Ukes4Fun Songbook 1
1. Everyday (Slade)
2. Feelin' Groovy (59th St Bridge Song) (Simon &
Garfunkel)
3. I Recall A Gypsy Woman (Don Williams)
4. In My Life (John Lennon)
5. Quark Strangeness And Charm (Hawkwind)
6. Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley and His
Comets)
7. San Francisco Bay Blues (Eric Clapton)
8. See You Later Alligator (Bill Haley and The
Comets)
9. Singing In The Rain (Gene Kelly)
10. Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness (Nanci
Griffith)
1. Everyday
1. Everyday
Slade
Intro
Am
G
F
C
Verse 1
C
G
Everyday when I'm away
Am
F
I'm thinking of you
C
G
Everyone can carry on
Am
F
Except for we two
Bridge
F7
C
And you know that our love
F7
C
And you know that I
F7
C
G G7
And you know that our love won't die
Am
G
And it won't even show
F
C
And no-one will know
Am
G
One little wave
F
C
To say you'll behave
Am
G
It won't even show
F
C
How far love can go
Am
G
And it won't even show
F
C
And no-one will know
Am
G
One little wave
F
C
To say you'll behave
Am
G
It won't even show
F
C
How far love can go
Bridge
F7
C
And you know that our love
F7
C
And you know that I
F7
C
G G7
And you know that our love won't die
Am
G
And it won't even show
F
C
And no-one will know
Am
G
One little wave
F
C
To say you'll behave
Am
G
It won't even show
F
C
How far love can go
Verse 2
C
G
Everyday when I'm away
Am
F
And there's been a few
C
G
Every land I need a hand
Am
F
To help me come through
Bridge
F7
C
And you know that our love
F7
C
And you know that I
F7
C
G G7
And you know that our love won't die
END
Am
C
F
F7
G
G7
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2. Feelin' Groovy (59th St Bridge Song)
2. Feelin' Groovy (59th St Bridge Song)
Simon & Garfunkel
C
Verse 1
F
C
G
C
Slow down, you move too fast
F
C
G
C
You got to make the morning last
F
C
G
C
Just kicking down the cobble stones
F
C
G
C
looking for fun and feelin' groovy.
F
C
G
La la la la la la la . . . Feelin'
F
C
G
La la la la la la la . . . Feelin'
F
C
G
La la la la la la la . . . Feelin'
C
Groovy
C
Groovy
C
Groovy
Verse 2
Hello lamppost, whatcha' knowin?
Come to watch your flowers growing.
Ain'tcha' got no rhymes for me?
Doot ta doo doo, feelin' groovy.
F
C
G
La la la la la la la . . . Feelin'
F
C
G
La la la la la la la . . . Feelin'
F
C
G
La la la la la la la . . . Feelin'
C
Groovy
C
Groovy
C
Groovy
Verse 3
Got no deeds to do, no promises to keep.
N.C.
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep.
Let the morning time drop all it's petals on me.
Life, I love you, all is groovy.
F
C
G
La la la la la la la . . . Feelin'
F
C
G
La la la la la la la . . . Feelin'
F
C
G
La la la la la la la . . . Feelin'
C
Groovy
C
Groovy
C
Groovy
REPEAT ALL FROM BEGINNING
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F
G
3. I Recall A Gypsy Woman
3. I Recall A Gypsy Woman
Don Williams
Verse 1
N.C. C
F
C
Silver coins that jingle jangle
G7
Dancing shoes that dance in time
C
F
C
All the secrets of her dark eyes
G7
C
They did sing in gypsy rhyme.
N.C. C
F
C
Yellow clover, in tangled blossoms
G7
In a meadow silky green
C
F
C
Where she held me to her bossom
G7
C
Just a boy of seventeen
F
C
I recall a gypsy woman
G7
Silver spangles in her eyes
C
F
C
Ivory skin against the moonlight
G7
C FC
and a taste of life's sweet wine
Verse 2
N.C.
