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All songs herein are the property of their creators and are not to be

used for commercial gain of any form.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Not all songs are in alphabetical order. This is to avoid pagination issues when printed.

A Taste of Honey......................................3

Across the Great Divide ...........................4

All My Loving ..........................................5

Annie’s Song ............................................6

Back in The Saddle Again ........................7

Banana Boat Song (Day-O) .........................8

By the Light of The Silvery Moon..........10

Catch the Wind .......................................11

Doo Wah Diddy .....................................12

Hard Times Come Again No More ........13

Honky Tonk Women ..............................14

Hound Dog ..............................................15

House of The Rising Sun ........................16

I Am A Pilgrim .......................................17

I Can See Clearly Now ...........................18

I Walk the Line .......................................19

I’m Into Something Good .......................20

If I Had A Hammer .................................22

If I Were A Carpenter .............................24

In the Early Morning Rain ......................25

Kumbaya .................................................26

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear ...................27

Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian ..................28

Lucille .....................................................29

Mr. Tambourine Man ..............................30

My Oklahoma Home ...............................32

Nobody’s Darling ....................................34

On Top of Old Smoky .........................35

On Top of Spaghetti ............................36

Que Sera, Sera .....................................37

Sick of Folsom Prison .........................38

Silver Threads and Golden Needles ....39

Sloop John B. .......................................40

Summer Wages ....................................41

So Long (It’s Been Good to Know You) .......42

Someday Soon .....................................44

Swanee River (Old Folks at Home) .....45

Sunday Morning Coming Down ..........46

Take Me Home Country Roads ...........47

Take These Chains from My Heart .....48

The Cowboy Rides Away ....................49

The Other Side of Town ......................50

The Sweetest Gift ................................51

The Times They Are A-Changin’ .......52

The Unicorn Song ...............................54

The Wayward Wind ............................56

They Drove Old Dixie Down ..............57

Tom Dooley ........................................58

Turn, Turn, Turn ..................................60

Waltzing Matilda .................................62

Wake Up Little Susie ...........................64

Walk Right In ......................................65

Walking After Midnight ......................66

You Were Always on My Mind ..........67

3

A Taste of Honey Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkQ1eOcl5ug

[Am]↓ A taste of honey,

[C]↓ Tasting much [G]↓ sweeter than [Am] wine,

[Dm]/// Doo doot un [Am]/ doo, [Dm]/// [Am]↓

[Dm]/// Doo doot un [Am]/ doo.

I [Am] dream of [A] your first [C] kiss and [D] then,

I [Am] feel up-[A]-on my [C] lips ag-[D]-ain,

A taste of [Am] honey,

[NC] A taste of honey,

[C]↓ Tasting much [G]↓ sweeter than [Am]↓ wine.

[Dm] / /// [Am] / [Dm] / /// [Am] /

I [C] will re-[D]-turn. Yes, I [Am] will re-[D]-turn,

I’ll come [C] back for the [G] honey and [Am] you.

Doo doot un doo [Dm]// [Am]/, Doo doot un doo. [Am]//

Yours [Am] was [A] the kiss that [C] awoke my [D] heart,

There [Am] lingers [A] still, though we're [C] far a-[D]-part.

A taste of [Am] honey,

[NC] A taste of honey,

[C]↓ Tasting much [G]↓ sweeter than [Am] wine.

[Dm] / /// [Am] / [Dm] / /// [Am] /

I [C] will re-[D]-turn. Yes, I [Am] will re-[D]-turn.

I’ll come [C]↓ back,

[NC] He’ll come back,

For the [G]↓ honey,

[NC] For the honey,

And [Am] you

[Dm] / /// [Am] / [Dm] / /// [Am] / [Dm] / /// [Am]↓

4

Across the Great Divide Kate Wolf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Kn3j7o2yY

I've been [C] walking [F] in my [C] sleep,

Counting [Am] troubles 'stead of counting [F] sheep.

Where the [C] years went I can't [Am] say,

I just [F] turned around [G] and they've gone [C] away.

Repeat:

[C] I've been sifting [F] through the [C] layers,

Of dusty [Am] books and faded [F] papers.

They tell a [C] story I used to [Am] know,

And it was one that [F] happened, [G] so long [C] ago.

Chorus:

It's gone [C] away, in [F] yester-[C] day,

Now I [Am] find myself on the mountain-[F]-side. (234, 1 stop)

Where the [C] rivers change di-[Am]-rection,

[G] Across the [F] Great Div-[C]-ide.

[C] Now I heard... the [F] owl a [C] callin',

Softly [Am] as... the night was [F] fallin'.

With a [C] question and I re-[Am]-plied,

But he's [F] gone a-[G]-cross the border-[C]-line.

Chorus:

[C] The finest hour that [F] I have [C] seen,

Is the [Am] one... that comes be-[F]-tween.

The edge of [C] night, and the break of [Am] day,

It's when the [F] darkness [G] rolls a-[C]-way.

Chorus: x2

5

All My Loving Lennon, McCartney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSpiwK5fig0

[NC] Close your [Dm] eyes and I´ll [G7] kiss you,

To-[C]-morrow I’ll [Am] miss you,

Re-[F]-member I´ll al-[Dm]-ways be [G] true. [G7]

And then [Dm] while I´m a-[G7]-way,

I´ll write [C] home every-[Am]-day,

And I´ll [F] send all my [G7] loving to [C] you. [STOP]

[NC] I´ll pre-[Dm]-tend that I´m [G7] kissing,

The [C] lips I am [Am] missing,

And [F] hope that my [Dm] dreams will come [G] true. [G7]



And I´ll [F] send all my [G] loving to [C] you. [STOP]

[NC] All my [Am] loving, I will send to [C] you.

All my [Am] loving, darling I´ll be [C] true.

[NC] Close your [Dm] eyes and I´ll [G7] kiss you,

To-[C]-morrow I’ll [Am] miss you,

Re-[F]-member I´ll al-[Dm]-ways be [G] true. [G7]



And I´ll [F] send all my [G] loving to [C] you.

All my [Am] loving, I will send to [C] you.

All my [Am] loving, darling I´ll be [C] true.

Fade Out...

All my [Am] loving...

[C] All my [Am] loving...

[C] All my [Am] loving...

6

Annie’s Song John Denver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqfUjLQAAg

You [C] fill up my [F] sen-[G]-ses, [Am],

Like a [F] night in the [C] forest, [Em] [Am]

Like a [C] mountain in [F] spring[G]time, [Dm]

Like a [F] walk in the [G] rain. [G7]

Like a [G] storm in the [F] des-[G]-ert, [Am]

Like a [F] sleepy blue [C] ocean. [Em] [Am]

You [C] fill up my [F] sen-[G]-ses. [Dm]

Come [G7] fill me a-[C]-gain. [C] [F] [C]

[C] Come let me [F] love [G] you, [Am]

Let me [F] give my life [C] to you. [Em] [Am]

Let me [C] drown in your [F] laugh-[G]-ter. [Dm]

Let me [F] die in your [G] arms. [G7]

Let me [G] lay down be-[F]-side [G] you [Am]

Let me al-[F-]ways be [C] with you [Em] [Am]

[C] Come let me [F] love [G] you [Dm]

Come [G7] love me a-[C]-gain [C] [F] [C]

You [C] fill up my [F] sen-[G]-ses [Am],

Like a [F] night in the [C] forest [Em] [Am]

Like a [C] mountain in [F] spring-[G]-time [Dm]

Like a [F] walk in the [G] rain [G7]

Like a [G] storm in the [F] des-[G]-ert [Am],

Like a [F] sleepy blue [C] ocean [Em] [Am]

You [C] fill up my [F] sen-[G]-ses [Dm]

Come [G7] fill me a-[C]-gain [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C]

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Back in The Saddle Again Gene Autry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSqcxFGFVas

[C] Where the [F] longhorn cattle feed,

On the [C] lowly jimson [A7] weed.

I'm [D7] back in the saddle a-[G7]-gain.

I'm [C] back in the [G7] saddle a-[C]-gain,

[F] Out where a friend is a [C] friend.

Where the [F] longhorn cattle feed,

On the [C] lowly jimson [A7] weed.

I'm [D7] back in the saddle a-[G7]-gain.

[C] Riding the [G7] range once [C] more.

[F] Toting my old forty-[C]-four.

Where you [F] sleep out every night,

Where the [C] only law is [A7] right.

[D7] Back in the [G7] saddle a-[C]-gain.

Whoopi-[F]-ty-aye-oh,

[C] Rocking to and fro.

Back in the saddle a-[G7]-gain.

[C] Whoopi-[F]-ty-aye-yay, I go [C] my way,


Whoopi-[F]-ty-aye-oh,

[C] Rocking to and fro.

Back in the saddle a-[G7]-gain.

[C] Whoopi-[F]-ty-aye-yay, I go [C] my way,


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Banana Boat Song (Day-O) Traditional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMigXnXMhQ4

[C] Day-o, [F] Day-ay-ay-[C]-o.

[C] Daylight come an' me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.



[C] Work all night on a [F] drink a’ rum.

[C] Daylight come an’ me [G7] wan’ go [C] home.

[C] Stack banana till de [F] mornin’ come.


[C] Come, Mister tally man [G7] tally me banana.


[C] come, Mister tally man [G7] tally me banana.


[C] Six foot, seven foot, [F] eight foot bunch.








[C] Beautiful bunch of [F] ripe banana.


[C] Hide the deadly, [F] black ta-ranch-la.






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[C] Come, Mister tally man [G7] tally me banana.


Me say [C] come, Mister tally man [G7] tally me banana.






10

By the Light of The Silvery Moon Gus Edwards / Ed Madden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td7lCCO9aaQ

By the [F] light of the silvery [G7] moon, I want to [C7] spoon,

To my honey, I'll [F] croon love's [C7] tune.

Honey [F] moon, keep a-shinin' in [G7] June.

Your silvery [F] beams will bring love’s dreams,

We'll be cuddlin' [G7] soon.

By the [C7] silvery [F] moon, [C7]

By the [F] light, (not the dark, but the light)

Of the silvery [G7] moon, (not the sun, but the moon)

I want to [C7] spoon, (not knife but spoon)


Honey [F] moon, (not the sun but the moon)

Keep a-shinin' in [G7] June. (not May but June)

Your silvery [F] beams will bring love’s dreams.

