Complete Index of Songs

A Horse With No Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6California Dreaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Closer to the Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Comfortably Numb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Hotel California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7House of the rising sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Imagine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9In a Little While . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Knockin on Heaven’s Door . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Let it be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Light my fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Patience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Rawhide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Riders on the Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Scarborough Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Stand by Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Street Spirit – Fade Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Sunday Bloody Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23The Boxer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1The Sound of Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Wish You Were Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Wonderwall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Zombie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Basic ChordsHere is a table of the most used major, minor, seventh, and minor seventh chord

shapes. Whenever a different shape or another type of chord is required, there are di-agrams just below the title of the song.

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B[mו ••••

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B[7ו • •• •

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B2ו ••••

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E[m6ו ••••

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Difficulty levelsI have divided the songs in different levels of difficulty to help you find the songs

more appropriate to your present level of playing. In some cases, some difficult songscan be made easier by strumming the chords rather than playing the original arpeggiosor simply by omitting the intro (that is often more complicate than the song itself). If thisis the case, there are notes at the beginning of each song.

The level of difficulty is marked using the belt system in use in many martial arts. Justbecause it will be cool to say you are a black belt in “guitar fu”. :-) Anyway, here are thelevels of difficulty, along with their meaning:

White Belt: Simple open strings chords (not C,G,Dm); first or second rhythm.

Yellow Belt: Open strings chords, third rhythm.

Orange Belt: Basic bar chords, power chords

Green Belt: Flatpicking or fingerpicking pattern on open strings chords

Blue Belt: Flatpicking or fingerpicking pattern on all chords

Brown Belt: Non-chord-based fingerpicking

Black Belt: Soloing, Improvisation.

At the end of the songbook there is an index organized by difficulty level.

Songs

1 The BoxerOrange BeltSimon & Garfunkel

1.CI am just a poor boy,

Though my story is seldomAmtold.

I haveGsquandered my resistance,

For aG7pocketful of

Gmumbles,

Such areCpromises.

All lies andAmjest,

Still aGman hears

What heFwants to hear and

Disregards theCrest.

G G7 G C

2. When I left my home and my family

I was no more than a boy,

In the company of strangers,

In the quiet of the railway station,

Runnin’ scared.

Laying low,

Seeking out the poorer quarters,

Where the ragged people go.

Lookin’ for the places,

Only they would know.

Lie-la-Amlie lie-la-

Emlie - la-lie-la-lie

Lie-la-Amlie

Lie-la-Flie-la-lie-la-

Glie-la-la-lie-la-

Clie

3. Asking only workman’s wages

I come lookin’ for a job,

But I get no offers,

Just a come-on from the whores

On Seventh Avenue.

I do declare

There were times when I was so

lonesome,

That I took some comfort there.

La, la, la, la, la, la, la.

4. Now the years are rolling by me,

They are rocking evenly

And I am older than I once was

And younger than I’ll be,

But that’s not unusual.

No, it isn’t strange,

After changes upon changes

We are more or less the same

After changes we are more or less the

same

5. And I’m laying out my winter clothes,

Wishing I was gone,

Goin’ home

Where the New York City winters

aren’t bleedin’ me,

Leadin’Amme goin’

Ghome.

6. In the clearing stands a boxer

And a fighter by his trade,

And he carries the reminders

Of every glove that laid him down,

Or cut him ’til he cried out

In his anger and his shame,

“I am leaving, I am leaving.”

But the fighter still remains.

2 California DreamingOrange Beltthe Mamas and the Papas

While an Orange Belt song chord-wise, therhythm here is quite complex

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1. All the leaves areAmbrown (All the

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And theGsky is

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E7gray)

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Amwalk)

On aFwinter’s

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E7day)

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If IGwas in L.

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OnGsuch a winter’s

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2. Stopped into a church

I passes along the way

Oh I got down on my knees

And I pretend to pray

You know the preacher likes the cold,

He knows I’m gonna stay

California dreaming

On such a winter’s day

3. All the leaves are brown

And the sky is gray

I’ve been for a walk

On a winter’s day

If I didn’t tell her

I could leave today

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Gfornia

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Gfornia

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3 Closer to the HeartBrown BeltRush

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2. The blacksmith and the artist

Reflect it in their art

They forge their creativity

Closer to the heart

Closer to the heart

3. Philosophers and ploughmen

Each must know his part

To sow a new mentality

Closer to the heart

Closer to the heart

4. You can be the captain

I will draw the chart

Sailing into destiny

Closer to the heart

4 Comfortably NumbBlue BeltPink Floyd

1.BmHello?

