neighborhood

He’s got an interstate running through his front yard

	D	A	E
You know he th	inks he’s,	got it so go	od

E

	E
And there’s a	woman, in the kitchen, cleaning up the evening slop

	D
And he lo	oks at her and says

	A	E
Hey darlin’	I can remember when you could	stop a clock

	A	E
Oh, but ain’t that Ame	rica, for you and	me

	A	E
Ain’t that Ame	rica, somethin’ to se	e baby

	A	B
Ain’t that Ame	rica, home of the fre	e, yeah

	A	E
Little pink houses for y	ou and me, yeah for you and me

E	A	E
	→	x2

(Verse 2)

	E
Well there’s a	young man, in a t-shirt, listening to a rock and roll station

He’s got greasy hair and a, greasy smile

	D	A	E
He says	lord this must	be my destinat	ion

E

	E
Cause he t	old me, when I was younger, said boy ya gonna be president

	D	A	E
But just like e	verything else, those old c	razy dreams, kinda came and	went

	A	E
Oh, but ain’t that Ame	rica, for you and	me

	A	E
Ain’t that Ame	rica, somethin’ to se	e baby

	A	B
Ain’t that Ame	rica, home of the fre	e, yeah

	A	E
Little pink houses for y	ou and me, oh, little baby for	you and me

E	A	E
	→	x3

D	A	E	E
			x4

E

	E
Well there’s p	eople, and more people, and what do they know know know

	D	A	E
Go to work in some high-rise, and va	cation down at the	Gulf of Mexi	co, ooh yeah

	E
And there’s w	inners, and there’s losers, but that ain’t no big deal

	D	A	E
Cause the	simple man, baby, pays for	thrills, with bills, and	pills that kill

	A	E
Oh, but ain’t that Ame	rica, for you and	me

	A	E
Ain’t that Ame	rica, somethin’ to se	e baby

	A	B
Ain’t that Ame	rica, home of the fre	e, yeah

	A
Little pink houses for y	ou and me, oooh

E

Ooh yeah

	A	E
Oh, but ain’t that Ame	rica, for you and	me

	A	E
Ain’t that Ame	rica, hey somethin’ to se	e baby

	A	B
Ain’t that Ame	rica, oh, the home of the fre	e

	A	E
Oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yea	h, little pink houses babe for you and	me

E	A	E
	→	x4

John Mellencamp - ROCK in the USA (1985)

E	A	D	A
			x8

Vox on the 5

	E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
They	come from the	cities and they	come from the s	maller t	owns

E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
Beat up cars	with guitars	and drummers	goin’	crack,	boom, ba	m

E	A	D	A
R.O.	C.K. in the	U.S.A	.

E	A	D	A
R.O.	C.K. in the	U.S.A	.

E	A	D	A	B
R.O.	C.K. in the	U.S.A	., yeah, yeah

Hard stop on “rock”

B	E	A/E	D/E	A/E	E	A/E	D/E	A/E
Rockin’ in the U.S.	A.

	E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
Well they	said good	bye to their	families, said good	bye to their	friends

	E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
With their	pipedreams in their	heads and very	little money	in their	hands

E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
Some are	black and	some are	white,	ain’t too proud to	sleep on the	floor to	night

	E	A	D	A	B
With the	blind faith of	Jesus, you	know that	they just	might

	E	A	D
Rockin’ in the U.S.	.A.,		hey

E	A	D	D

Solo

E	A	D	A
			x8

E

E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
Voices from	nowhere and	voices from the	larger	town

E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
Filled our	head full of	dreams, and turned our	world	upside	down

	E	A	D	A
There was	Frankie Lymon,	Bobby Fuller,	Mitch Ryder (	they were rockin’)

E	A	D	A
Jackie Wilson,	Shangri-Las,	Young Rascals (	they were rockin’)

E	A	D	A	B
Spotlight on	Martha	Reeves, let’s don’t forg	et James	Brown

	E	A	D
Rockin’ in the U.S.	.,A.		hey

E	A	D	A
R.O.	C.K. in the	U.S.A	.

E	A	D	A
R.O.	C.K. in the	U.S.A	.

John Mellencamp - Small Town (1985)

Originally in B, I play in G

G	D	C	D
			x4

G	D	C	D
Well, I was	born in a s	mall town

G	D	C	D
And I l	ive in a	small town

G	D	C
Prob’ly	die in a	small town

	Am	D
Oh, those s	mall communiti	es

G	D	C	D
All my	friends are so	small-town

G	D	C	D
My parents l	ive in the	same small town

G	D	C
My	job is so	small-town

	Am	D
Provides	little opportunit	y, hey

G	D	C	D
			x2

G	D	C	D
Educated	in a	small town

G	D	C	D
Taught the fear of J	esus in a s	mall town

G	D	C
Used to day	dream	in that small town

	Am	D
A	nother boring romantic, that’s	me

	G	D	C	D
But I’ve s	een it a	ll in a s	mall town

G	D	C	D
Had myself a	ball in a	small town

G	D	C
Married an	L.A. doll and brought her	to this small town

	Am	D
Now she’s	small town just like	me

D

Vox on the 1 of the key (5 of the chord), don’t go up high

	C	G	C	G
No, I	cannot f	orget where it	is that I come f	rom

	C	G	D
I canno	t forget the p	eople who l	ove me

	C	G	C	G
Yeah, I can	be my	self here	in this small	town

	C	G	D
And	people let me	be just what I w	ant to be

D

With “ooh yeah’s”

G	D	C	D
			x2

Instrumental if you feel like it... not exactly a solo...

Em	Em	G	C	G
			→

Em	Em	G	D
Em	Em	G	C	G
			→

D	D	D	D

Let ring

G	D	C	D
			x2

G	D	C	D
Got nothing ag	ainst a	big town

G	D	C	D
Still hayseed en	ough to say l	ook who’s in the big town

G	D	C
But my	bed is in a	small town

	Am	D
Oh, and that’s	good enough for m	e

G	D	C	D
Well, I was	born in a	small town

G	D	C	D
And I can	breathe in a	small town

G	D	C
Gonna	die in this	small town

	Am	D
Oh that’s	probl’y where they’ll bury	me, yeah

With “ooh yeah’s”

G	D	C	D
			x2

G

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

John Waite - Missing You (1984)

Originally in F#, I play in A capo 2, highest note is the 3 (“I ain’t missing you”)

I don’t *really* remember how the verse goes, so let it ring a lot, and play a little rubato

A	A	Dsus2	Esus4

Vox on the 3

	A
E	very time I think of you

	Dsus2	Esus4
I a	lways catch my breath

	A
And I’m still s	tanding here, and you’re miles away

	Dsus2	Esus4
And I’m	wonderin’ why you left

	F#m7
And there’s a s	torm that’s raging

	Dsus2	Esus4
Through my	frozen heart tonight

	A
I hear your	name in certain circles

	Dsus2	Esus4
And it	always makes me smile

	A
I spend my	time thinkin’ about you

	Dsus2	Esus4
And it’s	almost driving me wild

	F#m7
And there’s a	heart that’s breaking down this

Dsus2	Esus4
Long distance line tonight

	A
I ain’t missing you at a	ll

	Dsus2	Esus4
Since you been	gone away

	A
I ain’t missing you

	Dsus2	Esus4
No matter	what I might say

	A
There’s a	message in the wire

	Dsus2	Esus4
And I’m send	ing you this signal tonight

	A
You don’t	know how desperate I’ve become

	Dsus2	Esus4
And it	looks like I’m losing this fight

	A
In your	world I have no meaning

	Dsus2	Esus4
Though I’m	trying hard to understand

F#m7

And it’s my heart that’s breaking

	Dsus2	Esus4
Do	wn this long distance line ton	ight

	A
I ain’t missing you at a	ll

	Dsus2	Esus4
Since you been	gone away

	A
I ain’t missing you

	Dsus2	Esus4
No matter	what my friends say

Bridge

F#m7

And there’s a message that I’m sending out

	Dsus2	Esus4
L	ike a telegraph to your soul

This is originally a II, not a vi

F#m7

And if I can’t bridge this distance

	Dsus2	Esus4
Stop this	heartbreak overl	oad

	A
I ain’t missing you at a	ll

	Dsus2	Esus4
Since you been	gone away

	A
I ain’t missing you

	Dsus2	Esus4
No matter	what my friends say

	A
I ain’t missing you

	Dsus2	Esus4
I ain’t missing you,	I can	lie to myself

	F#m7
And there’s a s	torm that’s raging

	Dsus2	Esus4
Through my	frozen heart tonight

	A
I ain’t missing you at a	ll

	Dsus2	Esus4
Since you been	gone away

	A
I ain’t missing you

	Dsus2	Esus4
No matter	what my friends say

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 Cadd9 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 - Danger Zone (1986)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Am

Am	Am	G	Am
Am

Am

Revvin’ up your engine

Listen to her howlin’ roar
Metal under tension
Beggin' you to touch and go

G	Am
Highway to the	danger zone

G	F
Right into the	danger zone

F

Am

Headin’ into twilight

Spreadin’ out her wings tonight
She got you jumpin' off the deck
And shovin' into overdrive

G	Am
Highway to the	danger zone

I’ll take you

F	G	F
Right in	to the	danger zone

F

	D
They never	say hello to you until you get it on the

C

Red line overload

	F
You never	know what you can do until you get it up as

G

High as you can go

Solo

Am	Am	F	F
Am	Am	G	Am
Am

Am

Out along the edge

Is always where I burn to be
The further on the edge
The hotter the intensity

G	Am
Highway to the	danger zone

I’m gonna take you

G	Am
Right into the	danger zone

F	D
Highway to the	danger zone

G	Am
Right into the	danger zone

Riff here for a bit

Am

G	Am
Highway to the	danger zone

I’m gonna take you

G	Am
Right into the	danger zone

F	D
Highway to the	danger zone

G	Am
Right into the	danger zone

G	Am
Highway to the	danger zone

I’m gonna take you

G	Am
Right into the	danger zone

F	D
Highway to the	danger zone

G	Am
Right into the	danger zone

G	Am
Right into the	danger zone

G	Am
Right into the	danger zone

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

Kirsty MacColl - There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (1981)

Originally in A, I play in D

Intro

A	D
→

Vox on the 3

	D
Oh d	arling why you talk so fast

	A
Another evening just flew past to	night

	A
And n	ow the daybreak’s coming in

A	D
And I can’t wait and it ain’t	right

Don’t go up yet, still on the 3

D

You told me all you’ve done and seen

Vox up to the 5 on “all the”

	D7	G
And all the places	you have been with	out me

Vox up to the 1 of the key (5 of the chord)

	D
Well I don’t really want to know but	I’ll stay quiet and then I’ll go

	A	D
And	you won’t have no cause to think a	bout me

Vox on the 5, harmony on 1

	D	G	A	D
There’s a g	uy works down the	chip shop	swears he’s	Elvis

	G	A
Just	like you swore to me that you’d be	true

	D	G	A	Bm	G
There’s a	guy works down the	chip shop	swears he’s	Elvis

	D	A	D
But	he’s a liar and	I’m not sure about	you

	D
Oh d	arling you’re so popular

	A
You were the best thing new in	Hicksville

A

With your mohair suits and foreign shoes

	D
News is you changed your pick-up for a Se	ville

	D
And n	ow I’m lying here alone

	D7	G
‘Cause you’re out there on the	phone with some star in New Y	ork

	D
I can hear you laughing now and	can’t help feeling that somehow

	A	D
You	don’t mean anything you say at	all

	D	G	A	D
There’s a g	uy works down the	chip shop	swears he’s	Elvis

	G	A
Just	like you swore to me that you’d be	true

	D	G	A	Bm	G
There’s a	guy works down the	chip shop	swears he’s	Elvis

	D	A	D
But	he’s a liar and	I’m not sure about	you, wooooow

Solo on chorus chords

D	G	A	D
	→

G	A
D	G	A	Bm	G
	→

D	A	D

	D	G	A	D
There’s a g	uy works down the	chip shop	swears he’s	Elvis

	G	A
Just	like you swore to me that you’d be	true

	D	G	A	Bm	G
There’s a	guy works down the	chip shop	swears he’s	Elvis

	D	A	D
But	he’s a liar and	I’m not sure about	you

	D	A	D
I said	he’s a liar and	I’m not sure about	you

	D	A	Bm	G
I said	he’s a liar and	I’m not sure about	you

D	A	D
He’s a liar and	I’m not sure about	you

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

Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (1984)

Leonard Cohen in C, John Cale in C, Jeff Buckley in C#, I play in G capo 3

Intro

G	Em
	x2

	G	Em
I’ve	heard there was a se	cret chord

	G	Em
That	David played, and it pl	eased the lord

	C	D	G	D
But	you don’t really	care for music, d	o you?

	G	C	D
It	goes like this the	fourth, the	fifth

	Em	C
The	minor fall, the	major lift

	D	B7	Em
The	baffled king com	posing Halle	lujah

	C	Em	C	G	D	G	D
Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lu-	u-	jah

	G	Em
Your	faith was strong, but you	needed proof

	G	Em
You	saw her bathing	on the roof

	C	D	G	D
Her	beauty and the	moonlight over	threw you

	G	C	D
She	tied you to a	kitchen	chair

	Em	C
She	broke your throne, and she	cut your hair

	D	B7	Em
And	from your lips she	drew the Halle	lujah

	C	Em	C	G	D	G	D
Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lu-	u-	jah

G	Em
Maybe I’ve been h	ere before

	G	Em
I k	now this room and I’ve w	alked this floor

	C	D	G	D
I u	sed to live a	lone before I kne	w you

	G	C	D
I’ve s	een your flag on the m	arble a	rch

	Em	C
And l	ove is not a v	ictory march

Cale plays a iii instead of a III here

	D	B7	Em
It’s a	cold and it’s a b	roken Hallel	ujah

	C	Em	C	G	D	G	D
Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lu-	u-	jah

	G	Em
There w	as a time you l	et me know

	G	Em
What’s r	eally going o	n below

	C	D	G	D
But n	ow you never s	how it to me, d	o you?

	G	C	D
And I	remember when I m	oved in y	ou

	Em	C
And the h	oly dove she was m	oving too

	D	B7	Em
And e	very breath we d	rew was Hallelu	jah

	C	Em	C	G	D	G	D
Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lu-	u-	jah

	G	Em
Well, m	aybe there’s a g	od above

	G	Em
But a	ll I’ve ever l	earned from love

	C	D	G	D
Is h	ow to shoot someb	ody who outd	rew you

	G	C	D
But it’s n	ot a crime that you’re he	re toni	ght

	Em	C
It’s n	ot some pilgrim who’s s	een the light

	D	B7	Em
It’s a	cold and it’s a b	roken Hallel	ujah

	C	Em	C	Em
Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah

	C	G	D	G	D
Halle	lujah, Halle	lu-	u-	jah

Other verses included in some versions... you have to stop at some point,

so I usually leave these out.

	G	Em
You	say I took the	name in vain

G	Em
I don’t even	know the name

	C	D	G	D
But	if I did, well	really, what’s it	to ya?

	G	C	D
There’s a	blaze of light in	every	word

	Em	C
It	doesn’t matter	which you heard

	D	B7	Em
The	holy or the	broken Halle	lujah

	C	Em	C	G	D	G	D
Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lu-	u-	jah

	G	Em
I	did my best, it	wasn’t much

	G	Em
I	couldn’t feel, so I	tried to touch

	C	D	G	D
I’ve	told the truth, I	didn’t come to fool y	a

	G	C	D
And	even though it	all went	wrong

	Em	C
I’ll	stand before the	Lord of Song

	D	B7	Em
With	nothing on my	tongue but Halle	lujah

	C	Em	C	G	D	G	D
Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lujah, Halle	lu-	u-	jah

Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram - Somewhere Out There (1986)

Intro

C	Cmaj7/E	Fmaj7	F/G
C	C/E	F	Fadd9
Dm7	G/F	Em7	Am7
F	G

C	C/E	Fmaj7	F/G	C	C/E	F
Some	where	out	there be	neath the	pale moonl	ight

Dm7	G/F	Em7	Am7	Dm7	C/E	F	Gsus	G
Some	one’s thinking	of	me and	lov	ing	me to	night

C	Cmaj7/E	Fmaj7	F/G	C	C/E	F
Some	where	out	there	someone’s	saying a	prayer

	Dm7	G/F	Em7	Am7	Dm7	C/E	F/G	C
That	we’ll	find one an	o	ther in that	big	some	where out	there

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “even”

	F	G/F	F	G/F
And	even though I	know how very	far apart we	are

	F	G/F	F	G/F
It	helps to think we	might be wishing	on the same bright	star

	Ab	Bb/Ab	Ab	Bb/Ab
And	when the night wind	starts to sing a	lonesome lulla	by

This is the only line that doesn’t really work in the original key for a male voice,

so go *down* on sleeping, and it will work out.

	Ab	Bb/Ab	G
It	helps to think we’re	sleeping underneath the same big	sky

C	Cmaj7/E	Fmaj7	F/G	C	C/E	F
Some	where	out	there if	love can	see us	through

Dm7	G/F	Em7	Am7	F
Then	we’ll be to	ge	ther somewhere	out there

	G	C
Out	where dreams come	true

C	D/C	C	D/C	C/Bb	Bbmaj7	C/Bb	D/E

Solo

A	C#m7	A/D	D/E
A	A/C#	D	D
Bm7	Dmaj7	C#m	F#m7
Bm7	C#m	D/E	A
→	→

	F	G/F	F	G/F
And	even though I	know how very	far apart we	are

	F	G/F	F	G/F
It	helps to think we	might be wishing	on the same bright	star

	Ab	Bb/Ab	Ab	Bb/Ab
And	when the night wind	starts to sing a	lonesome lulla	by

	Ab	Bb/Ab	G
It	helps to think we’re	sleeping underneath the same big	sky

C	Cmaj7/E	Fmaj7	F/G	C	C/E	F
Some	where	out	there if	love can	see us	through (can see us throught)

Dm7	G/F	Em7	Am7	F
Then	we’ll be to	ge	ther somewhere	out there

Rubato

	G	C
Out	where dreams come	true

C

Cmaj7/E

Fmaj7

F/G

Cadd9

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

Living Colour - Cult of Personality (1988)

Originally in Gm, I play in Em

Intro

Em7

Vox on 7 7 7 1 on “look in my eyes”

	E5
Look in my	eyes, what do you see

	G5	D5	E5
The	cult of persona	lit	y

	E5
I know your a	nger, I know your dreams

	E5
I’ve b	een ev’rything you wanna be, oh

	G5	A5	E5
I’m the	cult of persona	lit	y

	E5
Like Mussoli	ni and Kennedy

	G5	D5
I’m the	cult of persona	lity

	E5
The	cult of personality

	G5	A5	E5
The	cult of persona	lit	y

Em7

G	D	A	E
Neon	lights,	Nobel	prize

	B	F#/A#	D	A
When a	mirror	speaks, the ref	lection l	ies

G	D	A	E
He won’t	have to	follow	me

B	F#/A#	D	A
Only	you can	set me fr	ee

Em7

	E5
I sell the	things, you need to be

	E5
I’m the s	milin’ face on your TV

	G5	D5	E5
Oh, I’m the	cult of persona	lit	y

	E5
I exploit y	ou, still you love me

	E5
I t	ell you one and one makes three

	G	A5	E5
Oh, I’m the	cult of persona	lit	y

	E5
Like Joseph S	talin and Ghandi

	G5	D5
Oh, I’m the	cult of persona	lity

	E5
The	cult of personality

	G5	A5	E5
The	cult of persona	lit	y

Em7

G	D	A	E
Neon	lights,	Nobel	prize

	B	F#/A#	D	A
When a	leader	speaks, that	leader	dies

G	D	A	E
He won’t	have to	follow	me

B	F#/A#	D	A
Only	you can	set you	free

Solo on verse+chorus chords

Em7

G	D	A	E	B	F#/A#	D	A
G	D	A	E	B	F#/A#	D	A

Em7

	E5
You gave me for	tune, you gave me fame

	E5
You gave me p	ower in your god’s name

	E5
I’m every p	erson you need to be

	G5	D5	E5	G5	A	E5
Oh...	I’m...	the...	cult of	per...	so...	nality

G5	D5	E5
I am the cult of,	I am the cult of,	I am the cult of

	G5	A
I am the cult of,	I am the cult of,	I am the cult of

E5

I am the cult of, I am the cult of personality

Em7

Madonna - Borderline (1983)

Originally in D, I play in D capo 2

Intro, rubato

A/C#	F#/A#	Bm7	A	E/G#
		→	→

Em7	D/F#	D/A	A
		→

At tempo

D	D	C	G/B
			x 2

D	C	G/B	D	C	G/B
Something in the way you	love me won’t	let me b	e

	D	C	G/B	D	C	G/B
I don’t w	ant to be your prisoner so	baby won’t you	set me fr	ee

	D	C	G/B
Stop p	laying with my heart,	finish what you	start

D	C	G/B
When you make my love come down

	D	C	G/B
If you w	ant me let me know,	baby let it	show

D	C	G/B
Honey don’t you fool around

Bm7	B7	Em7	A/C#	F#m7
Just	try to unders	tand, I’ve g	iven all I	can

	Gmaj7	G/A	Asus4	A
‘Cause you	got the best of	me

A/C#	F#/A#	Bm	A	E/G#
Borderline	feels like I’m	going to	lose my	mind

	Em7	D/F#	D/A	A	Asus4	A
You just	keep on pushing	my love over the	border	line

A/C#	F#/A#	Bm	A	E/G#
Borderline	feels like I’m	going to	lose my	mind

	Em7	D/F#	D/A	A	Asus4	A
You just	keep on pushing	my love over the	border	line

D	D	C	G/B
			x 2

D	C	G/B	D	C	G/B
Something in your eyes is	makin’ such a	fool of m	e

	D	C	G/B	D	C	G/B
When you h	old me in your arms you l	ove me till I	just can’t s	ee

	D	C	G/B
But t	hen you let me down, wh	en I look ar	ound

D	C	G/B
Baby you just can’t be fo	und

	D	C	G/B
Stop	driving me away,	I just wanna s	tay

	D	C	G/B
There’s	something I just got to say

Bm7	B7	Em7	A/C#	F#m7
Just	try to unders	tand, I’ve g	iven all I	can

	Gmaj7	G/A	Asus4	A
‘Cause you	got the best of	me

A/C#	F#/A#	Bm	A	E/G#
Borderline	feels like I’m	going to	lose my	mind

	Em7	D/F#	D/A	A	Asus4	A
You just	keep on pushing	my love over the	border	line

A/C#	F#/A#	Bm	A	E/G#
Borderline	feels like I’m	going to	lose my	mind

	Em7	D/F#	D/A	A	Asus4	A
You just	keep on pushing	my love over the	border	line

A/C#	F#/A#	Bm	A	E/G#
Keep pushing me	, keep pushing me	, keep	pushing my	love

Em7	D/F#	D/A	A	Asus4	A
C’mon baby,	c’mon darling,	yeah

A/C#	F#/A#	Bm	A	E/G#
Keep pushing me	, keep pushing me	, keep	pushing my	love

	Em7	D/F#	D/A	A	Asus4	A
You just	keep on pushing	my love over the	border	line

Madonna - Crazy for You (1985)

Originally in E, I play in G

Intro

Gsus2

Csus2

Dsus4

The last chord in this pattern is really a slide from bIII/4 → IV/5, but I think it sounds silly on guitar

Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	C/D

Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
Swaying room as the m	usic	starts

Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
Strangers making the	most of the	dark

Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4	Gsus2	Csus2	C/D
Two by two their	bodies	become	one

Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
I see you through the	smoky	air

Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
Can’t you feel the	weight of my	stare

Gsus2	Csus2	B/D#	Em	Em	D/E	Em
You’re so close but	still a w	orld a	way	→	→

	A#/C	C/D
What I’m	dying to say, i	s that I’m

	Gsus2
C	razy for you

Gsus2/B	Em7
Touch me once and you’ll	know it’s true

F6/G	Cmaj9
I never wanted any	one like this

	Gsus2/B	Am7	C/D
It’s	all brand new, you’ll	feel it in my kiss

	Gsus2
I’m crazy for y	ou

Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
	Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	C/D
Crazy for	you

Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
Trying hard to cont	rol my	heart

Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
I walk over to	where you	are

Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4	Gsus2	Csus2	C/D
Eye to eye we ne	ed no w	ords at all

Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
Slowly now we be	gin to	move

Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
Every breath I’m deeper	into	you

Gsus2	Csus2	B/D#	Em	Em	D/E	Em
Soon we two are	standing	still in	time	→	→

	A#/C	C/D
If you	read my mind, y	ou’ll see I’m

	Gsus2
C	razy for you

Gsus2/B	Em7
Touch me once and you’ll	know it’s true

F6/G	Cmaj9
I never wanted any	one like this

	Gsus2/B	Am7
It’s	all brand new, you’ll	feel it in my kiss

	Em7	C/D
You’ll	feel it in my k	iss because

	G/D
I’m c	razy for you

C6	B7	Em7
Touch me o	nce and you’ll	know it’s true

F6/G	Cmaj9
I never wanted any	one like this

	Gsus2/B	Am7	C/D
It’s	all brand new, you’ll	feel it in my kiss

	Gsus2
I’m crazy for y	ou

Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
			Crazy for you

Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
			Crazy for you

Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
			Crazy for you

Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	C/D

Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
	It’s all brand new,	I’m	crazy for you

Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
	And you know it’s true,	I’m crazy	crazy for you

Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
	It’s all brand new,	I’m	crazy for you

Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	C/D
	And you know it’s true,	yeah, I’m	crazy for yooooooooooou

Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
			Crazy for you, baby

Gsus2	Gsus2	Csus2	Dsus4
			I’m crazy for you

Gsus2

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 - Into the Groove (1985)

Originally in Cm, I play in Em

Em	Em	D	C	D
		→	And you can d	ance

Em	Em	D	C	D
		→	For inspira	tion

Em	Em	D	C	D
		→	Come on

Em	Em	D	C	D
		→	I’m waiting

Vox on the 5 on “get”

Em	D	C	D
Get into th	e gr	oove, boy you’ve g	ot to

	Em	D	C	D
Pr	ove your love t	o m	e,	yeah

Em	D	C	D
Get up on yo	ur fee	t, yeah, step t	o a

	Em	D	C	D
B	eat, boy, what will i	t be

Em	D	Cmaj7	D
Music can be s	uch a r	evelation

Em	D	Cmaj7	D
Dancing around you fe	el the swe	et sensat	ion

Em	D	Cmaj7	D
We might be lovers, i	f the r	hythm’s right

Em	D	Cmaj7	D
I hope this feeling n	ever end	s tonight

Em	D	Cmaj7	D
Only when I’m dancing c	an I fe	el this free

Em	D	Cmaj7	D
At night I lock the do	ors, where n	o one else can see

Em	D	Cmaj7	D
I’m tired of dancing he	re all by	myself

Em	D	Cmaj7	D
Tonight I wanna danc	e with som	eone else

Em	D	C	D
Get into th	e gr	oove, boy you’ve g	ot to

	Em	D	C	D
Pr	ove your love t	o m	e,	yeah

Em	D	C	D
Get up on yo	ur fee	t, yeah, step t	o the

	Em	D	C	D
B	eat, boy, what will i	t be

	Em	D	C
Gonna get to kn	ow you	in a spe	cial way

	D	Em	D	C	D
This d	oesn’t ha	ppen to	me eve	ry day

Em	D	C	D
Don’t try to hide it, lo	ve wears no	disguise

Em	D	C	D
I see the fire b	urning i	n your eyes

Em	D	Cmaj7	D
Only when I’m dancing c	an I fe	el this free

Em	D	Cmaj7	D
At night I lock the do	ors, where n	o one else can see

Em	D	Cmaj7	D
I’m tired of dancing he	re all by	myself

Em	D	Cmaj7	D
Tonight I wanna danc	e with som	eone else

Em	D	C	D
Get into th	e gr	oove, boy you’ve g	ot to

	Em	D	C	D
Pr	ove your love t	o m	e,	yeah

Em	D	C	D
Get up on yo	ur fee	t, yeah, step t	o the

	Em	D	C	D
B	eat, boy, what will i	t be

	D	Cmaj7	D	Cmaj7	D
L	ive out your fa	ntasy here with m	e, just let the mus	ic set you fre	e

	Cmaj7	D	Cmaj7
Touch my	body, and move in	time, now I kn	ow you’re mine

D	Cmaj7
Now I kn	ow you’re mine

D	Cmaj7
Now I kn	ow you’re mine

D	Cmaj7
Now I kn	ow you’re mine

D	Cmaj7
Now I kn	ow you’re mine

D	Cmaj7
Now I kn	ow you’re mine

You've got to...

Em	D	C	D
Get into th	e gr	oove, boy you’ve g	ot to

	Em	D	C	D
Pr	ove your love t	o m	e,	yeah

Em	D	C	D
Get up on yo	ur fee	t, yeah, step t	o the

	Em	D	C	D
B	eat, boy, what will i	t be

Melody up to the 4 (not a typo, the 4)

Em	D	C	D
Get into th	e gr	oove, boy you’ve g	ot to

	Em	D	C	D
Pr	ove your love t	o m	e,	yeah

Em	D	C	D
Get up on yo	ur fee	t, yeah, step t	o the

	Em	D	C	D
B	eat, boy, what will i	t be

Em	D	C	D
Get into th	e gr	oove, boy you’ve g	ot to

	Em	D	C	D
Pr	ove your love t	o m	e,	yeah

Em	D	C	D
Get up on yo	ur fee	t, yeah, step t	o the

	Em	D	C	D
B	eat, boy, what will i	t be

Em

Madonna - Like a Prayer (1989)

Originally in Dm, I play in Em

Vox on the 3 of the chord

Em	D	Am	Em
Life is a	my	ste	ry

Em	D	Am	Em
Everyone must	stand	al	one

Vox up to the 5 of the chord

Em	D	Am	G
I hear you	call	my n	ame

C	G	D	Em
And it	feels	like h	ome

Vox on 3 3 1 1 of the chord on “when you call my”

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

Now vox are on the *2* of the chord, and get the vox out of the way before hitting the V

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

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

Madonna - Material Girl (1984)

Originally in C, I play in C capo 2

Intro

C	Bb/C	C	Bb/C

Vox on 3 4 on “some boys”

C

Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me

Bb	Am
I think they’re oka	y

	C
If	they don’t give me proper credit

Dm	G	C
I just	walk a	way

C

They can beg and they can plead

	Bb	Am
But	they can’t see the	light, that’s right

C

‘Cause the boy with the cold hard cash

	Dm	G	C
Is	always	Mister	Right, ‘cause we are

F	G	G	Am
Liv	ing in a mat	erial w	orld

	F	G	Am
And	I am a mat	erial gi	rl

	Am7
You	know that we are

F	G	G	Am
Liv	ing in a mat	erial w	orld

	F	G	C
And	I am a mat	erial	girl

C	Bb/C	C	Bb/C

C

Some boys romance, some boys slow dance

Bb	Am
That’s all right with	me

	C
If	they can’t raise my interest then I

Dm	G	C
Have to	let them	be

C

Some boys try and some boys lie but

Bb	Am
I don’t let them	play (no way)

C

Only boys that save their pennies

Dm	G	C
Make my	rainy	day, ‘cause they are

F	G	G	Am
Liv	ing in a mat	erial w	orld

	F	G	Am
And	I am a mat	erial gi	rl

	Am7
You	know that we are

F	G	G	Am
Liv	ing in a mat	erial w	orld

	F	G	C
And	I am a mat	erial	girl

F	G	G	Am
Liv	ing in a mat	erial w	orld

	F	G	Am
And	I am a mat	erial gi	rl

	Am7
You	know that we are

F	G	G	Am
Liv	ing in a mat	erial w	orld

	F	G	C
And	I am a mat	erial	girl

C	Bb/C	C	Bb/C

C7

Living in a material world (material)

Bb	Am
Living in a mat	erial world

C7

Living in a material world (material)

Dm	G	C
Living i	n a mat	erial world

C

Boys may come and boys may go

	Bb	Am
And th	at’s all right you	see

	C
Ex	perience has made me rich

	Dm	G	C
And	now they’re	after	me, ‘cause everybody’s

F	G	G	Am
Liv	ing in a mat	erial w	orld

	F	G	Am
And	I am a mat	erial gi	rl

	Am7
You k	now that we are

F	G	G	Am
Liv	ing in a mat	erial w	orld

	F	G	C
And	I am a mat	erial	girl

C	Bb/C	C	Bb/C

F	G	G	Am
Liv	ing in a mat	erial w	orld

	F	G	Am
And	I am a mat	erial gi	rl

	Am7
You k	now that we are

F	G	G	Am
Liv	ing in a mat	erial w	orld

	F	G	C
And	I am a mat	erial	girl

C7

Let ring

C

A material, a material, a material, a material world

C

Living in a material world (material)

Bb	Am
Living in a mater	ial world

C7

Living in a material world (material)

Dm	G	C
Living i	n a mat	erial world

C7

Madonna - Open Your Heart (1986)

Originally in F, I play in A

A	A	G	G	A	A	G	D
							x4

Vox on the 5

A	G	G/B	A	G	G/B
I see you on the str	eet and you	walk on	by

A	G	G/B	A	G	G/B
You make me wanna ha	ng my h	ead down and	cry

Vox on the 5 of the chord

D	C	C/E	D
If you gave me h	alf a chance	you’d s	ee

	C	C/E
My desire b	urning insid	e of me

A	G	G/B	A	G	G/B
But you choose to l	ook the o	ther w	ay

Vox on the 3 of the chord

In the original, the V is only in the second line here, even though the vox imply it in both lines

D	E	F#m7
I’ve had to	work much h	arder than this

	D	E	Bm7	D	E
For s	omething I w	ant don’t	try to res	ist	me

A	Bm7	E
Open your h	eart to	me, baby

A	D	E	D
I hold the l	ock and y	ou hold the	key

A	Bm7	E
Open your he	art to m	e, darlin’

A	Bm7	E	A
I’ll give you l	ove if y	ou, you turn the ke	y

A	A	G	G	A	A	G	D

A	G	G/B	A	G	G/B
I think that you’re af	raid to l	ook in my	eyes

A	G	G/B	A	G	G/B
You look a little s	ad boy,	I wonder w	hy

D	C	C/E	D
I follow you ar	ound but y	ou can’t s	ee

	C	C/E
You’re too wrapped up in yours	elf to n	otice

A	G	G/B	A
So you choose to l	ook the o	ther w	ay

	G	G/B
Well, I’ve got s	omething to s	ay

D	E	F#m7
Don’t try to	run I can k	eep up with you

D	E	Bm7	D	E
Nothing can s	top me from t	rying, you’ve g	ot	to

A	Bm7	E
Open your h	eart to	me, baby

A	D	E	D
I hold the l	ock and y	ou hold the	key

A	Bm7	E
Open your he	art to m	e, darlin’

A	Bm7	E	G
I’ll give you l	ove if y	ou, you turn the ke	y

A

Bm7	G
Open your heart with the	key

Bm7	F#m7
One is such a lonely	number

D	E	Bm7	C#m7
Ah,	ah,	ah,	ah

A	G	G/B	A	G	D
Open your heart,	I’ll make you l	ove me

A	G	G/B	A	G	D
It’s not that hard,	if you just t	urn the key

D	E	F#m7
Don’t try to	run I can k	eep up with you

D	E	Bm7	D	E
Nothing can st	op me from tr	ying, you’ve g	ot	to

A	Bm7	E
Open your h	eart to	me, baby

A	D	E	D
I hold the l	ock and y	ou hold the	key

A	Bm7	E
Open your he	art to m	e, darlin’

A	Bm7	E	A
I’ll give you l	ove if y	ou, you turn the ke	y

A	A	G	G

A	G	D
Open your heart with the	key

A	G	G/B
Open your heart,	I’ll make you l	ove me

A	G	D
It’s not that hard,	if you just t	urn the key

A	G	G/B
Open your heart,	I’ll make you l	ove me

A	G	D
It’s not that hard,	if you just t	urn the key

A

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

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (1982)

Intro

A

S... A... F... E... T... Y... safe... dance...

