38 Special - Hold on Loosely

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

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

but I prefer it this way if acoustic.

A	E/G#	G	D/F#
			x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bm	E
Your baby needs	someone to believe in

Bm	D
And a whole lot of	space to breathe in

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

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

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

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

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

Bm	E
Your baby needs	someone to believe in

Bm	D
And a whole lot of	space to breathe in

Chords change on every beat

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

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

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

G	Gsus2	G	D	D#	E
In	her	way	→	→

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

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

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

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

Bm	E
Your baby needs	someone to believe in

Bm	D
And a whole lot of	space to breathe in

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

Hard stop before “you’re gonna lose it”

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

D/F#

You’re gonna, lose control

Solo

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

A	E/G#	G	D/F#

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

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

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

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

Solo to fade

A

E/G#

G

D/F#

A-Ha - Take On Me

Originally in Bm, I play in Am

If solo acoustic, just Am until the lyrics start,

skip all the intro goop. Also play fast.

Just drums @ start

Intro, just texture

Am	Em	Am	Em

Keys riff starts

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

	Am	D
We’re	talking away

G	C	C/B
I don’t know what	I’m to	say

Am	D
I’ll say it anyway

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

Am	D
Shying away

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

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

That D is a whole step below “O.K.”

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	on	me

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	me	on

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

G

D/F#

Em

C

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

C	C/B
But I’	ll be

Am	D
Stumbling away

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

Am	D
Say after me

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

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	on	me

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	me	on

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

G

D/F#

Em

C

Trippy bridge

Bm	F	Bm	F	Am	D

Intro riff, just keys

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

Am	D
The things that you say

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

Am	D
My worries away

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

Am	D
You’re shying away

Em	C
I’ll be coming for you anyway

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	on	me

G	D/F#	Em	C
Take	me	on

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

G

D/F#

Em

C

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

Abba - Dancing Queen

Originally in A, with a huge range; I play in G, but sing the chorus

down an octave.

G	C/G	G	C/G
G	C/G	G	D/G	C/G	G
			Ooh →

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “you”

D	B7
You can dance, y	ou can jive

Em	A/C#
Having the time of your	life

	C	Am7
Ooh ooh ooh,	see that girl,	watch that scene

D7	G	C/G
Digging the d	ancing queen

G	C/G
→

G	C/G
→

G	C/G
Friday night and the lights are low

G	Em
Looking out for a place to go

D	G/D
Where they play the right music

D

Getting in the swing

	D	D	Em	Em	D	Em
You	come to l	ook f	or a k	ing	→

G	C/G
Anybody could be that guy

G	Em
Night is young and the music’s h	igh

D	G/D
With a bit of rock music

D

Everything is fine

	D	Em	Em	D	Em
You’re in the mo	od f	or a d	ance

	Am7	D7
And when you	get the chance

	G	C/G	G	C/G
You are the	dancing queen,	young and sweet, only	seventeen

G	C/G	G	D	C/E	G
Dancing queen,	feel the beat from the	tambourine, o	h y	eah

D	B7
You can dance, y	ou can jive

Em	A/C#
Having the time of your	life

	C	Am7
Ooh ooh ooh,	see that girl,	watch that scene

D7	G	C/G
Digging the d	ancing queen

Not a typo, there is an extra measure here that isn’t here in the first chorus

G	C/G

G	C/G
→

G	C/G
→

G	C/G
You’re a teaser, you turn ‘em on

G	Em
Leave them burning and then you’re	gone

D	G/D
Looking out for another

D

Anyone will do

	D	Em	Em	D	Em
You’re in the mo	od f	or a d	ance	→

	Am7	D7
And when you	get the chance

	G	C/G	G	C/G
You are the	dancing queen,	young and sweet, only	seventeen

G	C/G	G	D	C/E	G
Dancing queen,	feel the beat from the	tambourine, o	h y	eah

D	B7
You can dance, y	ou can jive

Em	A/C#
Having the time of your	life

	C	Am7
Ooh ooh ooh,	see that girl,	watch that scene

D7	G	C/G	G	C/G
Digging the d	ancing queen

G	C/G	D7/A	G	C/G	G	C/G
		Digging the d	ancing queen

G

Abba - Mamma Mia

Originally in D, I play in A

A	Aaug	A	Aaug
			x2

A	E/A	A	D
I’ve been	cheated by	you since I don’t know	when

A	E/A	A	D
So I	made up my	mind it must come to an	end

A	Aaug
Look at me now,	will I ever learn?

A	Aaug	D
I don’t know ho	w, but I suddenly	lose control

	E
There’s a fire with	in my soul

D	A/C#	E
Just	one	look and I can hear a bell ring

D	A/C#	E
One	more	look and I forget everything

A

Mamma mia, here I go again

G/D	D	A/C#	A
My	my, how can I re	sist	you?

A

Mamma mia, does it show again?

G/D	D	A/C#	A
My	my, just how much I’ve	missed	you

A	E/G#
Yes, I’ve been	broken-hearted

F#m	C#m/E
Blue since the	day we parted

G/D	D	Bm	E
Why,	why	did I ever	let you go?

A	F#m
Mamma mia,	now I really know

G/D	D	Bm	E
My	my,	I could never	let you go

A	Aaug	A	Aaug

A	E/A	A	D
I’ve been	angry and	sad about things that you	do

A	E/A	A	D
I can’t	count all the	times that I told you we’re	through

A	Aaug
And when you go,	when you slam the door

A	Aaug	D
I think you know,	that you won’t be a	way too long

	E
You know that I’m	not that strong

D	A/C#	E
Just	one	look and I can hear a bell ring

D	A/C#	E
One	more	look and I forget everything

A

Mamma mia, here I go again

G/D	D	A/C#	A
My	my, how can I re	sist	you?

A

Mamma mia, does it show again?

G/D	D	A/C#	A
My	my, just how much I’ve	missed	you

A	E/G#
Yes, I’ve been	broken-hearted

F#m	C#m/E
Blue since the	day we parted

G/D	D	Bm	E
Why,	why	did I ever	let you go?

A

Mamma mia, even if I say

G/D	D	A/C#	A
Bye	bye, leave me now or	nev	er

A

Mamma mia, it’s a game we play

G/D	D	A/C#	A
Bye	bye doesn’t mean for	eve	r

A

Mamma mia, here I go again

G/D	D	A/C#	A
My	my, how can I re	sist	you?

A

Mamma mia, does it show again?

G/D	D	A/C#	A
My	my, just how much I	missed	you

A	E/G#
Yes, I’ve been	broken-hearted

F#m	C#m/E
Blue since the	day we parted

G/D	D	Bm	E
Why,	why	did I ever	let you go?

A	F#m
Mamma mia,	now I really know

G/D	D	Bm	E
My	my,	I could never	let you go

Repeat to fade

A	Aaug

AC DC - Highway to Hell

Originally between Ab and A, I play in A capo 2

Intro

A

D/F#

G

D/F#

G

D/F#

G

D/F#

A

x2

“Livin’ easy” is roughly b7 1 b3 b3

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Livin’ ea	sy,		livin’ free

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	A	A
	Seaso	n tic	ket on	a	one way ride

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Askin’ no	thin’	,	leave me be

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	A	A
Ta	kin’	eve	rythin	’	in my stride

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Don’t need rea	son,		don’t need rhym	e

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	A	A
A	in’t	not	hin’ I’d	ra	ther do

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Goin’ do	wn,		party time

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	E
	My f	riends	are gonna	be there too

	A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
I’m on the	high	way	to	hell

	A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
On the	high	way	to	hell

A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
High	way	to	hell,	I’m	on the

A	A	A	D/A
High	way	to	hell

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		No stop	signs	,	speed limi	t

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	A	A
	Nob	ody’s	gonna	sl	ow me down

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Like a whe	el,		gonna spin it

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	A	A
	Nob	ody’s	gonn	a	mess me around

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Hey Sata	n,		payin’ my du	es

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	A	A
		Playin	’ in	a	rockin’ band

A	A	A	D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	D/F#	G
		Hey mam	a,		look at m	e

D/F#	D/F#	G	D/F#	E
I’	m on	my wa	y to the	promised land, whoa

	A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
I’m on the	high	way	to	hell

A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
High	way	to	hell,	I’m	on the

A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
High	way	to	hell

A	A	A	D/A
High	way	to	hell

	D	Dsus4	D
Mmmmmmm

	D	Dsus4	D	Dsus4	D
Don’t stop me

Solo on verse chords

	A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
I’m on the	high	way	to	hell,		uh

A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
High	way	to	hell,	I’m	on the

A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#
High	way	to	hell,		on the

Hard stop here

A	A	A	D/A
High	way	to

G	D/F#

A	A	A	D/A	G	D/F#	A
High	way	to	hell, I’m on on the h	ighway	to he	ll

A	A	A	D/A
High	way	to	hell

A	A	A	D/A
High	way	to	hell

Let ring at the end of this line

A	A	A	D/A
High	way	to	hell

And I'm going down, aaaooohwaayyy

A

AC DC - Moneytalks

Originally in G, I play in A

A	D/A	A	D/A
A	D/A	A	E

Yo!

A	A	A	A

	A
Tailored	suits, chauffeured cars

	A
Fine ho	tels and big cigars

	A
Up for	grabs, up for a price

	A
Where the	red hot girls keep on dancing through the night

	E
The	claim is on you, the sights are on me

	E
So	what do you do, that’s guaranteed

	D
Hey little	girl, you want it all

	D
The	furs, the diamonds, the paintings on the wall

A	D
Come on, come on,	love me for the money

A	D/E
Come on, come on,	listen to the money talk

A	D
Come on, come on,	love me for the money

A	D/E
Come on, come on,	listen to the money talk

A	A	A	A

	A
A French	maid, foreign chef

	A
A big	house with king size bed

	A
You had e	nough, you ship ‘em out

	A
The dollar’s	up, down, you better buy the pound

	E
The	claim is on you, the sights are on me

	E
So	what do you do, that’s guaranteed

	D
Hey little	girl, you break the laws

	D
You	hustle, you deal, you steal from us all

A	D
Come on, come on,	love me for the money

A	D/E
Come on, come on,	listen to the money talk

A	D
Come on, come on,	love me for the money

A	D/E
Come on, come on,	listen to the money talk

E	E	E	E
	Money talks

Solo on verse chords

A	A	A	A
A	A	A	A
E	E	E	E
D	D	D	D

A	D/A	A	D/A
	Money t	alks

	A	D/A	A	D/A
B.S.	walks,	money	talks,	come on, come on

A	D
Come on, come on,	love me for the money

A	D/E
Come on, come on,	listen to the money talk

A	D
Come on, come on,	love me for the money

A	D/E
Come on, come on,	listen to the money talk

A	D
Come on, come on,	love me for the money

A	D/E
Come on, come on,	listen to the money talk

A	D
Come on, come on,	love me for the money

A	D/E
Come on, come on,	listen to the money talk

A

AC DC - Thunderstruck

Originally in B, I play in A. Highest note is the 5 (“rode down the highway”). In the original key, that’s an F# (!!!).

A	Dm/A
	x2

A

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah x4

A

Thunder, ah x10

Vox more or less on 1 1 b3 on “I was caught”

	A
I was	caught in the middle of a railroad track (thunder)

	A
I looked ‘	round, and I knew there was no turning back (thunder)

	A
My mind r	aced, and I thought, what could I do? (thunder)

	A
And I kn	ew, there was no help, no help from you (thunder)

A

G

D

G

D

A

G

D

G

D

Sound of the d

rums,

→

beating in my h

eart

→

A

G

D

G

D

A

G

D

G

D

The thunder of g

uns,

→

tore me a

part

→

D	A
You’ve been, thunderstr	uck

A

Vox on the 5 on “highway”

	A
Rode down the h	ighway, broke the limit, we hit the town

	A
Went through to	Texas, yeah Texas, and we had some fun

	A
We met some g	irls, some dancers who gave a good time

	A
Broke all the r	ules, played all the fools, yeah-yeah, they, they, they blew our minds

A	G	D	G	A	G	D
→	→	And I was shakin’ at the knees	→	→	→

	G	A	G	D
Could I come again please?	→	→	→

	G	A	G	D
Yeah, the ladies were too kind	→	→	→

You've been

	A	G	D	G	D
Thunderstr	uck	→	→	→

	A	G	D	G	D
Thunderstr	uck	→	→	→

	A	G	D	G	D
Yea, yeah, yeah thunderstr	uck	→	→	→

	A	G	D	G	D
Ooh thunderstr	uck	→	→	→

A

Yeah

A

I was shaking at the knees

A

Could I come again please?

Solo

G	A	G	D
			x4

A	G
→	Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah x4

A

	A	G	D	G	D
Thunderstr	uck	→	→	→

	A	G	D	G	D
Thunderstr	uck	→	→	→

	A	G	D	G	D
Yea, yeah, yeah thunderstr	uck	→	→	→

	A	G	D	G	D
Thunderstr	uck	→	→	yeah yeah yeah	say

A	D
Yeah, it’s al	right

A	D
We’re doing f	ine

A	D
Yeah, it’s al	right

A	D
We’re, doing f	ine fine fine

	A	G	D	G	D
Thunderstr	uck	→	→	→

	A	G	D	G	D
Yea, yeah, yeah thunderstr	uck	→	→	→

	A	G	D	G	D
Thunderstr	uck	→	→	→

	A	G	D	G	D
You’ve been thunderstr	uck	→	→	→

AC DC - You Shook Me All Night Long

Originally in G, I play in A capo 2

A	D	A	D	A	E
	→	→	→	→

A	E	A	E	A
→	→	→	→

x2

Riff goes through the verse, approximating here

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	A	D
Working dou	ble time on the se	duction line

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

	A	D
Wanted	no applause, just an	other course

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E

Yeah you shook me, well you took me

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes

Intro

A	A	A	A
B	G	A	A

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

	B	G
Put on a little	makeup, makeup

	A
Make sure they get your	good side, good side

	A
If the words un	spoken get stuck in your throat

	B	G
Send a treasure t	oken token

	A
Write it on a p	ound note, pound note

A	A

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

A

Goody two, goody two, goody goody two shoes

A

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

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

B	G
Subtle innu	endos follow

	A
There m	ust be something inside

A	A

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

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

	A
So everyone can t	ake note, take note

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

	B	G
Opening their	eyeballs, eyeballs

	A
Pretending that you’re	Al Green, Al Green

A	A

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

A

Goody two, goody two, goody goody two shoes

A

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

A

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

B	G
Subtle innu	endos follow

	A
M	ust be something inside

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

to the original key in the chorus. Skipping that.

A	A

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

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

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

A

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

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

	A
I think the games have	gone much too far

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

	B	G
Send a treasure to	ken, token

	A
Write it on a	pound note, pound note

A

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

B	G
Subtle innu	endos follow

A

Must be something inside

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

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

B	G
Subtle innu	endos follow

A

Must be something inside

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

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

B	G
Subtle innu	endos follow

A

Must be something inside

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

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

B	G
Subtle innu	endos follow

Hard stop on “must”

A	G#	A
Must be something inside	→

Aerosmith - Amazing

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 - Angel

Originally in Eb, I play in A

A	E	D
	→	x 3

F#m	E	D
	→

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

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

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

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

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

Hard stop

E

Baby

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E

Baby

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

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

	E	A
Come and save me	to	night

Solo if appropriate

A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
	→		→		→

E	A	E	D	E	F#m	E	D
→		→		→		→

Vox on the b7 of the chord (!)

E

You’re the reason I live

D

You’re the reason I die

A

You’re the reason I give

F#m

When I break down and cry

D	E
Don’t need no reason why

Hard stop on the last “baby”

Baby, baby, baby

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

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

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

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

	E	A
Come and save me	to	night

	E	D
Come and save me	to	night

	E	F#m
Come and save me	to	night

	E	D
Come and save me	to	night

	E	A
Come and save me	to	night

Aerosmith - Cryin’

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 - Dream On

Originally in Fm, I play in Em.

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
			x 2

“Time” is on the 1 of the key in the recording, easier to stay on the 5.

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
Every	time that I	look in the	mirror

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
All these	lines on	my face getting	clearer

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
	The past is	gone

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
It went	by,	like dusk to	dawn

Em	Bm7
Isn’t that the	way

Original goes up to the 5 of the key here, best for me to go to 1

Cmaj7	D	B7
Everybody’s got their	dues in life to	pay

Em	D
Yeah, I know	nobody knows

C	D
Where it comes and	where it goes

Em	D
I know it’s	everybody’s sin

C	D
You got to lose to	know how to win

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
			x 2

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
Half my	life’s in	books’ written	pages

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
Live and	learn from	fools and from	sages

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	AmM6
	You know it’s	true

Em	Bm7	Cmaj7	D
All the	things	come back to	you

Em	D
Sing with me,	sing for the year

C	D
Sing for the laughter,	sing for the tear

Em	D
Sing with me, if it’s	just for today

C	D	B7
Maybe tomorrow, the	good lord will take you aw	ay, yeah

Am	B7	Cmaj7
Dream on	dream on	dream on

D	Em
Dream until the dream come	true

Am	B7	Cmaj7
Dream on	dream on	dream on

D	Em
Dream until the dream come	true

Am	B7
Dream on	dream on

Cmaj7	D
Dream on	dream on

Am	B7
Dream on	dream on

Cmaj7	D	B7
Dream on	ah	ah

Em

Aerosmith - Eat the Rich

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

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

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

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

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

Aerosmith - Rag Doll

Originally in B, I play in E

A	E	A	B

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

E

Rag doll, living in a movie

G

Hot tramp, daddy’s little cutie

D

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

E	C	A
Back door, man	→

E

Hot time, get it while it’s easy

G

I don’t mind, come on up and see me

D

Rag doll, baby won’t you do me

	E	C	A	G	D
Like you d	one before	→		→

A

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

E

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

A

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

E

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

A

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

B

Old tin lizzy, do it till you’re dizzy

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

E

Rag doll, living in a movie

G

Hot tramp, daddy’s little cutie

D

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

E	C	A
Back door, man	→

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

E

Hot times, get it while it’s easy

G

I don’t mind, come on up and see me

D

Rag doll, baby won’t you do me

	E	C	A	G	D
Like you d	one before	→		→

A

Yes, I’m movin’, yes, I’m movin’

E

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

A

Yes, I’m movin’, yes, I’m movin’

B

Sloe gin fizzy

B

Old tin lizzy, do it till you’re dizzy

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

E

Rag doll, living in a movie

G

Hot tramp, daddy’s little cutie

D

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

E	C	A
Back door, man	→

E

Hot time, get it while it’s easy

G

I don’t mind, a’come on up and see me

D

Rag doll, baby won’t you do me

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

Solo

B
C#	D
→

C#	B
→

C#	D
→

C#	B	G
→

A

Yes, I’m movin’, yes, I’m movin’

E

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

A

Yes, I’m movin’, I’m really movin’

B

Sloe gin fizzy, do it till you’re dizzy

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

E

Rag doll, living in a movie

G

Hot tramp, daddy’s little cutie

D

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

E	C	A
Back door, man	→

E

Hot time, get it while it’s easy

G

I don’t mind, a’come on up and see me

D

Rag doll, baby won’t you do me

	E	C	A	G	D
Like you d	one before	→		→

E

Rag doll, living in a movie

G

Hot tramp, daddy’s little cutie

D

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

E	C	A
Back door, man	→

E

Hot time, get it while it’s easy

G

I don’t mind, a’come on up and see me

D

Rag doll, baby won’t you do me

	E	C	A	G	D
Like you d	one before	→		→

D

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

Aerosmith - The Other Side

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

Originally in Em, I play in Em capo 3

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

Em

Yeah, come on

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

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

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

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

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

	C
And	man she wasn’t foolin’

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

C

Uh huh

D	G
You opened up your mouth with baited br	eath

	C
You	said you’d never leave me

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	C
Oh	lordy, how I need it

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

	C
Oh,	honey best believe it

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

	C
I’ll	say what’s on my mind, girl

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

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

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

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

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

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

Em	Em	C	A
			x 3

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

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

	C
Oh	lordy, how I need it

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

	C
Ho	ney, you best believe it

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

	C
I	hope all is forgiven

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aerosmith - What it Takes

Originally in G-ish, I play in D

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

F#m7b5 as 2x221x

D	Asus4	Bm7	Gadd9

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

A

Another diamond ring

	Bm
And uh,	all those late night promises

	G
I gu	ess they don’t mean a thing

	D
So b	aby, what’s the story

	A
Did you	find another man?