Is there anybodyAin there?

Just nod if you canGhear me.

G/F# Em

Is thereBmanyone at home?

BmCome on, now,

I hear you’reAfeeling down.

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DA distant ship, smoke on the ho

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YourClips move but I can’t hear what

you’reGsaying.

WhenDI was a child I had a

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I can’t explain you would notCunderstand

This is not how IGam.

A CI have be

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Dnumb.

2. O. K.

Just a little pin prick.

There’ll be no more high

But you may feel a little sick.

Can you stand up?

I do believe its working. Good.

That’ll keep you going through the

show

Come on it’s time to go.

There is no pain you are receding

A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.

You are only coming through in waves.

Your lips move but I can’t hear what

you’re saying.

When I was a child

I caught a fleeting glimpse

Out of the corner of my eye

I turned to look but it was gone

I cannot put my finger on it now

The child is grown,

The dream is gone.

I have become comfortably numb.

5 HaitiYellow BeltArcade Fire

1.GHaiti, mon

Empays,

woundedGmother I’ll never

Emsee.

Ma faGmille set me

Emfree.

Throw myGashes into the

Emsea.

2. Mes cousins jamais ns

hantent les nuits de Duvalier.

Rien n’arrete nos esprits.

Guns can’t kill what soldiers can’t see.

3. In the forest we lie hiding,

unmarked graves where flowers grow.

Hear the soldiers angry yelling,

in the river we will go.

4. Tous les morts-ns forment une arme,

soon we will reclaim the earth.

All the tears and all the bodies

bring about our second birth.

5. Haiti, never free,

n’ai pas peur de sonner l’alarme.

Tes enfants sont partis,

In those days their blood was still

warm

6 A Horse With No NameWhite BeltAmerica

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1. On theEmfirst part of the

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I was looking at all the life

There were plants and birds and rocks

and things

There was sand and hills and rings

The first thing I met was a fly with a

buzz

And the sky with no clouds

The heat was hot and the ground was

dry

But the air was full of sound

I’veEmbeen through the desert on a

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horse with no name

It felt good to be out of the rain

In the desert you can remember your

name

’Cause there ain’t no one for to give you

no pain

La, la ...

2. After two days in the desert sun

My skin began to turn red

After three days in the desert fun

I was looking at a river bed

And the story it told of a river that

flowed

Made me sad to think it was dead

3. After nine days I let the horse run free

’Cause the desert had turned to sea

There were plants and birds and rocks

and things

There was sand and hills and rings

The ocean is a desert with it’s life

underground

And a perfect disguise above

Under the cities lies a heart made of

ground

But the humans will give no love

7 Hotel CaliforniaOrange Beltthe Eagles

1.BmOn a dark desert highway,F#

Cool wind in my hairAWarm smell of colitasERising up through the airGUp ahead in the distance,DI saw a shimmering lightEmMy head grew heavy and my sight

grew dimF#

I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway

I heard the mission bell

And I was thinking to myself

This could be heaven or this could be

hell

Then she lit up a candle,

And she showed me the way

There were voices down the corridor,

I thought I heard them say

GWelcome to the Hotel Cali

Dfornia.

Such aF#

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Such aBmlovely face

GPlenty of room at the Hotel Cali

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find it here

2. Her mind is Tiffany twisted,

She got a Mercedes bends

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys

That she calls friends

How they dance in the courtyard,

Sweet summer sweat

Some dance to remember,

Some dance to forget

So I called up the captain

“Please bring me my wine.” He said:

“We haven’t had that spirit here

Since nineteen sixty-nine”

And still those voices are calling from

Far away

Wake you up in the middle of the

night,

Just to hear them say

Welcome to the Hotel California.

