table of contents · oh it’s [c] lonesome away from your [f] kindred and all. by the [g7]...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Bushel And A Peck......................3

A Little Bitty Tear............................4

A Little Help From My Friends.......5

A Pub With No Beer........................6

A World Of Our Own......................7

Act Naturally...................................8

Ain’t That a Shame..........................9

Amazing Grace..............................10

Another Saturday Night,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,11

Back Home Again..........................12

Bad Moon Rising...........................13

Blowing In The Wind....................14

Blueberry Hill................................15

Brown Eyed Girl............................16

Bye Bye Love................................17

Can’t Help Falling in Love............18

Chapel of Love...............................19

Cool Water.....................................20

Crawdad Song................................21

Dear Abby......................................22

Don’t Think Twice.........................23

Don’t Worry, Be Happy.................24

Down On The Corner.....................25

Downtown......................................26

Five Foot Two................................27

Folsom Prison Blues.......................28

Four Strong Winds..........................29

From Me to You.............................30

Goodnight Irene..............................31

Grandpa Was A Carpenter.............32

Hey, Good Lookin’.........................33

Home On The Range......................34

I Ain’t Got No Home......................35

I’d Like To Teach The World.........36

Island Style......................................37

Istanbul............................................38

It’s My Lazy Day....................39

Jamaica Farewell.....................40

Jambalaya................................41

Kansas City Star......................42

Keep on The Sunny Side.........43

Lone Star and Pearl.................44

Me and Bobby McGee............45

My Darling Clementine..........46

Moonshadow...........................47

Never-ending Song of Love....49

Oklahoma Hills.......................50

Pamela Brown.........................51

Pearly Shells............................52

Puff the Magic Dragon............53

Red Red Robin........................54

Ring of Fire.............................55

Rocky Top...............................56

Secret Agent Man....................57

Somewhere Over the Rainbow.58

Sweet Caroline.........................59

Sweet Georgia Brown..............60

The Ballad of Jesse James.......61

This Land is Your Land...........62

Twenty Naked Pentecostals.....63

Wabash Cannonball.................64

Wild Rover..............................65

Wild Side of Life.....................66

Will The Circle Be Unbroken..67

Yesterday.................................68

You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere.......69

You Are My Sunshine.............70

Christmas Songs

Merry Xmas (War Is Over)......71

Mele Kalikimaka......................72

Silver Bells...............................73

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A Bushel and a Peck Frank Loesser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTeKfyJkCZQ

[C] I love you a bushel and a peck,

A bushel and a peck,

And a [G7] hug around the neck.

A hug around the neck,

And a [C] barrel and a heap

A [D7] barrel and a heap and

I’m [G7] talkin’ in my sleep

[F] About you. [G7] About [C] you.

[C] I love you a bushel and a peck

Ya’ bet your purty [G7] neck I [C] do.

Doodle-oodle [G7] do do

[C] Doodle-oodle [F] do do

[C] Doodle-oodle [G7] do do do. [C]

Kazukuleles:

Doodle-oodle [G7] do do

[C] Doodle-oodle [F] do do

[C] Doodle-oodle [G7] do do do. [C]

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A Little Bitty Tear Hank Cochran

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_uq61U90Xs

[C] When you said you were leaving [G7] tomorrow,

That today was our last [C] day,

I said there'd be no [F] sorrow,

That I'd [C] laugh when [G7] you walked [C] away.

[NC] But, a [C] little bitty tear let me [G7] down.

Spoiled my act as a [C] clown.

I had it made up not to make a [F] frown,

But a [C] little bitty [G7] tear let me [C] down.

I said I'd laugh when you [G7] left me,

Pull a funny as you went out the [C] door.

That I'd have another one a-[F]-waiting,

To [C] wave good [G7] bye as you [C] go.

But a [C] little bitty tear let me [G7] down,

Spoiled my act as a [C] clown,


But a [C] little bitty [G7] tear let me [C] down,

Everything went out like I planned [G7] it,

I really put on quite a [C] show.

I thought that I was gonna [F] stand it,

But, [C] when you'd [G7] got through the [C] door.

Then a [C] little bitty tear let me [G7] down,

Spoiled my act as a [C] clown.


But, a [C] little bitty [G7] tear let me [C] down.

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A Little Help from My Friends Lennon/McCartney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhPu8mJhWKY

INTRO:

[G] Mmm I get [F] high with a little [C] help from my [G] friends

Mmm gonna [F] try with a little [C] help from my [G] friends [D7]

[G] What would you [D] think if I [Am] sang out of tune,

Would you stand up and [D7] walk out on [G] me?

Lend me your [D] ears and I'll [Am] sing you a song,

And I'll try not to [D7] sing out of [G] key.

Oh, I get [F] by with a little [C] help from my [G] friends,

Mmm, I get [F] high with a little [C] help from my [G] friends.

Mmm, gonna [F] try with a little [C] help from my [G] friends. [D]↓ 2 3 4

M: [G] What do I [D] do when my [Am] love is away?

W: Does it worry you to [D] be a-[G]-lone?

M: How do I [D] feel by the [Am] end of the day,

W: Are you sad because you're [D] on your [G] own?



Mmm, gonna [F] try with a little [C] help from my [G] friends.

W: Do you [Em] need any-[A7]-body?

M: I [G] need some-[F]-body to [C] love.

W: Could it [Em] be any-[A7]-body?

M: I [G] want some-[F]-body to [C] love.

W: [G] Would you bel-[D]-ieve in [Am] love at first sight?

M: Yes, I'm certain that it [D] happens all the [G] time.

W: What do you [D] see when you [Am] turn out the light?

M: I can't tell you but I [D] know it’s [G] mine.




Do you [Em] need any-[A7]-body? I [G] need some-[F]-body to [C] love.

Could it [Em] be any-[A7]-body? I [G] want some-[F]-body to [C] love.




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A Pub with No Beer

Slim Dusty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJW19nlzb3Q

INTRO:

[C] But there’s nothing so lonesome [F] morbid or drear

Than to [G7] stand in the bar of a pub with no [C] beer.

Oh it’s [C] lonesome away from your [F] kindred and all,

By the [G7] campfire at night where the wild dingoes [C] call.

But there’s nothing so lonesome [F] morbid or drear,


Now the [C] publican’s anxious for the [F] quota to come.

And there’s a [G7] faraway look on the face of the [C] bum.

The maids gone all cranky and the [F] cook’s acting queer.

Oh, what a [G7] terrible place is a pub with no [C] beer.

Then the [C] stockman rides up with his [F] dry dusty throat.

He [G7] breasts up to the bar, pulls a wad from his [C] coat.

But the smile on his face quickly [F] turns to a sneer,

As the [G7] barman says sadly, “The pub’s got no [C] beer.”

Then the [C] swaggie comes in smothered [F] in dust and flies,

He [G7] throws down his roll, rubs the sweat from his [C] eyes.

But when he is told, he says, [F] “What’s this I hear?

“I’ve [G7] trudged fifty flaming miles to a pub with no [C] beer.”

Now there’s a [C] dog on the verandah, for his [F] master he waits.

But the [G7] boss is inside drinking wine with his [C] mates.

He hurries for cover and he [F] cringes in fear.

It’s [G7] no place for a dog ‘round a pub with no [C] beer.

And old [C] Billy the blacksmith, the first [F] time in his life,

Has [G7] gone home cold sober to his darling [C] wife.

He walks in the kitchen, she says, [F] “You’re early my dear.”

But [G7] then he breaks down and tells her, “The pub’s got no [C] beer.”

Oh it’s [C] lonesome away from your [F] kindred and all.

By the [G7] campfire at night where the wild dingoes [C] call.

But there’s nothing so lonesome [F] morbid or drear,


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A World of Our Own

Tom Springfield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxwqBJLU8A

Intro:

[C] And we'll [Em] live in a [F] world [G7] of our [C] own [F] [C]

Close the [C] door, light the [C7] light.

We're [F] staying home to-[C]-night

Far a-[Em]-way from the [Am] bustle

And the [F] bright city [G7] lights.

Let them [C] all fade a-[E7]-way just [F] leave us a-[C]-lone

And we'll [Em] live in a [F] world [G7] of our [C] own [F] [C]

Chorus:

We'll [G] build a [C] world of our [F] own,

That [G7] no-one else can [C] share.

All our [Am] sorrows we'll [D7] leave far be-[G]-hind us [G7] there,

And I [C] know you will [E7] find there'll [F] be peace of [C] mind,

When we [Em] live in a [F] world [G7] of our [C] own.

Oh my [C] love, oh my [C7] love, I [F] cried for you so [C] much,

Lonely [Em] nights without [Am] sleeping,

While I [F] longed for your [G7] touch.

Now your [C] lips can er-[E7]-ase the [F] heartache I've [C] known.

Come with [Em] me to a [F] world [G7] of our [C] own. [F] [C]

Chorus:

Instrumental and humming (as per verse):

Close the [C] door light the [C7] light

We're [F] staying home to-[C]-night

Far a-[Em]-way from the [Am] bustle

And the [F] bright city [G7] lights

Let them [C] all fade a-[E7]-way just [F] leave us a-[C]-lone

And we'll [Em] live in a [F] world [G7] of our [C] own [F] [C]

We'll [G] build a [C] world of our [F] own,

That [G] no-one else can [C] share.

All our [Am] sorrows we'll [D7] leave far be[G]hind us [G7] there.


When we [Em] live in a [F] world of our [Em] own. [G]


When we [Em] live in a [F] world [G] of our [C] own.

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Act Naturally written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5rpAqfd35Q

INTRO:

[C]The biggest fool that ever hit the big [F] time

And [G7] all I have to do is [C] act naturally.

[C] They're gonna put me in the [F] movies.

[C] They're gonna make a big star out of [G7] me.

We'll make a [C] film about a man that's sad and [F] lonely,

And [G7] all I have to do is act natural-[C]-ly.

Well I [G7] bet you I'm gonna be a [C] big star.

Might [G7] win an Oscar you can never [C] tell.

The [G7] movie's gonna make me a [C] big star,

'Cause [D7] I can play the part so [G7] well.

Well, I [C] hope you come and see me in the [F] movies,

[C] Then I'll know that you will plainly [G7] see.

[C] The biggest fool that ever hit the big [F] time,

And [G7] all I have to do is act natural-[C]-ly.


[C] Begging down upon his bended [G7] knee.

I'll [C] play the part but I won't need re-[F]-hearsing,

And [G7] all I have to do is act natural-[C]-ly

Well I [G7] bet you I'm gonna be a [C] big star.

Might [G7] win an Oscar you can never [C] tell.

The [G7] movie's gonna make me a [C] big star,

'Cause [D7] I can play the part so [G7] well.


[C] Begging down upon his bended [G7] knee.

I'll [C] play the part but I won't need re-[F]-hearsing,



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Ain’t That A Shame Fats Domino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbfMlk1PwGU

You made [C] me cry [C]

When you said [C] goodbye.

[C7] Ain't that a [F] shame, my tears fell like [C] rain.

[C7] Ain't that a [F] shame, you're the one to [G] blame.

You broke [C] my heart, [C]

When you said [C] we'd part.

[C7] Ain't that a [F] shame, my tears fell like [C] rain,


Farewell [C] goodbye [C]

Although [C] I'll cry,











Farewell [C] goodbye [C]

Although [C] I'll cry,



[C]

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Amazing Grace John Newton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT88jBAoVIM

[C] Amazing grace how [F] sweet the [C] sound,

That saved a wretch like [G7] me.

I [C] once was lost but [F] now I'm [C] found,

Was blind but [G7] now I [C] see.

'Twas grace that taught my [F] heart to [C] fear,

And grace my fears [G7] relieved.

How [C] precious did that [F] grace ap-[G7]-pear,

The hour I [G7] first be-[C]-lieved.

Through many dangers [F] toils and [C] snares,

We have already [G7] come.

It [C] was Grace that brought us [F] safe thus [C] far,

And Grace will [G7] bring us [C] home.





We've all been here ten [F] thousand [C] years,

Bright shining like the [G7] sun.

We've [C] no less days to [F] sing God's [C] praise,

Than when we [G7] first [C] begun.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT88jBAoVIM

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Another Saturday Night Sam Cooke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O8m0mMDpHw

Chorus:

Another [G] Saturday night that I [C] ain't got nobody,

[G] I got some money ‘cause I [D] just got paid.

