Alan Doyle - I’ve Seen a Little (2012)

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

American Authors - Go Big Or Go Home (2016)

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 (2001)

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 (2006)

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

Andy Grammer - Honey I’m Good (2014)

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

Avicii - Wake Me Up (2013)

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 (2002)

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

Barns Courtney - Glitter and Gold (2017)

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

Big and Rich - Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) (2004)

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

BoJack Horseman - Kyle and the Kids (2015)

Originally in C, I play in A

A	D/A

A	E/G#	F#m	F#m7/E
Kyle	and the	kids

Bm7	E
Kyle’s a dad and	Charlotte’s married to him

A	E/G#	F#m	F#m7/E
And they’ve	got some	kids

Vox on 7 5 of the chord on “Penny”

	Bm7	C#m7
There’s	Penny, she’s going to	high school

	D	D#dim	E
She’s got a	brother, her	brother’s name is	Trip

They’re the perfect family

Key change

A#	F/A	Gm	Gm7/F
Kyle	and the	kids

	Cm7	F	A#
He	loves his wife and there’s	nothing you can	do

A#	F/A	Gm	Gm7/F
Kyle	and the	kids

	Cm7	F	A#
Oh no, it’s gonna	be alright,	be alright oh	no

Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can’t Go Home (2005)

Originally in G, I play in E, highest note that matters is the 1 “WHO says”

Intro

E	Aadd9	F#m	Aadd9
			x 2

Vox on the 5 on “twenty”

	E	Aadd9
I spent twen	ty years trying to get	out of this place

	F#m	Aadd9
I was	lookin’ for something I c	ouldn’t replace

	E	Aadd9	B
I was r	unnin’ away from the onl	y thing I’ve	ever known

	E	Aadd9
And like a	blind dog with	out a bone

	F#m	Aadd9
I was a	gypsy lost in the tw	ilight zone

	E	Aadd9	B
I	hijacked a rainbow and c	rashed into a p	ot of gold

C#m	Aadd9	E
I’ve been there, done t	hat, I ain’t lookin’ b	ack on the seeds I’ve sown

	G#m	Aadd9	B
Saving	dimes, spending t	oo much time on the	telephone

	E
Who says you can’t go	home

E	Aadd9
Who says you	can’t go home

	F#m	Aadd9
There’s	only one place that call me	one of their own

	E	Aadd9	B
Just a	hometown boy, b	orn a rolling	stone

	E
Who says you can’t go	home

	Aadd9
Who says you	can’t go back

	F#m	Aadd9
Been	all around the world and as a	matter of fact

	E	Aadd9	B
There’s	only one place	left I wanna	go

	E
Who says you can’t go	home

	Aadd9	F#m
It’s alright, it’s alright	, it’s alright, it’s alright

	Aadd9
It’s alright

	E	Aadd9
I went as	far as I could, I tried to	find a new face

	F#m	Aadd9
There isn’t	one of these lines that	I would erase

	E	Aadd9	B
I’ve lived a	million miles of m	emories on that	road

	E	Aadd9
Every	step I take I know that I	’m not alone

	F#m	Aadd9
You take the	home from the boy, but not the	boy from his home

E	Aadd9	B
These are my streets, the	only life I’ve	ever known

	E
Who says you can’t go	home

E	Aadd9
Who says you	can’t go home

	F#m	Aadd9
There’s	only one place that call me	one of their own

	E	Aadd9	B
Just a	hometown boy, b	orn a rolling	stone

	E
Who says you can’t go	home

	Aadd9
Who says you	can’t go back

	F#m	Aadd9
Been	all around the world and as a	matter of fact

	E	Aadd9	B
There’s	only one place	left I wanna	go

	E
Who says you can’t go	home

	Aadd9	F#m
It’s alright, it’s alright	, it’s alright, it’s alright

	Aadd9	E
It’s alright,	who says you can’t go	home

	Aadd9	F#m
It’s alright, it’s alright	, it’s alright, it’s alright

	Aadd9	E
It’s alright,	who says you can’t go	home

Solo

E	A	F#m	A
E	A	F#m	B

C#m	Aadd9	E
I’ve been there, done	that, I ain’t looking	back

It’s been a long long road

	G#m	Aadd9	B
Feels	like I’ve never	left, that’s how the	story goes

Let ring

	E	Aadd9
It doesn’t	matter where you are, doesn’t	matter where you go

	F#m	Aadd9
If it’s a	million miles away or just a	mile up the road

	E	Aadd9	B	E
Take it	in, take it	with you when you	go, who says you can’t go	home

E	Aadd9
Who says you	can’t go home

	F#m	Aadd9
There’s	only one place that call me	one of their own

	E	Aadd9	B
Just a	hometown boy, b	orn a rolling	stone

	E
Who says you can’t go	home

	Aadd9
Who says you	can’t go back

	F#m	Aadd9
Been	all around the world and as a	matter of fact

	E	Aadd9	B
There’s	only one place	left I wanna	go

	E
Who says you can’t go	home

Bowling for Soup - 1985 (2004)

Originally in B, I play in A

Intro

	A	D	F#m	E
Hoo hoo hoo

	A	D	F#m	E	E
Hoo hoo hoo

Vox on the 3 on “Debbie”

A	D
Debbie just hit the wall,	she never had it all

F#m	E
One Prozac a day,	husband’s a CPA

A	D
Her dreams went out the door,	when she turned 24

F#m	E
Only been with one man,	what happened to her plan

A	D
She was gonna be an actress,	she was gonna be a star

F#m	E
She was gonna shake it all,	on the hood of Whitesnake’s car

A	D
Her yellow SUV,	is now the enemy

F#m	E
Looks at her average life,	and nothing, has been, all right since

	A	D
Bruce	Springsteen, Madonna,	way before Nirvana

	F#m	G
There was	U2 and Blondie and	music still on MTV

	A	D
Her	two kids, in high school, they	tell her that she’s uncool

	F#m	G
‘Cause	she’s still preoccupied,	with 19, 19, 1985

	A	D	F#m	E
Hoo hoo	hoo,	1985 hoo hoo hoo

A	D
She’s seen all the classics,	she knows every line

This is “even St. Elmo’s Fire” in the BfS version, but it doesn’t rhyme, so I’m keeping the SR-71 lyric

F#m	E
Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink,	Fast Times at Ridgemont High

A	D
She rocked out to Wham,	not a big Limp Bizkit fan

F#m	E
Thought she’d get a hand,	on a member of Duran Duran

A	D
Where’s the mini-skirt,	made of snakeskin

F#m	E
And who’s the other guy that’s	singing in Van Halen

A	D
When did reality,	become T.V.

Hard stop after “game shows”

F#m	E
What ever happened to,	sitcoms, game shows, on the radio

A	D
Springsteen, Madonna,	way before Nirvana

	F#m	G
There was	U2 and Blondie and	music still on MTV

	A	D
Her	two kids, in high school, they	tell her that she’s uncool

	F#m	G
‘Cause	she’s still preoccupied,	with 19, 19, 1985

Solo

	A	D	F#m	E
Hoo hoo hoo

Bridge

A	D
She hates time,	make it stop

	F#m	E
Wh	en did Motley Crue become	classic rock

A	D
And when did Ozzy,	become an actor

Hard stop on the last “stop”

F#m	E
Please make this	stop, stop, stop, and bring back

A	D
Springsteen, Madonna,	way before Nirvana

	F#m	G
There was	U2 and Blondie and	music still on MTV

	A	D
Her	two kids, in high school, they	tell her that she’s uncool

Not a typo, he doesn’t say “with” this time

	F#m	G
‘Cause	she’s still preoccupied,	1985

	A	D
(Bruce)	Springsteen, Madonna,	way before Nirvana

	F#m	G
There was	U2 and Blondie and	music still on MTV

	A	D
Her	two kids, in high school, they	tell her that she’s uncool

	F#m	G
‘Cause	she’s still preoccupied,	with 19, 19, 1985

Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (2000)

Originally in C#m, I play in Am

Am	Am
	Yeah YEAH yeah yeah yeah

Am	Am
	Yeah YEAH yeah yeah yeah

Am	E	Am
I think I	did it a	gain

	F	E
I made you bel	ieve we were more than just fr	iends (oh baby)

Am	E	Am
It might	seem like a c	rush

	F	E
But it doesn’t m	ean that I’m seriou	s

	F	E
‘Cause to l	ose all my se	nses

Hard stop on “me”

	F	G
That is jus	t so typically	me

Oh baby, baby

Am	E	Am
Oops I	did it a	gain

	G	C
I pl	ayed with your he	art

	G	C
Got l	ost in the g	ame

	E
Oh ba	by, baby

Am	E	Am
Oops you t	hink I’m in l	ove

	G	C
That I’m	sent from ab	ove

Hard stop on “innocent”

	E
I’m	not that innocent

	Am	E	Am
You	see my	problem is	this

	F
I’m dreaming aw	ay

	E	Am
Wishing that	heroes, they truly ex	ist

Am	E	Am
I cry,	watching the	days

	F	E
Can’t you see I’m a	fool in so many w	ays

	F	E
‘Cause to l	ose all my se	nses

	F	G
That is jus	t so typically	me

Oh baby, baby

Am	E	Am
Oops I	did it a	gain

	G	C
I pl	ayed with your he	art

	G	C
Got l	ost in the g	ame

	E
Oh ba	by, baby

Am	E	Am
Oops you t	hink I’m in l	ove

	G	C
That I’m	sent from ab	ove

	E
I’m	not that innocent

Bridge

Am

Spoken

Britney, before you go
There's something I want you to have
Oh, it's beautiful, but wait a minute, isn't this...?
Yeah, yes it is

F

But I thought the old lady dropped it

	G
Into the o	cean in the end

Am

Well baby, I went down and got it for you

Oh, you shouldn’t have

Rhythmic variation on chorus

Am	E	Am	G	C
Oops	I	did it a	gain to your	heart

	G	C	E
Got lo	st in	this game, oh ba	by

Am	E	Am
Oops	you	think that I’m

	G	C
S	ent from a	bove

	F	G
I’m n	ot that innoc	ent

Back to normal rhythm

Am	E	Am
Oops I	did it a	gain

	G	C	G	C
I pl	ayed with your he	art, got l	ost in the g	ame

	E
Oh ba	by, baby

Am	E	Am
Oops you t	hink I’m in l	ove

	G	C
That I’m	sent from ab	ove

	E
I’m	not that innocent

Britney Spears - Toxic (2003)

Originally in Cm, I play in Am capo 5

The highest note that matters is the 2 (“with a *taste*”)

Intro

Am

Vox on 1 2 on “baby”

Am	Am
Baby, can’t you see,	I’m calling

Am	Am
A guy like you,	should wear a warning

C	E7	Am
It’s dangerous,	I’m fallin’

Am

Am	Am
There’s no escape,	I can’t wait

Am	Am
I need a hit,	baby, give me it

C	E7	Am
You’re dangerous,	I’m lovin’ it

Am

Vox on 1 2 3 on “too high-igh”

Am	Am
Too high, can’t come down,	losing my head

	Am
Spinning	’round and ‘round

C	E7	Am
	Do you feel me now

Am

Vox on the 2 on “taste”

	Am	C
With a	taste of your lips I’m	on a ride

This line is really more like II7 bII7, but it’s easier to sing over VI V

F7	E7
You’re toxic,	I’m slipping under

	Am	C
With a	taste of a poison p	aradise

	F7	E7
I’m add	icted to you, don’t you	know that you’re toxic

Ditto here, this is really II7 bII7

Am	C	F7	E7
	And I	love what you do, don’t you	know that you’re toxic

Am	C	F7	E7

Am	Am
It’s getting late,	to give you up

Am	Am
I took a sip,	from my devil’s cup

C	E7	Am
Slowly,	it’s taking over me

Am

Am	Am
Too high,	can’t come down

Am	Am
It’s in the air, and it’s	all around

C	E7	Am
	Can you feel me now

	Am	C
With a	taste of your lips I’m	on a ride

F7	E7
You’re toxic,	I’m slipping under

	Am	C
With a	taste of a poison p	aradise

	F7	E7
I’m a	ddicted to you, don’t you	know that you’re toxic

Am	C	F7	E7
	And I	love what you do, don’t you	know that you’re toxic

Am	C	F7	E7
		Don’t you	know that you’re toxic

Bridge

This time I play the original chords, since there’s not really any vox here

Am	C	B7	Bb7
Ah	ah ah	ah

Am	C	F7	E7
Ah	ah ah	ah

The beginning of this chorus is implied by quirky noises

	Am	C
With a	taste of your lips I’m	on a ride

F7	E7
You’re toxic,	I’m slipping under

	Am	C
With a	taste of a poison parad	ise

	F7	E7
I’m add	icted to you, don’t you	know that you’re toxic

	Am	C
With a	taste of your lips I’m	on a ride

F7	E7
You’re toxic,	I’m slipping under

	Am	C
With a	taste of a poison parad	ise

	F7	E7
I’m add	icted to you, don’t you	know that you’re toxic

Am

Intoxicate me now

C

With your lovin’ now

F7

I think I’m ready now

E7

I think I’m ready now

Am

Intoxicate me now

C

With your lovin’ now

F7

I think I’m ready now

Am

Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down (2006)

Springsteen in G, I play in E. Vox mostly on the 5.

Intro

E

	E
Well I	thought I heard the captain say

	B7
Pay me my	money down

Tomorrow is our sailing day

	E
Pay me my	money down

E

Pay me, pay me

	B7
Pay me my	money down

Pay me or go to jail

	E
Pay me my	money down

E

Soon as the boat was clear of the bar

	B7
Pay me	money down

He knocked me down with the end of a spar

	E
Pay me my	money down

E

Pay me, pay me

	B7
Pay me my	money down

Pay me or go to jail

	E
Pay me my	money down

E

If I’d been a rich man’s son

	B7
Pay me my	money down

	B7
I’d s	it on the river and watch it run

	E
Pay me my	money down

E

Pay me, pay me

	B7
Pay me my	money down

Pay me or go to jail

	E
Pay me my	money down

Springsteen does this verse in a different key, but this may or may not

really be worth it.

	G
Well,	I wish I was Mr. Gates

	D7
Pay me my	money down

They’d haul my money in in crates

	G
Pay me my	money down

G

Pay me, pay me

	D7
Pay me my	money down

Pay me or go to jail

	G
Pay me my	money down

E

	E
Well,	forty days and nights at sea

	B7
Pay me my	money down

Captain worked every last dollar out of me

	E
Pay me my	money down

E

Pay me, pay me

	B7
Pay me my	money down

Pay me or go to jail

	E
Pay me my	money down

E

Pay me, pay me

	B7
Pay me my	money down

Pay me or go to jail

	E
Pay me my	money down

Cage the Elephant - Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked (2008)

Originally in G, I play in E. Highest note that matters is the 1 (“I got *bills* to pay”)

Intro

E	E	G	A
			x4

More or less spoken

	E
I was walk	ing down the street

	G
When out the co	rner of my eye

	A	G	D
I saw a pr	etty little thing approaching me	→

	E
She said I’ve n	ever seen a man

	G
Who lo	oks so all alone

	A	G	D
And could you us	e a little company	→

	E
And if you p	ay the right price

	G
Your ev	ening will be nice

	A	G	D
And you can	go and send me on my way	→

	E
I said you’re su	ch a sweet young thing

	G
Oh why you	do this to yourself

Instruments drop out on “this”, the second and third chords are implied

	A	G	D
She lo	oked at me, and t	his is what she sa	id

	E	G	A	D
Oh, there a	in’t no rest for the wi	cked →	→

	E	G	A	D
M	oney don’t grow on trees	→	→

	E	G	A	D
I got b	ills to pay, I got mouths	to feed →	→

	E	G	A	D
There ain’t n	othing in this world for free	→	→

	E
Oh no I	can’t slow down

	G	A	D
I can’t	hold back →	→

	E	G	A	D
Though you k	now, I wish I could	→	→

	E	G	A	D
Oh, no there a	in’t no rest for the wi	cked →	→

	E	G	A	D
Until we	close our eyes for good	→	→

	E
Not even f	ifteen minutes later

	G
I’m still walki	ng down the street

	A	G	D
When-I-saw the s	hadow of a man creep out of sight	→

	E
Then he s	wept up from behind

	G
And put a g	un up to my head

	A	G	D
He made it c	lear he wasn’t looking for a fight	→

	E
He said g	ive me all you’ve got

	G
I want your m	oney not your life

	A	G	D
But if you t	ry to make a move I won’t think twice	→

	E
I told him y	ou can have my cash

	G
But first you k	now I got to ask

Instruments drop out on “this”, the second and third chords are implied

	A	G	D
What made you w	ant to live this kind of life	→

	E	G	A	D
He said there a	in’t no rest for the wi	cked →	→

	E	G	A	D
M	oney don’t grow on trees	→	→

	E	G	A	D
I got b	ills to pay, I got mouths	to feed →	→

	E	G	A	D
There ain’t n	othing in this world for free	→	→

	E
Oh no I	can’t slow down

	G	A	D
I can’t	hold back →	→

	E	G	A	D
Though you k	now, I wish I could	→	→

	E	G	A	D
Oh, no there a	in’t no rest for the wi	cked →	→

	E	G	A	D
Until we	close our eyes for good	→	→

Solo

E	G	A	D
	→	→	x4

	E
Well now a co	uple hours passed

	G
And I was sitti	ng at my house

	A	G	D
The day was	winding down and coming to an end	→

	E
And so I turne	d on the TV

	G
And flipped it	over to the news

	A	G	D
And what I s	aw I almost couldn’t comprehend	→

	E
I saw a	preacher man in cuffs

	G
He’d taken	money from the church

	A	G	D
He’d stuffed his	bank account with righteous dollar bills	→

	E
But even s	till I can’t say much

	G
Because I	know we’re all the same

Instruments drop out on “those”, the second and third chords are implied

	A	G	D
Oh yes we al	l seek out to satisfy those thrills	→

	E	G	A	D
You know there a	in’t no rest for the wi	cked →	→

	E	G	A	D
M	oney don’t grow on trees	→	→

	E	G	A	D
We got b	ills to pay, we got mouths	to feed →	→

	E	G	A	D
There ain’t n	othing in this world for free	→	→

	E
Oh no we	can’t slow down

	G	A	D
We can’t	hold back →	→

	E	G	A	D
Though you k	now, we wish we could	→	→

	E	G	A	D
Oh, no there a	in’t no rest for the wi	cked →	→

Hang on “close”

	E
Until we	close our eyes for good

Careless Hearts - 22 Fillmore (2006)

Guitar enters on “air brakes”

	G
And then the hiss of the	air brakes

	C
On the twenty-two F	illmore

	Am
Underneath our	window

	C
Breaks up my	reverie

	G
I roll over and l	ook at you

	C
You’re breathing q	uietly

	Am
In the silent d	ust fall

	C	D
Of a morning l	ight

	G
Your face is wo	nderful

	C
I can’t take my e	yes away

	Am
Suddenly yours o	pen up

	C
And a brand new d	ay begins

G

Bm7	Am7
Bm7	Am7
Bm7	Am7
C	D

	G
The breeze is blowing like w	inter

	C
On the corner by the b	us stop

	Am
In my hand-me-down p	ea coat

	C
You put your hands in m	ine

	G
I try to light up a c	igarette

	C
But these matches are w	orthless

	Am
Between you and these d	amn things

	C	D
I don’t stand a c	hance

	G
So we walk up to M	ission Street

	C
All the way up to M	ission Street

	Am
And I may have to	kiss you

	C
For the rest of my l	ife

G

Bm	Am
All the days when you were w	orking far away

Bm	Am
I’m as empty as a g	love

Bm	Am
You fill me up when you ret	urn and I can say

	C	D
That I f	eel a certain purpose in your l	ove

	G
And then the hiss of the	air brakes

	C
On the twenty-two F	illmore

	Am
Underneath our	window

	C
Breaks up my	reverie

	G
I roll over and l	ook at you

	C
You’re breathing q	uietly

	Am
And a	ll I know is all I know

	C	D
Is a	ll I have to sa	y

	G
Is I will l	ove you

	C
As long as	I can breathe

	Am
Out o	n a limb that was too thin

	C
And I	’m already fallin’ for you

G	C
Fallin’ for y	ou

G	C
Fallin’ for y	ou

G	C
Fallin’ for y	ou

G

Careless Hearts - Box Step (2006)

Intro

Am	Am	Em	Am
			x4

Am

Sometimes it all gets so dull

Em

Feeling like an ache

Am

Sometimes drivin’ the long way home

	Em
Is a	ll the excitement I can take

Am

Sometimes this box I’m trapped inside

Em

It’s like cardboard in the rain

Am

One good kick would tear it down

	Em
It’s j	ust too damn hard to explain

Am	Am	Em	Am
			x2

Am

Some kinds of pain well they don’t go away

Em	Am
Some well they mellow with t	ime

Em

Some kinds of agony block out the sun

	Am	Em
And they	leave you so numb you go b	lind

Am

Then there’s the hurt that starts deep in your guts

	Em	Am
And it	crawls like a germ through your v	eins

Am

Lets you just walk around year after year

	Em	Am
Till	one day you wake up and s	ing

D	Am	B7	E
I’m gonna d	o me,	some screamin’ and s	houtin’

D	Am	Em
I’m gonna	call it a s	ong, hey

Solo

Am	Am	Em	Am
			x4

Am

Some kinds of pain well they don’t go away

Em	Am
Some well they mellow with t	ime

Em

Some kinds of agony block out the sun

	Am	Em
And they	leave you so numb you go b	lind

Am

Then there’s the hurt that starts deep in your guts

	Em	Am
And it	crawls like a germ through your v	eins

Am

Lets you just walk around year after year

	Em	Am
Till	one day you wake up and s	ing

D	Am	B7	E
I’m gonna d	o me,	some punchin’ and k	ickin’

D	Am	Em	Am
I’m gonna c	all it a d	ance

D	Am	B7	E
I’m gonna d	o me,	some screamin’ and s	houtin’

D	Am	Em	Am
I’m gonna	call it...	a s	ong

Am	Am	Em	Am
			x8

Careless Hearts - Can’t Tell a Man (2006)

Intro

A

You can’t tell a man by his shoes

E

You can’t tell a man by his shoes

A	D	A
You can tell a man by the c	ompany he c	hoose

	A	D	A
But y	ou can’t tell a	man by his s	hoes, lord lord

	A	E7	A
A	man ain’t n	othing but a m	an

A

You can’t tell a man by his church

E

You can’t tell a man by his church

A	D	A
You can tell a many by his c	hoices here on E	arth

	A	D	A
But y	ou can’t tell a	man by his c	hurch, lord lord

	A	E7	A
A m	an ain’t n	othing but a m	an, aw come on

Solo on a verse and chorus

A	E
A	D	A
A	D	A
A	E7	A

A

You can’t tell a man by his gun

E7

You can’t tell a man by his gun

A	D	A
You can tell a man by the a	ctions of his s	on

	A	D	A
But y	ou can’t tell a m	an by his g	un, lord lord

	A	E7	A
A	man ain’t n	othing but a m	an

A

You can’t tell a man by his song

E

You can’t tell a man by his song

	A	D	A
He may s	ing some pretty words but he m	ay not live al	ong

A	D	A
You can’t tell a m	an by his s	ong, lord lord

	A	E	A
A	man ain’t n	othing but a m	an, alright

Solo

A	E
A	D	A
A	D	A
A	E7	A

	A	E	A
A	man ain’t n	othing but a m	an

Careless Hearts - Chattering Teeth (2006)

D	A
Woke in a sweat, want to	hold you

D	G
Open a vein,	walls closing in

D	G
Running on icy hillsides,	sliding on razor glass

D	G	A
Struggle to	surface once aga	in

	D	A
Chattering t	eeth, shuddering kne	es

	G
It’s my disa	ster, it’s my disease

	D	A
We all gotta s	leep, but I gotta sl	eep

	G
Through my chattering te	eth

D	D7

D	A
I went to the doctor, and she t	old me

D	G
Take two of these shiny tiny ta	blets every night

D	G
When I did I fell down i	n a well so dark

	D	G	A
That I’m n	ever, never g	onna find a lig	ht

	D	A
Chattering t	eeth, shuddering kne	es

	G
It’s my disa	ster, it’s my disease

	D	A
We all gotta s	leep, but I gotta sl	eep

	G
Through my chattering te	eth

D	A	G
Naked as a n	ewborn baby, b	roken-hearted going crazy

D	A	G
Shaking like a j	unkie in a f	ilm by Gus Van Sant

D	A	G
I can hear ‘em w	hirrin’ and ringin’,	in my ears and so I’m singin’

D	A	G
Tunelessly and r	avin’ and I r	ant

Solo on verse chords

D	A	D	G
D	G	D	G	A
		→	→

Hard stop on “last”, back in on “told”

D	A
This is the last time, like I t	old you

D	G
I’ll be in for just a y	ear and seven months

D	G
In an hour I’ll be r	ight back where we started

D	G	A
So I’ll catch you, and I’ll p	ush you all at o	nce

Chattering teeth, shuddering knees
It's my disaster, it's my disease
We all gotta sleep, but I gotta sleep
Through my chattering teeth

	D	A
Chattering t	eeth, shuddering kne	es

	G
It’s my disa	ster, it’s my disease

	D	A
We all gotta s	leep, but I gotta sl	eep

	G
Through my chattering te	eth

D	A	G
Naked as a n	ewborn baby, b	roken-hearted going crazy

D	A	G
Shaking like a j	unkie in a f	ilm by Gus Van Sant

D	A	G
I can hear ‘em w	hirrin’ and ringin’,	in my ears and so I’m singin’

D	A	G
Tunelessly and r	avin’ and I r	ant

Outro on verse chords

D	A	D	G
D	G	D	G	A
		→	→

D

Careless Hearts - Impossible to Dream (2006)

I’m 70% confident in most of the lyrics...

E	D	C	A

E	D	C
It’s impossible to d	o, improbable to fe	el

	A	E
Confuses me no e	nd, the message it s	ends

	D
Not logical to p	retend

	C	A
Shouldn’t not come t	o, the end of a good t	rend

Em	D
I’m okay now you’re n	ot afraid to dream

A	E
New things in life so	quickly it seems

Em	D
Lie awake and have a	nother cup of tea

A	E
From a place with no wa	ter

E	D
Time goes by so fast, it’s t	ime

	C
Morale is almost t	aken

	A
Taken up by y	ou

E	D
Comfort and beauty could surro	und

	C
The lives on a pa	th

	A
A habit so be fo	und

Em	D
I’m okay now you’re n	ot afraid to dream

A	E
New things in life so	quickly it seems

Em	D
Lie awake and have a	nother cup of tea

A	E
From a place with no wa	ter

Solo on verse chords

E	D	C	A
E	D	C	A

Em	D
I’m okay now you’re n	ot afraid to dream

A	E
New things in life so	quickly it seems

Em	D
Lie awake and have a	nother cup of tea

A	E
Just make sure that there’s no wa	ter

Let ring

E	D
Where, did your dreams g	o

	C
You weren’t afraid to dream and fl	ow

	A	E
Now it merely s	eems, impossible in d	reams

Band back in

	D
I need a chord that sounds like h	ow

	C	A
How I feel impossibl	y, change improbab	ly, a possibility

Em	D
I’m okay now you’re n	ot afraid to dream

A	E
New things in life so	quickly it seems

Em	D
Lie awake and have a	nother cup of tea

A	E
From a place with no wa	ter

E	D	C	A
E

Careless Hearts - In the Dark (2006)

Originally in Ab, I play in G

	G	C	G
In the d	ark, I could s	ee our lives impro	ving

	C	G
I could	see a brighter f	uture

	D
And some r	oads that weren’t so rough

	G	C	G
In the	dark, I beli	eve just what you to	ld me

	C	G
I was	trusting like the k	ind of fool

	D
Who	thinks love is enough

C

Now I’ve seen the truth

	G	C
And the	light is almost b	linding

C

All the lies you told me

	D
Are the	ones that I believe

C

Wish you could leave me

	Em	C
In my	ignorance and d	arkness

C

Now I have to face up

	D	G
To the w	ays I was dece	ived

Solo on chorus chords

C	G	C	G	D	D
C	C	Em	C	C	C	D	D
G

	G	C	G
In the d	ark, it was e	asier to l	ove you

	C	G	D
Al	l I had to d	o was hold my f	ingers on my eyes

	G	C	G
In the d	ark, well it c	ouldn’t last fore	ver

C	G	D
After every d	arkest night some s	unlight’s gotta rise

C

Now I’ve seen the truth

	G	C
And the	light is almost b	linding

C

All the lies you told me

	D
Are the	ones that I believe

C

Wish you could leave me

	Em	C
In my	ignorance and d	arkness

C

Now I have to face up

	D	G
To the w	ays I was dece	ived

Solo on chorus chords

C	G	C	G	D	D
C	C	Em	C	C	C	D	G

Careless Hearts - Never to Return (2006)

Intro

G	D	A	Bm
			x4

G	D
I was only t	hree

	A	Bm
The m	an I learned to c	all my daddy

G	D
Up and walked a	way

	A	Bm
Leaving	mom and me a	lone

G	D
Mama turned to m	e

	A	Bm
‘Cause	I had ears and a	rms to shoulder

G	D	A	Bm
Half the ball of s	orrow that she c	ould not roll a	lone

G	D
I grew up and s	he grew old

G	D
Sudden as a s	nap of cold

G	D	A	Bm
There was nothing	left to hold me u	nder any m	ore

G	D
I was only s	eventeen

	G	D
When s	he last had a l	ook at me

	G	D	A	Bm
But t	his invisib	ility is w	hat I’m looking f	or

G	D	A	Bm
			x4

G	D
I was twenty-t	hree

	A	Bm
When A	ngeline and I	got married

G	D	A	Bm
She was everyt	hing I thought that	I could ever w	ant

G	D
I never thought I’d s	ee a sunrise

A	Bm
Without her right t	here beside me

G	D	A	Bm
Until I woke on M	ay fourteenth in n	ineteen-nine-n	ine

G	D
I looked at her s	leeping form

G	D
Cursed the day that	I was born

G	D	A	Bm
Cursed my mama and my p	a, and	walked out of the	door

G	D
I don’t know what m	ade me go

G	D
Something hard as f	rozen snow

G	D	A	Bm
In my chest and i	n my soul that	keeps me movin’ o	n

Solo

G	D	A	Bm
			x4

G	D
I don’t have the a	nswers

G	D
I ain’t got a c	lue

G	D/F#	E	A	Bm
Give me r	oom to s	tretch my legs and	wander for a f	ew

G	D	A	Bm
I’ll come back by e	vening and I’ll t	ell you what I’ve l	earned

	G	D/F#	E	A	Bm
Or s	imply v	anish i	n the fog, n	ever to ret	urn

	G	D/F#	E	A	Bm
Or s	imply v	anish i	n the fog, n	ever to ret	urn

	G	D/F#	E	A	Bm
Or s	imply v	anish i	n the fog, n	ever to ret	urn

	G	D/F#	E	A	Bm
Or s	imply v	anish i	n the fog, n	ever to ret	urn

G

D/F#

E

Careless Hearts - Not Going Alone (2006)

Originally in C, I play in G, highest note that matters is the 6 (“place them as you *want* them”)

Intro

G	Em	G	Em	G	Em	A7	A7

	G	Em
I	think I got your n	umber

	G	Em
And I	know that you’ve got m	ine

	G	Em
If you	chance a dance with s	omeone else

	A7
Everyt	hing’ll work out fine

	G	Em
You got	steely concentra	tion

	G	Em
And a	disaffected a	ir

	G	Em
The	quarry you are loa	ded for

	A7
Just	doesn’t have a prayer

	G	D	G	D
A c	old wind is b	lowin’ outs	ide the bar to	night

	G	D	G	D
There’s n	o way of k	nowin’ if the ga	me is in your si	ght

Em	D	G	Em
Lookin’ round this r	oom right now, your c	hances look al	right

	Em	D	C	G
And I’m t	hinking that you w	on’t be going h	ome alone toni	ght

Solo on verse chords

G	Em	G	Em	G	Em	A7	A7

	G	Em
There’s	bourbon in a b	ottle

	G	Em
And there’s M	iller in a c	an

	G	Em	A7
Any o	ne of these fine m	en would gladly p	ut one in your hand

	G	Em
You can	place them as you w	ant them

	G	Em
Stand ‘em u	p into a l	ine

	G	Em	A7
Just	know that there are f	orty minutes l	eft ‘til closing time

	G	D	G	D
A c	old wind is b	lowin’ outs	ide the bar to	night

	G	D	G	D
There’s n	o way of k	nowin’ if the ga	me is in your si	ght

Em	D	G	Em
Lookin’ round this r	oom right now, your c	hances look allllll	right

Hold an extra measure on “home”

	Em	D	C
And I’m t	hinking that you w	on’t be going h	ome

	G	Em
Alone toni	ght

	G	Em
Alone toni	ght

	G	Em
Alone toni	ght

	G	Em
Alone toni	iiiiiiiight

	G	Em
Alone toni	ght

	G	Em
Alone toni	ght

	G	Em
Alone toni	ght

	G	Em
Alone toni	ght

Em	Em	Em	G

Careless Hearts - Old Ways Die Slow (2006)

Intro, hard stop on the last I

G	C	G	D	G
		→	→

	G
Old ways die s	lowly

	C
Assuming that they ever d	o

	G
Truth be told I	don’t know

	D
I still have a st	ubborn few

	C
It’s not as though I never t	ried

	G
But I still have a w	ays to go

	D
Every slip is not a s	lide

Hard stop after this line

	G
Old ways die s	low

	C
I was waiting for the b	armaid

	G	G7
At the ending of her s	hift

	C
Though she knew how much I h	ad

	D
She still asked me for a l	ift

	C
She had a smolder in her e	yes

	G	G7
I couldn’t make myself i	gnore

	C
So I told her all the l	ies

	D
I used so many times befo	re

	G
Old ways die s	lowly

	C
Assuming that they ever d	o

	G
Truth be told I	don’t know

	D
I still have a st	ubborn few

	C
It’s not as though I never t	ried

	G
But I still have a w	ays to go

	D
Every slip is not a s	lide

	G	C	G
But old ways die s	low →	→

	C
Lord take some p	ity on me

	Gmaj7
If you’re anywhere to h	ear

	C
If the heavens are not e	mpty

	Gmaj7
If you’re someone I should f	ear

	C
Reach down and c	hange me

	Gmaj7
I can’t do it on my o	wn

	D
I’ve reaped up everything I’ve s	own

And now I’m weary to the bone

G	C	D	C	G
			→

Careless Hearts - Ravenous (2006)

Intro

Em	D	Cadd9	Cadd9
			x4

Em	D	Cadd9
Take me out beyo	nd the blinking y	ellow traffic light

Em	D	Cadd9
Where the moon gets t	angled in the t	rees

Em	D	Cadd9
Lay your daddy’s a	rmy blanket o	ut across the grass

Em	D	Cadd9
Scoot in close and t	ell me what you n	eed

Cadd9	D	D	G	Em	C
Hold o	n t	ight, d	on’t l	et g	o

	G	C	Am7	G
The s	pinning w	orld will sh	ove you if you d	on’t

Em	D	Cadd9
We both know your m	other doesn’t r	eally care for me

Em	D	Cadd9
You don’t care for h	er so there you g	o

Em	D	Cadd9
All I know is w	hen you’re tucked in t	ight against my legs

	Em	D	Cadd9
There ain’t n	othing else I r	eally need to k	now

C	D	D	G	Em	C
Hold o	n t	ight, d	on’t l	et g	o

	G	C	Am	G	G7
The s	pinning w	orld will sh	ove you if you d	on’t

C	D	D	G	Em	C
Hold o	n t	ight,	it’ll b	e alr	ight

G	C	Am	G
You don’t e	ver h	ave to be a	lone

Bridge

Em	A
So hungry,	so thirsty

Fmaj7	G
We could just cons	ume each other

Em	A
So desperate,	so lonely

Fmaj7	G
All we’ve got is o	ne another

Em	A
So helpless,	so homely

Fmaj7	G
Beating down our ow	n defenses

Em	A
So take me,	I’ll take you

Fmaj7

Anywhere you go

C

Solo

Em	D	C	C
			x4

Let ring

Em	D	Cadd9
Take me out beyo	nd the blinking y	ellow traffic light

Em	D	Cadd9
Where the moon gets t	angled in the t	rees

Em	D	Cadd9
Lay your daddy’s a	rmy blanket o	ut across the grass

Em	D	Cadd9
Scoot in close and t	ell me what you n	eed

C	D	D	G	Em	C
Hold o	n t	ight, d	on’t l	et g	o

	G	C	Am	G	G7
The s	pinning w	orld will sh	ove you if you d	on’t

C	D	D	G	Em	C
Hold o	n t	ight,	it’ll b	e alr	ight

G	C	Am	G
You don’t e	ver h	ave to be a	lone

G	C	Am	G	C	G
You don’t e	ver h	ave to be al	one

Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats (2005)

Originally in F#m, I play in Am capo 3 or 4.

Am	G	Fsus2	E7
			x 2

Vox on 1 5 on “right now”

	Am	G
Ri	ght now he’s	probably slow dancing with a

	Fsus2	E7
B	leach blond tramp and sh	e’s probably getting frisky

	Am	G	Fsus2
Ri	ght now he’s prob	ably buying her some f	ruity little

	E7
Drink cause she ca	n’t shoot whiskey

	Am	G	Fsus2
Ri	ght now he	’s probably up behind her with a	pool stick

Chord after “combo” originally a II, I play a IV

	E7	F
Showing her h	ow to shoot a combo

	E7
And he don’t	know

	F	Am
I	dug my key int	o the side of his

F	Am
Pretty little souped-up four	-wheel drive

	F	Am	E7
Carv	ed my name i	nto his leather s	eats

	F	Am
I took a	Louisville slugger t	o both head lights

F	Am
Slashed a hole in a	ll four tires

F	E7	Am
Maybe next time he’ll t	hink before he	cheats

Am	G	Fsus2	E7

	Am	G
R	ight now she’s	probably up singing some

	Fsus2	E7
Whi	te-trashed version of Sha	nia karaoke

	Am	G
R	ight now sh	e’s probably saying I’m drunk

Fsus2	E7
And he’s a-thinking that he’s go	nna get lucky

	Am	G
R	ight now he’s pro	bably dabbing on

	Fsus2	E7	F
Three	dollars worth of that ba	throom polo

	E7
Oh and he don’t	know, oh

	F	Am
That I	dug my key int	o the side of his

F	Am
Pretty little souped-up four	-wheel drive

	F	Am	E7
Carv	ed my name in	to his leather s	eats

	F	Am
I took a	Louisville slugger t	o both head lights

F	Am
Slashed a hole in a	ll four tires

F	E7	Am
Maybe next time he’ll t	hink before he	cheats

Bridge

The V at the end of the line doesn’t exist in the original

C	G	Fsus2	G
I might have sa	ved a little trouble for the n	ext girl

...and the V is there so I can do a IV here instead of a II on “next”

	F	E7
Cause the n	ext time that he cheats

	Am
Oh you know it won’t be on	me

Am	G	Fsus2	E7
	Am	G	Fsus2	E7
Oh not on	me

	F	Am
‘Cause I	dug my key int	o the side of his

F	Am
Pretty little souped-up four	-wheel drive

	F	Am	E7
Carv	ed my name in	to his leather s	eats

	F	Am
I took a	Louisville slugger t	o both head lights

F	Am
Slashed a hole in a	ll four tires

F	E7	D
Maybe next time he’ll t	hink before he	cheats

Hang on “think”

F	E7	Am
Maybe next time he’ll t	hink before he	cheats

Am	G	Fsus2	E7
			x 2

Caspar Babypants - 9.99 (2009)

D	G	D	Asus4	A
D	D7	G/B	Gm/Bb	D	A	D

D

I am a little bear

	G
S	o cute with fuzzy hair

D	A
Once upon a time I was so	nice

	D	D7
Now I’m	loved and hugged no	more

	G/B	Gm/Bb
And I’m	stuck here at this	store

	D	A	D	G	D
And	nine ninety-	nine is my new	price

	D
I	used to hang around

	G
All	glossy black and brown

	D	A
In a	high-rise apartment oh so f	ancy

	D	D7
But I	lost my button	eye

	G/B	Gm/Bb
And be	gan to slowly	die

	D	A	D	G	D
And	now it’s up to	you to bring me	mercy

	D
This	little soul of mine

	G
Is	nine ninety-nine

	D
And	if you’ve got some thread

	A
Then you can	fix me

	D	D7
I’m	torn, old, and	pale

	G/B	Gm/Bb
And	I am for	sale

D	A	D	G	D
What I need is	for someone to	pick me

	D
I was	put out with the trash

	G
With the	fireplace ash

D	A
Torn dirty and clean out of	luck

	D	D7
But the	garbage men were	kind

	G/B	Gm/Bb
And they	sewed up my be	hind

	D	A	D	G	D
And	put me on the	grill of their	truck

D

I lived there for a year

	G
A	nd shed so many tears

	D	A
‘Ti	l one day I fell underneath the	tires

	D	D7
Now the	only single	way

	G/B	Gm/Bb
I’ll go	home with you	today

	D	A
Is if you’re	desperate for a	doll

	D	G	D
That’s sick and	tired

	D
This	little soul of mine

	G
Is	nine ninety-nine

	D
And	if you’ve got some thread

	A
Then you can	fix me

	D	D7
I’m	torn old and	pale

	G/B	Gm/Bb
And	I am for	sale

D	A	D	G	D
What I need is	for someone to	pick me

Let chords ring

	D
But	that’s just what you did

	G
You	saved me little kid

	D	A
You	saw that I had stories left to	tell

	D	D7
Now your	mom is getting	used to a

	G/B	Gm/Bb
Al	though she is con	fused by a

D	A	D
Slightly stinky	old bear	smell

	D
This	little soul of mine

	G
Is	nine ninety-nine

	D
And	if you’ve got some thread

	A
Then you can	fix me

	D	D7
I’m	torn old and	pale

	G/B	Gm/Bb
And	I am for	sale

D	A
What I need is	for someone

D	A
What I need is	for someone

D	A	D	G	D
What I need is	for someone to	pick me

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful (2002)

Originally in Eb, I play in A

Intro

A	A/G	F#m	F
			x2

Vox on the 1

A	A/G
Every day is so	wonderful

	F#m	F
Then sudden	ly, it’s hard to	breathe

A	A/G
Now and then I get	insecure

	F#m	F
From all the	pain, I’m so a	shamed

Vox on 5 6 b7 of the chord on “I am beau”

The IV9 here is just a IV the original, but IMO the IV sounds bizarre in A on a guitar, YMMV

D9	Bm7
I am beautiful no	matter what they say

A	A/G	F#m
Words can’t	bring me d	own

D9	Bm7
I am beautiful in	every single way

	A	A/G	F#m
Yes,	words can’t	bring me d	own, oh no

Bm7	A
So don’t you bring me down to	day

A	A/G	F#m	F

A	A/G
To all your friends you’re de	lirious

	F#m	F
So con	sumed in all you	r doom

A	A/G
Trying hard to fill the	emptiness

	F#m	F
The pieces	gone, left the puzzle u	ndone, is that the way it is?

D9	Bm7
‘Cause you are beautiful no	matter what they say

A	A/G	F#m
Words can’t	bring you d	own, oh no

D9	Bm7
‘Cause you are beautiful in	every single way

	A	A/G	F#m
Yes,	words can’t	bring you d	own, oh no

Bm7

So don’t you bring me down today

Bridge

A	A/G
No matter what we d	o

	F#m
No matter what we	say

	F
We’re the song inside the t	une full of beautiful mistakes

A	A/G
And everywhere we g	o

	F#m
The sun will always sh	ine

	F
And tomorrow we might wa	ke up on the other side

D9	Bm7
‘Cause we are beautiful no	matter what they say

	A	A/G	F#m
Yes,	words won’t	bring us d	own, oh no

D9	Bm7
We are beautiful in	every single way

	A	A/G	F#m
Yes,	words can’t	bring us d	own, oh no

Bm7	A
So don’t you bring me down	today

A	A/G	F#m	F
			Don’t you bring me down

	A	A/G	F#m	F
Toda	y

	A
Don’t you bring me down today

Christina Aguilera - Fighter (2002)

Originally in Em, I play Em capo 2 and sing down an octave.

Intro

-3-3-3--2-|-0-0--0------2--|-0-0-0-0--|-2
-0-0-0--0-|-1-1--0------0--|-1-1-1-1--|-0
-0-0-0--2-|-0-0--2------2--|-2-2-2-2--|-2
-2-2-2--1-|-2-2--1------1--|-2-2-2-2--|-1
-2-2-2--2-|-3-3--2------2--|-0-0-0-0--|-2
-0-0-0----|----------------|-----3-3--|--
[Em] [B7] [C] [B7sus4] [B7] [Am] [Am/G] [B7]

Spoken...

After all you put me through, you'd think I despise you
But in the end I want to thank you 'cause you made me that much stronger

	Em	G
I	thought I knew	you thinking

D	Em
That you were	true

	Em	G
I guess	I couldn’t	trust called your bluff

	D	Em
Time is	up ‘cause I’ve had e	nough

	Em	G
You were	there by my	side always

D	Em
Down for the ri	de

	Em	G
But your	joy ride just	came down in flames

	D	Em
‘Cause your	greed sold me out of	shame

Mmmm...

Am

After all of the stealing and cheating

You probably think that I hold resentment for

G	Em	G	Em
You	no no		you’re wrong

Am

‘Cause if it wasn’t for all that you tried to do

C	D	B
I wouldn’t know just	how capable I	am to pull through

	C	B
So I	wanna say	thank you

	Em	D/F#
‘Cause it	makes me that much	stronger

G	Am
Makes me work a little bit	harder

	C	B7
It	makes me that much	wiser

	Am	G	Em
So	thanks for	making me	a fighter

Em	D/F#
Made me learn a little bit	faster

G	Am
Made my skin a little bit	thicker

	C	B7
It	makes me that much	smarter

	Am	G	Em
So	thanks for	making me	a fighter

Repeat verse riff x 2

	Em	G
Never	saw it com	ing, all of

D	Em
Your backsta	bbing

	Em	G
Just so	you could cash	in on a good thing

	D	Em
Bef	ore I realized your	game

	Em	G
I heard	you’re going ‘	round playing

D	Em
The victim	now

	Em	G
But don’t	even be	gin feeling

	D
I’m the one to	blame

	Em
‘Cause you dug your own	grave, uh huh

Am

After all of the fights and the lies

Yes you wanted to harm me but

	G	Em
That won’t work any	more

	G	Em
Uh, no more,	oh no,	it’s over

Am

‘Cause if it wasn’t for all of your torture

	C	D
I	wouldn’t know how to	be this way now

	B
And	never back down

	C	B
So	I wanna say	thank you

	Em	D/F#
‘Cause it	makes me that much	stronger

G	Am
Makes me work a little bit	harder

C	B7
Makes me that much	wiser

	Am	G	Em
So	thanks for	making me	a fighter

Em	D/F#
Made me learn a little bit	faster

G	Am
Made my skin a little bit	thicker

C	B7
Makes me that much	smarter

	Am	G	Em
So	thanks for	making me	a fighter

Repeat intro (the crazy bridge)

Em	B7	C
How could this	man I thought I	knew turn out to

	B7	Am	Am/G
Be	unjust so cruel	could only see	the good in

	B7
You	pretended not to see the truth

Em	B7	C
You tried to	hide your lies dis	guise yourself

	B7	Am	Am/G
Through	living in denial	but in the	end you’ll see

B7

You won’t stop me

Em	D/F#
I am a	fighter and I

G	Am
I ain’t ‘gon stop

C	B7
There is no	turning back

Am	G	Em
I’ve	had e	nough

	Em	D/F#
‘Cause it	makes me that much	stronger

G	Am
Makes me work a little bit	harder

C	B7
Makes me that much	wiser

	Am	G	Em
So	thanks for	making me	a fighter

Em	D/F#
Made me learn a little bit	faster

G	Am
Made my skin a little bit	thicker

C	B7
Makes me that much	smarter

	Am	G	Em
So	thanks for	making me	a fighter

Dan Morris - Another Thanks I’m Doing Fine (2002)

G	Am7	G	Am7	G	Am7	C	D
						→

	C	D
I	guess I’m pleased to	meet you or maybe I’ve

G	Am7	G	Am7
Seen you	somewhere be	fore

	C	D
And	all that friendly	smalltalk that everyone

G	Am7	G	Am7
Knows just	leads to the	door

	C	D	G
So	let’s both look at the	carpet, or “such a nice	view”

Am7	G	Am7
Or “when will it	rain?”

C	D	G
And when the coffee is	gone you’ll get back in your	car

Am7	G	Am7
I’ll get	back on the	train

	G	Am7	G
‘Cause	I don’t want to	change your	life

	G	Am7	G	D	C
And	you don’t want to	ruin	mine

	G	Am7	Bm7	E
So	let’s do what we	both know is	right

	C	D7	G	Am7	G	Am7
And	save this for a	nother time

	C	D7
A	nother thanks I’m	doing fine

G	Am7	G	Am7	G	Am7	G	C	D
							→

	C	D	G
But	nine or ten exits	later your radio’s	on

	Am7	G	Am7
And your	windows are	down

	C	D
And you’re	singing along with the	Beatles and smiling

	G	Am7	G	Am7
Rem	embering a	night on the	town

	C	D
And as I	fall asleep at the	station

	G	Am7	G	Am7
On a	train that’s	pulling	away

	C	D
I’m	humming along with the	engines

	G	Am7	G	Am7
A beautiful	end to a	beautiful	day

	G	Am7	G
‘Cause	I don’t want to	change your	life

	G	Am7	G	D	C
And	you don’t want to	ruin	mine

	G	Am7	Bm7	E
So	let’s do what we	both know is	right

	C	D7	G	Am7	G	Am7
And	save this for a	nother time

	C	D7
A	nother thanks I’m	doing fine

G	Am7	G	Am7	G	Am7	G	C	D
							→

Solo

C	D	Em7	D	C	D
G	Am7	G	Am7	G	Am7	G	Am7

	G	Am7	G
‘Cause	I don’t want to	change your	life

	G	Am7	G	D	C
And	you don’t want to	ruin	mine

	G	Am7	Bm7	E
So	let’s do what we	both know is	right

	C	D7	G	Am7	G	Am7
And	save this for a	nother time

	C	D	G
Another	empty sheet hung	on a line

	C	D	G
A	nother misde	meanor crime

	C	D	G	Am7	G
A	nother thanks I’m	doing fine

Dan Morris - Everything You’re Not (2002)

A	B/A	C/A	B/A	A	B/A	C/A	B/A

A	B/A
Why don’t you tell me	one more time

	C/A	B/A
About	everything I have that you ain’t	got

A	B/A
Or how ‘bout if you ever	call me again

	C/A	B/A
I’ll hang	up on you right on the spo	t

	A	E
Bec	ause I cared I wound up here	drinking and crying alone

	A	AMm9
So I	left you there got	new clothes new hair

	B/A
Don’t even	pick up the phone when you call

	E
To	say it ain’t fair

	A	E
So now I’m	sailing an ocean of	good times

	A
Hey, get off my	yacht

	AMm9
I got the sun and the waves and the	wind in my face

	E
And that’s	already everything you’re not

A	B/A	C/A	B/A
			x 2

A	B/A
Why don’t you call me	one more time

	C/A	B/A
To say how	sorry you are that we ain’t	friends

A	B/A
Or how we should get	together some time

	C/A	B/A
And see	what we can to make amends	?

	A
Well you would	scream and yell and raise some hell

	E
And make me	feel like it was all on me

	A	AMm9
So	I got myself together got a	new car new space

	B/A	E
I’d	love to have you over but now	you’ve been replaced

	A	E
So now I’m	sailing an ocean of	good times

	A
Hey, get off my	yacht

	AMm9
I got the sun and the waves and the	wind in my face

	E
And that’s	already everything you’re not

A	B/A	C/A	B/A	A	B/A	C/A	B/A

Slow, let chords ring...

A	B/A
Now every time I	see you around

	C/A	B/A
You	act like it’s still just you and	me

A	AMm6
Well now i’m sailing this ship	solo honey

	B/A
And I can	finally say there’s somewhere else that

Hold this chord

E

I’d rather be

	A	E
So now I’m	sailing an ocean of	good times

	A
Hey, get off my	yacht

	AMm9
I got the sun and the waves and the	wind in my face

	E
And that’s	already everything you’re not

A

Dan Morris - Lincoln Tunnel (2004)

C	D11	C1	C1	D11	Fmaj7
					x2

C	D11	C1
I met	James	Ellis on a

C1	D11	Fmaj7
Train in	to Man	hattan

C	D11	C1
He said he	had to	see just

Fmaj7	G6	G
One	more Rangers	game

C	D11	C1
I left	James	Ellis on a

C1	D11	Fmaj7
Platform	at Grand	Central

	C	D11	C1
Never	knowing	why this	trip would be the

Fmaj7	G6	C
Last	James Ellis	made

Fmaj7	G6

Cmaj7

You try to know someone

Fmaj7

You learn his name and look at

Am	Fmaj7	G6
Pictures of his	family and his	yard

Cmaj7

You share your world with him

Fmaj7

Inside the Lincoln Tunnel

	C	D11	C1
And you	never	under	stand

	Fmaj7	G6	C
Why under	standing	is so	hard

C	D11	C1	C1	D11	Fmaj7
					x2

C	D11	C1
Me	lissa	met me on a

C1	D11	Fmaj7
Train out	side of	Boston

C	D11	C1
She	said she	liked me and would

C1	D11	G
Call me	up some	time

C	D11	C1
If Mel	issa	ever called the

C1	D11	Fmaj7
Number	that I	gave her

	C	D11	C1
She	wouldn’t	unders	tand why it wasn’t

Fmaj7	G6	C
My voice	on the	line

Fmaj7	G6

Cmaj7

You try to know someone

Fmaj7

You learn her name and look at

Am	Fmaj7	G6
Pictures of her	family and her	yard

Cmaj7

You share your world with her

Fmaj7

Inside the Lincoln Tunnel

	C	D11	C1
And you	never	under	stand

	Fmaj7	G6	C
Why under	standing	is so	hard

Am	Fmaj7

	Am	Fmaj7
You’ll go your	own way

	Am	Fmaj7
You’ll go your	own way

	Cmaj7	Fmaj7
And I’ll	turn across the aisle and start	again

Cmaj7

You try to know someone

Fmaj7

You learn his name and look at

Am	Fmaj7	G6
Pictures of his	family and his	yard

Cmaj7

You share your world with him

Fmaj7

Inside the Lincoln Tunnel

	C	D11	C1
And you	never	under	stand

	Fmaj7	G6	C
Why under	standing	is so	hard

	C	D11	C1
No you	never	under	stand

	Fmaj7	G6	Cmaj7
Why under	standing	is so	hard

Dan Morris - Unusually Blue Bluebird (2006)

B5	B5
B5	B(b5)	A5	B5
Bm	D	A	B	A	B
				→

Bm	D	A	B	A	B
				→

Bm	D	A	Bm	A
Yesterday the	sun shined but you k	new that it wouldn’t	last

	Bm	F#m	A	Bm
If	yesterday was a	bucket of seeds then tod	ay’s just a patch of grass

	Bm	D	A	Bm	A
When	you woke up this	morning you felt the	rain fall on your	head

Bm	F#m	A	Bm
Yesterday you	cruised the sky but to	day you’ll stay in bed

	Bm	D
You are an un	usually blue bl	uebird

	A	Bm
I guess	you won’t fly to	day

	Bm	D
You are an un	usually blue	bluebird

	A	Bm
The wind	just won’t blow your	way

B5	E5	A	B5
B5	E5	F#	F#

	B5	E5
But you’re an	unusually blue	bluebird

F#

Colors bright and strong

	B5	E5
You’re an unu	sually blue b	luebird

	F#	B
So tod	ay you’ll sing your	song

B	E	F#	F#
B	E	F#	B

B	E	F#
Yesterday the	sun shined and you	couldn’t find the shade

	B	E	F#	B
To	day you’ve got that n	ice cool breeze and you	know you’ve got it	made

	B	E	F#
When	you woke up this mo	rning you hopped	down and took a swim

B	E	F#	B
Yesterday the f	ield was dry but to	day the rain came	in

	B	E
But you’re an un	usually blue b	luebird

F#

Colors bright and strong

	B	E5
You’re an unu	sually blue b	luebird

	F#	B
So	today you’ll sing your	song

B	B

Solo:

Bm	D	E5	A
B5	E	F#

	B	E
You’re an un	usually blue bl	uebird

F#

Make the best of the day

	B	E
You’re an unu	sually blue b	luebird

	E	B5
You never	know what will blow your	way

B5

Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Follow You Into the Dark (2006)

Originally in C capo 3, I also play in C capo 3

Intro

Am	C	F	C	C/B
			→

Am	C	G	G
Am	C	E	Am	Am/G
			→

F	Fm	C	C

Vox on 2 3 3 on “love of mine”

	C	Am
L	ove of mine, someday y	ou will die

	F
But I will be clo	se behind

	C	G
I’ll follow y	ou into the d	ark

	C	Am
No bl	inding light, or tunnels to g	ates of white

	F
Just our hands cla	sped so tight

	C	G
Waiting f	or the hint of a sp	ark

	Am	C	F	C	C/B
If h	eaven and hell dec	ide that they b	oth are sati	sfied

	Am	C	G
Il	luminate the n	o’s on their	vacancy signs

	Am	C	E	Am	Am/G
If t	here’s no one bes	ide you when your s	oul emb	arks

	F	Fm	C
Then	I’ll follow y	ou into the dark

	C	Am
In	Catholic school, as vicious as R	oman rule

	F	C	G
I got my kn	uckles bruised by a l	ady in bla	ck

	C	Am	F
I h	eld my tongue, as she	told me son, fear is the he	art of love

	C	G
So I n	ever went b	ack

	Am	C	F	C	C/B
If h	eaven and hell dec	ide that they b	oth are sati	sfied

	Am	C	G
Il	luminate the n	o’s on their	vacancy signs

	Am	C	E	Am	Am/G
If t	here’s no one bes	ide you when your s	oul em	barks

	F	Fm	C
Then	I’ll follow y	ou into the dark

C	Am
You and me have seen every	thing to see

	F
From Bangkok to Ca	lgary

	C	G
And the so	les of your sho	es

	C	Am
Are a	ll worn down, the time for s	leep is now

	F
It’s nothing to c	ry about

	C	G
‘Cause we’ll h	old each other s	oon

	Am	F
In the bl	ackest of r	ooms

	Am	C	F	C	C/B
And if h	eaven and hell dec	ide that they b	oth are sati	sfied

	Am	C	G
And il	luminate the n	o’s on their	vacancy signs

	Am	C	E	Am	Am/G
If t	here’s no one bes	ide you when your s	oul em	barks

	F	Fm	C	Am
Then I	’ll follow	you into the d	ark

Let ring

	F	Fm	C
And	I’ll follow	you into the dark

Disney - Do You Want to Build a Snowman (2013)

Originally in Eb, I play in G

Intro

Gsus2	G
	x4

Elsa?

