Aerosmith - Amazing (1993)

Originally in C, I play in C capo 4

Am	G/A	Am	Em7

	Am	G/A
I kept the righ	t ones out and let the	wrong ones in

	C7	F
Had an a	ngel of mercy to see me through all my s	ins

	Fm6/Ab	C/G
There were	times in my life when I was g	oin’ insane

F#m7b5	F
Tryin’ to walk through the p	ain

	Am	G/A
When I l	ost my grip and I	hit the floor

	C7	F
Yeah, I	thought I could leave but couldn’t get out the d	oor

	Fm6/Ab	C/G
I was so	sick and tired of l	ivin’ a lie

	F#m7b5	F
I was wi	shin’ that I would d	ie

	C	Em7	F	C/E	G	C/G	G7
It’s a	mazing,	with the	blink of an eye you	finally see the l	ight

	C	Em7	F	C/E	G	C/G	G7
It’s a	mazing	when the m	oment arrives that you	know you’ll be alr	ight

	F	Em7	D7	G	C
It’s a	mazing	and I’m sa	yin’ a prayer for the	desperate hearts ton	ight

	Am	D7
That	one last shot’s a permanent vac	ation

	F	C	G/B
And	how high can you fly with broken win	gs?

Am	D7
Life’s a journey not a dest	ination

	F	G	C/G	G7
And I	just can’t tell just what tomorrow	brings

	Am	G/A
You have to	learn to crawl before you	learn to walk

	C7	F
But I j	ust couldn’t listen to all that righteous t	alk

	Fm6/Ab	C/G
Well, I was	out on the street, just t	ryin’ to survive

F#m7b5	F
Scratchin’ to stay al	ive

	C	Em7	F	C/E	G	C/G	G7
It’s a	mazing,	with the	blink of an eye you	finally see the l	ight

	C	Em7	F	C/E	G	C/G	G7
It’s a	mazing	when the m	oment arrives that you	know you’ll be alr	ight

	F	Em7	D7	G	C
It’s a	mazing	and I’m sa	yin’ a prayer for the	desperate hearts ton	ight

C	Dm7
	Desperate hearts, desperate hearts

Dm7	C/E
	Did you wanna see without and give what I got

C/F	F
	Oh, wada, wada ah ka kow, ah ka ka ka kow

Solo/outro, with ad libs

C	Dm7	C/E	F
C/G	Am	C/G	F
C	Dm7	C/E	F
C	C7

Aerosmith - Cryin’ (1993)

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

The highest part is the “breathin’ room” after

the first chorus, it goes up to the 4.

When acoustic, I also play something for the main riff

that looks a little more like Bb5 Bb5/G Bb5 C5,

or Eb Eb Bb5 C5. Even just Bb5 Bb5 Bb5 C5 works.

D#5	F5	A#5	C5
			x3

D#5	F5	A#5	C5	D#5

D	A
There was a	time

Bm	F#m
When I was so	broken-hearted

G	D	A
Love wasn’t	much of a	friend of mine

D	A
The tables have	turned, yeah

Bm	F#m
‘Cause me and them	ways have parted

G	D	A
That kind of	love was the	killin’ kind, listen

C	G	C	G
All I	want is some	one I can’t re	sist

Vox start this line on the same note as the last line,

and go a half-step up on “way”

F	C	A
I know all I	need to know by the	way that I got kissed

	D	A
I was	cryin’ when I	met you

	Bm	G
Now I’m	tryin’ to for	get you

D	A	G
Your love is	sweet miser	y

	D	A
I was	cryin’ just to	get you

	F#m	G
Now I’m	dyin’ ‘cause I	let you

D	A	G
Do what you	do, down on	me

Vox in on the 1 of whatever chord is last in this phrase.

That’s C if you’re playing in D. Chords are just the intro

riff.

D#5	F5	A#5	C5
			Now there’s not even breathin’ room

D#5	F5	A#5	C5
			Between pleasure and pain

D#5	F5	A#5	C5
			Yea you cry when we’re makin’ love

D#5	F5	A#5	C5	D#5
			Must be one and the	same

D	A
It’s down on me

Bm	F#m
Yeah I got to tell	you one thing

G	D	A
It’s been on my m	ind, girl	I gotta say

D	A
We’re partners in cri	me

Bm	F#m
You got that certai	n something

G	D	A
What you give to	me takes m	y breath away

	C	G	C	G
Now the	word out on the	street is the	devil’s in your	kiss

F	C	A
If our love goes	up in flames it’s a	fire I can’t resist

	D	A
I was	cryin’ when I	met you

	Bm	G
Now I’m	tryin’ to for	get you

D	A	G
Your love is	sweet miser	y

	D	A
I was	cryin’ just to	get you

	F#m	G
Now I’m	dyin’ ‘cause I	let you

D	A	G
Do what you	do, down on	me

Solo over intro chords

Vox in on the 5 of the first chord

That’s a D# if you’re playing in D

	G#	D#
‘Cause	what you got in	side

	G#	D#
Ain’t	where your love should	stay

Vox down a whole step on “our”, then up a whole step to “ain’t”,

and up a half-step on “give”.

	C#	G#
Yeah	, our love, sweet love	, ain’t love

	A
Yill ya	give your heart away

Note the minor chords are switched in this chorus

	D	A
I was	cryin’ when I	met you

	F#m	G
Now I’m	tryin’ to for	get you

D	A	G
Your love is	sweet miser	y

	D	A
I was	cryin’ just to	get you

	Bm	G
Now I’m	dyin’ to	let you

D	A	G
Do what you	do, down on	baby baby...

Solo

D	A	F#m	G	D	A	G
D	A	Bm	G	D	A	G

Aerosmith - Eat the Rich (1993)

Originally in E, I play in E and sing the chorus an octave down

Intro

NC

Wake up kids, it’s half past the youth

Ain’t nothin’ really changin’ but the date
You're a grand slammer, but you're no Babe Ruth
You gotta learn how to relate
Or you'll be swingin' from the pearly gate
Yeah, I got all the answers, and lo and behold you got the right key baby
But the wrong key hole, yo

More Em, than E, mix in some 7#9’s

E5

	E5
Well, I w	oke up this morning on the wrong side of the bed

	E5
And a-h	ow I got to thinkin’ about all those things you said

	E5
About o	rdinary people and how they make you sick

	E5
And if c	allin’ names kicks back on you then I hope this does the trick

	E5	F#5	G	A
Cause I’m	sick of your	complainin’ about	how many bi	lls

	E5	F#5	G	A
And I’m si	ck of all your	bitchin’ ‘bout your	poodles and your	pills

	E5	F#5	G	A
And I	just can’t see no	humor abo	ut your way of	life

	B
And I	think I can do more for you with this here fork and knife

Simplifying the riff to chords, removing some V’s for playability

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, there’s	only one thing that	they’re g	ood	for

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, I take	one bite now and come	back	for	more

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, I	gotta get this	off	my	chest

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, I take o	ne bite now, spit	out	the r	est, uh-huh

E5

	E5
So I c	alled up my head shrinker and I told him what I’d done

	E5
He said you’d b	est go on a diet, yeah I hope you have some fun

	E5
And a’d	on’t go burst a bubble on the rich folks who get rude

	E5
‘Cause you w	on’t get in no trouble when you eats that kinda food

	E5	F#5	G	A
Well now their	smokin’ up their	junk bonds, and	then they go get	stiff

	E5	F#5	G	A
And they’re	dancin’ in the	yacht club, with	Muff and Uncle	Biff

	E5	F#5	G	A
But there’s	one good thing that	happens, when you	toss your pearls to	swine

	B
Their	attitudes may taste like shit, but go real good with wine

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, there’s	only one thing that	they’re g	ood	for

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, I take	one bite now and come	back	for	more

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, I	gotta get this	off	my	chest

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, I take o	ne bite now, spit	out	the r	est

Repeat intro riff

E5

Solo, with hard stops

A	A	A	A
E	E	E	E
A	A	A	A
B	B	D	D

No more hard stops, band back in

E5

	E5	F#5	G	A
Bel	ieve in all the	good things, that	money just can’t	buy

	E5	F#5	G	A
Then	you won’t get no	belly ache, from	eatin’ humble	pie

	E5	F#5	G	A
I beli	eve in rags to	riches, your inherita	nce won’t	last

	B
So tak	e your Grey Poupon my friend, and shove it up your ass!

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, there’s	only one thing that	they’re g	ood	for

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, I take	one bite now and come	back	for	more

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, I	gotta get this	off	my	chest

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, I take o	ne bite now, spit	out	the r	est

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, there’s	only one thing that	they’re g	ood	for

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, I take	one bite now and come	back	for	more

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, don’t s	top me now I’m g	oi	ng c	razy

E5	D5	A5	D5	A5	G	E5
Eat t	he r	ich, that’s	my idea of a	good	time ba	by

Aerosmith - Fever (1993)

Originally in E, I play in E capo 3

Play the 5’s as 7#9’s

E5

Vox on the 5 on “rip”

	E5
I got a r	ip in my pants and a hole in my brand new shoes

	E5
I got a M	argarita nose and a breath full of Mad Dog booze

Now it’s definitely a major chord, maybe with 6th

	E	A	E	A
I got the f	ever, fev	er, fev	er, fev	er

	E	A
Yeah, they thr	ew me out of jail I tell you	it ain’t fair

	E	A
I tri	ed to kiss the judge from the el	ectrical chair

	E	A	E	D
But w	e all here cause we’re n	ot all there tonight	→

E5

	E5
The gu	itar’s cranked and the bass man’s blown a fuse

	E5
And when the wh	ole gang bangs tell me then what’s your excuse?

	E	A	E	A
We got the f	ever, fev	er, fev	er, fev	er

E	A
Fever gives you lust with an	appetite

	E	A
It h	its you like the fangs from a r	attlesnake bite

	E	A
W	e all here cause we’re n	ot all there tonight

E	D	D	A	A	G	G	A
→		→		→		→

E	D	D	A	A	G	G	A
→		→		→		→

That pattern continues through the bridge, but I’m only writing the second chord from each pair

Vox basically on the 4 of the key (5 of the first chord for the entire bridge, until “caviar”

	D5	A5
We c	an’t run away from tr	ouble

	G5	A5
There ai	n’t no place that f	ar

	D5	A5
But if we	do it right at the sp	eed of light

	G5	A5	B5
There’s the b	ack seat of my	car, cavia	r

E5

Lyrics move a little faster here, no pause after the first line

	E5
I was f	eeling so high I forgot what day

	E5
Now I’m f	eeling low down even slow seems way too fast

	E5
And now the b	ooze don’t work ‘cause the drugs ran out of gas

	E	A	E	A
I got the f	ever, fev	er, fev	er, fev	er

	E	A
The b	uzz that you be getting from the cr	ack don’t last

Every once in a while, I find a line so awkward that I change it for awesomesongbook.com...

	E	A
I’d r	ather be O.D.in’ in the b	ack of the class

	E	A
Yeah w	e all here ‘cause we’re n	ot all there tonight

E	D	D	A	A	G	G	A
→		→		→		→

Same deal, just writing the second chord in each pair

	D5	A5
My	first time ever lov	er

	G5	A5
We fell asl	eep out on the l	awn

	E5	B5
And when	I woke up I was	all alone

	A5	B5
Makin’ l	ove to the crack of	dawn

	D5	A5
So	yo, I beg your pard	on sir

	G5	A5	B5
The	gang...ster of l	ove rides ag	ain

Harmonica solo

E	E	E	E

A	A	B	B

	E
I got the f	ever (you know I got the chill)

	A
F	ever (it give me such a thrill)

	E
F	ever (like a burnin’ plague)

	A
F	ever (yeah, get outta my way)

E	A
Fever may be hell and a cr	oss to bear

	E	A
As l	ong as I’m in heaven honey	I don’t care

	E	A
You l	ook so good baby l	ook so fine

	E	A
I t	ell you you’re the image of the p	erfect crime

	E	A
You g	ets so tired holding	on so tight

	E	A
If you th	ink you’re going crazy well you m	ay be right

	E	A
Yeah, w	e’re all here ‘cause we’re n	ot all there, that’s right

E	D
→

Aerosmith - I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing (1998)

Originally in D, I play in A

Highest note that matters is the 5

Intro, loosely, or just skip this

B/F#	G#m7	Bsus4	Bsus4
			x 2

Vox on 2 2 3 5 6 on “i could stay awake”, up to the higher 3 on “hear”

	A	E/G#	F#m7
I could	stay awake	just to hear you	breathin’

	D	C#m	Bm7
Watch you	smile while you are	sleepin’, while you’re	far away and dreamin’

	A	E/G#	F#m7
I could	spend my life	in this sweet surr	ender

	D	A/C#	Bm7
I could	stay lost in this	moment, for	ever

	C#m7	Dmaj7	Esus4
Every moment	spent with	you is a moment I	treasure

A	E/G#
I don’t want to	close my eyes

Bm7	D
I don’t want to fall asleep ‘cause I’d	miss you baby

	E	A
And I don’t want to	miss a th	ing

	E/G#
‘Cause even when I	dream of you

Bm7	D
The sweetest dream would never do, I’d still	miss you baby

Hang the last chord in this line

	D	E	A	E/G#	Bm7
And I d	on’t want to	miss a th	ing

	A	E/G#	F#m7
Lyin’ c	lose to you feelin	g your heart beat	ing

	D	A/C#
And I’m wo	nderin’ what you’re	dreaming

	Bm7
Wonderin’	if it’s me you’re seein’

	A	E/G#	F#m7
Then I k	iss your eyes and	thank God we’re to	gether

	C#m7	Dmaj7	Esus4
I just want to	stay with	you in this moment for	ever, forever and ever

A	E/G#
I don’t want to	close my eyes

Bm7	D
I don’t want to fall asleep ‘cause I’d	miss you baby

	E	A
And I don’t want to	miss a th	ing

	E/G#
‘Cause even when I	dream of you

Bm7	D
The sweetest dream would never do, I’d still	miss you baby

	D	E	A
And I d	on’t want to	miss a th	ing

Bridge

	G	D/F#
I don’t want to	miss one smile, I don’t want to	miss one kiss

	F	C/E
I just want to	be with you right here with you,	just like this

	G	D/F#
I just want to	hold you close, feel your heart so	close to mine

	Am7	Esus4
And just	stay here in this moment, for all the	rest of time

Yeah, yeah, yeaaaah

A	E/G#
I don’t want to	close my eyes

Bm7	D
I don’t want to fall asleep ‘cause I’d	miss you baby

	E	A
And I don’t want to	miss a th	ing

	E/G#
‘Cause even when I	dream of you

Bm7	D
The sweetest dream would never do, I’d still	miss you baby

	D	E	A
And I d	on’t want to	miss a th	ing

A	E/G#
I don’t want to	close my eyes

Bm7	D
I don’t want to fall asleep ‘cause I’d	miss you baby

One-off minor chord

	D	E	F#m
And I d	on’t want to	miss a th	ing

	E/G#
‘Cause even when I	dream of you

Bm7	D
The sweetest dream would never do, I’d still	miss you baby

	D	E	A
And I d	on’t want to	miss a th	ing

Aerosmith - Livin’ on the Edge (1993)

Originally in D, I play in A

Intro

Asus2

Vox on the 5

	A
There’s s	omething wrong with the world today, I don’t know what it is

F#m	F#m	E
Something’s wrong with our eyes	→

	A
We’re	seeing things in a different way, and god knows it ain’t his

	F#m
It	sure ain’t no surprise, yeah!

Vox on 5 3 2 1 3 on “livin’ on the edge”

	A
We’re livin’ on the	edge

	A
Livin’ on the	edge

	F	D
Livin’ on the	edge

	A
Livin’ on the	edge

	A
There’s	something wrong with the world today, the lightbulb’s getting dim

	F#m	F#m	E
There’s	meltdown in the sky	→

	A
If	you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin

	F#m
Then	mister you’re a better man than I

	A
We’re livin’ on the	edge (you can’t help yourself from falling)

	A
Livin’ on the	edge (you can’t help yourself at all)

	F	D
Livin’ on the	edge	(you can’t stop yourself from falling)

	A
Livin’ on the	edge

Bridge

Vox on the b7 of the chord

C#

Tell me what you think about your situation

C#

Complication, aggravation

	F#m
Is	getting to you, yeah!

	C#
If	Chicken Little tells you that the sky is fallin’

C#

Even if it was then would you still come crawling

D	E
Back again, I bet you	would, my friend

	F	A
A	gain and again and again and again and a	gain

Solo

A	F	D	D/A	A
		→

F	D	C	A

Yeah!

C#

Tell me what you think about your situation

C#	F#m
Complication, aggravation is	getting to you

	C#
If	Chicken Little tells you that the sky is fallin’

C#

Even if it was, would you still come crawling

D	E
Back again, I bet you	would, my friend

	F
A	gain and again and again and again

Vox on octave higher than the other verses

	A
There’s	something right with the world today, and everybody knows it’s wrong

Hard stop, with a long pause for space noises

	F#m
Well we could	tell ‘em no, we could let it go but I would rather be hangin’ on

	A
Livin’ on the	edge (you can’t help yourself from falling)

	A
Livin’ on the	edge (you can’t help yourself at all)

	F	D
Livin’ on the	edge (you can’t stop yourself from	falling)

	A
Livin’ on the	edge

	F	E
Livin’ on the	edge

	D	C
Livin’ on the	edge

	B	A#
Livin’ on the	edge

A#	A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah

Asus2

	F	D
Livin’ on the	edge (you can’t help yourself from	falling)

C	A
Livin’ on the	edge (you can’t help yourself at all)

	F	D
Livin’ on the	edge (you can’t stop yourself from	falling)

C	A
Livin’ on the	edge

Aerosmith - Love in an Elevator (1993)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

A7#9	A7#9	A7#9	A7#9
G	G

Vox on the b5 on this line

All these I’s could be I, or I7, i, or I7#9, or I5... I play I7

The IV at the end of this line is a bVI originally

	A	C	D
W	orkin’ like a dog f	or the boss-man

A	C	D
Workin’ for the compa	ny

	A	C	D
I’m	bettin’ on the d	ice I’m tossin’

	A	C	D
I’m	gonna have a	fantasy

	D	G	A
But w	here am I gonn	a look

	D	G	A
They	tell me that love	is blind

	D	G	A
I	really need a girl like	an open	book

	D	G	A
To	read between	the	lines

	E
Lo	ve in an elevator

E

Livin’ it up when I’m goin’ down

E

Love in an elevator

E	E	D#	D
Lovin’ it up till I hi	t t	he	ground

	A	C	D
J	ackie’s in the	elevator

A	C	D
Lingerie second	floor

	A	C	D
She	said can I see y	ou later

	A	C	D
And	love you just a	little more

	D	G	A
I kin	da hope we get st	uck

	D	G	A
Nobod	y gets out alive

	D	G	A
She said I’ll sh	ow you how to fax	in t	he mailroom, honey

	D	G	A
An	d have y	ou home by	five

	E
L	ove in an elevator

E

Livin’ it up when I’m goin’ down

E

Love in an elevator

E

Lovin’ it up till I hit the ground

	A
In the	air, in the air, in the air

	A
Honey	one more time now it ain’t fair

	E
L	ove in an elevator

E

Lovin’ it up when I’m goin’ down

D	G

Solo on Intro riff, then bizarre breakdown I’m not trying to write out

A7#9	A7#9	A7#9	A7#9	D	G
					x4

A	C	D
Gonna be a penthou	se pauper

A	C	D
Gonna be a million	are

A	C	D
I’m gonna be a real f	ast talker

A	C	D
And have me a love affair

	D	G	A
Gotta	get my timin’ ri	ght

	D	G	A
It’s a	test that I got	to pa	ss

	D	G	A
I’ll	chase you all the	way	to stairway, honey

D	G	A
Kiss your s	assafra	ss

	E
L	ove in an elevator

E

Livin’ it up when I’m goin’ down

E

Love in an elevator

E

Livin’ it up till I hit the ground

	A
Do you	care, do you care

	A
Honey	one more time now it ain’t fair

Alice In Chains - Man in the Box (1990)

Originally in E5, I play in A5, highest note is the 5 (“fee-ee-ee-eed my eyes”)

Intro

A5

Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, oh

A5

Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, oh

Vox on the 5

A5

I’m the man in the box

A5

Buried in my pit

C5	A5
Won’t you come and	save me, save me

Am	C	G
Fee-	e-e-e-eed my e	yes

D

Can you sew them shut?

Am	C	G
Jee-	-e-e-e-sus C	hrist

	D
Den	y your maker

Am	C	G
Hee-	-e-e-e-e who trie	s

D

Will be wasted

	Am	C	G
Oh,	fee-	-e-e-eed my	eyes

D

Now you’ve sewn them shut

A5

Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, oh

A5

I’m the dog who gets beat

A5

Shove my nose in spit

C5	A5
Won’t you come and	save me, save me

Am	C	G
Fee-	e-e-e-eed my e	yes

D

Can you sew them shut?

Am	C	G
Jee-	-e-e-e-sus C	hrist

	D
Den	y your maker

Am	C	G
Hee-	-e-e-e-e who trie	s

D

Will be wasted

	Am	C	G
Oh,	fee-	-e-e-eed my	eyes

D

Now you’ve sewn them shut

Solo on verse chords, repeat chorus

Amy Grant - Baby, Baby (1991)

Originally in F#, I play in A capo 2

Highest note that matters is the 3

Intro

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
			→	x4

Vox on 3 5 6 1 on “baby baby”

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
Baby,	baby I’m t	aken with the	noti	on

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
To l	ove you with the	sweetest of d	evot	ion

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
Baby,	baby my te	nder love will	flow f	rom

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
The bl	uest sky t	o the deepest	oce	an

Gmaj9	Em11
Stop for a minute, baby I’m so	glad you’re

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
Mine	yeah		→

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
			→

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
Baby,	baby the s	tars are shining f	or y	ou

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
And j	ust like me I’m	sure that they a	dore	you

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
Baby,	baby go wa	lking through the	fores	t

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
The birds	above are	singing you a	chor	us

Gmaj9	Em11
Stop for a minute, baby they’re so	glad you’re

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
Mine	oh yeah		→

	E6	D6
And	ever since the day you	put my heart in motion

E6	D/G
Baby I realize that there’s j	ust no getting over you

Original changes key here, I don’t

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
			→	x2

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
Baby,	baby in	any kind of	weat	her

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
I’m he	re for you a	lways and for	ev	er

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
Baby,	baby no	muscle man could	sev	er

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
My lov	e for you is t	rue and it will	nev	er

Gmaj9	Em11
Stop for a minute, baby I’m so	glad you’re

A	D6	A	D6	A/E
Mine			→

	E6	D6
And e	ver since the day you	put my heart in motion

E6	D6
Baby I realize, t	here’s no getting over you

Solo, the original is back in the starting key now

A	D6	C6	Bm7
			x4

	E6	D6
And	ever since the day you	put my heart in motion

E6	D6
Baby I realize that there’s j	ust no getting over you

Now the orignal goes back to the higher key

A	E6	Am/C	E6	A/E
			→	Over you

A	E6	Am/C	E6	A/E
			→

A	E6	Am/C	E6	A/E
Baby,	baby, alw	ays and f	orev	er

A	E6	Am/C	E6	A/E
			→

	A	E6	Am/C	E6	A/E
I’m	here for you b	aby,	I’m s	o glad y	ou’re mine

A	E6	Am/C	E6	A/E
			→

	A	E6	Am/C	E6	A/E
When I	think about you it m	akes me smile	bab	y, baby b	e mine

A	E6	Am/C	E6	A/E
			→

A

Amy Grant - Every Heartbeat (1991)

Originally in A, I play in D, highest note is the 2 (“stake my claim”)

D	Em7
	x2

D

Hear me speak what’s on my mind

Em7

Let me give this testimony

D

Reaffirm that you will find

Em7

That you are my one and only

Em7

No exception to this rule

Vox on the 7 and #4 (!) of the chord on “I’m simp”

Cmaj7

I’m simple but I’m no fool

Em7

I’ve got a witness happy to say

D	C	G/B	D/A
Every	hour	every d	ay

D	A	F#m	G
Every	heartbeat	bears your	name

D	A	Bm	G
Loud and	clear they s	take my	claim

D	A	F#m	G
My r	ed blood	runs true	blue

	G	D/F#	G	A
And e	very	heartbeat	belongs to	you

Bm

D

Classic case of boy meets girl

Em7

Moving in the same direction

D

You’re not asking for the world

Em7

I’m not asking for perfection

Em7

Just a love that’s well-designed

Cmaj7

For passing the test of time

Em7

I’m here to tell you, I’m here to stay

D	C	G/B	D/A
Every	hour	every d	ay

D	A	F#m	G
Every	heartbeat	bears your	name

D	A	Bm	G
Loud and	clear they s	take my	claim

D	A	F#m	G
Ask any	one and they’ll	tell you it’s	true

	G	D/F#	G	A
That e	very	heartbeat	belongs to	you

D	A	F#m	G
Every	heartbeat	bears your	name

D	A	Bm	G
Loud and	clear they s	take my	claim, yeah

D	A	F#m	G
My r	ed blood	runs true	blue

	G	D/F#	G	A
And e	very	heartbeat	belongs to	you

Trippy bridge

Am	E	Am	D	Em7
Ooh o	oh,	ooh	ooh

Am	E	Am	D
Ooh o	oh,	ooh	ooh

Em7

Yeah, sure maybe I’m on the edge

	C
But I	love you, baby and like I said

D

I’m here to tell you

D/C

I’m here to stay

G/B	D/A
Every h	our, every day

Let ring

D	A	F#m	G
Every	heartbeat	bears your	name

D	A	Bm	G
Loud and	clear they s	take my	claim

D	A	F#m	G
Ask any	one and they’ll	tell you it’s	true

	G	D/F#	G	A
That e	very	heartbeat	belongs to	you

Band back in

D	A	F#m	G
Every	heartbeat	bears your	name

D	A	Bm	G
Loud and	clear they s	take my	claim, yeah

D	A	F#m	G
My r	ed blood	runs true	blue

	G	D/F#	G	A
And e	very	heartbeat	belongs to	you

Anthrax - Only (1993)

Originally in Bm, I play in Em capo 2, with the main

riff as Em7, Cadd9, G/B, Cadd9, then to power chords

E5	E5/C	E5/B	E5/C
E5	E5/C	E5/B	A5

All the i5’s alternate w/VII5, which I leave out here.

E5

Everything is perfect

G5	C#5	C5
Everything is	sick, that’s	it

E5

You can’t tell me to stop it

G5	C#5	C5
You can’t tell me not to	quit, that’s	it

Em7

Revolve around yourself

It’s you and no one else

C#dim	C5
Hard for me to	stay

Em7

Swinging moods that change

From calmness to deranged

C#dim	C5	A5
Unpredictable,	unpredicta	ble

	E5	E5/C
You would see if	on	ly

	E5/B	A5
You hadn’t	taken things out of my	hands

Actually does i, i/3, i/2, IV, but I prefer the same i, i/6, i/5, IV

	E5	E5/C	E5/B	A5
If	on	ly you never	wanted to under	stand

E5

Classic ways to live here

G5	C#5	C5
Compromise for	me

E5

I’m at both ends of the spectrum

G5	C#5	C5
You’re somewhere in the	between,	I come clean

Em7

Revolve around yourself

It’s you and no one else

C#dim	C5
Hard for me to	stay

Em7

Swinging moods that change

From calmness to deranged

C#dim	C5	A5
Unpredictable,	unpredicta	ble

	E5	E5/C
You would see if	on	ly

	E5/B	A5
You hadn’t	taken things out of my	hands

	E5	E5/C	E5/B	A5
If	on	ly you never	wanted to under	stand

Solo, skip acoustic, basically a zillion i5’s, then a chorus

With regular chorus lyrics

E5	E5/C	E5/B	A5
Crucified,	terrified,	sacrifice,	my whole life

E5	E5/C	E5/B	A5
My whole life,	my whole life,	my whole life,	my whole life

Actually does i VII IV here, I play chorus chords

	E5
I can’t con	tain myself

	E5/C
I can’t con	tain myself

	E5/B	A5
I just can’t	take myself

Billy Joel - The River of Dreams (1993)

On guitar, play as barre and ignore most extensions.