We'll be cuddlin' [G7] soon,

By the [C7] silvery [F] moon. [C7]

By the [F] light, (by the light, by the light)

Of the silvery [G7] moon, (silvery moon, silvery moon)

I want to [C7] spoon. (want to spoon, want to spoon)


Honey [F] moon, (honeymoon, honeymoon)

Keep a-shinin' in [G7] June. (in June, in June)

Your silvery [F] beams will bring love’s dreams,


By the [C7] silvery [F] moon. [C7]

By the [F] light, (not the dark, but the light)

Of the silvery [G7] moon, (not the sun, but the moon)

I want to [C7] spoon. (not knife but spoon)


Honey [F] moon. (not the sun but the moon)

Keep a-shinin' in [G7] June. (not May but June)

Your silvery [F] beams will bring love’s dreams


By the [C7] silvery [F] moon. / / / / [C7] [F]

11

Catch the Wind Donovan Leitch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8hjEYTpwE8

Intro:

[C] Ah, but I may as well [F] try and

[G7] catch the [C] wind. [F]/// [G7]/// [C]////

In the [C] chilly hours and [F] minutes,

Of [C] uncertainty, I [F] want to be,

In the [C] warm, hold [F] of your [G7] loving [C] mind. [G7]

To [C] feel you, all [F] around me,

And to [C] take your hand, a-[F]-long the sand.

Ah, but I [C] may as well [F] try and


When [C] sundown pales the [F] sky,

I want to [C] hide a while, be-[F]-hind your smile.

And [C] everywhere I'd [F] look, your [G7] eyes I'd [C] find, [G7]

For [C] me to love you [F] now.

Would be the [C] sweetest thing, would [F] make me sing,

Ah, but I [C] may as well [F] try and [G7] catch the [C] wind. [F]/// [G7]/// [C]////

[F] Di dee dee [G7] di dee dee [Am] dee dee di di [D] Di dee dee [G7] Di dee dee

When [C] rain has hung the [F] leaves with tears,

I want [C] you near, to [F] kill my fears,

To [C] help me to leave [F] all, my [G7] blues [C] behind. [G7]

For [C] standing in your [F] heart,

Is where I [C] want to be, and [F] long to be,



Harmonica/Kazukuleles

[C] For standing in your [F] heart,

Is where I [C] want to be, and [F] long to be,



Sing and play:

Ah, but I [C] may as well [F] try and [G7] catch the [C] wind. [F]/// [G7]/// [C]↓

12

Doo Wah Diddy

Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43vOAw2sAFU

Intro: [C] [F] [C]

[NC]There she was, just a walkin' down the street,

Singin' [C] “Doo wah diddy diddy [F] dum diddy [C] doo.”

A-snappin' her fingers and [F] a-shufflin' her [C] feet,

Singin', “Doo wah diddy, diddy, [F] Dum diddy [C] doo.”

[C]↓ She looked good, ([C]↓ looked good)

She [C]↓ looked fine, ([C]↓ 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,


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


[C]↓ We walked on, ([C]↓ walked on)

[C]↓ To my door, ([C]↓ 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.

Chorus:

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]↓ Well, I'm hers, ([C]↓ I'm hers) [C]↓ she's mine, ([C]↓ 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.

Chorus:

[C]↓ I'm hers, ([C]↓ I'm hers) [C]↓ she's mine, [C]↓ (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.”

“Doo wah diddy diddy [F] dum diddy [C] doo. Doo wah diddy diddy [F] dum diddy [C] doo.

13

Hard Times Come Again No More Stephen Foster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZsO348BOW0

[C] Let us pause in life’s [C7] pleasures,

And [F] count its many [C] tears.

[F] While we [C] all sup [G7] sorrow with the [C] poor,

[C] There’s a song that will [C7] linger for-[F]-ever in our [C] ears.

[F] Oh [C] hard times [G7] come again no [C] more.

Chorus:

[C] ‘Tis the song the sigh of the [F] wea-[C]-ry,

[C] Hard times hard times come again no [G7] more.

Many [C] days you have [C7] lingered,

A-[F] -round my cabin [C] door.


[C] While we seek mirth and [C7] beauty,

And [F] music light and [C] gay,

[F] There are [C] frail forms [G7] fainting at the [C] door.

[C] Though their voices are [C7] silent,

Their [F] pleading looks will [C] say,

[F] Oh [C] hard times [G7] come again no [C] more

Chorus:

[C] There’s a pale drooping [C7] maiden,

Who [F] toils her life a-[C]-way.

[F] With a [C] worn heart whose [G7] better days are [C] o’er.

[C] Though her voice it would be [C7] merry,

‘Tis [F] sighin’ all the [C] day.

[F] Oh [C] hard times [G7] come again no [C] more

Chorus:


14

Honky Tonk Women Rolling Stones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0iLSCgMjvE

[G] I met a gin-soaked bar-room queen in [C] Memphis. [C] [C] [F]

She [G] tried to take me [A] upstairs for a [D] ride.

The lady [G] had to heave me across her shoulder. [C]

Now I [G] just can’t seem to [D] drink you off my [G] mind.

Chorus:

She’s a [G][D] honky-tonk [G] woman,

Give me, give me, [D] give me the honky-tonk [G] blues.

[G] [D] Honky-tonk [G] women.

Give me, give me, [D] give me the honky-tonk [G] blues.

[G] I met a divorcee in New York [C] City,

I had [G] to put up [A] some kind of a [D] fight.

The lady [G] went and covered me up in [C] roses,

She [G] blew my nose and [D] then she blew my [G] mind.

Chorus: x2

15

Hound Dog Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eHJ12Vhpyc

Verse 1:

[E7] You ain't nothin' but a [A] hound dog,

Cryin' all the time.

You ain't nothin' but a [D7] hound dog,

Cryin' all the [A] time.

Well you ain't [E7] never caught a rabbit,

And you [D7] ain't no friend of [A] mine.

Verse 2:

[E7] Well they said you was [A] high class

Well that was just a lie

Yeah they said you was [D7] high class

Well that was just a [A] lie

Well you ain't [E7] never caught a rabbit

And you [D7] ain't no friend of [A] mine

Verse 1:

[A]/// [A]/// [A]/// [A7]///

[D7]/// [D7]/// [A]/// [A]///

[E7]/// [D7]/// [A]///

Verse 2:

[A]/// [A]/// [A]/// [A7]///

[D7]/// [D7]/// [A]/// [A]///

[E7]/// [D7]/// [A]///

Verse 2:

Verse 1:

16

House of the Rising Sun Traditional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=uS90B4sZf7U

There [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New Or-[F]-leans,

They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E7] Sun.

And it’s [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor [F] boy,

And [Am] God I [E7] know I’m [Am] one. [E7]

My [Am] mother [C] was a [D] tailor, [F]

She [Am] sewed my [C] new blue [E7] jeans.

My [Am] father [C] was a [D] gamblin’ [F] man,

[Am] Down in [E7] New Or-[Am]-leans. [E7]

Now the [Am] only [C] thing a [D] gambler [F] needs,

Is a [Am] suit-[C]-case and [E7] trunk.

And the [Am] only [C] time that [D] he’s satis-[F]-fied,

Is [Am] when he’s [E7] on a [Am] drunk. [E7]

Oh [Am] mother [C] tell your [D] children, [F]

Not to [Am] do what [C] I have [E7] done.

[Am] Spend your [C] lives in [D] sin and mise-[F]-ry,

In the [Am] House of the [E7] Rising [Am] Sun. [E7]

Well I got [Am] one foot [C] on the [D] platform, [F]

The [Am] other [C] foot on the [E7] train.

I’m [Am] goin’ [C] back to [D] New Or-[F]-leans,

To [Am] wear that [E7] ball and [Am] chain. [E7]

Well there [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New Or-[F]-leans.

They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E7] Sun.

And it’s [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor [F] boy.

And [Am] God I [E7] know I’m [Am] one. [E7] [Am]

17

I Am A Pilgrim Merle Travis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7V5TBOWiiA&list=PLieRi_lSPlRoYq7iXUb8x1VUi4KT6xdmI&index

=127

Intro:

[C] I've got a home in that yonder [F] city, good Lord,

And it's [C] not, [***] [G7] not made by [C] hand.

[C] I am a pil-[G7]-grim and a [C] stranger,

Traveling [F] through this wearisome [C] land.

I've got a home in that yonder [F] city, good Lord,

And it's [C] not, [***] not [G7] made by [C] hand.

I've got a [G7] mother, a sister and [C] brother,

Who have [F] been this way be-[C]-fore.

I am determined to go and [F] see them, good Lord,

Over [C] on, [***] that [G7] other [C] shore.

I am a pil-[G7]-grim and a [C] stranger,




I'm going [G7] down to that river of [C] Jordan,

Just to [F] bathe my wearisome [C] soul.

If I could just touch the hem of [F] His garment, good Lord,

Then I [C] know, [***] He’ll [G7] take me [C] home.

I am a pil-[G7]-grim and a [C] stranger,




[***] =

A ---------------------- A ---------------------------------------

E ---------------------- E --------0--1--3-----------------------

C --1--1--2--3--4---- C --0--0-----------2--3--p2--0----2--

G ---------------------- G ---------------------------------2----

18

I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwJ-g0iJ6w

INTRO:

[D] It’s gonna be a [C] bright, [G] bright sun-shiny [D] day.

[D] I can see [G] clearly now the [D] rain is gone.

I can see [G] all obstacles [A] in my way.

[D] Gone are the [G] dark clouds that [D] had me blind.

It’s gonna be a [C] bright, [G] bright sun-shiny [D] day.


[D] I think I can [G] make it now the [D] pain is gone.

All of the [G] bad feelings have [A] disappeared.

[D] Here is that [G] rainbow I’ve been [D] prayin’ for.


Bridge:

[F] Look all around, there’s nothing but [C] blue skies.

[F] Look straight ahead, nothing but [A] blue skies.

[D] I can see [G] clearly now the [D] rain is gone.