Vox on the 1 on “do”

	G
Do you want to build a sn	owman?

	D/F#
Come on let’s go and	play

	C/E	Em
I never see you	anymore, come out the d	oor

	Dm9	G/B
It’s like you’ve gone	away

	C	Gadd9/B
We used to be best	buddies, and n	ow we’re not

	Bsus4	B7	Em	D/F#	G/B	A
I	wish you would t	ell me w	hy →	→	→

	Am7
Do you want to build a	snowman?

	Cm6/D#
It doesn’t have to be a	Snowman

	Gsus2
Go away, Anna, okay, b	ye

Gsus2	G
	x4

D#	G/D	D#	G/D

Gsus2	G	Gsus2	G	C	C	D#	D

	G
Do you wanna build a s	nowman?

	D/F#
Or ride our bike around the	halls

	C/E	Em
I think some company is ov	erdue, I’ve started ta	lking to

	Dm9	G/B
The pictures on the w	alls (hang in th	ere, Joan)

	C	Gadd9/B
It gets a little lo	nely, all these	empty rooms

	Bsus4	B7	Em	A
Just	watching the h	ours tick b	y	(tick-tock, tick-tock)

Very loose approximation of the chords

Elsa is sad because she can’t take the gloves off

D#	G/D
→	x8

Everyone happily hugs before they leave for their trip

Gsus2	G	Gsus2	G
			x2

They get on a boat

Cm	Cm	Gm7	D7

The big storm comes

Cm	Cm	Gm7	Dm

Fade to black

D#	D#	D

Elsa?

	G
Please, I know you’re	in there

	D/F#
People are asking where you’	ve been

	C/E	Em
They say have courage, and I’m t	rying to, I’m right out	here for you

	Em/B	A/C#	Bm
Just let me in

	C	Gadd9/B
We only have each o	ther, it’s just	you and me

Bsus4	B7	Em	A
What are we g	onna	do?

	G	C/G
Do you wanna build a sn	owman?

Disney - For the First Time in Forever (2013)

Originally in F, I play in G. The original includes a half-step key change that I’ve left out here.

Intro

Gsus4	G
	x3

Vox on the low 5

	G	C/G
The	window is open	so’s that door

	Gmaj7	C/G
I	didn’t know they did that	anymore

	G	G/B	D	Dsus4	D	Dsus4	D
Who	knew we owned eight	thousand salad	pl	ates

	G	C/G
For	years I’ve roamed these	empty halls

Gmaj7	C/G
Why have a ballroom	with no balls?

Em11	Em11/D	A9/C#	A7
Finally they’re	op’ning up the	gates

	F#m7	Gmaj7
There’ll be	actual real live	people

A	Bm
It’ll be totally	strange

	F	D
But	wow, am I so ready for this	change

	G/B	C
‘Cause for the	first time in for	ever

	D/F#	Gmaj9
There’ll be	music, there’ll be	light

	Em	Bm
For the	first time in for	ever

	F	B7
I’ll be	dancing through the nig	ht

	Em	Em7/D
Don’t	know if I’m elated or gas	sy

	C	A9
But I’m	somewhere in that	zone

	Gm/A#	Csus2
‘Cause for the	first time in for	ever

Dsus4	G
I won’t be	alone

Gsus4	G
	x3

I can’t wait to meet everyone, what if I meet *the* one?

	G	C/G
To	night imagine me	gown and all

Gmaj7	C/G
Fetchingly draped a	gainst the wall

	G	G/B	D	Dsus4	D	Dsus4	D
The	picture of so	phisticated	grac	e

	G	C/G
I	suddenly see him	standing there

	Gmaj7	C/G
A	beautiful stranger,	tall and fair

	Em11	Em11/D	A9/C#	A7
I	wanna stuff some	choco’late in my	face

	F#m7	Gmaj7
But then we	laugh and talk all eve	ning

	A6	Bm
Which is	totally bi	zarre

F	D
Nothing like the life I’ve led so	far

	G/B	C
For the	first time in for	ever

	D/F#	Gmaj9
There’ll be	magic, there’ll be f	un

	Em	Bm
For the	first time in for	ever

	F	B7
I could be	noticed by some	one

	Em	Em7/D
And I	know it is totally	crazy to

C	A9
Dream I’d find ro	mance

	Gm/A#	Csus2
But for the	first time in for	ever

	Dsus4	G
At l	east I’ve got a	chance

G	D/F#	E
	→

E	Bm
Don’t let them in,	don’t let them see

A/C#	D	A	Am/C
→	Be the good girl you always	have to be

E	Bm
Conceal,	don’t feel

A/C#	D
Put	on a show

	Am	E
Make	one wrong move and everyone will	know

The chords here are totally made up, to get me back to the original key,

but they capture the gestalt of this part.

	C/E
But it’s only for to	day (it’s only for today)

	Cm7b5
It’s agony to	wait (it’s agony to wait)

C#m7b5	D9
Tell the guard to open up the	gate

	G/B	C
For the	first time in for	ever, I’m getting

(Don’t let them in, don’t let them see)

D/F#	Gmaj7
What I’m dreaming of

(Be the good girl you always have to be)

	Em	Bm
A	chance to change my lone	ly world

(Conceal)

	F	B7
A	chance to find true love

(Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know)

	Em	Em/D
I	know it all ends to	morrow

	C	A9/C#
So it	has to be to	day

	G/B	C
‘Cause for the	first time in for	ever

	G/D	A7	Cm7
For the	first time	in for	ever

Dsus4	G
Nothing’s in my	way

Disney - How Far I’ll Go (2016)

Originally in E, I play in E capo 2

E	Bsus4
I’ve been staring at the edge of the wat	er

	C#m	Asus2
‘Long as I can re	member, never really knowing w	hy

E	Bsus4
I wish I could be the perfect d	aughter

	C#m	Asus2
But I come back to the	water, no matter how hard I tr	y

	C#m
Every t	urn I take, every trail I track

	B/D#
Every p	ath I make, every road leads back

	E
To the p	lace I know, where I cannot go

Vox in 1 5 3 of the minor chord on “long to be”

	Am
Where I lo	ng to be

	E	Bsus4
See the l	ine where the sky meets the sea, it	calls me

	C#m7	Asus2
And no one k	nows, how far it g	oes

	E	Bsus4
If the wi	nd in my sail on the sea stays beh	ind me

	C#m7	Am	E
One day I’ll	know, if I	go there’s just no telling how far I’ll	go

No pause here, right into the next verse

E	F#m
I know, everybody on this i	sland seems so happy

	C#m	Asus2
On this isl	and, everything is by de	sign

E	F#m	C#m
I know, everybody on this i	sland has a role on this isl	and

	Asus2
So maybe I can roll with m	ine

	C#m
I can l	ead with pride, I can make us strong

	B/D#
I’ll be s	atisfied if I play along

	E
But the v	oice inside sings a different song

	Am
What is w	rong with me?

	E	Bsus4
See the l	ight as it shines on the sea, it’s b	linding

	C#m7	Asus2
But no one kn	ows, how deep it g	oes

	E	Bsus4
And it s	eems like it’s calling out to me, so come f	ind me

I can’t decide whether it’s really a iv or a IV this time, so calling it a IVsus2

	C#m	Asus2
And let me k	now, what’s be	yond that line, will I cross that line?

	F	Csus4
See the l	ine where the sky meets the sea? It ca	lls me

	Dm7	Bbsus2
And no one k	nows, how far it g	oes

	F	Csus4
If the w	ind in my sail on the sea stays be	hind me

	Dm	Ab	Fm	Dm7b5	C
One day I’ll k	now, how far I’ll	go

Disney - Let it Go (2013)

Originally in Ab, I play capo 3, and sing the verse *above*

the original, so I can drop down for the pre-chorus and

chorus.

Start quiet, barely strumming

Em	C	D	Amsus4	Am
Em	C	D	Asus4	A

Vox on the 5 (B)

	Em	Cadd9
The	snow glows white on the	mountain tonight

	D	Am
Not a	footprint to be se	en

	Em	Cadd9	D	A
A	kingdom of iso	lation, and it	looks like I’m the quee	n

On “howling”, only go up to the 1 of the chord, not the 5

Em	C	D	Amsus4	Am
The wind is	howling like this s	wirling storm i	nside

Em	D	A
Couldn’t keep it in, hea	ven knows I’ve tried

Start to fade strumming in

Vox down to the 5 of the chord (A if the chord is D)

D	C
Don’t let them in, don’t let them see

	D
Be the good girl you always have to be

	C
Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them	know

	C
Well now they	know

	G	D
Let it g	o, let it	go

	Em	C
Can’t	hold it back any m	ore

G	D
Let it go, let it	go

	Em	C
Turn	away and slam the d	oor

G	D
I don’t care

	Em	C
What they’re	going to sa	y

	Bm	Bb
Let the	storm rage	on

	C
The	cold never bothered me anyway

G	D

Em	C
It’s funny how some dist	ance

	D	Am
Makes	everything seem sm	all

Start going down here, to the 5 of the chord on “fears”,

down to the 5 of the chord on “get”

	Em	D
And the	fears that once con	trolled me

	A
Can’t	get to me at all

D	C
It’s time to see what I can do

	D
To test the limits and break thr	ough

	C
No right, no wrong, no rules for	me

	C
I’m	free

G	D
Let it go, let i	t go

Em	C
I am one with the wind and sky

G	D
Let it go, let i	t go

Em	C
You’ll never see me	cry

G	D
Here I sta	nd

	Em	C
And	here I	stay

	Bm	Bb
Let the	storm rage	on

Bridge

C

My power flurries through the air into the ground

My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around

D

And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast

E	C
I’m never	going back

D	Am	C
The past is in t	he past

	G	D
Let it g	o, let it go

Em	C
When I’ll rise like the break of	dawn

	G	D
Let it	go, let it	go

	Em	C
That	perfect girl is gon	e

G	D	Em	C	Cm
Here I sta	nd in the	light of d	ay

Bm	Bb
Let the storm rage	on

C

The cold never bothered me anyway

Disney - Love is an Open Door (2013)

I’m still torn on whether it’s a G7 or Gm7 on “before”,

and an Am7 or A7 on “any more”.

F == female, M == male, B == both

Intro, bass and drums

D	Dsus4/F#	D/G	Asus4

F: OK, can I just say something crazy?
M: I love crazy

	D	Dsus4/F#	D/G	Asus4
F: All my l	ife has been a ser	ies of do	ors in my f	ace

	D	Dsus4/F#	Em7	Asus4
F: And then	suddenly I bump i	nto you

M: I was thinking the same thing!

	D	Dsus4/F#
M: ‘Cause like	I’ve been searching m	y whole life

	D/G	Asus4
M: To fi	nd my own p	lace

	D	Dsus4/F#
F: And maybe	it’s the party	talking

	Em7	Asus4
F: Or the	chocolate	fondue

	Bm
F: But with	you

	D
M: But with you I found	my place

	D9
F: I see your	face

	E	G7
B: And it’s n	othin’ like I’ve ever known	before

	D	D/F#	E	Gm
B: Love is an open	doo	r

	D	D/F#	E	Gm
B: Love is an open	doo	r

	D
B: Love is an open	door

	D/F#
F: With	you, M: with you

	E
F: With you	, M: with you

	Gm	D
B:	Love is an open	door

D	Dsus4/F#	D/G	Asus4
D	Dsus4/F#	D/G	Asus4

	E	Esus4/G#
M: I mean its c	razy (F: what?), we f	inish each others’

	E/A
F: Sa	ndwiches

	Bsus4
M: That’s what	I was gonna say!

	E
F: I’ve never	met someone

	Esus4/G#	F#m7	Bsus4
B: Who	thinks so much like	me

B: Jinx! Jinx again!

	E	Esus4/G#
B: Our	mental synchroni	zation can

	E/A	Bsus4
B:	Have but one e	xplanation

	E	Esus4/G#	F#m7	Bsus4
M:	You (F: and I) M: were	(F: just) B: meant to	be

	C#m
F: Say g	oodbye, M: say goodbye

	E	E9
B: To the	pain of the past

	F#	A7
B:	We don’t have to feel it any m	ore

	E	E/G#	F#	Am
B: Love is an open	doo	r

	E	E/G#	F#	Am
B: Love is an open	doo	r

	E
Life can be so m	uch more

	E/G#
F: With	you, M: with you

	F#
F: With you	, M: with you

	Am
B:	Love is an open

	E	Esus4/G#	E/A	Bsus4
B:	Door

M: Can I say something crazy? Will you marry me?
F: Can I say something even crazier? Yes!

Disney - When Will My Life Begin (2010)

Originally in E, I play in G, in which case play the

intro chords as just V I (ignore the roots and sus)

Dadd4	G/D
	x 3

Dadd4	G/D
Seven A.M., the usual morning	lineup

Dadd4	G/D
Start on the chores and sweep till the floor’s all	clean

D#	A#
Polish and wax, do laundry, and mop and	shine up

	D	D/C	G/B
Sweep a	gain,	and by	then

	A	D7
It’s like	seven fif	teen, and so I’ll

“Read a book” is 3 5 6 of the key

G	C	Am7	G
Read a	book or maybe	two or	three

“few new paintings” on 3 6(up) 6(down) 2 of the key

	Em7	A7	Cadd9	G
I’ll add a	few new	paintings to my	galle	ry

“tar and knit” on 3 1 6 of the key

	Em7	A7
I’ll play gui	tar and	knit and cook

	C	B7	Em7
And	ba	sica	lly just wonder

A9	D7sus4	G
When will my l	ife be	gin

Dadd4	G/D
	x 2

Dadd4	G/D
Then after lunch it’s puzzles and darts and	baking

Dadd4	G/D
Paper mache, a bit of ballet and	chess

D#	A#
Pottery and ventriloquy, candle	making, then I’ll

D	D/C	Gsus/B
Stretch,	maybe	sketch

	A	D7
Take a	climb, sew a	dress, and I’ll

	G	C	Am7	G
Re-	read the	books if I have	time to	spare

	Em7	A7
I’ll paint the	walls some	more

	Cadd9	G
I’m sure there’s	room some	where

	Em7	A7
And then I’ll	brush and	brush

	C	B7	Em7
And brush and	brush	my	hair

	A7	C	B7	Em7
Stuck in the	same place I’ve	al	ways	been

	Am7	G/B
And I’ll keep	won’dring and	won’dring

	C	Bm7	E7
And	won’dring and	won’	dring

A9	D7sus4	G
When will my	life be	gin?

	G	C/G	G	C/G
And to	morrow	night	lights will a	ppear

G	C/G	G	Am7
Just like they	do on my	birthday each	year

Em7	A7	D7sus4	G	G7
What is it	like out	there where they	glow?

C	G/B	C	Dsus4
Now that I’m	older mother	might just let me	go

Dixie Chicks - Long Time Gone (2002)

3-5-x--3--x--3--x--7--x--7--x--3--5h3-3-3-
3---x--3--x--3--x--3--x--3--x--3--3---3-3-
0---x--0--x--0--x--0--x--0--x--0--0---0-0-
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
                                                 
3--5--x--3--x--3--x--x--8-7-5-x--x-
3-----x--3--x--3--x--x--5-5-7-x--x-
0-----x--0--x--0--x--x--0-7-7-x--x-
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------

5-7-x-9/10-x-x-----------------|----5-3
7---x-9/10-x-x-10--9---x-9s-10-|-10-7-3
7---x------x-x-11--10--x-10s11-|-11-5-0
---------------10--9---x-9s-10-|-10-7-0
-------------------------------|-------
-------------------------------|-------

Darrell Scott does this in G, Dixie Chicks in D

Chords for tabbed intro

G	C	G	D
D	G

G

Daddy sits on the front porch swingin’

	C	G	D
Lookin’ out on a	vac	ant	field

D

It used to be filled with burly tobacco

	G
Now he knows it never	will

G

My brother found work in Indiana

	C	G	D
My sister’s a nurse at the	old	folks	home

D

Momma’s still cookin’ too much for supper

	G
And me, I’ve been a long time	gone

	C	G	D
Been a	long	time	gone

	C	G	D
No I	ain’t hoed a	row since I	don’t know when

D	G	C	D	G
Long	time	gone and it	ain’t comin’ back	again

G	G	C	G	D
D	G

G

Delia plays that old church piano

	C	G	D
Sittin’ out on her	dad	dy’s	farm

D

She always thought that we’d be together

	G
Lord, I never meant to do her	harm

G

Said she could heard me singin’ in the choir

	C	G	D
Me I heard	anot	her	song

D

I caught wind and hit the road runnin’ and

	G
Lord I’ve been a long time	gone

	C	G	D
Been a	long	time	gone

	C	G	D
Lord I	ain’t had a	prayer since I	don’t know when

D	G	C	D	G
Long	time	gone and it	ain’t comin’ back a	gain

A	D	A	E
E	A
	x 2

Bridge

	F
Now	me, I went to Nashville, tryin’ to be the big deal

G

Playin’ down on Broadway, gettin� there the hard way

F

Livin’ from a tip jar, sleepin’ in my car

G	A	D
Hockin� my guitar, yeah I’m gonna be a	star

	G
Now	me and Delia singin’ every Sunday

	C	G	D
Watchin’ the children and the	gar	den	grow

	D
We	listen to the radio to hear what’s cookin’

	G
But the music ain�t got no	soul

	G
Now	they sound tired but they don’t sound Haggard

	C	G	D
They got money but they	don’t	have	Cash

	D
They got	Junior but they don�t have Hank

I think, I think, I think the rest is a

C	G	D
Long	time	gone

	C	G	D
No I	ain’t hit the	roof since I	don’t know when

D	G	C	D
Long	time	gone and it	ain’t comin’ back

	C	G	D
I said a	long	time	gone

	C	G	D
No I	ain�t honked a	horn since I	don�t know when

D	G	C	D	G
Long	time	gone and it	ain�t comin� back aga	in

	G	D
I said a	long time, long time, long time	gone

	G
Oh it�s been a long time

G	D
Long time, long time, long time	gone

	G
Oh it’s been a long... time...	gone

G	D
Long time, long time, long time	gone, yeah, yeah

G

Repeat intro

Dixie Chicks - Travelin’ Soldier (2002)

Bruce Robison plays in B.

The Dixie Chicks play in A.

I play in G capo 5.

G

Two days past 18

	G
He was	waiting for a bus in his army greens

	C
Sat	down at a booth at a cafe there

	G
Gave his	order to a girl with a bow in her hair

G

He’s a little shy so she give him a smile

	G
And he	said would you mind sitting down for a while

	C	G
And	talking to me, I’m feeling a little	low?

	F	C	G
She said I’m	off in an hour and	I know where we can	go

G

	G
So	they went down and they sat on the pier

	G
He said I	bet you got a boyfriend but I don’t care, I’ve

C	G
Got no one to send a letter	to

	F	C	G
Would you	mind if I sent	one back here to	you?

Em

I cried

C

Never gonna hold the hand of another

G

Guy, too young for him they told her

D

Waiting for the love of a travelin’ soldier

Em

Our love will never end

C

Waiting for the soldier to come back

	G
A	gain, never more to be alone

	D	G
When the	letter says a soldier’s coming	home

G

	G
So the	letters came from an army camp

	G
In	California then Vietnam

	C
And he	told her of his heart, he might be in love

	G
And	all the things he was so scared of

	G
He	said when it’s getting kinda rough over here

	G
I	think of that day sitting down at the pier

	C	G
And I	close my eyes and see your pretty	smile

	F	C	G
Don’t	worry but I won’t be	able to write for a	while

Em

I cried

C

Never gonna hold the hand of another

G

Guy, too young for him they told her

D

Waiting for the love of a travelin’ soldier

Em

Our love will never end

C

Waiting for the soldier to come back

	G
A	gain, never more to be alone

	D	G
When the	letter says a soldier’s coming	home

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

	G
One	Friday night at a football game

	G
The	lord’s prayer said and the anthem sang

	C
And a	man said folks would you bow your head

	G
For a	list of local Vietnam dead

G

Crying all alone under the stand

	G
Was a	piccolo player in the marching band

	C	G
And	one name read and nobody really	cared

	F	C	G
But a	pretty little girl	with a bow in her	hair

Em

I cried

C

Never gonna hold the hand of another

G

Guy, too young for him they told her

D

Waiting for the love of a travelin’ soldier

Em

Our love will never end

C

Waiting for the soldier to come back

	G
A	gain, never more to be alone

	D	G
When the	letter says a soldier’s coming	home

Em

I cried

C

Never gonna hold the hand of another

G

Guy, too young for him they told her

D

Waiting for the love of a travelin’ soldier

Em

Our love will never end

C

Waiting for the soldier to come back

	G
A	gain, never more to be alone

	D	G
When the	letter says a soldier’s coming	home

outro

G

C

Double Naught Spies - Fortune Teller (2012)

Originally in F, I play in Em

Intro

Em	G	C	G
→	→		x 8

Vox on the 5 on “time”

Em	G	C	Em	G	C
Time,		a question of ti	me

	Em	G	C	Em	G	C	G
While you deci	de my d	estin	y think I’ll jump in the po	ol

Em	G	C	Em	G	C
Truth,		whatever the tru	th

	Em	G	C	G	A
Just look in your	tarot	cards, they	always say	something c	ool

	C	A	G
And	I know w	hat she	wants from me

	C	A	G
A	wick of	magic	mystery

	Em	D#aug	G/D	C#m7b5	C
To	play up	to her	mystic f	antas	y

	G	Em	G	Em
My fortune t	eller,	my fortune	teller

Hard stop after this line

C	A	G
May be wrong but	I don’t care

Em	G	C	G
→	→		x 2

Em	G	C	Em	G	C
Dream,		it’s all just a	dream

	Em	G	C	Em	G	C	G
To the extr	eme I	close my	eyes like a bureaucra	t

Em	G	C	Em	G	C
Love,		the cover of l	ove

	Em	G	C	G	A
As pure as a	dove who	disappea	rs from a	magic ha	t

	C	A	G
A	crystal	ball has lots to	say

	C	A	G
It’s	positiv	e as	Christmas day

	Em	D#aug	G/D	C#m7b5	C
It	tells me	she sees	blue and	skies of gr	ay

	G	Em	G	Em
My fortune t	eller,	my fortune	teller

C	A
May be wrong but	I don’t care

	G	Em	G	Em
T	eller,	my fortune	teller

G	Em
Tries to keep me	unaware

Solo on chorus chords

G	Em	G	Em
C	A	G	Em
G	Em	G	Em
C	A	G

Em	G	C	G
→	→		x 2

Em	G	C	Em	G	C
Dream,		it’s all just a	dream

	Em	G	C	Em	G	C	G
To the extr	eme I	close my	eyes like a bureaucra	t

	Em	G	C	Em	G	C
Oh	love,		the cover of l	ove

	Em	G	C	G	A	G/B	C
As pure as a	dove who	disappea	rs from a	magic ha	t →	→

	G	Em	G	Em
My fortune t	eller,	my fortune	teller

C	A
May be wrong but	I don’t care

	G	Em	G	Em
T	eller,	my fortune	teller

G	Em
Tries to keep me	unaware

G	Em	G	Em
	I just don’t ca	re

C	A	G

	G	Em
My fortune t	eller tells me ye	ah, oh

C	A	G/B	C
		→

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home (2009)

Intro

Bm	D	D/F#	D	G
		→		x2

Her

Bm

Alabama, Arkansas

D

I do love my ma and pa

D/F#	D	G
Not the way that	I do love	you

Him

	Bm
Well,	holy, moley, me, oh my

D

You’re the apple of my eye

D/F#	D	G
Girl I’ve never l	oved one like	you

Her

Bm

Man oh man you’re my best friend

	D
I s	cream it to the nothingness

D/F#	D	G
There ain’t	nothing that I	need

Him

	Bm
Well, h	ot and heavy, pumpkin pie

D

Chocolate candy, Jesus Christ

D/F#	D	G
Ain’t nothing	please me more than	you

Both

	Bm	D
Ahh	home, let me come	home

D/F#	D	G
Home is wher	ever I’m with	you

	Bm	D
Ahh	home, let me come ho	-o-ome

D/F#	D	G
Home is wher	ever I’m with	you

Trumpet bridge, alternating measures of 4 and 6

Em	D	A	A
Ba, ba ba ba, ba	ba →	ba

Em	D	A	Em
Ba, ba ba ba, ba	ba →

D	D/G

Bm	A	D	G
La, la,	la, la,	take me	home

A

Mother, I’m coming home

Whistling

Bm	D	D/F#	D	G
		→		x2

Him

	Bm
I’ll f	ollow you into the park

D

Through the jungle through the dark

D/F#	D	G
Girl I never	loved one like	you

Her

Bm

Moats and boats and waterfalls

D

Alleyways and payphone calls

D/F#	D	G
I’ve been	everywhere with	you (that’s true)

Him

Bm

Laugh until we think we’ll die

D

Barefoot on a summer night

D/F#	D	G
Never could be	sweeter than with	you

Her

	Bm
And i	n the streets you run afree

Both, starting on “you and me”

D

Like it’s only you and me

D/F#	D	G
Jeez, you’re	something to	see

Both

	Bm	D
Ahh	home, let me come	home

D/F#	D	G
Home is wher	ever I’m with	you

	Bm	D
Ahh	home, let me come ho	-o-ome

D/F#	D	G
Home is wher	ever I’m with	you

Em	D	A	A
Ba, ba ba ba, ba	ba →

Em	D	A	Em
Ba, ba ba ba, ba	ba →

D	D/G

Bm	A	D	G
La, la,	la, la,	take me	home

A

Mother, I’m coming home

Spoken

	Bm
Him:	Jade

	D
Her: A	lexander

	D	D
Him: D	o you remember that day you	fell outta my window?

	D
Her:	I sure do, you came jumping out after me

	D
Him:	Well, you fell on the concrete, nearly broke your ass, and you were bleeding all over the, and I rushed you off to the hospital, you remember that?

Her: Yes I do
Him: Well there's something I never told you about that night
Her: What didn't you tell me?

	D	G
Him:	While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette you thought was gonna	be your

	Bm	D	G
Him: last,	I was falling deep, deeply i	n love with you, and I never told you til just no	w

Both

	Bm	D
Ahh	home, let me come	home

D/F#	D	G
Home is wher	ever I’m with	you

	Bm	D
Ahh	home, let me come ho	-o-ome

D/F#	D	G
Home is when I’m	alone with	you

Let ring, him

Bm	D
Home, let me come	home

D/F#	D	G
Home is wher	ever I’m with	you

Let ring, her

Bm	D
Home, yes I am ho	-o-ome

D/F#	D	G
Home is when I’m	alone with	you

Verse lyrics with chorus rhythm

Bm	D
Alabama, Arkansa	s

D/F#	D	G
I do love my	ma and	pa

Bm	D
Moats and boats and water	falls

D/F#	D	G
Alleyways and	payphone	calls

Bm	D
Home,	home

D/F#	D	G
Home is when	I’m with	you

Bm	D
Home,	home

D/F#	D	G
Home is when	I’m alone with	you

Eliza Doolittle - Pack Up (2010)

Originally in B, I play in E, highest note that matters is the 1 (“pack up your troubles”)

Intro

E	F#m	F#m	E

Vox on the 3 on “tired”

	E
I get	tired, and upset

	F#m
And I’m	trying to care a little less

When I Google I only get depressed

	C#m7	B
I was taught to	dodge those issues,	I was told

	E
Don’t	worry, there’s no doubt

	F#m
There’s always	something to cry about

When you’re stuck in an angry crowd

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “think”

	A	Edim
They don’t	think what they say before they	open their mouths

	E
You gotta	pack up your troubles in your old kit bag

	F#m
And	bury them beneath the sea

I don’t care what the people may say

	E
What the people may say about	me

E

Pack up your troubles get your old grin back

	F#m
Don’t	worry about the cavalry

I don’t care what the whisperers say

	E
‘Cause they whisper too loud for	me

	E	F#m
Hot	topic, maybe I should	drop it

It’s a touchy subject

	C#m7	B
And I like to	tiptoe ‘round the	stuff goin’ down

	E
You got	penny, but no pound

	F#m
So if your	business is running out

It’s not my business to talk about

	A	Edim
They don’t	think what to say, before they	open their mouths

	E
You gotta	pack up your troubles in your old kit bag

	F#m
And	bury them beneath the sea

I don’t care what the people may say

	E
What the people may say about	me

E

Pack up your troubles get your old grin back

	F#m
Don’t	worry about the cavalry

I don’t care what the whisperers say

	E
‘Cause they whisper too loud for	me

E	F#m
Tweet tweet, tweet tweet, tweet tweet tweet,	tweet, tweet, tweet

	E
Tweet tweet tweet tweet, tweet tweet tweet, tweet tweet, tweet, tweet,	tweet tweet tweet

E

Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag

	F#m
And	bury them beneath the sea

I don’t care what the people may say

	E
What the people may say about	me

E

Pack up your troubles get your old grin back

	F#m
Don’t	worry about the cavalry

I don’t care what the whisperers say

	E
‘Cause they whisper too loud for	me

With ad lib “yeah”

E	F#m	F#m	E	F6	E6
				→

Elle King - Ex’s and Oh’s (2015)

Originally in Em, I play Em capo 4

Highest note is the 5

Intro

Em

	Em
I	had me a boy, turned him into a man

	Em
I	showed him all the things that he didn’t understand

	B	Em
Who	a, then I let him	go

	Em
Now, there’s	one in California who’s been cursin’ my name

	Em
‘Cause	I found me a better lover in the UK

	B	Em
Hey	hey, until I make my geta	way

Instruments out, percussion only

Em

1-2-3 they gonna run back to me

	Em
‘Cause	I’m the best baby that they never gotta keep

Em

1-2-3 they gonna run back to me

	Em
They	always wanna come, but they never wanna leave

G	D
Ex’s and o	h’s

	Em
They h	aunt me

	B	G
Like g	ho-o-sts, they	want me

	D
To make them	all

Vox on 5 of the minor key, which is the 2 and

the 7 of these chords

	Am	C
They won	’t let	go

	Em
Ex’s &	oh’s

Em

	Em
I	had a summer lover down in New Orleans

	Em
Kept him	warm in the winter, left him frozen in the spring

	B	Em
My	my, how the seasons go b	y

Em

I get high and I love to get low

	Em
So the	hearts keep breaking and the heads just roll

	B	Em
You kn	ow, that’s how the story goe	s

Instruments out, percussion only

Em

1-2-3 they gonna run back to me

	Em
‘Cause	I’m the best baby that they never gotta keep

Em

1-2-3 they gonna run back to me

	Em
They	always wanna come, but they never wanna leave

G	D
Ex’s and o	h’s

	Em
They h	aunt me

	B	G
Like g	ho-o-sts, they	want me

	D
To make them	all

	Am	C
They won	’t let	go

	G	D
My	ex’s and o	h’s

	Em
They h	aunt me

	B	G
Like g	ho-o-sts, they	want me

	D
To make them	all

	Am	C
They won	’t let	go

	Em
Ex’s and	oh’s

Em	Em	B	Em

Em

1-2-3 they gonna run back to me

Em

Climbing over mountains and a-sailing over seas

Em

1-2-3 they gonna run back to me

Em

They always wanna come, but they never wanna leave

	G	D
My	ex’s and o	h’s

	Em
They h	aunt me

	B	G
Like g	ho-o-sts, they	want me

	D
To make them	all

	Am	C
They won	’t let	go

G	D
Ex’s and o	h’s

	Em
They h	aunt me

	B	G
Like g	ho-o-sts, they	want me

	D
To make them	all

	Am	C
They won	’t let	go

	Em
Ex’s and	oh’s

Hard stop after four measures

Em

Eminem - Lose Yourself (2002)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am

Intro

Am	Am11	Fmaj7/A	Fmaj7/A
Am	Am11	Fmaj7	Fmaj7
Dm	C6	Bm7	Bm7
E

Am	F
Look,	if you had

Am	F
One shot	one opportunity

Am	F
To seize everything you ever wanted,	one moment

Am	F
Would you capture it,	or just let it slip, yo

	Am
His pa	lms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy

	F
There’s vomit	on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti

	Am
He’s nervous,	but on the surface he looks calm and ready

	F
To drop bo	mbs, but he keeps on forgetting

	Am
What he wr	ote down, the whole crowd goes so loud

	F
He ope	ns his mouth, but the words won’t come out

	Am
He’s cho	king, how, everybody’s joking now

	F
The clock’s r	un out, time’s up, over, blao

	Am
Snap ba	ck to reality, oh, there goes gravity

F

Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked, he’s so mad but he

	Am
Wo	n’t, give up that easy, no, he won’t have it he

	F	G
Kn	ows, his whole back’s to these ro	pes, it don’t matter he’s

Am

Dope, he knows that but he’s broke, he’s so stagnant he

	F
Kn	ows, when he goes back to this mobile home, that’s when it’s

Am

Back to the lab again, yo, this whole rhapsody

	F	G
Bet	ter go capture this moment and ho	pe it don’t pass him

	Am
You better l	ose yourself in the music

	F	G
The moment, you own i	t, you better never let it go

	Am
You only get	one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

	F	G
This opport	unity comes once in a lifet	ime

	Am
You better lo	se yourself in the music

	F	G
The moment, you own	it, you better never let it go

	Am
You only get o	ne shot, do not miss your chance to blow

	F	G
This opport	unity comes once in a lifet	ime

	Am
His so	ul’s escaping, through this hole that is gaping

F

This world is mine for the taking, make me king

Am

As we move toward a new world order

	F
A no	rmal life is boring, but superstardom’s

Am

Close to post mortem, it only grows harder

F

Homie grows hotter, he blows it’s all over

	Am
These	hoes is all on him, coast to coast shows

	F
He’s	known as the globetrotter lonely roads, god only

	Am
K	nows he’s grown farther from home, he’s no father

	F
He	goes home and barely knows his own daughter

	Am
But	hold your nose ‘cause here goes the cold water

	F	G
These	hoes don’t want him no	more, he’s cold product

	Am
They	moved on to the next schmoe who flows, he

	F
Nose-d	ove and sold nada, so the soap opera is

Am

Told it unfolds, I suppose it’s old partner, but the

F	G
Beat goes on, da da d	um, da dum

	Am
You better l	ose yourself in the music

	F	G
The moment, you own i	t, you better never let it go

	Am
You only get	one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

	F	G
This opport	unity comes once in a lifet	ime

	Am
You better lo	se yourself in the music

	F	G
The moment, you own	it, you better never let it go

	Am
You only get o	ne shot, do not miss your chance to blow

	F	G
This opport	unity comes once in a lifet	ime

Am

No more games, I’m-a change what you call rage

	F
Tear this	mother of a roof off like two dogs caged

	Am
I was	playing in the beginning, the mood all changed

	Dm	F
I’ve been c	hewed up and spit out and	booed off stage

	Am
But I	kept rhyming and stepped, writing the next cypher

F

Best believe somebody’s paying the pied piper

Am

All the pain inside amplified by the

Dm	F
Fact that I can’t get	by with my nine to

Am

Five, and I can’t provide the right type of

F

Life for my family ‘cause man, these goddamn food

Am

Stamps don’t buy diapers, and it’s no movie, there’s

F	G
No Mekhi Phifer,	this is my life

	Am
And these	times are so hard and it’s getting even harder

	F
Trying to	feed and water my seed, plus teeter-totter

	Am
Caught up betw	een being a father and a prima donna

	F	G
Baby	mama drama’s screaming on and	too much for me to wanna

Am

Stay in one spot, another day of monotony’s

	F
Gotten	me to the point I’m like a snail

	Am
I’ve got to formul	ate a plot or end up in jail or shot

	F	G
Succe	ss is my only motherfreaking	option, failure’s not

Am

Mom, I love you, but this trailer’s got to go

	F
I cann	ot grow old in Salem’s lot, so here I

Am

Go it’s my shot feet fail me not

	F	G/D
This m	ay be the only opportunity	that I got

	Am
You better l	ose yourself in the music

	F	G
The moment, you own i	t, you better never let it go

	Am
You only get	one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

	F	G
This opport	unity comes once in a lifet	ime

	Am
You better lo	se yourself in the music

	F	G
The moment, you own	it, you better never let it go

	Am
You only get o	ne shot, do not miss your chance to blow

	F	G
This opport	unity comes once in a lifet	ime

Enter The Haggis - One Last Drink (2006)

Originally in E, I play in A; highest note that matters is the 1 (“had a life”

A cappella, or let ring

Vox on 1 1 6 of the key on “had a life”

	A	E
I’ve had a	life that’s	full

	A	E
Every	one’s been good to	me

	A	E
So f	ire up that	fiddle, boy

	F#m	B
And	give me one last	drink

	A	E
When the	sun comes	up

	A	E
I will	leave without a	fight

	A	B	E
The	world is	mine to	night

E	E	A	B
			x 4

E	A	E
Old John on his	deathbed	cried

	A	E	A	B
I	think I will	wait ‘til to	morrow to	die

	E	A	E
The	sun is shining,	birds do	sing

A	E	B
This, sir, is	no day to	go

B7

Up and out the door

	A	E
I’ve had a	life that’s	full

	A	E
Every	one’s been good to	me

	A	E
So f	ire up that	fiddle, boy

	F#m	B
And	give me one last	drink

	A	E
When the	sun comes	up

	A	E
I will	leave without a	fight

	A	B	E
The	world is	mine to	night

E	E	A	B
			x 2

E	A	E
Took young Molly b	y the h	and

A	E	A	B
Spun her ‘r	ound and b	ack ag	ain

E	A	E
Clicked his heels, b	owed his h	ead

A	E	B
Never a t	ear in his e	ye

	B7
They c	arried on ‘til five

	A	E
I’ve had a	life that’s	full

	A	E
Every	one’s been good to	me

	A	E
So f	ire up that	fiddle, boy

	F#m	B
And	give me one last	drink

	A	E
When the	sun comes	up

	A	E
I will	leave without a	fight

	A	B	E
The	world is	mine to	night

Bridge

	B	A	E
So r	aise a glass to the	dear de	parted

B	A	E
Raise a glass to the	dear de	parted

	B	A	B	E
Won’t you	raise a glass to the	dear de	parted	ones

E

	E	A	E
The	room was full of a	ll his f	riends

A	E	A	B
Never a fune	ral, t	his was the e	nd

	E	A	E
They d	rank to all who l	ent their h	and

A	E	B
Everyone d	rank to J	ohn

B7

Raised the glass and said

Band out

	A	E
I’ve had a	life that’s	full

	A	E
Every	one’s been good to	me

	A	E
So f	ire up that	fiddle, boy

	F#m	B
And	give me one last	drink

	A	E
When the	sun comes	up

	A	E
I will	leave without a	trace

	A	B	E
But the	world is	mine to	night

Band back in

	A	E
I’ve had a	life that’s	full

	A	E
Every	one’s been good to	me

	A	E
So f	ire up that	fiddle, boy

	F#m	B
And	give me one last	drink

	A	E
When the	sun comes	up

	A	E
I will	leave without a	trace

	A	B	E
But the	world was	mine to	day

E	E	A	B
			x 4

Five for Fighting - 100 Years (2004)

Originally in G, I play in D

Intro

D	G	Em7	A7sus4
D/F#	Bm	Em7	A7sus4

D	G
I’m fifte	en for a moment

Em7	A7sus4
Caught in bet	ween ten and twenty

	D/F#	Bm
And I’m	just dreaming

	Em7	Asus4
Counting the w	ays to where you	are

D	G
I’m twenty-t	wo for a moment

Em7	A7sus4
And she feels	better than ever

	D/F#	Bm
And we’re	on fire

	Em7	A
Making our	way back from Ma	rs

D	A	Gadd9
Fifteen th	ere’s still	time for you

D	A	Gadd9
Time to b	uy and	time to lose

D	A	Gadd9	Bm7	A	Gadd9
Fifteen	there’s n	ever a	wish	better than	this

	D/F#
When you only got a hundred years to	live

D/F#	Gadd9	Bm7	Asus4
			x2

D	G
I’m thirty-th	ree for a moment

Em7	A7sus4
I’m still the	man but you see I’m of age

D/F#	Bm
A kid on the	way, babe

	Em7	Asus4
A f	amily on my	mind

D	G
I’m forty-fi	ve for a moment

Em7	A7sus4
The sea is	high

	D/F#	Bm
And I’m heading into	a crisis

	Em7	Asus4
Chasing the y	ears of my	life

D	A	Gadd9
Fifteen th	ere’s still t	ime for you

D	A	Gadd9	Bm7
Time to b	uy and t	ime to l	ose yourself

	A	Gadd9
Withi	n a morning star

D	A	Gadd9
Fifteen I	’m al	right with you

D	A	Gadd9	Bm7	A	Gadd9
Fifteen	there’s n	ever a	wish	better than	this

	D/F#
When you only got a hundred years to	live

Bridge

D/F#	Asus4
Halftime goes b	y

	Bm
Suddenly you’re w	ise

	Cmaj7
Another blink of an	eye

	Gadd9
Sixty-seven is	gone

	Asus4
The sun is getting	high

	D
We’re moving	on

D	G	Em7	A7sus4

D	Gadd9
I’m ninety	-nine for a moment

Em7	A7sus4
I’m dyin’ for	just another moment

	D/F#	Bm
And	I’m just dreaming

	Em7	Asus4
Counting the w	ays to where you	are

D	A	Gadd9
Fifteen th	ere’s still	time for you

D	A	Gadd9
Twenty-t	wo I	feel her too

D	A	Gadd9
Thirty-th	ree you’re o	n your way

D	A	Gadd9
Every d	ay’s a n	ew day

D	A	Bm7	Gadd9
Oooh

D	A	Bm7	Gadd9
Oooh

Not a typo, the changes are a little different this time

D	A
Fifteen th	ere’s still time for you

Bm7	Gadd9
Time to b	uy and time to choose

	D	Bm7	Bm	A	Gadd9
Hey fi	fteen	there’s never a w	ish	better than	this

	D
When you only got a hundred years to li	ve

D

G

Em7

A7sus4

D/F#

Five for Fighting - Superman (It’s Not Easy) (2001)

Originally in C, I play in A. Highest note that matters is the 5.

Intro

A	E	F#m7	D6
			x2

A	E
I can’t stand to f	ly

F#m7	D6
I’m not that na	ive

A	E
I’m just out to f	ind

	F#m7	D6
The	better part of	me

	A	E
I’m more than a bird	, I’m more than a plan	e

	F#m7	D
I’m more than some	pretty face bes	ide a train

	A	E	D	A
It’s not e	asy to b	e m	e

	A	E
I	wish that I could c	ry

F#m7	D6
Fall upon my	knees

A	E
Find a way to l	ie

	F#m7	D6
‘Bout a h	ome I’ll never see

	A	E
It may sound ab	surd but don’t be na	ive

	F#m7	D
Even	heroes have the	right to bleed

	A	E
I may be dist	urbed but won’t you concede

	F#m7	D
Even h	eroes have the	right to dream

	A	E	D	A	E/G#
And it’s not	easy to	be	me

Bridge

F#m	E/G#	A	Bm	F#m
Up, up	and awa	y, aw	ay from m	e

	B
Well, it’s al	right

	A	B
You can	all sleep sound to	night

	D	D	A/D	D
I’m not cra	zy	→	→

	E
Or anythi	ng

A	E
I can’t stand to	fly

F#m7	D6
I’m not that na	ive

A	E
Men weren’t meant to	ride

	F#m7	D6
With	clouds between their	knees

	A	E
I’m only a	man in a silly red	sheet

	F#m7	D
Digging for	kryptonite on this o	ne-way street

	A	E
Only a	man in a funny red	sheet

	F#m7	D
Looking for	special things insi	de of me

	A	E/G#	F#m7	D
Inside of m	e,	inside of	me

	A	E/G#	F#m7	D
Yeah, inside of	me,	inside of	me

	A	E
I’m only a	man in a funny red s	heet

	F#m7	D
I’m only a m	an looking for a dr	eam

	A	E
I’m only a m	an in a funny red	sheet

	F#m7	D	A/D	D
And it’s not eas	y,	ooh	hoo	hoo

Rubato, chords implied

	F#m	E
It’s not e	asy to b	e

Rubato, chords back in

A	E	F#m7	D6	A
Me

Fountains of Wayne - Stacy’s Mom (2003)

D	G	A	G
			x2

Vox start on the 3

D	G	A	G
Stacy’s m	om has g	ot it goin’	on

x4

D	G	A	G	D	G
Stacy c	an I come	over	after sch	ool?

A	G
(After	school)

D	G	A	G	D	G
We can h	ang ar	ound by the	p-p-p-pool

A	G
(Hang by the	pool)

D	G	A	G	D	G
Did your m	om get b	ack from the b	usiness tr	ip?

A	G
(Business	trip)

D	G	A	G	D	G
Is she th	ere or	is she trying to g	ive me the sl	ip?

A	G
(Give me the	slip)

Vox on “you know I’m not” = 1 3 5 6

Note that 6 is the 4 of the min chord

	F#m	G
You know I’m n	ot the little boy that I	used to be

Vox on “baby can’t you see” = 1 1 1 2 3

Note that 3 is the maj7 of the maj chord

	F#m	G
I’m	all grown up now b	aby can’t you see?

G	D	A	Bm
Stacy’s m	om has g	ot it goin’	on

	G	D	A	Bm
She’s	all I w	ant and I’ve w	aited for so l	ong

G	D	A#dim	Bm
Stacy can’t you s	ee you’re just n	ot the girl for m	e

	G	A
I kn	ow it might be wrong but	I’m in love with Stacy’s mom

D	G	A	G
Stacy’s m	om has g	ot it goin’	on

x2

D	G	A	G	D	G
Stacy d	o you rem	ember when I m	owed your l	awn

A	G
(Mowed your	lawn)

D	G	A	G	D	G
Your mom came	out	with just a t	owel	on

A	G
(Towel	on)

D	G	A	G	D	G
I could t	ell she l	ikes me from the w	ay she st	ared

A	G
(Way she	stared)

D	G	A	G	D	G
And the	way she	said, you missed a	spot over th	ere

A	G
(Spot over	there)

	F#m	G
And I kn	ow that you think it’s just a f	antasy

	F#m	G
But s	ince your dad walked out your mom could	use a guy like me

G	D	A	Bm
Stacy’s m	om has g	ot it goin’	on

	G	D	A	Bm
She’s	all I w	ant and I’ve w	aited for so l	ong

G	D	A#dim	Bm
Stacy can’t you s	ee you’re just n	ot the girl for m	e

	G	A
I kn	ow it might be wrong but	I’m in love with Stacy’s...

Solo

A#	F	C	Dm
Mom

A#	F	A	A
A#	F	C	Dm
A#	A#	A	A

A#	F	C	Dm
Stacy’s m	om has g	ot it goin’	on (she’s got it goin’ on)

	A#	F	C	Dm
She’s	all I w	ant and I’ve w	aited for so l	ong (waiting and waiting)

A#	F	A	Dm
Stacy can’t you s	ee you’re just n	ot the girl for m	e

A#	C
I know it might be wrong I	’m in love with

A#	F	C	Dm
Stacy’s m	om oh-	oh oh-	oh (I’m in love with)

A#	F	C	Dm
Stacy’s m	om oh-	oh oh-	oh (wait a minute)

A#	F	A	Dm
Stacy can’t you s	ee you’re just n	ot the girl for m	e

	A#	C	F
I kn	ow it might be wrong but	I’m in love with Stacy’s	mom

Fun - Some Nights (2012)

Originally in C, I play in G

Highest note that matters is the 6 (“*cashing in* my bad luck”)

Vox on the 1 on “some nights”

G	C	G
Some nights I stay up ca	shing in my b	ad luck

C	G	D
Some nights I	call it a	draw

G	C	G
Some nights I wish that my li	ps could build a c	astle

C	G	D
Some nights I w	ish they’d just fa	ll off

	C	G	C	G
But I s	till wake	up, I still	see your g	host

	C	G	D
Oh lord, I’m st	ill not su	re what I s	tand for, oh

C	G	C	G
What do I s	tand for,	what do I	stand for?

Em	D	C
Most nights, I don’t kn	ow anym	ore

With “whoa”

C	G	C	G	C	G	D
→		→		→

C	G	C	G	C	G	D
→		→		→

C	G
This is it, boys	this is war

C	G
What are we w	aiting for?

C	G	D
Why don’t we b	reak the rules alr	eady?

	C	G
I was n	ever one to b	elieve the hype

C	G
Save that for the bl	ack and white

	C	G
Try t	wice as hard and I’m	half as liked

	D
But h	ere they come again to jack my style

	C	G
And that’s alri	ght

	C	G
I found a ma	rtyr in my	bed tonight

	C	G
She	stops my bones	from wondering

	D	C	G
Just	who I am, who I am, who I	am

	C	G	C	G	D
Oh	who am	I,	mmm	m, mm	mmm

	G	C	G
Well	some nights I wish that this a	ll would e	nd

	C	G	D
‘Cause I	could use some	friends for a ch	ange

	G	C	G
And s	ome nights I’m scared you’ll	forget me	again

	C	G	D
Some n	ights, I always w	in, I	always win

	C	G	C	G
But I s	till wake u	p, I still	see your g	host

	C	G	D
Oh lord, I’m	still sure	sure what I	stand for, oh

C	G	C	G
What do I s	tand for,	what do I	stand for?

Em	D
Most nights, I don’t kn	ow, oh come on

C	G
So this is it?	I sold my soul for this?

D

Washed my hands of that for this? I miss my mom and dad for this?

C	G
No, when I see stars, when I s	ee stars, that’s all they are

	D
When I he	ar songs, they sound like a swan

	C	G	D
So come o	n, oh come	on, oh come	on, oh, come on

	C	G
Well	that is it, guys, th	at is all

C	G
Five minutes in and I’m b	ored again

C	G	D
Ten years of this, and I’m not	sure if anyb	ody understands

	C	G
This	one is not one for the fol	ks at home

	C	G
S	orry to leave, mom, I	had to go

C	G	D
Who the hell wants to	die alone all	dried up in the desert sun?

	C
My heart is b	reaking for my sister

	G
And the c	on that she called love

	D
And then I l	ook into my nephew’s eyes

Am

Man, you wouldn’t believe

C	Am	D
The most amazing things	that can come f	rom

	C
Some terrible l	ies

C	G	C	G	C	G	D
→		→		→

C	G	C	G	C	G	D
→		→		→

With “whoa”

C	G	C	G	C	G	D
→		→		→

C	G	C	G	C	G	D
→		→		→

C	G	C	G
The other n	ight, you wouldn’t believe the dr	eam I just had ab	out you and me

C	G	D
I called you up, but we’d b	oth agree

C	G	C	G
It’s for the	best you didn’t l	isten

C	G	D
It’s for the	best we get our d	istance, oh

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (2006)

Originally in Cm, I play in Am

Intro

Am

I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind

Cmaj7	F
But there was something so pleasant about that pl	ace

Even your emotions had an echo

	Esus4	E
In so much spac	e

Am

And when you’re out there, without care

	Cmaj7
Yeah, I was out of touch

	F
But it wasn’t because I didn’t know eno	ugh

	Esus4	E
I just knew too much

	Am
Does that make me	crazy?

	Cmaj7
Does that make me	crazy?

	F
Does that make me	crazy?

	Esus4	E
Possibly

Vox on the 5 of the chord

A	F
And I hope that you are having the time of your l	ife

	Cmaj7	Esus4	E
But think tw	ice, that’s my only advic	e,	mmm

Am	Cmaj7
Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you a	re

	F
Ha ha ha, bless your so	ul

	Esus4	E
You really think you’re in cont	rol

	Am
Well, I think you’	re crazy

	Cmaj7
I think you’re cra	zy

	F
I think you’re cra	zy

	Esus4	E
Just like me

A	F
My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a	limb

	Cmaj7	Esus4	E
And all I re	member is thinking, I wanna be like t	hem,	mmmm

Am	Cmaj7
Ever since I was little, ever since I was little it looked like fu	n

	F
And it’s no coincidence I’ve co	me

	Esus4	E
And I can die when I’m d	one

	Am
But maybe I’m	crazy

	Cmaj7
Maybe you’re	crazy

	F
Maybe we’re	crazy

	Esus4	E
Probably

A	F
Mmmm,	ooh

Cmaj7	Esus4	E
Oooh

A

Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (2011)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am, which is really low

in the verse, so take all opportunities to take the

melody up rather than down.

Playing in the original key and dropping the chorus

an octave is also reasonable.

Am	G
	x 8

Vox on the 5

Am	G
Now and t	hen I think of

Am	G	Am	G	Am	G
When we	were toge	ther

Am	G
Like when you	said you felt so

Am	G	Am	G	Am	G
Happy yo	u could di	e

Am	G	Am	G
Told mys	elf that you were	right for	me

Am	G	Am	G
But felt so	lonely in your	company

Am	G
But that was	love and it’s an

Am	G	Am	G	Am	G
Ache I st	ill remem	ber

Am	G
	x 8

Am	G
You can get ad	dicted to a

Am	G	Am	G	Am	G
Certain	kind of s	adness

Am	G	Am
Like resign	ation to the	end

G	Am	G	Am	G
Always the	end

Am	G	Am	G
So when we	found that we could	not make	sense

Am	G	Am	G
Well you	said that we would	still be fr	iends

Am	G
But I’ll ad	mit that I was

Am	G	Am	G	Am	G
Glad that	it was o	ver

Am	G	F	G
But you	didn’t have to	cut me	off

Am	G	F
Make out	like it never	happened

	G	Am
And that	we were not	hing

	G	F	G
And	I don’t even	need your	love

	Am	G
But you	treat me like a	stranger

	F	G
And that	feels so	rough

Am	G	F	G
No you d	idn’t have to st	oop so	low

Am	G	F
Have your fr	iends collect your	records

	G	Am
And then	change your n	umber

	G	F	G
I g	uess that I don’t	need that	though

Am	G	F	G
Now you’re just someb	ody that I	used to	know

Am	G	F	G
Am	G	F	G
Now you’re just someb	ody that I	used to	know

Am	G	F	G
Am	G	F	G
Now you’re just someb	ody that I	used to	know

Am	G
	x 4

Am	G
Now and	then I think of

Am	G	Am	G	Am	G
All the times you scr	ewed me o	ver

Am	G
But had me bel	ieving it was

Am	G	Am	G	Am	G
Always something	that I’d d	one

G

And I don’t wanna live that way

G

Reading into every word you say

G

You said that you could let it go

G

And I wouldn’t catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know

Am	G	F	G
But you	didn’t have to	cut me	off

Am	G	F
Make out	like it never	happened

	G	Am
And that	we were no	thing

	G	F	G
And	I don’t even	need your	love

	Am	G
But you	treat me like a	stranger

	F	G
And that	feels so	rough

Am	G	F	G
No you d	idn’t have to st	oop so	low

Am	G	F
Have your fr	iends collect your	records

	G	Am
And then	change your n	umber

	G	F	G
I g	uess that I don’t	need that	though

Am	G	F	G
Now you’re just someb	ody that I	used to	know

Fade on the last line with ad libs

Green Day - American Idiot (2004)

Originally in G#, I play in G and use open chords in the chorus

G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
G5	C5	F5	C5	G5
G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
G5	C5	F5	C5	G5

Vox on the 5

	G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
Don’t wanna be an American idiot

	G5	C5	F5	C5	G5
Don’t want a nation under the new mania

	G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?

	G5	C5	F5	C5	G5
The subliminal mind-blown America

C5

Welcome to a new kind of tension

G5

All across the alien nation

D5	G5
Where everything isn’t meant to be o	kay

C5

Television dreams of tomorrow

G5

We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow

Hard stop after “argue”

D5

For that’s enough to argue

Drums for one measure

G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
G5	C5	F5	C5	G5

	G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
Well, maybe I’m the faggot, America

	G5	C5	F5	C5	G5
I’m not a part of a redneck agenda

	G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
Now everybody do the propaganda

	G5	C5	F5	C5	G5
And sing along to the age of paranoia

C5

Welcome to a new kind of tension

G5

All across the alien nation

D5	G5
Where everything isn’t meant to be o	kay

C5

Television dreams of tomorrow

G5

We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow

Hard stop after “argue”

D5

For that’s enough to argue

Drums for one measure

G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
G5	C5	F5	C5	G5
G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
G5	C5	F5	C5	G5

Solo if appropriate on chorus chords

G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
G5	C5	F5	C5	G5

G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
Don’t wanna	be an	Ameri	can i	di	ot

G5	C5	F5	C5	G5
One n	ation contro	lled b	y the	media

G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F
Inform	ation a	ge o	f hys	teri	a

Hard stop

G5

It’s calling out to idiot America

C5

Welcome to a new kind of tension

G5

All across the alien nation

D5	G5
Where everything isn’t meant to be o	kay

C5

Television dreams of tomorrow

G5

We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow

Hard stop after “argue”

D5

For that’s enough to argue

No drum break this time

G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
G5	C5	F5	C5	G5
G5	C5	F5	C5	G5	F5
G5	C5	F5	C5	G5

Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2004)

Originally in Fm, I play in Em

Intro

Em	G	D	A
			x 2

Em	G
I walk a	lonely road

	D	A	Em
The	only one that	I have ever	known

	G
Don’t know	where it goes

D	A	Em	G	D	A
But it’s home to m	e and I walk a	lone

Em	G
I walk this	empty street

D	A	Em
On the boule	vard of broken	dreams

	G
Where the	city sleeps

	D	A	Em	G
And	I’m the only one	and I walk a	lone

D	A	Em	G
I walk al	one, I walk al	one

D	A
I walk alo	ne, and I walk a

C	G	D	Em
My sh	adow’s the	only one that wa	lks beside me

C	G	D	Em
My sha	llow hea	rt’s the only th	ing that’s beating

C	G	D	Em
Somet	imes I wi	sh someone out th	ere will find me

Hard stop after this line

C	G	B7
Till th	en I w	alk alone

With aah’s

Em	G	D	A
			x 2

Em	G
I’m walking d	own the line

D	A	Em
That divides me so	mewhere in my m	ind

	G
On the b	order line

D	A	Em	G	D	A
Of the edge and wh	ere I walk al	one

Em	G
Read be	tween the lines

D	A	Em
What’s messed up and	everything’s al	right

	G
Check my	vital signs

	D	A	Em	G
To k	now I’m still al	ive and I walk al	one

D	A	Em	G
I walk al	one, I walk al	one

D	A
I walk alo	ne, and I walk a

C	G	D	Em
My sh	adow’s the	only one that wa	lks beside me

C	G	D	Em
My sha	llow hea	rt’s the only th	ing that’s beating

C	G	D	Em
Somet	imes I wi	sh someone out th	ere will find me

Hard stop after this line

C	G	B7
Till th	en I w	alk alone

With aah’s

Em	G	D	A
			x 2

Solo if appropriate on chorus chords

Band drops out

Em	G
I walk this	empty street

D	A	Em
On the boule	vard of broken	dreams

	G
Where the	city sleeps

	D	A
And	I’m the only one	and I walk a

C	G	D	Em
My sh	adow’s the	only one that wa	lks beside me

C	G	D	Em
My sha	llow hea	rt’s the only th	ing that’s beating

C	G	D	Em
Somet	imes I wi	sh someone out th	ere will find me

C	G	B7
Till th	en I w	alk alone

Em	C	D	C#	G	D#
					x3

Em

C

D

C#

G

Em

Green Day - Holiday (2004)

Originally in Fm, I play in Em

Em	C	G	D
			x 6

Em	C	G	D
Hear the	sound of the	falling ra	in

Em	C	G	B	Em
Coming do	wn like an a	rmag	eddon fl	ame (Hey!)

