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The Swimming Song by Louden Wainwright III

(Note: A C chord can be played in place of the C5/Csus4/C riff)

[C5] [Csus4] [C] [G] [Am]

[Am] [Csus4] [G] [Am] [G] [C] [C5] This summer [Csus4] I went [C] swimming This [G] summer I might have [Am] drowned But I [Am] held my breath and I [Csus4] kicked my feet And I [G] moved my arms [Am] around, I [G] moved my arms [C] around [C5] This summer I [Csus4] swam in the [C] ocean And I [G] swam in a swimming [Am] pool [Am] Salt my wounds, chlo[Csus4]rine in my eyes I'm a [G] self-destructive [Am] fool, I'm a [G] self-destructive [C] fool

[C5] [Csus4] [C] [G] [Am] [Am] [Csus4] [G] [Am] [G] [C] This [C5] summer I [Csus4] did the [C] backstroke And you [G] know that's not [Am] all I did the [Am] breast stroke and the [Csus4] butterfly And the [G] old Australian [Am] crawl, the [G] old Australian [C] crawl This [C5] summer I [Csus4] swam in a [C] public place And a [G] reservoir, to [Am] boot At the [Am] latter I was in[Csus4]formal At the [G] former I wore my [Am] suit, I [G] wore my swimming [C] suit

[C5] [Csus4] [C] [G] [Am] [Am] [Csus4] [G] [Am] [G] [C] This [C5] summer [Csus4] I did [C] swan dives And [G] jackknifes for you [Am] all And [Am] once when you weren't [Csus4] looking I [G] did a cannon[Am]ball, I [G] did a cannon[C]ball [C5] This summer [Csus4] I went [C] swimming This [G] summer I might have [Am] drowned But I [Am] held my breath and I [Csus4] kicked my feet And I [G] moved my arms [Am] around, I [G] moved my arms [C] around

[C5] [Csus4] [C] [G] [Am] [Am] [Csus4] [G] [Am] [G] [C]

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Squeeze Box - The Who (Pete Townshend)

All sing underlined

[G!] [D!] 4x High Voices:

[G] Mama's got a squeeze box she wears on her chest And when Daddy comes home he never gets no rest

'Cause she's [D] playing all night and the [C] music's all right

All:

[D] Mama's got a squeeze box [C] Daddy never sleeps at [G] night Low Voices:

[G] Well the kids don't eat And the dog can't sleep There's no escape from the music In the whole damn street

'Cause she's [D] playing all night and the [C] music's all right All:

[D] Mama's got a squeeze box [C] Daddy never sleeps at [G] night [G] She goes in and out - and in and out - and in and out - and in and out 'Cause she's [D] playing all night and the [C] music's all right [D] Mama's got a squeeze box [C] Daddy never sleeps at [G] night

High Voices:

[G] She goes, squeeze me, come on and squeeze me Come on and [D] tease me like you do I'm [C] so in love with you

All:

[D] Mama's got a squeeze box [C] Daddy never sleeps at [G] night

Instrumental break [G] [D] [C] [D] [C] [G]

[G] She goes in and out - and in and out - and in and out - and in and out 'Cause she's [D] playing all night and the [C] music's all right [D] Mama's got a squeeze box [C] Daddy never sleeps at [G] night [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [G] [G] [G]


Splish Splash - Bobby Darin

[C] [C] [C] [C]

[Tacet] Splish Splash, I was takin' a bath, [C] long about Saturday night. A rub-dub, just relaxin' in the tub, [G7] thinkin' everything was alright. Well, I [C!] stepped out the tub, put my [C!] feet on the floor, I [F!] wrapped the towel around me and I [F!] opened the door.. and then a.. [C!] Splish, Splash I [G7!] jumped back in the bath.. well, [C] how was I to know there was a party going on?

