Dan’s Big Awesome Acoustic Songbook: Songs of the '90s

AC DC - Moneytalks (1990)

Originally in G, I play in A

AD/AAD/A

AD/AAE

Yo!

AAAA

Tailored Asuits, chauffeured cars

Fine hoAtels and big cigars

Up for Agrabs, up for a price

Where the Ared hot girls keep on dancing through the night

The Eclaim is on you, the sights are on me

So Ewhat do you do, that’s guaranteed

Hey little Dgirl, you want it all

The Dfurs, the diamonds, the paintings on the wall

ACome on, come on, Dlove me for the money

ACome on, come on, D/Elisten to the money talk

ACome on, come on, Dlove me for the money

ACome on, come on, D/Elisten to the money talk

AAAA

A French Amaid, foreign chef

A big Ahouse with king size bed

You had eAnough, you ship ‘em out

The dollar’s Aup, down, you better buy the pound

The Eclaim is on you, the sights are on me

So Ewhat do you do, that’s guaranteed

Hey little Dgirl, you break the laws

You Dhustle, you deal, you steal from us all

ACome on, come on, Dlove me for the money

ACome on, come on, D/Elisten to the money talk

ACome on, come on, Dlove me for the money

ACome on, come on, D/Elisten to the money talk

EEMoney talks EE

Solo on verse chords

AAAA

EEEE

DDDD

AD/AMoney tAalks D/A

B.S. Awalks, D/Amoney Atalks, D/Acome on, come on

ACome on, come on, Dlove me for the money

ACome on, come on, D/Elisten to the money talk

ACome on, come on, Dlove me for the money

ACome on, come on, D/Elisten to the money talk

ACome on, come on, Dlove me for the money

ACome on, come on, D/Elisten to the money talk

ACome on, come on, Dlove me for the money

ACome on, come on, D/Elisten to the money talk

AAAA

AC DC - Thunderstruck (1990)

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

ADm/Ax2

AAh ah ah ah ah ah ah ah x4

AThunder, ah x10

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

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

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

My mind rAaced, and I thought, what could I do? (thunder)

And I knAew, there was no help, no help from you (thunder)

Sound of the dArums, G→ DG→ G→ Dbeating in my hAeart G→ DG→ G→ D

The thunder of gAuns, G→ DG→ G→ Dtore me aApart G→ DG→ G→ D

DYou’ve been, thunderstrAuck

Vox on the 5 on “highway”

Rode down the hAighway, broke the limit, we hit the town

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

We met some gAirls, some dancers who gave a good time

Broke all the rAules, played all the fools, yeah-yeah, they, they, they blew our minds

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

Could I come again please? G→ A→ G→ D

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

You’ve been

ThunderstrAuck G→ D→ G→ D

Yea, yeah, yeah thunderstrAuck G→ D→ G→ D

Ooh thunderstrAuck G→ D→ G→ D

AYeah

AI was shaking at the knees

ACould I come again please?

Solo

GAGDx4

A→ GAh ah ah ah ah ah ah x4

ThunderstrAuck G→ D→ G→ D

Yea, yeah, yeah thunderstrAuck G→ D→ G→ D

ThunderstrAuck G→ D→ Gyeah yeah yeah Dsay

AYeah, it’s alDright

AWe’re doing fDine

AYeah, it’s alDright

AWe’re, doing fDine fine fine

ThunderstrAuck G→ D→ G→ D

Yea, yeah, yeah thunderstrAuck G→ D→ G→ D

ThunderstrAuck G→ D→ G→ D

You’ve been thunderstrAuck G→ D→ G→ D

Aerosmith - Amazing (1993)

Originally in C, I play in C capo 4

AmG/AAmEm7

I kept the righAmt ones out and let theG/Awrong ones in

Had an aC7ngel of mercy to see me through all my sFins

There were Fm6/Abtimes in my life when I was gC/Goin’ insane

F#m7b5Tryin’ to walk through the pFain

When I lAmost my grip and I G/Ahit the floor

Yeah, I C7thought I could leave but couldn’t get out the dFoor

I was soFm6/Absick and tired of lC/Givin’ a lie

I was wiF#m7b5shin’ that I would dFie

It’s aCmazing, Em7with the Fblink of an eye you C/Efinally see the lGight C/GG7

It’s aCmazing Em7when the mFoment arrives that you C/Eknow you’ll be alrGight C/GG7

It’s aFmazing Em7and I’m saD7yin’ a prayer for the Gdesperate hearts tonCight

That Amone last shot’s a permanent vacD7ation

And Fhow high can you fly with broken winCgs? G/B

AmLife’s a journey not a destD7ination

And I Fjust can’t tell just what tomorrow Gbrings C/GG7

You have to Amlearn to crawl before you G/Alearn to walk

But I jC7ust couldn’t listen to all that righteous tFalk

Well, I was Fm6/About on the street, just tC/Gryin’ to survive

F#m7b5Scratchin’ to stay alFive

It’s aCmazing, Em7with the Fblink of an eye you C/Efinally see the lGight C/GG7

It’s aCmazing Em7when the mFoment arrives that you C/Eknow you’ll be alrGight C/GG7

It’s aFmazing Em7and I’m saD7yin’ a prayer for the Gdesperate hearts tonCight

CDm7Desperate hearts, desperate hearts

Dm7C/EDid you wanna see without and give what I got

C/FFOh, wada, wada ah ka kow, ah ka ka ka kow

Solo/outro, with ad libs

CDm7C/EF

C/GAmC/GF

CDm7C/EF

CC7

Aerosmith - Cryin' (1993)

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

The highest part is the “breathin’ room” after

the first chorus, it goes up to the 4.

When acoustic, I also play something for the main riff

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

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

D#5F5A#5C5x3

D#5F5A#5C5D#5

DThere was a Atime

BmWhen I was so F#mbroken-hearted

GLove wasn’t Dmuch of a Afriend of mine

DThe tables have Aturned, yeah

Bm‘Cause me and them F#mways have parted

GThat kind of Dlove was the Akillin’ kind, listen

CAll I Gwant is someCone I can’t reGsist

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

and go a half-step up on “way”

FI know all ICneed to know by the Away that I got kissed

I was Dcryin’ when I Amet you

Now I’m Bmtryin’ to forGget you

DYour love is Asweet miserGy

I was Dcryin’ just to Aget you

Now I’m F#mdyin’ ‘cause I Glet you

DDo what you Ado, down on Gme

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

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

riff.

D#5F5A#5C5Now there’s not even breathin’ room

D#5F5A#5C5Between pleasure and pain

D#5F5A#5C5Yea you cry when we’re makin’ love

D#5F5A#5C5Must be one and the D#5same

DIt’s down on meA

BmYeah I got to tell F#myou one thing

GIt’s been on my mDind, girl AI gotta say

DWe’re partners in criAme

BmYou got that certaiF#mn something

GWhat you give to Dme takes mAy breath away

Now the Cword out on the Gstreet is the Cdevil’s in your Gkiss

FIf our love goes Cup in flames it’s a Afire I can’t resist

I was Dcryin’ when I Amet you

Now I’m Bmtryin’ to forGget you

DYour love is Asweet miserGy

I was Dcryin’ just to Aget you

Now I’m F#mdyin’ ‘cause I Glet you

DDo what you Ado, down on Gme

Solo over intro chords

Vox in on the 5 of the first chord

That’s a D# if you’re playing in D

‘Cause G#what you got inD#side

Ain’t G#where your love should D#stay

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

and up a half-step on “give”.

YeahC#, our love, sweet loveG#, ain’t love

Yill ya Agive your heart away

Note the minor chords are switched in this chorus

I was Dcryin’ when I Amet you

Now I’m F#mtryin’ to forGget you

DYour love is Asweet miserGy

I was Dcryin’ just to Aget you

Now I’m Bmdyin’ to Glet you

DDo what you Ado, down on Gbaby baby...

Solo

DAF#mGDAG

DABmGDAG

Aerosmith - Eat the Rich (1993)

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

Intro

Wake up kids, it’s half past the youth

Ain’t nothin’ really changin’ but the date

You’re a grand slammer, but you’re no Babe Ruth

You gotta learn how to relate

Or you’ll be swingin’ from the pearly gate

Yeah, I got all the answers, and lo and behold you got the right key baby

But the wrong key hole, yo

More Em, than E, mix in some 7#9’s

Well, I wE5oke up this morning on the wrong side of the bed

And a-hE5ow I got to thinkin’ about all those things you said

About oE5rdinary people and how they make you sick

And if cE5allin’ names kicks back on you then I hope this does the trick

Cause I’m E5sick of your F#5complainin’ aboutGhow many biAlls

And I’m siE5ck of all your F#5bitchin’ ‘bout your Gpoodles and your Apills

And I E5just can’t see no F#5humor aboGut your way of Alife

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

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

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, there’s D5only one thing that A5they’re gGood E5for

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, I take D5one bite now and come A5back Gfor E5more

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, I D5gotta get this A5off Gmy E5chest

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, I take oD5ne bite now, spit A5out Gthe rE5est, uh-huh

So I cE5alled up my head shrinker and I told him what I’d done

He said you’d bE5est go on a diet, yeah I hope you have some fun

And a’dE5on’t go burst a bubble on the rich folks who get rude

‘Cause you wE5on’t get in no trouble when you eats that kinda food

Well now their E5smokin’ up their F#5junk bonds, and Gthen they go get Astiff

And they’re E5dancin’ in the F#5yacht club, with GMuff and Uncle ABiff

But there’s E5one good thing that F#5happens, when you Gtoss your pearls to Aswine

Their Battitudes may taste like dirt, but go real good with wine

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, there’s D5only one thing that A5they’re gGood E5for

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, I take D5one bite now and come A5back Gfor E5more

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, I D5gotta get this A5off Gmy E5chest

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, I take oD5ne bite now, spit A5out Gthe rE5est

Repeat intro riff

Solo, with hard stops

AAAA

EEEE

AAAA

BBDD

No more hard stops, band back in

BelE5ieve in all the F#5good things, that Gmoney just can’t Abuy

Then E5you won’t get no F#5belly ache, from Geatin’ humble Apie

I beliE5eve in rags to F#5riches, your inheritaGnce won’t Alast

So takBe your Grey Poupon my friend, and shove it up your ass!

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, there’s D5only one thing that A5they’re gGood E5for

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, I take D5one bite now and come A5back Gfor E5more

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, I D5gotta get this A5off Gmy E5chest

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, I take oD5ne bite now, spit A5out Gthe rE5est

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, there’s D5only one thing that A5they’re gGood E5for

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, I take D5one bite now and come A5back Gfor E5more

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, don’t sD5top me now I’m gA5oiGng cE5razy

E5Eat tD5he rA5ich, that’s D5my idea of a A5good Gtime baE5by

Aerosmith - Fever (1993)

Originally in E, I play in E capo 3

Play the 5’s as 7#9’s

Vox on the 5 on “rip”

I got a rE5ip in my pants and a hole in my brand new shoes

I got a ME5argarita nose and a breath full of Mad Dog booze

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

I got the fEever, fevAer, fevEer, fevAer

Yeah, they thrEew me out of jail I tell you Ait ain’t fair

I triEed to kiss the judge from the elAectrical chair

But wEe all here cause we’re nAot all there tonight E→ D

The guE5itar’s cranked and the bass man’s blown a fuse

And when the whE5ole gang bangs tell me then what’s your excuse?

We got the fEever, fevAer, fevEer, fevAer

EFever gives you lust with an Aappetite

It hEits you like the fangs from a rAattlesnake bite

WEe all here cause we’re nAot all there tonight

E→ DD→ AA→ GG→ A

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

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

We cD5an’t run away from trA5ouble

There aiG5n’t no place that fA5ar

But if we D5do it right at the spA5eed of light

There’s the bG5ack seat of my A5car, caviaB5r

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

I was fE5eeling so high I forgot what day

Now I’m fE5eeling low down even slow seems way too fast

And now the bE5ooze don’t work ‘cause the drugs ran out of gas

I got the fEever, fevAer, fevEer, fevAer

The bEuzz that you be getting from the crAack don’t last

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

I’d rEather be O.D.in’ in the bAack of the class

Yeah wEe all here ‘cause we’re nAot all there tonight

E→ DD→ AA→ GG→ A

Same deal, just writing the second chord in each pair

My D5first time ever lovA5er

We fell aslG5eep out on the lA5awn

And when E5I woke up I was B5all alone

Makin’ lA5ove to the crack of B5dawn

So D5yo, I beg your pardA5on sir

The G5gang...ster of lA5ove rides agB5ain

Harmonica solo

EEEE

AABB

I got the fEever (you know I got the chill)

FAever (it give me such a thrill)

FEever (like a burnin’ plague)

FAever (yeah, get outta my way)

EFever may be hell and a crAoss to bear

As lEong as I’m in heaven honey AI don’t care

You lEook so good baby lAook so fine

I tEell you you’re the image of the pAerfect crime

You gEets so tired holding Aon so tight

If you thEink you’re going crazy well you mAay be right

Yeah, wEe’re all here ‘cause we’re nAot all there, that’s right

E→ D

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

Originally in D, I play in A

Highest note that matters is the 5

Intro, loosely, or just skip this

B/F#G#m7Bsus4Bsus4x 2

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

I could Astay awake E/G#just to hear you F#m7breathin’

Watch you Dsmile while you are C#msleepin’, while you’re Bm7far away and dreamin’

I could Aspend my life E/G#in this sweet surrF#m7ender

I could Dstay lost in this A/C#moment, forBm7ever

Every moment C#m7spent with Dmaj7you is a moment I Esus4treasure

AI don’t want to E/G#close my eyes

Bm7I don’t want to fall asleep ‘cause I’d Dmiss you baby

And I don’t want to Emiss a thAing

‘Cause even when I E/G#dream of you

Bm7The sweetest dream would never do, I’d still Dmiss you baby

Hang the last chord in this line

And I dDon’t want to Emiss a thAing E/G#Bm7

Lyin’ cAlose to you feelinE/G#g your heart beatF#m7ing

And I’m woDnderin’ what you’re A/C#dreaming

Wonderin’ Bm7if it’s me you’re seein’

Then I kAiss your eyes and E/G#thank God we’re toF#m7gether

I just want to C#m7stay with Dmaj7you in this moment forEsus4ever, forever and ever

AI don’t want to E/G#close my eyes

Bm7I don’t want to fall asleep ‘cause I’d Dmiss you baby

And I don’t want to Emiss a thAing

‘Cause even when I E/G#dream of you

Bm7The sweetest dream would never do, I’d still Dmiss you baby

And I dDon’t want to Emiss a thAing

Bridge

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

I just want to Fbe with you right here with you, C/Ejust like this

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

And just Am7stay here in this moment, for all the Esus4rest of time

Yeah, yeah, yeaaaah

AI don’t want to E/G#close my eyes

Bm7I don’t want to fall asleep ‘cause I’d Dmiss you baby

And I don’t want to Emiss a thAing

‘Cause even when I E/G#dream of you

Bm7The sweetest dream would never do, I’d still Dmiss you baby

And I dDon’t want to Emiss a thAing

AI don’t want to E/G#close my eyes

Bm7I don’t want to fall asleep ‘cause I’d Dmiss you baby

One-off minor chord

And I dDon’t want to Emiss a thF#ming

‘Cause even when I E/G#dream of you

Bm7The sweetest dream would never do, I’d still Dmiss you baby

And I dDon’t want to Emiss a thAing

Aerosmith - Livin' on the Edge (1993)

Originally in D, I play in A

Intro

Asus2

Vox on the 5

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

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

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

It F#msure ain’t no surprise, yeah!

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

We’re livin’ on the Aedge

Livin’ on the Aedge

Livin’ on the Fedge D

Livin’ on the Aedge

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

There’s F#mmeltdown in the sky F#m→ E

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

Then F#mmister you’re a better man than I

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

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

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

Livin’ on the Aedge

Bridge

Vox on the b7 of the chord

C#Tell me what you think about your situation

C#Complication, aggravation

Is F#mgetting to you, yeah!

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

C#Even if it was then would you still come crawling

DBack again, I bet you Ewould, my friend

AFgain and again and again and again and aAgain

Solo

AFD→ D/AA

FDCA

Yeah!

C#Tell me what you think about your situation

C#Complication, aggravation is F#mgetting to you

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

C#Even if it was, would you still come crawling

DBack again, I bet you Ewould, my friend

AFgain and again and again and again

Vox on octave higher than the other verses

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

Hard stop, with a long pause for space noises

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

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

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

Livin’ on the Fedge (you can’t stop yourself from Dfalling)

Livin’ on the Aedge

Livin’ on the Fedge E

Livin’ on the Dedge C

Livin’ on the Bedge A#

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

Asus2

Livin’ on the Fedge (you can’t help yourself from Dfalling)

CLivin’ on the Aedge (you can’t help yourself at all)

Livin’ on the Fedge (you can’t stop yourself from Dfalling)

CLivin’ on the Aedge

Aerosmith - Love in an Elevator (1993)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

A7#9A7#9A7#9A7#9

Vox on the b5 on this line

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

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

WAorkin’ like a dog fCor the boss-man D

AWorkin’ for the compaCny D

I’m Abettin’ on the dCice I’m tossin’ D

I’mAgonna have a CfantasyD

But wDhere am I gonnGa look A

They Dtell me that love Gis blind A

I Dreally need a girl like Gan open Abook

To Dread between Gthe Alines

LoEve in an elevator

ELivin’ it up when I’m goin’ down

ELove in an elevator

ELovin’ it up till I hiEt tD#he Dground

JAackie’s in the Celevator D

ALingerie second Cfloor D

She Asaid can I see yCou later D

And Alove you just a Clittle more D

I kinDda hope we get stGuckA

NobodDy gets out aliveGA

She said I’ll shDow you how to faxGin tAhe mailroom, honey

AnDd have yGou home byAfive

LEove in an elevator

ELivin’ it up when I’m goin’ down

ELove in an elevator

ELovin’ it up till I hit the ground

In the Aair, in the air, in the air

Honey Aone more time now it ain’t fair

LEove in an elevator

ELovin’ it up when I’m goin’ down

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

A7#9A7#9A7#9A7#9DGx4

AGonna be a penthouCse pauper D

AGonna be a millionCare D

AI’m gonna be a real fCast talkerD

AAnd have me a love affairCD

Gotta Dget my timin’ riGghtA

It’s a Dtest that I gotGto paAss

I’ll Dchase you all theGway Ato stairway, honey

DKiss your sGassafraAss

LEove in an elevator

ELivin’ it up when I’m goin’ down

ELove in an elevator

ELivin’ it up till I hit the ground

Do you Acare, do you care

Honey Aone more time now it ain’t fair

Alanis Morissette - Hand in My Pocket (1995)

Originally in G, I play in A capo 1

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

Intro

AAAA

Vox on the 5

I’m bAroke but I’m happy, I’m Apoor but I’m kind

I’m sAhort but I’m healthy, yeAah

I’m hAigh but I’m grounded, I’m saAne but I’m overwhelmed

I’m lAost but I’m hopeful, baAby

And what it all comes Gadd9down to

DIs that everything’s gonna be Afine, fine, fine

‘Cause I’ve got Gadd9one hand in my pocket

And the Dother one is givin’Ea high fivAe

I feel dArunk but I’m sober, I’m Ayoung and I’m underpaid

I’m Atired but I’m workin’, yeAah

I Acare but I’m restless, I’m Ahere but I’m really gone

I’m Awrong and I’m sorry, bAaby

And what it all comes Gadd9down to

DIs that everything’s gonna be Aquite alright

‘Cause I’ve got Gadd9one hand in my pocket

And the Dother one is flickin’Ea cigarettAe

Harmonica solo

AAAA

And what it all comes Gadd9down to

DIs that I haven’t got it all figured Aout just yet

‘Cause I’ve got Gadd9one hand in my pocket

And the Dother one is givin’Ea peace signA

I’m Afree but I’m focused, I’m Agreen but I’m wise

I’m Ahard but I’m friendly, bAaby

I’m Asad but I’m laughin’, I’m Abrave but I’m chicken-scrap

I’m Asick but I’m pretty, bAaby

And what it all boils Gadd9down to

DIs that no one’s really got it figured Aout just yet

Well, I’ve got Gadd9one hand in my pocket

And the Dother one is playin’Ea pianAo

And what it all comes Gadd9down to, my friend, yeaDh

Is that everything is justAfine, fine, fine

‘Cause I’ve got Gadd9one hand in my pocket

And the Dother one is hailingEa taxi caAb

AAAA

Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet (1995)

Originally in C, I play in D capo 3

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

Vox on 5 2 of the key on “I had”

DI Ahad no Bmchoice Gbut to hear you

DYou Astated Bmyour case Gtime and again

DI Athought abBmout it G

DYou Atreat me Bmlike GI’m a princess

DI’m Anot used Bmto lGiking that

DYou Aask how my Bmday was G

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

You’ve already Ewon me ovC#mer Ain spite of Bme

Don’t be aElarmed if I C#mfall hCead over Bsus2feet

And don’t be surEprised if I C#mlove you for Aall that you Bare

GI couldn’t Dhelp it

AIt’s all your fault

DYour Alove is tBmhick Gand it swallowed me whole

DYou’re Aso much Bmbraver Gthan I gave you credit for

DThat’s Anot lip Bmservice G

You’ve already Ewon me ovC#mer Ain spite of Bme

And don’t be aElarmed if I C#mfall hCead over Bsus2feet

And don’t be surEprised if I C#mlove you for Aall that you Bare

GI couldn’t Dhelp it

AIt’s all your fault

DYou Aare the Bmbearer Gof unconditional things

DYou Aheld your Bmbreath Gand the door for me

DThanks Afor your pBmatience G

Solo on chorus chords

EC#mAB

EC#mCBsus2

EC#mAB

GDA

DYou’re Athe best liBmstener that GI’ve ever met

DYou’re Amy best Bmfriend, Gbest friend with benefits

DWhat Atook me Bmso long G

DI’ve Anever Bmfelt Gthis healthy before

DI’ve Anever Bmwanted Gsomething rational

DI Aam awBmare now, Gah

DI Aam awBmare now G

You’ve already Ewon me ovC#mer Ain spite of Bme

And don’t be aElarmed if I C#mfall hCead over Bsus2feet

And don’t be surEprised if I C#mlove you for Aall that you Bare

GI couldn’t Dhelp it

AIt’s all your fault

You’ve already Ewon me ovC#mer Ain spite of Bme

And don’t be aElarmed if I C#mfall hCead over Bsus2feet

And don’t be surEprised if I C#mlove you for Aall that you Bare

GI couldn’t Dhelp it

AIt’s all your fault

ELa la C#mla, ya ha Aha, ah ha Bha ya yie

EOooh wee C#mooh, eeh yoo oCoh, yoo eee yoo Boh ai

EAh ha C#mho, oh ho Aho, oh ho hBo, ho

GI couldn’t Dhelp it

AIt’s all your fault

Alanis Morissette - Ironic (1995)

Originally in E, I play in A

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

Intro, basically just noodling around a bit, skippable

Gmaj7Hey ya yaDmaj7/Ay, yah ya ha,Gmaj7ay yeah, hiGadd9

Vox on the 1 on “old”

An A/C#old Dman A/C#turned ninety-Bmeight

He won tA/C#he lottery Dand A/C#died the next Bmday

It’s a A/C#black Dfly in A/C#your ChardonnBmay

It’s a A/C#death row Dpardon two A/C#minutes too Bmlate

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

Vox on 4 3 1 on “rai-i-ain”

It’s like raAaaiDin on your Awedding Bmday

It’s a free AridDe when you’ve Aalready Bmpaid

It’s the good adAviDce that you Ajust didn’t Bmtake

And Cwho would’ve Gthought it figAures

Mister A/C#play it safeDwas aA/C#fraid to fly Bm

He packed his A/C#suitDcase and kissed his A/C#kids goodbyBme

He waited his A/C#whole damn Dlife to A/C#take that Bmflight

And as the A/C#plane crashed Ddown he thought, well, A/C#isn’t this nicBme

And isn’t it iA/C#ronic Ddon’t you A/C#think Bm

It’s like raAaaiDin on your Awedding Bmday

It’s a free AridDe when you’ve Aalready Bmpaid

It’s the good adAviDce that you Ajust didn’t Bmtake

And Cwho would’ve Gthought it figAures

Bridge

Well, Gmaj7life has a funny way of sneaking up Dmaj7/Aon you when you think everything’s okay

And Gmaj7everything’s going rigDmaj7/Aht

And Gmaj7life has a funny way of helping you oDmaj7/Aut when you think everything’s gone wrong

And Gmaj7everything blows up in your face Gadd9

A A/C#traffic Djam when you’re A/C#already lateBm

A no A/C#smoking Dsign on your A/C#cigarette Bmbreak

It’s like A/C#ten thousand Dspoons when all you A/C#need is a Bmknife

It’s A/C#meeting the man of my Ddreams, and then meeA/C#ting his beautiful Bmwife, hmm

And isn’t it iA/C#ronic Ddon’t you A/C#think Bm

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

It’s like raAaaiDin on your Awedding Bmday

It’s a free AridDe when you’ve Aalready Bmpaid

It’s the good adAviDce that you Ajust didn’t Bmtake

And Cwho would’ve Gthought it figAures

Gmaj7Dmaj7/A

And yeah, Gmaj7life has a funny way of sneaking up on Dmaj7/Ayou

And Gmaj7life has a funny, funny way Dmaj7/A

Of helping you oGmaj7ut, helping you out

Alice In Chains - Man in the Box (1990)

Originally in Eb5, I play in A5, highest note is the 5 (“fee-ee-ee-eed my eyes”)

Intro

A5Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, oh

Vox on the 5

A5I’m the man in the box

A5Buried in my pit

C5Won’t you come and A5save me, save me

AmFee-Ce-e-e-eed my eGyes

DCan you sew them shut?

AmJee-C-e-e-e-sus CGhrist

DenDy your maker

AmHee-C-e-e-e-e who trieGs

DWill be wasted

Oh, Amfee-C-e-e-eed my Geyes

DNow you’ve sewn them shut

A5Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, oh

A5I’m the dog who gets beat

A5Shove my nose in spit

C5Won’t you come and A5save me, save me

AmFee-Ce-e-e-eed my eGyes

DCan you sew them shut?

AmJee-C-e-e-e-sus CGhrist

DenDy your maker

AmHee-C-e-e-e-e who trieGs

DWill be wasted

Oh, Amfee-C-e-e-eed my Geyes

DNow you’ve sewn them shut

Solo on verse chords, repeat chorus

Alice in Chains - No Excuses (1994)

Originally in Bb, I play in A

Highest note that matters is the b6 (“*find me sitting* by myself”)

In the verse, all the bVII’s are really bVIIadd9, and all the I’s are really Iadd11

Intro

G→ Ax4

Low vox on b7 b7 5 on “it’s alright”, high vox on b3 b3 1

G→ AIt’s alright

G→ AThere comes a time

G→ AGot no patience

To GseAarch for peace of mind

G→ ALaying’ low

G→ AWant to take it slow

G→ ANo more hiding

GOr disguAising truths I’ve sold

FEvery Gday it’s something

AHits me oh so cold

You fFind me sittin’ Gby myself

No exDcuses, that I know

G→ Ax4

G→ AIt’s okay

G→ AHad a bad day

G→ AHands are bruised from

GBrAeaking rocks all day

G→ ADrained and blue

G→ AI bleed for you

G→ AYou think it’s funny

Well, you’re GdrAowning in it too

FEvery Gday it’s something

AHits me all so cold

You Ffind me sittin’ Gby myself

No exDcuses, that I know

G→ Ax4

Solo on chorus chords

FGAA

FGDD

G→ AYeah, it’s fine

G→ AWe’ll walk down the line

G→ ALeave our rain

A cold GtrAade for warm sunshine

G→ AYou my friend

G→ AI will defend

G→ AAnd if we change

Well, I GloAve you anyway

FEvery Gday it’s something

AHits me all so cold

You fFind me sittin’ Gby myself

No exDcuses, that I know

G→ Ax5

Alice in Chains - Rooster (1992)

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

In A, play the riff as A → G/A, C → C

A→ A11C→ Cadd9x4

A11Ooooh Cadd9oooh, A11oooh Cadd9x2

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

Vox on the b3 on “ain’t found”

A11Ain’t found a way to Cadd9kill me yet

A11Eyes burn with Cadd9stinging sweat

A11Seems every Cadd9path leads me to

A11Nowhere, mCadd9mm

A11Wife and kids Cadd9household pet

A11Army green was nCadd9o safe bet

A11The bullets scCadd9ream to me from

SA11omewhere, mCadd9mm

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “here”

DHere they come to snuff the Frooster, oh A11yeah D/A→ A11

DYeah here come the Frooster, yeah G→ A11

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

CYou know he ain’t gonna Gdie → A11CC

GNo-Aoh A11no, no, Cyou know he ain’t gonna Cdie A11CC

A→ A11C→ Cadd9x4

DHere they come to snuff the Frooster, oh A11yeah D/A→ A11

DYeah here come the Frooster, yeah G→ A11

CYou know he ain’t gonna Gdie → A11CC

GNo-Aoh A11no, no, Cyou know he ain’t gonna Cdie A11CC

A11Walkin’ tall macCadd9hine gun man

A11They spit on me in Cadd9my home land

A11Gloria sent me Cadd9pictures of my

A11Boy, mCadd9mm

A11Got my pills ‘gainst mosCadd9quito death

A11My buddy’s breathin’ his Cadd9dyin’ breath

A11Oh god pleaseCadd9won’t you help me make it

A11Through, Cadd9mmmm

DHere they come to snuff the Frooster, oh A11yeah D/A→ A11

DYeah here come the Frooster, yeah G→ A11

CYou know he ain’t gonna Gdie → A11CC

GNo-Aoh A11no, no, Cyou know he ain’t gonna Cdie A11CC

A→ A11C→ Cadd9x2

Alice in Chains - Would (1992)

Originally in Bbm, I play in Em capo 3

Highest note that matters is the 7 of the minor key (“was *back* then”)

Intro

Esus2/BCx4

Vox on 5 1 of the minor chord on “know me”

Esus2/BKnow mCe broken Esus2/Bby my mastCer

Esus2/BTeach theCe on child of Esus2/Blove hereafteCr

Chords change on the same rhythm as in the verse

EmInto the flood againC

Same old trip it Emwas back thenC

EmSo I made a big mCistake

Try to see it Emonce my wCay

Esus2/BC

Esus2/BDriftinCg body it’s Esus2/Bsole desertioCn

Esus2/BFlyiCng not yet quEsus2/Bite the notioCn

EmInto the flood againC

Same old trip it Emwas back thenC

EmSo I made a big mCistake

Try to see it Emonce my wCay

Solo

Esus2/BCx4

EmInto the flood againC

Same old trip it Emwas baaaaaaaaaaaack thenC

EmSo I made a big mCistake

Try to see it Emonce my wCay

GAG7#9m I wroC#ng?

HCave I run too fAar to get home?

GHaG7#9ave I goC#ne?

LCeft you here alonAe?

GAm I wroC#ng?

HCave I run too fAar to get home, yeah?

GHave I goC#ne?

LCeft you here aloAne?

G7#9If I would, could you?

Amy Grant - Baby, Baby (1991)

Originally in F#, I play in A capo 2

Highest note that matters is the 3

Intro

AD6AD6→ A/Ex4

Vox on 3 5 6 1 on “baby baby”

ABaby, D6baby I’m tAaken with the D6notiA/Eon

ATo lD6ove you with the Asweetest of dD6evotA/Eion

ABaby, D6baby my teAnder love will D6flow fA/Erom

AThe blD6uest sky tAo the deepest D6oceA/Ean

Gmaj9Stop for a minute, baby I’m so Em11glad you’re

AMine D6yeah AD6→ A/E

AD6AD6→ A/E

ABaby, D6baby the sAtars are shining fD6or yA/Eou

AAnd jD6ust like me I’m Asure that they aD6dore A/Eyou

ABaby, D6baby go waAlking through the D6foresA/Et

AThe birdsD6above are Asinging you a D6chorA/Eus

Gmaj9Stop for a minute, baby they’re so Em11glad you’re

AMine D6oh yeah AD6→ A/E

And E6ever since the day you D6put my heart in motion

E6Baby I realize that there’s jD/Gust no getting over you

Original changes key here, I don’t

AD6AD6→ A/Ex2

ABaby, D6baby in Aany kind of D6weatA/Eher

AI’m heD6re for you aAlways and forD6evA/Eer

ABaby, D6baby no Amuscle man could D6sevA/Eer

AMy lovD6e for you is tArue and it willD6nevA/Eer

Gmaj9Stop for a minute, baby I’m so Em11glad you’re

AMine D6AD6→ A/E

And eE6ver since the day you D6put my heart in motion

E6Baby I realize, tD6here’s no getting over you

Solo, the original is back in the starting key now

AD6C6Bm7x4

And E6ever since the day you D6put my heart in motion

E6Baby I realize that there’s jD6ust no getting over you

Now the orignal goes back to the higher key

AE6Am/CE6→ A/EOver you

AE6Am/CE6→ A/E

ABaby, E6baby, alwAm/Cays and fE6orevA/Eer

AE6Am/CE6→ A/E

I’m Ahere for you bE6aby, Am/CI’m sE6o glad yA/Eou’re mine

AE6Am/CE6→ A/E

When I Athink about you it mE6akes me smile Am/CbabE6y, baby bA/Ee mine

AE6Am/CE6→ A/E

Amy Grant - Every Heartbeat (1991)

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

DEm7x2

DHear me speak what’s on my mind

Em7Let me give this testimony

DReaffirm that you will find

Em7That you are my one and only

Em7No exception to this rule

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

Cmaj7I’m simple but I’m no fool

Em7I’ve got a witness happy to say

DEvery Chour G/Bevery dD/Aay

DEvery Aheartbeat F#mbears your Gname

DLoud and Aclear they sBmtake my Gclaim

DMy rAed blood F#mruns true Gblue

And eGvery D/F#heartbeat Gbelongs to Ayou

DClassic case of boy meets girl

Em7Moving in the same direction

DYou’re not asking for the world

Em7I’m not asking for perfection

Em7Just a love that’s well-designed

Cmaj7For passing the test of time

Em7I’m here to tell you, I’m here to stay

DEvery Chour G/Bevery dD/Aay

DEvery Aheartbeat F#mbears your Gname

DLoud and Aclear they sBmtake my Gclaim

DAsk anyAone and they’ll F#mtell you it’s Gtrue

That eGvery D/F#heartbeat Gbelongs to Ayou

DEvery Aheartbeat F#mbears your Gname

DLoud and Aclear they sBmtake my Gclaim, yeah

DMy rAed blood F#mruns true Gblue

And eGvery D/F#heartbeat Gbelongs to Ayou

Trippy bridge

AmOoh oEoh, Amooh Dooh Em7

AmOoh oEoh, Amooh Dooh

Em7Yeah, sure maybe I’m on the edge

But I Clove you, baby and like I said

DI’m here to tell you

D/CI’m here to stay

G/BEvery hD/Aour, every day

Let ring

DEvery Aheartbeat F#mbears your Gname

DLoud and Aclear they sBmtake my Gclaim

DAsk anyAone and they’ll F#mtell you it’s Gtrue

That eGvery D/F#heartbeat Gbelongs to Ayou

Band back in

DEvery Aheartbeat F#mbears your Gname

DLoud and Aclear they sBmtake my Gclaim, yeah

DMy rAed blood F#mruns true Gblue

And eGvery D/F#heartbeat Gbelongs to Ayou

Anthrax - Only (1993)

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

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

E5E5/CE5/BE5/C

E5E5/CE5/BA5

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

E5Everything is perfect

G5Everything is C#5sick, that’s C5it

E5You can’t tell me to stop it

G5You can’t tell me not to C#5quit, that’s C5it

Em7Revolve around yourself

It’s you and no one else

C#dimHard for me to C5stay

Em7Swinging moods that change

From calmness to deranged

C#dimUnpredictable, C5unpredictaA5ble

You would see if E5onE5/Cly

You hadn’t E5/Btaken things out of my A5hands

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

If E5onE5/Cly you never E5/Bwanted to underA5stand

E5Classic ways to live here

G5Compromise for C#5me C5

E5I’m at both ends of the spectrum

G5You’re somewhere in the C#5between, C5I come clean

Em7Revolve around yourself

It’s you and no one else

C#dimHard for me to C5stay

Em7Swinging moods that change

From calmness to deranged

C#dimUnpredictable, C5unpredictaA5ble

You would see if E5onE5/Cly

You hadn’t E5/Btaken things out of my A5hands

If E5onE5/Cly you never E5/Bwanted to underA5stand

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

With regular chorus lyrics

E5Crucified, E5/Cterrified, E5/Bsacrifice, A5my whole life

E5My whole life, E5/Cmy whole life, E5/Bmy whole life, A5my whole life

Actually does i VII IV here, I play chorus chords

I can’t conE5tain myself

I can’t conE5/Ctain myself

I just can’t E5/Btake myself A5

Billy Joel - The River of Dreams (1993)

On guitar, play as barre and ignore most extensions.

Gmaj7Gmaj7Cmaj7D6

x 4, with oooh, ahh

GIn the middle of (I go walking in)

In the middle of (I go G9walking in)

CIn the middle of (I go Cmaj7walking in)

DIn the middle of (I go walking in)

In the middle of the Gnight

I go walking in my sleep

From the G7mountains of Cfaith

To the Cmaj7river so Ddeep

I must be looking for Gsomething

Something sacred I lost

But the G7river is Cwide

And it’s Cmaj7too hard to Dcross

EmAnd even though I know the Gmaj7river is wide

I walk Cmaj7down every evening and Gstand on the shore

Cmaj7I try to cross to the Gmaj7opposite side

So I can A7finally find out what I’ve been Dlooking for

In the middle of the Gnight

I go walking in my sleep

Through the G7valley of Cfear

To a Cmaj7river so Ddeep

I’ve been searching for Gsomething

Taken out of my soul

Something G7I could never Close

Something Cmaj7somebody Dstole

I Emdon’t know why I go Gmaj7walking at night

But now I’m Cmaj7tired and I don’t want to Gwalk anymore

I Cmaj7hope it doesn’t take the Gmaj7rest of my life

Until I A7find what it is I’ve been Dlooking for

Hang for 1 measure

In the middle of the Gnight

I go walking in my sleep

Through the G7jungle of Cdoubt

To the Cmaj7river so Ddeep

I know I’m Gsearching for something

Something so undefined

That it can G7only be Cseen

By the Cmaj7eyes of the Dblind

In the middle of the Gnight

Note the lyrics are reversed wrt the intro

GI go walking in the, in the middle of the

I go walking in the, in the G7middle of the

CI go walking in the, in the Cmaj7middle of the

DI go walking in the, in the middle of the

GI go walking in the, in the middle of the

I go walking in the, in the G7middle of the

CI go walking in the, in the Cmaj7middle of the

DI go walking in the, in the middle of the

EmI’m not sure about a Gmaj7life after this

God Cmaj7knows I’ve never been a Gspiritual man

Cmaj7Baptized by the Gmaj7fire

I wade into the Ariver that is running through the Dpromised land

Hang for 1 meaure and 2 extra beats

In the middle of the Gnight

I go walking in my sleep

Through the G7desert of Ctruth

To the Cmaj7river so Ddeep

We all end in the Gocean

We all start in the streams

We’re all G7carried aClong

By the Cmaj7river of Ddreams

In the middle of the Gnight

I go walking in the, in the middle of the

I go walking in the, in the G7middle of the

CI go walking in the, in the Cmaj7middle of the

DI go walking in the, in the middle of the

Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart (1992)

Intro

AYou can tell the world, you never was my girl

You can burn my clothes, when I’m Egone

Or Eyou can tell your friends, just what a fool I’ve been

And laugh and joke about me on the Aphone

AYou can tell my arms, go back into the farm

You can tell my feet to hit the Efloor

Or Eyou can tell my lips, to tell my fingertips

They won’t be reaching out for you no Amore

But dAon’t tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

I just don’t think he’d underEstand

And Eif you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

He might blow up and kill this Aman, oooh

AAAE

EEEA

AYou can tell your maw, I moved to Arkansas

You can tell your dog to bite my Eleg

Or Etell your brother Cliff, whose fist can tell my lip

He never really liked me anyAway

Go Atell your aunt Louise, tell anything you please

Myself already knows I’m not oEkay

Or Eyou can tell my eye, watch out for my mind

It might be walkin’ out on me toAday

But dAon’t tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

I just don’t think he’d underEstand

And Eif you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

He might blow up and kill this Aman, oooh

AAAE

EEEA

ADon’t tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

I just don’t think he’d underEstand

And Eif you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

He might blow up and kill this Aman

Let ring

ADon’t tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

I just don’t think he’d underEstand

And Eif you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart

He might blow up and kill this Aman, oooh

Band back in

AAAE

EEEA

Blind Melon - No Rain (1992)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

AGAGx2

Vox on the 1

AAll I can say is that my lGife is pretty plain

I Dlike watchin’ the puddles Cgather Arain A7

And Aall I can do is just Gpour some tea for two

And Dspeak my point of view but Cit’s not Asane A7

It’s not sAane

AI just want Gsomeone to Asay to me oGh

AI’ll always Gbe there when you wAake, Gyeah

AYou know I’d like to Gkeep my cheeks Adry todayG

ASo stay with Gme and I’ll have it Amade G

And I Adon’t understand why I Gsleep all day

And I Dstart to complain that tChere’s no Arain A7

And Aall I can do is read a Gbook to stay awake

It Drips my life away, but it’s a Cgreat escaApe

EscAape, escape, escape

Solo

AGAGx2

Let ring

AAll I can say is that my Glife is pretty plain

You don’tDlike my point of view

You think Cthat I’m Ainsane

It’s not sAane, it’s not sane

AI just want Gsomeone to Asay to me oGh

AI’ll always Gbe there when you wAake Gyeah

AYou know I’d like to Gkeep my cheeks Adry todayG

ASo stay with Gme and I’ll have it Amade G

I’ll have it mAade G

Oh oh oh Aoh G

Blink 182 - All the Small Things (1999)

Originally in C, I play in A

E→ D

AD/AEE

E→ D

AD/AEE

AAll the, Esmall things

DTrue care, Etruth brings

AI’ll take, Eone lift

DYour ride, Ebest trip

AAlways, EI know

DYou’ll be, Eat my show

AWatching, Ewaiting

DCommisEerating

ASay it ain’t so, I will not E/Ago

Turn the lights Doff, carry me Ahome

ANana nana nana nana na na

ENana nana nanDa nana na na

ANana nana nana nana na na

ENana nana nanDa nana na na

AD/AEE

E→ D

AD/AEE

E→ D

ALate night, Ecome home

DWork sucks, EI know

AShe left me Eroses

By the sDtairs

SurEprises let me know she cares

ASay it ain’t so, I will not Ego

Turn the lights Doff, carry me Ahome

ANana nana nana nana na na

ENana nana nanDa nana na na

ANana nana nana nana na na

ENana nana nanDa nana na na

Bridge

AADEx4

ASay it ain’t so, I will not E/Ago

Turn the lights Doff, carry me Ahome

AKeep your head sEtill

I’ll be your Ethrill

The night will go Don

My little windAmill

ASay it ain’t so, I will not Ego

Turn the lights Doff

Carry me Ahome

AKeep your head still, I’ll be your Ethrill

The night will go Don

The night will go oDn

My little windAmill

Blues Traveler - Hook (1995)

Originally in A, I play in D capo 1

Intro

DABmF#

GDGA

DIt doesn’t Amatter what I Bm7say F#7

GSo long as DI sing with inGflecAtion

DThat makes you Afeel that I’ll conBm7vey F#7

GSome inner Dtruth of vast reGflecAtion

DBut I’ve said Anothing so Bm7far F#7

GAnd I can keep Dit up as Glong as it Atakes

DAnd it don’t Amatter who you Bmare F#7

GIf I’m dDoing my job, it’s Gyour resolve that Abreaks

Because the Dhook Abrings you Bmback F#7

GI ain’t Dtellin’ you no Glie A

The Dhook Abrings you Bmback F#7

GOn tDhat you can relGy A

DThere is Asomething amBmiss F#7

GI am Dbeing insincGere A

DIn fact I Adon’t mean Bmany of this F#7

GStill my confDession draws you Gnear A

DTo confuse the iAssue I reBmfer F#7

GTo familiar hDeroes from Glong agoA

DNo matter how Amuch Peter lBmoved her F#7

GWhat made the Dpan refuse to Ggrow A

Was that the Dhook Abrings you Bmback F#7

GI ain’t Dtellin’ you no Glie A

The Dhook Abrings you Bmback F#7

GOn tDhat you can relGy A

Solo

DABmF#

GDGA

DSuck it in, suck it in, suck it in

If you’re ARin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn

BmMake a desperate move or else you’ll wF#7in

And then begin to Gsee what you’re doing to me

This DMTV is not for free

It’s sGo PC it’s killing me

So dAesperately I’ll sing to thee of

DLove, sure but aAlso rage and hate and pain

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

GShelf, I’ve tried, well, nDo in fact I’ve lied

Could bGe financial suicide but IA‘ve got too much pride inside to

DHide or slide, I’ll dAo as I’ll decide and

Let it rBmide until I’ve died

And only F#7then shall I abide

This tide of cGatchy little tunes

Or hDip three-minute ditties

I wanna Gbust all your balloons

I wanna Aburn all of your cities

To the gDround I’ve found

I wAill not mess around

Unless I Bmplay then hey

I F#7will go on all day

Hear what I Gsay, I have a prayer to pray

That’s rDeally all this was

And when I’m Gfeeling stuck and need a buck

I dAon’t rely on luck because

Was that the Dhook Abrings you Bmback F#7

GI ain’t Dtellin’ you no Glie A

The Dhoooooo ABmF#7

GOn tDhat you can relGy A

Blues Traveler - Run-Around (1994)

Originally in G, I play in D capo 2

DGadd9EmAx6

DOnce upGadd9on a Emmidnight Adearie

I wDoke with something iGadd9n my heEmad A

I Dcouldn’t esGadd9cape the EmmemoAry

Of a pDhone call and of Gadd9what you saEmid A

Like a gDame show conGadd9testant with a Emparting gAift

I could Dnot belieGve my eEmyes A

When I Dsaw through the Gadd9voice of a Emtrusted fAriend

Who needs to Dhumor me and Gadd9tell me Emlies A

Yeah hDumor me and Gadd9tell me lEmies A

And DI’ll lie Gadd9too and say EmI don’t Amind

And Das weGadd9seek so Emshall we fAind

And Dwhen you’re feelingGadd9open I’ll sEmtill be hAere

But Dnot without a Gadd9certain degrEmee of feAar

Of wDhat willGadd9be with Emyou and Ame

I sDtill can Gadd9see things hEmopefullAy

But Dyou Gadd9EmA

Why you wanna gDive me a Gadd9run-aroEmund A

Is it a Dsure-fire Gadd9way to sEmpeed things Aup

When Dall it does isGadd9slEmooAow me dDown Gadd9EmA

And sDhake mGadd9e and my cEmonfidAence

About a gDreat manGadd9y thingEms A

But I’ve Dbeen there Gadd9I can Emsee it cAower

Like a nDervous magician Gadd9waiting in the wEmings A

Of a Dbad Gadd9play where the Emheroes are rAight

And nDobody tGadd9hinks or exEmpects too mAuch

And HDollywood’s Gadd9calling for the Emmovie rAights

Singing hDey babe let’s Gadd9keep in tEmouch A

Hey bDaby letGadd9‘s keep inEmtouch A

But I want mDore than a Gadd9touch I wEmant you to reach Ame

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

And sDhow me all the Gadd9thing no one Emelse can seAe

So wDhat you Gadd9feel become mEmine as Awell

And sDoon if we’re Gadd9lucky we’d be unEmable to tAell

What’s yoDurs and Gadd9mine, the fEminshing fAine

And it dDoesn’t have to Gadd9rhyme so don’t fEmeed me a lAine

But Dyou Gadd9EmA

Why you wanna gDive me a Gadd9run-aroEmund A

Is it a Dsure-fire Gadd9way to sEmpeed things Aup

When Dall it does isGadd9slEmooAow me dDown Gadd9EmA

Solo

DGadd9EmAx 8

Tra la la la la bDoaba Gadd9dear this is the pEmilot speAaking

And I’ve Dgot some Gadd9news for yEmou A

It seems my sDhip still sGadd9tands no matter wEmhat you dArop

And there ain’t a wDhole lot that Gadd9you can Emdo A

Oh sure the bDanner may be Gadd9torn and wEmind’s gotten cAolder

DPerhaps I’ve Gadd9grown a little cEmynical A

But I kDnow no mGadd9atter what the wEmaitress bArings

I shall dDrink it and Gadd9always Embe fulAl

Yeah I will Ddrink it and Gadd9always Embe fAull

Oh DI like Gadd9coffee and EmI like tAea

I’d like to Dbe able toGadd9enter a fEminal pAlea

I sDtill got this Gadd9dream that you jEmust can’t sAhake

I lDove you to the Gadd9point you can no Emlonger tAake

Well all rDight, Gadd9okay, sEmo be that wAay

I hDope and Gadd9pray that there’s soEmmething left to Asay

But Dyou Gadd9EmA

Why you wanna gDive me a Gadd9run-aroEmund A

Is it a Dsure-fire Gadd9way to sEmpeed things Aup

When Dall it does isGadd9sllw me down EmA

But Dyou Gadd9EmA

Why you wanna gDive me a Gadd9run-aroEmund A

Is it a Dsure-fire Gadd9way to sEmpeed things Aup

When Dall it does isGadd9slEmooAow me dDown Gadd9EmA

Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love (1997)

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

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

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

CWhen the rain is blowing G/Bin your face

Gm/BbAnd the whole world is F/Aon your case

Fm/AbI could offer you a C/Gwarm embrace

D9/F#To make you F/Gfeel my Clove

CWhen evening shadows and the G/Bstars appear

Gm/BbAnd there is no one there to F/Adry your tears

Fm/AbI could hold you for a C/Gmillion years

D9/F#To make you F/Gfeel my Clove

FI know you haven’t made your Cmind up yet

C+But I would Fnever do you Cwrong

FI’ve known it from the moment Cthat we met

NDm7o doubt in my mind where you Gbelong

CI’d go hungry, I’d go G/Bblack and blue

Gm/BbI’d go crawling down the F/Aavenue

Fm/AbOh there’s nothing that I C/Gwouldn’t do

D9/F#To make you F/Gfeel my Clove

Solo

CG/BGm/BbF/A

Fm/AbC/GD9/F#F/GC

FThe storms are raging on the Crolling sea

EAnd on the Fhighway of Cregret

FThe winds of change are blowing Cwild and free

YDm7ou ain’t seen nothing like me Gyet

CI could make you happy, make your G/Bdreams come true

Gm/BbThere is nothing that I wouF/Aldn’t do

Fm/AbGo to the ends of the C/GEarth for you

D9/F#To make you F/Gfeel my Clove

BoDeans - Closer to Free (1993)

Originally in G, I play in E. It’s not very high, but the vox are on the 5 for the entire song, which wears me out in G.

Intro

EAadd9BAadd9

EAadd9Yeah BAadd9

EEverybody Aadd9wants to lBive, like they Aadd9wanna live

And Eeverybody Aadd9wants to lBove, like they Aadd9wanna love

EEverybody Aadd9wants to Bbe, Aadd9closer to Efree

EAadd9BYeah, Aadd9yeah yeah

EEverybody Aadd9wants resBpect, just a Aadd9little bit

And Eeverybody Aadd9needs a Bchance, once in a Aadd9while

EEverybody Aadd9wants to Bbe, Aadd9closer to Efree

EAadd9BYeah, Aadd9yeah yeah

Bridge

F#mEverybody Bone

F#mEverybody Btwo

F#mEverybody Bfree

EEverybody Aadd9needs to Btouch, you know Aadd9now and then

And Eeverybody Aadd9wants a Bgood, good Aadd9friend

EEverybody Aadd9wants to Bbe, Aadd9closer to Efree

EAadd9BAadd9Alright

Harmonica solo

EAadd9BAadd9

Bridge

I said F#meverybody Bone

F#mEverybody Btwo

F#mEverybody Bfree

EEverybody Aadd9wants to lBive, like they Aadd9wanna live

And Eeverybody Aadd9wants to Blove, like they Aadd9wanna love

EEverybody Aadd9wants to Bbe, Aadd9closer to Efree

EAadd9BYeah Aadd9closer to Efree

EAadd9BAadd9Closer to Efree

EAadd9BYeah, Aadd9yeah yeah E

Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses (1992)

Originally in F, I play in C capo 2.

Note this is IV → I, not I → IV.

FCFC(x2)

SFitting here wasted and wounded at this old piCano

Trying hFard to capture the moment

This morning I dCon’t know

‘Cause a bEmottle of vodka is still Flodged in my head

And some blCond gave me nightmares

Think she’s still in my bFed

As I drFeam about movies they

GWon’t make of me when I’m dCead

With an Fironclad fist

I wake up and French kiss the mCorning

While some mFarching band keeps its own beat

In my head while we’reCtalking

About Emall of the things, that I Flong to believe

About lCove, the truth, what you mean to me

And the trFuth is

FBaby, you’re Gall that I Cneed G/B

I wanna lAmay

You Gdown in a Fbed of rCoses

For tonAmight

I sGleep on a Fbed of nCails

Oh, I want to bFe just as cClose as

The hFoly gChost is

And lAmay Gyou Fdown

On a bed of Croses

Well I’m sFo far away

Each step that I take’s on my wCay home

A king’s rFansom in dimes

Given each night to see through this pCay phone

Still I rEmun out of time

Or it’s Fhard to get through

Till the bCird on the wire flies me back to you

I’ll jFust close my eyes, whisper

FBaby, Gblind love is Ctrue G/B

I wanna lAmay

You Gdown in a Fbed of rCoses

For tonAmight

I sGleep on a Fbed of nCails

Oh, I want to bFe just as cClose as

The hFoly gChost is

And lAmay Gyou Fdown

On a bed of Croses

Bridge

Well this hFotel bar’s hangover

WGhiskey’s gone dry the barkCeeper’s wig’s crooked

And she’s giving me the eye

I mFight have said yes

But I Flaughed so hard GI think I Cdied G/B

Solo on chorus chords, more or less

Now as yFou close your eyes

Know I’ll be thinking abCout you

While my mFistress she calls me

To stand in her spotlightCagain

Tonight I wFon’t be alone

But you know that don’t mean I’m not lConely

I’ve got nAmothing to pGrove for it’s Fyou

That I’d Fdie to defCend G/B

I wanna lAmay

You Gdown in a Fbed of rCoses

For tonAmight

I sGleep on a Fbed of nCails

Oh, I want to bFe just as cClose as

The hFoly gChost is

And lAmay Gyou Fdown

I wanna lAmay

You Gdown in a Fbed of rCoses

For tonAmight

I sGleep on a Fbed of nCails

Oh, I want to bFe just as cClose as

The hFoly gChost is

And lAmay Gyou Fdown on a bed of Croses

Bon Jovi - Dry County (1992)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am

Highest note that matters is the 5 (“*dry* county”)

Intro, quiet

AmGEmF

AmGEmF6

AmGEmF

AmGEmF6

Vox on the 3 of the minor key on “cross”

AmAcross the Gborder they turn

EmWater into Fwine

AmSome say it’s the Gdevil’s blood

They’re Dsqueezing from the viAmne

AmSome say it’s a Gsavior

In these Emhard and desperate Ftimes

You Amsee it helps meGto forget

That Dwe’re just born, to Amdie

AmGEmF

AmGEmF6

I Amcame here like Gso many did

To Emfind the better Flife

To Amfind my piece of Geasy street

And Dfinally be alAmive

I knew Amnothing good comes Geasy

All Emgood things take some Ftime

I Ammade my bed I’ll Glie in it

To Ddie in it’s the crime

Vox up to the high 3 of the chord

CYou can’t help but prosper

Where the Fstreets are paved with gold

They say the Goil wells ran deeper here

Than Amanybody’s known

Now I Cpacked up on my wife and kid

And leFft them back at home

See there’s Gnothing in this paydirt

The Fghosts are all I know

Now the Amoil’s gone

And Am/Gthe money’s gone

All F#m7b5the jobs are gone

Still we’re Am/Ghangin’ on down in

CDry county, they’re Gswimming in the sand

Praying Ffor some holy water

To Dmwash the sins from Foff our hands in

CDry county, the Gpromise has run dry

FWhere nobody cries

Hang on “no”

And Fno one is getting out of here aAmlive

AmGEmFNot this time

AmGEmF6

In the Amblessed name of GJesus

I Emheard a preacher Fsay

That Amwe were all god’s Gchildren

And tDhat he’d be back, Amback someday

And I Amhoped that he knew Gsomething

As he Emdrank his cup of Fwine

I didn’t Amhave too good a Gfeeling

As I Dhead out to the Amnight

I Ccursed the sky to open

I Fbegged the clouds for rain

I Gpray all night for water

For this Dmburning in my viens

It was Clike my soul’s on fire

And I Fhad to watch the flames

All my Gdreams went up in ashes

And my Ffuture blew away

Now the Amoil’s gone

And the Am/Gmoney’s gone

All the F#m7b5jobs are gone

Still they’re Ghangin’ on Gdown in

CDry county, they’re Gswimming in the sand

Praying Ffor some holy water

To Dmwash the sins from Foff our hands in

CDry county, the Gpromise has run dry

FWhere nobody cries

And Fno one is getting out of here alCive

Solo, loud

CGFDm→ F

CGFF

Solo, let ring

Em7→ F

Em7→ F→ G→ Am

Solo, arpeggios, building

AmGAmGx7

AmGAmAm

Totally rocking solo

AmGEmFx8

Quiet again

AmGEmF

AmGEmF6

A man Amspends his whole life Gwaiting

Praying Emfor some big rewFard

It sAmeems sometimes that Gpayoff leaves you

DFeeling like a Amdirty whore

AmIf I could choose the wGay I die

Make it Emby the gun or Fknife

‘Cause the Amother way there’s Gtoo much pain

DNight after night after night

Caught out in Cdry county, where they’re Gswimming in the sand

Praying Ffor some holy water

To Dmwash the sins from Foff our hands in

CDry county, the Gpromise has run dry

FWhere nobody cries

And Fno one is getting out of here

CDry county GF

DmNo one is getting ouFt of here

CDry county, GFno

DmF

AmGEmF

AmGEmF6

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

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

GHey hey hey, yeah yeah yeah

FSevGen days of Saturday is all that I need

FGot Gno use for Sundays ‘cause I don’t rest in peace

IFGdon’t need no Mondays or the rest of the week

I Fspend a lGot of time in bed but baby I don’t like to sleep no

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

I’ll probably drive you wild eight days a week

Until I’m Gsix feet under baby CI don’t need a Gbed

Gonna Clive while I’m alive I’ll sFleep when I’m dGead

Till they Groll me over and Clay my bones to rGest

Gonna Clive while I’m alive I’ll sFleep when I’m dGead

GAlright, listen up

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

some IV-ish vamping

So you’re Glooking for some action I got got everything you need

Better kGeep your motor running ‘cause I was built for speed

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

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

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

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

Until I’m Gsix feet under baby CI don’t need a Gbed

Gonna Clive while I’m alive I’ll sFleep when I’m dGead

Till they Groll me over and Clay my bones to rGest

Gonna Clive while I’m alive I’ll sFleep when I’m dGead

SFleep when I’m dGead

SFleep when I’m dCead

Drop out on “alive”

Gonna Clive while I’m alive I’ll sFleep when I’m dGead

Solo

FCGGx 3

FCDD

Sparse

FSevGen days of Saturday is all that I need

FGot Gno use for Sunday ‘cause I don’t rest in peace

FI was Glorn to live you know I wasn’t born to die

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

Until I’m Gsix feet under baby CI don’t need a Gbed

Gonna Clive while I’m alive I’ll sFleep when I’m dGead

Till they Groll me over and Clay my bones to rGest

Gonna Clive while I’m alive I’ll sFleep when I’m dGead

I Gfeel like I’m exploding going Cout of my Ghead

Gonna Clive while I’m alive I’ll sFleep when I’m dGead

Until I’m Gsix feet under baby CI don’t need a Gbed

Gonna Clive while I’m alive I’ll sFleep when I’m dGead

SFleep when I’m dGead

SFleep when I’m dCead

Drop out on “alive”

Gonna Clive while I’m alive I’ll sFleep when I’m dGead

Bon Jovi - In These Arms (1992)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

Highest note is the 5

AAsus4x 4

You want cAommitment, take a looAsus4k into these eyes

They burn with fAire, yeah, untiAsus4l the end of time

And I would F#mdo anything, I’d beg, I’d steal, I’d Ddie

To have you in Esus4these arms toAnight Asus4

Baby I Awant you, like the Asus4roses want the rain

You know I nAeed you, like theAsus4poet needs the pain

And I would give F#manything, my blood, my love, my lDife

If you were iEn these arms tonight

AI’d hold you, EI’d need you

F#mI’d get down onDmy knees for yAou

And make F#meverything alrEight

If you were Din these arms

AI’d love you,EI’d please you

F#mI’d tell you that I’d Dnever leave you

AAnd love you F#mtill the end of tiEsus4me

If you were Din these arms tonAight Asus4

We’d stare at the sAun, and we made a proAsus4mise

A promise this woArld, would never blAsus4ind us

And these were our F#mwords, our words were our soDngs

Our songs are our pF#mrayers, these prayers keep me strong

And I still belDieve if you were iEn these arms

AI’d hold you, EI’d need you

F#mI’d get down onDmy knees for yAou

And make F#meverything alrEight

If you were Din these arms

AI’d love you,EI’d please you

F#mI’d tell you that I’d Dnever leave you

AAnd love you F#mtill the end of tiEsus4me

If you were Din these arms tonAightAsus4

Your cElothes are still scattered all over our room

This wDhole place still smells like your cheap perfume

EEverything here reminds me of you

There’s nDothing I wouldn’t do

Solo

AEF#mDAEBmDsus2

Dsus2And these were our woErds, they keep me strong, baby

AI’d hold you, EI’d need you

F#mI’d get down onDmy knees for yAou

And make F#meverything alrEight

If you were Din these arms

AI’d love you,EI’d please you

F#mI’d tell you that I’d Dnever leave you

AAnd love you F#mtill the end of tiEsus4me

If you were Din these arms tonAight

AEF#mIf you were Din these arms toAnight

AEF#mIf you were Din these arms

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

ABaa... Eaaa.... F#mbyy... D

Like the Aroses need the raiEn

Like the sF#measons need to Dchange

Like the Apoet needs the paiEn

I need youF#mDin these arms

TonAight, EF#mDin these arms toAnight

Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith (1992)

Originally in Gm, I play in Am capo 5. Better for guitar in Em, but it’s a lot of 3 in the chorus.

Intro, rubato

AGAD

At tempo

AmDC→ Am

Vox on 5 4 4 b3 on “mother mother”

Mother mAmother tell your chCildren

That their Dtime has just CbeAmgun

I have sAmuffered for mCy anger

There are wDars that can’t be wFon G

Father fAmather please belCieve me

I am lDaying down Cmy gAmuns

I am Ambroken like an Carrow

ForDgive me, forgFive your Gwayward sAmon

AmEverybody needs someCbody to love (mother, mother)

DEverybody needs CsomeAmbody to hate (please believe me)

AmEverybody’s bitching cause they Ccan’t get enough

And it’s hDard to hold on when there’s nFo one to Glean on

AmFaith, you Cknow you’re gonna live thru the rGain

LDord you got to keep the fAmaith

AmFaith, Cdon’t let your love turn to hGate

NDow we got to keep the fAmaith

AmKeep the faith, keep the faith

Lord we got to keep the fAmaith

AmCDC→ Am

Tell me bAmaby when I hCurt you

Do you kDeep it all CinAmside

Do you Amtell me all’s Cforgiven

And just Dhide behind your prFide, Gyeah

AmEverybody needs someCbody to love (mother, father)

DEverybody needs someAmbody to hate (please believe me)

AmEverybody’s bleeding cause the tCimes are tough

Well it’s hDard to be strong when there’s nFo one to Gdream on

AmFaith, you Cknow you’re gonna live thru the rGain

LDord you got to keep the fAmaith

AmFaith, Cdon’t you you know it’s never too lGate

Right nDow we got to keep the fAmaith

AmFaith, Cdon’t let your love turn to hGate

LDord you got to keep the fAmaith

AmKeep the faith, keep the faith

Oh, we’ve got to keep the faith

AmKeep the faith, keep the faith

AmLord we got to keep the fGaith

GOooh yeah GGGyeah yeah yeah

AmCDC→ Amx3

AmCDFG

Spoken

I’ve been Amwalking in the footsteps, of society’s lCies

I don’t lDike what I see no more, sometimes I wAmish that I was blind

SometiAmmes I wait forever, to sCtand out in the rain

So nDo one sees me cryin’, trying to wAmash away this pain

Mother fAmather, there’s tChings I’ve done I can’t eDrase

CEvery nAmight we fall from grace

AmIt’s Chard with the world in your fDace

Trying to hold oFn, trGying to hold oAmn

AmFaith, you Cknow you’re gonna live thru the rGain

LDord you got to keep the fAmaith

AmFaith, Cdon’t let your love turn to hGate

Right nDow we got to keep the fAmaith

AmFaith, keep the fCaith, keep the fGaith

Try to hold on, trFy to hold oGn yeah

AmFaith, keep the fCaith, keep the fGaith

FEverybody Gkeep the fAmaith

AmFaith, keep the fCaith, keep the fGaith

Oooh yeah yFeah yeGah yeAmah

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

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

Vox on the high 3

AHey man, I’m alive

I’m Dsus2taking each day a night at a time

Hang on “feeling”

I’m Esus4feeling like a Monday

IV is implied, band back in on “night”

But Dsus2someday I’ll be Saturday Anight

Vox on the low 3

HeyAmy name is Jim, where did I go wrong?

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

Vox up to the 3 of the chord

I jDsus2ust can’t hold a job, where do I belong?

Vox back down to the low 3

Been Asleeping in my car, my Esus4dreams move Aon

My Aname is Billy Jean, my love was bought and sold

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

My Dsus2foster daddy went, took my innocence away

The Esus4street life ain’t much better, but at least I get paid

Vox on the 3 of the chord

And F#mTuesday just might Dgo my way

It cAan’t get worse than yesterday

Vox on the 5 of the chord

C#mThursdays, Fridays ain’t been kind

But Dsomehow I’ll surBmvive

AHey man, I’m alive

I’m Dsus2takin’ each day and night at a time

AYeah, I’m down, but I know I’ll get Esus4by, hey hey hey

Dsus2Hey man, gotta lEsus4ive my life

Like I aAin’t got nothin’ but this F#mroll of the dice

I’m Esus4feelin’ like a Monday, but Dsus2someday I’ll be Saturday nAight

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

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

I wDsus2ish that I could be in some other time and place

With Esus4someone else’s soul, someone else’s face

Aw, F#mTuesday just might Dgo my way

It cAan’t get worse than yesterday

C#mThursdays, Fridays ain’t been kind

But Dsomehow I’ll surBmvive

AHey man, I’m alive

I’m Dsus2takin’ each day and night at a time

AYeah, I’m down, but I know I’ll get Esus4by, hey hey hey

Dsus2Hey man, gotta lEsus4ive my life

I’m gonna Apick up all the pieces and what’s F#mleft of my pride

I’m Esus4feelin’ like a Monday, but Dsus2someday I’ll be Saturday nAight

Solo

AADD

ADSaturday nightA, Dsus2here we go

ASome day I’ll be Saturday night

I’ll be Dback on my feet, I’ll be doin’ alright

It Amay not be tomorrow baby, that’s okay

I ain’t Dgoing down, gonna find a way, hey hey

AHey man, I’m alive

I’m Dsus2takin’ each day and night at a time

AYeah, I’m down, but I know I’ll get Esus4by, hey hey hey

Dsus2Hey man, I’m gonna lEsus4ive my life

Like I aAin’t got nothin’ but this F#mroll of the dice

I’m Esus4feelin’ like a Monday, but Dsus2someday I’ll be Saturday nAight, oh

I’m Esus4feelin’ like a Monday, but Dsus2someday I’ll be Saturday nAight

Outro

ADADOh oh oh

Saturday Anight DAD

Bonnie Raitt - Something to Talk About (1991)

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

Intro

EOoh B

C#m7→ D→ A→ C7

Vox on the 3 “*peo*ple”

EPeople are talkin’, talkin’ ‘bout people

EI hear them whisper, you won’t believe it

Vox up to 3 2 1 1 on “they think we’re love”

AThey think we’re lovers, kept under cover

EI just ignore it but they keep sayin’ we

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “laugh”

C#m7Laugh just a little too Dloud

C#m7Stand just a little too Dclose

Vox on 6 5 of the chord on “sta-are”

We Gstare just a little too Clong

BMaybe they’re seein’, B7somethin’ we don’t darlin’

ELet’s give ‘em somethin’ to Btalk about

How about C#m7love? DAC7

EI feel so foolish, I never noticed

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

AIt took a rumor to make me wonder

ENow I’m convinced I’m goin’ under

C#m7Thinkin’ ‘bout you every Dday

C#m7Dreamin’ ‘bout you every Dnight

I’m Ghopin’ that you feel the same Cway

BNow that we know it, B7let’s really show it darlin’

ELet’s give ‘em somethin’ to Btalk about

EA little mystery to Bfigure out

ELet’s give ‘em somethin’ to Btalk about

How about C#m7love? DAC7

Solo if appropriate

C#m7DAC7

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

ELet’s give ‘em somethin’ to Btalk about babe

EA little mystery to fBigure out

ELet’s give ‘em somethin’ to Btalk about

How about C#m7love, oDh AC7

EListen up baby B(Somethin’ to talk about)

EA little mystery won’t Bhurt (Somethin’ to talk about)

ELet’s give ‘em somethin’ to Btalk about

How about our C#m7love, Dlove, Alove C7

Repeat to fade with ad libs

Boyz II Men - End of the Road (1991)

Am7b5 as 5x554x

Originally in Eb, I play in A

Vox start on the 5

AWe belong togetherAsus4A

C#m/F#And you know I’m F#m7right

DWhy do you C#m7play with my heart

Why Bm7do you play with my E7sus4mind?

ASaid we’d be foreverAsus4A

C#m/F#Said it’d never F#m7die

DHow could you C#m7love me and leave me

And Bm7never say E7sus4good-bye?

When I F#mcan’t sleep at night without F#m/Fholding you tight

Girl A/Eeach time I try I just D#m7b5break down and cry

Dmaj7Pain in my head, oh, I’d C#m7rather be dead

Bm7Spinning around and E7sus4around

Although we’ve Acome to the Bm7/Aend oA/C#f the rE/F#oad

Still I cF#m7an’t lC#m7et gDadd9o

It’s unA/C#natural, you beBm7long to me

I beE7sus4long to you

AGirl I know you really love me

C#m7/F#You just don’t reaF#m7lize

DYou’ve never C#m7been there before

It’s Bm7only your first E7sus4time

AMaybe I’ll forgive youAsus4A

C#m/F#Maybe you’ll F#m7try

DWe should be C#m7happy together

ForBm7ever you and E7sus4I

Will you F#mlove me again like you F#m/Floved me before

A/EThis time I want you to D#m7b5love me much more

Dmaj7This time instead, just C#m7come to my bed

And Bm7baby just don’t let me E7sus4go

Although we’ve Acome to the Bm7/Aend oA/C#f the rE/F#oad

Still I cF#m7an’t lC#m7et gDadd9o

It’s unA/C#natural, you beBm7long to me

I beE7sus4long to you

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

Girl, I’m here for you

All those times at night when you just hurt me

And just ran out with that other fellow

Baby I knew about it, I just didn’t care

You just don’t understand how much I love you, do you?

I’m here for you

Next verse starts here, overlapping with spoken text

I’m not out to go out there and cheat all night

Just like you did baby, but that’s all right

Heh, I love you anyway, and I’m still going to be here for you till by dying day baby

Right now, I’m just in so much pain, baby, ‘cause you just won’t come back to me, will you?

Just come back to me!!!

AGirl I know you really love me

C#m7/F#You just don’t reaF#m7lize

DYou’ve never C#m7been there before

It’s Bm7only your first E7sus4time

AMaybe I’ll forgive you

C#m/F#Maybe you’ll F#m7try

DWe should be C#m7happy together

ForBm7ever you and E7sus4I

F#mLonely (yes baby my heart is lonely)

F#m/FLonely (my heart hurts, yes, I feel pain too)

A/ELonely, D#m7b5no (baby, please)

Dmaj7This time instead, just C#m7come to my bed

And Bm7baby just don’t let me E7sus4go

Although we’ve Acome to the Bm7/Aend oA/C#f the rE/F#oad

Still I cF#m7an’t lC#m7et gDadd9o

It’s unA/C#natural, you beBm7long to me

I beE7sus4long to you

Sparse

Although we’ve Acome to the Bm7/Aend oA/C#f the rE/F#oad

Still I cF#m7an’t lC#m7et gDadd9o

It’s unA/C#natural, you beBm7long to me

I beE7sus4long to you

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

Originally in Cm, I play in Am capo 1.

Highest note is the m6.

