A-Ha - Take On Me (1985)

Originally in Bm, I play in Am

If solo acoustic, just Am until the lyrics start,

skip all the intro goop. Also play fast.

Just drums @ start

Intro, just texture

Am	Em	Am	Em

Keys riff starts

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

	Am	D
We’re	talking away

G	C	C/B
I don’t know what	I’m to	say

Am	D
I’ll say it anyway

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

Am	D
Shying away

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

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

That D is a whole step below “O.K.”

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	on	me

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	me	on

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

G

D/F#

Em

C

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

C	C/B
But I’	ll be

Am	D
Stumbling away

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

Am	D
Say after me

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

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	on	me

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	me	on

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

G

D/F#

Em

C

Trippy bridge

Bm	F	Bm	F	Am	D

Intro riff, just keys

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

Am	D
The things that you say

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

Am	D
My worries away

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

Am	D
You’re shying away

Em	C
I’ll be coming for you anyway

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	on	me

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	me	on

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

G

D/F#

Em

C

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

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

Originally in G, I play in A capo 2

A	D	A	D	A	E
	→	→	→	→

A	E	A	E	A
→	→	→	→

x2

Riff goes through the verse, approximating here

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	A	D
Working dou	ble time on the se	duction line

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

	A	D
Wanted	no applause, just an	other course

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E

Yeah you shook me, well you took me

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aerosmith - Angel (1987)

Originally in Eb, I play in A

A	E	D
	→	x 3

F#m	E	D
	→

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

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

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

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

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

Hard stop

E

Baby

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E

Baby

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

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

	E	A
Come and save me	to	night

Solo if appropriate

A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
	→		→		→

E	A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
→		→		→		→

Vox on the b7 of the chord (!)

E

You’re the reason I live

D

You’re the reason I die

A

You’re the reason I give

F#m

When I break down and cry

D	E
Don’t need no reason why

Hard stop on the last “baby”

Baby, baby, baby

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

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

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

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

	E	A
Come and save me	to	night

	E	D
Come and save me	to	night

	E	F#m
Come and save me	to	night

	E	D
Come and save me	to	night

	E	A
Come and save me	to	night

Aerosmith - What it Takes (1989)

Originally in G-ish, I play in D

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

F#m7b5 as 2x221x

D	Asus4	Bm7	Gadd9

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

A

Another diamond ring

	Bm
And uh,	all those late night promises

	G
I gu	ess they don’t mean a thing

	D
So b	aby, what’s the story

	A
Did you	find another man?

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

	G
When you d	on’t look back

	A
I guess the feelings start to fade aw	ay

	D
I	used to feel your fire

	Bm
But now it’s c	old inside

	G
And you’re b	ack on the street

Like you didn’t miss a beat, yeah

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

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

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

	Am/G
In the	night

	F#m7b5
Without th	inking you lost

Everything that was good

	F
In your life to the toss of the di	ce

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

Make sure to get all the way down to the 5

of this chord (A if the chord is D)

	D
G	irl, before I met you

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

	Bm
But your l	ove made me a prisoner

	G
Yeah my h	eart’s been doing time

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

A

Hung me out to dry

	Bm
It was	easy to keep all your lies in disguise

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

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

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

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

	Am/G
In the	night

	F#m7b5
Without th	inking you lost

Everything that was good

	F
In your life to the toss of the di	ce

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

Solo

G	Am	F	C	G	Am	F

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

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

	F
Yeah, yeah, y	eah

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	Am/G
In the	night

	F#m7b5
Without th	inking you lost

Everything that was good

	F
In your life to the toss of the di	ce

Note random chord on “no no no”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alannah Myles - Black Velvet (1989)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Em capo 3

Em

Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell

Em

Jimmy Rodgers on the Victrola up high

Em

Mama’s dancing with baby on her shoulder

Em

The sun is setting like molasses in the sky

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

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

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

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

Am	F	C
Black velvet with that s	low southern	style

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

C	B7	Em
Black v	elvet if you	please

Em

Up in Memphis the music’s like a heatwave

Em

White lightning, bound to drive you wild

Em

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

Em

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

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

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

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

Am	F	C
Black velvet with that s	low southern	style

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

C	B7	Em
Black v	elvet if you	please

Em

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

Am	F
In a flash he was	gone

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

Solo if appropriate

Em

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

Am	F	C
Black velvet with that s	low southern	style

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

C	B7	Em
Black v	elvet if you	please

Annie - Tomorrow (1982)

Originally in E, I play in A.

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

Esus4

	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

Billy Joel - Keeping the Faith (1983)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 2.