	C	G	D	B
The sh	ame, the	ones who di	ed witho	ut a name

Em	C	G	D
Hear the d	ogs howling o	ut of ke	y

Em	C	G	B	Em
To a hy	mn called “F	aith and M	ise	ry” (Hey!)

	C	G	D	B
And ble	ed, the c	ompany l	ost the w	ar today

Em	C	G	D
I beg to dr	eam and differ fr	om the hollow li	es

Hard stop after this line

Em	C	G	B
This is the d	awning of the r	est of our l	ives

	Em	C	G	D
On holi	day

Em	C	G	D

Em	C	G	D
Hear the	drum pounding	out of	time

Em	C	G	B	Em
Another p	rotest	or has cro	ssed a l	ine (Hey!)

	C	G	D	B
To fin	d, the mo	ney’s	on the o	ther side

Em	C	G	D
Can I g	et an	other Am	en? (Amen!)

Em	C	G	B	Em
There’s a f	lag wrapped a	round a s	core of m	en (Hey!)

	C	G	D	B
A g	ag, a p	lastic b	ag on a m	onument

Em	C	G	D
I beg to dr	eam and differ fr	om the hollow li	es

Hard stop after this line

Em	C	G	B
This is the d	awning of the r	est of our l	ives

Definitely play this part

Em	G	Em	A	D	B
		→	→	→

Em	G	D	B	Em
		→	→

Maybe play this part

Em	G	Em	A	D	B
		→	→	→

Em	G	D	B	Em
		→	→

Solo only if it makes sense

C	G	B	Em	D/F#
			→

C	G	B	B

Probably skip this part

Em	G	C	A	D	B
Zieg H	eil to the p	resid	ent	gasm	an

Em	G	D	B	Em
Bombs a	way is your p	uni	shm	ent

Em	G	C	A	D	B
Pulver	ize the	Eiff	el	towe	rs

Em	G	D	B	Em
Who crit	icize your	gov	ern	ment

Em	G	C	A	D	B
Bang b	ang goes the	brok	en gl	ass a	nd

Em	G	D	B	Em
Kill all the fa	gs that d	on’t	agr	ee

Em	G	C	A	D	B
Trials by	fire,	sett	ing	fir	e

Em	G	D	B	Em
Is not a	way that’s m	eant f	or	me

B	Em
Just ‘cause, just ‘cause, because we’re outlaws ye	ah!

Em	C	G	D
I beg to dr	eam and differ fr	om the hollow li	es

Em	C	G	B
This is the d	awning of the r	est of our l	ives

Em	C	G	D
I beg to dr	eam and differ fr	om the hollow li	es

Em	C	G	B
This is the d	awning of the r	est of our l	ives

B	Em
This is our lives on holi	day

Em	C	G	D
			x 3

Em	C	Em	A	D	Em
		→	→	→

Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends (2004)

Intro

G

G	G/F#
Summer has	come and passed

	Em7	G/D
The i	nnocent can	never last

C	Cm	G
Wake me up	when September end	s

G

G	G/F#
Like my father’s c	ome to pass

Em7	G/D
Seven years has g	one so fast

C	Cm	G
Wake me up	when September end	s

G	D/F#

Em	Bm
Here comes the	rain again

C	G	D/F#
Falling from the	stars

Em	Bm
Drenched in my	pain again

	C	D
Bec	oming who we	are

G	G/F#
As my memor	y rests

	Em7	G/D
But n	ever forgets w	hat I lost

C	Cm	G
Wake me up	when September end	s

G

Band enters

G	G/F#
Summer has	come and passed

	Em7	G/D
The i	nnocent can	never last

C	Cm	G
Wake me up	when September end	s

G	G/F#
Ring out the b	ells again

Em7	G/D
Like we did when	Spring began

C	Cm	G
Wake me up	when September end	s

G	D/F#

Em	Bm
Here comes the	rain again

C	G	D/F#
Falling from the	stars

Em	Bm
Drenched in my	pain again

	C	D
Bec	oming who we	are

G	G/F#
As my memor	y rests

	Em7	G/D
But n	ever forgets w	hat I lost

C	Cm	G
Wake me up	when September end	s

G	D/F#

Solo on chorus chords

Quiet again

G	G/F#
Summer has	come and passed

	Em7	G/D
The i	nnocent can	never last

Band enters

C	Cm	G
Wake me up	when September end	s

G	G/F#
Like my father’s c	ome to pass

Em7	G/D
Twenty years has g	one so fast

C	Cm	G
Wake me up	when September end	s

C	Cm	G
Wake me up	when September end	s

C	Cm	G
Wake me up	when September end	s

Gretchen Wilson - Redneck Woman (2004)

Originally in F#, I play in A capo 1

Intro

A7

	A
Well I ain’t n	ever been the Barbie doll type

No I can’t swig that sweet champagne

Walk up through 2-b3-3 starts on “beer”

I'd rather drink beer all night

	D
In a t	avern, or in a honky-tonk

Or on a four-wheel drive tailgate

A

I’ve got posters on my wall of Skynyrd, Kid, and Strait

	E7
Some pe	ople look down on me, but I don’t give a rip

	D
I’ll s	tand bare-footed in my own front yard

Hard stop on “baby”

With a baby on my hip

	A
‘Cause I’m a	redneck woman

I ain’t no high-class broad
I'm just a product of my raising
I say hey y'all and yee-haw

	D
And I ke	ep my Christmas lights on

On my front porch all year long

	A
And	I know all the words to

Every Charlie Daniels song

	E7
So h	ere’s to all my sisters

Out there keeping it country

Hard stop on “let”

	D
L	et me get a big hell yeah

Hits on “red”, “girls”, “me”

	D	D
From the	redneck girls like	me

	C	A
H	ell y	eah

A

Victoria’s Secret, well their stuff’s real nice

Oh but I can buy the same damn thing
On a Walmart shelf half-price

	D
And still look	sexy, just as sexy, as those models on TV

	A
No, I	don’t need no designer tag

To make my man want me

E7

You might think I’m trashy, a little too hard-core

	D
But	in my neck of the woods, I’m just the girl next door

	A
Hey I’m a	redneck woman

I ain’t no high-class broad
I'm just a product of my raising
I say hey y'all and yee-haw

	D
And I ke	ep my Christmas lights on

On my front porch all year long

	A
And	I know all the words to

Every Tanya Tucker song

	E7
So h	ere’s to all my sisters

Out there keeping it country

No hard stop this time

	D
L	et me get a big hell yeah

	D	D
From the	redneck girls like	me

	C	A
H	ell y	eah

Solo

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

Quiet, let ring

	A
I’m a	redneck woman

I ain’t no high-class broad
I'm just a product of my raising

Hard stop on “hey”

I say hey y'all and yee-haw

	D
And I ke	ep my Christmas lights on

On my front porch all year long

	A
And	I know all the words to

Every Old Bocephus song

	E7
So h	ere’s to all my sisters

Out there keeping it country

Hard stops and hits again

	D
L	et me get a big hell yeah

“Girls” gets held long enough to get to the bIII

	D	C	A
From the	redneck girls	like	me

	A
H	ell yeah, hell yeah, I said hell yeah

Halestorm - Here’s to Us (2012)

Originally in C, I play in C capo 1, highest note that matters is the 3 (“last few days”)

Intro

C	F	Am	G
			x2

Vox on the 5

C	F
We could just go h	ome right now

	Am	G
Or	maybe we could st	ick around

	C	F	Am	G
For	just one more	drink, oh y	eah

C	F
Get another bo	ttle out

	Am	G
Let’s	shoot the stuff, s	it back down

	C	F	Am	G
For	just one more	drink, oh y	eah

	C
Here’s to u	s

	G
Here’s to	love

Vox on the 1 of the major key on “times”, then down to 7 4 on “messed up”

	Am	F
All the ti	mes that we messed	up

	C
Here’s to	you

	G
Fill the g	lass

	Am	F
‘Cause the	last few days have	kicked my ass

	C	G
So	let’s give em	hell

	Am	F
Wish	everybody w	ell

	C	G
Here’s to u	s

	Am	F
Here’s to u	s

	C	F
We’ve	stuck it out this f	ar together

Am	G
Put our dreams t	hrough the shredder

	C	F	Am	G
Let’s	toast ‘cause t	hings got	better

	C	F
‘Cause	everything could c	hange like that

	Am	G
And	all these years go b	y so fast

	C	F	Am	G
But	nothing	lasts, fore	ver

	C
Here’s to	us

	G
Here’s to l	ove

	Am	F
All the	times that we messed	up

	C
Here’s to	you

	G
Fill the g	lass

	Am	F
‘Cause the	last few nights have	kicked my ass

	C	G
If	they give ya h	ell

	Am	F
T	ell em go m thems	elves

	C	G
Here’s to	us

	Am	F
Here’s to	us

Bridge, vox on the b7 on “all”

	D
Here’s to a	ll that we’ve kissed

	F
And to a	ll that we’ve missed

Vox down to the 3 of the chord on “biggest”

	C	G
To the	biggest mistakes that we j	ust wouldn’t trade

	D
To u	s breakin’ out

Without us breakin’ down

	G
To whatev	er’s coming our way

	C
Here’s to	us

	G
Here’s to l	ove

	Am	F
All the	times that we messed	up

	C
Here’s to	you

	G
Fill the g	lass

	Am	F
‘Cause the	last few days have ki	cked my ass

	C	G
So	let’s give em	hell

	Am	F
Wish	everybody	well

	C
Here’s to	us

	G
Here’s to	love

	Am	F
All the	times that we messed u	p

	C
Here’s to	you

	G
Fill the g	lass

	Am	F
‘Cause the l	ast few nights have k	icked my ass

	C	G
If t	hey give ya h	ell

Hard stop on “tell”

Am	F
Tell ‘em go screw them	selves

	C	G
Here’s to	us

	Am	F
Here’s to	us

	C
Here’s to	us

	G
Here’s to	love

	Am	F
Wish	everybody	well

	C
Here’s to	us

	G
Here’s to	love

	Am	F
Here’s to	us

	C
Here’s to	us

Halestorm - I Miss the Misery (2012)

Originally in Am, I play in Am, with everything an octave down except the first two lines of each verse

Highest note that matters is the 5 (!)

Intro (after epic scream), with “oh”, but easier for me to sing something with constant

Am	C	G	D	F
			→	x2

Vox on the 1

Am	C	G	D
I’ve been a m	ess since you st	ayed

Am	C	G	D
I’ve been a w	reck since you c	hanged

Vox up to the higher 1

Am	C
Don’t let me	get in your way

G	D
I miss the	lies and the pain

F	E	G
The fights that keep us awa	ke-ake-ake,	I’m tellin’ you

Am	C
I miss the bad things,	the way you hate me

G	D	F
I miss the screaming, the	way that you	blame me

Am	C
Miss the phone calls	when it’s your fault

G	D	F
I miss the late nights, d	on’t miss y	ou at all

Am	C	G
I like the k	ick in the f	ace

	D
And the	things you do to me

F	E
I love the way that it hu	rts

	G
I don’t miss	you I miss the misery

Am	C	G	D	F
			→

Am	C	G	D
I’ve tried but I	just can’t t	ake it

Am	C	G	D
I’d rather	fight than just	fake it,	‘cause I like it rough

Am	C
You know that	I’ve had enough

G	D
I dare ya t	o call my bluff

F	E	G
Can’t take too much of a g	ood thi-	ing I’m tellin’ you

Am	C
I miss the bad things,	the way you hate me

G	D	F
I miss the screaming, the	way that you	blame me

Am	C
Miss the phone calls	when it’s your fault

G	D	F
I miss the late nights, d	on’t miss y	ou at all

Am	C	G
I like the k	ick in the f	ace

	D
And the	things you do to me

F	E
I love the way that it hu	rts

	G
I don’t miss	you, I miss the misery

Bridge

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “just”, down to the low 3 of the chord on “hurt” (maybe easier to go up to that 3 in my key

F	G	A
Just know that I’ll make y	ou hu	rt

(I miss the lies and the pain what you did to me)

F	G	A
When you tell me you’ll make	it wo	rk

(I’d rather fight all night than watch the TV)

Start all of these lines on the same note (the 1 of the key

F	G	A
I hate that feelin’	insi	de

	G/B	C	D	F
You	tell me	how hard	you’ll	try

	E
But when we’re at our wo	rst

Hang on this chord

G

I miss the misery

Band out

Am	C
I miss the bad things	the way you hate me

G	D	F
I miss the screaming, the	way that you	blame me

Band back

Am	C
I miss the rough sex,	leaves me a mess

G	D	F
I miss the feeling, the	pains in	my chest

Am	C
Miss the phone calls	when it’s your fault

G	D	F
I miss the late nights, d	on’t miss y	ou at all

Am	C	G
I like the k	ick in the f	ace

	D
And the	things you do to me

F	E
I love the way that it hu	rts

	G
I don’t miss	you, I miss the misery

Am	G	D/F#	F	G
I don’t miss y	ou, I miss the mis	ery	→

Last chord is implied, band out

Am	G	D/F#	F	G
		I don’t miss y	ou, I miss the m	isery

Hoobastank - The Reason (2004)

Originally in E, I play in C, highest note that matters is the 4 (in the bridge, “and the reason is *you*”)

Intro

C

Vox on the 1 on “I’m not”

C	Am
I’m not a perfect	person

	C
There’s many things I wish I didn’t	do

	Am
But I continue	learning

Vox on the 1 of the chord on you, same note on “go” (now the 7 of the chord)

	F
I never meant to do those things to	you

	G
And so I have to say before I	go

	C
That I just want you to kn	ow

	Am
I’ve found a reason for	me

	F
To change who I used to	be

	G
A reason to start over n	ew

	C
And the reason is y	ou

C	Am
I’m sorry that I hur	t you

	C
It’s something I must live with every	day

	Am
And all the pain I put you	through

	F
I wish that I could take it all aw	ay

	G
And be the one who catches all your t	ears

	C
That’s why I need you to h	ear

	Am
I’ve found a reason for	me

	F
To change who I used to	be

	G
A reason to start over n	ew

	Bb
And the reason is y	ou

Bridge

	C
And the reason is y	ou

	Bb
And the reason is y	ou

	C
And the reason is y	ou

C

C	Am
I’m not a perfect	person

	F
I never meant to do those things to	you

	G
And so I have to say before I	go

	C
That I just want you to k	now

	Am
I’ve found a reason for	me

	F
To change who I used to	be

	G
A reason to start over n	ew

	C
And the reason is y	ou

	Am
I’ve found a reason to s	how

	F
A side of me you didn’t	know

	G
A reason for all that I	do

	C
And the reason is	you

Imagine Dragons - Demons (2012)

Originally in Eb, I play in A capo 2

Vox on the 5 on “days”

	A
When the d	ays are cold

	E
And the c	ards all fold

	F#m
And the s	aints we see

	D
Are all m	ade of gold

	A
When your d	reams all fail

	E
And the o	nes we hail

	F#m
Are the w	orst of all

	D
And the b	lood’s run stale

Vox still on the 5

A

I want to hide the truth

E

I want to shelter you

F#m

But with the beast inside

D

There’s nowhere we can hide

Vox up to the 1

A

No matter what we breed

E

We still are made of greed

F#m

This is my kingdom come

D

This is my kingdom come

Vox up to the 3

A

When you feel my heat

E

Look into my eyes

F#m

It’s where my demons hide

D

It’s where my demons hide

A

Don’t get too close

E

It’s dark inside

F#m

It’s where my demons hide

D

It’s where my demons hide

	A
When the c	urtain’s call

	E
Is the l	ast of all

	F#m
When the l	ights fade out

	D
All the s	inners crawl

	A
So they d	ug your grave

	E
And the m	asquerade

	F#m
Will come c	alling out

	D
At the m	ess you made

A

Don’t wanna let you down

E

But I am hellbound

F#m

Though this is all for you

D

Don’t wanna hide the truth

A

No matter what we breed

E

We still are made of greed

F#m

This is my kingdom come

D

This is my kingdom come

A

When you feel my heat

E

Look into my eyes

F#m

It’s where my demons hide

D

It’s where my demons hide

A

Don’t get too close

E

It’s dark inside

F#m

It’s where my demons hide

D

It’s where my demons hide

A

They say it’s what you make

E

I say it’s up to fate

F#m

It’s woven in my soul

D

I need to let you go

A

Your eyes they shine so bright

E

I want to save that light

F#m

I can’t escape this now

Band out this line, IV is implied

D

Unless you show me how

A

When you feel my heat

E

Look into my eyes

F#m

It’s where my demons hide

D

It’s where my demons hide

A

Don’t get too close

E

It’s dark inside

F#m

It’s where my demons hide

D

It’s where my demons hide

Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (2012)

Originally in Bm, I play in Em, highest note that matters is the 1 of the minor key (“I feel it in my bones”)

Intro

Em7add4	G69	D69
Em7add4	G69	D69
Em7add4	G69	D69
Em7add4

Vox on the 5 of the minor key on “waking”

Em	G	D
I’m waking	up to ash and	dust

	A	Em
I wipe my	brow and I sweat my r	ust

	G	D
I’m breathing	in the chemica	ls

Em	G	D
I’m breaking	in, shaping	up

	A	Em
Then checking	out on the prison bu	s

Em	G	D	A
This is	it, the apoca	lypse, whoa-	oh

Vox on the low-ish 1 on “I’m waking up”, up to the high 1 on “I feel it”

	Em	G
I’m waking	up, I feel it	in my bones

Vox up to the 5 of the chord on “enough”

	D	A
E	nough to make my	systems blow

Em	G
Welcome to the new age,	to the new age

D	A
Welcome to the new age,	to the new age

Em	G	D	A
Whoa,	whoa, I’m	radioactive,	radioactive

Em	G	D	A
Whoa,	whoa, I’m	radioactive,	radioactive

Em	G	D
I raise my fl	ags, dye my cl	othes

	A	Em
It’s a revo	lution, I sup	pose

	G	D	A
We’re painted r	ed to fit right i	n, whoa-o	h

Em	G	D
I’m breaking	in, shaping	up

	A	Em
Then checking	out on the prison b	us

Em	G	D	A
This is	it, the apoca	lypse, wha-o	oh

	Em	G
I’m waking	up, I feel it	in my bones

	D	A
E	nough to make my	systems blow

Em	G
Welcome to the new age,	to the new age

D	A
Welcome to the new age,	to the new age

Em	G	D	A
Whoa,	whoa, I’m	radioactive,	radioactive

Em	G	D	A
Whoa,	whoa, I’m	radioactive,	radioactive

Vox on the 3 of the minor key on “all”

Em	Gmaj7	D	A
All systems	go, s	un hasn’t di	ed

Em	Gmaj7	D	A
Deep in my	bones,	straight from ins	ide

	Em	G
I’m waking	up, I feel it	in my bones

	D	A
E	nough to make my	systems blow

Em	G
Welcome to the new age,	to the new age

D	A
Welcome to the new age,	to the new age

Em	G	D	A
Whoa,	whoa, I’m	radioactive,	radioactive

Em	G	D	A
Whoa,	whoa, I’m	radioactive,	radioactive

Ingrid Michaelson - You and I (2008)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

G

Vox on the 3 on “don’t”

	G
D	on’t you worry there, my honey

	Gsus4
W	e might not have any money

	Em	C
B	ut we’ve got our love to pay the	bills

	G
M	aybe I think you’re cute and funny

	Gsus4
M	aybe I wanna do what bunnies

Em	C
Do with you if you know what I	mean

Vox on the 3 on “let’s”, in the original that’s the absurdly high falsetto 3... don’t do that.

	G	B7	C	G
Oh,	let’s get rich and	buy our parents	homes in the South of	France

	G	B
Let’s get	rich and give everyb	ody nice sweaters

	C	Dsus4	D
And	teach them how to	dance

	G	B7
Let’s get	rich and build a	house on a mountain

	C	A7
Making	everybody look like	ants

	G	C	D	G
From way up	there, you and	I,	you and	I

G

	G
Well,	you might be a bit confused

	Gsus4
And	you might be a little bit bruised

	Em	C
But	baby, how we spoon like no one	else

	G
So	I will help you read those books

	Gsus4
If	you will soothe my worried looks

	Em	C
And	we will put the lonesome on the	shelf

	G	B7	C	G
Oh,	let’s get rich and	buy our parents	homes in the South of	France

	G	B
Let’s get	rich and give everyb	ody nice sweaters

	C	Dsus4	D
And	teach them how to	dance

	G	B7
Let’s get	rich and build a	house on a mountain

	C	A7
Making	everybody look like	ants

	G	C	D	G
From way up	there, you and	I,	you and	I

Let ring, in the original this is just vox+drums

	G	B7	C	G
Oh,	let’s get rich and	buy our parents	homes in the South of	France

	G	B7
Let’s get	rich and give every	body nice sweaters

	C	Dsus4	D
And	teach them how to	dance

	G	B7
Let’s get	rich and build a	house on a mountain

	C	A7
Making	everybody look like	ants

	G	C	D	G
From way up	there, you and	I,	you and	I

Jack Johnson - Upside Down (2006)

Intro

E	E	F#m	F#m
			x2

E

Who’s to say, what’s impossible

	F#m
Well	they forgot, this world keeps spinning

	E
And with	each new day

	F#m
I can feel a change in	everything

	E
And as the surface breaks re	flections fade

	F#m
But in some ways they re	main the same

	E
And as my mind begins to	spread its wings

	F#m
There’s no stopping curi	osity

	E	F#m
I want to turn the whole thing	upside	down

A	B	E	F#m
I’ll find the	things they say just	can’t be	found

A	B	E	F#m
I’ll share this	love I find with	every	one

A	B	E	F#m
We’ll sing and	dance to mother	nature’s	songs

A	B	E
I don’t want this	feeling to go a	way

E	E	F#m	F#m
			x2

E

Who’s to say, I can’t do everything

	F#m
Well	I can try

	E
And as I roll along I be	gin to find

	F#m
Things aren’t always just	what they seem

	E	F#m
I want to turn the whole thing	upside	down

A	B	E	F#m
I’ll find the	things they say just	can’t be	found

A	B	E	F#m
I’ll share this	love I find with	every	one

A	B	E	F#m
We’ll sing and	dance to mother	nature’s	songs

Bridge

A	B	G#m	F#m
This world keeps	spinning and there’s	no time to	waste

	G#m	A	B
Well it	all, keeps	spinning, spinning	round and round and

E	F#m
Upside	down

A	B	E	F#m
Who’s to say what’s im	possible and	can’t be	found

A	B	E
I don’t want this	feeling to go a	way

E	F#m
	Please don’t go away

E	F#m
	Please don’t go away

E	F#m	A	E
	Is this how it’s suppo	sed to be?

Jason Mraz - Have It All (2018)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Intro

A	C#m	D	E

Vox on the 3 on “auspiciousness”

	A
May you have aus	piciousness and causes of success

	F#m
May you have the	confidence to always do your best

	D
May you take no	effort in your being generous

	E
Sharing what you	can nothing more nothing less

	A
May you know the	meaning of the word happiness

	F#m
May you always	lead from the beating in your chest

	D
May you be	treated like an esteemed guest

	E
May you get to	rest may you catch your breath

Chords change twice as fast here

	F#m	D	A	E
May the	best of your todays be the	worst of your tomorrows,	woa	h

Hard stop on the last chord

	F#m	D	A	E
May the	road less paved be the	road that you follow,	woa	h

Vox up to the high 3

	A
Well,	here’s to the hearts that you’re gonna break

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “here’s”

E	Bdim7/F
Here’s to the lives that you’re gonna change

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “here’s”

F#m	D
Here’s to the infinite possible ways to	love you, I want you to have it

A

Here’s to the good times we gonna have

	E	Bdim7/F
You d	on’t need money you’ve got free pass

Hard stop on “want”

F#m	D
Here’s to the fact that I’d be sad with	out you, I want you to have it all

A	E	Bdim7/F	F#m
Oh, I want you to	have it all, I wa	nt you to	have it

	D
I want you to	have it all

	A
May you be as fasci	nating as a slap bracelet

	F#m
May you keep the	chaos and the clutter off your desk

	D
May you have un	questionable health and less stress

	E
Having no po	ssessions, though immeasurable wealth

	A
May you get a	gold star on your next test

	F#m
May your edu	cated guesses always be correct

	D
And may you win	prizes shining like diamonds

	E
May you really	own it each moment to the next

	F#m	D	A	E
May the	best of your todays be the	worst of your tomorrows,	woa	h

	F#m	D	A	E
May the	road less paved be the	road that you follow,	woa	h

Vox up to the high 3

	A
Well,	here’s to the hearts that you’re gonna break

E	Bdim7/F
Here’s to the lives that you’re gonna change

F#m	D
Here’s to the infinite possible ways to	love you, I want you to have it

A

Here’s to the good times we gonna have

	E	Bdim7/F
You d	on’t need money you’ve got free pass

Hard stop on “want”

F#m	D
Here’s to the fact that I’d be sad with	out you, I want you to have it all

A	E	Bdim7/F	F#m
Oh, I want you to	have it all, I w	ant you to	have it

	D
I want you to	have it all

Let ring

F#m	E
Ah-all, I want you to have it	all

	F#m
All you can imagine,	oh, no matter what your path is

A

If you believe it, then anything could happen

D

Go go go, raise your glasses

E	Bdim7	F#m
Go go go, you can ha	ve it

D

Oh, I toast you

Vox up to the high 3

A

Here’s to the hearts that you’re gonna break

E

Here’s to the lives that you’re gonna change

F#m	D
Here’s to the infinite possible ways to	love you, I want you to have it

A

Here’s to the good times we gonna have

	E
You d	on’t need money you’ve got free pass

No hard stop this time

F#m	D
Here’s to the fact that I’d be sad with	out you, I want you to have it all

A	E	F#m
Oh, I want you to	have it all, I want you to	have it

	D
I want you to	have it, I want you to have it all

A

Here’s to the good times we gonna have

E

Here’s to you always makin’ me laugh

Hanging stop on “want”

F#m	D
Here’s to the fact that I’d be sad with	out you, I want you to have it all

Jason Mraz - I’m Yours (2008)

Originally in B, I play in G#

G#	D#	Fm	C#

	G#
Well	you done done me and you bet that I felt it

	D#
I t	ried to be chill but you’re so hot that I melted

	Fm
I	fell right through the cracks

	C#
And now I’m	tryin to get back

	G#
Before the c	ool done run out, I’ll be givin’ it my bestest

	D#
And	nothin’s gonna stop me but divine intervention

	Fm
I re	ckon it’s again my turn

	C#
To w	in some or learn some

	G#	D#
But	I won’t hesi	tate

	Fm
No more, no	more

	C#
It can not w	ait, I’m yours

G#	D#	Fm	C#

G#	D#
Well open up your mind and see like	me

	Fm
Open up your plans and then you’re	free

	C#
Look into your heart and you’ll find	love love love love

G#	D#
Listen to the music of the moment people dance and s	ing

	Fm
We’re just one big fami	ly

	C#	A#
It’s our god forsaken right to be	loved loved loved loved	loved

	G#	D#
But	I won’t hesi	tate

	Fm
No more, no	more

	C#
It can not w	ait, I’m sure

	G#	D#
There’s no n	eed to complic	ate

	Fm
Our time is s	hort

	C#
This is our f	ate I’m yours

Chords change in double-time here, vocals ad-lib

G#	D#/G	Fm	D#	C#	C#	A#7/D	A#7/D
G#	D#/G	Fm	D#	C#	C#	A#7/D	A#7/D

	G#
I’ve been spending	way too long checking my tongue in the mirror

	D#
And	bending over backwards just to try to see clearer

	Fm
But my	breath fogged up the glass

	C#
And so I	drew a new face and I laughed

	G#
I	guess what I’m saying is there ain’t no better reason

	D#
To	rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons

	Fm
It’s	what we aim to do

	C#
Our	name is our virtue

Let chords ring

	G#	D#
But	I won’t hesi	tate

	Fm
No more, no	more

	C#
It can not w	ait, I’m yours

Original repeats the verse with ad-lib here, I prefer

to finish the chorus and end on B.

	G#	D#
There’s no n	eed to complic	ate

	Fm
Our time is s	hort

	C#	A#
This is our f	ate I’m yours

Jason Mraz - The Remedy (2002)

Originally in Bb, I play in G

Highest note is the 1 (“won’t worry my life *a*way”

Intro

Em	C	G	D	Bm	C	G	D
							x2

	Em	A
Well, I saw	fireworks from the	freeway

	D	G	G/F#
And be	hind closed eyes, I cannot	make them go a	way

	Em	A
‘Cause you were	born on the fourth of Ju	ly, freedom ring

	D	G	G/F#
Well,	something on the surface, it	stings

	Em	A
I said,	something on the surface, well, it	kinda makes me nervous

	D
Who	say that you deserve this?

	G	G/F#
And what	kind of god would	serve this?

	Em	A
We will	cure this dirty	old disease

	D
Well, if	you’ve gots the poison, I’ve gots the remedy

	Em	A
The	remedy is the ex	perience

	D	G	G/F#
This is a	dangerous li	aison

	Em	A
I says, the	comedy is that it’s	serious

	D	G	G/F#
‘Cause it’s a	strange enough new	play on	words

	Em	A
I say the	tragedy is how you’re gon	na spend

	D	G	G/F#
The	rest of your nights with the	light on

	Em	A
So shine the	light on all of your	friends

Hard stop

	D
When it	all amounts to nothing in the end

G	C	D	D
I,		I won’t	worry my

IMO the iii here sounds terrible in G, use a I instead (really, that’s not a typo, use a I instead of a iii)

Em	Bm	C	D
Life away,	h	ey, o	h, oh

G	C	D	D
I,		I won’t	worry my

Em	Bm	C	D
Life away,	h	ey, o	h, oh

Em	C	G	D	Bm	C	G	D

	Em	A
Well, I heard	two men talking on the	radio

	D	G	G/F#
In a	cross fire kind of new re	ality show

	Em	A
Un	covering the ways to plan the	next big attack

	D
While they were	counting down the ways to stab the

G	G/F#
Brother in the b	e right

	Em	A
B	ack after this, the una	voidable kiss

	D	G	G/F#
Where the	minty fresh death breath is	sure to outl	ast this

	Em	A
Cata	strophe, dan	ce with me

	D
‘Cause if	you’ve gots the poison, I’ve gots the remedy

	Em	A
The	remedy is the ex	perience

	D	G	G/F#
This is a	dangerous li	aison

	Em	A
I says, the	comedy is that it’s	serious

	D	G	G/F#
This is a	strange enough new	play on	words

	Em	A
I said the	tragedy is how you’re gon	na spend

	D	G	G/F#
The	rest of your nights with the	light on

	Em	A
So shine the	light on all of your	friends

	D
When it	all amounts to nothing in the end

G	C	D	D
I,		I won’t	worry my

Em	Bm	C	D
Life away,	h	ey, o	h, oh

G	C	D	D
I,		I won’t	worry my

Em	Bm	C	D
Life away,	h	ey, o	h, oh

Em	C	G
When I fall in love	, I take my	time

	D
There’s no need to	hurry when I’m making up my mind

Em	C
You can turn off the sun

	G	D
But I’m still gonna	shine, and I’ll tell you	why

	Gm	C/G
Because the	remedy is the ex	perience

	Gm	C/G
This is a	dangerous li	aison

	Gm	C/G
I says the	comedy is that it’s	serious

	Gm	C/G
This is a	strange enough new	play on words

	Gm	C/G
I said the	tragedy is how you’re gon	na spend

	Gm	C/G
The	rest of your nights with the	light on

	Gm	C/G
So shine the	light on all of your	friends

	F
When it	all amounts to nothing in the end

G	C	D	D
I,		I won’t	worry my

Em	Bm	C	D
Life away,	h	ey, o	h, oh

G	C	D	D
I,		I won’t	worry my

Em	Bm	C	D
Life away,	h	ey, o	h, oh

G

Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl (2003)

Originally in A, I play in D

Highest note that matters is the 4 (“another man, yeah”)

Play basically everything as 7’s, 9’s, and 7#9’s

Intro

D

Vox on b7 1 1 on “one two three”

	D
It’s a o	ne, two, three, take my hand and come with me

Because you look so fine that I really wanna make you mine
I said you look so fine that I really wanna make you mine

D

Four, five, six, come on and get your kicks

Now you don’t need money when you look like that, do ya honey

Vox around the 1 of the chord on “big black boots”

G	F	C	G	F	C
Big black boots,	→		long brown hair	→

Vox up to the 5 of the chord on “get back stare”

	G	F	C	G
Ah	she’s so sweet,	with	her	get back stare

D	F
Well, I could see,	you home with me

G	D
But you were with another	man, yeah

D	F
I, know, we ain’t got,	much to say

G	D	A	C
Before I let you get aw	ay, yeah

I said, are you gonna be my girl

D

Well, it’s a one, two, three, take my hand and come with me

Because you look so fine that I really wanna make you mine
I said you look so fine and I really wanna make you mine

	D
Ah	four, five, six, come on and get your kicks

Now you don’t need money with a face like that, do ya

G	F	C	G	F	C
Big black boots,	→		long brown hair	→

	G	F	C	G
Ah	she’s so sweet,	with	her	get back stare

D	F
Well, I could see,	you home with me

G	D
But you were with another	man, yeah

D	F
I, know, we ain’t got,	much to say

G	D	A	C
Before I let you get aw	ay, yeah

I said, are you gonna be my girl

D

Solo

D	F	G	D
			x2

D	F
I could see,	you home with me

G	D
But you were with another	man, yeah

D	F
I, know, we ain’t got,	much to say

G	D
Before I let you get aw	ay, yeah

D	F
Ah be my girl,	be my girl

G	D
Are you gonna be my	girl

G

Jimmy Eat World - The Middle (2001)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 3

A

A	E
Hey, don’t write yourself off y	et

	D	A
It’s only in your head you f	eel left out or looked down	on

	A	E
Just try your b	est, try everything you c	an

	D	A
And don’t you worry what they t	ell themselves when you’re aw	ay

	A	E
It just t	akes some time, little girl you’re in the middle o	f the ride

	D
Everything, everything will	be just fine

	A
Everything, everything will	be all right, all right

A	E
Hey, you know they’re all the s	ame

	D	A
You know you’re doing better	on your own, so don’t buy i	n

	A	E
Live right n	ow, yeah just be yourse	lf

	D	A
It doesn’t matter if it’s go	od enough for someone	else

	A	E
It just t	akes some time, little girl you’re in the middle o	f the ride

	D
Everything, everything will	be just fine

	A
Everything, everything will	be all right, all right

	A	E
It just t	akes some time, little girl you’re in the middle o	f the ride

	D
Everything, everything will	be just fine

	A
Everything, everything will	be all right, all right

Solo

E	A	E	A
D	A	E	E

Quiet

A	E
Hey, don’t write yourself off y	et

Band back in

	D	A
It’s only in your head you f	eel left out or looked down	on

	A	E
Just do your b	est, do everything you c	an

	D	A
And don’t you worry what the b	itter hearts are gonna	say

	A	E
It just t	akes some time, little girl you’re in the middle o	f the ride

	D
Everything, everything will	be just fine

	A
Everything, everything will	be all right, all right

	A	E
It just t	akes some time, little girl you’re in the middle o	f the ride

	D
Everything, everything will	be just fine

	A
Everything, everything will	be all right, all right

John Mayer - No Such Thing (Simplified) (2001)

Emaj7

Emaj7	Amaj7
Welcome to the real world, she	said to me

	C#m7
Condescendingly,	take a seat, take your life

Am7

Plot it out in black and white

	Emaj7	Amaj7
Well I	never lived the dreams of the	prom kings

	C#m7
And the drama queens I’d like to think the	best of me

	F#7
Is still hiding	up my sleeve

	Asus2
They	love to tell you

	Emaj7
Stay inside the	lines

	F#7	Asus2	Emaj7
But	something’s better	on the other side

	Am	D7	Emaj7
I wanna	run through the	halls of my	high school

	Am	D7	Emaj7
I wanna	scream at the t	op of my	lungs

	Am	D7	Emaj7
I just found	out there’s no such	thing as the	real world

	Am	D7	Emaj7
Just a	lie you’ve got to	rise a	bove

Emaj7	Amaj7
So the good boys and girls take the	so called right track

	C#m7
Faded white hats grabbing	credits and maybe transfers

	Am7
They	read all the books but they can’t find the answers

Emaj7	Amaj7
And all of our parents they’re getting	older

	C#m7
I wonder if they’ve wished for anything	better

	F#7
While in their memories tiny	tragedies

	Asus2
They	love to tell you

	Emaj7
Stay inside the	lines

	F#7	Asus2	Emaj7
But	something’s better	on the other side

	Am	D7	Emaj7
I wanna	run through the	halls of my	high school

	Am	D7	Emaj7
I wanna	scream at the t	op of my	lungs

	Am	D7	Emaj7
I just found	out there’s no such	thing as the	real world

	Am	D7	Emaj7
Just a	lie you’ve got to	rise a	bove

These chords are just like playing F and A bar chords with the top two strings open

Fmaj7b5	Aadd9	Fmaj7b5
	Aadd9	Fmaj7b5
I am in	vincible

	Aadd9	Fmaj7b5
I am in	vincible

	Aadd9
I am in	vincible

	Fmaj7b5	Emaj7
As	long as I’m a	live

	Am	D7	Emaj7
I wanna	run through the	halls of my	high school

	Am	D7	Emaj7
I wanna	scream at the t	op of my	lungs

	Am	D7	Emaj7
I just found	out there’s no such	thing as the	real world

	Am	D7	Emaj7
Just a	lie you’ve got to	rise a	bove

	Am	D7	Emaj7
I just can’t	wait till my	ten year re	union

	Am	D7	Emaj7
I’m gonna	bust down the	double doors

	Am	D7	Emaj7
And when I	stand on these	tables be	fore you

	Am	D7	Emaj7
You will	know what all this	time was	for

John Mayer - No Such Thing (2001)

Emaj9 base-fret 11 frets 0 1 3 1 x x

Eadd9 base-fret 11 frets 0 1 4 1 x x

Amaj7 base-fret 11 frets x 0 1 3 x x

C#m11 base-fret 7 frets 3 x 3 3 1 x

Em11 base-fret ten frets 0 1 3 5 x x

F#7 base-fret 2 frets 1 x 1 2 1 x

A2 base-fret 2 frets x 0 1 3 0 x

Aadd11 base-fret 4 frets x 0 1 3 0 x

Aadd9 base-fret 7 frets x 0 1 3 0 x

Amaj9 base-fret 11 frets x 0 1 3 0 x

Amin9 base-fret 5 frets 1 x 1 1 0 x

D7 base-fret 5 frets x 0 3 1 3 x

Fmaj7b5 base-fret 1 frets 1 3 3 2 0 0

Aadd9alt base-fret 5 frets 1 3 3 2 0 0

Fmaj7b5/G base-fret 1 frets 3 3 3 2 0 0

Emaj9	Eadd9	Emaj9	Eadd9

Emaj9	Amaj9
Welcome to the real world, she	said to me

	C#m11
Condescendingly,	take a seat, take your life

Em11

Plot it out in black and white

	Emaj9	Amaj9
Well I	never lived the dreams of the	prom kings

	C#m11
And the drama queens I’d like to think the	best of me

	F#7
Is still hiding	up my sleeve

	A2	Aadd11	Add9	Amaj9
They	love	to	tell	you

A2	Aadd11	Add9	Amaj9	Emaj9
Stay	in	side	the lines

	F#7	A2	Emaj9
But	something’s better	on the other side

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
I wanna	run through the	halls of my	high school

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
I wanna	scream at the t	op of my	lungs

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
I just found	out there’s no such	thing as the	real world

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
Just a	lie you’ve got to	rise a	bove

Emaj9	Amaj9
So the good boys and girls take the	so called right track

	C#m11
Faded white hats grabbing	credits and maybe transfers

	Em11
They	read all the books but they can’t find the answers

Emaj9	Amaj9
And all of our parents they’re getting	older

	C#m11
I wonder if they’ve wished for anything	better

	F#7
While in their memories tiny	tragedies

	A2	Aadd11	Add9	Amaj9
They	love	to	tell	you

A2	Aadd11	Add9	Amaj9	Emaj9
Stay	in	side	the lines

	F#7	A2	Emaj9
But	something’s better	on the other side

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
I wanna	run through the	halls of my	high school

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
I wanna	scream at the t	op of my	lungs

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
I just found	out there’s no such	thing as the	real world

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
Just a	lie you’ve got to	rise a	bove

Fmaj7b5	Aadd9alt	Fmaj7b5
	Aadd9alt	Fmaj7b5
I am in	vincible

	Aadd9alt	Fmaj7b5
I am in	vincible

	Aadd9alt
I am in	vincible

	Fmaj7b5/G	Emaj9
As	long as I’m a	live

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
I wanna	run through the	halls of my	high school

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
I wanna	scream at the t	op of my	lungs

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
I just found	out there’s no such	thing as the	real world

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
Just a	lie you’ve got to	rise a	bove

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
I just can’t	wait till my	ten year re	union

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
I’m gonna	bust down the	double doors

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
And when I	stand on these	tables be	fore you

	Amin9	D7	Emaj9
You will	know what all this	time was	for

John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change (2006)

Originally in D, I play in C, or A capo 3

Intro

C	Am	F	C
G	Am	F	C

C	Am	F	C
Me and all my fr	iends, we’re a	ll misundersto	od

	G	Am	F	C
They s	ay we stand for n	othing and, there’s no wa	y we ever cou	ld

	C	Am	F	C
Now we see	everything that’s g	oing wrong with the w	orld and those who l	ead it

	G	Am	F	C
We just f	eel like we don’t h	ave the means to r	ise above and b	eat it

	C	Am	F	C
So we keep wai	ting, (wa	iting) waiting on the wo	rld to change

	G	Am	F	C
We keep on wai	ting, (wa	iting) waiting on the wo	rld to change

	C	Dm7	Am	Dm7
It’s ha	rd to beat the sy	stem, when you’re stan	ding at a dis	tance

	G	Am	F	C
So we keep wai	ting, (wai	ting) waiting on the wo	rld to change

	C	Am	F	C
Now i	f we had the p	ower to bring our ne	ighbors home from w	ar

	G	Am	F	C
They would have n	ever missed a C	hristmas, no more r	ibbons on their do	or

	C	Am	F	C
And when you tr	ust your televi	sion, what you g	et is what you got

	G	Am	F	C
Cause when they o	wn the inform	ation, oh they can b	end it all they want

	C	Am	F	C
That’s why we’re w	aiting (w	aiting) waiting on the w	orld to change

	G	Am	F	C
We keep on wai	ting, (wa	iting) waiting on the wo	rld to change

	C	Dm7	Am	Dm7
It’s no	t that we don’t c	are, we just k	now that the fight ai	n’t fair

	G	Am	F	C
So we keep on	waiting (w	aiting) waiting on the	world to change

Very skippable bridge

Cm7	Cm7	Cm7	Cm7
Cm7	Cm7	Cm7	C7#9

Solo

C	Am	F	C
G	Am	F	C
C	Am	F	C
G	Am	F	C

	C	Am	F	C
And we’re stil	l waiting (wa	iting) waiting on the w	orld to change

	G	Am	F	C
We keep on wai	ting (wai	ting) waiting on the wor	ld to change

	C	Dm	Am	Dm7
One	day our genera	tion is gonna r	ule the popula	tion

	G	Am	F	C
So we keep on	waiting (w	aiting) waiting on the	world to change

	G	Am	F	C
No we keep on	waiting (w	aiting) waiting on the	world to change

	G	Am	F	C
We keep on wai	ting, (wai	ting) we’re waiting on the wor	ld to change

	F	C
Waiting on the wor	ld to change

	F	C
Waiting on the wor	ld to change

	F	C
Waiting on the wor	ld to change

Johnny Cash - God’s Gonna Cut You Down (2003)

Johnny Cash in Bbm, I play in Em

Intro

Em	Em/G	Em
	→

Em/D	Em/D	Em
	→

Em	Em/G	Em
	→

Em	Am/C	Em	Em

Vox on the 5 on “run”

	Em
You can	run on for a long time

Vox on the 4 on “run”

Am/G	Em
Run on for a l	ong time

Em

Run on for a long time

Em/G	Em	Em/B	Em
Sooner or l	ater, god’ll c	ut you do	wn

G	Asus2	Bm	Em
Sooner or l	ater, god’ll c	ut you do	wn

	Em
Go	tell that long tongue liar

	Asus2	Em
Go and t	ell that midnight ri	der

Not a typo, the vox imply a I here, but don’t hit the 3 too hard on guitar

	E
Tell the r	ambler, the gambler, the backbiter

	Em/G	Em	Em/B	Em
T	ell ‘em that g	od’s gonna	cut ‘em down

	G	Asus2	Bm	Em
T	ell ‘em that g	od’s gonna	cut ‘em down

Whole verse basically on the 5

	Em
Well	my goodness gracious let me tell you the news

	Em
My h	ead’s been wet with the midnight dew

Em

I’ve been down on bended knee

G	Asus	Bm	Em
Talkin’ to the m	an from	Galilee

	Em
He s	poke to me in a voice so sweet

	Em
I t	hought I heard the shuffle of angels’ feet

	Em
He	called my name and my heart stood still

	Em
When h	e said “John go do my will”

	Em
Go	tell that long tongue liar

	Asus2	Em
Go and t	ell that midnight ri	der

	E
Tell the r	ambler, the gambler, the backbiter

	Em/G	Em	Em/B	Em
T	ell ‘em that g	od’s gonna	cut ‘em down

	G	Asus2	Bm	Em
T	ell ‘em that g	od’s gonna	cut ‘em down

	Em
You can	run on for a long time

There is definitely a I/3 in this line (i.e., A/C# in Am), but I’m not good enough to pull that off and not have it sound awkward

Am/G	Em
Run on for a long	time

Em

Run on for a long time

Em/G	Em	Em/B	Em
Sooner or l	ater, god’ll c	ut you do	wn

G	Asus2	Bm	Em
Sooner or l	ater, god’ll c	ut you do	wn

	Em
You may th	row your rock, hide your hand

Em

Workin’ in the dark against your fellow man

	Em
But	as sure as god made black and white

	G	Asus2	Bm	Bm
What’s d	one in the d	ark, will be b	rought to the li	ght

	Em
You can	run on for a long time

Am/G	Em
Run on for a long	time

Em

Run on for a long time

Em/G	Em	Em/B	Em
Sooner or l	ater, god’ll c	ut you do	wn

G	Asus2	Bm	Em
Sooner or l	ater, god’ll c	ut you do	wn

	Em
Go	tell that long tongue liar

	Asus2	Em
Go and t	ell that midnight r	ider

	E
Tell the r	ambler, the gambler, the backbiter

	Em/G	Em	Em/B	Em
T	ell ‘em that g	od’s gonna c	ut you down

	Em/G	Em	Em/B	Em
T	ell ‘em that g	od’s gonna c	ut you down

	G	Asus2	Bm	Em
T	ell ‘em that g	od’s gonna c	ut you down

Judas Priest - Angel (2005)

Originally in Bm, I play in Am

Am7	Am7	F	G
			x 5

Vox on 5 1 on “angel”

Am7	F	G	Am7	F
Angel		put sad wings	around me now

	G	Am7
Pro	tect me from this	world of sin

	F	G	Am7	F	G
So that	we can	rise a	gain

	Am7	F	G	Am7	F
Oh	angel		we can find our	way somehow

	G	Am7	F	G	Am7	F	G
Es	caping from the	world we’re in to a	place where	we be	gan

	F	Am
And I	know we’ll	find a better place and

F	Am
Peace of	mind just tell me that it’s

F	Dm	E
All you	want for you and	me

Hanging stop on “angel”

E

Angel won’t you set me free

Am7	Am7	F	G
			x 2

Am7	F	G	Am7	F
Angel	re	member how we’d	chase the sun

	G	Am7
Then	reaching for the	stars at night

	F	G	Am7	F	G
As our	lives had	just be	gun

	F	Am	F	Am
When I	close my	eyes I hear your velvet	wings and	cry

	F	Dm	E
I’m waiting here with	open	arms, oh can’t you	see

E

Angel shine your light on me

Am7	Am7	F	G
			x 4

Bridge

Vox on the low 3 of the chord

Dm	E
Angel we’ll	meet once more I’ll pray

Am	F
When all my	sins are washed away

Ddim7	E
Hold me insi	de your wings and

Am	Am/G	F
Sta	y

E	Am	F
Angel take me far a	way

G	Am
Put sad wings a	round me now

F	G	Am	F
Angel take me	far a	way

G	Am
Put sad wings a	round me now

	F	G	Am	F
So that	we can	rise	again

G	Am
Put sad wings a	round me now

F	G	Am	F
Angel take me	far a	way

G	Am
Put sad wings a	round me now

	F	G	F	G	Am
So that	we can	rise a	gain

Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (2004)

Originally in A, I play in E. Highest note that matters is the 1 (“oh simple thing”)

All of the I/7’s also have some Isus4/7 mixed in

Intro

E	E/D#	F#m	Bsus4	B
			→	x2

Let ring

E	E/D#
I walked across	an empty land

F#m

I knew the pathway

	Bsus4	B
Like the	back of my h	and

E	B/D#
I felt the Earth	beneath my feet

F#m

Sat by the river

	Bsus4	B
And it m	ade me compl	ete

C#m

Oh simple thing

G#m

Where have you gone

A

I’m getting old and I need

A6	B
Something to rel	y on

C#m

So tell me when

G#m

You’re gonna let me in

A

I’m getting tired and I need

A6	B
Somewhere to beg	in

Band enters

E	B/D#
I came across	a fallen tree

F#m

I felt the branches are

	Bsus4	B
They	looking at m	e

E

Is this the place

B/D#

We used to love

F#m

Is this the place

	Bsus4	B
That I’ve been d	reaming	of?

C#m

Oh simple thing

G#m

Where have you gone

A

I’m getting old and I need

A6	B
Something to rel	y on

C#m

So tell me when

G#m

You’re gonna let me in

A

I’m getting tired and I need

A6	B
Somewhere to beg	in

Vox on the 7 of the chord (1 of the key) on “if”

F#m7	Eadd9/G#
And if you have a m	inute

	Eadd9/B
Why don’t w	e go

F#m7	Eadd9/G#
Talk about it s	omewhere

	Eadd9B
Only w	e know

F#m7	Eadd9/G#	Edd9/B
This could be the	end of everyth	ing

	A6
S	o why don’t we go

	B6	Eadd9
S	omewhere only w	e know?

A6	B6
S	omewhere only we know

A6	B6	F#m/B
	→

C#m

Oh simple thing

G#m

Where have you gone

A

I’m getting old and I need

A6	B
Something to rel	y on

C#m

So tell me when

G#m

You’re gonna let me in

A

I’m getting tired and I need

A6	B
Somewhere to beg	in

F#m7	Eadd9/G#
And if you have a m	inute

	Eadd9/B
Why don’t w	e go

F#m7	Eadd9/G#
Talk about it s	omewhere

	Eadd9B
Only w	e know

F#m7	Eadd9/G#	Edd9/B
This could be the	end of everyth	ing

	A6
S	o why don’t we go

	A6
S	o why don’t we go

F#m7	Edd9/G#	Eadd9/B
Ahh	→

F#m7	Edd9/G#	Eadd9/B
Ahh	→

F#m7	Eadd9/G#	Edd9/B
This could be the	end of everyth	ing

	A6
S	o why don’t we go

	B6	Eadd9
S	omewhere only w	e know

A6	B6	B6	A#6
S	omewhere only we know	→	→

A6	B6	A6	A	E
S	omewhere only w	e k	now

Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes (2004)

Originally in A, I play in D

Highest note that happens is the 6 (!!!) (“anymo-o-ore”), but the highest note that really matters is the 3 (“torn into pieces”)

Intro

Bm	G	D	A
			x2

Vox on the 4 of the chord on “seems”

Bm	G
Seems like just	yesterday

D	A
You were a	part of me

Bm	G
I used to stan	d so tall

	D	A
I use	d to be so	strong

Bm	G
Your arms aro	und me tight

D	A
Everything, it	felt so right

Bm	G	D	A
Unbre	akable, like	nothin’ could go	wrong

	G
Now	I can’t breathe

	Bm
No,	I can’t sleep

	G	A
I’m	barely hangin’	on

	Bm	G
Here I	am, once aga	in

	D	A
I’m	torn into	pieces

	Bm	G
Can’t d	eny it, can’t pre	tend

	D	A
Just	thought you were the	one

	Bm	G
Broken	up, deep in	side

	Em	Bm	G
But yo	u won’t got to see the tears I	cry

	D	A
Be	hind these hazel	eyes

Bm	G
I told you ev	erything

D	A
Opened up and l	et you in

Bm	G
You made me fe	el alright

	D	A
For o	nce in my	life

Bm	G
Now all that’s l	eft of me

D	A
Is what I	pretend to be

Bm	G	D	A
So tog	ether, but so b	roken up insi	de

	G
‘Cause	I can’t breathe

	Bm
No,	I can’t sleep

	G	A
I’m	barely hangin’	on

	Bm	G
Here I	am, once aga	in

	D	A
I’m	torn into	pieces

	Bm	G
Can’t d	eny it, can’t pre	tend

	D	A
Just	thought you were the	one

	Bm	G
Broken	up, deep in	side

	Em	Bm	G
But yo	u won’t got to see the tears I	cry

	D	A
Be	hind these hazel	eyes

Em	D
Swallow me then spit me	out

	Em	Bm
For h	ating you, I blame my	self

Em	D
Seeing you it kills me	now

	Em	G	A
No, I d	on’t cry on the	outside →

	Bm	G	D	A
Any	more

	Bm	G	A
Anym	ore

	Bm	G
Here I	am, once aga	in

	D	A
I’m	torn into	pieces

	Bm	G
Can’t d	eny it, can’t pre	tend

	D	A
Just	thought you were the	one

	Bm	G
Broken	up, deep in	side

	Em	Bm	G
But yo	u won’t got to see the tears I	cry

	D	A
Be	hind these hazel	eyes

	Bm	G
Here I	am, once aga	in

	D	A
I’m	torn into	pieces

	Bm	G
Can’t d	eny it, can’t pre	tend

	D	A
Just	thought you were the	one

	Bm	G
Broken	up, deep in	side

Hang the first chord

	Em	Bm	G
But yo	u won’t got to see the tears I	cry

	D	A
Be	hind these hazel	eyes

Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway (2004)

Originally in C, I play in D capo 2

Highest note that matters is the 1 (“out of the darkness”)

Intro

Bm	A	D	G
Da da da un	da da,	da da da un	da da

Bm	A	G
Da da da un	da da da da

Bm	A	D	G
Da da da un	da da,	da da da un	da da

Bm	A	G
Da da da un	da da da da

Vox on the 1 of the major key on “grew”

Bm	A/C#
Grew up in a	small town

D	G
And when the rain would	fall down

Bm	A/C#	G
I’d just	stare out my	window

Bm	A/C#
Dreaming of what	could be

D	G
And if I’d end up	happy

Bm	A	Gmaj7
I w	ould p	ray

Bm	A/C#
Trying hard to	reach out

D	G
But when I tried to	speak out

Bm	A	G
Felt like	no one could	hear me

Bm	A/C#
Wanted to bel	ong here

D	G
But something felt so	wrong here

Bm	A	G
So	I’d p	ray

	Bm	A	E	G	A
I could	break	aw	ay	→

D	A
I’ll spread my wings and I’ll	learn how to fly

	Bm	G
I’ll	do what it takes till	I touch the sky

	D
And I’ll,	make a wish, take a chance

A	Bm	A	G
Make a change, and	break	aw	ay

D	A
Out of the darkness and	into the sun

	Bm	G
But	I won’t forget all the	ones that I love

	D
I’ll,	take a risk, take a chance

A	Bm	A	G
Make a change, and	break	aw	ay

Bm	A	D	G
Da da da un	da da,	da da da un	da da

Bm	A	G
Da da da un	da da da da

Bm	A/C#
Wanna feel the	warm breeze

D	G
Sleep under a	palm tree

Bm	A	G
Feel the	rush of the	ocean

Bm	A/C#
Get onboard a	fast train

D	G
Travel on a	jetplane

Bm	A	G
Far	aw	ay

	Bm	A	E	G	A
And	break	aw	ay	→

D	A
I’ll spread my wings and I’ll	learn how to fly

	Bm	G
I’ll	do what it takes till	I touch the sky

	D
And I’ll,	make a wish, take a chance

A	Bm	A	G
Make a change, and	break	aw	ay

D	A
Out of the darkness and	into the sun

	Bm	G
But	I won’t forget all the	ones that I love

	D
I’ll,	take a risk, take a chance

A	Bm	A	G
Make a change, and	break	aw	ay

Bridge

Vox on the 1 of the chord

A

Buildings with a hundred floors

D	G
Swinging with re	volving doors

A	D	G
Maybe I don’t know where they’ll	take	me, but

A	D	G
Gotta keep movin’ on	movin on

	E
Fly a	way

	G	A
Break a	way

D	A
I’ll spread my wings and I’ll	learn how to fly

Bm	G
Though it’s not easy to	tell you goodbye, gotta

D

Take a risk, take a chance

A	Bm	A	G
Make a change, and	break	aw	ay

D	A
Out of the darkness and	into the sun

	Bm	G
But I	won’t forget the	place I come from

	D
I gotta,	take a risk, take a chance

A	Bm	A	G
Make a change, and	break	aw	ay

Bm	A	G
Break	aw	ay

Bm	A	G
Break	aw	ay

Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent (2003)

Originally in B, I play in B, but sing the chorus and bridge an octave down

Intro

B7#9	B7#9	B7#9	B7#9	A	F#
				→

Vox mostly on the b3

B7#9

Miss independent

B7#9

Miss self-sufficient

B7#9	A	F#
Miss keep your distance,	mmmm

B7#9

Miss unafraid

B7#9

Miss out of my way

B7#9	A	F#
Miss don’t let a man interfere,	no

E9

Miss on her own

E9

Miss almost grown

	B7#9	A	F#
Miss n	ever let a man help her off her throne	→

	E9
So, by	keeping her heart protected

	E9
She’d n	ever, ever feel rejected

E9

Little miss apprehensive

Hang on “ooh”

	E9
Said o	oh, she fell in love

Vox on b7 1 on “what is”

B5	D
What is this feeling t	aking over?