Now [G] how I wish I had [C] someone to talk to.

[D] I'm in an [C] aw-ful [G] way.

[G] I got in town a [D] month ago.

I [G] seen a lot of girls since [C] then.

If I could [G] meet 'em, I could get 'em,

But as [C] yet I haven't met 'em,

That's [D] why I'm in the [C] shape I'm [G] in. Here...

Chorus:

[G] Another fella [D] told me,

He had a [G] sister who looked just [C] fine,

Instead of [G] being my deliverance,

She [C] had a strange resemblance,

To a [D] cat named [C] Frank-en-[G]stein, here...

Chorus:

[G] It's hard on a [D] fella,

When [G] he don't know his way a-[C]round.

If I don't [G] find me a honey,

To [C] help me spend my money,

I'm [D] gonna have to [C] blow this [G] town. Here it’s...

Chorus:

Repeat:

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Back Home Again John Denver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bohTOHvz1G8

There's a [G] storm across the [G7] valley, [C] clouds are rollin' in,

The [D7] afternoon is heavy on your [G] shoulders.

There's a [G] truck out on the [G7] four-lane, a [C] mile or more away,

The [D7] whinin' of his wheels just makes it [G] colder.

He's an [G] hour away from [G7] ridin', on your [C] prayers up in the sky.

And [D7] ten days on the road are barely [G] gone.

There's a [G] fire softly [G7] burning, [C] supper's on the stove,

But it's the [D7] light in your eyes that makes him [G] warm. [G7]

Chorus:

[C] Hey, it's good to [D7] be back home a-[G]-gain. [G7]

[C] Sometimes [D7] this old farm [G] feels like a [G7] long-lost [C] friend,

Yes, 'n, [D7] hey it's good, to be back home a-[G]-gain.

There’s [G] all the news to [G7] tell him, [C] how’d you spend your time?

[D7] And what's the latest thing the neighbours [G] say?

And your [G] mother called last [G7] Friday, [C] "Sunshine" made her cry.

You [D7] felt the baby move just yester-[G]-day.

Chorus:

And [C] oh, the time that [D7] I can lay this [G] tired old body [C] down

And [Am] feel your fingers [D7] feather soft up-[G]-on me.

The [C] kisses that I [D7] live for, the [G] love that lights my [C] way.

The [Am] happiness that [C] livin’ with you [D7] brings me.

It’s the [G] sweetest thing I [G7] know of, just [C] spending time with you,

It’s the [D7] little things that make a house a [G] home.

Like a [G] fire softly [G7] burning, [C] supper on the stove,

The [D7] light in your eyes, it makes me [G] warm.

Chorus:

[C] Hey, it's good to [D7] be back home a-[G]gain, you know it is.

[C] Sometimes [D7] this old farm [G] feels like a [G7] long-lost [C] friend.

[D7] Hey it's good, to be back home a-[G]-gain.

I said [D7] hey it's good, to be back home a-[C]-gain [C]/[G]

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Bad Moon Rising John Fogerty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BmEGm-mraE

[C] I see the [G7] bad [F] moon a-[C]-risin’,

I see [G7] trouble [F] on the [C] way.

I see [G7] earth-[F]quakes and [C] lightnin’,

I see [G7] bad [F] times to-[C]-day.

Chorus:

[F] Don't go around tonight.

Well it's [C] bound to take your life.

[G7] There's a [F] bad moon on the [C] rise.

[C] I hear [G7] hurri-[F]canes a-[C]-blowin’.

[C] I know the [G7] end is [F] comin’ [C] soon.

[C] I fear [G7] rivers [F] over-[C]-flowin’.

[C] I hear the [G7] voice of [F] rage and [C] ruin.

Chorus:

INSTRUMENTAL:

[C] I hear [G7] hurri-[F]-canes a-[C]-blowin’

[C] I know the [G7] end is [F] comin’ [C] soon

[C] I fear [G7] rivers [F] over-[C]-flowin’.

[C] I hear the [G7] voice of [F] rage and [C] ruin.

Chorus:

[C] Hope you [G7] got your [F] things to-[C]-gether

[C] Hope you are [G7] quite pre-[F]pared to [C] die

[C] Looks like we're [G7] in for [F] nasty [C] weather

[C] One eye is [G7] taken [F] for an [C] eye

Chorus:

[F] Don't go around tonight

Well it's [C] bound to take your life

[G7] There's a [F] bad moon on the [C] rise [C]

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Blowin’ In The Wind Bob Dylan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwgrjjIMXA

[C] How many [F] roads must a [C] man walk down,

Before you [F] call him a [G7] man?

Yes and [C] how many [F] seas must a [C] white dove sail,

Before she [F] sleeps in the [G7] sand?

Yes and [C] how many [F] times must the [C] cannonballs fly,

Before they’re [F] forever [G7] banned?

The [F] answer my [G7] friend is [C] blowin’ in the [F] wind,

The answer is [G7] blowin’ in the [C] wind.

How many [F] years can a [C] mountain exist,

Before it’s [F] washed to the [G7] sea?

Yes and [C] how many [F] years can some [C] people exist,

Before they’re al-[F]-lowed to be [G7] free?

Yes and [C] how many [F] times can a [C] man turn his head,

And pretend that he [F] just doesn’t [G7] see?


The answer is [G7] blowin’ in the [C] wind.

How many [F] times must a [C] man look up,

Before he can [F] really see the [G7] sky?

Yes and [C] how many [F] ears must [C] one man have,

Before he can [F] hear people [G7] cry?

Yes and [C] how many [F] deaths will it [C] take till he knows,

That too many [F] people have [G7] died?


The answer is [G7] blowin’ in the [C] wind. [C]

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Blueberry Hill Fats Domino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQCPrwKzdo

INTRO:

[C] Though we're a-[F]-part

You're part of me [C] still

For you were my [G7] thrill

On Blueberry [C] Hill

[NC] I found my [F] thrill


On Blueberry [G7] Hill

Where I found [C] you. [F]// [C]/ (stop)

[NC] The moon stood [F] still


And lingered un-[G7]-til,

My dreams came [C] true. [F]// [C]/

The [G] wind in the [C] willow played

Love's [G7] sweet melo-[C]-dy.

But [B7] all of those [Em] vows we made

Were [B7] never to [E7] be. //// (Stop)

[NC] Though we're a-[F]-part




The [G] wind in the [C] willow played

Love's [G7] sweet melo-[C]-dy.

But [B7] all of those [Em] vows we made

Were [B7] never to [E7] be. //// (Stop)

[NC] Though we're a-[F]-part




Though we're a [F] part



On Blueberry [C] Hill. [F]// [C]/

Or

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Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXSBe-qMGo

Opening Riff:

[G] [C] [G] [D]

A|-2-3-5-3-2-|-7--9-10—9-7---|-2-3-5-3-2--|------------|

E|-3-5-7-5-3-|-8-10-12-10-8---|-3-5-7-5-3--|-2-2-3-5 --|

C|--------------|--------------------|--------------|-2----------|

G|--------------|--------------------|--------------|------------|

[G] Hey, where did [C] we go, [G] days when the [D] rains came?

[G] Down in the [C] hollow, [G] playin' a [D] new game.

[G] Laughin’ and a-[C] runnin’ hey hey, [G] skippin’ and a-[D] jumpin’,

[G] In the misty [C] morning fog [G] with our [D] hearts a-thumpin’ and [C] you,

[D] My brown eyed [G] girl. [Em]

[C] You, my [D] brown eyed [G] girl. [D]

[G] And whatever [C] happened [G] to Tuesday and [D] so slow,

[G] Goin’ down the [C] old mine [G] with a transistor [D] radio?

[G] Standin’ in the [C] sunlight laughin’,

[G] Hidin’ behind a [D] rainbow's wall? [G] Slippin’ and a-[C]-slidin’,

[G] All along the [D] waterfall with [C] you.


[C] You, my [D] brown eyed [G] girl.

Chorus:

[D] Do you remember when [D] (Stop, four count) [NC] we used to sing,

[G] Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la-la te [D] da

[G] Sha la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la-la te [D] da, la te [G] da

[C]/[G]/[D]/

[G]/[C]/[G]/[D]

[G] So hard to [C] find my way, [G] now that I'm [D] on my own.

[G] I saw you just the [C] other day. [G] Oh my [D] you have grown.

[G] Cast my memory [C] back there lord. [G]

Sometimes I'm [D] overcome thinkin’ 'bout,

[G] Makin’ love in the [C] green grass,

[G] Behind the [D] stadium with [C] you.


[C] You my [D] brown eyed [G] girl.

Chorus:

[C]/[G]/[D]/

[G]/[C]/[G]/[D]/[G]

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Bye Bye, Love Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj5IqiY8HXM

INTRO

[C] Bye bye [G] love, [C] Bye bye [G] happiness.

[C] Hello [G] loneliness, I think I'm a-[D7]-gonna [G] cry.

[C] Bye bye, [G] love. [C] Bye bye, [G] happiness.

[C] Hello [G] loneliness, I think I'm a-[D7] gonna [G] cry.

[C] Bye bye, [G] love. [C] Bye bye, [G] sweet caress.

[C] Hello [G] emptiness, I feel like [D7] I could [G] die.

Bye [G] bye, my [D7] love, good-[G]bye. {Stop}

[NC] There goes my [D7] baby, with someone [G] new.

[G] She sure looks [D7] happy, I sure am [G] blue.

[G] She was my [C] baby, ‘til he stepped [D7] in,

[D7] Goodbye to romance, that might have [G] been.





Bye [G] bye, my [D7] love, good-[G]bye. {Stop}

[NC] I'm through with [D7] romance, I'm through with [G] love.

[G] I'm through with [D7] countin’, the stars a-[G]-bove.

[G] And here's the [C] reason, that I'm so [D7] free,

[D7] My lovin' baby, is through with [G] me.





Fade:

Bye [G] bye my [D7] love, good-[G]bye.

Bye [G] bye my [D7] love, good-[G]bye.

Bye [G] bye my [D7] love, good-[G]bye. [G]

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Can’t Help Falling In Love Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlPdfLr1FSo

INTRO:

For [F] I [G] can't [Am] help

[F] Falling in [C] love [G7] with [C] you [C]

[C] Wise [Em] men [Am] say,

Only [F] fools [C] rush [G] in. [G7]

But [F] I [G] can't [Am] help,

[F] Falling in [C] love [G7] with [C] you. [C]

[C] Shall [Em] I [Am] stay,

Would it [F] be [C] a [G] sin? [G7]

If [F] I [G] can't [Am] help,

[F] Falling in [C] love [G7] with [C] you? [C]

[Em] Like a river [B7] flows,

[Em] Surely to [B7] the sea.

[Em] Darling so it [B7] goes,

[Em] Some things [A7] are meant to [Dm] be. [G7]

[C] Take [Em] my [Am] hand,

Take my [F] whole [C] life [G] too/ [G7]

For [F] I [G] can't [Am] help,


[Em] Like a river [B7] flows,

[Em] Surely to [B7] the sea.

[Em] Darling so it [B7] goes,

[Em] Some things [A7] are meant to [Dm] be. [G7]

[C] Take [Em] my [Am] hand,

Take my [F] whole [C] life [G] too. [G7]




[F] Falling in [C] love [G] with [C] you.

or

19

Chapel Of Love Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc5stxiLSWQ

INTRO:

[Am] Goin’ to the [D7] Chapel of [G] Love.

[G] Goin’ to the chapel and we’re, gonna get married.

[Am] Goin’ to the [D] chapel and we’re,

[Am] Gonna get [D] married.

[G] Gee, I really love you and we’re, gonna get married.


[G] Spring is here, the-e-e sky is blue, woah-oh-oh

[Am] Birds all [D] sing, as [Am] if they [D] knew.

[G] Today’s the day, we’ll say, I [E7] do.

And we’ll [Am] never be [D7] lonely any-[G]-more.

[D] Because we’re ...






[G] Bells will ring, the-e-e sun will shine, woah-oh-oh.

[Am] I’ll be [D] his, and [Am] he’ll be [D] mine.

[G] We’ll love until, the end of [E7] time.

