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The Homebrew Ukulele Union Singalong at the Blind Pig
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Bridge
Love me do
D
Written by: Lennon & McCartney
G
C
C
Someone to love, somebody new
D
D
G
C
G
Someone to love, someone like you
G
C
Love, love me do
G
G
You know I love you
C
G
Love, love me do
G
C
C
I'll always be true
So pleeeeeease... Love me do
C
You know I love you
G
C
Solo over bridge chords
I'll always be true
C
C/G
So pleeeeeease...
G
n.c.
G
Love me do
G
G
C
C
C
So pleeeeeease...
C/G
So pleeeeeease...
I'll always be true
C/G
C
I'll always be true
You know Ilove you
C
C
You know Ilove you
Love, love me do
G
C
Love, love me do
C
G
G
n.c.
Love me do
G
G
C
n.c.
G
Love me do
G
C
G
C
Love me do, Yeah love me do, yeah love me do...
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This Land is Your Land
By Woodie Guthrie
C G
G7
D D7
Glenn:
Chorus (chords above):
C
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
A voice was chanting, As the fog was lifting,
This land was made for you and me.
G
This land is your land, this land is my land
D(7)
G
(G7)
Kitty:
From California to the New York Island
C
G
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
D(7)
G
There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;
Sign was painted, it said private property;
But on the back side it didn't say nothing;
That side was made for you and me.
This land was made for you and me.
Channing:
Stephanie:
In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;
By the relief office, I'd seen my people.
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,
Is this land made for you and me?
As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me.
Jeffrey:
I roamed and I rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
While all around me a voice was sounding
Saying this land was made for you and me.
Theresa:
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.
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Lean on Me
Composed by Withers, B.
Based on the performance by Bill Withers
Chorus
Verse 1
C
C
F
Lean on me, when you're not strong
Sometimes in our lives,
C
C
And I'll be your friend
We all have pain.
G
G
We all have sor - row.
C
F
G C
We know that there's always tomorrow.
So just call on me brother,
When you need a hand.
We all need somebody to lean on.
I just might have a problem
that you'd understand.
We all need somebody to lean on.
I'll help you carry on
Chorus
C
Bridge
F
For it won't be long
But if we are wise,
C
F
Bridge (claps, not chords)
Verse 3
C
If there is a load
You have to bear
That you can't carry,
I'm right up the road.
I'll share your load,
If you just call me.
'Til I'm gonna need
G C
Somebody to lean on.
Verse 2
Please swallow your pride,
If I have things
You need to borrow.
For no one can fill
Those of your needs
That you won't let show.
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Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (in F)
Composed by Rose, F.
Based on the performance by Willie Nelson
Verse
Solo (over verse chords)
F
(Bass run: B♭ B♮ C)
Bridge
In the twilight glow I see,
C
B♭
F
Someday when we meet up yonder
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain
F
F
(Bass run: B♭ B♮ C)
F
C7
(Bass run: C B♭ A G F)
We'll stroll hand in hand again
When we kissed good-bye and parted
C
(Bass run: B♭ A G F)
F
(Bass run: F F# G A B♭)
(Bass run: B♭ B♮ C)
In the land that knows no parting
I knew we'd never meet again
C7
Bridge
F
B♭
F
Blue eyes crying in the rain.
B♭
(Bass run: B♭ A G F)
Love is like a dying ember
F
C7
(Bass run: C B♭ A G F)
Only memories remain
F
F
(Bass run: B♭ B♮ C)
And through the ages I'll remember
C7
F
Blue eyes crying in the rain
1
C
C7
Bb
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(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Composed by Redding, O. & Cropper, S.
Based on the performance by Otis Redding
Verse 1
Chorus
G
So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay
B
Sittin' in the morning sun.
C
Bridge
C B Bb A
G
I'll be sittin' when the eve - ning come.
G
Look like nothing's gonna change.
B
G
Watching the ships roll in.
C
D C
D
C
Everything still remains the same.
C B Bb A
Then, I watch them roll away
G
a - gain, yeah.
D
C
I can't do what ten people tell me to do,
Chorus
F
G
So I guess I'll remain the same.
E
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay,
G
Verse 3
E
Sittin' here resting my bones,
And this loneliness won't leave me alone.
It’s 2000 miles I roamed,
Just to make this dock my home.
Watching the tide roll away.
G
D
A
Ooh, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,
Chorus
G E
Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Wasting ti - ime
Outro (whistle over these two chords and fade out)
Verse 2
G
I left my home in Georgia.