I can see [G] all obstacles [A] in my way.

[D] Gone are the [G] dark clouds that [D] had me blind.




19

I Walk the Line Johnny Cash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq0fUa0vW_E

[C] I keep a [G7] close watch on this heart of [C] mine.

[C] I keep my [G7] eyes wide open all the [C] time.

[C] I keep the [F] ends out for the tie that [C] binds.

[C] Because you’re [G7] mine, I walk the [C] line.

[C] I find it [G7] very, very easy to be [C] true.

[C] I find my-[G7]-self alone when each day is [C] through.

[C] Yes, I’ll [F] admit I’m a fool for [C] you.


[C] As sure as [G7] night is dark, and day is [C] light,

[C] I keep you [G7] on my mind both day and [C] night.

[C] And happi-[F]-ness I’ve known proves that it’s [C] right.


[C] You’ve got a [G7] way to keep me on your [C] side.

[C] You give me [G7] cause for love that I can’t [C] hide.

[C] For you I [F] know I’d even try to turn the [C] tide.



20

I’m Into Something Good Gerry Goffin and Carole King

Play along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ainawjQtCyw

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 mind,

[F] Last night I met a new girl in the neighbor-[C]-hood,

[F] Whoa, [C] yeah. [F]

[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 kinda guy.

[F] She danced close to me...like I hoped she [C] would...

(He danced with [F] me like [C] I hoped he would)



Bridge:

[G7] We only danced for a minute or two,

Then [C] she stuck close to me the whole night through.

[G7] Can this be, fallin' in love?

Well, [D7] she's everything I've been dreaming [G7] of...

(He’s everything I've been [D7] dreaming [G7] of...)

[C] I walked her [F] home and she [C] held my [F] hand.

[C] I knew it [F] wouldn't be just a [C] one night stand.

Cuz [F] I asked to see her next week she told me [C] I could...

(He asked to [F] see me and I [C] told him he could...



Instrumental: [Same chords as Bridge]:

[G7] [C] [G7] [D7] [G7]

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[C] When I walked her [F] home and she [C] held my [F] hand,

[C] I knew it [F] wouldn't be just a [C] one night stand.

So [F] I asked to see her next week she told me [C] I could...

(he asked to [F] see me and I [C] told him he could


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


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

[G7] oooh… oh, [F] yeah, somethin' [C] good...

[F], [C] [F] somethin' [G7] good oh, [F] yeah, somethin' [C] good [F] [C]

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If I Had a Hammer Pete Seeger, Lee Hays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxWTDcP9Y5E

[C] Oooo [Am] oooo [F] oooo

If [G7] I had a [C] ha-[Am]-am-[F]-mer,

I’d [G7] hammer in the [C] mo-[Am]-or-[F]-ning.

I’d [G7] hammer in the [C] e-[Am]-eve-[F]-ning,

All over this [G7] land.

[G7] I’d hammer out [C] danger,

I’d hammer out a [Am] warning,

[Am] I’d hammer out [F] love be-[C]-tween

My [F] brothers and my [C] sisters

[F] All-[C]-[G7]-ll over this [C] land [Am]/[F] [G7]/


If [G7] I had a [C] bell [Am]/[F]

I’d [G7] ring it in the [C] mo-[Am]-or-[F]-ning

I’d [G7] ring it in the [C] e-[Am]-eve-[F]-ning

All over this [G7] land

[G7] I’d ring out [C] danger,

I’d ring out a [Am] warning

[Am] I’d ring out [F] love be-[C]-tween

My [F] brothers and my [C] sisters


[C] Oooo [Am] oooo I [F] oooo

If [G7] I had a [C] song, [Am]/[F]

I’d [G7] sing it in the [C] mo-[Am]-or-[F]-ning,

I’d [G7] sing it in the [C] e-[Am]-eve-[F]-ning,


[G7] I’d sing out [C] danger,

I’d sing out a [Am] warning.

[Am] I’d sing out [F] love be-[C]-tween,

My [F] brothers and my [C] sisters,


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Well, [G7] I got a [C] ha-[Am]-am-[F]-mer

And [G7] I got a [C] bell, [Am]/[F]

And [G7] I got a [C] song to si-[F]-ing,


[G7] It’s the hammer of [C] justice,

It’s the bell of [Am] free-ee-[Am]-dom.

It’s the song about [F] love be-[C]-tween,


[G7] It’s the hammer of [C] justice,

It’s the bell of [Am] free-ee-[Am]-dom.

It’s the song about [F] love be-[C]-tween,


[F] All-[C]-[G7]-ll over this [C] land [Am]/[F]

[F] All-[C]-[G7]-ll over this [C] la…[F]…a…[C]…and [C] [G7] [C]

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If I Were A Carpenter

Tim Hardin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXt1NIYPNjA

Intro: [A]↓

(Men) If I were a [G] carpenter, [D] and you were a [A] lady,

Would you marry me [G] anyway, [D] would you have my [A] baby?

(Ladies) If you were a [G] carpenter, [D] and I were a [A] lady,

I'd marry you [G] anyway, [D] I would have your [A] baby.

(Men) If a tinker [G] was my trade, [D] would I still [A] find you?

(Ladies) I'd be carrying the [G] pots you made, [D] and walking be-[A]-side you.

(All) [G] Save your love through [A] loneliness,

[D] Save your love through [A] sorrow.

I gave you my [G] loneliness,

[D] Give me your to-[A]-morrow

[G] [D] [A] [G] [D] [A]

(Men) If I were a [G] miller, [D] at a mill wheel [A] grinding,

Would you miss your [G] colored blouse, [D] and your soft shoe [A] shining?

(Ladies) If you were a [G] miller, [D] at a mill wheel [A] grinding,

I'd not miss my [G] colored blouse, [D] nor my soft shoe [A] shining.




[D] Give me your to-[A]-morrow.

(Men) If I worked my [G] hands in wood, [D] would you still [A] love me?

(Ladies) I'd answer you, [G] “Yes I would”.

(Men) [D] And would you not be a-[A]-bove me?

(Men) If I were a [G] carpenter, [D] and you were a [A] lady,

(Ladies) I'd marry you [G] anyway, [D] I would have your [A] baby.




[D] Give me your to-[A]-morrow.

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In the Early Morning Rain Gordon Lightfoot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pqttl9aWm0

[C] In the early morning [G7] rain, [Dm] with a [G7] dollar in my [C] hand.

And an aching in my [Dm] heart, [G7] and my pockets full of [C] sand.

I'm a long way from [Dm] home, [G7] and I missed my loved one [C] so.

In the early morning [G7] rain, [Dm] with no place to [C] go.

[C] Out on runway number [G7] nine, [Dm] big 707 [G7] set to [C] go.

Well I'm out here on the [Dm] grass, [G7] where the pavement never [C] grows.

Where the liquor tasted [Dm] good, [G7] and the women all were [C] fast.

There she goes my [G7] friend, [Dm] she's [G7] rolling out at [C] last.

[C] Hear the mighty engines [G7] roar, [Dm] see the [G7] silver bird on [C] high.

She's away and westward [Dm] bound, [G7] far above the clouds she [C] flies.

Where the morning rain don't [Dm] fall, [G7] and the sun always [C] shines.

She'll be flying over my [G7] home, [Dm] in [G7] about three hours [C] time.

[C] This old airports got me [G7] down, [Dm] it's no [G7] earthly good to [C] me.

Cause I'm stuck here on the [Dm] ground, [G7] cold and drunk as I might [C] be.

Can't jump a jet [Dm] plane, [G7] like you can a freight [C] train.

So I best be on my [G7] way, [Dm] in the [G7] early morning [C] rain.

[C] So I best be on my [Dm] way, [G7] in the early morning [C] rain.

So I best be on my [Dm] way, [G7] in the early morning [C] rain.

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Kumbaya Traditional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYJMtn6IJeE

[Dm] Oh [C] Lord, [G7] kumba-[C]-ya

Kumba-[C]-ya my Lord, [F] kumba-[C]-ya

Kumbaya my Lord, [Dm] kumba-[G7]-ya

Kumba-[C]-ya my Lord, [F] kumba-[C]-ya


Someone's [C] singing Lord, [F] kumba-[C]-ya

Someone's singing Lord, [Dm] kumba-[G7]-ya

[C] Someone's singing Lord, [F]kumba-[C]-ya


Someone's [C] laughing, Lord, [F] kumba-[C]-ya

Someone's laughing, Lord, [Dm] kumba-[G7]-ya

[C] Someone's laughing, Lord, [F] kumba-[C]-ya



Someone's [C] crying, Lord, [F] kumba-[C]-ya

Someone's crying, Lord, [Dm] kumba-[G7]-ya

[C] Someone's crying, Lord, [F] kumba-[C]-ya


Someone's [C] praying, Lord, [F] kumba-[C]-ya

Someone's praying, Lord, [Dm] kumba-[G7]-ya

[C] Someone's praying, Lord, [F] kumba-[C]-ya



Someone's [C] sleeping, Lord, [F] kumba-[C]-ya

Someone's sleeping, Lord, [Dm] kumba-[G7]-ya

[C] Someone's sleeping, Lord, [F] kumba-[C]-ya



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Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear Kal Mann, Bernie Lowe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkDbk-egHH4

Intro: 4 bars [C]

[C] Baby let me be, your [F] lovin' Teddy [C] Bear.

[F] Put a chain around my neck,

And lead me any-[C] where.

Oh, let me [G7] be, (oh let me be,)

[NC] Your Teddy [C] Bear.

I [F] don't wanna be a [G7] tiger,

Cause [F] tigers play too [G7] rough.

I [F] don't wanna be a [G7] lion,

Cause [F] lions ain't the [G7] kind you love e-[C]-nough.

[NC] Just wanna [C] be, your Teddy Bear.


And lead me any-[C]-where.



Baby [C] let me be,

[F] Around you every [C] night.

[F] Run your fingers through my hair,

And cuddle me real [C] tight.



I [F] don't wanna be a [G7] tiger,

Cause [F] tigers play too [G7] rough.

I [F] don't wanna be a [G7] lion,

Cause [F] lions ain't the [G7] kind you love e-[C]-nough.

