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YMCA of Greater Whittier
Camp Arbolado Mega Songbook
Version 2.0 – September 2017
Author: Tim Tenopir [email protected]
Forward
Music is often considered to be one of the greatest creations of man, which touches the soul and also helps man to sympathetically manifest unspoken desire and humanity in him. It is a universal language, capable of breaking boundaries to unite people from different backgrounds and culturals. Music penetrates the heart and bone and as result of this process uplifts people, helps them express themselves far more powerfully than the written word ever could, provides solace and comfort and can calm or incite an angry crowd. Music is an art form which is part of our human DNA.
Music is the history, values, heartbreaks, triumphs and values of a culture, nation, or group. It is the life blood of folklore. Thus, it is vital that music be handed down from generation to generation. Each culture has a unique musical style, instruments and songs that mirror its history. Music is a powerful catalyst of social change and awareness.
At camp, music is especially important. Singing in group song at campfire, chapel, grace before meals and other opportunies are amoung the favorite memories people often have when reflecting back on their experiences and time at camp. Camp Arbolado is over 91 years old at the time of this publication. This publication is Camp Arbolado’s musical heritage for past, present and future generations.
So, strum up a few chords, listen and breathe. You may see the ghosts of campers who
once roamed this magical land called Camp Arbolado so long ago.
Printed copies of this document are available for sale from the Camp Arbolado Alumni Assocation.
"We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams"
Tim Tenopir [email protected]
Contents A-LA-LA-LA-LA-LE-LU-IA ................................................................................................................................ 1 ALL NIGHT, ALL DAY ....................................................................................................................................... 2
ALOUETTE (PAGE 1 OF 2) ................................................................................................................................ 3
AMAZING GRACE .............................................................................................................................................. 5
AMERICAN PIE (DON MCLEAN, PAGE 1 OF 3) ........................................................................................... 6
ANNIE’S SONG (JOHN DENVER) .................................................................................................................... 9
AULD LANG SYNE ............................................................................................................................................ 10 BABY BUMBLEBEE .......................................................................................................................................... 11
BACK OF THE BREAD ..................................................................................................................................... 11
BACK HOME AGAIN (JOHN DENVER, PAGE 1 OF 2) .............................................................................. 12
BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT .................................................................................................................... 14
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC ............................................................................................................ 15
THE BEAR (PAGE 1 OF 2) ................................................................................................................................ 16 BEAUTIFUL ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES ............................................................................................................................ 18
BEAUTIFUL DREAMER .................................................................................................................................. 19
BEAUTIFUL NOISE (NEIL DIAMOND) ........................................................................................................ 20
BEE SONG ........................................................................................................................................................... 21 BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO (HARRY DACRE) .......................................................................................... 21
BIG BLUE MARBLE .......................................................................................................................................... 22
BILL GROGAN’S GOAT ................................................................................................................................... 23
BILLY BOY ......................................................................................................................................................... 24
BINGO .................................................................................................................................................................. 25
BLACK AND WHITE (THREE DOG NIGHT) ............................................................................................... 26 BLOW THE MAN DOWN (PAGE 1 OF 2) ...................................................................................................... 27
BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND (BOB DYLAN) ....................................................................................................... 29
BLOW YE WINDS WESTERLY (PAGE 1 OF 2) ........................................................................................... 30
BORN FREE (JOHN BARRY) .......................................................................................................................... 32
BORN FOR A WESTERN SKY (HAP PALMER) .......................................................................................... 33
BOTH SIDES NOW (JONI MITCHELL) ........................................................................................................ 34 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER (PAUL SIMON) ............................................................................... 35
BUFFALO AND HIS BROTHER ...................................................................................................................... 35
BUY FOR ME THE RAIN (NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND) ......................................................................... 36
BY MY SIDE (FROM GODSPELL) ................................................................................................................. 37
CALYPSO (JOHN DENVER) ............................................................................................................................ 39
CAMP ARBOLADO GOODNIGHT SONG ..................................................................................................... 40
CAMP ARBOLADO YELLS ............................................................................................................................. 40
CAMPTOWN RACES ........................................................................................................................................ 41 CATALINA MAGDALENA .............................................................................................................................. 42
THE CAT CAME BACK (HARRY MILLER, PAGE 1 OF 2) ....................................................................... 43
CATCH THE WIND (DONOVAN) ................................................................................................................... 45
CHIM CHIM CHEREE (FROM MARY POPPINS) ....................................................................................... 46
CIRCLE GAME (JONI MITCHELL) .............................................................................................................. 47
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS ....................................................................................................................................... 48 CLEMENTINE (PAGE 1 OF 2) ......................................................................................................................... 50
CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN (FROM “SOUND OF MUSIC) ...................................................................... 52
COLOURS (DONOVAN) ................................................................................................................................... 53
COTTON FIELDS (CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL) ................................................................. 54
THE CRUEL WAR (PETER, PAUL AND MARY) ......................................................................................... 55
DAMPER SONG ................................................................................................................................................. 56 DANNY BOY (FRED WEATHERLY) ............................................................................................................. 57
DAY BY DAY (FROM GODSPELL) ................................................................................................................ 58
DAY IS DONE (PETER, PAUL AND MARY) ................................................................................................. 59
DAY O (THE BANANA BOAT SONG, HARRY BELAFONTE, PAGE 1 OF 2) ........................................ 60
DEEP AND WIDE ............................................................................................................................................... 62
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD (FROM “WIZARD OF OZ”) ............................................................ 62 DIXIE .................................................................................................................................................................... 63
DO LORD ............................................................................................................................................................. 64
DO-RE-MI (FROM “THE SOUND OF MUSIC”) ........................................................................................... 65
DOUGHNUT SON ............................................................................................................................................... 66
DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW? (PAGE 1 OF 2) ............................................................................................ 67 DOWN IN THE VALLEY .................................................................................................................................. 69
DOWNTOWN (PETULA CLARK, PAGE 1 OF 2) ......................................................................................... 70
DUST IN THE WIND (KANSAS) ...................................................................................................................... 72
EACH CAMP FIRE LIGHTS ANEW ............................................................................................................... 73
ECLIPSE (JOHN DENVER) .............................................................................................................................. 74
EDELWEISS (FROM “THE SOUND OF MUSIC”) ....................................................................................... 75 EL PASO (MARTY ROBBINS, PAGE 1 OF 2) ............................................................................................... 76
FATHER AND SON (CAT STEVENS) ............................................................................................................. 78
FATHER, I ADORE YOU .................................................................................................................................. 79
FEED THE BIRDS (MARY POPPINS) ............................................................................................................ 79
THE 59TH BRIDGE STREET SONG (SIMON AND GARFUNKEL) ........................................................... 80
FISHERMEN SONG (PAGE 1 OF 2) ................................................................................................................ 81
500 MILES (PETER, PAUL AND MARY) ....................................................................................................... 83
FLORA (PETER, PAUL AND MARY) ............................................................................................................. 84 FOLLOW ME (JOHN DENVER) ..................................................................................................................... 85
FOR BABY (JOHN DENVER) .......................................................................................................................... 86
FOUND A PEANUT (PAGE 1 OF 2) ................................................................................................................. 87
FRÈRE JACQUES (ARE YOU SLEEPING?) ................................................................................................. 89
FRIENDS WITH YOU (JOHN DENVER) ....................................................................................................... 89
FRIENDS ARE NOTHING ................................................................................................................................ 90 THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY (JOE SOUTH, PAGE 1 OF 2) ....................................................................... 92
GET TOGETHER (THE YOUNGBLOODS) ................................................................................................... 94
GHOST RIDERS (JOHNNY CASH) ................................................................................................................. 95
GOD OF MY MOUNTAIN ................................................................................................................................ 96
GOOD MORNING STARSHINE ...................................................................................................................... 97
GRADUATION DAY (THE ARBORS) ............................................................................................................ 98 GRANDMA’S FEATHER BED (JOHN DENVER) ......................................................................................... 99
THE GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK ............................................................................................................ 100
THE GREATEST THING (MARK PENDERGRASS) ................................................................................. 100
GREEN, GREEN (THE NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS) ............................................................................. 102
THE GREEN GRASS GREW ALL AROUND (PAGE 1 OF 3) ................................................................... 103
GREEN GRASS OF HOME (TOM JONES) .................................................................................................. 106 GREEN GROW THE RUSHES, HO ............................................................................................................... 107
GREENSLEEVES ............................................................................................................................................. 108
GREEN TAMBOURINE (THE LEMON PIPERS) ....................................................................................... 109
GREY SQUIRREL (REQUIRES BODY MOTIONS) ................................................................................... 110
GUATANAMERA (THE SANDPIPERS) ....................................................................................................... 111 HANNAH ........................................................................................................................................................... 112
THE HAPPY WANDERER ............................................................................................................................. 113
HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU (ROY RODGERS) .............................................................................................. 113
HAUL AWAY JOE (MARK ANTHONY THOMPSON) .............................................................................. 114
HERMIE THE WORM..................................................................................................................................... 115
HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD ................................................................................................................ 116 HEY JUDE (JOHN LENNON)......................................................................................................................... 117
HOME ON THE RANGE ................................................................................................................................. 118
HONEYCOMB (JIMMIE RODGERS) ........................................................................................................... 119
HOUSE AT POOH CORNER (KENNY LOGGINS) .................................................................................... 120
HUSH LITTLE BABY ...................................................................................................................................... 122
I GUESS HE’D RATHER BE IN COLORADO (JOHN DENVER) ............................................................ 123
I’D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING (THE NEW SEEKERS) .................................................. 124
IF I HAD A HAMMER (PETER, PAUL AND MARY) ................................................................................ 125 IF I WERE A CARPENTER (JOHNNY CASH)............................................................................................ 126
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND (GORDON LIGHTFOOT) ................................................................. 127
IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN (NEAL DIAMOND) ................................................................................. 128
IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT ................................................................................................... 129
I’M IN LOVE WITH A BIG BLUE FROG (PETER, PAUL AND MARY) ................................................ 130
THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM (FROM “THE MAN OF LA MANCHA”) ................................................... 131 IN A CABIN IN THE WOODS ........................................................................................................................ 132
IN MOMENTS LIKE THESE .......................................................................................................................... 132
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (GRAIG POOGANUS) .................................................................. 132
INTO YOUR HANDS ....................................................................................................................................... 133
IRENE GOODNIGHT (THE WEAVERS) ..................................................................................................... 134
THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER .............................................................................................................................. 136 IT’S A SMALL WORLD (DISNEY) ............................................................................................................... 136
I’VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD............................................................................................. 137
I’VE GOT SIXPENCE ...................................................................................................................................... 138
I WALK THE LINE (JOHNNY CASH) ......................................................................................................... 139
JACOB’S LADDER .......................................................................................................................................... 140
JAMAICA FAREWELL (HARRY BELAFONTE) ....................................................................................... 141 JAMBALAYA (HANK WILLIAMS) .............................................................................................................. 142
JEAN (OLIVER) ............................................................................................................................................... 143
JOHN BROWN’S BABY .................................................................................................................................. 144
JOHN JACOB JINGLEHEIMER SCHMIDT ............................................................................................... 145
JOHNNY APPLESEED (DISNEY) ................................................................................................................. 146 JOHNNY VERBECK ........................................................................................................................................ 147
JULIANNE (THE NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS) ....................................................................................... 148
JUNIOR BIRDMAN ......................................................................................................................................... 149
JUST GOOGLE IT! (LOUIE VEGA) ............................................................................................................. 150
KING OF THE ROAD (RODGER MILLER) ................................................................................................ 151
KUMBAYA ........................................................................................................................................................ 152 LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH .................................................................................................................... 153
LAVENDER’S BLUE (DILLY, DILLY) ......................................................................................................... 154
LEAN ON ME (BILL WITHERS) ................................................................................................................... 155
LET IT GO (FROM THE MOVIE “FROZEN”) ........................................................................................... 160
LINGER ............................................................................................................................................................. 161
LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO (PAGE 1 OF 2) ................................................................................................. 162
LONESOME VALLEY ..................................................................................................................................... 163
LONG JOHNS ................................................................................................................................................... 164 LOVE HIM IN THE MORNING ..................................................................................................................... 165
MAKE NEW FRIENDS .................................................................................................................................... 166
THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE (PAGE 1 OF 2) ........................................................................... 167
THE MARVELOUS TOY ................................................................................................................................ 169
MARIANNE ....................................................................................................................................................... 170
ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAME BOO (LOBO) ...................................................................................... 171 MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE ....................................................................................................... 172
MOUNTAIN MUSIC ........................................................................................................................................ 177
MUNICIPAL PROTEST TRAIN ASSOCIATON SONG (KINGSTON TRIO) ......................................... 178
THE MUSIC MAN (PAGE 1 OF 2) ................................................................................................................. 179
MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN ....................................................................................................... 181
MY FAVORITE THINGS (SOUND OF MUSIC) .......................................................................................... 182 MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME (STEPHEN FOSTER) ................................................................................ 183
‘NEATH THESE TALL GREEN TREES....................................................................................................... 185
NOAH ................................................................................................................................................................. 186
NOBODY LIKES ME ....................................................................................................................................... 187
NOWHERE MAN (THE BEATLES) .............................................................................................................. 188
OH, SUSANNA! (STEPHEN FOSTER) .......................................................................................................... 189 THE OLD GRAY MARE ................................................................................................................................. 190
ON MY HONOR (HARRY BARTELT) ......................................................................................................... 190
ON THE LOOSE ............................................................................................................................................... 191
ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY ........................................................................................................................... 192
ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI (TOM GLASER) ................................................................................................. 193 ONE TIN SOILDER (LEGEND OF BILLY JACK) ...................................................................................... 194
ORDER OF THE FORK .................................................................................................................................. 194
OVER THE RAINBOW (FROM “THE WIZARD OF OZ) ......................................................................... 195
PATSI ORY ORY AY (PAGE 1 OF 2) ............................................................................................................ 196
PEACE LIKE A RIVER ................................................................................................................................... 197
PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY .................................................................................................................... 198 PIANO MAN (BILLY JOEL, PAGE 1 OF 2) ................................................................................................. 199
PINK PAJAMAS ............................................................................................................................................... 201
PIONEER SONG ............................................................................................................................................... 201
PIZZA HUT ....................................................................................................................................................... 202
POEMS, PRAYERS AND PROMISES (JOHN DENVER)........................................................................... 203
POLLY WOLLY DOODLE ............................................................................................................................. 204
THE PRAYER (CELINE DION) ..................................................................................................................... 205
PROUD MARY (CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL) .................................................................... 206 PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON (PETER YARROW & LEONARD LIPTON) .......................................... 207
THE RAINBOW CONNECTION.................................................................................................................... 208
RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD (B. J. THOMAS) ............................................................... 209
RETURN TO POOH CORNER (KENNY LOGGINS) ................................................................................. 211
RHINESTONE COWBOY (GLEN CAMPBELL) ......................................................................................... 212
RHYMES AND REASONS (JOHN DENVER) .............................................................................................. 213 RIDDLE SONG ................................................................................................................................................. 214
RISE AND SHINE (PAGE 1 OF 2) .................................................................................................................. 215
ROCK MY SOUL .............................................................................................................................................. 216
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH (JOHN DENVER, PAGE 1 OF 2) ................................................................. 217
ROSE .................................................................................................................................................................. 218
THE ROSE (BETTE MIDLER) ....................................................................................................................... 219 RUEBEN, RUEBEN .......................................................................................................................................... 220
RUNNING BEAR (JOHNNY PRESTON) ...................................................................................................... 221
SAILING (ROD STEWART) ........................................................................................................................... 222
SCARBOROUGH FAIR (SIMON AND GARFUNKEL) .............................................................................. 223
SCARLET RIBBONS (HARRY BELAFONTE) ............................................................................................ 224
SCOUT VESPERS ............................................................................................................................................. 224 SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND ...................................................................................................................... 225
SEEK YE FIRST ............................................................................................................................................... 226
SHE’LL BE COMING ‘ROUND THE MOUNTAIN (PAGE 1 OF 2) ......................................................... 227
SHENANDOAH ................................................................................................................................................. 229
SHERIFF JOHN BIRTHDAY SONG ............................................................................................................. 230 SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON ................................................................................................................ 231
SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES (LINDA RONDSAT) ...................................................... 232
SIPPIN’ CIDER THROUGH A STRAW ........................................................................................................ 233
(SITTIN’ ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY (OTIS REDDING) .................................................................... 234
SKIP TO MY LOU ............................................................................................................................................ 235
SKUNK SONG ................................................................................................................................................... 236 SLOOPY JOHN B. (THE KINGSTON TRIO) ............................................................................................... 237
SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARON (THE ROYAL GUARDSMEN) ............................................................. 238
SOMEDAY SOON (JUDY COLLINS) ........................................................................................................... 239
SONG SUNG BLUE (NEIL DIAMOND) ........................................................................................................ 240
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN) ................................................................... 241
THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE (SIMON AND GARFUNKLE) ...................................................................... 242
STAND BY ME (BEN KING) .......................................................................................................................... 243
THE STREETS OF LOREDO ......................................................................................................................... 244 STRONGER (KELLY CLARKSON) .............................................................................................................. 245
SUGAR, SUGAR (THE ARCHIES) ................................................................................................................ 246
THE SUN IS A VERY MAGIC FELLOW (DONOVAN, BUT CAMP ARBOLADO STYLE) ................ 247
SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS (JOHN DENVER) ................................................................................ 248
SWEET SURRENDER (JOHN DENVER) ..................................................................................................... 249
SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT ................................................................................................................. 250 TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS (JOHN DENVER)........................................................................ 251
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME ........................................................................................................ 252
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN (CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH) .................................................................. 252
TELL ME WHY ................................................................................................................................................ 253
THANK GOD I’M A COUNTRY BOY (JOHN DENVER) .......................................................................... 254
THERE IS A SHIP (PETER, PAUL AND MARY) ........................................................................................ 255 THEY CALL THE WIND MARIAH .............................................................................................................. 256
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND (WOODY GUTHRIE) .................................................................................. 257
THIS OLD MAN ................................................................................................................................................ 258
THE THREE BEARS ........................................................................................................................................ 259
THREE BLIND MICE ...................................................................................................................................... 260
THREE SHARP-TOOTHED BUZZARDS ..................................................................................................... 260 THOSE WERE THE DAYS (MARY HOPKINS) .......................................................................................... 261
THREW IT OUT THE WINDOW .................................................................................................................. 262
TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN SPORT (ROLF HARRIS) ........................................................................... 263
THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ (BOB DYLAN)............................................................................. 264
TODAY (THE NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS) ............................................................................................. 265 TOM DOOLEY (KINGSTON TRIO, PAGE 1 OF 2) .................................................................................... 266
TOO-RA-LOO-RA-LOO-RAL (J. SHANNON) ............................................................................................. 268
TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS (GLEN CAMBPELL) ..................................................................................... 269
TRY TO REMEMBER (THE SANDPIPERS) ............................................................................................... 270
TURN AROUND (THE BROTHERS FOUR) ................................................................................................ 271
TURN, TURN, TURN (THE BYRDS) ............................................................................................................. 272 TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR ......................................................................................................... 273
THE UNICORN (THE IRISH ROVERS, PAGE 1 OF 2).............................................................................. 274
THE UNIVERSAL SOILDER (DONOVAN) ................................................................................................. 276
WADDLE-EE-ACHA ........................................................................................................................................ 277
WALTZING MATILDA (A. B. PETERSON) ................................................................................................ 278
WATERMELON SONG ................................................................................................................................... 279
WEDDING SONG (PAUL STOOKEY) .......................................................................................................... 280
WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD ............................................................................................................ 281 WHAT WILL WE DO WITH A DRUNKEN SAILOR? ............................................................................... 282
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS LAND (OSCAR BRAND, PAGE 1 OF 3) ............................................. 283
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING ............................................................................................................. 286
WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME (PATRICK GILMORE) ............................................... 287
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN ................................................................................................... 288
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR ............................................................................................................... 289 WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? (PETE SEGER) ............................................................... 290
WINDY (THE ASSOCIATION) ...................................................................................................................... 291
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (THE BEATLES) ............................................................ 292
WITHIN MY POWER (JIM HARDY) ........................................................................................................... 293
A WORRIED MAN (KINGSTON TRIO) ....................................................................................................... 294
YANKEE DOODLE (RICHARD SHUCKBURGH) ...................................................................................... 295 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS (MITCH MILLER) ............................................................................... 296
YELLOW SUBMARINE (THE BEATLES) ................................................................................................... 297
YESTERDAY (THE BEATLES) ..................................................................................................................... 298
Y.M.C.A (VILLAGE PEOPLE) ....................................................................................................................... 299
YMCA YELL ..................................................................................................................................................... 300
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE (MITCH MILLER) ........................................................................................... 301 YOUR LOVE, OH LORD ................................................................................................................................. 302
ZULU WARRIOR ............................................................................................................................................. 302
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A-la-la-la-la-le-lu-ia G D C G C G D G D C G Chorus: A-la-la-la-la-la-la-le-lu-ia. A-la-la-la-la-le-lu-ia. A-la-la-la-la-la-la-le-lu-ia.
C G D G A-la-la-la-la-le, le-lu-ia
G D C G C G C 1. Scratch, scratch a back, scratch a back next to ya. Scratch, scratch a back and sing along.
G D C G C G D G Scratch, scratch a back, scratch a back next to ya. Scratch, scratch a back, al-le, le-lu-ya! G D C G C G D G
2. Shake, shake a hand, shake a hand next to ya. Shake, shake a hand and sing along. Shake, D C G C G D G shake a hand, shake a hand next to ya. Shake, shake a hand, al-le, le-lu-ya! G D C G C G D G
3. Hug, hug a friend, hug a friend next to ya. Hug, hug a friend and sing along. Hug, hug a D C G C G D G friend, hug a friend next to ya. Hug, hug a friend, al-le, le-lu-ya!
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All Night, All Day C F C Chorus: All night, all day, O Lordy. Angels watchin’ over me, my Lord. All night, all day.
F G7 C Angels watchin’ over me.
C F C 1. Now I lay me down to sleep, O Lordy. Angels watchin’ over me, my Lord. Pray the Lord my
F G7 C soul to take. Angels watchin’ over me. ---Chorus--- C F C
2. If I die before I wake, O Lordy. Angels watchin’ over me, my Lord. Pray the Lord my soul to F G7 C take. Angels watchin’ over me. ---Chorus--- C F
3. If I live another day, O Lordy. Angels watchin’ over me, my Lord. Pray the Lord to guide my F G7 C way. Angels watchin’ over me. ---Chorus---
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Alouette (page 1 of 2) G D7 G D7 G D7 G 1. Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette je te plumerai. Je te plumerai la tête. Je te plumerai la
D7 G D7 G tête. Et la tête, et la tête. Alouette! Alouette! O-o-o-o-oh. Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette D7 G je te plumerai. G D7 G D7 G D7 G
2. Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette je te plumerai. Je te plumerai le bec. Je te plumerai le D7 G D7 G bec. Et la bec, et la bec. Alouette! Alouette! O-o-o-o-oh. Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette D7 G je te plumerai. G D7 G D7 G D7 G
3. Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette je te plumerai. Je te plumerai le cou. Je te plumerai le D7 G D7 G cou. Et le cou, et le cou. Alouette! Alouette! O-o-o-o-oh. Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette D7 G je te plumerai. G D7 G D7 G D7 G
4. Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette je te plumerai. Je te plumerai le dos. Je te plumerai le D7 G D7 G dos. Et le dos, et le dos. Alouette! Alouette! O-o-o-o-oh. Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette D7 G je te plumerai. G D7 G D7 G D7 G
5. Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette je te plumerai. Je te plumerai les ailes. Je te plumerai les D7 G D7 G ailes. Et les ailes, et les ailes. Alouette! Alouette! O-o-o-o-oh. Alouette, gentille alouette. D7 G Alouette je te plumerai. G D7 G D7 G D7 G
6. Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette je te plumerai. Je te plumerai la quenue. Je te plumerai D7 G D7 la quenue. Et la quenue, et la quenue. Alouette! Alouette! O-o-o-o-oh. Alouette, gentille G D7 G alouette. Alouette je te plumerai.
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Alouette (page 2 of 2)
G D7 G D7 G D7 G 7. Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette je te plumerai. Je te plumerai les jambes. Je te plumerai
D7 G D7 les jambes. Et les jambes, et les jambes. Alouette! Alouette! O-o-o-o-oh. Alouette, gentille G D7 G alouette. Alouette je te plumerai. G D7 G D7 G D7 G
8. Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette je te plumerai. Je te plumerai les pattes. Je te plumerai D7 G D7 les pattes. Et les pattes, et les pattes. Alouette! Alouette! O-o-o-o-oh. Alouette, gentille G D7 G alouette. Alouette je te plumerai.
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Amazing Grace C C7 F C Am G G7 C C7 1. Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but
F C Am C G7 F now am found, was blind but now I see.
C C7 F C Am G G7 C C7 2. ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears released. How precious did
F C Am C G7 F that grace appear the hour I first believed.
C C7 F C Am G G7 C C7 3. The Lord has promised good to me, His word my hope secures. He will my shield and
F C Am C G7 F portion be, as long as life endures.
C C7 F C Am G G7 C C7 F 4. Thru many dangers, toils and snares I have already come. ‘Tis grace that brought me safe
C Am C G7 F thus far, and grace will lead me home.
C C7 F C Am G G7 C C7 5. When we’ve been here ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun. We’ve no less days
F C Am C G7 F to sing God’s praise than when we first begun.
C C7 F C Am G G7 C C7 6. The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, the sun forebear to shine, but God who called me
F C Am C G7 F here below will be forever mine.
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American Pie (Don McLean, Page 1 of 3) G D Em7 Am C Em D G 1. A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile. And I
D Em7 Am C Em C knew if I had my chance, that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy D Em Am Em Am C G for a while. But February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver. Bad news on the Am C D G D Em Am7 doorstep, I couldn’t take one more step. I can't remember if I cried when I read about his D G D Em C D7 G widowed bride, but something touched me deep inside the day the music died.
G C G D G C G D 2. So, bye, bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. And
G C G D Em A7 them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye, singin’, “This'll be the day that I die, Em D7 this’ll be the day that I die.”
G Am C Am Em D 3. Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God above if the Bible tells you so?
G D Em Am7 C Em Do you believe in rock and roll? Can music save your mortal soul? And can you teach A7 D Em D Em me how to dance real slow? Well, I know that you're in love with him 'cause I saw you D C G A7 C D7 dancing in the gym. You both kicked off your shoes. Man, I dig those rhythm and blues! I G D Em Am C G D was a lonely teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck. But I knew I Em C D7 G C G was out of luck the day the music died. I started singin’…
G C G D G C G D 4. “Bye, bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. And them
G C G D Em good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye, singin’ “This'll be the day that A7 Em D7 I die, this'll be the day that I die.””
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American Pie (Don McLean, Page 2 of 3) D7 G Am C Am Em 5. Now for ten years we've been on our own, and moss grows fat on a rolling stone, but that's
D G D Em Am7 not how it used to be. When the jester sang for the King and Queen in a coat he borrowed C Em A7 D Em from James Dean in a voice that came from you and me. And while the king was D Em D C G A7 C looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown. The courtroom was adjourned. No verdict D7 G D Em Am C was returned. And while Lenin read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park, and G D Em C D7 G C G we sang dirges in the dark the day the music died. We were singin’ G C G D G C G D
6. “Bye, bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. And them G C G D Em A7 Em good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye, singin’ “This'll be the day that I die, this'll be D7 the day that I die.”” G Am C Am Em
7. Helter skelter in a summer swelter the birds flew off with a fallout shelter. Eight miles high D G D Em Am7 C Em and fallin’ fast. It landed foul on the grass. The players tried for a forward pass, with the A7 D Em D Em jester on the sidelines in a cast. Now the halftime air was sweet perfume, while sergeants D C G A7 C D7 played a marching tune. We all got up to dance, but we never got the chance. 'Cuz the G D Em Am C G D Em players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield. Do you recall what was C D7 G C G revealed the day the music died? We started singin’ G C G D G C G D
8. “Bye, bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. And them G C G D Em A7 Em good old boys were drinkin’ whisky and rye, singin’, “This’ll be the day that I die, this’ll be A7 the day that I die.”
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American Pie (Don McLlean, Page 3 of 3) G Am C Am Em D 9. And there we were all in one place, a generation lost in space, with no time left to start
G D Em Am7 C Em again. So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Jack flash sat on a candlestick 'cuz fire A7 D Em D Em is the devil's only friend. And as I watched him on the stage, my hands were clenched in D C G A7 C D7 G fists of rage. No angel born in hell could break that Satan's spell. And as the flames climbed D Em Am C G D Em C high into the night to light the sacrificial rite, I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the D7 G C G music died. He was singin’ G C G D G C G D
10. “Bye, bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. And them G C G D Em A7 Em good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye, singin’, “This'll be the day that I die, this'll be D7 the day that I die.””
G D Em Am C Em 11. I met a girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news. But she just smiled
D G D Em Am C and turned away. I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before, but Em C D Em Am the man there said the music wouldn't play. And in the streets the children screamed. The Em Am C G Am C D lovers cried and poets dreamed. But not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken. G D Em Am7 C D7 G D And the three men I admire most: the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost, they caught the last Em Am7 D7 G train for the coast the day the music died. And they were singin’ G C G D G C G D
12. “Bye, bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. And them G C G D Em A7 Em good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye, singing, “This'll be the day that I die, this'll be A7 G C G D G the day that I die.”” They were singin’, “Bye, bye. Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to C G D G C G D the levy but the levy was dry. And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye, C D7 G C G singin’, “This'll be the day that I die.””
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Annie’s Song (John Denver) D Dsus4 G A Bm G D C Bm A Chorus: You fill up my senses like a night in a forest. Like the mountains in G F#m Em G A7 G A Bm springtime, like a walk in the rain, like a storm in the desert, Like a G D C Bm A G F#m Em A7 D Dus4 sleepy blue ocean. You fill up my senses, come fill me again! 1. ---Chorus--- D Dsus4 G A Bm G D C Bm A 2. Come let me love you, let me give my life to you. Let me drown in your
G F#m Em G A7 G A Bm G D laughter, let me die in your arms. Let me lay down beside you, let me always be with C Bm A G F#m Em A7 D Dsus4 you. Come let me love you, come love me again.
3. Hum chorus until… Dsus4 G D C Bm A G F#m Em A7 D Dsus4 Let me give my life to you. Come let me love you, come love me again.
4. ---Chorus---
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Auld Lang Syne C G Am F C 1. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance
G F G C be forgot, and days of auld lang syne? C G Am F C G
2. For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne. We'll take a cup o’kindness yet, for days F G C of auld lang syne! C G Am F C
3. And here’s a hand, my trusty friend, and give a hand of thine. We’ll take a cup of G F G C kindness yet, for auld lang syne! C G Am F C G F
4. For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne. We’ll take a cup o’kindness yet, for auld G C lang syne!
5. Repeat verse 4.
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Baby Bumblebee C F C G 1. (Cup hands together as if holding bee). I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee. Won't my
C G C F C mommy be so proud of me? I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee. (Shake hands as if just stung). Ouch! He stung me!
C F C G 2. (“Squish” bee between palms of hands). I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee. Won't my
C G C F C mommy be so proud of me? I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee. Squish, squish, squish
C F C G C G 3. (Pretend to lick bee off hands). I'm licking up my baby bumblebee. Won't my mommy be
C F C so proud of me? I'm licking up my baby bumblebee. (Make slurping sounds) Slurp, slurp, slurp.
C F C G C 4. (Stick tongue out and look “sick”) I'm throwing up my baby bumblebee. Won't my mommy
G C F C be so proud of me? I'm throwing up my baby bumblebee. (Make awful face) Blech, blech, blech!
C F C G 5. (“Sweep” bee up with one hand into the other). I'm sweeping up my baby bumblebee. Won't
C G C F C my mommy be so proud of me? I'm sweeping up my baby bumblebee. Swish, swish, swish.
C F C G 6. (Pretend to be carrying heavy dinosaur) I’m bringing home a baby dinosaur. Won't my
C G C F C my mommy kick me out the door? I'm bringing home a baby dinosaur. Oops, he ate me, I'm no more!
Back Of The Bread 1. In back of the bread is the flour and in back of the flour is the mill, and in back of the mill is
the wind and the rain and the Father’s will.
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Back Home Again (John Denver, Page 1 of 2) E E7 A B7 1. There’s a storm across the valley, clouds are rollin’ in, the afternoon is heavy on your
E E7 A B7 shoul-ders. There’s a truck out on the four lane a mile or more away, the whinin’ of his E wheels just makes it colder. E E7 A B7
2. He’s an hour away from ridin’ on your prayers up in the sky; and ten days on the road are E E7 A B7 barely gone. There’s a fire softly burning, supper’s on the stove, but it’s the light in your E eyes that makes him warm. A B7 E7 A B7 E7
3. Hey, it’s good to be back home again; sometime s this old farm feels like a long lost A B7 E7 friend. Yes, ‘n’ hey, it’s good to be back home again. E E7 A B7
4. And all the news to tell him; how’d you spend your time? And what’s the latest thing the E E7 A B7 neighbors say? And your mother called last Friday; Sunshine made her cry, and you felt E the baby move just yesterday. A B7 E7 A B7 E7
5. Hey, it’s good to be back home again (yes it is); sometimes this old farm feels like a long A B7 E7 lost friend. Yes, ‘n’ hey, it’s good to be back home again.
E A B7 E A F#m B7 6. And oh, the time that I can lay this tired old body down and feel your fingers feather soft
E E7 A B7 E A F#m A upon me. The kisses that I live for, the love that lights my way, the happiness that livin’ B7 with you brings me. E E7 A B7
7. It’s the sweetest thing I know of, just spendin’ time with you it’s the little things that E E7 A B7 makes a house a home. Like a fire softly burning and supper on the stove and the light E in your eyes that makes me warm.
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Back Home Again (John Denver, Page 2 of 2) A B7 E A B7 E7 8. Hey, it’s good to be back home again; sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost
A B7 E7 friend. Yes, ‘n’ hey, it’s good to be back home again. A B7 E E7 A B7
9. And hey, it’s good to be back home again (you know it is); sometimes this old farm E7 A B7 E7 feels like a long lost friend. Hey, it’s good to be back home again.
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Ballad of Davy Crockett
G C G A D G 1. Born on a mountain top in Tennessee, greenest state in the land of the free. Raised in the
C Am D7 G woods so’s he knew every tree. Killed him a “bar” when he was only three.
G C G D D7 G 2. Davy, Davy Crockett! King of the wild frontier!
G C G A 3. Fought single handed through the Injun War, ‘till the Creeks were whipped and peace
D G C Am D7 was in store. While he was handling this risky chore, made himself a legend forever G more.
G C G D D7 G 4. Davy, Davy Crocket! The man who don’t know fear!
G C G A D G 5. He went off to Congress and served a spell, fixin’ up the government and laws as well. Took
C Am D7 G over Washington, so I heard tell and patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell.
G C G D D7 G 6. Davy, Davy Crockett! See’n his duty clear! G C G A D G 7. When he come home, his politicin’ was done, while the western march had just begun. So he
C Am D7 G packed his gear and his trusy gun, and lit out a grinnin’ to follow the sun. G C G D D7 G
8. Davy, Davy Crockett, leadin’ the pioneers!
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Battle Hymn of The Republic G G7 B C C7 G G7 G F B7 Em Chorus: Glory, glory Hallelujah! Glory, glory Hallelujah! Glory, glory Hallelujah! His Am D G truth is marching on! G G7 B C 1. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. He is trampling out the vintage
G D7 G G7 B7 where the grapes of wrath are stored. He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible, swift Em Am D G sword. His truth is marching on! ---Chorus---
G G7 B C
2. I have seen Him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps. They have builded Him an G D7 G G7 B7 altar in the evening dews and damps. I have read His righteous sentence by the dim and Em Am D G flaring lamps. His day is marching on! ---Chorus---
G G7 B C 3. I have read a fiery Gospel writ in burnished rows of steel. “As ye deal with my contempters,
G D7 G G7 B7 Em so with you my grace shall deal.” Let the hero born of women crush the serpent with his heal, Am D G since God is marching on! ---Chorus---
G G7 B C 4. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat. He is sifting out the hearts of
G D7 G G7 B7 Em men before His judgement seat. Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant, my feet! Am D G Our God is marching on! ---Chorus---
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The Bear (page 1 of 2) NOTE: *Leader, **Audience, ***All C G 1. *The other day **The other day! *I met a bear **I met a bear *A great big bear
C **A great big bear *Oh, way out there **Oh, way out there ***The other day I met a F C G C bear, a great big bear oh, way out there!
C 2. *He looked at me **He looked at me *I looked at him **I looked at him *He sized
G C up me **He sized up me *I sized up him **I sized up him ***He looked at me, I F C G C looked at him. He sized up me I sized up him!
C 3. *He said to me **He said to me *”Why don’t you run? **”Why don’t you run
G C *I see you ain’t **I see you ain’t *Got any gun” **Got any gun” ***He said to F C G C me, “Why don’t you run? I see you ain’t got any gun!”
C 4. *And so I ran **And so I ran *Away from there **Away from there *But right
G C behind **But right behind *Me was that bear! **Me was that bear! ***And so F C G C I ran away from there, but right behind me was that bear!
C 5. *Ahead of me **Ahead of me *There was a tree **There was a tree *A great big
G C tree **A great big tree *Oh, glory be! **Oh, glory be! ***Ahead of me there was G C G C a tree. A great big tree, oh, glory be!
C 6. *The nearest branch **The nearest branch *Was ten feet up **Was ten feet up
G C *I had to jump **I had to jump *And trust my luck **And trust my luck F C G C ***The nearest branch was ten feet up, I had to jump and trust my luck.
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The Bear (Page 2 of 2)
C 7. *And so I jumped **And so I jumped *Into the air **Into the air *And missed that
G C branch **And missed that branch *Oh way up there **Oh way up there ***And so I F C G C jumped into the air and missed that branch oh way up there! C
8. *Now don’t you fret! **Now don’t you fret! *And don’t you frown! **And don’t you G C frown! *I caught that branch **I caught that branch *On the way back down **On F C the way back down ***Now don’t you fret and don’t you frown. I caught that branch on G C the way back down! C
9. *This is the end **This is the end *There ain’t no more **There ain’t no more G C *Until I meet **Until I meet *That bear once more **That bear once more F C G C ***This is the end, there ain’t no more, until I meet that bear once more!
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Beautiful C G C F C Am F G 1. Beautiful, beautiful, Jesus is beautiful and Jesus makes beautiful things of my life.
C G C F C Am F G Carefully touching me, causing my eyes to see and Jesus makes beautiful things of my C life.
Beautiful Brown Eyes D G D A7 D Chorus: Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes, beautiful, beautiful brown eyes. Beautiful, G A7 D beautiful brown eyes. I’ll never love blue eyes again. D G D A7 D 1. Willie, I love you my darlin’, love you with all of my heart. Tomorrow we might have
G A7 D been married, but ramblin’ has kept us apart. ---Chorus---
D G D A7 D 2. Down through the bathroom he staggered, and fell by the door. The very last words that
G A7 D he uttered, “I’ll never see brown eyes no more.” ---Chorus---
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Beautiful Dreamer D G A Asus2 A D 1. Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me. Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee. Sounds of
G A Asus2 A D the rude world heard in the day, lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away! Beautiful G A Asus2 A D dreamer, queen of my song, list while I woo thee with soft melody; Gone are the cares of G A Asus2 A D life's busy throng. Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
D G A Asus2 A D 2. Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me! Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea. Mermaids are chanting
G A Asus2 A D G the wild lorelie. Over the streamlet vapors are borne, waiting to fade at the bright coming A Asus2 A D G A morn. Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart, e'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea; Then Asus2 A D A Asus2 A D G D will all clouds of sorrow depart. Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me! Beautiful dreamer, A D awake unto me!
