Ukebox Pub Night - Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 - 7pm (Doors 5:30)
Tiptoe Through The Tulips (Simple) Tiny Tim (Al Dubin & Joe Burke (1929)
Ob-la-di Ob-la-da The Beatles (McCartney, 1968)
Thunder (No Bridge) Imagine Dragons (2017)
1234 (Simplified) Feist (Sally Seltmann & Feist; 2007)
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head Burt Bacharach & Hal David (1969)
Signs Five Man Electrical Band (Les Emmerson, 1970)
Ahead By A Century The Tragically Hip (1996)
Jolie Louise Daniel Lanois (1989)
Sweet City Woman The Stampeders (Rich Dodson, 1971)
Down On the Corner Creedence Clearwater Revival (John Fogerty, 1969)
***Extras*** (Themed Songs for 2nd set)
1234 (Sesame Street Version) Feist (Sally Seltmann & Feist; 2008)
Wagon Wheel Old Crow Medicine Show (Ketch Secor & Bob Dylan, 1973 & 2001)



Tiptoe Through The Tulips (Simple)
Tiny Tim (Al Dubin & Joe Burke (1929)


| [C] Tiptoe through the | [G7] window
By the | [C] window, that is | [F] where I'll be
Come | [C] tiptoe through the | [G7] tulips with | [C] me | [G7↓]    


| [C] Tiptoe from the | [G7] garden
By the | [C] garden of the | [F] willow tree
And | [C] tiptoe through the | [G7] tulips with | [C] me | [C7]  


Bridge
| [F] ... Knee | deep in | [Em] flowers we'll stray | [A7] ... |   
| [Em] We'll keep | ...the | [D7] showers a- | [G7↓] way

And if I | [C] kiss you in the | [G7] garden,
in the | [C] moonlight, will you | [F] pardon me?
And | [C] tiptoe through the | [G7] tulips with | [C] me | [C↓]  


#Capo on 4th fret to learn it with Tiny Tim's original.

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Ob-la-di Ob-la-da
The Beatles (McCartney, 1968)


4/4 | D u X u D u X u |
      1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

| [C] Desmond has a barrow in the | [G7] marketplace |
| [G7] Molly is the singer in a | [C] band   |
| [C] Desmond says to Molly, girl, I | [F] like your face
And Molly | [C] says this as she [G7] takes him by the | [C] hand.

Chorus
Ob-la- | [C] -di, ob-la-da, life goes | [G7] on, [Am] brah |
| [C] La la how the [G7] life goes | [C] on.
Ob-la- | [C] -di, ob-la-da, life goes | [G7] on, [Am] brah |
| [C] La la how the [G7] life goes | [C] on.   |

| [C] Desmond takes a trolley to the | [G7] jeweler's store |
| [G7] Buys a twenty carat golden | [C] ring   |
| [C] Takes it back to Molly waiting | [F] at the door
And as he | [C] gives it to her [G7] she begins to | [C] sing.

Chorus
Ob-la- | [C] -di, ob-la-da, life goes | [G7] on, [Am] brah |
| [C] La la how the [G7] life goes | [C] on.
Ob-la- | [C] -di, ob-la-da, life goes | [G7] on, [Am] brah |
| [C] La la how the [G7] life goes | [C] on.   |

Bridge
| [F] In a couple of years they have | built a home, sweet | [C] home | [C]... |
| [F] With a couple of kids running | in the yard
Of | [C] Desmond and Molly | [G7] Jones (ha,ha,ha,ha,ha) |

| [C] Happy ever after in the | [G7] market place |
| [G7] Desmond lets the children lend a | [C] hand |
| [C] Molly stays at home and does her | [F] pretty face
And in the | [C] evening she's a | [G7] singer with the | [C] band. |

Chorus
Ob-la- | [C] -di, ob-la-da, life goes | [G7] on, [Am] brah |
| [C] La la how the [G7] life goes | [C] on.
Ob-la- | [C] -di, ob-la-da, life goes | [G7] on, [Am] brah |
| [C] La la how the [G7] life goes | [C] on.
And if you | [Am↓] want some fun, sing | [F↓] Ob-la- [G7↓] di-bla- [C↓] da

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Thunder (No Bridge)
Imagine Dragons (2017)


