The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing...
Beach Boys
3. Barbara Ann
Fred Fassert / the Beach Boys: Beach Boys' Party! (1965)
n/c
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann - Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
G
C
G
Oh Barbara
Ann, take my
hand - Barbara
Ann:
D
C7
You got me
rockin' and a-rollin' -
Rockin' and a-reelin',
G
Barbara
Ann - Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
n/c
Went to a dance lookin' for romance
Saw Barbara Ann, so I thought I'd take a chance
C
G
Barbara
Ann, come take my
hand
D
C7
You got me
rockin' and a-rollin' -
Rockin' and a-reelin',
G
Barbara
Ann - Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann - Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Oh Barbara Ann, take my hand - Barbara Ann:
You got me rockin' and a-rollin' - Rockin' and a-reelin',
Barbara Ann - Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Solo
Tried Peggy Sue, tried Peggy Sue
Tried Peggy Sue, but I knew she wouldn't do!
Barbara Ann, come take my hand,
You got me rockin' and a-rollin' - Rockin' and a-reelin',
Barbara Ann - Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann - Ba-ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
Oh Barbara Ann, take my hand - Barbara Ann:
You got me rockin' and a-rollin' - Rockin' and a-reelin',
Barbara Ann - Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
G
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann - Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
C
G
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann -
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
D
C7
You got me
rockin' and a-rollin' -
Rockin' and a-reelin',
G
Barbara
Ann - Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann
4. Sloop John B.
Beach Boys
D
We
come on the Sloop John B.
D
My
grandfather and me.
A
Around Nassau town we did
roam.
D
Drinkin' all
night,
G
Got into a
fight.
D
A
Well I
feel so broke
up,
D
I want to go
home.
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I wanna go home
The first mate he got drunk
Broke up the captain's trunk.
The constable had to come and take him away.
Sheriff John Stone,
Why don't you leave me alone,
I feel so broke up -
I want to go home.
So hoist up the John B's sail...
The poor cook he caught the fits,
threw 'way all my grits.
Then he took and ate up all of my corn.
Let me go home, I want to go home.
This is the worst trip I've ever been on!
So hoist up the John B's sail...
5. Surfin' U.S.A.
Brian Wilson & Chuck Berry / Beach Boys: Surfin' USA (1963)
C
G7
C
If everybody had an
ocean across the U.S.
A.,
G7
C
Then everybody'd be
surfin like Californ-i-
a.
F
C
You'd see em wearin' their
baggies. Huarachi sandals,
too.
G7
C
A bushy bushy blonde
hairdo...Surfin' U.S
.A.
C
G7
C
You'll catch em surfin' at
Del Mar...Ventura County
Line.
G7
C
Santa Cruz and
Trestles...Australias Narabin
e.
F
C
All over Man
hattan, and down Doheny
way.
G7
C
Everybody's gone
surfin'. Surfin' U.S.
A.
C
G7
C
We'll all be plannin' out a
route...we're gonna take real
soon.
G7
C
We're waxin' down our
surfboards. We can't wait for
June.
F
C
We'll all be gone for the
summer. We're on safari to
stay.
G7
C
Tell the teacher we're
surfin'...Surfin U.S.
A.
C
G7
C
At Haggartys and
Swamis...Pacific Pali
sades.
G7
C
San Onofre and
Sunset...Redondo Beach, L.
A.
F
C
All over La
Jolla, and Waimea
Bay.
G7
C
Everybody's gone
surfin'...Surfin U.S.
A.
C
G7
C
We'll all be plannin' out a
route...we're gonna take real
soon.
G7
C
We're waxin' down our
surfboards. We can't wait for
June.
F
C
We'll all be gone for the
summer. We're on safari to
stay.
G7
C
Tell the teacher we're
surfin'...Surfin U.S.
A.
G7
C
Everybody's gone
surfin'...Surfin U.S.
A.
G7
C
Everybody's gone
surfin'...Surfin U.S.
A.
the Beatles
6. A Day in the Life
Lennon, McCartney/the Beatles: Sgt. Pepper (1967)
G
Bm
Em
Em7
C
C
(intro)
G
Bm
Em
C
Em
Am
I read the
news today, oh
boy,
about a
lucky man who
made the grade.
G
Bm
Em
C
F
Em
And thought the
news were rather
sad,
well I just
had to laugh:
C
F
Em
I saw the
photograph.
G
Bm
Em
C
Em
Am
He blew his
mind out in a
car,
he didn't
notice that the
lights had changed.
G
Bm
Em
C
F
A crowd of
people stood and
stared,
they'd seen his
face before:
Em
C
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of
Lords.
G
Bm
Em
C
Em
Am
I saw a
film today, oh
boy,
the england
army had just
won the war.
G
Bm
Em
C
F
A crowd of
people turned a
way,
but I just
had to look
Em
C
Having read the
book
C
Em
F/E
F#/E
G/E
G/E
G#/E
A/E
A#/E
B/E
C/E
C#/E
D/E
D#/E
E
I'd love to
turn
you
on
Bridge
E
C
C/D
C
Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a combed across my
head
E
B7
E
B7
Found my
way downstairs and
dranked a cup, and
looking up I
noticed I was late!
E
C
C/D
Grabbed my coat, found my hat, made the bus in seconds
flat
E
B7
E
B7
Found my
way upstairs and
had a smoke, and
somebody spoke and I
went into a dream
C
G
D
A
C
G
D
A
A9
A
Em
Aaaah
Ahahahah
Ahaaaa
Ahaha -
Aaaah
Ahahahah
Ahaaaa
Ahaha
G
Bm
Em
C
Em
Am
I read the
news today, oh
boy,
four thousand
holes in Blackburn
Lancashire
G
Bm
Em
C
F
Em
And though the
holes were rather
small,
they had to
count them all
C
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert
Hall
C
Em
F/E
F#/E
G/E
G/E
G#/E
A/E
A#/E
B/E
C/E
C#/E
D/E
D#/E
E
I'd love to
turn
you
on
7. All My Loving
The Beatles
Am
D7
G
Em
Close your
eyes and I'll
kiss you - To
morrow I'll
miss you,
C
Am
F
D
Re
member I'll a
lways be
true.
Am
D7
G
Em
And then
while I'm
away - I'll write
home every
day,
C
D7
G
And I'll
send all my
loving to
you.
Em
B7
G
Em
B7
G
All my
loving -
I will send to
you; All my
loving,
Darling, I'll be
true.
Am
D7
G
Em
I'll pre
tend that I'm
kissing - The
lips I am
missing
C
Am
F
D
And
hope that my
dreams will come
true.
Am
D7
G
Em
And then
while I'm a
way I'll write
home every
day,
C
D7
G
and I'll
send all my
loving to
you.
Em
B7
G
Em
B7
G
All my
loving -
I will send to
you; All my
loving,
Darling, I'll be
true.
Am
D7
G
Em
Close your
eyes and I'll
kiss you - To
morrow I'll
miss you,
C
Am
F
D
Re
member I'll a
lways be
true.
Am
D7
G
Em
And then
while I'm
away - I'll write
home every
day,
C
D7
G
And I'll
send all my
loving to
you.
Em
B7
G
Em
B7
G
All my
loving -
I will send to
you; All my
loving,
Darling, I'll be
true.
8. And I Love Her
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles: A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Em
Bm
Em
Bm
I give her
all my love -
That's all I
do,
Em
Bm
G
A
And if you
saw my love -
You'd love her
too:
D
And I
love her!
Em
Bm
Em
Bm
She gives me
everything -
And tender
ly
Em
Bm
G
A
The kiss my
lover brings -
She brings to
me:
D
And I
love her!
bridge
Bm
D
Bm
A
A love like
ours,
could never
die,
Bm
A
A+D
As long as
I have you near me.
Em
Bm
Em
Bm
Bright are the
stars that shine -
Dark is the
sky,
Em
Bm
G
A
I know this
love of mine -
Will never
die:
D
And I
love her!
Em
Bm
Em
Bm
Bright are the
stars that shine -
Dark is the
sky,
Em
Bm
G
A
I know this
love of mine -
Will never
die:
D
And I
love her!
9. Back in the U.S.S.R
Lennon & McCartney / Beatles: White Album (1968)
Intro:
E
E7
A
D
C
D
Flew in from Miami Beach B.
O.A.C. -
Didn't get to bed last
night
A
D
C
D
On the way the paperback was
on my knees -
Man I had a dreadful
flight
D
A
C
D
I'm back in the U.S.S.
R.
- You don't know how lucky you
are boy
A
D
Eb
E
Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S.S.
R.
/ /
/
/
A
D
C
D
Been away so long I hardly
knew the place -
Gee it's good to be back
home
A
D
C
D
Leave it till tomorrow to un
pack my case -
Honey disconnect the
phone
I'm back in the U.S.S.R. - You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S.S.R.
Bridge
D
A
A
A#
B
C
Well the
Ukraine girls really knock me out - They
leave the West behind
/ /
/ /
/ /
/ /
D
And
Moscow girls make me sing and shout
E
D
A
D
Eb
E
That
Geogia's always on my mi mi
mi mi mi mi
mind
/ /
/
/ (Oh come on!)
solo
I'm back in the U.S.S.R. - You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S.S.R.
repeat Bridge
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out - They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout -
That Geogia's always on my mi mi mi mi mi mi mind (Oh come on!)