[C] They was a-splishin' and a-splashin'... reelin' with the feelin'... movin' and a-groovin'... rockin' and a-rollin', [F] hey, yeah. [C] [C] [G7] [F] [C]

[C!] Bing bang, I saw the whole gang, [C] dancin' on my living room rug, yeah! Well, Flip Flop, they was doin' The Bop, all the [G7] teens had the dancin' bug. There was [C!] Lollipop with a-[C!] Peggy Sue.. Good [F!] Golly, Miss Molly was-a [F!] even there, too! A-well-a, [C!] Splish Splash, I for[G7!] got about the bath.. I [C] went and put my dancin' shoes on, yeah

[C] I was a Rollin' and a-Strollin'… reelin' with the feelin'... Moving and a-groovin'... splishin' and a splashin', [F] hey, yeah! [C] [C] [G7] [F] [C]

[C] I was a- splishin'' and a splashin' I was a-rollin' and a-strollin' Yeah, I was a- [F] movin' and a-groovin' We was a- [C] reelin' with the feelin' We was a- [G7] rollin' and a-strollin' [F] Movin' with the groovin', [C] splish splash, yeah! [C!]


Particle Man - They Might Be Giants

[C] Particle man, particle man Doing the things a [G] particle can

[F] What's he like? It's [C] not important… Particle man Is he a dot, or is [F] he a speck?

[G] When he's underwater does [C] he get wet? [F] Or does the water get [G] him instead? [F] Nobody knows, [C] Particle man

[C] Triangle man, Triangle man

Triangle man hates [G] particle man [F] They have a fight, [C] Triangle wins Triangle man

Instrumental solo [C] [G] [F] [C]

[C] Universe man, Universe man

Size of the entire [G] universe man [F] Usually kind to [C] smaller man… Universe man He's got a watch with a [F] minute hand,

[G] Millennium hand and an [C] eon hand [F] When they meet it's a [G] happy land

[F] Powerful man, [C] universe man [C] Person man, person man

Hit on the head with a [G] frying pan [F] Lives his life in a [C] garbage can… Person man

Is he a mess or [F] is he depressed? [G] Does he feel total [C]-ly worthless? [F] Who came up with [G] person man?

[F] Degraded man, [C] person man

[C] Triangle man, triangle man Triangle man hates [G] person man [F] They have a fight, [C] triangle wins

Triangle man

Instrumental solo [C] [G] [F] [C] [F] [G] [C] [F] [G] [F] [C]


Iko Iko by "Jockamo" James Crawford

Shaker 1, 2, / 1, 2 / (then 2 bars of F)

[F] My grandma and your grandma were sittin' by the [C7] fire My grandma told your grandma: "I'm gonna set your flag on [F] fire" Talkin' 'bout Hey now (hey now), Hey now (hey now), iko iko un[C7]day

Jockamo feeno ai nané Jockamo fee na[F]né

[F] Look at my king all dressed in red, Iko iko un[C7]day I betcha five dollars he'll kill you dead, Jockamo fee na[F]né

Talkin' 'bout Hey now (hey now), Hey now (hey now), iko iko un[C7]day Jockamo feeno ai nané, Jockamo fee na[F]né

[F] My flag boy and your flag boy, were sittin' by the [C7] fire My flag boy told your flag boy: "I'm gonna set your tail on [F] fire!"

Talkin' 'bout Hey now (hey now), Hey now (hey now), iko iko un[C7]day Jockamo feeno ai nané Jockamo fee na[F]né

[F] See that guy all dressed in green? Iko iko un[C7]day He's not a man, he's a lovin' machine, Jockamo fee na[F]né

Talkin' 'bout Hey now (hey now), Hey now (hey now), iko iko un[C7]day Jockamo feeno ai nané Jockamo fee na[F]né

[C7] Jockamo fee na[F]né [C7] Jockamo fee na[F]né


In Heaven There Is No Beer (Im Himmel gibt's kein Bier) Written By Ralph Maria Siegel & Ernst Neubach

Intro: [G] [C] [D7] [G] [G] [C] [G] [D7] [G]

[G] In Heaven there is no [C] beer (No Beer!) [D7] That's why we drink it [G] here (Right Here!) [G] And when we're gone from [C] here

