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01 Sloop John B - Beach Boys (from September 2015’s Planes, Trains And Automobiles songbook)

02 Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest (from October 2015’s Moon songbook)

03 Back Home Again - John Denver (from November 2015’s x songbook)

04 Thistlehair The Christmas Bear - Alabama (from December 2015’s x songbook)

05 Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison (from January 2016’s x songbook)

06 I Can’t Help Myself (aka Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - Four Tops (from February 2016’s x songbook)

07 Side By Side (from March 2016’s x songbook)

08 Rhythm Of The Rain (from April 2016’s x songbook)

09 Cracklin’ Rosie - Neil Diamond (from May 2016’s x songbook)

10 Dust In The Wind - Kansas (from June 2016’s x songbook)

11 tab for bridge

12 simpler version

13 I Wanna Be Like You - from Disney’s The Jungle Book (from July 2016’s x songbook)

14 Shake A Tail Feather - Blues Brothers version (from August 2016’s x songbook)

15 A Thousand Years - Christina Perri (a request from a YouTube subscriber)

16 Closing Time (MUJ’s current closing song)

These are just songs. They’re not intended to rule the jam, and there’s no requirement to play them in any order,

or at all. They’re just a compendium of some of MUJ’s best songs from the past 12 months, distributed at this

jam so we at least have several copies of a few songs in case there’s a lull in what players have brought.

Now HAVE FUN!

FOR PERSONAL EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY Find this and other free song sheets at http://meetup.com/MorristownUkeJam

Questions? [email protected] For free video tutorials subscribe at http://youtube.com/MorristownUkeJam

Sloop John B Traditional song from the Bahamas (Beach Boys 1966) YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/wbw0VdLWnLg

INTRO: [Light, even strum: D-DU-UD] G | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X|

VERSE 1: G We come on the sloop John B - My grandfather and me D7 Around Nassau town we did roam

G G7 C Cm Drinkin all night - got into a fight G D7 G Well, I feel so broke up - I want to go home

VERSE 2: G The first mate he got drunk - and broke in the cap’n’s trunk D7 The constable had to come and take him away

G G7 C Cm Sheriff John Stone - why don’t you leave me alone - yeah yeah G D7 G Well, I feel so broke up - I want to go home

VERSE 3: G The poor cook, he caught the fits - and threw away all of my grits D7 And then he took and he ate up all of my corn

G G7 C Cm Let me go home - why don’t they let me go home G D7 G This is the worst trip - I’ve ever been on

OUTRO: G D7 G Well, I feel so broke up - I want to go home

CHORUS: G So hoist up the John B’s sail - see how the main sail sets D7 Call for the captain ashore, let me go home G G7 C Cm Let me go home - I wanna go home - yeah yeah G D7 G

Well, I feel so broke up - I want to go home

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS

1

77 m

1

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https://youtu.be/wbw0VdLWnLg



Dancing In The Moonlight Sherman Kelly (King Harvest), 1972 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/DOnh35lAPjQ

INTRO: [Light, quick strum: D-dU-UDU] Am F G C G | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X| Am F G E E2 Am[stop] | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X| X X X X|

VERSE 1: [nc] F G We get it on most every night C G Am When that moon gets big and bright F G It’s a super-natural delight C G Am Everybody was dancing in the moonlight

INTERLUDE: F G C - G - Am[stop]

VERSE 3: F G We like our fun and we never fight C G You can’t dance and stay uptight Am F G It’s a su-per-natu-ral delight C G Am Everybody was dancing in the moonlight

INTERLUDE: F G C - G - Am F G C - G - Am[stop]

VERSE 2: [nc] F G Everybody here is out of sight C G They don’t bark and they don’t bite Am F G They keep things loose they keep things light C G Am Everybody was dancing in the moonlight

CHORUS: F G Dancing in the moonlight C G Am Everybody’s feeling warm and bright F G It’s such a fine and natural sight C G Am

Everybody’s dancing in the moonlight

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT VERSE 2

REPEAT CHORUS twice

(or until sunrise)

1 m (2)

4

2


https://youtu.be/DOnh35lAPjQ



Back Home Again John Denver, 1974 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/OyL7c_BxODo

INTRO: [Lazy, relaxed strum: D-dU-udu] C | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X|