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Beautiful Noise (Neil Diamond) A E
1. What a beautiful noise comin’ up from the street; it’s got a beautiful sound, it’s got a A E beautiful beat. It’s a beautiful noise goin’ on everywhere, like the click-e-ty-clack of a train A D G on the track it’s got rhythm to spare. It’s a beautiful noise, and it’s a sound that I love, and it C D fits me as well as a hand in a glove. Yes it does, yes it does! D G D D7
2. What a beautiful noise comin’ up from the park; it’s the sound of the kids and it plays until G D dark. It’s the sound of the cars on their furious flights, but there’s even romance in the way G C D that they dance to the beat of the lights. It’s a beautiful noise, and it’s a sound that I love, and C D it makes me feel good like a hand in a glove. Yes it does, yes it does! D G D
3. It’s a beautiful noise made of joy and of strife; like the symphony played by the passing G C D parade it’s the music of life. It’s a beautiful noise, and it’s a sound that I love and it makes C D me feel good like a hand in a glove. Yes it does, yes it does! D G D D7 G
4. What a beautiful noise comin’ into my room, and it’s beggin’ for me just to give it a tune.
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Bee Song 1. There was a bee-eye-ee-eye-ee who sat on a wall-eye-all-eye-all. And that’s not all-eye-all-
eye-all about that bee-eye-ee-eye-ee.
2. There was a boy-eye-oy-eye-oy who had a stick-eye-ick-eye-ick, and gave that bee-eye-ee-
eye-ee an awful lick-eye-ick-eye-ick.
3. And then that bee-eye-ee-eye-ee began to sting-eye-ing-eye-ing. He stung that boy-eye-oy-
eye-oy like anything-eye-ing-eye-ing.
4. And then that boy-eye-oy-eye-oy began toa yell-eye-ell-eye-ell, and told that bee-eye-ee-eye-
ee to go WAY DOWN YONDER IN THE (clap) CORN FIELD!
Bicycle Built for Two (Harry Dacre) D G D A D Em A 1. Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true. I’m half crazy, all for the love of you! It won’t be
D G D A D A a stylish marriage, I can’t afford a carriage, but you’ll look sweet upon the seat of a D A D bicycle built for two. D G D A D Em A
2. Harry, Harry, here is your answer true. I’ll not marry, all for the likes of you! If you can’t D G D A D A afford a carriage, there won’t be any marriage and I’ll be switched if I’ll be hitched on a D A D bicycle built for two.
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Big Blue Marble G C G Em Am D G 1. We love our earth wherever we roam, for this big blue marble is our home. And we know
C G C G C D G that everyone in it, and we know that everything in it will always be a part of who we are. C D G You are a part of who we are. G C G Em Am D G
2. We love our camp wherever we roam, for this big blue marble is our home. And we know C G C G C D G that everyone in it, and we know that everything in it will always be a part of who we are. C D G You are a part of who we are. G C G Em Am D
3. We love our friends wherever we roam, for this big blue marble is our home. And we G C G C G C D know that everyone in it, and we know that everything in it will always be a part of who G C D G we are. You are part of who we are. G C G Em Am D G
4. We love the earth wherever we roam, for this big blue marble is our home. And we know C G C G C D G that everyone in it, and we know that everything in it will always be a part of who we are. C D G You are a part of who we are.
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Bill Grogan’s Goat NOTE: *Leader, **Audience C F 1. *Bill Grogan’s goat. **Bill Grogan’s goat. *Was feeling fine. **Was feeling fine.
G7 C *Ate three red shirts. **Ate three red shirts. *From off the line. **From off the line. F *Bill took a stick. **Bill took a stick *Gave him a whack. **Gave him a whack. G7 C *And tied him to. **And tied him to. *The railroad tracks. **The railroad tracks. C F
2. *The whistle blew . **The whistle blew. *The train grew nigh. **The train grew nigh. G7 C
*Bill Grogan’s goat. **Bill Grogan’s goat. *Was doomed to die. **Was doom to die. F
*He gave three groans. **He gave three groans. *Of mortal pain. **Of mortal pain. G7 C
*Coughed up the shirts. **Coughed up the shirts. *And flagged the train. **And flagged the train.
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Billy Boy C G7 1. Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where have you been Charming
C F C G7 Billy? I have been to seek a wife, she's the joy of my life. She's a young thing and cannot C leave her mother. C G7
2. Did she ask you to come in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Did she ask you to come in Charming C F C G7 Billy? Yes, she asked me to come in, there's a dimple in her chin. She's a young thing and C cannot leave her mother. C G7
3. Did she set you a chair, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Did she set you a chair, tell me, Billy? Yes, C F C G7 she set for me a chair, she has ringlets in her hair. She’s a young thing and cannot leave C her mother. C G7
4. Can she make a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Can she make a cherry pie, Charming C F C G7 Billy? She can make a cherry pie, there’s a twinkle in her eye. She's a young thing and C cannot leave her mother. C G7
5. How old is she, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? How old is she, Charming Billy? Three times six C F C G7 C and four times seven, Twenty-eight and eleven. She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.
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Bingo C F C G C F G C 1. There was a farmer who had a dog and Bingo was his name-oh. B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O,
Am F G C B-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-oh
2. Repeat 1st verse, omitting the “B” when spelling BINGO. Substitute a clap for the omitted “B”.
3. Repeat 1st verse, omitting the “B” and “I” when spelling BINGO. Substitute a clap for the omitted “B” and “I”.
4. Repeat 1st verse, omitting the “B”, “I” and “N” when spelling BINGO. Substitute a clap for the omitted “B”, “I” and “N”.
5. Repeat 1st verse, omitting the “B”, “I”, “N” and “G” when spelling BINGO. Substitute a clap for the omitted “B”, “I”, “N” and “G”.
6. Repeat 1st verse, omitting the “B”, “I”, “N”, “G” and “O” when spelling BINGO. Substitute a clap for the omitted “B”, “I”, “N”, “G” and “O”.
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Black and White (Three Dog Night) A E A E A D E A E 1. The ink is black, the page is white. Together we learn to read and write. The child is black,
A E A D E A D A E the child is white; the whole world looks upon the sight… A beautiful sight! E A E E7 E E7
2. And now a child can understand that this is the law of all the land… All the land! A E A E A D E A E
3. The world is black, the world is white. It turns by day and then by night. The child is black, A E A D E A D A E the child is white; together they grow to see the light… To see the light! E A E E7 E E7
4. And now a land can plainly see that this is a cause of liberty… Liberty!
5. Repeat 1st verse
6. Repeat 3rd verse
7. Repeat 1st verse
8. Repeat 3rd verse
9. C’mon, get it, get it. Ohh-ohhh, yeah, yeah. Keep it up now, around the world. Little boys and little girls. Yeah, yeah-eah, oh-ohhh.
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Blow the Man Down (Page 1 of 2) C Am D G Dm 1. As I was a-walking down Paradise street. To me way-aye, blow the man down. A pretty
G Dm G C young damsel I chanced for to meet. Give me some time to blow the man down! C Am D G
2. She was round in the counter and bluff in the bow, To me way-aye, blow the man down. Dm G Dm G C So I took in all sail and cried "Way enough now." Give me some time to blow the man down! C Am D G Dm
3. I hailed her in English, she answered me clear, To me way-aye, blow the man down. "I'm G Dm G C from the Black Arrow bound to the Shakespeare." Give me some time to blow the man down! C Am D G Dm
4. She says to me “Will you stand treat?” To me way, aye, blow the man down. “Delighted” G Dm G C says I “for a charmer so sweet.” Give me some time to blow the man down. C Am D G
5. So I tailed her my flipper and took her in tow, To me way-aye, blow the man down. And Dm G Dm G C yardarm to yardarm, away we did go. Give me some time to blow the man down!
C Am D G 6. I bought her a two shilling dinner in town. To me way-aye, blow the man down. And
Dm G Dm G C trinkets and laces and bonnet and gown. Give me some time to blow the man down! C Am D
7. We walked and we talked and her name it was Gwen. To me way-aye, blow the man G Dm G Dm G C down. I kissed her a couple and kissed her again. Give me some time to blow the man down! C Am D G Dm
8. I says, “Will you marry a seafaring man?” To me way-aye, blow the man down. She says G Dm G C “I’ll ask Mother to see if I can.” Give me some time to blow the man down!
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Blow the Man Down (Page 2 of 2)
C Am D G 9. Along comes a sailor, they call him Half Ton. To me way-aye, blow the man down. He
Dm G Dm G C says to her “Mother” she murmurs “My son!”Give me some time to blow the man down! C Am D G Dm
10. She says to him “Son, here is your new dadee.” To me way-aye, blow the man down. But I G Dm G C says, “I’m bound for the rolling sea.” Give me some time to blow the man down!
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Blowin’ In the Wind (Bob Dylan) G A D Bm G A D Chorus: The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind, the answer is blowin’ in the wind. G A D Bm G A D D G D G D G 1. How many roads must a man walk down before they call him a man? How many seas
D G A D G D must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand? How many times must the cannon G D balls fly before they’re forever banned? ---Chorus--- D G D G D G
2. How many years can a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea? How many years can D G A D G D some people exist before they’re allowed to be free? How many times can a man turn his G D head and pretend that he just doesn’t see? ---Chorus--- D G D G D G D
3. How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky? How many ears must one G A D G D man have before he can hear people cry? How many deaths will it take ‘till he knows that G D too many people have died? ---Chorus--- G A D Bm G A D
4. The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind. The answer is blowin’ in the wind. The G A D answer is blowin’ in the wind.
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Blow Ye Winds Westerly (page 1 of 2) D7 G C G C Chorus: So blow ye winds westerly, westerly blow. We’re bound to the southward, so steady
D7 we go!
G C G A7 D7 1. Come all you bold fisherman, listen to me. I’ll sing you a song of the fish in the sea!
---Chorus--- G C G A7
2. First comes the bluefish a-waggin’ his tail. He comes up on deck and yells, “All hands D7 make sail!” ---Chorus--- G C G A7 D7
3. Next comes the herring, the king of the sea. Saying, “all other fishes, now you follow me! ---Chorus--- G C G A7
4. Next comes the porpoise with his short snout. He jumps on the bridge and yells, “Ready D7 about!” ---Chorus--- G C G A7 D7
5. Next comes the swordfish, the scourge of the sea. The order he gives is, “Helm’s a-lee!” ---Chorus---
G C G A7 6. Then comes the mackerel with his stripped back. He flops on the bridge and yells, “Board
D7 the main tack!” ---Chorus--- G C G
7. Next comes the flounder quite fresh from the ground crying, “Damn your eyes, A7 D7 chucklehead, mind where you sound!” ---Chorus--- G C G A7
8. Along comes the shark with his three rows of teeth. He flops on the foreyard and takes a D7 snug reef. ---Chorus---
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Blow Ye Winds Westerly (Page 2 of 2) G C G A7 D7 9. Next comes the whale, the largest of all, ‘If you want any wind, well, I’ll blow ye a squall”!
---Chorus--- G C G A7
10. Then comes the catfish with his chucklehead out in the main chains for a heave of the D7 lead. ---Chorus--- G C G A7 D7
11. Up jumps the fisherman, stalwart and grim and with his big net he scoops them all in. ---Chorus---
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Born Free (John Barry) C F C F Em Dm G7 1. Born free, as free as the wind blows, as free as the grass grows. Born free to follow your
C G7 heart. C F C F Em G
2. Live free, as beauty surrounds you. The world still astounds you, each time you look at a G7 star. Dm Am Dm
3. Stay free, where no walls divide you, you’re free as the roaring tide, so there’s no need to G7 hide! C F C F Em F Dm C
4. Born free, and life is worth living, but only worth living ‘cause you’re born free.
5. Repeat 3rd verse.
6. Repeat 1st verse.
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Born for a Western Sky (Hap Palmer) Chorus: In a land without a friend. Will there be an empty sky where the eagle used to fly in the wind? 1. Born for a western sky, sweeping a circle as he flies. He was free, when they let him be.
Brave, and a hunter’s son. The land was his ‘til he met a gun. He was free, when they let him be. ---Chorus---
2. There on a mountain high, wounded eagle waits to die. He was free, when they let him be. Dreaming of days gone by, Indian children watched him fly. He was free, when the let him be. ---Chorus---
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Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell) G C G Gmaj7 C G 1. Bows and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air, and feather canyons
C Am7 D G C G everywhere, I've looked at clouds that way. But now they only block the sun, they rain Gmaj7 C G C Am7 D and snow on everyone. So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way. D G C G C G C D
2. I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down, and still somehow it's clouds G C G C G illusions I recall; I really don't know clouds at all. G C G Gmaj7 C G
3. Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel when every fairy tale C Am7 D G C G comes real; I've looked at love that way. But now it's just another show, you leave 'em Gmaj7 C G C Am7 D laughin’ when you go, and if you care don't let them know, don't give yourself away. D G C G C G C G D
4. I've looked at love from both sides now, from win and lose, and still somehow it's love's G C G C G illusions I recall I really don't know love at all.
G C G Gmaj7 C G 5. Tears and fears and feeling proud, to say "I love you" right out loud; dreams and schemes
C Am7 D G C G and circus crowds; I've looked at life that way. But now old friends are acting strange, Gmaj7 C G C they shake their heads, they say I've changed. Well something's lost but something's Am7 D gained in livin’ every day. D G C G C G C G D
6. I've looked at life from both sides now, from give and take, and still somehow it's life's G C G C G illusions I recall; I really don't know life at all.
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Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon) F Em Dm C F G Em Am C Am G7 Em G F Em Dm C 1. When you’re wea – er – y, feeling small. When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all.
G Em Dm C G7 G C C7 Em C Dm7 Dm C7 Dm I’m on your side, ohhhh, when times get rough, and friends just can’t be found. Like a F Em Dm Em F C Dm7 C F E E7 Am C7 Dm F C G C Am C Dm bridge ov-er tro-ub-led wa----ter, I will lay me down. Like a bridge ov-er tro-ub-led wa- C F Em Dm C Dm F G C ter, I will lay me down. F Em Dm C F G Em Am C Am G7 Em G F
2. When you’re down and out, when you’re on the streets. When evening falls, so hard, I Em Dm C G Em Dm C G7 G C C7 Em C Dm7 will comfort you, ohhhh. I’ll take your part, ohhhh, when darkness comes, and pain is all Dm C7 Dm F Em Dm Em F C Dm7 C F E E7 Am C7 Dm F C G around, like a bridge ov-er tro-ubl-ed wa----ter. I will lay me down, like a bridge ov-er C Am C Dm C F Em Dm C Dm F G C tro-ub-led wa----ter. I will lay me down. F Em Dm C F G Em Am C Am G7 Em G Am C Am G7 Em
3. Sail on sil-ver girl, sail on by. Your time has come, to shine. All your dreams are on their G F Em Dm C G Em Dm C G7 G C C7 Em C Dm7 Dm C7 way. See how they shine, ohhhh, and if you need a friend, I’m sail-ing right be---hind, like Dm F Em Dm Em F C Dm7 C F E E7 Am C7 Dm F C G C Am C a bridge ov-er tro-ubl-ed wa----ter I will ease your mind. Like a bridge ov-er tro-ubl-ed Dm C F Em Dm C C7 Dm F C G C Am C Dm C F wa----ter, I will ease your mind.
Buffalo and His Brother
1. I was on a wind-swept desert, where nature favors no man. A buffalo and his brother were
lying in the sand (in the sand). Said the buffalo to his brother, “What makes you like that way?” The brother never said, the brother had been since way last May.
2. Oh---Riley was dead and his brother didn’t know it. His brother was dead and Riley didn’t know it. The brother died in the very same bed and neither one knew the other was dead!
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Buy for Me the Rain (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) C G Cm Bb C F C 1. Buy for me the rain, my darling, buy for me the rain. Buy for me the crystal pools that fall
F G C upon the plain. And I’ll buy for you a rainbow and a million pots of gold. Buy it for me Bb F Bb C now, babe, before I am too old (I am too old). C F C Bb
2. Buy for me the sun, my darling, buy for me the sun. Buy for me the light that falls when C F G C day has just begun. And I’ll buy for you a shadow to protect you from the day. Buy it for Bb C me now, babe, before I go away. C Bb F C F
3. Buy for me the robin, darling, buy for me the wing. Buy for me a sparrow, almost any F G C flying thing. And I’ll buy for you a tree, my love, where a robin’s nest may grow. Buy it for Gm F Bb me now, babe, the years all hurry so. C F C
4. I cannot buy you happiness, I cannot buy you years. I cannot buy you happiness, in place F G C of all the tears. But I can buy for you a gravestone to lay behind your head. Gravestones F Bb C cheer the living, dear, they’re no use to the dead (no use to the dead). F C F G C Bb F G (Fade)
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By My Side (from Godspell) Dm C Am Dm C Am Dm 1. Where are you going? Where are you going? Can you take me with you? For my hand is
C Am Dm cold and needs warmth. Where are you going? C Dm C D
2. Far beyond where the horizon lies, where the horizon lies, and the land sinks into mellow C D C D blueness. Oh, please (oh, please) take me with you. Let me skip the road with you. I can C D C D dare myself (I can dare myself), I can dare myself (I can dare myself). I’ll put a pebble in C D my shoe and watch me walk (watch me walk). I can walk (I can walk). Dm C Am Dm
3. I shall call be pebble dare. (I shall call the pebble dare). We will talk (we will talk) C Am Dm C together about walking. Dare shall be carried, and when we both have had enough I will Dm C Am take him from my shoe, singing “Meet your new road…” Am Dm C Am
4. Then I’ll take your hand, finally glad (finally glad) that I am here (that I am here) by your Dm C Am Dm C Am Dm side (by my side, by my side). By your side (by my side, by my side). By your side (that C Am you are here by my side)…
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California Dreamin’ (Mammas & Pappas) Am G F G Am 1. All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown) and the sky is gray (and the sky is
E F C E Am F Am E gray). I've been for a walk (I’ve been for a walk) on a winter's day (on a winter’s day). I'd Am G F G Am E be safe and warm (I’d be safe and warm) if I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.). California Am G F G Am E dreamin' (California dreamin’) on such a winter's day. E Am G F G Am
2. Stopped in to a church I passed along the way. Well I got down on my knees (got down on E F Am E Am G my knees) and I pretend to pray (I pretend to pray). You know the preacher likes the cold F G Am E (preacher liked the cold). He knows I'm gonna stay (knows I’m gonna stay). California Am G F G Am E dreamin' (California dreamin’) on such a winter's day. E Am G F G Am
3. All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown) and the sky is gray (and the sky is E F C E Am F Am E gray). I've been for a walk (I’ve been for a walk) on a winter's day (on a winter’s day). If I Am G F G Am E didn't tell her (if I didn’t tell her) I could leave today (I could leave today). California Am G F G Am E G F G dreamin' (California dreamin’) on such a winter's day (California dreamin') on such a Am E G F G Am E Am winter's day (California dreamin') On such a winter's day.
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Calypso (John Denver) A A7 D6 1. To sail on a dream on a crystal-clear ocean, to ride on the crest of a wild raging storm. To
A A7 D6 work in the service of life and the living, in search of the answers to questions unknown. A A7 To be part of the movement, part of the growing, part of the beginning to understand. D A D
2. Aye, Calypso the places you’ve been to, the things that you’ve shown us, the E A D A D A E stories you tell. Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit, the men who have served you so long A and so well. E D A E D A E D A
3. Hi dee ay-ee..ooo doo-dle oo do do do do do doo-dle. Hi dee ay-ee…ooo doo-dle ay E Dsus4 D A ee do doo-dle.. .. .. .. .. .. A A7
4. Like the dolphin who guides you, you bring us beside you to light up the darkness and show D6 A A7 us the way. For though we are strangers in your silent world, to live on the land we must D6 A learn from the sea. To be true as the tide and free as the wind-swell, joyful and loving in A7 letting it be.
5. Repeat 2nd verse
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Camp Arbolado Goodnight Song 1. When shadows fall, bright ambers call. We will sing our goodnights to Camp Arbolado.
Deep in hour hearts our love will grow for our comrades at Camp Arbolado.
Camp Arbolado Yells
Yell #1 Note: Start song softly, then repeat several times, getting louder each time 1. A-R! A-R! A-R-B-O! (B-O!)
L-A! L-A! L-A-D-O! (D-O!)
A-R-B-O-L-A-D-O! A-R-B-O-L-A-D-O!
Arbolado!, Arbolado! Yeah!
Yell #2 *Leader *All 1. *The Y’s an open door! **You’re right!
*Since 1844! **You’re right! *In guidance of our youth! **You’re right! *In character and truth! **You’re right! *Sound off! **Y-M! *Once more! **C-A! *Break it down! **Y-M-C-A! **Y-M-C-A C-A-M-P! **Y-M-C-A C-A-M-P! **Y-camp, Y-camp! **Yah!
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Camptown Races D G D Chorus: Going to run all night, going to run all day. Bet my money on a bob-tailed nag, A7 D somebody bet on the bay. D A7 D A7 1. Camptown ladies sing this song, doo dah, doo dah. Camptown racetrack five miles long. Oh,
D the doo dah day. ---Chorus--- D A7 D
2. Come here with my hat caved in. Doo dah, doo dah. Come back home with a pocket full of A7 D tin. Oh, the dod dah day. ---Chorus--- D A7 D
3. The long-tailed filly and the big black hoss, doo dah, doo dah. They fly the track, they both A7 D cut across. Oh, the doo dah day. ---Chorus--- D A7 D
4. The Black hoss stickin’ in a big mud hole. Doo dah, doo dah. Can’t touch the bottom with a A7 D ten-foot pole. Oh, the doo dah day. ---Chorus--- D A7 D
5. Old mulely cow come on to the track. Doo dah, doo dah. The bob-tailed throwed her over his A7 D back. Oh, the doo dah day. ---Chorus--- D A7 D A7
6. The fly along like a railroad car. Doo dah, doo dah. Running a race with a shooting star. Oh, D the doo dah day. ---Chorus---
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Catalina Magdalena Chorus: Catalina Magdalena Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogen Logan Bogan was her name. 1. Well, she had a funny name but she wasn’t much to blame. Her daddy gave it to her just
the same, same, same. ---Chorus---
2. She had only two hairs on her head. One was black and the other was red. ---Chorus---
3. Well, she had but two teeth in her mouth. One pointed North and the other pointed South. ---Chorus---
4. Well, some folks say her breath smelled sweet. But me I’d rather smell her feet. ---Chorus---
5. If rain makes flowers sweet and clean there oughta be a cloudburst for Magdalene. ---Chorus---
6. Her nose puffed smoke like a choo choo train and when it came out it spelled her name. ---Chorus---
7. Her ears stuck out like sails on a boat. Her Adam’s apple wobbled up and down her throat. ---Chorus---
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The Cat Came Back (Harry Miller, Page 1 of 2) Em G C D Em G C Chorus: But the cat came back the very next day. The cat came back, we thought it was a
D Em G C D Em G C D goner. But the cat came back; it just couldn’t stay Awaaaayyyy.
Em G C D Em G C 1. Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own. He had a yellow cat which wouldn't leave his
D Em G C D Em G C D home; He tried and he tried to give the cat away, He gave it to a man goin’ far, far away. ---Chorus--- Em G C D Em G
2. The farmer on the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight. He loaded up his shotgun C D Em G C D Em with nails and dynamite. He waited in the garden for the cat to come around, Ninety seven G C D pieces of the man is all they found. ---Chorus--- Em G C D Em G C D Em
3. He gave it to a man with a dollar note. He took him up the river in a boat. The boat turned G C D Em G C D over and was never found. Now they drag the river for a man that’s drowned. Em G C D Em G C
4. He gave it to a man going up in a balloon. He told him for to take it to the man in the D Em G C D Em G C moon. The balloon came down about ninety miles away. Where he is now, well I dare not D say. ---Chorus--
Em G C D Em G 5. They sneaked into the shop with the butcher not around and they dropped him in the hopper
C D Em G C D Em where the meat was ground. The old cat disappeared with a blood-curdling shriek and that G C D shop's hamburger tasted furry for a week... ---Chorus---
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The Cat Came Back (Harry Miller, Page 2 of 2) Em G C D Em G C 6. They threw him in the kennel where the dog was asleep and the bones of cats lay piled in a
D Em G C D Em G heap. That ol’ kennel burst apart and the dog flew out the side with his ears chewed off and C D holds in his side… ---Chorus--- Em G C D Em G C
7. Then they found a way this cat they’d really fix. They put him in an orange crate on Highway D Em G C D Em G Sixty-Six. Along came a truck with a twenty-ton load “SPLAT”. Scattered pieces of orange C D crate a mile down the road… ---Chorus--- Em G C D Em G
8. They took him down to Cape Canaveral and put him in place and they shot him in a satellite C D Em G C D Em G way into space. They thought the cat was beyond human reach. Then they got a phone call C D from Miami Beach, sayin’…”MEOW” ---Chorus--- Em G C D Em G C D Em
9. The atom bomb fell just the other day. The H-bomb fell in the very same way. Russia went, G C D Em G C D England went, and then the U.S.A.. The human race was finished without a chance to pray. ---Chorus---
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Catch the Wind (Donovan) NOTE: Capo III C F G C F C G C F C F C F G 1. In the chilly hours and minutes of uncertainty, I want to be in the warm hold of your loving
C G C F C F C mind. To feel you all around me and to take your hand along the sand. Ah, but I may as F G C G well try and catch the wind. G C F C F C
2. When sundown pales the sky, I want to hide awhile behind your smile; and everywhere F G C G C F C I’d look, your eyes I’d find. For me to love you now would be the sweetest thing, would F C F G C G make my sing. Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind. F Em F D7 G E F E
3. Deedee dee dee, dee dee deedee. Dee dee deedee, dee dee deedee. Dee de deeee. G C F C F C
4. When rain has hung the leaves with tears I want you near to kill my fears, to help me to F G C G C F C F leave all my blues behind. For standing in your heart is where I want to be and long to be. C F G C G Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind. C F G C F C
5. ---Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
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Chim Chim Cheree (From Mary Poppins) NOTE: Capo 2nd fret Am Dm F C E Am Dm F C Chorus: Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey, chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky, as
E Am Dm F lucky can be. Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey, chim chim cher-oo! Good luck C E Am
will rub off when I shakes 'ands with you.
F Am E Am 1. Or blow me a kiss… and that's lucky too.
Am Dm F C E
2. Now, as the ladder of life 'as been strung. You might think a sweep's on the bottommost Am Dm F C rung. Though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke, in this 'ole wide world there's no E Am 'appier bloke.
3. ---Chorus---
4. ---Chorus---
Am Dm F C E Am Dm F C E Am Dm F C E 5. I choose me bristles with pride, yes, I do. A broom for the shaft and a brush for the flue.
Am Dm F C E Up where the smoke is all billered and curled ‘tween pavement and stars is the chimney Am Dm F C sweep world. When there's 'ardly no day nor 'ardly no night, there's things 'alf in shadow and E F Am E Am 'alfway in light. On the rooftops of London coo, what a sight! Am Dm F C
6. Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey, chim chim cher-ee! When you're with a sweep you're in E Am Dm F C E glad company. Nowhere is there a more 'appier crew than them wot sings, "Chim chim cher- Am Dm ee, chim cher-oo!" Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim cher-ee, chim cher-oo!
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Circle Game (Joni Mitchell) G Am7 G Am7 Chorus: And the seasons they go ‘round and ‘round. And the painted ponies go up and G C G C down. We’re captive on a carousel of time. We can’t return, we can only look Bm C G Am7 behind from where we came and go ‘round and ‘round and ‘round in the circle G C G game. G C G C D7 G 1. Yesterday a child came out to wonder. Caught a dragonfly inside a jar. Fearful when the C Bm C G Am7 G C sky was full of thunder and tearful at the falling of a star ---Chorus--- G C G C D7 2. Then the child moved ten times ‘round the seasons. Skated over ten clear frozen streams.
G C Bm C G Am7 Words like, “When you’re older” must appease him and promises of someday make his
G C dreams. ---Chorus--- G C G C D7 3. 16 springs and 16 summers gone now. Cart wheels turn to car wheels through the town.
G C Bm C G And they tell him, “Take you time, it won’t be long now ‘Til you drag your feet to slow
Am7 G C the circle down.” ---Chorus--- G C G C 4. So the years spin by and now the boy is 20, though his dreams have lost some grandeur
D7 G C Bm C coming true. There’ll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty before the last G Am7 G C revolving year is through. ---Chorus---
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Circle of Friends
D A A7 D G D Chorus: In a circle of friends, we have one Father. In a circle of friends, we share this prayer;
A A7 D G Em A That it will not be long before we all will enter in to the shelter of this circle of D friends.
A G D A G D
1. We were made to love, and be loved, but the price this world demands will cost you far too Bm G D G A much. It’s been so many lonely years just tryin’ to fit in. Now I’ve found a place in this circle D of friends. ---Chorus---
A G D A G D
2. If you weep, I’ll weep with you and if you sing with joy the rest of us will lift our voices too. Bm G D G But no matter what you feel inside, there’s no need to pretend. That’s the way it is in this A D circle of friends. ---Chorus---
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City of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie) NOTE: Cappo 2nd fret F G C Am F Chorus: Good morning America, how are you? I said, “Don’t you know me, I’m your
C G C G Am Eb native son?” I’m the train they call the city of New Orleans. I’ll be gone F G G7 C five hundred miles when the day is done.
C G C Am F C 1. Riding on the city of New Orleans. Illinois Central, Monday morning rail. There’s fifteen G C Am G C Am cars and fifteen restless riders, three conductors, and twenty-five sacks of mail. All along the Em G south bound odyessy, the train pulls out of Kankikee. Rolls along past the houses, farms and D Am Em fields. Passing towns that have no names and freight yards full of old black men and the G G7 C graveyards of rusted automobiles. ---Chorus--- C G C Am 2. Dealing cards with the old men in the club car. A penny a point, there ain’t no one keeping
C G C Am G score. Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle. I can feel the wheels a-grumbling ‘neath the C Am Em G the floor. And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their fathers magic D Am Em made of steel. And the mothers with their babes asleep go rocking to the gentle beet, and G G7 C
the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
---Chorus--- C G C Am F C 3. Night time on the city of New Orleans. We’re changing cars for Memphis Tennessee. We’re
C G C Am G halfway home and we’ll be there by morning. Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down C Am Em G to the sea. And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream. And the steel rail still D Am Em ain’t heard the news. The conductor sings his songs again. The passengers will please refrain. G G7 C This train’s got the disappearing railroad blues.
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Clementine (Page 1 of 2) G D7 C Chorus: Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine. You are lost and gone G D7 G forever, dreadful sorry, Clementine. G D7 C G D7 1. In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine, dwelt a miner forty-niner and his daughter
G Clementine. ---Chorus--- G D7 C G
2. Light she was and like a fairy and her shoes were number nine. Herring boxes without topses, D7 G sandals were for Clementine. ---Chorus--- G D7 C
3. Walking lightly as a fairy, though here shoes were number nine. Sometimes tripping, lightly G D7 G skipping, lovely girl, my Clementine. ---Chorus--- G D7 C G
4. Drove she ducklings to the water every morning just at nine. Hit her foot against a splinter, D7 G fell into the foaming brine. ---Chorus--- G D7 C G
5. Ruby lips above the water, blowing bubbles soft and fine. But alas! I was no swimmer, D7 G neither was my Clementine. ---Chorus--- G D7 C
6. In a churchyard near the canyon where the myrtle doth entwine. There grow rosies and G D7 G other posies, fertilized by Clementine. ---Chorus--- G D7 C
7. Then the miner, forty-niner, soon began to peak and pine, Thought he oughter join his G D7 G daughter, so he’s now with Clementine. ---Chorus--- G D7 C
8. I'm so lonely, lost without her, wish I'd had a fishing line, which I might have cast G D7 G about her. Might have saved my Clementine. ---Chorus---
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Clementine (Page 2 of 2) G D7 9. In my dreams she still doth haunt me, robed in garments soaked with brine. Then she
C G D7 G rises from the waters, and I kiss my Clementine. ---Chorus--- G D7 C G
10. Listen fellers, heed the warning of this tragic tale of mine. Artificial respiration could have D7 G saved my Clementine. ---Chorus---
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Climb Every Mountain (from “Sound of Music)
C D G Gm7 C Fmaj7 Fm6 C Dm7 G7 C 1. Climb ev’ry mountain, search high and low. Follow every byway, ev’ry path you know.
D G Gm7 C Fmaj7 Fm6 C Dm7 G7 Climb ev’ry mountain, ford ev’ry stream. Follow every rainbow till you find your C dream. C7 F Fmaj7 Dm G C Cmaj7 Am7 D7 G Gmaj7
2. A dream that will need all the love you can give. Ev’ry day of your life, Em A D D7 for as long as you live. G A7 D Dm7 G Cmaj7 Am Am7 Dm Dm7 C E F6 G7
3. Climb ev’ry mountain, ford ev’ry stream. Follow ev’ry rainbow till you find your C dream! C7 F Fmaj7 Dm G C Cmaj7 Am7 D7 G Gmaj7
4. A dream that will need all the love you can give. Ev’ry day of your life, Em A D D7 for as long as you live. G A7 D Dm7 G Cmaj7 Am Am7 Dm Dm7 C E F6 G7
5. Climb every mountain, ford ev’ry stream. Follow ev’ry rainbow till you find your C dream!
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Colours (Donovan) NOTE: Capo II C F C F C F 1. Yellow is the colour of my true love’s hair, in the mornin’ when we rise, in the mornin’
C G F when we rise. That’s the time (that’s the time), that’s the time (that’s the time) I love the C best. C F C F C F C
2. Blu’s the colour of the sky-i-i, in the mornin’ when we rise, in the mornin’ when we rise. G F C That’s the time (that’s the time), that’s the time (that’s the time) I love the best. C F C F C F
3. Green is the colour of the sparklin’ corn in the mornin’ when we rise, in the mornin’ C G F when we rise. That’s the time (that’s the time), that’s the time (that’s the time) I love the C best. C F C F C F C
4. Mellow is the feeling that I get when I see her, mm-hmm, when I see her, uh-huh. That’s G F C the time (that’s the time), that’s the time (that’s the time) I love the best.
C F C F C F 5. Freedom is a word that I rarely use without thinkin’, mm-hmm, without thinkin’, mm-
C G F C hmm of the time (of the time), of the time (of the times) when I’ve been loved.
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Cotton Fields (Creedence Clearwater Revival) A E7 D A A D A 1. When I was a little bitty baby my momma would rock me in the cradle, in them old cotton
E7 A D A fields back home. It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texakana, in them old E7 E A cotton fields back home.
A D A 2. Now, when them cotton bolls get rotten, you can’t pick very much cotton, in them old
E7 A D A cotton fields back home. It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texakana, in E7 E A them old cotton fields back home.
A D A 3. When I was a little bitty baby my momma would rock me in the cradle, in them old cotton
E7 A D A fields back home. It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texakana, in them old E7 E A cotton fields back home.
A D A 4. Now, when them cotton bolls get rotten, you can’t pick very much cotton, in them old
E7 A D A cotton fields back home. It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texakana, in E7 E A them old cotton fields back home. A D A
5. When I was a little bitty baby my momma would rock me in the cradle, in them old cotton E7 A D A fields back home. It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texakana, in them old E7 A E7 E A cotton fields back home. In them old cotton fields back home.
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The Cruel War (Peter, Paul and Mary) G Em Am Bm C Am G C 1. The cruel war is raging, Johnny has to fight. I want to be with him from morning till
G Em Am Bm C Am G night. I want to go with him, it grieves my heart so. Won’t you let me go with you? No, C G my love, no.
G Em Am Bm C Am G C G 2. Tomorrow is Sunday. Monday is the day your captain will call you and you must obey.
Em Am Bm C Am G C Your captain will call you, it grieves my heart so. Won’t you let me go with you? No, my G love, no.
G Em Am Bm C Am G C 3. I’ll tie back my hair, men’s clothing I’ll put on. I’ll pass as your comrade as we march
G Em Am Bm C Am along. I’ll pass as your comrade, no one will ever know. Won’t you let me go with you? G C G No, my love, no.
G Em Am Bm C Am G C G 4. Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, I fear you are unkind. I love you far better than all of mankind. I
Em Am Bm C Am G C love you far better than words and ere express. Won’t you let me go with you? Yes, my G love, yes
G C G 5. …Yes, my love, yes
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Damper Song NOTE: Motions are as follwos: Push = push with your hands Pull = pull with your hands
Up the chimney = make circular motions with your hands indicating smoke goint up the chimney
1. Oh, you push the damper in and you pull the damper out And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same, just the same And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same
2. Repeat 1st verse, but do motion for word s “push the damper in” instead of singing it.
3. Repeat 1st verse, but do motions for words “push the damper in” and “pull the damper out” instead of singing them.
4. Repeat 1st verse, but do motions for the words “push the damper in,” “pull the damper out” and “smoke goes up the chimney” in first two lines instead of singing them.
5. Repeat 1st verse, but do motions for the words “push the damper in,” “pull the damper out” and “smoke goes up the chimney” in all three lines instead of singing them.
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Danny Boy (Fred Weatherly) C C7 F C Am 1. Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling. From glen to glen and down the mountain
Dm G C C7 F C F G side. The summer's gone and all the leaves are falling. 'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must C bide.
G C F G C Am F G E Am F C 2. But come ye back when summer's in the meadow, or when the valley's hushed and white
Dm G C E Am F C Am F C Am Dm G with snow. 'Til I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow. Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love C you so.
C C7 F C Am Dm G 3. And when you come and all the leaves are dying, and I am dead, as dead I well may be.
C C7 F Dm C F G C You’ll come and find the place where I am lying, and stand and say an Ave there for me.
G C F G C Am F G E Am F C Dm 4. And I will hear, though soft you tread above me, and in my grave will warmer, safer be.
G C F Am F C Am F C Am Dm For you will kneel and tell me that you love me, and I will lie in peace until you come to G C F C me.
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Day by Day (from Godspell) F Gm F Gm Bb Am G Em A Em 1. Day by day, day by day. Oh, dear Lord, three things I pray: To see Thee more clearly,
A Dm G C love Thee more dearly, follow Thee more nearly day by day…
F Gm F Gm Bb Am G Em A Em 2. Day by day, day by day. Oh, dear Lord, three things I pray: To see Thee more clearly,
A Dm G C love Thee more dearly, follow Thee more nearly day by day…
Speed up the tempo F Gm F Gm Bb Am G Em A Em 3. Day by day, day by day. Oh, dear Lord three things I pray: To see Thee more clearly,
A Dm G C love Thee more dearly, follow Thee more nearly day by day…
F Gm F Gm Bb Am G 4. Day by day (day by day), day by day (day by day). Oh, dear Lord, three things I pray
Em A Em A (three things I pray): To see Thee more clearly (day by day), love Thee more dearly (day Dm G C by day), follow Thee more nearly day by day (day by day)…
Clap for remaining verses F Gm F Gm Bb Am G 5. Day by day (day by day), day by day (day by day). Oh, dear Lord three things I pray
Em A Em A (three things I pray): To see Thee more clearly (day by day), love Thee more dearly (day Em A Em A by day), to see Thee more clearly (day by day), love Thee more dearly (day by day), Em A Em A yes, see Thee more clearly (day by day). Oh, to love Thee more dearly (day by day). Yah, Em A Em A Dm see Thee more clearly (day by day). Oh, to love Thee more dearly (day by day), follow G C Thee more nearly day by day, day by day by day by day by day…
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Day is Done (Peter, Paul and Mary) G C G D G Chorus: And if you take my hand my son, all will be well when the day is done. And if you C G D G D take my hand my son, all will be well when the day is done. Day is done (when the G D day is done), day is done (when the day is done), day is done (when the day is G done), day is done G Am D G Em 1. Tell me why you’re crying my son. I know you’re frightened like everyone. Is it the
Am Bm C Am D G thunder in the distance you fear? Will it help if I stay very near?... I am here. ---Chorus---
G Am D G Em 2. Do you ask why I’m sighing, my son? You shall inherit what mankind has done. In a
Am Bm C Am D G world filled with sorrow and woe, if you ask me why this is so… I really don’t know. ---Chorus--- G Am D G Em
3. Tell me why you’re smiling, my son. Is there a secret you can tell everyone? Do you know Am Bm C Am D more than men that are wise? Can you see what we all must disguise…through your G loving eyes? ---Chorus---
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Day O (The Banana Boat Song, Harry Belafonte, Page 1 of 2) D A D A D 1. Day-o, day-ay-ay-o. Daylight come and me wan’ go home. Day, me say day, me say day,
A D A D me say day, me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o. Daylight come and me wan' go home.
D A D A D 2. Work all night on a drink a’ rum. Daylight come and me wan' go home. Stack banana
A D A D till the mornin' come. Daylight come and me wan' go home.
D A D A D 3. Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana. Daylight come and me wan' go home. Come,
A D A D Mister tally man, tally me banana. Daylight come and me wan' go home.
D A D A D 4. It’s six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch! Daylight come and me wan' go home. Six foot,
A D A D seven foot, eight foot bunch! Daylight come and me wan' go home.