With octaves

A

We can dance if we want to

	G	D
We can	leave your friends	behind

	D	G
‘Cause your	friends don’t dance and	if they don’t dance

	A	E
Well they’re	no friends of m	ine

	A
I say,	we can go where we want to

	G	D
A place where t	hey will never	find

	D	G
And we can	act like we come from	out of this world

	A	E
Leave the	real one far be	hind

	D	G	C	F
And we can	dance, dan	sez

D	G	C	F

A

We can go when we want to

	G	D
The night is	young and so am	I

	D	G
And we can	dress real neat from our	hats to our feet

	A	E
And surp	rise ‘em with the victory	cry

	A
Say,	we can act if want to

	G	D
If we	don’t nobody	will

	D	G
And you can a	ct real rude and	totally removed

	A	E
And I can	act like an imbe	cile

	D	G
I say,	we can dance,	we can dance

C	F
Everything’s out of cont	rol

D	G
We can dance,	we can dance

	C	F
We’re d	oing it from pole to	pole

D	G
We can dance,	we can dance

C	F
Everybody look at your	hands

D	G
We can dance,	we can dance

C	F
Everybody takin’ the	chance

A	E	B	F#	A
	It’s safe to	dance,	oh well it’s safe to	dance

E	B	F#
Yes, it’s safe to	dance

A

We can dance if we want to

	G	D
We’ve got	all your life and	mine

	D	G
As	long as we abuse it,	never gonna lose it

A	E
Everything’ll work out	right

	A
I say,	we can dance if we want to

	G	D
We can	leave your friends be	hind

	D	G
‘Cause your	friends don’t dance and	if they don’t dance

	A	E
Well, they’re	no friends of	mine

	D	G
I say,	we can dance,	we can dance

C	F
Everything’s under cont	rol

D	G
We can dance,	we can dance

	C	F
We’re d	oing it from pole to	pole

D	G
We can dance,	we can dance

C	F
Everybody look at your	hands

D	G
We can dance,	we can dance

C	F
Everybody takin’ the	chance

A	E	B	F#
	Well it’s safe to	dance,	ah yes it’s safe to

A	E	B	F#
Dance,	well, it’s safe to	dance

	A	E	B	F#
Well it’s safe to	dance,	ah yes it’s safe to	dance

	A	E	B	F#
Well it’s safe to	dance,	ah yes it’s safe to	dance

	A
It’s a safety	dance

	A
Well it’s a safety	dance

	A
Well it’s a safety	dance

	A
Well it’s a safety	dance

	A
Well it’s a safety	dance

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 - Billie Jean (1982)

Originally in F#m, I play in Dm

Writing out the whole pattern here, then just abbreviating as im

Dm	Em	F	Em
			x2

Vox on the 5

Dm	Em	F	Em
She was	more like a	beauty queen from a	movie scene

Dm	Em	F	Em	Gm
I said d	on’t mind but what	do you mean,	I am the o	ne

Gm	Dm
Who will dance on the floor in the rou	nd

	Gm
She said I am the o	ne

Gm	Dm
Who will dance on the floor in the round

Dm

She told me her name was Billie Jean as she caused a scene

Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed

	Gm
Of being the on	e

	Dm
Who will dance on the floor in the rou	nd

A#	Dm
People always told me, be	careful what you do

	A#	Dm
And don’t	go around breaking young girls’ he	arts

	A#	Dm
And	mother always told me, be	careful who you love

	A#	A7
And be	careful what you do, ‘cause the	lie becomes the truth, hey

Vox on the 1

Dm

Billie Jean is not my lover

	Gm
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the on	e

Gm	Dm
But the kid is not my so	n

	Gm
She says I am the on	e

Gm	Dm
But the kid is not my s	on

Dm

For forty days and forty nights, law was on her side

	Gm
But who can stand when she’s in demand, her schemes and p	lans

Gm	Dm
‘Cause we danced on the floor in the rou	nd

	Gm
So take my strong ad	vice

	Dm
Just remember to always think t	wice (don’t think twice)

Dm

She told my baby we danced ‘til three, and she looked at me

	Gm
Then showed a photo, my baby cried, his eyes were like	mine

Gm	Dm
So we danced on the floor in the ro	und, baby

A#	Dm
People always told me, be	careful what you do

	A#	Dm
And don’t	go around breaking young girls’ he	arts (don’t break no hearts)

	A#	Dm
But you	came and stood right by me, just a	smell of sweet perfume

	A#
This	happened much too soon

	A7
She	called me to her room, hey

Dm

Billie Jean is not my lover

	Gm
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the on	e

Gm	Dm
But the kid is not my so	n

Dm

Billie Jean is not my lover

	Gm
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the on	e

Gm	Dm
But the kid is not my so	n

	Gm
She says I am the on	e

Gm	Dm
But the kid is not my so	n

Solo

Dm	Em	F	Em
			x4

	Gm
She says I am the on	e

Gm	Dm
But the kid is not my so	n

Dm

Billie Jean is not my lover

	Gm
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the on	e

Gm	Dm
But the kid is not my so	n

	Gm
She says I am the on	e

Gm	Dm
But the kid is not my so	n

	Dm
She says I am the on	e

	Dm
She says I am the on	e

Dm

Billie Jean is not my lover

Dm

Billie Jean is not my lover

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

Original vox on 1 7 on “thriller”, I just do 5 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 - Different Strokes Theme (1985)

	G	D/F#	Em	C	C	G/B
Now, the	world	don’t	move to the	beat of just one drum	→	→

All the way down to the 3 of the chord on “might”

	Am	D7
What	might be right for you, may	not be right for some

	G	D/F#	Em	C
A	man	is	born, he’s a	man of means

	Am	D7
Then a	long come two, they got	nothing but their jeans, but they got

C	G	C	G
Different	strokes, it takes,	different	strokes

	C	D	G
It takes,	different	strokes to move the	world

C	G	C	G
Different	strokes, it takes,	different	strokes

	C	D	G
It takes,	different	strokes to move the	world

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “everybody” (this is the lower of the two melody-ish parts)

C	D	G	D/F#	Em
Everybody’s	got a special	kind	of	story

C	D	G
Everybody	finds a way to	shine

	C	D	G	D/F#	Em
It don’t	matter that you	got, not a	lot,	so	what

	C	Am	D
They’ll have	theirs and you’ll have	yours and I’ll have	mine

Hard stop on “gether”

	D
And to	gether we’ll be fine, ‘cause it takes

C	D	G	D/F#	Em
Different	strokes to move the	world,	yes it	does

	C	D	G
It takes,	different	strokes to move the	world, hmmm

Misc - Full House Theme (1987)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

Intro

A	D	A	D7

D	E

Vox on the b7

A	D
What ever happened to predi	ctability?

	A	D
The	milk man, the paper boy, e	vening T.V.

Vox somewhere around the b3 or 3

	A	D
When	did I get to living here? Someb	ody tell me please

	F#m	C#m
T	his whole world’s conf	using me

D	E
Clouds as mean as you	ever seen

	F#m
And a	bird who knows your tune

	D	Bm
And that l	ittle voice	inside you whisperin’

D	E
Kid don’t sell your d	reams so soon

A	C#m7	F#m	E
Everyw	here you	look

	D	D	E
There’s a	heart (there’s a heart), a h	and to hold on	to

A	C#m7	F#m	E
Everyw	here you	look

	D	D	E
There’s a	face, of someb	ody who n	eeds you

A	C#m7	F#m	E
Evey	where you	look

	D	C#m
When you’re	lost out there and you’re	all alone

	F#m	C#/F	A/E	D
A	light is	waiting to	carry you	home

E

Everywhere you look

A	D
	Everywhere you look

A	D
	Doo-bee-doo-bop-ba-dow

A

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 - The Hogan Family Theme (1986)

Originally in Bb, I play in D

Highest note that matters is the #1 (yeee-eee-eears)

Intro

D	D	D	G/A

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “life”, the 7 of the chord on “sweet”, this will feel low in D

Bm	Bm7/A
Life is such a	sweet insanity

Em7	Gmaj7
The more you le	arn, the less you know

Bm	Bm7/A
In the heart of	every family

Em7	G/A	B
There’s a love that	starts by letting g	o

Gmaj7	A7/G
Step by step and	day by day

F#m7	Bm7
Reaching out a	long the way

Gmaj7	A7/G
Hand in hand, we	face our fears

	F#7	Bm7	C
Tog	ether through the y	ea	rs

	G	F#dim7	Em7
We get c	loser, through h	appiness and t	ears

	G7	Cmaj7
And i	n our hearts we s	hare

	Bm7	Em7
The l	aughter and the s	adness

	G7	Cmaj7
A sp	ecial kind of m	adness

	F#/C#	F#
Toge	ther through the y	ears

Bm	Bm7/A
Life is such a	sweet insanity

Em7	Gmaj7
It’s nice to	know your friends are near

Bm	Bm7/A
In the heart of	every family

Em7	G/A
There’s a love that’s	waiting there for you

	D
Through the ye	ars

D

G/A

D

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

Misc - Who’s The Boss Theme (1984)

Season 1-2 in C, season 3+ in D. I play in D and skip the high part on “at the end was you”.

Intro

D	A/D	G/D	A/D
			x 4

	D	A	G/D	D
There’s a	time for l	ove and a	time for	living

	Gmaj7	F#m7	Em7	A7sus4
You t	ake a	chance and	face the	wind

	D	A	G/D	D
An o	pen	road and a	road that’s	hidden

	Gmaj7	F#m7	Em7	A7sus4
A	brand new	life ar	ound the	bend

Cmaj9

There were times

	G/A
I l	ost a dream or two

Cmaj9

Found the trail

If playing in D, don’t go up here

	G/A	A
And a	t the end was y	ou

	D	A	G/D	D
There’s a p	ath you t	ake and a	path not	taken

	Gmaj7	F#m7	Em7	A7sus4
The c	hoice is	up to	you my	friend

D	A	G/D	D
Nights are	long but you	might a	waken

	Gmaj7	F#m7
To a b	rand new	life

Gmaj7	F#m7
Brand new	life

	Gmaj7	F#m7	Em7	A7	D
A	brand new	life aro	und t	he	bend

D	A/D	G/D	A/D
			x2

Gmaj7

F#m7

Em7

D

Modern English - Melt With You (1982)

Intro

C	F	C	F

C	F
Moving forward using a	ll my breath

C	F
Making love to you was n	ever second best

C	F
I saw the world crashing a	ll around your face

C	F
Never really knowing it was a	lways mesh and lace

C	F
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

C	F
You’ve seen the difference and it’s g	etting better all the time

C	F
There’s nothing you and I won’t do

C	F
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

C	F
Dream of better lives the	kind which never hate

C	F
Trapped in the state of i	maginary grace

C	F
I made a pilgrimage to s	ave this humans race

C	F
Never comprehending the race had l	ong gone by

C	F
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

C	F
You’ve seen the difference and it’s g	etting better all the time

C	F
There’s nothing you and I won’t do

C	F
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

Bridge

Em	Em/G	Am
Em	Em/G	Am
The	future’s o	pen wide

C	F	C	F

C	F
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

C	F
I’ve seen some changes but it’s g	etting better all the time

C	F
There’s nothing you and I won’t do

C	F
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

Em	Em/G	Am
Em	Em/G	Am
The	future’s o	pen wide

C

Hmmm hmmm hmmm

F

Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm

C

Hmmm hmmm hmmm

F

Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm

C	F
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

C	F
You’ve seen the difference and it’s g	etting better all the time

C	F
There’s nothing you and I won’t do

C	F
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

C	F
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

C	F
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

C

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

Nirvana - About a Girl (1989)

Originally in Em, I play in Am capo 2, highest note is the 4 (“fit *this* shoe”)

Am	C	Am	C	Am	C	Am	C
Am	C	Am	C	Am	C	Am	C

Vox on the 5 on “I”

Am	C	Am	C
I	need an	easy	friend

	Am	C	Am	C
I	do	with a	ear to	lend

	Am	C	Am	C
I	do	think you	fit this	shoe

	Am	C	Am	C
I	do	won’t you,	have a	clue

Vox on 3 5 of the chord on “take ad”

F#m	F#m/C#	B7add11
I’ll	take ad	vantage while

F#m	F#m/C#	B7add11
You	hang me	out to dry

	A	D	F
But	I can’t see you	every	night

Am	C	Am	C
Free

Am	C	Am	C
I do

Am	C	Am	C
I’m	standin’	in your	line

	Am	C	Am	C
I	do	hope you	have the	time

	Am	C	Am	C
I	do	pick a	number	too

	Am	C	Am	C
I	do	keep a	date with	you

F#m	F#m/C#	B7add11
I’ll	take ad	vantage while

F#m	F#m/C#	B7add11
You	hang me	out to dry

	A	D	F
But	I can’t see you	every	night

Am	C	Am	C	Am	C	Am	C
Free

Solo on verse chords

Am	C	Am	C
			x 4

F#m	F#m/C#	B7add11
F#m	F#m/C#	B7add11
Am	A	D	F

Am	C	Am	C
Am	C	Am	C

Am	C	Am	C
I	need an	easy	friend

	Am	C	Am	C
I	do	with a	ear to	lend

	Am	C	Am	C
I	do	think you	fit this	shoe

	Am	C	Am	C
I	do	won’t you	have a	clue

F#m	F#m/C#	B7add11
I’ll	take ad	vantage while

F#m	F#m/C#	B7add11
You	hang me	out to dry

	A	D	F
But	I can’t see you	every	night

Hang the last chord for an extra measure

	Am	A	D	F
But	I can’t	see you	every	night

Am	C	Am	C
Free

	Am	C	Am	C
I	do

	Am	C	Am	C
I	do

	Am	C	Am	C
I	do

	Am
I	do

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Fishin’ in the Dark (1987)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 2

Highest note is the 5 (“stayin’ the whole night through”)

Intro, with 6ths

A

Vox start on the 5

A

Lazy yellow moon comin’ up tonight, shinin’ through the trees

D

Crickets are singin’ and lightin’ bugs are floatin’ on the breeze

	A
Baby get	ready

A

	A
A	cross the field where the creek turns back by the old stump road

D

I’m gonna take you to a special place that nobody knows

	A	E
Baby get	ready,	ooo, ooo

A

You and me goin’ fishin’ in the dark

Lyin’ on our backs and countin’ the stars

	D
Where the	cool grass grows

D

A

Down by the river in the full moonlight

We’ll be fallin’ in love in the middle of the night

	D
Just	movin’ slow

D

Bm	E
Stayin’ the whole night t	hrough

Bm	E	A
Feels so good to	be with	you

A

Spring is almost over and the summer’s comin’, the days are gettin’ long

D

Waited all winter for the time to be right just to take you along

	A
Baby get	ready

A

It don’t matter if we sit forever and the fish don’t bite

	D
We’ll j	ump in the river and cool ourselves from the heat of the night

	A	E
Baby get	ready,	ooo ooo

A

You and me goin’ fishin’ in the dark

Lyin’ on our backs and countin’ the stars

	D
Where the	cool grass grows

D

A

Down by the river in the full moonlight

We’ll be fallin’ in love in the middle of the night

	D
Just	movin’ slow

D

Bm	E
Stayin’ the whole night t	hrough

Bm	E
Feels so good to	be with...

A

You and me goin’ fishin’ in the dark

Lyin’ on our backs and countin’ the stars

	D
Where the	cool grass grows

D

A

Down by the river in the full moonlight

We’ll be fallin’ in love in the middle of the night

	D
Just	movin’ slow

D

Bm	E
Stayin’ the whole night t	hrough

Bm	E	A
Feels so good to	be with	you

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

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train (1980)

Originally in F#m, I play in C#m, with the IV’s and V’s up at 7 and 5

Rhythm gets a lot easier if you make the verse more or less straight muted 8ths

All aboard!

C#m	C#m	E	B	C#m	C#m	A	B
							x4

E	B/E	A/E	E
			x2

E	B/E	A/E	E	E	B/E	A/E	E
Crazy,		but t	hat’s how it go	es

	E	B/E	A/E	E	E	B/E	A/E	E
M	illions of peopl	e,	l	iving as f	oes

E	B/E	A/E	E	E	B/E	A/E	E
Maybe,			it’s not to l	ate

	E	B/E	A/E	E	E	B/E	A/E	E
To le	arn how to love			, and forget how to	hate

C#m	A	C#m	A
Mental wounds not h	ealing, l	ife’s a bitter	shame

	E	B	C#m
I’m g	oing off the r	ails on a crazy t	rain

	E	B	C#m
I’m g	oing off the r	ails on a crazy t	rain

C#m	C#m	E	B	C#m	C#m	A	B
							Let’s go

E	B/E	A/E	E
			x2

	E	B/E	A/E	E	E	B/E	A/E	E
I’ve li	stened to preach	ers,	I’ve li	stened to f	ools

	E	B/E	A/E	E	E	B/E	A/E	E
I’ve wa	tched all the dropou	ts	, who m	ake their own r	ules

	E	B/E	A/E	E	E	B/E	A/E	E
One p	erson condition	ed,	to	rule and cont	rol

	E	B/E	A/E	E	E	B/E	A/E	E
The m	edia sells it,		and y	ou live the r	ole

C#m	A	C#m	A
Mental wounds still sc	reaming, d	riving me ins	ane

	E	B	C#m
I’m g	oing off the r	ails on a crazy t	rain

	E	B	C#m
I’m g	oing off the r	ails on a crazy t	rain

C#m	E	B	C#m	A	B

Bridge

C#m	E	B	C#m	A	B
I know that thi	ngs, are g	oing w	rong for me

C#m	E	B	C#m	A	B
You gotta l	isten	to my w	ords, ye	ah-eah

Solo

C#m	A	F#m	F#m/E	C#m
Yeah		→		x3

C#m	A	F#m	F#m/E	B
Yeah		→

C#m	C#m	E	B	C#m	C#m	A	B
							x2

E	B/E	A/E	E
			x2

	E	B/E	A/E	E	E	B/E	A/E	E
He	irs of a cold war,		that’s w	hat we’ve be	come

	E	B/E	A/E	E	E	B/E	A/E	E
Inh	eriting troubl	es,	I’m me	ntally n	umb

	E	B/E	A/E	E	E	B/E	A/E	E
C	razy,		I j	ust cannot b	ear

	E	B/E	A/E	E	E	B/E	A/E	E
I’m li	ving with somethi	ng,	that ju	st isn’t f	air

C#m	A	C#m	A
Mental wounds not	healing,	who and what’s to bl	ame?

	E	B	C#m
I’m	going off the	rails on a crazy t	rain

	E	B	C#m
I’m	going off the	rails on a crazy t	rain

C#m	C#m	E	B	C#m	C#m	A	B
							x2

Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley (1980)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am

Intro

Am	Em	C	G
Em	Bm	Em	F	Dm	C	G/B	C	Esus4	E
				→	→	→	→

Vox on the 3 of the minor chord, which (heads up) is the m6 of the chord that’s ringing before this line

	Am	F
Mr.	Crowley, what went on in your	head?

	Am	F
Oh, Mr.	Crowley, did you talk with the	dead?

	G	Am
Your	lifestyle to me seemed so tragic, with the	thrill of it all

	G
You	fooled all the people with magic, yeah

	F	E
You	waited on Satan’s	call

	Am	F
Mr.	charming, did you think you were	pure?

	Am	F
Mr. ala	rming, in nocturnal rapp	ort?

	G	Am
Un	covering things that were sacred, mani	fest on this Earth

	G
Aw, con	ceived in the eye of a secret

	F	E
And they	scattered the afterbi	rth

Solo

Am	F	G	Am	F	Bm7b5	E	E
							x2

	Am	F
Mr.	Crowley, won’t you ride my white	horse?

	Am	F
Mr.	Crowley, it’s symbolic of	course

	G	Am
Appr	oaching a time that is classic, I hear that	maiden’s call

	G
Appr	oaching a time that is drastic

F	E
Standing with their backs to the	wall

Solo

Am	F	G	Am	F	Bm7b5	E	E
							x2

Am	F	G	Am
	Was it polemically	sent?

	F	A#m75	E	E7
I wanna know what you	mean t	I wanna know,	I wanna know what you	meant, yeah!

Normally ends on this solo to fade, I just repeat the first verse

Am	F	G	Am	F	Bm7b5	E	E
							x2

	Am	F
Mr.	Crowley, what went on in your	head?

	Am	F
Oh, Mr.	Crowley, did you talk with the	dead?

	G	Am
Your	lifestyle to me seemed so tragic, with the	thrill of it all

	G
You	fooled all the people with magic, yeah

	F	E
You	waited on Satan’s	call

Am

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 Benatar - 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

Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield (1983)

Originally in Dm, I play in Em

Highest note is the 1 (“searching our hearts for so long”)

Intro

Em	D	Bm	C
→		→	x 3

Originally spoken, written here for singing

	Em	D	Bm	C
We are	young,		heartache to	heartache

	Em	D	Bm	C	Em	D
We s	tand,		no promi	ses no de	mands

Bm	C
Love is a	battlefield

Whoa-oa on 5-6 of the chord

Em	D	Bm	C
Whoa whoa w	hoa	whoaaaa

	Em	D	Bm	C	Em	D
We are s	trong		no one can	tell us we’re	wrong

Bm	C	Em	D
Searching our	hearts for so	long

Bm	Csus2
Both of us	knowing, love is a battlefield

Em

	Em
You’re	begging me go

	D
You’re	making me stay

C	Am
Why do you hurt me so	bad?

	Em
It would	help me to know

	D
Do I s	tand in your way

C	Am
Or am I the best thing	you’ve had?

	Em
Be	lieve, me believe me

	D
I	can’t tell you why

	C
But I’m	trapped by your love

	Am	Am7
And I’m	chained to your side

	Em	D	Bm	C
We are	young,		heartache to	heartache

	Em	D	Bm	C	Em	D
We s	tand,		no promi	ses no de	mands

Bm	C
Love is a	battlefield

Em	D	Bm	C

	Em	D	Bm	C	Em	D
We are s	trong,		no one can	tell us we’re	wrong

Bm	C	Em	D
Searching our	hearts for so	long

Bm	Csus2
Both of us	knowing, love is a battlefield

Em

	Em
We’re	losing control

	D
Will you	turn me away

C	Am
Or touch me deep	inside?

	Em
And be	fore this gets old

	D
Will it s	till feel the same?

C	Am
There’s no way this	will die

	Em
But if	we get much

	D
Closer I	could lose control

	C
And if	your heart surrenders

	Am	Am7
You’ll	need me to hold

Originally a breakdown on the chorus chords, silly to do that acoustic

	Em	D	Bm	C
We are	young,		heartache to	heartache

	Em	D	Bm	C	Em	D
We s	tand,		no promi	ses no de	mands

Bm	C
Love is a	battlefield

Em	D	Bm	C

	Em	D	Bm	C	Em	D
We are s	trong,		no one can	tell us we’re	wrong

Bm	C	Em	D
Searching our	hearts for so	long

Bm	Csus2
Both of us	knowing, love is a battlefield

Pat Benatar - Shadows of the Night (1982)

Originally in F#, I play in A capo 2, highest note that matters is the 4 (“we’re running”)

Intro, chords implied

Vox on the 4 of the key on “we’re running”

	E	A	D
We’re running with the	shadows o	f the n	ight

	E	A	D
So baby take my	hand, it’ll	be all r	ight

	E	F#m	E	D
Surrender all your d	reams to	me t	oni	ght

	E	A
They’ll come t	rue in the e	nd

A	A	D	D
			x2

Vox on the 4 on “oh”

	A
You said o	h girl, it’s a cold world

Vox on the 2 of the chord on “keep it”

	D
When you k	eep it all to yourself

	A
I said you c	an’t hide on the inside

	D
All the p	ain you’ve ever felt

F#m	E
Ransom my heart, but baby	don’t look back

	Bm	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm	A	D
Cause we	got no	body else	→	→	→	→

	E	A	D
We’re running with the	shadows o	f the n	ight

	E	A	D
So baby take my	hand, it’ll	be all r	ight

	E	F#m	E	D
Surrender all your d	reams to	me t	oni	ght

	E	A
They’ll come t	rue in the e	nd

A	A	D	D

	A
You know that	sometimes, it feels like

	D
It’s all m	oving way too fast

	A
Use every a	libi, and words you deny

	D
That l	ove ain’t meant to last

	F#m	E
You can	cry tough baby, i	t’s all right

	Bm	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm	A	D
You can	let me down	easy, but	not	to	night

	E	A	D
We’re running with the	shadows o	f the n	ight

	E	A	D
So baby take my	hand, it’ll	be all r	ight

	E	F#m	E	D
Surrender all your d	reams to	me t	oni	ght

	E	A
They’ll come t	rue in the e	nd

Solo on verse chords

A	A	D	D
A	A	D	D
F#m	E	Bm	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm	A	D
				→	→	→	→

	E	A	D
We’re running with the	shadows o	f the n	ight

	E	A	D
So baby take my	hand, it’ll	be all r	ight

	E	F#m	E	D
Surrender all your d	reams to	me t	oni	ght

	E	F#m
They’ll come t	rue in the e	nd

F#m	E
And now the hands of time are s	tanding still

Bm	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm	A	D
Midnight	angel, won’t you	say	you will

	E	A	D
We’re running with the	shadows o	f the n	ight

	E	A	D
So baby take my	hand, it’ll	be all r	ight

	E	F#m	E	D
Surrender all your d	reams to	me t	oni	ght

	E	A
They’ll come t	rue in the e	nd

	E	A	D
We’re running with the	shadows o	f the n	ight

	E	A	D
So baby take my	hand, it’ll	be all r	ight

	E	F#m	E	D
Surrender all your d	reams to	me t	oni	ght

	E	A
They’ll come t	rue in the e	nd

Paul McCartney - My Brave Face (1989)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Intro, a capella, usually skip this and start with the chords

My brave, my brave, my brave face

A	D/A
	x 2

A

I’ve been living in style

A	D/A	A
Unaccustomed	as I	am to the luxury life

D	Bm	E	A
I’ve been hitting the	town	and it	didn’t hit back

A

I’ve been doing the rounds

A	D/A	A
Unaccustomed	as I	am to the time on my hands

D	Bm	E	A
Now I don’t have to t	ell any	body when I’m	gonna get back

If solo acoustic, let each chord ring

	F#m	F#mM7	F#m7	A7
E	ver since you w	ent away I’ve	had this sentim	ental

	D	Dm	A
Incli	nation not to	change a single	thing

F#m	F#mM7	F#m7
As I pull the	sheets back on the	bed

	F#m6	D	Dm
I want to	go bury my h	ead In your	pillow

A	E	A
Now that	I’m a	lone again

	A	E	A
I	can’t stop	breaking	down again

	A	C#m	F#m
The	simplest	things set me	off again

	F#m	C#m	Bm
And	take me	to that	place

D	A/C#	Bm	A
Where I	can’t find	my brave	face

D	A/C#	Bm	A
Where I	can’t find	my brave	face

D	A/C#	Bm	A
My brave,	my brave,	my brave	face

A

Easiest to skip this

D	A/C#	Bm	D	A/C#
→	→	→	→

Bm/F#	A	A7sus4
My brave	face

A

I’ve been living a lie

A	D/A	A
Unaccustomed	as I	am to the work of a housewife

D	Bm	E	A
I’ve been breaking up	dirty	dishes and been	throwing them away

F#m	F#mM7	F#m7	A7
Ever since you	left I have been	trying to comp	ose a

	D	Dm	A
Baby,	will you please come	home note meant for	you

F#m	F#mM7	F#m7	F#m6
As I clear a	way another un	touched TV di	nner

	D	Dm
From the t	able I laid	for two

A	E	A
Now that	I’m a	lone again

	A	E	A
I	can’t stop	breaking	down again

	A	C#m	F#m
The	simplest	things set me	off again

	F#m	C#m	Bm
And	take me	to that	place

D	A/C#	Bm	A
Where I	can’t find	my brave	face

D	A/C#	Bm	A
Where I	can’t find	my brave	face

D	A/C#	Bm	A
My brave,	my brave,	my brave	face

A

Easiest to skip this

D	A/C#	Bm	D	A/C#
→	→	→	→

Bm/F#	D/E	A
My brave	face

Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (1986)

Intro

F	C	C	Bb	Bb	C	C	F
	→				→		x 2

F	C
A man walks d	own the street

	Bb	C
He says	why am I s	oft in the middle now

F	C
Why am I s	oft in the middle when

Bb	C
The rest of my l	ife is so hard

F	C
I need a ph	oto-opportunity

Bb	C
I want a s	hot at redemption

F	C
Don’t want to end up a c	artoon

	Bb	C
In a	cartoon gr	aveyard

	F	C
B	onedigger, b	onedigger

Bb	C
Dogs in the mo	onlight

F	C	Bb	C
Far aw	ay from my w	ell-lit d	oor

	F	C
Mister b	eerbelly, b	eerbelly

	Bb	C
G	et these mutts aw	ay from me

	F	C	Bb	C
You know	I don’t find this	stuff am	using anym	ore

F	C
If you’ll be my b	odyguard

Bb	C	F	C	Bb	C	F
I can be your l	ong lost pa	l

F	C
I can call you B	etty

	Bb	C
And B	etty when you c	all me

	F	C	Bb	C	F
You can c	all me Al

F	C
A man walks d	own the street

	Bb	C
He says	why am I s	hort of attention

	F	C
Got a	short little s	pan of attention

Bb	C
Whoa my n	ights are so long

F	C
Where’s my wif	e and family

Bb	C
What if I d	ie here

F	C
Who’ll be my r	ole model

Bb	C
Now that my r	ole model is

F	C
Gone, g	one

	Bb	C
He duck	ed back down the a	lley

	F	C	Bb	C
With some	roly-p	oly little	bat-faced girl

	F	C	Bb	C
All al	ong, al	ong, there were i	ncidents and ac	cidents

	F	C	Bb	C
There were	hints and alle	gations

F	C
If you’ll be my b	odyguard

Bb	C	F	C	Bb	C	F
I can be your l	ong lost pa	l

F	C
I can call you B	etty

	Bb	C
And B	etty when you c	all me

	F	C	Bb	C	F
You can c	all me Al

F	C	C	Bb	Bb	C	C	F
	→				→		x 2

F	C
A man walks d	own the street

	Bb	C
It’s a s	treet in a	strange world

F	C
Maybe it’s the	third world

Bb	C
Maybe it’s his firs	t time around

F	C
He doesn’t spe	ak the language

Bb	C
He holds no curren	cy

F	C
He is a forei	gn man

Bb	C
He is surrounded b	y

	F	C
The s	ound, the s	ound

Bb	C
Cattle in the m	arketplace

F	C	Bb	C
Scatterlings and o	rphanages

	F	C
He looks a	round, and ar	ound

	Bb	C
He sees a	ngels in the a	rchitecture

F	C
Spinning in inf	inity

	Bb	C
He says	Amen and H	allelujah

F	C
If you’ll be my b	odyguard

Bb	C	F	C	Bb	C	F
I can be your l	ong lost pa	l

F	C
I can call you B	etty

	Bb	C
And B	etty when you c	all me

	F	C	Bb	C	F
You can c	all me Al

F	C	C	Bb	Bb	C	C	F
	→				→		x 2

Paula Abdul - Straight Up (1988)

Originally in Dm, I play in Em capo 2

Get that m7b5 ready for the prechorus

Intro

Em	C	D	Em

Vox on the 1

Em	C
Lost in a d	ream

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “which”

	Am	B7	Em
I don’t know w	hich	way to	go

	Em	C
If	you are all that you	seem

	Am	B7	Em
Then baby I’m	moving w	ay too	slow

Vox on the 6 of the first chord for this whole line

Chords here are almost unrelated to the original, which is close to NC

Am6	F#m7b5
I’ve been a f	ool before

	Am6
Wouldn’t like	to get my love caught

F#m7b5

In the slammin’ door

Am6	F#m7b5	B7
How about some	information	please

Vox to the 5 of the chord

Em

Straight up now tell me

	C
Do you really want to	love me forever (oh oh oh)

D	Em
Or am I caught in a hit and	run

Em

Straight up now tell me

	C
Is it gonna be	you and me together (oh oh oh)

D	Em
Are you just having	fun

Em	C
Time’s standing	still

	Am	B7	Em
Waiting for s	ome	small	clue

Em	C
I keep getting	chills

	Am	B7	Em
When I think your	love	is	true

Am6	F#m7b5
I’ve been a f	ool before

	Am6
Wouldn’t like	to get my love caught

F#m7b5

In the slammin’ door

Am6	F#m7b5	B7
How about some	information	please

Em

Straight up now tell me

	C
Do you really want to	love me forever (oh oh oh)

D	Em
Or am I caught in a hit and	run

Em

Straight up now tell me

	C
Is it gonna be	you and me together (oh oh oh)

D	Em
Are you just having	fun

Bridge

Vox up to the 5

Em	C
You are so hard to	read

	Am
You play hide and s	eek

	B7	Em
With your	true in	tentions

Em	C
If you’re only playing	games

	Am	B7
I’ll just have to	say

	Em
A	buh buh buh bye, buh buh buh buh bye

Em	D
Ah do do you love me, b	aby?

Em	C	B7
Ah do do you love me, tell me b	ab	y

Am6	F#m7b5
I’ve been a f	ool before

	Am6
Wouldn’t like	to get my love caught

F#m7b5

In the slammin’ door

Am6	F#m7b5
Are you more than	hot for me

	Am6	F#m7b5
Or	am I a page	in your history, book

Am6	F#m7b5	Am6
I don’t m	ean to make dem	ands

	F#m7b5	Am6	F#m7b5
But the	word and the	deed go hand in	hand

Am6	F#m7b5	B7
How about some	information	please

Em	C
Straight up now tell me

D	Em
Straight up now tell me

Em	C
Straight up now tell me

D	Em
Straight up now tell me,	straight up now tell me

Em

Straight up now tell me

	C
Do you really want to	love me forever (oh oh oh)

D	Em
Or am I caught in a hit and	run

Em

Straight up now tell me

	C
Is it gonna be	you and me together (oh oh oh)

D	Em
Are you just having	fun

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 Em capo 3, and generally follow the vibe of the Jeffrey Gaines arrangement

Em	D	G	Em	D	C
	→			→

Em	D	G	Em	D	C
Love,		I get so lo	st,	somet	imes

Em	D	G	Em	D	C
Days pass		and this	emptiness	fills	my heart

Em	D	G
When I want to		run away

	Em	D	C
I	drive off in m	y c	ar

Em	D	G
But whichever	w	ay I choose

	Em	D	C
I come	back to the place	you are

D	G
And all my instincts,	they return

D	G
And the grand facade,	so soon will burn

D	G
Without a noise,	without my pride

D	C
I reach out from the insid	e

C

Woah

	A
In your eyes

	G
The light, the heat

	A
I am complete

	G
I see the doorways

	A
To a thousand churches

	G	A
The resoluti	on of all the fruitless	searches

G	A
Oh, I see the light and the heat

G	A
Yes, I want to be that complete

	G
I want to	touch the light

	A
The heat I see in	your eyes

	G
In	your eyes

	A
In	your eyes

	G
In	your eyes

Em

Em	D	G	Em	D	C
Love,		I don’t lik	e to see	so much	pain

Em	D	G	Em	D	C
So much		wasted and this	moment is slipping	away

Em	D	G	Em	D	C
I get s	o tire	d, working so	hard for our s	ur	vival

Em	D	G	Em	D	C
I look to	these	times with you, to	keep me awake and	alive

D	G
And all my instincts, the	y return

D	G
And the grand facade,	so soon will burn

D	G
Without a noise,	without my pride

D	C
I reach out from the insid	e

C

Woah

	A
In	your eyes

	G
The light, the heat

	A
I am complete

	G
I see the doorways

	A
To a thousand churches

	G	A
The resoluti	on of all the fruitless	searches

G	A
Oh, I see the light and the heat

G	A
Yes, I want to be that complete

	G
I want to	touch the light

	A
The heat I see in	your eyes

	G
In	your eyes

	A
In	your eyes

	G
In	your eyes

Em

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

Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight (1981)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am capo 5

Most of the VII’s are probably VII6, and most of the VI’s are probably VImaj7,

at least until the last chorus, when it’s f’ing go time, then it’s just i VII VI VII.