VERSE 1: (C) F There’s a storm across the valley - clouds are rollin in G C The afternoon is heavy on your shoulders F There’s a truck out on the four lane - a mile or more away G C The whining of his wheels just makes it colder

VERSE 2: F He’s an hour away from riding - on your prayers up in the sky G C And ten days on the road are barely gone F There’s a fire softly burning - supper’s on the stove G C And it’s the light in your eyes that makes him warm

VERSE 3: (C) F There’s all the news to tell him - how’d you spend your time G C What’s the latest thing the neighbors say F And your mother called last Friday - Sunshine made her cry G C You felt the baby move just yesterday

BRIDGE: F G C F And oh, the time - that I can lay - this tired old body down Dm G C C7 And feel your fingers feather-soft upon me F G C F The kisses that I live for, the love that lights my way Dm F G The happiness that living with you brings me

VERSE 4: C F It’s the sweetest thing I know of - just spendin time with you G C It’s the little things - that make a house a home F Like a fire softly burning - supper on the stove G C The light in your eyes that makes me warm

OUTRO: G F C I said hey it’s good to be back home again

CHORUS: F G C Hey it’s good to be back home again F G C F Sometimes - this old farm feels like a long lost friend G C

Yes, and hey it’s good to be back home again

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS twice

1

7m

3


https://youtu.be/OyL7c_BxODo



Thistlehair The Christmas Bear Donny Lowery (Alabama), 1985 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/uTbbUNjyxIs

INTRO: [Light, even strum: D-du-udu dudu-udu] D G A D | X X X X | X X X X | G A D | X X X X | X X X X |

VERSE 1: (D) The city’s full of manger scenes G A D And stores lit up in red and green

But down the road just out of town G A D There’s more magic to be found

G Bm D The countryside is all a-glow G A D With holly trees and mistletoe G Bm D And in them woods there lives a bear G A D Known to all as Thistlehair -

INSTRUMENTAL: (D) - G A D - - G A D

VERSE 2: (D) He comes around this time of year G A D Spreading lots of Christmas cheer

The kids all love his shiny coat G A D And the smell of honey on his nose

G Bm D He tells them all about the star G A D And everything that it stands for G Bm D The birthday we all celebrate G A D Is still our favorite holiday -

INSTRUMENTAL: D - G A D - - G A D

VERSE 3: (D) Wherever you find old Thistle Bear G A D There’ll be music in the air

He dances round the Christmas tree G A D Every single New Year’s Eve

G Bm D Then he and all his furry friends G A D Gather round the fire again G Bm D And sing about those angel wings G A D Gifts of love that Christmas brings -

INSTRUMENTAL: D - G A D

OUTRO: D Thistlehair - the Christmas Bear G A D La-lala la-la lala-la

(D) La-la-la-la la-la-la-la G A D La-lala la-la lala-la

CHORUS: G D Oh Thistlehair the Christmas bear A D Spreading the good news everywhere G D About Christmastime and what it means A To all the children of the world G Every little boy and girl out there A[hang] D Loves Thistlehair

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS

1 2

3 m

4


https://youtu.be/uTbbUNjyxIs



Blue Bayou Roy Orbison / Joe Melson, 1963 (Linda Ronstadt, 1977)

(This follows Roy Orbison’s lyrics and Linda Ronstadt’s style.

Just to confuse you.) YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/e-8da50iwBc

INTRO: [Fandango strum: D-DfanU-UDU] G | X X X X | X X X X|

VERSE 1: G I feel so bad I’ve got a worried mind D7 I’m so lonesome all the time G Since I left my baby behind on Blue Bayou

VERSE 2: (G) Saving nickles, saving dimes D7 Workin til the sun don’t shine G Looking forward to happier times on Blue Bayou

CHORUS A: (G) Am2 I’m goin back someday, come what may to Blue Bayou D7 G Where you sleep all day and the catfish play on Blue Bayou GM7 G7 All those fishing boats with their sails afloat C Cm If I could only see G D7 G That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes how happy I’d be

VERSE 3: G Oh, to see my baby again D7 And to be with some of my friends G Maybe I’d be happy then on Blue Bayou

CHORUS B: (G) Am2 I’m goin back someday, gonna stay on Blue Bayou D7 G Where the folks are fine and the world is mine on Blue Bayou GM7 G7 Oh, that girl of mine by my side C Cm Silver moon and the evening tide G D7 G Some sweet day, gonna take away this hurtin inside

