- Black Magic Woman
- Born To Be Wild
- Brown Sugar
- 500 Miles
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Get Behind Me, Satan
- Hey Joe
- Hit the Road, Jack
- I Shall be Released
- I Want to be Loved
- Living with the Blues
- Love in Vain
- Me and Bobby McGee
- Get Off of my Cloud
- St. James Infirmary
- Summertime Blues
- Sympathy for the Devil
- The War Drags on
- Wanted Man
- We gotta get out of this Place
- Working Class Hero
- When I was Young
- Worried Man Blues
- You can't Always Get what You Want
Black Magic Woman
Peter Green / Fleetwood Mac
| A7 | Dm | A |
| Got a black magic | woman,got a black magic wo | man, |
| Dm | Gm |
Yes, I've got a | black magic woman, got me so blind I can't | see, |
| Dm | A | Dm |
that she's a | black magic woman and she's | try'in to make a devil out of | me. |
Don't turn your back on me baby, don't turn your back on me baby, | |
Yes, don't turn your back on me baby, stop messin' around with your tricks. | |
Don't turn your back on me baby, 'cause you just might pick up my magic sticks. | |
You got your spell on me baby, you got your spell on me baby, | |
Yes, you got your spell on me, baby, turnin' my heart into stone. | |
I need you so bad, magic woman, I can't leave you alone. | |
| Dm |
| Yes, I need you so bad; I need you, darlin'; I need you, darlin'. |
Yes, I want you to love me; I want you to love me. Oh, Yeah! Oh-oh, yeah; | |
Yes, I need your love; Oh, I need your love so bad, I need your love... | |
Born To Be Wild
M. Bonfire / Steppenwolf: Steppenwolf (1968)
| Em |
| Get your motor runnin' - Head out on the highway. |
Lookin' for adventure - In whatever comes our way. | |
| G | A | E | G | A | E |
| Yeah, | darlin' gonna | make it happen, | Take the | world in a | love embrace. |
| G | A | E | G | A | E |
| Fire | all of the | guns at once and | ex- | plode into | space! |
| Em |
| I like smoke and lightnin' - Heavy metal thunder. |
Wrestlin' with the wind - And the feelin' that I'm under. | |
Yeah, darlin' gonna make it happen, Take the world in a love embrace | |
Fire all of the guns at once and explode into space! | |
| E | G |
Like a | true nature's child - We were | born, born to be wild. |
| A | G | Em |
We could | climb so high, | I never wanna | die. |
| E | D | E | D | E | D | E | D |
| Born to be | wild, | | | Born to be | wild. | | |
| Em |
| Get your motor runnin' - Head out on the highway. |
Lookin' for adventure - In whatever comes our way. | |
Yeah, darlin' gonna make it happen, Take the world in a love embrace | |
Fire all of the guns at once and explode into space! | |
Like a true nature's child - We were born, born to be wild. | |
We could climb so high, I never wanna die. | |
Born to be wild, Born to be wild. | |
Brown Sugar
Jagger & Richards / the Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (1971)
| |: | Esus4 | E | | | A | Asus4 | A | :| |
| |: - - | / | / | | | / / | /' /' | /' /' | :| (3x) |
| |: | C | Csus4 | C | A | Asus4 | A | F | G | A | Asus4 | A | :| |
| |: | / | / / / | / / | / | / / / | / / | / / / | / / / | / | / / / | / / | :| |
| A | D |
| Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields, | sold in a market down in New Orleans. |
| A | G | A |
| Scarred old slaver know he's doin' alright, | hear him whip the women | just around midnight: |
| E | | A | Asus4 | A | Asus4 | | A |
| | Brown Sugar | - how come you | taste so | good. | | | |
| E | | A | Asus4 | A | Asus4 | | A |
| | Brown Sugar | - just like a | young girl | should. | | | |
| C | Csus4 | C | A | Asus4 | A | F | G | A | Asus4 | A |
| / | / / / | / / | / | / / / | / / | / / / | / / / | / | / / / | / / |
Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot, lady of the house wond'ring where it's gonna stop. | |
Houseboy knows that he's doin' alright, you should have heard him just around midnight: | |
Brown Sugar - how come you taste so good. Brown Sugar - just like a young girl should. | |
| |: | A | C | Csus4 | C | A | Asus4 | A | F | G | A | Asus4 | A | :| | G | A |
| |: | / | / | / / / | / / | / | / / / | / / | / / / | / / / | / | / / / | / | :| (4x) | / | / / / |
Brown Sugar - how come you taste so good. Brown Sugar - just like a young girl should. | |
I bet your mama was a tent show queen and all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen. | |
I'm no schoolboy but I know what I like, you should have heard me just around midnight: | |
Brown Sugar - how come you taste so good. Brown Sugar - just like a young girl should. | |
Five Hundred Miles
Hedy West
| C | Am | Dm | Dm7 |
If you | miss the train I'm | on, you will | know that I am | gone. |
| Dm | Dm7 | G |
You can | hear the whistle | blow a hundred | miles. |
| C | Am | Dm | Dm7 |