[G] Our friends will be [D7] drinking all the [G] beer

Repeat Verse [G] La la la la la [C] la [D7] La la la la la [G] la [G] La la la la la [C] la [G] La la la la [D7] la la la [G] la

Accordian Solo with verse chords

Repeat all from beginning


Bring Me Sunshine as performed by Jive Aces

Written by Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee

(Slow tempo)

Bring me sunshine [C] in your [Dm] smile

Make me [G7] happy all the [C] while In this [C7] world where we live there should [F] be more happiness So much [D7] joy we can give to each [G] brand new bright to[G7]morrow

Make me [C] happy through the [Dm] years Never [G7] bring me any [C] tears

May your [C7] arms be as warm as the [F] sun from up above Bring me [D7] fun bring me [G7] sunshine bring me [C] love (Skat to tempo change - swing)

Bring me sunshine [C] in your [Dm] smile Make me [G7] happy all the [C] while In this [C7] world where we live there should [F] be more happiness

So much [D7] joy we can give to each [G] brand new bright to[G7]morrow Make me [C] happy through the [Dm] years

Never [G7] bring me any [C] tears May your [C7] arms be as warm as the [F] sun from up above Bring me [D7] fun bring me [G7] sunshine bring me [C] love

Kazoos and ukes: [C] [Dm] [G7] [C] [C7] [F] [D7] [G] [G7]

[C] [Dm] [G7] [C] [C7] [F] [D7] [G7] [C]

Make me [C] happy through the [Dm] years Never [G7] bring me any [C] tears May your [C7] arms be as warm as the [F] sun from up above

Bring me [D7] fun bring me [G7] sunshine bring me [C] love Bring me [D7] fun bring me [G7] sunshine bring me [C] love

Bring me [D7] fun bring me [G7] sunshine bring me [C] love


Riptide - Vance Joy

(High voices on verses – All voices on chorus part 1 and 2)

[Am] [G] [C] x2

[Am] I was scared of [G] dentists and the [C] dark

[Am] I was scared of [G] pretty girls and [C] starting conversations

Oh [Am] all my [G] friends are turning [C] green

You're the [Am] magicians a[G]ssistant in their [C] dreams

Chorus Part 1: Ah [Am] ooh [G] ooh [C] ooh

Ah [Am] ah ooh [G] ooh and they [C!] come unstuck

Chorus Part 2: [Am] Lady [G] running down to the [C] riptide

Taken away to the [Am] darkside

[G] I wanna be your [C] left hand man

I [Am] love you [G] when you're singing that [C] song and

I got a lump in my [Am] throat 'cause

[G] You're gonna sing the [C] words wrong

[Am] There's this movie [G] that I think you'll [C] like

This [Am] guy decides to [G] quit his job and [C] heads to New York City

This [Am] cowboy's [G] running from him[C]self And [Am] she's been living [G] on the highest [C] shelf

Repeat chorus part one and two

[Am] I just wanna I just wanna [G] know

[C] If you're gonna if you're gonna [Fadd9] stay

[Am] I just gotta I just gotta [G] know

[C] I can't have it I can't have it [Fadd9!] any other way

I [Am!] swear she's [G!] destined for the [C!] screen

[Am!] Closest thing to [G!] Michelle Pfeiffer [C!] that you've ever seen oh

Repeat chorus part 2 x 2

I got a lump in my [Am] throat 'cause [G] You're gonna sing the [C!] words wrong


Pineapple Princess - Annette Funicello

Ladies sing all – except underline sung by guys

Intro: [C] (2 measures) [C] Pineapple [F] princess he calls me pineapple [C] princess all day

As he [G7] plays his ukulele on the [C] hill a[F]bove the [C] bay

[C7] Pineapple [F] princess I love you you're the [C] sweetest girl I've seen

Some [G7] day we're gonna marry and you'll [C] be my [F] pineapple [C] queen

I [F] saw a boy on O[C]ahu isle

[G7] Floatin' down the bay on a [C] croc[F]o[C]dile [C7]