Intro

Am	G	F	G

Am	G	F	G
I can feel it c	oming in the air toni	ght, oh	lord

Am	G	F	G
And I’ve been waiting for this	moment for all my	life, oh	lord

Am	G	F	G
Can you feel it	coming in the air to	night, oh	lord

	Am
Oh l	ord

Am

Vox on the 1 “you told me”, down to the 1 of the next chord on “would not”

	Am	G
Well if	you told me you were drowning, I	would not lend a hand

Vox still on the same note as “would not”, which is the 2 of the new chord on “seen your face”

	F	G
I’ve	seen your face before, my friend, but I don’t	know if you know who I am

	Am	G
But	I was there and I saw what you did, I	saw with my own two eyes

	F	G
So you can	wipe off that grin, I know where you’ve been, it’s	all been a pack of lies

No, not yet...

Am	G	F	G
And I can feel it	coming in the air to	night, oh	lord

Am	G	F	G
Well I’ve been waiting for this	moment for all my	life, oh	lord

Am	G	F	G
I can feel it	coming in the air to	night, oh	lord

	Am
Oh l	ord

Am

	Am
Well I	remember, I remember, don’t worry

G

How could I ever forget?

	F	G
It’s the	first time, the last time, we	ever met

	Am
But	I know the reason why you keep the silence up

F

No you don’t fool me

	F	G
Well the	hurt doesn’t show, but the pain still grows, it’s no str	anger to you and me

Yes, now...

Am	G	F	G
And I can feel it	coming in the air to	night, oh	lord

Am	G	F	G
Well I’ve been waiting for this	moment for all my	life, oh	lord

Am	G	F	G
I can feel it	in the air tonight, oh	lord, oh l	ord

Am	G	F	G
But I’ve been waiting for this	moment for all of my	life, oh	lord

Am	G	F	G
I can feel it	coming in the air to	night, oh	lord

Am	G	F	G
Well I’ve been waiting for this	moment for all my	life, oh	lord

Am	G	F	G
I can feel it	in the air tonight, oh	lod, oh l	ord

Am	G	F	G
I’ve been waiting for this	moment for all of my	life, oh	lord

	Am
Oh l	ord

Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly (1987)

In G, play the II as:

x x x x 9 10 9

Or sometimes as:

5 4 x 0 0 5 5

I’m not going to write the II every time

G	A	G	Em	Em
	→			x2

G

Into the distance, a ribbon of black

Em	D
Stretched to the point of no turning back	→

G

A flight of fancy on a windswept field

Em	D
Standing alone, my senses reel	→

G

A fatal attraction is holding me fast

	Em	D
How,	can I escape this irresistible grasp?	→

C	Am
Can’t keep my eyes from the	circling skies

F

Tongue-tied and twisted

	C	D	G
Just an	earth-bound	misfit,	I

Solo

G	A	G	Em	D
	→

G

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings

Em	D
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything	→

G

No navigator to find my way home

Em	D
Unladen, empty, and turned to stone	→

C	Am
A soul in tension that’s	learning to fly

F	C
Condition grounded but dete	rmined to try

C	Am
Can’t keep my eyes from the	circling skies

F

Tongue-tied and twisted

	C	D
Just an	earth-bound	misfit, I

Trippy bridge

F	F	F	F
Am	D

Let ring

G

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer

Em

My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air

G

Across the clouds I see my shadow fly

Em

Out of the corner of my watering eye

G

A dream unthreatened by the morning light

Em

Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

Band back in

C	Am
There’s no sensation to com	pare with this

	F	C
Susp	ended animation, a	state of bliss

C	Am
Can’t keep my mind from the	circling sky

F	F/E
Tongue-tied and tw	isted

	C	D	G
Just an	earth-bound	misfit,	I

Outro

G	A	G	Em	Em
	→			x2

Pink Floyd - On The Turning Away (1987)

Originally in G, I play in C capo 2, highest note that matters is the 1p

Chords implied, the bass just holds the 1 in the original, but easier to just let the verse chords ring

C	G	C
On the t	urning a	way

	F	Am
From the p	ale and downtr	odden

	G	C	F
And the w	ords they s	ay which we wo	n’t understand

Am	F	C
Don’t accept that what’s h	appeni	ng

Am	C	F
Is just a case of others’ su	fferi	ng

C	F	Am
Or you’ll find that you’re j	oining i	n

	G	C
The t	urning aw	ay

Guitar enters

	Am	G	C
I	t’s a s	in that someh	ow

	F	Am
Light is cha	nging to s	hadow

	G	C	F
And c	asting its shr	oud over a	ll we have known

Am	F	C
Unaware how the	ranks have	grown

Am	C	F
Driven on by a	heart of	stone

C	F	Am
We could find that we’re	all	alone

	G	C
In the	dream of the	proud

Drums enter on “night”

Am	G	C
On the	wings of the	night

	F	Am
As the	daytime is	stirring

	G	C	F
Where the	speechless uni	te in a	silent accord

Am	F	C
Using words you will f	ind are st	range

	Am	C	F
Me	smerized as they	light the	flame

C	F
Feel the new wind of	change

Am	G	C
On the w	ings of the	night

C	G/B
→	→

Solo, I’m not really going to try to capture the timing here

Am	G	F
	→

Am	G	Dm
→	→

F	G	Dm
	→

F	G	Am
	→

Let the i ring out for a long time here, some bass noodling

Am

C	G	C
No more	turning	away

	F	Am
From the	weak and the	weary

Am	G	C	F
No more	turning	away from the	coldness inside

Am	F	C
Just a world that we a	ll must s	hare

	Am	C	F
It’s n	ot enough just to s	tand and	stare

C	F	Am	G	C
Is it only a d	ream that there’ll	be no more	turning	away

C

Solo, again not really trying very hard here with the timing

Am	Am	F	Am	Am	Am	G	C
							x 8

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 - 1999 (1982)

Originally in F, I play in A

Intro

A/E

Vox on the 3

	A	D/A
I was d	reamin’ when I	wrote this

	A	D/A	A
For	give me if	it goes astray

	A	D/A
But when I w	oke up this	morning

	A	D/A	A
Could have	sworn it was	judgment day

	A	D/A
The s	ky was all	purple

	A	D/A
There were	people run	nin’ everywhere

	A	D/A
Tryin’ to	run from the de	struction

	A	D/A
You	know I didn’t	even care

Say say

Vox on the 1 of the chord

	D	F#m	A
Two	thousand zero zero, party	over oops out of tim	e

	D	F#m	A
So ton	ight I’m gonna party like it’s	nineteen ninety-nine

	A	D/A
I was	dreamin’ when I	wrote this

	A	D/A	A
So	sue me if I	go too fast

	A	D/A
But l	ife is just a	party

	A	D/A	A
And	parties weren’t	meant to last

A	D/A
War is all a	round us

	A	D/A	A
My	mind says pre	pare to fight

	A	D/A
So i	f I gotta	die

	A	D/A	A
I’m gonna	listen to my	body tonight

Yeah, they say

	D	F#m	A
Two	thousand zero zero, party	over oops out of tim	e

	D	F#m	A
So ton	ight I’m gonna party like it’s	nineteen ninety-nine

Yeah yeah

A

Let me tell you something

	A	D/A
If you d	idn’t come to	party

	A	D/A	A
Don’t	bother knockin’	on my door

	A	D/A
I got a	lion in my	pocket

	A	D/A	A
And	baby he’s	ready to roar

A	D/A
Everybody’s got a	bomb

	A	D/A	A
We could	all die	any day

	A	D/A
But b	efore I’ll let that	happen

	A	D/A	A
I’ll	dance my	life away

They say

	D	F#m	A
Two	thousand zero zero, party	over oops out of tim	e

	D	F#m	A
So ton	ight I’m gonna party like it’s	nineteen ninety-nine

Say it one more time

	D	F#m	A
Two	thousand zero zero, party	over oops out of tim	e

	D	F#m	A
So ton	ight I’m gonna party like it’s	nineteen ninety-nine

A

Nineteen ninety-nine, don’t you wanna go

A

Nineteen ninety-nine, don’t you wanna go

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. - Don’t Go Back to Rockville (1984)

Intro

E

Looking at your watch a third time

E	A	A	Asus4	A	A	Asus4	A
Waiting in the station for the b	us		→			→

E

Going to a place that’s far

	E	A	A	Asus4	A	A	Asus4	A
So f	ar away and if that’s not enou	gh		→			→

B	A	G#m	C#m
Going where n	obody s	ays hel	lo

	C#m	Bm	A	A	Asus4	A	A	Asus4	A
They don’t talk to	anybody	they don’t k	now		→			→

	E
You’ll w	ind up in some factory

	E	A	A	Asus4	A	A	Asus4	A
That’s f	ull-time filth and nowhere left to g	o		→			→

E

Walk home to an empty house

E	A	A	Asus4	A	A	Asus4	A
Sit around all by your	self		→			→

	B	A	G#m	C#m
I k	now it might sound	strange but	I be	lieve

	C#m	Bm	A	A	Asus4	A	A	Asus4	A
You’ll be coming	back bef	ore too	long		→			→

E	F#m	B
Don’t go back to	Rockvil	le

E	F#m	B
Don’t go back to	Rockvil	le

E	F#m	B
Don’t go back to	Rockvil	le

A	E
And waste another ye	ar

E

	E
At	night, I drink myself to sleep

	E	A	A	Asus4	A	A	Asus4	A
And pr	etend I don’t care that you’re not h	ere with me		→			→

	E
‘Cause it’s s	o much easier to handle

	E	A	A	Asus4	A	A	Asus4	A
A	ll my problems if I’m too far out to s	ea		→			→

	B	A	G#m
But s	omething better	happen s	oon

	C#m	C#m	Bm	A	A	Asus4	A	A	Asus4	A
Or it’s g	onna be too l	ate to b	ring you b	ack		→			→

E	F#m	B
Don’t go back to	Rockvil	le

E	F#m	B
Don’t go back to	Rockvil	le

E	F#m	B
Don’t go back to	Rockvil	le

A	E
And waste another ye	ar

E

Bridge

E	A	B	A	B
It’s not as though I really	need	you	→

E	A	B	A	B
If you were here I’d only b	leed	you	→

F#m	C#m	F#m	C#m	A
But every	body else in	town only	wants to bring you	down and

Hard stop after this line

	A	B
That’s not	how it ought to	be

	B	A	G#m	C#m
Well I k	now it might sound	strange but	I be	lieve

	C#m	Bm	A	A	Asus4	A	A	Asus4	A
You’ll be coming	back bef	ore too	long		→			→

E	F#m	B
Don’t go back to	Rockvil	le

E	F#m	B
Don’t go back to	Rockvil	le

E	F#m	B
Don’t go back to	Rockvil	le

A	E
And waste another yea	r

E	F#m	B
Don’t go back to	Rockvil	le

E	F#m	B
Don’t go back to	Rockvil	le

E	F#m	B
Don’t go back to	Rockvil	le

A	E
And waste another yea	r

E

R.E.M. - Fall On Me (1986)

Intro, just a bit of slow noodling

C

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “there’s”, which is lower than you think

	Dm	Am
T	here’s a problem,	feathers iron

	Dm	Am
B	argain buildings,	weights and pullies

Vox on the 2 of the chord on “weight”

	Dm	Am	Dm	Am
F	eathers hit the gr	ound before the we	ight can leave the a	ir

	Dm	G	C	Dm/F
B	uy the sk	y and se	ll the	sky

	Dm	C	G
And te	ll the s	ky and te	ll the sky

	C	Dm	F	G
Don’t	fall	on m	e	(what is it up in the air for)

C	Dm	F	G
Fall	on m	e	(if it’s there for long)

C	Dm	F	G
Fall	on m	e	(it’s over it’s over me)

F	F/E

	Dm	Am
T	here’s the progress	we have found

	Dm	Am
A w	ay to talk a	round the problem

	Dm	Am
B	uilding towered fo	resight

	Dm	A
Isn’t a	nything at a	ll

	Dm	G	C	Dm/F
B	uy the sk	y and se	ll the	sky

	Dm	C	G
And ble	ed the s	ky and te	ll the sky

	C	Dm	F	G
Don’t	fall	on m	e	(what is it up in the air for)

C	Dm	F	G
Fall	on m	e	(if it’s there for long)

C	Dm	F	G
Fall	on m	e	(it’s over it’s over me)

F	F/E	Am
	Fall on mee-ee-	ee

Bridge

Am	F	Am
Well I would	keep it ab	ove

Am	Em	Am
But then it	wouldn’t be sky any	more

Am	F	Dm	G
So if I	send it to you you’ve got to	promise to keep it	whole

	Dm	G	C	Dm/F
B	uy the sk	y and se	ll the	sky

	Dm	G	C	Dm/F
And li	ft your a	rms up to	ll the s	ky

	Dm	C	G
And a	sk the sky	and a	sk the sky

	C	Dm	F	G
Don’t	fall	on m	e	(what is it up in the air for)

C	Dm	F	G
Fall	on m	e	(if it’s there for long)

C	Dm	F	G
Fall	on m	e	(it’s over it’s over me)

F	F/E
	Fall on me, don’t

C	Dm	F	G
Fall	on m	e	(what is it up in the air for)

C	Dm	F	G
Fall	on m	e	(if it’s there for long)

C	Dm	F	G
Fall	on m	e	(it’s over it’s over me)

C

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.M. - Radio Free Europe (1981)

	A	D	E
De	cide yourself if radio’s gon	na s	tay

A	D	E
Reason it could polish up	the	gray

A	D	E
Put that, put that, put that up in	your	wall

A	D	E
That this isn’t country	at	all

F#	A	E	A	E
Ray beam s	tation		→

	F#	A	B
Be	side your	self

A	D	E
Keep me out of country and	the	word

A	D	E	A
Deal of fortune’s leading us	ab	surd

	D	E
Push that, push that, push that to	the	floor

A	D	E
That this isn’t nothing	at	all

	F#	A	E	A	E
S	traight off the	boat		→

F#	A	B
Where to	go?

E	A
Calling out	in transit

E	A
Calling out	in transit

E	A	E	A
Radio	Free Europe,	radio

	A	D	E
Be	side defying media	too	fast

	A	D	E
Ins	tead of pushing palaces	to	fall

A	D	E
Put that, put that, put that up	your	all

A	D	E
That this isn’t fortunate	at	all

F#	A	E	A	E
Ray beam s	tation		→

	F#	A	B
Be	side your	self

E	A
Calling out	in transit

E	A
Calling out	in transit

E	A	E	A
Radio	Free Europe,	radio

Bridge

B	C#m
Beside yours	elf

	B	C#m
Callin’ on a	boat, media’s too f	ast

A	D	E
Keep me out of country and	the	word

A	D	E
Disappointers into us	ab	surd

	F#	A	E	A	E
S	traight off the	boat		→

F#	A	B
Where to	go?

E	A
Calling out	in transit

E	A
Calling out	in transit

E	A	E	A
Radio	Free Europe,	Radio	Free Europe

E	A
Calling out	in transit

E	A
Calling out	in transit

E	A	E	A
Radio	Free Europe,	Radio	Free Europe

F#

E

R.E.M. - Stand (1988)

Rubato organ

E	A	B	B
			x2

E	A	B
Stand in the	place where you	live, now face north

E	A	B
Think about	direction, wonder w	hy you haven’t before

	E	A	B
Now	stand in the	place where you	work, now face west

E	A	B
Think about the	place where you live, w	onder why you haven’t before

E	D	A/C#	C5	B
If you are conf	used	check with	the su	n

E	D	G	A	B
Carry a com	pass to	help you	along

	E	D	A/C#	C5	B
Your f	eet are	going to	be on	the groun	d

	E	D	G	A	B
Your h	ead is	there to	move you	arou	nd, so

E	A	B
Stand in the	place where you	live, now face north

E	A	B
Think about	direction, wonder w	hy you haven’t before

	E	A	B
Now	stand in the	place where you	work, now face west

E	A	B
Think about the	place where you live, w	onder why you haven’t before

	E	D	A/C#	C5	B
Your f	eet are	going to	be on	the groun	d

	E	D	G	A	B
Your h	ead is	there to	move you	arou	nd

	E	D	A/C#	C5	B
If w	ishes were	trees the	trees would	be	falling

E	D	G	A	B
Listen to r	eason, the	season i	s c	alling

E	A	B
Stand in the	place where you	live, now face north

E	A	B
Think about	direction, wonder w	hy you haven’t before

	E	A	B
Now	stand in the	place where you	work, now face west

E	A	B
Think about the	place where you live, w	onder why you haven’t before

Solo on verse chords

	E	D	A/C#	C5	B
If w	ishes were	trees the	trees would	be	falling

E	D	G	A	B
Listen to r	eason, the	season i	s c	alling

	E	D	A/C#	C5	B
Your f	eet are	going to	be on	the groun	d

	E	D	G	A	B
Your h	ead is	there to	move you	arou	nd, so

E	A	B
Stand, stand!		Now face north

E	A	B
Think about	direction, wonder w	hy you haven’t before

E	A	B
Stand, stand!		Now face west

E	A	B
Think about the	place where you live, w	onder why you haven’t

E	A	B
Stand in the	place where you	live, now face north

E	A	B
Think about	direction, wonder w	hy you haven’t before

	E	A	B
Now	stand in the	place where you	work, now face west

E	A	B
Think about the	place where you live, w	onder why you haven’t before

F#	B	C#
Stand in the	place where you	live, now face north

F#	B	C#
Think about	direction, wonder w	hy you haven’t before

	F#	B	C#
Now	stand in the	place where you	work, now face west

F#	B	C#
Think about the	place where you live, w	onder why you haven’t before

G#	C#	D#
Stand in the	place where you	are, now face north

G#	C#	D#
Stand in the	place where you	are, now face west

	G#	C#	D#
Your f	eet are	going to b	e on the ground

	G#	C#	D#
Your h	ead is	there to	move you around, so

G#

Stand

R.E.M. - The One I Love (1987)

Em	Dsus2	Em	Em
			x 2

Em	Dsus2	Em
This one goes out	to the one I	love

Em	Dsus2	Em
This one goes out	to the one I’ve	left behind

G	D	Am/G	C
A simple	prop, to	occupy my	time

Em	Dsus2	Em
This one goes out	to the one I	love

	Em	D	Em
Fi	re

	Em	D	Em
Fi	re

Em	Dsus2	Em
This one goes out	to the one I	love

Em	Dsus2	Em
This one goes out	to the one I’ve	left behind

G	D	Am/G	C
A simple	prop, to	occupy my	time

Em	Dsus2	Em
This one goes out	to the one I	love

	Em	D	Em
Fi	re (she’ll com	e down on her	own)

	Em	D	Em
Fi	re (she’ll com	e down on her	own)

Solo

G	D	Am/G	C
Em	Dsus2	Em	Em

Em	Dsus2	Em
This one goes out	to the one I	love

Em	Dsus2	Em
This one goes out	to the one I’ve	left behind

G	D	Am/G	C
Another	prop has	occupied my	time

Em	D	Em
This one goes out	to the one I	love

	Em	D	Em
Fi	re (she’ll com	e down on her	own)

	Em	D	Em
Fi	re (she’ll com	e down on her	own)

	Em	D	Em
Fi	re (she’ll com	e down on her	own)

	Em	D	Em
Fi	re (she’ll com	e down on her	own)

Em

Dsus2

Ebdim7

Em

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 - Keep On Loving You (1980)

The /4’s basically go the whole song, not writing them out

D	E/D	Dmaj7/D	E/D
			x 2

D	E	Dmaj7	E
You should’ve	seen by the	look in my	eyes, baby

D	E	Dmaj7	E
There was	something	missing

D	E	Dmaj7	E
You should’ve	known by the	tone of my	voice, maybe

D	E	Dmaj7	E
But you	didn’t	listen

Drop the /4’s for this part

D	E
You played	dead

D	E
But you never	bled

	F#m	F#m
In	stead you lay still in the g	rass

	E
All coiled up and	hissing

D	E	Dmaj7	E
And though I	know all a	bout those	men

D	E	Dmaj7	E
Still I	don’t re	member

D	E	Dmaj7	E
‘Cause it was	us baby,	way before	then

D	E	Dmaj7	E
And we’re	still to	gether

D	E	D	E
And I	meant,	every word I	said

	F#m	F#m
When I	said that I love you I m	eant

	E	E/D	E/C#	E/B
That I’ll love you for	ever

	E/B	A	D	E
And	I’m gonna	keep on	lovin’	you

	A	D	E
‘Cause it’s the	only thing I w	anna do

F#m

I don’t wanna sleep

F#m	E	E/D	E/C#	E/B
I just wanna keep on l	ovin’ you

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

D	E	D	E
And I	meant,	every word I	said

	F#m
When I	said that I love you I meant

	E	E/D	E/C#	E/B
That I love you for	ever

	E/B	A	D	E
And	I’m gonna	keep on	lovin’	you

	A	D	E
‘Cause it’s the	only thing I w	anna do

F#m

I don’t wanna sleep

F#m	E	E/D	E/C#	E/B
I just wanna keep on l	ovin’ you

	A	D	E
Baby I’m gonna	keep on	lovin’	you

	A	D	E
‘Cause it’s the	only thing I w	anna do

F#m

I don’t wanna sleep

F#m	E	E/D	E/C#	E/B
I just wanna keep on l	ovin’ you

A

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

Randy Travis - Forever and Ever, Amen (1987)

Intro

D

Vox on 3 5 on “may think”

	D	G	D
You	may think that	I’m talking	foolish

	G	D
You’ve	heard that I’m wild and I’m	free

	G	D
You	may wonder how I can	promise you now

	E	A
This	love that I feel for you	always will be

	D	G	D
Well	you’re not just	time that I’m	killing

	G	D
I’m	no longer one of those	guys

	G	D
As	sure as I live, this	love that I give

	E	A
Is	gonna be yours until the	day that I die, oh baby

D	G	D	G	D
I’m gonna	love you for	ever, for	ever and ever a	men

	G	D
As	long as old men sit and	talk about the weather

	E	A
As	long as old women sit and	talk about old men

	D	G	D
If you	wonder how	long I’ll be	faithful

	G	E9
I’ll be	happy to tell you a	gain

G	A	D	G	E	A	D
I’m gonna	love you for	ever and	ever, for	ever and	ever, a	men

G	A	D	G	E	A	D	D

	D	G	D
They say	time takes its	toll on a	body

	G	D
Makes a	young girl’s brown hair turn	gray

	G	D
But	honey, I don’t care, I ain’t in	love with your hair

	E	A
And if it	all fell out, well I’d	love you anyway

	D	G	D
They say that	time can play	tricks on a	memory

	G	D
Make	people forget things they	knew

	G	D
Well, it’s	easy to see, it’s	happening to me

	E	A
I’ve al	ready forgotten every	woman but you, oh darlin’

D	G	D	G	D
I’m gonna	love you for	ever, for	ever and ever a	men

	G	D
As	long as old men sit and	talk about the weather

	E	A
As	long as old women sit and	talk about old men

	D	G	D
If you	wonder how	long I’ll be	faithful

	G	E9
Well just	listen to how this song	ends

G	A	D	G	E	A	D
I’m gonna	love you for	ever and	ever, for	ever and	ever, a	men

G	A	D	G	E	A
I’m gonna	love you for	ever and	ever, for	ever and	ever

Hang after the last “ever”

	Bm	G	E	A	D
For	ever and	ever, for	ever and	ever , am	en

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

Rick Springfield - Jessie’s Girl (1980)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 3... highest note that matters is the 5 (“*Jess*ie’s girl”)

A	E	F#m	D	E	A
→	→		→	→	x2

Vox on the 1

A	E	F#m	D	E	A
Jessie	is a	friend

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
Yeah I	know, he’s	been a	good friend of mine

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
But	lately som	ethin’s	changed, it ain’t	hard to	define

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
Jessie’s	got	himself a	girl, and I	wanna m	ake her mine

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
And she’s	watchin’ h	im	with those	eyes

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
And she’s	lovin’ him	with that b	ody, I	just	know it

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
And he’s h	oldin’	her i	n his arms,	late l	ate at	night

E

Y’know, I wish that I had

E	A	A	A	E	F#m	F#m	E	F#m
Jessi	e’s girl			→	→	→	→

	E	A	A	A	E	F#m	F#m	E	F#m	E
I wish that I had	Jessi	e’s girl			→	→	→	→

D	E	A	F#m	E
Where c	an I	find a	woman like	that?

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
I’ll play a	long with	the chara	de

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
There doesn’t s	eem to	be a	reason to	change

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
Y’know I	feel so	d	irty when they	start	talkin’	cute

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
I wanna	tell her	that I	love her but the	point is	prob’ly	moot

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
‘Cause she’s	watchin’ h	im	with those	eyes

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
And she’s	lovin’ him	with that b	ody, I	just	know it

	A	E	F#m	D	E	A
And he’s h	oldin’	her i	n his arms,	late l	ate at	night

E

Y’know, I wish that I had

E	A	A	A	E	F#m	F#m	E	F#m
Jessi	e’s girl			→	→	→	→

	E	A	A	A	E	F#m	F#m	E	F#m	E
I wish that I had	Jessi	e’s girl			→	→	→	→	→

D	E	A	F#m	E
Where c	an I	find a	woman like	that?

	E	A	A	A	E	F#m	F#m	E	F#m
Like	Jessi	e’s girl			→	→	→	→

	E	A	A	A	E	F#m	F#m	E	F#m	E
I wish that I had	Jessi	e’s girl			→	→	→	→	→

D	E	A	D	E	A
Where c	an I	find a	woman

D	E	A	F#m	E
Where c	an I	find a	woman like	that?

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

D	A/D	E/D
And I’m	lookin’ in the	mirror all the time

D	A/D	E/D
Wond’rin’ w	hat she don’t s	ee in me

D	A/D	E/D
Yeah I’ve been fu	nny I’ve been c	ool with the lines

D	A/D	E
Ain’t that the w	ay love’s suppo	sed to be?

Quirky key change, fine to skip this

C#	F#	F#	F#	C#	D#m	C#	D#m	C#
→				→	→	→	→	x4

	D	E	A	F#m	E
Tell me,	where c	an I	find a	woman like	that?

Solo on verse chords

A	E	F#m	D	E	A
→	→		→	→	x4

E

Y’know, I wish that I had

E	A	A	A	E	F#m	F#m	E	F#m
Jessi	e’s girl			→	→	→	→

	E	A	A	A	E	F#m	F#m	E	F#m	E
I wish that I had	Jessi	e’s girl			→	→	→	→

	E	A	A	A	E	F#m	F#m	E	F#m
I want	Jessi	e’s girl			→	→	→	→

D	E	A	F#m	E
Where c	an I	find a	woman like	that?

	E	A	A	A	E	F#m	F#m	E	F#m
Like	Jessi	e’s girl			→	→	→	→

	E	A	A	A	E	F#m	F#m	E	F#m	E
I wish that I had	Jessi	e’s girl			→	→	→	→

	E	A	A	A	E	F#m	F#m	E	F#m
I want, I want	Jessi	e’s girl			→	→	→	→

Outro

E	A	A	E	F#m	E	D	A

Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible (1988)

Originally in E, I play in A

A	A	D	E

	A	D
How	can it be permissable?

	A	D
She	compromise my principles, yeah-	yeah

	A	D
That	kind of love is mythical

	A	D
She’s	anything but typical

	E
She’s a	craze, you ought to know it, she’s a powerful force

	D	C
You’re o	bliged to conform when there’s	no other course

	E	C
She	used to look good to me	but now I find her

	A	D
Simply irre	sistible

Hard stop on the V

	A	D	E
Simply irre	sistible

	A	D
Her	loving is so powerful, huh

	A	D
It’s	simply unavoidable, mmm oh o	h

	A	D
The	trend is irreversible

	A	D
The	woman is invincible

	E
She’s a	natural law and she leaves me in awe

	D	C
She de	serves the applause, I su	rrender because

	E	C
She	used to look good to me	but now I find her

	A	D
Simply irre	sistible

	A	D
Simply irre	sistible

	A	D
Simply irre	sistible (she’s so fine, there’s no telling where the	money went)

	A	D
Simply irre	sistible (she’s all mine, there’s no other way to	go)

Instruments out

A

She’s unavoidable, I’m back against the wall

She gives me feelings that I’ve never felt before
I'm breaking promises, she's breaking every law
She used to look good to me, now I find her

	A	D
Simply irre	sistible (she’s so fine, there’s no telling where the	money went)

	A	D
Simply irre	sistible (she’s all mine, there’s no other way to	go)

	G
Oh	oh!

Solo, skip acoustic

C	A#	C	A#
C	A#	G#	F#	E

	A	D
Her	methods are inscrutable

	A	D
The pr	oof is irrefutable,	mmm mmm ooh ooh ooh

	A	D
She’s	so completely kissable, huh

	A	D
Our	lives are indivisible, whoah	yeah

	E
She’s a	craze, you ought to know it, she’s a powerful force

	D	C
You’re o	bliged to conform when there’s	no other course

	E	C
Well she	used to look good to me	but now I find her

	A	D
Simply irre	sistible (she’s so fine, there’s no telling where the	money went)

	A	D
Simply irre	sistible (she’s all mine, there’s no other way to	go)

	A	D
Simply irre	sistible (she’s so fine, there’s no telling where the	money went)

	A	D
Simply irre	sistible (she’s all mine, there’s no other way to	go)

	A
Simply irre	sistible

Robert Plant - Ship of Fools (1988)

Originally in G, I play in E

Intro

C#m7
C#m	E	A	E/G#
C#m	E	F#m	B

C#m	E	A	G#m
On waves of l	ove my heart is	breaking

	C#m	E
And s	tranger still my s	elf-control

	F#m	B
I c	an’t rely on	anymore

C#m	E	A	G#m
New tides surpr	ise my world it’s	changing

	C#m	E
Withi	n this frame an o	cean swells

	F#m	B
Beh	ind this smile I k	now it well

F#m	F#sus2	F#m
→	→

C#m	E	A	G#m
Beneath a lo	ver’s moon I’m	waiting

	C#m	E
I a	m the pilot o	f the storm

	F#m	B
Adr	ift in pleasure	I may drown

C#m	E	A	G#m
I built this s	hip it is my	making

	C#m	E
And f	urthermore my s	elf-control

	F#m	B
I c	an’t rely on	anymore

F#m	E	B
I know	why

F#m	E	B
I know w	hy

E	C#m	B
Crazy on a s	hip of fo	ols

Aadd9	E
Crazy on a ship of	fools

C#m	E
Turn this b	oat around

C#m	E
Back to my l	oving ground

A	G#m7
Oh no, oh no

C#m	E	A	E/G#
C#m	E	F#m	B

C#m	E	A	G#m
Who claims that	no man is an	island

	C#m	E
While	I’ll up in	jeopardy

	F#m	B
More d	istant from you b	y degrees

C#m	E	A	G#m
I walk this	shore in isol	ation

	C#m	E
And a	t my feet et	ernity

F#m	B
Draws ever sweeter	plans for me

F#m	E	B
I know	why

F#m	E	B
I know w	hy

E	C#m	B
Crazy on a s	hip of fo	ols, aw

Aadd9	E
Crazy on a ship of	fools

C#m	E
Turn this b	oat around

C#m	E
Back to my l	oving ground

A	G#m7	F#sus2
Oh no, oh no	, ship of fools

C#m	E	A	E/G#	C#m	E	F#m	B
							x4

C#m	E
Turn this b	oat around

C#m	E
Back to my l	oving ground

A	G#m7
Oooh, no

E	C#m	B
Crazy on	a ship of fo	ols

	Aadd9	E
Oh	crazy on a ship of	fools

C#m	E
Turn this b	oat around

C#m	E
Back to my l	oving ground

A	G#m7	C#m7
Oh no, oh no	, ship of fools

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

Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (1987)

Originally in C, with a key change to F, I play in C capo 3 with no key change.