A hundred | miles, a hundred | miles, a hundred | miles, a hundred | miles, |
| Dm | G | C |
You can | hear the whistle | blow a hundred | miles. |
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four, | |
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home. | |
Away from home, away from home, away from home, away from home, | |
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home. | |
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name, | |
Lord I can't go back home this a way. | |
This a way, this a way, this a way, this a way, | |
Lord I can't go back home this a way. | |
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone. | |
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. | |
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, | |
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. | |
Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash/Johnny Cash (1955)
| E |
I | hear the train a-comin'; it's rollin' 'round the bend, |
| E | E7 |
And | I ain't seen the sunshine since I | don't know when, |
| A7 | E |
I'm | stuck at Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' | on. |
| B7 | E |
But that | train keeps a-rollin' on down to San An | tone. |
| E |
When | I was just a baby my momma told me: "Son, |
| E | E7 |
| Always be a good boy; don't | ever play with guns." |
| A7 | E |
But I | shot a man in Reno, just to watch him | die. |
| B7 | E |
When I | hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and | cry. |
| E |
I | bet there's rich folk eatin' in a fancy dining car. |
| E | E7 |
They're | prob'ly drinkin' coffee and | smokin' big cigars. |
| A7 | E |
But I | know I had it comin', I know I can't be | free. |
| B7 | E |
But those | people keep a-movin', and that's what tortures | me. |
| E |
Well if they | freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine, |
| E | E7 |
I | bet I'd move it all a little | farther down the line. |
| A7 | E |
| Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to | stay. |
| B7 | E |
And I'd | let that lonesome whistle blow my blues a | way. |
Get thee behind me, Satan
Lee Hays, Millard Lampell, Pete Seeger/Almanac Singers (1941)
| A |
| My Boss comes up to me with a five-dollar bill, |
| A7 |
Says, "Get you some whiskey, boy, and | drink your fill." |
| A7 | D | A |
| Get thee | behind me, Satan, travel on down the | line. |
| E7 | D7 | A |
I am a | union man, gonna | leave you be | hind. |
A red-headed woman took me out to dine, | |
Says, "Love me, baby, leave your union behind." | |
Get thee behind me, Satan, travel on down the line. | |
I am a union man, gonna leave you behind. | |
On the Fourth of July, the politicians say, | |
"Vote for us and we'll raise your pay." | |
Get thee behind me, Satan, travel on down the line. | |
I am a union man, gonna leave you behind. | |
Oh, the company union sent out a call, | |
They said, "Join us in the summer, we'll forget you in the fall." | |
Get thee behind me, Satan, travel on down the line. | |
I am a union man, gonna leave you behind. | |
If anyone should ask you your union to sell, | |
Just tell him where to go, send him back to hell! | |
Get thee behind me, Satan, travel on down the line. | |
I am a union man, gonna leave you behind. | |
Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix
| C | G | D | A | E | E | E/G | E | E/G | E |
| Hey | Joe | where ya' | goin' with that | gun in your hand? | | | | | |
| C | G | D | A | E | E7 |
I said | hey | Joe | where ya | goin' with that | gun in your hand? | |
| C | G |
| I'm goin' out to | find my woman now, |
| D | A | E | E7 |
| She's been | runnin' round with some | other man | |
| C | G |
| I said I'm goin' out to | find my woman now! |
| D | A | E | E7 |
| She's been | runnin' 'round with some | other man | |
Hey Joe tell me what are you gonna do? | |
Hey Joe tell me what are you gonna do? | |
Well I guess I'll shoot my woman, | |
Well I guess I'll shoot them both | |
Hey Joe tell me where are you gonna go? | |
Hey Joe tell me where are you gonna go? | |
Well I think I'll go down to my favourite place Mexico, | |
Well I think I'll go down to where a man can be free. | |
And there ain't gonna be no hangmans ropes | |
Hit The Road, Jack
Percy Mayfield / Ray Charles (1961)
| Am | G | F | E |
| / / | / / | / / | / / (repeat) |
| Am | G | F | E | Am | G | F | E |
Hit the | road, | Jack and | don't you come | back no | more, no | more, no | more, no | more |
| Am | G | F | E | Am | (...) |
Hit the | road, | Jack and | don't you come | back no mo- | o-o-o- | ore |
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more | |
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more | |
Woman, oh woman, don't treat me so mean | |
