BUG Slow Jam Songs
for May 2013
Slow Jam
Nite
Version 1.00
Slow BUG Jam Song PDF Book
!
May 2013
First set
Brand New Key by Melanie Safka in C
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere by Bob Dylan in G
Bye Bye Love by The Everly Brothers, 1957 in C
Jambalaya (On The Bayou) by Hank Williams & Moon Mullican, 1942 in D
I'm A Believer by Neil Diamond in G
Wagon Wheel by Bob Dylan in C
Five Foot Two by Sam Lewis, Young, and Henderson in C
Sweet Georgia Brown Words by Ken Casey, Music by Maceo Pinkard in D
Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks in Dm
Sunny Afternoon (Chord Riff) by The Kinks in Dm
Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World by Israel
Kamakawiwo`ole in C
Second set
Wildwood Flower by Carter Family in C
From Great Heights by Iron and Wine in G
The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel in C
That's All Right Mama by Arthur Crudup ,1946 in A
Dance Me To The End Of Love by Leonard Cohen in Am
I'm On Fire by Bruce Springsteen in F
Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival in D
I Think We’re Alone Now by Ritchie Cordell, 1967 in F
Sitting On the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding in G
Happy Together by The Turtles in Am
Key of C
Brand New Key
Melanie Safka
C
0
0
G7
0
3
0
2
1
C7
2
0
0
0
F
1
2
0
1
0
| d – D – d – D |
C
I rode my bicycle past your window last night
G7
I roller skated to your door at daylight
C
C7
It almost seems like you're avoiding me
F
G7
I'm okay alone but you got something I need
C
Well I got a brand new pair of roller skates you got a brand new key
C7
I think that we should get together and try them out you see
F
I been looking around a while you got something for me
C
I got a brand new pair of roller skates you got a brand new key
C
I ride my bike I roller skate don't drive no car
G7
Don't go too fast but I go pretty far
C
C7
For somebody who don't drive I been all around the world
F
G7
Some people say I done all right for a girl
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C
Well I got a brand new pair of roller skates you got a brand new key
C7
I think that we should get together and try them out you see
F
I been looking around a while you got something for me
C
I got a brand new pair of roller skates you got a brand new key
C
I asked your mother if you were at home
G7
She said yes .... but you weren't alone
C
C7
Sometimes I think that you're avoiding me
F
G7
I'm okay alone but you've got something I need
C
Well I got a brand new pair of roller skates you got a brand new key
C7
I think that we should get together and try them out you see
F
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
C
I got a brand new pair of roller skates you got a brand new key
C
I got a brand new pair of roller skates you got a brand new key
Brand New Key
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You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Key of G
Bob Dylan
G
0
2
Am
3
2
2
0
0
C
0
0
0
0
3
| d – D u – u d u |
G
Am
Clouds so swift rain won’t lift
C
G
Gate won’t close railings froze
G
Am
Get your mind off wintertime
C
G
You ain’t goin’ no where
Chorus:
G
Am
Whoo-ee ride me high
C
G
Tomorrow’s the day my bride’s gonna come
G
Am
C
G
Oh oh are we gonna fly down in the easy chair
G
Am
I don’t care how many letters they sent
C
G
Morning came and morning went
G
Am
Pick up your money and pack up your tent
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C
G
You ain’t goin’ no where
Chorus:
G
Am
Whoo-ee ride me high
C
G
Tomorrow’s the day my bride’s gonna come
G
Am
C
G
Oh oh are we gonna fly down in the easy chair
G
Am
Buy me a flute and a gun that shoots
C
G
Tail gates and substitutes
G
Am
Strap yourself to the tree with roots
C
G
You ain’t goin’ no where
Chorus:
G
Am
Whoo-ee ride me high
C
G
Tomorrow’s the day my bride’s gonna come
G
Am
C
G
Oh oh are we gonna fly down in the easy chair
G
Am
Genghis Khan he could not keep
C
G
All his kings supplied with sleep
G
Am
We’ll climb that hill no matter how steep
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C
G
When we get up to it
Chorus:
G
Am
Whoo-ee ride me high
C
G
Tomorrow’s the day my bride’s gonna come
G
Am
C
G
Oh oh are we gonna fly down in the easy chair
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
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Key of C
Bye Bye Love
The Everly Brothers, 1957
C
0
0
G
0
3
0
2
D7
3
2
2
2
2
G7
3