Gmaj7	Gmaj7	Cmaj7	D6

x 4, with oooh, ahh

G

In the middle of (I go walking in)

	G9
In the middle of (I go	walking in)

C	Cmaj7
In the middle of (I go	walking in)

D

In the middle of (I go walking in)

	G
In the middle of the	night

I go walking in my sleep

	G7	C
From the	mountains of	faith

	Cmaj7	D
To the	river so	deep

	G
I must be looking for	something

Something sacred I lost

	G7	C
But the	river is	wide

	Cmaj7	D
And it’s	too hard to	cross

Em	Gmaj7
And even though I know the	river is wide

	Cmaj7	G
I walk	down every evening and	stand on the shore

Cmaj7	Gmaj7
I try to cross to the	opposite side

	A7	D
So I can	finally find out what I’ve been	looking for

	G
In the middle of the	night

I go walking in my sleep

	G7	C
Through the	valley of	fear

	Cmaj7	D
To a	river so	deep

	G
I’ve been searching for	something

Taken out of my soul

	G7	C
Something	I could never	lose

	Cmaj7	D
Something	somebody	stole

	Em	Gmaj7
I	don’t know why I go	walking at night

	Cmaj7	G
But now I’m	tired and I don’t want to	walk anymore

	Cmaj7	Gmaj7
I	hope it doesn’t take the	rest of my life

	A7	D
Until I	find what it is I’ve been	looking for

Hang for 1 measure

	G
In the middle of the	night

I go walking in my sleep

	G7	C
Through the	jungle of	doubt

	Cmaj7	D
To the	river so	deep

	G
I know I’m	searching for something

Something so undefined

	G7	C
That it can	only be	seen

	Cmaj7	D
By the	eyes of the	blind

	G
In the middle of the	night

Note the lyrics are reversed wrt the intro

G

I go walking in the, in the middle of the

	G7
I go walking in the, in the	middle of the

C	Cmaj7
I go walking in the, in the	middle of the

D

I go walking in the, in the middle of the

G

I go walking in the, in the middle of the

	G7
I go walking in the, in the	middle of the

C	Cmaj7
I go walking in the, in the	middle of the

D

I go walking in the, in the middle of the

Em	Gmaj7
I’m not sure about a	life after this

	Cmaj7	G
God	knows I’ve never been a	spiritual man

Cmaj7	Gmaj7
Baptized by the	fire

	A	D
I wade into the	river that is running through the	promised land

Hang for 1 meaure and 2 extra beats

	G
In the middle of the	night

I go walking in my sleep

	G7	C
Through the	desert of	truth

	Cmaj7	D
To the	river so	deep

	G
We all end in the	ocean

We all start in the streams

	G7	C
We’re all	carried a	long

	Cmaj7	D
By the	river of	dreams

	G
In the middle of the	night

I go walking in the, in the middle of the

	G7
I go walking in the, in the	middle of the

C	Cmaj7
I go walking in the, in the	middle of the

D

I go walking in the, in the middle of the

Blind Melon - No Rain (1992)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

A
A	G	A	G
			x2

A	G
All I can say is that my l	ife is pretty plain

	D	C	A	A7
I	like watchin’ the puddles	gather	rain

	A	G
And	all I can do is just	pour some tea for two

	D	C	A	A7
And	speak my point of view but	it’s not	sane

	A
It’s not s	ane

A	G	A	G
I just want	someone to	say to me o	h

A	G	A	G
I’ll always	be there when you w	ake	yeah

A	G	A	G
You know I’d like to	keep my cheeks	dry today

A	G	A	G
So stay with	me and I’ll have it	made

	A	G
And I	don’t understand why I	sleep all day

	D	C	A	A7
And I	start to complain that t	here’s no	rain

	A	G
And	all I can do is read a	book to stay awake

	D	C	A
It	rips my life away, but it’s a	great esca	pe

	A
Esc	ape, escape, escape

Solo

A	G	A	G
			x2

Let ring

A	G
All I can say is that my	life is pretty plain

	D
You don’t	like my point of view

	C	A
You think	that I’m	insane

	A
It’s not s	ane, it’s not sane

A	G	A	G
I just want	someone to	say to me o	h

A	G	A	G
I’ll always	be there when you w	ake	yeah

A	G	A	G
You know I’d like to	keep my cheeks	dry today

A	G	A	G
So stay with	me and I’ll have it	made

	A	G
I’ll have it m	ade

	A	G
I’ll have it m	ade

	A	G
Oh oh oh	oh

	A	G
Oh oh oh	oh

A

Blink 182 - All the Small Things (1999)

Originally in C, I play in A

E	D
→

A	D/A	E	E
E	D
→

A	D/A	E	E

A	E
All the,	small things

D	E
True care,	truth brings

A	E
I’ll take,	one lift

D	E
Your ride,	best trip

A	E
Always,	I know

D	E
You’ll be,	at my show

A	E
Watching,	waiting

D	E
Commis	erating

A	E/A
Say it ain’t so, I will not	go

	D	A
Turn the lights	off, carry me	home

A

Nana nana nana nana na na

E	D
Nana nana nan	a nana na na

A

Nana nana nana nana na na

E	D
Nana nana nan	a nana na na

A	D/A	E	E
E	D
→

A	D/A	E	E
E	D
→

A	E
Late night,	come home

D	E
Work sucks,	I know

A	E
She left me	roses

	D
By the s	tairs

	E
Sur	prises let me know she cares

A	E
Say it ain’t so, I will not	go

	D	A
Turn the lights	off, carry me	home

A

Nana nana nana nana na na

E	D
Nana nana nan	a nana na na

A

Nana nana nana nana na na

E	D
Nana nana nan	a nana na na

Bridge

A	A	D	E
			x4

A	E/A
Say it ain’t so, I will not	go

	D	A
Turn the lights	off, carry me	home

A	E
Keep your head s	till

	E
I’ll be your	thrill

	D
The night will go	on

	A
My little wind	mill

A	E
Say it ain’t so, I will not	go

	D
Turn the lights	off

	A
Carry me	home

A	E
Keep your head still, I’ll be your	thrill

	D
The night will go	on

	D
The night will go o	n

	A
My little wind	mill

Blues Traveler - Hook (1995)

Originally in A, I play in D capo 1

Intro

D	A	Bm	F#
G	D	G	A

D	A	Bm7	F#7
It doesn’t	matter what I	say

G	D	G	A
So long as	I sing with in	flec	tion

D	A	Bm7	F#7
That makes you	feel that I’ll con	vey

G	D	G	A
Some inner	truth of vast re	flec	tion

D	A	Bm7	F#7
But I’ve said	nothing so	far

G	D	G	A
And I can keep	it up as	long as it	takes

D	A	Bm	F#7
And it don’t	matter who you	are

G	D	G	A
If I’m d	oing my job, it’s	your resolve that	breaks

	D	A	Bm	F#7
Because the	hook	brings you	back

G	D	G	A
I ain’t	tellin’ you no	lie

	D	A	Bm	F#7
The	hook	brings you	back

G	D	G	A
On t	hat you can rel	y

D	A	Bm	F#7
There is	something am	iss

G	D	G	A
I am	being insinc	ere

D	A	Bm	F#7
In fact I	don’t mean	any of this

G	D	G	A
Still my conf	ession draws you	near

D	A	Bm	F#7
To confuse the i	ssue I re	fer

G	D	G	A
To familiar h	eroes from	long ago

D	A	Bm	F#7
No matter how	much Peter l	oved her

G	D	G	A
What made the	pan refuse to	grow

	D	A	Bm	F#7
Was that the	hook	brings you	back

G	D	G	A
I ain’t	tellin’ you no	lie

	D	A	Bm	F#7
The	hook	brings you	back

G	D	G	A
On t	hat you can rel	y

Solo

D	A	Bm	F#
G	D	G	A

D

Suck it in, suck it in, suck it in

	A
If you’re	Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn

Bm	F#7
Make a desperate move or else you’ll w	in

	G
And then begin to	see what you’re doing to me

	D
This	MTV is not for free

	G
It’s s	o PC it’s killing me

	A
So d	esperately I’ll sing to thee of

D	A
Love, sure but a	lso rage and hate and pain

	Bm	F#7
And	fear of self, and	I can’t keep these feelings on the

G	D
Shelf, I’ve tried, well, n	o in fact I’ve lied

	G	A
Could b	e financial suicide but I	’ve got too much pride inside to

D	A
Hide or slide, I’ll d	o as I’ll decide and

	Bm
Let it r	ide until I’ve died

	F#7
And only	then shall I abide

	G
This tide of c	atchy little tunes

	D
Or h	ip three-minute ditties

	G
I wanna	bust all your balloons

	A
I wanna	burn all of your cities

	D
To the g	round I’ve found

	A
I w	ill not mess around

	Bm
Unless I	play then hey

	F#7
I	will go on all day

	G
Hear what I	say, I have a prayer to pray

	D
That’s r	eally all this was

	G
And when I’m	feeling stuck and need a buck

	A
I d	on’t rely on luck because

	D	A	Bm	F#7
Was that the	hook	brings you	back

G	D	G	A
I ain’t	tellin’ you no	lie

	D	A	Bm	F#7
The	hoooooo

G	D	G	A
On t	hat you can rel	y

Blues Traveler - Run-Around (1994)

Originally in G, I play in D capo 2

D	Gadd9	Em	A
			x6

D	Gadd9	Em	A
Once up	on a	midnight	dearie

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
I w	oke with something i	n my he	ad

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
I	couldn’t es	cape the	memo	ry

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Of a p	hone call and of	what you sa	id

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Like a g	ame show con	testant with a	parting g	ift

	D	G	Em	A
I could	not belie	ve my e	yes

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
When I	saw through the	voice of a	trusted f	riend

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Who needs to	humor me and	tell me	lies

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Yeah h	umor me and	tell me l	ies

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
And	I’ll lie	too and say	I don’t	mind

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
And	as we	seek so	shall we f	ind

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
And	when you’re feeling	open I’ll s	till be h	ere

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
But	not without a	certain degr	ee of fe	ar

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Of w	hat will	be with	you and	me

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
I s	till can	see things h	opefull	y

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
But	you

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Why you wanna g	ive me a	run-aro	und

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Is it a	sure-fire	way to s	peed things	up

	D	Gadd9	Em	A	D	Gadd9	Em	A
When	all it does is	sl	oo	ow me d	own

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
And s	hake m	e and my c	onfid	ence

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
About a g	reat man	y thing	s

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
But I’ve	been there	I can	see it c	ower

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Like a n	ervous magician	waiting in the w	ings

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Of a	bad	play where the	heroes are r	ight

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
And n	obody t	hinks or ex	pects too m	uch

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
And H	ollywood’s	calling for the	movie r	ights

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Singing h	ey babe let’s	keep in t	ouch

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Hey b	aby let	’s keep in	touch

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
But I want m	ore than a	touch I w	ant you to reach	me

Not a typo, he says “thing”, not “things”

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
And s	how me all the	thing no one	else can se	e

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
So w	hat you	feel become m	ine as	well

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
And s	oon if we’re	lucky we’d be un	able to t	ell

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
What’s yo	urs and	mine, the f	inshing f	ine

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
And it d	oesn’t have to	rhyme so don’t f	eed me a l	ine

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
But	you

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Why you wanna g	ive me a	run-aro	und

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Is it a	sure-fire	way to s	peed things	up

	D	Gadd9	Em	A	D	Gadd9	Em	A
When	all it does is	sl	oo	ow me d	own

Solo

D	Gadd9	Em	A
			x 8

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Tra la la la la b	oaba	dear this is the p	ilot spe	aking

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
And I’ve	got some	news for y	ou

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
It seems my s	hip still s	tands no matter w	hat you d	rop

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
And there ain’t a w	hole lot that	you can	do

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Oh sure the b	anner may be	torn and w	ind’s gotten c	older

D	Gadd9	Em	A
Perhaps I’ve	grown a little c	ynical

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
But I k	now no m	atter what the w	aitress b	rings

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
I shall d	rink it and	always	be ful	l

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Yeah I will	drink it and	always	be f	ull

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Oh	I like	coffee and	I like t	ea

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
I’d like to	be able to	enter a f	inal p	lea

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
I s	till got this	dream that you j	ust can’t s	hake

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
I l	ove you to the	point you can no	longer t	ake

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Well all r	ight,	okay, s	o be that w	ay

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
I h	ope and	pray that there’s so	mething left to	say

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
But	you

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Why you wanna g	ive me a	run-aro	und

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Is it a	sure-fire	way to s	peed things	up

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
When	all it does is	sllw me down

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
But	you

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Why you wanna g	ive me a	run-aro	und

	D	Gadd9	Em	A
Is it a	sure-fire	way to s	peed things	up

	D	Gadd9	Em	A	D	Gadd9	Em	A
When	all it does is	sl	oo	ow me d	own

Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love (1997)

Dylan in Db, Adele in Bb, Garth Brooks in D

I play in D on piano, in C capo 2 on guitar

Starts with a quick V→I, or do an instrumental verse

C	G/B
When the rain is blowing	in your face

Gm/Bb	F/A
And the whole world is	on your case

Fm/Ab	C/G
I could offer you a	warm embrace

D9/F#	F/G	C
To make you	feel my	love

C	G/B
When evening shadows and the	stars appear

Gm/Bb	F/A
And there is no one there to	dry your tears

Fm/Ab	C/G
I could hold you for a	million years

D9/F#	F/G	C
To make you	feel my	love

F	C
I know you haven’t made your	mind up yet

C+	F	C
But I would	never do you	wrong

F	C
I’ve known it from the moment	that we met

	Dm7	G
N	o doubt in my mind where you	belong

C	G/B
I’d go hungry, I’d go	black and blue

Gm/Bb	F/A
I’d go crawling down the	avenue

Fm/Ab	C/G
Oh there’s nothing that I	wouldn’t do

D9/F#	F/G	C
To make you	feel my	love

Solo

C	G/B	Gm/Bb	F/A
Fm/Ab	C/G	D9/F#	F/G	C

F	C
The storms are raging on the	rolling sea

E	F	C
And on the	highway of	regret

F	C
The winds of change are blowing	wild and free

	Dm7	G
Y	ou ain’t seen nothing like me	yet

C	G/B
I could make you happy, make your	dreams come true

Gm/Bb	F/A
There is nothing that I wou	ldn’t do

Fm/Ab	C/G
Go to the ends of the	Earth for you

D9/F#	F/G	C
To make you	feel my	love

D9/F#	F/G	C
To make you	feel my	love

Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses (1992)

Originally in F, I play in C capo 2.

Note this is IV → I, not I → IV.

F	C	F	C
			(x2)

	F	C
S	itting here wasted and wounded at this old pi	ano

	F
Trying h	ard to capture the moment

	C
This morning I d	on’t know

	Em	F
‘Cause a b	ottle of vodka is still	lodged in my head

	C
And some bl	ond gave me nightmares

	F
Think she’s still in my b	ed

	F
As I dr	eam about movies they

G	C
Won’t make of me when I’m d	ead

	F
With an	ironclad fist

	C
I wake up and French kiss the m	orning

	F
While some m	arching band keeps its own beat

	C
In my head while we’re	talking

	Em	F
About	all of the things, that I	long to believe

	C
About l	ove, the truth, what you mean to me

	F
And the tr	uth is

F	G	C	G/B
Baby, you’re	all that I	need

	Am
I wanna l	ay

	G	F	C
You	down in a	bed of r	oses

	Am
For ton	ight

	G	F	C
I s	leep on a	bed of n	ails

	F	C
Oh, I want to b	e just as c	lose as

	F	C
The h	oly g	host is

	Am	G	F
And l	ay	you	down

	C
On a bed of	roses

	F
Well I’m s	o far away

	C
Each step that I take’s on my w	ay home

	F
A king’s r	ansom in dimes

	C
Given each night to see through this p	ay phone

	Em
Still I r	un out of time

	F
Or it’s	hard to get through

	C
Till the b	ird on the wire flies me back to you

	F
I’ll j	ust close my eyes, whisper

F	G	C	G/B
Baby,	blind love is	true

	Am
I wanna l	ay

	G	F	C
You	down in a	bed of r	oses

	Am
For ton	ight

	G	F	C
I s	leep on a	bed of n	ails

	F	C
Oh, I want to b	e just as c	lose as

	F	C
The h	oly g	host is

	Am	G	F
And l	ay	you	down

	C
On a bed of	roses

Bridge

	F
Well this h	otel bar’s hangover

	G	C
W	hiskey’s gone dry the bark	eeper’s wig’s crooked

And she’s giving me the eye

	F
I m	ight have said yes

	F	G	C	G/B
But I	laughed so hard	I think I	died

Solo on chorus chords, more or less

	F
Now as y	ou close your eyes

	C
Know I’ll be thinking ab	out you

	F
While my m	istress she calls me

	C
To stand in her spotlight	again

	F
Tonight I w	on’t be alone

	C
But you know that don’t mean I’m not l	onely

	Am	G	F
I’ve got n	othing to p	rove for it’s	you

	F	C	G/B
That I’d	die to def	end

	Am
I wanna l	ay

	G	F	C
You	down in a	bed of r	oses

	Am
For ton	ight

	G	F	C
I s	leep on a	bed of n	ails

	F	C
Oh, I want to b	e just as c	lose as

	F	C
The h	oly g	host is

	Am	G	F
And l	ay	you	down

	Am
I wanna l	ay

	G	F	C
You	down in a	bed of r	oses

	Am
For ton	ight

	G	F	C
I s	leep on a	bed of n	ails

	F	C
Oh, I want to b	e just as c	lose as

	F	C
The h	oly g	host is

	Am	G	F	C
And l	ay	you	down on a bed of	roses

Bon Jovi - I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (1992)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

G

Hey hey hey, yeah yeah yeah

F	G
Sev	en days of Saturday is all that I need

F	G
Got	no use for Sundays ‘cause I don’t rest in peace

	F	G
I		don’t need no Mondays or the rest of the week

	F	G
I	spend a l	ot of time in bed but baby I don’t like to sleep no

D

I won’t lie to you, I’m never gonna cry to you

I’ll probably drive you wild eight days a week

F

	G	C	G
Until I’m	six feet under baby	I don’t need a	bed

	C	F	G
Gonna	live while I’m alive I’ll s	leep when I’m d	ead

	G	C	G
Till they	roll me over and	lay my bones to r	est

	C	F	G
Gonna	live while I’m alive I’ll s	leep when I’m d	ead

G

Alright, listen up

This verse doesn’t have the b7’s, it’s basically all I7 with

some IV-ish vamping

	G
So you’re	looking for some action I got got everything you need

	G
Better k	eep your motor running ‘cause I was built for speed

	G
This ain’t no	slumber party got no time for catching z’s

	G
If they s	ay that that ain’t healthy well then living’s a disease, cause

D

We’re never gonna die baby, come on let me drive you crazy

We’ll make every night another New Year’s Eve

	G	C	G
Until I’m	six feet under baby	I don’t need a	bed

	C	F	G
Gonna	live while I’m alive I’ll s	leep when I’m d	ead

	G	C	G
Till they	roll me over and	lay my bones to r	est

	C	F	G
Gonna	live while I’m alive I’ll s	leep when I’m d	ead

	F	G
S	leep when I’m d	ead

	F	C
S	leep when I’m d	ead

Drop out on “alive”

	C	F	G
Gonna	live while I’m alive I’ll s	leep when I’m d	ead

Solo

F	C	G	G
			x 3

F	C	D	D

Sparse

F	G
Sev	en days of Saturday is all that I need

F	G
Got	no use for Sunday ‘cause I don’t rest in peace

F	G
I was	lorn to live you know I wasn’t born to die

	G
But if they	party down in heaven I’ll be sure to be on time

	G	C	G
Until I’m	six feet under baby	I don’t need a	bed

	C	F	G
Gonna	live while I’m alive I’ll s	leep when I’m d	ead

	G	C	G
Till they	roll me over and	lay my bones to r	est

	C	F	G
Gonna	live while I’m alive I’ll s	leep when I’m d	ead

	G	C	G
I	feel like I’m exploding going	out of my	head

	C	F	G
Gonna	live while I’m alive I’ll s	leep when I’m d	ead

	G	C	G
Until I’m	six feet under baby	I don’t need a	bed

	C	F	G
Gonna	live while I’m alive I’ll s	leep when I’m d	ead

	F	G
S	leep when I’m d	ead

	F	C
S	leep when I’m d	ead

Drop out on “alive”

	C	F	G
Gonna	live while I’m alive I’ll s	leep when I’m d	ead

Bon Jovi - In These Arms (1992)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

Highest note is the 5

A	Asus4
	x 4

	A	Asus4
You want c	ommitment, take a loo	k into these eyes

	A	Asus4
They burn with f	ire, yeah, unti	l the end of time

	F#m	D
And I would	do anything, I’d beg, I’d steal, I’d	die

	Esus4	A	Asus4
To have you in	these arms to	night

	A	Asus4
Baby I	want you, like the	roses want the rain

	A	Asus4
You know I n	eed you, like the	poet needs the pain

	F#m	D
And I would give	anything, my blood, my love, my l	ife

	E
If you were i	n these arms tonight

A	E
I’d hold you,	I’d need you

F#m	D	A
I’d get down on	my knees for y	ou

	F#m	E
And make	everything alr	ight

	D
If you were	in these arms

A	E
I’d love you,	I’d please you

F#m	D
I’d tell you that I’d	never leave you

A	F#m	Esus4
And love you	till the end of ti	me

	D	A	Asus4
If you were	in these arms ton	ight

	A	Asus4
We’d stare at the s	un, and we made a pro	mise

	A	Asus4
A promise this wo	rld, would never bl	ind us

	F#m	D
And these were our	words, our words were our so	ngs

	F#m
Our songs are our p	rayers, these prayers keep me strong

	D	E
And I still bel	ieve if you were i	n these arms

A	E
I’d hold you,	I’d need you

F#m	D	A
I’d get down on	my knees for y	ou

	F#m	E
And make	everything alr	ight

	D
If you were	in these arms

A	E
I’d love you,	I’d please you

F#m	D
I’d tell you that I’d	never leave you

A	F#m	Esus4
And love you	till the end of ti	me

	D	A	Asus4
If you were	in these arms ton	ight

	E
Your c	lothes are still scattered all over our room

	D
This w	hole place still smells like your cheap perfume

E

Everything here reminds me of you

	D
There’s n	othing I wouldn’t do

Solo

A	E	F#m	D	A	E	Bm	Dsus2

Dsus2	E
And these were our wo	rds, they keep me strong, baby

A	E
I’d hold you,	I’d need you

F#m	D	A
I’d get down on	my knees for y	ou

	F#m	E
And make	everything alr	ight

	D
If you were	in these arms

A	E
I’d love you,	I’d please you

F#m	D
I’d tell you that I’d	never leave you

A	F#m	Esus4
And love you	till the end of ti	me

	D	A
If you were	in these arms ton	ight

A	E	F#m	D	A
		If you were	in these arms to	night

A	E	F#m	D	A
		If you were	in these arms to	night

A	E	F#m	D
		If you were	in these arms

As triplets... vox on the 6 of the first chord, but the 3 is fine

A	E	F#m	D
Baa...	aaa....	byy...

	A	E
Like the	roses need the rai	n

	F#m	D
Like the s	easons need to	change

	A	E
Like the	poet needs the pai	n

	F#m	D
I need you		in these arms

	A	E	F#m	D	A
Ton	ight,			in these arms to	night

Bon Jovi - Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night (1994)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

Vox on the high 3

A

Hey man, I’m alive

	Dsus2
I’m	taking each day a night at a time

Hang on “feeling”

	Esus4
I’m	feeling like a Monday

IV is implied, band back in on “night”

	Dsus2	A
But	someday I’ll be Saturday	night

Vox on the low 3

	A
Hey	my name is Jim, where did I go wrong?

	C#m
My	life’s a bargain basement, all the good is gone

Vox up to the 3 of the chord

	Dsus2
I j	ust can’t hold a job, where do I belong?

Vox back down to the low 3

	A	Esus4	A
Been	sleeping in my car, my	dreams move	on

A

	A
My	name is Billy Jean, my love was bought and sold

	C#m
I’m	only sixteen, I feel a hundred years old

	Dsus2
My	foster daddy went, took my innocence away

	Esus4
The	street life ain’t much better, but at least I get paid

Vox on the 3 of the chord

	F#m	D
And	Tuesday just might	go my way

	A
It c	an’t get worse than yesterday

Vox on the 5 of the chord

C#m

Thursdays, Fridays ain’t been kind

	D	Bm
But	somehow I’ll sur	vive

A

Hey man, I’m alive

	Dsus2
I’m	takin’ each day and night at a time

A	Esus4
Yeah, I’m down, but I know I’ll get	by, hey hey hey

Dsus2	Esus4
Hey man, gotta l	ive my life

	A	F#m
Like I a	in’t got nothin’ but this	roll of the dice

	Esus4	Dsus2	A
I’m	feelin’ like a Monday, but	someday I’ll be Saturday n	ight

A	D

	A
Now I	can’t say my name, or tell you where I am

	C#m
I want to	blow myself away, don’t know if I can

	Dsus2
I w	ish that I could be in some other time and place

	Esus4
With	someone else’s soul, someone else’s face

	F#m	D
Aw,	Tuesday just might	go my way

	A
It c	an’t get worse than yesterday

C#m

Thursdays, Fridays ain’t been kind

	D	Bm
But	somehow I’ll sur	vive

A

Hey man, I’m alive

	Dsus2
I’m	takin’ each day and night at a time

A	Esus4
Yeah, I’m down, but I know I’ll get	by, hey hey hey

Dsus2	Esus4
Hey man, gotta l	ive my life

	A	F#m
I’m gonna	pick up all the pieces and what’s	left of my pride

	Esus4	Dsus2	A
I’m	feelin’ like a Monday, but	someday I’ll be Saturday n	ight

Solo

A	A	D	D
A	A	D	D

A	D	A	Dsus2
	Saturday night	,	here we go

A

Some day I’ll be Saturday night

	D
I’ll be	back on my feet, I’ll be doin’ alright

	A
It	may not be tomorrow baby, that’s okay

	D
I ain’t	going down, gonna find a way, hey hey

A

Hey man, I’m alive

	Dsus2
I’m	takin’ each day and night at a time

A	Esus4
Yeah, I’m down, but I know I’ll get	by, hey hey hey

Dsus2	Esus4
Hey man, I’m gonna l	ive my life

	A	F#m
Like I a	in’t got nothin’ but this	roll of the dice

	Esus4	Dsus2	A
I’m	feelin’ like a Monday, but	someday I’ll be Saturday n	ight, oh

	Esus4	Dsus2	A
I’m	feelin’ like a Monday, but	someday I’ll be Saturday n	ight

Outro

A	D	A	D
			Oh oh oh

	A	D	A	D
Saturday	night

A

Bonnie Raitt - Something to Talk About (1991)

Originally in Ab, I play in E, but overall this is a vocal mess for me

Intro

E	B
Ooh

E	B
Ooh

E	B
Ooh

C#m7	D	A	C7

E

People are talkin’, talkin’ ‘bout people

E

I hear them whisper, you won’t believe it

A

They think we’re lovers kept under cover

E

I just ignore it but they keep sayin’ we

C#m7	D
Laugh just a little too	loud

C#m7	D
Stand just a little too	close

	G	C
We	stare just a little too	long

B	B7
Maybe they’re seein’,	somethin’ we don’t darlin’

E	B
Let’s give ‘em somethin’ to	talk about

E	B
Let’s give ‘em somethin’ to	talk about

E	B
Let’s give ‘em somethin’ to	talk about

	C#m7	D	A	C7
How about	love?

E

I feel so foolish, I never noticed

E

You’d act so nervous, could you be fallin’ for me?

A

It took a rumor to make me wonder

E

Now I’m convinced I’m goin’ under

C#m7	D
Thinkin’ ‘bout you every	day

C#m7	D
Dreamin’ ‘bout you every	night

	G	C
I’m	hopin’ that you feel the same	way

B	B7
Now that we know it,	let’s really show it darlin’

E	B
Let’s give ‘em somethin’ to	talk about

E	B
A little mystery to	figure out

E	B
Let’s give ‘em somethin’ to	talk about

	C#m7	D	A	C7
How about	love?

Solo if appropriate

E	B
E	B
E	B
C#m7	D	A	C7

Original changes key here up a m3, I don’t

E	B
Let’s give ‘em somethin’ to	talk about babe

E	B
A little mystery to f	igure out

E	B
Let’s give ‘em somethin’ to	talk about

	C#m7	D	A	C7
How about	love, o	h

E	B
Listen up baby	(Somethin’ to talk about)

E	B
A little mystery won’t	hurt (Somethin’ to talk about)

E	B
Let’s give ‘em somethin’ to	talk about

	C#m7	D	A	C7
How about our	love,	love,	love

Repeat to fade with ad libs

Boyz II Men - End of the Road (1991)

Am7b5 as 5x554x

Originally in Eb, I play in A

Vox start on the 5

A	Asus4	A
We belong together

C#m/F#	F#m7
And you know I’m	right

D	C#m7
Why do you	play with my heart

	Bm7	E7sus4
Why	do you play with my	mind?

A	Asus4	A
Said we’d be forever

C#m/F#	F#m7
Said it’d never	die

D	C#m7
How could you	love me and leave me

	Bm7	E7sus4
And	never say	good-bye?

	F#m	F#m/F
When I	can’t sleep at night without	holding you tight

	A/E	D#m7b5
Girl	each time I try I just	break down and cry

Dmaj7	C#m7
Pain in my head, oh, I’d	rather be dead

Bm7	E7sus4
Spinning around and	around

	A	Bm7/A	A/C#	E/F#
Although we’ve	come to the	end o	f the r	oad

	F#m7	C#m7	Dadd9
Still I c	an’t l	et g	o

	A/C#	Bm7
It’s un	natural, you be	long to me

	E7sus4
I be	long to you

A

Girl I know you really love me

C#m7/F#	F#m7
You just don’t rea	lize

D	C#m7
You’ve never	been there before

	Bm7	E7sus4
It’s	only your first	time

A	Asus4	A
Maybe I’ll forgive you

C#m/F#	F#m7
Maybe you’ll	try

D	C#m7
We should be	happy together

	Bm7	E7sus4
For	ever you and	I

	F#m	F#m/F
Will you	love me again like you	loved me before

A/E	D#m7b5
This time I want you to	love me much more

Dmaj7	C#m7
This time instead, just	come to my bed

	Bm7	E7sus4
And	baby just don’t let me	go

	A	Bm7/A	A/C#	E/F#
Although we’ve	come to the	end o	f the r	oad

	F#m7	C#m7	Dadd9
Still I c	an’t l	et g	o

	A/C#	Bm7
It’s un	natural, you be	long to me

	E7sus4
I be	long to you

Spoken, over verse chords... probably skip to “maybe I’ll forgive”

Girl, I'm here for you
All those times at night when you just hurt me
And just ran out with that other fellow
Baby I knew about it, I just didn't care
You just don't understand how much I love you, do you?
I'm here for you

Next verse starts here, overlapping with spoken text

I'm not out to go out there and cheat all night
Just like you did baby, but that's all right
Heh, I love you anyway, and I'm still going to be here for you till by dying day baby
Right now, I'm just in so much pain, baby, 'cause you just won't come back to me, will you?
Just come back to me!!!

A

Girl I know you really love me

C#m7/F#	F#m7
You just don’t rea	lize

D	C#m7
You’ve never	been there before

	Bm7	E7sus4
It’s	only your first	time

A

Maybe I’ll forgive you

C#m/F#	F#m7
Maybe you’ll	try

D	C#m7
We should be	happy together

	Bm7	E7sus4
For	ever you and	I

F#m

Lonely (yes baby my heart is lonely)

F#m/F

Lonely (my heart hurts, yes, I feel pain too)

A/E	D#m7b5
Lonely,	no (baby, please)

Dmaj7	C#m7
This time instead, just	come to my bed

	Bm7	E7sus4
And	baby just don’t let me	go

	A	Bm7/A	A/C#	E/F#
Although we’ve	come to the	end o	f the r	oad

	F#m7	C#m7	Dadd9
Still I c	an’t l	et g	o

	A/C#	Bm7
It’s un	natural, you be	long to me

	E7sus4
I be	long to you

Sparse

	A	Bm7/A	A/C#	E/F#
Although we’ve	come to the	end o	f the r	oad

	F#m7	C#m7	Dadd9
Still I c	an’t l	et g	o

	A/C#	Bm7
It’s un	natural, you be	long to me

	E7sus4
I be	long to you

Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (1998)

Originally in Cm, I play in Am capo 1.

Highest note is the m6.

Am	E	C	D	E

Am	E	C
Oh baby baby, how	was I supposed to	know

	D	E
That	something wasn’t	right here

Am	E	C
Oh baby baby, I	shouldn’t have let you	go

	D	E
And	now you’re out of	sight, dear

Am	E
Show me how you want it	to be

	C	D	E
Tell me	baby ‘cause I need to	know oh,	just because

Am	E
My loneliness is	killing me (and I)

C	D	E
I must confess I	still believe	(still believe)

Am	E
When I’m not with you I	lose my mind

	C	D	E
Give me a	sign,	hit me baby	one more time

Am	E	C
Oh baby baby, the	reason I breathe is	you

D	E
Boy you’ve got me	blinded

Am	E	C
Oh pretty baby, there’s	nothin’ that I	wouldn’t do

	D	E
That’s	not the way I	planned it

Am	E
Show me how you want it	to be

	C	D	E
Tell me	baby ‘cause I need to	know oh,	just because

Am	E
My loneliness is	killing me (and I)

C	D	E
I must confess I	still believe	(still believe)

Am	E
When I’m not with you I	lose my mind

	C	D	E
Give me a	sign,	hit me baby	one more time

Am	E	C	D	E

F	G
Oh baby baby, how	was I supposed to know

F	G
Oh pretty baby,	please

	Am	E
I must con	fess that my loneli	ness

	C
Is killing me	now

	D	E	F
Don’t you	know I	still bel	ieve

	G
That you will be	here

	F	D	E
Just	give me a sign, and	hit me baby	one more time

Am	E
My loneliness is	killing me (and I)

C	D	E
I must confess I	still believe	(still believe)

Am	E
When I’m not with you I	lose my mind

	C	D	E
Give me a	sign,	hit me baby	one more time

Bryan Adams - Do I Have To Say the Words (1991)

Originally in D, I play in E capo 2, highest note is the b7

Intro

E	Aadd9	E	Amaj7
			x2

Vox on 1 3 3 on “rescue me”

	E	Aadd9
Rescue m	e from the m	ire

	E	Aadd9
Whisper w	ords of des	ire

	E	C#m7
Rescue m	e

	B
Darlin’ rescue m	e

	E	Aadd9
With your	arms open	wide

	E	Aadd9
Want you h	ere by	my side

	E	C#m7
Come to m	e

	B
Darlin’ rescue m	e

	G	Cmaj7
When this w	orld’s closin’	in

	G	Cmaj7
Theres no n	eed to prete	nd

	Em	Am7
Set me f	ree

	Dsus4	D
Darlin’ rescue	me,	oh

Vox on the 7 of the chord

Am7

I don’t wanna let you go

	Bm7
So I’m st	anding in your way

C

I never needed anyone

Hang after the end of this line

	D
Like I’m	needin’ you today

This line is a cappella, but holding the previous chord is implied

	Em
Do I have to say the words?

Am	D
Do I have to tell the truth?

G	Cmaj7
Do I have to shout it out?

Am	D	Em
	Do I have to say a prayer?

Hang the chords on each of these lines

	C
Must a prove to you

	D
How good we are toge	ther

Do I have to say the words?