4/4 | D - D - D - D - |
      1   2   3   4

Verse
| [C] Just a young gun with a quick fuse, | I was uptight, wanna let loose
| [F] I was dreaming of bigger things and | wanna leave my own life behind
| [C] Not a yes sir, not a follower, | fit the box, fit the mold
Have a seat in the | [F] foyer, take a number, | I was lightning before the thunder (thunder)

Pre-Chorus
| [C] Thunder, thunder, | thunder, thun-thun-thunder, thunder
| [Am] Thunder, thunder, thun-
| [F] Thunder, thun-thun-thunder, thunder

Chorus
| [C] Thunder, feel the thunder, | lightning and the thunder
| [Am] Thunder, feel the thunder
| [F] Lightning and the thunder, thunder
| [C] Thunder, | thunder

Verse
| [C] Kids were laughing in my classes, | while I was scheming for the masses
| [F] Who do you think you are? | Dreaming 'bout being a big star
| [C] You say you're basic, you say you're easy, | you're always riding in the back seat
| [F] Now I'm smiling from the stage while, | you were clapping in the nose bleeds

Pre-Chorus
| [C] Thunder, thunder, | thunder, thun-thun-thunder, thunder
| [Am] Thunder, thunder, thun-
| [F] Thunder, thun-thun-thunder, thunder

Chorus
| [C] Thunder, feel the thunder, | lightning and the thunder
| [Am] Thunder, feel the thunder
| [F] Lightning and the thunder, thunder

Chorus
| [C] Thunder, feel the thunder, | lightning and the thunder, thunder
| [Am] Thunder, feel the thunder
| [F] Lightning and the thunder, thunder
| [C] Thunder, feel the thunder, | lightning and the thunder, thunder
| [Am] Thunder, feel the thunder (feel the)
| [F] Lightning and the thunder, thunder

Outro
| [C]   | [C]   | [Am]   | [F]   |
| [C]   | [C]   | [Am]   | [F]   |   [C↓]  


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1234
Feist (Sally Seltmann & Feist; 2007)

Key of: C

Strong on every beat. Swing.
| D - D u D - D u |
  1   2 & 3   4 &

| [C]   [Cmaj7]   | [Am]   [F]   |
| [C]   [Cmaj7]   | [Am]   [F]   |

[C] One, two, [Cmaj7] three, four
[Am] Tell me that you [F] love me more
[C] Sleepless [Cmaj7] long nights
[Am] That was what my [F] youth was for
[C] Oh teen- [Cmaj7] age hopes are [Am] lying at your [F] door
[C] Left you with [Cmaj7] nothing but [Am] they want [F] some more

Chorus
| [G] Oh-oh-oh
You're | [F] changing your heart |
| [G] Oh-oh-oh
You | [F] know who you are |

[C] Sweetheart [Cmaj7] bitter heart
[Am] Now I can't tell [F] you apart
[C] Cozy [Cmaj7] and cold
[Am]Put the horse be- [F] fore the cart
[C] Those teen- [Cmaj7] age hopes who have [Am] tears in their [F] eyes
[C] Too scared to [Cmaj7] own up to [Am] one little [F] lie

Chorus
| [G] Oh-oh-oh
You're | [F] changing your heart |
| [G] Oh-oh-oh
You | [F] know who you are |

[C] One, two, [Cmaj7] three, four,
[Am] Five, six, [F] nine, and ten
[C] Money can't [Cmaj7] buy you
[Am] Back the love that [F] you had then
| [C]   [Cmaj7]   | [Am]   [F]   |
| [C]   [Cmaj7]   | [Am]   [F]   |

[C] One, two, [Cmaj7] three, four,
[Am] Five, six, [F] nine, and ten
[C] Money can't [Cmaj7] buy you
[Am] Back the love that [F] you had then
| [C]   [Cmaj7]   | [Am]   [F]   |
| [C]   [Cmaj7]   | [Am]   [F]   |

Chorus
| [G] Oh-oh-oh
You're | [F] changing your heart |
| [G] Oh-oh-oh
You | [F] know who you are |
| [G] Oh-oh-oh
You're | [F] changing your heart |
| [G] Oh-oh-oh
You | [F] know who you are | [F] |

| [C]   [Cmaj7]   | [Am]   [F]   |
| [C]   [Cmaj7]   | [Am]   [F]   |    [C↓]


#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.