A

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

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

	D
Oh, then you	should have known me much better

Cause my past is something that never

	A
Got in my	way oh no

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

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

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

	E6	D
And then I was	saved,	yeah

	E6
That’s why I’m keeping the	faith

D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A
Keeping the	faith

	A
We wore	matador boots

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

	D
I	put on my shark skin jacket

You know the kind with the velvet collar

	A
And ditty-bop	shades

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

	D
Combed my	hair in a pompadour

Like the rest of the Romeos wore

	E6	D
A permanent	wave	yeah

	E6
We were keeping the	faith

D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A
Keeping the	faith

Bridge

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

	E	D	A
You can	linger too	long in your	dreams

	E	D	A
Say	goodbye to the	oldies but	goodies

	Bm7
Cause the	good old days weren’t always good

	E7
And	tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems

A

Learned stickball as a formal education

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

	D
I	heard about sex but not enough

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

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

	D
I	thought I was the Duke of Earl

When I made it with a red-haired girl

	E6	D
In a	Chevrolet

	E6
We were keeping the	faith

D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A
Keeping the	faith

Bridge

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

	E	D	A
You can	linger too	long in your	dreams

	E	D	A
Say	goodbye to the	oldies but	goodies

	Bm7
Cause the	good old days weren’t always good

Hang this line if not doing a solo

	E7
And	tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems

Instrumental, listed here with lyrics but I usually skip if

a solo is not appropriate.

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

	E	D	A
You can	linger too	long in your	dreams

	E	D	A
Say	goodbye to the	oldies but	goodies

	Bm7
Cause the	good old days weren’t always good

	E7
And	tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems

	A
Now I	told you my reasons for the whole revival

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

	D
I’m going to	listen to my 45’s

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

E6	D
Plays	yeah

	E6	D
When the memory	stays,	yeah

	E6
I’m keeping the	faith

D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A
Keeping the	faith

Fade on the root chord

Billy Joel - Shameless (1989)

G	D/F#	Em	C	Bb
				x2

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

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

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

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

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “I’m”

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

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

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

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

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

	Em
Every time I see you sta	nding there

	C	Bb
I go down upon my	knees

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

	Em
Aw, but you convinced me o	therwise

	C	Bb
I’ll do anything you	please

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

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

	D	B
I could	walk away from anyone I	ever knew

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

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

Vox stay on the 3 of the chord

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

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

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

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

Am	D7
I’ve never had so much	to lose

Solo if appropriate

	G	D	Em	C	Bb
Oh, I’m	shameless

G	D	Em	C	Bb

Em	D	C	Bb

	D
You know it	should be easy for a

B

Man who’s strong

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

	D	B
I n	ever lost anything I	ever missed

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

F

It’s outta my hands

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

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

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

	Em
You could make a total f	ool of me

	C	Bb
I just wanted you to know

	G	D/F#	Em	C	Bb
Oh, I’m	shameless

G

D/F#

Em

C

Bb

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

C

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

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

C	Em
Maybe I should buy some o	ld tab collars

	Bb	F
Welcome	back to the age of j	ive

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	Bb	F
Are you	gonna cruise the miracle mi	le?

Em	Am
Nowadays you can’t be t	oo sentimental

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

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

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

Bridge

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

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

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

	E	Ab
From a	story in a ma	gazine

Eb	F	G
Aimed at your average	teen

C	Em
How about a pair of	pink sidewinders

	Bb	F
And a	bright orange pair of pant	s?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Solo if appropriate

G	F	E	Am
G	F	E7	Ab	Eb	F	G

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

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

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

	Bb	F
If you	are, then you think too much

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

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

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

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

Hard stops on each chord

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

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

Billy Joel - Tell Her About It (1983)

Originally in Bb, I play in E capo 2

E	E	D	A
			x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E	E	D	A
			Oooh x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bridge

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outro

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

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

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

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

Billy Joel - The Downeaster ‘Alexa’ (1989)

Originally in Am, I play in Em.

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

Mostly muted, be judicioius with strumming.

Em

Vox start on 1 2 3 of the major key

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

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

	C	G	Am
I have	charted a	course to the	Vineyard

	Em	D	C
But to	night I am	Nantucket	bound

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

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

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

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

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

	G	D	C
And I	go where the	ocean is	deep

	C	G	Am
There are	giants out	there in the	canyons

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	C	G	Am
Tell my	wife I am	trolling	Atlantis

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

Interlude, lots of ayyy-o and accordion noises

Em

	G	D	Em
Now I	drive my Downe	aster Al	exa

	G	D	C
More and	more miles from	shore every	year

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Billy Joel - The Longest Time (1983)

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

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

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

hap*pened*".

A	E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

E	A
For the longest	time

E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh

E

For the longest time

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

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

C#	F#m
What else could	I do

E7	A	A7
I’m so insp	ired	by you

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

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

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

C#	F#m
That’s where you	found me

E7	A	A7
When you put your	arms a	round me

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

A	E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

E	A
For the longest	time

E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh

E

For the longest time

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

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

C#	F#m
Is how I	need you

E7	A	A7
And how you n	eeded	me too

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

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

	G#7
But	you feel so right

	A
And	I could be wrong

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

	B7
But	I’ve gone this far

	E	E7
And it’s	more than I	hoped for

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

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

C#	F#m
I’ll take my	chances

E7	A	A7
I forgot how n	ice r	omance is

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

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

	G#7
I s	aid to myself

	A
Hold	on to your heart

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

	B7
You’re	wonderful so far

	E	E7
And it’s	more than I	hoped for

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

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

C#	F#m
I want you	so bad

E7	A	A7
I think you	ought to	know that

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

A	E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

E	A
For the longest	time

E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh

E

For the longest time

Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (1983)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 1.

