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Workin’ At The Car

Wash Blues Jim Croce, 1974 YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/FRrrEC_ITqo

INTRO: [HONKY TONK STRUM: D-DU-UDU] G B7 Em G7 |X X X X|X X X X| C7 D7 G D7 |X X X X|X X X X|

VERSE 1: G Well I had just got out

From the county prison D7 Doin ninety days for non-support

Tried to find me an executive position G But no matter how smooth I talked

They wouldn’t listen to the fact

That I was a genius C7 A The man say “We got all that we can use”

Now I got them

VERSE 2: G Well I should be sittin in a air conditioned D7 Office in a swivel chair

Talkin some trash to the secretaries G Sayin “Hey now mama, come on over here”

Instead I’m stuck here

Rubbin these fenders with a rag C7 A And walkin home in soggy old shoes

With them

BRIDGE: C You know a man of my ability C7 G He should be smoking on a big cigar C But til I get myself straight

I guess I’ll just have to wait A[HANG] D7 In my rubber suit rubbin these cars

VERSE 3: G Well all I can do is a-shake my head D7 You might not believe that it’s true

For workin at this end of Niagara Falls G Is a undiscovered Howard Hughes, so baby

Don’t spect to see me

With no double martini C7 A In any high-brow society news

Cause I got them

INSTRUMENTAL PARTIAL VERSE: G D7 D7 G

OUTRO: G So baby, don’t spect to see me

With no double martini C7 A In any high-brow society news

Cause I got them

OUTRO:

Yeah, I got them

CHORUS: G B7 Steadily depressin Em G7 Lowdown mindmessin C7 D7 G Workin at the car wash blues

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Wichita Lineman Jimmy Webb (Glen Campbell 1968) YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/mYWwY1cfw64

INTRO:

[GENTLE EVEN STRUM: D-D-D-DU-U-UDUD] F Gm7 F Gm7[HANG] |X X X X|X X X X|X X X X|X X X X|

VERSE 1: Gm9 Am7 I am a lineman for the county Gm7 And I drive the main road Dm7 Am7 G D [HANG] Searchin in the sun for another overload

Am7 I hear you singing in the wires G Gm I can hear you through the whine D Dsus2 Bb And the Wichita lineman - is still on the line Am7 Bb Gm7[HANG]

VERSE 2: Gm9 Am7 I know I need a small vacation Gm7 But it don’t look like rain Dm7 Am7 G And if it snows that stretch down south won’t ever D [HANG] Stand the strain

Am7 And I need you more than want you G Gm And I want you for all time D Dsus2 Bb And the Wichita lineman - is still on the line Am7 Bb Gm7[HANG]

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE: Gm9 Am7 Gm7 Dm7-Am7 G D [HANG]

OUTRO: Am7 And I need you more than want you G Gm And I want you for all time D Dsus2 Bb And the Wichita lineman - is still on the line Am7 Bb Gm7[HANG] Bb C Bb C Gm7 C Bb C

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Wichita Lineman Jimmy Webb (Glen Campbell 1968) YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/mYWwY1cfw64

INTRO:

[GENTLE EVEN STRUM: D-D-D-DU-U-UDUD] F Gm7 F Gm7[HANG] |X X X X|X X X X|X X X X|X X X X|

VERSE 1: Gm7 Am7 I am a lineman for the county Gm7 And I drive the main road Dm Am7 G D [HANG] Searchin in the sun for another overload

Am7 I hear you singing in the wires G I can hear you through the whine D Dsus2 Gm7 And the Wichita lineman - is still on the line Am7 Gm7 [HANG]

VERSE 2: Gm7 Am7 I know I need a small vacation Gm7 But it don’t look like rain Dm Am7 G And if it snows that stretch down south won’t ever D [HANG] Stand the strain

Am7 And I need you more than want you G And I want you for all time D Dsus2 Gm7 And the Wichita lineman - is still on the line Am7 Gm7 [HANG]

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE: Gm7 Am7 Gm7 Dm-Am7 G D [HANG]

OUTRO: Am7 And I need you more than want you G And I want you for all time D Dsus2 Gm7 And the Wichita lineman - is still on the line Am7 Gm7 [HANG] Gm7 C Gm7 C Gm7 C Gm7 C

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Working In The Coal Mine Allen Toussaint, 1966 (Devo, 1981) YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/Df-9qvfQfoE

INTRO:

[STEADY EVEN STRUM: DuDuDuDu]

ZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZz |X X X X|X X X X|X X X X|

|- - - -|- - - -| [4 TIMES] |- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -| |5 -50 -5-5-03353

|3333333333331131 [4 TIMES] |- - 333|- -3- -| |- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|

OUTRO: [6 TIMES TO FADE] C7 I’ve been a-workin - goin - workin

[WHOOP!] about to slip down

VERSE: C7 Well I’ve been workin in a coal mine, goin down, down

Workin in a coal mine [WHOOP!] about to slip down

Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down

Workin in a coal mine [WHOOP!] about to slip down G F Five o’clock in the morning G F I’ m up before the sun G F When my workday is over G I’m too tired for havin fun C7 I’ve been workin in a coal mine, goin down, down

Workin in a coal mine [WHOOP!] about to slip down

Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down

Workin in a coal mine [WHOOP!] about to slip down

Lord, I am so tired

How long can this go on?

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I’m An Old Cowhand

From The Rio Grande Johnny Mercer (Bing Crosby, 1936) YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/-0azYXqZiD0

[BOUNCY COWBOY STRUM: D-DuDuDu] F G7 C [STOP] F G7 C Am I’m an old cowhand from the Rio Grande F G7 C But my legs ain’t bowed and my cheeks ain’t tanned Am Em I’m a cowboy who never saw a cow Am Em Never roped a steer cus I don’t know how Am Em I sure ain’t a-fixin to start in now

F G7 C Am I’m an old cowhand from the Rio Grande F G7 C And I learned to ride fore I learned to stand Am Em I’m a ridin fool who is up to date Am Em I know every trail in the Lone Star state Am Em Cus I ride the range in a Ford V8

F G7 C Am We’re old cowhands from the Rio Grande F G7 C And we come to town just to hear the band Am Em We know all the songs that the cowboys know Am Em Bout the big corral where the doggies go Am Em We learned em all on the radio

F G7 C Am I’m an old cowhand from the Rio Grande F G7 C Where the west is wild round the border land Am Em Where the buffalo roam around the zoo Am Em And the Injuns run up a rug or two Am Em And the old Bar X is a barbeque

INSTRUMENTAL START: F G7 C Am F G7 C Am Em I’m a pioneer who began from scratch Am Em I don’t bat an eye in a shootin match Am Em They don’t call me Elmer they call me Satch

CHORUS: F G7 C Am Yipee-i-o-ki-ay F G7 C[STOP] Yipee-i-o-ki-ay

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Paperback Writer Lennon/McCartney (Beatles), 1966 YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/FcBMa1-0tIQ

VERSES 1 & 2: C Dear Sir or Madam will you read my book

It took me years to write will you take a look

It’s based on a novel by a man named Lear

And I need a job so I want to be a F C Paperback writer, paperback writer

It’s a dirty story of a dirty man

And his clinging wife doesn’t understand

His son is working for the Daily Mail

It’s a steady job but he wants to be a F C Paperback writer, paperback writer

VERSES 3 & 4: C It’s a thousand pages give or take a few

I’ll be writing more in a week or two

I can make it longer if you like the style

I can change it round and I want to be a F C C7 Paperback writer, paperback writer

C If you really like it you can have the rights

It could make a million for you overnight

If you must return it you can send it here

But I need a break and I want to be a F C Paperback writer, paperback writer

OUTRO: [Repeat to fade] C Paperback writer

INTRO: F[HANG] Pa-per-back wri-ter, wri-ter, wri-ter…

[FAST EVEN STRUM: D-DuDuDu] C7 |---3--1-|------1-|---3--1-|------1-| |-13--3--|-1--13--|-13--3--|-1--13--| |0-------|0--0----|0-------|0--0----| |--------|--------|--------|--------|

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Secretary Jeff Morris and Ellia Bisker (Charming Disaster),

2014 YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/y5b8HEA3aPw

INTRO: [Punctuated Bounce: D-D-DuDu] Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A |X X X X|X X X X|X X X X|X X X X|

VERSE 1: Bm A Bm Secretary says you’ve got a meeting A Bm A And the secretary’s always right Bm A Bm You don’t know what you’d do without her A Bm And you can’t even remember A How you met her Bm A But she runs your life

VERSE 2: Bm A She keeps the wolves away Bm When you most need it A Bm A And you need it more than yesterday Bm A Bm Pencil in her hair is always sharp A Bm But nothing’s sharper than the look A She gives you when Bm A You try to make her stay