He [F] waved at me and he [C] swam ashore

And [G7] I knew he'd be mine forever [C] more [F] [C]

[C7] Pineapple [F] princess he calls me pineapple [C] princess all day




He [F] sings his song from ba[C]nana trees

He [G7] even sings to me on his [C] wa[F]ter [C] skis[C7]

We [F] went skin divin' and be[C]neath the blue

He [G7] sang and played his ukulele [C] too [F] [C]



We'll [F] settle down in a [C] bamboo hut And [G7] he will be my own little [C] co[F]co[C]nut [C7]

Then [F] we'll be beachcombin' [C] royalty

On [G7] wicky wicky wacky Waiki[C]ki [F] [C]

[C7] Pineapple [F] princess he calls me pineapple [C] princess all day




Outro: [C] (2 measures)


Up Above My Head by Sister Rosetta Tharpe Low voices: Lead – High Voices: Echo

Intro: [G] / / / / [D] / / / / [G]/ / [C] / / [G]

Up above my [G] head, (Up above my head) I hear music in the air (I hear music in the air)

Up above my [D] head, (Up above my head) I hear music in the [G] air (I hear music in the air)

Up above my head, [G7] I hear music in the [C] air[Cm] I really do be[G]-lieve, I really do be[D]-lieve there's joy some[G]-where[C][G]

Up above my [G] head, (Up above my head) I hear singin' in the air (I hear singin' in the air)

Up above my [D] head, (Up above my head) I hear singin' in the [G] air (I hear singin' in the air)

Up above my head, [G7] I hear singin' in the [C] air [Cm]

I really do be[G]-lieve, I really do be[D]-lieve there's joy some[G]-where[C] [G]

Up above my [G] head, (Up above my head) I hear shoutin’ in the air (I hear shoutin’ in the air)

Up above my [D] head, (Up above my head) I hear shoutin’ in the [G] air (I hear shoutin’ in the air)

Up above my head, [G7] I hear shoutin’ in the [C] air [Cm]

I really do be[G]-lieve, I really do be[D]-lieve there's joy some[G]-where[C] [G]

[Instrumental verse with verse chords] All in this [G] room (All in this room), I hear music in the air (I hear music in the air)

All in this [D] room(All in this room), I hear music in the [G] air (I hear music in the air)

Up above my head, [G7] I hear music in the [C]air[Cm] I really do be[G]-lieve, I really do be[D]-lieve there's joy some[G]-where[C] [G]

Up above my [G] head, (Up above my head) I hear music in the air (I hear music in the air)

Up above my [D] head, (Up above my head) I hear music in the [G] air (I hear music in the air)

Up above my head, [G7] I hear music in the [C] air[Cm]

I really do be[G]-lieve, I really do be[D]-lieve there's joy some[G]-where[C] I really do be[G]-lieve, I really do be[D]-lieve there's joy some[G]-where[C][G]


I'm Into Something Good Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, recorded by Herman's Hermits, 1964

INTRO: / [C] [F] / [C] [F] / [C] [F] / [C] [F] /

[C] Woke up this [F] mornin' [C] feelin' [F] fine [C] There's somethin' [F] special [C] on my [C7] mind [F] Last night I met a new girl, in the neighbour-[C]hood [F] whoa [C] yeah

[G7] Somethin' tells me [F] I'm into somethin’ [C] good (Somethin' [F] tells me [C] I'm into [F] somethin')

[C] She's the kind of [F] girl who's [C] not too [F] shy [C] And I can [F] tell, I'm [C] her kind of [C7] guy

[F] She danced close to me, like I hoped she [C] would (She danced with me like I hoped she would)

[G7] Somethin' tells me [F] I'm into somethin’ [C] good

(Somethin' [F] tells me [C] I'm into [F] somethin')

[G7] We only danced for a minute or two But then she [C] stuck close to [F] me, the [C] whole night through [G7] Can I be fallin' in love

[D7] She's everything I've been [Dm] dreamin' [G7] of (She's everything I've been [D7] dreamin' [G7] of)