[NC] Just wanna [C] be, your Teddy Bear


And lead me any-[C]where.





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Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian John Prine, Fred Koller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee7DShR1EX8

[C] I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket

For the land of the tall palm [G] tree.

Aloha, Old Milwaukee, Hello Waiki-[C]-ki.

I just stepped down from the airplane

When I thought I heard her [F] say,

"Waka waka nuka nuka, [C] waka waka nuka nuka

[G] Would you like a [C] lei?" [G] Eh?

Chorus:

[C] Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian. Whisper in my [G] ear.

"Kika puka maka wa'u wahini,”* are the words I long to [C] hear.

Lay your coconut on my tiki what the hecka mooka mooka [F] dear.

Let's talk dirty in Ha-[C]-waiian say the [G] words I long to [C] hear.

[C] It's a ukulele Honolulu sunset, listen to the grass skirts [G] sway.

Drinking rum from a pineapple out on Honolulu [C] Bay.

The steel guitars all playing, while she's talking with her [F] hands.

Gimme gimme oka doka [C] make a wish and wanta polka

[G] Words I under-[C]-stand [G]

Chorus:

[C] Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian I boughta lota junka with my moola

And sent it to the folks back [G] home.

I never had the chance to dance the hula, I guess I should have [C] known.

When you start talking to the sweet wahini

Walking in the pale moon-[F]-light.

Oka doka what a setta [C] knocka rocka sis boom bocas

[G] Hope I said it [C] right [G]

Chorus:

Spoken: Aloha

*Kic-ka poo-ka mak-ah wow wa-hee-nee

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Lucille Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SDVkdcO8ts

[C] In a bar in Toledo across from the depot,

On a barstool she took off her [G7] ring.

I [Dm] thought I’d get closer, so [G7] I walked on over,

I [Dm] sat down and [G7] asked her her [C] name.

[C] When the drinks finally hit her, she said, “I'm no quitter.

But I finally quit [C7] living on [F] dreams.

I'm [G7] hungry for laughter and here ever after,

I'm after whatever the other life [C] brings.”

[C] In the mirror I saw him, I closely watched him,

I thought how he looked out of [G7] place.

He came [Dm] to the woman, who sat [G7] there beside me.

He [Dm] had a strange [G7] look on his [C] face.

[C] The big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain.

For a minute I [C7] thought I was [F] dead.

But [G7] he started shaking, his big heart was breaking,

He turned to the woman and [C] said,

Chorus:

[C] “You picked a fine time to leave me Lu-[F]-cille,

With four hungry children and a crop in the [C] field.

[F] I’ve had some bad times, lived through some sad times,

But this time your hurting wouldn’t [C] heal.

You picked a [G7] fine time to leave me Lu-[C]-cille.”

[C] After he left us, I ordered more whiskey.

I thought how she'd made him look [G7] small.

From the [Dm] lights of the bar room to a [G7] rented hotel room,

We walked without talking at [C] all.

[C] She was a beauty, but when she came to me,

She must have thought [C7] I’d lost my [F] mind.

[G7] I couldn’t hold her, the words that he told her,

Kept coming back time after [C] time.

Chorus:

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Mr. Tambourine Man Bob Dylan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYF8Y47qZQY

[F] Hey, Mr. [G7] Tambourine Man, [C] play a song for [F] me.

In the [C] jingle jangle [F] morning, I'll come [G7] followin' [C] you.

[F] Hey, Mr. [G7] Tambourine Man, [C] play a song for [F] me,

I'm not [C] sleepy and there [F] ain’t no [Dm] place I'm [G] going to. [G7]



Though I [F] know that evening's [G7] empire [C] has returned into [F] sand,

[C] Vanished from my [F] hand, left me [C] blindly here to [Dm] stand,

But still not [G] sleep-[G7]-ing.

My [F] weariness a-[G7]-mazes me. I'm [C] branded on my [F] feet.

I [C] have no one to [F] meet,

And the [C] ancient empty [Dm] street's too dead for [G] dream-[G7]-ing





Wait [C] only for my [Dm] boot heels to be [G] wander-[G7]-in'.

I'm [F] ready to go [G7] anywhere, I'm [C] ready for to [F] fade,

In-[C]-to my own pa-[F]-rade, cast your [C] dancing spell my [F] way,

I [Dm] promise to go [G] under [G7] it.





Though you [F] might hear laughin' [G7] spinnin’,

Swingin' [C] madly across the [F] sun,

It's not [C] aimed at any-[F]-one, it's just es-[C]-capin' on the [F] run,

And but [C] for the sky there [Dm] are no fences [G7] facin'.

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And [F] if you hear vague [G7] traces of [C] skippin' reels of [F] rhyme,

To your [C] tambourine in [F] time, it's just a [C] ragged clown be-[F]-hind.

I wouldn't [C] pay it any [F] mind, it's just a [C] shadow,

You're [Dm] seein' that he's [G] chas-[G7]-ing.





Then [F] take me disa-[G7]-ppearing through the [C] smoke rings of my [F] mind,

Down the [C] foggy ruins of [F] time, far [C] past the frozen [F] leaves,

The [C] haunted, frightened [F] trees, out [C] to the windy [F] beach,

Far [C] from the twisted [Dm] reach of crazy [G7] sorrow.

Yes, to [F] dance beneath the [G7] diamond sky with [C] one hand waving [F] free,

Silhou-[C]-etted by the [F] sea, circled [C] by the circus [F] sands,

With all [C] memory and [F] fate driven [C] deep beneath the [F] waves,

Let me for-[C]-get about [F] today until to-[G7]-morrow.





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My Oklahoma Home Agnes “Sis” Cunningham, Bill Cunningham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exu7mPNxmEI

INTRO:

And [C] so I made the race, and I [F] staked me out a [C] place,

And I settled down a-[G7]-long the Cimar-[C]-ron.

When they [C] opened up the strip, I was [F] young and full of [C] zip.

I wanted some place to call my [G7] home.

And [C] so I made the race, and I [F] staked me out a [C] place,

And I settled down a-[G7]-long the Cimar-[C]-ron.

It blowed a-[F]way. (Blowed away!)

It blowed a-[C]way. (Blowed away!)

My Oklahoma home, it blowed a-[G7]-way.

Well, it [C] looked so green and fair, when I [F] built my shanty [C] there.

My Oklahoma [G7] home, it blowed a-[C]way.

Well I planted wheat and oats, Got some [F] chickens and some [C] shoats

Aimed to have some ham and eggs to feed my [G7] face.

Got a [C] mule to pull the plow, got an [F] old red muley [C] cow,

And I also got a [G7] fancy mortgage on this [C] place.

Well, it blowed a-[F]way. (Blowed away!)

It blowed a-[C]way. (Blowed away!)

All the crops, that I planted blowed a-[G7]-way.

Well you [C] can't grow any grain, if you [F] ain’t got any [C] rain.

Everything except my [G7] mortgage blowed a-[C]-way.

Well it looked so green and fair, when I [F] built my shanty [C] there.

I figured I was all set for [G7] life.

I put [C] on my Sunday best, with my [F] fancy scalloped [C] vest,

And I went to town to [G7] pick me out a [C] wife.

She blowed a-[F]way (blowed away!)

She blowed a-[C]way (blowed away!)

My Oklahoma woman blowed a-[G7]-way.

Mister, [C] as I bent to kiss her, she was [F] picked up by a [C] twister.

My Oklahoma [G7] woman blowed a-[C]-way.

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Well, then I was left alone, just a-[F] listenin' to the [C] moan,

Of a wind around the corners of my [G7] shack.

So, I [C] took off down the road, [F] when the south wind [C] blowed.

A-travelin' with the [G7] wind upon my [C] back.

I blowed a-[F]way (blowed away!)

I blowed a-[C]way (blowed away!)

Chasin' that dust cloud up a-[G7]-head.

Once it [C] looked so green and fair, oh, now [F] it's up there in the [C] air,

My Oklahoma [G7] farm is over-[C]-head.

Well now I'm always close to home, it don’t [F] matter where I [C] roam,

For Oklahoma dust is every-[G7]-where.

Makes no [C] difference where I'm walkin', I can [F] hear my chickens [C] squawkin'

I can hear my wife a-[G7]-talkin' in the [C] air.

It blowed a-[F]way (blowed away!)

It blowed a-[C]way (blowed away!)

Yeah, my Oklahoma home it’s blown a-[G7]way

But my [C] home is always near, it's up [F] in the atmo-[C]-sphere.

My Oklahoma [G7] home is blown a-[C]-way.

I'm a roamin' Oklahoman, but I'm [F] always close to [C] home.

And I'll never get homesick, until I [G7] die.

Cause no [C] matter where I'm found, my [F] home is all a-[C]-round,

My Oklahoma [G7] home is in the [C] sky.

It blowed a-[F]way. (blowed away!)

It blowed a-[C]way. (blowed away!)

My farm down on the Cimar-[G7]ron.

But now [C] all around the world, wher-[F]-ever dust is [C] swirled,

There’s some from my [G7] Oklahoma [C] home.

It blowed a-[F]way (blowed away!)

It blowed a-[C]way (blowed away!)

Oh, my Oklahoma home it’s blown a-[G7]-way.

Yes, it’s [C] up there in the sky, in that [F] dust cloud over n’ [C] by.

My Oklahoma [G7] home is in the [C] sky.

Yes, my [C] Oklahoma [G7] home is in the [C] sky. [C]↓ [G7] ↓ [C]↓

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Nobody’s Darling Jimmie Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Kr4Rbdqu4

You're as [C] sweet as the flowers of [F] springtime,

You're pure [G7] as the dew from the [C] rose,

I had rather be somebody's [F] darling,

Than a [G7] poor soul that nobody [C] knows.

Be no-[C]-body's darling but [F] mine, love.

Be hon-[G7]-est, be faithful, be [C] kind.

And promise me that you will [F] never,

Be [G7] nobody's darling but [C] mine.

Come [C] sit by my side little [F] darling.

Come and [G7] lay your sweet head close to [C] mine.







I'm tak-[C]-ing a long weary [F] journey,

So [G7] give your last kiss to me [C] now.