And we’ll [Am] never be [D7] lonely any-[G]-more.

[D] Because we’re...






Yeah…[E7] yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Am] Goin’ to the [D7] Chapel of [G] Love,

Yeah…[E7] yeah, yeah, yeah.


[G] Shoobie doo [Am] wop wop [G] oooo.

1202

20

Cool Water Bob Nolan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9JQkxu_ofE

Intro:

[C] Old [F] Dan and I with [G7] throats burned dry,

And [C] souls that [F] cry for [C] water. [G7] Cool, clear, [C] water.

All [C] day I face the [G7] barren waste,

With-[C]-out the taste of [G7] water. Cool, [C] water.

Old [F] Dan and I with [G7] throats burned dry,

And [C] souls that [F] cry for [C] water.

[G7] Cool, clear, [C] water.

The nights are cool and [G7] I'm a fool,

Each [C] star's a pool of [G7] water. Cool, [C] water

But [F] with the dawn I'll [G7] wake and yawn,

And [C] carry [F] on to [C] water.

[G7] Cool, clear, [C] water

Chorus:

[C] Keep a-movin' Dan, don't ya [G7] listen to him Dan,

He's a [C] devil not a man and he [G7] spreads

The burning sand with [C] water.

[F] Dan can you see that [C] big green tree,

Where the [F] water's running free,

And it's [G7] waiting there for you and [C] me?

[G7] Water. {Echo: Water.} Cool, clear, [C] water.

The [C] shadows sway and [G7] seem to say,

To-[C]-night we pray for [G7] water. Cool, [C] water.

And [F] way up there He'll [G7] hear our prayer,

And [C] show us [F] where there's [C] water.


Dan's [C] feet are sore; he's [G7] yearning for,

Just [C] one thing more than [G7] water. Cool, [C] water.

Like [F] me, I guess, he'd [G7] like to rest,

Where [C] there's no [F] quest for [C] water.


Repeat Chorus:

21

Crawdad Song (Traditional. Civil War era.)

[G] You get a line and I'll get a pole, Honey.

[G] You get a line and I'll get a D pole, Babe.

[G] You get a line and I'll get a pole.

We'll [C] go fishin' in the crawdad hole.

[G] Honey, [D] Baby [G] mine.

[G] Hurry up, babe, you slept too late, Honey.

[G] Hurry up, babe, you slept too late, [D] Babe.

[G] Hurry up, baby, you slept too late.

The [C] crawdad man went past your gate.

[G] Honey, [D] baby, [G] mine.

[G] Sittin' on the bank 'til my feet get cold, Honey.

[G] Sittin' on the bank 'til my feet get cold, [D] Babe.

[G] Sittin' on the bank 'til my feet get cold.

[C] Lookin' down that crawdad hole.

[G] Honey, [D] baby [G] mine.

[G] Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back, Honey.

[G] Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back, [D] Babe.

[G] Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back.

[C] Packin' all the crawdads he can pack.

[G] Honey, [D] baby [G] mine.

[G] Whatcha gonna do when the lake runs dry, Honey.

[G] Whatcha gonna do when the lake runs dry, [D] Babe.

[G] Whatcha gonna do when the lake runs dry.

[C] Sit on the bank, watch the crawdads die.


[G] What did the hen duck say to the drake, Honey.

[G] What did the hen duck say to the drake, [D] Babe.

[G] What did the hen duck say to the drake.

[C] Ain't no crawdads in that lake.


22

Dear Abby John Prine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2ccC4aULow

Dear [C] Abby, Dear Abby, my [F] feet are too [C] long.

My [C] hair's falling out and my [D7] rights are all [G7] wrong.

My [C] friends they all tell me, they’re [F] no friends at [C] all.

Won't you [C] write me a letter, won't you [G7] give me a [C] call.

[F] Si-[G7]-igned Be-[C]wildered

Be-[C]-wildered, Bewildered you [F] have no com-[C]-plaint.

You [C] are what you are and you [D7] ain't what you [G7] ain't.

So [C] listen up buster and [F] listen up [C] good,

Stop [C] wishin' for bad luck and [G7] knockin' on [C] wood.

Dear [C] Abby, Dear Abby, my [F] fountain pen [C] leaks.

My [C] wife hollers at me and my [D7] kids are all [G7] freaks.

Every [C] side I get up on is the [F] wrong side of [C] bed,

If it [C] weren't so expensive I'd [G7] wish I were [C] dead.

[F] Si-[G7]-igned Un-[C]-happy.

Un-[C]happy, Unhappy, you [F] have no com-[C]plaint.




Dear [C] Abby, Dear Abby, you [F] won't believe [C] this,

But my [C] stomach makes noises when-[D7]-ever I [G7] kiss.

My [C] girlfriend tells me it's [F] all in my [C] head,

But my [C] stomach tells me to [G7] write you in-[C]-stead

[F] Si-[G7]-igned, Noise-[C]-maker.

Noise-[C]-maker, Noisemaker, you [F] have no com-[C]-plaint.




Dear [C] Abby, Dear Abby, well [F] I never [C] thought,

That [C] me and my girlfriend would [D7] ever get [G7] caught.

We were [C] sittin' in the back seat just [F] shootin' the [C] breeze,

With her [C] hair up in curlers and her [G] pants to her [C] knees.

[F] Si-[G7]-igned, Just [C] Married.

Just [C] Married, Just Married, you [F] have no com-[C]plaint,



Stop [C] wishin' for bad luck and [G] knockin' on [C] wood.

[F] Si-[G7]-igned, Dear [C] Abby.

23

Don’t Think Twice Bob Dylan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iHhWh9FtsQ

[C] It ain’t no use to [G] sit and wonder [Am] why, babe.

[D7] If you don’t know by [G] now. [G7]

[C] And it ain’t no use to [G] sit and wonder [Am] why, babe.

[F] It don’t matter, any [G7] how.

[C] It ain’t no use to [G] sit and wonder [Am] why, babe.

[D7] If you don’t know by [G] now. [G7]

[C] And it ain’t no use to [G] sit and wonder [Am] why, babe.

[F] It don’t matter, any [G7] how.

When your [C] rooster crows at the [C7] break of dawn,

[F] Look out your window and [D7] I’ll be gone.

[C] You’re the [G] reason I’m [Am] traveling’ [F] on.

[C] Don’t think [G] twice, it’s all [C] right. [G]

[C] It ain’t no use in [G] turning on your [Am] light, babe.

[F] A light I’ve never [C] known. [G]

[C] And it ain’t no use in [G] turning on your [Am] light, babe,

[D7] I’m on the dark side of the [G] road. [G7]

I [C] wish there was something’ you would [C7] do or say,

To [F] try and make me change my [D7] mind and stay.

[C] We never [G] did too much [Am] talking’ any [F] way.

[C] So don’t think [G] twice, it’s all [C] right.

[C] So it ain’t no use in [G] calling’ out my [Am] name, babe,

[F] Like you never did be [G7] fore.

[C] Ain’t no use in [G] calling’ out my [Am] name, gal.

[D7] I can’t hear you any [G] more. [G7]

[C] I’m a-thinking and a-wondering walking [C7] down the road,

[F] I once loved a woman, a [D7] child I’m told,

[C] I gave her my [G] heart but she [Am] wanted my [F] soul.

[C] But don’t think [G] twice, it’s all [C] right.

[C] I'm walking down that [G] long lonesome road [Am] babe,

[F] Where I’m bound, I can’t [G] tell.

[C] But goodbye is [G] too good a [Am] word, babe,

[D7] So I’ll just say fare thee [G] well. [G7]

[C] I ain’t saying you treated [C7] me unkind,

[F] You could have done better but [D7] I don’t mind,

[C] You just [G] kinda wasted my [Am] precious [F] time.

[C] Don’t think [G] twice, it’s all [C] right.

24

Don’t Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin

1 2 3 4

Swing strum: d du |d du |d du |d du

[C] Here's a little song I wrote,

You [Dm] might want to sing it note for note

Don't [F] worry, be [C] happy.

[C] In every life we have some trouble

[Dm] When you worry, you'll make it double

Don't [F] worry, be [C] happy.

[C] Ooh-ooh Ooh-[Dm]-ooh Don’t worry.

Ooh-[F]-ooh Be happy. Ooh-[C]-ooh Don’t worry, be happy.

[C] Ain't got no place to lay your head

[Dm] Somebody came and took your bed

Don't [F] worry, be [C] happy [C]

The [C] landlord say your rent is late

[Dm] He may have to litigate

Don't [F] worry, be [C] happy [C]



[C] Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style

[Dm] Ain't got no girl to make you smile

Don't [F] worry, be [C] happy

‘Cause [C] when you worry your face will frown

And [Dm] that will bring everybody down

Don't [F] worry, be [C] happy

Don't worry, be happy now.




Ooh-[F]-ooh Be happy. Ooh-[C]-ooh. Don’t worry, be happy.

25

Down on The Corner John Fogarty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clJb4zx0o1o

INTRO:

[F] Down on the [C] corner [G] out in the [C] street.

Willy and the [F] Poorboys are [C] playin’,

Bring a [G] nickel, tap your [C] feet.

[C] Early in the evenin’ [G] just about supper [C] time.

[C] Over by the courthouse they’re [G] starting to un-[C]-wind.

[F] Four kids on the corner [C] trying to bring you up.

[C] Willy picks a tune out and he [G] blows it on the [C] harp.

[F] Down on the [C] corner, [G] out in the [C] street,



[C] Rooster hits the washboard and [G] people just got to [C] smile.

[C] Blinky thumps the gut bass and [G] solos for a-[C]-while.

[F] Poorboy twangs the rhythm out [C] on his Kalamazoo.

[C] Willy goes into a dance and [G] doubles on [C] kazoo.

(Instrumental – kazoos and ukes)

[F] Down on the [C] corner [G] out in the [C] street.



[F] Down on the [C] corner, [G] out in the [C] street.



[C] You don’t need a penny [G] just to hang a-[C]-round.

But [C] if you’ve got a nickel, won’t you [G] lay your money [C] down.

[F] Over on the corner [C] there’s a happy noise.

[C] People come from all around to [G] watch the magic [C] boy.







26

Downtown Tony Hatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx06XNfDvk0

Intro:

[F // ] Everything's [G // ] waiting for [C //// //// ] you.

[C] When you're alone and life is [F] making you [G] lonely.

You can [C] always go … [F] Down-[G]-town.

[C] When you've got worries, all the [F] noise and the [G] hurry

Seems to [C] help, I know ... [F] Down-[G]-town.

Just [Em] listen to the music of the [Am] traffic in the city.

[Em] Linger on the sidewalk where the [Am] neon signs are pretty.

[Em7] How can you lose? [F] The lights are much brighter there.

You can for-[D]-get all your troubles, forget all your cares.

So go [C] Downtown. [F] Things will be [G] great when you're [C] downtown.

[F] No finer [G] place for sure. [C] Downtown.

[F] Everything's [G] waiting for[C] you. (Downtown //// Downtown ////).

[C] Don't hang around and let your [F] problems sur-[G]-round you

there are [C] movie shows ... [F] Down-[G]-town.

[C] Maybe you know some little [F] places to [G] go to

Where they [C] never close … [F] Down-[G]-town.

Just [Em] listen to the rhythm of a [Am] gentle bossa nova.

[Em] You'll be dancing with 'em too be-[Am]-fore the night is over.

[Em7] Happy again. [F] The lights are much brighter there.

You can for-[D]-get all your troubles, forget all your cares

So go [C] Downtown. [F] Where all the [G] lights are bright, [C] Downtown.

[F] Waiting for [G] you tonight. [C] Downtown.

[F] You're gonna [G] be alright now. [C] (Downtown //// Downtown ////).

And [Em] you may find somebody kind to [Am] help and understand you.

[Em] Someone who is just like you and [Am] needs a gentle hand to.

[Em7] Guide them along. [F] So maybe I'll see you there.

We can for-[D]-get all our troubles, forget all our cares.

And go [C] Downtown. [F] Things will be [G] great when you're [C] Downtown.

[F] Don't wait a minute more, [C] Downtown. Everything is waiting for you.