E	G	A
Thinking no one could	open the door

B5	D	G	E/G#	A
Surprise,	it’s time,	to feel	what’s r	eal

B5	D
What happened to miss i	ndependence?

E	G	A
No longer need to	be defensiv	e?

B5	D	G	E/G#	A
Goodbye,	old you,	real love,	is true

B7#9	A	F#
	→

B7#9

Misguided heart

B7#9

Miss play it smart

B7#9	A	F#
Miss if you wanna use that line, you better not start, no	→

B7#9

But she miscalculated

B7#9

She didn’t wanna end up jaded

B7#9	A	F#
And this miss decided not to miss out on true love	→

	E9
So, by changi	ng a misconception

	E9
She w	ent in a new direction

	E9
And found	inside, she felt a connection

E9

She fell in love

Vox on b7 1 on “what is”

B5	D
What is this feeling t	aking over?

E	G	A
Thinking no one could	open the door

B5	D	G	E/G#	A
Surprise,	it’s time,	to feel	what’s r	eal

B5	D
What happened to miss i	ndependence?

E	G	A
No longer need to	be defensiv	e?

B5	D	G	E/G#	A
Goodbye,	old you,	real love,	is true

Bridge

Bm

When miss independent walked away

G

No time for love that came her way

D

She looked in the mirror and thought today

F#

What happened to miss no longer afraid?

Bm

It took some time for her to see

G

How beautiful love could truly be

D

No more talk of why can’t that be me

F#/A#	F#/C#
I’m so glad I’ve fi	nally seen

Vox on b7 1 on “what is”

B5	D
What is this feeling t	aking over?

E	G	A
Thinking no one could	open the door

B5	D	G	E/G#	A
Surprise,	it’s time,	to feel	what’s r	eal

B5	D
What happened to miss i	ndependence?

E	G	A
No longer need to	be defensiv	e?

B5	D	G	E/G#	A
Goodbye,	old you,	real love,	is true

B7#9	A	F#
	→

Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone (2004)

Originally in G, I play in A capo 1

I’m omitting the b7’s at the end of every verse line

Intro

A

A	Bm
Here’s the thing we started out fr	iends

F#m

It was cool but it was all pretend

A	Bm	F#m
Yeah yeah, s	ince you been g	one

A	Bm
You dedicated you took the t	ime

F#m

Wasn’t long till I called you mine

A	Bm	F#m
Yeah yeah, s	ince you been g	one

	A
And all you’d ever h	ear me say

	Bm	F#m
Is h	ow I pictured m	e with you

	A
That’s all you’d ever h	ear me say

	C#m	D	A
But since you been g	one

	C#m	D	A
I can br	eathe for the f	irst t	ime

	F#m	D	A
I’m so moving	on, ye	ah ye	ah

	Bm	F#m	E	Bm
Thanks to y	ou, now I g	et what I w	ant

	A
Since you been g	one

A

A	Bm
How can I put it, you put me	on

F#m

I even fell for that stupid love song

A	Bm	F#m
Yeah yeah, s	ince you been g	one

Watch out, this verse is half as long, we’re at the prechorus now

	A
How come I’d never h	ear you say

Bm	F#m
I just wanna	be with you

	A
I guess you never f	elt that way

	C#m	D	A
But since you been g	one

	C#m	D	A
I can br	eathe for the f	irst t	ime

	F#m	D	A
I’m so moving	on, ye	ah ye	ah

	Bm	F#m	E	Bm
Thanks to y	ou, now I g	et, I get what I w	ant

	D
Since you been g	one

Bridge

Vox on the 2 of the chord

Dadd9	F#m
You had your ch	ance, you blew it

Dadd9	A
Out of sight, o	ut of mind

Dadd9	F#m
Shut your mouth I j	ust can’t take it

Dadd9

Again and again and again and again

Instrumental

C#m	D	A	A
→	→	→	x 4

	C#m	D	A
Since you been g	one

	C#m	D	A
I can br	eathe for the f	irst t	ime

	F#m	D	A
I’m so moving	on, ye	ah ye	ah

	Bm	F#m
Thanks to y	ou, now I g	et, I get what I

	C#m	D	A
W	ant

	C#m	D	A
I can br	eathe for the f	irst t	ime

	F#m	D	A
I’m so moving	on, ye	ah ye	ah

	Bm	F#m
Thanks to y	ou, now I g	et

	Bm	F#m
Yes you	know, that I g	et

Hold an extra measure on the second chord

	E	Bm
I get what I w	ant

	A
Since you been g	one

	A
Since you been g	one

	A
Since you been g	one

Kid Rock - All Summer Long (2008)

Originally in G, I play in D (reminder that the first chord is the V)

Intro

A	G	D	D
			x2

Vox on 2 1 on “nineteen”

	A	G	D
It was	nineteen-eighty-	nine my thoughts were	short, my hair was long

A	G	D
Caught somewhere be	tween a boy and	man

A	G	D
She was seven	teen and she was	far from in between

	A	G	D
It was	summertime in	Northern	Michigan

A	G	D	D
			x2

A	G	D
Splashin’ through the	sandbar, t	alkin’ by the campfire

	A	G	D
It’s the s	imple things in l	ife like when and w	here

	A	G	D
We d	idn’t have no	internet, but	man, I never will forget

	A	G	D
The	way the moonlight	shined upon her	hair

	A	G	D
And we were	tryin’ different	things and we were	smokin’ funny things

	A	G	D
Makin’	love out by the	lake to our favorite	songs

	A	G	D
Sippin’	whiskey out the	bottle, not	thinkin’ ‘bout tomorrow

	A	G	D
Singin’	Sweet Home Ala	bama all	summer long

A	G	D	D
	A	G	D
Singin’	Sweet Home Ala	bama all	summer long

	A	G	D
Catchin’	walleye from the	dock, watchin’ the	waves roll off the rocks

	A	G	D
She’ll for	ever hold a sp	ot inside my s	oul

	A	G	D
We’d b	lister in the	sun, we couldn’t	wait for night to come

	A	G	D
To	hit that sand and	play some rock and	roll

	A	G	D
While we were	tryin’ different	things and we were	smokin’ funny things

	A	G	D
Makin’	love out by the	lake to our favorite	songs

	A	G	D
Sippin’	whiskey out the	bottle, not	thinkin’ ‘bout tomorrow

	A	G	D
Singin’	Sweet Home Ala	bama all	summer long

A

G

D

Extra measure of I at the end of this line

	A	G	D	D
Singin’	Sweet Home Ala	bama all	summer long

Solo

A	G	D	D
			x8

A	G	D	D
			x2

	A	G	D
Now	nothin’ seems as	strange as when the	leaves began to change

	A	G	D
Or	how we thought those	days would never	end

	A	G	D
Some	times I hear that	song and I’ll	start to sing along

Extra measure of I again at the end of this line

	A	G	D	D
And think	man, I’d love to	see that girl a	gain

	A	G	D
And we were	tryin’ different	things and we were	smokin’ funny things

	A	G	D
Makin’	love out by the	lake to our favorite	songs

	A	G	D
Sippin’	whiskey out the	bottle, not	thinkin’ ‘bout tomorrow

	A	G	D
Singin’	Sweet Home Ala	bama all	summer long

	A	G	D
We were	tryin’ different	things and we were	smokin’ funny things

	A	G	D
Makin’	love out by the	lake to our favorite	songs

	A	G	D
Sippin’	whiskey out the	bottle, not	thinkin’ ‘bout tomorrow

	A	G	D
Singin’	Sweet Home Ala	bama all	summer long

	A	G	D
Singin’	Sweet Home Ala	bama all	summer long

	A	G	D
Singin’	Sweet Home Ala	bama all	summer long

	A	G	D
Singin’	Sweet Home Ala	bama all	summer long

	A	G	D
Singin’	Sweet Home Ala	bama al	l summer long

A	G	D	D
			x2

Kid Rock - Picture (2002)

Intro

G

Kid

G

Livin’ my life in a slow hell

	C
Different	girl every night at the hotel

D	C	G
I ain’t seen the sunshine in	three damn	days

	G
Been	fuelin’ up on cocaine and whiskey

C

Wish I had a good girl to miss me

D	C	G
Lord I wonder if I’ll ever	change my	ways

	Em	G
I put your	picture away, sat down and	cried today

	D	C	G
I can’t	look at you while I’m	lyin’ next to	her

	Em	G
I put your	picture away, sat down and	cried today

Hang on the I

	D	C	G
I can’t	look at you while I’m	lyin’ next to	her

Sheryl

	G
I	called you last night in the hotel

C

Everyone knows but they won’t tell

	D	C	G
But their	half-hearted smiles tell me somethin’	just ain’t	right

	G
I been	waitin’ on you for a long time

C

Fuelin’ up on heartaches and cheap wine

D	C	G
I ain’t heard from you in	three damn	nights

	Em	G
I put your	picture away, I wonder	where you been

	D	C	G
I can’t	look at you while I’m	lyin’ next to	him

	Em	G
I put your	picture away, I wonder	where you been

	D	C	G
I can’t	look at you while I’m	lyin’ next to	him

Solo

G	C	D	C	G
			→

Sheryl

	G
I	saw you yesterday with an old friend

Kid

	C
It was the	same old same “how have you been”

Both

D	C	G
Since you been gone my world’s been	dark and	gray

Kid

	G
You re	minded me of brighter days

Sheryl

	C
I	hoped you were comin’ home to stay

	D
I was	headed to church

Kid, in Sheryl’s octave if you’re up for it

	C	G
I was off to	drink you a	way

Both

	G
I	thought about you for a long time

C

Can’t seem to get you off my mind

D	C	G
I can’t understand why we’re living	life this	way

	Em	G
I found your	picture today, I swear I’ll	change my ways

	D	C	G
I just	called to say I	want you to come back	home

	D/F#	Em	G
I	found your	picture today, I swear I’ll	change my ways

	D	C	G
I just	called to say I want	you to come back	home

Let ring

	D	C	G
I just	called to say I love	you, come back	home

KT Tunstall - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree (2004)

Two, three, four

	Em	B7	Em
Woo-	hoo, woo-	hoo

	Em	B7	Em
Woo-	hoo, woo-	hoo

	Em
Well my	heart knows me better than I know myself

So I’m gonna let it do all the talking

	Em	B7	Em
Woo-	hoo, woo-	hoo

	Em
I	came across a place in the middle of nowhere

With a big black horse and a cherry tree

	Em	B7	Em
Woo-	hoo, woo-	hoo

	Em
I	felt a little fear upon my back

I said, don’t look back, just keep on walking

	Em	B7	Em
Woo-	hoo, woo-	hoo

	Em
When the	big black horse said look this way

He said, hey there baby, will you marry me?

	Em	B7	Em
Woo-	hoo, woo-	hoo

	Em	D	D6	Cmaj7
But I said	no,	no	no,	no, no, no

	Em	D	C	Em
I said,	no,	no,	you’re not the one for	me

Em	D	D6	Cmaj7
No,	no	no,	no, no, no

	Em	D	C7
I said,	no,	no,	you’re not the one for me

Em

Woo, woo hoo

	Em
And my	heart hit a problem, in the early hours

So I stopped it dead for a beat or two

	Em	B7	Em
Woo-	hoo, woo-	hoo

	Em
But I	cut some cord, and I shouldn’t have done it

And it won’t forgive me after all these years

	Em	B7	Em
Woo-	hoo, woo-	hoo

	Em
So I	sent it to a place in the middle of nowhere

With a big black horse and a cherry tree

	Em	B7	Em
Woo-	hoo, woo-	hoo

	Em
Now it	won’t come back, ‘cause it’s oh so happy

And now I’ve got a hole for the world to see

	Em	B7	Em
Woo-	hoo, woo-	hoo

	Em	D	D6	Cmaj7
And it said	no,	no	no,	no, no, no

	Em	D	C	Em
I said,	no,	no,	you’re not the one for m	e

Em	D	D6	Cmaj7
No,	no	no,	no, no, no

	Em	D	C7
I said,	no,	no,	you’re not the one for me

Em

Woo, woo hoo (not the one for me)

Em

Woo, woo hoo

	Em
Said	no, nah, no, no no

No, no, you’re not the one for me

Em

No, nah, no, no, no, no

No, no, you’re not the one for me

Em	D	D6	Cmaj7
Big black	horse	and a cherry	tree

Em	D	C	Em
I can’t quite	get there ‘cause my	heart’s forsaken	me yeah yeah yeah

Em	D	Cmaj7	Em
Big black	horse	and a cherry	tree

Em	D	C7
I can’t quite	get there ‘cause my	heart’s forsaken me

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (2009)

Originally in Am, I play in Em

Highest note that matters is the 1 (“*I want your love* and I want...”)

Vox on 3 4 5 3 of the minor key on the first “oh oh oh oh”

	F/C	F	G/D	F
Oh oh oh oh o	h oh o	h oh oh,	oh oh o	h

Am/E	G	C/E
Caught in a bad r	oma	nce

	F/C	F	G/D	F
Oh oh oh oh o	h oh o	h oh oh,	oh oh o	h

E/G#	Am
Caught in a bad roma	nce

This part is very skippable, but if you sing it, start on the 1

Am

Rah rah ah ah ah, roma ro ma ma

Am

Ga ga ooh la la, want your bad romance

Am

Rah rah ah ah ah, roma ro ma ma

Am

Ga ga ooh la la, want your bad romance

Am	Am/C	F
I want your ugly, I want	your disease

Am	Am/C	G
I want your everything, as long	as it’s free

	Am	Am/C	F
I want your lo	ve, love	love love

	Am	Am/C	G
I want your lov	e, hey

Am	Am/C	F
I want your drama, the touch	of your hand

Am	Am/C	G
I want your leather studded kiss	in the sand

	Am	Am/C	F
I want your lo	ve, love	love love

	Am	Am/C	G
I want your lov	e, hey

Spoken, just sing around the 1

Am

You know that I want you, and you know that I need you

I want it bad, like your bad romance

F	G
I want your love and I w	ant your revenge

	Am	C
You and me	could write a bad romanc	e

F	G
I want your love and all your l	overs’ revenge

	E	Am
You and	me could write a bad romance

	F/C	F	G/D	F
Oh oh oh oh o	h oh o	h oh oh,	oh oh o	h

Am/E	G	C/E
Caught in a bad r	oma	nce

	F/C	F	G/D	F
Oh oh oh oh o	h oh o	h oh oh,	oh oh o	h

E/G#	Am
Caught in a bad roma	nce

Am

Rah rah ah ah ah, roma ro ma ma

Am

Ga ga ooh la la, want your bad romance

Am	Am/C	F
I want your horror, I wan	t your design

Am	Am/C	G
‘Cause you’re a criminal as long	as your m	ine

	Am	Am/C	F
I want your lo	ve, love	love love

	Am	Am/C	G
I want your lov	e, hey

Am	Am/C	F
I want your psycho, your vertigo scht	ick

Am	Am/C	G
Want you in my rear window, b	aby you’re sick

	Am	Am/C	F
I want your lo	ve, love	love love

	Am	Am/C	G
I want your lov	e

You know that I want you, and you know that I need you
I want it bad, like your bad romance

F	G
I want your love and I w	ant your revenge

	Am	C
You and me	could write a bad romanc	e

F	G
I want your love and all your l	overs’ revenge

	E	Am
You and	me could write a bad romance

	F/C	F	G/D	F
Oh oh oh oh o	h oh o	h oh oh,	oh oh o	h

Am/E	G	C/E
Caught in a bad r	oma	nce

	F/C	F	G/D	F
Oh oh oh oh o	h oh o	h oh oh,	oh oh o	h

E/G#	Am
Caught in a bad roma	nce

Am

Rah rah ah ah ah, roma ro ma ma

Am

Ga ga ooh la la, want your bad romance

Spoken, vox around the 7

Am

Walk, walk, fashion baby

Work it move that bit ca-razy

Am

Walk, walk, fashion baby

Work it move that bit ca-razy

Am

Walk, walk, passion baby

Work it I’m a free bit baby

Bridge

F	G	Am
I want your	love and I want your reve	nge

	C	F
I want your lov	e I don’t wanna be	friends

F	G	E
J’veux ton am	our, et je veux ta revanc	he

	Am	F
J’veux ton a	mour, I don’t wanna be friend	s

With “oh’s”

F	G	Am	C
	I don’t wanna be	friends

	F	G
I don’t wanna be f	riends,	want your bad romance

Hard stop on the i

E	Am
Caught in bad rom	ance, want your bad romance

F	G
I want your love and I w	ant your revenge

	Am	C
You and me	could write a bad romanc	e

F	G
I want your love and all your l	overs’ revenge

	E	Am
You and	me could write a bad romance

	F/C	F	G/D	F
Oh oh oh oh o	h oh o	h oh oh,	oh oh o	h, want your bad romance

Am/E	G	C/E
Caught in a bad r	oma	nce

	F/C	F	G/D	F
Oh oh oh oh o	h oh o	h oh oh,	oh oh o	h, want your bad romance

E/G#	Am
Caught in a bad roma	nce

Am

Rah rah ah ah ah, roma ro ma ma

Am

Ga ga ooh la la, want your bad romance

Lazlo Bane - Superman (Scrubs Theme) (2002)

Originally in F#, I play in D capo 4.

D	Dmaj7	G6	A
D	Dmaj7	G6	A

	D	G
O	ut the door just in time,	head down the 405

	D	G
G	ot to meet the new boss by 8am

	D	G
T	he phone rings in the car	, the wife is working hard

	D	G
S	he’s running late tonight aga	in

	Em	A
Well, I	know what I’ve been	told

	Em	A
You’ve got to	work to feed	the soul

	Bm	Bm/A	Bm/Ab	E7
But	I can’t do this	all on	my	own

	G	A
No	I know, I	’m no superman

D	Dmaj7	G6	A
			I’m no superman

D	Dmaj7	G6	A

D	G
You’ve got your love online,	you think you’re doing fine

D	G
But you’re just plugged into the wa	ll

D	G
And that deck of tarot cards,	won’t get you very far

D	G
There ain’t no hand to break your fa	ll

	Em	A
Well, I	know what I’ve been	told

	Em	A
You gotta	know just when to	fold

	Bm	Bm/A	Bm/Ab	E7
But	I can’t do this	all on	my	own

	G	A
No	I know, I	’m no superman

D	Dmaj7	G6	A
			I’m no superman

D	Dmaj7	G6	A

Solo

Em	Em	A	A
Em	Em	Bm	Bm/A	Bm/Ab	E
G	G	A	A

Let chords ring for the first line of this verse

	D	G
Y	ou’ve crossed the finish line,	won the race but lost your mind

	D	G
W	as it worth it after al	l?

	D	G
I	need you here with me,	‘cause love is all we need

	D	G
J	ust take a hold of the	hand that breaks the fall

	Em	A
Well, I	know what I’ve been	told

	Em	A
Gotta break	free to break the	mold

	Bm	Bm/A	Bm/Ab	E7
But	I can’t do this	all on	my	own

	Bm	Bm/A	Bm/Ab	E7
No	I can’t do this	all on	my	own

Hold "know" and "I’m no" for a full measure", hard stop before "superman"

G	A
I knoooooow, that I	’m no superman

D	Dmaj7	G6	A
			I’m no superman

D	Dmaj7	G6	A
			I’m no superman

Vox on 3 1 on “someday”

	D	Dmaj7	G6	A
Som	eday	we’ll be to	gether

	D	Dmaj7	G6	A
Som	eday

	D	Dmaj7	G6	A
Som	eday	we’ll be toget	her

	D	Dmaj7	G6
Som	eday

	A
I	’m no superman

Lifehouse - Hanging By a Moment (2000)

Originally in Db, I play in C

Highest note is the 4 (“letting go of”)

Intro

Cadd9

Vox on the 5

Cadd9

Desperate for changing, starving for truth

	C
Closer to where I started, I’m chasing after y	ou

Quiet, low octave

	Am	G	C
And I’m falling even	more in love w	ith y	ou

	Am	G	C
Letting go of	all I’ve held	on	to

	Am	G	C
I’m standing here un	til you make	me m	ove

	Am	G	Cadd9
I’m hanging by a	moment here	with y	ou

Cadd9

Forgetting all I’m lacking, completely incomplete

	C
I’ll take your invitation, you take all of m	e

Now big, high octave, but in C, rather than going up to the 4 on “falling even”, do that on the 1

	Am	G	C
And I’m falling even	more in love w	ith y	ou

	Am	G	C
Letting go of	all I’ve held	on to

	Am	G	C
I’m standing here un	til you make	me m	ove

	Am	G	C
I’m hanging by a	moment here	with y	ou

	Am	G	C
I’m living for the	only thing	I know

	Am	G	C
I’m running and not	quite sure where	to go

	Am	G	C
I don’t know what	I’m diving	int	o

	Am	G	C
Just hanging by a	moment here w	ith y	ou

Bridge

	F	C
There’s nothing else to	lose, nothing else to f	ind

	F	Am
There’s nothing in the	world that could change my m	ind

	F	G	Dm
There is nothing el	se

	F	G	Dm
There is nothing el	se

	F	G	Dm	Cadd9
There is nothing el	se

Cadd9

Desperate for changing, starving for truth

	C
Closer to where I started, I’m chasing after y	ou

	Am	G	C
I’m falling even	more in love w	ith y	ou

	Am	G	C
Letting go of	all I’ve held	on to

	Am	G	C
I’m standing here un	til you make	me m	ove

	Am	G	C
I’m hanging by a	moment here	with y	ou

	Am	G	C
I’m living for the	only thing	I kno	w

	Am	G	C
I’m running and not	quite sure where	to go

	Am	G	C
I don’t know what	I’m diving	int	o

	Am	G	C
Just hanging by a	moment here w	ith y	ou

	Am	G	C
Just hanging by a	moment

	Am	C	F
Hanging by a	moment

	Am	G	C
Hanging by a	moment

	Am	G	C
Hanging by a	moment here w	ith yo	u

Lifehouse - You and Me (2005)

Intro

G	Cadd9	Dsus4/F#	G/B
Em7	Dsus4	Cadd9	Cadd9

G	Cadd9
What day is	it

Dsus4/F#	G/B
And in what	month

	Em7	Dsus4	Cadd9
This	clock never	seemed so	alive

G	Cadd9
I can’t keep	up

	Dsus4/F#	G/B
And	I can’t back	down

	Em7	Dsus4	Cadd9
I’ve been	losing	so much	time

Cadd9

	G	A7sus4
Cause it’s	you and	me

	Cadd9
And	all of the people

	Em7	G
With	nothing to	do

Em7	Dsus4
Nothing to	lose

	G	A7sus4
And it’s	you and	me

	Cadd9
And	all of the people

	Em7	G
And	I don’t know	why

	Em7	Dsus4	Cadd9
I	can’t keep my	eyes off of	you

Cadd9

G	Cadd9
What are the	things

	Dsus4/F#	G/B
That	I wanna	say

Em7	Dsus4	Cadd9
Just aren’t	coming out	right

	G	Cadd9
I’m	tripping on	words

	Dsus4/F#	G/B
You’ve	got my head	spinning

	Em7	Dsus4	Cadd9
I	don’t know where	to go from	here

Cadd9

	G	A7sus4
Cause it’s	you and	me

	Cadd9
And	all of the people

	Em7	G
With	nothing to	do

Em7	Dsus4
Nothing to	lose

	G	A7sus4
And it’s	you and	me

	Cadd9
And	all of the people

	Em7	G
And	I don’t know	why

	Em7	Dsus4	Cadd9
I	can’t keep my	eyes off of	you

Bridge

Bm	C
Something	about you now

G	D/F#	Em7
I can’t	quite figure	out

Am	D
Everything she does is	beautiful

Bm	Cm
Everything she does is	right

Soft

	G	A7sus4
Cause it’s	you and	me

	Cadd9
And	all of the people

	Em7	G
With	nothing to	do

Em7	Dsus4
Nothing to	lose

	G	A7sus4
And it’s	you and	me

	Cadd9
And	all of the people

	Em7	G
And	I don’t know	why

	Em7	Dsus4
I	can’t keep my	eyes off of

Band enters

G	A7sus4
You and	me

	Cadd9
And	all of the people

	Em7	G
With	nothing to	do

	Em7	Dsus4
And	nothing to	lose

	G	A7sus4
And it’s	you and	me

	Cadd9
And	all of the people

	Em7	G
And	I don’t know	why

	Em7	Dsus4	Cadd9
I	can’t keep my	eyes off of	you

G	Cadd9	Dsus4/F#	G/B
Em7	Dsus4	Cadd9	Cadd9

G	Cadd9
What day is	it

Dsus4/F#	G/B
And in what	month

	Em7	Dsus4	Cadd9
This	clock never	seemed so	alive

Linkin Park - Crawling (2000)

Originally in C#m, I play in Em capo 5

Intro (this is the last four measures of the intro, after the bass enters

C	D	Em	G

Vox on the 5

Em	C
Crawling in my	skin

	G	D
These	wounds, they will not	heal

Em	C
Fear is how I	fall

	G	D
Con	fusing what is	real

Em	C	G	D

Vox on 1 1 1 7 7 on “something inside me”

Em	C
There’s something inside me that	pulls beneath the surface

G	D
Consuming,	confusing

Em	C
This lack of self control I f	ear is never ending

G	D
Controlling,	I can’t seem

C	D
To find myself a	gain

	Em	G
My walls are closing	in (without a sense of confidence I’m	convinced that there’s just too much pressure to take)

C	D
I’ve felt this way be	fore

	Em	G
So insecu	re

Em	C
Crawling in my	skin

	G	D
These	wounds, they will not	heal

Em	C
Fear is how I	fall

	G	D
Con	fusing what is	real

This time the vox on on 3 3 3 2 2 on “comfort endlessly”

Em	C
Discomfort, endlessly has	pulled itself upon me

G	D
Distracting,	reacting

Now back down to the same melody as the first verse

Em	C
Against my will I stand bes	ide my own reflection

G	D
It’s haunting,	how I can’t seem

C	D
To find myself a	gain

	Em	G
My walls are closing	in (without a sense of confidence I’m	convinced that there’s just too much pressure to take)

C	D
I’ve felt this way be	fore

This time, hold the second chord an extra measure

	Em	G
So insecu	re

Em	C
Crawling in my	skin

	G	D
These	wounds, they will not	heal

Em	C
Fear is how I	fall

	G	D
Con	fusing what is	real

Em	C
Crawling in my	skin

	G	D
These	wounds, they will not	heal

Em	C
Fear is how I	fall

	G	D	Em
Con	fusing, con	fusing what is	real

Em	C
There’s something inside me that	pulls beneath the surface

G	D
Consuming (confu	sing what is real)

Em	C
This lack of self control I f	ear is never ending

G	D
Controlling (confu	sing what is real)

Linkin Park - In the End (2000)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Am capo 3

Intro

Am	G
	x4

	Am
It starts with	one thing I don’t know why

	G
It	doesn’t even matter how hard you try

F

Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme

	G
To	explain in due time

	Am
All I kno	w, time is a valuable thing

G

Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings

F

Watch it count down to the end of the day

	G
The clock t	icks life away

	Am
It’s so unr	eal, didn’t look out below

G

Watch the time go right out the window

F

Trying to hold on, but ya didn’t even know

	G
Or	wasted it all just to

	Am
Watch you	go, I kept everything inside

	G
And even t	hough I tried, it all fell apart

F

What it meant to me will eventually be

	G
A memor	y of a time when

Vox on the 2 on “hard” (!)

	Am	C
I tried so	hard and got so	far

	G	F
But in the	end it doesn’t even	matter

	Am	C
I had to	fall to lose it	all

	G	F
But in the	end it doesn’t even	matter

Am

One thing, I don’t know why

	G
It	doesn’t even matter how hard you try

F

Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme

	G
To	remind myself how

	Am
I tried so	hard, in spite of the way you were mocking me

G

Acting like I was part of your property

F

Remembering all the times you fought with me

G	Am
I’m surprised it got so (	far)

Am

Things aren’t the way they were before

G

You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore

F

Not that you knew me back then but

	G
It a	ll comes back to me

	Am
In the	end you kept everything inside

	G
And even	though I tried, it all fell apart

F

What it meant to me will eventually be

	G
A memor	y of a time when

	Am	C
I tried so	hard and got so	far

	G	F
But in the	end it doesn’t even	matter

	Am	C
I had to	fall to lose it	all

	G	F
But in the	end it doesn’t even	matter

Bridge

Vox on the 7 of the chord on “trust”

	Am	G
I’ve put my	trust in	you

	F	G
Pushed as	far as I can g	o

	Am
And for all t	his

	G	F	G
There’s only	one thing you should	know

Now vox on the 3 of the chord on “trust”

	Am	C
I’ve put my	trust in	you

	G	F
Pushed as	far as I can	go

	Am
And for all t	his

	C	G	F
There’s only	one thing you should	know

	Am	C
I tried so	hard and got so	far

	G	F
But in the	end it doesn’t even	matter

	Am	C
I had to	fall to lose it	all

	G	F
But in the	end it doesn’t even	matter

Am	G
	x4

Linkin Park - Numb (2003)

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

Intro

Am	F	C	G
Am	F	C	G

Vox on the 5

Am	F
I’m tired of being what you	want me to be

C	G
Feeling so faithless, lost	under the surface

Am	F
Don’t know what you’re exp	ecting of me

	C	G	F
Put	under the pressure of	walking in your sh	oes

The “caught in” lines are spoken

F	G
Caught in the undertow, just	caught in the undertow

	Am	C	F
Every	step I take is an	other mistake to	you

F	G
Caught in the undertow, just	caught in the undertow

Vox on the 1

Am	F	C
I’ve become so	numb, I can’t feel you	there

	G	Am
Become so	tired, so much more a	ware

	F	C
I’m becoming	this, all I want to	do

	G	Am
Is be more like	me and be less like	you

This time vox on are on the 1

	F
Can’t you see that you’re	smothering me

C	G	Am
Holding too tightly, a	fraid to lose contr	ol

Now vox back down to the 5

	F
Cause everything that you tho	ught I would be

	C	G	F
Has	fallen apart r	ight in front of	you

F	G
Caught in the undertow, just	caught in the undertow

	Am	C	F
Every	step I take is an	other mistake to	you

F	G
Caught in the undertow, just	caught in the undertow

	Am	C
And every	second I waste is more than	I can take

Am	F	C
I’ve become so	numb, I can’t feel you	there

	G	Am
Become so	tired, so much more a	ware

	F	C
I’m becoming	this, all I want to	do

	G	F
Is be more like	me and be less like	you

Vox on 4 3 of the new chord on “I know”

	G	Am	G/B	C	E7	F
And I	know, I may	end	up	fail	ing	too

	G	E7
But I kn	ow You were	just like me with someone disappointed in you

Am	F	C
I’ve become so	numb, I can’t feel you	there

	G	Am
Become so	tired, so much more a	ware

	F	C
I’m becoming	this, all I want to	do

	G	Am
Is be more like	me and be less like	you

Am	F	C
I’ve become so	numb, I can’t feel you	there

	G
(Tired of being what you w	ant me to be)

Am	F	C
I’ve become so	numb, I can’t feel you	there

	G
(Tired of being what you w	ant me to be)

Am

Lorde - Royals (2013)

	A
I’ve never seen a d	iamond in the flesh

	A
I cut my te	eth on wedding rings in the movies

	A
And I’m not pro	ud of my address

	A	A
In the torn up t	own, no postcode e	nvy

But every song is like

	A
G	old teeth, grey goose, trippin’ in the bathroom

A

Blood stains, ballgowns, trashin’ the hotel room

G	D
We don’t care, we’re driving C	adillacs in our dreams

	A
But everybody’s like	Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece

A

Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash

G	D
We don’t care, we aren’t cau	ght up in your love affair

	A
And we’ll never be r	oyals, it don’t run in our blood

	G
That kind of l	ux just ain’t for us

	D
We crave a d	ifferent kind of buzz

	A
Let me be your r	uler, you can call me queen bee

	G
And baby I’ll r	ule (I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule)

D	A
Let me live that fantasy

A

	A
My friends and	I we’ve cracked the code

	A
We count our d	ollars on the train to the party

	A
And every	one who knows us knows

	A
That we’re fine with th	is

	A
We didn’t come from m	oney

But every song is like

	A
G	old teeth, grey goose, trippin’ in the bathroom

A

Blood stains, ballgowns, trashin’ the hotel room

G	D
We don’t care, we’re driving C	adillacs in our dreams

	A
But everybody’s like	Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece

A

Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash

G	D
We don’t care, we aren’t cau	ght up in your love affair

	A
And we’ll never be r	oyals, it don’t run in our blood

	G
That kind of l	ux just ain’t for us

	D
We crave a d	ifferent kind of buzz

	A
Let me be your r	uler, you can call me queen bee

	G
And baby I’ll r	ule (I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule)

D	A
Let me live that fantasy

A	G
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh	oh

We’re bigger than we ever dreamed

D

And I’m in love with being queen

A	G
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh	oh

Life is great without a care

	D
We aren’t caug	ht up in your love affair

	A
And we’ll never be r	oyals, it don’t run in our blood

	G
That kind of l	ux just ain’t for us

	D
We crave a d	ifferent kind of buzz

	A
Let me be your r	uler, you can call me queen bee

	G
And baby I’ll r	ule (I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule)

D	A
Let me live that fantasy

Maren Morris - My Church (2016)

Originally in A, I play in D, highest note that matters is the 3 (“yeah I *guess*”)

Intro

D	G	D
	→

D	A7

Vox on 2 3 on “I’ve cussed”

	D
I’ve	cussed on a Sunday

	G	D
I’ve	cheated, and I’ve l	ied

	D
I’ve	fallen down from grace

	A
A	few too many times

	D
But I	find holy redemption

	G	D
When I	put this car in	drive

	D	A	G	D
Roll the	windows down and,	turn up the	dial

	D
Can I get a	hallelujah

G	D
Can I get an am	en

	D
Feels like the	holy ghost running through ya

	A
When I	play the highway FM

	D
I	find my soul revival

G	Bm
Singing every single	verse

Vox on 1 2 3 of the key on “yeah I guess”

G	D	A	D
Yeah I	guess that’s	my	church

	D
When	Hank brings the sermon

G	D
And Cash leads the	choir

	D
It	gets my cold cold heart burning

A

Hotter than a ring of fire

	D
When this	wonderful world gets heavy

Let the vi hang an extra two beats

	G	Bm
And I	need to find my e	scape

	D	A
I just k	eep the wheels rolling,	radio scrolling

	G	D
‘T	il my sins wash a	way

	D
Can I get a	hallelujah

G	D
Can I get an am	en

	D
Feels like the	holy ghost running through ya

	A
When I	play the highway FM

	D
I	find my soul revival

G	Bm
Singing every single	verse

G	D	A	D
Yeah I	guess that’s	my	church

Solo

D	D	G	Bm
G	D	A	D

A capella, chords implied

	D
Can I get a	hallelujah

G	D
Can I get an am	en

	D
Feels like the	holy ghost running through ya

	A
When I	play the highway FM

	D
I	find my soul revival

G	Bm
Singing every single	verse

G	D	A	D
Yeah I	guess that’s	my	church

Band back in

	D
Hey can I get a	hallelujah

G	D
Can I get an am	en

	D
Feels like the	holy ghost running through ya

	A
When I	play the highway FM

	D
I	find my soul revival

G	Bm
Singing every single	verse

G	D	A	Bm
Yeah I	guess that’s	my	church

G	D	A	Bm
Yeah I	guess that’s	my	church

G	D	A	D
Yeah I	guess that’s	my	church

Maroon 5 - Harder to Breathe (2002)

Originally in C#m, I play in Am

Highest note that matters is the 4 (“*mon*ster that lives in a dream”)

Vox on 1 1 1 3 on “how dare you say”

Am	E
How dare you say that my behavior is unacc	eptable

Am	E
So condescending unnecessarily cr	itical

Am	E
I have the tendency of getting very	physical

Am	E
So watch your step cause if I do you’ll need a m	iracle

Am	E
You drain me dry and make me wonder why I’m	even here

Am	E
This double vision I was seeing is fina	lly clear

Am	E
You want to stay but you know very well I	want you gone

Hard stop on “ground”, last chord implied

Am	E
Not fit to freakin’ tread the ground that I’m	walking on

The third chord here is originally a vii (in the minor key), I prefer the VII

Am	E	G	D
When it gets	cold outside and you	got nobody to lo	ve

Am	E
You’ll understand what I m	ean when I say

	G	D
There’s no	way we’re gonna give u	p

Am	E
And like a little girl c	ries in the face of a

G	D
Monster that lives in her d	reams

Am	E7	Am
Is there anyone out there cause it’s getting	harder and harder to	breathe

Am	E7	Am
Is there anyone out there cause it’s getting	harder and harder to b	reathe

Am	E
What you are doing is screwing things up ins	ide my head

Am	E
You should know better you never listened to a	word I said

Am	E
Clutching your pillow and writhing in a	naked sweat

Hard stop on “do”, last chord implied

Am	E
Hoping somebody someday will do you	like I did

Am	E	G	D
When it gets	cold outside and you	got nobody to lo	ve

Am	E
You’ll understand what I m	ean when I say

	G	D
There’s no	way we’re gonna give u	p

Am	E
And like a little girl c	ries in the face of a

G	D
Monster that lives in her d	reams

Am	E7	Am
Is there anyone out there cause it’s getting	harder and harder to	breathe

Am	E7	Am
Is there anyone out there cause it’s getting	harder and harder to b	reathe

Solo

Am

Bridge, mostly on the i the whole time, with lots of noise, the V is fabricated here

Vox on the 3 more or less the whole time

	Am
When does it k	ill? Does it burn?

Is it painful to learn

	E7
That it’s m	e that has all the control

	Am
Does it	thrill? Does it sting?

When you feel what I bring

	E7
And you w	ish that you had me to hold

Am	E	G	D
When it gets	cold outside and you	got nobody to lo	ve

Am	E
You’ll understand what I m	ean when I say

	G	D
There’s no	way we’re gonna give u	p

Am	E
And like a little girl c	ries in the face of a

G	D
Monster that lives in her d	reams

Am	E7	Am
Is there anyone out there cause it’s getting	harder and harder to	breathe

Am	E7	Am
Is there anyone out there cause it’s getting	harder and harder to b	reathe

Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved (2002)

Originally in Cm, I play in Em capo 2

Intro

Em	D	Em	D

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “beauty”

Em	D
Beauty queen of	only eighteen

	Em	D
Sh	e had some trouble	with herself

Em	D
He was always	there to help her

	Em	D
She	always belonged to	someone else

Em	D
I drove for	miles and miles

	Em	D
And	wound up at your	door

Em	D	Em
I’ve had you	so many times but	somehow

	D
I want	more

G	D
I don’t mind spending	every day

Em	D
Out on your corner in the	pouring rain

G	D
Look for the girl with the	broken smile

Em	C
Ask her if she wants to	stay awhile

	G	D
And she	will be	loved

	Em	C
And she	will be	loved

Em7

Em	D
Tap on my window	knock on my door

	Em	D
I	want to make you feel	beautiful

Em	D
I know I tend to	get so insecure

Em	D
It doesn’t matter	anymore

Em	D
It’s not always	rainbows and butterflies

	Em	D
It’s	compromise that moves us a	long, yeah

Em	D
My heart is full and my	door’s always open

	Em	D
You	come anytime you	want

G	D
I don’t mind spending	every day

Em	D
Out on your corner in the	pouring rain

G	D
Look for the girl with the	broken smile

Em	C
Ask her if she wants to	stay awhile

	G	D
And she	will be	loved

	Em	C
She	will be	loved

	G	D
And she	will be	loved

	Em	C
And she	will be	loved

Bridge

Em	D
I know where you	hide

	Em
Alone in your	car

	D
Know all of the	things that make you who you are

Em	D	Em
I know that good	bye means nothing at	all

	D	C
Comes back and begs me,	catch her every time she	falls, yeah

Em	D
Tap on my window	knock on my door

Hang an exta measure after this line

	Em	D
I	want to make you feel	beautiful

G	D
I don’t mind spending	every day

Em	D
Out on your corner in the	pouring rain, oh

G	D
Look for the girl with the	broken smile

Em	C
Ask her if she wants to	stay awhile

	G	D
And she	will be	loved

	Em	D
And she	will be	loved

	G	D
And she	will be	loved

	Em	C
And she	will be	loved

G	D	Em	D	G
Please don’t	try so	hard to	say good	bye

G	D	Em	C	C
Please don’t	try so	hard to	say goodb	ye

Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning (2002)

Originally in C, I play in G

Highest note that matters is the 6 (“things just get so crazy”)

Intro

Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Am9	D6	Gmaj7

Vox on 5 3 5 3 5 of the key on “Sunday morning rain”

Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Sunday	morning rain is	falling

Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Steal some	covers share some	skin

Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Clouds are	shrouding us in	moments unforgettable

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
You t	wist to fit the	mold that I am i	n

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
But	things just get so	crazy living	life gets hard to do

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
And I would	gladly hit the	road get up and	go if I knew

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
That	someday it would	lead me back to y	ou

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
That	someday it would	lead me back to	you

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
That may be	all	I	need

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
In darkness she is	all	I	see

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Come and rest your	bones	with	me

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Driving slow on Sunday	morning, and I	never want to	leave

Not a typo, the V is augmented just this time!

Am9	Daug	Gmaj7
Fingers	trace your every	outline

Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Paint a	picture with my	hands

Am9	D6	Gmaj7
And back and	forth we sway like	branches in a storm

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Change of	weather still tog	ether when it en	ds

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
That may be	all	I	need

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
In darkness she is	all	I	see

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Come and rest your	bones	with	me

	Am9	D6	G
Driving slow on Sunday	morning, and I	never want to	leave

Instrumental breakdown

G	Bdim7	Em7	D13	C#dim7	C	D
			→

G	Bdim7	Em7	D13	C#dim7	C	D
			→

G	G#dim7
Oh,	yeah

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
But	things just get so	crazy living	life gets hard to do

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Sunday m	orning rain is	falling and I’m	calling out to you

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Singin’	someday it will	bring me back to y	ou, yeah

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Finda a	way my	self back home to	you

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
May not know that maybe	all	I	need

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
In darkness she is	all	I	see

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Come and rest your	bones	with	me

	Am9	D6	Gmaj7
Driving slow on Sunday	morning, and I	never want to	leave

Maroon 5 - This Love (2002)

Originally in Cm, I play in Em capo 3

Intro

B7/D#	Em	Am	F#dim7
			x2

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “I was so high”

B7/D#	Em
I was so high I did not	recognize

	Am	F#dim7
The fire burning	in her eyes, the chaos that con	trolled my mind

B7/D#	Em
Whispered goodbye and she got	on a plane

	Am	F#dim7
Never to re	turn again but always in my	heart

Em	Am	D	G
This	love has	taken its	toll on me

Em	Am	D	G
She said good	bye too	many times be	fore

Em	Am	D	G
Her	heart is	breaking in	front of me

	Em	A	C	B	B7/D#
And	I have no	choice, cause	I won’t say good	bye anymore

B7/D#	Em	Am	F#dim7
Whoa,	whoa,	whoa,	whoa

B7/D#	Em
I tried my best to feed her a	ppetite

	Am
Keep her coming	every night

	F#dim7
So hard to keep her	satisfied

B7/D#	Em
Kept playing love like it was	just a game

	Am
Pretending to	feel the same

	F#dim7
Then turn around and	leave again, forever

Em	Am	D	G
This	love has	taken its	toll on me

Em	Am	D	G
She said good	bye too	many times be	fore

Em	Am	D	G
Her	heart is	breaking in	front of me

	Em	A	C	B	B7/D#
And	I have no	choice, cause	I won’t say good	bye any	more

B7/D#	Em	Am	F#dim7
Whoa,	whoa,	whoa,	whoa

Am7

I’ll fix these broken things

Gmaj7

Repair your broken wings

B7/D#	Em
And make sure everything’s a	lright

Am7

My pressure on your hips

Gmaj7

Sinking my fingertips

	B7
Into e	very inch of you

Because I know that’s what you want me to do

Em	Am	D	G
This	love has	taken its	toll on me

Em	Am	D	G
She said good	bye too	many times be	fore

Em	Am	D	G
Her	heart is	breaking in	front of me

	Em	A	C	B
And	I have no	choice, cause	I won’t say good	bye anymore

Em	Am	D	G
This	love has	taken its	toll on me

Em	Am	D	G
She said good	bye too	many times be	fore

Em	Am	D	G
My	heart is	breaking in	front of me

Em	A	C	B
She said good	bye too	many times be	fore

Em	Am	D	G
This	love has	taken its	toll on me

Em	Am	D	G
She said good	bye too	many times be	fore

Em	Am	D	G
Her	heart is	breaking in	front of me

	Em	A	C	B
And	I have no	choice, cause	I won’t say good	bye anymore

Matchbox Twenty - Unwell (2003)

Originally in A, I play in G capo 2

G	Cadd9	Em7	D
			x 2

Cadd9	D	G	Em
All	day	staring at the	ceiling

	Cadd9	D	Em
Making	friends with	shadows on my	wall

Cadd9	D	G	Em
All	night,	hearing voices	telling me

	Cadd9
That	I should get some sleep

	D
Because to	morrow might be good for something

Bm	Cadd9	G	D
Hold	on, I’m	feeling like I’m	headed for a

Bm	Cadd9	G	D
Break	down, and	I don’t know	why

G	Cadd9
I’m not crazy I’m just a little un	well

I know right now you can’t tell

Em	D
But stay awhile and maybe then you’ll	see

A different side of me

G	Cadd9
I’m not crazy I’m just a little im	paired

I know right now you don’t care

Em	D
But soon enough you’re gonna think of	me

And how I used to be

Cadd9	D	G	Em
	Me,	talking to my	self in public

Cadd9	D	Em
And dodging	glances on the	train

Cadd9	D	G	Em
And I	know, I	know they’ve all been	talking ‘bout me

Cadd9

I can hear them whisper

	D	Bm
And it	makes me think there must be something	wrong

Bm	Cadd9	G	D
With	me,	out of all the	hours thinking

Bm	Cadd9	G	D
Some	how,	I’ve lost my	mind

G	Cadd9
I’m not crazy I’m just a little un	well

I know right now you can’t tell

Em	D
But stay awhile and maybe then you’ll	see

A different side of me

G	Cadd9
I’m not crazy I’m just a little im	paired

I know right now you don’t care

Em	D
But soon enough you’re gonna think of	me

	Cadd9
And how I used to b	e

Bridge

Cadd9	Em	Cadd9
	I’ve been talking in my	sleep

Em	Cadd9
Pretty soon they’ll come to	get me

Em	D
Yeah they’re takin’ me a	way

G	Cadd9
I’m not crazy I’m just a little un	well

I know right now you can’t tell

Em	D
But stay awhile and maybe then you’ll	see

A different side of me

G	Cadd9
I’m not crazy I’m just a little im	paired

I know right now you don’t care

Em	D
But soon enough you’re gonna think of	me

And how I used to be

With ad libs

G	Cadd9	Em7	D
			x 2

Matt Hires - Restless Heart (2013)

Originally in G capo 7, I play in G capo 5, highest note that matters is the 3

Intro (with some I7’s mixed in)

G

Vox on the 5

G	Cadd9
Pretty girls come from the	ugliest places

	G	D
You	come from the worst of them	all

	G	Cadd9
H	eartbreakers like you are h	ard to erase

	Em7	D	G
You	lift me up j	ust so I	fall

	G	Cadd9
I f	ollowed you all the way	down to the coast

	G	D
And we	kissed under traveling sk	ies

	G	Cadd9
I w	ish I had seen what was	coming for me

	Em7	D	G
But you	wear such a	lovely	disguise

Cadd9	G
Hey you got a	restless heart

	Em	D
Beating	ou ou ou out on your	sleeve

	Cadd9	G
And	I won’t let this	fire start

	Em	D	Cadd9
You	say love is	all that you	need

	Em	D	G
Well you’re	not gonna	get it from	me

	Cadd9	G
Oh o	h, oh	oh

	Em	D	G
No you’re	not gonna g	et it from	me

	G	Cadd9
You s	ay that you wanted a	lover

	G	D
Someone to	cover your head when it	rains

	G	Cadd9
But e	ven a hopeless	romantic like me

	Em7	D	G
Yeah I	know that it’s a	ll just a g	ame

	G	Cadd9
Ever	yone’s looking for	love

	G	D
Looking for	something to hold on	to

G	Cadd9
Oh I’ve been looking for	twenty-five years

	Em7	D	G
And I	know I won’t	find it in	you

Cadd9	G
Hey you got a	restless heart

	Em	D
Beating	ou ou ou out on your	sleeve

	Cadd9	G
And	I won’t let this	fire start

	Em	D	Cadd9
You	say love is	all that you	need

	Em	D	G
Well you’re	not gonna	get it from	me

	Cadd9	G
Oh o	h, oh	oh

	Em	D	F
No you’re	not gonna g	et it from	me

	C	G	G/B
I	won’t let you break my	heart

	F	C	D
I	won’t let you break, I	won’t let you break my	heart

G	Cadd9
Pretty girls come from the	ugliest places

	G	D
You	come from the worst of them a	ll

G	Cadd9
Heartbreakers like you are	hard to erase

Hard stop before “fall”

	Em7	D	G
You	lift me up j	ust so I f	all

Cadd9	G
Hey you got a	restless heart

	Em	D
Beating	ou ou ou out on your	sleeve

	Cadd9	G
And	I won’t let this	fire start

	Em	D	Cadd9
You	say love is	all that you	need

	Em	D	G
Well you’re	not gonna	get it from	me

	Cadd9	G
Oh o	h, oh	oh

	Em	D	Cadd9
No you’re	not gonna g	et it from	me

Cadd9	G
Hey you got a	restless heart

	Em	D
Beating	ou ou ou out on your	sleeve

	Cadd9	G
And	I won’t let this	fire start

	Em	D	Cadd9
You	say love is	all that you	need

	Em	D	G
Well you’re	not gonna	get it from	me

	Cadd9	G
Oh o	h, oh	oh

	Em	D	G
No you’re	not gonna g	et it from	me

	Cadd9	G
Oh o	h, oh	oh

	Em	D	G
No you’re	not gonna g	et it from	me

Meghan Trainor - Dear Future Husband (2015)

Originally in C#, I play in G

Highest note that matters is the 6 (“*you* gotta know”)

Intro, let ring, vox on the 3

G

Dear future husband, here’s a few

Em

Things you need to know if you wanna

C	D	G
Be my one and	only all my	life

Band enters

G

Take me on a date, I deserve it babe

Em

And don’t forget the flowers every anniversary

C

‘Cause if you treat me right

D

I’ll be the perfect wife

G

Buying groceries, buy-buying what you need

G

You got that nine to five, but baby so do I

Em

So don’t be thinking I’ll be home and baking apple pies

C

I never learned to cook

D

But I can write a hook

G

Sing along with me, sing-sing along with me, hey

G	Em
You gotta know how to treat me like a	lady

	C
Even when I’m acting	crazy

D	G
Tell me everything’s alri	ght

G

Dear future husband, here’s a few

Em

Things you need to know if you want to

C	D	G
Be my one and	only all my	life

G

Dear future husband, if you wanna

Em

Get that special lovin’, tell me I’m

C	D	G
Beautiful,	each and every	night

G

After every fight, just apologize

Em

And maybe then I’ll let you try and rock my body right

C

Even if I was wrong

D

You know I’m never wrong

G

Why disagree, why, why disagree?

G	Em
You gotta know how to treat me like a	lady

	C
Even when I’m acting	crazy

D	G
Tell me everything’s alri	ght

The original changes key up a half-step here, I’m leaving that out

G

Dear future husband, here’s a few

Em

Things you need to know if you want to

C	D	G
Be my one and	only all my	life

G

Dear future husband, make time for

Em

Me, don’t leave me lonely and know we’ll

C	D	G
Never see your	family more than	mine

G

I’ll be sleeping on the left side of the bed

Em

Open doors for me and you may get some kisses

C

Don’t have a dirty mind

D

Just be a classy guy

G

Buy me a ring, buy-buy me a ring, babe

G	Em
You gotta know how to treat me like a	lady

	C
Even when I’m acting	crazy

D	G
Tell me everything’s	alright

G

Dear future husband, here’s a few

Em

Things you need to know if you want to

C	D	G
Be my one and on	ly all my li	fe

G

Dear future husband, if you wanna

	Em
Ge	t that special loving, tell me I’m

C	D	G
Beautiful	each and every	night

	C	D	G
Oh oh	Future husband,	better love me	right

Meghan Trainor - Like I’m Gonna Lose You (2015)

Originally in C, I play in E

Vox on 5 6 1 1 on “found myself dream”

E

I found myself dreaming

G#m

In silver and gold

C#m

Like a scene from a movie

	A	E/G#	F#m7	F#m/B
That	every	broken	heart	knows

E

We were walking on moonlight

G#m

And you pulled me close

C#m

Split second and you disappeared

	A	E/G#	F#m7	F#m/B
And then	I was	all a	lone

Vox on the 3 now, and "woke" is on the downbeat now", lyrics come twice as fast

	E
I	woke up in tears, with you by my side

G#m

Breath of relief, and I realized

C#m	A	E/G#	F#m7	F#m/B
No, we’re not	promised to	morrow

Vox on the 1 on “love”

	E	G#m
So I’m gonna	love you like I’m gonna	lose you

	C#m	A
I’m gonna	hold you like I’m saying good	bye

	E	G#m
Wherever we’re	standing I won’t take you for	granted

	C#m	A
‘Cause we’ll never	know when, when we’ll run out of	time

	E	G#m
So I’m gonna	love you like I’m gonna	lose you

	C#m	A	E/G#	F#m7	F#m/B
I’m gonna	love you like I’m gonna	lose		you

E

In the blink of an eye

G#m

Just a whisper of smoke

C#m

You could lose everything

	A	E/G#	F#m7	F#m/B
The	truth	is you	never	know

E

So I’ll kiss you longer baby

G#m

Any chance that I get

C#m

I’ll make the most of the minutes

	A	E/G#	F#m7	F#m/B
And	love with	no re	grets

E

Let’s take our time to say what we want

G#m

Use what we got before it’s all gone

C#m	A	E/G#	F#m7	F#m/B
‘Cause no, we’re not	promised tom	orrow

	E	G#m
So I’m gonna	love you like I’m gonna	lose you

	C#m	A
I’m gonna	hold you like I’m saying good	bye

	E	G#m
Wherever we’re	standing I won’t take you for	granted

	C#m	A
‘Cause we’ll never	know when, when we’ll run out of	time

	E	G#m
So I’m gonna	love you like I’m gonna	lose you

	C#m	A	E/G#	F#m7	F#m/B
I’m gonna	love you like I’m gonna	lose		you

solo

E	G#m	C#m	A	E/G#	F#m7	F#m/B
			→	→	→

Let ring

	E	G#m
I’m gonna	love you like I’m gonna	lose you

	C#m	A	E/G#	F#m7	F#m/E
I’m gonna	hold you like I’m saying good	bye

	E	G#m
Wherever we’re	standing I won’t take you for	granted

	C#m	A
‘Cause we’ll never	know when, when we’ll run out of	time

	E	G#m
So I’m gonna	love you like I’m gonna	lose you

	C#m	A	E/G#	F#m7	F#m/B
I’m gonna	love you like I’m gonna	lose		you

E

Meghan Trainor - No Good For You (2015)

Originally in Em, I play in Em capo 5

Syncopated quarters

Vox on 2 1 7 5 5 of the minor key on “I miss that happy”

	Em
I miss that	happy friend that I had

A

You’ve been acting so sad

	D	Bm
Won’t you come	back? Yeah ye	ah

	Em
You never	take the time with your girls no more

A

Always with your new boy

	D
But he ain’t all	that

	B7
But	you don’t know yet

	Em
Oh his	kiss is soft and sweet

	A
He	swept you off your feet

	D
He’s no	good for you

	Bm
He’s no	good for you

	Em
And sure he’s	worth a lot of gold

	A
But you’re	better than you know

	D
He’s no	good for you

	B7
He’s no	good for you

With hard stops

B7/F#	Em
→	That boy’s no good for you

Em	A
→	You’re way too good for him

D	B7
That boy’s no good for you,	for you

Let ring

Em	A
Whoa, woh-oh-oh-	oh, woh-oh-oh

D	Bm
No he no good, he no good for	you

	Em	A
Woh-oh-oh-	oh, woh-oh-oh-	oh, woh-oh-oh

D	B7
No he no good, he no good for	you

Back to the syncopated rhythm

	Em
He drives those	fancy cars that you like

	A
But he	doesn’t call you at night

	D
And tells you he	loves you

	Bm
And he’s thinking	of you

	Em
No you can’t	take him home for the holidays

A

Better keep him away

	D
Cause he’s such a	tool, girl

B7

Everyone will say, I bet

	Em
His	kiss is soft and sweet

	A
He	swept you off your feet

	D
He’s no	good for you

	Bm
He’s no	good for you

	Em
And sure he’s	worth a lot of gold

	A
But you’re	better than you know

	D
He’s no	good for you

	B7
He’s no	good for you

B7/F#	Em
→	That boy’s no good for you

Em	A
→	You’re way too good for him

D	B7
That boy’s no good for you,	for you

Em	A
Whoa, woh-oh-oh-	oh, woh-oh-oh

D	Bm
No he no good, he no good for	you

	Em	A
Woh-oh-oh-	oh, woh-oh-oh-	oh, woh-oh-oh

D	B7
No he no good, he no good for	you

Bridge, let ring

This line mostly on the 3 of the chord

	Em
Won’t you	take it from a friend

Vox stay mostly where they were, now the b7 of the chord

	A7
That boy is	not a gentleman

Now down to the 3 of the chord

	D
And you’ll	find out soon enough

	Bm
What you’re	feeling it ain’t love

	Em
Cause he	called me yesterday

Vox up to the b5→4 on “da-ate”

	Edim7
And he	asked me on a date

	D
Tried to	play you like a fool

	B7
And that’s	why I’m calling you

	Em
His	kiss is soft and sweet

	A
And he	swept you off your feet

	D
But he’s no	good for you

	Bm
He’s no	good for you

	Em
And sure he’s	worth a lot of gold

	A
But you’re	better than you know

	D
He’s no	good for you

Hang

B7

Oh

	Em
Oh his	kiss is soft and sweet

	A
And he	swept you off your feet

	D
But he’s no	good for you

	Bm
He’s no	good for you

	Em
And sure he’s	worth a lot of gold

	A
But you’re	better than you know

	D
He’s no	good for you

	B7
He’s no	good for you

B7/F#	Em
→	That boy’s no good for you

Em	A
→	You’re way too good for him

D	B7
That boy’s no good for you,	for you

B7/F#	Em
→	That boy’s no good for you

Em	A
→	You’re way too good for him

D	B7
That boy’s no good for you,	for you

Em

Michelle Branch - All You Wanted (2001)

Originally in Fm, I play in Am capo 2, highest note is the 5 of the minor key (“a*way* from here”)

Am7	Gsus4	Fadd9	C6
			x2

Vox on 1 7 3 of the minor key on “I wanted”, 4 3 of the minor key on “like you”

Am7	Gsus4	Fadd9	C6
I wan	ted	to be	like you

Am7	Gsus4	Fadd9	C6
I wan	ted	every	thing

Am7	Gsus4	Fadd9	C6
So	I tried,	to be	like you

Am7	Gsus4	Fadd9	C6
And	I got	swept aw	ay

Gsus2/B

Am7	G	Fadd9	C
I didn’t	know that	it was so c	old and

Am7	G	Fadd9	C
You needed	someone to	show you the w	ay

Am7	G	Fadd9	C
So I took your h	and and	we figured o	ut that

Am7	G	Fadd9	C
When the	tide comes I’ll t	ake you awa	y

Gsus2/B	G

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
If you	want to,	I can sa	ve you

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
I can	take you away	from he	re

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
So lonely i	nside,	so busy o	ut there

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
And all you w	anted was someb	ody who car	es

Am7	Gsus4	Fadd9	C6

Am7	G	Fadd9	C
I’m sinking sl	owly,	so hurry h	old me

Am7	G	Fadd9	C
Your hand is a	ll I have to	keep me hanging	on

Am7	G	Fadd9	C
Please can you	tell me	so I can	finally see

Am7	G	Fadd9	C
Where you	go when you’re	gone

G

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
If you	want to,	I can sa	ve you

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
I can	take you away	from he	re

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
So lonely i	nside,	so busy o	ut there

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
And all you w	anted was someb	ody who car	es

F	G
All you wa	nted was somebody who

	F	G
Ca	res, if you n	eed me you know I’ll be

	F	C/E	Dm7	F/C
There,			oh

G/B	G/B	G/B	G/B
Whoa,			yeah

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
If you	want to,	I can sa	ve you

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
I can	take you away	from he	re

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
So lonely i	nside,	so busy o	ut there

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
And all you w	anted was someb	ody who car	es

Am7	G	F	C
			x2

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
If you	want to,	I can sa	ve you

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
I can	take you away	from he	re

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
So lonely i	nside,	so busy o	ut there

Am7	Fadd9	C	G
And all you w	anted was someb	ody who car	es

Am7	G	F	C

Am7	G
Please can you	tell me

Fadd9	C
So I can	finally see

Am7	G	Fadd9
Where you g	o when you’re go	ne

Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA (2009)

Originally in F#, I play in G (down an octave) (obviously)

Highest note that matters is the 6 “*yeah* eah eah eah eah eah eah”, lowest note is the 3

G	Bm7	Em	Em	D
			→	x2

Vox on the 1 on “hopped”

	G	Bm7
I h	opped off the plane at L	.A.X.