You're sure to be somebody's [F] darlin',







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On Top of Old Smokey Traditional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P51eCjKN2Kw

On [G7] top of old [C] Smokey,

All covered with [G] snow. [G] / [G]

I [G] lost my true [D7] lover,

From courting too [G] slow. [G] / [G7]

Now [G7] courting is [C] pleasure,

And parting is [G] grief. [G] / [G]

And a [G] false-hearted [D7] lover,

Is worse than a [G] thief. [G] / [G7]

For a [G7] thief will just [C] rob you,

And take what you [G] have. [G] / [G]

But a [G] false-hearted [D7] lover,

Will lead you to the [G] grave. [G] / [G7]

And the [G7] grave will de-[C]cay you,

And turn you to [G] dust. [G] / [G]

Not [G] one boy in a [D7] hundred,

A poor girl can [G] trust. [G] / [G7]

They'll [G7] hug you and [C] kiss you,

And tell you more [G] lies. [G] / [G]

Than [G] cross ties on a [D7] railroad,

Or stars in the [G] skies. [G] / [G7]

So come [G7] all you young [C] maidens,

And listen to [G] me. [G] / [G]

Never [G] place your af-[D7]-fection,

On a green willow [G] tree. [G] / [G7]

For the [G7] leaves they will [C] whither,

And the roots they will [G] die. [G] / [G]

You'll [G] all be for-[D7]-saken,

And never know [G] why. [C] / [G]

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On Top of Spaghetti

On [G7] top of spa-[C]-ghetti,

All covered in [G] cheese. [G] / [G]

I [G] lost my poor [D7] meatball,

When somebody [G] sneezed. [G] / [G7]

It [G7] rolled off the [C] table,

And onto the [G] floor. [G] / [G]

And [G] then my poor [D7] meatball,

It rolled out the [G] door. [G] / [G7]

It rolled [G7] into the [C] garden,

And under a [G] bush. [G] / [G]

And [G] now my poor [D7] meatball,

Is nothing but [G] mush. [G] / [G7]

The [G7] mush was as [C] tasty,

As tasty can [G] be. [G] / [G]

And [G7] early next [D7] summer,

It grew into a [G] tree. [G] / [G7]

The [G7] tree was all [C] covered,

With beautiful [G] moss. [G] / [G]

And [G] on it grew [D7] meatballs,

And spaghetti [G] sauce. [G] / [G7]

So, if [G7] you eat spa-[C]-ghetti,

All covered in [G] cheese, [G] / [G]

Hang [G] on to your [D7] meatball,

And don't ever [G] sneeze!

Ahhhhhh-[G] choo!

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Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 1956

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbKHDPPrrc

INTRO: / 1 2 3 / 1 2 3 / [G] / [G] / [G] /

[D7] When I was [G] just a [Gmaj7] little [G6] girl,

[Gmaj7] I asked my [G] mother,

[Gmaj7]” What will I [D7] be?

[Am7] Will I be [D7] pretty? [Am7] Will I be [D7] rich?

[Am7] Here’s what she [D7] said to [G] me;

Chorus:

Que [C] sera, se-[Cmaj7]ra

[Am7] What-[C]ever will [G] be, will [Gmaj7] be.

[G6] The [G] future’s not [D7] ours to see,

[Am7] Que se-[D7]ra, se-[G]-ra.

[D7] What will be, will [G] be [G] / [G] /

[D7] When I was [G] just a [Gmaj7] child in [G6] school,

[Gmaj7] I asked my [G] teacher,

[Gmaj7]” What should I [D7] try?

[Am7] Should I paint [D7] pictures?

[Am7] Should I sing [D7] songs?”

[Am7] This was her [D7] wise re-[G]-ply;

Chorus:

[D7] When I grew [G] up [Gmaj7] and fell in [G6] love.

[Gmaj7] I asked my [G] sweetheart,

[Gmaj7]” What lies a-[D7]-head?

[Am7] Will we have [D7] rainbows [Am7] day after [D7] day?”

[Am7] Here’s what my [D7] sweetheart [G] said;

Chorus:

[D7] Now I have [G] children [Gmaj7] of my [G6] own

[Gmaj7] They ask their [G] mother

[Gmaj7]” What will I [D7] be?

[Am7] Will I be [D7] handsome? [Am7] Will I be [D7] rich?”

[Am7] I tell them [D7] tender-[G]-ly;

Chorus:

[D7] Que sera, se-[G]-ra [G] / [G] / [G]/

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Sick of Folsom Prison

[G] I hear that train song comin',

They're playing it again.

Seems I've been playing it since,

[G7] I don't know when.

I'm [C] sick of Folsom Prison,

It's getting on my [G] nerves.

And if [D7] I play it one more time,

I may just go [G] berserk!

When [G] I was just a baby,

My Mama told me, “Son,

Don't play Folsom Prison or,

I'll [G7] have to get my gun.”

Well she [C] shot a man in Lawrence,

Before the second [G] verse.

It may [D7] be an easy 12 Bar,

But there is nothing [G] worse.

[E7]↓ (Into Key Change)

I [A] bet there's people playing,

In some Ukulele bar.

Along with Goodnight Irene,

Sloop John B. [A7] and Ring of Fire

Well, I [D] know it's fun for strumming.

It's in an easy [A] key.

But that [E7] train song keeps on coming,

And that's what tortures [A] me.

Well, [A] if I tore it from my songbook,

If I threw it in the trash,

I'd still remember word for word,

The songs of [A7] Johnny Cash.

[D] They've scarred my brain forever,

They're in there till I [A] die.

And that's [E7] why when I hear that train song,

I hang my head and [A] cry.

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Silver Threads and Golden Needles Jack Rhodes, Dick Reynolds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMuDRBxodlM

I don't [A] want your lonely mansion,

With a [D] tear in every room.

I just want the love you [A] promised,

Beneath the haloed [E7] moon.

But you [A] think I should be happy,

With your [D] money and your name.

And hide myself in [A] sorrow,

While you [E7] play your cheatin' [A] game.

Silver [D] threads and golden needles,

Cannot [A] mend this heart of mine.

And I'll never drown my sorrow,

In the warm glow of your [G] wine. [E7]

You can't [A] buy my love with money,

For I [D] never was that kind.

Silver threads and golden [A] needles,

Cannot [E7] mend this heart of [A] mine.

Repeat all

[G] [D] [A]

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Sloop John B. Bahamian folk song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSAoEf1Ib58

We [C] come on the sloop [F] John [C] B,

My grandfather [F] and [C] me.

Around Nassau town we did [G7] roam,

Drinking all [C] night, [C7]

Got into a [F] fight. [Dm]

Well I [C] feel so broke up,

[G7] I wanna go [C] home.

Chorus:

So [C] hoist up the John [F] B [C] sail,

See how the main [F] sail [C] sets,

Call for the captain ashore, let me go [G7] home.

Let me go [C] home, [C7]

I wanna go [F] home, [Dm]



[C] First mate he [F] got [C] drunk,

Broke in the [F] cap-[C]-tain’s trunk,

Constable had to come and take him a-[G7]-way,

Sheriff John [C] Stone. [C7]

Why don’t you leave me a-[F]lo-o-[Dm]-one?



Chorus:

The [C] poor cook he caught [F] the [C] fits,

Threw away all of [F] my [C] grits,

Then he took and ate up all of my [G7] corn.

Let me go [C] home. [C7]

I wanna go [F] home. [Dm]

This [C] is the worst trip,

[G7] I’ve ever been [C] on.

Chorus:

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Summer Wages Ian Tyson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaTrBrSESxs

Never [G] hit seventeen when you [C] play against the dealer,

You [G] know that the [Am] odds won't ride with [D7] you,

Never [G] leave your woman alone, with your [C] friends around to steal her,

She’ll be [G] gambled and [Am] gone like summer [D7] wa-[G]-ges.

And we'll keep rollin' on 'til we [C] get to Vancouver,

And the [G] lady that I [Am] love, she's living [D7] there,

It's been [G] six long months and [C] more since I've seen her,

Maybe, she’s [G] gambled and [Am] gone like summer [D7] wa-[G]-ges.

In [D7] all the beer parlors, all [C] down along [G] Main Street,

The dreams of the [G7] seasons, it all [C] spilled down on the [G] floor,

All the [D7] big stands of timber [C] wait there just a-[G]-falling,

The hookers standing [G7] watchfully, [C] waiting by the [D7] door.

So, I'll [G] work on the towboats with [C] my slippery city shoes,

Lord, I [G] swore I would [Am] never do that a-[D7]-gain,

Through the [G] grey fogbound streets where the [C] cedars stand a-waiting,

I'll be far [G] and [Am] gone like summer [D7] wa-[G]-ges.

In [D7] all the beer parlors, all [C] down along [G] Main Street,

The dreams of the [G7] seasons, it all [C] spilled down on the [G] floor,

All the [D7] big stands of timber [C] wait there just a-[G]-falling,

The hookers waiting [G7] watchfully, [C] standing by the [D7] door.

Never [G] hit seventeen when you [C] play against the dealer,

For you [G] know that the [Am] odds won't ride with [D7] you,

Never [G] leave your woman alone, with [C] friends around to steal her,

She’ll be [G] gambled and [Am] gone like summer [D7] wa-[G]-ges.

Coda:

And the years are [G] gambled and [Am] lost like summer [D7] wa-[G]-ges.

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So Long, It's Been Good to Know You Woody Guthrie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqiblXFlZuk

I've [C] sung this song, but I'll [F] sing it a-[G7]-gain,

Of the [C] place that I lived on the [F] wild windy [G7] plains.

In [C] the month called April, [F] county called Gray,

And [C] here’s what all of the [G7] people there [C] say,

[C] So long, it's been good to know you,

[G7] So long, it's been good to [C] know you,

So long, it's [F] been good to know you,

This [C] dusty old dust is a [G7] getting my home,

And I got to be driftin' a-[C]-long. [C] / / [C] / / [C] /

A [C] dust storm hit, an' it [F] hit like [G7] thunder

It [C] dusted us over, an' it [F] covered us [G7] under

[C] Blocked out the traffic an' [F] blocked out the sun

St-[C]-raight for home all the [G7] people did [C] run, / / singin'...