Intro

C	F
	C	F
It m	ust have been love, but it’s	over now

	C	F	G
Lay a wh	isper on my pillow, leave the	winter on the	ground

	C	F	Dm	G
I wake up	lonely, this air of	silence in the b	edroom and all a	round

	Am	C	F	G
Touch me	now, I close my	eyes and dream	away

	C	F
It must have been l	ove, but it’s over n	ow

	Dm	Am	G
It must have been g	ood, but I	lost it someh	ow

	C	F
It must have been l	ove but it’s over n	ow

	Dm	Am	G
From the moment we t	ouched, till the	time had run o	ut

	C	F	G
Make be	lieving we’re together, that I’m	sheltered by your h	eart

	C	F	Dm	G
But in and	outside I’ve turned to	water, like a	teardrop in your p	alm

	Am	C	F	G
And it’s a	hard winter’s	day, I dream	away

	C	F
It must have been l	ove, but it’s over n	ow

	Dm	Am	G
It was all that I w	anted, now I’m l	iving with	out

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “now”

	C	Gm
It must have been l	ove but it’s over n	ow

Vox stay on the 1 of the previous chord (5 of the new chord)

	C	Bb
It’s where the	water flows, it’s where the	wind blows

Skipping a solo here

Bb	G

	C	F
It must have been l	ove, but it’s over n	ow

	Dm	Am	G
It must have been g	ood, but I	lost it someh	ow

	C	F
It must have been l	ove but it’s over n	ow

	Dm	Am	G
From the moment we	touched, till the	time had run	out

	C	F
Yeah, it must have been l	ove, but it’s over n	ow

	Dm	Am	G
It was all that I w	anted, now I’m	living with	out

	C	Gm
It must have been l	ove, but it’s over n	ow

	C	Bb
It’s where the	water flows, it’s where the	wind blows

	C
Whoa	hoa (it must have been love)

	F	Dm	Am	F
(But it’s	over now) (but it’s over n	ow) Noo	oooo	ow

	C
Whoa	hoa (it must have been love)

	F	Dm	Am	F
(But it’s	over now) (but it’s over n	ow) Noo	oooo	ow

Roxette - The Look (1988)

Intro

A

Walking like a man, hitting like a hammer

	G
She’s a	juvenile scam, never was a quitter

D	A
Tasty like a raindrop, she’s got the	look

A

Heavenly bound, ‘cause heaven’s got a number

	G
When she’s	spinning me around, kissing is a color

	D	A
Her	loving is a wild dog, she’s got the	look

	A
She’s got the	look (she’s got the look)

	A
She’s got the	look (she’s got the look)

	C	G	A
What in the	world can make a	brown-eyed girl turn	blue

	C	G	A
When everyt	hing I’ll ever	do I do for	you

	F	G	A
And I go	la la la la	la she’s got the	look

A

Fire in the ice, naked to the T-bone

	G
Is a	lover’s disguise, banging on the head drum

D	A
Shaking like a mad bull, she’s got the	look

A

Swaying to the band, moving like a hammer

	G
She’s a	miracle man, loving is the ocean

D	A
Kissing is the wet sand, she’s got the	look

	A
She’s got the	look (she’s got the look)

	A
She’s got the	look (she’s got the look)

	C	G	A
What in the	world can make a	brown-eyed girl turn	blue

	C	G	A
When everyt	hing I’ll ever	do I do for	you

	F	G	A
And I go	la la la la	la she’s got the	look

Solo

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A
G	D	A	A
→

G	D	A	A
→

Let ring, spoken

A

Walking like a man, Hitting like a hammer

	G	D
She’s a	juvenile scam,	never was a quitter

A	G	D
Tasty like a raindrop, she’s got the	look

	A
And she goes	na na na na na, na

	G
Na na na na na na na	na na na na, na na na na na na na

D	A
Na na na na na na, she’s got the	look

	A
She’s got the	look (she’s got the look)

	A
She’s got the	look (she’s got the look)

	C	G	A
What in the	world can make a	brown-eyed girl turn	blue

	C	G	A
When everyt	hing I’ll ever	do I do for	you

	F	G	A
And I go	la la la la	la she’s got the	look

	C	G	A
What in the	world can	make you so	blue

	C	G	A
When everyt	hing I’ll ever	do I do for	you

Hard stop on the V

	F	G
And I go	la la la la	la

A

Na na na na na, na

	G
Na na na na na na na	na na na na, na na na na na na na

D	A
Na na na na na na, she’s got the	look

	A
And she goes	na na na na na, na

	G
Na na na na na na na	na na na na, na na na na na na na

D	A
Na na na na na na, she’s got the	look

Roy Orbison - You Got It (1989)

Intro

A	G	D
	→	x2

A	G	D	A	G	D
Every time I look in	to your	loving	eyes

A	G	D	E	G
I see a love that	money	just can’t	buy

	A	F#m	C#m	E
One	look from	you, I	drift a	way

	A	F#m	C#m	E
I	pray that	you are	here to	stay

A	C#7	F#m	D
Any	thing you	want, you go	t it

A	C#7	F#m	D
Any	thing you	need, you go	t it

A	C#7	F#m	D
Any	thing at	all, you	got it

A/E	E
Baby

A	G	D	A	G	D
Every time I hold you	I begin to	under	stand

A	G	D	E	G
Everything about you	tells me	I’m your	man

	A	F#m	C#m	E
I li	ve my	life to	be with	you

	A	F#m	C#m	E
No	one can	do the	things you	do

A	C#7	F#m	D
Any	thing you	want, you go	t it

A	C#7	F#m	D
Any	thing you	need, you go	t it

A	C#7	F#m	D
Any	thing at	all, you	got it

A/E	E
Baby

Bridge

E

Anything you want (you got it)

E

Anything you need (you got it)

E

Anything at all

Instrumental break on chorus chords

A	C#7	F#m	D
A	C#7	F#m	D
A	C#7	F#m	D
A/E	E

	A	F#m	C#m	E
I’m	glad to	give my	love to	you

Big triplets on “do”

	A	F#m	C#m	E
I	know you	feel the	way I	do

A	C#7	F#m	D
Any	thing you	want, you go	t it

A	C#7	F#m	D
Any	thing you	need, you go	t it

A	C#7	F#m	D
Any	thing at	all, you	got it

A/E	E
Baby

A	C#7	F#m	D
Any	thing you	want, you go	t it

A	C#7	F#m	D
Any	thing you	need, you go	t it

A	C#7	F#m	D
Any	thing at	all, you	got it

A/E	E
Baby

E

Anything at all (you got it)

E

Ba...by (you got it)

	A
You	got it

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	Cadd9
‘Cause you’ll always be my dr	eam come true

D	Cadd9
Oh my darling,	I love you

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

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	Cadd9	G
I remember,	I remember y	ou

G	D	Em	C
Y	eaahhh,	oh,	whoa, yea

G	D	Em	C

G

Cadd9

G

Cadd9

G

Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild (1989)

Originally in Gm, I play in Am

Intro (do something like this)

Am	G	Am
	→

G	F
→

G	F
→

G	Am
→

Am

Since I was born they couldn’t hold me down

F

Another misfit kid, another burned-out town

Am

I never played by the rules I never really cared

F

My nasty reputation takes me everywhere

G	Am
Well I look and see it’s not only me

G

So many others have stood where I stand

F	E
We are the young (hey!) so	raise your hands

Am	G	Am
They call us	problem	child

	G	F
We spend our	lives on	trial

	G	F
We walk an	endless	mile

	G	Am
We are the	youth gone	wild

	G	Am
We stand and	we won’t	fall

	G	F
We’re one and	one for	all

	G	F
The writing’s	on the	wall

	G	Am
We are the	youth gone	wild

Am

A boss screamin’ in my ear about who I’m supposed to be

F

Get a three-piece Wall Street smile and son you’ll look just like me

Am

I said hey man, there’s something you oughta know

	F
I tell ya P	ark Avenue leads to Skid Row

G	Am
Well I look and see it’s not only me

G

We’re standin’ tall, ain’t never a doubt

F	E
We are the young (hey!) so	shout it out

Am	G	Am
They call us	problem	child

	G	F
We spend our	lives on	trial

	G	F
We walk an	endless	mile

	G	Am
We are the	youth gone	wild

	G	Am
We stand and	we won’t	fall

	G	F
We’re one and	one for	all

	G	F
The writing’s	on the	wall

	G	Am
We are the	youth gone	wild

Let me hear you wail!

Solo

Bm	G	Bm	G	E

Band out, drums only

Am	G	Am
They call us	problem	child

	G	F
We spend our	lives on	trial

	G	F
We walk an	endless	mile

	G	Am
We are the	youth gone	wild

	G	Am
We stand and	we won’t	fall

	G	F
We’re one and	one for	all

	G	F
The writing’s	on the	wall

	G	Am
We are the	youth gone	wild

Am	G	Am
Whoa oh oh	oh oh	oh

	G	F
Whoa oh oh	oh oh	oh

	G	F
Whoa oh oh	oh oh	oh

	G	Am
We are the	youth gone	wild

Am	G	Am
Whoa oh oh	oh oh	oh

	G	F
Whoa oh oh	oh oh	oh

	G	F
Whoa oh oh	oh oh	oh

	G	Am
We are the	youth gone	wild

	G	Am
Yeah ah ah	ah ah	ah

	G	F
Yeah ah ah	ah ah	ah

	G	F
Yeah ah ah	ah ah	ah

	G	Am
We are the	youth gone	wild

Am	G	Am
Whoa oh oh	oh oh	oh

	G	F
Whoa oh oh	oh oh	oh

	G	F
Whoa oh oh	oh oh	oh

	G	Am
We are the	youth gone	wild

Squeeze - Tempted (1981)

Originally in B, I play in A

Intro

A	A/G	D7/F#	D7
			x 2

	A	A/G#
I bought a	toothbrush, some	toothpaste

	F#m	F#m7
A	flannel for my	face

B7/D#	Dm7
Pajamas, a hairbrush, new	shoes, and a case

	Am7	Em7	F/G	G	C
I	said to my reflection, let’s get o	ut of this play-ee-a	y-ace →	→

	D7	F
Past the	church and the steeple, the	laundry on the hill

A	G/D	Gaug/D#
Billboards and the buildings,	memories of it	still

	Am7
Keep	calling

	D	Am	F7	D	D/C
And	calling, but for	get it all,	I know I	will

A	A/G	D7/F#	D7
Tempted by the	fruit of a	nother

A	A/G	D7/F#	D7
Tempted, but the	truth is dis	covered

	B7
What’s been g	oing on

	Bm7/E	A	A/G
And now that	you have gone there’s no	other

D7/F#	D7	A	A/G
Tempted by the	fruit of an	other

D7/F#	D7	Bm
Tempted, but the	truth is dis	covered

Dm	Dsus2	Dm	Dsus4	Dm	Dsus2	Dm
→	→	→	→	→	→

	A	A/G#
I’m at the	car park, the	airport

	F#m	F#m7
The	baggage caro	usel

	B7/D#	Dm7
The	people keep on crowding, me	wishing I was well

	Am7	Em7	F/G	G	C
I	said it’s no occasion, it’s no st	ory I can tell	→	→

	D7	F
At my	bedside, empty pocket, a	foot without a sock

	A	G/D	Gaug/D#
Your	body gets much closer, I	fumble for the	clock

	Am7	D
Al	armed by the se	duction

	Am7	F7	D	D/C
I	wish	that it would s	top

A	A/G	D7/F#	D7
Tempted by the	fruit of a	nother

A	A/G	D7/F#	D7
Tempted, but the	truth is dis	covered

	B7
What’s been g	oing on

	Bm7/E	A	A/G
And now that	you have gone there’s no	other

D7/F#	D7	A	A/G
Tempted by the	fruit of an	other

D7/F#	D7	Bm
Tempted, but the	truth is dis	covered

Dm	Dsus2	Dm	Dsus4	Dm	Dsus2	Dm
→	→	→	→	→	→

	A	A/G	F#m	F#m7
I bought a	novel, some	perfume, a	fortune all for	you

B7/D#	Dm7
But it’s not my conscience that	hates to be untrue

	Am7	Em7	F/G	G	C
I	asked of my reflection, tell me,	what is there to do?	→	→

A	A/G	D7/F#	D7
Tempted by the	fruit of a	nother

A	A/G	D7/F#	D7
Tempted, but the	truth is dis	covered

	B7
What’s been g	oing on

	Bm7/E	A	A/G
Now that	you have gone there’s no	other

D7/F#	D7	A	A/G
Tempted by the	fruit of an	other

Hang the last chord for a bit

D7/F#	D7	Bm
Tempted, but the	truth is dis	covered

	A	A/G	D7/F#	D7
Huh!	Tempted, by the	fruit of an	other

A	A/G	D7/F#	D7
Tempted, but the	truth is dis	covered

A	A/G	D7/F#	D7
Tempted by the	fruit of an	other

A	A/G	D7/F#	D7
Tempted, but the	truth is dis	covered

Repeat to fade

Starship - Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (1986)

Originally in F#, I play in G.

G	Em7	C	Dsus4	D
			→

x2

Vox on the 4

G	Em
Looking in your eyes I	see a paradise

	C
This	world that I’ve found

	D
Is too	good to be true

G

Standing here beside you

Em

Want so much to give you

	C	D
This	love in my heart that I’m	feeling for you

G	Em
Let ‘em say we’re crazy,	I don’t care about that

C	D
Put your hand in my hand baby	don’t ever look back

G	Em
Let the world around us	just fall apart

C	F	D
Baby we can make it if we’re	heart to heart

	G
And we can	build this dream together

Em

Standing strong forever

C	D
Nothing’s gonna stop us	now

	G
And if this	world runs out of lovers

Em

We’ll still have each other

Hang the last chord

C	D	F	D
Nothing’s gonna stop us,	nothing’s gonna stop us	now

G

I’m so glad I found you

Em

I’m not gonna lose you

C	D
Whatever it takes I will	stay here with you

G

Take you to the good times

Em

See you through the bad times

C	D
Whatever it takes is what I’m	gonna do

G	Em
Let ‘em say we’re crazy,	what do they know?

C	D
Put your arms around me baby	don’t ever let go

G	Em
Let the world around us	just fall apart

C	F	D
Baby we can make it if we’re	heart to heart

	G
And we can	build this dream together

Em

Standing strong forever

C	D
Nothing’s gonna stop us	now

	G
And if this	world runs out of lovers

Em

We’ll still have each other

No “now” at the end of this line

C	D
Nothing’s gonna stop us,	nothing’s gonna stop us

G	Bm	C
Ooh,	all that I need is	you

Am	G
All that I ever	need

	Bm	C
And	all that I want to	do

Original changes a half-step here, I do a whole step for playability

	Am	C	D
Is	hold you forever, for	ever and ever,	hey!

Solo on verse chords, up a half-step

A	F#m7	D	E
			x2

	A
And we can	build this dream together

F#m

Standing strong forever

D	E
Nothing’s gonna stop us	now

	A
And if this	world runs out of lovers

F#m

We’ll still have each other

D	E
Nothing’s gonna stop us,	nothing’s gonna stop us

G	A
Now

Starship - We Built This City (1985)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 2 or 3

Vox are mostly on the 3

On guitar, play all the IVmaj9s as IVs or IVadd9s, the

maj7 is coming from the melody.

Vox on the major 7 of the chord on “built”

Start rubato

	Dmaj9	A/C#
We	built this city, we	built this city on

A	Bm7	A/C#
Rock	and	roll

Dmaj9	A/C#
Built this city, we	built this city on

C#m7	A/C#	Dmaj7
Rock	and	roll

At tempo

A	D	A/C#	Bm	A	D	E/G#	A
							x2

Vox on the 5

A	D/A
Say you don’t know me or	recognize my face

In the low key, stay up on the same note on “that kind of place”

G/A	E/A	A
Say you don’t care who	goes to	that kind of place

A	D/A
Knee deep in the hoopla, s	inking in your fight

G/A	E/A	A
Too many	runaways	eating up the night

A	E/G#

	F#m	Dmaj7/F#	A/E	E/G#
Mar	coni plays the	mamba,	listen to the radi	o

This line is shorter than you think

	A	Dadd9
Don’t you re	mem	ber

	A	Dadd9	A/C#	A/B
We	built this	city

	A	Dadd9
We	built this	city on

A	E/G#	F#m
Rock	and	roll

	Dmaj9	A/C#
We	built this city, we	built this city on

A	Bm7	A/C#
Rock	and	roll

Dmaj9	A/C#
Built this city, we	built this city on

C#m7/E	A/C#	Dmaj7
Rock	and	roll

A	D	A/C#	Bm	A	D	E/G#	A
							x1

Female voice enters

A	D/A
Someone’s always playing	corporation games

G/A	E/A	A
Who cares they’re always	changing	corporation names

	D/A
We just want to dance here,	someone stole the stage

G/A	E/A	A
They call us irre	sponsible,	write us off the page

A	E/G#

	F#m	Dmaj7/F#	A/E	E/G#
Mar	coni plays the	mamba,	listen to the radi	o

	A	Dadd9
Don’t you re	mem	ber

	A	Dadd9	A/C#	A/B
We	built this	city

	A	Dadd9
We	built this	city on

A	E/G#	F#m
Rock	and	roll

	Dmaj9	A/C#
We	built this city, we	built this city on

A	Bm7	A/C#
Rock	and	roll

Dmaj9	A/C#
Built this city, we	built this city on

C#m7/E	A/C#	Dmaj7
Rock	and	roll

Super-slow solo, I skip

Dmaj7	E/D	Dmaj7	E/D

Vox on the 2

	A/C#	D/A	A	E/G#
It’s just a	nother S	unday

	A/C#	D/A	A	E/G#
In a t	ired	old street

	A/C#	D/A	A	E/G#
Police have	got the	choke hold

A/C#	D/A	A	E/G#	A
	But	we just	lost the	beat

A	D/A
Who counts the money	underneath the bar

G/A	E/A	A
Who rides the wrecking	ball in	to our guitars

	A	D/A
Don’t	tell us you need us ‘	cause we’re the ship of fools

G/A	E/A	A
Looking for A	merica,	crawling through your schools

A	E/G#

	F#m	Dmaj7/F#	A/E	E/G#
Mar	coni plays the	mamba,	listen to the radi	o

	A	Dadd9
Don’t you re	mem	ber

	A	Dadd9	A/C#	A/B
We	built this	city

	A	Dadd9
We	built this	city on

A	E/G#	F#m
Rock	and	roll

	Dmaj9	A/C#
We	built this city, we	built this city on

A	Bm7	A/C#
Rock	and	roll

Dmaj9	A/C#
Built this city, we	built this city on

C#m7	A/C#	Dmaj7
Rock	and	roll

Dmaj9	A/C#
Built this city, we	built this city on

A	Bm7	A/C#
Rock	and	roll

Dmaj9	A/C#
Built this city, we	built this city on

C#m7/E	A/C#	Dmaj7
Rock	and	roll

Fade on the IVmaj7-ish

Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie (1984)

Originally in Dm, I play in Em capo 1

In Em, play that Dm/G as 3x323x

Intro, skip this line acoustic

G	G	D/G	G
C	C/B	Am7	D

Start here acoustic

G	G	D/G	G
Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G

A cappella, chords implied

	Em
You should’ve been	gone

C/E	D/E	D/E	Em
Knowing ho	w I mad	e you f	eel

	Em
And I should’ve been	gone

Piano enters

C/E	D/E	D/E	Em
After a	ll your w	ords of	steel

Band enters

C	Dsus4	D
Oh I must’ve been a	dreamer	(must’ve been a dreamer, whoa)

C	Dsus4	D
And I must’ve been	someone	else (someone else)

C	Dsus4	D
And we should’ve been	over

G	D/G	G
Oh Sherrie,	our	love

Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G
Holds	on on,	holds o	n

G	D/G	G
Oh Sherrie,	our	love

Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G
Holds	on on,	holds o	n

	Em
But I want to let g	o

C/E	D/E	D/E	Em
You’ll go	on hurti	n’ me

	Em
You’d be better off alon	e

	C/E	D/E	D/E	Em
If I’	m not wh	o you	thought I’d	be

C	Dsus4	D
But you know that there’s a f	ever	(know that there’s a fever, whoa)

C	Dsus4	D
Oh that you’ll never find n	owhere e	lse (nowhere else)

Hard stop on “on and on”

C	Dsus4	D
Can’t you feel it	burnin’	on and on

G	D/G	G
Oh Sherrie,	our	love

Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G
Holds	on on,	holds o	n

G	D/G	G
Oh Sherrie,	our	love

Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G
Holds	on on,	holds o	n

Solo

G	G	D/G	G
C	C	Am	D

G	G	D/G	G
Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G
Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G

	Em
But I should’ve been	gone

C/E	D/E	D/E	Em
Long ag	o, f	ar a	way

	Em
And you should’ve been g	one

C/E	D/E	D/E	Em
Now I kn	ow just	why you	stay

G	D/G	G
Oh Sherrie,	our	love

Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G
Holds	on on,	holds o	n

G	D/G	G
Oh Sherrie,	our	love

Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G
Holds	on on,	holds o	n

G	D/G	G
Oh Sherrie,	our	love

Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G
Holds	on on,	holds o	n

Outro solo

G	G	D/G	G
Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G
Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G

Repeat intro, piano only

G	G	D/G	G
C	C/B	Am7	D

G	G	D/G	G
Dm/G	C/G	C/G	G

Stevie Nicks and Don Henley - Leather and Lace (1981)

Originally in Eb, I play in A

A	A/G	Dmaj7/F#	Esus4
D	A/C#	Esus4	Esus4

Stevie

A	A/G	Dmaj7/F#	Esus4
Is love so f	ragile	and the heart so	hollow

D	A/C#	Esus4
Shatter with	words im	possible to follow

A	A/G	Dmaj7/F#	A
You’re saying I’m	fragile,	I try not to	be, I search

D	A/C#	Esus4
Only for	something I can’t	see

A	A/G	Dmaj7/F#	A
I have my	own life	and I’m	stronger than you

D	A/C#	Esus4
Know

A	A/G	Dmaj7/F#	A
But I carry this	feeling	when you walked in	to my house

D	A/C#	Esus4
That you won’t be	walking out the	door

A	A/G	D	A
Still I carry this	feeling	when you walked in	to my house

D	A/C#	Esus4
That you won’t be	walking out the do	or

D	E	D	E
Lovers for	ever,	face to	face

D	E	D	E
My city your	mountains,	stay with me	stay

D	E	D	E
I need you to	love me, I	need you tod	ay

D	E	D	Esus4
Give to me your	leather, take f	rom me my	lace

Don

A	A/G	Dmaj7/F#	A
You in the	moonlight	with your	sleepy eyes

D	A/C#	Esus4
Could you ever	love a man like	me

A	A/G	Dmaj7/F#	A
And you were	right	when I walked in	to your house

D	A/C#	Esus4
I knew I’d	never want to le	ave

A	A/G	D	A
Sometimes I’m a	strong man,	sometimes cold and	scared and sometimes

D	A/C#	Esus4
I cry

A	A/G	Dmaj7/F#	A
But that time I	saw you I	knew with you to	light my nights

D	A/C#	Esus4
So	mehow I’d get	by

A	A/G	D	A
First time I	saw you, I	knew with you to	light my nights

D	A/C#	Esus4
S	omehow I would get	by

Both

D	E	D	E
Lovers for	ever,	face to	face

D	E	D	E
My city your	mountains,	stay with me	stay

Stevie only for the second half of the next two lines

D	E	D	E
I need you to	love me, I	need you tod	ay

D	E	D	Esus4
Give to me your	leather, take f	rom me my	lace

Now both again

D	E	D	E
Lovers for	ever,	face to	face

D	E	D	E
My city your	mountains,	stay with me	stay

Stevie only for the second half of the next two lines

D	E	D	E
I need you to	love me, I	need you tod	ay

D	E	D	Esus4
Give to me your	leather, take f	rom me my	lace

	D	Esus4
Take f	rom me, my	lace

	D	Esus4
Take f	rom me, my	lace

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy (1983)

Originally in Eb, I play in D

Intro

D7	D7	G7	D7
A7	G7	D7	A7

	D7
Well you’ve	heard about love givin’ sight to the blind

D7

My baby’s lovin’ cause the sun to shine

	G7	D7
She’s my	sweet little thing, she’s my	pride and joy

	A7	G7	D7	A7
She’s my	sweet little baby,	I’m her little lover boy

	D7
Yeah I	love my baby, my heart and soul

D7

Love like ours won’t never grow old

	G7	D7
She’s my	sweet little thing, she’s my	pride and joy

	A7	G7	D7	A7
She’s my	sweet little baby,	I’m her little lover boy

With hard stops

	D7	D7
Yeah I	love my lady, she’s	long and lean

Band enters on “man”

D7	D7
You mess with her, you’ll see a	man get mean

	G7	D7
She’s my	sweet little thing, she’s my	pride and joy

	A7	G7	D7	A7
She’s my	sweet little baby,	I’m her little lover boy

Solo

D7	D7	G7	D7	A7	G7	D7	A7
							x2

With hard stops

	D7	D7
Well I	love my baby like the	finest wine

D7	D7
Stick with her until the	end of time

	G7	D7
She’s my	sweet little thing, she’s my	pride and joy

	A7	G7	D7	A7
She’s my	sweet little baby,	I’m her little lover boy

	D7
Yeah I	love my baby, my heart and soul

D7

Love like ours won’t never grow old

	G7	D7
She’s my	sweet little thing, she’s my	pride and joy

	A7	G7	D7	A7
She’s my	sweet little baby,	I’m her little lover boy

Solo

D7	D7	G7	D7	A7	G7	D7	D7#9

Stevie Ray Vaughan - The House is Rockin (1989)

Originally in B, I play in A

Intro

A

Vox on the b3

	A
Well, the	house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’

	A
When the	house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’

	E	A
If the	house is a rockin’ don’t bother come on	in

A

Kick off your shoes start losing the blues

A

This old house ain’t got nothing to lose

	D	A
Seen it	all for years, start spreading the	news

	E	A
We got	room on the floor, come on baby shake ‘em	loose

	A
Well, the	house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’

	A
When the	house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’

	E	A
When the	house is a rockin’ don’t bother come on	in

Solo on verse chords

A	A	D	A	E	A
					x2

A

	A
Well, the	house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’

	A
Yeah the	house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’

	E	A
Yeah the	house is a rockin’ don’t bother come on	in

A

Walkin’ up the street you can hear the sound

	A
Of some b	ad honky-tonkers really laying it down

	D
You seen it a	ll for years, you got nothin’ to loose

	E
So get o	ut on the floor, shimmy ‘til you shake ‘em loose

	A
Well, the	house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’

	A
Well the	house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’

	E	A
Yeah the	house is a rockin’ don’t bother come on	in

	E	A	A9
I said the	house is rockin’ don’t bother come on	in

Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You (1984)

Originally in C#, I play in A

I probably don’t bother with the key change

Mix in lots of 5 in the bass on the 3 and 4 beats

A	A/E	A	Amaj7/E
A	A/E	A	A

The first Imaj7 is implied

	Amaj7	A	Amaj7	A
No	New Year’s	day, to	cele	brate

	Amaj7	A	Bm
No	chocolate	covered candy hearts to give a	way

BmM7	Bm	BmM7	Bm7
No first of	spri-	ing, no song to	sing

BmM7	Bm	Bm7	Esus4	E	A
In fact here’s	just a	nother	ordi	nary	day

	Amaj7	A	Amaj7	A
No	April r	ain, no	flowers	bloom

	Amaj7	A	Bm
No	wedding	Saturday within the month of	June

BmM7	Bm	BmM7	Bm7
But what it	iii	is, is something	true

BmM7	Bm	Bm7	Esus4	E	A
Made up of	these three	words that	I must	say to	you

	Bm	E	A
I just	called to	say I	love you

	Bm	E	F#m
I just	called to	say how much I	care

	Bm	E	F#m
I just	called to	say I	love you

	Bm7	Esus4	E	A
And I	mean it from the	bottom	of my	heart

	Amaj7	A	Amaj7	A
No	summer’s	high, no	warm Ju	ly

	Amaj7	A	Bm
No	harvest	moon to light one tender August	night

BmM7	Bm	BmM7	Bm7
No autumn	bre	eze, no falling	leaves

BmM7	Bm	Esus4	E	A
Not even	time for birds to	fly to	southern	skies

	Amaj7	A	Amaj7	A
No	Libra	Sun, no	Hallo	ween

	Amaj7	A	Bm
No	giving	thanks to all the Christmas joy you	bring

BmM7	Bm	BmM7	Bm7
But what it	iii	is, though old, so	new

BmM7	Bm	Bm7	Esus4	E	A
To fill your	heart like	no three	words could	ever	do

	Cm	F	A#
I just	called to	say I	love you

	Cm	F	Gm
I just	called to	say how much I	care, I do

	Cm	F	Gm
I just	called to	say I	love you

	Cm	Fsus4	F	A#
And I	mean it from the	bottom	of my	heart

	C#m	F#	B
I just	called to	say I	love you

	C#m	F#	G#m
I just	called to	say how much I	care

	C#m	F#	G#m
I just	called to	say I	love you

	C#m	F#sus4	F#	B
And I	mean it from the	bottom	of my	heart

G	A	A	B
Of my	heart,	of my he	art

Stray Cats - Rock This Town (1981)

Originally between D and Db, I play in A capo 3

Intro

A

	A
Well, my	baby and me went out late Saturday night

	E7
I had my hair piled high and my baby just looked so	right

	A	A7
Well,	pick you up at ten, gotta	have you home at two

Vox up to the b7 of the chord

D	D7
Mama don’t know what I	got in store for you

	A	E7	A
But	that’s all right ‘cause we’re	looking as cool as can	be

A

	A
Well, we	found a little place that really didn’t look half bad

	E7
I had a whiskey on the rocks and change of a dollar for the	jukebox

	A	A7
Well, I	put a quarter right in	to that can

	D	D7
But	all it played was	disco, man

	A	E7	A
Come	on, pretty baby, let’s	get out of here right a	way

	A
We’re gonna	rock this town, rock it inside out

	E7
We’re gonna rock this town, make ‘em scream and	shout

	A	A7
Let’s	rock, rock,	rock, man, rock

Hard stop on “rock”, back in on “rock”

	D	D7
We’re gonna	rock till we pop, we’re gonna	rock till we drop

	A	E7	A
We’re gonna	rock this town,	rock it inside	out

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

A

	A
Well, we’re	having a ball just a-bopping on the big dance floor

	E7
Well, there’s a real square cat, he looks like 197	4

Hard stops on both “looks”

	A	A7
Well, you	look at me once, you	look at me twice

D	D7
Look at me again and there’s a-	gonna be fight

	A	E7	A
We’re gonna	rock this town, we’re gonna	rip this place a	part

	A
We’re gonna	rock this town, rock it inside out

	E7
We’re gonna rock this town, make ‘em scream and	shout

	A	A7
We’ll let’s	rock, rock,	rock, man, rock

Hard stop on “rock”, back in on “rock”

	D	D7
We’re gonna	rock till we pop, we’re gonna	rock till we drop

	A	E7	A
We’re gonna	rock this town,	rock it inside	out

	A	E7	A
We’re gonna	rock this town,	rock it inside	out

	A	E7	A
We’re gonna	rock this town,	rock it inside	out

A9

Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut (1981)

Originally in Cm, I play in Am capo 3

Am	G	F	E
Ooh,	ooh,	ooh,	ooh x4

Vox on the 1

Am	G	F	E
Black and orange	stray cat	sittin’ on a	fence

Am	G	F	E
Am	G	F	E
Ain’t got	enough dough to	pay the	rent

Am	G	F	E
Am	G	F	E
I’m flat	broke but	I don’t	care

Hard stop on “strut”

	Am
I	strut right by with my tail in the air

Vox on 1 1 3 of the key (A C in Am) on ‘stray cat strut’

Dm	C	A#	A7
Stray cat	strut I’m a	ladies	cat

	Dm	C	A#	A7
I’m a	feline casa	nova hey	man that’s	that

Vox up to the root of the first chord, then follow

the descending root

	Dm	C	A#	A7
Get a	shoe thrown	at me from a	mean old	man

Hard stop on “get”, stay on the same note you were on for “man”

Dm

Get my dinner from a garbage can

Solo over verse chords

Am	G	F	E
Meow

Am	G	F	E
Yeah, don’t cross my path

Hard stop on...

Am

Dm	Am
I don’t bother chasing mice a	round

Whole line on the 5 of the chord (A if the chord is Dm)

	Dm
I	slink down the alley looking for a fight

	B7	E7
H	owlin’ to the moonlight on a	hot summer night

Am	G	F	E
Singin’ the	blues while the	lady cats	cry

	Am	G	F	E
W	ild stray	cat you’re a	real gone	guy

	Am	G	F	E
I	wish I could	be as	care-free and	wild

Hard stop on “got”, down to the low 1

	Am
But I	got cat class and I got cat style

Solo over verse chords

Am	G	F	E

Dm	Am
I don’t bother chasing mice a	round

	Dm
I	slink down the alley looking for a fight

	B7	E7
H	owlin’ to the moonlight on a	hot summer night

Am	G	F	E
Singin’ the	blues while the	lady cats	cry

	Am	G	F	E
W	ild stray	cat you’re a	real gone	guy

	Am	G	F	E
I	wish I could	be as	care-free and	wild

Hard stop on “got”

	Am
But I	got cat class and I got cat style

Am	G	F	E	Am9

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (1982)

Originally in Cm, I play in Em

Em	Em	D	Em	Em	D	Em	Em	D	C
									x2

Em

Em	C
Risin’ up,	back on the street

D	Em
Did my time, took my	chances

Em	C
Went the distance, now I’m	back on my feet

	D	Em
Just a	man and his will to	survive

Em	C
So many times it	happens too fast

D	Em
You trade your passion for	glory

Em	C
Don’t lose your grip on the	dreams of the past

	D	B7
You must	fight just to keep them	alive

	Am	G	D
It’s the	eye of the tiger, it’s the	thrill of the	fight

	Am	G	D
Risin’	up to the challenge of our	ri	val

	Am	G	D
And the	last known survivor stalks his	prey in the	night

	Am	G	C	Em
And he’s	watchin’ us	all with the	eye of the	tiger

Em	C
Face to face,	out in the heat

D	Em
Hangin’ tough, stayin’	hungry

Em	C
They stack the odds still we	take to the street

	D	B7
For the	kill with the skill to	survive

	Am	G	D
It’s the	eye of the tiger, it’s the	thrill of the	fight

	Am	G	D
Risin’	up to the challenge of our	ri	val

	Am	G	D
And the	last known survivor stalks his	prey in the	night

	Am	G	C	Em
And he’s	watchin’ us	all with the	eye of the	tiger

Em	C
Risin’ up,	straight to the top

D	Em
Had the guts, got the	glory

Em	C
Went the distance, now I’m	not gonna stop

	D	B7
Just a	man and his will to sur	vive

	Am	G	D
It’s the	eye of the tiger, it’s the	thrill of the	fight

	Am	G	D
Risin’	up to the challenge of our	ri	val

	Am	G	D
And the	last known survivor stalks his	prey in the	night

	Am	G	C	Em
And he’s	watchin’ us	all with the	eye of the	tiger

Repeat to fade with intro chords

The eye of the tiger

The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (1986)

Originally in B, I play in E capo 3

E

All the old paintings on the tombs

They do the sand dance don’t you know
If they move too quick (oh ay oh)
They're falling down like a domino

E

All the bazaar men by the Nile

They got the money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (oh ay oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette

A

Foreign types with the hookah pipes say

Way oh ay oh, way oh ay oh

E

Walk like an Egyptian

E

The blonde waitresses take their trays

They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh ay oh)
You drop your drink then they bring you more

E

All the school kids so sick of books

They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh ay oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian

A

All the kids in the marketplace say

Way oh ay oh, way oh ay oh

E

Walk like an Egyptian

Solo

G	E
G	E
G	G

With whistling

E

Drums only

E

Slide your feet up the street bend your back

Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (oh ay oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac

Band enters

E

If you want to find all the cops

They’re hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh ay oh)
They spin the club, cruise down the block

E

All the Japanese with their yen

The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh ay oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian

A

All the cops in the doughnut shop say

Ay oh ay oh, ay oh ay oh

Way oh ay oh, way oh ay oh

E

Walk like an Egyptian

E

Walk like an Egyptian

E

The Beach Boys - Kokomo (1989)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 2

A

Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya

	D
Ber	muda, Bahama, come on pretty mama

	A	D
Key	Largo, Montego, baby why don’t we go, Ja	maica

	A	Amaj7
Off the Florida	Key	s

Em7	D
There’s a place called	Kokomo

Dm	A	Bm7	E7
That’s where you	wanna go to get	away from it all

A	Amaj7
Bodies in the	sand

Em7	D
Tropical drink melting	in your hand

Dm	A
We’ll be falling in	love to the rhythm of a

Bm7	E7
Steel drum band

I usually sing this like “way down in...” and don’t say “kokomo”

	A
Down in Koko	mo

A

Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya to

Stay on the 5 of the chord, and do something interesting on “pretty mama”

	D
Ber	muda, Bahama, come on pretty mama

	A	D
Key	Largo Montego, ooh I wanna take her down to	Kokomo

Come out of falsetto here

	Dm	A
We’ll	get there fast and then we’ll	take it slow

F#m	Bm7
That’s where we	wanna go

E7	A
Way down in Koko	mo

A

Martinique, that Monserrat mystique

A	Amaj7
We’ll put out to	sea

Em7	D
And we’ll perfect our	chemistry

Dm	A	Bm7	E7
By and by we’ll de	fy a little bit of	gravity

A	Amaj7
Afternoon de	light

Em7	D
Cocktails and	moonlit nights

Dm	A	Bm7	E7
That dreamy look in your	eye give me a tropical	contact high

	A
Way down in Koko	mo

A

Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya to

	D
Ber	muda, Bahama, come on pretty mama

	A	D
Key	Largo Montego, ooh I wanna take her down to	Kokomo

	Dm	A
We’ll	get there fast and then we’ll	take it slow

F#m	Bm7
That’s where we	wanna go

E7	A
Way down in Koko	mo

A

Port au Prince, I wanna catch a glimpse

Solo over verse chords if appropriate

A	Amaj7
Everybody	knows

Em7	D
A little place like	Kokomo

Dm	A	Bm7	E7
Now if you	wanna go and get	away from it all

	A
Go down to Koko	mo

A

Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya to

	D
Ber	muda, Bahama, come on pretty mama

	A	D
Key	Largo Montego, ooh I wanna take her down to	Kokomo

	Dm	A
We’ll	get there fast and then we’ll	take it slow

F#m	Bm7
That’s where we	wanna go

E7	A
Way down in Koko	mo

The Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn (1987)

Originally in Eb, I play in D and tune to drop D if I’m feeling motivated

Intro

No sleep till

D	D	F	G	A	F
D	D	F	G	A	F
				Brooklyn

D	D	F	G	A	F
					x2

D

Foot on the pedal, never ever false metal

Engine running hotter than a boiling kettle

	D
My	job ain’t a job, it’s a damn good time

	A	F
City to city, I’m r	unning my r	hymes

D

On location, touring around the nation

Beastie Boys always on vacation

D

Itchy trigger finger but a stable turntable

	A	F
I do what I do best because I’m	willing and	able

D

Ain’t no faking, your money I’m taking

Going coast to coast, to watch all the girlies shaking

	D
While	you’re at the job working nine to five

The Beastie Boys are at the Garden, cold kickin’ it live

D	D	F	G	A	F
				No sl	eep till

D	D	F	G	A	F

	D
Another p	lane, another train, another bottle in the brain

Another girl, another fight, another drive all night

	D
Our	manager’s crazy, he always smokes dust

He’s got his own room at the back of the bus

D

Tour around the world, you rock around the clock

	A	F
Plane to hotel, g	irls on the j	ock

	D
We’re	trashing hotels like it’s going out of style

Getting paid along the way ‘cause it’s worth your while

D

Four on the floor, Ad Rock’s out the door

MCA’s in the back ‘cause he’s skeezin’ with a whore

	D
We got a s	afe in the trunk with money in a stack

With dice in the front and Brooklyn’s in the back

D	D	F	G	A	F
				No sl	eep till

D	D	F	G	A	F

	D	F	G	A	F
No	sleep	till Brooklyn

	D	F	G	A	F
No	sleep	till Brooklyn

D

Ain’t seen the light since we started this band, MCA, get on the mic my man

D

Born and bred in Brooklyn, the U.S.A.

