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Pierce—Morehouse—Grable—Kirkpatrick—Beltramo—Sequoia—Harbaugh—
Marsh—Snortum—Paxson—Wood—Wright—Thompson—Anderson—Bare,
and all their kids, spouses, friends and dogs
Family
Song
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Updated June, 2015
Table of Contents
Camping and Outdoors 4 The Bear Song
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Country Roads
Down in the Valley
Happy Trails
The Happy Wanderer
Home on the Range
Oh Shenendoah
Smokey, the Bear
Waltzing with Bears
Classics & Oldies 8 Bill Grogan's Goat
California Drinking Song
Clementine
Eddie Cucha Cacha Camma
The Erie Canal
Five Hundred Miles
Found a Peanut
The Fox
Grandfather’s Clock
Grandma's Feather Bed
A Hundred Miles
If I Had A Hammer
I've Been Working On the Railroad
The Most Unlucky Man
MTA
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Oh Susannah
On Top of Old Smokey
Puff, the Magic Dragon
The Riddle Song
Show Me the Way to Go Home
Six Pence
Sweet Betsy from Pike
Sweet Violets
Titanic
When I First Came To This Land
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
You Are My Sunshine
Rounds, Elimination, Motions 18 And the Green Grass Grew All Around
Austrian Yodeler
Bingo
Boa Constrictor 2a
I Knew an Old Woman
I Love the Mountains
In A Cabin, In A Wood
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Kookaburra
Little Red Caboose
Old Mother Leary
Row Your Boat
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
White Coral Bells
Patriotic 22 America the Beautiful
Battle Hymn of the Republic
God Bless America
Grand Old Flag
My Country 'Tis of Thee
Stars and Stripes Forever
Star Spangled Banner
This Land Is Your Land
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Yankee Doodle
Rock & Pop 25 American Pie
Blowin’ In the Wind
Cats in the Cradle
Coconut
Dock of the Bay
Down on the Corner
Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge Song
Here Comes the Sun
Homeward Bound
House of the Rising Sun
I Can See Clearly Now
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
I Get Around
Lean on Me
Let It Be
Let Your Love Flow
Listen to the Music
Margaritaville
Moon Shadow
One Tin Soldier
Rocky Mountain High
The Rose
San Francisco
2b
Stand By Me
Twist & Shout
Up On the Roof
What A Wonderful World
With A Little Help From My Friends
Yesterday
You’ve Got A Friend
Broadway & Movies 37 All I Ask of You
Camelot
Climb Every Mountain
Consider Yourself
Edelweiss
I Could Have Danced All Night
If I Were a Rich Man
Moon River
My Favorite Things
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
Old Man River
On the Street Where You Live
Over the Rainbow
Que Sera, Sera
The Rainbow Connection
Seventy Six Trombones
Shall We Dance?
Some Enchanted Evening
Summertime
Sunrise, Sunset
Tomorrow
Tonight
Where Is Love?
With a Little Bit of Luck
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly
3a
Disney 45 The Bare Necessities
Chim Chim Cher-ee
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Feed the Birds
Once Upon a Dream
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
When You Wish Upon a Star
A Whole New World
Spiritual & Religious 48 All Through the Night
Amazing Grace
Down By the Riverside
Ezekiel Saw a Wheel
For the Beauty of the Earth
How Great Thou Art
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Lord of the Dance
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
Morning Has Broken
Rise and Shine
Rock-a-My Soul
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
This Train
Wade in the Water
When the Saints Go Marching In
You Can’t Get to Heaven
Quiet and Lullabies 53 Good Night, Ladies
Happy Trails
Hush, Little Baby
In the Evening By the Moonlight
The Riddle Song
Taps
Tell Me Why
Toora Loora Loora
3b
Camping & Outdoors
The Bear Song G D G
The Other Day I Met A Bear A Great Big Bear Oh Way Up There
G C
The Other Day I Met A Bear A Great Big Bear Oh Way Up There
G D G
He Said To Me Why Don’t You Run I See You Ain’t Got Any Gun
G C
He Said To Me Why Don’t You Run I See You Ain’t Got Any Gun
And So I Ran Away From There But Right Behind Me Was That Bear…
Ahead Of Me There Was A Tree A Great Big Tree Oh Glory Be…
The Nearest Branch Was Ten Feet Up Id Have To Jump And Trust My Luck…
So I Jumped Up In The Air But I missed That Branch Oh Way Up There…
Now Don't You Fret Now Don't You Frown Cuz I Caught That Branch On The Way Back Down…
This The End There Ain’t No More Until I Meet That Bear Once More…
The Bear Went Over the Mountain C F
The bear went over the mountain,
G C
The bear went over the mountain,
C F
The bear went over the mountain,
G C
To see what he could see
C
To see what he could see,
C
To see what he could see
C F
The other side of the mountain,
G C
The other side of the mountain,
C F
The other side of the mountain,
G C
Was all that he could see
C
Was all that he could see,
C
Was all that he could see,
C F
The other side of the mountain,
G C
Was all that he could see!
4a
Country Roads
A F#m
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
E D A
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
F#m
Life is old there, older than the trees,
E D A
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze.
Chorus:
A E F#m D
Country roads, take me home, To the place I belong:
A E D A
West Virginia, mountain momma, Take me home, country roads.
A F#m
All my mem'ries, gather 'round her,
E D A
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
F#m
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
E D A
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.
Chorus
F#m E A
I hear her voice, in the mornin' hours she calls me,
D A E
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
F#m G
And drivin' down the road,
D A E E7
I get a feelin' that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.
Chorus
Down in the Valley
G D7
Down in the valley, the valley so low
G
Hang your head over, hear the winds blow
D7
Hear the winds blow, dear, hear the winds blow
G
Hang your head over, hear the winds blow
Roses love sunshine, violets love dew
Angels in heaven know I love you
Know I love you, dear, know I love you
Angels in heaven know I love you
4b
Writing this letter, containing three lines
Answer my question, "Will you be mine?"
"Will you be mine, dear, will you be mine"
Answer my question, "Will you be mine?"
If you don't love me, love whom you please
Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease
Give my heart ease, dear, give my heart ease
Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease
Throw your arms round me, before it's too late
Throw your arms round me, feel my heart break
Feel my heart break, dear, feel my heart break
Throw your arms round me, feel my heart break
Gee Mom, I Wanna Go Home
Chorus:
F C
Oh, I don't want no more of camping life
G
Gee Mom I want to go
G
But they won't let me go
G C
Gee Mom I want to go home
/ C - / G7 - / G7 - / C - /
They say that when you're camping,
the bugs have gone away
But every time you inhale
there's something in your way!
They say that when you're camping,
the swimming's mighty fine
You step into the water,
it shrivels up your spine!
They say that when you're camping,
the boats are mighty fine
You sail a hundred miles
and swim back ninety nine!
The tents they have for camping,
they say they're mighty neat
But when you go inside them,
they smell like stinky feet!
They say here at camp
the bugs are mighty fine
One flew into the tent last night
and squashed a friend of mine.
5a
Happy Trails
C G7
Happy trails to you until we meet again
C
Happy trails to you keep smiling until then
F
Who cares about the clouds when we're together
A7 D7 G7
Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather
C A7 Dm G7 C
Happy trails to you till we meet a-gain
The Happy Wanderer
A E7
I love to go a-wandering along the mountain track,
E7 A D E7 A
And as I go, I love to sing, my knapsack on my back.
Chorus:
E7 A
Val-deri,Val-dera,
E7 A D A
Val-deri,Val-de-ra-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
E7 A
Val-deri,Val-dera
D E7 A
My knapsack on my back.
I love to wander by the stream
That dances in the sun,
So joyously it calls to me,
"Come! Join my happy song!"
I wave my hat to all I meet,
And they wave back to me,
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet
From ev'ry green wood tree.
High overhead, the skylarks wing,
They never rest at home
But just like me, they love to sing,
As o'er the world we roam.
Oh, may I go a-wandering
Until the day I die!
Oh, may I always laugh and sing,
Beneath God's clear blue sky!
5b
Home on the Range
D G Gm
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,
D E7 A7
Where the deer and the antelope play.
D G Gm
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
D A7 D
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
(CHORUS)
D A7 D
Home, home on the range,
Bm E7 A7
Where the deer and the antelope play.
D G Gm
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
D A7 D
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Oh, give me a land where the bright diamond sand
Flows leisurely down the stream;
Where the graceful white swan goes gliding along
Like a maid in a heavenly dream.
How often at night when the heavens are bright
With the light of the glittering stars,
Have I stood here amazed and asked as I gazed
If their glory exceeds that of ours.
Then I would not exchange my home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play;
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
5c
Oh Shenandoah
D G D
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
G D
Away, you rolling river
G A Bm G
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you
D F#m Bm A D
Away, I'm bound away, cross the wide Missouri
Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughter...
Oh, Shenandoah, I'm bound to leave you...
Oh, Shenandoah, I'll not deceive you...
For seven years, I've been a rover...
But I'll return to be your lover...
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you...
Smokey the Bear
C
With a Ranger's hat and shovel and a pair of dungarees you will
Am D7 G7
find him in the forest always sniffin' at the breeze. People
C C7 F D7
stop and pay attention when he tells 'em to beware, 'cause
C Am D7 G7 C
everybody knows that he's the fire-preventin' bear.
Chorus:
F C F C
Smokey the Bear, Smokey the Bear. Prowlin' and a Growlin' and a
D7 G7 C C7 F D7
Sniffin' the air. He can find a fire before it starts to flame
C Am D7 G7 C
That's why they call him Smokey, that was how he got his name.
You can take a tip from Smokey that there's nothin' like a tree,
Cause they're good for kids to climb in and they're beautiful to see.
You just have to look around you and you'll find it's not a joke,
To see what you'd be missin' if they all went up in smoke.
You can camp upon his doorstep and he'll make you feel at home,
You can run and hunt and ramble anywhere you care to roam.
He will let you take his honey and pretend he's not so smart,
But don't you harm his trees for he's a ranger in his heart.
If you've ever seen the forest when a fire is running wild,
And you love the things within it like a mother loves her child,
Then you know why Smokey tells you
when he sees you passing through,
"Remember ... please be careful ... it's the least that you can do."
6
Waltzing With Bears
A D A
My Uncle Walter goes waltzing with bears,
E A
It's a most unbearable state of affairs.
Every Saturday night, he creeps down the stairs,
D A E A
Goes out the back door and goes waltzing with bears.
A D A
He goes wa-wa-wa-wa-wa, waltzing with bears,
E A
Raggy bears, shaggy bears, baggy bears too.
There’s nothing on earth Uncle Walter won’t do
A D A D A
So he can go waltzing, wa-wa-wa waltzing
A D A E A
So he can go waltzing, waltzing with bears.
I went to his room in the middle of the night,
I crept to his side and I turned on the light.
But to my surprise he was nowhere in sight,
I think Uncle Walter goes waltzing at night.
We bought Uncle Walter a new coat to wear,
But when he came back it was covered with hair.
And lately I've noticed there's several new tears,
I think Uncle Walter's been waltzing with bears.
We told Uncle Walter that he should be good,
And do all the things that we said that he should.
But I know that he'd rather be out in the woods
I'm afraid we'll lose Uncle Walter for good.
We begged and we pleaded "oh please don't you stay”
And we managed to keep him for almost a day.
But the bears all barged in and they took him away,
Now he's dancing with Pandas
and he can't understand us,
And the bears all demand
at least one dance a day.
7
Classics & Oldies
Bill Grogan's Goat
D G
There was a man now please take note
A D
There was a man who had a goat
G
He loved that goat indeed he did
A D
He loved that goat just like a kid.
One day that goat felt frisky and fine
Ate three red shirts right off the line
The man, he grabbed him by the back
And tied him to a railroad track.
Now, when that train rolled into sight
That goat grew pale and green with fright
He heaved a sigh as if in pain
Coughed up those shirts and flagged the train!
California Drinking Song
Oh, they had a little party down in Newport;
There was Harry, there was Mary, there was Grace.
Oh, they had a little party down in Newport,
And they had to carry Harry from the place.
Oh, they had to carry Harry to the ferry,
And the ferry carried Harry to the shore;
And the reason that they had to
carry Harry to the ferry
Was that Harry couldn’t carry any more.
For California, for California,
The hills send back the cry,
We’re out to do or die,
For California, for California,
We’ll win the game
or know the reason why.
And when the game is over,
we will buy a keg of booze,
And drink to California
‘till we wobble in our shoes.
So drink, tra la la,
Drink, tra la la,
Drink, drank, drunk last night,
Drunk the night before;
Gonna get drunk tonight
Like I never got drunk before;
8a
For when I’m drunk, I’m as happy as can be
For I am member of the Souse family.
Now the Souse family is the best family
That ever came over from old Germany.
There’s the Highland Dutch, and the Lowland Dutch,
The Rotterdam Dutch, and the Irish.
Sing glorious, victorious,
One keg of beer for the four of us.
Sing glory be to God that there are no more of us,
For one of us could drink it all alone. Damn near.
Here’s to the Irish, dead drunk. The lucky stiffs….
Clementine
C
In a cavern, in a canyon
G7
Excavating for a mine
C
Lived a miner, forty-niner
G7 C
And his daughter, Clementine
Chorus:
Oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
Light she was and like a fairy
And her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes without topses
Sandals were for Clementine
Drove she ducklings to the water
Every morning just at nine
Hit her foot against a splinter
Fell into the foaming brine
Ruby lips above the water
Blowing bubbles soft and fine
But alas, I was no swimmer
So I lost my Clementine
Then the miner, forty-niner
Soon began to peak and pine
Thought he oughta join his daughter
Now he's with his Clementine
There's a churchyard on the hillside
Where the flowers grow and twine
There grow roses, 'mongst the posies
Fertilized by Clementine 8b
In my dreams she still doth haunt me
Robed in garlands soaked in brine
Though in life I used to hug her
Now she's dead, I draw the line
Now you friends may learn the moral
Of this little tale of mine
Artificial respiration
Would have saved my Clementine
How I missed her, how I missed her
How I missed my Clementine
Till I kissed her little sister
And forgot my Clementine
Eddie Cucha Cacha Camma
Chorus:
D G A D
Eddie cucha catcha camma toe-sa nara toe-sa nocka samma camma wacky Brown
Who?
Eddie cucha catcha camma toe-sa nara toe-sa nocka samma camma wacky Brown
D G
Fell into the well, fell into the well,
A D
fell into the deep dark well
G A D G A D
Susie Jones, was milking in the barn
G A D E7 A
Saw him fall and ran inside to tell her Mom that…
Chorus
Susie's ma, making cracklin’ bread,
Ran outside to tell Old Joe that Susie said that…
Chorus
Farmer Jones, pushed aside his plow
Picked up his cane and hobbled in to town to say that…
Chorus
To the well everybody came
What a shame, it took so long to say his name that…
Eddie cucha catcha camma
toe-sa nara toe-sa nocka
samma camma wacky Brown
Who?