BRIDGE A: [Very Light Strum: D-DuDuDu] G2 A3 You don’t know where she goes Bm A When she leaves you G2 A3 Bm Gb Even if you did who would believe you

VERSE 3: Bm A Bm The shouting on the phone has gotten frequent A Bm A Hands are shaky and you need a shave Bm A Bm Secretary steps out for a minute A Bm Hands you whiskey, razor, aspirin A Bm A And the order for your wife’s bouquet

BRIDGE B: G2 A3 Bm A The smell of smoke is always on her breath G2 A3 Though you’ve never seen her smoke Bm Gb A single cigarette

VERSE 3: Bm A Bm Did you get the secretary’s memo A Bm A Pay attention cause it’s gonna hurt Bm A Bm Secretary says she’ll take a letter A Bm Did you let her take the thing that’s beating A Bm A Underneath your starched white shirt

BRIDGE C: G2 A3 Bm A Is she on your side or taking over G2 A3 She’ll eat your heart if you tell her Bm Gb You love her

OUTRO: G2 Gb Bm A Secretary knows G2 Gb Bm A Secretary knows G2 Gb Bm A Secretary knows G2 A3 Bm Secretary knows

CHORUS: [Full Bouncy Strum: DuDuDuDu] G2 Gb Bm A Secretary knows your weaknesses G2 Gb Bm A A dozen roses’ sweetness is G2 Gb Bm A No more than she deserves from you G2 Gb Bm A Tell her to tell you what to do G2 Gb Bm A

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Chain Gang Sam Cooke, 1960 YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/dRdH_0EDRmA

[FANDANGO STRUM: DfanU-UDU] G Em G Em |X X X X|X X X X|X X X X|X X X X| Em I hear somethin saying

All day long they’re sayin

G Em All day long they work so hard C D Til the sun is going down G Em Working on the highways and byways C D And wearing, wearing a frown G Em You hear them moaning their lives away C D Then you hear somebody say

Can’t you hear them sayin G Em C D Mm - I’m going home one of these days, I’m going home G Em See my woman - whom I love so dear C D But meanwhile - I got to work right here

All day long they’re sayin G Em C D Mm - my, my, my, my, my - my, my - my work is so hard G Em Give me water, I’m thirsty, my - - C D My work is so hard G Em C D Oh! My, my, my - my - my, my - my work is so hard G Em Give me water, I’m thirsty, my - - C D My work is so hard [FINISH ON G]

OOH AHs: G Em C D [OOH! AAH! OOH! AAH!] G Em C D [OOH! AAH! OOH! AAH!]

CHORUS: G C G Em That’s the sound of the men working on the chain - gang G C D G That’s the sound of the men working on the chain - gang

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Mack The Knife Cochran/Krimsky, 1933 (Louis Armstrong 1956,

Bobby Darin 1958)

Translated from the German original by Weill / Brecht,

1928 YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/WHxYpcazjis

[PUNCTUATED SWING STRUM:

D-D-D-DU-U-UDUDU] OPEN chords: C6 Dm G C6 Am-C6 Dm G C6 C6 Dm Oh, the shark has pretty teeth dear G C6 And he shows them pearly white Am C6 Dm Just a jackknife has old MacHeath dear G C6 And he keeps it out of sight

C6 Dm When that shark bites with his teeth dear G C6 Scarlet billows start to spread Am C6 Dm Fancy gloves though wears old MacHeath dear G C6 So there’s never a trace of red

JUMP to the 1st fret: C-C# C#6 D#m On the sidewalk Sunday morning G# C#6 Lies a body oozing life A#m C#6 D#m And someone’s sneakin round the corner G# C#6 Could that someone be Mack the Knife

C#6 D#m There’s a tugboat down by the river G# C#6 Where a cement bag’s drooping down A#m C#6 D#m That cement’s just for the weight dear G# C#6 I bet you Macky’s back in town

JUMP to the 2nd fret: C#-D D6 Em Louis Miller disappeared dear A D6 After drawing all his cash Bm D6 Em And now MacHeath spends like a sailor A D6 Did our boy do something rash?

D6 Em Jenny Diver Sukey Tawdry A D6 Polly Peachum and old Lucy Brown Bm D6 Em Well, the line forms on the right, girls A D6 Now that Macky’s back in town!