	Em	D
With a	dream and my cardigan

G	Bm7
Welcome to the land of	fame excess

Em	D
Am I gonna fit in?

G

Jumped in the cab

	Bm7
Here I	am for the first time

Em	D
Look to my right and I see the Holly	wood sign

G	Bm7
This is all so	crazy

Em	D
Everybody seems so famous

G

My tummy’s turnin’

	Bm7
And I’m	feelin’ kinda home sick

Em	D
Too much pressure and I’m nervous

	G	Bm7
That’s when the	taxi man turned on the	radio

	Em
And a	Jay-Z song was on

	Em
And a	Jay-Z song was on

	Em
And a	Jay-Z song was on

	G
So I put my	hands up

	Bm7
They’re	playing my song

	Em	D
And the	butterflies fly away

	G	Bm7
I’m	noddin’ my head like	yeah

Em	D
Movin’ my hips like yeah

	G
I got my	hands up

	Bm7
They’re	playing my song

	Em	D
And I	know I’m gonna be okay

Vox up to the 6 on “yeah”, down to the 7 of the chord (5 of the key) on “party”

G	Bm7	Em	D
Ye	ah, it’s a p	arty in the USA

G	Bm7	Em	D
Ye	ah, it’s a p	arty in the USA

G	Bm7
Get to the club in my t	axi cab

	Em	D
Everyb	ody’s lookin at me now

	G	Bm7
Like	who’s that chick, that’s r	ockin’ kicks?

	Em	D
She g	otta be from out of town

G	Bm7
So hard with my g	irls not around me

Em	D
It’s definitely not a Nashville party

G	Bm7
‘Cause all I see are still	etos

Em	D
I guess I never got the memo

G

My tummy’s turnin’

	Bm7
And I’m	feelin’ kinda home sick

Em	D
Too much pressure and I’m nervous

	G	Bm7
That’s when the D	.J. dropped my fav	orite tune

	Em
And a Br	itney song was on

	Em
And a B	ritney song was on

	Em
And a Bri	tney song was on

	G
So I put my	hands up

	Bm7
They’re	playing my song

	Em	D
And the	butterflies fly away

	G	Bm7
I’m	noddin’ my head like	yeah

Em	D
Movin’ my hips like yeah

	G
I got my	hands up

	Bm7
They’re	playing my song

	Em	D
And I	know I’m gonna be okay

G	Bm7	Em	D
Ye	ah, it’s a p	arty in the USA

G	Bm7	Em	D
Ye	ah, it’s a p	arty in the USA

Bridge

Vox on the 7 of the chord on “feel like”

Bm7	Em
Feel like hoppin’ on a f	light

Bm7	Em
Back to my hometown ton	ight

Bm7	Em
Something stops me every t	ime

	C	D
The	DJ plays my song and I feel alright

	G
So I put my	hands up

	Bm7
They’re	playing my song

	Em	D
And the	butterflies fly away

	G	Bm7
I’m	noddin’ my head like	yeah

Em	D
Movin’ my hips like yeah

	G
I got my	hands up

	Bm7
They’re	playing my song

	Em	D
And I	know I’m gonna be okay

G	Bm7	Em	D
Ye	ah, it’s a p	arty in the USA

G	Bm7	Em	D
Ye	ah, it’s a p	arty in the USA

Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (2013)

Originally in Dm, Walk off the Earth in Bm, I play in Em capo 2

Highest note that matters is the 6 of the minor key (“came in like a wreck”)

Intro

Em	G/D	D	Am

Vox on 5 1 on “we clawed”

	Em	G
We	clawed, we chained our	hearts in vain

	D	Am
We	jumped, never asking	why

	Em	G
We	kissed, I fell un	der your spell

	D	Am
A	love no one could	deny

Vox down to the 3 of the chord on “don’t you”

C	Em
Don’t you ever say	I just walked away

G	C
I will always want y	ou

C	Em
I can’t live a lie	running for my life

G	C
I will always want y	ou

Vox on the 4 of the major key on “came in like a wreck”

	G	D
I came in like a	wrecking ball

	Em	C
I never hit so	hard in love

	G	D
All I wanted was to	break your walls

	Em	C
All you ever did was	wreck	me

	Em	C
Yeah you,	you wreck	me

	Em	G
I	put you high up	in the sky

	D	Am
And	now, you’re not coming	down

	Em	G
It	slowly turned, you	let me burn

	D	Am
And	now, we’re ashes on the	ground

C	Em
Don’t you ever say	I just walked away

G	C
I will always	want you

C	Em
I can’t live a lie	running for my life

G	C
I will always	want you

	G	D
I came in like a	wrecking ball

	Em	C
I never hit so	hard in love

	G	D
All I wanted was to	break your walls

	Em	C
All you ever did was	wreck	me

	G	D
I came in like a	wrecking ball

	Em	C
Yeah, I just closed my	eyes and swung

	G	D
Left me crashing in a	blazing fall

	Em	C
All you ever did was	wreck	me

	Em	C
Yeah you,	you wreck	me

Bridge

Vox on 6 5 5 of the minor key on “start a war”, which is more or less where the last line ended

	Em
I never meant to start a w	ar

	G
I just wanted you to let me in

	Bm
And instead of using force

	C
I guess I should’ve let you win

	Em
I never meant to start a war

	G
I just wanted you to let me in

	Bsus4	B
I guess I should’ve let you win	→

C	Em
Don’t you ever say	I just walked away

G	C
I will always	want you

	G	D
I came in like a	wrecking ball

	Em	C
I never hit so	hard in love

	G	D
All I wanted was to	break your walls

	Em	C
All you ever did was	wreck	me

	G	D
I came in like a	wrecking ball

	Em	C
Yeah, I just closed my	eyes and swung

	G	D
Left me crashing in a	blazing fall

	Em	C
All you ever did was	wreck	me

	Em	C
Yeah you,	you wreck	me

	Em	C
Yeah you,	you wreck	me

Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder and Lead (2008)

If I play in G, which sounds better on guitar,

I go down an octave for the chorus. Or I play

in D, which sounds better for my voice, and go

up to the chorus (which is lots of 1). The highest

note that matters is the b3.

In D or E, ignore all the slash chords and add9’s.

And start slooooow, the chorus is a lot of words.

E-----------------|-------------------|
B-----------------|-------------------|
G--0-----00--3^-0-|-----0--0-3p0--0-0-|
D-----0h3--0------|---3--3-------3-3--|
A-----------------|-------------------|
E-3--3------------|-3-----------------|

E---------------------|----------------|
B-----------3-3---0-0-|----------------|
G-----0--0--3-3---0-0-|--3^-0--0--0----|
D--0h2--2-------------|-0-----3--3-----|
A---------------------|-------------1^-|
E-3-------------3-----|----------------|

Intro, with lots of b3 and b7 in it

D	D/C	Gadd9	D

Vox: “count” on the 1, “2” on the 4,

“3” on the b3, “feet” on the 4

Play the I more like a I5 in the verse

	D	D/C
County road	233,	under my feet

Gadd9

Nothin’ on this white rock but

D

Little old me

	D	D/C
I’ve got	two miles till	he makes bail

Gadd9

And if I’m right we’re headed

D

Straight for hell

D

I’m goin’ home, gonna load up my shotgun

C

Wait by the door and light a cigarette

G

If he wants a fight well now he’s got one

	D
And	he ain’t seen me crazy yet

	D
He	slap my face and he shook me like a rag doll

C

Don’t that sound like a real man

G

I’m going to show him what a little girl’s made of

G7	D
Gunpowder and	lead

D	D/C	Gadd9	D

	D	D/C
It’s	half past ten, another	six pack in

Gadd9	D
And I can feel the rumble like the	cold black wind

	D	D/C
He	pulls in the drive, the	gravel flies

Gadd9	D
He dont know what’s waiting here this	time

D

I’m goin’ home, gonna load up my shotgun

C

Wait by the door and light a cigarette

G

If he wants a fight well now he’s got one

	D
And	he ain’t seen me crazy yet

	D
He	slap my face and he shook me like a rag doll

C

Don’t that sound like a real man

G

I’m going to show him what a little girl’s made of

G7	D
Gunpowder and	lead

D

Vox on the 5 of the chord

	C
His	fist is big but my gun’s bigger

G7

He’ll find out when I pull the trigger

D

I’m goin’ home, gonna load up my shotgun

C

Wait by the door and light a cigarette

G

If he wants a fight well now he’s got one

	D
And	he ain’t seen me crazy yet

	D
He	slap my face and he shook me like a rag doll

C

Don’t that sound like a real man

G

I’m going to show him what a little girl’s made of

G7

Gunpowder and

G7	D
Gunpowder and	lead

D

D/C

Gadd9

D

Misc - California Christmas Time (2015)

Originally in B, I play in D

Intro

D

Rebecca

	D	F#	Bm
Well, you can	take your	snow and	shove it

	Em	D/F#	A
This is our	Christmas	and we	love it

	D	F#	G
It’s a	hundred deg	rees, this elf is	Vietnamese

	D	A
That’s the	way that California	does it

Josh

	D	F#	Bm
Even our	Santa	has a	suntan

	Em	D/F#	A
He’s	also an	unemployed	stuntman

Rebecca

	D	F#
Is he	even a	wake?

Santa

	G
Yeah, I’m	just really baked

Josh

	D	A
If	he can be Santa Claus,	anyone can

Rebecca and Josh

G	A
California	Christmas time

	F#m	B
It’s	just a Golden	State of mind

Em	A	Am	D
Chet’s nuts roasting	in the bright sun	light

Rebecca

Put on some pants, Chet

Rebecca and Josh

	G	A
And	what would Christmas	be without

	F#m	B
Historically	low mountain snow causing	staggering drought

Josh

	G	A	F#m
But	hey, this eggnog	fro-yo’s super	tight

Rebecca

	B
Super	tight

	Em
‘Cause	this is California

Hang on “we”

	A	D
And	we do Christmas	right

Misc

	G/D	Gm/D
California Christmas	ti	me

Darryl

	D	F#	Bm
Don we	now our	surf ap	parel

	Em	D/F#	A
And we have our	own kind of	Christmas	Carol

Paula

	D	F#
It’s this	chick named	Carol

	G
She does	henna tattoos

Darryl

	A
Carol’s	fifty, but no judgment

She’s still finding herself

All

We're all finding ourselves

Key change

Greg

	E	G#	C#m
Okay, there	is no	easy	answer

Heather

	F#m	E/G#	B
For our	high rates	of skin	cancer

Misc

	E	G#
It	took my dad’s	life

Misc

	A
And it	killed my wife

All

B

Hang ten, Rudolph and Prancer

A	B
California	Christmas time

	G#m	C#
We	gather ‘round and sing	songs by Sublime

	F#m	B	Bm	E
And	all our local	reggae bands are	white

	A	B
The	kids get lots of toys on	Christmas morn

	G#m	C#
‘Cause	daddy makes big bucks di	recting porn

	A
They	may have gonorrhea

Rebecca

	B	G#m
But at	least it’s not frost	bite

All

	C#
It’s not frost	bite

	F#m
‘Cause	this is California

	B	E
And	we do Christmas	right

	A/E
California Christmas	time

	Am/E	E
Cali	fornia Christmas	time

	A/E
California Christmas	time

	Am/E	E
Cali	fornia Christmas	time

	E/A
California Christmas	time

	Am/E	E
Cali	fornia Christmas	time

Rebecca

	A
California Christmas	time

Calif...

Misc - Crazy Ex Girlfriend Theme (2015)

Originally in B, I play in G

V implied, vox on the 5 of the key

I was...

G	D
Working hard at a	New York job

	G	D
Making	dough but it made me	blue

G	D
One day I was	crying a lot

	D	G	G#
And	so I decided to	move	to

Asus2

West Covina, California

Brand new pals and new career

	F
It	happens to be where Josh lives

Vox on 3 2 3 2 5 of the key on “that’s not why I’m here”

	D
But that’s not why I’m	here

	C
She’s the	crazy ex-girlfriend

Spoken

What? No, I'm not

	G
She’s the	crazy ex-girlfriend

Spoken

That's a sexist term

	C
She’s the	crazy ex-girlfriend

Spoken

Can you guys just stop singing for a second?

D6	Eaug
She’s so broken in	side

Spoken

The situation's a lot more nuanced than that

Em7

C-R-A-Z-Y

Spoken

OK, we get it

G	Am	G
Crazy ex-	girl	friend

Misc - Free Credit Report Car Song (2007)

	G
Well I was	shopping for a new car which one’s me?

	D
A	cool convertible or an SUV?

G

Too bad I didn’t know my credit was whack

Hard stop on “driving”

	D
‘Cause now I’m	driving off the lot in a used sub-compact

G

F-R-E-E that spells free

D

Credit report dot com baby

G

Saw their ads on my TV

D

Thought about going but was too lazy

	G
Now ins	tead of looking fine and rolling phat

Hard stop on “sticking”

	D
My legs are	sticking to the vinyl and my posse’s getting laughed at

G

F-R-E-E that spells free

D	G
Credit report dot	com baby

...and there’s just a bit of C as we fade to “offer valid blah blah”...

Misc - Free Credit Report Pirate Song (2007)

	G	G/B	C
They	say a man should always dress for the	job he	wants

	D	G
So	why am I dressed up like a pirate in this restau	rant?

	G	G/B	C
It’s	all because some hacker stole my i	denti	ty

	D	G
Now I’m	in here every evening serving chowder and iced	tea

Shoulda gone to

G	G/B	C
Free credit report	dot	com

	D	G
I	coulda seen this coming at me like an atom	bomb

	G	G/B	C
They	monitor your credit and send you e-	mail a	lerts

	D	G
So that	you don’t end up selling fish to tourists in t-	shirts

Misc - Getting Rid of Britta (2009)

Intro

F	Bb	C
	I’m just gonna, I’m gonna	take this time and speak from the heart

F	Bb	C
I just wanna lay down how I feel,	this is for you

F	Bb	C
Sayin’ goodbye to Britta was the	hardest thing to	do

	F	Bb	C
But when s	omeone’s a B and a liar, there ain’t	nothing left to	woo

F

I’m gettin’ rid of Britta (she’s gotta go)

Bb	C
I’m gettin’ rid of the	B (she’s a no good B)

F

I’m gettn’ rid of Britta

Bb	C
I’m gettn’ rid of the	B (she’s a GDB)

F	Bb	C
Take it Pierce, what, what, w	hat,	hell yes

F	Bb	C

F	Bb	C
I didn’t know when I saw her blond hair that she could e	ver be that way

	F	Bb	C
So t	iny and small, she seemed to have it all but she	made me say B,	hey, that ain’t cool

F

I’m gettin’ rid of Britta

Bb	C
I’m gettin’ rid of the	B (she’s a no good B)

F

I’m gettn’ rid of Britta (she’s gotta go)

Bb	C
I’m gettn’ rid of the	B (she’s a GDB)

F	Bb	C
Come on,	one more time for me Pierce

F	Bb	C
	Say it ain’t so

F

It isn’t like I would ever hit her

Bb	C
But I would sell it to the	highest bidder

F

She bummed me out, she bruised my soul

	Bb	C	F
She l	ied to my heart, she	left me less than	whole

F

I’m gettin’ rid of Britta

Bb	C
I’m gettin’ rid of the	B (she’s a no good B)

F

I’m gettn’ rid of Britta (it’s not healthy man)

Bb	C
I’m gettn’ rid of the	B (she’s a GDB)

F	F	Bb	C
F	Bb	C
Britta’s a B,	not a	C

F	Bb	C
Britta’s a B,	I’m just speaking the truth here

F	Bb	C
Britta’s a B

F

Misc - Happy Peanuts Soar (Snickers Commercial) (2006)

Can I help you *enjoy* that Snickers?

G	G/F#	Em	Em7
Happy peanuts so	ar over	chocolate-covered mou	ntaintops and

G	G/F#	C
Waterfalls of	cara	mel

	G	G/F#	Em	D	G
Prancing	nougat in the	meadow sings a	song of satis	faction to the	world

The last G is not played but is implied by the awesome vocal harmony.

Misc - Ode to the Wingman (2003)

Dsus2

This chick’s rockin’ your bro’ on the dance floor...

Dsus2	G
But she’s towing an	anchor

Dsus2	G
A junior inv	estment banker

Bm	A	F#11
Who’s talkin’ ‘bout her	self and not much	more, oh

G	D	A
So buy her a beer,	it’s the reason you’re	here, mighty wingman

Bm	D	A
You’re takin’ one	for the	team

	Bm	A	G
So your	buddy can	live the	dream

F#	G	D
Wingman

Misc - Strawberry Shortcake Berry Bitty Theme (2012)

vox on the 5 (B in E)

E	B
Strawberry	Shortcake

	E
She’s a	berry bitty girl

	F#m
With berry	big possibilities

	A
And	fruit-filled fun

	B
Is the	secret to her recipes

	C#m
She	may be small

	B
No	task is too tall

	A
She’ll	be your best bud

	B
Just	give her a call

E	F#m
Strawberry,	Strawberry

A	B
Strawberry	Shortcake

E	F#m
No task is	too tall

	D	E
For	Strawberry Short	cake

The other voice at the end says...

She's a berry bitty girl
With big possibilities
She may be small but

Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man (2009)

Originally in Dm, played as Am capo 5, I play in Am capo 5

Intro

Am	C	Am	C
			x2

Am

Weep for yourself, my man

	C
You’ll never be what is in your	heart

Am

Weep little lion man

	C
You’re not as brave as you were at the	start

G

Rate yourself and rake yourself

F	F/E	F/D	C
Take all the	courage	you have	left

	G
And	waste it on fixing all the

F	F/E	F/D	C
Problems that you	made in	your own	head

Let ring, easy harmony is just to hit the 1 of the major key until “dear” (melody does 6 5 3 on “not your fault but mine”)

	Am	Fmaj9	C
But it was	not your	fault but m	ine

	Am	Fmaj9	C
And it was	your heart	on the l	ine

	Am	Fmaj9	C
I really	messed it	up this t	ime

	G
Didn’t I, my	dear?

Didn't I, my

Band back in

Am	Am	C	C
Am	Am	C	C

Am

Tremble for yourself, my man

	C
You know that you have seen this all b	efore

Am

Tremble little lion man

	C
You’ll never settle any of your	scores

	G
Your	grace is wasted in your face

	F	F/E	F/D	C
Your	boldness stands a	lone am	ong the	wreck

	G
Now	learn from your mother or else

F	F/E	F/D	C
Spend your days	biting	your own n	eck

No hanging stops this time

	Am	Fmaj9	C
But it was	not your	fault but m	ine

	Am	Fmaj9	C
And it was	your heart	on the l	ine

	Am	Fmaj9	C
I really	messed it	up this t	ime

	G
Didn’t I, my	dear?

	Am	Fmaj9	C
But it was	not your	fault but m	ine

	Am	Fmaj9	C
And it was	your heart	on the l	ine

	Am	Fmaj9	C
I really	messed it	up this t	ime

	G
Didn’t I, my	dear?

	Am
Didn’t I, my	dear?

Am	Am	C	C
Am	Am	C	C

C	C	F/C	F/C
C/D	C/E	F/C	F/C

Gadd11	C	Fmaj9	Fmaj9
Ah,	ah ah	ah,	ah ah

Gadd11	C	Fmaj9	Fmaj9
Ah,	ah ah	ah	ah ah

Gadd11	C	Fmaj9	Fmaj9
Ah,	ah ah	ah,	ah ah

Gadd11	C	Fmaj9	Fmaj9
Ah,	ah ah	ah	ah ah

Gadd11	C	Fmaj9	Fmaj9
Ah,	ah ah	ah	ah ah

Gadd11	C	Fmaj9	Fmaj9
Ah,	ah ah	ah

Hard stop on “not”, back in on “mine”, no hanging stops

	Am	Fmaj9	C
But it was	not your f	ault but m	ine

	Am	Fmaj9	C
And it was	your heart	on the l	ine

	Am	Fmaj9	C
I really	messed it	up this t	ime

	G
Didn’t I, my	dear?

A capella

	Am	Fmaj9	C
But it was	not your	fault but m	ine

	Am	Fmaj9	C
And it was	your heart	on the l	ine

	Am	Fmaj9	C
I really	messed it	up this t	ime

	G
Didn’t I, my	dear?

	C
Didn’t I, my	dear?

My Chemical Romance - Teenagers (2006)

Originally in E, with the first half of the verse an octave below the second.

I play in A, and stay in the same octave the whole time.

Vox on the 3 on “teen”

	A
They’re gonna cl	ean up your looks, with all the lies in the books

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “you”

	E
To make a citizen out of y	ou

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “sleep”

	D	A
Because they sl	eep with a gun, and keep an e	ye on you, son

	E	A
So they can w	atch all the things you	do

Original goes up to the high 3 on “drugs”

	A
Because the dr	ugs never work, they gonna give you a smirk

	A	E
‘Cause they got m	ethods of keeping you cl	ean

	D	A
They’re gonna r	ip off your heads, your aspir	ations to shreds

Hard stop on “chine”

	E	A
Another c	og in the murder mach	ine

	A
They said all	teenagers scare the living hell out of me

A	E
They could care less as long as	someone’ll bleed

	D	A
So	darken your clothes, or strike a	violent pose

	E	A
Maybe they’ll	leave you alone, but not	me

	A
The boys and g	irls in the clique

The awful names that they stick

	E
You’re never gonna fit in much	kid

	D	A
But if you’re	troubled and hurt, what you got u	nder your shirt

	E	A
Will make them	pay for the things that they di	d

	A
They said all	teenagers scare the living hell out of me

A	E
They could care less as long as	someone’ll bleed

	D	A
So	darken your clothes, or strike a	violent pose

	E	A
Maybe they’ll	leave you alone, but not	me

Solo

D	D	A	A
D	D	E	E

Let ring, or just clap

	A
They said all	teenagers scare the living hell out of me

A	E
They could care less as long as	someone’ll bleed

	D	A
So	darken your clothes, or strike a	violent pose

	E	A
Maybe they’ll	leave you alone, but not	me

All together now

Band enters

A

Teenagers scare the living hell out of me

A	E
They could care less as long as	someone’ll bleed

	D	A
So	darken your clothes, or strike a	violent pose

	E	A
Maybe they’ll	leave you alone, but not	me

A

Teenagers scare the living hell out of me

A	E
They could care less as long as	someone’ll bleed

	D	A
So	darken your clothes, or strike a	violent pose

	E	A
Maybe they’ll	leave you alone, but not	me

My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade (2006)

Originally in G, I play in D

Ringing piano intro

D	A/C#	Bm	A	G	D/F#	Em	A

Vox on 5 1 on “when I”

	D	A/C#
When I	was a	young boy

	Bm	A
My f	ather took	me into the

G	D/F#	Em	A
City to s	ee a marching b	and

Snare drum enters

	D	A/C#
He said, son	when you grow	up

	Bm	A	G
Would	you be the s	avior of the	broken

	D/F#	Em	A
The	beaten and the d	amned

	D	A/C#
He said	will you d	efeat them

	Bm	A	G
Your	demons, and a	ll the non bel	ievers

	D/F#	Em	A
The p	lans that they have	made

	D	A/C#
Because	one day I’ll	leave you

	Bm	A
A p	hantom to	lead you in the

G	D/F#	Em	A
Summer, to	join the black p	arade

Big anthemic guitar harmonies enter

D	A/C#	Bm	A	G	D/F#	Em	A

Now vox on the 2 1 on “I was”

	D	A/C#
When	I was a	young boy

	Bm	A
My	father took	me into the

G	D/F#	Em	A
City to	see a marching b	and

	D	A/C#
He said s	on when you gr	ow up

	Bm	A	G
Would	you be the s	avior of the b	roken

	D/F#	Em	A
The	beaten and the da	mned

D

At tempo

D	A/C#	Bm	A	G	G	A	A

Vox on 5 5 4 3 on “sometimes I get”

	D	A/C#	D7/C	G
Somet	imes I get the	feeling she’s wa	tching over me

	G	D	A
And oth	er times I	feel like I should g	o

	D	A/C#	D7/C	G
And t	hrough it all, the r	ise and fall, the b	odies in the s	treets

	G	D	A
And w	hen you’re gone we	want you all to	know

	D	A/C#	Bm
We’ll carry o	n, we’ll	carry	on

	A	G
And tho	ugh you’re	dead and gone believe me

	A	D	A/C#	Bm
Your m	emory will carry o	n, we’ll	carry	on

	A	G
And	in my	heart I can’t contain it

	A
The anthe	m won’t explain it

	D	A/C#	D7/F#	G
A	woman sends you	reeling from d	ecimated dr	eams

	D	A
Your misery and h	ate will kill us a	ll

	D	A/C#
So p	aint it black and	take it back

	Bm	G
Let’s s	hout it loud and	clear

	G	D	A
Defi	ant to the e	nd we hear the ca	ll

	D	A/C#	Bm
To carry o	n, we’ll	carry	on

	A	G
And tho	ugh you’re	dead and gone believe me

	A	D	A/C#	Bm
Your m	emory will carry o	n, we’ll	carry	on

	A	G
And	though you’re	broken and defeated

	A	A	G
Your we	ary widow ma	rch	es

Bridge

F#7	Bm
On and on we carry through the f	ears, oh oh oh

F#7	Bm
Disappointed faces of your	peers, oh oh oh

G	Gm	A	G	F	D
Take a look at me cause I	could	not c	are a	t a	ll

Marching rhythm again

D	A/C#
Do or die,	you’ll never make me

Bm	A	G
Because the world,	will never take my hea	rt

	D
When they try,	they’ll never break me

G	A	D
You want it all,	you wanna play this p	art

D	A/C#
I won’t explain,	or say I’m sorry

Bm	A
I’m unashamed,	I’m gonna show my scar

G	D
Give a cheer,	for all the broken

G	A	E
Listen here,	because it’s who we ar	e

E	B/D#
I’m just a man,	I’m not a hero

C#m	B
I’m just a boy,	who had to sing this song

A	E
I’m just a man,	I’m not a hero

B	B	B
I,	don’t,	care

Hard stop on “carry”

	B	E	B/D#	C#m
We’ll c	arry o	n, we’ll	carry	on

	B	A
And thou	gh you’re d	ead and gone believe me

	B
Your m	emory will

	E	B/D#	C#m
Carry	on,	you’ll carry	on

	B	A
And th	ough you’re	broken and defeated

	B	E
Your we	ary widow marches o	n

E	B/D#
Do or die,	you’ll never make me

C#m	B	A
Because the world,	will never take my hea	rt

A

You can try, you’ll never break me

B

You want it all, you wanna lay this part

E	B/D#
Do or die,	you’ll never make me

C#m	B	A
Because the world,	will never take my hea	rt

A

You can try, you’ll never break me

B	E
You want it all, you wanna lay this par	t

Nickelback - Rockstar (2005)

Originally in G, I play in E

Vox on the 3 on “standing” (and most of this line)

	E
I’m through with	standing in line to clubs I’ll never get in

Vox on the 5 of the key (2 of the chord) on “bot”

	A
It’s like the	bottom of the ninth and I’m never gonna win

	D	E
This	life hasn’t turned out quite the way I want it to	be (tell me what you want)

	E
I want a	brand new house on an episode of Cribs

	A
And a	bathroom I can play baseball in

	D	E
And a	king size tub big enough for ten plus	me (what you need?)

	E
I’ll need a, a	credit card that’s got no limit

	A
And a	big black jet with a bedroom in it

	D	E
Gonna	join the mile high club at thirty seven thousand f	eet

	E
I want a	new tour bus full of old guitars

	A
My own	star on Hollywood Boulevard

	D	E
Some	where between Cher and James Dean is fine for	me (so how you gonna do it?)

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “trade”

	G
I’m gonna	trade this life for fortune and fame

Vox stays where it was, now the 2 of the chord on “cut”

	A
I’d even	cut my hair and change my name

Vox on the 1 on “all”

	E
‘Cause we	all just wanna be big rockstars

	G
And live in	hilltop houses driving fifteen cars

	A
The	girls come easy and the drugs come cheap

	C	D
We’ll	all stay skinny ‘cause we	just won’t eat

	E
And we’ll,	hang out in the coolest bars

	G
In the	V.I.P. with the movie stars

	A
Every	good gold digger’s gonna wind up there

	C	D
Every	Playboy bunny with her	bleach blond hair, and well

G	A	E
Hey, hey,	I wanna be a rock	star

Let ring

G	A	E
Hey, hey,	I wanna be a rock	star

	E
I wanna be gr	eat like Elvis without the tassels

	A
Hire e	ight body guards that love to beat up assholes

	D
Sign a co	uple autographs

	E
So I can eat my meals for fr	ee

	E
I’m gonna dr	ess my ass with the latest fashion

	A
Get a fr	ont door key to the Playboy mansion

	D
Gonna d	ate a centerfold that loves

	E
To blow my money for m	e (so how you donna do it?)

	G
I’m gonna	trade this life for fortune and fame

	A
I’d even	cut my hair and change my name

	E
‘Cause we	all just wanna be big rockstars

	G
And live in	hilltop houses driving fifteen cars

	A
The	girls come easy and the drugs come cheap

	C	D
We’ll	all stay skinny ‘cause we	just won’t eat

	E
And we’ll,	hang out in the coolest bars

	G
In the	V.I.P. with the movie stars

	A
Every	good gold digger’s gonna wind up there

	C	D
Every	Playboy bunny with her	bleach blond hair, and well

	E
And we’ll	hide out in the private rooms

	G
With the la	test dictionary of today’s who’s who

	A
They’ll g	et you anything with that evil smile

	C	D
Everyb	ody’s got a drug dealer on	speed dial well

G	A	E
Hey, hey,	I wanna be a rock	star

Bridge

	C
I’m gonna	sing those songs that offend the censors

	G
Gonna	pop my pills from a pez dispenser

	C
Get	washed-up singers writing all my songs

	A	D
Lip	sync ‘em every night so I don’t	get ‘em wrong

Let ring

	E
‘Cause we	all just wanna be big rockstars

	G
And live in	hilltop houses driving fifteen cars

	A
The	girls come easy and the drugs come cheap

	C	D
We’ll	all stay skinny ‘cause we	just won’t eat

Band back in

	E
And we’ll,	hang out in the coolest bars

	G
In the	V.I.P. with the movie stars

	A
Every	good gold digger’s gonna wind up there

	C	D
Every	Playboy bunny with her	bleach blond hair

	E
And we’ll	hide out in the private rooms

	G
With the la	test dictionary of today’s who’s who

	A
They’ll g	et you anything with that evil smile

	C	D
Everyb	ody’s got a drug dealer on	speed dial well

G	A	E
Hey, hey,	I wanna be a rock	star

G	A	E
Hey, hey,	I wanna be a rock	star

Nine Days - Absolutely (2000)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 2

	Gadd9	D
This is the	story of a girl

	E7sus4	A
Who cried a river and	drowned the whole world

	F#m	Gadd9
And while she	looks so sad in	photographs

	E7sus4
I	absolutely love her

	D
When she	smiles

D	A	Gadd9	D	A	Gadd9
	→	→		→	→

F#m	Gadd9
How many days in a year

	D	A
She	woke up with hope but she	only found tears

	F#m	Gadd9
And	I can be so in	sincere

D	A
Making the promises	never for real

	F#m	Gadd9
As	long as she stands there waiting

D	A
Wearin’ the holes in the	soles of her shoes

F#m	Gadd9
How many days disappear

	D	A
When you	look in the mirror, so	how do you choose

	Bm7	Asus4/C#
Your	clothes never wear as	well the next day

	D	E7sus4
And your	hair never falls in	quite the same way

	Bm7	Asus4/C#	E7sus4
And	you never seem to	run out of things to	say

	Gadd9	D
This is the	story of a girl

	E7sus4	A
Who cried a river and	drowned the whole world

	F#m	Gadd9
And while she	looks so sad in	photographs

	E7sus4
I	absolutely love her

	D
When she	smiles

D	A	Gadd9	D	A	Gadd9
	→	→		→	→

	F#m	Gadd9
Now	how many lovers would stay

	D	A
Just to	put up with this every	day and all day

F#m	Gadd9
How did we wind up this	way

D	A
Watching our mouths for the	words that we say

	F#m	Gadd9
As	long as we stand here	waiting

D	A
Wearing the clothes of the	souls that we choose

F#m	Gadd9
How do we get there	today

	D	A
When we’re	walking too far for the price of	our shoes

	Bm7	Asus4/C#
Your	clothes never wear as	well the next day

	D	E7sus4
And your	hair never falls in	quite the same way

	Bm7	Asus4/C#	E7sus4
But	you never seem to	run out of things to	say

	Gadd9	D
This is the	story of a	girl

	E7sus4	A
Who cried a river and	drowned the whole world

	F#m	Gadd9
And while she	looks so sad and	lonely there

	E7sus4
I	absolutely love her

	Bm7
When she	smiles

Bm7	A/C#	D	E7sus4
Bm7	A/C#	E7sus4	E7sus4

Solo

F#m	Gadd9	D	A
			x4

	Bm7	Asus4/C#
Well your	clothes never wear as	well the next day

	D	E7sus4
And your	hair never falls in	quite the same way

Bm7	Asus4/C#	E7sus4
You never seem to	run out of things to	say

Quiet

	Gadd9	D
This is the	story of a	girl

	E7sus4	A
Who cried a river and	drowned the whole world

	F#m	Gadd9
And while she	looks so sad in	photographs

	E7sus4
I	absolutely love her

Band back in

	Gadd9	D
This is the	story of a girl

	E7sus4	A
Her pretty face she	hid from the world

	F#m	Gadd9
And while she	looks so sad and	lonely there

	E7sus4
I	absolutely love her

	Gadd9	D
This is the	story of a... girl

	E7sus4	A
Who cried a river and	drowned the whole world

	F#m	Gadd9
And while she	looks so sad in	photographs

	E7sus4
I	absolutely love her

	D
When she	smiles

D	A	Gadd9	D
	→	→

A	Gadd9	D
When	she smi	les

A	Gadd9	D
→	→

Norah Jones - Don’t Know Why (2002)

Originally in Bb, I play in A

Intro

Amaj7	A7	D	C#aug	F#m7	B7	E7	E7add9

	Amaj7	A7	Dmaj7	C#aug
I	waited ‘t	il I s	aw the sun

F#m7	B7	E7sus4	A
I don’t know	why I did	n’t come

Amaj7	A7	Dmaj7	C#aug
I left you b	y the hous	e of fun

F#m7	B7	E7sus4	A
I don’t know	why I d	idn’t come

	F#m7	B7	E7sus4	A
I	don’t know	why I d	idn’t come

Amaj7	A7	Dmaj7	C#aug
When I s	aw the b	reak of day

F#m7	B7	E7sus4	A
I wished that	I could	fly away

	Amaj7	A7	Dmaj	C#aug
Inst	ead of kne	eling	in the sand

F#m7	B7	E7sus4	A
Catching	teardrops	in my ha	nd

	F#m7	B7	E	E7
My hear	t is	drenched in w	ine

	F#m7	B7	E7
But you	’ll be	on my mind

E7/D	A/C#	E/B
For	ev	er

Amaj7	A7	Dmaj7	C#aug
Out ac	ross the en	dless sea

F#m7	B7	E7sus4	A
I would	die in ec	stasy

Amaj7	A7	Dmaj7	C#aug
But I’ll	be a	bag of bones

F#m7	B7	E7sus4	A
Driving dow	n the road	alone

F#m7	B7	E	E7
My heart is	drenched in w	ine

	F#m7	B7	E7
But	you’ll be	on my m	ind

	Amaj7	A7	E/B
F	or ev	er

Solo on verse chords

Amaj7	A7	D	C#aug	F#m7	B7	E7	E7add9
Amaj7	A7	D	C#aug	F#m7	B7	E7	E7add9

Amaj7	A7	Dmaj7	C#aug
Something has	to make you	run

F#m7	B7	E7sus4	A
I don’t know	why I did	n’t come

Amaj7	A7	Dmaj7	C#aug
I feel as e	mpty as	a drum

F#m7	B7	E7	A
I don’t know	why I di	dn’t come

	F#m7	B7	E7	A
I	don’t know	why I di	dn’t come

	F#m7	B7	E7sus4	A
I d	on’t know	why I di	dn’t come

Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel (2004)

Originally in A, I play in G capo 2

Intro, swung

G	D	Em	C
G	D	C	C
			x2

Vox start on the 3

	G	D
I’m	headed down south to the	land of the pines

	Em	C
I’m	thumbin’ my way into	North Caroline

G

Starin’ up the road

	D	C
And	pray to god I see	headlights

	G	D
I	made it down the coast in	seventeen hours

Em	C
Pickin’ me a bouquet of	dogwood flowers

	G
And I’m a-	hopin’ for Raleigh

	D	C
I can	see my baby to	night

	G	D
So	rock me mama like a	wagon wheel

Em	C
Rock me mama any	way you feel

G	D	C
Hey	mama	rock me

G	D
Rock me mama like the	wind and the rain

Em	C
Rock me mama like a	southbound train

G	D	C
Hey	mama	rock me

G	D	Em	C
G	D	C	C

G	D
Runnin’ from the cold	up in New England

	Em	C
I was	born to be a fiddler in an	old-time string band

	G	D
My	baby plays the guitar

	C
I pick a banjo	now

	G	D
Oh, the	North country winters keep a	gettin’ me now

	Em	C
Lost my	money playin’ poker so I	had to up and leave

	G
But I	ain’t a-turnin’ back

	D	C
To	livin’ that old life	no more

	G	D
So	rock me mama like a	wagon wheel

Em	C
Rock me mama any	way you feel

G	D	C
Hey	mama	rock me

G	D
Rock me mama like the	wind and the rain

Em	C
Rock me mama like a	southbound train

G	D	C
Hey	mama	rock me

Solo

G	D	Em	C
G	D	C	C
			x2

Let ring

G	D
Walkin’ to the south	out of Roanoke

	Em
I caught a	trucker out of Philly

	C
Had a	nice long toke

	G	D
But	he’s a-headed west from the	Cumberland Gap

	C
To	Johnson City, Tennessee

	G	D
And I	gotta get a move on	feet for the sun

	Em
I hear my	baby callin’ my name

	C
And I	know that she’s the only one

	G
And	if I die in Raleigh

	D	C
At	least I will die	free

	G	D
So	rock me mama like a	wagon wheel

Em	C
Rock me mama any	way you feel

G	D	C
Hey	mama	rock me

G	D
Rock me mama like the	wind and the rain

Em	C
Rock me mama like a	southbound train

G	D	C
Hey	mama	rock me

G	D	Cadd9
Hey	mama	rock me

Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (2023)

Originally in F, I play in A

Highest note that matters is the 6 (“bloodsucker”)

Intro, if you’re playing in A, play all the IV’s open and the iv’s as barre

A	C#7	D	Dm

Vox on the 5

A	C#7
Hate to give the satisfaction asking how you’re doing	now

	D
How’s the castle built off people you pretend to care a	bout, just what you wanted

	Dm
Look at	you, cool guy, you got it

A	C#7
I see the parties and the diamonds sometimes when I close my	eyes

	D
Six months of torture that you sold as some forbidden para	dise, I loved you truly

	Dm
You gotta	laugh at the stupidity

Vox on 9 1 7 5 of the chord on “I’ve made some real”

	Bm
‘Cause I’ve made some	real big mistakes

	E7
But you make the	worst one look fine

	A
I should’ve	known it was strange

	C#7
You only	come out at night

	D
I used to	think I was smart

	Dm
But you made me	look so naive

	A
The way you	sold me for parts

In my key, don’t go up on the “oh”, that’s right at the edge of my range

	C#7
As you sunk your	teeth into me, oh

D	Dm
Bloodsucker,	dream crusher

Bleeding me dry like a goddamn vampire

A	C#7
And every girl I ever talked to told me you were bad, bad	news

	D
You called them crazy, god, I hate the way I called them crazy	too, you’re so convincing

	Dm
How do you	lie without flinching (How do you lie? How do you lie? How do you lie?)

A	C#7
Oh, what a mesmerizing, paralyzing, messed up little	thrill

	D
Can’t figure out just how you do it and god knows I never	will, went for me and not her

Hang on “girls”

	Dm
‘Cause	girls your age know better

	Bm
I’ve made some	real big mistakes

	E7
But you make the	worst one look fine

	A
I should’ve	known it was strange

	C#7
You only	come out at night

	D
I used to	think I was smart

	Dm
But you made me	look so naive

	A
The way you	sold me for parts

	C#7
As you sunk your	teeth into me, oh

D	Dm
Bloodsucker,	dream crusher

Bleeding me dry like a goddamn vampire

A

Bridge

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “you said”, 5 of the chord on “love”

D

You said it was true love

Vox stay on the 5 of the chord on “but”

Dm

But wouldn’t that be hard

A

You can’t love anyone

	E
‘Cause	that would mean you had a heart

D

I tried to help you out

Dm

Now I know that I can’t

A	E
‘Cause how you think’s the kind of	thing

	D	Dm	A	E
I’ll never under	stand

	Bm
I’ve made some	real big mistakes

	E7
But you make the	worst one look fine

	A
I should’ve	known it was strange

	C#7
You only	come out at night

	D
I used to	think I was smart

	Dm
But you made me	look so naive

	A
The way you	sold me for parts

	C#7
As you sunk your	teeth into me, oh

D	Dm
Bloodsucker,	dream crusher

Bleeding me dry like a goddamn vampire

A

Panic at the Disco - High Hopes (2018)

Originally in F, I play in A (highest note is the 5)

Intro

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

Vox on the 7 on “high”

	D	A
Had to have	high, high hopes for a	living

Vox on the 7 of the new chord (5 of the key) on “stars”

	F#m	E
Shooting for the	stars when I couldn’t make a	killing

	D	A
Didn’t have a	dime but I always had a	vision

	F#m	C#m
Always had	high, high hopes

	D	A
Had to have	high, high hopes for a	living

	F#m	E
Didn’t know	how but I always had a	feeling

	D	A
I was gonna	be that one in a m	illion

	F#m	C#m
Always had	high, high hopes

D

Mama said

A

Fulfill the prophecy

F#m

Be something greater

E

Go make a legacy

D

Manifest destiny

A

Back in the days

	F#m	C#m
We wanted	everything, wanted	everything

D

Mama said

A

Burn your biographies

F#m

Rewrite your history

E

Light up your wildest dreams

D	A
Museum victories,	everyday

Last chord is implied

	F#m	C#m
We wanted	everything, wanted e	verything

	A	C#aug	F#m	Dm6
Mama	said don’t give	up, it’s a	little comp	licated

	A	C#aug	F#m	Dm6
All tied	up, no more	love and I’d	hate to see you	waiting

	D	A
Had to have	high, high hopes for a	living

	F#m	E
Shooting for the	stars when I couldn’t make a	killing

	D	A
Didn’t have a	dime but I always had a	vision

	F#m	C#m
Always had	high, high hopes

	D	A
Had to have	high, high hopes for a	living

	F#m	E
Didn’t know	how but I always had a	feeling

	D	A
I was gonna	be that one in a	million

	F#m
Always had	high, high hopes

D

Mama said

A

It’s uphill for oddities

F#m

Stranger crusaders

E

Ain’t ever wannabes

	D
The	weird and the novelties

A

Don’t ever change

	F#m	C#m
We wanted	everything, wanted	everything

Melody to triplets

D	A
Stay up on that	rise

	F#m	E
Stay up on that	rise and never come	down, oh

D	A
Stay up on that	rise

Last chord is implied

	F#m	E
Stay up on that	rise and never come	down

	A	C#aug	F#m	Dm6
Mama	said don’t give	up, it’s a	little comp	licated

	A	C#aug	F#m	Dm6
All tied	up, no more	love and I’d	hate to see you	waiting

	A	C#aug	F#m	Dm6
They say it’s	all been done but they	haven’t seen the best of	me - e - e -	e

	A	C#aug	F#m	Dm6
So I got	one more run and it’s	gonna be a sight to	see - e - e -	e

Band out

	D	A
Had to have	high, high hopes for a	living

	F#m	E
Shooting for the	stars when I couldn’t make a	killing

	D	A
Didn’t have a	dime but I always had a	vision

	F#m	C#m
Always had	high, high hopes

Drums in

	D	A
Had to have	high, high hopes for a	living

	F#m	E
Didn’t know	how but I always had a	feeling

	D	A
I was gonna	be that one in a	million

	F#m
Always had	high, high hopes

Band in

	D	A
Had to have	high, high hopes for a	living

	F#m	E
Shooting for the	stars when I couldn’t make a	killing

	D	A
Didn’t have a	dime but I always had a	vision

	F#m	C#m
Always had	high, high hopes

	D	A
Had to have	high, high hopes for a	living

	F#m	E
Didn’t know	how but I always had a	feeling

	D	A
I was gonna	be that one in a	million

	F#m	C#m
Always had	high, high hopes

Paramore - Still Into You (2013)

Originally in F, I play in C capo 5 (down an octave)

C

Can’t count the years one hand

That we’ve been together

	Am
I need the other one to	hold you

Make you feel, make you feel better

C

It’s not a walk in the park

To love each other

	Am
But when our fingers inter	lock

Can’t deny, can’t deny you’re worth it

Quiet

	F
Cause after all this	time

	G	C
I’m	still into	you

Loud, but not higher than the verse... it feels like you want

to go up, but you don’t.

	F	G
I should be over all the	butterflies

	C
I’m into	you, I’m into you

	F	G
And baby even on our	worst nights

	C
I’m into	you, I’m into you

	F	G
Let ‘em wonder how we	got this far

	Am	C
Cause I don’t really need to	wonder at a	ll

	F
Yeah after all this	time

Hard stop on “still”

	G	C
I’m	still into	you

C

Recount the night that I first

Met your mother

	Am
And on the drive back to my	house

I told you that, I told you that I loved ya

C

You felt the weight of the world

Fall off your shoulder

	Am
And to your favorite	song

We sang along to the start of forever

	F
And after all this	time

	G	C
I’m	still into	you

	F	G
I should be over all the	butterflies

	C
But I’m into	you, I’m into you

	F	G
And baby even on our	worst nights

	C
I’m into	you, I’m into you

	F	G
Let ‘em wonder how we	got this far

	Am	C
Cause I don’t really need to	wonder at a	ll

	F
Yeah after all this	time

No hard stop this time

	G	C
I’m	still into	you

C	C	Am	G
C	C	Am	G

C

Some things just

C

Some things just make sense

	Am	G
And	one of those is	you and I

C

Some things just

C

Some things just make sense

	Am	G
And	even after	all this time

Quiet until the chorus

F	G
	C
I’m into	you

	F
Baby not a	day goes by that

	G	C
I’m	not into y	ou

	F	G
I should be over all the	butterflies

	C
But I’m into	you, I’m into you

	F	G
And baby even on our	worst nights

	C
I’m into	you, I’m into you

	F	G
Let ‘em wonder how we	got this far

	Am	C
Cause I don’t really need to	wonder at a	ll

	F
Yeah after all this	time

	G	F
I’m	still into	you

	G	F
I’m	still into y	ou

Last I is implied

	G	C
I’m	still into	you

Parsonsfield - Weeds or Wildflowers (2013)

Originally in B, I play in G

Intro

G	B	C	D
			x2

Vox on the 3 on “long”

	G	B	C	G
Well I came a	long to	find a l	ittle peace of m	ind

	G	B	C	G
Negle	ctin’ all m	y duties, steppin’ o	ff that straightened lin	e

	G	B	Em	A7
Now I just s	it by my fro	nt door filled with indo	lence and s	ound

	G	D	G
It’s like I’m wa	tchin’ the weeds	grow on my brow

	G	B	C	G
And I had a pure	potenti	al in a	soiled white shi	rt

	G	B	C	G
With lov	e enough to ki	ll me, but was uns	ure of its worth

	G	B	Em	A7
And though the n	ight is	sweetened by some rising	of the	moon

	G	D	G
I’ve lived enoug	h to know the ba	ttle’s never thr	ough

Hard stop on “pass”

	C	G	D	G
You pass	something do	wn, no ma	tter where or ho	w

	C	G	D
Will there be we	eds or w	ildflowers affix	ed upon your bows

	C	G	Em	A7
And there’s a c	rooked burning c	igarette roll	in’ on your tong	ue

	G	D	G
Will there be we	eds or wildflowe	rs when you’re d	one

G	B	C	D
			x2

	G	B	C	G
Remember you tra	veled through the d	esert, you tr	aveled to the se	a

	G	B	C	G
Lookin’	out on some hori	zon, asking what	you mean to m	e

	G	B	Em	A7
And we a	ll hang aro	und with a fr	ee or toiled m	ind

	G	D	G
While al	l of our	branches entwin	e

	G	B	C	G
And as I	watch the b	rick er	ode from day to d	ay

	G	B	C	G
The leav	es change their	colors and the l	oft fills with h	ay

	G	B	Em	A7
And as a b	lade of su	nshine cu	ts across my chest

	G	D	G
The bloo	d beneath b	oils with unr	est

	C	G	D	G
You pass	something do	wn, no ma	tter where or ho	w

	C	G	D
Will there be we	eds or w	ildflowers affix	ed upon your bows

	C	G	Em	A7
And there’s a c	rooked burning c	igarette roll	in’ on your tong	ue

	G	D	G
Will there be we	eds or wildflowe	rs when you’re d	one

Bridge

With “dah”

G	B	C	D
			x3

G	B	Em	A7

	C	G	D	G
Blown ab	out by the wi	nd, and a wo	rthless little thin	g

	C	G	D
But the	world can feel the ch	anges of a	butterfly’s wing

	C	G	Em	A7
And so that	crooked burning c	igarette ro	llin’ on your tongu	e

	G	D	G
Will leave its w	eeds before your	flowers yet have s	prung

With hard stops

	G	D	G
Will there be we	eds or wildflowe	rs when you’re d	one

Patent Pending - Hey Mario (2013)

Originally in A, I play in G

Intro, in chiptune

G	D	G	C/E
	→	→

C/E	C/E	G	D	G	C/E
→	→		→	→

C/E	C/E	G
→	→

Vox on the 3

	G	D	G
I	know you think you love her, but dude it’s	such a	bummer

	C/E
How you	chase that girl around

	G	D	G
You’ve been f	ighting all her battles, if she’s	really worth the	hassle

	C/E
You’d be	living in the castle by now

Vox up to the 5

	G	D	G
And it	makes me sick how you	break these b	ricks

	C/E
For a	girl who barely knows you exist

	G	D	G
Now you’re	tripping on mushrooms	just for f	un

Hard stop on “dude”

C/E

Dude, I think you’ve got a problem

Vox on 5 3 3 on “Mario”

Cmaj7	G	D
Mario,	get yourself tog	ether bro

	Em	Cmaj7	G	D
You’ve	got to know this	princess isn’t	worth these extra	lives

	C	G	D	Em
Just let her	go go Mari	o, you’re a	next level	bro

Hard stop at the end of this line

	A	C
And she’s a	jump too short when the clock is running	low

	G	D	G	C/E
Hey Mari	o, ge	t yours	elf tog	ether

	G	D	G	C/E
Hey Mari	o, or you’ll	chase this	girl for	ever

G	D	G
Warp zone, friend zone,	high score, n	o more

C/E

Stalking this chick in a Koopa Trooper town

G	D	G
Live life easy	like Lui	gi

	C/E
Ain’t	never let a girl get him down

	G	D	G
Let	Koopa keep her bro, grab a f	lower and g	o

	C/E
We’ll jump a	flag pole and light up the night

	G	D	G
Hit	rainbow road with	Toad, we	spinning them

C

Tires, and spitting hot fire

Vox on 5 3 3 on “Mario”

Cmaj7	G	D
Mario,	get yourself tog	ether bro

	Em	Cmaj7	G	D
You’ve	got to know this	princess isn’t	worth these extra	lives

	C	G	D	Em
Just let her	go go Mari	o, you’re a	next level	bro

	A	C	D
But the	Peach been cheating and you know I ain’t talking code	→

Bridge

Vox on 5 5 6 5 on “you’re a plumber”

	C	G	Em	D
You’re a	plumber, a	doctor, a r	ace car d	river

	C	G	Em	D
An a	thlete, a s	paceman, a S	uper Smash surv	ivor

	C	D	Em	A
You’ve got c	oins like mad, get a b	achelor pad down in c	ocoa beach where the h	oneys at

	C
Yeah, g	et up, get up, get off the floor

D

She’s not the one worth dying for

Cmaj7	G	D
Mario,	get yourself tog	ether bro

	Em	Cmaj7	G	D
You’ve	got to know this	princess isn’t	worth these extra	lives

	C	G	D	Em
Just let her	go go Mari	o, you’re a	next level	bro

	A	C	D
And she’s a	jump too short when the clock is running	low

	Cmaj7	G	D
Hey Mari	o,	get yourself tog	ether bro

	Em	C	G	D
You’ve	got to know this	princess isn’t	worth these extra	lives

	C	G	D	Em
Just let her	go go Mari	o, you’re a	next level	bro

	A	C	D
But the	Peach been cheating and you know I ain’t talking	code

	G	D	G	C/E
Hey Mari	o, ge	t yours	elf tog	ether

	G	D	G	C/E
Hey Mari	o, or you’ll	chase this	girl for	ever

End a cappella, chord is implied

	G
Hey Mari	o

Pharrell Williams - Happy (2013)

Originally in F, I play in A

Intro

E	E	E	E

All the I’s have the b3 in the vox, so you could argue they’re all 7#9’s

Play in b3 between the I and the IV7

E	E	A7	B7	A7
It might seem crazy what I’m ‘bout to say

E	E	A7	B7	A7
Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break

	E	E	A7	B7	A7
I’m a,	hot air balloon, that could go to space

	E	E	A7	B7	A7
With the	air, like I don’t care, baby by the way, huh

“Happy” and “clap along”... in fact this whole line... on the 3 of the first chord

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel, like a r	oom without a r	oof

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel like, hap	piness is the tr	uth

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you know what, hap	piness is to y	ou

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel like, t	hat’s what you want to	do

E	E	A7	B7	A7
Here come bad news, talking this and that

E	E	A7	B7	A7
Give me all you got, don’t hold it back

E	E	A7	B7	A7
Well I should probably warn you, I’ll be just fine

E	E	A7	B7	A7
No offense to you, don’t waste your time, here’s why

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel, like a r	oom without a r	oof

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel like, hap	piness is the tr	uth

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you know what, hap	piness is to y	ou

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel like, t	hat’s what you want to d	o

E

Bring me down, can’t nothing

E

Bring me down, and love is too

E

High, to bring me down, can’t nothing

E

Bring me down, I said, tell you now

E

Bring me down, and love is too

E

High, to bring me down, can’t nothing

E

Bring me down, I said

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel, like a r	oom without a r	oof

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel like, hap	piness is the tr	uth

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you know what, hap	piness is to y	ou

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel like, t	hat’s what you want to	do

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel, like a r	oom without a r	oof

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel like, hap	piness is the tr	uth

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you know what, hap	piness is to y	ou

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel like, t	hat’s what you want to	do

E

Bring me down, can’t nothing

E

Bring me down, and love is too

E

High, to bring me down, can’t nothing

E

Bring me down, I said, tell you now

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel, like a r	oom without a r	oof

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel like, hap	piness is the tr	uth

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you know what, hap	piness is to y	ou

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel like, t	hat’s what you want to	do

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel, like a r	oom without a ro	of

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel like, hap	piness is the tr	uth

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you know what, hap	piness is to y	ou

	C	Bm7	Bm7	E
Because I’m ha	ppy, clap along	if you feel like, t	hat’s what you want to	do

Phillip Phillips - Home (2012)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 3

Intro

G	Csus2	G	Csus2

Vox on the 1

G	Csus2	G	Csus2
Hold on,	to me as we go

	G	Csus2	G	Csus2
As we	roll down,	this unfamiliar road

	Em	Csus2	G	Csus2
And although this	wave,	is stringing us along

	G	G/F#	Em7	Dsus4	Em
Just	know	you’re	not	alone

	C	G/B	D/A	G
Cause I’m gonna	make	this	place your	home

Vox on the 3 on “settle down”

G	Csus2	G	Csus2
Settle down,	it will all be	clear

G	Csus2	G	Csus2
Don’t pay no mind to the	demons they fill you with	fear

Vox still on the 3 of the key on “trouble”

Em	C
Trouble it might drag you	down

	G	D
If you get	lost you can always be	found

	G	G/F#	Em7	Dsus4	Em
Just	know	you’re	not	alone

	C	G/B	D/A	G
Cause I’m gonna	make	this	place your	home

Bridge, with “oh”

C	G	Em	D
C	G	D	D
C	G	Em	D
C	G	D	D
C	G	Em	D
C	G	D	D

G	Csus2	G	Csus2
Settle down,	it will all be	clear

G	Csus2	G	Csus2
Don’t pay no mind to the	demons they fill you with	fear

	Em	C
The	trouble it might drag you	down

	G	D
If you get	lost you can always be	found

	G	G/F#	Em7	Dsus4	Em
Just	know	you’re	not	alone

	C	G/B	D/A	G
Cause I’m gonna	make	this	place your	home

C	G	Em	D
C	G	D	D
C	G	Em	D
C	G	D	D
C	G	Em	D
C	G	D	D

Pink - Get the Party Started (2001)

Originally in Bm, I play in Em capo 3; vox mostly only go up to the 5, but there’s a lot of 6 → 5 (“co*ming up*”)

The whole song is basically just the i the entire time in the original

Intro

Em	Em/D	Em/C#	C	D
			→

Vox on 1 3 6 5 on “I’m coming up”

Em	Em/D	Em/C#	C	D
I’m	coming up so you	better get this party started	→

Em	Em/D	Em/C#	C	B
I’m	coming up so you	better get this party started	→

Vox on the 5 on “get”

	Em	Em/D
Get this party	started on a Saturday n	ight

	Em/C#	C	B
Ev’rybody’s	waiting for me to arrive	→

	Em	Em/D
Sending out the	message to all of my fr	iends

	Em/C#	C	B
We’ll be looking	flashy in my Mercedes Benz	→

	Em	Em/D
I got lots of	style, check my gold diamond r	ings

	Em/C#	C	D
I can go for	miles if you know what I mean	→

Em	Em/D	Em/C#	C	D
I’m	coming up so you	better get this party started	→

Em	Em/D	Em/C#	C	B
I’m	coming up so you	better get this party started	→

	Em	Em/D
Pumping up the	volume, breaking down to the be	at

	Em/C#	C	B
Cruising through the W	est side, we’ll be checking the scene	→

	Em	Em/D
Boulevard is f	reaking as I’m coming up fa	st

	Em/C#	C	B
I’ll be burning	rubber, you’ll be kissing my ass	→

	Em	Em/D
Pull up to the	bumper, get out of the c	ar

	Em/C#	C	D
License plate says	stunner number one superstar	→

Em	Em/D	Em/C#	C	D
I’m	coming up so you	better get this party started	→

Em	Em/D	Em/C#	C	B
I’m	coming up so you	better get this party started	→

Em	Em/D	Em/C#	C	D
I’m	coming up so you	better get this party started	→

Em	Em/D	Em/C#	C	B
I’m	coming up so you	better get this party started	→

	Em	Em/D
Making my con	nection as I enter the r	oom

	Em/C#	C	B
Everybody’s c	hilling as I set up the groove	→

	Em	Em/D
Pumping up the	volume with this brand new	beat

	Em/C#	C	B
Everybody’s d	ancing and they’re dancing for me	→

	Em	Em/D
I’m your oper	ator, you can call anyti	me

	Em/C#	C	D
I’ll be your con	nection to the party line	→

Em	Em/D	Em/C#	C	D
I’m	coming up so you	better get this party started	→

Em	Em/D	Em/C#	C	B
I’m	coming up so you	better get this party started	→

Plain White T’s - Hey There Delilah (2005)

Originally in D, I play in C capo 1

Intro

C	Em	C	Em

C

Hey there Delilah

	Em
What’s it	like in New York City?