D A D A D 5. Day, me say day-ay-ay-o. Daylight come and me wan' go home. Day, me say day, me say
A D A D day, me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o. Daylight come and me wan' go home.
D A D A D 6. A beautiful bunch a' ripe banana. Daylight come and me wan' go home. Highly deadly
A D A D black tarantula. Daylight come and me wan' go home.
D A D A D 7. It’s six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch! Daylight come and me wan' go home. Six foot,
A D A D seven foot, eight foot bunch! Daylight come and me wan’ go home.
D A D A D 8. Day, me say day-ay-ay-o. Daylight come and me wan’ go home. Day, me say day, me say
A D A D day, me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o. Daylight come and me wan’ go home.
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Day O ( The Banana Boat Song, Harry Belafonte, Page 1 of 2)
D A D A D 9. Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana. Daylight come and me wan' go home. Come,
A D A D Mister tally man, tally me banana. Daylight come and me wan' go home.
D A D A D 10. Day-o, day-ay-ay-o. Daylight come and me wan' go home. Day, me say day, me say day, me
A D A D say day, me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o. Daylight come and me wan' go home.
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Deep and Wide
NOTE: Requires hand and body motions for the words “deep”, “wide”, “fountain” and “flowing”
C F C G7 C 1. Deep and wide, deep and wide, there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide. Deep and wide,
F C G7 C deep and wide, there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide.
2. Repeat 1st verse, leaving out the word “deep” and replace word with hand/body motions
3. Repeat 1st verse, leaving out the words “deep” and “wide,” replacing each word with hand/body motions.
4. Repeat 1st verse, leaving out the words “deep,” “wide” and “fountain,” replacing each word with hand/body motions
5. Repeat 1st verse, leaving out the words “deep,” “wide,” “fountain” and “flowing,” replacing each word with hand/body motions.
Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead (from “Wizard of Oz”) 1. Ding-dong the witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch. Ding-dong the wicked
witch is dead. Wake up you sleepyhead. Rub your eyes, get out of bed. Wake up the wicked witch is dead.
2. She's gone where the goblins go. Below - below – below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing
and ring the bells out.
3. Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low. Let them know the Wicked Witch is
dead
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Dixie C F D G C F C Chorus: I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! Hooray! In Dixie Land I’ll take my stand to live
G C G C G C G C and die in Dixie. Away, away, away down South in Dixie. Away, away, away G C down South in Dixie.
C F C 1. I wish I was in the land of cotton. Old times there are not forgotten. Look away! Look
G C F away! Look away, Dixie Land! In Dixie Land where I was born in, early on one frosty C G C morinin’. Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie Land. ---Chorus—
C F C 2. There’s buckwheat cakes and Indian batter. Makes you fat or a little fatter. Look away!
G C Look away! Look away, Dixie Land! Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel, to F C G C Dixie’s Land I’m bound to travel. Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land! ---Chorus—
C F C 3. Old Mrs. Marry Will the Weaver. Willams was a gay deceiver. Look away! Look away!
G C F Look away, Dixie Land! But when he puts his arms around her, he smiled as fierce as a C G C fourty-pounder. Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie Land! ---Chorus---
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Do Lord D G Chorus: Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me. Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember
D A D me. Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me. Look away beyond the blue.
--Chorus--- D G 1. I’ve got a home in glory land that outshines the sun. I’ve got a home in glory land that
D A outshines the sun. I’ve got a home in glory land that outshines the sun. Look away beyond D the blue. ---Chorus---
D G D 2. I took Jesus as my Savior, you take Him too. I took Jesus as my Savior, you take Him too.
A D I took Jesus as my Savior, you take Him too. While He’s calling you. ---Chorus—
D G 3. I read about it in the Book of Revelation, you read it too. I read about it in the Book of
D Revelation, you read it too. I read about it in the Book of Revelation, you read it too. A D Look away beyond the blue. ---Chorus---
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Do-Re-Mi (from “The Sound of Music”) NOTE: Capo 3rd fret G 1. Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start. When you read you begin with
A, B, C. When you sing you begin with do-re-mi (do-re-mi). Do-re-mi. The first three notes just happen to be Do-re-mi (do-re-me). Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti
2. (Spoken) Oh, let me see if I can make it easier… G D G D 3. Do(e) a deer, a female deer. Re, a drop of golden sun. Mi, a name I call myself. Fa(r), a
D7 G C A D B7 long, long way to run. Sol, a needle pulling thread. La, a note to follow sol. Ti, a Em C D G D drink with jam and bread. That will bring us back to do…oh, oh, oh!
G D G D 4. Do(e) a deer, a female deer. Re, a drop of golden sun. Mi, a name I call myself. Fa(r), a
D7 G C A D B7 long, long way to run. Sol, a needle pulling thread. La, a note to follow sol. Ti, a Em C D G D drink with jam and bread. That will bring us back to do…oh, oh, oh. G D G D
5. Do(e) a deer, a female deer. Re, a drop of golden sun. Mi, a name I call myself. Fa(r), a D7 G C A D B7 long, long way to run. Sol, a needle pulling thread. La, a note to follow sol. Ti, a Em C D G D drink with jam and bread. That will bring us back to do…oh, oh, oh! Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti- do-so-do!
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Doughnut Son 1. Well, I walked around the corner and I walked around the block, and I walked right into a
doughnut shop, and I picked up a doughnut right off the grease, and I handed the lady a 5- cent piece.
2. Well, she looked at the nickel and she looked at me. And she said, “This nickel is no good
you see. There’s a hole in the middle and it goes right through.” And I said, “There’s a hole in the doughnut too. Thanks for the doughnut. Good night.”
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Do Your Ears Hang Low? (Page 1 of 2) Notes: Requires hand and body motions. Repeat the song over and over, picking up the pace (speed) each time G 1. Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you
D G tie them in a bow? Can you throw them o'er your shoulder like a Continental Soldier? Do D G your ears hang low?
G 2. Do your ears hang high? Do they reach up to the sky? Do they wrinkle when they're wet?
D G Do they straighten when they're dry? Can you wave them at your neighbor with an D G element of flavor? Do your ears hang high?
G 3. Do your ears hang wide? Do they flap from side to side? Do they wave in the breeze from
D G the slightest little sneeze? Can you soar above the nation with a feeling of elevation? Do D G your ears hang wide?
G 4. Do your ears fall off when you give a great big cough? Do they lie there on the ground or
D G bounce up at every sound? Can you stick them in your pocket just like Davy Crocket? Do D G your ears fall off?
G 5. Does your tongue hang down? Does it flop all around? Can you tie it in a knot? Can you
D G tie it in a bow? Can you throw it o'er your shoulder like a Continental Soldier? Does your D G tongue hang down? G D
6. Does your nose hang low? Does it wiggle to and fro? Can you tie it in a knot? Can you tie G it in a bow? Can you throw it o'er your shoulder like a Continental Soldier? Does your D G nose hang low?
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Do Your Ears Hang Low? (Page 2 of 2) G D 7. Do your eyes pop out? Do they bounce all about? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie
G them in a bow? Can you throw them o'er your shoulder like a Continental Soldier? Do D G your eyes pop out?
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Down in The Valley D A7 D 1. Down in the valley, the valley so low. Hang your head over, hear the wind blow. Hear the
A7 D wind blow, dear, hear the wind blow. Hang your head over, hear the wind blow.
D A7 D 2. Roses love sunshine, violets love dew. Angels in heaven, know I love you. Know I love
A7 D you, dear, know I love you. Angels in heaven, know I love you.
D A7 3. If you don’t love me, love whom you please. Throw your arms ‘round me, give my heart
D A7 ease. Give my heart ease, dear, give my heart ease. Throw your arms ‘round me, give my D heart ease.
D A7 D 4. Build me a castle forty feet high, so I can see her as she rides by. As she rides by, dear, as
A7 D she rides by. So I can her as she ride by.
D A7 D 5. Write me a letter, send it by mail. Send it in care of Birmingham jail. Birmingham jail,
A7 D dear, Birmingham jail. Send it in care of Birmingham jail.
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Downtown (Petula Clark, Page 1 of 2) E A B7 E A B7 E 1. When you’re alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go downtown. When
A B7 E A B7 you’ve got worries, all the noise and hurry seems to help I know, downtown. B7 E C#m E C#m
2. Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city. Linger on the sidewalk where the neon G#m A B7 signs are pretty. How can you lose? The lights are much brighter there. You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares and go E A E A
3. Downtown, things ‘ll be great when you’re downtown, no finer place for sure. E A B7 E Downtown, everything’s waiting for you. (downtown, downtown) E A B7 E
4. Don’t hang around and let your problems surround you. There are movie shows A B7 E A B7 E A B7 downtown. Maybe you know some little places to go where they never close downtown. B7 E C#m E C#m
5. Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossanova. You’ll be dancing with ‘em too before the G#m A B7 night is over. Happy again, the lights are much brighter there. You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares so go E A E A
6. Downtown, where all the lights are bright. Downtown, waiting for you tonight. E A B7 E Downtown, you’re gonna be alright now. (downtown, downtown) E C#m E
7. And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you. Someone who is just like C#m G#m A you and needs a gentle hand to guide them along. So, maybe I’ll see you there. We can B7 forget all our troubles, forget all our cares so go
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Downtown (Petula Clark, Page 1 of 2)
E A E A 8. Downtown, things’ll be great when you’re downtown. Don’t wait a minute more.
E A B7 E E B7 E B7 E B7 Downtown, everything’s waiting for you. Downtown (downtown). Downtown E B7 (downtown)…(fade)
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Dust in the Wind (Kansas) C G Am G Dm Am C G Am G 1. I close my eyes only for a moment and the moment’s gone. All my dreams pass before my
Dm Am D G Am D G Am eyes are curiosity. Dust in the wind. All they are is dust in the wind. C G Am G Dm Am C G Am G Dm
2. Same old song. Just a drop of water in an endless sea. All we do crumbles to the ground Am D G Am D G Am ‘though we refuse to see. Dust in the wind. All we are is dust in the wind. C G Am G Dm Am C G Am G
3. Don’t hang on. Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky. It slips away. All your money Dm Am D G Am D G Am D G won’t another minute buy. Dust in the wind. All we are is dust in the wind. Dust in the Am D G Am D G Am wind. Everything is dust in the wind. Everything is dust in the wind.
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Each Camp Fire Lights Anew G D D7 G E7 Am 1. Each camp fire lights anew the flame of friendship true. The joy we've had in knowing you
D D7 G will last our whole life through.
G D D7 G E7 Am 2. And as the embers die away, we wish that we could ever stay. But since we cannot have our
D D7 G way, we’ll come again some other day.
G D D7 G E7 Am D 3. And since we now must part, I’ll hold you in my heart. Until we meet again, God keep you
D7 G safe my friend.
G D D7 G E7 Am 4. The camp fire light will throw a warm and friendly glow; a radiance never burning low,
D D7 G wherever we may go.
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Eclipse (John Denver) G C G C G 1. The sun is slowly fadin’ in the western sky. Sometimes it takes forever the day to end.
Am C G Sometimes it takes a lifetime. Sometimes I think I’ll never see the sun again. G C G C
2. There’s a heavy smog between me and my mountains. It’s enough to make a grown man G Am C sit and cry. It’s enough to make you wonder. It’s enough to make the world roll up and G die. Am C D7 G Em
3. I think it’s kind of interesting the way things get to be, the way that people work with their G Am C D G Am C machines. Serenity’s a long time comin’ to me. In fact, I don’t believe that I know what it D means. G C G C G Am
4. In the east a shaded moon is hangin’ lazily. I do believe I saw the old man smile. I do C G believe I did, I do believe that he’s been laughin’ all the while. Am C D7 G Em
5. I think it’s kind of interesting the way things get to be, the way that people work with their G Am C D G Am C machines. Serenity’s a long time comin’ to me. In fact, I don’t believe that I know what it D means anymore. G C G C G
6. The sun is slowly fadin’ in the western sky. Sometimes it takes forever the day to end. Am C G Sometimes it takes a lifetime, sometimes I think I’ll never see the sun again. The sun again. The sun again. (hum to fade out)
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Edelweiss (from “The Sound of Music”) G D G C G Em Am7 D7 G D G C G 1. Edelweiss, edelweiss, every morning you greet me. Small and white, clean and bright. You
D7 G D D7 G C A7 look happy to meet me. Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow, bloom and grow, D D7 G D G C G D7 G forever. Edelweiss, edelweiss. Bless my homeland forever!
2. Repeat 1st verse
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El Paso (Marty Robbins, Page 1 of 2) D Em A7 D 1. Out in the west Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican girl. Nighttime would
Em A7 D find me in Rose’s cantina, music would play and Felina would whirl. Blacker than night Em A7 D were the eyes of Felina, wicked and evil while casting a spell. My love was deep for this Em A7 D Mexican maiden. I was in love, but in vain I could tell. G D G D D7
2. One night a wild young cowboy came in, wild as the west Texas wind…Dashing and G daring, a drink he was sharing with wicked Felina the girl that I love. G A7 D Em A7
3. So in anger I challenged his right for the love of this maiden. Down went his hand for the D Em A7 gun that he wore. My challenge was answered in less than a heartbeat. The handsome D Em A7 young stranger lay dead on the floor. Just for a moment I stood there in silence, shocked D Em A7 by the foul evil deed I had done. Many thoughts race through my mind as I stood there. I D had but one chance and that was to run. G D G D D7
4. Out through the back door of Rose’s I ran, out where the horses were tied…I caught a G good one, it looked like it could run. Up on its back and away I did ride. G A7 D Em A7
5. Just as fast as I could from the west Texas town of El Paso, out to the bad lands of New D Em A7 Mexico. Back in El Paso my life would be worthless. Everything’s gone in life, nothing is D Em A7 left. It’s been so long since I’ve seen the young maiden. My love is stronger than my fear D of death. G D G D D7
6. I saddled up and away I did go riding alone in the dark…Maybe tomorrow a bullet will G find me. Tonight nothing’s worse than the pain in my heart.
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El Paso (Marty Robbins, Page 2 of 2) G A7 D Em A7 D 7. And at last here I am on the hill overlooking El Paso, I can see Rosie’s cantina below. My
Em A7 D love is strong and it pushes me onward, down off the hill to Felina I go. Off to my right I Em A7 D see five mounted cowboys, off to my left ride a dozen or more. Shouting and shooting, I Em A7 D can’t let them catch me, I have to make it to Rose’s back door. G D G D D7
8. Something is dreadfully wrong for I feel a deep burning pain in my side…Though I am G trying to stay in the saddle, I’m getting weary, unable to ride. G A7 D Em A7
9. But my love for Felina is strong and I rise where I’ve fallen, though I am weary, I can’t D Em A7 stop to rest. I can see the white puff of smoke from the rifle, I feel the bullet go deep in my D Em A7 chest. From out of nowhere, Felina has found me, kissing my cheek as she kneels by my D Em A7 D side. Cradled by two loving arms that I’ll die for, one little kiss and Felina goodbye.
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Father and Son (Cat Stevens) G D C Am7 G 1. It’s not time to make a change, just relax, take it easy. You’re still young, that’s your
Em Am D G D C fault, there’s so much you have to know. Find a girl, settle down. If you want, you can Am7 G Em Am C G D marry. Look at me, I am old, but I’m happy. D G Bm7 C Am7 G Em
2. I was once like you are now, and I know that it’s not easy to be calm, when you’ve found Am C G D G Bm7 C Am7 somethin’ goin’ on…. But take your time, think a lot, why, think of everything you’ve G Em D G got, for you will still be here tomorrow but your dreams may not. G Bm C Am7 G Em
3. How can I try to explain? When I do he turns away again! It’s always been the same, the Am C G D G Bm C Am7 same old story… From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen. Now there’s a G Em D G D C G way and I know that I have to go away. I know, I have to go. G D C Am7 G
4. It’s not time to make a change. Just sit down, take it slowly. You’re still young, that’s Em Am D G D C your fault, there’s so much you have to go through. Find a girl, settle down. If you want, Am G Em Am C G D you can marry. Look at me, I am old, but I’m happy. G Bm C Am7 G Em
5. All the times that I’ve cried, keeping all the things I knew inside. It’s hard, but it’s harder Am D G Bm C Am7 to ignore it…. If they were right, I’d agree, but it’s them they know, not me. Now there’s a G Em D G D C G way, and I know that I have to go away. I know, I have to go.
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Father, I Adore You C Dm G7 C Dm G7 C Dm G7 C 1. Father, I adore You, lay my life before You, how I love You.
C Dm G7 C Dm G7 C Dm G7 C
2. Jesus, I adore You, lay my life before You, how I love You. C Dm G7 C Dm G7 C Dm G7 C
3. Spirit, I adore You, lay my life before You, how I love You.
Feed the Birds (Mary Poppins) C Dm Am G Am G Am C 1. Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's the little old bird woman comes. In her own
Dm Am G Am E Am special way to the people she calls, “Come, buy my bags full of crumbs.” Am F C F C Am
2. “Come feed the little birds, show them you care, and you'll be glad if you do. Their young F Am G Am E Am G ones are hungry, their nests are so bare. All it takes is tuppence from you.” ---Chorus--- C G Am G Am C Dm G C G
3. Feed the birds, tuppence a bag. Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag. “Feed the birds!” Am G Am G E Am that's what she cries, while overhead, her birds fill the skies. Am E Am E Am E Am
4. All around the cathedral the saints and apostles look down as she sells her wares. C Dm Am G C Dm Although you can't see it, you know they are smiling each time someone shows that he Am G cares. C G Am G Am C G C G
5. Though her words are simple and few. Listen, listen, she's calling to you. “Feed the birds, Am E C G C tuppence a bag. Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.” C G Am G Am C G C G
6. Though her words are simple and few. Listen, listen, she's calling to you. “Feed the birds, Am E C G C tuppence a bag. Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag
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The 59th Bridge Street Song (Simon and Garfunkel) NOTE: Capo 3rd fret C G/B Am7 G C G/B A7 G C G/B 1. Slow down, you move too fast. You got to make the morning last. Just kicking down the
Am7 G C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 G cobble stones. Lookin’ for fun and feelin’ groovy. G C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 G
2. Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da, feelin’ groovy. C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 G C G/B
3. Hello lamppost, watcha knowin’? I’ve come to watch your flowers growin’. Ain’t cha got Am7 G C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 G no rhymes for me? Doo-it’n-doo-doo, feelin’ groovy. B C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 G
4. Ba –da-da-da-da-da-da, feelin’ groovy. G C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 G
5. Got no deeds to do, no promises to keep. I’m dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep. C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 G C G/B Am7 G Let the morning time drop all its petals on me. Life I love you, all is groovy…
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Fishermen Song (Page 1 of 2) *All **Half of audience ***Other half of audience 1. *There were three jolly fishermen. *There were three jolly fishermen. **Fisher, fisher.
***Men, men, men. **Fisher, fisher. ***Men, men, men. *There were three jolly fishermen.
2. *The first one's name was Abraham. *The first one's name was Abraham. **Abra, Abra. ***Ham, ham, ham. **Abra, Abra. ***Ham, ham, ham. *The first one's name was Abraham.
3. *The second one's name was Isaac. *The second one's name was Isaac. **I, I. ***Zak, zak, zak. **I, I. ***Zak, zak, zak. *The second one's name was Isaac.
4. *The third one's name was Jacob. *The third one's name was Jacob. **Ja, Ja. ***Cub, cub, cub. **Ja, Ja. ***Cub, cub, cub. *The third one's name was Jacob.
5. *They all sailed up to Jericho. *They all sailed up to Jericho. **Jeri, Jeri. ***Co, co, co. **Jeri, Jeri. ***Co, co, co. *They all sailed up to Jericho.
6. *They should have gone to Amsterdam. *They should have gone to Amsterdam. *Amster, Amster. ***Sh, sh, sh. **Amster, Amster. ***Sh, sh, sh. *They should have gone to Amstersh.
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7. *We shouldn’t say that naughty word. *We shouldn’t say that naughty word. **Naughty,
naughty. ***Word, word, word. **Naughty, naughty. ***Word, word, word. *We shouldn’t say that naughty word.
8. *We’re gonna say it anyway. *We’re gonna say it anyway. **Any, any. ***Way, way, way. **Any, any. ***Way, way, way. *We’re gonna say it anyway.
9. *They should have gone to Amsterdam. *They should have gone to Amsterdam. **Amster, amster. ***Dam, dam, dam. **Amster, amster. ***Dam, dam, dam. *They should have gone to Amsterdam.
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500 Miles (Peter, Paul and Mary) D Bm Em G Em A D D Bm Em G Em G 1. If you miss the train I’m on, you will know that I am gone. You can hear the whistle blow,
A D Bm Em G a hundred miles. A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles. Em G D You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. D Bm Em G Em G
2. Lord I’m one, Lord I’m two, Lord I’m three, Lord I’m four, Lord I’m five hundred miles A D Bm Em G from my home. Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred Em G D miles. Lord, I’m five hundred miles from my home. D Bm Em G Em G A
3. Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name. Lord I can’t go a-home this a-way. This D Bm Em G Em G D a-way, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way. Lord I can’t go a-home this a-way D Bm Em G Em G
4. If you miss the train I’m on, you will know that I am gone. You can hear the whistle blow, A a hundred miles.
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Flora (Peter, Paul and Mary) NOTE: Capo on the 3rd fret Am Em Am Em Am Am C G C D Am C Em 1. When I first came to Louisville, my fortune there to find. I met a fair young maiden there,
F Em Am C Em Am Em Am her beauty filled my mind. Her rosy cheek, her ruby lips, they gave my heart no rest. The C D Dm Am name she bore was Flo-----ra, the lily of the West. Am C G C D Am C Em F
2. I courted lovely Flora, she promised ne’er to go. But soon a tale was told to me that filled Em Am C Em Am Em Am my heart with woe. They said she meets another man who holds my love in jest. And yet I C D Dm Am trusted Flo---ra, the lily of the West. Am C G C D Am C Em
3. ‘Way down in yonder shady grove, a man of low degree. He spoke unto my Flora there F Em Am C Em Am Em and kissed her ‘neath a tree. The answers that she gave to him like arrows pierced my Am C D Dm Am breast. I was betrayed by Flo---ra, the lily of the West. Am C G C D Am C Em F
4. I stepped up to my rival, my dagger in my hand. I seized him by the collar and I ordered Em Am C Em Am Em Am C D him to stand. All in my desperation I stabbed him in his breast. I’d killed a man for Flo---ra, Dm Am the lily of the West. Am C G C D Am C
5. And then I had to stand my trial, I had to make my plea. They placed me in a pris’ner’s Em Am Em Am C Em Am Em dock and then commenced on me. Although she swore my life away, deprived me of my Am C D Dm Am rest. Still I loved my faithless Flo---ra, the lily of the West.
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Follow Me (John Denver) D G/E D G D G/E Chorus: Follow me where I go, what I do and who I know. Make it part of you to be a part A A7 D G/E D G D G
of me. Follow me up and down, all the way and all around. Take my hand and say A7 D
you’ll follow me.
D Bm A D G G/F G/E A A7 1. It’s by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done, to be so in love with you and so alone.
---Chorus--- D A G D Bm A
2. It’s long been on my mind, you know it’s been a long, long time. I’ll try to find the way G A G D G D that I can make you understand. The way I feel about you and just how much I need you G G/F G/E G/D G to be there where I can talk to you when there’s no one else around. ---Chorus--- D A G D Bm
3. You see, I’d like to share my life with you and show you things I’ve seen, places that I’m A G A G D G D going to, places where I’ve been. To have you there beside me and never be alone, and G G/F G/E G/D G all the time that you’re with me, then we will be at home. ---Chorus--- D G A7 D
4. Take my hand and I will follow you.
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For Baby (John Denver) G C G C D7 G C D7 1. I’ll walk in the rain by your side. I’ll cling to the warmth of your hand. I’ll do anything to
G C G D7 G keep you satisfied. I’ll love you more than anybody can. G C D7 G C D7 G C
2. And the wind will whisper your name to me. Little birds will sing along in time. Leaves D7 G C G D7 G will bow down when you walk by and morning bells will chime. G C G C D7 G C D7
3. I’ll be there when you’re feelin’ down to kiss away the tears if you cry. I’ll share with you G C G D7 G all the happiness I’ve found, a reflection of the love in your eyes. G C D7 G C D7 G
4. And I’ll sing you the songs of the rainbow. I’ll whisper of the joy that is mine, and leaves C D7 G D7 G will bow down when you walk by and morning bells will chime. G C G C D7 G C
5. I’ll walk in the rain by your side. I’ll cling to the warmth of your tiny hand. I’ll do D7 G C G D7 G anything to help you understand, and I’ll love you more than anybody can.
6. Repeat 2nd verse.
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Found a Peanut (page 1 of 2) NOTE: Sing to the tune of “Clementine” C G C 1. Found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peanut just now. Just now I found a peanut,
G C found a peanut just now. C G C
2. Cracked it open, cracked it open, cracked it open just now. Just now I cracked it open, G C cracked it open just now. C G C G
3. It was rotten, it was rotten, it was rotten just now. Just now it was rotten, it was rotten C just now.
C G C
4. Ate it anyway, ate it anyway, ate it anyway just now. Just now I ate it anyway, ate it G C anyway just now.
C G
5. Got a stomach ache, got a stomach ache, got a stomach ache just now. Just now I got a C G C stomach ache, got a stomach ache just now. C G
6. Called the doctor, called the doctor, called the doctor just now. Just now I called the C G C doctor, called the doctor just now. C G C G
7. Penicillin, Penicillin, Penicillin just now. Just now I took Penicillin, Penicillin just C now. C G C G
8. Operation, operation, operation just now. Just now an operation, an operation just C now.
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Found a Peanut (page 2 of 2) C G C 9. Died anyway, died anyway, died anyway just now. Just now I died anyway, died
G C anyway just now. C G C
10. Went to heaven, went to heaven, went to heaven just now. Just now I went to heaven, G C went to heaven just now.
C G
11. Wouldn't take me, wouldn't take me, wouldn't take me just now. Just now Heaven C G C wouldn't take me, wouldn't take me just now.
C G 12. Went the other way, went the other way, went the other way just now. Just now I went
C G C the other way, went the other way just now.
C G
13. Didn't want me, didn't want me, didn't want me just now. Just now they didn't want C G C me, didn't want me just now.
C G C
14. Was a dream, was a dream, was a dream just now. Just now it was a dream, was a G C dream, just now.
C G C
15. Then I woke up, then I woke up, then I woke up just now. Just now I woke up, I woke G C up just now.
C G C
16. Found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peanut just now. Just now I found a peanut, G C found a peanut just now.
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Frère Jacques (Are You Sleeping?) NOTE: Capo on 2nd fret G D G G D G C D G C D D7 G D7 1. Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques, Dormez vous, Dormez vous? Sonnez les matines, Sonnez les
G C D G C D G matines. Ding, dang, dong. Ding, dang, dong.
English Version: G D G G D G G C D G C D D7 G 2. Are you sleeping, are you sleeping? Brother John, Brother John? Morning bells are ringing,
D7 G C D G C D G morning bells are ringing. Ding, ding, dong, Ding, ding, dong.
Friends with You (John Denver) Am7 B Em Am7 B Em Am7 B 1. What a friend we have in time. Gives us children, makes us wise. Tells us what to take or
Em C leave behind. Am7 B Em Am7 B Em Am7 B
2. And the gifts of growing old are the stories to be told of the feelings more precious than C gold.
A Bm7 E D A Bm7 3. Friends, I will remember you. Think of you, pray for you. And when another day is through,
E Am I’ll still be friends with you. Am7 B Em Am7 B Em Am7 B Em C
4. Baby’s days are never long. Mother’s laugh is baby’s song. Gives us all a hope to carry on.
5. Repeat 3rd verse twice. A Bm7 E D A Bm7
6. My friends, I will remember you. Think of you, pray for you. And when another day is E Am through, I’ll still be friends with you.
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Friends Are Nothing NOTE: Requires hand motions C G7 1. Friends are nothing ‘til they sing together, ‘Til they sing the whole day through. ‘Til they
C Am Dm G7 C sing the night away, ‘Til they sing together, ‘til they sing.
C G7 2. Friends are nothing ‘til they laugh together, ‘Til they laugh the whole day through. ‘Til they
C Am Dm G7 C laugh the night away, ‘Till they laugh together, ‘til they laugh.
C G7 3. Friends are nothing ‘til they camp together, ‘Til they camp the whole day through. ‘Til they
C Am Dm G7 C camp the night away, ‘Til they camp together, ‘til they camp.
C G7 C 4. Friends are nothing ‘til they cry together, ‘Til they cry the whole day through. ‘Til they cry
Am Dm G7 C the night away, ‘Til they cry together, ‘til they cry.
C G7 5. Friends are nothing ‘til they dream together, ‘Til they dream the whole day through. ‘Til they
C Am Dm G7 C dream the night away, ‘Til they dream together, ‘til they dream.
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Galveston (Glenn Campbell) G C D7 G G7 C Am7 D7 G 1. Galveston, oh Galveston. I still hear your sea winds blowin’. I still see her dark eyes
C Am7 D7 Em C G glowin’. She was twenty one when I left Galveston. G C D7 G G7 C Am7 D7 G
2. Galveston, oh Galveston. I still hear your sea waves crashing while I watch the canons C Am7 D7 Em C G flashing. I clean my gun and dream of Galveston. Bb C Bb C Dm Bb
3. I still see her standing by the water, standing there, looking out to sea; and she is Gm C7 F Am Dm Gm C D7 waiting there for me? On the beach where we used to run? G C D7 G G7 C Am7 D7 G C Am7
4. Galveston, oh Galveston! I am so afraid of dying before I dry the tears she’s crying, Em C Bm Am7 E C G before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun at Galveston, at Galveston.
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The Games People Play (Joe South, Page 1 of 2) A E D E7 Chorus: La-da da da da da da da. La-da da da da da de. Talking 'bout you and me, and the A
games people play, now A E D E7 A E D E7 A A E D E7 A 1. La-da da da da da da da…la-da da da da da de. La-da da da da da… la-da da da
A E
2. Oh, the games people play, now. Every night and every day, now. Never meaning what D E7 A they say, now. Never sayin’ what they mean. A E
3. While they while away the hours, in their ivory towers…’till they're covered up with D E7 A flowers, in the back of a black limousine. ---Chorus---
A E 4. Oh, we make one another cry, break a heart then we say goodbye. Cross our hearts and we
D E7 A hope to die, that the other was to blame. A E
5. Neither one will give in, so, we gaze at our eight by ten. Thinking 'bout the things that D E7 A might have been, it's a dirty rotten shame. ---Chorus---
A E D E7 A E D E7 A A E D E7 6. People walking up to you, singing glory hallelujah, and they're tryin’ to sock it to you, in the
A name of the Lord. A E
7. They’re gonna teach you how to meditate, read your horoscope, cheat your faith, and furgher D E7 A more to hell with hate, come on and get on board. ---Chorus--- A E
8. Look around and tell me what you see. What’s happening to you and me? God grant me D E7 A the serenity, to just remember who I am, who ah
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The Games People Play (Joe South, Page 2 of 2)
A E 9. Cause you've given up your sanity, for your pride and your vanity. Turn your back on
D E7 A humanity, oh, and you don't give a da da da da da. ---Chorus---
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Get Together (The Youngbloods) NOTE: Capo 2nd fret G F G F C D G C Chorus: Come on people now, smile on your brother. Everybody get together and try to love
D G one another right now.
G F G 1. Love is but a song we sing. Fear’s the way we die. You can make the mountains ring
F G F or make the angels cry. Though the bird is on the wing and you may not know why. ---Chorus--- G F G
2. Some may come and some may go. He will surely pass. When the One that left us here F G F returns for us at last. We are but a moment’s sunlight, fading in the grass. ---Chorus (three times)--- G F G
3. If you hear the song I sing, you will understand. Listen. You hold the key to love and fear F G F all in your trembling hand. Just one key unlocks them both, it’s there at your command. D G D G ---Chorus (twice)--- I said, ---Chorus--- Right now, right now!
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Ghost Riders (Johnny Cash) NOTE: Capo on 1st fret Am C Am F Dm Am Chorus: Yippie yi Ohhhhh, Yippie yi yaaaaay. Ghost riders in the sky! Am C Am C 1. An old cowboy went ridin’ out one dark and windy day. Upon a ridge he rested as he went
Am F along his way, when all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw, a plowin’ through Dm Am the rugged sky and up a cloudy draw. ---Chorus--- Am C Am
2. Their brands were still on fire and their hoofs were made of steel. Their horns were black C Am and shiny and their hot breath he could feel. A bolt of fear went through him as the F Dm thundered through the sky, for he saw the riders coming hard and he heard their mournful Am cry. ---Chorus--- Am C Am
3. Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat. He’s ridin’ C Am hard to catch that herd, but he ain’t caught ‘em yet. ‘Cause they’ve got to ride forever on F Dm Am that range up in the sky. On horses snortin fire. As they ride on hear their cry! ---Chorus--- Am C Am
4. As the riders walked on by him, he heard one call his name. “If you want to save your soul C Am from hell a-ridin’ on our range, then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will F Dm Am ride, tryin’ to catch the devil’s herd, across these endless skies. ---Chorus---
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God of My Mountain
Am F G7 C Am Chorus: God of my mountain, I’m drawn to your home. Your love will be with me G7 C wherever I may roam. C Am F G7 C Am F G7 1. Return me now to my mountain to high, where God is so real with love I can feel. Let me
C Am F G7 C Am F G7 sit by the fire with flame burning bright and cherish the memories that linger tonight. ---Chorus--- C Am F G7 C Am F G7 C
2. Oh mountain so high near valley so deep, whispers the quiet of nature asleep. With friends Am F G7 C Am F there beside me and You there to guide me, I’m drawn to my mountain, my challenge to G7 keep. ---Chorus--- C Am G G7 C Am F
3. All faith will I send Thee, my thanks for this time I’ve spent on my mountain with hearts G7 next to mine. ---Chorus---
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Good Morning Starshine G Gm7 Am7 D7 Am7 D Am7 D7 Am7 1. Laa, dada daa dada, daa dada daa dada, daa dada da da daa…………dadada daa dada, daa
D7 G daa daa daa daa, dada, daha, daa NC C D C D C D C D C D C D
2. Good morning starshine, the earth says, “Hello.” You twinkle above us, we twinkle G Gsus D NC C D C D C D C B Em G C G below………. Good morning starshine, you lead us along, my love and me as we sing our A7/E D7 G early morning singing song. G Gm7 Am7 D7 Am7 D7 Am7 D7 Am7
3. Fliddy glup gloopy, nibby nabby nooby la la la lo lo…………. Sabba sibby, sabba, nooby D7 G G7 C B7 Em Am G D7 G ab ba nab ba, li li lo lo. Tooby ooby, walla, nooby abba, naba, early morning singing song. NC C D C D C D C D C D C D G
4. Good morning starshine, there’s love in your skies, reflecting the sunlight in my lover’s Gsus D NC C D C D C D C B Em G C G A7/E eyes…. Good morning starshine, so happy to be, my love and me as we sing our early D7 G morning singing song.
5. Repeat 3rd verse. C D C D
6. Can you hear me? G Gm7 Am7 D7 Am7 D7 Am7 D7 G
7. Singing a song, humming a song, singing a song. Loving a song, laughing a song, sing the G7 C B7 Em Am G Em Am7 D G song. Sing the song, song the sing, song song song sing, sing sing sing song. G Em Am7 D7 G Am7 D7 G
8. Song song song sing, sing sing sing song. Sing sing song….. sing song, yea you can sing Am7 D7 G Am7 D7 G Am7 D7 G sing song sing song, yea you can sing sing song sing song, sing sing song sing song, sing…
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Graduation Day (The Arbors) A D G D Bm Em7 G 1. It’s a time for joy, a time for tears, a time we’ll treasure through the years….. We’ll
Dbm D Em7 D Em D G D remember always, Graduation Day. At the Senior Prom we danced ‘till three, and then G D Bm Em7 Em D G A D you gave your heart to me…….We’ll remember always, Graduation Day. A G Am7 G Bm A Gbm Bm
2. Though we leave in sorrow all the joys we’ve known. We can face tomorrow knowing A D G D Em D G D we’ll never walk alone. When the ivy walls are far behind, no matter where our paths may Bm Em D G D wind. We’ll remember always, Graduation Day.
3. Repeat 2nd verse. Em D G D
4. We’ll remember always, Graduation Day.
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Grandma’s Feather Bed (John Denver) C F C G7 C Chorus: It was nine feet high and six feet wide. Soft as a downy chick. It was made
F C D7 G7 from the feathers of forty 'leven geese. Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick. It’d C F C G7 C hold eight kids, four hound dogs and a piggy we stole from the shed. We didn’t get F C G7 C much sleep but we had a lot of fun on Grandma's feather bed.
C F C G7 C F 1. When I was a little bitty boy just up off the floor, we used to go down to Grandma's house
G7 C F C every month end or so. We'd have chicken pie and country ham and homemade butter on the G7 C F C G7 C bread. But the best darn thing about Grandma's house was her great big feather bed. ---Chorus--- C F C G7 C
2. After supper we'd sit around the fire. The old folks'd spit and chew. Pa would talk about F C G7 C F the farm and the war and Granny'd sing a ballad or two. I'd sit and listen and watch C G7 C F the fire till the cobwebs filled my head. Next thing I'd know I'd wake up in the morning in C G7 C the middle of the old feather bed. ---Chorus--- C F C G7 C
3. Well, I love my Ma and I love my Pa. Love Granny and Grandpa too. Been fishing with my F C G7 C F uncle, I wrestled my cousin, I even kissed Aunt Lou, ew! But if I ever had to make a choice I C G7 C F C guess it oughta be said that I'd trade them all plus the gal down the road for Grandma’s G7 C F feather bed. I’d trade them all plus the gal down the road… C F C G7 C
4. ---Chorus--- We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun on Grandma's feather bed!
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The Grand Old Duke of York Actions: Every time you sing the word "up", stand up. When you sing the word "down", sit down. On "halfway up", stand up with knees bent. Repeat the song a number of times, getting faster. To totally confuse everyone, reverse the actions (e.g. sit down on "up", stand up on "down"!) D A D G 1. The grand old Duke of York, he had ten thousand men. He marched them up the hill and he
D A D A marched them down again. And when you’re up, you're up, and when you’re down, you're D G D A D down. But when you’re only halfway up, you’re neither up or down
The Greatest Thing (Mark Pendergrass) C Am Dm G7 Dm Dm7 G 1. The greatest thing in all my life is knowing you. The greatest thing in all my life is knowing
C F Em Dm7 G7 C An you. I want to know you more, I want to know you more. The greatest thing in all my life is Dm G7 C knowing you. C Am Dm G7 Dm Dm7 G C
2. The greatest thing in all my life is loving you. The greatest thing in all my life is loving you. I F Em Dm7 G7 C Am Dm G7 want to love you more, I want to love you more. The greatest thing in all my life is loving C you. C Am Dm G7 Dm Dm7 G
3. The greatest thing in all my life is serving you. The greatest thing in all my life is serving C F Em Em7 G7 C Am you. I want to serve you more, I want to serve you more. The greatest thing in all my life is Dm G7 C serving you.
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Greenback Dollar (Kingston Trio) Em G C G C G C G C Chorus: And I don’t give a damn about a greenback dollar. Spend it as fast as I can. But
G C G C D Em a whaling song and a good guitar. The only things that I understand, poor boy, the D Em only thing that I understand
Em 1. Some people say I’m a no count. Others say I’m no good, but I’m just a natural born
D Em D Em travelin’ man doin’ what I think I should. Oh, yeah, doin’ what I think I should. ---Chorus--- Em
2. When I was a little baby, my Mama said, “Hey son, travel where you will and grow to be D Em D Em a man, and sing what must be sung, poor boy, sing what must be sung.” ---Chorus--- Em
3. Now that I’m a grown man I’ve traveled here and there. I’ve learned that a bottle of D Em D brandy and a song, the only ones who ever care. Poor boy, the only ones who ever Em care! ---Chorus---
4. Repeat 1st verse. ---Chorus--- Em D Em D Em
5. The only things that I understand, poor boy, the only things that I understand.
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Green, Green (The New Christy Minstrels) NOTE: (Capo 5th fret) G C G D G C Chorus: Green, green, it’s green they say, on the far side of the hill. Green, green, I’m goin’ G D G away to where the grass is greener still. 1. ---Chorus---
G Bm C G C D G
2. Well, I told my mama on the day I was born, “Don’t you cry when you see I’m gone. Bm C G C D G You know there ain’t no woman gonna settle me down; I just gotta be travelin’ on, Hear me singin’…” ---Chorus--- G Bm C G C D G
3. No, there ain’t nobody in this whole wide world, gonna tell me how to spend my time. Bm C G C D G I’m just a good lovin’ rambling man…Say, buddy, can you spare me a dime? Hear me cryin’… ---Chorus--- G Bm C G C D G
4. Here, I don’t care when the sun goes down, where I lay my weary head. Green, green Bm C G C D G valley or rocky road, it’s there I’m gonna make my bed. Easy, now… ---Chorus---
5. Everybody, I want to hear it now! C G D G C G D G C ---Chorus--- To where the grass is greener still, to where the grass is greener still, to where…(fade out)
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The Green Grass Grew All Around (Page 1 of 3) * = Leader, ** = Audience, ***= All 1. *Now, in the ground. **Now in the ground. *There was a hole. **There was a hole. *The
cutest little hole. **The cutest little hole. *That you ever did see. **That you ever did see. ***Oh, the hole was in the ground and the green grass grew all around, all around; and the green grass grew all around.