0
2
1
2
| d - D u - u d u |
Chorus:
C
G
C
G
Bye bye love bye bye happiness
C
G
D7
G G7
Hello loneliness I think I'm a gonna cry
C
G
C
G
Bye bye love bye bye sweet caress
C
G
D7
G
Hello emptiness I feel like I could die
G
D7
G
Bye bye my love goodbye
D7
G
There goes my baby with someone new
G
D7
G
She sure looks happy I sure am blue
C
D7
She was my baby till he stepped in
G G7
Goodbye to romance that might have been
Chorus:
C
G
C
G
Bye bye love bye bye happiness
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C
G
D7
G G7
Hello loneliness I think I'm a gonna cry
C
G
C
G
Bye bye love bye bye sweet caress
C
G
D7
G
Hello emptiness I feel like I could die
G
D7
G
Bye bye my love goodbye
G
D7
I'm through with romance
G
I'm through with love
G
D7
G
I'm through with counting the stars a bove
C
D7
And here's the reason that I'm so free
D7
G G7
My lovin' baby is through with me
Chorus:
C
G
C
G
Bye bye love bye bye happiness
C
G
D7
G G7
Hello loneliness I think I'm a gonna cry
C
G
C
G
Bye bye love bye bye sweet caress
C
G
D7
G
Hello emptiness I feel like I could die
G
D7
G
Bye bye my love goodbye
G
D7
G
Bye bye my love good bye
G
D7
G
Bye bye my love good bye
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Bye Bye Love
Page 8
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Key of D
Hank Williams & Moon Mullican, 1942
D
2
2
A
2
0
2
1
A7
0
0
0
1
0
0
| d - D - d - D - |
D
A
Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh
A7
D
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
A
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh
A7
D
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Chorus:
D
A
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
D
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amie..o
D
A
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay..o
A7
D
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Instrumental verse (with kazoo)
D
A
Thibodeaux, Fountaineaux, the place is buzzin'
A7
D
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
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A
Dress in style, go hog wild, me oh my oh
A7
D
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Chorus:
D
A
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
D
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amie..o
D
A
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay..o
A7
D
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Instrumental verse (with kazoo)
D
A
Settle down far from town get me a pirogue
A7
D
And I'll catch all the fish in the bayou
A
Swap my guy to buy Yvonne what she need..o
A7
D
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Chorus:
D
A
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
D
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amie..o
D
A
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay..o
A7
D
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
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A
Son of a gun, we'll have big
A
Son of a gun, we'll have big
A
Son of a gun, we'll have big
A7
D
fun on the bayou.
A7
D
fun on the bayou.
A7
D
fun on the bayou.
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Page 11
Key of G
I'm A Believer
Neil Diamond
G
0
2
D
3
2
2
2
G7
2
0
0
2
1
C
2
0
0
D7
0
3
2
2
2
F
3
2
0
1
0
| d - D u - u d u |
G
D
G
I thought love was only true in fairy tales
G
D
G G7
Meant for someone else but not for me
C
G
C
G
Love was out to get me that's the way it seemed
C
G
D7
Disappointment haunted all my dreams
Chorus:
X
G
C G
G
C G
Then I saw her face
now I'm a be liever
G
C G
G
C G
Not a trace
of doubt in my mind
G
C
G
F
D7
I'm in love I'm a believer I couldn't leave her if I tried
G
D
G
I thought love was more or less a givin' thing
G
D
G G7
It seems the more I gave the less I got
C
G
C
G
What's the use in tryin' all you get is pain
C
G
D7
When I needed sunshine I got rain
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Chorus:
X
G
C G
G
C G
Then I saw her face
now I'm a be liever
G
C G
G
C G
Not a trace
of doubt in my mind
G
C
G
F
D7
I'm in love I'm a believer I couldn't leave her if I tried
Instrumental (first two lines of verse):
G D G G D G
G7
Ooooh
C
G
C
G
Love was out to get me that's the way it seemed
C
G
D7
Disappointment haunted all my dreams
Chorus:
X
G
C G
G
C G
Then I saw her face
now I'm a be liever
G
C G
G
C G
Not a trace
of doubt in my mind
G
C
G
F
D7
I'm in love I'm a believer I couldn't leave her if I tried