	C
I’m a	thousand miles away

	Em
But girl to	night you look so pretty

	Am	G
Yes you	do

F	G	Am
Times Square can’t	shine as bright as	you

	G
I swear it’s	true

C

Hey there Delilah

	Em
Don’t you	worry about the distance

	C
I’m right	there if you get lonely

	Em
Give this	song another listen

	Am	G
Close your	eyes

F	G	Am
Listen to my	voice it’s my dis	guise

	G
I’m by your	side

C	Am
Oh it’s what you do to	me

C	Am
Oh it’s what you do to	me

C	Am
Oh it’s what you do to	me

C	Am
Oh it’s what you do to	me

	C
What you do to	me

C

Hey there Delilah

	Em
I know	times are getting hard

	C
But just be	lieve me girl some day

	Em
I’ll pay the	bills with this guitar

	Am	G
We’ll have it	good

F	G	Am
We’ll have the	life we knew we	would

	G
My word is	good

C

Hey there Delilah

	Em
I’ve got	so much left to say

	C
If every	simple song I wrote to you

	Em
Would	take your breath away

	Am	G
I’d write it	all

F	G	Am
Even more in	love with me you’d	fall

	G
We’d have it	all

C	Am
Oh it’s what you do to	me

C	Am
Oh it’s what you do to	me

C	Am
Oh it’s what you do to	me

C	Am
Oh it’s what you do to	me

Bridge, vox on the 1 of the chord

	F
A	thousand miles seems pretty far

	G
But	they’ve got planes and trains and cars

	C	Am
I’d	walk to you if I had no other	way

	F
Our	friends would all make fun of us

	G
And	we’ll just laugh along because

	C	Am
We	know that none of them have felt this	way

	F
De	lilah I can promise you

	G
That	by the time that we get through

Vox to the 5 of the chord on “world”

	Am
The	world will never ever be the same

	G
And you’re to	blame

C	Em
Hey there Delilah you be	good and don’t you miss me

	C
Two more	years and you’ll be done with school

	Em
And	I’ll be making history

	Am	G
Like I	do

F	G	Am	G
You’ll know it’s	all because of	you

F	G	Am	G
We can do what	ever we want	to

F	G	Am
Hey there De	lilah here’s to	you

	G
This one’s for	you

G

C	Am
Oh it’s what you do to	me

C	Am
Oh it’s what you do to	me

C	Am
Oh it’s what you do to	me

C	Am
Oh it’s what you do to	me

	C
What you do to	me

Portal - Still Alive (2007)

Originally in D, I play in E capo 2

Let ring, vox enter on the 4 on “this”

	E	C#m	E
This was a tr	iumph

	C#m	E
I’m	making a note	here

C#m	E	C#m
HUGE SUCCESS

	F#m	B7	E	C#m	E
It’s	hard to overstat	e my satis	faction

C#m	E	C#m	E
Aperture Sc	ience

	C#m	E	C#m	E	C#m
We	do what we must	because	we can

F#m	B7	C
For the good of	all of us except the	ones who are dead

	G	D	C	G
But there’s	no sense	crying over	every mis	take

	G	D	C	G
You just	keep on	trying until you	run out of	cake

	Am	D	G	D/F#	Em
And the	science gets	done and you	make a	neat	gun

Band enters on the I at the end of this line

	C	B7	E
For the	people who ar	e still al	ive

E	C#m	E	C#m
E	C#m	E

	C#m	E	C#m	E
I’m	not even	angry

C#m	E	C#m	E	C#m
I’m being so	sincer	e right	now

F#m	B7	E	C#m	E
Even though you	broke my heart and k	illed m	e

	C#m	E	C#m	E
And	tore me to pi	eces

	C#m	E	C#m	E	C#m
And	threw every piece	int	o a fire

F#m	B7	C
As they burned, it	hurt because I was so	happy for you

	G	D	C	G
Now these	points of	data make a	beautiful	line

	G	D	C	G
And we’re	out of	beta, we’re re	leasing on	time

	C	D	G	D/F#	Em
So I’m	GLaD I got	burned, think of	all the	things we	learned

	C	B7	E
For the	people who ar	e still al	ive

E	C#m	E	C#m
E	C#m	E

Let ring

C#m	E	C#m	E
Go ahead and leave	me

	C#m	E	C#m	E	C#m
I	think I prefer	to sta	y inside

F#m	B7	E	C#m	E
Maybe you’ll find	someone else to help	you

C#m	E	C#m	E
Maybe Black M	esa

C#m	E	C#m	E	C#m
That was a j	oke, haha	, fat chance

F#m	B7	C
Anyway, this	cake is great, it’s so de	licious and moist

	G	D	C	G
Look at	me, still	talking when there’s	science to	do

	G	D	C	G
And I lo	ok out	there, it makes me	GLaD I’m not y	ou

	C	D	G	D/F#	Em
I’ve ex	periments to r	un, there is r	esearch	to be d	one

	C	B7	E
On the	people who a	re still a	live

C#m	E	C#m	E
And beli	eve me, I	am still al	ive

C#m	E	C#m	E
I’m doing	science and	I’m still al	ive

C#m	E	C#m	E
I feel FAN	TASTIC and	I’m still al	ive

C#m	E	C#m	E
While you’re	dying I’ll	be still al	ive

C#m	E	C#m	E
And when you’re	dead I will	be still ali	ve

C#m	E
Still ali	ve

The last I is implied

C#m	E
Still ali	ve

Portal - Want You Gone (2011)

Originally in A, I play in G

In G, play the main riff as:

G 355xxx

G(b5) 345xxx

C x355xx

Eb6 655xxx

Intro

G	G	G	G(b5)
C	C	C	C	D#6

Vox on 5 1 2 3 4 3 on “well here we are again”

G	G(b5)
Well here we are aga	in

C	D#6
It’s always such a	pleasure

G	G(b5)	C	D
Remember when y	ou tried to k	ill me tw	ice?

G	G(b5)
Oh how we laughed and	laughed

C	D#6
Except I wasn’t	laughing

Vox on 1 (high) 6 b6 3 2 b2 of the original key on “I’ve been shockingly nice”

G	G(b5)	C	B	E
Under the circu	mstances	I’ve been s	hockingly ni	ce

Vox on 3 4 5 5 3 2 1 of the new key

E	F#m	G#m	A
	You want your	freedom	take it

E	F#m	G#m	A
	That’s what I’m coun	ting on

E	F#m	G#m	A
	I used to	want you	dead but

Am	D	G
Now I only	want you	gone

G	G	G	G(b5)
C	C	C	C	D#6

G	G(b5)
She was a lot li	ke you

C	D#6
Maybe not quite a	s heavy

G	G(b5)	C	D
Now little Caroly	n is i	n here to	o

G	G(b5)
One day they woke m	e up

C	D#6
So I could live for	ever

G	G(b5)	C	B	E
It’s such a shame the	same will	never h	appen to y	ou

E	F#m	G#m	A
	You’ve got your	short sad	life left

E	F#m	G#m	A
	That’s what I’m	counting on

E	F#m	G#m	A
	I’ll let you ge	t right t	o it

Am	D	G
Now I only	want you	gone

G	G	G	G(b5)
C	C	C	C	D#6

G	G(b5)
Goodbye my onl	y friend

Instruments drop out on this line, chords implied

C	D#6
Oh did you think I	meant you?

G	G(b5)	C	D
That would be funn	y if it	weren’t so s	ad

G	G(b5)
Well you have been r	eplaced

C	D#6
I don’t need any	one now

G	G(b5)	C	B	E
When I delete yo	u maybe	I’ll stop	feeling so	bad

E	F#m	G#m	A
	Go make some	new disa	ster

E	F#m	G#m	A
	That’s what I’m	counting on

E	F#m	G#m	A
	You’re someone	else’s p	roblem

Am	D	G	Em
Now I only	want you	gone

C	D	G	Em
Now I only	want you	gone

C	D	G
Now I only	want you	gone

Rachel Platten - Better Place (2016)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

G	G/F#	Em7	G/B
Csus2	Dsus4	G	G

Vox on 3 3 4 5 on “I’ll tell the world”

G	G/F#	Em7
I’ll tell the worl	d, I’ll sing a song

	G/B	Csus2
It’s a better place	since you came along

Dsus4	G
Since you came along

G	G/F#	Em7
Your touch is s	unlight through the trees

	G/B	Csus2
Your kisses a	re the ocean breeze

	Dsus4	G
Everything’s alright	when you’re with me

Vox on 1 7 6 5 3 on “ah ah ah ah ah”

	C	G	Dsus4	D
And ah ah a	h ah ah	you’re my f	avorite thing

	C	G	Dsus4	D
Ah ah a	h ah ah	all the lo	ve that you bring

	C	G	Dsus4	D
Well it	feels like I’ve	opened my	eyes again

	C	G	Dsus4	D
And the	colors are	golden and	bright again

	C	G	B	Em
There’s a	song in my	heart, I feel	like I bel	ong

C	D	Em	Em	D
It’s a better plac	e since you came al	ong	→	→

C	D	G
It’s a better plac	e since you came al	ong

G	G/F#	Em7
I see the	whole world in your	eyes

	G/B	Csus2
It’s like I’ve kn	own you all my lif	e

Dsus4	G	D
We just feel so r	ight	→

G	G/F#	Em7
So I pour my	heart into your h	ands

	G/B	Csus2
It’s like you rea	lly understan	d

Dsus4	G
You love the way I a	m

	C	G	Dsus4	D
And ah ah a	h ah ah	you’re my f	avorite thing

	C	G	Dsus4	D
Ah ah a	h ah ah	all the ha	ppiness you bring

	C	G	Dsus4	D
Well it	feels like I’ve	opened my	eyes again

	C	G	Dsus4	D
And the	colors are	golden and	bright again

	C	G	B	Em
And the	sun paints the	skies and the	wind sings her	song

C	D	Em
It’s a better plac	e since you came al	ong

C	D	G	G	Am	Bm	C
It’s a better plac	e since you came al	ong	→	→	→

I skip this part

C	D	Em
Ooh ooh	ooh ooh oo	h

	Am	Bm	C
Ah ah ah		ah	ah

C	D	Em
Ooh ooh	ooh ooh oo	h

Vox on 3 3 5 (low) 6 on “now I’m alright”

	Cadd2	Cadd2
Now I’m al	right, now I’m alri	ght

	C	D	Em
Everything’s al	ri-i-i	-i-i	ght

	C	G	Dsus4	D
Cause it f	eels like I’ve o	pened my e	yes again

	C	G	Dsus4	D
And the	colors are	golden and	bright again

	C	G	B	Em
There’s a	song in my	heart, I feel	like I be	long

C	D	Em
It’s a better plac	e since you came al	ong

Let ring

C	D	G
It’s a better plac	e since you came al	ong

Ray Charles - Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (2004)

Originally in D, I play in G, unless there’s a male/female

duet, in which case I play in D.

G	C	G	D7

	G
Do I	ever cross your mind?

	D
Darlin’, do you	ever see

Some situation somewhere, somehow

	G
That triggers your	memory

G	G7
And do you ever wonder

	C	Cm
What became of	all the time?

	G	D	G
Honey,	do I ever,	ever cross your	mind?

Gdim7

F#dim7/G

	G
Do you	ever want to know

	D
Do all dreams go on	endlessly?

Or do they just run down somehow

	G
And gradually become a	custody

	G	G7
Of that	melancholy jailer

	C	Cm
For all the	time,	oh no

	G	D	G	G7
Do I	ever, darlin’,	ever cross your	mind

In D: male vocal on B, female on D

	C
Do I	ever cross your mind

	G	B
Uninvited

	Em	EmMaj7
When you’re	lonely

	Em7	A	D	D7
Or does it	only	happen to	me

	G
Darlin’, do you	ever want to know

	C	Cm
What became of	all the time?

	G
I wanna know, do I	ever

D	G
Ever cross your	mind?

Solo, or repeat bridge

C	G	B	Em	EmMaj7	Em7	A	D7

	G
Do you	ever wonder

G7	C	Cm
What became of	all the time?

	G
Please tell me, do I	ever

D	G
Ever cross your	mind?

Gdim7	F#dim7/G

	G	D	G
Do I	ever,	ever cross your	mind?

F

G

Remember Monday - Famous (2024)

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

The lines all roll together, whatever line you’re on, remember that the next line starts with the I

Intro

G

Em

C

Hard stop on the IV

G	G	Em	C

Vox on 1 5 on “you said”

G	Em	C
You said you’re	different from	all the rest

G	Em	C
Well, you’re right, ‘cause I w	ish the others	all the best

G	Em	C
As for you, I	hate ya, so do a	ll my friends

Hang on “vindication”, the IV is implied

	G	Em	C
I n	eed more than a village to get	vindication	(wish I had)

Way down to 5 1 1 on “audience”

	G	Em	C
Wish I had an	audience for my	grievance	s

	G	Em	C
To hear	all the stuff you	put me through

	G	Em	C
They’d make	your life hell, an onli	ne show and tel	l

Hard stop on “yeah”, vi and IV are implied

	G	Em	C
Of your	infidelity yeah,	that’d be cool

Vox on 5 2 on “hurt me”

G	Em	C
You hurt me so	bad, I wan	na get famous

G	Em	C
Just to get you b	ack and make e	veryone hate ya

G	Em	C
Look at the crowd, they’re singin’ o	ut, screamin’ that	you’re to blame

G	Em	C	G
You wanted attention, you got it no	w, they	know just what your n	ame is

G	Em	C	G
Bab	y,	you make me wanna get	famous

Hard stop before the IV, the IV is implied

G	Em	C
		You make me wanna get

G	Em	C
A penthouse, rich f	riends in the c	ity

	G	Em	C
Throwin’ i	nvite-only	parties for the gl	itzy

	G	Em	C
Papar	azzi takin’ pictures for the p	apers, writin’	you’re a pity

Hard stop on “lose”

G	G
Headline how’d he	lose someone so pretty?

G	Em	C
You hurt me so	bad, I wan	na get famous

G	Em	C
Just to get you b	ack and make e	veryone hate ya

G	Em	C
Look at the crowd, they’re singin’ o	ut, screamin’ that	you’re to blame

G	Em	C	G
You wanted attention, you got it no	w, they	know just what your n	ame is

G	Em	C	G
Bab	y,	you make me wanna get	famous

G	Em	C	G
Bab	y,	you make me wanna get	famous

G	Em	C	G
Bab	y,	you make me wanna get	famous

G	Em	C
Bab	y

Bridge

	Am7	G/B
Wish I had an a	udience for my g	rievances

	C
To hear a	ll the stuff you put me through

	Am7	G/B
You never	liked my band, but our b	iggest fans

Hard stop on “girlfriend”

	C
Are your s	ister and your new girlfriend, too

Let ring

G	Em	C
You hurt me so	bad, I wan	na get famous

G	Em	C
Just to get you b	ack and make e	veryone hate ya

Band back in

G	Em	C
Look at the crowd, they’re singin’ o	ut, screamin’ that	you’re to blame

G	Em	C	G
You wanted attention, you got it no	w, they	know just what your n	ame is

G	Em	C	G
Bab	y,	you make me wanna get	famous

G	Em	C	G
Bab	y,	you make me wanna get	famous

G	Em	C	G
Bab	y,	you make me wanna get	famous

Remember Monday - Happier (2025)

The range of this song is a monster, so I’m not even making a lot of vocal notes, just enjoy a fun vocal train wreck

Let ring

Vox on 1 2 3 on “dried my eyes”

G

I’ve dried my eyes

G/F	Em7
I’ve cried a river, cried a	sea

	E
Belie	ve me

Vox on the 4 of the key on “spent”

	Am	G	D
Oh, I’ve	spent so many	nights just wide	awake

	Am	G	D
Goin’	over all the	things I wanna	say

Vox on 4 1 4 3 1 3 2 of the key on “you’ve got a moment to spare”

	C	G/B	A7
So if	you’ve got a	moment to	spare

	C	G/B	A	C/D
Well, there’s	somethin’ that	I wanna	share

At tempo

	G	C
I’m	happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, hap	py

	G	C
I’m so	happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, hap	py

	G
I’m happy you’re	gone, do what you want

	C
Baby, I’m the	only one that’s turnin’ me on

Hard stop on the V

	G	C	D
I’m so	happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, hap	py

	G	C
Are you happy for	me?

	G
Are you happy for	me?

G	C
If you’re wonderin’ who keyеd your car last	night

	G
And slashed the tires on your brand nеw	bike

G	C
I know it’s wrong but, it felt so	right, and I did it with a smile

	G
It was	me, yeah, I did it, I don’t regret it

	C
You	wanna call me crazy, go ahead

	C	G/B	A7
So you	ratted me	out to the	feds

	C	G/B	A	C/D
Joke’s on	you, he’s a	sleep in my	bed

	G	C
I’m	happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, hap	py

	G	C
I’m so	happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, hap	py

	G
I’m happy you’re	gone, do what you want

	C
Baby, I’m the	only one that’s turnin’ me on

Hard stop on the V

	G	C	D
I’m so	happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, hap	py

	G	C
Are you happy for	me? I’m cool,	ooh

	G	C
Happier without	you, ooh,	ooh

Bridge, let ring

	C	G/B	A7
You said	we should stay	friends at the	end (I’ll think about it)

	C	G/B	A
Well, I’d	rather break	both of my	legs

Chord implied here... sort of, melody is on the 3 of the key

C/D	C/D
I’m	so

G	C
Happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, hap	py

	G	C
I’m so	happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, hap	py

	G
I’m happy you’re	gone, do what you want

Hard stop on “turnin’”

	C
Baby, I’m the	only one that’s turnin’ me on

	G	C	D
I’m so	happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, I’m happy, hap	py

The actual ending is on a wild outro, simplifying here

	G	C
Are you happy for	me? I’m cool,	ooh

	G	C
Happier without	you, ooh,	ooh

G

Remember Monday - What the Hell Just Happened (2025)

Originally in G, I play in G capo 4

Vox on 5 4 on “someone”

G

Someone lost a shoe

Vox on the 7 of the key on “still”

	Bm
I’m	still in last night’s make up

All the way down to the 3 of the chord (b7 of the key) on “too”

	Em	Dm
I’m	waking up like, what’s this new tatt	oo?

Vox on 1 5 6 1 of the key on “room is spinning”

Gm7	C	C	A
→	Room is spinni	ng,	ears are ringing

Hard stop on “clutch”

D

Clutch my pearls like

	G	Bm7	B/D#	Em
What the hell just	happened?	→	→

Cmaj7	G	Bm7	B/D#	Em
What the hell just	happened?	→	→

The I is implied on “liked”

Cm	G
No clue, but I l	iked it

G

One, two, one, two, three

	G
Broke a	heel, lost my keys, scraped my knee

	C
When I fell from the	chandelier

	D
Oh, what a	night, I don’t mind, it was time

	G	G	D/F#
To unwind and I	volunteered	→	→

All triplets for both of these lines

Em	A
Look at me n	ow

	C/D
I’m like	usually keep it clean beauty sleep, sip my tea

	G	Bm7	B/D#	Em
What the hell just	happened?	→	→

Cmaj7	G	Bm7	B/D#	Em
What the hell just	happened?	→	→

C	G	Bm7
Went up on the	roof, jumped into the	pool

B/D#	Em
You should do it	too, too, too

Cmaj7	G	Bm7	B/D#	Em
What the hell just	happened?	→	→

Cm	G
No clue, but I l	iked it

	G
Ripped my	dress, called my ex, I confess

	C
I’m obsessed, not the b	est idea

	D
Woo-ooh, I’m a	mess, it’s a trend, in my defense

	G	G	D/F#
It’s been a	real hard year	→	→

Em	A
Freedom, I wanna	shave my head, oh

Em	A
Freedom, I’ll paint the	whole town red, oh

Em	A
Freedom, I wanna	kiss a stranger

Quiet on “happened” this time

C/D	G	Bm7	B/D#	Em
What the hell just	happened?	→	→

Cmaj7	Cdim7	G	Bm7	B/D#	Cmaj7
What the	hell just	happened?	→	→

Loud again on “happened”

Cmaj7	G	Bm7	B/D#	Em
What the hell just	happened	→	→

C	G	Bm7
Went up on the	roof, jumped into the	pool

B/D#	Em
You should do it	too, too, too, too

C	G	Bm7
Oh I know that I’m a	wreck, what did you e	xpect?

B/D#	Em
You can blame my	eh-eh-ex

Band out on “happened”, chords implied

Cmaj7	G	Bm7	B/D#	Em
What the hell just	happened?	→	→

Cmaj7	Cmaj7	G
No clue, but I l	iked i	t

Rob Thomas - Lonely No More (2005)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 2

Intro

Em	Am	D	G	D/F#
			→

Hang the last chord

Em	Am	D	B7

	Em
Now it	seems to me

	Am
That you	know just what to say

	Cmaj7	B7
But	words are only words

Can you show me something else?

Em

Can you swear to me

	Am
That you’ll	always be this way

	Cmaj7	B7
Sho	w me how you feel

Hang on “ever” on the V, the i is implied, 1 silent measure

	Em
More than ever, baby

Em	Am
Well, I don’t wanna be	lonely no more

D	G	D/F#
I don’t wanna have to	pay for this

Em	Am	D
I don’t want to know the	lover at my door

	B7
It’s just another	heartache on my list

Em	Am
I don’t wanna be	angry no more

D	G	D/F#
You do know I could never	stand for this

Em	Am	D
So when you tell me that you	love me, know for sure

	B7
I don’t wanna be	lonely anymore

Em	Am	D	G	D/F#
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh →	oh

Em	Am	D	B7
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

Em

Now it’s hard for me

	Am
When my	heart’s still on the mend

Cmaj7	B7
Open up to me

Instruments out on this line

Like you do your girlfriends

Em	Am
And you sing to me and it’s	harmony

Girl, what you do to me is everything

Cmaj7

Make me say anything just to get you back again

“Try” is really the beginning of the chorus

B7	Em
Why can’t we just	try

Em	Am
(Try) I don’t wanna be	lonely no more

D	G	D/F#
I don’t wanna have to	pay for this

Em	Am	D
I don’t want to know the	lover at my door

	B7
It’s just another	heartache on my list

Em	Am
I don’t wanna be	angry no more

D	G	D/F#
You do know I could never	stand for this

Em	Am	D
So when you tell me that you	love me, know for sure

	B7
I don’t wanna be	lonely anymore

Em	Am	D	G	D/F#
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh →	oh

Em	Am	D	B7
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

Bridge

	Am
What if I was	good to you?

	Em
What if you were	good to me?

	Am
What if I could	hold you till I feel you move

	Em
In	side of me

	Am
And what if it was p	aradise?

	Em
And what if we were s	ymphonies?

Am

What if I gave all my life

	B7
To fin	d some way to stand beside you

Em	Am
‘Cause I don’t wanna be	lonely no more

D	G	D/F#
I don’t wanna have to	pay for this

Em	Am	D
I don’t want to know the	lover at my door

	B7
It’s just another	heartache on my list

Em	Am
I don’t wanna be	angry no more

D	G	D/F#
You do know I could never	stand for this

Em	Am	D
So when you tell me that you	love me, know for sure

	B7
I don’t wanna be	lonely anymore

With ad lib’d “I don’t want to be lonely”

Em	Am	D	G	D/F#
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh →	oh

Em	Am	D	B7
Oh,	oh,	oh,	oh

Rob Thomas - This is How a Heart Breaks (2005)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am

Intro

Am

Don’t you wanna go for a ride

Just keep your hands inside
And make the most out of life

	D
Now don’t you take it for g	ranted

Am

Life is like a mean machine

It made a mess outta me
And left me caught between

	D
Like-an-angry dream I was s	tranded

I was stranded, yeah yeah yeah

	F
And I’m s	teady but I’m starting to shake

	G
And I do	n’t know how much more I can take

Am

This is it now, everybody get down

F

This is all I can take

G

This is how a heart breaks

Am

You take a hit now, you feel it break down

F

Make you stay wide awake

G

This is how a heart breaks

Am

Don’t you wanna go for a ride

Down to the other side
Feels so good you could cry

	D
Now won’t you do what I	told you

	Am
I rem	ember when you used to be shy

Yeah, once we were so fine

	D
You and I why you gotta make it so	hard on me

Yeah, it’s hard on me

	F
And I’m	sorry but it’s not a mistake

	G
And I’m	running but you’re getting away

Am

This is it now, everybody get down

F

This is all I can take

G

This is how a heart breaks

Am

You take a hit now, you feel it break down

F

Make you stay wide awake

G

This is how a heart breaks

D	D
	This is how a heart breaks

Trippy samba bridge

Am	G	F	G
			x 2

Am	G	F	G	Am
You’re n	ot the b	est thing	that I knew

Am	G	F	G	Am
Never was	never cared too	much for all this h	anging ar	ound

Am	G	F	G	Am
It’s j	ust the s	ame thing	all the t	ime

Am	G	F	G	Am
Never get	what I want, never	get you close	to the end of the	line

Am	G	F	G	D
You’re j	ust the	same thing	that I knew

D

Right before the time when I was only for you

Solo if appropriate on chorus chords

Am

This is it now, everybody get down

F

This is all I can take

G

This is how a heart breaks

Am

You take a hit now, you feel it break down

F

Make you stay wide awake

G

This is how a heart breaks

Santana - Why Don’t You and I (2002)

Originally in Bb, I play in A

Intro

F#m	C#7	F#m	C#7	F#m	C#7
F#m	C#7	Dmaj7	Dmaj7	C#7sus	C#7

Vox on the 3 on “since”

A	E
Since the	moment I spotted you

G	D
Like walkin’ round with little	wings on my shoes

A	E	D
My stomach’s	filled with the butterf	lies, ooh and it’s alright

A	E
Bouncin’	round from cloud to cloud

G	D
I got the feelin’ like I’m	never gonna come down

A	E	D
If I said I didn’t	like it then you know I	lied

Bm

Everytime I try to talk to you

D

I get tongue-tied

	Bm
Turns out that	everything I say to you

	D
Comes out	wrong and never comes out right

	A	E
So I’ll say	why don’t you and	I get together

	D
And	take on the world and be together forever

A	E	D
Heads we wil	l and tails we’ll	try again

	A	E
So I say	why don’t you and	I hold each other

	D
And	fly to the moon and straight on to heaven

A	E	D
Cause without	you they’re never gonna l	et me in

F#m	C#7	F#m	C#7	F#m	C#7
F#m	C#7	Dmaj7	Dmaj7	C#7sus	C#7

A	E
When’s this	fever gonna break

G	D
I think I’ve handled more than	any man can take

A	E	D
I’m like a love-sick	puppy chasin’ you aro	und, ooh and it’s alright

A	E
Bouncin’	round from cloud to cloud

G	D
I got the feelin’ like I’m	never gonna come down

A	E	D
If I said I didn’t	like it then you know I	lied

	Bm
And	everytime I try to talk to you

D

I get tongue-tied

	Bm
Turns out that	everything I say to you

	D
Comes out	wrong and never comes out right

	A	E
So I’ll say	why don’t you and	I get together

	D
And	take on the world and be together forever

A	E	D	D
Heads we wil	l and tails we’ll	try again

	A	E
So I say	why don’t you and	I get together

	D
And	fly to the moon and straight on to heaven

A	E	D
Cause without	you they’re never gonna l	et me in

Bm

Slowly I begin to realize

D

This is never gonna end

	Bm
Right about the	same time you walk by

	D
And I say O	h here we go again, oh

Solo

A	E	D	D	D/B
			→	x4

Let ring

Bm

Everytime I try to talk to you

D

I get tongue-tied

	Bm
Turns out that	everything I say to you

	D
Comes out	wrong and never comes out right

	A	E
So I’ll say	why don’t you and	I get together

	D
And	take on the world and be together forever

A	E	D
Heads we wil	l and tails we’ll	try again

	A	E
So I say	why don’t you and	I get together

	D
And	fly to the moon and straight on to heaven

A	E	D
Cause without	you they’re never gonna l	et me in

Original ends with a solo, then fades on a chorus

Sara Bareilles - Brave (2013)

Originally in Bb, I play in C capo 1

Lowest note is the 1 (on “lack of *love*”)

Highest note is the 4 (on “I wanna see you”)

That’s a whopping Eb in the original key, plus

there’s a long braaaave on the 3

Vox on 3 5 on “you can”

C

You can be amazing

C

You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug

Am

You can be the outcast

Am

Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love

F	G	C
Or	you can start speaking up

C

Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do

C

And they settle ‘neath your skin

Am

Kept on the inside and no sunlight

Am

Sometimes a shadow wins

F	G
But I	wonder what would happen if you

C

Say what you wanna say

Am	F
And let the words fall	out

	G	C
Honestly	I wanna see you be	brave

C

With what you want to say

Am	F
And let the words fall	out

	G	C
Honestly	I wanna see you be	brave

Note switch from 1645 to 1465

C

I just wanna see you

F

I just wanna see you

Am

I just wanna see you

G

I wanna see you be brave

C

I just wanna see you

F

I just wanna see you

Am

I just wanna see you

Hard stop on last “brave”

G

I wanna see you be brave

C

Everybody’s been there, everybody’s been stared down

C	Am
By the ene	my

Am	Am
Fallen for the fear and done some disap	pearing

Am

Bow down to the mighty

F	G
Don’t run,	stop holding your tongue

Vox up to 1 on “maybe”, down to 3 on “live”

Vox same note on “way” and “out”

C

Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live

Same melody, but last note is 4 instead 3

Am

Maybe one of these days you can let the light in

Hard stop around “your brave”

F	G
Show me	how big your brave is

C

Say what you wanna say

Am	F
And let the words fall	out

	G	C
Honestly	I wanna see you be	brave

C

With what you want to say

Am	F
And let the words fall	out

Note vi on last ‘brave’

	G	Am
Honestly	I wanna see you be	brave

Bridge

Vox down to the 1 of the minor chord (6 of the key)

Am	C
And since your	history of silence

C/E	F
Won’t do you	any good

C/E	F
Did you th	ink it would?

Am	C
Let your words be	anything but empty

G

Why don’t you tell them the truth?

No instruments this chorus

C

Say what you wanna say

Am	F
And let the words fall	out

	G	C
Honestly	I wanna see you be	brave

C

With what you want to say

Am	F
And let the words fall	out

	G	C
Honestly	I wanna see you be	braaaaaaaave

C

I just wanna see you

F

I just wanna see you

Am

I just wanna see you

G

I wanna see you be brave

C

I just wanna see you

F

I just wanna see you

Am

I just wanna see you

Hard stop on 1

G

I wanna see you be brave

Sarah Ross - Calm Before the Storm (2019)

Originally in Em, I play in Em but sing the prechorus and chorus an octave down

Intro

Em	Em	Em	Em/G
Em	Em	Em	Em/G
Em	Em	Em	Em/G
C	C	D	D

Vox on the 5 on “it’s”

Em

It’s getting eerie quiet

Won’t stay like this for long
Even the crows start flying

C	D
They know, they	know what’s going on

Em

You could tell by the red sky

There’s something brewing
You had your chance to run and hide

C	D
I guess, I	guess you blew it

This is where I drop an octave, which is really staying about where I was

Am7

The clouds are turning gray

C	G
Better pray for your saving grace

D

It’s just a little too late

Em

I hope when the lightning strikes

	A
It h	its your right between the eyes

	C
And when the	rain pours down, better hold your breath

	D
Cause	you don’t know what’s coming next

	Em
When the t	hunder screams across the sky

	A
Gonna h	ear my name in all your lies

C	B7
Look out boy, you’d better be w	arned

This originally goes up to the 3, then way down to the 3, which is too much range for me; I just make my way *up* (not down) to the 1

	Em
This is the calm before the sto	rm

Em

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Spoken

	Em
You h	ad my heart, you took it and ripped it apart

	Em
Now that it’s s	o dark, you can’t even wish on a star

	Em
I hope the g	od you’re praying too isn’t up to doin’ his part

	C	D
Unle	ss a tornado blow t	hrough your trailer park

Em

Pardon me if I sound a little too harsh

	Em
But your l	ove was my ocean, now you’re stuck in the marsh

Em

On his front porch, watching the sun fade

	C	D
Int	o the pitch, black, of y	esterday

Am7

The clouds are turning gray

C	G
Better pray for your saving grace

D

It’s just a little too late

Em

I hope when the lightning strikes

	A
It h	its your right between the eyes

	C
And when the	rain pours down, better hold your breath

	D
Cause	you don’t know what’s coming next

	Em
When the t	hunder screams across the sky

	A
Gonna h	ear my name in all your lies

C	B7
Look out boy, you’d better be w	arned

	Em
This is the calm before the sto	rm

Em	D
Ooh ooh o	oh ooh ooh

	C
Ooh ooh o	oh ooh ooh

	B7
Oh oh

Bridge

Em	D	C
The sun’s gonna s	hine, the storm will subs	ide

	B7	Em
And I don’t c	are if you made it out ali	ve

Em	D	C
The heart that you h	urt will be a lesson you le	arn

	B7
You’ll finally g	et what you deserve

Em

I hope when the lightning strikes

	A
It h	its your right between the eyes

	C
And when the	rain pours down, better hold your breath

	D
Cause	you don’t know what’s coming next

	Em
When the t	hunder screams across the sky

	A
Gonna h	ear my name in all your lies

C	B7
Look out boy, you’d better be w	arned

	Em
This is the calm before the sto	rm

Em

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Sheryl Crow - Soak Up the Sun (2002)

Originally in E, I play in G

Intro

G	D	C
	→	x4

G	D	C
My friend the c	ommun	ist

G	D	C
Holds meetings	in his	RV

G	D	C
I can’t aff	ord his g	as

G	D	C
So I’m stuck here w	atching	TV

G	D	C

G	D	C
I don’t have d	igit	al

G	D	C
I don’t have d	iddly sq	uat

G	D	C
It’s not having wh	at you w	ant

G	D	C
It’s wanting w	hat you’ve g	ot

G	D
I’m gonna soak up the s	un

	Am
I’m gonna tell every	one

Am/B	C	C/D	D
To l	ight	en	up, I’m gonna tell ‘em that

G	D	Am
I’ve got no one to bl	ame for every time I feel	lame

Am/B	C	C/D	D
I’m l	ooki	ng	up

D	G	D	C
Gonna soak up the sun

C	G	D	C
I’m gonna soak up the sun

G	D	C
I’ve got a cr	ummy j	ob

G	D	C
It don’t pay n	ear en	ough

G	D	C
To buy the th	ings it t	akes

G	D	C
To win me s	ome of y	our love

G	G/F#
Every time I t	urn around

	F	C/E
I’m l	ooking up, you’re l	ooking down

G	G/F#
Maybe something’s w	rong with you

	A#	C
That	makes you act the	way you do

G	D
I’m gonna soak up the s	un

	Am
I’m gonna tell every	one

Am/B	C	C/D	D
To l	ight	en	up, I’m gonna tell ‘em that

G	D	Am
I’ve got no one to bl	ame for every time I feel	lame

Am/B	C	C/D	D
I’m l	ooki	ng	up

D	G	D	C
Gonna soak up the s	un

C	G	D	C
While it’s still fr	ee

C	G	D	C
Gonna soak up the s	un

C	G	D	C
Before it goes out on me

G	D	C
Don’t have no m	aster s	uite

G	D	C
But I’m still the k	ing of m	e

G	D	C
You have a f	ancy r	ide, but baby

G	D	C
I’m the one who h	as the k	ey

G	G/F#
Every time I t	urn around

	F	C/E
I’m l	ooking up, you’re l	ooking down

G	G/F#
Maybe something’s w	rong with you

	A#	C
That	makes you act the	way you do

A#	C
Maybe I am	crazy too

G	D
I’m gonna soak up the s	un

	Am
I’m gonna tell every	one

Am/B	C	C/D	D
To l	ight	en	up, I’m gonna tell ‘em that

G	D	Am
I’ve got no one to bl	ame for every time I feel	lame

Am/B	C	C/D	D
I’m l	ooki	ng	up

G	D
I’m gonna soak up the s	un

	Am
I’m gonna tell every	one

Am/B	C	C/D	D
To l	ight	en	up, I’m gonna tell ‘em that

G	D	Am
I’ve got no one to bl	ame for every time I feel	lame

Am/B	C	C/D	D
I’m l	ooki	ng	up

Let ring

G	D	Am
I’m gonna soak up the s	un, got my 45	on

Am/B	C	C/D	D
So	I	can rock	on

Simple Plan - Addicted (2003)

Originally in C#, I play in G

Intro, remember this is swung

G	G
G	G	C	D
G	G	C	D

Vox on (low) 5 (high) 3 on “I heard”

G	C
I heard you’re doing okay, but I want you to k	now

	G
I’m addict, I’m addicted to y	ou

G

I can’t pretend I don’t care

	Am	G/B	C
When you don’t t	hink ab	out	me

Do you think, I deserve this?

	Am	G/B
I tr	ied to make you h	appy

Hard stop after this line

	C	D
But you l	eft anyw	ay

	G	C	G	D
I’m tr	ying to forget that I’m add	icted	to y	ou

	G	C	G	D
But I w	ant it and I need it I’m add	icted	to y	ou

	Am	D
Now it’s o	ver, can’t for	get what you said

Hard stop after this line

	Am	D
And I n	ever wanna	do this again

	C	G
Heartbre	aker, heartbre	aker

G	C	D	G	C	D
		Heartbre	aker

G	C
Since the day I met you, and after all we’ve been thro	ugh

	G
I’m still addict, I’m addicted to y	ou

G

I think you know that it’s true

	Am	G/B	C
I’d run a th	ousand m	iles to g	et you

Do you think I deserve this?

	Am	G/B
I	tried to make you h	appy

	C	D
I did a	ll that I cou	ld

	Am
Just to k	eep you

	C	D
But you l	eft any	way

	G	C	G	D
I’m tr	ying to forget that I’m add	icted	to y	ou

	G	C	G	D
But I w	ant it and I need it I’m add	icted	to y	ou

	Am	D
Now it’s o	ver, can’t for	get what you said

	Am	D
And I n	ever wanna	do this again

Let ring

	C	G/B	Am	G
Heartbre	aker

	C	G/B	Am	D
Heartbre	aker

Bridge, vox on 3 2 of the key on “how long”

C	G/B	Am	G
How	long will	I be w	aiting?

C	G/B	Am	D
Unt	il the e	nd of t	ime

Band enters

C	G/B	Am	G
I don’t k	now why I	’m still w	aiting

Am	G/B	C
I can’t	make you m	ine

Solo

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

	G	C	G	D
I’m tr	ying to forget that I’m add	icted	to y	ou

	G	C	G	D
But I w	ant it and I need it I’m add	icted t	o yo	u

	G	C	G	D
I’m tr	ying to forget that I’m add	icted	to y	ou

	G	C	G	D
But I w	ant it and I need it I’m add	icted	to y	ou

	Am
Now it’s o	ver

	C	D
Can’t for	get what you sa	id

	Am	C	D
And I n	ever wanna d	o this ag	ain

	C	G
Heartbre	aker, heartbre	aker

	C	D
I’m add	icted to y	ou

	G	C	D
Heartbre	aker, I’m ad	dicted to y	ou

	G	C	D
Heartbre	aker, I’m ad	dicted to y	ou

	G	C	D
Heartbre	aker, I’m ad	dicted to y	ou

	G
Heartbre	aker

Songsmith - Another Boring Love Song (2008)

Originally in Eb, I play in E

	E	A	F#m	B
I don’t	want to write a	nother boring	love song

	E6	C#7	F#m7	B
I	want to write the	kind of tunes where	people sing	along

	E7	A	C#m	Amaj7
So	help me find a	way to move my	groove on

F#m7	B6	E
Songsmith you can	be my number	one

Songsmith - On Your Way to a Song (2008)

Originally in C, I play in E

E

	E	F#m
You	sing into a	microphone while the

B	E
Drummer plays a	long

	A	F#m
And	then when Songsmith	makes the music you’re

B	E
On your way to a	song

	F#m	B
You can	choose the style you can	set the mood

	E	A
And the	chords will match what you	sing

	E	F#m
You can	change the music as	much as you like

	B	E
‘Cause it	really is your	thing

Songsmith - These Cups of Coffee (2008)

Originally in E, I play in E capo 2

Vox on 1 5 on “every”

E	A	G#m	C#
Every day I	make these cups of	coffee at the	bar

	F#m	E	A	B
But in	side I dream that	I could be a	star

	F#m	A	C#m	F#m
All I	needed was a	song, so	now it won’t be	long

B	G#m	A	E
Songsmith’s gonna	help me get that	part

Songsmith - What a Happy Home We’ll Have (2008)

Vox on the 1

A	Bm7
How did your meeting	go today?

	E	E7
Did the b	osses like your	ad?

	Dmaj7	A
Well	honey thanks to	Songsmith, it was the

D	C#m
Best they ever	had

	F#m	Bm
And	also thanks to	Songsmith

	E	A	Dmaj7
Now we’re	singing all the	time

	A9	D
And	what a happy	home we’ll have with

E	A
Every word in	rhyme

Staind - It’s Been Awhile (2001)

Originally in Abm, I play in Em capo 2

Intro

Em	G	D	A
Em	G	D	A

Vox on 5 5 4 on “been a while”

Em	G	D	A
And it’s been a while	since I could,	hol	d my head up high

Em	G	D	A
And it’s been a while	since I first s	aw you

Em	G	D	A
And it’s been a while	since I could st	and on my ow	n two feet again

Em	G	D	A
And it’s been awhile	since I could c	all you

Em	G	D	A
And everyth	ing I can’t rem	ember

Em	G	D	A
As messed up a	s it all may s	eem

Em	G	D	A
The consequ	ences that I’ve re	ndered

Em	G	D	A
I stretched mys	elf beyond my me	ans

Em	G	D	A
And it’s been a while	since I couldn’t s	ay that I w	asn’t addicted

Em	G	D	A
And, it’s been a while	since I couldn’t s	ay I love mys	elf as well as

Em	G	D	A
And it’s been a while	since I’ve gone and	messed things up just l	ike I always do

Em	G	D	A
And it’s been a while	but all that s	hit seems to disap	pear when I’m with you

Em	G	D	A
And everyth	ing I can’t rem	ember

Em	G	D	A
As messed up a	s it all may s	eem

Em	G	D	A
The consequ	ences that I’ve re	ndere d

Em	G	D	A
I’ve gone and f	ucked things up ag	ain, ye	ah

D	A

Bridge

Em	D	A
Why must I feel this w	ay

Em	D	A
Just make this go aw	ay

Em	D	A
Just one more peaceful d	ay

Em

Em	G	D	A
And it’s been a while	since I could,	lo	ok at myself straight

Em	G	D	A
And it’s been a while	since I said I’m s	orry

Em	G	D	A
And it’s been a while	since I’ve seen the	way, the c	andles light your face

Em	G	D	A
And it’s been a while	but I can st	ill remember j	ust the way you taste

Em	G	D	A
And everyth	ing I can’t rem	ember

Em	G	D	A
As messed up a	s it all may s	eem to be

	Em	G	D	A
I know it’s m	e, I cannot bl	ame this on my f	ather

Em	G	D	A
He did the b	est he could for m	e

Em	G	D	A
And it’s been a while	since I could,	hol	d my head up high

Em	G	D
And it’s been a while	since I said I’m s	orry

Taylor Swift - Blank Space (2014)

Originally in F, I play in A

Vox on the 1

A	F#m
Nice to, meet you, where you, been, I can show you incredible	things

Magic, madness, heaven, sin, saw you there and I thought

Vox on 1 5 5 on “oh my god”, then 1 1 7 7 on “look at that face”

D

Oh my god, look at that face, you look like my next mistake

Esus4	E
Love’s a game, want to pla	y?

A	F#m
New, money, suit and tie, I can read you like a maga	zine

Ain’t it, funny, rumors, fly, and I know you heard about

D

Me so hey, let’s be friends, I’m dyin’ to see how this one ends

E

Grab your passport and my hand

Hard stop on “I”

E

I can make the bad guys good for a weekend

A

So it’s gonna be forever or it’s gonna go down in flames

F#m

You can tell me when it’s over, mmm, if the high was worth the pain

Bm

Got a long list of ex-lovers, they’ll tell you I’m insane

D	A
‘Cause you know I love the players, and you love the g	ame

A

‘Cause we’re young and we’re reckless, we’ll take this way too far

F#m

It’ll leave you breathless, mmm, or with a nasty scar

Bm

Got a long list of ex-lovers, they’ll tell you I’m insane

Hard stop after “baby”

D	A
But I got a blank space baby and I’ll write your n	ame

A	F#m
Cherry, lips, crystal, skies, I could show you incredible	things

	D
Stolen, kisses, pretty, lies, you’re the king baby I’m your	queen

Find out what you want, be that girl for a month

Esus4	E
Wait the worst is yet to co	me, oh no

A	F#m
Screaming, crying, perfect, storms, I can make all the tables	turn

Rose, garden, filled with, thorns, keep you second guessing

	D
Like	oh my god who is she, I get drunk on jealousy

	E
But	you’ll come back each time you leave

	E
Cause	darlin’ I’m a nightmare, dressed like a daydream

A

So it’s gonna be forever or it’s gonna go down in flames

F#m

You can tell me when it’s over, mmm, if the high was worth the pain

Bm

Got a long list of ex-lovers, they’ll tell you I’m insane

D	A
‘Cause you know I love the players, and you love the g	ame

A

‘Cause we’re young and we’re reckless, we’ll take this way too far

F#m

It’ll leave you breathless, mmm, or with a nasty scar

Bm

Got a long list of ex-lovers, they’ll tell you I’m insane

Hard stop after “baby”

D	A
But I got a blank space baby and I’ll write your n	ame

Bridge

A

Boys only want love if it’s torture

A

Don’t say I didn’t, say I didn’t warn you

A

Boys only want love if it’s torture

A

Don’t say I didn’t, say I didn’t warn you

A

So it’s gonna be forever or it’s gonna go down in flames

F#m

You can tell me when it’s over, mmm, if the high was worth the pain

Bm

Got a long list of ex-lovers, they’ll tell you I’m insane

D	A
‘Cause you know I love the players and you love the g	ame

A

‘Cause we’re young and we’re reckless, we’ll take this way too far

F#m

It’ll leave you breathless, mmm, or with a nasty scar

Bm

Got a long list of ex-lovers, they’ll tell you I’m insane

Hard stop after “baby”

D	A
But I got a blank space baby and I’ll write your n	ame

Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (2012)

Originally in F#, I play in A

Intro

A

Vox on the 3 on “once”

A

Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago

E

I was in your sights, you got me alone

	F#m	D
You f	ound me, you found me, you	found me-e-e-e-e-e

	A
I g	uess you didn’t care, and I guess liked that

	E
And	when I fell hard, you took a step back

	F#m	D
With	out me, without me, with	out me-e-e-e-e-e

A	E	F#m
And he’s long	gone, when he’s next to	me and I

	D
Realize	the blame is on me

Let ring

	F#m	D	E
‘Cause	I knew you were	trouble when you walked	in

	A	E	F#m
So	shame on m	e now-o	w

F#m	D	E
Flew me to	places I’d never be	en

	A	E
‘Till you	put me	down, oh

Band enters

F#m	D	E
I knew you were	trouble when you walked	in

	A	E	F#m
So	shame on	me now-	ow

	D	E
Flew me to	places I never bee	n

Hard stop on “lyin’”, V is implied

	A	E	F#m
Now I’m	lyin’ on the	cold hard g	round

Vox on the high 6 of the major key on the first “oh”... that’s a D# in the original key (!!!)

All the “troubles” are 2 1 of the major key

F#m	D	E	A	E
Oh,	oh	oh, trouble,	trouble,	trouble

F#m	D	E	A	E
Oh,	oh	oh, trouble,	trouble,	trouble

A

No apologies, he’ll never see you cry

	E
Pre	tends he doesn’t know, that he’s the reason why

	F#m	D
You’re	drowning, you’re drowning, you’re	drowning-e-e-e-ing

	A
And I	heard you moved on, from whispers on the street

	E
A	new notch in your belt, is all I’ll ever be

	F#m	D
And	now I see, now I see,	now I see-e-e-e-e

A	E	F#m
He was long	gone, when he met	me

	D
And I realiz	e, the joke is on me, yeah

F#m	D	E
I knew you were	trouble when you walked	in

	A	E	F#m
So	shame on m	e now-o	w

F#m	D	E
Flew me to	places I never be	en

	A	E
‘Till you	put me	down, oh

F#m	D	E
I knew you were	trouble when you walked	in

	A	E	F#m
So	shame on	me now-	ow

	D	E
Flew me to	places I’d never bee	n

No hard stop this time

	A	E	F#m
Now I’m	lyin’ on the c	old hard g	round

F#m	D	E	A	E
Oh,	oh	oh, trouble,	trouble,	trouble

F#m	D	E	A	E
Oh,	oh	oh, trouble,	trouble,	trouble

Let ring

Vox on 5 1 1 of the chord on “saddest fear”

	D	F#m
And the	saddest fear, comes	creepin’ in

	D
That you	never loved me, or her

This line is a measure of 6/4

	E
Or	anyone, or anything, yeah yeah

F#m	D	E
I knew you were	trouble when you walked	in

	A	E	F#m
So	shame on m	e now-o	w

F#m	D	E
Flew me to	places I never be	en (never been)

	A	E
‘Till you	put me	down, oh

F#m	D	E
I knew you were	trouble when you walked	in (you were right there)

	A	E	F#m
So	shame on	me now-	ow

	D	E
Flew me to	places I’d never bee	n (oooh)

	A	E	F#m
Now I’m	lyin’ on the c	old hard g	round

F#m	D	E	A	E
Oh,	oh	oh, trouble,	trouble,	trouble

F#m	D	E	A	E
Oh,	oh	oh, trouble,	trouble,	trouble

F#m	D	E	A	E
I knew you were	trouble when you walked	in (trouble, t	rouble, t	rouble)

Hard stop just before the last chord, V is implied

F#m	D	E	A	E
I knew you were	trouble when you walked	in (trouble, t	rouble, t	rouble)

Taylor Swift - Love Story (2008)

Originally in D, I play in G, highest note that matters is the 6 (really the 5 after the key change)

Intro, chords have lots of 9 and 4 throughout, but not writing that all out

Gadd9	Dsus4/A	Em	C69

Vox on the 1

G

We were both young when I first saw you

	C
I c	lose my eyes and the flashback starts

	Em	C
I’m standing t	here on a balcony of s	ummer air

G

See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns

C	Em
See you make your way through the crowd and say hel	lo

	D
Little did I	know

	C	D
That	you were Romeo, you were t	hrowing pebbles

	Em	G
And my	daddy said stay away from J	uliet

	C
And I was	crying on the staircase

	D	Em	C	D
B	egging you please don’t g	o,	and I	said

G

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone

D

I’ll be waiting, all that’s left to do is run

Em

You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess

C	D
It’s a love story b	aby just say yes

G

	G
So	I sneak out to the garden to see you

C

We keep quiet cause we’re dead if they knew

	Em
So close your e	yes

	D
Escape this town for a l	ittle while

	C	D
Cause y	ou were Romeo, I was a sca	rlet letter

	Em	G
And my d	addy said stay away from J	uliet

	C
But you were	everything to me

	D	Em	C	D
I was b	egging you please don’t g	o,	and I	said

G

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone

D

I’ll be waiting, all that’s left to do is run

Em

You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess

C	D
It’s a love story b	aby just say yes

G

Romeo save me they’re tryin’ to tell me how to feel

D

This love is difficult, but it’s re-eal

Em

Don’t be afraid we’ll make it out of this mess

C	D
It’s a love story b	aby just say yes

G

G	D	Em	C

	Em	C
I got tired of w	aiting

	G	D
Wondering if yo	u were ever coming a	round

	Em	C
My faith in you was	fading

	G	D
When I m	et you on the outskirts of t	own

And I said

Quiet

G

Romeo save me I’ve been feeling so alone

D

I keep waiting for you but you never come

	Em
Is	this in my head, I don’t know what to think

	C	D
He	knelt to the ground and	pulled out a ring and said

A

Marry me Juliet you never have to be alone

E

I love you and that’s all I really know

	F#m
I t	alked to your dad, go pick out a white dress

D	E
It’s a love story b	aby just say yes

A	E	F#m	C	A
		Cause	we were both young when I first saw y	ou

Taylor Swift - Mean (2010)

Originally in E, I play in C

Am	G	F
You, with y	our words like knives and	swords

	F
And weapons that you	use against me

Am	G	F
You, have k	nocked me off my	feet again

“Feelin’ like a nothin’” on 3 3 3 2 1 5 of the chord

	F
Got me	feelin’ like a nothin’

Am	G	F
You, with your v	oice like nails on a c	halk board

	F
Callin’ me	out when I’m wounded

Am	G	F
You, p	ickin’ on the weaker man

G	C	F	G
Well you can take me down	with just one	single	blow

Hang on the first “you”, vox on 6 7 3 2 on “you dont know-ow”

	F
But	you don’t know, what you don’t know

C	G	Am	F
Someday	I’ll be	livin’ in a big ol	’ city

	C	G	F
And	all you’re	ever gonna be is	mean

C	G	Am	F
Someday	I’ll be	big enough so you can’t	hit me

	C	G	F
And	all you’re	ever gonna be is	mean

Hang on “why”

F	C
Why you gotta be so	mean?