You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen | |
I'd have to pack my things and go | |
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more | |
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back, no more | |
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more | |
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more | |
Now baby, listen, baby, don't ya treat me this way | |
Cause I'll be back on my feet some day | |
Don't care if you do 'cause it's understood | |
You ain't got no money you just ain't no good | |
Well, I guess if you say so | |
I'd have to pack my things and go | |
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more | |
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more | |
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more | |
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more | |
Don't you come back no more - Uh, what'd you say? | |
Don't you come back no more - I didn't understand you! | |
Don't you come back no more - You can't mean that! | |
Don't you come back no more - Oh, no baby, please! | |
Don't you come back no more - What you tryin' to do to me? | |
Don't you come back no more - Oh, don't treat me like that! | |
Don't you come back no more - ... | |
I Shall Be Released
Bob Dylan/Bob Dylan: Greatest Hits Vol. II (1970)
| E | F#m | G#m | F#m | B | E |
| They say ev’rything can be re | placed, | Yet ev’ry | distance | is not | near; |
| E | F#m | G#m | F#m | B | E |
| So I remember ev’ry | face, | Of ev’ry | man who | put me | here. |
| E | F#m | G#m | F#m | B | E |
I | see my light come | shining, | from the | west un | to the | east |
| E | F#m | G#m | F#m | B | E |
| Any day now, | any day now, | I | shall | be re | lased |
| E | F#m | G#m | F#m | B | E |
| They say ev’ry man needs pro | tection, | They say | ev’ry | man must | fall. |
| E | F#m | G#m | F#m | B | E |
| Yet I swear I see my re | flection, | Some | place so high | above this | wall. |
| E | F#m | G#m | F#m | B | E |
I | see my light come | shining, | from the | west un | to the | east |
| E | F#m | G#m | F#m | B | E |
| Any day now, | any day now, | I | shall | be re | lased |
| E | F#m | F#m | B | E |
| Standing next to me in this | lonely crowd, Is a man | who swears | he’s not to | blame. |
| E | F#m | F#m | B | E |
| All day long I hear him shout | so loud, Crying | out that | he was | framed. |
| E | F#m | G#m | F#m | B | E |
I | see my light come | shining, | from the | west un | to the | east |
| E | F#m | G#m | F#m | B | E |
| Any day now, | any day now, | I | shall | be re | lased |
I Want To Be Loved
Willie Dixon / Muddy Waters: Hard Again (1977)
| |: | C | Bb | F | F# | G | :| |
| | / - | / - | / | / | / - | |
| C | Bb | F | F# | G |
The | spark in your | eye sets my | soul | on | fire, |
| C | Bb | F | F# | | G |
Your | voice is | like an angel a | bove. | | | |
| C | Bb | F | F# | G |
The | touch of your | hand, woman, | drives me | in- - | sane: |
| C | - | - | C |
But | baby | , I wants to be loved! | | |
| C | Bb | F | F# | G |
I'm | crazy 'bout | every little | thing | you | do; |
| C | Bb | F | F# | | G |
I | even | cherish your | hug. | | | |
| C | Bb | F | F# | G |
Your | kisses so | sweet, honey, | they can't | be | beat; |
| C | - | - | C |
But | baby | , I wants to be loved! | | |
| |: | C | F | C | G | F | C | C7 | G7 | :| |
| | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | | / / / / | / / / / | | / / / / | / / / / | | / / / / | | / / / / | | / / / / | | / | / / / | | |
| F |
| Every time I ask you for a date, |
| F |
| You don't come at all, or you're oh so late. |
| F |
| I ask you to dance a little spin. |
| F | G | - | G | - |
| You say: " | Wait a minute | , daddy, | here | come my friend!" |
| C | Bb | F | F# | G |
I | love the way you | walk when you | pass | me | by, |
| C | Bb | F | F# | | G |
- | Even when you | tryin' to | snub | . | | |
| C | Bb | F | F# | G |
The | touch of your | hand, honey, | drives me | in- - | sane, |
| C | - | - | C |
But | baby | , I wants to be loved! | | |
Living with the Blues
Brownie McGhee / Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
| E | | E7 | | E6 | | E+ | | E | | B7 | | E7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Rocks is my | pillow; cold, cold ground my bed. |
| A7 |
Blue sky is my | blanket, moonlight my spread. |
| E7 | A7 | A | A/G# | A/G | A/F# | E7 | B7 |
I'm not a | shamed, ain't that | news, | I've | been | living | with the | blues. | |
| E7 | A7 |
You ever been | down? - You know how I feel, Feel like an | engine, ain't got no driving wheel. |
| E7 | A7 | A | A/G# | A/G | A/F# | E7 | B7 |
I'm not a | shamed, ain't that | news, | I've | been | living | with the | blues. | |