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

	G
When you d	on’t look back

	A
I guess the feelings start to fade aw	ay

	D
I	used to feel your fire

	Bm
But now it’s c	old inside

	G
And you’re b	ack on the street

Like you didn’t miss a beat, yeah

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

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

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

	Am/G
In the	night

	F#m7b5
Without th	inking you lost

Everything that was good

	F
In your life to the toss of the di	ce

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

Make sure to get all the way down to the 5 of this chord

	D
G	irl, before I met you

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

	Bm
But your l	ove made me a prisoner

	G
Yeah my h	eart’s been doing time

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

A

Hung me out to dry

	Bm
It was	easy to keep all your lies in disguise

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

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

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

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

	Am/G
In the	night

	F#m7b5
Without th	inking you lost

Everything that was good

	F
In your life to the toss of the di	ce

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

Solo

G	Am	F	C	G	Am	F

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

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

	F
Yeah, yeah, y	eah

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	Am/G
In the	night

	F#m7b5
Without th	inking you lost

Everything that was good

	F
In your life to the toss of the di	ce

Note random chord on “no no no”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alabama - If You’re Gonna Play in Texas

Intro

A

A capella

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

Hold an extra two beats at the end of this line

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

Guitars enter

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

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

F#m	D	A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

F#m	D

Changes as per verse

A	E	D	A

A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Solo, double-time

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alabama - Mountain Music

A	D/A
	x4

	A	D
Oh,	play me some mountain	music

	A	D
Like	grandma and grandpa used to play

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

	E	A
To a C	ajun hidea	way

	A	D
Drift awa	y like Tom	Sawyer

	A	D
Ride a raft	with ol’ Huck	Finn

	A	D
Take a nap	like Rip Van W	inkle

	G	E
Daze	dreamin’ ag	ain

	A	D
Oh,	play me some mountain	music

	A	D
Like	grandma and grandpa used to play

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

	Bm	E
To a Ca	jun hidea	way

Solo

D	A	D	A
G	D	A	A

A	D
Swim across the	river

	A	D
Just to p	rove that I’m a	man

	A	D
Spend the d	ay bein’ l	azy

	G	E
Just	bein’ nature’s	friend

A	D
Climb a long tall	hick’ry

	A	D
Bend it o	ver, skinnin’ cats

	A	D
Playin’	baseball with c	hert rocks

	G	E
Usin’	sawmill slabs for	bats

Instruments drop out

	A	D
Play some	back-home come-on	music

	A	D
That	comes from the heart

	A	D
Play	something with lots of f	eelin’

Band back in

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

	A	D
Oh,	play me some mountain	music

	A	D
Like	grandma and grandpa used to play

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

Let ring on the V

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

	A	D
Oh,	play me some mountain	music

	A	D
Like	grandma and grandpa used to play

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

	E	A
To a C	ajun hidea	way

Alabama - Song of the South

Originally in A, I play in G

Intro

G	D	C	C
			x2

G	D
Song,	song of the South

C

Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth

G	D
Gone,	gone with the wind

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

G

G	D
Cotton on the roadside,	cotton in the ditch

	C
We	all picked the cotton but we never got rich

G	D
Daddy was a veteran, a	southern Democrat

C

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

G	D
Song,	song of the South

C

Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth

G	D
Gone,	gone with the wind

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

G	D	C	C
			x2

G

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

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

G	D
Cotton was short and the	weeds were tall

	C
But Mr.	Roosevelt a-gonna save us all

C

	G	D
Well,	mama got sick and	daddy got down

	C
The	county got the farm and he moved to town

G	D
Papa got a job with the	TVA

	C
He bought a	washing machine and then a Chevrolet

C

	G	D
Singin,	song,	song of the South

C

Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth

G	D
Gone,	gone with the wind

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

C

Fiddle breakdown

G	D	C	C
			x2

	G	D
Singin,	song,	song of the South

C

Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth

G	D
Gone,	gone with the wind

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

	G	D
Singin,	song,	song of the South

C

Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth

G	D
Gone,	gone with the wind

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

G

Alan Doyle - I’ve Seen a Little

Originally in A, I play in G

G	C	D	G
			x2

	G	G	C	D	G
It’s a l	ong way to heaven it’s a long way back

G	G	C	D	G
Take it from a sinner it’s a cold, hard fact

G	G	C	D	G
I kissed the bottle and it tasted like more

	G	G	C	D	G
It a	in’t what you got, it’s what you’re lookin’ for

	C
Round and	round

	D	C
Up and	down the old ball	rolls

	D	C
And I’m gonna	miss it when I	go

	D
But it ain’t gonna m	iss me

	G	C	G
I been	over the moon and	down on my	luck

C	G	D	G
I’ve seen a	little but it	ain’t en	ough

	G	C	G
Been	down to the bottom and	all the way	up

C	G	D	Em
I’ve seen a	little but it	ain’t en	ough

C	G	D	G
I’ve seen a	little but it	ain’t en	ough

G	C	D	G
			x2

	G	G	C	D	G
It	ain’t what ya done, it’s what you’re gonna do

	G	G	C	D	G
It a	in’t where you been it’s where you’re going to

	G	G	C	D	G
I’m s	orry Saint Peter I don’t mean to complain

	G	G	C	D	G
But can you g	ive it just a minute ‘fore you call my name

	C
Nothing	worse

	D	C
Nothing	hurts like a stone unt	urned

	D	C
And I got	candles left to	burn

	D
And lessons	left to learn

	G	C	G
I been	over the moon and	down on my	luck

C	G	D	G
I’ve seen a	little but it	ain’t en	ough

	G	C	G
Been	down to the bottom and	all the way	up

C	G	D	Em
I’ve seen a	little but it	ain’t en	ough

C	G	D	G
I’ve seen a	little but it	ain’t en	ough

Bridge, vox on the 2 of the chord on “know”

	C
I	know

	Em	D	C
We got a	long, long	way to	go

	Em	D	C
Other side of the	world is only	halfway	home

	Em	D	C
There might be	nothing	down that	road

	D
But you	never know, no you never know

Solo on chorus chords

G	G	C	G
C	G	D	G
G	G	C	G
C	G	D	G

	C
Round and	round

	D	G
Up and	down the old ball	rolls

	D	C
And I’m gonna	miss it when I	go

	D
But it ain’t gonn	a miss me

Drums only

	G	C	G
I been	over the moon and	down on my	luck

C	G	D	G
I’ve seen a	little but it	ain’t en	ough

Hits on “been down”

	G	C	G
Been	down to the bottom and	all the way	up

C	G	D
I’ve seen a	little but it	ohhhh

Band enters

	G	C	G
I been	over the moon and	down on my	luck

C	G	D	G
I’ve seen a	little but it	ain’t en	ough

	G	C	G
Been	down to the bottom and	all the way	up

C	G	D	Em
I’ve seen a	little but it	ain’t en	ough

C	G	D	Em
I’ve seen a	little but it	ain’t en	ough

C	G	D	G
I’ve seen a	little but it	ain’t en	ough

G	C	D	G
			x2

Alanis Morissette - Hand in My Pocket

Originally in G, I play in A capo 1

Highest note that matters is the 3 (“*fine*, fine, fine”)

Intro

A	A	A	A

Vox on the 5

	A	A
I’m b	roke but I’m happy, I’m	poor but I’m kind

	A	A
I’m s	hort but I’m healthy, ye	ah

	A	A
I’m h	igh but I’m grounded, I’m sa	ne but I’m overwhelmed

	A	A
I’m l	ost but I’m hopeful, ba	by

	Gadd9
And what it all comes	down to

D	A
Is that everything’s gonna be	fine, fine, fine

	Gadd9
‘Cause I’ve got	one hand in my pocket

	D	E	A
And the	other one is givin’	a high fiv	e

	A	A
I feel d	runk but I’m sober, I’m	young and I’m underpaid

	A	A
I’m	tired but I’m workin’, ye	ah

	A	A
I	care but I’m restless, I’m	here but I’m really gone

	A	A
I’m	wrong and I’m sorry, b	aby

	Gadd9
And what it all comes	down to

D	A
Is that everything’s gonna be	quite alright

	Gadd9
‘Cause I’ve got	one hand in my pocket

	D	E	A
And the	other one is flickin’	a cigarett	e

Harmonica solo

A	A	A	A
A	A	A	A

	Gadd9
And what it all comes	down to

D	A
Is that I haven’t got it all figured	out just yet

	Gadd9
‘Cause I’ve got	one hand in my pocket

	D	E	A
And the	other one is givin’	a peace sign

	A	A
I’m	free but I’m focused, I’m	green but I’m wise

	A	A
I’m	hard but I’m friendly, b	aby

	A	A
I’m	sad but I’m laughin’, I’m	brave but I’m chickenshit

	A	A
I’m	sick but I’m pretty, b	aby

	Gadd9
And what it all boils	down to

D	A
Is that no one’s really got it figured	out just yet

	Gadd9
Well, I’ve got	one hand in my pocket

	D	E	A
And the	other one is playin’	a pian	o

	Gadd9	D
And what it all comes	down to, my friend, yea	h

	A
Is that everything is just	fine, fine, fine

	Gadd9
‘Cause I’ve got	one hand in my pocket

	D	E	A
And the	other one is hailing	a taxi ca	b

A

Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet

Originally in C, I play in D capo 3

Highest note that matters is the 7 (“it’s all *your* fault”)

Vox on 5 2 of the key on “I had”

D	A	Bm	G
I	had no	choice	but to hear you

D	A	Bm	G
You	stated	your case	time and again

D	A	Bm	G
I	thought ab	out it

D	A	Bm	G
You	treat me	like	I’m a princess

D	A	Bm	G
I’m	not used	to l	iking that

D	A	Bm	G
You	ask how my	day was

Vox on 6 1 2 3 2 of the *new* key on “you’ve already won”

	E	C#m	A	B
You’ve already	won me ov	er	in spite of	me

	E	C#m	C	Bsus2
Don’t be a	larmed if I	fall h	ead over	feet

	E	C#m	A	B
And don’t be sur	prised if I	love you for	all that you	are

G	D
I couldn’t	help it

A

It’s all your fault

D	A	Bm	G
Your	love is t	hick	and it swallowed me whole

D	A	Bm	G
You’re	so much	braver	than I gave you credit for

D	A	Bm	G
That’s	not lip	service

	E	C#m	A	B
You’ve already	won me ov	er	in spite of	me

	E	C#m	C	Bsus2
And don’t be a	larmed if I	fall h	ead over	feet

	E	C#m	A	B
And don’t be sur	prised if I	love you for	all that you	are

G	D
I couldn’t	help it

A

It’s all your fault

D	A	Bm	G
You	are the	bearer	of unconditional things

D	A	Bm	G
You	held your	breath	and the door for me

D	A	Bm	G
Thanks	for your p	atience

Solo on chorus chords

E	C#m	A	B
E	C#m	C	Bsus2
E	C#m	A	B
G	D	A

D	A	Bm	G
You’re	the best li	stener that	I’ve ever met

D	A	Bm	G
You’re	my best	friend,	best friend with benefits

D	A	Bm	G
What	took me	so long

D	A	Bm	G
I’ve	never	felt	this healthy before

D	A	Bm	G
I’ve	never	wanted	something rational

D	A	Bm	G
I	am aw	are now,	ah

D	A	Bm	G
I	am aw	are now

	E	C#m	A	B
You’ve already	won me ov	er	in spite of	me

	E	C#m	C	Bsus2
And don’t be a	larmed if I	fall h	ead over	feet

	E	C#m	A	B
And don’t be sur	prised if I	love you for	all that you	are

G	D
I couldn’t	help it

A

It’s all your fault

	E	C#m	A	B
You’ve already	won me ov	er	in spite of	me

	E	C#m	C	Bsus2
And don’t be a	larmed if I	fall h	ead over	feet

	E	C#m	A	B
And don’t be sur	prised if I	love you for	all that you	are

G	D
I couldn’t	help it

A

It’s all your fault

E	C#m	A	B
La la	la, ya ha	ha, ah ha	ha ya yie

E	C#m	C	B
Oooh wee	ooh, eeh yoo o	oh, yoo eee yoo	oh ai

E	C#m	A	B
Ah ha	ho, oh ho	ho, oh ho h	o, ho

G	D
I couldn’t	help it

A

It’s all your fault

Alanis Morissette - Ironic

Originally in E, I play in A

Highest note that matters is the 4 (“rai-i-ain”)

Intro, basically just noodling around a bit, skippable

Gmaj7	Dmaj7/A	Gmaj7	Gadd9
Hey ya ya	y, yah ya ha,	ay yeah, hi

Vox on the 1 on “old”

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
An	old	man	turned ninety-	eight

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
He won t	he lottery	and	died the next	day

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
It’s a	black	fly in	your Chardonn	ay

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
It’s a	death row	pardon two	minutes too	late

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
And isn’t it	ironic	don’t you	think

Vox on 4 3 1 on “rai-i-ain”

	A	D	A	Bm
It’s like ra	aai	in on your	wedding	day

	A	D	A	Bm
It’s a free	rid	e when you’ve	already	paid

	A	D	A	Bm
It’s the good ad	vi	ce that you	just didn’t	take

	C	G	A
And	who would’ve	thought it fig	ures

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
Mister	play it safe	was a	fraid to fly

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
He packed his	suit	case and kissed his	kids goodby	e

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
He waited his	whole damn	life to	take that	flight

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
And as the	plane crashed	down he thought, well,	isn’t this nic	e

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
And isn’t it i	ronic	don’t you	think

	A	D	A	Bm
It’s like ra	aai	in on your	wedding	day

	A	D	A	Bm
It’s a free	rid	e when you’ve	already	paid

	A	D	A	Bm
It’s the good ad	vi	ce that you	just didn’t	take

	C	G	A
And	who would’ve	thought it fig	ures

Bridge

	Gmaj7	Dmaj7/A
Well,	life has a funny way of sneaking up	on you when you think everything’s okay

	Gmaj7	Dmaj7/A
And	everything’s going rig	ht

	Gmaj7	Dmaj7/A
And	life has a funny way of helping you o	ut when you think everything’s gone wrong

	Gmaj7	Gadd9
And	everything blows up in your face

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
A	traffic	jam when you’re	already late

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
A no	smoking	sign on your	cigarette	break

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
It’s like	ten thousand	spoons when all you	need is a	knife

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
It’s	meeting the man of my	dreams, and then mee	ting his beautiful	wife, hmm

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
And isn’t it i	ronic	don’t you	think

	A/C#	D	A/C#	Bm
A little too	ironic	and yeah, I	really do think

	A	D	A	Bm
It’s like ra	aai	in on your	wedding	day

	A	D	A	Bm
It’s a free	rid	e when you’ve	already	paid

	A	D	A	Bm
It’s the good ad	vi	ce that you	just didn’t	take

	C	G	A
And	who would’ve	thought it fig	ures

Gmaj7	Dmaj7/A

	Gmaj7	Dmaj7/A
And yeah,	life has a funny way of sneaking up on	you

	Gmaj7	Dmaj7/A
And	life has a funny, funny way

	Gmaj7
Of helping you o	ut, helping you out

Alannah Myles - Black Velvet

Originally in Ebm, I play in Em capo 3

Em

Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell

Em

Jimmy Rodgers on the Victrola up high

Em

Mama’s dancing with baby on her shoulder

Em

The sun is setting like molasses in the sky

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

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

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

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

Am	F	C
Black velvet with that s	low southern	style

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

C	B7	Em
Black v	elvet if you	please

Em

Up in Memphis the music’s like a heatwave

Em

White lightning, bound to drive you wild

Em

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

Em

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

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

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

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

Am	F	C
Black velvet with that s	low southern	style

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

C	B7	Em
Black v	elvet if you	please

Em

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

Am	F
In a flash he was	gone

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

Solo if appropriate

Em

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

Am	F	C
Black velvet with that s	low southern	style

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

C	B7	Em
Black v	elvet if you	please

Alice In Chains - Man in the Box

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

Alice in Chains - Rooster

Originally in F# tuned down to F, I play in A capo 3

In A, play the riff as A → G/A, C → C

A	A11	C	Cadd9
→		→	x4

A11	Cadd9	A11	Cadd9
Ooooh	oooh,	oooh	x2

The bass plays a b3 of the chord on “yet”, so you could argue it becomes a IIIm or a III7#9 there

Vox on the b3 on “ain’t found”

A11	Cadd9
Ain’t found a way to	kill me yet

A11	Cadd9
Eyes burn with	stinging sweat

A11	Cadd9
Seems every	path leads me to

A11	Cadd9
Nowhere, m	mm

A11	Cadd9
Wife and kids	household pet

A11	Cadd9
Army green was n	o safe bet

A11	Cadd9
The bullets sc	ream to me from

	A11	Cadd9
S	omewhere, m	mm

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “here”

D	F	A11	D/A	A11
Here they come to snuff the	rooster, oh	yeah	→

D	F	G	A11
Yeah here come the	rooster, yeah	→

Vox more or less on the b3 of the chord on “he”

C	G	A11	C	C
You know he ain’t gonna	die →

G	A	A11	C	C	A11	C	C
No-	oh	no, no,	you know he ain’t gonna	die

A	A11	C	Cadd9
→		→	x4

D	F	A11	D/A	A11
Here they come to snuff the	rooster, oh	yeah	→

D	F	G	A11
Yeah here come the	rooster, yeah	→

C	G	A11	C	C
You know he ain’t gonna	die →

G	A	A11	C	C	A11	C	C
No-	oh	no, no,	you know he ain’t gonna	die

A11	Cadd9
Walkin’ tall mac	hine gun man

A11	Cadd9
They spit on me in	my home land

A11	Cadd9
Gloria sent me	pictures of my

A11	Cadd9
Boy, m	mm

A11	Cadd9
Got my pills ‘gainst mos	quito death

A11	Cadd9
My buddy’s breathin’ his	dyin’ breath

A11	Cadd9
Oh god please	won’t you help me make it

A11	Cadd9
Through,	mmmm

D	F	A11	D/A	A11
Here they come to snuff the	rooster, oh	yeah	→

D	F	G	A11
Yeah here come the	rooster, yeah	→

C	G	A11	C	C
You know he ain’t gonna	die →

G	A	A11	C	C	A11	C	C
No-	oh	no, no,	you know he ain’t gonna	die

A	A11	C	Cadd9
→		→	x2

America - A Horse With No Name

In Em, play the second chord as 200200

Intro

Em	Em	D69/F#	D69/F#
			x2

Vox on the 5

	Em	D69/F#
On the	first part of the	journey

	Em	D69/F#
I was	looking at all the	life

	Em	D69/F#
There were	plants and birds and	rocks and things

	Em	D69/F#
There were	sand and hills and	rings

	Em	D69/F#
The	first thing I met was a	fly with a buzz

	Em	D69/F#
And the	sky with no cl	ouds

	Em	D69/F#
The	heat was hot and the g	round was dry

	Em	D69/F#
But the	air was full of so	und

	Em9	D69/F#
I’ve	been through the desert on a	horse with no name

	Em9	D69/F#
It felt	good to be out of the	rain

	Em9	D69/F#
In the d	esert you can rem	ember your name

	Em9	D69/F#
‘Cause there a	in’t no one for to	give you no pain

	Em9	D69/F#
L	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

	Em9	D69/F#
L	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

	Em	D69/F#
After	two days in the	desert sun

	Em	D69/F#
My s	kin began to turn	red

	Em	D69/F#
After t	hree days in the	desert fun

	Em	D69/F#
I was	looking at a river	bed

	Em	D69/F#
And the	story it told of a	river that flowed

	Em	D69/F#
Made me	sad to think it was	dead

	Em9	D69/F#
You see I’ve	been through the desert on a	horse with no name

	Em9	D69/F#
It felt g	ood to be out of the	rain

	Em9	D69/F#
In the	desert you can r	emember your name

	Em9	D69/F#
‘Cause	there ain’t no one for to	give you no pain

Not a typo, there’s an extra “la” at the beginning of each line this time

	Em9	D69/F#
La l	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

	Em9	D69/F#
La l	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

Solo

Em	Em	D69/F#	D69/F#
			x2

Em	Em	D69/F#	D69/F#
Em	Em	D69/A	D69/A

	Em	D69/F#
After	nine days I let the	horse run free

	Em	D69/F#
‘Cause the	desert had turned to	sea

	Em	D69/F#
There were	plants and birds and	rocks and things

	Em	D69/F#
There were	sand and hills and	rings

	Em	D69/F#
The	ocean is a desert with its	life underground

	Em	D69/F#
And a	perfect disguise	above

	Em	D69/F#
Under the	cities lies a	heart made of ground

	Em	D69/F#
But the	humans will give no	love

	Em9	D69/F#
You see, I’ve	been through the desert on a	horse with no name

	Em9	D69/F#
It felt	good to be out of the	rain

	Em9	D69/F#
In the	desert you can re	member your name

	Em9	D69/F#
‘Cause	there ain’t no one for to	give you no pain

	Em9	D69/F#
La l	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

	Em9	D69/F#
La l	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

	Em9	D69/F#
La l	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

	Em9	D69/F#
La l	a, la, la l	a la la la

	Em9	D69/F#
La la l	a, la, l	a

America - Sister Golden Hair

Play the intro (and most of the A’s) with open top strings

C#m	A	E	E

I prefer to skip this part of the intro

G#m	G#m
C#m	B	A	A

	E
Well I	tried to make it Sunday, but I

G#m

Got so damn depressed

	A	E
That I	set my sights on	Monday, and I

G#m

Got myself undressed

	A	F#m
I ain’t	ready for the	altar

	C#m	G#m	A
But I	do ag	ree there’s	times

	F#m
When a	woman sure can

A	E	Esus4	E
Be a friend of mine

	E
Well I	keep on thinkin’ bout you

	G#m
Sister	golden hair surprise

	A	E
And I	just can’t live with	out you

	G#m
Can’t you	see it in my eyes?

	A	F#m
I been	one poor corres	pondent and I been

C#m	G#m	A
Too, too	hard to	find

	F#m
But it	doesn’t mean you

A	E	Esus4	E
Ain’t been on my mind

	B
Will you	meet me in the middle?

	A	E
Will you	meet me in the	air?

	B
Will you	love me just a little?

	A	E
Just e	nough to show you	care?

Hanging chords

	F#m	G#m
Well I	tried to fake it, I	don’t mind saying

	A
I	just can’t make it

C#m	A	E	E
G#m	G#m
C#m	B	A	A

With doo doo, da doo doo

	E
Well I	keep on thinkin’ bout you

	G#m
Sister	golden hair surprise

	A	E
And I	just can’t live with	out you

	G#m
Can’t you	see it in my eyes?

With aaaah’s

	A	F#m
I been	one poor corres	pondent and I been

C#m	G#m	A
Too, too	hard to	find

	F#m
But it	doesn’t mean you

A	E	Esus4	E
Ain’t been on my mind

	B
Will you	meet me in the middle?

	A	E
Will you	meet me in the	air?

	B
Will you	love me just a little?

	A	E
Just e	nough to show you	care?

	F#m	G#m
Well I	tried to fake it, I	don’t mind saying

	A
I	just can’t make it

American Authors - Go Big Or Go Home

Originally in C#, I play in G

Highest note that matters is the 6

I...

Vox on the 3-2-1-1 on “don’t feel like go”

	G
Don’t feel like g	oing home

	C	G
But all my c	ash is g	one

	C	G	D
Yeah, I got n	othing to	do to	night

	Em
I’m passed out	on the floor

	C	G
Up in the h	otel b	ar

	C	G	D
But it don’t ma	tter, cause I’m fee	ling f	ine

Down to the low 1 on “passing by”, which is too low in G, find a way to not go down that far

	G	C	G
I’m thinking l	ife’s too s	hort, it’s	passing by

	G	C	G
So if	I’m gonna g	o at	all

Go big or go

G

(Go! Go!) Go big or go home

C

(Go! Go!) Go big or go-o-o-o home

G

(Go! Go!) Go big or go home

Hard stop on go-o-o-o

C

(Go! Go!) Go big or go-o-o-o home

G	C	G
	(Go! Go!) Go big or go home

	G
I gave the d	ice a roll

	C	G
And then we l	ost con	trol

	C	G	D
You know we’re l	ucky that	we sur	vived

	Em
Cause when we j	umped the ship

	C	G
Oh, man, that	boat, it f	lipped

	C	G	D
But we should	do it all a	gain to	night

	G	C	G
I’m thinking l	ife’s too s	hort, it’s	passing by

	G	C	G
So if	we’re gonna g	o at	all

Go big or go

G

(Go! Go!) Go big or go home

C

(Go! Go!) Go big or go-o-o-o home

G

(Go! Go!) Go big or go home

Hard stop on go-o-o-o

C

(Go! Go!) Go big or go-o-o-o home

G	C	G
	(Go! Go!) Go big or go home

Vox up to the high 1 on “need”

G

Giving my body all the things I need

G

Rescue me with a little whiskey

G

Staying out, don’t need no sleep

G

I’ll sleep when I’m dead, you can bury me

G

I’ll sleep when I’m dead, you can bury me

	G
I guess I’m g	oing home

	C	G
Cause all my c	ash is g	one

	C	G	D
I spent it a	ll trying to f	eel al	ive

G

(Go! Go!) Go big or go home

C

(Go! Go!) Go big or go-o-o-o home

G

(Go! Go!) Go big or go home

Hard stop on go-o-o-o

C

(Go! Go!) Go big or go-o-o-o home

	G
It’s getting c	razy, we’re gonna do some things that we won’t forget

C

(Go! Go!) Go big or go home

	G
I’m going c	razy, I’m gonna live my life, I got no regrets

C	G
(Go! Go!) Go big or go hom	e

American Hi-Fi - Flavor of the Weak

Originally in Bb, play in G capo 2.