AmECDE

AmOh baby baby, how Ewas I supposed to Cknow

That Dsomething wasn’t Eright here

AmOh baby baby, I Eshouldn’t have let you Cgo

And Dnow you’re out of Esight, dear

AmShow me how you want it Eto be

Tell me Cbaby ‘cause I need to Dknow oh, Ejust because

AmMy loneliness is Ekilling me (and I)

CI must confess I Dstill believe E(still believe)

AmWhen I’m not with you I Elose my mind

Give me a Csign, Dhit me baby Eone more time

AmOh baby baby, the Ereason I breathe is Cyou

DBoy you’ve got me Eblinded

AmOh pretty baby, there’s Enothin’ that I Cwouldn’t do

That’s Dnot the way I Eplanned it

AmShow me how you want it Eto be

Tell me Cbaby ‘cause I need to Dknow oh, Ejust because

AmMy loneliness is Ekilling me (and I)

CI must confess I Dstill believe E(still believe)

AmWhen I’m not with you I Elose my mind

Give me a Csign, Dhit me baby Eone more time

AmECDE

FOh baby baby, how Gwas I supposed to know

FOh pretty baby, Gplease

I must conAmfess that my loneliEness

Is killing me Cnow

Don’t you Dknow I Estill belFieve

That you will be Ghere

Just Fgive me a sign, and Dhit me baby Eone more time

AmMy loneliness is Ekilling me (and I)

CI must confess I Dstill believe E(still believe)

AmWhen I’m not with you I Elose my mind

Give me a Csign, Dhit me baby Eone more time

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

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

Intro

EAadd9EAmaj7x2

Vox on 1 3 3 on “rescue me”

Rescue mEe from the mAadd9ire

Whisper wEords of desAadd9ire

Rescue mEe C#m7

Darlin’ rescue mBe

With your Earms open Aadd9wide

Want you hEere by Aadd9my side

Come to mEe C#m7

Darlin’ rescue mBe

When this wGorld’s closin’ Cmaj7in

Theres no nGeed to preteCmaj7nd

Set me fEmree Am7

Darlin’ rescue Dsus4me, Doh

Vox on the 7 of the chord

Am7I don’t wanna let you go

So I’m stBm7anding in your way

CI never needed anyone

Hang after the end of this line

Like I’m Dneedin’ you today

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

Do I have to say the words? Em

AmDo I have to tell the truth? D

GDo I have to shout it out? Cmaj7

AmDDo I have to say a prayer? Em

Hang the chords on each of these lines

Must a prove to youC

How good we are togeDther

Do I have to say the words?

EAadd9EAmaj7

Rescue mEe from despAadd9air

Tell me yEou will be tAadd9here

Help me pleaseEC#m7

Darlin’ rescue mBe

Every drGeam that we sCmaj7hare

Every crGoss that we bCmaj7ear

Can’t you seeEmAm7

Darlin’ rescue Dsus4me, Dyeah

Am7I don’t wanna let you go

So I’m stBm7anding in your way

CI never needed anyone

Hang after the end of this line

Like I’m Dneedin’ you today

Do I have to say the words? Em

AmDo I have to tell the truth? D

GDo I have to shout it out? Cmaj7

AmDDo I have to say a prayer? Em

Must a prove to youC

How good we are togeDther

Hang an extra measure before the solo kicks in

Do I have to say the words?

C→ G→

Solo

DCDC

Do I have to say the words? Em

AmDo I have to tell the truth? D

GDo I have to shout it out? Cmaj7

AmDDo I have to say a prayer? Em

Must a prove to youC

How good we are togeDther

Do I have to say the words?

Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (1991)

Originally in Db, I play in G

Intro

GD/GC/GD/G

GLook into my eyes, D/Gyou’ll see

C/GWhat you mean to D/Gme

Search your Gheart, search your D/Gsoul

And when you fC/Gind me there you’ll Gsearch no Dmore

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

Don’t Am7tell me it’s not worth Gtryin’ Dfor

You can’t Am7tell me it’s not worth Gdyin’ Dfor

You know it’s G/Dtrue

Everything I Ddo, I do it Gfor you

GLook into your heart, D/Gyou will find

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

There’s Cnothin’ there to Dhide

Take me as I Gam, take my D/Glife

I would Cgive it all, I would GsacriDfice

Don’t Am7tell me it’s not worth Gfightin’ Dfor

I can’t Am7help it, there’s nothing GI want Dmore

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

You know it’s Gtrue

Everything I Ddo, I do it for Gyou, oh yea

There’s Fno love, like A#your love

And no Fother, could give Cmore love

There’s Gnowhere, unless Dyou’re there

All the Atime, all the Dway

Solo

Cmaj7Cmaj7GGLook into your heart babe

Cmaj7Cmaj7GG

This time the line actually ends in the V

Oh, you can’t Am7tell me it’s not worth tryin’ Dfor

I can’t Am7help it, there’s nothin’ I want Dmore

CYeah, I would Gfight for you, I’d Dlie for you

Walk the Cwire for you, yea I’d Cmdie for you

You know it’s G/Dtrue

Everything I Ddo, ohCC6I do it Gfor you

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

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

C#mB

LC#move is forever, as I lBie awake beside you

I beC#mlieve there’s no heaven, no hideawBay for the lonely

But I was wrongA, crAsus4azy

It’s gotta be strDong, it’s gotta be rF#might

Oh, Eonly wanted to stDay a while

EOnly wanted to plDay a while

EThen you taught me to flDy like a bird, whoa, whoa

ABaby, EF#mthought I’d dDied and gone to hAeaven E

F#mSuch a nDight I’d never Ahad befEore, yeah yeah

F#mThought I’d dDied and gone to hAeaven E

F#m‘Cause what I gDot there ain’t no Acure fEor

C#mOoh, it’s so easy, what you do to Bme, all night angel

I never lC#moved, swear to god, never nBeeded no one ‘til you came along

But here I cAome, yeah baby

It’s gotta be strDong, it’s gotta be rF#might, whoa

Oh, Eonly wanted to stDay a while

EOnly wanted to plDay a while

EThen you taught me to flDy like a bird, whoa, whoa

ABaby, EF#mthought I’d dDied and gone to hAeaven E

F#mSuch a nDight I’d never Ahad befEore, yeah yeah

F#mThought I’d dDied and gone to hAeaven E

F#m‘Cause what I gDot there ain’t no Acure fEor

Bridge

Esus4I feel fast asleep, I feel drunk

Esus4I dream the sweetest dreams, Enever wanna wake up

GNever thought it could Cbe this way

No doubt abGout it, can’t live withDout it, baby

GNever thought it could bCe this good

You made lDove to me like it oughta be, yeah

Solo

C#mBx2

But I was wrongA, crAsus4azy

It’s gotta be strDong, it’s gotta be rF#might

Oh, Eonly wanted to stDay a while

EOnly wanted to plDay a while

EThen you taught me to flDy like a bird, whoa, whoa

ABaby, EF#mthought I’d dDied and gone to hAeaven E

F#mSuch a nDight I’d never Ahad befEore, yeah yeah

F#mThought I’d dDied and gone to hAeaven E

F#m‘Cause what I gDot there ain’t no Acure fEor

Like I say!

AThought I’d Edied and gone to F#mheaven D

ANever tEhought that I could F#mfeel this Dway

AEIt’s gotta F#mbe love A

It’s gotta Abe love, EF#mwhoa D

Repeat to fade with ad libs

Bush - Glycerine (1995)

Originally in F, I play in E

EBC#mAx2

EMust be your skiBn, I’m sinkin’ C#min

Must be for rAeal, ‘cause now I can fEeel

I didn’t minBd, it’s not my kC#mind

It’s not my tAime, to wonder wEhy

Everything all whiBte, everything’s grC#may

Now you’re hAere, now you’re awEay

I don’t want thBis, remember thaC#mt

I’ll never forAget, where you’re aEt

EBDon’t let the dC#mays go Aby

GlycerEine, B→ AglycerEine B→ A

EI’m never alBone, I’m alone all the tC#mime

Are you at Aone, or do you lEie?

We live in a wheBel, where everyone steC#mals

And when we rAise, it’s like strawberry fiEelds

I treated you bBad, you bruised my fC#mace

Couldn’t love you mAore, you’ve got a beautiful taEste

BDon’t let the dC#mays go Aby

ECould’ve been eBasier on yC#mou

I couldn’t chAange, though I wanted tEo

Should’ve been eBasier by thC#mree

Our old friend fAear, and you and mEe

B→ AGlycerEine, B→ AglycerEine

BDon’t let the dC#mays go Aby, glycerEine

BDon’t let the dC#mays go Aby

EBC#mA

EBC#mGlycerine, Aglycerine

EBOh, C#mglycerine, Aglycerine

C#mBad moon white aAgain, C#mbad moon white aAgain

As she fAmaj7alls around me

EI needed you mBore, you wanted us C#mless

Could not Akiss, just reEgress

It might just Bbe, clear and simple and pC#mlain

Well that’s just fAine, that’s just one of my nEames

BDon’t let the dC#mays go Aby

ECould have been Beasier on yC#mou, you, yAou

GlycerEine, B→ AglyceriEne B→ A

Cake - Let Me Go (1998)

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

ADAEx 2

AWhen she walks she swings her arms

DInstead of her Ehips

AWhen she talks she moves her mouth

DInstead of her Elips

And I’ve Awaited for her for so Dlong

I’ve waitAed for her for sEo long

I’ve Awondered if I could hanDg on

I’ve Awondered if I could haEng on

ALet me go she said, B7let me go she said

DLet me go and IEwill want you more

ALet me go she said, B7let me goooo

DLet me go and IEwill want you

AB7DE

ADAE

AWhen she wants she wants the sun

DInstead of the Emoon

AWhen she sees she sees the stars

DInside of her Eroom

And I’ve Awaited for her for so Dlong

I’ve waitAed for her for sEo long

I’ve Awondered if I could hanDg on

I’ve Awondered if I could haEng on

ALet me go she said, B7let me go she said

DLet me go and IEwill want you more

ALet me go she said, B7let me goooo

DLet me go and IEwill want you

Breakdown on chorus chords...

AB7DE

ALet me go she said, B7let me go she said

DLet me go she said Elet me gooo

ALet me go she said, B7let me goooo

DLet me go, Elet me gooo

Syncopated vox

ALet... me... go... B7let... me... go...

DLet... me... go... Elet, let, let me goooo

ALet... me... go... B7let... me... go...

DLet... me... go... Elet me goooo

Candlebox - Far Behind (1993)

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

Intro

GEm7Dsus4Cadd9

Now Gmaybe Em7

I didn’t mean to treat you Dsus4bad

But I dCadd9id it anyway

And then Gmaybe

Em7Some would say your life was Dsus4sad

But you Cadd9lived it anyway

And so Gmaybe

Your Em7friends they stand around, they watch you Dsus4crumble

As you Cadd9falter to the ground

And then Gsomeday

Your Em7friends they stand beside as you were Dsus4flying

Oh you were Cadd9flying oh so high

But then Gsomeday people look at you for Em7what they call their own

They watch you Dsus4suffer

Yeah they Cadd9hear you calling home

And then Gsomeday we could take our time

To bEm7rush the leaves aside so you can Dsus4reach us

Ay, but you Cadd9left me far behind

Now Gmay-ay-ay-ay-be

Em7I didn’t mean to treat you Dsus4oh so bad

But I Cadd9did it anyway, now I said

But Gmay-ay-ay-ay-be Em7some would say you’re left with Dsus4what you had

But you Cadd9couldn’t share the pain, no no no

GEm7Couldn’t share the pain, they watch you Dsus4suffer, mm Cadd9mm mm

Now Gmaybe

Em7I could have made my own misDsus4takes

But I Cadd9live with what I’ve known

And then Gmaybe

Em7We might share in something great

But won’t you lDsus4ook at where we’ve grown

Won’t you lCadd9ook at where we’ve gone

And then Gsomeday comes tomorrow holds

A sEm7ense of what I feel for you in Dsus4my mind

As you Cadd9trip the final line

And that Gcold day when you lost control

Em7Shame you left my life so soon you should have Dsus4told me

Hey, but you Cadd9left me far behind

Now Gmay-ay-ay-ay-be

Em7I didn’t mean to treat you Dsus4oh so bad

Oh, but I Cadd9did it anyway

Now Gmay-ay-ay-ay-be Em7some would say you’re left with Dsus4what you had

Oh, but you Cadd9couldn’t share the pain, no no no no

Solo

GEmDCx 3

Not a typo, the chords last twice as long in the last phrase of the solo

GGEmEm

Oh, no, noE7#9

Oh, no no no no no

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

But Emmay-Day-G/Bay-D/Aay Gbut Emsaid

GMay-e-ay-ay-e-ay-be

I didn’t mean to treat you Emoh so bad

Oh, but I did it anyway

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

EmWhat you had

But you Emcouldn’t Dshare the G/Bpain D/Ano Gsaid Embut

GTimes have changed your friends

They come and watch you crumble to the ground

Then watch you Emsuffer

Yeah, they hold you down, hold on down

Said Gmaybe uh huh, maybe uh

Didn’t mean to Emtreat you bad

But you Emleft Dme G/Bfar D/AbeGhind Em

EmLeft Dme G/Bfar D/AbeGhind Em

EmLeft Dme G/Bfa-D/Aar GEmbe Ghind

Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (1997)

Originally in E, I play in C capo 4 and do the key change, or I play in A and don’t do the key change.

With the key change, the highest note that matters is the 7, which is really the 5 after the key change.

Without the key change, the highest note that matters is the 5.

Play fast, more or less with straight-8th downstrokes.

Am7Gsus4FGsus4x2

Vox on the low 1

CEvery night in Gsus4my dreams

I F/Csee you, I Gsus4feel Gyou

CThat is how I Gknow you go Fon

G/B→ CFar across the Gsus4distance

And F/Cspaces betGsus4ween Gus

CYou have come to Gshow you go Fon

Don’t do all the way down on “where” in E

AmNear, Gsus4far, wherFever you Gare

I beAmlieve that the Gheart does go Fon

G→ AmOnce Gsus4more you Fopen the Gdoor

And you’re Amhere in my Emheart

And my Fheart will go Gsus4on aGnd Am7on

Am7Gsus4FGsus4

CLove can touch us Gsus4one time

And Flast for a Gsus4lifeGtime

CAnd never let Ggo till we’re Fgone

CLove was when I Gsus4loved you

One Ftrue time I Gsus4hold Gto

Am7In my life we’ll Emalways go Fon

AmNear, Gsus4far, wherFever you Gare

I beAmlieve that the Gheart does go Fon (why does the heart go on?)

AmOnce Gsus4more you Fopen the Gdoor

And you’re Amhere in my Emheart

And my Fheart will go Gsus4on Gand Am7on

Am7Gsus4FE7sus4→ E7

Key change up two whole steps

C#mYou’re Bhere, there’s Anothing I Bfear

And I C#mknow that my Bheart will go Aon B

C#mWe’ll Bstay forAever this Bway

You are C#msafe in my G#mheart

And my Aheart will go Bsus4on Band Eon

EBABx2

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (1997)

Originally in D, I play in A

Let ring, vox on the 3 on “we’ll”

AWe’ll be Dsinging

AWhen we’re Dwinning

AWe’ll be Dsinging E

Band enters

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Anever going to keep me Ddown

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Enever going to keep me down

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Anever going to keep me Ddown

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Enever going to keep me down

BmDPissing the F#mnight awEay

More or less spoken

He drinks a Awhiskey drink, he drinks a Dvodka drink

He drinks a Alager drink, he drinks a Dcider drink

He sings the Asongs that remind him of the Dgood times

He sings the sEongs that remind him of the better times

AOh DDanny Aboy, DDanny Aboy, DDanny Eboy

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Anever going to keep me Ddown

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Enever going to keep me down

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Anever going to keep me Ddown

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Enever going to keep me down

BmDPissing the F#mnight awEay

He drinks a Awhiskey drink, he drinks a Dvodka drink

He drinks a Alager drink, he drinks a Dcider drink

He sings the Asongs that remind him of the Dgood times

He sings the sEongs that remind him of the better times

ADon’t cDry for Ame, Dnext door Aneighbor DE

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Anever going to keep me Ddown

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Enever going to keep me down

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Anever going to keep me Ddown

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Enever going to keep me down

Trumpet solo

BmDF#mE

ADAD

ADEE

With “we’ll be singing”

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Anever going to keep me Ddown

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Enever going to keep me down

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Anever going to keep me Ddown

I get knocked Adown, but I get Dup again

You’re Enever going to keep me down

Counting Crows - Hanginaround (1999)

Intro

FCGGx4

Vox on the 5 of the first chord

FShe sat Cright down on the Gsofa, I said, where have you Fbeen?

I’ve been Cwaiting for Gyou

FCause last night CI had something Gso good

These days get so Flong and I got Cnothing to Gdo

I been hangin’ aFround Cthis town on a Gcorner

I been bummin’ aFround this old tCown so lGong

I been hangin’ aFround Cthis town on a Gcorner

I been bummin’ aFround this old Ctown for wGay too long

FWe spent Call day getting sGober, just hiding from Fdaylight

CWatching T.GV.

FWe just look a Clot better in the Gblue light

Well, you know I gotta get Fout, but I’m sCtuck so tight

WGeighed by the chains that keep me

Hangin’ arFound Cthis town on a Gcorner

I been bummin’ aFround this old tCown too lGong

I been hangin’ aFround Cthis town on a Gcorner

I been bummin’ aFround this old Ctown for wGay too long, well everybody trip

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

FCGGx4

FThis girl Clistens to the Gband play, she says where have you been?

FI’ve been Clyin’ right here on the Gfloor

FWell, I got aCll this time to be wGaiting for what is mine

To be Fhating whaCt I am, afGter the light has faded

Quiet chorus

Hangin’ aFround Cthis town on a Gcorner

I been bummin’ aFround this old tCown so lGong

I been hangin’ aFround Cthis town on a Gcorner

I been bummin’ aFround this old Ctown for wGay too, hey, I been

Band back in

Hangin’ aFround Cthis town on a Gcorner

I been bummin’ aFround this old tCown for Gway too long

I been hangin’ aFround Cthis town on a Gcorner

I been bummin’ aFround this old Ctown for Gway, way, way, way, way, too long

FCGWay, way, way, way too long

Counting Crows - Mr. Jones (1993)

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

Intro

EmCAmD

Sha la la la la Emla la, CDuh-huh

EmI was down at the New CAmsterdam Amstaring at this Dyellow-haired girl

Mr. EmJones strikes up a conversCation with a Dblack-haired flamenco dancer

You know Emshe dances while his Cfather plays guitAmar, she’s suddenly bDeautiful

Well we Emall want something Cbeautiful, Dman I wish I was beautiful

So come Emdance this silence Cdown through the morning

AmSha la lDa la la la la, Emla, yeah CDuh-huh, yeah

EmCut up, MariCa, sAmhow me some of them DSpanish dances

EmPass me a Cbottle, Mr. Jones D

EmBelieve in me, CAmhelp me believe in Danything

‘Cause IEmwant to be Csomeone who believes,Dyeah

GMr. JCones and me Dtell each other fairy tales

And we sGtare at the beautiful woCmen

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

GSmiling in the Cbright lights, Dcomin’ through in stereo

When Geverybody lovesCyou, Dyou can never be lonely

Well, EmI’m gon’ paint my Cpicture, Ampaint myself in Dblue and red and black and gray

EmAll of the beautiful Ccolors are very, Dvery meaningful

Yeah, you know Emgray is my favorite Ccolor I Amfelt so symDbolic yesterday

EmIf I knew PicasCso I would Dbuy myself a gray guitar and play

GMr. CJones and me Dlook into the future

Yeah, we Gstare at the beautiful woCmen

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

GStanding in the Cspotlight DI bought myself a gray guitar

When Geverybody lovesCme, DI will never be lonelEmy

I will never be lConely

Said I’m never Emgonna be lonelDy

EmI wanna be a lion, Ceverybody wanna pass as cats

EmWe all wanna be big, big stars, yeah but Dwe got different reasons for that

EmBelieve in me ‘cause I Cdon’t believe in anything

And IEm, I wanna be someone to believe, Dto believe, to believe, yeah

GMr. JCones and me Dstumbling through the barrio

Yeah we sGtare at the beautiful Cwomen

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

GI want to be Bob CDylan

Mr. DJones wishes he was someone just a little more funky

When Geverybody lovCes you, ah Dson, that’s just about as funky as you can be

GMr. JCones and me Dstaring at the video

When I lGook at the teleCvision, I want to sDee me staring right back at me

GWe all want to be Cbig stars, but we Ddon’t know why, and we don’t know how

But when Geverybody loves Cme, I’m going to Dbe just about as happy as I can be

Hang the V

GMr. CJones and me, Dwe’re gonna be big stars

Damn Yankees - High Enough (1990)

Originally in A (chorus in D)

I play in D (chorus in G)

DBmAGD

Starts on the 3, which will feel low in D

Dsus2I don’t wanna hear about it anymore

It’s a Bm7shame I’ve got to live without you anymore

There’s Asus4a fire in my heart

A Apounding in my brain, drivin’ me Gsus2crazy

Dsus2We don’t need to talk about it anymore

Bm7Yesterday’s just a memory, can we close the door?

I Asus4just made one mistake

I Adidn’t know what to say when you called me Gsus2baby

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

A#Don’t say goodCnight

A#Say you’re gonna Dmstay forever

A#Oh Cwoah all the Dway

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

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

Can also land on the 1 instead of the 3

GCan you take Dme hiEmgh enough?

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “fly”

AmTo fly me over, (fly me Cover) yesterDday

GCan you take Dme hiEmgh enough?

AmIt’s never over

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

Dsus2I don’t wanna live without you anymore

Bm7Can’t you see I’m in misery, and you know for sure

I would Asus4live and die for you

I Aknow just what to do when you call me Gsus2baby

A#Don’t say goodCbye

A#Say you’re gonna Dmstay forever

A#Oh Cwoah all the Dway

GCan you take Dme hiEmgh enough?

AmCan you fly me over, (fly me Cover) yesterDday?

GCan you take Dme hiEmgh enough?

AmIt’s never over

And Cyesterday’s just a Dmemory of you

Bridge

EmHoney (whoa, oh Goh oh) I was Drunning for the

EmDoor (whoa, oh Goh oh) the Dnext thing I

ReEmmember (whoa, oh Goh oh) I was Drunning back for

EmMore (whoa, oh Goh oh) yay, yay, yay, Dyay, ye-ah

Solo

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

CDon’t say goodDbye

CSay you’re gonna Emstay forever

COh, Dwhoa all the Eway

All the way, all Dthe way, yeah

GCan you take Dme hiEmgh enough?

AmCan you fly me over, (fly me Cover) yesterDday?

GCan you take Dme hiEmgh enough?

AmIt’s never over

CWhoa whoa Dwhoa whoa

GCan you take Dme hiEmgh enough?

AmWon’t you fly me over, (won’t you fly me Cover) yesterDday?

GCan you take Dme hiEmgh enough?

AmIt’s never over

CWhoa whoa Dwhoa whoa

GDEm7CDG

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

Capo 3

Cadd5D11add5Cadd5D11add5Cadd5D7G

Girl you’ve spent Gone too many

G/F#Years of your life fiEmghtingEm7

And when the Csmoke has cleared your

Am7Face has grown but your Am7heart’s still sevenD7teen

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

EmFlowers at your wiEm7ndow

But you pretCadd5end that you can’tD11add5hear me

And my Bbsong turns to a DmscreamC

C7Yeah F

Think Fback on all the F/Etimes you woke up Dmcrying Dm7

Was it Bbhim or was it Gm7me

Who helped you Gm7see the sun againC7?

And did he Fcall to share his Dmglory?

And did he Fcare to share your Dmpain?

And did he sBbadd5tand outside your Cadd5window

Throwing Bbflowers in the rCmain?

BbBb7Eb

Instrumental bridge

EbBbBbadd5FFCCEmEmG

So I’ll go Ghome and spend

AnG/F#other night withEmout youEm7

And I’ll Cplan another Am7hundred ways

To Am7make you change your D7mind

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

And Emsoon it will be Em7morning

And you’ll Cadd5wait behind your D11add5window

And he’ll Cadd5go on with his D11add5life

And I’ll Cadd5toss another D7petal into Gtime

Dan Morris - Flowers in the Rain (1998)

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

done with the magic of multitracking for recording

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

real quiet chord right before I move the capo, which

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

Intro, capo 3

Cadd5D11add5Cadd5D11add5Cadd5D7G

Girl you’ve spent Gone too many

G/F#Years of your life fiEmghtingEm7

And when the Csmoke has cleared your

Am7Face has grown but your Am7heart’s still sevenD7teen

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

EmFlowers at your wiEm7ndow

But you pretCadd5end that you can’tD11add5hear me

And my Bbsong turns to a Dmscream

During this transition, with the yeah,

the capo 3 guitar fades out and capo 1 fades in

Capo 3: C C7 F

Capo 1: D D7 G

Capo 1

Think Gback on all the G/F#times you woke up Emcrying Em7

Was it Chim or was it Am7me

Who helped you Am7see the sun againD7?

And did he Gcall to share his Emglory?

And did he Gcare to share your Empain?

And did he sCadd5tand outside your D11add5window

Throwing Bbflowers in the rDmain?

CC7F

Instrumental bridge, still capo 1

FCCadd5GGDDF#mF#mA

On the last A, the capo 3 guitar fades back in on G

Capo 3

So I’ll go Ghome and spend

AnG/F#other night withEmout youEm7

And I’ll Cplan another Am7hundred ways to

Am7Make you change your D7mind

And the Gnight will pass, and the G/F#stars will set

And Emsoon it will be Em7morning

And you’ll Cadd5wait behind your D11add5window

And he’ll Cadd5go on with his D11add5life

And I’ll Cadd5toss another D7petal into Gtime

Dan Morris - Personal Picasso (1998)

EmWhat can I do to say Amanything to you?

Or B7why can’t I say it anyEmmore?

Do I need to Emmess up my brain just to Amtalk to myself?

(Am I too) B7happy, too old, or too Embored?

And if you Amopen your arms and put a Emsmile on

Does that mean B7you’ll be there to catch me when I Emfall?

And if I Amsay it to you so you can Emhear me

Does that mean B7I never said anything at all?

You say you’re Emwell on the way to undersAmtanding

But still you’re B7waiting for me to say Emmore

And when my Empen has run dry and I need Amyou now

I just see your B7back as you walk out the Emdoor

When will you Amget I’m not your personal EmPicasso?

When will you B7get I’m not so different from Emyou?

What will it Amtake to get a little converEmsation?

A little hint B7that all your promises were true

EmAmB7Emx2

And if you Amopen your arms and put a Emsmile on

Does that mean B7you’ll be there to catch me when I Emfall?

And if I Amsay it to you so you can Emhear me

Does that mean B7I have just been screaming at the wall?

Dan Morris - Why Should It Be You (1998)

GGB7B7

C/E→ CmCm→ F

She’s just a Gdream, just another door that you can’t open

Just stay Gmaway

You know you’ve Cmbeen through this beFfore

But you can’t Gsleep

Can’t even Bmbreathe when Bm/Ayou’re withGout her

Each time the Gmclock goes ‘round

Your Cmheart falls down

And you Fask yourself just Xwhy it should be Gyou

Why you should be the B7lucky one

You ask yourself what Emyou can give her

When the Cday is over

DJust to show her that it should be Gyou

And when the sunlight Bmfalls Bm/Aupon her Ghair

You say it isn’t Gmfair, and you just Fstare

And now it’s Gtrue, now you’re the one that she wakes up with

But it’s just like Gmyou

To never Cmlet it feel just Fright

So you look aGway

And you Bmworry Bm/Aon tomGorrow

While you let toGmday go by

And your Cmheart just dies

And you Fask yourself just Xwhy it should be Gyou

Why you should be the B7lucky one

You ask yourself what Emyou can give her

When the Cday is over

DJust to show her that it should be Gyou

And when another sunlight Bmfalls Bm/Aupon her Ghair

Will you be Gmthere? Will she even Fcare?

GWill you be there when her B7summer breezes blow

C/EHer leaves of Cmautumn, her hint of winter Fsnow

GAnd while you’re waiting and a B7month becomes a year

Will she C/Ecare for your Cmlost seasons, will she shed a sinFgle tear?

GWill you be there, B7yeah

C/EWill you be Cmwaiting dreaming wandering aFlone?

GWill you be there will you be B7will you will you there?

C/EOr will she Cmsee you waiting and wonder wonder Fwhere?

GGB7B7

C/E→ CmCm→ F

Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching (1995)

Intro

DGDG

DHe wakes up in the mGorning, Ddoes his teeth bite to eGat and he’s rolling

DNever changes aGthing, Dthe week ends the weeGk begins, she thinks

DWe look at each Gother, Dwondering what the Gother is thinking

DBut we never say aGthing, Dand these crimes betweeGn us grow deeperD

DGDG

DTake these chancesG

DPlace them in a bGox until a Bmquieter Dtime

LightGs dBmown, you uAp and die

DGoes to visit his Gmommy she, Dfeeds him well, has conceGrns, he forgets them

DAnd remembers beingGsmall, Dplaying under the tGable and dreaming

BmTake these Dchances G→ Bm→ A

BmPlace them Din a bGox unBmtil Aa Bmquieter Dtime

LightGs down, you Bmup and dAie

DGDG

DGDG→ A

DDriving in on this hGighway, Dall these cars end uGp on the sidewalk

Hard on both I’s

DPeople in every directGion

DNo words exchanged, no timGe to exchange when

GAll the D/F#little Em7ants are marching

GRed and D/F#black antEm7ennae waving

GThey allD/F#do it the sEm7ame

GThey allD/F#do it the Em7same Dway

DGYeah

DCandyman tempting the thoughts of a Gsweet tooth, tortured by weight loss

DProgram a-cutting the corners, there’s a loGose end, loose end, cut cut

DOn the fence but not to offend, cGut cut, cut cut

BmTake these Dchances G→ Bm→ A

BmPlace them Din a bGox unBmtil Aa Bmquieter Dtime

LightGs down, you Bmup and dAie

DGDG→ A

Solo, with hard stops

DGDG

G→ D/F#→ Em7

Am7→ G→ D

Bm7→ D→ G→ Bm→ A

DGDG

DGDGLights down, you up and dieD

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's (1995)

Intro

DDGAx 2

The downbeat is on “say” in this verse

You’ll sDay

GWe got Anothing in cDommon

No Gcommon Aground to stDart from

And Gwe’re falAling aDpart GA

You’ll sDay

The Gworld has Acome betDween us

Our Glives have Acome betDween us

Still GI know Ayou just don’tDcare GA

And DI said what about ABreakfast at GTiffany’s?

She Dsaid I think I reAmember the Gfilm

And as DI recall, I think, we Aboth kinda Gliked it

And DI said, well that’s the Aone thing we’ve Ggot

DDGAx 2

I Dsee you

The Gonly Aone who kDnew me

But Gnow your Aeyes see thDrough me

GI guAess I waDs wrong GA

So Dwhat now?

It’s Gplain to Asee we’re oDver

And I Ghate when Athings are oDver

When Gso much is Aleft undDone GA

And DI said what about ABreakfast at GTiffany’s?

She Dsaid I think I reAmember the Gfilm

And as DI recall, I think, we Aboth kinda Gliked it

And DI said, well that’s the Aone thing we’ve Ggot

Let ring

The downbeat is on “you’ll” in this verse

DYou’ll say

That Gwe got Anothing in cDommon

No Gcommon Aground to stDart from

And Gwe’re falAling aDpart GA

DYou’ll say

The Gworld has Acome betDween us

Our Glives have Acome betDween us

Still GI know Ayou just don’tDcare GA

And DI said what about ABreakfast at GTiffany’s?

She Dsaid I think I reAmember the Gfilm

And as DI recall, I think, we Aboth kinda Gliked it

And DI said, well that’s the Aone thing we’ve Ggot

And DI said what about ABreakfast at GTiffany’s?

She Dsaid I think I reAmember the Gfilm

And as DI recall, I think, we Aboth kinda Gliked it

And DI said, well that’s the Aone thing we’ve Ggot

Def Leppard - Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad (1992)

Originally in E, I play in E but don’t go up to the high octave on the chorus

Intro

EAx2

Vox on the 5

EHere I am, I’m in the Asus2wrong bed again

EIt’s a game I just can’t Asus2win

EThere you are breathin’ Asus2soft on my skin, yeah

EStill you won’t let me Asus2in, so come on

Vox on the 3 of the chord

BWhy save your kisses for a Arainy Eday

Vox go up here in the original, but I don’t

BBaby let the moment take your Aheart Eaway

Have you C#mever needed Asomeone so Bbad, yeah

Have you Eever wanted someone Byou Ajust couldn’t have

Did you eC#mver try so hard Bthat your Aworld just fell apart

Have you eC#mver needed Bsomeone so Asus2bad

And to the girl I gotta have

I gotta hEave you baby, yeah

EThere you go, midnight Asus2promises again, yeah

EBut they’re broken by the Asus2dawn

EYou wanna go further, Asus2faster every day, baby

EBut in the morning you’ll be gAsus2one, and I’m alone

BWhy save your kisses for a Arainy Eday

BBaby let the moment take your Aheart Eaway

Have you C#mever needed Asomeone so Bbad, yeah

Have you Eever wanted someone Byou Ajust couldn’t have

Did you eC#mver try so hard Bthat your Aworld just fell apart

Have you eC#mver needed Bsomeone so Asus2bad

Bridge

BABA

BEvery dream I dream is like

ASome kinda rash and reckless scene

BTo give out such crazy love

AYou must be some kinda drug

BAnd if my time don’t ever come

AFor me you’re still the one

BDamned if I don’t, damned if I do

Hard stop on “gotta”

I gBotta get a fix on you

Hard stops the first two chords

Have you C#mever needed Asomeone so Bbad, yeah

Have you Eever wanted someone Byou Ajust couldn’t have

Did you eC#mver try so hard Bthat your Aworld just fell apart

Have you eC#mver needed Bsomeone so Asus2bad

And to the girl I gotta have

I gotta hEave you baby, yeah

EANow come on

With “have you ever needed someone so bad” and ad libs

Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked (1992)

Originally in F, I play in A, with the verse higher and the chorus lower than the original

Do you wanna get rocked?

A5Let’s get, let’s get, let’s get, let’s get rD5ocked

I’ll use just 4→5→1 later as a shorthand for this riff

D5→ D5→ E5→ A5→ A5x4

Vox on the 1 and some b3

I’m your A5average ordinary everyday kid

HA5appy to do nothing, in fact that’s what I did

I got a mA5illion ways to make my day but daddy don’t agree

Because whA5en I try to get away, he says, he got plans for me

GA5et your butt right out of bed

A5Stop bugging me

Get uA5p and move your sleepy head

A5Don’t shake my tree

He said mA5ow the lawn, who me?

WA5alk the dog, not my style, man

TA5ake out the trash, no way

TA5idy your room, come on, get real

SA5orry Dad, got to disappear

Hard stop

A5Let’s get the rock out of here

DSeven day weekend, up all night

GIn at the deep end, hang on tight G5→ D5→

E5It won’t take a minute G5→ D5→

E5It won’t take long G5→ D5→

E5So get on in it, come on, come on, come on D5E5A5

LA5et’s get, let’s get, let’s gD5et, lE5et’s get rA5ocked D5E5

Let’s go all the wGay, get it nDight and day

CE5ome on, lA5et’s get, let’s get, let’s gD5et, lE5et’s get rA5ocked D5E5

Hard stop

I’m your A5average ordinary everyday dude

DrA5iving with my baby to get her in the mood

She’s dA5ialing through my radio and I’m ready to make my move

But whA5at she got ain’t rock ‘n roll and it really blew my groove

It was ChA5opin, Mozart, Beethoven

And it mA5akes me want to scream

BA5ach, Tchaikovsky, violins

Turn it A5off, that ain’t my scene

Well, I’m sA5orry, girl, here’s my confession

A5I’m supposin’ rock’s out of the question

DSeven day weekend, up all night

GIn at the deep end, hang on tight G5→ D5→

E5It won’t take a minute G5→ D5→

E5It won’t take long G5→ D5→

E5So get on in it, come on, come on, come on D5E5A5

LA5et’s get, let’s get, let’s gD5et, lE5et’s get rA5ocked D5E5

Let’s go all the wGay, get it nDight and day

CE5ome on, lA5et’s get, let’s get, let’s gD5et, lE5et’s get rA5ocked D5E5A5

Bridge

Whoa, Gall I want to do is take a rDide into the blue

ABut every time I want I’m up here stEuck inside my room

HGeaven knows I’m sick and tired of dDancing with this broom

E→ A/C#→ D

D→ A/C# → E

I feel lucky today

E→ A/C#→ D

D→ A/C# → E

Hey look at that, man

Do you want to get rocked?E→ A/C#→ D

Do you want to get D→ A/C#→ rEocked?

Solo

FCGGx2

Whoa, E5it won’t you take a minute G5→ D5→

E5It won’t take long G5→ D5→

E5So get on, get with it, whoa, come on, everybody D5E5A5

Band drops out

A5Let’s get, let’s get, let’s get, let’s get rocked, get on top baby

A5Let’s get, let’s get, let’s get, let’s get rocked, do you wanna, G5do you D5wanna?

LA#5et’s get, let’s get, let’s gD#5et, lF5et’s get rA#5ocked

Get on top D#5of itF5

LA#5et’s get, let’s get, let’s gD#5et, leF5t’s get roA#5cked

Rock to rock you’er rockin’D#5babF5y

LA#5et’s get, let’s get, let’s gD#5et, leF5t’s get roA#5cked

Let’s go G#all the way, let’s do it nD#ight and day

Let’s get A#out and play, rock the nFight away

Come on, lCet’s get, let’s get, let’s gD#5et, lF5et’s get roG#cked

Do you want to get rocked? D#5→ F5→ A#→ C

Def Leppard - Miss You in a Heartbeat (1992)

Originally in Bb, I play in G capo 2

Intro

GDCC

GDEmEm7

I belGieve Dthat there’s Csomething deep inside

GThat shouldn’t Dbe from time to Emtime

GI sure found Dout, thought Clove was such a crime

GThe more you Dcare, the more you fEmall

DNo need to Cworry, no Fneed to turn Caway

‘Cause it don’t Gmatter, anywDay, baby

GOoh, DI Emmiss you in a heCartbeat

GOoh, DI mEmiss you right away

GOoh, DI mEmiss you in a heCartbeat

‘Cause it ain’t Glove Dif it don’t Gfeel that way

GDEmEm

When we tGouch, DI just Close my self-control

GA sad sensDation I can’t Emhide

GTo love is Deasy, it ain’t Ceasy to walk away

GI keep the fDaith, and there’s a reason Emwhy, yeah

DNo need to Cworry, no Fneed to turn Caway

‘Cause it don’t Gmatter, anywDay, baby

GOoh, DI Emmiss you in a heCartbeat

GOoh, Dyeah I mEmiss you right away

GOoh, DI mEmiss you in a heCartbeat

‘Cause it ain’t Glove Dif it don’t Gfeel that way

Bridge

Now, EmI ain’t big on promises Em→ D→

CBut I’ll be true to you C→ D→

Em‘Cause I’d do about anything

CFor someone like Em→ D→

DBaby, for you

Solo if appropriate

GDEmEm

DD/CFC

GGDD

GOoh, DI Emmiss you in a heCartbeat

GOoh, Dyeah I mEmiss you right away

GOoh, DI mEmiss you in a heCartbeat

‘Cause it ain’t Glove Dif it don’t Gfeel that way

Def Leppard - Two Steps Behind (1993)

ADGDx2

Walk awAay Dif you wGant toD

It’s okAay Dif you nGeed toD

You can Arun, but Dyou can never Ehide D

From the Ashadow that’s Dcreepin’ up beEside yDou

TheF#mre’s a magic runnin’ through youDr soul

But yGou can’t have it allE

(Whatever you do) I’lAl be twoDsteps behiEnd you

(Where Dever you go) andAI’ll be Dthere to reEmind youD

That it Aonly takes a Dminute of your Eprecious tGime

To turn aDround, I’ll be two steps behind

ADGDx2

Take the tiAme Dto think abGout it D

Just walk the lAine, you knDow you just can’t fGight it D

Take a look aroAund, you’ll sDee what you can fEindD

Like the fiAre that’s buDrnin’ up inEside meD

TheF#mre’s a magic runnin’ through youDr soul

But yGou can’t have it allE

(Whatever you do) I’lAl be twoDsteps behiEnd you

(Where Dever you go) andAI’ll be Dthere to reEmind youD

That it Aonly takes a Dminute of your Eprecious tGime

To turn aDround, I’ll be two steps behind

Solo on verse

TheF#mre’s a magic runnin’ through youDr soul

But yGou can’t have it allE

(Whatever you do) I’lAl be twoDsteps behiEnd you

(Where Dever you go) andAI’ll be Dthere to reEmind youD

That it Aonly takes a Dminute of your Eprecious tGime

To turn aDround, I’ll be two steps behind

Outro

ADGDx2

Del Amitri - Roll To Me (1995)

Originally in F#, I play in D

Gadd9

DD/F#Em7G

DD/F#Em7Em7

DLook arouD/F#nd your Em7world pretty baby

GIs it DeverythinD/F#g you Em7hoped it’d be A

DThe wrong guyD/F#the wrEm7ong situaGtion

DThe right tiEm7me to Groll to Dme

DD/F#Em7GRoll to Dme

DD/F#Em7Em7

And Dlook inD/F#to your Em7heart pretty baby

GIs it Daching D/F#with some Em7nameless need A

Is there Dsomething D/F#wrong and you Em7can’t put your finger Gon it

DRight Em7then Groll to Dme

DD/F#Em7D

And I dD7/Aon’t think I have Gm/Bbever seen aF#m7/Asoul so in despEm7/Gair

So D/F#if you want to taG6lk the night through

GEm7uess who will be there AA/GD/F#A/E

So Ddon’t try D/F#to denEm7y it pretty baby

GYou’ve been Ddown so D/F#long you can Em7hardly see A

When the Dengine’s D/F#stalled and it Em7won’t stop Graining

It’s the Dright Em7time to Groll to Dme

DD/F#Em7GRoll to Dme

DD/F#Em7G

DGDD

And I dD7/Aon’t think I have Gm/Bbever seen aF#m7/Asoul so in despEm7/Gair

So D/F#if you want to taG6lk the night through

GEm7uess who will be there AA/GD/F#A/E

So Dlook arouD/F#nd your Em7world pretty baby

GIs it DeverythinD/F#g you Em7hoped it would bAe

DThe wrong guyD/F#the wrEm7ong situGation

DThe right tiEm7me to Groll to

DMe, D/F#the, a-right tEm7ime to Groll to

DMe, D/F#the, a-right Em7time to Groll to

Em7Me, oooh

DD/F#Em7D

Dido - Thank You (1998)

Originally in B, I play in G

EmCx8

EmMy tea’s gone Ccold, I’m wondering Dwhy I got Gout of D/F#bed at Emall

The morning Crain clouds up my Dwindow, and GI can’t D/F#see at Emall

And even Cif I could, it’d Dall be gray, but your Gpicture D/F#on my Emwall

It reCminds me that it’s Em/Bnot so bad, it’s Cnot so bad

EmCx2

EmI drank too mCuch last night, got Dbills to pay, my Ghead just D/F#feels in Empain

I missed the bCus and there’ll be Dhell today, I’m Glate for D/F#work agEmain

And even Cif I’m there they’ll aDll imply that I Gmight not D/F#last the dEmay

And then you Ccall me and it’s Em/Bnot so bad, it’s Cnot so bad

And GI, G/Bwant to Cthank you

For giving me the Gbest day oG/Bf my Clife

And Goh, G/Bjust to Cbe with you

Is having the Bm7best day of my Am7life

GCGC

GCBm7Am7

GPush the door, I’m hG/Bome at lCast and I’m soaking through and thGrough

Then you handed G/Bme a tCowel and all I see is yGou

And even if my hoG/Buse falls dCown now, I wouldn’t have a cBm7lue

Because you’re Am7near me

And GI, G/Bwant to Cthank you

For giving me the Gbest day oG/Bf my Clife

And Goh, G/Bjust to Cbe with you

Is having the Bm7best day of my Am7life

And GI, G/Bwant to Cthank you

For giving me the Gbest day oG/Bf my Clife

And Goh, G/Bjust to Cbe with you

Is having the Bm7best day of my Am7life

Disney - You've Got a Friend in Me (1995)

Originally in Eb, I play in C capo 3

CE7/BAmAb7

C/GCdim7→ G7

CGaugC9Gaug

CYou’ve got a Gaugfriend in Cme C9

FYou’ve got a F#dim7friend in C/Gme C9

FWhen the C/Eroad looks E7rough aAmhead

And you’re Fmiles and C/Emiles from your E7nice warm Ambed

FYou F#dim7just remC/Gember E/G#what your F7old E7pal Amsaid

For yoD7u’ve got a G7friend in Cme A7

Yeah, D7you’ve got a G7friend in Cme

CE7/BAmAb7

C/GCdim7→ G7

CYou’ve got a Gaugfriend in Cme C9

FYou’ve got a F#dim7friend in C/Gme C9

FYou got C/Etroubles, E7and I got ‘em Amtoo

FThere isn’t C/Eanything I E7wouldn’t Amdo for you

FIf we stick toC/Egether we can E7see it Amthrough

‘Cause yoD7u’ve got a G7friend in Cme A7

YoD7u’ve got a G7friend in Cme C7

FSome other folks might be a Blittle bit smarter than I am

CBigger and Baugstronger Ctoo, maybe

BBut none of C#m7them will Ddim7ever B7/D#love you the Emway I A7do

It’s Dm7me and G7you, boy

CAnd as the Gaugyears go Cby C9

Our Ffriendship will F#dim7never C/Gdie C9

Short rubato on “destiny”

FYou’re going to F#dim7see it’s our C/GdeE7/G#stiAmny

D7You’ve got a G7friend in me CA7

D7You’ve got a G7friend in Cme

CE7/BAmAb7

C/GCdim7→ G7

Dream Theater - Pull Me Under (1992)

Originally in Em, I play in Am

Intro

Am11Am9AmM6F/A→ G6

Am11Am9AmM6F/A→ A#(b5)

Vox on the 1

AmLost in the skyAm9

AmM6Clouds roll by and I roF/All with thG6em

AmArrows flyAm9

AmM6Seas increase and then fF/Aall againA#(b5)

Vox on the 2

AmThis world is sF/Cpinning around me

If I had to pick, the 5 chord here is a m

F#5/C#This world is Cspinning withoEut me and

AmEvery day sends F/Cfuture to past

F#5/C#Every breath leaves me Cone less tEo my last

AmAm7AmM6F/A→ A#

Vox on the 5

AmWatch the sparrow falling

Gives new Ammeaning to it all

If not toAmM6day nor yet tomorrow

Then some Fother day

I’ll take Amseven lives for one

And then my Amonly father’s son

As sure as IAmM6did ever love him

I am nFot afraid

AmThis world is spF/Cinning around me

The F#5/C#whole world keeps spCinning aroEund me and

AmAll life is fF/Cuture to past

F#5/C#Every breath leaves me Cone less tEo my last

AmAmM6E7E7

DmPull me under, Dm7pull me under

Dm6Pull me under, I’m Dmnot afrA#aid C

DmAll that I feel iEms Fhonor and spite

GAll I can do iAms to sA#et it right D#

AmDust fills my eyeAm9s

AmM6Clouds roll by and I roF/All with thG6em

AmaCenturies cryAm9

AmM6Orders fly and I fF/Aall againA#(b5)

AmThis world is sF/Cpinning inside me

The wF#5/C#hole world is spCinning insEide me

AmEvery day sends F/Cfuture to past

F#/C#Every step brings me clCoser tEo my last

AmAmM6E7E7

DmPull me under, Dm7pull me under

Dm6Pull me under, I’m nDmot afrA#aid C

DmLiving my life toEmo Fmuch in the sun

GOnly until yoAmur A#will is gone D#

Solo

AmF/CF#5/C#CE

DmPull me under, Dm7pull me under

Dm6Pull me under, I’m nDmot afraA#id C

DmAll that I feel iEms Fhonor and spite

GAll I can do iAms to sA#et it right D#

DmPull me under, Dm7pull me under

Dm6Pull me under, I’m not afDmraidA#C

DmLiving my life tEmoo Fmuch in the sun

GOnly until youAmr wA#ill is gone D#Am

Dream Theater - Surrounded (1992)

Originally in G, I play in A capo 2

Asus2Dadd9Asus2Dadd9

Vox start on the 3, use the *low 3* unless you are a cyborg

Asus2Morning comes too Dadd9early

Asus2And nighttime falls too lDadd9ate

And Bmsometimes all I Asus2want to do is Dadd9wait

The Bmshadow I’ve been Asus2hiding in

Has C#m7fled from me todBm7ay

Dmaj7I know it’s eE/Dasier

To C#m7walk away than look it in the eF#m7ye

But BmI will raise a sAsus2helter to the skyDadd9

And Bmhere beneath this Asus2star tonight I’ll liDadd9e

Bm7She will slowly yA/C#ield the light

As Dadd9I awaken frE11om the longest night

One measure of 9/8 for each chord, first two times soft

AD/AE/AG/Ax2

Now rock out, still in 9/8

AD/AE/AG/A

Still in 9/8

ADreams are shaking set sirens waking up D/Atired eyes

With the E/Alight the memories all rush into his head G/A

Now in 4/4

By a Acandle stands a mirror of his D/Aheart and soul she dances

She was dE/Aancing through the night above his G/Abed

And D/F#walking to the window

He Esus4throws the shutters out against the wall

AAsus4AAsus2

And D/F#from an ivory tower hears her Esus4call

Let light surAround you

Back to 9/8

AD/AE/AG/A

Still in 9/8

AIt’s been a long, long time, he’s had a D/Awhile to think it over

In the E/Aend he only sees the change

Light to dark, G/Adark to light, light to dark, dark to light

Back in 4/4

AHeaven must be more than this

When D/Aangels waken with a kiss

E/ASacred hearts won’t take the pain

But G/Amine will never be the same

He D/F#stands before the window

His Esus4shadow slowly fading from the Awall

And D/F#from an ivory tower he hears her Esus4call

Let the light surAround you

AD/AE/AG/Ax2

Bridge

Bm7Once I was but I was E/G#found

When I F#mheard the stained glass

F#m/EShatter all aB/D#round me

I Dadd9sent the spirits A/C#tumbling down the Bm7hill A

But I will F#mhold this one on F#m/Ehigh abB/D#ove me sBtill

She Bmwhispers words to A/C#clear my mind

I Dadd9once could see but noEsus4w at last, I’m bAlind

Dmaj7I know it’s E/Deasier

To C#m7walk away than look it in the eF#m7ye

But BmI have given A/C#all that I could Dadd9take

And Bmnow I’ve only A/C#habits left to Dadd9break

ToBmnight I’ll still be A/C#lying here surDadd9rounded

In Esus4all Ethe Asus2light

Dream Theater - Take Away My Pain (1997)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Intro

AAsus4AAsus4AAsus4AG

Vox on the 3 on “sitting”, this is real low in my key

I was Asitting on the Asus4edge of his bAed Asus4

AStaring at the Asus4headlines on the pAaper Asus4

He said D/Alook at poor Gene Kelly

I E/Aguess he won’t be singing in the Arain Asus4AAsus4

You can Emtake away my heroes D

Can you take away my Apain? BDE

Vox on 5 7 1 2 3 of the key on “take away my pain”

ETake away my Apain

Leave the cold outGsus2side

Please don’t let it F#m7rain D

Don’t stumble on my Apride

Take away my Apain

I’m not frightened anyEm7more

Just stay with me toF#m7night

I’m tired of this Dfight

Soon I’ll be knocking at your Adoor

She was Astanding by the Asus4edge of his Abed Asus4

AStaring at the mAsus4essage on their Afaces Asus4

He said D/Awhat else can you do, babe?

I E/Aguess I won’t be coming home aAgain Asus4AAsus4

They just tEmook away all my promises D

Make them take away my Apain BDE

ETake away my Apain

Leave the cold outGsus2side

Please don’t let it F#m7rain D

Don’t stumble on my Apride

Take away my Apain

I’m not frightened anyEm7more

Just stay with me toF#m7night

I’m tired of this Dfight

Soon I’ll be knocking at your Adoor

Bridge

FHis final scene the actor Ambows

And all those years are gone someFhow

The crowd applauds the curtain Amfalls

Solo

AmFAmF

AAsus4x 4

I was Astanding by the Asus4edge of the Awater Asus4

I Anoticed my reAsus4flection in the Awaves Asus4

Then I D/Asaw you looking back at me

And I E/Aknew that for a moment

You were Acalling out my Asus4name AAsus4

You Emtook away my hero D

Will you take away my Apain BDE

ETake away my Apain

Let the cold inGsus2side

It’s time to let it F#m7rain D

There’s nothing left to Ahide

Take away my Apain

I’m not frightened anyEm7more

I’m learning to surF#m7vive

Without you in my Dlife

Till you come knocking at my Adoor

AAsus4AAsus4A

Duran Duran - Ordinary World (1993)

Originally in B, I play in E capo 1

Highest note that matters is the 5 (“somehow I have to *find*”)

Intro

EBm7Gsus2→ D/F#Asus2

EBm7Gsus2→ D/F#Bm7b5

Vox on 5 1 of the chord on “came in”

F#m7Came in from a rainy Thursday Aon the ave nBsus4ue

F#m7Thought I heard you talking softly ABsus4

F#m7I turned on the lights, the TV, Aand the radiBsus4o

F#m7Still I can’t escape the ghost of Ayou Bsus4

F#m7What has happened to it all? CC#m7razy some would say

G#7Where is the life that I recogniAze, gone away

EBut I won’t cry for yesterdBm7ay

There’s an ordinary Gsus2world somehow D/F#I have to Afind

EAnd as I try to make my Bm7way to the ordinary Gsus2world

I will D/F#learn to surBm7b5vive

F#m7Bsus4

F#m7Passion or coincidence once pArompted you to sBsus4ay

PF#m7ride will tear us both apart ABsus4

Well now pF#m7ride’s gone out the window

Cross the Arooftops run awBsus4ay

F#m7Left me in the vacuum of my AheartBsus4

F#m7What is happening to me? CC#m7razy some would say

G#7Where is my friend when I Aneed you most, gone away

EBut I won’t cry for yesterdBm7ay

There’s an ordinary Gsus2world somehow D/F#I have to Afind

EAnd as I try to make my Bm7way to the ordinary Gsus2world

I will D/F#learn to surAvive

EBm7Gsus2→ D/F#Asus2

EBm7Gsus2→ D/F#Bm7b5

F#m7Papers in the roadside tell of Asuffering and Bsus4greed

F#m7Feared today, forgot tomorrow ABsus4

F#m7Here beside the news of holy Awar and holy Bsus4need

F#m7Ours is just a little sorrowed Atalk

EAnd I don’t cry for yesterdBm7ay

There’s an ordinary Gsus2world somehow D/F#I have to Afind

EAnd as I try to make my Bm7way to the ordinary Gsus2world

I will D/F#learn to surAvive

Every Eworld Bm7

Is my Gsus2world, I will D/F#learn to surviAve

Any Eworld Bm7

Is my Gsus2world, I will D/F#learn to surviAve

Edwin McCain - I'll Be (1997)

Originally in B, I play in G

Highest note that matters is the 5 (“*I’ll* be”)

GCGC

Vox on the 3 on “strands”

The sGtrands in your eyes that cColor them wonderful

GStop me and steal my breaD/F#th C/E

And Gemeralds from mountains, tChrust towards the sky

GNever revealing their depD/F#th C/E

Vox up to the 5 on “tell”

GTell D/F#me that wC/Ee belong togeD/F#ther

GDress it up D/F#with the C/Etrappings of loD/F#ve

I’ll bGe captivD/F#ated, I’ll hC/Eang from yD/F#our lips

Chords change slower on this line

InsteGad of the gallows of hearD/F#tache that hang from aC/Ebove D

And I’Gll G/Ebe yoCur crying shoulder

GI’ll be love’s D/F#suiciC/Ede

And GI’ll be Cbetter when I’m olC/Eder

GI’ll be the grD/F#eatest C/Efan of your Glife

GCGD/F#→ C/E

Hard stop on “falls”

And Grain falls, anCgry on the tin roof

GAs we lie awake in my bD/F#edC/E

And Gyou’re my survival, you’re mCy living proof

My lGove is alive and not dD/F#ead C/E

And Gtell D/F#me that wC/Ee belong togeD/F#ther

GDress it up D/F#with the C/Etrappings of loD/F#ve

I’ll bGe captivD/F#ated, I’ll hC/Eang from yD/F#our lips

InsteGad of the gallows of hearD/F#tache that hang from aC/EboveD

And I’Gll G/Ebe yoCur crying shoulder

GI’ll be love’s D/F#suiciC/Ede

And GI’ll be Cbetter when I’m olC/Eder

GI’ll be the grD/F#eatest C/Efan of your Glife

Vox on 7 1 of the key on “dropped”

And I’ve dEmropped out, I burned up

I foDught my way back from the dCead

I Emtuned in, I turned on

RemDembered the thing that you, Csaid Fsus4→ D

And I’Gll G/Ebe yoCur crying shoulder

GI’ll be love’s D/F#suiciC/Ede

And GI’ll be Cbetter when I’m olC/Eder

GI’ll be the grD/F#eatest C/Efan of your Glife

Elton John - Can You Feel the Love Tonight (1994)

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”

GCan you fDeel the lEmove tonCight?

GIt is whCere wA/C#e Dare

CIt’s enoughGto make kEmings G/Dand vCagabonds

BeliCeve the vDery bGest

Band enters

GD/F#C/EG/DCG/BDD

ThCere’s a calm surrGender

TCo the rush of dGay

WhCen the heat of a rGolling wind

CFan be turned awDay

CAn enchanted mGoment

CAnd it sees me thrGough

CIt’s enough for this rGestless warrior

JFust to be with yDou D

And cGan you fDeel the lEmove tonCight?

GIt is whCere wA/C#e Dare

CIt’s enoughGto make kEmings G/Dand vCagabonds

BeliCeve the vDery bGest

ThCere’s a time for Geveryone

CIf they only lGearn

ThCat the twisting kalGeidoscope

MFoves us all in tDurn

ThCere’s a rhyme and rGeason

TCo the wild outdGoors

WhCen the heart of this stGar-crossed voyager

BFeats in time with yDours

And cGan you fDeel the lEmove tonCight?

GIt is whCere wA/C#e Dare

CIt’s enoughGfor this wEmide-G/Deyed wCanderer

ThAmat wG/Be gCot thA/C#is fDar

And cGan you feelDthe lEmove tonCight?

GHow it’s lCaid tA/C#o rDest?

CIt’s enoughGto make kEmings G/Dand vCagabonds

BelieCve the vDery bGest

Let ring

CIt’s enoughG/Bto make kEmings G/Dand vCagabonds

BelAmieve thGe C/Dve C/Gry Gbest

EMF - Unbelievable (1990)

Originally in Ab, I play in A

Changes here are the same as the prechorus (the things, you say)

OhAAD→ E

AAD→ E

Vox more or less on the b3

You bAurden me with your questions

You’d haDve me tell no lies

You’re Aalways askin’ what it’s all about

Don’t lDisten to my replies

You saAy to me I don’t talk enough

But whDen I do I’m a fool

These tAimes I’ve spent, I’ve realized

I’m gonna shDoot through, and leave you

The thingAs, you say

Your pDurple prose just givEe you away

The thingsA, you say D

You’re unbelievable

In A, use A/C# instead of C# in the riff-y part

ACC→ C#→ D

CC→ A#→ AA

ACC→ C#→ D

CC→ A#→ AA

You bAurden me with your problems

By telDling me more than mine

I’m Aalways so concerned

With Dthe way you say you’re always have to stop

To tAhink of us, being one

Is mDore than I ever kEnow

ABut this time I realize

I’m gonna Dshoot through, and lEeave you

The thingAs, you say

Your pDurple prose just givEes you away

The thingsA, you say D

You’re unbelievable

ACC→ C#→ D

CC→ A#→ AA

ACC→ C#→ D

CC→ A#→ AA

ACC→ C#→ D

CC→ A#→ AA

ACC→ C#→ D

CC→ A#→ AA

Spoken

SAeemingly lastless, don’t mean you can ask us

PAushing down the relative, bringing out your higher self

ThiAnk of the fine times, pushing down the better few

InstAead of bringing it out the clues, to what the world

And nAeverything you answer to

BrCace yourself, with the gDrace of ease

I knowCthis world

Ain’t wAhat it seems

ACC→ C#→ D

CC→ A#→ AA

You bAurden me with your questions

You’d haDve me tell no lies

You’re Aalways askin’ what it’s all about

Don’t lDisten to my replies

You saAy to me I don’t talk enough

But whDen I do I’m a fool

These tAimes I’ve spent, I’ve realized

I’m gonna shDoot through, and leave you

The thingAs, you say

Your pDurple prose just givEes you away

The thingsA, you say

BeDfore I love you Emore

The thingAs, you say

Your pDurple prose just givEes you away

The thingsA, you say D

You’re unbelievable

ACC→ C#→ D

CC→ A#→ AA

Hard stop

ACC→ C#→ D

You’re so unbelievable

ACC→ C#→ D

CC→ A#→ AA

Hard stop again

ACC→ C#→ D

You’re unbelievable

En Vogue - Free Your Mind (1992)

All the I’s are maybe I5’s, or maybe I7#9’s, but playing them as I’s works acoustic

Rhythm note: play I b7 I on (one and ... and)

Spoken

Prejudice, wrote a song about, like to hear it, hear it goes

A capella

AFree your mind

Vox on the 3 of the key

AGI wear Atight clothing, AGhigh-heeled sAhoes

AGIt doesn’t Amean that I’m a AprosGtitute, Ano no

AGI like rap Amusic, AGwear hip hop Aclothes

AGThat doesn’t Amean that I’m out AselliGn’ dope, Ano no no

AGOh my forgiveAme, for AhavGing straight Ahair, no

AGIt doesn’t Amean there’s another Ablood Gin my heir, Ayeah yeah

AI Gmight date anoAther, Arace Gor Acolor

It dAoesGn’t mean IAdon’t like, my Astrong Gblack Abrothers

DmOoh oCoh oG/Boh oBboh

AWhy oGh wAhy must it bAe tGhis wAay

DmOoh oCoh oG/Boh oBboh

BefBbore you can read me you got to learn how to see me, I said

AFree Gyour Amind and the Arest Gwill Afollow

Be AcolorGAblind, don’t Abe sGo Ashallow

AFree Gyour Amind and the Arest Gwill Afollow

Be AcolorGAblind, don’t Abe sGo Ashallow

AGSo I’m a Asistah, AGbuy things Awith cash

That rAeally dGoesn’t Amean that all my AcrediGt’s Abad, oooh

ASo wGhy dAispute me, and Awaste Gmy Atime

BecaAuse Gyou Areally think, the Aprice Gis Ahigh, for me

AI can’tGAlook, AwithGout Abeing watched, no

AYou rGang my Abuy before I Amade Gup my Amind, ow

AOh Gnow attAitude, Awhy Geven Abother

AI Gcan’t change Ayour mind, Ayou canG‘t changeAmy color

DmOoh oCoh oG/Boh oBboh

AWhy oGh wAhy must it bAe tGhis wAay

DmOoh oCoh oG/Boh oBboh

BefBbore you can read me you got to learn how to see me, I said

AFree Gyour Amind and the Arest Gwill Afollow

Be AcolorGAblind, don’t Abe sGo Ashallow

AFree Gyour Amind and the Arest Gwill Afollow

Be AcolorGAblind, don’t Abe sGo Ashallow

A capella

AFree your mind

Four measures of drums, then a solo on the verse chords that I’m not writing out here

DmOoh oCoh oG/Boh oBboh

AWhy oGh wAhy must it bAe tGhis wAay

No vox this time, chords a little different

Dm→ A/C#→C→ G/B→ Bb

BefBbore you can read me you got to learn how to see me, I said

AFree Gyour Amind and the Arest Gwill Afollow

Be AcolorGAblind, don’t Abe sGo Ashallow

AFree Gyour Amind and the Arest Gwill Afollow

Be AcolorGAblind, don’t Abe sGo Ashallow

Eric Clapton - I'm Tore Down (1994)

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro

EDAA

I’m Atore down, I’m almost level with the ground

I’m Dtore down, I’m almost level with the Aground

Vox on 1 b7 on “well I”

Well, I Efeel like this when my Dbaby can’t be founAd E

Hard stops

I Awent to the river

ATo jump in

My Ababy showed up and said, I will tell you when

Well, I’m Dtore down, I’m almost level with the Aground

Well, IEfeel like this when my Dbaby can’t be founAd E

Hard stops

I Alove you babe with all my

AHeart and soul A#9→

ALove like mine will

ANever grow old A#9→

ALove you in the morning and in the

AThe evening too A#9→

AEvery time you leave me, I get mad with you

I’m Dtore down, I’m almost level with the Aground

Well, IEfeel like this when my Dbaby can’t be founAd E

Solo

AAAA

DDAA

EDAA

AAAA

DDAA

EDAA

Hard stop

ALove you baby with

AAll my might A#9→

ALove like mine is

AOut of sight A#9→

I’ll Alie for you if ya

AWant me to A#9→

I Areally don’t believe that your love is true

Well, I’m Dtore down, I’m almost level with the Aground

Well, IEfeel like this when my Dbaby can’t be founAd E

I’m Atore down, I’m almost level with the ground

Well I’m Dtore down, I’m almost level with the Aground

Hard stop on the IV

Well, IEfeel like this when myDbaby can’t be founAd

A7A#9→ A9

Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven (1991)

Originally in A, I play in G

Intro

GD/F#EmG/DC/ED7sus4→ D7G

WGould you kDnow my Emname G/D

C/EIf I sawG/Dyou in hDeaven G/D→ D7

WoGuld it Dbe the sEmame G/D

C/EIf I sG/Daw you in hDeaven G/D→ D7

EmI must be strB/D#ong

G7/DAnd carry onE7

E7sus4‘Cause E7I kAm7now I don’t beloD7sus4ng

Here in heaGven

GD/F#EmG/DC/ED7sus4→ D7G

GWould you hDold my hEmand G/D

C/EIf I sG/Daw you in heaDven G/D→ D7

GWould you hDelp me Emstand G/D

C/EIf I sG/Daw you in heaDven G/D→ D7

EmI’ll find my wB/D#ay

G7/DThrough night and dayE7

E7sus4‘Cause E7IAm7know I just can’t stD7sus4ay

Here in heaGven

GD/F#EmG/DC/ED7sus4→ D7G

Bridge

A#Time can F/Abring you doGmwn

Time can bC/Eend your kneeFC/EDmC/E→ F

A#Time can F/Abreak your heGmart

Have you C/Ebegging pleFase

BC/Eegging pleDase

GD/F#EmG/DC/ED7sus4→ D7G

EmBeyond the B/D#door

G7/DThere’s peace I’m suE7re

E7sus4And E7I Am7know there’ll be no D7sus4more

Tears in Gheaven

GD/F#EmG/DC/ED7sus4→ D7G

WGould you kDnow my nEmameG/D

C/EIf I sawG/Dyou in heavDen G/D→ D7

WoGuld it Dbe the sEmame G/D

IC/Ef I saw Gyou in hDeaven G/D→ D7

EmI must be strB/D#ong

G7/DAnd carry onE7

E7sus4‘Cause E7I kAm7now I don’t beloD7sus4ng

Here in heaGven

GD/F#EmG/DC/ED7sus4→ D7G

Eve 6 - Inside Out (1998)

Asus2I would swallow my Epride, I would choke on the Brinds

But the lack thereof would leave me empty inAsus2side

Swallow my Edoubt turn it inside F#out

Find nothing but faith in nothing

Asus2Want to put my tender Eheart in a blender

F#Watch it spin ‘round into a beautiful oblivion

Asus2RendezEvous, then I’m F#through with you

BI burn, burn like a F#wicker cabinet

AChalk white and Goh so frail

BI see our F#time has gotten Estale

BThe tick tock of the F#clock is painful

AAll sane and Glogical

BI want to F#tear it off the Ewall

BI hear words in F#clips and phrases

AI think sick like Gginger ale

BMy stomach F#turns and I exGhale

Asus2I would swallow my Epride, I would choke on the Brinds

But the lack thereof would leave me empty inAsus2side

Swallow my Edoubt turn it inside F#out

Find nothing but faith in nothing

Asus2Want to put my tender Eheart in a blender

F#Watch it spin ‘round into a beautiful oblivion

Asus2RendezEvous, then I’m F#through with you

BSoCal is F#where my mind states

ABut it’s not my Gstate of mind

BI’m not as F#ugly, sad as Eyou

BOr am I F#origami? AFold it up and Gjust pretend

DemBented as the F#motives in your Ghead

Asus2I would swallow my Epride, I would choke on the Brinds

But the lack thereof would leave me empty inAsus2side

Swallow my Edoubt turn it inside F#out

Find nothing but faith in nothing

Asus2Want to put my tender Eheart in a blender

F#Watch it spin ‘round into a beautiful oblivion

Asus2RendezEvous, then I’m F#through with you

BEAE

BI aElone am the one you

ADon’t know you need take Eheed, feed your ego

BMake me Eblind when your eyes close

ASink when you get close, Etie me to the bedpost

BI aElone am the one you

ADon’t know you need, you doEn’t know you need me

BMake me Eblind when your eyes close

ATie me to the bedEpost

Outro: Chorus lyrics but new chords

BI would swallow my Epride I would choke on the Arinds

But the lack thereEof would leave me empty inBside

Swallow my Edoubt, turn it inside Aout

Find nothing but Efaith in nothing

BWant to put my tender Eheart in a blender

AWatch it spin ‘round to a Ebeautiful oblivion

BRendezEvous, then I’m Athrough, now I’m Ethrough with

BYou EAE

Through with Byou EAF#

Asus2RendezEvous then I’m F#through with you

Extreme - Hole Hearted (1990)

Originally in A tuned down to Ab, I play in E

Intro, slow

AB/Ax2

AB/AC/A

At tempo, approximating the verse here

EG→EEE

EG→A

AA→DE

ELife’s ambition occupies Gmy Etime

PriEorities confuse Gthe Amind

In my key, don’t go down on “behind”

EHappiness one step GbeEhind

This Einner peace I’ve yet Gto Afind

ARivers E/Aflow inD/Ato E/Athe Asea

Yet Eeven the A/Esea is not so A/Efull B/Eof Eme

If AI’m not E/Ablind why D/Acan’t E/AI Asee

That a Ecircle can’t A/Efit

Where a A/Esquare B/Eshould Ebe

There’s a Dadd9hole in my heart

That can Gadd9only be filled by Ayou B/AAB/A

And this Dadd9hole in my heart

Can’t be Gadd9filled with the things I Ado B/A

Hole A#maj7hearted Cadd9AB/A

Hole A#maj7hearted Cadd9

EG→EEE

EG→A

AA→DE

This Eheart of stone is where GI Ehide

These Efeet of clay kept warm GinAside

EDay by day less satGisEfied

Not fade away before GI Adie

ARivers E/Aflow inD/Ato E/Athe Asea

Yet Eeven the A/Esea is not so A/Efull B/Eof Eme

If AI’m not E/Ablind why D/Acan’t E/AI Asee

That a Ecircle can’t A/Efit

Where a A/Esquare B/Eshould Ebe

There’s a Dadd9hole in my heart

That can Gadd9only be filled by Ayou B/AAB/A

And this Dadd9hole in my heart

Note short phrase after this line

Can’t be Gadd9filled with the things I Ado E/AD/AA

There’s a Dadd9hole in my heart

That can Gadd9only be filled by Ayou BB/AAB/A

Should have Dadd9known from the start

I’d fall Gadd9short with the things I Ado B/A

Hole A#maj7hearted Cadd9AB/A

Hole A#maj7hearted Cadd9A

Extreme - More Than Words (1990)

Originally in Gb, I play in D

Intro

DD/F#Gadd9Gadd9

Em7Em7GA

DD/F#Gadd9Gadd9

Em7Em7GA

DSD/F#aying I loGadd9ve you is

Em7Not the words I Gwant to Ahear from Dyou

DIt’s D/F#not that I wGadd9ant you

Em7Not to say but Gif you Aonly Bmknew

How eaEm7sy

AIt would be to Dshow me A/C#how you Bmfeel

Bm/F#More than Em7words is A7all you have to

D7Do D7/F#to make it Greal

GThen you wGmouldn’t have to Dsay

That you lBm7ove me

‘Cause IEm7‘d alreA7ady kDnow

DWhD/F#at would you A/C#do if my hBmeart was F#mtorn in Gtwo

GMore than words to shGow yD/F#ou Em7feel that your A7love for me is rDeal

DWhD/F#at would you A/C#say if I Bm7took those F#mwords aGway?

GThen you couldn’t mGake thD/F#ings nEm7ew

Just by sA7aying I love Dyou

DD/F#Gadd9La dee Gadd9da

La dee Em7dai de Em7dai dai Gdum, Amore than

DWords, D/F#Gadd9la dee Gadd9da

Let ring, the dim7 is just implied by the vocals, but I’m not that good a singer, so I play it.