(Repeat and fade): [C] Downtown //// 4 x

27

Five Foot Two Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis, Joseph Widow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWOiDJNAuA

[C] Five foot two [E7] eyes of blue,

But [A7] oh what those five feet could do.

Has [D7] anybody [G7] seen my [C] gal? [G7]

[C] Turned up nose, [E7] turned down hose,

[A7] Never had no other beaus.

Has [D7] anybody [G7] seen my [C] gal?

Now if you [E7] run into, a five foot two,

[A7] Covered with fur,

[D7] Diamond rings, and all those things,

[G7] Betcha’ life it isn’t her {STOP} {uke flip}

But [C] could she love, [E7] could she woo,

[A7] Could she, could she, could she coo?


Kazukuleles:

[C] Five foot two [E7] eyes of blue

But [A7] oh boy what those five could do


[C] Five foot two [E7] eyes of blue

But [A7] oh boy what those five could do


[C] Turned up nose, [E7] turned down hose,

[A7] Never had no other beaus.


Now if you [E7] run into, a five foot two,

[A7] Covered with fur,

[D7] Diamond rings, and all those things,

[G7] Betcha’ life it isn’t her {STOP} {uke flip}

But [C] could she love, [E7] could she woo,

[A7] Could she, could she, could she coo?

Has [D7] anybody [G7] seen my…

[D7] Anybody [G7] seen my…

[D7] Anybody [G7] seen my [C] gal? [C] [G7] [C]

28

Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash and Gordon Jenkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZPToXstS8M

INTRO:

A ----------------2--2----------------------

E -3---3----3--------------3-----------------

C -------------------------------3b----0-----

G --------------------------------------------

I [C] hear the train a-comin',

It's rollin’ round the bend.

And I ain't seen the sunshine since,

I don't know [C7] when.

I'm [F] stuck in Folsom Prison,

And time keeps draggin' [C] on.

But that [G7] train keeps a-rollin',

On down to San An-[C]-tone.

When [C] I was just a baby,

My mama told me, “Son,

Always be a good boy,

Don't ever play with [C7] guns.”

But I [F] shot a man in Reno,

Just to watch him [C] die.

When I [G7] hear that whistle

blowin’,

I hang my head and [C] cry.

Kazukuleles:

When [C] I was just a baby,

My mama told me “Son,

Always be a good boy,

Don't ever play with [C7] guns”

But I [F] shot a man in Reno,

Just to watch him [C] die.

When I [G7] hear that whistle

blowin’,

I hang my head and [C] cry.

I [C] bet there's rich folks eatin',

In a fancy dinin’ car.

They're probably drinkin' coffee,

And smokin' big [C7] cigars.

Well, I [F] know I had it comin',

I know I can't be [C] free.

But those [G7] people keep a-

movin',

And that's what tortures [C] me.

Well if they [C] freed me from this

prison,

If that railroad train was mine,

I bet I’d move it on,

A little farther down the [C7] line.

[F] Far from Folsom Prison,

That’s where I want to [C] stay.

And I’d [G7] let that lonesome

whistle,

Blow my blues a-[C]way.

And I’d [G7] let that lonesome

whistle,

Blow my blues a-[C]way.

29

Four Strong Winds Ian Tyson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP9UjLeLN5A

INTRO:

[C]I'll look [Dm] for you if I'm [F] ever back this [G] way.

Chorus:

Four strong [C] winds that blow [Dm] lonely,

Seven [G7] seas that run [C] high.

All those things that don't [Dm] change come what [G7] may.

Now our [C] good times are all [Dm] gone,

And I'm [G7] bound for moving [C] on.

I'll look [Dm] for you if I'm [F] ever back this [G] way.

Guess I'll [C] go out to Al-[Dm]-berta.

Weather's [G7] good there in the [C] fall,

Got some friends that I can [Dm] go to working [G7] for,

Still I [C] wish you’d change your [Dm] mind,

If I [G7] asked you one more [C] time,

But we've [Dm] been through that a [F] hundred times or [G] more,

Chorus:

If I [C] get there before the [Dm] snow flies,

And if [G7] things are going [C] good,

You could meet me if I [Dm] sent you down the [G7] fare.

But by [C] then it would be [Dm] winter, nothing [G7] much for you to [C] do,

And the [Dm] wind sure blows [F] cold way out [G] there.

Chorus:

Yes, our [C] good times are all [Dm] gone,

And I'm [G7] bound for moving [C] on.

I'll look [Dm] for you if I'm [F] ever back this [G] way.

I'll look [Dm] for you if I'm [F] ever back this [C] way.

30

From Me to You Lennon/McCarthy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvJbfM304o0

Kazukuleles

Da da [C] da, da da dumb dumb [Am] da.

Da da [C] da, da da dumb dumb [Am] da.

1 If there's [C] anything that you [Am] want,

If there's [C] anything I can [G7] do,

Just [F] call on me and I'll [Am] send it along,

With [C] love, from [G7] me to [C] you.

2. I've got [C] everything that you [Am] want,

Like a [C] heart that's oh, so [G7] true.



Bridge

I've got [Gm7] arms that long to [C7] hold you,

And [F] keep you by my side.

I've got [D7] lips that long to kiss you,

And [G] keep you satis-[Gaug]-fied. (ooh)

Repeat 1.

Interlude: Kazukuleles

Da da [C] da, da da Count on [Am] me,

Da da [C] da, da da dumb To [Am] you,



Repeat Bridge

3. If there's [C] anything that you [Am] want,

If there's [C] anything I can [G7] do,



To you, [Am]

To you, [Abaug]

To you. [C]

Da da [C] da, da da dumb dumb [Am]↓ da.

31

Goodnight Irene Huddie (Lead Belly) Ledbetter and John Lomax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZm96PKwtHc

Last [C] Saturday night I got [G] married

Me and my wife settled [C] down

Now me and my [C7] wife are [F] parted

Guess I‘ll [G] go for a walk down-[C]-town

Irene good-[G]-night, Irene good-[C]-night

Goodnight [C7] Irene, good-[F]-night Irene.

I'll [G] see you in my [C] dreams.

Sometimes I live in the [G] country

Sometimes I live in the [C] town

Sometimes I [C7] have a great [F] notion

To [G] jump in the river and [C] drown




Quit your ramblin' and [G] quit your gamblin'

Quit stayin' out late every [C] night

Stay home with your [C7] wife and [F] family

[G] Sit down by the fireside [C] bright




Strum (Waltz):

1 _ 2* + 3 +

d _ D* u d u

* = emphasize

the strum

32

Grandpa Was A Carpenter John Prine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1IhnQchumY

Oh, [C] Grandpa wore his suit to dinner

Nearly every [F] day.

No particular rea-[C]-son,

He just dressed that [G7] way.

[C] Brown necktie with a matching vest

And both his wingtip [F] shoes.

He built a closet on [C] our back porch

Put a [G7] penny in a burned-out [C] fuse.

Chorus:

[F] Grandpa was a carpenter,

He built houses, stores and [C] banks.

[F] Chain-smoked Camel cig-[C]-arets

And hammered nails in [G7] planks.

He was [C] level on the level,

Shaved even every [F] door,

And voted for Eisen-[C]-hower,

‘Cause [G7] Lincoln won the [C] war.

[C] Well, he used to sing me "Blood on the Saddle"

And rock me on his [F] knee,

And let me listen to the ra-[C]-dio

Before we got [G7] TV.

Well, he'd [C] drive to church on Sunday

And he'd take me with him [F] too,

Stained glass in every win-[C]-dow,

Hearing [G7] aids in every [C] pew.

Chorus:

[C] Well, Grandma was a teacher,

She went to school in Bowling [F] Green.

Traded in a milk-[C]-ing cow

For a Singer sewing mach-[G7]-ine.

Well, she [C]called her husband "Mister,"

And she walked real tall in [F] pride.

She used to buy me [C] comic books

[G7] After Grandpa [C] died.

Chorus:

33

Hey, Good Lookin’ Hank Williams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjCoKslQOEs

INTRO:

[D7] We could find us a [G7] brand new reci[C]pe

[C] Hey, hey, Good Lookin', whatcha got cookin'?

[D7] How's about cookin' [G7] somethin' up with [C] me?

Hey, sweet baby, don't you think maybe?

[D7] We could find us a [G7] brand new reci-[C]-pe.

[C7] I got a [F] hot-rod Ford and a [C] two-dollar bill,

And [F] I know a spot right [C] over the hill,

[F] There's soda pop and the [C] dancin's free.

So, if you [D7] wanna have fun come a-[G7]-long with me.

Say [C] Hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin'?


I'm [C] free and ready, so we can go steady.

[D7] How's about savin' [G7] all your time for [C] me?

No more lookin', I know I've been tooken.

[D7] How's about keepin' [G7] steady compa-[C]-ny?

[C7] I'm gonna [F] throw my date book [C] over the fence.

And [F] find me one for [C] five or ten cents.

I'll [F] keep it 'til it's [C] covered with age.

'Cause I'm [D7] writin' your name down on [G7] ev'ry page.

Say [C] Hey, Good Lookin', whatcha got cookin'?

[D7] How's about cookin' [G7] somethin' up with,

[D7] How's about cookin' [G7] somethin' up,


OUTRO:

[G7] [C]

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Home on The Range Dr. Brewster M. Higley, VI, Daniel E. Kelley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KlZuk5N2co

Oh [C] give me a [C7] home, where the [F] buffalo roam,

Where the [C] deer and the [D7] antelope [G7] play.

Where [C] seldom is [C7] heard, a dis-[F]-couraging word,

And the [C] skies are not [G7] cloudy all [C] day.

Where the [C] air is so [C7] pure, and the [F] zephyrs so free,

The [C] breezes so [D7] balmy and [G7] light.

That I [C] would not ex-[C7]-change, my [F] home on the range,

For [C] all of the [G7] cities so [C] bright.

[C] Home [G7] home on the [C] range,

Where the [Am] deer and the [D7] antelope [G7] play.



How [C] often at [C7] night, when the [F] heavens are bright,

With the [C] light from the [D7] glittering [G7] stars,

Have I [C] stood there a-[C7]-mazed, and [F] asked as I gazed,

If their [C] glory ex-[G7]-ceeds that of [C] ours.

Oh, I [C] love these wild [C7] flowers, in this [F] dear land of ours,

The [C] curlew I [D7] love to hear [G7] cry.

And I [C] love the white [C7] rocks, and the [F] antelope flocks,

That [C] graze on the [G7] mountain slopes [C] high.





Oh [C] give me a [C7] land, where the [F] bright diamond sand,

Flows [C] leisurely [D7] down in the [G7] stream.

Where the [C] graceful white [C7] swan, goes [F] gliding along,

Like a [C] maid in a [G7] heavenly [C] dream.




And the [C] skies are not [G7] cloudy all [C] day. [C]

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I Ain't Got No Home Woody Guthrie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z6OEqc0uS0

[C] I ain't got no home, I'm [F] just a-roamin' [C] 'round,

Just a wandrin' worker, [D7] I go from town to [G7] town.

And [C] the police make it [F] hard wherever I may [C] go

And I ain't got no home in this [G7] world any-[C]-more.

My brothers and my sisters are [F] stranded on this [C] road,

A hot and dusty road [D7] that a million feet have [G7] trod;

Rich [C] man took my home and [F] drove me from my [C] door,


Was a-farmin' on the [F] shares, and always I was [C] poor;

My crops I lay in-[D7]-to the banker's [G7] store.

My [C] wife took down and [F] died upon the cabin [C] floor,


I mined in your mines and [F] I gathered in your [C] corn,

I been working, mister, [D7] since the day I was [G7] born.

Now [C] I worry all the [F] time like I never did be-[C]-fore.

'Cause I ain't got no home in this [G7] world any-[C]-more.

Now as I look around, [F] it's mighty plain to [C] see,

This world is such a [D7] great and a funny place to [G7] be;

Oh, [C] the gamblin' man is [F] rich an' the workin' man is [C] poor,


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I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing by William M. Backer, Roger F. Cook, Roquel Davis, Roger Greenaway

Additional lyrics by Bob Artale, Val Graham and kay Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg22W6oro-U

I'd [C] like to build the world a home,

And [D7] furnish it with love.

Grow [G7] apple trees and honeybees,

And [F] snow white turtle [C] doves.