They call me Adam Yauch, but I’m MCA
Like a lemon to a lime, a lime to a lemon
I sip the def ale with all the fly women

D

Limos, arenas, TV shows, autograph pictures and classy ho’s

D

Step off homes, get out of my way, taxing little girlies form here to L.A.

	D
Waking u	p before I get to sleep, ‘cause I’ll be rocking this party eight days a week

D	D	F	G	A	F
				No sl	eep till

D	D	F	G	A	F

	D	F	G	A	F
No	sleep	till Brooklyn

	D	F	G	A	F
No	sleep	till Brooklyn

	D	F	G	A	F
No	(no) sleep	(sleep) till Brooklyn		(Brooklyn)

	D	F	G	A	F
No	(no) sleep	(sleep) till Brooklyn		(yeah)

Solo on intro riff

D	D	F	G	A	F
					x4

	D	F	G	A	F
No	(no) sleep	(sleep) till Brooklyn		(Brooklyn)

	D	F	G	A	F
No	(no) sleep	(sleep) till Brooklyn		(Brooklyn)

The Cars - Magic (1984)

A	D	E	E
			x4

Vox on 3-2-1 on “su-u-mer”

A	D	E	A	D	E
Summer,		it turns me upside	down

	A	D	E	A	D	E
Summer, summer,	summer,		it’s like a merry go	round

A	D	E	A	D	E
I see you	under the mi	dnight,	all	shackles and	bows

A	D	E
High	shoes with the	cleats a-clickin’

A	D	E
A temperm	ental glow

A	D	E
Well, don’t ya	let me go

	F#m	D
Oh, got a	hold on you, got a	hold on you

	E	F#m
I got a	hold on you tonight

	F#m	D
Oh, got a h	old on you, got a	hold on you

	E
Got a h	old on you, that’s right

A	D	E	A	D	E
Oh, o	h, it’s	magic,	when	I’m with	you

A	D	E
Oh, o	h, it’s	magic, just a little magic

A	D	E
You	know it’s true

Let ring on “hold”

	F#m
I got a	hold on you

	A	D	E	A	D	E
Oh,	twisted,		under sideways	down

	A	D	E	A	D	E
I know you’re getting	twisted,		and you can’t calm	down

A	D	E	A	D	E
I see you	under the mi	dnight,	love	darts in your	eyes

A	D	E	A	D	E
How	far can you	take it,	until you	realize

A	D	E
There’s magic	in your ey	es

	F#m	D
I got a	hold on you, got a	hold on you

	E	F#m
Got a	hold on you tonight

	F#m	D
I got a	hold on you, got a	hold on you

	E
Got a h	old on you, yeah, yeah

A	D	E	A	D	E
Oh, o	h, it’s	magic, oh o	h when	I’m with	you

A	D	E
Oh, o	h, it’s	magic, just a little matter for magic

A	D	E
Pulls	me through

Let ring on “hold”

	F#m	E
I got a	hold on you

Solo on chorus chords

A	D	E	E
			x4

	F#m	D
I got a	hold on you, I got a	hold on you

	E
Got a h	old on you, that’s right, it’s magic

A	D	E	A	D	E
Oh, o	h, it’s	magic,	when	I’m with	you

A	D	E
Oh, o	h, it’s	magic, just a little magic

A	D	E
In	side of you

The Cars - You Might Think (1984)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 1

A	D	E	A
A	D	E	F#m
D	E	A	A
→

A	D	E	A
You might think I’m	crazy, to	hang around with	you

	A	D	E	A
M	aybe you think I’m	lucky, to	have something to	do

	F#m	E	D
But I	think	that you’re	wild

	F#m	E	D
In	side me	is some	child

A	D
You might think I’m	foolish

	E	F#m
Oh	baby it’s un	true (you might think)

A	D
You might think I’m	crazy (all I want)

E	A
All I want is	you

A	D	E	A
	→

A	D	E	A
You might think it’s hys	terical, but	I know when you’re	weak

	A	D	E	A
You t	hink you’re in the	movies, and	everything’s so	deep

	F#m	E	D
But I	think	that you’re	wild

	F#m	E	D
When you	flash that	fragile	smile

A	D
You might think it’s	foolish

E	F#m
What you put me	through (you might think)

A	D
You might think I’m	crazy (all I want)

E	A
All I want is	you

A

	F#m	D	E	F#m
And it was	hard,	so	hard to	take

D	E	F#m	D	E	F#m
There’s	no es	cape,	with	out a	scrape

D

E

Hard stop on both chords here

D

But you kept it going, till the sun fell down

E

You kept it going

Solo if appropriate, skip if solo acoustic

A	D	E	A
A	D	E	F#m
D	E	A	A
→

	A	D	E	A
Well	you might think I’m de	lirious, the	way I run you	down

	A	D	E	A
But somew	here, sometimes,	when you’re curious,	I’ll be back around

	F#m	E	D
And I	think	that you’re	wild

	F#m	E	D
And	so un	iquely	styled

A	D
You might think it’s	foolish

E	F#m
This chancy rondez	vous (you might think)

A	D
You might think I’m	crazy (all I want)

E	A
All I want is	you

A
D	E	F#m
All I	want is	you

D	E	A
All I	want is	you

The Choirboys - Run To Paradise (1988)

Originally in A, I play in D

Intro

D	A	G	A
D	A	G	A
D	A	G	A
D	A	Gsus2	Gsus2

Big hits on “baby!”

Vox on the 1 on “baby”

D	D	A	G	A
Ba	by,		you were a	lways gonna be

	D	A	G	A
Th	e one,		you only	ever did it

	D	A	G	A
Ju	st for fun,		but you	run to paradise

D	A	Gsus2	Gsus2

D	D	A	G	A
Je	nny,		I’ll	meet you at the

	D	A	G	A
Gr	ocery store,		you don’t n	eed a friend when

	D	A	G	A
Yo	u can score,		you r	un to paradise

D	A	Gsus2	Gsus2

	D	A	G	A
Huh!

D	A	G	A
D	A	G	A
D	A	Gsus2	Gsus2

D	D	A	G	A
Jo	hnny,		we	were always best of

D	A	G	A
Friends,			stick together and

	D	A	G	A
De	fend,		but you	run to paradise

D	A	Gsus2	Gsus2

	D	D	A	G	A
And m	am	a,		now don’t you	worry bout’ me

	D	A	G	A
An	ymore,		when I s	ee you crying at

	D	A	G	A
The d	oor,		when I r	un to paradise

D	A	Gsus2	Gsus2

Vox on the 1 of the key (5 of the chord) on “that’s right”

G	G
	That’s right they had it all worked out

	A
You were	young and blonde and you could never do wrong

G	G
	That’s right they were so surprised

	A
You o	pened their eyes up (opened their eyes up)

Opened their eyes up

Vox on 1 2 of the key on “you don’t”

D	A	G	A
You	don’t want	anyone

D	A	G	A
You	don’t want	anyone

D	A	G	A
Don’t	tell me		this is paradise

D	D	G	A
		(Open your e	yes up)

D	A	G	A
You	don’t want	anyone

D	A	G	A
You	don’t want	anyone

D	A	G	A
Don’t	tell me		this is paradise

D

G

A

No big hits on the I’s in this verse

D	A	G	A
Good times,			why’d I let em

D	A	G	A
Slip away,			why’d I let them

D	A	G	A
Slip away,			cause I lived in

	D	A	Gsus2	Gsus2
Para	dise

Softly

D	A	G	A
			Run to

	D	A	G	A
Para	dise,			run to

	D	A	G	A
Para	dise,			run to

	D	A	G	G
Para	dise

Solo

D	A	G	A
D	A	G	A
D	A	G	A
D	G	A	A

G	G
	Jesus says it’s gonna be alright, he’s gonna

A

Pack my bag so I can walk in the light

G	G
	You don’t mind if I abuse myself, so I can

A

Hold my head up, (hold my head up), hold my head up

D	A	G	A
You	don’t want	anyone	(hold my head up)

D	A	G	A
You	don’t want	anyone

D	A	G	A
Don’t	tell me		this is paradise

D	D	G	A
		(Open your e	yes up)

D	A	G	A
You	don’t need	anyone	(open your eyes up)

D	A	G	A
You	don’t need	anyone

D	A	G	A
Don’t	tell me		this is paradise

D	D	G	G

D	A	G	A
You	don’t want	anyone

D	A	G	A
You	don’t want	anyone

D	A	G	A
Don’t	tell me		this is paradise

D

G

A

D

The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go (1982)

D	G	D	D
			x4

	D	G	D
Darling, you’ve got to let me know

	D	G	D
Should I stay or should I go

	G	F	G
If you say that you are mine

	D	G	D
I’ll be here ‘til the end of time

	A
So you’ve got to let me know

	D	G	D
Should I stay or should I go?

	D	G	D
It’s always tease, tease, tease

	D	G	D
You’re happy when I’m on my knees

	G	F	G
One day it’s fine, and next it’s black

	D	G	D
So if you want me off your back

	A
Well, come on, and let me know

	D	G	D
Should I stay or should I go?

	D	G	D
Should I stay, or should I	go now?

	D	G	D
Should I stay, or should I	go now?

	G	F	G
If I go there will be	trouble

	D	G	D
And, if I stay, it will be	double

	A
So, come on, and let me	know

D	G	D

This indecision’s buggin’ me

D	G	G
Inde	cisión me mo	lesta

If you don't want me, set me free

D	G	D
Si no me	quieres, líbra	me

Exactly whom I'm supposed to be?

G	F	G
Digame,	quein	tengo ser

Don't you know which clothes even fit me

D	G	D
Sabes que	ropas me que	da

	A
Come on, and let me know

Me tienes que de cir

Should I cool it, or should I blow?

	D	G	D
Me	debo i	r o quedar m	e?

Oowwww

D	G	D
		Split

D	G	D

	G	F	G
Y	o me en	frio o lo	soplo

D	G	D

A
D	G	D

	D
Should I stay, or should I	go now?

D	G	D
Yo me en	frio o lo	soplo

D

Should I stay, or should I go now?

D	G	D
Yo me en	frio o lo	soplo

D	G
If I go there will be	trouble

G	F	G
Si me	voy va a haber pe	ligro

G	D
And if I stay it will be	double

D	G	D
Si me	quedo sera el	doble

D	A
So you’ve gotta let me	know

A

Me tienes que decir

A	D
Should I cool it, or should I	blow?

D	G	D
Yo me en	frio o lo	soplo

D

Should I stay, or should I go now?

D	G	D
Yo me en	frio o lo	soplo

D	G
If I go there will be	trouble

G	F	G
Si me	voy va a haber pe	ligro

G	D
And if I stay it will be	double

D	G	D
Si me	quedo sera el	doble

D	A
So you’ve gotta let me	know

A

Me tienes que decir

D	G	D
Should I	stay or should I	go?

The Eagles - Seven Bridges Road (1980)

Originally in D, I play in A

Vox only

A	G	D	A
There are st	ars in the	southern	sky

A	G	D	A
Southward a	s you	go

A	G	D	A
There is m	oonlight and mo	ss in the tr	ees

	A	G	D	A
Down the s	even br	idges r	oad

Instruments in

A	G	D/F#	A

	A	G	D	A
Now	I have l	oved y	ou like a b	aby

A	G	D	A
Like some l	onesome ch	ild

	A	G	D	A
And	I have l	oved y	ou in a t	ame way

	A	G	D	A
And I	have l	oved you w	ild

Vox to the 5 of the chord

	G	A
Some	times there’s a	part of me

	G	A
Has to	turn from here and	go

	G	A
R	unning like a child from	these warm stars

	A	G	D	A
Down the s	even b	ridges r	oad

Instruments out

A	G	D	A
There are	stars in the	southern	sky

	A	G	D	A
And if e	ver you de	cide you should	go

A	G	D	A
There is a t	aste of t	ime-sweetened h	oney

	A	G	D	A
Down the	seven b	ridges	road

The Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey (1987)

G	D	G	D	A	E	A	E
→		→		→		→	x2

A	E	A
Must be getting	early

D	G	D
Clocks are running	late

E	A
Paint by number morning s	ky

D

Looks so phony

A	E	A
Dawn is breaking	every	where

D	G	D
Light a candle,	curse the	glare

E	A
Draw the curtains, I don’t c	are, cause

D

It’s all right

E	A	D
I	will get	by

E	A	D
I	will get	by

E	A	G	D	E
I	will get	by

	D	E
I will sur	vive

A	E	A
I see you’ve got your	list out

D	G	D
Say your piece and	get out

E	A
Yes I get the gist of i	t, but

D

It’s all right

A	E	A
Sorry that you f	eel that	way

D	G	D
The only thing there i	s to	say

E	A
Every silver lining’s g	ot a

D

Touch of grey

E	A	D
I	will get	by

E	A	D
I	will get	by

E	A	G	D	E
I	will get	by

	D	E
I will sur	vive

Bm	B7	E
It’s a	lesson to	me

	Bm	B7	E
The	ables and the	bakers and the	C’s

F#m	C#7	B	E
The AB	C’s	we all must	face

A7	D	E
To try to	keep a little	grace

The next bridge happens here in the original, but without a solo

that’s just weird, so I moved it.

A	E	A
I know the rent is	in ar	rears

D	G	D
The dog has not been f	ed in y	ears

E	A
It’s even worse than it appea	rs, but

D

It’s all right

A	E	A
Cow is giving	keros	ene

D	G	D
Kid can’t read at s	evente	en

E	A
The words he knows are all obsc	ene, but

D

It’s all right

E	A	D
I	will get	by

E	A	D
I	will get	by

E	A	G	D	E
I	will get	by

	D	E
I will sur	vive

Bm	B7	E
It’s a	lesson to	me

	Bm	B7	E
The	deltas and the	east and the	freeze

F#m	C#7	B	E
The AB	C’s	we all think	of

A	D	E
To try to	win a little	love

A	E	A
The shoe is on the	hand it	fits

D	G	D
There’s really nothing	much to i	t

E	A
Whistle through your teeth and s	pit, ‘cause

D

It’s all right

A	E	A
Oh well a	touch of	grey

D	G	D
Kinda suits you	anyw	ay

E	A
And that was all I had to s	ay, and

D

It’s all right

E	A	D
I	will get	by

E	A	D
I	will get	by

E	A	G	D	E
I	will get	by

	D	E
I will sur	vive

E	A	D
We	will get	by

E	A	D
We	will get	by

E	A	G	D	E
We	will get	by

	D	E
We will sur	vive

A

The Human League - Don’t You Want Me (1981)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 3.

Intro

Em	C/E	Em	G	Em
			→	x2

	C	Dsus4	D
You were	working as a waitress in a c	ocktail b	ar

C	G	D
When I m	et yo	u

	C	Dsus4	D
I	picked you out, I shook you up and tu	rned you ar	ound

C	G	D
Turned you into someon	e ne	w

	C	Dsus4	D
Now	five years later on you’ve got the w	orld at your f	eet

	C	G	D
Suc	cess has been so easy fo	r yo	u

	C	Dsus4	D
But	don’t forget it’s me who put you wh	ere you are n	ow

	C	G	D
And	I can put you back th	ere to	o

Em	Bm
Don’t, don’t you	want me?

	C
You	know I can’t believe it

	Am	Dsus4	D
When I	hear that you won’t	see	me

Em	Bm
Don’t, don’t you	want me?

	C
You	know I don’t believe you

	Am	Dsus4	D
When you	say that you don’t	need	me

	E
It’s	much too late to find

Pro tip: if you’re playing in E capo 3, this m7b5 is at the 12th (real) fret

	F#m7b5
When you	think you’ve changed your mind

	G	B
You’d	better change it back or we will	both be sorry

Both

C	D
Don’t you want me,	baby?

C	D
Don’t you want me,	oh

C	D
Don’t you want me,	baby?

C	D
Don’t you want me,	oh

Female

	C	Dsus4	D
I was	working as a waitress in a c	ocktail	bar

C	G	D
That much	is	true

	C	Dsus4	D
But	even then I knew I’d find a	much better	place

C	G	D
Either with or with	out	you

	C	Dsus4	D
The	five years we have had have been	such good	times

C	G	D
I still l	ove	you

	C	Dsus4	D
But	now I think it’s time I live my	life on my	own

	C	G	D
I	guess it’s just what I	must	do

Male

Em	Bm
Don’t, don’t you	want me?

	C
You	know I can’t believe it

	Am	Dsus4	D
When I	hear that you won’t	see	me

Em	Bm
Don’t, don’t you	want me?

	C
You	know I don’t believe you

	Am	Dsus4	D
When you	say that you don’t	need	me

	E
It’s	much too late to find

	F#m7b5
When you	think you’ve changed your mind

	G	B
You’d	better change it back or we will	both be sorry

Both... and not a typo, this chorus is short

C	D
Don’t you want me,	baby?

C	D
Don’t you want me,	oh

Em	C/E	Em	G	Em
			→

C	D
Don’t you want me,	baby?

C	D
Don’t you want me,	oh

C	D
Don’t you want me,	baby?

C	D
Don’t you want me,	oh

Em	C/E	Em	G	Em
			→	x2

C	D
Don’t you want me,	baby?

C	D
Don’t you want me,	oh

Em	C/E	Em	G	Em
			→	x2

The Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine (1989)

Originally in G capo 2, so really A, I play in G.

G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D

Melody on the 5 (D)

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
I’m	trying to tell you	something about my	life

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
Maybe	give me insight	between black and	white

	D11	C
The	best thing you’ve ever done for	me

	D11	C
Is to	help me take my life less serious	ly

It’s only life

G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
After all

Harmony enters on the 1 (G)

G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
Well the darkness has a	hunger that’s in	satiable

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
And the	lightness has a	call that’s hard to	hear

D11	C
I wrap my fear around me like a	blanket

	D11	C
I	sailed my ship of safety till I	sank it

	G	C	G
I’m crawling on your shore

High part on F#, low on A

D	Cadd9	G
I went to the doctor, I	went to the mou	ntains

D	Cadd9	G
I looked to the children, I	drank from	the fountain

D11	C
There’s more than one answer to these	questions

C	G
Pointing me in a crooked	line

Low part on A, high on D

D11	C
The less I seek my source for some de	finitive

High part on E, low on C. It’s actually the low part that

shoots up to high G, but usually easier to have the high

singer do that.

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
The closer I	am to fine

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
The closer I	am to fine

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
I	went to see the	doctor of phil	osophy

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
With a	poster of Ras	putin and a	beard down to his	knee

	D11	C
He	never did marry or	see a B-grade movie

	D11	C
He	graded my performance, he	said he could see through me

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
I spent	four years prostrate	to the higher	mind, got my	paper

	G	C	G
And I was	free

D	Cadd9	G
I went to the doctor, I	went to the mou	ntains

D	Cadd9	G
I looked to the children, I	drank from	the fountain

D11	C
There’s more than one answer to these	questions

C	G
Pointing me in a crooked	line

D11	C
The less I seek my source for some de	finitive

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
The closer I	am to fine

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
The closer I	am to fine

Bridge over pre-chorus chords

D11	C	D11	C	G

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
I	stopped by the	bar at 3 a.	m

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
To seek	solace in a	bottle or	possibly a	friend

	D11	C
I	woke up with a headache like my	head against a board

D11	C
Twice as cloudy as I’d been the	night before

	G	C	G
And I went in seeking	clarity

D	Cadd9	G
I went to the doctor, I	went to the mou	ntains

D	Cadd9	G
I looked to the children, I	drank from	the fountain

D	Cadd9	G
We go to the doctor, we	go to the mou	ntains

D	Cadd9	G
We look to the children, we	drink from	the fountain

D	Cadd9	G
We go to the bible, we	go through the	workout

Let ring on “stand up” and “lookout”

D	Cadd9	G
We read up on revival and we	stand up for the	lookout

	D11	C
There’s	more than one answer to these	questions

	G
Pointing me in a	crooked line

	D11	C
The	less I seek my source for some	definitive

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
The closer I	am to fine

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
The closer I	am to fine

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
The closer I	am to fine

	G	Am7sus4	Cadd9	D
The closer I	am to fine

G

The Outfield - Your Love (1985)

Originally in E, I play in G.

G	Em	D	D
			x4

Vox start on the 5

G	Em	D
Josie’s on a	vacation far a	way

Come around and talk it over

G	Em	D
So many	things that I wanna	say

You know I like my girls a little bit older

C	Em	D
I just wanna	use your love to	night

Em	C	D
I don’t wanna	lose your love to	night

G	Em	D
I ain’t got many	friends left to talk to

No one’s around when I’m in trouble

G	Em	D
You know I’d do any	thing for	you

Stay the night but keep it undercover

C	Em	D
I just wanna	use your love to	night

Em	C	D
I don’t wanna	lose your love to	night

A#	C
	x 4

Vox in on the 5 of the first chord here

A#	C
Trying to stop my	hands from shakin’

A#	C
Somethin’ in my	mind’s not makin’ sense

A#	C
It’s been a while since	we were all alone

A#	C
I can’t hide the	way I’m feelin’

Let chords ring

G	Em	D
As you leave me	please would you close the	door

And don’t forget what I told you

G	Em	D
Just ‘cause you’re	right that don’t mean I’m	wrong

Another shoulder to cry upon

C	Em	D
I just wanna	use your love to	night

Em	C	D
I don’t wanna	lose your love to	night

C	Em	D
I just wanna	use your love to	night

Em	C	D
I don’t wanna	lose your love to	night

C	Em	D
I just wanna	use your love to	night

Em	C	D
I don’t wanna	lose your love to	night

The Pointer Sisters - I’m So Excited (1982)

Originally in Gm, I play in Em capo 5

Em7	G/A	Am7	G/A	Am7	G/A	Am7
	→	→	→	→	→

G/C	C	G/C	C	G/C	C
→	→	→	→	→

C/G	G

x2

Vox on the 1

	Em7	G/A	Am7
Ton	ight’s the night we’re gonna make it	hap	pen

	G/C	C	C/G	G
To	night w	e’ll put all other things a	side

	Em7	G/A	Am7
Give	in this time and show me some af	fec	tion

	G/C	C	C/G	G
We’re	go	ing for those pleasures in the	night

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “love”

	F#m7
I want to l	ove you, feel you

Em7	Bm7
Wrap myself arou	nd you

	F#m7
I want to squ	eeze you, please you

	Em7
I j	ust can’t get enough

Vox on the 1 1 2 of the major key on “move... slow... go”

	Am7	G/B	D
And if you	move real sl	ow I’ll let it	go

	Em	C
I’m so exc	ited, and I just can’t h	ide it

C	D	Em
I’m about to lose contr	ol and I think I l	ike it

	Em	C
I’m so exc	ited, and I just can’t h	ide it

	C	D
And	I know, I know, I k	now, I know

	Em
I know I w	ant you

	Em7	G/A	Am7
We s	houldn’t even think about to	mor	row

	G/C	C	C/G	G
Sweet	memo	ries will last a long,	long t	ime

	Em7	G/A	Am7
We’ll	have a good time baby, don’t you	wor	ry

	G/C	C	C/G	G
And if	we’re s	till playing ‘round, boy that’s just fine

	Em	C
Let’s get exc	ited, we just can’t h	ide it

C	D	Em
I’m about to lose contr	ol and I think I l	ike it

	Em	C
I’m so exc	ited, and I just can’t h	ide it

C	D
I know, I know, I k	now, I know

	Em
I know I w	ant you, I want you

Solo on verse chords

	F#m7
Ooh boy, I want to l	ove you, feel you

Em7	Bm7
Wrap myself arou	nd you

	F#m7
I want to squ	eeze you, please you

	Em7
I j	ust can’t get enough

	Am7	G/B	D
And if you	move real sl	ow I’ll let it	go

	Em	C
I’m so exc	ited, I just can’t h	ide it

C	D	Em
I’m about to lose contr	ol and I think I l	ike it

	Em	C
I’m so exc	ited, and I just can’t h	ide it

C	D
I know, I know, I k	now, I know

	Em	Em
I know I w	ant you, I	want you

	Em
I’m so exc	ited (look what you do to me)

	C
I just can’t h	ide it (you’ve got me burning up)

C	D	Em
I’m about to lose contr	ol and I think I l	ike it

	Em	C
I’m so exc	ited, I can’t de	ny, no no no

C	D	Em
Oh, oh, oh	I know I know I	want you

The Police - Canary in a Coalmine (1980)

Originally in E, I play in E capo 3, vox almost entirely on the 3

Intro

E	E	E	E
E	E	C	A	F#m7
			→

E

First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect

E

Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect

C	A	F#m7
You live your life like a can	ary in a	coalmine

E

You get so dizzy even walkin’ in a straight line

E

You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza

E

You’re so afraid to catch a dose of influenza

C	A	F#m7
You live your life like a can	ary in a	coalmine

E

You get so dizzy even walkin’ in a straight line

E	C	A	F#m7
Canary in a coalmine, canary in a coalmine, canary in a coalmine		→

E

Now if I tell you that you suffer from delusions

E

You pay your analyst to reach the same conclusions

C	A	F#m7
You live your life like a can	ary in a	coalmine

E

You get so dizzy even walkin’ in a straight line

E	C	A	F#m7
Canary in a coalmine, canary in a coalmine, canary in a coalmine		→

E

A	E

E

First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect

E

Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect

C	A	F#m7
You live your life like a can	ary in a	coalmine

E

You get so dizzy even walkin’ in a straight line

E	C	A	F#m7
Canary in a coalmine, canary in a coalmine, canary in a coalmine		→

E	C	A	F#m7
Canary in a coalmine, canary in a coalmine, canary in a coalmine		→

E

The Police - Don’t Stand So Close To Me (1980)

Originally in Gm, I play in Gm but sing an octave down

Intro

Eb	Gm
	x2

Vox start on the 5

Eb	Gm
Young teacher, the subject,	of school girl fantasy

Eb	Gm
She wants him, so badly,	knows what she wants to be

Eb	Gm
Inside her, there’s longing,	this girl’s an open page

Eb	Gm
Book marking, she’s so close now,	this girl is half his age

Vox on 6 5 of the first chord on “don’t stand”

D	A	D	A
Don’t	stand,	don’t	stand so

Bm	G/A	Em7/A
Don’t	stand so	close to me

D	A	D	A
Don’t	stand,	don’t	stand so

Bm	G/A	Em7/A
Don’t	stand so	close to me

Em7/A

Eb	Gm
Her friends are, so jealous,	you know how bad girls get

Eb	Gm
Sometimes it’s, not so easy,	to be the teacher’s pet

Eb	Gm
Temptation, frustration,	so bad it makes him cry

Eb	Gm
Wet bus stop, she’s waiting,	his car is warm and dry

D	A	D	A
Don’t	stand,	don’t	stand so

Bm	G/A	Em7/A
Don’t	stand so	close to me

D	A	D	A
Don’t	stand,	don’t	stand so

Bm	G/A	Em7/A
Don’t	stand so	close to me

Em7/A

Eb	Gm
Loose talk in, the class room,	to hurt they try and try

Eb	Gm
Strong words, in the staff room,	the accusations fly

Eb	Gm
It’s no use, he sees her,	he starts to shake and cough

Eb	Gm
Just like the old man,	in that book by Nabokov

D	A	D	A
Don’t	stand,	don’t	stand so

Bm	G/A	Em7/A
Don’t	stand so	close to me

D	A	D	A
Don’t	stand,	don’t	stand so

Bm	G/A	Em7/A
Don’t	stand so	close to me

Em7/A

Synth-y breakdown

Eb	Gm
	x4

With "please don’t stand so close to me

D	A	D	A
Don’t	stand,	don’t	stand so

Bm	G/A	Em7/A
Don’t	stand so	close to me

D	A	D	A
Don’t	stand,	don’t	stand so

Bm	G/A	Em7/A
Don’t	stand so	close to me

D	A	D	A
Don’t	stand,	don’t	stand so

Bm	G/A	Em7/A
Don’t	stand so	close to me

D	A	D	A
Don’t	stand,	don’t	stand so

Bm	G/A	Em7/A
Don’t	stand so	close to me

The Police - Every Breath You Take (1983)

Originally in Ab, I play in E capo 1

E	C#m	A	B	E

	E	C#m
Every breath you	take, every move you	make

	Asus2	Bsus2
Every bond you b	reak, every step you t	ake

	C#m
I’ll be watching	you

	E	C#m
Every single d	ay, every word	you say

	Asus2	Bsus2
Every game you p	lay, every night you s	tay

	E
I’ll be watching	you

	A
Oh can’t you s	ee

I skip the bIII here when acoustic

	G	E
You be	long to m	e

Easy vox... on “how my”, stay on the 1

Easy vox... on “aches”, go up to the 2 of the key

	F#
How my poor heart	aches

	B
With every step you t	ake

	E	C#m
Every move you m	ake, every vow you	break

	Asus2	Bsus2
Every smile you f	ake, every claim you st	ake

	C#m
I’ll be watching	you

C

Since you’ve gone, I’ve been lost without a trace

D

I dream at night I can only see your face

C

I look around but it’s you I can’t replace

D

I feel so cold I long for your embrace

C	E
I keep crying baby, baby	please

E	C#m	A	B	C#m
E	C#m	A	B	E

	A
Oh can’t you s	ee

	G	E
You be	long to m	e

	F#
How my poor heart	aches

	B
With every step you t	ake

	E	C#m
Every move you m	ake, every vow you b	reak

	Asus2	Bsus2
Every smile you f	ake, every claim you st	ake

	C#m
I’ll be watching	you

	Asus2	Bsus2
Every move you ma	ke, every step you ta	ke

	C#m
I’ll be watching y	ou (hold an extra 2 measures)

	E
I’ll be watching y	ou

E

Every breath you take, every move you make

C#m

Every bond you break

A	E
Every step you take (I’ll be watching	you)

E

Every single day, every word you say

C#m

Every game you play

A	E
Every night you stay (I’ll be watching	you)

E

Every move you make, every vow you break

C#m

Every smile you fake

A	E
Every claim you stake (I’ll be watching	you)

E

Every single day, every word you say

C#m

Every game you play

A	E
Every night you stay (I’ll be watching	you)

E	E	C#m	A	E
			I’ll be watching	you

The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (1981)

Originally in G, I play in D

Chords in D as:

-0-0-0-0-
-3-3-3-5-
-2-2-2-4-
-0-0-0-0-
---2-0-0-
---0-2-4-

Eadd9	F#7sus4	E6/G#	F#/A#
			x2

	Eadd9	F#7sus4
Though I’ve t	ried before	to tell her

	E6/G#	F#/A#
Of the	feelings I have	for her

	Eadd9	F#7sus4	E6/G#	F#/A#
In my	heart

	Eadd9	F#7sus4
Every	time that I come n	ear her

	E6/G#	F#/A#
I just	lose my nerves as	I’ve done

	B	E	F#	B	E	F#	B	E	F#	B
From the st	art

	F#	F#/A#	B
Every little	thing she	does is	magic

	F#	F#/A#	B
Everything she	do just	turn me	on

	F#	F#/A#	B
Even though my	life bef	ore was t	ragic

	F#	F#/A#	G	A
Now I know my	love for	her goes	on

Eadd9	F#7sus4	E6/G#	F#/A#

	Eadd9	F#7sus4
Do I h	ave to tell the s	tory

	E6/G#	F#/A#
Of a th	ousand rainy day	s

	Eadd9	F#7sus4	E6/G#	F#/A#
Since we first m	et

	Eadd9	F#7sus4
It’s a b	ig enough umb	rella

	E6/G#	F#/A#
But it’	s always me that	ends up

	B	E	F#	B	E	F#	B	E	F#	B
Getting w	et

	F#	F#/A#	B
Every little	thing she	does is	magic

	F#	F#/A#	B
Everything she	do just	turn me	on

	F#	F#/A#	B
Even though my	life bef	ore was t	ragic

	F#	F#/A#	G	A
Now I know my	love for	her goes	on

G	A

G	F#m7	Em7	F#m7
I resolve to	call her up a	thousand times a	day

	Em7	F#m7	G	F#m7
And a	sk her if she’ll	marry me	some old-fashioned	way

	G	A
But my	silent fears have gri	pped me

	G	A
Long be	fore I reach the p	hone

	G	A
Long be	fore my tongue has t	ripped me

	G	A	B	E	F#	B
Must I	always	be alo	ne?