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Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Burt Bacharach & Hal David (1969)


4/4 | D u X - D u X - |
      1 & 2   3 & 4

Intro
| [C]  [G7]   | [F]  [G7] |
| [C] Raindrops keep falling on my | [Cmaj7] head
and | [C7] just like the guy whose feet are | [F] too big for his
| [Em7] bed, [A7] nothing seems to | [Em7] fit, [A7] those |
| [Dm] raindrops are fallin' on my | head they keep fallin' | [G7↓]

So I just | [C] did me some talkin' to the | [Cmaj7] sun
and | [C7] I said I didn't like the | [F] way he got things |
| [Em7] done, [A7] sleepin' on the | [Em7] job, [A7] those |
| [Dm] raindrops are fallin' on my | head they keep fallin' | [G7↓]

BRIDGE:
But there's one | [C] thing I | [Cmaj7] know
The | [F] blues they send to | [G7] meet me won't de- | [Em7] feat me
It | [Em7] won't be long till | [A7] happiness steps | [Dm] up to greet me |
| [Dm↓↓] [G7↑]   | [Dm↓↓] [G7↑]   |

| [C] Raindrops keep fallin' on my | [Cmaj7] head
But | [C7] that doesn't mean my eyes will | [F] soon be turnin'
| [Em7] red, [A7] cryin's not for | [Em7] me, [A7] 'cause |
| [Dm] I'm never gonna stop the | rain by complainin' |
| [G7] Because I'm | [C] free [Cmaj7] | [Dm] nothing's [G7] worryin' | [C] me

BRIDGE:
But there's one | [C] thing I | [Cmaj7] know
The | [F] blues they send to | [G7] meet me won't de- | [Em7] feat me
It | [Em7] won't be long till | [A7] happiness steps | [Dm] up to greet me |
| [Dm↓↓] [G7↑]   | [Dm↓↓] [G7↑]   |

| [C] Raindrops keep fallin' on my | [Cmaj7] head
But | [C7] that doesn't mean my eyes will | [F] soon be turnin'
| [Em7] red, [A7] cryin's not for | [Em7] me, [A7] 'cause |
| [Dm] I'm never gonna stop the | rain by complainin' |
| [G7] Because I'm | [C] free [Cmaj7] | [Dm] nothing's [G7] worryin' | [C↓] me


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Signs
Five Man Electrical Band (Les Emmerson, 1970)


      Basic Strum:
4/4 | D - - - D - D u |
      1   2   3   4 &


    Intro Riff:
      D                 Dsus2 D             Dsus2 D             Dsus4 D
4/4 | D - - - D - - - - | D   U - - D - - - | D   U - - D - - - | D   U - - D - - - |
      1       3           1   &     3         1   &     3         1   &     3

Verse 1
And the | [C] sign said | [G] "Long- haired freaky people
| [D] need not ap- | [G] ply"
So I | [D] tucked my hair up | [A] under my hat and I
| [G] went in to ask him | [A] why
| [Bm7] He said "You look like a | fine upstanding young
| [G] man, I think you'll | do"
So I | [D] took off my hat and said "I- | [A] magine that!
Heh, | [G] me workin' for | [A] you!" Whoah

Chorus
| [D] Sign sign | [C] everywhere a [G] sign |
| [D] Blockin' out the scenery, | [G] breakin' my mind |
| [D] Do this, don't do | [A] that, can't you read the | [C] sign? | [C] |
Intro Riff | [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |

Verse 2
And the | [C] sign said anybody | [G] caught trespassin'
| [D] would be shot out of | [G] sight
So I | [D] jumped on the fence and I | [A] yelled at the house
| [G] "Hey, what gives you the | [A] right?
To | [Bm7] put up a fence to | keep me out but to
| [G] keep Mother Nature | in,
If | [D] God was here he'd | [A] tell you to your face,
| [G] "Man you're some kind of | [A] sinner!"