Em

G	D	Em
She paints her	nails and she don’t	know

	C	G
He’s got her	best friend on the	phone

	D	Em
She’ll wash her	hair, his dirty	clothes

	C	Em
Are	all he gives to	her

	C	D
And he’s got	posters on the	wall

	A7
Of	all the girls he wished she was

C	D	G
And he means	everything to	her

G	D
Her boyfriend,	he don’t know

Em	C
Anything	about her

	G	D
He’s	too stoned,	Nintendo

Em	C	G
I wish that	I could make her	see

D	Em
	She’s just the

C	G	D	Em
Flavor of the	weak

G	D	Em
It’s Friday	night and she’s all a	lone

	C	G
He’s a m	illion miles a	way

G	D	Em
She’s dressed to	kill, the TV’s	on

	C	Em
He’s con	nected to the	sound

	C	D
And he’s got	pictures on the	wall

	A7
Of	all the girls he’s loved before

C	D	G
And she knows	all his favorite	songs

G	D
Her boyfriend,	he don’t know

Em	C
Anything	about her

	G	D
He’s	too stoned,	Nintendo

Em	C	G
I wish that	I could make her	see

D	Em
	She’s just the

C	G	D	Em
Flavor of the	weak

Quiet

G	D
Her boyfriend,	he don’t know

Em	C
Anything	about her

	G	D
He’s	too stoned,	too stoned

Em	C
Too stoned	too stoned

G	D
Her boyfriend,	he don’t know

Em	C
Anything	about her

	G	D
He’s	too stoned,	Nintendo

Em	C	G
I wish that	I could make her	see

D	Em
	She’s just the

C	G	D	Em
Flavor of the	weak

	C	G	D	Em
Yeah she’s the	flavor of the	weak

C	Gmaj7
She makes me	weak

Amos Lee - Sweet Pea

Originally in E, I play in C capo 3

C	E7	Am	D

C	Am	Dm7	G
→	→	→	x 2

C	E7
Sweet pea,	apple of my eye

Am	D
Don’t know when and I	don’t know why

C	Am
You’re the only	reason I

Dm7	G	C
Keep on	coming	home

C	Am	Dm7	G

C	E7
Sweet pea, what’s all	this about?

Am	D
Don’t get your way, all you do	is fuss and pout

C	Am
You’re the only	reason I

Dm7	G	C
Keep on	coming	home

C	Am	Dm7	G

	E7
I’m like the	Rock of Gibraltar, I always seem to falter

	Am
And the	words just get in the way

	D
Oh, I	know I’m gonna crumble

I’m trying to stay humble

	G
But I	never think before I say

C	E7	Am	D

C	Am	Dm7	G
→	→	→	x 2

C	E7
Sweet pea,	keeper of my soul

Am	D
I know, sometimes, I’m	out of control

C	Am	Dm7	G
You’re the only	reason I	keep on	coming

C	Am	Dm7	G
You’re the only	reason I	keep on	coming, yeah

C	Am	Dm7	G	C
You’re the only	reason I	keep on	coming	home

Amy Grant - Baby, Baby

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

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

Andrew Gold - Thank You For Being a Friend

Originally in Bb, I play in A

A

Thank you for being a friend

D/A

Traveled down the road and back again

	E/A	A
Your	heart is true, you’re a pal and a confi	dant

A

I’m not ashamed to say

D/A

I hope it always will stay this way

	E/A	A
My	hat is off, won’t you stand up and take a	bow

F#m	A7/E
And if you threw a	party

	Dmaj7	C#7
In	vited everyone you	knew

	F#m/E	A7
Well,	you would	see

	Bm7	F#m
The biggest	gift would be from	me

	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A	E
And the	card	at	tached	would	say

	A
Thank you for being a	friend

	D/A
Thank you for being a	friend

	E/A
Thank you for being a	friend

	A
Thank you for being a	friend

A	A/G#	A	A/G#	A/F#	A/E
	→

D	D/C#	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A
	→

A

If it’s a car you lack

D/A

I’d surely buy you a Cadillac

	E/A	A
What	ever you need any time of the day or	night

A

I’m not ashamed to say

D/A

I hope it always will stay this way

	E/A	A
My	hat is off, won’t you stand up and take a	bow

F#m	A7/E
And when we both get	older

	Dmaj7	C#7
With	walking canes and hair of	gray

F#m/E	A7
Have no	fear

	Bm7	F#m
Even	though it’s hardly	here

	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A	E
I will	stand	real	close	and	say

	A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	D/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	E/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	A
Let me tell you ‘bout a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	D/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	E/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

Vox on “die” are on the root of the chord

A	A/D	A/E	Em6/G	F#m
	And	when we	die and float a	way

	Fmaj7	A/E
Into the	night, the milky	way

	Em6/G	F#m
You’ll hear me	call as we as	cend

	Fmaj7	A/E
I’ll say your	name, then once a	gain

No instruments...

Thank you for being a...

Instruments back in...

A	A/G#	A	A/G#	A/F#	A/E
	→

D	D/C#	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A
	→

This time with baa baa baa baa

A	A/G#	A	A/G#	A/F#	A/E
	→

D	D/C#	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A
	→

	A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	D/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	E/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	A
Thank you for being a	friend

	A
People tell me about a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	D/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	E/A
Thank you for being a	friend (I wanna thank you)

	A
Thank you for being a	friend

A

Thank you right now for being a friend

	D/A
I wanna	tell you ‘bout now and I’ll tell you again

	E/A	A
I wanna	thank you, thank you, thank you for being a	friend

A	A/G#	A	A/G#	A/F#	A/E
	→

D	D/C#	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A
	→

A

Andy Grammer - Honey I’m Good

Originally in A, I play in E

Intro, rubato

Vox on the 5

E

Nah nah, honey I’m good, I could have another but I probably should

C#m

Not, I got somebody at home

	E
It’s been a	long night here, and a long night there

	E
And these	long, long legs are damn near everywhere

	E
Hold up now,	you look good, I will not lie

	E
But	if you ask where I’m staying tonight, I gotta be like

Let ring

E	C#m	E/B
Oh baby, no baby,	you got me all w	rong baby

Amaj7

My baby’s already got all my love

	E/G#	E/F#
So	nah nah, honey I’m good, I could have another but I	probably should not

C#m

I’ve got somebody at home, and if I stay I might not leave alone

E/G#	E/F#
No, honey I’m good, I could have another but I	probably should not

C#m	E
I’ve gotta bid you adieu, to another I will stay	true

E

I will stay true

A

I will stay true

E

A

	E
Now	better men than me have failed

E

Drinking from that unholy grail

	E
Now check it out,	I’ve got her and she got me

	E
And you’ve	got that stuff, but I kindly, gotta be like

E	C#m	E/B
Oh baby, no baby,	you got me all w	rong baby

Amaj7

My baby’s already got all my love

	E/G#	E/F#
So	nah nah, honey I’m good, I could have another but I	probably should not

Not a typo, there’s a IV this time that wasn’t there in the first chorus

C#m	A
I’ve got somebody at home, and i	f I stay I might not leave alone

E/G#	E/F#
No, honey I’m good, I could have another but I	probably should not

C#m	E
I’ve gotta bid you adieu, to another I will stay	true

E

I will stay true

A

I will stay true

E

A

Bridge

Vox on the 1 of the chord

B	C#m	A	E
Oh, I’m	sure you, sure you will m	ake somebody’s night

	B	C#m	A
But o	h, I a	ssure you, assure you it	sure as hell’s not mine

Let ring

E	E/F#
Oh no, honey I’m good, I could have another but I	probably should not

C#m

I’ve got somebody at home, and if I stay I might not leave alone

E/G#	E/F#
No, honey I’m good, I could have another but I	probably should not

C#m	E
I’ve gotta bid you adieu, to another I will stay	true

	E/G#	E/F#
So	nah nah, honey I’m good, I could have another but I	probably should not

C#m

I’ve got somebody at home, and if I stay I might not leave alone

E/G#	E/F#
No, honey I’m good, I could have another but I	probably should not

C#m	E
I’ve gotta bid you adieu, to another I will stay	true

E

I will stay true

A

I will stay true

E

I will stay true

A

I will stay true

E

Annie - Tomorrow

Originally in E, I play in A.

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

Esus4

Vox on 3 4 5 1 on “sun’ll come out”

	A	Amaj7
The	sun’ll come out	tomorrow

Dmaj7	C#m7
Bet your bottom	dollar

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

	A	Amaj7
Just	thinkin’ about	tomorrow

Dmaj7	C#m7
Clears away the	cobwebs

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

	Am
When I’m stuck with a	day

	C/G	F	G
That’s	gray and	lonely

	C
I just stick out my	chin

	Cmaj7	E7sus
And	grin, and	say

E

Oh

	A	Amaj7
The	sun’ll come out	tomorrow

Dmaj7	C#m7
So you got to	hang on

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

	A	Amaj7
Tomo	rrow, to	morrow

	A7	D	Dm
I	love ya to	morrow

	A	E7sus
You’re	only a	day

E7	A
A wa	y

Ritard

E7	A	Amaj7
Tomo	rrow, to	morrow

	A7	D	Dm
I	love ya to	morrow

	A	E7sus
You’re	only a	daaaay

E7	A	Dm	A
Aaa waaaa	y

Anthrax - Only

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

Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools

Originally in Cm, I play in Am capo 3 and sing an octave down (obviously)

Intro, rubato... appears only in some versions, usually skip this

	Am7
Oh, oh,	oh, that’s the sound

Of a worried, a worried man

	D7
Ha ha,	ha ha ha ha ha

	Am
That’s the sound of	having a good time

Mmm, that’s the sound of pain

Vox on 3 4 5

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
For five long y	ears, I thought you were my man

	Am7
But I found o	ut, yeah, I’m just a link in your chain

	Am7
You got me where you w	ant me, I ain’t nothing but your fool

	Am7
You treated me m	ean, oh, you treated me cruel

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
Every c	hain, has got a weak link

	Am7
I might be w	eak child, but I’ll give you strength

Instruments out, hard stops only

	Am7
You	tell me to leave you alone

My father said come on home
My doctor said take it easy
Oh, but your lovin' is much too strong
I'm added to your

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
One of these m	ornings, the chain is gonna break

	Am7
But up until t	hen, I’m gonna take all I can take, oh yeah

	Am	Am7
Chain, chain, chain

	Am7	Am
Chain, chain, chain

	Am	Am7
Chain, chain, chain

Am7	Am
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, c	hain

	Am7
Chain, chain, ch	ain

	Am7
Chain of f	ools

Aretha Franklin - Respect

Aretha Franklin in C, Otis Redding in D, I play in A capo 3

Intro

A7	D7
	x2

Vox on the b6 (!) on “what”

E7	D7
What you want,	baby, I got

E7	D7
What you need,	do you know I’ve got it

E7

All I’m asking

D7	A7
Is for a little resp	ect when you come home (just a little bit)

	D7
Hey b	aby (just a little bit) when you get home

A7	D7
(Just a little bit) M	ister (just a little bit)

E7	D7
I ain’t gonna do you wrong	while you’re gone

E7	D7
Ain’t gonna do you wrong	‘cause I don’t want to

E7

All I’m asking

D7	A7
Is for a little resp	ect when you come home (just a little bit)

	D7
B	aby (just a little bit) when you get home

A7	D7
(Just a little bit) yeah	(just a little bit)

E7	D7
I’m about to give you	all my money

E7	D7
And all I’m asking	in return, honey

E7	D7
Is to give me	my propers

	A7
When you get	home (just a, just a, just a, just a)

	D7
Yeah	baby (just a, just a, just a, just a)

	A7
When you get	home (just a little bit)

	D7
Yeah	(just a little bit)

Solo, skip if acoustic

Ebm	Ab	Ebm	E

E7	D7
Ooh, your kisses	sweeter than honey

E7	D7
And guess what	so is my money

E7	D7
All I want you to	do for me

	A7
Is give it to me	when you get home (re, re, re ,re)

	D7
Yeah b	aby (re, re, re ,re)

	A7
Whip it to m	e (respect, just a little bit)

	D7
When you get home, now	(just a little bit)

A7

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

C7	D7
→	Find out what it means to me

G7	A7
→	R-E-S-P-E-C-T

C7	D7
→	Take care, TCB

A7

Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me (a little respect)

D7

Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me

	A7
W	hoa, babe (just a little bit)

	D7
A little resp	ect (just a little bit)

A7

I get tired (just a little bit)

	D7
Keep on t	rying (just a little bit)

A7

Running out fool (just a little bit)

	D7
And I ain’t	lyin’ (just a little bit)

Aretha Franklin - You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman

Aretha Franklin in C, Carole King in E, I play in A capo 3

D	Dsus4	D
→	→

A	E/G#
Looking out on the morning	rain

G	D	D	A/C#	Bm7
I used to feel so u	ninspired	→	→

A	E/G#
And when I knew I had to	face another day

G	D	D	A/C#	Bm7
Lord it made me feel so t	ired	→	→

Vox on 7 2 7 2 of the chord on “before the day”

Dsus2/B	C#m7
Before the day I m	et you

Dsus2/B	C#m7
Life was so unkind

Dsus2/B	C#m7	A/B
You’re the key to my p	eace of mind

	E	A
Y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

D	A	D/F#	A/E	A/C#	A/B	A	Bm7	D	A/C#	Bm7
You make me fe	el lik	e a		nat	ur	al	woman	→	→

A	E/G#
When my soul was i	n the lost and found

G	D	D	A/C#	Bm7
You came along to claim	it	→	→

A	E/G#
I didn’t know just what was	wrong with me

G	D	D	A/C#	Bm7
Till your kiss helped me nam	e it	→	→

Dsus2/B	C#m7
Now I’m no longer doubtf	ul

Dsus2/B	C#m7
Of what I’m living fo	r

	Dsus2/B	C#m7	A/B
And i	f I make you happy	I don’t need to do more

	E	A
‘Cause y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

D	A	D/F#	A/E	A/C#	A/B	A	Bm7	E
You make me fe	el lik	e a		nat	ur	al	woman,	woman

Bridge

A	Em7
Oh baby what you	done to me

A	Em7
You make me feel so	good inside

Dmaj7	Am
And I just w	anna be

Dmaj7	C#m7	Bm7
Close to you, you	make me feel so	alive

	E	A
Y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

D	A	D/F#	A/E	A/C#	A/B	A	Bm7
You make me fe	el lik	e a		nat	ur	al	woman

	E	A
Y	ou make me f	eel

D	A
You make me fe	el

D	A	D/F#	A/E	A/C#	A/B	A	Bm7	E	A
You make me fe	el lik	e a		nat	ur	al	woman

Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans

Vocal note - melody starts on the 5

Originally in F#, I play in D capo 3, so in F

D	A	D
Riding on the	City of New Or	leans

Bm	G	D
Illinois Central,	Monday morning	rail

D	A	D
Fifteen cars and fi	fteen restless	riders

	Bm	A	D
T	hree conductors, and t	wenty five sacks of	mail

	Bm
All a	long the southbound odyssey

	F#m
The	train pulls out of Kankakee

	A	E
And	rolls along the houses, farms and	fields

Bm

Passing trains that have no name

	F#m
And	freight yards full of old black men

	A	A7	D
And	graveyards of the r	usted automo	biles

G	A	D
Good morning Am	erica, how a	re you?

	Bm	G	D
Say	don’t you know me,	I’m your native	son

A	D	A	Bm	Bm/A	E/G#
I’m the	train they call the	City of New	Orleans

	C	G	A	D
I’ll be gon	e five	hundred miles	when the day is	done

	D	A	D
Dealing	card games with the	old men in the	club cars

	Bm	G	D
A	penny a point, ain’	t no one keeping	score

D	A	D
Pass the paper	bag that holds the	bottle

	Bm	A	D
And	feel the wheels	rumbling ‘neath the	floor

	Bm
And the	sons of Pullman porters

	F#m7
And the	sons of engineers

	A	E
Ride their	fathers’ magic carpet made of	steel

Bm

Mothers with their babes asleep

F#m7

Rocking to the gentle beat

	A	A7	D
And the	rhythm of the r	ails is all they	feel

G	A	D
Good morning Am	erica, how a	re you?

	Bm	G	D
Say	don’t you know me,	I’m your native	son

A	D	A	Bm	Bm/A	E/G#
I’m the	train they call the	City of New	Orleans

	C	G	A	D
I’ll be gon	e five	hundred miles	when the day is	done

D	A	D
Nighttime on the	City of New	Orleans

Bm	G	D
Changing cars in	Memphis,	Tennessee

D	A	D
Halfway home, and	we’ll be there by	morning

	Bm	A	D
Through the	Mississippi darkness,	rolling down to the	sea

	Bm
But	all the towns and people seem

	F#m7
To	fade into a bad dream

	A	E
The	steel rail still ain’t heard the	news

	Bm
The	conductor sings his songs again

	F#m7
The	passengers will please refrain

	A	A7	D
This	train’s got the disapp	earin’ railroad	blues

G	A	D
Good night Am	erica, how a	re you?

	Bm	G	D
Say	don’t you know me,	I’m your native	son

A	D	A	Bm	Bm/A	E/G#
I’m the	train they call the	City of New	Orleans

	C	G	A	D
I’ll be gon	e five	hundred miles	when the day is	done

	C	G	A	D
I’ll be gon	e five	hundred miles	when the day is	done

Avicii - Wake Me Up

Originally in Bm, I play in Am

Intro

Am	F	C	G
Am	F	C	G	E
			→

Am	F	C
Feeling my	way through the	darkness

Am	F	C
Guided by	a beating hear	t

Am	F	C
I can’t t	ell where the j	ourney will end

Am	F	C
But I kno	w where to star	t

Am	F	C
They tell me I	’m too you	ng to understand

Am	F	C
They say I’m c	aught up in a d	ream

Am	F	C
Well life will p	ass me by if I	don’t open up my eyes

Am	F	C
Well that’s	fine by	me

	Am	F	C	G
So wake me u	p when it	’s all	over

	Am	F	C	E
When I’m wis	er	and I’m o	lder

	Am	F	C	G
All this tim	e I was f	inding mys	elf and I

Am	F	C
Didn’t	know I was	lost

	E	Am	F	C	G
So	wake me u	p when it	’s all	over

	Am	F	C	E
When I’m wis	er	and I’m o	lder

	Am	F	C	G
All this tim	e I was f	inding mys	elf and I

Am	F	C
Didn’t	know I was	lost

Am	F	C	G	Em
			→	x 2

Am	F	C
I tried	carrying the	weight of the world

Am	F	C
But I	only have two	hands

Am	F	C
Hope I	get the chance to	travel the world

Am	F	C
But I don’t h	ave any	plans

Am	F	C
I wish that	I could stay for	ever this young

Am	F	C
Not afr	aid to close my	eyes

Am	F	C
Life’s a	game made for e	veryone

Am	F	C
And	love is the	prize

	Am	F	C	G
So wake me u	p when it	’s all	over

	Am	F	C	E
When I’m wis	er	and I’m o	lder

	Am	F	C	G
All this tim	e I was f	inding mys	elf and I

Am	F	C
Didn’t	know I was	lost

	E	Am	F	C	G
So	wake me u	p when it	’s all	over

	Am	F	C	E
When I’m wis	er	and I’m o	lder

	Am	F	C	G
All this tim	e I was f	inding mys	elf and I

Am	F	C
Didn’t	know I was	lost

Am	F	C
Didn’t	know I was	lost

Am	F	C
Didn’t	know I was	lost

Avril Lavigne - Complicated

Originally in F, I play in G capo 3

Intro spoken

Em	C	G	D
	Uh huh,		life’s like this

Em	C	G	D
Uh huh,	uh huh,	that’s the	way it is

Em	C	G	D
		Cause	life’s like this

Em	C	G	D
Uh huh,	uh huh,	that’s the	way it is

Vox start on the 1

G

Chill out, whatcha yellin’ for?

Em

Lay back, it’s all been done before

C	D
And if you could only	let it be, you would see

G

I like you the way you are

Em

When we’re drivin’ in your car

C	D
And you’re talkin’ to me	one-on-one, but you become

C

Somebody else ‘round everyone else

	Em
You’re	watchin’ your back like you can’t relax

	C
You’re	tryin’ to be cool

	D
You look like a fool to	me, tell me

Get off of the vox on “complicated” pretty quickly

Em	C	G
Why’d you have to go and make	things so compli	cated?

	D	Em	C	G
I	see the way you’re	actin’ like you’re somebody	else, gets me frus	trated

D	Em	C
Life’s like this, you,	you fall, and you cr	awl, and you break

	G	D
And you ta	ke what you get, and you	turn it into

Am7	C
Honesty and promise me, I’m never gonna find you	fake it

	G
No no	no

G

You come over unannounced

Em

Dressed up like you’re somethin’ else

C	D
Where you are and where it’s	at, you see

You’re makin’ me

G

Laugh out when you strike your pose

Em

Take off all your preppy clothes

C	D
You know, you’re not foolin’	anyone, when you become

C

Somebody else ‘round everyone else

	Em
You’re	watchin’ your back like you can’t relax

	C
You’re	tryin’ to be cool

	D
You look like a fool to	me, tell me

Em	C	G
Why’d you have to go and make	things so compli	cated?

	D	Em	C	G
I	see the way you’re	actin’ like you’re somebody	else, gets me frus	trated

D	Em	C
Life’s like this, you,	you fall, and you cr	awl, and you break

	G	D
And you ta	ke what you get, and you	turn it into

Am7	C
Honesty and promise me, I’m never gonna find you	fake it

	G
No no	no

G

No no (no no)

Em

No no (no no)

C

No no (no no)

D

No no (no no, no)

G

Chill out, whatcha yellin’ for?

Em

Lay back It’s all been done before

C	D
And if you could only	let it be, you will see

C

Somebody else ‘round everyone else

	Em
You’re	watchin’ your back like you can’t relax

	C
You’re	tryin’ to be cool

	D
You look like a fool to	me, tell me

Em	C	G
Why’d you have to go and make	things so compli	cated?

	D	Em	C	G
I	see the way you’re	actin’ like you’re somebody	else, gets me frus	trated

D	Em	C
Life’s like this, you,	you fall, and you cr	awl, and you break

	G	D
And you ta	ke what you get, and you	turn it into

Am7	C
Honesty and promise me, I’m never gonna find you	fake it

No no

Em	C	G
Why’d you have to go and make	things so compli	cated?