Such a lovely place,

Such a lovely face

They livin’ it up at the Hotel California

What a nice surprise (what a nice

surprise)

Bring your alibis

3. Mirrors on the ceiling,

The pink champagne on ice

And she said: “We are all just

prisoners here,

Of our own device”

And in the master’s chambers,

They gathered for the feast

They stab it with their steely knives,

But they just can’t kill the beast

Last thing I remember,

I was running for the door

I had to find the passage back

To the place I was before

“Relax” said the nightman,

“We are programmed to receive

You can check out anytime you like,

But you can never leave”

8 House of the rising sunBlue BeltThe Animals

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2. My mother was a tailor

She sewed my new bluejeans

My father was a gamblin’ man

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3. Now the only thing a gambler needs

Is a suitcase and trunk

And the only time he’s satisfied

Is when he’s on a drunk

4. Oh mother tell your children

Not to do what I have done

Spend your lives in sin and misery

In the House of the Rising Sun

5. Well, I got one foot on the platform

The other foot on the train

I’m goin’ back to New Orleans

To wear that ball and chain

6. Well, there is a house in New Orleans

They call the Rising Sun

And it’s been the ruin of many a poor

boy

And God I know I’m one

9 ImagineOrange BeltJohn Lennon

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Imagine all the people

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3. Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world. . .

You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope someday you’ll join us

And the world will live as one

10 In a Little WhileBlue BeltU2

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2. In a little while

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Friday night running to Sunday on my

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11 Knockin on Heaven’sDoorGreen BeltBob Dylan

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12 Let it beOrange Beltthe Beatles

1. When ICfind myself in

Gtimes of trouble,

AmMother Mary

Fcomes to me,

CSpeaking words of

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Speaking words of wisdom,

Let it be.

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2. And when the broken hearted people

Living in the world agree,

There will be an answer,

Let it be.

For though they may be parted there is

Still a chance that they will see,

There will be an answer,

Let it be.

3. And when the night is cloudy,

There is still a light, that shines on me,

Shine on till tomorrow,

Let it be.

I wake up to the sound of music,

Mother Mary comes to me,

Speaking words of wisdom,

Let it be.

13 Light my fireOrange Beltthe Doors

1. YouAm7know that it would be

F#m7untrue

YouAm7know that it would be a

F#m7liar

Am7If I was to say to

F#m7you

Am7Girl we couldn’t get much

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2. The time to hesitate is through

No time to wallow in the mire

Try now we can only loose

And our love become a funeral pyre

GCome on baby

Alight my

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GTry to set the

Dnight on

Efire (×3)

FTry to set

Cthe night on

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All theE5times that I’ve

D6/9had to beg you

G6please, in vain

Aadd9

All theE5pain that I

D6/9had to en

G6dure for

youAadd9

Try soE5hard, let

D6/9myself be

G6shook

Aadd9

I know I’m on theE5outside and I’m looking

G6in

I can seeD6/9through you, see your true

Aadd9colors

’Cause inside yourE5ugly, your ugly like

G6me

I can seeD6/9through you, see to the

Aadd9real

you

2. All the time that I fell in my face for

you

Can’t explain why I couldn’t see a

trace of you

Pushing through from behind

Your facade, I was blind

And I feel like I was so unsure

But I know that I’m on the outside and

I’m looking in

I can see through you, see your true colors

’Cause inside your ugly, your ugly like me

I can see through you, see to the real you

3. All my joy, all my pain.

Striped away once again

And I feel so afraid of the enemies that

I’ve made

And I can’t break this pain

Can’t escape it, you’re to blame

And I know that life could be so pure

with you

But I’m on the outside and I’m looking in

I can see through you, see your true colors

’Cause inside your ugly, your ugly like me

I can see through you, see to the real you

’Cause I’m on the outside and I’m looking

in

I can see through you, see your true colors

’Cause inside your ugly, your ugly like me

I can see through you, see to the real you

15 PatienceYellow BeltGuns ’n’ Roses

Cadd9× ◦•• ••

2 1 3 4

1.CShed a tear ’cause I’m missing you

I’mGstill alright to smile

AGirl, I think about you every

Dday now

CWas a time when I wasn’t sure

But youGset my mind at ease

AThere is no doubt you’re in my

Dheart

now

Cadd9Sad woman

Gtake it slow

It’llCwork itself out

Emfine

CAll we need is

Gjust a little

Dpatience

Cadd9Sad sugar

Gmake it slow

And we’llCcome together

Emfine

CAll we need is

Gjust a little

Dpatience

2. I sit here on the stairs

’Cause I’d rather be alone

If I can’t have you right now, I’ll wait

dear

Sometimes, I get so tense

But I can’t speed up the time

But you know, love, there’s one more

thing to consider

Sad woman take it slow

Things will be just fine

You and I’ll just use just a little patience

Sad sugar take the time

’Cause the lights they shine so bright

’Cause you and I’ve got what it takes to

make itDWe won’t fake it,DOoh never break it

’DCause I can’t take it

3.GA little

Cpatience

GMhh

CYeah

GI’ve been walkin’ these streets at nightCJust tryin’ to get it rightGIt’s hard to see with so many aroundCYou know I don’t like bein’ stuck in a