E	Aadd9	E	Amaj7

	E	Aadd9
Rescue m	e from desp	air

	E	Aadd9
Tell me y	ou will be t	here

	E	C#m7
Help me please

	B
Darlin’ rescue m	e

	G	Cmaj7
Every dr	eam that we s	hare

	G	Cmaj7
Every cr	oss that we b	ear

	Em	Am7
Can’t you see

	Dsus4	D
Darlin’ rescue	me,	yeah

Am7

I don’t wanna let you go

	Bm7
So I’m st	anding in your way

C

I never needed anyone

Hang after the end of this line

	D
Like I’m	needin’ you today

	Em
Do I have to say the words?

Am	D
Do I have to tell the truth?

G	Cmaj7
Do I have to shout it out?

Am	D	Em
	Do I have to say a prayer?

	C
Must a prove to you

	D
How good we are toge	ther

Hang an extra measure before the solo kicks in

Do I have to say the words?

C	G
→	→

Solo

D	C	D	C

	Em
Do I have to say the words?

Am	D
Do I have to tell the truth?

G	Cmaj7
Do I have to shout it out?

Am	D	Em
	Do I have to say a prayer?

	C
Must a prove to you

	D
How good we are toge	ther

Do I have to say the words?

Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (1991)

Originally in Db, I play in G

Intro

G	D/G	C/G	D/G

G	D/G
Look into my eyes,	you’ll see

C/G	D/G
What you mean to	me

	G	D/G
Search your	heart, search your	soul

	C/G	G	D
And when you f	ind me there you’ll	search no	more

Last chord in this line is back to the ii in the original

	Am7	G	D
Don’t	tell me it’s not worth	tryin’	for

	Am7	G	D
You can’t	tell me it’s not worth	dyin’	for

	G/D
You know it’s	true

	D	G
Everything I	do, I do it	for you

G

G	D/G
Look into your heart,	you will find

Not a typo, the /1’s from the last verse actually don’t happen this time

	C	D
There’s	nothin’ there to	hide

	G	D/G
Take me as I	am, take my	life

	C	G	D
I would	give it all, I would	sacri	fice

	Am7	G	D
Don’t	tell me it’s not worth	fightin’	for

	Am7	G	D
I can’t	help it, there’s nothing	I want	more

...and the /5 doesn’t happen this time either.

	G
You know it’s	true

	D	G
Everything I	do, I do it for	you, oh yea

	F	A#
There’s	no love, like	your love

	F	C
And no	other, could give	more love

	G	D
There’s	nowhere, unless	you’re there

	A	D
All the	time, all the	way

Solo

Cmaj7	Cmaj7	G	G
			Look into your heart babe

Cmaj7	Cmaj7	G	G

This time the line actually ends in the V

	Am7	D
Oh, you can’t	tell me it’s not worth tryin’	for

	Am7	D
I can’t	help it, there’s nothin’ I want	more

C	G	D
Yeah, I would	fight for you, I’d	lie for you

	C	Cm
Walk the	wire for you, yea I’d	die for you

	G/D
You know it’s	true

	D	C	C6	G
Everything I	do, oh		I do it	for you

Bryan Adams - Thought I’d Died and Gone to Heaven (1991)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

C#m	B

	C#m	B
L	ove is forever, as I l	ie awake beside you

	C#m	B
I be	lieve there’s no heaven, no hideaw	ay for the lonely

	A	Asus4
But I was wrong	, cr	azy

	D	F#m
It’s gotta be str	ong, it’s gotta be r	ight

	E	D
Oh,	only wanted to st	ay a while

E	D
Only wanted to pl	ay a while

E	D
Then you taught me to fl	y like a bird, whoa, whoa

A	E	F#m	D	A	E
Baby,		thought I’d d	ied and gone to h	eaven

F#m	D	A	E
Such a n	ight I’d never	had bef	ore, yeah yeah

F#m	D	A	E
Thought I’d d	ied and gone to h	eaven

F#m	D	A	E
‘Cause what I g	ot there ain’t no	cure f	or

C#m	B
Ooh, it’s so easy, what you do to	me, all night angel

	C#m	B
I never l	oved, swear to god, never n	eeded no one ‘til you came along

	A
But here I c	ome, yeah baby

	D	F#m
It’s gotta be str	ong, it’s gotta be r	ight, whoa

	E	D
Oh,	only wanted to st	ay a while

E	D
Only wanted to pl	ay a while

E	D
Then you taught me to fl	y like a bird, whoa, whoa

A	E	F#m	D	A	E
Baby,		thought I’d d	ied and gone to h	eaven

F#m	D	A	E
Such a n	ight I’d never	had bef	ore, yeah yeah

F#m	D	A	E
Thought I’d d	ied and gone to h	eaven

F#m	D	A	E
‘Cause what I g	ot there ain’t no	cure f	or

Bridge

Esus4

I feel fast asleep, I feel drunk

Esus4	E
I dream the sweetest dreams,	never wanna wake up

G	C
Never thought it could	be this way

	G	D
No doubt ab	out it, can’t live with	out it, baby

G	C
Never thought it could b	e this good

	D
You made l	ove to me like it oughta be, yeah

Solo

C#m	B
	x2

	A	Asus4
But I was wrong	, cr	azy

	D	F#m
It’s gotta be str	ong, it’s gotta be r	ight

	E	D
Oh,	only wanted to st	ay a while

E	D
Only wanted to pl	ay a while

E	D
Then you taught me to fl	y like a bird, whoa, whoa

A	E	F#m	D	A	E
Baby,		thought I’d d	ied and gone to h	eaven

F#m	D	A	E
Such a n	ight I’d never	had bef	ore, yeah yeah

F#m	D	A	E
Thought I’d d	ied and gone to h	eaven

F#m	D	A	E
‘Cause what I g	ot there ain’t no	cure f	or

Like I say!

A	E	F#m	D
Thought I’d	died and gone to	heaven

A	E	F#m	D
Never t	hought that I could	feel this	way

A	E	F#m	A
	It’s gotta	be love

	A	E	F#m	D
It’s gotta	be love,		whoa

Repeat to fade with ad libs

Bush - Glycerine (1995)

Originally in F, I play in E

E	B	C#m	A
			x2

E	B	C#m
Must be your ski	n, I’m sinkin’	in

	A	E
Must be for r	eal, ‘cause now I can f	eel

	B	C#m
I didn’t min	d, it’s not my k	ind

	A	E
It’s not my t	ime, to wonder w	hy

	B	C#m
Everything all whi	te, everything’s gr	ay

	A	E
Now you’re h	ere, now you’re aw	ay

	B	C#m
I don’t want th	is, remember tha	t

	A	E
I’ll never for	get, where you’re a	t

E	B	C#m	A
	Don’t let the d	ays go	by

	E	B	A	E	B	A
Glycer	ine,	→	glycer	ine	→

E	B	C#m
I’m never al	one, I’m alone all the t	ime

	A	E
Are you at	one, or do you l	ie?

	B	C#m
We live in a whe	el, where everyone ste	als

	A	E
And when we r	ise, it’s like strawberry fi	elds

	B	C#m
I treated you b	ad, you bruised my f	ace

	A	E
Couldn’t love you m	ore, you’ve got a beautiful ta	ste

B	C#m	A
Don’t let the d	ays go	by

E	B	C#m
Could’ve been e	asier on y	ou

	A	E
I couldn’t ch	ange, though I wanted t	o

	B	C#m
Should’ve been e	asier by th	ree

	A	E
Our old friend f	ear, and you and m	e

B	A	E	B	A	E
→	Glycer	ine,	→	glycer	ine

B	C#m	A	E
Don’t let the d	ays go	by, glycer	ine

B	C#m	A
Don’t let the d	ays go	by

E	B	C#m	A

E	B	C#m	A
		Glycerine,	glycerine

E	B	C#m	A
	Oh,	glycerine,	glycerine

C#m	A	C#m	A
Bad moon white a	gain,	bad moon white a	gain

	Amaj7
As she f	alls around me

E	B	C#m
I needed you m	ore, you wanted us	less

	A	E
Could not	kiss, just re	gress

	B	C#m
It might just	be, clear and simple and p	lain

	A	E
Well that’s just f	ine, that’s just one of my n	ames

B	C#m	A
Don’t let the d	ays go	by

E	B	C#m	A
Could have been	easier on y	ou, you, y	ou

	E	B	A	E	B	A
Glycer	ine,	→	glyceri	ne	→

	E	B	A	E	B	A
Glycer	ine,	→	glyceri	ne	→

E

Cake - Let Me Go (1998)

Originally in A, I play in A, or in G if I’m doing the high harmony

A	D	A	E
			x 2

A

When she walks she swings her arms

D	E
Instead of her	hips

A

When she talks she moves her mouth

D	E
Instead of her	lips

	A	D
And I’ve	waited for her for so	long

	A	E
I’ve wait	ed for her for s	o long

	A	D
I’ve	wondered if I could han	g on

	A	E
I’ve	wondered if I could ha	ng on

A	B7
Let me go she said,	let me go she said

D	E
Let me go and I	will want you more

A	B7
Let me go she said,	let me goooo

D	E
Let me go and I	will want you

A	B7	D	E
A	D	A	E

A

When she wants she wants the sun

D	E
Instead of the	moon

A

When she sees she sees the stars

D	E
Inside of her	room

	A	D
And I’ve	waited for her for so	long

	A	E
I’ve wait	ed for her for s	o long

	A	D
I’ve	wondered if I could han	g on

	A	E
I’ve	wondered if I could ha	ng on

A	B7
Let me go she said,	let me go she said

D	E
Let me go and I	will want you more

A	B7
Let me go she said,	let me goooo

D	E
Let me go and I	will want you

Breakdown on chorus chords...

A	B7	D	E

A	B7
Let me go she said,	let me go she said

D	E
Let me go she said	let me gooo

A	B7
Let me go she said,	let me goooo

D	E
Let me go,	let me gooo

Syncopated vox

A	B7
Let... me... go...	let... me... go...

D	E
Let... me... go...	let, let, let me goooo

A	B7
Let... me... go...	let... me... go...

D	E
Let... me... go...	let me goooo

A

Candlebox - Far Behind (1993)

Originally in G, I will play in G if I feel like yelling, else A capo 5

Intro

G	Em7	Dsus4	Cadd9

	G	Em7
Now	maybe

	Dsus4
I didn’t mean to treat you	bad

	Cadd9
But I d	id it anyway

	G
And then	maybe

Em7	Dsus4
Some would say your life was	sad

	Cadd9
But you	lived it anyway

	G
And so	maybe

	Em7	Dsus4
Your	friends they stand around, they watch you	crumble

	Cadd9
As you	falter to the ground

	G
And then	someday

	Em7	Dsus4
Your	friends they stand beside as you were	flying

	Cadd9
Oh you were	flying oh so high

	G	Em7
But then	someday people look at you for	what they call their own

	Dsus4
They watch you	suffer

	Cadd9
Yeah they	hear you calling home

	G
And then	someday we could take our time

	Em7	Dsus4
To b	rush the leaves aside so you can	reach us

	Cadd9
Ay, but you	left me far behind

	G
Now	may-ay-ay-ay-be

Em7	Dsus4
I didn’t mean to treat you	oh so bad

	Cadd9
But I	did it anyway, now I said

	G	Em7	Dsus4
But	may-ay-ay-ay-be	some would say you’re left with	what you had

	Cadd9
But you	couldn’t share the pain, no no no

G	Em7	Dsus4	Cadd9
	Couldn’t share the pain, they watch you	suffer, mm	mm mm

	G
Now	maybe

Em7	Dsus4
I could have made my own mis	takes

	Cadd9
But I	live with what I’ve known

	G
And then	maybe

Em7

We might share in something great

	Dsus4
But won’t you l	ook at where we’ve grown

	Cadd9
Won’t you l	ook at where we’ve gone

	G
And then	someday comes tomorrow holds

	Em7	Dsus4
A s	ense of what I feel for you in	my mind

	Cadd9
As you	trip the final line

	G
And that	cold day when you lost control

Em7	Dsus4
Shame you left my life so soon you should have	told me

	Cadd9
Hey, but you	left me far behind

	G
Now	may-ay-ay-ay-be

Em7	Dsus4
I didn’t mean to treat you	oh so bad

	Cadd9
Oh, but I	did it anyway

	G	Em7	Dsus4
Now	may-ay-ay-ay-be	some would say you’re left with	what you had

	Cadd9
Oh, but you	couldn’t share the pain, no no no no

Solo

G	Em	D	C
			x 3

G	Em

	E7#9
Oh, no, no

Oh, no no no no no
Oh, no say oh no, say oh no, say oh no

	Em	D	G/B	D/A	G	Em
But	may-	ay-	ay-	ay	but	said

G

May-e-ay-ay-e-ay-be

	Em
I didn’t mean to treat you	oh so bad

Oh, but I did it anyway

	G
Now, said oh ma-	may-ay-ay-ay-be some would say you’re left with

Em

What you had

	Em	D	G/B	D/A	G	Em
But you	couldn’t	share the	pain	no	said	but

G

Times have changed your friends

They come and watch you crumble to the ground

	Em
Then watch you	suffer

Yeah, they hold you down, hold on down

	G
Said	maybe uh huh, maybe uh

	Em
Didn’t mean to	treat you bad

	Em	D	G/B	D/A	G	Em
But you	left	me	far	be	hind

Em	D	G/B	D/A	G	Em
Left	me	far	be	hind

Em	D	G/B	D/A	G	Em	G
Left	me	fa-	ar		be	hind

Counting Crows - Hanginaround (1999)

Intro

F	C	G	G
			x4

F	C	G	F
She sat	right down on the	sofa, I said, where have you	been?

	C	G
I’ve been	waiting for	you

F	C	G
Cause last night	I had something	so good

	F	C	G
These days get so	long and I got	nothing to	do

	F	C	G
I been hangin’ a	round	this town on a	corner

	F	C	G
I been bummin’ a	round this old t	own so l	ong

	F	C	G
I been hangin’ a	round	this town on a	corner

	F	C	G
I been bummin’ a	round this old	town for w	ay too long

F	C	G	F
We spent	all day getting s	ober, just hiding from	daylight

C	G
Watching T.	V.

F	C	G
We just look a	lot better in the	blue light

	F	C
Well, you know I gotta get	out, but I’m s	tuck so tight

	G
W	eighed by the chains that keep me

	F	C	G
Hangin’ ar	ound	this town on a	corner

	F	C	G
I been bummin’ a	round this old t	own too l	ong

	F	C	G
I been hangin’ a	round	this town on a	corner

	F	C	G
I been bummin’ a	round this old	town for w	ay too long, well everybody trip

Solo, with “you know man I’m just tryin’ to scurry up a little”

F	C	G	G
			x4

F	C	G
This girl	listens to the	band play, she says where have you been?

F	C	G
I’ve been	lyin’ right here on the	floor

F	C	G
Well, I got a	ll this time to be w	aiting for what is mine

	F	C	G
To be	hating wha	t I am, af	ter the light has faded

Quiet chorus

	F	C	G
Hangin’ a	round	this town on a	corner

	F	C	G
I been bummin’ a	round this old t	own so l	ong

	F	C	G
I been hangin’ a	round	this town on a	corner

	F	C	G
I been bummin’ a	round this old	town for w	ay too, hey, I been

Band back in

	F	C	G
Hangin’ a	round	this town on a	corner

	F	C	G
I been bummin’ a	round this old t	own for	way too long

	F	C	G
I been hangin’ a	round	this town on a	corner

	F	C	G
I been bummin’ a	round this old	town for	way, way, way, way, way, too long

F	C	G
		Way, way, way, way too long

F	C	G
		Way, way, way, way too long

F	C	G
		Way, way, way, way too long

F	C	G
		Way, way, way, way too long

Counting Crows - Mr. Jones (1993)

Originally in C, I play in G. Still need to falsetto on “Jones”.

Intro

Em	C	Am	D
	Em	C	D
Sha la la la la	la la,		uh-huh

Em	C	Am	D
I was down at the New	Amsterdam	staring at this	yellow-haired girl

	Em	C	D
Mr.	Jones strikes up a convers	ation with a	black-haired flamenco dancer

	Em	C	Am	D
You know	she dances while his	father plays guit	ar, she’s suddenly b	eautiful

	Em	C	D
Well we	all want something	beautiful,	man I wish I was beautiful

	Em	C
So come	dance this silence	down through the morning

Am	D	Em	C	D
Sha la l	a la la la la,	la, yeah		uh-huh, yeah

Em	C	Am	D
Cut up, Mari	a, s	how me some of them	Spanish dances

Em	C	D
Pass me a	bottle, Mr. Jones

Em	C	Am	D
Believe in me,		help me believe in	anything

	Em	C	D
‘Cause I	want to be	someone who believes,	yeah

G	C	D
Mr. J	ones and me	tell each other fairy tales

	G	C
And we s	tare at the beautiful wo	men

	D
She’s	looking at you, ah, no, no, she looking at me

G	C	D
Smiling in the	bright lights,	comin’ through in stereo

	G	C	D
When	everybody loves	you,	you can never be lonely

	Em	C	Am	D
Well,	I’m gon’ paint my	picture,	paint myself in	blue and red and black and gray

Em	C	D
All of the beautiful	colors are very,	very meaningful

	Em	C	Am	D
Yeah, you know	gray is my favorite	color I	felt so sym	bolic yesterday

Em	C	D
If I knew Picas	so I would	buy myself a gray guitar and play

G	C	D
Mr.	Jones and me	look into the future

	G	C
Yeah, we	stare at the beautiful wo	men

	D
She’s-a	looking at you, I don’t think so, she’s looking at me

G	C	D
Standing in the	spotlight	I bought myself a gray guitar

	G	C	D	Em
When	everybody loves	me,	I will never be lonel	y

	C
I will never be l	onely

	Em	D
Said I’m never	gonna be lonel	y

Em	C
I wanna be a lion,	everybody wanna pass as cats

Em	D
We all wanna be big, big stars, yeah but	we got different reasons for that

Em	C
Believe in me ‘cause I	don’t believe in anything

	Em	D
And I	, I wanna be someone to believe,	to believe, to believe, yeah

G	C	D
Mr. J	ones and me	stumbling through the barrio

	G	C
Yeah we s	tare at the beautiful	women

	D
She’s	perfect for you, man there’s got to be somebody for me

G	C
I want to be Bob	Dylan

	D
Mr.	Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky

	G	C	D
When	everybody lov	es you, ah	son, that’s just about as funky as you can be

G	C	D
Mr. J	ones and me	staring at the video

	G	C	D
When I l	ook at the tele	vision, I want to s	ee me staring right back at me

G	C	D
We all want to be	big stars, but we	don’t know why, and we don’t know how

	G	C	D
But when	everybody loves	me, I’m going to	be just about as happy as I can be

Hang the V

G	C	D
Mr.	Jones and me,	we’re gonna be big stars

Damn Yankees - High Enough (1990)

Originally in A (chorus in D)

I play in D (chorus in G)

D	Bm	A	G	D

Starts on the 3, which will feel low in D

Dsus2

I don’t wanna hear about it anymore

	Bm7
It’s a	shame I’ve got to live without you anymore

	Asus4
There’s	a fire in my heart

	A	Gsus2
A	pounding in my brain, drivin’ me	crazy

Dsus2

We don’t need to talk about it anymore

Bm7

Yesterday’s just a memory, can we close the door?

	Asus4
I	just made one mistake

	A	Gsus2
I	didn’t know what to say when you called me	baby

Vox *stay* on the 5 of the previous chord (D if it’s G)

A#	C
Don’t say good	night

A#	Dm
Say you’re gonna	stay forever

A#	C	D
Oh	woah all the	way

Vox *stay* on the root of the previous chord (D if it’s D)

Vox go up to the 3 of the minor chord on “high” (G it it’s Em)

Can also land on the 1 instead of the 3

G	D	Em
Can you take	me hi	gh enough?

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “fly”

Am	C	D
To fly me over, (fly me	over) yester	day

G	D	Em
Can you take	me hi	gh enough?

Am

It’s never over

	C
And	yesterday’s just a memory (yesterday’s just a memory)

Dsus2

I don’t wanna live without you anymore

Bm7

Can’t you see I’m in misery, and you know for sure

	Asus4
I would	live and die for you

	A	Gsus2
I	know just what to do when you call me	baby

A#	C
Don’t say good	bye

A#	Dm
Say you’re gonna	stay forever

A#	C	D
Oh	woah all the	way

G	D	Em
Can you take	me hi	gh enough?

Am	C	D
Can you fly me over, (fly me	over) yester	day?

G	D	Em
Can you take	me hi	gh enough?

Am

It’s never over

	C	D
And	yesterday’s just a	memory of you

Bridge

Em	G	D
Honey (whoa, oh	oh oh) I was	running for the

Em	G	D
Door (whoa, oh	oh oh) the	next thing I

	Em	G	D
Re	member (whoa, oh	oh oh) I was	running back for

Em	G	D
More (whoa, oh	oh oh) yay, yay, yay,	yay, ye-ah

Solo

A	E	F#m	Bm	D	E
(For 3 beats)	(1 beat)	(4 beats)	(4 beats)	(2 beats)	(2 beats)

A	E	F#m	Bm	D	E
(For 3 beats)	(1 beat)	(4 beats)	(4 beats)	(2 beats)	(2 beats)

C	D
Don’t say good	bye

C	Em
Say you’re gonna	stay forever

C	D	E
Oh,	whoa all the	way

	D
All the way, all	the way, yeah

G	D	Em
Can you take	me hi	gh enough?

Am	C	D
Can you fly me over, (fly me	over) yester	day?

G	D	Em
Can you take	me hi	gh enough?

Am

It’s never over

C	D
Whoa whoa	whoa whoa

G	D	Em
Can you take	me hi	gh enough?

Am	C	D
Won’t you fly me over, (won’t you fly me	over) yester	day?

G	D	Em
Can you take	me hi	gh enough?

Am

It’s never over

C	D
Whoa whoa	whoa whoa

G

D

Em7

C

D

G

Dan Morris - Flowers in the Rain (no capo movement) (1998)

Capo 3

Cadd5	D11add5	Cadd5	D11add5	Cadd5	D7	G

	G
Girl you’ve spent	one too many

G/F#	Em	Em7
Years of your life fi	ghting

	C
And when the	smoke has cleared your

Am7	Am7	D7
Face has grown but your	heart’s still seven	teen

	G	G/F#
And	here I am another	night spent throwing

Em	Em7
Flowers at your wi	ndow

	Cadd5	D11add5
But you pret	end that you can’t	hear me

	Bb	Dm	C
And my	song turns to a	scream

C7	F
Yeah

	F	F/E	Dm	Dm7
Think	back on all the	times you woke up	crying

	Bb	Gm7
Was it	him or was it	me

	Gm7	C7
Who helped you	see the sun again	?

	F	Dm
And did he	call to share his	glory?

	F	Dm
And did he	care to share your	pain?

	Bbadd5	Cadd5
And did he s	tand outside your	window

	Bb	Cm
Throwing	flowers in the r	ain?

Bb	Bb7	Eb

Instrumental bridge

Eb	Bb	Bbadd5	F	F	C	C	Em	Em	G

	G
So I’ll go	home and spend

	G/F#	Em	Em7
An	other night with	out you

	C	Am7
And I’ll	plan another	hundred ways

	Am7	D7
To	make you change your	mind

	G	G/F#
And the	night will pass and the	stars will set

	Em	Em7
And	soon it will be	morning

	Cadd5	D11add5
And you’ll	wait behind your	window

	Cadd5	D11add5
And he’ll	go on with his	life

	Cadd5	D7	G
And I’ll	toss another	petal into	time

Dan Morris - Flowers in the Rain (1998)

Note that the capo moves around in this song... it was

done with the magic of multitracking for recording

purposes, but I find I can do it live if I fade into a

real quiet chord right before I move the capo, which

happens to fit with the song (sort of)...

Intro, capo 3

Cadd5	D11add5	Cadd5	D11add5	Cadd5	D7	G

	G
Girl you’ve spent	one too many

G/F#	Em	Em7
Years of your life fi	ghting

	C
And when the	smoke has cleared your

Am7	Am7	D7
Face has grown but your	heart’s still seven	teen

	G	G/F#
And	here I am another	night spent throwing

Em	Em7
Flowers at your wi	ndow

	Cadd5	D11add5
But you pret	end that you can’t	hear me

	Bb	Dm
And my	song turns to a	scream

During this transition, with the yeah,

the capo 3 guitar fades out and capo 1 fades in

Capo 3: C C7 F
Capo 1: D D7 G

Capo 1

	G	G/F#	Em	Em7
Think	back on all the	times you woke up	crying

	C	Am7
Was it	him or was it	me

	Am7	D7
Who helped you	see the sun again	?

	G	Em
And did he	call to share his	glory?

	G	Em
And did he	care to share your	pain?

	Cadd5	D11add5
And did he s	tand outside your	window

	Bb	Dm
Throwing	flowers in the r	ain?

C	C7	F

Instrumental bridge, still capo 1

F	C	Cadd5	G	G	D	D	F#m	F#m	A

On the last A, the capo 3 guitar fades back in on G

Capo 3

	G
So I’ll go	home and spend

	G/F#	Em	Em7
An	other night with	out you

	C	Am7
And I’ll	plan another	hundred ways to

Am7	D7
Make you change your	mind

	G	G/F#
And the	night will pass, and the	stars will set

	Em	Em7
And	soon it will be	morning

	Cadd5	D11add5
And you’ll	wait behind your	window

	Cadd5	D11add5
And he’ll	go on with his	life

	Cadd5	D7	G
And I’ll	toss another	petal into	time

Dan Morris - Personal Picasso (1998)

Em

Em	Am
What can I do to say	anything to you?

	B7	Em
Or	why can’t I say it any	more?

	Em	Am
Do I need to	fuck up my brain just to	talk to myself?

	B7	Em
(Am I too)	happy, too old, or too	bored?

	Am	Em
And if you	open your arms and put a	smile on

	B7	Em
Does that mean	you’ll be there to catch me when I	fall?

	Am	Em
And if I	say it to you so you can	hear me

	B7
Does that mean	I never said anything at all?

Em

	Em	Am
You say you’re	well on the way to unders	tanding

	B7	Em
But still you’re	waiting for me to say	more

	Em	Am
And when my	pen has run dry and I need	you now

	B7	Em
I just see your	back as you walk out the	door

	Am	Em
When will you	get I’m not your personal	Picasso?

	B7	Em
When will you	get I’m not so different from	you?

	Am	Em
What will it	take to get a little conver	sation?

	B7
A little hint	that all your promises were true

Em	Am	B7	Em
			x2

	Am	Em
And if you	open your arms and put a	smile on

	B7	Em
Does that mean	you’ll be there to catch me when I	fall?

	Am	Em
And if I	say it to you so you can	hear me

	B7
Does that mean	I have just been screaming at the wall?

Em

Dan Morris - Why Should It Be You? (1998)

G	G	B7	B7
C/E	Cm	Cm	F
→		→

	G
She’s just a	dream, just another door that you can’t open

	Gm
Just stay	away

	Cm	F
You know you’ve	been through this be	fore

	G
But you can’t	sleep

	Bm	Bm/A	G
Can’t even	breathe when	you’re with	out her

	Gm
Each time the	clock goes ‘round

	Cm
Your	heart falls down

	F	X	G
And you	ask yourself just	why it should be	you

	B7
Why you should be the	lucky one

	Em
You ask yourself what	you can give her

	C
When the	day is over

D	G
Just to show her that it should be	you

	Bm	Bm/A	G
And when the sunlight	falls	upon her	hair

	Gm	F
You say it isn’t	fair, and you just	stare

	G
And now it’s	true, now you’re the one that she wakes up with

	Gm
But it’s just like	you

	Cm	F
To never	let it feel just	right

	G
So you look a	way

	Bm	Bm/A	G
And you	worry	on tom	orrow

	Gm
While you let to	day go by

	Cm
And your	heart just dies

	F	X	G
And you	ask yourself just	why it should be	you

	B7
Why you should be the	lucky one

	Em
You ask yourself what	you can give her

	C
When the	day is over

D	G
Just to show her that it should be	you

	Bm	Bm/A	G
And when another sunlight	falls	upon her	hair

	Gm	F
Will you be	there? Will she even	care?

G	B7
Will you be there when her	summer breezes blow

C/E	Cm	F
Her leaves of	autumn, her hint of winter	snow

G	B7
And while you’re waiting and a	month becomes a year

	C/E	Cm	F
Will she	care for your	lost seasons, will she shed a sin	gle tear?

G	B7
Will you be there,	yeah

C/E	Cm	F
Will you be	waiting dreaming wandering a	lone?

G	B7
Will you be there will you be	will you will you there?

C/E	Cm	F
Or will she	see you waiting and wonder wonder	where?

G	G	B7	B7
C/E	Cm	Cm	F
→		→

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1995)

Intro

D	D	G	A
			x 2

The downbeat is on “say” in this verse

	D
You’ll s	ay

G	A	D
We got	nothing in c	ommon

	G	A	D
No	common	ground to st	art from

	G	A	D	G	A
And	we’re fal	ling a	part

	D
You’ll s	ay

	G	A	D
The	world has	come bet	ween us

	G	A	D
Our	lives have	come bet	ween us

	G	A	D	G	A
Still	I know	you just don’t	care

	D	A	G
And	I said what about	Breakfast at	Tiffany’s?

	D	A	G
She	said I think I re	member the	film

	D	A	G
And as	I recall, I think, we	both kinda	liked it

	D	A	G
And	I said, well that’s the	one thing we’ve	got

D	D	G	A
			x 2

	D
I	see you

	G	A	D
The	only	one who k	new me

	G	A	D
But	now your	eyes see th	rough me

G	A	D	G	A
I gu	ess I wa	s wrong

	D
So	what now?

	G	A	D
It’s	plain to	see we’re o	ver

	G	A	D
And I	hate when	things are o	ver

	G	A	D	G	A
When	so much is	left und	one

	D	A	G
And	I said what about	Breakfast at	Tiffany’s?

	D	A	G
She	said I think I re	member the	film

	D	A	G
And as	I recall, I think, we	both kinda	liked it

	D	A	G
And	I said, well that’s the	one thing we’ve	got

Let ring

The downbeat is on “you’ll” in this verse

D

You’ll say

	G	A	D
That	we got	nothing in c	ommon

	G	A	D
No	common	ground to st	art from

	G	A	D	G	A
And	we’re fal	ling a	part

D

You’ll say

	G	A	D
The	world has	come bet	ween us

	G	A	D
Our	lives have	come bet	ween us

	G	A	D	G	A
Still	I know	you just don’t	care

	D	A	G
And	I said what about	Breakfast at	Tiffany’s?

	D	A	G
She	said I think I re	member the	film

	D	A	G
And as	I recall, I think, we	both kinda	liked it

	D	A	G
And	I said, well that’s the	one thing we’ve	got

	D	A	G
And	I said what about	Breakfast at	Tiffany’s?