	D	Em	C	G
I	see the way you’re	actin’ like you’re somebody	else, gets me frus	trated

D	Em	C
Life’s like this, you,	you fall, and you cr	awl, and you break

	G	D
And you ta	ke what you get, and you	turn it into

Am7	C
Honesty and promise me, I’m never gonna find you	fake it

	G
No no

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin’ Care of Business

Originally in C, I play in A

A	G	D	A
			x2

Vox are more or less doing 3 b3 3 b3 on “get up ev’ry”

	A	G
You	get up every morning from your	’larm clock’s warning

	D	A
Take the	8:15 into the	city

	A	G
There’s a	whistle up above and people	pushin’, people shovin’

	D	A
And the	girls who try to look	pretty

	A	G
And if your	train’s on time you can	get to work by nine

	D	A
And start your	slaving job to get your	pay

	A	G
If you	ever get annoyed, look at	me I’m self-employed

	D	A
I	love to work at nothing all	day

And I'll be

A	G
Taking care of business	every day

D	A
Taking care of business	every way

	A	G
I’ve been	taking care of business	it’s all mine

D	A
Taking care of business and	working overtime, work out

A	G	D	A
			x2

	A	G
If it were	easy as fishin’ you could	be a musician

	D	A
If	you could make sounds loud or	mellow

	A	G
Get a	second-hand guitar, chances	are you’ll go far

	D	A
If you	get in with the right bunch of	fellows

	A	G
People	see you having fun, just a-	lying in the sun

D	A
Tell them that you like it this	way

	A	G
It’s the	work that we avoid, and we’re	all self-employed

	D	A
We	love to work at nothing all	day

And we been

A	G
Taking care of business	every day

D	A
Taking care of business	every way

	A	G
I’ve been	taking care of business,	it’s all mine

D	A
Taking care of business and	working overtime

A	G
Taking care of business	every day

D	A
Taking care of business	every way

A	G
I’ve been taking care of business,	it’s all mine

D	A
Taking care of business and	working overtime

Solo on verse chords

A	G	D	A
			xN

A	D	C	G
			x2

	A	D	C	G
Take good care		of my business

	A	D	C	G
When I’m away		every day

A	G	D	A
			xN

	A	G
You	get up every morning from your	’larm clock’s warning

	D	A
Take the	8:15 into the	city

	A	G
There’s a	whistle up above and people	pushin’, people shovin’

	D	A
And the	girls who try to look	pretty

	A	G
And if your	train’s on time you can	get to work by nine

	D	A
And start your	slaving job to get your	pay

	A	G
If you	ever get annoyed, look at	me I’m self-employed

	D	A
I	love to work at nothing all	day

And I been

A	G
Taking care of business	every day

D	A
Taking care of business	every way

	A	G
I’ve been	taking care of business,	it’s all mine

D	A
Taking care of business and	working overtime, take care

Drums only

Takin' care of business, whoo
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business

Band enters with hits only

A	G
Takin’ care of business	every day

D	A
Takin’ care of business	every way

A	G
Takin’ care of businessm,	it’s all mine

D

Takin’ care of business and working overtime

A	G
Takin’ care of business

D	A
Takin’ care of business

Repeat to fade

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

Originally in A, I play in D capo 3

Play the A’s and G’s with lots of open E

D	D	C	G
			x 4

	D	C	G
I m	et a devil woman

	D	C	G
She t	ook my heart away

	D	C	G
She s	aid I had it comin’ to me

	D	C	G
But I w	anted it that way

	G7	A#	C
I think that	any love is good lovin’

	D	F#m7	Bm7
So I t	ook what I could	get	mmm

Em7	A
She looked at me with big brown e	yes and said

	D	A	G
You a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

	D	A	G
B-B-B-Baby you just a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

	D	A	G
Here’s something that you n	ever gonna forget

	D	A	G
B-B-B-Baby you just a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

D	D	C	G
			x 4

	D	C	G
And n	ow I’m feelin’ better

	D	C	G
‘Cause	I found out for sure

	D	C	G
She t	ook me to her doctor

	D	C	G
And he t	old me of a cure

	G7	A#	C
He said that	any love is good lovin’

	D	F#m7	Bm7
So I t	ook what I could	get	mmm

Em7	A
She looked at me with big brown e	yes and said

	D	A	G
You a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

	D	A	G
B-B-B-Baby you just a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

	D	A	G
Here’s something that you n	ever gonna forget

	D	A	G
B-B-B-Baby you just a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

D	D	C	G
			x 4

G7	A#	C
Any love is good lovin’

	D	F#m7	Bm7
So I t	ook what I could	get	mmm

Em7	A
She looked at me with big brown e	yes and said

	D	A	G
You a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

	D	A	G
B-B-B-Baby you just a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

	D	A	G
Here’s something that you n	ever gonna forget

	D	A	G
B-B-B-Baby you just a	in’t seen nothin’ yet

D	D	C	G
			x 4

Bad Company - Bad Company

Originally in Ebm, I play in Am capo 1

Em	G	Am	Am
→	→		x 4

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am
Com	pa	ny,	al	ways on the	run

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am	G/A	Am
Des	ti	ny,	ooh	is the rising s	un

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am
I	was	born,	six	gun in my	hand

	Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am	G/A	Am
Be	hind	the	gun, I	make	my final s	tand

	C
That’s why they call me

Vox on the 5 of the chord

G	D
Bad compa	ny

Vox lands on the 1 at the bottom of “deny”, which

is an octave below “company” and super low in my key,

so I stay where I am

	Am	G/A	Am	C
I can’t den	y

C	D
Bad, bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am
Till the day I	die

	Am	G/A	Am
Till the day I	die

Em	G	Am	Am
→	→		x 2

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am
Re	bel	souls, de	ser	ters we are	called

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am	G/A	Am
Chose	a	gun, and	threw	away the s	un

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am
Now	these	towns,	they	all know our	name

Em	G	Am	Gsus4	G	Am	G/A	Am
Six g	un	sound		is our claim to fa	me

	C
I can hear them saying

G	D
Bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am	C
I won’t den	y

C	D
Bad, bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am
Till the day I	die

	Am	G/A	Am
Till the day I	die

Solo if appropriate vaguely on verse chords, repeating chorus is fine

G	D
Bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am	C
I can’t den	y

C	D
Bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am
Till the day I	die

Am	G/A	Am

C	G	D
	It’s bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am
Oh yea ye	a yea

C	D
Bad compa	ny

	Am	G/A	Am
Till the day I	die

Bad Company - Can’t Get Enough

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro

A	A	G	D	G	D
			→	→	x2

	A	G	D
Well I’ll	take whate	ver I	want

	A	G	D
And	baby,	I want	you

A	G	D
You give me	something I	need

	A	G	D
Now	tell me I got	something for	you

E

Come on, come on, come on and do it

G	D	C	C	A
Come on and do,	do what you do

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love, huh

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love

E	A	E
→	→

A	A	G	D	G	D
			→	→	x2

	A	G	D
Well it’s	late and	I want	love

A	G	D
Love is gonna	break me in	two

	A	G	D
Don’t	hang me	up at your	doorway

	A	G	D
Don’t	hang me	up like you	do

E

Come on, come on, come on and do it

G	D	C	C	A
Come on, come on and do	what you do

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love, huh

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love

E	A	E
→	→

What'd I say now?

Solo on verse, prechorus, chorus

A	G	D	D
			x4

E	G	D	C	C	A

A	D
	x3

E	A	E
→	→

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love, huh

A	D
I can’t get en	ough of your love

E	A	E
→	→

Bad Company - Shooting Star

Intro (chords approximate riff)

D/A	A	A/E	E	D6/A	D/A	G/A	A
→		→		→	→	→	x2

A	E
Johnny was a	schoolboy

“Heard” is on the 2 of the chord, and it will feel weird at first

	G	A
When he	heard his first Beatles	song

A	E
Love Me Do,	I think it was

	G	A
And from	there it didn’t take him	long

A	E
Got himself a	guitar

	G	A
Used to	play every	night

A	E
Now he’s in a	rock ‘n’ roll outfit

	G	A
And	everything’s alr	ight

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know?	→

A	E
Johnny told his	Mama

G	A
Hey, mama, I’m goin’ a	way

A	E
I’m gonna hit the	big time

	G	A
Gonna	be a big star some	day

A	E
Mama came	to the door

	G	A
With a	teardrop in her	eye

	E
Johnny said,	don’t cry, mama

G	A
Smiled and waved good	bye

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know,	yeah	yeah

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know,	don’t you	know

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

	G	D
And	all the world will love you just as	long

	E	D	E
As long as you	are	→

A	E
Johnny made a	record

	G	A
Went	straight up to number	one

A	E
Suddenly	everyone loved

	G	A
To	hear him sing his	song

A	E
Watchin’ the	world go by

	G	A
Surpr	isin’ it goes so	fast

A	E
Johnny looked a	round him and said

	G	A
Well, I	made the big time at	last

D	E
Don’t you	know?

D	E
Don’t you	know?

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know,	whoa	yeah

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star, yeah

	G	D
And	all the world will love you just as	long

	E	D	E
As long as you	are, a sho	oting	star

Solo, skip this and the following chorus acoustic

F#m	E	B	B
			x3

F#m	F#m	E	E

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know,	yeah	yeah

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star, naw

	G	D
And	all the world will love you just as	long

	E	D	E
As long as you	are,	→

A	E
Johnny died	one night

G	A
Gied in his	bed

A	E
Bottle of	whisky

	G	A
Sleeping	tablets by his	head

A	E
Johnny’s life	passed him by

	G	A
Like a	warm summer	day

A	E
If you listen to the	wind

	G	A
You can	still hear him	play

D	E	D	E
	Whoa	whoa	whoa

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know,	don’t you	know

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

D	E	D	E
Don’t you	know	→

E	D	A
Don’t you	know that you are a	shooting star

D	E	D	E
→	Don’t you don’t you don’t you d	on’t you	know

E	D	A	E	A
Don’t you	know that you a	re a	shooting star

Badfinger - No Matter What

Originally in A, I play in D

Intro

D

Vox on the 5 on “no”, down to the 1 of the key on “I”

	D	Em
No matter what you	are, I will always be with	you

Down to the 2 of the key on “does”

	G	A	G	A	D	A
Doesn’t matter what you	do	girl,	ooh	girl with	you

	D	Em
No matter what you	do, I will always be aro	und

	G	A	G	A	D
Won’t you tell me what you	found	girl,	ooh gi	rl won’t y	ou

Bm7	E7	A7	D7
Knock down the old gray	wall,	be a part of it	all

	G	Em	D
Nothing to	say, nothing to	see, nothing to	do

Bm7	E7	A7	D7
If you would give me	all, as	I would give it to	you

	G	Em	C	A
Nothing would	be, nothing would	be, nothing would	be

	D	Em
No matter where you g	o, there will always be a p	lace

	G	A	G	A	D
Can’t you see it in my fa	ce	girl,	ooh	girl want	you

Bm7	E7	A7	D7
Knock down the old gray	wall,	be a part of it	all

	G	Em	D
Nothing to	say, nothing to	see, nothing to	do

Bm7	E7	A7	D7
If you would give me	all, as	I would give it to	you

	G	Em	C	A
Nothing would	be, nothing would	be, nothing would	be

	D	Em
No matter what you	are, I will always be with	you

	G	A	G	A	D	A
Doesn’t matter what you	do	girl,	ooh	girl with	you

G	A	G	A	D
Ooh g	irl,	you	girl won’t	you

G	A	G	A	D
Ooh g	irl,	you	girl won’t	you

Barns Courtney - Glitter and Gold

Originally in Ebm, I play in Em

Em

I am flesh and I am bone

	D	A
Rise	up, ting ting, like	glitter and gold

Em

I got fire in my soul

	D	A
Rise	up, ting ting, like	glitter

	Em	D	A
Yeah	yeah	, like g	litter and gold

	Em	D	A
Yeah	yeah	, like	glitter

	Em	D	A
Do you	walk in the valley of kings?

	Em
Do you	walk in the shadow of men

	D	A
Who	sold their lives to a	dream

	Em	D	A
Do you p	onder the manner of things

	Em	D	A
In the d	ark, the	dark, the dark,	the dark

Em

I am flesh and I am bone

	D	A
I’ll ri	se, ting ting, like	glitter and gold

Em

I got fire in my soul

	D	A
Rise	up, ting ting, like	glitter

	Em	D	A
Yeah	yeah	, like g	litter and gold

	Em	D	A
Yeah	yeah	, like	glitter

	Em	D	A
Do you	walk in the meadow of spring?

	Em
Do you	talk to the animals

	D	A
Do you	hold their lives from a	string

	Em	D	A
Do you p	onder the manner of things

	Em	D	A
In the d	ark, the	dark, the dark,	the dark

Em

I am flesh and I am bone

	D	A
I’ll ri	se, ting ting, like	glitter and gold

Em

I got fire in my soul

	D	A
Rise	up, ting ting, like	glitter

Em

I am flesh and I am bone

	D	A
Ari	se, ting ting, like	glitter and gold

Em

I’ve got fire in my soul

	D	A
Rise	up, ting ting, like	glitter

Bridge

Em

‘Cause everybody’s in the backroom’s spinning out

D	A
Don’t remember what you’re	asking for

Em

And everybody’s in the front room’s tripping out

D	A
You left your bottle at the	door

Em

‘Cause everybody’s in the backroom’s spinning out

D	A
Don’t remember what you’re	asking for

Em

And everybody’s in the front room’s tripping out

D	A
You left your bottle at the	door

Em

I am flesh and I am bone

	D	A
I’ll ri	se, ting ting, like	glitter and gold

Em

I got fire in my soul

	D	A
Rise	up, ting ting, like	glitter

	Em	D	A
Yeah	yeah	, like g	litter and gold

	Em	D	A
Yeah	yeah	, like	glitter

Barrett Strong - Money

Originally in Fm, Beatles in Em, I play in Em

All the i’s can also be I7#9’s, the riff has both a m3 and a M3

Em	A7
→	x8

B7	A7	Em	A7	Em	B7
		→		→

Em	A7
The best things in life are free

Em

But you can give ‘em to the birds and bees

	A7
I need	money (that’s what I want)

	Em	A7	Em	A7
That’s what I	want	(that’s w	hat I wa	nt)

	B7	A7
That’s what I	wa-a-a-a-a-a	nt

	Em	A7	Em	B7
That’s	what I want (that’s w	hat I w	ant)

Em	A7
Your love give me such a thrill

Em

But your love don’t pay my bills

	A7
I need	money (that’s what I want)

	Em	A7	Em	A7
That’s what I	want	(that’s w	hat I wa	nt)

	B7	A7
That’s what I	wa-a-a-a-a-a	nt

	Em	A7	Em	B7
That’s	what I want (that’s w	hat I w	ant)

Em	A7
→	x8

B7	A7	Em	A7	Em	B7
		→		→

Em	A7
Money don’t get everything it’s true

Em

What it don’t get I can’t use

	A7
I need	money (that’s what I want)

	Em	A7	Em	A7
That’s what I	want	(that’s w	hat I wa	nt)

	B7	A7
That’s what I	wa-a-a-a-a-a	nt

	Em	A7	Em	B7
That’s	what I want (that’s w	hat I w	ant)

With IV’s, just not writing them all out here

Em

Money, (that’s what I want), lots of money (that’s what I want)

	A7	Em	A7	Em
Whole lot of	money, (that’s what I want), uh-	huh	(that’s what I	want)

	B7	A7	Em	A7	Em	B7
Oh	oh oh oh, oh	oh,	yeah, (that’s	what I	want)

	Em
Give me	money, (that’s what I want), lots of money, (that’s what I want)

	A7	Em	A7	Em
Oh, that mean	green, yeah, that’s right, baby, that’s what I	mean

	B7	A7	Em	A7	Em	B7
Oh	oh oh oh,	oh oh,	yeah, (that’s	what I	want)

Barry Manilow - Copacabana

Basically ignore all the I/2 chords (Ab/Bb in Ab)

Gm9	Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9
	→	→

Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→

Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→	→	→

	Fm7
Her name was	Lola

Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
She was a	showgirl

	Am7b5	D7
With yellow	feathers in her	hair

	Gm7
And a	dress cut down to there

	Fm7
She would me	rengue

Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
And do the	cha-cha

	Am7b5	D7
And while she	tried to be a	star

	Gm7
Tony	always tended bar

If you’re playing this in Fm, and you’re going to play this Cdim7 the way I think you are, note that’s really D7/D#, which makes that D7 a lot easier to get to

	Cdim7	D7	Gm
Across the	crow-	ded	floor

	Cdim7	D7	Gm
They worked from	eight	til	four

	Cm7	D7
They were	young and they had each	other

	Gm7	F#m7	Bb7/F
Who could	ask	for	more

	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
At the	Copa,	Copaca	bana

	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
The	hottest spot	north of H	avana

C9	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Bb/C	C7
At the	Copa,	Copaca	baaaaa	na

Fm7	Bb7	Gm7	C7	Fm7	D7
Music and	passion were	always the	fashion at the	Copa

	Gm9
They fell in	love

Gm9	Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9
	→	→

Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→

Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→	→	→

	Fm7
His name was	Rico

Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
He wore a	diamond

	Am7b5	D7
He was es	corted to his	chair

	Gm7
He saw	Lola dancing there

	Fm7
And when she	finished

Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
He called her	over

	Am7b5	D7
But Rico	went a bit too	far

	Gm7
Tony	sailed across the bar

	Cdim7	D7	Gm
And then the	punc	hes f	lew

	Cdim7	D7	Gm
And chairs were	smashed	in	two

	Cm	D7
There was	blood and a single	gunshot

	Gm7	F#m7	Bb7/F
But just	who	shot	who?

	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
At the	Copa,	Copaca	bana

	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
The	hottest spot	north of H	avana

C9	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Bb/C	C7
At the	Copa,	Copaca	baaaaa	na

Fm7	Bb7	Gm7	C7	Fm7	D7
Music and	passion were	always the	fashion at the	Copa

	Gm9
She lost her	love

There’s no point in trying the crazy jazz breakdown here

Gm9	Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9
	→	→

Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→

Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→	→	→

	Fm7
Her name is	Lola

Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
She was a	showgirl

	Am7b5	D7
But that was	thirty years a	go

	Gm7
When they	used to have a show

	Fm7
Now it’s a	disco

Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
But not for	Lola

	Am7b5	D7
Still in the	dress she used to	wear

	Gm7
Faded	feathers in her hair

	Cdim7	D7	Gm
She sits there	so	re	fined

	Cdim7	D7	Gm
And drinks her	self	half-	blind

	Cm	D7
She lost her	youth and she lost her	Tony

	Gm7	F#m7	Bb7/F
Now she’s	lost	her	mind

	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
At the	Copa,	Copaca	bana

	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Ebmaj7
The	hottest spot	north of H	avana

C9	Fm7	Ab/Bb	Bb/C	C7
At the	Copa,	Copaca	baaaaa	na

Fm7	Bb7	Gm7	C7	Fm7	D7
Music and	passion were	always the	fashion at the	Copa

	Gm9
Don’t fall in	love

Gm9	Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9
	→	→	Don’t fall in love

Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→

Gm9	Gbm9	Fm9	Gbm9	Gm9
→	→	→	→

Barry Mann - Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)

Originally in B, I play in A

Originally changes key, I skip the key change

Vox on the root of the chord on “like”

	E	A	F#m
I’d	like to thank the	guy, who wrote the	song

	D	E
That made my	baby fall in	love with me

One measure just drums

Swept chords in the chorus

A

Who put the bomp

	F#m
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D

Who put the ram

	E
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A

Who put the bop

	F#m
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D

Who put the dip

	E
In the	dip da dip da dip?

A	C#7	D	B/D#
Who was that	man? I’d	like to shake his	hand

	A	F#m	D	E	A	E
He	made my	baby	fall in	love with	me (	Yeah!)

Full strum in the verse

A	F#m	D
When my baby	heard	bomp bah bah bomp

	E
Bah	bomp bah bomp bomp

A	F#m	D	E
Every word went	right into her	heart

	A	F#m
And	when she heard them	singing

D	B/D#
Rama lama lama lama	lama ding dong

A	F#m	D	E	A	E
She	said we’d	never	have to	part	so

A

Who put the bomp

	F#m
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D

Who put the ram

	E
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A

Who put the bop

	F#m
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D

Who put the dip

	E
In the	dip da dip da dip?

A	C#7	D	B/D#
Who was that	man? I’d	like to shake his	hand

	A	F#m	D	E	A	F#
He	made my	baby	fall in	love with	me,	yeah

	A	F#m	D
Each	time that we’re	alone	boogity boogity boogity

	E
Boogity	boogity boogity shoop

A	F#m	D	E
Sets my baby’s	heart all a	glow

	A	F#m	D
And	every time we	dance to	dip da dip da dip

C/D#

Dip da dip da dip

A	F#m	D	E	A	E
She	always	says she	loves me	so	so

A

Who put the bomp

	F#m
In the	bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

D

Who put the ram

	E
In the	rama lama ding dong?

A

Who put the bop

	F#m
In the	bop shoo bop shoo bop?

D

Who put the dip

	E
In the	dip da dip da dip?

A	D7	D	C/E
Who was that	man? I’d	like to shake his	hand

	A	F#m	D	E	A	E
He	made my	baby	fall in	love with	me (	Yeah!)

Spoken

A	F#m	D	E
Darlin’,	bomp bah bah	bomp, bah	bomp bah bomp bomp

A	F#m	D	E
And my honey,	rama lama ding	dong,	forever

	A	F#m	D
And when I	say, dip da dip,	da dip, da dip,	dip dip

	E
You	know I mean it from the

A	F#m	D	E
Bottom of my	boogity, boogity,	boogity, boogity	shoop

Fade on verse chords, with bomps and da-dips

A

F#m

D

E

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth

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

Let ring

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

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

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

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

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

Usually skip this

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

	A	E
When the n	ight falls d	own

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

	A	E
And the w	orld’s al	ive

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

C	D
When you walk int	o the room

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

F#m

	A	E
When I f	eel al	one

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

	A	E
When I’m l	ost at s	ea

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

C	D
In this world we’re j	ust beginning

C	D
To understand the m	iracle of living

Bm	C
Baby I was afr	aid before

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

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

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

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

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

Ends on I instead of vi this time

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

Interlude

A	F#m	D	E
			x2

Let ring

C	D
In this world we’re j	ust beginning

C	D
To understand the m	iracle of living

Bm	C
Baby I was afr	aid before

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

Chorus rhythm, instruments only

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ben E. King - Stand by Me

Originally in A, I play in C capo 4.