Chorus
| [D] Sign sign | [C] everywhere a [G] sign |
| [D] Blockin' out the scenery, | [G] breakin' my mind |
| [D] Do this, don't do | [A] that, can't you read the | [C] sign? | [C]   |
| [D] | [D] |

Bridge
Now | [A] hey there mister | can't you read?
You | [G] gotta have a shirt and | [D] tie to get a seat
You | [D] can't even watch, no | [A] you can't even
| [G] You ain't supposed to
Intro Riff | [D] be here | [D]   | [D]   | [D]

Acappella
Sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside...Uh!
Instrumental Chorus
| [D] | [C] [G] | [D] | [G] |
| [D] | [A]     | [C] | [C] |
Intro Riff | [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |

Verse 3
And the | [C] sign said | [G] "Everybody welcome come
| [D] in, kneel down and | [G] pray"
But when they | [D] passed around the plate at the | [A] end of it all,
I | [G] didn't have a penny to | [A] pay
So I | [Bm7] got me a pen and a | paper,
and I | [G] made up my own little | sign
I said | [D] "Thank you Lord for | [A] thinkin' about me,
I'm a- | [G] live and doin' | [A] fine!"

Chorus
| [D] Sign sign | [C] everywhere a [G] sign |
| [D] Blockin' out the scenery, | [G] breakin' my mind |
| [D] Do this, don't do | [A] that, can't you read the | [C] sign? | [C]   |
| [D] Sign sign | [C] everywhere a [G] sign |
| [D]   | [G]   | [D]   | [A]   | [C]   | [C]   |
Intro Riff | [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |


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Ahead By A Century
The Tragically Hip (1996)


Strum
| D - X u - u d u |


Riff:
  [D]
   D     u   u   u     u d u                                            
A|-0-----0---0---0-|---0-0-0---------|
E|-2-----0-------2-|---2-2-2-0h2-0h2-| h=hammer-on
C|-2-----2-------2-|---2-2-2---------|
G|-2-----2-------2-|---2-2-2---------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


Simple Riff:
  [D]                                    
A|-----------0-----|-----------------|
E|-2-----0-------2-|---------0-2-0-2-|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Intro Riff - Play 4x
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [D] ... First thing we'd | climb a tree |
| [D] ... and maybe | then we'd talk |
| [D] ... or sit si- | lently   |
| [D] ... and listen | to our thoughts |

| [C] ... Illusions of | someday   |
| [D] ... casting a | golden light |
| [C] ... no dress re- | hearsal |
| [D] ... this is | our life |

Riff - Play 2x
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |

Pre-Chorus
| [D] And that's where the | hornet stung me |
| [C] ... and | I had a feverish   |
| [D] dream...   | with revenge and   |
| [C] doubt ... to- | night we smoke them |
| [D] ou-ou-ou-out | [D] |

Chorus
| [A] ... You are a- | head by a century |
| [G] ... You are a- | head by a century |
| [A] ... You are a- | head by a century |   
| [G↓]  [G↑] [G↓] | ... |

Riff - Play 2x
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |

| [D] ... Stare in the | morning shroud |
| [D] ... and then the | day began |
| [D] ... I til- | ted your cloud
| [D] ... you til- | ted my hand |

| [C] ... Rain falls in | real time |
| [D] ... and rain fell | through the night |
| [C] ... no dress re- | hearsal |
| [D] ... this is | our life |

Riff - Play 2x
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |

Pre-Chorus
| [D] But that's when the | hornet stung me |
| [C] ... and | I had a serious   |
| [D] dream...   | with revenge and   |
| [C] doubt ... to- | night we smoke them |
| [D] ou-ou-ou-out | [D] |

Chorus
| [A] ... You are a- | head by a century |
| [G] ... You are a- | head by a century |
| [A] ... You are a- | head by a century |   
| [G↓]  [G↑] [G↓] | [G] |
| [A] ... You are a- | head by a century |
| [G] ... You are a- | head by a century |
| [A] ... You are a- | head by a century |   
| [G↓]  [G↑] [G↓] | ... and disappointment is |
Riff 4x
| [D] gettin' me down | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] | [D↓]


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Jolie Louise
Daniel Lanois (1989)


4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
      1   2 &   & 4 &

| [D]   | [D]   | [A7]   | [D]   |

| [D] Ma jolie, how do you | do?
Mon nom est | [A7] Jean-Guy Thibault-Le- | [D] roux
| [D] I come from east of Gati- | neau
My name is | [A7] Jean-Guy, ma jo- | [D] lie