Headed for the 'Frisco bay.
'Cause I've had nothing to live for,
And look like nothing's gonna come my way.
E
G
1
B
C
Bb
A
E
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Composed by Lennon, J. & McCartney, P.
Based on the performance by The Beatles
I want to hold your hand!
Intro
C
C
D
C
C
C
D
D7
C
D
D
Em
Oh yeah, I'll tell you something,
I think you understand,
D
G
Am
C
It's such a feeling that my love
C
D
C
D
C
D
Verse 3
Em
Then I'll say that something:
B
I want to hold your hand
G
Yeah, you, got that something,
I think you'll understand,
When I say that something
I want to hold your hand!
Chorus 1
Chorus 1
Em
Middle 8→Verse 3
I want to hold your hand.
Outro
C
C
D
C
I can't hide - I can't hide - I can't hide!
B
D
G
Dm7
G
C
Dm7
And when I touch you I feel happy inside.
Verse 1
G
Middle 8
G
D
G Em
I want to hold your hand.
I want to hold your hand.
Verse 2
C
Oh please, say to me
You'll let me be your man
And please, say to me
You'll let me hold your hand.
C
Chorus 2
Now let me hold your hand.
D
B7
I want to hold your hand.
D
C
I want to hold your hand
G
D7
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want1
Verse 3 (add 4 extra C , F's--twice as long):
Rolling Stones
I went down to the Chelsea Drug Store, to get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy, and man did he look pretty ill
We decided we would have a soda, my favorite flavor--cherry red
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy,
and he said one word to me and that was "dead"
Verse:
C
F
I saw her today at the reception,
C
I said to him...
Chorus
F
a glass of wine in her hand
C
Interlude & Solo
F
I knew she was gonna meet her connection,
C
Verse 4
I saw her today at the reception, in her glass was a bleeding man
She was practiced at the art of deception,
I could tell by her bloodstained hands
F
at her feet was a footloose man
Chorus:
Chorus 3 times, then repeat and fade on C , F with choir
C
F
You can't always get what you wa-ant
D
F
x3
C
F
but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need
Verse 2:
I went down to the demonstration, to get my fair share of abuse
Singing, "we're gonna vent our frustration,
if we don't we're gonna blow a 50 amp fuse"
Chorus
1
This is a heavily revised version of chords found here:
http://www.azchords.com/r/rollingstones-tabs3359/youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwant-tabs-114471.html
C
F/C
D
G7
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D
Bm
G
Everyday
By Buddy Holly
Bridge:
Refrain:
C
Gm
Every way – loves a little stronger
G
Every day seems a little longer
F7
D
Bm G
A
Everyday it’s a-getting closer,
F
Come what may do you ever long for,
D
Bm G
A
Goin’ faster than a roller coaster
Bb
A
True love from me?
Fm7
D
Bm
G
A
Love like yours will surely come my way
D
Bm G
A
Gm7
D
Bm
C6 A G6
F6 G
Everyday it’s a-getting closer,
D
Bm G
A
Everyday it’s a-getting faster,
D
Bm G
A
Goin’ faster than a roller coaster
D
Bm G
A
Everyone says go ahead and ask her,
D
A
D
6
Bm G
E
Fm
Dm
A7
Dm7
Am7
D6
A6
Dma7
D Fma7 Bm Cma7
G
A
Gma7
Love like yours will surely come my way (2xs)
D
Bm
G
A
Love like yours will surely come my way
Bm G
Cm7
Refrain
~Instrumental Break~
Bridge
Verse 1:
D
C7 Cm
A
E
E
E
Ama7 Em
A
Fdim7
Bm G Cdim7 A Gdim7 Ddim7 Adim7 Ed
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Hallelujah
By: Leonard Cohen
Covered by: Rufus Wainright
Verse 2:
C
Am
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
C
Am
You saw her bathing on the roof
F
G
C
G
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you.
C
F
G
She tied you to her kitchen chair,
Am
F
She broke your throne and she cut your hair,
G
Em
Am
And from your lips she drew the halle—lu—jah.
Verse 1:
C
Am
I heard there was a secret chord
C
Am
That David played and it pleased the lord
F
G
C
G
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
C
F
G
It goes like this the fourth, the fifth
Am
F
The minor fall and the major lift,
G
Em
Am
The baffled king composing halle—lu—jah.
Chorus:
F
Am
Halle—lu—jah, halle—lu—jah.
F
C G C
Halle—lu—jah, halle—lu—uu—jah.
(Chorus)
Verse 3:
C
Am
Maybe I’ve been here before.