crowd

And theGstreets don’t change but

maybe the nameCI ain’t got time for the game

’Cause IGneed you

Yeah, yeah well ICneed you

Oh, IGneed you

Whoa, IDneed you

Ooh, thisGtime

C G

16 PossessionOrange BeltSarah McLachlan

Esus4◦ ◦◦•••2 3 4

Dmaj9×◦◦ ◦

••1 2

1.BmListen as the wind blows

A

From aEcross the great divide

Esus4

VoicesBmtrapped in yearning

A

MemoriesEtrapped in time

Esus4

TheBmnight is my com

Apanion

AndEsolitude my guide

Esus4

GWould I spend for

Bmever here

AndEsus4not be satis

Efied?

AndGI would be the

Bmone

To hold youDmaj9down

Kiss you soG

hard

I’llEmtake your

Bmbreath away

G

And afterBmI

Wipe awDmaj9ay the tears

JustEmclose your

F#meyes

Bmdear

2. Through this world I’ve stumbled

So many times betrayed

Trying to find an honest word to find

The truth enslaved

Oh you speak to me in riddles and

You speak to me in rhymes

My body aches to breathe your breath

Your words keep me alive

And I would be the one

To hold you down

Kiss you so hard

I’ll take your breath away

And after I

Wipe away the tears

Just close your eyes dear

3. Into this night I wander

It’s morning that I dread

Another day of knowing of

The path I fear to tread

Oh into the sea of waking dreams

I follow without pride

Nothing stands between us here

And I won’t be denied

And I would be the one

To hold you down

Kiss you so hard

I’ll take your breath away

And after I

Wipe away the tears

Just close your eyes dear

I’ll hold you down

Kiss you so hard

I’ll take your breath away

And after I

Wipe away the tears

JustEmclose your

F#meyes

17 RawhideOrange Beltthe Blues Brothers

1. RAmolling, rolling, rolling (x4)

RAmolling, rolling, rolling, though the

streams are swollen

KCeep them doggies rolling, Rawhide

RAmain and wind and weather

HGell bent for l

Ameather

WGishing my gal

Fwas by my s

Eide

AA,ll the things I’m missin’

Good vGittels, lovin’, k

Amissin’

Are wGaiting at the e

Fnd of my r

Eide

Move ’em onAm, head’ em up

Head ’em upE, move’ em on

Move ’em onAm, head’ em up

RawhideE

Cut ’em outAm, ride ’em in

Ride ’em inE, cut ’em out

Call ’em outAm, ride ’em in

F

RaEwhide

Am

2. Keep moving, moving, moving,

though they’re disapproving

Keep them doggies moving, Rawhide

Don’t try to understand ’em

Just rope, throw and brand ’em

Soon we’ll be living high and wide

My heart calculatin’

My true love will be waitin’

Be waiting at the end of my ride

Move ’em on, head’ em up

Head ’em up, move’ em on

Move ’em on, head’ em up

Rawhide

Cut ’em out, ride ’em in

Ride ’em in, cut ’em out

Call ’em out, ride ’em in

Rawhide

Move ’em on, head’ em up

Head ’em up, move’ em on

Move ’em on, head’ em up

Rawhide

18 Riders on the StormYellow Beltthe Doors

1.EmRiders on the stormEmRiders on the storm

InAmto this house we’re born

InEmto this world we’re thrown

Like aDdog without a bone

AnCactor out alone

EmRiders on the storm

2. There’s aEmkiller on the road

His brain isEmsquirmin’ like a toad

TakeAma long holiday

EmLet your children play

If yaDgive this man a ride

SweetCfamily will die

EmKiller on the road, yeah

3. Girl yaEmgotta love your man

Girl yaEmgotta love your man

AmTake him by the handEmMake him understand

TheDworld on you depends

OurClife will never end

EmGotta love your man, yeah

19 Scarborough FairYellow BeltSimon & Garfunkel

1.AmAre you going to

EmScarborough

AmFair

CParsley,

Amsage, rose

Cma

Dry and

Amthyme

RememberCme to one who lives

Gthere

AmShe once

Gwas a

Amtrue love

Emof

Ammine

2. Tell her to make me a cambric shirt

(On the side of a hill in the deep forest

green)