Highest note is the 1 (darlin’, DARlin’)

Start with single notes or octaves

Cadd9	Am7	Fmaj7	G	Cadd9

Vox in on the 6 on “night”

	Cadd9
When the	night has come

Am7

And the land is dark

	Fmaj7	G	Cadd9
And the mo	on is the on	ly light we’ll see

	Cadd9
No, I	won’t be afraid

	Am7
No, I	won’t be afraid

	Fmaj7	G	Cadd9
Just as lo	ng as you stand	, stand by me

Start to fade the chords in

	Cadd9
So, darling, darling,	stand by me

	Am7
Oh,	stand by me

	Fmaj7	G
Oh,	stand,	stand by me

Cadd9

Stand by me

	Cadd9
If the	sky that we look upon

Am7

Should tumble and fall

	Fmaj7	G	Cadd9
Or the mo	untain should	crumble to the	sea

	Cadd9
I won’t	cry, I won’t cry

	Am7
No, I	won’t shed a tear

	Fmaj7	G	Cadd9
Just as lo	ng as you stand	, stand by me

	Cadd9
So, darling, darling,	stand by me

	Am7
Oh,	stand by me

	Fmaj7	G
Oh,	stand,	stand by me

Cadd9

Stand by me

	Cadd9
Whenever you’re in trouble won’t you	stand by me

	Am7
Oh,	stand by me

	Fmaj7	G
Oh,	stand,	stand by me

Cadd9

Stand by me

Bette Midler - The Rose

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

G

	G	D/F#
Some say l	ove, it is a r	iver

	C	D	G
That d	rowns the ten	der r	eed

	D/F#
Some say love, it is a r	azor

	C	D	G
That l	eaves your so	ul to bl	eed

	Bm	Em
Some say l	ove, it is a h	unger

	C	D7sus4	D
An end	less aching n	eed

	G	D
I say l	ove, it is a fl	ower and

	C	D	G
Y	ou its on	ly se	ed

G

	G	D
It’s the he	art afraid of brea	king

	C	D	G
That n	ever lea	rns to da	nce

	G	D
It’s the dr	eam afraid of wak	ing

	C	D	G
That	never tak	es the cha	nce

	Bm	Em
It’s the	one who won’t be t	aken

	C	D7sus4
Who ca	n not seem to g	ive

	G	D
And the	soul afraid of dy	ing

	C	D	G
That n	ever le	arns to li	ve

G

	G	D
When the n	ight has been too lo	nely

	C	D	G
And the r	oad has b	een too lo	ng

	G	D
And you th	ink that love is	only

	C	D	G
For the l	ucky an	d the str	ong

	Bm	Em
Just r	emember in the w	inter

	C	D7sus4
Far bene	ath the bitter	snow

	G	D
Lies the s	eed that with the s	un’s love

	C	D	G
In the sp	ring beco	mes the ro	se

G

Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In Hiss Kiss)

Originally in D, Cher in C, I play in G

Vox easier if you leave out the “oh no”’s

Vox on the 1 of the first chord

D

Does he love me?

C

I wanna know

D

How can I tell if he loves me so?

	Am7	D	Am7	D7
(Is it i	n his ey	es?) Oh	no you’ll be	deceived

	Am7	D	Am7	D7
(Is it i	n his ey	es?) Oh	no he’ll make be	lieve

With shoop shoop...

	G	Em	C	D	G
If you w	anna kno	w if	he loves you	so it’s in his kiss

	C	D
(	That’s where it is	oh yea)

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
(Or is i	t in his	face?) Oh	no that’s just his	charm

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
(In his	warm emb	race?) Oh	no that’s just his	arms

With shoop shoop...

	G	Em	C	D	G
If you w	anna kno	w if	he loves you	so it’s in his kiss

	C	D	G
(	That’s where it is	) Oh it’s in his	kiss

	C	G
(	That’s where it is	)

With bom bom bom...

B

Kiss him and squeeze him tight

This line starts on the high 1 of the chord and

ends on the low 1 of the chord

Em

And find out what you wanna know

A

If it’s love if it really is

D7

It’s there in his kiss

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
(How ‘bout t	he way h	e acts?) Oh	no that’s not the	way

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
And you’	re not l	istening to	all I	say

With shoop shoop...

	G	Em	C	D	G
If you w	anna kno	w if	he loves you	so it’s in his kiss

	C	D	G
(	That’s where it is	) Oh it’s in his	kiss

	C	D
(	That’s where it is	)

Solo

Am7	D	Am7	D
G	G/D	G	G/D
Am7	D	Am7	D

Hard stop

G

With bom bom bom...

B

Kiss him and squeeze him tight

Em

And find out what you wanna know

A

If it’s love if it really is

D7

It’s there in his kiss

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
(How ‘bout t	he way h	e acts?) Oh	no that’s not the	way

	Am7	D7	Am7	D7
And you’	re not l	istening to	all I	say

With shoop shoop...

	G	Em	C	D	G
If you w	anna kno	w if	he loves you	so it’s in his kiss

C	D	G
(That’s where it	is) Oh it’s in his	kiss

C	D
(That’s where it	is)

Repeat to fade

Big and Rich - Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)

Intro, with Mr.-Brownstone-y b3’s

E	A
	x 4

Vox on the 1

	E
Well, I	walk into the room

	A
Passing out	hundred dollar bills

	E
And it kills,	and it thrills, like the horns on my

A

Silverado grill

	E
And I	buy the bar a double round of Crown

	A
And	everybody’s getting down

	E	A
And this town,	ain’t never gonna be the	same

Vox originally on the b3 the whole line, but

easier to do the 1 until “horse”

	E
‘Cause I	saddle up my horse

Vox down to the 1 of the chord on “ride”

	A
And I	ride into the city

	E
I	make a lot of noise

	A
‘Cause the	girls they are so pretty

E

Riding up and down Broadway

	A
On my	old stud Leroy

	D	E	G	A
And the girls say	→	save a horse,	ride a	cowboy

	D	E	G	A
Everybody says	→	save a horse,	ride a	cowboy

	E	A
Well I	don’t give a dang about	nothing

	E
I’m singing and bling-	blinging

While the girls are drinking

Hard stop on “long”

A

Long necks down

	E
And I	wouldn’t trade ol’ Leroy

	A
Or my	Chevrolet for your Escalade

	E
Or your	freak parade

	A
I’m the only John Wayne	left in this town

	E
And I	saddle up my horse

	A
And I	ride into the city

	E
I	make a lot of noise

	A
‘Cause the	girls they are so pretty

E

Riding up and down Broadway

	A
On my	old stud Leroy

	D	E	G	A
And the girls say	→	save a horse,	ride a	cowboy

	D	E	G	A
Everybody says	→	save a horse,	ride a	cowboy

Solo on verse chords

E	A	E	A
			x2

More or less spoken

	E
I’m a	thouroughbred that’s what she said

	A
In the	back of my truck bed

	E
As I was g	ettin’ buzzed on suds

	A
Out on	some back country road

The banjo does the Secret Agent Man riff here, not really necessary but the chords here are a nod to the banjo part

	E	E(b6)
We were	flying high, f	ine as wine

A	A7#9
Having ourselves a	big and rich time

	E	E(b6)	A	A7#9
And I	was going, just a	bout as far as she’d	let me go

Spoken, with harmony the high octave

	E
But	her evaluation

	A
Of my c	owboy reputation

	E
Had me b	egging for salvation

	A
All nigh	t long

	E
So I	took her out giggin’ frogs

	A
Introd	uced her to my old bird dog

Hard stop on "think

	E	A
And	sang her every Wilie Nelson song I could	think of

And we made love

	E
And I	saddle up my horse

	A
And I	ride into the city

	E
I	make a lot of noise

	A
‘Cause the	girls they are so pretty

E

Riding up and down Broadway

	A
On my	old stud Leroy

	D	E	G	A
And the girls say	→	save a horse,	ride a	cowboy

	D	E	G	A
Everybody says	→	save a horse,	ride a	cowboy

	D	E	G	A
What? What?	→	Save a horse,	ride a	cowboy

Last two chords implied (on “ride a cowboy”)

	D	E	G	A
Everybody says	→	save a horse,	ride a	cowboy

Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock Around the Clock

Originally in A, I play in E capo 2

With hard stops

Vox start on the 1

E

One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock, rock

E

Five, six, seven o’clock, eight o’clock, rock

E

Nine, ten, eleven o’clock, twelve o’clock, rock

	B7
We’re gonna	rock around the clock tonight

	E
Put your	glad rags on and join me, hon

	E7
We’ll have some fun when the	clock strikes one

	A7
We’re gonna	rock around the clock tonight

	E
We’re gonna r	ock, rock, rock, ‘til the broad daylight

	B7	E
We’re gonna	rock, gonna rock, around the clock ton	ight

No hard stops this tieme

	E
When the	clock strikes two, three and four

	E7
If the band slows down we’ll	yell for more

	A7
We’re gonna	rock around the clock tonight

	E
We’re gonna r	ock, rock, rock, ‘til the broad daylight

	B7	E
We’re gonna	rock, gonna rock, around the clock ton	ight

Solo on verse chords

	E
When the	chimes ring five, six and seven

	E7
We’ll be right in	seventh heaven

	A7
We’re gonna	rock around the clock tonight

	E
We’re gonna r	ock, rock, rock, ‘til the broad daylight

	B7	E
We’re gonna	rock, gonna rock, around the clock ton	ight

	E
When it’s	eight, nine, ten, eleven too

	E7
I’ll be goin’ strong and	so will you

	A7
We’re gonna	rock around the clock tonight

	E
We’re gonna r	ock, rock, rock, ‘til the broad daylight

	B7	E
We’re gonna	rock, gonna rock, around the clock ton	ight

Solo on verse chords

	E
When the	clock strikes twelve, we’ll cool off then

	E7
Start a rockin’ round the	clock again

	A7
We’re gonna	rock around the clock tonight

	E
We’re gonna r	ock, rock, rock, ‘til the broad daylight

	B7	E
We’re gonna	rock, gonna rock, around the clock ton	ight

E	E7	E6	E(b6)	B
→	→	→	→

B	E
→

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

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

Bill, rubato

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

	A
No, I never felt like this be	fore

	F#m7	G
Yes I	swear it’s the	truth

	A
And I owe it all to you

Jennifer, rubato

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

	A
And I owe it all to	you

At tempo

A

Bill

	G/A
I’ve been	waiting for so long

Now I’ve finally found someone

	A
To stand by	me

Jennifer

	G/A
We saw the	writing on the wall

	A
As we felt this magical fanta	sy

Both

	G/A
Now with	passion in our eyes

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

	G/A
So we	take each other’s hand

’Cause we seem to understand

	A
The urgen	cy, just remember

Jennifer

D

You’re the one thing

Bill

C

I can’t get enough of

Jennifer

D

So I’ll tell you something

Both

E

This could be love because

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

	A
No, I never felt this way be	fore

	F#m7	G
Yes I	swear it’s the	truth

	A
And I owe it all to you

A	A	G/A	A
	Hey	baby

Jennifer

	G/A
With my	body and soul

	A
I want you more than you’ll ever	know

Bill

	G/A
So we’ll	just let it go

	A
Don’t be afraid to lose cont	rol

Jennifer

	G/A
Yes I	know what’s on your mind

	A
When you say, stay with me to	night

Just remember

Bill

D

You’re the one thing

Jennifer

C

I can’t get enough of

Bill

D

So I’ll tell you something

Both

E

This could be love because

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

	A
No, I never felt this way be	fore

	F#m7	G
Yes I	swear it’s the	truth

And I owe it all to you

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

	A
And I searched through every open d	oor

	F#m7	G
Till I	found the	truth

	A
And I owe it all to you

A

Original repeats the chorus rubato, then at tempo to fade

Bill Withers - Ain’t No Sunshine

The progression at the end of the verse is really Em→Dm→Am,

I prefer it as Dm7→F→Am

Starts voice only, on the 5 (E in Am)

	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s	gone

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
It’s not	warm when she’s a	way

	Dm7
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s	gone

	Em7	F
And she’s	always gone too	long

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Any	time she goes	away

	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Wonder this time where she’s	gone

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Wonder	if she’s gone to	stay

	Dm7
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s	gone

	Em7	F
And this	house just ain’t no	home

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Any	time she goes	away

Am

And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know

	Dm7
Hey, I ought to leave the young thing	alone

	F	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
But ain’t no	sunshine	when she’s	gone

	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s	gone

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Only	darkness every	day

	Dm7
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s	gone

	Em7	F
And this	house just ain’t no	home

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Any	time she goes	away

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Any	time she goes	away

	G	Am	Em	Em/G	Am
Any	time she goes	away

	G	Am
Any	time she goes	away

Bill Withers - Lean on Me

Originally in C, I play in A capo 2

A	D	A	E	A
			→

A	D
Sometimes in our	lives

	A	A	E
We all have	pain we all have	sorr	ow

A	D
But if we are	wise

	A	E	A
We know that	there’s always tom	orr	ow

Let an extra measure hang here on the IV

	A	D
Lean on	me, when you’re not	strong

	A
And I’ll be your	friend

	A	E
I’ll help you	carry	on

A	D
For it won’t be	long

	A
Till I’m gonna	need

	E	A
Somebody to	lean	on

A	D
Please swallow your	pride

	A	A	E
If I have	things you need to	borr	ow

A	D	A
For no one can	fill those of your	needs

	E	A
That you won’t	let	show

Let an extra measure hang here on the IV

	A	D	A	E	A
You just	call on me	bro	ther, when	you need a hand

	E	A
We all need somebody to	lean	on

	A	D	A	E	A
I just	might have a	prob	lem that	you’d under	stand

	E	A
We all need somebody to	lean	on

Let an extra measure hang here on the IV

	A	D
Lean on	me, when you’re not	strong

	A
And I’ll be your	friend

	E
I’ll help you carry	on

A	D
For it won’t be	long

	A
Till I’m gonna	need

	E	A
Somebody to	lean	on

A	D	A
If there is a	load you have to	bear

	A	E
That you can’t	car	ry

A	D
I’m right up the	road

	A
I’ll share your	load

	E	A
If you just	call	me

E6	A
Call	me (if you need a friend)

E6	A
Call	me (call me)

E6	A
Call	me (if you need a friend)

E6	A
Call	me (if you ever need a friend)

E6	A
Call	me (call me)

E6	A
Call	me

E6	A
Call	me (if you need a friend)

Billy Idol - White Wedding

Intro

Bm
Bm	Bm	E	D
Bm	Bm	D	E
Bm

Bm	A	E
Hey little sister, what have you done

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

Bm

Hey little sister, who’s your superman

A

Hey little sister, who’s the one you want

Bm

Hey little sister, shotgun

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

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

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

Not yet...

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

Bm

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

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

Bm

Hey little sister, shotgun, oh yeah

A

Hey little sister, who’s your superman

Bm

Hey little sister, shotgun

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

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

Ok now...

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

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

	A
Pick it up

E	Bm
Take me back home, yeah

	Bm
There is	nothin’ fair in this world

	Bm
There is	nothin’ safe in this world

	Bm
And there’s	nothin’ sure in this world

	Bm
And there’s	nothin’ pure in this world

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

	Bm
Start ag	ain

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

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

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

Billy Joel - Allentown

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

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D	G	C/G	G
	→

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “living”

	Em7	A7sus4	D
Well we’re	living here in	Allentown

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

	Em7	A	Bm
Out in	Bethlehem they’re	killing	time

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

	Em7	A7sus4	D
Well our	fathers fought the	Second World War

	Am7	D9sus4	G
Spent their	weekends on the	Jersey shore

	Em7	A	Bm
Met our	mothers in the	US	O

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

	Em7	A7sus4	D
And we’re	living here in	Allentown

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

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

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

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D	G	C/G	G
	→

	Em7	A7sus4	D
Well we’re	waiting here in	Allentown

	Am7	D9sus4	G
For the	Pennsylvania	we never found

	Em7	A	Bm
For the	promises our	teachers g	ave

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

	Em7	A7sus4	D
So the	graduations	hang on the wall

	Am7	D9sus4	G
But they	never really	helped us at all

	Em7	A	Bm
No they	never taught us	what was	real

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

	Em7	A7sus4	D
And we’re	waiting here in	Allentown

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

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

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D
	→

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

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

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

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

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D	G	C/G	G
	→

	Em7	A7sus4	D
Well I’m	living here in	Allentown

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

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

Cadd9	Em7	D	G/B	G
	→

Cadd9	Em7	D
	→

Instrumental bridge, more or less

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

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

	Em7	A7sus4	D
And we’re	living here in	Allentown

Billy Joel - Big Shot

Basically keep downstroke 16ths going the whole song

Chorus chords:

G/F == x897xx

F/C == x332xx

F/D == xx0565

Em7add4	G
Em7add4	G
Em7add4	Bm/D
C	Csus4	C
→	→

Vox on the 4 of the chord

	Em7add4	G
Well you went	uptown riding in your	limousine

	Em7add4	G
With your	fine Park Avenue c	lothes

	Em7add4	Bm/D
You had the	Dom Perignon in your ha	nd

	C	Csus4	C
And the spoon up your nose	→	→

	Em7add4	G
Ooh, and when you	wake up in the morning with your h	ead on fire

	Em7add4	G
And your	eyes too bloody to	see

	Em7add4	Bm/D
Go on and	cry in your coffee but d	on’t

	C	Csus4	C
Come bitchin’ to me	→	→

Vox on the 3 of the chord (B if the chord is G/F)

	G/F	F/C	G/F	F/C
Because you had to be a	big shot	, didn’t	you

	G/F	F/C	G/F	F/C
You h	ad to o	pen up	your	mouth

	G/F	G	F/D	G
You h	ad to be a	big shot,	d	idn’t you

F/D	G	F/D	C
All your	friends were	so knocked out

	F	G/F	F/C	G/F
You h	ad to have the l	ast word,	last	night

	F/C	G/F	F/C	G/F
You k	now what e	verything’s	about

	F	F/C	C	F/C	C
You	had to have a wh	ite h	ot s	potl	ight

	C	G/D	D	G/D	D
You	had to be a b	ig s	hot l	ast n	ight, whoa

Em7add4	G
Em7add4	G
Yeah!

Em7add4	Bm/D
C	Csus4	C
→	→

	Em7add4	G
Yeah, they were	all impressed with your H	alston dress

	Em7add4	G
And the	people that you knew at Ela	ine’s

	Em7add4	Bm/D
And the	story of your latest suc	cess

	C	Csus4	C
Kept ‘em so entertained	→	→

	Em7add4	G
Aww, but now you	just don’t remember all the t	hings you said

	Em7add4	G
And you’re	not sure you want to know

	Em7add4	Bm/D
I’ll give you	one hint, honey you s	ure

	C	Csus4	C
Did put on a show	→	→

	G/F	F/C	G/F	F/C
Because you had to be a	big shot	, didn’t	you

	G/F	F/C	G/F	F/C
You h	ad to prove	it to	the	crowd

	G/F	G	F/D	G
You h	ad to be a	big shot,	d	idn’t you

F/D	G	F/D	C
All your	friends were	so knocked out

	F	G/F	F/C	G/F
You h	ad to have the l	ast word,	last	night

	F/C	G/F	F/C	G/F
S	o much fun	to be	around

	F	F/C	C	F/C	C
You h	ad to have the front	page	bold		type

	C	G/D	D	G/D	D
You h	ad to be a b	ig s	hot l	ast n	ight, whoa

Solo, with whoa

F	C	G	D
			x2

	Em7add4	G
Yeah, it’s	no big sin to stick your t	wo cents in

	Em7add4	G
If you	know when to leave it a	lone

	Em7add4	Bm/D
But you went	over the line, you couldn’t	see

	C	Csus4	C
It was time to go home	→	→

	G/F	F/C	G/F	F/C
No no no no no no you had to be a	big shot	, didn’t	you

	G/F	F/C	G/F	F/C
You h	ad to o	pen up	your	mouth

	G/F	G	F/D	G
You h	ad to be a	big shot,	d	idn’t you

F/D	G	F/D	C
All your	friends were	so knocked out

	F	G/F	F/C	G/F
You h	ad to have the l	ast word,	last	night

	F/C	G/F	F/C	G/F
You k	now what e	verything’s	about

	F	F/C	C	F/C	C
You	had to have a wh	ite h	ot s	potl	ight

	C	G/D	D	G/D	D
You	had to be a b	ig s	hot l	ast n	ight, whoa

With whoa

F	C	G	D
			x2

Em7add4

Billy Joel - I Go to Extremes

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro

G	D/F#	A	A
			x2

Vox on the 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

A/E	E	A
Maybe it’s	only toni	ght

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

D	A
Maybe I set myself	up for the kill

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bridge

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

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

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

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

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

A	E
Coming apart at the	seams

...and back to the 1 of the chord

B	G
Eager to please, r	eady to fight

D	A
Why do I go to extr	emes

Solo

G	D/F#	A	A
			x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

G	D/F#	A	A
			x2

Billy Joel - If I Only Had the Words

Originally in A (then C), I play in E capo 1 (then G capo 1)

Highest note is the b7 of the first key

Intro

E	E	E7
→	→

Am	A	Bsus2	B	E
→		→

E	E	E7
→	→

Am	A	Bsus2	B	E
→		→

G	B7
→

Vox on the 5 on “only”

	E	E/G#	A	A	E/G#
If I o	nly had the	words to	tell you	→	→

	F#m7	F#m7/E	D9	B7	B7/D#
If you	only had the time to u	nder	stand	→	→

	E	E/G#	A	A	E/G#
Though I	know it wouldn’t	change your	feelings	→	→

	F#m7	B7sus4	E	G	B7
And I	know you’ll carry	on the best you	can	→	→

	E	E/G#	A	A	E/G#
If I	only had the	urge to	tell you	→	→

	F#m7	F#m7/E	D9	B7	B7/D#
If you	only knew how hard it i	s to	say	→	→

	E	E/G#	A	A	E/G#
When the	simple lines have	all been	taken	→	→

	F#m7	B7sus4	E	E	D/F#
And the	radio re	peats them every	day	→	→

	G	G/B	C	C	G/B
If I	never find the	song to	sing you	→	→

	Am7	Am7/G	F9	D7	D7/F#
If you	always find it h	ard to compre	hend	→	→

	G	G/B	C	C	G/B
Well you	know there wouldn’t	be much	meaning	→	→

	Am7	D7sus4	G	G	G/A
If I	had to sing those	tired words a	gain	→	→

Bridge

B7	B7/C#	B7/D#	Em
Life,	goes	on and	on

	D	D/F#	G	Gmaj7
And to	night will	soon be	gone

	Cmaj7	Bm7
But if we	try

	Am7	Dsus4	D	Dsus2	D
We can be	sure	→	→	→	→

	G	G/B	C	C	G/B
If I	only had the	words to	tell you	→	→

	Am7	Am7/G	F9	D7	D7/F#
If you	only had the time to u	nder	stand	→	→

	G	G/B	C	C	G/B
But I	only have these	arms to	hold you	→	→

	Am7	D7sus4	G
And it’s	all that you can	ask of any	man

Other bridge

G	G	G7
→	→

Cm	C	Dsus2	D
→		→

G	C	F	Am	D	C/D
Laa,	la la	la	laa la la	la

	G	G/B	C	C	G/B
If I	only had the	words to	tell you	→	→

	Am7	Am7/G	F9	D7
If you	only had the t	ime to under	stand

	D7/F#	G	G/B	C	C	G/B
Oh b	ut I	only have these	arms to	hold you	→	→

	Am7	D7	G	G7
And it’s	all that you can	ask of any	man

Cm	C	Dsus2	D	G
→		→

Cm	C	Dsus2	D	G
→		→

Billy Joel - Keeping the Faith

Originally in D, I play in A capo 2.

