The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing...
the Beatles
8. Across the Universe
Lennon & McCartney/the Beatles
G
Em
Bm
Words are flowing
out like endless
rain into a paper cup
Am7
D7
They
slither while they pass they slip a
way across the universe
G
Em
Bm
Pools of sorrow
waves of joy are
drifting through my open mind
Am7
Cm
Po
sessing and ca
ressing me
G
D7
Jai Guru Deva -
Om - Nothing's gonna change my world,
C
G
D7
Nothing's gonna change my
world.
Nothing's gonna change my world,
C
G
Nothing's gonna change my
world.
G
Em
Bm
Images of
broken light which
dance before me like a million
Am7
D7
eyes they call me on and on
across the universe
G
Em
Bm
Thoughts meander
like a restless
wind inside a letterbox
Am7
D7
They
tumble blindly as they make their
way across the universe
Jai Guru Deva - Om - |: Nothing's gonna change my world :| (4x)
G
Em
Bm
Sounds of laughter
shades of light are
ringing through my open ears
Am7
Cm
Ex
citing and in
viting me
G
Em
Bm
Limitless un
dying love which
shines around me like a million
Am7
D7
suns: It calls me on and on a
cross the universe
Jai Guru Deva - Om - |: Nothing's gonna change my world :| (4x)
A
Jai Guru Deva - Jai Guru Deva - Jai Guru Deva...
9. Eight Days A Week
Lennon, McCartney / the Beatles: Beatles for Sale (1965)
Intro
D/ - /
D4/
D/ -
E/D / - /
E4/D /
E/D / -
G/D / - /
G4/D /
G/D / -
D /
D
Em
G
D
Ooh, I need your
love, babe,
guess you know it's
true.
Em
G
D
Hope you need my
love, babe,
just like I need
you.
Bm
Em
Bm
E
Hold me,
love me,
hold me,
love me;
D
Em
G
D
Ain't got nothing but
love, babe,
eight days a
week.
A
C
A
C
C7
Eight days a week, I
lo-o-ove you -
Eight days a week, is
not enough to
show I care!
D
Em
G
D
Love you every
day, girl,
always on my
mind.
Em
G
D
One thing I can
say, girl,
love you all the
time.
Bm
Em
Bm
E
Hold me,
love me,
hold me,
love me;
D
Em
G
D
Ain't got nothing but
love, babe,
eight days a
week.
A
C
A
C
C7
Eight days a week, I
lo-o-ove you -
Eight days a week, is
not enough to
show I care!
D
Em
G
D
Ooh, I need your
love, babe,
guess you know it's
true.
Em
G
D
Hope you need my
love, babe,
just like I need
you.
Bm
Em
Bm
E
Hold me,
love me,
hold me,
love me;
D
Em
G
D
Ain't got nothing but
love, babe,
eight days a
week!
G
D
G
D
D/ - /
D4/
D/ -
E/D / - /
E4/D /
E/D / -
G/D / - /
G4/D /
G/D / -
D /
Eight days a
week!
-
Eight days a
week!
10. Girl
Lennon, McCartney / the Beatles (1965)
Em
B7
Em
Em7
Is there
anybody
going to listen
to my
story
Am
C
G
B7
all about the
girl who came to
stay?
Em
B7
Em
Em7
She's the
kind of girl you
want so much it
makes you
sorry
Am
C
G
B7
Still, you don't re
gret a single
day.
G
Bm
Am
D7
G
Bm
Am
D7
Ah
gi-i
rl,
gi-i
rl.
When I think of all the times I've tried so hard to leave her,
She will turn to me and start to cry.
And she promises the earth to me and I believe her,
after all this time I don't know why.
Ah, girl, girl.
bridge
Am
E
Am
E
Am
She's the kind of girl who puts you
down when friends are there, you feel a
fool.
Am
E
Am
C
When you say she's looking good she
acts as if it's understood.
She's coo-oo-
ool!
G
Bm
Am
D7
G
Bm
Am
D7
gi-i
rl,
gi-i
rl.
Was she told when she was young that pain would lead to pleasure?
Did she understand it when they said:
that a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure,
Will she still believe it when he's dead?
Ah girl, girl, girl!
11. Help!
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles: HELP! (1965)
Am
F
Help! I need somebody
Help! Not just anybody
D
G
Help! You know I need someone,
Help!
G
Em
When I was younger, so much
younger than today,
C
Am
C
F
G
I
never needed
anybody's
help in
any
way.
G
Em
But now those days are gone I'm
not so self-assured,
C
Am
C
F
G
Now I find I've
changed my mind, I've
opened
up the
door.
Am
Am/G
F
F/E
Help me if you can I'm feeling down,
and I
do appreciate you being '
round.
D
G
Em
G
Help me get my feet back on the ground, won't you
please
please help
me.
And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seemed to vanish in the haze.
But every now and then I feel so insecure,
I know that I just need you like I've never done before.
Help me if you can I'm feeling down, and I do appreciate you being 'round.
Help me get my feet back on the ground, won't you please please help me.
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now those days are gone I'm not so self-assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind, I've opened up the door.
Help me if you can I'm feeling down, and I do appreciate you being 'round.
Help me get my feet back on the ground, won't you please please help me.
Help me, help me, oooh.
12. Here Comes the Sun
George Harrison / the Beatles: Abbey Road (1969)
G
Cmaj7
Here comes the sun, do do do do.
A7
G
C
G
C
G
D7
G
G7
Here comes the
sun, and I say; it's
all right
G
C6
D7
Little darling,, it's been a
long, cold, lonely
winter.
G
C6
D7
Little darling, it feels like
years since it's been
here.
Here comes the sun, do do do do.
Here comes the sun, and I say, it's all right.
Little darling, the smiles returning to their faces.
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here.
Here comes the sun, do do do do.
Here comes the sun, and I say, it's all right.
Bridge
Bb
F
C
G
D7
Su-
un,
sun,
sun, here it
comes!
Su-un, sun, sun, here it comes!
Su-un, sun, sun, here it comes!
Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting.
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been clear.
Here comes the sun, do do do do.
Here comes the sun, and I say, it's all right.
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes.
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
13. Hey Jude
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles (1967)
G
D
D7
D7sus4
D7
G
Hey
Jude, don't make it
bad, take a
sad
song and
make it
better!
C
G
D7
G
Re
member to let her into your
heart, Then you can
start to make it
better.
G
D
D7
D7sus4
D7
G
Hey
Jude, don't be a
fraid, you were
made to
go
out and
get her!
C
G
D7
G
The
minute you let her under your
skin, Then you be
gin to make it
better!
G7
C
C/B
Am
D7
G
And anytime you feel the
pain, Hey
Jude, re
frain, Don't carry the
world upon your
shoulders!
G7
C
C/B
Am
D7
G
For well now you know that it's a
fool who
plays it
cool By making his
world a little
colder.
G
G7
D7
Na-na-na
na-na
na-na-na
G
D
D7
D7sus4
D7
G
Hey
Jude, don't let me
down, You have
found
her, now
go and
get her!
C
G
D7
G
Re
member to let her into your
heart, Then you can
start, to make it
better!
G7
C
C/B
Am
D7
G
So
let it out and let it
in, Hey
Jude, be
gin; You're waiting for
someone to per
form with!
G7
C
C/B
Am
D7
G
And don't you know that it's just
you, Hey
Jude, You'll
do, The movement you
need is on your
shoulders.
G
G7
D7
Na-na-na
na-na
na-na-na, yeah!
G
D
D7
D7sus4
D7
G
Hey
Jude, don't make it
bad, take a
sad
song and
make it
better!
C
G
D7
G
Re
member to let her into your
heart, Then you can
start to make it
better, better, better, better! Oooh!
G
F
C
G
F
Na-na-na
Nana-na-na,
Nana-na-na, Hey
Jude! Na-na-na
Nana-na-na, ...
14. I Am The Walrus
Lennon, McCartney/the Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
(intro)
B
A
D
G
F
Bb
E
E7
D
D7
|
/ / / / | / /
/
/ |
/ /
/
/ |
/ / / / |
/ / / / |
/ / / / |
/ / / / |
A
A/G
C
D
E
A
A/G
I am he as
you are he as
you are me and
we are
all to
gether
C
D
A
See how they run like pigs from a gun see
how they fly; I'm
crying!
A
A/G
D/F#
Fmaj7
G
A
A/G
Sitting on a cornflake
waiting for the
van to
come.
F
B
Corporation tee shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday,
Man you've been a naughty boy you let your face grow long!
C
D
E
I am the
egg-man, they are the
egg-men, I am the
Walrus - Goo goo g'joob!
A
A/G
C
D
E
A
A/G
Mister city
p'liceman sitting
pretty little
p'lice men in a
row;
C
D
A
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky see
how they run: I'm
crying!
Dsus4
A
E
D
D7
I'm cry-
ing I'm
crying - I'm
cry-
ing!
A
A/G
D/F#
Fmaj7
G
A
A/G
Yellow matter custard
dripping from a
dead dog's
eye.
F
B
Crab a locker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
Boy you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down!
C
D
E
B
A
D
G
F
Bb
E
E7
D
D7
I am the
egg-man, they are the
egg-men, I am the
Walrus - Goo goo g'joob!
B
A
G
F
E
Sitting in an
English
garden waiting
for the
sun.
F
B7
If the sun don't
come you get a tan from standing in the English rain
C
D
E
I am the
egg-man, they are the
egg-men, I am the
Walrus - Goo goo g'joob!
A
A/G
C
D
E
A
A/G
Expert, texpert,
choking smokers,
don't you think the
joker laughs at
you?
C
D
A
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see
how they snied: I'm
crying!
A
A/G
D/F#
Fmaj7
G
A
A/G
Semolina Pilchard
climbing up the
Eiffel
Tower.
F
B
Element'ry penguin singing Hare Krishna.
Man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe!
C
D
E
I am the
egg-man, they are the
egg-men, I am the
Walrus - Goo goo g'joob!
Goo goo g'joob! Goo goo goo...
15. I'm Only Sleeping
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles: Revolver (1966)
Em
Am
G
C
G
B7
When I wake up early in the
morning;
Lift my
head
I'm still
yawning.
Em
Am
G
C
G
C
Am
When I'm in the middle of a
dream;
Stay in
bed
Float up
stream.
G
Am
Bm
Am
Please don't wake me;
No, don't shake me;
Leave me where I
am,
Am
Cmaj7
(Bass-Riff)
I'm only
sleeping...
Em
Am
G
C
G
B7
Everybody seems to think I'm
lazy;
I don't
mind, I
think they're
crazy.
Em
Am
G
C
G
C
Am
Running everywhere at such a
speed; '
Til they
find,
There's no
need.
G
Am
Bm
Am
Please don't spoil my
day, I'm miles
away, And after
all,
Bm
Cmaj7
I'm only
sleeping...
Bridge
Dm7
E
Am
Am/G
F
Keeping an eye on the
world going by my
window,
taking my time
E7
Am
G
C
G
B7
Lying there and staring at the
ceiling;
Waiting
for - a
sleepy
feeling
Solo
Em
Am
G
C
G
C
G
Am
Bm
Am
Please don't spoil my
day; I'm miles
away, And after
all:
C
I'm only
sleeping...
E7
Am
G
C
G
B7
When I wake up early in the
morning;
Lift my
head
I'm still
yawning.
Em
Am
G
C
G
C
Am
When I'm in the middle of a
dream;
Stay in
bed
Float up
stream.
G
Am
Bm
Am
Please don't wake me;
No, don't shake me;
Leave me where I
am,
Am
Cmaj7
I'm only
sleeping...
16. I'm so Tired
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles: White Album (1968)
A
G#7
D
E7
A
F#m7
D
E7
I'm
so
tired, I
haven't slept a
wink, I'm
so
tired, my
mind is on the
blink.
A
E+
F#m
Dm
I
wonder should I
get up and
fix myself a
drink, no, no, no!
A
G#7
D
E7
A
F#m7
D
E7
I'm
so
tired, I
don't know what to
do, I'm
so
tired, my
mind is set on
you.
A
E+
F#m
Dm
I
wonder should I
call you but I
know what you would
do...
A
You say, I'm putting you on but it's no joke, it's doing me harm, you know I
E7
can't sleep, I can't stop my brain, you know it's three weeks, I'm going insane,
D
A
you know I'd
give you everything I've got for a little peace of
mind.
A
G#7
D
E7
A
F#m7
D
E7
I'm
so
tired, I'm
feeling so up
set. Al
though I'm so
tired, I'll
have another ciga
rette
A
E+
F#m
Dm
and
curse Sir Walter
Raleigh, he was
such a stupid
get.
A
You say, I'm putting you on but it's no joke, it's doing me harm, you know I
E7
can't sleep, I can't stop my brain, you know it's three weeks, I'm going insane,
D
A
you know I'd
give you everything I've got for a little peace of
mind.
D
A
Give you everything I've got for a little peace of
mind.
Am6
17. Lady Madonna
Lennon/ McCartney
E
A
E
A
Lady Ma
donna,
children at your
feet
E
A
E
C
D
E
Wonder how you
manage
to make
ends
meet
A
E
A
Who finds the
money
when you pay the
rent
E
A
E
C
D
E
Did you think that
money
was
hea
ven
sent?
Am
D
Friday night arrives without a
suitcase
G
Em
Sunday morning creeping like a
nun
Am
D7
Monday's child has learned to tie his
bootlace
G
Am6
B7
See
how they'll
run
E
A
E
A
Lady Ma
donna,
baby at your
breast
E
A
E
A
Wonder how you
manage to
feed the
rest
E
A
E
A
Lady Ma
donna,
lying in your
bed
E
A
E
C
D
E
Listen to the
music
playing
in
your
head
Am
D
Tuesday afternoon is never
ending
G
Em
Wednesday morning papers didn't
come
Am
D
Thursday night your stockings needed
mending
G
Am6
B7
See
how they'll
run
E
A
E
A
Lady Ma
donna,
children at your
feet
E
A
E
A
Wonder how you
manage to
make ends
meet
18. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Lennon, McCartney / the Beatles: Abbey Road (1969)
D
B7
Em
Joan was quizzical,
studied pataphysical
science in the home,
A7
D
A
late night all alone with a test tube,
oh, oh, oh,
oh.
D
B7
Em
Maxwell Edison,
majoring in medicine,
calls her on the phone.
A7
D
A
Can I take you out to the pictures,
Jo-o-o-o
an?
E7
A7
But,
as she's getting ready to go, a
knock comes from the door:
D
E7
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came
down upon her head.
A7
Em
A7
D
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made
sure that
she was
dead.
D
B7
Em
Back in school again,
Maxwell plays the fool again,
teacher gets annoyed.
A7
D
A
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant
sce-e-e-
ene.
D
B7
Em
She tells Max to stay
when the class has gone away,
so he waits behind.
A7
D
A
Writing fifty times "I must not be
so-o-o-
o.
E7
A7
But,
when she turns her back on the boy, he
creeps up from behind:
D
E7
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came
down upon her head.
A7
Em
A7
D
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made
sure that
she was
dead.
D
B7
Em
P.C. thirtyone
said "We've caught a dirty one.",
Maxwell stands alone.
A7
D
A
Painting testimonial pictures,
oh - oh, oh -
oh.
D
B7
Em
Rose and Valerie,
screaming from the gallery,
say he must go free.
A7
D
A
The
judge does not agree And he tells them
so-o-o-
o.
E7
A7
But,
as the words are leaving his lips, a
noise came from behind:
D
E7
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came
down upon his head.
A7
Em
A7
D
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made
sure that
he was
dead.
19. Norwegian Wood
Lennon, McCartney / the Beatles (1965)
E
A
E
A
E
A
E
A
E
I
once had a
girl
or should I
say
she once had
me?
E
A
E
A
E
A
G
A
E
She
showed me her
room
isn't it
good
Norwegian
wood?
Em
A
She
asked me to stay and she told me to sit any
where.
Em
F#m
B7
So
I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a
chair.
E
A
E
A
E
A
E
I
sat on a
rug
biding my
time
drinking her
wine
E
A
E
A
E
A
E
We
talked until
two
and then she
said
it's time for
bed
|:
E
A
E
A
E
A
E
:|
Em
A
She
told me she worked in the morning and started to
laugh
Em
F#m
B7
I
told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the
bath
E
A
E
A
E
A
E
And
when I
awoke
I was
alone
this bird had
flown
E
A
E
A
E
A
E
So
I lit a
fire
isn't it
good
Norwegian
wood
20. Nowhere Man
John Lennon/Paul McCartney
C
G
F
C
He's a real
nowhere man,
Sitting in his
nowhere land,
F
Fm
C
Making all his
nowhere plans for
nobody.
C
G
F
G
Doesn't have a
point of view,
Knows not where he's
going to,
F
Fm
C
Isn't he a
bit like you and
me?
Em
F
Em
F
Nowhere
man, please
listen, You don't
know what you're
missing,
Em
F
G
Nowhere
man, the
world is at your command.
guitar
C
G
F
C
F
Fm
C
C
G
F
C
He's as blind as
he can be,
Just sees what he
wants to see,
F
Fm
C
Nowhere man can
you see me at
all?
Em
F
Em
F
Nowhere
man, don't
worry, Take your
time, don't
hurry,
Em
F
G
Leave it
all 'till
somebody else lends you a hand.
C
G
F
C
Doesn't have a
point of view,
Knows not where he's
going to,
F
Fm
C
Isn't he a
bit like you and
me?
Em
F
Em
F
Nowhere
man, please
listen, You don't
know what you're
missing,
Em
F
G
Nowhere
man, the
world is at your command.
C
G
F
C
He's a real
nowhere man,
Sitting in his
nowhere land,
F
Fm
C
Making all his
nowhere plans for
nobody,
F
Fm
C
Making all his
nowhere plans for
nobody,
F
Fm
C
Making all his
nowhere plans for
nobody.
21. Octopus's Garden
Richard Starkey / the Beatles: Abbey Road (1969)
E
C#m
I'd like to be
under the sea
A
E
B7
In an
Octopus's
Garden in the
shade.
E
C#m
He'd let us in,
knows where we've been,
A
E
B7
In his
Octopus's
Garden in the
shade.
C#m
B
I'd ask my friends to come and see
A
B7
An Octopus's
Garden with me.
E
C#m
I'd like to be
under the sea
A
B7
E
In an
Octopus's
Garden in the
shade.
We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves.
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an Octopus's Garden near a cave.
We would sing and dance around
Because we know we can't be found.
I'd like to be under the sea
In an Octopus's Garden in the shade.
Solo
We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves.
Oh, what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe.
We would be so happy, you and me.
No one there to tell us what to do.
I'd like to be under the sea
In an Octopus's Garden with you.
In an Octopus's Garden with you.
In an Octopus's Garden with you.
22. The Fool on the Hill
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (1968)
D
G
D
(
Bm
)
G
Day after day,
alone on a hill, The
man with the foolish
grin
is keeping
perfectly still,
Em
A
D
Bm
Em
A
But
nobody wants to
know him, they can
see that he's just a
fool, And
he never gives an
answer.
Dm
Bb
But the
fool on the hill sees the
sun going down
C
Am
Dm
D
And the
eyes in his head see the
world spinning
round...
D
G
D
G
Well on the way
head in a cloud, the
man of thousand voices talking
perfectly loud,
Em
A
D
Bm
Em
A
But
nobody ever
hears him, or the
sound he appears to
make, And
he never seems to
notice.
Dm
Bb
But the
fool on the hill sees the
sun going down
C
Am
Dm
D
And the
eyes in his head see the
world spinning
round...
flute
D
G
D
G
Em
A
D
Bm
Em
A
And
nobody seems to
like him, they can
tell what he wants to
do, And
he never shows his
feelings.
Dm
Bb
But the
fool on the hill sees the
sun going down
C
Am
Dm
D
And the
eyes in his head see the
world spinning
round...
D
G
D
G
Oh,
around and round -
Oh,
around and round...
Em
A
D
Bm
Em
A
he never listens
to them, he
knows that they're the
fools -
They don't
like him.
Dm
Bb
But the
fool on the hill sees the
sun going down
C
Am
Dm
D
And the
eyes in his head see the
world spinning
round...
D
G
D
G
Oh,
around and round -
Oh,
around and round...
23. We Can Work It Out
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles
D
Em
D
Em
C
D
Try to see it
my
way - Do I have to
keep on talking
till I can't go
on?
D
Em
D
Em
C
D
While you see it
your
way - Run the risk of
knowing that our
love may soon be
gone!
G
D
G
A
We can work it
out -
We can work it
out!
D
Em
D
Em
C
D
Think of what you're
say-
ing - You can get it
wrong and still you
think that it's all
right!
D
Em
D
Em
C
D
Think of what I'm
say-
ing - We can work it
out and get it
straight or say good
night!
G
D
G
A
We can work it
out -
We can work it
out!
Bridge
Bm
G
F#7
Life is very short and there's no
ti--
me
Bm
Bm/A
Bm/G
Bm/F#
For fussing and
fighting my
friend.