Oh, show me to your snow-peaked mountains way down south - Lead me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaikais ringing out - Come and keep your comrade warm!
I'm back in the U.S.S.R. - You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S.S.R.
10. 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!
Em7
Em6
Emaug5
Em
C
C2
11. Eleanor Rigby
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles: Revolver (1966)
C
Em
Em7
Em6
Emaug5
Em
Ah, look at all the lonely
people!
C
Em
Em7
Em6
Emaug5
Em
Ah, look at all the lonely
people!
Em
Em7
Em6
Emaug5
C
C2
C
Em
Eleanor Rigby, Picks up the
rice in a
church where a
wedding has
been.
Lives in a
dream.
Em
Em7
Em6
Emaug5
C
C2
C
Em
Waits at the window, Wearing the
face that she
keeps in a
jar by the
door.
Who is is
for?
Em7
Em6
C
Em
All the lonely
people, Where
do they all come
from?
Em7
Em6
C
Em
All the lonely
people, Where
do they all be
long?
C
Em
Em7
Em6
Emaug5
Em
Ah, look at all the lonely
people! -
C
Em
Em7
Em6
Emaug5
Em
Ah, look at all the lonely
people!
Father McKenzie, Writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear, No one comes near.
Look at him working, Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there, What does he care?
All the lonely people, Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, Where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people! - Ah, look at all the lonely people!
Eleanor Rigby, Died in the church and was buried along with her name, Nobody came.
Father McKenzie, Wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave, No one was saved.
All the lonely people, Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, Where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people! - Ah, look at all the lonely people!
12. 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!
13. Here There and Everywhere
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles: Revolver (1966)
G
Bm
Bb
Am11
D7
To lead a
better life,
I need my love to be
here.
G
Am7
Bm
C
G
Am7
Here,
making each
day of the
year;
Bm
C
F#m7
B7
Changing my
life with a
wave of her
hand,
F#m7
B7
Em
Am
Am7
D7
Nobody
can de
ny that there's
something
there.
G
Am7
Bm
C
G
Am7
There,
running my
hands through her
hair;
Bm
C
F#m7
B7
Both of us
thinking how
good it can
be,
F#m7
B7
Em
Am
Am7
D7
Someone is
speaking, but
she doesn't
know he's
there.
Bb
Gm
I want her
everywhere
Cm
D7
Gm
And if
she's beside me
I know I need
never care.
Cm
D7
G
Am7
But to love her
is to need her
every
where.
Bm
C
G
Am7
Knowing that
love is to
share,
Bm
C
F#m7
B7
Each one be
lieving that
love never
dies,
F#m7
B7
Em
Am
Am7
D7
Watching her
eyes, and
hoping I'm
always
there!
Bb
Gm
I want her
everywhere
Cm
D7
Gm
And if
she's beside me
I know I need
never care.
Cm
D7
G
Am7
But to love her
is to need her
every
where.
Bm
C
G
Am7
Knowing that
love is to
share,
Bm
C
F#m7
B7
Each one be
lieving that
love never
dies,
F#m7
B7
Em
Am
D7sus4
D7
Watching her
eyes, and
hoping I'm
always
there,
G
Am
Bm
C
will be
there,
and
every
where.
G
Am7
Bm
C
G
Here,
there, and
every
where.
14. 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, ...
15. Let it be
Lennon, McCartney / the Beatles: Let it Be (1970)
C
G
When I
find myself in
time of trouble
Am
F
Mother Mary
comes to me
C
G
F
F/E
F/D
C
Speaking words of
wisdom let it
be
.
C
G
And
in my hours of
darkness,
Am
F
she is
standing right in
front of me
C
G
F
F/E
F/D
C
Speaking words of
wisdom let it
be
.
Am
G
F
C
Let it
be, let it
be, let it
be, let it
be!
G
F
F/E
F/D
C
Whisper words of
wisdom: let it
be.
And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
but though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be!
Whisper words of wisdom: let it be.
And when the night is cloudy
there is still a light that shines on me
Shines on still tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom: let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be!
Speaking words of wisdom: let it be.
16. 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.
17. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
Lennon & Paul McCartney / the Beatles: White Album (1968)
D
A
G
D7
G
Desmond has a barrow in the
market place, Molly is the singer in a
band.
C
G
D7
G
Desmond says to Molly, girl I
like your face and Molly
says this as she
takes him by the
hand:
|:
G
Bm
Em
G
D7
G
:|
Ob-la-
di, ob-la-da, life goes
on -
Bra -
Bra la how the
life goes
on.
G
D7
G
Desmond takes a trolley to the
jeweller's store, buys a twenty carat golden
ring.
C
G
D7
G
Takes it back to Molly, waiting
at the door, and as he
gives it to her
she begins to
sing.
|:
G
Bm
Em
G
D7
G
:|
Ob-la-
di, ob-la-da, life goes
on -
Bra -
Bra la how the
life goes
on.
Bridge
C
G
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet
home -
C
G
D7
with a couple of kids running in the yard of
Desmond and Molly
Jones.
G
D7
G
Happy ever after in the
market place, Desmond lets the children lend a
hand.
G7
C
G
D7
G
Molly stays at
home and does her
pretty face, and in the
evening she still
sings it with the
band.
|:
G
Bm
Em
G
D7
G
:|
Ob-la-
di, ob-la-da, life goes
on -
Bra -
Bra la how the
life goes
on.
Bridge
C
G
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet
home -
C
G
D7
with a couple of kids running in the yard of
Desmond and Molly
Jones.
G
D7
G
Happy ever after in the
market place, Molly lets the children lend a
hand.
G7
C
G
D7
G
Desmond stays at
home and does his
pretty face, and in the
evening she's a
singer with the
band.
|:
G
Bm
Em
G
D7
G
:|
Ob-la-
di, ob-la-da, life goes
on -
Bra -
Bra la how the
life goes
on.
C
D7
G
And if you
want some fun: Sing
Ob-La-Di-La-
Da!
Capo IV
18. Octopus's Garden
Richard Starkey / the Beatles: Abbey Road (1969)
C
Am
I'd like to be
under the sea
F
C
G7
In an
Octopus's
Garden in the
shade.
C
Am
He'd let us in,
knows where we've been,
F
C
G7
In his
Octopus's
Garden in the
shade.
Am
G
I'd ask my friends to come and see
F
G7
An Octopus's
Garden with me.
C
Am
I'd like to be
under the sea
F
G7
C
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.
19. When I'm Sixty-Four
Lennon, McCartney / the Beatles (1967)
C
G7
C
G7
When I get older, losing my hair, many years from
now,
C
will you still be sending me a Valentine, birthday greetings,
bottle of wine?
C7
F
If I'd been out 'til quarter to three,
would you lock the
door?
Ab7
C
A7
D7
G7
C
Will you still
need me,
will you still
feed me,
when I'm
sixty-
four?
Am
G
Am
E7
Am
You'll be older,
too. (Aaah-
aah)
Dm
F
G7
C
G7
And if you
say the word,
I could
stay with
you.
C
G7
I could be handy, mending a fuse, when your lights have
gone.
C
You can knit a sweater by the fireside, sunday mornings,
go for a ride.
C7
G7
Doing the garden, digging the weeds,
who could ask for
more?
Ab7
C
A7
D7
G7
C
Will you still
need me,
will you still
feed me,
when I'm
sixty-
four?
Am
G
Am
Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of
Wight, if it's not to
dear.
E7
Am
We shall scrimp and
save. (and
save)
Dm
F
G7
C
G7
Grandchildren
on your knee,
Vera,
Chuck, and
Dave.
C
G7
Send me a postcard, drop me a line stating point of
view.
C
Indicate precisely what you mean to say, yours sincerely
wasting away.
C7
G
Give me your answer, fill in a form -
mine forever
more.
Ab7
C
A7
D7
G7
C
G7
C
Will you still
need me,
will you still
feed me,
when I'm
sixty-
four?
20. Yellow Submarine
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles: Revolver (1966)
F
G
F
C
In the
town where
I was
born
Am
Dm
F
G
Lived a
man who
sailed to
sea.
F
G
F
C
And he
told us
of his
life
Am
Dm
F
G
In the
land of
subma
rines.
F
G
F
C
So we
sailed up
to the
sun
Am
Dm
F
G
Till we
found the
sea of
green.
F
G
F
C
And we
lived be
neath the
waves
Am
Dm
F
G
In our
yellow
subma
rine.
C
G
G7
C
We all live in a
yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine,
yellow submarine!
C
G
G7
C
We all live in a
yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine,
yellow submarine!
And our friends are all on board - Many more of them live next door.
And the band begins to play!
Trumpet: Tat ta ta ta...
We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine!
We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine!
"Full speed ahead, Mr. Barkley, full speed ahead!"
"Full speed over here, Sir!" - "All together! All together!"
"Aye, aye, Sir, fire!" - "Captain! Captain!"
As we live a life of ease - Everyone of us has all we need.
Sky of blue and sea of green - In our yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine!
We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine!
21. With a Little Help from my Friends
Lennon & McCartney / the Beatles: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
C
G
Dm
G
C
What would you
think if I
sang out of tune, Would you
stand up and walk out on
me?
C
G
Dm
G
C
Lend me your
ears and I'll
sing you a song, And I'll
try not to sing out of
key.
C
Bb
F
C
Oh, I get
by with a little
help from my
friends,
C
Bb
F
C
Mm, I get
high with a little
help from my
friends.