La dee Em7dai, Aoooh A#dim7oooh

DND/F#ow that I’ve Gadd9tried to

Em7Talk to you and Gmake you AundersDtand

DAD/F#ll you Gadd9have to do is

Em7Close your eyes and jGust reach Aout your haBmnds

ABm/F#nd tEm7ouch me

AHold me close don’t Dever A/C#let me Bmgo

More than Em7words

Is aA7ll I ever nD7eeded yD7/F#ou to showG

GThen you Gmwouldn’t have to sayD

That you lBm7ove me

Can sub a IIdim7 instead of the 7b9

‘Cause IEm7‘d alrA7eaA7b9dy kDnow

DWhat would yD/F#ou A/C#do if my Bmheart was F#mtorn in Gtwo

GMore than words to sGhow yD/F#ou Em7feel that your lA7ove for me is realD

DWhat would you A/C#say if I Bm7took those F#mwords aGway?

GThen you couldn’t maGke thD/F#ings nEm7ew

Let ring

Just by A7saying I love Dyou D6

Faith No More - Epic (1990)

Highest note is the b3 (“*grab* it”)

Intro

EBC→ Dsus2E5

Can you E5feel it, see it, hear it today?

If you E5can’t, then it doesn’t matter anyway

You will nE5ever understand it ‘cause it happens too fast

And it E5feels so good, it’s like walking on glass

IE5t’s so cool, it’s so hip, it’s alright

It’s soE5groovy, it’s outta sight

You can E5touch it, smell it, taste it so sweet

But it E5makes no difference ‘cause it knocks you off your feet

EYou want it aBll but you can’t Chave it Dsus2E5

It’s crE5yin’, bleedin’, lying on the floor

So you E5lay down on it and you do it some more

You’ve E7#9got to share it, so you dare it

E7#9Then you bare it and you tear it

EYou want it aBll but you can’t Chave it Dsus2E5

EIt’s in your Bface but you can’t Cgrab it Dsus2E5

It’s alE5ive, afraid, a lie, a sin

It’s maE5gic, it’s tragic, it’s a loss, it’s a win

It’s E7#9dark, it’s moist, it’s a bitter pain

It’s sE7#9ad it happened and it’s a shame

EYou want it aBll but you can’t Chave it Dsus2E5

EIt’s in your Bface but you can’t Cgrab it Dsus2

E5What is it? G5It’s it

Solo

EmEmC→ DEmx4

E5What is it? G5It’s it

EYou want it aBll but you can’t Chave it Dsus2E5

EIt’s in your Bface but you can’t Cgrab it Dsus2

It’s Emit, what is it?

It’s Bit, what is it?

It’s Cit, what is it?

EmC7EmC7Em

Fastball - Out of My Head (1998)

EBC#mEE7

AEF#B

ESometimes I feel like I am G#mdrunk behind the wheel

The wAheel of possibEility

HowF#ever it may Broll

EGive it a spin, see if it can G#msomehow factor in

YouAknow there’s always mEore than one way

To F#say exactly Bwhat you mean to sEay

EWas I out of my Bhead, was I out of my C#mmind?

How could I have eEver bE7een so bAlind?

I was waiting for an Eindication

F#It was hard to Bfind

EDon’t matter what I Bsay, no matter what I C#mdo

I never mean to dEo badE7things to Ayou

So quiet but I fEinally woke up

F#If you’re sad then it’s Btime you spoke up Atoo A7

Guitar solo on chorus chords... if there’s _anyone_ around to play it

it would push the song over that critical 60-second mark.

EWas I out of my Bhead, was I out of my C#mmind?

How could I have eEver bE7een so bAlind?

I was waiting for an Einvitation

F#It was hard to Bfind

EDon’t matter what I Bsay, no matter what I C#mdo

I never mean to dEo badE7things to Ayou

So quiet but I fEinally woke up

F#If you’re sad... then it’s Btime you spoke up... Atoo A7

Fastball - The Way (1998)

Originally in F#m, I play in Em capo 2

They Emmade up their minds and they started pAmacking

They leB7ft before the sun came up that dayEm

An E7exit to eternal summer Amslacking

But Emwhere were they going withB7out ever knowing the Emway?

EmThey drank up the wine and they got to Amtalking

They B7now had more important things to Emsay

E7When the car broke down they started wAmalking

EmWhere were they going withoB7ut ever knowing the way?EmD

Anyone can see the roGad that they walk on is Dpaved in gold

EmIt’s always summer they’ll B7never get cold

They’ll Cnever get hungry, they’ll Gnever get old and graDy

You can see their sGhadows wandering Doff somewhere

They won’Emt make it home but they B7really don’t care

They wantCed the highway they’re Ghappier there todDay toB7day

Their Emchildren woke up and they couldn’t fiAmnd them

They lefB7t before the sun came up thEmat day

They jusE7t drove off and left it all behind’Amem

(Leavin’ it all behind)

But Emwhere were they going withoB7ut ever knowing the way?EmD

Anyone can see the roGad that they walk on is Dpaved in gold

EmIt’s always summer they’ll B7never get cold

They’ll Cnever get hungry they’ll Gnever get old and graDy

You can see their sGhadows wandering Doff somewhere

They won’Emt make it home but they B7really don’t care

They wantCed the highway they’re Ghappier there todDay

ToB7day

Four Non Blondes - What's Up (1993)

Originally in A, I play in A capo 2, down an octave (obviously)

Highest note is the 5 (“pray every single day”)

Intro

ABmDAx2

Vox on the 3

ATwenty-five years and my life is still

BmTrying to get up that great big hill

Of Dhope for a destiAnation

I Arealized quickly when I knew I should

That the Bmworld was made up of this brotherhood

Of Dman, for whatever that Ameans

And so I Acry sometimes when I’m lying in bed

Just to Bmget it all out, what’s in my head

And I, DI am feeling a little peAculiar

And so I Awake in the morning and I step outside

And I Bmtake a deep breath and I get real high and

I Dscream from the top of my lungs what’s going Aon?

And I said Ahey yeah, yeah, yeah, Bmhey yeah, yeah

I said Dhey, what’s going Aon?

And I said Ahey yeah, yeah, yeah, Bmhey yeah, yeah

I said Dhey, what’s going Aon?

AOoh, ooh, Bmooh, Dooh A

And I Atry, oh my god, do I Bmtry

I try all the Dtime, in this institAution

And I Apray, oh my god, do I Bmpray

I pray every single Dday

For a revoAlution

And so I Acry sometimes when I’m lying in bed

Just to Bmget it all out, what’s in my head

And I, DI am feeling a little peAculiar

And so I Awake in the morning and I step outside

And I Bmtake a deep breath and I get real high and

I Dscream from the top of my lungs what’s going Aon?

And I said Ahey yeah, yeah, yeah, Bmhey yeah, yeah

I said Dhey, what’s going Aon?

And I said Ahey yeah, yeah, yeah, Bmhey yeah, yeah

I said Dhey, what’s going Aon?

With “wake in the morning”

And I said Ahey yeah, yeah, yeah, Bmhey yeah, yeah

I said Dhey, what’s going Aon?

And I said Ahey yeah, yeah, yeah, Bmhey yeah, yeah

I said Dhey, what’s going Aon?

Let ring

ATwenty-five years and my life is still

BmTrying to get up that great big hill

Of Dhope for a destiAnation

Garth Brooks - Ain't Goin' Down (1993)

Originally in G, I play in E capo 3

You think you want to play 6ths, but you don’t

Intro

Vox on the b3

ESix o’clock on Friday evening, mama doesn’t know she’s leaving

‘Til she hears the screen door slamming, rubber squealin’, gears a-jamming

ALocal country station just a-blarin’ on the radio

EPick him up at seven and they’re headin’ to the rodeo

BMama’s on the front porch screamin’ out her warning

Girl you’d Ebetter get your red head back in bed before morning

ENine o’clock the show is ending but the fun is just beginning

She knows he’s anticipating but she gonna keep him waiting

AGrab a bite to eat and then they’re headin’ to the honky-tonk

But lEoud crowds and line dancing just ain’t what they really want

BDrive out to the boondocks and park down by the creek

Yeah where it’s EGeorge Strait ‘til real late and dancing cheek to cheek

AAin’t going down ‘til the sun comes up

EAin’t givin’ in ‘til they get enough G

AGoing ‘round the world in a pickup truck

EAin’t going down ‘til the sun comes up

Solo on verse chords

EEAEBE

Lines are shorter in this verse, with hard stops

ETen to twelve is wine and dancing, midnight starts the hard romancing

AOne o’clock that truck is rocking Etwo is comin’ still no stopping

BBreak to check the clock at three they’re Bright on where they wanna be

EAnd four o’clock get up get going, five o’clock that rooster’s crowing

Solo on verse chords

EEAEBE

AAin’t going down ‘til the sun comes up

EAin’t givin’ in ‘til they get enough G

AGoing ‘round the world in a pickup truck

EAin’t going down ‘til the sun comes up

No IV in this verse

ESix o’clock on Saturday her folks don’t know he’s on his way

The stalls are clean the horses fed they say she’s grounded ‘til she’s dead

But hBere he comes around the bend, slowing down she’s jumping in

EHey mom your daughter’s gone and there they go again

Solo on verse chords

EEAEBE

AAin’t going down ‘til the sun comes up

EAin’t givin’ in ‘til they get enough G

AGoing ‘round the world in a pickup truck

EAin’t going down ‘til the sun comes up

Garth Brooks - Papa Loved Mama (1992)

E5Papa drove a truck nearly all his life

You know it A7drove mama crazy being a trucker’s wife

The B7part she couldn’t handle was the being alone

I guess she Cneeded more to hold than just a B7telephone

E5Papa called Mama each and every night

Just to A7ask her how she was and if us kids were alright

B7Mama would wait for that call to come in

And when CDaddy’d hang up she was B7gone a E7gain

A7Mama was a looker lord how she shined

E7Papa was a good’n but the jealous kind

A7Papa loved Mama, Mama loved men

E7Mama’s in the graveyard B7Papa’s in the E5pen

E5Well it was bound to happen and one night it did

A7Papa came home and it was just us kids

He had a B7dozen roses and a bottle of wine

If he was Clookin’ to surprise us he was B7doin’ fine

E5I heard him cry for Mama up and down the hall

Then I A7heard a bottle break against the bedroom wall

That B7old diesel engine made an eerie sound

When Papa Cfired it up and headed B7into E7town

Well the A7picture in the paper showed the scene real well

E7Papa’s rig was buried in the local motel

The A7desk clerk said he saw it all real clear

After this line go right into the little riff

He never E7hit the brakes and he was B7shifting E5gears

E5F5F#5G5G#5G#5

A7Mama was a looker lord how she shined

E7Papa was a good’n but the jealous kind

A7Papa loved Mama, Mama loved men

E7Mama’s in the graveyard B7Papa’s in the E5pen

Solo, and fade on:

A5A5E5E5

Garth Brooks - Rodeo (1991)

If I had to call all those E5’s Em or E, I’d call them E,

but they should be as E5 as possible, with an occasional E7#9.

I play the G A over an open A.

E5GAx 2

His E5eyes are cold and restless

His Awounds have almost E5healed

And Ashe’d give half of E5Texas

Just to Achange the way he E5feels

Vox up to the 1 on “knows”

She E5knows his love’s in Tulsa

And she Aknows he’s gonna go

It starts to become a major chord here

Well it E5ain’t no woman flesh and blood

It’s that B7damned old rodeo

Well it’s Ebulls and blood, it’s dust and mud

It’s the Aroar of a Sunday Ecrowd

It’s the Ewhite in his knuckles, the gold in the buckle

He’ll B7win the next go ‘round DB

It’s Eboots and chaps, it’s cowboy hats

It’s Aspurs and latiEgo, it’s the ropes and the reins

And the joy and the pain and they B7call the thing rodeE5o

E5GAx 2

She E5does her best to hold him

When Ahis love comes to E5call

But his Aneed for it contE5rols him

And her Aback’s against the E5wall

And it’s E5so long girl I’ll see you

When it’s Atime for him to go AG

You know the E5woman wants her cowboy

Like he B7wants his rodeo

Well it’s Ebulls and blood, it’s dust and mud

It’s the Aroar of a Sunday Ecrowd

It’s the Ewhite in his knuckles, the gold in the buckle

He’ll B7win the next go ‘round DB

It’s Eboots and chaps, it’s cowboy hats

It’s Aspurs and latiEgo, it’s the ropes and the reins

And the joy and the pain and they B7call the thing rodeE5o

E5GAx 2

It’ll E7drive a cowboy crazy

It’ll Adrive a man inE7sane

And he’ll Asell off everyE5thing he owns

AJust to pay to play the E5game

And a E5broken home and some broken bones

Is Aall he’ll have to show

For E5all the years that he spent chasin’

This B7dream they call rodeo

Well it’s Ebulls and blood, it’s dust and mud

It’s the Aroar of a Sunday Ecrowd

It’s the Ewhite in his knuckles, the gold in the buckle

He’ll B7win the next go ‘round DB

It’s Eboots and chaps, it’s cowboy hats

It’s Aspurs and latiEgo, it’s the ropes and the reins

And the joy and the pain and they B7call the thing rodeE5o

It’s the E5broncs and the blood

It’s the steers and the mud

And they B7call the thing rodeE5o

Fade on

E5GAx 2

Garth Brooks - The River (1992)

Originally in D, I play in C capo 2

Intro

FFG/FFx 2

You know a Cdream is like a river

Ever F/Cchangin’ as it Cflows

And the Fdreamer’s just a C/Evessel

That must D7mfollow where it Ggoes

Trying to Clearn from wF/Chat’s behind Cyou

And never Amknowing what’s in Fstore

Makes each Cday a cF/Constant baCttle

Just to Gstay between the shores CF/C→ C

And I will Csail F/Cmy Cvessel ‘til the Friver runs Cdry

Like a Fbird upon the C/Ewind these Dm7waters are my Gsky

I’ll never Creach my F/CdestiCnation Fif I never F/Atry

So I will Csail F/Cmy Cvessel ‘til the Griver runs dryC

Too many Ctimes we stand aside

And let F/Cwaters slip aCway

‘Til what we Fput off ‘til toC/Emorrow

Has Dm7now become toGday

So don’t you Csit uponF/Cthe Cshoreline

And Amsay you’re satisFfied

CChoose to chance the rapids

And Gdare to dance the tideCF/C→ C

Yes I will Csail F/Cmy Cvessel ‘til the Friver runs Cdry

Like a Fbird upon the C/Ewind these Dm7waters are my Gsky

I’ll never Creach my F/CdestiCnation Fif I never F/Atry

So I will Csail F/Cmy Cvessel ‘til the Griver runs dryC

CC→ G/B

And there’s Ambound to be rough waFters

And I Cknow I’ll take G/Bsome fallsF

But with the Dm7good lord as my Ccaptain

I can Fmake it through them Gall

Key change to D, instruments drop out

Yes I will Dsail G/Dmy Dvessel ‘til the Griver runs Ddry

Like a Gbird upon the D/F#wind these Em7waters are my Gsky

Instruments back in

I’ll never Dreach my G/DdestiDnation Gif I never G/Btry

So, I will Dsail G/Dmy Dvessel ‘til the Ariver runs dry D/F#→ G→ A→ G/B

Yes I will Dsail G/Dmy Dvessel ‘til the Ariver runs dGry

GA/G→ G

‘Til the river Aruns dryD

Garth Brooks - The Thunder Rolls (1990)

The original is in Dm; I usually play in Am capo 5 (so still in the orig key)

AmThree thirty in the morning Fnot a soul in sight

EThe city’s lookin’ like a ghost town on a Ammoonless summer night

AmRaindrops on the windshield, there’s a Fstorm moving in

EHe’s headin’ back from somewhere that he Amnever should have been

And the thunder roGlls GG/F#E

And the thunder rolls Am

AmEvery light is burnin’ in a Fhouse across town

EShe’s pacin’ by the telephone in her Amfaded flannel gown

AmAskin’ for miracle Fhopin’ she’s not right

EPrayin’ it’s the weather that has Amkept him out all night

And the thunder roGlls GG/F#E

And the thunder rolls AmGAm

The thunder Frolls G

And the lightning Amstrikes GAm

Another love grows Fcold G

On a sleepless night E

XAs the storm blows Fon G

Out of contAmrol GAm

Deep in her Fheart G

The thunder Amrolls

AmShe’s waitin’ by the window when he Fpulls into the drive

EShe rushes out to hold him Amthankful he’s alive

AmBut on the wind and rain a Fstrange new perfume blows

And the Elightning flashes in her eyes and Amhe knows that she knows

And the thunder rolls GG/F#E

And the thunder rolls Am

This verse is not on the recorded version

She runs back down the hallway Fto the bedroom door

She Ereaches for the pistol hidden Amin the dresser drawer

Tells the lady in the mirror he Fwon’t do this again

E‘Cause tonight’ll be the last time she’ll Amwonder where he’s been

And the thunder rolls GG/F#E

And the thunder rollsAmGAm

AmGAm

The thunder Frolls G

And the lightning Amstrikes GAm

Another love grows Fcold G

On a sleepless night E

XAs the storm blows Fon G

Out of contAmrol GAm

Deep in her Fheart G

The thunder Amrolls

Genesis - I Can't Dance (1992)

Originally in Bb, I play in A

Intro, the I throughout the song is lots of riffing on I and bVII

AAAGD

Vox on the 1 on “hot sun”

AHot sun beating down

Vox goes to the 4 on “burning”, you can change the I → bVII to a bVII → IV throughout if you want it to match the vox a little better

ABurning my feet just waGlking arDound

AHot sun making me sweat

AGator’s getting close, hasn’t Ggot me Dyet

AI can’t dance, I can’t talk

The oAnly thing about me is the Gway I waDlk

AI can’t dance, I can’t sing

IA‘m just standing here sGellAing eGverAythiAng

ABlue jeans sitting on the beach

Her dAog’s talking to me, but sGhe’s out of Dreach

AShe’s got a body under that shirt

But aAll she wants to do is rub my fGace in the diDrt

‘Cause AI can’t dance, I can’t talk

AOnly thing about me is the Gway I waDlk

AI can’t dance, I can’t sing

IA‘m just standing here sGellAingGA

Bridge

Oh, and Fchecking everything is in Em7place

You never kDnow who’s looking on

AAAGD

AYoung punk spilling beer on my shoes

AFat guy’s talking to me trying to sGteal my bDlues

AThick smoke, see her smiling through

I never tAhought so much could happen just shGooting pDool

But AI can’t dance, I can’t talk

The Aonly thing about me is the Gway that I Dwalk

AI can’t dance, I can’t sing

IA‘m just standing here sGellAingGA

Bridge

Oh, and Fchecking everything is in Em7place

You never kDnow who’s looking on

CThe perfect body Bbwith a perfect fGace, mmm-hmm

AAAGD

No AI can’t dance, I can’t talk

The Aonly thing about me is the wGay I walDk

No AI can’t dance, I can’t sing

AI’m just standing here Gselling DeverythAing

AAAGD

No AI can’t walkGAGA

No AI can’t danceGAGA

Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me (1991)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Am

and barre all the Dm’s. Also for some reason

I find myself tempted to strum 16ths... don’t

do that, you won’t be able to sustain the tempo,

stay at 8ths.

Esus2

AmGEmAm

AmGEm/BAm

AmDo you see the face on the GTV screen Emcoming at you Amevery Sunday

AmSee the face on the Gbillboard, Emwell that man is Amme

AmOn the cover of the Gmagazine, Emthere’s no question Amwhy I’m smiling

AmYou buy a piece of Gparadise, Emyou buy a piece of Amme

GI’ll get you Aeverything you wanted

GI’ll get you Aeverything you need

GDon’t need to beAlieve in hereafter, Gjust believe in Ame

DmJesus he Gknows me, and he Cknows I’m Fright

DmI’ve been talking to GJesus Call my Flife

DmOh yes, he Gknows me, and he Cknows I’m Fright

DmAnd he’s been Gtelling me everyAthing is alright

AmI believe in the Gfamily Emwith my ever-loving Amwife beside me

AmBut she don’t know about my Ggirlfriend or the Emman I met last Amnight

AmDo you belGieve in God, Em‘cause that is Amwhat I’m selling

AmAnd if you wanna go to Gheaven, well EmI’ll see you Amright

GYou won’t ever have to Aleave your house

GOr get Aout of your chair

GYou don’t even have to Atouch that dial, G‘cause I’m everyAwhere

DmAnd Jesus he Gknows me, and he Cknows I’m Fright

DmI’ve been talking to GJesus Call my Flife

DmOh yes, he Gknows me, and he Cknows I’m Fright

DmWell he’s been Gtelling me everyAthing’s gonna be alright

Riff for a while on the root

Reggae beat

C#mWon’t find me Epracticing G#mwhat I’m C#mpreaching

C#mWon’t find me Emaking no G#msacriC#mfice

C#mBut I can Eget you a G#mpocketful of C#mmiracles

C#mIf you promise to be Egood, G#mtry to be C#mnice

DGod will take good care of C#myou

Just Bm7do as I say, don’t do as I Ado E

AmI’m counting my Gblessings, EmI’ve found true Amhappiness

Am‘Cause I’m getting Gricher, Emday by Amday

AmYou can find me in the Gphone book, Emjust’a call my Amtoll free number

AmYou can do it anyGway you want, just Emdo it right aAmway

GNo there’ll be no Adoubt in your mind

GYou’ll believe everyAthing I’m saying

GIf you wanna get Acloser to him

GGet on your knees and Astart paying

Dm‘Cause Jesus he Gknows me, and he Cknows I’m Fright

DmI’ve been talking to GJesus Call my Flife

DmOh yes, he Gknows me, and he Cknows I’m Fright

DmWell he’s been Gtelling me everyAthing’s gonna be alright

Dm‘Cause Jesus he Gknows me, and he Cknows I’m Fright (Jesus he knows me, knows)

DmOoh yes he Gknows me, and he Cknows I’m Fright (Jesus he knows me, knows)

DmI’ve been talking to GJesus Call my Flife

DmAnd he’s been Gtelling me everyAthing’s gonna be alright

Gin Blossoms - Follow You Down (1996)

Originally in G, I play in D

Highest note is the 1 (anywhere you *go*)

Note the I doesn’t happen until the chorus

ABmGGx4

Bm→ ADid you see the Bmsky I think it mGeans that we’ve been lost

Bm→ AMaybe one last tBmime is all we neGed

AI can’t really helpBmit if my Gtongue’s all tied in knots

AJumpin’ off a brBmidge it’s just the faGrthest that I’ve ever been

DAnywhere you Bmgo, I’ll fGollow you down

AAny place but thBmose I know by heGart

DAnywhere you Bmgo, I’ll foGllow you down

AI’ll follow you dBmown but not that fGar

ABmGG

Bm→ AI know we’re headed soBmmewhere, I can seGe how far we’ve come

Bm→ ABut still I can’t remBmember anytGhing

ALet’s not do the wBmrong thing and I sGwear it might be fun

AIt’s a long way doBmwn when all the Gknots we’ve tied have come undone

DAnywhere you Bmgo, I’ll fGollow you down

AAny place but thBmose I know by heGart

DAnywhere you Bmgo, I’ll foGllow you down

AI’ll follow you dBmown but not that fGar

Solo

ABmGGx4

AHow you gonna eBmver find your Gplace

Bm→ ARunnin’ at an Bmartificial Gpace

AAre they gonna Bmfind us lying Gface down in the sand

Short hanging stop on “hell”, back in on “ready”

ASo what the hBmell now we’ve alrGeady been forever damned

DAnywhere you Bmgo, I’ll fGollow you down

Lyrics are reversed in this chorus

AI’ll follow you dBmown but not that fGar

DAnywhere you Bmgo, I’ll foGllow you down

AAny place but thBmose I know by heGart

DAnywhere you Bmgo, I’ll fGollow you down

AI’ll follow you dBmown but not that fGar

Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy (1992)

Originally in A, I play in D capo 3

Note that the I doesn’t happen until the chorus

GABmAx2

Vox on the 5 of the key on “tell”

Tell me do you Gthink it’d be all Aright

If I could Bmjust crash here toniAght

You can see GI’m in no shape for Adriving

And anyway I’ve gBmot no place to Ago

And you know it Gmight not be that Abad

You were the Bmbest I’d ever Ahad

If I hadn’t Gblown the whole thing Ayears ago

I Bmmight not be aAlone

Tomorrow we can Ddrive around this Gtown

And let the Dcops chase us aGround

The past is gone but Bmsomething might be Afound to take its Gplace

Hey jealouGsy, Ahey jealousy BmA

And you can Gtrust me not to Athink

ABmnd not to sleep aAround

If you Gdon’t expect too Amuch from me

You Bmmight not be let Adown

‘Cause all I really Gwant’s to be with Ayou

Feel Bmlike I matter Atoo

If I hadn’t Gblown the whole thing Ayears ago

I Bmmight be here with Ayou

Tomorrow we can Ddrive around this Gtown

And let the Dcops chase us aGround

The past is gone but Bmsomething might be Afound to take its Gplace

Hey jealouGsy

Solo

GABmAx4

Tomorrow we can Ddrive around this Gtown

And let the Dcops chase us aGround

The past is gone but Bmsomething might be Afound to take its Gplace

Hey jealouGsy, Ahey jealousy BmA

Tell me do you Gthink it’d be all Aright

If I could Bmjust crash here Atonight

You can see GI’m in no shape for Adriving

And anyway I’ve gBmot no place to Ago

And you know it Gmight not be that Abad

You were the bBmest I’d ever Ahad

If I hadn’t Gblown the whole thing Ayears ago

I Bmmight not be aAlone

Tomorrow we can Ddrive around this Gtown

And let the Dcops chase us aGround

The past is gone but Bmsomething might be Afound

To take its Gplace

GHey jealousy

GABmAx2

Hey jealouGsy, Ashe took my Bmheart A

There’s only Gone thing I couldn’t Astart BmA

Great Big Sea - The Night Pat Murphy Died (1997)

Originally in A, I play in G

Let ring, vox on the 1

Oh, the Gnight that Paddy Murphy died, is a Cnight I’ll never forGget

GSome of the boys got Emloaded drunk, and they Cain’t got sober Dyet

As Glong as a bottle was passed around every Cman was feelin’ Ggay

O’LGeary came with the bagpipes, some mCusic for to plaDy

Band enters

GThat’s how they showed their reCspect for Paddy GMurphy

GThat’s how they Emshowed their Chonor and their pDride

They Gsaid it was a sin and shame and they Cwinked at one aGnother

And Gevery G/F#drink in the Emplace was Dfull the Cnight Pat DMurphy Gdied

Solo

C→ DEmD→ CG

As GMrs. Murphy sat in the corner Cpourin’ out her Ggrief

GKelly and his gEmang came Ctearin’ down the Dstreet

They Gwent into an empty room and a Cbottle of whiskey Gstole

They Gput the G/F#bottle Emwith the Dcorpse to Ckeep that Dwhiskey Gcold

GThat’s how they showed their reCspect for Paddy GMurphy

GThat’s how they Emshowed their Chonor and their pDride

They Gsaid it was a sin and shame and they Cwinked at one aGnother

And Gevery G/F#drink in the Emplace was Dfull the Cnight Pat DMurphy Gdied

Solo

C→ DEmD→ CG

About tGwo o’clock in the morning after Cempty’ing the Gjug

GDoyle rolls up the Emice box lid to Csee poor Paddy’s Dmug

We sGtopped the clock so Mrs. Murphy Ccouldn’t tell the Gtime

And Gat a G/F#quarter Emafter Dtwo we Cargued Dit was Gnine

GThat’s how they showed their reCspect for Paddy GMurphy

GThat’s how they Emshowed our Chonor and our pDride

They Gsaid it was a sin and shame and they Cwinked at one aGnother

And Gevery G/F#drink in the Emplace was Dfull the Cnight Pat DMurphy Gdied

Solo

GGCD

EmEmC→ DG

GGCD

EmEmC→ DG

Oh, they sGtopped the hearse on George Street ouCtside Sundance SaGloon

They Gall went in at Emhalf past eight and Cstaggered out at Dnoon

They Gwent up to the graveyard, so Choly and suGblime

GFound out when they got there, they’d Cleft the Dcorpse Gbehind!

GThat’s how they showed their reCspect for Paddy GMurphy

GThat’s how they Emshowed their Chonor and their pDride

They Gsaid it was a sin and shame and we Cwinked at one aGnother

And Gevery G/F#drink in the Emplace was Dfull the Cnight Pat DMurphy Gdied

Solo

C→ DEmD→ CG

Oh, the Gnight that Paddy Murphy died, is a Cnight I’ll never forGget

GSome of the boys got Emloaded drunk, and they Cain’t been sober Dyet

As Glong as a bottle was passed around every Cman was feelin’ Ggay

O’GLeary G/F#came with the Embagpipes, Dsome Cmusic Dfor to Gplay

GThat’s how they showed their reCspect for Paddy GMurphy

GThat’s how they Emshowed their Chonor and their pDride

They Gsaid it was a sin and shame and they Cwinked at one aGnother

And Gevery G/F#drink in the Emplace was Dfull the Cnight Pat DMurphy Gdied

Well, Gevery G/F#drink in the Emplace was Dfull the Cnight Pat DMurphy Gdied

Green Day - Basket Case (1994)

Originally in Eb, I play in C capo 2

Power chords only

DCo you have the tGime to liAmsten to me wEmhine

AbFout nothing and eveCrything all at oGnce

CI am one of thGose melAmodramatic foEmols

NeuFrotic to the bCone no doubt about itG

SomFetimes I gGive myself the crCeeps

SomFetimes my Gmind plays tricks on Cme

It aFll keeps adding Gup

Full chords enter

I thCink I’m crA#acking Amup

Am FI just paranGoid?

A ya ya ya

I play the vi as IVmaj7/6

CGAmGx2

Mix in a few hard stops at the end of lines to let your

arm rest.

I wCent to a sGhrink to anAmalyze my dEmreams

She sFays it’s lack of sCex that’s bringing meGdown

I wCent to a wGhore who sAmaid my life’s a bEmore

And qFuit my whining caCuse it’s bringing her Gdown

SomFetimes I gGive myself the crCeeps

SomFetimes my Gmind plays tricks on Cme

It aFll keeps adding Gup

I thCink I’m crA#acking Amup

Am FI just paranGoid?

A ya ya ya

CGAmGx4

Bridge

GraFsping to contrGol

So you better holdConG

AmEmFCG

CGAmEmFCG

SomFetimes I gGive myself the crCeeps

SomFetimes my Gmind plays tricks on Cme

It aFll keeps adding Gup

I thCink I’m crA#acking Amup

Am FI just paranGoid?

A ya ya ya

CGFCG

FCG

Green Day - Good Riddance (1997)

GGCadd9Dx2

GAnother turning point a Cadd9fork stuck in theDroad

GTime grabs you by the wrist and Cadd9directs you where toDgo

EmSo make the Dbest of this Cadd9test and don’t askGwhy

EmIt’s not a Dquestion but a Cadd9lesson learned in Gtime

It’s Emsomething unpredicGtable but inEmthe end it’sGright

I Emhope you had the Dtime of your Glife

GGCadd9Dx2

GSo take the photographs and Cadd9still frames in your Dmind

GHang it on a shelf in Cadd9good health and good Dtime

EmTattoos of Dmemories and deadCadd9skin onGtrial

EmFor what it’s Dworth it was Cadd9worth all the Gwhile

It’s Emsomething unpredicGtable but inEmthe end it’sGright

I Emhope you had the Dtime of your Glife

Solo on verse plus chorus

GGCadd9Dx2

EmGEmGEmDG

It’s Emsomething unpredicGtable but inEmthe end it’sGright

I Emhope you had the Dtime of your Glife

It’s Emsomething unpredicGtable but inEmthe end it’sGright

I Emhope you had the Dtime of your Glife

GGCadd9Dx2

Green Day - Longview (1994)

Originally in Eb, I play in D

Intro

DCx4

DI sit aroundCand watch the tube

DBut nothing’s onC

DI change the channCels for an hoDur or two C

DTwiddle my Cthumbs just for a bit

DI’m sick of alCl the same old spit

DIn a housCe with unlocked doors

DAnd I’m hella lCazy

ABite my liGp and clDose my eyes

ATake me awaGy to paDradise

AI’m so damn boredG, I’m gDoing blind

AAnd I smell like dirtG

DCx2

DPeel me off Cthis velcro seat

DAnd get me movinC‘

DI sure as hell canC‘t do it by mDyself C

DI’m feelin’Clike a dog in heat

DBarred indoorsCfrom a summer street

DI locked the Cdoor to my own cell

DAnd I lost the keCy

ABite my liGp and clDose my eyes

ATake me awaGy to paDradise

AI’m so damn boredG, I’m gDoing blind

AAnd I smell like dirtG

DI got no Cmotivation

DWhere is my Cmotivation?

DNo time for Cthe motivation

DSmokin’ my iCnspiration

AGDx3

DCDC

DI sit aroundCand watch the phone

DBut no one’s calClin’

DCall me pathetic, Ccall me Dwhat you willC

DMy mother sCays to get a job

DBut she don’t lCike the one she’s got

DWhen masturCbation’s lost its fun

DYou’re hella laCzy

ABite my liGp and clDose my eyes

ATake me awaGy to paDradise

AI’m so damn boredG, I’m gDoing blind

AAnd loneliness has toGsufficDe

ABite my liGp and clDose my eyes

AI’m trippin’ awaGy to paDradise

ASome say Gquit or ID‘ll go blind

ABut it’s just a mythG

DCDCx4

Green Day - She (1994)

Originally in F#, I play in D capo 2

Intro

Vox on the 3 on “she”

DShe, she screams in Asilence, a sullen Griot penetrating through her Dmind

If you’re playing straight 8ths and want to switch to strumming in the chorus, hard stops on 3 4 on the last chord

DWaiting for a Asign, to smash the Gsilence with a brick of self conDtrol

Vox of the 3 of the chord on “are”, the 5 of the new chord on “been”

AAre you locked up in a world that’s bGeen planned out for Dyou

This time down to the 3 of the new chord on “tool”

AAre you feeling like a social Gtool without a Duse

GScream at mDe, until Gmy ears bDleed, I’m Gtaking Dheed just for Ayou

DShe, she’s figured Aout, all her Gdoubts were someone else’s point of Dview G→ D

DWaking up this Atime, to smash the sGilence with a brick of self conDtrol

AAre you locked up in a world that’s bGeen planned out for Dyou

AAre you feeling like a social Gtool without a Duse

GScream at mDe, until Gmy ears bDleed, I’m Gtaking Dheed just for Ayou

Instrumental on verse chords

DAGDG→ D

AAre you locked up in a world that’s bGeen planned out for Dyou

AAre you feeling like a social Gtool without a Duse

GScream at mDe, until Gmy ears bDleed, I’m Gtaking Dheed just for Ayou

Green Day - Welcome to Paradise (1991)

Originally in Eb, I play in E

EEDAx4

EDear Mother, caDn you hear me wEhining?

EIt’s been three wholDe weeks since that GI have left your hBome

EThis sudden feaDr has left me trEembling

E‘Cause now it seDems that I am oGut here on my oBwn

And I’m fGeeling so aloBne

EPay attention tGo the cracked streets, aAnd the broken homCes

ESome call it sGlums, some call it niBce

I waEnna take you tGhrough the wasteland I lAike to call my Chome

EBWelcome to paradise

EEDAx2

EA gunshot riDngs out at the stEation

EAnother uDrchin snaps, and leGft dead on his oBwn

EIt makes me woDnder why I’m stEill here

EFor some strange reDason it’s now fGeeling like my hoBme

And I’m neGver gonna Bgo

EPay attention tGo the cracked streets, aAnd the broken homCes

ESome call it sGlums, some call it niBce

I waEnna take you tGhrough the wasteland I lAike to call my Chome

EBWelcome to paradise

EEDAx4

There’s a kooky bridge here that I skip... the gist of it is...

EGF#F

EDear mother, cDan you hear me lEaughing?

EIt’s been six whDole months since that GI have left your hBome

EIt makes me woDnder why I’m sEtill here

EFor some strange rDeason it’s now feGeling like my hBome

And I’m neGver gonna Bgo

EPay attention tGo the cracked streets, aAnd the broken homCes

ESome call it sGlums, some call it niBce

I waEnna take you tGhrough the wasteland I lAike to call my Chome

EBWelcome to paradise

EEDAx4

Green Day - When I Come Around (1994)

Originally in F#, I play in D capo 3

Highest note is the 1 (“me out on the prowl”)

Intro

DABmGx3

DI Aheard you crying Bmloud G

DAll the wAay across Bmtown G

But you been sDearching for that sAomeone

And it’s Bmme out on the prGowl

As yDou sit aroundAfeeling sorBmry for yourGself

DWell, Adon’t get lonely Bmnow G

DAnd Adry your whining Bmeyes G

I’m just Droaming for the Amoment

Sleazin’ Bmmy back yard so dGon’t get

DSo uptight you been tAhinking about dBmitching meG

EmNo time to search the wGorld around

Em‘Cause you know where I’ll be fGound

Hard stop on “when”

GWhen I come around

DABmGx2

DWell I hAeard it all beBmfore G

DSo dAon’t knock down my dBmoor G

I’m a lDoser and a uAser so I dBmon’t need no aGccuser

To tDry and slag me dAown because I kBmnow you’re rGight

DSo Ago do what you Bmlike G

DMake sAure you do it Bmwise G

You may fDind out that your sAelf-doubt

Means noBmthing was ever Gthere

You cDan’t go forcing sAomething

If it’s jBmust not rGight

EmNo time to search the wGorld around

Em‘Cause you know where I’ll be fGound

Hard stop on “when”

GWhen I come around

DABmGx4

EmNo time to search the wGorld around

Em‘Cause you know where I’ll be fGound

Hard stop on “when”

GWhen I come around

DABmGWhen I come around

DABmG

Guns and Roses - 14 Years (1991)

Originally in Abm, I play in Em

EmI try and fDeel the sunshine

CYou bring the rBain

EmYou try and hDold me down

CWith your complBaints

EmYou cry and moDan and complain

CYou whine and teaBr

EmUp to my Dneck in sorrow

CThe touch you brBing

EmYou don’t just stGep inside to,Ato fourteen years

EmSo hard to keepGmy own headA, that’s what I say

And you know, EmI’ve been the begGgar

AI’ve played the thief

EmI was the Gdog Athey all tried to beat

Vox on the 5 on “fourteen”, and up to the 7 (the 1 of

the 2nd chord) on “silence”

But it’s been Emfourteen years of sDilence

It’s been fourAteen years of pain

It’s been Emfourteen years that are gDone forever

And I’ll nAever have again

EmDCBx4

EmYour stupid giDrlfreinds tell you

CThat I’m to blameB

EmWell they’re all usedD-up has-beens

COut of the gameB

EmThis time I’ll hDave the last word

CYou hear what I sayB

EmI tried to seDe it your way

CIt won’t work todayB

EmYou just don’t sGtep inside toAfourteen years

EmSo hard to keepGmy own headA, that’s what I say

And you know, EmI’ve been the deGaler

HanAgin’ on your street

EmI was the Gdog Athey all tried to beat

But it’s been Emfourteen years of sDilence

It’s been fourAteen years of pain

It’s been Emfourteen years that are gDone forever

And I’ll nAever have again

Solo on verse chords

EmB.S. and contDemplation

CGossip’s their tradBe

EmIf they knew hDalf the real truth

CWhat would they sayB?

EmWell I’m past the poiDnt of concern

CIt’s time to playB

EmThese last four yDears of madness

CSure put me straighBt

EmDon’t get back Gfourteen years

AIn just one day

EmSo hard to keepGmy own head

AJust go away

You know,Emjust like a hookGer she said

NAothin’s for free

EmOh, I tried to sGee it your way

EmI tried to sGee it your way

Guns and Roses - Breakdown (1992)

Originally in Db, I play in G

Intro, with whistling

GCCD

CDG/BC

CDG

We all cGome in from the cold

We Fcome down from the wire

And C/Eeverybody warms themselves to a different Dsus4fire

And sGometimes we get burned

You’d Fthink sometime we’d learn

The C/Eone you love is the one that should take you Dsus4higher

You ain’t Cgot no one, you better G/Bgo back Amout and Gfind her

GFC/EDsus4x2

CG/B→ Am→ G

GCGCG

Just like cGhildren hiding in a closet

Can’t tell what’s Dgoing on outside

Sometimes we’re Cso far off the beaten track

We get Gtaken for a ride

By a pCarlor trick, or some Dwords of wit

A hG/Bidden hand up a Csleeve

To think the Cone you love could hurt you, now

Is a little hard to beliDeve

But everybody, darlin’, sometimes bites the hand that Gfeed

WGhen I look around, an’ Deverybody always brings me down

Well, is it tChem or me, well, I just can’t see

But there aGin’t no peace to found

But if Csomeone really Dcared

Well, they’d G/Btake the time to sCpare

A moment to try and understand another one’s despaDir

RemDember, in this game we call life, that no one said it’s Gfair

COooh ooh yeah, ah ay yeah, ow

BreakGdown (let me hear it now) C

Breakdown (let me hear you now) G

BreakGdown (let me hear it now) CD

Solo

GFC/EDx2

CG/B→ Am→ G

GFC/EDsus4x2

CG/B→ Am→ G

I’ve Gcome to know the cold

I Fthink of it as home

When there ain’t enoC/Eugh of me to go around

I’d rDsus4ather be left alone

But if I Gcall you out of habit

I’m out of Flove and I gotta have it

Would you gC/Eive it to me if I fit your needs?

Like G/Bwhen we both knew we had it

CNow the damage Ddone

And we’re bG/Back out on the Crun

Funny how Ceverything was roses when we held on to the Dguns

Just because you’re winnin’ don’t mean you’re the lucky Gone

COooh ooh yeah, oooh

Breakdown G(let me hear it now) C

CBreakdown (yeah) D

Riff on...

Breakdown GFC/ED

Spoken

There goes the challenger being chased

By the blue, blue meanies on wheels

The vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driver

The last American hero, the, the electric sin-tar

The demi-god, the super driver of the golden West

Two nasty Nazi cars are close behind the beautiful lone driver

The police cars are getting closer, closer

Closer to our soul hero in his soul mobile, yeah baby

They about to strike, they gonna get him, smash! rape!

The last beautiful free soul on this planet

But it is written if the evil spirit

Arms the tiger with claws

Brahman provided wings for the dove

Thus spake the super guru

Did you hear that?

Guns and Roses - Civil War (1991)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Em but don’t go up in the choruses, since it goes up to the 7

Intro, spoken

What we’ve got here is failure to communicate

Some men, you just can’t reach

So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it

Well, he gets it, and I don’t like it any more than you men

Intro, with spoken part and whistling

EmGEmG→ D/F#

Vox on the 3 of the minor chord on “look”

EmLook at your young men fighting

GLook at your women crying

EmLook at your young men dying

The wGay they’ve always D/F#done before

EmGEmG→ D/F#

EmLook at the hate we’re breeding

GLook at the fear we’re feeding

EmLook at the lives we’re leading

The wGay we’ve always dD/F#one before

AA(#11)AA(#11)

My hands are tiedEm

The biGllions shift from side to side G→ D/F#→

And the warsEmgo on with brainwashed pride

For the lovGe of god and our Dhuman rights

And allEmthese things are swept aside

By bloGody hands time can’t deny G→ D/F#→

And are washEmed away by your genocide

And hisGtory hides the lDies of our civil warsA

AB/AC/AD/A

Solo

EmGG→ D/F#→

EmGD

EmGG→ D/F#→

EmGD

D’you wear a Gblack armband when they sBmhot the man

Who said Em“peace could last forever”

And in my Gfirst memories they Bmshot Kennedy

EmI went numb when I Clearned to sDee

So I Gnever fell for BmVietnam

We got the Emwall of D.C. to remind us all

That you Gcan’t trust freedom

When it’s Bmnot in your hands

When eEmverybody’s fightin’

For their Cpromised landDand

GI don’t nBmeed your civil Emwar

GIt feeds the Bmrich while it buries the Empoor C→ D→

GYou’re power hBmungry sellin’ soldiers in a Emhuman grocery store, ain’t that fresh

GI don’t nBmeed your civil Emwar, ooohCno noDno no no

Solo

GBmEmEm

GBmEmC→ D→

GBmEmEm

GBmEmC→ D→

EmLook at the shoes you’re filling

GLook at the blood we’re spilling

EmLook at the world we’re killing

The wGay we’ve always dD/F#one before

EmLook in the doubt we’ve wallowed

GLook at the leaders we’ve followed

EmLook at the lies we’ve swallowed

And GI don’t want to hD/F#ear no more

A5A(#11)A5A(#11)

My hands are tiedEm

For alGl I’ve seen has changed my mind G→ D/F#→

But still the warEms go on and the years go by

With no loveGof god or hDuman rights

‘Cause aEmll these dreams are swept aside

By blGoody hands of the hypnotized G→ D/F#→

Who carrEmy the cross of homicide

And hisGtory bears the sDcars of our civil warsA

AB/AC/AD/A

Solo

EmGG→ D/F#→

EmGD

EmGG→ D/F#→

EmGD

Spoken

We practice selective annihilation

Of mayors and government officials

For example, to create a vacuum

Then we fill that vacuum

As popular war advances

Peace is closer

AB/AC/AD/AF/AD/A

GI don’t nBmeed your civil warEm

GIt feeds the ricBmh while it buries the poorEmC→ D→

GYou’re power hBmungry sellin’ soldiers in a Emhuman grocery store, ain’t that fresh

GI don’t nBmeed your civil warEmC→ D→

Double time

GI don’t nBmeed your civil warEm

GI don’t nBmeed your civil warEmC→ D→

GYou’re power hBmungry sellin’ soldiers in a Emhuman grocery store, ain’t that fresh

GI don’t nBmeed your civil warEmno no no no oh Cno oh Dno oh no

GI don’t nBmeed one more warEm

GBmEmC→ D→

GBmEm

Ooooh, GI don’t nBmeed one more warEmno no no no oh Cno oh Dno oh no

EmEmDEm

Spoken

What’s so civil ‘bout war anyway?

Guns and Roses - Dead Horse (1991)

Originally in Eb, where I’m calling the first chord the IV

I play in E, and I don’t go up to the higher octave in the chorus

Vox on the 3 of the first chord

ASick of this lBife

G#mNot that you’d Acare

AI’m not the Bonly one

EWith whom these feelings I share

ANobody Bunderstands

G#mQuite why we’re Ahere

AWe’re searchin’ for Banswers

EThat never appear

ABut maybe if I Blooked real hard I’d

G#mI’d see your tryin’ Atoo

ATo understand thisBlife

EThat we’re all goin’ through

Spoken

AThen when she said she was gonna like, Bwreck my car, EI didn’t know what to do, whoooooa

Vox on the 1 of the first chord

ASometimes I feel like I’m Ebeatin’ a dead horse

And AI don’t know why you’d be Ebringin’ me down

AI’d like to think that our Elove’s worth a tad more

It mAay sound funny but Eyou’d think by now

I’d be F#smilin’ F#→ G#m→ A

I guess some things never Echange A/E

Never Echange A/E

AI met an old cBowboy

G#mI saw the look in his eAyes

ASomethin’ tells me he’s been hBere before

‘Cause Eexperience makes you wise

AI was only a sBmall child

When the tG#mhought first came to mAe

That I’m a sAon of a gun and the gBun of a son

That Ebrought back the devil in me, whoa

But Asometimes I feel like I’m Ebeatin’ a dead horse

And AI don’t know why you’d be Ebringin’ me down

AI’d like to think that our Elove’s worth a tad more

It mAay sound funny but Eyou’d think by now

I’d be F#smilin’ F#→ G#m→ A

I guess some things never Echange A/E

Never Echange A/E

I ain’t C#mquite what you’d call an oF#ld soul

Still C#mwet behind the eaF#rs

I been arC#mound this track a F#couple of times

But now the Adust is startin’ to cBlear, oh

Solo on chorus chords

AEAEAEBB

C#mF#C#mF#C#mF#

ABBB

B→ Bb→

ASometimes I feel like I’m Ebeatin’ a dead horse

And AI don’t know why you’d be Ebringin’ me down

AI’d like to think that our Elove’s worth a tad more

It mAay sound funny but Eyou’d think by now

I’d be Asmilin’ E

Ooh yeah, I’d be sAmilin’ E

No way I’d be Asmilin’ E

Ooh smAilin’ E

BBBB

Let ring

ASick of this lBife

G#mNot that you’d Acare

AI’m not the Bonly one

EWith whom these feelings I share

Guns and Roses - Don't Cry (1991)

Originally in Am tuned down to Abm, I play in Am capo 3.

AmDmGC→G/B

AmDmGAm

AmTalk to me Dmsoftly

There’s soGmething in your eCyes G/B

AmDon’t hang your heDmad in sorrow

GAnd please don’t cCry G/B

AmI know how you Dmfeel inside I’ve

GI’ve been there befCore G/B

Am Something is changin’ inDmside you

GAnd don’t you knCow G/B

FDon’t you cGry tonighAmt I still Am7love you, baby

FDon’t you cGry tonighAmt

FDon’t you cGry tonighCt

There’s a heG/Baven abovAme you, bGaby

FAnd don’t you cGry tonightAm

AmGive me a wDmhisper

GAnd give me a sCigh G/B

AmGive me a kissDmbefore you

GTell me goodbyCe G/B

AmDon’t you take Dmit so hard now

GAnd please don’t take it so bCadG/B

AmI’ll still be thDminkin’ of you

GAnd the times we hCadG/B, AmbaGby

FDon’t you cGry tonighAmt

FDon’t you cGry tonighCt

There’s a heG/Baven abovAme you, bGaby

FAnd don’t you cGry tonightAm

Solo if appropriate

AmDmFG

AmGFG

AmFGEFGAm

This is not a typo; the chord progression turns around a little here

DmAnd please remGember

CThat I nG/Bever lieAmd

DmAnd please remGember

CHow I G/Bfelt insideAmnow, honey

DmYou gotta makeGit your own way

CBut yoG/Bu’ll be alrightAmnow, sugar

DmYou’ll feel bGetter tomorrow

CCome the mG/Borning lightAmnow, bGaby

FDon’t you cGry tonighAmt

FDon’t you cGry tonighCt

There’s a heG/Baven abovAme you, bGaby

FAnd don’t you cGry

FDon’t you ever cGry

FAnd don’t you cGry

TonightEbaby, mFaybe, someday

FAnd don’t you cGry

FDon’t you ever cGry

FAnd don’t you cGry

TonightC

Guns and Roses - Double Talkin' Jive (1991)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Em

Intro

Found a hEmead and an arm in the garbage can

EmDon’t know why I’m here

EmLivin’ on the run for oh so long

EmI gotta go collect

CDouble talkin’ jive

Get the B7money, mother-freaker

‘Cause EmI got no more patience

CDouble talkin’ lies B7

No more Empatience, man

EmBack in town, an’ a all new friends

EmThey sayin’ how you been

EmMessed up, and out of place

EmThat’s how I felt back then

CDouble talkin’ jive

Get the B7money, mother-freaker

‘Cause EmI got no more patience

CDouble talkin’ lies B7

No more Empatience, man

You Emdig, what I’m sayin?

EmEmFFG→ F→

When the acoustic guitar comes in, change i to I...

EEFFG→ F→

Guns and Roses - Dust and Bones (1991)

Originally in Ebm, I play in Am capo 5

Highest note that matters is the 3 of the minor key (“rip you right in two”)

Let ring, vox on the 5 on “he lost”

AmHe lost his mind today

AmHe left it out back on the higDhway

CI-siG/Bxty-fAmive

At tempo

AmShe loved him yesterday

Yesterday’s over, I said O.DK. C

G/BThat’s alAmright

AmTime moves on, that’s the way

We live in hope to see the nDext day C

G/BThat’s alAmright

GSometimes these things they are so eAmasy

GSometimes these things they are so cAmold

GSometimes these things just seem to rFip you right in two

E7Oh no man don’t let ‘em get to you

AmShe loved him yesterday

He laid her sister she said DO.K. C

And G/Bthat’s alAmright

AmBuried her things today

Way back out deep behind the drDiveway C

And G/Bthat’s alAmright

GSometimes these women are so eAmasy

GSometimes these women are so cAmold

GSometimes these women seem to rFip you right in two

E7Only if you let ‘em get to you

AmYa get out on your own

And you Amtake all that you own

And you Amforget about your home

And then you’re Amjust freakin’ gone

Solo

E7G→ Dx8

AmThere’s no logic here today

Do as you got to, go your Down way C

I G/Bsaid that’s rAmight

AmTime’s short your life’s your own

And in the end, we are just

DDust and Cbones G/B

AmThat’s alright (dust and bones)

That’s alright (dust and bones)

Guns and Roses - Garden of Eden (1991)

Originally in Eb, I play in E (an octave down) (obviously)

Spoken

It’s a cEritical solution, and the east coast got the blues

It’s a Emass of confusion, like the lies they sell to you

Vox on the b3

You got a gElass-jawed toothache of a mental disease

And they be running ‘round back, see them line up on their knees

‘Cause the kiss-ass sycophants, throwing penance at your feet

When they got nowhere to go

Watch them come in off the streets

While they’re Gbanging out front

Inside they’re slamming to the crunch

Go on and throw me to the lions

And the whole damn screaming bunch

Cause the pissed-off rip-offs, are everywhere you turn

Tell me how a generation’s ever supposed to learn

Vox on the 1 on “fire”, which is originally an F# (!!!)

This Gfire’s burning, and it’s out of control

It’s not a problem you can stop it’s rock n’ roll

I rEead it on a wall, it went straight to my head

It said, “dance to the tension of a world on edge”

We got racial violence, and who’ll cast the first stone?

And sex is used any way it can be

ASometimes, when I look out, it’s hard to see the day

It’s a feeling, you can have it, it’s not mEine to take away

E→ D#→ D→ C#→ E→ F→ F#→

GLost in the Garden of Eden

Yeah, we’re lost in the Garden of Eden

And there’s no one’s gonna believe this

But we’re lost in the Garden of Eden

This fGire’s burning, and it’s out of control

It’s not a problem you can stop it’s rock n’ roll

GSuck on that

ELooking through this point of view

There’s no way I’m gonna fit in

Don’t you tell me what my eyes see

Don’t you tell me who to believe in

AI ain’t superstitious, but I know when something’s wrong

I’ve been dragging my heels with a bitch called hope

Let the Eundercurrent drag me along

E→ D#→ D→ C#→ E→ F→ F#→

GLost in the Garden of Eden

Yeah, we’re lost in the Garden of Eden

And there’s no one’s gonna believe this

But we’re lost in the Garden of Eden

Solo

AAAA

BGAA

Most oGrganized religions make a mockery of humanity

Our governments are dangerous and out of control

The Garden of Eden is just another graveyard

Said, if they had someone to buy it

Then I’m sure they’d sell my soul

This fGire’s burning, and it’s out of control

It’s not a problem you can stop it’s rock n’ roll

GLost in the Garden of Eden (and we ain’t talkin’ about no poison apple)

Said, we’re lost in the Garden of Eden

And there’s no one’s gonna believe this (or some missin’ rib, ya hear?)

But we’re lost in the Garden of Eden

This fGire’s burning, and it’s out of control

It’s not a problem you can stop it’s rock n’ roll

Guns and Roses - Locomotive (1992)

Originally in Ab, I play in D

DBmx2

C→ B→ AAx2

C→ Dx 8

All of these I’s are really bVII→I slides, and the I’s lean pretty heavily toward I5

GDonna find a way to cure this loneliness

Yeah, I’ll find a way to cure the pain

If I said that you’re my friend, and our love would never end

How long before I had your trust again F

I Dopened up the doors when it was cold outside

Hopin’ that you’d find your own way in

But how can I protect you, or try not to neglect you

When you won’t take the love I have to give

Vox on the high 3 of the chord

BmI bought me an illusion

Vox on the high *b*3 of the chord (!)

And I pDut it on the wall

I lBmet it fill my head with dreams

And I hDad to have them all

But oBmh the taste is never sCo sBweet aAs

As what you’d believe it is, well, I G/Aguess it never iAs

ICt’s tBhese Aprejudiced illusions

That G/Apump the Ablood to the heart of the biz C→ C

You kDnow I never thought that it could take so long

You know I never knew how to be strong

Yeah, I let you shape me, but I feel as thought you raped me

‘Cause you climbed inside my world and in my songs

So now I’ve closed the door to keep the cold outside

Seems somehow I’ve found the will to live

How can I forget you, or try not to reject you

When we both know it takes time to forgiveG, Gyeah C→ C

Approximating this for at least *some* chord-friendliness

Vox on the 1 of each chord

DSweetness C#is a viCrtue Band you

LosA#t your Gvirtue Flong F/DaFgo

You Dknow I’d liC#ke to hCurt you bBut my

CA#onscience alwGays Ftells F/Dme Fno

You could Dsell your C#body oCn the sBtreet

To A#anyoGne whom yFou F/Dmight mFeet

Who’d Dlove to C#try and Cget insiBde

And bA#ust your iGnnocence FopeF/Dn wFide

‘Cause my bDaby’s got a locomotive

My Dbaby’s gone off the track

My Dbaby’s got a locomotive

Gotta pDeel her off my back

GI Dknow it Glooks lDike I’m inGsanDe GD

GTake a cDloser Glook DI’m not to bGblaDme F

NoD

DGonna have some fun with my frustration

Gonna watch the big screen in my head

I’d rather take a detour

‘Cause this road ain’t getting clearer

Your train of thought has cut me off again

Better tame that boy ‘cause he’s a wild one

Better tame that boy ‘fore he’s a man

Sweetheart don’t make me laugh

You’s getting too big for your pants

And I’s think maybe you should cut out while you can

Ow, Bmyou can use your illusion

Let tDake you where it may

We lBmive and learn

And then sometimes it’s bDest to walk away

BmMe, I’m just here hangiCn’ onBA

It’s my only place to stay at least for now anyway

IC‘ve BworkAed too hard for my illusions just to throw them all awayCC

I’m tDaking time for quiet consolation

In passing by this love that’s passed away

I know it’s never easy, so why should you believe me

When I’ve always got so many things to say

Calling off the dogs a simple choice is made

‘Cause playful hearts can sometimes be enraged

You know I tried to wake you, I mean how long could it take you

To open up your eyes and turn the pGage, Ghey

DKindness iC#s a trCeasure Band it’s

A#One towards mGe you’ve seFldoF/Dm sFhown

So I’ll Dsay it fC#or good meCasure B

To aA#ll the oneGs like yFou IF/D‘ve kFnown

You kDnow I’d lC#ike to sChave your hBead

And aA#ll my frGiends could Fpaint F/Dit redF

‘Cause lDove to mC#e’s a tCwo-way sBtreet

And aA#ll I rGeally Fwant isF/DpeaceF

‘Cause my bDaby’s got a locomotive

My Dbaby’s gone off the track

My Dbaby’s got a locomotive

Gotta pDeel her off my back

GI Dknow it Glooks lDike I’m inGsanDe GD

GTake a cDloser Glook DI’m not to bGblaDme F

NoD

AffDection iC#s a Cblessing Bcan you

A#Find it Gin your sForrF/Did heartD

I tried to kDeep this tC#hing togCether Bbut the

TA#remor tGore my Fpad aF/DparFt

YDeah, I C#know it’s harCd to facBe

When aA#ll we’ve Gworked for’s Fgone F/Dto wasteF

But you’re sDuch a stupid wC#oman and I’m sCuch a stupid mBan

But loveA#like tGime’s got Fits oF/Dwn Fplans

‘Cause my bDaby’s got a locomotive

My Dbaby’s gone off the track

My Dbaby’s got a locomotive

Gotta pDeel her off my back

GI knoDw it Glooks lDike I’m inGsanDe GD

GTake a cDloser Glook DI’m not to bGblaDme GD

G→ DG→ DG→ DG→ D

GIf lDove is bGlind I gDuess I’ll fGind myDself a cFane

DmDmA#A#

DmLove’s so strA#ange

Guns and Roses - November Rain (1991)

Originally in Cb, I play in E

Vox go up to the 6 (“lovers always come”)

AC#m/G#F#m7E

AC#m/G#EE

Amaj7When I look into your F#m7eyes

I can see a love resEtrained

Amaj7But darling when I F#m7hold you

Don’t you know I feel the Esame

F#m7Cause nothin’ lasts forBever

And we both know hearts can Echange

F#m7And it’s hard to hold a Bcandle

In the cold November Erain

Amaj7We’ve been through this such a lF#m7ong, long time

Just tryin’ to kill the Epain, oh yeah

But lAmaj7overs always come and lovers always go

And F#m7no one’s really sure who’s lettin’ go Etoday, walkin’ away

If wAmaj7e could take the time to lay it on the line

I could rF#m7est my head

Just knowin’ that you were Emine, all mine

F#m7So if you want to Blove me

Then darlin’ don’t Erefrain

F#m7Or I’ll just end up Bwalkin’

In the cold November Erain

Do you nAmaj7eed sometime on your Bown?

Do you Amaj7need sometime all Balone?

Everybody Amaj7needs sometime on their Bown

Don’t you know you Amaj7need sometime all Balone

G#mI know it’s Amaj7hard to keep an Eopen heart

G#mWhen even Amaj7friends seem out to F#m7harm you

G#mBut if you Amaj7could heal a Ebroken heart

G#mWouldn’t Amaj7time be out to Bcharm you, whoa

I usually skip this part

Amaj7Sometimes I need sometime on my Bown

Sometimes I Amaj7need sometime all Balone

Everybody Amaj7needs sometime on their Bown

Don’t you know you Amaj7need sometime all Balone

Amaj7And when your fears subside

F#m7And shadows still Eremain, oh yeah

Amaj7I know that you can F#m7love me

When there’s no one left to Eblame

F#m7So never mind the Bdarkness

We still can find a Eway

F#m7Cause nothin’ lasts Bforever

Even cold November Erain

EB/D#C#m7BAmaj7BEEm

Ending on Im is my nod to the outro that doesn’t work in a solo performance.

Guns and Roses - Shotgun Blues (1991)

Originally in Eb, I play in A

Vox on 4 4 3 on “shotgun blues”

I got the Ashotgun blues, F#shotgun blues

I said I dGon’t know what I did, but I know I gotta move

I got the Ashotgun blues, F#shotgun blues

I Gcan’t wait here forever, I got too much here to lose

AAnd now you’re blowin’ smoke

FI think you’re one big joke

DMe, I gotta lot to learn

EAnd I’m still waitin’ for the heads to turn

AYou say I walk a line

FDamn, they move it every time

DYou walk a mile in my shoes

EAnd then you tell me ‘bout singin’ the blues

EYou get what you pay for

DAnd freedom’s real high priced

EAnd while your rippin’ off children

DSomebody’s messing your wife

GOh, it’s never made a difference

AIt’s only how you survive

I got the Ashotgun blues, F#shotgun blues

I said I dGon’t know what I did, but I know I gotta move

I got the Ashotgun blues, F#shotgun blues

I Gcan’t wait here forever, I got too much here to lose

AAnd now you ask me why

FI said it’s do or die

DI’ll stick it right in your face

EAnd then I’ll put you in your motherfreakin’ place

AAnd you, you can suck my ass

FAnd I think it’s so low class

DMe, I’m just so concerned

EI’m still waitin’ for your ass to burn

EOh, you want a confrontation

DI’ll give you every freakin’ chance

EWith your verbal masturbation

DMe, I just like to dance

GHow’s that for provocation?

AI’m just makin’ a stance

And I’m Btired of the fF#rustration

Of Glivin’ inside of your liAes

And I’m wBild on indignaF#tion

I said Gsomebody’s got to dAie

Solo

BBDG

BBED

BBDG

BBAE

EEEE

Chorus chords

AF#GG

I got the Ashotgun blues, F#shotgun blues

I said I dGon’t know what I did, but I know I gotta move

I got the Ashotgun blues, F#shotgun blues

I Gcan’t wait here forever, I got too much here to lose

I got the Ashotgun blues, F#shotgun blues

GListen motherfreaker, you’re about to pay your dues

I got the Ashotgun blues, F#shotgun blues

If you’re Ggoin’ up against me, then you know you’re gonna lose

GI know, I know, I know

Spoken

You think anyone with an IQ over 15

Is gonna believe your stuff?

Nothin’ but a freakin’...

Guns and Roses - So Fine (1991)

Originally in Gb, I play in G

Intro

GGmaj7Bmadd4→ CC→ D

GGmaj7Oooh Bmadd4→ Cyeah C→ D

GGmaj7Bmadd4→ CC→ D

GGmaj7How could she look so fBmadd4ine CC→ D

GGmaj7How could it be she Bmadd4might be mineCC→ D

GGmaj7How could she be so cBmadd4ool CC→ D

GI’ve been tGmaj7aken for fool Bmadd4so many times, CDhey

EmIt’s a stAmory of a man

Who wCorks as hard as he can just to be a man who stands on his oEmwn

EmBut the boAmok always burns

As the stoCry takes its turn, and leaves a broken mGan

GGmaj7How could she be so cBmadd4ool CC→ D

GGmaj7How could she be soBmadd4fineCC→ D

GI owe a faGmaj7vor to a Bmadd4friend CC→ D

GMy friends Gmaj7they always come thBmadd4rough for me yeah CD

EmIt’s a stAmory of a man

Who wCorks as hard as he can just to be a man who stands on his oEmwn

EmBut the boAmok always burns

As the stoCry takes its turn, and leaves a broken mEman

EmIf you could Amonly live my life

CYou could see the difference you make to Emme, Amto Cme

Bridge

I’d loDok right up at niEmght

GAnd all I’d see was darDkness

Now I seDe the stars alriEmght

GI wanna reach right up and grDab one for you

When the ligDhts went down in your hoEmuse

GYeah that made me haDppy

The swDeat I made for yEmou

GYeah I think you know where that comes from, guitar come on

Solo

GGmaj7Bmadd4→ CC→ D

Bridge (again)

Well I’d loDok right up at niEmght

GAnd all I’d see was darDkness

Now I seDe the stars alriEmght

GI wanna reach right up and grDab one for you

When the ligDhts went down in your hoEmuse

GYeah that made me haDppy

The swDeat I made for yEmou

GI think you know where that comes from

I swear he says something more like “so goase” here

GGmaj7How could she look soBmadd4good CC→ D

GGmaj7How could she be so fiBmadd4ne CC→ D

GGmaj7How could she be so coBmadd4ol CC→ D

GGmaj7How could it be she miBmadd4ght be mine CC→ D7

Guns and Roses - The Garden (1991)

Originally in Db, I play in A

Intro

Vox on the 3 on “know”

You kAnow you’re all alone

Your friends, they aren’t at home

Everybody’s gone to the garden

As you lAook into the trees

You can look, but you don’t see

Flowers seem to tease you at the garden

AEverybody’s there

But you don’t seem to care

What’s it with you man, and this garden?

AA7/GA7/F#A

Turned intAo my worst Cphobia

BA crazy man’s Gutopia

If you’re lAost, no one can Cshow you

But it Bsure was glad to Gknow you

Only Apoor boys take a Cchance

On the gBarden’s song and Gdance

Feel her Aflowers, as they Cwrap around

But oBnly smart boys doGwithout

AA7/GA7/F#A

Solo on chorus chords

ACBGx8

You can fAind it all inside

No need to wrestle with your pride

No you ain’t losing your mind, you’re just in the garden

They can lAead you to yourself

Or you can throw it on the shelf

But you know you can look inside for the garden, ooh yeah

AA7/GA7/F#A

I wAasn’t really Cscared

Lost Bmy virginity tGhere

To a Agypsy with blond Chair

But now Bno one seems to Gcare

Like a mAouse inside a Cmaze

WBandering ‘round for Gdays

With a Asmile upon my Cface

I Bnever want to leave this Gplace

Only Apoor boys take a Cchance

On the gBarden’s song and Gdance

Feel her Aflowers, as they Cwrap around

But oBnly smart boys doGwithout

Turned iAnto my worst Cphobia

BA crazy man’s Gutopia

If you’re lAost, no one can Cshow you

But it Bsure was glad to Gknow you

Bye-byAe, Cso loBng G

Guns and Roses - Yesterdays (1992)

Originally in Db, I play in D capo 2 (down an octave) (obviously)

Intro

DDCadd9Gx 2

DYesterday, there was sCadd9o many things I was nGever told

DNow that I’m starting to learn, Cadd9I feel I’m growGing old

Chord timing change

‘Cause yeDsterday’s got notCadd9hing for me

Old picGtures that I’ll always see

TiDme just fades the pages in my bGook of memories

DPrayers in my pocket, and no haCadd9nd in desGtiny

DI’ll keep on movin’ along with no Cadd9time to plant my Gfeet

‘Cause yDesterday’s got noCadd9thing for me

Old piGctures that I’ll always see

Hang on “all”

SDome things could be better, if we’d aGll just let them be

OAoh, yesterdaCy’s got nothing for Gme

YesterdAay, ooooCooh’s got nothing for Gme

Got nothing for mBme

Solo

BmGBmG

BmC#mDEE

DYesterday, there were sCadd9o many things I was nGever shown

DSuddenly this time I found, Cadd9I’m on the streets and I’m aGll alone

DYesterday’s got Cadd9nothing for me

Old picGtures that I’ll always see

DI ain’t got time to remiGnisce old novelties

OAoh, yesterdaCy’s got nothing for Gme

YesterdAay, ooooCooh’s got nothing for Gme

Got nothing for mBme

YesterAday-hay-hay-hayC‘s got nothing for Gme

YesterAday-hay-hay-hayC

Guns and Roses - You Ain't the First (1992)

Originally in Eb, I play in E

EAEAEAEE

IEtried so hAard, just to gEet through to yoAu

But yoEur head’s so fAar from the reaElness of truAth

WEas it just a come on iAn the dark, wasn’t meEant to last lAong

I thEink you’ve worn your welcome, hoAney

I’ll just sEee you alAong

As I sing you this soEng

TEime can pass slAowly, thEings always chAange

YoEur day’s been nAumbered, and I’ve rEead your last pAage

YEou was just a temporAary lover, honey, yEou ain’t the firstA

LEots of others came befAore you, woman

Said but yEou been the worstA

Said you been the worEst

So gEoodbye to yG#ou, girl, sAo long, farewBell

I cEan’t hear you crG#ying, your jAivin’s been hBell

So lEook for me wG#alkin’ down yAour street at nBight

I’ll be Ein with anG#other, deAep down insBide

DeAep doG#mwn iF#mnsidEe

EAEAE

Guns and Roses - You Could Be Mine (1991)

Originally in F#m, I play in Em capo 4

Intro, skip if acoustic

EmDmEmDm

EmDmDmDm

D7D7D7D7

Start here acoustic

EmEmDEm

I’m a cEmold heart-breaker

Fit to burn and I’ll rip your heart in two

And I’ll leDave you lyin’ on the bEmed

I’ll be oEmut the door before you wake

It’s nothin’ new to you

‘Cause I thDink we’ve seen that movie tEmoo

‘Cause Gyou couAld be minEme

But you’re wGay oAut of liEmne

With your bGitch slap rappin’ and your cAocaine tongue

You get nGotD/F#hin’ dEmone D

I said Gyou couAld be minEme

EmEmDEm

Now hoEmlidays come and then they go

It’s nothin’ new today

Collect anoDther memorEmy

When EmI come home late at night

Don’t ask me where I’ve been

Just cDount your stars I’m home aEmgain, whoa

‘Cause Gyou couAld be minEme

But you’re wGay oAut of liEmne

With your bGitch slap rappin’ and your cAocaine tongue

You get nGotD/F#hin’ dEmone D

I said Gyou couAld be minBe

EmDmEmDm

EmDmDmDm

Bridge

FOoh, you’ve gone skEmetchin’ tFoo many timesGC→ G

FOoh, Emooh, why don’t ya gFive it a reGst? C→ G

FWhy-Emy muFst you fAiiiGiiiFiiind

EmAnother reCason to cAry

AC→

GC→

AC→

GC→

While you’re bAreakin’ down my back and

I been rBackin’ out my brain

It don’t mCatter how we make it

‘Cause it always ends the same C→ B→

You can Apush it for more mileage

But your fBlaps are wearin’ thin

And I could slCeep on it ‘til mornin’

But this nightmare never ends C→ B→

Don’t forgAet to call my lawyers

With ridBiculous demands

And you can Ctake the pity so far

But it’s more than I can stand C→ B→

‘Cause this couAchtrip’s gettin’ older

Tell me Bhow long has it been

‘Cause fiveCyears is forever

And you haven’t grown up yet

‘Oooh Gyou couAld be minEme

But you’re wGay oAut of liEmne

With your bGitch slap rappin’ and your cAocaine tongue

You get nGotD/F#hin’ dEmone D

I said Gyou couAld be

GYou shouAld be

GYou couAld be

EmMine, you could be mine

Hanson - MMMBop (1997)

Originally in A, I play in A capo 3

Intro, with “oh’s” after the first round

AEDEx 4

AYou have so many relaEtionships in lDife

Only oEne or two will lAast

AYou go through aEll the pain and stDrife

Then you turn your bEack and they’re gone so Afast

AEOh yeah DE

And they’re gone so AfastE, yDeahE

ASo hold on the oEnes who really Dcare

In the enEd they’ll be the only ones thAere

And when you get Eold and start losing your Dhair

Can you Etell me who willAstill care? ED

Can you Etell me who wAill still care? EDOh, oEkay yeah

MAmmbop, da ba Ddoo wa

Doo be da ba Adoo ba, da ba Edoo, yeah

MAmmbop, da ba Ddoo wa

Doo be da ba Adoo ba, da ba Edoo, yeah

ASaid Eoh yeah, Din an mEmmbop they’re gone

AEDE

APlant a seed, plant a Eflower, plant a Drose

You can Eplant any one of thAose

Keep planting to Efind out which one Dgrows

It’s a Esecret no one Aknows

EDIt’s a Esecret no one Aknows

EOh, Dno one Eknows

MAmmbop, da ba Ddoo wa

Doo be da ba Adoo ba, da ba Edoo, yeah

MAmmbop, da ba Ddoo wa

Doo be da ba Adoo ba, da ba Edoo, yeah

AIn an Emmmbop gone, Din an Emmbop

AIn an Emmmbop gone, Din an Emmbop yeah

w/ad libs

AEDE

MAmmbop, da ba Ddoo wa

Doo be da ba Adoo ba, da ba Edoo, yeah

MAmmbop, da ba Ddoo wa

Doo be da ba Adoo ba, da ba Edoo

ACan you Etell me? Doh

No, you Ecan’t ‘cause you don’t know

ACan you Etell me? Doh

You say you Ecan but you don’t know

ACan you Etell me?