| A | E | A | E |
| Rocks have been my | pillow, | cold ground has been our | bed; |
| G#7 | A7 | B7 |
Blue | skies have been our | blanket, we're using | moonlight for our spread! (Oh,yes) |
| E7 | A7 |
You ever been | down? - You know how I feel, Feel like an | engine, ain't got no driving wheel. |
| E7 | A7 | A | A/G# | A/G | A/F# | E7 | B7 |
I'm not a | shamed, ain't that | news, | I've | been | living | with the | blues. | |
| E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | A7 | A7 | E7 | E7 | B7 | A7 | E7 | B7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A | E | A | E |
| Rocks have been my | pillow, | cold ground has been our | bed; |
| G#7 | A7 | B7 |
Blue | skies have been our | blanket, we're using | moonlight for our spread! (Oh,yes) |
| E7 | A7 |
Don't believe | I'm sinking, look what a hole I'm in; Don't believe I | love you, look what a fool we've been! |
| E7 | A7 | A | A/G# | A/G | A/F# | E7 |
I'm not a | shamed, ain't that | news, | I've | been | living | with the | blues. |
| G#7 | A | A | A/G# | A/G | A/F# | E7 |
I'm not a | shamed, oh no, ain't that | news, | I've | been | living | with the | blues. |
| G#7 | A | A | A/G# | A/G | A/F# | E7 | E | | E7 | | E6 | | E+ | | E | | B | | E |
I'm not a | shamed, oh no, ain't that | news, | I've | been | living | with the | blues. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Love in Vain
R. Johnson, Jagger & Richards / Rolling Stones: Let it Bleed (1969)
| G | G7 | G | G7 | C | C7 | G | G7 | D | D7 | C | C7 | G | G7 | D | D7 |
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / | / / | / / | / / | / / | / / | / / | / / |
| G | G7 | G | G7 |
Well, I | followed her to the | station with a | suitcase in my | hand. |
| C | C7 | G | G7 |
Yeah, I | followed her up to the | station | with a suitcase in my | hand, |
| D | D7 | C |
Well, it's | hard to tell, it's | hard to tell | |
| C7 | G | G7 | | D | | D7 |
all your | love's in | vain. | | | | | |
When the train came into the station - I looked her in the eye, | |
Well, the train came into the station - I looked her in the eye, | |
Well, I felt so sad and lonesome - I could not help but cry. | |
When the train left the station, it had two lights on behind | |
Yeah, the train left the station, it had two lights on behind | |
Yeah, the train left the station, it had two lights on behind | |
Well, the blue light was my baby and the red light was my mind. | |
Me and Bobby McGee
Kris Kristofferson / Janis Joplin
| G |
| Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin' for the trains, |
| D7 |
feelin' nearly faded as my | jeans. |
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rains, | |
| G |
Took us all the way to New Or | leans. |
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana | |
| G7 | C |
And was blowin' sad while | Bobby sang the | blues. |
| C | G |
With them | Windshield wipers slappin' time, and | Bobby clappin' hands we finely |
| D7 | G |
| sang up every song that driver | knew. |
| C | G |
| Freedom's just another word for | nothing left to lose. |
| D7 | G |
| Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's | free. |
| C | G |
| Feeling good was easy, Lord, when | Bobby sang the blues. |
| D7 |
| Feeling good was good enough for me, |
| G | A |
Good enough for me and Bobby Mc | Gee. | |
From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun | |
| E7 |
Bobby shared the secrets of my | soul. |
Standin' right beside me, Lord, through everything I've done, | |
| A |
Every Night she kept me from the | cold. |
| A |
Then | somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away; |
| A7 | D |
Lookin' for the | home and I hope she'll | find! |
| A |
And I'd trade all my tomorrows for a | single yesterday, |
| E7 | A |
| Holding Bobby's body close to | mine. |
| D | A |
| Freedom's just another word for | nothing left to lose. |
| E7 | A |
| Nothing ain't worth nothing, But it's | free. |
Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues. | |
Feeling good was good enough for me, | |
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee. | |
Get Off Of My Cloud
Jagger & Richards / the Rolling Stones
| E | | A | | B | | A |
| / / | | / / / / | | / / | | / / / / |
| E | A | B | A | E | E A B A |
I | live in an | apparmtent on the | ninety-ninth | floor of my | block | |
| E | A | B | E | E A B A |
I | sit at home lookin' | out my window i | magining the world has | stopped | |
| E | A | B | E | E A B A |
Then | in flies a | guy who's all dressed | up just like a Union | Jack | |
| E | A | B | E | E A B A |
He | says "I'd 've won five | pounds if I | had this kind of detergent | pack" | |
| E | G#m | A | B |