Eddie cucha catcha camma
toe-sa nara toe-sa nocka
samma camma wacky Brown
DROWN!
9a
The Erie Canal
Em Am B7
I’ve got a mule and her name is Sal
Em Am B7 Em
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
Em Am B7
She’s a good old worker and a good old pal
Em Am B7 Em
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
G D
We haul’d some barges in our day
Em B7
Filled with lumber, coal and hay
Em Am B7
We know every inch of the way
Em Am B7 Em D7
From Albany to Buffalo
G D
Low bridge, ev’rybody down
G D G
Low bridge, we’re coming to a town
G D
You’ll always know your neighbour
G D
And you’ll always know your pal
G C D G B7
If ya ever navigated on the Erie Canal
We better get along on our way ol'gal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
'Cause you bet your life I'd never part with Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
Git up there mule, here comes a lock,
We'll make Rome about 6 o'clock
One more trip and back we'll go,
Right back home to Buffalo.
Chorus
9b
Found A Peanut
C
Found a peanut, found a peanut,
G
Found a peanut last night.
C
Last night, I found a peanut.
G C
Found a peanut last night.
Broke it open, broke it open,
Broke it open last night.
Last night, I broke it open.
Broke it open last night.
Found it rotten …
Ate it anyway …
Got a tummy ache …
Called the doctor …
Penicillin …
Wasn't working …
Operation …
Died anyway …
Went to heaven …
Wouldn't take me …
Went the other way …
Found it all a dream …
Found a peanut …
The Fox
G
The fox went out on a chilly night
D
He prayed for the moon to give him light
G C
For he’d many a mile to go that night
G D G D G
Before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o
C G D G
He’d many a mile to go that night, before he reached the town-o
10a
He ran till he came to a great big pen,
Where the ducks and the geese were put therein,
"A couple of you will grease my chin,
Before I leave this town-o, town-o, town-o,
A couple of you will grease my chin, before I leave this town-o."
He grabbed the gray goose by the neck,
He threw a duck across his back,
He didn't mind their quack, quack, quack,
And their legs a-dangling down-o, down-o, down-o,
He didn't mind their quack, quack, quack, and their legs a-dangling down-o.
Then old Mother Flipper-Flopper jumped out of bed,
Out of the window she cocked her head,
Crying, "John, John! The gray goose is gone,
And the fox is on the town-o, town-o, town-o!"
Crying, "John, John! The gray goose is gone, and the fox is on the town-o!"
Then John, he went to the top of the hill,
Blowed his horn both loud and shrill,
The fox he said, "I better flee with my kill,
Or they'll soon be on my trail-o, trail-o, trail-o!"
The fox he said, "I better flee with my kill, or they'll soon be on my
trail-o!"
He ran till he came to his cozy den,
There were the little ones, eight, nine, ten,
They said, "Daddy, better go back again,
'Cause it must be a mighty fine town-o, town-o, town-o!"
They said, "Daddy, better go back again, ‘cause it must be a mighty fine
town-o!
Then the fox and his wife without any strife,
Cut up the goose with a fork and knife,
They never had such a supper in their life,
And the little ones chewed on the bones-o, bones-o, bones-o,
They never had such a supper in their life,
and the little ones chewed on the bones-o
10b
My Grandfather's Clock
D A7 D G
My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf
D A7 D
So it stood ninety years on the floor
D A7 D G
It was taller by half than the old man himself
D A7 D
And it weighed not a penny weight more
D E7 A7
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born
D E7 A7
And was always his treasure and pride
D A7 D G
But it stopped short never to go again
D A7 D
When the old man died
D
Ninety years without slumbering (tick tock tick tock)
D
His life's seconds numbering (tick tock tick tock)
D A7 D G
But it stopped short never to go again
D A7 D
When the old man died.
In watching its pendulum swing to and fro,
Many hours had he spent as a boy;
And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know
And to share both his grief and his joy.
For it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door
With a blooming and beautiful bride.
But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died.
My grandfather said that of those he could hire,
Not a servant so faithful he found;
For it wasted no time, and had but one desire:
At the close of each week to be wound.
And it kept in its place, not a frown upon its face,
And its hands never hung by its side.
But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died.
It rang in alarm in the dead of the night,
An alarm that for years had been dumb.
And we knew that his spirit was plumbing its flight,
That his hour of departure had come.
Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime,
As we silently stood by his side
But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died.
10c
Grandma's Feather Bed
G C
When I was a little bitty boy
G D
Just up off the floor,
G C
We used to go down to Grandma's house
G D G
Every month end or so
G C
We'd have chicken pie, country ham
G D
Home-made butter on the bread
G C
But the best damn thing about Grandma's house
D G
Was the great big feather bed
Chorus
G C G
It was nine feet high, six feet wide, Soft as a downy chick
G C
It was made of the feathers of forty-eleven geese
G
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
G C
It could hold eight kids, four hound dogs
G
And the piggy that we stole form the shed (oink, oink!)
G C
Didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun
D G
In Grandma's feather bed
After supper we'd sit around the fire,
The old folks'd spit and chew,
Paw would talk about the farm and the war,
Granny'd sing a ballad or two.
I'd sit and listen and watch the fire
'til the cobwebs filled my head.
Next thing I'd know I'd wake up in the morning
In the middle of the old feather bed.
Well I love my Ma, I love my Pa,
Love Granny and Grandpa too,
Been fishing with my uncle, and rassled with my cousin,
I even kissed Aunt Loo (ooouu!)
But if I ever had to make a choice,
I guess it ought to be said
That I'd trade them all plus the gal down the road,
For Grandma's feather bed!
11a
A Hundred Miles
G Em Am C
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
Am C D
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
G Em Am C
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Am D G
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.
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
Lord, I can’t go back home this away
This away, this away, this away, this away
Lord, I can’t go back home this away.
11b
If I Had a Hammer
E A F#m D
If I had a hammer
E A F#m D
I'd hammer in the morning
E A F#m
I'd hammer in the evening
D E
all over this land,
E A
I'd hammer out danger
F#m
I'd hammer out a warning
D A D A D
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters
E A F#m D E
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 out danger, I'd ring out warning,
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters,
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 out danger, I'd sing out warning,
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
Well, I have a hammer, and I've got a bell (to ring),
And I've got a song (to sing), all over this land;
It's the hammer of justice, it's the bell of freedom,
It's a song about love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
I've Been Working on the Railroad
D G D
I've been workin' on the railroad all the live long day
D E A
I've been workin' on the railroad, just to pass the time away
A D G D
Can't you hear the whistle blowin'? Rise up so early in the morn
G D A D
Can't you hear the captain shoutin'? "Dinah blow your horn!"
D G
Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow
A D
Dinah won't you blow your horn
D G
Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow
A D
Dinah won't you blow your horn
12a
D
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
D A
Someone's in the kitchen I know
D G
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
D A D
Strummin' on the old banjo
D
A-playin' fee fi fiddle-y-i-o
D A
Fee fi fiddle-y-i-o-o-o-o
D G
Fee fi fiddle-y-i-o
D A D
Strummin' on the old banjo
The Most Unlucky Man
D
Behold the most unlucky man that ever you did see
A D
Misfortune was the only girl who ever smiled at me
D
The nearest I came to whiskey was the smelling of the cork
A D
And if the sky were raining soup, I’d surely have a fork
Chorus:
D
Gee, I’m unlucky, yes, I’m unlucky
A
Born the 13th day of June, upon a Friday afternoon
D
Yes I’m unlucky, deny it no one can,
A D
For I’m known from Maine to Frisco as the most unlucky man
At carrying bricks and mortar,
I once thought I’d have a try
I got a job upon a building 40 stories high.
Into a vat of mortar I fell from the 7th floor
In all my life, I’ve never been so mortar-fied before
Chorus
I had a checkerboard tattooed upon my chest
Two Scotsmen tried to play a game of chess upon my breast
But soon I was arrested by a copper, Mike O'Roark
Who said you cannot operate a skin game in New York
Chorus
I went to see my girl the other Sunday night
I went to see my girl, and the stars were shining bright
I put my arms around her and my heart did soar and soar
Until I saw the image of her old man at the door 12b
Gee, I’m unlucky, yes, I’m unlucky
Oh, the kick he gave to me
Between the front door and the tree
Yes I’m unlucky, deny it no one can,
For I’m known from Maine to Frisco
as the most unlucky man
The M.T.A.
C F
Let me tell you of a story 'bout a man named Charlie
C G7
On a tragic and fateful day.
C F
He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family,
C G7 C
Went to ride on the M T A.
C F
But will he ever return? No he'll never return,
C G7
And his fate is still unlearned.
C F
He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston,
C G7 C
He's the man who never returned.
Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Street Station
With a change for Jamaica Plain,
When he got there the conductor told him, "One more nickel,"
Charlie couldn't get off of that train.
All night long Charlie rides through the station
Crying "What will become of me?"
How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea
Or my cousin in Roxbury?"
Charlie's wife goes down to the Scully Square Station
Every day at a quarter past two.
And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich
As the train goes rumblin' through.
Oh, ye citizens of Boston, don't you think it a scandal
How the people have to pay and pay?
Fight the fare increase, vote for George O'Brien!
And get Charlie off the M.T.A.
13a
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
My (D) Bonnie lies (G) over the (D) ocean,
my Bonnie lies (G) over the (A) sea,
my (D) Bonnie lies (G) over the (D) ocean,
O(G) bring back my (A) Bonnie to (D) me.
D) Bring back, (G) bring back,
O (A) bring back, my (A7) Bonnie to (D) me, to me,
Bring back, (G) bring back,
O (A7) bring back my Bonnie to (D) me.
Oh Susannah
C G
I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee
C
And I'm bound for Louisiana, my true love for to see
C
It rained all night the day I left
G
The weather it was dry
C
The sun was so hot I froze myself
G C
Susannah, don't you cry
Chorus:
F
Oh, Susannah
C G
Now, don't you cry for me
C G C
I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee
I had a dream the other night, when everything was still
I dreamed I saw Susannah dear a-coming down the hill.
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth the tear was in her eye
Says I, “I'm coming from the south, Susannah, don't you cry.”
Chorus
I come from A-la-ba-ma with a ban-jo on my knee,
I'm going to Lou-i-siana, my true love for to see.
Chorus
13b
On Top of Old Smokey
C F
On top of Old Smokey
C
All covered with snow,
G7
I lost my true lover
C
From courting too slow.
Now, courting is a pleasure and parting is grief,
And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief.
Say, a thief will just rob you and take what you have,
But a false-hearted lover will lead you to the grave.
And the grave will decay you and turn you to dust;
Not one boy in a hundred a poor girl can trust.
They'll hug you and kiss you and tell you more lies
Than the cross ties on the railroad or stars in the sky.
So, come all you young maidens and listen to me,
Never place your affection on a green willow tree.
For the leaves they will wither, and the roots they will die,
You'll all be forsaken and never know why.
On top of Old Smoky all covered with snow,
I lost my true lover from courting too slow.
Puff the Magic Dragon
G Bm C G
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
C G Em A7 D7
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honnah Lee,
G Bm C G
Little jackie paper loved that rascal Puff,
C G Em A7 D7
And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff.
Chorus:
Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea,
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honna-lee,
Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail,
Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail.
Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came,
Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name.
A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys,
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys,
One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more,
And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
His head was bent in sorrow; green scales fell like rain,
Puff no longer went to play along the Cherry Lane.
Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave.
So, Puff that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave. 14a
The Riddle Song
C F C
I gave my love a cherry that had no stone
G7 C G7
I gave my love a chicken that had no bone
Dm C G7
I gave my love a ring that had no end
F Am F G7 C
I gave my love a baby with no cry-ing
How can there be a cherry
That has no stone?
And how can there be a chicken
That has no bone?
And how can there be a story
That has no end?
And how can there be a baby
With no cryin'?
A cherry when it's bloomin'
It has no stone
A chicken when it's pippin'
It has no bone
The story of I love you
It has no end
A baby when it's sleeping
It's not cryin'
(Repeat 1st verse)
14b
Show Me The Way To Go Home
G G/F E7
Show me the way to go home
A7 D7 G
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
G G/F E7
I had a little drink about an hour ago
A7 D7
And it's gone right to my head
G G7
Everywhere I roam
C B
Over land or sea or foam
G G/F E7
You can always hear me singin' this song
A7 D7 G
I said show me the way to go home
Translation:
Point out my habitual abode
I'm fatigued and I want to retire
Had an alcoholic beverage 60 minutes ago
and it went straight to my cerebellum.
Wherever I may perambulate
On land or sea or agitated water
You can always hear me chanting this melody
Point out my habitual abode.
Six Pence
G
I've got sixpence, Jolly, jolly sixpence
A7 D7
I've got sixpence to last me all my life
G G7 C Am
I've got tuppence to spend and tuppence to lend
G D7 G
And tuppence to send home to my wife
Chorus
D G
No cares have I to grieve me
C A7 D7
No pretty little girls to deceive me
G G7 C Am
I'm happy as a king believe me
G D7 G
As we go rolling home
15a
Ro-lling home! (Rolling home!)
Ro-lling home! (Rolling home!)
By the light of the silvery moon
Happy is the day when the army gets its pay,
And we go rolling, rolling home!!
I've got four pence
Jolly, jolly four pence
Oh I've got four pence to last me all my life.
I've got tuppence to spend,
and tuppence to lend,
and no pence to bring back to my wife, poor wife.
I've got tuppence
Jolly, jolly tuppence
Oh I've got tuppence to last me all my life.
I've got tuppence to spend,
and no pence to lend,
and no pence to bring back to my wife, poor wife.
I've got no pence
Jolly, jolly no pence
Oh I've got no pence to last me all my life.
I've got no pence to spend,
and no pence to lend,
and no pence to bring back to my wife, poor wife.
Sweet Betsy from Pike
G D G
Did you ever hear tell of Sweet Betsy from Pike,
A7 D
Who crossed the wide mountains with her lover Ike,
G C G
Two yoke of cattle, a large yeller dog,
D G
A tall Shanghai rooster, and a one-spotted hog.
Singing too-ra-li-oo-ra-li-oo-ra-li-ay
One evening quite early they camped on the Platte,
’Twas near by the road on a green shady flat.
Betsy, sore-footed, lay down to repose
With wonder, Ike gazed on that Pike County rose.
Singing too-ra-li-oo-ra-li-oo-ra-li-ay!
They soon reached the desert where Betsy gave out,
And down in the sand she lay rolling about.
Ike in great wonder looked on in surprise,
Saying, "Betsy, get up, you'll get sand in your eyes."
Singing too-ra-li-oo-ra-li-oo-ra-li-ay!
Sweet Betsy got up in a great deal of pain.