Which flDower’s gonna Egrow

ACan you Etell me?

A Ddaisy or a Erose

AEDSay you Ecan but you don’t know

AYou Edon’t know oh, Dno no Eoh

Band drops out

MAmmbop, Ddoo wa

ADoo ba, Edoo, yeah

MAmmbop Ddoo wa

ADoo ba, Edoo

Band back in

MAmmbop, da ba Ddoo wa

Doo be da ba Adoo ba, da ba Edoo, yeah

MAmmbop, da ba Ddoo wa

Doo be da ba Adoo ba, da ba Edoo

Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta (1997)

Originally in D, I play in A, highest note is the 5 (“I’m not sick but I’m *not* well”)

Intro

AGDA

AI had visions, I was in them, I was looking into the Emmirror

To see a little bit Gclearer, the rottenness and evil in Ame

AFingertips have memories, mine can’t forget the curves of your Embody

And when I feel a bit Gnaughty, I run it up the flagpole and Asee

Spoken

Who salutes, but no one ever does

AI’m not sick but I’m not G/Bwell, and I’m so Ghot, ‘cause I’m in Ahell

ABeen around the world and found that only stupid people are bEmreeding

The cretins cloning and fGeeding, and I don’t even own a TAV

APut me in the hospital for nerves and then they had to commEmit me

You told them all I was cGrazy, they cut off my legs now

AI’m an amputee, god damn you

AI’m not sick but I’m not G/Bwell, and I’m so Ghot, ‘cause I’m in Ahell

AI’m not sick but I’m not G/Bwell, and it’s a Gsin, to live so Awell

Bridge

EI wanna publish ‘Dzines, and rage against Cmachines

I wanna Apierce my tongue, it doesn’t hurt, it feels Efine

The trivial sublDime, I’d like to turn off Ctime

And kill my Amind

You killed my mAind, aaaaaahhhh

AParanoia, paranoia, everybody’s comin’ to gEmet me

Just say you never mGet me, I’m running underground with the mAoles (digging holes)

AHear the voices in my head, I swear to god it sounds like they’re snEmoring

But if you’re bored then you’re bGoring, the agony and the irAony they’re killing me, whoa

AI’m not sick but I’m not G/Bwell, and I’m so Ghot, ‘cause I’m in Ahell

AI’m not sick but I’m not G/Bwell, and it’s a Gsin, to live so Awell

Hootie and the Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You (1994)

Originally in E capo 2, I play in E capo 2

Play A69 as x04200, F#m11/C# as x44200

EA69x4

EYou and A69me, we Ecome from different A69worlds

EYou like to A69laugh at me when I Elook at other A69girls

ESometimes you’re A69crazy, Ethen you wonder A69why

EI’m such a A69baby cause the DolEphins make me A69cry

But there’s F#m11/C#nothing I can do, Asus2I’ve been lookin’ for a girl like you EA69EA69

EYou look at A69me you got Enothing left to A69say

EI moan and A69pout at you unEtil I get my A69way

EI won’t A69dance, Eyou won’t A69sing

EI just want to A69love you, but you wEant to wear my A69ring

But there’s F#m11/C#nothing I can do, Asus2I only wanna be with you EA69EA69

You can Asus2call me your fool Bsus4I only want to be with you EA69EA69

EPut on a little A69Dylan, Esittin’ on a A69fence

EI say that A69line is great you Eask me what it meant A69by

ESaid I shot a man named A69Gray, Etook his wife to A69Italy

EShe inherit a A69million bucks and Ewhen she died, it A69came to me

F#m11/C#I can’t help it if I’m lucky, Asus2I only want to be with you EA69EA69

Asus2Ain’t Bobby so cool, Bsus4I only want to be with you

EA69EA69x4

Yeah I’m F#m11/C#tangled up in blue, Asus2I only wanna be with you EA69EA69

You can Asus2call me your fool Bsus4I only want to be with you E

EA69EA69x2

ESometimes I A69wonder Eif we’ll ever A69end

EYou get so A69mad at me when I Ego out with my A69friends

ESometimes you’re A69crazy, Ethen you wonder A69why

EI’m such a A69baby cause the DolEphins make me A69cry

But there’s F#m11/C#nothing I can do, Asus2I only want to be with you EA69EA69

No hanging on the five this time

You can Asus2call me your fool Bsus4I only want to be with you E

Yeah I’m Asustangled up in blue, Bsus4I only wanna be with youE

EA69EI oA69nly wanna be with Eyou

Incubus - Drive (1999)

Em 079080

Em9 075770

Cmaj7 x35453

A7 5x5050

Intro

EmEm9Cmaj7A7x4

EmSometEm9imes, I Cmaj7feel the fear oA7f

UnEmcertainty sEm9tinging clear Cmaj7A7

EmAnd IEm9can’t Cmaj7help but ask myA7self

How much I’ll Emlet the fear Em9take the wheel and Cmaj7steer A7

Cmaj7It’s driven me beAfore and it seems to have a

Cadd9Vague Ahaunting mass appeal

Cmaj7But lately AI’m beginning to find that

Cadd9I should be the Aone behind the wheel

EmWhateEm9ver tomCmaj7orrow briA7ngs

I’ll Embe thereEm9with open Cmaj7arms and open A7eyes, yeah

EmWhateEm9ver tomCmaj7orrow briA7ngs

I’ll Embe there, Em9I’ll Cmaj7be thereA7

EmSo if IEm9decCmaj7ide to waiver myA7chance to

EmBe one of Em9the hive Cmaj7A7

EmWill IEm9choose Cmaj7water over wine A7

And hold my Emown and drive? Em9Oh Cmaj7A7

Cmaj7It’s driven me beAfore and it seems to be the

Cadd9Way that everyAone else gets around

Cmaj7But lately AI’m beginning to find that

WhCadd9en I drive myAself my light is found

EmWhateEm9ver tomCmaj7orrow briA7ngs

I’ll Embe thereEm9with open Cmaj7arms and open A7eyes, yeah

EmWhateEm9ver tomCmaj7orrow briA7ngs

I’ll Embe there,Em9I’ll Cmaj7be thereA7

Solo

EmEm9Cmaj7A7x4

Cmaj7Would you Achoose, water over Cadd9wine?

Extra measure of percussive noise afer this line

AHold the wheel and drive

EmWhateEm9ver tomCmaj7orrow briA7ngs

I’ll Embe thereEm9with open Cmaj7arms and open A7eyes, yeah

EmWhateEm9ver tomCmaj7orrow briA7ngs

I’ll Embe there,Em9I’ll Cmaj7be thereA7

Outro

EmEm9Cmaj7A7x3

Cmaj7A

Izzy Stradlin - Pressure Drop (1992)

Originally in E, I play in D

DAGDx2

It is Dyou, Aoh GyeDah

I said, Dpressure drop

Oh Apressure, oh yeah

GPressure gonna drop on Dyou

I said Dpressure drop

Oh Apressure, oh yeah

GPressure gonna drop on Dyou

DWhen it drops

Oh you Agot a feeling

GOh that you been doin’ it Dwrong

DWhen it drops

Oh you Agot a feeling

GAh but you been doin’ it Dwrong

Hmmm, hmmm, Dhmmm

Hmmm, Ahmmm

Hmmm, Ghmmm, Dyeah

Hmmm, hmmm, Dhmmm

Ah, Ahuh

Ah, Ghuh, Dyeah

DPressure drop

Oh Apressure, oh yeah

GPressure gonna drop on Dyou

I said Dpressure drop

Oh Apressure, oh yeah

GPressure gonna drop on Dyou

I said, Dwhen it drops

Oh you Agot a feeling

GOh that you been doin’ it Dwrong

DWhen it drops

Ah you Agot a feeling

GAh but you been doin’ it Dwrong

It is Dyou, Aoh GyeDah

Solo

DAGDx2

It is Dyou, Aoh GyeDah

I said, Dpressure drop

Oh Apressure, oh yeah

GPressure gonna drop on Dyou

I said Dpressure drop

Oh pAressure, oh yeah

GPressure gonna drop on Dyou

I said, Dwhen it drops

Oh you Agot a feeling

GPressure, pressure, Dpressure, pressure

DPressure drop, oh Apressure

Oh yeah, Gpressure gonna drop on Dyou

Slow reggae ending

DAGD

Hmmm, hmmm, Dhmmm

Hmmm, Ahmmm

Hmmm, Ghmmm, Dyeah

Hmmm, hmmm, Dhmmm

Hmmm, Ahmmm

Hmmm, Ghmmm, Dyeah

Izzy Stradlin - Shuffle It All (1992)

Originally in A, I play in E capo 3, vox mostly on the 6

Intro, first bass only, then band

AEAEAEBAE

x 2

EBoredom saturAation, it’s a Enever ending Aclue

EIsn’t just to Bfill the time when Athere’s nothing else to Edo

EShe drove on out of ANew York, Eshe had enough insAane

EAnd drivin’ just to BTexas two days Ashe ended up Ein L.A.

AShuffle it aEll, Ashuffle it aEll, yeah

AShuffle it aEll, Bpack up your Alife again

AEAEAEBAE

EA pile of records Aspread out, Ethe covers still look Agood

EPicture here a BPeter Tosh’s Astartin’ down and a Esmokin’ wood

EMy dog dreaming he’s Arunning I know, EI see him twitchin’ a Apaw

EMy woman playing BDr. Mario, Aoh, on the TV Eall night long

AJust another Ecigarette Astaring at the Emoon, yeah

AThen I’m headin’ Eoff to bed, Bsleepin’ Awithout you, yeah

Melody reverses rhythm here

AEShuffle it AallE, shuffle it Aall, Eyeah

BPack up your Abags again

Bridge

C#mIt’s a long and Ewinding road, Asure enjoy the Eview, yeah

C#mIf you want to Esee it you’re so Bwelcome to come aB7long

C#mLookin’ forward Eto today, AI’m gonna see it Eagain

C#mWhen the day is Eover, try to Bwrite you ‘bout the road

Quiet

AEAEAEAE

AFeel the motors Ewinding on, Athere ain’t no Enews

AIf you see those Eold friends out there, Btell them that I Asend my love

AWake up, time to Eleave again, Atry to find my Eshoes

APut the luggage Ein the van, Broll up your Abag for two

AShuffle it Eall, Ashuffle it Eall, yeah

AShuffle it Eall, Bpack up your Athings again

AShuffle it Eall (Keep movin’ along)

BPack up your Alife again

AEAEAEBAE6

Izzy Stradlin - Somebody Knockin' (1992)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 2, highest note is the 3 (and it’s a lot of 3)

Intro

ASomebody, Gsomebody was kDnockin’ on mGy dAoor

GSomebody DG→ A

AGDG→ A

ANobody, Gnobody was cDomin’ around bGefoAre

GWeren’t nobody, DyeGah Ayeah

AGDG→ A

AGDE→

F#mWhat’s that, the police, the C.I.A.?A

F#mOr just some magazine, said

DCould be some lost friend

I cannot sEay

Half-time

AAGC

There was a timeGCI would not mindGC

Back at tempo

D→ EI hear them knockin’ I said

AShut that door

AAnd kinda funny, Gsome kinda funny

But I’ve nDever thought bGefAore, no I never

GSeem kinda funny DG→ A

AGDE→

F#mWhat’s that, the police, a-come agaAin

F#mSent someone from the magazine, said

DCould be some lost friend

I cannot saEy

EShut that door somebody

ASomebody, Gsomebody was kDnockin’ on mGy doAor

AGSomebody was kDnockin’ on mGy doAor

Izzy Stradlin - Take a Look at the Guy (1992)

Izzy and Ron Wood both in A, I play in G

Intro

C→ Dm7x4

CTake a look at the guy who’s Gstanding in front of you

CTake a look at the guy who Gwalked in here with you

CDoes he look at the same guy, same guy, same guy

Who’s Glooking Dmstraight back at yCou

GDm

CTake a look at the guy once Glost in fields

CRemember the time he tGraveled the sky

CIt wasn’t too long ago he ran away from home

And he Gran away Dmfrom yCou

GDm

Solo

GGDmFx2

CTake a look at the guy Ghanging flesh on the bone

CWho used to play silly Ggames for you to be amused

CDoes he look like the same face, same eyes, same guy

Who’s Gstaring Dmstraight back at yCou

GDm

CTake a look at the guy who’s sGtanding in front of you

CTake a look at the guy who Gwaltzed in here with you

CDoes he look like the same guy, same guy, same guy

Who Gused to sing Dmsongs for yoCu

GDm

Random slow outro

A#→ C→ C#FmC#Fm

C#FmC#Fm

Izzy Stradlin - Time Gone By (1992)

Originally in G, I play in G, or if I’m not quite feeling it, in D capo 2

Highest note that matters is the b7 (“do you re*mem*ber?”)

Intro

Vox on the 5 on “try to think”

Try to tGhink back, time gone by

Not much cGome back, the one thing that I

Do reCmember, remember words were Gsaid

DTime fills the pages, turn the page

Time will not stop, it will have its way on Gyou

Received a lGetter from overseas

Said if you come back, would you like to see me?

CShe did not recognize me, time has changed my Gface

DTime fills the pages, turn the page

Time will not stop, it will have its way on Gyou

Solo on verse chords

GGGG

CCGG

DTime fills the pages, turn the page

Time will not stop, it will have its way on Gyou

Saw my bGrother, last week today

I said, what’s been goin’, he said, same old thing

CDo you remember when time was all we Ghad?

DI’d never count the hours

Didn’t count the days

Never stopped to wonder what time would Gplay, ay, yeah

Time gone Gby

Jackyl - The Lumberjack (1992)

Originally in A, I play in A and sing an octave down

Intro

Vox on the 1

AI was born in the backwoods

Of a two-bit nowhere town

Fathered up some rock and roll baby

So you mothers could boogie down

DI ain’t whistling dixie

No I’m a rebel with a groAove

All arEound the world they go ‘round and ‘round

DWhen they dig on my new stainless sAteel sound

A→ D→ Oh Ayeah → E

I say I’m a lAumberjack now baby

And I’m gonna cut you down to size

I’m a lDumberjack now baby

And you’re the one, you’re the one that gets mAy prize

When you hEear my motor running

DYou know I surely, I Asurely be coppin’ a riDse, Aoh so we’ll Ecrank it up go down there too

Chainsaw solo

AADA

EDA→ D→ A→ E

I’m a lAumberjack now baby

I’m a lDumberjack now baby

Oooh I’m a lAumberjack now baby

But I ain’t jEacked my lumber baby

Hard stop on the IV

DSince my chain saw you

A→ A7/G→ D/F#→ Ebdim7→ E

Bb7→ A7

Spoken

Whether you like it or whether you don’t

That’s the way we like it

Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing (1990)

Originally in G, I play in A capo 1 (down an octave)

Intro

C7B7/F#

Vox mostly on the b3

I been caught stealiA7ng, once, when I was five

I enjoy stealiA7ng, it’s just as simple as that

Well, it’s A7just a simple fact

When I want someA7thing, man, I don’t want to pay for it

I D7walk right through the door

I C7walk D7right C7through G7the doA7or

D7Hey all right, D7/Aif I get by C7B7

It’s A7mine, mine all mine, hey

Yeah my girl, she’s one tA7oo, she gonna get a skirt

Stick it under her A7shirt, she grab a razor for me

And she A7did it just like that

When she want someA7thing, man, she don’t want to pay for it

She D7walk right through the D7door

C7Walk D7right C7through G7the dA7oor

D7Hey all right, D7/Aif I get by C7B7

It’s A7mine, mine all mine, let’s go

Solo

La la la D7la da da da da da dadaa da da da da dC7a C#7C7C#7

We sat around the A7pile, we sat and laughed

We sat and A7laughed and waved it into the air

And we A7did it just like that

When we want someA7thing, man, we don’t want to pay for it

We wD7alk right through the dD7oor

C7Walk D7right C7through G7the doA7or

D7Hey all right, D7/Aif I get by C7B7

It’s D7mine mine, mine mine, mine mine mine ah mine all mine C7B7

It’s mA7iiiiiine

Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now (1991)

Originally in D, I play in A

Intro

AB7/AD/AD→ A/C#→ A/B→ A

Vox on the 3 on “woman”

AA woman on the rB7/Aadio talks about D/Arevolution

When it’s Dalready A/C#passed hA/Ber byA

ABob Dylan didn’t hB7/Aave this to sing about, you know

D/AIt feels good to beDA/C#aliveA/B

DI was alive and I waited, waited

DI was alive and I waiA/DteA/C#d A/Bfor Athis

ARight here, right nB7/Aow

There is no oD/Ather place I wanna be DA/C#A/BA

ARight here, right nB7/Aow

Watching the wD/Aorld wake up from history DA/C#A/BA

AI saw the deB7/Acade in, when it seemed

The wD/Aorld could change at the blDink of A/C#an eye A/BA

AAnd if anytB7/Ahing

Then thD/Aere’s your sign, DA/C#A/Bof the times A

DI was alive and I waited, waited

DI was alive and I waiA/DteA/C#d A/Bfor Athis

Instruments drop out, hang the I

ARight here, right now

Solo

DI was alive and I waited, waited

DI was alive and I waiA/DteA/C#d A/Bfor Athis

ARight here, right nB7/Aow

There is no oD/Ather place I wanna be DA/C#A/BA

ARight here, right nB7/Aow

Watching the wD/Aorld wake up from history DA/C#A/BA

ARight here, right nB7/Aow

There is no oD/Ather place I wanna be DA/C#A/BA

ARight here, right nB7/Aow

Watching the wD/Aorld wake up from history DA/C#A/BA

ARight here, right nB7/Aow

Watching the wD/Aorld wake up DA/C#A/BA

Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere (1996)

Chords follow the Johnny Cash version; the Hank Snow version changes key a bunch

Rubato, vox on the 1 of the key basically the whole verse

I was Etotin’ my pack along the dusty Winnemucca road

When along came a semi with a high an’ canvas-covered load

If you’re A7goin’ to Winnemucca, Mack, with me you can ride

And so I Eclimbed into the cab and then I settled down inside

Vox up to the 2 of the key

He B7asked me if I’d seen a road with Caugso much dust and B7sand

And I said, Elisten, I’ve traveled every road in this here land

At tempo

EI’ve been everywhere, man

I’ve been everywhere, man

ACrossed the deserts bare, man

I’ve Ebreathed the mountain air, man

Of B7travel I’ve-a had my share, man

I’ve been everyEwhere

I’ve been to EReno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota

Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota

AWichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma

ETampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma

B7Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo

ETocapillo, Baranquilla, and Perdilla, I’m a killer

EI’ve been everywhere, man

I’ve been everywhere, man

ACrossed the deserts bare, man

I’ve Ebreathed the mountain air, man

Of B7travel I’ve had my share, man

I’ve been everyEwhere

I’ve been to EBoston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana

Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana

AMonterey, Faraday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa

EGlen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa

B7Tennessee to Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake

EGrand Lake, Devil’s Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete’s sake

EI’ve been everywhere, man

I’ve been everywhere, man

ACrossed the deserts bare, man

I’ve Ebreathed the mountain air, man

Of B7travel I’ve had my share, man

I’ve been everyEwhere

I’ve been to ELouisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika

He clearly says “Costa Rocka”

Schefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica

APittsfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport

EHackensack, Cadillac, Fond du Lac, Davenport

B7Idaho, Jellico, Argentina, Diamantina

EPasadena, Catalina, see what I mean-a

EI’ve been everywhere, man

I’ve been everywhere, man

ACrossed the deserts bare, man

I’ve Ebreathed the mountain air, man

Of B7travel I’ve had my share, man

I’ve been everyEwhere

I’ve been to EPittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravelbourg, Colorado

Ellisburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, Eldorado

ALarimore, Admore, Haverstraw, Chatanika

He also says “opalacka”

EChaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika

B7Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City

ESioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity

EI’ve been everywhere, man

I’ve been everywhere, man

ACrossed the deserts bare, man

I’ve Ebreathed the mountain air, man

Of B7travel I’ve had my share, man

I’ve been everyEwhere

B7I’ve been everyEwhere

Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory (1990)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am, highest note that matters is the 5 of the minor key (on “tell me that I’m wanted”)

Intro

Vox on the 1

I wAmake up in the morning

And I rGaise my weary head

I’ve got an Dold coat for a pillow

And the AmEarth was last night’s bed

Vox up to the 1 of the chord on “don’t”

I Cdon’t know where I’m going

Only Ggod knows where I’ve been

I’m a Ddevil on the run, a six gun lover

A Amcandle in the wind, yeah

When you’re Ambrought into this world

They Gsay you’re born with sin

Well at Dleast they gave me something

I didn’t have to Amsteal or have to win

This time the vox go up to the 3 of the chord

Well they Ctell me that I’m wanted

Yeah, GI’m a wanted man

I’m a Dcolt in your stable, I’m what Cain was to Abel

Mister Amcatch me if you can

I’m going Ddown in a blaze of Aglory

Take me Dnow but know the Atruth

I’m going Dout in a blaze of Aglory

And lord I Gnever drew first, but I drew first blood

I’m Dno one’s son, call me young gAmun

You Amask about my conscience

And I Goffer you my soul

You ask if I’ll Dgrow to be a wise man

Well I aAmsk if I’ll grow old

You Cask me if I’ve known love

And what it’s like to Gsing songs in the rain

Well, I’ve Dseen love come, I’ve seen it shot down

I’ve Amseen it die in vain

Shot Ddown in a blaze of Aglory

Take me Dnow but know the Atruth

‘Cause I’m going Ddown in a blaze of Aglory

Lord I nGever drew first, but I drew first blood

I’m the Ddevil’s son, call me young gAmun

Solo

DADA

DAGD

Each Amnight I go to bed

I pray the Glord my soul to keep

No I ain’t Dlooking for forgiveness

But befAmore I’m six foot deep

Lord, CI got to ask a favor

And I Ghope you’ll understand

‘Cause I’ve Dlived life to the fullest

Let this Amboy die like a man

DStaring down a bullet

Let ring, wait for the ‘80s drum fill...

Let me Ammake my final stand

Shot Ddown in a blaze of Aglory

Take me Dnow but know the Atruth

I’m going Dout in a blaze of Aglory

Lord I Gnever drew first, but I drew first blood

And I’m Dno one’s son

Call me young Agun G

I’m a young Dgun A

Young Agun G, young Dgun Am

Journey - Any Way You Want It (1990)

Originally in G, I play in C, highest note that

matters is the 3.

CAny way you want it

G/BThat’s the way you need it

AmAny way you want it FF

CShe loves to laugh

G/BShe loves to sing

AmShe does everything F

CShe loves to move

G/BShe loves to groove

AmShe loves the lovin’ things F

COoh, all night, G/Ball night

AmOh, every night F

CSo hold tight, G/Bhold tight

AmOoh, baby, hold tight F

Oh, she said Cany way you want it

G/BThat’s the way you need it

AmAny way you want it F

She said Cany way you want it

G/BThat’s the way you need it

AmAny way you want it F

CI was alone

G/BI never knew

AmWhat good love could do F

OoCh, then we touched

G/BThen we sang

AmAbout the lovin’ things F

COoh, all night, G/Ball night

AmOh, every night F

CSo hold tight, G/Bhold tight

AmBaby, hold tight F

Oh, she said Cany way you want it

G/BThat’s the way you need it

AmAny way you want it, Foh

I said Cany way you want it

G/BThat’s the way you need it

AmAny way you want it F

Solo if appropriate

She said Coh, G/Boh, Amoh F

CHold on, G/Bhold on, hoooAmld oFn

Fade on chorus

Kiss - God Gave Rock and Roll to You II (1991)

This version skips the key change and leaves out some of the prog-i-er parts; there’s a complete arrangement in the “nonsongbook” folder

Kiss in B, Argent in C, I play in E capo 2

Intro

EB/D#C#mB

AC→ DEG→ B

Vox on 3 5 on “god gave”

EGod gave rock and rB/D#oll to you

C#mGave rock and rBoll to you

APut it in the sCoDul of Eeveryone

Vox on the 1 on “know”, stays there on “know” before it goes down

Do you knoAw what you want? You don’t Dknow for sure

You dAon’t feel right, you can’t fDind a cure

Vox up to the 1 of the chord on “get”

And you’re gCetting less than what you’re lGookin’ for C→ GG→ C

You doAn’t have money or a faDncy car

And you’re tiAred of wishin’ on a fDalling star

Cut the word “guitar” off before the last chord

You gotta pCut your faith in a loGud guitar B

EGod gave rock and rB/D#oll to you

C#mGave rock and rBoll to you

AGave rock and roC-oDll to Eeveryone G→ B

EGod gave rock and rB/D#oll to you

C#mGave rock and rBoll to you

APut it in the sCoDul of Eeveryone G→ D

If you wAanna be a singer or pDlay guitar

AMan, you gotta sweat or you Dwon’t get far

Cause it’s nCever too late to work Gnine-to-five C→ GG→ C

You can takAe a stand, or you can Dcompromise

You can woArk real hard or just Dfantazise

But you dCon’t start livin’ ‘til you Greali-Bize

EGod gave rock and rB/D#oll to you

C#mGave rock and rBoll to you

AGave rock and roC-oDll to Eeveryone G→ B

EGod gave rock and rB/D#oll to you

C#mGave rock and rBoll to you

APut it in the sCoDul of Eeveryone G→ D

Let ring

EGod gave rock and rB/D#oll to you

C#mHe gave a A#m7b5song to be

ASung, gave rock and Amroll to eEveryone E/B

EGod gave rock and rB/D#oll to you

C#mHe gave a A#m7b5song to be

ASung, save rock and Amroll for eEveryone E/B

ASave rock and roAmll

EGod gave rock and rB/D#oll to you

C#mGave rock and rBoll to you

AGave rock and roC-oDll to Eeveryone, Goh Byeah

EGod gave rock and rB/D#oll to you

C#mGave rock and rBoll to you

APut it in the sCoDul of (Eeveryone)

EGod gave rock and rB/D#oll to you

C#mGave rock and rBoll to you

AGave rock and roC-oDll to (Eeveryone)

Spoken, with repeated chorus

I know life sometimes can get tough

And I know life sometimes can be a drag

But people, we have been given a gift

We have been given a road, and that road’s name is

Rooooock and rooollll

Lisa Loeb - Stay (1994)

Originally in C#, I play in G

Intro

Gadd9Em7Am7→ Bm7→ Cadd9

Gadd9You say Em7I only hear what I want to Am7Bm7Cadd9

Gadd9And you say Em7I talk so all the time, Am7so Bm7Cadd9

Am7And I thought wGhat I felt was simple

Am7And I thought tGhat I don’t belong

Am7And now tGhat I am leaving

Am7Now I know tGhat I did something wrong cause I Cadd9missed you

CmYeah, yeah, I mAm7issed you GAm7G

Gadd9And you say Em7I only hear what I want to, I dAm7on’t listen hard

Bm7Don’t pay attention to the Cadd9distance that you’re running to Ganyone, anywhere

I Am7don’t undersBm7tand if you really care

I’m Cadd9only hearing negative, no, no, no Cadd9

So I, Am7I turned the radio oGn, I turned the radio Am7up, and this woman wGas singing my song

Am7Lover’s in love aGnd the other’s run away

Am7Lover is crying cGause the other won’t stay

Am7Some of us hover and we Gweep for the other who was

Am7Dying since the day tGhey were born, well

Well, Am7this is not that, GI think that I’m throwing but I’Am7m thrown G

And I Am7thought I’d live forever but now I’m not so sure

You try to Cadd9tell me that I’m clever but that won’t take me anyhow

Am7Or anywhere Bm7with yoCadd9u

Am7And you said that IGwas naive

And Am7I thought that IGwas strong, oh

Am7I thought, hey I cGan leave, I can leave

Oh, Am7but now I know tGhat I was wrong cause I Cadd9missed you

CmYeah, IAm7missed Gyou Am7G

You said you Am7caught me cause you want me and one day you’ll let me go

You try to Cadd9give away a keeper or keep me cause you know

You’re just so Am7scared to Bm7lose Cadd9

And you say, Gadd9Em7stay Am7Bm7Cadd9

Gadd9And you say Em7I only hear what I want to Am7BmCadd9

Live - I Alone (1994)

Originally in G, I play in F

The IV probably goes to a IVmaj7 every time

It’s Feasier Cnot to be Bbwise

FMeasure these tChings by your Bbbrains

I Fsank into CEden with yBbou

AlFone in the Cchurch by and Bbby

I’ll rFead to you Chere save your Bbeyes

You’ll nFeed them your Cboat is at Bbsea

Your Fanchor is Cup, you’ve been Bbswept away

And the gFreatest of tCeachers won’t heBbsitate

To Aleave you there by yourself chained to fate, yeah

DI aAlone Flove you

DI aAlone Ftempt you

DI aAlone Flove you

GFear is not the end of this

DI aAlone Flove you

DI aAlone Ftempt you

DI aAlone Flove you

It’s Feasier Cnot to be gBbreat

And Fmeasure these tChings by your Bbeyes

We Flong to be Chere by his resBbolve

AlFone in the Cchurch by and Bbby

To cFradle the Cbaby in sBbpace

And Aleave you there by yourself chained to fate, yeah

DI aAlone Flove you

DI aAlone Ftempt you

DI aAlone Flove you

GFear is not the end of this

DI aAlone Flove you

DI aAlone Ftempt you

DI aAlone Flove you

GYeah

DI aAlone Flove you

DI aAlone Ftempt you

DI aAlone Flove you

GYeah

AOh, now we took it back too

AFar, only love can save us

NowA, all these riddles that you

BAurn, all come running back to

AYou, all these rhythms that you

AHide, only love can save us

ANow, all these riddles that you

ABurn, yeah, yeah, yeFah

DI aAlone Flove you

DI aAlone Ftempt you

DI aAlone Flove you

GFear is not the end of this

DI aAlone Flove you

DI aAlone Ftempt you

DI aAlone Flove you

GYeah

DI aAlone Flove you

DI aAlone Ftempt you

DI aAlone Flove you

DAF

DI aAlone Flove you

DI aAlone Ftempt you

DI aAlone Flove you

DAF

Live - Selling the Drama (1994)

Originally in F#, I play in D capo 2

DAnd to love Aa Dgod

And to fearAa flBmame

And to burnF#m7

A crGadd9owd that has a name

DAnd to rAight or wrongD

And to mAeek or strongBm

It is knowF#m7n

Just Gadd9scream it from a wall

Vox on 4 3 on “I’ve willed”

I’ve wAsus2illed, I’ve walked

I’ve rAsus2ead, I’ve talked

I kAsus2now, I know

I’ve bAsus2een here before

BmHey, hEey, now we won’t be rBmaped

Hey, hEey, now we won’t be scaBmrred like that

Hey, hEey, now we won’t be raBmped

Hey, hEey, now we won’t be sGadd9carred like that

DIt’s the songAthat burDns

It’s the wheelAthat tuBmrns

It’s the wayF#m7

We sGadd9ing that makes ‘em dream

DAnd to CAhrist, a crDoss

And to Ame, a cBmhair

I will sF#m7it

And earn the rGadd9ansom from up here

I’ve wAsus2illed, I’ve walked

I’ve rAsus2ead, I’ve talked

I kAsus2now, I know

I’ve bAsus2een here before

BmHey, hEey, now we won’t be rBmaped

Hey, hEey, now we won’t be scaBmrred like that

Hey, hEey, now we won’t be raBmped

Hey, hEey, now we won’t be sGadd9carred like that

Scarred like thAsus2at

Solo

BmAsus2Gsus2

Let ring

DADA

DAnd to love Aa Dgod

And to fearAa flBmame

And to burnF#m7

A Gadd9love that has a name

I’ve wAsus2illed, I’ve walked

I’ve rAsus2ead, I’ve talked

I kAsus2now, I know

I’ve bAsus2een here before

BmHey, hEey, now we won’t be rBmaped

Hey, hEey, now we won’t be scaBmrred like that

Hey, hEey, now we won’t be raBmped

Hey, hEey, now we won’t be scaBmrred like that

EHey hey nowBm

EWhoo whooBm

Gadd9

Macy Gray - I Try (1999)

Originally in D, I play in G capo 3

Highest note that matters is the #4 (that’s the 4 after the key change: “*crum*bles when you are not near”)

Short orchestral intro is vaguely...

Bdim7→ Cdim7

Vox on the 1 on “games”

GGames, changes, and feDars

Hard stop on the second “will”

When will they Am7go from here, when will they stop?

I believe that fGate has brought us hDere

And we should be toAm7gether babe, but we’re not

CI play it off but I’m drBm7eaming of you

Am7And I’ll keep my cool but I’m feDigning

I try to say goodbGye and I choke

I try to walk awaDsus4y and I stumble

Though I try to hAm7ide it, it’s clear

My world cruCmbles when you are not near D

GoodbGye and I choke

I try to walk awaDsus4y and I stumble

Though I try to hAm7ide it, it’s clear

My world cruCmbles when you are not near

GI may appear to be free D

But I’m just a priAm7soner of your love

And I may seem alrGight, and smile, when you leDave

But my smiles are jAm7ust a front, just a front, yeah

CAnd I play it off but I’m dBm7reaming of you

Am7And I’ll keep my cool but I’m feDigning

I try to say goodbGye and I choke

I try to walk awaDsus4y and I stumble

Though I try to hAm7ide it, it’s clear

My world cruCmbles when you are not near D

GoodbGye and I choke

I try to walk awaDsus4y and I stumble

Though I try to hAm7ide it, it’s clear

My world cruCmbles when you are not near Dsus4

A#maj7Here is my confeDm7ssion, may I be your possA#maj7ession

Boy I need your tAm7ouch, your love kisses and sF7uch

With all my might I Em7try, but this I can’t denAm7y, deny

It’s tempting to go way up here, but that will take you very high... an Eb in the original key!

So, just do this at the same place as the other prechoruses

CI play it off but I’m drBm7eaming of you (but I’m dreaming of you babe)

Am7And I’ll keep my cool but I’m feDigning

This key change makes the guitar a lot less fun, so it’s OK to just not do the key change

I tD#ry to say goG#odbye and I choke, yeah

Try to walkD#susaway and I stumble

Though I try to hA#m7ide it, it’s clear

My world cruC#mbles when you are nD#ot near

GoodG#bye and I choke

I try to walk aD#way and I stumble

Though I try to A#m7hide it, it’s clear

My world C#crumbles when you are not near

GoodG#bye and I choke

I try to walk aD#way and I stumble

Though I try to hA#m7ide it, it’s clear

My world cruC#mbles when you are nD#ot near

G#Yeah yeah yeah yeah D#A#m7C#D#G#

Madonna - This Used to Be My Playground (1992)

Originally in Em, I play in C#m

Intro

C#mB/C#C#mB/C#

Amaj7G#m7C#9sus4C#

C#mB/C#C#mB/C#

Amaj7G#m7F#m11F#m11

Vox on 5 7 7 on “this used to”

Amaj7This used to be my playground

G#7sus4This used to be my C#mchildhood dream

F#m7sus4This used to be the Bplace I B/Aran to

G#mWhenever I C#mwas in need

F#m7sus4Of a friend B

B/AWhy did it G#7have to end, and why do they always say

Amaj7Don’t look backG#7

Keep your C#mhead held high

Don’t C#m7/Bask them why because

Amaj7Life is shortG#7

And beC#mfore you know

You’re C#m7/Bfeeling old

And your Amaj7heart is G#7breaking

Don’t hold on to the F#m7sus4past

Well G#7that’s too much to C#mask

C#mB/C#C#mB/C#

Amaj7This used to be my playground

G#m7This used to be my C#mchildhood dream

F#m7sus4This used to be the Bplace I B/Aran to

G#mWhenever I C#mwas in need

F#m7sus4Of a friend B

B/AWhy did it G#7have to end, and why do they always say

Amaj7Live and learG#7n

Well the yC#mears they flew

And we nevC#m7/Ber knew

We were Amaj7foolish theG#7n

We would nC#mever tire

And that litC#m7/Btle fire

Is Amaj7still aliG#7ve in me

It will never go aF#m7sus4way

Can’t say goodG#7bye to yesterC#mday

C#mB/C#C#mB/C#

String solo on verse chords

Amaj7Amaj7G#7sus4C#m

F#m7sus4F#m7sus4BB/A

G#mG#mC#mC#m

Amaj7This used to be my playground

G#m7This used to be my C#mchildhood dream

F#m7sus4This used to be the Bplace I B/Aran to

G#mWhenever I C#mwas in need

F#m7sus4Of a friend B

B/AWhy did it G#7have to end, and why do they always say

Amaj7No regretG#7s

But I C#mwish that you

Were C#m7/Bhere with me, well then

Amaj7There’s hope yeG#7t

I can C#msee your face

In our C#m7/Bsecret place

You’re not Amaj7just a G#7memory

Say goodbye to yester F#m7sus4day

Those are G#7words I’ll never C#msay

C#mB/C#C#mB/C#

Amaj7This used to be our playground

G#m7This used to be our C#mpride and joy

F#7sus4This used to be the Bplace we B/Aran to

G#mThat no one in the C#mworld could dare destroy

Amaj7This used to be our playground

G#m7This used to be our C#mchildhood dream

F#m7sus4This used to be the Bplace we B/Aran to

G#mThe best things in C#mlife are always

Amaj7Free, wishing you were G#7here with me

Madonna - Vogue (1990)

Originally in Ab, I play in E capo 5 (down an octave) or in A

In A, play the E7sus4 as x 0 9 7 10 x

B7sus4/EBm7/E

Intro

B7sus4/EStrike a pose Bm7/E

Strike a pose

EVogue (vogue, vogue)

DDDD→ E

Vox on 3 4 5 on “look around”

ELook around, everywhere you turn is heartache

EIt’s everywhere that you go (look around)

EYou try everything you can to escape

EThe pain of life that you know (life that you know)

When aB7sus4/Ell else fails and you long to be

Something bEetter than you are today

B7sus4/EI know a place where you can get away

It’s called a dEance floor

And here’s what it’s for, sDsus2o

EmCome on, D/F#Gvogue G→ D/F#→ G→ D/F#

D/F#Let D/F#your GboD/F#dy

EmMove D/F#to the Gmusic G→ D/F#→ G→ D/F#D/F#D/F#G→ D/F#

EmCome on, D/F#Gvogue G→ D/F#→ G→ D/F#

D/F#Let D/F#your GboD/F#dy

EmGo wD/F#ith the fGlow, G→ D/F#Gyou D/F#know D/F#you can D/F#do it

EAll you need is your own imagination

ESo use it, that’s what it’s for (that’s what it’s for)

EGo inside for your finest inspiration

EYour dreams will open the door (open up the door)

It mB7sus4/Eakes no difference if you’re black or white

EIf you’re a boy or a girl

If the mB7sus4/Eusic’s pumping, it will gBm7/Eive you new life

You’re a sEuperstar, yes, that’s what you are, you kDsus2now it

EmCome on, D/F#Gvogue G→ D/F#→ G→ D/F#

D/F#Let D/F#your GboD/F#dy

EmGroove D/F#to the Gmusic G→ D/F#→ G→ D/F#D/F#D/F#G→ D/F#

EmCome on, D/F#Gvogue G→ D/F#→ G→ D/F#

D/F#Let D/F#your GboD/F#dy

EmGo wD/F#ith the fGlow, G→ D/F#Gyou D/F#know D/F#you can D/F#do it

EBeauty’s where you find it, not just where you bump and grind it

ESoul is in the musical, that’s where I feel so B7sus4/Ebeautiful

Magical, life’s a ball, so, get up on the dance fDsus2loor

EmCome on, D/F#Gvogue G→ D/F#→ G→ D/F#

D/F#Let D/F#your GboD/F#dy

EmMove D/F#to the Gmusic G→ D/F#→ G→ D/F#D/F#D/F#G→ D/F#

EmCome on, D/F#Gvogue G→ D/F#→ G→ D/F#

D/F#Let D/F#your GboD/F#dy

EmGo wD/F#ith the fGlow, G→ D/F#Gyou D/F#know D/F#you can D/F#do it, dEo it

EDsus2Vogue

EBeauty’s where you find it, Dsus2move to the music

EDsus2Vogue

EBeauty’s where you find it, Dsus2go with the flow

The bass implies a descending i VII VI V pattern here on each line

I’m not writing it out, but I’m indicating where the i’s are if you buy into this theory

EmGreta Garbo and Monroe, DEmietrich and DiMaggio

MEmarlon Brando, Jimmy Dean, Emon the cover of a magazine

EmGrace Kelly, Harlow, Jean, pEmicture of a beauty queen

EmGene Kelly, Fred Astaire, GEminger Rogers, dance on air

EmThey had style, they had grace, REmita Hayworth gave good face

EmLauren, Katherine, Lana too, BEmette Davis, we love you

EmLadies with an attitude, fEmellas that were in the mood

EmDon’t just stand there, let’s get to it

EmStrike a pose, there’s nothing to it

EmVogue, vogue

Play the chorus chords here, give or take, but there’s not really a meaningful way to write them here

Ooh, you’ve got to let your body move to the music

Ooh, you’ve got to just let your body go with the flow

Ooh, you’ve got to

EmVogue

Martina McBride - Independence Day (1993)

Originally in A, I play in A capo 2

Highest note is the 4 (!) (“*day* of reckoning)

Intro

ADAD

Vox on the 5 on “seemed”

Well she seAemed all right by daDwn’s early light

Though she lAooked a little worried and weDak

Vox on the 3 on “tried”

She Atried to pretend he wasn’t drDinkin’ agaAin

But EDaddy’d left the proof on her cheek E→ D→

AI was only eight years oDld that summer

And I Aalways seemed to be in the wDay

So I F#mtook myself down to the faDir in tAown

EOn Independence DAay

ADAD

Well, woArd gets around in a smDall, small town

They Asaid he was a dangerous mDan

But AMama was proud and she stDood her grAound

But she kEnew she was on the losing end E→ D→

ASome folks whispered, Dsome folks talked

But everyboAdy looked the other wDay

And when F#mtime ran out, there was Dno one aboAut

Hard stop on the end of this line

EOn Independence ADay

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “ring”

Let freedom Ering, let the white dove F#msing

Let the Dwhole world know that toAday is a day of Ereckoning

Let the weak be F#mstrong, let the right be Dwrong

Hang on “pay”

Roll that stone awAay, let the guilty pEay

It’s Independence ADay

ADAD

Well, she lAit up the sky that foDurth of July

By the tiAme that the firemen cDome

They just pAut out the flames and tDook down some nAames

And Esent me to the county hoEme E→ D→

Now AI ain’t saying it’s riDght or it’s wrong

But Amaybe it’s the only waDy

F#mTalk about your revolDution A

EIt’s Independence DAay

Let freedom rEing, let the white dove sF#ming

Let the whDole world know that todAay is a day of rEeckoning

Let the weak be F#mstrong, let the right be wrDong

Roll that stone awAay, let the guilty Epay

It’s Independence DAay, Droll that stone awAay D

It’s Independence ADay DA

Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything for Love (1993)

Originally in D, I play in A, highest note that matters is the 5 (“true, you better believe it”)

Intro, a mix of Isus2, Isus4, etc.

Asus2

Bm9→ A/C#→ Esus4x 4

And I would do AanytDadd9hing for lEsus4/Bove

I’d run right into Ahell and back E→ D/A

I would do AanytDadd9hing for Esus4/Blove

I’ll never lie to you and Athat’s a fact E→ D/A

But I’ll F#mnever forget the way you C#m/Efeel right now

Oh Dadd9no, no Eway

And I would do AanytDadd9hing for Esus4/Blove

But I won’t do Dadd9that, Eoh I won’t do (tAhat)

This verse is shorter in the single version

AAnythDadd9ing for Esus4/Blove

Oh I would do AanythDadd9ing for Esus4/Blove

I would do AanythDadd9ing for Esus4/Blove

But I won’t do Dadd9that

ENo, I won’t do Athat

Fast

AAAD→ E→

F#mAnd some days it don’t come easy

Dadd9And some days it don’t come hard

Bm7Some days it don’t come at all and

AThese are the days that never end

F#mAnd some nights you’re breathing fire

Dadd9And some nights you’re carved in ice

Bm7Some nights are like nothing I’ve ever

ASeen before or will again

DAnd maybe I’m Acrazy, oh it’s F#m7crazy and it’s Esus4true E

DI know you can Asave me, no one else can F#msave me now but Esus4you E

BmAs long as the planets are turning

Ddim7As long as the stars are burning

DAs long as your dreams are coming E7true, you better believe it

That I would do AanytDadd9hing for lEsus4ove

And I’ll be there tE/G#ill the Afinal act E→ D

And I would do AanyDadd9thing for lEsus4ove

And I’ll take the vE/G#ow and Aseal a pact E→ D

But I’ll F#mnever forgive myself if C#m/Ewe don’t go

All the Dadd9way, toEnight

And I would do AanyDadd9thing for Esus4love

Oh I would do AanyDadd9thing for Esus4/Blove

Aw I would do AanyDadd9thing for Esus4love

But I won’t do tDadd9hat

ENo, I won’t do Athat

Fast

AI would do anything for F#mlove

Anything you’ve been dreaming Dof

But I just Ewon’t do Athat

AI would do anything for F#mlove

Anything you’ve been dreaming Dof

But I just Ewon’t do Athat

AI would do anything for F#mlove

Anything you’ve been dreaming Dof

But I just Ewon’t do Athat

Solo, not in the single version

Bm7A/C#DD

Bm7A/C#EE

Bm7A/C#DD

Bm7A/C#EE

Esus4E

AAAD→ E→

F#mAnd some days I pray for silence

DAnd some days I pray for soul

BmSome days I just pray to the god of

ASex and drums and rock and roll

Not in the single version

F#mAnd some nights I lose the feeling

DAnd some nights I lose control

BmSome nights I just lose it all when I

AWatch you dance and the thunder rolls

DAnd maybe AI’m lonely, that’s all I’m F#m7qualified to Esus4be E

DThere’s just one and Aonly, one and only F#m7promise I can Esus4keep E

BmAs long as the wheels are turning

Ddim7As long as the fires are burning

DAs long as your prayers are coming Etrue, you better believe it

That I would do AanyDadd9thing for lEsus4ove

And you know it’s true and Athat’s a fact E→ D

And I would do AanyDadd9thing for lEsus4ove

And there’ll never be no Aturning back E→ D

But I’ll F#mnever do it better than I C#m/Edo it with you

So Dadd9long, so Elong

And would do AanythDadd9ing for Esus4love

Oh, I would do AanythDadd9ing for Esus4/Blove

I would do AanythDadd9ing for Esus4love

But I won’t do Dthat

Nah Eno, no, I won’t do

Fast

AI would do anything for F#mlove

Anything you’ve been dreaming Dof

But I just Ewon’t do Athat

Repeat x6

AI would do anything for F#mlove

Anything you’ve been dreaming Dof

But I just Ewon’t do

But I’ll F#mnever stop dreaming of C#m/Eyou

Every night of my Dadd9life, no Esus4way

And I would do AanythDadd9ing for Esus4love

Oh I would do AanythDadd9ing for Esus4/Blove

Oh I would do AanythDadd9ing for Esus4love

But, I won’t do Dadd9that, Eno I won’t do (that)

Will you Araise me Dadd9up, will you Esus4help me down

Will you Aget me right Dadd9out of this Esus4/Bgodforsaken town

Will you Amake it all a lDittle less Esus4cold

I can do Dthat, Eoh I can do Athat

Will you Ahold me Dadd9sacred, will you Esus4hold me tight

Can you Acolorize my Dadd9life, I’m so Esus4/Bsick of black and white

Can you Amake it all Dadd9a little less Esus4old

I can do Dthat, oh Eoh, now I can do (Athat)

Not in the single version

Can you Amake me some Dadd9magic with your Esus4own two hands

Can you Abuild an emerald Dadd9city with thEsus4/Bese grains of sand

Can you Agive me something DI can take Esus4home

Now I can do Dthat, oh Eoh, now I can do (Athat)

Will you Acater to Dadd9every Esus4fantasy I got

Will you Ahose me down with Dadd9holy water, Esus4/Bif I get too hot

Will you Atake me places Dadd9I’ve never Esus4known

Now I can do Dthat, I kEnow now I can do Athat

AAfter a Dadd9while you’ll forEsus4get everything

It was a Abrief interDadd9lude and a mid-suEsus4/Bmmer night’s fling

And you’ll Asee that it’s Dadd9time to move Esus4on

I won’t do Dthat, EI won’t do Athat

AI know the Dadd9territory, Esus4I’ve been around

It’ll Aall turn to Dadd9dust and we’ll Esus4/Ball fall down

And Asooner or Dadd9later, you’ll be Esus4screwing around

I won’t do Dthat, Eno I won’t do (Athat)

AAnyDadd9thing for lEsus4ove

Oh, I would do AanyDadd9thing for lEsus4/Bove

I would do AanyDadd9thing for Esus4love

But I won’t do Dadd9that

Esus4No, I won’t do Athat

Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (1992)

Intro

AmFGG→ E

AmFDG→ Ex2

Vox on the 5 on “dang e”

EnAmdangered species, cFaged in fright

Shot Din cold blood, no cGhance to fEight

The sAmtage is set, now pFay the price

An Dego boost, dGon’t think tEwice

TechnAmology, the Fbattle’s unfair

You Dpull the hammer withGout a cEare

SAmqueeze the trigger that mFakes you man

PseudDo-safaric, the hGunt is cEanned

AmFGETFhe Ehunt Gis cAmanned

AmAll are Ggone all but Amone DC

No Amcontest nGowhere to rCun DC

AmNo more leGft only oAmne DC

AmThis is iGt, this is the

AmCountdFown Eto GextEincGtioAmn

Am→ G→ D

AmTell the truth, you wFouldn’t dare

The Dskin and trophy, Goh so Erare

AmSilence speaks louFder than words

IgDnore the guilt, and tGake your tEurn

AmLiars anagFram is “lairs”

DMan you were never Geven tEhere

AmKilled a few feet frFom the cages

DPoint blank, you’re Gso couErageous

AmFGSo courEageous

AmAll are Ggone all but Amone DC

No Amcontest nGowhere to rCun DC

AmNo more leGft only oAmne DC

AmThis is iGt, this is the

AmCountdFown Eto GextEincGtioAmn

Robo-breakdown, just mess around on the i

One hour from now

Another species of life form

Will disappear from the face of the planet

Forever and the rate is accelerating

Solo on verse chords

AmAll are Ggone all but Amone DC

No Amcontest nGowhere to rCun DC

AmNo more leGft only oAmne DC

AmThis is iGt, this is the

AmCountdFown Eto GextEincGtioAmn

Megadeth - Foreclosure of a Dream (1992)

Intro, very loosely approximating the guitar

GG/EG/FA7/C#Bb6/D→ Bb6

GG/EBb6G/FG→ Bb6

GG/EG/FA7/C#Bb6/D→ Bb6

Last chord here is originally C-ish, I think F-ish works better

GG/FCG/BBb6→ G/F

GRise so G/Fhigh, yet Cso far to fG/Ball, a Bbplan oG/Ff

GDigniG/Fty and Cbalance fG/Bor aBbll G/F

PolGitical bG/Freakthrough, euCphoriaG/B‘s hBbigh, G/Fmore

BGorrowed mG/Foney, Cmore G/Bborrowed Bbtime G/F

Am9Backed in a pEaug/G#corner, caught uCmaj7/Gp iB(b9)/F#n the raBaug/Fce E

EmMeans to an eEbnd eG/Dnded in disC#auggrace CG/B

PerGspective is lG/Fost in the sCpirit G/Bof the cBb6hase

G/FForecG5losure F5of a dC5ream Bb5

Those vG5isions nF5ever sC5een Bb5C5→ C#5

Until aG5ll is lF5ost, personal hC5olocaBb5ust

FG5oreclosure F5of a C5dream Bb5C5→ C#5

Repeat intro

GG/EG/FA7/C#Bb6/D→ Bb6

GG/EBb6G/FG→ Bb6

GG/EG/FA7/C#Bb6/D→ Bb6

GG/FCG/BBb6→ G/F

GBarren lG/Fand that Conce fG/Billed a nBbeed, aG/Fre

GWorthless G/Fnow, Cdead withG/Bout a Bbdeed G/F

GSlipping awG/Fay from an Ciron G/Bgrip BbG/F

GNature’s G/Fscales are Cforced G/Bto Bbtip G/F

The Am9heartland Eaug/G#cries, Cmaj7/Gloss of aB(b9)/F#ll pBaug/Fride E

To lEmeave ain’t belEbieving, so G/Dtry and C#augbe trCied G/B

InsGufficient G/Ffunds, insCanity, and G/BsuicpBb6ide

G/FForecG5losure F5of a dC5ream Bb5

Those vG5isions nF5ever sC5een Bb5C5→ C#5

Until aG5ll is lF5ost, personal hC5olocaBb5ust

FG5oreclosure F5of a C5dream Bb5C5→ C#5

Solo, probably skip this

A5G5D5C5D5→ D#5

For a while...

Repeat intro, with spoken

The Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I’ll say no, read my lips

GG/EG/FA7/C#Bb6/D→ Bb6

GG/EBb6G/FG→ Bb6

GG/EG/FA7/C#Bb6/D→ Bb6

GG/FCG/BBb6→ G/F

GNow with new G/Fhope, Csome G/Bwill be Bb6proud G/F

This iGs no G/Fhoax, nCo one G/Bpushed Bb6out G/F

RecGeive a repriG/Feve and bCe a pG/BioneBb6er G/F

GBreak new G/Fground of aCnG/Bew frBb6ontier G/F

AmNew idEaug/G#eas will Cmaj7/Gsurely B(b9)/F#get Baug/Fby E

EmNo deed, no dEbividend, sG/Dome may C#augask wChy G/B

You’ll Gfind the solG/Fution, Cthe G/Banswer’s iBb6n G/Fthe sky

Solo on chorus chords, then the chords from the first solo, I just repeat the intro instead

GRise so G/Fhigh, yet Cso far to fG/Ball, a Bbplan oG/Ff

GDigniG/Fty and Cbalance fG/Bor aBbll G/F

PolGitical bG/Freakthrough, euCphoriaG/B‘s hBbigh, G/Fmore

BGorrowed mG/Foney, Cmore G/Bborrowed Bbtime G/F

G/FForecG5losure F5of a dC5ream Bb5

Those vG5isions nF5ever sC5een Bb5C5→ C#5

Until aG5ll is lF5ost, personal hC5olocaBb5ust

FG5oreclosure F5of a C5dream Bb5C5→ C#5

Repeat intro

GG/EG/FA7/C#Bb6/D→ Bb6

HoloGcaust G/EG/FA7/C#Bb6/D→ Bb6

GG/EBb6G/FG→ Bb6

Megadeth - Skin o' My Teeth (1992)

Originally in A, I play in E

Highest note that matters is the 1 (“my *blood* flows”)

All the I chords are really I5, maybe even i, so, no thirds on the I chords.

Intro

E→ D#→ D→ C#→ C→ B

EEEG

EEEE

Vox on the 1 on “wrists”

I have Ewrists Gdonning Aslits Eflowing GconstantEly

My Ebroken boGdy iAn a wreck, wrEapped arGound a Etree

A Ecross-waGlk Ahit and run the Efinish Gline foEr me

EPeople Gclutter Ain the gutter Etake a Glook andEsee

ENo esE/D#caping E/Dpain, yCou belC/Bong to A7/C#me

EClingE/D#ing on E/Dto life by the sCkin of C/Bmy teetA7/C#h

ENo esE/D#caping E/Dpain, yCou belC/Bong to A7/C#me

EClingE/D#ing on E/Dto life by the sCkin of C/Bmy teetA7/C#h

My bElood floGws throuAgh the streets, dEeluge frGom the wEounds

EEmpty jaGr of sleAeping pills, on the dEresser Gin my rEoom

EMy wet bGrain neiAghbor cranes Ehis neckGto see E

In timeEtheGwhite lightsAa train Ebearing Gdown on Eme

ENo esE/D#caping E/Dpain, yCou belC/Bong to A7/C#me

EClingE/D#ing on E/Dto life by the sCkin of C/Bmy teetA7/C#h

ENo esE/D#caping E/Dpain, yCou belC/Bong to A7/C#me

EClingE/D#ing on E/Dto life by the sCkin of C/Bmy teetA7/C#h

Solo

EGE

CDEA→ G

EGE

CDEAG

F#AF#

EGE

CDEA→ G

Repeat intro

E→ D#→ D→ C#→ C→ B

EEEG

EEEE

I Ewon’t feGel the hAurt, I’m not Etrash anGy lEonger

EThat thaGt doesn’At kill me Eonly makGes me stEronger

EI need aGride toAthe morgue that’s what Enine one Gone is Efor

ESo tag mGy toe anAd don’t forget ooh Eoh, to Gclose thEe door

ENo esE/D#caping E/Dpain, yCou belC/Bong to A7/C#me

EClingE/D#ing on E/Dto life by the sCkin of C/Bmy teetA7/C#h

ENo esE/D#caping E/Dpain, yCou belC/Bong to A7/C#me

EClingE/D#ing on E/Dto life by the sCkin of C/Bmy teetA7/C#h

EGA

EGE

Melissa Etheridge - Come to My Window (1993)

Originally in G, I play in G capo 6, and I leave out the

slow chorus at the beginning, which is an octave down in

the original (and also not there in the single version).

Slow chorus you’re going to skip...

GCome Cadd9to my AmwindowD

GCrawl Cadd9inside, Amwait by the Dlight of the moon

GCome Cadd9to my Amwindow

DI’ll be home soon

Start here...

Cadd9G/BDDx 2

Cadd9I would dial the G/Bnumbers

Just to Dlisten to your breath

And Cadd9I would stand insG/Bide my hell

And Dhold the hand of death

Cadd9You don’t know how G/Bfar I’d go

To Dease this precious ache

And yCadd9ou don’t know how G/Bmuch I’d give

Or Dhow much I can take

Just to Emreach you Cadd9

Just to Dreach you

Oh to Emreach you, Cadd9Doh

GCome Cadd9to my Am7window D

GCrawl insCadd9ide, Am7wait by the Dlight of the moon

GCome Cadd9to my Am7window

DI’ll be home Gsoon Cadd9Am7D

Cadd9Keeping my eyes G/Bopen

I canDnot afford to sleep

Cadd9Giving away G/Bpromises

I Dknow that I can’t keep

Cadd9Nothing fills the G/Bblackness

That has Dseeped into my chest

I nCadd9eed you in my G/Bblood

I am forsDaking all the rest

Just to Emreach you Cadd9

Just to Dreach you

Oh to Emreach you, Cadd9Doh

GCome Cadd9to my Am7window D

GCrawl insCadd9ide, Am7wait by the Dlight of the moon

GCome Cadd9to my Am7window

DI’ll be home Gsoon Cadd9Am7D

EmI don’t care what they think EmD

CI don’t care what they say CG/B

AmWhat do they know about this love

DAnyway

Cadd9G/BDDx 2

Cadd9Come, G/Bcome, to my Dwindow, I’ll be home

Cadd9I’ll be home, G/BI’ll be home, DI’m coming home

GCome Cadd9to my Am7window, Doh

GCrawl insCadd9ide, Am7wait by the Dlight of the moon

GCome Cadd9to my Am7window

DI’ll be home Gsoon, Cadd9I’ll be home

Am7I’ll be home, I’m Dcoming home

GCome Cadd9to my Am7window, Doh

GCrawl insCadd9ide, Am7wait by the Dlight of the moon

GCome Cadd9to my Am7window

DI’ll be home Gsoon Cadd9Am7D

Melissa Etheridge - I'm the Only One (1993)

Originally in G, I play in G but drop an octave on the chorus

Intro

Vox on the 3

GPlease baby can’t you see, my mind’s a burnin’ hell

Vox mostly on the b3 the rest of the verse

I got razors a rippin’ and tearin’ and strippin’

My heart apart as well

Tonight you told me, that you ache for something new

And some other woman is lookin’ like something

That might be good for you

Vox on the 1

AmGo on and hold her till the Dscreaming is gone

AmGo on believe her when she teDlls you nothing’s wrong

GBut I’m the only one who’ll

WFalk across the fire for yEmou

GAnd I’m the only one

Who’ll dFrown in my desire for yEmou

It’s oAmnly fear that makes you run

The Cdemons that you’re hiding from

When aFll your promises are Cgone

I’m the only oGne

GPlease baby can’t you see I’m trying to explain

I’ve been here before and I’m locking the door

And I’m not going back again

Her eyes and arms and skin won’t make it go away

You’ll wake up tomorrow and wrestle the sorrow

That holds you down today

AmGo on and hold her till the Dscreaming is gone

AmGo on believe her when she teDlls you nothing’s wrong

GBut I’m the only one who’ll

WFalk across the fire for yEmou

GAnd I’m the only one

Who’ll dFrown in my desire for yEmou

It’s oAmnly fear that makes you run

The Cdemons that you’re hiding from

When aFll your promises are Cgone

I’m the only oGne

Solo

FGx 2

AmGo on and hold her till the Dscreaming is gone

AmGo on believe her when she teDlls you nothing’s wrong

GBut I’m the only one who’ll

WFalk across the fire for yEmou

GAnd I’m the only one

Who’ll dFrown in my desire for yEmou

It’s oAmnly fear that makes you run

The Cdemons that you’re hiding from

When aFll your promises are Cgone

I’m the only

GOooone... Fyea yea yea Em

GAnd I’m the only one

Who’ll dFrown in my desire for yEmou

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (1991)

I’m writing this for two voices.

I usually skip the intro, but if I’m feeling indulgent

I’ll play the first half of it.

Voice 1, on E

EmSo close no matter Dhow farC

EmCouldn’t be much more Dfrom the heartC

EmForever trusting Dwho we areC

GAnd B7nothing else Emmatters

Voice 2 enters, on G

EmNever opened myDself this Cway

EmLife is ours, we live it Dour Cway

EmAll these words I don’t Djust Csay

GAnd B7nothing else Emmatters

EmTrust I seek and Dfind in Cyou

EmEvery day for us Dsomething newC

EmOpen mind for a Ddifferent viewC

GAnd B7nothing else Emmatters

voice 1 hits B on “cared”, voice 2 hits G on “cared”

CADNever cared for what they Cdo

ADNever cared for what they Cknow

ADBut I Emknow

Voice 1 only

EmSo close no matter Dhow farC

EmCouldn’t be much more Dfrom the heartC

EmForever trusting Dwho we areC

GAnd B7nothing else Emmatters

voice 1 hits B on “cared”, voice 2 hits G on “cared”

CADNever cared for what they Cdo

ADNever cared for what they Cknow

ADBut I Emknow

Voice 2 enters, on G

EmNever opened myDself this Cway

EmLife is ours, we live it Dour Cway

EmAll these words I don’t Djust Csay

GAnd B7nothing else Emmatters

EmTrust I seek and Dfind in Cyou

EmEvery day for us Dsomething newC

EmOpen mind for a Ddifferent viewC

GAnd B7nothing else Emmatters

CADNever cared for what they Csay

ADNever cared for games they Cplay

ADNever cared for what they Cdo

ADNever cared for what they Cknow

ADBut I Emknow

Voice 1 only

EmSo close no matter Dhow farC

EmCouldn’t be much more Dfrom the heartC

EmForever trusting Dwho we areC

GAnd B7nothing else Emmatters

Metallica - Sad But True (1991)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am

Intro

DD#x 4

AmAmAmAm→ Cx2

Vox on the 1

AmHey, GAmI’m your life, I’m the one who A#takes Amyou there

Vox on the 3

AmHey, GAmI’m your life, I’m the one who A#cares Am

Vox on the 3

AmThey, GAmthey betray, I’m your only A#true Amfriend now

Vox on 4→3 on “they-ey”

AmThey, GAmthey’ll betray, I’m forever A#there Am

Vox on b2 on “I’m your”

AmA#I’m Gyour A#dream Am, make you real

Original finishes this line on something closer to iv, I prefer this i→IV acoustic

AmA#I’m Gyour A#eyes Amwhen you must Dsteal

I’m your Cpain when you can’t feel F

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “sad”

FSad but A#trAmue

AmA#I’m Gyour A#dream Am, mind astray

AmA#I’m Gyour A#eyes Amwhile you’re aDway

I’m your Cpain while you repay

FYou know it’s sad but A#trAmue

AmSad but true

AmAmAmAm→ C

AmYou, GAmyou’re my mask, you’re my cover, A#my Amshelter

AmYou, GAmyou’re my mask, you’re the one A#who’s Amblamed

AmDo, GAmdo my work, do my dirty work, A#scapeAmgoat

AmDo, GAmdo my deeds, for you’re the one A#who’s Amshamed

AmA#I’m Gyour A#dream Am, make you real

AmA#I’m Gyour A#eyes Amwhen you must stDeal

I’m your Cpain when you can’t feel F

FSad but A#trAmue

AmA#I’m Gyour A#dream Am, mind astray

AmA#I’m Gyour A#eyes Amwhile you’re aDway

I’m your Cpain while you repay

FYou know it’s sad but A#trAmue

AmSad but true

Pre-solo?

DD#x 8

Solo on verse chords

AmA#I’m Gyour A#dream Am

AmA#I’m Gyour A#eyes Am

AmI’m your Cpain

AmA#I’m Gyour A#dream Am

AmA#I’m Gyour A#eyes Am

AmI’m your Cpain

FYou know it’s sad but A#trAmue

More solo on verse chords

AmHate, GAmI’m your hate, I’m your hate when A#you Amwant love

Not a typo, there’s a random bII→i at the end of this line

AmPay, GAmpay the price, pay, for nothing’s A#fair AmA#→ Am

AmHey, GAmI’m your life, I’m the one who A#took Amyou there

AmHey, GAmI’m your life, and I no longeA#r Amcare

AmA#I’m Gyour A#dream Am, make you real

AmA#I’m Gyour A#eyes Amwhen you must sDteal

I’m your Cpain when you can’t feel F

FSad but Amtrue

AmA#I’m Gyour A#truth Am, telling lies

AmA#I’m Gyour A#reasoned AmalibDis

I’m inCside open your eyes

FI’m A#trAmue

AmSad but true

Metallica - The Unforgiven (1991)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 3

Esus2Emx 8

EmGDBm

EmGDB

Vox on the 4 on “new”

EmNew blood joins this BmEarth

And Aquickly he’s subduEmed

Through Emconstant pained disBmgrace

The Ayoung boy learns their Emrules

With tiEmme the child draws Bmin

This Awhipping boy done Emwrong

DeprEmived of all his Bmthoughts

The Ayoung man struggles Emon and D/F#on, he’s kEmnown

Ooh, a vGow unto his Down

That A7never from this Emday

His Gwill they’ll take awaDy B

EmWhat I’ve Gfelt, what I’ve kDnown

Never Bmshined through in what I’ve Emshown

Never Gbe, never Dsee

Won’t Bsee what might have bEmeen

EmWhat I’ve Gfelt, what I’ve Dknown

Never Bmshined through in what I’ve Emshown

Never Gfree, never Dme

So I Bdub thee unforgivenEm

EsusEmx 2

They dEmedicate their Bmlives

To Arunning all of Emhis

He Emtries to please them Bmall

This Abitter man he Emis

ThroughoEmut his life the Bmsame

He’s Abattled constantEmly

This Emfight he cannot Bmwin

A Atired man, they Emsee no D/F#longer caEmres

The Gold man then preDpares

To A7die regretfullEmy

That oGld man there is Dme B

EmWhat I’ve Gfelt, what I’ve kDnown

Never Bmshined through in what I’ve Emshown

Never Gbe, never Dsee

Won’t Bsee what might have bEmeen

EmWhat I’ve Gfelt, what I’ve Dknown

Never Bmshined through in what I’ve Emshown

Never Gfree, never Dme

So I Bdub thee unforgivenEm

Solo on intro then verse

EmWhat I’ve Gfelt, what I’ve kDnown

Never Bmshined through in what I’ve Emshown

Never Gbe, never Dsee

Won’t Bsee what might have bEmeen

EmWhat I’ve Gfelt, what I’ve Dknown

Never Bmshined through in what I’ve Emshown

Never Gfree, never Dme

So I Bdub thee unforgEmiven

EmAaah... GDwhoa Bm

EmGDB

Never Gfree, never Dme

So I Bdub thee unforgEmiven

EmAaah... GDBm

EmGDB

EmYou labeled Gme, I’ll label Dyou

So I Bdub thee unforgEmiven

EmGDB

EmNever Gfree, never Dme

So I Bdub thee unforgEmiven

EmGDBEm

EmYou labeled Gme, I’ll label Dyou

So I Bdub thee unforgEmiven

Misc - Commercial Medley (1990)

Doublemint song

Originally in D, I play in D capo 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6JnDMpjwN8&ab_channel=TheClassicSports

DDouble double Ayour refrGeshment G→ A

DDouble double Ayour enjGoymeAnt

Oh Dno single gAum double-freGshens your mouth like

DDoublemint, ADoublemint Dgum

So Fdouble double yCour refrBbeshment Bb→ C

FDouble double Cyour deliBbghtmCent

Oh nFo single gCum double-freBbshens your mouth like

FDouble-fresh, dCouble-good, cFome on and doBbuble it

FDoublemint, DCoublemint gFum

There’s no single gum like it!

Subway footlong song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJF3mknSTlo&ab_channel=CommercialsinUSA

CFive, five dollar, five dollar footFmlong

GIt’s c-c-catching on, at FmsubCway

Kit-Kat song

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nkcVz1mad0&ab_channel=udhoop

EOne, two, a-one two three four!

5 5 6 1 on “gimme a break”

EGimme a break, gimme a break

Break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat Bar

Gimme a break, gimme a break

Break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat Bar

Vox on the 5

You can kAeep it to yourself but it wouldn’t be fair

‘Cause that Bchocolate crispy taste is loved eGverywhere

EGimme a break, gimme a break

Break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat Bar

EEA→ E

Stuck on Band-Aid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiSLoLGcAmo&ab_channel=KaiRivera

I am sFtuck on BDmand-Aid brand ‘cause BBband-Aid’s sCtuck on mFe

I am sFtuck on BDmand-Aid brand ‘cause BGand-Aid’s stuck on mCe

‘Cause they hDmold on tight no mCatter what on fBbingers, toes, and knEbees

I am stFuck on BDmand-Aid brand ‘cause BBband-Aid hCelps heal mFe

Toys R Us Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ0fBbutkgA&ab_channel=FM1156

Originally in C#, I play in C capo 1

I don’t Cwanna grow up

I’m a DToys R Us kid

They got a Gmillion toys at Toys R Us that CI can play Awith A7

I don’t wDanna grow up

I’m a EToys R Us kid

They got the Abest for so much less, it’ll rDeally flip your lid

From Gbikes to Atrains to F#mvideo Bmgames

It’s the Gbiggest toy sAtore there iF#ms (gee wB7hiz!)

I don’t Gwanna grow uAp ‘cause baby Dif A/C#I Bmdid

I Gcouldn’t be a TAoys R Us kDid

A/C#More gDames, mA/C#ore tD/Aoys, F#moh bB7oy!

