Jam Set

Ukebox Pub Night - Wednesday, January 9th 2018 - 7pm (Doors 5:30)
Maybellene Chuck Berry (with Fratto, Freed, 1955)
Eleanor Rigby The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney, 1966)
A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash (Shel Silverstein, 1969)
Mary Janes Last Dance Tom Petty (1993)
Mr Bojangles Jerry Jeff Walker (1968)
Aline Christophe (1965)
Madeleine Jacques Brel (Brel, Jouannest, Corti, 1961)
Hey There Delilah Plain White Ts (Tom Higgenson, 2006)
Brian Wilson Barenaked Ladies (Steven Page, 1992)
Jolene Dolly Parton (1974)
*Extras* (Themed Songs for 2nd set)
Alison Elvis Costello (1977)
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce (1973)
Big Bad John Johnny Cash (Jimmy Dean & Roy Acuff, 1961)
Billie Jean Michael Jackson (1982)
Maggie Mae Rod Stewart (with Sam Quittenton, 1971)
Michelle The Beatles (McCartney & Lennon, 1965)
Victoria The Kinks (Ray Davies, 1969)

Maybellene
Chuck Berry (with Fratto, Freed, 1955)

#Capo on 1st fret to play with original.
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Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney, 1966)

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A Boy Named Sue
Johnny Cash (Shel Silverstein, 1969)

Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 &

Intro
| [A] | [A] | [A] | [A] |

Well my [A] daddy left home when I was three
And he [D] didn't leave much to ma and me
Just [E7] this old guitar and an empty bottle of [A] booze.
Now, [A] I don't blame him cause he run and hid
But the [D] meanest thing that he ever did
Was [E7] before he left, he went and named me [A] "Sue."

Well, he [A] must o' thought that it was quite a joke
And it [D] got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk,
It [E7] seems I had to fight my whole life [A] through.
Some [A] gal would giggle and I'd get red
And [D] some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head,
I tell [E7] ya, life ain't easy for a boy named [A] "Sue."

Well, I [A] grew up quick and I grew up mean,
My [D] fist got hard and my wits got keen,
[E7] I'd roam from town to town to hide my [A] shame.
But I [A] made a vow to the moon and stars
That [D] I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
[E7] And kill that man who gave me that awful [A] name.

Well, it was [A] Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I [D] just hit town and my throat was dry,
I [E7] thought I'd stop and have myself a [A] brew.
At an [A] old saloon on a street of mud,
[D] There at a table, dealing stud,
[E7] Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me [A] "Sue."

Well, I [A] knew that snake was my own sweet dad
From a [D] worn-out picture that my mother'd had,
And I [E7] knew that scar on his cheek and his evil [A] eye.
He was [A] big and bent and gray and old,
And I [D] looked at him and my blood ran cold
And I [E7] said: "My name is 'Sue!' [A] How do you do! Now you gonna die!!"

Well, I [A] hit him hard right between the eyes
And [D] he went down, but to my surprise,
[E7] He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my [A] ear.
But I [A] busted a chair right across his teeth
And we [D] crashed through the wall and into the street
[E7] Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the [A] beer.

[A] I tell ya, I've fought tougher men
But [D] I really can't remember when,
He [E7] kicked like a mule and he bit like a croco- [A] dile.
I [A] heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
[D] He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,
He [E7] stood there lookin' at me and I saw him [A] smile. And he said: "Son...

[A] "...this world is rough
And if a [D] man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
And I [E7] knew I wouldn't be there to help ya a- [A] long.
So I [A] give ya that name and I said goodbye
I [D] knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's the [E7] name that helped to make you [A] strong."

He said: "Now [A] you just fought one hell of a fight
And I [D] know you hate me, and you got the right
To [E7] kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you [A] do.
But ya [A] ought to thank me, before I die,
For the [D] gravel in your guts and the spit in the eye
Cause [E7] I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you [A] "Sue."

Yeah, [A] what did I do? What could I do?
I got [D] all choked up and I threw down my gun
And I [E7] called him my pa, and he called me his son,
And I [A] came away with a different point of view.

And I [A] think about him, now and then,
Every [D] time I try and every time I win,
And [E7↓] if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him
Bill or George! Anything but [A] Sue! I still hate that name! [A↓]

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Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty (1993)

ex.  Am                G
4/4 | D - - - D - D u | D u D - D - - - |
      1   2   3   4 &   1 & 2   3   4

Intro
[Am]  [G]  [D]  [Am]
[Am]  [G]  [D]  [Am]

[Am] She grew up in a [G] Indiana town
Had a good [D] lookin' momma who [Am] never was around
But she [Am] grew up tall, and she [G] grew up right
With them [D] Indiana boys on an [Am] Indiana night

Instrumental (Harmonica)
[Am]  [G]  [D]  [Am]
[Am]  [G]  [D]  [Am]

Well she [Am] moved down here at the [G] age of eighteen
she [D] blew the boys away, it was [Am] more then they'd seen
[Am] I was introduced and we [G] both started groovin'
She [D] said “I dig ya baby but I [Am] got to keep movin'”
[Am] ...   [G] on... [D] keep movin' on  [Am] ...
[Am]  [G]  [D]  [Am]