	D	A	G
She	said I think I re	member the	film

	D	A	G
And as	I recall, I think, we	both kinda	liked it

	D	A	G
And	I said, well that’s the	one thing we’ve	got

Def Leppard - Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad (1992)

Originally in E, I play in E but don’t go up to the high octave on the chorus

Intro

E	A
	x2

Vox on the 5

E	Asus2
Here I am, I’m in the	wrong bed again

E	Asus2
It’s a game I just can’t	win

E	Asus2
There you are breathin’	soft on my skin, yeah

E	Asus2
Still you won’t let me	in, so come on

Vox on the 3 of the chord

B	A	E
Why save your kisses for a	rainy	day

Vox go up here in the original, but I don’t

B	A	E
Baby let the moment take your	heart	away

	C#m	A	B
Have you	ever needed	someone so	bad, yeah

	E	B	A
Have you	ever wanted someone	you	just couldn’t have

	C#m	B	A
Did you e	ver try so hard	that your	world just fell apart

	C#m	B	Asus2
Have you e	ver needed	someone so	bad

And to the girl I gotta have

	E
I gotta h	ave you baby, yeah

E	A

E	Asus2
There you go, midnight	promises again, yeah

E	Asus2
But they’re broken by the	dawn

E	Asus2
You wanna go further,	faster every day, baby

E	Asus2
But in the morning you’ll be g	one, and I’m alone

B	A	E
Why save your kisses for a	rainy	day

B	A	E
Baby let the moment take your	heart	away

	C#m	A	B
Have you	ever needed	someone so	bad, yeah

	E	B	A
Have you	ever wanted someone	you	just couldn’t have

	C#m	B	A
Did you e	ver try so hard	that your	world just fell apart

	C#m	B	Asus2
Have you e	ver needed	someone so	bad

Bridge

B	A	B	A

B

Every dream I dream is like

A

Some kinda rash and reckless scene

B

To give out such crazy love

A

You must be some kinda drug

B

And if my time don’t ever come

A

For me you’re still the one

B

Damned if I don’t, damned if I do

Hard stop on “gotta”

	B
I g	otta get a fix on you

Hard stops the first two chords

	C#m	A	B
Have you	ever needed	someone so	bad, yeah

	E	B	A
Have you	ever wanted someone	you	just couldn’t have

	C#m	B	A
Did you e	ver try so hard	that your	world just fell apart

	C#m	B	Asus2
Have you e	ver needed	someone so	bad

And to the girl I gotta have

	E
I gotta h	ave you baby, yeah

E	A
	Now come on

With “have you ever needed someone so bad” and ad libs

E

A

Def Leppard - Let’s Get Rocked (1992)

Originally in F, I play in A, with the verse higher and the chorus lower than the original

Do you wanna get rocked?

A5	D5
Let’s get, let’s get, let’s get, let’s get r	ocked

I’ll use just 4→5→1 later as a shorthand for this riff

D5	D5	E5	A5	A5
→	→	→	→	x4

Vox on the 1 and some b3

	A5
I’m your	average ordinary everyday kid

	A5
H	appy to do nothing, in fact that’s what I did

	A5
I got a m	illion ways to make my day but daddy don’t agree

	A5
Because wh	en I try to get away, he says, he got plans for me

	A5
G	et your butt right out of bed

A5

Stop bugging me

	A5
Get u	p and move your sleepy head

A5

Don’t shake my tree

	A5
He said m	ow the lawn, who me?

	A5
W	alk the dog, not my style, man

	A5
T	ake out the trash, no way

	A5
T	idy your room, come on, get real

	A5
S	orry Dad, got to disappear

Hard stop

A5

Let’s get the rock out of here

D

Seven day weekend, up all night

G	G5	D5
In at the deep end, hang on tight	→	→

E5	G5	D5
It won’t take a minute	→	→

E5	G5	D5
It won’t take long	→	→

E5	D5	E5	A5
So get on in it, come on, come on, come on

	A5	D5	E5	A5	D5	E5
L	et’s get, let’s get, let’s g	et, l	et’s get r	ocked

	A5	D5	E5	A5	D5	E5
L	et’s get, let’s get, let’s g	et, l	et’s get r	ocked

	G	D
Let’s go all the w	ay, get it n	ight and day

	E5	A5	D5	E5	A5	D5	E5
C	ome on, l	et’s get, let’s get, let’s g	et, l	et’s get r	ocked

Hard stop

	A5
I’m your	average ordinary everyday dude

	A5
Dr	iving with my baby to get her in the mood

	A5
She’s d	ialing through my radio and I’m ready to make my move

	A5
But wh	at she got ain’t rock ‘n roll and it really blew my groove

	A5
It was Ch	opin, Mozart, Beethoven

	A5
And it m	akes me want to scream

	A5
B	ach, Tchaikovsky, violins

	A5
Turn it	off, that ain’t my scene

	A5
Well, I’m s	orry, girl, here’s my confession

A5

I’m supposin’ rock’s out of the question

D

Seven day weekend, up all night

G	G5	D5
In at the deep end, hang on tight	→	→

E5	G5	D5
It won’t take a minute	→	→

E5	G5	D5
It won’t take long	→	→

E5	D5	E5	A5
So get on in it, come on, come on, come on

	A5	D5	E5	A5	D5	E5
L	et’s get, let’s get, let’s g	et, l	et’s get r	ocked

	A5	D5	E5	A5	D5	E5
L	et’s get, let’s get, let’s g	et, l	et’s get r	ocked

	G	D
Let’s go all the w	ay, get it n	ight and day

	E5	A5	D5	E5	A5	D5	E5	A5
C	ome on, l	et’s get, let’s get, let’s g	et, l	et’s get r	ocked

Bridge

	G	D
Whoa,	all I want to do is take a r	ide into the blue

A	E
But every time I want I’m up here st	uck inside my room

	G	D
H	eaven knows I’m sick and tired of d	ancing with this broom

E	A/C#	D
→	→

D	A/C#	E
→	→

I feel lucky today

E	A/C#	D
→	→

D	A/C#	E
→	→

Hey look at that, man

	E	A/C#	D
Do you want to get rocked?	→	→

	D	A/C#	E
Do you want to get	→	→ r	ocked?

Solo

F	C	G	G
			x2

	E5	G5	D5
Whoa,	it won’t you take a minute	→	→

E5	G5	D5
It won’t take long	→	→

E5	D5	E5	A5
So get on, get with it, whoa, come on, everybody

Band drops out

A5

Let’s get, let’s get, let’s get, let’s get rocked, get on top baby

A5	G5	D5
Let’s get, let’s get, let’s get, let’s get rocked, do you wanna,	do you	wanna?

	A#5	D#5	F5	A#5
L	et’s get, let’s get, let’s g	et, l	et’s get r	ocked

	D#5	F5
Get on top	of it

	A#5	D#5	F5	A#5
L	et’s get, let’s get, let’s g	et, le	t’s get ro	cked

	D#5	F5
Rock to rock you’er rockin’	bab	y

	A#5	D#5	F5	A#5
L	et’s get, let’s get, let’s g	et, le	t’s get ro	cked

	G#	D#
Let’s go	all the way, let’s do it n	ight and day

	A#	F
Let’s get	out and play, rock the n	ight away

	C	D#5	F5	G#
Come on, l	et’s get, let’s get, let’s g	et, l	et’s get ro	cked

	D#5	F5	A#	C
Do you want to get rocked?	→	→	→

Def Leppard - Miss You in a Heartbeat (1992)

Originally in Bb, I play in G capo 2

Intro

G	D	C	C
G	D	Em	Em7

	G	D	C
I bel	ieve	that there’s	something deep inside

G	D	Em
That shouldn’t	be from time to	time

G	D	C
I sure found	out, thought	love was such a crime

G	D	Em
The more you	care, the more you f	all

D	C	F	C
No need to	worry, no	need to turn	away

	G	D
‘Cause it don’t	matter, anyw	ay, baby

G	D	Em	C
Ooh,	I	miss you in a he	artbeat

G	D	Em
Ooh,	I m	iss you right away

G	D	Em	C
Ooh,	I m	iss you in a he	artbeat

	G	D	G
‘Cause it ain’t	love	if it don’t	feel that way

G	D	Em	Em

	G	D	C
When we t	ouch,	I just	lose my self-control

G	D	Em
A sad sens	ation I can’t	hide

G	D	C
To love is	easy, it ain’t	easy to walk away

G	D	Em
I keep the f	aith, and there’s a reason	why, yeah

D	C	F	C
No need to	worry, no	need to turn	away

	G	D
‘Cause it don’t	matter, anyw	ay, baby

G	D	Em	C
Ooh,	I	miss you in a he	artbeat

G	D	Em
Ooh,	yeah I m	iss you right away

G	D	Em	C
Ooh,	I m	iss you in a he	artbeat

	G	D	G
‘Cause it ain’t	love	if it don’t	feel that way

Bridge

	Em	Em	D
Now,	I ain’t big on promises	→	→

C	C	D
But I’ll be true to you	→	→

Em

‘Cause I’d do about anything

C	Em	D
For someone like	→	→

D

Baby, for you

Solo if appropriate

G	D	Em	Em
G	D	Em	Em

D	D/C	F	C
G	G	D	D

G	D	Em	C
Ooh,	I	miss you in a he	artbeat

G	D	Em
Ooh,	yeah I m	iss you right away

G	D	Em	C
Ooh,	I m	iss you in a he	artbeat

	G	D	G
‘Cause it ain’t	love	if it don’t	feel that way

Def Leppard - Two Steps Behind (1993)

A	D	G	D
			x2

	A	D	G	D
Walk aw	ay	if you w	ant to

	A	D	G	D
It’s ok	ay	if you n	eed to

	A	D	E	D
You can	run, but	you can never	hide

	A	D	E	D
From the	shadow that’s	creepin’ up be	side y	ou

	F#m	D
The	re’s a magic runnin’ through you	r soul

	G	E
But y	ou can’t have it all

	A	D	E
(Whatever you do) I’l	l be two	steps behi	nd you

	D	A	D	E	D
(Where	ever you go) and	I’ll be	there to re	mind you

	A	D	E	G
That it	only takes a	minute of your	precious t	ime

	D
To turn a	round, I’ll be two steps behind

A	D	G	D
			x2

	A	D	G	D
Take the ti	me	to think ab	out it

	A	D	G	D
Just walk the l	ine, you kn	ow you just can’t f	ight it

	A	D	E	D
Take a look aro	und, you’ll s	ee what you can f	ind

	A	D	E	D
Like the fi	re that’s bu	rnin’ up in	side me

	F#m	D
The	re’s a magic runnin’ through you	r soul

	G	E
But y	ou can’t have it all

	A	D	E
(Whatever you do) I’l	l be two	steps behi	nd you

	D	A	D	E	D
(Where	ever you go) and	I’ll be	there to re	mind you

	A	D	E	G
That it	only takes a	minute of your	precious t	ime

	D
To turn a	round, I’ll be two steps behind

Solo on verse

	F#m	D
The	re’s a magic runnin’ through you	r soul

	G	E
But y	ou can’t have it all

	A	D	E
(Whatever you do) I’l	l be two	steps behi	nd you

	D	A	D	E	D
(Where	ever you go) and	I’ll be	there to re	mind you

	A	D	E	G
That it	only takes a	minute of your	precious t	ime

	D
To turn a	round, I’ll be two steps behind

Outro

A	D	G	D
			x2

A

Del Amitri - Roll To Me (1995)

Originally in F#, I play in D

Gadd9
D	D/F#	Em7	G
D	D/F#	Em7	Em7

D	D/F#	Em7
Look arou	nd your	world pretty baby

G	D	D/F#	Em7	A
Is it	everythin	g you	hoped it’d be

D	D/F#	Em7	G
The wrong guy	the wr	ong situa	tion

D	Em7	G	D
The right ti	me to	roll to	me

D	D/F#	Em7	G	D
			Roll to	me

D

D/F#

Em7

	D	D/F#	Em7
And	look in	to your	heart pretty baby

G	D	D/F#	Em7	A
Is it	aching	with some	nameless need

	D	D/F#	Em7	G
Is there	something	wrong and you	can’t put your finger	on it

D	Em7	G	D
Right	then	roll to	me

D	D/F#	Em7	D

	D7/A	Gm/Bb	F#m7/A	Em7/G
And I d	on’t think I have	ever seen a	soul so in desp	air

	D/F#	G6
So	if you want to ta	lk the night through

	Em7	A	A/G	D/F#	A/E
G	uess who will be there

	D	D/F#	Em7
So	don’t try	to den	y it pretty baby

G	D	D/F#	Em7	A
You’ve been	down so	long you can	hardly see

	D	D/F#	Em7	G
When the	engine’s	stalled and it	won’t stop	raining

	D	Em7	G	D
It’s the	right	time to	roll to	me

D	D/F#	Em7	G	D
			Roll to	me

D	D/F#	Em7	G	D
			Roll to	me

D	D/F#	Em7	G
D	G	D	D

	D7/A	Gm/Bb	F#m7/A	Em7/G
And I d	on’t think I have	ever seen a	soul so in desp	air

	D/F#	G6
So	if you want to ta	lk the night through

	Em7	A	A/G	D/F#	A/E
G	uess who will be there

	D	D/F#	Em7
So	look arou	nd your	world pretty baby

G	D	D/F#	Em7	A
Is it	everythin	g you	hoped it would b	e

D	D/F#	Em7	G
The wrong guy	the wr	ong situ	ation

D	Em7	G
The right ti	me to	roll to

D	D/F#	Em7	G
Me,	the, a-right t	ime to	roll to

D	D/F#	Em7	G
Me,	the, a-right	time to	roll to

Em7

Me, oooh

D

D/F#

Em7

D

Disney - You’ve Got a Friend in Me (1995)

Originally in Eb, I play in C capo 3

C	E7/B	Am	Ab7
C/G	Cdim7	G7
	→

C	Gaug	C9	Gaug

C	Gaug	C	C9
You’ve got a	friend in	me

F	F#dim7	C/G	C9
You’ve got a	friend in	me

F	C/E	E7	Am
When the	road looks	rough a	head

	F	C/E	E7	Am
And you’re	miles and	miles from your	nice warm	bed

F	F#dim7	C/G	E/G#	F7	E7	Am
You	just rem	ember	what your	old	pal	said

	D7	G7	C	A7
For yo	u’ve got a	friend in	me

	D7	G7	C
Yeah,	you’ve got a	friend in	me

C	E7/B	Am	Ab7
C/G	Cdim7	G7
	→

C	Gaug	C	C9
You’ve got a	friend in	me

F	F#dim7	C/G	C9
You’ve got a	friend in	me

F	C/E	E7	Am
You got	troubles,	and I got ‘em	too

F	C/E	E7	Am
There isn’t	anything I	wouldn’t	do for you

F	C/E	E7	Am
If we stick to	gether we can	see it	through

	D7	G7	C	A7
‘Cause yo	u’ve got a	friend in	me

	D7	G7	C	C7
Yo	u’ve got a	friend in	me

F	B
Some other folks might be a	little bit smarter than I am

C	Baug	C
Bigger and	stronger	too, maybe

B	C#m7	Ddim7	B7/D#	Em	A7
But none of	them will	ever	love you the	way I	do

	Dm7	G7
It’s	me and	you, boy

C	Gaug	C	C9
And as the	years go	by

	F	F#dim7	C/G	C9
Our	friendship will	never	die

Short rubato on “destiny”

F	F#dim7	C/G	E7/G#	Am
You’re going to	see it’s our	de	sti	ny

D7	G7	C	A7
You’ve got a	friend in me

D7	G7	C	A7
You’ve got a	friend in me

D7	G7	C
You’ve got a	friend in	me

C	E7/B	Am	Ab7
C/G	Cdim7	G7
	→

C

Dream Theater - Pull Me Under (1992)

Originally in Em, I play in Am

Intro

Am11	Am9	AmM6	F/A	G6
			→

Am11	Am9	AmM6	F/A	A#(b5)
			→

Am

Vox on the 1

Am	Am9
Lost in the sky

AmM6	F/A	G6
Clouds roll by and I ro	ll with th	em

Am	Am9
Arrows fly

AmM6	F/A	A#(b5)
Seas increase and then f	all again

Vox on the 2

Am	F/C
This world is s	pinning around me

If I had to pick, the 5 chord here is a m

F#5/C#	C	E
This world is	spinning witho	ut me and

Am	F/C
Every day sends	future to past

F#5/C#	C	E
Every breath leaves me	one less t	o my last

Am	Am7	AmM6	F/A	A#
			→

Vox on the 5

Am

Watch the sparrow falling

	Am
Gives new	meaning to it all

	AmM6
If not to	day nor yet tomorrow

	F
Then some	other day

	Am
I’ll take	seven lives for one

	Am
And then my	only father’s son

	AmM6
As sure as I	did ever love him

	F
I am n	ot afraid

Am	F/C
This world is sp	inning around me

	F#5/C#	C	E
The	whole world keeps sp	inning aro	und me and

Am	F/C
All life is f	uture to past

F#5/C#	C	E
Every breath leaves me	one less t	o my last

Am	AmM6	E7	E7

Dm	Dm7
Pull me under,	pull me under

Dm6	Dm	A#	C
Pull me under, I’m	not afr	aid

Dm	Em	F
All that I feel i	s	honor and spite

G	Am	A#	D#
All I can do i	s to s	et it right

Am

Am	Am9
Dust fills my eye	s

AmM6	F/A	G6
Clouds roll by and I ro	ll with th	em

Ama	Am9
Centuries cry

AmM6	F/A	A#(b5)
Orders fly and I f	all again

Am	F/C
This world is s	pinning inside me

	F#5/C#	C	E
The w	hole world is sp	inning ins	ide me

Am	F/C
Every day sends	future to past

F#/C#	C	E
Every step brings me cl	oser t	o my last

Am	AmM6	E7	E7

Dm	Dm7
Pull me under,	pull me under

Dm6	Dm	A#	C
Pull me under, I’m n	ot afr	aid

Dm	Em	F
Living my life to	o	much in the sun

G	Am	A#	D#
Only until yo	ur	will is gone

Solo

Am	F/C	F#5/C#	C	E

Dm	Dm7
Pull me under,	pull me under

Dm6	Dm	A#	C
Pull me under, I’m n	ot afra	id

Dm	Em	F
All that I feel i	s	honor and spite

G	Am	A#	D#
All I can do i	s to s	et it right

Dm	Dm7
Pull me under,	pull me under

Dm6	Dm	A#	C
Pull me under, I’m not af	raid

Dm	Em	F
Living my life t	oo	much in the sun

G	Am	A#	D#	Am
Only until you	r w	ill is gone

Am

Dream Theater - Surrounded (1992)

Originally in G, I play in A capo 2

Asus2

Dadd9

Asus2

Dadd9

Vox start on the 3, use the *low 3* unless you are a cyborg

Asus2	Dadd9
Morning comes too	early

Asus2	Dadd9
And nighttime falls too l	ate

	Bm	Asus2	Dadd9
And	sometimes all I	want to do is	wait

	Bm	Asus2
The	shadow I’ve been	hiding in

	C#m7	Bm7
Has	fled from me tod	ay

Dmaj7	E/D
I know it’s e	asier

	C#m7	F#m7
To	walk away than look it in the e	ye

	Bm	Asus2	Dadd9
But	I will raise a s	helter to the sky

	Bm	Asus2	Dadd9
And	here beneath this	star tonight I’ll li	e

Bm7	A/C#
She will slowly y	ield the light

	Dadd9	E11
As	I awaken fr	om the longest night

One measure of 9/8 for each chord, first two times soft

A	D/A	E/A	G/A
			x2

Now rock out, still in 9/8

A	D/A	E/A	G/A

Still in 9/8

A	D/A
Dreams are shaking set sirens waking up	tired eyes

	E/A	G/A
With the	light the memories all rush into his head

Now in 4/4

	A	D/A
By a	candle stands a mirror of his	heart and soul she dances

	E/A	G/A
She was d	ancing through the night above his	bed

	D/F#
And	walking to the window

	Esus4
He	throws the shutters out against the wall

A	Asus4	A	Asus2
	D/F#	Esus4
And	from an ivory tower hears her	call

	A
Let light sur	round you

Back to 9/8

A	D/A	E/A	G/A

Still in 9/8

A	D/A
It’s been a long, long time, he’s had a	while to think it over

	E/A
In the	end he only sees the change

	G/A
Light to dark,	dark to light, light to dark, dark to light

Back in 4/4

A

Heaven must be more than this

	D/A
When	angels waken with a kiss

E/A

Sacred hearts won’t take the pain

	G/A
But	mine will never be the same

	D/F#
He	stands before the window

	Esus4	A
His	shadow slowly fading from the	wall

	D/F#	Esus4
And	from an ivory tower he hears her	call

	A
Let the light sur	round you

A	D/A	E/A	G/A
			x2

Bridge

Bm7	E/G#
Once I was but I was	found

	F#m
When I	heard the stained glass

F#m/E	B/D#
Shatter all a	round me

	Dadd9	A/C#	Bm7	A
I	sent the spirits	tumbling down the	hill

	F#m	F#m/E	B/D#	B
But I will	hold this one on	high ab	ove me s	till

	Bm	A/C#
She	whispers words to	clear my mind

	Dadd9	Esus4	A
I	once could see but no	w at last, I’m b	lind

Dmaj7	E/D
I know it’s	easier

	C#m7	F#m7
To	walk away than look it in the e	ye

	Bm	A/C#	Dadd9
But	I have given	all that I could	take

	Bm	A/C#	Dadd9
And	now I’ve only	habits left to	break

	Bm	A/C#	Dadd9
To	night I’ll still be	lying here sur	rounded

	Esus4	E	Asus2
In	all	the	light

Dream Theater - Take Away My Pain (1997)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Intro

A	Asus4	A	Asus4	A	Asus4	A	G

	A	Asus4	A	Asus4
I was	sitting on the	edge of his b	ed

A	Asus4	A	Asus4
Staring at the	headlines on the p	aper

	D/A
He said	look at poor Gene Kelly

	E/A	A	Asus4	A	Asus4
I	guess he won’t be singing in the	rain

	Em	D
You can	take away my heroes

	A	B	D	E
Can you take away my	pain?

E	A
Take away my	pain

	Gsus2
Leave the cold out	side

	F#m7	D
Please don’t let it	rain

	A
Don’t stumble on my	pride

	A
Take away my	pain

	Em7
I’m not frightened any	more

	F#m7
Just stay with me to	night

	D
I’m tired of this	fight

	A
Soon I’ll be knocking at your	door

	A	Asus4	A	Asus4
She was	standing by the	edge of his	bed

A	Asus4	A	Asus4
Staring at the m	essage on their	faces

	D/A
He said	what else can you do, babe?

	E/A	A	Asus4	A	Asus4
I	guess I won’t be coming home a	gain

	Em	D
They just t	ook away all my promises

	A	B	D	E
Make them take away my	pain

E	A
Take away my	pain

	Gsus2
Leave the cold out	side

	F#m7	D
Please don’t let it	rain

	A
Don’t stumble on my	pride

	A
Take away my	pain

	Em7
I’m not frightened any	more

	F#m7
Just stay with me to	night

	D
I’m tired of this	fight

	A
Soon I’ll be knocking at your	door

Bridge

F	Am
His final scene the actor	bows

	F
And all those years are gone some	how

	Am
The crowd applauds the curtain	falls

Solo

Am	F	Am	F

A	Asus4
	x 4

	A	Asus4	A	Asus4
I was	standing by the	edge of the	water

	A	Asus4	A	Asus4
I	noticed my re	flection in the	waves

	D/A
Then I	saw you looking back at me

	E/A
And I	knew that for a moment

	A	Asus4	A	Asus4
You were	calling out my	name

	Em	D
You	took away my hero

	A	B	D	E
Will you take away my	pain

E	A
Take away my	pain

	Gsus2
Let the cold in	side

	F#m7	D
It’s time to let it	rain

	A
There’s nothing left to	hide

	A
Take away my	pain

	Em7
I’m not frightened any	more

	F#m7
I’m learning to sur	vive

	D
Without you in my	life

	A
Till you come knocking at my	door

A

Asus4

A

Asus4

A

Duran Duran - Ordinary World (1993)

Originally in B, I play in G

G	Dm7	A#sus2	F/A	Csus2
		→

G	Dm7	A#sus2	F/A	Dm7b5
		→

Vox on 5 1 of the chord on “came in”

Am7	C	Dsus4
Came in from a rainy Thursday	on the ave n	ue

Am7	C	Dsus4
Thought I heard you talking softly

Am7	C	Dsus4
I turned on the lights, the TV,	and the radi	o

Am7	C	Dsus4
Still I can’t escape the ghost of	you

Am7	Em7
What has happened to it all? C	razy some would say

B7	C
Where is the life that I recogni	ze, gone away

G	Dm7
But I won’t cry for yesterd	ay

	A#sus2	F/A	C
There’s an ordinary	world somehow	I have to	find

G	Dm7	A#sus2
And as I try to make my	way to the ordinary	world

	F/A	Dm7b5
I will	learn to sur	vive

Am7	Dsus4

Am7	C	Dsus4
Passion or coincidence once p	rompted you to s	ay

	Am7	C	Dsus4
P	ride will tear us both apart

	Am7
Well now p	ride’s gone out the window

	C	Dsus4
Cross the	rooftops run aw	ay

Am7	C	Dsus4
Left me in the vacuum of my	heart

Am7	Em7
What is happening to me? C	razy some would say

B7	C
Where is my friend when I	need you most, gone away

G	Dm7
But I won’t cry for yesterd	ay

	A#sus2	F/A	C
There’s an ordinary	world somehow	I have to	find

G	Dm7	A#sus2
And as I try to make my	way to the ordinary	world

	F/A	C
I will	learn to sur	vive

G	Dm7	A#sus2	F/A	Csus2
		→

G	Dm7	A#sus2	F/A	Dm7b5
		→

Am7	C	Dsus4
Papers in the roadside tell of	suffering and	greed

Am7	C	Dsus4
Feared today, forgot tomorrow

Am7	C	Dsus4
Here beside the news of holy	war and holy	need

Am7	C
Ours is just a little sorrowed	talk

G	Dm7
And I don’t cry for yesterd	ay

	A#sus2	F/A	C
There’s an ordinary	world somehow	I have to	find

G	Dm7	A#sus2
And as I try to make my	way to the ordinary	world

	F/A	Dm7b5
I will	learn to sur	vive

Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven (1991)

Originally in A, I play in G

Intro

G	D/F#	Em	G/D	C/E	D7sus4	D7	G
					→

	G	D	Em	G/D
W	ould you k	now my	name

C/E	G/D	D	G/D	D7
If I saw	you in h	eaven	→

	G	D	Em	G/D
Wo	uld it	be the s	ame

C/E	G/D	D	G/D	D7
If I s	aw you in h	eaven	→

Em	B/D#
I must be str	ong

G7/D	E7
And carry on

E7sus4	E7	Am7	D7sus4
‘Cause	I k	now I don’t belo	ng

	G
Here in hea	ven

G	D/F#	Em	G/D	C/E	D7sus4	D7	G
					→

G	D	Em	G/D
Would you h	old my h	and

C/E	G/D	D	G/D	D7
If I s	aw you in hea	ven	→

G	D	Em	G/D
Would you h	elp me	stand

C/E	G/D	D	G/D	D7
If I s	aw you in hea	ven	→

Em	B/D#
I’ll find my w	ay

G7/D	E7
Through night and day

E7sus4	E7	Am7	D7sus4
‘Cause	I	know I just can’t st	ay

	G
Here in hea	ven

G	D/F#	Em	G/D	C/E	D7sus4	D7	G
					→

Bridge

A#	F/A	Gm
Time can	bring you do	wn

	C/E	F	C/E	Dm	C/E	F
Time can b	end your knee				→

A#	F/A	Gm
Time can	break your he	art

	C/E	F
Have you	begging ple	ase

	C/E	D
B	egging ple	ase

G	D/F#	Em	G/D	C/E	D7sus4	D7	G
					→

Em	B/D#
Beyond the	door

G7/D	E7
There’s peace I’m su	re

E7sus4	E7	Am7	D7sus4
And	I	know there’ll be no	more

	G
Tears in	heaven

G	D/F#	Em	G/D	C/E	D7sus4	D7	G
					→

	G	D	Em	G/D
W	ould you k	now my n	ame

C/E	G/D	D	G/D	D7
If I saw	you in heav	en	→

	G	D	Em	G/D
Wo	uld it	be the s	ame

	C/E	G	D	G/D	D7
I	f I saw	you in h	eaven	→

Em	B/D#
I must be str	ong

G7/D	E7
And carry on

E7sus4	E7	Am7	D7sus4
‘Cause	I k	now I don’t belo	ng

	G
Here in hea	ven

G	D/F#	Em	G/D	C/E	D7sus4	D7	G
					→

Eve 6 - Inside Out (1998)

Asus2	E	B
I would swallow my	pride, I would choke on the	rinds

	Asus2
But the lack thereof would leave me empty in	side

	E	F#
Swallow my	doubt turn it inside	out

Find nothing but faith in nothing

Asus2	E
Want to put my tender	heart in a blender

F#

Watch it spin ‘round into a beautiful oblivion

Asus2	E	F#
Rendez	vous, then I’m	through with you

B	F#
I burn, burn like a	wicker cabinet

A	G
Chalk white and	oh so frail

B	F#	E
I see our	time has gotten	stale

B	F#
The tick tock of the	clock is painful

A	G
All sane and	logical

B	F#	E
I want to	tear it off the	wall

B	F#
I hear words in	clips and phrases

A	G
I think sick like	ginger ale

B	F#	G
My stomach	turns and I ex	hale

Asus2	E	B
I would swallow my	pride, I would choke on the	rinds

	Asus2
But the lack thereof would leave me empty in	side

	E	F#
Swallow my	doubt turn it inside	out

Find nothing but faith in nothing

Asus2	E
Want to put my tender	heart in a blender

F#

Watch it spin ‘round into a beautiful oblivion

Asus2	E	F#
Rendez	vous, then I’m	through with you

B	F#
SoCal is	where my mind states

A	G
But it’s not my	state of mind

B	F#	E
I’m not as	ugly, sad as	you

B	F#	A	G
Or am I	origami?	Fold it up and	just pretend

	B	F#	G
Dem	ented as the	motives in your	head

Asus2	E	B
I would swallow my	pride, I would choke on the	rinds

	Asus2
But the lack thereof would leave me empty in	side

	E	F#
Swallow my	doubt turn it inside	out

Find nothing but faith in nothing

Asus2	E
Want to put my tender	heart in a blender

F#

Watch it spin ‘round into a beautiful oblivion

Asus2	E	F#
Rendez	vous, then I’m	through with you

B	E	A	E

B	E
I a	lone am the one you

A	E
Don’t know you need take	heed, feed your ego

B	E
Make me	blind when your eyes close

A	E
Sink when you get close,	tie me to the bedpost

B	E
I a	lone am the one you

A	E
Don’t know you need, you do	n’t know you need me

B	E
Make me	blind when your eyes close

A	E
Tie me to the bed	post

Outro: Chorus lyrics but new chords

B	E	A
I would swallow my	pride I would choke on the	rinds

	E	B
But the lack there	of would leave me empty in	side

	E	A
Swallow my	doubt, turn it inside	out

	E
Find nothing but	faith in nothing

B	E
Want to put my tender	heart in a blender

A	E
Watch it spin ‘round to a	beautiful oblivion

B	E	A	E
Rendez	vous, then I’m	through, now I’m	through with

B	E	A	E
You

	B	E	A	F#
Through with	you

Asus2	E	F#
Rendez	vous then I’m	through with you

Extreme - Hole Hearted (1990)

Originally in A tuned down to Ab, I play in E

Intro, slow

A	B/A
	x2

A	B/A	C/A

At tempo, approximating the verse here

E	G	E	E	E
	→

E	G	A
	→

A	A	D	E
	→

E	G	E
Life’s ambition occupies	my	time

	E	G	A
Pri	orities confuse	the	mind

In my key, don’t go down on “behind”

E	G	E
Happiness one step	be	hind

	E	G	A
This	inner peace I’ve yet	to	find

A	E/A	D/A	E/A	A
Rivers	flow in	to	the	sea

	E	A/E	A/E	B/E	E
Yet	even the	sea is not so	full	of	me

	A	E/A	D/A	E/A	A
If	I’m not	blind why	can’t	I	see

	E	A/E
That a	circle can’t	fit

	A/E	B/E	E
Where a	square	should	be

	Dadd9
There’s a	hole in my heart

	Gadd9	A	B/A	A	B/A
That can	only be filled by	you

	Dadd9
And this	hole in my heart

	Gadd9	A	B/A
Can’t be	filled with the things I	do

	A#maj7	Cadd9	A	B/A
Hole	hearted

	A#maj7	Cadd9
Hole	hearted

E	G	E	E	E
	→

E	G	A
	→

A	A	D	E
	→

	E	G	E
This	heart of stone is where	I	hide

	E	G	A
These	feet of clay kept warm	in	side

E	G	E
Day by day less sat	is	fied

	G	A
Not fade away before	I	die

A	E/A	D/A	E/A	A
Rivers	flow in	to	the	sea

	E	A/E	A/E	B/E	E
Yet	even the	sea is not so	full	of	me

	A	E/A	D/A	E/A	A
If	I’m not	blind why	can’t	I	see

	E	A/E
That a	circle can’t	fit

	A/E	B/E	E
Where a	square	should	be

	Dadd9
There’s a	hole in my heart

	Gadd9	A	B/A	A	B/A
That can	only be filled by	you

	Dadd9
And this	hole in my heart

Note short phrase after this line

	Gadd9	A	E/A	D/A	A
Can’t be	filled with the things I	do

	Dadd9
There’s a	hole in my heart

	Gadd9	A	B	B/A	A	B/A
That can	only be filled by	you

	Dadd9
Should have	known from the start

	Gadd9	A	B/A
I’d fall	short with the things I	do

	A#maj7	Cadd9	A	B/A
Hole	hearted

	A#maj7	Cadd9	A	B/A
Hole	hearted

	A#maj7	Cadd9	A	B/A
Hole	hearted

	A#maj7	Cadd9	A
Hole	hearted

Extreme - More Than Words (1990)

Originally in Gb, I play in D

Intro

D	D/F#	Gadd9	Gadd9
Em7	Em7	G	A
D	D/F#	Gadd9	Gadd9
Em7	Em7	G	A

D	D/F#	Gadd9
S	aying I lo	ve you is

Em7	G	A	D
Not the words I	want to	hear from	you

D	D/F#	Gadd9
It’s	not that I w	ant you

Em7	G	A	Bm
Not to say but	if you	only	knew

	Em7
How ea	sy

A	D	A/C#	Bm
It would be to	show me	how you	feel

Bm/F#	Em7	A7
More than	words is	all you have to

D7	D7/F#	G
Do	to make it	real

G	Gm	D
Then you w	ouldn’t have to	say

	Bm7
That you l	ove me

	Em7	A7	D
‘Cause I	’d alre	ady k	now

D	D/F#	A/C#	Bm	F#m	G
Wh	at would you	do if my h	eart was	torn in	two

G	G	D/F#	Em7	A7	D
More than words to sh	ow y	ou	feel that your	love for me is r	eal

D	D/F#	A/C#	Bm7	F#m	G
Wh	at would you	say if I	took those	words a	way?