C
Am
I know this room and I’ve walked this floor.
F
G
C
G
I used to live alone before I knew you.
C
F
G
I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch,
Am
F
Love is not a victory march.
G
Em
Am
It’s a cold and it’s a broken halle—lu—jah.
G
3
(Chorus)
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Going back to New Orleans,
My race is almost run,
I'm going to spend the rest of my life,
Beneath that "Rising Sun".
House of the rising sun
Am C
D
F
There is a house in New Orleans,
Am
C
E7
They call the "Rising Sun",
Am
C
D
F
It's been the ruin of many a poor girl, (boys?)
Am
E7
Am
E7
And God, I know, I'm one.
My mother was a tailor,
She sewed those new blue jeans,
my husband he's a gambling man,
(drinks) down in New Orleans.
My husband is a gambler,
He goes from town to town,
The only time, he's satisfied, is when
He drinks his liquor down.
Oh, mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of Rising Sun
One foot on the platform,
The other's on the train,
I'm going back to New Orleans,
to wear that ball and chain.
Am/C

C
D
F/C
E7/D
We Shall Overcome
Composed by Tindley, C. A.
Verse 1
C
F
C
C
F
C
We shall overcome. We shall overcome
C
F
C
D7
G
G7
We shall over-come some-day
C F
C F G
Am
Oh, deep in my heart I
do believe,
C
G7 C
F C
That we shall overcome someday
Verse 2
We'll walk hand in hand ...
Verse 3
We shall all be free ...
Verse 4
We are not afraid ... today ...
Verse 5
We shall overcome ...
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Don’t Stop Believing
Verse 2
By Journey
D
D
A
Bm
A
F#m
D
F#m
A
D
Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train going anywhere
A singer in a smoky room, a smell of wine and cheap
perfume
A
A
G
F#m
G
Chorus
G
Coda—repeat and rock on!
D
A
Bm
G
Don't stop believing hold on to the feeling
Chorus
D
D
A
F#m
G
Streetlight people Oh_______
Strangers waiting up and down the boulevard
G
F#m
Oh, the movie never ends; it goes on and on and on and on
For a smile they can share the night, it goes on and on and
on and on
G
G
Paying anything to roll the dice, just one more time
Some will win, some will lose, some were born to sing the
blues
G
She took the midnight train going anywhere
D
Bm
Working hard to get my fill, everybody wants a thrill
G
Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world
D
A
D
D
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight, people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night
1
A
Bm
G
F#m
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Lyrics by A.P. Carter
G
G7
I was standing by my window,
C
G
On one cold and cloudy day.
When I saw that hearse come rolling,
D7
G
For to carry my mother away.
Chorus
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, by and by.
There's a better home awaiting
In the sky, in the sky.
Solo
I told the undertaker,
Undertaker please drive slow.
‘Cause that lady, you are hauling,
Oh, I hate to see her go.
Chorus
Solo
Well went back home, my home was lonesome
Miss my mother, she was gone
I had all my brothers, sisters crying
What a home so sad and 'lone
Chorus
Chorus (a capella)
I’m Yours by Mraz
C
Well uh you done done me and you bet I felt it,
G
I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted,
Am
I fell right through the cracks,
F
And now I'm tryin to get back....
C
Before the cool dun run out, I’ll be givin it my bestest
G
Nothin's gonna stop me but divine intervention
Am
I reckon its again my turn,
F
To win some or learn some....
CHORUS (2xs)
C
G
D7
loved loved
Chorus
Verse 3
I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in
the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see ya clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed
I guess what I'm saying is there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue
Repeat Verse 2
But I wont hesitate
Am
No more, No more
F
Verse 2
Well open up your mind and see like me
open up your plans & then your free
look into your heart and you'll find love love love
Listen to the music of the moment come and dance and
sing
We’re just one big family
And its our God-forsaken right to be loved loved loved
(2nd time end on D7)
It can not wait; I'm Yours
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Stand By Me
Ben E. King
C
Am
When the night has come, and the land is dark
F
G
C
And the moon is the only light we will see
Am
No, I won't be afraid, oh, I won't be afraid
Chorus *Solo*
Chorus F
G
C
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall
Or the mountain should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry, no, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
Chorus Chorus two times So darlin', darlin' stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand, stand by me, stand by me
If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall
Or the mountain should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry, no, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
G
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D
C
Bm Em
G7
D7
G6
Ob La Di, Ob La Da
Composed by Lennon, J. & McCartney, P.