2. *Now in this hole. **Now in this hole. *There was some dirt. *There was some dirt. *The cutest little dirt. **The cutest little dirt. *That you ever did see. **That you ever did see. ***Oh, the dirt was in the hole, and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around; and the green grass grew all around.
3. *Now in this dirt. **Now in this dirt. *There was a root. **There was a root. *The cutest little root. **The cutest little root. *That you ever did see. **That you ever did see. ***Oh, the root was in the dirt, and the dirt was in the hole, and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around; and the green grass grew all around.
4. *Now on this root. **Now on this root. *There was a trunk. **There was a trunk. *The cutest little trunk. **The cutest little trunk. *That you ever did see. **That you ever did see. ***Oh, the trunk was on the root, and the root was in the dirt, and the dirt was in the hole, and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around; and the green grass grew all around.
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The Green Grass Grew All Around (Page 2 of 3) 5. *Now on this trunk. **Now on this trunk. *There was a limb. **There was a limb. *The
cutest little limb. **The cutest little limb. *That you ever did see. **That you ever did see. ***Oh, the limb was on the trunk, and the trunk was on the root, and the root was in the dirt, and dirt was in the hole, and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around; and the green grass grew all around.
6. *Now on this limb. **Now on this limb. *There was a branch. **There was a branch. *The cutest little branch. **The cutest little branch. *That you ever did see. **That you ever did see. ***Oh, the branch was on the limb, and the limb was on the trunk, and the trunk was on the root, and the root was in the dirt, and the dirt was in the hole, and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around; and the green grass grew all around.
7. *Now on this branch. **Now on this branch. *There was a twig. **There was a twig. *The cutest little twig. **The cutest little twig. *That you ever did see. **That you ever did see. ***Oh, the twig was on the branch, and the branch was on the limb, and the limb was on the trunk, and the trunk was on the root, and the root was in the dirt, and the dirt was in the hole, and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around; and the green grass grew all around.
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The Green Grass Grew All Around (Page 3 of 3) 8. *Now on this twig. **Now on this twig. *There was a nest. **There was a nest. *The
cutest little nest. **The cutest little nest. *That you ever did see. **That you ever did see. ***Oh, the nest was on the twig, and the twig was on the branch, and the branch was on the limb, and the limb was on the trunk, and the trunk was on the root, and the root was in the dirt, and the dirt was in the hole, and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around; and the green grass grew all around.
9. *Now in this nest. **Now in this nest. *There was a bird. **There was a bird. *The cutest little bird. **The cutest little bird. *That you ever did see. **That you ever did see. ***Oh, the bird was in the nest, and the nest was on the twig, and the twig was on the branch, and the branch was on the limb, and the limb was on the trunk, and the trunk was on the root, and the root was in the dirt, and the dirt was in the hole, and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around; and the green grass grew all around.
10. *Now on this bird. **Now on this bird. *There was a fly. **There was a fly. *The cutest little fly. **The cutest little fly. *That you ever did see. **That you ever did see. ***Oh, the fly was on the bird, and the bird was in the nest, and the nest was on the twig, and the twig was on the branch, and the branch was on the limb, and the limb was on the trunk, and the trunk was on the root, and the root was in the dirt, and the dirt was in the hole, and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around; and the green grass grew all around.
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Green Grass of Home (Tom Jones) G G7 C G 1. The old home town looks the same, as I step down from the train, and there to meet me is
D D7 G G7 C Adim C my Mama and Papa. Down the road I look and there runs Mary, hair of gold and lips like Bm Am G D7 Am7 D7 G C G cherries. It’s good to touch the green, green grass of home. G G7 C Am7 G
2. Yes, they’ll all come to meet me, arms reaching, smiling sweetly. It’s good to touch the D7 Am7 D7 G C G green, green grass of home. G G7 C G
3. The old house is still standing, tho’ the paint is cracked and dry; and there’s that old oak D D7 G G7 C Adim tree that I used to play on. Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary; hair of gold and C G D7 Am7 D7 G C G lips like cherries. It’s good to touch the green, green grass of home. G G7 C G
4. Then I awake and look around me, at four gray walls that surround me; and I realize, yes, D D7 G G7 C Adim I was only dreaming. For there’s a guard and there’s a sad old padre – arm and arm we’ll C G D7 Am7 D7 G C G walk at day break. Again, I’ll touch the green, green grass of home. G G7 C G
5. Yes, they’ll all come to see me, in the shade of that old oak tree as they lay me ‘neath the D7 Am7 D7 G C G green, green grass of home.
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Green Grow the Rushes, Ho * = Leader, ** = Audience
D G A7 D A7 D G D 1. *I’ll sing you one-ho! **Green grow the rushes-ho, what is your one-ho? *One is one and
G all alone and ever more shall be so! D G A7 D A7 G D
2. *I’ll sing you two-ho! **Green grow the rushes-ho, what is your two-ho? *Two, two the G D G little boys, clothed all in green-ho; one is one and all alone and ever more shall be so! D G A7 D A7 G D
3. *I’ll sing you three-ho! **Green grow the rushes-ho, what is your three-ho? *Three, three G D G D the rivals; two, two the little boys, clothed all in green-ho; one is one and all alone and G ever more shall be so!
4. …*Four for the gospel makers;…
5. …*Five for the symbols at your door;…
6. …*Six for the six proud walkers;…
7. …*Seven for the seven stars in the sky;…
8. …*Eight for the April rainers;…
9. …*Nine for the nine bright shiners;…
10. …*Ten for the Ten Commandments;…
11. …*Eleven for the eleven who went up to heaven;…
12. …*Twelve for the twelve Apostles;…
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Greensleeves C G Em Am E C Chorus: Greensleeves was all my joy. Greensleeves was my delight. Greensleeves was my
G Em Am E7 Am heart of gold. And who but my Lady Greensleeves
Am C G Em Am E Am C G Em 1. Alas, my love, you do me wrong to cast me off discourteously. For I have loved you so long,
Am E7 Am delighting in your company. ---Chorus---
Am C G Em Am E Am C G 2. I have been ready at your hand to grant whatever you would crave. I have both waged life
Em Am E7 Am and land. Your love and good will for to have. ---Chorus---
Am C G Em Am E Am C G 3. If you intend thus to disdain, it does the more enrapture me. And even so, I still remain a
Em Am E7 Am lover in captivity. ---Chorus--- Am C G Em Am E Am C G
4. My men were clothed all in green and they did ever wait on thee. All this was gallant to be Em Am E7 Am seen and yet thou wouldst not love me. ---Chorus---
Am C G Em Am E Am C G 5. Thou couldst desire no earthly thing, but still thou hadst it readily. Thy music still to play and
Em Am E7 Am sing and yet thou wouldst not love me. ---Chorus---
Am C G Em Am E Am C G 6. Ah, Lady Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu! To God I pray to prosper thee, for I am still thy
Em Am E7 Am lover true. Come once again and love me. ---Chorus---
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Green Tambourine (The Lemon Pipers) G D G D G Cm 1. Drop your silver in my tambourine; help a poor man fill his pretty dream. Give me
G Bb Fm Cm pennies, I’ll take anything. Now listen while I play (play…(echo effect)) my green G tambourine. G D G D G Cm
2. Watch the jingle jangle start to chine, reflections of the music that is mine. When you G Bb Fm Cm toss a coin you’ll hear it sing. Now listen while I play (play…(echo effect)) my green G tambourine.
3. Interlude G D G D G Cm
4. Drop a dime before I walk away. Any song you want I’ll gladly play. Money feeds my G Bb Fm Cm my music machine. Now listen while a play (play…(echo effect)) my green G tambourine.
Bb Fm 5. Listen and I’ll play (play…(echo effect))
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Grey Squirrel (requires body motions) D A7 D A7 1. Grey squirrel, grey squirrel, swish your bushy tail! Grey squirrel, grey squirrel, swish
D A7 D your bushy tail! Hold a nut between your toes! Wrinkle up your little nose! Grey squirrel, A7 D grey squirrel, swish your bushy tail! D A7 D
2. Mamma squirrel, mamma squirrel, swish your bushy tail! Mamma squirrel, mamma A7 D A7 squirrel, swish your bushy tail! Hold a nut between your toes! Wrinkle up your little nose! D A7 D Mamma squirrel, mamma squirrel, swish your bushy tail! D A7 D
3. Daddy Squirrel, daddy squirrel, swish your bushy tail! Daddy squirrel, daddy squirrel, A7 D A7 D swish your bushy tail! Hold a nut between your toes! Wrinkle up your little nose! Daddy A7 D squirrel, daddy squirrel, swish your bushy tail! D A7 D A7
4. Baby squirrel, baby squirrel, swish your bushy tail! Baby squirrel, baby squirrel, swish D A7 D your bushy tail! Hold a nut between your toes! Wrinkle up your little nose! Baby squirrel, A7 D baby squirrel, swish your bushy tail! D A7 D
5. Grandpa squirrel, grandpa squirrel, swish your bushy tail! Grandpa squirrel, grandpa A7 D A7 squirrel, swish your bushy tail! Hold a nut between your toes! Wrinkle up your little nose! D A7 D Grandpa squirrel, grandpa squirrel, swish your bushy tail! D A7 D
6. Grandma squirrel, grandma squirrel, swish your bushy tail! Grandma squirrel, Grandma A7 D A7 squirrel, swish your bushy tail! Hold a nut between your toes! Wrinkle up your little nose! D A7 D Grandma squirrel, grandma squirrel, swish your bushy tail!
7. Repeat 1st verse.
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Guatanamera (The Sandpipers) D G A G D G A G G A D A D G A D G A Chorus: Guantanamera, Guajira Guantanamera. Guantanamera, Guajira Guantanamera. 1. Chorus
A D G A D G A D G A
2. Yo soy un hombre sincero, de done crecen las palmas. Yo soy un hombre sincero, de done D G A D G A D G A crecen las palmas. Y antes de morir me quiero echar mis versos del alma. ---Chorus--- A D G A D G A D G A
3. Mi verso es de un verde claro, y de un carmin encendido. Mi verso es de un verde claro, D G A D G A D G A y de un carmin encendido. Mis verso es un ciervo herido, que busca en el monte amparo.
4. D G A G (play in the background)
5. The words mean, “I am a truthful man from the island of the palm trees, and before dying I want to share these poems of my soul. My poems are soft green. My poems are also flaming crimson. My poems are like a wounded fawn seeking refuge in the forest.
6. The last verse says: ‘Con los pobres de la tierra’. With the poor people of this earth I want to share my fate. The streams of the mountains please me more than the sea.”
7. ---Chorus--- (repeat 2 times)
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Hannah 1. Oh-o-o Hannah, my delta gamma. She’s got a figure like a baby grand piana. She’s really
nifty, she weighs 250 But somehow fat girls get the best of me.
2. Oh-o-o Hannah, my delta gamma. I put my arms around as far as they will go, go, go, go, go, go. I like girls who take up spaces. I hate girls with pretty faces. Hannah, my delta gamma!
3. Oh-o-o Hanna, my delta gamma. She lost a little bit of weight around the fanna. She’s really nifty, she lost 150 and now I can’t keep eager boys away.
4. Oh-o-o Hanna, my delta gamma. I put my arms around as far as they will go, go, go, go, go, go. I like girls with pretty faces. I hate girls who take up spaces. Hannah, my delta gamma!
5. Oh-o-o Hanna, my delta gamma. She’s got a figure like a shriveled up banana. She’s really nifty, she weighs just 50. But somehow slim girls get the best of me.
6. Oh-o-o Hanna, my delta gamma. I put my arms around as far as they will go, go, go, go, go, go. I hate girls with pretty faces. I like girls with skinny faces. Hannah, my delta gamma.
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The Happy Wanderer A E7 A E7 A D A D E7 A Chorus: Valdaree, valdarah, valdaree, valdarah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Valdaree, valdarah, D E7 A my knapsack on my back. A E7 D Bm 1. I love to go a-wandering along the mountain track. And as I go, I love to sing, my
D E7 A knapsack on my back. ---Chorus--- A E7 D Bm
2. I love to wander by the stream that dances in the sun. So joyously it calls to me, “Come D E7 A join my happy song”. ---Chorus--- A E7 D
3. I wave my hat to all I meet and they wave back to me. And blackbirds call so loud and Bm D E7 A sweet from every greenwood tree. ---Chorus--- A E7 D
4. High overhead the skylark wing, they never rest at home. But just like me they love to Bm D E7 A sing as o’er the world we roam. ---Chorus--- A E7 D Bm
5. Oh, may I go a-wandering until the day I die. And may I always laugh and sing beneath D E7 A God’s clear blue sky. ---Chorus---
Happy Trails to You (Roy Rodgers) F F#dim C7 F 1. Happy trails to you, until we meet again. Happy trails to you, keep smilin’ on ‘till then. Who
F7 Bb D7 G9 C7 cares about the clouds if we’re together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather. Happy F D7 G7 C7 F trails to you, ‘till we meet again.
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Haul Away Joe (Mark Anthony Thompson) NOTE: Capo 5th fret Am Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am 1. When I was a little boy, or so my mother told me. Way, haul away, we’ll haul away, Joe.
Em Dm Em Am Em Dm That if I did not kiss the girls, my lips would soon grow mouldy. Way, haul away, we’ll haul Em Am away, Joe. Am Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am
2. Way, haul away, the good ship is a-bolding. Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe. Way, Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am haul away, the sheet is now u-flowing. Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe Am Em Dm Em Am Em Dm
3. King Louis was the king of France before the revolution. Way, haul away, we'll haul Em Am Em Dm Em Am away, Joe! But then he got his head cut off, not good for his constitution. Way, haul Em Dm Em Am away, we'll haul away, Joe. Am Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am
4. First I had a Spanish girl, but she got and lazy. Way, haul away, we’ll haul away, Joe. Now I Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am have a Brooklyn girl, she damn near drives me crazy. Way, haul away, we’ll haul away, Joe. Am Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am
5. Way, haul away, we'll haul and hang together. Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! Way Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am haul away, we'll sail for better weather. Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe. Am Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am
6. Way, haul away, I’ll sing to you of Nancy. Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe. Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am Way, haul away, ya she’s my cup and fancy. Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe. Am Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am
7. Way, haul away, well haul away together. Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe. Way, Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am haul away, we’ll sail through nasty weather. Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe! Am Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am
8. Way, haul away, way, haul away. Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe. Way Em Dm Em Am Em Dm Em Am haul away, way, haul away. Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe.
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Hermie the Worm NOTE: Do hand and body motions for chewing bubble gun, playing with yo-yo and indicating size of Hermie. Start of small when Hermie eats his breakfast and show that Hermie is growing bigger with each meal. Finally, when Hermie burps he returns to his original small size. 1. Sittin on a fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum. Playin’ with my yo yo. Whoooo, whoooo!
Along came Hermie the worm. He was this big! I said, “Hermie, what happened?” “I ate my breakfast!”
2. Sittin on a fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum. Playin’ with my yo yo. Whoooo, whoooo!
Along came Hermie the worm. He was this big! I said, “Hermie, what happened?” “I ate my lunch!”
3. Sittin on a fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum. Playin’ with my yo yo. Whoooo, whoooo!
Along came Hermie the worm. He was this big! I said, “Hermie, what happened?” “I ate my dinner!”
4. Sittin on a fence post, chewin’ my bubble gum. Playin’ with my yo yo. Whoooo, whoooo!
Along came Hermie the worm. He was this big! I said, “Hermie, what happened?” “I burped!”
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He’s Got the Whole World C G7 1. He’s got the whole world in His hands. He’s got the whole world in His hands. He’s got
C G7 C the whole world in His hands. He’s got the whole world in His hands. C G7
2. He’s got you and me, brother in His hands. He’s got you and me, brother in His hands. C G7 He’s got you and me, brother in His hands. He’s got the whole world in His hands. C G7
3. He’s got you and me, sister in His hands. He’s got you and me, sister in His hands. He’s C G7 got you and me, sister in His hands. He’s got the whole world in His hands. C G7
4. He’s got the itty bitty baby in His hands. He’s got the itty bitty baby in His hands. He’s C G7 got the itty bitty baby in His hands. He’s got the whole world in His hands. C G7
5. He’s got the sun and the moon in His hands. He’s got the wind and the rain in His hands. C G7 He’s got the sun and the moon in His hands. He’s got the whole world in His hands. C G7 C
6. He’s got everybody in His hands. He’s got everybody in His hands. He’s got everybody in G7 His hands. He’s got the whole world in His hands.
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Hey Jude (John Lennon) NOTE: Capo 3rd fret D A A7 D G 1. Hey Jude, don’t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her into
D A A7 D your heart, then you can start to make it better. D A A7 D G
2. Hey Jude, don’t be afraid. You were made to go out and get her. The minute you let her D A A7 D under your skin, then you begin to make it better. D7 G Bm Em A7
3. And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain. Don’t carry the world upon your D D7 G Bm Em A7 shoulders. For you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little D D7 A7 colder. Da da da da da da da da. D A A7 D G
4. Hey Jude, don’t let me down, you have found her, now go and get her. Remember to let D A A7 D her into your heart, then you can start to make it better. D7 G Bm Em A7 D
5. So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin. You’re waiting for someone to perform with. D7 G Bm Em A7 And don’t you know it’s just you? Hey Jude, you’ll do. The movement you need is on D D7 A7 your shoulders. Da da da da da da da da. D A A7 D G
6. Hey, Jude, don’t make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her D A A7 D under your skin, then you’ll begin to make it better. D C G D
7. (Repeat 10 times) Na na na na na na na na na na na, hey, Jude.
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Home on the Range D A7 D Bm E7 A7 D Chorus: Home, home on the range, where the deer and the antelope play. Where seldom is
G Gm D A7 D heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy all day
D G Gm D E7 A7 1. O give me a home where the buffalo roam. Where the deer and the antelope play.
D G Gm D A7 D Where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy all day. ---Chorus--- D G Gm D E7 A7
2. Where the air is so pure and the zephyrs so free and the breezes so balmy and light. That I D G Gm D A7 D would not exchange my home on the range for all of the cities so bright. ---Chorus--- D G Gm D E7 A7
3. How often at night when the heavens are bright with the light of the glittering stars. I D G Gm D A7 D stand there amazed and I ask as I gaze, “Does their glory exceed that of ours?” ---Chorus---
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Honeycomb (Jimmie Rodgers) C G Chorus: Oh, Honeycomb, won’t you be my baby? Well, Honeycomb be my own. Got a
D7 G C hank o’ hair and a piece o’ bone and made a walkin’ talkin’ Honeycomb. Well,
G D7 Honeycomb, won’t you be my baby? Well, Honeycomb be my own. What a darn G good life when you got a wife like Honeycomb.
G C 1. Honeycomb…Honeycomb…Well, it’s a darn good life and it’s kinda funny, how the Lord
D7 made the bee and bee made the honey. And the honeybee lookin’ for a home and they G F called it Honecomb. And they roamed the world and they gathered all of the honeycomb D7 G into one sweet ball and the honeycomb from a million trips made my baby’s lips. ---Chorus--- G C
2. Honeycomb…And the Lord said, “Now that I made a bee I’m gonna look around for a D7 green, green tree.” And He made a little tree and I guess you heard. Oh, then He made a G C little bird. And they waited all around untill the end of Spring getting every note that the D7 G birdie’d sing. And they put ‘em all into one sweet tone for my Honeycomb. ---Chorus--- G C
3. Honeycomb…And the Lord said, “Now that I made a bird I’m gonna look all around for a D7 little ol’ word that sounds about sweet like “turtledove” and I guess I’m gonna call it G C “love.”” And He roamed the world lookin’ everywhere. Gettin’ love from here, love from D7 G there. And He put it all in a little ol’ part of my baby’s heart. ---Chorus---
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House at Pooh Corner (Kenny Loggins) D G D C D G D C D Chorus: So help me if you can. I've got to get back to the house at Pooh Corner by one.
G D C D Bm G You'd be surprised, there's so much to be done. Count all the bees in the hive, Bm G G/F# Em C D Bm Em chase all the clouds from the sky....... Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Am Pooh.
G D Bm Em C D G D G 1. Christopher Robin and I walked along under branches lit up by the moon. Posing our
D Bm Em C D G Em questions to Owl and Eeyore as our days disappeared all too soon. But I've wandered Bm C C/G Am D much further today than I should, and I can't seem to find my way back to the Wood. ---Chorus---
G D Bm Em C D G D G 2. Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do. Got a honey jar stuck on his nose. He came to
D Bm Em C D G Em me asking help and advice, and from there no one knows where he goes. So I sent him to Bm C C/G Am D ask of the Owl if he's there how to loosen a jar from the nose of a bear. ---Chorus---
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House of the Rising Sun (The Animals) Am C D F Am E Am E E Am C D F Am C E Am C 1. There is a house in New Orleans they call the “Rising Sun”, and it’s been the ruin of
D F Am E Am many a poor boy; and God, I know, I’m one. E Am C D F Am C E Am C D F
2. My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new blue jeans. My father was a gamblin’ man Am E Am down in New Orleans.
C D F Am E Am E E Am C D F Am C E Am C D 3. Now the only thing a gamble needs is a suitcase and a trunk, and the only time that he’s
F Am E Am satisfied is when he’s all drunk.
C D F Am E Am E E Am C D F Am C E Am C D 4. Oh mother, tell your children not to do what I have done; spend your lives in sin and
F Am E Am misery in the House of the Risin’ Sun.
C D F Am E Am E Am C D F Am C E Am C 5. Well, I’ve got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train. I’m going back to
D F Am E Am New Orleans to wear that ball and chain.
C D F Am E Am E E Am C D F Am C E Am C 6. Well, there is a house in New Orleans they call the “Risin’ Sun”, and it’s been the ruin of
D F Am E Am many a poor boy; and God, I know, I’m one.
C D F Am E Am D Am D Am D
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Hush Little Baby D A D 1. Hush, little baby, don't say a word, Papa's going to buy you a mockingbird.
D A D
2. And if that mockingbird don't sing, Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring. D A D
3. And if that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa's going to buy you a looking glass. D A D
4. And if that looking glass gets broke, Papa's going to buy you a billy goat. D A D
5. And if that billy goat won't pull, Papa's going to buy you a cart and bull. D A D
6. And if that cart and bull turn over, Papa's going to buy you a dog named Rover. D A D
7. And if that dog named Rover won't bark, Papa's going to buy you a horse and cart. D A D
8. And if that horse and cart fall down, you'll still be the sweetest little baby in town.
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I Guess He’d Rather Be in Colorado (John Denver) D C G D C G D C G 1. I guess he’d rather be in Colorado. He’d rather spend his time out where the sky looks like
D C G D Em a pearl after a rain. Once again I see him walkin’, once again I hear him talkin’ to the stars C G he makes and askin’ them for bus fare. D C G D C G
2. I guess he’d rather be in Colorado. He’d rather play his banjo in the morning when the D C G D moon is scarcely gone. In the dawn the subway’s comin’, in the dawn I hear him hummin’ Em C G some old song he wrote of love in Boulder Canyon. D C G D C G C C G
3. I guess he’d rather be in Colorado. D C G D C G
4. I guess he’d rather be in Colorado. I guess he’s rather work out where the only thing you D C G D Em earn is what you spend. In the end up in his office, in the end a quite cough is all he has to C G show, he lives in New York City.
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I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (The New Seekers) D E A 1. I’d like to build the world a home and furnish it with love. Grow apple trees and honey
G D bees and snow white turtle doves. D E A
2. I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. I’d like to hold it in my arms and G D keep it company. D E A
3. I’d like to see the world for once all standing hand in hand, and hear them echo through G D the hills for peace throughout the land. D E A G
4. That’s the song I hear, let the world sing today. A song of peace that echoes on and never D goes away.
5. Repeat 1st verse
6. Repeat 2nd verse
7. Repeat 3rd verse
8. Repeat 4th verse
9. Repeat 2nd verse
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If I Had a Hammer (Peter, Paul and Mary) A E D E A E D E A E D E A E D E E A E/D/E A E\D\E A E D 1. If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning. I'd hammer in the evening, all over this
E A F#m D A land. I'd hammer out danger, I'd hammer out warning. I'd hammer out love between my D A D E A E/D/E A E/D/E brothers and my sisters all over this land. Oohh… E A E/D/E A E/D/E A E D E
2. If I had a bell, I'd ring it in the morning. I'd ring it in the evening, all over this land. I'd A F#m D A D A ring out danger, I'd ring out warning. I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters D E A E/D/E A E/D/E all over this land. Oohh… E A E/D/E A E/D/E A E D E
3. If I had a song, I'd sing it in the morning. I'd sing it in the evening, all over this land. I'd A F#m D A D A sing out danger, I'd sing out warning. I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters D E A E/D/E A E/D/E all over this land. Oohh… E A E/D/E A E/D/E A E D
4. Well, I got a hammer and I got a bell, and I got a song to sing, all over this E A F#m D A land. It's the hammer of justice, it's the bell of freedom. It's a song about love between my D A D E A E/D/E A E/D/E brothers and my sisters all over this land.Oohh… E A F#m D A D
5. It’s a hammer of justice, it’s a bell of freedom, it’s a song about love between my brothers A D E A D A and my sisters all over this land.
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If I Were a Carpenter (Johnny Cash) A G D A G D 1. If I were a carpenter, and you were a lady, would you marry me anyway, would you have
A G D A G D my baby? If you were a carpenter, and I were I lady, I’d marry you anyway, I’d have your A baby. A G D A G D
2. If a tinker was my trade, would I still find you? I’d be carrying the pots you made, A following behind you. G A D A
3. Save your love through loneliness, save your love through sorrow. I gave you my G D A ownliness, give me your tomorrow.
4. G D A G D A G D A G D A A G A G D
5. If I were a miller, and a mill wheel grinding, would you miss your colored blouse, and A G D A your soft shoe shining? If you were a miller, and a mill wheel grinding, I’d not miss my G D A colored blouse, and my soft shoe shining. G A D A
6. Save your love through loneliness, save your love through sorrow. I gave you my G D A ownliness, give me your tomorrow. A G D A G
7. If I worked my hands in wood, would you still love me? I’d answer you, “Yes, I would” D A G D A And would you not be above me? If I were a carpenter, and you were a lady. I’d marry G D A you anyway, I’d have your baby. G A D A
8. Save your love through loneliness, save your love through sorrow. I gave you my G D A ownliness, give me your tomorrow.
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If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) NOTE: Capo 2nd fret G F G 1. If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell. Just like an old time
F G G7 C D movie, ‘bout a ghost from a wishin’ well. In a castle dark, or a fortress strong with chains Em C G C G Am7 upon my feet. You know that ghost is me; and I will never be set free as long as I’m a D G ghost that you can’t see. G F G
2. If I could read your mind love, what a tale your thoughts could tell. Just like a paperback F G G7 C novel, the kind that drugstores sell. When you reached the part where the heartaches D Em C G C G come, the hero would be me. But heroes often fail. And you wont’s read that book again, Am7 D G because the ending’s just too hard to take.
G F G F G G7 C D Em C G 3. I’d walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three-way script, enter number two.
C G Am7 D Em C A movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me, but for now G C G Am7 D love, let’s be real. I never thought I could act this way and I’ve got to say that I just don’t C G Am7 D get it. I don’t know where we went wrong, but the feeling’s gone and I just can’t get it G back. G F G
4. If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell. Just like and old-time F G G7 C D move, ‘bout a ghost from a wishin’ well. In a castle dark, or a fortress strong with chains Em C G C G Am7 upon my feet; but stories always end. And if you read between the lines you’ll know that D Em C G C G I’m just tryin’ to understand the feelin’s that you lack. I never thought I could feel this Am7 D C G way and I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it. I don’t know where we went wrong but the Am7 D G feeling’s gone and I just can’t get it back.
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If You Know What I Mean (Neal Diamond) NOTE: Capo 2nd fret C C/B Am F G G7 C G7 C F G7 C F 1. When the night returns just like a friend, when the evening comes to set me free, when the
G7 Am Em F C F Dm7 G G7 C quite hours that wait beyond the day make peaceful sounds in me. Took a drag from my G7 C F G7 C F G7 Am Em last cigarette, took a drink from a glass of old wine. I closed my eyes and I could make it F C F Dm7 G7 Am G7 real and feel it one more time. Can you hear it Babe? Can you hear it Babe? It was from F C G G7 G C another time, from another place. Do you remember it babe? And the radio played like Dm7 C a carnival tune as we lay in our bed in the other room, when we gave it away for the sake F C Dm C F C of a dream in a penny arcade, if you know what I mean. If you know what I mean Babe. C G7 C F G7 C F
2. Here’s to the songs we used to sing, and here’s to the times we used to know. It’s hard to G7 Am Em F C F Dm7 G7 Am G7 hold them in our arms again but hard to let them go. Do you hear it Babe? Do you hear it F C G G7 G C Babe? It was another time, it was another place. Do you remember it babe? And the radio Dm7 C played like a carnival tune as we lay in our bed in the other room, when we gave it away F C Dm C for the sake of a dream in a penny arcade, if you know what I mean. If you know what I F C F C F C mean. If you know what I mean. If you know what I mean. If you know what I mean. F C Dm C Babe. If you know what I mean.
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If You’re Happy and You Know It C G 1. If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap hands twice). If you’re happy and
C F you know it, clap your hands (clap hands twice). If you’re happy and you know it, then C G C you really outa show it. If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap hands twice). C G
2. If you're happy and you know it, stamp your feet (stamp feet twice). If you're happy and C F you know it, stamp your feet (stamp feet twice). If you're happy and you know it, then C G C you really outa show it. If you're happy and you know it, stamp your feet (stamp feet twice). C G
3. If you're happy and you know it, shout “Hooray!” (shout “Hooray!”). If you're happy and C F you know it, shout “Hooray!” (shout “Hooray!”). If you're happy and you know it, then C G C you really outa show it. If you're happy and you know it, shout “Hooray!”(shout “Hooray!”). C G
4. If you’re happy and you know it, do all three (clap hands twice, then stamp feet twice, C then shout “Hooray!”). If you’re happy and you know it, do all three (clap hands twice, F then stamp feet twice, then shout “Hooray!”). If you’re happy and you know it, then you C G C really outa show it. If you’re happy and you know it, do all three (clap hands twice, then stamp feet twice, then shout “Hooray!”).
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I’m In Love With A Big Blue Frog (Peter, Paul and Mary) A E E7 A A7 D D7 1. 1’m in love with a big blue frog, a big blue frog loves me. It’s not as bad as it appears, he
A E7 A wears glasses and he’s six-foot-three. A E E7 A A7
2. Well, I’m not worried about our kids, I know they’ll turn out neat. They’ll be great lookin’ D D7 A E7 A ‘cause they’ll have me face, great swimmers ‘cause they’ll have his feet. A E E7 A A7 D
3. Well, I’m in love with a big blue from, a big blue frog loves me. He’s not as bad as he D7 A E7 A appears, he’s got rhythm and a P.H.D.. A E E7 A
4. Well, I know we can make things work. He’s got good family sense. His mother was a A7 D D7 A E7 A frog from Philadelphia, his Daddy, an enchanted prince. A E E7
5. The neighbors are against it and it’s clear to me and it’s probably clear to you. They think A A7 D D7 A E7 A value on their property will go right down if the family next door is blue. A E E7 A A7 D
6. Well, I’m in love with a big blue frog, a big blue frog loves me. I’ve got it tattooed on my D7 A E7 A D A E7 A chest, it say “P-H-R-O-G” (it’s frog to me), “P-H-R-O-G!”.
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The Impossible Dream (From “The Man of La Mancha”) NOTE: Capo 3rd fret G Gmaj7 C Cmaj7 Bm 1. To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe. To bear with unbearable
C Am D sorrow, to run where the brave dare not go. G Gmaj7 C Cmaj7 Bm
2. To right the unrightable wrong, to love pure and chaste from afar. To try when your arms C Am D are too weary, to reach the unreachable star. D G Em Bm C
3. This is my quest, to follow that star, no matter how hopeless, no matter how far. To fight Em Eb G Gaug G6 for the right without question or pause, to be willing to march into Hell for a Heavenly F cause. F Am F B C
4. And I know if I’ll only be true to this glorious quest that my heart will like peaceful and Am Cm calm when I’m laid to my rest. Cm D G Gmaj7 C Cmaj7
5. And the world will be better for this, that one man, scorned and covered with scars, Bm C G D Am G C G Cm G still strove with his last ounce courage. To reach the unreachable star.
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In a Cabin in the Woods 1. In a cabin in the woods, little man by the window stood. Saw a rabbit hopping by, knocking
at his door.
2. "Help me, help me, help", he cried. Or the hunter will shoot me dead” Little rabbit come
inside, safely to abide
In Moments Like These D7 G A D D7 G A D D7 G A Bm G D A Chorus: Singing I love you Lord. Singing I love you Lord. Singing I love you, Lord I love D you. D Bm Em A7 Em A7 D A7 D 1. In moments like these, I sing out a song. I sing out a love song to Jesus. In moments like
Bm Em A7 Em A7 D D7 these, I lift up my hands. I lift up my hands to the Lord. ---Chorus---
In the Good Old Summertime (Graig Pooganus) A D A B7 1. In the good old summertime, in the good old summertime. Strolling down shady lane with
E7 A D A my baby mine. I hold her hand and she holds yours, and that’s a very good sign. That F#m B7 E7 A she’s my tootsie wootsie in the good old summertime
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Into Your Hands C Dm G C Dm G Chorus: Into your hands, we commend our spirit, O Lord. Into your hands, we commend C F C Dm G7 our hearts, for we must die to ourselves in loving you. Into your hands, we C commend our love. 1. ---Chorus---
C F G7 C Dm G7 C
2. Oh God, my God, why have you gone from me, far from my prayers, far from my cry? To G7 C Dm G7 C you I call, and you do not answer me. You send no comfort, and I don’t know why. ---Chorus--- C F G7 C Dm G7 C
3. My days are weary, with people hating me, each place I go, each place I stay. My heart is G7 C Dm G7 C tired, my body aching. Give me the courage to face each day. ---Chorus--- C F G7 C Dm G7 C
4. On every side my neighbors stare at me. They pierce my heart with unkind words. But G7 C Dm G7 C You, oh Lord, don’t stay so far from me. Send me your comfort and rescue me. ---Chorus---
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Irene Goodnight (The Weavers) A E E7 A A7 D7 A Chorus: Irene, goodnight. Irene, goodnight. Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene. I’ll see E A you in my dreams. A E E7 A A7 1. Last Saturday night I got married. Me and my wife settled down. Now me and my wife
D7 A E A are parted. I’m gonna take another stroll downtown. ---Chorus--- A E E7 A A7
2. Sometimes I live in the country, sometimes I live downtown. Sometimes I take a great D7 A E A notion; of jumpin’in the river and drown. ---Chorus--- A E E7 A A7
3. Stop rambling and stop all your gambling! Stop staying out late at night! Go home to your D7 A E A wfe and your family and everything will be alright! ---Chorus--- A7 D7 A E A
4. Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene. I’ll see you in my dreams.
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It Was a Very Good Year (Frank Sinatra) NOTE: Capo 3rd fret Bm F# F# Bm C Bm D 1. When I was seventeen it was a very good year. It was a very good year for small town
C B A girls and soft summer nights. We'd hide from the lights on the village green when I was B seventeen.
Bm F# F# Bm C Bm D 2. When I was twenty-one it was a very good year. It was a very good year for city girls who
C B A B lived up the stairs with all that perfumed hair and it came undone when I was twenty- one.
Bm F# F# Bm C Bm D 3. When I was thirty-five it was a very good year. It was a very good year for blue-blooded
C B A girls of independent means. We'd ride in limousines. Their chauffeurs would drive when I B was thirty-five.
Bm F# F# Bm C Bm 4. But now the days are short. I'm in the autumn of the year and now I think of my life as
D C B A vintage wine from fine old kegs, from the brim to the dregs. It poured sweet and clear. B It was a very good year.
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The Itsy Bitsy Spider NOTE: Requires hand and body motions 1. The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout ('Climb' up arm). Down came the rain
(Wiggle fingers down from head to waist) and washed the spider out (Throw arms to sides). Out came the sun and dried away the rain (Raise hands above head, make circle for sun) and the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again. ('Climb' up arm again)
It’s A Small World (Disney) C G7 C C7 F Dm Chorus: It’s a small world after all. It’s a small world after all. It’s a small world after all. It’s
G7 C small, small world.
C G7 C 1. It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears. It’s a world of hopes, it’s a world of fears.
C7 F Dm G7 C There’s so much that we share, that it’s time we’re aware, it’s a small world after all. ---Chorus---
C G7 C 2. There is just one moon and one golden sun and a smile means friendship to everyone.
C7 F Dm G7 C Though the mountains divide and the oceans are wide, it’s a small world after all. ---Chorus---
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I’ve Been Working on the Railroad G C G
1. I've been workin' on the railroad, all the live long day. I've been workin' on the A7 D7 G C railroad, just to pass the time away. Can't you hear the whistle blowin’? Rise up so B7 C G D7 G early in the morn. Don't you hear the captain shouting, "Dinah, blow your horn?"
G C D7 G
2. Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow your horn? C D7 G Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow your horn?
G D7
3. Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah, someone's in the kitchen, I know-o-o-o. C D7 G Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah, strumming on the old banjo! G D7 G C
4. Singin’, “Fee, fie, fiddle-e-i-o. Fee, fie, fiddle-e-i-o-o-o-o. Fee, fi, fiddle-e-i-o.” D7 G Strummin’ on the old banjo.
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I’ve Got Sixpence G D G C A7 D7 G Chorus: No cares have I to grieve me, no pretty little girls (boys) to deceive me. I’m happy G7 C Am G D7 G as a king, believe me as we go rolling, rolling home. Rolling home (rolling home). Rolling home (rolling home), by the light of a silvery moo-oo-oon. Happy is the day when the line up for our pay as we go rolling, rolling home G A7 D7 1. I’ve got six pence, jolly jolly six pence. I’ve got six pence to last me all my life. I’ve
G G7 C Am G D7 G two pence to spend and two pence to lend and two pence to send home to my wife – poor wife. ---Chorus--- G A7 D7
2. I’ve got four pence, jolly jolly four pence. I’ve got four pence to last me all my life. I’ve G G7 C An G D7 G two pence to spend and two pence to lend and no pence to send home to my wife – poor wife. ---Chorus--- G A7 D7
3. I’ve got two pence, jolly jolly two pence. I’ve got two pence to last me all my life. I’ve G G7 C Am G D7 G two pence to spend and no pence to lend and no pence to send home to my wife – poor wife! ---Chorus— G A7 D7 G
4. I’ve got no pence, jolly jolly no pence. I’ve got no pence to last me all my life. I’ve no C Am G D7 G pence to spend and no pence to lend and no pence to send home to my wife – poor wife! ---Chorus---
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I Walk the Line (Johnny Cash) C G7 C G7 C 1. I keep a close watch on this heart of mine. I keep my eyes wide open all the time. I keep
F C G7 C the ends out for the tie that binds. Because you’re mine, I walk the line. C G7 C G7 C
2. I find it very, very easy to be true. I find myself alone when each day is through. Yes, I’ll F C G7 C admit that I’m a fool for you. Because you’re mine, I walk the line. C G7 C G7 C
3. As sure a night is dark and day is light, I keep you on my mind both day and night; and F C G7 C happiness I’ve known proves that it’s right. Because you’re mine, I walk the line. C G7 C G7 C
4. You’ve got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause for love that I can’t hide. F C G7 C For you I know I’d even try to turn the tide. Because you’re mine, I walk the line.
