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 - 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 - 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

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

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 her

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