She declared she'd go back to Pike County again.
Ike gave a sigh, and they fondly embraced,
And they traveled along with his arm round her waist.
Singing too-ra-li-oo-ra-li-oo-ra-li-ay! 15b
The Shanghai ran off and the cattle all died,
That morning, the last piece of bacon was fried.
Ike got discouraged, and Betsy got mad,
The dog drooped his tail and looked wonderfully sad.
Singing too-ra-li-oo-ra-li-oo-ra-li-ay!
They swam the wide rivers and crossed the tall peaks,
And camped on the prairie for weeks upon weeks.
Starvation and cholera, hard work and slaughter;
They reached California 'spite hell and high water.
Singing too-ra-li-oo-ra-li-oo-ra-li-ay!
Singing too-ra-li-oo-ra-li-oo-ra-li-ay!
Sweet Violets
Chorus:
D
Sweet Violets
A7
Sweeter than the roses
Covered all over from head to toe
D G D
Covered all over with sweet violets
D A7
There once was a farmer who took a young miss
A7
In back of the barn where he gave her a
D A7
Lecture on horses and chickens and eggs
A7
And told her that she had such beautiful
D A7
Manners that suited a girl of her charms
A7
A girl that he wanted to take in his
D A7
Washing and ironing and then if she did
A7
They could get married and raise lots of
Chorus
The girl told the farmer that he'd better stop
And she called her father and he called a
Taxi and got there before very long,
'Cause someone was doing his little girl
Right for a change and so that's why he said,
"If you marry her, son, you're better off
Single 'cause it's always been my belief,
Marriage will bring a man nothing but …
Chorus 16a
The farmer decided he'd wed any way,
And started in planning for his wedding
Suit, which he purchased for only one buck,
But then he found out he was just out of
Money and so he got left in the lurch,
Standing and waiting in front of the
End of this story which just goes to show,
All a girl wants from a man is his …
Chorus
Titanic
D G D
Oh, they built the ship Titanic, to sail the ocean blue.
E7 A7
And they thought it was a ship that water would never go through.
D D7 G D
It was on its maiden trip, when an iceberg hit the ship.
A7 D D7
It was sad when the great ship went down.
Chorus:
G D
It was sad (so sad) it was sad (too bad)
A7
It was sad when the great ship went down (to the bottom of the....)
D D7 G
Husbands and wives, even little children lost their lives
D A7 D
It was sad when the great ship went down.
They were nearing to the shore, when the water began to pour.
And the rich refused to associate with the poor,
So they sent them down below where they'd be the first to go.
It was sad when the great ship went down.
Lady Astor turned around just to see her husband drown,
as the ship Titanic made a gurgling sound.
So she wrapped herself in mink, as the ship began to sink.
It was sad when the great ship when down.
Now the moral of the story is very plain to see,
You should wear a life preserver when you go out to sea.
The Titanic never made it and never more shall be.
It was sad when the great ship went down.
16b
When I First Came To This Land
C Em F C
When I first came to this land,
G7 C G7 C
I was not a wealthy man
C Em F C Dm G7 C
So I bought myself a farm, and I did what I could
F C G7 Am
And I called my farm – Muscle in my arm
C F C
But the land was sweet and good,
Dm F C
and I did what I could.
Repeat with shack, cow, hen, duck, donkey, wife and son.
The last verse goes like this:
When I first came to this land
I was not a wealthy man
So I got myself a son, And I did what I could
And I called my son - My work is done
And I called my wife - Love of my life
And I called my donkey - Horse gone wonkey
And I called my duck - Out of luck
And I called my hen - Now and then
And I called my cow - no milk now
And I called my shack - Break my back
And I called my farm – Muscle in my arm
But the land was sweet and good
And I did what I could
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
G Em
Where have all the flowers gone?
C D
Long time passing
G Em
Where have all the flowers gone?
C D
Long time ago
G Em
Where have all the flowers gone?
C D
Girls have picked them every one
C G
When will we ever learn?
C D G
When will we ever learn?
17a
Where have all the young girls gone, Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone, Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone, Gone to young men every one
Where have all the young men gone, Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone, Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone, Gone to soldiers every one
Where have all the soldiers gone, Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone, Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone, Gone to graveyards every one
Where have all the graveyards gone, Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone, Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone,Gone to flowers every one
You Are My Sunshine
Chorus: A
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
D A
You make me happy when skies are gray,
D A
You'll never know dear, how much I love you,
E A
Please don't take my sunshine away,
A
The other night dear as I lay sleeping,
D A
I dreamed I held you in my arms,
D A
When I awoke dear I was mistaken
E A
And I hung my head and I cried,
I'll always love you and make you happy,
If you will only say the same,
But if you leave me to love another,
You will regret it all someday,
You told me once dear, you really loved me,
and no one else could come between,
but now you've left me and love another,
you have shattered all my dreams.
17b
Rounds, Elimination, Motions, Etc.
And the Green Grass Grew All Around
A
There was a tree (There was a tree)
A pretty little tree (A pretty little tree)
The prettiest little tree (The prettiest little tree)
E
That you ever did see (That you ever did see)
A
Oh, the tree in the hole
And the hole in the ground
E A D
And the green grass grew all around, all around
A E A
And the green grass grew all around
Now on this tree there was a limb
The prettiest little limb that you ever did see
Oh, the limb on the tree,
And the tree in a hole
And the hole in the ground
And the green grass grew all around, all around
And the green grass grew all around
Now on this limb there was a branch
Oh, the branch on the limb ...
Now on this branch there was a bough
Now on this bough there was a twig
Now on this twig there was a leaf
Now on this leaf there was a nest
Now in this nest there was a bird
Now on this bird there was a feather
Now on this feather there was a flea
18a
Austrian Yodeler
D A7 D
Once an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high,
A7 D A7
When along came a cuckoo bird interrupting his cry. Ho-li-ah…
D A7
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo
D
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo
A7
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo
D
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah-ho.
Once an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high,
When along came an avalanche interrupting his cry. Ho-li-ah…
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo,(Rumble, Rumble)
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo,(Rumble, Rumble)
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo,(Rumble, Rumble)
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah-ho.
Once an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high
When along came a skier interrupting his cry.
Ho-li-ah…
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo,(Swoosh, Rumble, Rumble)
(3X)
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah-ho.
… St. Bernard
(Arf, Arf, Swoosh, Rumble, Rumble)
(3X)
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah-ho.
...grizzly bear
(Grr, Arf, Arf, Swoosh, Rumble, Rumble)
(3X)
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah-ho.
... milking maid
(Tss, Tss, Grr, Arf, Arf, Swoosh, Rumble, Rumble)
(3X)
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah-ho.
... pretty girl interrupting his cry. Ho-li-ah…
(Smooch, Smooch, Tss, Tss, Grr, Arf, Arf, Swoosh, Rumble, Rumble)
(3X)
Ho-le-rah-hi-ah-ho.
18b
Bingo
C F C
There was a farmer had a dog,
C G C
And Bingo was his name-o.
C F
B-I-N-G-O
G C
B-I-N-G-O
Am F
B-I-N-G-O
G C
And Bingo was his name-o.
Boa Constrictor
G D
I'm being swallowed by a Boa Constrictor
D G
I'm being swallowed by a Boa Constrictor
G C
I'm being swallowed by a Boa Constrictor
C D G
and I don't like it very much
G D G
Ooooooh nooooo, oh no, he swallowed my toe, he swallowed my toe
D G
Oh gee, Oh gee, he’s up to my knee, he’s up to my knee
D G
Oh fiddle, Oh fiddle, he’s reached my middle, he’s reached my middle
D G
Oh heck, Oh heck he’s up to my neck, he’s up to my neck
D G(mute the strings)
Oh dread, Oh dread he swallowed my (Slurrrrpppp --BURP)
I Knew an Old Woman
D Bm
I knew an old woman who swallowed a fly.
Em A
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
D Bm
I knew an old woman who swallowed a spider,
Em A
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
D D
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
Em A
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
D A7
Perhaps she'll die.
19a
I knew an old woman who swallowed a bird
How absurd to swallow a bird!
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she'll die!
I knew an old woman who swallowed a cat
Imagine that - she swallowed a cat!
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird...(and so on)
I knew an old woman who swallowed a dog
What a hog, to swallow a dog!
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
I knew an old woman who swallowed a goat
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog...
I knew an old woman who swallowed a cow
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
I knew an old woman who swallowed a horse.
She died, of course!
I Love the Mountains
C Am Dm G7
I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills
C Am Dm G7
I love the flowers, I love the daffodils
C Am Dm G7
I love the fireside, when the lights are low
Chorus:
C Am Dm G7
Boom-dee-A-da, boom-dee-A-da, boom-dee-A-da, boom-dee-A-da (repeat)
I love the ocean, I love the open sea
I love the forest, I love the bumblebees
I love the stars above, when night turns into day
(Chorus)
I love the sunshine, I love the butterflies
I love the windblow, I love the river flow
I love the city lights, when the moon is high
(Chorus)
I love the daisies, I love the sugar peas
I love the meadows, I love the summer breeze
I love to walk on by, my head up in the sky
(Chorus)
19b
In A Cabin In A Wood
C
In a cabin, in a wood
G7
Little old man at the window stood,
C
Saw a rabbit hopping by
F G7 C
knocking at his door.
G7
Help me, help me, sir, he said,
Before the huntsman shoots me dead.
C
Come, little rabbit, come inside,
F G7 C
Safely to a - bide.
In a pad, in a forest green (boom boom boom boom)
Little Herman sat, surveyin’ the scene (boom boom boom boom)
Saw a hare, man, boppin’ by, rappin’ at his pad (boom boom boom boom)
Like, Help! Like, Help! Came the plea
Agriculture Man exterminate me!
Little Hare, Man, come inside –
Safely we will hide (boom boom boom boom)
19c
John Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt
E B7
John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt,
A B7 E
His name is my name, too!
E A
Whenever we go out, the people always shout,
B7 E
“There goes John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt!”
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!
Repeat getting quieter each time
Kookaburra
C F C
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
C G7 C
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
F C6
Laugh kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra,
C
Gay your life must be
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
Leave some there for me!
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
That's not a monkey that's me
Little Red Caboose
C
Little red caboose, chug, chug, chug
C
little red caboose, chug, chug, chug
C G7
little red caboose behind the train train train
G7
smokestack on its back back back
G7
comin' around the track track track
C G7 C
little red caboose behind the train train train
20a
Old Mother Leary
Late last night, when we were all in bed
Old Mother Leary left a lantern in the shed
And when the cow kicked it over
She winked her eye and said
There’ll be a hot time in old town tonight
FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
Row Your Boat
C
Row, row, row your boat
C
Gently down the stream,
C
Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily
G7 C
Life is but a dream
Row, row, row your boat Gently down the brook,
If you catch a little fish Please let it off the hook
Row, row, row your boat Gently down the creek,
If you see a little mouse Listen to it squeak
Row, row, row your boat Gently down the lake,
Don't stand up and rock the boat That's a big mistake!
Row, row, row your boat Gently down the stream,
Ha ha fooled ya all I'm a submarine
Propel Propel Propel your craft
Placidly over the liquid solution
Ecstatically ecstatically ecstatically ecstatically
Existence is merely an illusion.
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
G
She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes
G D7
She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes
G
She'll be comin' round the mountain,
C
She'll be comin' round the mountain,
G D7 G
She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes. Whoa back!
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes. Whoa back!
She'll be driving six white horses,
She'll be driving six white horses,
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes. Whoa back! 20b
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes. Howdy! ...
She'll be wearing red pajamas when she comes. Scratch, scratch ...
She will have to sleep with Grandma when she comes. Snore, snore ...
We'll kill the old red rooster when she comes ... etc. Whack, whack ..
Then we'll all have chicken 'n dumplings when she comes. Yum, yum
Three Bears
Once upon a time in a nursery rhyme, there were three bears.
One was the papa bear, and one was the mama bear,
And one was the wee bear.
They all went a-walkin' in the deep woods a-talkin'
And along came a girl with long golden curls.
She knocked on the door, but no one was home.
Along came those three bears
Someone has eaten my porridge, said the papa bear, Said the papa bear
Someone has eaten my porridge, said the mama bear, Said the mama bear
Hey mama she bear, said the little wee bear, SOMEONE HAS BROKEN MY CHAIR!
HUH!
Someone’s been sitting in my chair …
Someone’s been sleeping in my bed …
Goldilocks she woke up, and broke up the party, and she beat it out of there
Bye, Bye, Bye, Bye said the papa bear
Bye, Bye, Bye, Bye said the mama bear
Hey mama she bear, said the little wee bear,
There goes the little girl who broke my chair! Huh!
White Coral Bells
E A E
White coral bells,
A B7 E
upon a slender stalk
E B7 E
Lilies of the valley deck
A B7 E
my garden walk
E
Oh, don't you wish
A B7 E
you could hear them ring
E B7 E
That would only happen
A B7 E
when the fairies sing 21
Patriotic Songs
America, the Beautiful
G D D7 G
O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain
D A A7 D D7
For purple mountain majesties, above the fruited plain!
G D D7 G
America! America! God shed his grace on thee
C G C D7 G
And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea!
Oh beautiful, for pilgrim feet, whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat across the wilderness!
America! America! God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law!
Oh beautiful, for patriot dream that sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea!
Battle Hymn of the Republic
D7 G
Mine eyes have seen the glory
G
Of the coming of the Lord;
C
He is trampling out the vintage
G D7
Where the grapes of wrath are stored;
G
He hath loosed the fateful lightning
B7 Em
Of His terrible swift sword;
Am D7 G
His truth is marching on...
G
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
C
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
G B7 Em
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Am D7 G
His truth is marching on.
22a
I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps,
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps:
His day is marching on.
In the beauty of the lilies He was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.
God Bless America
G D D7 G
God bless America, land that I love
G7 C G G D7 G
Stand beside her and guide her, thru the night with a light from above
D D7 G D D7 G G7
From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam
C G C G D G
God bless America, my home, sweet home.
C G C G D G
God bless America, my home, sweet home.
Grand Old Flag
C C F C
You're a grand old flag
G C G C
you're a high fly in' flag
G7 C G7 C Go7 G7
and for ever in pe ace may you wave
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
You're the em blem of
C E7 Am
the land I love
D7 G7
the home of the free and the brave.
C F C
Every heart beats true
G7 C G C
For the red, white and blue,
C7 A7 Dm
where there's never a boast or brag.
G7 C G7
But, should auld acquaintance be forgot
D7 F G7 C Go7 G7
keep your eye on the grand old flag.
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
F Dm Gm C
My country, 'tis of thee,
F Dm Bb F Dm
sweet land of liberty,
Gm F C F
of thee I sing
F
Land where my fathers died,
Gm Bb C
land of the pilgrims' pride
F Gm F C
From every mountain side,
Bb F C F
let freedom ring.