G	G	D/F#	Em7
Then you couldn’t m	ake th	ings n	ew

	A7	D
Just by s	aying I love	you

D	D/F#	Gadd9	Gadd9
		La dee	da

	Em7	Em7	G	A
La dee	dai de	dai dai	dum,	more than

D	D/F#	Gadd9	Gadd9
Words,		la dee	da

Let ring, the dim7 is just implied by the vocals, but I’m not that good a singer, so I play it.

	Em7	A	A#dim7
La dee	dai,	oooh	oooh

D	D/F#	Gadd9
N	ow that I’ve	tried to

Em7	G	A	D
Talk to you and	make you	unders	tand

D	D/F#	Gadd9
A	ll you	have to do is

Em7	G	A	Bm
Close your eyes and j	ust reach	out your ha	nds

	Bm/F#	Em7
A	nd t	ouch me

A	D	A/C#	Bm
Hold me close don’t	ever	let me	go

	Em7
More than	words

	A7	D7	D7/F#	G
Is a	ll I ever n	eeded y	ou to show

G	Gm	D
Then you	wouldn’t have to say

	Bm7
That you l	ove me

Can sub a IIdim7 instead of the 7b9

	Em7	A7	A7b9	D
‘Cause I	’d alr	ea	dy k	now

D	D/F#	A/C#	Bm	F#m	G
What would y	ou	do if my	heart was	torn in	two

G	G	D/F#	Em7	A7	D
More than words to s	how y	ou	feel that your l	ove for me is real

D	A/C#	Bm7	F#m	G
What would you	say if I	took those	words a	way?

G	G	D/F#	Em7
Then you couldn’t ma	ke th	ings n	ew

Let ring

	A7	D	D6
Just by	saying I love	you

Faith No More - Epic (1990)

Highest note is the b3 (“*grab* it”)

Intro

E	B	C	Dsus2	E5
		→

	E5
Can you	feel it, see it, hear it today?

	E5
If you	can’t, then it doesn’t matter anyway

	E5
You will n	ever understand it ‘cause it happens too fast

	E5
And it	feels so good, it’s like walking on glass

	E5
I	t’s so cool, it’s so hip, it’s alright

	E5
It’s so	groovy, it’s outta sight

	E5
You can	touch it, smell it, taste it so sweet

	E5
But it	makes no difference ‘cause it knocks you off your feet

E	B	C	Dsus2	E5
You want it a	ll but you can’t	have it

	E5
It’s cr	yin’, bleedin’, lying on the floor

	E5
So you	lay down on it and you do it some more

	E7#9
You’ve	got to share it, so you dare it

E7#9

Then you bare it and you tear it

E	B	C	E5
You want it a	ll but you can’t	have it

E	B	C	E5
It’s in your	face but you can’t	grab it

	E5
It’s al	ive, afraid, a lie, a sin

	E5
It’s ma	gic, it’s tragic, it’s a loss, it’s a win

	E7#9
It’s	dark, it’s moist, it’s a bitter pain

	E7#9
It’s s	ad it happened and it’s a shame

E	B	C	E5
You want it a	ll but you can’t	have it

E	B	C
It’s in your	face but you can’t	grab it

E5	G5
What is it?	It’s it

E5	G5
What is it?	It’s it

E5	G5
What is it?	It’s it

E5	G5
What is it?	It’s it

Solo

Em	Em	C	D	Em
		→		x4

E5	G5
What is it?	It’s it

E5	G5
What is it?	It’s it

E5	G5
What is it?	It’s it

E5	G5
What is it?	It’s it

E	B	C	E5
You want it a	ll but you can’t	have it

E	B	C
It’s in your	face but you can’t	grab it

	Em
It’s	it, what is it?

	B
It’s	it, what is it?

	C
It’s	it, what is it?

	C
It’s	it, what is it?

Em

C7

Em

C7

Em

Fastball - Out of My Head (1998)

E	B	C#m	E	E7
A	E	F#	B

E	G#m
Sometimes I feel like I am	drunk behind the wheel

	A	E
The w	heel of possib	ility

	F#	B
How	ever it may	roll

E	G#m
Give it a spin, see if it can	somehow factor in

	A	E
You	know there’s always m	ore than one way

	F#	B	E
To	say exactly	what you mean to s	ay

E	B	C#m
Was I out of my	head, was I out of my	mind?

	E	E7	A
How could I have e	ver b	een so b	lind?

	E
I was waiting for an	indication

F#	B
It was hard to	find

E	B	C#m
Don’t matter what I	say, no matter what I	do

	E	E7	A
I never mean to d	o bad	things to	you

	E
So quiet but I f	inally woke up

F#	B	A	A7
If you’re sad then it’s	time you spoke up	too

Guitar solo on chorus chords... if there’s _anyone_ around to play it

it would push the song over that critical 60-second mark.

E	B	C#m
Was I out of my	head, was I out of my	mind?

	E	E7	A
How could I have e	ver b	een so b	lind?

	E
I was waiting for an	invitation

F#	B
It was hard to	find

E	B	C#m
Don’t matter what I	say, no matter what I	do

	E	E7	A
I never mean to d	o bad	things to	you

	E
So quiet but I f	inally woke up

F#	B	A	A7
If you’re sad... then it’s	time you spoke up...	too

E

Fastball - The Way (1998)

Originally in F#m, I play in Em capo 2

Em

	Em	Am
They	made up their minds and they started p	acking

	B7	Em
They le	ft before the sun came up that day

	E7	Am
An	exit to eternal summer	slacking

	Em	B7	Em
But	where were they going with	out ever knowing the	way?

Em	Am
They drank up the wine and they got to	talking

	B7	Em
They	now had more important things to	say

E7	Am
When the car broke down they started w	alking

Em	B7	Em	D
Where were they going witho	ut ever knowing the way?

	G	D
Anyone can see the ro	ad that they walk on is	paved in gold

Em	B7
It’s always summer they’ll	never get cold

	C	G	D
They’ll	never get hungry, they’ll	never get old and gra	y

	G	D
You can see their s	hadows wandering	off somewhere

	Em	B7
They won’	t make it home but they	really don’t care

	C	G	D	B7
They want	ed the highway they’re	happier there tod	ay to	day

	Em	Am
Their	children woke up and they couldn’t fi	nd them

	B7	Em
They lef	t before the sun came up th	at day

	E7	Am
They jus	t drove off and left it all behind’	em

(Leavin’ it all behind)

	Em	B7	Em	D
But	where were they going witho	ut ever knowing the way?

	G	D
Anyone can see the ro	ad that they walk on is	paved in gold

Em	B7
It’s always summer they’ll	never get cold

	C	G	D
They’ll	never get hungry they’ll	never get old and gra	y

	G	D
You can see their s	hadows wandering	off somewhere

	Em	B7
They won’	t make it home but they	really don’t care

	C	G	D
They want	ed the highway they’re	happier there tod	ay

	B7
To	day

Em

Garth Brooks - Ain’t Goin’ Down (1993)

Originally in G, I play in E capo 3

You think you want to play 6ths, but you don’t

Intro

E

Vox on the b3

E

Six o’clock on Friday evening, mama doesn’t know she’s leaving

’Til she hears the screen door slamming, rubber squealin’, gears a-jamming

A

Local country station just a-blarin’ on the radio

E

Pick him up at seven and they’re headin’ to the rodeo

B

Mama’s on the front porch screamin’ out her warning

	E
Girl you’d	better get your red head back in bed before morning

E

Nine o’clock the show is ending but the fun is just beginning

She knows he’s anticipating but she gonna keep him waiting

A

Grab a bite to eat and then they’re headin’ to the honky-tonk

	E
But l	oud crowds and line dancing just ain’t what they really want

B

Drive out to the boondocks and park down by the creek

	E
Yeah where it’s	George Strait ‘til real late and dancing cheek to cheek

E

A

Ain’t going down ‘til the sun comes up

E	G
Ain’t givin’ in ‘til they get enough

A

Going ‘round the world in a pickup truck

E

Ain’t going down ‘til the sun comes up

Solo on verse chords

E	E	A	E	B	E

Lines are shorter in this verse, with hard stops

E

Ten to twelve is wine and dancing, midnight starts the hard romancing

A	E
One o’clock that truck is rocking	two is comin’ still no stopping

B	B
Break to check the clock at three they’re	right on where they wanna be

E

And four o’clock get up get going, five o’clock that rooster’s crowing

Solo on verse chords

E	E	A	E	B	E

A

Ain’t going down ‘til the sun comes up

E	G
Ain’t givin’ in ‘til they get enough

A

Going ‘round the world in a pickup truck

E

Ain’t going down ‘til the sun comes up

E

No IV in this verse

E

Six o’clock on Saturday her folks don’t know he’s on his way

The stalls are clean the horses fed they say she’s grounded ‘til she’s dead

	B
But h	ere he comes around the bend, slowing down she’s jumping in

E

Hey mom your daughter’s gone and there they go again

Solo on verse chords

E	E	A	E	B	E

A

Ain’t going down ‘til the sun comes up

E	G
Ain’t givin’ in ‘til they get enough

A

Going ‘round the world in a pickup truck

E

Ain’t going down ‘til the sun comes up

Garth Brooks - Papa Loved Mama (1992)

E5

Papa drove a truck nearly all his life

	A7
You know it	drove mama crazy being a trucker’s wife

	B7
The	part she couldn’t handle was the being alone

	C	B7
I guess she	needed more to hold than just a	telephone

E5

Papa called Mama each and every night

	A7
Just to	ask her how she was and if us kids were alright

B7

Mama would wait for that call to come in

	C	B7	E7
And when	Daddy’d hang up she was	gone a	gain

A7

Mama was a looker lord how she shined

E7

Papa was a good’n but the jealous kind

A7

Papa loved Mama, Mama loved men

E7	B7	E5
Mama’s in the graveyard	Papa’s in the	pen

E5

Well it was bound to happen and one night it did

A7

Papa came home and it was just us kids

	B7
He had a	dozen roses and a bottle of wine

	C	B7
If he was	lookin’ to surprise us he was	doin’ fine

E5

I heard him cry for Mama up and down the hall

	A7
Then I	heard a bottle break against the bedroom wall

	B7
That	old diesel engine made an eerie sound

	C	B7	E7
When Papa	fired it up and headed	into	town

	A7
Well the	picture in the paper showed the scene real well

E7

Papa’s rig was buried in the local motel

	A7
The	desk clerk said he saw it all real clear

After this line go right into the little riff

	E7	B7	E5
He never	hit the brakes and he was	shifting	gears

E5	F5	F#5	G5	G#5	G#5

A7

Mama was a looker lord how she shined

E7

Papa was a good’n but the jealous kind

A7

Papa loved Mama, Mama loved men

E7	B7	E5
Mama’s in the graveyard	Papa’s in the	pen

Solo, and fade on:

A5

E5

Garth Brooks - Rodeo (1991)

If I had to call all those E5’s Em or E, I’d call them E,

but they should be as E5 as possible, with an occasional E7#9.

I play the G A over an open A.

G	A
E5	G	A
		x 2

	E5
His	eyes are cold and restless

	A	E5
His	wounds have almost	healed

	A	E5
And	she’d give half of	Texas

	A	E5
Just to	change the way he	feels

Vox up to the 1 on “knows”

	E5
She	knows his love’s in Tulsa

	A
And she	knows he’s gonna go

It starts to become a major chord here

	E5
Well it	ain’t no woman flesh and blood

	B7
It’s that	damned old rodeo

	E
Well it’s	bulls and blood, it’s dust and mud

	A	E
It’s the	roar of a Sunday	crowd

	E
It’s the	white in his knuckles, the gold in the buckle

	B7	D	B
He’ll	win the next go ‘round

	E
It’s	boots and chaps, it’s cowboy hats

	A	E
It’s	spurs and lati	go, it’s the ropes and the reins

	B7	E5
And the joy and the pain and they	call the thing rode	o

E5	G	A
		x 2

	E5
She	does her best to hold him

	A	E5
When	his love comes to	call

	A	E5
But his	need for it cont	rols him

	A	E5
And her	back’s against the	wall

	E5
And it’s	so long girl I’ll see you

	A	A	G
When it’s	time for him to go

	E5
You know the	woman wants her cowboy

	B7
Like he	wants his rodeo

	E
Well it’s	bulls and blood, it’s dust and mud

	A	E
It’s the	roar of a Sunday	crowd

	E
It’s the	white in his knuckles, the gold in the buckle

	B7	D	B
He’ll	win the next go ‘round

	E
It’s	boots and chaps, it’s cowboy hats

	A	E
It’s	spurs and lati	go, it’s the ropes and the reins

	B7	E5
And the joy and the pain and they	call the thing rode	o

E5	G	A
		x 2

	E7
It’ll	drive a cowboy crazy

	A	E7
It’ll	drive a man in	sane

	A	E5
And he’ll	sell off every	thing he owns

A	E5
Just to pay to play the	game

	E5
And a	broken home and some broken bones

	A
Is	all he’ll have to show

	E5
For	all the years that he spent chasin’

	B7
This	dream they call rodeo

	E
Well it’s	bulls and blood, it’s dust and mud

	A	E
It’s the	roar of a Sunday	crowd

	E
It’s the	white in his knuckles, the gold in the buckle

	B7	D	B
He’ll	win the next go ‘round

	E
It’s	boots and chaps, it’s cowboy hats

	A	E
It’s	spurs and lati	go, it’s the ropes and the reins

	B7	E5
And the joy and the pain and they	call the thing rode	o

	E5
It’s the	broncs and the blood

It’s the steers and the mud

	B7	E5
And they	call the thing rode	o

Fade on

E5	G	A
		x 2

Garth Brooks - The River (1992)

Originally in D, I play in C capo 2

Intro

F	F	G/F	F
			x 2

C

	C
You know a	dream is like a river

	F/C	C
Ever	changin’ as it	flows

	F	C/E
And the	dreamer’s just a	vessel

	D7m	G
That must	follow where it	goes

	C	F/C	C
Trying to	learn from w	hat’s behind	you

	Am	F
And never	knowing what’s in	store

	C	F/C	C
Makes each	day a c	onstant ba	ttle

	G	C	F/C	C
Just to	stay between the shores		→

	C	F/C	C	F	C
And I will	sail	my	vessel ‘til the	river runs	dry

	F	C/E	Dm7	G
Like a	bird upon the	wind these	waters are my	sky

	C	F/C	C	F	F/A
I’ll never	reach my	desti	nation	if I never	try

	C	F/C	C	G	C
So I will	sail	my	vessel ‘til the	river runs dry

C

	C
Too many	times we stand aside

	F/C	C
And let	waters slip a	way

	F	C/E
‘Til what we	put off ‘til to	morrow

	Dm7	G
Has	now become to	day

	C	F/C	C
So don’t you	sit upon	the	shoreline

	Am	F
And	say you’re satis	fied

C

Choose to chance the rapids

	G	C	F/C	C
And	dare to dance the tide		→

	C	F/C	C	F	C
Yes I will	sail	my	vessel ‘til the	river runs	dry

	F	C/E	Dm7	G
Like a	bird upon the	wind these	waters are my	sky

	C	F/C	C	F	F/A
I’ll never	reach my	desti	nation	if I never	try

	C	F/C	C	G	C
So I will	sail	my	vessel ‘til the	river runs dry

C	C	G/B
	→

	Am	F
And there’s	bound to be rough wa	ters

	C	G/B	F
And I	know I’ll take	some falls

	Dm7	C
But with the	good lord as my	captain

	F	G
I can	make it through them	all

Key change to D, instruments drop out

	D	G/D	D	G	D
Yes I will	sail	my	vessel ‘til the	river runs	dry

	G	D/F#	Em7	G
Like a	bird upon the	wind these	waters are my	sky

Instruments back in

	D	G/D	D	G	G/B
I’ll never	reach my	desti	nation	if I never	try

	D	G/D	D	A	D/F#	G	A	G/B
So, I will	sail	my	vessel ‘til the	river runs dry	→	→	→

	D	G/D	D	A	G
Yes I will	sail	my	vessel ‘til the	river runs d	ry

G	A/G	G
	→

	A	D
‘Til the river	runs dry

Garth Brooks - The Thunder Rolls (1990)

The original is in Dm; I usually play in Am capo 5 (so still in the orig key)

Am

Am	F
Three thirty in the morning	not a soul in sight

E	Am
The city’s lookin’ like a ghost town on a	moonless summer night

Am	F
Raindrops on the windshield, there’s a	storm moving in

E	Am
He’s headin’ back from somewhere that he	never should have been

	G	G	G/F#	E
And the thunder ro	lls

	Am
And the thunder rolls

Am	F
Every light is burnin’ in a	house across town

E	Am
She’s pacin’ by the telephone in her	faded flannel gown

Am	F
Askin’ for miracle	hopin’ she’s not right

E	Am
Prayin’ it’s the weather that has	kept him out all night

	G	G	G/F#	E
And the thunder ro	lls

	Am	G	Am
And the thunder rolls

	F	G
The thunder	rolls

	Am	G	Am
And the lightning	strikes

	F	G
Another love grows	cold

	E
On a sleepless night

X	F	G
As the storm blows	on

	Am	G	Am
Out of cont	rol

	F	G
Deep in her	heart

	Am
The thunder	rolls

Am	F
She’s waitin’ by the window when he	pulls into the drive

E	Am
She rushes out to hold him	thankful he’s alive

Am	F
But on the wind and rain a	strange new perfume blows

	E	Am
And the	lightning flashes in her eyes and	he knows that she knows

	G	G/F#	E
And the thunder rolls

	Am
And the thunder rolls

This verse is not on the recorded version

	F
She runs back down the hallway	to the bedroom door

	E	Am
She	reaches for the pistol hidden	in the dresser drawer

	F
Tells the lady in the mirror he	won’t do this again

E	Am
‘Cause tonight’ll be the last time she’ll	wonder where he’s been

	G	G/F#	E
And the thunder rolls

	Am	G	Am
And the thunder rolls

Am	G	Am

	F	G
The thunder	rolls

	Am	G	Am
And the lightning	strikes

	F	G
Another love grows	cold

	E
On a sleepless night

X	F	G
As the storm blows	on

	Am	G	Am
Out of cont	rol

	F	G
Deep in her	heart

	Am
The thunder	rolls

Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me (1991)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Am

and barre all the Dm’s. Also for some reason

I find myself tempted to strum 16ths... don’t

do that, you won’t be able to sustain the tempo,

stay at 8ths.

Esus2
Am	G	Em	Am
Am	G	Em/B	Am

Am	G	Em	Am
Do you see the face on the	TV screen	coming at you	every Sunday

Am	G	Em	Am
See the face on the	billboard,	well that man is	me

Am	G	Em	Am
On the cover of the	magazine,	there’s no question	why I’m smiling

Am	G	Em	Am
You buy a piece of	paradise,	you buy a piece of	me

G	A
I’ll get you	everything you wanted

G	A
I’ll get you	everything you need

G	A	G	A
Don’t need to be	lieve in hereafter,	just believe in	me

Dm	G	C	F
Jesus he	knows me, and he	knows I’m	right

Dm	G	C	F
I’ve been talking to	Jesus	all my	life

Dm	G	C	F
Oh yes, he	knows me, and he	knows I’m	right

Dm	G	A
And he’s been	telling me every	thing is alright

Am	G	Em	Am
I believe in the	family	with my ever-loving	wife beside me

Am	G	Em	Am
But she don’t know about my	girlfriend or the	man I met last	night

Am	G	Em	Am
Do you bel	ieve in God,	‘cause that is	what I’m selling

Am	G	Em	Am
And if you wanna go to	heaven, well	I’ll see you	right

G	A
You won’t ever have to	leave your house

G	A
Or get	out of your chair

G	A	G	A
You don’t even have to	touch that dial,	‘cause I’m every	where

Dm	G	C	F
And Jesus he	knows me, and he	knows I’m	right

Dm	G	C	F
I’ve been talking to	Jesus	all my	life

Dm	G	C	F
Oh yes, he	knows me, and he	knows I’m	right

Dm	G	A
Well he’s been	telling me every	thing’s gonna be alright

Riff for a while on the root

Am

Reggae beat

C#m	E	G#m	C#m
Won’t find me	practicing	what I’m	preaching

C#m	E	G#m	C#m
Won’t find me	making no	sacri	fice

C#m	E	G#m	C#m
But I can	get you a	pocketful of	miracles

C#m	E	G#m	C#m
If you promise to be	good,	try to be	nice

D	C#m
God will take good care of	you

	Bm7	A	E
Just	do as I say, don’t do as I	do

Am	G	Em	Am
I’m counting my	blessings,	I’ve found true	happiness

Am	G	Em	Am
‘Cause I’m getting	richer,	day by	day

Am	G	Em	Am
You can find me in the	phone book,	just’a call my	toll free number

Am	G	Em	Am
You can do it any	way you want, just	do it right a	way

G	A
No there’ll be no	doubt in your mind

G	A
You’ll believe every	thing I’m saying

G	A
If you wanna get	closer to him

G	A
Get on your knees and	start paying

Dm	G	C	F
‘Cause Jesus he	knows me, and he	knows I’m	right

Dm	G	C	F
I’ve been talking to	Jesus	all my	life

Dm	G	C	F
Oh yes, he	knows me, and he	knows I’m	right

Dm	G	A
Well he’s been	telling me every	thing’s gonna be alright

Dm	G	C	F
‘Cause Jesus he	knows me, and he	knows I’m	right (Jesus he knows me, knows)

Dm	G	C	F
Ooh yes he	knows me, and he	knows I’m	right (Jesus he knows me, knows)

Dm	G	C	F
I’ve been talking to	Jesus	all my	life

Dm	G	A
And he’s been	telling me every	thing’s gonna be alright

Gin Blossoms - Follow You Down (1996)

Originally in G, I play in D

Highest note is the 1 (anywhere you *go*)

Note the I doesn’t happen until the chorus

A	Bm	G	G
			x4

Bm	A	Bm	G
→	Did you see the	sky I think it m	eans that we’ve been lost

Bm	A	Bm	G
→	Maybe one last t	ime is all we ne	ed

A	Bm	G
I can’t really help	it if my	tongue’s all tied in knots

A	Bm	G
Jumpin’ off a br	idge it’s just the fa	rthest that I’ve ever been

D	Bm	G
Anywhere you	go, I’ll f	ollow you down

A	Bm	G
Any place but th	ose I know by he	art

D	Bm	G
Anywhere you	go, I’ll fo	llow you down

A	Bm	G
I’ll follow you d	own but not that f	ar

A	Bm	G	G

Bm	A	Bm	G
→	I know we’re headed so	mewhere, I can se	e how far we’ve come

Bm	A	Bm	G
→	But still I can’t rem	ember anyt	hing

A	Bm	G
Let’s not do the w	rong thing and I s	wear it might be fun

A	Bm	G
It’s a long way do	wn when all the	knots we’ve tied have come undone

D	Bm	G
Anywhere you	go, I’ll f	ollow you down

A	Bm	G
Any place but th	ose I know by he	art

D	Bm	G
Anywhere you	go, I’ll fo	llow you down

A	Bm	G
I’ll follow you d	own but not that f	ar

Solo

A	Bm	G	G
			x4

A	Bm	G
How you gonna e	ver find your	place

Bm	A	Bm	G
→	Runnin’ at an	artificial	pace

A	Bm	G
Are they gonna	find us lying	face down in the sand

Short hanging stop on “hell”, back in on “ready”

A	Bm	G
So what the h	ell now we’ve alr	eady been forever damned

D	Bm	G
Anywhere you	go, I’ll f	ollow you down

Lyrics are reversed in this chorus

A	Bm	G
I’ll follow you d	own but not that f	ar

D	Bm	G
Anywhere you	go, I’ll fo	llow you down

A	Bm	G
Any place but th	ose I know by he	art

D	Bm	G
Anywhere you	go, I’ll f	ollow you down

A	Bm	G
I’ll follow you d	own but not that f	ar

Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy (1992)

Originally in A, I play in D capo 3

Note that the I doesn’t happen until the chorus

G	A	Bm	A
			x2

Vox on the 5 of the key on “tell”

	G	A
Tell me do you	think it’d be all	right

	Bm	A
If I could	just crash here toni	ght

	G	A
You can see	I’m in no shape for	driving

	Bm	A
And anyway I’ve g	ot no place to	go

	G	A
And you know it	might not be that	bad

	Bm	A
You were the	best I’d ever	had

	G	A
If I hadn’t	blown the whole thing	years ago

	Bm	A
I	might not be a	lone

	D	G
Tomorrow we can	drive around this	town

	D	G
And let the	cops chase us a	round

	Bm	A	G
The past is gone but	something might be	found to take its	place

	G	A	Bm	A
Hey jealou	sy,	hey jealousy

	G	A	Bm	A
Hey jealou	sy,	hey jealousy

	G	A
And you can	trust me not to	think

	Bm	A
A	nd not to sleep a	round

	G	A
If you	don’t expect too	much from me

	Bm	A
You	might not be let	down

	G	A
‘Cause all I really	want’s to be with	you

	Bm	A
Feel	like I matter	too

	G	A
If I hadn’t	blown the whole thing	years ago

	Bm	A
I	might be here with	you

	D	G
Tomorrow we can	drive around this	town

	D	G
And let the	cops chase us a	round

	Bm	A	G
The past is gone but	something might be	found to take its	place

	G
Hey jealou	sy

Solo

G	A	Bm	A
			x4

	D	G
Tomorrow we can	drive around this	town

	D	G
And let the	cops chase us a	round

	Bm	A	G
The past is gone but	something might be	found to take its	place

	G	A	Bm	A
Hey jealou	sy,	hey jealousy

	G	A	Bm	A
Hey jealou	sy,	hey jealousy

	G	A
Tell me do you	think it’d be all	right

	Bm	A
If I could	just crash here	tonight

	G	A
You can see	I’m in no shape for	driving

	Bm	A
And anyway I’ve g	ot no place to	go

	G	A
And you know it	might not be that	bad

	Bm	A
You were the b	est I’d ever	had

	G	A
If I hadn’t	blown the whole thing	years ago

	Bm	A
I	might not be a	lone

	D	G
Tomorrow we can	drive around this	town

	D	G
And let the	cops chase us a	round

	Bm	A
The past is gone but	something might be	found

	G
To take its	place

G

Hey jealousy

G	A	Bm	A
			x2

	G	A	Bm	A
Hey jealou	sy,	she took my	heart

	G	A	Bm	A
There’s only	one thing I couldn’t	start

G6

Green Day - Basket Case (1994)

Originally in Eb, I play in C capo 2

Power chords only

	C	G	Am	Em
D	o you have the t	ime to li	sten to me w	hine

	F	C	G
Ab	out nothing and eve	rything all at o	nce

C	G	Am	Em
I am one of th	ose mel	odramatic fo	ols

	F	C	G
Neu	rotic to the b	one no doubt about it

	F	G	C
Som	etimes I g	ive myself the cr	eeps

	F	G	C
Som	etimes my	mind plays tricks on	me

	F	G
It a	ll keeps adding	up

Full chords enter

	C	A#	Am
I th	ink I’m cr	acking	up

	F	G
Am	I just paran	oid?

A ya ya ya

I play the vi as IVmaj7/6

C	G	Am	G
			x2

Mix in a few hard stops at the end of lines to let your

arm rest.

	C	G	Am	Em
I w	ent to a s	hrink to an	alyze my d	reams

	F	C	G
She s	ays it’s lack of s	ex that’s bringing me	down

	C	G	Am	Em
I w	ent to a w	hore who s	aid my life’s a b	ore

	F	C	G
And q	uit my whining ca	use it’s bringing her	down

	F	G	C
Som	etimes I g	ive myself the cr	eeps

	F	G	C
Som	etimes my	mind plays tricks on	me

	F	G
It a	ll keeps adding	up

	C	A#	Am
I th	ink I’m cr	acking	up

	F	G
Am	I just paran	oid?

A ya ya ya

C	G	Am	G
			x4

Bridge

	F	G
Gra	sping to contr	ol

	C	G
So you better hold	on

Am	Em	F	C	G
C	G	Am	Em	F	C	G

	F	G	C
Som	etimes I g	ive myself the cr	eeps

	F	G	C
Som	etimes my	mind plays tricks on	me

	F	G
It a	ll keeps adding	up

	C	A#	Am
I th	ink I’m cr	acking	up

	F	G
Am	I just paran	oid?