OUTRO: Am2 D7 I’ll never be blue, my dreams come true - Am2 D7 G G-G-G On Blue - Ba - you

1

7 m(2) 7M7 m

5


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I Can’t Help Myself (sugar pie honey bunch) Holland/Dozier/Holland (Four Tops), 1965 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/6IyK7UGrLqM

INTRO: [Strong back beat strum: duDu duDu] C | X X X X | X X X X |

VERSE 1: C Sugar pie, honey bunch G You know that I love you Dm I can’t help myself - I love you and F G Nobody else

C In and out my life G You come and you go Dm Leaving just your picture behind F G And I kissed it a thousand times

VERSE 2: C When you snap your fingers

or wink your eye G I come a-running to you Dm I’m tied to your apron strings F G And there’s nothing that I can do

C G Dm I can’t help myself - no, I can’t F G Help myself

VERSE 3: C Cus - sugar pie, honey bunch G I’m weaker than a man should be Dm I can’t help myself - I’m a fool in F G Love ya see

C Wanna tell you I don’t love you

tell you that we’re through G And I try Dm But every time I see your face F G I get all choked up inside

BRIDGE: C When I call your name

Girl, it starts the flame

Burning in my heart

Tearin it all apart

No matter how I try

My love I can’t hide

VERSE 4: C Cus - sugar pie, honey bunch G You know that I’m weak for you Dm I can’t help myself - I love you and F G Nobody else

C Sugar pie, honey bunch G I’ll do anything you ask me to Dm I can’t help myself - I want you and F G Nobody else End on C

1st Note 1 m

6


https://youtu.be/6IyK7UGrLqM



Side By Side Gus Kahn / Harry Woods, 1927 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/Y9oVymtzoCU

INTRO: [Shuffle strum: D-du-udu] G E7 A7 D7 G D7 | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X| G C G Oh we ain’t got a barrel of money C G Maybe we’re ragged and funny C G E7 But we’ll travel along - singin a song A7 D7 G Side - by - side

C G Don’t know what’s comin tomorrow C G Maybe it’s trouble and sorrow C G E7 But we’ll travel the road - sharin our load A7 D7 G Side - by - side

B7 Through all kinds of weather E7 What if the sky should fall? A7 Just as long as we’re together D7[STOP] It really doesn’t matter at all

G C G When they’ve all had their quarrels and parted C G We’ll be the same as we started C G E7 Just travelin along - singin a song A7 D7 G Side - by - side

C G Every time that I started to travel C G And when I’m hitting the gravel C G E7 There’s one pal who’ll be - always with me A7 D7 G Side - by - side

B7 Other pals may shake me E7 When my money’s all gone A7 But this pal will always make me D7[STOP] Keep carryin on

G C G And when I see trouble a-coming C G On my uke I’ll be strumming C G E7 And that’s how we lose - all of the blues A7 D7 G Side - by - side

1st Note 1

OR 7 7(alt) 77 7

7


https://youtu.be/Y9oVymtzoCU



Rhythm Of The Rain John Claude Gummoe (The Cascades), 1962 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/5SEKVe3vhd8

INTRO: [Fan strum: D-DfanU DUDU] C Am C G | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X|

BRIDGE A: F Em Rain - please - tell me now does that seem fair Dm C For her to steal my heart away when she don’t care Am Dm G I can’t love another when my heart’s somewhere C G Far a-way

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE: C F C G C F C G C C7

BRIDGE B: F Em Rain - won’t you tell her that I love her so Dm C Please - ask the sun to set her heart aglow Am Dm G Rain in her heart and let the love we knew C G Start to grow

OUTRO: C Am Oh, listen to the falling rain C Am Pitter patter pitter patter C Am Oh, listen to the, listen to the falling rain C Am Pitter patter pitter patter End on C

VERSE 1: C F Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain C G Telling me just what a fool I’ve been C F I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain C G C G And let me be alone again

VERSE 2: C F The only girl I care about has gone away C G Looking for a brand new start C F But little does she know that when she left that day C G C C7 Along with her she took my heart

REPEAT VERSE 2

REPEAT VERSE 1

1st Note 1 7m m(alt) m

8


https://youtu.be/5SEKVe3vhd8



Cracklin’ Rosie Neil Diamond, 1970 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/TI2UWxBRMqg