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love.
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture fills
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom’s song.
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
Our father God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright
With freedom’s holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King!
22c
Stars and Stripes Forever(John Philip Souza)
Let martial note in triumph float
And liberty extend its mighty hand
A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers,
The banner of the Western land.
The emblem of the brave and true
Its folds protect no tyrant crew;
The red and white and starry blue
Is freedom's shield and hope.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.
Hurrah for the flag of the free!
May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.
Let eagle shriek from lofty peak
The never-ending watchword of our land;
Let summer breeze waft through the trees
The echo of the chorus grand.
Sing out for liberty and light,
Sing out for freedom and the right.
Sing out for Union and its might,
O patriotic sons.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation,
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.
The Star-Spangled Banner
G Em G A7 D
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
G D G D G
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
G Em G A7 D
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
G D G D G
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
G D
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
G D Em A7 D
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
G C Am D
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
G Em G D G
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. 23
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
‘Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
This Land is Your Land
G C G
This land is your land, this land is my land
D G
From California to the New York Island
G7 C G
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
D7 G
This land was made for you and me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway,
I saw below me that golden valley,
This land was made for you and me.
I roamed and rambled, and I followed my footsteps,
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts,
All around me a voice was sounding,
This land was made for you and me.
When the sun came shining, then I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting, a voice was chanting,
This land was made for you and me.
24a
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Em
When Johnny comes marching home again
G
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Em
We'll give him a hearty welcome then
G B7
Hurrah! Hurrah!
G D
The men will cheer and the boys will shout
Em B7
The ladies they will all turn out
Em D C B7
And we'll all feel glad when
Em B7 Em
Johnny comes marching home.
The old church bell will peal with joy Hurrah! Hurrah!
To welcome home our darling boy, Hurrah! Hurrah!
The village lads and lassies say with roses they will strew the way,
And we'll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching home.
Get ready for the Jubilee, Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll give the hero three times three Hurrah! Hurrah!
The laurel wreath is ready now to place upon his loyal brow
And we'll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching home.
Let love and friendship on that day, Hurrah, hurrah!
Their choicest pleasures then display, Hurrah, hurrah!
And let each one perform some part, to fill with joy the warrior's heart,
And we'll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching home.
Yankee Doodle
G D7 G D7
Yankee Doodle went to town, a-riding on a pony,
G C D7 G
Stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni
C G
Yankee doodle, keep it up, Yankee doodle dandy;
C
Mind the music and the step,
G D7 G
And with the girls be handy.
Father and I went down to camp,
Along with Captain Gooding;
And there we saw the men and boys,
As thick as hasty pudding.
Yankee doodle, keep it up,doodle dandy;
Mind the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.
24b
Rock & Pop Songs
American Pie(Don McLean)
G D Em7
A long, long time ago,
Am C Em D
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
G D Em7
And I know if I had my chance,
Am C Em C D
That I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while
Em Am Em Am
But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver
C G Am C D
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
G D Em Am7 D
I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
G D Em
Something touched me deep inside
C D7 G C G
The day the music died
G C G D
So bye, bye Miss American Pie
Chorus:
G C G D
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
G C G D
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em A7 Em D7
Singin' this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die
Verse:
G Am
Did you write the book of love
C Am Em D
And do you have faith in god above, if the bible tells you so?
G D Em
Do you believe in rock and roll
Am7 C Em A7 D
Can music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Em D Em D
Well I know that you're in love with him 'cuz I saw you dancin' in the gym
C G A7 C D7
You both kicked off your shoes, man I dig those rhythm and blues
G D Em Am C
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truc
k
G D Em C D7 G C G
But I knew I was out of luck the day the music died, I started singin'
I started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
chorus
25a
Now for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
A quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
chorus
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
We started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
chorus
Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
He was singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
chorus
25b
I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
And in the streets, the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
And they were singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
chorus
Blowin' in the Wind
G C G C D
How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?
G C G C D
How many seas must a white dove sail, before she sleeps in the sand?
G C G C D
How many times must the cannonballs fly, before they're forever banned?
CHORUS
C D G Em
The answer my friend, is blowin in the wind.
C D G
The answer is blowin in the wind.
How many years can some mountains exist before they're washed to the sea
How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free
How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn't see
How many times must a man look up before he reaches the sky
How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry
How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died
26a
Cats In The Cradle(Harry Chapin)
E D E
E G
My child arrived just the other day
A E
He came to the world in the usual way
G
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
A E
He learned to walk while I was away
D A/C# Bm Bm/A
And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it, and as he grew
G Bm E
He'd say "I'm gonna be like you dad
G Bm E
You know I'm gonna be like you"
E D
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
G A
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
E
When you comin' home dad?
D G Bm E
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
G Bm E
You know we'll have a good time then
E D E
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home, Dad
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then
My son turned ten just the other day
He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let's play
can you teach me to throw", I said "Not today
I got a lot to do", he said, "That's ok
And he walked away but his smile never dimmed
And said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him"
Chorus 1
Well, he came from college just the other day
So much like a man I just had to say
"Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while"
He shook his head and said with a smile
"What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys
See you later, can I have them please"
Chorus 2:
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home son 26b
I don't know when, but we'll get together then, Dad
You know we'll have a good time then
I've long since retired, my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"
He said, "I'd love to, Dad, if I can find the time
You see my new job's a hassle and kids have the flu
But it's sure nice talking to you, Dad
It's been sure nice talking to you"
D A Bm A
And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
G Bm E
He'd grown up just like me
G Bm E
My boy was just like me
Chorus 2
Coconut(Harry Nilsson)
C7 (throughout)
Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime
His sister had another one, she paid it for a lime
She put the lime in the coconut,
she drank them both up (3x)
She put the lime in the coconut,
she called the doctor, woke him up
And said, Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take
I say, doctor, to relieve this bellyache?
I say, doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take
I say, doctor, to relieve this bellyache?
Now let me get this straight
You put the lime in the coconut,
you drank them both up (3x)
Put the lime in the coconut,
you called your doctor, woke him up
And said, Doctor, ain't there nothing I can take
I said, Doctor, to relieve this bellyache?
I said, Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take
I said, Doctor, to relieve this bellyache?
You put the lime in the coconut,
you drink 'em both together
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better
Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both up
Put the lime in the coconut,
and call me in the morning
Whoo-whoo-whoo, whoo-ooh-ooh, whoo-ooh-ooh
Whoo-whoo-whoo, whoo-ooh-ooh, whoo-ooh-ooh 27a
Whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo,
ain't there nothin' you can take
I say, whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo,
to relieve your bellyache
You say, well, whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo,
ain't there nothing I can take
I say, whoo-whoo, to relieve your bellyache
You say, yeah, ain't there nothin' I can take
I say, waah waah, to relieve this bellyache
I say, Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take?
I say, Doctor, ain't there nothing I can take?
I say, Doctor, ain't there nothing I can take?
I say, Doctor
You're such a silly woman
Put the lime in the coconut
and drink them both together
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better
Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both up
Put the lime in the coconut,
and call me in the mo-o-o-o-orning
Yes, you call me in the morning
If you call me in the morning, I'll tell you what to do
If you call me in the morning, I'll tell you what to do
Well, if you call me in the morning, I'll tell you what to do
Dock Of The Bay(Otis Redding)
G B7
Sittin' in the mornin' sun
C A
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes
G B7
Watching the ships roll in
C A
And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
G E
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
G E
Watching the tide roll away
G A
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
G E
Wastin' time
I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the Frisco Bay
Cuz I've had nothing to live for
And look like nothing's gonna come my way
So, I'm just gon' sit on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time 27b
Looks like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, listen
Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone, listen
Two thousand miles I roam
Just to make this dock my home, now
I'm just gon' sit at the dock of a bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
Down On the Corner (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
C G C
Early in the evenin' just about supper time, over by the courthouse,
G C F C
they're starting to unwind, four kids on the corner, trying to bring you up
,
G C
Willy picks a tune out and he blows it on the harp.
Chorus:
F C G C F C
Down on the corner, out in the street, Willy and the Poorboys are playin'
G C
bring a nickel, tap your feet
Rooster hits the washboard and people just got to smile,
Blinky thumps the gut bass and solos for a while.
Poorboy twangs the rhythm out on his kalamazoo.
Willy goes into a dance and doubles on kazoo.
chorus
You don't need a penny just to hang around,
But if you've got a nickel, won't you lay your money down?
Over on the corner there's a happy noise.
People come from all around to watch the magic boy.
chorus x3
28a
Fifty Ninth Street Bridge Song(Paul Simon)
VERSE
C G/B Am7 G
Slow down, you move too fast
C G/B Am7 G
You got to make the morning last, just ...
C G/B Am7 G
Kicking down the cobble stones
C G/B Am7 G
Looking for fun and feelin' groovy
CHORUS
C G/B Am7 G
Ba da da da da da da, feeling groovy
| C G/B | Am7 G |
Hello lampost
Whatcha knowin?
I've come to watch your flowers growin'
Ain'tcha got no rhymes for me?
Doo Bee Doo Doo, feelin' groovy
Got no deeds to do
No promises to keep
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morningtime drop all its petals on me...
Life, I love you, all is groovy
Here Comes the Sun(The Beatles)
chorus
D Gmaj7 E7
Here comes the sun. Here comes the sun.
D | G6 Dadd9 G6 | Dadd9 A7 |
And I say "it's all right."
verse 1
D G6 A7
Little darling, it's been a long, cold lonely winter
D Gmaj7 A7 A7sus
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here.
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
28b
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
middle section: repeat x4 after last repeat play:
F C G D A7 :| |A7 | A7sus | A7 | A7 |
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes.
Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
It's all right, it's all right
Homeward Bound(Simon & Garfunkel)
A
I'm sitting in the railway station.
Amaj7 A7 F#
Got a ticket for my destination, mmmm
Bm G
On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand.
A E7 A
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and one-man band.
Chorus:
D A
Homeward bound, I wish I was,
D
Homeward bound,
A Asus4
Home where my thought's escaping
A Asus4
Home where my music's playing,
A Asus4
Home where my love lays waiting
E A
Silently for me.
Ev'ry day's an endless stream of cigarettes and magazines.
And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
And ev'ry stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be,
Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and pretend.
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me.
28c
House of the Rising Sun(The Animals)
Am C D F
There is a house in New Orleans,
Am C E7
They call the Rising Sun,
Am C D F
It's been the ruin of many a poor boy,
Am E Am E7
And God, I know, I'm one.
My mother was a tailor, She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans
Now the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's on a drunk
Oh mother tell your children Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery In the House of the Rising Sun
Well, I got one foot on the platform The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans To wear that ball and chain
Well, there is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know I'm one
I Can See Clearly Now(Jimmy Cliff)
D G D
I can see clearly now the rain is gone
D G A
I can see all obstacles in my way
D G D
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
C G D
It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright sunshinin' day
C G D
It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright sunshinin' day
Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone.
All of the bad feelings have disappeared.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
F C
Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies
F A
Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies 29a
I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's going to be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
Yeah, hey, it's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright) sunshiny day.
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
D
I'd like to teach the world to sing
E
In perfect harmony
A
I'd like to hold it in my arms
G D
And keep it company
I'd like to build a world a home
and furnish it with love.
Grow apple trees and honey bees
and snow white turtle doves.
I'd like to teach the world to sing
in perfect harmony.
I'd like to hold it in my arms,
and keep it company
I'd like to see the world for once
all standing hand in hand.
And hear them echo through the hills
for peace throughout the land.
It's the real thing
what the world wants today,
That's the way it'll stay
with the real thing.
I'd like to teach the world to sing
in perfect harmony.
A song of peace that echoes on
and never goes away.
Put your hand in my hand
let's begin today,
With your hand in my hand
help me find a way.
I'd like to teach the world to sing,
in perfect harmony.
A song of peace that echos on,
and never goes away. 29b
I Get Around(Beach Boys)
Intro:
G (E7)
Round, round, get around, I get around
(Am) (F) (D)
Yeah, I get around, I get around
Chorus:
G
I get around (get around, round, round, I get around)
E7
From town to town (get around, round, round, I get around)
Am
I'm a real cool head (get around, round, round, I get around)
F D
I'm makin' real good bread (get around, round, round, I get around)
Verse 1: [slide chromatically up to chords]
A5 D5 A5 D5
I'm gettin' bugged drivin' up and down the same old strip
A5 D5 A5 D5
I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip
A5 D5 A5 D5
My buddies and me are gettin' real well known
A5 D5 A5 D5
Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone
chorus
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Round
Get around round round oooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo
We always take my car cause it's never been beat
And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet
None of the guys go steady
cause it wouldn't be right
To leave their best girl home on a Saturday night
chorus
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Round round get around,I get around,
Get around round round I get around
Get around round round I get around,wa ooo
30a
Lean on Me(Bill Withers) C F Sometimes in our lives
C
we all have pain
C/G G
We all have sorrow
C F
But if we are wise
C G C
We know that there's always tomorrow
Chorus
C F
Lean on me, when you're not strong
C
And I'll be your friend
C/G G
I'll help you carry on
C F
For it won't be long
C
Till I'm gonna need
G C
Somebody to lean on
Please, swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your needs
That you won't let show
C G C
So just call on me brother, when you need a hand
C G C
We all need somebody to lean on
C G C
I just might have a problem that you'd understand
C G C
We all need somebody to lean on
chorus
You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load
You have to bear that you can't carry
I'm right up the road, I'll share your load
If you just call me
Call me (If you need a friend)
Call me (Call me uh-huh)
Call me (When you need a friend)
Call me (If you ever need a friend)
30b
Let It Be(The Beatles)
C G Am Fmaj7 F6
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
C G F C/E Dm C
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness, She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, Let it be
Am C/G F C
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
C G F C/E Dm 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
For 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
Yeah 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
Let it be, let it be
Ah let it be, yeah 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
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music,
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Yeah let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah let it be
Oh there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Ah let it be, yeah let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
31a
Let Your Love Flow(Bellamy Brothers)
Intro D G D G
D Dmaj7
There's a reason for the sunshiny sky
D
There's a reason why I'm, feeling so high
A D
Must be the season when those love lights shine all around us
D Dmaj7
So let that feeling grab you deep inside
D
And send you reeling where your love can't hide
A D D7
And then go stealing through the moonlit night with your lover
Chorus
G
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream
D
And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
A D D7
And let your love show and you'll know what I mean- it's the season
G
Let your love fly like a bird on the wind
D
And let your love find you to all living things
A D
And let your love shine and you'll know what I mean- that's the reason.