A ya ya ya

C	G	F	C	G
C	G	F	C	G
F	C	G

Green Day - Good Riddance (1997)

G	G	Cadd9	D
			x2

G	Cadd9	D
Another turning point a	fork stuck in the	road

G	Cadd9	D
Time grabs you by the wrist and	directs you where to	go

Em	D	Cadd9	G
So make the	best of this	test and don’t ask	why

Em	D	Cadd9	G
It’s not a	question but a	lesson learned in	time

	Em	G	Em	G
It’s	something unpredic	table but in	the end it’s	right

	Em	D	G
I	hope you had the	time of your	life

G	G	Cadd9	D
			x2

G	Cadd9	D
So take the photographs and	still frames in your	mind

G	Cadd9	D
Hang it on a shelf in	good health and good	time

Em	D	Cadd9	G
Tattoos of	memories and dead	skin on	trial

Em	D	Cadd9	G
For what it’s	worth it was	worth all the	while

	Em	G	Em	G
It’s	something unpredic	table but in	the end it’s	right

	Em	D	G
I	hope you had the	time of your	life

Solo on verse plus chorus

G	G	Cadd9	D
			x2

Em	G	Em	G	Em	D	G

	Em	G	Em	G
It’s	something unpredic	table but in	the end it’s	right

	Em	D	G
I	hope you had the	time of your	life

	Em	G	Em	G
It’s	something unpredic	table but in	the end it’s	right

	Em	D	G
I	hope you had the	time of your	life

G	G	Cadd9	D
			x2

G

Green Day - Longview (1994)

Originally in Eb, I play in D

Intro

D	C
	x4

D	C
I sit around	and watch the tube

D	C
But nothing’s on

D	C	D	C
I change the chann	els for an ho	ur or two

D	C
Twiddle my	thumbs just for a bit

D	C
I’m sick of al	l the same old shit

D	C
In a hous	e with unlocked doors

D	C
And I’m fuckin’ l	azy

A	G	D
Bite my li	p and cl	ose my eyes

A	G	D
Take me awa	y to pa	radise

A	G	D
I’m so damn bored	, I’m g	oing blind

A	G
And I smell like shit

D	C
	x2

D	C
Peel me off	this velcro seat

D	C
And get me movin	’

D	C	D	C
I sure as hell can	’t do it by m	yself

D	C
I’m feelin’	like a dog in heat

D	C
Barred indoors	from a summer street

D	C
I locked the	door to my own cell

D	C
And I lost the ke	y

A	G	D
Bite my li	p and cl	ose my eyes

A	G	D
Take me awa	y to pa	radise

A	G	D
I’m so damn bored	, I’m g	oing blind

A	G
And I smell like shit

D	C
I got no	motivation

D	C
Where is my	motivation?

D	C
No time for	the motivation

D	C
Smokin’ my i	nspiration

A	G	D
		x3

A	G

D	C	D	C

D	C
I sit around	and watch the phone

D	C
But no one’s cal	lin’

D	C	D	C
Call me pathetic,	call me	what you will

D	C
My mother s	ays to get a job

D	C
But she don’t l	ike the one she’s got

D	C
When mastur	bation’s lost its fun

D	C
You’re fuckin’ la	zy

C

A	G	D
Bite my li	p and cl	ose my eyes

A	G	D
Take me awa	y to pa	radise

A	G	D
I’m so damn bored	, I’m g	oing blind

A	G	D
And loneliness has to	suffic	e

A	G	D
Bite my li	p and cl	ose my eyes

A	G	D
I’m trippin’ awa	y to pa	radise

A	G	D
Some say	quit or I	’ll go blind

A	G
But it’s just a myth

D	C	D	C
			x4

Green Day - Welcome to Paradise (1991)

Originally in Eb, I play in E

E	E	D	A
			x4

E	D	E
Dear Mother, ca	n you hear me w	hining?

E	D	G	B
It’s been three whol	e weeks since that	I have left your h	ome

E	D	E
This sudden fea	r has left me tr	embling

E	D	G	B
‘Cause now it se	ems that I am o	ut here on my o	wn

	G	B
And I’m f	eeling so alo	ne

E	G	A	C
Pay attention t	o the cracked streets, a	nd the broken hom	es

E	G	B
Some call it s	lums, some call it ni	ce

	E	G	A	C
I wa	nna take you t	hrough the wasteland I l	ike to call my	home

E	B
	Welcome to paradise

E	E	D	A
			x2

E	D	E
A gunshot ri	ngs out at the st	ation

E	D	G	B
Another u	rchin snaps, and le	ft dead on his o	wn

E	D	E
It makes me wo	nder why I’m st	ill here

E	D	G	B
For some strange re	ason it’s now f	eeling like my ho	me

	G	B
And I’m ne	ver gonna	go

E	G	A	C
Pay attention t	o the cracked streets, a	nd the broken hom	es

E	G	B
Some call it s	lums, some call it ni	ce

	E	G	A	C
I wa	nna take you t	hrough the wasteland I l	ike to call my	home

E	B
	Welcome to paradise

E	E	D	A
			x4

There’s a kooky bridge here that I skip... the gist of it is...

E	G	F#	F

E	D	E
Dear mother, c	an you hear me l	aughing?

E	D	G	B
It’s been six wh	ole months since that	I have left your h	ome

E	D	E
It makes me wo	nder why I’m s	till here

E	D	G	B
For some strange r	eason it’s now fe	eling like my h	ome

	G	B
And I’m ne	ver gonna	go

E	G	A	C
Pay attention t	o the cracked streets, a	nd the broken hom	es

E	G	B
Some call it s	lums, some call it ni	ce

	E	G	A	C
I wa	nna take you t	hrough the wasteland I l	ike to call my	home

E	B
	Welcome to paradise

E	E	D	A
			x4

Green Day - When I Come Around (1994)

Originally in F#, I play in D capo 3

Highest note is the 1 (“me out on the prowl”)

Intro

D	A	Bm	G
			x3

D	A	Bm	G
I	heard you crying	loud

D	A	Bm	G
All the w	ay across	town

	D	A
But you been s	earching for that s	omeone

	Bm	G
And it’s	me out on the pr	owl

	D	A	Bm	G
As y	ou sit around	feeling sor	ry for your	self

D	A	Bm	G
Well,	don’t get lonely	now

D	A	Bm	G
And	dry your whining	eyes

	D	A
I’m just	roaming for the	moment

	Bm	G
Sleazin’	my back yard so d	on’t get

D	A	Bm	G
So uptight you been t	hinking about d	itching me

Em	G
No time to search the w	orld around

Em	G
‘Cause you know where I’ll be f	ound

Hard stop on “when”

G

When I come around

D	A	Bm	G
			x2

D	A	Bm	G
Well I h	eard it all be	fore

D	A	Bm	G
So d	on’t knock down my d	oor

	D	A	Bm	G
I’m a l	oser and a u	ser so I d	on’t need no a	ccuser

	D	A	Bm	G
To t	ry and slag me d	own because I k	now you’re r	ight

D	A	Bm	G
So	go do what you	like

D	A	Bm	G
Make s	ure you do it	wise

	D	A
You may f	ind out that your s	elf-doubt

	Bm	G
Means no	thing was ever	there

	D	A
You c	an’t go forcing s	omething

	Bm	G
If it’s j	ust not r	ight

Em	G
No time to search the w	orld around

Em	G
‘Cause you know where I’ll be f	ound

Hard stop on “when”

G

When I come around

D	A	Bm	G
			x4

Em	G
No time to search the w	orld around

Em	G
‘Cause you know where I’ll be f	ound

Hard stop on “when”

G

When I come around

D	A	Bm	G
			When I come around

D	A	Bm	G
			When I come around

D	A	Bm	G
			When I come around

D

A

Bm

G

Guns and Roses - 14 Years (1991)

Originally in Abm, I play in Em

Em	D
I try and f	eel the sunshine

C	B
You bring the r	ain

Em	D
You try and h	old me down

C	B
With your compl	aints

Em	D
You cry and mo	an and complain

C	B
You whine and tea	r

Em	D
Up to my	neck in sorrow

C	B
The touch you br	ing

Em	G	A
You don’t just st	ep inside to,	to fourteen years

Em	G	A
So hard to keep	my own head	, that’s what I say

	Em	G
And you know,	I’ve been the beg	gar

A

I’ve played the thief

Em	G	A
I was the	dog	they all tried to beat

Vox on the 5 on “fourteen”, and up to the 7 (the 1 of

the 2nd chord) on “silence”

	Em	D
But it’s been	fourteen years of s	ilence

	A
It’s been four	teen years of pain

	Em	D
It’s been	fourteen years that are g	one forever

	A
And I’ll n	ever have again

Em	D	C	B
			x4

Em	D
Your stupid gi	rlfreinds tell you

C	B
That I’m to blame

Em	D
Well they’re all used	-up has-beens

C	B
Out of the game

Em	D
This time I’ll h	ave the last word

C	B
You hear what I say

Em	D
I tried to se	e it your way

C	B
It won’t work today

Em	G	A
You just don’t s	tep inside to	fourteen years

Em	G	A
So hard to keep	my own head	, that’s what I say

	Em	G
And you know,	I’ve been the de	aler

	A
Han	gin’ on your street

Em	G	A
I was the	dog	they all tried to beat

	Em	D
But it’s been	fourteen years of s	ilence

	A
It’s been four	teen years of pain

	Em	D
It’s been	fourteen years that are g	one forever

	A
And I’ll n	ever have again

Solo on verse chords

Em	D
Bullshit and cont	emplation

C	B
Gossip’s their trad	e

Em	D
If they knew h	alf the real truth

C	B
What would they say	?

Em	D
Well I’m past the poi	nt of concern

C	B
It’s time to play

Em	D
These last four y	ears of madness

C	B
Sure put me straigh	t

Em	G
Don’t get back	fourteen years

A

In just one day

Em	G
So hard to keep	my own head

A

Just go away

	Em	G
You know,	just like a hook	er she said

	A
N	othin’s for free

Em	G
Oh, I tried to s	ee it your way

Em	G
I tried to s	ee it your way

Guns and Roses - Breakdown (1992)

Originally in Db, I play in G

Intro, with whistling

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

G

	G
We all c	ome in from the cold

	F
We	come down from the wire

	C/E	Dsus4
And	everybody warms themselves to a different	fire

	G
And s	ometimes we get burned

	F
You’d	think sometime we’d learn

	C/E	Dsus4
The	one you love is the one that should take you	higher

	C	G/B	Am	G
You ain’t	got no one, you better	go back	out and	find her

G	F	C/E	Dsus4
			x2

C	G/B	Am	G
	→	→

G	C	G	C	G

	G
Just like c	hildren hiding in a closet

	D
Can’t tell what’s	going on outside

	C
Sometimes we’re	so far off the beaten track

	G
We get	taken for a ride

	C	D
By a p	arlor trick, or some	words of wit

	G/B	C
A h	idden hand up a	sleeve

	C
To think the	one you love could hurt you, now

	D
Is a little hard to beli	eve

	G
But everybody, darlin’, sometimes bites the hand that	feed

G	C

G

	G	D
W	hen I look around, an’	everybody always brings me down

	C
Well, is it t	hem or me, well, I just can’t see

	G
But there a	in’t no peace to found

	C	D
But if	someone really	cared

	G/B	C
Well, they’d	take the time to s	pare

	D
A moment to try and understand another one’s despa	ir

	D	G
Rem	ember, in this game we call life, that no one said it’s	fair

G

C

Oooh ooh yeah, ah ay yeah, ow

	G	C
Break	down (let me hear it now)

	G
Breakdown (let me hear you now)

	G	C	D
Break	down (let me hear it now)

Solo

G	F	C/E	D
			x2

C	G/B	Am	G
	→	→

G	F	C/E	Dsus4
			x2

C	G/B	Am	G
	→	→

	G
I’ve	come to know the cold

	F
I	think of it as home

	C/E
When there ain’t eno	ugh of me to go around

	Dsus4
I’d r	ather be left alone

	G
But if I	call you out of habit

	F
I’m out of	love and I gotta have it

	C/E
Would you g	ive it to me if I fit your needs?

	G/B
Like	when we both knew we had it

C	D
Now the damage	done

	G/B	C
And we’re b	ack out on the	run

	C	D
Funny how	everything was roses when we held on to the	guns

	G
Just because you’re winnin’ don’t mean you’re the lucky	one

C

Oooh ooh yeah, oooh

	G	C
Breakdown	(let me hear it now)

C	D
Breakdown (yeah)

Riff on...

	G	F	C/E	D
Breakdown

Spoken

There goes the challenger being chased
By the blue, blue meanies on wheels
The vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driver
The last American hero, the, the electric sin-tar
The demi-god, the super driver of the golden West
Two nasty Nazi cars are close behind the beautiful lone driver
The police cars are getting closer, closer
Closer to our soul hero in his soul mobile, yeah baby
They about to strike, they gonna get him, smash! rape!
The last beautiful free soul on this planet

But it is written if the evil spirit
Arms the tiger with claws
Brahman provided wings for the dove
Thus spake the super guru
Did you hear that?

Guns and Roses - Don’t Cry (1991)

Originally in Am tuned down to Abm, I play in Am capo 3.

Am	Dm	G	C	G/B
			→

Am	Dm	G	Am

Am	Dm
Talk to me	softly

	G	C	G/B
There’s so	mething in your e	yes

Am	Dm
Don’t hang your he	ad in sorrow

G	C	G/B
And please don’t c	ry

Am	Dm
I know how you	feel inside I’ve

G	C	G/B
I’ve been there bef	ore

Am	Dm
Something is changin’ in	side you

G	C	G/B
And don’t you kn	ow

F	G	Am	Am7
Don’t you c	ry tonigh	t I still	love you, baby

F	G	Am
Don’t you c	ry tonigh	t

F	G	C
Don’t you c	ry tonigh	t

	G/B	Am	G
There’s a he	aven abov	e you, b	aby

F	G	Am
And don’t you c	ry tonight

Am	Dm
Give me a w	hisper

G	C	G/B
And give me a s	igh

Am	Dm
Give me a kiss	before you

G	C	G/B
Tell me goodby	e

Am	Dm
Don’t you take	it so hard now

G	C	G/B
And please don’t take it so b	ad

Am	Dm
I’ll still be th	inkin’ of you

G	C	G/B	Am	G
And the times we h	ad	,	ba	by

F	G	Am
Don’t you c	ry tonigh	t

F	G	Am
Don’t you c	ry tonigh	t

F	G	C
Don’t you c	ry tonigh	t

	G/B	Am	G
There’s a he	aven abov	e you, b	aby

F	G	Am
And don’t you c	ry tonight

Solo if appropriate

Am	Dm	F	G
Am	G	F	G
Am	F	G	E	F	G	Am

This is not a typo; the chord progression turns around a little here

Dm	G
And please rem	ember

C	G/B	Am
That I n	ever lie	d

Dm	G
And please rem	ember

C	G/B	Am
How I	felt inside	now, honey

Dm	G
You gotta make	it your own way

C	G/B	Am
But yo	u’ll be alright	now, sugar

Dm	G
You’ll feel b	etter tomorrow

C	G/B	Am	G
Come the m	orning light	now, b	aby

F	G	Am
Don’t you c	ry tonigh	t

F	G	Am
Don’t you c	ry tonigh	t

F	G	C
Don’t you c	ry tonigh	t

	G/B	Am	G
There’s a he	aven abov	e you, b	aby

F	G
And don’t you c	ry

F	G
Don’t you ever c	ry

F	G
And don’t you c	ry

	E	F
Tonight	baby, m	aybe, someday

F	G
And don’t you c	ry

F	G
Don’t you ever c	ry

F	G
And don’t you c	ry

	C
Tonight

Guns and Roses - Locomotive (1992)

Originally in Ab, I play in D

D	Bm
	x2

C	B	A	A
→	→		x2

C	D
→	x 8

All of these I’s are really bVII→I slides, and the I’s lean pretty heavily toward I5

	D
G	onna find a way to cure this loneliness

Yeah, I’ll find a way to cure the pain
If I said that you're my friend, and our love would never end

	F
How long before I had your trust again

	D
I	opened up the doors when it was cold outside

Hopin’ that you’d find your own way in
But how can I protect you, or try not to neglect you
When you won't take the love I have to give

Vox on the high 3 of the chord

Bm

I bought me an illusion

Vox on the high *b*3 of the chord (!)

	D
And I p	ut it on the wall

	Bm
I l	et it fill my head with dreams

	D
And I h	ad to have them all

	Bm	C	B	A
But o	h the taste is never s	o s	weet a	s

	G/A	A
As what you’d believe it is, well, I	guess it never i	s

	C	B	A
I	t’s t	hese	prejudiced illusions

	G/A	A	C	C
That	pump the	blood to the heart of the biz	→

D

	D
You k	now I never thought that it could take so long

You know I never knew how to be strong
Yeah, I let you shape me, but I feel as thought you raped me
'Cause you climbed inside my world and in my songs

So now I've closed the door to keep the cold outside
Seems somehow I've found the will to live
How can I forget you, or try not to reject you

	G	G	C	C
When we both know it takes time to forgive	,	yeah	→

Approximating this for at least *some* chord-friendliness

Vox on the 1 of each chord

D	C#	C	B
Sweetness	is a vi	rtue	and you

	A#	G	F	F/D	F
Los	t your	virtue	long	a	go

	D	C#	C	B
You	know I’d li	ke to h	urt you b	ut my

	A#	G	F	F/D	F
C	onscience alw	ays	tells	me	no

	D	C#	C	B
You could	sell your	body o	n the s	treet

	A#	G	F	F/D	F
To	anyo	ne whom y	ou	might m	eet

	D	C#	C	B
Who’d	love to	try and	get insi	de

	A#	G	F	F/D	F
And b	ust your i	nnocence	ope	n w	ide

	D
‘Cause my b	aby’s got a locomotive

	D
My	baby’s gone off the track

	D
My	baby’s got a locomotive

	D
Gotta p	eel her off my back

G	D	G	D	G	D	G	D
I	know it	looks l	ike I’m in	san	e

G	D	G	D	G	D	F
Take a c	loser	look	I’m not to b	bla	me

	D
No

D

Gonna have some fun with my frustration

Gonna watch the big screen in my head
I'd rather take a detour
'Cause this road ain't getting clearer
Your train of thought has cut me off again

Better tame that boy 'cause he's a wild one
Better tame that boy 'fore he's a man
Sweetheart don't make me laugh
You's getting too big for your pants
And I's think maybe you should cut out while you can

	Bm
Ow,	you can use your illusion

	D
Let t	ake you where it may

	Bm
We l	ive and learn

	D
And then sometimes it’s b	est to walk away

Bm	C	B	A
Me, I’m just here hangi	n’ on

It’s my only place to stay at least for now anyway

	C	B	A	C	C
I	’ve	work	ed too hard for my illusions just to throw them all away

D

	D
I’m t	aking time for quiet consolation

In passing by this love that’s passed away
I know it's never easy, so why should you believe me
When I've always got so many things to say

Calling off the dogs a simple choice is made
'Cause playful hearts can sometimes be enraged
You know I tried to wake you, I mean how long could it take you

	G	G
To open up your eyes and turn the p	age,	hey

D	C#	C	B
Kindness i	s a tr	easure	and it’s

A#	G	F	F/D	F
One towards m	e you’ve se	ldo	m s	hown

	D	C#	C	B
So I’ll	say it f	or good me	asure

	A#	G	F	F/D	F
To a	ll the one	s like y	ou I	’ve k	nown

	D	C#	C	B
You k	now I’d l	ike to s	have your h	ead

	A#	G	F	F/D	F
And a	ll my fr	iends could	paint	it red

	D	C#	C	B
‘Cause l	ove to m	e’s a t	wo-way s	treet

	A#	G	F	F/D	F
And a	ll I r	eally	want is	peace

	D
‘Cause my b	aby’s got a locomotive

	D
My	baby’s gone off the track

	D
My	baby’s got a locomotive

	D
Gotta p	eel her off my back

G	D	G	D	G	D	G	D
I	know it	looks l	ike I’m in	san	e

G	D	G	D	G	D	F
Take a c	loser	look	I’m not to b	bla	me

	D
No

D

	D	C#	C	B
Aff	ection i	s a	blessing	can you

A#	G	F	F/D	D
Find it	in your s	orr	id heart

	D	C#	C	B
I tried to k	eep this t	hing tog	ether	but the

	A#	G	F	F/D	F
T	remor t	ore my	pad a	par	t

	D	C#	C	B
Y	eah, I	know it’s har	d to fac	e

	A#	G	F	F/D	F
When a	ll we’ve	worked for’s	gone	to waste

	D	C#	C	B
But you’re s	uch a stupid w	oman and I’m s	uch a stupid m	an

	A#	G	F	F/D	F
But love	like t	ime’s got	its o	wn	plans

	D
‘Cause my b	aby’s got a locomotive

	D
My	baby’s gone off the track

	D
My	baby’s got a locomotive

	D
Gotta p	eel her off my back

G	D	G	D	G	D	G	D
I kno	w it	looks l	ike I’m in	san	e

G	D	G	D	G	D	G	D
Take a c	loser	look	I’m not to b	bla	me

G	D	G	D	G	D	G	D
→		→		→		→

G	D	G	D	G	D	F
If l	ove is b	lind I g	uess I’ll f	ind my	self a c	ane

Dm	Dm	A#	A#

Dm	A#
Love’s so str	ange

Dm	A#
Love’s so str	ange

Dm	A#
Love’s so str	ange

Guns and Roses - November Rain (1991)

Originally in Cb, I play in E

Vox go up to the 6 (“lovers always come”)

A	C#m/G#	F#m7	E
A	C#m/G#	E	E

Amaj7	F#m7
When I look into your	eyes

	E
I can see a love res	trained

Amaj7	F#m7
But darling when I	hold you

	E
Don’t you know I feel the	same

F#m7	B
Cause nothin’ lasts for	ever

	E
And we both know hearts can	change

F#m7	B
And it’s hard to hold a	candle

	E
In the cold November	rain

Amaj7	F#m7
We’ve been through this such a l	ong, long time

	E
Just tryin’ to kill the	pain, oh yeah

	Amaj7
But l	overs always come and lovers always go

	F#m7	E
And	no one’s really sure who’s lettin’ go	today, walkin’ away

	Amaj7
If w	e could take the time to lay it on the line

	F#m7
I could r	est my head

	E
Just knowin’ that you were	mine, all mine

F#m7	B
So if you want to	love me

	E
Then darlin’ don’t	refrain

F#m7	B
Or I’ll just end up	walkin’

	E
In the cold November	rain

	Amaj7	B
Do you n	eed sometime on your	own?

	Amaj7	B
Do you	need sometime all	alone?

	Amaj7	B
Everybody	needs sometime on their	own

	Amaj7	B
Don’t you know you	need sometime all	alone

G#m	Amaj7	E
I know it’s	hard to keep an	open heart

G#m	Amaj7	F#m7
When even	friends seem out to	harm you

G#m	Amaj7	E
But if you	could heal a	broken heart

G#m	Amaj7	B
Wouldn’t	time be out to	charm you, whoa

E	E

I usually skip this part

Amaj7	B
Sometimes I need sometime on my	own

	Amaj7	B
Sometimes I	need sometime all	alone

	Amaj7	B
Everybody	needs sometime on their	own

	Amaj7	B
Don’t you know you	need sometime all	alone

Amaj7

And when your fears subside

F#m7	E
And shadows still	remain, oh yeah

Amaj7	F#m7
I know that you can	love me

	E
When there’s no one left to	blame

F#m7	B
So never mind the	darkness

	E
We still can find a	way

F#m7	B
Cause nothin’ lasts	forever

	E
Even cold November	rain

E	B/D#	C#m7	B	Amaj7	B	E	Em

Ending on Im is my nod to the outro that doesn’t work in a solo performance.

Guns and Roses - Yesterdays (1992)

Originally in Db, I play in D capo 2 (down an octave) (obviously)

Intro

D	D	Cadd9	G
			x 2

D	Cadd9	G
Yesterday, there was s	o many things I was n	ever told

D	Cadd9	G
Now that I’m starting to learn,	I feel I’m grow	ing old

Chord timing change

	D	Cadd9
‘Cause ye	sterday’s got not	hing for me

	G
Old pic	tures that I’ll always see

	D	G
Ti	me just fades the pages in my b	ook of memories

D	Cadd9	G
Prayers in my pocket, and no ha	nd in des	tiny

D	Cadd9	G
I’ll keep on movin’ along with no	time to plant my	feet

	D	Cadd9
‘Cause y	esterday’s got no	thing for me

	G
Old pi	ctures that I’ll always see

Hang on “all”

	D	G
S	ome things could be better, if we’d a	ll just let them be

	A	C	G
O	oh, yesterda	y’s got nothing for	me

	A	C	G
Yesterd	ay, oooo	ooh’s got nothing for	me

	Bm
Got nothing for m	e

Solo

Bm	G	Bm	G
Bm	C#m	D	E	E

D	Cadd9	G
Yesterday, there were s	o many things I was n	ever shown

D	Cadd9	G
Suddenly this time I found,	I’m on the streets and I’m a	ll alone

D	Cadd9
Yesterday’s got	nothing for me

	G
Old pic	tures that I’ll always see

D	G
I ain’t got time to remi	nisce old novelties

	A	C	G
O	oh, yesterda	y’s got nothing for	me

	A	C	G
Yesterd	ay, oooo	ooh’s got nothing for	me

	Bm
Got nothing for m	e

	A	C	G
Yester	day-hay-hay-hay	’s got nothing for	me

	A	C
Yester	day-hay-hay-hay

Guns and Roses - You Ain’t the First (1992)

Originally in Eb, I play in E

E	A	E	A	E	A	E	E

	E	A	E	A
I	tried so h	ard, just to g	et through to yo	u

	E	A	E	A
But yo	ur head’s so f	ar from the rea	lness of tru	th

	E	A	E	A
W	as it just a come on i	n the dark, wasn’t me	ant to last l	ong

	E	A
I th	ink you’ve worn your welcome, ho	ney

	E	A
I’ll just s	ee you al	ong

	E
As I sing you this so	ng

	E	A	E	A
T	ime can pass sl	owly, th	ings always ch	ange

	E	A	E	A
Yo	ur day’s been n	umbered, and I’ve r	ead your last p	age

	E	A	E	A
Y	ou was just a tempor	ary lover, honey, y	ou ain’t the first

	E	A
L	ots of others came bef	ore you, woman

	E	A
Said but y	ou been the worst

	E
Said you been the wor	st

E

	E	G#	A	B
So g	oodbye to y	ou, girl, s	o long, farew	ell

	E	G#	A	B
I c	an’t hear you cr	ying, your j	ivin’s been h	ell

	E	G#	A	B
So l	ook for me w	alkin’ down y	our street at n	ight

	E	G#	A	B
I’ll be	in with an	other, de	ep down ins	ide

	A	G#m	F#m	E
De	ep do	wn i	nsid	e

E

A

E

A

E

Hanson - MMMBop (1997)

Originally in A, I play in A capo 3

Intro, with “oh’s” after the first round

A	E	D	E
			x 4

A	E	D
You have so many rela	tionships in l	ife

	E	A
Only o	ne or two will l	ast

A	E	D
You go through a	ll the pain and st	rife

	E	A
Then you turn your b	ack and they’re gone so	fast

A	E	D	E
	Oh yeah

	A	E	D	E
And they’re gone so	fast	, y	eah

A	E	D
So hold on the o	nes who really	care

	E	A
In the en	d they’ll be the only ones th	ere

	E	D
And when you get	old and start losing your	hair

	E	A	E	D
Can you	tell me who will	still care?

	E	A	E	D	E
Can you	tell me who w	ill still care?		Oh, o	kay yeah

	A	D
M	mmbop, da ba	doo wa

	A	E
Doo be da ba	doo ba, da ba	doo, yeah

	A	D
M	mmbop, da ba	doo wa

	A	E
Doo be da ba	doo ba, da ba	doo, yeah

A	E	D	E
Said	oh yeah,	in an m	mmbop they’re gone

A	E	D	E

A	E	D
Plant a seed, plant a	flower, plant a	rose

	E	A
You can	plant any one of th	ose

	E	D
Keep planting to	find out which one	grows

	E	A
It’s a	secret no one	knows

E	D	E	A
	It’s a	secret no one	knows

E	D	E
Oh,	no one	knows

	A	D
M	mmbop, da ba	doo wa

	A	E
Doo be da ba	doo ba, da ba	doo, yeah

	A	D
M	mmbop, da ba	doo wa

	A	E
Doo be da ba	doo ba, da ba	doo, yeah

A	E	D	E
In an	mmmbop gone,	in an	mmbop

A	E	D	E
In an	mmmbop gone,	in an	mmbop yeah

w/ad libs

A	E	D	E

	A	D
M	mmbop, da ba	doo wa

	A	E
Doo be da ba	doo ba, da ba	doo, yeah

	A	D
M	mmbop, da ba	doo wa

	A	E
Doo be da ba	doo ba, da ba	doo

A	E	D
Can you	tell me?	oh

	E
No, you	can’t ‘cause you don’t know

A	E	D
Can you	tell me?	oh

	E
You say you	can but you don’t know

A	E
Can you	tell me?

	D	E
Which fl	ower’s gonna	grow

A	E
Can you	tell me?

	D	E
A	daisy or a	rose

A	E	D	E
		Say you	can but you don’t know

A	E	D	E
You	don’t know oh,	no no	oh

Band drops out

	A	D
M	mmbop,	doo wa

A	E
Doo ba,	doo, yeah

	A	D
M	mmbop	doo wa

A	E
Doo ba,	doo

Band back in

	A	D
M	mmbop, da ba	doo wa

	A	E
Doo be da ba	doo ba, da ba	doo, yeah

	A	D
M	mmbop, da ba	doo wa

	A	E
Doo be da ba	doo ba, da ba	doo

Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta (1997)

Originally in D, I play in A, highest note is the 5 (“I’m not sick but I’m *not* well”)

Intro

A	G	D	A

A	Em
I had visions, I was in them, I was looking into the	mirror

	G	A
To see a little bit	clearer, the rottenness and evil in	me

A	Em
Fingertips have memories, mine can’t forget the curves of your	body

	G	A
And when I feel a bit	naughty, I run it up the flagpole and	see

Spoken

Who salutes, but no one ever does

A	G/B	G	A
I’m not sick but I’m not	well, and I’m so	hot, ‘cause I’m in	hell

A	Em
Been around the world and found that only stupid people are b	reeding

	G	A
The cretins cloning and f	eeding, and I don’t even own a T	V

A	Em
Put me in the hospital for nerves and then they had to comm	it me

	G
You told them all I was c	razy, they cut off my legs now

A

I’m an amputee, god damn you

A	G/B	G	A
I’m not sick but I’m not	well, and I’m so	hot, ‘cause I’m in	hell

A	G/B	G	A
I’m not sick but I’m not	well, and it’s a	sin, to live so	well

Bridge

E	D	C
I wanna publish ‘	zines, and rage against	machines

	A	E
I wanna	pierce my tongue, it doesn’t hurt, it feels	fine

	D	C
The trivial subl	ime, I’d like to turn off	time

	A
And kill my	mind

	A
You killed my m	ind, aaaaaahhhh

A	Em
Paranoia, paranoia, everybody’s comin’ to g	et me

	G	A
Just say you never m	et me, I’m running underground with the m	oles (digging holes)

A	Em
Hear the voices in my head, I swear to god it sounds like they’re sn	oring

	G	A
But if you’re bored then you’re b	oring, the agony and the ir	ony they’re killing me, whoa

A	G/B	G	A
I’m not sick but I’m not	well, and I’m so	hot, ‘cause I’m in	hell

A	G/B	G	A
I’m not sick but I’m not	well, and it’s a	sin, to live so	well

Hootie and the Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You (1994)

Originally in E capo 2, I play in E capo 2

Play A69 as x04200, F#m11/C# as x44200

E	A69
	x4

E	A69	E	A69
You and	me, we	come from different	worlds

E	A69	E	A69
You like to	laugh at me when I	look at other	girls

E	A69	E	A69
Sometimes you’re	crazy,	then you wonder	why

E	A69	E	A69
I’m such a	baby cause the Dol	phins make me	cry

	F#m11/C#	Asus2	E	A69	E	A69
But there’s	nothing I can do,	I’ve been lookin’ for a girl like you

E	A69	E	A69
You look at	me you got	nothing left to	say

E	A69	E	A69
I moan and	pout at you un	til I get my	way

E	A69	E	A69
I won’t	dance,	you won’t	sing

E	A69	E	A69
I just want to	love you, but you w	ant to wear my	ring

	F#m11/C#	Asus2	E	A69	E	A69
But there’s	nothing I can do,	I only wanna be with you

	Asus2	Bsus4	E	A69	E	A69
You can	call me your fool	I only want to be with you

E	A69	E	A69
Put on a little	Dylan,	sittin’ on a	fence

E	A69	E	A69
I say that	line is great you	ask me what it meant	by

E	A69	E	A69
Said I shot a man named	Gray,	took his wife to	Italy

E	A69	E	A69
She inherit a	million bucks and	when she died, it	came to me

F#m11/C#	Asus2	E	A69	E	A69
I can’t help it if I’m lucky,	I only want to be with you

Asus2	Bsus4
Ain’t Bobby so cool,	I only want to be with you

E	A69	E	A69
			x4

	F#m11/C#	Asus2	E	A69	E	A69
Yeah I’m	tangled up in blue,	I only wanna be with you

	Asus2	Bsus4	E
You can	call me your fool	I only want to be with you

E	A69	E	A69
			x2

E	A69	E	A69
Sometimes I	wonder	if we’ll ever	end

E	A69	E	A69
You get so	mad at me when I	go out with my	friends

E	A69	E	A69
Sometimes you’re	crazy,	then you wonder	why

E	A69	E	A69
I’m such a	baby cause the Dol	phins make me	cry

	F#m11/C#	Asus2	E	A69	E	A69
But there’s	nothing I can do,	I only want to be with you

No hanging on the five this time

	Asus2	Bsus4	E
You can	call me your fool	I only want to be with you

	Asus	Bsus4	E
Yeah I’m	tangled up in blue,	I only wanna be with you

E	A69	E	A69	E
		I o	nly wanna be with	you

E	A69	E	A69	E
		I o	nly wanna be with	you

Incubus - Drive (1999)

Em 079080

Em9 075770

Cmaj7 x35453

A7 5x5050

Intro

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
			x4

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
Somet	imes, I	feel the fear o	f

	Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
Un	certainty s	tinging clear

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
And I	can’t	help but ask my	self

	Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
How much I’ll	let the fear	take the wheel and	steer

Cmaj7	A
It’s driven me be	fore and it seems to have a

Cadd9	A
Vague	haunting mass appeal

Cmaj7	A
But lately	I’m beginning to find that

Cadd9	A
I should be the	one behind the wheel

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
Whate	ver tom	orrow bri	ngs

	Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
I’ll	be there	with open	arms and open	eyes, yeah

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
Whate	ver tom	orrow bri	ngs

	Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
I’ll	be there,	I’ll	be there

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
So if I	dec	ide to waiver my	chance to

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
Be one of	the hive

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
Will I	choose	water over wine

	Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
And hold my	own and drive?	Oh

Cmaj7	A
It’s driven me be	fore and it seems to be the

Cadd9	A
Way that every	one else gets around

Cmaj7	A
But lately	I’m beginning to find that

	Cadd9	A
Wh	en I drive my	self my light is found

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
Whate	ver tom	orrow bri	ngs

	Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
I’ll	be there	with open	arms and open	eyes, yeah

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
Whate	ver tom	orrow bri	ngs

	Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
I’ll	be there,	I’ll	be there

Solo

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
			x4

Cmaj7	A	Cadd9
Would you	choose, water over	wine?