INTRO: | 3 - 0 - - | - - - - | | - 3 - 0 3 | - 0 - - - | | - - - - | 0 - - 0 | | - - - - | - - 2 - 2 - | Dm DmG Dm G | - 0 - - | 0 2 - 0 - 2 - | | - 1 - - | 1 3 - 1 - 3 - | | 2 2 - - | 2 2 - 2 - 2 - | | - 2 - - | 2 0 - 2 - 0 - | [Even strum with strong 2nd and 4th beats: duDu duDu]

VERSE 1: C Ah, cracklin Rosie, get on board F We’re gonna ride till there ain’t no more to go

Taking it slow - and Lord don’t you know Dm G7 Have me a time with a poor man’s lady

VERSE 2: C Hitchin on a twilight train F Ain’t nothing here that I care to take along

Maybe a song - to sing when I want Dm G7 C Don’t need to say please to no man for a happy tune

BAH BAH VERSE: C C C C F F F F Dm G7 C C End on C

CHORUS: C F G C Oh, I love my - Rosie child C F G C You got the way to make me happy C F G C You and me, we go in style Dm Cracklin Rose you’re a store-bought woman

But you make me sing like a guitar hummin Dm7 G So hang on to me girl, our song keeps runnin on ─ G[STOP] Play it now - play it now G F B Play it now, my baby

VERSE 3: C Cracklin Rosie, make me a smile F Girl if it lasts for an hour, that’s all right

Cus we got all night - to set the world right Dm G7 C Find us a dream that don’t ask no questions, yeah

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT VERSE 3

1st Note

1

m 7 m7

9


https://youtu.be/TI2UWxBRMqg



Dust In The Wind Kerry Livgren (Kansas), 1978 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/nm2zS54BJ94

[“Travis pick” throughout: PA-I-M-P-A-I-M or light even strum: D-du Dudu]

VERSE 1: Am G C G Am2 I close - my - eyes G Dm Am Only for a moment and the moment’s gone G C G Am2 All - my - dreams G Dm Am Pass before my eyes a curiosity D G Am2 C Dust - in the wind D G Am All we are is dust in the wind

VERSE 2: G C G Am2 Same - old - song G Dm Am Just a drop of water in an endless sea G C G Am2 All - we - do G Dm Am Crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see D G Am2 C Dust - in the wind D G Am2 G All we are is dust in the wi ─ ind ─ Dm O ─ o-oh

DOUBLE TAB BRIDGE: [DOUBLE TAB ON NEXT PAGE] Am2 - G - F - Dm - Am2 - G - F - Dm -

VERSE 3: Am G C G Am2 Now - don’t - hang - on G Dm Am Nothin lasts forever but the earth and sky G C G Am2 It slips - a-way G Dm Am And all your money won’t another minute buy D G Am2 C Dust - in the wind D G Am2 Am All we are is dust in the wind D G Am2 C Dust - in the wind D G (Am2 - Amadd9 - Asus4 5 times) Everything is dust in the wind End on Am

INTRO: C CM7 Cadd9a C | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x| Amadd9 Asus4a Am2 Amadd9 | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x| Cadd9a C CM7 Cadd9a | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x| Am2 Amadd9 Asus4a Am2 | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x |

REPEAT INTRO

1st Note

1

Simpler version

on NEXT PAGE

M7 add9(alt) madd9 sus4(alt) m(2)

m m

10


https://youtu.be/nm2zS54BJ94



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|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|-0235 -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|3 - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| F Dm |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |0 - - 0|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- 42-4-|- - - -42 - - -|- - - -|

|- - - -|- 023 -20 - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|13- - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| Am2 G |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |0 - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|2 0 -02|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- -4- -|- - - -|

|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|-0235 -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|3 - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| F Dm |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |0 - - 0|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- 42-4-|- - - -42 - - -|- - 0 -|

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C CM7 Cadd9a C |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|

10 - - -|- - - -|1012108108-|-8- - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - 121012 12108108| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -11 |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| Amadd9 Asus4a Am2 Amadd9 |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|

|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - 812 |- - - -|- - - -|- 8 -810128101281012-| 9 - - -|- - - -|911-911 -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| Cadd9a C CM7 Cadd9a |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|

10 - - -|- - - -|1012108108-|-8- - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - 121012 12108108| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -11 |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| Am2 Amadd9 Asus4a Am2 |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- -|

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DOUBLE TAB

BRIDGE

True, the 1st

(lower) tab only

works perfectly

with a low-G

tuning.