Final Chorus:
X
G
C G
G
C G
Yes I saw her face
now I'm a be liever
G
C G
G
C G
Not a trace
of doubt in my mind
G
C G
I'm a believer
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G
C G
I'm a believer
G
C G
I'm a believer
I'm A Believer
Page 14
Key of C
Wagon Wheel
Bob Dylan
C
0
0
G
0
3
0
2
Am
3
2
2
0
0
F
0
2
0
1
0
| d – D – d u D u |
Try finger picking the banjo part
Intro: 1ST VERSE 2x - INSTRUMENTAL:
C
G
Headed down south to the land of the pines
Am
F
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
C
Starin' up the road
G
F
F
And pray to God I see headlights
C
G
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Am
F
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
C
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
G
F
F
I can see my baby to- night
CHORUS:
C
G
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
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Am
F
Rock me mama any way you feel
C
G
F
F
Hey, mama rock me
C
G
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Am
F
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
C
G
F
F
Hey, mama rock me
solo - fiddle over 1/2 chorus
C
G
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
Am
F
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband
C
My baby plays the guitar
G
F
F
I pick a banjo now
C
G
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now
Am
F
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
C
But I ain't a turnin' back
G
F
F
To livin' that old life no more
CHORUS:
C
G
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Am
F
Rock me mama any way you feel
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C
G
F
F
Hey, mama rock me
C
G
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Am
F
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
C
G
F
F
Hey, mama rock me
solo - fiddle over 1/2 chorus
CHORD ONLY ON FIRST BEAT FOR THIS VERSE
C
G
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
Am
I caught a trucker out of Philly
F
Had a nice long toke
C
G
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
F
F
To Johnson City, Tennessee
C
G
And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun
Am
I hear my baby callin' my name
F
And I know that she's the only one
C
And if I die in Raleigh
G
F
F
At least I will die free
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CHORUS:
C
G
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Am
F
Rock me mama any way you feel
C
G
F
F
Hey, mama rock me
C
G
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Am
F
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
C
G
F
F
Hey, mama rock me
|
(end on)
C
|
Wagon Wheel
Page 18
Key of C
Five Foot Two
Sam Lewis, Young, and Henderson
C
0
0
E7
0
3
1
2
0
A7
2
0
1
0
D7
0
2
2
2
G7
3
0
2
1
2
| d – D – d – D – |
Verse 1:
C
E7
Five foot two, eyes of blue
A7
But oh! what those five foot could do,
D7
G7
C
G7
Has anybody seen my girl?
Verse 2:
C
E7
Turned up nose, turned down hose
A7
Flapper? Yes sir, one of those!
D7
G7
C
Has anybody seen my girl?
Bridge:
E7
A7
Now if you run into a five foot two, covered in fur,
D7
Diamond rings and all those things,
G7
X
Betcha' life it isn't her!
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Verse 3:
C
E7
But, could she love, could she woo?
A7
Could she, could she, could she coo?
D7
G7
C
Has anybody seen my girl?
D7
G7
Has anybody seen my,
D7
G7
anybody seen my,
D7
G7
C
anybody seen my girl?
Five Foot Two
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Key of D
Sweet Georgia Brown
Words by A. Ken Casey, Music by Maceo Pinkard 1925
D7
G7
5
C7
5
5
6
5
5
F
6
0
5
7
5
A7
5
0
0
6
7
Dm
4
5
5
5
8
5
0
4
5
4
7
5
5
5
| d – D – d – D – |
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,
F
I'll tell you just why,
A7
You know I don't lie (not 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's cooled 'em down.
Dm A7
Fellas she can't get
Dm A7
Must be fellas she ain't met.
F
Georgia claimed her,
D7
Georgia named her,
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G7
C7
F
Sweet Georgia Brown.
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,
F
I'll tell you just why,
A7
You know I don't lie (not much!).
D7
All those tips the porter slips to Sweet Georgia Brown
G7
They buy clothes at fashion shows for one dollar down.
Dm
A7
Fellas, tip your hats.
Dm
A7
Oh boy, ain't she the cats?
F
Who's that mister,
D7
t'ain't her sister,
G7
C7
F
It's Sweet Georgia Brown.