I'd [C] like to build the world a home,

And [D7] furnish it with love.

Grow [G7] apple trees and honeybees,

And [F] snow white turtle [C] doves.

I'd [C] like to teach the world to sing,

In [D7] perfect harmony.

I'd [G7] like to hold it in my arms,

And [F] keep it compa-[C]-ny.

[NC] That's the song I [C] hear;

Let the world sing [D7] today,

A [G7] song of peace that echoes on,

And [F] never goes a-[C]-way

I'd [C] like to see the world for once,

All [D7] standing hand in hand.

And [G7] hear them echo through the hills,

For [F] peace throughout the [C] land.

We’d [C] like to teach the world to play,

The [D7] uk-u-le-le.

To [G7] to harmonize with everyone,

And [F] fill the world with [C] glee.

[NC] That’s song we [C] sing;

Come right this [D7] way,

We’ll [G7] strum some chords and sing some songs,

And [F] have an awesome [C] day.

[C]\\\\ [G7] \\\\ [C] {Strum-roll}

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Island Style John Cruz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deUT1tDmznw

INTRO:

[C] From the [G7] windward to the [C] leeward side.

Chorus:

On the [F] island, we do it [C] island style.

From the mountain to the ocean,

From the [G7] windward to the [C] leeward side. [C7]

(Repeat)

[C]Mama's in the kitchen [F] cooking [C] dinner real nice.

Beef stew on the stove, lomi [G7] salmon with the [C] ice.

We eat and drink and we [F] sing all [C] day,

Kani ka pila in the [G7] old Hawaiian [C] way.

Chorus:

We go grandma`s house on the [F] weekend clean [C] yard `cause,

If we no go grandma [G7] gotta work [C] hard.

You know my grandma she like the [F] poi real [C] sour.

I love my grandma every [G7] minute every [C] hour.

Chorus:

Instrumental: Verse then Chorus

Repeat: 1st Verse

Chorus: 2x

Outro:

From the [C] mountain to the ocean,

From the [G7] windward to the [C] leeward side

[C] / [G7] / [C] /

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Istanbul Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcze7EGorOk

[Am] Istanbul was Constantinople.

Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople.

Been a [E7] long time gone, Constantinople.

[Am] Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night.

[Am] Every gal in Constantinople.

Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople.

So, if [E7] you've a date in Constantinople.

She'll be [Am] waiting in [E7] Istan-[Am]-bul.

Even [Am] old [E7] New [Am]York

Was once New [E7] Amster-[Am]-dam.

Why they changed it I can't say.

[Am] People just liked it [E7] better that way.

[Am] Take me back to Constantinople.

No, you can't go back to Constantinople.

Now it's [E7] Istanbul not Constantinople.

Why did [Am] Constantinople get the [E7] works?

That's nobody's business but the [Am] Turks.

Kazoo break:

[Am] Istanbul was Constantinople.

Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople.

Been a [E7] long time gone, Constantinople.

[Am] Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night.

Even [Am] old [E7] New [Am]York

Was [Am] once [E7] New Amster-[Am]-dam.

[E7] Why they changed it I can't say.

[Am] People just liked it [E7] better that way.

[Am] Take me back to Constantinople.

No, you can't go back to Constantinople.

Now it's [E7] Istanbul not Constantinople.

Why did [Am] Constantinople get the works?

That's no-[E7]-oo-oo-body's business but the [Am] Turks.

[Am] Istanbul!

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It’s My Lazy Day Smiley Burnette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1vaCoTlY2Q

[G] I might have gone fishing, I got to thinking it [C] over.

That the road to the ri-[G]-ver, is a mighty long [D7] way.

Now it could be the [G] season, no rhyme or no rea-[C]-son.

[C] I'm a taking it [G] easy, [D7] it's my lazy [G] day.

[G] Just never mind calling, cause I ain't a-[C]-coming.

Just get you on [G] by me, keep out of my [D7] way.

Just a little hard [G] thinking, might drive me to [C] drinking.

[C] Just taking it [G] easy, [D7] it's my lazy [G] day.

[G] I ain’t asking no questions, ain’t giving ad-[C]-vices.

I ain’t taking no [G] women, I ain’t wanting to [D7] play.

Just gonna look [G] stupid, don’t wanna meet [C] Cupid.

[C] Just a-taking it [G] easy, [D7] it’s my lazy [G] day.

[G] I'm findin' it easy, to mind my own [C] business.

I'm keepin' my [G] nose out, of ev'ryone's [D7] way.

I'm takin' no [G] orders, ain't hirin' no [C] people.

[C] Just takin' [G] it easy, [D7] it's my lazy [G] day.

[G] Just a-taking it easy, [D7] it’s my lazy [G] day.

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Jamaica Farewell Irving Burgie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFFlWtlDRqk

INTRO:

My [G] heart is down my head is [Am] turning around,

I had to [D7] leave a little girl in [G] Kingston town.

[G] Down the way where the [C] nights are gay,

And the [D7] sun shines daily on the [G] mountain top.

I took a trip on a [C] sailing ship,

And when I [D7] reached Jamaica I [G] made a stop.

Chorus:

But I'm [G] sad to say, I'm [Am] on my way,

[D7] Won't be back for [G] many a day.

My heart is down, my head is [Am] turning around,

I had to [D7] leave a little girl in [G] Kingston town.

Down at the market [C] you can hear,

Ladies [D7] cry out while on their [G] heads they bear,

Akee rice salt [C] fish are nice.

And the [D7] rum is fine any [G] time of year.

Chorus:

Sounds of laughter [C] everywhere,

And the [D7] dancing girls swaying [G] to and fro.

I must declare my [C] heart is there,

Though I've [D7] been from Maine to [G] Mexico.

Chorus:

Down the way where the [C] nights are gay,

And the [D7] sun shines daily on the [G] mountain top.

I took a trip on a [C] sailing ship,

And when I [D7] reached Jamaica I [G] made a stop.

Chorus:

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Jambalaya Hank Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG7-tsqDRYE

Goodbye, [C] Joe, me gotta go, me oh [G7] my oh.

Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the [C] bayou.

My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh [G7] my oh.

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the [C] bayou.

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet [G7] gumbo.

'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher [C] a-mio.

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be [G7] gay-o.

Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the [C] bayou.

Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is [G7] buzzin'.

Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the [C] dozen.

Dress in style and go hog wild, me oh [G7] my oh,






Settle down far from town, get me a [G7] pirogue.

And I'll catch all the fish in the [C] bayou.

Trade my mon, buy Yvonne what she [G7] need-o.






[G7] Son of a gun, we'll have big fun...

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun...


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Kansas City Star Roger Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqqojttaFBA

[NC] Got a [C] letter just this morning, it was post [G7] marked Omaha.

It was typed and neatly written, offering [C] me this better job.

Better job at higher wages, expenses [F] paid and a car.

But I’m on [G7] TV here locally and I can’t quit, I’m a [C] star.

I come on the TV grinning, wearing [G7] pistols and a hat.

It’s a kiddy show and I’m a hero [C] of the younger set.

I’m the number one attraction every super [F] market parking lot.

I’m the [G7] King of Kansas City, no thanks Omaha, thanks a [C] lot.

Kansas [G7] City star, that’s what I are.

[NC]Yodel-odel dee-dah, you oughta see my car.

I drive a [C] big old Cadillac with wire wheels,

Got rhine [G7] stones on the spokes.

I got credit down at the grocery store,

And my [C] barber tells me jokes.

I’m the number one attraction every super [F] market parking lot,


Kazookuleles:

Got a [C] letter just this morning, it was post [G7] marked Omaha.

It was typed and neatly written, offering [C] me this better job.

Better job at higher wages, expenses [F] paid and a car.

But I’m on [G7] TV here locally and I can’t quit, I’m a [C] star.

Kansas [G7] City star, that’s what I are.

[NC]Yodel-odel dee-dah, you oughta see my car.

I drive a [C] big old Cadillac with wire wheels,

Got rhine-[G7]-stones on the spokes.

I got credit down at the grocery store,

And my [C] barber tells me jokes.

I’m the number one attraction every super [F] market parking lot,


[Spoken] Stay tuned, we're gonna have a Popeye cartoon in a minute... (strum C)

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Keep on The Sunny Side Lyrics - Ada Blenkhorn, Music – J. Howard Entwisle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbmQQ4RfzVE

INTRO:

[C] It will help us ev’ry [C7] day, it will [F] brighten all the [C] way

If we [C] keep on the [G7] sunny side of [C] life.

There’s a [C] dark and a [F] troubled side of [C] life,

There’s a bright and a sunny side [G] too.

Though we meet with the darkness and [C] strife,

The [G] sunny side we also may [C] view.

Chorus:

[C] Keep on the [C7] sunny side,

[F] Always on the [C] sunny side,

Keep on the sunny side of [G7] life.

It will [C] help us ev’ry [C7] day,

It will [F] brighten all the [C] way,

If we keep on the [G7] sunny side of [C] life.

Though the storm and its [F] fury break to-[C]-day,

Crushing hopes that we cherished so [G] dear.

Storm and cloud will in time pass a-[C]-way,

The [G] sun again will shine bright and [C] clear.

Chorus:

Let us [C] greet with a [F] song of hope each [C] day.

Though the moments be cloudy or [G] fair.

Let us trust in our Savior al-[C]-way,

Who [G] keepeth ev’ry one in His [C] care.

Chorus:

If we [C] keep on the [G7] sunny side of [C] life [C] [G] [C]

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Lone Star and Pearl Words by Charles Barsotti

Music by Jo Ann Chaffee

[G] I was gettin’ [G7] hot ‘n’ tired ‘n’ [C] thinkin’ ‘bout a [G] swig.

The thirsty part of my tonsils was [D7] gettin’ mighty big,

So, I [G] pulled into a tavern [C] way up on a hill.

There I [G] had in [C] mind to drink un-[C]-til I had my [D7] fill.

[G] It was there I [G] seen her, a [C] settin’ at the [G]bar.

Although she was so close to me, [D] in truth she was so far.

Oh, [G] I could never [G7] have her, though [C] she’s the only girl,

‘Cause I was drinkin’ [G] Lone Star and [D7] she sat drinkin’ [G] Pearl.

Chorus:

O, [C] I drink Lone Star and [G] she drinks Pearl.

[C] Any [G] fool can [C] plainly [G] see,

We [C] come from [D7] different [G] worlds. (Stop)

Oh, I’d [G] build a little [G7] cabin down [C] in the meadow [G] green.

I know she would stick by me, through [D7] good times and through lean.

[G] We would be so [G7] happy, [C] as our days un-[G]-furled,

‘Til [C] I’d start drinkin’ [G] Lone Star and [D7] she’d start drinkin’ [G] Pearl.

Chorus:

Well, I [G] know my dream is [G7] hopeless, and [C] she can’t be my [G] wife,

So, I must leave this tavern, to [D7] lead an empty life.

So, I’ll [G] order up a six-pack, and [C] through those doors I’ll hurl,

And ride off with my [G] Lone Star, while [D7] she sets drinkin’ [G] Pearl.

Chorus:

45

Me and Bobby McGee Kris Kristofferson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-J7mLyD3yc

[C] Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train.

Feelin' nearly faded as my [G7] jeans.

Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,

Took us all the way to New [C] Orleans.

Took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana,

Blowin' sad [C7] while Bobby sang the [F] blues.

Windshield wipers slappin' time,

[C] Bobby clappin’ hands we finally,

[G7] Sang up every song that driver [C] knew. [C7]

[F] Freedom's just another word for [C] nothin' left to lose.

[G7] And nothin' ain't worth nothin', but it's [C] free. [C7]

[F] Feelin' good was easy, Lord when [C] Bobby sang the blues.

And [G7] feelin' good was good enough for me,

Good enough for me and my Bobby [C] McGee.

Key change: [D]

From the [D] coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun,

Bobby shared the secrets of my [A7] soul.

Standin' right beside me, Lord, through everything I done,

And every night she kept me from the [D] cold.

Then somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away.

[D7] Lookin' for the home I hope she’ll [G] find.

And I'd trade all my tomorrows for a [D] single yesterday,

[A7] Holdin' Bobby's body next to [D] mine.

[G] Freedom's just another word for [D] nothin' left to lose.