Extra measure of percussive noise afer this line

A

Hold the wheel and drive

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
Whate	ver tom	orrow bri	ngs

	Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
I’ll	be there	with open	arms and open	eyes, yeah

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
Whate	ver tom	orrow bri	ngs

	Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
I’ll	be there,	I’ll	be there

Outro

Em	Em9	Cmaj7	A7
			x3

Cmaj7

A

Izzy Stradlin - Shuffle It All (1992)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 3, vox mostly on the 6

Intro, first bass only, then band

A	E	A	E	A	E	B	A	E
								x 2

E	A	E	A
Boredom satur	ation, it’s a	never ending	clue

E	B	A	E
Isn’t just to	fill the time when	there’s nothing else to	do

E	A	E	A
She drove on out of	New York,	she had enough ins	ane

E	B	A	E
And drivin’ just to	Texas two days	she ended up	in L.A.

A	E	A	E
Shuffle it a	ll,	shuffle it a	ll, yeah

A	E	B	A
Shuffle it a	ll,	pack up your	life again

A	E	A	E	A	E	B	A	E

E	A	E	A
A pile of records	spread out,	the covers still look	good

E	B	A	E
Picture here a	Peter Tosh’s	startin’ down and a	smokin’ wood

E	A	E	A
My dog dreaming he’s	running I know,	I see him twitchin’ a	paw

E	B	A	E
My woman playing	Dr. Mario,	oh, on the TV	all night long

A	E	A	E
Just another	cigarette	staring at the	moon, yeah

A	E	B	A
Then I’m headin’	off to bed,	sleepin’	without you, yeah

Melody reverses rhythm here

A	E	A	E	A	E
	Shuffle it	all	, shuffle it	all,	yeah

B	A
Pack up your	bags again

E

Bridge

C#m	E	A	E
It’s a long and	winding road,	sure enjoy the	view, yeah

C#m	E	B	B7
If you want to	see it you’re so	welcome to come a	long

C#m	E	A	E
Lookin’ forward	to today,	I’m gonna see it	again

C#m	E	B
When the day is	over, try to	write you ‘bout the road

Quiet

A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E

A	E	A	E
Feel the motors	winding on,	there ain’t no	news

A	E	B	A
If you see those	old friends out there,	tell them that I	send my love

A	E	A	E
Wake up, time to	leave again,	try to find my	shoes

A	E	B	A
Put the luggage	in the van,	roll up your	bag for two

A	E	A	E
Shuffle it	all,	shuffle it	all, yeah

A	E	B	A
Shuffle it	all,	pack up your	things again

A	E
Shuffle it	all (Keep movin’ along)

A	E
Shuffle it	all (Keep movin’ along)

A	E
Shuffle it	all (Keep movin’ along)

B	A
Pack up your	life again

A

E

A

E

A

E

B

A

E6

Jane’s Addiction - Been Caught Stealing (1990)

Originally in G, I play in A capo 1 (down an octave)

Intro

C7	B7/F#

A7

Vox mostly on the b3

	A7
I been caught steali	ng, once, when I was five

	A7
I enjoy steali	ng, it’s just as simple as that

	A7
Well, it’s	just a simple fact

	A7
When I want some	thing, man, I don’t want to pay for it

	D7
I	walk right through the door

	C7	D7	C7	G7	A7
I	walk	right	through	the do	or

D7	D7/A	C7	B7
Hey all right,	if I get by

	A7
It’s	mine, mine all mine, hey

A7

	A7
Yeah my girl, she’s one t	oo, she gonna get a skirt

	A7
Stick it under her	shirt, she grab a razor for me

	A7
And she	did it just like that

	A7
When she want some	thing, man, she don’t want to pay for it

	D7	D7
She	walk right through the	door

C7	D7	C7	G7	A7
Walk	right	through	the d	oor

D7	D7/A	C7	B7
Hey all right,	if I get by

	A7
It’s	mine, mine all mine, let’s go

Solo

A7

	D7	C7	C#7	C7	C#7
La la la	la da da da da da dadaa da da da da d	a

	D7	C7	C#7	C7	C#7
La la la	la da da da da da dadaa da da da da d	a

A7

	A7
We sat around the	pile, we sat and laughed

	A7
We sat and	laughed and waved it into the air

	A7
And we	did it just like that

	A7
When we want some	thing, man, we don’t want to pay for it

	D7	D7
We w	alk right through the d	oor

C7	D7	C7	G7	A7
Walk	right	through	the do	or

D7	D7/A	C7	B7
Hey all right,	if I get by

	D7	C7	B7
It’s	mine mine, mine mine, mine mine mine ah mine all mine

	A7
It’s m	iiiiiine

Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now (1991)

Originally in D, I play in A

Intro

A	B7/A	D/A	D	A/C#	A/B	A
			→	→	→

Vox on the 3 on “woman”

A	B7/A	D/A
A woman on the r	adio talks about	revolution

	D	A/C#	A/B	A
When it’s	already	passed h	er by

A	B7/A
Bob Dylan didn’t h	ave this to sing about, you know

D/A	D	A/C#	A/B
It feels good to be		alive

D

I was alive and I waited, waited

D	A/D	A/C#	A/B	A
I was alive and I wai	te	d	for	this

A	B7/A
Right here, right n	ow

	D/A	D	A/C#	A/B	A
There is no o	ther place I wanna be

A	B7/A
Right here, right n	ow

	D/A	D	A/C#	A/B	A
Watching the w	orld wake up from history

A	B7/A
I saw the de	cade in, when it seemed

	D/A	D	A/C#	A/B	A
The w	orld could change at the bl	ink of	an eye

A	B7/A
And if anyt	hing

	D/A	D	A/C#	A/B	A
Then th	ere’s your sign,			of the times

D

I was alive and I waited, waited

D	A/D	A/C#	A/B	A
I was alive and I wai	te	d	for	this

Instruments drop out, hang the I

A

Right here, right now

Solo

A5

D

I was alive and I waited, waited

D	A/D	A/C#	A/B	A
I was alive and I wai	te	d	for	this

A	B7/A
Right here, right n	ow

	D/A	D	A/C#	A/B	A
There is no o	ther place I wanna be

A	B7/A
Right here, right n	ow

	D/A	D	A/C#	A/B	A
Watching the w	orld wake up from history

A	B7/A
Right here, right n	ow

	D/A	D	A/C#	A/B	A
There is no o	ther place I wanna be

A	B7/A
Right here, right n	ow

	D/A	D	A/C#	A/B	A
Watching the w	orld wake up from history

A	B7/A
Right here, right n	ow

	D/A	D	A/C#	A/B	A
Watching the w	orld wake up

Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory (1990)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am, highest note that matters is the 5 of the minor key (on “tell me that I’m wanted”)

Intro

Am

Vox on the 1

	Am
I w	ake up in the morning

	G
And I r	aise my weary head

	D
I’ve got an	old coat for a pillow

	Am
And the	Earth was last night’s bed

Vox up to the 1 of the chord on “don’t”

	C
I	don’t know where I’m going

	G
Only	god knows where I’ve been

	D
I’m a	devil on the run, a six gun lover

	Am
A	candle in the wind, yeah

Am

	Am
When you’re	brought into this world

	G
They	say you’re born with sin

	D
Well at	least they gave me something

	Am
I didn’t have to	steal or have to win

This time the vox go up to the 3 of the chord

	C
Well they	tell me that I’m wanted

	G
Yeah,	I’m a wanted man

	D
I’m a	colt in your stable, I’m what Cain was to Abel

	Am
Mister	catch me if you can

	D	A
I’m going	down in a blaze of	glory

	D	A
Take me	now but know the	truth

	D	A
I’m going	out in a blaze of	glory

	G
And lord I	never drew first, but I drew first blood

	D	Am
I’m	no one’s son, call me young g	un

Am

	Am
You	ask about my conscience

	G
And I	offer you my soul

	D
You ask if I’ll	grow to be a wise man

	Am
Well I a	sk if I’ll grow old

	C
You	ask me if I’ve known love

	G
And what it’s like to	sing songs in the rain

	D
Well, I’ve	seen love come, I’ve seen it shot down

	Am
I’ve	seen it die in vain

	D	A
Shot	down in a blaze of	glory

	D	A
Take me	now but know the	truth

	D	A
‘Cause I’m going	down in a blaze of	glory

	G
Lord I n	ever drew first, but I drew first blood

	D	Am
I’m the	devil’s son, call me young g	un

Am

Solo

D	A	D	A
D	A	G	D

Am

	Am
Each	night I go to bed

	G
I pray the	lord my soul to keep

	D
No I ain’t	looking for forgiveness

	Am
But bef	ore I’m six foot deep

	C
Lord,	I got to ask a favor

	G
And I	hope you’ll understand

	D
‘Cause I’ve	lived life to the fullest

	Am
Let this	boy die like a man

D

Staring down a bullet

Let ring, wait for the ‘80s drum fill...

	Am
Let me	make my final stand

	D	A
Shot	down in a blaze of	glory

	D	A
Take me	now but know the	truth

	D	A
I’m going	out in a blaze of	glory

	G
Lord I	never drew first, but I drew first blood

	D
And I’m	no one’s son

	A	G
Call me young	gun

	D	A
I’m a young	gun

	A	G	D	Am
Young	gun	, young	gun

Am

Journey - Any Way You Want It (1990)

Originally in G, I play in C, highest note that

matters is the 3.

C

Any way you want it

G/B

That’s the way you need it

Am	F	F
Any way you want it

C

She loves to laugh

G/B

She loves to sing

Am	F
She does everything

C

She loves to move

G/B

She loves to groove

Am	F
She loves the lovin’ things

C	G/B
Ooh, all night,	all night

Am	F
Oh, every night

C	G/B
So hold tight,	hold tight

Am	F
Ooh, baby, hold tight

	C
Oh, she said	any way you want it

G/B

That’s the way you need it

Am	F
Any way you want it

	C
She said	any way you want it

G/B

That’s the way you need it

Am	F
Any way you want it

C

I was alone

G/B

I never knew

Am	F
What good love could do

	C
Oo	h, then we touched

G/B

Then we sang

Am	F
About the lovin’ things

C	G/B
Ooh, all night,	all night

Am	F
Oh, every night

C	G/B
So hold tight,	hold tight

Am	F
Baby, hold tight

	C
Oh, she said	any way you want it

G/B

That’s the way you need it

Am	F
Any way you want it,	oh

	C
I said	any way you want it

G/B

That’s the way you need it

Am	F
Any way you want it

Solo if appropriate

	C	G/B	Am	F
She said	oh,	oh,	oh

C	G/B	Am	F
Hold on,	hold on, hooo	ld o	n

Fade on chorus

Lisa Loeb - Stay (1994)

Originally in C#, I play in G

Intro

Gadd9	Em7	Am7	Bm7	Cadd9
		→	→

Gadd9	Em7	Am7	Bm7	Cadd9
You say	I only hear what I want to

Gadd9	Em7	Am7	Bm7	Cadd9
And you say	I talk so all the time,	so

Am7	G
And I thought w	hat I felt was simple

Am7	G
And I thought t	hat I don’t belong

Am7	G
And now t	hat I am leaving

Am7	G	Cadd9
Now I know t	hat I did something wrong cause I	missed you

Cm	Am7	G	Am7	G
Yeah, yeah, I m	issed you

Gadd9	Em7	Am7
And you say	I only hear what I want to, I d	on’t listen hard

Bm7	Cadd9	G
Don’t pay attention to the	distance that you’re running to	anyone, anywhere

	Am7	Bm7
I	don’t unders	tand if you really care

	Cadd9	Cadd9
I’m	only hearing negative, no, no, no

	Am7	G	Am7	G
So I,	I turned the radio o	n, I turned the radio	up, and this woman w	as singing my song

Am7	G
Lover’s in love a	nd the other’s run away

Am7	G
Lover is crying c	ause the other won’t stay

Am7	G
Some of us hover and we	weep for the other who was

Am7	G
Dying since the day t	hey were born, well

	Am7	G	Am7	G
Well,	this is not that,	I think that I’m throwing but I’	m thrown

	Am7
And I	thought I’d live forever but now I’m not so sure

	Cadd9
You try to	tell me that I’m clever but that won’t take me anyhow

Am7	Bm7	Cadd9
Or anywhere	with yo	u

Am7	G
And you said that I	was naive

	Am7	G
And	I thought that I	was strong, oh

Am7	G
I thought, hey I c	an leave, I can leave

	Am7	G	Cadd9
Oh,	but now I know t	hat I was wrong cause I	missed you

Cm	Am7	G	Am7	G
Yeah, I	missed	you

	Am7
You said you	caught me cause you want me and one day you’ll let me go

	Cadd9
You try to	give away a keeper or keep me cause you know

	Am7	Bm7	Cadd9
You’re just so	scared to	lose

	Gadd9	Em7	Am7	Bm7	Cadd9
And you say,		stay

Gadd9	Em7	Am7	Bm	Cadd9
And you say	I only hear what I want to

Live - I Alone (1994)

Originally in G, I play in F

The IV probably goes to a IVmaj7 every time

	F	C	Bb
It’s	easier	not to be	wise

F	C	Bb
Measure these t	hings by your	brains

	F	C	Bb
I	sank into	Eden with y	ou

	F	C	Bb
Al	one in the	church by and	by

	F	C	Bb
I’ll r	ead to you	here save your	eyes

	F	C	Bb
You’ll n	eed them your	boat is at	sea

	F	C	Bb
Your	anchor is	up, you’ve been	swept away

	F	C	Bb
And the g	reatest of t	eachers won’t he	sitate

	A
To	leave you there by yourself chained to fate, yeah

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

D	A	F
I a	lone	tempt you

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

G

Fear is not the end of this

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

D	A	F
I a	lone	tempt you

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

G

	F	C	Bb
It’s	easier	not to be g	reat

	F	C	Bb
And	measure these t	hings by your	eyes

	F	C	Bb
We	long to be	here by his res	olve

	F	C	Bb
Al	one in the	church by and	by

	F	C	Bb
To c	radle the	baby in s	pace

	A
And	leave you there by yourself chained to fate, yeah

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

D	A	F
I a	lone	tempt you

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

G

Fear is not the end of this

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

D	A	F
I a	lone	tempt you

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

G

Yeah

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

D	A	F
I a	lone	tempt you

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

G

Yeah

A

Oh, now we took it back too

A

Far, only love can save us

	A
Now	, all these riddles that you

	A
B	urn, all come running back to

A

You, all these rhythms that you

A

Hide, only love can save us

A

Now, all these riddles that you

A	F
Burn, yeah, yeah, ye	ah

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

D	A	F
I a	lone	tempt you

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

G

Fear is not the end of this

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

D	A	F
I a	lone	tempt you

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

G

Yeah

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

D	A	F
I a	lone	tempt you

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

D	A	F

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

D	A	F
I a	lone	tempt you

D	A	F
I a	lone	love you

D

A

F

Madonna - Vogue (1990)

Originally in Ab, I play in E capo 5 (down an octave) or in A

In A, play the E7sus4 as x 0 9 7 10 x

B7sus4/E	Bm7/E

Intro

B7sus4/E	Bm7/E
Strike a pose

Strike a pose

E

Vogue (vogue, vogue)

E

Vogue (vogue, vogue)

D	D	D	D	E
			→

Vox on 3 4 5 on “look around”

E

Look around, everywhere you turn is heartache

E

It’s everywhere that you go (look around)

E

You try everything you can to escape

E

The pain of life that you know (life that you know)

	B7sus4/E
When a	ll else fails and you long to be

	E
Something b	etter than you are today

B7sus4/E

I know a place where you can get away

	E
It’s called a d	ance floor

	Dsus2
And here’s what it’s for, s	o

Em	D/F#	G	G	D/F#	G	D/F#
Come on,		vogue	→	→	→

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#
Let	your	bo	dy

Em	D/F#	G	G	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#
Move	to the	music	→	→	→				→

Em	D/F#	G	G	D/F#	G	D/F#
Come on,		vogue	→	→	→

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#
Let	your	bo	dy

Em	D/F#	G	G	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	D/F#
Go w	ith the f	low,	→		you	know	you can	do it

E

All you need is your own imagination

E

So use it, that’s what it’s for (that’s what it’s for)

E

Go inside for your finest inspiration

E

Your dreams will open the door (open up the door)

	B7sus4/E
It m	akes no difference if you’re black or white

E

If you’re a boy or a girl

	B7sus4/E	Bm7/E
If the m	usic’s pumping, it will g	ive you new life

	E	Dsus2
You’re a s	uperstar, yes, that’s what you are, you k	now it

Em	D/F#	G	G	D/F#	G	D/F#
Come on,		vogue	→	→	→

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#
Let	your	bo	dy

Em	D/F#	G	G	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#
Groove	to the	music	→	→	→				→

Em	D/F#	G	G	D/F#	G	D/F#
Come on,		vogue	→	→	→

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#
Let	your	bo	dy

Em	D/F#	G	G	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	D/F#
Go w	ith the f	low,	→		you	know	you can	do it

E

Beauty’s where you find it, not just where you bump and grind it

E	B7sus4/E
Soul is in the musical, that’s where I feel so	beautiful

	Dsus2
Magical, life’s a ball, so, get up on the dance f	loor

Em	D/F#	G	G	D/F#	G	D/F#
Come on,		vogue	→	→	→

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#
Let	your	bo	dy

Em	D/F#	G	G	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#
Move	to the	music	→	→	→				→

Em	D/F#	G	G	D/F#	G	D/F#
Come on,		vogue	→	→	→

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#
Let	your	bo	dy

Em	D/F#	G	G	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	D/F#	E
Go w	ith the f	low,	→		you	know	you can	do it, d	o it

E	Dsus2
	Vogue

E	Dsus2
Beauty’s where you find it,	move to the music

E	Dsus2
	Vogue

E	Dsus2
Beauty’s where you find it,	go with the flow

The bass implies a descending i VII VI V pattern here on each line

I’m not writing it out, but I’m indicating where the i’s are if you buy into this theory

Em	Em
Greta Garbo and Monroe, D	ietrich and DiMaggio

	Em	Em
M	arlon Brando, Jimmy Dean,	on the cover of a magazine

Em	Em
Grace Kelly, Harlow, Jean, p	icture of a beauty queen

Em	Em
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, G	inger Rogers, dance on air

Em	Em
They had style, they had grace, R	ita Hayworth gave good face

Em	Em
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too, B	ette Davis, we love you

Em	Em
Ladies with an attitude, f	ellas that were in the mood

Em

Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it

Em

Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it

Em

Vogue, vogue

Play the chorus chords here, give or take, but there’s not really a meaningful way to write them here

Ooh, you've got to let your body move to the music
Ooh, you've got to just let your body go with the flow
Ooh, you've got to

Em

Vogue

Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)

Intro

Am	F	G	G	E
			→

Am	F	D	G	E
				x2

	Am	F
En	dangered species, c	aged in fright

	D	G	E
Shot	in cold blood, no c	hance to f	ight

	Am	F
The s	tage is set, now p	ay the price

	D	G	E
An	ego boost, d	on’t think t	wice

	Am	F
Techn	ology, the	battle’s unfair

	D	G	E
You	pull the hammer with	out a c	are

	Am	F
S	queeze the trigger that m	akes you man

	D	G	E
Pseud	o-safaric, the h	unt is c	anned

Am	F	G	E	F	E	G	Am
			T	he	hunt	is c	anned

Am	G	C	D	C
All are	gone all but	one

	Am	G	C	D	C
No	contest n	owhere to r	un

Am	G	C	D	C
No more le	ft only o	ne

Am	G
This is i	t, this is the

Am	F	E	G	E	G	Am
Countd	own	to	ext	inc	tio	n

Am	G	D
→	→

Am	F
Tell the truth, you w	ouldn’t dare

	D	G	E
The	skin and trophy,	oh so	rare

Am	F
Silence speaks lou	der than words

	D	G	E
Ig	nore the guilt, and t	ake your t	urn

Am	F
Liars anag	ram is “lairs”

D	G	E
Man you were never	even t	here

Am	F
Killed a few feet fr	om the cages

D	G	E
Point blank, you’re	so cou	rageous

Am	F	G	E
		So cour	ageous

Am	G	C	D	C
All are	gone all but	one

	Am	G	C	D	C
No	contest n	owhere to r	un

Am	G	C	D	C
No more le	ft only o	ne

Am	G
This is i	t, this is the

Am	F	E	G	E	G	Am
Countd	own	to	ext	inc	tio	n

Robo-breakdown, just mess around on the i

Am

One hour from now

Another species of life form
Will disappear from the face of the planet
Forever and the rate is accelerating

Solo on verse chords

Am	G	C	D	C
All are	gone all but	one

	Am	G	C	D	C
No	contest n	owhere to r	un

Am	G	C	D	C
No more le	ft only o	ne

Am	G
This is i	t, this is the

Am	F	E	G	E	G	Am
Countd	own	to	ext	inc	tio	n

Megadeth - Foreclosure of a Dream (1992)

Intro, very loosely approximating the guitar

G	G/E	G/F	A7/C#	Bb6/D	Bb6
				→

G	G/E	Bb6	G/F	G	Bb6
				→

G	G/E	G/F	A7/C#	Bb6/D	Bb6
				→

Last chord here is originally C-ish, I think F-ish works better

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb6	G/F
				→

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb	G/F
Rise so	high, yet	so far to f	all, a	plan o	f

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb	G/F
Digni	ty and	balance f	or a	ll

	G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb	G/F
Pol	itical b	reakthrough, eu	phoria	’s h	igh,	more

	G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb	G/F
B	orrowed m	oney,	more	borrowed	time

Am9	Eaug/G#	Cmaj7/G	B(b9)/F#	Baug/F	E
Backed in a p	corner, caught u	p i	n the ra	ce

Em	Eb	G/D	C#aug	C	G/B
Means to an e	nd e	nded in dis	grace

	G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb6
Per	spective is l	ost in the s	pirit	of the c	hase

G/F	G5	F5	C5	Bb5
Forec	losure	of a d	ream

	G5	F5	C5	Bb5	C5	C#5
Those v	isions n	ever s	een		→

	G5	F5	C5	Bb5
Until a	ll is l	ost, personal h	oloca	ust

	G5	F5	C5	Bb5	C5	C#5
F	oreclosure	of a	dream		→

Repeat intro

G	G/E	G/F	A7/C#	Bb6/D	Bb6
				→

G	G/E	Bb6	G/F	G	Bb6
				→

G	G/E	G/F	A7/C#	Bb6/D	Bb6
				→

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb6	G/F
				→

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb	G/F
Barren l	and that	once f	illed a n	eed, a	re

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb	G/F
Worthless	now,	dead with	out a	deed

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb	G/F
Slipping aw	ay from an	iron	grip

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb	G/F
Nature’s	scales are	forced	to	tip

	Am9	Eaug/G#	Cmaj7/G	B(b9)/F#	Baug/F	E
The	heartland	cries,	loss of a	ll p	ride

	Em	Eb	G/D	C#aug	C	G/B
To l	eave ain’t bel	ieving, so	try and	be tr	ied

	G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb6
Ins	ufficient	funds, ins	anity, and	suicp	ide

G/F	G5	F5	C5	Bb5
Forec	losure	of a d	ream

	G5	F5	C5	Bb5	C5	C#5
Those v	isions n	ever s	een		→

	G5	F5	C5	Bb5
Until a	ll is l	ost, personal h	oloca	ust

	G5	F5	C5	Bb5	C5	C#5
F	oreclosure	of a	dream		→

Solo, probably skip this

A5	G5	D5	C5	D5	D#5
				→

A5	G5	D5	C5	D5	D#5
				→

For a while...

B5

Repeat intro, with spoken

The Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I’ll say no, read my lips

G	G/E	G/F	A7/C#	Bb6/D	Bb6
				→

G	G/E	Bb6	G/F	G	Bb6
				→

G	G/E	G/F	A7/C#	Bb6/D	Bb6
				→

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb6	G/F
				→

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb6	G/F
Now with new	hope,	some	will be	proud

	G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb6	G/F
This i	s no	hoax, n	o one	pushed	out

	G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb6	G/F
Rec	eive a repri	eve and b	e a p	ione	er

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb6	G/F
Break new	ground of a	n	ew fr	ontier

Am	Eaug/G#	Cmaj7/G	B(b9)/F#	Baug/F	E
New id	eas will	surely	get	by

Em	Eb	G/D	C#aug	C	G/B
No deed, no d	ividend, s	ome may	ask w	hy

	G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb6	G/F
You’ll	find the sol	ution,	the	answer’s i	n	the sky

Solo on chorus chords, then the chords from the first solo, I just repeat the intro instead

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb	G/F
Rise so	high, yet	so far to f	all, a	plan o	f

G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb	G/F
Digni	ty and	balance f	or a	ll

	G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb	G/F
Pol	itical b	reakthrough, eu	phoria	’s h	igh,	more

	G	G/F	C	G/B	Bb	G/F
B	orrowed m	oney,	more	borrowed	time

G/F	G5	F5	C5	Bb5
Forec	losure	of a d	ream

	G5	F5	C5	Bb5	C5	C#5
Those v	isions n	ever s	een		→

	G5	F5	C5	Bb5
Until a	ll is l	ost, personal h	oloca	ust

	G5	F5	C5	Bb5	C5	C#5
F	oreclosure	of a	dream		→

Repeat intro

G	G/E	G/F	A7/C#	Bb6/D	Bb6
				→

G	G/E	G/F	A7/C#	Bb6/D	Bb6
				→

	G	G/E	G/F	A7/C#	Bb6/D	Bb6
Holo	caust				→

G	G/E	Bb6	G/F	G	Bb6
				→

G

Melissa Etheridge - Come to My Window (1993)

Originally in G, I play in G capo 6, and I leave out the

slow chorus at the beginning, which is an octave down in

the original (and also not there in the single version).

Slow chorus you’re going to skip...

G	Cadd9	Am	D
Come	to my	window

G	Cadd9	Am	D
Crawl	inside,	wait by the	light of the moon

G	Cadd9	Am
Come	to my	window

D

I’ll be home soon

Start here...

Cadd9	G/B	D	D
			x 2

Cadd9	G/B
I would dial the	numbers

	D
Just to	listen to your breath

	Cadd9	G/B
And	I would stand ins	ide my hell

	D
And	hold the hand of death

Cadd9	G/B
You don’t know how	far I’d go

	D
To	ease this precious ache

	Cadd9	G/B
And y	ou don’t know how	much I’d give

	D
Or	how much I can take

	Em	Cadd9
Just to	reach you

	D
Just to	reach you

	Em	Cadd9	D
Oh to	reach you,		oh

G	Cadd9	Am7	D
Come	to my	window

G	Cadd9	Am7	D
Crawl ins	ide,	wait by the	light of the moon

G	Cadd9	Am7
Come	to my	window

D	G	Cadd9	Am7	D
I’ll be home	soon

Cadd9	G/B
Keeping my eyes	open

	D
I can	not afford to sleep

Cadd9	G/B
Giving away	promises

	D
I	know that I can’t keep

Cadd9	G/B
Nothing fills the	blackness

	D
That has	seeped into my chest

	Cadd9	G/B
I n	eed you in my	blood

	D
I am fors	aking all the rest

	Em	Cadd9
Just to	reach you

	D
Just to	reach you

	Em	Cadd9	D
Oh to	reach you,		oh

G	Cadd9	Am7	D
Come	to my	window

G	Cadd9	Am7	D
Crawl ins	ide,	wait by the	light of the moon

G	Cadd9	Am7
Come	to my	window

D	G	Cadd9	Am7	D
I’ll be home	soon

Em	Em	D
I don’t care what they think

C	C	G/B
I don’t care what they say

Am

What do they know about this love

D

Anyway

Cadd9	G/B	D	D
			x 2

Cadd9	G/B	D
Come,	come, to my	window, I’ll be home

Cadd9	G/B	D
I’ll be home,	I’ll be home,	I’m coming home

G	Cadd9	Am7	D
Come	to my	window,	oh

G	Cadd9	Am7	D
Crawl ins	ide,	wait by the	light of the moon

G	Cadd9	Am7
Come	to my	window

D	G	Cadd9
I’ll be home	soon,	I’ll be home

Am7	D
I’ll be home, I’m	coming home

G	Cadd9	Am7	D
Come	to my	window,	oh

G	Cadd9	Am7	D
Crawl ins	ide,	wait by the	light of the moon

G	Cadd9	Am7
Come	to my	window

D	G	Cadd9	Am7	D
I’ll be home	soon

G

Melissa Etheridge - I’m the Only One (1993)

Originally in G, I play in G but drop an octave on the chorus

Intro

G

Vox on the 3

G

Please baby can’t you see, my mind’s a burnin’ hell

Vox mostly on the b3 the rest of the verse

I got razors a rippin’ and tearin’ and strippin’
My heart apart as well
Tonight you told me, that you ache for something new
And some other woman is lookin' like something
That might be good for you

Vox on the 1

Am	D
Go on and hold her till the	screaming is gone

Am	D
Go on believe her when she te	lls you nothing’s wrong

G

But I’m the only one who’ll

	F	Em
W	alk across the fire for y	ou

G

And I’m the only one

	F	Em
Who’ll d	rown in my desire for y	ou

	Am
It’s o	nly fear that makes you run

	C
The	demons that you’re hiding from

	F	C
When a	ll your promises are	gone

	G
I’m the only o	ne

G

Please baby can’t you see I’m trying to explain

I’ve been here before and I’m locking the door
And I'm not going back again
Her eyes and arms and skin won't make it go away
You'll wake up tomorrow and wrestle the sorrow
That holds you down today

Am	D
Go on and hold her till the	screaming is gone

Am	D
Go on believe her when she te	lls you nothing’s wrong

G

But I’m the only one who’ll

	F	Em
W	alk across the fire for y	ou

G

And I’m the only one

	F	Em
Who’ll d	rown in my desire for y	ou

	Am
It’s o	nly fear that makes you run

	C
The	demons that you’re hiding from

	F	C
When a	ll your promises are	gone

	G
I’m the only o	ne

Solo

F	G
	x 2

Am	D
Go on and hold her till the	screaming is gone

Am	D
Go on believe her when she te	lls you nothing’s wrong

G

But I’m the only one who’ll

	F	Em
W	alk across the fire for y	ou

G

And I’m the only one

	F	Em
Who’ll d	rown in my desire for y	ou

	Am
It’s o	nly fear that makes you run

	C
The	demons that you’re hiding from

	F	C
When a	ll your promises are	gone

I’m the only

G	F	Em
Oooone...	yea yea yea

G

And I’m the only one

	F	Em
Who’ll d	rown in my desire for y	ou

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (1991)

I’m writing this for two voices.