Sweet Georgia Brown
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Key of Dm
Sunny Afternoon
The Kinks
Dm
2
2
1
A
0
2
C7
0
0
0
1
C
0
0
0
0
F
0
3
2
0
D7
1
0
2
0
2
G7
0
0
2
1
2
A7
1
0
1
0
0
| d – D – u d u – |
The riffs on Dm and A chords
Over Dm-->Dm Dm7 Dm6 Bb over A-->A A7/G A7#5/G A7
Two beats each chord, see "Sunny Afternoon (Chord Riff)"
Intro:
Dm Dm A A Dm Dm A A
Dm
C
The taxman’s taken all my dough
F
C
And left me in my stately home
A
Dm
Lazin’ on a sunny after noon
C
And I can’t sail my yacht
F
C
He’s taken every thing I’ve got
A
Dm
All I’ve got’s this sunny afternoon
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D7
G7
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
C7
F A7
I got a big fat mama tryin’ to break me
Dm
G7
And I love to live so pleasantly
Dm
G7 C7
Live this life of luxur y
F
A7
Dm
Lazin’ on a sunny afternoon
A
In the summertime
Dm
C
My girlfriend’s run off with my car
F
C
And gone back to her ma and pa
A
Dm
Tellin’ tales of drunkenness and cruelty
C
Now I’m sittin’ here
F
C
Sippin’ at my ice-cold beer
A
Dm
All I’ve got’s this sunny afternoon
D7
G7
Help me, help me, help me sail away
C7
F
A7
Or give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
Dm
G7
Cos I love to live so pleasantly
Dm
G7 C7
Live this life of luxur y
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F
A7
Dm
Lazin’ on a sunny afternoon
A
In the summertime
Dm
In the summertime
A
In the summertime
Dm
In the summertime
A
Dm
In the summertime
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Key of Dm
Sunny Afternoon (Chord Riff)
The Kinks
Dm
Dm7
5
Dm6
5
7
5
5
5
1
1
A
A7/G
4
5
A7#5/G
0
Bb
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
3
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
A7
0
0
1
0
0
Chord Riffs on Dm and A chords:
Intro (2 strums each chord):
Dm Dm7 Dm6 Bb A A7/G A7#5/G A7
Dm Dm7 Dm6 Bb A A7/G A7#5/G A7
Sunny Afternoon (Chord Riff)
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Key of C
Somewhere Over The Rainbow / What a Wonderful
Wor
Israel Kamakawiwo`ole
C
0
0
Em
0
3
0
G
4
3
Am
2
2
Dm7
0
0
F
0
2
0
Am7b5
1
0
2
0
3
E7
0
1
2
0
2
G7
5
0
2
3
2
5
5
5
5
0
2
1
2
| d – D u – u d u |
Intro:
C Em Am F C Em Am Am7b5 F
C
Em F C F E7 Am F
Ooh...
C
Em
F
C
Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
F
C
G
Am F
And the dreams that you dream of once in a lullaby
C
Em
F
C
Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly
F
C
And the dreams that you dream of
G
Am F
Dreams really do come true
C
Some day I'll wish upon a star
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G
Am F
And wake up where the clouds are far be hind me
C
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
G
Am
F
High above the chimney tops that's where you'll find me
C
Em
F
C
Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly
F
C
G
Am F
And the dreams that you dare to why oh why can't I
C
Em
F
C
Well I see trees of green and red roses too
F
C
E7
Am
I'll watch them bloom for me and you
F
G
Am F
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
C
Em
F
C
Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
F
C
E7
Am
And the brightness of day I like the dark
F
G
C
F C
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
G
C
The colours of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
G
C
Are also on the faces of people passing by
F
C
F
C
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
F
C
Dm7 G7
They're really saying I I love you
C
Em
F
C
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow
F
C
E7
Am
They'll learn much more than we'll ever know
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F
G
Am F
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
C
Someday I'll wish upon a star
G
Am F
And wake up where the clouds are far be hind me
C
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
G
Am
F
High above the chimney tops that's where you'll find me
C
Em
F
C
Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
F
C
G
Am F
And the dream that you dare to why oh why can't I
C
Em F C F E7 Am F C
Ooh...
Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World
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Key of C
Wildwood Flower
Carter Family
C
0
0
G7
0
3
0
2
1
C7
2
0
0
0
F
1
2
0
1
0
| d – D u d – D u |
(try clawhammer style)
Intro riff with chords over:
C
G7 C
C
G7 C
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C
C7
A| --7753E| 33----3
C| -------
F C
C
G7 C
030- | -----------|
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C
G7
C
Oh I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair
G7
C
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
C7
F
C
And the myrtle so bright with the emerald dew
G7
C
The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue
C
G7 C
C
G7 C
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C
C7 F C
C
G7 C
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C
G7
C
Oh I'll dance I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
G7
C
I will charm every heart in his crown I will sway
C7
F
C
When I woke from my dreaming my idol was clay
G7
C
All portion of love had all flown away
C
G7 C
C
G7 C
A|---03------- | ---03------E|013--010-0-- | 013--010-0-C|--------2-20 | --------2-20
C
C7 F C
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E| 33----3 ---3 |
C| ------- ---- |
C
G7 C
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C
G7
C
Oh he taught me to love him and promised to love
G7
C
And to cherish me over all others above
C7
F
C
How my heart is now wond'ring no mis'ry can tell
G7
C
He's left me no warning no words of farewell
C
G7 C
C
G7 C
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C
C7 F C
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C
G7 C
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C
Oh he taught me to love him
G7
C
And called me his flower
That's blooming to cheer him
G7
C
Through life's dreary hour
C7
F
C
Oh I long to see him and regret the dark hour
G7
C
He's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower
C
G7 C
C
G7 C
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C
C7
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Wildwood Flower
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Key of G
From Great Heights
Iron and Wine
Gmaj7
0
2
2
D
2
2
2
Bm
2
0
4
2
2
G
2
0
2
Cadd9
3
2
0
2
0
3
|> try using Gmaj7 for D in the first line of each verse <|
|> and Bm for D in the second an forth lines of the chorus <|
| d – D u – u d – |
(or Try Fingerstyle (Inside Outside Pattern))
Intro:
G D Cadd9 G D
G
D
I....am thinking it's a sign
Cadd9
That the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and
G
D
When we kiss they're perfectly aligned and
G
D
I....have to specu late
Cadd9
That God himself did make us into corresponding
G
D
Shapes like puzzle pieces from the clay and
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G
D
True....it may seem like a stretch
Cadd9
But it's thoughts like this that catch my troubled head when you're a
G
D
way when I am missing you to death
G
D
When....you were out there on the road
Cadd9
For several weeks of shows and when you scan the radi
G
D
o I hope this song will guide you home
G
D
They will see us waving from su ch great heights
Cadd9
G D
Come do wn now they'll s ay
G
D
But everything looks perfect from far away
Cadd9
G D
Come do wn now but we'll st ay
G
D
I've....tried my best to leave
Cadd9
This all on your ma chine but the persistent beeping
G
D
Sounded thin u pon listening
G
D
That....frankly will not fly
Cadd9
You will hear the shrillest highs and lowest lows with the win
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G
D
dows down when this is guiding you home
G
D
They will see us waving from su ch great heights
Cadd9
G D
Come do wn now they'll s ay
G
D
But everything looks perfect from far away
Cadd9
G D
Come do wn now but we'll st ay
Outro:
G D Cadd9 G D G
From Great Heights
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Key of C
The Boxer
Simon and Garfunkel
C
0
0
Am
0
3
2
0
0
G
0
0
2
G7
3
2
0
2
1
F
2
2
0
Em
1
0
0
4
3
2
| d – d u d u d u |
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 jests still a man hears what he wants to hear
C
G7
C
And disregards the rest hmmmmmm
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
G7
F
C
Looking for the places only they would know
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Am
Lie la lie Lie la
Am
Lie la lie Lie la
Em
lie lie lie lie lie
G7
C
lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
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
Am
Lie la lie Lie la
Am
Lie la lie Lie la
Em
lie lie lie lie lie
G7
C
lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
C
Am
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
G
G7
Going home where the New York City winters aren't
C
Em
Am G
C
Bleeding me bleeding me going home
C
Am
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
G
G7
And he carries the reminders of ev'ry glove that laid him down
C
Am
Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
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G
F
C
G7 F C
I am leaving I am leaving but the fighter still remains m m
Repeat to finish ...
Am
Em
Lie la lie Lie la lie lie lie lie lie
Am
G7
Lie la lie Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
The Boxer
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Key of A
That's All Right Mama
Arthur Crudup ,1946
A
2
1
A7
0
0
0
1
0
D
0
2
2
E7
2
0
1
2
0
2
| d - D - - u d u |
A
Well that's all right, mama,
A
That's all right for you,
A7
That's all right mama, just anyway you do.
D
Well, that's all right, that's all right,
E7
A
That's all right now mama any way you do.