C
Bb
F
C
Mm, gonna
try with a little
help from my
friends.
G
C
G
Dm
G
C
What do I
do when my
love is away, Does it
worry you to be a
lone?
C
G
Dm
G
C
How do I
feel by the
end of the day, Are you
sad because you're on your
own?
C
Bb
F
C
No, I get
by with a little
help from my
friends,
C
Bb
F
C
Mm, I get
high with a little
help from my
friends.
C
Bb
F
C
Mm, gonna
try with a little
help from my
friends.
bridge
Am
D
C
Bb
F
Do you
need any
body? - I
need some
body to
love.
Am
D
C
Bb
F
Could it
be any
body? - I
want some
body to
love.
C
G
Dm
G
C
Would you be
lieve in a
love at first sight? Yes, I'm
certain that it happens all the
time.
C
G
Dm
G
C
What do you
see when you
turn out the light? I can't
tell you but I know it's
mine.
C
Bb
F
C
Oh, I get
by with a little
help from my
friends,
C
Bb
F
C
Mm, I get
high with a little
help from my
friends.
C
Bb
F
C
Oh, Im gonna
try with a little
help from my
friends.
bridge
Am
D
C
Bb
F
Do you
need any
body? - I
need some
body to
love.
Am
D
C
Bb
F
Could it
be any
body? - I
want some
body to
love.
C
Bb
F
C
Oh, I get
by with a little
help from my
friends,
C
Bb
F
C
Mm, gonna
try with a little
help from my
friends.
C
Bb
F
C
Oh, I get
high with a little
help from my
friends.
C
Bb
F
Yes, I get
by with a little help from my
friends,
Ab
Bb
C
With a little help from my
frie-
ee-
ends.
Bee Gees
22. Morning of my Life
Bee Gees
G
C
G
In the
morning when the
moon is at it's
rest,
Em
C
G
you will
see me at the
time I love the
best,
Am
Bm
watching
rainbows, play on
sunlight,
Am
Bm
Am
pools of
water iced from
cold night, in the
morning.
C
D
C
G
'Tis the morning of my
life. 'tis the
morning of my
life.
In the daytime I will meet you as before.
You will find me waiting by the ocean floor,
building castles in the shifting sands
in a world that no one understands, in the morning.
C
D
C
G
'Tis the morning of my
life. 'tis the
morning of my
life.
G
Am
In the
morning of my
life
C
D
G
the
minutes take so
long to drift a
way.
G
Am
Please be
patient with your
life,
C
D
G
it's only
morning and you're
still to live your
day.
In the evening I will fly you to the moon,
to the top right hand corner of the ceiling in my room,
where we'll stay until the sun shines,
another day to swing on clothes lines, I'll be yawning.
C
D
C
G
It is the
morning of my
life. It is the
morning of my
life.
G
In the
morning, In the morning.
23. Spicks and Specks
Barry Gibb / Bee Gees: Spicks and Specks (1966)
G
D
Em
Bm
Where is the
sun that
shone on my
head?
C
G
A
D
The sun in my
life, it is
dead, it is
dead.
G
D
Em
Bm
Where is the
light that would
stay in my
street,
C
G
D
G
D
And where are the
friends I could
meet, I could
meet?
G
D
Em
Bm
Where are the
girls I
left far
behind?
C
G
D
G
D
The spicks and the
specks of the
girls on my
mind?
G
D
Em
Bm
Where is the
sun that
shone on my
head?
C
G
D
G
D
D#
The sun in my
life, it is
dead, it is
dead
G#
D#
Fm
Cm
Where are the
girls I
left far be
hind,
C#
G#
D#
G#
E
The spicks and the
specks of the
girls on my
mind?
A
E
F#m
C#m
Where are the
girls I
left far be
hind,
D
A
E
A
The spicks and the
specks of the
girls on my
mind?
A
E
F#m
C#m
Where is the
girl I have
loved all a
long?
D
A
E
A
The girl that I
love, she is
gone, she is
gone!
A
E
F#m
C#m
All of my
life I've
tossed with the
day,
D
A
E
A
E
The spicks and the
specks of my
life gone a
way!
A
E
F#m
C#m
All of my
life I've
tossed with the
day,
D
A
E
A
E
The spicks and the
specks of my
life gone a
way!
A
E
F#m
C#m
Where is the
sun that
shone on my
head?
D
A
E
A
The sun in my
life, it is
dead, it is
dead!
24. 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.
Pat Boone
25. 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
Eric Burdon & the Animals
26. House of the Rising Sun
traditional / Animals (1964)
Am
C
D
F
Am
C
E
There is a
house in
New Or
leans They
call the
rising
sun.
Am
C
D
F
Am
E
Am
E7
And its
been the
ruin of
many a poor
boy, And
me, oh
Lord, I'm
one.
Am
C
D
F
Am
C
E
My mother
she's a
tailor,
She
sewed those
new blue
jeans.
Am
C
D
F
Am
E
Am
E7
My
father
he's a
gamblin'
man - Drinks
down in
New Or
leans.
Am
C
D
F
Am
C
E
Now the
only
things a
gambler
needs Is a
suitcase
and a
trunk.
Am
C
D
F
Am
E
Am
E7
And the
only
time that
he's satis
fied Is
when he's
on a
drunk.
Am
C
D
F
Am
C
E
There's
one foot
on the
platform,
The
other foot
on the
train.
Am
C
D
F
Am
E
Am
E7
I'm
goin'
back to
New Or
leans To
wear that
ball and
chain.
Am
C
D
F
Am
C
E
Go
mother
tell your
children:
Not to
do what
I have
done.
Am
C
D
F
Am
E
Am
E7
Spend your
life sin-
cere in mise
ry In the
House of the
Rising
Sun.
There is a house...
Johnny Cash
27. 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)...
28. If I Were A Carpenter
Tim Hardin / Johnny Cash
D
C
If I were a
carpenter
G
D
and you were a
lady,
D
C
Would you marry me
anyway?
G
D
Would you have my
baby?
D
C
If a tinker
were my trade
G
D
would you still
find me,
D
C
carrying the
pots I made,
G
D
following be
hind me.
C
D
Save my love through
loneliness,
C
D/F#
Save my love for
sorrow,
D
C
I'm givin' you my
onlyness,
G
D
Come give me your's to
morrow.
If I worked my hands in wood,
Would you still love me?
Answer me babe, "Yes I would,
I'll put you above me."
If I were a miller
at a mill wheel grinding,
would you miss your color box,
and your soft shoe shining?
Save my love...
If I were a carpenter
and you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway,
Would you have my baby?
Would you marry anyway,
Would you have my baby?
29. Like The 309
Johnny Cash / Jhnny Cash: American V - A Hundred Highways (2006)
A
-
It should be a while before I see doctor death, So it would sure be nice if I could get my breath.
A
-
Well I'm not the crying nor the whining kind, 'Til I hear the whistle of the Three-Oh-Nine.
-
D
A
C
A
Of the Three-Oh-
Nine, of the Three-Oh-
Nine. Put me and my box on the
Three-Oh-
Nine.
A
C
A
Take me to the depot, Put me to bed, Blow an electric fan on my
knarly old
head.
A
C
A
Everybody take a look, see I'm doing fine, Then load my box on the
Three-Oh-
Nine.
D
A
C
A
On the Three-Oh-
Nine, on the Three-Oh-
Nine. Put me and my box on the
Three-Oh-
Nine.
(solo I) |:
A
C
A
:|
A
C
A
Hey sweet baby kiss me hard, Draw my bath water,
Sweep my
yard.
A
C
A
Give a drink of my wine to my Jersey cow, I wouldn't give a hootin' hell for my
journey
now
D
A
On the Three-Oh-
Nine, On the Three-Oh-
Nine.
A
C
A
I hear the sound of a railroad train, The whistle blows and I'm
gone
again.
A
C
A
It will take me higher than a Georgia pine, Stand back children it's a
Three-Oh-
Nine.
D
A
C
A
It's a Three-Oh-
Nine, It's a Three-Oh-
Nine. Put me and my box on a
Three-Oh-
Nine.
(solo II) |:
A
C
A
:|
A
C
A
A chicken in the pot, A turkey in the corn, I haven't felt this good since
jubilee
morn'.
A
C
A
Talk about luck, well I got mine, Asthma comin' down like the
Three-Oh-
Nine.
A
C
A
Write me a letter, sing me a song, Tell me all about it what
I did
wrong.
A
C
A
Meanwhile I will be doing fine, Then load my box on the
Three-Oh-
Nine.
D
A
C
A
On the Three-Oh-
Nine, On the Three-Oh-
Nine. Gonna get outta here on the
Three-Oh-
Nine.
30. Ring of Fire
June Carter & Merle Kilgore / Johnny Cash (1963); Eric Burdon (1969)
Intro:
G
C
G
G
C
G
|:
/
/
/
/
|
/
/
/
/
:|
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
Love is a
burnin'
thing and
it
makes a
fiery
ring.
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
Bound by
wild de
sire
I fell into your
ring of
fire
D
C
G
I fell into a
burnin' ring of
fire
D
C
G
I went
down, down, down and the
flames, they got
higher
C
G
Am
G
And it burns, burns, burns, that
ring of
fire, that
ring of
fire.
Solo
I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames, they got higher
And it burns, burns, burns, that ring of fire, that ring of fire.
The taste of love is sweet, when hearts like ours meet.