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

Vox start on the root

A	Bm
Oh oh oh	oh oh oh oh

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

A

Uptown girl

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

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

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

D	E
I’m gonna	try for an

A

Uptown girl

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

D	E	A
As long as	anyone with	hot blood can

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

D	E
That’s what I	am

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

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

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

D	Bm
She’ll see I’m	not so tough

Em	E
Just because	I’m in love with an

A

Uptown girl

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

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

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

D	E
She’s got a	choice

Bridge

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

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

C	D	D#dim7	Em	D
Ohh...			→

C	D	D#dim7	E
Ohh...

A

Uptown girl

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

D	E	A
But maybe	someday when my	ship comes in

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

D	E
And then I’ll	win

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

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

D	Bm
She’ll say I’m	not so tough

Em	E
Just because	I’m in love with an

A

Uptown girl

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

D	E	A
As long as	anyone with	hot blood can

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

D	E
That’s what I	am

Bridge

C	D	D#dim7	Em	D
Ohh...

C	D	D#dim7	E
Ohh...

(Uptown girl, repeat to fade...)

A

Bm

C#m

D

E

Billy Joel - You May Be Right (1980)

A

Friday night I crashed your party

Saturday I said I’m sorry

	E
Sunday came and trashed me out a	gain

	Bm
I was	only having fun

	G
Wasn’t	hurting anyone

	E	A
And we	all enjoyed the weekend for a	change

	A
I was	stranded in the combat zone

I walked through Bedford Sty alone

	E
Even rode my motorcycle in the	rain

	Bm
And you	told me not to drive

	G
But I	made it home alive

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

	E	A
You may be	right I may be	crazy

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

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

	D	E
You may be	wrong for all I	know

	A
But you may be	right

A

Remember how I found you there

Alone in your electric chair

	E
I told you dirty jokes until you	smiled

	Bm
You were	lonely for a man

	G
I said	take me as I am

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

	A
Now	think of all the years you tried to

Find someone to satisfy you

	E
I might be as crazy as you	say

	Bm
If I’m	crazy then it’s true

	G
That it’s	all because of you

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

	E	A
You may be	right I may be	crazy

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

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

	D	E
You may be	wrong for all I	know

	A
But you may be	right

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

	E	A
You may be	right I may be	crazy

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

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

	D	E
You may be	wrong for all I	know

	A
You may be	right

A

You may be wrong but you may be right

Bon Jovi - Livin’ on a Prayer (1986)

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

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

Am	F	G

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

Am

Tommy used to work on the docks

Am

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

	F	G	Am
It’s t	ough,	so tough

Am

Gina works the diner all day

Am

Working for her man, she brings home her pay

	F	G	Am
For	love,	for lo	ve

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

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

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

	G
We’ll	give it a shot

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

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

C	F	G
Who	a,	livin’ on a prayer

Am

Tommy’s got his six string in hock

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

	F	G	Am
So	tough,	so tough

Am

Gina dreams of running away

When she cries in the night Tommy whispers

	F	G	Am
Baby it’s	O.K.,	some day

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

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

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

	G
We’ll	give it a shot

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

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

C	F	G
Who	oa,	livin’ on a prayer

F	G	Am
Livin’	on a	prayer

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

then come back in with slow, hanging chords.

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

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

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

super-melodramatic chorus here.

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

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

C	F	G
Who	a,	livin’ on a prayer

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

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

C	F	G
Who	a,	livin’ on a prayer

Am

Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive (1987)

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

4 measures high riff, chords are approximately:

Am	G	F	Em7	C	D	Am
						x 2

4 measures low riff, chords are approximately:

D	D	C	A5
			x 3

G	G	A

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gadd9	D	C	A
Wanted	,	dead or a	live

4 measures high riff

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gadd9	D	C	A
Wanted	,	dead or a	live

Solo

When a soloist is available, play the chorus chorus,

and come out in a chorus with vocals.

For typical acoustic performance, let everything just

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

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

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

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

Hard stop on “rocked”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For a Hero (1984)

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

Highest note is the 5 (in the bridge)

I play just once through the intro, play the first

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

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

Vox on the 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	C	G
And he’s	gotta be larger than	life

	Am
Larger than	life

Am

Do do do do

Am7/G

Do do do do

Fmaj7

Do do do do

Eaug	E
Aaah	aaah

Am	G
Somewhere after midnight in my	wildest fantasy

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

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

The “yeah” is an extra measure in this line

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

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

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

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

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

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

Empty measure after this line

	C	G
And he’s	gotta be larger than	life

	Am
I need a	hero

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

Bridge

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

Am

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above

F

Out where the lightning splits the sea

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

Am

Through the wind and the chill and the rain

F

And the storm and the flood

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

Ebdim7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	C	G
And he’s	gotta be larger than	life

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

F	C	G
Am

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983)

Originally around Bbm, I play in Em capo 1

Intro

Em