Bm
G
F#7
I have always thought that it's a
cri--
me
Bm
Bm/A
Bm/G
Bm/F#
So I will
ask you
once
again:
D
Em
D
Em
C
D
Try to see it
my
way - Only time will
tell if I am
right or I am
wrong.
Em
D
Em
C
D
While you see it
your
way - There's a chance that
we might fall a
part before too
long!
G
D
G
A
We can work it
out -
We can work it
out!
Bridge
Bm
G
F#7
Life is very short and there's no
ti--
me
Bm
Bm/A
Bm/G
Bm/F#
For fussing and
fighting my
friend.
Bm
G
F#7
I have always thought that it's a
cri--
me
Bm
Bm/A
Bm/G
Bm/F#
So I will
ask you
once
again:
D
Em
D
Em
C
D
Try to see it
my
way - Only time will
tell if I am
right or I am
wrong.
Em
D
Em
C
D
While you see it
your
way - There's a chance that
we might fall a
part before too
long!
G
D
G
A
We can work it
out -
We can work it
out!
D
Em
D
24. With a Little Help from my Friends
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
D
A
Em
A
D
What would you
think if I
sang out of tune, Would you
stand up and walk out on
me?
D
A
Em
A
D
Lend me your
ears and I'll
sing you a song, And I'll
try not to sing out of
key.
D
C
G
D
Oh, I get
by with a little
help from my
friends,
D
C
G
D
Mm, I get
high with a little
help from my
friends.
D
C
G
D
Mm, gonna
try with a little
help from my
friends.
A
D
A
Em
A
D
What do I
do when my
love is away, Does it
worry you to be a
lone?
D
A
Em
A
D
How do I
feel by the
end of the day, Are you
sad because you're on your
own?
D
C
G
D
No, I get
by with a little
help from my
friends,
D
C
G
D
Mm, I get
high with a little
help from my
friends.
D
C
G
D
Mm, gonna
try with a little
help from my
friends.
bridge
Bm
E
D
C
G
Do you
need any
body? - I
need some
body to
love.
Bm
E
D
C
G
Could it
be any
body? - I
want some
body to
love.
D
A
Em
A
D
Would you be
lieve in a
love at first sight? Yes, I'm
certain that it happens all the
time.
D
A
Em
A
D
What do you
see when you
turn out the light? I can't
tell you but I know it's
mine.
D
C
G
D
Oh, I get
by with a little
help from my
friends,
D
C
G
D
Mm, I get
high with a little
help from my
friends.
D
C
G
D
Oh, Im gonna
try with a little
help from my
friends.
bridge
Bm
E
D
C
G
Do you
need any
body? - I
need some
body to
love.
Bm
E
D
C
G
Could it
be any
body? - I
want some
body to
love.
D
C
G
D
Oh, I get
by with a little
help from my
friends,
D
C
G
D
Mm, gonna
try with a little
help from my
friends.
D
C
G
D
Oh, I get
high with a little
help from my
friends.
D
C
G
Yes, I get
by with a little help from my
friends,
Bb
C
D
With a little help from my
frie-
ee-
ends.
25. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles: Help (1965)
G
D
F
G
C
F
C
Here I
stand
head in
hand,
turn my face to the
wall
G
D
F
G
C
F
C
D
If she's
gone I
can't go
on,
feeling two foot
sm
al
l
G
D
F
G
C
F
C
Every
where
people
stare
each and every
way
G
D
F
G
C
F
C
D
D/C
D/B
D/A
I can
see them
laugh at
me
and I hear them
say
G
C
Dsus
D
D6
D
Hey you got to
hide your love
away
G
C
Dsus
D
D6
D
Hey you got to
hide your love
away
G
D
F
G
C
F
C
How can
I
even
try,
I can never
win
G
D
F
G
C
F
C
D
Hearing
them
seeing
them
in the state I'm
in
G
D
F
G
C
F
C
How could
she
say to
me
love will find
away
G
D
F
G
C
F
C
D
Gather
round
all you
clown,
let me hear you
say
ay
ay
G
C
Dsus
D
D6
D
Hey you got to
hide your love
away
G
C
Dsus
D
D6
D
Hey you got to
hide your love
away
Bee Gees
26. To Love Somebody
Barry & Robin Gibb / Bee Gees: Bee Gees 1st (1967), Eric Burdon & the Animals: Love Is (1968)
G
Am
There's a light, a
certain kind of light,
C
G
F
G
That never shone on
me.
I want my life to
be -
D
C
Here with with
you - To live with
you!
G
Am
There's a way - I know
everybody says:
C
G
F
G
Just to do every thing that I
can!
But what good will it
do -
D
C
If I can't have
you - if I can't have
you, Baby!
G
D
C
G
You don't know what it's
like, You
just don't know what it's
like!
D
C
G
To love some
body, to love some
body - The way I
love you.
solo
G
Am
Mmm, in my brain - I
see your face again.
C
G
F
G
I know my frame of
mind,
you ain't got to be so
blind -
D
C
And I'm
blind, so so so very
blind!
G
Am
I'm a man, can't you
see what I am?
C
G
F
G
I
live and I breathe for
you!
But what good does it
do -
D
C
If I ain't got
you - Ain't got
you, Baby!
You don't know what it's like, You just don't know what it's like!
To love somebody - To love somebody - The way I love you.
You don't know what it's like, You just don't know what it's like!
D
G
To love somebody - To love somebody - The way I love you.
No no no no no
no
You don't know what it's like, You just don't know what it's like!
To love somebody - To love somebody - The way I love you.
Chuck Berry
27. Rock And Roll Music
Chuck Berry / Chuck Berry (1957)
A
A
Just let me hear some of that
Rock And Roll Music,
Any old way you choose it;
D7
It's got a
back beat, you can't loose it,
A
A7
Any old time you
use it.
E7
It's
gotta be Rock Roll Music,
E7
A
if you wanna dance with
me,
E7
A
if you wanna dance with
me.
A
E7
I've got no kick against
modern jazz
A
unless they try to play it
too darn fast
D
and change the beaty of the
melody
E7
until it sounds just like a
symphony
That's why I go just for that Rock and Roll Music,
Any old way you choose it;
It's got a back beat, you can't loose it,
Any old time you use it.
It's gotta be Rock Roll Music,
if you wanna dance with me,
if you wanna dance with me.
I took my love on over 'cross the tracks
So she could hear a man a-wailin' sax.
I must admit they had a rockin' band
And they were blowin' like a hurrican'.
That's why I go just for that Rock And Roll Music...
Way down south they had a jubilee
the rockin' folks they gave a jamburee
drinkin' home-brewn from a wooden cup
man, you should have seen them all shook up!
That's why I go just for that Rock And Roll Music...
Don't care to hear 'em play a tango,
I'm in the mood to dig a mambo;
It's way to early for a congo,
So keep a rockin' that piano
So I can hear some of that Rock And Roll Music...
That's why I go just for that Rock And Roll Music...
28. Roll Over Beethoven
Chuck Berry
E
E
I'm gonna write a little letter,
Gonna mail it to my local DJ.
A
A
E
It's a
rockin' rhythm record I
want my jockey to
play.
B
B
E
Roll
over Beethoven, I
gotta hear it again to
day.
You know, my temperature's risin' And the jukebox blows a fuse.
My heart's beatin' rhythm And my soul keeps on singin' the blues.
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news.
I got the rockin' pneumonia, I need a shot of rhythm and blues.
I think I'm rollin' arthritis Sittin' down by the rhythm review.
Roll over Beethoven rockin' in two by two.
bridge
E
E
well, if you feel you like it -
go get your lover, then reel and rock it.
E
A
A
E
roll it over and
move on up just -
a trifle further and
reel and rock it, roll it over,
E
B
roll
over Beethoven rockin' in two by two.
Well, early in the mornin' I'm a-givin' you a warnin'
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
Hey diddle diddle, I am playin' my fiddle, Ain't got nothin' to lose.
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news.
You know she wiggles like a glow worm, Dance like a spinnin' top.
She got a crazy partner, Oughta see 'em reel and rock.
Long as she got a dime the music will never stop.
Roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues.
Pat Boone
29. Speedy Gonzales
Kaye, Hill, Lee / Pat Boone (1962)
It was a moonlight night in old Mexico
I walked along between some old adobe haciendas
Suddenly, I heard the plaintive cry of a young Mexican girl:
D
Bm
G
A7
La la
la, la la la la la la
la
La la la la la la
la
La la la la la la
la
D
Bm
You'd better come home, Speedy Gon
zales - Away from Cannery
Row
G
A7
Stop all your
drinkin' - With that floozie named
Flo
D
Bm
Come on home to your a
dobe - And slap some mud on the
wall
G
A7
D
The roof is leakin' like a
strainer
-
There's lots of roaches in the
hall
G
D
Speedy Gon
zales (Speedy Gonzales) - Why don't you come
home?
G
A
Speedy Gon
zales (Speedy Gonzales) - How come you leave me all a
lone?
Hey, Rosita! I have to go shopping downtown for my mother. She needs some tortillas and chili peppers!
D
Bm
G
A7
La la
la, la la la la la la
la
La la la la la la
la
La la la la la la
la
D
Bm
Your dog is gonna have a
puppy - And we're runnin' out of
Coke
G
A7
No enchiladas in the
icebox - And the television's
broke
D
Bm
I saw some lipstick on your
sweatshirt - I smell some perfume in your
ear
G
A7
D
Well, if you're gonna keep a-
messin'
-
Don't bring your business back-a
here
G
D
Speedy Gon
zales (Speedy Gonzales) - Why don't you come
home?
G
A
Speedy Gon
zales (Speedy Gonzales) - How come you leave me all a
lone?
Hey, Rosita, come quick! Down at the Cantina they've got some green stamps with tequila!
D
Bm
G
A7
La la
la, la la la la la la
la
La la la la la la
la
La la la la la la
la
Bonzo Dog Dooh Daah Band
Capo IV
30. I'm the Urban Spaceman
N. Innes / Bonzo Dog Band: Tadpoles (1969)
G
A
C
D
G
G
A
C
D
G
I'm the urban spaceman baby,
I've got speed;
I've got
everything I
need.
G
A
C
D
G
I'm the urban spaceman, baby,
I can fly; I'm a
super
sonic
guy.
Em
C
G
I don't need pleasure, I
don't feel
pain.
C
G
A
D
If you were to
knock me down - I'd
just get up
again!
G
A
C
D
G
G
A
C
D
G
I'm the urban spaceman babe and -
I'm making out -
I'm
all a
bout!
Em
C
G
I
wake up every morning with a
smile upon my
face.
C
G
A
D
G
A
C
D
G
My
natural ex
uberance spills
out all over the
place.
G
A
C
D
G
I'm the urban spaceman I'm
intelligent and clean,
Know
what I
mean?
G
A
C
D
G
I'm the urban spaceman, as a
lover second to none,
It's a
lot of
fun!
Em
C
G
I never let my friends down, I've
never made a
boob.
C
G
A
D
I'm a glossy
magazine, an
advert in the
tube.
G
A
C
D
G
G
A
C
D
G
I'm the urban spaceman babe, but
here comes the twist:
I
don't e
xist!
Eric Burdon & the Animals
31. San Franciscan Nights
Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch / Eric Burdon & the new Animals
Intro: v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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-0-----3-2--0----|---------|-0-----3-2---0---|-------------
Spoken:
Em
This following program is dedicated to the city and people of San Francisco
Who may not know it, but they are beautiful - and so is their city
This is a very personal song, so if the viewer cannot understand it -
particularly those of you who are European residents - save up
all your bread and fly Trans-Love Airways to San Francisco, USA
Then maybe you'll understand the song
It will be worth it - if not for the sake of this song
But for the sake of your own peace of mind
C
Em/B
Am
G
/
/ / /
/ /
/ /
C
Em/B
Am
G
C
Em/B
Am
G
Strobe light's
beam
creates
dreams
Walls
move
minds do
too
D
F
C
On a
warm San Fran
ciscan
night
C
Dm
F
C
D
F
C
Old child,
young child,
feel all
right On a
warm San Fran
ciscan
night
Angels sing, leather wings Jeans of blue, Harley-Davidsons too
On a warm San Franciscan night
Old angels, young angels feel all right On a warm San Franciscan night
Fm
Em
I wasn't born there -
Perhaps I'll die there
F
G
G/F
G/D
G/B
G/G
There's no place left to
go
-
San Francisco...
Instrumental break
D
F
C
C
D
F
C
Dm
F
C
/ /
/ /
/ / / /
/ /
/ /
/ /
/ /
/ /
/ /
/ / / /
Cop's face is filled with hate Heavens above, he's on a street called Love
When will they ever learn
Old cop, young cop feel all right On a warm San Franciscan Night
The children are cool - They don't raise fools
It's an American dream - Includes Indians, too
Capo: III
32. Sky Pilot
Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch / Eric Burdon & the new Animals
(a capella)
He blesses the boys as they stand in line
They smell of gun grease and their bayonets they shine
He's there to help them all that he can
To make them feel wanted, he's a good holy man
G
C
G
G
C
G
Am
G
Sky -
pi
lot,
Sky -
pi
lot!
How high can you
fly?
Am
G
You'll
never (never) (never) reach the
sky!
Am
C
He
smiles at the young soldiers, tells
them it's all right
Am
C
He
knows of their fear in the
forthcoming flight
Am
C
Soon there'll be blood and
many will die
Am
D
Mothers and fathers back
home they will cry
Sky-pilot, Sky-pilot! How high can you fly?
You'll never (never) (never) reach the sky!
He mumbles a prayer and it ends with a smile
The order is given, they move down the line
But he stay'll behind and he'll meditate
But it won't stop the bleeding or ease the hate
As the young men move out into the battle zone
He feels good, with God you're never alone
He feels so tired and he lays on his bed
Hopes the men will find courage in the words that he said
Sky-pilot, Sky-pilot! How high can you fly?
You'll never (never) (never) reach the sky!
Interlude (guitar, pipes, strings)
G
|
C
(repeat 4x)
|
Db
(repeat 4x)
|
.
.
.
/ / / / / / /
/
/ / / / / / /
/
You're soldiers of God, you must understand
The fate of your country is in your young hands
May God give you strength, do your job real well
If it all was worth it, only time it will tell
In the morning they returned with tears in their eyes
The stench of death drifts up to the skies
A young soldier so ill looks at the Sky Pilot
Remembers the words, "Thou shalt not kill"
|: Sky-pilot, Sky-pilot! How high can you fly?
You'll never (never) (never) reach the sky! :|
Am
C
G
You'll
never (never)
(never) reach the
sky...
33. 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
Instrumental break
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...
the Byrds
34. Wasn't Born To Follow
Carol King & Gerry Goffin / the Byrds: The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)
| :
C
G
:|
C
G
C
G
C
Oh I'd
rather go and
journey where the
diamond crests are
flowing and
G
C
G
C
Run across the
valley be
neath the sacred
mountains
D
and
Wander through the forest
C
Where the
trees have leaves of prisms and break the light in colors
D
G
C
G
C
That
no-one knows the
names of.
G
C
G
C
And
when it's time I'll
go and wait bes
ide a legend
ary fountain
G
C
G
C
Till I see your
form reflected
in it's clear and
jeweled water
D
And
if you think I'm ready
C
You may
lead me to the castles where the rivers of our vision
D
G
C
G
C
Flow
into one an
other.
|
D
/ / / | / / / / | . . .
|
| :
C
G
:|
C
|
(solo)
|
G
C
G
C
I will want to
die beneath the
white cascading
waters
G
C
G
C
She may
beg she may
plead she may
argue with her
logic
D
And
then she'll know the things I lose
C
That
really have no value in the end she will surely know
D
G
C
G
C
I
wasn't born to fol
low.
Johnny Cash
Capo I
35. A Boy named Sue
Shel Silverstein / Johnny Cash: At San Quentin (1969)
A
D7
Well My
daddy left home when I was three -- And he
didn't leave much to Ma and me
E7
A
Just
this old guitar and an empty bottle of
booze. -- Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
D7
E7
A
But the
meanest thing that he ever did -- Was be
fore he left, he went and named me '
Sue'.
Well, he must have thought that that was quite a joke -- And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folks,
It seems I had to fight my whole life through. -- Some gal' would giggle and I'd get red
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head, -- I tell you, life ain't easy for a boy named 'Sue'.
Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean, -- My fist got hard and my wits got keen,
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame. -- But I made me a vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars -- And kill that man that give me that awful name.
Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July -- And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew. -- At an old saloon on a street of mud,
There at a table, dealing stud, -- Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me 'Sue'.
Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad -- From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had,
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye. -- He was big and bent and gray and old,
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold -- And I said: "My name is 'Sue'! how do you do?
Now you gonna die!" - Yeah, that's what I told him!
Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes -- And he went down, but, to my surprise,
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear. -- But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street -- Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.
I tell you, I've fought tougher men -- But I really can't remember when,
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile. -- I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first, -- He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.
He said: "Son, this world is rough -- And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
And I know I wouldn't be there to help you along. -- So I give you that name and I said good-bye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die -- And it's that name that helped to make you strong."
He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight -- And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do. -- But you ought to thank me, before I die,
For the gravel in ya' guts and the spit in ya' eye -- Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you 'Sue'."
Yeah; what could I do? What could I do?
I got all choked up and I threw down my gun -- And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,
And I come away with a different point of view. -- And I think about him, now and then,
Every time I try and every time I win, -- And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him
Bill or George! Any damn' thing but Sue! -- I still hate that name!
36. Ghost Riders In The Sky
Stan Jones / Johnny Cash: Silver (1979)
Am
C
An
old cowboy went ridin' out one
dark and windy day.
Am
C
U
pon a ridge he rested as he
went along his way.
Am
When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw:
F
Am
Plowin' through the ragged skies, and
up a cloudy draw.
Am
C
Their brands were still on fire and their
hoofs were made of steel.
Am
C
Their
horns were black and shiny and their hot
breath he could feel.
Am
A
bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky;
F
For he
saw the riders comin' hard, and he heard their mournful cry:
Am
C
Am
C
F
Am
Yippie-I-
ay,
yippie-I-
oh -- The
ghost riders in the
sky!
solo
Am
C
Their
faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their
shirts all soaked with sweat.
Am
C
He's
ridin' hard to catch that herd, but he
ain't caught 'em yet'.
Am
'Cause they
got to ride forever on that range up in the sky,
F
Am
On
horses snorting fire as they
ride on hear their cry!
Am
C
As the
riders loped on by him he
heard one call his name:
Am
C
"If you
wanna to save your soul from hell a-
ridin' on our range,
Am
Then
cowboy change your ways today, or with us you will ride,
F
Am
Tryin' to
catch the devil's herd a
cross these endless skies!"
Yippie-I-ay, yippie-I-oh - Ghost riders in the sky (3x)...
Jane Bowers/Donovan: What's Bin Did And What's Bin Hid (1965)
C
G
C
F
C
C/D
C
A
hundred and
eighty were
challenged by
Travers to
die,
C
G
C
F
C
C7
by a
line that he
drew with his
sword as the
battle drew
nigh.
F
C
F
C
Every
man that stepped over the
line was for glory, and
he that was left better
fly,
G
C
F
C
C7
and over the
line crossed one
hundred and
seventy
nine.
F
Em
Hey, up Santa Anna, they're killing your soldiers be
low,
F
C
F
G
C
So the
rest of Texas will
know,
and re
member the
Alamo.
C
G
C
F
C
C/D
C
Jim
Bowie lay
dying, his
blood and his
powder were
dry,
G
C
F
C
C7
but his knife had been
willing to
take him a
few in re
ply.
F
C
F
C
Young Davey Crockett lay
laughing and dying, the
blood and the sweat in his
eye,
G
C
F
C
C7
for Texas and
freedom a
man was more
willing to
die.
F
Em
Hey, up Santa Anna, they're killing your soldiers be
low,
F
C
F
G
C
So the
rest of Texas will
know,
and re
member the
Alamo.
C
G
C
F
C
C/D
C
A
courier
came, to
bellow once
bloody and
loud.
G
C
F
C
C7
And found only
skin and
bones where he
once left a
crowd.
F
C
F
C
Fear
not, little darling, of
dying, if the
world is sovereign and
free,
G
C
F
C
C7
well, we'll fight to the
last as
long as
liberty
be.
F
Em
Hey, up Santa Anna, they're killing your soldiers be
low,
F
C
F
C
So the
rest of Texas will
know,
and remember the
Alamo.
F
G
C
And re
member the
Alamo!
Doors
53. Light my Fire
The Doors/The Doors (1967)
Am7
F#m7
Am7
F#m
You
know that it would be un
true - You
know that I would be a
liar
Am7
F#m
Am7
F#m7
If I was to say to
you -
Girl we couldn't get much
higher
G
A
D
G
A
D
E
G
F#m
E
Come on baby
light my
fire -
Come on baby
light my
fire
-
Try to set the
night on
fire!