I Gwanna be a TAoys R Us kDid

The best part of waking up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SnnbrXaAvY&ab_channel=ewjxn

Originally in B, I play in G capo 4

Rubato

It’s G/Btough getting out of bed Cadd9

To G/Bface all the chores aCadd9head

Till that Bm7aroma comes through when the Cadd9Folger’s starts to bD/F#rew

The Am7best Dpart of G/Bwaking Cadd9up is Folger’s in your Gcup

Spoken

Folger’s is mAm7ountain-grown coffee, and the rich aroma G/Bof

Mountain-grown beans makes Cadd9Folger’s Done coffee mEade with the morning in mind

At tempo

Now Athing’s are feeling right

You see the mDsus2orning in a whole new light

There’s hard wA/C#ork to be done

Another Dsus2day yet to be wEon

The Dbest pEart of wA/C#aking uDp is Folger’s iEn your cAup

Meow Mix song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTunhRVyREU&ab_channel=SabedMako

CMeow meow meow meow

Meow meow meow meow

Meow meow meow meow Gmeow meow meow meow

GMeow meow meow meow

Meow meow meow meow

Meow meow meow meow Cmeow meow meow meow

FMeow meow meow

CMeow meow AMEOW meow

D7Meow meow Edim7meow meow Fdim7meow meow F#dim7meow

Hang at the end of this line

Dm7Meow meow meow G9

C9Meow

Nationwide song (A)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hmxOg0rB9Q&ab_channel=Abridged

Originally in E, I play in A

EA→ AmE

Vox on the 2

Emaj7One day Amaj7your little guy’s beEmaj7hind the wheel Amaj7

Emaj7It’s okay, Amaj7your mom side will Emaj7find a way to B6deal

Emaj7You built tAmaj7his business up fromEmaj7the ground Amaj7

Emaj7Soon your Amaj7retired side will Emaj7pass it on F#down

C#m7Every Amaj7day brings something new

C#m7So much to look Amaj7forward to

ENationwide is Aon your Eside

Nationwide song (B)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdBOsLuUh8Q&ab_channel=Tu%E1%BB%87AnhL%C3%BD

Originally in E, I play in A

EA→ AmE

Vox on the 5

EYou got a side Athat wants more space

G#m7‘Cause every day Astarts like a race

EYou got a side Athat loves that style

But to G#m7fit in those shoes Agonna take a while

EToday life’s got you running

Am7Tomorrow big things are coming

Asus2That’s why ENationwide is Aon Amyour Eside

Be all that you can be Army commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_OCDJIT344&ab_channel=Royce

AmG→ F→ D

Vox on the 5

AmYou’re reaching deep inside you

For tFmaj7hings you’ve never known

Dm7It’s been tough, rough goin’

But you hEaven’t gone alone Am→ Am/GG

Spoken over chords that don’t really matter

FWe do more before 9am than Gmost people do all day

Vox on the 5 of the chord

CBe Gall that you can Ambe (hey first sergeant, Egood morning!)

You can Amdo it Fin the GArCmy

Sometimes you feel like a nut song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdwVw4KZ_Bc&ab_channel=JackTaylor

Originally starts in C, I play in C capo 2

Let ring, Jailhouse-Rock-style

Vox on 3 5 on “sometimes”

B→ CSometimes you feel a nut

C#→ DSometimes you don’t

At tempo

Vox on the 3 of the chord

GAlmond Joy’s got nuts, CMounds don’t

CAlmond Joy’s got real milk chocolate, Dcoconut and munchy nuts too

GMounds got deep dark chocolate and cChewy coconut ooAoh

DSometimes you feel a nut, Esometimes you don’t

AAlmond Joy’s got nuts, DMounds don’t

Because Asometimes you feel a nut, Asometimes you dDon’t

Misc - Family Guy Theme (1999)

Intro

Vox on the 5 on “seems”

It Fseems today, that G7all you see

Is Gm7violence in C9movies, and Fsex on T.F7V.

But Bbwhere are those Bdim7good old Ffashioned D7values

Hard stop on the first chord

G7On which we used to relC7y Faug/A

BbLucky there’s a Bdim7family Fguy Dm7

Gm7Lucky there’s a C9man who, Fpositively D7can do

Gm7All the things that A7make us, lDm7augh and cry

Can just play V9 for all of these

C7He’s C7b9a fC9amilC7y guFy Bb→ C7→ F

Motley Crue - Angela (1991)

Originally in F, I play in A

Remember lots of b3→2→1’s

Intro

AEDA

AOooh, Eoooh, Dyeah, Awow!

AEDA

Vox on the 3

AI’ve been an alley cat I lived nine lives

AI’m like a fine wine I’m better with time

ALike a diamondback rattlesnake

AI had the rattle if it had the shake

Until Byou give me Dsomething to Abelieve in

Until Byou give me Dsomething to sink my Eteeth inDto

Now when the Awinds cry EAngela

DAngela I’ll be Athere for you

And when the Astorms scream EAngela

DAngela I’ll be Athere

AI’ve been a poet always tongue in cheek

AI’ve seen some scenes man you’d never believe

AAnd like a supercharged rocket ride

You know they’d Ahave gasoline if they had the time

Until Byou give me Dsomething to Abelieve in, oooh yeah

Until Byou give me Dsomething to sink my Eteeth inDto

Now when the Awinds cry EAngela

DAngela I’ll be Athere for you

And when the Astorms scream EAngela

DAngela I’ll be Athere, yeah

AOh EAngela, Doh AAngela

When the Awinds cry EAngela DA

ESave me, I’m a sick soul sucker in this whiskey ghost town

EGet me, get me in your saddle and ride me into the ground

Solo on pre-chorus chords

BDAA

BDED

Quiet-ish

AOooh, Eoooh, Doooh, AAngela

AOooh, Eoooh, Doooh, Ayeah

Now when the Awinds cry EAngela

DAngela I’ll be Athere for you

And when the Astorms scream EAngela

DAngela I’ll be Athere, whooo

AOh EAngela, Doh AAngela

When the Awinds cry EAngela, Dbaby baby I’ll be Athere

Mr. Big - Just Take My Heart (1991)

Originally in C, I play in G

GFCCx2

GIt’s late at niFght and neither Cone of us is CsleeFping

Stay on the 5 of the chord on “my life”, rather than jumping to the high 3

EmI can’t imDagine living Cmy life afDter you’rGe gone

GWondering Fwhy so many quesCtions have no CansFwers

EmI keep on Dsearching for the Creason wDhy we went Fwrong

FWhere is our Emyesterday

AmYou and I could useEmit right Dnow

But D#if this is Fgoodbye

GJust take my Cheart when you Dgo

GI don’t have the Cneed for it EmanyDmore

EmI’ll always Am7love you, but you’re Ftoo hard to Emhold D

CJust take my Dheart when you Ggo

Interlude

GFCCx2

GHere we Fare about to Ctake the final Cstep Fnow

EmI just can’t Dfool myself, I Cknow there’s no Dturning Gback

GFace to Fface it’s been Cendless converCsaFtion

EmBut when the Dlove is gone you’re Cleft with nothing but Ftalk

FI’d give my Emeverything

If Amonly I could turnEmyou arDound

But D#if this is Fgoodbye

GJust take my Cheart when you Dgo

GI don’t have the Cneed for it EmanyDmore

EmI’ll always Am7love you, but you’re Ftoo hard to Emhold D

CJust take my Dheart when you Fgo

Solo, just the first 2x2 is fine acoustic

FGFG

D#FD#F

AJust take my Dheart when you Ego

AI don’t have the Dneed for it F#manyEmore

F#mI’ll always Bm7love you but you’re Gtoo hard to F#mhold

DJust take my Eheart, baby Fjust take my Gheart when you Ago

Outro

AGDD

Mr. Big - To Be With You (1991)

Originally in E, I play in A

Note significant mucking with the melody in the chorus

Vox start on the 5 of the first chord

F#mHold on lAittle girl, show Dsus2me what he’s dAone to you

F#mStand up lAittle girl, a bDsus2roken heart can’t Abe that bad

When Dsus2it’s through, it’s Athrough, Dsus2fate will twist thAe both of you

So Gcome on baby, come on over, Elet me be the one to show you

Notes in the major key: I’m (stay on 1), wants (down to 6),

be (up to 2), you (up to 3)

AI’m the one who Dsus2wants to Ebe with Ayou

ADeep inside I Dsus2hope you’ll Efeel it Atoo

AWaited on a Dsus2line of Egreens and F#mblues

AJust to be the Dsus2next to Ebe with Ayou

F#mBuild up your Aconfidence so Dsus2you can be on Atop for once

F#mWake up, who Acares about Dsus2little boys that Atalk too much?

I’ve Dsus2seen it all go Adown, your Dsus2game of love was Aall rained out

So Gcome on baby, come on over, Elet me be the one to hold you

AI’m the one who Dsus2wants to Ebe with Ayou

ADeep inside I Dsus2hope you’ll Efeel it Atoo

AWaited on a Dsus2line of Egreens and F#mblues

AJust to be the Dsus2next to Ebe with Ayou

Tricky vox here: “why” is the 7 of the first chord

Dsus2Why be alone when we can F#mbe together baby?

Vox goes up a half-step from “baby”, to the 2 of this

chord on “you”, then down to 1 (can) #7 (my) 6 “worth”

CYou can make my life worthwhile, I can make you start to Asmile

Solo over chorus chords (almost) in original key

ADsus2EAx 2

ADsus2EF#m

ADsus2EA

When Dsus2it’s through, it’s Athrough, Dsus2fate will twist thAe both of you

So Gcome on baby, come on over

Hanging end to this line

ELet me be the one to show you

CI’m the one who Fsus2wants to Gbe with Cyou

CDeep Fsus2inside I hope you’ll Gfeel it Ctoo

CWaited on a Fsus2line of Ggreens and Amblues

CJust to be the Fsus2next to Gbe with Cyou

AI’m the one who Dsus2wants to Ebe with Ayou

ADeep inside I Dsus2hope you’ll Efeel it Atoo

AWaited on a Dsus2line of Egreens and F#mblues

AJust to be the Dsus2next to Ebe with Ayou

Nirvana - All Apologies (1993)

Originally in Db, I play in A capo 2

Intro

Vox on the 3

WAhat else should I be, all apologies

WAhat else could I say, everyone is gay

WAhat else could I write, I don’t have the right

WAhat else should I be, all apologies

DIn the sun, in the sun I feel as one

DIn the sun, in the sun

EMarried, buried

AI wish I was like you, easily amused

FAind my nest of salt, everything’s my fault

AI’ll take all the blame, aqua sea foam shame

SAunburn with freezer burn

CAhoking on the ashes of her enemies

DIn the sun, in the sun I feel as one

DIn the sun, in the sun

EMarried, buried

MEarried, bEuried, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

AAll in all is all we are

Nirvana - Come As You Are (1991)

Originally in Em, I play in Am capo 3

Intro

AmGx4

Vox on the 5

AmCome as you aGre, as you Amwere

As I Gwant you to Ambe

As a Gfriend, as a Amfriend

As an Gold enemAmy

Take your Gtime, hurry Amup

The choice is Gyours don’t be Amlate

Take a Grest, as a Amfriend

As an Gold memorAmy Dsus2, yeahC

MemorAmy Dsus2, yeahC

AmCome doused in muGd, soaked in bleAmach

As I wGant you to beAm

As a trend, asGa friendAm

As an oGld memorAmy Dsus2, yeahC

MemorAmy Dsus2, yeahC

Vox on the 1 of the chord

Dsus2When I sFwear that I dDsus2on’t have a gun F

No I dDsus2on’t have a gun F

Solo

AmGx8

...AmEeee, Cyeah

MemorAmy Dsus2, yeahC

MemorAmy Dsus2, yeahC(no I don’t have a gun)

Dsus2When I sFwear that I dDsus2on’t have a gun F

No I dDsus2on’t have a gun F

AmGMeAmmory yGeah

AmGMeAmmory yGeah Asus4

Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box (1993)

Originally in G#m, I play in Em

Highest note is the 1 on “hey, wait”

EmCA

EmCA→ A7

EmShe Ceyes me Alike a Pisces Emwhen CI am Aweak A7

EmI’ve been Clocked inAside your heart shaped Embox Cfor Aweeks A7

EmI’ve been Cdrawn inAto your magnet Emtar Cpit Atrap A7

EmI wish CI could Aeat your cancer Emwhen Cyou turn Ablack A7

EmHey,Cwait, AI got a new complaint

EmForCever in Adebt to your priceless advice

EmHey,Cwait, AI got a new complaint

EmForCever in Adebt to your priceless advice

EmHey,Cwait, AI got a new complaint

EmForCever in Adebt to your priceless adCvice A

Your adCvice AA7

EmMeat-Ceating oArchids forgive Emno oCne just yAet A7

EmCut mysCelf on aAngel hair and bEmabCy’s breAath A7

EmBroken hCymen oAf your highness, I’mEmlefCt blAack A7

EmThrow doCwn your Aumbilical noose so I can Emclimb Cright bAack A7

EmHey,Cwait, AI got a new complaint

EmForCever in Adebt to your priceless advice

EmHey,Cwait, AI got a new complaint

EmForCever in Adebt to your priceless advice

EmHey,Cwait, AI got a new complaint

EmForCever in Adebt to your priceless adCvice A

Your adCvice AA7

Solo on intro chords

EmCA

EmCA→ A7

EmShe Ceyes me Alike a Pisces Emwhen CI am Aweak A7

EmI’ve been Clocked inAside your heart shaped Embox Cfor Aweeks A7

EmI’ve been Cdrawn inAto your magnet Emtar Cpit Atrap A7

EmI wish CI could Aeat your cancer Emwhen Cyou turn Ablack A7

EmHey,Cwait

AI got a new complaint

EmForCever in Adebt to your priceless advice

EmHey,Cwait

AI got a new complaint

EmForCever in Adebt to your priceless advice

EmHey,Cwait

AI got a new complaint

EmForCever in Adebt to your priceless adCviceA

Your adCviceAA7

Nirvana - In Bloom (1991)

Originally in Bb I play in A

Intro

A→ F#E→ Gx2

AFDBb→ G#x2

Vox on the 5 on “sell”

ASell the Fkids for Dfood BbG#

AWeather Fchanges Dmoods BbG#

ASpring is Fhere aDgain BbG#

AReproFductive Dglands Bba-C#and

AHe’s the F#mone who likes Aall our pretty F#msongs

And he Alikes to sing aF#mlong and he Alikes to shoot his F#mgun

But he Bknows not what it Dmeans, Bknows not what it Dmeans when I say

AHe’s the F#mone who likes Aall our pretty F#msongs

And he Alikes to sing aF#mlong and he Alikes to shoot his F#mgun

But he Bknows not what it Dmeans, Bknows not what it Dmeans when I say

AYeaF#h EG

AF#EG

AWe can haFve some mDore BbG#

ANature iFs a whorDe BbG#

ABruises onFthe fDruit BbG#

ATender Fage in bDloom BbC#

AHe’s the F#mone who likes Aall our pretty F#msongs

And he Alikes to sing aF#mlong and he Alikes to shoot his F#mgun

But he Bknows not what it Dmeans, Bknows not what it Dmeans when I say

AHe’s the F#mone who likes Aall our pretty F#msongs

And he Alikes to sing aF#mlong and he Alikes to shoot his F#mgun

But he Bknows not what it Dmeans, Bknows not what it Dmeans when I say

AYeaF#h EG

AF#EG

AYeaF#h EG

AF#EG

Solo on verse chords

AFDBb→ G#x3

AFDBbHeeeC#ee’s

AHe’s the F#mone who likes Aall our pretty F#msongs

And he Alikes to sing aF#mlong and he Alikes to shoot his F#mgun

But he Bknows not what it Dmeans, Bknows not what it Dmeans when I say

AHe’s the F#mone who likes Aall our pretty F#msongs

And he Alikes to sing aF#mlong and he Alikes to shoot his F#mgun

But he Bknows not what it Dmeans, Bknows not what it Dmeans

BKnows not what it Dmeans, Bknows not what it Dmeans when I say

AYeaF#h EG

AF#EG

Nirvana - Lake of Fire (1994)

Nirvana in F#m, Meat Puppets in Gm (mostly an octave down), I play in Bm

Highest note is the 4 (“see ‘em again”

BmA→ DBmE→ D

BmA→ DEA→ Bm

BmA→ D→ Bm

BmA→ A→ Bm

Vox on the 1

BmWhere do bad folks Ago when they Ddie?

They dBmon’t go to heaven where the aEngels fDly

They gBmo to a lake of Afire and Dfry

Won’t sEee ‘em again till the fAourth of JuBmly

BmA→ D→ Bm

BmA→ A→ Bm

Vox on 1 1 1 3 1 of the chord on “I knew a lady”

F#mI knew a lady who Dsus2came from Duluth

BF#mit by a dog with a rC#abid tooth

She wF#ment to her grave just a Dsus2little too soon

And fElew away howling on the yellF#mow moon

BmWhere do bad folks Ago when they Ddie?

They dBmon’t go to heaven where the aEngels fDly

They gBmo to a lake of Afire and Dfry

Won’t sEee ‘em again till the fAourth of JuBmly

BmA→ D→ Bm

BmA→ A→ Bm

PF#meople cry and Dsus2people moan

LF#mook for a dry place to cC#all their home

TF#mry to find some place to Dsus2rest their bones

While the aEngels and the devils try to mF#make them their own

BmWhere do bad folks Ago when they Ddie?

They dBmon’t go to heaven where the aEngels fDly

They gBmo to a lake of Afire and Dfry

Won’t sEee ‘em again till the fAourth of JuBmly

BmA→ D→ Bm

BmA→ A→ Bm

Nirvana - Lithium (1991)

All chords are 5ths.

EG#C#ACDBDx2

EG#I’m so C#happy ‘cAause todCay I foDund my frBiends they’re Din my heEad

G#I’m so C#ugly thaAt’s okaCy ‘cause Dso are yBou we brDoke our mEirrors

G#Sunday C#morning is eAvery dCay for Dall I caBre and ID‘m not scaEred

G#Light my C#candles Ain a dCaze ‘cause DI found gBod, Dyeah

EYeahG#C#ACDBD

EG#I’m soC#lonely Athat’s oCkay I sDhaved my Bhead and ID‘m not sadE

G#And just C#maybe AI’m to pClain for aDll I’ve hBeard but ID‘m not surEe

G#I’m so exC#cited AI can’t Cwait to mDeet you tBhere and DI don’t caEre

G#I’m so C#horny thAat’s okaCy my wiDll is gooBd. DYeah

EYeahG#C#ACDBD

AI Clike it AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Cmiss you AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Clove you AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Ckilled you AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Clike it AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Cmiss you AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Clove you AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Ckilled you AI’m not Cgonna Dcrack B

EG#I’m so C#happy ‘cAause todCay I foDund my frBiends they’re Din my heEad

G#I’m so C#ugly thaAt’s okaCy because Dso are yBou we brDoke our mEirrors

G#Sunday C#morning is eAvery dCay for Dall I caBre and ID‘m not scaEred

G#Light my C#candles Ain a dCaze ‘cause DI found gBod, Dyeah

EYeahG#C#ACDBD

AI Clike it AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Cmiss you AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Clove you AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Ckilled you AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Clike it AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Cmiss you AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Clove you AI’m not Cgonna crack

AI Ckilled you AI’m not Cgonna Dcrack B

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)

Originally in F, I play in Bb, highest note is the 4

Play everything as 5ths, but for posterity, I vote that these are m M M M, respectively

BbEbDbGbx4

BbEbDbGbx2

Vox on 5 b7 1 b3 on “load up on guns”

BbLoad uEbp on gunDbs

BGbring your fBbriends

It’s fEbun to lDbose

And tGbo pretBbend

She’s oEbver-boDbred

And sGbelf-assuBbred

Oh Ebno, I kDbnow a dGbirty wBbord

HellEbo, hellDbo, hellGbo, how loBbw

HellEbo, hellDbo, hellGbo

With the liBbghts out, Ebit’s less Dbdangerous

GbHere we aBbre now, EbentertaiDbn us

GbI feel Bbstupid, Eband contDbagious

GbHere we aBbre now, EbentertaiDbn us

GbA mulBbatto, Eban albDbino

GbA mosqBbuito, Ebmy libDbido

GbYeah

BbBBbEb→ Dbx2

BbEbDbGbx2

BbI’m wEborse at wDbhat GbI do Bbbest

And fEbor this Dbgift I Gbfeel bBblessed

Our lEbittle gDbroup has Gbalways Bbbeen

And Ebalways Dbwill unGbtil the eBbnd

HellEbo, hellDbo, hellGbo, how loBbw

HellEbo, hellDbo, hellGbo

With the liBbghts out, Ebit’s less Dbdangerous

GbHere we aBbre now, EbentertaiDbn us

GbI feel Bbstupid, Eband contDbagious

GbHere we aBbre now, EbentertaiDbn us

GbA mulBbatto, Eban albDbino

GbA mosqBbuito, Ebmy libDbido

GbYeah

BbBBbEb→ Dbx2

Solo on chorus chords

BbEbDbGbx4

BbEbDbGbx2

BbAnd EbI forDbget just wGbhy I Bbtaste

Oh yEbeah, I Dbguess it Gbmakes me sBbmile

I fEbound it Dbhard, it’s Gbhard to Bbfind

Oh wEbell, whaDbtever, Gbnever mBbind

HellEbo, hellDbo, hellGbo, how loBbw

HellEbo, hellDbo, hellGbo

With the liBbghts out, Ebit’s less Dbdangerous

GbHere we aBbre now, EbentertaiDbn us

GbI feel Bbstupid, Eband contDbagious

GbHere we aBbre now, EbentertaiDbn us

GbA mulBbatto, Eban albDbino

GbA mosqBbuito, Ebmy libDbido

GbA deBbnial, Eba deDbnial Gb

A deBbnial,Eba deDbnial Gb

A deBbnial

Nirvana - Territorial Pissings (1991)

Originally in A, I play in E, highest note that matters is the 6 (“when I’m there”)

Spoken

Come on people now, smile on your brother

Everybody get together try to love one another right now

Intro

ECAA

Vox on 5 3 1 of the key on “when I was”

EWhen I Cwas an Aalien

ECultures Cweren’t oApinions

EGotta find a way, to Cfind a way wAhen I’m there

EGotta find a way, a bCetter way, I Abetter wait

ENever Cmet a wAise man

EIf so Cit’s a Awoman

EGotta find a way, to Cfind a way wAhen I’m there

EGotta find a way, a bCetter way I Abetter wait

EGotta find a way, to Cfind a way wAhen I’m there

EGotta find a way, a bCetter way I Abetter wait

EE/CE/AE/A

Let ring, bass only in the original

EJust becCause you’re Aparanoid

Hard stop after this line

EDon’t mean Cthey’re not Aafter you

EGotta find a way, to Cfind a way wAhen I’m there

EGotta find a way, a bCetter way I Abetter wait

EGotta find a way, to Cfind a way wAhen I’m there

EGotta find a way, a bCetter way I Abetter wait

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (1993)

Nirvana in Eb, Lead Belly in E, I play in D, highest note is the 5 (the last chorus), but it needs to be more loud than accurate

Intro

DDGF

AA/EDD

DDGF

AA/EDD

Vox on 3 1 1 5 on “my girl, my girl”

My Dgirl, my girl, don’t Glie to Fme

Tell me Awhere did you sleep lA/East Dnight

In the Dpines, in the pines

Where the Gsun don’t ever Fshine

I would Ashiver the whole night Dthrough

My Dgirl, my girl, where Gwill you Fgo

I’m Agoing where the cold wind Dblows

In the Dpines, in the pines

Where the Gsun don’t ever Fshine

I would Ashiver the whole night Dthrough

Her Dhusband, was a hard Gworking Fman

Just aAbout a mile from Dhere

His Dhead was found in a Gdriving Fwheel

But his Abody never was Dfound

My Dgirl, my girl, don’t Glie to Fme

Tell me Awhere did you sleep last Dnight

In the Dpines, in the pines

Where the Gsun don’t ever Fshine

I would Ashiver the whole night Dthrough

DDGF

AA/EDD

DDGF

AA/EDD

Let ring

My Dgirl, my girl, where Gwill you Fgo

I’m Agoing where the cold wind Dblows

In the Dpines, in the pines

Where the Gsun don’t ever Fshine

I would Ashiver the whole night Dthrough

Vox an octave up here

My Dgirl, my girl, don’t Glie to Fme

Tell me Awhere did you sleep last Dnight

In the Dpines, in the pines

Where the Gsun don’t ever Fshine

I would Ashiver the whole night Dthrough

Vox stay up an octave here

My Dgirl, my girl, where Gwill you Fgo

I’m Agoing where the cold wind Dblows

In the Dpines, the pines

The Gsun, the Fshine

Hang on “shiver”

I’ll Ashiver, the whole night Dthrough

DDGF

AA/EDD

DDGF

AA/EDD

No Doubt - Don't Speak (1995)

Originally in Cm, I play in Em

Highest note that matters is the 1 in the verse key (don’t *tell* me)

Intro

Vox on 4 5 4 on “you and me”

EmYou and me

Vox on the 7 of the chord on “used to be”

We Bmused to be toAmgether

DEvery day toBmgether alAmways D

I Emreally feelBm

Vox on the 6 2 of the chord on “best friend” (!)

That I’m Amlosing my Dbest friend

I Bmcan’t believe

This Emcould be tAmhe end D

Vox on the 4 on “looks”

It Emlooks as Bmthough Amyou’re letting Dgo

And Gif it’s real

Well DI don’t want to Eknow

AmDon’t speak

I can make an argument for a m6 here, YMMV

I Dmknow just what you’re Gsaying

ESo please stop expDmlaining

Don’t Etell me ‘cause it Amhurts DmE

AmDon’t speak

DmI know what you’re Gthinking

EI don’t need your Dmreasons

Don’t Etell me ‘cause it Amhurts DmG

Our Emmemories

BmThey can be invAmiting

But some are aDltogether

BmMighty fAmrightening D

EmAs we Bmdie, Amboth you and DI

GWith my head in my Dhands

I sit and cEry

AmDon’t speak

I kDmnow just what you’re sGaying

ESo please stop expDmlaining

Don’t tEell me ‘cause it hAmurts, no noDmEno

AmDon’t speak

DmI know what you’re thiGnking

And EI don’t need your rDmeasons

Don’t tEell me ‘cause it hAmurts GEC

Bridge

FIt’s all eCnding

I gotta stD#op pretA#ending who we aC#re A#m/GC7sus4C7

Solo

EmBmAmD

BmEmAmAm

EmYou and me Bm

IAmcan see us Ddying, Amare we? D

AmDon’t speak

I kDmnow just what you’re saGying

ESo please stop expDmlaining

Don’t tEell me ‘cause it hAmurts, Dmno, Eno

AmDon’t speak

DmI know what you’re thGinking

And EI don’t need your reDmasons

Don’t Etell me ‘cause it Amhurts

Don’t tDmell me ‘cEause it hAmurts

DmI know just what you’re saGying

ESo please stop expDmlaining

EDon’t speak, Amdon’t speak, Dmdon’t Espeak

AmOh, DmI know what you’re Gthinking and

EI don’t need your Dmreasons

I know you’re gEood

I know you’re Amgood

I know you’re rDmeal gEood

AmOh, Dmla la la Gka, lEa la la lDma

EDon’t, Amdon’t, DmOoh oEoh

AmHush hush Dmdarlin’, Ghush hush Edarlin’

DmHush hush, don’t Etell me ‘cause it hurts Am

DmEAm

Oasis - Champagne Supernova (1996)

The last Asus2/E in each phrase can also be Esus4→E

Asus2Asus2/GAsus2/F#Asus2/E

Asus2How many special people change?

Asus2/GHow many lives are living strange?

Asus2/F#Where were you while we were getting hiAsus2/Egh?

Asus2Slowly walking down the hall

Asus2/GFaster than a cannonball

Asus2/F#Where were you while we were getting Asus2/Ehigh?

Someday you will Asus2find me

Caught beneath the Asus2/Glandslide

In a Asus2/F#champagne supernova in the Asus2/Esky

Someday you will Asus2find me

Caught beneath the Asus2/Glandslide

In a Asus2/F#champagne supernova

A Asus2/Echampagne supernova in the Asus2sky

Asus2Asus2/GAsus2/F#Asus2/E

Asus2Wake up the dawn and ask her why

Asus2/GA dreamer dreams, she never dies

Asus2/F#Wipe that tear away now from your Asus2/Eeye

Asus2Slowly walking down the hall

Asus2/GFaster than a cannonball

Asus2/F#Where were you while we were getting hEigh?

Someday you will Asus2find me

Caught beneath the Asus2/Glandslide

In a Asus2/F#champagne supernova in the Asus2/Esky

Someday you will Asus2find me

Caught beneath the Asus2/Glandslide

In a Asus2/F#champagne supernova

A Echampagne supernova

Bridge

‘Cause Gpeople believe that they’re

Gonna get away for the Asummer

But Gyou and I, we live and die

The Dworld’s still spinning round

We don’t know Ewhy... why, why, why, why?

Asus2Asus2/GAsus2/F#Asus2/E

Asus2How many special people change?

Asus2/GHow many lives are living strange?

Asus2/F#Where were you while we were getting hiAsus2/Egh?

Asus2Slowly walking down the hall

Asus2/GFaster than a cannonball

Asus2/F#Where were you while we were getting Asus2/Ehigh?

Someday you will Asus2find me

Caught beneath the Asus2/Glandslide

In a Asus2/F#champagne supernova in the Asus2/Esky

Someday you will Asus2find me

Caught beneath the Asus2/Glandslide

In a Asus2/F#champagne supernova

A Echampagne supernova

Bridge

‘Cause Gpeople believe that they’re gonna get away for the Asummer

But Gyou and I, we live and die, the Dworld’s still spinning round

We don’t know Ewhy... why, why, why, why?

Asus2Asus2/GAsus2/F#Asus2/E

Asus2How many special people change?

Asus2/GHow many lives are living strange?

Asus2/F#Where were you while we were getting hiAsus2/Egh?

Asus2We were getting high

We were getting high

Fmaj7Gmaj7A

Ozzy Osbourne - Mama I'm Coming Home (1997)

Originally in E tuned to Eb, I play in D

Intro, optionally keep this going throughout the verses

Skip the intro and outro in D

DA/C#Bm7AGsus2D/F#Em7D

DTimes have changed and times are strange

Here I come, but I ain’t the sameGsus2

Mama, I’m coming Dhome

DTimes gone by, seems to be

You Dcould have been a better friend to meGsus2

Mama, I’m coming Dhome

You Bmtook me in and you Gsus2drove me out

Yeah, you Dhad me hypnotized

BmLost and found and Gsus2turned around

By the Afire in your eyes

You Dmade me cry, you told me lies

But, I can’t stand to say goodbyeGsus2

Mama, I’m coming Dhome

I Dcould be right, I could be wrong

It Dhurts so bad, it’s been so longGsus2

Mama, I’m coming Dhome

BmSelfish love, yeah, we’re Gsus2both alone

The Dride before the fall, yeah

But BmI’m gonna take this Gsus2heart of stone

I just Agot to have it all

Gsus2I’ve seen your face a hundred Dtimes

Gsus2Every day we’ve been aDpart

Gsus2I don’t Acare about the Dsunshine, Gsus2yeah

‘Cause Gsus2mama, Amama, I’m coming A#hoCmeD

I’m coming A#hoCmeA

F→ Gsus2Dx 2

F→ Gsus2A

Solo

Gsus2D

Gsus2ABm→ A→ GA

You Bmtook me in and you Gsus2drove me out

Yeah, you Dhad me hypnotized, yeah

BmLost and found and Gsus2turned around

By the Afire in your eyes

Gsus2I’ve seen your face a thousand Dtimes

Gsus2Every day we’ve been aDpart

Gsus2I don’t Acare about the Dsunshine, Gsus2yeah

‘Cause Gsus2mama, Amama, I’m coming A#hoCmeD

I’m coming A#hoCmeD

Double-time relative to intro

DA/C#Bm7AGsus2D/F#Em7D

Ozzy Osbourne - Road to Nowhere (1991)

Originally in B, I play in G

Intro

GDCC

AmCDD

GDCC

AmCGG

GDCC

AmCDD

GI was Dlooking back on Cmy life

AmAnd all the Cthings I’ve done to Gme

GI’m still Dlooking for the Canswers

AmI’m still Csearching for the Gkey

FThe wreckage Cof my past keeps GhauntFing mEe

FIt just won’t Cleave me Galone

FI still Cfind it all a GmystFerEy

Could it be a Ddream? C

Hard stop after “nowhere”

The road to Gnowhere Cleads to mGe

GDCC

AmCDD

GThrough all the Dhappiness and Csorrow

AmI guess I’d Cdo it all aGgain

GLive for toDday and not toCmorrow

AmIt’s still the Croad that never Gends

Vox on the 3 of the chord

FThe wreckage Cof my past keeps GhauntFing mEe

FIt just won’t Cleave me Galone

FI still Cfind it all a GmystFerEy

Could it be a Ddream? C

The road to Gnowhere Cleads to mGe

Vox on the 5 of the chord

D#Ah, A#ah, ah, aCmh

The road to A#nowhere’s gonna G#pass me by D#

D#Ah, A#ah, ah, aCmh

I hope we neA#ver have to say G#goodbye

I A#never want to live without you, yeah

Shred-tastic solo

D#D#C#D#x4

CCDD

FThe wreckage Cof my past keeps GhauntFing mEe

FIt just won’t Cleave me Galone

FI still Cfind it all a GmystFerEy

Could it be a Ddream? C

Extra two beats after “nowhere”

The road to Gnowhere Cleads to mGe

GDCThe road to Cnowhere leads to Gme

Repeat to fade with ad libs

Patty Smyth - Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough (1992)

Originally in Bb, I play in D

DBmCDx2

Patty

DNow I don’t wanna lose you, Bmbut I don’t wanna use you

In D, don’t go way down on “side”

CJust to have somebody bDy my side

DAnd I don’t wanna hate you, BmI don’t wanna take you

CBut I don’t wanna be the Done to cry

GAnd that don’t really mDatter, Gto anyone anymDore D→ D/C#

GBut like a fool I keep lF#mosing my place

And I keep sAeeing you walk through that door

Both... Patty on the 5 of the key, Don on the 3

But there’s a dGanger in lDoving somebAody too mDuch

And it’s sGad when you knDow it’s your hAeart you can’t trDust

There’s a rGeason why pDeople don’t stAay where they Bmare

Patty

Baby sGometimes love jAust ain’t enoDugh

DBmCD

Patty

DNow I could never change you, BmI don’t wanna blame you

CBaby you don’t have to tDake the fall

Don

DYes I may have hurt you, Bmbut I did not desert you

CMaybe I just wanna hDave it all

Both

GIt makes a sound like thundDer, Git makes me feel like rDain D→ D/C#

Patty

GAnd like a fool who will nF#mever see the truth

I keep thAinking something’s goA/Bnna cA/C#hange

Both

But there’s a dGanger in lDoving somebAody too mDuch

And it’s sGad when you knDow it’s your hAeart you can’t trDust

There’s a rGeason why pDeople don’t stAay where they Bmare

Patty

Baby sGometimes love jAust ain’t enDough

Bridge

Patty

And there’s nCo wGay hDome

When it’s lCate at nGight and you’re Dall alone

Are there thBmings that you wF#manted to sGay

And do you fBmeel me besF#mide you in your bEmed

There besAide you where I used to lay

DBmCDx2

Instruments drop out

Both

And there’s a dGanger in lDoving somebAody too mDuch

And it’s sGad when you knDow it’s your hAeart they can’t tDouch

There’s a rGeason why pDeople don’t stAay who they Bmare

Patty

Baby sGometimes love jAust ain’t enBmough

Baby sGometimes love, Ait just ain’t enDough

DBmCD

Paul McCartney - Hope of Deliverance (1993)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 3

Intro, let the last chord ring

GEmGEm

I will always Gbe, Emhoping, Amhoping

You will always Gbe, Emholding, Amholding my heart in your hand

Let the last chord ring

I will undersGtand EmGEm

I will undersGtand, Emsomeday, Amone day

You will undersGtand, Emalways, Amalways from now until then

When it will be Emright, I Amdon’t know

What it will be Emlike, I Amdon’t know

We live in Chope of delEm/Biverance from the Amdarkness that surC/Grounds us

CHope of delEmiverance

From the Amdarkness that surC/Grounds us

Let the last chord ring

GEmGEm

And I wouldn’t Gmind Emknowing, Amknowing

That you wouldn’t Gmind Emgoing, Amgoing along with my plan

When it will be Emright, I Amdon’t know

What it will be Emlike, I Amdon’t know

We live in Chope of delEm/Biverance from the Amdarkness that surC/Grounds us

CHope of delEmiverance

From the Amdarkness that surC/Grounds us

Solo on verse chords

GEmAmAm

GEmAmAmAm

EmAmEmAm

CEm/BAmC/G

CHope of delEmiverance

From the Amdarkness that surC/Grounds us

CHope of delEmiverance

From the Amdarkness that surC/Grounds us

GEmGEm

GHope of deliEmverance

GHope of deliEmverance, I will understand

GHope of deliEmverance

GHope of deliEmverance, I will understand

GHope of deliEmverance

Paul McCartney - Put It There (1990)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 2 (first chord is the bVII)

Intro

Gadd9D/F#A/EA

Gadd9D/F#AA

Vox on 3 5 3 5 on “give me your hand”

DGive me your hand, AI’d like to shake it

DI want to show you I’m your Afriend

DYou’ll understand, Aif I can make it clear

DIt’s all that matters in the Aend

Put it F#mthere, Eif it weighs a Dton

That’s what a Afather Esaid to his Dyoung son

I don’t F#mcare, Eif it weighs a Dton

As long as Ayou and I are Ehere, put it F#mthere D

Long as Ayou and I are Ehere, put it Athere

Gadd9D/F#A/EA

Gadd9D/F#AA

DIf there’s a fight, AI’d like to fix it

DI hate to see things go so Awrong

DThe darkest night, Aand all its mixed emotions

DIs getting lighter sing aAlong

Put it F#mthere, Eif it weighs a Dton

That’s what a Afather Esaid to his Dyoung son

I don’t F#mcare, Eif it weighs a Dton

As long as Ayou and I are Ehere, put it F#mthere D

Long as Ayou and I are Ehere, put it Athere

Pearl Jam - Alive (1991)

ADsus2ADsus2ADsus2FC

ADsus2Son, she said,Ahave I got a Dsus2little story for you

ADsus2What you thought was your Adaddy Dsus2was nothing but a

ADsus2While you were sitting Ahome alone at Dsus2age thirteen

ADsus2Your real daddy was dyiAng Dsus2

Sorry you didn’t Fsee himC

But I’m Fglad we Ctalked

Oh, EI Goh, DI’m still alAive

Hey, EI Goh, DI’m still aAlive

Not a typo, this chorus has three lines, the others have four

Hey, EI Goh, DI’m still aAlive, hey, Boh

ADsus2While she walks slowlyAaDsus2cross a young man’s room

ADsus2She says I’m Aready Dsus2for you

ADsus2I can’t remember Aanything Dsus2to this very day

ADsus2‘Cept the look, Athe Dsus2look

Oh, Fyou know Cwhere

Now FI can’t Csee, I just

EStare, Goh, DI’m still aAlive

Oh, IEGoh, DI’m still aAlive

Hey, EI Goh, DI’m still aAlive

Hey, EI Goh, DI’m still aAlive, hey, oh

I usually shorten this to one or two repeats if acoustic

BF#BF#BF#BF#

ADsus2Is something wrong, sAhe saidDsus2

Of course Athere isDsus2

You’re still aAlive, she saidDsus2

Oh and do I deBserve to be? E

Is that the qBuestion? E

And if soB, if Eso

Who Banswers? Who Eanswers?

EI Goh, DI’m still aAlive

Hey, EI Goh, DI’m still aAlive

Hey, EI Goh, I’m still Dalive,Ayeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Solo if appropriate on chorus chords

Pearl Jam - Better Man (1994)

D/F#E/G#x 2

Vox on 1 6 on “waitin’”

D/F#Waitin’, watchin’ the clock, it’s E/G#four o’clock, it’s got to stop

D/F#Tell him, take no more, she E/G#practices her speech

As he Fmaj7/Aopens the door G6/Bshe rolls over

PreFmaj7/Atends to sleep as he G6/Blooks her over

DShe lies and Asays she’s in Glove with himD

DCan’t find a Abetter man G

DShe dreams in Acolor, she Gdreams in Dred

Can’t find a Asus4better man A

Can’t find a Dbetter man

Can’t find a Asus4better man A

GOooh

D/F#E/G#

D/F#Talkin’ to herself, there’s E/G#no one else who needs to know

She D/F#tells herself E/G#

Band enters, full strum

D/F#Memories back when she was bE/G#old and strong

And waiting for the Fmaj7/Aworld to G6/Bcome along

Fmaj7/ASwears she knew him, now she G6/Bswears he’s gone

DShe lies and Asays she’s in Glove with hiDm

DCan’t find a Abetter manG

DShe dreams in Acolor, she Gdreams in redD

DCan’t find a Abetter manG

DShe lies and Asays she still Gloves him D

DCan’t find a Abetter manG

DShe dreams in Acolor, she Gdreams in redD

Can’t find a Asus4better man A

Can’t find a Dbetter man

Can’t find a Asus4better man A

GGD/F#GGD/F#GG/A

DShe loved him, AGyeah

DShe don’t want tAo leave thGis way

DShe feeds him, AGyeah

DThat’s why she’ll be Aback againG

DYou’ll find a Abetter manG

DYou’ll find a AbetterG

DMaaaaan AG

DAG

GGD/F#GGD/F#GG/A

Pearl Jam - Black (1991)

Intro

Can throw in some extra bVIIs too

EE9→ Ax 2

ESheets of empty Asus2canvas, untouched Esheets of clay Asus2

Were Elaid spread out beAsus2fore me as her Ebody once did

EAll five horAsus2izons revolved aEround her soul Asus2as the earth to the sun

ENow the air I Asus2tasted and breathed has Etaken a turn

OooCoh, and all I taught her was everyEmthing

OooCoh, I know she gave me all that she Emwore

And now my Dbitter hands

Chafe Cbeneath the clouds

Of what was everythEming

All the Dpictures have

All been Cwashed in black

Tattooed everytEhing

EI take a Asus2walk outside, I’m surErounded by some Asus2kids at play

EI can feel their Asus2laughter so, Ewhy do I sear

OooCoh, and twisted thoughts that spin ‘round my Emhead, I’m spinning, oh

I’m Cspinning, how quick the sun can drop aEmway

And now my Dbitter hands

Cradle Cbroken glass

Of what was everEmything

All the Dpictures have

All been Cwashed in black

Tattooed everEmything

All the Dlove gone bad

Turned my Cworld to black

And tattooed all DI see

All that CI am

All I’ll Embe, DyeCah

EmUh huh, Duh huh, Cooh

I Emknow someday you’ll have a beautiful life

I Dknow you’ll be a star in soCmebody else’s sky

But Emwhy, why, Dwhy can’t it Cbe

Aw can’t it be mEmine DC

EmOoh, ah Dyeah, ah Cooh

Doo do do do do do doEm

Doo do do do do do doD

Doo do do do do do doC

Doo do do do do do doEm

Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (1993)

Highest note is the 4 (“never *dreamed*”)

Vox on the 1 on “I”

DI Cadd9seem to Grecognize your Cadd9face G/B

DHauntCadd9ing famGiliar yet, I can’t Cadd9seem to G/Bplace it

DCannot fiCadd9nd the Gcandle of thought to Cadd9light your G/Bname

DLifetCadd9imes are Gcatchin’ up with Cadd9meG/B

CAll these Achanges taking Cplace

I Awish I’d seen the Cplace

But Ano one’s ever Emtaken me

DHearts and Cadd9thoughts they Gfade, Cadd9fade aG/Bway

DI Cadd9swear I Grecognize your Cadd9breath G/B

DMemories, Cadd9like Gfingerprints are Cadd9slowly G/Braising

Vox on the 5 on “me” this time

DMe you Cadd9wouldn’t reGcall, for I’m Cadd9not my G/Bformer

DIt’s hard whCadd9en you’re Gstuck upon the Cadd9shelf G/B

CI changed by Anot changing at Call

Small Atown predicts my Cfate

PerAhaps that’s what no one Emwants to see

DI just Cadd9want to Gscream, hellCadd9o G/B

DMy Cadd9god, it’s Gbeen so long, never Cadd9dreamed you’d G/Breturn

DBut now Cadd9here you Gare and Cadd9here I G/Bam

DHearts and Cadd9thoughts they Gfade awaCadd9y G/B

DHearts and Cadd9thoughts they Gfade, Cadd9fade aG/Bway

DHearts and Cadd9thoughts they Gfade, Cadd9awayG/B

DHearts and Cadd9thoughts they Gfade, Cadd9fade aG/Bway

Let ring

DHearts and Cadd9thoughts they Gfade, Cadd9fade aG/Bway

Pearl Jam - Evenflow (1991)

Originally in D, I play in A

All of the bVII’s are probably more like I/b7, and I didn’t try that hard here on chord alignment

GAx3

Let ring for a measure

Vox on the 3 7 of the key on “freezin”

GFreeAzin’, Grests his head on Aa pillow made of coGncrete, Aagain GA

Oh, GFeeAlin’ Gmaybe he’ll see a littleAbetter set Ga dAays, Goh Ayeah

Oh, GhandAout,Gfaces that he sAees time again ain’t that GfamilAiar, Gaw A

Oh, GdarkAgrin, Ghe can’t help, wheAn he’s happy looks GinsAane, GAyeah

GAx4

Vox on 3 1 7 on “evenflow”

AEvenFflow, thoughts arrive like AbutterGflies

Oh, Ahe don’t Fknow, so he chases them Aaway, yeaGh, ooh

Oh, sAomeday yFet, he’ll begin his lAife agGain, Alife A/EaGgain, Alife A/EaGgain

GKneAelin’,Glooking through the paper througAh he doesn’t know tGo reAad, Goh yAeah

Oh, GpraAyin’, Gnow to something thaAt has never showed hiGm anythAing, Goh A

Oh, GfeeAlin’, Gunderstands the weather oAf the winter’s on itGs Away GA

Oh, GceiAlings, Gfew and far between alAl the legal halls oGf sAhamGe, Ayeah

AEvenFflow, thoughts arrive like AbutterGflies, yeah

Oh, Ahe don’t Fknow, so he chases them Aaway, yeaGh, ooh

Oh, sAomeday yFet, he’ll begin his lAife agGain, yeah

Oh, wAhispering hFands, gently lead, him awaAy, Glead Ahim A/EaGway, Ahim A/EaGway, AA/EGyeah

Solo for a while

AEvenFflow, thoughts arrive like AbutterGflies, yeah

Oh, Ahe don’t Fknow, so he chases them Aaway, yeaGh, ooh

Oh, sAomeday yFet, he’ll begin his lAife agGain, yeah

Oh, wAhispering hFands, gently lead, him awAay, Glead Ahim A/EaGway, Ahim A/EaGway, AA/EGyeah

GAHoo

GAYeah yea, no more

Pearl Jam - Jeremy (1991)

Originally in A, I play in A, but I drop the “daddy didn’t give attention” line an octave

Intro

AG/AAG/A

AAt home drG/Aawin’ pictures of mountain tops

AWG/Aith him on top, lemon yellow sun

AArms G/Araised in a “v”

AAnd the dead lG/Aay in pools of maroon below

This is the line that goes up to the 1, drop just this line an octave

ADG/Aaddy didn’t gDsus2/Aive aG/Attention

G/AOAhh to the fact that mommy didn’t Aca-aG/Are

G/AKing JeremDsus2/Ay the wickG/Aed A

RAuled his world

A7sus2Jeremy sFadd9poke in Dsus2clEaF/Css toAday

AClearlG/Ay I remember picking on the boy

ASeemG/Aed a harmless little pup

AOooh, bG/Aut we unleashed a lion

AGnashed his teethG/Aand bit the recess lady’s breast

How could I forgAet? G/A

And he hit me with a surprise left

AMy jaG/Aw left hurting, dropped wide open

AG/AJust like the day

AOh lG/Aike the day I heard

AG/ADaddy didn’t gDsus2/Aive aG/Affection, no

G/AAAnd the boy was something that mommy wouldn’t AwearG/A

G/AKing JeremDsus2/Ay the wickG/Aed A

RAuled his world

A7sus2Jeremy sFadd9poke in Dsus2clEaF/Css toAday

Chords change twice as fast as in the intro

AG/AAG/A

ATA/Gry to forget this

ATG/Ary to erase this

From the blackboFmaj7ard Dsus2/AEF/CA

JFmaj7eremy spoke in Dsus2/AclEaF/Css todAay

JFmaj7eremy spoke in, Dsus2/Aspoke Ein F/C

Am7Jeremy spoke in, spoke in

JeFmaj7remy spoke in clDsus2/Aass toAday

OFmaj7hhh ooh ooh uGhhh ooh ooh uAhhh ooh uhhh

OoFadd9hhhhhhh ohGhhh oAhhhh

Pearl Jam - Once (1991)

Originally in A, I play in F#, which means leaving out a lot of the 3’s and 5’s in the verse

Play the chorus as:

-0-0-0-0-

-1-2-4-5-

-2-4-5-7-

-0-2-3-5-

Intro

F#5

Vox on the 5

F#5I admit it, what’s to say

F#5I’ll relive it, without pain

Mmmm, F#5backstreet lover on the side of the road

I got a bF#5omb in my temple that is gonna explode

I got a F#5sixteen gauge buried under my clothes, I pGlay

EOnce F#7add9upon a timeG6AI could

ContrEol myseF#7add9lf G6A

Oooh, Eonce F#7add9upon a tG6ime AI could

ELose myseF#7add9lf, yeah G6yeah yeah

F#5Oh try and mimic, what’s insane

F#5I am in it, where do I stand?

F#5Indian summer I hate the heat

I got a F#5backstreet lover on the passenger seat

I got my F#5hand in my pocket so determined discreet, I pGray

Vox on the 1 of the chord on “once”

EOnce F#7add9upon a timeG6AI could

ContrEol myseF#7add9lf G6A

Oooh, Eonce F#7add9upon a tG6ime AI could

ELose myseF#7add9lf, yeah G6yeah yeah

Solo

F#5F#5F#5F#5

F#5F#5G6

E5A#5→ A5→ G5

Oooh, Eonce F#7add9upon a timeG6AI could

ContrEol myseF#7add9lf G6A

Oooh, Eonce F#7add9upon a tG6ime AI could

ELose myseF#7add9lf, yeah G6yeah yeah

Slight rhythm shift here, u*pon*

EOnce F#7add9upG6on a timeAI could

LoveEmyseF#7add9lf G6A

EOnce F#7add9upon a tG6ime AI could

ELove youF#7add9G6yeah yeahA

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Right Field (1993)

Originally in G, I play in D capo 3

DG/DDG/D

DSaturday D/C#summers when BmI was a Bm7kid

We’d Grun to the G/F#school yard and Emhere’s what we A/C#did

We’d Gpick out the Acaptains and we’d Gchoose up the Ateams

It was Dalways a D/C#measure of Bmmy self esteem

Cause the Gfastest, the strongest played Emshortstop and first

The G/Dlast ones they picked were the A/C#worst

CI never needed to ask, it was sealed

I just A/C#took up my place in right field

Playing Dright D/C#field, it’s Bmeasy you Bm7know

GYou can be G/F#awkward, Emyou can be Aslow

That’s why GI’m here in Aright field

Just Gwatching the A/C#dandelions Dgrow GD

Playing Dright D/C#field can be Bmlonely and Bm7dull

GLittle leagues G/F#never have Emlefties that A/C#pull

I Gdream of the Aday, when they Ghit one my Away

DThey never D/C#did, but Bmstill I would Bm7pray

That GI’d make a fantastic Emcatch on the run

And G/Dnot lose the ball in the A/C#sun

And Cthen I’d awake from this long reverie

And A/C#pray that the ball never came out to me

Here in Dright D/C#field, it’s Bmeasy you Bm7know

GYou can be G/F#awkward, Emyou can be Aslow

That’s why GI’m here in Aright field

Just Gwatching the A/C#dandelions Dgrow GD

Solo if appropriate

DD/C#BmD/AGG/F#

EmA/C#DD/C#B7Em

DOff in the A/C#distance, the Bmgame’s dragging Bm7on

There’s Gstrikes on the G/F#batter, some Emrunners are A/C#on

I Gdon’t know the Ainning, I’ve forGgotten the Ascore

The Dwhole team is D/C#yelling and I Bmdon’t know what for

GSuddenly everyone’s Emlooking at me

My G/Dmind has been wandering, A/C#what could it be?

They Cpoint to the sky and I look up above

And the A/C#baseball falls into my glove!

Here in Dright D/C#field, it’s imBmportant you D/Aknow

You gotta Gknow how to G/F#catch, you gotta Emknow how to Athrow

That’s why GI’m here in Aright field

Just Gwatching the Adandelions Dgrow GD

Phish - Sample in a Jar (1994)

Intro

ACGDAEEmDx2

Vox on the 5 of the key on “hidden far away”

AIt’s hidden far awaCy, though Gsomeday I may Dtell

AThe tale of mental Etangle when inEmto your world I Dfell

AWithout you now I Cwander, soaking, Gsecretly afraid D

ABut in your grasp the Efears don’t last, though Emsome of them have Dstayed

AI wheeled aDround because I, I Edidn’t Dhear what you had Asaid

AAnd saw you Ddancing with ElEihu, Dup on Leemor’s Abed

AAnd I was Dfoggy, rather Egroggy, you hDelped me to my Acar

The bDinding belt encElosing me, a Dsample in a Ajar

ACGDAEEmD

And on the mAarket stands unfColding, with all the wGillies and their Dwares

AI shuffle by alEert but numb to all the Emglances and the Dglares

AI think of you Cunheeding all the Gtimes I raised my Dcup

AIt’s now I know that Eyou knew that I’d sEmoon end up end upD

AI wheeled aDround because I, I Edidn’t Dhear what you had Asaid

AAnd saw you Ddancing with ElEihu, Dup on Leemor’s Abed

AAnd I was Dfoggy, rather Egroggy, you hDelped me to my Acar

The bDinding belt encElosing me, a Dsample in a Ajar

You tCricked me like the Dothers, and Anow I don’t belGong

The sCimple smiles and gDood times seem all E7#9wrong

AI wheeled aDround because I, I Edidn’t Dhear what you had Asaid

AAnd saw you Ddancing with ElEihu, Dup on Leemor’s Abed

AAnd I was Dfoggy, rather Egroggy, you hDelped me to my Acar

The bDinding belt encElosing me, a Dsample in a Ajar

ADEA sDample in a jar

ADEA sDample in a jar, whoa

ADEA sDample in a jaAr

Queensryche - Silent Lucidity (1990)

Originaly in G, I play in G but I never go up an octave

Intro

GGadd9GGadd9

Em9Em7Em9Em7

The 9’s and 7’s keep going, but I’m not writing them all out

Vox on the low 5 on “hush”

GHush now, don’t you cry

Wipe away the Emteardrop from your eye

GYou’re lying safe in bed, it was all a bad dream

EmSpinning in your head

Vox on the 3 of the chord

Cadd9Your mind tricked you to feel the pain

Of someone close to yAmou leaving the game, of life

Cadd9So here it is, another chance

Wide awake you fAmace the day

Hang after “over”, vox go way down to the 1 on “has it just begun”

Your dream is over, or has it just begun?

GGadd9GGadd9

Em9Em7Em9Em7

Vox up to the higher 5

GThere’s a place I like to hide

A doorway that I Emrun through in the night

GRelax child, you were there

But only didn’t Emrealize, and you were scared

Cadd9It’s a place where you will learn

To face your fears, retrAmace the years, and ride the whims of your mind

Cadd9Commanding in another world

Suddenly you Amhear and see, this magic new dimension

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “I”, the 3 of the new chord on “will be watching”

DI Cadd9will be watching over you

DI Cadd9am gonna help you see it through

DI Cadd9will protect you in the night

DI, Cadd9am smiling next to you, in silent luciditGy

GGadd9GGadd9

Solo, chords very approximate

EbEbsus2EbEbsus2

Csus2CCsus2C

EbEbsus2EbEbsus2

Csus2CBbBb

AbAbAbAb

FFFF

EbEbCsus2Csus2

Spoken

Visualize your dream

Record it in the present tense

Put it into a permanent form

If you persist in your efforts

You can achieve dream control

Dream control

How are we feeling today, better??

Dream control, dream control

Help me

GIf you open your mind for me

You won’t rely on Emopen eyes to see

GThe walls you built within

Come tumbling down, and a Emnew world will begin

Cadd9Living twice at once you learn

You’re safe from pain in the dAmream domain, a soul set free to fly

Cadd9A round trip journey in your head

Master of iAmllusion, can you realize

Your dream’s alive, you can be the guide but

DI Cadd9will be watching over you

DI Cadd9am gonna help you see it through

DI Cadd9will protect you in the night

DI, Cadd9am smiling next to you

R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (1991)

FAm

FDmGAm

GOh, Amlife is bigger

EmIt’s bigger than you

And you are Amnot me

The lengths that I will Emgo to

The distance in your Ameyes

EmOh no, I’ve said too Dmmuch

I set it Gup

That’s me in the Amcorner

That’s me in the Emspotlight

Losing my reAmligion

Trying to Emkeep up with you

And I Amdon’t know if I can do it

EmOh no, I’ve said too Dmmuch

I haven’t said eGnough

I Gthought that I heard you Flaughing

I thought that I Gheard you Amsing

I Fthink I thought I saw Gyou Amtry

GEvery Amwhisper of every waking Emhour

I’m choosing my conAmfessions

Trying to Emkeep an eye of you

Like a Amhurt lost and blinded fool, fool

EmOh no, I’ve said too Dmmuch

I set it Gup

Consider Amthis, consider this

The Emhint of a century

Consider Amthis, the slip

That Embrought me to my knees failed

AmWhat if all these fantasies

Come Emflailing around?

Now I’ve Dmsaid too Gmuch

I Gthought that I heard you Flaughing

I thought that I Gheard you Amsing

I Fthink I thought I saw Gyou Amtry

AmGFG

But Cthat was just a Ddream

CThat was just a Ddream

That’s me in the Amcorner

That’s me in the Emspotlight

Losing my reAmligion

Trying to Emkeep up with you

And I Amdon’t know if I can do it

EmOh no, I’ve said too Dmmuch

I haven’t said eGnough

I Gthought that I heard you Flaughing

I thought that I Gheard you Amsing

I Fthink I thought I saw Gyou Amtry

But Fthat was just a dream

AmTry, cry, why, try

FThat was just a dream

Just a Amdream, just a Gdream, dreamAm

R.E.M. - Man on the Moon (1992)

CD11CCx 2

CMott the Hoople and the D11game of life, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

CAndy Kaufman in a D11wrestling match, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

MonCopoly, twenty-one, D11checkers, and chess, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

CMister Fred Blassie and a D11breakfast mess, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

CLet’s play Twister, D11let’s play Risk, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

I’ll sCee you in heaven if you D11make the list, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

Now AmAndy did you hear about tGhis one

AmTell me are you locked in the puGnch

AmAndy are you goofing on EGlvis, hey Cbaby

DAre we losing touch?

GIf you beAmlieve Cthey put a mG/Ban on the mooGn, Amman on the mooDn

GIf you beAmlieve Cthere’s nothing Bmup his sleeAmve, then nothing is cool

CMoses went walking with a D11staff of wood, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

CNewton got beaned by the aD11pple good, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

CEgypt was troubled by the D11horrible asp, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

CMister Charles Darwin had the D11gall to ask, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

Now AmAndy did you hear about tGhis one

AmTell me are you locked in the puGnch

AmAndy are you goofing on EGlvis, hey Cbaby

DAre you having fun?

GIf you beAmlieve Cthey put a mG/Ban on the mooGn, Amman on the mooDn

GIf you beAmlieve Cthere’s nothing Bmup his sleeAmve, then nothing is cool

Not a typo, this is 7 measures

EmDEmD

EmDD

CHere’s a little legend for the D11never believer, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

CHere’s a little ghost for the D11offering, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

CHere’s a truck stop insD11tead of Saint Peter’s, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

CMister Andy Kaufman’s gone D11wrestling, Cyeah yeah yeah yeah

Now AmAndy did you hear about tGhis one

AmTell me are you locked in the puGnch

AmAndy are you goofing on EGlvis, hey Cbaby

DAre we losing touch?

GIf you beAmlieve Cthey put a mG/Ban on the mooGn, Amman on the mooDn

GIf you beAmlieve Cthere’s nothing Bmup his sleeAmve, then nothing is cool

GIf you beAmlieve Cthey put a mG/Ban on the mooGn, Amman on the mooDn

GIf you beAmlieve Cthere’s nothing Bmup his sleeAmve, then nothing is cool

GIf you beAmlieve Cthey put a mG/Ban on the mooGn, Amman on the mooDn

GIf you beAmlieve Cthere’s nothing Bmup his sleeAmve, then nothing is cool

R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People (1991)

Originally in B, I play in A

Intro, slow 3/4

FDmAmBb

FDmAmBb→ F/A→ Gm→ F

At tempo

ADGGx2

AShiny Dhappy Gpeople laughing ADGG

EmMeet me in thDe Emcrowd, DGpeople, Dpeople

EmThrow your love DaroundEm, DGlove me, lDove me

EmTake it intDo Emtown, DGhappy, Dhappy

EmPut it in tDhe Emground Dwhere the Gflowers Dgrow

FGold and silver Dshine D7

ADGG

AShiny Dhappy Gpeople holding hands

AShiny Dhappy Gpeople laughing

EmEveryone DarouEmnd, DGlove them, Dlove them

EmPut it in yDour Emhands, DGtake it, Dtake it

EmThere’s no time Dto Emcry, DGhappy, Dhappy

EmPut it in yDour Emheart Dwhere tomGorrow Dshines

FGold and silver Dshine D7

ADGG

AShiny Dhappy Gpeople holding hands

AShiny Dhappy Gpeople laughing

Repeat intro, slow 3/4

FDmAmBb

FDmAmBb→ F/A→ Gm→ F

With “doot”

ADGGx3

AShiny Dhappy Gpeople holding hands

AShiny Dhappy Gpeople laughing

AShiny Dhappy Gpeople holding hands

AShiny Dhappy Gpeople laughing

Radiohead - Creep (1992)

Intro

GBCCm

When you were here beGfore, couldn’t look you in the Beyes

You’re just like an Cangel, your skin makes me Cmcry

You float like a Gfeather in a beautiful Bworld

I wish I was Cspecial, you’re so freakin’ Cmspecial

But I’m a Gcreep, I’m a Bweirdo

What the hell am I doing Chere?

I don’t beCmlong here

I don’t care if it Ghurts, I wanna have conBtrol

I want a perfect Cbody, I want a perfect Cmsoul

I want you to Gnotice when I’m not aBround

You’re so freakin’ Cspecial, I wish I was Cmspecial

But I’m a Gcreep, I’m a Bweirdo

What the hell am I doing Chere?

I don’t beCmlong here, oooh, oooh

Bridge

GShe’s running out the Bdoor

CShe’s running out, she Cmrun, run, run

Vox on the 2 at the beginning of this line

GRuuuuuBuuun

CRuuuuuCmuuuuuun

Let ring

Whatever makes you Ghappy, whatever you Bwant

You’re so freakin’ Cspecial, I wish I was Cmspecial

Still let ring throughout this chorus

But I’m a Gcreep, I’m a Bweirdo

What the hell am I doing Chere?

I don’t beCmlong here

I don’t beGlong here

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (1999)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 3

EmCEmCx2

Vox on the 5

EmPsychic spies from China

Try to Csteal your mind’s elation

EmLittle girls from Sweden

Dream of Csilver screen quotations

And Gif you want these Dkind of dreams

It’s CCaliforniAmcation

EmCEmC

It’s the, Emedge of the world

And all of CWestern civilization

The Emsun may rise in the East

At least it Csettled in a final location

It’s Gunderstood that DHollywood

Sells CCaliforniAmcation

EmCmaj7EmCmaj7

EmPay your surgeon very well

To Cmaj7break the spell of aging

CeEmlebrity skin, is this your chin

Or Cmaj7is that war you’re waging

EmFirst born unicCmaj7orn

EmHardcore soft pCmaj7orn

GDream of CaliDfornicAmation Em

Hang the last chord

GDream of CaliDforniAmcation

EmCEmC

EmMarry me girl, be my fairy to the world

Be my Cvery own constellation

A Emteenage bride with a baby inside

Getting Chigh on information

And Gbuy me a star on the Dboulevard

It’s CCaliforniAmcation

EmCEmC

EmSpace may be the final frontier

But it’s Cmade in a Hollywood basement

And EmCobain can you hear the spheres

Singing Csongs off station to station

And GAlderaan’s not Dfar away

It’s CCaliforniAmcation

EmOoh, Cmaj7ooh, Emooh, Cmaj7ooh

EmBorn and raised by those who praise

ContCmaj7rol of population

EmEverybody’s been there and

I dCmaj7on’t mean on vacation

EmFirst born unicCmaj7orn

EmHardcore soft pCmaj7orn

GDream of CaliDfornicAmation Em

GDream of CaliDforniAmcation

GDream of CaliDfornicAmation Em

Hang again

GDream of CaliDforniAmcation

Solo

C#mAC#mA

F#m→ A→ E→ B

C#mAC#mA

F#m→ A→ E→ B

Let ring

EmCEmC

DesEmtruction leads to a very rough road

But it Calso breeds creation

And Emearthquakes are to a girl’s guitar

They’re Cjust another good vibration

And Gtidal waves couldn’t Dsave the world

From CCaliforniAmcation

EmOoh, Cmaj7ooh, Emooh, Cmaj7ooh

EmPay your surgeon very well

To Cmaj7break the spell of aging

EmSicker than the rest, there is no test

But Cmaj7this is what you’re craving

EmFirst born unicCmaj7orn

EmHardcore soft pCmaj7orn

GDream of CaliDfornicAmation Em

GDream of CaliDforniAmcation

GDream of CaliDfornicAmation Em

GDream of CaliDforniAmcation

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside (1999)

Intro

AmFCG

AmHow long, how Flong will I Cslide

GSeparate my sAmi-Fide

I Cdon’t, Gdon’t believe it’s Amba-Fad

CSlittin’ my throat it’s Gall I ever

AmI heard your voice through a Emphotograph

AmI thought it up and brought Emup the past

AmOnce you know you can Emnever go back

I’ve got to Gtake it on the Aotherside

AmCenturies are what it Emmeant to me

AmA cemetery where I Emmarry the sea

AmA stranger thing that never Emchanged my mind

I’ve got to Gtake it on the Aotherside

GTake it on the Aotherside

GTake it on

ATake it on

AmHow long, how Flong will I Cslide

GSeparate my sAmi-Fide

I Cdon’t, Gdon’t believe it’s Amba-Fad

CSlittin’ my throat it’s Gall I ever

AmPour my life into a Empaper cup

AmThe ashtray’s full and I’m Emspillin’ my guts

AmShe wants to know am I Emstill a slut

I’ve got to Gtake it on the Aotherside

Extra measure of just drums here

AmScarlet starlet and she’s Emin my bed

AmA candidate for a Emsoul mate bled

AmPush the trigger and Empull the thread

I’ve got to Gtake it on the Aotherside

GTake it on the Aotherside

GTake it on

ATake it on

AmHow long, how Flong will I Cslide

GSeparate my sAmi-Fide

I Cdon’t, Gdon’t believe it’s Amba-Fad

CSlittin’ my throat it’s Gall I ever

EmEmCC

EmTurn me on take me for a hard ride

CBurn me out leave me on the other side

EmI yell and tell it that it’s not my friend

I tear it doCwn I tear it down and then it’s born again

Solo

AmFCG

AmHow long, how Flong will I Cslide

GSeparate my sAmi-Fide

I Cdon’t, Gdon’t believe it’s Amba-Fad

CSlittin’ my throat it’s Gall I ever

AmHad, FI Cdon’t, Gdon’t believe it’s Ams-Fad

CSlitting my throat, it’s Gall I ever

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue (1999)

Originally in F, I play in E

Intro

EC#mEC#m

EScar tissue that I wish you saw

C#mSarcastic mister know it all

EClose your eyes and I’ll kiss you ‘cause

C#mWith the birds I’ll share

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view and

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view and

EPush me up against the wall

C#mYoung Kentucky girl in a push-up bra

EFallin’ all, over myself

To C#mlick your heart and taste your health ‘cause

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view and

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view and

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view

C#mC#mBC#m→ B/D#→

EBlood loss in a bathroom stall

C#mSouthern girl with a scarlet drawl

EWave goodbye to ma and pa ‘cause

C#mWith the birds I’ll share

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view and

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view and

Let ring

ESoft spoken with a broken jaw

C#mStep outside but not to brawl and

EAutumn’s sweet we call it fall

I’ll C#mmake it to the moon if I have to crawl and

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view and

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view and

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view

C#mC#mBC#m

EScar tissue that I wish you saw

C#mSarcastic mister know it all

EClose your eyes and I’ll kiss you ‘cause

C#mWith the birds I’ll share

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view and

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view and

EWith the birds I’ll share

This C#mlonely view

C#mC#mBC#mx4

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul to Squeeze (1993)

Originally in F, I play in C capo 5

You can skip all the ii’s if you’re anti-ii

Random noodling for a bit on...

CGAmFAmCGDm→ Fx2

CI’ve got a bGad diseAmase F

AmUp from my bCrain is wGhere I bDmleed → F

CInsaniGty it sAmeems F

AmHas got me Cby my Gsoul to Dmsqueeze → F

CWell all the lGove from Amme F

AmWith all the dCying trGees I scDmream → F

CThe angels Gin my drAmeams F

AmHave turned to dCemons of grGeed that’s Dmme → F

WhCere I go I jGust don’t know

AmI got to got to gotta tFake it slow

WhCen I find my pGeace of mind

AmI’m gonna give you some of Emmy good Ftime

CToday love smGiled on Amme F

AmIt took awCay my pGain say plDmease → F

COh let your rGide be fAmree F

AmYou’ve got to lCet it Gbe oh yDmeah → F

WhCere I go I jGust don’t know

AmI got to got to gotta tFake it slow

WhCen I find my pGeace of mind

AmI’m gonna give you some of Emmy good Ftime

Solo

CGAmFAmCGDm→ F

CGAmFAmCGG

Am→ Emx3

Am→ EmF

CYou’re so polGite indAmeed F

AmWell I got eCverythGing I nDmeed → F

COh make my daGys a brAmeezFe

AmAnd take awCay my self dGestrucDmtiFon

CIt’s bitter baby and it’s Gvery sweet

I’m Amon a roller coaster but I’m Fon my feet

CTake me to the river let me Gon your shore

Well I’ll be cAmoming back baby I’ll be cDmoming back for moFre

CDoo doo doo doo dingle Gzing a dong bone

Ga-Amding ba-da-ba-zumba crunga Fcong gone bay

Well CI could not forget but IGwill not endeavor

Simple Ampleasures aren’t that special, bDmut I won’t regrFet it never

WhCere I go I jGust don’t know

AmI got to got to gotta tFake it slow

WhCen I find my pGeace of mind

AmI’m gonna give you some of Emmy good tFime

CWhere I go I Gjust don’t know

AmI might end up somewhere in FMexico

CWhen I find my pGeace of mind

AmI’m gonna keep it for the Emend of FtimCe

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge (1991)

DF#

ESometimes BI feel like IC#m7don’t have a G#m7partAner

ESometimes BI feel like C#m7my only Afriend

Is the Ecity I Blive in, the C#m7city of G#m7angAels

ELonely as BI am C#m7together we AcryEmaj7

I Edrive on her Bstreets ‘cause C#m7she’s my comG#m7panionA

I Ewalk through her Bhills ‘cause she C#m7knows who I Aam

She Esees my good Bdeeds and she C#m7kisses me G#m7windyA

EI never Bworry now C#m7that is a AlieEmaj7

F#mI don’t ever want to Efeel Blike I F#mdid that day

F#mTake me to the place I Elove, Btake me F#mall the way

EBC#m7G#m7A

EBC#m7A

It’s Ehard to beBlieve that there’s C#m7nobody G#m7out Athere

It’s Ehard to beBlieve that C#m7I’m all Aalone

At Eleast I have Bher love the C#m7city she G#m7loves Ame

ELonely as BI am C#m7together we Acry Emaj7

F#mI don’t ever want to Efeel Blike I F#mdid that day

F#mTake me to the place I Elove, Btake me F#mall the way

F#mI don’t ever want to Efeel Blike I F#mdid that day

F#mTake me to the place I Elove, Btake me F#mall the way

AYea Cyeah, G6yeah, Fmaj7yeah

AOh Cno no no, G6yeah, Fmaj7yeah

FOne timeEmaj7G6

AUnder the bridge Cdowntown

G6Is where IFmaj7drew some blood

AUnder the bridge Cdowntown

G6I could not Fmaj7get enough

AUnder the bridge Cdowntown

G6No doubt aFmaj7bout my love

AUnder the bridge Cdowntown

G6I gave my life a Fmaj7way

AYea Cyeah, G6yeah, Fmaj7yeah

AOh Cno no no, G6yeah, Fmaj7yeah

Richard Marx - Hazard (1991)

Originally in Gm, I play in Em

Highest note that matters is the 2 of the minor key (“think about my life”)

EmD→ G

AmG→ Em

My Emmother came to Hazard when I was just seven

Even then the folks in town said with Dprejudiced eyes

That Asus2boy’s not right

EmThree years ago when I came to know Mary

EmFirst time that someone looked beyond the Drumors and the lies

And saw the Asus2man inside

We Cused to walk down by the Griver

She Cloved to watch the sun go Emdown

We Cused to walk along the GriEmver

And Ddream our Cway out of this Emtown

EmD→ G

AmG→ Em

EmNo one understood what I felt for Mary

No one cared until the night she went out Dwalking alone

And Asus2never came home

EmMan with a badge came knocking next morning

Here was I surrounded by a thousand Dfingers suddenly

Pointed Asus2right at me

I Cswear I left her by the Griver

I Cswear I left her safe and Emsound

I Cneed to make it to the GriEmver

And Dleave this Cold Nebraska Emtown

Vox up to the 3 of the first chord

DI think about my Clife gone by

And Emhow it’s done me Dwrong

DThere’s no escape for Cme this time

BmAll of my Crescues are Ggone, Dlong Emgone

Solo on verse chords

EmEmDAsus2x2

I Cswear I left her by the Griver

I Cswear I left her safe and Emsound

I Cneed to make it to the GriEmver

And Dleave this Cold Nebraska Emtown

Richard Marx - Take This Heart (1991)

Originally in F, I play in G capo 3; highest note is the 5

Intro

GDCD

GI’ve been where you Dare before

CNo one understandDs it more

GYou fear every Dstep you take

CSo sure that your Dheart will break

EmIt’s not how the Amstory ends

EmYou’ll be back on your Amfeet aAgain

ABaby Ethis time Dthere ain’t nothing gonna Etake this heart away

ANo more Egoodbyes, Dthere ain’t nothing gonna Etake my heart away

AD/AAD/A

GThe pain’s still aDlive in you

CFor what one man Dput you through

GYou say that we’re Dall the same

CBut I’m called by no Dother name

EmWe all need a Amplace to run

EmWon’t you let me Ambe the Aone

ABaby Ethis time Dthere ain’t nothing gonna Etake this heart away

ANo more Egoodbyes, Dthere ain’t nothing gonna Etake my heart aBmway

BmDon’t keep the dream in you E/G#locked outside your Adoor

BmJust beDlieve in this love, and Adon’t be aEfraid anyDmore, whoa oh

Solo

GDCD

GGCD

EmI need you too Amplease be strong

EmI’ve waited for Amyou too Along

ABaby Ethis time Dthere ain’t nothing gonna Etake this heart away

ANo more Elong nights, Dthere ain’t nothing gonna Etake my heart away

AEThis time Dthere ain’t nothing gonna Etake this heart aAway

No more Egoodbyes Dthere ain’t nothing gonna Etake my heart aAway

Repeat to fade with ad libs

Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca (1999)

Originally in C#m, I play in Em capo 3,

or in Am if there’s someone to do octaves

EmDCEm

EmDEm

Vox in on the 5 of the key (in octaves)

EmShe’s into DsupersCtitiEmons

Black cats and VooDdoo dEmolls

EmAnd I feel a DpremoCnitEmion

That girl’s gonna mDake me fEmall

EmDCEm

EmDEm

EmShe’s intoDnew senCsatEmions

New kicks in the caDndlelEmight

EmShe’s got aDnew addCicEmtion

For every dDay and nEmight

Vox down to the 5 of the chord

She’ll mAmake you take your clothes off aCnd go daBmncing in the rain

She’ll mCake you live her crazy life

Or she’ll tDake away your pain like a buBllet to your brain, come on

Vox on the 5

UpEmside, inside out, she’s Dlivin’ la vida lEmoca

She’ll pEmush and pull you down, Dlivin’ la vida lEmoca

Her lEmips are devil red, and her Dskin’s the color of mEmocha

EmShe will wear you out, Dlivin’ la vida lEmoca (come on)

DLivin’ la vida lEmoca (come on)

She’s Dlivin’ la vida lEmoca

EmDCEm

EmDEmx2

EmWoke up in DNew York CciEmty in a funky chDeap hotEmel

EmShe took my heart and she Dtook my CmonEmey

EmShe must have slipped me a sleDeping pEmill

She nAmever drinks the water, maCkes you Bmorder French champagne

And oCnce you’ve had a taste of her, you’ll neDver be the same

Yeah, she’ll mBake you go insane (come on)

UpEmside, inside out, she’s Dlivin’ la vida lEmoca

She’ll pEmush and pull you down, Dlivin’ la vida lEmoca

Her lEmips are devil red, and her Dskin’s the color of mEmocha

EmShe will wear you out, Dlivin’ la vida lEmoca (come on)

DLivin’ la vida lEmoca (come on)

She’s Dlivin’ la vida lEmoca

EmDCEm

EmDEmx2

She’ll mAmake you take your clothes off aCnd go daBmncing in the rain

She’ll mCake you live her crazy life

Or she’ll tDake away your pain like a buBllet to your brain, come on

UpEmside, inside out, she’s Dlivin’ la vida lEmoca

She’ll pEmush and pull you down, Dlivin’ la vida lEmoca

Her lEmips are devil red, and her Dskin’s the color of mEmocha

EmShe will wear you out, Dlivin’ la vida lEmoca (come on)

DLivin’ la vida lEmoca (come on)

She’s Dlivin’ la vida lEmoca

Fade on intro chords, with an occasional “come on”

EmDCEm

EmDEm

Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately (1993)

Rod Stewart in Bb, Van Morrison in E, I play in D capo 2

Yes, I took a moment to take out the overtly spiritual lyrics in the bridge, which happen to be awkward anyway.