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

(Tracing of sparrow on snow crested

brown)

Without no seams nor needle work

(Blankets and bedclothes the child of

the mountain)

Then she’ll be a true love of mine

(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)

3. Tell her to find me an acre of land

(On the side of a hill a sprinkling of

leaves)

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

(Washes the grave with silvery tears)

Between the salt water and the sea

strands

(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)

Then she’ll be a true love of mine

4. Tell her to reap it with a sickle of

leather

(War bellows blazing in scarlet

battalions)

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

(Generals order their soldiers to kill)

And gather it all in a bunch of heather

(And to fight for a cause they’ve long

ago forgotten)

Then she’ll be a true love of mine

5. Are you going to Scarborough Fair

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Remember me to one who lives there

She was once a true love of mine

20 The Sound of SilenceOrange BeltSimon & Garfunkel

capo 7

1.AmHello darkness, my old

Gfriend,

I’ve come to talk with you aAmgain,

Because a viCsion sof

Ftly cree

Cping,

Left its seeds while IFwas slee

Cping,

And theFvision that was planted in my

Cbrain

Still reAmmains

WiCthin the

Gsound of

Amsilence.

2. In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone,

Neath the halo of a street lamp,

I turned my collar to the cold and

damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the

flash of a neon light

That split the night

And touched the sound of silence.

3. And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more.

People talking without speaking,

People hearing without listening,

People writing songs that voices never

share

And no one dared

Disturb the sound of silence.

4. “Fools” said I, “You don’t know

Silence’s like a cancer grows.

Hear my words and I might teach you,

Take my arms and I might reach you.”

But my words like silence raindrops

fell,

And echoed

In the wells of silence.

5. And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon god they made.

And the sign flashed out its warning,

In the words that it was forming.

And the sign said, “The words of the

prophets

Are written on the subway walls, and

tenement halls.”

And whispered in the sound of

silence.

21 Stand by MeBlue BeltBen E. King

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shed a tear

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stand by me

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22 Street Spirit – Fade OutGreen BeltRadiohead

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me

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All these things we’ll one day swallow

whole

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communicate

These thoughts and the strain I am

under

Be a world child, form a circle

Before we all go under

And fade out again and fade out

3. Cracked eggs, dead birds

Scream as they fight for life

I can feel death, can see its beady eyes

All these things into position

All these things we’ll one day swallow

whole

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23 Sunday Bloody SundayOrange BeltU2

BmI can’t be

Dlieve the news to

Gday

BmOh, I can’t

Dclose my eyes and

Gmake it

go awayDHow long,EmHow long must we sing this song?DHow long? How

Emlong . . .

’BmCause tonight,

D Gwe can be as one,

tonight.

1.BmBroken

Dbottles under

Gchildren’s feet

BmBodies

Dstrewn across the

Gdead-end

streetsBmBut I won’t

Dheed the battle

Gcall

BmIt puts my

Dback up, puts my

Gback

up against the wall

BmSun-

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GSunday

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GSunday

FSun

Emday, bloody

DSunday (Sunday, bloody

Sunday)F Em D

2. And the battle’s just begun

There’s many lost but tell me who has

won

The trench is dug within our hearts

And mothers, children, brothers,

sisters torn apart.

3. And it’s true we are immune

When fact is fiction and TV is reality

And today the millions cry

We eat and drink while tomorrow

they die

The real battle just begun

To claim the victory Jesus won on

24 Wish You Were HereGreen BeltPink Floyd

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1.CSo, so you think you can

Dtell Heaven

fromAmHell,

Blue skies fromGpain. Can you tell a

greenDfield

From a cold steelCrail? A smile from a

Amveil?

Do you think you canGtell?

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forDghosts?

Hot ashes forAmtrees? Hot air for a

Gcool

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And cold comfort forDchange? Did you

exCchange

A walk on part in theAmwar for a lead

role in aGcage?

3.CHow I wish, how I wish you were

Dhere.

We’re justAmtwo lost souls swimming in

a fish bowl,G

Year after year,Drunning over the same

old ground.C

What have we found? The same oldAmfears.