Am7
F#m7
Am7
F#m7
The
time to hesitate is
through - no
time to wallow in the
mire
Am7
F#m
Am7
F#m7
try now we can only
loose - and our
love become a funeral
pyre
G
A
D
G
A
D
E
G
F#m
E
Come on baby
light my
fire -
Come on baby
light my
fire
-
Try to set the
night on
fire!
The time to hesitate is through - no time to wallow in the mire
try now we can only loose - and our love become a funeral pyre
Come on baby light my fire - Come on baby light my fire - Try to set the night on fire!
You know that it would be untrue - You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you - Girl we couldn't get much higher
Come on baby light my fire - Come on baby light my fire!
G
A
D
G
A
D
E
G
F#m
E7
try to set the
night on
fire -
try to set the
night on
fire
-
try to set the
night on
fire
Em6
Em7
Em9
B/A
C/A
D/A
5
54. Riders On The Storm
Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore / The Doors: L.A. Woman (1971)
Em
Em6
Em7
Em6
Em
Em6
Em7
Em6
Em
Riders on the
storm
- Riders on the
storm
Am
B/A
C/A
D/A
Em
Em6
Em7
Em6
Em
In
to this house we're
born
- In
to this world we're
thrown
D
C
Like
dog without a bone
- An
actor out on loan -
Em
Em6
Em7
Em6
Em
Riders on the
storm.
There's a killer on the road - His brain is squirming like a toad.
Take a long holiday - Let your children play.
If you give this man a ride - Sweet family will die -
Killer on the road.
Em
Em6
Em7
Em6
Em
Em6
Em7
Em6
Em
Gotta love your man - Girl, you gotta love your man.
Take him by the hand - Make him understand.
The world on you depends - Our life will never end -
You gotta love your man.
Em
Em6
Em7
Em6
Em
Em6
Em7
Em6
Em
Em9
A
Em9
Em9
A
Em9
Riders
on the
storm
-
Riders
on the
storm - ...
Bob Dylan
55. Belle Isle
trad. / Bob Dylan: Self Portrait (1970)
C
F
C
G
C
One
evening for pleasure I
rambled to view the
fair fields
all a
lone.
F
G
G
Down by the banks of
Loch Eiron where
beauty and pleasure were
known.
a
e
a
G
I
spied a fair maid at her
labour which
caused me to stay for a
while.
C
a
e
F
f
C
And I thought of a
goddess of
beauty
bloomin bright
star of bright
isle.
C
a
e
F
G
C
I
humbled
myself to her
beauty "Fair
maiden, where
do you be-
long?
C
a
e
d
F
G
Are
you from
heaven de
scended a
biding in
cupids fair
throne?"
a
e
a
e
"Young
man, I will tell you a
secret It's
true I'm a maid that is
poor.
C
a
F
f
And to
part from my vows and my
promise Is
more than my heart can
endure.
C
e
a
e
G
There
fore I re
main at my ser
vice And
go through all my hardship and
toil
C
e
a
F
G
C
And
wait for the
lad that has
left me All
alone on the
banks of belle
isle".
C
a
e
F
G
C
"Young
maiden I
wish not to
banter It's
true I come
here in dis
guise.
C
e
a
d
G
I came
here to ful
fill our last
promise And
hope to give you a sur
prise.
a
G
a
e
G
I've
known you're a maid I love
dearly And you've
been in my
heart all the
while.
C
e
a
F
G
C
For
me there is
no other
damsel Than my
bloomin bright
star of belle
isle".
56. Days of 49
Bob Dylan/Self Portrait
Am
G
Am
G
Am
I'm
old Tom Moore from the
bummer's shore in the
good old
golden
days.
G
Am
G
Am
They call me a bummer and a
gin-sot, too, but
what cares
I for
praise
C
Am
C
Am
I
wander 'round from
town to town, just
like a roving
sign,
C
Am
G
Am
And
the people all say "There
goes Tom Moore in the
days of '
49.
Am
F
C
F
C
In the
days of old, in the
days of gold, how
oftentimes I re
pine
F
C
Am
For the
days of old when we
dug up the gold, In the
days of '49.
There was Nantuck Bill, I knew him well, a feller fond of tricks.
At a poker game he was always there and heavy with his bricks.
He would ante up and draw his cards and go in a hatfull blind.
In a game of bluff, Bill lost his breath in the days of '49.
In the days of old...
There was New York Jake, a butcher boy he was always getting tight.
And every time that he got full he was always hunting a fight.
One night he run up against a knife in the hands of old Bob Kline:
And over Jake they held a wake In the days of '49.
In the days of old...
There was poor old Jess, the old lame cuss; He never would relent.
He never was known to miss a drink Or ever spend a cent.
At length old Jess, like all the rest, who never would decline,
In all his bloom went up the flume in the days of '49.
In the days of old...
There was roaring Bill from Buffalo; I never will forget.
He would roar all day and he'd roar all night and I guess he's roaring yet.
One night he fell in a prospector's hole in a roaring bad design,
And in that hole roared out his soul in the days of '49
In the days of old...
Cadd2
Dm/f
G/B
57. Masters of War
Bob Dylan/the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
Capo III - dropped D [DAdgbe']
Dm
Come you masters of war - You that build the big guns;
Cadd2
Dm
You that build the death planes - You that
build all the
bombs;
You that hide behind walls - You that hide behind desks.
Cadd2
Dm
I just want you to
know - I can see through your
masks!
You that never done nothin' - But build to destroy.
You play with my world - Like it's your little toy.
You put a gun in my hand - And you hide from my eyes.
And you turn and run farther - When the fast bullets fly.
Like Judas of old - You lie and deceive.
A world war can be won - You want me to believe.
But I see through your eyes - And I see through your brain.
Like I see through the water - That runs down my drain.
You fasten the triggers - For the others to fire.
Then you set back and watch - When the death count gets higher.
You hide in your mansion - As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies - And is buried in the mud.
You've thrown the worst fear - That can ever be hurled:
Fear to bring children - Into the world;
For threatening my baby - Unborn and unnamed!
Dm/f
Cadd2
Dm
You ain't worth the
blood - That
runs in your
veins!
How much do I know - To talk out of turn.
You might say that I'm young - You might say I'm unlearned.
But there's one thing I know - Though I'm younger than you:
Cadd2
G/B
Dm
Even Jesus would
never - For
give what you
do!
Let me ask you one question - Is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness - Do you think that it could?
I think you will find - When your death takes its toll:
All the money you made - Will never buy back your soul!
And I hope that you die - And your death'll come soon;
I will follow your casket - In the pale afternoon.
And I'll watch while you're lowered - Down to your deathbed;
Dm/f
Cadd2
Dm
And I'll stand o'er your
grave - 'Til I'm
sure that you're
dead
58. Mr. Tambourine Man
Bob Dylan
F
G
C
F
Hey, Mr.
Tambourine Man,
play a song for
me,
C
F
G
I'm not
sleepy and there
is no place I'm
going to.
F
G
C
F
Hey, Mr.
Tambourine Man,
play a song for
me,
C
F
G
C
C4
C
In the
jingle jangle
morning I'll come
followin'
you
F
G
C
F
C
F
Though I
know that evenin's
empire has
returned into
sand,
Vanished from my
hand,
C
F
G
Left me
blindly here to
stand but still not
sleeping.
F
G
C
F
C
F
My
weariness a
mazes me, I'm
branded on my
feet, -- I
have no one to
meet,
C
F
G
And the
ancient empty
street's too dead for
dreaming.
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man...
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship, my senses have been stripped,
My hands can't feel to grip, my toes too numb to step,
Wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade into my own parade,
Cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it.
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man...
Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun,
It's not aimed at anyone , it's just escapin' on the run, and but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme to your tambourine in time,
It's just a ragged clown behind, I wouldn't pay it any mind,
It's just a shadow you're seein' that he's chasing.
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man...
Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves, the haunted, frightened trees,
Out to the windy beach, far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, with all memory and fate,
Driven deep beneath the waves, let me forget about today until tomorrow.
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man...
Eagles
Capo II
59. Hotel California
Felder, Henley & Frey / the Eagles
Am
E
On a dark desert highway,
cool wind in my hair;
G
D
Warm smell of colitas,
rising through the air.
F
C
Up ahead in the distance,
I saw a shimering light.
Dm
E
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim,
I had to stop for the night.
Am
E
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell,
G
D
And I was thinking to myself: this could be
heaven or this could be hell!
F
C
Then she lit up a candle
and she showed me the way;
Dm
E
There were voices down the corridor;
I thought I heard them say:
F
C
"
Welcome to the Hotel Califor
nia!
E
Am
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a
lovely face.
F
C
Plenty of room at the Hotel Califor
nia!
Dm
E
Any
time of year (any time of year), you can
find it here."
Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz.
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends.
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget!
So I called up the captain, "Please bring me my wine." He said:
"We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine."
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night, just to hear them say:
"Welcome to the Hotel California!
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face.
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California;
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your alibis-"
Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice, and she said:
"We are all just prisoners here, of our own device."
And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives - but they just can't kill the beast!
Last thing I remember, I was running for the door.
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before.
"Relax," said the night man, "We are programmed to receive.
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave!"
"Welcome to the Hotel California!
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place), such a lovely face.
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California;
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your alibis-"
Don Fardon
60. Indian Reservation
John D. Loudermilk / Don Fardon
Am
Dm
They took the whole Cherokee
Nation
Am
And put us on this reser
vation.
Dm
They took away our ways of
life,
Am
The tomahawk and the
bow and knife.
Am
Dm
They took away our native
tongue
Am
And taught their English to
our young.
Dm
And all the beads we made by
hand
Am
Are nowadays made in
Japan.
Dm
Am
Cherokee people --
Cherokee tribe.
Dm
E
So proud to life --
so proud to die!
Am
Dm
They took the whole Indian
Nation
Am
And locked us on this reser
vation.
Dm
And though I wear a shirt and
tie,
Am
I'm still a red man deep in
side!
Dm
Am
Cherokee people --
Cherokee tribe.
Dm
E
So proud to life --
so proud to die!
Am
Dm
But may be someday when they
learn
Am
Cherokee nation will re
turn! Will return -- will return -- will return. Will Return!
Fleetwood Mac
61. 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.
solo
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...
Arlo Guthrie
62. City of New Orleans
Steve Goodman / Arlo Guthrie (1972)
G
D
G
Em
C
G
Riding on the
City of New
Orleans,
Illinois Central,
Monday morning
rail.
G
D
G
Em
D
G
Fifteen cars and
fifteen restless
riders, Three
conductors, and
twenty-five sacks of
mail.
Em
Bm
All
slong the southbound odyssey -- The
train pulls out of Kankakee
D
A
And
rolls along the houses, farms and
fields.
Em
Bm
Passing trains that have no name -- And
freight yards full of old black men
D
D7
G
And
graveyards of the
rusted auto
mobiles.
C
D
G
Em
C
G
D
Good morning
America, how
are you? Say
don't you know me,
I'm your native
son.
G
D
Em
F
C
D
G
I'm the
train they call the
City of New
Orleans, I'll be
gone five
hundred
miles when the day is
done.
Dealing card games with the old men in the club cars, A penny a point, ain't no one keeping score.
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle, And feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor.
And the sons of Pullman porters -- And the sons of engineers
Ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steel.
Mothers with their babes asleep -- Rocking to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
Good morning America, how are you? Say don't you know me, I'm your native son.
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans, I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
Nighttime on the City of New Orleans, Changing cars in Memphis, Tennesee.
Halfway home, and we'll be there by morning, Through the Misissippi darkness, rolling down to the sea.
But all the towns and people seem -- To fade into a bad dream
The steel rail still ain't heard the news.
The conductor sings his songs again -- The passengers will please refrain
This train's got the disappearin' railroad blues.
Goodnight America, how are you? Say don't you know me, I'm your native son.
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans, I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
Jimi Hendrix
63. 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,
That's what I'll do!
Well I guess I'll shoot them both
Before I'm through.
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
Gonna be put around me.
64. The Wind Cries Mary
Jimi Hendrix
Intro
|:
F
(I.)
F#
G
- - -
F
(octave)
E
F
- - -
:|
D
C
G
After all the
jacks are in their
boxes
D
C
G
And the
clowns have
all gone to
bed
D
C
G
You can hear
happiness
staggering on
down the street
A
C
F
F#
G
Footsteps
dressed in
red
A
C
Eb
E
F
- - -
Eb
E
F
And the
wind
whispers
Mar
y
D
C
G
A
broom is
drearily
sweeping
D
C
G
Up the broken
pieces of yesterday's
life
D
C
G
Somewhere a
queen is
weeping
A
C
F
F#
G
Somewhere a
king has no
wif
e
A
C
F
F#
G
- - -
F
F#
G
And the
wind
cries
Mar
y
Solo
D
C
G
The traffic lights turn
blue to
morrow
D
C
G
And shine the
emptyness down on my
bed.
D
C
G
The tiny island
sags
downstream
A
C
F
F#
G
'
Cause the life that
lived is
dea
d.
A
C
F
F#
G
- - -
F
F#
G
And the
wind
screams
Mar
y
D
C
G
Will the wind
ever re
member
D
C
G
The
names it has
blown in the
past.
D
C
G
With it's
crutch, it's
old age, and it's
wisdom,
A
C
F
F#
G
It whispers
no, this will
be the
las
t.
A
C
F
F#
G
- - -
F
F#
G
- - -
F
F#
G
- - -
F
F#
G
And the
wind
cries
Mar
y
Jethro Tull
65. Locomotive Breath
Ian Anderson / Jethro Tull: Aqualung (1971)
Intro:
|:
Em
G
D
Em
:|
x x x x x x x x x
/ / / /
/
/
/
Em
Em
G
D
Em
In the shuffling madness
Em
Em
G
D
Em
Of Locomotive Breath.
Em
Em
G
D
B
Runs the all-time loser
B
B
D
Em
Headlong to his death.
Em
Em
G
D
Em
Oh! He feels the pistons scraping,
Em
Em
G
D
Steam Breaking on his brow:
G
A
B
D
A
B
Old
Charlie stole the
handle - And the
train, it
won't
stop
going:
B
A
G
Em
no way
to
slow
down.
He sees his children jumping off
At stations one by one.
His woman and his best friend
In bed and having fun.
Oh! He's crawling down the corridor,
On his hands and knees.
Old Charlie stole the handle - And the train, it won't stop going:
No way to slow down.
He hears the silence howling
Catches angels as they fall.
And the all-time winner
Has got him by the balls.
Oh he picks up gideon's Bible
Open at page one.
I thank God he stole the handle - And the train, it won't stop going:
No way to slow down!
Janis Joplin
66. Summertime
Dubose Heyward, Ira & George Gerswin / Janis Joplin: Cheap Thrills (1968)
E
Am
E
Am
E
Am
E
Am
E
Summer
time
,
and the l
ivin' is
easy,
E
Dm
Dsus
Dm
E
E7
Fish are
jum
pin',
and the cotton is
high.
Am
E
Am
E
Am
E
Am
D7
Oh your daddy's
rich,
and your
ma, she's good
lookin',
C
Am
Dm
E
Am
E
Am
E
So h
ush little
baby,
don't
you
cry.
One of these mornings, you're gonna wake up singing,
And you'll spread your wings, and you'll take to the sky.
But 'till that morning, there ain't nothing to harm you,
Your mamma and your papa gonna be standing by.
Summertime, and the livin' is easy,
Fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high.
Oh your daddy's rich, and your ma, she's good lookin',
So hush little baby, don't you cry.
Ben E. King
67. Stand By Me
King, Glick / Ben E. King (1961)
C
Am
F
G
C
When the night is cold, and the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see.
No I won't be afraid. No, I won't be afraid,
Just as long as you stand, stand by me.
So darling, darling, stand by me. Oh, stand by me.
Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me.
And the sky that we look upon should crumble and fall,
And the mountains should tumble to the sea.
I won't cry, I won't cry. Oh I won't shed a tear,
Just as long as you stand stand by me.
So darling, darling, stand by me. Oh, stand by me.
Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me.
SOLO:
And darling, darling, stand by me. Oh, stand by me.
Stand by me, Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me.
Whenever you're in trouble just stand by me. Oh, stand by me,
Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me...
Kingston Trio
68. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Solomon Linda, George David Weiss / the Kingston Trio
D
G
D
A
Oooh
weeeeeeee-
eeee ooh wee um
ma ma a
weh
D
G
D
A
Oooh
weeeeeeee-
eeee ooh wee um
ma ma a
weh
D
G
In the jungle, The
mighty jungle
D
A
The
lion sleeps to
night
D
G
Near the jungle, the
quiet jungle
D
A
The
lion sleeps to
night
Hey, Hey, Hey
Oooh weeeeeeeeee ooh wee um ma ma a weh
Oooh weeeeeeeeee ooh wee um ma ma a weh
In the village, the peacefull village
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the quiet village
The lion sleeps tonight
Hey, Hey, Hey,
Oooh weeeeeeeeee ooh wee um ma ma a weh
Wee ma ma weh, wee ma ma weh...
Hush my darlin', don't fear my darlin'
The lion sleeps tonight
Hush my darlin', don't fear my darlin'
The lion sleeps tonight
Oooh weeeeeeeeee ooh wee um ma ma a weh
Oooh weeeeeeeeee ooh wee um ma ma a weh
Whoa oh oh oh-oh, whoa oh oh oh-oh, whoa I'm on my way oooh weeeeee
ooh wee um ma ma weh
Kinks
69. Apeman
R. D. Davies / the Kinks
Intro
D
D
D
D
D
D
A
E
-
D
E
E
A
A
E
I think I'm sophisticated 'cause I'm living my life just like a
good homo sapiens.
A
E
But
all around me everybody's multiplying and they're
walking round like flies man.
D
A
So
I'm no better than the animals sitting in the
cages in the zoo man.
E
A
Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees
I am an ape
man.
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized 'cause I'm a strict vegetarian.
But with the over-population and inflation and starvation and the crazy politicians:
I don't feel safe in this world no more, I don't want to die in a nuclear war.
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman.
A
E
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an
apeman!
A
E
I'm a
King Kong man, I'm a voodooh man, oh I'm an
apeman!
D
A
'Cause
compared to the sun that sits in the sky, Com
pared to the clouds as they roll by,
E
A
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies
I am an ape
man.
spoken
A
E
In man's evolution he's created the city and the
motor traffic rumble.
A
E
But
give me half a chance and I'd be taking off my clothes and
living in the jungle.
D
A
'Cause the
only time that I feel at ease Is
swinging up and down in the coconut trees.
E
A
Oh what a life of luxury to
be like an ape
man.
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodooh man, oh I'm an apeman
I look out the window but I can't see the sky, The air pollution is a-fucking up my eyes,
I want to get out of this city alive and make like an apeman.
A
E
A
E
A
Oh come on and
love me, be my apeman
girl, And we'll be so
happy in my apeman
world.
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodooh man, oh I'm an apeman
I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane, I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane,
We'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day, just like an apeman.
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodooh man, oh I'm an apeman
I don't feel safe in this world no more, I don't want to die in a nuclear war.
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman.
70. Celluloid Heroes
Raymond Douglas Davies / The Kinks: Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972)
D
A
G
D
Everybody's a
dreamer, and
everybody's a
star,
F#m
Bm
G
A
And
everybody's in
movies, it doesn't
matter who you
are!
Bm
F#m
G
A
There are
stars in every
city - In ev'ry
house and on ev'ry
street,
D7
G
A
D
And if you
walk down Hollywood
Boulevard - Their names are
written in con
crete.
D
A
G
D
Don't
step on Greta
Garbo as you
walk down the Boule
vard;
F#m
Bm
G
A
She
looks so weak and
fragile that's why she
tried to be so
hard.
Bm
F#m
G
A
But they
turned her into a
princess - And they
sat her on a
throne.
D7
G
A
D
But she
turned her back on
stardom - Because she
wanted to be a
lone.
C
G
D
You can
see all the stars as you
walk down Hollywood
Boulevard.
C
G
D
Some that you recognize,
some that you've hardly even
heard of.
C
G
D
People who worked and
suffered and struggled for
fame,
C
G
D
Some who succeeded and
some who suffered in
vain.
D
A
G
D
Rudolph Valen
tino looks
very much a
live,
F#m
Bm
G
A
And he
looks up ladies
dresses as they
sadly pass him
by.
Bm
F#m
G
A
Avoid
stepping on Bela
Lugosi - 'Cause he's
liable to turn and
bite!
D7
G
A
D
But stand
close by Bette
Davis - Because
hers was such a lonely
life.
D
A
G
D
If you
covered him with
garbage George
Sanders would still have
style,
F#m
Bm
G
A
And if you
stamped on Mickey
Rooney He would
still turn round and
smile.
Bm
F#m
G
A
But please don't
tread on dearest
Marilyn - 'Cause
she's not very
tough.
D7
G
A
D
She
should have been made of
iron or steel - But she was
only made of flesh and
blood.