There's a reason for the warm sweet nights
And there's a reason for the candle lights
Must be the season when those love rites shine
All around us
So let that wonder take you into space
And lay you under its loving embrace
Just feel the thunder as it warms your face
You can't hold back
Chorus
31b
Listen to the Music(Doobie Brothers)
E A
Don’t you feel it growin’, day by day
E C#m
People gettin’ ready for the news
B A
Some are happy, some are sad
A E ,A
Oh, we got to let the music play
E
What the people need
A
Is a way to make ’em smile
E C#m
It ain’t so hard to do if you know how
B
Gotta get a message
A
Get it on through
A E
Oh now mama, don’t you ask me why
C#m7 A
Oh, oh, listen to the music
C#m7 A
Oh, oh, listen to the music
C#m7 A
Oh, oh, listen to the music
F#7 A
All the time
E, A – x 2
Well I know, you know better
Everything I say
Meet me in the country for a day
We'll be happy
And we'll dance
Oh, we're gonna dance our blues away
And if I'm feelin' good to you
And you're feelin' good to me
There ain't nothin' we can't do or say
Feelin' good, feeling fine
Oh, baby, let the music play
Chorus
Like a lazy flowing river
Surrounding castles in the sky
And the crowd is growing bigger
List'nin' for the happy sounds
And I got to let them fly
Chorus 31c
Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet)
D
Nibblin on sponge cake, watchin the sun bake,
A
all of those tourist covered with oil.
Strummin my six string, on my front porch swing, smell those shrimp there
D D7
beginnin’ to boil.
G A D D7 G A D D7
Wastin away again in Margaritaville, searchin for my lost shaker of salt.
G A D A G A
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame, but I know,
D
it's nobody's fault.
Don't know the reason, stayed here all season
With nothing to show but this brand new tattoo.
But it's a real beauty, a Mexican cutie,
how it got here I haven't a clue.
Wasted away again in Margaritaville,
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt.
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame,
Now I think, - hell it could be my fault.
I blew out my flip flop, stepped on a pop top,
Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home.
But there's booze in the blender, and soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on.
Wasted away again in Margaritaville
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt.
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame,
But I know, it's my own damn fault.
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
And I know it's my own damn fault.
32a
Moon Shadow
Refrain:
D A7 D G A7
Oh, I'm bein' followed by a moon shadow, moon shadow, moon shadow---
D A7 D G A7 D
Leapin’ and hoppin' on a moon shadow, moon shadow, moon shadow---
Verse 1:
G D G D G D Em A7
And if I ever lose my hands, lose my plough, lose my land,
G D G D Em A7 D F#m Bm Em A D
Oh if I ever lose my hands, Oh if------------- I won't have to work no more.
And if I ever lose my eyes
If my colors all run dry
Yes, if I ever lose my eyes
Ooh, I won't have to cry no more
Yes, I'm bein' followed by a moon shadow
Moon shadow, moon shadow
Leapin' and hoppin' on a moon shadow
Moon shadow, moon shadow
And if I ever lose my legs
I won't moan and I won't beg
Oh, if I ever lose my legs
Ooh, I won't have to walk no more
And if I ever lose my mouth
All my teeth north and south
Yes, if I ever lose my mouth
Ooh, I won't have to talk
E7 A E A
Did it take long to find me? I asked the faithful light.
E A E7 A
Did it take long to find me? And are you gonna stay the night?
I'm bein' followed by a moon shadow
Moon shadow, moon shadow
Leapin' und hoppin' on a moon shadow
Moon shadow, moon shadow
Moon shadow, moon shadow
Moon shadow, moon shadow
32b
One Tin Soldier
C G Am Em
Listen children to a story that was written long ago
F C F G
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain, and the valley folk below
C G Am Em
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone
F C F C
And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.
(Chorus:)
C Em F G
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend
C Em F G
Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end
C Em F C
There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgment day
No Chord F C
On the bloody morning after - one tin soldier rides away.
So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill.
Asking for the buried treasure tons of gold for which they’d kill.
Came and answer from the kingdom “ With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there.”
Chorus
Now the valley cried with anger mount your horses, draw your sword.
And they killed the mountain people so they won there just reward.
Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain, dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it “Peace On Earth” was all it said.
Chorus
33a
Rocky Mountain High
D Em C A
He was born in the summer, of his twenty seventh year;
D Em G
Coming home to a place he'd never been before
D Em C A
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
D Em G
You might say he found a key for every door
When he first came to the mountains, his life was far away;
On the road and hanging by a song
But the string's already broken, and he doesn't really care;
It keeps changing fast, and it don't last for long
Chorus:
G A D
But the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
G A D
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
G A D G A G
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lul la by
A D Em G A D Em G A7
Rocky Mountain high, Colorado; Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below;
he saw everything as far as you can see
And they say that he got crazy once, and he tried to touch the sun;
And he lost a friend but kept the memory
Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams;
seeking grace in every step he takes
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand;
the serenity of a clear blue mountain lake
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
talk to God and listen to the casual reply
Rocky Mountain high, Colorado; Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
Now his life is full of wonder, but his heart still knows some fear;
of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
Why they try to tear the mountains down, to bring in a couple more;
more people, more scars upon the land
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly
Rocky Mountain high
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
Friends around the campfire and every body's high
Rocky Mountain high, Colorado; Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
33b
The Rose (Bette Midler)
Tuning is E A D G B E
Chords used are: E B A G#m
E B
Some say love, it is a river,
A B E
That drowns the tender reed
E B
Some say love, it is a razor,
A B E
That leaves your soul to bleed
G#m A
Some say love it is a hunger,
F#m B
An endless aching need
E B
I say love it is a flower and
A B E
You its only seed
It's the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul afraid of dyin'
That never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose
34a
San Francisco(Scott McKenzie)
Am F C G
If you’re going to San Francisco,
Am F C G
be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
Am C F C
If you’re going to San Francisco,
Em Am7 G
You’re gonna meet some gentle people there.
For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair
Bb
All across the nation,
C G
such a strange vibration. People in motion, people in motion.
Bb
There’s a whole generation,
C
with a new explanation. People in motion.
For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
A
When the night has come
F#m
And the land is dark
D E A
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No, I won't be afraid,
F#m
No, I won't be afraid
D E A
Just as long as you stand, stand by me.
Chorus:
So, darling, darling, stand by me,
F#m
Oh, stand by me.
D E A
Oh, stand, stand by me, stand by me.
34b
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
All the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
Chorus
Twist & Shout
A7 D G A
Well shake it up baby, now shake it up baby
A7 D G A
Twist and shout twist and shout
A7 D G A
c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon baby, now c'mon, baby
A7 D G A
c'mon and work it on out work it on out
Well, work it on out, honey
You know you look so good
You know you got me goin', now
Just like I knew you would
Chorus
You know you twist your little girl
You know you twist so fine
Come on and twist a little closer, now
And let me know that you're mine
A
Ahh----ahh----ahh----ahh,
Chorus
34c
Up On The Roof
G Em
When this old world starts getting me down
C D G
And people are just too much for me to face
Em
I'll climb way up to the top of the stairs
C D G
And all my cares just drift right into space
C
On the roof it's peaceful as can be
G Em C D
And there the world below don't bother me
So when I come home feeling tired and beat,
I'll go up where the air is fresh and sweet.
I'll get far away from the hustling crowd
and all the rat-race noise down in the street.
On the roof, that's the only place I know,
Where you just have to wish to make it so,
And at night the stars, they put on a show for free.
And, darling, you can share it all with me,
that's what I said, keep on telling you
That right smack dab in the middle of town,
I found a paradise that's trouble-proof.
And if this old world starts a getting you down,
there's room enough for two up on the roof, up on the roof, up on the roof.
Everything is all right, everything is all right.
You got the stars above and the city lights below, let's go up on the roof.
35a
What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
F Am Bb Am
I see trees of green, red roses too
Gm7 F A7 Dm
I see them bloom, for me and you,
Db Gm7/C C7 F / F+ / Bbmaj7 / C7 /
And I think to myself, What a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue and clouds of white,
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night,
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world (F / Bb / / / F /)
C7 F
The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
C7 F
Are also on the faces of people goin' by
Dm C Dm C
I see friends shaking hands, saying, "How do you do?"
Dm F#dim7 Gm7 F#dim7 Gm7 C7
They're really saying, "I love you." I hear
I hear babies cryin'. I watch them grow.
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself
What a wonderful world
35b
With A Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles)
Verse 1
C G Dm
What would you do if I sang out of tune would you
G7 C
stand up and walk out on me?
G Dm
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song and I'll
G7 C
try not to sing out of key. Oh..
Chorus
Bb F C
I get by with a little help from my friends. Mm, I get
Bb F C
high with a little help from my friends. Mm, I'm gonna
F C
try with a little help from my friends.
Verse 2
What do I do when my love is away, does it
worry you to be alone?
How do I feel by the end of the day, are you
sad because you're on your own? No..
(Chorus)
Bridge
C Am7 D7 C Bb F
Do you need anybody? I need somebody to love. Could it
Am D7 C Bb F
be anybody? I want somebody to love.
Verse 3
Would you believe in a love at first sight? Yes, I'm
certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't
tell you but I know it's mine. Oh..
Chorus
Bridge
Chorus
35c
Yesterday (The Beatles)
G F#m7 B7 Em
Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away
C D C/G G Em A7 C G
now I need a place to hide away oh I believe in yesterday
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
F#m7 B7 Em Em/D C G/B Am D7 G
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
F#m7 B7 Em Em/D C G/B Am D7 G
I said something wrong now I long for yesterday
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Why she had to go?
I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday...
36a
You’ve Got A Friend (Carole King)
Em B7 Em B7 Em7
When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand,
Am7 D7sus4 G Gsus4 G
and nothing, oh, nothing is going right,
F#m7 B7 Em B7 Em7
close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
Am7 Bm7 D7sus4 /D7
to brighten up even your darkest night.
Chorus:
G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Am7
You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am,
D7sus4 Gmaj7 D7sus4
I'll come running to see you again.
G Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Em7
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you got to do is call
Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 D7sus4
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah. (2nd time -->*)
D7sus4 G/C Cd/Gsus4 G/F#m7
You've got a friend.
B7 Em B7 Em B7 Em7
If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds,
Am7 D7sus4 G Gsus4 G
and that old north wind should begin to blow,
F#m7 B7 Em B7 Em7
keep your head together and call my name out loud.
Am7 Bm7 D7sus4
Soon I'll be knocking upon your door. ------>(**)
Chorus
Bridge:
* Cf F C
Hey ain't it good to know that you've got a friend when
G Gsus4 Gmaj7 C F7
people can be so cold. They'll hurt you and desert you.
Em7 A7
Well, they'll take your soul if you let them.
D7sus4 D13
Oh yeah, but don't you let them.
Chorus
G C G
You've got a friend. You've got a friend.
C G
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend?
C G
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend?
C Gsus4 G
Oh, yeah, yeah. You've got a friend. 36b
Broadway & Movies All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera)
[Raoul]
C
No more talk of darkness
C
Forget these wide-eyed fears
Cmaj7 Dm7
I'm here, nothing can harm you
Bb G
My words will warm you and calm you
C
Let me be your freedom
C
Let daylight dry your tears
Cmaj7 Dm7
I'm here, with you, beside you
Bb G
To guard you and to guide you
[Christine]
C Am7 Dm7 G
All I ask is every waking moment
C Am7 Dm7 Dm7/G
Turn my head with talk of summertime
C Am7 Dm7 G
Say you'll need me with you now and always
C F C/G Dm7/G
Promise me that all you say is true
G6 Dm7/G
That's all I ask of you
[Raoul]
Let me be your shelter
Let me be your light
You're safe, no one will find you
Your fears are far behind you
[Christine]
All I want is freedom
A world with no more night
And you, always beside me
To hold me and to hide me
[Raoul]
Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime
Let me lead you from your solitude Say you need me with you here, beside you
Anywhere you go, let me go too
Christine, that's all I ask of you
[Christine]
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you 37a
[Both]
Share each day with me, each night, each morning
[Christine]
Say you love me
[Raoul]
You know I do
[Both]
Love me, that's all I ask of you.
[Both]
Anywhere you go, let me go too
Love me, that's all I ask of you
[Phantom]
I gave you my music, made your song take wing.
And now, how you've repaid me,
denied me and betrayed me.
He was bound to love you, when he heard you sing.
Christine, Christine.
[Raoul & Christine]
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you
Share each day with me, each night, each morning…
[Phantom]
You will curse the day you did not do!
All that the Phantom asked of you!
Camelot
A law was made a distant moon ago here: July and August cannot be too hot.
And there's a legal limit to the snow here in Camelot.
The winter is forbidden till December and exits March the second on the dot.
By order, summer lingers through September in Camelot.
Camelot! Camelot! I know it sounds a bit bizarre,
But in Camelot, Camelot
that's how conditions are.
The rain may never fall till after sundown.
By eight, the morning fog must disappear.
In short, there's simply not a more congenial spot
For happily-ever-aftering than here in Camelot.
Camelot! Camelot! I know it gives a person pause,
But in Camelot, Camelot those are the legal laws.
The snow may never slush upon the hillside.
By nine p.m. the moonlight must appear.
In short, there's simply not a more congenial spot
For happily-ever-aftering than here in Camelot. 37b
Climb Every Mountain (Sound of Music)
C D G Gm7 C Fmaj7
Climb ev'ry mountain, search high and low
Fm6 C Dm7 G7 C
Follow every byway, ev'ry path you know.
C D G Gm7 C Fmaj7
Climb ev'ry mountain, ford ev'ry stream,
Fm6 C Dm7 G7 C
Follow every rainbow till you find your dream!
C7 F Fmaj7
A dream that will need
Dm G C Cmaj7 Am7
all the love you can give,
D7 G Gmaj7 Em
ev'ry day of your life
A D D7
for as long as you live.
G A D Dm G7 Cmaj7
Climb every mountain, ford every stream
Am Am/G F Fm C Am Dm G7 C
Follow every rainbow till you find your dream
Consider Yourself(Oliver)
A D Em D
Con-sider yourself at home
A7 D G A7
Con-sider youself one of the family
A7 D D7 G G
We've taken to you so strong
G Em A Em A7 A
It's clear, we're, going to get a-long
Consider yourself well in, consider yourself part of the furniture,
There isn't a lot to spare, Who cares? Whatever we've got we share.
A7 D G C Em C
If it should chance to be, We should see Some harder days
C G Em G G
Empty larder days, Why grouse?
G Em Am Em
Always-a-chance we'll meet, Somebody To foot the bill
Em A7 E7 A A7
Then the drinks are on the house!
A7 D Em D
Con-sider yourself our mate
D Em D7 Am
We,...don't want to have no fuss,
Am Bm7 D
For, after some consideration, we can state
D Em A7 D D
Con-sider yourself, One of us! 38a
(Repeat 1st and 2nd stanzas)
If there's a chance to be la-de-da or up-ity,
There's a cup of tea, for all,
It's nice to be handy with a rolling pin,
When the landlord comes to call!