[C] I walked her [F] home and she [C] held my [F] hand I [C] knew it couldn't [F] be just a [C] one-night [C7] stand

So [F] I asked to see her next week, and she told me I [C] could (I asked to see her and she told me I could)


(Somethin' [F] tells me [C] I'm into [F] somethin')

[G7] We only danced for a minute or two But then she [C] stuck close to [F] me, the [C] whole night through [G7] Can I be fallin' in love

[D7] She's everything I've been [Dm] dreamin'[G7] of (She's everything I've been [D7] dreamin' [G7] of)

[C] I walked her [F] home and she [C] held my [F] hand I [C] knew it couldn't [F] be just a [C] one-night [C7] stand

So [F] I asked to see her next week, and she told me I [C] could (I asked to see her and she told me I could)


(Somethin' [F] tells me [C] I'm into [F] somethin') [G7] Somethin' tells me [F] I'm into somethin’ [C] good

(Somethin' [F] tells me [C] I'm into [F] somethin’ [C] good)


Doo Wah Diddy - Manfred Mann Guys sing all – Everyone sing underline

Intro: [C] [F] [C]

(Tacet) There she was just a walkin' down the street Singin' [C] doo wah diddy diddy [F] dum diddy [C] doo

[C] Snappin' her fingers and [F] shufflin' her [C] feet Singin' [C] doo wah diddy diddy [F] dum diddy [C] doo

[C] She looked good (looked good) she looked fine (looked fine) [C] She looked good she looked fine and I nearly lost my mind

Be[C] fore I knew it she was [F] walkin' next to [C] me

Singin' [C] doo wah diddy diddy [F] dum diddy [C] doo

[C] Holdin' my hand just as [F] natural as can [C] be


[C] We walked on (walked on) to my door (my door)

[C] We walked on to my door then we kissed a little more

[C] Whoa [C7] whoa… I [Am] knew we was falling in love [F]… yes I did and so I [G7] told her all the things I'd been dreamin' of

Now [C] we're together nearly [F] every single [C] day


Oh [C] we're so happy and that’s [F] how we're gonna [C] stay


[C] I'm hers (I'm hers) she's mine (she's mine) [C] I'm hers she's mine wedding bells are gonna chime

...[C] Whoa [C7] whoa… I [Am] knew we was falling in love [F]… yes I did and so I [G7] told her all the things I'd been dreamin' of

(Tacet) Now [C] we're together nearly [F] every single [C] day


Oh [C] we're so happy and that’s [F] how we're gonna [C] stay

Singin' [C] doo wah diddy diddy [F] dum diddy [C] doo [C] I'm hers (I'm hers) she's mine (she's mine) [C] I'm hers she's mine wedding bells are gonna chime [G7] whoa oh yeah

[C] Doo wah diddy diddy [F] dum diddy [C] doo x 3


Drunken Sailor - Traditional sea shanty

INTRO: / 1 2 / 1 2 / [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Am]

[Am] What'll we do with a drunken sailor [G] What'll we do with a drunken sailor [Am] What'll we do with a drunken sailor

[G] Earl-aye in the [Am] morning?

CHORUS: [Am] Way hay and up she rises [G] Way hay and up she rises

[Am] Way hay and up she rises [G] Earl-aye in the [Am] morning

[Am] Sling him in the long boat till he's sober [G] Sling him in the long boat till he's sober

[Am] Sling him in the long boat till he's sober [G] Earl-aye in the [Am] morning

REPEAT CHORUS:

[Am] Shave his belly with a rusty razor [G] Shave his belly with a rusty razor [Am] Shave his belly with a rusty razor

[G] Earl-aye in the [Am] morning

REPEAT CHORUS:

[Am] Send him up the crow's nest till he falls down

[G] Send him up the crow's nest till he falls down [Am] Send him up the crow's nest till he falls down

[G] Earl-aye in the [Am] morning

REPEAT CHORUS: [Am] That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor

[G] That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor [Am] That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor

[G] Earl-aye in the [Am] morning [Am]

REPEAT CHORUS (2X):

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