C
G
D
You can
see all the stars as you
walk down Hollywood
Boulevard
C
G
D
Some that you recognize,
some that you've hardly even
heard of
C
G
D
People who worked and
suffered and struggled for
fame
C
G
D
Some who succeeded and
some who suffered in
vain
D
A
G
D
Everybody's a
dreamer, and
everybody's a
star,
F#m
Bm
G
A
And
everybody's in
show biz, it doesn't
matter who you
are!
Bm
F#m
G
A
And those who
are success
ful - Be
always on your
guard,
D7
G
A
D
Suc
cess walks hand in
hand with failure - Along
Hollywood Boule
vard.
bridge
C
G
D
I
wish my life was
non-stop Hollywood
movie show.
C
G
D
A
fantasy world of
celluloid villains and he
roes.
C
G
D
Because
celluloid heroes
never feel any
pain,
C
G
D
And
celluloid heroes
never really
die!
C
G
D
You can
see all the stars as you
walk down Hollywood
Boulevard
C
G
D
Some that you recognize,
some that you've hardly even
heard of
C
G
D
People who worked and
suffered and struggled for
fame
C
G
D
Some who succeeded and
some who suffered in
vain
|:
C
G
D
:|
La la
la la la - la la
la la la - la la
la la la
C
G
D
C
G
D
Oh,
celluloid heroes
never feel any
pain - Oh,
celluloid heroes
never really
die.
bridge
C
G
D
I
wish my life was
non-stop Hollywood
movie show.
C
G
D
A
fantasy world of
celluloid villains and he
roes.
C
G
D
Because
celluloid heroes
never feel any
pain,
C
G
D
And
celluloid heroes
never really
die!
71. Shangri-La
R. D. Davies/the Kinks: Arthur (1969)
Am
G
E7
Am
Am
C
G
E7
Now that you've
found your
para
dise,
This is your
kingdom
to com
mand.
Am
C
G
E7
Am
C
E7
Am
You can
go out
side and
polish your
car Or
sit by the
fire in your
Shangri-
La.
Am
G
E7
Am
Am
C
G
E7
Here's your re
ward for
working so
hard -
Gone are the
lavatories
in the back
yard;
Am
C
G
E7
Am
C
E7
Am
Gone are the
days when you
dreamed of that
car - You
just want to
sit in your
Shangri-
La!
D
Dmaj7
D7
G
G/F#
Em
Put on your slippers and
sit by the fire, You've
reached your top and you
just can't
get any
higher.
C
C/B
Am
Am/G
F
F/E
Dm
Dm/C
You're in your
place and you
know where you
are.
In your
Shangri-
La.
D
Dmaj7
D7
G
G/F#
Sit back in your
old rockin' chair, You
need not worry you
need not care.
Em
C
C/B
Am
You can't go any
where.
F
A
F
A
Bb
F
C
A
Shangri-
La-
a, Shangri-
La-
a, Shangri-
La-
ah-ah-
ah!
D
Dmaj7
D7
G
G/F#
Em
The
little man
who gets the train Got a
mortgage hanging
over his head.
C
C/B
Am
Am/G
F
F/E
Dm
Dm/C
But he's too
scared to com
plain
-
Cause he's con
ditioned that
way;
D
Dmaj7
D7
G
G/F#
Em
C
C/B
Am
Time goes by and he
pays off his debts - Got a
T.V. set and a
radio
-
for seven
shillings a
week.
|:
F
A
F
A
Bb
F
C
:|
Shangri-
La-
ah, Shangri-
La-
ah, Shangri-
La-
ah-aah-
ah!
Bb
F
C
Bb
F
C
Bb
F
/
/
/ - /// /// //
/
/
/ - /// /// //
/
/
Dm
Dm/C
Dm/B
Dm/Bb
And all the
houses in the
street have got a
nam,
Dm
Dm/C
Dm/B
Dm/Bb
'
Cause all the
houses in the
street they look the
same,
A
D
Dm
ame chimney pots, same little
cars, same window
panes.
Dm
Dm/C
Dm/B
Dm/Bb
The neighbors
call to tell you
things that you should
know,
Dm
Dm/C
Dm/B
Dm/Bb
They say their
lines they drink their
tea and then they
go ,
A
D
Dm
They tell your business in
another Shangri-
La.
Dm
Dm/C
Dm/B
Dm/Bb
The gas bills and the
water rates and
payments on the
car ,
Dm
Dm/C
Dm/B
Dm/Bb
Too scared to
think about how
insecure you
are ,
A
D
Life ain't so happy in your
little Shangri-La
G
C
F
Bb
|:
G
C
F
Bb
:|
A
Shangri-
La- Shangri-
la la la la
la la la la
la;
- -
La- la la
la la la la
la la la la
la;
D
Dmaj7
D7
G
G/F#
Em
Put on your slippers and
sit by the fire - You've
reached your top and you
just can't
get any
higher,
C
C/B
Am
Am/G
F
F/E
Dm
Dm/C
You're in your
place and you
know where you
are -
In your
Shangri-
La!
D
Dmaj7
D7
G
G/F#
Em
Sit back in your
old rockin' chair you
need not worry you
need not
care
C
C/B
Am
You can't go
anywhere
-
|:
F
A
F
A
Bb
F
C
A
:|
Shangri-
La-
ah, Shangri-
La-
ah, Shangri-
La-
ah-aah-
ah!
72. Autumn Almanac
R.D. Davies / The Kinks (1967)
B
C#
F#
B
C#
F#
Bm
E
A
/ /
/ / / /
/ /
/ /
/ / / /
/ / From the
dew soaked hedge creeps a
crawly caterpillar
E
D
E
A
E
A
E
The
dawn begins to crack,
it's
all
part
of my
autumn alma
nac!
Bm
E
A
Breeze blows leaves of a
musty colored yellow
E
D
E
A
E
A
E
So I
sweep them in my sack,
yes,
yes,
yes,
it's my
autumn alma
nac
F#
B
C#
F#
B
C#
F#
Friday evening
pe-
ople get to
gether,
hi-
iding from the
weather
D#m
D#m/D
F#
Tea and
toasted buttered currant
buns
G#
B
Bb
Can't
compensate for lack of
sun because the
summer's all gone
Bm
E
A
E
La-la-
la la-la, la la
la-la la la-la-la
ohh! my
poor rheumatic back
D
E
A
E
A
E
Yes,
yes,
yes,
it's my
autumn alma
nac
Bm
E
A
E
La-la-la la-la,
la la la-la la la -
ohh! my
autumn almanac
D
E
A
E
A
E
Yes,
yes,
yes,
it's my
autumn alma
nac
A
E
D
E
A
E
D
A
I like my
football
on a
Saturday,
roast beef on
Sunday's
al-
right
A
E
D
E
A
E
D
A
I'm goin' to
Blackpool
for my
holidays,
sit in the
open
sun
light
Am
C
F
G
This is my street
and I'm never gonna
leave it
C
B
Bb
A
And I'm always gonna
stay if I
live to be
ninety-
nine
Am
D7
A
A7
'Cause all the people I
meet
seem to come from my
street
B
C#
F#m
B
And I can't get
away,
because it's calling me (
come on
home)
A
B
Hear it calling me (
come on
home)
Bm
E
A
E
La-la-
la la-la, la la la-
la la la-la-la
ohh! my
autumn almanyac
D
E
A
E
A
E
Yes,
yes,
yes,
it's my
autumn alma
nac
Bm
E
A
E
La-la-la la-la,
la la la-la la la -
ohh! my
autumn almanac
D
E
A
E
D
E
A
E
D
E
A
Yes,
yes,
yes,
yes,
yes,
yes,
yes,
yes
D
E
A
(repeat and fade out)
Bop bop
bop-m bop-m
ba -ohh!
73. Complicated Life
Ray Davies / the Kinks: Muswell Hillbillies (1971)
(intro:)
D
A
A7
D
G
D
D
A
A7
D
G
D
A
D
Well I
woke up this morning with a pain in my neck, A
pain my heart, and a pain my chest,
A
I
went to the doctor and the good doctor said:
D
You gotta
slow down your life or you're gonna be dead,
G
D
A7
D
"
Cut out the struggle and
strife, It only
complicates your
life."
A
Well I
cut down women, I cut down booze,
D
Stopped
iron' my shirts, cleaning my shoes,
A
Stopped
going to work and stopped reading the news,
D
Sitting
twiddling my thumbs 'cos I got nothing to do,
G
D
A
D
Minimal exer
cise To help un
complicate my
life,
N.C.
Gotta stand and face it, life is so complicated!
D
A
Ladi dah di
dah dah, Ladi dah di
dah dah,
A7
D
G
D
Got to get a
way from the complicated
life
son!
D
A
Life is over
rated, life is compli
cated
A7
D
G
D
Must alev
iate this complicated
life
(Instrumental Break- repeat the first verse, and sing the last two lines)
G
D
A7
D
"
Cut down the struggle and
strife, It's such a
complicated
life."
A
Like
old Mother Hubbard I got nothin' in the cupboard,
D
A
Got no dinner and I got no supper,
Holes in my shoes I got holes in my socks,
D
I
can't go to work 'cos I can't get a job,
G
D
A7
D
The
bills are rising sky
high, It's such a
complicated
life,
N.C.
Gotta stand and face it, Life is so complicated
Ladi dah di dah dah, Ladi dah di dah dah, Got to get away from the complicated life son!
Life is overrated, life is complicated Must aleviate this complicated life!
Ladi dah di dah dah(Life is overrated), Ladi dah di dah dah(Life is complicated),
Got to get away from(Got to get away) the complicated life son!
Life is overrated, life is complicated, Must aleviate this complicated life!
A7
D
G
D
Got to get a
way from the complicated
life
son...
74. Dead End Street
Raymond Douglas Davis / the Kinks (1967)
Am
C
G
There's a crack up in the
cei
ling,
Dm
F
Am
And the kitchen sink is
lea
king.
Am
C
G
Out of work and got no
mo
ney,
Dm
F
Am
A Sunday joint of bread and
ho
ney!
Am
G
F
E7
What are we living for?
Two roomed apartment on the
second floor!
Am
G
F
E7
No money comin' in,
the rent collector's out and
try'n to get in!
A
Dm
E
We are strictly second class, and we
don't under
stand!
Am
G
F
E
Dead end! (Why)
We should be in
dead end
street.
Am
G
F
E
Dead end!
People are livin' in
dead end
street.
Am
G
F
E
Dead end! I'm
gonna die in
dead end
street.
C
F
C
F
Dead end
street (yeah!)
Dead end
street (yeah!)
On a cold and frosty morning, Wipe my eyes and stop me yawning.
And my feet are nearly frozen, Boil the tea and put some toast on.
What are we livin' for? Two roomed apartment on the second floor!
No chance to emigrate, I'm deep in debt and now it's much too late!
We both worked to work so hard, but we can't get a chance!
Dead end! People live in dead end street!
Dead end! People are dyin' at dead end street!
Dead end! I'm gonna die at dead end street!
Dead end street (yeah!) Dead end street (yeah!)
trombone solo
Dead end! People live on dead end street.
Dead end! People are dyin' at dead end street.
Dead end! I'm gonna die on dead end street.
Dead end street (yeah!) Dead end street (yeah!)
Dead end street (yeah!) Head to my feet (yeah!)
Dead end street (Yah!)...
trumpet solo
75. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
R.D. Davies / the Kinks (1966)
Am
E-3-2-3p2
Em
(Intro)
/
/
G
D
Dsus4
D
I won't take all that they
ha
nd me
down
Am
Em
And
make up a smile though I
wear a frown
G
D
Dsus4
D
And I'm
not gonna take it a
life
time
Am
Em
'Cause
once I get started I'll
go to town
Em
D
Dsus4
D
Am
Em
I'm not like everybody
els
e;
I'm not like everybody
else!
Em
D
Dsus4
D
Am
Em
I'm not like everybody
els
e;
I'm not like everybody
else!
Em
D
A
And I don't want to talk around like
everybody
else
Em
D
A
And I don't want to live my life like
everybody
else
Em
D
A
And I won't say that I've gone by like
everybody
else
Am
Em
Am
Em
'Cause
I'm not like everybody
else -
I'm not like everybody
else
My little darling I love you true
And do all the things you want me to
Confess all my sins if you want me to
But there's one thing I'll keep saying:
I'm not like everybody else...
Em
Em
Like everybody else -
Like everybody else
Em
Like everybody else...
If you all want me to settle down
there's no way to stop all my goin' 'round
I'll do everything that you want me to
But there's one thing I'll keep saying:
I'm not like everybody else; I'm not like everybody else!
I'm not like everybody else; I'm not like everybody else!
And I don't want to talk around like everybody else
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else
And I don't want to say goodbye like everybody else
'Cause I'm not like everybody else - I'm not like everybody else
Em
Em
Em
Like everybody else -
Like everybody else -
Like everybody else...
76. Lola
Ray Davies / the Kinks: Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part I (1970)
Intro:
C
C
C///
D/
E
E
I
met her in a club down in old Soho where you
A
D
E
A
Asus4
drink champagne and it
tastes just like cherry
cola C-O-L-A
co
la
E
She
walked up to me and she asked me to dance
A
D
I
asked her her name and in a
dark brown voice she said
E
A
D
C
C//////
D/
E
(riff)
Lola L-O-L-A
Lola
Lo lo lo lo
Lo - la
Well I'm not the world's most physical guy, but when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
You know my Lola; Lo Lo Lo Lo Lola!
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand - Why she walked like a woman but talked like a man:
Oh, my Lola, Lo Lo Lo Lo Lola, Lo Lo Lo Lo Lola
B7
F#7
Well we
drank champagne and danced all night
under electric candle light
A
A
A7
She
picked me up and sat me on her knee and
said "
Dear boy won't you come home with me?"
Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy, but when I looked in her eyes, well I almost fell for my
Lola Lo lo lo lo Lo - la Lo lo lo lo Lo - la -- Lola Lo lo lo lo Lo - la Lo lo lo lo Lo - la
A
E
B
A
E
B
A
E
B
I
pushed
her a
way I
walked
to the
door I
fell
to the
floor
E
G#7
C#m
B
B13
E
I got
down
on my
knees Then
I looked at her and she at
me
Well, that's the way that I want it to stay, And I always want it to be that way for
my Lola - Lo Lo Lo Lo Lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls, It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world,
Except for Lola - Lo Lo Lo Lo Lola
Well I left home just a week before, And I've never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand, Said: Dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man.
Well I'm not the world's most passionate man,
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola.
Lola Lo lo lo lo Lo - la Lo lo lo lo Lo - la
Lola Lo lo lo lo Lo - la Lo lo lo lo Lo - la
77. Waterloo Sunset
R. D. Davies / the Kinks: Something else (1967)
A7
D
A
G
(Guitar-Bass-Line) (Guitar-
Melody)
G
D
A
G
Dirty old
river, must you keep
rolling, rolling in
to the night!
D
A
G
People so
busy make me feel
dizzy, taxi lights
shine so bright!
Em
B
G
A
But I
don't
need no
friend,
D
A
G
As long as I
gaze on Waterloo
Sunset, I am in
paradise.
E
A
D
(la-la-
la) Every day I look at the world from
my window
G
E
A7
(
la-la-
la) But chilly, chilly it's evening time,
Waterloo sunset's fine.
D
A
G
Terry meets
Julie, Waterloo
Station, every
Friday night.
D
A
G
But I am so
lazy, don't want to
wander, I stay at
home at night.
Em
B
G
A
But I
don't
feel a
fraid,
D
A
G
As long as I
gaze on Waterloo
Sunset, I am in
paradise.
E
A
D
(la-la-
la) Every day I look at the world from my
window
G
E
A7
(
la-la-
la) But chilly, chilly it's evening time,
Waterloo sunset's fine.
D
A
G
Millions of
people swarming like
flies round Waterloo
underground.
D
A
G
But Terry and
Julie cross over the
river where they feel
safe and sound.
Em
B
G
A
And they
don't
need no
friends,
D
A
G
As long as they
gaze on Waterloo
Sunset, they are in
paradise.
D
A
G
A
(guitar
solo)
(piano-chords)
A
Waterloo sunset's fine...
78. Where Have all the Good Times Gone?
R. D. Davies / The Kinks
Intro:
G
F
D
G
F
D
/ / / / / (crashing)
G
F
G
F
Well,
in my life I
never stopped to
worry 'bout a
thing
G
F
G
F
Open up and
shout it out and
never try to
sing
C
A
G
Wondering if I done
wrong
F
D
Will
this impression last too
long? But -
G
F
G
F
G
F
Won't you
tell me
-
Where have all the
good times
gone?
G
F
G
F
Where have all the
good times
gone?
G
F
G
F
Well,
once we had an
easy ride and
always felt the
same
G
F
G
F
Time was on my
side and I had
everything to
gain
C
A
G
Let it be like
yesterday
F
D
Please let me have happy
days And -
Won't you tell me - Where have all the good times gone? Where have all the good times gone?
G
F
G
F
Ma & Pa look
back at all the
things they used to
do
G
F
G
F
Didn't have no
money and they
always told the
truth
C
A
G
Daddy didn't have no
toys
F
D
And Mommy didn't need no
boys.
Won't you tell me - Where have all the good times gone? Where have all the good times gone?
G
F
D
G
F
D
/ / / / / (crashing)
G
F
G
F
Yesterday was
such an easy
game for you to
play
G
F
G
F
But lets face it -
things are so much
easier
today
C
A
G
Guess you need some bringin'
down
F
D
And get your feet back on the
ground
Won't you tell me - Where have all the good times gone? Where have all the good times gone?
G
F
D
G
F
D
/ / / / / (crashing)
G
Kris Kristofferson
79. Me and Bobby McGee
Kris Kristofferson / Janis Joplin
Intro
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.
Led Zeppelin
G#+
Fmaj7
Dsus4
80. Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Intro:
|:
Am
G#+
C
D
Fmaj7
G
Am
:|
C
D
Fmaj7
Am
C
G
D
C
D
Fmaj7
Am
C
D
Fmaj7
Am
G#+
C
D
Fmaj7
G
Am
There's a
lady who's
sure all that
glitters is
gold and she's
buying a stairway to
hea
ven.
Am
G#+
c
D
When she
get's there she
knows if the
stores are all
closed
Fmaj7
G
Am
Am/H
C
D
Fmaj7
Am
With a
word she can get what she
came
for
-
ooh
ooh
ooh
ooh
Am
C
G
D
And she's
buying a
stairway to
heaven.
C
D
Fmaj7
Am
There's a
sign on the
wall but she
wants to be
sure,
C
D
G
Fmaj7
cause you
know sometimes
words have
two
meanings.
Am
G#+
C
D
In a
tree by the
brook, there's a
songbird who
sings,
Fmaj7
G
Am
Am
G#+
C
D
Fmaj7
G
Am
sometimes
all of our thoughts are mis
gi
ven.
Am7Am
Dsus4
D
Am7
Am
D6
D
C
D
Am7
Am
Dsus4
D
Oh it makes me
wonder
oh, makes me wonder
C
G
Am
C
G
D
Am
There's a
feeling I
get when I
look to the west, And my
spirit is
crying for
lea
ving.
C
G
Am
C
G
D
Am
In my
thoughts I have
seen rings of
smoke through the trees, And the
voices of
those who stand
loo
king.
Am7Am
Dsus4
D
Am7
Am
D6
D
C
D
Am7
Am
Dsus4
D
Oh it makes me
wonder
oh, makes me wonder
and it whispert that soon, if we all call the tune, Than the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn - for those who stand long, And the forrests will echo with laughter.
Oh it makes me wonder oh oh
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow - Don't be alarmed now, It's just a spring clean for the may-queen.
Yes there are two paths you can go by - But in the long run, It's still time to change the road you're on.
Oh it makes me wonder oh oh
Your head is hummin' and it won't go in a case, you don't know, The piper's calling you to join him.
Dear lady can you hear the wind blow and did you know, Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
|:
|:
D2
D
D4
:|
:|
F
G
Am
Am
G
F
G
F
G
And as we
wind on down the
road
Our shadows
taller than our
soul.
There walks a lady we all know, Who shines white light and wants to show,
How everything still turn to gold.
And if you listen very hard, The tune will come to you at last.
when all are one and one is all, to be a rock and not a roll.
Fmaj7
Am
And she's buying a stairway to hea
ven
John Lennon
81. Bring On The Lucie (Freda People)
John Lennon/Mind Games (1974)
E
B
A
B
A
E
E
B
A
B
A
E
We don't care what
flag you're
waving
We don't even want to know your name
We don't care where you're from or where you're going
All we know is that you came
You're making all our decisions
We just have one request of you
That while you're thinking things over
Here's something you just better do
Free the people now! - Do it do it do it do it now!
Free the people now! - Do it do it do it do it now!
Well we were caught with our hands in the air
Don't despair paranoia is everywhere
We can shake it with our love when we're scared
So let's shout it aloud like a prayer
Free the people now! - Do it do it do it do it now!