Consider yourself our mate,
We don't want to have no fuss,
For after some consideration, we can state:
"Consider yourself one of us."
Edelweiss (Sound of Music)
G D G C
Edelweiss, edelweiss
G Em Am7 D7
Every morning you greet me
G D G C
Small and white, clean and bright
G D7 G
You look happy to meet me
D G
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
C A7 D D7
Bloom and grow, forever
G D G C
Edelweiss, edelweiss
G D7 G
Bless my homeland forever
38b
I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)
D F#m A7 D9 D
I could have danced all night,
F#m A DM7 Fdim D6
I could have danced all night,
A7 D F#m B7 Cdim Em7 A7
And still have begged for more!
Edim Em B+
I could have spread my wings
B7 Em7 Em6
And done a thousand things
A7 G G/F# Em7 A7 DM7
I've nev - er done be - fore!
A7 F# G#m C#7 F#
I'll nev - er know what made it so ex - ci - ting;
C#7 AM7 Bm7 E7-9 A7
Why all at once my heart took flight.
G G/B A7 D A7 DM7 G6 G5 G/B
I on - ly know when she be - gan to dance with me
Em7 Em7/9 A7 Gdim A7 D
I could have danced, danced, danced all night!
Repeat
38c
If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof)
Chorus:
A
If I were a rich man, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm Am B7 E E7
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum, if I were a wealthy man
A
I wouldn't have to work hard,
Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm Am E E7 A
If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man
Dm G7
I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen,
C Am
right in the middle of the town
Dm G A (A7)
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
Dm G
There would be one long staircase just going up,
C Am
and one even longer coming down,
Dm D#dim E
and one more leading nowhere, just for show
I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese
And ducks for the town to see and hear
Squawking just as noisily as they can
And each loud "Pa-pa-gee! Pa-pa-gaack!
Pa-pa-gee! Pa-pa-gaack!"
Would land like a trumpet on the ear
As if to say, "Here lives a wealthy man", oy!
Chorus
I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife
With a proper double chin
Supervising meals to her heart's delight
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock
Oy! What a happy mood she's in
Screaming at the servants day and night
The most important men in town will come to fawn on me
They will ask me to advise them like a Solomon the Wise
"If you please, Reb Tevye, pardon me, Reb Tevye?"
Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes
Ya va voy, ya va voy, voy vum
And it won't make one bit of difference
If I answer right or wrong
When you're rich, they think you really know
If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack
To sit in the synagogue and pray
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall 39a
And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men
Seven hours every day
That would be the sweetest thing of all, oy!
Chorus (skip last 2 lines)
Lord who made the lion and the lamb
You decreed I should be what I am
Would it spoil some vast, eternal plan
If I were a wealthy man?
Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
G Em C G
Moon River, wider than a mile,
C G F#m7 B7
I'm crossing you in style some day.
Em G7 C Cm
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
G/B C#m5b F#7 Bm E7 Am D7
Wherever you're go - ing I'm go - ing your way.
G Em C G
Two drifters off to see the world.
C G F#m7 B7
There's such a lot of world to see.
Em Em/D Cmaj7 Cm G
We're af - ter the same rainbow's end
Cmaj7 G
Waiting 'round the bend,
Cmaj7 G
My huckleberry friend,
Em Am7 D7 G
Moon River and me.
39b
My Favorite Things (Sound of Music)
Em
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
C
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Am D7 G C
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
G C F#m B7
These are a few of my favorite things
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things
Em
When the dog bites
Am B7
When the bee stings
Em C
When I'm feeling sad
C Am G C
I simply remember my favorite things
Am D7 G
And then I don't feel so bad
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning (Oklahoma)
A E A
There's a bright golden haze on the meadow!
A E A
There's a bright golden haze on the meadow!
A D
The corn is as high as an elephant's eye
E
And it looks like it's climbin' clear up to the sky!
CHORUS:
A D A E
Oh, what a beautiful mornin'! Oh, what a beautiful day!
A D A E7 A
I've got a beautiful feelin', everything's goin' my way!
All the cattle are standin' like statues
All the cattle are standin' like statues
They don't turn their heads as they see me ride by
But a little brown maverick is winkin' his eye
Chorus 39c
All the sounds of the earth are like music
All the sounds of the earth are like music
The bees are so busy they don't miss a tree
And an old weepin' willow is laughin' at me
Chorus
Old Man River (Showboat)
Intro: C
F
Here we all work 'long the Mississippi,
C Am G
here we all work, while the rich folk play,
C F
Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset,
C G G7 C
gettin' no rest until the judgment day.
Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am
Don't look up, you don't look down, you don't dare make the boss man frown,
Em B7 Em B7 Em B7 Em F G
Bend your knees, and bow your head, and pull that rope until you're de..ad.
C F C Am G
Let me go away from the Mississippi, let me go away from the white man boss,
C F Dm C
Show me that stream, called the River of Jordan,
G G7 C
that's the old stream, that I long to cross.
C F C F C F C F
Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River, he don't say nothin', but he must know somethin'
G G7 G G7 C F C G7
He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along
C F C F
He don't plant taters, and he don't plant cotton,
C Em Am B7
And them that plant 'em are soon forgotten,
G Dm G F C F C F
But Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' alo.o.ong.
Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am
You, and me, we sweat and strain, bodies all achin', and racked with pain,
Em B7 Em B7 Em B7 Em Dm
G
Tote that barge, lift that bale, ya get a little drunk, and you land in jail
C F C F C Dm Am D7
I get weary and sick of tryin', I'm tired of livin', but I'm scared of dyin'
C Am Dm G7 C F C
And Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along ...........
40a
On the Street Where You Live
Intro:
C, F, G, C
C6 G7 C
I have often walked down this street before;
CM7 Ebdim D9 G7
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before.
Dm9 Dm7/G C Am
All at once am I several stories high.
D G9 C6
Knowing I'm on the street where you live.
C6 G7 C
Are there lilac trees in the heart of town?
CM7 Ebdim D9 G7
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
Dm9 Dm7/G C Am
Does enchantment pour Out of ev'ry door?
D G9 C6
No, it's just on the street where you live!
E F6
And oh! The towering feeling
Fm6 C C7
Just to know somehow you are near.
Ab Am6/F# F#m7/B
The overpowering feeling
E B/D# Bm/D Dm7/G G7
That any second you may suddenly appear!
C6 G7 C
People stop and stare. They don't bother me.
CM7 Ebdim D9 G7
For there's no where else on earth that I would rather be.
Dm9 Fm6 Em/G Am
Let the time go by, I won't care if I
D9 G9 F G C
Can be here on the street where you live.
40b
Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)
C Em C7 F Fmaj7 C Cmaj7
Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
F Fm C A7 Dm G7 C Fmaj7 G6
there's a land that i heard of once in a lulla--by
C Em C7 F Fmaj7 C Cmaj7
Somewhere over thew rainbow skies are blue
F Fm C A7 Dm G7 C
and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true
C Dm7 C6
Some day i'll wish upon a star and wake where the clouds are far behind me
C B7 Em
Where troubles melt like lemon drops away upon the chimney tops thats where
Bm7 Dm7 G7
you'll find me
C Em C7 F Fmaj7 C Cmaj7
Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly
F Fm C A7 Dm G7 C
Birds fly over the rain--bow why then oh why can't I
C Dm G7 C
If happy little blue birds fly beyond the rainbow why oh why can't I
40c
Que Sera, Sera(The Man Who Knew Too Much)
A E
When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother, what will I be
A
Will I be pretty, will I be rich? Here's what she said to me.
D
Que Sera, Sera,
A
Whatever will be, will be
E (E7)
The future's not ours, to see
A
Que Sera, Sera
E A
What will be, will be.
When I grew up and fell in love, I asked my sweetheart, What lies ahead?
Will we have rainbows day after day? Here's what my sweetheart said
Now I have Children of my own, they ask their mother, What will I be
Will I be handsome? Will I be rich? I tell them tenderly
The Rainbow Connection
G Em Am7 D
Why are there so many songs about rainbows,
G Em C C/D
and what's on the other side?
G Em Am D
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions.
G Em C
Rainbows have nothing to hide.
C
So we've been told and some choose to believe it.
Bm Esus7 E7
I know they’re wrong, wait and see.
Am D Bm E7
Some day we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
Am D G
The lovers, the dreamers, and me
Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it
And look what it's done so far
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
And what do we think we might see
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me
D/F# Em Em/D
All of us under its spell,
C G/B Esus E7
We know that it's probably magic ............ 41a
A F#m Bm E
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
A F#m D
I've heard them calling my name.
A F#m Bm E
Are these the sweet sounds that called the young sailors?
A F#m D
I think that they're one and the same.
D
I've heard it too many times to ignore it.
C#m7 F#sus F#7
It's something that I'm supposed to be.
Bm E C#m F#7
Someday we'll find it the rainbow connection,
Bm E A
the lovers, the dreamers and me.
E/G# F#m F#m/E
Da-da-da-dee-dee-da-dum
D E A
Da-da-da-dee-da
Seventy Six Trombones
D - A - / - - D - / - D7 G E7 / A E7 A -
D - A - / - - D - / - D7 G E7 / A - D –
Seventy-six trombones led the big parade
With a hundred and ten cornets close at hand
They were followed by rows and rows of the finest virtuosos
The cream of every famous band
Seventy six trombones caught the morning sun
With a hundred and ten cornets right behind
There were more than a thousand reeds springing up like weeds
There were horns of every shape and kind
Seventy-six trombones played the counter part.
while one hundred and ten cornets played the air.
then I modestly took my place
as the one and only bass
as I oompaed up and down the square
G CG D7 - / - F# G - / - CG D - / A - DA D7
G CG D7 - / - F# G - / G CG C F# / G D7 G -
There were copper bottom tympani and horse platoons
Thundering, thundering louder than before.
Double bell euphoniums and big bassoons,
Each bassoon having its big, fat say!
There were fifty mounted cannon in the battery
Thundering, thundering louder than before
Clarinets of ev'ry size
And trumpeters who'd improvise
A full octave higher than the score!
41b
Shall We Dance? (The King and I)
We've just been introduced
I do not know you well
But when the music started
Something drew me to your side
So many men and girls
Are in each other’s arms
It made me think we might be
Similarly occupied
Shall we dance?
On a bright cloud of music shall we fly?
Shall we dance?
Shall we then say goodnight and mean goodbye
Or perchance
When the last little star has left the sky
Shall we still be together
With our arms around each other
And shall you be my new romance?
On the clear understanding
That this kind of thing can happen
Shall we dance?
Shall we dance?
Shall we dance?
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)
F Fmaj7
Some enchanted evening
C
You may see a stranger,
F
you may see a stranger
Bbm Gm
Across a crowded room
Fadd9 Gm C7
And somehow you know,
A Dm
You know even then
Bb Gm
That somewhere you'll see her
C F
Again and again.
Some enchanted evening
Someone may be laughin',
You may hear her laughin'
Across a crowded room
And night after night,
As strange as it seems
The sound of her laughter
Will sing in your dreams
42a
Bb Am
Who can explain it?
Gm F
Who can tell you why?
Bb Am
Fools give you reasons,
C Bb F
Wise men never try.
Some enchanted evening
When you find your true love,
When you feel her call you
Across a crowded room,
Then fly to her side,
And make her your own
Or all through your life you
May dream all alone.
Bb Am
Once you have found her,
Gm F
Never let her go.
Bb Am
Once you have found her,
C Bb F
Never let her go
Summertime (Porgy & Bess)
Em B7 Em B7 Em B7 Em
Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Am7 B7 C7 B7
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Em B7 Em B7 Em B7 Em
Your daddy's rich, and your momma's good lookin'
G Em Am7 B7 Em B7 Em
So hush little baby, don't you cry
One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing
And you'll spread your wings
and you'll take to the sky
But 'til that morning, there ain't nothin' can harm you
With Daddy and Mammy standin' by
42b
Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
Am E7 Am E7
Is this the little girl I carried?
Am E7 Am A7
Is this the little boy at play?
Dm A7 Dm B B7 E7
I don't remember growing older -- When did they?
Am E7 Am E7
When did she get to be a beauty?
Am E7 Am A7
When did he grow to be so tall?
Dm A7 Dm B7 E7
Wasn't it yesterday when they were small?
Am Dm6 Am E7 Am Dm6 Am E7
Sun-rise, sun-set, sun-rise, sun-set,
Am Dm6 Am Dm6 Am A7
Swiftly flow the days;
Dm7 G7 CM7 C6
Seedlings turn overnight to sun-flow'rs,
Bm7 E7 Am7
Blossoming even as we gaze.
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
Tomorrow (Annie)
G
The sun'll come out tomorrow
C D Em C D
Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun!
G
Just thinkin' about tomorrow
C D Em C D
Clears away the cobwebs, And the sorrow till there's none!
Am F
When I'm stuck a day that's gray, and lonely,
C E
I just stick out my chin and grin, and say, Oh!
G
The sun'll come out tomorrow
C D Em C D
So ya gotta hang on till tomorrow, come what may
G C
Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow!
D G
You're always a day away! 43a
Tonight (West Side Story)
D G G A G A
To - night, to - night, Won't be just any night.
G Em F#m F7
To-night there will be no morning star
Bb C Bb Cm7/D#
To-night, to-night, I'll see my love to-night
Cm7 Cm Am7b5 D
And for us, stars will stop where they are.
Eb/Bb Am7b5
To - day the min - utes seem like hours
Am7b5/C Bbm/C# Bbdim7 A A/E A7/Eb
The hours go so slow -ly, still the sky is light
G A G G/F# Em Bm
O moon, grow bright, and make this end-less day endless night
G Em/G C#m7b5 C#7/G#
to-night
Where Is Love? (Oliver)
C Dm7 G7 CM7 CM7/6
Where is love?
C Dm7 G7 CM7 CM7/6
Does it fall from skies a - bove?
Dm7 C7 Bb
Is it underneath the willow tree
G#7 Dm7 G7
That I've been dreaming of?
Where is she?
Who I close my eyes to see?
Will I ever know the sweet hello
That's meant for only me?
C6 Dm7 G7 CM7 Gdim
Who can say where she may hide?
Dm7 G7 C A7-9
Must I travel far and wide?
Dm7 G7 CM7 Bb A A7
Till I am beside the someone who I can be something to?
Dm7 G7 C
Where, where is love?
Every night I kneel and pray
Let tomorrow be the day
When I see the face of someone who
I can mean...something to
Where, where is love?
43b
With a Little Bit of Luck (My Fair Lady)
The Lord above gave man an arm of iron
So he could do his job and never shirk.
The Lord above gave man an arm of iron-but
With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck,
Someone else'll do the blinkin' work!
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of luck you'll never work!
/ C G C - / / F - - E7 / F - G C /
/ F G C - / G - C - / C G C - /
The Lord above made liquor for temptation,
To see if man could turn away from sin.