Said I " | Hey | you get | off of my | cloud |
| E | G#m | A | B |
| Hey | you get | off of my | cloud |
| E | G#m | A | B |
| Hey | you get | off of my | cloud |
| D | B | E | E A B A |
| Don't hang around, 'cause two's a | crowd on my | cloud! | |
The telephone is ringing I say "Hi who's there on the line?" | |
A voice says "Hi hello how are you?" "Well I guess I am doin' fine!" | |
He says "It's three a.m. there's too much noise don't you people want to go to bed? | |
Just cause you feel so good, do you have to drive me out of my head?" | |
I was sick and tired, fed up with things and decided to take a drive down town. | |
It was so very quiet and peaceful, there was nobody, not a soul around. | |
I laid myself down, I was so tired and I started to dream. | |
In the morning the parking tickets were just like flags stuck on my windscreen! | |
St. James Infirmary
trad.
| Em | Am | Em | C | B7 |
I went | down to | old Joe's | barroom, On the corner | by the | square. |
| Em | Am | Em | C | B7 | Em | Am |
Well, the | drinks were | served as | usual, And the | usual | crowd was | there, | |
| Em | B7 | Em |
And the | usual | crowd was | there. |
| Em | Am | Em | C | B |
In a | corner stood | old Joe Mc | Kennedy, His eyes all | bloodshot and | red. |
| Em | Am | Em | C | B7 | Em | Am |
He | turned to the | crowd a | round him, And | these were the | words he | said, | |
| Em | B7 | Em |
And | these were the | words he | said: |
| Em | Am | Em | C | B7 |
I | went to | St. James in | firmary, I saw my | baby | there. |
| Em | Am | Em |
She was | layed out on a | long white | table, |
| C | B7 | Em | Am | Em | B7 | Em |
So | sweet, so | cold, so | fair, | So | sweet, so | cold, so | fair! |
Went up to see the doctor, "She's very low," he said; | |
Went back to see my baby: | |
Good God! She's lying there dead! Good God! She's lying there dead! | |
"Let her go, let her go, God bless her, Wherever she may be! | |
She can search this wide world over, | |
And never find a man like me, And never find a man like me! | |
Well, if I die, please won't you bury me With my high top Stetson hat! | |
Put a twenty Dollar gold piece on my watchchain, | |
to let the boys know that I'm standing pat, to let the boys know that I'm standing pat! | |
Get six gamblers to carry my coffin, Let six pretty girls sing me a song! | |
Put a dixieland band behind my hearse wagon, | |
To raise Hell while they roll me along, To raise Hell while they roll me along | |
Now that's the end of my story; Let's have another round of booze | |
And if anyone should ask you: | |
I've got the St. James Infirmary blues, I've got the St. James Infirmary blues! | |
Let her go, let her go, God bless her,... | |
Summertime Blues
Eddie Cochran
| E | A | B7 | E | A | B7 | E |
| / / / | / | / / / | / / / / | / | / / / | / |
| E | E | A | B7 | E |
| I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler. | | | | |
| E | E | A | B7 | E |
About a- | workin' all summer, just to try to earn a dollar. | | | | |
| A |
| Every time I call my baby, try to get a date; |
| - | E | - |
My boss says: | No dice son, you gotta work late. | / / | |
| A |
| Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do, |
| E | - |
But there | ain't | no cure for the summertime blues! |
| E | A | B7 | E | A | B7 | E |
| / / / | / | / / / | / / / / | / | / / / | / |
| E | E | A | B7 | E |
| Well my ma' and pappa told me: Son, you gotta make some money | | | | |
| E | E | A | B7 | E |
| If you wanna use the car to go a-ridin' next sunday. | | | | |
| A |
| Well I didn't go to to work, told the boss I was sick! |
| - | E | - |
So | you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick! | / / | |
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do, | |
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues! | |
| E | E | A | B7 | E |
| I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation. | | | | |
| E | E | A | B7 | E |
| I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations. | | | | |
| A |
| Well I called my congressman and he said; quote: |
| - | E | - |
I'd | like to help you son, but you're too young to vote! | / / | |
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do, | |
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues! | |
Sympathy For The Devil
Jagger, Richards / The Rolling Stones
| E | D | A | E |
| Please allow me to intro | duce myself, I'm a | man of wealth and | taste. |
| D | A | E |
I've been around for | long, long years, stolen | many a man's soul and | faith. |
| D | A | E |
I was 'round when | Jesus Christ had his | moments of doubt and | pain. |
| D | A | E |
Made damn' sure that | Pilate washed his | hands and sealed his | fate. |