Free the people now! - Do it do it do it do it now!
We understand your paranoia
But we don't want to play your game
You think you're cool and know what you're doing
666 is your name
So while you're jerking off each-other
You better bear this thought in mind
Your time is up, you better know it
But maybe you don't read the signs
Free the people now! - Do it do it do it do it now!
Free the people now! - Do it do it do it do it now!
Well you were caught with your hands in the kill
And you still got to swallow your pill
As you slip and slide down the hill
On the blood of the people you killed
Stop the killing now! - Do it do it do it do it now!
Bring on the lucie ...
Em#5
Em7
Dm/F
D/F#
Bb/A
C(1)
3
C(2)
8
82. Jealous Guy
John Lennon
G
Em
D
D7
Em
G
Em
D
D6
I was
dreaming of the
past
D7
Em
Em#5
and my heart was beating
fast.
Em6
D
Dsus
D
I began to lose con
trol,
Em
Em7
C
C(1)
C(2)
C(1)
I be
gan to lose con
trol.
G
Dm/F
C
Dsus
I didn't
mean to hurt
you,
G
Dm/F
Bb
Bb/A
I'm sorry tha
t I
made you cry.
G
D/F#
Em
Em7
I didn't
mean to hurt
you,
C
G
I'm just a jealous
guy.
I was feeling insecure, you might not love me anymore.
I was shivering inside, I was shivering inside.
I didn't mean to hurt you, I'm sorry that I made you cry.
Oh no, I didn't mean to hurt you, I'm just a jealous guy.
whistle on verse
I didn't mean to hurt you, I'm sorry that I made you cry.
Oh no, I didn't mean to hurt you, I'm just a jealous guy.
I was trying to catch your eyes, thought that you was trying to hide.
I was swallowing my pain, I was swallowing my pain.
I didn't mean to hurt you, I'm sorry that I made you cry.
Oh no, I didn't mean to hurt you, I'm just a jealous guy, watch out,
I'm just a jealous guy, look out, babe, I'm just a jealous guy.
83. 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
Lovin' Spoonful
Dm7
D7/F#
C/G
84. Daydream
John B. Sebastian / Lovin Spoonful
C
A7
What a day for a
daydream
Dm7
G
What a day for a daydreamin'
boy
C
A7
And I'm lost in a
daydream
Dm7
G7
Dreamin' bout my bundle of
joy
F
D7/F#
C
A7
And even if
time ain't really
on my
side
F
D7/F#
C
A7
It's one of those
days for takin' a
walk out
side
F
D7/F#
C
A7
I'm blowin' the
day to take a
walk in the
sun
G
C/G
G
C/G
And
fall on my
face on somebody's
new-mowed
lawn
C
A7
I've been havin' a
sweet dream
Dm7
G
I been dreamin' since I woke up to
day
C
A7
It's starring me and my
sweet dream
Dm7
G7
'Cause
she's the one that makes me
feel this way
F
D7/F#
C
A7
And even if
time is passin' me
by a
lot
F
D7/F#
C
A7
I couldn't care
less about the
dues you say I've
got
F
D7/F#
C
A7
Tomorrow I'll
pay the dues for
dropping my
load
G
C/G
G
C/G
A pie in the
face for bein' a
sleepy bull
toad
whistle
F
D7/F#
C
A7
And you can be
sure that if you're
feelin'
right
F
D7/F#
C
A7
A daydream will
last 'til long
into the
night
F
D7/F#
C
A7
Tomorrow at
breakfast you may
prick up your
ears
G
C/G
G
C/G
or
you may be day
dreamin' for a
thousand
years
What a day for a daydream...
whistle
85. Summer in the City
Mark Sebastian & Steve Boone / Lovin' Spoonful: Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful (1966)
Am
Am/G
Am/F#
Fmaj7
E7
Am
Am/G
Hot town,
summer in the city.
Am/F#
Fmaj7
E7
Back of my neck gettin'
dirty and grit
ty.
Am
Am/G
Been down
isn't it a pitty,
Am/F#
Fmaj7
E7
doesn't seem to be a
shadow in the ci
ty.
E
E7
All around
people looking half dead,
Am
A
walking on a sideway
hotter than a matchhead.
D
G
But at night it's a
diff'rent world,
D
G
Go out and
find a girl.
D
G
Come on, come on and
dance all night,
D
G
despite the head it'll
be all right.
Bm
E
And
baby don't you
know it's a pitty
Bm
E
That the
days can't
be like the night
Bm
E
in the
summer in the
city
Bm
E
in the
summer in the
city
Cool down, evenin' in the city.
Dressed so fine and lookin' so pretty.
Cool cat, lookin' for a kitty.
Gonna look in every corner of the city.
Till I'm wheezin' like a bus stop,
runnin' up the stairs gonna meet you on the rooftop.
But at night it's a diff'rent world...
break
Am
Am/G
Am/F#
Fmaj7
E7
Hot town, summer in the city...
But at night it's a diff'rent world...
break
Am
Am/G
Am/F#
Fmaj7
E7
Hot town, summer in the city...
But at night it's a diff'rent world...
Lynyrd Skynyrd
86. Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
D
C9
G
Big
wheels keep on
turning
D
C9
G
carry me
home to see my
kin
D
C9
G
singing
songs about the
Southland
D
C9
G
I
miss Ala
bamy once a
gain
and I think its a sin, yes
Well I heard mister Young sing about her
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow
D
C9
G
Sweet
home Ala
bama
D
C9
G
Where the
skies are so
blue
D
C9
G
Sweet
Home Ala
bama
D
C9
G
Lord, I'm
coming home to
you
In Birmingham they love the gov'nor
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth
Sweet home...
Here I come Alabama
Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
And they've been known to pick a song or two
Lord they get me off so much
They pick me up when I'm feeling blue
Now how about you?
Sweet home...
Sweet home Alabama Oh sweet home baby
Where the skies are so blue And the guv'nor's true
Sweet Home Alabama Lordy Lord, I'm coming home to you
Yea, yea Montgomery's got the answer
the Mamas and Papas
87. Dream a Little Dream of me
Gus Khan/ the Mamas & the Papas: the Papas & the Mamas (1968)
C
B7
Ab7
G7
C
A7
Stars
shining bright a
bove
you;
Night breezes seem to
whisper: I love you.
F
Fm
C
Ab7
G7
Birds singing in the
sycamore tree:
Dream a little
dream of
me!
C
B7
Ab7
G7
C
A7
Say:
nighty night! and
kiss
me;
Just hold me tight and
tell me you miss me.
F
Fm
C
Ab7
G7
C
E
While I'm alone and
blue as can be:
Dream a little
dream
of
me!
A
F#m
Bm
E7
A
F#m
Bm
E7
Stars
fading, but I
linger
on, dear;
Still
craving your
kiss.
A
F#m
Bm
E7
A
F#m
Ab7
G7
I'm
longing to
linger till
dawn, dear;
Just
saying
this...
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you; Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you.
But in your dreams whatever they be: Dream a little dream of me!
Stars fading, but I linger on, dear; Still craving your kiss.
I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear; Just saying this...
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you; Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you.
But in your dreams whatever they be: Dream a little dream of me!
88. California Dreamin'
John Phillips & Michelle Phillips / the Mamas and the Papas: If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966)
Capo IV
Am
Am7/G
F
Esus4
E7
All the leaves are
brown
-
And the sky is
gray.
Am
Am7/G
F
Esus4
E
I've been for a
walk
-
On a winter's
day.
Am
Am7/G
F
Esus4
E
I'd be safe and
warm
-
If I was in L.
A.
E
Am
Am7/G
F
Esus4
E
California
dreamin'
- On such a winter's
day.
Stepped in to a church - I passed along the way.
Well I got down on my knees (got down on my knees) -
And I pretend to pray. (I pretend to pray)
You know the preacher likes the cold (preacher likes the cold) -
He knows I'm gonna stay (knows I'm gonna stay)
California dreamin' - On such a winter's day.
Break (Flute Solo)
All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown) .
And the sky is gray. (and the sky is gray)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk) -
On a winter's day. (on a winter's day)
If I didn't tell her (if I didn't tell her) -
I could leave today: (I could leave today)
E
Am
Am7/G
F
Am
Am7/G
F
California
dreamin'
- On such a winter's
day.
Am
Am7/G
F
Am
Am7/G
F
On such a winter's
day.
- On such a winter's
day.
Fmaj7
Am
On such a winter's
day.
Lee Marvin
89. (I was Born Under a) Wand'rin' Star
Alan J. Lerner, Frederick Loewe / Lee Marvin
C-Dm7: v v v v C/B Am7/G
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C-Dm7
C-Dm7
C-Dm7
C-Dm7
I was
born under a
wanderin'
star,
C-Dm7
C-Dm7
C-Dm7
C-Dm7
I was
born under a
wanderin'
star,
F
Dm7
F
Dm7
Wheels are made for
rollin',
mules are made to
pack;
C
C/B
Am7
Am7/G
D
Dm
G
I've
never
seen a
sight that
didn't look better
lookin'
back.
C-Dm7
C-Dm7
C-Dm7
C-Dm7
I was
born under a
wanderin'
star, a
C-Dm7
C-Dm7
C-Dm7
C
C/B
Wand'rin',
wand'rin'
star.
Em
D
Mud can make you prisoner - And the
plains can make you dry;
Em
D
Smoke can burn your eyes, But only
people make you cry.
Dm
C
C/B
Am7
Am7/G
Home was made for comin' from, And
dreams of
goin'
to,
D
Dm7
G
D7
G7
G6
Which, with any
luck, will never come
true.
I was born under a wanderin' star, I was born under a wanderin' star.
Do I know where hell is? Hell is in "Hello." Heaven is "Good bye forever, it's time for me to go."
I was born under a wanderin' star, A wanderin', wanderin' star.
Em
D
Mud can make you prisoner - And the
plains can make you dry;
Em
D
Smoke can burn your eyes, But only
people make you cry.
Dm
C
C/B
Am7
Am7/G
Home was made for comin' from, And
dreams of
goin'
to,
D
Dm7
G
D7
G7
G6
Which, with any
luck, will never come
true.
I was born under a wanderin' star, I was born under a wanderin' star.
When I get to heaven, better tie me to a tree,
Or I'll be off to roam again, you know where I will be.
I was born under a wanderin' star, A wanderin', wanderin' star.
Barry McGuire
D11
D9
90. Eve of Destruction
P. F. Sloan / Barry McGuire: Eve of Destruction (1965)
D
D11
D9
D
D11
D9
/ / /
/
/
/ / /
/
/
D
G
A7
D
G
A7
The eastern world
it is ex
plodin',
violence flarin',
bullets
loadin'.
D
G
A7
You're
old enough to kill
but not for
votin',
D
G
A7
You
don't believe in war,
what's that gun you're
totin',
D
G
A7
And
even the Jordan river has
bodies
floatin',
A7
D
G
A7
D
Bm
But you
tell me
over and
over and
over again my
friend,
G
A7
D
D
D11
D9
D
D11
D9
D9
ah, you
don't believe we're
on the eve of de
struction.
/ / /
/
/
/ / /
/
/
Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say? Can't you see the fear that I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no running away,
There'll be noone to save with the world in a grave,
take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy:
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin', I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin'.
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation, Handful of Senators don't pass legislation.
And marches alone can't bring integration, when human respect is disintegratin',
this whole crazy world is just too frustratin':
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
Think of all the hate there is in Red China! Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space, But when you return, it's the same old place.
The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace,
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace.
Hate your next-door-neighbour, but don't forget to say grace:
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
Scott McKenzie
A
5
A6
9
C#m
4
C#m7
4
E7
7
G6
91. San Francisco
John Phillips / Scott McKenzie
Em
C
G
D
- - If you're
going to
San Fran
cisco
Em
C
G
D
- Be sure to
wear some
flowers in your
hair
Em
G
Bm7
C
G
- - If you're
going
to
San Fran
cisco
G
G6
Bm
Em7
G
D
-
- You're gonna
meet some
gentle
people
there
Em
C
G
D
For those who
come to
San Fran
cisco
Em
C
G
D
- - Summer
time will
be a love-in
there
Em
G
Bm7
C
G
- - In the
streets
of
San Fran
cisco
G
G6
Bm
Em7
D
- -
Gentle
people with
flowers in their
hair
F
Dm
F
Dm
All across the
nation
such a strong vi
bration
G
G
G
- People in motion
- -
- -
F
Dm
F
Dm
There's a whole gener
ation
with a new expla
nation
G
D
D
D
- People in motion
- people in motion
- -
- -
Em
C
G
D
For those who
come to
San Fran
cisco
Em
C
G
D
- Be sure to
wear some
flowers in your
hair
Em
G
Bm7
C
G
- - If you
come
to
San Fran
cisco
G
G6
Bm
Em7
G
- -
Summer
time will
be a love-in
there
G
G
Em
Em
- -
- -
- -
- -
A6
E7
A
C#m7
D
A
-
- If you
come
to
San Fran
cisco
A
A6
C#m
A6
E7
A
- -
Summer
time will
be a
love-in
there
A
E
A6
A6
D
D
A
A
- - -
-
- - -
-
- -
- -
-
- - -
Don McLean
92. American Pie
Don McLean
Em
D
Em
Am
C
Em
D
A
long,
long
time ago,
I can still re
member how that
music used to make me
smile.
G
D
Em
Am
C
And
I knew
if I
had my chance that
I could make those
people dance
Em
C
D7
Em
Am
Em
Am
and
maybe they'd be
happy for a
while. But
February
made me shiver with e
very paper
I'd deliver.
D
G
Am
C
D7
G
D
Em
Bad news
on the
doorstep. I
couldn't take one
more step. I
can't re
member
if I cried,
Am7
D
G
D
Em
when I
read about his
widowed bride, but
something
touched me
deep inside the
C
D7
G
C
D
day the
music
died.
G
C
G
D
G
C
G
D
So
bye
bye Miss A
merican
Pie. Drove my
Chevy to the
levee but the
levee was
dry,
G
C
G
D
Em
A7
Em
D7
them
good ole
boys were drinkin'
whiskey and
Rye, singing
this'll be the day that I
die,
this'll be the day that I
die.
G
Am
C
Am
Did you write the
book of love and
do you have faith in
God above?
Em
D7
G
D
Em
If the Bible
tells you so, now
do you be
lieve in
rock and roll?
Am
C
Em
A7
D7
Can
music save your
mortal soul, and
can you teach me
how to dance real
slow?
Em
D
Em
D
Well I
know that you're in
love with him. 'Cause I
saw you dancing
in the gym.
C
G
A7
C
D7
You
both kicked
off your
shoes, man I
dig those rhythm and
blues!
G
D
Em
Am
C
I was a
lonely
teenage
broncin' buck, with a
pink carnation and a
pick up truck.
G
D
Em
C
D7
G
C D
But
I knew
I was
out of luck! The
day the
music
died.
G
D7
I started
singing
Bye bye Miss American Pie...
Now for ten years, we've been on our own and moss grows fat on a rolling stone,
but that's not how it used to be when the jester sang for King and Queen
in a coat he'd borrowed from James Dean and a voice that came from you and me
oh and while the King was looking down the jester stole his thorny crown
the courtroom was adjourned no verdict was returned.
And while Lenin read a book of Marx the quartett practiced in the park
and we sang dirges in the dark the day the music died.
We were singin'
Bye bye Miss American Pie...
Helter skelter in the summer swelter the birds flew off with a fallout shelter
eight miles high and falling fast as it landed on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass with the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the half time air was sweet perfume while the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance oh but we never got the chance.
Oh as the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed, the day the musik died.
We started singin'
Bye bye Miss American Pie...
And there we were all in one a place, the generation lost in space,
with no time left to start again. So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candle stick, 'cos fire is the devils only friend.
Oh and as I watched him on the stage my hands were clenched in first of rage.
No angel born in hell could break that satan spell.
And as the flames climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight, the day the music died.
He was singin'
Bye bye Miss American Pie...
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news,
but she just smiled and turned away. I went down to the sacred store,
where I heard the music years before, but the man there said the music wouldn't play.
And in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets dreamed.
But not a word was spoken. The church bells are well broken.
And the three men I admire most: The Father, son and the holy ghost,
they caught the last train for the coast, the day the music died.
And they were singin'
Bye bye Miss American Pie... (repeat)
93. Vincent
Don Mc Lean
G
Gsus4
G
Am
Starry Starry
night
Paint your pallete
blue and grey
C
D7
G
Look out on a
summers day with
eyes that know the darkness in my
soul.
Gsus4
G
Am
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the
daffodils
C
D7
G
Catch the breeze and the
winter chill In
colors on the snowy linen
land.
C
G
Am
D7
G
Em
Now I under
stand
what you tried to
say to me
Am7
D7
Em
How you suffered for your
sanity
How you tried to set them
free!
A7
Am7
D7
G
They would not listen, they did
not know how,
per
haps they 'll listen
now!
Starry starry night, Flaming flower's that brightly blaze,
Swirling clouds in violet haze, Reflect in Vincents eyes of china blue.
Colors changing hue, Morning fields of amber graing,
Weathered faces lined in pain Are soothed beneath the artists loving hand.
C
G
Am
D7
G
Em
Now I under
stand
what you tried to
say to me,
Am7
D7
Em
How you suffered for your
sanity,
How you tried to set them
free!
A7
Am7
D7
G
They would not listen, they did
not know how,
per
haps they 'll listen
now!
Bridge
G
Am7
D7
G
For the could not
love you
but still your love was
true
Em
Am7
Cm6
And when no
hope was left in sight on that
starry starry nite
G
F7
E7
Am7
You
took you life as
lovers often
do But I
could of told you Vinvent
C
D7
G
This
world was never meant for one as
beautiful as
you
Starry starry night portraits hung in empty halls
frameless heads on nameless walls with eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that youve met, the ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn and the bloody rose Lire crushed and broken on the virgin snow
C
G
Am
D7
G
Em
And now I think I
know,
what you tried to
say to me,
Am7
D7
Em
How you suffered for your
sanity,
How you tried to set them
free!
A7
Am7
D7
They would not listen, They're not
listening still,
Per
haps they never will!
Steve Miller
94. The Joker
Steve Miller Band
G
C
D
C
G
Some people
call me the space
cowboy
C
D
C
G
Some
call me the gangster of
love
C
D
C
G
Some
people call me
Maurice
C
D
C
G
'Cause I speak with the
prophecies of
love
C
D
C
G
People talk
about me,
baby
C
D
C
G
Say I'm
doing you wrong, doing you
wrong
C
D
C
G
Don't you
worry baby don't
worry
C
D
C
G
'Cause I'm right here,
right here,
right here,
right here at
home
G
C
'Cause I'm a pitcher, I'm a
grinner
G
C
I'm a
lover and I'm a
sinner
G
C
D
C
I play my
music in the
sun
G
C
I'm a
joker, I'm a
smoker
G
C
I'm a
midnight
talker
G
C
D
C
I get my
loving on the
run
Your the cutest thing that I ever did see
Really like your peaches wanna shake your tree
Lovy dovy, lovy dovy, lovy dovy all the time
O wee baby I wanna show you a good time
'Cause I'm a pitcher, I'm a grinner
I'm a lover and I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight talker
I get my loving on the run
Moody Blues
95. Nights in White Satin
Justin Hayward / Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed (1967)
Em
D
Em
D
Nights in white
satin
Never reaching the
end.
C
G
F
Em
Letters I've
written
Never meaning to
send.
Em
D
Em
D
Beauty I've
always missed
With these eyes
before.
C
G
F
Em
Just what the
truth is,
I can't say any
more
A
C
Em
D
Em
D
'Cause I
love you, - Yes, I
love you, Oh, how I
love you!
Gazing at people, Some hand in hand,
Just what I'm going through They can't understand.
Some try to tell me Thoughts thay cannot defend.
Just what you want to be You will be in the end.
'Cause I love you, Yes, I love you, Oh, how I love you! Oh.
Nights in white satin Never reaching the end.
Letters I've written Never meaning to send.
Beauty I've always missed, With these eyes before,
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore
'Cause I love you, Yes, I love you, Oh, how I love you, Oh, how I love you!
'Cause I love you, Yes, I love you, Oh, how I love you, Oh, how I love you!
Elvis Presley
96. In The Ghetto
Mac Davis / Elvis Presley (1969)
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
Em
As the
snow flies
On a
cold and gray chicago mornin'
F
G
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
A
poor little baby
child is born - In the
ghetto
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
Em
And his
mama cries
'cause if
there's one thing that she don't need
F
G
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
Is an
other hungry
mouth to feed - In the
ghetto
C
G
F
C
People, don't you
understand - The child needs a
helping
hand
F
G
C
Or
he'll grow to be an
angry young man some
day
G
F
C
Take a look at
you and me, Are we too
blind to
see,
F
G
C
Do we
simply turn our
heads and look the
other way
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
Em
Well the
world turns
And a
hungry little boy with a runny nose
F
G
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
Plays
in the street as the
cold wind blows - In the
ghetto
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
Em
And his h
unger burns
So he
starts to roam the streets at night
F
G
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
And he
learns how to steal And he
learns how to fight - In the
ghetto
G
F
C
Then one night in desperation A
young man breaks
away.