Intro

DD/F#GG/Ax2

Have I Dtold you F#m7lately that I lGove you? G/A

Have I tDold you there’s nF#m7o one else aGbove you? G/A

Gmaj7Fill my heart with gladness, F#m7take away all my sadness

Em7Ease my G/Atroubles that’s what you Ddo

D/A

For the Dmorning F#m7sun in all its Gglory G/A

Greets the Dday with F#m7hope and comfort Gtoo G/A

Gmaj7You fill my life with laughter, F#m7and somehow you make it better

Em7Ease my G/Atroubles that’s what you Ddo

Em7→ F#m7→

Gmaj7There’s a love that’s divine, and it’s yours and it’s mine

F#m7Like the sun Em7→ F#m7→

Gmaj7And at the end of the day, I give thanks and I say

F#m7You’re the one, yG/Aou’re the one

Have I Dtold you F#m7lately that I lGove you? G/A

Have I tDold you there’s nF#m7o one else aGbove you? G/A

Gmaj7Fill my heart with gladness, F#m7take away all my sadness

Em7Ease my G/Atroubles that’s what you Ddo

Solo on verse chords

DF#m7GG/A

Gmaj7F#m7

G/AD

Gmaj7There’s a love that’s divine, and it’s yours and it’s mine

F#m7Like the sun Em7→ F#m7→

Gmaj7And at the end of the day, I give thanks and I say

F#m7You’re the one, yG/Aou’re the one

And have I Dtold you F#m7lately that I lGove you? G/A

Have I tDold you there’s nF#m7o one else aGbove you? G/A

Gmaj7Fill my heart with gladness, F#m7take away all my sadness

Em7Ease my G/Atroubles that’s what you Ddo Em7→ F#m7→

Gmaj7Take away all my sadness, F#m7fill my life with gladness

Em7Ease my G/Atroubles that’s what you Ddo Em7→ F#m7→

Gmaj7Take away all my sadness, F#m7fill my life with gladness

Em7Ease my G/Atroubles that’s what you Ddo

Rod Stewart - The Rhythm of My Heart (1991)

Originally in C#, I play in G

GCGD

GCGD→ G

GGGF

GAcross the street Emthe river runs

GDown in the gutter life is Emslipping away

GLet me still exist Emin another place

CRunning under cover of a Dhelicopter blade

GThe flames are getting higher Emin effigy

GBurning down the bridges of my Emmemory

GLove may still be alive Emsomewhere some way

Where they’re Cdowning only deer a hundred Dsteel towns away

Oh the Grhythm of my heart is Cbeating like a drum

With the Gwords “I love you” rolling off my Dtongue

No Gnever will I roam for I Cknow my place is home

Where the Gocean meets the sky I’ll be DsailGing

GPhotographs Emand kerosene

GLight up my darkness, light it Emup, light it up

I can Gstill feel the touch of your Emthin blue jeans

CRunning down the alley, I’ve got my Deyes all over you babe

DOh babe

Oh the Grhythm of my heart is Cbeating like a drum

With the Gwords “I love you” rolling off my Dtongue

No Gnever will I roam for I Cknow my place is home

Where the Gocean meets the sky I’ll be DsailGing

GFI’ll be Gsailing, Fah Gyeah F

Bridge

COh G/BI’ve got Amlightning in my Gveins

EmShifting like the handle of a slot macEmhine

CLove may still exist G/Bin anAmother Gplace

I’m just Amyanking back the handle

No exDpression on my face

Oh the Grhythm of my heart is Cbeating like a drum

With the Gwords “I love you” rolling off my Dtongue

Oh, Gnever will I roam for I Cknow my place is home

Where the Gocean meets the sky I’ll be DsailGing

Oh the Grhythm of my heart is Cbeating like a drum

With the Gwords “I love you” rolling off my Dtongue

No, Gnever will I roam for I Cknow my place is home

Where the Gocean meets the sky I’ll be DsailGing

F#F

Let ring

Oh the Grhythm of my heart is Cbeating like a drum

With the Gwords “I love you” rolling off my Dtongue

GNever will I roam for I Cknow my place is home

Where the Gocean meets the sky I’ll be DsailGing

GOoooh

Saigon Kick - Love is on the Way (1992)

Originally in C#m, I play in F#m capo 2

Intro

F#m9Dsus2x4

Vox on the 7 of the minor key on “lonely”, down to the 3 of the minor key on “night”

F#m9Lonely Dsus2sidewalks, F#m9silent nDsus2ight

F#m9Bring the Dsus2evening, F#m9deep insDsus2ide

F#m9Hold me Dsus2darling, F#m9touch me Dsus2now

F#m9Let the Dsus2feelings, F#m9free tonDsus2ight

ALove is on the Esus4way

I can see it iE/G#n your F#meyes

Let’s give it one more Dsus2try tonight baby

ALove is on the Esus4way

I can see it iE/G#n your F#meyes

Let’s give it one more Dsus2try tonight

F#m9Time of Dsus2season, F#m9wipes the Dsus2tears

F#m9No rhyme or Dsus2reason, F#m9no more Dsus2fears

F#m9All the Dsus2dreamin’, F#m9is far behiDsus2nd

F#m9You are Dus2here now, F#m9and everything’s alriDsus2ght

ALove is on the Esus4way

I can see it iE/G#n your F#meyes

Let’s give it one more Dsus2try tonight baby

ALove is on the Esus4way

I can see it iE/G#n your F#meyes

Let’s give it one more Dsus2try tonight

Bridge

EAnd in the morning I’ll be Agone awDsus2ay

EAll the things I left beAhindDsus2

EIf you need me I’ll come Anight or Dsus2day

ELet’s stop the hands of tiAme Dsus2

Solo on intro chords

F#m9Dsus2x8

ALove is on the Esus4way

I can see it iE/G#n your F#meyes

Let’s give it one more Dsus2try tonight baby

ALove is on the Esus4way

I can see it iE/G#n your F#meyes

Let’s give it one more Dsus2try tonight

F#m9Dsus2

Santana - Smooth (1999)

AmAmFEx4

Man it’s a Amhot one FE

Like seven inches from the Ammidday sun FE

Well I hear you whisper and the wDm7ords Dm7/Cmelt everyBm7b5one

But E7you stay so Amcool FE

My muneqAmuita, FEmy Spanish Harlem Mona AmLisa FE

Oh you’re my reason for rDm7eason Dm7/CBm7b5

The sEtep in Ammy groove FE

And if you Amsay this lFife ain’t goEod enough

I would gAmive my wForld to lEift you up

I could cAmhange my lFife to Ebetter suit your mDm7ood Dm7/CBm7b5

BecGause you’re so smF#sus4ooth E7#9

And it’s Amjust like the ocean FEunder the moon

Well it’s the sAmame as the emotion Fthat EI get from you

YouAmgot the kind of lovin Fthat Ecan be so smooth, yeah

Hard stops on all three chords

Dm7Gimme your heart, Dm7make it reE7al

Or else forget about Amit

AmAmFEx2

Well I’ll tell you Amone thing FE

If you would leave it’d be a Amcrying shame FE

In every breath and every woDm7rd, Dm7/CI hear your Bm7b5name

E7Calling me Amout FE

Out from the Ambarrio, FEyou hear my rhythm from your AmradioFE

You feel the turning of the Dm7world Dm7/Cso soft and Bm7b5slow

E7Turning you Amround FEand round

And if you Amsay this lFife ain’t goEod enough

I would gAmive my wForld to lEift you up

I could cAmhange my lFife to Ebetter suit your mDm7ood Dm7/CBm7b5

BecGause you’re so smF#sus4ooth E7#9

And it’s Amjust like the ocean FEunder the moon

Well it’s the sAmame as the emotion Fthat EI get from you

YouAmgot the kind of lovin Fthat Ecan be so smooth, yeah

Hard stops on all three chords

Dm7Gimme your heart, Dm7make it reE7al

Or else forget about Amit

AmFELet’s don’t forget about it

Sarah McLachlan - I Will Remember You (1999)

Originally in A, I play in E

Highest note that matters is the 1 (“don’t let your *life*”)

EI will reAmaj7member youB

EWill you reAmaj7member B7sus4me?

Don’t lEet your A/C#life pE/Bass you F#m7by

EWeep not Asus2for the B7sus4memoriesE

EI’m so A/C#tired but B7sus4I can’t sleep

EStandin’ on the Aedge of something B7sus4much too C#m7deep

It’s fEunny how we Amaj7feel so much but we cB7sus4annot say a word

Though we are Escreaming insA/C#ide oh we canB7sus4‘t be heaErd

Not a typo, I swear this line ends on the V the first time, but a I this time

And EI will reAmaj7member youE

EWill you reAmaj7member B7sus4me?

Don’t lEet your A/C#life pE/Bass you F#m7by

EWeep not Asus2for the B7sus4memoriesE

EAmaj7EEE

EAmaj7B7sus4B7sus4

Let ring

EI’m so afraid to A/C#love you, but B7sus4more afraid to loose

EClinging to a paAst that doesn’t B7sus4let me C#m7choose

But Eonce there was a Amaj7darkness, a dB7sus4eep and endless night

You gEave me everythA/C#ing you had, B7sus4oh you gave me Elight

And EI will reAmaj7member youE

EWill you reAmaj7member B7sus4me?

Don’t lEet your A/C#life pE/Bass you F#m7by

EWeep not Asus2for the B7sus4memoriesE

And EI will reAmaj7member youE

EWill you reAmaj7member B7sus4me?

Don’t lEet your A/C#life pE/Bass you F#m7by

EWeep not Asus2for the B7sus4memoriesC#m7

B/D#→ EWeep not Afor the B7sus4memoriesE

Savatage - All That I Bleed (1993)

Originally in Bb, I play in G.

This is really low in the verse, but this song is

all about the second chorus, which sits on the 1 and

goes up to the 2, so totally worth the low verse.

GDCDx 2

GSomeone DCgot themselves a Dletter

In the Gmail the Dother Cday D

GIt’s alDrCeady worn and tDattered

And I gGuess it gDives aCway D

AmAll the things we Gkeep inside

AmAll the things that rDeally matter

AmThe face puts on its Gbest disguise

And Amall is well Duntil the heart betrayGs

GDCDx 2

GShe knows DCas she reads the Dletter that

GThings were Dbound to CstrayD

The Gwind blows, DCshe pulls her coat tDighter

And the lGetter fDlies awCay D

AmWith all the things she Gkeeps inside

AmAll the things that Dreally matter

AmThe face puts on its Gbest disguise

And Amall is well uDntil the heart betrayGs

Interlude, band enters on last chord in second phrase

GEmCDx 2

GLord bring on the Cnight

GWrap it all around Dme

GLet it hold me Ctight

GSoak up all that I Dbleed

GLord bring on the Cnight

GWrap it all around Dme

GLet it hold me Ctight

GSoak up all that I Dbleed

GAnd I’ll fly awCay D

GYea I’ll fly awCay D

GLord I’ll fly awCay, watch Dme

Raging solo with *lots* of fast triplets...

GLord bring on the Cnight

GWrap it all around Dme

GLet it hold me Ctight

Hanging stop on “bleed”

GSoak up all that I Dbleed

I Gbleed

GDCD

Savatage - Edge of Thorns (1993)

Originally in Dm, I play in Am

Intro

AmEm/AAmEm/A

FC→ G/B→ Am

AmAn offering of rEm/Aeasons

AmWe put them all in Em/Aplay

AmA covering of tEm/Areasons

That Amone by one we let slip awEm/Aay

DmA solitary daAmncer

DmSo lost upon her sAmtage

FI have sGeen you on the Amedge Gof Fdawn

FFelt you hGere before Amyou Gwere Fborn

FBalanced your drGeams upon the Amedge Gof Fthorns

FBut I don’t think about you anymAmore

AmEm/AAmEm/A

FC→ G/B→ Am

AmA study made from Em/Awinter

AmOf summers long aEm/Ago

AmAnd dreams that use to glEm/Aitter

SAmafely now hidden under sEmnow

DmAnd so we end the chAmapter

DmAnd let the stage lights fAmade

FI have sGeen you on the Amedge Gof Fdawn

FFelt you hGere before Amyou Gwere Fborn

FBalanced your drGeams upon the Amedge Gof Fthorns

FBut I don’t think about you anymAmore

Raging solo here in the original

AmEm/AAnymAmore Em/A

AmI don’t think aEm/About you

AnymAmore, anyEm/Amore

AmI don’t think about you

Em/AmI don’t think about you

AmI don’t think about you

Em/AmI... don’t... think about you

AmAnymore

I end on a slow version of the riff

Am/EAm/DAm/CAm/BAm/B→ Am/C→ Am/BAm

Semisonic - Closing Time (1998)

Intro

GDAmC

Vox on 5 3 2 on “closing time”

GClosing tDime

AmOpen all the dCoors and lGet you out iDnto the wAmorld C

GClosing tDime

AmTurn all of the lCights on over Gevery boy and Devery gAmirl C

GClosing tDime

AmOne last call for aClcohol so Gfinish your wDhiskey or bAmeer C

GClosing tDime

AmYou don’t have to Cgo home but you Gcan’t sDtay hAmer eC

GI know wDho I wAmant to take me Chome

Take meGhome DAmC

GClosing tDime

AmTime for you to gCo out to the pGlaces you wDill be fAmrom C

GClosing tDime

AmThis room won’t be oCpen till your Gbrothers or your Dsisters cAmome C

So Ggather up your jDackets, Ammove it to the eCxits

I Ghope you have Dfound a frAmiend C

GClosing tDime

AmEvery new begCinning comes from Gsome other beDginning’s eAmnd, yCeah

GI know wDho I wAmant to take me Chome

Take meGhome DAmC

Solo, quiet

BbAbEbCm

GDAmC

Solo, loud

GDAmC

GClosing tDime

Hang on “from”

AmTime for you to gCo out to the Gplaces you wDill be fAmrom

GI know wDho I wAmant to take me Chome

Take meGhome DAmC

GDAmC

Let ring

GClosing tDime

Not a typo, it skips the ii in the second phrase this time

AmEvery new begCinning comes from Gsome other beDginning’s end CG

Shania Twain - You're Still the One (1997)

Originally in Eb, I play in A

Highest note that matters is the 5 (“*they* said, *I* bet”)

Intro

AA/C#DMmmm, Eyeah

Vox on 2 1 5 2 1 on “looks like we made it”

ALooks like we A/C#made it, lDook how far we’ve Ecome my baby

AWe mighta took the long way, Dwe knew we’d Eget there someday

Vox on 5 1 5 1 on “they said, I bet”

AThey said, I bet, Dthey’ll never mEake it

All the way down to the low 3 on “look”

But just Alook at us Dholding Eon

We’re still togeAther, still gDoing stErong D

AYou’re still the one I rDun to

BmThe one that I beElong to

AYou’re still the one I wDant for liEfe D

AYou’re still the one that DI love

TBmhe only one I drEeam of

AYou’re still the one I kDiss goodniEght

AAin’t nothin’ bA/C#etter

DWe beat the oEdds together

AI’m glad we didn’t listen

LoDok at what we woEuld be missin’

ThAey said, I bet, Dthey’ll never Emake it

But just Alook at us Dholding Eon

We’re still togeAther, still gDoing stErong D

AYou’re still the one I rDun to

BmThe one that I beElong to

AYou’re still the one I wDant for liEfe D

AYou’re still the one that DI love

TBmhe only one I drEeam of

Let ring on “night”

AYou’re still the one I kDiss goodniEght

Bridge

You’re still the one ADEE

ADEE

AYou’re still the one I rDun to

BmThe one that I beElong to

AYou’re still the one I wDant for liEfe D

AYou’re still the one that DI love

TBmhe only one I drEeam of

AYou’re still the one I kDiss goodniEght

AI’m so glad we A/C#made it, lDook how far we’ve Ecome my baby

Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do (1994)

Originally in E, I play in A

Highest note that matters is the 3 (“all I wanna *do*”)

Intro, 7’s or 9’s are fine instead of 13’s

Barre chords throughout

D#13→ D13This ain’t no disco

D#13→ D13It ain’t no country club either

D#13→ D13This is L.A.

Vox on the 1

A7All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die

Says the F7man next to me out of nowhereG9

It’s aA7propos of nothing, he says his name is William

But I’m sureF7he’s Bill or Billy or MG9ac or Buddy

And he’s plainA7ugly to me, and I wonder if he’s

F7Ever had a day of fun in his whole lifeG9

A7Now we are drinking beer at noon on Tuesday

In the baF7r that faces the giant cG9ar wash

And the goodA7people of the world are washing their cars on their lunch breaks

F7Hosing and scrubbing as bG9est they can in skirts and suD#6its

D#6→ D6And they drive their shiny Datsuns and BD#6uicks

D#6→ D6Back to the phone company, the record storD#6e too

D#6→ D6Well, they’re nothing like Billy and me

Vox on 5 6 1 2 3 on “all I wanna do”

‘Cause all I wanna dA7o is have some fun

Vox on the b5 of the chord on “feeling” (!), same note (now the the 3 of the new chord) on “only”

I got a feF7eling I’m not the oG9nly one

All I wanna dA7o is have some fun

I got a feF7eling I’m not the oG9nly one

All I wanna dA7o is have some fun

Vox on 5 5 5 of the chord on “sun comes up”

Until the sF7un comes up over E7Santa Monica BoulevardA7

A7A7F7G9

A7I like a good beer buzz, early in the morning

And F7Billy likes to peal the labels from his bG9ottles of bud

A7He shreds them on the bar then he lights up every match

In an oversized paF7ck letting each one burnG9

Down to hisA7thick fingers before blowing and cursing them out

F7He’s watching the bottles of bG9ud as they spin on the floor

D#6→ D6And a happy couple enters the bar

D#6→ D6Dangerously, close to one another

D#6→ D6The bartender looks up from his want ads

But all I wanna dA7o is have some fun

I got a feF7eling I’m not the oG9nly one

All I wanna dA7o is have some fun

I got a feF7eling I’m not the oG9nly one

All I wanna dA7o is have some fun

Until the sF7un comes up over E7Santa Monica BoulevardA7

A7A7F7G9

D#6→ D6Otherwise the bar is ours

D#6→ D6The day and the night and the car wash, too

D#6→ D6The matches and the Buds, and the clean and dirty cars

D#6→ D6The sun and the moon

But all I wanna dA7o is have some fun

I got a feF7eling I’m not the oG9nly one

All I wanna dA7o is have some fun

I got a feF7eling the party has G9just begun

All I wanna dA7o is have some fun

I won’t F7tell you that you’re the oG9nly one

All I wanna dA7o is have some fun

Until the sF7un comes up over E7Santa Monica BoulevardA7

F7G9A7

Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough (1993)

Originally in D, I play in G

Every vi is arguably a vi6

Intro

GCEmDx1

Vox on the 5

GGod I feel like heCll tonigEmht D

GTears of rage I cCan not fiEmght D

I’d be the laGst to help you CunderstEmand

DAre you stGrong enough to Cbe my mEman?

DMy...

GMan CEmD

GCEmDx3

GNothing’s true and nCothing’s riEmght D

So lGet me be alCone toniEmght D

‘Cause yoGu can’t change the wCay I aEmm

DAre you stGrong enough to Cbe my mEman? D

AmLie G/Bto mCe D

I pEmromise IF‘ll beClieve D

AmLie G/Bto mCe D

But EmPlease, Fdon’t Cleave D

GCEmDon’t leave D

GCEmDx3

I hGave a face I caCn not shEmow D

I mGake the rules up Cas I gEmo D

It’s tGry and love me iCf you cEman

DAre you strGong enough to Cbe my mEman? D

DMy...

GMan, CEmDare you

GStrong enough to Cbe my Emman, Dare you

GStrong enough, Cmy Emman

DWhen I’ve shGown you that I jCust don’t caEmre

DWhen I’m thrGowing punches iCn the aEmir

DWhen I’m brGoken down and CI can’t sEmtand

Would Dyou be Gman enough to bCe my mEman? D

AmLie G/Bto mCe

DI pEmromise IF‘ll beClieve D

AmLie G/Bto mCe D

But EmPlease, Fdon’t Cleave D

Sister Hazel - All For You (1996)

Originally in Ab, I play in G

Intro, noodly strums on the I

AmFinally I fDigured out

But it Amtook a long, long tDime

AmBut now there’s a tDurnabout

AmMaybe cause I’m tDrying

EmThere’s been Amtimes (I’m so confEmused)

And all my Amroads (well, they lead to Emyou)

I just can’t Amturn and walk awDay

It’s Ghard to Cadd9say what it Amis I Dsee in yGou

Wonder Cadd9if I’ll Amalways Dbe with yGou

Cadd9Words can’t Amsay, and DI can’t dGo

ECadd9nough to Amprove

It’s Dall for yGou Cadd9G

AmAnd I thought I’d seen iDt all

‘Cause Amit’s been a long, long tDime

AmOh, but then we’ll tDrip and fall

AmWondering if I’m bDlind

EmThere’s been Amtimes (I’m so confEmused)

And all my Amroads (well, they lead to Emyou)

I just can’t Amturn and walk awDay

It’s Ghard to Cadd9say what it Amis I Dsee in yGou

Wonder Cadd9if I’ll Amalways Dbe with yGou

Cadd9Words can’t Amsay, and DI can’t dGo

ECadd9nough to Amprove

It’s Dall for yGou Cadd9G

CRain comes Empouring down

Cmaj7Falling from blue Emskies

CWords without a Emsound

CComing from your Deyes

Solo

GCadd9AmDx8

AmFinally I figured oDut

But it Amtook a long, long tDime

AmOh, now there’s a tDurnabout

AmMaybe cause I’m Dtrying

EmThere’s been Amtimes (I’m so confEmused)

And all my Amroads (well, they lead to Emyou)

I just can’t Amturn and walk awDay

Band out, chords implied

It’s Ghard to Cadd9say what it Amis I Dsee in yGou

Wonder Cadd9if I’ll Amalways Dbe with yGou

Cadd9Words can’t Amsay, and DI can’t dGo

ECadd9nough to Amprove

It’s Dall for yGou

Well, it’s Ghard to Cadd9say what it Amis I Dsee in yGou

Wonder Cadd9if I’ll Amalways Dbe with yGou

Cadd9Words can’t Amsay, and DI can’t dGo

ECadd9nough to Amprove

It’s Dall for yGouCadd9AmD

Whoa it’s hGard to Cadd9say AmD

Whoa it’s hGard to Cadd9say Am

It’s Dall for yGou Cadd9DG

Smash Mouth - All Star (1999)

Originally in F#, I play in G (all power chords)

This is maybe the only song where I’m not writing out all

the chords; it would be 3 pages for 4 chords.

SomeGbody once Dtold me the Amworld is gonna Croll me

I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed

She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb

In the shape of an “L” on her forehead

Well, the years start coming and they don’t stop coming

Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running

Didn’t make sense not to live for fun

Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb

So much to do, so much to see

So what’s wrong with taking the back streets

You’ll never know if you don’t go

You’ll never shine if you don’t glow

GHey now, you’re an Call-star, get your C#dimgame on, Cgo play

GHey now, you’re a rCock star, get the sC#dimhow on, gCet paid

GAll that Cglitters is C#dimgold

COnly shooting sGtars Fbreak the Cmold

It’s a cool place and they say it gets colder

You’re bundled up now, wait till you get older

But the meteor men beg to differ

Judging by the hole in the satellite picture

The ice we skate is getting pretty thin

The water’s gettin’ warm so you might as well swim

My world’s on fire, how about yours?

That’s the way I like it and I never get bored

GHey now, you’re an Call-star, get your C#dimgame on, Cgo play

GHey now, you’re a rCock star, get the sC#dimhow on, gCet paid

GAll that Cglitters is C#dimgold

COnly shooting sGtars Fbreak the Cmold

Bridge

GCC#dimC

GHey now, you’re an Call-star, get your C#dimgame on, Cgo play

GHey now, you’re a rCock star, get the sC#dimhow on, gCet paid

GAll that Cglitters is C#dimgold

COnly shooting sGtars Fbreak the Cmold

Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas

I need to get myself away from this place

I said yep what a concept I could use a little fuel myself

And we could all use a little change

Well, the years start coming and they don’t stop coming

Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running

Didn’t make sense not to live for fun

Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb

So much to do much to see

So what’s wrong with taking the back streets?

You’ll never know if you don’t go

You’ll never shine if you don’t glow

GHey now, you’re an Call-star, get your C#dimgame on, Cgo play

GHey now, you’re a rCock star, get the sC#dimhow on, gCet paid

GAll that Cglitters is C#dimgold

COnly shooting sGtars Fbreak the Cmold

GAll that Cglitters is C#dimgold

COnly shooting sGtars Fbreak the Cmold

Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down (1994)

Originally in Bb, I play in E. Highest note is the 1 (“when the sun comes out again”)

EG#m7AIt felt like sprBingtime on this

FC#mebruary mAorning, in a cEourtyard birds were sBinging your

PrEaise, G#m7AI’m still recBalling things you

SC#maid to make me fAeel, alrEight, I carry them wBith me today now

EAs I lBay me dAown to slBeep

This I prEay, that yBou will hold me dAear B

Though I’m far awEay, I whBisper yAour name, Binto the

SkEy, and BI will wake up hAappy B

I wonder whyEG#m7AI feel so hBigh

Though I am nC#mot above the Aorrow, heavy-hEearted ‘til you cBall my

NEame, G#m7and it sounds like chAurchbells or the whBistle of a

TrC#main on a summer Aevening I want to mEeet you barefoot, bBarely breathing

EAs I lBay me dAown to slBeep

This I prEay, that yBou will hold me dAear B

Though I’m far awEay, I whBisper yAour name, Binto the

SkEy, and BI will wake up hAappy, Bhold on dear

EAs I lBay me dAown to slBeep

This I prEay, that yBou will hold me dAear B

Though I’m far awEay, I whBisper yAour name, Binto the

SkEy, and BI will wake up hAappy B

EIt’s not too nGear for mDe, like a flCower I need the rGain

Though it’s not clA#ear to mFe, every sD#eason has its chFange

And I will sGee you

When the sun cAomes out again

EAs I lBay me dAown to slBeep

This I prEay, that yBou will hold me dAear B

Though I’m far awEay, I whBisper yAour name, Binto the

SkEy, and BI will wake up hAappy, Boh oh yeah

EAs I lBay me dAown to slBeep

This I prEay, that yBou will hold me dAear B

Though I’m far awEay, I whBisper yAour name, Binto the

SkEy, and BI will wake up hAappy B

EBI wonder wAhy B

EBAMmmm B

The Esun comes out aBgain, when the Asun comes out aBgain

When the Esun comes out aBgain, when the Asun comes out aBgain

Soul Asylum - Black Gold (1992)

If playing in D, play the G/A as x00403

C→ G/B→ Am7→ D

Riff arranged for chords... the I/3 is totally fabricated.

D→ A/C#→ G/B→ DD/F#→ G/B→ G/A→ Dx2

Band enters

G→ DG→ DC→ G/B→ Am7→ D

Quiet again

DTwo A/C#boys on G/Ba playgDround

I think the second chord is more like IV/6 than I, but I prefer it this way

GTryin’ to pDush each G/Aother Ddown

DSee A/C#the crowd G/Bgather ‘rDound

Nothing Gattracts a Dcrowd G/Alike a crDowd

GBlack gDold in a wGhite pDlight

Won’t you Cfill up the G/Btank, let’s Am7go for a rDide

GI don’t cDare ‘bout no GwheelchaDir

I’ve got Cso much lG/Beft to dAm7o with my liDfe

DMoviA/C#ng backwaG/Brds through tDime

GNever lDearn, G/Anever Dmind

DThat sA/C#ide’s yours, tG/Bhis side’s mDine

GBrother yDou ain’t G/Amy kDind

You’re a Gblack soDldier, wGhite fDight

Won’t you Cfill up the G/Btank, let’s Am7go for a rDide

GSure lDike to Gfeel some Dpride

But this Cplace just mG/Bakes me feel saAm7d insiDde

Am7Mother, do you Emknow where your kids are tonAight?

Super-trippy bridge, mostly...

Am7

D→ A/C#→ G/B→ DD/F#→ G/B→ G/A→ D

Band enters

G→ DG→ DC→ G/B→ Am7→ D

DKeeps A/C#the kids G/Boff the sDtreets

Gives ‘em Gsomething to dDo, G/Asomething to eDat

DThis sA/C#pot was G/Ba playgroDund

This Gflat Dland used to G/Abe a toDwn

GBlack gDold in a wGhite pDlight

Won’t you Cfill up the G/Btank, let’s Am7go for a rDide

GSure lDike to Gfeel some Dpride

But this Cplace just mG/Bakes me feel saAm7d insiDde

GBlack gDold in a wGhite pDlight

Won’t you Cfill up the G/Btank, let’s Am7go for a rDide

GI don’t cDare ‘bout no GwheelchaDir

I’ve got Cso much lG/Beft to dAm7o with my liDfe

Am7EmA

D→ A/C#→ G/B→ DD/F#→ G/B→ G/A→ D

Soul Asylum - Get on Out (1992)

I gotta get on A→ E→ D

I gotta get on out A→ A→ D

DAll these worried Atroubled thoughts gotta Eget on oDut of my hAead A→ Asus4→ A

Gotta get on out of my hEead

Will EI be on the streets tomorrow

DWill I have to beg and borrow

AWill I have to go back to the joEb I leDft behEind A

ECould you still make it

With a gDuy who never made it

Would you Alook into my eyes if IEwere Dto go Ablind

I gotta get on A→ E→ D

I gotta get on out A→ A→ D

DAll these worried Atroubled thoughts gotta Eget on oDut of my hAead A→ Asus4→ A

Gotta get on out of my hEead

Now will you lEeave me for another

Send me rDunning back to mother

AWill I have the time to tell you hoEw I rDeally feEel A

Am EI just getting slower

Or are yDou just talking faster

Do we nAeed bad disaster to mEake it pDlain to seAe

That Dall these worried Atroubled thoughts gotta Eget on oDut of my hAead A→ Asus4→ A

Got to get on out of my hEead

Chords here follow a live acoustic performance, I don’t think the bVI exists in the original

Out of my heD/Ead

Out of my heA/C#ad

Out of my hCead

Out of my heEad

Out of my heD/Ead

Out of my heA/C#ad

Out of my hCead

Out of my heBad

Out of my hBsus4ead

Out of my heBad

Out of my hBsus4ead

Out of my heBad

Out of my hBsus4ead

Out of my heBad

Let ring on “head”

Out of my hAead

Do EI just feel like cryin’

Cause I’m sDick and tried of tryin’

ATrying to convince you this ain’t hEow it hDas to beEA

The gEround you walk on’s sacred

The sDky above awaits you

So cAast all your frustrations to the botEtomDless seaAA→ Asus4→ A

I gotta get on A→ E→ D

I gotta get on out A→ A→ D

DAll these worried Atroubled thoughts gotta Eget on oDut of my hAead A→ Asus4→ A

Gotta get on out of my hEead

Out of my heD/Ead

Out of my heEad

Out of my hD/Eead

Out of my heEad

Out of my heD/Ead

Out of my heEad

Out of my hD/Eead

Soul Asylum - Growing Into You (1992)

Intro, let ring

You Anever grow out of Dmischief making

You Anever grow out of Dtaking

You Anever grow out of Dcomplicating

When Asimple things are Dwaiting

EBut I’m growing into yDou

EI’m growing into yDou

There’s Aone thing that I know that’s pDerfectly clear

EYou never grow out of fBmear

EYou never grow out of fDear

You Anever grow out of cDontemplating

When Ait ain’t worth debDating

ANever grow out of Dmistake making

ANever grow out of fDaking

EBut I’m growing into yDou

EI’m growing into yDou

There’s Aone thing that I know that’s pDerfectly clear

EYou never grow out of fBmear

EYou never grow out of fDear

Solo, I skip this and the funny key change bit after the solo, and just go right to the next chord

BmBmEA

BmBmE/G#A

BmBmEA

F#I’m growing into yEou

F#I’m growing into yAou D

There’s Aone thing that I know that’s pDerfectly clear

EYou never grow out of fBmear

EYou never grow out of fDear

And wEill I ever, ever, ever get DoveAr iAt

Get DoveAr iAt

Get Dover iAt

Soul Asylum - Homesick (1992)

Originally in G, I play in D capo 2... there’s a little ambiguity about where the I is,

I’m calling the second chord the I.

Vox on the 3 on “I”

GI want to Dlive with you

In the Afifth dimension

In a Emdream I’ve never had

‘Cause Cmaj7I just can’t Dlive like this

In a Emworld like this

Hang on “want”

I just Cwant to kiss goodbye

GBut we are not of this Dworld

And Gthere’s a place for Dus

Let ring

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “stuck”, down to the 4 of the new chord on “fleeting”

CStuck inside this Dfleeting moment

CTucked away where Emno one owns it

Band back in

CWrapped up in a Ghaste and by misEmtake got thrown aAway

And Goh, I am so Dhomesick

But it Emain’t that bad

‘Cause I’m Ghomesick for the Ahome I’ve never Dhad

GAnd though I sometimes Dget annoyed

I know just wAhere I’m at

This is my sEmong of joy

Cmaj7And now I know there are no sDecret tricks

No correct pEmolitics

Just liars and Clunatics

GAnd we are not of this Dworld

And Gthere’s a place for Dus

CStuck inside this Dfleeting moment

CTucked away where Emno one owns it

CWrapped up in a Ghaste and by misEmtake got thrown aAway

And Goh, I am so Dhomesick

But it Emain’t that bad

‘Cause I’m Ghomesick for the Ahome I’ve never Dhad

Solo

DGDA

Cmaj7Though I would not take it Dpersonally

It’s just the Emchild in me

Hang on “had”

Who Gnever really Aknew how much I Bmhad

GWoe is me, I am so Dhomesick

But it Emain’t that bad

‘Cause I’m Ghomesick for the Ahome I’ve never Dhad

Soul Asylum - Keep It Up (1992)

Originally in G, I play in D capo 2

Intro

Vox on the 4 on “down”

I’m Ddown here waitin’ on a shattered heart

I’m gonna put it back together if it tears me apart

If I can Gkeep it up

If I can Dkeep it up

I’ve bDeen complaining like a broken record

Gonna get what I want if it takes forever

If I can Gkeep it up

If I can Dkeep it up

Though the Arain weighs down your Dwings

Still the Acaged bird’s got to Dsing

Singing Cna na na nGa na na na nDa

I Dknow it seems funny tryin’ to understand

It’s just that things don’t always go the way you planned

Still you kGeep it up

Still you kDeep it up

DNothin’ in the world’s gonna keep me down

I’m just a-holdin’ out just a-hangin’ round

Tryin’ to kGeep it up

Just to kDeep it up

Though the Arain weighs down your Dwings

Still the Acaged bird’s got to Dsing

Singing Cna na na nGa na na na nDa

Keep it GuuuuDp

Keep it CuuGuuuDp

Keep it CuuGp

Solo

AD→ G

AD/F#→ G

AD→ G

F#BEE

D747’s gonna take us away

Take us up to heaven gonna be okay

If we can kGeep it up

If we can kDeep it up

Though the Arain weighs down your Dwings

Still the Acaged bird’s got to Dsing

Singing Cna na na nGa na na na nDa, no no no

CNa na na nGa na na na nDa

Keep it GuuuuDp

Keep it CuuGuuuDp

Keep it GuuuuDp

Keep it CuuGuuuDp

Let ring

Keep it CuuGup

Soul Asylum - Runaway Train (1992)

Intro

CCall you up in the middle of the night

C/BLike a firefly without a light

AmYou were there like a blowtorch burnin’

GI was a key that could use a little turnin’

CSo tired that I couldn’t even sleep

C/BSo many secrets I couldn’t keep

AmPromised myself I wouldn’t weep

GOne more promise I couldn’t keep

It Fseems no one can Ghelp me now

I’m Cin too deep, there’s Amno way out

FThis time I have Emreally led myGself astray

CRunaway train never going back

EmWrong way on a one-way track

AmSeems like I should be getting somewhere

GSomehow I’m neither here nor there

Hard stop after a couple beats

CCan you help me remember how to smile

C/BMake it somehow all seem worthwhile

AmHow on earth did I get so jaded

GLife’s mysteries seem so faded

CI can go where no one else can go

C/BI know what no one else knows

AmHere I am just drowning in the rain

GWith a ticket for a runaway train

And Feverything seems Gcut and dry

CDay and night, AmEarth and sky

FSomehow I Emjust don’t beGlieve it

CRunaway train never going back

EmWrong way on a one-way track

AmSeems like I should be getting somewhere

GSomehow I’m neither here nor there

Solo

CC/BAmG

FGCAm

FEmGG

Let ring

CBought a ticket for a runaway train

C/BLike a madman laughing at the rain

AmA little out of touch, little insane

GIt’s just easier than dealing with the pain

CRunaway train never going back

EmWrong way on a one-way track

AmSeems like I should be getting somewhere

GSomehow I’m neither here nor there

CRunaway train never coming back

EmRunaway train tearing up the track

AmRunaway train burning in my veins

GI run away but it always seems the same

CEmAmGC

Soul Asylum - Somebody to Shove (1992)

When playing acoustic, I play the C B in the

Verse as:

-0-0-
-0-0-
-5-4-
-5-4-
-3-2-
-x-x-

EmEmEmDx 2

Vox on the maj7 of the first chord

CGrandfather watches the Bgrandfather clock and the

CPhone hasn’t rang for so Blong

And the Ctime flies by like a Bvulture in the sky

A hard stop before the chorus makes the transition a little easier

SCuddenly he breaks into Bsong

I’m Gwaiting by the Amphone, wBm7aiting for you to

CCall me up and Gtell me I’m not AmaloneBm7C

I’m Gwaiting by the Amphone, wBm7aiting for you to

CCall me up and Gtell me I’m not AmaloneBm7C

CHello, speak up, is there Bsomebody there?

These Chang-ups are getting me dBown

In a Cworld frozen over with oBverexposure

CLet’s talk it over, let’s go Bout and paint the town

I’m Gwaiting by the Amphone, wBm7aiting for you to

CCall me up and Gtell me I’m not AmaloneBm7C

Not a typo, only half a chorus here

‘Cause CI... Bwant somebAody to shoCve

I Bneed somebAody to shoCve

I Bwant somebAody to Cshove me

EmEmEmDx 3

B7B7B7B7

You’re a Cdream for insomniacs, prBize in the Cracker Jacks

ACll the difference in the world is Bjust a call away

And I’m Gwaiting by the Amphone, wBm7aiting for you to

CCall me up and Gtell me I’m not AmaloneBm7C

Yes I’m Gwaiting by the Amphone, wBm7aiting for you to

CCall me up and

Oh Gcall me, and Amtell me I’m, Bm7tell me I’m not aClone

‘Cause CI... Bwant somebAody to shoCve

I Bneed somebAody to shoCve

I Bwant somebAody to Cshove me

Yes CI... Bwant somebAody to shoCve

I Bneed somebAody to shoCve

I Bwant somebAody to Cshhhhhhhhove me

EmEmEmDx 3

CCCC

Soul Asylum - The Sun Maid (1992)

CFGC

AmDGG

Vox on 3 5 on “tell me”

CTell me Fhow you geGt that sChine

AmYou must pDolish aGll the time

CThough I Fknow your jGob is tChankless C/B

AmThey will Dthank you Gup in heaven

Oh, the Csun maid FGC

Hang the last I

Looking for Cthe shade FGC

CThough they Fsay she’s nGot too Cbright

AmShe takes Dcare of Gall the light

CWithout Fyou it’s Gcold and sCtark

AmWe would aDll be inGthe dark

Without the Csun maid FGC

She never Cgets paid FGC

Searching for tChe shade FGC

Oh the sCun maidFGC

Cmaj7Fmaj7Gdim7C

AmDGG

CYou are sFo takeGn for Cgranted

With Ameach and eDvery sGeed that’s planted

CAnd the EFarth is sGo deCmanding

AmAll the Dyoung girls aGre out tanning

With the sCun maid FGC

She’s such an oCld maid FGC

She never gCets laid FGC

Oh the sCun maid FGC

Let ring

CNow you’re tFired, your dGay is oCver C/B

AmNow the mDoon is oGne day older

Outro on chorus chords

CFGC

Soul Asylum - Without a Trace (1992)

Originally in G, I play in G capo 2.

GAmCDx2

GI fell in lAmove with a hooker Cshe laughed in my fDace

GSo seriouslAmy I took her CI was a disgDrace

CI was out of Dline I was out oGf place

Out of tiCme to save face

CSee the openDmouth of my suiGtcase sayingCleave this place

CLeft without a trace D

LCeft without a traceD

CLeave Dwithout a Gtrace

GAmCD

GI tried to Amget a good jobCwith honest Dpay

GMight as well jAmoin the mobC, the benefits are ODK

CStanding in the Dsun with a popsicleG

AnyCthing is possible

CWith a lot of Dluck and a pretty Gface

And some Ctime to waste

CLeft without a traceD

CLeave witDhout a Gtrace

GAmCD

GI tried to Amdance at a funeralCNew Orleans sDtyle

GI joined the AmGrave Dancers UnionCI had to fileD

CTrying to do the Dright thing

Play it Gstraight

The right thing Cchanges from state to state

CDon’t forgetDto take your maceG

If you’re Cout working late

CTo see your Dface

CYou left without a Dtrace

CLeave withDout a trGace

GAmCDx2

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (1994)

Originally in G#, I play in E

Intro

EG6DC#mCBsus4

Vox on the 3 on “in”, the 6 on “eyes”

In my Eeyes, indispG6osed

Vox on the same note (now the M7) on “guise”

In disgDuises no one kC#mnows

Hides the fCace, lies the snBsus4ake

The sE6un in E/Dmy disgrFace

Boiling hEeat, summer stG6ench

Neath the blDack the sky looks dC#mead

Call my nCame through the crBsus4eam

And I’ll hE6ear you sE/Dcream agFain

Black hole sCun

Won’t you cB7ome

And wEash awE/Day the rG6ain

Black hole sCun

Won’t you cB7ome

Won’t you cAome, won’t you cBome

StutterEing, cold and dG6amp

Steal the wDarm wind tired frC#miend

Times are gCone for honest mBsus4en

And sometimes fEar too E/Dlong for snFakes

In my shEoes, a walking slG6eep

And my yDouth I pray to kC#meep

Heaven sCent hell awBsus4ay

No one sEings like yE/Dou anymFore

Black hole sCun

Won’t you cB7ome

And wEash awE/Day the rG6ain

Black hole sCun

Won’t you cB7ome

Won’t you cAome G

Black hole sCun

Won’t you cB7ome

And wEash awE/Day the rG6ain

Black hole sCun

Won’t you cB7ome

Won’t you cAome (black hole Gsun black hole Bsun)

Solo, probably skip

A5→ G5E5→ D5xN

Hang my hEead, drown my fG6ear

Till you Dall just disappC#mear

Black hole sCun

Won’t you cB7ome

And wEash awE/Day the rG6ain

Black hole sCun

Won’t you cB7ome

Won’t you cAome G

Black hole sCun

Won’t you cB7ome

And wEash awE/Day the rG6ain

Black hole sCun

Won’t you cB7ome

Won’t you cAome (black hole Gsun black hole Bsun)

A5→ G5E5→ D5

D5→ E5

Spin Doctors - Little Miss Can't Be Wrong (1991)

Originally in G, I play in E capo 1, highest note that matters is the b7

Intro

EEBAx4

Vox on the 5 on “been a whole”

That’s right, I’m going to say “the B left town”

EBeen a whole lot easier since BB left town A

EIt’s been a whole lot happier without her Bface around A

ENobody upstairs gonna Bstomp and shout A

ENobody at the back door gonna throw Bmy laundry out A

Vox on the b7

EShe hold the shotgun while you Bdo-si-do A

EShe want one man made of HerculBes and Cyrano A

EA-been a whole lot easier since BB is gone A

ELittle miss, little miss, little miss Bcan’t be Awrong

ELittle miss, little miss, little miss Bcan’t be wrong A

EAin’t nobody gonna bow no more when you, Bsound your gong A

ELittle miss, little miss, little miss Bcan’t be Awrong

EWhat ya gon’ do, to get into anBother one of these here Arock ‘n roll songs

Solo

EEBAx4

EOther people’s thoughts they ain’t your Bhand me downs A

EWould it be so bad to simply Bturn around A

EYou cook so well, all Bnice and French, Ayou do your

EBrain surgery too mama wit’ your Bmonkey wrench A

ELittle miss, little miss, little miss Bcan’t be wrong A

EAin’t nobody gonna bow no more when you, Bsound your gong A

ELittle miss, little miss, little miss Bcan’t be Awrong

EWhat ya gon’ do, to get into anBother one of these here Arock ‘n roll songs

EYeah you, GAcan’t be Ewrong

ENo, no, nGo, ya Acan’t be Ewrong

EGOh ya Acan’t be Ewrong

EYou can’t be wrongGya Acan’t be Ewrong

With triplets on the bVII and IV

EEGA

Triplets

EI hope them cigarettes are gonna Bmake you cough A

EI hope you heard this song and it Bpissed you off A

EI take that back I hope you’re Bdoing fine A

And Eif I had a dollar I might Bgive you ninety-Anine

ELittle miss, little miss, little miss Bcan’t be wrong A

EAin’t nobody gonna bow no more when you, Bsound your gong A

ELittle miss, little miss, little miss Bcan’t be Awrong

EWhat ya gon’ do, to get into anBother one of these here Arock ‘n roll songs

EOhh oh Blittle miss, Alittle miss

ELittle miss, little miss can’t be wrong no Bno A

EOh ya, Bcan’t be Awrong oh you

ECan’t be wrong, ya cBan’t be Awrong

Spin Doctors - Two Princes (1991)

Originally in D, I play in A capo 1

AF#mEDx4

AOne two, F#mprinces kneel beEfore you, that’s Dwhat I said now

APrinces, F#mprinces who aEdore you, just Dgo ahead now

AOne has F#mdiamonds in his Epockets, that’s Dsome bread now

AThis one, said he F#mwants to buy you Erockets, ain’t Din his head now

W/ad libs

AF#mEDx2

AThis one, F#mgot a princely Eracket, that’s Dwhat I said now

AGot some big F#mseal upon his Ejacket, ain’t Din his head now

You Amarry him, F#myour father will conEdone you, how aDbout that now

You Amarry me, F#myour father will disEown you, he’ll Deat his hat now

D7Marry him or marry me

AI’m the one that loves you baby can’t you see?

I ain’t D7got no future or family tree

But EI know what a prince and lover ought to be

Hard stop on “I”

EI know what a prince and lover ought to be

Said Aif you F#mwant to call me Ebaby just Dgo ahead now

And Aif you F#mlike to tell me Emaybe just Dgo ahead now

And Aif you F#mwanna buy me Eflowers just Dgo ahead now

And Aif you F#mlike to talk for Ehours just Dgo ahead now

Solo

AF#mEDx4

DADE

Said Aone two, F#mprinces kneel beEfore you, that’s Dwhat I said now

APrinces, F#mprinces who aEdore you, just Dgo ahead now

AOne has dF#miamonds in his Epockets, and that’s Dsome bread now

AThis one, he F#mwants to buy you Erockets, ain’t Din his head now

D7Marry him or marry me

AI’m the one that loves you baby can’t you see?

I ain’t D7got no future or family tree

But EI know what a prince and lover ought to be

EI know what a prince and lover ought to be

Band out

Said Aif you F#mwant to call me Ebaby just Dgo ahead now

And Aif you F#mlike to tell me Emaybe just Dgo ahead now

And Aif you F#mwanna buy me Eflowers just Dgo ahead now

And Aif you F#mlike to talk for Ehours just Dgo ahead now

Band enters

And Aif you F#mwant to call me Ebaby just Dgo ahead now

And Aif you F#mlike to tell me Emaybe just Dgo ahead now

And Aif you F#mwanna buy me Eflowers just Dgo ahead now

And Aif you F#mlike to talk for Ehours just Dgo ahead now

AIf you F#mwant to call me Ebaby just Dgo ahead now

AAnd if you F#mlike to tell me Emaybe just Dgo ahead now

AIf you F#mwanna buy me Eflowers just Dgo ahead now

AAnd if you F#mlike to talk for Ehours just Dgo ahead now

AWhoa F#mwhoa Ebaby (just Dgo ahead now)

AWhoaF#m, justE, just go ahead now (just Dgo ahead now)

AWhoaF#myour Emajesty (just Dgo ahead now)

ACome on forgF#met the king and mEarry me (just Dgo ahead now)

Fade on...

AC’mon, F#mc’mon, Ecome on (just Dgo ahead now)

Spirit of the West - Home for a Rest (1990)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 2

Intro, rubato

EmDGCGDC→ G/B→ Am→ G

Still rubato

Vox on 3 1 on “have to”

You’ll Emhave to exDcuse me, I’m Gnot at my Cbest

I’ve been Ggone for a Dmonth, I’ve been Cdrunk G/Bsince AmI leGft

These Emso-called vaDcations will Gsoon be my Cdeath

I’m so Gsick from the Ddrink I need Chome G/Bfor Ama rGest

Band enter

We arEmrived in DDecember and GLondon was Ccold

We Gstayed in the Dbars along CCharing Cross Road

We Emnever saw Dnothin’ but Gbrass taps and Coak

Kept a Gshine on the Dbar with the Csleeves of our Dcoats

Hang all three chords on this line

You’ll Dhave to excuse me, I’m Gnot at my Dbest

I’ve been Ggone for a Cweek

I’ve been Ddrunk since I left

And these Dso-called vacations will Gsoon be my Ddeath

I’m so Gsick from the Cdrink

Hard stop on “rest”

I need Dhome for a Crest

Take me home

First ripping fiddle/flute solo

EmAmDBm→ Em

EmEuston DStation the Gtrain journey CNorth

GIn the buffet Dcar we Clurched back and forth

Past Emold crooked Ddykes through GYorkshire’s green Cfields

We were Gflung into Ddance as the Ctrain jigged and Dreeled

You’ll Dhave to excuse me, I’m Gnot at my Dbest

I’ve been Ggone for a Cweek

I’ve been Ddrunk since I left

And these Dso-called vacations

Will Gsoon be my Ddeath

I’m so Gsick from the Cdrink

I need Dhome for a Crest

Take me home

Second ripping fiddle/flute solo

EmCDAmEmCDD

EmAmDBmEmAmDDB7

By the Emlight of the Dmoon, she’d Gdrift through the Cstreets

A Grare old perfuDme, so Cseductive and sweet

She’d Emtease us and Dflirt, as the Gpubs all closed Cdown

Then Gwalk us on Dhome and Cdeny us a Dround

You’ll Dhave to excuse me, I’m Gnot at my Dbest

I’ve been Ggone for a Cmonth

I’ve been Ddrunk since I left

And these Dso-called vacations

Will Gsoon be my Ddeath

I’m so Gsick from the Cdrink

I need Dhome for a Crest

Take me home

Third ripping fiddle/flute solo

EmAmDBm→ Em

The Emgas heater’s Dempty, it’s Gdamp as a Ctomb

The Gspirits we Ddrank are now Cghosts in the room

I’m Emknackered agDain, come on sGleep take me sCoon

And don’t lGift up my Dhead ‘till the Ctwelve bells at Dnoon

You’ll Dhave to excuse me, I’m Gnot at my Dbest

I’ve been Ggone for a Cmonth

I’ve been Ddrunk since I left

And these Dso-called vacations

Will Gsoon be my Ddeath

I’m so Gsick from the Cdrink

I need Dhome for a Crest

Take me hEmome

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Life by the Drop (1991)

Originally in A, I play in G

Chorus vox are mostly on the 6

GHello there Dmy old friend

EmNot so long ago it was ‘Ctil the end

GWe played outside in the Dpourin’ rain

EmOn our way up the road we started Cover again

You’re Emlivin’ the dreams Cof you on Dtop

EmMy mind is achin’ and Clord it won’t Dstop

Hanging chords

EmThat’s how it’s Chappened livin’ Dlife by the Gdrop

GUp and down that road in our Dworn out shoes

EmTalkin’ ‘bout good things and Csingin’ the blues

GYou went your way and DI stayed behind

Hang on “matter”

EmWe both knew it was just a Cmatter of time

You’re Emlivin’ the dreams oCf you on Dtop

EmMy mind is achin’ and Clord it won’t Dstop

EmThat’s how it Chappens livin’ Dlife by the Gdrop

GNo waste of time we’re alloweDd today

EmChurnin’ up the past there’s nCo easier way C7

GTime’s been between us a meansDto an end

Hanging chords

EmIt’s good to be here walkin’ togC7ether my friend

You’re Emlivin’ the dreams oCf you on Dtop

EmMy mind is achin’ and Clord it won’t Dstop

EmThat’s how it Chappened livin’ Dlife by the Gdrop

Sting - Fields of Gold (1993)

Intro

You’ll reBmmember me when the wesGt wind moves

Upon the fields of baDrley

You’ll foBmrget the sun in his Gjealous Dsky

As we G/Bwalk in fAields of gold Bm7

Bm7Bm7→ GDD

So she Bmtook her love for to gaGze a while

Upon the fields of barDley

In his aBmrms she fell as her hGair came dDown

AmongG/Bthe fAields of gold D

Will you sBmtay with me, will you Gbe my love

Among the fields of bDarley

We’ll forgBmet the sun in his jeGalous skDy

As we G/Blie in fiAelds of goldBm7

Bm7Bm7→ GDD

See the wBmest wind move like a loGver so

Upon the fields of baDrley

Feel her Bmbody rise when you kGiss her moDuth

AmongG/Bthe fAields of goDld

Vox on the 2 of the chord on “never”

GI never made pDromises lightly

GAnd there have been Dsome that I’ve broken

GBut I swear in the Ddays still left

We’ll wG/Balk in fAields of goDld

Solo on verse chords

BmGGD

BmGDG/BAD

Many yBmears have passed since those sumGmer days

Among the fields of baDrley

See thBme children run as the sGun goes dDown

AmongG/Bthe Afields of gDold

You’ll remBmember me when the wGest wind moves

Upon the fields of bDarley

You can tBmell the sun in his Gjealous Dsky

When we wG/Balked in fAields of goDld

When we wG/Balked in fAields of gDold

Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty (1992)

Chorus chords in G

|-3-5-8-|
|-3-5-8-|
|-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-|
|-2-4-7-|
|-3-5-8-|

im7’s are more like 17b5’s in the original

Intro

Em7C7x2

Em7Driving faster in my C7car

Em7Falling farther from just wC7hat we are

Em7Smoke a cigarette and lC7ie some more, these conversations kill

Em7Falling faster in my C7car

GTime to A7add11take her home, her Cadd9dizzy head is conscience laden

GTime to A7add11take a ride it Cadd9leaves today, no conversation

GTime to A7add11take her home, her Cadd9dizzy head is conscience laden

GTime to A7add11wait too long, to Cadd9wait too long, to wait too long

GFE7sus4E7

Em7Too much walking shoes worn thinC7

Em7Too much trippin’ and my C7soul’s worn thin

Em7Time to catch her ride it lC7eaves today, her name is what it means

Em7Too much walking shoe worn C7thin

GTime to A7add11take her home, her Cadd9dizzy head is conscience laden

GTime to A7add11take a ride it Cadd9leaves today, no conversation

GTime to A7add11take her home, her Cadd9dizzy head is conscience laden

GTime to A7add11wait too long, to Cadd9wait too long, to wait too long

GFE7sus4E7Conversations kill

GFE7sus4

Stone Temple Pilots - Creep (1992)

CB7Em7Em7x2

EmForward yesterdaCy, B7makes me want to Emstay

EmWhat they said was rCeal, mB7akes me want to sEmteal

EmLiving under housCe, guess I’m B7living I’m a Emmouse

EmAll’s I gots is Ctime, got no mB7eaning just a Emrhyme

Em7

GTake time with a Amwounded hand, cause it Emlikes to heal

GTake time with a Amwounded hand, cause I Emlike to steal

GTake time with a Amwounded hand, cause it Clikes to heal, I Dlike to steal

I’m Emhalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

As I fEmeel D/F#as the Gdawn it B7fades to gray

Well I’m Emhalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

EmHalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

Em7

EmFeeling uninCspired, B7think I’ll start a Emfire

EmEverybody Crun, B7Bobby’s got a Emgun

EmThink you’re kinda nCeat, then she B7tells me I’m a crEmeep

EmFriends don’t mean a tChing, guess I’ll lB7eave it up to mEme

Em7

GTake time with a Amwounded hand, cause it Emlikes to heal

GTake time with a Amwounded hand, guess I Emlike to steal

GTake time with a Amwounded hand, cause it Clikes to heal, I Dlike to steal

I’m Emhalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

As I fEmeel D/F#as the Gdawn it B7fades to gray

Well I’m Emhalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

As I fEmeel D/F#as the Gdawn it B7fades to gray

Well I’m Emhalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

As I fEmeel D/F#as the Gdawn it B7fades to gray

Well I’m Emhalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

EmHalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

Em7

Em7Half the man

GTake time with a Amwounded hand, cause it Emlikes to heal

GTake time with a Amwounded hand, guess I Emlike to steal

GTake time with a Amwounded hand, cause it Clikes to heal, I Dlike to steal

I’m Emhalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

Well as I fEmeel D/F#as the Gdawn it B7fades to gray

Well I’m Emhalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

As I fEmeel D/F#as the Gdawn it B7fades to gray

Well I’m Emhalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

As I fEmeel D/F#as the Gdawn it B7fades to gray

Well I’m Emhalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

EmHalf the D/F#man I uGsed to B7be

EmHalf the man I used to be

Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song (1994)

Intro riff, arranged as chords

|-----------0-0-0-0-----|
|-3-2-0----0--0-0-0-----| 
|-2-2-2-1/2---1-2-1-----| 
|-2-2-2-------2-4-2-----|
|-0-0-0-------2-4-2-----|
|-------------0-0-0-----|

Those last three chords will be referred to later as E, F#m11/7, E

Verse chords

C#m Ab/C C#7/B Abm7b5

|-4----------|
|-5-4-2-2----|
|-6-5-1-1----|
|-6-6-3-2----|
|-4-3-2-1----|
|------------|

C#mEAsus2G#7Asus2E

Play riff twice

C#mWaiting on a Ab/CSunday

Afternoon for C#7/Bwhat I read

Between the A#m7b5lines

Your Asus2lies

EF#m11/7Ex 2

C#mFeeling like a Ab/Chand in rusted shame

So C#7/Bdo you laugh or does it A#m7b5cry?

RepAsus2ly?

EF#m11/7Ex 2

Repeat intro riff once, usually skip this

C#mLeavin’ on a sEouthern train

Only yAsus2esterday you lG#7ied

Asus2Promises of what I Eseemed

To be only Asus2watched the time

Go G#7by

Asus2All of these things you Esay to me

Play riff twice

C#mBreathing is the Ab/Chardest thing to do

With aC#7/Bll I’ve said and all that’s A#m7b5dead for you

You Asus2lied

EF#m11/7E

GoodAsus2bye

EF#m11/7E

C#mLeavin’ on a sEouthern train

Only yAsus2esterday you lG#7ied

Asus2Promises of what I Eseemed

To be only Asus2watched the time

Go G#7by

Asus2All of these things you Esay to me

Play riff once

Stone Temple Pilots - Plush (1992)

GEb7/DAm7/DGx4

GAnd I D/F#feel that tiFme’s a wasted gC/Eo

Ebmaj7/GSo where you Fgoing to tommorGrow?

And I D/F#see that tFhese are the lies to coC/Eme

Ebmaj7/GOr would you eFven careD?

DCadd9Em7/BCadd9

And I Dfeel Cadd9it Em7/BCadd9

DCadd9Em7/BCadd9

And I Dfeel Cadd9it Em7/BCadd9

Ebmaj7/GWhere ya goin’ for tomorFrow?

Ebmaj7/GWhere ya goin’ with the mFask I found?

Ebmaj7/GAnd I feel and I feel when the dFogs begin to smell her

Ebmaj7/GWill she smell alone?F

GEb7/DAm7/DGx2

GAnd I D/F#feel so muFch depends on the weaC/Ether

Ebmaj7/GSo is it Fraining in your bGedroom?

And I sD/F#ee, that tFhese are the eyes of dC/Eisarray

Ebmaj7/GWould you Feven carDe?

DCadd9Em7/BCadd9

And I Dfeel Cadd9it Em7/BCadd9

DCadd9Em7/BCadd9

And she Dfeels Cadd9it Em7/BCadd9

Ebmaj7/GWhere ya goin’ for tomorFrow?

Ebmaj7/GWhere ya goin’ with the mFask I found?

Ebmaj7/GAnd I feel and I feel when the dFogs begin to smell her

Ebmaj7/GWill she smell alone?F

GWhen the dogFs do find her

C/EGot time, DEbtime to waiDt for tomoGrrow

FTo find it, C/Eto find Dit, Ebto fDind it

GWhen the dogFs do find her

C/EGot time, DEbtime to waiDt for tomoGrrow

FTo find it, C/Eto find Dit, Ebto fDind it

GEb7/DAm7/DGx4

Ebmaj7/GWhere ya goin’ for tomorFrow?

Ebmaj7/GWhere ya goin’ with the mFask I found?

Ebmaj7/GAnd I feel and I feel when the dFogs begin to smell her

Ebmaj7/GWill she smell alone?F

GWhen the dogFs do find her

C/EGot time, DEbtime to waiDt for tomoGrrow

FTo find it, C/Eto find Dit, Ebto fDind it

GWhen the dogFs do find her

C/EGot time, DEbtime to waiDt for tomoGrrow

FTo find it, C/Eto find Dit, Ebto fDind it

GEb7/DAm7/DGx4

Sublime - Santeria (1995)

Originally in E, I play in either C or D. The vocal is

mainly on the 1 (E in the original key).

DF#BmA

I don’t pDractice Santeria I ain’t gF#ot no crystal ball

I hadBma million dollars but I’d, I’dAspend it all

If DI could find that Heina and that SanF#cho that she’s found

Well I’d Bmpop a cap in Sancho and I’d Aslap her down

GAll I reaAlly wanna knowDA/C#my baBmby

GAll I reaAlly wanna sayDA/C#I cBman’t define

GIt’s loAve that I neeDdA/C#Bm

GBut my soulAwill have to

WaitDtill I get back, find a HeF#ina of my own

DadBmdy’s gonna love one and aAll

I Dfeel the break, feel the break, feF#el the break

And I gotta live it Bmup, oh yeah, uh huh, Awell I swear that I

If not solo’ing, skip this chorus (the next one makes more

sense before the verse...

GAll I reaAlly wanna knowDA/C#my baBmby

GAll I reaAlly wanna sayDA/C#I cBman’t define

GThat lAove make it Dgo A/C#Bm

GBut my soulAwill have to

Solo on verse if appropriate

GAll I reaAlly wanna knowDA/C#my baBmby

GAll I reaAlly wanna sayDA/C#is BmI’ve got mine

GAnd IA‘ll make it yes I’m DcoA/C#min’ upBm

GTell SanchAito that if

DHe knows what is good for him he F#best go run and hide

DBmaddy’s got a new 4A5

And DI won’t think twice to stick that barrel F#straight down Sancho’s throat

BeBmlieve me when I say that I Agot something for his punk ass

GAll I reaAlly wanna knowDA/C#my baBmby

GWhat I reAally wanna saDy isA/C#Bmthere’s just one

GWay Aback

And I’ll Dmake A/C#itBm

GYeah my soulAwill have to wait

DA/C#BmAGAD9

Sublime - Wrong Way (1996)

Originally starts in E, I start in D

Let ring

Vox on 3 3 3 4 5 on “Annie’s twelve years old”

DAnnie’s twelve years old in two Cmore she’ll be a whore

NobDody ever told her it’s the wCrong way

DDon’t be afraid, with the Cquickness you get laid

For your fDamily get paid, it’s the Cwrong way

Band enters

GI give her all that I Fhave to give

GI’m gonna make it Fhard to live

GSalty tears running Fdown to her chin

And it rGuins up her make up an A#never wan’ give

EA cigarette Dpressed between her lips

But I’m Estaring at her hips, it’s the wDrong way

EStrong if I can but I Dam only a man

So I tEake her to the can it’s the Dwrong way

AThe only family that Gshe’s ever had

Is her Aseven horny brothers and her Gdrunk-ass dad

AHe needed money so he Gput her on the street

EveryAthing was going fine until the Cday she met me

DHappy are you sad, Cwanna shoot your dad

I’ll do Danything I can, the Cwrong way

DWe’d talk all night, Ctry to make it right

BelieDve me it was tight, it was the Cwrong way

GSo run away you Fwanna stay

‘Cause I aGin’t here to make you, Foh no

GIt’s up to you what you Freally wanna do

Spend some Gtime in America, A#dub style

Solo

AShe’ll give you all that she Ggot to give

But AI’m gonna make it Ghard to live

ABig salty tears rolling Gdown to her chin

And it Aspills off her make up and Cnever wan’ give

DSo we ran away, and I’m Csorry when I say

That straight tDo this very day it was the Cwrong way

DShe took a hike, it don’t mCatter if I like it or not

DBecause she only wants the Cwrong way

AI give her all that I Ghad to give

She Astill wouldn’t take it, Gwhoa no

AHer two brown eyes are leaking Glike a sieve

And it Astill ruins her make up and Cnever wan’ give

Sugar Ray - Every Morning (1999)

Originally in A, tuned down to Ab.

I play it in E.

If it doesn’t feel right, can just substitute V IV I, I I6 I for the

intro riff.

Intro, tabbed out in E

|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|
|-4-4-6-4-6-4--|-2-4-2-4-2---1-1-1-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4--|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|
|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0h2~~~|-0--------------|
|-1-1-1-1--1-----|---2-1----------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|

Vox on the 1, harmony on the 3

EEvery Bmorning there’s a Ahalo hanging

BFrom the corner Eof my girlfriend’s Bfour-post Abed B

EI know it’s Bnot mine but I’ll Asee if I could Buse it

For the Eweekend or a one Bnight Astand B

Couldn’t Emaj7understand Amaj7how to work it Emaj7out Amaj7

Once aEmaj7gain, as predicted, left my Amaj7broken heart open

And you Emaj7ripped it out Amaj7

ESomething’s got me Breelin’, it Astopped me from beBlievin’

ETurn me aBround aAgain B

ESaid that we can Bdo it, you Aknow I wanna Bdo it aEgain EAB

Sugar Ray say

Emaj7(Aaah) Amaj7Every morning

Emaj7(She always rights the wrong) Amaj7

Emaj7(She always rights) Amaj7

Play intro riff

EEvery Bmorning there’s a Aheartache hanging

BFrom the corner Eof my girlfriend’s Bfour-post Abed B

EI know it’s Bnot mine and I Aknow she thinks she Bloves me

But I Enever can beBlieve what she Asaid B

ESomething’s so deBceivin’, when Ayou start beBlievin’

ETurn me aBround aAgain B

ESaid we couldn’t Bdo it, you Aknow I wanna Bdo it aEgain

Emaj7(Aaah) Amaj7Every morning

Emaj7(Aaah) Amaj7Every morning (shut the door baby, don’t say a word)

Emaj7(She always rights the wrong) Amaj7

Emaj7(She always rights) Amaj7

Bridge, goes _right_ into the next chorus

AShe always rights the Bwrongs, for Eme, baC#mby

AShe always rights the Bwrongs, for Eme

EEvery Bmorning there’s a Ahalo hanging

BFrom the corner Eof my girlfriend’s Bfour-post Abed B

EI know it’s Bnot mine but I’ll Asee if I could Buse it

For the Eweekend or a one Bnight Astand B

Emaj7(Aaah) Amaj7Every morning

Emaj7(Aaah) Amaj7Every morning (shut the door baby, don’t say a word)

Emaj7(She always rights the wrong) Amaj7

Emaj7(She always rights) Amaj7

Riff for a while, then...

Sugar Ray - Someday (1999)

Originally in E, I play in D, vox up to the 2

DEmx 2

DSomeday,Emwhen my life has Dpassed me by Em

I’ll lay around and Dwonder

Why you were Emalways there for Dme Em

DOne wayEm, in the eyes of a Dpasser by Em

I’ll look around for anDother tryEm

And fade Daway Em

GJust close your eyes and I’ll F#mtake you there

GThis place is warm, withoF#mut a care

GWe’ll take a swim in the F#mdeep blue sea

GI go to leave but you Areach for me

DSome say, Embetter things will Dcome our wayEm

No matter what they Dtry to say

You were Emalways there for meDEm

DSome way, Emwhen the sun beDgins to shineEm

I hear a song from anDother time Em

And fade awayDEm

GJust close your eyes and I’ll F#mtake you there

GThis place is warm, withF#mout a care

GWe’ll take a swim in the F#mdeep blue sea

GI go to leave but you Areach for me

I don’t usually try the trippy bridge here, but if you’re game...