I fell for you like a child, Oooh, but the fire went wild.
I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames, they got higher
And it burns, burns, burns, that ring of fire, that ring of fire.
Ray Charles
31. Hit The Road, Jack
Percy Mayfield / Ray Charles (1961)
Am
G
F
E
/ /
/ /
/ /
/ / (repeat)
Am
G
F
E
Am
G
F
E
Hit the
road,
Jack and
don't you come
back no
more, no
more, no
more, no
more
Am
G
F
E
Am
(...)
Hit the
road,
Jack and
don't you come
back no mo-
o-o-o-
ore
What'd you say?
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more
Woo!
Woman, oh woman, don't treat me so mean
You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen
I guess if you say so
I'd have to pack my things and go
That's right!
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back, no more
What'd you say?
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more
Now baby, listen, baby, don't ya treat me this way
Cause I'll be back on my feet some day
Don't care if you do 'cause it's understood
You ain't got no money you just ain't no good
Well, I guess if you say so
I'd have to pack my things and go
That's right!
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more
What you say?
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road, Jack and don't you come back no more
Well
Don't you come back no more - Uh, what'd you say?
Don't you come back no more - I didn't understand you!
Don't you come back no more - You can't mean that!
Don't you come back no more - Oh, no baby, please!
Don't you come back no more - What you tryin' to do to me?
Don't you come back no more - Oh, don't treat me like that!
Don't you come back no more - ...
Eddie Cochran
32. Summertime Blues
Eddie Cochran
E
A
B7
E
A
B7
E
/ / /
/
/ / /
/ / / /
/
/ / /
/
E
E
A
B7
E
I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler.
E
E
A
B7
E
About a-
workin' all summer, just to try to earn a dollar.
A
Every time I call my baby, try to get a date;
-
E
-
My boss says:
No dice son, you gotta work late.
/ /
A
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do,
E
-
But there
ain't
no cure for the summertime blues!
E
A
B7
E
A
B7
E
/ / /
/
/ / /
/ / / /
/
/ / /
/
E
E
A
B7
E
Well my ma' and pappa told me: Son, you gotta make some money
E
E
A
B7
E
If you wanna use the car to go a-ridin' next sunday.
A
Well I didn't go to to work, told the boss I was sick!
-
E
-
So
you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick!
/ /
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do,
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues!
E
E
A
B7
E
I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation.
E
E
A
B7
E
I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations.
A
Well I called my congressman and he said; quote:
-
E
-
I'd
like to help you son, but you're too young to vote!
/ /
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do,
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues!
Creedence Clearwater Revival
33. Bad Moon Rising
John Fogerty/Creedence Clearwater Revival: Green River (1969)
Intro riff
|:
D
A
G
D
D6
D
D6
D
D6
:|
// /
/
/
//
/
/
/
/
/
D
A
G
D
D
D6
D
D6
D
I see a
bad
moon a-
risin'.
D
A
G
D
D
D6
D
D6
D
I see
trouble's
on the
way.
D
A
G
D
D
D6
D
D6
D
I see
earth
quakes and
lightnin'.
D
A
G
D
D
D6
D
D6
D
I see
bad
times
today.
G
D
Don't go round tonight, it's
bound to take your life,
A
G
D
D
D6
D
D6
D
There's a
bad moon on the
rise!
I hear hurricanes a blowin'
I know the end is comin' soon.
I feel the river's overflowin'
I hear the voice of rage and ruin.
Don't go round tonight, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise!
Solo:
|:
D
A
G
D
D6
D
D6
D
:|
G
D
A
G
D
D6
D
D6
D
Intro riff
Hope you got your things together.
Hope you're quite well prepared to die.
Looks like we're in for nasty weather.
One eye is taken for an eye.
Don't go round tonight, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise!
G
D
Don't go round tonight, it's
bound to take your life,
A
G
D
A
G
D
(Intro Riff)
There's a
bad moon on the
rise!
34. Proud Mary
John Fogerty / Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
C / / - /
A / -
C / / - /
A / -
C / / - /
A /
G /
F / / - / /
D /
D
Left a good job in the city, Workin for the man every night and day
And I never lost a minute of sleepin', Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.
A
Bm
Big wheel keep on turnin' -
Proud Mary keep on burnin',
D
A
D
C
A
C
A
C
A
G
F
D
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on a
ri-
ver.
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans,
But I never saw the good side of the city, 'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.
Big wheel a-keep on turnin' - Proud Mary keep on burnin',
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
If you come down to the river, Bet you gonna find some people who live,
You don't have to worry 'cause you have no money, People on the river are happy to give.
Big wheel a-keep on turnin' - Proud Mary keep on burnin',
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
35. Lodi
John Fogerty / Creedence Clearwater Revival: Green River (1969)
(intro)
G
D
C
G
|
/ / / / | / / / / |
/ /
/ / |
/ / / / |
G
Just about a year ago,
C
G
I
set out on the
road.
G/F#
Em
Seekin' my
fame and
fortune
Am
D
And
lookin' for a pot of
gold.
G
Em
Things got bad, and
things got worse,
C
G
I
guess you know the
tune.
D
C
G
(fill in)
Oh, Lord,
stuck in Lodi a
gain.
I rode in on a Greyhound,
I'll be walkin' out if I go.
I was just passin' through,
Must be seven months or more.
Ran out of time and money,
Looks like they took my friends.
Oh, Lord, stuck in Lodi again.
|
G
|
|
C
|
G
|
G
|
|
D
C
|
G
|
The man from the magazine
Said I was on my way.
Somewhere I lost connection,
Ran out of songs to play.
I came into town on a one-night stand,
Looks like my plans fell through.
Oh, Lord, stuck in Lodi again.
D
A
E
A
A
A
If I only had a dollar
D
A
For
every song I've
sung,
A
A/G#
F#m
And
every
time I
had to play
Bm
E
While
people sat there
drunk.
A
A/G#
F#m
You
know I'd
catch the
next train
D
A
Back to where I
live
E
D
A
Oh, Lord,
stuck in Lodi a
gain
E
D
A
Oh, Lord,
stuck in Lodi a
gain
A
D
A
A
E
D
A
G (intro) D C G (fill in)
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John Denver
36. Take me Home, Country Roads
John Denver
G
Em
D
C
G
Almost
heaven,
West Virginia,
Blue Ridge Mountains,
Shenandoah
River.
Em
D
C
G
Life is old there,
older than the trees,
Younger than the mountains
growing like a
breeze.
G
D
Em
C
Country
roads, take me
home, to the
place I be
long!
G
D
C
G
West Vir
ginia mountain
momma, take me
home, country
roads!
G
Em
D
C
G
All my
memories
gather 'round her;
Miner's lady,
stranger to blue
water.
Em
D
C
G
Dark and dusty
painted on the sky -
Misty taste of moonshine
teardrop in my
eye.
G
D
Em
C
Country
roads, take me
home to the
place I be
long!
G
D
C
G
West Vir
ginia, mountain
momma, take me
home, country
roads
bridge
Em
D
G
I hear her
voice, in the
morning hour she calls me!
C
G
D
The
radio re
minds me of my
home far away.
Em
F
C
And
drivin' down the
road I get a
feelin'
G
D
D7
that I
Should have been home
yesterday, yester
day:
G
D
Em
C
Country
roads, take me
home to the
place I be
long!
G
D
C
G
West Vir
ginia, mountain
momma, take me
home, country
roads
Dire Straits
37. Wild West End
Mark Knopfler / Dire Straits: Dire Straits (1978)
4x
D
D
Em7
G
D
D
Em7
G
Steppin' out to
Angellucci's,
for my coffee beans
D
D
Em7
G
checking out the
movies,
and the magazines
D
D
Em7
G
waitress she
watches me,
crossing from the Barocco bar
D
D
Em7
G
I'm getting a
pickup,
for my
steel guitar
D
D
Em7
G
I saw you
walking out,
Shaftsbury
Avenue
D
D
Em7
G
excuse me
talking, I wanna
marry you
D
D
Em
G
this is
seventh heaven street to me,
don't you be so
proud
D
D
Em7
G
You're just another
angel,
in the crowd.
D
D
Em7
G
D
D
Em7
G
And I'm
walking in the
wild west end
-
Walking in the
wild west end
D
D
Em7
G
Am
G
F
D
C
D
Walking with your
wild best friend
Now my conductress on the number nineteen, she was a honey (she was a honey)
pink toenails and hands all dirty with the money
greasy greasy greasy hair, easy smile
made me feel nineteen, for awhile
and I went down to Chinatown
in the backroom it's a man's world, all the money go down
Duck inside the doorway, duck to eat
just ain't no way, you and me, we can't beat
And I'm walking in the wild west end - Walking in the wild west end
Walking with your wild best friend
Now the gogo dancing girl, yes I saw her
the deejay, he say, "Here's Mandy for Ya"
I feel all right to have seen her do that stuff
She's dancing high, I move on by, the close-ups can get rough
when you're walking in the wild west end - walking in the wild west end
turn! Will return -- will return -- will return. Will Return!
Arlo Guthrie
47. 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.
Woody Guthrie
48. This Land is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
D
G
D
This land is
your land, this land is
my land,
A7
D
From Calif
ornia to the New York
Island,
G
D
From the Redwood F
orests to the Gulf Stream wa
ters;
A7
D
This land was made for you and
me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I looked above me, there in the skyway,
I saw below me, the Golden Valley;
This land was made for you and me.