F
G
F
G
He
buys a gun,
steals a car, He
tries to run, but he
don't get far
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
Em
And his
mama cries
As a
crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
F
G
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
Face
down on the street with a
gun in his hand - In the
ghetto
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
Em
As her
young man dies,
On a
cold and gray chicago mornin',
F
G
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
An
other little baby
child is born - In the
ghetto
C
C
C4
C
C4
C
And his
mama cries
Monty Python
97. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Monty Python
Am
D7
G
Em
Some
things in life are
bad - they can
really make you
mad.
Am
D7
G
Em
Other things just
make you swear and
curse.
Am
D7
G
Em
When you're
chewing on large
gristle - don't
grumble - give a
whistle
A7
D
And
whistles help things turn out for the
best:
G
Em
Am
D7
G
Em
Am
D7
And
always
look at the
bright
side of
life
(whistle)
G
Em
Am
D7
G
Em
Am
D7
Always
look on the
light
side of
life
(whistle)
Am
D7
G
Em
If
life seems jolly
rotten - there's
something you've for
gotten
Am
D7
G
Em
And
that's to laugh and
smile and dance and
sing!
Am
D7
G
Em
When you're
feeling in the
dumps -
don't be silly
chums
A7
D
Just
purse your lips and whistle that's the
thing:
G
Em
Am
D7
G
Em
Am
D7
And
always
look at the
bright
side of
life
(whistle)
G
Em
Am
D7
G
Em
Am
D7
Come on,
Always
look on the
bright
side of
life
(whistle)
Am
D7
G
Em
For
life is quite ab
surd - and
death's the final
word
Am
D7
G
Em
You must
always face the
curtain with a
bow.
Am
D7
G
Em
For
get about your
sin - give the
audience a
grin
A7
D
En
joy it's your last chance any
how:
G
Em
Am
D7
G
Em
Am
D7
So
always
look on the
bright
side of
death
(whistle)
G
Em
Am
D7
G
Em
Am
D7
Just be
fore you
draw your
terminal
breath.
(whistle)
Am
D7
G
Em
Life's a piece of
shit -
when you look at
it,
Am
D7
G
Em
Life's a laugh and
death's a joke - it's
true!
Am
D7
G
Em
You see it's all a
show - keep 'em
laughing as you
go;
A7
D7
Just re
member that the last laugh is on
you:
G
Em
Am
D7
G
Em
Am
D7
And
always
look at the
bright
side of
life
(whistle)
G
Em
Am
D7
G
Em
Am
D7
Always
look on the
right
side of
life
(whistle)
spoken: "Come on guys, cheer up!"
A
F#
Bm
E7
A
F#
Bm
E7
Always
look on the
right
side of
life
(whistle)
...
Monkees
98. Daydream Believer
John Stewart / Monkees
Intro (repeat):
G
Am7/D
/ / / /
/ / / /
G
Am7
Oh, I could
hide 'neath the
wings
Bm
CaddD
Of the
bluebird as she
sings
G
Em7
Aadd2
D
The
six o'clock
alarm would never
ring
G
Am7
But it
rings and I
rise
Bm
CaddD
Wipe the
sleep out of my
eyes
G
Em7
Am11
D7
G
My
shaving
razor's
cold
and it
stings
(Guitar:)
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
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-----4---2---4---|-5---4---2---0---
-----5---4---5---|-7---5---4---2---
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
(bass:)
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-5---5---4---5---|-7---5---4---2---
-----------------|-----------------
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C
D
Bm
Cheer up
sleepy
Jean
C
D
Em
C
Oh what
can it
mean
to a
G
C
Daydream be
liever and a
G
Em
A7
D7
Home
coming
que-eehee-
een
G
Am7
Oh, you
once thought of
me
Bm
CaddD
As a
white knight on his
steed
G
Em7
Aadd2
D
Now you know how
happy I can
be.
G
Am7
And our
good times start and
end
Bm
CaddD
Without
dollar one to
spend
G
Em7
Am11
D7
G
But
how much,
baby,
do we
really
need:
Chorus
Intro
Chorus
...
99. I'm A Believer
Neil Diamond / The Monkees
G
D
G
I thought love was
only true in
fairy tales.
G
D
G
Meant for someone
else but not for
me.
C
G
Love was out to
get me;
C
G
That's the way it
seemed;
C
G
D
Disappointment
haunted all my
dreams
D
G
C
G
C
G
Then I saw her
face
Now I'm a believer
C
G
C
G
Not a trace
of doubt in my mind
C
G
F
D7
I'm in love -hoo-
hoo; I'm a be
liever, I couldn't
leave her if I
tried.
G
D
G
I thought love was
more or less
a givin' thing
G
D
G
It seems the more
I gave the less I
got
C
G
What's the use in
tryin'
C
G
All you get is
pain
C
G
D
When I needed
sunshine I got
rain.
D
G
C
G
C
G
Then I saw her
face
Now I'm a believer
C
G
C
G
Not a trace
of doubt in my mind
C
G
F
D7
I'm in love -hoo-
hoo; I'm a be
liever, I couldn't
leave her if I
tried.
Peter, Paul & Mary
100. 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.
101. Leaving on a Jetplane
John Denver / Peter, Paul & Mary
D7
G
C
G
C
All my
bags are packed, I'm
ready to go, I'm
standing here out
side the door
G
Em
D
D7
I
hate to wake you
up to say good
bye.
G
C
G
C
But the
dawn is breakin', it's
early morn', The
Taxi's waitin', he's
blowin' his horn.
G
Em
D
D7
Al
ready I'm so
lonesome I could
die.
G
C
G
C
So
kiss me and
smile for me,
Tell me that you'll
wait for me,
G
Em
D
D7
Hold me like you
never let me
go.
G
C
G
C
'Cause I'm
leaving
on a jet plane,
Don't know when
I'll be back again.
G
Em
D
D7
Oh babe,
I hate to
go.
There's so many times I've let you down, So many times I've played around,
I tell you now they don't mean a thing.
Ev'ry place I go I'll think of you, Ev'ry song I sing I sing for you.
When I come back I'll bring your wedding ring.
So kiss me ...
Now the time has come to leave you, One more time let me kiss you,
Then close your eyes, I'll be on my way.
Dream about the days to come, When I won't have to leave alone,
About the times I won't have to say.
So kiss me ...
Pink Floyd
102. Breathe
David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Roger Waters / Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Em
A
Em
A
Em
A
Em
A
Breathe, breathe in the
air -
Don't be afraid to
care
Em
A
Em
A
Leave but don't leave
me -
Look around and chose your own
ground
C
Bm
For
long you live and high you fly - And
smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
F
G
G7
B
And
all you touch and all you see - Is
all your life will
ever
be
Em
A
Em
A
Run, run, rabbit,
run -
Dig that hole, forget the
sun,
Em
A
Em
A
And when at last the work is
done -
Don't sit down it's time to start an
other one
C
Bm
For
long you live and high you fly - But
only if you ride the tide
F
G
G7
B
And
balanced on the biggest wave - You
race toward an
early
grave.
Reprise
Em
A
Em
A
Home, home a
gain -
I like to be there when
UI can
Em
A
Em
A
When I come in cold and
tired -
It's good to warm my bones beside
the fire
C
Bm
Far away across the field - The
tolling of the iron bell
F
G
G7
B
Calls the faithful to their knees - To
hear the softly spoken
magic
spells.
103. Brain Damage
Roger Waters / Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
D
G7
D
G7
- The lunatic is on the
grass,
- The lunatic is on the
grass,
D
E/D
- Rememb´ring games and
daisy chains and laughs,
A7
D
D2
Got to keep the loonies on the path.
- The lunatic is in the hall,- The lunatics are in my hall.
- The paper holds their folded faces to the floor,
D7
D9
And ev´ry day the paper boy brings more.
G
A
And if the
dam breaks open many years too soon,
C
G
And if there is no
room upon the hill.
G
A7
And if your head explodes with dark, fore
bodings , too,
C
G
Bm7
Em7
A
A7
- I´ll
see you on the
dark side of the moon.
- The lunatic is in my head, "HaHaHaHa" - The lunatic is in my head.
- You raise the blade, - You make the change - You rearange me till I´m sane.
- You lock the door, -And throw away the key
- There´s someone in my head but it´s not me.
- And if the cloud bursts thunder in your ear, - You shout and no one seems to hear,
- And if the band you´re in starts playin´diff´rent tunes,
-I´ll see you on the dark side of the moon.
D
G7
D
G7
D
E/D
A7
D
Dsus2
D
E/D
A7
D
Dsus2
D
Gene Raskin
104. Those Were The Days
Gene Raskin
Am
Am7
Once upon a time there was a
tavern,
A7
Dm
where we used to raise a glass or
two.
Am7
Remember how we laughed away the
hours,
B7
E
and
dreamed of all the great things we would
do.
Am
Dm
Those were the
days, my friend, we thought they'd
never end,
G
G7
C
we'd sing and
dance for
ever and a da
y;
Dm
Am
We'd live the
life we choose, we'd fight and
never loose,
E7
Am
For we were
young, and sure to have our
way.
A7
Dm
La la la la la la la
la la
la la la
E7
Am
Those were the
days, oh yes those were the d
ays.
Then the busy years went rushing by us.
We lost our starty notions on the way.
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern,
we'd smiled at one another, and we'd say:
repeat chorus
Just tonight I stood before the tavern.
Nothing seemed the way it used to be.
In the glass I saw a strange reflection,
was that lonley woman really me?
repeat chorus
Through the door there came familiar laughter.
I saw your face and heard you call my name.
Oh, my friend, we're older, but no wiser.
For in our hearts the dream are still the same.
repeat chorus
Otis Redding
105. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
G
G
B
C
B
Bb
A
/ / / /
Sitting in the morning
sun - I'll be
sitting when the
eve
ning
comes
G
B
C
B
Bb
A
Watching the ships
roll in - And I
watch 'em roll a
way
a
gain
G
E7
G
E7
Sitting on the dock of the
bay - Watching the
tide roll a
way
G
A7
G
E7
I'm just
sitting on the dock of the
bay - Wasting
time
G
B
C
B
Bb
A
I
left my home in
Georgia - Headed
for the '
Fris
co
bay
G
E
C
B
Bb
A
'Cause I
had nothin to
live for - And look like
nothing's gonna
come
my
way!
So I'm just
Sitting on the dock of the bay wasting time.
G
D
C7
Look
like
nothing's gonna change
G
D
C7
Every
thing
still remains the same
G
D
C7
G
I can't
do what
ten people tell
me to do
F
D
So I guess I'll re
main the same
G
B
C
B
Bb
A
Sittin here resting my
bones - And this
loneliness won't leave
me
a
lone
G
B
C
B
Bb
A
It's
two thousand miles I
roamed - Just to
make this dock
my a
-
home
Now, I'm just
Sitting on the dock of the bay wasting time.
the Rolling Stones
106. 2000 Men
Jagger & Richards / the Rolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
A
E7
A
Well my
name is a number, a
piece of plastic
film
A
E7
A
And I
grow tiny flowers in my
little window
sill
D
A/Asus4
Don't you
know I'm the two thousand
man?
D
A
G
A
E7
And my
kids, they just don't under
stand
me
at
all
Though my wife still respects me, I really misuse her
I am having an affair with a random computer
Don't you know I'm the two thousand man?
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
A
D
A
(A)
D
A
Oh
dad
dy, be
proud of your
pla
net,
A
D
A
E7
A
Oh
mom
my, be
proud of your
sun
A
D
A
(A)
D
A
Oh
dadd
y, be
proud of your
plan
et
A
D
A
E7
A
Oh
momm
y, be
proud of your
sun
D(?)
Oh daddy, is your brain still flashing
B7
E7
like it did when
you were young?
A
Or did you come down crashing
E7
A
seeing all the things you'd
done?
E7
A
Oh it's a big put -
on
A
D
A
Oh daddy, be
proud of your
planet
(A)
E7
A
Oh mommy, be
proud of your
sun
A
D
A
Oh daddy, be
proud of your
planet
(A)
E7
A
Oh mommy, be
proud of your
son
D
A/Asus4
Don't you
know who's the two tho
usand man?
D
A
G
A
E7
(hold)
And my
kids, they just don't under
stand
me
at
all
A
D
E7
A
107. 2000 Light Years from Home
Jagger & Richards / the Rolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
E7
Sun turning 'round with graceful motion.
We're setting off with soft explosion,
A7
E7
Bound for a star with fiery
oceans.
G
A
B
E7
It's so very lonely,
You're a hundred
light years from
home!
E7
A7
E7
Freezing red deserts turn to dark -
Energy here in every
part.
G
A
B
E7
It's so very lonely,
You're six hundred
light years from
home!
solo
G
A
B
E7
It's so very lonely,
You're a thousand
light years from
home!
G
A
B
E7
It's so very lonely,
You're a thousand
light years from
home!
E7
Bell flight fourteen you can now land,
See you on Aldebaran.
A7
E7
Safe on the green desert
sand.
G
A
B
E7
It's so very lonely,
You're two thousand
light years from
home!
G
A
B
E7
It's so very lonely,
You're two thousand
light years from
home!
G
A
B
E7
It's so very lonely,
You're two thousand
light years from
home!
108. Angie
Jagger & Richards / the Rolling Stones
Am
E
G
F
C
Angie,
Angie,
when will those
clouds all disap
pear?
Am
E
G
F
C
Angie,
Angie,
where will they
lead us from
here?
G
Dm
Am
With no
loving in our souls and no
money in our
coats,
C
F
G
Am
E
G
F
C
You can't
say we're satis
fied.
Angie,
Angie
you can't
say we never
tried .
Am
E
G
F
C
Angie, you're
beautiful,
but ain't it
time we said good
bye?
Am
E
G
F
C
Angie, I still
love you,
remember
all those nights we
cried.
G
Dm
Am
All the
dreams we held so close seem to
all go up in
smoke,
C
F
G
Am
E
G
F
C
Oh let me
whisper in your
ear:
Angie,
Angie
where will they
lead us from
here?
piano solo
G
Dm
Am
Oh
Angie don't you weep; all your
kisses still taste
sweet.
C
F
G
Am
E
G
F
C
I hate that
sadness in your
eyes! But
Angie,
Angie
ain't it
time we said good
bye?
strings
G
Dm
Am
C
F
G
With no
loving in our souls and no
money in our
coats;
Oh you can't
say we're satis
fied!
Am
E
G
F
C
But
Angie, I still love you
baby,
everywhere I
look I see your
eyes.
Dm
Am
C
F
G
There ain't a woman that comes
close to you;
come on
baby dry your
eyes!
Am
E
G
F
C
Am
E
G
F
F
E
Dm
C
Angie,
Angie
ain't it
good to be a
live?
Angie,
Angie
they can't
say we never
tr
ie
d!
109. 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.
Solo
|:
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.
110. Country Honk
Jagger & Richards / the Rolling Stones: Let it Bleed (1969)
G
C
G
D
D7
G
//// //// //// ////
//// //// //// ////
//// /////
//
//
////
G
C
I'm sittin' in a bar tippling a jar in
Jackson
G
A
D
D7
And
on the street the
summer sun it
shines
G
C
There's
many a bar-room queen I've had in
Jackson
G
D
D7
G
But I
just can't seem to
drink you
off my
mind
G
D
D7
G
It's the
ho-ho-ho-
honky tonk
women
D
D7
G
Gimme, gimme,
gimme the
honky tonk
blues
G
C
I laid a divorcee in New York
City
G
A
D
D7
I h
ad to put up
some kind of a
fight
G
C
The
lady she all dressed me up in
roses
G
D
D7
G
She
blew my nose and
then she
blew my
mind
G
D
D7
G
It's the
ho-ho-ho-
honky tonk
women
D
D7
G
Gimme, gimme,
gimme the
honky tonk
blues
Solo: over verse chords
G
D
D7
G
It's the
ho-ho-ho-
honky tonk
women
D
D7
G
Gimme, gimme,
gimme the
honky tonk b
lues
G
D
D7
G
It's the
ho-ho-ho-
honky tonk
women
D
D7
G
C
G
Gimme, gimme,
gimme the
honky tonk
blues
111. Dandelion
Jagger & Richards / the Rolling Stones (1967)
Capo III
G
A7
Prince or pauper, beggarman or
king;
G
A7
Play the game with every flower you
bring.
G
Em
C
A7
Dandelions all
tell no lies -
Dandelions will
make you wise -
G
Em
C
A7
Tell me if she
laughs or cries -
Blow away dande
lion.
One o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock, five.
Dandelions don't care about the time.
Dandelion don't tell no lies - Dandelion will make you wise -
Tell me if she laughs or cries - Blow away dandelion.
C
E7
Blow away dande
lion.
Bridge
E7
A
A7
E
So you're
holding out
just the
same,
A
A7
E
You can
play the dande
lion
game.
A
D7
When you're
finished with your childlike
prayer
Well you know you should wear it.
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor's life;
Rich man, poor man, beautiful doctor's wife.
Dandelion won't tell no lies - Dandelion will make you wise,
Tell me if she laughs or cries - Blow away dandelion.
Blow away dandelion.
Little girls and boys come out to play.
Bring your dandelions to blow away.
Dandelion won't tell no lies - Dandelion will make you wise.
Tell me if she laughs or cries - Blow away dandelion.
C
G
Blow away dandel
ion.
112. 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.
Slide guitar solo on 1 chorus (now you can hear the Hammond)
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.
Harp solo on 1 chorus
G
All my love's in vain.
All my love's in vain.
E
5
A
8
B
7
113. 19th Nervous Breakdown
Jagger, Richards / the Rolling Stones
riff 1 (E) riff 2 (B) riff 3 (A) riff 4 (A)
e |-------------| |-----------| |-----------| |---------|
b |---10-10-9---| |---5-5-4---| |---3-3-2---| |-----5s3-|
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D |-9---------9-| |-4-------4-| |-2-------2-| |---------|
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E
You're
the kind of person you meet at certain dismal dull affairs,
Centre of a crowd talking much to loud running up and down the stairs.
A
Well it
seems to me that you have seen too much in too few years
E
And
though you've tried you just cant hide your eyes are edged with tears.
B
(riff 2)
A
(riff 4)
E
You'd better
stop
-
- look a
round
-
- Here it
comes - here it comes -
A
E
here it
comes - here it comes - Here
comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown!
When you were a child you were treated kind but never brought up right.
You were overspoilt with a thousand toys and still you cried all night.
Your mother who neglected you owes a million dollars tax,
Your fathers still perfecting ways of making sealing wax.
You'd better stop - - look around - - Here it comes - here it comes -
here it comes - here it comes - Here comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown!
bridge
B
E
Oh who's to blame; that
girls just insane!
A
(riff 3)
B
(riff 2)
E
Well
nothing I do don't seem to work it
only
seems to make matters worse; Oh
please!
You were still in school when you had that fool who really messed youre mind
And after that you turned your back on treating people kind.
On our first trip I tried so hard to rearrange you mind
But after while I realised you were disarranging mine!
You'd better stop - - look around - - Here it comes - here it comes -
here it comes - here it comes - Here comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown!
114. Paint it, Black!
Jagger & Richards / the Rolling Stones: Aftermath (1966)
Dm
Asus4
A
I see a red door and I
want it painted
black
Dm
Asus4
A
No colors anymore I
want them to turn
black
Dm
C
F
G
Asus4
A
I
see the
girls walk
by dressed
in their summer
clothes
Dm
C
F
G
Asus4
A
I
have to
turn my
head un
til the darkness
goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and I want it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the fact
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
Solo:
|:
Dm
Asus4
A
:|
I want to see your face, painted black,
black as night, black as gold
I wanna see the sun flying high upon the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black, Yeah
115. Ruby Tuesday
Jagger & Richards / Rolling Stones
Am
C
F
C
She would
never
say where she came
from
Am
C
F
G
Yesterday
don't
matter if it's
gone
Am
D7
G
While the
sun is
bright
Am
D7
G
Or in the
darkest
night
C
G
G7
No one
knows she comes and
goes
C
G
F
G
Good
bye
Ruby
Tuesday,
C
G
F
G
Who could
hang a
name on
you?
C
G
F
C
When you
change with
ev'ry
new day,
G
G
Still I'm gonna miss you!
Don't question why she needs to be so free
She'll tell you it's the only way to be
She just can can't be chained
To a life where nothing's gained
And nothing's lost at such a cost
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday, Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with ev'ry new day, Still I'm gonna miss you!
There's no time to loose I heard her say
Cash your dream before they slip away
Dying all the time
Lose your dreams and you
will loose your mind ain't life unkind
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday, Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with ev'ry new day, Still I'm gonna miss you!