We [C] talked of the end of the [F] world, and [G7] then

We'd [C] sing a song an' then [F] sing it [G7] again

We'd [C] sit for an hour an' [F] not say a word

And [C] then these [G7] words would be [C] heard






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The [C] sweethearts sat in [F] the dark and [G7] sparked

They [C] hugged and they kissed in that [F] dusty old [G7] dark

They [C] sighed and they cried, and they [F] hugged and they kissed

But in-[C]-stead of marriage, they [G7] talked like [C] this: ...Honey






Now the [C] telephone rang, an' it [F] jumped off the [G7] wall,

[C] That was the preacher, a-[F]-makin' a [G7] call.

He [C] said, "Kind friend, this [F] may be the end,

An’ you [C] got your last chance of [G7] salvation of [C] sin.”

The [C] church it was jammed, the [F] church it was [G7] packed.

An’ that [C] dusty old dust storm [F] blowed so [G7] black,

[C] Preacher could not read a [F] word of his text.

An’ he [C] folded his specs, and he [G7] took up collection, [C] said,






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Someday Soon Ian Tyson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0anqjYUD0D0

Intro:

[C]/// [Dm]/// [G7]//// [C]//// [F]// [C]↓

[C] There's a young man [Am] that I know,

Whose [F] age is twenty-[C]-one.

[Em] Comes from down in southern, Colo-[F]-ra-[G7]-do.

[C] Just out of the [Am] service,

He's [F] lookin' for his [C] fun.

Someday [Dm] soon,

Goin' [G7] with him, someday [C] soon.

[C] My parents cannot [Am] stand him,

Cause he [F] rides the rode-[C]-o.

[Em] My father says that he,

Will leave me [F] cry-[G7]-in'.

[C] I would follow [Am] him right down,

The [F] roughest road I [C] know.

Someday [Dm] soon,


[G7] But when he comes to call,

My pa ain't [F] got a good word to [C] say.

[Am] Guess it's 'cause he's just as wild,

[D7] In his younger [G7] days.

So [C] blow, you old Blue [Am] Northern,

[F] Blow my love to [C] me.

He's [Em] ridin' in tonight, from Cali-[F]-forn-[G7]-ia.

He [C] loves his damned old [Am] rodeo,

As [F] much as he loves [C] me.

Someday [Dm] soon,


Someday [Dm] soon,

Goin' [G7] with him, someday [C] soon. [Am] [F] [G7] [C]↓

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Swanee River (Old Folks at Home) Stephen Foster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uweoegT29Cs

[C] Way [G7] down upon the [C] Swanee [F] River,

[C] Far, far a-[G7]-way.

[C] That's [G7] where my heart is [C] turning [F] ever,

[C] That's where the [G7] old folks [C] stay.

[G7] All the world is [C] sad and dreary,

[F] Everywhere I [C] roam. [G7]

[C] Oh, [G7] brother, how my [C] heart grows [F] weary,

[C] Far from the [G7] old folks at [C] home. [G7] [C]

[C] All [G7] 'round the little [C] farm I [F] wandered,

[C] When I was [G7] young.

[C] Then [G7] many happy [C] days I [F] squandered,

[C] Many the [G7] songs I [C] sung.





[C] When [G7] shall I see the [C] bees a [F] humming,

[C] All 'round the [G7] comb.

[C] When [G7] shall I hear the [C] ukuleles [F] strumming,

[C] Down by my [G7] good old [C] home?





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Sunday Morning Coming Down Kris Kristofferson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED5s1-Fe9FA

Well, I [C] woke up Sunday morning,

With no [F] way to hold my [G7] head that didn't [C] hurt.

And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't [Am] bad,

So, I [Am] had one more for [G7] dessert.

Then I [C] fumbled in my closet, through my [F] clothes,

And found my cleanest, dirty [C] shirt.

Then I [F] washed my face and [G7] combed my hair,

And [F] stumbled down the [G7] stairs to meet the [C] day.

I'd [C] smoked my mind the night before,

With [F] cigarettes and [G7] songs I'd been [C] picking.

But I lit my first and watched a small kid,

[Am] Playing with a can that he was [G7] kicking.

Then I [C] walked across the street,

And caught the [F] Sunday smell of someone [C] frying chicken.

And Lord, it [F] took me back to [G7] something,

That I'd [F] lost somewhere, [G7] somehow along the [C] way.

On a [C] Sunday morning [F] sidewalk,

I'm wishing, Lord, that I was [C] stoned.

Cause there's something in a [G7] Sunday,

That makes a body feel a-[C]-lone.

And there's nothing short a' [F] dying,

That's half as lone-[C]-some as the sound,

Of the sleeping city [G7] sidewalk,

And Sunday morning coming [C] down.

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In the [C] park I saw a daddy,

With a [F] laughing little [G7] girl that he was [C] swinging.

And I stopped beside a Sunday school,

And [Am] listened to the songs they were [G7] singing.

Then I [C] headed down the street,

And somewhere [F] far away a lonely bell was [C] ringing.

And it [F] echoed through the [G7] canyons,

Like the [F] disappearing [G7] dreams of [C] yesterday.

On a [C] Sunday morning [F] sidewalk,

I'm wishing, Lord, that I was [C] stoned.

Cause there's something in a [G7] Sunday,

That makes a body feel a-[C]-lone.

And there's nothing short a' [F] dying,

That's half as lone-[C]-some as the sound,

Of the sleeping city [G7] sidewalk,

And Sunday morning coming [C] down.

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Take Me Home Country Roads John Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrEljMfXYo

Intro: / 1 2 / 1 2 / [C] / [C] /

[C] Almost heaven, [Am] West Virginia,

[G] Blue Ridge Mountains, [F] Shenandoah [C] River.

[C] Life is old there, [Am] older than the trees,

[G] Younger than the mountains, [F] growin’ like a [C] breeze.

Chorus:

Country [C] roads, take me [G] home,

To the [Am] place, I be-[F]long.

West Vir-[C]ginia, mountain [G] momma.

Take me [F] home, country [C] roads.

[C] All my memories [Am] gather round her,

[G] Miner's lady, [F] stranger to blue [C] water.

[C] Dark and dusty, [Am] painted on the sky,

[G] Misty taste of moonshine, [F] tear drop in my [C] eye.

Chorus:

BRIDGE:

[Am] I hear her [G] voice,

In the [C] mornin' hours she [C7] calls me.

The [F] radio re-[C]-minds me of my [G] home far away.

And [Am] drivin' down the [Bb] road, I get a [F] feelin',

That I [C] should have been home [G] yesterday, yester-[G7]-day.

Chorus:

Repeat Chorus, then:

Take me [G] home, down country [C] roads

Take me [G] home, down country [C] roads [C]↓ [G]↓ [C]↓

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Take These Chains from My Heart Fred Rose, Hy Heath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdtSxT_R6C4

Take these [G] chains from my heart,

And set me [D7] free.

You've grown [D] cold and,

No longer care for [G] me.

All my faith in you is [G7] gone,

But the [C] heartaches linger [A7] on.

Take these [D7] chains from my heart,

And set me [G] free. [C] [G]

Take these [G] tears from my eyes,

And let me [D7] see.

Just a [D] spark of the love,

That used to [G] be.

If you love somebody new,

[G7] Let me [C] find a new love [A7] too.



Give my [G] heart just a word,

Of sympa-[D7]-thy.

Be as [D] fair to my heart,

As you can [G] be.

Then if you no longer [G7] care,

For the [C] love that's beating [A7] there,



Take these [G] chains from my heart,

And set me [D7] free.

You've grown [D] cold and,

No longer care for [G] me.

All my faith in you is [G7] gone,

But the [C] heartaches linger [A7] on.



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The Cowboy Rides Away Casey Kelly, Sonny Throckmorton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AnTe663mrY

I [G] knew the stakes were high right from the [C] start.

When [D7] she dealt the cards I bet my [G] heart.

Now I just found a game that I can't [C] play,

And [D7] this is where the cowboy rides a-[G]-way.

And my heart is sinking like the setting [C] sun,

Set-[D7]-ting on the things I wish I'd [G] done.

It's time to say goodbye to yester-[C]-day.


We've been in and out of love and in be-[C]-tween,

And [D7] now we play the final showdown [G] scene.

As the credits roll a sad song starts to [C] play,


And my heart is sinking like the setting [C] sun,

Set-[D7]-ting on the things I wish I'd [G] done.

It's time to say goodbye to yester-[C]-day.


Oh, the last goodbye's the hardest one to [C] say,

[D7] This is where the cowboy rides a-[G]-way.

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The Other Side of Town John Prine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2g0CaneKXY

Intro:

[C] Why don't you come on out and de-[F]-spise me?

So [G7] I could pack my bag and baby [C] I'd be gone.

Why [C] must you always seem to criti-[G7]-cize me?

Seems like everything I do just turns out [C] wrong.

Why don't you come on out and de-[F]-spise me?

So [G7] I could pack my bag and baby [C] I'd be gone.

Re-[C]-member when you used to call me [G7] honey,

Well, I'd turn around and call you honey, [C] too.

You might think it's a joke, but it ain't [F] funny,

To [G7] hurt someone who's so in love with [C] you.

Chorus:

A [C] clown puts his make-up on [G7] upside down,

So, he wears a smile even when he [C] wears a frown.

You might think I'm here when you [F] put me down,

But [G7] actually I'm on the other [C] side of town.

My [C] body's in this room with you just [G7] catching hell,

But my soul is drinking beer down the [C] road a spell.

You might think I'm listening to your [F] grocery list,

But I'm [G7] leaning on a jukebox and I'm about [C] half...way there.

Chorus:

I'm [C] sitting on a chair just be-[G7]-hind my ear,

Playing dominoes and drinking some [C] ice cold beer.

When you get done talking, I'll come [F] back downstairs,

And [G7] assume the body of the person you pre-[C]-sume who cares.

Chorus:

I'm a-[G7]-cross the river on the other [C] side of town.

[G7] In my mind I'm going to the dog racing [C] side of town.

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The Sweetest Gift James B. Coats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWEQDyrbphE

[C] She told the warden, how much she loved him,

It did not [G7] matter, what he had [C] done.