C
F
C
Soft breezes blow from fragrant meadows
G7
Stir the darkness in my mind,
C
F
C
Oh gentle woman who sleeps beside me
G7
C
Little knowing who haunts my mind
N.C. C
F
C
Gypsy lady I hear your laughter,
G7
And it dances in my head
C
F
C
While my tender wife and babies
G7
C
Slumber softly in their beds
CHORUS x 2
F
C
I recall a gypsy woman
G7
Silver spangles in her eyes
C
F
C
Ivory skin against the moonlight
G7
C FC
and a taste of life's sweet wine
G7
C FC
. . . and a taste of life's sweet wine
G7
C FC
. . . and a taste of life's sweet wine
C
F
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G7
4. In My Life
4. In My Life
John Lennon
C
C
C
D
Em
F
Fm
G
G
c
Em Am c
There are places I remember
F
Fm
C
All my life, tho' some have changed
c
Em
Am C
Some for ever not for better
F
Fm
C
Some have gone and some remain
Am
D
All these places have their moments
F
Fm
C
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Am
D
Some are dead and some are living
F
Fm
C
In my life I've loved them all
C
C
Am
G
G
G
C
Em
Am C
But of all these friends and lovers
F
Fm
C
There is no one compares with you
C
Em
Am
C
And these memories lose their meaning
F
Fm
C
When I think of love as something new
Am
D
I know I'll never lose affection
F
Fm
C
For people and things that went before
Am
D
I know I'll often stop and think about them
F
Fm C
In my life I love you more
C
C
C
G
G
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5. Quark Strangeness And Charm
5. Quark Strangeness And Charm
Hawkwind
D C G,G/A G/A#,G/A
D C G,G/A G/A#,G/A
Verse 1
D
C
G
Einstein was not a handsome fellow
D
C
G
Nobody ever called him Al
D
C
G
He had a long moustache to pull on, it was yellow
D
C
G
I don't believe he ever had a girl
D
C
G
One thing he missed out in his theory
D
C
G
Of time and space and relativity
D
C
Is something that makes it very clear
G
D
C
G
He was never gonna score like you and me
He didn't know about
D
C
Quark, Strangeness and
D
C
Quark, Strangeness and
D
C
Quark, Strangeness and
G
Charm
G
Charm
G
Charm
Verse 2
D
C
G
I had a dangerous liaison
D
C
G
To have been found out would've been a disgrace
D
C
G
We had to rendezvous some days on
D
C
G
the corner of an undiscovered place
D
C
G
We got sick of chat chat chatter
D
C
G
And the look upon everybody's face
D
C
G
But all that doesn't not anti-matter now
D
C
G
We've found ourselves a black hole out in space
And we're talking about
D
C
Quark, Strangeness and
D
C
Quark, Strangeness and
D
C
Quark, Strangeness and
G
Charm
G
Charm
G
Charm
Verse 3
D
C
G
Copernicus had those Renaissance ladies
D
C
G
Crazy about his telescope
D
C
G
And Galileo had a name that made his
D
C
G
Reputation higher than his hopes
D
C
G
Did none of those astronomers discover
D
C
G
While they were staring out into the dark
D
C
G
That what a lady looks for in her lover
D
C
G
Is Charm, Strangeness and Quark
What we're talking about
D
C
Quark, Strangeness and
D
C
Quark, Strangeness and
D
C
Quark, Strangeness and
C
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G
Charm
G
Charm
G
Charm
D
G
6. Rock Around The Clock
6. Rock Around The Clock
Bill Haley and His Comets
Verse 1
C
One, two, three o' clock , four o' clock, rock
Five, six, seven o' clock, eight o' clock, rock
Nine, ten, eleven o' clock, twelve o' clock, rock.
G7
C
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight.
C
Put your glad rags on and join me, hon',
C7
We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one,
F
We're gonna rock around the rock tonight,
C
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad day light,
G7
F
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock
C
G7
tonight.
C
When the clock strikes two, and three, and four,
C7
If the band slows down we'll yell for more,
F
We're gonna rock around the rock tonight,
C
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad day light,
G7
F
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock
C
G7
tonight.
C
When it's eight, nine, ten, eleven too
C7
I'll be goin' strong and so will you
F
We're gonna rock around the rock tonight,
C
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad day light,
G7
F
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock
C
G7
tonight.
C C F C G7
C
C
When the clock strikes twelve we'll cool off then
C7
We'll start rockin' around the clock again
F
We're gonna rock around the rock tonight,
C
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad day light,
G7
F
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock
C
G7
tonight.
C
C7
F
G7
C
When the chimes ring five, and six, and seven,
C7
We'll be rockin' up in seventh heav'n,
F
We're gonna rock around the rock tonight,
C
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad day light,
G7
F
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock
C
G7
tonight.