116. Salt of the Earth
Jagger & Richards / the Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet (1968)
E
B
E
A
E
E
B
E
A
E
Let's
drink to the
hard working
peo
ple,
Let's
drink to the
lowly of
bi
rth.
E
B
E
A
E
E
B
E
A
E
Raise your
glass to the
good and the
e-e-
vil,
Let's
drink to the
salt of the
e-e-a-
arth.
E
B
E
A
E
E
B
E
A
E
Say a
prayer for the
common foot
sol
dier,
Spare a
thought for his
back breaking
wo-o-
ork.
E
B
E
A
E
E
B
E
A
E
A
E
A
E
A
E
E
Say a
prayer for his
wife and his
chil
dren,
who burn the
fires and who
still till the
earth.
C#m
G#m
C#m
G#m
F#m
And when I search a
faceless crowd -
A swirling mass of
gray and
black and white -
G#m
A
B7
They don't look real to me -
In fact, they look so
strange...
Raise your glass to the hard working people - Let's drink to the uncounted heads.
Let's think of the wandering millions - who need leaders but get gamblers instead.
Spare a thought for the stay at home voter - his empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows.
And a parade of the gray suited grafters - a choice of cancer or polio.
And when I search a faceless crowd - a swirling mass of gray and black and white -
They don't look real to me - in fact, they look so strange!
Let's drink to the hard working people, Let's think of the lowly of birth.
spare a thought for the rag taggy people, Let's drink to the salt of the earth.
Let's drink to the hard working people. Let's drink to the salt of the earth.
Let's think of the two thousand million. Let's think of the humble of birth.
Let's have a drink to the salt of the earth...
117. (Walking Thru The) Sleepy City
Jagger & Richards / The Rolling Stones: Metamorphosis (1975)
G
D
Walkin' thru' the
sleepy city,
G
D
In the dark it
looks so pretty,
C
D7
Till I got to the
one cafe,
C
G
That stays open
night and day.
Just a lookin' at the sleepy city,
In the night it looks so pretty.
No one sees the city lights,
they just care about the warmth inside.
No one listens to what people say.
I just sit and hear the radio play.
Just then this girl walked in my way,
And she was as pretty as my sleepy city.
Will you walk through the sleepy city,
In the night it looks so pretty.
Tired of walkin on my own,
It looks better when you're not alone.
Will you walk through the sleepy city,
In the night it looks so pretty.
I'm tired of walkin on my own,
It looks better when you're not alone.
Mm mm mm mm mm mm - La la la la la la - La la la la la la - la la la la la
Will you walk through the sleepy city,
In the night, well it looks so pretty.
I'm tired of walkin on my own,
It looks better when you're not alone.
C'mon walk through that sleepy city,
I said in the night it looks so pretty.
I'm tired of walkin that park on my own,
It looks better when you're not alone.
118. 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!
|:
E
D
A
E
:|
(
so
lo)
119. Wild Horses
Jagger & Richards / the Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (1970)
G
Am
G
Am
G
Bm
G
Bm
G
Childhood
living
is easy to
do
Am
C
D
G
D
C
The things you
wanted
I bought them for
you
Bm
G
Bm
G
Graceless
lady
you know who I
am
Am
C
D
G
D
C
You know I
can't let you
slide through my
hands.
Am
C
D
G
F
C
Wild
Horses
couldn't
drag me
away.
Am
C
D
G
F
C
Wild, wild
horses
couldn't
drag me a
way.
Bm
G
Bm
G
I watched you
suffer
a dull aching
pain,
Am
C
D
G
D
C
Now you de
cided
to show me the
same.
Bm
G
Bm
G
No sweet thing
exits
oh of stage
blinds.
Am
C
D
G
D
C
Could make me be
bitter
or
treat you
unkind.
Am
C
D
G
F
C
Wild
Horses
couldn't
drag me
away.
Am
C
D
G
F
C
Wild, wild
horses
couldn't
drag me a
way.
solo I
Bm
G
Bm
G
I know I've
drained you
it seemed like a
lie.
Am
C
D
G
D
C
I have my
freedom
but I don't have much
time.
Bm
G
Bm
G
Faith has been
broken
tears must be
cried.
Am
C
D
G
D
C
Let's do some
living
after we've
died.
Am
C
D
G
F
C
Wild
horses
couldn't
drag me a
way.
Am
C
D
G
F
C
Wild, wild
horses
we'll
ride them some
day.
solo II
Am
C
D
G
F
C
Wild
horses
couldn't
drag me a
way.
Am
C
D
G
F
C
Wild, wild
horses
we'll
ride them some
day.
Cadd9
Fadd9
120. You Can't Always Get What You Want
Jagger-Richards / the Rolling Stones: Let it Bleed (1969)
Intro: choir sings 1st verse, chorus; guitar & french horn
|:
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!
Interlude: brief electric solo and choir, instrumental
Dsus
C
F
Dsus
G7sus
|:
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!
You get an even suntan, on your back and on your legs
When the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz
With the others of the jet-set
And you sip your Napoleon Brandy
But you never get your lips wet
But where do you go to..
Your name is heard in high places
You know the Aga Khan
He sent you a racehorse for christmas
And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh ha-ha
They say that when you get married
It'll be to a millionaire
But they don't realize where you came from
And I wonder if they really care, they give a damn
But where do you go to..
I remember the back streets of Naples
Two children begging in rags
Both touched with a burning ambition
To shake off their lowly brown tags, yes they try
So look into my face Marie-Claire
And remember just who you are
Then go and forget me forever
'Cause I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes you do
I know where you go to my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
I know the thoughts that surround you
'Cause I can look inside your head
Simon & Garfunkel
122. Keep the Customer Satisfied
Paul Simon / Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
D
n.c.
D
D7
Gee but its great to be back
home - Home is where I want to
be.
G
I've been on the road so
long,
D
Em
G
And if you came along - I
know you couldn't
disa-
gree.
D
It's the same old
story!
G
D
A7
D
D7
G
Everywhere I
go, I get
slandered,
libelled, I hear
words I never
heard in the
bible,
D
Bm
D
Bm
And I'm
one step ahead of the
shoe shine,
Two steps away from the
county line,
D
D7
G
D
Just
trying to keep my
customers
satisfied, satis
fied!
n.c.
D
D7
Deputy sheriff said to
me: "Tell me what you come here
for, boy?
G
You better get your
bags and flee.
D
Em
G
You're in trouble boy and
now you're headed
into
more,
D
It's the same old
story!"
G
D
A7
D
D7
G
Everywhere I
go, I get
slandered,
libelled, I hear
words I never
heard in the
bible,
D
Bm
D
Bm
And I'm
one step ahead of the
shoe shine,
Two steps away from the
county line,
D
D7
G
D
Just
trying to keep my
customers
satisfied, satis
fied!
D
G
D
Em
G
D
Oh-ho-ho, Oh-ho-ho, Oh-ho-ho, Oh-ho-
ho
It's the same old sto
ry!
G
D
A7
D
D7
G
Everywhere I
go, I get
slandered,
libelled. I hear
words I never
heard in the
bible,
D
Bm
D
Bm
And I'm
so -
tired! I'm
oh - oh -
oh - tired!
D
D7
G
D
Just
trying to keep my
customers
satisfied, satis
fied!
solo
|:
D
G
D
G
:|
A7
|:
D
G
D
G
:|
D
D7
G
D
Just
trying to keep my
customers
satisfied, satis
fied!
D
D7
G
D
Just
trying to keep my
customers
satisfied, satis
fied!
123. The Boxer
Paul Simon / Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1969)
C
Am
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom
told,
G
Dm
G
C
I have
squandered my resistance - For a
pocket full of
mumbles, such are
promises.
Am
G
F
All lies and
jest, still a
man hears what he
wants to hear,
C
G
F
C
And disregards the
rest. (hm-hm
hm, hm -hm
hm-hm hm-hm
hm)
C
Am
G
When I
left my home and my family, I was no more than a
boy - In the
company of strangers,
Dm
G
C
In the
quiet of a
railway station,
running scared,
Am
G
F
Laying
low, seeking
out the poorer
quarters -
C
G
F
C
Where the ragged people
go, Looking
for the places
only they would
know.
Am
G
Am
Lie la
lie, Lie la
lie la lie la lie, Lie la
lie,
F
G
C
Lie la
lie la la la
lie la la la la
lie.
C
Am
G
Asking
only workman's wages I come looking for a
job - But I get no
offers,
Dm
G
C
Just a
come-on from the
whores on Seventh
Avenue.
Am
G
F
I do de
clare, there were
times when I was
so lonesome,
C
G
F
C
I took some comfort
there. (La la
Lie, la la
lie lie la la
lie)
C
Am
G
Then I'm
laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was
gone, Going
home;
Dm
G
C
Am
G
Where the
New York City
winters aren't
bleeding me
Leading me, going
home.
C
Am
In the
clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his
trade,
G
G7
And he
carries a reminder of
ev'ry glove that laid him down
C
Am
C
Am
Or
cut him till he
cried out in his
anger and his
shame:
G
F
C
"I am
leaving, I am
leaving, But the fighter still re
mains".
Am
G
Am
Lie la
lie, Lie la
lie la lie la lie, Lie la
lie,
F
G
C
Lie la
lie la la la
lie la la la la
lie.
Nancy Sinatra
124. These Boots are Made for Walkin'
Nancy Sinatra
Intro:
bass:
E
Eb
D
Db
C
B
Bb
A
Ab
G
Gb
F
E
E
You keep saying, you've got something for me,
Something you call love, but confess.
A
You've been messing where you shouldn't be messing,
E
And now
someone else is getting all your best.
G
Em
G
Em
These
boots are made for
walking - And
that's just what they'll
do,
G
Em
-
E
E
One of these days these
boots are gonna
walk all over you.
- -
You!
E
You keep lying when you ought to be truthing,
And you keep losing when you ought to not bet,
A
You keep sameing when you ought to be a-changing,
E
Now
what's right is right but you ain't been right yet.
G
Em
G
Em
These
boots are made for
walking - And
that's just what they'll
do,
G
Em
-
E
E
One of these days these
boots are gonna
walk all over you.
- -
You!
E
You keep playing where you shouldn't be playing, and
you keep thinking that you'll never get burned , ha!
A
I just found me a brand new box of matches, yeah!
E
And
what he knows you ain't had time to learn.
G
Em
G
Em
These
boots are made for
walking - And
that's just what they'll
do,
G
Em
-
E
E
One of these days these
boots are gonna
walk all over you.
- -
Are you ready boots? - Start walking!
Slade
125. Far Far Away
Slade
Am
G
Am
G
Am
G
Am
Am
G
Am
G
I've seen the
yellow lights go
down the Missi
ssippi
Am
G
Am
G
I've seen the
bridges of the
world and they are for
real
F
G
C
C2
C
I've had a
red light off the
wrist without me
even
getting
kissed,
F
G
it
still seems so un
real.
I've seen the morning in the mountains of Alaska,
I've seen the sunset in the East and in the West,
I've sang the glory that was Rome and passed the 'Hound Dog' singer's home,
It still seems for the best.
C
C/B
C/A
C/G
F
G
And I'm
far,
far
away
with my
head up in the
clouds,
C
C/B
C/A
C/G
F
G
and I'm
far,
far
away
with my
feet down in the
crowds,
C
C/B
C/A
C/G
F
E
Am
letting
loose
around the
world,
but the
call of home is
loud, still as
loud.
I've seen the Paris lights from high upon Montmartre
and felt the silence hanging low in No Man's land,
and though those Spanish nights were fine, it wasn't only from the wine,
It still seems all in hand:
And I'm far, far away with my head up in the clouds,
And I'm far, far away with my feet down in the crowds,
letting loose around the world, but the call of home is loud, still as loud.
I've seen the yellow lights go down the Mississippi
The grand Bahama island stories carry on,
And though those alligator smiles, stay in your memory for a while
There still seems more to come:
And I'm far, far away ...
And I'm far, far away ...
Small Faces
126. Lazy Sunday
Ronnie Lane & Steve Marriott/Small Faces: Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (1968)
INTRO
A
D
G
E
A
D
E
/ , / ,
/ /
/ , / ,
/ / - -
/ , / ,
/ /
////////
A
E
G
D
A
Ah,
wouldn't it be
nice, to
get on with me
neighbours?
E
G
D
A
But they make it very
clear, they've
got no room for
ravers.
D
They stop me from groovin', they bang on me wall!
E
They're doing me crust in, it's no good at all!
A
D
A
C
F
G
A
E
G
D
A
Lazy
Sunday after
noon! I've got no
mind to worry. I
close my
eyes and drift
away.
A
E
G
D
A
Here we all
are
sittin' in a
rainbow
.
A
E
G
D
A
(Gor' blimey)
hello Mrs.
Jones,
how's old Bert's lum
bago?
(He mustn't grumble)
D
I'll sing you a song with no words and no tune,
E
To sing in your party while you suss-out the moon! Oh,
A
D
A
C
F
G
A
E
G
D
A
Lazy
Sunday after
noon! I've got no
mind to worry. I
close my
eyes and drift
away.
A
E
G
D
A
Root-de-doo-de-
doo, a-
root-de-doot-de
doy day.
E
G
D
A
A-root-de doot de
dum, a-
root-de-doo-de-
doody.
D
There's no one to hear me, there's nothing to say;
E
And no one can stop me from feeling this way, yeah!
A
D
A
C
F
G
A
E
G
D
A
Lazy
Sunday after
noon! I've got no
mind to worry. I
close my
eyes and drift
away.
A
D
A
C
Lazy
Sunday after
noon! I've got no
mind to worry.
F
G
A
C#m
F#m
D
E
A
Close my
eyes and drift
a,
close my
eyes and drift
away. Close my
eyes and drift
away.
F
G
A
C#m
F#m
D
E
A
Dbm
G
D
Dm
E
I close my
eyes and drift
a,
close my
eyes and drift
away. close my
eyes and drift
away
.
F
G
A
C#m
F#m
D
E
A
I close my
mind and drift
a,
close my
mind and drift
away. close my
eyes and drift
away.
Fade Out
127. The Universal
Steve Marriott & Ronnie Lane / the Small Faces: Autumn Stone (1968)
A
There’s such a lot of good ways to be bad
D
A
And
so many bad ways to be good - haven’t paid my
rent yet.
B7
E7
A
I tell them sorry but I
haven’t got the money any
more!
F#
B7
E7
Just for today I thought I’d leave home alone, hold
hands with day;
D
A
And if
I’m so bad, why don’t they take me a
way?
A
Just like what you hear with a shell pressed to your ear:
D
D7
A
That’s the
sea in the trees in the
morning! Hello the
universal!
B7
E7
A
Good morning Steve, well
you won’t believe me to
day.
F#
B7
E7
Working doesn’t seem to be the perfect thing for me so I’ll co
ntinue to play
D
A
And if
I’m so bad why don’t they take me a
way?
D
Dsus4
D
A
B7
E7
A
A
Well a hippy trippy name dropper came through my door.
D
He said "I
just bumped into Mick, he told me you know where to score?"
A
B7
E7
A
No not
me friend,
I mind my own
and my own minds
me.
F#
B7
E7
Well my love is at the foot of your hand -
come what may.
D
A
But if
June comes first please won’t you take me a
way?
128. Tin Soldier
Steve Marriot / the Small Faces: the Autumn Stone (1969)
E
G
D
A
E
G
D
A
E
G
D
A
E
G
D
A
E
I - am a
little tin soldier that
wants to jump
into your
fire
E
G
D
A
C#m
you are a
look in your eye a
dream passing
by in the
sky
D
F
A
F#m
But I don't under
stand that all I
need is treat me like a
man
A
F#m
D
'cause I ain't no
child - take me like I
am
E
D
E
D
E
I got to
know that I be
long to you - Do any
thing that you
want to do
D
E
D
C
B
sing any
song that you
want me - to sing to
you
|:
E
G
A
G
:|
E
G
A
G
E
G
A
G
/
//
/
//
I don't
need no
-
aggra
vation
E
G
A
G
I just got to
make you
-
got to live it
E
G
A
G
E
I just got to
make you
just my oc
cu
pation
D
E
D
E
I got to
know that I be
long to you - do any
thing that you
want to do
D
E
D
C
B
I sing any
song that you
want me to sing to
you
E
G
D
A
E
All
I need is your
whispered hello -
smiles melting the
snow nothing
heard.
E
G
D
A
C#m
your
eyes are
deeper than time -
say a love that won't
rhyme without
words
D
F
A
F#m
so now I've lost my
way - I need
help to show me things to
say
D
A
F#m
give me your
love before mine fades a
way
E
D
E
D
E
I got to
know that I be
long to you - Do any
thing that you
want to do
D
E
D
I sing any
song that you
want me - to sing to
you
E
A
E
D
E
A
E
D
A
B
Oh
no
- Oh
no
-
I just want some reaction -
someone to give me satisfaction
C
D
E
all I want to do is
sit with you! 'Cause I
love you!
the Spencer Davis Group
129. Keep on Running
Edwards / Spencer Davis Group (1965)
Intro (bass riff): A D A D
G------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------
D------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------
A------------|----------5--5-3-3-5-3-0----------------5--5-3-|-3-5-3-0---
E---5-3--5-3-|-5-3--5-3----------------5--5-3-3-5-3-0--------|-----------
Intro:
A
D
A
D
(2x Bass-Riff)
E
/ - / - / - / - / / / /
A
E
Keep on
runnin' - Keep on
hidin'
F#m
D
One fine
day I'm gonna be the
one
A
D
To make you under
stand - Oh
yeah
A
E
I'm gonna be your
man
/ - / - / - / - / / / /
A
E
Keep on
runnin' - Runnin'
from my arms
F#m
D
One fine
day I'm gonna be the
one
A
D
D
To make you under
stand - Oh
yeah - I'm gonna be your
man
E
F
F#m
E
Hey
hey
hey - Everyone is talkin' about me -
It make me feel so bad
E
F
F#m
E
Hey
hey
hey - Everyone is laughing at me -
It make me feel so sad
So Keep on runnin' --- Hey hey --- All right!
Keep on runnin' - Runnin' from my arms
One fine day I'm gonna be the one
To make you understand - Oh yeah - I'm gonna be your man
Hey hey hey - Everyone is talkin' about me - It make me feel so sad
Hey hey hey - Everyone is laughin' at me - It make me feel so bad
Keep on runnin' - Runnin' from my arms
One fine day I'm gonna be the one
To make you understand - Oh yeah - I'm gonna be your man
Make me feel so good - Ah Ha - I wanna be your man - Hey hey hey ...
Steppenwolf
130. Born To Be Wild
M. Bonfire / Steppenwolf: Steppenwolf (1968)
|:
E
Em
:|
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.
Solo, organ + guitar (in Em)
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.
Solo - fade out (in Em)
Rod Stewart
131. Sailing
Gavin Sutherland / Rod Stewart
C
Am
F
C
I am
sailing, I am
sailing home a
gain 'cross the
sea.
D
Am
Dm
G
C
G7
I am
sailing stormy
waters, to be
near you,
to be
free.
C
Am
F
C
I am
flying, I am f
lying like a
bird 'cross the
sea.
D
Am
Dm
G
C
G7
I am
flying passing
high clouds, to be
near you,
to be
free.
C
Am
F
C
Can you
hear me, can you
hear me, thru the
dark night far
away?
D
Am
Dm
G
C
G7
I am
dying, forever
trying to be
with you;
who can
say?
C
Am
F
C
Can you
hear me, can you
hear me, thru the
dark night far
away?
D
Am
Dm
G
C
G7
I am
dying, forever
trying to be
with you;
who can
say?
C
Am
F
C
We are
sailing, we are
sailing home
again 'cross the
sea.
D
Am
Dm
G
C
G7
We are
sailing stormy
waters, to be
near you,
to be
free.
G7
Dm
G
C
To be
near you,
to be
free.
G7
Dm
G
C
To be
near you,
to be
free.
Troggs
132. I can't Control Myself
Reg Presley/the Troggs (1966)
D
Oh no!
Bababababa babababa, bababababa babababa.
D
I
can't sit still 'cause you got me going! baba...
Your slacks are low and your hips are showing! baba...
G
A
I
take you, girl, as you're
standing there,
G
A
Your
low-cut slacks and your
long black hair,
G
A
I
want you going out with
no one else,
G
A
'Cause when
I'm with you I can't con
trol myself.
D
The
dance is done and you got me shaking! baba...
You've got me so that my nerves are breaking! baba...
G
A
If
you knew me like I
know you, girl,
G
A
Your
knees would bend and your
hair would curl,
G
A
You
make me move, yeah, like
no one else,
G
A
and
when I'm with you I can't con
trol myself.
bridge
A
I've got this feeling that's inside of me,
It makes me think of how things used to be.
G
A
G
A
It makes me
feel alright,
when I'm with
you at night,
A7
D
and we love, and we
love.
Baba........
D
You thrill me so with this big temptation! baba....
This kind of feeling could move a nation! baba.....