This land is your land, this land is my land,
From California to the New York Island,
G
From the Redwood F
orests to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.
I roamed and rambled, and followed my footsteps
Through the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts,
And all around me this voice kept saying:
"This land was made for you and me".
This land is your land, this land is my land,
From California to the New York Island,
G
From the Redwood F
orests to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.
As the Sun was shining, and I was strolling
Through the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
I could feel inside me and see all around me,
This land was made for you and me.
This land is your land, this land is my land,
From California to the New York Island,
G
From the Redwood F
orests to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.
Bill Haley
49. Rock Around the Clock
Max C. Freedman / Bill Haley and the Comets (1954)
A
One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock, rock!
A
Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock, rock!
A
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, rock
E7/9
We're gonna
rock around the clock tonight!
A
Put your glad rags on, join me, hon'
We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one
D7/9
We're gonna
rock around the clock tonight
A
We're gonna
rock, rock, rock till broad daylight
E7/9
A
We're gonna
rock, rock around the clock to
night
When the clock strikes two, three and four
If the band slows down we'll yell for more
We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight
We’re gonna rock, rock, rock till broad daylight
We’re gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight
Guitar Solo
When the chimes ring five, six and seven
We'll be right in seventh heaven
We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight
We’re gonna rock, rock, rock till broad daylight
We’re gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight
When it's eight, nine, ten, eleven too
I'll be goin' strong and so will you
We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight
We’re gonna rock, rock, rock till broad daylight
We’re gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight
Saxophone solo
When the clock strikes twelve, we'll cool off then
Start rockin' round the clock again
We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight
We’re gonna rock, rock, rock till broad daylight
We’re gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight
Guitar solo:
Albert Hammond
50. It never rains in Southern California
Albert Hammond
Gm
C
F
Got on
board a west-bound
seven-forty-
seven,
Gm
C
F
didn't
think before de
ciding what to
do.
Gm
C
All, that
talk of oppor
tunities,
F
Dm
Gm
C
F
TV-breaks and
movies rang
true,
sure rang
true.
Gm
C
F
Seems it
never rains in
Southern Cali
fornia.
Gm
C
F
Seems I've
often heard that
kind of talk be
fore.
Gm
C
F
Dm
It never
rains in Cali
fornia, but
girl don't they
warn you,
Gm
C
F
it
pou-
ours, man, it
pours.
Gm
C
F
Dm
Out of
work I'm out of my
head, out of
self-respect, I'm out of
bread,
Gm
C
F
I'm under
talked, I'm under
fed, I wanna go
home.
Gm
C
F
Dm
It never
rains in Cali
fornia, but
girl don't they
warn you,
Gm
C
F
it
pou-
ours, man, it
pours.
Will you tell the folks at home, I nearly made it.
Got offers but don't know which one to take.
Please don't tell'em, how you found me,
don't tell me how they found me,
gimmie a break, gimmie a break.
Seems it never rains in Southern California.
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before.
It never rains in California, but girl don't they warn you,
it pours, man, it pours.
Out of work I'm out of my head, out of self-respect, I'm out of bread,
I'm undertalked, I'm underfed, I wanna go home.
It never rains in Califonia, but girl don't they warn you,
it pours, man, it pours.
°! Fleetwood Mac
51. 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...
Jimi Hendrix
52. 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.
Jethro Tull
53. 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!
Kingston Trio
54. 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
Capo IV
55. Autumn Almanac
R.D. Davies / The Kinks (1967)
A
B
E
A
B
E
Am
D
G
/ /
/ / / /
/ /
/ /
/ / / /
/ / From the
dew soaked hedge creeps a
crawly caterpillar
D
C
D
G
D
G
D
The
dawn begins to crack,
it's
all
part
of my
autumn alma
nac!
Am
D
G
Breeze blows leaves of a
musty colored yellow
D
C
D
G
D
G
D
So I
sweep them in my sack,
yes,
yes,
yes,
it's my
autumn alma
nac
E
A
B
E
A
B
E
Friday evening
pe-
ople get to
gether,
hi-
iding from the
weather
C#m
C#m/C
E
Tea and
toasted buttered currant
buns
F#
A
G#
Can't
compensate for lack of
sun because the
summer's all gone
Am
D
G
D
La-la-
la la-la, la la
la-la la la-la-la
ohh! my
poor rheumatic back
C
D
G
D
G
D
Yes,
yes,
yes,
it's my
autumn alma
nac
Am
D
G
D
La-la-la la-la,
la la la-la la la -
ohh! my
autumn almanac
C
D
G
D
G
D
Yes,
yes,
yes,
it's my
autumn alma
nac
G
D
C
D
G
D
C
G
I like my
football
on a
Saturday,
roast beef on
Sunday's
al-
right
G
D
C
D
G
D
C
G
I'm goin' to
Blackpool
for my
holidays,
sit in the
open
sun
light
Gm
A#
D#
F
This is my street
and I'm never gonna
leave it
A#
A
G#
G
And I'm always gonna
stay if I
live to be
ninety-
nine
Gm
C7
G
G7
'Cause all the people I
meet
seem to come from my
street
A
B
Em
A
And I can't get
away,
because it's calling me (
come on
home)
G
A
Hear it calling me (
come on
home)
Am
D
G
D
La-la-
la la-la, la la la-
la la la-la-la
ohh! my
autumn almanyac
C
D
G
D
G
D
Yes,
yes,
yes,
it's my
autumn alma
nac
Am
D
G
D
La-la-la la-la,
la la la-la la la -
ohh! my
autumn almanac
C
D
G
D
C
D
G
D
C
D
G
Yes,
yes,
yes,
yes,
yes,
yes,
yes,
yes
C
D
G
(repeat and fade out)
Bop bop
bop-m bop-m
ba -ohh!
56. Celluloid Heroes
Raymond Douglas Davies / The Kinks: Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972)
G
D
C
G
Everybody's a
dreamer, and
everybody's a
star,
Bm
Em
C
D
And
everybody's in
movies, it doesn't
matter who you
are!
Em
Bm
C
D
There are
stars in every
city - In ev'ry
house and on ev'ry
street,
G7
C
D
G
And if you
walk down Hollywood
Boulevard - Their names are
written in con
crete.
G
D
C
G
Don't
step on Greta
Garbo as you
walk down the Boule
vard;
Bm
Em
C
D
She
looks so weak and
fragile that's why she
tried to be so
hard.
Em
Bm
C
D
But they
turned her into a
princess - And they
sat her on a
throne.
G7
C
D
G
But she
turned her back on
stardom - Because she
wanted to be a
lone.
F
C
G
You can
see all the stars as you
walk down Hollywood
Boulevard.
F
C
G
Some that you recognize,
some that you've hardly even
heard of.
F
C
G
People who worked and
suffered and struggled for
fame,
F
C
G
Some who succeeded and
some who suffered in
vain.
G
D
C
G
Rudolph Valen
tino looks
very much a
live,
Bm
Em
C
D
And he
looks up ladies
dresses as they
sadly pass him
by.
Em
Bm
C
D
Avoid
stepping on Bela
Lugosi - 'Cause he's
liable to turn and
bite!
G7
C
D
G
But stand
close by Bette
Davis - Because
hers was such a lonely
life.
G
D
C
G
If you
covered him with
garbage George
Sanders would still have
style,
Bm
Em
C
D
And if you
stamped on Mickey
Rooney He would
still turn round and
smile.
Em
Bm
C
D
But please don't
tread on dearest
Marilyn - 'Cause
she's not very
tough.
G7
C
D
G
She
should have been made of
iron or steel - But she was
only made of flesh and
blood.
F
C
G
You can
see all the stars as you
walk down Hollywood
Boulevard
F
C
G
Some that you recognize,
some that you've hardly even
heard of
F
C
G
People who worked and
suffered and struggled for
fame
F
C
G
Some who succeeded and
some who suffered in
vain
G
D
C
G
Everybody's a
dreamer, and
everybody's a
star,
Bm
Em
C
D
And
everybody's in
show biz, it doesn't
matter who you
are!
Em
Bm
C
D
And those who
are success
ful - Be
always on your
guard,
G7
C
D
G
Suc
cess walks hand in
hand with failure - Along
Hollywood Boule
vard.
bridge
F
C
G
I
wish my life was
non-stop Hollywood
movie show.
F
C
G
A
fantasy world of
celluloid villains and he
roes.
F
C
G
Because
celluloid heroes
never feel any
pain,
F
C
G
And
celluloid heroes
never really
die!
F
C
G
You can
see all the stars as you
walk down Hollywood
Boulevard
F
C
G
Some that you recognize,
some that you've hardly even
heard of
F
C
G
People who worked and
suffered and struggled for
fame
F
C
G
Some who succeeded and
some who suffered in
vain
|:
F
C
G
:|
La la
la la la - la la
la la la - la la
la la la
F
C
G
F
C
G
Oh,
celluloid heroes
never feel any
pain - Oh,
celluloid heroes
never really
die.
bridge
F
C
G
I
wish my life was
non-stop Hollywood
movie show.
F
C
G
A
fantasy world of
celluloid villains and he
roes.
F
C
G
Because
celluloid heroes
never feel any
pain,
F
C
G
And
celluloid heroes
never really
die!
57. 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...