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7. San Francisco Bay Blues
7. San Francisco Bay Blues
Eric Clapton
Intro
C
F
F
F
C
C
C7
A
F
D
F
D
C
G7
C7
G7
Verse 1
C
F
I got the blues from my baby livin by the San
C C7
Francisco Bay
F
C C7
The ocean liners not so far away
F
C
Didn't mean to treat her so bad, she was the best
A7
girl I ever have had,
D7
G7
Said goodbye, I can take a cry, wanna lay down
and die
Verse 2
C
F
C C7
I ain't got a nickel and I ain't got a lousy dime
F
E7
She don't come back, think I'm gonna lose my mind
F
C
If I ever get back to stay, it's gonna be another
A7
brand new day
D7
G7
Walkin' with my baby down by the San Francisco
C
Bay
Harmonica and Kazoo solo
C
F
C
F
Meanwhile, livin' in the city . . . just about to go
C
C7
insane
F
E7
Thought I heard my baby's voice . . . the way she
used to call my name
F
C
And if I ever get back to stay . . . it's gonna be
A7
another brand new day
D7
G7
Walkin' with my baby down by the San Francisco
C
A7
Bay, Hey Hey,
D7
G7
Walkin' with my baby down by the San Francisco
C A7
Bay
D7
G7
Yeah, walkin' with my baby down by the San
C G7 C
Francisco Bay
A
A7
C
C7
D
D7
E7
F
G7
Verse 3
C
F
C
Sittin down lookin' from my back door . . . wondrin'
F
C C7
which way to go
F
Woman I'm so crazy about . . . she don't love me no
C
more
F
C
Think I'll catch me a freight train . . . 'cause I'm feelin'
A7
blue
D7
G7
Ride all the way to the end of the line . . . thinkin'
only you
Verse 4
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8. See You Later Alligator
8. See You Later Alligator
Bill Haley and The Comets
Intro
G F C C G F C C
Verse 1
N.C.
C
When I saw my baby walking
with another man today
F
When I saw my baby walking
C
with another man today
G
When I asked her what's the matter,
C
this is what I heard her say:
N.C.
C
See you later alligator, in a while crocodile
F
C
See you later alligator, after while crocodile
G
Can't you see you're in my way now
C
Don't you know you cramp my style
Verse 2
N.C.
C
When I pondered what she told me,
nearly made me lose my head
F
When I pondered what she told me,
C
nearly made me lose my head
G
But the next time that I saw her
C
reminded her of what she said
N.C.
C
See you later alligator, after a while crocodile
F
C
See you later alligator, after while crocodile
G
Can't you see you're in my way now
C
Don't you know you cramp my style
Verse 3
N.C.
C
She said, I'm sorry pretty daddy,
you knew my love is just for you
F
She said, I'm sorry pretty daddy,
C
you knew my love is just for you
G
Won't you say that you'll forgive me
C
and say your love for me is true
Verse 4
N.C.
C
I said, wait a minute gator,
I know you meant it just for play
F
I said, wait a minute gator,
C
I know you meant it just for play
G
Don't you know you really hurt me,
C
this is what I have to say
Repeat previous Chorus
Repeat chorus with echo x2 - second time - FADE
N.C.
C
See you later alligator (see you later alligator)
after while crocodile (after while crocodile)
F
See you later alligator (see you later alligator)
C
after while crocodile (after while crocodile)
G
Can't you see you're in my way now
(Can't you see you're in my way now)
C
Don't you know you cramp my style
(Don't you know you cramp my style)
C
Solo - 2x verse chords
C F C G C C F C G C
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F
G
9. Singing In The Rain
9. Singing In The Rain
Gene Kelly
(2 Chord Version - C and C7)
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo...
Verse 1
F
I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
C7
I'm happy again
I'm singin' and dancin' in the rain!
I'm dancin' and singin' in the rain...
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo...
C7
C7
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
'Cause the sun's in my heart
F
And I'm ready for love
Verse 2
F
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain
C7
I've a smile on my face
C7
I'll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
'Cause I'm singing
F
Just singing in the rain.
Repeat Verse 1
F
I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
C7
I'm happy again
C7
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
'Cause the sun's in my heart
F
And I'm ready for love
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F
10. Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
10. Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
Nanci Griffith
Intro C C
F
F
G
G
C
C
Verse 1
C
F
You come home late and you come home early
G
C
You come on big when you're feeling small
C
F
You come home straight and you come home curly
G
C
Sometimes you don't come home at all
C
F
So what in the world's come over you
G
C
And what in heaven's name have I done
C
F
You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
G
C
You're out there running just to be on the run
Verse 2
C
F
Well I got a heart that burns with a fever
G
And I got a worried and a jealous mind
C
F
How could a love that'll last forever
G
C
Get left so far behind
C
F
So what in the world's come over you
G
C
And what in heaven's name have I done
C
F
You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
G
C
You're out there running just to be on the run
Instrumental - C C
F
F
G
G
C
C
C
F
So what in the world's come over you
G
C
And what in heaven's name have I done
C
F
You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
G
C
You're out there running just to be on the run
G
You're out there running just to be on the
G
You're out there running just to be on the
C
C
F
So what in the world's come over you
G
C
And what in heaven's name have I done
C
F
You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
G
C
You're out there running just to be on the run
Verse 3
C
F
It's a mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow
G
C
It's crossed the evil line today
C
F
How can you ask about tomorrow
G
C
When we ain't got one word to say
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F
G
C
run
C F C
run
-G C
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