	F#	F#/A#	B
Every little	thing she	does is	magic

	F#	F#/A#	B
Everything she	do just	turn me	on

	F#	F#/A#	B
Even though my	life bef	ore was t	ragic

	F#	F#/A#	B
Now I know my	love for	her goes	on

	F#	F#/A#	B
Every little	thing she	does is	magic

	F#	F#/A#	B
Everything she	do just	turn me	on

	F#	F#/A#	B
Even though my	life bef	ore was t	ragic

	F#	F#/A#	G	A
Now I know my	love for	her goes	on

Yes, it does something like this, but he bIII→IV is also just fine

G/E	D/F#

G	A	B
		Oh yeah, oh yeah

G	A
Every little thing,	every little thing

	G/E	D/F#
E	very little thing,	every little thing

G	A
Every little, every little,	every little, every little

	B
Th	ing she does

Repeat with ad libs

The Police - Synchronicity II (1983)

Originally in A, I play in D

Bmadd4

Oh, oh, oh, oh x 4

C	G
→

D	D/F#	C	G	C	G
Another sub	urban family	morning

D	D/F#	C	G	C	G
Grandmother s	creaming at the w	all

D	D/F#	C	G	C	G
We have to s	hout above the d	in of our Rice Krispies

D	D/F#	C	G	C	G
We can’t hear a	nything at a	ll

Down to the 3 of the chord, which will feel low in D

D	G/D	E7/D	G/D
Mother chants her l	itany of bor	edom and frus	tration

	D	G/D	E7/D	G/D
But	we know all her s	uicides are	fake

Vox on the 5 of the chord

If you’re playing in D, play the Gm7→Gm6 as 3x333→3x233

Gm7	Gm6	Gm7	Gm6
Daddy only stares	into the distance

	Gm7	Gm6	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’s o	nly so much m	ore that he can ta	ke

Dm	A#maj7/D	C6	D#maj7/A#
Many miles	away something	crawls from the	slime

	A	A#/A	A	C	G
At the b	ottom of a dark	Scottish	lake	→

D	D/F#	C	G	C	G
Another ind	ustrial ugly	morning

D	D/F#	C	G	C	G
The factory belches f	ilth into	the sky

D	D/F#	C	G	C	G
He walks unhi	ndered through the p	icket lines today

D	D/F#	C	G	C	G
He doesn’t th	ink to wonder why

	D	G/D	E7/D	G/D
The s	ecretaries pou	t and preen like	cheap tarts in a	red light street

	D	G/D	E7/D	G/D
But a	ll he ever	thinks to do is	watch

	Gm7	Gm6	Gm7	Gm6
And e	very single m	eeting with his so	-called superior

	Gm7	Gm6	G/A	A	G/A	A
Is a h	umiliating kick in the cro	tch

Dm	A#maj7/D	C6	D#maj7/A#
Many miles aw	ay something	crawls to the su	rface

	A	A#/A	A
Of a dar	k Scottish loch

Bmadd4

D	D/F#	C	G	C	G
Another wor	king day has	ended

D	D/F#	C	G	C	G
Only the rush	-hour hell to fac	e

D	D/F#	C	G	C	G
Packed like l	emmings into shin	y metal boxes

	D	D/F#	C	G	C	G
Con	testants in a s	uicidal race

D	G/D	E7/D	G/D
Daddy grips the whe	el and stares alo	ne into the dista	nce

	D	G/D	E7/D	G/D
He k	nows that something s	omewhere has to b	reak

	Gm7	Gm6	Gm7	Gm6
He s	ees the family h	ome now l	ooming in his he	adlights

	Gm7	Gm6	G/A	A	G/A	A
The p	ain upstairs that m	akes his eyeballs ache

One extra round on this this time

G/A	A	G/A	A

Dm	A#maj7/D	C6	D#maj7/A#
Many miles	away there’s a	shadow on the do	or

	A	A#
Of a cot	tage on the shore

	A	A#/A
Of a	dark

	A	A#/A	C6/A	A#/A
Scottish	lake

	A	A#/A	C6/A	A#/A
Many miles away

The Proclaimers - I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) (1988)

Intro

E

	E
When I w	ake up, well I know I’m gonna be

	A	B	E
I’m gonna	be the man who	wakes up next to	you

	E
When I g	o out, yeah I know I’m gonna be

	A	B	E
I’m gonna	be the man who	goes along with	you

	E
If I g	et drunk, well I know I’m gonna be

	A	B	E
I’m gonna	be the man who	gets drunk next to	you

	E
And if I h	aver, hey I know I’m gonna be

	A	B	E
I’m gonna	be the man who’s	havering to	you

	E
But	I would walk five hundred miles

	A	B
And	I would walk five	hundred more

	E	A
Just to	be the man who walks a thousand	miles

	B
To fall down	at your door

	E
When I’m	working, yes I know I’m gonna be

	A	B	E
I’m gonna	be the man who’s	working hard for	you

	E
And when the m	oney, comes in for the work I do

	A	B	E
I’ll pass a	lmost every	penny on to	you

	E
When I c	ome home (when I come home), well I know I’m gonna be

	A	B	E
I’m gonna	be the man who	comes back home to	you

	E
And if I g	row, well I know I’m gonna be

	A	B	E
I’m gonna	be the man who’s	growing old with	you

	E
But	I would walk five hundred miles

	A	B
And	I would walk five	hundred more

	E	A
Just to	be the man who walks a thousand	miles

	B
To fall down	at your door

Melody does 3 3 3 1, but that’s a lot for me in E, so I do 1 1 1 5

	E
Da da	da da (da da da da)

	E
Da da	da da (da da da da)

	A	B	E
Da da da	dan da da dan da	dan da da dan da d	a

	E
Da da	da da (da da da da)

	E
Da da	da da (da da da da)

	A	B	E
Da da da	dan da da dan da	dan da da dan da d	a

E

	E
When I’m l	onely, well I know I’m gonna be

	A	B	E
I’m gonna	be the man who’s	lonely without	you

	E
And when I’m	dreaming, well I know I’m gonna dream

	A	B	E
I’m gonna	dream about the	time when I’m with	you

	E
When I g	o out (when I go out), well I know I’m gonna be

	A	B	E
I’m gonna	be the man who	goes along with yo	u

	E
And when I c	ome home (when I come home), yes I know I’m gonna be

	A	B	C#m
I’m gonna	be the man who	comes back home with	you

	F#m7	B	E
I’m gonna	be the man who’s	coming home with	you

	E
But	I would walk five hundred miles

	A	B
And	I would walk five	hundred more

	E	A
Just to	be the man who walks a thousand	miles

	B
To fall down	at your door

	E
Da da	da da (da da da da)

	E
Da da	da da (da da da da)

	A	B	E
Da da da	dan da da dan da	dan da da dan da d	a

	E
Da da	da da (da da da da)

	E
Da da	da da (da da da da)

	A	B	E
Da da da	dan da da dan da	dan da da dan da d	a

	E
And	I would walk five hundred miles

	A	B
And	I would walk five	hundred more

	E	A
Just to	be the man who walks a thousand	miles

	B	E
To fall down	at your door

The Scorpions - No One Like You (1982)

Originally in Am, I play in Am capo 2 (on octave down, obviously)

Vox go up to the 3

Am	Am	F	G
Am	Am	F	G
Am	Am	F	G
F	F	E	E

x2

Vox on the 5

Am	F	Am
Girl, it’s been a	long time that we’ve been a	part

	F	Am
Much too	long for a man who needs	love

	F	C	E
I	miss you since I’ve been a	way

Am	F	C	Am
Babe, wasn’t	easy to	leave you a	lone

	F	C	Am
It’s getting	harder	now that I’m	gone

	F	C	E
If	I had the choice, I would s	tay

	Am
There’s no one like	you

	F	G	Am
I can’t	wait for the	nights with	you

	F	G	Am
I i	magine the	things we’ll	do

	F	G	F	E
I just	wanna be	loved by	you

	Am
No one like	you

	F	G	Am
I can’t	wait for the	nights with	you

	F	G	Am
I i	magine the	things we’ll	do

	F	G	F	E
I just	wanna be	loved by	you

Am	F	Am
Girl, there are	really no words strong e	nough

	F	Am
To des	cribe all my longing for	love

	F	C	E
I	don’t want my feelings res	trained

	Am	F	C	Am
Ooh,	babe, I just	need you like	never be	fore

	F	C	Am
Just i	magine you’d	come through this	door

	F	C	E
To	take all my sorrow a	way

	Am
There’s no one like	you

	F	G	Am
I can’t	wait for the	nights with	you

	F	G	Am
I i	magine the	things we’ll	do

	F	G	F	E
I just	wanna be	loved by	you

	Am
No one like	you

	F	G	Am
I can’t	wait for the	nights with	you

	F	G	Am
I i	magine the	things we’ll	do

	F	G	F	E
I just	wanna be	loved by	you

Solo on intro chords if appropriate

Am	Am	F	G
Am	Am	F	G
Am	Am	F	G
F	F	E	E

x2

	Am
No one like	you

	F	G	Am
I can’t	wait for the	nights with	you

	F	G	Am
I i	magine the	things we’ll	do

	F	G	F	E
I just	wanna be	loved by	you

	Am
No one like	you

	F	G	Am
I can’t	wait for the	nights with	you

	F	G	Am
I i	magine the	things we’ll	do

	F	G	F	E
I just	wanna be	loved by	you

The Scorpions - Still Loving You (1984)

Originally in Gm, I play in Am capo 2, highest note is the 3 of the minor key

Am	Am/G	Am/F	Adim7	F	E7
→	→	→	→		x2

Vox on the 5

Am

Time, it needs time

To win back your love again

	B	E
I will be	there, I will be	there

Am

Love, only love

Can bring back your love someday

	B	E
I will be	there, I will be	there

Am/E	Am/G	Am/F	Adim7	F	E7
→	→	→	→		x2

Am

Fight, babe I’ll fight

To win back your love again

	B	E
I will be	there, I will be	there

Am

Love, only love

Can break down the walls someday

	B	E
I will be	there, I will be	there

Am	F
If we’d	go again

C	G
All the way from the	start

Am	F
I would	try to change

C	G
Things that killed our	love

Am	Dm	E7
Your pride has	built a wall, so	strong

	Am	Am/G
That I can’t get	through

	F
Is there	really no chance

	G
To	start once again?

	Am
I’m loving	you

Am	Am/G	Am/F	Adim7	F	E7
→	→	→	→		x2

Am

Try, baby try

To trust in my love again

	B	E
I will be	there, I will be	there

Am	Am
Love, oh	love

Just shouldn’t be thrown away

	B	E
I will be	there, I will be	there

Am	F
If we’d	go again

C	G
All the way from the	start

Am	F
I would	try to change

C	G
Things that killed our	love

Am	Dm	E7
Your pride has	built a wall, so	strong

Not a typo, the passing chord is really i/7 the first time, and 7 this time

	Am	G
That I can’t get	through

	F
Is there	really no chance

	G
To	start once again?

Am	F
If we’d	go again

C	G
All the way from the	start

Am	F
I would	try to change

	C	G
The	things that killed our	love

Am	G	Am	Dm	E7
→	→	Yes I’ve	hurt your pride, and I	know

	Am	Am/G
What you’ve been	through

	F
You should	give me a chance

	G
This	can’t be the end

	Am
I’m still loving	you

Am	F	C	G
	Am	F	C	G
I’m still loving	you

	Am	F	C	G
I’m still loving	you,		I need your	love

	Am	F	C	G
I’m still loving	you,		still loving you	baby

Solo

Am	F	C	G
Am	F	C	G

	Am	F	C	G
I’m still loving	you,		I need your	love

	Am	F	C	G
I’m still loving	you,		I need your	love, whoo

Am	F	C	G
Am

The Traveling Wilburys - End of the Line (1988)

|———7—7—7—7—7—2—2—|———7—7—7—7—7——9—10—|———7—7—7—7—7——9—10—12—14————|
|———8—8—8—8—8—3—3—|———8—8—8—8—8—10—10—|———8—8—8—8—8—10—10—14—15————|
|———7—7—7—7—7—2—2—|———7—7—7—7—7——9—11—|———7—7—7—7—7——9—11—12—14————|
|—0———————————————|—0—————————————————|—0——————————————————————————|
|—————————————————|———————————————————|————————————————————————————|
|—————————————————|———————————————————|————————————————————————————|

D

	D	A	G
Well it’s a	lright, riding a	round in the	breeze

	D	A	D
Well it’s a	lright, if you live the l	ife you p	lease

	D	A	G
Well it’s a	lright, doing the b	est you c	an

	D	A	D
Well it’s a	lright, as long as you l	end a h	and

G	D
You can sit around and wait for the	phone to ring (at the end of the line)

G	D
Waiting for someone to tell you e	verything (at the end of the line)

G	D
Sit around and wonder what tom	orrow will bring (at the end of the line)

	A
Maybe a d	iamond ring

	D	A	G
Well it’s a	lright, even if they s	ay you’re w	rong

	D	A	D
Well it’s a	lright, sometimes you g	otta be s	trong

	D	A	G
Well it’s a	lright, as long as you got s	omewhere to l	ay

	D	A	D
Well it’s a	lright, everyday is j	ust one d	ay

G	D
Maybe somewhere down the road aways	(at the end of the line)

G	D
You’ll think of me and wonder where I am th	ese days (at the end of the line)

G	D
Maybe somewhere down the road when some	body plays (at the end of the line)

A

Purple Haze

	D	A	G
Well it’s a	lright, even when p	ush comes to s	hove

	D	A	D
Well it’s a	lright, if you got s	omeone to l	ove

	D	A	G
Well it’s a	lright, everything’ll w	ork out f	ine

	D	A	D
Well it’s a	lright, were going to the	end of the	line

G	D
Don’t have to be ashamed of the c	ar I drive (at the end of the line)

G	D
I’m just glad to be here, happy to	be alive (at the end of the line)

G	D
And it don’t matter if you’re	by my side (at the end of the line)

	A
I’m s	atisfied

	D	A	G
Well it’s a	lright, even if you’re o	ld and g	rey

	D	A	D
Well it’s a	lright, you still got s	omething to s	ay

	D	A	G
Well it’s a	lright, remember to l	ive and let l	ive

	D	A	D
Well it’s a	lright, the best you can	do is fo	rgive

	D	A	G
Well it’s a	lright, riding a	round in the	breeze

	D	A	D
Well it’s a	lright, if you live the l	ife you p	lease

	D	A	G
Well it’s a	lright, even if the s	un don’t s	hine

	D	A	D
Well it’s a	lright, we’re going to the e	nd of the l	ine

Repeat intro riff

The Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care (1988)

Originally in D, I play in D or A capo 3

Intro

D	D/C	G/B	G
			x 2

D	D/C	G/B	G
Been beat	up and	battered ‘	round

D	D/C	G/B	G
Been sent	up, and I’ve	been shot	down

C	G	Em
You’re the best thing that	I’ve ever	found

C	D	G
Handle	me with	care

D	D/C	G/B	G
Reputa	tions	changeable

D	D/C	G/B	G
Situ	ations	tolerable

C	G	Em
But baby, you’re a	dorable

C	D
Handle me with	care

G	Gaug	C	D
I’m so	tired of	being	lonely

G	Gaug	C	D
I still	have some	love to	give

G	Gaug	C	D	G
Won’t you	show me	that you	really	care

	C	G
Every	body’s, got somebody, to	lean on

	C	D
Put your	body, next to mine, and	dream on

D	D/C	G/B	G
I’ve been fobbed	off, and	I’ve been	fooled

D	D/C	G/B	G
I’ve been	robbed and	ridiculed

C	G	Em
In day care centers and	night	schools

C	D	G
Handle	me with	care

D	D/C	G/B	G
			x 2

D	D/C	G/B	G
Been stuck in	airports,	terrorized

D	D/C	G/B	G
Sent to	meetings,	hypnotized

C	G	Em
Overexposed, com	mercia	lized

C	D
Handle me with	care

G	Gaug	C	D
I’m so	tired of	being	lonely

G	Gaug	C	D
I still	have some	love to	give

G	Gaug	C	D	G
Won’t you	show me	that you	really	care

	C	G
Every	body’s, got somebody, to	lean on

	C	D
Put your	body, next to mine, and	dream on

	D	D/C	G/B	G
I’ve	been up	tight and	made a mess

	D	D/C	G/B	G
But I	’ll cle	an it up m	yself, I gu	ess

C	G	Em
Oh, sweet	smell of suc	cess

C	D	G
Handle	me with	care

C	D	G
Handle	me with	care

Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It (1984)

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

Intro

Am7	G	Am7	G

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “must”

	Am7
You m	ust understand though the touch of your hand

	G
Makes my pu	lse react

	Am7
That it’s	only the thrill of boy meeting girl

	G
Opposit	es attract

	F	G	F	G
It’s	physi	cal, only l	ogic	al

	F	G
You must t	ry to ignore that it m	eans more than that, oh oh oh

C	G	F	G
What’s l	ove got to	do, got to	do with it

C	G	F	G
What’s l	ove but a se	cond hand e	motion

C	G	F	G
What’s l	ove got to d	o, got to do	with it

C	G	F	G
Who needs a h	eart when a he	art can be br	oken

	Am7
It m	ay seem to you that I’m acting confused

	G
When you’re c	lose to me

	Am7
If I	tend to look dazed, I read it some place

	G
I’ve got	cause to be

	F	G
There’s a n	ame for	it

	F	G
There’s a p	hrase that f	its

	F	G
But what	ever the reason you	do it for me, oh oh oh

C	G	F	G
What’s	love got to	do, got to	do with it

C	G	F	G
What’s	love but a s	econd hand em	otion

C	G	F	G
What’s l	ove got to d	o, got to do	with it

C	G	F	G
Who needs a h	eart when a he	art can be br	oken

Solo

D	A	G	A
			x3

D	A	G

Cadd9	D
I’ve been taking on a	new direction

Cadd9	D
But I have to s	ay

A#	C
I’ve been thinking about my	own protection

You are strongly discouraged from doing the “oh oh oh” here

	Am7	D
It s	cares me to feel this way	, oh oh oh

D	A	G	A
What’s lo	ve got to d	o, got to d	o with it

D	A	G	A
What’s lo	ve but a se	cond-hand e	motion

D	A	G	A
What’s lo	ve got to d	o, got to d	o with it

D	A	G	A
Who needs a hea	rt when a h	eart can be broken

D	A	G	A
What’s lo	ve got to d	o, got to d	o with it

D	A	G	A
What’s lo	ve but a	sweet old-fashioned	notion

D	A	G	A
What’s lo	ve got to d	o, got to d	o with it

D	A	G	A
Who needs a hea	rt when a h	eart can be br	oken

D	A	G	A
What’s lo	ve got to d	o, got to d	o with it

D	A	G	A
What’s lo	ve but a	second-hand e	motion

D	A	G	A
What’s lo	ve got to d	o, got to d	o with it

D	A	G	A
Who needs a hea	rt when a h	eart can be br	oken

Tom Petty - Free Fallin’ (1989)

There’s always some debate about whether the second chord in this

song is Dsus4 or G. The bass clearly plays G. I like to split the

difference and play Dsus4 in the verse, G in the chorus.

Originally in D, capo 3, so really in F.

I play in D or D capo 1.

D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
				x2

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
She’s a	good	girl,	loves	her	mama

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
Loves	Je	sus and	Ameri	ca	too

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
She’s a	good	girl,	crazy	’bou	t Elvis

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
Loves	hors	es and her	boy	friend	too

D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
				x2

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
It’s a	long	day	livin’	in Re	seda

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
There’s a	free	way ru	nnin’	through the	yard

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
And I’m a	bad	boy, cause I	don’t	even	miss her

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
And I’m a	bad	boy for	breakin’	her	heart

	D	G	G	D	A7sus4
Now I’m	free

	D	G	G	D	A7sus4
Free	fallin’

	D	G	G	D	A7sus4
Yeah I’m	free

	D	G	G	D	A7sus4
Free	fallin’

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
All the	vamp	ires	walkin’	through the	valley

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
Move	west	down	Vent	ura Boulev	ard

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
All the	bad	boys are	standing	in the	shadows

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
And the	good	girls are	home	with broken	hearts

	D	G	G	D	A7sus4
Now I’m	free

	D	G	G	D	A7sus4
Free	fallin’

	D	G	G	D	A7sus4
Yeah I’m	free

	D	G	G	D	A7sus4
Free	fallin’

D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
				x2

(Free fallin’, now I’m, free fallin’)

D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
				x2

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
I wanna	glide	down	ov	er Mulh	olland

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
I wanna	write	her	name	in the	sky

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
Gonna	free	fall	out	into	nothin’

	D	Dsus4	Dsus4	D	A7sus4
Gonna	leave	this	world	for a	while

	D	G	G	D	A7sus4
Now I’m	free

	D	G	G	D	A7sus4
Free	fallin’

	D	G	G	D	A7sus4
Yeah I’m	free

	D	G	G	D	A7sus4
Free	fallin’

Tom Petty - I Won’t Back Down (1989)

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

Vox in the chorus is a lot of 1

Bm	A	D	D
			x2

	Bm	A	D	Bm	A	D
Well, I	won’t	back	down, no I	won’t	back	down

	Bm	A	G
You could	stand me	up at the	gates of hell

	Bm	A	D
But I	won’t	back	down

	Bm	A	D	Bm	A	D
No, I’ll	stand	my	ground, won’t be	turned	around

	Bm	A	G
And I’ll	keep this	world from	draggin’ me down

	Bm	A	D
Gonna	stand	my	ground

	Bm	A	D
And I	won’t	back	down

	D	G	D	G
(	I	won’t	back	down)

G	D	A	D	G	D	A
Hey		baby,		there ain’t no ea	sy way	out

	A	G	D	G
(	I	won’t	back	down)

G	D	A	Bm	A	D
Hey		I will	stand	my	ground

	Bm	A	D
And I	won’t	back	down

	Bm	A	D	Bm	A	D
Well, I	know	what’s	right, I got	just	one	life

	Bm	A	G
In a	world that	keeps on	pushin’ me around

	Bm	A	D
But I’ll	stand	my	ground

	Bm	A	D
And I	won’t	back	down

	D	G	D	G
(	I	won’t	back	down)

G	D	A	D	G	D	A
Hey		baby,		there ain’t no ea	sy way	out

	A	G	D	G
(	I	won’t	back	down)

G	D	A	Bm	A	D
Hey		I will	stand	my	ground

	Bm	A	D
And I	won’t	back	down

Solo on verse chords

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

	D	G	D	G
(	I	won’t	back	down)

G	D	A	D	G	D	A
Hey		baby,		there ain’t no ea	sy way	out

	A	G	D	G
(	I	won’t	back	down)

G	D	A	Bm	A	D
Hey		I	won’t	back	down

	D	G	D	G
(	I	won’t	back	down)

G	D	A	D	G	D	A
Hey		baby,		there ain’t no ea	sy way	out

	A	G	D	G
(	I	won’t	back	down)

G	D	A	Bm	A	D
Hey		I will	stand	my	ground

	Bm	A	D
And I	won’t	back	down

	Bm	A	D
No I	won’t	back	down

Tom Petty - Refugee (1980)

Originally in F#, I prefer in Em on guitar, but Am capo 5 for voice, so... default to Am capo 5

Am	Am	C	G
			4x

Am	C	G	Am	C	G
We got something, we both	know it, we don’t	talk too much a	bout it

Am	C	G	Am	C	G
Ain’t no real big secret, all the	same, somehow	we get a	round it

	F
Listen,	it don’t really matter to me baby

D

You believe what you want to believe, you see

	Am	C	G
You	don’t have to	live like a	refugee

Am	C	G
(Don’t have to live like a	refu	gee)

Am	C	G	Am	C	G
Somewhere, somehow, some	body must have	kicked you a	round some

Am	C	G	Am	C	G
Tell me why you want to	lay there,	revel in your a	bandon

	F
Honey,	it don’t make no difference to me baby

D

Everybody’s had to fight to be free, you see

	Am	C	G
You	don’t have to	live like a	refugee

Am	C	G
(Don’t have to live like a	refu	gee)

	Am	C	G
No baby you	don’t have to	live like a	refugee

Am	C	G
(Don’t have to live like a	refu	gee)

Bridge

G

Baby we ain’t the first

C

I’m sure a lot of other lovers been burned

F

Right now this seems real to you, but it’s

G

One of those things you gotta feel to be true

Solo

Am	Am	C	G
			4x

Am	C	G	Am	C	G
Somewhere, somehow, some	body must have	kicked you a	round some

Am	C	G	Am	C	G
Who knows maybe you were kidnapped	tied up, taken away and	held for	ransom

	F
Honey,	it don’t really matter to me baby

D

Everybody’s had to fight to be free, you see

	Am	C	G
You	don’t have to	live like a	refugee

Am	C	G
(Don’t have to live like a	refu	gee)

	Am	C	G
No you	don’t have to	live like a	refugee

Am	C	G
(Don’t have to live like a	refu	gee)

	Am	C	G
Baby, you	don’t have to	live like a	refugee

Am	C	G
(Don’t have to live like a	refu	gee), oh oh oh

Am	Am	C	G
			4x

Tom Petty - Runnin’ Down a Dream (1989)

Riff

E|--0-7-0-6-0-5-0-b3-0--|

Intro

E

	E	E
It was a	beautiful day, the	sun beat down

	Dsus2	E
I had the	radio on, I was d	rivin’

E	E
Trees went by, me and	Del were singin’

	Dsus2	E
A little	runaway, I was	flyin’

	D	G	E
Yeah,	runnin’	down a	dream

	E	G	A
That	never would	come to	me

D	G	E
Workin’ on a	myste	ry

E	G	A
Goin’ wher	ever it	leads

A	G	E
Runnin’	down a	dream

E

	E	E
I	felt so good like	anything was possible

	Dsus2	E
Hit	cruise control and rubbed my e	yes

	E	E
The	last three days the	rain was unstoppable

	Dsus2	E
It was	always cold, no suns	hine

	D	G	E
Yeah,	runnin’	down a	dream

	E	G	A
That	never would	come to	me

D	G	E
Workin’ on a	myste	ry

E	G	A
Goin’ wher	ever it	leads

A	G	E
Runnin’	down a	dream

E

Cmaj7	D11	E
Cmaj7	D11	E

E	E
I rolled on as the	sky grew dark

	Dsus2	E
I put the	pedal down to make some t	ime

	E	E
There’s	something good waitin’	down this road

	Dsus2	E
I’m	pickin’ up whatever’s m	ine

	D	G	E
I’m	runnin’	down a	dream

	E	G	A
That	never would	come to	me

D	G	E
Workin’ on a	myste	ry

E	G	A
Goin’ wher	ever it	leads

A	G	E
Runnin’	down a d	ream

E

	D	G	E
Yeah,	runnin’	down a	dream

	E	G	A
That	never would	come to	me

D	G	E
Workin’ on a	myste	ry

E	G	A
Goin’ wher	ever it	leads

A	G	E
Runnin’	down a d	ream

E

	Cmaj7	D11	E
Woohoo	woohoo	woohoo

	Cmaj7	D11	E
Woohoo	woohoo	woohoo

Tom Petty - You Got Lucky (1982)

Intro

Am9	Am	Dm9	Dm	G
		→		x2

All the 9’s keep going through the verses, but I’m not writing them out

Vox on the 5 on “you better”

Am

You better watch what you say

Dm	G
You better watch what you	do to me

Am

Don’t get carried away

Dm	G
Girl, if you can do	better than me

Am	F
Go, yeah	go, but remember

C	Am
Good love is	hard to find

C	Am
Good love is	hard to find

	F
You got	lucky, babe

	G
You got	lucky, babe

	Am
When I found	you

Am9	Am	Dm9	Dm	G
		→

Am

You put a hand on my cheek

Dm	G
And then you turn your	eyes away

Am

If you don’t feel complete

Dm	G
If I don’t take you	all of the way

	Am	F
Then	go, yeah	go, but remember

C	Am
Good love is	hard to find

C	Am
Good love is	hard to find

	F
You got	lucky, babe

	G
You got	lucky, babe

	Am
When I found	you

Solo

Am9	Am	Dm9	Dm	G
		→		x2

	Am	F
Yeah	go, just	go, but remember

C	Am
Good love is	hard to find

C	Am
Good love is	hard to find

	F
You got	lucky, babe

	G
You got	lucky, babe

	Am
When I found	you

Am9	Am	Dm9	Dm	G
		→		x4

Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 Jenny (1981)

Originally in F#m, I play in Em

Riff in F#m:
|-----0-------0-------0-----0-----|
|---5-------5-------5-----4---4---|
|-6-----7-------6-------4-------4-|

Riff twice, then...

Em	C	G	A
			x 2

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
Jenny,	Jenny,	who can I	turn to?

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
You give me	something	I can hold	on to

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
I know you	think I’m	like the	others be	fore

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
Who saw your	name and	number	on the	wall

D	C	G
Jenny, I	got your	number

D	G	C
I need to	make you	mine

D	C	G
Jenny, don’t	change your	number

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
8 6	7 - 5	3 0	9

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
8 6	7 - 5	3 0	9

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
Jenny,	Jenny,	you’re the girl	for me

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
You don’t	know me but you	make me so	happy

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
I tried to	call you be	fore but I	lost my	nerve

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
I tried my i	magi	nation, but	I was dis	turbed

D	C	G
Jenny, I	got your	number

D	G	C
I need to	make you	mine

D	C	G
Jenny, don’t	change your	number

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
8 6	7 - 5	3 0	9

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
8 6	7 - 5	3 0	9

	Bm	D
I	got it, I	got it

Em	G	A
I got your	number on the	wall

	Bm	D
I	got it, I	got it

	Em	G	A
For a	good time, for a	good time	call

Riff twice, then:

Em	C	G	A
			x 2

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

Em	C	G	A
			x 2

D	C	G
Jenny, don’t	change your	number

D	G	C
I need to	make you	mine

D	C	G
Jenny, don’t	change your	number

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
8 6	7 - 5	3 0	9

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
8 6	7 - 5	3 0	9

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
Jenny,	Jenny,	who can I	turn to?

	Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
For the	price of a	dime I can	always	turn to	you

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
8 6	7 - 5	3 0	9

Em	C	G	A	Em	C	G	A
8 6	7 - 5	3 0	9

Toto - Africa (1982)

Originally in C#m, I play in Em capo 3

In Em, the riff works better as C G/B Em than C Bm Em

Intro

C	Bm	Em
	→

C	Bm	Em
	→

C	Bm	Em
	→

C	Bm	Em
	→

Vox on the 5, which will feel low in my key

D	F#m	Bm
I hear the drums	echoing ton	ight

Bm7	C/G	Em7	Bm	C	Bm	Em
She hears only whi	spers of some	quiet conver	sat	ion	→

D	F#m	Bm
She’s coming	in, twelve thirty f	light

	Bm7	C/G	Em7	Bm	C	Bm	Em
The	moonlit wings	reflect the stars that	guide me toward sa	lvati	on	→

D	F#m	Bm
I stopped an ol	d man along the	way

Bm7	C/G	Em7	Bm	C	Bm	Em
Hoping to find some	old forgotten w	ords or ancient m	elodi	es	→

D	F#m	Bm	C	Bm	Em
He turned to me	as if to	say ”hurry boy, it’s	waiting there for you“	→

Em

Am	F	C	G
It’s gonna take a lot	to drag me a	way from	you

Am	F	C	G
There’s nothing that a h	undred men or	more could ever	do

Vox *down* to 3 3 3 1 of the first chord on “I bless the rains”

Am	F	C	G
I bless the r	ains down in	Af	rica

Vox back up

Am	F	C	Em	G	Am
Gonna take some	time to do the t	hings we never	had		, ooo

C	Bm	Em
	→

C	Bm	Em
	→

D	F#m	Bm
The wild dogs	cry out in the	night

	Bm7	C/G	Em7	Bm	C	Bm	Em
As	they grow restless	longing for some	solitary	compa	ny	→

D	F#m	Bm
I know that	I must do what’s	right

	Bm7	C/G	Em7	Bm	C	Bm	Em
As sure as	Kilimanjaro	rises like	Olympus above the	Serenge	ti	→

D	F#m	Bm
I seek to	cure what’s deep in	side

Bm	C	Bm	Em
Frightened of this	thing that I’ve become	→

Em

Am	F	C	G
It’s gonna take a lot	to drag me a	way from	you

Am	F	C	G
There’s nothing that a h	undred men or	more could ever	do

Am	F	C	G
I bless the	rains down in	Af	rica

Am	F	C	Em	G	Am
Gonna take some	time to do the t	hings we never	had		, ooo

C	Bm	Em
	→

C	Bm	Em
	→

’80s synth solo on verse chords

D	F#m	Bm	Bm7	C/G	Em7	Bm	C	Bm	Em
								→

D	F#m	Bm	C	Bm	Em
		Hurry boy, she’s	waiting there for you	→

Em

Am	F	C	G
It’s gonna take a lot	to drag me a	way from	you

Am	F	C	G
There’s nothing that a	hundred men or	more could ever	do

Am	F	C	G
I bless the	rains down in	Af	rica

Am	F	C	G
I bless the	rains down in	Af	rica

Am	F	C	G
I bless the	rains down in	Af	rica

Am	F	C	G
I bless the	rains down in	Af	rica

Am	F	C	G
I bless the	rains down in	Af	rica

Am	F	C	Em	G	Am
Gonna take some	time to do the t	hings we never	had		, ooh

Fade on...

C	Bm	Em
	→

Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It (1984)

Originally in E, I play in A

Starts percussion only, chords are implicit

A	E
We’re not gonna	take it

A	D
No, we ain’t gonna	take it

A	E
We’re not gonna	take it

	A	A/G#	F#m7	E
Any	more

A	A/G#	F#m7	E

A	E
We’ve got the	right to choose it

A	D
There ain’t no	way we’ll lose it

A	E	A	E
This is our	life, this is our	song

A	E
We’ll fight the	powers that be, just

A	D
Don’t pick our	destiny ‘cause

A	E	A	E
You don’t know	us, you don’t be	long

A	E
We’re not gonna	take it

A	D
No, we ain’t gonna	take it

A	E	A	A/G#	F#m7	E
We’re not gonna	take it any	more

A	E
Oh you’re so	condescending

A	D
Your gall is	never-ending

A	E	A	E
We don’t want	nothin’, not a thing from	you

A	E
Your life is	trite and jaded

A	D
Boring and	confiscated

A	E	A	A/G#	F#m7	E
If that’s your	best, your best won’t	do

Bridge

G	F#m	Em
Whoa	oh	oh

G	F#m	Em
Whoa	oh	oh

	A
We’re	right, yeah

	A#
We’re	free, yeah

	B
We’ll	fight, yeah

	E
You’ll	see

A	E
We’re not gonna	take it

A	D
No, we ain’t gonna	take it

A	E	A	E
We’re not gonna	take it any	more

A	E
We’re not gonna	take it

A	D
No, we ain’t gonna	take it

A	E	A	A/G#	F#m7	E
We’re not gonna	take it any	more

No way!

Solo on verse chords

A	E	A	D
A	E	A	E
A	E	A	D
A	E
A	A/G#	F#m7	E

Bridge

G	F#m	Em
Whoa	oh	oh

G	F#m	Em
Whoa	oh	oh

	A
We’re	right, yeah

	A#
We’re	free, yeah

	B
We’ll	fight, yeah

	E
You’ll	see

Instruments out

A	E
We’re not gonna	take it

A	D
No, we ain’t gonna	take it

A	E	A	E
We’re not gonna	take it any	more

A	E
We’re not gonna	take it, no!

A	D
No, we ain’t gonna	take it

A	E	A	E
We’re not gonna	take it any	more,	just you try and make us!

A	E
We’re not gonna	take it, come on!

A	D
No, we ain’t gonna	take it, you’re all worthless and weak!

A	E	A	E
We’re not gonna	take it any	more,	now drop and give me 20!

U2 - All I Want is You (1988)

Originally in Ab, I play in G capo 1

The big “yoo-hoo’s” at the end are on the 1, so falsetto or skip those

Intro

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9

	G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9
You	say you	want	diamonds and a ring of	gold

	G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9
You s	ay you w	ant your s	tory to remain unt	old

	Em	Cadd9
But all the	promises we	make

	Em	Cadd9
From the	cradle to the	grave

	G	Cadd9	G
When	all I	want is yo	u

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9

	G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9
You	say you’ll	give me a	highway with no one	on it

	G	Cadd9
A	treasure just to look u	pon it

	G	Cadd9
All the	riches in the	night

	G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9
You	say you’ll	give me	eyes in a moon of	blindness

	G	Cadd9
A	river in a time of	dryness

	G	Cadd9
A	harbor in the	tempest

	Em	Cadd9
But all th	e promises w	e make

	Em	Cadd9
From the	cradle to the	grave

	G	Cadd9	G
When	all I	want is yo	u

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9

I don’t advocate the IV7 here, but it’s clearly there

G	C7	G	C7

	G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9
You	say you	want your	love to work out	right

	G	Cadd9
To	last with me through the	night

	G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9
You	say you	want	diamonds and a ring of	gold

	G	Cadd9
Your	story to remain unto	ld

	G	Cadd9
Your	love not to grow	cold

	Em	Cadd9
All the	promises we	break

	Em	Cadd9
From the	cradle to the	grave

	G	Cadd9	G
When	all I	want is yo	u

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9
			x6

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9
You-	oo, all I want is	you-	oo, all I want is

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9
You-	oo, all I want is	you-	oo

Outro

G	Cadd9	G	Cadd9
			x10000000

U2 - I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (1988)

Originally in C#, I play in E

Highest note that matters is the 6

	E
I have	climbed highest mountain

I have run through the fields

	Aadd9	E
Only to	be with you, only to	be with you

	E
I have r	un, I have crawled

I have scaled these city walls

	Aadd9	E
These city	walls, only to	be with you

	Bsus4	Aadd9	E
But I	still haven’t	found what I’m	looking for

	Bsus4	Aadd9	E
But I	still haven’t	found what I’m	looking for

	E
I have	kissed honey lips

Felt the healing fingertips

	Aadd9	E
It burned like	fire, this burning d	esire

	E
I have	spoke with the tongue of angels

I have held the hand of the devil

	Aadd9	E
It was warm in the	night, I was cold as a	stone

	Bsus4	Aadd9	E
But I	still haven’t	found what I’m	looking for

	Bsus4	Aadd9	E
But I	still haven’t	found what I’m	looking for

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

	E
I be	lieve in the kingdom come

Then all the colors will bleed into one

	Aadd9	E
Bleed into	one, well yes I’m still	running

	E
You broke the	bonds and you loosed the chains

Carried the cross of my shame

	Aadd9	E
Of my	shame, you know I be	lieved it

	Bsus4	Aadd9	E
But I	still haven’t	found what I’m	looking for

	Bsus4	Aadd9	E
But I	still haven’t	found what I’m	looking for

U2 - Pride (1982)

Originally in Bb, I play in E

Big vox in the chorus are on the 1

All the V’s I write here are actually v’s in the

original, but I prefer them as IV’s, and the vox don’t mind

In E, I play the verse chords as I IVsus2 VIIsus2 5sus4

In E, I play the chorus chords as barre with the top two open

Intro, usually skip the first line

A	D	G	G
			x 2

E	A	D	B
			x 2

E	A
One man come in the	name of love

D	B
One man come and go

E	A
One man come he to	justify

D	B
One man to overthro	w

	E	A
In the	name of	love

	D	B
What	more in the name of	love?