G
A
G
A
I'm ok when I'm
here with you, I
do the things that you
want me to,
G
A
I
do these things for
no one else,
G
A
but when
I'm with you I can't con
trol myself.
D
Babababababa - I can't control myself - Whoaah - ...
133. Love is All Around
Reg Presley / the Troggs
D
Em
G
A
D
Em
G
A
I
feel it in my
fingers,
I feel it
in my
toes
D
Em
G
A
D
Em
G
A
Well,
love is all a
round me, and
so the
feeling
grows
D
Em
G
A
D
Em
G
A
It's
written on the
wind,
it's every
where I
go
D
Em
G
A
D
Em
G
A
So
if you really
love me,
come on and
let it
show
G
Em
You
know I love you, I
always will
G
D
My
mind's made up by
the way that I feel
G
Em
There's
no beginning, there'll
be no end
G
A
'Cause
on my love you
can depend
I see your face before me as I lay on my bed
I kinda get to thinking of all the things you said
You gave your promise to me and I gave mine to you
I need someone beside me in everything I do
You know I love you, I always will
My mind's made up by the way that I feel
There's no beginning, there'll be no end
Cos on my love you can depend
It's written on the wind, it's everywhere I go
So if you really love me, come on and let it show
Come on let it show
Come on let it show
Come on let it show...
Repeat and Fade Out
134. With a Girl Like You
Reg Presley / the Troggs
G
D
G
D
I
want to spend my
life with a girl like
you, ba ba ba ba
bah, ba ba ba ba.
G
D
G
D
And do all the
things that you want me
to, ba ba ba ba
bah, ba ba ba ba.
C
D
C
D
'
Till that time has
come, that
we might live as
one.
(tacit)
D
G
D
G
D
Can I da
nce with you?
Ba ba ba ba
bah, ba ba ba ba
bah, Ba ba ba ba
bah, ba ba ba ba.
I tell by the way you dress that you're so refined, ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba.
And by the way you talk, that you're just my kind ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba.
Girl Why Should it be, that you don't notice me.
Can I dance with you? Ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba.
C
G
Baby, baby, is there no chance,
I can take you for the last dance.
C
D
All night long, yeah, l've been waiting,
now there'll be no hesitating.
So before this dance has reached the end, ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba.
To you across the floor my love I'll send, ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba.
I just hope and pray that I will find a way to say
Can I dance with you? Ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba bah, ba ba ba ba.
Uriah Heep
135. Lady in Black
Hensley / Uriah Heep: Salisbury (1971)
Am
She
came to me one morning, one lonely sunday morning,
G
Am
Her
long hair flowing in the
mid-winter wind.
Am
I
know not how she found me, for in darkness I was walking,
G
Am
And
destruction lay around me from a
fight I could not win.
Am
G
Am
G
Am
Ahahaaa
Haahah,
Ahahaaa
Haha
Ha!
She asked me: "Name my foe then". I said: "The need within some men
To fight and kill their brothers without thought of love or God".
And I begged her give me horses to trample down my enemies,
So eager was my passion to devour this waste of life.
Ahahaaa Haahah, Ahahaaa Haha Ha!
But she would not think of battle that reduces men to animals,
So easy to begin and yet impossible to end.
For she the mother of all men had counciled me so wisely that
I feared to walk alone again and asked if she would stay.
Ahahaaa Haahah, Ahahaaa Haha Ha!
"Oh lady lend your hand," I cried, "Oh let me rest here at your side."
"Have faith and trust in me," she said and filled my heart with life.
There is no strength in numbers. I've no such misconception.
But when you need me be assured I won't be far away.
Ahahaaa Haahah, Ahahaaa Haha Ha!
Thus having spoke she turned away and though I found no words to say
I stood and watched until I saw her black cloak disappear.
My labor is no easier, but now I know I'm not alone.
I find new heart each time I think upon that windy day.
And if one day she comes to you drink deeply from her words so wise.
Take courage from her as your prize and say hello for me.
Ahahaaa Haahah, Ahahaaa Haha Ha!
Ahahaaa Haahah, Ahahaaa Haha Ha...
Jerry Jeff Walker
136. Mr. Bojangles
Jerry Jeff Walker (1968)
C
C/b
Am7
C/g
F
G
I
knew a man Bo
jangles and he
danced for you
-
In worn out
shoes.
C
C/b
Am7
C/g
F
G
With
silver hair a
ragged shirt and
baggy pants
-
He did the old soft
shoe.
F
C
E7
Am
Am7
D7
G
He jumped so
high,
jumped so
high,
-
Then he lightly touched
down.
Am
G
Am
G
Am
G
C
C/b
Am7
C/g
Mister Bo
jangles
, Mister Bo
jangles
, Mister Bo
jangles,
Dance.
I met him in a cell in New Orleans - I was down and out.
He looked at me to be the eyes of age - As he spoke right out.
He talked of life, talked of life - He laughed slapped his leg a step.
138. The Blues Had a Baby and They Called It Rock N' Roll
McKinley Morganfield / Muddy Waters: Hard Again (1972)
A
Well,
all you people, you know the blues got a soul!
D
Well
this is a story, a story never been told.
E7
Well,
the blues got pregnant -
D7
A
E7
And they
named the baby Rock and
Roll
Memphis Slim said it, you know the blues got a soul!
Pinetop said it, you know the blues got a soul!
Well, the blues it had a baby and they named that baby Rock and Roll.
Solo
Colonel Willis said it, you know the blues got a soul.
Jane Clark said it, you know the blues got a soul.
Well, the blues it had a baby and they named that baby Rock and Roll.
Solo
Otis Spann said it, you know the blues got a soul.
Queen Victoria said it, you know the blues got a soul.
n.c.
A
Well, the blues had a baby -
and they named it Rock and
Roll.
Who
139. Behind Blue Eyes
Pete Towenshend / the Who
Em
G
D
No one knows what it's
like, to be the
bad man
C/D
A9
To be the
sad man, be
hind blue eyes!
Em
G
D
Dsus4
No one knows what it's
like to be
hated,
C/D
A9
To be
fated, to telling
only lies!
C
D
G
C/G
G
But my
dre
ams, they aren't as
empty
C
D
E
Esus4
E
As my
conscience
seems to
be
Bm
C
I have
hours, only
lonely
D
A9
My love is
vengeance that's never
free
No one knows what it's like to feel these feelings
Like I do, and I blame you
No one bites back as hard on their anger
None of my pain and woe, can show through
Chorus
E
Bm
A
E
Bm
A
E
Bm
A
E
When my fist
clenches
crack it
open
Bm
G
D
Before I
use it and
lose my
cool
G
A
E
When I
smile
tell me some
bad news
G
A
E
Before I
laugh and
act like a
fool
Bm
A
E
And if I
swallow
anything
evil
Bm
G
D
Stick your
finger
down my
throat
G
A
D
And if I
shiver please
give me a
blanket
G
A
E
Keep me
warm let me
wear your
coat
Bm
A
E
Bm
A
B
A
D
D5
B
A
D
D5
B
A
D
D5
B
B/A
No one knows what it's like, to be the bad man
To be the sad man, behind blue eyes
140. I Can See For Miles
Pete Townshend / the Who: Sell Out (1967)
E
/
/
/
G
/
A
/
E
/
/
/
G9
/
A
/
E
G
A
E
G
A
I
know you've deceived me, now
here's a sur
prise
E
G
A
E
I
know that you have cause there's
magic
in my
eyes
E
Em7
A
C
Asus4
E
Em7
E
I can see for
miles and
miles and
miles and
miles and
miles,
oh
yeah
E
G
A
E
G
A
If you think I
don't know
about all the little
trick you play
E
G
A
E
And you think I never see you when
dilib'ratly you
put things
in my way
E
A
B
Well here's a
poke at you, you're gonna
choke on it too
B
A
B
Cb
You're gonna l
ose that smile be
cause all the while
B
A
E
A
E
Cb
I could see for
miles and
miles, I could see for
miles and
miles
E
Em7
A
C
Asus4
E
Em7
E
I can see for
miles and
miles and
miles and
miles and
miles, oh
yeah
You took advantage of my trust in you when I was so far away
I saw you holding lots of other guys and now you've got the nerve to say
That you still want me, wel that's as may be
But you gotta stand trial because all the while
I could see for miles and miles, I could see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles, oh yeah
The Eiffle Tower and Taj Mahal are mine to see on clear days
You thought that I would need a crystal ball to see right thru the haze
Well here's a poke at you, you're gonna choke on it too
You're gonna lose that smile because all the while
I could see for miles and miles, I could see for miles and miles
E
Em7
A
C
I can see for
miles and
miles and
miles
Asus4
E
And miles and miles and miles and miles and
miles
141. Substitute
Pete Townshend / the Who (1966)
D
G
G
You think we
look pretty good to
gether.
D
G
G
You think my
shoes are made of
leather.
Em
G
D
Em
G
D
But I'm a
substi
tute
for an
other
guy;
Em
G
D
Em
G
D
I look pretty
tall
but my
heels
are
high;
Em
G
D
Em
G
D
The simple things you
see
are
all com
pli
cated
Em
G
D
Em
G
A
Asus4
A
I look
pret-
ty
young
but I'm
just back
dat-
-
ed, yeah!
D
A
G
D
Substi
tute -
your
lies for fact!
D
A
G
D
Substi
tute -
I see right through your
plastic mac!
D
A
G
D
Substi
tute -
I look all white but my
dad was black!
D
A
G
D
Substi
tute -
my fine looking suit's really
made out of sack!
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.
The north side of my town faced east, And the east was facing south.
And now you dare to look me in the eye, Those crocodile tears are what you cry!
If it's a genuine problem you won't try - To work it out at all, just pass it by, pass it by.
Substitute - me for him! Substitute - my Coke for gin!
Substitute - you for my Mum! Substitute - at least I'll get my washing done!
But I'm a substitute for another guy; I look pretty tall but my heels are high;
The simple things you see are all complicated; I look pretty young but I'm just back dated, yeah!
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.
The north side of my town faced east, And the east was facing south.
And now you dare to look me in the eye; Those crocodile tears are what you cry!
If it's a genuine problem you won't try - To work it out at all, just pass it by, pass it by.
Substitute - me for him! Substitute - my Coke for gin!
Substitute - you for my Mum! Substitute - at least I'll get my washing done!
Substitute - your lies for fact! Substitute - I see right through your plastic mac!
Substitute - I look all white but my dad was black!
Substitute - my fine looking suit's really made out of sack!
Tammy Wynette
142. Stand By Your Man
Tammy Wynette & Billy Sherrill/Tammy Wynette: Stand by Your Man (1968)
A
E
Sometimes it's hard to be a
woman
Bm
E7
A
Giving all your
love to just one
man
D
You'll have bad times
A
And he'll have good times
B
E
Doing things that you don't under
stand
A
C#
Stand by your
man
D
C#m
Bm
Give him two arms to
cling
to
A
F#7
And something
warm to come to
B
E7
When nights are
cold and lonely
A
C#
Stand by your
man
D
C#m
Bm
And tell the world you
love
him
A
E7
C#7
F#
Keep giving
all the love you
can
D
E
A
D
A
E7
Stand
by your
man
A
E
But if you love him you'll for
give him
Bm
E7
A
Even though he's
hard to under
stand
D
And if you love him
A
D
Oh be proud of
him
A
E7
A
D
A
E
Cause after
all he's just a
man
A
C#
Stand by your
man
D
C#m
Bm
And show the world you
love
him
A
E
E7
C#7
F#
Keep giving
all the love
you
can
D
E
A
D
A
E
A
Stand
by
your man
the Yardbirds
143. For Your Love
Graham Gouldman/The Yardbirds (1965)
|:
Em
G
A
Am
:|
|:
Em
G
A
Am
:|
(For
your love)
Em
G
A
Am
I'd give you
everything and
more and that's for
sure. (For your love)
Em
G
A
Am
I'd bring you
diamond rings and
things right to your
door. (For your love)
Em
G
A
Am
To thrill you
with delight,
I'd give you
diamonds bright!
Em
G
A
Am
Double takes I
will excite,
make you dream of
me at night!
Em
G
A
Am
Em
G
A
Am
For your
loo-
oo-
oo-
oove - For your
loo-
oo-
oo-
oove
Em
G
A
Am
Em
For your
loo-
oo-
oo-
oove
Bridge:
B
A
E
For your
love, for your love I would
give the stars
above!
B
A
C#m
B
For your
love, for your love I would
give you all I
could.
|:
Em
G
A
Am
:|
(For
your love)
Em
G
A
Am
I'd give the
moon if it
were mine to
give (For your love)
Em
G
A
Am
I'd give the
stars and the
sun for I
live (For your love)
For your loo-oo-oo-oove - For your loo-oo-oo-oove
For your loo-oo-oo-oove
144. Shapes Of Things
Keith Relf, Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith / the Yardbirds (1966)
Intro:
F
/ / / /
G
F/D
G
Shapes - Of
things before my
eyes
F/D
G
F/D
F
Just
teach me to des
pise - Will
time make man more
wise
G
F/D
G
Here - With
in my lonely
frame
F/D
G
F/D
F
My
eyes just hurt my
brain - But
will they see the
same
C
Bb
Come tomorrow -
Will I be older
C
Bb
Come tomorrow -
May be a soldier
C
Bb
Bb
D
Come tomorrow -
Will I be bolder -
Than to
day?
Now - The trees are almost green
But will they still be seen - Where time and tide have been
Fallen - Into your passing hands
Please don't destroy these lands - Don't make them desert sands
Come tomorrow - Will I be older
Come tomorrow - May be a soldier
Come tomorrow - Will I be bolder - Than today?
Guitar Solo
Soon - I hope that I will find
G
Loves deep within my mind - That won't disgrace my kind
/ / / / / / / /
Guitar solo: (entirely played on G-string)
G v v v | F v v v |
G --------------------------|-10---12---14---16b17-------16-14-12|
G v v v | F v v v |
G -14---b16-----------------|-15p14p1214-12--14--15--14----------|
G v v v | F v v v |
G -15---b17----------10-12--|-8--------10-------12b14---12---10--|
G v v v | F v v v |
G -12-----------------------|----15p14p1214--121012--012109-109--|
G v v v | F v v v |
G -7-9-7-5---7-5-4--5--4-5--|-7-9---b10----9---7-----------------|
G v v v | F v v v |
G ----10-10-12-12-14b15r1412|-14b16------------------------------|
G v v v | F v v v | Bb v v v | D - - -
G -12-----------------------|------------------------------------|
Verse: (bass over verse chords) Chorus: (bass over chorus chords)
[G]v v v v [F/D]v v v v [C]v v v v [Bb]v v v v
-------------------|------------------- -------------5-3---|-------------3-1---
-------------------|------------------- -------2---5-----5-|-------0---3-----3-
-------2---3---4---|----5-------------- ---3---------------|---1---------------
---3---------------|--------5---3---1-- -------------------|-------------------
Zager & Evans
145. In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
Rick Evans / Zager & Evans (1968)
Em
D
In the year 25-25,
if a man is still alive
C
B7
If woman can survive they may
find
Em
D
In the year 35-35,
ain't gonna need to tell the truth tell no lies;
C
B7
Everything you think, do and say
is in the pill you took today.
In the year 45-45, ain't gonna need no teeth won't need your eyes.
You won't find a thing to chew nobody's gonna look at you.
In the year 55-55 your arms are hanging limp at your side.
Your legs got nothing to do, some machines doin' that for you.
Fm
Eb
In the year 65-65
ain't gonna need no husband won't need no wife.
C#
C7
You'll pick your sons pick your daughters too
from the bottom of a long glass tube.
In the year 75-10 if god is comin' he oughta make it by then.
Maybe he'll look around himself and say: "Now it's time for the judgement day!"
In the year 85-10 god is gonna shake his mighty hand.
He'll either say: I'm pleased where man has been! Or tear it down and start again!
F#m
E
In the year 95-95
I'm kind a wond'ring if man is still alive.
D
C#7
He's taken everything this old earth could give
and he ain't put back nothin'!
Now it's been ten thousand years man has cried a billion tears.
For what he never knew now man reign is through!
But through eternal night the twinklin' of starlight
so very far away maybe it's only yesterday.
F#m
In the year 25-25...
Oasis
146. Wonderwall
Noel Gallagher / Oasis: What's the Story Morning Glory (1995)
Capo II. (2. Bund)
Intro: repeat 3x, keep playing in verses
Em7
G
D4
A7sus2
Today, is gonna be the day that they’re gonna throw it back to you.
By now, you should have somehow realized what you gonna do.
I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do, about you now.
B7sus
Backbeat, the word is on the street, that the fire in heart is out.
I’m sure, you’ve heard it all before, but you never really had a doubt.
I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do, about you now.
C
D
Em
And
all the roads we
have to walk are
winding.
C
D
Em
And
all the lights that
lead us there are
blinding.
C
D
G
D4/F#
Em7
There are many
things that I would
like to
say to
you,
A7sus2
but I don't know how.
C9
Em7
G
Em7
Cause
maybe:
You're gonna be the one that
saves me.
C9
Em7
G
Em7
A7sus2
And
after
all you're my wonder
wall.
Today, is gonna be the day, but they’ll never throw it back to you.
By now, you should have somehow realized what you’re not to do.
I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do, about you now.
And all the roads that lead you there are winding.
And all the lights that light the way are blinding.
There are many things that I would like to say to you,
but I don’t know how.
Cause maybe: You're gonna be the one that saves me.
And after all - you're my wonderwall.
I said maybe - You're gonna be the one that saves me.
And after all - you're my wonderwall.
I said maybe - You're gonna be the one that saves me.
And after all - you're my wonderwall.
I said maybe - You're gonna be the one that saves me.
You're gonna be the one that saves me - You're gonna be the one that saves me.
147. Don't Look Back in Anger
Noel Gallagher / Oasis: What's the Story Morning Glory (1995)
C
G
Am
Slip inside the
eye of your
mind
E
F
G
C
Am
G
Don't you
know you might fi
nd
A better place to p
lay
/ /
/ /
You said that you'd never been
But all the things that you've seen are gonna fade away
F
Fm
C
So I start a revo
lution from my
bed
F
Fm
C
Cos you
said the brains I
had went to my
head
F
Fm
C
Step outside, the
summertime's in
bloom
G
Stand up beside the fireplace
E
Take that look from off your face
Am
G
F
Cos
you ain't ever
gonna burn my
heart ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut
C
G
Am
E
F
G
C
Am
G
So
Sally can
wait, she
knows it's too
late as we´re w
alking on
by
/ /
/ /
C
G
Am
E
F
G
C
Her
soul
slides a
way,
but don't look
back in anger
I heard you
say
Take me to the place where you go
Where nobody knows, if it's night or day
Please don't put your life in the hands
of a rock and roll band, who'll throw it all away
So I start a revolution...
So Sally can wait, ...
Guitar Solo
So Sally can wait, ...
So Sally can wait, ...
C
G
Am
My soul s
lides a
way
F
But don't look
back in anger
Fm
Don't look
back in anger!
C
I heard you
say
Tom Petty
Bsus4
Asus2
148. Free Fallin'
Tom Petty/Tom Petty: Full Moon Fever (1989)
Capo I
|:
E
Asus2
Asus2
E
Bsus4
:|
(Intro)
/
/
/
E
Asus2
Asus2
E
Bsus4
She's a
good
girl,
loves
her
mama;
E
Asus2
Asus2
E
Bsus4
Loves
Je
sus and
Ameri
ca
too.
E
Asus2
Asus2
E
Bsus4
She's a
good
girl,
crazy '
bout
Elvis;
E
Asus2
Asus2
E
Bsus4
Loves
hors
es and her
boy -
friend
too.
Intro 1x
E
Asus2
Asus2
E
Bsus4
It's a
long
day
livin'
in Re
seda.
E
Asus2
Asus2
E
Bsus4
There's a
free
way run
nin'
through the
yard.
E
Asus2
Asus2
E
Bsus4
And i'm a
bad
boy, cause I
don't
even
miss her
E
Asus2
Asus2
E
Bsus4
I'm a
bad
boy for
breakin'
her
heart
Asus2
Asus2
E
Bsus4
E
Asus2
E
Bsus4
Now I'm
free-
e-
e-
e - free
fall-
i-
i-
in'!
Asus2
Asus2
E
Bsus4
E
Asus2
E
Bsus4
Yeah I'm
free-
e-
e-
e - free
fall-
i-
i-
in'!
All the vampires walkin' through the valley
Move west down Ventura Boulevard.
All the bad boys are standing in the shadows
And the good girls are home with broken hearts.
Now I'm free - free fall-in'!
Yeah I'm free - free fall-in'!
intro
Free fallin', now I'm, free fallin'.
I wanna glide down over Mulholland.
I wanna write her name in the sky.
Gonna free fall out into nothin'.
Gonna leave this world for a while.
And I'm free - free fallin - now I'm, free fallin.
Free fall-in' - free fallin - now I'm, free fallin.