[C] One day a mother, went to a prison,

To see an [G7] erring, but precious [C] son.

She told the warden, how much she loved him,

It did not [G7] matter, what he had [C] done.

W: She did not bring to him a parole or pardon plea,

M: She did not bring to him a parole or pardon plea

W: She brought no [G7] silver, no gold, no pomp or [C] style to see.

M: She brought no [G7] brought no gold, no pomp or [C] none to see.

W: It was a halo bright sent down from [F] heaven’s light,

M: It was a halo bright sent down from [F] heaven's light,

The sweetest [C] gift, a [G7] mother's [C] smile.

[C] She left a smile you can remember,

She's gone to [G7] heaven from heartache's [C] grief.

Those walls around you could never change her,

You were her [G7] baby and ever will [C] be.



W: She brought no [G7] silver, no gold no pomp or [C] style to see.

M: She brought no [G7] brought no gold no pomp or [C] none to see.






W: She brought no [G7] silver, no gold no pomp or [C] style to see.

M: She brought no [G7] brought no gold no pomp or [C] none to see.




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The Times They Are A’Changin’ Bob Dylan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUOOrUsXBWI

Come [C] gather 'round [Am] people where-[F]-ever you [C] roam,

And ad-[C]-mit that the [Dm] waters a-[F]-round you have [G] grown.

And ac-[C]-cept it that [Am] soon you'll be [F] drenched to the [C] bone.

If your [C] time to [Dm] you is worth [G] savin'.

Then you [G] better start [G7] swimmin' or you'll [C] sink like a [G] stone,

For the [C] times, [F] they are a-[G]-chang-[C]-in'.

Come [C] writers and [Am] critics who prophe-[F]-size with your [C] pen,

And [C] keep your eyes [Dm] wide the chance [F] won’t come a-[G]-gain.

And [C] don’t speak too [Am] soon for the [F] wheel’s still a [C] spin,

And there’s [C] no tellin’ [Dm] who that it’s [G] namin’.

For the [G] loser [G7] now will be [C] later to [G] win.


Come [C] senators, [Am] congressmen, [F] please heed the [C] call.

Don’t [C]stand in the [Dm] doorway, don’t [F] block up the [G] hall.

For [C] he that gets [Am] hurt will be [F] he who has [C] stalled.

There’s a [C] battle [Dm] outside [G] and it’s ragin’.

It’ll [G] soon shake your [G7] windows and [C] rattle your [G] walls.


Come [C] mothers and [Am] fathers [F] throughout the [C] land,

And [C] don’t criti-[Dm]-cize what you [F] can’t under-[G]-stand.

Your [C] sons and your [Am] daughters are be-[F]yond your com-[C]-mand.

Your [C] old road is [Dm] rapidly [G] agein’.

Please [G] get out of the [G7] new one if you [C] can’t lend your [G] hand.


The [C] line it is [Am] drawn and the [F] curse it is [C] cast.

The [C] slow one [Dm] now will [F] later be [G] fast.

As the [C] present [Am] now will [F] later be [C] past.

The [C] order is [Dm] rapidly [G] fadin’.

And the [G] first one [G7] now will [C] later be [G] last.


(Slowing down)

For the [C] times, [F] they are a-[G]-chang-[C]↓-in'.

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The Unicorn Song Shel Silverstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EPsuOEH1fY

INTRO: [G] //// // [Am]↓ [D]↓ [G]↓

A [G] long time ago, when the [Am] Earth was green,

There was [D] more kinds of animals, than [G] you'd ever seen.

They'd run around free, while the [Am] Earth was bein’ born,

But the [G] loveliest of them all was the [Am] u-[D]-ni-[G]-corn.

There... was... [G] green alligators and [Am] long-necked geese,

Some [D] humpty-backed camels, and some [G] chimpanzees,

Some [G] cats and rats and elephants, but [Am] sure as you're born,

The [G] loveliest of all was the [Am] u-[D]-ni-[G]corn.

Now [G] God seen some sinnin’, and it [Am] gave Him pain.

And He [D] says, "Stand back, I'm goin’ to [G] make it rain."

He says, [G] "Hey brother Noah, I'll [Am] tell you what to do,

[G] Build me a [Am] floa-[D]-tin’ [G] zoo,

< SPOKEN > And take some of them,

[G] Green alligators and [Am] long-necked geese,

Some [D] humpty-backed camels, and some [G] chimpanzees.

Some cats and rats and elephants, but [Am] sure as you're born,

[G] Don't you forget my [Am] u-[D]-ni-[G]-corns.

Old [G] Noah was there to [Am] answer the call.

He [D] finished up makin’ the ark, just as the [G] rain started fallin’.

He [G] marched in the animals [Am] two by two,

And he [G] called out as [Am] they [D] went [G] through,

< SPOKEN > “Hey Lord!

“I... got... your... [G] green alligators and [Am] long-necked geese,

Some [D] humpty-backed camels, and some [G] chimpanzees,

Some cats and rats and elephants, but [Am] Lord, I'm so forlorn,

I [G] just can't see no [Am] u-[D]ni-[G]corns.”

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Then [G] Noah looked out, through the [Am] drivin’ rain,

Them [D] unicorns were hidin’, [G] playin’ silly games.

Kickin’ and splashin’ while the [Am] rain was pourin’,

[G] All them silly [Am] u-[D]-ni-[G]-corns.

There... was... [G] green alligators and [Am] long-necked geese,


Noah cried, "Close the door ‘cause the [Am] rain is pourin’,

And [G] we just can't wait for no [Am] u-[D]-ni-[G]corns" [G]

The [G] ark started movin’, it [Am] drifted with the tide,

The [D] unicorns looked up from the [G] rocks and they cried.

And the waters came down and sort of [Am] floated them away,

< SPOKEN > And that's why you’ve never seen a unicorn, to this very day…

You'll... see... [G] green alligators and [Am] long-necked geese,


Some [G] cats and rats and elephants, but [Am] sure as you're born,

You're [G] never gonna see no,

[Am] U…-[D]-ni…-[G]-corns.

[G] [D] [G]

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The Wayward Wind Stanley Lebowsky, Herb Newman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu2ovKZDWS8

[C] Oh, the wayward wind, is a restless [F] wind,

A restless [C] wind, that yearns to [G7] wander.

And I was [C] born, the next of [F] kin...

The next of [C] kin...

[G7] To the wayward [C] wind.

[C] In a lonely shack by a railroad track,

I spent my younger days.

And I guess the sound of the 'outward-bound,'

Made me a [G7] slave, to my wandering [C] ways.

[C] Oh, the wayward wind is a restless [F] wind,


And I was [C] born the next of [F] kin...

The next of [C] kin...

[G7] To the wayward [C] wind.

[C] Oh, I met someone in a border town.

I vowed we'd never part.

Though I tried my best to settle down,

They’re now a-[G7]-lone with a broken [C] heart.

[C] Oh, the wayward wind is a restless [F] wind,


And I was [C] born the next of [F] kin...

The next of [C] kin... [G7] to the wayward [C] wind.

The next of [C] kin... [G7] to the wayward [C] wind.

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Tom Dooley Traditional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3zdE8bliGI

[E7] Hang down your head Tom Dooley

Poor boy, you’re bound to [A] die

Chorus:

[A] Hang down your head Tom Dooley

Hang down your head and [E7] cry

Hang down your head Tom Dooley


I [A] met her on the mountain

There I took her [E7] life

Met her on the mountain

Stabbed her with my [A] knife

Chorus:

[A] This time tomorrow

Reckon' where I'll [E7] be

Hadn't have been for Grayson

I'd have been in Tennes-[A]see

Chorus:

[A] This time tomorrow

Reckon' where I'll [E7] be

Down in some lonesome valley

Hangin' from a white oak [A] tree

[A] Hang down your head Tom Dooley

Hang down your head and [E7] cry

Hang down your head Tom Dooley


[E7] Poor boy, you’re bound to [A] die

[E7] Poor boy, you’re bound to [A] die

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Robbie Robertson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_eK9ERNChI

[Am] Virgil [C] Caine is my name and,

I [F] drove on the Danville [Am] Train.

Til [C] so much [Am] cavalry came and,

[F] Tore up the tracks a-[Am]-gain.

[F] In the winter of [C] ’65,

We were [Am] hungry, just [F] barely alive.

[Am] I took the train to [F] Richmond myself,

It was a [C] time I re-[Am]-member, oh so [D] well. [D7]

The [C] night they [F] drove old Dixie [C] down.

And all the [Am] bells were ringin’,


And all the [Am] people were singin’,

They went [C] na…na-na [Am] na-na-na na…

[D] Na-na na-na na [F] na na-na-na-na [Am]

[Am] Back with my wife in [C] Tennessee,

When [F] one day she said to [Am] me,

[C] “Virgil, [Am] quick come see,

[F] There goes the Robert E. [Am] Lee!”

Now [F] I don’t mind [C] choppin’ wood, and,

I [Am] don’t care if the [F] money’s no good.

You [Am] take what you need and you [F] leave the rest,

But they should [C] never have [Am] taken the very [D] best. [D7]


And all the [Am] bells were ringin’,


And all the [Am] people were singin’,



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[Am] Like my father be-[C]-fore me,

[F] I'm a working [Am] man.

[C] And like my brother be-[Am]-fore me,

[F] I took a rebel [Am] stand.

He was [F] just eighteen, [C] proud and brave.

But a [Am] Yankee laid him [F] in his grave,

I [Am] swear by the blood be-[F]-low my feet

You can’t [C] raise a Caine back [Am] up

When he’s in de-[D]-feat. [D7]

The [C] night they [F] drove old Dixie [C] down,

And all the [Am] bells were ringin’.

The [C] night they [F] drove old Dixie [C] down

And all the [Am] people were singin’




When all the [Am] bells were ringin’.


and all the [Am] people were singin’.

They went [C] na na-na [Am] na-na-na na

[D] Na-na na-na na [F] na na-na-na-na [Am]*

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Turn! Turn! Turn! Pete Seger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4

[A] And [G] a time [F#m] to every [Em] purpose,

[A7] Under [D] heaven. [Dsus4]/[D]

To [A] every-[D]-thing,

[G] Turn, [F#m] turn, [A] turn.