A
Well, Mama she done told me,
A
Papa done told me too,
A7
Son, that gal you're foolin' with , she ain't no good for you.
D
Well, that's all right, that's all right,
E7
A
That's all right now mama any way you do.
Just ukes and kazoos for one verse...
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A
I'm leaving town, baby,
A
I'm leaving town for sure,
A7
Well, then you won't be bothered with me hangin' round your door.
D
But, that's all right, that's all right,
E7
A
That's all right now mama any way you do ...
E7
A
That's all right now mama any way you do.
That's All Right Mama
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Dance Me To The End Of Love
Key of Am
Leonard Cohen
Am
2
0
0
Em
0
0
4
3
B7
2
4
3
2
0
| D – d u D – d u |
Use tremolo ...
Am
La la la la la la
Am
La la la la la la
Em
B7
la la la la la la la la la la
Em
B7
la la la la la la la la la la
Em
la
Em
la
Am
Em
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Am
Em
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Am
Em
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
B7
Em B7
Em
Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love
Am
Em
Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Am
Em
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Am
Em
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
B7
Em B7
Em
Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love
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Am
Em
Dance me to the wedding now dance me on and on
Am
Em
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
Am
Em
We're both of us beneath our love both of us above
B7
Em B7
Em
Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love
Am
Em
Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Am
Em
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Am
Em
Raise a tent of shelter now though every thread is torn
B7
Em B7
Em
Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love
Am
La la la la la la
Am
La la la la la la
Em
B7
la la la la la la la la la la
Em
B7
la la la la la la la la la la
Em
la
Em
la
Am
Em
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Am
Em
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Am
Em
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
B7
Em B7
Em
Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love
B7
Em
Dance me to the end of love
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Am
La la la la la la
Am
La la la la la la
Em
B7
la la la la la la la la la la
Em
B7
la la la la la la la la la la
Em
la
Em
la
Dance Me To The End Of Love
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Key of F
I'm On Fire
Bruce Springsteen
F
2
0
Dm
1
0
2
2
1
Bb
0
3
2
1
C7
1
0
0
0
1
| d – d u d u d u |
Intro:
F Dm F Dm
F
Hey little girl is your daddy home
Did he go away and leave you all alone
Bb
Dm
Bb C7
F
I got a bad desire Ooo ohhh I'm on fire
F
Tell me now baby is he good to you
Can he do to you the things that I do
Bb
Dm
Bb C7
F
I can take you higher Ooo ohhh I'm on fire
Dm F Dm
F
Bb
Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby edgy and dull
F
Dm
And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul
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F
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the middle of my head
Bb
Dm Bb C7
F
You can cool my desire Oo ohh I'm on fire
Dm F Dm
F
Bb
Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby edgy and dull
F
Dm
And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul
F
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the middle of my head
Bb
Dm
You can cool my desire
Bb C7
Ooo ohhh I'm on
Bb C7
Ooo ohhh I'm on
F Bb C7
F
fire Ooo ohhh I'm on fire
F
fire
I'm On Fire
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Key of D
Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival
D
2
2
A7
2
0
0
1
0
G
0
0
2
3
2
| d - D u - u d u |
Intro:
D A7 G D
D
A7 G
D
I see the bad moon arising
D
A7
G
D
I see trouble on the way
D
A7 G
D
I see earthquakes and lightning
D
A7 G
D
I see bad times to day
Chorus:
G
Don't go around tonight
D
Well it's bound to take your life
A7
G
D
There's a bad moon on the rise
D
A7 G
I hear hurricanes
D
A7
I know the end is
D
blowing
G
D
coming soon
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D
A7
G
D
I fear rivers over flowing
D
A7
G
D
I hear the voice of rage and ruin
Chorus:
G
Don't go around tonight
D
Well it's bound to take your life
A7
G
D
There's a bad moon on the rise
Instrumental (Verse & Chorus)
D
A7
G
D
Hope you got your things to gether
D
A7
G
D
Hope you are quite prepared to die
D
A7
G
D
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
D
A7
G
D
One eye is taken for an eye
Chorus:
G
Don't go around tonight
D
Well it's bound to take your life
A7
G
D
There's a bad moon on the rise
Chorus again:
G
Don't go around tonight
D
Well it's bound to take your life
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A7