A

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

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

	D
Oh, then you	should have known me much better

Cause my past is something that never

	A
Got in my	way oh no

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

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

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

	E6	D
And then I was	saved,	yeah

	E6
That’s why I’m keeping the	faith

D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A
Keeping the	faith

	A
We wore	matador boots

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

	D
I	put on my shark skin jacket

You know the kind with the velvet collar

	A
And ditty-bop	shades

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

	D
Combed my	hair in a pompadour

Like the rest of the Romeos wore

	E6	D
A permanent	wave	yeah

	E6
We were keeping the	faith

D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A
Keeping the	faith

Bridge

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

	E	D	A
You can	linger too	long in your	dreams

	E	D	A
Say	goodbye to the	oldies but	goodies

	Bm7
Cause the	good old days weren’t always good

	E7
And	tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems

A

Learned stickball as a formal education

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

	D
I	heard about sex but not enough

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

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

	D
I	thought I was the Duke of Earl

When I made it with a red-haired girl

	E6	D
In a Chevrol	et

	E6
We were keeping the	faith

D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A
Keeping the	faith

Bridge

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

	E	D	A
You can	linger too	long in your	dreams

	E	D	A
Say	goodbye to the	oldies but	goodies

	Bm7
Cause the	good old days weren’t always good

Hang this line if not doing a solo

	E7
And	tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems

Instrumental, listed here with lyrics but I usually skip if

a solo is not appropriate.

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

	E	D	A
You can	linger too	long in your	dreams

	E	D	A
Say	goodbye to the	oldies but	goodies

	Bm7
Cause the	good old days weren’t always good

	E7
And	tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems

	A
Now I	told you my reasons for the whole revival

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

	D
I’m going to	listen to my 45’s

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

E6	D
Plays	yeah

	E6	D
When the memory	stays,	yeah

	E6
I’m keeping the	faith

D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

	A
Keeping the	faith

Fade on the I

Billy Joel - Miami 2017

Originally in D, I play in A capo 3

Intro

Siren noises are roughly...

F

Piano intro, skip on guitar

A	Gadd9	D6/F#	F(#11)
A	G6/9	D6/F#	F(#11)
A/C#	Dmaj7	A/E	D/F#
E/G#	D/F#	A	A/G#	D/F#

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
I’ve seen the	lights go out on	Broadway

F#m	Dadd9	E	Esus4	E	Dadd9
I saw the	Empire State laid	low

C#m7	F#m
And life went on beyond the P	alisades

	A/E	E
They all bought	Cadillacs

	Dadd9	D	E
And left there	long ago

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
They held a	concert out in	Brooklyn

F#m	Dadd9	E	Esus4	E	Dadd9
To watch the	island bridges	blow

Hanging stops

A/C#	D
They turned our	power down

A/E	D/F#
And drove us u	nderground

E/G#	D/F#	A
But we went	right on with the s	how

Now the rock starts, on guitar change Bm to G/B

A	F#m	A	F#m	A	A/E	E	A/E	E
	→	→	→	→	→		→

x2

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
I’ve seen the	lights go out on	Broadway

F#m	D	E	A/E	E
I saw the	ruins at my	feet

C#m7	F#m
You know we almost didn’t	notice it

	A/E	E
We’d seen it	all the time

	D	D	E
On Forty-	Second Street

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
They burned the	churches up in	Harlem

F#m	D	E	A/E	E
Like in that	Spanish civil	war

A/C#	D
The flames were e	verywhere

A/E	D/F#
But no one	really cared

E/G#	D/F#	A
It always	burned up there before

A	F#m	A	F#m	A	A/E	E	A/E	E
	→	→	→	→	→		→

x2

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
I’ve seen the	lights go out on	Broadway

F#m	D	E	A/E	E	Dadd9
I watched the	mighty skyline	fall

C#m7	F#m
The boats were waiting at the	Battery

	A/E	E
The union w	ent on strike

	D	D	E
They never	sailed at all

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
They sent a car	rier out from	Norfolk

	F#m	D	E	A/E	E
And	picked the	Yankees up for	free

A/C#	D
They said that	Queens could stay

A/E	D/F#
They blew the B	ronx away

E/G#	D/F#	A
And sank Man	hattan out at s	ea

A	F#m	A	F#m	A	A/E	E	A/E	E
	→	→	→	→	→		→

x2

Hanging stop on “lights”, mellow out

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
You know those	lights were bright on	Broadway

F#m	D	E	Esus4	E	Dadd9
But that was so	many years ago

C#m7	F#m
Before we all lived here in	Florida

	A/E	E	Dadd9	D	E
Before the	Mafia	took over	Mexico

A	D/A	A	A	E/G#
There are not	many who re	member

F#m	Dadd9	E
They say a	handful still	survive

A/C#	D
To tell the	world about

A/E	D/F#
The way the l	ights went out

E	D/F#	F
And keep the me	mory alive

Repeat intro

A	Gadd9	D6/F#	F(#11)
A	G6/9	D6/F#	F(#11)
A/C#

Billy Joel - Movin’ Out

Originally in Dm, I play in Am capo 3

Play Bdim as x2313x

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C

With ooh and mmm

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C

Am	Dm7
Anthony works in the	grocery store

G	G/B	C
Savin’ his	pennies for	someday

Am	Dm7
Mama Leone left a	note on the door

	G	G/B	C
She said,	sonny, move	out to the	country

	Am
Ah, but	workin’ too hard can give you

	D7
A h	eart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack

F	G
You oughta know by	now

Am	Dm7
Who needs a house out in	Hackensack?

	G	G/B	C
Is t	hat all you ge	t for your m	oney?

	F	G
And it s	eems such a waste of	time

	E7	Am
If t	hat’s what it’s all abo	ut

	F	Bdim	E7	Am
Mama if	that’s movin’ up then	I’m	movin’	out

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C
	Mmm, I’m movin’ o	ut

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C

Am	Dm7
Sergeant O’Leary is	walkin’ the beat

	G	G/B	C
At n	ight he be	comes a barte	nder

	Am	Dm7
He works at	Mister Cacciatore’s down on	Sullivan Street

	G	G/B	C
Ac	ross from the	medical	center

	Am	D7
Yeah, and he’s	tradin’ in his Chevy for a	Cadillac-ack-ack-ack-ack

F	G
You oughta know by	now

	Am	Dm7
And	if he can’t drive with a	broken back

	G	G/B	C
At le	ast he can	polish the	fenders

	F	G
And it s	eems such a waste of	time

E7	Am
If that’s what it’s all	about

	F	Bdim	E7	Am
Mama if	that’s movin’ up then	I’m	movin’	out

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C
	Mmm, I’m movin’ o	ut

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C

Am

You should never argue with a

D7

Crazy mi-mi-mi-mi-mind

F	G
You oughta know by	now

	Am	Dm7
You can	pay Uncle Sam with the	overtime

	G	G/B	C
Is t	hat all you	get for your	money?

	F	G
And if t	hat’s what you have in	mind

	E7	Am
Yeah, if t	hat’s what you’re all	about

	F	Bdim	E7	Am
Good	luck movin’ up ‘cause	I’m	movin’	out

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C
	Mmm, I’m movin’ o	ut

Am	Dm	G	G/B	C

Outro

A

D

E

A

Billy Joel - My Life

Tabbed in drop D

Intro

-----------------2--
---------3--3--3-3--
---------4--4--4-2--
-0-0-0-0-5--5--5-0--
---------0--0--0----
0-0-0-0--000000-----

-----3--/-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-6---
-3-1-3--/-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-6---
-4-2-3--/--8--8--8--8--8-8-8-7---
-0-0-2--/-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-8---
-0-0-3--/----------------8-8-3-4-
---------------------------------

That was roughly as follows, note two different F9’s

D	D	G	D
E7	D7	C9	F9	F9	Bb
→

D	D/F#
Got a call from an	old friend

	G
We used to be	real close

A	D	G
Said he couldn’t go on the American	way

D	D/F#
Closed the shop, sold the	house

	G
Bought a ticket to the	West Coast

A	D
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.	A.

Rpt second part of intro

E7	D7	C9	F9	F9	Bb
→

x2

D	D/F#	G
I don’t need you to	worry for me cause I’m	alright

A	D	G
I don’t want you to tell me it’s time to come	home

D	D/F#	G
I don’t care what you	say anymore, this is	my life

A	Bm
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me	alone

	F#
I never said you had to offer me a	second chance

D7	E7
I never said I was a victim of	circumstance

G	D/F#	F#7	Bm	Bm/A
I still be	long,	don’t get me	wrong

E7sus4	E7
And you can	speak your mind

	G6	A	G6	A
But	not	on	my	time

D	D/F#
They will tell you you	can’t sleep alone in a

G

Strange place

A	D
Then they’ll tell you you can’t sleep with somebody	else

D	D/F#	G
But sooner or	later you sleep in your	own space

A	D
Either way it’s okay you wake up with your	self

Rpt second part of intro

E7	D7	C9	F9	F9	Bb
→

x2

D	D/F#	G
I don’t need you to	worry for me cause I’m	alright

A	D	G
I don’t want you to tell me it’s time to come	home

D	D/F#	G
I don’t care what you	say anymore, this is	my life

A	Bm
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me	alone

	F#
I never said you had to offer me a	second chance

D7	E7
I never said I was a victim of	circumstance

G	D/F#	F#7	Bm	Bm/A
I still be	long,	don’t get me	wrong

E7sus4	E7
And you can	speak your mind

	G6	A	G6	A
But	not	on	my	time

D	G	G	D	Em7	D
I don’t care what you say anymore, this is	my life

A	D
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me	alone

Rpt second part of intro to fade

E7	D7	C9	F9	F9	Bb
→					Keep it to yourself it’s my life

Billy Joel - Only the Good Die Young

Originally in C, I play in G capo 3

Bridge vox are a lot of 5

C	D	Em	C	D	G
C	D	Em	C	D

C	D	Em
Come out Virginia,	don’t let me	wait

	C	D	G
You	Catholic girls start m	uch too	late

	C	D	Em
But	sooner or later it c	omes down to	fate

	C	D
I	might as well be the	one

	C	D	Em
Well, they	showed you a statue,	told you to	pray

	C	D	G
They	built you a temple and l	ocked you	away

	C	D	Em
But	they never told you the	price that you	pay

	C	D
For	things that you might have	done

	G
Only the good die	young

C	D	G
That’s what I said

	G	C
Only the good	die	young

	D	G
Only the good	die youn	g

	C	D	Em
You might have	heard I run with a	dangerous	crowd

	C	D	G
We	ain’t too pretty we	ain’t too	proud

	C	D	Em
We	might be laughing a	bit too l	oud

	C	D
But	that never hurt no	one

	C	D	Em
So come	on Virginia sh	ow me a	sign

C	D	G
Send up a signal I’ll	throw you a	line

	C	D	Em
The	stained-glass curtain you’re	hiding be	hind

C	D
Never lets in the	sun

	G
Darlin’ only the good die	young

C	D	G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wh	oa

	G	C
I tell ya only the good	die	young

	D	G
Only the good	die young

Bridge

	D
You got a	nice white dress and a

C	G
Party on your confirmati	on

	A	C
You got a	brand new soul, and a cro	ss of gold

	D
But Vir	ginia they didn’t give you

	C	G
Q	uite enough informati	on

	A
You didn’t c	ount on me

	C
When you were counting on your	rosary

G/B	C	G/B	Am7
Oh	woah	woah	woah

	C	D	Em
They	say there’s a heaven for	those who will	wait

C	D	G
Some say it’s better but	I say it	ain’t

	C	D	Em
I’d rather	laugh with the sinners than	cry with the	saints

	C	D
The	sinners are much more	fun

	G
You know that only the good die	young

C	D	G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wh	oa

	G	C
I tell ya only the good	die	young

	D	G
Only the good	die young

Solo on bridge chords if appropriate

D	C	G
A	C

Bridge

	D
You say your	mother told you all that I could

C	G
Give you was a reput	ation

	A
Awww, she never	cared for me

	C
But did she ever say a	prayer for me?

G/B	C	G/B	Am7
Oh	woah	woah	woah

Rhythm change in the melody here

	C	D	Em
Come out	come out come out Vir	ginia don’t l	et me wait

C	D	G
You Catholic	girls start	much too late

C	D	Em
Sooner or later it	comes down to	fate

	C	D
I	might as well be the	one

	G
You know that only the good die	young

C	D	G
Tell you ba	by

	G	C
You know that only the good	die	young

	D	G
Only the good	die young

	G	C
Only the	goooo...

	D	G
Only the	good die young

	G	C
Oooh...	ooooh...

	D	G
Oooh...	oooh...

Billy Joel - Piano Man

Loosely

Dm7	Bdim7

In time

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Fmaj7	C/E	D7	G
C	G/B	F/A	C/G
F	F/G
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
It’s ni	ne o’cl	ock on a	Saturday

F	C/E	D7	G
The regular c	rowd shuffles	in

	C	G/B	Fadd9/A	C/G
There’s	an old man	sitting	next to me

	Fadd9	F/G	C
Makin’	love to his	tonic and	gin

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
F	F/G	C	C	F/C	F/C

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
He says,	son can you	play me a	memory?

	F	C/E	D7	G
I’m	not really	sure how it go	es

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
But it’s	sad and it’s	sweet and I	knew it complete

	F	F/G	C
When	I wore a	younger man’s	clothes

Am	Am/G	D/F#	F
La la	la diddy	da

Am	Am/G	D/F#	G	G/F	C/E	G7/D
La	La diddy	da da d	um

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Sing us a	song, you’re the	piano man

F	C/E	D7	G
Sing us a son	g to nig	ht

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Well we’re	all in the	mood for a	melody

	F	F/G	C
And	you’ve got us fe	eling all	right

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
F	F/G
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C

	C	G/B	F/A	C
Now Joh	n at the	bar is a	friend of mine

	F	C/E	D7	G
He gets	me my	drinks for	free

	C	G/B
And he’s	quick with a	joke or to

F/A	C/G
Light up your	smoke

	F	F/G	C	F/C
But there’s	some place that	he’d rather	be

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
He says,	Bill I be	lieve this is	killing me

	F	C/E	D7	G
As a sm	ile ran a	way from his	face

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Well I’	m sure that I	could be a	movie star

	F	F/G	C
If	I could get	out of this	place

	Am	Am/G	D/F#	F
Oh	La la	la diddy	da

Am	Am/G	D/F#	G	G/F	C/E	G7/D
La	La diddy	da da d	um

	C	G/B	F/A	C
Now Pau	l is a	real estate	novelist

	F	C/E	D7	G
Who nev	er had	time for a	wife

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
And he’s	talking with	Davy, who’s	still in the	Navy

	F	F/G	C
And pro	bably w	ill be for	life

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
F	F/G	C	C	F/C	F/C

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
And the	waitress is	practicing	politics

	F	C/E	D7	G
As the	businessmen	slowly get	stoned

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Yes they’re	sharing a	drink they call	loneliness

	F	F/G	C
But it’s	better than	drinking a	lone

Solo

Am	Am/G	D/F#	Dm/F
Am	Am/G	D/F#	Dm/F
Am	Am/G	D/F#	D
G	G7/F	C/E	G/D

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Sing us a	song, you’re the	piano man

F	C/E	D7	G
Sing us a son	g to nig	ht

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Well we’re	all in the	mood for a	melody

	F	F/G	C
And	you’ve got us fe	eling all	right

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
F	F/G
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C

	C	G/B	F/A	C
It’s a	pretty good	crowd for a	Saturday

	F	C/E	D7	G
And the	manager	gives me a	smile

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
‘Cause he	knows that it’s	me they’ve been	coming to	see

	F	F/G	C	F/C
To for g	et about	life for a	while

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
And the	piano	sounds like a	carnival

	F	C/E	D7	G
And the	microphone	smells like a	beer

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
And they	sit at the	bar and put	bread in my	jar

	F	F/G	C
And say	man what are	you doing	here?

	Am	Am/G	D/F#	F
Oh	La la	la diddy	da

Am	Am/G	D/F#	G	G/F	C/E	G7/D
La	La diddy	da da d	um

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Sing us a	song, you’re the	piano man

F	C/E	D7	G
Sing us a son	g to nig	ht

	C	G/B	F/A	C/G
Well we’re	all in the	mood for a	melody

	F	F/G	C
And	you’ve got us fe	eling all	right

C	G/B	F/A	C/G
F	F/G
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C
C	F/C	Cmaj7	F/C

Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

F	Gm7	C7
Bb/F	F	C7

F	Gm7/F
A bottle of white,	a bottle of red

C/F	Bb/F	F
Perhaps a bottle of ro	se instead

C	C/Bb	F/A
Get a table	near the	street

	F/A	Gm7	C
In our	old fa	miliar	place

Gm7	C7	Gm7	Bb/C	C	Bb/C
You and	I,	face to	face,	um umm

F	Gm7/F
A bottle of red, a	bottle of white

C/F	Bb/F	F
It all depends on your	appet	ite

G	F/A	G/B	C
I’ll meet you	anytime	you	want

	Bb/D	C/E	F
In our I	tali	an Re	staurant

Bb/F	Bb/F

Sax solo

Cmaj7	Fmaj7	Bbmaj7	Bbmaj7
Cmaj7	Fmaj7	Bbmaj7	Bbmaj7
Ebmaj7	Ebmaj7	Abmaj7	Abmaj7
Ebmaj7	Ebmaj7	Abmaj7	Abmaj7
C/D	C/D	C/D	C/D

G	D/G
Things are okay with	me these days

G7	G9
Got a good job,	got a good office

C7	F
Got a new wife,	got a new life

	Am7	D7
And the	family’s fine

G	D/G
Oh, we lost touch	long ago

G7	G9
You lost weight I	did not know

C7	F	Am7	D7
You could ever	look so nice after	so much time

	Eb	Bb	F
Do you re	member those days hanging	out at the village	green

Eb	Bb	F
Engineer boots, leather	jackets and tight blue	jeans

	Eb	Bb	F
Woah you drop a	dime in the box play the	song about New Or	leans

Eb	Bb
Cold beer,	hot lights

C	D	G
My sweet ro	mantic teenage	nights

Horn solo on the same chords as the previous verse

G	D/G	G7	G9
C7	F	Am7	D7
G	D/G	G7	G9
C7	F	Am7	D7

D7

Piano solo, the first G is held for a long time

G

G	F	C/E	D
G	F	C/E	D

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

G

Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies

	D	D	C
And the	king and the queen of the prom

G	G7/B	C
Riding around with the	car top down and the	radio on

G	D	D	C
Nobody looked any	finer

	G	C
Or was	more of a hit at the	Parkway Diner

G	F	E
We never knew we could	want more than that out of	life

	Am	G/B	C	D	G
Surely	Brenda and	Eddie would	always know	how to sur	vive

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

G	D	D	C
Brenda and Eddie were still going steady in the	summer of seventy five

G	G7/B	C
When they decided the	marriage would be at the	end of July

G	D	D	C
Everyone said they were	crazy

G	C
Brenda you know that you’re	much too lazy

	G	F	E
And	Eddie could never af	ford to live that kind of	life

	Am	G/B	C	D	G
Oh, but	there we were	waving	Brenda and	Eddie good	bye

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

	F/C	C	F/C	C
Well, they	got an a	partment with	deep pile	carpets

	D	G
And a	couple of paintings from	Sears

	F/C	C	F/C	C
A	big water	bed that they	bought with the	bread

	D	G
They had	saved for a couple of	years

	F/C	C	F/C	C
They	started to	fight when the	money got	tight

	D	Em
And they	just didn’t count on the	tears

	A9	C/D
Woh	oh, woh	oh, yeah rock and roll!