Wish you wereGhere.

25 WonderwallYellow BeltOasis

capo 2

Em7◦ ◦•• ••1 2 3 4

Dsus4××◦

•••1 3 4

A7sus4×◦••••1 2 3 4

Cadd9× ◦•• ••

2 1 3 4

G/F#

×◦◦• ••1 3 4

1.Em7Today is

Ggonna be the day that they’re

Dsus4gonna throw it back to

A7sus4you.

Em7By now you

Gshould’ve somehow

realizDsus4ed what you gotta

A7sus4do.

Em7I don’t believe that

Ganybody

Dsus4feels the

way IA7sus4do

About youCadd9now.

Dsus4 A7sus4

2. Backbeat, the word is on the street that

the fire in your heart is out.

I’m sure you’ve heard it all before but

you never really had a doubt.

I don’t believe that anybody feels the

way I do

About you now.

AndCall the roads we

Dsus4have to walk are

Em7winding.

AndCall the lights that

Dsus4lead us there are

Em7blinding.

CThere are many

Dsus4things that I would

Glike to

G/F#

Say toEm7you but I

Dsus4don’t know

A7sus4how.

BecauseCadd9maybe,

Em7 G

Em7You’re gonna be the one that

Cadd9saves

me.Em7 G

AndEm7after

Cadd9all,

Em7 Gyou’re my

Em7wonder

Cadd9wall.

Em7 G Em7

3. Today was gonna be the day but

they’ll never throw it back to you.

By now you should’ve somehow

realized what you’re not to do.

I don’t believe that anybody feels the

way I do

About you now.

I said maybe, (I said maybe)

You’re gonna be the one that saves me.

And after all, you’re my wonderwall.

26 YesterdayOrange Beltthe Beatles

A7sus4×◦ ◦ ◦• •1 3

1.FYesterday,Em7All my

A7troubles seemed so

Dmfar

away,B[Now it

G7looks as though they’re

Fhere to

stay,COh,

DmI be

G7lieve in

B[yester

Fday.

2. Suddenly,

I’m not half the man I used to be,

There’s a shadow hanging over me,

Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

A7sus4Why

A7she

Dmhad

Cto g

B[o,

I don’tCknow, she wouldn’t

Fsay.

A7sus4I

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Dmsome

Cthing

B[wrong,

Now IClong for yester

Fday.

3. Yesterday,

Love was such an easy game to play,

Now I need a place to hide away,

Oh, I believe in yesterday.

4. Yesterday,

Love was such an easy game to play,

Now I need a place to hide away,

Oh, I believe in yesterday.

27 ZombieYellow BeltCranberries

1.EmAnother

Chead hangs lowly

GChild is slowly

Dtaken

EmAnd the violence

Ccaused such silence

GWho are we mis

Dtaken

But youEmsee, it’s not me,

It’s notCmy family,

In yourGhead, in your head,

They are fighDting

With theirEmtanks and their bombs

And theirCbombs and their guns

In yourGhead, in your head,

They areDcrying.

In yourEmhead, in your

Chead,

Zombie,Gzombie, zombi

De

What’s in yourEmhead, in your

Chead,

Zombie,Gzombie, zombi

De

2. Another mother’s breaking,

Heart is taking over.

When the violence causes silence,

We must be mistaken.

It’s the same old theme

Since 1916,

In your head, in your head,

They’re still fighting

With their tanks and their bombs

And their bombs and their guns,

In your head, in your head,

They’re dying.

In your head, in your head,

Zombie, zombie, zombie

What’s in your head, in your head,

Zombie, zombie, zombie

Index of Authors

America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Arcade Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Ben E. King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Bob Dylan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Cranberries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Guns ’n’ Roses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15John Lennon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Oasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Pink Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 24Radiohead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Rush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Sarah McLachlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Simon & Garfunkel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 19, 20Staind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14The Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8the Beatles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 26the Blues Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17the Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 18the Eagles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7the Mamas and the Papas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2U2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 23

Index of Difficulty

BBlue Belt . . . . . . 4, 8, 10, 21Brown Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

GGreen Belt . . . . . . . 11, 22, 24

OOrange Belt . . . 1, 2, 7, 9,

12, 13, 14, 16,17, 20, 23, 26

WWhite Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

YYellow Belt . . . . . . . 5, 15,

18, 19, 25, 27