A#	C
→

Am	G
You, with your	switching sides and

	F	F
Your	wildfire lies and your	humiliation

Am	G	F
You, have p	ointed out my fla	ws again

Hard stop on “don’t”

	F
As if I	don’t already see them

Am	G
I walk with m	y head down

	F
Tryin’ to	block you out

	F
‘Cause I	never impress you

Am	G	F
I just wa	nna feel ok	ay again

G

I bet you got pushed around

C	F	G
Somebody	made you c	old

G

But the cycle ends right now ‘cause

F

You can’t lead me down that road

Hard stop on the second “you”

	F
And	you don’t know what you don’t know

C	G	Am	F
Someday	I’ll be	livin’ in a big ol’	city

	C	G	F
And	all you’re	ever gonna be is	mean

C	G	Am	F
Someday	I’ll be	big enough so you can’t	hit me

	C	G	F
And	all you’re	ever gonna be is	mean

No hanging stop this time

	C
Why you gotta be so	mean?

A#	C
→

Short solo on just the IV

F

	G
And I can se	e you years from now in a bar

C	F	G
Talkin’ over a	football	game

G

With that same big loud opinion

	C	F	G
But	nobody’s	listen	ing

G

Washed up and ranting about the

Hang each chord

Am	G	F
Same old	bitter	things

G	Am	G	F
Drunk and rumblin’ all about how	I	can’t	sing

	C	G	Am
But all you are is	mean

F	C	G	Am
All you are is	mean, and a	liar, and	pathetic

	F	C	G	Am	F
And	alone in life and	mean, and	mean, and	mean, and	mean

Muted chords only

	C	G	Am	F
But	someday	I’ll be	livin’ in a big ol	’ city

	C	G	F
And	all you’re	ever gonna be is	mean, yeah

Band back in

C	G	Am	F
Someday	I’ll be	big enough so you can’t	hit me

	C	G	F
And	all you’re	ever gonna be is	mean

	C
Why you gotta be so	mean?

C	G	Am	F
Someday	I’ll be	livin’ in a big ol	’ city

(Why you gotta be so mean?)

	C	G	F
And	all you’re	ever gonna be is	mean

(Why you gotta be so mean?)

C	G	Am	F
Someday	I’ll be	big enough so you can’t	hit me

(Why you gotta be so mean?)

Hang each chord

	C	G	F
And	all you’re	ever gonna be is	mean

	C
Why you gotta be so	mean?

Taylor Swift - Shake it Off (2014)

Originally in G, I play in G and sing down an octave.

Vox go from the low 1 up to the 5 1.5 octaves above, so I

don’t go down all the way on the chorus.

Intro percussion only, though playing the root helps find

the first vocal line.

Vox on the 5 of the key on “I”, and the 3 on “late”

	Am
I stay out too	late

	C
Got nothing in my	brain

	G
That’s what people	say, mmm

That’s what people say, mmm

	Am
I go on too many	dates

	C
But I can’t make ‘em	stay

	G
At least that’s what people	say, mmm

That’s what people say, mmm

	Am
But I keep	cruisin’

	C
Can’t stop won’t stop	moving

	G
It’s like I got this	music in my mind

No hard stop this time

	G
Saying	it’s gonna be alright

In the low octave, start going back up on the third “play”

	Am
‘Cause the	players gonna play, play, play, play, play

	C
And the	haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate baby

G

I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

Shake it off, I shake it off

	Am
Heart	breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break

	C
And the	fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake baby

G

I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

Shake it off, I shake it off

Percussion out

	Am
I never miss a	beat

	C
I’m lightning on my	feet

Percussion back in

	G
And that’s what they don’t	see, mmm

That’s what they don’t see, mmm

	Am
I’m dancing on my	own (dancing on my own)

	C
I make the moves up as I	go (moves up as I go)

	G
And that’s what they don’t	know, mmm

That’s what they don’t know, mmm

	Am
But I keep	cruisin’

	C
Can’t stop won’t stop	groovin’

	G
It’s like I got this	music in my mind

Hard stop on “it’s”

Saying it’s gonna be alright

	Am
‘Cause the	players gonna play, play, play, play, play

	C
And the	haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate baby

G

I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

Shake it off, I shake it off

	Am
Heart	breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break

	C
And the	fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake baby

G

I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

Shake it off, I shake it off

Am

Shake it off, I shake it off, I I

	C
I	shake it off, I shake it off, I I

	G
I	shake it off, I shake it off, I I

I shake it off, I shake it off

Percussion only in the original, but way less awkward acoustic

to keep the chords going. Talk over the first part, sing the

second part on the chorus melody.

Am

Hey, hey, hey, just think

While you’ve been gettin’ down and out

	C
About the l	iars and dirty, dirty cheats of the world

	G
You	could’ve been gettin’ down instead

Hard stops on “this”, “sick”, and “beat”

	G	G	G
To	this	sick	beat

Am

My ex-man brought his new girlfriend

	C
She’s like “	oh my god” I’m just gonna shake it

	G
To the	fella over there with the hella good hair

Hard stops on “shake”, “shake”, “shake”

	G	G	G	G
Won’t you	come on over baby we could	shake	shake	shake

	Am
‘Cause the	players gonna play, play, play, play, play

	C
And the	haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate baby

G

I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

Shake it off, I shake it off

	Am
Heart	breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break

	C
And the	fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake baby

G

I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

Shake it off, I shake it off

Am

Shake it off, I shake it off, I I

	C
I	shake it off, I shake it off, I I

	G
I	shake it off, I shake it off, I I

I shake it off, I shake it off

Am

Shake it off, I shake it off, I I

	C
I	shake it off, I shake it off, I I

	G
I	shake it off, I shake it off, I I

I shake it off, I shake it off

Am

Shake it off, I shake it off, I I

	C
I	shake it off, I shake it off, I I

	G
I	shake it off, I shake it off, I I

I shake it off, I shake it off

Am

The 88 - At Least It Was Here (Community Theme) (2012)

Originally in A, I play in E

E	E6	E7	E6

Vox on the 5 on “hands”

	E	E6
Give me your	hands, show me the	door

	E7	E6
I cannot	stand, to wait anymo	re

	E	E6
Somebody	said, be what you’ll	be

	E7
We could be	old and cold and dead on the sea

The TV version drops the II at the end of this line (i.e., shortens the phrase)

A	E/G#	B	F#/A#
But I love you	more than words can	say

The TV version also adds the IV → I

A	E/G#	E	A/E	E
I can’t count the	reasons I should	stay	→

	E	E6
Give me some	rope, tie me to	dream

	E7	E6
Give me the	hope, to run out of	steam

	E	E6
Somebody	said, it could be	here

	E7
We could be	roped up, tied up, dead in a year

A	E/G#	B	F#/A#
I can’t count the	reasons I should	stay

A	E/G#	E
One by one they	all just fade a	way

Bridge

	D	A
I’m tired of the	wait and see’s

	E
I’m tired of that	part of me

	D	A
That makes up a	perfect lie

	E
To keep us betw	een

	D	A
But hours turn	into days

	E	E/D#
So watch what you	throw away

	D	A/C#
And be here to	recognize

	B
There’s an	other way

E	E6	E7	E6
			x2

	E	E6
Give me some	rope, tie me to	dream

	E7	E6
Give me the	hope, to run out of	steam

	E	E6
Somebody	said, it could be	here

	E7
We could be	roped up, tied up, dead in a year

A	E/G#	B	F#/A#
But I love you	more than words can	say

A	E/G#	B	F#/A#
I can’t count the	reasons I should	stay

A	E/G#	B	F#/A#
One by one they	all just fade a	way

A	E/G#	E
But I love you	more than words can	say

E	E6	E7	E6
			x2

E

The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell (2008)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 1.

Intro

A	F#m	D	D
			x2

Vox on the 3

	A	F#m	D
I w	ake up every	evening

	A
With a big smile on my	face

	F#m	D
And it	never feels out of p	lace

	A	F#m	D
And	you’re still probably	working

	A
At a nine to five p	ace

	F#m	D
I wo	nder how bad that ta	stes

	A
When you see my	face

	F#m	D
Hope it gives you h	ell, hope it gives you h	ell

	A
When you walk my	way

	F#m	D
Hope it gives you	hell, hope it gives you he	ll

	A	F#m	D
Now	where’s your picket	fence, love?

	A
And where’s that shiny	car?

	F#m	D
And	did it ever get you fa	r?

	A	F#m	D
You n	ever seemed so t	ense, love

	A
I’ve never seen you fall so h	ard

	F#m	D
D	o you know where you	are?

Let ring

	E6	F#m
And	truth be told, I	miss you

	E6	D	D7
And	truth be told, I’m	lying

	A
When you see my	face

	F#m	D
Hope it gives you	hell, hope it gives you hel	l

	A
When you walk my w	ay

	F#m	D
Hope it gives you	hell, hope it gives you he	ll

	A	F#m	D
If you find a	man that’s worth a	damn and treats you we	ll

	F#m	E
Then he’s a	fool, you’re just as w	ell

	D
Hope it gives you	hell

	A
I hope it gives you	hell

A	F#m	D	D
			x2

	A	F#m	D
Tomor	row you’ll be	thinking to yourse	lf

	A
Yeah, where’d it all go	wrong?

	F#m	D
But the	list goes on and o	n

	E6	F#m
And	truth be told, I	miss you

	E6	D	D7
And	truth be told, I’m	lying

	A
When you see my	face

	F#m	D
Hope it gives you	hell, hope it gives you hel	l

	A
When you walk my w	ay

	F#m	D
Hope it gives you	hell, hope it gives you he	ll

	A	F#m	D
If you find a	man that’s worth a	damn and treats you we	ll

	F#m	E
Then he’s a	fool, you’re just as w	ell

	D
Hope it gives you	hell

Bridge, let ring, vox starts on the 3 of the key on every line until “with the sad”

	F#m
Now y	ou’ll never see

	Dmaj7
What y	ou’ve done to me

	A
You can	take back your memories

	C#m	C#m/B	A
They’re	no good to m	e	→

	F#m
And h	ere’s all your lies

	F#m7b5
You can l	ook me in the eyes

	Bm7
With the	sad, sad look

	E
That you w	ear so well

	A
When you see my	face

Not a typo, the chords are a little different now

	A	D
Hope it gives you	hell, hope it gives you h	ell

	F#m
When you walk my	way

	E	A
Hope it gives you	hell, hope it gives you	hell

	A	D
If you find a	man that’s worth a damn and treats you	well

	F#m	E
Then he’s a	fool, you’re just as w	ell

	A
Hope it gives you	hell

	A
When you see my	face

	D
Hope it gives you hell, hope it gives you h	ell

	F#m
When you walk my	way

	E	A
Hope it gives you	hell, hope it gives you	hell

	A	D
When you hear this	song and you sing along, well, you’ll never	tell

	F#m	E
And you’re the	fool, I’m just as	well

	A
I hope it gives you	hell

	F#m	E	A
When you hear this	song I hope that i	t will give you h	ell

Hang the last chord, it’s implied

	F#m	E	A
You can sing	along I hope that i	t puts you through	hell

The Calling - Wherever You Will Go (2001)

Originally in D, I play in C

C	Gadd11/B	Am7	Fmaj7

C	Gadd11/B	Am7	F	C
So lately	been wondering	who will be	there to take my	place

C	Gadd11/B	Am7	F	C
When I’m gone	you’ll need love	to light the	shadows on your f	ace

C	Gadd11/B	Am7	F	C
If a gr	eat wave shall f	all, yeah f	all upon us	all

C	Gadd11/B	Am7	F
Then betw	een the sand and st	one could you m	ake it on your own?

C	G	Am	F	C
If I could	then I would	I’ll go wher	ever you will g	o

C	G	Am	F	C
Way up high	or down low	I’ll go wher	ever you will g	o

C	Gadd11/B	Am7	F	C
And maybe	I’ll find out	a way to	make it back somed	ay

C	Gadd11/B	Am7	F	C
To watch you	to guide you	through the	darkest of your d	ays

C	Gadd11/B	Am7	F	C
If a	great wave shall	fall, yeah and	fall upon us a	ll

C	Gadd11/B	Am7	F
Well, then I	hope there’s someone	out there who can	bring me back to you

C	G	Am	F	C
If I could	then I would	I’ll go wher	ever you will g	o

C	G	Am	F	Am
Way up high	or down low	I’ll go wher	ever you will g	o

Bridge

Am	F	G
R	un away with my h	eart

Em	Am
Run away with my	hope

There’s a iii in the original at the end of this line that I’m not a fan of

F	G
Run away with my	love

C	Gadd11/B	Am7	F	C
I know now	just quite how	my life and l	ove might still go o	n

C	Gadd11/B	Am7	F	C
In your heart	in your mind	I’ll stay with y	ou for all of t	ime

C	G	Am7	F	C
If I could	then I would	I’ll go wher	ever you will g	o

C	G	Am7	F	C
Way up high	or down low	I’ll go wher	ever you will g	o

C	G	Am7	F	C
If I could	turn back	time, I’ll go wher	ever you will g	o

C	G	Am7	F	C	G	Am7
If I could	make you m	ine, I’ll go wher	ever you will g	oooooo	oooooooo

	F	C	G	Am7	F	Fmaj7	Fadd9
I’ll go wher	ever you will g	ooooo	oooo		→	→

The Corrs - Breathless (2000)

Originally in B, I play in E

A cappella, chords implied, can just let ring

Vox on the 1 of the chord on the first “go on”

A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
Go on, go o	n,	leave me	breath	less

In time, but the band isn’t really in yet

E

Come on

Band enters

E	B	F#m	C#m	B
	Yeah, yeah		→	→

Vox on 5 4 3 on “the daylight’s”

E	B
The daylight’s	fading slowly

F#m	C#m	B	E
But time with	you is s	tanding s	till

	B
I’m waiting	for you only

F#m	C#m	B	A
The slightest	touch and I	feel w	eak

	B	C#m
I c	annot l	ie

	A	B	E	E	Esus4	E
From	you I	cannot	hide	→	→

	A	B	C#m
And I’m	losing the	will to	try

	A	B
Can’t	hide it, can’t	fight it

	A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
So	go on, go o	n, come on,	leave me	breath	less

A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
Tempt me, tease	me, until I c	an’t den	y	this

A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
Loving feeli	ng, make me lo	ng for yo	ur k	iss

A	D	E
Go on, go	on, ye	ah, come on

E	B	F#m	C#m	B	E
			→	→

E	B
And if there’s	no tomorrow

F#m	C#m	B	E
And all we	have is h	ere and n	ow

	B
I’m happy	just to have you now

F#m	C#m	B	A
You’re all the	love I	need some how

	B	C#m
It’s l	ike a dr	eam

	A	B	E	E	Esus4	E
Al th	ough I’m no	t a slee	p	→	→

	A	B	C#m
And I	never	want to	wake up

	A	B
Don’t	lose it, don’t	leave it

	A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
So	go on, go o	n, come on,	leave me	breath	less

A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
Tempt me, tease	me, until I c	an’t den	y	this

A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
Loving feeli	ng, make me lo	ng for yo	ur k	iss

A	D	E
Go on, go	on, ye	ah, come on

E

Solo, with a few “yeah’s”

E	B	F#m	C#m	B	E
			→	→

A	B	C#m
I’m	like a	knife

	A	B	E	Esus4	E
From	you I canno	t hide	→	→

	A	B	C#m
And I’ve l	ost my w	ill to t	ry

	A	B
Can’t	hide it, can’t	fight it

	A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
So	go on, go o	n, come on,	leave me	breath	less

A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
Tempt me, tease	me, until I c	an’t den	y	this

A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
Loving feeli	ng, make me lo	ng for yo	ur k	iss

Out on the first “go on”, back in on the second

	A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
G	o on, go o	n, come on,	leave me	breath	less

	A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
G	o on, go o	n, come on,	leave me	breath	less

	A	D	E	E/F#	E/G#
G	o on, go o	n, come on,	leave me	breath	less

Chord implied

A

Go on, go on

The Dead South - In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company (2014)

Originally in Gm, I play in Em capo 2

Intro, whistling and bass

Em	Em	Em	Em

Em	Em	Em	Em
Em	Em	D	D
Em	Em	C	C
Em	B7	B7	Em

Banjo and snaps enter

Em	Em	Em	Em
D	B7	Em	Em

Vox on the 5

Em

Dead love couldn’t go no further

Em

Proud of and disgusted by her

Em

Push shove, a little bruised and battered

D	B7	Em
Oh lord, I ain’t	comin’ home with	you

Em

My life’s a bit more colder

Em

Dead wife is what I told her

Em

Brass knife sinks into my shoulder

D	B7	Em
Oh babe, don’t know	what I’m gonna	do

With chromatic walk, then more snaps

Em	Em	Em	Em
Em	Em	Em	Em

Vox on the 5 again

	Em
I see my	red head, messed bed, tear shed, queen bee, my squeeze

	Em	D
The stage it	smells, tells, hells bells, mis-spells, knocks me on my	knees

It’s really a iv on “tree”, but I prefer another VII

	Em	D
It didn’t	hurt, flirt, blood squirt, stuffed shirt, hang me on a	tree

	Em	B7	Em
After I	count down, three rounds, in	hell I’ll be in good compa	ny

Em	Em	Em	Em
D	B7	Em	Em

Em

Dead love couldn’t go no further

Em

Proud of and disgusted by her

Em

Push shove, a little bruised and battered

D	B7	Em
Oh lord, I ain’t	comin’ home with	you

Em

My life’s a bit more colder

Em

Dead wife is what I told her

Em

Brass knife sinks into my shoulder

D	B7	Em
Oh babe, don’t know	what I’m gonna	do

Em	Em	Em	Em
Em	Em	Em	Em

	Em
I see my	red head, messed bed, tear shed, queen bee, my squeeze

	Em	D
The stage it	smells, tells, hells bells, mis-spells, knocks me on my	knees

It’s really a iv on “tree”, but I prefer another VII

	Em	D
It didn’t	hurt, flirt, blood squirt, stuffed shirt, hang me on a	tree

	Em	B7	Em
After I	count down, three rounds, in	hell I’ll be in good compa	ny

Em	Em	Em	Em	D	B7	Em
				In hell I’ll be	in good compa	ny

Em	Em	Em	Em	D	B7	Em
				In hell I’ll be	in good compa	ny

The Pretty Reckless - Death by Rock and Roll (2021)

Originally in E (or Em-ish), I play in the original key and drop an octave on the second half of the chorus

Reminder of the vibe of the riff in E

|--------------------0----------------------|
|----------0-0-1-1-2------------0-0-1-1-0---|
|--0-0-3-3--------------0-0-3-3-----------3-|

|--------------------0-2-2-0-0--------------|
|----------0-0-1-1-2-----------2-2-1-1---0--|
|--0-0-3-3-----------------------------3----|

E5

Jenny died of suicide

With a candle burning in her eye

All but drums out on “on”

But on my tombstone when I go
Just put death by rock and roll

Riff

E5

John forgot what he was on

But he broke the needle, dead and gone
But on my tombstone when I go
Just put death by rock and roll

Riff

Vox on the 3 of the chord (major 7 of the key) on “go”

B5	C5	A5	B5	C5	A5
I wanna go w	ith	a s	hotgun blast

I don’t go up at the end of this line, and don’t worry too much about the descending riff as long as it hits the I on the 1

B5	C5	A5	B5	B5	C5	A5	G5	F#5
I wanna go w	ith	a w	oman on her back

This is where I drop an octave

E5

I wanna go with balls, I won’t pray

E5

I wanna go with this bottle in my veins

	B5	C5	A5
I wanna	go

B5	C5	A5
I wanna go

B5	B5	A5	G5	F#
I wanna go o	ut	my w	ay

E5

Amy shot and killed a man

With a gun too heavy in her hand
But on my tombstone when I go
Just put death by rock and roll

Riff

E5

Janey had steel in her bones

But she burned away blood into stone
But on my tombstone when I go
Just put death by rock and roll

No riff this time

B5	C5	A5	B5	C5	A5
I wanna go w	ith	a s	hotgun blast

B5	C5	A5	B5	B5	C5	A5	G5	F#5
I wanna go w	ith	a w	oman on her back

E5

I wanna go with a sickness in my throat

E5

I wanna go, killed by rock and roll, I wanna

B5	C5	A5	B5	C5	A5
			I wanna go

B5	C5	A5
I wanna go

	B5	A5	G5	F#
O	ut	my w	ay

Pre-solo, with hard stops

E5	G5	A5
E5	G5	A5
E5	G5	A5
E5	G5	A5	Bb5	B5	D5

Solo

E5	B5	D5
	→

E5	B5	D5
	→

E5	B5	D5
	→

E5	B5	D5
	→

E5	B5	D5
	→

E5	B5	D5
	→

E5

B5	C5	A5	B5	C5	A5
I wanna go w	ith	a s	hotgun blast

B5	C5	A5	B5	C5	A5
I wanna go	in	a mo	torcycle crash

B5	C5	A5	B5	C5	A5
Out on my own,	I	don’t	need to be saved

B5	C5	A5
I wanna go

	B5	A5	G5	E5
O	ut...		my... w	ay

Riff

Let ring

	E5
O	n my tombstone when I go

	A	E
J	ust put death by rock and r	oll

The Pretty Reckless - Heaven Knows (2014)

Originally in A, I play in A capo 3

All the I7’s are really bVII5 → I5

A7

Vox on the 1

	A7	A7
Jim	my’s in the back with a poc	ket of high

	A7	A7
If you lis	ten close you can hea	r him cry

	A7	A7
O	h, lord, hea	ven knows

	A7	A7
W	e belong way dow	n below, sing it

	A7	A7
O	h, lord, hea	ven knows

	A7	A7
W	e belong way dow	n below

	A7	A7
Way dow	n below, way dow	n below

A7

	A7	A7
Jud	y’s in the front seat pic	king up trash

	A7	A7
Liv	ing on the dough, gotta mak	e that cash

	A7	A7
Won	’t be pretty, won	’t be sweet

	A7	A7
She	’s just sittin’ here o	n her feet

	A7	A7
Singin’ o	h, lord, hea	ven knows

	A7	A7
W	e belong way dow	n below, go

	A7	A7
O	h, lord, hea	ven knows

	A7	A7
W	e belong way dow	n below

	A7	A7
Sing oh,	lord, tel	l us so

	A7	A7
W	e belong way dow	n below

	A7	A7
O	h, lord, tel	l us so

	A7	A7
W	e belong way dow	n below

	A7	A7
Way dow	n below, way dow	n below

	A7	A7
Way dow	n below, way dow	n below

D7

I’ve had better days, man

	A7
I’ve seen better days

D7

I’ve had better ways, man

	A7
I know better ways

	A7	A7
One	, two, thr	ee and four

	A7	A7
The dev	il’s knocking a	t your door

	A7	A7
Cau	ght in the eye of a dea	d man’s lie

	A7	A7
Sta	rt your life with your hea	d held high

	A7	A7
Now you’re o	n your knees with your hea	d hung low

	A7	A7
Big	man tells you whe	re to go

	A7	A7
Tel	l ‘em it’s good, tel	l ‘em okay

Hard stop on “don’t”

A7

Don’t do a goddamn thing they say

A7	G
Oh, lord,	heaven knows

D	A7
We belong way	down below

A7	G	C	A7
Oh,	lord,	tell us	so

D	C	A7
We be	long way dow	n below

	A7	A7
Way dow	n below, way dow	n below

	A7	A7
Way dow	n below, way dow	n below

D7

I’ve seen better ways, man

	A7
I know better ways

D7

I’ve seen better days, man

	A7
I’ve had better days

A7	A7
Gina’s in the back with a p	ocket of high

	A7
If you l	isten close you can hear the crying

A7	G
Oh, lord,	heaven knows

D	A7
We belong way	down below

A7	G	C	A7
Oh,	lord,	tell us	so

D	C	A7
We be	long way	down below, sing it

A7	G
Oh, lord,	heaven knows

D	A7
We belong way	down below

A7	G	C	A7
Oh,	lord,	tell us	so

D	C	A7
We be	long way	down below

	A7	A7
Way dow	n below, way dow	n below

	A7	A7
Way dow	n below, way dow	n below

The Strokes - Last Nite (2001)

Barre everything

Intro

C

F	Gsus4	F	Gsus4

C

Last night she said

	Dm7
Oh, baby, I	feel so down

	G
Oh, it	turns me off

	Em	G/D
When I f	eel left out

	C
So	I, I turn ‘round

	Dm7
Oh, baby, don’t c	are no more

	G
I know	this for sure

	Em	G/D
I’m walking o	ut that door

	C
Well, I’ve b	een in town

For just about fifteen, oh minutes now

	Dm7
Oh, baby, I	feel so down

	G
And I	don’t know why

	Em	G/D
I keep w	alking for miles

	F	Gsus4
See p	eople they don’t understa	nd

	F	Gsus4
No, g	irlfriends, they can’t understa	nd

	F	Gsus4
Your g	randsons, they won’t understa	nd

	F	Gsus4
On t	op of this, I ain’t ever gonna	understand

C

Last night she said

	Dm7
Oh, baby, don’t	feel so down

	G
Oh, it	turns me off

	Em	G/D
When I f	eel left o	ut

	C
So	I, I turned around

	Dm7
Oh, baby, gonna b	e alright

	G
It was a	great big lie

	Em	G/D
As I l	eft that night,	yeah

Bridge

C

F	Gsus4	F	Gsus4

Solo

C	C	F	F	G	G

	F	Gsus4
Oh,	people they don’t underst	and

	F	Gsus4
No,	girlfriends, they don’t underst	and

	F	Gsus4
In s	paceships, they won’t underst	and

	F	Gsus4
And	me, I ain’t ever gonna underst	and

C

Last night she said

	Dm7
Oh, baby, I	feel so down

	G
See, it	turns me off

	Em	G/D
When I f	eel left o	ut

	C
So	I, I turned around

	Dm7
Oh, little girl, I don’t c	are no more

	G
I know	this for sure

	Em	G/D
I’m walking	out that	door, yeah

C

F	Gsus4	F	Gsus4

C

The White Stripes - Little Ghost (2005)

Originally in A, I play in A capo 3

Intro

A

Vox on the 1

	A
Little g	host, little ghost

	D	A
One I’m	scared of the	most

	A	E
Can you s	care me up a little bit of	love?

	A
I’m the	only one that sees you

	D	A
And I	can’t do much to	please you

	A	E	A
And it’s n	ot yet time to	meet the lord a	bove

A

	A
The first m	oment that I met her

	D	A
I did	not expect a	specter

	A	E
When I s	hook her hand I really shook a	glove

	A
She looked i	nto me so sweetly

	D	A
And we	left the room discr	eetly

	A	E	A
No one e	lse could know the	secret of our	love

	A
Little g	host, little ghost

	D	A
One I’m	scared of the	most

	A	E
Can you s	care me up a little bit of	love?

	A
I’m the	only one that sees you

	D	A
And I	can’t do much to	please you

	A	E	A
And it’s n	ot yet time to	meet the lord a	bove

A

	A
Every m	orning I awoke

	D	A
And I	see my little	ghost

	A	E
Wond’rin’ i	f it’s really her that’s lying	there

	A
I lean to	touch her and I whisper

	D	A
But not	brave enough to	kiss her

	A	E	A
When I h	eld her I was	really holding	air

A

	A	A7
Lit	tle ghost, little gh	ost

	D	A
One I’m	scared of the	most

	A	E
Can you s	care me up a little bit of	love?

	A
I’m the	only one that sees you

	D	A
And I	can’t do much to	please you

	A	E	A
And it’s n	ot yet time to	meet the lord a	bove

	A
Though I t	ry my best to keep it

	D	A
There	really was no	secret

Slow down to rubato

	A	E
Must have l	ooked like I was dancing with the wa	ll

	A	A7	D	A
No one e	lse could s	ee this a	ppari	tion

	D	A
But be	cause of my cond	ition

Back at tempo

	A	E	A
I fell in l	ove with a little g	host and that was al	l

	A
Little g	host, little ghost

	D	A
One I’m	scared of the	most

	A	E
Can you s	care me up a little bit of	love?

	A
I’m the	only one that sees you

	D	A
And I	can’t do much to	please you

	A	E	A
And it’s n	ot yet time to	meet the lord a	bove

	A	E	D	A	E	A
No, it’s n	ot yet time to	meet the lord abo	ve	→	→

The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (2003)

Originally in Em, I play in Em capo 5, swung like pirate music

Intro

Em	Em/G	C	B7
			x4

	Em	Em/G	C	B7
I’m gonna	fight ‘em off

	Em	Em/G	C	B7
A seven nation	army couldn’t	hold me	back

	Em	Em/G	C	B7
They’re gonna	rip it off

	Em	Em/G	C	B7
Taking their	time right be	hind my back

	Em	Em/G	C
And I’m	talking to my	self at	night

	B7	Em	Em/G	C	B7
Because I	can’t for	get

Em	Em/G	C
Back and forth	through my	mind

	B7	Em	Em/G	C	B7
Behind a	ciga	rette

Vox on the 1 of the key (6 of the chord) on “message”

	G	A
And a	message coming from my	eyes says leave it alone

Loud

Em	Em/G	C	B7
			x4

G	A

Quiet

Em	Em/G	C	B7
			x4

	Em	Em/G	C
Don’t wanna	hear about it

B7	Em	Em/G	C	B7
Every single on	e’s got a stor	y to tel	l

	Em	Em/G	C
Everyone k	nows about it

B7	Em	Em/G	C	B7
From the queen	of England to	the hounds of	hell

	Em	Em/G	C
And if I c	atch it coming	back my w	ay

	B7	Em	Em/G	C	B7
I’m gonna s	erve it to y	ou

	Em	Em/G	C
And t	hat ain’t what you	want to h	ear

	B7	Em	Em/G	C	B7
But that’s w	hat I’ll d	o

	G	A
And a	feeling coming from my	bones says find a home

Loud

Em	Em/G	C	B7
			x8

G	A

Quiet

Em	Em/G	C	B7
			x4

	Em	Em/G	C
I’m goin’ to	Wichita

B7	Em	Em/G	C	B7
Far from this o	pera, forever	more

	Em	Em/G	C
I’m gonna	work the straw

	B7	Em	Em/G	C	B7
M	ake the sweat	drip out of ev	ery pore

	Em	Em/G	C
And I’m bl	eeding and I’m bl	eeding and I’m b	leeding

	B7	Em	Em/G	C	B7
Right b	efore the l	ord

	Em	Em/G	C
All the	words are gonna	bleed from me

	B7	Em	Em/G	C	B7
And I will	think no m	ore

	G	A
And the	stains coming from my	blood tell me go back home

Loud

Em	Em/G	C	B7
			x4

Em

The White Stripes - We’re Going to Be Friends (2002)

White Stripes in G, Jack Johnson in D, I play in D

D

Fall is here, hear the yell

D

Back to school, ring the bell

G

Brand new shoes, walking blues

D

Climb the fence, books and pens

A	G	D
I can tell that	we are gonna be	friends

A	G	D
I can tell that	we are gonna be	friends

D

Walk with me, Suzy Lee

D

Through the park and by the tree

G

We will rest upon the ground

	D
And	look at all the bugs we’ve found

A	G	D
Safely walk to	school without a s	ound

A	G	D
Safely walk to	school without a s	ound

D

Here we are, no one else

	D
We	walked to school all by ourselves

G

There’s dirt on our uniforms

	D
From	chasing all the ants and worms

A	G	D
We clean up and	now it’s time to l	earn

A	G	D
We clean up and	now it’s time to l	earn

D

Numbers, letters, learn to spell

D

Nouns and books, and show and tell

	G
At	playtime we will throw the ball

D

Back to class, through the hall

A	G	D
Teacher marks our	height against the w	all

	A	G	D
The	teacher marks our	height against the w	all

D

Bridge, vox on the 1 of the chord (go down if you’re in D, up if you’re in G

G	D
And we don’t notice any t	ime pass

G	D
We don’t notice anyt	hing

	E
W	e sit side by side in every class

G

Teacher thinks that I sound funny

A

But she likes the way you sing

	D
To	night I’ll dream while I’m in bed

	D
When	silly thoughts go through my head

	G
Ab	out the bugs and alphabet

	D
And	when I wake tomorrow I’ll bet

	A	G	D
That	you and I will	walk together a	gain

A	G	D
I can tell that	we are gonna be	friends

	A	G	D6
Yes	I can tell that	we are gonna be	friends

They Might Be Giants - Malcolm in the Middle Theme (2000)

I’m calling this “Malcolm in the Middle Theme” instead of “Boss of Me”

because I have no idea what happens beyond the 30-second theme version.

Vox on the 1 of the key on “yes no”

Cmaj7	Am7	D7sus4/G
Yes no,	maybe

D/F#	Em7	G/B
I don’t kno	w

Chords here don’t exactly follow the original

	G/C	G/C	D
Can you rep	eat the que	sti	on?

G

You’re not the boss of me now

Am

You’re not the boss of me now

C

You’re not the boss of me now

	D
And you’re	not so big

G

You’re not the boss of me now

Am

You’re not the boss of me now

C

You’re not the boss of me now

	D
And you’re n	ot so big

G

Life is unfair

Three Doors Down - Here Without You (2003)

Originally in Db, I play in G capo 2

Highest note that *really* matters is the 3 (in the bridge), but the 5 is a “nice to have” (you’re still *with* me)

Intro

Em	C	D
	→

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “days”

	Em
A hundred	days have made me older

	D	Em	C	D
Since the	last time that I saw your pretty face		→

	Em
A thousand	lies have made me colder

	D	Em	C	D
And I	don’t think I can look at this the same		→

Em	D
But all the miles that separ	ate

Em	C	D
They disappear now, when I’m	dreaming of your	face

Vox on the 2 on “here without”

G

I’m here without you, baby

D	Em
But you’re still on my lonely m	ind

	C	D	G
I think about you, baby,	and I dream ab	out you all the time

G

I’m here without you, baby

D	Em
But you’re still with me in my	dreams

	C	D	Em
And toni	ght, there’s only	you and	me

Em	D	Em	C	D
Y	eah		→

	Em
The	miles just keep rollin’

	D	Em	C	D
As the	people leave their way to say hello

	Em
I’ve heard this	life is overrated

	D	Em	C	D
But I	hope that it gets better as we	go, oh	yeah,	yeah

G

I’m here without you, baby

D	Em
But you’re still on my lonely m	ind

	C	D	G
I think about you, baby,	and I dream ab	out you all the time

G

I’m here without you, baby

D	Em
But you’re still with me in my	dreams

	C	D	Em
And toni	ght girl, there’s only	you and	me

Bridge, vox on the 5 of the chord

Em	G
Everything I know,	and anywhere I go

D	C
It gets hard but it won’t	take away my love

Em	G
And when the last one falls,	and when it’s all said and done

D	C	C
It gets hard, but it won’t t	ake, away, my l	ove, whoa

Solo on chorus chords

G	D	Em	C	D
			→

G

I’m here without you, baby

D	Em
But you’re still on my lonely m	ind

	C	D	G
I think about you, baby,	and I dream ab	out you all the time

G

I’m here without you, baby

D	Em
But you’re still with me in my	dreams

	C	D	G
And toni	ght girl, there’s only	you and	me

G	D	Em	C	D
	Yeah, oh	yeah oh oh	→

	Em
Oh oh

Three Doors Down - Kryptonite (2000)

Bm	Bm	G	A
			x2

Bm	G	A
I took a walk around the wo	rld to ease my tr	oubled mind

Bm	G	A
I left my body laying somew	here in the san	ds of time

Bm	G	A
I watched the world float to the	dark side of the	moon

Bm	G	A
I feel there is nothing I can d	o

	Bm	G	A	Bm	G	A
Y	eah

Bm	G	A
I watched the world float to the d	ark side of the	moon

Bm	G	A
After all I knew it had to b	e something to	do with you

Bm	G	A
I really don’t mind what hap	pens now and	then

Bm	G	A
As long as you’ll be my fr	iend at the	end

Bm	G	A
If I go crazy then will y	ou still call me	Superman

Bm	E	F#
If I’m alive and well, will	you be there ho	lding my hand

Bm	G	A	Bm
I’ll keep you by my side with	my super	human m	ight

	Bm	E	F#
Kry	ptonite

Interlude

Bm	G	A

Bm	G
You called me strong, you called me	weak

	A
But your s	ecrets I will keep

Bm	G	A
You took for granted all the t	imes I never	let you down

Bm	G
You stumbled in and bumped your	head

	A
If not for m	e then you would be dead

Bm	G	A
I picked you up and put you b	ack on solid g	round

Bm	G	A
If I go crazy then will y	ou still call me	Superman

Bm	E	F#
If I’m alive and well, will	you be there ho	lding my hand

Bm	G	A	Bm
I’ll keep you by my side with	my super	human m	ight

	Bm	E	F#
Kry	ptonite

Quiet chorus, on verse chords

Bm	G	A
If I go crazy then will y	ou still call me	Superman

Bm	G	A
If I’m alive and well, will	you be there ho	lding my hand

Bm	G	A	Bm
I’ll keep you by my side with	my super	human m	ight

	G	A
Kryptonite yeah	yeah

Bm	G	A
If I go crazy then will y	ou still call me	Superman

Bm	E	F#
If I’m alive and well, will	you be there ho	lding my hand

Bm	G	A	Bm
I’ll keep you by my side with	my super	human m	ight

	Bm	E	F#
Kry	ptonite

Tim McGraw - That’s Why God Made Mexico (2002)

G	Am7	Bm7	D9/A
	→	→

C	Bm7	Am7	C/E
→	→

Vox on 1 3 5 6 on “Margie said Roy”

G	D/F#	Fadd9	C/E
Margie said R	oy you ain’t l	istening to	me

G	D/F#	F	C/E	F
And I’ve got a w	hole lot more to s	ay	→

G	D/F#	Fadd9	C/E
Roy just c	rossed the floor and p	icked up his car k	eys

Eb	Dsus4	D	G
And she ain’t seen or h	eard from	him to t	his day

Vox on 6 5 3 2 of the key on “that’s why god made”

	G6	C/D	G/B	Am7	C	Dsus4	G
And t	hat’s w	hy G	od m	ade M	exico

	G6	C/D	G/B	Am7	C	Dsus4	Bm7/E
A p	lace w	here w	e c	an l	ay low

	G	G/B	C	Cm
And the C	uervo go	es down n	ice and slow

	G	Bb
And the w	arm wind blows

Am7	Dsus4	G
That’s why G	od made M	exico

G	D/F#	Fadd9	C/E
And Betty fixed J	oe dinner every ni	ght at half past s	ix

G	D/F#	Fadd9	C/E	F
Cause that’s when he’d r	oll through that d	oor	→

G	D/F#	Fadd9	C/E
For sixteen y	ears and not a th	ank you from his l	ips

Eb	Dsus4	G
She don’t f	ix him dinner no m	ore

	G6	C/D	G/B	Am7	C	C/D	G
And t	hat’s w	hy G	od m	ade M	exico

	G6	C/D	G/B	Am7	C	Dsus4	Bm7/E
A p	lace w	here w	e c	an l	ay low

	G	G/B	C	Cm
Where the C	uervo go	es down n	ice and slow

Not a typo, the first verse is “warm wind blows”, this time it’s “warm winds blow”

	G	Bb
And the w	arm winds blow

Am7	Dsus4	G	C/G	G
That’s why G	od made M	exico	→

Bridge

Em	A
Cause life is sweet in a b	order town

D	B7
You learn to let your h	air down

	C	G/B	Am7	Dsus4	G	B7
And you d	on’t make t	rouble,	you learn to d	ance the fand	ango

Em	A
You change your name, and you ch	ange your face

D	B7	B7/D#
Get used to beans, and c	hili paste

	C	G/B	Am7	Dsus4	G
And you l	earn to l	ive and l	ove life	in the s	low lane

	G6	C/D	G/B	Am7	C	C/D	G
And t	hat’s w	hy G	od m	ade M	exico

	G6	C/D	G/B	Am7	C	Dsus4	Bm7/E
A p	lace w	here w	e c	an l	ay low

	G	G/B	C
Maybe M	ontere	y or	Acupulco

Cm	G/B	Bb
Anywhere the	warm winds blow,	don’t you know

Am7	Dsus4	B7	E
That’s why G	od made M	exico,	whoa

Am7	Dsus4
	That’s why God, made, Mexico

G	Am7	Bm7	D/A
	→	→

F	C/E	G
→	→

Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye (2012)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Gm capo 3

Intro

Em	Am	D	Gmaj7
Cmaj7	Am	Bsus4	B

Vox on 5 1 5 on “my heart is”

Em	Am
My heart is	paralyzed

D	Gmaj7
My head was	oversized

	Cmaj7	Am	Bsus4	B
I’	ll take the	high road like I sho	uld

Em	Am
You said it’s	meant to be

D	G
That it’s not	you, it’s me

Cmaj7	Am	Bsus4	B
You’re leaving n	ow for my own	good

	B
That’s	cool but if my friends ask where you are I’m gonna say

Vox on the maj7 of the chord on “down”

	C
She went	down in an airplane

G

Fried getting suntan

D	Em	D
Fell in a cement	mixer full of	quicksand

C	G	F#m	B
Help me, help me	I’m no good at goodb	yes

	C
She met a s	hark underwater

G

Fell and no one caught her

D	Em	D
I returned everyt	hing I ever	bought her

C	G	B
Help me, help me	I’m all out of	lies

	Em
And ways to say you	died

Em	Am	D	Gmaj7
Cmaj7	Am	Bsus4	B

Em	Am
My pride still	feels the sting

D	Gmaj7
You were my	everything

C	Am	Bsus4	B
Someday I’ll	find a love like y	ours

Em	C
She’ll think I’m	Superman

D	Gmaj7
Not super	minivan

C	Am	Bsus4	B
How could you	leave on Yom Ki	ppur

	B
That’s	cool but if my friends ask where you are I’m gonna say

	C
She was c	aught in a mudslide

G

Eaten by a lion

D	Em	D
Got run over by a	crappy purple S	cion

C	G	F#m	B
Help me, help me	I’m no good at goodb	yes

	C
She dried u	p in the desert

G

Drowned in a hot tub

D	Em	D
Danced to death at an	East side	nightclub

C	G	B
Help me, help me	I’m all out of	lies

	Em
And ways to say you	died

Em	Am	D	Gmaj7
Cmaj7	Am	Bm	C

Bridge

Vox on the 4 of the chord on “wanna”

	D
I w	anna live a thousand lives with you

	C
I w	anna be the one you’re dying to

D	C
Love, but you don’t w	ant to

	B
That’s	cool but if my friends ask where you are I’m gonna say

	B
That’s	cool but if my friends ask where you are I’m gonna say

	C
She went d	own in an airplane

G

Fried getting suntan

D	Em	D
Fell in a cement	mixer full of	quicksand

C	G	F#m	B
Help me, help me	I’m no good at	goodbyes

	C
She met a s	hark underwater

G

Fell and no one caught her

D	Em	D
I returned everyth	ing I ever	bought her

C	G	B
Help me, help me	I’m all out of	lies

	C
She was c	aught in a mudslide

G

Eaten by a lion

D	Em	D
Got run over by a	crappy purple	Scion

C	G	F#m	B
Help me, help me	I’m no good at goodb	yes

	C
She dried u	p in the desert

G

Drowned in a hot tub

D	Em	D
Danced to death at an	East side	nightclub

C	G	B
Help me, help me	I’m all out of	lies

	Em
And ways to say you	died

C	G	D
→	→

C	G	D
→	→

Train - Drops of Jupiter (2001)

Originally in C, I play in A

A	A	Asus4	E	E	E6	D	Dsus2	Dsus2	D
	→			→				→

Suspensions continue, not notating all of them

	A
Now t	hat she’s back in the atmosphere

	E	D
With	drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey	hey

	A
She	acts like summer and walks like rain

	E	D
Rem	inds me that there’s a time to change, hey	hey

A

Since the return of her stay on the moon

	E	D
She	listens like spring and she talks like June, hey	hey, hey hey

	E	F#m	B
But	tell me, did you sail across t	he	sun?

	C#m7	D
Did you make it to the Milk	y W	ay

	D6
To s	ee the lights all faded

Aadd9	A
And that heaven is overra	ted?

E	F#m	B
Tell me, did you fall for a shooti	ng	star?

	Bm
One without a permanent	scar

	D
And then you missed me, while you were l	ooking for yourself out there?

A	A	Asus4	E	E	E6	D	Dsus2	Dsus2	D
	→			→				→

	A
Now t	hat she’s back from that soul vacation

E	D
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey	hey

	A
She	checks out Mozart while she does Tae-Bo

	E	D
Remi	nds me that there’s room to grow, hey	hey

	A
Now t	hat she’s back in the atmosphere

	E
I’m af	raid that she might think of me as

D

Plain old Jane told a story ‘bout a man

Who was too afraid to fly so he never did land

	E	F#m	B
But	tell me, did the wind sweep you off y	our	feet?

	C#m7
Did you finally get the chance t	o

D6

Dance along the light of day

Aadd9

And head back to the Milky Way?

	E	F#m	B
And	tell me, did Venus blow yo	ur	mind?

	Bm
Was it everything you wanted to find	?

	D
And then you missed me, while you were	looking for yourself out there

A	A	Asus4	E	E	E6	D	Dsus2	Dsus2	D
	→			→				→

Now *really* keep those suspensions going

	Aadd9
Can you imagine no	love, pride, deep-fried chicken

	E	D
Your	best friend al-ways sticking	up for you

Even when I know you’re wrong

	Aadd9
Can you imagine no	first dance, freeze-dried romance

E

Five-hour phone conversation

	G	D	D	D#
The	best soy latte that you ever had, and	me	→

	E	F#m	B
But	tell me, did the wind sweep you off yo	ur	feet?

	C#m7
Did you finally get the chance t	o

D6

Dance along the light of day

Aadd9

And head back toward the Milky Way?

	E	F#m7	B
And	tell me, did you sail across t	he	sun?

	C#m7	D6
Did you make it to the Mil	ky	Way

To see the lights all faded

	Aadd9
And	that heaven is overrated?

	E	F#m	B
And	tell me, did you fall for a shoot	ing	star?

	Bm
One without a permanent	scar

	C#m7	D
And then you missed me while you w	ere	looking for yourself

Aadd9

Na na na na na na

E6

Na na na na na na

D

Na na na na na

And did you finally get the chance along the light of day?

Aadd9

Na na na na na na

E6

Na na na na na na

D

Na na na na na

And did you fall for a shooting star?
Fall for a shooting star?

Aadd9

Na na na na na na

E6

Na na na na na na

	G	D
And are you	lonely looking for yourself out t	here?

Twenty One Pilots - House of Gold (2011)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

A

Chords are implied in this chorus, the uke is just playing octaves on the 5

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “asked”

	A	D
She	asked me, son, when I	grow old

	F#m	E
Will	you buy me a	house of gold?

	A	D
And	when your father	turns to stone

	A	E	A
Will	you take	care of	me?

Chords enter

	A	D
She	asked me, son, when I	grow old

	F#m	E
Will	you buy me a	house of gold?

	A	D
And	when your father	turns to stone

	A	E	A
Will	you take	care of	me?

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “I”, the 1 of the chord on “make”

D	F#7
I will	make you

Bm	Gm	D
Queen of	everything you	see

	A
I’ll put you on the	map

	D	A
I’ll cure you of	disease

	A	D
Let’s	say we up and	left this town

	F#m	E
And t	urned our future	upside-down

	A	D
We’ll	make pretend that	you and me

	A	E	A
Lived	ever a	fter,	happily

	A	D
She	asked me, son, when I	grow old

	F#m	E
Will	you buy me a	house of gold?

	A	D
And	when your father	turns to stone

	A	E	A
Will	you take	care of	me?

D	F#7
I will	make you

Bm	Gm	D
Queen of	everything you	see

	A
I’ll put you on the	map

	D	A
I’ll cure you of	disease,	ohhhh

	A	D
And	since we know that	dreams are dead

	F#m	E
And	life turns plans up	on their head

A	D
I will plan to	be a bum

Big scream on the 1 of the chord “become someone”

	A	E	A
So	I just	might be	come someone

	A	D
She	asked me, son, when I	grow old

	F#m	E
Will	you buy me a	house of gold?

	A	D
And	when your father	turns to stone

	A	E	A
Will	you take	care of	me?

Let ring

D	F#7
I will	make you

Bm	Gm	D
Queen of	everything you	see

	A
I’ll put you on the	map

	D
I’ll cure you of	disease

Uncle Kracker - Follow Me (2000)

Originally in F, I play in G

Intro (chords implied)

G	G/B	C	D
		→

G	G/B	C	G
		→

Mostly a capella

	G
You do	n’t know how you met me

	C
You d	on’t know why

	G	C	D	G
You c	an’t turn around and s	ay g	oodb	ye

	G	C
All you k	now is when I’m with you, I m	ake you free

	G	C	G
And sw	im through your veins like a fi	sh in the s	ea, I’m singin’

G	G/B	C	D
Follow	me everyth	ing is all rig	ht

G	G/B	C	D
I’ll be the	one to tuck you	in at ni	ght

	G	G/B	C	D
And if you	want to	leave I can g	uarant	ee

	G	C	D	G
You won’t f	ind nobody e	lse l	ike m	e

Instruments enter

G	C
I’m not worried bout the ri	ng you wear

	G	C	D	G
Cause as l	ong as no one knows than no	body	can ca	re

G	C
You’re feelin’ guilty and I	’m well aware

	G	C	D	G
But y	ou don’t look ashamed and baby I	’m no	t sc	ared, I’m singin’

G	G/B	C	D
Follow	me everyth	ing is all rig	ht

G	G/B	C	D
I’ll be the	one to tuck you	in at ni	ght

	G	G/B	C	D
And if you	want to	leave I can g	uarant	ee

	G	C	D	G
You won’t f	ind nobody e	lse l	ike m	e

Solo

G	G/B	C	D
			x3

G	G	C	D	G
		→

Am

Won’t give you money

	D
I can’t g	ive you the sky

G

You’re better off if you don’t ask why

Am	A
I’m not the reason that you	go astray, and

D

We’ll be alright if you don’t ask me to stay

G	G/B	C	D
Follow	me everyth	ing is all rig	ht

G	G/B	C	D
I’ll be the	one to tuck you	in at ni	ght

	G	G/B	C	D
And if you	want to	leave I can g	uarant	ee

	G	C	D	G
You won’t f	ind nobody e	lse l	ike m	e

Let ring

	G
You d	on’t know how you met me

	C
You d	on’t know why

	G	C	D	G
You c	an’t turn around and s	ay go	odb	ye

	G	C
All you k	now is when I’m with you, I m	ake you free

	G	C	D	G
And sw	im through your veins like a fi	sh in	the s	ea, I’m singin’

G	G/B	C	D
Follow	me everyth	ing is all rig	ht

G	G/B	C	D
I’ll be the	one to tuck you	in at ni	ght

	G	G/B	C	D
And if you	want to	leave I can g	uarant	ee

	G	C	D	G
You won’t f	ind nobody e	lse l	ike m	e, I’m singin’

G	G/B	C	D
Follow	me everyth	ing is all rig	ht

G	G/B	C	D
I’ll be the	one to tuck you	in at ni	ght

	G	G/B	C	D
And if you	want to	leave I can g	uarant	ee

	G	C	D	G
You won’t f	ind nobody e	lse l	ike m	e, I’m singin’

Let ring

G	G/B	C	D
Follow	me everyth	ing is all rig	ht

G	G/B	C	D
I’ll be the	one to tuck you	in at ni	ght

	G	G/B	C	D
And if you	want to	leave I can g	uarant	ee

	G	C	D	G
You won’t f	ind nobody e	lse l	ike m	e

Walk off the Earth - Farther We Go (2021)

Originally in E, I play in D

Intro

D	G	Bm	G

Vox on the 3

D

I used to run

G

Camp in the backyard and

Bm

Play in the sun

G

We couldn’t wait to grow up

D

Man we were young

G

All of the crazy things

Bm

We thought we’d become

G

We were so young

Vox on 1 2 on “before”

D

Before mom and dad went gray

G

Before my friends moved away

	Bm	G
I	never thought I’d feel this way but	I do

D

Before I knew what it meant

	G
To	love somebody you can’t get

	Bm	G
And	fight the voices in your head that	tell you what to do

Vox on 1 7 6 on “when did the”

D	G
When did the simple things get	so complicated?

Bm	Gmaj7
When did the future stop	feeling so far?

D	G
When did our lives decide to	play out like they did?

Bm

But we’re getting smarter

G

The farther and farther we go

D	G	Bm	G
			The farther and farther we go

D	G	Bm	G
			The farther and farther we go

D

We laid in the grass

G

Talking and holding hands

Bm

We thought it would last

G

All of the things we had

D

And when I look back

G

Back on the past someday

Bm

Maybe I’ll laugh

G

We were so young

D

Before mom and dad went gray

G

Before my friends moved away

	Bm	G
I	never thought I’d feel this way but	I do

D

Before I knew what it meant

	G
To	love somebody you can’t get

	Bm	G
And	fight the voices in your head that	tell you what to do

D	G
When did the simple things get	so complicated?

Bm	Gmaj7
When did the future stop	feeling so far?

D	G
When did our lives decide to	play out like they did?

Bm

But we’re getting smarter

G

The farther and farther we go

D	G	Bm	G
		But we’re getting smarter,	the farther and farther we go

D	G
When did the simple things get	so complicated?

Bm	G
But we’re getting smarter,	the farther and farther we go

D	G	Bm	G
D	G	Bm	G
			The farther and farther we go

D	G	Bm	G
		But we’re getting smarter,	the farther and farther we go

D	G
When did the simple things get	so complicated?

Bm	G
But we’re getting smarter,	the farther and farther we go

Let ring

D	G
When did our lives decide to	play out like they did?