| B | E |
| Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my | name, |
| B | E |
But what's | puzzling you is the nature of my | game! |
I stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was the time for a change. | |
Killed the Tsar and his ministers, Anastasia screamed in vain. | |
I rode a tank, held a general's rank, when the blitzkrieg raged, and the bodies stank. | |
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, | |
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game! | |
I watched with glee how your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made. | |
I shouted out: "Who killed the Kennedys?", when after all, it was you and me. | |
Let me please introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste, | |
And I lay traps for troubadours, who get killed before they reach Bombay. | |
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, | |
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game! | |
| |: | | E | D | A | E | :| (x4) |
| | ( | so | lo) | | | |
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, | |
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game! | |
Just as every cop is a criminal, and all the sinners saints. | |
As heads is tails, just call me Lucifer, 'cos I'm in need of some restraint. | |
So if you meet me have some courtesy, have sympathy and some taste. | |
Use all your well-learned politesse, or I'll lay your soul to waste. | |
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, | |
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game! | |
The War Drags On
Mick Softley / Donovan
| E | E7 | A | E |
| Let me tell you the | story of a | soldier named | Dan. |
| E7 | A | E |
Went out to | fight the | good fight in | South Vietnam. |
| E7 | A | E |
Went out to | fight for peace, | liberty and | all. |
| E7 | A | F#m | | E |
Went out to | fight for | equality, | | | hope let's go! |
| Em7 | E |
| And the war | drags on! |
Found himself involved in a sea of blood and bones. | |
Millions without faces - without hope and without homes. | |
And the guns they grew louder as they made dust out of bones. | |
That the flesh had long since left just as the people - left their homes. | |
They're just there to make the people free. | |
But the way that they're doing it, it don't seem like that to me. | |
Just more blood letting, and misery, and tears; | |
That this poor country's known for the last twenty years. | |
Last night young Dan had a nightmare it seems. | |
One that kept occurring and reoccurring in his dreams. | |
Millions of people running screaming and shouting loud; | |
And right overhead was a big mushroom cloud. | |
And there's no more war - | |
'Cause there's no more world - | |
And my tears keep fallin' down - | |
Like the rain - on to the blackened ground! | |
Wanted Man
Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan / Johnny Cash
| C | D |
Wanted | man in California, Wanted | man in Buffalo, |
| G | G7 | F | C |
Wanted | man in Kansas | City, Wanted | man in Ohi | o, |
| C | D |
Wanted | man in Mississippi, Wanted | man in ol' Cheyenne, |
| G | G7 | F | C |
Wher | ever you might | look tonight You might | see this wanted | man! |
| C | D |
I might | be in Colorado, Or | Georgia by the sea; |
| G | G7 | F | C |
Working | for some man who | may not know At | all who I might | be. |
| C | D |
If you | ever see me coming And if | you know who I am |
| G | G7 | F | C |
Don't you | breathe it to no | body 'Cause you | know I'm on the | lamb. |
| C | D |
Wanted | man by Lucy Watson, Wanted | man by Jeannie Brown, |
| G | G7 | F | C |
Wanted | man by Nellie | Johnson, Wanted | man in this Tex- | town. |
I've had all that I wanted Of a lot of things I've had | |
And a lot more than I needed Of some things that turned out bad. | |
I got sidetracked in El Paso, Stopped to get myself a map. | |
Went the wrong way in Pleura with Juanita on my back. | |
Then I went to sleep in Shreveport, Woke up in Abilene, | |
Wonderin' why the hell I'm wanted At some town half way in between. | |
Wanted man in Albuquerque, Wanted man in Syracuse, | |
Wanted man in Tallahassee, Wanted man in Baton Rouge. | |
There's somebody set to grab me Anywhere that I might be, | |
And wherever you might look tonight You might get a glimpse of me. | |
Wanted man in California, Wanted man in Buffalo, | |
Wanted man in Kansas City, Wanted man in Ohio. | |
Wanted man in Mississippi, Wanted man in ol' Cheyenne, | |
Wherever you might look tonight You might see this wanted man! | |
We Gotta Get out of this Place
B. Mann, C. Weil / Animals
G ---------------------|
D ---0---3--2---0------|
A ------------------3--|
E -3---3---------------|