Sax solo with awesome bass

G	G	D	D
G	G7/B	C	C
G	D	G	C
G	F	E	E
Am	G/B	C	C/D

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

	F/C	C	F/C	C
Well, they	lived for a	while in a	very nice	style

	D	G
But it’s	always the same in the end

	F/C	C	F/C	C
They	got a di	vorce as a	matter of	course

	D	G
And they	parted the closest of friends

	F/C	C	F/C	C
Then the	king and the	queen went	back to the	green

	D	Em	A9	C/D
But you can	never go back there a	gain, oh	oh, oh	oh

G	D	D	C
Brenda and Eddie had had it already by the	summer of seventy five

	G	G7/B
From the	high to the low to the	end of the show

	C
For the	rest of their lives

	G	D	D	C
They	couldn’t go back to the	greasers

	G	C
The	best they could do was pick	up their pieces

G	F	E
We always knew they would	both find a way to get	by

Am	G/B	C	D
That’s all I	heard about	Brenda and	Eddie

Am	G/B	C	D
Can’t tell you	more cause I	told you al	ready

	Am	G/B	C	D	G
And	here we are	waving	Brenda and	Eddie good	bye

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

G	F	C/E	D
Oh	oh, oh	oh, oh	oh oh

Bass notes are all that’s really played here,

chords somewhat fabricated

F	F/E	D	C	G/B	Am	C	Bb	Am	G	F	F/E

F	Gm7/F	C/F	Bb	F
	Yeah

C	C	Bb	F/A
F/A	Bb	C
C	Gm7	C	Gm7
Bb	C	Bb/C

F	Gm7/F
A bottle of red,	oooh a bottle of white

C/F	Bb/F	F
Whatever kind of mood you’re	in to	night

G	G/A	G/B	C
I’ll meet you	anytime	you	want

G	F/A	G/B	C
I’ll meet you	anytime	you	want

	Bb/D	C/E	F
In our I	tali	an Re	staurant

Sax solo

Cmaj7	Fmaj7	Bbmaj7	Bbmaj7
Cmaj7	Fmaj7	Bbmaj7	Bbmaj7

Billy Joel - Shameless

G	D/F#	Em	C	Bb
				x2

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

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

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

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

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “I’m”

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

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

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

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

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

	Em
Every time I see you sta	nding there

	C	Bb
I go down upon my	knees

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

	Em
Aw, but you convinced me o	therwise

	C	Bb
I’ll do anything you	please

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

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

	D	B
I could	walk away from anyone I	ever knew

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

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

Vox stay on the 3 of the chord

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

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

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

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

Am	D7
I’ve never had so much	to lose

Solo if appropriate

	G	D	Em	C	Bb
Oh, I’m	shameless

G	D	Em	C	Bb

Em	D	C	Bb

	D
You know it	should be easy for a

B

Man who’s strong

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

	D	B
I n	ever lost anything I	ever missed

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

F

It’s outta my hands

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

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

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

	Em
You could make a total f	ool of me

	C	Bb
I just wanted you to know

	G	D/F#	Em	C	Bb
Oh, I’m	shameless

G

D/F#

Em

C

Bb

Billy Joel - Sometimes a Fantasy

Intro

A	D	D	D	D
→				x2

Vox on the 1

A	D	E	A
	Oh, I didn’t want to do it but I got too		lonely

A	D	E	A
	Had to call you up in the middle of th	e	night

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “know it’s awful”

D	G	D	G	A	D	A	D
	I know it’s awful hard t	o	try to make love long		distance	→

C	Em
But I really needed	stimulation

G	G/B	A	G/B	A/C#
Though it was only my ima	g	in	at	ion

Vox on 1 7 on “it’s just”

D	A	A	Bm
It’s	just a f	an	tasy

G	A	A	Bm
It’s	not the rea	l	thing

D	A	A	Bm
It’s	just a f	an	tasy

G	A	A	Bm
It’s	not the r	eal	thing

Vox up to 3 1 on “sometimes”

D	A	A	Bm
Somet	imes a f	an	tasy

G	A	Csus4
Is a	ll you	need

Csus4	Fmaj9	Csus4	Fmaj9

A	D	E	A
	When am I gonna take control get a hold of m	y e	motions

A	D	E	A
	Why does it only seem to hit me in the middle of t	he	night

D	G	D	G	A	D	A	D
	You told me there’s a numb	er	I can always dial for a	ss	istance	→

C	Em
I don’t want to deal with	outside action

G	G/B	A	G/B	A/C#
Only you can give me s	ati	sfa	ct	ion

D	A	A	Bm
It’s	just a f	an	tasy

G	A	A	Bm
It’s	not the rea	l	thing

D	A	A	Bm
It’s	just a f	an	tasy

G	A	A	Bm
It’s	not the r	eal	thing

D	A	A	Bm
Somet	imes a f	an	tasy

G	A	Csus4
Is a	ll you	need

Csus4	Fmaj9	Csus4	Fmaj9

Solo

Dsus4	Gmaj7	Dsus4	C	C	C

A	D	E	A
	Sure it would be better if I had you here t	o	hold me, but but but but

A	D	E	A
	Be better baby but believe me it’s the next best		thing

D	G	D	G	A	D	A	D
	I’m sure there’s many times yo	u’ve w	anted me to hear your	s	ecrets	→

C	Em
Don’t be afraid to say the	words that’ll move me

G	G/B	A	G/B	A/C#
Anytime you want to t	ell	them	to	me

D	A	A	Bm
It’s	just a f	an	tasy

G	A	A	Bm
It’s	not the rea	l	thing

D	A	A	Bm
It’s	just a f	an	tasy

G	A	A	Bm
It’s	not the r	eal	thing

D	A	A	Bm
Somet	imes a f	an	tasy

G	A	Csus4
Is a	ll you	need

Csus4

It’s just a fantasy (it’s just a fantasy)

Fmaj9

It’s not the real thing (it’s not the real thing)

Csus4

It’s just a fantasy (it’s just a fantasy)

Fmaj9

It’s not the real thing (it’s not the real thing)

Dsus4

It’s just a fantasy (it’s just a fantasy)

Gmaj7

It’s not the real thing (it’s not the real thing)

Dsus4

It’s just a fantasy (it’s just a fantasy)

Gmaj7

It’s not the real thing (it’s not the real thing)

Dsus4

Billy Joel - Somewhere Along the Line

Originally around G#, I play in G capo 1

G	D/F#	F	C/E	C/D	G
					x2

	G	C
Well it’s a	rainy night in	Paris

	Am	D
And I’m	sitting by the	Seine

Vox stay up on the 5

	G	C
It’s a	pleasure to be	soaking

C/B	Am	D
In the E	uropean	rain

	Em	D	C
Now my	belly’s full of f	ancy food and w	ine

	G	C
But in the m	orning there’ll be h	ell to pay

D	G
Somewhere along the lin	e

	G/B	C
Oh, but in the m	orning there’ll be	hell to pay

D	G
Somewhere along the	line

G	D/F#	F	C/E	C/D	G

G	C
Sweet Virginia c	igarette

Am	D
Burning in my ha	nd

	G	C	C/B
Well you	used to be a	friend of	mine

	Am	D
But n	ow I unders	tand

	Em	D	C
You’ve been e	ating up in	side me for some	time, oh

	G	C
And	I know you’re gonn	a get me

D	G
Somewhere along the	line

	G/B	C
Well	I know you’re gonn	a get me

D	G
Somewhere along the	line

G	D/F#	F	C/E

D	D/Eb
Somewhere along the line

	Em	Em/D	C
Well I k	now it’s just a ma	tter of	time

	G/B	C
When the	fun falls through and the	rent comes due

Am	F	D
Somewhere along the	line

	G	C
Well, you	know I love my	woman

	Am	D
And I w	ould not let her d	own

	G	C
And I	did my share of	lovin’

C/B	Am	D
When I u	sed to get	around

	Em	D	C
Now I’m	satisfied and	she is lookin’ fi	ne, oh

	G/B	C
But you	pay for your satis	faction

D	G
Somewhere along the lin	e

	G/B	C
Well you p	ay for your sa	tisfaction

D	G
Somewhere along the li	ne

Solo

G	G/B	C	D
			x2

G	D/F#	F	C/E	C/D	G

	G	C
Hey, it’s	good to be a	young man

	Am	D
And to	live the way you	please

	G	C
Yes, a	young man is the	king

	C/B	Am	D
Of	every	kingdom that he	sees

	Em	D	C
But there’s an	old and feeble	man not far	behind, oh

	G	C
And it	surely will catch	up to him

D	G
Somewhere along the	line

	G	C
Well, you	know it will catch	up to him

D	G
Somewhere along the	line

	G	C
Well, and it	surely will catch	up to him

D	G
Somewhere along the	line

G

D/F#

F

C/E

C/D

G

Billy Joel - Still Rock and Roll to Me

C

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

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

C	Em
Maybe I should buy some o	ld tab collars

	Bb	F
Welcome	back to the age of j	ive

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	Bb	F
Are you	gonna cruise the miracle mi	le?

Em	Am
Nowadays you can’t be t	oo sentimental

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

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

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

Bridge

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

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

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

	E	Ab
From a	story in a ma	gazine

Eb	F	G
Aimed at your average	teen

C	Em
How about a pair of	pink sidewinders

	Bb	F
And a	bright orange pair of pant	s?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Solo if appropriate

G	F	E	Am
G	F	E7	Ab	Eb	F	G

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

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

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

	Bb	F
If you	are, then you think too much

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

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

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

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

Hard stops on each chord

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

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

Billy Joel - Stop in Nevada

	D	D/F#	G	D/F#
He a	lways found it h	ard to t	ake her

Em7	A7sus4	D	G/D
She wouldn’t	listen to ad	vice

D	D9	G	D/F#
And though he	never tried to	make her

Em7	G	G/B
She often thought it would be	nice

A	A/C#	D/F#	D
Oh, and now she’s h	eadin’ out to Calif	ornia

	A
It’s been a	long time comin’ but she’s

	A/C#	D/F#	D
F	eeling like a woman	tonight

	A
And she	left a little letter said

	A/C#	D/F#
She’s g	onna make a stop in Ne	vada

G	D/F#	Em7	A
Good	bye,	good	bye

Bm7	A/C#

D	D/F#	G	D/F#
She tried for y	ears to be a	good wife

Em7	A7sus4	D	G/D
It never	quite got off the	ground

D	D9	G	D/F#
And all those	stories of the	good life

Em7	G	G/B
Convinced her not to hang	around

A	A/C#	D/F#	D
Oh, and now she’s h	eadin’ out to Calif	ornia

	A
And she	doesn’t know what’s comin’ but

	A/C#	D/F#	D
She’s s	ure of what she’s leaving be	hind

	A
And she	left a little letter said

	A/C#	D/F#
She’s g	onna make a stop in Ne	vada

G	D/F#	Em7	A
Good	bye,	good	bye

Bm7	A/C#

Interlude over verse chords

D	D/F#	G	Em7	A7sus4	D	C	A	D

D	D/F#	G	D/F#
And though she f	inds it hard to	leave him

Em7	A7sus4	D	G/D
She knows it	would be worse to	stay

D	D9	G	D/F#
He wouldn’t	understand the	reasons

Em7	G	G/B
That make a woman run aw	ay

A	A/C#	D/F#	D
Oh, and now she’s h	eadin’ out to Calif	ornia

	A
With some	money in her pocket she’s a

	A/C#	D/F#	D
R	ocket on the fourth of Ju	ly

	A
And she	left a little letter said

	A/C#	D/F#	D
She’s g	onna make a stop in Ne	vada

This A is the A that starts the next line...

G	D/F#	Em7	A
Good	bye,	good	bye

A	A/C#	D/F#	D
Oh, and now she’s h	eadin’ out to Calif	ornia

	A
With some	money in her pocket she’s a

	A/C#	D/F#	D
R	ocket on the fourth of Ju	ly

	A
And she	left a little letter said

	A/C#	D/F#
She’s g	onna make a stop in Ne	vada

G	D/F#	Em7	A
Good	bye,	good	bye

Bm7

A/C#

D

G

Em7

A

D

Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls (PPM arrangement)

This is based on the Peter, Paul, and Mary version, which is in E. Billy Joel’s

is in F.

I play in D

D	D	D	G
			x4

	D	G	D/F#
They say that	these are not the	best of	times

	G	D/F#	Em7	D/F#	A
But t	hey’re the	only	times I’ve ever	known

	D	G	D/F#	G	D/F#
And I be	lieve there is a	time for	medit	ation

	Em7	A	E	A
In cat	hedrals of our	own	→

F#/A#	Bm	Bm/A
Now I have	seen that sad	surrender

	G	G	D/F#
In my	lover’s eyes

	E	E/G#	A
And	I can only	stand apart and	sympathize

	D	Em7	G
For we are	always what our	situations	hand us

	A	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

A	D	C	G	A
Sadness or eu	phoria	→

	D	G	D/F#
And so we’ll	argue and we’ll co	mpromi	se

	G	D/F#	Em7	D	A
And r	eal	ize that n	othing’s really	changed

	D	G	D/F#
For all our m	utual ex	perienc	e

	G	D/F#	Em7	A	E	A
Our	separ	ate conc	lusions are the	same	→

F#/A#	Bm	Bm/A
Now we are	forced to recog	nize our

	G	G	D/F#
Inhu	manity

	E	E/G#	A
Our	reason coex	ists with our in	sanity

	D	Em7	G
And so we c	hoose between re	ality and m	adness

	A	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

If going into a solo here, the F# comes right after the D

A	D
Sadness or eu	phoria

Instrumental if appropriate on chorus chords, with F# leading in

F#	Bm	Bm/A	G	D/F#
→

E	E/G#	A	A
D	Em7	G	A
G	C	G	A
	→

PPM do a full verse here on “la”

F#/A#	Bm	Bm/A	G	G	D/F#
How thought	lessly we dissi	pate our ener	gies

	E	E/G#	A
Perh	aps we don’	t fulfill each other’s	fantasies

	D	Em7	G
So we	stand upon the	ledges of our liv	es

	A	G	C	G
With our resp	ective simi	larities	→

	A	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia

Hanging end on G, I usually stop here

PPM do *another* full verse here on “la”

Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls

This is based on the Billy Joel version, which is in F.

I play in D

As much walking between chords as you can fit in

D	D/F#	Em7	G
A7	A7	G	G

	D	D/F#
They say that	these are not the	best of times

	Em7	G	D	D/F#	Em7	G
But t	hey’re the only	times I’ve ever	known

	D	D/F#	Em7
And I be	lieve that there’s a	time for medit	ation

	G	A7	E	A
In cat	hedrals of our	own	→

	F#/A#	Bm	Bm/A
N	ow I have	seen that sad sur	render

	G	G	D/F#
In my	lover’s eyes

	E7	A7
And	I can only stand apart and	sympathize

	G	D/F#	Em7
For we are	always what our	situations	hand us

	A7	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

D	D/F#	Em7	G
A7	A7	G	G

	D	D/F#
And so we’ll	argue and we’ll co	mpromise

	Em7	G	D	D/F#	Em7	G
And r	ealize that n	othing’s really	changed

	D	D/F#
For all our m	utual ex	perience

	Em7	G	A7	E	A
Our	separate conc	lusions are the	same	→

	F#/A#	Bm	Bm/A
N	ow we are	forced to recog	nize our

	G	G	D/F#
Inhu	manity

	E7	A7
Our	reason coexists with our in	sanity

	G	D/F#	Em7
And though we c	hoose between re	ality and m	adness

	A7	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

Instrumental if appropriate

D	D/F#	Em7	G
A7	A7	G	G
D	D/F#	Em7	G
A7	A7	E	A	F#/A#
		→

	Bm	Bm/A	G	G	D/F#
How t	houghtlessly we di	ssipate our e	nergies

	E7	A7
Perh	aps we don’t fulfill each other’s	fantasies

	G	D/F#	Em7
And as we	stand upon the	ledges of our liv	es

	A7	G	C	G
With our resp	ective simi	larities	→

	A7	G	C	G
It’s either	sadness or eup	horia	→

A7	G
Sadness or euph	oria

Billy Joel - Tell Her About It

Originally in Bb, I play in E capo 2

E	E	D	A
			x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E	E	D	A
			Oooh x2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bridge

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outro

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

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

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

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

Billy Joel - The Ballad of Billy the Kid

On guitar, I play the slow part at tempo and skip the

at-tempo part of the intro.

Slow, swung, or play at tempo

G
G	Em	F
G	Em	F	C	D
G	Em	F	C	G/B	Am	D

At tempo, straight, skip on guitar

F/G	C/G	C/G	F/G	G
				x2

	G	Em	F
From a	town known a	s Wheeling, West Vi	rginia

	G	Em	F	C	D
Rode	a boy with a	six-gun in his	hand

	G	Em	F	C
And his	daring life of c	rime made him a le	gend in his t	ime

	G/B	Am7	D7sus
East	and	west of the	Rio Grande

F/G	C/G	C/G	F/G	G
				x2

	G	Em	F
Well, he sta	rted with a	bank in Color	ado

	G	Em	F	C	D
In the po	cket of his v	est a Colt he h	id

	G	Em
And his	age and his s	ize

	F	C	G/B
Took the t	eller by surpr	ise	and

Am7	D7sus
The word spread	of Billy the Kid

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

	C	D	Em	Bm
Well he	never traveled h	eavy, yes he	always rode al	one

	C	C/D	F/G
And he so	on put many o	lder guns to sha	me

	C	D	Em	Bm
And he ne	ver had a sw	eetheart, and he n	ever had a h	ome

	C	Dsus4	D
But the	cowboy and the rancher knew his name

	G	Em	F
Well, he r	obbed his way from	Utah to Oklah	oma

	G	Em	F	C	D
And the l	aw just could not s	eem to track him	down

	G	Em	F	C	G/B
And it se	rved his legend	well, for the f	olks they’d love to te	ll	’bout

Am7	D7sus
When Billy the Kid	came to town

F/G	C/G	C/G	F/G	G
				x2

Interlude if appropriate

C	C/E	F	C	C	G
F	G

C	C/E	F	C	C	G
F	C

Bb/C
F	C

F/G	C/G	C/G	F/G	G
				x2

	G	Em	F
Well o	ne cold day a p	osse captured B	illy

	G	Em	F	C	D
And the j	udge said string him	up for what he	did

	G	Em	F	C	G/B
And the c	owboys and their	kin, like the s	ea came pourin’	in to	to watch

Am7	D7sus
The hangin’	of Billy the Kid

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

	C	D	Em	Bm
Well he n	ever traveled he	avy, yes he	always rode al	one

	C	C/D	F/G
And he so	on put many	older guns to sh	ame

	C	D	Em	Bm
And he n	ever had a sw	eetheart, but he f	inally found a h	ome

	C	Dsus4	D
Underne	ath the Boot Hill grave that bears his na	me

	G	Em	F
From a t	own known as	Oyster Bay, Long I	sland

	G	Em	F	C	D
Rode a b	oy with a	six-pack in his h	and

	G	Em	F	C
And his d	aring life of c	rime made him a l	egend in his t	ime

G/B	Am7	D7sus
East and w	est of the	Rio Grande

F/G	C/G	C/G	F/G	G
				x2

Interlude if appropriate

C	C/E	F	C	C	G
F	G

C	C/E	F	C	C	G
F	C

Bb/C
F	C

Billy Joel - The Downeaster ‘Alexa’

Originally in Am, I play in Em.

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

Mostly muted, be judicioius with strumming.

Em

Vox start on 1 2 3 of the major key

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

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

	C	G	Am
I have	charted a	course to the	Vineyard

	Em	D	C
But to	night I am	Nantucket	bound

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

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

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

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

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

	G	D	C
And I	go where the	ocean is	deep

	C	G	Am
There are	giants out	there in the	canyons

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	C	G	Am
Tell my	wife I am	trolling	Atlantis

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

Interlude, lots of ayyy-o and accordion noises

Em

	G	D	Em
Now I	drive my Downe	aster Al	exa

	G	D	C
More and	more miles from	shore every	year

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Billy Joel - The Entertainer

G

	G	C	G/B	C
I	am the entertainer and I	know just where	I	stand

	C	G/B	C	D
A	nother serenade	r and another	long-haired b	and

	G	C
To	day I am your champion, I	may have won your hearts

	C	D
But I	know the game, you’ll fo	rget my name

	Am7	Cmaj7
And I	won’t be here in	another year

	D	G
If I	don’t stay on the ch	arts

G

	G	C/E	G/D	C
I	am the entertainer and I’ve	had to pay	my	price

	C	G/B	G/B	C	D
The	things I did not	know at first I l	earned by	doin’	twice

	G
Ah, but	still they come to haunt me

	C/E	C
S	till they want their	say

	C	D
So I’ve l	earned to dance with a h	and in my pants

	Am7	Cmaj7
Let ‘em	rub my neck and I	write ‘em a check

	D	G
And they	go their merry wa	y

G

	G	C/E	G/D	C
I	am the entertainer,	been all around	the	world

	C	G/B	G/B	C	D
I’ve	played all kinds of palace	s and l	aid all	kinds of	girls

	G	C/E	C
I	can’t remember faces,	I don’t remember	names

	C	D
Ah, but	what the hell, you know it’s	just as well

	Am7	Cmaj7
‘Cause a	fter a while and a t	housand miles

D	G
It all becomes the s	ame

G

	G	C/E	G/D	C
I	am the entertainer, I	bring to you	my	songs

	C	G/B	G/B	C	D
I’d	like to spend a	day or two, but I	can’t	stay that	long

	G	C/E	C
No, I’ve	got to meet expenses, I	got to stay in	line

	C	D
Gotta	get those fees to the	agencies

	Am7	Cmaj7
And I’d	love to stay but there’s	bills to pay

	D	G
So I	just don’t have the ti	me

G

	G	C/E	G/D	C
I	am the entertainer, I	come to do	my	show

	C	G/B	G/B	C	D
You’ve	heard my latest recor	d, it’s b	een on the	radi	o

	G
Ah, it	took me years to write it, they were the

C/E	C
Best years of my	life

	Cmaj7	D
It was a b	eautiful song, but it	ran too long

	Am7	C
If you’re	gonna have a hit, you	gotta make it fit

	D	G
So they	cut it down to 3:0	5

G

G	C/E	G/D	C
I am the entertainer, the	idol	of my	age

	C	G/B	G/B	C	D
I	make all kinds of mone	y when I	go	on the	stage

	G
Ah, you’ve	seen me in the papers

	C/E	C
I’ve	been in the ma	gazines

	C	D
But if	I go cold I	won’t get sold

	Am7	C
I’ll get	put in the back in the	discount rack

	D	G
Like a	nother can of be	ans

G

Hanging stops

	G	C/E	G/D	C
I	am the entertainer and I	know just where	I	stand

	C	G/B	C	D
A	nother serenader and	another	long-haired b	and

	G	C/E	C
To	day I am your champion, I	may have won your	hearts

	C	D
But I	know the game, you’ll fo	rget my name

	Am7	Cmaj7
And I	won’t be here in	another year

	D	G
If I	don’t stay on the ch	arts

G

Billy Joel - The Longest Time

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

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

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

hap*pened*".

A	E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

E	A
For the longest	time

E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh

E

For the longest time

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

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

C#	F#m
What else could	I do

E7	A	A7
I’m so insp	ired	by you

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

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

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

C#	F#m
That’s where you	found me

E7	A	A7
When you put your	arms a	round me

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

A	E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

E	A
For the longest	time

E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh

E

For the longest time

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

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

C#	F#m
Is how I	need you

E7	A	A7
And how you n	eeded	me too

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

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

	G#7
But	you feel so right

	A
And	I could be wrong

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

	B7
But	I’ve gone this far

	E	E7
And it’s	more than I	hoped for

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

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

C#	F#m
I’ll take my	chances

E7	A	A7
I forgot how n	ice r	omance is

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

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

	G#7
I s	aid to myself

	A
Hold	on to your heart

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

	B7
You’re	wonderful so far

	E	E7
And it’s	more than I	hoped for

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

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

C#	F#m
I want you	so bad

E7	A	A7
I think you	ought to	know that

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

A	E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

E	A
For the longest	time

E	A	D
Oh,	oh,	oh

E

For the longest time

Billy Joel - The River of Dreams

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

Billy Joel - The Stranger

Intro, skip on guitar

Em	Em/D	Cmaj7	Cmaj7	B	B	Cmaj7	Cmaj7
E	E/F#	E/G#	Am	Am/G	D/F#	C/E
	→

D	B/D#

Whistle

Em	Em/D	Cmaj7	Cmaj7	B	B	Cmaj7	Cmaj7
E	E/F#	E/G#	Am	Am/G	D/F#	C/E
	→

B/D#	A/C#	B	B/A	Em

Em	C7	Em	C7

	Em	Am	Em
Well we	all have a face that we	hide away for	ever

	Am	C	D	B7
And we	take them out and	show ourselves when	everyone has gone

	Em	Am	Em
Some are	satin some are steel some are	silk and some are	leather

	Am	D	Bm	Em
They’re the	faces of the	stranger but we	love to try them	on

Em	C7	Em	C7

	Em	Am	Em
Well we	all fall in love but we	disregard the	danger

	Am	C	D	B7
Though we	share so many	secrets there are	some we never tell

	Em	Am	Em
Why were	you so surprised that you	never saw the	stranger?

	Am	D	Bm	Em
Did you	ever let your	lover see the	stranger in your	self?

Vox on the 5, but then I go *down* to avoid the falsetto bit

On guitar that iM7 just wants to be im.

Gmaj7	GmM7	D/F#
Don’t be af	raid to try a	gain

D7	Gmaj7	GmM7	D/F#	D7
Everyone goes	south e	very now and	then,	oh oh

Gmaj7	GmM7	D/F#
You’ve done it,	why can’t someone	else?