5. Repeat 1st verse.
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Jacob’s Ladder 1. We are climbing Jacob’s ladder. We are climbing Jacob’s ladder. We are climbing Jacob’s
ladder. Soldiers of the cross.
2. Every round goes higher, higher. Every round goes higher, higher. Every round goes higher,
higher. Soldiers of the cross.
3. Sinner, do you love my Jesus? Sinner, do you love my Jesus? Sinner, do you love my Jesus?
Soldiers of the cross.
4. If you love him, why not serve him? If you love him, why not serve him? If you love him,
why not serve him? Soldiers of the cross.
5. Rise and shine and give God glory! Rise and shine and give God glory! Rise and shine and
give God glory! Soldiers of the cross.
6. We are climbing higher, higher. We are climbing higher, higher. We are climbing higher,
higher. Soldiers of the cross.
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Jamaica Farewell (Harry Belafonte) G Am D7 G Chorus: But I’m sad to say, I’m on my way, won’t be back for many a day. My heart is Am G D7 G down, my head is turning around. I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town. G C G D7 G 1. Down the way where the nights are gay and the sun shines daily on the mountain top. I
C G D7 G took a trip on a sailing ship and when I reached Jamaica, I made a stop. ---Chorus--- G C G D7 G G
2. Down at the market you can hear ladies cry out while on the heads they bear, Akey rice, C G D7 G salt fish are nice and the rum is fine any time of year. ---Chorus--- G C G D7 G
3. Sounds of laughter everywhere, and the dancing girls swaying to and from. I must declare C G D7 G my heart is there, though I’ve been from Main to Mexico. ---Chorus---
4. Repeat 1st verse. ---Chorus---
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Jambalaya (Hank Williams) C G7 C 1. Goodbye Joe me gotta go, me oh my oh. Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou.
G7 C My Yvonne the sweetest one, me oh my oh. Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou. C G7
2. Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo. 'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma chers C G7 C amio. Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o. Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou. C G7 C
3. Thibodaux Fontaineaux the place is buzzin'. Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen. G7 Dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh. Son of a gun we’ll have big fun on the C bayou.
4. Repeat 2nd verse.
5. Repeat 2nd verse.
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Jean (Oliver) G7 C G C G C Em F G C Am F G C C7 1. Jean, Jean, roses are red, all the leaves have gone green; and all the clouds are so low you
F Fm Dm G C can touch them, and so come out to the meadow, Jean. C Em F G C Am F G C
2. Jean, Jean, you’re young and alive. Come out of your half-dreamed dream; and run, if you C7 F Fm Dm G C will, to the top of the hill. Open your arms, bonnie Jean. C F Dm C C7 F Dm C
3. ‘Till the sheep in the valley come home my way, ‘till the stars fall around me and find me C7 F Dm C Ab alone, when the sun comes a singin’, I’ll still be waitin’ for… C Em F G C Am F G C C7
4. Jean, Jean, roses are red, and all the leaves have gone green. While the hills are ablaze F Fm Dm G C with the moon’s yellow haze. Come into my arms, bonnie Jean. C Em F G C Am F G C
5. Jean, Jean, you’re young and alive. Come out of your half-dreamed dream; and run, if you C7 F Fm Dm G C will, to the top of the hill. Come into my arms, bonnie Jean…Jean…La da da da da da da da da da da.
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John Brown’s Baby NOTE: Requires hand and body motions 1. John Brown's baby had a cold upon his chest. John Brown's baby had a cold upon his chest.
John Brown's baby had a cold upon his chest and they rubbed it with camphorated oil.
Verse 2: Omit word "baby" throughout and do motion Verse 3: Omit "baby" and "cold" and do motions Verse 4: Omit "baby", "cold" and "chest" and do motions Verse 5: Omit "baby", "cold", "chest" and "rubbed" and do motions Verse 6: Omit "baby", "cold", "chest", "rubbed" and "camphorated oil" and do motions MOTIONS (not done on Verse 1): baby - rock baby in arms cold - sneeze chest - slap chest rubbed - rub chest camphorated oil - hold nose and make a face
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John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt NOTE: Start song off loudly F Bb C7 F Bb 1. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, that’s my name too! Whenever we go out, the people
C7 F G7 always shout, “There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt!” Da da da da da da da!.
(Repeat verse again, more quietly, but shout loudly on the "Da, da, da..." line) (Repeat verse again, whispering, but shout loudly on the "Da, da, da..." line)
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Johnny Appleseed (Disney) C F C F C F 1. The Lord is good to me, and so I thank the Lord for giving me the things I need. The sun
C F C F G C and the rain and an apple seed. Yes, He’s been good to me. C F C F C F
2. I owe the Lord so much for everything I see. I’m certain if it weren’t for Him there’d be F C F G C no apples on this limb. He’s been good to me.
3. Oh here am I ‘neath the blue, blue sky a doin’ as I please. Singin’ with my feathered friends, hummin’ with the bees. C F C F C F
4. I wake up every day as happy as can be. Because I know that with His care my apple trees C F C F G C they will still be there. Oh, the Lord is good to me. C F C F C F
5. And every seed that grows shall grow into a tree, and one day soon there’ll be apples there C F C F G C for everyone in the world to share. The Lord is good to me.
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Johnny Verbeck Chorus: Oh, Mister Johnnie Verbeck how could you be so mean? I told you you’d be sorry for inventing that machine. And now all the neighbor’s cats and dogs will never more be seen, for they’ll be ground to sausages in Johnny Verbeck’s machine! 1. Once there was a Dutchman. His name was Johnny Verbeck. He made the finest sausages
and sauerkraut and speck. He made the finest sausages that'll evermore be seen, ‘till one day he invented a sausage making machine. ---Chorus---
2. One day a boy came walkin' a walkin' thru the door. He bought a pound of sausages and laid them on the floor. The boy began to whistle, he whistled up a tune. And all the little sausages went dancin' round the room. ---Chorus---
3. One day the machine got busted the darn thing wouldn't go, so Johnny Verbeck he climbed inside to see what made it so. His wife she had a nightmare, went walkin' in her sleep. She gave it a yank a deuce of crank and Johnny Verbeck was meat! ---Chorus---
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Julianne (The New Christy Minstrels)
Am C Am C Am Chorus: Have you seen her in the moonlight, silver rings upon her hand? Now she wears a Dm Am
crown of sorrow, and her name, and her name is Julianne.
Am Dm Am 1. The shady side of sunny mountain, that’s the place it all began. There once lived a fairest
Dm Am maiden, and her name was Julianne. Julie’s beau was tall and handsome, just a poor Dm Am Dm Am boy with treasures few, still he promised rings of silver for to prove his love was true. ---Chorus--- Am Dm Am
2. Wake me early in the morning, ‘ere the birds begin to sing. I’ll get some silver from the Dm Am Dm mountain and I’ll fashion me a ring. Off he rode across the mountain when the fields Am Dm Am were wet with dew. But instead he sent a-ramblin and a ‘courtin, a ‘courtin Jenny Lou. ---Chorus--- Am Dm Am
3. The cabin door was standin’ open on that wild and lonely night, and the hound dog he lay Dm Am Dm a dyin’ in the gloomy candlelight. They found the shattered empty rifle and the shawl she Am Dm used to wear, but they never found Miss Julie and they never found , they never found, the Am hungry bear. ---Chorus---
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Junior Birdman NOTE: Requires hand and body motions 1. Up in the air, Junior Birdman! Up in the air, upside down! Up in the air, Junior Birdman!
Keep your noses off the ground! When you hear the doorbell ringing (ding dong) and you see the badge of tin, then you know that Junior Birdman has sent his box tops in! B-I-R-D-M-A- N! Birdman! Birdman! Nnn-arr-rrom!
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Just Google It! (Louie Vega) NOTE: Chords are Bmin followed by Emin, then repeat the pattern 1. Who was the first man on the moon? If you don’t know I’ll tell you soon. Why don’t you
Google it? Why don’t you Goggle it?
2. If you want to know what rachet means or want to know which are the funny names. Why don’t you Google it? Why don’t you Goggle it?
3. If you want to ferment some home-made wine, I heard it all through the grape vine. Why don’t you Google it? Why don’t you Google it?
4. If you want to know which bus to take to get to your friend’s house for goodness sake. Why don’t you Google it? Why don’t you Google it?
5. If you get a deadline paper ‘bout the Pope, I’ll tell you now there still is hope. Why don’t you Goggle it? Why don’t you Google it?
6. When came first the chicken or the egg? No, listen now, I’m pulling on your leg. Why don’t you Google it? Why don’t you Google it?
7. You can Google on the phone. You can Google with your friends. You can Google when
you’re all alone. You can Google just for pretends.
8. Measles? Google it! Durkheim? Google it! Krumping? Google it! Wonky? Google it! Floppy
discs? Google it! 11th century names? Google it! Yahoo? Google it! Exercise? Google it! Chirping? Google it! Mops? Google it! Beatnicks? Google it! Goggles? Google it! Baroque Pop? Google it! Mango Salso? Google it! Baninis? Google it! Fu Fu? Google it! Lymph nodes? Google it! Shampoo? Google it!
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King of the Road (Rodger Miller) NOTE: Capo 1st fret A D E A D E 1. Trailers for sale or rent. Rooms to let, fifty cents. No phone, no pool, no pets. I ain’t got
A D E A no cigarettes. Ah, but two hours of pushin’ broom buys and eight by twelve four-bit room. D E I’m a man of means by no means, King of the Road. A D E A D E
2. Third boxcar, midnight train. Destination Bangor, Main. Old worn out suit and shoes, I A D E A don’t pay no union dues. I smoke old stogies I have found, short but not too big around. D E I’m a man of means by no means, King of the Road. Bb Eb F Bb
3. I know every engineer on every train, all of their children, and all of their names, and every Eb F handout in every town, and every lock that ain’t locked when no one’s around. F Bb Eb F Bb Eb F
4. I sing trailers for sale or rent. Rooms to let, fifty cens. No phone, no pool, no pets. I ain’g got Bb Eb F Bb no cigarettes. Ah, but two hours of pushin’ broom buys and eight by twelve four-bit room. Eb F I’m a man of means by no means, King of the Road.
5. Repeat 1st verse without chords.
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Kumbaya C F C F G C
1. Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya. Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya. Kumbaya, my Lord, F C F C G C kumbaya. Oh, Lord, kumbaya!
C F C F G
2. Someone’s singing, my Lord, kumbaya. Someone’s singing, my Lord, kumbaya. C F C F C G C Someone’s singing, my Lord, kumbaya. Oh, Lord, kumbaya
C F C F G
3. Someone’s crying, my Lord, kumbaya. Someone’s crying, my Lord, kumbaya. C F C F C G C Someone’s crying, my Lord, kumbaya. Oh, Lord, kumbaya
C F C F G
4. Someone’s praying, my Lord, kumbaya. Someone’s praying, my Lord, kumbaya. C F C F C G C Someone’s praying, my Lord, kumbaya. Oh, Lord, kumbaya
C F C F G C
5. Come by here, my Lord, come by here. Come by here, my Lord, come by here. Come F C F C G C by here, my Lord, come by here. Oh, Lord, come by here.
6. Repeat 1st verse
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Land of the Silver Birch Chorus: My paddle’s keen and bright, flashing with silver. Follow the wild goose flight. Dip, dip and swing. Dip, dip and swing her back, flashing with silver. Swift as the wild goose flies. Dip, dip and swing. 8. Land of the silver birch. Home of the beaver. Where still the mighty moose wanders at will.
Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more. Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, bo-oo-oom. ---Chorus---
9. High on a rocky ledge I¹ll build my wigwam. Close to the water¹s edge, silent and still. Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more. Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom- diddy-ah-da, bo-oo-oom. ---Chorus---
10. My heart grows sick for thee here in the lowlands. I will return to thee hills of the north. Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more. Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, bo-oo-oom. ---Chorus---
11. Repeat 2nd verse.
12. ---Chorus---. Dip, dip and swing. Dip, dip and swing.
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Lavender’s Blue (Dilly, Dilly) NOTE: Capo at 2nd fret C F C G7
1. Lavender’s blue, dilly, dilly, lavender’s green. When you are King, dilly, dilly, I C F C shall be Queen. Who told you so, dilly, dilly, who told you so? ‘Twas my own heart G7 C dilly, dilly, that told me so. C F C G7
2. Call up your men, dilly, dilly, set them to work. Some to the plough, dilly, dilly. Some C F C to the fork. Some to make hay, dilly, dilly, some to thresh corn. While you and I, G7 C dilly, dilly, keep ourselves warm. C F C G7
3. Lavender’s green, dilly, dilly, lavender’s blue. If you love me, dilly, dilly, I will love C F C you. Let the birds sing, dilly, dilly, and the lambs play. We shall be safe, dilly, dilly, G7 C out of harm’s way. C F C G7
4. I love to dance, dilly, dilly, I love to sing. When I am .Queen, dilly, dilly, you shall be C F C G7 King. Who told me so, dilly, dilly, who told me so? I told myself, dilly, dilly, I told me C so.
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Lean on Me (Bill Withers) C F C Em G C Chorus: Lean on me, when you’re not strong and I’ll be your friend. I’ll help you carry on. For
F C G C it won’t be long ‘til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.
C F C Em G C F 1. Sometimes in our lives we all have pain. We all have sorrow. But if we are wise we know
C G C that there's always tomorrow. ---Chorus---
C F C Em G C F 2. Please swallow your pride. If I have things you need to borrow. For no one can fill those of
C G C your needs that you won't let show. ---Chorus---
C G C G C 3. So just call on me brother, when you need a hand. We all need somebody to lean on. I just
G C G C might have a problem that you'd understand. We all need somebody to lean on. ---Chorus---
4. Repeat 3rd verse. C F C Em G C F
5. If there is a load you have to bear, that you can’t carry. I’m right up the road. I’ll share your C G C load if you just call me.
6. Call me (if you need a friend), call me (if you need a friend)…fade out
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Leaving on a Jet Plan (John Denver) G C G C G Chorus: Kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you’ll wait for me. Hold me like you’ll
C D G C G C never let me go. ‘Cause I’m leavin’ on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back G C D again. Oh, Babe, I hate to go.
C G C G 1. All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go. I’m standing here outside your door. I hate to wake
C D G C G you up to say goodbye, but the dawn is breakin’, it’s early morn. The taxi’s waitin’, he’s C G C D blowin’ his horn. Already I’m so lonesome I could die. So… ---Chorus--- D G C G C G
2. There’s so many times I’ve let you down, so many times I’ve played around. I tell you now, C D G C G C they don’t mean a thing. Every place I go I’ll think of you. Every song I sing, I’ll sing for G C D you. When I come back, I’ll bring your wedding ring. So… ---Chorus--- G C G C G
3. Now the time has come to leave you. One more time let me kiss you, then close your eyes, C D G C G C G I’ll be on my way. Dream about the days to come, when I won’t have to leave alone. About C D the times I won’t have to say… ---Chorus--- D G C G C G C D
4. I’m leavin’ on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again. Oh, Babe, I hate to go.
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Lemon Tree (Peter, Paul and Mary) G D A7 Chorus: Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet, but the fruit of the poor D lemon is impossible to eat. Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower is A7 D sweet, but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. D A7 D A7 D A7 D 1. When I was just a lad of ten my father said to me, “Come here and take a lesson from the
A7 D G D7 G D7 G lovely lemon tree. Don’t put your faith in love, my boy,” my father said to me. “I fear D7 G D7 G you’ll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree.” ---Chorus--- D A7 D A7 D A7
2. One day beneath the lemon tree my love and I did lie. A girls so sweet that when she D A7 D G D7 G D7 smiled the stars rose in the sky. We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon G D7 G D7 G tree. The music of her laughter hid my father’s words from me. ---Chorus--- D A7 D A7 D A7 D
3. One day she left without a word, she took away the sun, and in the dark she’d left behind I A7 D G D7 G D7 G knew what she had done. She’d left me for another, it’s a common tale but true. A sadder D7 G D7 G man, but wiser now, I sing these words to you… ---Chorus--- G D G D G D G D
4. Lemon tree (lemon tree), lemon tree (lemon tree), lemon tree (lemon tree), lemon tree…
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Less of Me (Glen Campbell) C F C G7 C F 1. Let me be a little kinder, let me be a little blinder to the faults of those about me, let me
G7 C F C G7 praise a little more. Let me be when I am weary just a little bit more cheery, think a C F G7 C little more of others and a little less of me. C F C G7 C F
2. Let me be a little braver when temptation bids me waiver. Let me strive a little harder to G7 C F C G7 be all that I should be. Let me be a little meeker with a brother that is weaker. Let me C F G7 C think more of my neighbor and a little less of me. C F C G7 C F
3. Let me be when I am weary, just a little bit more cheery. Let me serve a little better, those G7 C F C G7 C that I am striving for. Let me be a little meeker with a brother that is weaker, think a little F G7 C more of others and a little less of me.
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Let it Be (The Beatles)
C G Am F C 1. When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of
G F C Dm7 C G Am F wisdom, “Let it be.” And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me, C G F C Dm7 C Am G F C speaking words of wisdom, “Let it be.” Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper G F C Dm7 C words of wisdom, “Let it be.” C G Am F C
2. And when all the broken hearted people living in the world agree, there will be an G F C Dm7 C G Am F answer, “Let it be.” For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will C G F C Dm7 C Am G F C see. There will be and answer, “Let it be.” Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. There G F C Dm7 C Am G F C will be an answer, “Let it be.” Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of G F C Dm7 C wisdom, “Let it be.” F C G F C G Am F C G F C Dm7 C G Am F C G F C Dm7 C C Am G F C G F C Dm7 C
3. Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, “Let it be.” C G Am F C G
4. And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow, F C Dm7 C G Am F C let it be. I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking G F C Dm7 C Am G F C words of wisdom, “Let it be.” Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. There will be an G F C Dm7 C Am G F C G answer, “Let it be.” Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, F C Dm7 C “Let it be.”
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Let It Go (from the movie “Frozen”) NOTE: Capo 1st fret Em C D Asus4 Am Em 1. The snow glows white on the mountain tonight, not a footprint to be seen. A kingdom of
C D Asus4 A Em C D isolation, and it looks like I'm the Queen. The wind is howling like this swirling storm Asus4 Am Em D A D inside. Couldn't keep it in; Heaven knows I've tried. Don't let them in, don't let them C D C see. Be the good girl you always have to be. Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know. Well Cadd2 now they know.
Cadd2 G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus4 Em7 2. Let it go, let it go. Can't hold it back anymore. Let it go, let it go. Turn away and slam
Cadd9 G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9 Bm7 Bb C the door. I don't care what they're going to say. Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anyway.
Em C D Am Em 3. It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small. And the fears that once
D Asus4 A D Cadd9 controlled me can't get to me at all. It's time to see what I can do. To test the limits and D Cadd9 Cadd2 break through. No right, no wrong, no rules for me, I'm free! Cadd2 G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus4 Em7
4. Let it go, let it go. I am one with the wind and sky. Let it go, let it go. You'll never see Cadd9 G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9 Bm7 Bb C me cry. Here I stand and here I'll stay. Let the storm rage on. C
5. My power flurries through the air into the ground. My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all D Em C D around. And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast. I'm never going back, the past is in the Am C past. C G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus4 Em7
6. Let it go, let it go. And I'll rise like the break of dawn. Let it go, let it go. That perfect Cadd9 G Dsus4 Em7 Cadd9 Bm7 Bb C girl is gone. Here I stand in the light of day. Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anyway!
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Linger 1. Mm-mm, I want to linger. Mm-mm, a little longer. Mm-mm, a little longer here with you. 2. Mm-mm, it’s such a perfect night. Mm-mm, it doesn’t seem quite right. Mm-mm, that it
should be my last with you.
3. Mm-mm, and come September. Mm-mm, I will remember. Mm-mm, my camping days and
friendships true.
4. Mm-mm, and as the years go by. Mm-mm, I’ll think of you and sigh. Mm-mm, it’s just
goodnight and not goodby. Mm-mm
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Little Bunny Foo Foo (page 1 of 2) 1. Little Bunny Foo Foo, hopping through the forest. Scooping up the field mice and boppin'
'em on the head.
2. Down came the good fairy and she said: "Little Bunny Foo Foo, I don't want to see you scooping up the field mice and boppin' 'em on the head. I'll give you three chances, and if you don't behave, I'll turn you into a goon!"
3. The next day: Little Bunny Foo Foo, hopping through the forest. Scooping up the field mice and boppin' 'em on the head.
4. Down came the good fairy and she said: "Little Bunny Foo Foo, I don't want to see you scooping up the field mice and boppin' 'em on the head. I'll give you two more chances, and if you don't behave I'll turn you into a goon!"
5. The next day: Little Bunny Foo Foo, hopping through the forest. Scooping up the field mice and boppin' 'em on the head.
6. Down came the good fairy and she said: "Little Bunny Foo Foo, I don't want to see you scooping up the field mice and boppin' 'em on the head. I'll give you one more chance, and if you don't behave I'll turn you into a goon!"
7. The next day: Little Bunny Foo Foo, hopping through the forest. Scooping up the field mice and boppin' 'em on the head.
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8. Down came the good fairy and she said: “Little Bunny Foo Foo, I don't want to see you scooping up the field mice and boppin' 'em on the head. I gave you three chances and you didn't behave. Now you're a goon! POOF!!"
9. The moral of the story is: HARE TODAY, GOON TOMORROW!
Lonesome Valley 1. Jesus walked that lonesome valley. He had to walk it by himself. O nobody else could
walk it for Him. He had to walk it by himself.
2. You must go and stand your trial. You have to stand it by yourself. O nobody else can stand it for you. You have to stand it by yourself.
3. We must walk that lonesome valley. We must walk it by ourselves. Nobody else can walk it for us. We have to walk it by ourselves
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Long Johns 1. I have lost my underwear. I don’t care, I’ll go bare. Bye, bye long johns!
2. They were very close to me, tickled me, hee-hee-hee. Bye, bye long johns!
3. How I miss little trap door behind me. If you see it, you’ll know where to find me.
4. I have lost my underwear. I don’t care. Long johns, bye, bye!
Look to the Rainbow G Em D D7 G Em G C (Am7) D7 G Em Chorus: Look, look, look to the rainbow. Follow it over the hill and stream. Look, look, D D7 G C G D7 G look to the rainbow. Follow the fellow who follows a dream. G Em G Em G (G7)C (D7) 1. On the day she was born, said her father, said he, “I’ve an elegant legacy waiting for ye.
D D7 Am7 D7 Am7 D7 C ‘Tis a rhyme for your lips and a song for your heart to sing it whenever the world falls G apart. ---Chorus--- G Em G Em G (G7) C
2. So I bundled me heart and I roamed the world free. To the east with a lark, to the west (D7) D D7 Am7 D7 Am7 D7 with the sea. And I searched all the earth, and I scanned all the skies. But I found it at last C G in my own true love’s eyes. ---Chorus--- C G C G C G D7 G
3. Follow the fellow, follow the fellow, follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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Love Him in the Morning Love Him in the morning when you see the sun a-raising. Love Him in the morning ‘cause He took you through the day. And in the in between time when you feel the pressure comin’. Remember that He loves you and He promises to stay.
Love is Blue Em A D G Em C D G Em A 1. Blue, blue, my world is blue. Blue is my world now that I’m without you. Gray, gray, my
D G Em C B7 Em life is gray. Cold is my heart since you went away. Em A E G Em C D G Em A D
2. Red, red, my eyes are red, crying for you alone in my bed. Green, green, my jealous G Em C B7 Em heart. I doubted you and now we’re apart. E A E A E C#m F#m B7 Em
3. When we met, how the bright the sun shone. Then love died, now the rainbow is gone. Em A D G Em C D G Em A
4. Black, black, the nights I’ve known. Longing for you so lost and alone. Gone, gone, the D G Em C B7 Em love we knew. Blue is my world, now I’m without you. E A E A E C#m F#m B7 Em
5. When we met, how the bright sun shone. Then love died, now the rainbow is gone. Em A D G Em C D G Em A
6. Gray, gray, my world is gray. Cold is my heart since you went away. Blue, blue, my D G Em C B7 Em C B7 world is blue. Blue is my world now I’m without you. Blue is my world now I’m Em without you.
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Make New Friends (To be sung as a round)
1. Make new friends and keep the old, one is silver and the other gold.
2. A circle is round, it has no end. That’s how long I’m gonna be your friend.
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The Man on the Flying Trapeze (page 1 of 2) D7 G E7 A7 D7 Chorus: Oh, he flies thro’ the air with the greatest of ease, the daring young man on the
G D7 G E7 A7 D7 flying trapeze. His movements are graceful, all girls he does please and my love he G has purloined away.
D7 G E7 C D7 G D7 1. Oh, once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn, like an old coat that is tattered and torn. I’m
G E7 C D7 G Em left in this wide world to fret and to mourn. Betrayed by a maid in her teens. Now this B7 Em B7 Em girl that I loved, she was handsome and swell, and I tried all I knew her to please; but I B7 Em A7 D7 never could please her one quarter so well that the man on the flying trapeze. ---Chorus---
2. He’d play with a miss like a cat with a mouse. His eyes would undress ev’ry maid in the house. Perhaps he is better described as a louse, but still people came the same. He’s smile on the bar to the people below and one night he smiled on my love. She blew him a kiss and she hollered, “Bravo!” as he hung by his nose up above! ---Chorus---
3. I wept and I whimpered. I simpered for weeks while she spent her time there with the circus freaks. The tears were like hailstones that rolled down my cheeks. Alas and alack and Alaska. I went to this fellow the blackguard and said, “I’ll see that you get your deserts.” His thumb to his nose he put up with a sneer. He sneered once again and said, “Nortz”. Oh! ---Chorus---
4. One night to his tent he invited her in. Filled her with compliments and kisses and gin that started her off on the road to ruin. She made the supreme sacrifice. But even tho' I loved her I said "Take my name. I'll gladly forgive and forget!" She rustled her bustle and then without shame she said "Maybe later , not yet"! Oh!---Chorus---
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The Man on the Flying Trapeze (page 2 of 2)
5. One night I as usual went to her dear home. Found there her father and mother alone. I asked for my love and soon t'was made known, to my horror that she'd run away. Without any trousseau she fled in the night, with him with the greatest of ease. From two stories high he had lowered her down to the ground on his flying trapeze! ---Chorus---
6. Some months after that I went into the hall. To my surprise I found there on the wall. A bill in red letters which did my heart gall that she was appearing with him. He'd taught her gymnastics and dressed her in tights. To help him to live at his ease he'd made her assume a masculine name, and now she goes on the trapeze! ---Chorus---
7. She floats through the air with the greatest of ease. You'd think her a man on the flying trapeze. Her actions are graceful, all girls she does please. And that's what's become of my love.
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The Marvelous Toy D A7 D G Chorus: It went “zip” when it moved and “pop” when it stopped and “whirrr” when it stood
D A7 D still. I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.
D A7 D A7 G D 1. When I was just a wee little lad, full of health and joy, my father homeward came one
E7 A7 D A7 D G night and gave me a toy. A wonder to behold it was with many colors bright, and the D A D A7 moment I laid eyes on it, it became my heart’s delight. ---Chorus--- D A7 D A7 G D
2. The first time that I picked it up I had a big surprise, for right on its bottom were two big E7 A7 D A7 D buttons that looked like big green eyes. I first pushed one and then the other, and then I G D A D A7 twisted its lid, and when I set it down again, this is what it did: ---Chorus--- D A7 D A7 G
3. It first marched left and then marched right and then marched under a chair, and when I D E7 A7 D A7 looked where it had gone, it wasn’t even there. I started to sob and my daddy laughted, for D G D A D he knew that I would find, when I turned around, my marvelous toy would be chugging A7 from behind. ---Chorus--- D A7 D A7 G
4. Well, the years have gone by too quickly it seems. I have my own little boy and yesterday D E7 A7 D A7 I gave to him my marvelous little toy. His eyes nearly popped right out of his head and he D G D A D A7 gave a squeal of glee. Neither one of us knows just what it is, but he loves it just like me. ---Chorus--- D A7 D G
5. It still goes “zip” when it moves and “pop” when it stops and “whirrr” when it stands still. G D A7 D I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.
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Marianne E B7 E Chorus: All day all night Marianne, down by the seaside siftin’ sand. Even little children B7 E love Marianne, down by the seaside siftin’ sand. 1. ---Chorus---
E B7
2. Marianne, oh Marianne, oh won’t you marry me? We can have a bamboo hut with E A A7 brandy in the tea. Leave your fat old mama home, she never will say yes. If mama E B7 E don’t know now, she can guess. ---Chorus---
E B7 3. When she walks along the shore people pause to greet. White birds fly around her, little
E A A7 fish come to her feet. In her heart there’s love that I’m the only mortal man who’s allowed E B7 E to kiss my Marianne. ---Chorus---
E B7 4. And when we marry we will have a time you never saw. I will be so happy, I will kiss my
E A A7 E mother-in-law. Children by the dozen, in and out the bamboo hut. One for every palm tree B7 E and coconut. ---Chorus---
E 5. Down by the seaside siftin’ sand.
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Me and You and a Dog Name Boo (Lobo) Note: Capo on 4th fret F G C F G C F G Chorus: Me and you and a dog named Boo, travelin’ and livin’ off the land. Me and you C F G C and a dog named Boo. Oh, how I love being a free man! C C7 F G C 1. I remember to this day, the bright red Georgia clay. And how it stuck to the tires, after the
G C G C7 F C summer rain. Will power made that old car go, a woman’s mind told me so. Oh, how Bb F G F G how I wish we were back on the road again. ---Chours---
C C7 F G C 2. I can still recall, the wheat fields of Saint Paul. And the morning we got caught, robbing from
G C C7 F G C an old hen. Old McDonald, he made us work, but then he paid us for what it was worth. Bb F G F G Another tank of gas and back on the road again. ---Chorus---
C C7 F G C 3. I’ll never forget that day, we motored strately into big L.A.. The lights of the city put
G C C7 F G settlin’ down, in my brain. Though it’s only been a month or so, that old car’s buggin’ us C Bb F G F G to go. We’ve gotta get away and get back on the road again! ---Chorus---
4. ---Chorus--- and fade out
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Michael Row the Boat Ashore
C F C Em Dm C G7 C Chorus: Michael row the boat ashore, Hallelujah! Michael row the boat ashore, Hallelujah! 1. --Chorus—
C F C Em Dm C G7 C
2. Sister helped to trim the sails, Hallelujah! Sister helped to trim the sails, Hallelujah! ---Chorus--- C F C Em Dm
3. Jordan’s river is chilly and cold, Hallelujah! Chills the body but warms the soul, C G7 C Hallelujah! ---Chorus--- C F C Em Dm
4. The river is deep and the river is wide, Hallelujah! Milk and honey on the other side, C G7 C Hallelujah! --Chorus— C F C Em Dm C G7 C
5. Michael’s boat is a music boat, Hallelujah! Michael’s boat is a music boat, Hallelujah! ---Chorus---
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The Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater 1. Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse. Forever let us hold our banner high! Now it’s time to say
goodbye to all our company. M-I-C. See you real soon! K-E-Y. Why, because we like you! M-O-U-S-E!
The Mickey Mouse Club March
1. Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! Hey
there, hi there, ho there, you’re as welcome as can be. M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!
2. Mickey Mouse! Donald Duck! Mickey Mouse! Donald Duck! Forever let us hold our banner high! High, High, High! Come along and sing the song and join the jamboree! M- I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!
3. Mickey Mouse Club! Mickey Mouse Club! We’ll have fun, we’ll meet new faces. We’ll do things and we’ll go places. All around the world we’re marching.
4. Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! Hey there, hi there, ho there, you’re as welcome as can be. M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!
5. Mickey Mouse. Donald Duck! Mickey Mouse! Donald Duck! Forever let us hold our banner high! High, High, High! Come along and sing the song and join the jamboree! M- I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! Yay Mickey, Yay Mickey, Yay Mickey Mouse!
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Mister Bojangles (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) Am G Am G Am G C Chorus: Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles, dance. C Em Am F G C Em 1. I knew a man Bojangles and he’d dance for you in worn out shoes; silver hair and ragged
Am F G F Em Em7 Am shirt and baggy pants, the old soft shoe. He jumped so high, jumped so high, and then he D7 G7 lightly touched down. C Em Am F G C Em
2. I met him in a cell in New Orleans I was down and out. He looked to me to be the eyes of Am F G F Em Em7 Am D7 age as the smoke ran out. He talked of life, he talked of life. He lap clicked his leg and G7 stepped. C Em Am F G C
3. He said his name, Bojangles, and he danced a lick across the cell. He grabbed his pants Em Am F G F and feathered stance; oh, he jumped so high and then he clicked his heels. He let go a Em Em7 Am D7 G7 laugh, he let go a laugh, shook back his clothes all around. ---Chorus--- C Em Am F G C
4. He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs throughout the South. He spoke Em Am F G F Em Em7 with tears of fifteen years how his dog and him traveled about. The dog up and died, he up Am D7 G7 and died. After twenty years he still grieves. C Em Am F G C
5. He said, “I dance now at every chance in honky tonk for drinks and tips. But most of the Em Am F G F Em Em7 time I spend behind these county bars ‘cause I drinks a bit.” He shook his head and as he Am D7 G7 shook his head I heard someone ask him, “Please, please…..” ---Chorus---
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Moonshadow (Cat Stevens) D G D 1. Yes, I’m being followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow. Leapin’ and
G D hoppin’ on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow. D G D G D G D Em A7 G D G D
2. And if I ever lose my hands, lose my plow, lose my land; Oh, if I ever lose my hands, Em A7 D Bm Em A7 D well…………… I won’t have to work no more.
D G D G D G D Em A7 G D G D Em A7 D 3. And if I ever lose my eyes, if my colors all run dry; Yes, if I ever lose my eyes, well……….
Bm Em A7 D …….I won’t have to cry no more.
4. Repeat 1st verse D G D G D G D Em A7 G D G D 5. And if I ever lose my legs, I won’t moan and I won’t beg; Oh, if I ever lose my legs,
Em A7 D Bm Em A7 D well………………I won’t have to walk no more.
D G D G D G D Em A7 G D G d 6. And if I ever lose my mouth, all my teeth north and south. Yes, if I ever lose my mouth,
Em A7 D Bm Em A7 well………..…… I won’t have to talk.
E7 A E7 A E7 A 7. “Did it take a long time to find me?” I asked the faithful light. “Oh, did it take long to find
E7 A A7 me, and are you gonna stay the night?”
D G D 8. I’m being followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow. Leapin’ and
G D G D hoppin’ on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow. Moonshadow, moonshadow. G D Moonshadow, moonshadow!
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Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens) D G A F# Bm G7 C F C C Dm G F C Em Am D7sus D G C 1. Morning has broken, like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird. Praise
F C Am D G C F G7 C F for the singing. Praise for the morning. Praise for them springing fresh from the world. G E Am G C G7sus C Dm G F C Em Am D7sus D G
2. Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven. Like the first dewfall on the first grass. C F C Am D G C F G7 C F Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, sprung in completeness where his feet pass. G E Am F# Bm G D A7/D D C D Em A G D F#m Bm E7 A D
3. Mine is the sunlight. Mine is the morning born of the one light Eden saw play. Praise with G D Bm E A D G A7 D elation, praise ev'ry morning. God's recreation of the new day.
4. Repeat 1st verse.
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The More We Get Together C G7 C G7 1. The more we get together, together, together, the more we get together, the
C happier we'll be.
G7 C G7 C 2. For your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends. The more we get
G7 C together, the happier we'll be!
Mountain Music 1. I like mountain music, good ole mountain music, played by a real hillbilly band. Give me
rural rhythm, good ole rural rhythm. I think the melody is grand. And when the Hawaiians play in the land of Wikee Wakee. I must say, “I like turkey in the straw, by cracky!” I like mountain music, good ol’ mountain music, played by a real hillbilly band.
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Municipal Protest Train Associaton Song (Kingston Trio) C F C G7 Chorus: Did he ever return? No, he never returned and his fate is still unlearned (what a pity). C F C G7 C
He may ride forever ‘neath the streets of Boston. He’s the man who never returned.
These are the times that try men’s souls. In the course of our nation’s history the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened. Today a new crisis has arisen. The Metropolitan Transit Authority, better known as the M.T.A, is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the population in the form of a subway fair increase. Citizens, hear me out!
This could happen to you!
C F C G7 1. Well, let me tell you of the story of a man named Charlie on that tragic and fateful day. He
C F C G7 C put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family, went to ride on the M.T.A. Well… ---Chours--- C F C G7
2. Charlie handed in his dime at the Scully Square station, and he changed for Jamiaca Plane. C F C G7 When he got there the conductor told him, “One more nickel!” Charlie couldn’t get off that C train. But… ---Chorus--- C F C G7
3. Now all night long Charlie rides through the station crying, “What will become of me! How C F C G7 C can I afford to see my sister in Chelsey, or my brother in Roxbury?” But… ---Chorus--- C F C G7
4. Charlie’s wife goes down to the Sculley Square station every day at quarter past two. And C F C G7 C through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich as the train comes rumblin’ through. But… ---Chorus--- C F C
5. Now you citizens of Boston, don’t you think it’s a scandal how the people have to pay and G7 C F C G7 C pay? Fight the fare increase. Vote for George O’Brien, get poor Charlie off the M.T.A.! C F C G7
6. Or else he’ll never return, no he’ll never return and his fate is still unlearned (what a pity). He C F C G7 C may ride forever ‘neath the streets of Boston. He’s the man who never returned. He’s the G7 C G7 C man who never returned. He’s the man who never returned…..
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The Music Man (Page 1 of 2) 1. There was a music man and he came to AR-BOLA-DO. There was a music man and he came
to AR-BOLA-DO. He could play. He could play. On the viola. On the viola. Vio vio viola, viola, viola. Vio vio viola, vio, vio la, HEY!
2. There was a music man and he came to AR-BOLA-DO. There was a music man and he came
to AR-BOLA-DO. He could play. He could play. On the trumpet. On the trumpet. Trum, trum trumpet, trumpet, trumpet. Trum, trum trumpet, trum, trum pet, HEY! On the viola. On the viola. Vio vio viola, viola, viola. Vio vio viola, vio, vio la, HEY!
3. There was a music man and he came to AR-BOLA-DO. There was a music man and he came
to AR-BOLA-DO. He could play. He could play. On the flute. On the flute. Flu flu flute, flute, flute. Flu flu flute, flu, flu te, HEY! On the trumpet. On the trumpet. Trum, trum trumpet, trumpet, trumpet. Trum, trum trumpet, trum, trum pet, HEY! On the viola. On the viola. Vio vio viola, viola, viola. Vio vio viola, vio, vio la, HEY!
4. There was a music man and he came to AR-BOLA-DO. There was a music man and he came
to AR-BOLA-DO. He could play. He could play. On the piano. On the piano. Pia pia piano, piano, piano. Pia pia piano, pia pia no, HEY! On the flute. On the flute. Flu flu flute, flute, flute. Flu flu flute, flu, flu te HEY! On the trumpet. On the trumpet. Trum, trum trumpet, trumpet, trumpet. Trum, trum trumpet, trum, trum pet, HEY! On the viola. On the viola. Vio vio viola, viola, viola. Vio vio viola, vio, vio la, HEY!
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The Music Man (page 2 of 2) 5. There was a music man and he came to AR-BOLA-DO. There was a music man and he came
to AR-BOLA-DO. He could play. He could play. Under water. Under water. Wa wa water, water, water. Wa wa water, wa wa ter, HEY! On the piano. On the piano. Pia pia piano, piano, piano. Pia pia piano, pia pia no, HEY! On the flute. On the flute. Flu flu flute, flute, flute. Flu flu flute, flu, flu te HEY! On the trumpet. On the trumpet. Trum, trum trumpet, trumpet, trumpet. Trum, trum trumpet, trum, trum pet, HEY! On the viola. On the viola. Vio vio viola, viola, viola. Vio vio viola, vio, vio la, HEY!