[A7] Nothin' left is all she left for [D] me. [D7]

[G] Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when [D] Bobby sang the blues.

[A7] Buddy, that was good enough for me,

Good enough for me and Bobby [D] McGee.

La la la, la la la la, la la la la la,

La la la la la la, [A] Bobby McGee

[A7] La la la, la la la la, la la la la la,

La la la la la la, [D] Bobby McGee.

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Moonshadow Cat Stevens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c49aDWrzeA

INTRO:

[C] Leapin’ and hoppin' on a [F] moon-[C]-shadow,

[F] Moon-[G7]-shadow, moon-[C]-shadow

Chorus:

[C] Oh, I'm bein' followed by a [F] moon-[C]-shadow,




And [F] if I [C] ever [F] lose my [C] hands,

[F] Lose my [C] plough, [Dm] lose my [G7] land

[F] If I [C] ever [F] lose my [C] hands,

[Dm] Oh-[G7]-oh-[C]oh-[Am]-oh,

[G7] I won't have to work no [C] more.

And [F] if I [C] ever [F] lose my [C] eyes,

[F] If my [C] colors [Dm] all run [G7] dry,

Yes, [F] if I [C] ever [F] lose my [C] eyes,


[G7] I won’t have to cry no [C] more.

Chorus:

And [F] if I [C] ever [F] lose my [C] legs,

[F] I won’t [C] moan ‘n’ [Dm] I won’t [G7] beg

Oh, [F] if I [C] ever [F] lose my [C] legs,


[G7] I won’t have to walk no [C] more.

And [F] if I [C] ever [F] lose my [C] mouth,

[F] All my [C] teeth, [Dm] north and [G7] south,

Yes, [F] if I [C] ever [F] lose my [C] mouth,


[G7] I won’t have to talk no [C] more.

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[D] Did it take long to [G] find me?

[D] I asked the faithful [G] light.

[D] Did it take long to [G] find me?

And [D] are you gonna stay the [G] night?







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My Darling Clementine Percy Montrose and/or Barker Bradford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arL3QzNBc6A

In a [C] cavern, in a canyon,

Excavating for a [G7] mine,

Dwelt a miner, forty-[C]-niner,

And his [G7] daughter Clemen-[C]-tine.

Chorus:

Oh, my [C] darling, oh, my darling,

Oh, my darling Clemen-[G7]-tine.

Thou art lost and gone for [C] ever,

Dreadful [G7] sorry, Clemen-[C]-tine.

Light she [C] was, and like a fairy,

And her shoes were number [G7] nine.

Herring boxes without [C] topses,

Sandals [G7] were for Clemen-[C]-tine.

Chorus:

Drove she [C] ducklings to the water

Every morning just at [G7] nine.

Hit her foot against a [C] splinter,

Fell in [G7] to the foaming [C] brine.

Chorus:

Ruby [C] lips above the water,

Blowing bubbles soft and [G7] fine,

As for me, I was no [C] swimmer,

And I [G7] lost my Clemen-[C]-tine.

Chorus:

How I [C] missed her, how I missed her,

How I missed my Clemen-[G7]-tine

Then I kissed her little [C] sister

And for-[G7]-got dear Clemen-[C]-tine.

Chorus:

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Never Ending Song of Love By Delany & Bonnie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChopL-5R9fo

[NC] I've got a [C] never-ending love for [G] you.

From now on that's all I want to [C] do.

From the first time we met I [G] knew,

I'd have a never-ending love for [C] you.

I've got a never-ending love for [G] you.


From the first time we met I [G] knew.

I'd sing my never-ending song of love for [C] you. //// {Stop}

[NC] After [F] all this time of being alone,

We can [C] love one another, live for each other from now [F] on.

[D] It’s so good I can [G] hardly stand it.

I've got a never-ending love for [G] you.



I'd sing my never-ending song of love for [C] you //// {Stop}

Kazukuleles {over Doo-doo-doo’s}

[C] I've got a never-ending love for [G] you.



I'd sing my never-ending song of love for [C] you {Stop}

[NC] After [F] all this time of being alone,

We can [C] love one another, live for each other from now [F] on.

[D] Feels so good I can [G] hardly stand it.

[NC] I’ve got a [C] never ending love for [G] you

From now [G] on that's all I want to [C] do

From the first time we met I [G] knew

I'd sing my never-ending love for [C] you,

Outro:

I'd sing my [G] never-ending song of love for [C] you.

50

OKLAHOMA HILLS Written by Woody and Jack Guthrie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sVBVOmx6Rk

INTRO:

[D7] In those [G7] Oklahoma hills where I was [C] born,

[C] Many months have come and gone,

Since I [F] wandered from my [D7] home,

In these [G7] Oklahoma hills where I was [C] born.

Many a page of life has turned,

Many [F] lessons I have [D7] learned

I [G7] feel like in those hills I still [C] belong

Chorus:

[C] Way down yonder in the Indian Nation,

I [F] rode my pony on the [D7] reservation,

In those [G7] Oklahoma hills where I was [C] born.

[C] Way down yonder in the Indian Nation,

A [F] cowboy's life was my [D7] occupation,

In those [G7] Oklahoma hills where I was [C] born,

[C] But as I sat here today,

Many a [F] mile I am [D7] away,

From the [G7] place I rode my pony through the [C] draw.

[C]Where the oak and blackjack trees,

Kiss the [F] playful prairie [D7] breeze,

In those [G7] Oklahoma hills where I was [C] born

Chorus:

[C] Well as I turn life a page,

Back to the [F] land of the great [D7] Osage,

In those [G7] Oklahoma hills where I was [C] born,

[C]Where the black oil rolls and flows

And the [F] snow white cotton [D7] grows

I feel like [G7] in those hills I still [C] belong.

Chorus:

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Pamela Brown Tom T. Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWS2TkPU-T0

[C] I wonder where I'd [F] be today if [C] she had loved me too.

[F] Probably be [G7] driving kids to [C] school.

[C] I'm the guy who [F] didn't marry [C] pretty Pamela Brown,

[F] Educated, [C] well intentioned, [D7] good girl in our [G7] town.

I [C] wonder where I'd [F] be today if [C] she had loved me [F] too,

Probably be [G7] driving kids to [C] school.

And I [F] guess I owe it [G7] all to Pamela [C] Brown.

[F] All of my [C] good times and [D7] all my roaming [G7] around.

[F] One of these days I [C] might come through your [F] town.

And I [C] guess I owe it [G7] all to Pamela [C] Brown.

I've sailed to foreign [F] countries and I've [C] walked upon their shores.

I've [F] seen the lights of [C] cities and I've [D7] been inside their [G7] doors.

I [C] guess the guy she [F] married is the [C] best part of my [F] luck,

She dug him cause he [G7] drove a pickup [C] truck.





I don't have to [F] tell you just how [C] beautiful she was,

Everything it takes to get a [D7] guy like me in [G7] love.

[C] Lord I hope she's [F] happy, she sure [C] deserves to [F] be,

Especially for [G7] what she did for [C] me.






52

Pearly Shells Traditional Hawaiian song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DUK2UdwmDs

INTRO:

[F] More than [C] all the [G7] little pearly [C] shells.

Pearly [C] shells, from the ocean,

Shining in the [F] sun, covering the [G7] shore.

When I [C] see them, my heart [F] tells me that I love you,

More than [C] all the [G7] little pearly [C] shells.

[NC] For every [G7] grain of sand upon the beach,

I’ve [C] got a kiss for you.

And I've got [G7] more left over,

For every star that [D7] twinkles in the [G7] blue.

[NC] Pearly [C] shells, from the ocean,

Shining in the [F] sun covering the [G7] shore.

When I [C] see them, my heart [F] tells me that I love you,


[NC] For every [G7] grain of sand upon the beach,

I’ve [C] got a kiss for you.

And I've got [G7] more left over,

For every star that [D7] twinkles in the [G7] blue

[NC] Pearly [C] shells, from the ocean

Shining in the [F] sun, covering the [G7] shore.

When I [C]see them, my heart [F] tells me that I love you,



53

Puff the Magic Dragon Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1G9wO9-54c

[C] Puff, the magic [Em] dragon [F] lived by the [C] sea

And [F] frolicked in the [C] autumn [Am] mist

In a [D7] land called Honah [G] Lee

[C] Little Jackie [Em] Paper [F] loved that rascal [C] Puff,

And [F] brought him strings and [C] sealing [Am] wax and

[D7] other [G] fancy [C] stuff. [G] oh...

Chorus:

[C] Puff, the magic [Em] dragon [F] lived by the [C] sea,

And [F] frolicked in the [C] autumn [Am] mist,

In a [D7] land called Honah [G] Lee.

[C] Puff, the magic [Em] dragon [F] lived by the [C] sea,

And [F] frolicked in the [C] autumn [Am] mist.

In a [D7] land called [G] Honah [C] Lee.

To-[C]-gether they would [Em] travel on a [F] boat with billowed [C] sail

[F] Jackie kept a [C] lookout [Am] perched on [D7] Puff’s gigantic [G] tail,

[C] Noble kings and [Em] princes would [F] bow whenever they [C] came,

[F] Pirate ships would [C] lower their [Am] flag when,

[D7] Puff roared [G] out his [C] name. [G] oh...

Chorus:

A [C] dragon lives for-[Em]-ever but [F] not so little [C] boys

[F] Painted wings and [C] giant [Am] rings make [D7] way for other [G] toys.

[C] One grey night it [Em] happened, Jackie [F] Paper came no [C] more

And [F] Puff that mighty [C] dra-[Am]-gon,

He [D7] ceased his [G] fearless [C] roar. [G]

[C] His head was bent in [Em] sorrow, [F] green scales fell like [C] rain,

[F] Puff no longer [C] went to [Am] play a-[D7]-long the cherry [G] lane.

With[C]out his life-long [Em] friend, [F] Puff could not be [C] brave,

So [F] Puff that mighty [C] dragon, [Am] sadly [D7] slipped in[G] to his [C] cave.

[G] oh!

Chorus:

54

Red Red Robin Harry Woods, 1926

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOn-uIDk-oE

[C] Oh when the red, red robin comes,

[G7] Bob, bob bobbin’ a[C]long, a[G7] long.

[G7] There’ll be [C] no more sobbin’,

When [G7] he starts singin’ his [C] own sweet [G7] song.

[F] Wake up, wake up you sleepyhead,

[C] Get up, get up, get out of bed.

[G7] Cheer up, cheer up the sun is red.

[F] Live, love, [C] laugh and be happy,

[G7] Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. [F] Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.

[C] Maybe I was blue, [G7] now I’m walking through,

[C] Fields of [G7] flowers.

[C] Rain may glisten, but [G7] still I listen,

For [C] hours and [G7] hours.

[F] I’m just a kid again, [C] doing what I did again,

[G7] Singin’ a [F] song.

[C] When the red, red robin comes,

[G7] Bob, bob, bobbin’,


[G7] Bob, bob, bobbin’,


[G7] Bob, bob, bobbin’ [F] alo-[C]-ong.

55

Ring of Fire

June Carter and Merle Kilgore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIBTg7q9oNc

[C] Love is a [F] burning [C] thing.

And it [G7] makes a fiery [C] ring.

Bound by [F] wild [C] desire,

I fell into a [G7] ring of [C] fire.

[G7] I fell in to a [F] burning ring of [C] fire.

I went [G7] down, down, down,

And the [F] flames went [C] higher.

And it burns, burns, burns,

The [G7] ring of [C] fire,

The [G7] ring of [C] fire.







The taste of [F] love is [C] sweet,

When [G7] hearts like ours [C] meet.

I fell for you [F] like a [C] child,

Oh, but the [G7] fire went [C]wild.










And it burns, burns, burns

The [G7] ring of [C] fire

The [G7] ring of [C] fire

56

Rocky Top Boudleaux and Felice Bryant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77hneLgt33k

[C] Wish that I was [F] on ol' [C] Rocky Top,

[Am] Down in the [G] Tennessee [C] hills.

Ain't no smoggy [F] smoke on [C] Rocky Top,

[Am] Ain't no [G] telephone [C] bills.

[C] Once I had a [F] girl on [C] Rocky Top,

[Am] Half bear, [G] other half [C] cat.