Bm

We’re getting smarter

G	D
The farther and farther we g	o

Walk off the Earth - Happy Stuff (2022)

Originally in G, I play in D

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “my”

D	F#	G
My twenty-	first birthday

	D
Came with a price to pay, move	out

	F#	G
And figure it	all out right a	way

D	F#	G
Gone are the	carefree days

	D
The memories fade away, and n	ow

	F#	G
Reality	checks me every	day

Vox up to the high 1 on “hundred”

	D	F#
I can think of a	hundred	million

G

Things I’d rather do than be anxious

	D	F#
I’m	broke as	hell and

	G
It’s	gettin’ overwhelmin’

	D
I just want	happy thoughts, happy friends

F#	G
Happy songs, happy	love

	D
Just wanna	dance around, clothes are off

	F#	G
For	get about all the	not-so-happy stuff, that’s what I want

D	D	F#	F#
	All day,		all night

G

I’ll deal with all the stress in another life

D

Happy thoughts, happy friends

F#	G
Happy songs, happy	love, that’s what I want

D	F#	G
Been makin’ some	big mistakes

	D
Ran outta time to waste, and n	ow

	F#	G
Nobody	left to bail me	out

D	F#	G
Bills stackin’	up again

Headaches from my sleeplessness

	D	F#
But	mama thinks I’m capable as	hell

	G
That’s a lotta	credit for myself

	D
‘Cause I just want	happy thoughts, happy friends

F#	G
Happy songs, happy	love

	D
Just wanna	dance around, clothes are off

	F#	G
For	get about all the	not-so-happy stuff, that’s what I want

D	D	F#	F#
	All day,		all night

G

I’ll deal with all the stress in another life

D

Happy thoughts, happy friends

F#	G
Happy songs, happy	love

Let ring

	D	F#
I can think of a	hundred	million

G

Things I’d rather do than be anxious

	D	F#	G
I know	someday it’ll	all catch up to	me

Still ringing

	D
I just want	happy thoughts, happy friends

F#	G
Happy songs, happy	love

	D
Just wanna	dance around, clothes are off

	F#	G
For	get about all the	not-so-happy stuff, that’s what I want

Band enters

D	D	F#	F#
	All day,		all night

G

I’ll deal with all the stress in another life

D

Happy thoughts, happy friends

F#	G
Happy songs, happy	love, that’s what I want

D	D	F#	F#
	All day,		all night

G

That’s what I wanna dream about

D	D	F#	F#
	All day,		all night

G

Just think about the happy stuff

Walk off the Earth - How It Is (2021)

Rubato, piano only

C	E7	Am	D	Cadd9

C	E	Am	Am
			Ba ba da ba

C	E	Am	Am
			Ba ba da ba

C	E	Am
Beauty queens and	libertines and	beggars on their benches

	C	E	Am
They	go to sleep and	dream like you and	I

C	E	Am
Billionaires behi	nd their walls and	soldiers in their trenches

	C	E	Am
We’re	all just looking	for a reason	why

	C	E	Am
To get out of	bed in the	morning (ah, ah	)

	C	E	Am
To fight off the	urge to just	go call it	quits

	C	E	Am
‘Cause sometimes	reality’s	boring (ah, ah	)

	C	E	Am
And it’s a	shame, but it’s	just how it	is

C	E	Am
Everyb	ody’s gotta	live (yes, they do)

C	E	Am
And everyb	ody’s gonna	die

C	E	Am
Everyb	ody try to have a,	a good time

C	E	Am
I think you	know the reason why

	C	E	Am
So	pour a drink, or	have a smoke, ‘cause	we all got our vices

	C	E	Am
Just	doing what we	need to to get	by

C	E	Am
Wear a dress, your	Sunday best, what	ever you feel nice in

	C	E	Am
‘Cause	god knows we all	need a reason	why

	C	E	Am
To get out of	bed in the	morning (ah, ah	)

	C	E	Am
To fight off the	urge to just	go call it	quits

	C	E	Am
‘Cause sometimes	reality’s	boring (ah, ah	)

	C	E	Am
And it’s a	shame, but it’s	just how it	is

C	E	Am
Everyb	ody’s gotta	live (yes, they do)

C	E	Am
And everyb	ody’s gonna	die

C	E	Am
Everyb	ody try to have a,	a good time

C	E	Am
I think you	know the reason why

C	E	Am
Taxi cars and	prison bars, and	history repeating

	C	E	Am
We	build our little	boxes, you and	I

	C	E	Am
So	cross your heart or	read your cards, what	ever you believe in

	C	E	Am
‘Cause	god knows we all	need a reason	why

	C	E	Am
To get out of	bed in the	morning

	C	E	Am
To fight off the	urge to just	go call it	quits

	C	E	Am
‘Cause sometimes	reality’s	boring

	C	E	Am
And it’s a	shame, but it’s	just how it	is

C	E	Am
Everyb	ody’s gotta	live (yes, they do)

C	E	Am
And everyb	ody’s gonna	die

C	E	Am
Everyb	ody try to have a,	a good time

C	E	Am
I think you	know the reason why

	C	E	Am
To get out of	bed in the	morning (everybody’s gotta	live)

	C	E	Am
To fight off the	urge to just	go call it	quits (everybody’s gotta live)

	C	E	Am
‘Cause sometimes	reality is	boring (everybody’s gotta	live)

Last chord is implied

	C	E	Am
And it’s a	shame, but it’s	just how it i	s

Walk off the Earth - I’ll Be There (2019)

Originally in Gm, I play in Am capo 5

Intro

Am	F	C	G
			x2

Vox on the 4 of the chord on "when the tears

Am	F
When the tears are	rolling down

C	G
Like a river	to the ocean

Am	F
And there’s no one	else around

C	G
You won’t question	my devotion

Am	F
Every	body

C	G
Needs some	body

Am	F
And you	got me

C	G
You know that I know that	you know that

	Am	F
I’ll be	there for the highs and	lows

	C	G
Give you	mine if your heart gets	broke

	Am	F
By your	side when you’re all a	lone

	C	G
I will be	there

	Am	F
When you’re	down, d-down on your	luck

	C	G
No ride	home and you got too	drunk

	Am	F
2 A.	M. I’mma pick you	up

	C	G
I will	be th	ere

Am	F	C	G
I’ll be there, I’ll be	there, I’ll be there for	you

Am	F	C	G
I’ll be there, I’ll be	there, I’ll be there for	you

	Am	F
When you’re	down, d-down on your	luck

	C	G
No ride	home and you got too	drunk, whoa

Am	F	C	G
I’ll be there, I’ll be	there, I’ll be there for	you,	yeah

Am	F
When your heart could	use a break

C	G
And it’s too broken	to reopen

Am	F
I’ll be patient,	I will wait

C	G
Until you’re ready	to be open

Am	F
Every	body

C	G
Needs some	body

Am	F
And you	got me

C	G
You know that I know that	you know that

	Am	F
I’ll be	there for the highs and	lows

	C	G
Give you	mine if your heart gets	broke

	Am	F
By your	side when you’re all a	lone

	C	G
I will be	there

	Am	F
When you’re	down, d-down on your	luck

	C	G
No ride	home and you got too	drunk

	Am	F
2 A.	M. I’mma pick you	up

	C	G
I will	be th	ere, eh

Am	F	C	G
I’ll be there, I’ll be	there, I’ll be there for	you

Am	F	C	G
I’ll be there, I’ll be	there, I’ll be there for	you

	Am	F
When you’re	down, d-down on your	luck

	C	G
No ride	home and you got too	drunk, whoa

Am	F	C	G
I’ll be there, I’ll be	there, I’ll be there for	you

Let ring

	Am	F
I’ll be	there for the highs and	lows

	C	G
Give you	mine when your heart gets	broke

	Am	F
By your	side when you’re all a	lone

	C	G
I will be	there

	Am	F
When you’re	down, d-down on your	luck

	C	G
Gave your	all but it’s not e	nough

	Am	F
Take my	hand I’mma pick you	up

	C	G
I will	be th	ere, eh

Am	F	C	G
I’ll be there, I’ll be	there, I’ll be there for	you

Am	F	C	G
I’ll be there, I’ll be	there, I’ll be there for	you

	Am	F
When you’re	down, d-down on your	luck

	C	G
No ride	home and you got too	drunk, whoa

Am	F	C	G
I’ll be there, I’ll be	there, I’ll be there for	you

Let ring

	Am	F
I’ll be	there for the highs and	lows

	C	G
Give you	mine when your heart gets	broke

	Am	F
By your	side when you’re all a	lone

	C	G
I will be	there

	Am	F
When you’re	down, d-down on your	luck

	C	G
Gave your	all but it’s not e	nough

	Am	F
Take my	hand I’mma pick you	up

	C	G
I will	be th	ere (I will be there)

Am	F	C	G
I’ll be there, I’ll be	there, I’ll be there for	you

Am	F	C	G
I’ll be there, I’ll be	there, I’ll be there for	you

	Am	F
When you’re	down, d-down on your	luck

	C	G
No ride	home and you got too	drunk, whoa

Am	F	C	G
I’ll be there, I’ll be	there, I’ll be there for	you

	C
I’ll be there for you

Walk off the Earth - Long Way Home (2023)

Originally in Eb, I play in A

D	A	E	F#m
D	A	E	E

Vox on 3 2 1 6 1 3 of the key on “let’s take the long way home”

	D	A	E	F#m
Let’s take the	long way	home,	love is burning	slowly

E	D	A	E
Down this	country	road to	night

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “make”

D	A
Make a left by the	corner store

	E	F#m
Go	somewhere we’ve never	been before

D	A	E
We, we got	plenty of	time

D	A
There’s a place by the	lemon trees

	C#m	F#m
We can	sit all night making	memories

D	A	E
With the	stars in our	eyes

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “it’s getting late”

Bm	F#m/C#
It’s getting late but I’m	still wide awake

	D	E
I just	can’t hit the brakes with	you

	D	A	E	F#m	E
Let’s take thе	long way	home,	love is burning	slowly →	→

	D	A	E
Down this	country	road,	evеry moment’s holy

	D	A	C#m	F#m
Baby,	I’ve been waiting	all my life to	waste my time on	you

E	D	A	E
Take the	long way	home to	night

Solo

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

D	A
Golden hour’s	afterglow

E	F#m
Fleetwood Mac’s on the	radio

D	A	E
Singing	sweet little	lies

D	A
Seats pulled back and the	moon is low

C#m	F#m
Time moves fast but we	take it slow

D	A	E
Now the	world’s outta	sight

Bm	F#m/C#
It’s getting late but I’m	still wide awake

	D	E
I just	can’t hit the brakes with	you

	D	A	E	F#m	E
Let’s take thе	long way	home,	love is burning	slowly →	→

	D	A	E
Down this	country	road,	evеry moment’s holy

	D	A	C#m	F#m
Baby,	I’ve been waiting	all my life to	waste my time on	you

E	D	A	E
Take the	long way	home to	night

D	A	E	F#m
Long way	home

D	A	E	E

	D	A	C#m	F#m
I’m gonna take the long way	home		I’m gonna	take the long way

D	A	E
	To	night

Let ring

	D	A	E	F#m
Let’s take the	long way	home,	love is burning	slowly

	D	A	E
Down this	country	road to	night

Walk off the Earth - Love You Right (2021)

Originally in C, I play in G, and still use some falsetto in the chorus

Vox on the 1 on “love”

	G	D
I’m in l	ove with you, I sw	ear it’s true

	Em	C
Even w	hen I make you c	ry

	G	D	D#dim
But you’re m	aking me a b	etter m	an

	Em	C	G
I’m gonna l	earn to lo	ve you ri	ght

Vox on 2 2 2 3 on “swung and I missed”

	G
I s	wung and I missed

	D	Em	C
T	oo many times, too many lies, but do	n’t wanna quit

	G
And a	ll these regrets

	D	Em	C
Bre	aking my heart, falling apart, mak	ing a mess

Vox up to the 5

	G
Remember we were ei	ghteen

	D
It was so am	azing

	D	Em
Then	I made a mist	ake and

	B
You never forg	ave me

	C
But you look like an	angel

	G
Sitting ‘cross the t	able

	Dsus4	D
Looking at m	e

	G	D
And all I know is I’m in l	ove with you, I sw	ear it’s true

	Em	C
Even wh	en I make you c	ry

	G	D	D#dim
But we h	urt the ones we lo	ve the m	ost

	Em	C	G
I wish I k	new the reas	ons w	hy

	G	D
I’m so f	ar beyond my s	econd chance

	Em	C
I’ve been l	ost for most my li	fe

	G	D	D#dim
But you’re ma	king me a b	etter	man

	Em	C	G
I’m gonna le	arn to lo	ve you r	ight

	G
So whe	re do we go?

	D	Em	C
Cause’ a	ll of my friends say it should end, but w	hat do they know?

	G
With	out you it’s cold

	D	Em	C
And i	t’s getting old, I feel so alone, just w	anna come home

	G
Remember we were ei	ghteen

	D
It was so ama	zing

	Em
When you tried to sa	ve me

	B
Now you freakin’	hate me

	C
But you look like an a	ngel

	G
Sitting ‘cross the t	able

	Dsus4	D
Looking at me

	G	D
And all I know is I’m in lo	ve with you, I sw	ear it’s true

	Em	C
Even w	hen I make you c	ry

	G	D	D#dim
But we h	urt the ones we l	ove the mo	st

	Em	C	G
I wish I k	new the re	asons w	hy (wish I knew the reasons why)

	G	D
I’m so f	ar beyond my se	cond chance

	Em	C
I’ve been l	ost for most my l	ife

	G	D	D#dim
But you’re m	aking me a be	tter m	an

	Em	C	G
I’m gonna l	earn to lo	ve you ri	ght

G	D
Gonna love you right, r	ight

Em	C
Gonna love you right, r	right

G	D
Gonna love you right,	love you right

Em	C
I’m gonna l	earn to love you

Let ring

	G	D
I’m in lo	ve with you, I sw	ear it’s true

	Em	C
Even wh	en I make you c	ry

	G	D	D#dim
And you’re m	aking me a b	etter m	an

	Em	C	G
I’m gonna le	arn to l	ove you ri	ght

Walk off the Earth - Whatever (2023)

Originally in B, I play in G, highest note that matters is the 6 (“you wanna *do*”)

G	C
Bum ba	dum

	Em
Bum ba	dum

	D
Bum ba	dum, ye-yeah

Vox on the 2

G	C
One day I don’t	wanna wake up

	Em	D
Wonder	in’, wondering where’d	all the time go?

G	C
One day I don’t w	anna be stuck

	Em	D
With a	page full of plans that I m	ade no time for

G	C
It’s been a	minute

	Em	D
Yeah, we	talk about life but	I wanna live it

G	C	Em	D
I wanna l	ive it, with	you,	mmm

G	C
Whatever whatever	you wanna do

G	D	D#dim7
Down for whatever as	long as it’s	you

Em	C
Nothing but time we got n	othing to lose

G	D
Down for whatever as l	ong as it’s you

G	C	G	D	D#dim7
When you’re with	me nowhere	I’d rather	be, yeah y	eah

Em	C
Whatever whatever	you wanna do

G	D	G
Down for whatever as	long as I’m here with	you

G	C
Bum ba	dum

	Em
Bum ba	dum

	D
Bum ba	dum, ye-yeah

G	C
Someday, on a	runway

	Em	D
With a couple	one-ways somewhere	they can’t find us

G	C
I know that we been	stressed out but we’re set now

Em	D
And I wanna put it al	l behind us

Hard stop on the I, back in after “minute”

G	C
It’s been a	minute

	Em	D
Yeah, we	talk about life but	I wanna live it

G	C	Em	D
So give me a	minute, with	you, with y	ou

G	C
Whatever whatever	you wanna do

G	D	D#dim7
Down for whatever as	long as it’s	you

Em	C
Nothing but time we got n	othing to lose

G	D
Down for whatever as l	ong as it’s you

G	C	G	D	D#dim7
When you’re with	me nowhere	I’d rather	be, yeah y	eah

Em	C
Whatever whatever	you wanna do

G	D	G
Down for whatever as	long as I’m here with	you

G	C
Bum ba	dum

	Em
Bum ba	dum

	D
Bum ba	dum, ye-yeah

G	C
Bum ba	dum

	Em
Bum ba	dum

	D
Bum ba	dum, ye-yeah

Outro

G	C
It’s been a	minute

	Em	D
Yeah, we	talk about life but	I wanna live it

G	C	Em	D
So give me a	minute, with	you, with y	ou

	G	C	Em	D
Don’t w	anna wake up	wondering the	time went, y	eah

G	C
Whatever whatever	you wanna do

Em	D	G
Down for whatever as	long as I’m here with	you

Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance (2014)

Originally in C#, I play in G capo 2. Highest note that matters is the 5.

You could plausibly play the whole song as I IV vi V.

Intro, though really the entire intro and first verse is just I and Isus4

G	C	Em	D

Vox on the 1

	G	C
Oh don’t you d	are look bac	k

	Em	D
Just keep your e	yes on m	e

	G	C
I said you’re hol	ding ba	ck

	Em	D
She said shut	up and dan	ce with me

G	C	Em	D
This	woman is my de	stiny

	G	C
She said	oh oh	oh

	Em	D
Shut u	p and dan	ce with me

C	D	Em	D
		→

This is close to correct, but during the verse I’m going to use I → V → ii

C	D	G	D/F#	D	D/B
		→	→	→

Vox on 5 3 of the chord on “victims”

	C	D	Em	D
We were vic	tims	of the night,	the c	hemical

	C	D	G	D/F#	Em
Ph	ysical,	kryptonite	→	→

	C	D	Em	D
Helpless to the b	ass and fa	ding light,	oh

	C	D
We were bo	und to get tog	ether

	G	D/F#	Em
Bound to g	et to	gether

G/B	C6
She took m	y arm

G	D/F#	D	C
I don’t	know how i	t happen	ed

G/B	C6	D
We took t	he floor and she	said

	G	C
Oh don’t you d	are look bac	k

	Em	D
Just keep your e	yes on m	e

	G	C
I said you’re hol	ding ba	ck

	Em	D
She said shut	up and dan	ce with me

G	C	Em	D
This	woman is my de	stiny

	G	C
She said	oh oh	oh

	Em	D
Shut u	p and dan	ce with me

C	D	Em	D
		→

	C	D	Em	D
A backless dres	s and some bea	t up sneaks,	my d	iscothèque

C	D	G	D/F#	Em
Juliet t	eenage dream	→	→

	C	D	Em	D
I felt it in my	chest as she	looked at me,	I	knew

	C	D
We were b	ound to be tog	ether

	G	D/F#	Em
Bound to be t	ogeth	er

G/B	C6
She took m	y arm

G	D/F#	D	C
I don’t	know how i	t happen	ed

G/B	C6	D
We took t	he floor and she	said

	G	C
Oh don’t you d	are look bac	k

	Em	D
Just keep your e	yes on m	e

	G	C
I said you’re hol	ding ba	ck

	Em	D
She said shut	up and dan	ce with me

G	C	Em	D
This	woman is my de	stiny

	G	C
She said	oh oh	oh

	Em	D
Shut u	p and dan	ce with me

Solo

C

Oh go on girl

Em	G	C	D
			x4

	G/B	C6
D	eep in h	er eyes

	G	D/F#	D	C
I	think	I see t	he futur	e

G/B	C6
I real	ize

	G	D/F#	D	C
Th	is is m	y la	st c	hance

G/B	C6
She took m	y arm

G	D/F#	D	C
I don’t	know how i	t happen	ed

G/B	C6	D
We took t	he floor and she	said

Quiet, and really just I and Isus4, just like the intro

G	C	Em	D

Still quiet

	G	C
Oh don’t you d	are look bac	k

	Em	D
Just keep your e	yes on m	e

	G	C
I said you’re hol	ding ba	ck

	Em	D
She said shut	up and dan	ce with me

G	C	Em	D
This	woman is my de	stiny

	G	C
She said	oh oh	oh

Hard stop, chords implied

	Em	D
Shut u	p and dan	ce

	G	C
Don’t you d	are look bac	k

	Em	D
Just keep your e	yes on m	e

	G	C
I said you’re hol	ding ba	ck

	Em	D
She said shut	up and dan	ce with me

G	C	Em	D
This	woman is my de	stiny

	G	C
She said	oh oh	oh

	Em	D
Shut u	p and dan	ce with me

G	C	Em	D
G	C	Em	D
Oh oh	oh shut u	p and dan	ce with me

G	C	Em	D
G	C	Em	D
Oh oh	oh shut u	p and dan	ce with me

Em

G

C

D

We The Kings - Check Yes Juliet (2007)

Originally in D, I play in G

Highest note that matters is the 5 (“*run* baby run”)

Intro

G	G	Em	C

Vox on 1 2 3 on “Check yes Ju”

G

Check yes Juliet, are you with me

G

Rain is falling down on the sidewalk

Em	C
I won’t go until you come out	side

G

Check yes Juliet, kill the limbo

G

I’ll keep tossing rocks at your window

Em	C
There’s no turning back for us to	night

Vox on the 1 this whole line

G

Lace up your shoes, here’s how we do

Vox on 5 4 3 3 of the key on “run baby run”, harmony a third below

	Em	G	C	D
Run baby	run, don’t	ever look	back, they’ll	tear us

	Em	G	C	D
A	part if you	give them the	chance

	Em	G	C	D
Don’t sell your	heart, don’t	say we’re	not meant to	be

	Em	G	C	D
Run baby	run, for	ever we’ll	be

	G
You and m	e

G	G

G

Check yes Juliet, I’ll be waiting

G

Wishing, wanting, yours for the taking

Em	C
Just sneak out and don’t tell a soul good	bye

G

Check yes Juliet, here’s the countdown

G

Three two one, now fall in my arms now

Em

They can change the locks

	C
Don’t let them change your	mind

G

Lace up your shoes, here’s how we do

	Em	G	C	D
Run baby	run, don’t	ever look	back, they’ll	tear us

	Em	G	C	D
A	part if you	give them the	chance

	Em	G	C	D
Don’t sell your	heart, don’t	say we’re	not meant to	be

	Em	G	C	D
Run baby	run, for	ever we’ll	be

This line ends on the IV this time

	C
You and m	e

Bridge

C	Am
We’re flying through the	night

	G	D
We’re flying through the	night, way	up high

C	Am	G	D	G
The view from	here is getting better	with you	by my s	ide

G	G	Em	C

Let ring, in the original the vox are an an octave down here, but that doesn’t make sense in G

	Em	G	C	D
Run baby	run, don’t	ever look	back, they’ll	tear us

	Em	G	C	D
A	part if you	give them the	chance

Band enters, vox back to the original octave

	Em	G	C	D
Don’t sell your	heart, don’t	say we’re	not meant to	be

	Em	G	C	D
Run baby	run, for	ever we’ll	be

	Em	G	C	D
Run baby	run, don’t	ever look	back, they’ll	tear us

	Em	G	C	D
A	part if you	give them the	chance

	Em	G	C	D
Don’t sell your	heart, don’t	say we’re	not meant to	be

	Em	G	C	D
Run baby	run, for	ever we’ll	be

	G
You and m	e

	G
You and m	e

	G
You and m	e

Weezer - Beverly Hills (2005)

Originally in F, I play in E

Intro

E

A/E

E

A/E

The last chord is just a half-beat

E	A/E	B	B	B7#9
			→

Vox mostly spoken, but between the b3 and the 3

E	A/E	E
Where I come from	isn’t all that gre	at

E	A/E	E
My automobile	is a piece of c	rap

E	A/E	B
My fashion sense	is a little w	hack

B	B7#9	E
And my friends are just as	screwy as m	e

E	A/E	E
I didn’t	go to boarding schoo	ls

E	A/E	E
Preppy gi	rls never looked at m	e

E	A/E	B
Why should	they I ain’t no	body

B	B7#9
Got nothing in my pocket

E	A	B	A
Beverly Hills	,	that’s where I	want to be

E	A	B	B7#9
(Gimme	Gimme)	Living in Beverly Hills

E	A	B	A
Beverly	Hills,	rolling like a	celebrity

E	A	B	B7#9
(Gimme	Gimme)	Living in Beverly Hills

E	A/E	E
Look at all	those movie sta	rs

E	A/E	E
They’re all so	beautiful and cle	an

E	A/E	B
When the hou	semaids scrub the f	loors

B	B7#9
They get the spaces	in between

Vox up to the 1 on “wanna”

E	A/E	E
I wanna	live a life like tha	t

E	A/E	E
I wanna	be just like a ki	ng

E	A/E	B
Take my p	icture by the po	ol

B	B7#9
‘Cause I’m the next big	thing

E	A	B	A
Beverly Hills	,	that’s where I	want to be

E	A	B	B7#9
(Gimme	Gimme)	Living in Beverly Hills

E	A	B	A
Beverly	Hills,	rolling like a	celebrity

E	A	B	B7#9
(Gimme	Gimme)	Living in Beverly Hills

Solo on chorus chords

Let ring, spoken

E	A/E	E	A/E
The truth i	s	I don’t stand a ch	ance

E	A/E
Its something that you’re born in	to

	F#/A#	A/E
And	I just don’t belong

Band back in

	E	A/E	E
No I	don’t, I’m just a	no-class, beat-down foo	l

E	A/E	E
And I will	always be that wa	y

E	A/E	B
I might as w	ell enjoy my li	fe

B	B7#9
And watch the stars	play

E	A	B	A
Beverly Hills	,	that’s where I	want to be

E	A	B	B7#9
(Gimme	Gimme)	Living in Beverly Hills

E	A	B	A
Beverly	Hills,	rolling like a	celebrity

E	A	B	B7#9
(Gimme	Gimme)	Living in Beverly Hills

Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag (2000)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

A	Esus4	A	Dsus2
			x2

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “name”, and the 3 of the new chord on “elle”

	A	E
Her	name is Noe	lle

A	D
I have a drea	m about her

A	E
She rings my b	ell

	A	D
I got	gym class in ha	lf an hour

A	E
Oh, how she rocks

	A	D
In	Keds and tube s	ocks

Vox on the 7 of the chord on “she”

	F#m	D	E
But	she doesn’t k	now who I a	m

	F#m	D	E
And	she doesn’t g	ive a d	amn about me

In A, skip the passing chord at the end of each line

	A	D	E	F#m	C#m
‘Cause	I’m just a	teenage di	rtbag,	baby →

	A	D	E	F#m	C#m
Yeah	I’m just a	teenage di	rtbag,	baby →

A	D	E	F#m	C#m	A
Listen to	Iron Mai	den,	baby,	with m	e

A	D	E	F#m	C#m	D	E
			→	→	→

A	Esus4	A	Dsus2
			x2

	A	E
Her	boyfriend’s a pr	ick

	A	D
And h	e brings a g	un to school

	A	E
And h	e’d simply k	ick

	A	D
My	ass if he knew	the truth

	A	E
He l	ives on my b	lock

	A	D
And he d	rives an I	ROC

	F#m	D	E
But	he doesn’t kn	ow who I am

	F#m	D	E
And	he doesn’t gi	ve a d	amn about me

	A	D	E	F#m	C#m
‘Cause	I’m just a	teenage di	rtbag,	baby →

	A	D	E	F#m	C#m
Yeah	I’m just a	teenage di	rtbag,	baby →

A	D	E	F#m	C#m	A
Listen to	Iron Mai	den,	baby,	with m	e

A	D	E	F#m	C#m	D	E
			→	→	→

A	Dsus2	A	Dsus2	A	Dsus2
	Oh yeeah,		dirtbag

	F#m	C#m	D	E
No,	she doesn	’t know	what she’s m	issing

A	Dsus2	A	Dsus2	A	Dsus2
	Oh yeeah,		dirtbag

	F#m	C#m	D	E
No,	she doesn	’t know	what she’s m	issing

A	Esus4	A	Dsus2

	A	E
Man,	I feel like m	old

	A	D
It’s p	rom night and I	am lonely

A	E
Lo and behold

	A	D
Sh	e’s walking o	ver to me

A	E
This must be f	ake

	A	D
My	lip starts to	shake

F#m	D	E
How does she	know who I	am?

	F#m	D	E
And	why does she	give a damn	about me?

	A	D	E	F#m	C#m
I’ve got two	tickets to	Iron Ma	iden, b	aby →

A	D	E	F#m	C#m
Come with me Fr	iday, do	n’t say m	aybe →

A	D	E	F#m	C#m	A	D	E	F#m	C#m	D	E
I’m just a t	eenage d	irtbag b	aby	like	you			→	→	→

A	Dsus2	A	Dsus2	A	Dsus2
	Oh yeeah,		dirtbag

	F#m	C#m	D	E
No,	she doesn	’t know	what she’s m	issing

A	Dsus2	A	Dsus2	A	Dsus2
	Oh yeeah,		dirtbag

	F#m	C#m	D	E
No,	she doesn	’t know	what she’s m	issing

A	Esus4	A	Dsus2
			x2

Dsus2	C#m	Bm	A
→	→	→

Wicked - Defying Gravity (2003)

Originally in C#, Glee in D, I play in D

Play straight 8ths, fairly fast

Every A is Asus4 → A

D	Gsus2
	x2

D	Gsus2
Something has	changed within me

D	Gsus2
Something is	not the same

D	Gsus2
I’m through with	playing by the

D/F#	Csus2
Rules of someone el	se’s game

Csus2	D
Too late for se	cond-guessing

Csus2	D
Too late to go back	to sleep

Go up a whole-step on “trust”, instead of down

Em7	D/F#
It’s time to trus	t my instincts

D/G	Asus4
Close my eyes and leap

	Bm	G	A
It’s time to try	defy	ing grav	ity

	Bm	G	A
I think I’ll try	defyi	ng grav	ity

	Bm	G	A
Kiss me good	bye, I’m defyi	ng grav	ity

	D
And you won’t bring me	down

D	Gsus2
	x2

D	Gsus2
I’m through a	ccepting limits

D	Gsus2
‘Cause someone s	ays they’re so

D	Gsus2
Some things I c	annot change

	D/F#	Csus2
But t	ill I try, I’ll n	ever know

Csus2	D
Too long I’ve bee	n afraid of

Csus2	D
Losing love I g	uess I’ve lost

Em7	D/F#
Well, if that’s l	ove

	D/G	Asus4
It comes at	much too high a	cost

	Bm	G	A
I’d sooner buy	defy	ing grav	ity

	Bm	G	A
Kiss me goodbye	, I’m defyin	g gravi	ty

	Bm	G	A
I think I’ll try	defyi	ng grav	ity

	Csus2
And you won’t bring me down

	Bm	G	A
I’d sooner buy	defy	ing grav	ity

	Bm	G	A
Kiss me goodbye	, I’m defyin	g gravi	ty

	Bm	G	A
I think I’ll try	defyi	ng grav	ity

	Csus2
And you won’t bring me down

	D
Bring me	down

Zooey Deschanel - Hey Girl (short) (2011)

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

C	A	F	G
Hey girl	,	whatcha	doin’?

C	A	F	G
Hey girl	,	where you	goin’?

F

Who’s that girl?

Fm

Who’s that girl?

	C
It’s	Jess!

Zooey Deschanel - Hey Girl (2011)

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

F	Fm

Vox on 1 3 5 on “don’t let the”

C	F	G
Don’t let the sunshine	fall from the	sky

C	D	G
Just find the sunshine	in your own	eyes

F	Fm	C
You’re a	lollipop, no	second prize

D	G7
An apple somewhere in some	body’s eyes

C	A	F	G
Hey	girl,	whatcha	doin’?

C	A	F	G
Hey	girl,	where you	goin’?

C	C7
Shot in the arm	, a twinkly eye

F	Fm
She could have fell fell	out of the sky

C	C7	D
She could have	fell right	out of the sky

F

Who’s that girl? (Who’s that girl?)

Fm

Who’s that girl? (Who’s that girl?)

C	F	G
Don’t let the moonshine	cry up the	night

C	D	G
Set from your shadow,	and make it	bright

F	Fm	C
You’re a	lollipop, no	second prize

D	G7
An apple somewhere in some	body’s eyes

C	A	F	G
Hey	girl,	whatcha	doin’?

C	A	F	G
Hey	girl,	where you	goin’?

C	C7
You get down,	and make a frown

F	Fm
She’s gonna turn, turn,	turn it around

C	C7	D
She’s gonna	turn, turn,	turn it around

F

Who’s that girl? (Who’s that girl?)

Fm

Who’s that girl? (Who’s that girl?)

Solo

C	C	C	C	F	Fm	G	G
C	C	C	C	D	D	G	G
F	F	Fm	Fm	C	C	C	C
D	D	D	D	G7	G7	G7	G7

C	A	F	G
Hey	girl,	whatcha	doin’?

C	A	F	G
Hey	girl,	where you	goin’?

C	C7
You get down,	and make a frown

F	Fm
She’s gonna turn, turn,	turn it around

C	D
She’s gonna turn, turn,	turn it around

F

Who’s that girl? (Who’s that girl?)

Fm

Who’s that girl? (Who’s that girl?)

	C
It’s	Jess!

Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love (cover)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

C	G/B
When evening shadows and the	stars appear

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

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

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

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

C+	F	C
But I would	never do you	wrong

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

	Dm7	G
N	o doubt in my mind where you	belong

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

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

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

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

Solo

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

F	C
The storms are raging on the	rolling sea

E	F	C
And on the	highway of	regret

F	C
The winds of change are blowing	wild and free

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bob Seger - Turn The Page (cover)

I like to play this about 1.5x faster than the original,

starting with the Em at the 7th fret with the open top string,

then going to more like a low E5 in the second part of the verse.

Changing positions keeps this fairly repetitive song from getting

stale. Actually I try to us as many voicings with the open high E

string as I can.

Em	D	Em	Em

	Em
On a	long and lonesome highway east of Omaha

	D
You can	listen to the engine, moanin’ out its one note song

	A	Em
You can	think about the woman, or the girl you knew the night	before

	Em
And your	thoughts will soon be wandering the way they always do

	D
When you’re	riding sixteen hours and there’s nothing much to do

	A	Em
You	don’t feel much like writing, you just wish the trip was through

	D	Em
But here I	am, on the	road again

	D	Em
Here I	am, up on	stage

	D	A
Here I	go, playing the	star again

	C	D	Em
There I	go,	turn the	page

Em

You walk into a restaurant, strung out from the road

	D
And you	feel the eyes upon you, as you’re shaking off the cold

	A	Em
You	pretend it doesn’t bother you, but you just want to	explode

Em

Sometimes you can hear ‘em talk, other times you can’t

	D
And it’s all the	same cliches is that a woman or a man

	A	Em
And you	always seem outnumbered, you don’t dare make a	stand

	D	Em
But here I	am, on the	road again

	D	Em
Here I	am, up on	stage

	D	A
Here I	go, playing the	star again

	C	D	Em
There I	go,	turn the	page

Quiet, let chords ring...

Em

Out there in the spotlight, you’re a million miles away

D

Every ounce of energy you try to give away

	A	Em
And the	sweat pours out your body like the music that you	play

Em

Later on that evening, as you lie awake in bed

	D
The	echoes of the amplifiers ringin’ in your head

	A	Em
And you	smoke the day’s last cigarette, remembering what she said

	D	Em
But here I	am, on the	road again

	D	Em
Here I	am, up on	stage

	D	A
Here I	go, playing the	star again

	C	D	Em
There I	go,	turn the	page

Now getting loud again...

	D	Em
But here I	am, on the	road again

	D	Em
Here I	am, up on	stage

	D	A
Here I	go, playing the	star again

	C	D	Em
There I	go,	there I	go

Cat Stevens - The First Cut is the Deepest (cover)

Sheryl Crow in D, Cat Stevens in G, Rod Stewart in C, I play in G

Intro

G	D	G	D

	G	D	C	D
I would have	given you	all of my he	art

	G	D	C	D
But there’s s	omeone who’s t	orn it apa	rt

	G	D	C	D
And he’s t	aking just a	ll I ha	ve

	G	D	C	D
But if you want, I’ll	try to love a	gain	bab	y

	G	C	D
I’ll	try to love a	gain but I kn	ow

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the dee	pest, ba	by I know

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the de	epest

	G	D	C	D
But when it	comes to being l	ucky he’s cur	sed

	G	C	D	D/C	D/B	D/C
When it co	mes to lovin’	me he’s w	orst

	G	D	C	D
I still	want you	by my sid	e

	G	D	C	D
Just to	help me dry the	tears that I’ve cri	ed

	G	D	C	D
And I’m	sure gonna g	ive you a t	ry

	G	D	C
And if you want, I’ll	try to love a	gain, try

	D	G	C	D
B	aby I’ll	try to love	again, but I k	now

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the dee	pest, ba	by I know

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the de	epest

	G	D	C	D
But when it	comes to being l	ucky he’s cur	sed

	G	C	D	D/C
And when it co	mes to lovin’	me he’s w	orst

Solo

G	C	D	D
			x4

Let ring

	G	D	C	D
I still	want you	by my sid	e

	G	D	C	D
Just to	help me dry the	tears that I’ve cri	ed

	G	D	C	D
But I’m	sure gonna g	ive you a t	ry

	G	D	C
‘Cause if you want, I’ll	try to love a	gain

	D	G	C	D	D/C	D/B	D/C
B	aby I’ll	try to love	again, but I k	now

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the dee	pest, ba	by I know

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the de	epest

	G	D	C	D
But when it	comes to being l	ucky he’s cur	sed

	G	C	D	D/C
And when it co	mes to lovin’	me he’s w	orst	oh

G	D	C	D
The first	cut is the dee	pest, ba	by I know

G	D	C	D	G
The first	cut is the de	epest,	try to love a	gain

Cream - Crossroads (cover)

Cream in A, John Mayer in A, Robert Johnson in Bb, I play in E capo 3, or maybe A

Intro

E7	E7	A7	E7	B7	A7	E7	B7
				→	→	→

	E7	A7	E7
I went d	own to the crossroads,	fell down on my knee	s

A7	E7
Down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees

B7	A7	E7
Ask the lord up above for mercy,	take me if you please

E7	A7	E7
I went down to the crossroads,	tried to flag a ride

A7	E7
Down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride

B7	A7	E7
Nobody seemed to know me,	everybody passed by

E7	A7	E7
Well I’m going down to Rosedale,	take my rider by my side

A7	E7
Going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side

B7	A7	E7
You can still buy a house baby,	on the riverside

Solo

E7	E7	A7	E7	B7	A7	E7	B7
				→	→	→	x2

E7	A7	E7
Going down to Rosedale,	take my rider by my side

A7	E7
Going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side

B7	A7	E7
You can still buy a house baby,	on the riverside

E7	E7	A7	E7	B7	A7	E7	B7
				→	→	→	x2

E7	A7	E7
You can run, you can run,	tell my friends I’ll be around

A7	E7
Run, you can run, tell my friends I’ll be around

B7	A7	E7
Well I’m standing at the crossroads, belie	ve I’m sinking	down

Dave Dudley - Six Days on the road (cover)

Lyrics here follow the Mudcrutch version

Mudcrutch in A, Dave Dudley in G, George Thorogood in G, I play in A

Intro

A	D	A	E	A
		→	→

Vox on the 3

	A	E	A
Well I	pulled out of Pittsburgh	rolling down that Eastern sea	board

	E
I got my diesel wound up, she’s running like she never did be	fore

	D	E
There’s a	speed zone ahead a	lright

	A	D
But I	don’t see a cop in	sight

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m gonna	see my baby to	night

	A	E	A
I got	ten forward gears and a	sweet Georgia over	drive

	E
I’m takin’ little white pills, my eyes are open	wide

	D	E
Well I j	ust passed a Jimmy and a	White

	A	D
I been	passing everything in	sight

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m gonna	see my baby to	night

	A	E	A
Well it	seems like a month since I	kissed my baby good	bye

	E
Could have a lotta women, I’m not like some other	guys

	D	E
I could	find one to hold me	tight

	A	D
But I could	never believe it’s	right

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m	gonna see my baby to	night

Here we go

Solo on verse chords

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

	A	E	A
Well the	I.C.C. is	checkin’ on down the	line

	E
I’m a little overweight and my log book’s way be	hind

	D	E
But	nothing bothers me ton	ight

	A	D
I could	dodge them scales al	right

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m	gonna see my baby to	night

Solo on verse chords

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

	A	E	A
Well my	rig’s a little old but	that don’t mean she’s	slow

	E
There’s a flame from her stack and that smoke blowin’ black as	coal

	D	E
Well my	home town is coming in	sight

	A	D
And if you	think I’m happy you’re	right

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m	gonna see my baby to	night

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m	gonna see my baby to	night

	A	E	A
Six	days on the road and I’m	gonna see my baby to	night

A

Dean Martin - Sway (cover)

Ordering and lyrics follow Michael Buble’s version

Intro

Gm	A7	Gm	A7
→		→

Dm	Dm

Gm	A7	Gm	A7
→		→

Dm	Dm

	Gm	A7
When marimba rhythms	start to	play

Gm	A7	Dm
Dance with	me,	make me sway

Vox down to the 1 of the chord (instead of the 3) on “hugs”

	Gm	A7
Like a lazy ocean	hugs the	shore

Gm	A7	Dm
Hold me	close,	sway me more

	Gm	A7
Like a flower bending	in the	breeze

Gm	A7	Dm
Bend with	me,	sway with ease

	Gm	A7
When we dance you have a	way with	me

Gm	A7	Dm
Stay with	me,	sway with me

Vox to the 1 of the key on “other”, the 2 of the key on “be”

	C
Other dancers may	be on the floor

Vox up to the 5 of the chord on “see”

	F6
Dear but my eyes will	see only you

	A7
Only you have that	magic technique

	Bb	A7
When we sway I go	weak

	Gm	A7
I can hear the sounds of	viol	ins

Gm	A7	Dm
Long be	fore	it begins

	Gm	A7
Make me thrill as only	you know	how

Gm	A7	Dm
Sway me	smooth	sway me now

Instrumental

Gm	A7	Gm	A7
→		→

Dm	Dm

	C
Other dancers may	be on the floor

	F6
Dear but my eyes will	see only you

	A7
Only you have that	magic technique

	Bb	A7
When we sway I go	weak

	Gm	A7
I can hear the sounds of	viol	ins

Gm	A7	Dm
Long be	fore	it begins

	Gm	A7
Make me thrill as only	you know	how

Gm	A7	Dm
Sway me	smooth	sway me now

	Gm	A7
When marimba rhythms	start to	play

Gm	A7	Dm
Dance with	me,	make me sway

	Gm	A7
Like a lazy ocean	hugs the	shore

Gm	A7	Dm
Hold me	close,	sway me more

Michael Buble version goes up a half-step and riffs to fade,

I’ll just end on this verse

	Gm	A7
Like a flower bending	in the	breeze

Gm	A7	Dm
Bend with	me,	sway with ease

	Gm	A7
When we dance you have a	way with	me

Gm	A7	Dm
Stay with	me,	sway with me

Dobie Gray - Drift Away (cover)

Originally in B, I play in A or G, highest note is the 6

(on “POURing rain”), lots of 5 in the chorus

Intro

A	E/A	D/A	E/A	A
→	→	→	→

Esus4	A
→

D	A
Day after day I’m more confu	sed

D	E	A
Yet I look for the	light through the pouring r	ain

D	A
You know that’s a game that I hate to l	ose

Bm	D
I’m feelin’ the strain,	ain’t it a shame

	A
Oh, g	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away

	A
Oh, g	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away

A	E/A	D/A	E/A	A
→	→	→	→

Esus4	A
→

D	A
Beginning to think that I’m wastin’ t	ime

D	E	A
I don’t understand	the things I do

D	A
The world outside looks so unki	nd

Bm	D
Now I’m countin’ on you to	carry me through

	A
Oh, g	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away

	A
Yeah, g	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away

A	E/A	D/A	E/A	A
→	→	→	→

Esus4	A
→

Bm

And when my mind is free

D	A
You know a melody can m	ove me

Bm

And when I’m feelin’ blue

D	E
The guitar’s comin’ through to s	oothe me

D	A
Thanks for the joy that you’ve given	me

D	E	A
I want you to	know I believe in your s	ong

D	A
Rhythm and rhyme and harm	ony

Bm	D
You help me along, m	akin’ me strong

Instruments drop out

	A
Oh, g	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away

	A
G	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul

	E/G#	D/F#
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away, ooh

Instruments back in

	A
G	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul (free my soul)

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away (ooh, hey)

	A
G	ive me the beat, boys, and free my soul (free my soul)

	E	D
I	wanna get lost in your rock and roll and d	rift away

	A	E	D
Now won’t you	take me,	take me

Fade on chorus chords

Don Henley - The Boys of Summer (cover)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Am or Am capo 1

Highest note is the 3 in the major key (“I can see you”)

Am	F	G	F

Vox in on the 7, up to the 1 on “road”

Am

Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach

F

I feel it in the air, the summer’s out of reach

G

Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone

F

I’m driving by your house, though I know you’re not home

C	G
But I can see you,	your brown skin shining in the sun

	F
You got your hair combed back and your	sunglasses on, baby

C	G
I can tell you my	love for you will still be strong

	F
After the boys of	summer have gone

Am	F	G	F

Am

I never will forget those nights, I wonder if it was a dream

F

Remember how you made me crazy, remember how I made you scream

G

Now I don’t understand what happened to our love

F

But babe I’m gonna get you back

I’m gonna show you what I’m made of

C	G
I can see you,	your brown skin shining in the sun

	F
I see you walking real slow and you’re	smiling at everyone

C	G
I can tell you my	love for you will still be strong

	F
After the boys of	summer have gone

Interlude, I skip this

F	F	F
F	G	F
F	G	Dm
F	G	F

Am	F	G	F
Am
Out on the road today I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac

F

A little voice inside my head said

Don’t look back, you could never look back

G

I thought I knew what love was, what did I know?

F

Those days are gone forever I should just let them go, but

C	G
I can see you,	your brown skin shining in the sun

	F
You got the top pulled down and your	radio on, baby

C	G
I can tell you my	love for you will still be strong

	F
After the boys of	summer have gone

C	G
I can see you,	your brown skin shining in the sun

	F
You got your hair slicked back and those	wayfarers on, baby

C	G
I can tell you my	love for you will still be strong

	F
After the boys of	summer have gone

Fade on chorus chords

Elton John - Can You Feel the Love Tonight (cover)

Elton John in Bb, Simple Plan in C, I play in G, and punky-fast like the Simple Plan arrangement

This follows the Simple Plan arrangement

Vox on the 5 on “can”

G	D	Em	C
Can you f	eel the l	ove ton	ight?

G	C	A/C#	D
It is wh	ere w	e	are

C	G	Em	G/D	C
It’s enough	to make k	ings	and v	agabonds

	C	D	G
Beli	eve the v	ery b	est

Band enters

G	D/F#	C/E	G/D	C	G/B	D	D

	C	G
Th	ere’s a calm surr	ender

	C	G
T	o the rush of d	ay

	C	G
Wh	en the heat of a r	olling wind

	F	D
C	an be turned aw	ay

C	G
An enchanted m	oment

C	G
And it sees me thr	ough

C	G
It’s enough for this r	estless warrior

	F	D	D
J	ust to be with y	ou

	G	D	Em	C
And c	an you f	eel the l	ove ton	ight?

G	C	A/C#	D
It is wh	ere w	e	are

C	G	Em	G/D	C
It’s enough	to make k	ings	and v	agabonds

	C	D	G
Beli	eve the v	ery b	est

	C	G
Th	ere’s a time for	everyone

C	G
If they only l	earn

	C	G
Th	at the twisting kal	eidoscope

	F	D
M	oves us all in t	urn

	C	G
Th	ere’s a rhyme and r	eason

	C	G
T	o the wild outd	oors

	C	G
Wh	en the heart of this st	ar-crossed voyager

	F	D
B	eats in time with y	ours

	G	D	Em	C
And c	an you f	eel the l	ove ton	ight?

G	C	A/C#	D
It is wh	ere w	e	are

C	G	Em	G/D	C
It’s enough	for this w	ide-	eyed w	anderer

	Am	G/B	C	A/C#	D
Th	at w	e g	ot th	is f	ar

	G	D	Em	C
And c	an you feel	the l	ove ton	ight?

G	C	A/C#	D
How it’s l	aid t	o r	est?

C	G	Em	G/D	C
It’s enough	to make k	ings	and v	agabonds

	C	D	G
Belie	ve the v	ery b	est

Let ring

C	G/B	Em	G/D	C
It’s enough	to make k	ings	and v	agabonds

	Am	G	C/D	C/G	G
Bel	ieve th	e	ve	ry	best

Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (cover)

Joni Mitchell in E, Counting Crows in G#

This arrangement is somewhere in between, I play in G

Highest note is the 1 if you do the high “farmer farmer”

Can play D/F# as D11

C	D/F#	G	G
			x2

Vox in on the 3 of the chord on “paved”

	C	D/F#	G
They	paved paradise and	put up a parking lot

	Cadd9	D/F#	G
With a	pink hotel, a	boutique, and a swingin’ hot spot

G	G9
Don’t it always	seem to go

	Cadd9	G/B	Am7
That you don’	t know	what you	got till it’s gone

	C	D	G
They	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

G	Cadd9	Cadd9	G

	Cadd9	D/F#	G
They	took all the trees, and	put ‘em in a tree museum

	Cadd9	D/F#	G
And they	charged the people a	dollar and a half to see them

No, no, no

G	G9
Don’t it always	seem to go

	Cadd9	G/B	Am7
That you don’	t know	what you	got till it’s gone

	C	D	G
They	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

	Cadd9	G
Hey far	mer, farmer, put away your DDT

	Cadd9
I don’t care about	spots on my apples

D11	G
Leave me the birds and the bees	please

G	G9
Don’t it always	seem to go

	Cadd9	G/B	Am7
That you don’	t know	what you	got till it’s gone

	C	D	G
They	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

	C	D	G
Hey now they	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

C	D/F#	G	G
			x2

Let ring

	Cadd9	D/F#	G
Listen,	late last night, I	heard a screen door	slam

	Cadd9	D/F#	G
And a bi	g yellow taxi to	ok my girl away

	G	G9
Now	don’t it always	seem to go

	Cadd9	G/B	Am7
That you don’	t know	what you	got till it’s gone

	Cadd9	D	G
They	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

	G	G9
Hey now now	don’t it always	seem to go

	Cadd9	G/B	Am7
That you don’	t know	what you	got till it’s gone

	C	D	G
They	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

	C	D	G
Why now they	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

	C	D	G
Hey hey hey	paved paradise and p	ut up a parking lot

I end here, but I’m writing out the rest of the Counting

Crows arrangement.

G	C	D/F#	G

Cadd9

I don’t wanna give it, why you wanna give it?

	G
Why you wanna	giving it all away? Hey, hey, hey

Cadd9

Now you wanna give it, oh she wanna give it

	G
‘Cause she	giving it all away no no

Cadd9

I don’t wanna give it, why you wanna give it?

	G
Why you wanna	giving it all away?

Cadd9

Giving it all

D/F#	G
Giving it all a	way

Am7	Cadd9	G
	Why you	want me?

Am7	Cadd9	G
	Why do you	want me?

	C	D	G
They	paved paradise and	put up a parking lot

Repeat to fade

Labelle - Lady Marmalade (cover)

Originally in Gm, I play in Am capo 2

Am7	D11
	x2

Vox on the 5

Am7	D11
Hey sista, go sista, s	oul sista, go sista

Am7	D11
Hey sista, go sista, s	oul sista

	Am7	D11
He	met Marmalade down in o	ld New Orleans

Am7	D11
Struttin’ her stuff on the	street

	Dm7	Em7
She said	hello, hey Joe, you wanna	give it a go?

Vox on the 3 of the chord

Am7	D11
Gitchi, gitchi, ya-ya, d	a-da

	Am7	D11
G	itchi, gitchi, ya-ya he	re

Am7	D11
Mocha chocolata, y	a-ya

Hang on “creole”, vox on 7 6 7 1 of the chord on “creole lady”

Em7	Am7
Creole lady Marma	lade

Vox only up to the 3, even though you’ll feel like you

want to go up to the 5.

Am7	D11
Voulez-vous coucher avec m	oi, ce soir?

	Am7	D11
V	oulez-vous coucher ave	c moi?

	Am7	D11
He	stayed in her boudoir while	she freshened up

Am7	D11
That boy drank all that magn	olia wine, on her

Dm7	Em7
Black satin sheets, is w	here he started to freak

Am7	D11
Gitchi, gitchi, ya-ya, d	a-da

	Am7	D11
G	itchi, gitchi, ya-ya he	re

Am7	D11
Mocha chocolata, y	a-ya

Em7	Am7
Creole lady Marma	lade

Am7	D11
Voulez-vous coucher avec m	oi, ce soir?

	Am7	D11
V	oulez-vous coucher ave	c moi?

Am7	D11
	x2

E

Hey, hey, hey...

Am7	D11
Seeing her skin feeling	silky smoothe

	Am7	D11
C	olor of cafe au la	it

	Dm7	Em7
Made the	savage beast inside	roar until it cried

E

More, more, more

Am7	D11
Now he’s at home doing	nine to five

Am7	D11
Living his brave life of l	ies

	Dm7	Em7
But when he	turns off to sleep, old	memories keep

E

More, more, more

Am7	D11
Gitchi, gitchi, ya-ya, d	a-da

	Am7	D11
G	itchi, gitchi, ya-ya he	re

Am7	D11
Mocha chocolata, y	a-ya

Em7	Am7
Creole lady Marma	lade

Am7	D11
Voulez-vous coucher avec m	oi, ce soir?

	Am7	D11
V	oulez vous coucher ave	c moi?

Am7	D11
Voulez-vous coucher avec m	oi, ce soir?

Em7	Am7
Creole lady Marma	lade

Nina Simone - Feeling Good (cover)

Nina Simone in Gm, Michael Bublé in Ebm, I play in Em and drop all the gymnastic at the end

I follow the Michael Bublé arrangement, except that I don’t do the key change

Let ring, rubato

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	Em/B	B7
Birds flying	high	you know how I fe	el

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	Em/B	B7
Sun in the sk	y	you know how I f	eel

Em	Em7/D	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
Reeds driftin’ on b	y	you know how I	feel

Chords ring after each line

	Cmaj7
It’s a new dawn

	Am11
It’s a new day

	F#m7b5
It’s a new life

B7

For me

And I'm feeling good

At tempo

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
		I’m

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Feeling good

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Fish in the	sea	you know how I feel

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
River running	free	you know how I feel

Em	Em7/D	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
Blossom o	n the tree	you know how I fe	el

	Em/B
It’s a n	ew dawn

	Am7
It’s a n	ew day

	Am7/G	F#m7b5
It’s a n	ew life

Hard stop on the V#5

	Am	B7#5
For me

Not what you think happens here... James Bond chords, not the descending pattern from the first verse

	Em	Em(#5)	Em6	Em(#5)
And I’m f	eeling good

Em	Em7/D
Dragonfly o	ut in the sun

Cmaj7	B7
You know what I me	an, don’t you know

Em	Em7/D
Butterflies a	ll havin’ fun

Cmaj7	B7
You know what I m	ean

Em	Em7/D	C#m7b5
Sleep in	peace when day is done

	Cmaj7
That’s what I me	an

Faster chord changes here

	Em	Em/D
And this o	ld world

	Am7/C	Am7/E
Is a n	ew world

	Am7/G	F#m7b5
And a b	old world

	Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
For	me

The Michael Bublé version changes key up a whole step here

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Stars	when you shine,	you know how I fe	el

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Scent of the	pine,	you know how I fe	el

Em	Em7/D	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
Oh freedom is	mine and I kn	ow how I fe	el

	Em
It’s a n	ew dawn

	Em7/D
It’s a n	ew day

	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
It’s a n	ew life

	Em
It’s a n	ew dawn

	Em7/D
It’s a n	ew day

	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
It’s a n	ew life

	Em
It’s a n	ew dawn

	Em7/D
It’s a n	ew day

	C#m7b5	Cmaj7
It’s a n	ew life

	Cmaj7	B7#5
For m	e

And I'm feeling

Em	Em7/D	Cmaj7	B7
Good

Em

Tears for Fears - Mad World (cover)

Tears for Fears in F#m, Gary Jules in Fm, I play in Em

Em	A
Em	A

Em	G
All around me are fa	miliar faces

D	A
Worn out places,	worn out faces

Em	G
Bright and early for their	daily races

D	A
Going nowhere,	going nowhere

Em	G
Their tears are filling	up their glasses

D	A
No expression,	no expression

Em	G
Hide my head, I want to	drown my sorrow

D	A
No tomorrow,	no tomorrow

Em	A	Em
And I find it kinda	funny, I find it kinda	sad

	A	Em
The dreams in which I’m	dying are the best I’ve ever	had

	A	Em
I find it hard to	tell you, ‘cause I find it hard to	take

	A
When people run in	circles, it’s a very, very

Em	A
Mad w	orld

Em	A
Mad w	orld

Em	A
Mad w	orld

Em	A
Mad w	orld

Em	G
Children waiting for the	day they feel good

D	A
Happy birthday,	happy birthday

Em	G
And I feel the way that	every child should

D	A
Sit and listen,	sit and listen

Em	G
Went to school, and I was	very nervous

D	A
No one knew me,	no one knew me

Em	G
Hello, teacher, tell me	what’s my lesson

D	A
Look right through me,	look right through me

Em	A	Em
And I find it kinda	funny, I find it kinda	sad

	A	Em
The dreams in which I’m	dying are the best I’ve ever	had

	A	Em
I find it hard to	tell you, ‘cause I find it hard to	take

	A
When people run in	circles, it’s a very, very

Em	A
Mad w	orld

Em	A
Mad w	orld

Em	A
Mad w	orld

Em	A
Mad w	orld

A

Solo, more or less

Em	G	D	A
Em	G	D	A

Em	A	Em
And I find it kinda	funny, I find it kinda	sad

	A	Em
The dreams in which I’m	dying are the best I’ve ever	had

	A	Em
I find it hard to	tell you, ‘cause I find it hard to	take

	A
When people run in	circles, it’s a very, very

Em	A
Mad w	orld

Em	A
Mad w	orld

Em	A
Enlarging your w	orld

Em	A
Mad w	orld

The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law (cover)

Originally in G, I play in E

Intro

E

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	E	A	E
Ah	breaking rocks in the	hot	sun

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	E	A	E
I n	eeded money cause I	had	none

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	A
I l	eft my baby and I feel so bad

	E
I	guess my race is run

	A
Well	she’s the best girl I’ve ever had

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

Solo

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

Hard stop before “six gun”, chords are implied

	E	A	E
Ah	robbing people with a	six	gun

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

Yes, he says “um good fun”

	E	A	E
I m	iss my baby and um	good	fun

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

	A
I l	eft my baby and I feel so bad

	E
I	guess my race is run

	A
Well	she’s the best girl I’ve ever had

E	A	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	B	E
I fought the law and the	law	won

E	E	A	B
E	E	B	E

The Carter Family - When I’m Gone (Cups) (cover)

Anna Kendrick version in C, I play in E capo 1, pretty fast

E

I’ve got my ticket for the long way round

A	E
Two bottles of whiskey for the	way

	C#m	B	A
And I	sure would	like some	sweet company

	Amaj7/C#	B	E
And I’m	leavin’	tomorrow whadya	say

	C#m	A
When I’m	gone, when I’m	gone

C#m	B
You’re gonna miss me when I’m	gone

	C#m	B
You’re gonna	miss me by my	hair

	A
You’re gonna	miss me everywhere

Amaj7/C#	B	E
You’re gonna	miss me when I’m	gone

	C#m	A
When I’m	gone, when I’m	gone

C#m	B
You’re gonna miss me when I’m	gone

	C#m	B
You’re gonna	miss me by my	walk

	A
You’re gonna	miss me by my talk

Amaj7/C#	B	E
You’re gonna	miss me when I’m	gone

E

I’ve got my ticket for the long way ‘round

	A	E
The	one with the prettiest of	views

	C#m	B	A
It’s got	mountains, it’s got	rivers, it’s got	sights to give you shivers

	Amaj7	B	E
But it	sure would be	prettier with	you

Chorus lyrics reversed

	C#m	A
When I’m	gone, when I’m	gone

C#m	B
You’re gonna miss me when I’m	gone

	C#m	B
You’re gonna	miss me by my	walk

	A
You’re gonna	miss me by my talk

Amaj7/C#	B	E
You’re gonna	miss me when I’m	gone

	C#m	A
When I’m	gone, when I’m	gone

C#m	B
You’re gonna miss me when I’m	gone

	C#m	B
You’re gonna	miss me by my	hair

	A
You’re gonna	miss me everywhere

Amaj7/C#	B	E
You’re sure gonna	miss me when I’m	gone

	C#m	A
When I’m	gone, when I’m	gone

C#m	B
You’re gonna miss me when I’m	gone

	C#m	B
You’re gonna	miss me by my	walk

One-off iv here, ritard to hanging stop

	A	Am
You’re gonna	miss me by my	talk

Amaj7/C#	B	E
You’re gonna	miss me when I’m	gone

The Monkees - I’m a Believer (cover)

Start with a little semblance of the organ riff, e.g.:

D------3-3--5p3--3-
A--3h5----------5--

G	D	G
I thought love was	only true in	fairy tales

G	D	G
Meant for someone	else but not for	me

C	G
Love was out to	get me

C	G
That’s the way it	seemed

Hard stop on the V7

C	G	D	D7
Disappointment	haunted all my	dreams

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Then I saw her face			now I’m a believer

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Not a t	race		of doubt in my mind

Hang a half-beat after “love”

	G	C	G	F	D	D7
I’m in l	ove	I’m a be	liever I couldn’t	leave her if I	tried

G	D	G
I thought love was	more or less a	givin’ thing

G	D	G
Seems the more I	gave the less I	got

C	G
What’s the use in	tryin’?

C	G
All you get is	pain

C	G	D	D7
When I needed	sunshine I got	rain

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Aw then I saw her face			now I’m a believer

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Not a t	race		of doubt in my mind

	G	C	G	F	D	D7
I’m in l	ove	I’m a be	liever I couldn’t	leave her if I	tried

Instrumental

G	F	D
	→

G	D	G	D
G	F	D
	→

G	D	G	G

C	G
Love was out to	get me

C	G
That’s the way it	seemed

C	G	D	D7
Disappointment	haunted all my	dreams

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Aw then I saw her face			now I’m a believer

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Not a t	race		of doubt in my mind

	G	C	G	F	D	D7
I’m in l	ove	I’m a be	liever I couldn’t	leave her if I	tried

Outro, drop an octave

	G	C/G	G	G	C/G	G
Yes I saw her f	ace		now I’m a be	liever

	G	C/G	G	C/G	G
Not a t	race		of doubt in my mind

This ending comes from the Smashmouth arrangement

	G	F	G	F	G
Said I’m a	believer yeah	yeah yeah	yeah yeah	yeah	yeah

F

G

Hang on the last “yeah”

	F	G	F	G	F	G
Yes	I’m a	believer yeah	yeah yeah	yeah yeah	yeah	yeah

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