[A] There is a [D] season.

[G] Turn, [F#m] turn, [A] turn,



A time to be [A] born, a time to [D] die.

A time to [A] plant, a time to [D] reap.

A time to [A] kill, a time to [D] heal.

A time to [G] lau-[F#m]-augh,

A [Em] ti-[A7]-ime to [D] weep. [Dsus4]/[D]

To every-[D]-thing,


[A] There is a [D] season,




A time to build [A] up, a time to break [D] down.

A time to [A] dance, a time to [D] mourn.

[A] A time to cast away [D] stones

A time to [G] ga-[F#m]-ather,

[Em] Sto-[A7]-ones to-[D]-gether. [Dsus4]/[D]

To every-[D]-thing, [G]

Turn, [F#m] turn, [A] turn,

[A] There is a [D] season.




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A time of [A] love, a time of [D] hate.

A time of [A] war, a time of [D] peace.

[A] A time you may em-[D]-brace,

A time to [G] re-[F#m]-frain,

[Em] Fro-[A7]-om em-[D]-bracing. [Dsus4]/[D]

To every-[D]thing,


[A] There is a [D] season,




A time to [A] gain, a time to [D] lose.

A time to [A] rend, a time to [D] sew.

A time for [A] love, a time for [D] hate.

A time for [G] pea-[F#m]-eace,

I [Em] swear it's [A7] not too [D] late. [Dsus4] / [D]

[D][Em] / [F#m] [G] [A] /

[D][Em] / [F#m] [G] [A] /

[D][Em] / [F#m] [G] [A] / [D]

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Waltzing Matilda Banjo Paterson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTBJLUuEJpM

[C] Once a jolly [Am] swagman

[Dm] Camped by a [G] billabong,

[C] Under the [Am] shade of a

[Dm] Coolibah [G] tree,

And he [C] sang as he [Em] watched and

[F] Waited till his [G] billy boiled.

[C] “You'll come a [Am] waltzing, Ma-[Dm]-tilda with [C] me.”

[C] “Waltzing, Ma-[Am]-tilda, wal-[F]-tzing Ma-[G]-tilda,

[C] You'll come a [Am] waltzing, Ma-[Dm]-tilda with [G] me.”

And he [Am] sang as he [Em] watched and,

[F] Waited till his [G] billy boiled,

[C] “You'll come a [Am] waltzing, Ma-[Dm]-tilda with [C] me.”

[C] Down came a [Am] jumbuck,

To [F] drink at the [G] billabong.

[C] Up jumped the [Am] swagman,

And [Dm] grabbed him with [G] glee.

And he [C] laughed as he [Em] stowed that,

[Am] Jumbuck in his [G] tuckerbag.

[C] “You'll come a [Am] waltzing Ma-[Dm]-tilda with [C] me.”

[C] Waltzing, Ma-[Am]-tilda, Wa-l[F]-tzing Ma-[G]-tilda,

[C] You'll come a [Am] waltzing Ma-[Dm]-tilda with [G] me.

And he [C] laughed as he [Em] stowed that

[Am] Jumbuck in his [G] tuckerbag,

[C] “You'll come a [Am] waltzing Ma-[Dm]-tilda with [C] me.”

[C] Up rode the [Am] squatter,

[F] Mounted on his [G] thoroughbred.

[C] Up rode the [Am] troopers,

[Dm] One, two, [G] three.

"Where's [Am] that jolly [Em] jumbuck,

[Am] You've got in your [G] tuckerbag?

[C] You'll come a [Am] waltzing Ma-[Dm]-tilda with [C] me.“

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[C] Waltzing, Ma-[Am]-tilda, Wal-[F]-tzing Ma-[G]-tilda,


"Where's [Am] that jolly [Em] jumbuck,

[Am] You've got in your [G] tuckerbag?

[C] You'll come a [Am] waltzing Ma-[Dm]-tilda with [C] me.”

[C] Up jumped the [Am] swagman and,

[F] Sprang into the [G] billabong,

[C] "You'll never take me,

A-[F]-live," cried [G] he. [STOP]

[Slowly, softer and softer]

And his [C] ghost may be [Em] heard as you,

[F] Ride beside the [G] billabong,

[Four beats, then; Full voice]

[C] “You'll come a [Am] waltzing Ma-[G]-tilda with [C] me.”

[C] Waltzing, Ma-[Am]-tilda, wal-[F]-tzing Ma-[G]-tilda,


And his [C] ghost may be [Em] heard as you,

[F] Ride beside the [G] billabong,

[C] “You'll come a [Am] waltzing Ma-[G]-tilda with [C] me.”

Swagman: a transient laborer who travelled by foot carrying his belongings in a swag (bedroll).

Billabong: Aboriginal word for a water hole in the desert

Coolibah tree: a shade tree native to eastern inland Australia.

Billy: tea brewed in a can on an open fire

Jumbuck: a sheep of undetermined ownership

Tucker bag: any sack used to carry food

Squatter: local landowner

Trooper: local law enforcement

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Wake Up Little Susie Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1fImXAeS-s

Intro: [D] [F] [G] [F]

[D] Wake up little Susie, wake up. [F] [G] [F]


We've [G] both been [D] sound a-[G]-sleep.

Wake up little [D] Susie, and [G] weep.

The movie's [D] over, it's [G] four o'[D]clock and,

[G] We're in [D] trouble [G] deep.

Wake up little [A7] Susie, [G] wake up little [A] Susie.

W-[A7]-ell, [A] Whatta we gonna [G] tell your [A7] Momma?

[A] Whatta we gonna [G] tell your [A7] Pa?

[A] Whatta we gonna [G] tell our [A] friends,

When [G] they [A] say, [A7] “Ooh-la-la!”?

[D] Wake up little Susie. [A7] Wake up little [D] Susie.

Well, I [D] told your mama that you'd be in by [D7] ten.

Well, now [G] Susie baby looks like we goofed again.

[D] Wake up little [A7] Susie, [G] wake up little [A] Susie,

[N/C] We gotta go [D] home.

[D] [F] [G] [F]

[D] [F] [G] [F]



The [G] movie [D] wasn't so [G] hot,

It didn't [D7] have much of a [G] plot.

We fell a-[D]-sleep, our [G] goose is [D] cooked,

Our [G] repu-[D]-tation is [G] shot.

Wake up little [A7] Susie, [G] wake up little [A7] Susie.

Well, [A] wake up little [D] Susie.

[D] [F] [G] [F] x3

[D]↓

65

Walk Right In Erik Darling, Bill Svanoe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcanr77HcrU

Intro:

[C]/ // [A]//// [D7]/// [G7]// [C]/

[C] Walk right in, [A] sit right down,

[D7] Daddy, let your [G7] mind roll [C] on. [G7]


[D7] Daddy, let your mind roll [G7] on.

[C] Every-[Am]-body’s [C] talkin’,

[Am] ‘Bout a [C] new [Am] way of [C] walkin’. [Am]

[F] Do you want to lose your [D7] mind?


[D7] Daddy, let your [G7] mind roll [C] on.


[D7] Baby, let your [G7] hair grow [C] long. [G7]


[D7] Baby, let your hair grow [G7] long.

[C] Every-[Am]body’s [C] talkin’

[Am] ‘Bout a [C] new [Am] way of [C] walkin’[Am],



[D7] Baby, let your [G7] hair grow [C] long.


[D7] Daddy, let your [G7] mind roll [C] on. [G7]


[D7] Daddy, let your mind roll [G7] on.

[C] Every-[Am]-body’s [C] talkin’,

[Am] ‘Bout a [C] new [Am] way of [C] walkin’. [Am]





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Walking After Midnight Don Hecht and Alan Block

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiKsAuv7O7c

[C] I go out walking after [C7] midnight

Out in the [F] moonlight just like we used to [C] do

I'm always walking after [F] midnight searching [G7] for [C] you

[G7] I walk for [C] miles along the highway

Well that's just [F] my way of saying I love [C] you


[C7] I stopped to [F] see a weeping willow

Crying on his pillow [C] maybe he's [G7] crying for [C] me [C7]

And as [F] the skies turn gloomy

Night blooms will whisper to me I'm [C] lonesome as I can [Am]be

[G7] I go out [C] walking after [C7] midnight out in the [F] starlight

Just hoping you may [C] be you're somewhere walking

After [F] midnight searching for [C] me

[C7] I stopped to [F] see a weeping willow

Crying on his pillow [C] maybe he's [G7] crying for [C] me [C7]

And as [F] the skies turn gloomy

Night blooms will whisper to me I'm [C] lonesome as I can [Am]be

[C] I go on walking after [C7] midnight

Out in the [F] moonlight just like we used to [C] do


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You Were Always on My Mind Johnny Christopher, Mark James, and Wayne Carson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9sRJ-eOHnc

Chorus:

[C] Maybe I didn't [G7] treat you,

[Am] Quite as [C] good as I [F] should have.

[C] Maybe I didn't [G7] love you,

[Am] Quite as [C] often as I [D7] could have.

[F] Little things I should have [C] said and done,

[F] I just [C] never took the [Dm] time. [G7]

You were [Am] always [G7] on my [C] mind.

(You were [Dm] always on my [F] mind)

[G7] You were [F] always [G7] on my [C] mind. [F]

[C] Maybe I didn't [G7] hold you,

[Am] All those [C] lonely, lonely [F] times.

[C] And I guess I never [G7] told you,

[Am] I'm so [G] happy that you're [D7] mine.

[F] If I make you feel [C] second best.

[F] Girl I'm [C] sorry I was [Dm] blind. [G7]

You were [Am] always [G7] on my [C] mind.

(You were [Dm] always on my [F] mind.)

[G7] You were [F] always [G7] on my [C] mind. [F]

[C] Tell [Am] me, . . .[F] Tell me that your [C] sweet love hasn't [Dm] died. [G]

[C] Give [Am] me, . . . [F] One more chance to keep you satis-[Dm]-fied. [G]/ / /

Chorus:

[F] You were [C] always [G7] on my [Dm] mind.


You were [G] always on my [C] mind.

[F] You were [C] always [G7] on my [Dm] mind.


You were [G] always on my [C] mind.

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