Wild as a mink and [F] sweet as [C] soda pop,

[Am] I still [G] dream about [C] that.

Chorus:

[Am] Rocky Top, you'll [G] always be,

[A7] Home sweet home to [F] me.

Good ol' [C] Rocky Top,

[C] Rocky Top, [A7] Tenne-[C]-ssee,

[C] Rocky Top, [A7] Tenne-[C]-ssee.

[C] Once two strangers [F] climbed ol' [C] Rocky Top,

[Am] Lookin' for a [G] moonshine [C] still.

Strangers ain't come [F] down from [C] Rocky Top,

[Am] Reckon they [G] never [C] will.

[C] Corn won't grow at [F] all on [C]Rocky Top,

[Am] Dirt's too [G] rocky by [C] far.

That why all the [F] folks on [C] Rocky Top,

[Am] Get their [G] corn from a [C] jar.

Chorus:

[C] I've had years of [F] cramped-up [C] city life,

[Am] Trapped like a [G] duck in a [C] pen.

All I know is it's a [F] pity [C] life,

[Am] Can't be [G] simple a-[C]-gain.

Chorus:

[C] Rocky Top, Tennessee-[A7]-ee-[F]-ee-[C]-ee.

57

Secret Agent Man Johnny Rivers, Sloane & Barry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hPm4eiiD08

[Riff Solo] Alternate between thumb on 2nd (E) string and index finger on 1st (A) string.

A| - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

E| - 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0

C| ---------------------------------------------------------

G| ---------------------------------------------------------

[Am] There's a man who [Dm] leads a life of [Am] danger,

To everyone he meets, he stays a [E7] stranger.

With [Am] every move he makes, an [Dm] other chance he takes.

[Am] Odds are he won't [Dm] live to see to-[Am]-morrow.

[Chorus]

[NC] Secret [E7] Agent [Am] man, {Stop}

[NC] Secret [E7] Agent [Am] man,

They’ve [F] given you a [E7] number and taken 'way your [Am] name.

Be [Am] ware of pretty [Dm] faces that you [Am] find,

A pretty face can hide an evil [E7] mind.

Be [Am] careful what you say, you'll [Dm] give yourself away.


Kazukulele Solo: Ukes; under softly

[Am]There's a man who [Dm] leads a life of [Am] danger,

To everyone he meets, he stays a [E7] stranger.

With [Am] every move he makes, an [Dm] other chance he takes.


Swing-[Am]-ing on the [Dm] Riviera one [Am] day,

And then laying in on Bomb-bay on the [E7] next day.

Let the [Am] wrong word slip, while kissing per-[Dm]-suasive lips,

[Am] Odds are he won't [Dm] live to see to-[Am]-morrow

[Chorus]

[Riff Solo, with emphasis on last “E”]

One beat, then, Slow strum of [Am]

58

Somewhere Over the Rainbow Harburg and Arlen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSZxmZmBfnU

[C] Somewhere, [E7] over the rainbow,

[F] Way up [C] high,

[F] There's a [C] land that I heard of,

[G7] Once in a lulla-[C]-by.


[F] Skies are [C] blue.

[F] And the [C] dreams that you dare to,

[G7] Dream really do come [C] true.

Some-[C]-day I'll wish upon a star,

And [G7] wake up where the clouds,

Are far be-[F]-hind me.

Where [C] troubles melt like lemon drops,

A-[G7]-way above the chimney tops.

That's [Am] where you'll [F] find me.


[F] Bluebirds [C] fly.

[F] Birds fly [C] over the rainbow.

[G7] Why then, oh why can't [C] I?

[C] If happy little bluebirds fly,

Be-[G7]-yond the rainbow,

Why, oh [F] why [G7] can't [C] I?

59

Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty1dwBCR6D

[C] Where it began, [F] I can't begin to knowin',

[C] But then I know it's growin’ [G] strong.

[C] Was in the Spring [F] and Spring became the Summer.

[C] Who'd have believed you'd come a-[G]-long?

[C] Hands, [C] [C6] touchin' hands, [C6]

[G7] Reachin' out, [G7] [F] touchin' me, [F] touchin' [G] you.

[G] [G] [F] [G]

[C] Sweet Caro-[F]-line.

Good times never seemed so [G] good.

[G] [G] [F] [G]

[C] I've been in-[F]-clined, to believe they never [G] would.

[F] But [Em] now [Dm] I,

[C] Look at the night, [F] and it don't seem so lonely.

[C] We fill it up, with only [G] two.

[C] And when I hurt, [F] hurtin' runs off my shoulders.

[C] How can I hurt when holding [G] you?

[C] Warm, [C] [C6] touchin' warm, [C6]

[G7] Reachin' out, [G7] [F] touchin' me, [F] touchin' [G] you.

[G] [G] [F] [G]



[G] [G] [F] [G]

[C] I've been in-[F]-clined, to believe they never [G] would/

[F] Oh, [Em] no, [Dm] no.



[G] [G] [F] [G]

[C] I've been in-[F]-clined, to believe they never [G] would.

[F] Oh, [Em] no, [Dm] no, [C]↓ no.

60

Sweet Georgia Brown Music: Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Lyrics: Kenneth Casey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvnsxpghZeY

INTRO:

[G7] Sweet [C7] Georgia [F] ↓ Brown [C7] ↓ [F] ↓

[Dm] She just got here [A7] yesterday.

[Dm] Things are hot here [A7] now they say.

[Dm] There’s [A7] a big change in [Dm] town. [Dm]

[Dm] Gals are jealous [A7] there's no doubt.

[Dm] Still the fellas [A7] rave about.

[G7] Sweet, sweet Georgia [C7] Brown [C7] ↓ [G7] ↓ [C7] ↓

And [C7] ever since she came,

The [C7] common folks all [C7] ↓ claim [A7] ↓say

Chorus:

[D7] No gal made, has got a shade on, sweet Georgia Brown

[G7] Two left feet, but oh so neat has, sweet Georgia Brown

[C7] They all sigh, and wanna die for, sweet Georgia Brown

I'll tell you just [F] why.

You [C7] know I don't [F] lie (not [A7] much).

[D7] It's been said, she knocks 'em dead, when she lands in town.

[G7] Since she came, why it's a shame, how she cools 'em down.

[Dm] Fellas [A7] she can't get, [Dm] Are fellas [A7] she ain't met.

[F] Georgia claimed her, Georgia [D7] named her,

[G7] Sweet [C7] Georgia [F] Brown. [A7]

INSTRUMENTAL:

[D7] No gal made has got a shade on, sweet Georgia Brown.

[G7] Two left feet, but oh so neat has, sweet Georgia Brown.

[C7] They all sigh, and wanna die for, sweet Georgia Brown.

I'll tell you just [F] why, [F]

You [C7] know I don't [F] lie (not [A7] much).

Chorus:

[D7] All those tips, the porter slips to, sweet Georgia Brown.

[G7] They buy clothes at fashion shows with, one dollar down.

[Dm] Oh boy, [A7] tip your hat, [Dm] Oh joy, [A7] she’s the cat.

[F] Who's that mister? She [D7] ain’t a sister.

[G7] She’s [C7] Georgia [F] ↓ Brown. [C7] ↓ [F] ↓

61

The Ballad of Jesse James Traditional 19th century

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kQBIO-VdQQ

INTRO:

He [G7] stole from the rich, and he [C] gave to the [G7] poor

He'd a hand and a [D7] heart and a [G7] brain.

Jesse [G7] James was a lad, that [C] killed many a [G7] man.

He robbed the Glendale [D7] train.

He [G7] stole from the rich, and he [C] gave to the [G7] poor.

He'd a hand and a [D7] heart and a [G7] brain.

Chorus:

Now poor [C] Jesse had a wife, to [G7] mourn for his life,

Three children they were [D7] brave.

But that [G7] dirty little coward, that [C] shot Mister [G7] Howard,

Has laid Jesse [D7] James in his [G7] grave.

It was on a Wednesday night, the [C] moon was shining [G7] bright,

They robbed the Glendale [D7] train.

And [G7] folks from miles about, all [C] said without a [G7] doubt,

It was robbed by [D7] Frank and Jesse [G7] James.

Chorus:

It was [G7] on a Saturday night, when [C] Jesse was at [G7] home,

Talking to his family [D7] brave.

A-[G7]-long came Robert Ford, like a [C] thief in the [G7] night

And he laid Jesse [D7] James in his [G7] grave.

Chorus:

Now the [G7] people held their breath, when they [C] heard of Jesse's [G7] death.

And they wondered how Jesse came to [D7] die.

It was [G7] one of his gang, Lord, [C] little Robert [G7] Ford,

Who shot Jesse [D7] James on the [G7] sly.

Now poor [C] Jesse had a wife, to [G7] mourn for his life.

Three children they were [D7] brave.





62

This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiMrvDbq3s

Chorus:

This land is [F] your land, this land is [C] my land,

From Cali-[G7]-fornia, to the New York [C] Island.

From the redwood [F] forests, to the Gulf Stream [C] waters,

[G7] This land was made for you and [C] me.

As I was [F] walking that ribbon of [C] highway,

I looked a-[G7]-bove me, that endless [C] skyway.

I saw be-[F]-low me, the Golden [C] Valley;


Chorus:

I roamed and [F] rambled, and followed my [C] footsteps

Through the sparkling [G7] sands of her diamond [C] deserts,

And all a-[F]-round me, a voice was [C] sounding,


Chorus:

As the Sun was [F] shining, and I was [C] strolling,

And the wheat fields [G7] waving and the dust clouds [C] rolling,

As the fog was [F] lifting, a voice was [C] chanting,


Chorus:

As I went [F] walking I saw a [C] sign there,

And on the [G7] sign it said, "No Tres-[C]-passing."

But on the [F] other side it didn't say [C] nothing,

[G7] That side was made for you and [C] me.

Chorus:

Nobody [F] living can ever [C] stop me,

As I go [G7] walking that freedom [C] highway.

Nobody [F] living can ever make me [C] turn back.


Chorus:

[G7] This land was made for you and [C] me. [G7] / [C]/

63

Twenty Naked Pentecostals In a Pontiac Chris Stuart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o1Y9IYPvug

[G] I was thumbin' my way down to Baton Rouge,

Standin' on the [D7] side of the road.

When a car pulled over and a voice cried out,

“We'll take you where [G] you want to go.”

I jumped inside but to my surprise,

They were naked as a [D7] poor man's toes.

It was a tight situation when the whole congregation,

Said the devil [G] was in my clothes.

Chorus:

Twenty naked Pentecostals in a Pontiac.

Brothers and [D7] sisters shoutin' in the back.

Elders in the front, choir in the trunk.

Twenty naked Pente-[G]-costals in a Pontiac.

The sermon that morning was on Adam and Eve,

And the ways of the [D7] dreadful snake.

Everybody was clappin' when the preacher pointed at me,

My body be-[G]-gan to shake.

I threw off my shirt and my shoes and my socks,

My jeans [D7] and my BVDs.

We were all in the nude shoutin', “Halleluiah!”,

And singing “Some-[G]-body Touched Me”.

Chorus:

We had the cruise control set to fifty-five,

When a Smokey [D7] got on our tail.

He pulled up beside his eyes got wide,

And the siren [G] began to wail.

We ran off the road toward the tree of life.

Lord the future was [D7] looking bleak.

We hung on and prayed everybody was saved,

Cause we all knew how to [G] turn the other cheek.

Chorus:

64

Wabash Cannonball J. A. Roff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYrr4Sb6YuA

From the [C] great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific [F] shore,

From the [G7] queen of the flowing mountains,

To the south-belles by the [C]shore.

She's mighty tall and handsome,

And known quite well by [F] all,

She's a [G7] regular combination on,

The Wabash Cannon-[C]-ball.

Chorus:

Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the [F] roar,

As she [G7] glides along the woodland,

Through the hills and by the [C] shore.

Hear the mighty rush of the engine,

Hear that lonesome hobo’s [F] call,

You're [G7] traveling through the jungle on,


She came down from Birmingham one cold December [F] day.

As she [G7] rolled into the station,

You could hear all the people [C] say,

“Now there's a gal from Tennessee,

She's long and she's [F] tall.

She [G7] came down from Birmingham on,

The Wabash Cannon-[C]-ball.”