The Lord above made liquor for temptation-but
With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck,
When temptation comes you'll give right in!
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of luck you'll give right in.
Oh, you can walk the straight and narrow;
But with a little bit of luck You'll run amok!
/ F - C - / D - G - /
The gentle sex was made for man to marry,
To share his nest and see his food is cooked.
The gentle sex was made for man to marry-but
With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck,
You can have it all and not get hooked.
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of luck you won't get hooked.
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of bloomin' luck!
They're always throwing goodness at you;
But with my little bit of luck A man can duck!
The Lord above made man to help is neighbor,
No matter where, on land, or sea, or foam.
The Lord above made man to help his neighbor-but
With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck,
When he comes around you won't be home!
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of luck, You won't be home.
With a little bit, with a little bit
With a little bit of bloomin' luck!
A man was made to help support his children
Which is the right and proper thing to do
A man was made to help support his children-but
With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck
They'll go out and start supporting you!
With a little bit, with a little bit
With a little bit of luck
They'll work for you! 43c
With a little bit, with a little bit
With a little bit of bloomin' luck!
Oh, it's a crime for man to go philanderin'
And fill his wife's poor heart with grief and doubt.
Oh, it's a crime for man to go philanderin'-but
With a little bit of luck, With a little bit of luck,
You can see the bloodhound don't find out!
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of luck she won't find out!
With a little bit...with a little bit...
With a little bit of bloomin' luck!
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly (My Fair Lady)
A D Esus
All I want is a room somewhere
A B E
Far away from the cold night air
A E/G# A/G
With one enormous chair
D/F# A/E F#7 Bm7 E
Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?
Lots of choc'lates for me to eat
Lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat
Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet
D/F# A/E E7 A
Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?
E Fdim F#m7 B7 E A E
Aow, so loverly sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still
A G#7 C#m F#7 B
I would never budge till spring
Bm7 E7
Crept over me windowsill
Someone's head restin' on my knee
Warm and tender as he can be
Who takes good care of me
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly
Aow, so loverly sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still
I would never budge 'til spring
Crept over me windowsill
Someone's head restin' on my knee
Warm and tender as he can be
Who takes good care of me
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly
44
Disney Songs
The Bare Necessities (Jungle Book)
C C7 F F7
Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities
C A7 D7 G7
Forget about your worry and your strife
C C7 F F7
I mean the bare necessities old Mother Nature's recipes
C A7 D7 G7 C
That bring the bare necessities of life
G7 C G7 C C7
Wherever I wander, wherever I roam, I couldn't be fonder of my big home
F Fm C D7
The bees are buzzin' in the tree to make some honey just for me
Am7 A7 Dm7 D7 G7
When you look under the rocks and plants and take a glance at the fancy ants
C A7
and maybe try a few
Dm7 G7 C G7 C
The bare necessities of life will come to you, they'll come to you
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life
Now when you pick a pawpaw
Or a prickly pear
And you prick a raw paw
Next time beware
Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
When you pick a pear
Try to use the claw
But you don't need to use the claw
When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw
Have I given you a clue?
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!
So just try and relax, yeah cool it
Fall apart in my backyard
'Cause let me tell you something little britches
If you act like that bee acts, uh uh
You're working too hard
And don't spend your time lookin' around
For something you want that can't be found
When you find out you can live without it
And go along not thinkin' about it
I'll tell you something true
The bare necessities of life will come to you 45a
Chim Chim Cher-ee (Mary Poppins)
Cm G+ Cm7 F
Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim chim cheree!
Fm Cm D D7-5 G7
A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be.
Cm G+ Cm7 F
Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim chim cheroo!
Fm Cm G7 G7+ Cm
Good luck will rub off when I shake 'ands with you,
Fm Cm G7 Cm
Or blow me a kiss and that's lucky too.
Cm G+ Cm7 F
Now as the ladder of life 'as been strung,
Fm Cm D D7-5 G7
you may think a sweep's on the bottom most rung.
Cm G+ Cm7 F
Though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke,
Fm Cm G7 G+ G7 Cm
in this 'ole wide world there's no happier bloke.
Cm G+ Cm7 F
Up where the smoke is all billered and curled,
Fm Cm
'Tween pavement and stars,
D D7-5 G7 G+
is the chimney sweep world.
G7 Cm G+ Cm7 F
When there's 'ardly no day nor hardly no night,
Fm Cm G7 G+ G7 Cm
there's things'alf in shadow and 'alfway in light,
Fm Cm G7 Cm
On the rooftops of London, coo, what a sight!
Chorus
I choose me bristles with pride, yes, I do
A broom for the shaft and a brush for the flute
Though I'm covered with sootme head to me toes
A sweep knows he's welcome wherever he goes
Chim, chimney, Chim, chimney
Chim, chim, cher-ee
When you're with a sweep you're in glad company
Nowhere is there a more happier crew
Than them wot sings “Chim chim cher-ee
Chim chim cher-oo"
Chim, chimney
Chim chim cher-ee, Chim chim cher-oo
45b
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella)
G
A dream is a wish your heart makes
B7 C |||| E7 ||||
When you're fast asleep
Am Am7
In dreams you will lose your heartache
D7 G |||| Am7 || D7 ||
Whatever you wish for you keep
G
Have faith in your dreams and someday
Dm7 G7 C
Your rainbow will come smiling through
Am7 F7
No matter how your heart is grieving
G A7
If you keep on believing
Am7 D7 G
the dream that you wish will come true
A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're feeling small
Alone in the night you whisper
Thinking no one can hear you at all
You wake with the morning sunlight
To find fortune that is smiling on you
Don't let your heart be filled with sorrow
For all you know tomorrow
The dream that you wish will come true
Feed the Birds (Mary Poppins)
C Dm Am G
Early each day to the steps of St. Paul's
Am G Am
The little old bird woman comes.
C Dm Am G
In her own special way to the people she calls,
Am E Am
"Come buy my bags full of crumbs.
F C
Come feed the little birds, show them you care,
F C
And you'll be glad if you do.
Am F Am G
Their young ones are hungry, their nests are so bare;
Am E Am G
All it takes is Tuppence from you."
C G Am G
Feed the birds, Tuppence a bag,
Am C Dm G
Tuppence, Tuppence, Tuppence a bag. 46a
C G Am G
"Feed the birds," that's what she cries,
Am G E Am
While overhead, her birds fill the skies.
Am E Am E
All around the cathedral the saints and apostles
Am E Am
Look down as she sells her wares.
C Dm Am G
Although you can't see it you know they are smiling
C Dm Am G
Each time someone shows that he cares.
C G Am G
Though her words are simple and few,
Am C G
Listen, listen, she calling to you.
C G Am E
"Feed the birds, Tuppence a bag,
C G C
Tuppence, Tuppence, Tuppence a bag."
Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty)
D F#m D
I know you, I walked with you
A7 B7 A7
Once upon a dream
A A7
I know you the gleam
Dmaj7
in your eyes
B7 Em A7
Is so familiar a gleam
D F#m D
I know it's true that visions
Em B7 Em
Are seldom all they seem
D B
But if I know you
Em C#
I know what you'll do
D F#dim7
you'll love me at once
B
the way you did
Em G A D
Once upon a dream
(Repeat)
46b
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
(Mary Poppins)
C Cmaj C6 C#dim G7
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious
Cmaj C7 F
If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious
F6 F#dim C C#dim G7 C
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
C G7
Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay
C G7
Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay
C Cmaj C6 C#dim G7
Because I was afraid to speak When I was just a lad
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C
My father gave me nose a tweak And told me I was bad
Cmaj C7 F
But then one day I learned a word That saved me achin' nose
D7 G7
The biggest word I ever heard And this is how it goes, oh
C Cmaj C6 C#dim G7
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious
Cmaj C7 F
If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious
F6 F#dim C C#dim G7 C
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
C
Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay
Ab7
Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay
Db Ab
I traveled all around the world and everywhere I went,
Ab Ab7 Db
I'd use this word and all would say, "There goes a clever gent".
Db Db7 Gb
When dukes and maharajas pass the time of day with me,
Eb Eb7 Ab
I say me special word and then they ask me out to tea.
Db Ab
Oh, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Ab Ab7 Db
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious
Db7 Gb
If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious
Gb Db Ab Db
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
46c
Db Db
Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay
D A
Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay
D A
So when the cat has got your tongue There's no need for dismay
A A7 D
Just summon up this word And then you've got a lot to say
D D7 G
But better use it carefully Or it could change your life
E E7 A
one night I said it to me girl And now me girl's my wife, oh,
D A
She's, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
A A7 D
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
D7 G
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
G D A D
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio)
Intro: C Dm Am F F/G G C
C A7 Dm Dm7
When you wish up-on a star,
G7 Cdim C
Makes no difference who you are,
C Dm Am F
Anything your heart desires
F/G G C Esus4/F G7
Will come to-oooo you.
If your heart is in your dream,
No request is too extreme,
When you wish upon a star
As dream-ers do.
F C G C
Fate is kind, she brings to those who love
Am D Dm G
The sweet fulfillment of their secret long-ing.
Like a bolt out of the blue,
Fate steps in and sees you through;
When you wish upon a star,
Your dreams come true
47a
A Whole New World (Alladin)
F Bb F F Bb Dm C
I can show you the world, Shining, shimmering, splendid
Gm/D Am Dm Dm Bb F
Tell me, princess, now when did You last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes, Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under On a magic carpet ride
Bb C F
A whole new world
F Bb C or Dm
A new fantastic point of view
Bb F
No one to tell us no
Bb F
Or where to go
Dm G C
Or say we're only dreaming
Bb C F
A whole new world
F Bb C or Dm
A dazzling place I never knew
Bb F
But when I'm way up here
Bb F
It's crystal clear
Dm G C Dm
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
F G C F
Now I'm in a whole new world with you
Unbelievable sights, Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling Through an endless diamond sky
A whole new world Don't you dare close your eyes
A hundred thousand things to see Hold your breath - it gets better
I'm like a shooting star I've come so far
I can't go back to where I used to be
A whole new world Every turn a surprise
With new horizons to pursue Every moment red-letter
I'll chase them anywhere There's time to spare
Let me share this whole new world with you
Bb C
A whole new world
Bb C
That's where we'll be
Bb C
A thrilling chase
Bb C
A wondrous place
F
For you and me 47b
Spiritual & Religious Songs
All Through the Night
G Em A D
Sleep my child, let peace attend thee
C D G
All through the night.
G Em A D
Guardian angels God will send thee
C D G
All Through the night.
C G/B Am G/B Am G/B Am G/B
Soft the drow-sy hours are creeping
Am G/B Am G D
Hill and vale in slumber sleeping.
G Em A D
Eye my loved one watch and keep him
C D G
All through the night.
Angels watching, e'er around thee,
All through the night
Midnight slumber close surround thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night
Amazing Grace
D G D
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
A7
That saved a wretch like me.
D G D
I once was lost, but now im found,
A7 D
Was blind, but now I see.
T’was Grace that taught my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
‘Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far
and Grace will lead me home.
When we’ve been here ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun.
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’ve first begun. 48a
Down By the Riverside
G
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
D7 G
Down by the riverside, Down by the riverside, Down by the riverside
Gonna lay down my sword and shield Down by the riverside
D D7 G
Ain’t gonna study war no more.
C
I ain't gonna study war no more,
G
I ain't gonna study war no more,
D D7 G
I ain t gonna Study war no more.
Gonna stick my sword in the golden sand;
Gonna put on my long white robe;
Gonna put on my starry crown;
Gonna put on my golden shoes,
Gonna walk with the Prince of Peace.
Ezekiel Saw a Wheel
F
Ezekiel saw a wheel
C7 F
Way up in the middle of the air
A wheel within a wheel
C7 F
Way up in the middle of the air
And the little wheel run by faith
C7 F
And the big wheel run by the grace of God
A wheel within a wheel
C7 F
Way up in the middle of the air
Ezekiel saw a fire a-burnin’
Ezekiel saw a flower a-bloomin’
For the Beauty of the Earth
G D C D G C G Em(*22030)G
For the Beauty of the earth, For the beauty of the skies
G D C D G C G Em* G
For the love which from our birth over and around us lies,
Em* G D C G C G D G
Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise 48b
For the wonder of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flow'r,
Sun and moon, and stars of light;
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild;
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
How Great Thou Art
A D
O Lord my God when I in awesome wonder
A E A
Consider all the works thy hand has made
D
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
A E A
Your power through- out the uni- verse dis- played
A D A
Then sings my soul, my saviour God to thee
E A
How great thou art, how great thou art
A D A
Then sings my soul, my saviour God to thee
E D E A
How great thou art, how great thou art
When through the woods and forest glades I wander,
I hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze;
But when I think that God, his Son not sparing,
Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in,
That on the cross my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin;
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim, "My God, how great thou art!
49a
Let There be Peace On Earth
C Am F G C Am Dm G
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.
C Am D D7 Em E7
Let there be peace on earth the peace that was meant to be.
Am Em F G C
With God as our father Brothers all are we.
Am D G Am D G G7
Let me walk with my brother in perfect harmony.
C Am Dm G C Am Dm G
Let peace begin with me Let this be the moment now.
C Am D D7 Em E7
With every step I take let this be my solemn vow.
C C7/E F D
Take each moment and live each moment with peace eternally.
C G Am C Dm G C
Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me
Lord of the Dance
CHORUS:
G Em G
Dance, dance, wherever you may be..
Em D
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He.
G Em G
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be..
D G
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
G Em G
I danced in the morning when the world was begun.
D C D
I danced in the Moon and the Stars and the Sun.
G D Em
I came down from Heaven and I danced on Earth..
D C G
at Bethlehem I had my birth.
I danced for the scribes and the Pharisees,
But they would not dance and they wouldn't follow me.
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John;
They came with me and the Dance went on.
I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame.
The Holy people said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high;
They left me there on a cross to die.
danced on a Friday when the sky turned black;
Its hard to dance with the devil on your back.
They buried my body and they thought I'd gone,
But I am the dance and I still go on. 49b
They cut me down, and I leaped up high,
For I am the life that will never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me,
For I am the Lord of the Dance, said He.
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
A D A
Michael Row The Boat Ashore Alle-Leu-ia
A D E A
Michael row the boat ashore alle-leu-u-ia
Sister help to trim the sail, alleluia (repeat)
Jordan's river is chilly and cold, alleluia (repeat)
Kills the body, but not the soul, alleluia (repeat)
Jordan's river is deep and wide, alleluia (repeat)
Meet my mother on the other side, alleluia (repeat)
Morning Has Broken
Intro: D G A F# Bm G7 C F C
(N.C.) C Dm G F C
Morning has broken, like the first morning
(C) Em Am D7sus D G
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
C F C Am D
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
G C F G7 C F
Praise for the springing fresh from the world
G E Am G C G7sus
Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven,
Like the first dew fall on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass.