J'ai une mai- | [A7] son à La Fon- | taine
Where we will | [D] live if you marry | me
Une belle mai- | [A7] son à La Fon- | taine
Where we will | [Bm] live, you and | [G] me
Oh oh Lou- | [D] ise, oh oh oh | oh...
ma [A7] jolie Lou- | [D] ise   | [D↓]

Tous les matins au so- [D] leil
I would [A7] work, 'til work is done [D]
[D] Tous les matins au so- [D] leil
I did [A7]work 'til work is done [D]

And one [A7] day the foreman
Said "Jean- [D] Guy, we must let you go"
Et puis mon [A7] nom, y'est pas bon
At the [Bm] mill any- [G] more
Oh oh Lou- [D] ise, I'm losing my head,
I'm [A7] losing my [D] head   | [D↓]

My kids are small, four and [D] three
Et la bou- [A7] teille, she's mon a- [D] mi
[D] I drink the rhum 'til I can't [D] see
It hides the [A7] shame Louise does not [D] see

A carou- [A7] ssel turns in my head
And I can't [D] hide, oh no no no no,
And the [A7] rage turned in my head
And Lou- [Bm] ise, I struck her [G] down
Down on the [D] ground,
I'm losing my [A7] mind,
I'm losing my [D] mind   | [D↓]

En septembre 'soixante [D] trois
The kids are [A7] gone and so is Lou- [D] ise.
Ontario they did [D] go
Near la [A7] ville de Toron- [D] to

Now my [A7] tears they roll down
Tous les [D] jours, oh oh oh oh oh,
And I re- [A7] member the days
And the [Bm] promises that we [G] made
Oh Lou- [D] ise, ma jolie Louise,
ma [A7] jolie Lou- [D] ise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh [D] oh...
oh oh [A7] oh... oh oh [D↓] oh


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Sweet City Woman
The Stampeders (Rich Dodson, 1971)


Two Bar Pattern Strum:
| D u d u D - - u | D u d U - U - u |
  1 & 2 & 3 (4) &   1 & 2 &   &   &

Intro
| [G]   | [G]   | [C6]   | [C6]   |
| [Am]   | [D]   | [G]   | [G]   |
| [G]   | [G]   | [C6]   | [C6]   |
| [Am]   | [D]   | [G]   | [G]   |

Well, [G] I'm on my way, to the [C6] city life
To a [Am] pretty face that [D] shines her light on the [G] city nights
And I [G] gotta catch a noon train... gotta [C6] be there on time
Oh, [Am] it feels so good to [D] know she waits at the [G] end of the line

Chorus
[G] Swee-ee-eet, sweet city [C6] woman
I can [Am] see your face, I can [D] hear your voice, [G] I can almost touch you
[G] Swee-ee-eet, sweet city [C6] woman
Oh, my [Am] banjo and me, we [D] got a feel for [G] singin',

[G↓] Bon c'est [G↓] bon, [G] bon bon c'est bon, bon,
[G] Bon c'est bon, bon, bon, [C↓] bon, [D↓] bon
[G↓] Bon c'est [G↓] bon, [G] bon bon c'est bon, bon,
[G] Bon c'est bon, bon, bon, [C↓] bon, [D↓] bon
[C↓] So [G↓] long ma, [Am↓] so [G↓] long pa, [C6↓] so long
[G] Neighbors and friends

Like a [G] country mornin', all [C6] snuggled in dew
Ah, she's [Am] got a way to [D] make a man feel [G] shiny and new
And she [G] sings in the evenin'... Oh, [C6] familiar tunes
And [Am] she feeds me love [D] and tenderness and [G] macaroons

Chorus
[G] Swee-ee-eet, sweet city [C6] woman
I can [Am] see your face, I can [D] hear your voice, [G] I can almost touch you
[G] Swee-ee-eet, sweet city [C6] woman
Oh, my [Am] banjo and me, we [D] got a feel for [G] singin',

Instrumental
| [G]   | [G]   | [C6]   | [C6]   |
| [Am]   | [D]   | [G]   | [G]   |
| [G]   | [G]   | [C6]   | [C6]   |
| [Am]   | [D]   | [G]   | [G]   |