Our eastern states are dandy so the people always [F] say,

From [G7] New York to St Louis and Chicago by the [C] way,

From the hills of Minnesota where the rippling waters [F] fall,

No [G7] changes can be taken on,

The Wabash Cannon[C] ball.

Here's to Daddy Claxton, may his name forever [F] stand,

And [G7] long to be remembered round the ports of [C] Alabam.

His earthly race is over and the curtains round him [F] fall,

We'll [G7] carry him home to Dixie on,


Chorus:

65

Wild Rover Traditional Irish Folk Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_4KboYi40I

INTRO:

[C] But now I'm returning with gold in great [F] store,

And I [C] promise to [G7] play the wild rover no [C] more.

I've [C] been a wild rover for many a [F] year,

And I [C] spent all me [F] money on [G7] whiskey and [C] beer.

But [C] now I'm returning with gold in great [F] store,

And [C] I never will [F] play the [G7] wild rover no [C] more.

Chorus:

And it's [G7] no, nay, never. (4 stomps)

[C] No, nay, never, no [F] more,

Will I [C] play the wild [F] rover,

No [G7] never, no [C] more.

I [C] went to an ale house I used to fre[F]-quent,

And I [C] told the land-[F]-lady, “Me [G7] money’s all [C] spent.”

I [C] asked her for credit, she answered me [F] "Nay…

Sure [C] a custom like [F] yours I could [G7] get any [C] day."

Chorus:

[C] And from my pocket I took sovereigns [F] bright,

And the [C] landlady's [F] eyes they lit [G7] up with de[C]-light,

She [C] said, "I have whiskeys and wines of the [F] best,

And [C] the words that I [F] told you were [G7] only in [C] jest.”

Chorus:

I'll go [C] home to me parents, confess what I've [F] done,

And I'll [C] ask them to [F] pardon their [G7] prodigal [C] son,

And [C] if they forgive me as oft times be[F]-fore,

Then I [C] promise I’ll [F] play the wild [G7] rover no [C] more!

Chorus:

66

Wild Side of Life/It Wasn’t God Hank Thompson/Kitty Wells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPvARPfquPc

INTRO:

[F] So, I [G7] wrote it in the words of this [C] song.

[C] You wouldn't read my letter if I [F] wrote you.

You [G7] asked me not to call you on the [C] phone.

But there's something I'm wanting to [F] tell you,

So, I [G7] wrote it in the words of this [C] song.

Chorus:

I didn't know God made honky-tonk [F] angels.

I [G7] should have known you'd never make a [C] wife.

You gave up the only one that ever [F] loved you,

And went [G7] back to the wild side of [C] life.

The glamor of the gay night life has [F] lured you

To the [G7] places where the wine and liquor [C] flows

There you wait to be anybody’s [F] baby

And for-[G7]-get the truest love you'll ever [C] know.

Chorus:

[C] As I sit here tonight, the jukebox [F] playing,

A [G7] tune about the wild side of [C]life.

As I listen to the words you are [F] saying,

It brings [G7] memories when I was trusting [C] wife.

Reprise Chorus:

It wasn't God who made honky-tonk [F] angels,

As you [G7] wrote in the words of your [C] song.

Too many times married men think they're still [F] single,

That has [G7] caused many a good girl to go [C]wrong.

It's a shame that all the blame is on us [F] women.

It's not [G7] true that only you men feel the [C] same.

From the start most every heart that's ever [F] broken,

Was be-[G7]-cause there always was a man to [C] blame.

Reprise Chorus:

The glamor of the gay night life has [F] lured you,

To the [G7] places where the wine and liquor [C] flows.

Too many times married folks think they're still [F] single,

And for-[G7]-get the truest love they’ll ever [C] know.

67

Will The Circle Be Unbroken Credited to A.P. Carter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHVBH_e7kmM

I was [C] standing by my [C7] window,

On a [F] cold and cloudy [C] day.

When I [C] saw that hearse come [Am] rolling,

For to [C] carry my [G7] mother [C] away.

Chorus:

Will the [C] circle be un-[C7] broken,

By and [F] by, Lord, by and [C] by?

There's a better home a-[Am]-waiting,

In the [C] sky, Lord, [G7] in the [C] sky.

Lord, I told that under-[C7]-taker,

"Under [F] taker, please drive [C] slow.

For the body you are [Am] hauling,

Lord, I [C] hate to [G7] see her [C] go."

Chorus:

Lord, I [C] followed close be-[C7]-hind her,

Tried to [F] hold up and be [C] brave.

But I could not hide my [Am] sorrow,

When they [C] laid her [G7] in the [C] grave.

Chorus:

Went back home, Lord, my home was [C7] lonesome,

Since my [F] mother, she was [C] gone.

All my brothers, sisters [Am] cryin',

What a [C] home so [G7] sad and [C] lone.

Chorus:

68

Yesterday Lennon/McCartney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCV9oqtwyVA

[C] Yesterday,

[E7] All my troubles seemed so [Am] far away. [G] [F]

Now it [G7] looks as though they're [C] here to stay.

Oh, [Am] I be-[D7]-lieve in [F] yester-[C]-day.

[C] Suddenly,

[E7] I'm not half the man I [Am] used to be. [G] [F]

There's a [G7] shadow hanging [C] over me.

Oh, [Am] yester-[D7]-day came [F] sudden-[C]-ly

[E7] Why she [Am] had [G] to [F] go,

I don't [G7] know she wouldn't [C] say.

[E7] I said [Am] some-[G]-thing [F] wrong,

Now I [G7] long for yester-[C]-day [C5] [Csus4] [C]

[C] Yesterday,

[E7] Love was such an easy [Am] game to play. [G] [F]

Now I [G7] need a place to [C] hide away.

Oh [Am] I be-[D7]-lieve in [F] yester-[C]-day.

[E7] Why she [Am] had [G] to [F] go,

I don't [G7] know she wouldn't [C] say.

[E7] I said [Am] some-[G]-thing [F] wrong,

Now I [G7] long for yester-[C]-day. [C5] [Csus4] [C]

[C] Yesterday,

[E7] Love was such an easy [Am] game to play. [G] [F]

Now I [G7] need a place to [C] hide away.

Oh [Am] I be-[D7]-lieve in [F] yester-[C]-day.

[Am] Mm mm [D7] mm mm [F] mm mm [C] mm.

69

You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere Bob Dylan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q21BF38W3Gs

INTRO:

[G] Clouds so swift, [Am] rain won't lift.

[C] Gate won't close, [G] railings froze.

[G] Get your mind off [Am] wintertime.

[C] You ain't goin' no-[G]where.

[G] Clouds so swift, [Am] rain won't lift.

[C] Gate won't close, [G] railings froze.

[G] Get your mind off [Am] wintertime.


Chorus:

[G] Whoo-ee, [Am] ride me high.

[C] Tomorrow's the day my [G] bride's gonna come.

[G] Oh, oh, are [Am] we gonna fly,

[C] Down in the easy [G] chair.

[G] I don't care how many [Am] letters they sent.

[C] Morning came and [G] morning went.

[G] Pick up your money and [Am] pack up your tent,

[C] You ain't goin' no-[G]where

Chorus:

[G] Buy me a flute and a [Am] gun that shoots.

[C] Tail gates and [G] substitutes.

[G] Strap yourself to the [Am] tree with roots.


Chorus:

[G] Genghis Khan he [Am] could not keep,

[C] All his kings sup-[G]plied with sleep.

[G] We'll climb that hill no [Am] matter how steep,

[C] When we get up to [G] it.

Chorus:

<A cappella>

Whoo-ee, ride me high,

Tomorrow's the day, my bride's gonna come.

Oh, oh, are we gonna fly,

Down in the easy chair.

70

You Are My Sunshine (Lyrics as recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Davis)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZBB6s1pQBg

INTRO:

[C] But when I [F] awoke, dear, I was mis-[C]-taken

[Am] And I [C] hung my [G] head and [C] cried...

The other [C] night, dear, as I lay [C7] sleeping.

I dreamed I [F] held you in my [C] arms

But when I [F] awoke, dear, I was mis-[C]taken

[Am] And I [C] hung my [G] head and [C] cried

Chorus:

You are my [C] sunshine, my only [C7] sunshine

You make me [F] happy, when skies are [C] grey

You’ll never [F] know, dear, how much I [C] love you

[Am] Please don’t [C] take, my [G7] sunshine a-[C]way

I’ll always [C] love you, and make you [C7] happy,

If you will [F] only say the [C] same

But if you [F] leave me, to love a-[C]-nother

[Am] You’ll re-[C]-gret it [G] all some [C] day

Chorus:

You told me [C] once, dear, you really [C7] loved me,

That no one [F] else could come be-[C]-tween

But now you’ve [F] left me, and love a-[C]-nother

[Am] You have [C] shattered [G] all my [C] dreams

Chorus:

Repeat Chorus:

71

Happy Xmas (War is Over) John Lennon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4Uu0OlmTg

So, this is [D] Christmas and what have you [Am] done?

Another year [A] over and a new one just be-[D]-gun

And so, this is [G] Christmas, I hope you have [Am] fun.

The near and the [D] dear one, the old and the [G] young.

A very merry [C] Christmas and a happy New [D] Year.

Let’s hope it’s a [Am] good one [C] without any [G] fear. [A]

And so this is [D] Christmas, for weak and for [Em] strong,

For rich and the poor [A] ones, the world is so [D] wrong.

And so happy [G] Christmas, for black and for [Am] white.

For yellow and [D] red ones, let’s stop all the [G] fight.

A very merry [C] Christmas and a happy New [D] Year.

Let’s hope it’s a [Am] good one [C] without any [G] fear. [A]

And so, this is [D] Christmas, and what have we [Am] done?

Another year [A] over, and a new one just be-[D]-gun.

And so happy [G] Christmas, we hope you have [Am] fun.

The near and the [D] dear one, the old and the [G] young.

A very merry [C] Christmas, and a happy New [D] Year.

Let’s hope it’s a [Am] good one, [C] without any [G] fear. [A]

[D] War is over [Am] if you want it, [A] war is over [D] now.

72

MELE KALIKIMAKA Robert Alex Anderson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEvGKUXW0iI

MEN:

[C] Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say,

On a bright Hawaiian Christmas [G7] Day.

That's the island greeting that we send to you.

From the land where palm trees [C] sway.

[C7] Here we know that Christmas will be [F] green and bright.

The [A7] sun to shine by day and all the [D7] stars at [G7] night.

[C] Mele Kalikimaka is Ha-[A7]-waii's way,

To [Dm] say Merry [G7] Christmas to [C] you. [G7]

LADIES:








To [Dm] say Merry [G7] Christmas to [C] you. [G7]

Instrumental:





Together:




To [Dm] say Merry [G7] Christmas,

A [Dm] very Merry [G7] Christmas,

A [Dm] very, very, merry, merry [G7] Christmas to [C] you.

[C][G7][C]

73

Silver Bells Jay Livingston, Ray Evans

Intro:

[D7] Soon it will be Christmas [G] day.

[G] City sidewalks, [G7] busy sidewalks

Dressed [C] in [Am] holiday style

In the [D7] air there's a,

Feeling of [G]Christmas [D7]

Children [G] laughing, people [G7] passing,

Meeting [C] smile after [Am] smile.

And on every street corner you [G] hear:

[G] Silver bells, [G7] [C] silver bells, [A7]

[D7] It's Christmas time in the [G] city. [D7]

[G] Ring-a-ling, [G7] [C] hear them ring, [A7]

[D7] Soon it will be Christmas [G] day. [D7]

Strings of [G] streetlights, even [G7] stoplights,

Blink a [C] bright red and [Am] green,

As the [D7] shoppers rush home,

With their [G] treasures. [D7]

Hear the [G] snow crunch, see the [G7] kids bunch,

This is [C] Santa's big [Am] day.

And [D7] above all this bustle you [G] hear; [D7]

[G] Silver bells, [G7] [C] silver bells, [A7]

[D7] It's Christmas time in the [G] city. [D7]

[G] Ring-a-ling, [G7] [C] hear them ring, [A7]

[D7] Soon it will be Christmas [G] day.

[D7] Mmmm mm mmmm mm Mmmmmmmmm [G] mmm.

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