D7	Bm7	Bbaug	A6	B7
You should know by	now	you’ve been there your	self

	Em	Am	Em
Once I	used to believe I was	such a great ro	mancer

	Am	C	D	B7
Then I	came home to a	woman that I	could not recognize

	Em	Am	Em
When I	pressed her for a reason she re	fused to even	answer

	Am	D	Bm	Em
It was	then I felt the	stranger kick me	right between the	eyes

Em	C7	Em	C7

	Em	Am	Em
Well we	all fall in love but we	disregard the	danger

	Am	C	D	B7
Though we	share so many	secrets there are	some we never tell

	Em	Am	Em
Why were	you so surprised that you	never saw the	stranger

	Am	D	Bm	Em
Did you	ever let your	lover see the	stranger in your	self?

Gmaj7	GmM7	D/F#
Don’t be af	raid to try a	gain

D7	Gmaj7	GmM7	D/F#	D7
Everyone goes	south e	very now and	then,	oh oh

Gmaj7	GmM7	D/F#
You’ve done it,	why can’t someone	else?

D7	Bm7	Bbaug	A6	B7
You should know by	now	you’ve been there your	self

	Em	Am	Em
You may	never understand how the	stranger is ins	pired

	Am	C	D	B7
But he	isn’t always	evil and he	is not always wrong

	Em	Am	Em
Though you	drown in good intentions you will	never quench the	fire

	Am	D	Bm	Em
You’ll give	in to your de	sire when the	stranger comes a	long

Em	C7	Em	C7

Billy Joel - Travelin’ Prayer

Starts drums, then bass on D

C/D	D
	x2

D

Hey lord, take a look all around

	G	C	D
To	night to find where my	baby’s gonna	be

	G
Hey lord, would ya look out for her to	night

	C	C/B	A
‘Cause she is	far ac	ross the	sea

D	G	C
Hey lord, would ya	look out for her to	night

	F	Bb
And make sure that	she’s gonna be al	right

	A	D
And things are gonna	be alright with	me

D	G	D	A
			x2

D	G
Hey lord, would ya look out for her to	night

	C	D	G	D	A
And make sure that	all her dreams are	sweet

D	G
Said now, would ya guide her along the	roads

	C	C/B	A
And make them	softer	for her	feet

A	D	A	G	A
			→

D	G9	C
Hey lord, would ya	look out for her to	night

	F	Bb
And make sure that	she’s gonna be al	right

	A	D
Until she’s	home and here with	me

D	G	D	A
			x2

D	G
Hey, lord would ya look out for her to	night

	C	D	G	D	A
If she is	sleepin’ under the	sky

D	G
Said now, make sure the ground she’s	sleepin’ on

	C	C/B	A
Is	always	warm and	dry

A	D	A	G	A
			→

D	G	C
Mmmm, don’tcha	give her too much	rain

	F	Bb
Try to	keep her away from	pain

	A	D
Because my	baby hates to c	ry

D	G	D	A
			x2

D	G
Hey lord, would ya look out for her to	night

	C	D	G	D	A
‘Cause it gets	rough along the	way

D	G
Said now, this song seems strange it’s	just because

	C	C/B	A
I	don’t know	how to	pray

A	D	A	G	A
			→

D	G9	C
Mmmm, won’tcha	give her peace of	mind

	F	Bb
And if you	ever find the	time

	A	D
Won’tcha tell her I	miss her every	day

D	G	D	A
			x2

Solo on verse chords if appropriate, i.e., if awesome

In the original it’s a piano solo, then a violin

solo, each a full verse.

Hanging stops until the DGDA at the end of each line

D

Hey lord, take a look all around

	G	C	D	G	D	A
To	night to find where my	baby’s gonna	be

D	G
Hey lord, would ya look out for her to	night

	C	C/B	A
‘Cause she is	far ac	ross the	sea

A	D	A	G	A
			→

D	G9	C
Hey lord, would ya	look out for her to	night

	F	Bb
And make sure that	she’s gonna be al	right

	A	D
Until she’s	home and here with	me

D	G	D	A
	D
With	me

D	G	D	A
			x2

Hanging stop on D

D

Weird boinky noise and banjos

Billy Joel - Uptown Girl

Originally in E, I play in A capo 1.

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

Vox start on the root

A	Bm
Oh oh oh	oh oh oh oh

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

A

Uptown girl

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

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

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

D	E
I’m gonna	try for an

A

Uptown girl

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

D	E	A
As long as	anyone with	hot blood can

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

D	E
That’s what I	am

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

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

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

D	Bm
She’ll see I’m	not so tough

Em	E
Just because	I’m in love with an

A

Uptown girl

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

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

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

D	E
She’s got a	choice

Bridge

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

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

C	D	D#dim7	Em	D
Ohh...			→

C	D	D#dim7	E
Ohh...

A

Uptown girl

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

D	E	A
But maybe	someday when my	ship comes in

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

D	E
And then I’ll	win

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

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

D	Bm
She’ll say I’m	not so tough

Em	E
Just because	I’m in love with an

A

Uptown girl

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

D	E	A
As long as	anyone with	hot blood can

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

D	E
That’s what I	am

Bridge

C	D	D#dim7	Em	D
Ohh...

C	D	D#dim7	E
Ohh...

(Uptown girl, repeat to fade...)

A

Bm

C#m

D

E

Billy Joel - Vienna

I play the intro as something like:

 |-G+------F7--------G-Cm-D7-G/D-|
 |------------------------------|
E|-7----7--5-5/7\5-3-3-3--2--3---|
B|-8----8--4---------3-4--1--3---|
G|-8-876---5---------4-5--2--4---|
D|-------------------5-------0---|

G+	G9+/F	F#dim7	C/G
Am7b5/D#	D7	G

Em	G
Slow down, you c	razy child

Vox on the 4 3 3 2 on “juveni-ile”

	D	F
You’re s	o ambitious for a	juvenile

	C
But then if	you’re so smart, tell me

G	A7	B9	B7
Why are you still so afraid?		→

Em	G
Where’s the fire, what’s the	hurry about?

	D	F
You’d better	cool it off before you	burn it out

	C
You’ve got	so much to do and

	G	F#m7	B9	B7
Only	so many hours in a	day	→

Vox *down* to the 1 6 5 of the chord on “truth is told”

C	D
But you know that when the	truth is told

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
That you can	get what you	want or you can	just get old

Vox on the 4 of the chord on “even”

	C	F#m7
You’re gonna	kick off before you	even

	B7	Em7	A7
Get hal	fway throug	h, ooh o	oh

	D#9	D7	G
When will you realize		Vienna waits for	you?

G

Em	G
Slow down, you’re	doing fine

	D	F
You can’t be	everything you want to be befor	e your time

	C	G	A7
Although it’s	so romantic on the	borderline tonight

	B9	B7
Toni	ght

Em	G
Too bad but it’s the	life you lead

	D	F
You’re so ah	ead of yourself that you for	got what you need

	C
Though you can	see when you’re wrong, you know

	G	F#m7
You can’	t always see when you’re right

	B9	B7
You’re righ	t

C	D
You’ve got your passion, you’ve	got your pride

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
But do	n’t you know that	only fools are	satisfied?

C	F#m7
Dream on, but don’t im	agine they’ll

B7	Em7	A7
All come true	, ooh o	oh

	D#9	D7	G
When will you realize		Vienna waits for	you?

Solo on a half-verse

C	D7
Slow down you	crazy child

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
And take the	phone off the	hook and disap	pear for a while

C	F#m7
It’s all right, you can afford	to lose a

B7	Em	A7
Day or two	, ooh o	oh

	D#9	D7	G
When will you realize		Vienna waits for	you?

C	D
And you know that when the	truth is told

	G	D/F#	Em	Em/D
That you can	get what you	want or you can	just get old

	C	F#m7
You’re gonna	kick off before you	even

	B7	Em7	A7
Get hal	fway throug	h, ooh o	oh

	D#9	D7	G	E7
Why don’t you realize		Vienna waits for	you?

	Em7/A	D7
When will you	realize,	Vienna waits for...

G+	G9+/F	F#dim7	C/G
You

Am7b5/D#

D7

G

Billy Joel - We Didn’t Start the Fire

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

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

G	Gadd9	Em7	C
			x 2

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

Em	C
South Pacific, Walter Winchell,	Joe DiMaggio

G	D
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon,	Studebaker, television

Em	C
North Korea, South Korea,	Marilyn Monroe

G	D	Em	C

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

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

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

Em	C
Marciano, Liberace,	Santayana goodbye

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

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

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
No we	didn’t light it

	C
But we	tried to fight it

G	D
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov,	Nasser and Prokofiev

Em	C
Rockefeller, Campanella,	Communist Bloc

G	D
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron,	Toscanini, Dacron

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

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

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

G	D
Bardot, Budapest,	Alabama, Khrushchev

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

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
It was	always burning

	C
Since the	world’s been turning

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
No we	didn’t light it

	C
But we	tried to fight it

Bridge

C	Am
Little Rock, Pasternak,	Mickey Mantle, Kerouac

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

C	Am
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle,	California baseball

Em	D
Stark weather, homicide,	children of thalidomide

D

Oh-oh, oh-oh

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

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

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

Em	C
Chubby Checker, Psycho,	Belgians in the Congo

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
It was	always burning

	C
Since the	world’s been turning

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
No we	didn’t light it

	C
But we	tried to fight it

G	D
Hemingway, Eichmann,	Stranger in a Strange Land

Em	C
Dylan, Berlin,	Bay of Pigs invasion

G	D
Lawrence of Arabia,	British Beatle mania

Em	C
Ole Miss, John Glenn,	Liston beats Patterson

G	D
Pope Paul, Malcolm X,	British politician sex

Hard stop on “what else”

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

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
It was	always burning

	C
Since the	world’s been turning

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
No we	didn’t light it

	C
But we	tried to fight it

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

Em	C
Moon shot, Woodstock,	Watergate, punk rock

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

Em	C
Ayatollah’s in Iran,	Russians in Afghanistan

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

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

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

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

Hard stop on “rock”

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

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
It was	always burning

	C
Since the	world’s been turning

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
But when	we are gone

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

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
It was	always burning

	C
Since the	world’s been turning

G	D
We didn’t start the	fire

	Em
No we	didn’t light it

	C
But we	tried to fight it

Billy Joel - Worse Comes to Worst

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro, with weird wah noises

B7

Enter normal instrumentation

A	E	G	D

A	E
Today I’m livin’ like a	rich man’s son

G	D
Tomorrow morning I could	be a bum

A	E
It doesn’t matter which di	rection though

G	D
I know a woman in New M	exico

Bm7	E
Worse comes to	worst

Bm7	E
I’ll get a	long

Bm7	E
I don’t know	how but sometimes

Bm7	E
I can be s	trong

A	E
And if I don’t have a c	ar I’ll hitch

G	D
I got a thumb and she’s a s	on of a bitch

A	E
I do my writing on my r	oad guitar

G	D
And make a living at a pi	ano bar, oh

Bm7	E
Worse comes to	worst

Bm7	E
I’ll get a	long

Bm7	E
I don’t know	how but sometimes

Bm7	E
I can be s	trong

Bridge, half-time

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “lightning”

G	D
Lightning and th	under

Vox on ascending 5 1 3 on “flashed across the roads”

	A	E
F	lashed across the roads we drove upo	n

G	D
Oh, but it’s clear skies we’re u	nder

Vox on 1 3 3 of the chord on “when I am”, 1 of the chord on “song”

	F#m	E
W	hen I am together, w	hen I sing the song

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

Bm7	E
Worse comes to	worst

Bm7	E
I’ll get a	long

Bm7	E
I don’t know	how but sometimes

Bm7	E
I can be s	trong, oh

A	E
Fun ain’t easy if	it ain’t free

G	D
Too many people got a	hold on me

A	E
But I know something that	they don’t know

G	D
I know a woman in New	Mexico

Bm7	E
Worse comes to	worst

Bm7	E
I’ll get a	long

Bm7	E
I don’t know	how but sometimes

Bm7	E
I can be s	trong

Billy Joel - You May Be Right

A

Friday night I crashed your party

Saturday I said I’m sorry

	E
Sunday came and trashed me out a	gain

	Bm
I was	only having fun

	G
Wasn’t	hurting anyone

	E	A
And we	all enjoyed the weekend for a	change

	A
I was	stranded in the combat zone

I walked through Bedford Sty alone

	E
Even rode my motorcycle in the	rain

	Bm
And you	told me not to drive

	G
But I	made it home alive

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

	E	A
You may be	right I may be	crazy

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

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

	D	E
You may be	wrong for all I	know

	A
But you may be	right

A

Remember how I found you there

Alone in your electric chair

	E
I told you dirty jokes until you	smiled

	Bm
You were	lonely for a man

	G
I said	take me as I am

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

	A
Now	think of all the years you tried to

Find someone to satisfy you

	E
I might be as crazy as you	say

	Bm
If I’m	crazy then it’s true

	G
That it’s	all because of you

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

	E	A
You may be	right I may be	crazy

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

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

	D	E
You may be	wrong for all I	know

	A
But you may be	right

Solo if appropriate on verse chords

	E	A
You may be	right I may be	crazy

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

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

	D	E
You may be	wrong for all I	know

	A
You may be	right

A

You may be wrong but you may be right

Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart

Intro

A

You can tell the world, you never was my girl

	E
You can burn my clothes, when I’m	gone

	E
Or	you can tell your friends, just what a fool I’ve been

	A
And laugh and joke about me on the	phone

A

You can tell my arms, go back into the farm

	E
You can tell my feet to hit the	floor

	E
Or	you can tell my lips, to tell my fingertips

	A
They won’t be reaching out for you no	more

	A
But d	on’t tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

	E
I just don’t think he’d under	stand

	E
And	if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

	A
He might blow up and kill this	man, oooh

A	A	A	E
E	E	E	A

A

You can tell your maw, I moved to Arkansas

	E
You can tell your dog to bite my	leg

	E
Or	tell your brother Cliff, whose fist can tell my lip

	A
He never really liked me any	way

	A
Go	tell your aunt Louise, tell anything you please

	E
Myself already knows I’m not o	kay

	E
Or	you can tell my eye, watch out for my mind

	A
It might be walkin’ out on me to	day

	A
But d	on’t tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

	E
I just don’t think he’d under	stand

	E
And	if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

	A
He might blow up and kill this	man, oooh

A	A	A	E
E	E	E	A

A

Don’t tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

	E
I just don’t think he’d under	stand

	E
And	if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

	A
He might blow up and kill this	man

Let ring

A

Don’t tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

	E
I just don’t think he’d under	stand

	E
And	if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

	A
He might blow up and kill this	man, oooh

Band back in

A	A	A	E
E	E	E	A

Black Sabbath - Changes

Originally in C, I play in G

G	Am/D	G
	→	x2

	G	Am/D	G	G	Am/D	G
I feel unh	appy,	→	I feel so s	ad	→

	Am	G	Am/D	G
I’ve lost the	best friend, that I ever	had	→

	G	Am/D	G	G	Am/D	G
She was my w	oman,	→	I loved her s	o	→

	Am	G	Am/D	G
But it’s too	late now, I’ve let her	go	→

C	Bm	Am
I’m	going through	changes

C	Bm	Am
I’m	going through	changes

C	Bm	Am	Am
D	C	Em	Em
D	Em	Em
→

G	Am/D	G
	→	x2

	G	Am/D	G	G	Am/D	G
We shared the y	ears,	→	we shared each d	ay	→

	Am	G	Am/D	G
In love to	gether, we found a	way	→

	G	Am/D	G	G	Am/D	G
But soon the w	orld	→	had its evil w	ay	→

	Am	G	Am/D	G
My heart was	blinded, love went a	stray	→

C	Bm	Am
I’m	going through	changes

C	Bm	Am
I’m	going through	changes

C	Bm	Am	Am
D	C	Em	Em
D	Em	Em
→

G	Am/D	G
	→	x2

Am
G	Am/D	G
	→	x3

	G	Am/D	G	G	Am/D	G
It took so l	ong	→	to reali	ze	→

	Am	G	Am/D	G
And I can	still hear her last good	byes	→

	G	Am/D	G	G	Am/D	G
Now all my d	ays	→	are filled with t	ears	→

	Am	G	Am/D	G
Wish I could	go back and change these	years	→

C	Bm	Am
I’m	going through	changes

C	Bm	Am
I’m	going through	changes

C	Bm	Am	Am
D	C	Em	Em
D	Em	Em
→

Em

Black Sabbath - Iron Man

Originally in Bm, I play in Am

Intro, with “I am iron man”

Em	D
→	x3

Main riff

Am	C	D	F	C	D
					x2

Am	C	D
Has	he lost h	is mind?

F	C	D
Can he see or	is h	e blind?

Am	C	D
Can	he walk at	all

F	C	D
Or if he moves	will h	e fall?

Main riff

Am	C	D	F	C	D

Am	C	D
Is h	e live o	r dead?

F	C	D
Has he thoughts with	in h	is head?

Am	C	D
We’ll	just pass h	im there

F	C	D
Why should we	even	care?

Am	C	Am	Ab5	G
		→	→

D	F#5	G	G	Ab5
→	→	→	→

Am	C	Am	Ab5	G
		→	→

D	F#5	G	G	Ab5
→	→	→	→

Am	C	Am	Ab5	G
		→	→

Main riff

Am	C	D	F	C	D
					x2

Am	C	D
He	was turned t	o steel

F	C	D
In the great mag	net	ic field

Am	C	D
When	he travele	d time

F	C	D
For the future	of	mankind

D

Nobody wants him

C	Am
He just stares at the	world

Very approximate chords for the riffy business

Am	C	D
		x2

D

Planning his vengeance

C	Am
That he will soon un	furl

Am	C	D
		x2

Main riff

Am	C	D	F	C	D
					x2

Am	C	D
Now	the time i	s here

F	C	D
For Iron Man	to sp	read fear

Am	C	D
Ven	geance from t	he grave

F	C	D
Kills the people	he o	nce saved

D

Nobody wants him

C	Am
They just turn their	heads

Am	C	D
		x2

D

Nobody helps him

C	Am
Now he has his re	venge

Am	C	D
		x2

Solo mostly on...

Bm

Am	C	D
		x4

Main riff

Am	C	D	F	C	D
					x2

Am	C	D
Hea	vy boots	of lead

F	C	D
Fills his vic	tims full	of dread

Am	C	D
Run	ning as fast as	they can

F	C	D
Iron Man l	ives	again

Am	C	Am	Ab5	G
		→	→

D	F#5	G	G	Ab5
→	→	→	→

Am	C	Am	Ab5	G
		→	→

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Originally in Em, I play in Am capo 3

Am	G	C	G	Am
		→

Am	G	C	G	Am
		→

Am	G	C	G	Am
Finished with my woman ‘cause she	couldn’t help me	with	my	mind

Am	G	C	G	Am
People think I’m insane because	I am frowning	all	the time

Am	F	G	Am

Am	G	C	G	Am
All day long I think of things but	nothing seems to	sat	is	fy

Am	G	C	G	Am
Think I’ll lose my mind if I don’t fin	d something to	pac	i	fy

Am	G
Can you help me?

	Am	G
Occupy my brai	n, oh	yeah

Am	G	C	G	Am
		→

Am	G	C	G	Am
I need someone to show me the	things in life that	I	can’t f	ind

Am	G	C	G	Am
I can’t see the things that make true	happiness I	must	be b	lind

Am	F	G	Am

Am	G	C	G	Am
Make a joke and I will sigh and	you will laugh and	I	will cr	y

Am	G	C	G	Am
Happiness I cannot feel, so	love for me is	so	unreal

Am	F	G	Am

Am	G	C	G	Am
And so as you hear these words tel	ling you now	of	my	fate

Am	G	C	G	Am
I tell you to enjoy life I	wish I could but	it’s	too lat	e

Am	G	C	G	Am
		→

Black Sabbath - War Pigs

Yes, really, this works acoustic. It’s especially good with a

low harmony doing just E E E E E E E B. Also FWIW, the E5’s

are all really E major.

D5	E5
	x 4

D5	E5
	Generals gathered in their masses

D5	E5
	Just like witches at black masses

D5	E5
	Evil minds that plot destruction

D5	E5
	Sorcerers of death’s construction

D5	E5
	In the fields the bodies burning

D5	E5
	As the war machine keeps turning

D5	E5
	Death and hatred to mankind

D5	E5
	Poisoning their brainwashed minds, oh lord yeah!

D5	E5	G	F#	F	E5
D5	E5	G	F#	F	E5

E5

Politicians hide themselves away

E5

They only started the war

E5

Why should they go out to fight?

E5

They leave that role to the poor

I keep going right through this part, though the original has an instrumental here.

E5

Time will tell on their power minds

E5

Making war just for fun

E5

Treating people just like pawns in chess

E5

Wait till their judgment day comes, yeah!

D5	E5	G	F#	F	E5
D5	E5	G	F#	F	E5

D5	E5
	x 2

D5	E5
	Now in darkness, world stops turning

D5	E5
	Ashes where the bodies burning

D5	E5
	No more war pigs have the power

D5	E5
	Hand of God has struck the hour

D5	E5
	Day of judgment, God is calling

D5	E5
	On their knees, the war pigs crawling

D5	E5
	Begging mercy for their sins

D5	E5
	Satan, laughing, spreads his wings, alright now!

D5	E5	G	F#	F	E5
D5	E5	G	F#	F	E5

Blind Faith - Can’t Find My Way Home

Originally in D, I play in A. Highest note that matters is the 6 (“near the end”).

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E	C	D	A	A
							x2

Vox on the 5 on “down”

	A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
Come	down off your	throne and	leave your body al	one

C	D	A
Some	body must	change

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
You are the	reason I’ve been	waiting so	long

C	D	A
Some	body holds the	key

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “near”

	D/F#	E7	A
Well, I’m	near the end, and I	just ain’t got the	time

Vox on 2 1 of the chord on “wasted”

Bm7	D	A/C#	Bm	A
And I’m wasted and I	can’t find	my	way	home

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E	C	D	A	A
							x2

	A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
Come d	own on your	own and l	eave your body al	one

C	D	A
Someb	ody must c	hange

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
You are the	reason I’ve been	waiting all these	years

C	D	A
Someb	ody holds the k	ey

	D/F#	E7	A
Well, I’m	near the end, and I	just ain’t got the	time, oh

Bm7	D	A/C#	Bm	A
And I’m wasted and I	can’t find	my	way	home

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E	C	D	A	A

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
	C	D	A
But I	can’t	find my way	home

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
	C	D	A
But I	can’t	find my way	home

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
	C	D	A
But I	can’t find	my way	home

A/G	D/F#	Dm/F	A/E
	C	D	A
But I	can’t find	my way	home

	C	D	A
But I	can’t find	my way	home

	C	D	A
And I	ain’t got	nothing	wrong

	C	D	A
And I	can’t find	my way	home

Blind Melon - No Rain

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

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

Blondie - Call Me

Originally in Dm, I play in Em

Intro

Em	Em	A	G
		→

Em	Em	G	D
		→

Em	Em	A	G
		→

Em	Em	G	D
		→

Em

Color me your color, baby

C

Color me your car

Em

Color me your color, darling

C

I know who you are

Am	B
Come up off your	color chart

Am	B
I know where you’re	coming from

	Em	G
Call me	&n

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