Sorry about that.

11




Dust In The Wind Kerry Livgren (Kansas), 1978 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/nm2zS54BJ94

[Light even strum: D-du Dudu]

VERSE 1: C G Am I close - my - eyes G Dm Am Only for a moment and the moment’s gone C G Am All - my - dreams G Dm Am Pass before my eyes a curiosity D G Am Dust - in the wind D G Am All we are is dust in the wind

VERSE 2: C G Am Same - old - song G Dm Am Just a drop of water in an endless sea C G Am All - we - do G Dm Am Crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see D G Am Dust - in the wind D G Am G All we are is dust in the wi ─ ind ─ Dm O ─ o-oh

DOUBLE TAB BRIDGE: [DOUBLE TAB ON NEXT PAGE] Am - G - F - Dm - Am - G - F - Dm -

VERSE 3: C G Am Now - don’t - hang - on G Dm Am Nothin lasts forever but the earth and sky G C G Am It slips - a-way G Dm Am And all your money won’t another minute buy D G Am Dust - in the wind D G Am All we are is dust in the wind D G Am Dust - in the wind D G Am Everything is dust in the wind

INTRO: C | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x| Am | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x| C | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x| Am | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x|

REPEAT INTRO

1st Note

1

SIMPLER

VERSION

M7 add9(alt) madd9 sus4(alt) m(2)

m m

12


https://youtu.be/nm2zS54BJ94



I Wan’na Be Like You Robert and Richard Sherman

(from Disney’s The Jungle Book), 1967 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/Blmphzu_fXU

INTRO: [Quick, light, jazzy strum: D-d-D-dU-U-UDUD] Am E7 | x x x x | x x x x | E7 Am | x x x x | x x x x |

VERSE 1: (Am) Now I’m the king of the swingers oh E7 The jungle VIP

I’ve reached the top and had to stop Am And that’s what’s been botherin me

I wanna be a man, mancub E7 And stroll right into town

And be just like the other men Am[STOP] I’m tired of monkeyin around G7[hang] Oh

CHORUS: C Oobeedoo A7 I wanna be like yoo-oo-ou D7 G7 I wanna walk like you - talk like you C Too-oo G7 C You’ll see it’s true-oo-oo A7 An ape like me-ee-ee D7 G7 Can learn to be - hu-oo-oo-man C Too-oo-oo

INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS: C A7 D7-G7 C C A7 D7-G7 C-E7 VERSE 2: Am Now don’t try to kid me mancub E7 I made a deal with you

What I desire - is man’s red fire Am To make my dream come true

Now give me the secret mancub E7 C’mon clue me what to do

Give me the power - of man’s red flower Am[STOP] So I can be like you G7[hang] Oh

FINAL CHORUS: C Oobeedoo A7 I wanna be like yoo-oo-ou D7 G7 I wanna walk like you - talk like you C Too-oo G7 C You’ll see it’s true-oo-oo A7 Someone like me-ee-ee D7 G7 C Can learn to be - like someone like you

A7 Take me home daddy! D7 G7 C Can learn to be - like someone like you

A7 One more time! D7 G7 C Can learn to be - like someone like you G7-C

1st Note 1

7m 7 7 7

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Shake A Tail Feather Otha Hayes / Verlie Rice / Andre Williams

(The Five Du-Tones), 1963

(this version by Ray Charles

from The Blues Brothers, 1980) YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/i-dfGBLP-Zw

INTRO: [Strum: D-DU-UDU] A7 D7 | x x x x | x x x x | A7 D7 | x x x x | x x x x |

LINES: A7 Well I heard about the fella D7 you’ve been dancing with A7 D7 All over the neighborhood A F#m So why didn’t you ask me baby? B7 E Didn’t you think I could?