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My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean G C G A D D7 G 1. My bonnie (stand) lies over the ocean. My bonnie (sit) lies over the sea. My bonnie
C G C D7 G (stand) lies over the ocean. Oh, bring (sit) back (stand) my Bonnie (sit) to me. G C D7
2. Bring (stand) back (sit), bring (stand) back (sit). Oh, bring (stand) back (sit) my Bonnie G C D7 (stand) to me, to me! Bring (sit) back (stand), bring (sit) back (stand). Oh, bring (sit) back G (stand) my Bonnie (sit) to me. G C G A D D7 G C
3. Last night as I lay on my pillow. Last night as I lay on my bed. Last night as I lay on my G C D7 G pillow I dreamed that my Bonnie was dead. G C D7
4. Bring (stand) back (sit), bring (stand) back (sit). Oh, bring (stand) back (sit) my Bonnie G C D7 (stand) to me, to me! Bring (sit) back (stand), bring (sit) back (stand). Oh, bring (sit) back G (stand) my Bonnie (sit) to me. G C G A D D7 G
5. The winds have gone over the ocean, the winds have gone over the sea. The winds have C G C D7 G gone over the ocean and brought back my Bonnie to me. G C D7
6. Brought (stand) back (sit), brought (stand) back (sit). Oh, brought (stand) back (sit) my G C Bonnie (stand) to me, to me! Brought (sit) back (stand), brought (sit) back (stand). Oh, D7 G bring (sit) back (stand) my Bonnie (sit) to me.
Repeat the song, increasing the pace each time.
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My Favorite Things (Sound of Music) Em C 1. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen
Am D7 G C G C F#m B7 mittens, brown paper packages tied up with strings; these a few of my favorite things. Em C
2. Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels, doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel Am D7 G C G C with noodles, wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings; these are a few of my F#m B7 favorite things. Em C
3. Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, snowflakes that stay on my nose and Am D7 G C G C F#m eyelashes, silver white winters that melt into springs; these are a few of my favorite B7 things. Em Am B/Eb Em C Am
4. When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I’m feeling sad. I simply remember my G C Am D7 G favorite things and then I don’t feel so bad.
5. Repeat 1st verse
6. Repeat 2nd verse
7. Repeat 3rd verse
8. Repeat 4th verse
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My Old Kentucky Home (Stephen Foster) G C G C G G7 Chorus: Weep no more, my lady. Oh, weep no more today. We will sing one song for the C G Em A7 D7 G old Kentucky home, for the old Kentucky home far away. G G7 C G A7 D7 1. The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home. ‘Tis summer, the darkies there are gay.
G G7 C G Em D D7 The corn top’s ripe and the meadow’s in the bloom, while the birds make music all the G day. G G7 C G A7 D7 G
2. The young folks roll on the little cabin floor, all merry, all happy and bright. By’n by G7 C G Em A7 D7 G hard times comes a-knocking at the door, then my old Kentucky home, good night. ---Chorus--- G G7 C G A7 D7
3. They hunt no more for the ‘possum and the coon on meadow, the hill and the shore. They G G7 C G Em D D7 G sing no more by the glimmer of the moon, on the bench by that old cabin door. G G7 C G A7 D7 G
4. The day goes by like a shadow o’er the heart, with sorrow where all was delight. The time G7 C G Em A7 D7 G has come when the darkies have to part, then my old Kentucky home, good night. ---Chorus---
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My Way (Frank Sinatra) NOTE: Capo on 2nd fret C Em Gm A7 Dm 1. And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain. My friend, I’ll say it clear, I’ll
G7 C C7 F state my case, of which I’m certain. I’ve lived a life that’s full, I traveled each and every Fm C G7 F C highway. And more, much more than this, I did it my way. C Em Gm A7 Dm
2. Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention. I did what I had to do and G7 C C7 F saw it through without exemption. I planned each chartered course, each careful step Fm C G7 F C along the byway. But more, much more than this, I did it my way. C C7 F
3. Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew, when I bit off more than I could chew. But Dm G7 Em Am Dm G7 through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out! I faced it all and I stood tall F C and did it my way! C Em Gm A7 Dm
4. I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried, I’ve had my fill, my share of losing. And now, as tears G7 C C7 F Fm subside, I find it all so amusing. To think I did all that, and may I say, not in a shy way. C G7 F C Oh no, oh no not me, I did it my way. C C7 F Dm
5. For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has not to say the things he G7 Em Am Dm G7 truly feels and not the words of one who kneels. The record shows I took the blows and F C did it my way! C F C
6. Yes, it was my way…
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‘Neath These Tall Green Trees ‘Neath these tall green trees we stand asking blessing from Thy hand. Thanks we give to Thee above for Thy help and strength and love.
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Noah C F C F Chorus: So rise and shine and give God your glory, glory. Rise and shine and give God C F your glory, glory. Rise and shine and (clap) give God your glory, glory. Children G7 C of the Lord. C F C 1. The Lord said to Noah, “There’s gonna be a floody, floody.” The Lord said to Noah,
F C F “There’s gonna be a floody, floody. Get those children (clap) out of the muddy, muddy. G7 C Children of the Lord. ---Chorus--- C F C F
2. So Noah, he built him, he built him an arky, arky. Noah, he built him, he built him an C F G7 C arky, arky. Built it out of (clap) ancient barky, barky. Children of the Lord. ---Chorus--- C F C
3. The animals, the animals, they came on by twosies, twosies. The animals, the animals, F C F G7 they came on by twosies, twosies. Elephants and (clap) kangaroosies, roosies. Children of C the Lord. ---Chorus--- C F C F
4. It rained and poured for fourty daysies, daysies. It rained and poured for fourty daisies, C F G7 C daisies. Nearly drove those (clap) animals crazy, crazy. Children of the Lord. ---Chorus--- C F C F
5. The sun came out and dried up the landy, landy. The sun came out and dried up the landy, C F G7 C landy. Everthing was (clap) fine and dandy, dandy. Children of the Lord. ---Chorus--- C F C F
6. Well, this is the end of, the end of our story, story. This is the end of, the end of our story, C F G7 C story. Everything was (clap) hunky dory, dory. Children of the Lord. ---Chorus---
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Nobody Likes Me A E 1. Nobody likes me, everybody hates me. guess I'll go eat worms! Long, thin, slimy ones; short,
E7 A fat juicy ones, itsy-bitsy, fuzzy-wuzzy worms. A E
2. Down goes the first one, down goes the second one. Oh how they wiggle and squirm! Up E7 A comes the first one, up comes the second one. Oh, how they wiggle and squirm! A E
3. I bite off the heads, and suck out the juice, and throw the skins away! Nobody knows how E7 A fat I grow on worms three times a day! A E
4. Nobody likes me, everybody hates me. I think I'll go eat worms! Big fat juicy ones, eensie E7 A weensy squeensy ones. See how they wiggle and squirm!
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Nowhere Man (The Beatles) E B A E F#m Am 1. He’s a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land, making all his nowhere plans for
E B A E F#m nobody. Doesn’t have a point of view, knows not where he’s going to do. Isn’t he a bit Am E like you and me? G#m A G#m A G#m
2. Nowhere man, please listen. You don’t know what you’re missing. Nowhere man, the F#m B7 world is at your command. Ah la la la la la. E B A E F#m Am
3. He’s as blind as he can be. Just sees what he wants to see. Nowhere man, can you see me E at all? G#m A G#m A G#m F#m
4. Nowhere man, don’t worry. Take your time, don’t hurry. Leave it all ‘till somebody else lends you a hand. E B A E F#m Am
5. Doesn’t have a point of view, knows not where he’s going to. Isn’t he a bit like you and E me? G#m A G#m A G#m
6. Nowhere man, please listen. You don’t know what you’re missing. Nowhere man, the F#m B7 world is at your command. Ah la la la la la. E B A E F#m Am
7. He’s a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land, making all his nowhere plans for E F#m Am E F#m Am nobody. Making all his nowhere plans for nobody, making all his nowhere plans for E nobody.
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Oh, Susanna! (Stephen Foster) D A E A E Chorus: Oh, Susanna, don’t you cry for me! For I come from Alabama with a banjo on A my knee. A E A 1. Oh, I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee. I'm going to Lousianna, my true love
E A E A for to see. It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry. The sun so hot I froze to E A death, Susanna don't you cry. ---Chorus--- A E A
2. I had a dream the other night when everything was still. I thought I saw Susanna coming E A E A up the hill. A buckwheat cake was in her mouth, a tear was in her eye. I said, “I'm E A coming from the Dixieland, Susanna, don't you cry.” ---Chorus--- A E A
3. I soon will be in New Orleans and then I'll look around. And when I find my gal Susanna E A E A I'll fall upon the ground. But if I do not find her, this darkey’ll surely die, and when I'm E A dead and buried, Susanna, don't you cry. ---Chorus---
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The Old Gray Mare E A E B7 E Chorus: Many long years ago, many long years ago. The old gray mare, she ain't what she A B7 E used to be. Many long years ago. E B7 E 1. The old gray mare, she ain't what she used to be. Ain't what she used to be, ain't what she
A B7 E used to be. The old gray mare, she ain't what she used to be. Many long years ago. ---Chorus--- E B7 E
2. The old gray mare, she kicked on the whiffletree. Kicked on the whiffletree, kicked on the A B7 E whiffletree. The old gray mare, she kicked on the whiffletree. Many long years ago. ---Chorus---
On My Honor (Harry Bartelt) G D7 G D 1. On my honor I’ll do best to do my duty to God. On my honor I’ll do my best to serve my
A D7 G D G E country as I may. On my honor I’ll do my best to do my good turn each day. To keep my A D G C G C body strengthened, to keep my mind awakened, to follow paths of righteousness. On my D7 G honor I’ll do my best.
2. Repeat 1st verse.
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On the Loose G Em C D G Chorus: On the loose to climb a mountain, on the loose where I am free. On the loose to Em C D C D live my life the way I think my life should be. For I’ve only got a moment and a G Em C D G D whole world yet to see. I’ll be looking for tomorrow on the loose. G Em C D G 1. Have you ever watched a sunrise turn the sky completely red? Have you slept beneath the
Em C D C D moon and stars, a pine down for your bed? Do you sit and talk with friends, G Em C D G D though a word is never said? Then you’re just like me and you’ve been on the loose. ---Chorus--- G Em C D G Em
2. There’s a trail that I’ve been hiking just to see where it might go. Many places yet to visit, C D C D G Em many people yet to know. For in following my dreams I will live and I will grow. In a C D G D world that’s waiting out there on the loose. ---Chorus--- G Em C D G
3. So in search of love and laughter, I am traveling ‘cross this land. Never sure of where Em C D C D G I'm going, for I haven't any plans. And in time when you are ready, come and join me, Em C D G D take my hand. And together we'll share life out on the loose. ---Chorus--- G Em C D G
4. As you sit and watch the sunset and the daylight slowly fades. I’ll be thinking about Em C D C D G tomorrow and the friendships that I’ve made. I will treasure them for always and I hope Em C D G D you’ll do the same and forever we’ll share life out on the loose. ---Chorus--- D C D G
5. I’ll be looking for tomorrow on the loose.
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On Top of Old Smokey C F C G7 C 1. On top of Old Smokey all covered with snow, I lost my true lover for courting too slow.
C F C G7
2. For courting's a pleasure, but parting is grief. And a false-hearted lover, is worse than a C thief. C F C G7
3. A thief will just rob you, and take what you have. But a false-hearted lover will lead you C to your grave. C F C G7
4. The grave will decay you and turn you to dust. Not one boy in a hundred a poor girl can C trust. C F C G7
5. They'll hug you and kiss you and tell you more lies than crossties on a railroad, or stars in C the sky. C F C G7
6. So come ye young maidens and listen to me. Never place your affections in a green willow C tree. A F C G7
7. For the leaves they will wither. The roots they will die and you'll be forsaken, and never C know why.
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On Top of Spaghetti (Tom Glaser) G C G 1. On top of spaghetti (on top of spaghetti), all covered with cheese (all covered with
D7 G cheese), I lost my poor meatball (I lost my poor meatball) when somebody sneezed (when somebody sneezed). G C G
2. It rolled off the table (it rolled off the table) and onto the floor (and onto the floor), and D7 G then my poor meatball (and then my poor meatball) rolled out of the door (rolled out of the door). G C G
3. It rolled in the garden (it rolled in the garden) and under a bush (and under a bush), and D7 G then my poor meatball (and them my poor meatball) was nothing but mush (was nothing but mush). G C G
4. Oh, the mush was as tasty (oh the mush was as tasty), as tasty could be (as tasty could be) D7 G and early next summer (and early next summer) it grew into a tree (it grew into a tree). G C G
5. Well, the tree was all covered (well the tree was all covered) with beautiful moss (with D7 G beautiful moss), it grew lovely meatballs (it grew lovely meatballs) and tomato sauce (and tomato sauce). G C G
6. So if you eat spaghetti (so if you eat spaghetti), all covered with cheese (all covered with D7 G cheese), hold onto your meatball (hold onto your meatball) and don’t ever sneeze (and don’t ever sneeze).
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One Tin Soilder (Legend of Billy Jack) C Em F C Chorus: Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of
Em F C Em F Heaven, you can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the C F C F G C F C judgement day. On the bloody morning after-- one tin soldier rides away.
C G Am C F C 1. Listen children to a story that was written long ago ‘bout a kingdom on a mountain,
F G C G Am C and the valley folk below. On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a F C F G C F C stone and the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own. ---Chorus--- C G Am C F C
2. So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill, asking for the buried treasure, F G C G Am tons of gold for which they'd kill. Came an answer from the kingdom, “With our brothers C F C F G C F C we will share all the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there. ---Chorus--- C G Am C F
3. Now the valley cried with anger, “Mount your horses, draw your sword!” And they killed C F C G C G the mountain people, so they won their just reward. Now they stood beside the treasure Am C F C F on the mountain dark and red. Turned the stone and looked beneath it. “Peace on Earth” G C F C was all it said. ---Chorus---
Order of the Fork Hail the Fork! Hail the Fork! We’re the heroes of the meal and you’ll never hear us squeal, for we’re the boys who wheel the fork and stick it in the veal! Hooray! Hooray!
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Over the Rainbow (from “The Wizard of Oz) G Em Bm C G C Cm G Em Am D G 1. Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high there’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.
Em Bm C G C Cm G Em Am D Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue and the dreams that you dare to dream really G do come true. G Am Em Am D
2. Someday I’ll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me…. Where G F#m Bm Am troubles melt like lemon drops away above the chimney tops. That’s where you’ll find D me. G Em Bm C G C Cm G Em Am D
3. Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue and the dreams that you dare to dream really do G come true.
G Am Em Am D 4. Someday I’ll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me…. Where
G F#m Bm Am troubles melt like lemon drops away above the chimney tops. That’s where you’ll find D me. G Em Bm C G C Cm G Em Am D
5. Somewhere over the rainbow, Bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow. Why, then oh why G can’t I? G Am D G
6. If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow why oh why can’t I?
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Patsi Ory Ory Ay (page 1 of 2) Chorus: Patsi Ory Ory Ay! Patsi Ory Ory Ay! Patsi Ory Ory Ay! Working on the railraod! 1. In 18 hundred and 91 the Erie Railroad was begun, the Erie Railroad was begun. Working on
the railroad. ---Chorus---
2. In 18 hundred and 92 found myself with nothing to do, found myself with nothing to do. Working on the railroad. ---Chorus---
3. 18 hundred and 93, the Erie Railroad hired me, the Erie Railroad hired me. Working on the railroad. ---Chorus---
4. 18 hundred and 94, my back was getting mighy sore, my back was getting sore. Working on the railroad ---Chorus---
5. 18 hundred and 95, found myself more dead than alive. Found myself more dead than alive. Workin’ on the railroad. ---Chorus---
6. 18 hundred and 96, dropped a couple of dynamite sticks. Dropped a couple of dynamite sticks. Workin’ on the railroad. ---Chorus---
7. 18 hundred and 97, found myself on the way to heaven. Found myself on the way to heaven. Workin’ on the railroad. ---Chorus---
8. 18 hundred and 98, found myself at Pearly Gates. Found myself at Pearly Gates. Working on the railroad. ---Chorus---
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9. In 18 hundred and 99, found the angels drinkin’ wine. Found the angels drinkin’ wine. Working on the railroad. ---Chorus---
10. 18 hundred and ninety ten, decided to start my life again. Decided to start my life again. Working on the railroad. ---Chorus---
Peace Like a River Note: Requires hand and body motions G C G D 1. I’ve got peace like a river. I’ve got peace like a river. I’ve got peace like a river in my soul
G C G (in my soul). I’ve got peace like a river. I’ve got peace like a river. I’ve got peace like a D G river in my soul (in my soul). G C G
2. I’ve got joy like a fountain. I’ve got joy like a fountain. I’ve got joy like a fountain in my D G C G soul (in my soul). I’ve got joy like a fountain. I’ve got joy like a fountain. I’ve got joy like D G a fountain in my soul (in my soul). G C G
3. I’ve got love like an ocean. I’ve got love like an ocean. I’ve got love like an ocean in my D G C G soul (in my soul). I’ve got love like an ocean. I’ve got love like an ocean. I’ve got love D G like an ocean in my soul (in my soul). G C G
4. I’ve got peace like a river. I’ve got joy like a fountain. I’ve got love like an ocean in my D G C G soul (in my soul). I’ve got peace like a river. I’ve got joy like a fountain. I’ve got love like D G an ocean in my soul (in my soul)
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Chorus: Peanut, peanut butter! Jelly, jelly! Peanut, peanut butter! Jelly, jelly! 1. First you take the peanuts and you crunch 'em, you crunch 'em. First you take the peanuts
and you crunch 'em, you crunch 'em! ---Chorus---
2. Then you take the grapes and you squish 'em, you squish 'em. Then you take the grapes and you squish 'em, you squish 'em! ---Chorus---
3. Next you take the bread and you spread it, you spread it. Next you take the bread and you spread it, you spread it! ---Chorus---
4. Then you take your sandwich and you eat it, you eat it! Then you take your sandwich and you eat it, you eat it! ---Chorus---
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Piano Man (Billy Joel, Page 1 of 2) C G F C F C D7 G C G F C F G C G C G F C F C D7 G C G F 1. It's nine o'clock on a Saturday. The regular crowd shuffles in. There's an old man sitting next
C F G C G to me making love to his tonic and gin. G C G F C F C D7 G C
2. He says, "Son, can you play me a memory. I'm not really sure how it goes, but it's sad and it's G F C F G C Am D7 Am sweet and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man's clothes." La la la, di da da. La la, D7 G F C G7 di da da da dum. C G F C F C D7 G C G
3. Sing us a song, you're the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Well, we're all in the mood for F C F G C G a melody and you've got us feelin' alright. C G F C F C D7 G C
4. Now John at the bar is a friend of mine. He gets me my drinks for free and he's quick with a G F C F G C G C joke or to light up your smoke, but there's some place that he'd rather be. He says, "Bill, I G F C F C D7 G C G believe this is killing me," as the smile ran away from his face. "Well I'm sure that I could be F C F G C Am D7 Am D7 G F C G7 a movie star if I could get out of this place." Oh, la la la, di da da. La la, di da da da dum. C G F C F C D7 G C G
5. Now Paul is a real estate novelist who never had time for a wife and he's talkin' with Davy, F C F G C G who's still in the Navy and probably will be for life. G C G F C F C D7 G
6. And the waitress is practicing politics as the businessmen slowly get stoned. Yes, they're C G F C F G C G sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it's better than drinkin' alone. C G F C F C D7 G C G
7. Sing us a song you're the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Well we're all in the mood for a F C F G C G melody and you’ve got us feeling alright.
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Piano Man (Page 2 of 2) G C G F C F C D7 G C 8. It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday and the manager gives me a smile, 'cause he knows
G F C F G C G C that it's me they've been comin' to see to forget about life for a while. And the piano, it G F C F C D7 G C G sounds like a carnival, and the microphone smells like a beer, and they sit at the bar and put F C F G C G Am D7 Am D7 bread in my jar and say, "Man, what are you doin' here?" Oh, la la la, di da da. La la, di da da G F C G7 da dum. C G F C F C D7 G C G
9. Sing us a song you're the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Well we're all in the mood for a F C F G C G melody and you’ve got us feeling alright.
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Pink Pajamas F Bb 1. I wear my pink pajamas in the summer when it's hot. I wear my flannel nighties in the
F Bb winter when it's not. And sometimes in the springtime, and sometimes in the fall, I jump C7 F between the sheets with nothing on at all!
2. Glory, glory, halle-lu-jah! Glory, glory, what's it to you? Glory, glory, what's it to you? Balmy breezes blowing through you with nothing on at all.
Pioneer Song Note: *Leader **Audience 1. *If I had the wings of a pioneer! **A pioneer!
*Straight through the woods I would fly! **Would fly! *There to remain as a pioneer! **A pioneer! *There to remain ‘till I die! **I die!
2. *If I had the brains of a pioneer! **A pioneer! *Straight through the woods I would go! **Would go! *There to remain as a pioneer! **A pioneer! *There to remain ‘till it snowed! **It snowed!
3. *If I had the strength of a pioneer! **A pioneer *Straight through the woods I would chop! **Would chop! *There to remain as a pioneer! **A pioneer! *There to remain ‘till I drop! **I drop!
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Pizza Hut 1. A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! A Pizza Hut, a Pizza
Hut! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut!
2. MacDonalds, MacDonalds! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! MaDonalds, MacDonalds! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut!
3. A lizard face, a lizard face! A crocodile face and a lizard face! A lizard face, a lizard face! A crocodile face and a lizard face!
4. A buffalo, a buffalo! A crocodile face and a lizard face! A buffalo, a buffalo! A crocodile face and a lizard face!
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Poems, Prayers and Promises (John Denver) D G D G 1. I’ve been lately thinkin’ about my life’s time. All the things I’ve done and how it’s been,
D G D G D and I can’t help believin’ in my own mind, I know I’m gonna hate to see it end. I’ve seen a G D G D lot of sunshine, slept out in the rain, spent a night or two all on my own. I’ve known my G D G lady’s pleasures, had myself some friends, spent a time or two in my own home. G A7 D G D Em
2. I have to say it now, it’s been a good life all in all. It’s really fine to have a chance to hang A7 Em G D G D around and lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire, while all my friends and my old Bm7 Em A7 G Fm G lady sit and pass the pipe around. And talk of poems and prayers and promises and things D Em G A7 G that we believe in. How sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care. How long it’s Fm Em D Fm been since yesterday, and what about tomorrow and what about our dreams and all the G A7 D G D memories we share? D G D
3. The days they pass so quickly now. Nights are seldom long. Time around me whispers G D G D when it’s cold. The changes somehow frighten me, still I have to smile. It turns me on to G D G D think of growing old. For tho’ my life’s been good to me, there’s still so much to do. So G D G D many things my mind has never known. I’d like to raise a family, I’d like to sail away and G dance across the mountains on the moon. G A7 D G D Em
4. And I have to say it now, it’s been a good life all in all. It’s really fine to have a chance to A7 Em G D G D hang around and lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire, while all my friends and my Bm7 Em A7 G Em G old lady sit and pass a pipe around. And talk of poems and prayers and promises and things t D Em G A7 G that we believe in. How sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care. And how long it’s Fm Em D Fm been since yesterday and what about tomorrow and what about our dreams and all the G A7 memories we share.
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Polly Wolly Doodle D A Chorus: Fare thee well, fare thee well. Fare thee well my fairy fay, for I'm going to Louisiana G D for to see my Susyanna. Sing, “Polly wolly doodle” all the day! D A 1. Oh, I went down South for to see my Sal. Sing, “ Polly wolly doodle” all the day. My Sal,
D she is a spunky gal. Sing, “Polly wolly doodle” all the day! ---Chorus--- D A
2. Oh, my Sal, she is a maiden fair. Sing, “Polly wolly doodle” all the day. With curly eyes and D laughing hair. Sing, “Polly wolly doodle” all the day! ---Chorus--- D A
3. Behind the barn, down on my knees. Sing, “Polly wolly doodle” all the day. I thought I heard D a chicken sneeze. Sing, “Polly wolly doodle” all the day! ---Chorus--- D A
4. He sneezed so hard with the whooping cough. Sing, “Polly wolly doodle” all the day. He D sneezed his head and the tail right off. Sing, “Polly wolly doodle” all the day! ---Chorus--- D A
5. Oh, a grasshopper sittin' on a railroad track. Sing, “Polly wolly doodle” all the day. A-pickin' D his teeth with a carpet tack. Sing, “Polly wolly doodle” all the day! ---Chorus--- D A
6. Oh, I went to bed but it wasn't any use. Sing, “Polly wolly doodle” all the day. My feet stuck D out like a chicken roost. Sing, “Polly wolly doodle” all the day! ---Chorus---
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The Prayer (Celine Dion) Bb F Dm Db Bm F F Bb C F Bb C 1. I pray you'll be our eyes, and watch us where we go. And help us to be wise in times when
Eb F Gm C A7 Dm Bb Dm we don't know. Let this be our prayer, when we lose our way. Lead us to a place, guide us Am Bb F C Bb with your grace to a place where we'll be safe.
F Bb C F 2. La luce che tu hai (I pray we'll find your light) nel cuore resera (and hold it in our hearts.) A
Bb C Eb F ricordarci che (When stars go out each night) eterna stella sei (remind us where you are. Gm C A7 Nella mia preghiera (Let this be our prayer) quanta fede c’e (when shadows fill our day). Dm Bb Dm Am Bb F C Bb Lead us to a place, guide us with your grace. Give us faith so we'll be safe
F C Bb C Fsus4 F C Bb C Fsus4 F 3. Sognamo un mondo senza piu volenza un mondo di giustizia e di speranza. Ognuno dia
Fsus2 F Fsus4 F C C# Bb F la mano al suo vicino. Simbolo di pace, di fraternita. F Eb F Bb
4. La forza che ci da (we ask that life be kind) e il desiderio che (and watch us from above). Eb F Ab Bb Ognuno trovi amore (We hope each soul will find) intorno e dentro se (another soul to love). Cm F7 D7 Let this be our prayer (let this be our prayer), just like every child (just like every child). Gm Eb Gm Dm Eb Bb F7 Eb Bb Need to find a place, guide us with your grace. Give us faith so we'll be safe. Gm Eb Gm Dm Eb Bb F7 Gb Ab Bb
5. Needs to find a place, guide us with your grace. Give us faith so we'll be safe.
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Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
A Bm D Chorus: Big wheel keep on turnin’. Proud Mary keep on burnin’. Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river. D 1. Left a good job in the city workin' for the man ev'ry night and day, and I never lost one
minute of sleepin' worryin' 'bout the way things might have been. ---Chorus--- D
2. Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis. Pumped a lot of pane down in New Orleans. But I never saw the good side of the city 'til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen. ---Chorus--- C A C A C A G F F6 F D D
3. If you come down to the river, Bet you gonna find some people who live. You don't have to worry 'cause you have [if you got] no money. People on the river are happy to give. ---Chorus--- D
4. Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river. Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river. Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
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Puff the Magic Dragon (Peter Yarrow & Leonard Lipton) D7 G Bm C G C G Em Chorus: Oh, Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea and frolicked in the Autumn mist in a A7 D7 G Bm C G C land called Honah Lee. Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea and frolicked in the G Em A7 D7 Autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee. G Bm C G C G Em A7 1. Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea and frolicked in the Autumn mist in a land called
D7 G Bm C G C G Honah Lee. Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff, and brought him strings and sealing Em A7 D7 wax and other fancy stuff. ---Chorus--- G Bm C G C G Em
2. Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail. Jackie kept a lookout perched on A7 D7 G Bm C G C Puff’s gigantic tail. Noble kings and princes would bow whene’er they came. Pirate ships G Em A7 D7 would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name. ---Chorus--- G Bm C G C G Em A7
3. A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys. Painted wings and giant rings make way for D7 G Bm C G C other toys. One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more and Puff that mighty G Em A7 D7 dragon, he ceased his fearless roar. G Bm C G C G Em A7
4. His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain. Puff no longer went to play along the D7 G Bm C G C G cherry lane. Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave, so Puff that mighty dragon Em A7 D7 sadly slipped into his cave. ---Chorus---
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The Rainbow Connection G Em Am D G Em C G 1. Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what’s on the other side? Rainbows are
Em Am D G Em C visions. They’re only illusions and rainbows have nothing to hide. So we’ve been told and Bbmaj7 Am D some choose to believe it, but I know they’re wrong, wait and see. Someday we’ll find it, Bm E Am D G the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers and me. G Em Am D G Em C
2. Who said that every wish would be heard and answered when wished on the morning star? G Em Am D G Em C Somebody thought of that and someone believed it And look what it’s done so far. What’s so Bbmaj7 Am D amazing that keeps us star gazing. What do we think we might see? Someday we’ll fiind Bm E Am D G it, that rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers, and me. All of us under its spell. We know that it’s probably magic. G Em Am D G Em C G
3. Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices? I’ve heard them calling my name. Are Em Am D G Em C these this the sweet sound that called the young sailors? I think they’re one and the same. Bbmaj7 Am I’ve heard it too many times to ignore it. There’s something I’m s’posed to be. Someday D Bm E Am D G we’ll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers and me. La da da dee da da do, la la da da da de da do.
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Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head (B. J. Thomas) F C Bb C F Fmaj7 F7 Bb Am 1. Raindrops keep fallin' on my head and just like a guy whose feet are too big for his bed,
D7 Am D7 Gm7 nothing seems to fit. Those raindrops are fallin' on my head. They keep fallin'. C7 F Fmaj7 F7 Bb Am
2. So I just did me some talkin’ to the sun, and I said I didn't like the way he got things done D7 Am D7 Gm7 sleepin’ on the job. Those raindrops are fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin'. C7 F Fmaj7 Bb C Am
3. But there's one thing I know. The blues they send to meet me won't defeat me. It won't be D7 Gm7 Bb C Bb C long ‘till happiness steps up to greet me. F Fmaj7 F7 Bb Am
4. Raindrops keep fallin' on my head, but that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin’ red. D7 Am D7 Gm7 C7 F Cryin's not for me ‘cause I’m never gonna stop the rain by complainin’. Because I’m free, C7 nothings worryin’ me. F Fmaj7 Bb C Am Am D7 Gm7 Bb C Bb C
5. It won’t be long ‘till happiness steps up to greet me. F Fmaj7 F7 Bb Am
6. Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head, but that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turnin’ red. D7 Am D7 Gm7 C7 F Cryin’s not for me ‘cause I’m never gonna stop the rain by complainin’. Because I’m free, C7 nothings worryin’ me.
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Red River Valley (Marty Robbins) A E A E 1. From this valley, they say you are going. We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile,
A A7 D A E A for they say you are taking the sunshine that has brightened our path for a while. A E A E A
2. Come and sit by my side if you love me. Do not hasten to bid me adieu. But remember the A7 D A E A Red River Valley, and the cowboy who loved you so true. A E A E
3. Won’t you think of the valley you're leaving? Oh, how lonely, how sad it will be! Oh, A A7 D A E A think of the fond heart you're breaking, and the grief you are causing to me? A E A E A
4. Come and sit by my side if you love me. Do not hasten to bid me adieu. But remember the A7 D A E A Red River Valley, and the cowboy who loved you so true. A E A E A
5. As you go to your home by the ocean, may you never forget these sweet hours that we spent A7 D A E A in the Red River Valley, and the love we exchanged mid the flowers. A E A E A
6. Come and sit by my side if you love me. Do not hasten to bid me adieu. But remember the A7 D A E A Red River Valley, and the cowboy who loved you so true.
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Return to Pooh Corner (Kenny Loggins) A D G A D G A D Chorus: So help me if you can. I've got to get back to the house at Pooh Corner by one. You'd
G A F#m D F#m be surprised there's so much to be done. Count all the bees in the hive. Chase all the D F#m D A clouds from the sky. Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh.
D A G D 1. Christopher Robin and I walked along under branches lit up by the moon. Posing our
A G D Bm questions to Owl and Eeyore as our days disappeared all too soon. But I've wandered much A Bm G A further today than I should and I can't seem to find my way back to the Wood. ---Chorus--- D A G D
2. Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do, got a honey jar stuck on his nose. He came to me A G D Bm asking help and advice. From here no one knows where he goes. So I sent him to ask of the A Bm G A Owl if he's there how to loosen a jar from the nose of a bear. ---Chorus--- D A G D A
3. It's hard to explain how a few precious things seem to follow throughout all our lives after G D Bm A all's said and done. I was watching my son sleeping there with my bear by his side. So I Bm G A tucked him in, I kissed him and as I was going I swear that old bear whispered, "Boy, welcome home". A D G A D G A D
4. Believe me if you can. I've finally come back to the house at Pooh Corner by one. What do G A F#m D F#m you know there's so much to be done. Count all the bees in the hive. Chase all the clouds D F#m D F#m D from the sky. Back to the days of Christopher Robin. Back to the ways of Christopher Robin. F#m A Back to the days of Pooh.
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Rhinestone Cowboy (Glen Campbell) G F G C F C Cmaj7 G C G Chorus: Like a rhinestone cowboy, riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo. Like a F G C F C Cmaj7 G rhinestone cowboy, getting cards and letters from people I don’t even know, and F offers comin’ over the phone. C 1. I've been walkin' these streets so long. Singin' the same old song. I know every crack in these
G F Dm dirty sidewalks of Broadway. Where hustle is the name of the game and nice guys get F C G F washed away like the snow and the rain. There's been a load of compromising on the road to C F Dm G Dm G my horizon, but I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me. ---Chorus--- C
2. I really don't mind the rain and a smile can hide all the pain. But you're down when G F you're ridin' the train that's takin' the long way. And I dream of the things I'll do with a Dm F C G subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe. There'll be a load of compromising on the F C F Dm G Dm G road to my horizon, but I’m gonna be where the lights are shining on me. ---Chorus---
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Rhymes and Reasons (John Denver) G D C G Em Bm 1. So you speak to me of sadness and the coming of the winter. Fear that is within you now that
C D G D C seems to never end. And the dreams that have escaped you and the hope that you’ve G Em G D forgotten. And you tell me that you need me now and you want to be my friend. And you C G D Em wonder where we’re going, where’s the rhyme and where’s the reason. And it’s you cannot G D Am G accept it is here we must begin to seek the wisdom of the children and the graceful way of C D flowers in the wind. D G D C G Em
2. For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers. Their laughter and their Bm C D G D C loveliness would clear a cloudy day. Like the music of the mountains and the colors of the G Em G D7 G rainbow. They’re a promise of the future and a blessing for today. G D C G Em Bm
3. Though the cities start to crumble and the towers fall around us. The sun is slowly fading and C D G D C G it’s colder than the sea. It is written from the desert to the mountains they shall lead us. By Em G D C the hand and by the heart and they will comfort you and me. In their innocence and trusting G D Em G D Am G C D they will teach us to be free. D G D C G Em
4. For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers. Their laughter and their Bm C D G D C loveliness would clear a cloudy day. And the song that I am singing is a prayer to non- G Em G D7 G C D7 G believers. Come and stand beside us, we can find a better way.
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Riddle Song NOTE: Capo 2nd fret C F C G7 C G G7 1. I gave my love a cherry that had no stone. I gave my love a chicken that had no bone. I gave
C G Am F C my love a baby with no crying, and told my love a story that had no end. C F C G7 C G
2. How can there be a cherry that has no stone? How can there be a chicken that has no bone? G7 C G Am F C How can there be a baby with no crying? How can you tell a story that has no end? C F C G7 C G
3. A cherry when it’s bloomin’ it has no stone and a chicken when it’s pipping, there is no bone. G7 C G Am F C A baby when it’s sleeping, there’s no crying, and when I say “I love you,” it has no end.
4. Repeat 1st verse.
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Rise and Shine (page 1 of 2) C F C F Chorus: So, rise and shine and give God the glory, glory. Rise and shine and give God the
C F C G C glory, glory. Rise and shine (clap) and give God the glory, glory. Children of the Lord
C F C F 1. The Lord told Noah, “There's gonna be a floody, floody.” Lord told Noah, “There's gonna be
C F C G be a floody, floody. Get those children (clap) out of the muddy, muddy.” Children of the C Lord. ---Chorus---
C F C F 2. The Lord told Noah to build him an arky, arky. Lord told Noah to build him an arky, arky.
C F C G C Build it out of (clap) gopher barky, barky. Children of the Lord. ---Chorus---
C F C F 3. The animals, the animals, they came in by twosie, twosies. Animals, the animals, they came
C F C G C in by twosie, twosies. Elephants and (clap) kangaroosie, roosies. Children of the Lord. ---Chorus--- C F C F
4. It rained and it poured for forty daysies, daysies. Rained and it poured for forty daysies, C F C G C daysies. Almost drove those (clap) animals crazies, crazies. Children of the Lord. ---Chorus--- C F C F
5. Then Noah he sent out, he sent out a dovey dovey. Noah he sent out, he sent out a dovey C F C G C dovey. Dovey said "There's (clap) clear skies abovey-bovey." Children of the Lord. ---Chorus--- C F C F
6. The sun came out and dried up the landy, landy. Sun came out and dried up the landy, C F C G C landy. Everything was (clap) fine and dandy, dandy. Children of the Lord. ---Chorus---
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Rise and Shine (Page 2 of 2) C F C 7. The animals they came off, they came off by threesies, threesies. Animals they came off,
F C F they came off by threesies, threesies. Grizzly bears and (clap) chimpanzeesies, zeesies. C G C Children of the Lord. ---Chorus--- C F C F
8. That is the end of, the end of my story, story. That is the end of, the end of my story, story. C F C G C Everything is (clap) hunky dory, dory. Children of the Lord. ---Chorus---
Rock My Soul D A7 Chorus: Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham. Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham.
D A7 D Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham. Oh, rock my soul
D A7 D 1. So high you can’t get over it. So low, you can’t get under it. So wide, you can’t get round it.
A7 D Got to go through that door. ---Chorus---
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Rocky Mountain High (John Denver, page 1 of 2) NOTE: Capo 2ND fret D Em G A7 D Em C A D 1. He was born in the summer of his twenty seventh year. Coming home to a place he’d never
Em G D Em C A D been before. He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again. You might say Em G he found a key for every door. G D Em C A D Em
2. When he first came to the mountains his life was far away. On the road and hanging by a G D Em C A D song. But the string’s already broken and he doesn’t really care. It keeps changing fast, and it Em G A don’t last for long. A G A D G A D G
3. The Colorado Rocky Mountain high, I’ve seen it raining fire in the sky. The shadow from A D G A G A D Em G A D the starlight is softer than a lullaby. Rocky Mountain high in Colorado. Rocky Mountain high Em G A7 in Colorado. A7 D Em C A D
4. He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below. He saw everything as far as Em G D Em C A D you can see. And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun. And he lost a Em C G friend but kept the memory. G D Em C A D Em
5. Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams, seeking grace in every step he G D Em C A D Em takes. His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand the serenity of a clear blue C G mountain lake. G A D G A D G
6. And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high. I’ve seen it raining fire in the sky. Talk to God and A D G A G A D Em G A D Em listen to the casual reply. Rocky Mountain high in Colorado. Rocky Mountain high in G A7 Colorado.
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Rocky Mountain High (John Denver, page 2 of 2)
A7 D Em C A D 7. Now his life is full of wonder, but his heart still knows some fear of a simple thing he
Em C G D Em C A cannot comprehend. Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more. D Em C G More people, more scars upon the land. G A D G A D G
8. And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high. I’ve seen it raining fire in the sky. I know he’d be a A D G A G A D G A poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly. Rocky Mountain high. Colorado Rocky Mountain D G A D G A D A G high. I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky. Friends around the campfire and everybody’s high. A D Em G A D Em G A D Rocky Mountain high in Colorado. Rocky Mountain high in Colorado. Rocky Mountain high Em G A D Em G A D Em G A in Colorado. Rocky Mountain high in Colorado. Rocky Mountain high in Colorado. Rocky Mountain….(fade out)
Rose (To be sung as a round)
Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose. Willl I ever see thee wed? I will marry at thy will sire. At thy will.
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The Rose (Bette Midler) C G F G C G 1. Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed. Some say love, it is a razor that
F G C Em Am F G C leaves your soul to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it G F G C is a flower and you its only seed.
C G F G C G 2. It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It’s the dream afraid of waking
F G C Em Am F G that never takes the chance. It’s the one who won’t be taken, who cannot seem to give. And C G F G C the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
C G F G C 3. When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long. And you think that love
G F G C Em Am F G Gsus is only for the lucky and the strong. Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows C G F G C lies the seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes the rose.
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Rueben, Rueben NOTE: This is a duet between Rueben and Rachel D G A7 D 1. (Rachel) Rueben, Rueben, I have long been thinking, what a strange world this would be, if
G D the men were all transported far beyond the Northern Sea. D G A7 D
2. (Rueben) Rachel, Rachel, I have long been thinking, what a strange world this would be, if G D the women were all transported far beyond the Northern Sea. D G A7 D
3. (Rachel) Reuben, Reuben, I’ve been thinking, life would be so easy then! What a great world G D this would be, if there were no tiresome men! D G A7 D
4. (Rueben) Rachel, Rachel, I”ve been thinking, life would be so easy then! What a great world G D this would be, if you’d leave it to the men! D G A7 D
5. (Rachel) Reuben, Reuben, I’ve been thinking, if we went beyond the seas. All the men G D would follow after, like a swarm of bumblebees! D G A7 D
6. (Rueben) Rachel, Rachel, I’ve been thinking, if we went beyond the seas. The women all G D would follow after, like a swarm of bumblebees!