JUMP to the 3rd fret: D-D# D#6 Fm I said Jenny Diver Sukey Tawdry A# D#6 Polly Peachum and old Lucy Brown Cm D#6 Fm Well, the line forms on the right, girls A# [STOP] Now that Macky’s - - - D# G# D# Back in to-o-o-o-o-o-own!

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The Boxer Paul Simon, 1968 YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/xnXhXSx2ikk

[ARPEGGIO: MA-I-P-I / 1st2nd-3

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C |X X X X|X X X X|X X X X|X X X X| C G Am I am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told G I have squandered my resistance G7 G6 C For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises G Am G F All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear C G-G7 G6-C And disregards the rest, hmm - mmm C G Am When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy G In the company of strangers G7 G6 C In the quiet of the railway station running scared Am G F Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters C Where the ragged people go G G7 G6 C Looking for the places only they would know

C G Am Asking only workman’s wages I come looking for a job G But I get no offers G7 G6 C Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue G Am G F I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome C G G7 C I took some comfort there, lie la lie, lie lie lie lie C G Am Now the years are rollin by me, they are rockin evenly G I am older than I once was G7 G6 C And younger than I’ll be, that’s not unusual G Am G F Nor is it strange, after changes upon changes C We are more or less the same G G7 G6 C After changes we are more or less the same

C G Am Then I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone G Goin home G7 C Where the New York Ciy winters aren’t bleedin me Em Am G F C Leadin me - goin home G Am In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade G G7 And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down C G Am Or cut him til he cried out in his anger and his shame G F C G7 F C I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains, mmm

CHORUS: [BOLD EVEN STRUM: D-DuDuDu] Am Em Lie la lie - lie la lie - lie lie lie lie Am G F2 C Lie la lie - lie la lie - lie lie lie lie - lie lie lie lie

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The Boxer Paul Simon, 1968 YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/xnXhXSx2ikk

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C |X X X X|X X X X|X X X X|X X X X| C Am I am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told G I have squandered my resistance G7 C For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises Am G F All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear C G7 C And disregards the rest, hmm - mmm C Am When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy G In the company of strangers G7 C In the quiet of the railway station running scared Am G F Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters C Where the ragged people go G G7 C Looking for the places only they would know

C Am Asking only workman’s wages I come looking for a job G But I get no offers G7 C Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue Am G F I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome C G7 C I took some comfort there, lie la lie, lie lie lie lie C Am Now the years are rollin by me, they are rockin evenly G I am older than I once was G7 C And younger than I’ll be, that’s not unusual Am G F Nor is it strange, after changes upon changes C We are more or less the same G G7 C After changes we are more or less the same

C Am Then I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone G Goin home G7 C Where the New York Ciy winters aren’t bleedin me Em Am G F C Leadin me - goin home Am In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade G G7 And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down C Am Or cut him til he cried out in his anger and his shame G F C G7 F C I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains, mmm

CHORUS: [BOLD EVEN STRUM: D-DuDuDu] Am Em Lie la lie - lie la lie - lie lie lie lie Am G F C Lie la lie - lie la lie - lie lie lie lie - lie lie lie lie

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Secret Agent Man P.F. Sloan / Steve Barri (Johnny Rivers 1966) YouTube video tutorial: http://youtu.be/qgOP66fn7Es

[FANDANGO STRUM: DfanU-UDU]

VERSE 1: Dm Gm Dm There’s a man who leads a life of danger A To everyone he meets he stays a stranger Dm Gm With every move he makes, another chance he takes Dm Gm Dm [STOP] Odds are he won’t live to see tomorrow

VERSE 2: Dm Gm Dm Beware of pretty faces that you find A A pretty face can hide an evil mind Dm Gm Oh, be careful what you say, or you will give yourself away Dm Gm Dm [STOP] Odds are you won’t live to see tomorrow

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE: Dm Gm Dm - - - A - Dm - Gm - Dm Gm Dm [STOP]

VERSE 3: Dm Gm Dm Swinging on the Riviera one day A And lying in a Bombay alley next day Dm Gm Oh, don’t you let the wrong words slip while kissing persuasive lips Dm Gm Dm [STOP] Odds are you won’t live to see tomorrow

OUTRO: Dm

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CHORUS: Am Dm Am Dm Secret - agent man, secret - agent man Bb A Dm They’ve given you a number and taken away your name

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