Based on the performance by The Beatles
#
Verse 1
Chorus
G
D
Bridge
Desmond has his barrow in the market place.
C
G
Molly is the singer in a band.
C
C
With a couple of kids running in the yard,
Desmond says to Molly, "Girl, I like your face."
G
D
G
G
G
Happy ever after in the market place,
Desmond lets the children lend a hand.
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face;
And in the evening, she still sings it with the band.
Bmin Emin
D
brah!...
G
Chorus & Bridge
La la how the life goes on.
G
D7
Verse 2
Chorus
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on,
D
Of Desmond and Molly Jones.
And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand:
G
G G9 G G7
In couple of years, they have built a home sweet home,
Verse 3
Bmin Emin
La la how the life goes on.
Happy ever after in the market place,
Molly lets the children lend a hand.
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face;
And in the evening, she's a singer with the band.
Verse
Chorus
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on,
G
D
brah!
G
Desmond takes a trolley to the jewelry store,
Buys a twenty carat golden ring,
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door,
And as he gives it to her she begins to sing:
Outro
Emin
G
D7
G G6
But if you want some fun...take Ob-la-di-bla-da
1
She Loves You
Composed by Lennon, J. & McCartney, P.
Based on the performance by The Beatles
Intro
Em
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
A
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
C
G
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
Verse 1
G
Em
You think you've lost your love
Bm
D
Well I saw her yesterday
G
Em
It's you she's thinking of,
Bm
D
And she told me what to say
Chorus
G
She says she loves you
Em
And you know that can't be bad
Cm
Yes she loves you
D
And you know you should be glad
Post-chorus Outro
Verse 2
She said you hurt her so
She almost lost her mind
But now she says she knows
You're not the hurting kind
A
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
Chorus
Post-chorus
Em
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
A
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
Em
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cm
With a love like that
D
G
Em
You know you should be glad
Cm
With a love like that
D
G
Cm
With a love like that
Em
You know you should be glad
D
G
You know you should be glad
Cm
With a love like that
Verse 3
You know it’s up to you
I think it's only fair
Pride can hurt you too
Apologize to her
Chorus
(Because she loves you…)
D [N.C.]
G
You know you should be glad
Em
Yeah, yeah, yeah
C
G6
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
G
C
Am
D
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Dm
Bb
Gm
Two of Us
Composed by Lennon, J. & McCartney, P.
Based on the performance by The Beatles
Intro
Intro
Verse 3
Verse 1
Verse 2
G
G
G
Two of us riding nowhere,
Two of us sending postcards,
G
G
Spending someone's
Writing letters
C
Am
C
G
Am
pay.
On
my
wall.
G
Hard earned
Two of us wearing raincoats,
G
Standing so low,
You and me Sunday driving,
You and me burning matches,
G
G
Not arriving,
Lifting latches,
Am
G
C
G
Am
G
On
our
way
back home.
On
our
way
back home.
D
C G
We're on our way home.
D
G
We're going home.
the
sun.
Getting nowhere,
G
We're on our way home.
In
G
C
C G
Am
You and me chasing paper,
G
D
G
G
G
Chorus
C
C
G
Am
G
On
our
way
back home.
Chorus
Chorus
Middle 8
Middle 8
Verse 3
B♭
Dm
You and I have memories,
Gm
Am
D
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead
1
C
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Hey Jude
G
G7sus4/D
F/C
Cmaj7
C7
Am/C
Composed by J. Lennon & P. McCartney
Based on the performance by The Beatles
C
Verse 1
C
C7
C7
G
F
Am
F
C
F
C
C7
C
Na na na na na
Remember to let her into your heart,
G
G7
By making his world a little colder.
Take a sad song and make it better.
G
C
Then you can start to make it better.
Na na na na yeah
Verse 2
Verse 3
Hey Jude, don’t be afraid.
You were made to go out and get her.
The minute you let her under your skin,
Then you begin to make it better.
Hey Jude, don’t let me down.
You have found her, now go and get her.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.
C
Middle 8
Cmaj7
C7
Middle 8
F
Am
Dm
And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain,
F
Dm
For well you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool
Hey Jude, don’t make it bad.
Gsus7
Cmaj7
G7
Don’t carry the world upon your shoulders.
C
So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin,
You’re waiting for someone to perform with.
And don’t you know that its just you, hey Jude, you’ll do,
The movement you need is on your shoulder.
Verse 4
Hey Jude, don’t make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her under your skin,
Then you’ll begin to make it better.
Ending Vamp
C
B♭ F
Dm