[G] Swee-ee-eet, sweet city [C6] woman
[Am] Sweet, sweet, [D] sweet, sweet city [G] woman
[G] Swee-ee-eet, sweet city [C6] woman
[Am] Sweet, sweet, [D] sweet, sweet city [G] woman
[Am] Sweet, sweet, [D] sweet, sweet city [G] woman
[Am] Sweet, sweet, [D] sweet, sweet city [G] woman  [G↓]


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Down On The Corner
Creedence Clearwater Revival (John Fogerty, 1969)


      Main Strumming Rhythm
4/4 | D u d u D - - - | D u - u D - - - |
      1       3         1 &   & 3
      Easy Version
4/4 | D - - - D - - - |
      1       3  

Intro - Verse Progression
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |

| [C] Early in the | evenin' | [G] just about supper | [C] time |
| [C] Over by the | courthouse they're | [G] starting to un- | [C] wind. |
| [F] Four kids on the | corner | [C] trying to bring you | up. |
| [C] Willy picks a | tune out and he | [G] blows it on the | [C] harp. |

Chorus
| [F] Down on the | [C] corner, | [G] out in the | [C] street
Willy and the | [F] Poorboys are | [C] playin'
Bring a | [G] nickel, tap your | [C] feet.

| [C] Rooster hits the | washboard and | [G] people just got to | [C] smile |
| [C] Blinky, thumps the | gut bass and | [G] solos for a- | [C] while. |
| [F] Poorboy twangs the | rhythm out | [C] on his kalama- | zoo. |
| [C] Willy goes in- | to a dance and | [G] doubles on ka- | [C] zoo. |

Chorus
| [F] Down on the | [C] corner, | [G] out in the | [C] street
Willy and the | [F] Poorboys are | [C] playin'
Bring a | [G] nickel, tap your | [C] feet.

Instrumental - Verse Progression
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |

Chorus
| [F] Down on the | [C] corner, | [G] out in the | [C] street
Willy and the | [F] Poorboys are | [C] playin'
Bring a | [G] nickel, tap your | [C] feet.

Instrumental - Verse Progression
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |

| [C] You don't need a | penny | [G] just to hang a- | [C] round
But | [C] if you've got a | nickel, won't you | [G] lay your money | [C] down? |
| [F] Over on the | corner | [C] there's a happy | noise. |
| [C] People come from | all around to | [G] watch the magic | [C] boy. |

Chorus
| [F] Down on the | [C] corner, | [G] out in the | [C] street
Willy and the | [F] Poorboys are | [C] playin'
Bring a | [G] nickel, tap your | [C] feet.
| [F] Down on the | [C] corner, | [G] out in the | [C] street
Willy and the | [F] poorboys are | [C] playin'
Bring a | [G] nickel, tap your | [C] feet. [C↓]


#Play along with original in this key.

#Last Updated 4/20/18 JJ
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1234 - Sesame Street Version
Feist (Sally Seltmann & Feist; 2008)


Strong on every beat. Swing.
| D - D u D - D u |
  1   2 & 3   4 &

| [C]  [Cmaj7] | [Am]  [F] |
| [C]  [Cmaj7] | [Am]  [F] |
| [C] One, two, [Cmaj7] three, four |
| [Am] Monsters walking [F] 'cross the floor |
| [C] I love [Cmaj7] counting |
| [Am] Counting to the [F] number four |

| [C] Oh you're [Cmaj7] counting |
| [Am] Counting with [F] me |
To | [C] one less [Cmaj7] than five |
And | [Am] one more than [F] three |

Chorus
| [G] Oh-oh-oh, we're | [F] counting to four |   
| [G] Oh-oh-oh, let's | [F] count some more |   

| [C] One, two, [Cmaj7] three, four |
| [Am] Penguins that went [F] by the door |
| [C] I love [Cmaj7] counting |
| [Am] Counting to the [F] number four |

| [C] I see four [Cmaj7] here |   
| [Am] I see four [F] there |
My | [C] favorite num- [Cmaj7] ber |   
No | [Am] thing can com- [F] pare |

Chorus
| [G] Oh-oh-oh, we're | [F] counting to four |   
| [G] Oh-oh-oh, let's | [F] count some more |   

| [C] One, two, [Cmaj7] three, four |
| [Am] Chickens just back [F] from the shore |
| [C] I love [Cmaj7] counting |
| [Am] Counting to the [F] number four |