	E	A
In the	name of	love

	D	B
What	more in the name of	love?

E	A
One man caught on a	barbed-wire fence

D	B
One man he res	ist

E	A
One man washed on an	empty beach

D	B
One man betrayed with a	kiss

	E	A
In the	name of	love

	D	B
What	more in the name of	love?

	E	A
In the	name of	love

	D	B
What	more in the name of	love?

Solo if appropriate

E	G	A	A
			x2

E	A	D	B
			x 2

	E	A	D	B
M-	m-m-m m-	m-m-m m-	m-m-m m-m	m

E	A
Early morning, Ap	ril four

D	B
Shot rings out in the Mem	phis sky

E	A
Free at last, they	took your life

	D	B
They	could not take your pri	de

	E	A
In the	name of	love

	D	B
What	more in the name of	love?

	E	A
In the	name of	love

	D	B
What	more in the name of	love?

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday (1983)

Originally in Bbm, I play in Em

Em	G	C6	C6
			x2

Em	G	C6
I can’t bel	ieve the news tod	ay

Em	G	C6
Oh, I can’t cl	ose my eyes and m	ake it go away

G	Am
How long, h	ow long must we sing this song?

G	Am
How long, how l	ong?

	Em	G	C6
‘Cause toni	ght		we can be as one

	Em	G	C6
Ton	ight

Em	G	C6
Broken b	ottles under ch	ildren’s feet

Em	G	C6
Bodies str	ewn across the d	ead end street

Em	G	C6
But I won’t he	ed the battle c	all

Em	G	C6
It puts my b	ack up, puts my b	ack up against the wall

Em	G	C6
Sunday	, bloody S	unday

Em	G	C6
Sunday	, bloody S	unday

A#	Am	G
Sunday,	bloody S	unday (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

A#	Am	G
Sunday,	bloody S	unday, oh let’s go

Em	G	C6	C6
			x2

Em	G	C6
And the b	attle’s just beg	un

Em	G	C6
There’s many l	ost, but tell me w	ho has won

Em	G	C6
The trench is d	ug within our h	earts

Em	G	C6
And mothers, ch	ildren, brothers, s	isters torn apart

Em	G	C6
Sund	ay, bloody S	unday

Em	G	C6
Sund	ay, bloody S	unday

G	Am
How long, h	ow long must we sing this song?

G	Am
How long, how l	ong?

	Em	G	C6
‘Cause toni	ght		we can be as one

	Em	G	C6
Ton	ight,		tonight

Em	G	C6
Sunday	, bloody S	unday (tonight, tonight)

Em	G	C6
Sunday	, bloody S	unday (tonight, tonight)

Em	G	C6	C6
			x5

	Em	G	C6
Wipe the tears	from your e	yes

	Em	G	C6
Wipe your t	ears aw	ay

	Em	G	C6
Oh, wipe your te	ars aw	ay

	Em	G	C6
Oh, wipe your te	ars aw	ay	(Sunday, bloody Sunday)

	Em	G	C6
Oh, wipe your blo	od shot ey	es	(Sunday, bloody Sunday)

A#	Am	G
Sunday,	bloody S	unday (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

A#	Am	G
A#	Am	G
Sunday,	bloody S	unday (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

Yeah, let’s go

Em	G	C6	C6
			x2

Em	G	C6
And it’s tr	ue we are imm	une

Em	G	C6
When fact is fi	ction and T	V reality

Em	G	C6
And tod	ay the millions cr	y

Em	G	C6
We eat and dr	ink while to	morrow they die (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

Em	G	C6
The real b	attle yet b	egun (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

Em	G	C6
To claim the v	ictory Jesus w	on, on (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

Em	G	C6
Sund	ay, bloody S	unday

Em	G	C6
Sund	ay, bloody S	unday

Em

U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name (1987)

Originally in D, I play in A

Noodle for a while on...

A	D/A

	A
I wanna r	un, I want to hide

I wanna tear down the walls

	D
That hold me ins	ide

	F#m
I wanna reach o	ut

	E
And touch the f	lame

	G
Where the st	reets have no name

	A
I wanna fe	el sunlight on my face

I see the dust cloud disappear

	D
Without a tr	ace

	F#m	E
I wanna take	shelter from the poison r	ain

	G
Where the st	reets have no name, oh

	A
Where the streets have no n	ame

	A
Where the streets have no n	ame

	D
We’re still building then	burning down love, burning down love

	F#m	E
And when I	go there, I go there with	you

	A
It’s all I can	do

A	D/A

	A
The city’s a f	lood and our love turns to rust

We’re beaten and blown by the wind

	D
Trampled in d	ust

	F#m
I’ll show you a	place

	E
High on a desert p	lain

	G
Where the s	treets have no name, oh

	A
Where the streets have no n	ame

	A
Where the streets have no n	ame

	D
We’re still building then	burning down love, burning down love

	F#m	E
And when I	go there, I go there with	you

	A
It’s all I can	do

Our love turns to rust

	D
We’re beaten and	blown by the wind, blown by the wind

	A
Oh, and I	see love, see our love turn to rust

	D
We’re beaten and	blown by the wind, blown by the wind

	F#m
Oh, when I	go there

	E
I go there w	ith you

	A
It’s all I can	do

A

D/A

A

D/A

U2 - With or Without You (1987)

Originally in D, I play in C,

ideally at about 1.5x speed and on a uke

C	G	Am	F
			x2

C	G	Am
See the	stone set in your	eyes

	F	C
See the	thorn twist in your	side

C	G	Am	F
I	wait for	you

C	G	Am
Sleight of hand a	nd twist of	fate

	F	C
On a bed of nail	s she makes me	wait

C	G	Am	F
And I	wait wi	thout you

	C	G
With or with	out you

	Am	F
With or w	ithout you

C	G	Am
Through the	storm we reach the	shore

	F	C
You give it all	but I want	more

C	G	Am	F
And I’m wa	iting for	you

	C
With or with	out you

G	Am	F
With or	without you, oh	oh

	C	G	Am	F
I can’t	live	with or with	out you

	C	G
And you	give yourself a	way

	Am	F
And you	give yourself a	way

	C	G
And you	give and you	give

	Am	F
And you	give yourself a	way

C	G	Am	F	C
My hands are ti	ed	my body	bruised, she’s got me	with

	G	Am	F
Nothing to	win and	nothing left to lo	se

	C	G
And you	give yourself a	way

	Am	F
And you	give yourself a	way

	C	G
And you	give And you	give

Hard stop on “give” here

	Am	F
And you	give yourself a	way

	C
With or with	out you

G	Am	F
With or	without you, oh	oh

	C	G	Am	F
I can’t	live	with or with	out you

C	G	Am	F	C	G	Am	F
Whoa...				whoa...

The original does not repeat this section, but if

I’m doing this as a duet, I repeat the whoa’s

C	G	Am	F	C	G	Am	F
Whoa...				whoa...

	C
With or with	out you

G	Am	F
With or	without you, oh	oh

	C	G	Am	F
I can’t	live	with or with	out you

	C
With or with	out you

C

G

Am

F

C

Van Halen - Dreams (1986)

Originally in C, I play in C an octave down, and it’s

*still* a little too high. Insane.

Start with a slow approximation of the intro riff

Cadd9	F	Am	G
Fsus2	Am7
Csus4	C	Csus2
→	→

Now fast, with excessive suspensions

I play only one of these, or play both but double-time

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

Am	F6
World turns black and	white

Gsus2	Am
Pictures in an empty	room

	F6	Gsus2
Your	love starts fallin’	down

	Am
Better ch	ange your tune

	F6	Gsus2
Yeah, you	reach for the gold	en ring

Am

Reach for the sky

	F6	Gsus2
Baby, just	spread your	wings

Not super-faithful to the original chords here

	G/C	C	G/C	C
And get	high	er an	d hi	gher

	Am	Em	Em7	F
Straight	up we’ll	climb

	G/C	C	G/C	C
We’ll get	high	er an	d hi	gher

	Am	Em	Em7	F
Leave it a	ll be	hind

Am	F6
Run, run, run a	way

	Gsus2	Am
Like a	train runnin’ off the	track

	F6	Gsus2
Got the	truth being left be	hind

	Am
Fall bet	ween the cracks

F6	Gsus2
Standin’ on broken d	reams

	Am
Never l	osin’ sight, ah

	F6	Gsus2
Well just	spread your w	ings

	G/C	C	G/C	C
We’ll get	high	er an	d hi	gher

	Am	Em	Em7	F
Straight	up we’ll	climb

	G/C	C	G/C	C
We’ll get	high	er an	d hi	gher

	Am	Em	Em7	F	Gsus4
Leave it a	ll be	hind

	Cadd9	C	F
So baby	dry	your	eyes

	Am	G
Save a	ll the tears you’ve	cried

	Fsus2	Am7	Csus4	C	Csus2
Oh,	that’s what	dreams are m	ade	of

	Em7	F	Am	G
‘Cause	we be	long in a wo	rld that must be	strong

	Fsus2	Am7	Csus4	C	Csus2
Oh,	that’s what	dreams are m	ade o	f

Crazy out-of-place shredding here, I just repeat the

second part of the intro

C	C/E	F	G

	G/C	C	G/C	C
Yeah, we’ll get	high	er an	d hi	gher

	Am	Em	Em7	F
Str	aight up	we’ll climb

G/C	C	G/C	Am
High	er an	d hi	gher

	Em	Em7	F
Leave it al	l behind

	G/C	C	G/C	C
Oh, we’ll get	high	er an	d high	er

	Fsus2	Fmaj7	Gsus4
Who k	nows	what we’ll fi	nd

	Cadd9	C	F
So baby	dry	your	eyes

	Am	G
Save a	ll the tears you’ve	cried

	Fsus2	Am7	Csus4	C	Csus2
Oh,	that’s what	dreams are m	ade	of

	Em7	F	Am	G
‘Cause	we be	long in a wo	rld that must be	strong

	Fsus2	Am7	Csus4	C	Csus2
Oh,	that’s what	dreams are m	ade o	f

Another crazy out-of-place shredding here, I just repeat the

second part of the intro

C	C/E	F	G

Slow

	Em7	F	Am	G
And	in the	end on	dreams we will de	pend

	Fsus2	Am7	Bb	F/A	C
‘Cause	that’s what	love is m	ade of

Weird Al - One More Minute (1985)

Intro

C	Dm7	C/E
→	→	→

F	G	Am	F
Ah...

C	G	C
Ah...

C	G/B	Am
→	→	→

G	C
Well, I heard that you’re	leavin’

G	C
Gonna leave me far beh	ind

E	Am
‘Cause you found a brand new	lover

	D7	G	F	C/E	Dm
You	decided that I’m not your	kind →	→	→

	C	G	C	C	Dm7	C/E
So I	pulled your name	out of my	Rolodex	→	→	→

	F	C
And I	tore all your pictures in	two

	E	Am
And I	burned down the malt shop where	we used to go

Hard stop on the V

	D7	Dm	G
Just	because it reminds me of	you

	F	G	C
That’s	right, you	ain’t gonna see me	cryin’

	F	G	C
I’m	glad that you	found somebody	new

	F	G	Am	F
‘Cause I’d	rather spend	eternity eating	shards of broken	glass

	C	G	C
Than	spend one more	minute with	you

C	G/B	Am
→	→	→

G	C
I guess I might seem kinda	bitter

	G	C
You	got me feelin’ down in the	dumps

	E	Am
‘Cause I’m	stranded all alone in the	gas station of love

	D7	Dm
And I	have to use the self-service	pumps

G	F	G	C
Oh, so	honey, let me	help you with that	suitcase

	F	G	C
You	ain’t gonna	break my heart in	two

	F	G	Am	F
‘Cause I’d	rather get a	hundred thousand	paper cuts on my	face

	C	G	C
Than	spend one more	minute with	you

Am	Em
I’d rather rip out my in	testines with a fork

	Dm	G	C
Than	watch you going	out with other	men

Am	Em	Am
I’d rather slam my	fingers in a	door

Hard stop on the V

	D	G
A	gain and again and again and again and a	gain

Aw, can't you see what I'm tryin' to say, darlin'?

	F	G	C
I’d	rather have my	blood sucked out by	leeches

	F	G	C
Shove an	ice pick under a	toenail or	two

	F	G	Am	F
I’d rather	clean all the	bathrooms in Grand Central	Station with my	tongue

	C	G	C
Than	spend one more	minute with	you

	F	G	C
Yes, I’d rather jump	naked on a	huge pile of	thumbtacks

	F	G	C
Or stick my	nostrils to	gether with Krazy	Glue

	F	G	Am	F
I’d rather	dive into a	swimming pool filled with	double-edged razor	blades

	C	G	Am
Than	spend one more	minute with	you

Ritard

	F	G
I’d rather	rip my heart right out of my	rib cage with my bare hands

Let ring on “die”

	Am	Fm
And then	throw it on the floor and stomp on it till I	die

	C	G	C
Than	spend one more	minute with	you

F

C/E

Dm7

C

Weird Al - The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota (1989)

Originally in Eb, I play in D

Intro

D

Vox on the 3

	D
Well, I	had two weeks of vacation time coming

	G	D
After	working all year down at Big Roy’s Heating and	Plumbing

	Am
So o	ne night when my family and I were gathered ‘round the dinner table

	D	D9
I said, "	Kids, if you could go a	nywhere in this great big world now

G

Where’d you like to go ta?"

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “biggest”

	D	C	G	D
They said, “	Dad, we wanna see the	biggest ball of	twine in Minne	sota”

	C	G	D
They picked the	biggest ball of t	wine in Minn	esota

D

	D
So the v	ery next day we loaded up the car

	G
With	potato skins and pickled wieners

D

Crossword puzzles, Spider-Man comics

	A
And	mama’s home made rhubarb pie

Vox on the 3 on “pulled”, 5 on “drive”, down to the 1 of the chord (4 of the key) on “neighbors”

D	D7	G
Pulled out of the	driveway and the	neighbors

	Gm	D	A
They all wa	ved good-	bye and so began our three day j	ourney

D	D7	G	G
We picked up a	guy holding a	sign that said, “Twine	ball or bust”

	D	A	D
He s	melled real bad and he s	aid his name was	Bernie

Vox down to the 3 of the chord

C	D
I put in a Slim Whitman tape, my	wife put on a brand new hair net

C	D
Kids were in the back seat jumping	up and down, yelling “are we there yet?”

	G	Em	D	Bm
And a	ll of us were	joined together	in one common	thought

	A	D
As we	rolled down the long and winding interstate in our ‘53 DeS	oto

	C	G	D
We’re gonna see the	biggest ball of	twine in Minnes	ota

	C	G	D
We’re headin’ for the	biggest ball of	twine in Minn	esota

D

	D
Oh, we couldn’t w	ait to get there

	G	D
So we	drove straight through for three whole days and	nights

	A
Of course, we stopped for more pickled	wieners now and then

	D	G
The s	cenery was just so pretty,	boy I wish the kids could’ve seen it

	D
But you c	an’t see out of the side of the car

	A
Because the w	indows are completely covered

	D	A	D
With the	decals from all the places where	we’ve already	been

	G	D
Like	Elvis-O-Rama, the	Tupperware Museum

	A	D
The	Boll Weevil Monument and	Cranberry World

	G	D
The S	huffleboard Hall Of Fame,	Poodle Dog Rock

	E	A
And the	Mecca of Albino S	quirrels

	G	D
We’ve been to	ghost towns, theme parks,	wax museums

	A	D
And the	place where you can drive through the m	iddle of a tree

	G	D
We’ve seen	alligator farms and tara	ntula ranches

	E	A
But there’s s	till one thing we gotta s	ee

	D
Well, we c	rossed the state line about 6:39

	G	D
And we	saw the sign that said, “Twine Ball exit, f	ifty miles”

	D
Oh, the k	ids were so happy they started singing

	G	D
“99 Bot	tles Of Beer On The Wall” for the twenty-seventh	time that day

Vox on the 5

	D
So, we p	ulled off the road at the last chance gas station

	G	D
G	ot a few more pickled wieners and a diet chocolate s	oda

	C	G	D
On our way to see the	biggest ball of	twine in Minn	esota

	C	G	D
We’re gonna see the	biggest ball of	twine in Minne	sota

D

D	G
Finally, at 7:37 early W	ednesday evening

	D	C	G
As the sun was setting in the M	innesota sky	→

D

Out in the distance, on the horizon

	G	D
It ap	peared to me like a vision before my u	nbelieving eyes

vox on the 5

	D	C
I p	arked the car and walked with awe-filled	reverence

	G	D	D
To-w	ard that glorious, h	uge majestic sphere

vox back to the 3

	D	C	G
I was j	ust so overwhelmed by its sheer imm	ensity

	D	D
I had to	pop myself a beer

	G	C	G
Yes, o	n these hallowed grounds, open t	en to eight on	weekdays

	D
In a l	ittle shrine, under a makeshift pagoda

	C	G	D
There sits the	biggest ball of	twine in	Minnesota

	C	G	D
I tell you, it’s the	biggest ball of	twine in Mi	nnesota

D

D	C	G	D	C	G
Oh, what on	Earth would make a m	an decide to d	o that kind of thing?

D	C	G	D	C	G
Oh, windin’ up t	wenty-one thousand, o	ne hundred forty pounds of s	tring

Let ring

D	C	G	D	C	G
What was he trying to prove?	W	ho was he trying	to impress?

D	C	G
Why did he build it? How did he do it?	It’s anybody’s	guess

D	C	G
Where did he get the twine? What was	goin’ through his m	ind?

	C	G	A
Did it	just seem like a	good idea at the t	ime?

	D
Well, we w	alked up beside it and I warned the kids

	G	D
“Now, you	better not touch it, those ropes are there for a re	ason”

	D	G
I said, "M	aybe if you’re good, I’ll tie it to the back of our c	ar

	D
And we can take it home", but I was only t	easin’

	D
Then we w	ent to the gift shop and stood in line

	C	G
Bought a	souvenir miniature	ball of twine

	D	G
Some w	indow decals and anything else they’d	sell us

	D
And I b	ought a couple postcards

	A7
“Greetings from the twine ball,	wish you were here”

	D
Won’t the folks back home be j	ealous?

	G	D
I gave our	camera to Bernie and we	stood by the ball

	A	D
And we a	ll gathered ‘round and said “ch	eese”

	G	D
Then B	ernie ran away with my	brand new Instamatic

	E	A
But at	least we got our memori	es

D

So we all just stared at the ball for a while

	G
And my	eyes got moist but I said with a smile

	D	A
“Kids	this here’s what America’s all	about”

	D
Then I s	tarted feelin’ kinda gooey inside

	G
And I fe	ll on my knees and I cried and cried

	D	A	D
And that	’s when those se	curity guards threw us o	ut

	G
You know, I	bet if we unraveled that sucker

	C	G	D
It’d	roll all the way down to	Fargo, North Dak	ota

	C	G	D
‘Cause it’s the	biggest ball of	twine in Minne	sota

	C	G	D
I’m talkin’ ‘bout the	biggest ball of t	wine in M	innesota

D

Let ring

	D
Well, we s	tayed that night at the Twine Ball Inn

	G
In the	morning we were on our way home again

	D	A
But we really didn’	t want to leave, that was perfectly	clear

	D
I said, “	Folks, I can tell you’re all sad to go”

	G	Gm
Then I wi	nked my eye and I s	aid

	D
"You know, I got a	funny kind of feelin’

	A	D
We’ll be	comin’ back again next	year"

	G
‘Cause I’ve	been all around this great big world

	C	G	D
And I	can’t think of anywhere e	lse I’d rather g	o ta

	C	G	D
Than the	biggest ball of	twine in	Minnesota

	C	G	D
I said the	biggest ball of	twine i	n Minnesota

	A#	G	D
Minnes	ota, Minnes	ota, Minnes	ota!

Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (1984)

Originally in C, I play in A or A capo 1.

In A, sing the “jitterbug” an octave up

A

Jitterbug

x4

In A, sing the “boom boom” an octave up

	A
You put the boom	-boom into my heart

	Bm	A
You send my soul	sky high when your lovi	n’ starts

Jitterbug into my brain

	Bm	A
Goes a b	ang-bang-bang till my fe	et do the same

	Bm
But some	thing’s bugging you

C#m

Something ain’t right

	D	C#m
My	best friend told me what you di	d last night

	Bm	C#m
You	left me sleepin’	in my bed

D	E
I was dreaming, but I sh	ould have been with you instead

	A
Wake me	up before you go-go

	Bm	A
Don’t leave me	hanging on like a	yo-yo

Wake me up before you go-go

	Bm	A
I don’t want to	miss it when you hit that	high

Wake me up before you go-go

	Bm	A
‘Cause I’m not p	lanning on going	solo

Wake me up before you go-go

C#m	Bm	A7
Take me da	ncing ton	ight

I wanna hit that high (yeah, yeah)

	A
You take the gre	y skies out of my way

	Bm	A
You make the sun	shine brighter than Dor	is Day

Turned a bright spark into a flame

	Bm	A
My beats	per minute never been t	he same

	Bm	C#m
‘Cause y	ou’re my lady, I	’m your fool

	D	C#m
It m	akes me crazy when y	ou act so cruel

Bm	C#m
Come on, baby, l	et’s not fight

	D	E
We	’ll go dancing,	everything will be all right

A

Wake me up before you go-go

	Bm	A
Don’t leave me h	anging on like a	yo-yo

Wake me up before you go-go

	Bm	A
I don’t want to	miss it when you hit that	high

Wake me up before you go-go

	Bm	A
‘Cause I’m not p	lanning on goin	g solo

Wake me up before you go-go

C#m	Bm	A7
Take me da	ncing ton	ight

I wanna hit that high (yeah, yeah, baby)

A	Bm	A
	A	Bm	A
Jitterbug

Let ring

Bm	C#m
Cuddle up, baby,	move in tight

D	C#m
We’ll go dancing to	morrow night

Bm	C#m
It’s cold out th	ere, but it’s warm in bed

D	E
They can dance,	we’ll stay home instead

A	Bm	A
	A	Bm	A
Jitterbug

A

Wake me up before you go-go

	Bm	A
Don’t leave me h	anging on like a	yo-yo

Wake me up before you go-go

	Bm	A
I don’t want to	miss it when you hit that	high

Wake me up before you go-go

	Bm	A
‘Cause I’m not p	lanning on goin	g solo

Wake me up before you go-go

C#m	Bm	A
Take me d	ancing ton	ight

Don't you dare leave me hanging on...
Boom boom boom boom...

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (1987)

Originally in G, I play in E

Intro, in E use open-string suspensions

E	B	A	A
			x 2

E	B	A
I don’t know	where I’m	going

E	B	A
But I sure	know where I’ve been

5 of the chord on “hanging”, same as previous line

E	B/D#	A/C#	A	E/G#
Hanging on the	promises in so	ngs of yesterday

F#m	B
And I’ve made up my mind

F#m	B
I ain’t wasting no more time

	C#m	F#m
Here I go a	gain

	E	C#m	F#m	A	B
Here I go a	gain →

E	B	A
Though I keep	searching for the	answer

E	B	A
I never seem to	find what I’m looking for

Up to the 1 on “oh lord”

E	B/D#	A/C#	A	E/G#
Oh lord I	pray you give me	strength to carry on

F#m	B
‘Cause I know what it means

	F#m	B	A	B
To	walk along the lonely street of dreams

	E	A	B	A	B
And	here I go a	gain on my ow	n

Going up to the 3 on “known” is usually not worth it

	E	A	B	A	B
Going	down the only	road I’ve ever kn	own

	E	A	B	A	E/G#
Like a	drifter I was	born to walk a	lone

Bigger vocal drop here than you think

F#m	B
And I’ve made up my mind

F#m	B	A	B
I ain’t wasting no more time

Bass is on the root until “know what it means” in this verse

E	B	A
I’m just another	heart in need of	rescue

E	B	A
Waiting on	love’s sweet chari	ty

E	B/D#	A/C#	A	E/G#
And I’m gonna	hold on for the	rest of my days

F#m	B
‘Cause I know what it means

	F#m	B	A	B
To	walk along the lonely street of dreams

	E	A	B	A	B
And	here I go a	gain on my ow	n

	E	A	B	A	B
Going	down the only	road I’ve ever kn	own

	E	A	B	A	E/G#
Like a	drifter I was	born to walk a	lone

F#m	B
And I’ve made up my mind

F#m	B
I ain’t wasting no more time

	A	B	C#m	F#m
But	here I	go a	gain

	C#m	F#m
Here I go a	gain

	C#m	F#m
Here I go a	gain

Vox on the 2 of the chord on “goooo”

	C#m	F#m	A	B
Here I	goooooo

Solo if appropriate on verse chords, else vamp quietly on intro

F#m	B
‘Cause I know what it means

	F#m	B	A	B
To	walk along the lonely street of dreams

	E	A	B	A	B
And	here I go a	gain on my ow	n

	E	A	B	A	B
Going	down the only	road I’ve ever kn	own

	E	A	B	A	E/G#
Like a	drifter I was	born to walk a	lone

F#m	B
And I’ve made up my mind

F#m	B	A	B
I ain’t wasting no more time

	E	A	B	A	B
And	here I go a	gain on my ow	n

	E	A	B	A	B
Going	down the only	road I’ve ever kn	own

	E	A	B	A	E/G#
Like a	drifter I was	born to walk a	lone

F#m	B
‘Cause I know what it means

	F#m	B	A	B
To	walk along the lonely street of dreams

Fade on chorus

Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (1987)

Originally in F#, I play in G capo 2

Intro

G	G

G/B	G/B

Em7	Em7

Cmaj9	Am	G/B	C	D
	→	→	→

G	G

Vox on the 1 of the chord, up to the 3 of the chord on “sun”

D	Em7
Clocks strikes upon the hour, and the	sun begins to fade

D	Em7
Still enough time to figure out how to	chase my blues away

Am	D
I’ve done alright	up ‘til now

	G	C
It’s the li	ght of day that	shows me how

	Am7	G/B	D/E
And	when the	night f	alls

	C	C	G/B	C	D
Loneliness c	alls	→	→	→

G

Oh, I wanna dance with somebody

I wanna feel the heat with somebody

Em7

Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody

Cmaj9	C	C/D
With somebody who loves me	→

G

Oh, I wanna dance with somebody

I wanna feel the heat with somebody

Em7

Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody

Cmaj9	Am7	G/B	C	D	G
With someb	ody	who lo	ves m	e

D	Em7
I’ve been in love and lost my senses, s	pinning through the town

D	Em7
Sooner or later the fever ends, and I	wind up feeling down

Am7	D
I need a man who’ll	take a chance

	G	C
On a	love that burns hot e	nough to last

	Am	G/B	D/E
So w	hen the n	ight fa	lls

	C	C	G/B	C	D
My lonely heart c	alls	→	→	→

G

Oh, I wanna dance with somebody

I wanna feel the heat with somebody

Em7

Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody

Cmaj9	C	C/D
With somebody who loves me	→

G

Oh, I wanna dance with somebody

I wanna feel the heat with somebody

Em7

Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody

Cmaj9	Am7	G/B	C	D
With someb	ody	who lo	ves m	e

Em	C	G/B	C	D
Somebody who, somebody who, somebody who loves me	→	→	→

Em

Somebody who, somebody who, to hold me in his arms, oh!

Am7	D
I need a man who’ll	take a chance

	G	C
On a	love that burns hot e	nough to last

	Am	G/B	D/E
So w	hen the n	ight fa	lls

	C	C	G/B	C	D
My lonely heart c	alls	→	→	→

A

Oh, I wanna dance with somebody

I wanna feel the heat with somebody

F#m7

Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody

Dmaj9	D	D/E
With somebody who loves me	→

A

Oh, I wanna dance with somebody

I wanna feel the heat with somebody

F#m7

Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody

Dmaj9	Bm7	A/C#	D	E
With someb	ody	who lo	ves m	e

A

Oooh, dance!

A

Don’t you wanna dance, with me baby

A

Don’t you wanna dance, with me boy

F#m7

Don’t you wanna dance, with baby

Dmaj9	Bm7	A/C#	D	E
With somebo	dy w	ho lo	ves	me

A

Don’t you wanna dance, say you wanna dance, don’t you wanna dance

A

Don’t you wanna dance, say you wanna dance, don’t you wanna dance

F#m7

Don’t you wanna dance, say you wanna dance, don’t you wanna dance

Dmaj9	Bm7	A/C#	D	E
With somebo	dy w	ho lo	ves	me

A

Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind (1982)

Willie Nelson in D, Elvis in G, I play in D

Intro

G	D/F#	Em	A

D	A
Maybe I didn’t	love you

Bm	Bm/A	G
Quite as	often as I c	ould have

D	A
Maybe I didn’t	treat you

Bm	Bm/A	E
Quite as g	ood as I s	hould have

G	D	D	D/C
If I made you feel second	best	→

G	D/F#	Em	Em7/D	Em7/B
Girl, I’m	sorry I was bl	ind	→

A	D
But you were always on my	mind

G	A	D	G	A
You were always	on my	mind	→

D	A
Maybe I didn’t h	old you

Bm	Bm/A	G
All those	lonely, lonely time	s

D	A
I guess I never t	old you

Bm	Bm/A	E
I’m so ha	ppy that you’re mi	ne

G	D
Little things I	should have said and done

G	D/F#	Em	Em7/D	Em/B
I just	never took the t	ime	→

A	A/C#	D	D	D/C
But you were always on	my	mind	→

G	A	D	A
You were always	on my	mind

Bridge

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm/A
Tell	me

G	D	Em	A
Tell me that your sweet	love hasn’t die	d

D	A/C#	Bm	Bm/A
Give	me

	G	D	Em
Give me	one more chance to	keep you satisf	ied

	A	D
I’ll	keep you satisfi	ed

Solo, skip the first line if there’s no soloist

D	A	Bm	Bm/A	G	G	A/E
					→

D	A	Bm	Bm/A	E

G	D	D	D/C
Little things I should have said and	done	→

G	D/F#	Em	Em7/D	Em/B
I just	never took the t	ime	→

A	A/C#	D
But you were always on	my	mind

G	A	D	D/B
You were always	on my	mind

A	A/C#	D	D	D/C
You were always on	my	mind	→

G	A	D
You were always	on my m	ind

Willie Nelson - On the Road Again (1980)

Originally in E, I play in E or C capo 4

Intro

C

	C
On the r	oad again

	E7
Just can’t wait to get on the ro	ad again

	Dm
The life I love is making	music with my friends

	F	G7	C
And	I can’t wait to get	on the road aga	in

	C
On the r	oad again

	E7
Goin’ places that I’ve n	ever been

	Dm
Seein’ things that I may	never see again

F	G7	C
I can’t wait to get	on the road ag	ain

	F
On the r	oad again

	C
Like a band of gypsies we go down the h	ighway

	F
We’re the b	est of friends

	C
Insisting that the world keep turning	our way

Hard stop after this line

	G
And o	ur way

	C
Is on the r	oad again

	E7
I just can’t wait to get on the r	oad again

	Dm
The life I love is making m	usic with my friends

	F	G7	C
And	I can’t wait to get	on the road aga	in

Solo if appropriate on the verse chords

	F
On the r	oad again

	C
Like a band of gypsies we go down the h	ighway

	F
We’re the b	est of friends

	C
Insisting that the world keep turning	our way

Hard stop after this line

	G
And o	ur way

	C
Is on the r	oad again

	E7
I just can’t wait to get on the r	oad again

	Dm
The life I love is making m	usic with my friends

	F	G7	C
And	I can’t wait to get	on the road aga	in

	F	G7	C
And	I can’t wait to get	on the road aga	in

F

G7

C

Yngwie Malmsteen - Heaven Tonight (1988)

Originally in Eb, I play in E

Play all the E/D/C sequences with open 1/2 strings

Sparse

E	D
This feels like par	adise

C	D	E
We’ll be in	heaven	tonight

Skip acoustic

E	D/E	C/E	D/E
			x 2

F#m	D/F#
Lost in a dream in the	arms of the night

F#m	D/F#
Two lonely prisoners of	our own device

F#m	A	E	C#
Don’t let me	go, hold on to	gether

F#m	D/F#
You wanna know if	love can be real

F#m	D/F#
I wanna take every	thing I can steal

F#m	A	E	C#
Love on the	line, it’s now or	never

D	A/C#	Bm	A	E/G#
		Why can’t the	night last for	ever?

D/F#	C#

E	D/E
This could be	paradise

C/E	D/E
Holding you	here by my side

E	D/E
If we just	close our eyes

C/E	D/E
We’ll be in	heaven tonight

F#m	D/F#
Run through the night down	streets of desire

F#m	D/F#
Burning my soul,	my heart’s on fire

F#m	A	E	C#
Give up the	fight, it’s sweet sur	render

F#m	D/F#
With trembling hands, we	reach for it all

F#m	D/F#
Two desperate hearts	waiting to fall

F#m	A	E	C#
I need you	now, now more than	ever

D	A/C#	Bm	A	E/G#
		Why can’t the	night last for	ever?

D/F#	C#

E	D/E
This could be	paradise

C/E	D/E
Holding you	here by my side

E	D/E
If we just	close our eyes

C/E	D/E
We’ll be in	heaven tonight

Solo if appropriate, which it almost certainly isn’t

E
C#m	B/C#	A/C#	B/C#
			x 3

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

C#

Sparse

E	D/E
This could be	paradise

C/E	D/E
Holding you	here by my side

E	D/E
If we just	close our eyes

C/E	D/E
We’ll be in	heaven tonight

E	D/E
This could be	paradise

C/E	D/E
Holding you	here by my side

E	D/E
If we just	close our eyes

C/E	D/E
We’ll be in	heaven tonight

E	D/E
This feels like	paradise

C/E	D/E
I see the	world in your eyes

E	D/E
If we just	hold on tight

C/E	D/E
We’ll be in	heaven tonight

Fade while smashing instruments

ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (1983)

Originally in Cm, I play in Am, highest note that matters is the 5 ("eve*ry* *girl’s*

All the C5’s are more like C5’s (there’s a b3 in the riff)

Intro

A5

Vox on the b3

A5

Clean shirt, new shoes

G	D
And I don’t know where I am g	oin’ to

A5

Silk suit, black tie

G	D
I don’t need a reason	why

Vox on the b3 of the chord on “runnin’”, but I’ll stand by the major chord, then the 4 of the chord on “can”

E

They come runnin’ just as fast as they can

Hard stop on “every”, vox on 4 5 on “every”

	A5
‘Cause	every girl crazy ‘bout a sharp dressed man

A5

Gold watch, diamond ring

G	D
I ain’t missin’ not a	single thing

A5

Cufflinks, stick pin

G	D
When I step out I’m gonna	do you in

E

They come runnin’ just as fast as they can

	A5
‘Cause	every girl crazy ‘bout a sharp dressed man

Solo

A5

x8

A5	G	E
→	→

D	D	A5	A5
D	D	A5	A5	G	E
				→

More riff

A5

Top coat, top hat

G	D
I don’t worry ‘cause my	wallet’s fat

A5

Black shades, white gloves

G	D
Lookin’ sharp,	lookin’ for love

E

They come runnin’ just as fast as they can

	A5
‘Cause	every girl crazy ‘bout a sharp dressed man

Outro solo

A5

x 8

D	D	D	D
A5	A5	A5	G
D	D	D	D
A5	A5	A5	A5

Brownsville Station - Smokin’ in the Boys Room (cover)

Some of the banter is from the Mötley Crüe version

All chords in the intro and verse are slid up to from a half-step below

Originally in D, I play in A

A

How you doin’ out there?
You ever seem to have one of those days
When everyone seemed to be on your case
From your teacher all the way down
To your best girlfriend?