G
D
There's a bad moon on the rise
Bad Moon Rising
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Key of F
I Think We’re Alone Now
Ritchie Cordell, 1967
F
2
0
Am
1
0
2
0
0
Dm
0
2
2
1
C
0
0
0
Eb
0
3
3
3
3
Bb
1
3
2
1
1
| d - D u - u d u |
Verse 1:
F
Am
Children
be have
Dm
C
That's what they say when we're together
F
Am
And watch how you play
Dm
C
They don't under stand and so we're
Bridge:
Am
F
Runnin' just as fast as we can
Am
F
Holdin' on to one another's hand
Eb
Tryin' to get away into the night
C
And then you put your arms around me
And we tumble to the ground
F
And then you say
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Chorus:
F
C
I think we're alone now
Bb
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
F
C
I think we're alone now
Bb
The beating of our hearts is the only sound
Verse 2:
F
Am
Look at the way
Dm
C
We gotta hide what we're doing
F
Am
'Cause what would they say
Dm
C
If they ever knew and so we're
Bridge:
Am
F
Runnin' just as fast as we can
Am
F
Holdin' on to one another's hand
Eb
Tryin' to get away into the night
C
And then you put your arms around me
And we tumble to the ground
F
And then you say
Chorus:
F
C
I think we're alone now
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Bb
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
F
C
I think we're alone now
Bb
The beating of our hearts is the only sound
F
C
I think we're alone now
Bb
The beating of our hearts is the only sound
(repeat to end)
I Think We’re Alone Now
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Key of G
50 BPM
Sitting On the Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
G
0
2
B
3
2
1
0
4
3
C
2
2
0
0
A
0
3
2
1
Em
0
0
0
4
3
D
2
2
2
2
0
F
2
0
| d - R u - u d u |
Use roll stroke ...
G
B
Sittin' in the mornin' sun
C
A
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
G
B
Watching the ships roll in
C
A
And then I watch 'em roll away again
G
Em
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
G
Em
Watching the tide roll away
G
A
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
G
Em
Wastin' ti---- ime
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G
B
I left my home in Georgia
C
A
Headed for the 'Frisco bay
G
B
'Cause I've had nothing to live for
C
A
And look like nothin's gonna come my way
G
Em
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
G
Em
Watching the tide roll away
G
A
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
G
Em
Wastin' ti---- ime
G
D C
Looks like nothing's gonna change
G
D
C
Every- -thing still remains the same
G D
C
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
F
D
So I guess I'll remain the same, yes
G
B
Sittin' here resting my bones
C
A
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
G
B
It's two thousand miles I roamed
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C
A
Just to make this dock my home
G
Em
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
G
Em
Watching the tide roll away
G
A
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
G
Em
Wastin' ti---- ime
Whistle solo
G G G Em G G G Em
G
Sitting On the Dock of the Bay
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Key of Am
Happy Together
The Turtles
Am
2
0
0
G
0
0
2
F
3
2
2
0
E7
1
0
1
2
0
A
2
2
1
Em
0
0
0
4
3
2
| D – D – D – D – |
Am
Imagine me and you I do
G
I think about you day and night it's only right
F
To think about the girl you love and hold her tight
E7
So happy to- gether
Am
If I should call you up invest a dime
G
And you say you be-long to me and ease my mind
F
Imagine how the world could be so very fine
E7
So happy to- gether
CHORUS:
A
Em
A
G
I can't see me lovin' nobody but you for all my life
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A
When you're with me
Em
A
G
Baby the skies'll be blue for all my life
Am
Me and you and you and me
G
No matter how they toss the dice it had to be
F
The only one for me is you and you for me
E7
So happy to- gether
CHORUS:
A
Em
A
G
I can't see me lovin' nobody but you for all my life
A
When you're with me
Em
A
G
Baby the skies'll be blue for all my life
Am
Me and you and you and me
G
No matter how they toss the dice it had to be
F
The only one for me is you and you for me
E7
So happy to- gether
CHORUS2:
A
Em
A
G
Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba- ba ba-ba-ba- ba
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A
Em
A
G
Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba- ba ba-ba-ba- ba
Am
Me and you and you and me
G
No matter how they toss the dice it has to be
F
The only one for me is you and you for me
E7
So happy to- gether
ENDING:
Am
E7
Am
E7
Am
So happy to- gether how is the weather
E7
Am
E7
Am
So happy to- gether we're happy to-gether
E7
Am
E7
Am
So happy to- gether happy to-gether
E7
Am
E7
A
So happy to- gether so happy to-gether
Happy Together
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