58. Dandy
R. D. Davies/the Kinks: Face to Face (1967)
D
Dandy, Dandy, Where you gonna go now? Who you gonna run to?
G
Bm
Em
G
Bm
Em
All your
little
life - You're
chasing
all the
girls.
G
Bm
Em
G
C
D
They
can't
resist your
smile.
Ohoh, they
long for -
Dandy, Dandy.
Checkin' out the ladies, Tickelin' their fancy,
Pouring out your charm - To meet your own demands,
And turn it off at will. Ohoh, they long for - Dandy, Dandy.
Knockin' on the back door, Climbing through the window,
Hub' is gone away, And while the cat's away,
The mice are gonna play. Ohoh, you're low down - Dandy, Dandy. -- Dandy
F#
B
C#7
Dandy, you know you're
moving much too
fast,
F#
B
C#7
And Dandy, you know you
can't escape
the past.
A
Bm
E
Look
around thee and see the
people settle
down,
A
A/G
A/F#
A7
And
when you're old and
grey you will re
member what they
said,
A
A/G
A/F#
A7
That
two girls are too
many, three's a
crowd and four your
dead.
D
Oh
Dandy, Dandy, When you gonna give up? Are you feeling old now?
G
Bm
Em
G
Bm
Em
You
always
will be
free, You
need
no sympa
thy,
G
Bm
Em
G
C
G
A
bachelor
you will
stay, and
Dandy,
you're
all right.
|:
C
D
C
D
:|
You're all
right. --
You're all
right.
C
D
D
Dsus4
D
You're all
right.
59. Death of a Clown
Ray Davies, Dave Davies / the Kinks: Something Else by the Kinks (1967)
C
G
F
C
G
G7
C
G
G7
My
makeup is dry and it
cracks on my
chin
F
C
G
I'm
drowning my sorrows in
whiskey and
gin
C
G
G7
The
lion tamer's whip doesn't
crack any
more
F
C
G
The
lions they won't bite and the
tigers won't
roar
F
Dm
Bb
Eb
Dm
C
G
La la la
La la la
La la la
La - So
let's all drink to the
death of a
clown
C
G
G7
F
C
G
Won't someone help me to
break up this
crown -
Let's all drink to the
death of a
clown
F
Dm
Bb
Eb
Dm
C
G
La la la
La la la
La la la
La -
Let's all drink to the
death of a
clown
C
G
G7
The
old fortune teller
lies dead on the
floor
F
C
G
Nobody needs fortunes
told any
more
C
G
G7
The
trainer of insects is
crouched on his
knees
F
C
G
And
frantically looking for
runaway
fleas
F
Dm
Bb
Eb
Dm
C
G
La la la
La la la
La la la
La - So
let's all drink to the
death of a
clown
C
G
G7
F
C
G
Won't someone help me to
break up this
crown -
Let's all drink to the
death of a
clown
F
Dm
Bb
Eb
Dm
C
G
La la la
La la la
La la la
La -
Let's all drink to the
death of a
clown
C
G
G7
La la la la la la
la la la
la
F
C
G
La la la la la la
la la la
la
F
Dm
Bb
Eb
F
C
G
La la la
La la la
La la la
La -
let's all drink to the
death of a
clown
60. 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
Capo III
61. 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!
62. Sunny Afternoon
R. D. Davies / the Kinks: Face to Face (1966)
Intro:
|:
Dm
Dm/C
Dm/B
Dm/Bb
A
A/G
A/F
A/E
:|
Dm
C7
F
C7
The
taxman's taken
all my dough And
left me in my
stately home,
A
A/G
A/F
A/E
Dm
Lazin'
on a
sunny
after
noon.
Dm
C7
F
C7
And I can't
sail my yacht, He's
taken every
thing I've got,
A
A/G
A/F
A/E
Dm
All I've
got's this
sunny
after
noon.
D7
G7
C7
F
A7
Save me, save me, save me from this gr
eed; I got a big
fat mama tryin' to break
me.
Dm
G7
Dm
G7
C7
And I
love to live so
pleasantly -
Live this life of
luxu
ry;
F
A7
Dm
Dm/C
Dm/B
Dm/Bb
A
A/G
A/F
A/E
Lazin' on a
sunny after
noon
- In the
summer
time.
My girlfriend's run off with my car And gone back to her ma and pa,
Tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
Now I'm sittin' here, Sippin' at my ice-cooled beer;
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
Help me, help me, help me sail away. Who give me two good reasons why I are to stay?
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly - Live this life of luxury;
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon - In the summertime.
In the summertime
Save me, save me, save me from this greed, I got a big fat mama tryin' to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly - Live this life of luxury;
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon - In the summertime.
In the summertime...
63. Waterloo Sunset
R. D. Davies / the Kinks: Something else (1967)
G7
C
G
F
(Guitar-Bass-Line) (Guitar-
Melody)
F
C
G
F
Dirty old
river, must you keep
rolling, rolling in
to the night!
C
G
F
People so
busy make me feel
dizzy, taxi lights
shine so bright!
Dm
A
F
G
But I
don't
need no
friend,
C
G
F
As long as I
gaze on Waterloo
Sunset, I am in
paradise.
D
G
C
(la-la-
la) Every day I look at the world from
my window
F
D
G7
(
la-la-
la) But chilly, chilly it's evening time,
Waterloo sunset's fine.
C
G
F
Terry meets
Julie, Waterloo
Station, every
Friday night.
C
G
F
But I am so
lazy, don't want to
wander, I stay at
home at night.
Dm
A
F
G
But I
don't
feel a
fraid,
C
G
F
As long as I
gaze on Waterloo
Sunset, I am in
paradise.
D
G
C
(la-la-
la) Every day I look at the world from my
window
F
D
G7
(
la-la-
la) But chilly, chilly it's evening time,
Waterloo sunset's fine.
C
G
F
Millions of
people swarming like
flies round Waterloo
underground.
C
G
F
But Terry and
Julie cross over the
river where they feel
safe and sound.
Dm
A
F
G
And they
don't
need no
friends,
C
G
F
As long as they
gaze on Waterloo
Sunset, they are in
paradise.
C
G
F
G
(guitar
solo)
(piano-chords)
G
Waterloo sunset's fine...
64. 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
65. 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.
John Lennon
66. 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
Gordon Lightfood
67. If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon Lightfood / Gordon Lightfood: Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
Intro:
|:
G
Fmaj7
:|
G
F
If you could read my mind love -
What a tale my thoughts could tell!
G
F
Just like an old time movie -
'bout a ghost from a wishin' well!
G
Em
C
D
Em
C
G
In a castle
dark or a
fortress strong - With
chains upon my
feet - You
know that ghost is
me;
C
G/B
Am7
D
G
Fmaj7
G
And
I will never
be set free - As
long as I'm a
ghost that you can't
see.
G
F
If I could read your mind love -
What a tale your thoughts could tell?
G
F
Just like a paperback novel -
The kind that drugstores sell.
G
Em
C
D
Em
C
G
When you reach the
part where the
heartaches come, The
hero would be
me. But
heroes often
fail!
C
G/B
Am7
D
G
Fmaj7
G
And
you won't read that
book again - Be
cause the ending's
just too hard to
take.
solo
bridge
G
Em
C
D
Em
I'd walk a
way like a
movie star - Who get's
burned in a three way
script.
C
G
C
G/B
Enter number
two - A
movie queen to
play the scene
Am7
D
G
C
G/B
Of
bringing all the
good things out in
me! But for
now love, let's be
real;
C
G/B
Am7
D
I
never thought I could
act this way - And I've
got to say that I
just don't get it;
C
G/B
Am7
D
G
I don't know where
we went wrong - But the
feeling's gone - And I
just can't get it
back.
G
F
If I could read your mind love -
What a tale your thoughts could tell!
G
F
Just like an old time movie - '
bout a ghost from a wishin' well.
G
Em
C
D
Em
C
G
In a castle
dark or a
fortress strong - With
chains upon my
feet. But
stories always
end,
C
G/B
Am7
D
G
And
if you read
between the lines - You'll
know that I'm just
tryin' to under
stand:
C
G/B
C
G/B
The
feelin's that you
lack. I
never thought I could
feel this way,
Am7
D
C
G/B
And I've
got to say that I
just don't get it -
I don't know where
we went wrong,
Am7
D
G
Fmaj7
G
But the feelin's gone - And I
just can't get it
back.
Lovin' Spoonful
Dm7
D7/F#
C/G
68. 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
69. 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...
Barry McGuire
D11
D9
70. 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
71. 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
72. 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!
Ralph McTell
73. Streets of London
Ralph McTell
C
G
Am
Em
Have you seen the
old man in the
closed down
market,
F
C
D7
G7
kicking up the
paper with his
worn out
shoes.
C
G
Am
Em
In his eyes you
see no pride,
hand held loosely
at his side,
F
C
G
C
Yestedrays
paper telling
yesterdays
news.
F
Em
C
Am
D7
G
G7
So
how can you
tell me you're
lo-one-
ly -
And say for you that the sun don't
shine.
C
G
Am
Em
Let me take you
by the hand - And
lead you through the
streets of London:
F
C
G7
C
I'll show you
something to
make to change your
mind.
Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London,
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags.
She's no time for talkin' she just keep right on walking,
Carrying her home in two carrier bags.
So how can you tell me you're lonely - And say for you that the sun don't shine.
Let me take you by the hand - And lead you through the streets of London:
I'll show you something to make to change your mind.