Dmaj7EmDmaj7Em

Chords twice as long now

Dmaj7Someone said we tried too long (you will pass me by)

EmSomeone said we got it all wrong (all wrong)

Dmaj7Someone said we tried too long (you will pass me by)

The V here is not in the original

EmIs there a place where AI belong?

DSo far Emso long Dso far away Em

DSo far Emso wrong Dso far away Em

DSomeday, Emwhen my life has Dpassed me by Em

I’ll lay around and Dwonder

Why you were Emalways there for Dme Em

DOne way Em, in the eyes of a Dpasser by Em

I’ll look around for anDother try Em

And fade awDay Em

And fade aDway

Repeat to fade...

Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike (1991)

I could make an argument that the last chord is a I, a ii7sus4, or a IVadd9,

I play ii7sus4

GA7sus4GA7sus4x2

GI don’t mind A7sus4stealing bread

GFrom the mouths of Cadd9decadence

GA7sus4GA7sus4

But GI can’t feed on the A7sus4powerless

When my Gcup’s already A7sus4overfilled

GA7sus4GYeah A7sus4

GBut it’s A7sus4on the table

The Gfire’s cookA7sus4ing

GAnd they’re A7sus4farming babies

While sGlaves are A7sus4working

GBlood is A7sus4on the table

And the Gmouths are A7sus4choking

There is no evidence for a IV here, just adding a little variety

But GI’m goin’ A7sus4hungry G/BCadd9

GI don’t mind A7sus4stealing bread

GFrom the mouths of A7sus4decadence

GA7sus4GA7sus4

But GI can’t feed on the A7sus4powerless

When my Gcup’s already A7sus4overfilled

GA7sus4GA7sus4Uh

GBut it’s A7sus4on the table

The Gfire’s cookA7sus4ing

GAnd they’re A7sus4farming babies

While the sGlaves are all A7sus4working

GAnd it’s A7sus4on the table

The Gmouths are A7sus4choking

GBut I’m goin’ A7sus4hungry G/BCadd9

GI’m goin’ A7sus4hungry G/BCadd9

D→ EmD→ EmEm9x4

GA7sus4G/BCadd9x 2

GMmm, I’m goin’ A7sus4hungry G/BCadd9

GI’m goin’ A7sus4hungry G/BCadd9

D→ EmD→ EmEm9x4

Yeah GI don’t mind sA7sus4tealing bread G/BCadd9

No GI don’t mind sA7sus4tealing bread G/BCadd9

GI’m goin’ A7sus4hungry G/BCadd9

D→ EmD→ EmEm9

Temple of the Dog - Say Hello to Heaven (1991)

Yes, I know it’s “Say Hello 2 Heaven”, but I can’t deal

Originally in G, I play in D, highest note that matters is the 3 (“never said nothing to me”)

Intro

Cadd9Bm7F6#11Bm7/E

Gadd9D/F#Cadd9Bm7Yeah yeah

CYeah D#→ D

COooh D#→ D

C→ D#

Vox on the 3 on “please”

DPlease mother Em7mercy, Gadd9take me from this Bmplace

And the Dlong-winded Em7curses I Gadd9hear in my Chead

DWords never Em7listen and Gadd9teachers old and never Bmlearn

DNow I’m warm from the Em7candle, though I Gfeel too cold to Cburn

Vox on the 1 of the key (5 of the chord) on “came”

Gadd9He came from an iD/F#sland and he Cdied from the Bm7street

DAnd he hurt so bad Flike a soul breaking but he E7never said nothing to Gadd9me, yeah

Say hello to Dheaven, Aheaven, Gheaven

Say hello to Dheaven, Aheaven, Gheaven, yeah

C→ D#

DNew like a Em7baby, Gadd9lost like a Bmprayer

DThe sky was your Em7playground but the Gadd9cold ground was your Cbed

DPoor starEm7gazer, she’s Gadd9got no tears in her Bmeyes

DBut soon like a Em7whisper she knows that Gadd9love heals all wounds with Ctime

Gadd9And now it seemed like D/F#too much love is, Cnever enoBm7ugh, yeah

You better, Dseek out another rFoad, cause E7this one has ended abrGadd9upt, oh oh

Say hello to Dheaven, Aheaven, Gheaven

Say hello to Dheaven, Aheaven, Gheaven, ooh

Solo, in 6/4, easy to skip to the post-solo quiet part

BmDGadd9Gadd9

BmDGadd9C→ D

DF6Bm7/EGadd9Gadd9

Let ring

DAGadd9Gadd9

C→ D#→

DI, I never Em7wanted to write these Gadd9words down for Bmyou

With the Dpages of Em7phrases of all Gthings we’ll never Cdo

Yeah, so I Dblow out the Em7candle, and I Gadd9put you to Bmbed

Since you can’t Dsay to me how the F6dogs broke your bone

There’s F#just one thing left to be Gadd9said, yeah

Say hello to Dheaven, to Aheaven, Gyeah

Say hello to Dheaven, Aheaven, Gyeah

Say hello to Dheaven, to Aheaven, Gyeah

C→ D#→ DOh

C→ D#→ D

C→ D#→

Cadd9Bm7F6#11Bm7/ED

The Backstreet Boys - Larger than Life (1999)

Originally in Cm, I play in Am.

I’m writing notes for two vocal parts.

AmGDx2

Hard stop on Am

FGAm

Vox 1

AmI may run and hide

When you’re Gscreamin’ my nameD

AlAmright GD

But Amlet me tell you now

There are Gprices to fameD

AlAmright GD

Vox 2 enters on the 5 of the key

FAll of our Gtime spent in Fflashes of Glight

Vox 2 still on the 5 of the key, vox 1 on the melody

AmAll you people can’t you Gsee, can’t you Dsee

AmHow your love’s affecting our reGalityD

AmEvery time we’re down

GYou can make it rightD

And Fthat makes you Glarger than Amlife

AmGDx1

Hard stop on Am

FGAm

Vox 2

AmLooking at the crowd

And I Gsee your body Dsway

C’monAmGD

AmWishin’ I could thank you in a Gdifferent Dway

C’monAmGD

Vox 1 enters on the 5 of the key, vox 2 on the melody

the rest of the song

‘Cause Fall of your Gtime spent Fkeeps us aGlive

Vox 2 still on the 5 of the key, vox 1 on the melody

AmAll you people can’t you Gsee, can’t you Dsee

AmHow your love’s affecting our reGalityD

AmEvery time we’re down

GYou can make it rightD

And Fthat makes you Glarger than Amlife

Soft interlude

AmGDx2

FAll of your Gtime spent Fkeeps us Gali-e-i-e-i-e-i-e-i-e-ive

Vox 2 still on the 5 of the key, vox 1 on the melody

AmAll you people can’t you Gsee, can’t you Dsee

AmHow your love’s affecting our reGalityD

AmEvery time we’re down

GYou can make it rightD

And Fthat makes you Glarger

Yes Fthat makes you Glarger than Amlife

The Beatles - Free as a Bird (1995)

Originally in A, I play in D capo 4

Intro, solo

DBmA#maj7A

DBmGmA

DBmGmC

FDmA7sus4A

Vox on the 5 on “free”

DFree BmA#maj7Aas a Dbird

BmGmIs the Anext best Dthing to Bmbe

GmFree Cas a Fbird DmA7sus4A

The first “home” is more like oh oh oh oh oh, but I just sing “home” on the 5“

DHome, BmA#maj7Ahome and Ddry

BmGmLike a Ahoming Dbird I Bmfly

GmAs a Cbird on Fwings DmA7sus4A

Vox on 3 3 3 b4 b4 5 of the chords on “whatever happened to”

A#What ever happened to G7/Bthe life that we once knew

CCan we really live withDout each D/Cother

A#Where did we lose the touch, G7/Bthat seemed to mean so much

CIt always made me Asus4feel Aso

DFree BmA#maj7Aas a Dbird

BmGmIt’s the Anext best Dthing to Bmbe

GmFree Cas a Fbird DmA7sus4A

DHome, BmA#maj7Ahome and Ddry

BmGmLike a Ahoming Dbird I Bmfly

GmAs a Cbird on Fwings DmA+C

A#What ever happened to G7/Bthe love that we once knew

CAlways made me Asus4feel Aso free

Solo

FDmC#C

FDmA#mC

DFree BmA#maj7Aas a Dbird

BmGmIt’s the Anext best Dthing to Bmbe

GmFree Cas a Dbird Bm

GmFree Cas a DbirdBmGmCD

The Black Crowes - Hard to Handle (1990)

Originally in B, I play in A capo 0, 1, or 2

ADE

DCA

ADE

ABaby here I am

I’m the man on the scene

I can give you what you want

But you gotta come home with me

I have got some good old lovin’

And I got some more in store

When I get through throwin’ it on you

You gotta come back for more

EBoys and things that come by the dozen

That ain’t nothin’ but drugstore lovin’

AHey little thing let me light your candle

‘Cause mama I’m sure hard to handle, now

Yes around

CDCDA

AAction speaks louder than words

And I’m a man of great experience

I know you’ve got another man

But I can love you better than him

Take my hand don’t be afraid

I’m gonna prove every word I say

I’m advertising love for free

So you can place your ad with me

EBoys come along a dime by the dozen

That ain’t nothin’ but ten cent lovin’

AHey little thing let me light your candle

‘Cause mama I’m sure hard to handle, now

Yes around

CDAYea

CDAHard to handle now

CDAOh baby

CDA

ABaby here I am

I’m the man on the scene

I can give you what you want

But you gotta come home with me

I have got some good old lovin’

And I got some more in store

When I get through throwin’ it on you

You gotta come back for more

EBoys come along a dime by the dozen

That ain’t nothin’ but drugstore lovin’

AHey little thing let me light your candle

‘Cause mama I’m sure hard to handle, now

Yes around

CDAYea

CDAHard to handle now

CDAOh baby

CDA

The Black Crowes - She Talks to Angels (1990)

All the E’s are really E → F#m7add11

Play the A’s and B’s on 5 and 7 with open B and E

Intro

She never mentions the word “aEddiction“

In certain company

Yes, she’ll tell you she’s an orphan

After you meet her family

Interlude

BAEEx2

She paints her eyes as black as nEight now

Pulls those shades down tight

Yeah, she gives a smile when the pain come

The pain gonna make everything alright

Original vox on the 4 of the key, I stay on the 5 of the key

Says she talks to Bangels A

They call her out Eby her name

Oh yeah, she talks to Bangels A

Says they call her out Eby her name

She keeps a lock of hair in her pEocket

She wears a cross around her neck

Yes, the hair is from a little boy

And the cross is someone she has not met, not yet

Says she talks to Bangels A

Says they all Eknow her name

Oh yeah, she talks to Bangels A

Says they call her out Eby her name

AB/AShe don’t Aknow no lEover

AB/ANone that I Aever sEeen

AB/AYeah, to her Athat ain’t nEothin’

But to mAe, it means

Means everyEthing

She paints her eyes as black as nEight now

Pulls those shades down tight

Yeah, she gives a smile when the paEin comes

The pain gonna make everything alright

She talks to Bangels A

Says they call her out Eby her name

Oh yeah, oh yea Bangels A

They call her out Eby her name

Oh, oh, anBgels A

Call her out bEy her name

Oh, oh, she talks to aBngels A

They call her out

BYeah, yeAah, call her out

BDon’t you know that tAhey

Call her out bEy her name

The Cure - Friday I'm in Love (1992)

Intro

DGDABmGDAx2

DI don’t care if GMonday’s blue

DTuesday’s gray and AWednesday too

BmThursday I don’t cGare about you

It’s DFriday I’m in Alove

DMonday you can Gfall apart

DTuesday, Wednesday Abreak my heart

Oh BmThursday doesn’t eGven start

It’s DFriday I’m in Alove

GSaturday Await

And SBmunday always cGomes too late

But DFriday never Ahesitates

DI don’t care if GMonday’s black

DTuesday, Wednesday Aheart attack

BmThursday never lGooking back

It’s DFriday I’m in Alove

DGDABmGDA

DMonday you can Ghold your head

DTuesday, Wednesday Astay in bed

Or BmThursday watch the wGalls instead

DIt’s Friday I’m in Alove

GSaturday Await

And SBmunday always cGomes too late

But DFriday never Ahesitates

BmDressed up to the Ceyes, it’s a wonderful surprDise

To see your Ashoes and your spirits rBmise

Throwing out your fCrown and just smiling at the sDound

And as sleek as a sAhriek spinning round and round

BmAlways take a big Cbite, it’s such a gorgeous sDight

To see yo eAat in the middle of the Bmnight

You can never get enCough, enough of this Dstuff

It’s Friday I’Am in love

DI don’t care if GMonday’s blue

DTuesday’s gray and AWednesday too

BmThursday I don’t cGare about you

It’s DFriday I’m in Alove

DMonday you can Gfall apart

DTuesday, Wednesday Abreak my heart

BmThursday doesn’t eGven start

It’s DFriday I’m in Alove

DGDABmGDAx2

The Dixie Chicks - Goodbye Earl (1999)

Originally in C, I play in G

Intro

FFCA#

FA#→ FCA#

Vox on 2 3 3 on “Mary Anne”

FMary Anne and Wanda were the A#best of friends

FAll through their high school Cdays

FBoth members of the A#4H Club

Both Factive in the CF.F.FA.

FAfter graduation Mary A#Anne went out

FLookin’ for a bright new Cworld

FWanda looked all aA#round this town

And Fall she Cfound was FEarl

Well, it Fwasn’t two weeks after A#she got married

That FWanda started gettin’ aCbused

She put on Fdark glasses and A#long-sleeved blouses

And Fmake up to Ccover a Fbruise

Well, she Ffinally got the nerve to A#file for divorce

She Flet the law take it from Cthere

But Earl Fwalked right through that reA#straining order

And Fput her in inCtensive Fcare

Vox on 5 4 3 of the chord on “right away”

Right aDmway Mary Anne flew Cin from Atlanta

End on the 3 on “flight”

On a A#red-eye midnight Fflight

She held DmWanda’s hand as they Cworked out a plan

Hard stop after this line

And it A#didn’t take ‘em long to deCcide

With na na na, all the lines end on 5 4 of the key on, e.g., “bye Earl”}

That Earl had to Fdie, A#FgoodCbye, A#Earl

Those black-eyed Fpeas, A#they tasted Fall right to Cme, A#Earl

You feelin’ weFak? A#Why don’t you Flay down and Csleep, A#Earl

Ain’t it Fdark, A#wrapped Fup in that Ctarp, A#Earl?

F→ A#F→ A#

The Fcops came by to A#bring Earl in

They Fsearched the house high and Clow

Then they Ftipped their hats and said

TA#hank you ladies, if you hFear from him lCet us kFnow

Well, the Fweeks went by and A#spring turned to summer

And Fsummer faded into Cfall

And it Fturns out he was a A#missing person

Who Fnobody Cmissed at Fall

So the Dmgirls bought some land and a Croadside stand

A#Out on highway one-oh-Fnine

They sell DmTennessee ham and Cstrawberry jam

And they A#don’t lose any sleep at Cnight

‘Cause Earl had to Fdie, A#FgoodCbye A#Earl

We need a Fbreak, A#let’s go Fout to the Clake, A#Earl

We’ll pack a Flunch, A#and stuff Fyou in the Ctrunk, A#Earl

Well, is that all Fright? A#Good, let’s Fgo for a Cride, A#Earl, hey

FA#→ FCA#

Well, hey, hey, Fhey A#→ FCA#

Ah, hey, hey, Fhey A#→ FCA#

Well, hey, hey, Fhey A#→ FCA#

The Eagles - Get Over It (1994)

Originally in D, I play in A

Highest note that matters is the 5 (“get over it”)

All the I5’s can be a mix of I7’s and I7#9’s

Intro, hard stop before the verse starts

Vox on the b3

I A5turn on the tube, what do I see

A wA5hole lotta people cryin’ don’t blame me

They point their cA5rooked little fingers at everybody else

A5Spend all their time feeling sorry for themselves

Vox stays where it was, now the b7 of the chord

D5Victim of this, victim of that

Vox up a whole step, to the b7 of the chord

Your Emamma’s too thin and your daddy’s too fat

Vox on the 5 on “over”

Get oA5ver it

Get Cover it

All this D5whinin’ and cryin’ and pitchin’ a fit

Get A5over it, get over it

Solo, hard stop before the next verse

A5CD5A5

You say you A5haven’t been the same since you had your little crash

But you mA5ight feel better if they gave you some cash

The mA5ore I think about it, old Billy was right

Let’s kA5ill all the lawyers, kill ‘em tonight

You D5don’t wanna work, you wanna live like a king

But the Ebig bad world doesn’t owe you a thing

Get A5over it

Get Cover it

If you D5don’t wanna play then you might as well quit

Get A5over it, get over it

Solo

A5CD5A5x2

Vox on the 5 of the chord

It’s like Ggoin’ to confession

Every time I hear you speakG→ A5

You’re Gmakin’ the most of your losin’ streak

ESome call it sick but I call it weak, eh, yeah, yeah

Yeah, you A5drag it around like a ball and chain

You wA5allow in the guilt, you wallow in the pain

You A5wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown

Got your mA5ind in the gutter, bringin’ everybody down

You D5bitch about the present and blame it on the past

I’d like to Efind your inner child and kick its little ass

Get A5over it

Get Cover it

All this D5bitchin’ and moanin’ and pitchin’ a fit

Get A5over it, get over it

Get A5over it

Get Cover it

It’s D5gotta stop sometime so why don’t you quit

Hard stop on the first “over”

Get A5over it, get over it

Solo

A5CD5A5x2

The Fables - Heave Away (1998)

Originally in A, I play in G

Intro

Drums only, chords implied

Vox on the 5 on “get”, on 6 5 of the key on “water”

Come Gget your duds in order cause we’re bound to cross the wCater

Vox on the 5 on the first “way”, on the 4 on the second “way”

Heave aGway, me jollies heave aCway

Come gGet your duds in order cause we’re bound to leave tomoCrrow

Heave aGway, me jolly boys we’re alDl bound awGay

Vox stays on the 5 of the key on “Spain”, which is not intuitive

SometGimes we’re bound for Liverpool, sometimes we’re bound for SpCain

Heave awGay, me jollies heave awCay

But nGow we’re bound for D/Aold St. John’s where G/Ball the girls are daCncing

Heave aGway, me jolly boys we’re aDll bound awGay

Band enters

I Gwrote me love a letter, I was on the Jenny CLind

Heave awGay, me jollies heave awCay

I wrGote me love a lD/Aetter and I G/Bsigned it with a Cring

Heave awGay, me jolly boys we’re aDll bound awGay

SomeGtimes we’re bound for Liverpool, sometimes we’re bound for CSpain

Heave awGay, me jollies heave awCay

But nGow we’re bound for D/Aold St. John’s where G/Ball the girls are daCncing

Heave aGway, me jolly boys we’re aDll bound awGay

Solo on verse chords

GGGC

GGCC

GD/AG/BC

GGDG

So it’s fGarewell Nancy darling cause it’s now I’m gonna Cleave ya

Heave aGway, me jollies heave awCay

You pGromised that you’d D/Amarry me but G/Bhow you did deceCive me

Heave aGway, me jolly boys we’re aDll bound awGay

SomeGtimes we’re bound for Liverpool, moretimes we’re bound for CSpain

Heave aGway, me jollies heave awCay

But nGow we’re bound for D/Aold St. John’s where G/Ball the girls a dCancing

Heave awGay, me jolly boys we’re aDll bound awGay

Solo on verse chords

GGGC

GGCC

GD/AG/BC

GGDG

Drums only, chords implied

SometGimes we’re bound for Liverpool, sometimes we’re bound for SpCain

Heave awGay, me jollies heave awCay

But nGow we’re bound for D/Aold St. John’s where G/Ball the girls are daCncing

Heave aGway, me jolly boys we’re aDll bound awGay

Band enters

SomeGtimes we’re bound for Liverpool, moretimes we’re bound for CSpain

Heave aGway, me jollies heave awCay

But nGow we’re bound for D/Aold St. John’s where G/Ball the girls a dCancing

Heave aG/Dway, me jolly boys we’re aDll bound awGay

Heave aGway, me jolly boys, we’ll Dall bound aGway

The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (1997)

Originally in Bm via open tuning, I play in Em and *don’t* go up on the chorus

Em7D/F#Cadd9/GCadd9/Gx 2

Vox on the 5

And I’d gGive up foA7sus4rever to Cadd9touch you

Cause I kEm7now that you Em7/Dfeel me somCadd9ehow

You’re the Gclosest tA7sus4o heaven that Cadd9I’ll ever be

And I Em7don’t want to Em7/Dgo home right Cadd9now

And Gall I can A7sus4taste is this Cadd9moment

And Em7all I can Em7/Dbreathe is your lCadd9ife

Cause Gsooner or A7sus4later it’s Cadd9over

I just Em7don’t want to Em7/Dmiss you tonigCadd9ht

Don’t go up here if you’re in Em

And I dEm7on’t want the Em7/Dworld to Cadd9see me

Cause I Em7don’t think that tEm7/Dhey’d understCadd9and

When Em7everything’s Em7/Dmade to be bCadd9roken

I just Em7want you to Em7/Dknow who I Cadd9am

Em7Em7/DCadd9Cadd9x 2

And you Gcan’t fight the A7sus4tears that ain’t cCadd9oming

Or the Em7moment of tEm7/Druth in your Cadd9lies

When Geverything A7sus4feels like the mCadd9ovies

Yeah you Em7bleed just to Em7/Dknow you’re aCadd9live

And I dEm7on’t want the Em7/Dworld to Cadd9see me

Cause I Em7don’t think that tEm7/Dhey’d understCadd9and

When Em7everything’s Em7/Dmade to be bCadd9roken

I just Em7want you to Em7/Dknow who I Cadd9am

With hard stops

Em7D/F#Cadd9/GCadd9/Gx 2

Now soft

Em7D/F#Cadd9/GCadd9/Gx 2

And I dEm7on’t want the Em7/Dworld to Cadd9see me

Cause I Em7don’t think that tEm7/Dhey’d understCadd9and

When Em7everything’s Em7/Dmade to be bCadd9roken

I just Em7want you to Em7/Dknow who I Cadd9am

And I dEm7on’t want the Em7/Dworld to Cadd9see me

Cause I Em7don’t think that tEm7/Dhey’d understCadd9and

When Em7everything’s Em7/Dmade to be bCadd9roken

I just Em7want you to Em7/Dknow who I Cadd9am

The Goo Goo Dolls - Name (1998)

Originally in I, I play in G

Highest note that matters is the 5 (“I won’t tell *no* one”)

Intro

GG/F#Cadd9Em7→ Dsus4/A

Cadd9Cadd9Cadd9Cadd9

Vox on the 3 on “even”

And Geven though the G/F#moment passed me Cadd9by

I Em7still can’t Dsus4/Aturn aCadd9way

‘Cause Gall the dreams you G/F#never thought you’d Cadd9lose

Got Em7tossed aDsus4/Along the Cadd9way

And Gletters that you G/F#never meant to Cadd9send

Get Em7lost or Dsus4/Athrown aCadd9way

Band enters, double time

And Em7now we’re grown up Dsus4/Aorphans

That Cadd9never knew their names

We Em7don’t belong to Dsus4/Ano one

That’s a sCadd9hame

But Em7you could hide beDsus4/Aside me

Cadd9Maybe for a while

And Em7I won’t tell Dsus4/Ano one your Cadd9name

And I won’t tell ‘em yourGname G/F#Cadd9Em7→ Dsus4/ACadd9

GScars are souveG/F#nirs you never loseCadd9

The Em7past is Dsus4/Anever Cadd9far

GDid you lose yourG/F#self somewhere out Cadd9there

Did you Em7get to Dsus4/Abe a Cadd9star

And Gdon’t it make you G/F#sad to know that Cadd9life

Is Em7more than Dsus4/Awho we Cadd9are

You Em7grew up way too Dsus4/Afast

And now there’s Cadd9nothing to believe

And Em7reruns all beDsus4/Acome our historCadd9y

A Em7tired song keeps Dsus4/Aplaying on a Cadd9tired radio

And Em7I won’t tell Dsus4/Ano one your Cadd9name

And I won’t tell ‘em yourGname G/F#Cadd9

And Em7I won’t Dsus4/Atell ‘em your Cadd9name

GG/F#Cadd9And Em7I won’t Dsus4/Atell ‘em your Cadd9name

Solo on chorus chords

Em7Dsus4/ACadd9Cadd9x4

GI think aboutG/F#you all the Cadd9time

But Em7I don’t Dsus4/Aneed the Cadd9same

It’s Glonely where you G/F#are come back Cadd9down

And Em7I won’t Dsus4/Atell ‘em yourCadd9nameDsus4/A

The Goo Goo Dolls - Slide (1998)

Originally in G#, I play in G

Highest note that matters is the 5

Intro

Em7DCsus2GG/F#

Vox start on the 5 of the key (7 of the minor chord

Em7Could you whisper in my Dsus4ear

The things you wanna Cadd9feel, I’ll give you anything to feel it coming

Em7Do you wake up on your Dsus4own, wonder where you Cadd9are

Live with all your faults

Cadd9I wanna wake up where you are

Cadd9I won’t say anything at all

So Dsus4why don’t you sliCadd9de?

Cadd9GCadd9GCadd9GDsus4Dsus4DDYeah, we’re gonna let it slide

Cadd9GCadd9GCadd9GDsus4Dsus4DD

Em7Don’t you love the life you Dsus4killed

The priest is on the Cadd9phone, your father hit the wall, your ma disowned you

Em7Don’t suppose I’ll ever Dsus4know

Some means to be a Cadd9man, it’s something I can’t change

I’ll live around it

Cadd9I wanna wake up where you are

Cadd9I won’t say anything at all

So Dsus4why don’t you slCadd9ide?

Cadd9GCadd9GMmmm, slCadd9ide GDsus4Dsus4DD

And Cadd9I’ll do anythGing you ever drCadd9eamed to be complGete

Little Cadd9pieces of the Gnothing that Dsus4fall DDsus4D

Bridge

Oh Em7May, put your arms arDsus4ound me

What you Cadd9feel is what you aG/Bre and what you Cadd9are is beautiDsus4ful

Oh MEm7ay, you wanna get Dsus4married, or run aCadd9way? Cadd9

Cadd9GCadd9GCadd9GDsus4Dsus4DD

And Cadd9I’ll do anythGing you ever drCadd9eamed to be complGete

Little Cadd9pieces of the Gnothing that Dsus4fall DDsus4D

Bridge

Oh Em7May, put your arms arDsus4ound me

What you Cadd9feel is what you aG/Bre and what you Cadd9are is beautiDsus4ful

Oh MEm7ay, do you wanna get Dsus4married, or run aCadd9way? Cadd9

Cadd9I wanna wake up where you are

Cadd9I won’t say anything

And Cadd9I’ll do anythGing you ever drCadd9eamed to be complGete

Little Cadd9pieces of the Gnothing that Dsus4fall DDsus4D

And Cadd9I’ll do anythGing you ever drCadd9eamed to be complGete

Little Cadd9pieces of the Gnothing that Dsus4fall Dsus4D

Skipping a couple rounds with ad libs

Em7DCsus2GG/F#

Em7DCsus2G

The House Jacks - Gone (1994)

Originally in D, I play in G.

Vox on the 6 on “blue”, and in G, go *up* instead of down on “suns don’t rise”

Bluish Ggray suns don’t Dsus4rise D

Bathing deep Gin the stolen G7dreams from borrowed Ctimes Cm

The morning Gbreaks to vacant Dsus4signs Dof

CYou CmG

And the shallow Gpools as if the tears were Dsus4mine D

Shade the Gwaves’ G7reflections left Cbehind Cm

And I search my Gfaith to never Dsus4find Da

CClue CmG

And now you’re Ggone, somehow you’re Dgone

You were my Cmidnight, you were my Gdawn

You were the Emshoulder that my Am7life leaned Dsus4on D

You were my Gworld, you were my B7song

You’re everyEmthing I Em/Dcould depend Aon

And Cnow all you are is Ggone

And I passed the Gblame to pass the Dsus4time D

To cross my Gheart and G7walk across that Cline Cm

Whose will is Gthis which poet’s Dsus4lines Dpull at

CYou CmG

And now you’re Ggone, somehow you’re Dgone

You were my Cmidnight, you were my Gdawn

You were the Emshoulder that my Am7life leaned Dsus4on D

You were my Gworld, you were my B7song

You’re everyEmthing I Em/Dcould depend Aon

And Cnow all you are is Ggone

And now you’re Ggone, somehow you’re Dgone

You were my Cmidnight, you were my Gdawn

You were the Emshoulder that my Am7life leaned Dsus4on D

You were my Gworld, you were my B7song

Ritard and hang on “on”

You’re everyEmthing I Em/Dcould depend Aon

Bu-u-u-ut Cnow all you are is Ggone

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get (1996)

Originally in E, I play in D

Intro, skip this acoustic

DDAADDF#mF#m

GGBmBmBmBmAA

DABmGx4

Have you eDver been cAlose to BmtragedGy

Or been Dclose to fAolks who Bmhave G

Have you Dever felt a pAain so BmpowerfGul

So Dheavy Ayou collBmapse G

ENo, Gwell, EGI...

I sing the one here, though the melody is either the 3 or the 5

NDever had to knock on Awood

But I know someone who F#mhas

Which makes me wonder if I Gcould, it makes me wonder if I

DNever had to knock on woAod

And I’m glad I haven’t F#myet

Because I’m sure it isn’t Ggood

That’s the impression that I Dget

DABmGx4

Have you Dever had the oAdds stacked uBmp so Ghigh

You need a Dstrength most dAon’t posseBmss G

Or has it Dever come dAown to dBmo or Gdie

You’ve got to Drise aAbove the Bmrest G

ENo GEGI...

NDever had to knock on Awood

But I know someone who F#mhas

Which makes me wonder if I Gcould, it makes me wonder if I

DNever had to knock on woAod

And I’m glad I haven’t F#myet

Because I’m sure it isn’t Ggood

That’s the impression that I Dget

EGx3

DI’m not a cAoward, I’ve just nBmever been Gtested

DI’d like to tAhink that if I Bmwas, I would Gpass

DLook at the tAested and think Bmthere but for the gGrace go I

DMight be a Acoward, I’m afBmraid of what I mGight find out

NDever had to knock on Awood

But I know someone who F#mhas

Which makes me wonder if I Gcould, it makes me wonder if I

DNever had to knock on woAod

And I’m glad I haven’t F#myet

Because I’m sure it isn’t Ggood

That’s the impression that I Dget

DABmGx4

Chords are a little ambiguous here, I’m quarter-timing the changes

DNever had to, I better knock on wAood

‘Cause I know someone who Bmhas

Which makes me wonder if I Gcould, it makes me wonder if I

DNever had to, I better knock on Awood

‘Cause I’m sure it isn’t Bmgood, and I’m glad I haven’t Gyet

That’s the impression that I Dget

The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright (1998)

Originally in Bbm, I play in Em

Chorus is all 1

Intro

EmCGDx 4

EmWhen we were young the future was so bright

CThe old neighborhood was so alive

GAnd every kid on the whole damn street

DWas gonna make it big in every beat

EmNow the neighborhood’s cracked and torn

CThe kids are grown up but their lives are worn

HGow can one little street

SDwallow so many lives

Chances Emthrown

Nothing’s Cfree

Longing Gfor used to Dbe

Still it’s Emhard

Hard to Csee

Fragile Glives, shattered Ddreams

EmCGDx 4

EmJamie had a chance, well she really did

InsCtead she dropped out and had a couple of kids

GMark still lives at home cause he’s got no job

DJust plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot

EmJay committed suicide

CBrandon OD’d and died

GWhat the hell is going on

DCruelest dream, reality

Chances Emthrown

Nothing’s Cfree

Longing Gfor used to Dbe

Still it’s Emhard

Hard to Csee

Fragile Glives, shattered Ddreams

Solo if appropriate, else just repeat chorus

The Offspring - Why Don't You Get a Job (1998)

Originally in F, I play in A

Yes, I changed the lyrics a little, I have boundaries

Vox on the the 3 on “friend”

My Afriend’s got a girlfriend man he hDates that witch

He Atells me every Eday

He Asays man I really gotta Dlose my chick

In the Aworst Ekind of Away

She Asits on her ass, he works his Dhands to the bone

To Agive her money every paydEay

But she wAants more dinero just to sDtay at home

Well my Afriend, you Egotta sayA

I won’t pAay, I won’t pay ya, no wDay

NAa na, why don’t Eyou get a job?A

Say no wAay, say no way ya, no wDay

NAa na, why don’t Eyou get a job?A

I Aguess all his money, well it Disn’t enough

To Akeep her bill collectors at bEay

I Aguess all his money, well it Disn’t enough

Cause that Agirl’s got exEpensive tastAe

I won’t pAay, I won’t pay ya, no wDay

NAa na, why don’t Eyou get a job?A

Say no wAay, say no way ya, no wDay

NAa na, why don’t Eyou get a job?A

Bridge, vox up to the 5 on “all”

DWell I guess it ain’t easy doing nothing at Aall, oh yeah

DBut hey man, free rides just don’t come alBong every daEy

My fAriend’s got a boyfriend man she Dhates that prick

She tAells me every daEy

He Awants more dinero just to sDtay at home

Well my Afriend, you Egotta sayA

I won’t pAay, I won’t pay ya, no wDay

NAa na, why don’t Eyou get a job?A

Say no wAay, say no way ya, no wDay

NAa na, why don’t Eyou get a job?A

I Awon’t give you no money, I Dalways pay

NAa na, why don’t Eyou get a job?A

Say no wAay, say no way ya, no wDay

NAa na, why don’t Eyou get a... jEob?

The Pretenders - I'll Stand By You (1994)

Originally in D, I play in G

Intro

GEmD→ CC

Vox on the 1 on “oh”

GOh, why look so Bmsad

Tears are in your Ceyes

Come on and come to Dsus4me Dnow D/F#

GDon’t Em7be ashamed to Bmcry

Let me see you Cthrough

Cause I’ve seen the Emdark side Dtoo

Vox up to the 3 of the chord on “when”

BmWhen the night falls Emon you

You Bmdon’t know what to Emdo

Nothing you conCfess

Could make me love you Dless

I’ll stand by Gyou, I’ll stand by Em7you

Won’t let nobody Dm7hurt you

Yes, there’s really a passing IV on “by”

I’ll stand Cby yGou A#→ C

FSo if you’re mad, Amget mad

Don’t hold it all inA#side

Come on and talk to F/Cme C/Enow

And Fhey, Dmwhat you got to Amhide

I get angry A#too

Well I’m a Dmlot like Cyou

When you’re Amstanding at the Dmcrossroads

Don’t Amknow which path to Dmchoose

Let me come aA#long

Cause even if you’re Csus4wrong

I’ll stand by Gyou, I’ll stand by Em7you

Won’t let nobody Dm7hurt you

I’ll stand Cby Gyou

Baby, even to your Em7darkest hour

And I’ll never deDm7sert you

I’ll stand Cby yoGu

GEm7CEm→ DD

And Bmwhen, Emwhen the night Bmfalls on you baby Em

You’re feeling all aClone, you won’t be on your Down D/F#

I’ll stand by yGou, I’ll stand by yEm7ou

Won’t let nobody Dm7hurt you

I’ll stand Cby Gyou

Not a typo, she says “in into”

Take me in into your Em7darkest hour

And I’ll never deDm7sert you

I’ll stand Cby Gyou, I’ll stand by Em7you

Won’t let nobody Dm7hurt you

I’ll stand Cby yGou

GEm7Won’t let nobody Dm7hurt you

I’ll stand Cby Gyou, I’ll stand by Em7you

Won’t let nobody Dm7hurt you

I’ll stand Cby Gyou, no, no no, no

Baby, even to your Em7darkest hour

And I’ll never deDm7sert you

I’ll stand Cby Gyou

The Refreshments - Banditos (1996)

Originally in E, I play in D; the highest note that matters is the 1, but it’s a *lot* of 1

Strumming only, vox on the low 1

So just Dhow far down do you want to go

We could Ctalk it out over a cup of Joe

And you could Glook deep into my eyes like I was a

DSupermodel, uh huh

Band enters, skip this instrumental phrase if acoustic

DCGD

Still on the low 1

Well it’s Dyou and me baby, no-one else we can trust

We’ll say Cnothing to no-one, no-how or we’re bust

And never cGrack a smile, or flinch, or cry for nDobody, uh huh

Vox on the high 1

Well give your DI.D. card to the D7border guard

Yeah your Galias says you’re Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Of the UDnited Federation of Planets cause he won’t speak AEnglish anyway

GEverybody kAnows that the wDorld is full of sBmtupid people

So mGeet me at the mission at mAidnight, we’ll divvy up thDere G→ D→ G→ D→ F#m→ G

GEverybody kAnows that the Dworld is full of stBmupid people

Hang both chords

Well GI got the pistol so AI’ll keep the pesos

Yeah and that seems fDair

DCGD

So put the Dsugar in the tank of the sheriff’s car

And slash the Cdeputy’s tires so they won’t get very far

When they Gfinally get the word that there’s been a hDold-up, uh huh

Give your DI.D. card to the D7border guard

Now your Galias says you’re Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Of the UDnited Federation of Planets cause he won’t speak AEnglish anyway

GEverybody kAnows that the wDorld is full of sBmtupid people

So mGeet me at the mission at mAidnight, we’ll divvy up thDere G→ D→ G→ D→ F#m→ G

GAnd everybody kAnows that the Dworld is full of stBmupid people

Well GI got the pistol so AI’ll keep the pesos

Yeah and that seems fDair

Solo

DWell that seems fair, Cand that seems fair,Gwell that seems fairD

DCGD

Well give your DI.D. card to the D7border guard

Now your Galias says you’re Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Of the UDnited Federation of Planets cause he won’t speak AEnglish anyway

GAnd everybody kAnows that the wDorld is full of sBmtupid people

So mGeet me at the mission at mAidnight, we’ll divvy up thDere G→ D→ G→ D→ F#m→ G

GWell everybody kAnows that the Dworld is full of stBmupid people

Well GI got the pistol so AI’ll keep the pesos

Yeah and that seems fDair

DYeah that seems fair, Cand that seems fair,Gwell that seems fairD

DCGD

The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You (Friends Theme) (1994)

Originally in A, I play it in G. But it sounds better on

guitar in A, so if a high singer is around...

GSo no one told you life was gonna be this Fway

GYour job’s a joke you’re broke your love life’s D.OBm.A

FIt’s like you’re Calways stuck in Gsecond gear

Well it Fhasn’t been your Cday, your week your

DMonth or even your year

GI’ll be Cthere for Dyou when the rain starts to fall

GI’ll be Cthere for Dyou like I’ve been there before

GI’ll be Cthere for Dyou ‘cause you’re there for me Ftoo

GYou’re still at bed at 10, and work began atF8

GYou burned your breakfast so far things are going grBmeat

FYour mother Cwarned you there’d be Gdays like these

But she Fdidn’t tell you Cwhen the world has

DBrought you down to your knees

GI’ll be Cthere for Dyou when the rain starts to fall

GI’ll be Cthere for Dyou like I’ve been there before

GI’ll be Cthere for Dyou ‘cause you’re there for me Ftoo

CNo one could ever know me, Cno one could ever see me

EmSeems you’re the only one who knowsEmwhat it’s like to be me

AmSomeone to face the day with, Am/Gmake it through all the mess with

FSomeone I’ll Calways laugh with

DEven at my Cworst I’m Dbest with Emyou

Solo, with “yeah”s

EmCD

GCD

I usually skip this if there’s no solo...

EmCD

GCD

FIt’s like you’re Calways stuck in Gsecond gear

Well it Fhasn’t been your Cday, your week your

DMonth or even your year

Hold “year” a little longer than usual

GI’ll be Cthere for Dyou when the rain starts to fall

GI’ll be Cthere for Dyou like I’ve been there before

GI’ll be Cthere for Dyou ‘cause you’re there for me Ftoo

The Scorpions - Winds of Change (1990)

Originally in C, I play in G capo 2

Intro, with whistling, whistling starts on 6 7 1 of the key (3 #4 5 of the chord)

I hum, an octave down

CAmCAmEmAm→ Em→ D

GI follow the MoskAmva, down to Gorky GPark

Listening to the Amwind of EmchanDge

GAn August summer Amnight, soldiers passing Gby

Listening to the Amwind of EmchanDge

CAmCAmEmAm→ Em→ D

GThe world is closing Amin, did you ever Gthink

That we could be so Amclose, like EmbrotheDrs

GThe future’s in the Amair, I can feel it everyGwhere

Blowing with the Amwind of EmchanDge

GTake Dme to the Ammagic of the Dmoment

On a Gglory Dnight where the Amchildren of toDmorrow

Dream aEmway Cmaj7in the wind of Dchange

GWalking down the Amstreet distant memorGies

Are buried in the Ampast forEmeveDr

GI follow the MoskAmva, down to Gorky GPark

Listening to the Amwind of EmchanDge

GTake Dme to the Ammagic of the Dmoment

On a Gglory Dnight where the Amchildren of toDmorrow

Share their Emdreams Cmaj7for you and mDe

GTake Dme to the Ammagic of the Dmoment

On a Gglory Dnight where the Amchildren of toDmorrow

Dream aEmway Cmaj7in the wind of Dchange

Vox on the 1 of the chord

EmThe wind of change blows Dstraight

Into the face of Emtime

Like a storm wind that will Dring

The freedom bell for peace of Gmind

Let your balalaika Amsing

What my guitar wants to B7say

Solo

CDBEm

CDEmEm

CDBEm

AmAmBB

GTake Dme to the Ammagic of the Dmoment

On a Gglory Dnight where the Amchildren of toDmorrow

Share their Emdreams Cmaj7for you and mDe

GTake Dme to the Ammagic of the Dmoment

On a Gglory Dnight where the Amchildren of toDmorrow

Dream aEmway Cmaj7in the wind of Dchange

With whistling

CAmCAmEmAm

The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings (1995)

In the verse, you can simplify by leaving out all the 1/7’s, so

just a three-chord progression: I5, I5/b6, IVsus2

Vox on the 4 on “world”, 1 on “pire”

The world is a vampireB5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2Sent to dB5/Arain B5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2Secret destroB5/Ayers B5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2Hold you uB5/Ap to the flamesB5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2And what do B5/AI get B5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2For my paB5/Ain B5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2Betrayed desiB5/Ares B5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2And a pB5/Aiece of a gameB5B5/EB5/G

B5/AEvB5/Aen thoB5ugh Esus2I knB5/Gow

B5/AI sB5/AupposB5e IEsus2‘ll sB5/Ghow

B5/AAllB5/Amy cB5ool Esus2and B5/Gcold

B5/ALike oB5/Al’ JB5obB5/GB5/A

Vox on the 5 on “pite”

DespB5ite all my rGage I am Dstill just a Arat in a Ecage G

Then B5someone will sGay what is Dlost can nAever be sEaved G

DespB5ite all my rGage I am Dstill just a Arat in a Ecage G

F#→ F#5/E→ F#→ A

Now I’m naked B5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2Nothing bB5/Aut an animalB5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2But can you fB5/Aake it B5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2For just oB5/Ane more show?B5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2And what do yB5/Aou want? B5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2I want to cB5/Ahange B5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2And what have yB5/Aou got B5B5/AB5B5/GEsus2

Esus2When you fB5/Aeel the same?B5B5/EB5/G

B5/AEvB5/Aen thoB5ugh Esus2I knB5/Gow

B5/AI sB5/AupposB5e IEsus2‘ll sB5/Ghow

B5/AAllB5/Amy cB5ool Esus2and B5/Gcold

B5/ALike oB5/Al’ JB5obB5/GB5/A

DespB5ite all my rGage I am Dstill just a Arat in a Ecage G

Then B5someone will sGay what is Dlost can nAever be sEaved G

DespB5ite all my rGage I am Dstill just a Arat in a

Bridge

G#5Cage B5F#A

G#5B5F#A

ETell me GI’m the oF#nly oAne

ETell me Gthere’s nF#o other oAne

EJesus waGs the onlF#y sonA

ETell me GI’m the cF#hosen oAne

EJesus waGs an onlF#y sonA

For Eyou GF#F#

Let ring

DespB5ite all my rGage I am Dstill just a Arat in a Ecage G

Then B5someone will sGay what is Dlost can nAever be sEaved G

DespB5ite all my rGage I am Dstill just a Arat in a Ecaaaaaaage G

Band back in

DespB5ite all my rGage I am Dstill just a Arat in a

B5Cage GDA

B5Despite all my ragGe am I stilDl just a Arat in aB5cagGe DA

B5Tell me GI’m the oDnly oAne

B5Tell me Gthere’s no oDther oAne

B5Jesus waGs an onlDy sonA

For youB5GDA

And B5I still beliGeve that I cDannot be sAaved

EGF#

The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm (1994)

Intro

Em7Cadd9GD/F#x2

DisEm7arm you with a Cadd9smile and Gcut you like you want me Dsus2/F#to

Em7Cut that little Cadd9child inGside of me and such a Dsus2/F#part of

Em7You, oh, Cadd9the years Gburn G→ Dsus2/F#

Em7Oh, Cadd9the years Gburn Dsus2

Cadd9

Cadd9I used to be a little Em7boy, so Dsus2old in my Cadd9shoes

Cadd9And what I choose is my Em7choice, what’s a Dsus2boy supposed to Cadd9do

Cadd9The killer in me is the killer in Em7you, my Dsus2love

Cadd9I send this smile over to Em7you

Em7→ DEm7→ D

Cadd9

DisEm7arm you with a Cadd9smile, and leaGve you like they left me hDsus2/F#ere

To Em7whither in deCadd9nial, the Gbitterness of one who’s Dsus2/F#left alone

Em7Oh, Cadd9the years Gburn G→ Dsus2/F#

Em7Oh, Cadd9the years Gburn, Dsus2burn, Cadd9burn

Cadd9I used to be a little Em7boy, so Dsus2old in my Cadd9shoes

Cadd9And what I choose is my Em7choice, what’s a Dsus2boy supposed to Cadd9do

Cadd9The killer in me is the killer in Em7you, my Dsus2love

Cadd9I send this smile over to Dsus2you

Dsus2The killer in Em7me is the killer in Cadd9you

I send this smile over to Dsus2you

Dsus2The killer in Em7me is the killer in Cadd9you

I send this smile over to Dsus2you

Dsus2The killer in Em7me is the killer in Cadd9you

I send this smile over to Dyou

Em7DEm7DEm7Cadd9

The Wonders - That Thing You Do (1996)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 3

Highest note is the 3 (a passing note on the 4)

ADm

Vox on the 5 on “you”

AYou Ddoin’ that Ething you

ADo Dbreakin’ my Eheart

InF#mto a million Bpieces

BmLike you always Dmdo-o-o-Eo

And Ayou Ddon’t mean Eto be

ACruel, you Dnever Eeven

F#mKnew about the Bheartache

GI’ve been goin’ Ethrough

Well I F#mtry and try to Bforget you girl

But it’s Ajust so A7hard to Ddo Dm

AEvery time you Dmdo that thing you Ado E

AI know Dall the Egames you

APlay, and I’m Dgonna Efind a

F#mWay to let you Bknow that

BmYou’ll be mine someDmday E

‘Cause Awe could be Dhappy Ecan’t you

ASee, if you’d Donly Elet me

F#mBe the one to Bhold you

And Gkeep you here with Eme

‘Cause I F#mtry and try to Bforget you girl

But it’s Ajust so A7hard to Ddo Dm

AEvery time you Dmdo that thing you Ado

Vox on the 5 of the first chord here

DI don’t ask a lot girl

But I F#mknow one thing’s for sure

It’s the Blove I haven’t got, girl

And I Ejust can’t take it Fanymore E

Solo on verse chords

‘Cause Awe could be Dhappy Ecan’t you

ASee, if you’d Donly Elet me

F#mBe the one to Bhold you

And Gkeep you here with Eme

‘Cause it F#mhurts me so just to Bsee you go

AAround with A7someone Dnew Dm

And if AI know you you’re Dmdoin’ that thing

AEvery day just Dmdoin’ that thing

AI can’t take you Edoin’ that thing you Ddo DmAmaj7

They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul (1990)

Originally in C, I play in A capo 3

Vox start on the 5

AI’m your only Bm7friend, I’m not your Conly friend

But DI’m a little Gglowing friend

But Amreally I’m not A#actually your E/Bfriend, but I am

ABlue caA/C#nary in the Doutlet by the light switch

A/EWho watches D/F#over E/G#you

AMake a E/G#little D/F#birdhouse Din your Csoul

Not to put too F/Cfine a point on it

CSay I’m the only F/Cbee in your bonnet

CMake a Amlittle Fbirdhouse Ein your Asoul

ADAD

AI have a Dsecret to tell Afrom my eDlectrical well

AIt’s a E/G#simple A7message and I’m Dleaving out the Ewhistles and bells

ASo the room must Dlisten to me, Afilibuster Dvigilantly

AMy E/G#name is A7blue canary Done note spelled l-Ei-t-e

F#mMy story’s Dinfinite

B7Like the Longines DSymphonette, it Edoesn’t rest

ABlue caA/C#nary in the Doutlet by the light switch

A/EWho watches D/F#over E/G#you

AMake a E/G#little D/F#birdhouse Din your Csoul

Not to put too F/Cfine a point on it

CSay I’m the only F/Cbee in your bonnet

CMake a Amlittle Fbirdhouse Ein your Asoul

ADAD

Bridge

F#mDF#mD

F#mDB7D

D#mBG#7/CB

C#C#/BF#/A#C#/G#

F#I’m your only G#m7friend, I’m not your Aonly friend

But BI’m a little Eglowing friend

But F#mreally I’m not Gactually your E/G#friend, but I am

AThere’s a picture Dopposite me Aof my primitive Dancestry

AWhich E/G#stood on A7rocky shores and Dkept the beaches Eshipwreck-free

AThough I reDspect that a lot, AI’d be fired if Dthat were my job

AAfter E/G#killing A7Jason off and Dcountless screaming EArgonauts

F#mBluebird of Dfriendliness

B7Like guardian Dangels it’s Ealways near

ABlue caA/C#nary in the Doutlet by the light switch

A/EWho watches D/F#over E/G#you

AMake a E/G#little D/F#birdhouse Din your Csoul

Not to put too F/Cfine a point on it

CSay I’m the only F/Cbee in your bonnet

CMake a Amlittle Fbirdhouse Ein your Asoul A/C#

DWhile you’re at it, A/Ekeep the nightlight D/F#on inE/G#side

The birdAhouse E/G#in your D/F#soul D

CNot to put too F/Cfine a point on it

CSay I’m the only F/Cbee in your bonnet

CMake a Amlittle Fbirdhouse Ein your Asoul

With “blue canary...”

DWhile you’re at it, A/Ekeep the nightlight D/F#on inE/G#side

The birdAhouse E/G#in your D/F#soul D

CNot to put too F/Cfine a point on it

CSay I’m the only F/Cbee in your bonnet

C Make a Amlittle Fbirdhouse Ein your Asoul

DWhile you’re at it, A/Ekeep the nightlight D/F#on inE/G#side

The birdAhouse E/G#in your D/F#soul D

CNot to put too F/Cfine a point on it

CSay I’m the only F/Cbee in your bonnet

CMake a Amlittle Fbirdhouse Ein your Asoul

They Might Be Giants - Istanbul Not Constantinople (1990)

Originally in Fm, I play in Em capo 1

EmEm/GAEm/G

EmAEm/GB/F#

EmD7→ D7/C→ BB

EmIstanbul was Constantinople

Now it’s IEmstanbul, not Constantinople

Been a lB7ong time gone, in Constantinople

Now it’s TEmurkish delight on a moonlit night

EmEvery gal in Constantinople

Lives in IEmstanbul, not Constantinople

So if B7you’ve a date in Constantinople

She’ll be Emwaiting in B7IstanbuEml

Even oEmld New York was oEmnce New B7AmsterdEmam

B7Why they changed it I can’t say

B7People just liked it better that way

So tEmake me back to Constantinople

No, you Emwon’t go back to Constantinople

Been a B7long time gone, Constantinople

Why did EmConstantinople get the works?

That’s B7nobody’s business but the EmTurks

EmWhoa, whoa oh oh

EmWhoa oh oh

B7Whoa oh oh

EmWhoa oh oh

Istanbul (Istanbul)

EmWhoa, whoa oh oh

EmWhoa oh oh

B7Whoa oh oh

EmWhoa oh oh

Istanbul (Istanbul)

Even oEmld New York was oEmnce New B7AmsterdEmam

B7Why they changed it I can’t say

B7People just liked it better that way

EmIstanbul was Constantinople

Now it’s IEmstanbul, not Constantinople

Been a lB7ong time gone, in Constantinople

Why did EmConstantinople get the works?

That’s B7nobody’s business but the EmTurks

Solo

EmEmB7Em

With doo doo doo

EmEmB7Em

Silent chorus

EmEm→ B7→ Em

So tEmake me back to Constantinople

No, you Emwon’t go back to Constantinople

Been a B7long time gone, Constantinople

Why did EmConstantinople get the works?

Hold “nobody’s” longer this time

That’s B7nobody’s business but the EmTurks

Ends on something like this, but it’s not obviously a real chord

IstanEm6bul

They Might Be Giants - Particle Man (1990)

Recorded in both C and A, I play in A

Vox start on the 3

AParticle Man, Particle Man

ADoing the things a pEarticle can

DWhat’s he like?

It’s nAot important, AParticle Man

AIs he a dot, or iDs he a speck?

When hEe’s underwater does Ahe get wet?

Or dDoes the water get Ehim instead?

DNobody knows, AParticle Man

ATriangle Man, Triangle Man

ATriangle Man hates EParticle Man

DThey have a fight, ATriangle wins

ATriangle Man

AAEE

AUniverse Man, Universe Man

ASize of the entire EUniverse Man

DUsually kind to Asmaller man

AUniverse Man

AHe’s got a watch with a Dminute hand

MillEenium hand and an Aeon hand

DWhen they meet it’s a Ehappy land

DPowerful man, AUniverse Man

APerson Man, Person Man

AHit on the head with a Efrying pan

DLives his life in a Agarbage can

APerson Man

AIs he depressed or Dis he a mess?

EDoes he feel totallAy worthless?

DWho came up with EPerson Man?

DegrDaded man, APerson Man

ATriangle Man, Triangle Man

ATriangle Man hates EPerson Man

DThey have a fight, ATriangle wins

ATriangle Man

AAEE

Tim McGraw - Something Like That (1999)

Originally in F, I play in D capo 2

DCGBm→ Ax2

Vox on the 5

It was DLabor Day weekend I was Cseventeen

GI bought a Coke and some gasoline

DAnd I drove Cout to the county Gfair G→ A

DAnd when I saw her for the Cfirst time

She was Gstanding there in the ticket line

DAnd it all Cstarted right then and Gthere G→ A

Vox still on the 5 of the key, which is the 2 of the chord

Oh a sGailor sky made a pAerfect sunset

G/BAnd that’s a day I’ll A/C#never forget

I had a Dbarbecue stain on my Awhite t-shirt

She was Gkilling me in that Amini skirt

DSkipping rocks on the Ariver by the railroadBmtracks → A→ G→ A

She had a Dsuntan line and Ared lipstick

I Emworked so F#mhard for Gthat first Akiss

And a Bmheart Adon’t forGget Asomething like Dthat

DCGBm→ A

Well it was Dfive years later on a Csouthbound plane

I was Gheaded down to New Orleans

DTo meet some friends of Cmine for Mardi GGras G→ A

DWhen I heard a Cvoice from the past

GComing from a few rows back

And when I Dlooked I couldn’t beClieve just what I Gsaw G→ A

She said I Gbet you don’t remeAmber me

And I said, G/Bonly every other meA/C#mory

I had a Dbarbecue stain on my Awhite t-shirt

You were Gkilling me in that Amini skirt

DSkipping rocks on the Ariver by the railroadBmtracks → A→ G→ A

You had a Dsuntan line and Ared lipstick

I Emworked so F#mhard for Gthat first Akiss

And a Bmheart Adon’t forGget Asomething like Dthat

Solo

DCGBm→ Ax2

Vox on the 5 of the key again, now it’s the 4 of the chord

Em7Like an old photograph, time can Dmake a feeling fade

But the Gmemory of the first love Anever fades away

Let ring

I had a Dbarbecue stain on my Awhite t-shirt

She was Gkilling me in that Amini skirt

Band enters on “tracks”

DSkipping rocks on the Ariver by the railroadBmtracks → A→ G→ A

She had a Dsuntan line and Ared lipstick

I Emworked so F#mhard for Gthat first Akiss

And a Bmheart Adon’t foGrget, no

And a Bmheart Adon’t forGget, I said

A Bmheart Adon’t foGrget Asomething like Dthat

DCGOh not Bmsomething like thatA

DCGBm→ A

TLC - Waterfalls (1994)

Originally in Eb, I play in D

DACG

Vox on the 1

DA lonely mother gazing Aout of her window

Staring aCt a son that she just can’t tGouch

If at any Dtime he’s in a jam, she’ll be Aby his side

But he doesn’t Crealize he hurts her so Gmuch

Vox down to the 3 on “but”, up to the 4 (the 7 of the chord) on “helping”

Dmaj7/ABut all the praying just ain’t Ahelping at all

‘Cause he can’t Cseem to keep his self out of Gtrouble

So he goes out Dand he makes his money the best Away he knows how

Another Cbody laying cold in the Ggutter, listen to me

DDon’t go chasing Awaterfalls

Please stick to the Crivers and the lakes that you’re Gused to

I know that you’re Dgonna have it your way or Anothing at all

But I think you’re Cmoving too fast G

Dmaj7Little precious has a Anatural obsession

For temptCation but he just can’t Gsee

DShe gives him loving that his Abody can’t handle

But all hCe can say is “baby it’s gGood to me“

DOne day he goes and takes a Aglimpse in the mirror

But he Cdoesn’t recognize his own Gface

DHis health is fading and he Adoesn’t know why

Three letters Ctook him to his final Gresting place, y’all don’t hear me?

DDon’t go chasing Awaterfalls

Please stick to the Crivers and the lakes that you’re Gused to

I know that you’re Dgonna have it your way or Anothing at all

But I think you’re Cmoving too fast G

DCome on

Spoken

DI seen a rainbow yesterday, but too many sAtorms have come and gone

Leavin’ a trace of not one god-given Cray, is it because my life is ten shades of gray?

I pray all Gten fade away seldom praise him for the sunny days

Dmaj7And like his promises true only my faith can undAo

The many chances I blew, to bring my life to anCew

Clear blue and unconditional skies, have dried the Gtears from my eyes, no more lonely cries

My oDnly bleedin’ hope, is for the folk who can’t cope

With such an endAurin’ pain that it keeps ‘em in the pourin’ rain

CWho’s to blame for tootin’ ‘caine into your own vein?

GWhat a shame you shoot and aim for someone else’s brain

You cDlaim the insane and name this day in time for fallin’ prey

To crAime I say the system got you victim to your own mind

CDreams are hopeless aspirations in hopes of comin’Gtrue, believe in yourself the rest is up to me and you

DDon’t go chasing Awaterfalls

Please stick to the Crivers and the lakes that you’re Gused to

I know that you’re Dgonna have it your way or Anothing at all

But I think you’re Cmoving too fast G

DDon’t go chasing Awaterfalls

Please stick to the Crivers and the lakes that you’re Gused to

I know that you’re Dgonna have it your way or Anothing at all

But I think you’re mCoving too fast G

Toad the Wet Sprocket - Before You Were Born (1991)

DHow can it happen that Gevery time

You Dask us this question the answer sGeems like a lie?

You Dknow what we’re saying, you Gknow what we mean

And it’s aBmlways sincere, god knows

But it never Agets Gthrough to where you need

BeDfore you were born someone kicked in the door

There’s no G/Dplace for you here, stay back where you belong

BeDfore you were born someone kicked in the door

You are G/Dnot wanted here anymore

And Dgod damn the people who Gleft you in pain

And Dgod damn the father, without Gface, without name

And Dgod damn the lovers who Gnever showed up

And Bmgod damn the wounds that show how Adeep a wGord can cut

BeDfore you were born someone kicked in the door

There’s no G/Dplace for you here, stay back where you belong

BeDfore you were born someone kicked in the door

You are G/Dnot wanted here, stay back where you belong

Solo

EmBmEmD

Em→ ABm→ A

And Dhow can it happen now that you Gknow the cause

That Dnothing is changing and Geverything’s wrong

DPain is the healing, and the Gtears sting like alcohol

Oh, just kBmeep on there breathing

We’ll help you down the Glong, long road back home

Let ring

BeDfore you were born someone kicked in the door

There’s no G/Dplace for you here, stay back where you belong

BeDfore you were born someone kicked in the door

You are G/Dnot wanted here, anymore

Band back in

DGDG

BeDfore you were born someone kicked in the door

There’s no Gplace for you here, stay back where you belong

BeDfore you were born someone kicked in the door

You are Gnot wanted here, stay back where you belong

BeDfore you were born someone kicked in the door

There’s no Gplace for you here, stay back where you belong

BeDfore you were born someone kicked in the door

Hang on “help”

We’ll Ghelp you down the long road

Toad the Wet Sprocket - In My Ear (1991)

G→ C→ D→ G

GDidn’t Bmknow Cthey were a Bmpart of it AmI can’t tDsus4ell

It would Gseem, Bmthere’s a Clot that BmI don’t Amknow Dsus4

But here I am and I’m Cstanding with a perfect Gview

I could not go Cfar enough away from Gyou

CSeen it all before, I Gknow it’s only Dwords

HellGo CDG

GI can’t Chear it’s iDn my Gear

HellGo CDG

HelloGCD/F#G

GNever Bmmeant Chalf of the Bmthings that I Amsaid to yoDsus4u

So you GknoBmw, there’s a Chalf thaBmt might bAme true

But here I am and I’m Cstanding with a perfect Gview

I could not go Cfar enough away from Gyou

CSeen it all before, I Gknow it’s only Dwords

HellGo CDG

GHave you Cheard a siDngle Gword

HellGo CDG

HelloGCD/F#G

Solo on verse chords

CStanding with a perfect Gview

I could not go Cfar enough away from Gyou

CSeen it all before, I Gknow it’s only Dwords

HellGo CDG

GI can’t Chear it’s iDn my Gear

HellGo CDG

HelloGCD/F#G

HellGo CDG

GHave you Cheard a siDngle Gword

HellGo CDG

HelloGCD/F#G

Toad the Wet Sprocket - Is It For Me (1991)

Intro

Through the dCoor

What do I Csee?

C→ C/B

F→ G

E5→ E5/F→ E5/G

Am→ Am/B→ Am/C

Fadd9

Vox on the 5

CBradley sC/Eaid it’s Chaunted C/E

The Chouse upC/Eon the hiFll G

And Cif we mC/Eet at Cfour A.C/EM.

Then Cwe would C/Eknow for sFure G

We Amcarried the Am/Eladders

And Amleaned them aAm/Egainst it

And Amclimbed them Am/Eas we loFoked

Vox on the 1

CSomeone C/Ekicked a lCaddC/Eer

CBradley tC/Eook a spillFG

CSaid his C/Eleg was Cbroken C/E

So we Cdragged him C/Edown the hillFG

Through the dCoor C/BCC/B

What do I sCee? C/B(It FhappeGns)

Something is E5happeE5/Fning E5/G

AmAm/BIs Am/Cit fDor me? F

Is it fGor me?

solo

GGC→ Dx 2

AmAmFF

CMom found C/Eout the whole Cthing C/E

CMine was C/Efirst to call FG

CBradley’s C/Eleg healed Cbadly C/E

At Cleast he C/Estill can walk FG

We Amleave in the Am/Emorning

And Amno one will Am/Ehear us

And Ammeet in the Am/Eclearing

And AmI’ll bring the Am/Esandwiches

Vox originally go, up to the 7 of the chord on “David”,

but that’s a lot of G for me.

AmDavid come Am/Equickly

You’re Ammissing the Am/Ewhole thing

FOpen your big eyes

And take in the sunrGise

Through the dCoor C/BCC/B

What do I sCee? C/B(It FhappeGns)

Something is E5happeE5/Fning E5/G

AmAm/BIs Am/Cit fDor me? F

Through the dCoor C/BCC/B

What do I sCee? C/B(It FhappeGns)

Something is E5happeE5/Fning E5/G

Hold “for” an extra couple beats

AmAm/BIs Am/Cit fDor me? F

Is it for mCe?

Toad the Wet Sprocket - Walk on the Ocean (1991)

Originally in G capo 4, I play in G

Vox on #4 5 #4 on “spotted the”

We spotted the Gocean Cadd9G

At the Ahead of the tEm7rail Cadd9G

AWhere are we Em7going Cadd9G

That’s D/F#so far awaAy? Asus4A

Somebody Gtold me Cadd9G

AThis is the placEm7e D/F#G

Where eAverything’s G/Bbetter Cadd9G

And eD/F#verything’s Asafe Asus4A

I take a line that puts me on the 5 of the chord on “ocean”

Walk on the Em7ocean D/F#G

Step on the stoneDs A/C#

Flesh becomes Em7water D/F#G

Wood becomes boneDA/C#

Half an hour laGter Cadd9G

We Apacked up our thiEm7ngs Cadd9G

ASaid we’d send lEm7etters Cadd9G

And aD/F#ll of those lAittle tAsus4hings A

And they knew we were lGying Cadd9G

But they sAmiled just the sEm7ame D/F#G

It sAeemed they’d alG/BreadCadd9y G

ForgD/F#otten we cameAAsus4A

Walk on the Em7ocean D/F#G

Step on the stoneDs A/C#

Flesh becomes Em7water D/F#G

Wood becomes boneDA/C#

Walk on the Em7ocean D/F#G

Step on the stoneDs A/C#

Flesh becomes Em7water D/F#G

Wood becomes boneDA/C#

Solo if appropriate on chorus chords

Now back at the homGesCadd9tead G

Where the aAir makes you chEm7oke D/F#G

And Apeople don’t kG/Bnow you Cadd9G

And tD/F#rust is a joAke Asus4A

Don’t even have Gpictures Cadd9G

Just meAmories to holdEm7D/F#G

They grow Asweeter each G/BseasCadd9on G

As we D/F#slowly grow oldA

Tom Cochrane - Life is a Highway (1991)

Originally in F, I play in A capo 1,

Chorus is a lot of the 3

Reminder: practice chorus rhythm before starting

or p(train wreck) will be high.

F#mEDD

DA/C#AA

DA/C#EE

Vox in on the 1 of the key (5 of the chord)

LDife’s like the road that you travel on

There’s one daAy here and the next day gone

SometimeEs you bend, sometimes you stand

Sometimes you turn your back to the wind

There’s a world Doutside every darkened door

Where Ablues won’t haunt you anymore

Where the Ebrave are free and lovers soar

Come ride with me to the distant shore

WF#me won’t hesitate to brEeak down the garden gate

TDhere’s not much time left todayB

LF#mife iEs a Dhighway, DI A/C#wanna Aride it

DAll A/C#night Elong DA/C#E

IF#mf yoEu’re going Dmy way, DI A/C#wanna Adrive it

DAll A/C#night Elong DA/C#E

Through Dall these cities and all these towns

It’s Ain my blood and it’s all around

I loved yEou now like I loved you then

This is the road, and these are the hills

From DMozambique to those Memphis nights

The AKhyber Pass to Vancouver’s lights

EKnock me down and back up again

You’re in my blood, I’m not a lonely man

TF#mhere’s no load I can’t hold, Eroads are rough, this I know

ID‘ll be there when the light comes in

Just Btell ‘em we’re survivors

LF#mife iEs a Dhighway, DI A/C#wanna Aride it

DAll A/C#night Elong DA/C#E

IF#mf yoEu’re going Dmy way, DI A/C#wanna Adrive it

DAll A/C#night Elong DA/C#E, mmmm

Generally skip this repeat if acoustic, there will be plenty of

bonus chorus later

LF#mife iEs a Dhighway, DI A/C#wanna Aride it

DAll A/C#night Elong DA/C#E, gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah

IF#mf yoEu’re going Dmy way, DI A/C#wanna Adrive it

DAll A/C#night Elong DA/C#E

Bridge, vox in on the 5 of the first chord

TBmhere was a disDtance between F#myou and I E

BmA misundersDtanding once, but F#mnow we look it in the eyeE

Solo on intro/chorus chords, with mmmm’s and oooh’s

If solo acoustic, just play the intro

TF#mhere ain’t no load that I can’t hold, Eroads are rough, this I know

ID‘ll be there when the light comes in

Just Btell ‘em we’re survivors

Drums only

LF#mife iEs a Dhighway, DI A/C#wanna Aride it

DAll A/C#night Elong DA/C#E, yeah yeah yeah yeah

IF#mf yoEu’re going Dmy way, DI A/C#wanna Adrive it

DAll A/C#night Elong DA/C#E, a-gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah

Instruments back in

LF#mife iEs a Dhighway, DI A/C#wanna Aride it

DAll A/C#night Elong DA/C#E

IF#mf yoEu’re going Dmy way, DI A/C#wanna Adrive it

DAll A/C#night Elong DA/C#E, a-gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah

Repeat to fade

Tom Petty - Into the Great Wide Open (1991)

In Em, play the mM7 with the M7 on the 4th string,

but the m7 and the mM6 with the 7/6 on the 2nd string.

EmEddie EmM7waited till he Em7finished high EmM6school

EmHe went to EmM7Hollywood, Em7got a EmM6tattoo

AmHe met a Am/Ggirl out there withAm/F#a tattoo Am/Gtoo

The Gfuture was Fwide Copen

GCG

EmThey moved inEmM7to a place they Em7both could afEmM6ford

EmHe found a EmM7nightclub he could Em7work at the EmM6door

AmShe had a Am/Gguitar and she Am/F#taught him some Am/Gchords

The Gsky Fwas the Climit

GCGGCGD

GInto the Cgreat wide Dopen

GUnder them Emskies of Dblue

GOut in the Cgreat wide Dopen

A Grebel withFout a Em7clue A

GCGGCG

Solo on verse chords if appropriate

EmThe papers EmM7said Ed always Em7played from the EmM6heart

EmHe got an EmM7agent and a Em7roadie named EmM6Bart

AmThey made a Am/Grecord and it Am/F#went in the Am/Gcharts

The Gsky Fwas the Climit

GCG

EmHis leather EmM7jacket had Em7chains that would EmM6jingle

EmThey both met EmM7movie stars, Em7partied and EmM6mingled

Not a typo: the bass is really F# G A C this time

Am/F#Their A&Am/GR man said “I Amdon’t hear a siCngle“

The Gfuture was Fwide Copen

GCGGCGD

GInto the Cgreat wide Dopen

GUnder them Emskies of Dblue

GOut in the Cgreat wide Dopen

A Grebel withFout a Em7clue A

GInto the Cgreat wide Dopen

GUnder them Emskies of Dblue

GOut in the Cgreat wide Dopen

A Grebel withFout a Em7clue A

GCGGCG

Tom Petty - Wildflowers (1994)

Originally in Bb as G capo 3, I play in G capo 3

Intro

GDAD

GYou belDong amAong the wildDflowers

GYou belDong in a bAoat out at sDea

GSail awDay, kiAll off the hDours

GYou belDong somewhAere you feel fDree

GRun awDay, fiAnd you a lDover

Not a typo, this line doesn’t resolve to the I

GGo awaDy somewheAre all bright and new

GI have DseeAn no otDher

GWho comDpareAs with yDou

GYou belDong amAong the wildfDlowers

GYou belDong in a bAoat out at sea

GYou belDong with your lAove on your aDrm

GYou belDong somewhere yAou feel fDree

Instrumental bridge

G→ D→ Bm→ E→ AA

GBmAA

G→ D→ Bm→ E→ AA

GBmAA

GRun awaDy, go Afind a loDver

GRun awaDy, let your heAart be your gDuide

GYou desDerve the deAepest of coDver

GYou belDong in that hAome by and Dby

GYou belDong amAong the wildfDlowers

GYou belDong somewhAere close to me

GFar awaDy from your trAouble and worDry

GYou belDong somewhere yAou feel frDee

G→ D→ Bm→ E→ AA

GBmAA

G→ D→ Bm→ E→ AA

GBmA

Tom Petty - Yer So Bad (1990)

Intro

My Amsister got Dlucky, Gmarried a Amyuppie

AmTook him for Dall he was Gworth

AmNow she’s a Dswinger, Gdating a Amsinger

AmI can’t deDcide which is Gworse

But Emnot Cme, GbaDby

I’ve got Emyou Cto Gsave Dme D

Oh, Gyer Dso Cbad

GBest thing I Dever Chad

In a Gworld Dgone Cmad, Gyer Dso Cbad

My Amsister’s ex-Dhusband, Gcan’t get no Amlovin’

AmWalks around Ddog-faced and Ghurt

AmNow he’s got Dnothin’, Ghead in the Amoven

AmI can’t deDcide which is Gworse

But Emnot Cme, GbaDby

I’ve got Emyou Cto Gsave Dme D

Oh, Gyer Dso Cbad

GBest thing I Dever Chad

In a Gworld Dgone Cmad, Gyer Dso Cbad

CDHuh!