I usually skip the intro, but if I’m feeling indulgent

I’ll play the first half of it.

Voice 1, on E

Em	D	C
So close no matter	how far

Em	D	C
Couldn’t be much more	from the heart

Em	D	C
Forever trusting	who we are

G	B7	Em
And	nothing else	matters

Voice 2 enters, on G

Em	D	C
Never opened my	self this	way

Em	D	C
Life is ours, we live it	our	way

Em	D	C
All these words I don’t	just	say

G	B7	Em
And	nothing else	matters

Em	D	C
Trust I seek and	find in	you

Em	D	C
Every day for us	something new

Em	D	C
Open mind for a	different view

G	B7	Em
And	nothing else	matters

voice 1 hits B on “cared”, voice 2 hits G on “cared”

C	A	D	C
		Never cared for what they	do

A	D	C
	Never cared for what they	know

A	D	Em
	But I	know

Voice 1 only

Em	D	C
So close no matter	how far

Em	D	C
Couldn’t be much more	from the heart

Em	D	C
Forever trusting	who we are

G	B7	Em
And	nothing else	matters

voice 1 hits B on “cared”, voice 2 hits G on “cared”

C	A	D	C
		Never cared for what they	do

A	D	C
	Never cared for what they	know

A	D	Em
	But I	know

Voice 2 enters, on G

Em	D	C
Never opened my	self this	way

Em	D	C
Life is ours, we live it	our	way

Em	D	C
All these words I don’t	just	say

G	B7	Em
And	nothing else	matters

Em	D	C
Trust I seek and	find in	you

Em	D	C
Every day for us	something new

Em	D	C
Open mind for a	different view

G	B7	Em
And	nothing else	matters

C	A	D	C
		Never cared for what they	say

A	D	C
	Never cared for games they	play

A	D	C
	Never cared for what they	do

A	D	C
	Never cared for what they	know

A	D	Em
	But I	know

Voice 1 only

Em	D	C
So close no matter	how far

Em	D	C
Couldn’t be much more	from the heart

Em	D	C
Forever trusting	who we are

G	B7	Em
And	nothing else	matters

Metallica - Sad But True (1991)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am

Intro

D	D#
	x 4

Am	Am	Am	Am	C
			→	x2

Vox on the 1

Am	G	Am	A#	Am
Hey,		I’m your life, I’m the one who	takes	you there

Vox on the 3

Am	G	Am	A#	Am
Hey,		I’m your life, I’m the one who	cares

Vox on the 3

Am	G	Am	A#	Am
They,		they betray, I’m your only	true	friend now

Vox on 4→3 on “they-ey”

Am	G	Am	A#	Am
They,		they’ll betray, I’m forever	there

Vox on b2 on “I’m your”

Am	A#	G	A#	Am
	I’m	your	dream	, make you real

Original finishes this line on something closer to iv, I prefer this i→IV acoustic

Am	A#	G	A#	Am	D
	I’m	your	eyes	when you must	steal

	C	F
I’m your	pain when you can’t feel

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “sad”

F	A#	Am
Sad but	tr	ue

Am	A#	G	A#	Am
	I’m	your	dream	, mind astray

Am	A#	G	A#	Am	D
	I’m	your	eyes	while you’re a	way

	C
I’m your	pain while you repay

F	A#	Am
You know it’s sad but	tr	ue

Am

Sad but true

Am	Am	Am	Am	C
			→

Am	G	Am	A#	Am
You,		you’re my mask, you’re my cover,	my	shelter

Am	G	Am	A#	Am
You,		you’re my mask, you’re the one	who’s	blamed

Am	G	Am	A#	Am
Do,		do my work, do my dirty work,	scape	goat

Am	G	Am	A#	Am
Do,		do my deeds, for you’re the one	who’s	shamed

Am	A#	G	A#	Am
	I’m	your	dream	, make you real

Am	A#	G	A#	Am	D
	I’m	your	eyes	when you must st	eal

	C	F
I’m your	pain when you can’t feel

F	A#	Am
Sad but	tr	ue

Am	A#	G	A#	Am
	I’m	your	dream	, mind astray

Am	A#	G	A#	Am	D
	I’m	your	eyes	while you’re a	way

	C
I’m your	pain while you repay

F	A#	Am
You know it’s sad but	tr	ue

Am

Sad but true

Pre-solo?

D	D#
	x 8

Solo on verse chords

Am

Am	A#	G	A#	Am
	I’m	your	dream

Am	A#	G	A#	Am
	I’m	your	eyes

Am	C
I’m your	pain

Am	A#	G	A#	Am
	I’m	your	dream

Am	A#	G	A#	Am
	I’m	your	eyes

Am	C
I’m your	pain

F	A#	Am
You know it’s sad but	tr	ue

More solo on verse chords

Am

Am	G	Am	A#	Am
Hate,		I’m your hate, I’m your hate when	you	want love

Not a typo, there’s a random bII→i at the end of this line

Am	G	Am	A#	Am	A#	Am
Pay,		pay the price, pay, for nothing’s	fair		→

Am	G	Am	A#	Am
Hey,		I’m your life, I’m the one who	took	you there

Am	G	Am	A#	Am
Hey,		I’m your life, and I no longe	r	care

Am	A#	G	A#	Am
	I’m	your	dream	, make you real

Am	A#	G	A#	Am	D
	I’m	your	eyes	when you must s	teal

	C	F
I’m your	pain when you can’t feel

F	Am
Sad but	true

Am	A#	G	A#	Am
	I’m	your	truth	, telling lies

Am	A#	G	A#	Am	D
	I’m	your	reasoned	alib	is

	C
I’m in	side open your eyes

F	A#	Am
I’m	tr	ue

Am

Sad but true

Metallica - The Unforgiven (1991)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 3

Esus2	Em
	x 8

Em	G	D	Bm
Em	G	D	B
Em

Vox on the 4 on “new”

Em	Bm
New blood joins this	Earth

	A	Em
And	quickly he’s subdu	ed

	Em	Bm
Through	constant pained dis	grace

	A	Em
The	young boy learns their	rules

	Em	Bm
With ti	me the child draws	in

	A	Em
This	whipping boy done	wrong

	Em	Bm
Depr	ived of all his	thoughts

	A	Em	D/F#	Em
The	young man struggles	on and	on, he’s k	nown

	G	D
Ooh, a v	ow unto his	own

	A7	Em
That	never from this	day

	G	D	B
His	will they’ll take awa	y

Em	G	D
What I’ve	felt, what I’ve k	nown

	Bm	Em
Never	shined through in what I’ve	shown

	G	D
Never	be, never	see

	B	Em
Won’t	see what might have b	een

Em	G	D
What I’ve	felt, what I’ve	known

	Bm	Em
Never	shined through in what I’ve	shown

	G	D
Never	free, never	me

	B	Em
So I	dub thee unforgiven

Esus	Em
	x 2

	Em	Bm
They d	edicate their	lives

	A	Em
To	running all of	his

	Em	Bm
He	tries to please them	all

	A	Em
This	bitter man he	is

	Em	Bm
Througho	ut his life the	same

	A	Em
He’s	battled constant	ly

	Em	Bm
This	fight he cannot	win

	A	Em	D/F#	Em
A	tired man, they	see no	longer ca	res

	G	D
The	old man then pre	pares

	A7	Em
To	die regretfull	y

	G	D	B
That o	ld man there is	me

Em	G	D
What I’ve	felt, what I’ve k	nown

	Bm	Em
Never	shined through in what I’ve	shown

	G	D
Never	be, never	see

	B	Em
Won’t	see what might have b	een

Em	G	D
What I’ve	felt, what I’ve	known

	Bm	Em
Never	shined through in what I’ve	shown

	G	D
Never	free, never	me

	B	Em
So I	dub thee unforgiven

Solo on intro then verse

Em	G	D
What I’ve	felt, what I’ve k	nown

	Bm	Em
Never	shined through in what I’ve	shown

	G	D
Never	be, never	see

	B	Em
Won’t	see what might have b	een

Em	G	D
What I’ve	felt, what I’ve	known

	Bm	Em
Never	shined through in what I’ve	shown

	G	D
Never	free, never	me

	B	Em
So I	dub thee unforg	iven

Em	G	D	Bm
Aaah...		whoa

Em	G	D	B
G

	G	D
Never	free, never	me

	B	Em
So I	dub thee unforg	iven

Em	G	D	Bm
Aaah...

Em	G	D	B

Em	G	D
You labeled	me, I’ll label	you

	B	Em
So I	dub thee unforg	iven

Em	G	D	B

Em	G	D
Never	free, never	me

	B	Em
So I	dub thee unforg	iven

Em	G	D	B	Em

Em	G	D
You labeled	me, I’ll label	you

	B	Em
So I	dub thee unforg	iven

Misc - Commercial Medley (1990)

Doublemint song

Originally in D, I play in D capo 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6JnDMpjwN8&ab_channel=TheClassicSports

D	A	G	G	A
Double double	your refr	eshment	→

D	A	G	A
Double double	your enj	oyme	nt

	D	A	G
Oh	no single g	um double-fre	shens your mouth like

D	A	D
Doublemint,	Doublemint	gum

	F	C	Bb	Bb	C
So	double double y	our refr	eshment	→

F	C	Bb	C
Double double	your deli	ghtm	ent

	F	C	Bb
Oh n	o single g	um double-fre	shens your mouth like

F	C	F	Bb
Double-fresh, d	ouble-good, c	ome on and do	uble it

F	C	F
Doublemint, D	oublemint g	um

There's no single gum like it!

Subway footlong song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJF3mknSTlo&ab_channel=CommercialsinUSA

C	Fm
Five, five dollar, five dollar foot	long

C	Fm
Five, five dollar, five dollar foot	long

G	Fm	C
It’s c-c-catching on, at	sub	way

Kit-Kat song

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nkcVz1mad0&ab_channel=udhoop

E

One, two, a-one two three four!

5 5 6 1 on “gimme a break”

E

Gimme a break, gimme a break

Break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat Bar
Gimme a break, gimme a break
Break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat Bar

Vox on the 5

	A
You can k	eep it to yourself but it wouldn’t be fair

	B	G
‘Cause that	chocolate crispy taste is loved e	verywhere

E

Gimme a break, gimme a break

Break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat Bar

E	E	A	E
		→

Stuck on Band-Aid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiSLoLGcAmo&ab_channel=KaiRivera

	F	Dm	Bb	C	F
I am s	tuck on B	and-Aid brand ‘cause B	and-Aid’s s	tuck on m	e

	F	Dm	G	C
I am s	tuck on B	and-Aid brand ‘cause B	and-Aid’s stuck on m	e

	Dm	C	Bb	Eb
‘Cause they h	old on tight no m	atter what on f	ingers, toes, and kn	ees

	F	Dm	Bb	C	F
I am st	uck on B	and-Aid brand ‘cause B	and-Aid h	elps heal m	e

Toys R Us Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ0fBbutkgA&ab_channel=FM1156

Originally in C#, I play in C capo 1

	C
I don’t	wanna grow up

	D
I’m a	Toys R Us kid

	G	C	A	A7
They got a	million toys at Toys R Us that	I can play	with

	D
I don’t w	anna grow up

	E
I’m a	Toys R Us kid

	A	D
They got the	best for so much less, it’ll r	eally flip your lid

	G	A	F#m	Bm
From	bikes to	trains to	video	games

	G	A	F#m	B7
It’s the	biggest toy s	tore there i	s (gee w	hiz!)

	G	A	D	A/C#	Bm
I don’t	wanna grow u	p ‘cause baby	if	I	did

	G	A	D
I	couldn’t be a T	oys R Us k	id

A/C#	D	A/C#	D/A	F#m	B7
More g	ames, m	ore t	oys,	oh b	oy!

	G	A	D
I	wanna be a T	oys R Us k	id

The best part of waking up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SnnbrXaAvY&ab_channel=ewjxn

Originally in B, I play in G capo 4

Rubato

	G/B	Cadd9
It’s	tough getting out of bed

	G/B	Cadd9
To	face all the chores a	head

	Bm7	Cadd9	D/F#
Till that	aroma comes through when the	Folger’s starts to b	rew

	Am7	D	G/B	Cadd9	G
The	best	part of	waking	up is Folger’s in your	cup

Spoken

	Am7	G/B
Folger’s is m	ountain-grown coffee, and the rich aroma	of

	Cadd9	D	E
Mountain-grown beans makes	Folger’s	one coffee m	ade with the morning in mind

At tempo

	A
Now	thing’s are feeling right

	Dsus2
You see the m	orning in a whole new light

	A/C#
There’s hard w	ork to be done

	Dsus2	E
Another	day yet to be w	on

	D	E	A/C#	D	E	A
The	best p	art of w	aking u	p is Folger’s i	n your c	up

Meow Mix song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTunhRVyREU&ab_channel=SabedMako

C

Meow meow meow meow

	G
Meow meow meow meow	meow meow meow meow

G

Meow meow meow meow

	C
Meow meow meow meow	meow meow meow meow

F

Meow meow meow

C	A
Meow meow	MEOW meow

D7	Edim7	Fdim7	F#dim7
Meow meow	meow meow	meow meow	meow

Hang at the end of this line

Dm7	G9
Meow meow meow

C9

Meow

Nationwide song (A)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hmxOg0rB9Q&ab_channel=Abridged

Originally in E, I play in A

E	A	Am	E
	→

Vox on the 2

Emaj7	Amaj7	Emaj7	Amaj7
One day	your little guy’s be	hind the wheel

Emaj7	Amaj7	Emaj7	B6
It’s okay,	your mom side will	find a way to	deal

Emaj7	Amaj7	Emaj7	Amaj7
You built t	his business up from	the ground

Emaj7	Amaj7	Emaj7	F#
Soon your	retired side will	pass it on	down

C#m7	Amaj7
Every	day brings something new

C#m7	Amaj7
So much to look	forward to

E	A	E
Nationwide is	on your	side

Nationwide song (B)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdBOsLuUh8Q&ab_channel=Tu%E1%BB%87AnhL%C3%BD

Originally in E, I play in A

E	A	Am	E
	→

Vox on the 5

E	A
You got a side	that wants more space

G#m7	A
‘Cause every day	starts like a race

E	A
You got a side	that loves that style

	G#m7	A
But to	fit in those shoes	gonna take a while

E

Today life’s got you running

Am7

Tomorrow big things are coming

Asus2	E	A	Am	E
That’s why	Nationwide is	on	your	side

Be all that you can be Army commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_OCDJIT344&ab_channel=Royce

Am	G	F	D
	→	→

Vox on the 5

Am

You’re reaching deep inside you

	Fmaj7
For t	hings you’ve never known

Dm7

It’s been tough, rough goin’

	E	Am	Am/G	G
But you h	aven’t gone alone	→

Spoken over chords that don’t really matter

F	G
We do more before 9am than	most people do all day

Vox on the 5 of the chord

C	G	Am	E
Be	all that you can	be (hey first sergeant,	good morning!)

	Am	F	G	C
You can	do it	in the	Ar	my

Sometimes you feel like a nut song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdwVw4KZ_Bc&ab_channel=JackTaylor

Originally starts in C, I play in C capo 2

Let ring, Jailhouse-Rock-style

Vox on 3 5 on “sometimes”

B	C
→	Sometimes you feel a nut

C#	D
→	Sometimes you don’t

At tempo

Vox on the 3 of the chord

G	C
Almond Joy’s got nuts,	Mounds don’t

C	D
Almond Joy’s got real milk chocolate,	coconut and munchy nuts too

G	C	A
Mounds got deep dark chocolate and c	hewy coconut oo	oh

D	E
Sometimes you feel a nut,	sometimes you don’t

A	D
Almond Joy’s got nuts,	Mounds don’t

	A	A	D
Because	sometimes you feel a nut,	sometimes you d	on’t

Motley Crue - Angela (1991)

Originally in F, I play in A

Remember lots of b3→2→1’s

Intro

A

A	E	D	A
A	E	D	A
Oooh,	oooh,	yeah,	wow!

A	E	D	A
A	E	D	A

Vox on the 3

A

I’ve been an alley cat I lived nine lives

A

I’m like a fine wine I’m better with time

A

Like a diamondback rattlesnake

A

I had the rattle if it had the shake

	B	D	A
Until	you give me	something to	believe in

	B	D	E	D
Until	you give me	something to sink my	teeth in	to

	A	E
Now when the	winds cry	Angela

D	A
Angela I’ll be	there for you

	A	E
And when the	storms scream	Angela

D	A
Angela I’ll be	there

A

I’ve been a poet always tongue in cheek

A

I’ve seen some scenes man you’d never believe

A

And like a supercharged rocket ride

	A
You know they’d	have gasoline if they had the time

	B	D	A
Until	you give me	something to	believe in, oooh yeah

	B	D	E	D
Until	you give me	something to sink my	teeth in	to

	A	E
Now when the	winds cry	Angela

D	A
Angela I’ll be	there for you

	A	E
And when the	storms scream	Angela

D	A
Angela I’ll be	there, yeah

A	E	D	A
Oh	Angela,	oh	Angela

	A	E	D	A
When the	winds cry	Angela

E

Save me, I’m a sick soul sucker in this whiskey ghost town

E

Get me, get me in your saddle and ride me into the ground

Solo on pre-chorus chords

B	D	A	A
B	D	E	D

Quiet-ish

A	E	D	A
Oooh,	oooh,	oooh,	Angela

A	E	D	A
Oooh,	oooh,	oooh,	yeah

	A	E
Now when the	winds cry	Angela

D	A
Angela I’ll be	there for you

	A	E
And when the	storms scream	Angela

D	A
Angela I’ll be	there, whooo

A	E	D	A
Oh	Angela,	oh	Angela

	A	E	D	A
When the	winds cry	Angela,	baby baby I’ll be	there

Mr. Big - Just Take My Heart (1991)

Originally in C, I play in G

G	F	C	C
			x2

G	F	C	C	F
It’s late at ni	ght and neither	one of us is	slee	ping

Stay on the 5 of the chord on “my life”, rather than jumping to the high 3

Em	D	C	D	G
I can’t im	agine living	my life af	ter you’r	e gone

G	F	C	C	F
Wondering	why so many ques	tions have no	ans	wers

Em	D	C	D	F
I keep on	searching for the	reason w	hy we went	wrong

F	Em
Where is our	yesterday

Am	Em	D
You and I could use	it right	now

	D#	F
But	if this is	goodbye

G	C	D
Just take my	heart when you	go

G	C	Em	D
I don’t have the	need for it	any	more

Em	Am7	F	Em	D
I’ll always	love you, but you’re	too hard to	hold

C	D	G
Just take my	heart when you	go

Interlude

G	F	C	C
			x2

G	F	C	C	F
Here we	are about to	take the final	step	now

Em	D	C	D	G
I just can’t	fool myself, I	know there’s no	turning	back

G	F	C	C	F
Face to	face it’s been	endless conver	sa	tion

Em	D	C	F
But when the	love is gone you’re	left with nothing but	talk

F	Em
I’d give my	everything

	Am	Em	D
If	only I could turn	you ar	ound

	D#	F
But	if this is	goodbye

G	C	D
Just take my	heart when you	go

G	C	Em	D
I don’t have the	need for it	any	more

Em	Am7	F	Em	D
I’ll always	love you, but you’re	too hard to	hold

C	D	F
Just take my	heart when you	go

Solo, just the first 2x2 is fine acoustic

F	G	F	G
D#	F	D#	F
G

A	D	E
Just take my	heart when you	go

A	D	F#m	E
I don’t have the	need for it	any	more

F#m	Bm7	G	F#m
I’ll always	love you but you’re	too hard to	hold

D	E	F	G	A
Just take my	heart, baby	just take my	heart when you	go

Outro

A

G

D

Mr. Big - To Be With You (1991)

Originally in E, I play in A

Note significant mucking with the melody in the chorus

Vox start on the 5 of the first chord

F#m	A	Dsus2	A
Hold on l	ittle girl, show	me what he’s d	one to you

F#m	A	Dsus2	A
Stand up l	ittle girl, a b	roken heart can’t	be that bad

	Dsus2	A	Dsus2	A
When	it’s through, it’s	through,	fate will twist th	e both of you

	G	E
So	come on baby, come on over,	let me be the one to show you

Notes in the major key: I’m (stay on 1), wants (down to 6),

be (up to 2), you (up to 3)

A	Dsus2	E	A
I’m the one who	wants to	be with	you

A	Dsus2	E	A
Deep inside I	hope you’ll	feel it	too

A	Dsus2	E	F#m
Waited on a	line of	greens and	blues

A	Dsus2	E	A
Just to be the	next to	be with	you

F#m	A	Dsus2	A
Build up your	confidence so	you can be on	top for once

F#m	A	Dsus2	A
Wake up, who	cares about	little boys that	talk too much?

	Dsus2	A	Dsus2	A
I’ve	seen it all go	down, your	game of love was	all rained out

	G	E
So	come on baby, come on over,	let me be the one to hold you

A	Dsus2	E	A
I’m the one who	wants to	be with	you

A	Dsus2	E	A
Deep inside I	hope you’ll	feel it	too

A	Dsus2	E	F#m
Waited on a	line of	greens and	blues

A	Dsus2	E	A
Just to be the	next to	be with	you

Tricky vox here: “why” is the 7 of the first chord

Dsus2	F#m
Why be alone when we can	be together baby?

Vox goes up a half-step from “baby”, to the 2 of this

chord on “you”, then down to 1 (can) #7 (my) 6 “worth”

C	A
You can make my life worthwhile, I can make you start to	smile

Solo over chorus chords (almost) in original key

A	Dsus2	E	A
			x 2

A	Dsus2	E	F#m
A	Dsus2	E	A

	Dsus2	A	Dsus2	A
When	it’s through, it’s	through,	fate will twist th	e both of you

	G
So	come on baby, come on over

Hanging end to this line

E

Let me be the one to show you

C	Fsus2	G	C
I’m the one who	wants to	be with	you

C	Fsus2	G	C
Deep	inside I hope you’ll	feel it	too

C	Fsus2	G	Am
Waited on a	line of	greens and	blues

C	Fsus2	G	C
Just to be the	next to	be with	you

A	Dsus2	E	A
I’m the one who	wants to	be with	you

A	Dsus2	E	A
Deep inside I	hope you’ll	feel it	too

A	Dsus2	E	F#m
Waited on a	line of	greens and	blues

A	Dsus2	E	A
Just to be the	next to	be with	you

A	Dsus2	E	A
Just to be the	next to	be with	you

Nirvana - Come As You Are (1991)

Originally in Em, I play in Am capo 3

Intro

Am	G
	x4

Vox on the 5

Am	G	Am
Come as you a	re, as you	were

	G	Am
As I	want you to	be

	G	Am
As a	friend, as a	friend

	G	Am
As an	old enem	y

	G	Am
Take your	time, hurry	up

	G	Am
The choice is	yours don’t be	late

	G	Am
Take a	rest, as a	friend

	G	Am	Dsus2	C
As an	old memor	y	, yeah

	Am	Dsus2	C
Memor	y	, yeah

	Am	Dsus2	C
Memor	y	, yeah

	Am	Dsus2	C
Memor	y	, yeah

Am	G	Am
Come doused in mu	d, soaked in ble	ach

	G	Am
As I w	ant you to be

	G	Am
As a trend, as	a friend

	G	Am	Dsus2	C
As an o	ld memor	y	, yeah

	Am	Dsus2	C
Memor	y	, yeah

	Am	Dsus2	C
Memor	y	, yeah

	Am	Dsus2	C
Memor	y	, yeah

Vox on the 1 of the chord

Dsus2	F	Dsus2	F
When I s	wear that I d	on’t have a gun

	Dsus2	F
No I d	on’t have a gun

	Dsus2	F
No I d	on’t have a gun

Solo

Am	G
	x8

	Am	C
...	Eeee,	yeah

	Am	Dsus2	C
Memor	y	, yeah

	Am	Dsus2	C
Memor	y	, yeah

	Am	Dsus2	C
Memor	y	, yeah	(no I don’t have a gun)

Dsus2	F	Dsus2	F
When I s	wear that I d	on’t have a gun

	Dsus2	F
No I d	on’t have a gun

	Dsus2	F
No I d	on’t have a gun

	Dsus2	F
No I d	on’t have a gun

	Dsus2	F
No I d	on’t have a gun

Am	G	Am	G
	Me	mory y	eah

Am	G	Am	G	Asus4
	Me	mory y	eah

Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box (1993)

Originally in G#m, I play in Em

Highest note is the 1 on “hey, wait”

Em	C	A
Em	C	A	A7
		→

Em	C	A	Em	C	A	A7
She	eyes me	like a Pisces	when	I am	weak

Em	C	A	Em	C	A	A7
I’ve been	locked in	side your heart shaped	box	for	weeks

Em	C	A	Em	C	A	A7
I’ve been	drawn in	to your magnet	tar	pit	trap

Em	C	A	Em	C	A	A7
I wish	I could	eat your cancer	when	you turn	black

Em	C	A
Hey,	wait,	I got a new complaint

Em	C	A
For	ever in	debt to your priceless advice

Em	C	A
Hey,	wait,	I got a new complaint

Em	C	A
For	ever in	debt to your priceless advice

Em	C	A
Hey,	wait,	I got a new complaint

Em	C	A	C	A
For	ever in	debt to your priceless ad	vice

	C	A	A7
Your ad	vice

Em	C	A	Em	C	A	A7
Meat-	eating o	rchids forgive	no o	ne just y	et

Em	C	A	Em	C	A	A7
Cut mys	elf on a	ngel hair and b	ab	y’s bre	ath

Em	C	A	Em	C	A	A7
Broken h	ymen o	f your highness, I’m	lef	t bl	ack

Em	C	A	Em	C	A	A7
Throw do	wn your	umbilical noose so I can	climb	right b	ack

Em	C	A
Hey,	wait,	I got a new complaint

Em	C	A
For	ever in	debt to your priceless advice

Em	C	A
Hey,	wait,	I got a new complaint

Em	C	A
For	ever in	debt to your priceless advice

Em	C	A
Hey,	wait,	I got a new complaint

Em	C	A	C	A
For	ever in	debt to your priceless ad	vice

	C	A	A7
Your ad	vice

Solo on intro chords

Em	C	A
Em	C	A	A7
		→

Em

Em	C	A	Em	C	A	A7
She	eyes me	like a Pisces	when	I am	weak

Em	C	A	Em	C	A	A7
I’ve been	locked in	side your heart shaped	box	for	weeks

Em	C	A	Em	C	A	A7
I’ve been	drawn in	to your magnet	tar	pit	trap

Em	C	A	Em	C	A	A7
I wish	I could	eat your cancer	when	you turn	black

Em	C
Hey,	wait

A

I got a new complaint

Em	C	A
For	ever in	debt to your priceless advice

Em	C
Hey,	wait

A

I got a new complaint

Em	C	A
For	ever in	debt to your priceless advice

Em	C
Hey,	wait

A

I got a new complaint

Em	C	A	C	A
For	ever in	debt to your priceless ad	vice

	C	A	A7
Your ad	vice

	C	A	A7
Your ad	vice

	C	A	A7
Your ad	vice

Nirvana - In Bloom (1991)

Intro

A	F#	E	G
			x2

A	F	D	Bb	G#
			→	x2

A	F	D	Bb	G#
Sell the	kids for	food

A	F	D	Bb	G#
Weather	changes	moods

A	F	D	Bb	G#
Spring is	here a	gain

A	F	D	Bb	C#
Repro	ductive	glands	a-	and

A	F#m	A	F#m
He’s the	one who likes	all our pretty	songs

	A	F#m	A	F#m
And he	likes to sing a	long and he	likes to shoot his	gun

	B	D	B	D
But he	knows not what it	means,	knows not what it	means when I say

A	F#m	A	F#m
He’s the	one who likes	all our pretty	songs

	A	F#m	A	F#m
And he	likes to sing a	long and he	likes to shoot his	gun

	B	D	B	D
But he	knows not what it	means,	knows not what it	means when I say

A	F#	E	G
Yea	h

A	F#	E	G

A	F	D	Bb	G#
We can ha	ve some m	ore

A	F	D	Bb	G#
Nature i	s a whor	e

A	F	D	Bb	G#
Bruises on	the f	ruit

A	F	D	Bb	C#
Tender	age in b	loom

A	F#m	A	F#m
He’s the	one who likes	all our pretty	songs

	A	F#m	A	F#m
And he	likes to sing a	long and he	likes to shoot his	gun

	B	D	B	D
But he	knows not what it	means,	knows not what it	means when I say

A	F#m	A	F#m
He’s the	one who likes	all our pretty	songs

	A	F#m	A	F#m
And he	likes to sing a	long and he	likes to shoot his	gun

	B	D	B	D
But he	knows not what it	means,	knows not what it	means when I say

A	F#	E	G
Yea	h

A	F#	E	G

A	F#	E	G
Yea	h

A	F#	E	G

Solo on verse chords

A	F	D	Bb	G#
			→	x3

A	F	D	Bb	C#
			Heee	ee’s

A	F#m	A	F#m
He’s the	one who likes	all our pretty	songs

	A	F#m	A	F#m
And he	likes to sing a	long and he	likes to shoot his	gun

	B	D	B	D
But he	knows not what it	means,	knows not what it	means when I say

A	F#m	A	F#m
He’s the	one who likes	all our pretty	songs

	A	F#m	A	F#m
And he	likes to sing a	long and he	likes to shoot his	gun

	B	D	B	D
But he	knows not what it	means,	knows not what it	means

B	D	B	D
Knows not what it	means,	knows not what it	means when I say

A	F#	E	G
Yea	h

A	F#	E	G
A

Nirvana - Lithium (1991)

All chords are 5ths.

E	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D
							x2

E	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D	E
	I’m so	happy ‘c	ause tod	ay I fo	und my fr	iends they’re	in my he	ad

	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D	E
	I’m so	ugly tha	t’s oka	y ‘cause	so are y	ou we br	oke our m	irrors

	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D	E
	Sunday	morning is e	very d	ay for	all I ca	re and I	’m not sca	red

	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D
	Light my	candles	in a d	aze ‘cause	I found g	od,	yeah

E	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D
Yeah

E	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D
Yeah

E	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D
Yeah

E	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D	E
	I’m so	lonely	that’s o	kay I s	haved my	head and I	’m not sad

	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D	E
	And just	maybe	I’m to p	lain for a	ll I’ve h	eard but I	’m not sur	e

	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D	E
	I’m so ex	cited	I can’t	wait to m	eet you t	here and	I don’t ca	re

	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D
	I’m so	horny th	at’s oka	y my wi	ll is goo	d.	Yeah

E	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D
Yeah

E	G#	C#	A	C	D	B	D
Yeah

E

G#

C#

A

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