Well you know that used to happen just about all the time
But I found a way to get out of it
Let me tell you 'bout it

	A
S	ittin’ in the classroom thinkin’ it’s a drag

	F
L	istening to the teacher rap just ain’t my bag

	A
When t	wo bells ring you know that’s my cue

	F
G	onna meet the boys on floor number two

	D	A
Sm	okin’ in the boys room, sm	okin’ in the boys room

	E	D
Now t	eacher don’t you fill me	up with your rules

Down to the 3 of the chord on “every”, then up to the

five of the chord on “smoke”

E	D	A
Everybody knows that sm	okin’ ain’t allowed in sch	ool

A

	A
C	heckin’ out the halls makin’ sure the coast is clear

	F
L	ookin’ in the stalls, no there ain’t nobody here

A

My buddies Sixx, Mick, and Tom

	F
To	get caught would surely be the death of us all

	D	A
Sm	okin’ in the boys room, sm	okin’ in the boys room

	E	D
Now t	eacher don’t you fill me	up with your rules

E	D	A
Everybody knows that sm	okin’ ain’t allowed in sch	ool

Solo

D	A	D	E
D	A	D	F#	E

	A
P	ut me to work in the school book store

	F
Ch	eck-out counter and I got bored

	A
Te	acher was lookin’ for me all around

	F
T	wo hours later you know where I was found

	D	A
Sm	okin’ in the boys room, yes indeed, I was sm	okin’ in the boys room

	E	D
Now t	eacher don’t you fill me	up with your rules

E	D	A
Everybody knows that sm	okin’ ain’t allowed in sch	ool

One more...

	D	A
Sm	okin’ in the boys room, sm	okin’ in the boys room

	E	D
Now t	eacher I ain’t foolin’ ar	ound with your rules

Hard stop on “smoke”

E	D	A
Everybody knows that sm	okin’ ain’t allowed in sch	ool

Walk on D F# G Ab A, finish on...

G#	A
→

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (cover)

Originally in Bb, I play in E capo 3

Intro

E	E	A	E	B	A	E

	E
Deep	down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans

	E
Way b	ack up in the woods among the evergreens

	A
There	stood a log cabin made of earth and wood

	E
Where	lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode

	B
Who	never ever learned to read or write so well

	E
But he could	play a guitar just like a ringin’ a bell

	E
Go!	Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!

	A
Go, Johnny, go! G	o! Go, Johnny, go!

E

Go! Go, Johnny, go!

B	E
Go! Johnny B. G	oode

	E
He used to c	arry his guitar in a gunny sack

	E
Go s	it beneath the tree by the railroad track

	A
Old en	gineers would see him sittin’ in the shade

	E
S	trummin’ with the rhythm that the drivers made

	B
When	people passed him by they would stop and say

	E
Oh, m	y but that little country boy could play

	E
Go!	Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!

	A
Go, Johnny, go! G	o! Go, Johnny, go!

E

Go! Go, Johnny, go!

B	E
Go! Johnny B. G	oode

Solo

Solo on verse chords, with hard stops

E	E	A	E	B	E
					x2

	E
His m	other told him, someday you will be a man

	E
And	you will be the leader of a big ol’ band

	A
M	any people comin’ from miles around

	E
Will h	ear you play your music when the sun go down

	B
Mayb	e someday your name’ll be in lights

	E
Sayin’ Jo	hnny B. Goode tonight

	E
Go!	Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!

	A
Go, Johnny, go! G	o! Go, Johnny, go!

E

Go! Go, Johnny, go!

B	E
Go! Johnny B. G	oode

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

U2 in G#, I play in E capo 1

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

Intro

E	G#m	A	B

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

A	B
Lots of people around,	baby please come home

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

A	B
What a happy sound,	baby please come home

Let ring

E

They’re singing deck the halls

G#m

But it’s not like Christmas at all

A

I remember when you were here

B

And all the fun we had last year

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

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

Solo

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

Let ring

E

They’re singing deck the halls

G#m

But it’s not like Christmas at all

A

I remember when you were here

B

And all the fun we had last year

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

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

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

E	G#m
Baby please come home,	oh oh

A	B
Baby please come home,	baby please come home

E

Jackie DeShannon - Put a Little Love In Your Heart (cover)

Originally in D, I play in G

G

Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

G

You see it’s getting late, oh please don’t hesitate

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

	G	Am	D
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	G	Am	D
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	D
For	you and me, you just wait and see

G

Another day goes by, still the children cry

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

G

If you want the world to know, we won’t let hatred grow

C	G
Put a little love in your	heart

	G	Am	D
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	G	Am	D
Ah the	world will be a b	etter	place

	D
For	you and me, you just wait and see

	D#
Wait and	see...

G#

Take a good look around, and if you’re looking down

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

G#

I hope when you decide kindness will be your guide

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

	G#	A#m	D#
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	G#	A#m	D#
And the	world will be a b	etter	place

	D#
For	you and me, you just wait and see, people now

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

C#	G#
Put a little love in your	heart

Repeat to fade

Little Eva - The Locomotion (cover)

Originally around Eb, I play in E (down an octave) (obviously)

Intro

E

Vox on the 1

E	C#m
Everybody’s doing a	brand new dance, now

Vox on the 5

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

	E	C#m
I	know you’ll get to like it if you	give it a chance now

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

Vox on 1 2 1 2 of the chord (4 6 4 6 of the key) on “little baby”

	A	F#m
My	little baby sister can	do it with ease

	A	F#
It’s	easier than learning your	ABC’s

Vox on 6 5 on “come on”

	E	B	E
So,	come on, come on,	do the locomotion with	me

Vox on the 6 on “swing”

E	A
You gotta swing your hips, now,	come on, baby

	E	B
Jump	up, jump back, well I	think you’ve got the knack, whoa, oh

E	C#m
Now that you can do it	let’s make a chain now

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

	E	C#m
A	chug-a-chug-a motion like a	railroad train, now

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

A	F#m
Do it nice and easy now,	don’t lose control

	A	F#
A l	ittle bit of rhythm, and a	lot of soul

E	B	E
Come on, come on,	do the locomotion with	me

Sax solo

E	A	E	B

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

E	C#m
Move around the floor in a	locomotion

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

E	C#m
Do it holding hands, if	you get the notion

E	C#m
Come on, baby,	do the locomotion

	A	F#m
There’s	never been a dance that’s so	easy to do

	A	F#
It	even makes you happy when you’re	feeling blue

	E	B	E
So,	come on, come on,	do the locomotion with	me

E

(Come on) You gotta swing your hips, now, (do the locomotion)

A

(Come on) That’s right

	E
You’re doin’ f	ine (come on, do the locomotion)

	A
Come on,	baby (come on, do the locomotion) mmmm, mmm, mmm

	E
Jump	up, jump back (come on, do the locomotion)

	A
You’re lookin’	good (come on, do the locomotion) mmm, mmm, mmm

Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street (cover)

Vandellas around Eb, Bowie and Jagger in B, I play in A

Intro

G/A	A
→	x4

G/A	A	G/A	A
Callin’	out a	round the	world

	G/A	A	G/A	A
Are you	ready for a	brand new	beat

G/A	A	G/A	A
Summer’s	here and the	time is	right

	G/A	A	G/A
For	dancin’	in the	street

	A	G/A	A	G/A
They’re	dancin’ in Chi	cago

	G/A	A
Down in	New Orl	eans

G/A	A	G/A	A
In	New York	City

G/A	A	D
All we	need is m	usic, sweet music

D

There’ll be music everywhere

	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’ll be	swingin’,	swayin’ and	records	playing’

G/A	A	G/A	A
Dancin’	in the	street,	oh

C#7

It doesn’t matter what you wear

	F#m
Just as	long as you are there

Mamas and the Papas (and Bowie/Jagger) use a II instead of a ii here... that’s a good idea!

	Bm
So come on,	every guy grab a girl

D/E	E
Everywhere ar	ound the world

	G/A	A
There’ll be	dancing

G/A	A	G/A	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet

	G/A	A	G/A	A
This is	an invi	tation ac	ross the	nation

	G/A	A	G/A	A
A	chance for	folks to	meet

	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’ll be	laughter,	singing and	music s	winging

G/A	A	G/A
Dancing	in the st	reet

	A	G/A	A	G/A
Phila	delphia,	P.A.

	A	G/A	A
Balti	more and D.	C. now

G/A	A	G/A	A
Can’t for	get the Motor	City

G/A	A	D
All we	need is m	usic, sweet music

D

There’ll be music everywhere

	G/A	A	G/A	A
There’ll be	swingin’,	swayin’ and	records	playing’

G/A	A	G/A	A
Dancin’	in the	street,	oh

C#7

It doesn’t matter what you wear

	F#m
Just as	long as you are there

	Bm
So come on,	every guy grab a girl

D/E	E
Everywhere ar	ound the world

	G/A	A
They’re	dancing

G/A	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet (dancing i	n the street)

G/A	A	G/A	A	G/A
Way down	in L.	A., ev	eryda	y (dancing)

	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet (dancin’	in the street)

G/A	A	G/A	A	G/A
Let’s form a	big long	line (	get in	time)

	A	G/A	A
Were dancing	in the st	reet (dancing	in the street)

G/A	A	G/A	A
Across the	ocean	blue (dancing	in the street)

	A	G/A	A
They’re dancing	in the st	reet, yeah (dancing	in the street)

Nirvana - Lake of Fire (cover)

Nirvana in F#m, Meat Puppets in Gm (mostly an octave down), I play in Bm

Highest note is the 4 (“see ‘em again”

Bm	A	D	Bm	E	D
	→			→

Bm	A	D	E	A	Bm
	→			→

Bm	A	D	Bm
	→	→

Bm	A	A	Bm
	→	→

Vox on the 1

Bm	A	D
Where do bad folks	go when they	die?

	Bm	E	D
They d	on’t go to heaven where the a	ngels f	ly

	Bm	A	D
They g	o to a lake of	fire and	fry

	E	A	Bm
Won’t s	ee ‘em again till the f	ourth of Ju	ly

Bm	A	D	Bm
	→	→

Bm	A	A	Bm
	→	→

Vox on 1 1 1 3 1 of the chord on “I knew a lady”

F#m	Dsus2
I knew a lady who	came from Duluth

	F#m	C#
B	it by a dog with a r	abid tooth

	F#m	Dsus2
She w	ent to her grave just a	little too soon

	E	F#m
And f	lew away howling on the yell	ow moon

Bm	A	D
Where do bad folks	go when they	die?

	Bm	E	D
They d	on’t go to heaven where the a	ngels f	ly

	Bm	A	D
They g	o to a lake of	fire and	fry

	E	A	Bm
Won’t s	ee ‘em again till the f	ourth of Ju	ly

Bm	A	D	Bm
	→	→

Bm	A	A	Bm
	→	→

	F#m	Dsus2
P	eople cry and	people moan

	F#m	C#
L	ook for a dry place to c	all their home

	F#m	Dsus2
T	ry to find some place to	rest their bones

	E	F#m
While the a	ngels and the devils try to m	ake them their own

Bm	A	D
Where do bad folks	go when they	die?

	Bm	E	D
They d	on’t go to heaven where the a	ngels f	ly

	Bm	A	D
They g	o to a lake of	fire and	fry

	E	A	Bm
Won’t s	ee ‘em again till the f	ourth of Ju	ly

Bm	A	D	Bm
	→	→

Bm	A	D	Bm
	→	→

Bm	A	A	Bm
	→	→

Bm	A	A	Bm
	→	→

Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman (cover)

Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton in C#, I play in G

G	D/F#	Em7	Em/D	C	D	G	D6

Vox on 6 5 on “ma-an”

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	can’t keep his mind on	nothing else

C	D	G	D
He’d trade the w	orld for the good thing	he’s found

	G	D/F#	Em	G/D
If she’s	bad he can’t	see it	she can do no	wrong

C	D	G	D
Turn his back on his b	est friend if he put her d	own

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	spend his v	ery last dime

C	D	G	D
Tryin’ to hold	on to what he	needs

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
He’d give up a	ll his c	omforts,	sleep out in the r	ain

C	D	G	G7
If she said that’s the	way it	ought to be

C	G
Well, this man loves a w	oman

C	G
I gave you everything I	had

C	G	Em
Tryin’ to hold on to	your heartless	love

A7	D
Baby, please don’t treat me	bad

Michael Bolton changes key up a half-step here, which IMO is silly

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	down deep in his	soul

C	D	G	D
She can bring h	im such m	isery

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
If she pl	ays him for a f	ool,	he’s the last o	ne to know

C	D	G	D
Lovin’ eyes	can ne	ver see

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	he can do her n	o wrong

C	D	G	D
He can never h	ug, some o	ther girl

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
Yes, when a	man loves a	woman,	I know exactly h	ow he feels

C	D	G	D
‘Cause baby ba	by, you’re	my world

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
When a	man loves a	woman,	I know e	xactly how he feels

Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately (cover)

Rod Stewart in Bb, Van Morrison in E, I play in D capo 2

Yes, I took a moment to take out the overtly spiritual lyrics in the bridge, which happen to be awkward anyway.

Intro

D	D/F#	G	G/A
			x2

	D	F#m7	G	G/A
Have I	told you	lately that I l	ove you?

	D	F#m7	G	G/A
Have I t	old you there’s n	o one else a	bove you?

Gmaj7	F#m7
Fill my heart with gladness,	take away all my sadness

Em7	G/A	D
Ease my	troubles that’s what you	do

D/A

	D	F#m7	G	G/A
For the	morning	sun in all its	glory

	D	F#m7	G	G/A
Greets the	day with	hope and comfort	too

Gmaj7	F#m7
You fill my life with laughter,	and somehow you make it better

Em7	G/A	D
Ease my	troubles that’s what you	do

Em7	F#m7
→	→

Gmaj7

There’s a love that’s divine, and it’s yours and it’s mine

F#m7	Em7	F#m7
Like the sun	→	→

Gmaj7

And at the end of the day, I give thanks and I say

F#m7	G/A
You’re the one, y	ou’re the one

	D	F#m7	G	G/A
Have I	told you	lately that I l	ove you?

	D	F#m7	G	G/A
Have I t	old you there’s n	o one else a	bove you?

Gmaj7	F#m7
Fill my heart with gladness,	take away all my sadness

Em7	G/A	D
Ease my	troubles that’s what you	do

Solo on verse chords

D	F#m7	G	G/A
D	F#m7	G	G/A
Gmaj7	F#m7
G/A	D

Gmaj7

There’s a love that’s divine, and it’s yours and it’s mine

F#m7	Em7	F#m7
Like the sun	→	→

Gmaj7

And at the end of the day, I give thanks and I say

F#m7	G/A
You’re the one, y	ou’re the one

	D	F#m7	G	G/A
And have I	told you	lately that I l	ove you?

	D	F#m7	G	G/A
Have I t	old you there’s n	o one else a	bove you?

Gmaj7	F#m7
Fill my heart with gladness,	take away all my sadness

Em7	G/A	D	Em7	F#m7
Ease my	troubles that’s what you	do	→	→

Gmaj7	F#m7
Take away all my sadness,	fill my life with gladness

Em7	G/A	D	Em7	F#m7
Ease my	troubles that’s what you	do	→	→

Gmaj7	F#m7
Take away all my sadness,	fill my life with gladness

Em7	G/A	D
Ease my	troubles that’s what you	do

Sam Cooke - Twistin’ the Night Away (cover)

Originally in A, I play in G, or D capo 3/4

Highest note is the 6, but there’s a lot of 6

Vox start on the 6 on “let”

G	Em
Let me tell you ‘bout a place,	somewhere up a New York way

C	D
Where the people are so gay,	twistin’ the night away

G	Em
Here they have a lot of fun,	puttin’ trouble on the run

C	D	G
Man, you find the old and young,	twistin’ the night a	way

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night a	way

G	Em
Here’s a man in evenin’ clothes,	how he got here, I don’t know, but

C	D
Man, you oughta see him go,	twistin’ the night away

G	Em
He’s dancin’ with the chick in slacks,	she’s a-movin’ up and back

C	D	G
Oh man, there ain’t nothin’ like	twistin’ the night a	way

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night,	let’s twist a lot

	G	Em	C	D
Lean	up, lean	back, lean	up, lean	back

	G	Em	C
Wa	tusi, now	fly, now	twist

	D	G
They’re	twistin’ the night a	way

G	Em
Here’s a fella in blue jeans,	dancin’ with a older queen

C	D
Who’s dolled up in a diamond rings and	twistin’ the night away

G	Em
Man, you oughta see her go,	twistin’ to the rock and roll

C	D	G
Here you find the young and old	twistin’ the night a	way

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’ man, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night,	one more time

	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’ man, everybody’s feelin’ great

	C	D	G
They’re	twistin’, twistin’, they’re	twistin’ the night a	way

Simon and Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade of Winter (cover)

S&G in Dm, Bangles in Fm, I play in Am capo 3

Intro

Am	G	F	E

Am	G
Time, time, time, see what’s be	come of me

Up to the 1 of the chord on “looked”

	F
While I	looked around

	Em7
For my possib	ilities

	G
I was so	hard to please

	Am	G
But look a	round, leaves are	brown

	F	E7	Am
And the	sky is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	G
Hear the salvation	army band

F

Down by the riverside, it’s bound to be a better ride

	Em7
Than	what you’ve got planned

	G
Carry your	cup in your hand

	Am	G
And look a	round you, leaves are	brown now

	F	E7	Am
And the	sky is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	G
Hang on to your	hopes, my friend

F

That’s an easy thing to say, but if your hopes should pass away

	Em7
Then	simply pretend

	G
That you can	build them again

	Am	G
Look ar	ound, grass is	high

	F	E7	Am
The fields are	ripe, it’s the	springtime of my	life

Am	F	C
	Ah, seasons change with the	scenery

The V here is in the Bangles version, not in th S&G version

	G	E7
Weaving time in a	tapestry

	Am
Won’t you stop and re	member me

G

At any convenient time

F

Funny how my memory slips while looking over manuscripts

	Em7
Of u	npublished rhyme

	G
Drinking my	vodka and lime

	Am	G
I look	around, leaves are	brown now

	F	E7	Am
And the	sky is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	G	F
Look a	round, leaves are	brown

	E7	Am
There’s a	patch of snow on the	ground

	G	F
Look a	round, leaves are	brown

	E7	Am
There’s a	patch of snow on the	ground

	G	F
Look a	round, leaves are	brown

	E7	Am
There’s a	patch of snow on the	ground

The Beach Boys - California Girls (cover)

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

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

Intro, specifically the first riff x 4, then

the second riff x 1

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

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

	E
And the s	outhern girls with the way they talk

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

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

	E
And the n	orthern girls with the way they kiss

	F#
They keep their	boyfriends warm at night

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

	B	C#m7
I	wish they all could	be California

	A	Bm7
I	wish they all could	be California

	G	Am7	B
I	wish they all could	be California	girls

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

	E
I dig a	French bikini on Hawaiian Island dolls

	F#
By a	palm tree in the sand

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

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

	F#
Back to the	cutest girls in the world

	B	C#m7
I	wish they all could	be California

	A	Bm7
I	wish they all could	be California

	G	Am7	B
I	wish they all could	be California	girls

Two-measure breakdown to high keys only

B	F#

	B
I	wish they all could be California

	C#m7
I	wish they all could be California

	B
I	wish they all could be California

	C#m7
I	wish they all could be California

Repeat to fade

The Beatles - Back in the USSR (cover)

E	E7

Vox on 4→3 on “Flew in”

	A	D
F	lew in from Miami Beach B.	O.A.C.

	C	D
D	idn’t get to bed last ni	ght

A	D
On the way the paperback was	on my knee

	C	D
M	an I had a dreadful fli	ght

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R.

C	D
You don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Hard stop on “back”

	D	A	D	E
B	ack in the U.S.S.	R.

	A	D
B	een away so long I hardly k	new the place

	C	D
G	ee it’s good to be back ho	me

	A	D
Le	ave it till tomorrow to unp	ack my case

	C	D
Ho	ney disconnect the ph	one

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R.

C	D
You don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Gadd9

Back in the U.S.

	A
Back in the U.S	.S.R.

Bridge, vox down to the root of the chord on “Ukraine”

	D
Well the Ukr	aine girls really knock me out

	A
They le	ave the West behind

	D	D/C#	D/C	D/B
And Mos	cow	girls make me	sing and s	hout

	E	D	A
That Ge	orgia’s always on my mi mi	mi mi mi mi mi	nd

D	Eb	E
		Oh come on!

Solo as verse, but skip solo and subsequent chorus and bridge

if appropriate...

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R.

	C	D
Y	ou don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Hard stop on “back”

	D	A
B	ack in the U.S.S.	R.

Bridge

	D
Well the Ukr	aine girls really knock me out

	A
They le	ave the West behind

	D	D/C#	D/C	D/B
And Mos	cow	girls make me	sing and s	hout

	E	D	A	D	E
That Ge	orgia’s always on my mi mi	mi mi mi mi mi	nd

	A	D
Oh, s	how me ‘round your snow-peaked mountains w	ay down South

	C	D
T	ake me to your daddy’s f	arm

	A	D
L	et me hear your balalaikais rin	ging out

	C	D
C	ome and keep your comrade w	arm

	A
I’m back in the U.S.S.	R., hey

	C	D
Y	ou don’t know how lucky you a	re boy

Hard stop on “back”

	D	A	D	E	A
B	ack in the U.S.S.	R.

Oh, let me tell you honey

A

Woo...

Optionally do D/C/A on “wooh”

The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie (cover)

D	F	G	F
			x 4

D	F	G	F	D
Wake up little Susie, wake up

D	F	G	F	D
Wake up little Susie, wake up

	G	D	G	G	D	G
We b	oth been s	ound asl	eep, wake	up little Su	sie and w	eep

	G	D	G	D	G	D	G
The mov	ie’s ov	er, it’s fo	ur o’clo	ck and we	’re in tr	ouble de	ep

	A	G	A
Wake up little Su	sie	, wake up little	Susie

This is I→V in the original, I prefer I→bVII

	A	G	A
W	hat are we gonna t	ell your ma	mma?

	A	G	A
W	hat are we gonna t	ell your p	a?

	A	G	A
W	hat are we gonna t	ell our	friends when they say “ooh la la”

	D	A	D
Wake up little Sus	ie,	wake up little Su	sie

	D
Well I to	ld your momma that you’d be in by ten

	G
Well now Su	sie baby looks like we goofed again

	A	G	A
Wake up little Sus	ie,	wake up little Su	sie, we gotta go home

D	F	G	F
			x 2

D	F	G	F	D
Wake up little Susie, wake up

D	F	G	F	D
Wake up little Susie, wake up

	G	D	G	G	D	G
The mo	vie w	asn’t so h	ot, it d	idn’t have m	uch of a p	lot

	G	D	G	D	G	D	G
We f	ell as	leep, our go	ose is co	oked, our rep	uta	tion is s	hot

	A	G	A
Wake up little S	usie	, wake up li	ttle Susie

	A	G	A
W	hat are we gonna t	ell your ma	mma?

	A	G	A
W	hat are we gonna t	ell your p	a?

	A	G	A
W	hat are we gonna t	ell our	friends when they say “ooh la la”

	D	A	D
Wake up little Sus	ie,	wake up little Su	sie

A	D
Wake up little Sus	ie

D	F	G	F
			x 2

D

The Penguins - Earth Angel (cover)

Penguins in G#

Back to the Future (Marvin Berry) in F

I play in G

G	Em	C	D
			x2

Vox start on the 3 on “Earth”

	G	Em	C	D
Earth	angel, Earth	angel	will you be	mine

G	Em	C	D
My darling	dear	love you all the	time

G	Em	C	D
I’m just a	fool	a fool in l	ove with

G	Em	Am	D
You

	G	Em	C	D
Earth	angel, Eart	h angel	the one I a	dore

G	Em	C	D
Love you for	ever and	ever	more

G	Em	C	D
I’m just a	fool, a	fool in	love with

G	C6	G	G7
You

	C	Cm	G
I	fell for	you	and I knew the

C	G
Vision of your love loveli	ness

	C	G
I	hope and I pray	that some day

	A	D
I’ll be the visi	on of your hap-happi	ness oh

	G	Em	C	D
Earth	angel, Earth	angel	please be	mine

G	Em	C	D
My darling	dear	love you all the	time

G	Em	C	D
I’m just a	fool,	a fool in	love with

G	C6	G	G7
You

Total shift of the downbeat in the melody...

C	Cm	G
I fell for	you	and I knew

C	G
The vision of your love loveli	ness

C	G
I hope and pray	that some day that

A	D
I’ll be the vision of your happin	ess oh

	G	Em	C	D
Earth	angel, Earth	angel	please be	mine

G	Em	C6	D
My darling	dear	love you all the	time

Hold on IV and V here...

G	Em	C	D
I’m just a	fool,	a fool in	love with

Ringing harmony

G

You

The Righteous Brothers - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (cover)

Righteous Brothers in Db (chorus), Hall and Oates in D (chorus), I play in C (chorus

Vox on 4 b7 b3 2 of the chorus key on “you never close”. Simplify “when I kiss your lips”. Everything else will be fine.

	A#/C	C
You never	close your eyes anymore when I kiss your	lips

	A#/C	C
And there’s	no tenderness like before in your finger	tips

	Dm7	Em7
You’re trying	hard not to show it	(baby)

	Fmaj7	F/G	G
But	baby,	baby I k	now it

C	Dm/C
You’ve lost that	lovin’ feeling

G7	C
Woah, that	lovin’ feeling

C	Dm/C
You’ve lost that	lovin’ feeling

	A#/C	C
Now it’s	gone, gone, gone, whoa oh oh o	h

C	A#
→

	A#/C	C
Now there’s no w	elcome look in your eyes when I reach for y	ou

	A#/C	C
And girl you’re	starting to criticize little things I d	o

	Dm7	Em7
It makes me j	ust feel like crying	(baby)

	Fmaj7	F/G	G
‘Cause	baby, something b	eautiful’s d	yin’

C	Dm/C
You’ve lost that	lovin’ feeling

G7	C
Woah, that	lovin’ feeling

C	Dm/C
You’ve lost that	lovin’ feeling

	A#	F/A	C
Now it’s	gone,	gone, gone, whoa oh oh o	h

C	F	G	F	G/D
			→

C	F	G	F	G/D	C	F	G	F	G/D
Baby, baby		I’d get down o	n my k	nees for	you			→

C	F	G	F	G/D	C	F	G	F	G/D
If you would	only	love me	→	like you used to	do			→

C	F	G	F	G/D	C	F	G	F	G/D
We had a	love, a	love, a	love you don’t f	ind every	day			→

	C	F	G	F	G/D	C	F	G	F	G/D
So	don’t,	don’t,	don’t,		let it slip a	way			→

C	F	G	F	G/D
Baby,	baby,	baby,	ba	by

	C	F	G	F	G/D	C
I beg you	please,	please,	please,	I n	eed your lo	ve

	C	F	G	F	G/D	C
I need your	love,	I need your	love,	so b	ring it on b	ack

C	F	G	F	G/D
	Bring it on	back	→

C	Dm/C
Bring back that	lovin’ feeling

G7	C
Woah, that	lovin’ feeling

C	Dm/C
Bring back that	lovin’ feeling

	A#/C
‘Cause it’s	gone, gone, gone

	A#/C	C
And I	can’t, go, on, whoa oh oh o	h

C	F	G	F	G/D
			→

C	Dm/C
Bring back that	lovin’ feeling

G7	C
Woah, that	lovin’ feeling

C	Dm/C
Bring back that	lovin’ feeling

	A#	F/A
‘Cause it’s	gone,	gone, gone

	A#/C	C
And I	can’t, go, on, whoa oh oh o	h

The Supremes - You Can’t Hurry Love (cover)

Originally in Bb, Phil Collins in G, I play in D

Intro

E

Vox on 5 6 on “need love”

	E	A	E
I need	love, love to	ease my mind

	G#m	C#m
I need to	find, find

	F#m
Someone to	call mine

	B
But	mama said

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	love don’t come	easy

F#m	B
It’s a game of	give and take

Vox on 4 on “can’t”

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
You gotta	trust,	give it time

	F#m	B
No	matter how	long it takes

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “how many”

	G#m
But	how many heartaches must I stand

Vox up to the 3 of the chord on “find”

	C#m
Before I	find the love to let me live again

	F#m
Right now the	only thing that keeps me hangin’ on

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “feel”

	B	B/G#	B/A
When I	feel my strength	, yeah, its	almost gone

	B7
I re	member mama said

Maybe skip this line vocally, it’s a rush to get back to the chorus in time

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	love don’t come	easy

F#m	B
It’s a game of	give and take

	E
How	long must I wait?

	A	E
How much	more can I	take

	G#m	C#m
Before	loneli	ness

	F#m	B
Will	cause my heart,	heart to break?

	G#m
No	I can’t bear to live my life alone

	C#m
I grow im	patient for a love to call my own

	F#m
But when I	feel that I, I can’t go on

	B	B/G#	B/A
These	precious words	keeps me	hangin’ on

	B7
I re	member mama said

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	love don’t come	easy

F#m	B
It’s a game of	give and take

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	trust,	give it time

	F#m	B
No	matter how	long it takes

E

Break!

	E	A	E
No	love, love don’t come	easy

	G#m	C#m	F#m	B
But I	keep on	waiting, an	tici	pating

	E	A	E
For that	soft voice to talk to	me at night

	G#m	C#m	F#m	B
For some	tender	arms to	hold me	tight

	E	A	E
I keep	waiting, I keep on	waiting

	G#m	C#m	F#m	B
But it ain’t	easy,	it ain’t	easy, but	mama said

(Chorus)

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said:	Love don’t come	easy

	F#m	B
But	it’s a game of	give and take

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
Just	trust on a	good time

	F#m	B
No	matter how	long it takes

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said:	Love don’t come	easy

	F#m	B
But	it’s a game of	give and take

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

	G#m	C#m
She said	trust,	give it time

	F#m	B
No	matter how	long it takes

	E
You	can’t hurry love

	A	E
No you	just have to	wait

The Temptations - Ain’t Too Proud to Beg (cover)

Originally around C, I play in E capo 3

Vox on the 6 on “know”

E	A
I know you want to leave me

	E	A
But I re	fuse to let you go

	E	A
If I have to	beg, plead for your sympathy

	E
I don’t	mind, ‘cause you mean that much to me

A	E	A	E
Ain’t too proud to	beg,	sweet d	arlin’

A	E	A	E
Please don’t	leave me girl

	A	E	A	E
Ain’t	too proud to	plead,	baby,	baby

A	E	A	E	A
Please don’t	leave me	girl

Let ring, Temptations version doesn’t have the IVs in verses other than the first

	E
Now, I’ve	heard a cryin’ man, is half a man

	E
With n	o sense of pride

	E
But if I have to	cry to keep you, I don’t mind weepin’

	E	B
If it’ll	keep you by my side

	E	A	E
Ain’t too proud to	beg,	sweet d	arlin’

A	E	A	E
Please don’t	leave me girl

	A	E	A	E
Ain’t	too proud to	plead,	baby,	baby

A	E	A	E	A
Please don’t	leave me	girl

	E
If I have to s	leep on your door step all night and day

	E
Just to	keep you from walkin’ away

	E
Let your	friends laugh, even this I can stand

	E	B
‘Cause I	wanna keep you,	any way I can

E	A	E	A
Ain’t too proud to be	g, sweet d	arlin’

	E	A	E
Please don’t	leave me girl

	A	E	A	E
Ain’t	too proud to	plead,	baby,	baby

A	E	A	E	A	B
Please don’t	leave me	girl

Solo

E	A	B	B
	x 7

	E
Now I’ve got a	love so deep in the pit of my heart

	E
And each	day it grows more and more

	E
I’m not as	hamed to come and plead to you, baby

	E	B
If	pleadin’ keeps you from	walkin’ out the door

E	A	E	A
Ain’t too proud to be	g, sweet d	arlin’

	E	A	E
Please don’t	leave me girl

	A	E	A	E
Ain’t	too proud to	plead,	baby,	baby

A	E	A	E	A	B
Please don’t	leave me	girl

Tommy James - I Think We’re Alone Now (cover)

Originally in A, I play in G

Intro, bass only

G	D	C	G

Band enters

G	Bm
Children be	have

Em	D
That’s what they	say when we’re together

G	Bm
And watch how you	play

Em	D
They don’t under	stand, and so we’re

Bm	G
Running just as fast as we	can

Bm	G
Holding on to one another’s	hand

F

Trying to get away into the night

	D
And then you	put your arms around me

	G
And we tumble to the ground and then you	say

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
There	doesn’t seem to be any	one around

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
The	beating of our hearts is the	only sound

Two measures of hand drums and insect noises

G

G	Bm
Look at the	way

Em	D
We gotta	hide what we’re doing

G	Bm
‘Cause what would they	say

Em	D
If they ever	knew, and so we’re

Bm	G
Running just as fast as we	can

Bm	G
Holding on to one another’s	hand

F

Trying to get away into the night

	D
And then you	put your arms around me

	G
And we tumble to the ground and then you	say

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
There	doesn’t seem to be any	one around

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
The	beating of our hearts is the	only sound

G

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

For just this line, downbeat is on “be” instead of “one”

C	G
There doesn’t seem to	be anyone around

G	D
I think we’re a	lone now

	C	G
The	beating of our hearts is the	only sound

Repeat chorus and fade

Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (cover)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 1

	A	E	D
Ahhh	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
Now I	don’t hardly	know her	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
But I	think I could	love her	→	→

E	A	A	E	D
Crimson and	clover	→	→

D	E
→

A	A	E	D
Ah	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
Well if she c	ome walkin’	over	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
Now I been	waitin’ to	show her	→	→

E	A	A	E	D
Crimson and cl	over	→	→

D	A	A	E	D
Over and	over	→	→

D	E
→

Solo(ish)

A	G	D
	→	x5

E

A	A	E	D
Yeah	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
My,	my such a	sweet thing	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
I wanna	do ever	ything	→	→

	E	A	A	E	D
What a	beautiful	feeling	→	→

E	A	A	E	D
Crimson and	clover	→	→

D	E
Over and	over

E

Solo over verse chords

A	A	E	D	E
	→	→		x 4

D	E
→

That repeats a gazillion times, then changes key a half-step, which I think is silly, so skipping it

A	E	D	E

A	E	D	E
Crimson and	clover,	over and	over x6

Tommy James and the Shondells - Mony Mony (cover)

Tommy James in A, Billy Idol in F#, I play in A

Lots of 1 in the chorus (“feel... so... good”)

Intro

E

Vox on the 1 on “here”

E	E	A	E
Here she come now, say Mony Mony		→

	E	E	A	E
Well	shoot ‘em down, turn around, come on, Mony		→

E	E	A	E
Hey, she give me love and I feel alright now		→

	E
You got me	tossin’ and turnin’ in the middle of the night

	A
And I	feel all right

	B
I say	yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

With “Mony Mony”

	E
Well you make me	feel, so, good, yeah

	A
So	good, well alright, come on, alright baby

	B
I say	yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

E

E	E	A	E
Wake me, shake me Mony, Mony		→

E	E	A	E
Shotgun, get it done, come on Mony		→

E	E	A	E
Don’t stop cookin’ it feels so good, yeah		→

	E
Hey, well	don’t stop now hey, come on Mony

	A
Well	Come on Mony

B

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

With “Mony Mony”, except I think in the Billy Idol version this time it’s “ride the pony”

	E
Well you make me	feel, so, good, yeah

	A
So	good, well alright, come on, alright

	B
I say	yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, awwww

E	D	A	A

	E	D	A
I love you	Mony,	Mo, Mo,	Mony, so good

	E	D	A
I love you	Mony,	Mo, Mo,	Mony, so good

	E	D	A
I love you	Mony,	Mo, Mo,	Mony, alright

	E	D	A
I love you	Mony,	Mo, Mo,	Mony

B

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hard stop for a bit...

E

Come on, come on, come on, come on

A

Come on, come on, come on, come on feel alright

	B
I say	yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

E

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