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Running Bear (Johnny Preston) A D A E7 A D Chorus: Running Bear loved Little White Dove with a love big as the sky. Running Bear A E7 A loved Little White Dove with a love that couldn't die. A D A 1. On the banks of the river stood Running Bear, young Indian brave. On the other side of the
B7 E7 A D river stood his lovely Indian maid. Little White Dove was a-her name. Such a lovely sight to A E7 A see, but their tribes fought with each other so their love could never be. ---Chorus--- A D A
2. He couldn't swim the raging river 'cause the river was too wide. He couldn't reach Little B7 E7 A White Dove, waiting on the other side. In the moonlight he could see her throwing kisses D A E7 A across the waves. Her little heart was beating faster, waiting there for her brave. ---Chorus--- A D A
3. Running Bear dove in the water, Little White Dove did the same and they swam out to each B7 E7 A other through the swirling stream they came. As their hands touched and their lips met, the D A E7 A ragin' river pulled them down. Now they'll always be together in that happy huntin’ ground. ---Chorus---
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Sailing (Rod Stewart) G C Am F C Dm Am Dm 1. I am sailing, I am sailing home again, ‘cross the sea. I am sailing stormy waters to be near
C you, to be free. G Am F C Dm Am
2. I am flying, I am flying, like a bird, ‘cross the sea. I am flying, passing high clouds, to be Dm C near you, to be free. G C Am F C Dm Am
3. Can you hear me, can you hear me thru the dark night, far away? I am dying, forever trying Dm C to be with you, who can say?
4. Repeat 3rd verse. G C Am F C Dm Am
5. We are sailing, we are sailing home again, ‘cross the sea. We are sailing, stormy waters to be Dm C near you, to be free. G Dm C G Dm C G Dm
6. Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free. Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free. Oh Lord, to be near C G you, to be free. Oh Lord.
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Scarborough Fair (Simon and Garfunkel) Em D Em G Em G A Em G 1. Are you goin’ to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Remember me to
D Em D Em one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. Em D Em G
2. Tell her to make me a cambric shirt (on the side of a hill in the deep forest green). Parsley, Em G A Em G sage. rosemary and thyme (tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground). Without no seams nor D Em D needlework (blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain). Then she’ll be a true love of Em mine (sleeps unaware of the clarion call). Em D Em G
3. Tell her to find me an acre of land (on the side of the hill, a sprinkling of leaves). Parsley, Em G A Em G sage, rosemary and thyme (washes the grave with silvery tears). Between the salt water and D Em D Em the sea strands (a soldier cleans and polishes a gun). Then she'll be a true love of mine. Em D Em G
4. Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather (War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions). Parsley, Em G A Em G sage, rosemary and thyme (Generals order their soldiers to kill). And gather it all in a bunch D Em D of heather (and to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten). Then she'll be a true love of Em mine. Em D Em G Em G A Em G
5. Are you goin’ to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Remember me to D Em D Em one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine.
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Scarlet Ribbons (Harry Belafonte) G C D7 G C D7 C G C D7 1. I peeked in to say goodnight when I heard my child in prayer. “And for me some scarlet
G C D7 C G ribbons. Scarlet ribbons for my hair.”
G D7 G C E7 A7 D7 G C
2. All the stores were closed and shuttered. All the streets were dark and bare. In our town, no D7 G C D7 C G scarlet ribbons. Not one ribbon for her hair.
G D7 G C E7 A7 D7 G C
3. Through the night my heart was aching. Just before the dawn was breaking, I peeked in and D7 G C D7 C G C D7 G C D7 C on her bed in gay profusion lying there. Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons. Scarlet ribbons for G her hair.
G D7 G C E7 A7 D7 G C D7 G
4. If I live to be a hundred I will never know from where came those lovely scarlet ribbons. C D7 C D7 G Scarlet ribbons for her hair.
Scout Vespers C G F G C G 1. Softly falls the light of day as our campfire fades away. Silently each Scout should ask,
F G C Am Dm G7 C “Have I done my daily task? Have I kept my honor bright? Can I guiltless sleep tonight? G A7 F G C Have I done and have I dared everything to be prepared?” C G F G C G
2. Listen Lord, Oh listen Lord as I whisper soft and low. Bless my mom and bless my dad. F G C Am Dm G7 These are things that they should know: I will keep my honor bright. The oath and law will C G A7 F G C be my guide. Mom and Dad, this you should know: deep in my heart I love you so. C G F G C G F
3. Quietly we now will part, pledging ever in our heart to strive to do our best each day as we G C Am Dm G7 C G travel down life’s way. Happiness we’ll try to give, try a better life to live. ‘Till all the world A7 F G C be joined in love to live in peace ‘neath skies above.
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Seek and You Shall Find G C Bm Chorus: Seek and you shall find. Knock and the door shall be opened. Ask and it shall be C D7 G given, and the love comes a-tumblin’ down G C Am 1. My brothers, the Lord has been here. My brothers, the Lord has been here. My brothers, the
C D7 G Lord has been here, and the love comes a-tumblin’ down. ---Chorus--- G C Am
2. My sisters, the Lord has been here. My sisters, the Lord has been here. My sisters, the Lord C D7 G has been here, and the love comes a-tumblin’ down. ---Chorus--- G C Am
3. Oh sinners, the Lord has been here. Oh sinners, the Lord has been here. Oh sinners, the Lord C D7 G has been here, and the love comes a-tumblin’ down. ---Chorus----
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Seek Ye First C G Am C F C G C G Am 1. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. And all these things shall be added
C F C G C unto you. Allelu, Alleluia!
C G Am C F C G C G Am C
2. Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. F C G C Allelu, Alleluia! C G Am C F C G C G
3. Ask and it shall be given unto you. Seek and ye shall find. Knock and the door shall be Am C F C G C opened unto you. Allelu, Alleluia!
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She’ll be Coming ‘Round the Mountain (page 1 of 2) G 1. She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes (Toot, toot!). She'll be coming round
D7 G the mountain when she comes (Toot, toot!). She'll be coming round the mountain, she'll be C G D7 G coming round the mountain, she'll be coming round the mountain when she comes (Toot, toot!). G
2. She'll be driving six white horses when she comes (Whoa back!). She'll be driving six white D7 G C horses when she comes (Whoa back!). She'll be driving six white horses, she'll be driving six G D7 G white horses, she'll be driving six white horses when she comes (Whoa back! Toot, toot!). G
3. Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes (Hi babe!). Oh, we'll all go out to meet her D7 G C when she comes (Hi babe!). Oh, we'll all go out to meet her, we'll all go out to meet her, we'll G D7 G all go out to meet her when she comes (Hi babe! Whoa back! Toot, toot!).
G 4. She'll be wearing red pajamas when she comes (Scratch, scratch). She'll be wearing red
G C pajamas when she comes (Scratch, scratch). She'll be wearing red pajamas, she'll be wearing G D7 G red pajamas, she'll be wearing red pajamas when she comes (Scratch, scratch! Hi babe! Whoa back! Toot, toot!).
G 5. Oh we’ll kill the old red rooster when she comes (Hack, hack!). Oh we’ll kill the old red
D7 G C rooster when she comes (Hack, hack!). Oh we’ll kill the old red rooster, oh we’ll kill the old G D7 G red rooster, oh we’ll kill the old red rooster when she comes (Hack, hack! Scratch, scratch! Hi babe! Whoa back! Toot, toot!)
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G 6. Oh, we’ll all have chicken and dumplin’s when she comes (Yum, yum!). Oh we’ll all have
D7 G chicken and dumplin’s when she comes (Yum, yum!). Oh we’ll all have chicken and C G D7 dumplin’s, oh we’ll all have chicken and dumplin’s, oh we’ll all have chicken and dumplin’s G when she comes (Yum, yum! Hack, hack! Scratch, scratch! Hi babe! Whoa back! Toot, toot!). G
7. Oh she’ll have to sleep with grandpa when she comes (Snore, snore!). Oh she’ll have to sleep D7 G with grandpa when she comes (Snore, snore!). Oh she’ll have to sleep with grandpa, oh she’ll C G D7 G have to sleep with grandpa, oh she’ll have to sleep with grandpa when she comes (Snore, snore! Yum, yum! Hack, hack! Scratch, scratch! Hi babe! Whoa back! Toot, toot!)
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Shenandoah D G D G D G A 1. Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you. Away, you rolling river. Oh, Shenandoah, I long to
Bm G D F#m Bm A D hear you. Away, I'm bound away ‘cross the wide Missouri. D G D G D G
2. ‘Tis seven long years since last I saw you. Away, you rollin’ river. ‘Tis seven A Bm G D F#m Bm A D years since last I saw you. Away, I’m bound away ‘cross the wide Missouri.
D G D G D G A 3. Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughter. Away, you rolling river. Oh, Shenandoah, I love
Bm G D F#m Bm A D your daughter. Away, I'm bound away 'cross the wide Missouri.
D G D G D G A 4. Oh, Shenandoah, I’m bound to leave you. Away, you rolling river. Oh, Shenandoah, I’m
Bm G D F#m Bm A D bound to leave you. Away, I'm bound away ‘cross the wide Missouri
D G D G D G A 5. Oh, Shenendoah, I long to see you. Away, you rolling river. Oh, Shenendoah, I long to
Bm G D F#m Bm A D see you. Away, I'm bound away ‘cross the wide Missouri.
D F#m Bm A D 6. Away, I'm bound away 'cross the wide Missouri.
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Sheriff John Birthday Song
1. Put another candle on my birthday cake, we’re gonna bake a birthday cake. Put another candle on my birthday cake, I’m another year old today.
2. I’m gonna have a party with my birthday cake, come on and take some birthday cake. Put another candle on my birthday cake, I’m another year old today.
3. We’ll have some pie and sandwiches and chocolate ice cream too. We’ll sing and play the day away, and one more thing I’m gonna do.
4. I’ll blow out the candles on my birthday cake and when I do, a wish I’ll make. Put another candle on my birthday cake, I’m another year old today.
5. Repeat 1st verse
6. Repeat 2nd verse
7. Repeat 3rd verse
8. Repeat 4th verse. Happy birthday to you! I’m another year old today!
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
C F C Am C G Chorus: Far away (far away), far away (far away). Oh, she wore it for her lover who was far,
C F C Am C far away. Far away (far away), far away (far away). Oh, she wore it for her lover who G C was far, far away.
C Am D 1. Around her neck she wore a yellow ribbon. She wore it in the Springtime and in the month of
G C Am C May (hey, hey). And if you ask her why the heck she wore it, she wore it for her lover who G C was far, far away. ---Chorus---
C Am D 2. Around her knee she wore a purple garter. She wore it in the Springtime and in the month of
G C Am C May (hey, hey). And if you ask her why the heck she wore it, she wore it for her lover who G C was far, far away. ---Chorus--
C Am D 3. Behind the door her father kept a shotgun. He kept it in the Springtime and in the month of
G C Am C May (hey, hey). And if you ask him why the heck he kept it, he kept it for her lover who was G C far, far away. ---Chorus---
C Am D 4. And on the wall she keeps a marriage license. She keeps it in the Springtime and in the
G C Am month of May (hey, hey). And if you ask her why the heck she keeps it, she keeps it for her C G C lover who is far, far away. ---Chorus---
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Silver Threads and Golden Needles (Linda Rondsat) NOTE: Capo 4TH fret G C
1. I don't want your lonely mansion with a tear in every room. All I want is the love you G D D7 G C promised beneath the haloed moon. But you think I should be happy with your money G D G and your name and hide myself in sorrow while you play your cheating game.
G C G
2. Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine and I dare not drown F D G my sorrows in the warm glow of your wine. You can't buy my love with money 'cause I C G D G never was that kind. Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine.
C G F D G C G D G G C G
3. Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine and I dare not drown F D G my sorrows in the warm glow of your wine. You can't buy my love with money 'cause I C G D G never was that kind. Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine. G C G F C G
4. Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine.
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Sippin’ Cider Through A Straw
*Leader **Audience ***All C G7
1. *The cutest guy **The cutest guy *I ever saw **I ever saw C *Was sippin' ci- **Was sippin' ci- *Der through a straw **Der through a straw C7 F G7 C ***The cutest guy I ever saw was sippin' cider through a straw
C G7
2. *First cheek to cheek **First cheek to cheek *Then jaw to jaw **Then jaw to jaw C *We’d sip our ci- **We‘d sip our ci- *Der through a straw **Der through a straw C7 F G7 C ***First cheek to cheek then jaw to jaw, we’d sip our cider through a straw
C G7
3. *And now and then **And now and then *That straw would slip **That straw would slip C *We’d sip our ci- **We’d sip our ci- *Der lip to lip **Der lip to lip C7 F G7 C ***And now and then that straw would slip, we’d sip our cider lip to lip
C G7
4. *And now I've got **And now I've got *A mother-in-law **A mother-in-law C *And fourteen kids **And fourteen kids *All call me, “Ma!” **All call me, “Ma” C7 F G7 C ***And now I’ve got a mother-in-law and fourteen kids all call me, “Ma”
C G7
5. *The moral is **The moral is * My little dopes **My little dopes C *Don’t you sip ci- **Don’t you sip ci- *Der, you sip Coke **Cer, you sip Coke C C7 F G7 C
6. ***The moral is my little dopes, don’t you sip cider you sip Coke! DAD’S OLD FASHION ROOT BEER! SAME OLD STUFF AS LAST YEAR! GOING ON ITS 10TH YEAR! GUESS WE’D BETTER STOP HERE! SAV-ON DRUG STORES, SAV-ON DRUG STORES, SAVE-ON!
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(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding) G B7 C A G B7 1. Sittin' in the mornin' sun. I'll be sittin' when the evenin’ comes watching the ships roll in,
C A and then I watch ‘em roll away again, yeah…
G E G E G 2. I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay watching the tide roll away. Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the
A G E dock of the bay wastin' ti---ime.
G B7 C A G B7 3. I left my home in Georgia. Headed for the ‘Frisco Bay ‘cause I've had nothing to live for
C A and look like nothin's gonna come my way.
A G E G E G 4. So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay watching the tide roll away. Ooo, I'm sittin’
A G E on the dock of the bay wastin' ti---ime.
G D C G D C G D C 5. Look like, nothing's gonna change. Everything still remains the same. I can't do what ten
G F D people tell me to do, so I guess I'll remain the same, yes...
G B7 C A G 6. Sittin' here resting my bones and this loneliness won't leave me alone. It’s two
B7 C A thousand miles I roamed just to make this dock my home.
A G E G E G 7. Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay watching the tide roll away. Ooo, I’m sittin’
A G E on the dock of the bay wastin' ti---ime.
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Skip to My Lou C G C G Chorus: Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou. Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou. Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou. Skip
C to my Lou my darlin’.
D A D 1. Lost my partner, what’ll I do? Lost my partner, what’ll I do? Lost my partner, what’ll I
A D do? Skip to my Lou my darling. ---Chorus---
D A D 2. Found another one prettier too. Found another one prettier too. Found another one prettier
A D too. Skip to my Lou my darling. ---Chorus---
D A D
3. Can’t get a redbird, bluebird ‘ll do. Can’t get a redbird, bluebird ‘ll do. Can’t get a redbird, A D bluebird ‘ll do. Skip to my Lou my darling. ---Chorus--- D A D
4. Flies in the sugar bowl, shoo, shoo, shoo. Flies in the sugar bowl, shoo, shoo, shoo. Flies in A D the sugar bowl, shoo, shoo, shoo. Skip to my Lou, my darling. ---Chorus---
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Skunk Song
1. Oh, I stuck my head in the little skunk's hole and the little skunk said, "Well, bless my soul! Take it out! Take it out! Take it out! Remove it!"
2. Oh, I didn't take it out and the little skunk said, "If you don't take it out, you'll wish you were dead. Take it out! Take it out! Take it out!
3. --Pssssst-- I removed it too late!
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Sloopy John B. (The Kingston Trio) D Chorus: So heist up the John B. sails, see how the mainsails set. Call for the captain
A D ashore, let me go home (let me go home). Let me go home (I want to go home), 1 G D A7 wanna go home (why don’t you let me go home? Well, I feel so break up, I wanna go D home (I want to go home)!
D A7 1. We come on the sloop John B., my grandfather and me. Around Nassau town we did roam.
D G D Drinking all night (drinkin’ all night), got into a fight (got into a fight). Well, I feel so break A7 D up, I wanna go home (I want to go home). ---Chorus---
D 2. First mate he got drunk, broke up the people’s trunk. Constable had to come and take him
A7 D G away. Sheriff John Stone (Sheriff John Stone), why don’t you leave me alone (why don’t you D A7 D leave me alone?). Well, I feel so break up, I wanna go home (I want to go home). ---Chorus---
D 3. Well, the poor cook he caught the fits, throw away all of my grits. Then he took and ate up
A7 D G all of my corn. Let me go home (I want to go home), I wanna go home (why don’t you let me D A7 D go home?). This is the worst trip since I’ve been born (since I have been born). ---Chorus---
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Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron (The Royal Guardsmen) F# B F# C#7 Chorus: Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more. The bloody Red Baron was rollin’ up the
F# B C#7 F# score. Eighty men died tryin’ to end that spree of the bloody Red Baron of Germany.
F# B F# C#7 F# 1. After the turn of the century in the clear blue skies over Germany came a roar and a thunder
B C#7 F# B men had never heard, like the screamin’sound of a big war bird. Up in the sky, a man in F# C#7 F# B a plane. Baron von Richthofen was his name. Eighty men tried and eighty men died. Now C#7 F# they're buried together on the country side. ---Chorus--- F# B F# C#7 F#
2. In the nick of time, a hero arose. A funny-looking dog with a big black nose. He flew into the B C#7 F# sky to seek revenge, but the Baron shot him down (Curses, foiled again!). ---Chorus--- G C G D7
3. Now Snoopy had sworn that he'd get that man, so he asked the Great Pumpkin for a new G C D7 battle plan. He challenged the German to a real dog fight. While the Baron was laughing, he G got him in his sight. Music interlude G C D C C G G G# C# G# D#7 G#
4. That Bloody Red Baron was in a fix. He'd tried everything, but he'd run out of tricks. Snoopy C# D#7 G# fired once, then he fired twice and that Bloody Red Baron was spinning out of sight. G# C# G# D#7
5. Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more. The bloody Red Baron was rollin’ up the score. G# C# D#7 G# Eighty men died tryin’ to end that spree of the bloddy Red Baron of Germany.
6. Repeat 5th verse.
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Someday Soon (Judy Collins) G Em C G Bm 1. There’s a young man that I know. His age is twenty-one. Comes from down in southern
C D G Em Em7 C G Am7 D7 Colorado. Just out of the service, he’s lookin' for his fun. Someday soon, goin’ with him G C G someday soon.
G Em C G Bm
2. My parents cannot stand him 'cause he rides the rodeo. My father says that he will leave me C D7 G Em Em7 C G Am7 D7 cryin’. I would follow him right down the roughest road I know. Someday soon, going with G C G him someday soon.
D C G Em
3. But when he comes to call, my pa ain’t got a good word to say. Guess it's 'cause he was just A7 D7 as wild in the younger days.
D7 G Em C G Bm C D7
4. So blow you ole blue northern. Blow my love to me. He’s drivin’ in tonight from California. G Em Em7 C G Am7 D7 He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me. Someday soon, going with him, G C G someday soon.
D C G Em
5. But when he comes to call, my pa ain’t got a word to say. Guess it's 'cause he was just as A7 D7 wild in the younger days.
D7 G Em C G Bm C D7
6. So, blow you ole blue northern. Blow my love to me. He’s ridin’ in tonight from California. G Em Em7 C G Am7 D7 He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me. Someday soon, going with him, G C G Am7 D7 G Em7 Am7 D7 someday soon. Someday soon, going with him, someday soon. Someday soon, goin’ with D G C G him someday soon.
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Song Sung Blue (Neil Diamond) C C7 C C G G7 C C7 1. Song sung blue. Everybody knows one. Song sung blue, every garden grows one. Me and
F G you are subject to the blues now and then. But when you take the blues and make a song, you C Dm G7 sing them out again. You sing ‘em out again. C G G7 C C7
2. Song sung blue. Weeping like a willow. Song sung blue. Sleepin’ on my pillow. Funny F G thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice. And before you know, it get to feeling C G7 good. You simply got no choice. C G G7 C C7 F G
3. Me and you are subject to the blues now and them. But when you take the blues and make a C song, you sing them out again. C G G7 C C7
4. Song, sung blue. Weeping like a willow. Song, sung blue, sleepin’ on my pillow. Funny F G thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice. And before you know, it start to feeling C G7 good. You simply got no choice. C G G7 C
5. Song sung blue. Song sung blue…. (fade out)
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The Sound of Music (Rogers and Hammerstein) C Em G Am F 1. The hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years.
C Em C G C The hills fill my heart with the sound of music. My heart wants to sing every song it hears. C F G C Am F G C
2. My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds that rise from the lake to the trees. My F G C Am G F G heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies from a church on a breeze. To laugh like a brook C Am F G F Am Em Am when it trips and falls over stones on its way. To sing through the night, like a lark who is D G learning to pray. G C Em G F C
3. I go to the hills when my heart is lonely. I know I will hear what I’ve heard before. My heart Am Em C will be blessed with the sound of music and I’ll sing once more.
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The Sounds of Silence (Simon and Garfunkle) Em D Em G C 1. Hello darkness, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again, because a vision softly
G C G C G creeping left its seeds while I was sleeping. And the vision that was planted in my brain Em D Em still remains within the sound of silence. Em D Em G C
2. In restless dreams I walked alone. Narrow streets of cobblestone. ‘Neath the halo of a street G C G C G lamp, I turned my collar to the cold and damp. When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a Em D Em neon light that split the night and touched the sound of silence. Em D Em G C
3. And in the naked light I saw ten thousand people, maybe more. People talking without G C G C G speaking. People hearing without listening. People writing songs that voices never share. Em D Em And no one dare disturb the sound of silence. Em D Em G C
4. “Fools,” said I, “You do not know, silence like a cancer grows. Hear my words that I might G C G C teach you. Take my arms that I might reach you.” But my words like silent raindrops G Em D Em fell and echoed in the wells of silence. Em D Em G C
5. And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made. And the sign flashed out its G C G C warning in the words that it was forming. And the sign said, “The words of the prophets are G Em D Em written on the subway walls and tenement halls and whisper’d in the sound of silence.”
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Stand by Me (Ben King)
G7 C Am F G7 C 1. When the night has come and the land is dark, and the moon is the only light we’ll see. No, I
Am F G7 C won't be afraid. No, I won't be afraid, just as long as you stand, stand by me.
C Am F G7 C 2. So darling, darling, stand by me. Oh, stand by me. Oh, stand, stand by me, stand by me. G7 C Am F G7 3. If the sky that we look upon should crumble and fall, or the mountain should crumble to the
C Am F G7 C sea. I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear. Just as long as you stand, stand by me.
C Am F G7 C 4. So darling, darling, stand by me. Oh, stand by me. Oh, stand, stand by me, stand by me. C Am F G7 5. Whenever you’re in trouble won’t you stand by me. Oh, stand by me. Oh, stand now, stand
C by me, stand by me.
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The Streets of Loredo C G7 C G7 C G7 C G7 C 1. As I walked out on the streets of Loredo. As I walked out in Loredo one day. I spied a young
G7 C G7 C G7 C G7 C cowboy wrapped up in white linen. All wrapped up in white linen and cold as the clay. C G7 C G7 C G7 C G7
2. “I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy.” These words he did say as I boldly walked by. C G7 C G7 C G7 C G7 “Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story. got shot in the breast and I know I must C die.” C G7 C G7 C G7 C
3. “Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly. Sing the death march as you carry me G7 C G7 C G7 C G7 C along. Take me to the valley then lay the sod o’er me. I’m a young cowboy and I know I’ve G7 C done wrong.” C G7 C G7 C G7 C G7
4. “It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing. It was once in the saddle I used to go gay. C G7 C G7 C G7 C G7 First to the dram house and then to the card house. Got shot in the breast and I’m dying C today.” C G7 C G7 C G7 C G7
5. “Go gather around you a group of young cowboys. Tell them the story of this, my sad fate. C G7 C G7 C G7 C G7 C Tell one and the other before they go further to stop their wild roving before it’s too late.” C G7 C G7 C G7 C G7
6. We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly, and bitterly wept as we bore him along. C G7 C G7 C G7 For we all loved our comrade, so brave, young and handsome. We all loved our comrade C G7 C although he done wrong.
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Stronger (Kelly Clarkson) NOTE: Capo 5th fret Em C G D D Em C G Chorus: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Stand a little taller, doesn't mean I'm lonely
D Em C when I'm alone. What doesn't kill you makes a fighter footsteps even lighter. Doesn't G D Em C mean I'm over 'cause you're gone. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger. G D Em C Just me, myself and I. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stand a little taller. G D Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone.
Em C G D Em C G 1. You know the bed feels warmer sleeping here alone. You know I dream in color and do the
D Em C G things I want. You think you got the best of me. Think you had the last laugh. Bet you think D Em C that everything good is gone. Think you left me broken down. Think that I'd come running G D back. Baby you don't know me, 'cause you're dead wrong. ---Chorus---
Em C G D Em C G 2. You heard that I was starting over with someone new, but told you I was moving on over
D Em C G you. You didn't think that I'd come back. I'd come back swinging. You try to break me but D you see… ---Chorus---
Am Em C 3. Thanks to you I got a new thing started. Thanks to you I'm not the broken-hearted. Thanks to
D Em you I'm finally thinking 'bout me. You know in the end the day to left was just my beginning. C G D In the end… ---Chorus---
D Em C G D 4. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger. Just me, myself and I. What doesn't kill
Em C G D you makes you stronger, stand a little taller. Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone. When Em C G D I’m alone.
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Sugar, Sugar (The Archies) D G D G D G A D G A D G 1. Sugar, ah honey, honey. You are my candy, girl and you got me wanting you. Honey, ah
D G D G A D sugar, sugar. You are my candy, girl and you got me wanting you. D G D G D
2. I just can’t believe the loveliness of loving you (I just can’t believe it’s true). I just can’t G D G A believe the wonder of this feeling too (I just can’t believe it’s true). A D G D G D G A D G A
3. Ah, sugar, ah honey honey. You are my candy, girl and you’ve got me wanting you. Ah, D D G D G A D honey, ah sugar, sugar. You are my candy, girl and you got me wanting you. D G D G D
4. When I kissed you girl I knew how sweet a kiss could be (I know how sweet a kiss could be). G D G A Like the summer sunshine pour your sweetness over me (pour your sweetness over me). D G D G D G
5. Pour a little sugar on my honey. Pour a little sugar on me baby. I’m gonna make your life so A D G A D G D sweet. Pour a little sugar on me, oh yeah. Pour a little sugar on my honey. Pour a iittle sugar G D G A D on me baby. I’m bonna make your life so sweet. Pour a little sugar on me honey. D G D G D G A D G A
6. Ah sugar. Ah honey, honey. You are my candy, girl and you got me wanting you. D G D G D G A Honey, ah sugar sugar. You are my candy, girl…(fade out)
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The Sun Is a Very Magic Fellow (Donovan, but Camp Arbolado Style) A D G D A G A D A D G 1. The sun is a very magic fellow. He shines down on me each day-ay-ay-ay. The sun is a very
D A G A D A G A D A magic fellow. He shines down on me each day-ay-ay-ay. He shines down on me each day. A D G D A G A D A D G
2. The wind is a very fickle fellow. He blows all my dreams away-ay-ay-ay. The wind is a very D A G A D A G A D A fickle fellow, blowing all my dreams away-ay-ay-ay. Blowing all my dreams away. A D G D A G A D A D G D A
3. The rain is a very sad lady. She falls down on me sometimes. The rain is a very sad lady. She G A D A G A D A falls down on me someti-i-i-imes, falling down on me sometimes. A D G D A G A D A D G
4. The sea is a very, very old man. Deeper than the deepest blue-eu-ue-ue. The sea is a very, D A G A D A G A D A very old man. Deeper than the deepest blue-ue-ue-ue. Deeper than the deepest blue. A D G D A G A D A D G D A
5. The moon is a typical lady. I watch her wax and wa-a-a-ane. The moon is a typical lady. I G A D A G A D A watch her wax and wa-a-a-ane, watch her wax and wane. A D G D A G A D A D G D
6. A star is so very far away, love. Just between you and me-e-e-ee. A star is so very far away, A G A D A G A D A love. Just between you and me-e-e-ee, just between you and me. A D G D A G A D A D G
7. The pines set my mind at ease, swaying in the mountain breeze. The pines set my mind at D A G A D A G A D A ease, swaying in the mountain breeze. Swaying in the mountain breeze. A D G D A G A D
8. If you ask me what I like to do at the end of the day. “I like to sing with my friends,” I say- A D G D A G A ay-ay. If you ask me what I like to do at the end of the day. “I like to sing with my friends,” I D A G A D A say-ay-ay. “Like to sing with my friends,” I say.
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Sunshine on My Shoulders (John Denver) NOTE: Capo 3rd fret G C G C G C G C G C G C Chorus: Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy. Sunshine in my eyes can make me Am7 D7 G C G C G C G C G C G C cry. Sunshine on the water looks so lovely. Sunshine almost always makes G C G C me high. 1. ---Chorus---
G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C Am7 D7
2. If I had a day that I could give you. I’d give to you a day just like today. G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C G If I had a song that I could sing for you, I’d sing a song to make you feel this way. Am7 Bm C ---Chorus--- G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C Am7 D7
3. If I had a tale that I could tell you. I’d tell a tale sure to make you smile. G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C G If I had a wish that I could wish for you, I’d make a wish for sunshine all the while. Am7 Bm C ---Chorus--- G C G C G Am7 Bm C G C G C G Am7
4. Sunshine almost all the time makes me high. Sunshine almost always Bm C G ……………………..
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Sweet Surrender (John Denver) A E7 1. Lost and alone on some forgotten highway. Traveled by many, remembered by few. Looking
A for something that I can believe in, looking for something that I’d like to do with my life. There’s nothing behind me and nothing that ties me to something that might have been true E7 yesterday. Tomorrow is open. Right now it seems to be more than enough to just be here A today. And I don’t know what the future is holding in store. I don’t know where I’m going, E7 I’m not sure where I’ve been. There’s a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me. My A life is worth the living, I don’t need to see the end. E7 A E7 A E7 A E7 A
2. Sweet, sweet surrender! Live, live without care! Like a fish in the water, like a bird in the air!
3. Repeat 2nd verse.
4. Repeat 1st verse.
5. Repeat 2nde verse at least four times, then fade.
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
D G D A7 D7 G D Chorus: Swing low, sweet chariot! Comin’ for to carry me home! Swing low, sweet chariot!
A7 D Comin’ for to carry me home!
D G D A7 D7 1. I looked over Jordan, what did I see? Coming for to carry me home? A band of angels
G D A7 D comin’ after me. Comin’ for to carry me home. ---Chorus--- D G C A7 D7
2. If you get there before I do. Comin’ for the carry me home. Just tell my friends that I’m G D A7 D a comin’ too. Comin’ for to carry me home. ---Chorus---
D G D A7 D7 3. I’m sometimes up and sometimes down. Comin’ for to carry me home. But still my soul
G D A7 D feels heavenly bound. Comin’ for to carry me home. ---Chorus---
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Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver) G D7 Em C G D Chorus: Country Roads, take me home to the place I belong. West Virginia, mountain mama. C G
Take me home, country roads. G Em D C G 1. Almost heaven, West Virginia. Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River. Life is old there,
Em D C G older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowin’ like a breeze. ---Chorus--- G Em D C G
2. All my mem’ries gather ‘round her. Miner’s lady, stranger to blue water. Dark and dusty, Em D C G painted on the sky. Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye. ---Chorus--- Em D7 G C G D
3. I hear her voice, in the mornin’ hour she calls me. The radio reminds me of my home far Em F C G D away. And drivin’ down the road I get a feelin’ that I should have been home yesterday, D7 yesterday. ---Chorus (repeat twice)--- C G C G
4. Take me home down country roads. Take me home down country roads.
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game C G C G A7 1. Take me out to the ball game. Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and
D7 Dm G G7 C G cracker-jacks. I don’t care if I ever get back. Well, it’s root, root, root for the home team. If C A7 F F# C A7 D7 G7 C they don’t win, it’s a shame. For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out at the old ball game!
Teach Your Children (Crosby, Stills and Nash) D G D Chorus: Don’t you ever ask them why. If they told you, you would cry. So just look at Bm G A D G A D them and sigh and know they love you. D G D A D G D A D G 1. You who are on the road must have a code that you can live by. And so become yourself,
D A D G because the past is just a good-bye. Teach your children well. Their father's D A D G D hell did slowly go by. And feed them on your dreams. The one they picks, the one A you'll know by. ---Chorus--- D G D A D
2. And you, of tender years, can't know the fears that your elders grew by. And so please help G D A D G them with your youth. They seek the truth before they can die. Teach your parents well. D A D G D Their children's hell will slowly go by. And feed them on your dreams. The ones they picks, A the one you'll know by. ---Chorus---
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Tell Me Why C F C C F C F G C F C 1. Tell me why the stars do shine. Tell my why the ivy twines. Tell me why the ocean’s blue
F G C and I will tell you just why I love you. C F C F G C
2. Because God made the stars to shine. Because God made the ivy twine. Because God made F C F G C F the ocean blue. Because God made you, that’s why I love you. Because God made you, that’s G C why I love you.
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Thank God I’m A Country Boy (John Denver) A E A E A Chorus: Well, I got me a wife, I got me old fiddle. When the sun’s coming up I got cakes on E D A E the griddle. Life ain’t nothin’ but a funny, funny riddle. Thank God I’m a country A boy! A D A G E7 1. Well life on the farm is kinda laid back. Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack.
A E7 D A E7 A It's early to rise, early in the sack. Thank God I'm a country boy! Well a simple kinda life D A G E7 A never did me no harm. Raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm. My days are all filled E7 D A E7 A with an easy country charm. Thank God I'm a country boy! ---Chorus--- A D A G
2. When the work's all done and the sun's settlin' low I pull out my fiddle and I rosin’ up the E7 A E7 D A E7 A bow. But the kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low. Thank God I'm a country boy! I'd play D A G E “Sally Goodin’” all day if I could, but the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good. So I A E D A E A fiddle when I can and I work when I should. Thank God I'm a country boy! ---Chorus--- A D A G
3. Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels. I never was one of them money E7 A E D A E7 A hungry fools. I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools. Thank God I'm a country boy! D A G E7 Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine. A lotta sad people thinkin' that's mighty keen. A E7 D A E7 A Well, son let me tell you now exactly what I mean. Thank God I'm a country boy! ---Chorus--- A D A
4. Well, my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died. And he took me by the hand and held G E7 A E7 D A me close to his side. He said, "Live a good life and play the fiddle with pride and thank God E7 A D A you're a country boy! My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle. He taught G E7 A E7 me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle. He taught me how to love and how to give just D A E7 A a little. Thank God I'm a country boy!
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There Is a Ship (Peter, Paul and Mary) D G D Bm Em A A7 F#m D7 1. There is a ship and she sails the sea. She's loaded deep, as deep can be. But not as deep as
Bm G6 F#m A D the love I'm in. I know not if I sink or swim. D G D Bm Em A A7 F#m D7
2. I leaned my back against an oak thinking it was a trusty tree. But first it bent and then it Bm G6 F#m A D broke, just as my love proved false to me. D G D Bm Em A A7
3. Oh, love is gentle, and love is kind. The sweetest flower when first it's new. But love grows F#m D7 Bm G6 F#m A D old and waxes cold and fades away like the mornin' dew. D G D Bm Em A A7 F#m D7
4. The water is wide; I cannot get o'er. Neither have I the wings to fly. Give me a boat that Bm G6 F#m A D can carry two and both shall row my love and I.
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They Call the Wind Mariah
Em G C D7 G Em G Em Chorus: Mariah! Mariah! They call the wind Mariah! 1. ---Chorus---
G Em G Em G Em G Em G Em G
2. Away out here they’ve got a name for wind and rain and fire. The rain is Tess, the fire is Em C D7 G Em G Em G Em G Em G Joe, and they call the wind Mariah. Mariah blows the stars around and sends the Em G Em G Em G Em C D7 G Em G Em clouds a’flyin’. Mariah makes the mountains sound like folks were up there dyin’. ---Chorus--- G Em G Em G Em G Em G Em G Em
3. Before I knew Mariah’s name and heard her wail and whinin’, I had a girl and she had me C D7 G Em G Em G Em G Em G Em G and the sun was always shinin’. But then one day I left my girl, I left her far behind Em G Em G Em C D7 G Em G Em me. And now I’m lost, so gol-darn lost, not even God can find me. ---Chorus--- G Em G Em G Em G Em G Em G
4. Out here they’ve got a name for rain, for wind and fire only. But when you’re lost and all Em C D7 G Em G Em G Em G Em G Em alone there ain’t no word but lonely. And I’m a lost and lonely man without a star G Em G Em G Em C D7 G Em G Em to guide me. Mariah blow my love to me, I need my girl beside me. ---Chorus--- Em G C D7 G Em G Em
5. Mariah! Mariah! Blow my love to me!
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This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie) D G D A D D7 Chorus: This land is your land; this land is my land. From California to the New York Island.
G D A From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters. This land was made for you and D me.
1. ---Chorus---
G D A
2. I roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps to the sparklin’ sands of her diamond D D7 G D A D deserts. And all around me a voice was singing, “This land was made for you and me.” ---Chorus--- G D A D D7 G
3. As I went walking that ribbon of highway, I saw above me that endless skyway. I saw below D A D me those golden valleys. This land was made for you and me. ---Chorus--- G D A
4. As the sun was shining and I was strolling and the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds D D7 G D A D rolling. As the fog was lifting, a voice was singing, “This land was made for you and me.” ---Chorus--- A D
5. This land was made for you and me
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This Old Man C F G7 C 1. This old man, he played one. He played knick-knack on my thumb. With a knick-knack
G7 C G7 C paddy whack give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home. C F G7 C
2. This old man, he played two. He played knick-knack on my shoe. With a knick-knack G7 C G7 C paddy whack give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home. C F G7 C
3. This old man, he played three. He played knick-knack on my knee. With a knick-knack G7 C G7 C paddy whack give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home. C F G7 C
4. This old man, he played four. He played knick-knack on my door. With a knick-knack G7 C G7 C paddy whack give ar dog a bone. This old man came rolling home. C F G7 C
5. This old man, he played five. He played knick-knack on my hive. With a knick-knack G7 C G7 C paddy whack give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home. C F G7 C
6. This old man, he played six. He played knick-knack on my sticks. With a knick-knack G7 C G7 C paddy whack give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home. C F G7
7. This old man, he played seven. He played knick-knack up in heaven…. C F G7
8. This old man, he played eight. He played knick-knack on my gate… C F G7
9. This old man, he played nine. He played knick-knack on my spine… C F G7
10. This old man, he played ten. He played knick-knack once again….
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The Three Bears 1. Once upon a time in a wee little pad lived the three bears, Cha, cha, cha.
2. One was the papa bear. One was the mama bear and one was the cool cat. Cha, cha, cha. 3. One day they went a walkin’ in the woods. Then came a talkin’ a little girl with golden hair
named Goldie Locks.
4. She raped the door, but no one was home. So she walked right in and made herself at home.
Home came the three bears.
5. “Who’s been eatin’ my pizza?” said the papa bear. “Who’s been eatin’ my pizza?” said the
mama bear. “Rebop the bebop” said the little cool cat. “Someone has broken my chair.” Yeah!
6. Well, Goldie Locks, she woke up and broke the party, ‘cause she didn’t care. She beat it out
of there.
7. “Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! said the papa bear. “Goodbye! goodbye! Goodbye! said the
mama bear. “Rebop the bebop” said the little cool cat. And that is the story of the three bears.
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Three Blind Mice C G C G C G7 C G7 C 1. Three blind mice. Three blind mice. See how they run. See how they run!
C G7 C G7 C G7
2. They all ran after the farmer's wife. She cut off their tails with a carving knife. Have you ever C G7 C G C seen such a sight in your life as three blind mice?