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning,
Born of the one light Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, praise every morning,
God's re-creation of the new day.
Cool the gray clouds roll, peaking the mountains,
Gull in her free flight, swooping the skies.
Praise for the mystery, misting the morning,
Behind the shadow, waiting to shine.
I am the sunrise, warming the heavens,
Spilling my warm glow over the earth.
Praise for the brightness of this new morning,
Filling my spirit with Your great love.
Mine is a turning, mine is a new life,
Mine is a journey closer to You.
Praise for the sweet glimpse, caught in a moment,
Joy breathing deeply, dancing in flight. 50a
Rise and Shine
D G
So rise and shine, and give God dear glory, glory
D G
So rise and shine, and give God dear glory, glory
D
Rise and Shine and (Clap) give God dear glory, glory
D A D
Children of the Lord
Lord said to Noah “There’s gonna be a floody, floody”
Lord said to Noah “There’s gonna be a floody, floody”
Get those animals (Clap) Out of the muddy, muddy
Children of the Lord
Noah, he built him, He built him and arky, arky
Made it out of Hickory barky, barky
The animals they came on, They came on by two-sies, two-sies
Elephants and kangaroo-sies –oosies
It rained and poured for forty day-sies, day-sies
Nearly drove those animals, crazy
The sun came out andup the landy, landy
Everything was finedandy, dandy
The animals they came out They came out by3-zies, 3-zies
Must have been those Birds and bee-sies, bee-sies
This is the end of The end of our story, story
Everything was, Honky dorey, dorey
Rock My Soul
D D
Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham,
A7 A7
rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham,
D D
rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham,
A7 D
oh, rock a soul.
Too high, can’t get over it (3x)
Gotta go through the door.
Too wide, can't get round it (3x)
Gotta go through the door.
Too deep, can't get under it (3x)
Gotta go through the door.
Too high, can't get over it
Too wide, can't get round it
Too deep, can't get under it
Gotta go through the door. 50b
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
D G D Swing low, sweet chariot,
A7
Comin' for to carry me home.
D7 G D
Swing low, sweet chariot,
A7 D
Comin' for to carry me home.
D G D
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see,
A7
Comin' for to carry me home.
D7 G D
A band of angels comin' after me,
A7 D
Comin' for to carry me home
Chorus
If you get there before I do,
Comin' for to carry me home,
Tell all my friends I'm comin' too,
Comin' for to carry me home.
This Train
D
This train is bound for glory, this train!
A7
This train is bound for glory, this train!
D D7
This train is bound for glory,
G G7 D
Don’t carry nothin’ but the righteous and the holy
D
This train is bound for glory, this train!
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train,
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train,
This train don't carry no gamblers
No hypocrites, no midnight ramblers,
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train don't carry no liars, this train,
This train don't carry no liars, this train,
This train don't carry no liars,
Truth is what the Lord desires,
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train,
This train is bound for glory, this train,
This train is bound for glory,
Don't ride nothin' but the righteous and holy
This train is bound for glory, this train. 51a
Wade in the Water
Chorus:
Am E7 1000xx E
Wade in the Water
Am E7 1000xx E
Wade in the Water, children
Am E7 1000xx E
wade in the Water
E............................
God's gonna trouble the Water
Who are these children all dressed in white?
God's gonna trouble the water
Must be the children that Moses led
God's gonna trouble the water.
Who's that young girl dressed in white
Wade in the Water
Must be the Children of Israelites
God's gonna trouble the Water.
Jordan's water is chilly and cold.
God's gonna trouble the water.
It chills the body, but not the soul.
God's gonna trouble the water.
If you get there before I do.
God's gonna trouble the water.
Tell all of my friends I'm coming too.
God's gonna trouble the water.
When the Saints
C
O when the saints go marchin' in,
G7
O when the saints go marchin' in,
C7 F
Lord, I want to be in that number
C G7 C
When the saints go marchin' in.
Oh, when the trumpet sounds its call
Oh, when the trumpet sounds its call
Oh, how I want to be in that number
When the trumpet sounds its call
Oh, when the saints come marching in
Oh, when the saints come marching in
Oh yes, I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in
51b
You Can't Get to Heaven
G
Oh, the Deacon went d own, (Oh, the Deacon went down)
To the cellar to pray (To the cellar to pray)
D7
He found a jug (He found a jug)
G
And he stayed al l day (And he stayed all day).
G7 C
Oh the deacon went down to the cellar to pray
G
He found a jug and he stayed all day,
Chorus:
D7 G
I won't grieve my Lord no more (my Lord no more)
G7 C
I ain't gonna grieve my Lord no more
G
Ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more
D7 G
Ain't a-gonna grieve my Lord no more.
You can’t get to Heaven (Oh you can’t get to Heaven)
In an old Ford car (in an old Ford car)
'Cos an old Ford car ('cos an old Ford car)
Won't get that far (won't get that far)
Oh you can’t get to Heaven in an old Ford car
'Cos an old Ford car won't get that far
I ain't gonna grieve....... my Lord no more
You can’t get to Heaven....... on a ping pong ball
'Cos a ping pong ball...... is much too small
You can’t get to Heaven..... in a limousine
'Cos the Lord don't sell...... no gasoline
You can’t get to Heaven..... in a Jumbo Jet
'Cos the Lord aint got..... no runways yet
You can’t get to Heaven..... in a rocking chair
'Cos the Lord don't want..... no rockers there
You can’t get to Heaven...... in an apple tree
'Cos an apple tree......'s got roots you see
You can’t get to Heaven...... on roller skates
'Cos you'd slip right past...... them Pearly Gates
You can’t get to Heaven..... in a Playtex bra
'Cos a Playtex bra......won't stretch that far
You can’t get to Heaven...... on a plate of glass
'Cos a plate of glass..... will cut your ... leg 52a
You can’t get to Heaven....... on Grampa's bike
'Cos you'll get halfway there, then you'll have to hike
You can’t get to Heaven........ in Uncle Dave's car
'Cos Uncle Dave's car .......stops at every bar
You can’t get to Heaven....... with a bottle of gin
'Cos St Peter won't....... let spirits in
Oh I want to go to Heaven...... and I want to do it right
So I'll go up to Heaven....... all dressed in white
Oh one fine day....... and it won't be long
You'll look for me........and I'll be gone
And if you get to Heaven .......before I do
Just drill a hole....... and pull me through
52b
Quiet and Lullabies
Good Night Ladies
C G7
Good night ladies, Good night ladies
C F C G7 C
Good night ladies, We're going to leave you now
Chorus:
C G7 C
Merrily we roll along, roll along, roll along
C F G7 C
Merrily we roll along, over the deep blue sea
Farewell, ladies …
Sweet dreams, ladies …
Happy Trails
C G7
Happy trails to you until we meet again
C
Happy trails to you keep smiling until then
F
Who cares about the clouds when we're together
A7 D7 G7
Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather
C A7 Dm G7 C
Happy trails to you till we meet a-gain
Hush, Little Baby
D A
Hush little baby, don't say a word,
A D
Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird
And if that mockingbird don't sing,
Mama's going to buy you a diamond ring.
And if that diamond ring turns brass,
Mama's going to buy you a looking glass.
And if that looking glass gets broke,
Mama's going to buy you a billy goat.
And if that billy goat won't pull,
Mama's going to buy you a cart and bull.
And if that cart and bull turn over,
Mama's going to buy you a dog named Rover.
53a
And if that dog named Rover won't bark,
Mama's going to buy you a horse and cart.
And if that horse and cart fall down,
You'll still be the sweetest little baby in town.
In the Evening by the Moonlight
G G7
In the evening by the moonlight,
C Cm G
You could hear the people singing,
In the evening by the moonlight,
Em A7 D7
You could hear those banjos ringing.
G G7
How the old folks would enjoy it,
C Cm
They would sit all night and listen,
E7 A7 D7 G
As we sang in the evening by the moonlight.
The Riddle Song
C F C
I gave my love a cherry that had no stone
G7 C G7
I gave my love a chicken that had no bone
Dm C G7
I gave my love a ring that had no end
F Am F G7 C
I gave my love a baby with no cry-ing
How can there be a cherry
That has no stone?
And how can there be a chicken
That has no bone?
How can there be a story
That has no end?
And how can there be a baby
With no crying?
A cherry when it's blooming
It has no stone
A chicken when it's piping
It has no bone
The story that I love you
It has no end
A baby when it's sleeping
It's no crying.
53b
Stay Awake
G Em D
Stay awake don't rest your head
C G
Don't lie down upon your bed
G Em C
While the moon drifts in the skies
B7 D G D Em G
Stay awake don't close your eyes
G Em D
Though the world is fast asleep
C G
Though your pillow's soft and deep
G Em C
You're not sleepy as you seem
B7 D G D Em D
Stay awake don't nod and dream
B7 D G D Em G
Stay awake don't nod and dream
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
D G D
Swing low, sweet chariot,
A7
Comin' for to carry me home.
D7 G D
Swing low, sweet chariot,
A7 D
Comin' for to carry me home.
I looked over Jordan and what did I see
Comin' for to carry me home
A band of angels comin' after me
Comin' for to carry me home
If you get to heaven before I do
Comin' for to carry me home
Tell all my friends I'm comin' there too
Comin' for to carry me home
I'm sometimes up and sometimes down
Comin' for to carry me home
But still I know I'm heavenly bound
Comin' for to carry me home
If I get there before you do
Comin' for to carry me home
I'll cut a hole and pull you through
Comin' for to carry me home 54a
Taps
Day is done, Gone the sun,
From the lake, From the hills, from the sky;
All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh.
Fades the light, Falls the night,
O'er the vale, O'er the hill, o'er the sky;
From afar, Shines a star; in the night.
Sleep and dream, Every beam,
God keep watch over all Thru the night
We shall meet with the morn', so good night.
Tell Me Why
F C
Tell me why the stars do shine
F G
Tell me why the ivy twines
C F C
Tell me why the ocean's blue
F G C
And I will tell you just why I love you
Because God made the stars to shine,
Because God made the ivy twine,
Because God made the sky so blue,
Because God made you, that's why I love you.
I really think that dear God above
Created you just for me to love;
He picked you out from all the rest
Because he knew that I'd love you the best.
Toora, Loora, Loora
C C7 F F#dim7
Toora, loora, loora, Toora, loora, li
C - F C - Am7 D7 G - G7
Toora, loora, loora, Hush, now, don't you cry
C C7 F F#dim7
Ah, Toora, loora, loora, Toora, loora, li
C - F C - Am7 D7 G C
Toora, loora, loora -- It's an Irish lullaby
C Am G
Over in Killarney, many years ago
C Am D7 C
My mother sang this song to me in tones so sweet and low
C Am G
Just a simple little ditty in her good old Irish way
F C - Am D7 G - G7(#5)
And I'd give the world if she could sing that song to me this day
54b
Alphabetical Index
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes 46
A Hundred Miles 11
A Whole New World 47
All I Ask of You 37
All Through the Night 48
Amazing Grace 48
America the Beautiful 22
American Pie 25
And the Green Grass Grew All Around 18
Austrian Yodeler 18
Battle Hymn of the Republic 22
Bill Grogan's Goat 8
Bingo 19
Blowin’ In the Wind 26
Boa Constrictor 19
California Drinking Song 8
Camelot 37
Cats in the Cradle 26
Chim Chim Cher-ee 45
Clementine 8
Climb Every Mountain 38
Coconut 27
Consider Yourself 38
Country Roads 4
Dock of the Bay 27
Down By the Riverside 48
Down in the Valley 4
Down on the Corner 28
Eddie Cucha Cacha Camma 9
Edelweiss 38
Ezekiel Saw a Wheel 48
Feed the Birds 46
Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge Song 28
For the Beauty of the Earth 48
Found a Peanut 10
Gee Mom, I Wanna Go Home 5
God Bless America 22
Good Night, Ladies 53
Grand Old Flag 22
Grandma's Feather Bed 11
Happy Trails 5, 53
Here Comes the Sun 28
Home on the Range 5
Homeward Bound 28
House of the Rising Sun 29
How Great Thou Art 49
Hush, Little Baby 53
I Can See Clearly Now 29
I Could Have Danced All Night 38
I Get Around 30
I Know an Old Woman 19
I Love the Mountains 19
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing 29
If I Had A Hammer 12
If I Were a Rich Man 39
In A Cabin, In A Wood 4, 19
In the Evening By the Moonlight 53
I've Been Working On the Railroad 12
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt 20
Kookaburra 20
Lean on Me 30
Let It Be 31
Let There Be Peace on Earth 49
Let Your Love Flow 31
Little Red Caboose 20
Listen to the Music 31
Lord of the Dance 49
Margaritaville 32
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore 50
Moon River 39
Moon Shadow 32
Morning Has Broken 50
MTA, The 13
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean 13
My Country 'Tis of Thee 22
My Favorite Things 39
My Grandfather’s Clock 10
Oh Shenendoah 6
Oh Susannah 13
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning 39
Old Man River 40
Old Mother Leary 20
One Tin Soldier 33
On the Street Where You Live 40
On Top of Old Smokey 14
Once Upon a Dream 46
Over the Rainbow 40
Puff, the Magic Dragon 14
Que Sera, Sera 41
Rainbow Connection, The 41
Rise and Shine 50
Rock-a-My Soul 50
Rocky Mountain High 33
Row Your Boat 20
San Francisco 34
Seventy Six Trombones 41
Shall We Dance? 42
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain 20
Show Me the Way to Go Home 15
Sixpence 15
Smokey, the Bear 6
Some Enchanted Evening 42
Stand By Me 34
Star Spangled Banner 23
Stars and Stripes Forever 23
Stay Awake 54
Summertime 42
Sunrise, Sunset 42
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 46
Sweet Betsy from Pike 15
Sweet Violets 16
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 51, 54
Taps 54
Tell Me Why 54
The Bare Necessities 45
The Bear Song 4
The Bear Went Over the Mountain 4
The Erie Canal 9
The Fox 10
The Happy Wanderer 5
The Most Unlucky Man 12
The Rainbow Connection 41
The Riddle Song 14, 53
The Rose 33
This Land Is Your Land 24
This Train 51
Three Bears 21
Titanic 16
Tomorrow 43
Tonight 43
Toora Loora Loora 54
Twist & Shout 34
Up On The Roof 34
Wade in the Water 51
Waltzing with Bears 7
What A Wonderful World 35
When I First Came To This Land 16
When Johnny Comes Marching Home 24
When the Saints Go Marching In 51
When You Wish Upon a Star 47
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? 17
Where Is Love? 43
White Coral Bells 21
With a Little Bit of Luck 43
With A Little Help From My Friends 35
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly 44
Yankee Doodle 24
Yesterday 35
You Are My Sunshine 17
You Can’t Get to Heaven 52
You’ve Got A Friend 36
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Revised June, 2015