In the allnight cafe at a quarter past eleven,
the same old man sitting there on his own.
Looking at the world over the rim of his tea cup,
Each tea lasts an hour and he wanders home alone.
So how can you tell me you're lonely - Don't say for you that the sun don't shine.
Let me take you by the hand - And lead you through the streets of London:
I'll show you something to make to change your mind.
Have you seen the old man, outside the seaman's mission,
memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears.
In our winter city the rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care.
So how can you tell me you're lonely - And say for you that the sun don't shine.
Let me take you by the hand - And lead you through the streets of London:
I'll show you something to make to change your mind.
Moody Blues
74. 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!
Monty Python
75. 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
76. 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---
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(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
...
77. 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.
Willie Nelson
A/C#
D/A
Gm7
D/F#
A7/C#
G/A
78. Always On My Mind
Thompson, James, Christopher / Willie Nelson
D
A/C#
Bm
D/A
G
A
Maybe I didn't
love you -
Quite as
often as I
could have.
D
A/C#
Bm
D/A
Gm7
And maybe I didn't
treat you -
Quite as
good as I should
have
G
D
G
D/F#
Em
If I made you feel
second best -
Girl I'm sorry
I was
blind
A
Bm
A7/C#
D
Em
F#m
G
A7
D
G
A
You were
always
on my
mi-
i-
ind -
You were
always on my
mind
Maybe I didn't hold you - All those lonely, lonely times.
I guess I never told you - I'm so happy that you're mine.
Little things I should have said and done - I just never took the time.
You were always on my mind - You were always on my mind.
D
A/C#
Bm
D/A
G
D/F#
Em
G/A
A7
Te-
ell
me,
Tell me that your
sweet love hasn't
died
D
A/C#
Bm
D/A
G
D/F#
Em
Gi-
ive
me,
give me
one more chance to
keep you satis
fied
A
I'll
keep you satisfied
instrumental
Little things I should have said and done - I just never took the time.
You were always on my mind - You were always on my mind.
You were always on my mind - You were always on my mind.
79. 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.
80. 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 ...
Elvis Presley
81. (Marie's the name) His Latest Flame
Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman / Elvis Presley (1961)
G
Em
G
Em
A very old
friend
came by to
day
G
Em
'Cos he was
telling every
one in town
G
Em
About the love that
he just found
C
D7
G
Em
G
Em
And Marie's the
name
-
of his latest
flame.
He talked and talked and I heard him say:
That she had the longest blackest hair,
The prettiest green eyes anywhere,
And Marie's the name of his latest flame.
D7
C
D7
C
Though I smiled the
tears inside were a-
burning.
D7
C
D7
C
I
wished him luck and
then he said good
bye.
D7
C
D7
C
He was gone but
still his words kept re
turning.
D7
C
G
Em
G
What
else was there for
me to do but
cry?
Would you believe that yesterday
This girl was in my arms and swore to me
She'd be mine eternally?
And Marie's the name of his latest flame.
Though I smiled the tears inside were a-burning.
I wished him luck and then he said goodbye.
He was gone but still his words kept returning.
What else was there for me to do but cry?
Would you believe that yesterday
This girl was in my arms and swore to me
She'd be mine eternally?
And Marie's the name of his latest flame.
Yes Marie's the name - of his latest flame.
82. In The Ghetto
Mac Davis / Elvis Presley (1969)
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
Bm
As the
snow flies
On a
cold and gray chicago mornin'
C
D
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
A
poor little baby
child is born - In the
ghetto
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
Bm
And his
mama cries
'cause if
there's one thing that she don't need
C
D
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
Is an
other hungry
mouth to feed - In the
ghetto
G
D
C
G
People, don't you
understand - The child needs a
helping
hand
C
D
G
Or
he'll grow to be an
angry young man some
day
D
C
G
Take a look at
you and me, Are we too
blind to
see,
C
D
G
Do we
simply turn our
heads and look the
other way
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
Bm
Well the
world turns
And a
hungry little boy with a runny nose
C
D
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
Plays
in the street as the
cold wind blows - In the
ghetto
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
Bm
And his h
unger burns
So he
starts to roam the streets at night
C
D
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
And he
learns how to steal And he
learns how to fight - In the
ghetto
D
C
G
Then one night in desperation A
young man breaks
away.
C
D
C
D
He
buys a gun,
steals a car, He
tries to run, but he
don't get far
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
Bm
And his
mama cries
As a
crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
C
D
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
Face
down on the street with a
gun in his hand - In the
ghetto
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
Bm
As her
young man dies,
On a
cold and gray chicago mornin',
C
D
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
An
other little baby
child is born - In the
ghetto
G
G
G4
G
G4
G
And his
mama cries
Gene Raskin
83. 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
84. 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.
Tex Ritter
85. The Ballad of High Noon (Do not Forsake me, o my Darlin')
Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington / Tex Ritter (1952)
G
Do not forsake me, oh my darling,
C
On this our wedding
day.
E
C
Do not forsake me, oh my
dar
ling,
Bm7
Am7
C
D7
Wait,
wait
a- -
long!
G
I do not know what fate awaits me.
C
I only know I must be
brave!
G
And I must face a man who
hates me,
Cm
G
Cm
G
Or ly a
coward, a
craven
coward,
Cm
Bm
Am
C
D7
G
Or ly a
cow
ard
in
my
grave.
bridge
G
Oh, to be torn twixt love and duty
Supposin' I lose my fair haired beauty
Look at that big hand movin' round
D7
Nearin' high
noon!
C
He
made a vow while in state prison
G
Said it would be my life or his'n,
Cm
I'm not afraid of death, but oh,
G
Am
D7
What will I do if you
leave
me?
G
Do not forsake me, oh my darling,
C
You made that promise as a
bride.
G
Do not forsake me, oh my
darling,
Cm
G
Cm
G
Although you're
grievin',
I Can't
be leavin',
Cm
Bm
Am
C
D7
G
Now that I
need
you
by
my
side!
C
G
Wait a
long, wait a
long,
Cm
G
Wait a
long, wait a
long...
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
86. Tears of a Clown
Stevie Wonder, Hank Cosby, Smokey Robinson / Smokey Robinson & the Miracles: Make it Happen (1967)
capo IV
A
|:
A
D
G
:|
A
D
G
D
A
D
G
If there's a
smile
on my
face,
it's only
there trying to
fool the
public.
D
A
D
G
D
A
D
G
But when it
comes down to
fooling
you,
now honey
that's quite a
different sub
ject.
D
A
D
G
D
A
D
G
Don't
let my
glad ex
pression
give
you the
wrong im
pression.
D
A
D
G
D
A
D
G
D
A
D
Really I'm
sad,
oh
sa
dder than
sad,
You're
gone and I'm
hurting so
bad,
G
D
A
D
G
D
Like a
clown I
pretend to be
glad.
E
C#/F
Now there's some
sad things known to
man
F#m
D
A
|:
A
D
G
:|
But ain't
too much sadder than
the tears of a
clown, When there's no one around.
If I appear to be carefree, It's only to camouflage my sadness.
in order to shield my pride I try To cover this hurt as a show of gladness.
But don't let my show convince you that I've been happy since you
Decided to go, oh I need you so, I'm hurt and I want you to know, but for others I put on a show.
Now there's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown, When there's no one around.
Just like Pagliacci did I try to keep my sadness hid.
Smiling in the public eye, but in my lonesome room i cry - The tears of a clown
Now there's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown, When there's no one around.
the Rolling Stones
87. 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!
88. As Tears go By
Jagger, Richards, & Oldham / the Rolling Stones (1965)
C
D
F
G
Gsus4
G
It is the
evening of the
da-
ay.
C
D
F
G
Gsus4
G
I sit and
watch the children
pla-
ay.
F
G
C/C
C/B
C/A
Am
C/G
Smiling faces
I can see,
but
not
for
me;
F
G
I sit and watch as tears go
by.
C
D
F
G
Gsus4
G
My riches
can't buy ev'ry
thi-
ing
C
D
F
G
Gsus4
G
I want to
hear the children
si-
ing
F
G
C/C
C/B
Am
C/G
All I hear
is the sound
of
rain falling
on the
ground;
F
G
I sit and watch as tears go
by.
instr.
C
D
F
G
Gsus4
G
C
D
F
G
Gsus4
G
F
G
C/C
C/B
Am
C/G
F
G
C
D
F
G
Gsus4
G
It is the
evening of the
da-
ay.
C
D
F
G
Gsus4
G
I sit and
watch the children
pla-
ay.
F
G
C/C
C/B
Am
C/G
Doin' things I
used to do
they
think are
new;
F
G
I sit and watch as tears go
by.
C
D
F
C
Mmmm
Mmmm
Mmmm
Mmmm
89. 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
90. Get Off Of My Cloud
Jagger & Richards / the Rolling Stones
E
A
B
A
/ /
/ / / /
/ /
/ / / /
repeat after each line in verse
E
A
B
A
E
E A B A
I
live in an
apparmtent on the
ninety-ninth
floor of my
block
E
A
B
E
E A B A
I
sit at home lookin'
out my window i
magining the world has
stopped
E
A
B
E
E A B A
Then
in flies a
guy who's all dressed
up just like a Union
Jack
E
A
B
E
E A B A
He
says "I'd 've won five
pounds if I
had this kind of detergent
pack"
E
G#m
A
B
Said I "
Hey
you get
off of my
cloud
E
G#m
A
B
Hey
you get
off of my
cloud
E
G#m
A
B
Hey
you get
off of my
cloud
D
B
E
E A B A
Don't hang around, 'cause two's a
crowd on my
cloud!