Chorus
| [G] Oh-oh-oh, we're | [F] counting to four |   
| [G] Oh-oh-oh, let's | [F] count some more |   

| [C] One, two, [Cmaj7] three, four |
| [Am] Chickens just back [F] from the shore |
| [C] One, two, [Cmaj7] three, four |
| [Am] Penguins that went [F] by the door |

| [C] One, two, [Cmaj7] three, four |
| [Am] Monsters walking '[F] cross the floor
| [C] Ba Ba Ba [Cmaj7] Da |     
| [Am] Ba Ba Ba Ba [F] Ba Da |         
| [C] Ba Ba Ba [Cmaj7] Da |   
| [Am] Ba Ba Ba Ba [F] Ba Da |         

| [C] Whoa - [Cmaj7] oooh |
| [Am] oooh...  [F] Counting to four |
| [C] Whoa - [Cmaj7] ooo |   
| [Am] oooo...  [F] oh oh oh.... | [C]


#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.

#Last Updated 4/28/18 JJ
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Wagon Wheel
Old Crow Medicine Show (Ketch Secor & Bob Dylan, 1973 & 2001)


4/4 | D - D - d u d u |
      1   2   3 & 4 &

| [G] | [D] | [Em] | [C] |
| [G] | [D] | [C]   | [C] |
| [G] Headed down south to the | [D] land of the pines
I'm | [Em] thumbin' my way into | [C] North Caroline |
| [G] Starin' up the road
And | [D] pray to God I see | [C] headlights | [C]

I | [G] made it down the coast in | [D] seventeen hours |
| [Em] Pickin' me a bouquet of | [C] dogwood flowers
And I'm a | [G] hopin' for Raleigh
I can | [D] see my baby to- | [C] night | [C]

Chorus
So | [G] rock me mama like a | [D] wagon wheel
| [Em] Rock me mama any | [C] way you feel |
| [G] Hey, | [D] mama | [C] rock me | [C] |
| [G] Rock me mama like the | [D] wind and the rain |
| [Em] Rock me mama like a | [C] south-bound train |
| [G] Hey, | [D] mama | [C] rock me | [C] |
| [G] | [D] | [Em] | [C] |
| [G] | [D] | [C]   | [C] |

| [G] Runnin' from the cold | [D] up in New England
I was | [Em] born to be a fiddler in an | [C] old-time stringband
My | [G] baby plays the guitar |
| [D] I pick a banjo | [C] now | [C]

Oh, the | [G] North country winters keep a | [D] gettin' me now
Lost my | [Em] money playin' poker so I | [C] had to up and leave
But I | [G] ain't a turnin' back
To | [D] livin' that old life no | [C] more | [C]

Chorus
So | [G] rock me mama like a | [D] wagon wheel |
| [Em] Rock me mama any | [C] way you feel |
| [G] Hey, | [D] mama | [C] rock me | [C] |
| [G] Rock me mama like the | [D] wind and the rain |
| [Em] Rock me mama like a | [C] south-bound train
| [G] Hey, | [D] mama | [C] rock me | [C] |
| [G] | [D] | [Em] | [C] |
| [G] | [D] | [C]   | [C] |

| [G↓] Walkin' to the south | [D↓] out of Roanoke
I caught a | [Em↓] trucker out of Philly
Had a | [C↓] nice long talk
But | [G↓] he's a headed west from the | [D↓] Cumberland Gap
To | [C↓] Johnson City, | [C↓] Tennessee

And I | [G] gotta get a move on | [D] fit for the sun
I hear my | [Em] baby callin' my name
And I | [C] know that she's the only one
And | [G] if I die in Raleigh
At | [D] least I will die | [C] free | [C]

Chorus
So | [G] rock me mama like a | [D] wagon wheel |
| [Em] Rock me mama any | [C] way you feel |
| [G] Hey, | [D] mama | [C] rock me | [C] |
| [G] Rock me mama like the | [D] wind and the rain |
| [Em] Rock me mama like a | [C] south-bound train |
| [G] Hey, | [D] mama | [C] rock me | [C]   | [G↓]

#Capo on 2 to play with Darius Rucker.

#Capo on 2 to play with Old Crow Medicine Show.

#Last Update 4/28/21 JJ
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