Solo on verse chords

AmDGAm

AmDGG

Aw but Emnot Cme, GbaDby

I’ve got Emyou Cto Gsave Dme D

Oh, Gyer Dso Cbad

GBest thing I Dever Chad

In a Gworld Dgone Cmad, Gyer Dso Cbad

Aw, Gyer Dso Cbad

GBest thing I Dever Chad

In a Gworld Dgone Cmad, Gyer Dso Cbad

G→ D→ G

Tom Petty - You Don't Know How it Feels (1994)

EAEAx2

Vox on 3 5 5 on “let me run”

ELet me run with Ayou tonight I’ll Etake you on a Amoonlight ride EAEA

EThere’s someone I Aused to see but Eshe don’t give a Adamn for me EAEA

But let me Eget to the Bpoint, let’s Eroll another Ajoint

And turn the Eradio Bloud, I’m too aElone to be Aproud

And Eyou don’t Dknow how it Afeels

EYou don’t Dknow how it Afeels

To be me

EDAAx2

EPeople come, Apeople go, Esome grow young, Asome grow cold EAEA

EI woke up Ain between a Ememory Aand a dream EAEA

So let’s Eget to the Bpoint, let’s Eroll another Ajoint

And let’s Ehead on down the Broad, there’s someEwhere I gotta Ago

And Eyou don’t Dknow how it Afeels

EYou don’t Dknow how it Afeels

To be me

EDAAx7

AAAA

EMy old man was Aborn to rock, Ehe’s still tryin’ to Abeat the clock EAEA

EThink of me Awhat you will, I’ve Egot a little Aspace to fill EAEA

So let’s Eget to the Bpoint, let’s Eroll another Ajoint

And let’s Ehead on down the Broad, there’s someEwhere I gotta Ago

And Eyou don’t Dknow how it Afeels

EYou don’t Dknow how it Afeels

No, Eyou don’t Dknow how it Afeels to be me

EYou don’t Dknow how it Afeels

No, Eyou don’t Dknow how it Afeels to be me

EDAAx4

AAAA

Harmonica to fade

EAEAx4

Tom Petty - You Wreck Me (1994)

Originally in E capo 1, I play in E

DAEx 4

DAETonight we ride DAEright or wrong

DAETonight we sail DAEon a radio song

GDARescue me GDAshould I go down

DAIEf I stay too long DAEin trouble town

GOh, Ayeah

DAEYou wreck me baby, DAEyeah you break me in two

DAEBut you move me honey, DAEyes you do

DAENow and again DAEI get the feeling

DAEWell if I don’t win DAEI’m a gonna break even

GDARescue me GDAshould I go wrong

DAEIf I dig too deep, DAEif I stay too long

GOh, Ayeah

DAEYou wreck me baby, DAEyeah you break me in two

DAEBut you move me honey, DAEyes you do

CGCGGGx 2

EBEBBBx 2

Solo

DAEx 8

DAEI’ll be the boy DAEin the corduroy pants

DAEYou be the girl DAEat the high school dance

GDARun with me GDAwherever I go

DAEAnd just play dumb DAEwhatever you know

GOh, Ayeah

DAEYou wreck me baby, DAEyeah you break me in two

DAEBut you move me honey, DAEyes you do

DAEYou wreck me baby, DAEyeah you break me in two

DAEBut you move me honey, DAEah yes you do

DADAEx 4

Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason (1995)

Originally in F#, I play in D, highest note is the b3 (“give me on reason to stay *here*”)

Intro

DG→ A7DD

Vox on the 1 on “give me one reason”, down to the low b3 on “and I’ll”, and the low 1 on “round”

DGive me one reason to stay here, Gand I’ll A7turn right back aDround

GGive me one reason to stay here, Gand I’ll A7turn right back aDround

Said I A7don’t want leave you lonely

GYou got to make me change my Dmind

DBaby I got your number, Goh and I A7know that you got Dmine

GYou know that I called you, GI A7called too many Dtimes

You can A7call me baby, you can Gcall me anytime

But you got to Dcall me

DGive me one reason to stay here, Gand I’ll A7turn right back aDround

GGive me one reason to stay here, Gand I’ll A7turn right back aDround

Said I A7don’t want leave you lonely

GYou got to make me change my Dmind

I don’t wDant no one to squeeze me, Gthey might A7take away my Dlife

I don’t Gwant no one to squeeze me, Gthey might A7take away my Dlife

I just A7want someone to hold me, Goh and rock me through the Dnight

Solo on verse chords

DG→ A7DD

GG→ A7DD

A7GDD

This Dyouthful heart can love you, Gyes and A7give you what you Dneed

I said this Gyouthful heart can love you, Goh and A7give you what you Dneed

But I’m A7too old to go chasing you around G

Wasting my precious energDy

DGive me one reason to stay here, Gand I’ll A7turn right back aDround

GGive me one reason to stay here, Gand I’ll A7turn right back aDround

Said I A7don’t want leave you lonely

GYou got to make me change my Dmind

DBaby just give me one reason, Goh give me A7just one reason Dwhy

GBaby just give me one reason, Goh give me A7just one reason Dwhy, I should stay

Hard stop on the IV

Said I A7told you that I loved you G

And there ain’t no more to Dsay A7→ D

Train - Hey Soul Sister (1999)

Originally in E, I play in A

In E, chorus is played with all chords open on 1 and 2 strings

AHey Eay, hey ay ay ay F#may, hey ay ay ay Day

Your Alipstick stains Eon the front lobe of my F#mleft side brains D

I knew I wouldn’t forAget you and so I went and Elet you blow my F#mmind DE

Your Asweet moonbeam, Ethe smell of you in every F#msingle dream I Ddream

I knew when we collAided you’re the one I have deciEded who’s one of my kiF#mnd DE

Dsus2Hey soul sister Eain’t that Mister AMister Eon the Dsus2radio, stereo

The Eway you move ain’t Afair you Eknow

Hard stop at the end of this line

Dsus2Hey soul sister EI don’t want to Amiss a Esingle Dsus2thing you do E

ToAnight, hey Eay, hey ay ay ay F#may, hey ay ay ay Day

AJust in time EI’m so glad you have a F#mone-track mind like Dme

You gave my life direAction, a game show love conneEction we can’t denyF#mDE

I’m Aso obsessed, Emy heart is bound to beat right F#mout my untrimmed Dchest

I believe in Ayou, like a virgin you’re MadEonna and I’m always gonna wF#manna

Blow your Dmind E

Dsus2Hey soul sister Eain’t that Mister AMister Eon the Dsus2radio, stereo

The Eway you move ain’t Afair you Eknow

Dsus2Hey soul sister EI don’t want to Amiss a Esingle Dsus2thing you do E

ToAnight, the way you can’t cut a rug

EWatching you’s the only drug I

F#mNeed, so gangster I’m so thug

You’re the D/F#only one I’m dreaming of you see

A/EI can be myself now finally

EIn fact there’s nothing I can’t

F#mBe, I want the F#m/Eworld to see you Dbe with Eme

Dsus2Hey soul sister Eain’t that Mister AMister Eon the Dsus2radio, stereo

The Eway you move ain’t Afair you Eknow

Dsus2Hey soul sister EI don’t want to Amiss a Esingle Dsus2thing you do toEnight

Dsus2Hey soul sister EI don’t want to Amiss a Esingle Dsus2thing you do E

ToAnight, hey Eay, hey ay ay ay F#may, hey ay ay ay Day

TonAight

Trisha Yearwood - She's in Love With the Boy (1991)

Originally in Eb, I play in A, highest note that matters is the 5

Intro

AD→ Ex2

Vox on the 1 on “Katie’s”

AKatie’s sitting on the Dold front Eporch

AWatching the chickens peck the DgroundE

AThere ain’t a whole lot going Don toEnight

F#mIn this Eone horse Dtown D→ E

AOver yonder, Dcoming up the Eroad

AIn a beat-up Chevy Dtruck E

AHer boyfriend Tommy, he’s Dlaying on the Ehorn

F#mSplashing through the Emud and the Dmuck D→ E

AHer daddy says, Dhe ain’t worth a Elick

AWhen it comes to brains, he got the Dshort end of the Estick

ABut Katie’s young and man, she Djust don’t Ecare

AShe’d foA/C#llow Tommy DanywhereE

She’s in Alove with the A/C#boy DE

And Bmeven if they Dhave to run aEway

She’s gonna Dmarry that Eboy someAday

AD→ Ex2

AKatie and Tommy at the Ddrive-in mEovie

AParked in the very last Drow E

AThey’re too busy holding Don to one aEnother

F#mTo even Ecare about the Dshow D→ E

ALater on outside the DTastee EFreez

ATommy slips something on her Dhand E

AHe says, my high school ring will Dhave to Edo

F#mTill I can Ebuy a wedding Dband D→ E

AHer daddy says, Dhe ain’t worth a Elick

AWhen it comes to brains, he got the Dshort end of the Estick

ABut Katie’s young and man, she Djust don’t Ecare

AShe’d foA/C#llow Tommy DanywherEe

She’s in Alove with the A/C#boy DE

And Bmeven if they Dhave to run aEway

She’s gonna Dmarry that Eboy someAday

Solo

AD→ Ex2

F#mDAA

AHer daddy’s waiting up till Dhalf past Etwelve

AWhen they come sneaking up the Dwalk E

AHe says, young lady, get on Dup to your Eroom

F#mWhile me and Ejunior have a Dtalk D→ E

ABut mama breaks in, Dsays, don’t lose your Etemper

AIt wasn’t very long Dago E

AWhen you yourself was just a Dhay-seed Eplow boy

F#mWho didn’t Ehave a row to Dhoe D→ E

AMy daddy said, you Dwasn’t worth a Elick

AWhen it came to brains, you got the Dshort end of the Estick

ABut he was wrong and honey, Dyou are Etoo

AKatie looks at A/C#Tommy like DI still look at Eyou

She’s in Alove with the A/C#boy DE

What’s Bmmeant to be will Dalways find a Eway

She’s in Alove with the A/C#boy DE

What’s Bmmeant to be will Dalways find a Eway

She’s gonna Dmarry that Eboy someAday

U2 - Mysterious Ways (1991)

Originally in Bb, I play in E capo 1

Intro

EEEDx4

Vox on the 3

EJohnny take a walk with your Asister the moon

Let her pEale light in to Bfill up your room

You’ve been Eliving underground, Aeating from a can

You’ve been Erunning away from what you dBon’t understaEnd, look

Lots of b3 and b7 in the bass here, so this is almost a I7#9

EShe’s slippy, Ayou’re sliding down

EWill she be there when you Ahit the ground

EIt’s alright, it’s alrAight, it’s alright

GShe moves in mystDerious ways

EIt’s alright, it’s alrAight, it’s alright

GShe moves in mystDerious ways, ah ah ah

Yes, really, this happens three times, not four

EEEDx3

EJohnny take a dive with your siAster in the rain

Let her tEalk about the things you cBan’t explain

To touEch is to heal, to huArt is to steal

If you wEant to kiss the sky better leBarn how to kneeEl, on your knees boy

EShe’s the wave, Ashe’ll turn the tide

EShe sees a man inside the Achild, yeah

EIt’s alright, it’s alrAight, it’s alright

GShe moves in mystDerious ways, ah ah ah

EIt’s alright, it’s alrAight, it’s alright

GShe moves in mystDerious ways, yeah

EIt’s alright, it’s alriAght, alright

GLift my days, lDight up my nights, oh

Instrumental breakdown

BBBAx4

Solo

Bridge, vox on 1 1 1 2 of the chord on “one day you’ll look”

EmOne day you’ll lAook, back

And you’ll sGee where you were hDeld, how

By this lEmove while you could stAand, there

You could mGove on this moment

DFollow this feeling

EIt’s alright, it’s alrAight, it’s alright

GShe moves in mystDerious ways

EIt’s alright, it’s alrAight, it’s alright

GShe moves in mystDerious ways, oh oh oh

EIt’s alright, it’s alriAght, alright

GOh ah, Doh ah

EIt’s alright, it’s alrAight, it’s alright

GThe spirit moves in mystDerious ways

EIt’s alright, it’s alriAght, alright

GLift my days, lDight up my nights, oh

U2 - One (1991)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 2

EmAsus2Cmaj7D

EmIs it getting Asus2better

Cmaj7Or do you feel the Dsame

EmWill it make it Asus2easier on you now

Cmaj7You’ve got someone to Dblame

You say Gone love, Emone life

Cmaj7When it’s one need Gin the night

GOne love, Emwe get to share it

Cmaj7It leaves you baby if you Gdon’t care for Emit

EmAsus2Cmaj7D

EmDid I disapAsus2point you?

Cmaj7Or leave a bad taste in your mDouth?

EmYou act like you never Asus2had love

Cmaj7And you want me to go withDout

Well it’s Gtoo late Emtonight

Cmaj7To drag the past out inGto the light

GWe’re one, but we’re Emnot the same

We get to Cmaj7carry each other cGarry each other

One EmAsus2Cmaj7D

EmHave you come here for forAsus2giveness?

Cmaj7Have you come to raise the Ddead?

EmHave you come here to play Asus2Jesus

Cmaj7To the lepers in your Dhead?

GDid I ask too much? EmMore than a lot?

Cmaj7You gave me nothing now it’s Gall I got

GWe’re one but we’re Emnot the same

Well we Cmaj7hurt each other then we Gdo it again

You say Glove is a temple, lEmove a higher law

LGove is a temple, lEmove the higher law

You Gask me to enter, but Dthen you make me crawl

And I can’t be holding on Cmaj7to what you got

When all you got is hGurt

GOne loveEmone blood

Cmaj7One life you got to Gdo what you should

GOne life Emwith each other, Cmaj7sisters, Gbrothers

GOne life but we’re Emnot the same

We get to Cmaj7carry each other, carGry each other

OnGe EmOnCmaj7e G

GOoooh, Emoh Cmaj7make it, Gmake it, make it

GHiiiigh, high EmCmaj7G

Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You (1991)

Originally in Db, I play in A

Intro, hard stop on the last pass

AEx 8

AI Ehate the rain and sunny Aweather E

And AI, EI hate beach and mountains Atoo, boo Ehoo

And AI Edon’t like a thing about the Acity, no noE

And AI, I, IEhate the countryside Atoo E

Hard stop on “everything”

And DI hate Eeverything about Ayou E

Hard stop on the V

Everything about yAou E

And AI Edon’t like a thing about your Amother E

And AI, EI hate your daddy’s guts tAoo, boo Ehoo

And AI Edon’t like a thing about your Asister, no noE

‘Cause AI, I, IEthink sex is overrated Atoo E

And DI, get Esick when I’m around

DI can’t Estand to be around

Hard stop on “everything”

DI hate Eeverything about Ayou E

Everything about Ayou E

Hate everything about Ayou E

Everything about Ayou → G→ E

Bridge

DSome say I’ve got a Dbad attitude

EBut that don’t change the way I Efeel about you

DAnd if you think this might be Dbringing me down

ELook again ‘cause I ain’t Ewearing no frown, get down!

Solo if appropriate on verse and chorus chords

AEAEAEAE

DEDEDE

Switch to crazy reggae rap

Wherever we are right now, with 99% confidence, I’m likely to skip this part

Well AI don’t really care about your sister

EScrew the little witch ‘cause I already kissed her

AOne thing that I did to your lady

EPut her on the bed and she didn’t say maybe

Well I Aknow, you know, everybody knows

EWay it comes, the way it’s gonna go

You Athink it’s sad, well that’s too bad

‘Cause I’m Ehavin’ a ball hatin’ every little thing about Ayou, ha ha

EEverything about Ayou

EEverything about

DI get Esick when I’m around

DI can’t Estand to be around

Hard stop on the V for jazz voice

DI Ehate everything about you

A→ G→ F#→ F→ E

Van Halen - Right Now (1991)

Originally in Dm, I play in Em capo 0 or 1

The big “Right Now” is on the 7 of the minor key, the

“everything” goes up to the 1.

Intro, skip if solo acoustic

EmEmEmEm

CCEmEm

EmDCDx 4

Vox on the 5

EmDon’t wanna wait till toDmorrow

CWhy put it off another Bday? D

EmOne by one, little Dproblems

Build Cup and stand in our Bway, oh D

“One step” is on the 2 of the chord

COne step aDhead, one step beGhind Asus4A

CNow you gotta Drun to get eEmven

CMake future Dplans, or dream aGbout yesterAsus4Aday, hey

CCome on, Dturn, Bturn this thing around

Right Gnow, heyG/Bit’s your toCmorrow D

Right Gnow, come oG/Bn, it’s Ceverything D

Right Gnow, catch your mG/Bagic Cmoment, do it

DRight here and nCow, it means everything

EmMiss a beat, you lose the Drhythm

CAnd nothing falls into Bplace, no D

EmOnly missed by a Dfraction

CSlipped a little off your Bpace, Doh

The Cmore things you Dget, the more you Gwant Asus4A

CJust traded Done for the Emother

CWorking so Dhard, to make it Geasy, Asus4whoAa

Got to Cturn, Dcome on, Bturn this thing around

Right Gnow, heyG/Bit’s your toCmorrow D

Right Gnow, come oG/Bn, it’s Ceverything D

Right Gnow, catch that mG/Bagic Cmoment, do it

DRight here and nCow, it means everything

EmIt’s enlightening Cright Emnow

What are you waitin’ forC, oDh

GAYeCah, DBright now

Solo on chorus chords

CDGACDEm

CDGACDB

Right Gnow, heyG/Bit’s your toCmorrow D

Right Gnow, come oG/Bn, it’s Ceverything D

Right Gnow, catch that mG/Bagic Cmoment, and do it Dright

Right Gnow, G/BCooooh D, right Cnow

Outro

CIt’s what’s happening Em

Right here and nowC, right now

It’s right noEmw

Oh, Ctell me, what are you waitin’ forEm

CTurn this thing arouEmnd

Vanessa Williams - Save the Best for Last (1992)

Originally in Eb, I play in A, fast straight 8ths

Intro, skip the first line

E6/G#D/F#A/EA/E

...and start here

Dsus2Dsus2Esus4Esus4

G6add9F#m7AA

Vox on the 3 of the chord on “snow”

Sometimes the snEow comes doDwn in JunA/C#e

Vox on the maj7 of the chord on “sun”

Sometimes the suDn goes ‘roEund the moF#mon

I see the pEassion iDn your eyA/C#es

Sometimes it’s aDll a bEig surprAise

‘Cause there was a tiDme when all I A/C#did was wish

You’d teBm7ll me thEis was lovAe

It’s not the Em7way I hoped or hD/F#ow I planned

But Gsus2somehow D/F#it’s enEough

And now we’re sEtanding faDce to faA/C#ce

Isn’t this woDrld a crEazy placF#me?

Just when I tEhought our cDhance had pasA/C#sed

You go and sDave the bEest for laDsus2st

Dsus2Dsus2Esus4Esus4

G6add9F#m7AA

All of the nEights you cDame to mA/C#e

When some silly gDirl had sEet you frF#mee

You wondered hEow you’d maDke it throA/C#ugh

I wondered wDhat was wErong with yAou

‘Cause how could you gDive your love to sA/C#omeone else

And sBm7hare your dEreams with mAe

Sometimes the Em7very thing you’re D/F#looking for

Is the Gsus2one thing D/F#you can’t sEee

But now we’re sEtanding faDce to faA/C#ce

Isn’t this woDrld a crEazy placF#me?

Just when I tEhought our cDhance had pasA/C#sed

You go and sDave the bEest for laAst

String solo on something like the chorus chords

Dsus2Dsus2Esus4Esus4

G6add9F#m7AA

Sometimes the Em7very thing you’re D/F#looking for

Is the Gsus2one thing D/F#you can’t sEee

Sometimes the snEow comes doDwn in JunA/C#e

Sometimes the suDn goes ‘roEund the moF#mon

Just when I tEhought our cDhance had pasA/C#sed

You go and sDave the bEest for laAst

E6/G#D/F#A/E

Let ring on “best”

You went and sDaved the bEest

For Dsus2last Dsus2Esus4Esus4

G6add9F#m7AA

Weird Al - You Don't Love Me Anymore (1992)

I play C capo 1, originally in C# but in some fancy open tuning

Intro (not the right suspensions, but a reasonable

alternative for standard tuning).

CCsus4Csus4Csus2

CCsus4FC

WCe’ve been together for soCmaj7very long

But nGmow things are changing

Oh I woDmnder what’s wrong

DmSeems you don’t want me arGsus4ound

The pasDmsion is gone and the fFmaj7lame’s died doGwn

I guess CI lost a little bit of selCmaj7f-esteem

That tGmime that you made it with the whDmole hockey team

DmYou used to think I was nGice

Now you Dmtell all your friends that I’m theFmaj7antichristG

BbOh, why did you disconnect the Fbrakes on my car?

That kCind of thing is hard to ignorGsus4e

Got a fDmunny feeling Gsus4you don’t love me anymore C

CCsus4Csus4Csus2

CCsus4FC

ICknew that we were having pCmaj7roblems when

You pGmut those piranhas in my baDmthtub again

DmYou’re still the light of my lGsus4ife

Oh daDmrling I’m beggin’ won’t you Fmaj7put down that knifeG

You know, I Ceven think it’s kinda Cmaj7cute the way

You poiGmson my coffee just a liDmttle each day

I still reDmmember the way that you lauGsus4ghed

DmWhen you pushed me down the eFmaj7levator shafGt

Oh, if you Bbdon’t mind me asking what’s this poiFsonous cobra

CDoing in my underwear draGsus4wer?

Sometimes I Dmget to thinking Gsus4you don’t love me anymore C

CCsus4Csus4Csus2

CCsus4FC

CYou slammed my face down on the Cmaj7barbecue grill

Now my Gmscars are all healing but my heDmart never will

DmYou set my house on fGsus4ire

You pulDmled out my chest hairs with an Fmaj7old pair of plieGrs

Oh, you Cthink I’m ugly and you sCmaj7ay I’m cheap

You sGmhaved off my eyebrows while IDmwas asleep

DmYou drilled a hole in my heGad

Then you duDmmped me in a drainage ditch and Fmaj7left me for deGad

BbOh, you know this really isn’t lFike you at all

You neCver acted this way beforeGsus4

Honey, someDmthing tells me Gsus4you don’t love me Canymore

Oh Amno no, got a fBbunny feeling YFmaj7ou don’t love me anymoreC

CCsus4Csus4Csus2

CCsus4FC

Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In Hiss Kiss) (cover)

Originally in D, Cher in C, I play in G

Vox easier if you leave out the “oh no”’s

Vox on the 1 of the first chord

DDoes he love me?

CI wanna know

DHow can I tell if he loves me so?

(Is it iAm7n his eyDes?) Oh Am7no you’ll be D7deceived

(Is it iAm7n his eyDes?) Oh Am7no he’ll make beD7lieve

With shoop shoop...

If you wGanna knoEmw if Che loves you Dso it’s in his kissG

(CThat’s where it is Doh yea)

(Or is iAm7t in hisD7face?) Oh Am7no that’s just his D7charm

(In his Am7warm embD7race?) Oh Am7no that’s just his D7arms

With shoop shoop...

If you wGanna knoEmw if Che loves you Dso it’s in his kissG

(CThat’s where it is D) Oh it’s in his Gkiss

(CThat’s where it is G)

With bom bom bom...

BKiss him and squeeze him tight

This line starts on the high 1 of the chord and

ends on the low 1 of the chord

EmAnd find out what you wanna know

AIf it’s love if it really is

D7It’s there in his kiss

(How ‘bout tAm7he way hD7e acts?) Oh Am7no that’s not the D7way

And you’Am7re not lD7istening to Am7all I D7say

With shoop shoop...

If you wGanna knoEmw if Che loves you Dso it’s in his kissG

(CThat’s where it is D) Oh it’s in his Gkiss

(CThat’s where it is D)

Solo

Am7DAm7D

GG/DGG/D

Am7DAm7D

Hard stop

With bom bom bom...

BKiss him and squeeze him tight

EmAnd find out what you wanna know

AIf it’s love if it really is

D7It’s there in his kiss

(How ‘bout tAm7he way hD7e acts?) Oh Am7no that’s not the D7way

And you’Am7re not lD7istening to Am7all I D7say

With shoop shoop...

If you wGanna knoEmw if Che loves you Dso it’s in his kissG

C(That’s where it Dis) Oh it’s in his Gkiss

C(That’s where it Dis)

Repeat to fade

Billy Joel - Shameless (cover)

GD/F#EmCBbx2

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

I’ll do anything you Emwant me to, I’ll do anything at Call Bb

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

Aw, there ain’t that much Emleft of me that has very far to Cfall Bb

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “I’m”

You know now DI’m not a man who’s Bever been

InseEmcure about the world I’ve beenAm7living in

I Ddon’t break easy I Bhave my pride

But if Emyou need to be FsatisF#fied

I’m sGhameless baby I don’t D/F#have a prayer

Every time I see you staEmnding there

I go down upon my Cknees Bb

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

Aw, but you convinced me oEmtherwise

I’ll do anything you Cplease Bb

You see in Dall my life I’ve Bnever found

What I cEmouldn’t resist what I couldn’t tAm7urn down

I could Dwalk away from anyone I Bever knew

But I Emcan’t walk away from Fyou GmAm

I have Bbnever let anything have this much Amcontrol over me

Vox stay on the 3 of the chord

I Abworked too hard to call my life my Ebown

And I’ve Bbmade myself a world and it’s worked so Amperfectly

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

But it’s Abyour world now I can’t refuse

AmI’ve never had so much D7to lose

Solo if appropriate

Oh, I’m Gshameless DEmCBb

GDEmCBb

EmDCBb

You know it Dshould be easy for a

BMan who’s strong

To say hEme’s sorry or adAm7mit when he’s wrong

I nDever lost anything I Bever missed

But EmI’ve never been in Flove like this

FIt’s outta my hands

I’m shamGeless, I don’t have the D/F#power now

I don’t want it Emanyhow so I’ve got to let it goCBb

I’m shamGeless, shameless as a maD/F#n can be

You could make a total fEmool of me

I just wanted you to know CBb

Oh, I’m Gshameless D/F#EmCBb

GD/F#EmCBb

Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door (cover)

Chords are a combination of the Dylan and GnR versions

GDAm7

GDC

GMama, Dtake this badge from Amme Am7

GI can’t Duse it anyCmore

GIt’s gettin’ Ddark, too dark to Amsee Am7

GFeels like I’m Dknockin’ on heaven’s Cdoor

GKnock, knock, Dknockin’ on heaven’s Cdoor

GKnock, knock, Dknockin’ on heaven’s Amdoor

GKnock, knock, Dknockin’ on heaven’s Cdoor C7

GKnock, knock, Dknockin’ on heaven’s Cdoor

GMama, Dput my guns in the Amground Am7

GI can’t Dshoot them anyCmore

GThat long black Dcloud is comin’ Amdown Am7

GI feel like I’m Dknockin’ on heaven’s Cdoor

Let this chorus repeat as appropriate; usually if I’m

doing call and response, I use just I’s, no vi’s.

GKnock, knock, Dknockin’ on heaven’s Cdoor

GKnock, knock, Dknockin’ on heaven’s Amdoor

GKnock, knock, Dknockin’ on heaven’s Cdoor C7

GKnock, knock, Dknockin’ on heaven’s Cdoor

COoohhhh... oh oh Gyea

Bruce Springsteen - Because the Night (cover)

Originally in Am, I play in Em capo 3

EmCDEmx 2

EmTake me Cnow, baby, Dhere as I Emam

EmPull me Cclose try and Dunderstand Em

EmWorked all Cday out in Dthe hot Emsun

EmBreak my Cback till the Devening Emcomes

CCome on Dnow, try and GunderDstand

I Emworked all Cday pushing for the Dman

GTake my Chand as the sun desDcends

They Fcan’t hurt us now, Emcan’t hurt us now, Bcan’t hurt us now

EmBecause Cthe night beClongs Dto Emlovers

EmBecause Cthe night belCongs Dto uEms

EmBecause Cthe night beClongs Dto Emlovers

EmBecause Cthe night belCongs Dto uEms

EmWhat I Cgot, baby, DI have Emearned

EmWhat I’m Cnot, baby, DI have Emlearned

EmLove is an Cangel that Dcomes at Emdusk

EmStay in my Cbed till the Devening Emcomes

CCome on Dnow, try and GunderDstand

The Emway I Cfeel under your comDmand

GTake my Chand as the sun desDcends

They Fcan’t hurt us now, Emcan’t hurt us now, Bcan’t hurt us now

EmBecause Cthe night beClongs Dto Emlovers

EmBecause Cthe night belCongs Dto uEms

EmBecause Cthe night beClongs Dto Emlovers

EmBecause Cthe night belCongs Dto uEms

Solo if appropriate on prechorus-ish chords

Bridge

In Glove Dwe Dsleep, Gwith doGubt Dthe viDcious circle Emturns Dand bDurns

GWithGout Dyou Doh I cannot Emlive, DforgiDve GwithGout the Dtime has come to

“Take” up to the 1 of the chord

CTake Gthe Gmoment Cout

They Emcan’t hurt us now, G/Dcan’t hurt us now, Ccan’t hurt us nowB

EmBecause Cthe night beClongs Dto Emlovers

EmBecause Cthe night belCongs Dto uEms

EmBecause Cthe night beClongs Dto Emlovers

EmBecause Cthe night belCongs Dto uEms

Cat Stevens - Wild World (cover)

AmLa la la D7la la la Gla

La la la la Cmaj7la la Fla

DmLa la la la la la Ela E7

AmNow that I’ve D7lost everything to Gyou

You say you Cmaj7wanna start something Fnew

And it’s Dmbreakin’ my heart you’re Eleavin’

Baby, I’m grievin’

AmBut if you wanna D7leave, take good Gcare

Hope you have a Cmaj7lot of nice things to Fwear

But then a Dmlot of nice things turn Ebad out G7there

G7G6G

COh, Gbaby, baby, it’s a Fwild world

GIt’s hard to get Fby just upon a Csmile

COh, Gbaby, baby, it’s a Fwild world

GI’ll always reFmember you like a Cchild, girl DmE

AmYou know I’ve seen a D7lot of what the world can Gdo

And it’s Cmaj7breakin’ my heart in Ftwo

Because I Dmnever wanna see you a Esad, girl

Don’t be a bad girl

AmBut if you wanna D7leave, take good Gcare

Hope you make a Cmaj7lot of nice friends out Fthere

But just reDmmember there’s a lot of bad, Eand beG7ware

COh, Gbaby, baby, it’s a Fwild world

GIt’s hard to get Fby just upon a Csmile

COh, Gbaby, baby, it’s a Fwild world

GI’ll always reFmember you like a Cchild, girl DmE

AmLa la la D7la la la Gla

La la la la Cmaj7la la Fla

DmLa la la la la la Ela

E7Baby, I love you

AmBut if you wanna D7leave, take good Gcare

Hope you make a Cmaj7lot of nice friends out Fthere

But just reDmmember there’s a lot of bad, Eand beG7ware

G7G6G

COh, Gbaby, baby, it’s a Fwild world

GIt’s hard to get Fby just upon a Csmile

COh, Gbaby, baby, it’s a Fwild world

GI’ll always reFmember you like a Cchild, girl

COh, Gbaby, baby, it’s a Fwild world

GIt’s hard to get Fby just upon a Csmile

COh, Gbaby, baby, it’s a Fwild world

GI’ll always reFmember you like a Cchild, girl

Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (cover)

U2 in G#, I play in E capo 1

Highest note is the the 1 (“baaaaby please come home”

Intro

EG#mAB

EThe snow’s coming down, G#mI’m watching it fall

ALots of people around, Bbaby please come home

EThe church bells in town, G#mthey’re ringing a song

AWhat a happy sound, Bbaby please come home

Let ring

EThey’re singing deck the halls

G#mBut it’s not like Christmas at all

AI remember when you were here

BAnd all the fun we had last year

EPretty lights on the tree, G#mI’m watching them shine

AYou should be here with me, Bbaby please come home

Solo

EG#mABaby please come home, Bbaby please come home

Let ring

EThey’re singing deck the halls

G#mBut it’s not like Christmas at all

AI remember when you were here

BAnd all the fun we had last year

EIf there was a way, G#mI’d hold back these tears

ABut it’s Christmas day, Bbaby please come home

EOh G#mAbaby please come home, Bbaby please come home

EBaby please come home, G#moh oh

ABaby please come home, Bbaby please come home

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

ADA→ E→ A

Vox on the 3

Well I Apulled out of Pittsburgh Erolling down that Eastern seaAboard

I got my diesel wound up, she’s running like she never did beEfore

There’s a Dspeed zone ahead aElright

But I Adon’t see a cop in Dsight

Six Adays on the road and I’m gonna Esee my baby toAnight

I got Aten forward gears and a Esweet Georgia overAdrive

I’m takin’ little white pills, my eyes are open Ewide

Well I jDust passed a Jimmy and a EWhite

I been Apassing everything in Dsight

Six Adays on the road and I’m gonna Esee my baby toAnight

Well it Aseems like a month since I Ekissed my baby goodAbye

Could have a lotta women, I’m not like some other Eguys

I could Dfind one to hold me Etight

But I could Anever believe it’s Dright

Six Adays on the road and I’m Egonna see my baby toAnight

Here we go

Solo on verse chords

AEAA

AAEE

DEAD

AEAA

Well the AI.C.C. is Echeckin’ on down the Aline

I’m a little overweight and my log book’s way beEhind

But Dnothing bothers me tonEight

I could Adodge them scales alDright

Six Adays on the road and I’m Egonna see my baby toAnight

Solo on verse chords

AEAA

AAEE

DEAD

AEAA

Well my Arig’s a little old but Ethat don’t mean she’s Aslow

There’s a flame from her stack and that smoke blowin’ black as Ecoal

Well my Dhome town is coming in Esight

And if you Athink I’m happy you’re Dright

Six Adays on the road and I’m Egonna see my baby toAnight

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (cover)

Originally in Cm, I play in Am

Intro

AmF→ Ex2

AmSweet dreams are mFade of Ethis

AmWho am I to dFisagreEe?

I Amtravel the world and the sFeven sEeas

AmEverybody’s lFooking for sEomething

AmSome of them want to usFe you E

AmSome of them want to get Fused by yEou

AmSome of them want to abFuse you E

AmSome of them want to Fbe abusEed

FF/EAmDmFE

AmSweet dreams are mFade of Ethis

AmWho am I to dFisagreEe?

I Amtravel the world and the sFeven sEeas

AmEverybody’s lFooking for sEomething

FF/EAmDmFE

Vox still on the same 3, no need to go up to the high 3

AmHold your head up

DKeep your head up, movin’ on

AmHold your head up, movin’ on

DKeep your head up, movin’ on

AmHold your head up, movin’ on

DKeep your head up, movin’ on

AmHold your head up, movin’ on

DKeep your head up

Synth solo

AmF→ Ex4

AmSome of them want to usFe you E

AmSome of them want to get Fused by yEou

AmSome of them want to abFuse you E

AmSome of them want to Fbe abusEed

Not a typo, this bridge is a little different from the first one

DmEAmDmFE

AmSweet dreams are mFade of Ethis

AmWho am I to dFisagreEe?

I Amtravel the world and the sFeven sEeas

AmEverybody’s lFooking for sEomething

Let ring

AmSweet dreams are mFade of Ethis

AmWho am I to dFisagreEe?

I Amtravel the world and the sFeven sEeas

AmEverybody’s lFooking for sEomething

AmSweet dreams are mFade of Ethis

AmWho am I to dFisagreEe?

I Amtravel the world and the sFeven sEeas

AmEverybody’s lFooking for sEomething

Evita - Don't Cry For Me Argentina (cover)

This follows the Me First and the Gimme Gimmes arrangement.

I pretty much play this as straight 8ths, punk-style, maybe opening up a little in the chorus

Me First in G, I play in D capo 2

In D, play Gadd9 as 30020x

AGadd9D/F#Gadd9D

It won’t be Deasy, you’ll think it Gstrange

When I try to explain how I Afeel

That I still need your love after Dall that I’ve done

You won’t belBmieve me

All you will see is a E7girl you once knew

AlE7though she is dressed to the nines

At sixes and sevens with Ayou

AGadd9D/F#Gadd9D

I had to let it Dhappen, I had to Gchange

Couldn’t stay all my life down at Aheel

Looking out of the window, staying Dout of the sun

So I chose Bmfreedom

Running around, trying E7everything new

But E7nothing impressed me at all

I never expected it Ato

AGadd9D/F#Gadd9

DDon’t cry for me Argentina

The Dtruth is I never left you

All through my Awild days

My mad exGadd9istence

I kept my Dpromise

Let ring on “distance”

Don’t keep your Gadd9distance

And as for Dfortune, and as for Gfame

I never invited them Ain

Though it seemed to the world they were Dall I desired

They are illBmusions

They are not the solutions they E7promised to be

The E7answer was here all the time

I love you and hope you love Ame

AGadd9D/F#Gadd9

DDon’t cry for me Argentina

The Dtruth is I never left you

All through my Awild days

My mad exGadd9istence

I kept my Dpromise

Don’t keep your Gadd9distance

Vox on the 3 of the chord

EmHave I said too much? A

There’s nothing Dmore I can A/C#think of to Bmsay to you

Vox on the 3 of the chord (again)

But Emall you gotta do is look at Ame to know

That Devery A/C#word is Gtrue

DDon’t cry for me Argentina

The Dtruth is I never left you

All through my Awild days

My mad exGadd9istence

I kept my Dpromise

Don’t keep your Gadd9distance

Fats Domino - Ain't That a Shame (cover)

Fats Domino in B, McCartney in E, Cheap Trick in B

I play in A capo 2

You made, Ame cry, when you said goodbye

Ain’t that a Dshame, my tears fell like Arain

Ain’t that a Dshame, you’re the one to Eblame

You broke, Amy heart, when you said we’ll part

Ain’t that a Dshame, my tears fell like Arain

Ain’t that a Dshame, you’re the one to Eblame

Oh well A, goodbye, although, I’ll cry

Ain’t that a Dshame, my tears fell like Arain

Ain’t that a Dshame, you’re the one to Eblame

Solo on verse chords

AADADE

You made, Ame cry, when you said goodbye

Ain’t that a Dshame, my tears fell like Arain

Ain’t that a Dshame, you’re the one to Eblame

Oh well A, goodbye, although, I’ll cry

Ain’t that a Dshame, my tears fell like Arain

Ain’t that a Dshame, you’re the one to Ablame

A→ A/C#→ D→ Ebdim7→ E→ A

Five Man Electrical Band - Signs (cover)

Originally in D, I play in A

AAD/A→ A

And the Gsign said, D/F#long-haired, freaky people A/Eneed not apDply

So AI tucked my hair up Eunder my hat and I Dwent in to ask him Ewhy

F#mHe said you look like a fine, upstanding young Dman, I think you’ll do

So, I Atook off my hat and said, imEagine that, huh, Dme workin’ for Eyou, whoa

ASign, sign, Geverywhere a Dsign

ABlocking out the scenery, Dbreaking my mind

ADo this, don’t do Ethat, can’t you read the Gsign?

And the Gsign said anybody D/F#caught trespassing A/Ewould be shot on Dsight

So, I Ajumped on the fence and I Eyelled at the house, hey, Dwhat gives you the Eright

To F#mput up a fence to keep me out or to Dkeep mother nature in

If AGod was here, he’d Etell you to your face, Dman, you’re some kinda Esinner

ASign, sign, Geverywhere a Dsign

ABlocking out the scenery, Dbreaking my mind

ADo this, don’t do Ethat, can’t you read the Gsign?

AAD/A→ A

Now, Ehey you, mister, can’t you read?

You’ve Dgot to have a shirt and Atie to get a seat

You can’t even watch, no, Eyou can’t eat

DYou ain’t supposed to Abe Ahere

Let ring

And the Gsign said, you D/F#got to have a membership A/Ecard to get insDide, huh

Solo on chorus chords, or just...

AAD/A→ A

Let ring

And the Gsign said D/F#everybody welcome, come A/Ein, kneel down and Dpray

But when they Apassed around the plate at the Eend of it all

I Ddidn’t have a penny to Epay

So I F#mgot me a pen and a paper and I Dmade up my own little sign

I said Athank you, lord, for Ethinkin’ ‘bout me, I’m Dalive and doin’ Efine

ASign, sign, Geverywhere a Dsign

ABlocking out the scenery, Dbreaking my mind

ADo this, don’t do Ethat, can’t you read the Gsign?

ASign, sign, Geverywhere a Dsign

ABlocking out the scenery, Dbreaking my mind

ADo this, don’t do Ethat, can’t you read the Gsign?

Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (cover)

Originally in E (or F), I play in D

E/DEm/DDx2

You’re just too Dgood to be true

Can’t take my Dmaj7eyes off you

You’d be like D7heaven to touch

I wanna Ghold you so much

At long last Gmlove has arrived

And I thank Dgod I’m alive

You’re just too E/Dgood to be trueEm/D

Can’t take my Deyes off you

Pardon the Dway that I stare

There’s nothing Dmaj7else to compare

The sight of D7you leaves me weak

There are no Gwords left to speak

But if you Gmfeel like I feel

Please let me Dknow that it’s real

You’re just too E/Dgood to be trueEm/D

Can’t take my Deyes off of you

Vox on b5 5 of the chord on the first “daa da”

EmDaa da daa da A7daa da da da da

DDaa da daa da daa da da da da

EmDaa da daa da A7daa da da da da

DDaa da daa da B7#9daa

I love you Embaby, and if it’s A7quite alright

I need you F#m7baby, to warm the Bm7lonely nights

I love you Embaby, A7trust in me when I Dsay B7

Oh pretty Embaby, don’t bring me dA7own I pray

Oh pretty F#m7baby, now that I’ve Bm7found you stay

And let me Emlove you, baby let me C7love you

You’re just too Fgood to be true

Can’t take my Fmaj7eyes off you

You’d be like F7heaven to touch

I wanna A#hold you so much

At long last A#mlove has arrived

And I thank Fgod I’m alive

You’re just too G/Fgood to be trueGm/F

Can’t take my Feyes off you

Bridge

EmDaa da daa da A7daa da da da da

DDaa da daa da B7#9daa

I love you Embaby, and if it’s A7quite alright

I need you F#m7baby, to warm the Bm7lonely nights

I love you Embaby, A7trust in me when I Dsay B7

Oh pretty Embaby, don’t bring me A7down I pray

Oh pretty F#m7baby, now that I’ve Bm7found you stay

Oh pretty Embaby, A7trust in me when I Dsay B7

I need youEmbaby, oh when youA7come my way

Oh pretty F#m7baby, now that I’ve Bm7found you stay

And let me Emlove you, baby, let me C7love you

Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle (cover)

Originally in A capo 8 (F), I play in A capo 6

Intro, a chord approximation of the riff

Asus2Asus4Dsus2/AG/AA

My Achild arrived just the Cother day

He Dcame to the world in the Ausual way

But there were Aplanes to catch and Cbills to pay

DHe learned to walk while I Awas away

And he was Gtalkin’ ‘fore I G/F#knew it, and Em7as he grewEm/D

He’d say CI’m gonna G/Bbe like Ayou, Dad

You Cknow I’m gonna G/Bbe like Ayou

Don’t go up an octave yet

And the Acat’s in the cradle and the Gsilver spoon

CLittle boy blue and the Dman in the moon

AWhen you comin’ home Dad?

I Gdon’t know when but Cwe’ll get toG/Bgether thenA

You Cknow we’ll have a G/Bgood time Athen

Asus2Asus4Dsus2/AG/AA

My Ason turned ten just the Cother day

He said, Dthanks for the ball, Dad, come Aon, let’s play

Can you Ateach me to throw?

I said, Cnot today, I got a Dlot to do

He said, Athat’s okay

And he, Ghe walked aG/F#way, but his Em7smile never Em/Ddimmed

It said, CI’m gonna G/Bbe like Ahim, yeah

You Cknow I’m gonna G/Bbe like Ahim

OK, now go up an octave, you know you want to

And the Acat’s in the cradle and the Gsilver spoon

CLittle boy blue and the Dman in the moon

AWhen you comin’ home Dad?

I Gdon’t know when but Cwe’ll get toG/Bgether thenA

You Cknow we’ll have a G/Bgood time Athen

Asus2Asus4Dsus2/AG/AA

Well, he Acame from college just the Cother day

So Dmuch like a man I just Ahad to say

Son, I’m Aproud of you, can you Csit for a while?

He Dshook his head and he Asaid with a smile

What I’d Greally like, G/F#Dad, is to Em7borrow the caEm/Dr keys

CSee you G/Blater, can I Ahave them please?

And the Acat’s in the cradle and the Gsilver spoon

CLittle boy blue and the Dman in the moon

AWhen you comin’ home son?

I Gdon’t know when but Cwe’ll get toG/Bgether thenA, Dad

You Cknow we’ll have a G/Bgood time Athen

FG→EmA

Slow, let ring

I’ve Along since retired, my Cson’s moved away

Two extra beats after this line

DI called him up just the Aother day

I said, I’d Alike to see you if Cyou don’t mind

He said I’d Dlove to, Dad, if I could Afind the time

You see my Gnew job’s a G/F#hassle and the Em7kids have the fEm/Dlu

But it’s Csure nice G/Btalkin’ to Ayou, Dad

It’s been Csure nice G/Btalkin’ to Ayou

And as I Ghung up the G/F#phone it Em7occured to mEm/De

He’d Cgrown up G/Bjust like Ame

My Cboy was G/Bjust like Ame

Back to tempo

And the Acat’s in the cradle and the Gsilver spoon

CLittle boy blue and the Dman in the moon

AWhen you comin’ home son?

I Gdon’t know when but Cwe’ll get toG/Bgether thenA, Dad

We’re Cgonna have a G/Bgood time Athen

Asus2Asus4Dsus2/AG/AA

Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (cover)

Leonard Cohen in C, John Cale in C, Jeff Buckley in C#, I play in G capo 3

Intro

GEmx2

I’ve Gheard there was a seEmcret chord

That GDavid played, and it plEmeased the lord

But Cyou don’t really Dcare for music, dGo you? D

It Ggoes like this the Cfourth, the Dfifth

The Emminor fall, the Cmajor lift

The Dbaffled king comB7posing HalleEmlujah

HalleClujah, HalleEmlujah, HalleClujah, HalleGlu-Du-Gjah D

Your Gfaith was strong, but you Emneeded proof

You Gsaw her bathing Emon the roof

Her Cbeauty and the Dmoonlight overGthrew youD

She Gtied you to a Ckitchen Dchair

She Embroke your throne, and she Ccut your hair

And Dfrom your lips she B7drew the HalleEmlujah

HalleClujah, HalleEmlujah, HalleClujah, HalleGlu-Du-Gjah D

GMaybe I’ve been hEmere before

I kGnow this room and I’ve wEmalked this floor

I uCsed to live aDlone before I kneGw you D

I’ve sGeen your flag on the mCarble aDrch

And lEmove is not a vCictory march

Cale plays a iii instead of a III here

It’s a Dcold and it’s a bB7roken HallelEmujah

HalleClujah, HalleEmlujah, HalleClujah, HalleGlu-Du-Gjah D

There wGas a time you lEmet me know

What’s rGeally going oEmn below

But nCow you never sDhow it to me, dGo you? D

And I Gremember when I mCoved in yDou

And the hEmoly dove she was mCoving too

And eDvery breath we dB7rew was HalleluEmjah

HalleClujah, HalleEmlujah, HalleClujah, HalleGlu-Du-Gjah D

Well, mGaybe there’s a gEmod above

But aGll I’ve ever lEmearned from love

Is hCow to shoot somebDody who outdGrew you D

But it’s nGot a crime that you’re heCre toniDght

It’s nEmot some pilgrim who’s sCeen the light

It’s a Dcold and it’s a bB7roken HallelEmujah

HalleClujah, HalleEmlujah, HalleClujah, HalleEmlujah

HalleClujah, HalleGlu-Du-Gjah D

Other verses included in some versions... you have to stop at some point,

so I usually leave these out.

You Gsay I took the Emname in vain

GI don’t even Emknow the name

But Cif I did, well Dreally, what’s it Gto ya?D

There’s a Gblaze of light in Cevery Dword

It Emdoesn’t matter Cwhich you heard

The Dholy or the B7broken HalleEmlujah

HalleClujah, HalleEmlujah, HalleClujah, HalleGlu-Du-GjahD

I Gdid my best, it Emwasn’t much

I Gcouldn’t feel, so I Emtried to touch

I’ve Ctold the truth, I Ddidn’t come to fool yGaD

And Geven though it Call went Dwrong

I’ll Emstand before the CLord of Song

With Dnothing on my B7tongue but HalleEmlujah

HalleClujah, HalleEmlujah, HalleClujah, HalleGlu-Du-GjahD

Nazareth - Hair of the Dog (cover)

Originally in E, I play in A

Intro

Vox around the 4

AHeartbreaker, soul shaker, I’ve been told about you

ASteamroller, midnight stroller, what they’ve been saying must be true

DRed hot mama, velvet charmer, time’s come to pay your dues

ANow you’re messin’ wCith a, Da son of a bitch

ANow you’re messin with a son oGf a bitch A

ANow you’re messin’ wCith a, Da son of a bitch

ANow you’re messin with a son oGf a bitch A

ATalkin’ jive and poison ivy, you ain’t gonna cling to me

AMan taker, born faker, I ain’t so blind I can’t see

DRed hot mama down light charmer, time’s come to pay your dues

ANow you’re messin’ wCith a, Da son of a bitch

ANow you’re messin with a son oGf a bitch A

ANow you’re messin’ wCith a, Da son of a bitch

ANow you’re messin with a son oGf a bitch A

Solo on something like this

ACDAx3

G→ F→ E

ACDAx3

G→ F→ E

ANow you’re messin’ wCith a, Da son of a bitch

ANow you’re messin with a son oGf a bitch A

ANow you’re messin’ wCith a, Da son of a bitch

ANow you’re messin with a son oGf a bitch A

Repeat to fade

Paul McCartney - Live and Let Die (cover)

Originally in G, I play in E, which makes the riff-y part in Em

EWhen you were G#m7young and your A6heart was an B7open boB7b9ok

EYou used to G#m7say live and let A6live

(You know you B7did, you know you B7b9did you know you Edid)

EBut if this G#m7ever changing A6world in which we F#7live in

Makes you Bgive in and cry

G/B

Say live and let die EA/E

Live and let Edim7die E

Live and let Edie A/E

Live and let Edim7die

The riff-y part is 1 2 3, 5 6 7, 4 3

AWhat does it matter to ya

EWhen you got a job to do

You gotta B7do it well

You gotta C#mgive the other fella Dhell

EG#mAB7→ B7b9

EYou used to G#m7say live and let A6live

(You know you B7did, you know you B7b9did you know you Edid)

EBut if this G#m7ever changing A6world in which we F#7live in

Makes you Bgive in and cry

G/B

Say live and let die EA/E

Live and let Edim7die E

Live and let Edie A/E

Live and let Edim7die

Paul McCartney - Sally (cover)

Paul plays in C#, I play in C

Get your Gaug ready

CEFFmCG

CSally, ESally, Fpride of our Fmalley

You’re C/Gmore than the Gaugwhole world to Cme G

CSally, ESally, Fdon’t ever Fmwander

AC/Gway from the Galley and Cme

Solo, ad lib spoken vox, skipped in almost any reasonable environment

Ladies and gentlemen, Reginald Dixon

And the Blackpool Tower Orchestra

Come on Reg, lovely, lovely, lovely

I love the way this boy plays, I love it

Marvelous, marvelous, I love it, I love it

CEFFm

C/GGaugCG

CEFFm

CGC

Oh, now Fmwhen you’re away there are Cgray skies

FmAnd when I’m away there are even Cmore gray skies

Than the Ggray skies I talked about before

CSally, ESally, Fdon’t ever Fmwander

AC/Gway from the Galley and Cme

C/A#FmC

More ad lib, also almost never a good idea, but I love this

banter too much to delete it.

Thank you, thank you, thank you so much

Thank you, thank you so much

For coming here to Batley tonight

So lovely

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song (cover)

Originally in Fm, I play in Em capo 5

SEmtrumming my pain with his Amfingers

SD7inging my life with his wGords

KEmilling me softly with hiA/C#s song

Killing me sofDtly with Chis song

Telling my Gwhole life with Chis words

Killing me Fmaj7softly, with his Esong

With oohs, for a few measures

Am7/DDx2

More or less on the 4 of the minor key on “heard”, and the 5 of the minor key (2 of the chord) on “sang”

Am7I heard he saDng a good song

GI heard he hCmaj7ad a style

Am7And so I cDame to see him

And lEmisten for a while

Vox on 7 5 of the chords on “and there”, and the 6 of the chord on “was”

Am7And there he waD7s this young boy

GA stranger tB7o my eyes

SEmtrumming my pain with his Amfingers

SD7inging my life with his wGords

KEmilling me softly with hiA/C#s song

Killing me sofDtly with Chis song

Telling my Gwhole life with Chis words

Killing me Fmaj7softly, with his Esong

Am7I felt all fluDshed with fever

GEmbarrassed bCmaj7y the crowd

Am7I felt he fDound my letters

And rEmead each one out loud

Am7I prayed that hD7e would finish

GBut he just keB7pt right on

SEmtrumming my pain with his Amfingers

SD7inging my life with his wGords

KEmilling me softly with hiA/C#s song

Killing me sofDtly with Chis song

Telling my Gwhole life with Chis words

Killing me Fmaj7softly, with his Esong

Am7He sang as Dif he knew me

GIn all my dCmaj7ark despair

Am7And then he loDoked right through me

As Emif I wasn’t there

Am7And he just keD7pt on singing

GSinging cB7lear and strong

SEmtrumming my pain with his Amfingers

SD7inging my life with his wGords

KEmilling me softly with hiA/C#s song

Killing me sofDtly with Chis song

Telling my Gwhole life with Chis words

Killing me Fmaj7softly, with his Esong

Very sensible to just stop here

EmOooooh AmD7G

EmLa la la, la A/C#la la, Doh Coh

La Gah ah Cah

Fmaj7Ah, Eah

SEmtrumming my pain with his Amfingers

SD7inging my life with his wGords

KEmilling me softly with hiA/C#s song

Killing me sofDtly with Chis song

Telling my Gwhole life with Chis words

Killing me Fmaj7softly E

He was sEmtrumming my pain Am

Yeah, he was sD7inging my lGife

KEmilling me softly with hiA/C#s song

Killing me sofDtly with Chis song

Telling my Gwhole life with Chis words

Killing me Fmaj7softly with his Esong

Sam Cooke - Having a Party (cover)

Originally in Bb, I play in G, highest note is the 6

Intro

GWe’re havin’ a party, Emdancing to the music

GPlayed by the D.J., Emon the radio

GThe Coke’s are in the icebox, Empopcorn’s on the table

GMe and my Cbaby, we’re out here on the Gfloor

So Gmister, mister D.J., Emkeep those, records playin’

‘Cause I’m-a-Ghavin’, such a Cgood time, Ddancin’ with my Gbaby

GEverybody’s swingin’, EmSally’s doing that Twist now

GIf you take requests I’ve, Emgot a few for you

GPlay that song called “Soul Twist”, Emplay that one called “I Know”

GDon’t forget “The CMashed Potatoes“, no other songs will dGo

Let me tell you Gmister, mister D.J., Emkeep those, records playin’

‘Cause I’m-a-Ghavin’, such a Cgood time, Ddancin’ with my Gbaby

Havin’ a Gparty, everybody’s Emswingin’, oh we’re

Dancin’ to the Gmusic, yeah, on the radiEmo, oh we’re

Havin’ a Gparty, man, everybody’s Emswingin’

We’re dancin’ to the Gmusic, yeah C, on the radiCo, tell ‘em one more tGime we are

Havin’ a Gparty, Gyeah and, everybody’s Emswingin’, oh we’re

Dancin’ to the Gmusic, yeah, on the radiEmo, Emtell you we’re

Havin’ a Gparty

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (cover)

Originally in G, I play in D capo 1 or 2

Cadd9

It’s been a hDard dGadd9ay’s nDight

And I’ve been wCorking like a dDog

It’s been a hard dGadd9ay’s nDight

I should be slCeeping like a lDog

But when I gGet home to you

I find the thAings that you do

Will make me fDeel G7alrDight

You know I wDork Gadd9all dDay

To get you mConey to buy you thDings

And it’s worth it just to hGadd9ear you sDay

You’re gonna gCive me everythDing

So why on GEarth should I moan

‘Cause when I gAet you alone

You know I fDeel G7okaDy

When I’m hF#mome, Bmeverything seems to be rF#might

When I’m hDome, fBmeeling you holding me tGight, tAight, yeah

It’s been a hDard dGadd9ay’s nDight

And I’ve been wCorking like a dDog

It’s been a hard dGadd9ay’s nDight

I should be slCeeping like a lDog

But when I gGet home to you

I find the thAings that you do

Will make me fDeel G7alrDight

Solo on verse chords

DGadd9DDCDx2

So why on GEarth should I moan

‘Cause when I Aget you alone

You know I fDeel G7okaDy

When I’m hF#mome, Bmeverything seems to be rF#might

When I’m hDome, fBmeeling you holding me tGight, tAight, yeah

It’s been a hDard dGadd9ay’s nDight

And I’ve been wCorking like a dDog

It’s been a hard dGadd9ay’s nDight

I should be slCeeping like a lDog

But when I gGet home to you

I find the thAings that you do

Will make me fDeel G7alrDight

You know I fDeel G7all rDight

You know I fDeel aGadd9lrCadd9ight

The Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love (cover)

Originally in D, I play in A, highest note that matters is the 3, but there’s a lot of 3

Starts a cappella

AGoing to the chapel and we’re gonna get married

BmGoing to the E7chapel and we’re Bmgonna get mE7arried

Band enters

AGee I really love you and we’re gonna get married

BmGoing to the E7chapel of lAove

ASpring is here, the sky is blue, whoa-oh-oh

BmBirds all E7sing as iBmf they kE7new

AToday’s the day, Awe’ll A7say I doF#7

And we’ll Bmnever be E7lonely anymAore

Because we’re Agoing to the chapel and we’re gonna get married

BmGoing to the E7chapel and we’re Bmgonna get mE7arried

AGee I really love you and we’re gonna get married

BmGoing to the E7chapel of lAove

ABells will ring, the sun will shine, whoa-oh-oh

BmI’ll be E7his, and hBme’ll be mE7ine

AWe’ll love until, Athe A7end of tiF#7me

And we’ll Bmnever be E7lonely anymAore

Because we’re Agoing to the chapel and we’re gonna get married

BmGoing to the E7chapel and we’re Bmgonna get mE7arried

AGee I really love you and we’re gonna get married

BmGoing to the E7chapel of lAove, yeah yeah yeah yeah

BmGoing to the E7chapel of lAove

The Eagles - Please Come Home for Christmas (cover)

Eagles in A, I play in D capo 4

Vox on 3 5 6 on “bells will be”

Bells will be Dringing Dmaj7this sad, sad D7news

Oh what a GChristmas to have the G#dim7blues

My baby’s Dgone GI have no Dfriends D/C#Bm

To wish me E7greetings once aAgain A+

Crowds will be Dsinging Dmaj7“Silent D7Night“

Christmas Gcarols by candleG#dim7light

Please come home for DChristmas, Gplease come home for DChristmas D/C#Bm

If not for E7Christmas, A7by New Year’s Dnight D7

Friends and Grelations send saluGmtations

DSure as the A+stars shine Dabove D7

But this is GChristmas, yeah, Christmas mGmy dear

Hang on “love”

It’s the time of E7year to be with the one you Alove A+

So won’t you Dtell me Dmaj7you’ll never more D7roam

Christmas and GNew Year’s will find you G#dim7home

There’ll be no more Dsorrow, F#7no grief and Bmpain Bm/AG

And G#dim7I’ll be Dhappy, Bmhappy E7A7once aDgain A+

Solo

DDmaj7D7

GG#dim7

Ooh, there’ll be no more Dsorrow, F#7no grief and Bmpain Bm/AG

And G#dim7I’ll be Dhappy, Bmhappy E7A7once aDgain

G/DD

The Eagles - Take It Easy (cover)

GGCAm7/Gx2

Well I’m a Grunnin’ down the road tryin’ to loosen my load

I’ve got seven women Don my Cmind

GFour that wanna own me, Dtwo that wanna stone me

OCne says she’s a friend of Gmine

Take it Emeasy, take it Cea Gsy

Don’t let the Amsound of your own

CWheels drive you Emcrazy

Lighten Cup while you still cGan

Don’t even Ctry to underGstand

Just find a Amplace to make your

CStand and take it eGasy

Well I’m a Gstandin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona

Such a fine Dsight to Csee

It’s a Ggirl my lord in a Dflatbed Ford

Slowin’ Cdown to take a look at Gme

Come on Emba Dby, don’t say CmayGbe

I gotta Amknow if your sweet

LCove is gonna Emsave me

We may Close and we may Gwin

Though we will Cnever be here aGgain

So open Amup, I’m climbin’ Cin, so take it eGasy

Solo if appropriate

GGG→ DC

GDCG

EmDCG

AmAmEmD

Well I’m a Grunnin’ down the road tryin’ to loosen my load

Got a world of trouble Don my Cmind

GLookin’ for a lover who Dwon’t blow my cover

She’s Cso hard to Gfind

Take it Emeasy, take it Cea Gsy

Don’t let the Amsound of your own

CWheels make you Emcrazy

Come on Cba Gby, don’t say Cmay Gbe

I gotta Amknow if your sweet

CLove is gonna Gsave me

COooh... GOooh...

Oh, we got it Gea G9Csy

We oughta take it Gea G9Csy

The Guess Who - American Woman (cover)

Originally in E, I play in A capo 2

I’m going to call this just “I” throughout

EGAAAAAGAx 8

Vox on 4 b3 on “woman”

American Awoman, stay away from me

American wAoman, mama let me be

ADon’t come a hangin’ around my door

AI don’t want to see your face no more

AI got more important things to do

Than Aspend my time growin’ old with you

Now Awoman, I said stay away

American Awoman, listen what I say

American wAoman, get away from me

American wAoman, mama let me be

ADon’t come a knockin’ around my door

ADon’t want to see your shadow no more

AColored lights can hypnotize

ASparkle someone else’s eyes

Now Awoman, I said get away

American Awoman, listen what I say-ay, hey-ey

Solo

American Awoman, said get away

American Awoman, listen what I say

ADon’t come a-hangin’ around my door

ADon’t want to see your face no more

AI don’t need your war machines

AI don’t need your ghetto scenes

AColored lights can hypnotize

ASparkle someone else’s eyes

Now Awoman, get away from me

American wAoman, mama let me be

AGo, gotta get away, gotta get away now go, go, go

I’m gonna lAeave you woman

Gonna lAeave you woman

Bye-Abye, bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye

AYou’re no good for me, I’m no good for you

AGonna look you right in the eye, tell you what I’m gonna do

You know I’m gonna lAeave

You know I’m gonna go

You know I’m gonna leave

You know I’m gonna go, woman

I’m gonna leave you woman

GoodbAye American woman

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (cover)

Strum and let ring

EPlease allow me to introDduce myself

I’m a Aman of wealth and Etaste

EI’ve been around for a Dlong, long year

AStole many a man’s soul and Efaith

Strum a little heavier

EAnd I was ‘round when DJesus Christ

Had his Amoment of doubt and Epain

Made damn sure that DPilate

Washed his Ahands and sealed his Efate

BPleased to meet you, hope you guess my Ename

But what’s Bpuzzling you is the nature of my Egame

Come in full-blast now

EI stuck around St. DPetersburg

When I Asaw it was a time for a Echange

Killed the Czar and his Dministers

AnasAtasia screamed in Evain

I Erode a tank, held a Dgeneral’s rank

When the ABlitzkrieg raged and the Ebodies stank

BPleased to meet you, hope you guess my Ename

But what’s Bpuzzling you is the nature of my Egame

I Ewatched with glee while your Dkings and queens

Fought for Aten decades for the EGods they made

I Eshouted out “Who killed the DKennedys?“

When Aafter all it was Eyou and me

ELet me please introDduce myself

I’m a Aman of wealth and Etaste

And I laid traps for Dtroubadours

Who get Akilled before they reached BomEbay

BPleased to meet you, hope you guess my Ename

But what’s Bpuzzling you is the nature of my Egame

Solo on verse chords if appropriate...

BPleased to meet you, hope you guess my Ename

But what’s Bconfusing you is the nature of my Egame

Just as Eevery cop is a Dcriminal

And Aall the sinners Esaints

As Eheads is tails just call me DLucifer

‘Cause I’m in Aneed of some reEstraint

ESo if you meet me have some Dcourtesy

Have some Asympathy, and some Etaste

Use all your well-learned polDitesse

Or I’ll Alay your soul to Ewaste, aw yeah

BPleased to meet you hope you guess my Ename

But what’s Bpuzzling you is the nature of my Egame, get down

Fade on verse chords...

Woo hoo, aww yeah, get on down

Mmm ba ba bom bom ba ba

Tell me baby, what’s my name

Tell me honey, baby guess my name

Tell me baby, what’s my name

The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You (cover)

Originally in F#, I play in C capo 4 (E)

CAmFFm

CAmFG7

Vox on the 5

CI Amdon’t have Fmplans and schemesG7

And CI Amdon’t have Fmhopes and dreamsG7

CI-I-I Amdon’t have Fmanything

DmSince I don’t have yG7ou

CI Amdon’t have Fmfond desiresG7

And CI Amdon’t have Fmhappy hoursG7

CI-I-I Amdon’t have Fmanything

DmSince I G7don’t have yCou

Vox on the 5 of the chord on “I”

DmIiiiiii... don’t have Chappiness, and I guess

DmI never will ever agCain

DmWhen you walked out on me

CIn walked old misery

DmAnd he’s been here since tG7hen

First two lines falsetto an octave up

CI Amdon’t have Fmlove to shareG7

And CI Amdon’t have Fmone who caresG7

CI-I-I Amdon’t have Fmanything

“Since” twice as long as usual

DmSince I G7don’t have

CYou, yAmou, yFou, G7you

CYou, yAmou, yFou, yG7ou

Repeat to fade

Van Morrison - Wild Night (cover)

Originally in Em, I play in Am capo 5

Intro

AmCx2

Then you brush your Amshoes, stand before the mCirror

And you comb your Amhair, grab your coat and lCaugh

And you walkAmwet streets trying to Cremember Am

Hard stop after this line

All the Fwild night breezes iGn your memory eCver

And everytAmhing looks so complFete

When you’re wAmalking out on the Fstreet

And the wAmind catches your fFeet and sends you fGlying, crying

AmOooFo oGooh Amwee, Amwild nGight is caClling

All the Amgirls walk by, dressed up for each otCher

And the Amboys do the boogie woogie on the corner of the stCreet

And the Ampeople passin’ by stare in wide wondCer Am

And the Finside jukebox Gblows out just like thCunder

And everytAmhing looks so complFete

When you’re wAmalking out on the Fstreet

And the wAmind catches your fFeet and sends you fGlying, crying

AmOooFo oGooh Amwee, Amwild nGight is caClling, alright

AmOooFo oGooh Amwee, Amwild nGight is caClling

Well the Amwiiiild night is cCalling

The Amwiiiild night is cCalling

Come on out and dAmance, whoa come on out and mCake romance

Come on out and dAmance, Gcome on out, make romCance

Solo

AmCx4

The Amwiiiild night is cCalling

Come on out and dAmance, whoa come on out and mCake romance

Come on out and dAmance, Gcome on out and make romCance

Vicki Lawrence - The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (cover)

Originally in Bbm, Reba McIntire in Cm, Tanya Tucker in Am, I play in Em, capo 1

Highest note that matters is the 3 of the chorus major key, which the 1 of the original minor key

Intro

Vox on the 1 of the minor key

He was Emon his way home from CDandletop

Vox up to the 5

Been tEmwo weeks gone and he thouAght he stop

At WEmebb’s and have him a driBmnk ‘fore he went home to hEmer

EmAndy Wo-Lo sDaid hello

And hEme said hi, what’s a dAoin’ Wo

Said sEmit down, I got some bBmad news, it’s gonnEma hurt

Said EmI’m you best friend and you Dknow that’s right

But yEmour young bride ain’t hoAme tonight

SiEmnce you’ve been gone she’s been seBmeing that Amos boy, SEmeth

Well Emhe got mad and Dhe saw red

And AEmndy said, boy, don’t you loAse your head

Cause to tEmell you the truth, BmI’ve been with her myseEmlf

Vox on the 6 of the chord on “night”

E6That’s the night that the liF#6ghts went out in GBeorgia G#m

E6That’s the night that they hF#6ung an innocent mBan G#m

Well don’t tE6rust your soul to no bF#6ackwoods Southern Blawyer G#m

Cause the jE6udge in the town’s got bF#6lood stains on his Bmhands

Well AEmndy got scared and Dleft the bar

WEmalking on home cause he diAdn’t live far

See, AEmndy didn’t have many frBmiends and he just lost him oEmne

BEmrother thought his wife Dmust’ve left town

So hEme went home and finAally found

The oEmnly thing papa had leBmft him and that was a gEmun

Then hEme went off to ADndy’s house

SEmlipping through the back woods quiAet as a mouse

CEmame upon some tracks too sBmmall for Andy to mEmake

He lEmooked through the screen at the Dback porch door

And Emhe saw Andy lyAing on the floor

In a pEmuddle of blood, Bmand he started to shEmake

Well the GE6eorgia Patrol was mF#6aking their rounds

So he fBired a shot just to fG#mlag them down

And a E6big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gF#6un and said

Why’d you Bmdo it?

The Emjudge said guilty in a mDake-believe trial

SlappeEmd the sheriff on the Aback with a smile

Said sEmupper’s waiting at hBmome and I got to get tEmo it

E6That’s the night that the liF#6ghts went out in GBeorgia G#m

E6That’s the night that they hF#6ung an innocent mBan G#m

Well don’t trE6ust your soul to no bF#6ackwoods Southern Blawyer G#m

Cause the jE6udge in the town’s got bF#6lood stains on his Bmhands

Well they hEmung my brother befoDre I could say

The trEmacks he saw while onAhis way

To AEmndy’s house and baBmck that night were mEmine

And hEmis cheatin’ wife had nDever left town

And tEmhat’s one body that’ll neAver be found

See, lEmittle sister don’t mBmiss when she aims heEmr gun

E6That’s the night that the liF#6ghts went out in GBeorgia, G#mwhoa whoa

E6That’s the night that they hF#6ung an innocent mBan, uh huh

Well don’t tE6rust your soul to no bF#6ackwoods Southern Blawyer G#m

Cause the jE6udge in the town’s got bF#6lood stains on his Bhands

Table of Contents

AC DC - Moneytalks (1990)

AC DC - Thunderstruck (1990)

Aerosmith - Amazing (1993)

Aerosmith - Cryin' (1993)

Aerosmith - Eat the Rich (1993)

Aerosmith - Fever (1993)

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

Aerosmith - Livin' on the Edge (1993)

Aerosmith - Love in an Elevator (1993)

Alanis Morissette - Hand in My Pocket (1995)

Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet (1995)

Alanis Morissette - Ironic (1995)

Alice In Chains - Man in the Box (1990)

Alice in Chains - No Excuses (1994)

Alice in Chains - Rooster (1992)

Alice in Chains - Would (1992)

Amy Grant - Baby, Baby (1991)

Amy Grant - Every Heartbeat (1991)

Anthrax - Only (1993)

Billy Joel - The River of Dreams (1993)

Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart (1992)

Blind Melon - No Rain (1992)

Blink 182 - All the Small Things (1999)

Blues Traveler - Hook (1995)

Blues Traveler - Run-Around (1994)

Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love (1997)

BoDeans - Closer to Free (1993)

Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses (1992)

Bon Jovi - Dry County (1992)

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

Bon Jovi - In These Arms (1992)

Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith (1992)

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

Bonnie Raitt - Something to Talk About (1991)

Boyz II Men - End of the Road (1991)

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

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

Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (1991)

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

Bush - Glycerine (1995)

Cake - Let Me Go (1998)

Candlebox - Far Behind (1993)

Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (1997)

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (1997)

Counting Crows - Hanginaround (1999)

Counting Crows - Mr. Jones (1993)

Damn Yankees - High Enough (1990)

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

Dan Morris - Flowers in the Rain (1998)

Dan Morris - Personal Picasso (1998)

Dan Morris - Why Should It Be You (1998)

Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching (1995)

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's (1995)

Def Leppard - Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad (1992)

Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked (1992)

Def Leppard - Miss You in a Heartbeat (1992)

Def Leppard - Two Steps Behind (1993)

Del Amitri - Roll To Me (1995)

Dido - Thank You (1998)

Disney - You've Got a Friend in Me (1995)

Dream Theater - Pull Me Under (1992)

Dream Theater - Surrounded (1992)

Dream Theater - Take Away My Pain (1997)

Duran Duran - Ordinary World (1993)

Edwin McCain - I'll Be (1997)

Elton John - Can You Feel the Love Tonight (1994)

EMF - Unbelievable (1990)

En Vogue - Free Your Mind (1992)

Eric Clapton - I'm Tore Down (1994)

Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven (1991)

Eve 6 - Inside Out (1998)

Extreme - Hole Hearted (1990)

Extreme - More Than Words (1990)

Faith No More - Epic (1990)

Fastball - Out of My Head (1998)

Fastball - The Way (1998)

Four Non Blondes - What's Up (1993)

Garth Brooks - Ain't Goin' Down (1993)

Garth Brooks - Papa Loved Mama (1992)