A D Well I know that the Boogaloo is outa sight A D But the Shingaling’s the thing tonight A F#m But if that was you and me now, baby B7 E I would have shown you how to do it right

Do it right (ah ha) do it right E7 Do it right, do it right, do it right E Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

CHORUS: A Twist it D A Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it baby D Here we go loop de loop A Shake it up baby D Here we go loop de lie E Bend over let me see you shake a tail feather

Come on let me see you shake a tail feather E7 Come on let me see you shake a tail feather

INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS: E Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh A D A - D - A - D - E - E - E7 -

MORE LINES: A D7 A D7 Do the Twist - do the Fly A D7 A D7 Do the Swim - do the Bird A D7 A D7 Do the Duck - do the Monkey A D7 A D7 Watusi - and what about the food A D7 Do the Mashed Potato A D7 What about the Boogaloo A D7 Phoney Maroney A D7 Come on let’s do the Twist E Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

OUTRO: A D Twist it - shake it, shake it, shake it A D Shake it baby A D Twist it - shake it, shake it, shake it A D Shake it baby A D Twist it - shake it, shake it, shake it A D Shake it baby

End on A

1st Note 1 7 ♯m

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A Thousand Years Christina Perri / David Hodges, 2011 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/bnpe0OcuUBo

VERSE 1: [Strum / arpeggio combo: Down P-I-M MA P-I-M] F C Heart - beats - fast - colors and pro-mi-ses Am G How to brave - how can I love when I’m F C Afraid - to - fall - but watching you stand - a-lone Am G F All of my doubt - suddenly goes away somehow Am G[hang] One step clo-ser

INTERLUDE: [strum / arpeggio] Am - - -

VERSE 2: F C Time - stands - still - beauty in all - she - is Am G I will be brave - I will not let anything F C Take - a-way - what’s standing in front - of - me Am G F Every breath - every hour has come to this Am G[hang] One step clo-ser

INTERLUDE: F Am G One step clo-ser F2 Am2 G [hang] One step clo-ser

OUTRO: F F Am G F2 F2 Am2 G End on C

INTRO: Single strummed chords C G Am2 G F2 F C G | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X | X X X X|

CHORUS A: [Pseudo-fan strum: Dfan-dud] C I have died - everyday - waiting for you G-Am2 C Darling don’t - be afraid - I have loved you for a F2 Thou-sand years; I’ll love you for a G [hang] Thou-sand - more

REPEAT CHORUS A CHORUS B: C And all along - I believed - I would find you G-Am2 C Time has brought your heart to me - I have loved you for a F2 Thou-sand years; I’ll love you for a G Thou-sand - more

REPEAT INTRO with Pseudo-fan strum

REPEAT CHORUS A lightly REPEAT CHORUS B building to fullness

1st Note

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Closing Time Dan Wilson (Semisonic), 1998 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/VbYmfb4L9wY

INTRO: [Strum intro 3 times: D-d-D-du Dud-D-du] D A Em G |X X X X|X X X X| [Lead tab, 2nd & 3rd intro lines] |- - 0 -|- - - -| |2 2 - 2|2 2 3 2| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 |- - - -|- - - -|

VERSES: D A Em G Closing time - open all the doors and D A Em G Let you out into the world D A Em G Closing time - turn all of the lights on over D A Em G Every boy and every girl

D A Em G Closing time - one last call for alcohol so D A Em G Finish your whiskey or beer D A Closing time - Em G You don’t have to go home but you D A Em G Can’t - stay - here

MORE VERSES: D A Em G Closing time - time for you to go out to the D A Em G Places you will - be - from D A Closing time - Em G This room won’t be open til your D A Em G Brothers or your sisters come

D A So gather up your jackets - Em G Move it to the exits D A Em G I hope - you have found - a friend D A Closing time - Em G Every new beginning comes from D A Em G Some other beginning’s end - yeah

INSTRUMENTAL: D# |- - - -1-0--- -| |1 1 -13|- -3-1-1 |- - 3 -|- - - 2| |- - - -|- - - -|

D# |- - - -1-0-3- -| |- 1 -13|- - -1-| |-0- 3 -|- - - 2| |- - - -|- - - -|

D A Em G |- - 0 -|- - - -| |2 2 - 2|2 2 3 2| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 |- - - -|- - - -|

[Robust strum] D A Em G D A Em G D A Em G D A Em G

BRIDGE: D A Closing time - Em G Time for you to go out to the D A Em Places you will - be - from ─ ─

OUTRO: [One last instrumental line] D A Em G

[Final lines in tab only] Closing time -

Every new beginning comes from

Some other beginning’s end

CHORUS: [Robust strum] D A Em G I know - who I - want - to take me home D A Em G I know - who I - want - to take me home D A Em G I know - who I - want - to take me home D A Em G

Take me ho - o - ome

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS

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