In this dirty old part of the city | |
Where the sun refuse to shine | |
| G | | F | | G |
People tell me there ain't no use in tryin' | | | | | |
| G | | F | | G |
Now my little girl you're so young and pretty | | | | | |
| G | | F | | G |
And One thing I know is true | | | | | |
| G | | F | | G |
You'll be dead before your time is due - I know | | | | | |
Watched my daddy in bed a-dyin' | |
watched his hair did turn a-gray | |
He's been working in slavery his life away, oh yes I know! | |
He's been workin' so hard, yeah | |
I've been working too, babe | |
Every Night and Day, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! | |
| C | F | G |
| We gotta get | out of this | place |
| C | D | G |
| If it's the last thing we | ever | do |
| C | F | G |
| We gotta get | out of this | place |
| Am | |: | C | | Bb | | F | | G | | :| |
| Girl there's a better life for me and You | | | | | | | | | | |
My little girl you're so young and pretty | |
And one thing I know is true | |
You'll be dead before your time is due | |
See my daddy in bed a-dying | |
See his hair a turning grey | |
He's been working in slavery his life away | |
I know he's been workin' so hard | |
(Yeah!) I've been workin' too, babe | |
(Yeah!) Whoooa! (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!) | |
We gotta get out of this place... | |
Somewhere, baby - Somehow, I know it! | |
We gotta get out of this place... | |
Believe me, baby - I know it, baby! | |
Working Class Hero
John Lennon
| Am | G | Am |
As | soon as you're born they | make you feel | small |
| Am | G | Am |
By | giving you no time in | stead of it | all |
| Am | G | Am |
'til the | pain is so big you feel | nothing at | all |
| Am | G | Am |
A | working class hero is | something to | be |
| Am | G | D | Am |
A | working class | hero is | something to | be |
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school | |
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool | |
'til youre so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules | |
A working class hero is something to be | |
A working class hero is something to be | |
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years | |
Then they expect you to pick a career | |
When you cant really function you're so full of fear | |
A working class hero is something to be | |
A working class hero is something to be | |
Keep you doped with religion and sex and tv | |
and you think you're so clever and classless and free | |
But youre still fucking peasants as far as I can see | |
A working class hero is something to be | |
A working class hero is something to be | |
There's room at the top they're telling you still | |
but first you must learn to smile as you kill | |
If you want to be like the folks on the hill | |
A working class hero is something to be | |
A working class hero is something to be | |
| Am | G | Am |
If you | want to be a hero well | just follow | me |
| Am | G | D | Am |
If you | want to be a | hero | just follow | me |
When I Was Young
Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch / Eric Burdon & the new Animals
RIFF: (Em) v v v v
e ------------12-14-12---10-12-10---9--10--9----|-7--
B ------------10-12-10---8--10-8----7--8---7----|-5--
G ----------------------------------------------|----
D ----------------------------------------------|----
A ----------------------------------------------|----
E ----------------------------------------------|----
| |: | Em | (riff) | :| | | Em | D |
| | | | | The | rooms were so much | colder then; |
| Em | D | Em | D |
My | father was a | soldier then; And | times were very | hard |
| Em | (riff) | Em/D | Em | (riff) |
When I was | young | - When | I was | young | |
I smoked my first cigarette at ten; | |
And for girls I had a bad yen; | |
And I had quite a ball - When I was young | |
| G | Em |
When | I was young it was | more important |
| G | Em | D |
| Pain more painful, | laughter much louder, | yeah |
| Em | (riff) | D | Em | (riff) |
When I was | young | - When | I was | young | |
I met my first love at thirteen | |
She was brown and I was pretty green | |
And I learned quite a lot | |
When I was young - When I was young | |
| Gm | | F | Gm | | F | Gm | | F | | Gm |
| / / / / | | / / / / | / / / / | | / / / / | / / / / | | / / / / | | / / / / / / / / |
| Bb | Gm |
When | I was young it was | more important |
| Bb | Gm | F |
| Pain more painful, | laughter much louder, | yeah |
| Gm | (riff) |
When I was | young | |
| Gm | F | Gm | F |
My | faith was so much | stronger then; | I believed in | fellow men |
| Gm | F | Gm |
| And I was so much | older then - When I was | young |
| F | Gm |
| When I was | young - When I was young... |
Worried Man Blues
trad.