Three Sharp-Toothed Buzzards 1. Three sharp-tooth buzzards. Three sharp-tooth buzzards sitting in a dead tree. Sitting in a
dead tree. “OH LOOK! ONE HAS FLOWN A-WAY! WHAT A SHAME!”
2. Repeat 1st verse, but sing “Two sharp-tooth buzzards…”
3. Repeat 1st verse, but sing “One sharp-tooth buzzard…”
4. No sharp-tooth buzzards. No sharp-tooth buzzards sitting in a dead tree. Sitting in a dead tree “OH LOOK! ONE HAS RETURNED! LET US REJOICE!”
5. Repeat 4th verse, but sing “One sharp-tooth buzzard…”
6. Repeat 4th verse, but sing “Two sharp-tooth buzzards…”
7. Repeat 4th verse, but sing “Three sharp-tooth buzzards…”
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Those Were the Days (Mary Hopkins) NOTE: Capo 2nd fret B7 Em Am D Chorus: Those were the days my friend. We thought they'd never end. We'd sing and dance D7 G Am Em forever and a day. We'd live the life we choose. We'd fight and never lose, for we B7 Em B7 Em Am B7 were young and sure to have our way. La la la la la la la la. La la la la la la. La la la la Em la la la la la la. Em E7 Am 1. Once upon a time there was a tavern where we used to raise a glass or two. Remember how
Em F#7 B7 we laughed away the hours and think of all the great things we would do. ---Chorus--- Em E7 Am
2. Then the busy years went rushing by us. We lost our starry notions on the way. If by chance Em F#7 B7 I'd see you in the tavern, we'd smile at one another and we'd say. ---Chorus--- Em E7 Am
3. Just tonight I stood before the tavern. Nothing seemed the way it used to be. In the glass I Em F#7 B7 saw a strange reflection. Was that lonely woman really me? ---Chorus--- Em E7 Am
4. Through the door there came familiar laughter. I saw your face and heard you call my name. Em F#7 B7 Oh, my friend we're older but no wiser, for in our hearts the dreams are still the same. ---Chorus--
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Threw It Out the Window D A7 1. Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch her poor dog a bone. But when she got
D there, the cupboard was bare, so she threw it out the window. The window, the window, the A7 D7 2nd story window. With a heave and a ho and a mighty throw she threw it out the window. D A7
2. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating his Christmas pie. He stuck in his thumb and pulled D A7 out a plum and threw it out the window. The window, the window, the 2nd story window. D7 With a heave and a ho and a mighty throw she threw it out the window! D A7
3. Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he. He called for his pipe and D he called for his bowl, then he threw it out the window. The window, the window, the A7 D7 2nd story window. With a heave and a ho and a mighty throw she threw it out the window! D A7
4. Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them. But leave her alone, D when they come home she'll threw it out the window. The window, the window, the 2nd story A7 D7 window. With a heave and a ho and a mighty throw she threw it out the window! D A7
5. Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey. When along came a spider who D sat right down beside her. She threw it out the window. The window, the window, the 2nd A7 D7 story window. With a heave and a ho and a mighty throw she threw it out the window! D A7
6. Jack Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his D crown, and Jill threw it out the window. The window, the window, the 2nd A7 D7 story window. With a heave and a ho and a mighty throw she threw it out the window!
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Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (Rolf Harris) C F G C F Chorus: Tie me kangaroo down, sport. Tie me kangaroo down. Tie me kangaroo down, sport. G C Tie me kangaroo down. 1. There's an old Australian stockman, lying, dying. He gets himself up onto one elbow,
turns to his mates, who are gathered ‘round, and he says: C F G C F
2. Watch me wallaby’s feed, mate, watch me wallaby’s feed. They're a dangerous breed, mate, G C so, watch me wallaby’s feed. All together now. ---Chorus--- C F G C F G
3. Keep me cockatoo cool, Curl. Keep me cockatoo cool. Don't go acting the fool, Curl. Just C keep me cockatoo cool. All together now. ---Chorus--- C F G C F
4. Take me koala back, Jack. Take me koala back. He lives somewhere out on the track, Mack. G C So, take me koala back. All together now. ---Chorus--- C F G C F
5. Mind me platypus duck, Bill. Mind me platypus duck. Don't let him go running amuck, Bill. G C Just mind me platypus duck. All together now. ---Chorus--- C F G C F G
6. Play your digeridoo, Blue. Play your digeridoo. Keep playing 'til I shoot through, Blue. Play C your digeridoo. All together now. ---Chorus--- C F G C
7. Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred. Tan me hide when I'm dead. So we tanned his hide when F he died, Clyde. And that's it hangin' on the shed. All together now. ---Chorus---
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The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Bob Dylan) G Em C G Am C 1. Come gather ‘round people wherever you roam and admit that the waters around you have
D G Em C G Am grown. And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you is D D7 D G worth savin’, then you better start swimmin’ or you'll sink like a stone. For the times, they C D G are a-changin’. G Em C G Am
2. Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen. And keep your eyes wide, the C D G Em C G chance won't come again. And don't speak too soon, for the wheel's still in spin. And there's Am D D7 D G no tellin’ who that it's namin’. For the loser now will be later to win, for the times they C D G are a-changin’. G Em C G Am C
3. Come senators, congressmen please heed the call. Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up D G Em C G Am the hall. For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled. There's a battle outside and it’s D D7 D G C D G ragin’. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls, for the times they are a-changin’. G Em C G Am C D
4. Come mothers and fathers throughout the land, and don't criticize what you don't understand. G Em C G Am D Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. Your old road is rapidly agin’. D7 D G C D G Please get out of the new one if you can't lend a hand, for the times they are a-changin’. G Em C G Am C D G
5. The line it is drawn. The curse it is cast. The slow one now will later be fast. As the present Em C G Am D D7 D now will later be past. The order is rapidly fadin’ and the first one now will later be last, G C D G for the times they are a-changin’.
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Today (The New Christy Minstrels)
NOTE: Capo 3rd fret D Bm G A D Bm G A D Bm G Chorus: Today while the blossom still clings to the vine I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink A D D7 G Em D Bm G your sweet wine. A million tomorrows shall all pass away, ere I forget all the joy that A D is mine today. 1. ---Chorus---
D Bm C A D Bm G A D
2. I’ll be a dandy and I'll be a rover. You'll know who I am by the song that I sing. I'll feast at Bm G A G A D A7 your table, I'll sleep in your clover. Who cares what tomorrow shall bring. ---Chorus--- D Bm G A D Bm G A
3. I can't be contented with yesterday's glories. I can't live on promises winter to spring (winter D Bm G A G A D A7 to spring). Today is my moment and now is my story. I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing. ---Chorus---
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Tom Dooley (Kingston Trio, Page 1 of 2) Throughout history there have been many songs written about the eternal triangle. This next one tells the story of a Mr. Grayson, a beautiful woman, and a condemned man named Tom Dooley.
When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley must hang. D A7 1. Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry. Hang down your head
D Tom Dooley. Poor boy, you’re bound to die. D A7
2. I met her on the mountain, there I took her life. Met her on the mountain, stabbed her with D my knife. D A7
3. Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry (ah-uh-eye). Hang down D your head Tom Dooley. Poor boy, you’re bound to die. D A7
4. This time tomorrow, reckon where I’ll be. Hadn’t- a been for Grayson, I’d-a been in D Tennessee (well now, boy). D A7
5. Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry. Hang down your head and cry (ah poor boy, ah well-ah). Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry. Poor boy, you’re D bound to die (ah well now boy). D A7
6. Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry. Hang down your head and cry (ah poor boy, ah well-ah). Hang down (your head) your head (Dooley) and cry. Poor boy, you’re D bound to die. D A7
7. This time tomorrow, reckon where I’ll be. Down in some lonesome valley hangin’ on a D white oak tree.
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Tom Dooley (Kingston Trio, Page 2 of 2) D A7 8. Hang down your head, Tom Dooley. Hang down your head and cry (ah-uh-eye). Hang down
D your head, Tom Dooley. Poor boy, you’re bound to die (ah well now boy). Hang you’re your A7 head, Tom Dooley. Hand down your head and cry (poor boy ah well uh). Hand down your D head, Tom Dooley. Poor boy, you’re bound to die. Poor boy, you’re bound to die. Poor boy, you’re bound to die. Poor boy, you’re bound to die.
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Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (J. Shannon) C F C Am C G7 C F C D7 Dm7 1. Over in Killarney, many years ago. My mother sang a song to me in tones so sweet and low.
G7 C F C Am C F C Just a simple little ditty in her good ‘ould’ Irish way. And I'd give the world if she could D7 Dm7 G7 sing that song to me today. C F C C7 F F#dim C F C D7 G7
2. Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, too-ra-loo-ra-li. Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral. Hush, now don't you cry! C F C C7 F F#dim C F C D7 Fm Gm C Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, too-ra-loo-ra-li. Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, that’s an Irish lull-a-by. G7 C F C Am C G7 C F C D7
3. Oft in dreams I wander to that cot again. I feel her arms a-huggin’ me as when she held me Dm7 G7 C F C Am C F then. And I hear her voice a-hummin’ to me as in days of yore, when she used to rock me C D7 Dm7 G7 fast asleep outside the cabin door. C F C C7 F F#dim C F C D7 G7
4. Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, too-ra-loo-ra-li. Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral. Hush, now don't you cry! C F C C7 F F#dim C F C D7 Em Gm C Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, too-ra-loo-ra-li. Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, that’s an Irish lull-a-by. G7
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Try a Little Kindness (Glen Cambpell) E B A E A Chorus: You’ve got to try a little kindness, yes, show a little kindness. Just shine your light
E B E A E for everyone to see. And if you try a little kindness, then you’ll overlook the A B A B blindness of the narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets.
E A E B A E 1. If you see your brother standing by the road with a heavy load from the seeds he sowed. And
A E B A E if you see your sister falling by the way, just stop and say, “You’re going the wrong way.” ---Chorus--- E A E B A E
2. Don’t walk around the down and out. Lend a helping hand instead of doubt. And the A E B A E kindness that you show everyday will help someone along their way. ---Chorus---
3. Repeat Chorus
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Try to Remember (The Sandpipers) G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7 G 1. Try to remember the kind of September when life was slow and oh, so mellow. Try to
Em Am D7 G Em Am D7 Bm remember the kind of September when grass was green and grain was yellow. Try to Em Am D7 G Em Am D7 G remember the kind of September when you were a tender and callow fellow. Try to Em Am D7 G remember, and if you remember, then follow…. G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7 G
2. Try to remember when life was so tender that no one wept except the willow. Try to Em Am D7 G Em Am D7 Bm remember when life was so tender that dreams were kept beside your pillow. Try to Em Am D7 G Em Am D7 G Em remember when life was so tender that love was an ember about to billow. Try to remember, Am D7 G and if you remember, then follow…. G Em Am D7 G Em Am D7 G
3. Deep in December it’s nice to remember although you know the snow will follow. Deep in Em Am D7 G Em Am D7 Bm Em December it’s nice to remember without a hurt the heart is hollow. Deep in December it’s Am D7 G Em Am D7 G Em Am nice to remember the fire of September that made us mellow. Deep in December our hearts D7 G Em G Em G should remember and follow, follow, follow, follow, follow….
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Turn Around (The Brothers Four)
C G F C C Em F G7 Am Em F G C 1. Where are you going, my little one, little one? Where are you going, my baby, my own? Turn
Em F Dm C Dm around and you’re two, turn around and you’re four. Turn around and you’re a young girl G C going out of the door. C Em F Em F C
2. Turn around, turn around, turn around and you’re a young girl goin’ out of the door. C Em F G7 Am Em F
3. Where are you going, my little one, little one? Little dirndls and petticoats, where have you G C Em F Dm C gone? Turn around and you’re tiny, turn around and you’re grown. Turn around and you’re a Dm G C young wife with babes of your own. C E, F Em F C
4. Turn around, turn around, turn around and you’re a young wife with babes of your own. C Em F G7 Am Em F G
5. Where are you going, my little one, my little one? Where are you going, my baby, my own? C Em F Dm C Dm Turn around and you’re two, turn around and you’re four. Turn around and you’re a young G C girl going out of my door.
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Turn, Turn, Turn (The Byrds) Em Dm C F Em Dm C F Em Dm F G Chorus: To everything turn, turn, turn. There is a season turn, turn, turn. And a time to every Dm G C purpose under heaven. 1. ---Chorus---
C G7 C G7 C G7 C
2. A time to be born, a time to die. A time to plant, a time to reap. A time to kill, a time to heal. G C F A time to laugh, a time to weep. ---Chorus--- C G7 C G7 C G7
3. A time to build up, a time to break down. A time to dance, a time to morn. A time to cast C G F Em G Dm C F away stones, a time to gather stones… together. ---Chorus--- C G7 C G7 C G7 C
4. A time of love, a time of hate. A time of war, a time of peace. A time you may embrace, a G F G C F time to refrain from embracing. ---Chorus--- C G7 C G7 C G7 C
5. A time to gain, a time to lose. A time to rend, a time to sow. A time for love, a time for hate. G C F A time for peace, I swear it’s not too late!
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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star C F C F C G7 C F C G7 C 1. Twinkle, twinkle, little star how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a
F C G7 C F C F C G7 C diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are! C F C F C G7 C F C G7
2. When the blazing sun is gone. When he nothing shines upon. Then you show your little light. C F C G7 C F C F C G7 C Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are! C F C F C G7 C F C
3. Then the traveler in the dark thanks you for your tiny spark; He could not see which way to G7 C F C G7 C F C F C G7 C go, if you did not twinkle so. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. Hw I wonder what you are! C F C F C G7 C F C G7
4. In the dark blue sky you keep, and often through my curtains peep. For you never shut your C F C G7 C F C F C G7 C eye, ‘till the sun is in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonter what you are! C F C F C G7 C F C G7
5. As your bright and tiny spark lights the traveler in the dark. Though I know not what you C F C G7 C F C F C G7 C are. Twinkle, twinkle little star. Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are! C F C F C G7 C F C G7 C
6. Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a F C G7 diamond in the sky.
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The Unicorn (The Irish Rovers, Page 1 of 2) F C F F C F 1. A long time ago, when the earth was green, there was more kinds of animals than you’ve
Bb F ever seen. They’d run around free while the earth was being born, but the loveliest of them C F all was the Unicorn. F C
2. There was green alligators and long-necked geese, some humpty-backed camels and some F Bb F chimpanzees. Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as your’re born, the loveliest of all C F was the Unicorn. F C F F C
3. Now God seen some sinnin’ and it gave Him pain. And He said “Stand back, I’m gonna F Bb F C F make it rain.” He says, “Hey, brother Noah, I’ll tell you what to do. Build me a floating zoo. And take some of them…” F C
4. Green alligators and long-necked geese, some humpty-backed camels and some F Bb F chimpanzees. Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you’re born, don’t you forget my C F Unicorn. F C F F C F
5. Old Noah was there to answer the call. He finished up makin’ the Ark just as the rain started Bb F C F fallin’. He marched the animals two by two and he called out as they went through, “He Lord, I’ve gotcha…”
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The Unicorn (The Irish Rovers, Page 2 of 2) F C 6. “Green alligators and long-necked geese, some humpty-backed camels and some
F Bb F chimpanzees. Some cats and rats and elephants but Lord I’s so forlorn. I just can’t see no C F Unicorn.” F C F
F C F 7. Then Noah looked out through the driving rain. Them Unicorns were hiding, playing silly
Bb F C F games. Kicking and spashing while the rain was pourin’. Oh, them silly Unicorns! F C
8. There was green alligators and long-necked geese, some humpty-backed camels and some F Bb F chimpanzees. Noah cried, “Close the door ‘cause the rain’s pourin’ and we just can’t wait C F for those Unicorns!” F C F F C
9. The Ark started moving, it drifted with the tides. Them Unicorns looked up from the rocks F Bb and they cried. And the waters came down and sorta floated them away. And that’s why ya F C F never see a Unicorn to this very day. F C
10. You’ll see green alligators and long-necked geese, some-humpty backed camels and some F Bb F chimpanzees. Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you’re born, you’re never gonna C F see no Unicorn!
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The Universal Soilder (Donovan) NOTE: Capo 2nd fret D A D F#m E D E A F#m D E A D 1. He’s five foot-two, and he's six feet-four. He fights with missiles and with spears. He's all of
E A F#m Bm D E thirty-one, and he's only seventeen. He's been a soldier for a thousand years. E D E A F#m D E A
2. He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain. A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew. And he D E A F#m Bm D knows he shouldn't kill, and he knows he always will. Kill you for me, my friend and me for E you. E D E A F#m D E A A7
3. And he's fighting for Canada. He's fighting for France. He's fighting for the U.S.A . He's D E A F#m Bm D fighting for the Russians, and he's fighting for Japan, and he thinks we'll put an end to war E this way. E D E A F#m D E A A7
4. And he's fighting for Democracy. He's fighting for the Reds. He says it's for the peace of all. D E A F#m Bm D He's the one who must decide who's to live and who's to die, and he never sees the writing on E the wall. E D E A F#m D
5. But without him, how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau? Without him Caesar E A A7 D E A F#m would have stood alone. He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war, and Bm D E without him all this killing can't go on. E D E A F#m D E A
6. He's the Universal Soldier and he really is to blame. His orders come from far away no more. D E A F#m Bm They come from here and there and you and me, and brothers can't you see, this is not the D E way we put an end to war.
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Waddle-ee-acha NOTE: Requires hand and body motions 1. Waddle-ee-acha, waddle-ee-acha. A doodle-ee-do, a doodle-ee-do. Waddle-ee-acha, waddle-
ee-acha. A doodle-ee-do, a doodle-ee-do.
2. Simplest thing, there isn’t much to it. All you gotta do is doodle-ee-do it. I love it, so wherever I go it’s doodle-ee, doodle-ee-doo.
3. Repeat the song several times, picking up the pace each time
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Waltzing Matilda (A. B. Peterson) C F C F C G Chorus: Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda. You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me! And
C G C F C he sang as he watched and he waited 'till his billy boiled, “You'll come a-waltzing, G7 C
Matilda, with me" C G C F C G 1. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, under the shade of a Coolibah tree. And he
C G C F C G7 sang, as he watched, and he waited 'till his billy boiled, "You'll come a-waltzin’ Matilda with C me." ---Chorus--- C G C F C G
2. Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong. Up jumped the swagman and grabbed C G C F C him with glee. And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag, "You'll come a- G7 C waltzing Matilda with me." ---Chorus--- C G C F C G
3. Up rode the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred. Down came the troopers, one, two, C G C F C three. "Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag? You'll come a-waltzing G7 C Matilda, with me." ---Chorus--- C G C F C G
4. Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong. "You'll never catch me alive," said C G C F C he. And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong, “You'll come a-waltzing G7 C Matilda with me.” ---Chorus---
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Watermelon Song 1. Plant a watermelon vine upon my grave and Let the juice (seeping sound) seep through. Plant
a watermelon vine upon my grave, that’s all I ask of you.
2. Well, I’ve tasted fried chicken and it tasted might fine, but nothin’ could be better than a watermelon vine.
3. Plant a watermelon vine upon my grave and let the juice (seeping sound) seep through.
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Wedding Song (Paul Stookey) NOTE: Capo 2nd fret C G F 1. He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts. Rest assured this troubadour is
C G F C Am acting on His part. The union of your spirits here has caused Him to remain, for whenever C G F C D7 F C two or more of you are gathered in His name…there is love, there is love. C G F C Am C
2. A man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home and they shall travel on to G C G F C Am where the two shall be as one. As it was in the beginning, is now until the end; woman draws C G F C D7 F C her life from man and gives it back again. And there is love…there is love. C F Am Dm G C F Am
3. Well, then what’s to be the reason for becoming man and wife? Is it love that brings you Dm G C G F C here, or love that brings you life? For if loving is the answer, then who’s the giving for? Do Am C G F you believe in something that you’ve never seen before? Oh, there’s love, there is C D7 F C love. C G F C Am C
4. Oh, the marriage of your spirits here has caused Him to remain, for whenever two or more of G F C D7 F C you are gathered in His name…there is love, oh there’s love…
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We’re Off to See the Wizard A E7 A E7 A F#m G 1. Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Follow, follow, follow,
A F#m E7 F#m E7 Bm7 E7 A Bm7 follow, follow the Yellow Brick Road. Follow the rainbow over the stream, follow the E7 A Bm7 G A Bm7 E7 Bm7 fella who follows a dream. Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the Yellow Brick Road. E7 A E7 A Bm7 E7 A G F#m
2. We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz. We hear he is a whiz of a Wiz! If Bm7 E7 Bm7 Ddim A Bm7 E7 A ever a Wiz! there was. If ever, oh ever, a Wiz there was the Wizard of Oz is one because; G F#m G A E7 E7 Bm7 E7 because, because, because, because, because, because of the wonderful things he does. We're A E7 A Bm7 E7 A off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz!
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What Will We Do with A Drunken Sailor?
Em D Em Chorus: Way, hay, and up she rises! Way, hay, and up she rises! Way, hay, and up she rises D Em early in the morning! Em D Em 1. What will we do with a drunken sailor? What will we do with a drunken sailor? What will
D Em we do with a drunken sailor early in the morning? ---Chorus--- Em D Em
2. Shave his belly with a rusty razor. Shave his belly with a rusty razor. Shave his belly with a D Em rusty razor early in the morning. ---Chorus--- Em D
3. Put him in the hole with the captain’s daughter. Put him in the hole with the captain’s Em D Em daughter. Put him in the hole with the captain’s daughter early in the morning. ---Chorus--- Em D
4. Put him in the scrupper with a hose pipe on him. Put him in the scrupper with a hose pipe Em D Em on him. Put him in the scrupper with a hose pipe on him early in the morning. ---Chorus--- Em D Em
5. Put him in the longboat ‘till he’s sober. Put him in the longboat ‘till he’s sober. Put him in the D Em longboat ‘till he’s sober early in the morning. ---Chorus--- Em D Em
6. That’s what we do with a drunken sailor. That’s what we do with drunken sailor. That’s what D Em we do with drunken sailor early in the morning. ---Chorus---
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When I First Came to This Land (Oscar Brand, page 1 of 3) NOTE: Capo 1st fret C F C F C G C F C F 1. When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man. So, I got myself a farm and I did
G C F C G C F C what I could. And I called my farm: “muscle in my arm,” but the land was sweet and good F G C and I did what I could. C F C F C G C F C F
2. When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man. So, I got myself a shack and I did G C F C G C F C G what I could. And I called my shack: “break my back,” and I called my farm: “muscle in my C F C F G C arm,” but the land was sweet and good and I did what I could. C F C F C G C F C F
3. When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man. So, I got myself a cow and I did G C F C G C F C G C what I could. And I called my cow: “no milk now,” and I called my shack: “break my back,” F C G C F C F G and I called my farm: “muscle in my arm,” but the land was sweet and good and I did what I C could. C F C F C G C F C F
4. When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man. So, I got myself a horse and I did G C F C G C F C G C what I could. And I called my horse: “dead of course,” and I called my cow: “no milk now,” F C G C F C G C and I called my shack: “break my back,” and I called my farm: “muscle in my arm,” but the F C F G C land was sweet and good and I did what I could. C F C F C G C F C F
5. When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man. So, I got myself a duck and I did G C F C G C F C G C what I could. And I called my duck: “out of luck,” and I called my horse: “dead of course,” F C G C F C G C F and I called my cow: “no milk now,” and I called my shack: “break my back,” and I called C G C F C F G C my farm: “muscle in my arm,” but the land was sweet and good and I did what I could.
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When I First Came To This Land (Oscar Brand, page 1 of 3)
C F C F C G C F C F G 6. When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man. So, I got myself a dog and I did what
C F C G C F C G C F I could. And I called my dog: “what a hog,” and I called my duck: “out of luck,” and I called C G C F C G C F C my horse: “dead of course,” and I called my cow: “no milk now,” and I called my shack: G C F C G C F “break my back,” and I called my farm: “muscle in my arm,” but the land was sweet and C F G C good and I did what I could. C F C F C G C F C F G
7. When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man. So, I got myself a pig and I did what C F C G C F C G C F I could. And I called my pig: “dance a jig,” and I called my dog: “what a hog,” and I called C G C F C G C F C G my duck: “out of luck,” and I called my horse: “dead of course,” and I called my cow: “no C F C G C F C G milk now,” and I called my shack: “break my back,” and I called my farm: “muscle in my C F C F G C arm,” but the land was sweet and good and I did what I could. C F C F C G C F C F
8. When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man. So, I got myself a wife and I did G C F C G C F C G C what I could. And I called my wife: “run for your life,” and I called my pig: “dance a jig,” F C G C F C G C F and I called my dog: “what a hog,” and I called my duck: “out of luck,” and I called my C G C F C G C F C G horse: “dead of course,” and I called my cow: “no milk now,” and I called my shack: “break C F C G C F C F my back,” and I called my farm: “muscle in my arm,” but the land was sweet and good and I G C did what I could.
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When I First Came to This Land (Oscar Brand, page 3 of 3)
C F C F C G C F C F G 9. When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man. So, I got myself a son and I did what
C F C G C F C G C I could. And I called my son: “my work’s done,” and I called my wife: “run for your life,” F C G C F C G C F C and I called my pig: “dance a jig,” and I called my dog: “what a hog,” and I called my duck: G C F C G C F C G C “out of luck,” and I called my horse: “dead of course,” and I called my cow: “no milk now,” F C G C F C G C and I called my shack: “break my back,” and I called my farm: “muscle in my arm,” but the l F C F G C land was sweet and good and I did what I could.
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When Irish Eyes Are Smiling C G7 C 1. There's a tear in your eye and I'm wondering why, for it never should be there at all. With
G7 C A7 D7 G7 such power in your smile, sure a stone you'd beguile, so there's never a teardrop should fall. G7 C G7 C C7
2. When your sweet lilting laughter's, like some fairy song. And your eyes twinkle bright as can F D7 G D7 G be, you should laugh all the while and all other times smile. And now, smile a smile for me. G C F C F C
3. When Irish eyes are smiling, Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring. In the lilt of Irish laughter, A7 D7 G C C7 F you can hear the angels sing. When Irish hearts are happy, all the world seems bright and C F C A7 D7 G7 C gay. And when Irish eyes are smiling, sure, they steal your heart away!
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Patrick Gilmore) Em G Em 1. When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty
G B7 G D Em welcome then, Hurrah! Hurrah! The men will cheer, the boys will shout. The ladies, they will B7 Em D C B7 Em B7 Em all turn out, and we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home! Em G Em
2. The old church bells will peal with joy, Hurrah! Hurrah! To welcome home our daring boy, G B7 G D Em B7 Hurrah! Hurrah! The village lads and lassies say, will roses they will stew the way. And we'll Em D C B7 Em B7 Em all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home! Em G Em G
3. Get ready for the jubilee, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give the hero three times three, Hurrah! B7 G D Em B7 Em D C Hurrah! The laurel wreath is ready now to place upon his loyal brow. And we'll all feel gay B7 Em B7 Em when Johnny comes marching home! Em G Em
4. Let love and friendship on that day, Hurrah! Hurrah! Their choicest treasures then display, G B7 G D Em B7 Hurrah! Hurrah! And let each one perform some part to fill with joy with warrior’s heart. Em D C B7 Em B7 Em And we’ll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home!
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When the Saints Go Marching In C G7 C7 1. Oh, when the saints go marchin’ in! Oh, when the saints go marchin’ in! Lord, I want to be
F C G7 C in that number, when the saints go marchin’ in! C G7 C7
2. And when the revelation comes! And when the revelation comes! Lord, I want to be in that F C G7 C number, when the revelation comes! C G7 C7
3. And when the new world is revealed! And when the new world is revealed! Lord, I want to F C G7 C be in that number, when the new world is revealed! C G7 C6
4. And when the sun begins to shine! And when the sun begins to shine! Lord, I want to be in F C G7 C that number, when the sun begins to shine!
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When You Wish Upon a Star NOTE: Capo 1st fret G Am D G Am 1. When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are. Anything your heart desires
C G Am D G will come to you. If your heart is in your dream no request is too extreme. When you wish Am C G upon a star as dreamers do. C G D G Em A Am D G
2. Fate is kind, she brings to those who love the sweet fulfillment of their secret longing. Like a Am D G Am bolt out of the blue, fate steps in and sees you through. When you wish upon a star your C D G dreams come true.
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (Pete Seger) G Em C D G Em C 1. Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing? Where have all the flowers gone, long
D G Em C D C time ago? Where have all the flowers gone? Gone to young girls, everyone. When will they G C D G ever learn? When will they ever learn?
G Em C D G Em 2. Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing? Where have all the young girls gone,
C D G Em C D C long time ago? Where have all the young girls gone? Gone to young men, everyone. When G C D G will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
G Em C D G Em 3. Where have all the young men gone, long time passing? Where have all the young men gone,
C D G Em C D C long time ago? Where have all the young men gone? Gone to soldiers, everyone. When will G C D G they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
G Em C D G Em C 4. Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing? Where have all the soldiers gone, long
D G Em C D C time ago? Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards, everyone. When will they G C D G ever learn? When will they ever learn?
G Em C D G Em 5. Where have all the graveyards gone, long time passing? Where have all the graveyards gone,
C D G Em C D C long time ago? Where have all the graveyards gone? Gone to flowers, everyone. When will G C D G they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
G Em C D G 6. Where have all the flowers gone? Where have all the young girls gone? Where have all the
Em C D G Em C young men gone, long time ago? Where have all the solders gone, where have all the D C G C D G graveyards gone? When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
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Windy (The Association)
NOTE: Capo 3rd fret A Em A D Em A Em
Chorus: And Windy has stormy eyes that flash at the sound of lies. And Windy has wings to A D C G A
fly above the clouds (above the clouds), above the clouds (above the clouds).
D C G A D C G A D 1. Who’s peekin’out from under a stairway calling a name that’s lighter than air? Who’s
C G A D C A D bending down to give me a rainbow? Everyone knows it’s Windy. D C G A D C G A D
2. Who’s tripping down the streets of the city smilin’ at everybody she sees? Who’s reachin’ C G A D C A D out to capture a moment? Everone knows it’s Windy. ---Chorus---
D C G A D C G A D C G A D C A D 3. Repeat Chorus
4. 2nd verse four times, fading out on the fourth time.
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With A Little Help from My Friends (The Beatles) G D C Am D7 G
1. What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend D C Am D7 G me your ears and I'll sing you a song, and I'll try not to sing out of key. G F C G F C
2. Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends. Mmm, I get high with a little help from my G F C G friends. Mmm, going to try with a little help from my friends. G D C Am D7 G D
3. What do I do when my love is away? (does it worry you to be alone?). How do I feel by the C Am D7 G end of the day? (are you sad because you're on your own?). G F C G F C
4. No, I get by with a little help from my friends. Mmm, I get high with a little help from my G F C G friends. Mmm, going to try with a little help from my friends. G Em C G D C Em C G D
5. Do you need anybody? I need somebody to love. Could it be anybody? I want somebody to C love. G D C Am D7 G
6. Would you believe in a love at first sight? Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time. What D C Am D7 G do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you, but I know it's mine. G F C G F C
7. Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends. Mmm, I get high with a little help from my G F C G friends. Mmm, going to try with a little help from my friends. G Em C G D C Em C G D
8. Do you need anybody? I just need someone to love. Could it be anybody? I want somebody C to love. C F C G F C
9. Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends. Mmm, I get high with a little help from my G F C G friends. Gonna try with a little help from my friends.
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Within My Power (Jim Hardy) G A D G A D Chorus: It's within my power to build or to destroy the life of a little girl, or the life of a little G A D G boy. To see the things that I say and do becoming a part of their lives too. That power A G A D is within me, and I feel it too, but I’ve got a lot of work yet to do. D G A D 1. There's some things been on my mind, about some children in the world I've known. The
G A D G A things I see they've learned, and the ways I know they've grown. And it feels so good inside D G A to see the people they’ve become because of me. The power is within me, and I feel it too. G A D But I’ve got a lot of work yet to do. ---Chorus---
D G A D G 2. The pride in the eyes of the camper as he wears his rag of blue. The tears of joy in the face of
A D G A the boy when I tell him, “I’m proud of you.” The long blond curls of the blue-eyed girl D G A G A clinging tightly to my hand as we walk along the beach and our dreams become castles in the D sand. ---Chorus---
D G A D G A 3. Many years from now no one is going to care about the car I drove, the house I lived in, or
D G A D the length of my hair. But the world is gonna be changed because what I believed and lived G A D for remains, and is important in the life of a girl or boy. ---Chorus---
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A Worried Man (Kingston Trio) C F Chorus: It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a
C E F G7 worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. I'm worried now, but I C won't be worried long!
1. Chorus C F C
2. Got myself a Cadillac, thirty dollars down. Got myself a brand new house, five miles out of E F G7 town. Got myself a gal named Sue, treats me really fine. Yes, she’s my baby, and I love her C all the time! ---Chorus--- C F
3. I’ve been away on a business trip, travelin’ all around. I’ve got a gal and her name is Sue, C E F G7 prettiest gal in town. She sets my mine to worrin’ every time I’m gone. I’ll be home tonight, C so I won’t be worried long! ---Chorus--- C F
4. Well, Bob is in the living room holding hands with Sue. Nickie’s at that big front door, C E F vowin’ to come on through. Well, I’m here in the closet. Oh Lord, what shall I do! We”re G7 C worried now, but we won’t be worried long! ---Chorus---
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Yankee Doodle (Richard Shuckburgh) C G C Chorus: Yankee Doodle, keep it up. Yankee Doodle dandy. Mind the music and the step and G D G with the girls be handy. G C D 1. Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony. Stuck a feather in his hat and called it
G macaroni. ---Chorus--- G C
2. Father and I went down to camp, along with Captain Gooding. And there we saw the men D G and boys as thick as hasty pudding. ---Chorus--- G C D
3. There was General Washington upon a slapping stallion a-givin’ orders to his men. I guess G there was a million. ---Chorus--- G C
4. And there I saw a pumpkin shell as big as mother’s basin. And every time they touched it off D G they scampered like the nation. ---Chorus---
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The Yellow Rose of Texas (Mitch Miller) G D D7 1. There’s a yellow rose in Texas I’m going for to see. No other soilder knows her, nobody only
G D7 G me. She cried so when I left her, it like to broke my heart, and if I ever find her, we D D7 G never more will part. G D
2. She’s the sweetest rose of color this soilder ever knew. Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they D7 G sparkle like the dew. You may talk about your winsome maids and sing of Rosalie, but the D7 G D D7 G yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee. G D
3. Where the Rio Grande is flowing and starry skies are bright, she walks along the river in D7 G D7 the quite summer night. She things if I remember we parted long ago; I promised to come G D D7 G back again and never let her go. G D
4. She’s the sweetest rose of color this soilder ever knew. Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they D7 G sparkle like the dew. You may talk about your winsome maids and sing of Rosalie, but the D7 G D D7 G yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee. G D D7
5. Oh, now I'm gonna find her, for my heart is full of woe; we'll sing the song together we sang G D so long ago. We'll play the bango gaily and sing the songs of yore, and the yellow rose of G D D7 G Texas shall be mine forever more. ---Chorus--- G D
6. She’s the sweetest rose of color this soilder ever knew. Her eyes are bright as diaonds, hey D7 G sparkle like the dew. You may talk about your winesome maids and sing of Rosalie, but the D7 G D D7 G yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee.
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Yellow Submarine (The Beatles) G D G Chorus: We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine. We all live D G in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine. G D C G Em Am C D G D C G Em 1. In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed to sea. And he told us of his life in the
Am C D G D C G Em Am C D G D land of submarines. So we sailed up to the sun ‘till we found the Sea of Green, and we lived C G Em Am C D beneath the waves in our yellow submarine. ---Chorus--- G D C G Em Am C D G D C
2. And our friends are all on board. Many more of them live next door. And the band begins to G Em Am C D play… ---Chorus---
G D C G Em Em Am C D G D C G Em Em Am C D G D C G Em Am C D G C C G Em 3. As we live a life of ease everyone of us has all we need. Sky of blue and sea of green in our
Am C D yellow submarine. ---Chorus---
4. Repeat chorus and fade out
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Yesterday (The Beatles)
NOTE: Capo 5th fret C Bm7 E7 Am G F G C 1. Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they’re here to stay.
Am D7 F C Oh, I believe in yesterday. C Bm7 E7 Am G F G C
2. Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be. There’s a shadow hanging over me. Oh, Am D7 F C yesterday came suddenly. E E7 Am G F Am Dm6 G7 C E E7 Am G F Am Dm6
3. Why she had to go, I don’t know, she wouldn’t say. I said something wrong, now I long G7 C for yesterday. F Bm7 E7 Am G F G C Am
4. Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play. Now I need a place to hide away. Oh, I D7 F C believe in yesterday.
5. Repeat 3rd verse. Am D7 F C
6. Repeat 4th verse. Humm, Hum-mm, Humm, Humm, Humm-mm, Humm
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Y.M.C.A (Village People) D G Em Am Chorus: It's fun to stay at the YMCA. It's fun to stay at the YMCA. They have everything for
C D7 G you men to enjoy. You can hang out with all the boys. It's fun to stay at the YMCA. Em Am C It's fun to stay at the YMCA. You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal. D7 You can do what about you feel.
G Em 1. Young man, there's no need to feel down. I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground. I
C D C D C G D G said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town. There's no need to be unhappy. Young man, Em C there's a place you can go. I said, young man, when you're short on your dough. You can stay D C D G D there, and I'm sure you will find many ways to have a good time. ---Chorus---
G Em 2. Young man, are you listening to me? I said, young man, what do you want to be? I said,
C D C D C G D G young man, you can make real your dreams, but you got to know this one thing; no man does Em C it all by himself. I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf. And just go there, to the D C D C G D YMCA. I'm sure they can help you today. ---Chorus---
G Em C 3. Young man, I was once in your shoes. I said, I was down and out with the blues. I felt no
D C D C G D G man cared if I were alive. I felt the whole world was so tight. That's when someone came up Em C to me and said, “Young man, take a walk up the street. There's a place there called the D C D C G D YMCA. They can start you back on your way.” ---Chorus---
D G Em Am
4. It's fun to stay at the YMCA. It's fun to stay at the YMCA. They have everything for you C D7 G Em men to enjoy. You can hang out with all the boys. YMCA it’s fun to stay at the YMCA. G Em Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down. Young man, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
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Y.M.C.A (Village People, Page 2 of 2) G Em G 5. YMCA, it's fun to stay at the YMCA. Young man, young man, are you listening to me.
Em Em G Young man, young man, what do you wanna be? YMCA, you'll find it at the YMCA. Young Em man, young man, nobody does all by himself. Young man, young man, put your pride on the G Em shelf. YMCA, and just go to the YMCA. Young man, young man I was once in your shoes. Em G Young man, young man I was down with the blues, YMCA…(fade out)
YMCA Yell 1. Sound off! Y-M! Once more! C-A! Break it down! Y-M-C-A! Y-M! C-A! The Y’s and open
door! You’re right! Since 1844! You’re right! In guidance of our youth! You’re right! In character and truth! You’re right! Sound off! Y-M! Once more! C-A! Break it down! Y-M- C-A! Y-M! C-A! Y-M-C-A-C-A-C-A! Y-M-C-A-C-A-C-A! Y-Camp! Y-Camp! Yeah!
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You Are My Sunshine (Mitch Miller) A D A Chorus: You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. D A E A You’ll never know dear how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away. A D A D 1. The other night dear as I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held you in my arms. When I awoke dear,
A E A I was mistaken, so I hung my head and cried. ---Chorus---
A D A 2. You told me once dear you really love me, and no one else could come between. But now
D A E A you’ve left me and love another. You have shattered all my dreams. ---Chorus---
E A 3. ---Chorus--- Please don’t take my sunshine away.
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Your Love, Oh Lord C F C G Am F C G 1. Your love oh Lord, reaches the heavens. Your faithfulness, stretches the sky. Your
C F C Am C G C righteousness, is like the might mountains. Your justice flows, like the ocean’s tide.
C G F C G F 2. I will lift my voice, to worship you my King. I will find my strength, in the shadow of your
Dm G wings.
3. Repeat 1st verse 4. Repeat 2nd verse C F C G Am F C 5. Your love, oh Lord, reaches to the heavens. Your faithfulness, stretches to the sky.
Zulu Warrior (Sung in a round - half doing the 'I cumba' while the other half does 'See him there') 1. I cuma zimba zimba zia. I cuma zimba zimba zee. I cuma zimba zimba zia. I cuma zimba
zimba zee!
2. See him there, Zulu warrior! See him there, Zulu chief chief chief chief!