The telephone is ringing I say "Hi who's there on the line?"
A voice says "Hi hello how are you?" "Well I guess I am doin' fine!"
He says "It's three a.m. there's too much noise don't you people want to go to bed?
Just cause you feel so good, do you have to drive me out of my head?"
CHORUS
I was sick and tired, fed up with things and decided to take a drive down town.
It was so very quiet and peaceful, there was nobody, not a soul around.
I laid myself down, I was so tired and I started to dream.
In the morning the parking tickets were just like flags stuck on my windscreen!
CHORUS
91. The Last Time
Jagger, Richards / the Rolling Stones
E
D
A
E
D
A
Well I
told you once and I
told you
twice
E
D
A
E
D
A
But you
never listen to
my ad
vice
E
D
A
E
D
A
You
don't try very
hard to
please me
E
D
A
E
D
A
For
what you know it
should be
easy
A
Well this could be the last time. This could be the last time.
D
A
E
D
A
E
D
A
Maybe the last time I don't
know! Oh
no
Oh
no.
E
D
A
E
D
A
Well
I'm sorry girl but I
can't
stay
E
D
A
E
D
A
Feelin' like I
do to
day
E
D
A
E
D
A
There's too much pain and
too much
sorrow
E
D
A
E
D
A
Guess I'll feel the
same to
morrow
Refrain
Solo
Refrain
A
E
D
A
E
D
A
Well I
told you once and I
told you
twice
E
D
A
E
D
A
Someone will have to
pay the
price
E
D
A
E
D
A
Here's a chance to
change your
mind
E
D
A
E
D
A
Cause I'll be gone a
long, long
time
Refrain
92. 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!
93. Sitting on a Fence
Jagger, Richard / the Rolling Stones (1965)
(intro)
G
C
D
C
G
Since I was
young I've been
very hard to
please
C
D
G
G7
And I
don't know wrong from
right
C
But ther is one thing I could never understand
D
Some of the sick things that a girl does to a man
G
C
D
G
C
D
So I'm just
sitting on a
fence,
you can
say I got no
sense.
G
A
D
G
C
D
G
Tryin' to make
up my mind, it
really is so
hard to find,
I'm just
sitting on a
fence.
C
D
C
G
All of my
friends at school grew
up and settled
down.
C
D
G
G7
And they
mortgaged up their
lives
C
One things not said too much, but I thin it's true:
D
They just get married 'cause there's nothing else to do!
So I'm just sitting on a fence, you can say I got no sense.
Tryin' to make up my mind, it really is so hard to find, I'm just sitting on a fence.
solo
So I'm just sitting on a fence, you can say I got no sense.
Tryin' to make up my mind, it really is so hard to find, I'm just sitting on a fence.
C
D
C
G
The day may come when
you get old and
sick and tired of
life;
C
D
G
G7
You just
never rea
lized:
C
Maybe the choice you made wasn't really right,
D
but you go out and you don't come back at night.
So I'm just sitting on a fence, you can say I got no sense.
Tryin' to make up my mind, it really is so hard to find, I'm just sitting on a fence.
Pete Seeger
94. If I had a Hammer
Pete Seeger
G
Em
C
D
G
Em
C
If I had a
hammer,
I’d
hammer in the
morning,
D
G
Em
C
D
I’d hammer in the
evening
all over this
land.
G
Em
I’d hammer out
danger, I’d hammer out a
warning,
C
G
C
G
C
I’d hammer out
love be
tween my
brothers and
my sis
ters,
G
D
G, Em, C
ah
all over this land.
If I had a bell, I’d ring it in the morning,
I’d ring it in the evening all over this land.
I’d ring it out danger, I’d ring it out a warning,
I’d ring it out love between my brothers and my sisters,
ah all over this land.
If I had a song, I’d sing it in the morning,
I’d sing it in the evening all over this land.
I’d sing it out danger, I’d sing it out a warning,
I’d sing it out love between my brothers and my sisters,
ah all over this land.
Now I‘ve got a hammer, and I’ve got a bell,
and I’ve got a song to sing all over this land.
It’s a hammer of justice, it’s a bell of freedom,
it’s a song about love between my brothers and my sisters,
all over this land.
Simon & Garfunkel
95. 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
96. 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
97. 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 ...
the Smoke
98. My Friend Jack
Geoff Gill, Mal Luker, Nick Rowley, Zeke Lund / the Smoke: It's Smoke Time (1967)
A
-
C
-
D
-
F
-
E
A
G
A
G
My friend Jack eats
sugar lumps,
My friend Jack eats
sugar lumps,
A
C
D
A
Sugar
man hasn't
got a
care!
A
C
D
F
-
E
He's been
travelling
every
where:
A
D
A
D
Been on a
voyage across the
ocean, Heard the sweet
sounds of wheels in
motion,
C
F
E
He's seen the
hawk fly high to
hail the setting
sun.
A
G
A
G
My friend Jack eats
sugar lumps,
My friend Jack eats
sugar lumps,
A
C
D
A
Sugar
man hasn't
got a
care!
A
C
D
F
-
E
He's been
travelling
every
where:
A
D
A
D
He’s seen the
people in the
city, And the bright
lights, they're awful
pretty,
C
F
E
He's followed
dusty tracks in
to eterni
ty.
bridge
F
C
-
F
C
Eatin' sugar
cane in Cuba,
tried to grow it
in Japan,
F
C
F
E
On the West Coast
he's real famous,
kids all call him
Sugarman.
A
G
A
G
My friend Jack eats
sugar lumps,
My friend Jack eats
sugar lumps,
A
C
D
A
Sugar
man hasn't
got a
care!
A
C
D
F
-
E
He's been
travelling
every
where:
A
D
A
D
Been on a
voyage across the
ocean, Heard the sweet
sounds of wheels in
motion,
C
F
E
He's seen the
hawk fly high to
hail the setting
sun.
A
G
A
G
My friend Jack eats
sugar lumps,
My friend Jack eats
sugar lumps,
A
C
D
A
Sugar
man hasn't
got a
care!
A
C
D
F
-
E
He's been
travelling
every
where:
A
G
A
G
My friend Jack eats
sugar lumps,
My friend Jack eats
sugar lumps...
the Spencer Davis Group
99. 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
100. 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
101. 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
102. 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 - ...
103. 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
104. 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.
Turtles
105. Happy Together
Gary Bonner - Alan Gordon / the Turtles
Dm
Imagine
me and you, I do
C
I think about you
day and night, it's only right
Bb
A7
To think about the
girl you love and hold her tight - So happy to
gether
I should call you up, invest a dime
And you say you belong to me and ease my mind
Imagine how the world could be, so very fine - So happy together
D
C
D
C
I can see me
lovin' nobody but
you for all my
life
D
C
D
C
When you're with me,
baby the skies will be
blue for all my
life
Me and you and you and me
No matter how they thrust the dice, it has to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me - So happy together
I can see me lovin' nobody but you for all my life
When you're with me, baby the skies will be blue for all my life
Me and you and...
D
C
D
C
Ba-ba-ba-ba
ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-
ba ba-ba-ba-
ba
D
C
D
C
Ba-ba-ba-ba
ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-
ba ba-ba-ba-
ba
Me and you and... ...So happy together
Dm
A7
Dm
A7
Dm
So happy to
gether
- How is the
weather
A7
Dm
A7
Dm
So happy to
gether
- We're happy to
gether
A7
Dm
A7
Dm
So happy to
gether
- Happy toge
ther
A7
Dm
A7
So happy to
gether
- So happy to
gether
Dm
ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-
ba...
Jerry Jeff Walker
106. 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.
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
109. 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
Tammy Wynette
110. 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
111. 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
112. 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-- -------------------|-------------------
Neil Young
113. Heart of Gold
Neil Young/Neil Young: Harvest (1972)
Intro
Em
C
D
G
Em
C
D
G
Em
C
D
G
Em
G
C
Bm
Am
G
Em
C
D
G
I wanna
live,
I wanna
give,
Em
C
D
G
I've been a
miner for a
heart of
gold.
Em
C
D
G
It's these ex
pressions
I never
give
Em
G
that keep me searchin' for a
heart of gold,
C
Bm
Am
G
And I'm gettin' old.
Em
G
Keep me searchin' for a
heart of gold,
C
Bm
Am
G
And I'm gettin' old.
Em
C
D
G
I've been to
Hollywood,
I've been to
Redwood,
Em
C
D
G
I'd cross the
ocean for a
heart of
gold,
Em
C
D
G
I've been in
my mind,
it's such a
fine line
Em
G
that keeps me searchin' for a
heart of gold,
C
Bm
Am
G
And I'm gettin' old,
Em
G
Keeps me searchin' for a
heart of gold,
C
Bm
Am
G
And I'm gettin' old.
Em
D
Em
Keep me searchin' for a
heart of
gold,
D
Em
You keep me searchin' and I'm
growin'
old.
D
Em
Keep me searchin' for a
heart of
gold,
G
C
Bm
Am
G
I've been a miner for a
heart of gold
.
Zager & Evans
114. 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
115. 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.
Tom Petty
Bsus4
Asus2
116. 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.