| G | G7 |
It | takes a worried man to | sing a worried song, |
| C | G |
It | takes a worried man to sing a worried | song! |
| G | G7 |
It | takes a worried man to | sing a worried song, |
| Am | D7 | D | G |
I'm worried | now but I | won't be | worried | long |
| G | G7 |
I | went across the river, and | I laid down to sleep, |
| C | G |
I | went across the river, and I laid down to | sleep! |
| G | G7 |
I | went across the river, and | I laid down to sleep; |
| Am | D7 | D | G |
When I woke | up I had | shackles | on my | feet! - It takes a worried man... |
Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg, | |
I had twenty-nine links of chain around my leg! | |
Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg; | |
And on each link An initial of my name! - It takes a worried man... | |
Judge, judge, judge, What's gonna be my fine, | |
I Judge, judge, judge, What's gonna be my fine; | |
Judge, judge, judge, What's gonna be my fine? | |
"Twenty-one years On the Rocky Mountain line". - It takes a worried man... | |
The train pulled in, sixteen coaches long, | |
The train pulled in, sixteen coaches long! | |
The train pulled in, sixteen coaches long; | |
The girl I love, she's on that train and gone. - It takes a worried man... | |
I looked down that track as far as I could see, | |
I looked down that track as far as I could see! | |
I looked down that track as far as I could see; | |
Little-bitty hand was waving back at me. - It takes a worried man... | |
If anyone should ask you who made up this song, | |
If anyone should ask you who made up this song! | |
If anyone should ask you who made up this song: | |
Tell him t'was I, and I sing it all day long. - It takes a worried man... | |
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Jagger-Richards / the Rolling Stones: Let it Bleed (1969)
| |: | C | Cadd9 | C | F | Fadd9 | F | :| |
| | | | | | | | |
| C | F | C | F |
I | saw her today at the re | ception, | - a glass of wine in her | hand |
| C | F | C | F |
I | knew she was gonna meet her con | nection, - at her | feet was a footloose | man |
| C | F | C | F |
You | can't always get what you | want, You | can't always get what you | want |
| C | F |
You | can't always get what you | want, |
| D | F | C | F | C | Cadd9 | C | F | Fadd9 | F |
But if you | try sometimes, you just might | find, you get what you | need! | | | | | | | |
I went down to the demonstration, - To get my fair share of abuse. | |
Singing: "We're gonna vent our frustration! - If we don't we're gonna blow a fivty amp fuse!" | |
You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you waant, | |
You can't always get what you want, | |
But if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need! | |
I went down to the Chelsea Drug Store, - To get your prescription filled. | |
I was standing in line with Mister Jimmy, - And man did he look pretty ill! | |
We decided that we would have a soda, - my favorite flavour - cherry red. | |
I sung my song to Mister Jimmy, - and he said one word to me and that was "dead". | |
I said: You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you waant, | |
You can't always get what you want, | |
But if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need! | |
| |: | C | Cadd9 | C | F | Fadd9 | F | :| | D | | F | C | Cadd9 | C | F | Fadd9 | F | C | Cadd9 | C |
| | | | | | | | | | | you get what you | need! | | | | | | | | |
I saw her today at the reception, - in her glass was a bleeding man. | |
She was practiced at the art of deception, - I could tell by her bloodstained hands. | |
You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you waant, | |
You can't always get what you want, | |
But if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need! | |