Chorus
[Em] Last dance with Maryjane
[Em] One more time to kill the pai- ai- [A] ain
[Em] I feel summer creepin' in and I'm
[Em] tired of this town agai- ai- [A] ain   [G↓]

Instrumental (Harmonica)
[Am]  [G]  [D]  [Am]
[Am]  [G]  [D]  [Am]

Well [Am] I don't know but [G] I've been told
you [D] never slow down and you [Am] never grow old
[Am] I'm tired of screwing up, I'm [G] tired of being down
I'm [D] tired of myself, I'm [Am] tired of this town
[Am] Oh my my, [G] oh hell yes
[D] Honey put on that [Am] party dress
[Am] Buy me a drink, [G] sing me a song
[D] take me as I come 'cause I [Am] can't stay long

Chorus
[Em] Last dance with Maryjane
[Em] One more time to kill the pai- ai- [A] ain
[Em] I feel summer creepin' in and I'm
[Em] tired of this town agai- ai- [A] ain  [G↓]

Instrumental
[Am]  [G]  [D]  [Am]
[Am]  [G]  [D]  [Am]

[Am] There's pidgeons down in [G] Market Square
[D] She's standing in her [Am] underwear
[Am] Lookin' down from a [G] hotel room
[D] Nightfall will be [Am] coming soon
[Am] Oh my my, [G] oh hell yes
You've [D] got to put on that [Am] party dress
It was [Am] too cold to cry when I [G] woke up alone
I [D] hit the last number, I [Am] walked to the road

Chorus
[Em] Last dance with Maryjane
[Em] One more time to kill the pai- ai- [A] ain
[Em] I feel summer creepin' in and I'm
[Em] tired of this town agai- ai- [A] ain   [G↓]

Instrumental (Harmonica)
[Am]  [G]  [D]  [Am]
[Am]  [G]  [D]  [Am]  [Am↓]

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Mr. Bojangles
Jerry Jeff Walker (1968)

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Aline
Christophe (1965)

6/8 | d D D d D D | Quick/Light
1 2 3 4 5 6

| [C] | [C] | [E7] | [E7] | [F] | [F] | [G7] | [G7↓]

J'avais dessi- [C] né, sur le [E7] sable [E7]
Son doux vi- [F] sage, qui me souri- [G7] ait [G7↓]
Puis il a [C] plu, sur cette [E7] plage [E7]
Dans cet o- [F] rage, elle a dispa- [G7] ru [G7]

Chorus
Et j'ai cri- [C] é, cri- [E7] é, A- [F] line, pour qu'elle re- [G7] vienne
Et j'ai pleu- [C] ré, pleu- [E7] ré, oh [F] j'avais trop de [G7↓] peine

Je me suis as- [C] sis, auprès de son [E7] âme [E7]
Mais la belle [F] dame, s'était en- [G7] fuie [G7↓]
Je l'ai cher- [C] chée, sans plus y [E7] croire [E7]
Et sans un es- [F] poir, pour me gui- [G7] der [G7]

Chorus
Et j'ai cri- [C] é, cri- [E7] é, A- [F] line, pour qu'elle re- [G7] vienne
Et j'ai pleu- [C] ré, pleu- [E7] ré, oh [F] j'avais trop de [G7↓] peine

Je n'ai gar- [C] dé que ce doux vi- [E7] sage [E7]
Comme une é- [F] pave, sur le sable mouil- [G7] lé [G7]

Chorus
Et j'ai cri- [C] é, cri- [E7] é, A- [F] line, pour qu'elle re- [G7] vienne
Et j'ai pleu- [C] ré, pleu- [E7] ré, oh [F] j'avais trop de [G7↓] peine

Et j'ai cri- [C] é, cri- [E7] é, A- [F] line, pour qu'elle re- [G7] vienne
Et j'ai pleu- [C] ré, pleu- [E7] ré, oh [F] j'avais trop de [G7] peine [G7] [C↓]

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Madeleine
Jacques Brel (Brel, Jouannest, Corti, 1961)

[A] Ce soir j'attends Madeleine
J'ai apporté [E7] du lilas
[E7] J'en apporte toutes les semaines
[A↓] Madeleine elle aime bien ça

[A] Ce soir j'attends Madeleine
On prendra le [E7] tram trente-trois
[E7] Pour manger des frites chez Eugène
[A↓] Madeleine elle aime tant ça

[A7] Madeleine c'est mon Noël
[D] C'est mon Amérique à moi
[B7] Même qu'elle est trop bien pour moi
[E7↓] Comme dit son cousin Joël

[A] Mais ce soir j'attends Madeleine
On ira au [E7] cinéma
[E7] Je lui dirai des "je t'aime"
[A↓] Madeleine elle aime tant ça

Chorus
[C] Elle est tellement jo[G7] lie
[G7] Elle est tellement tout [C] ça
[C] Elle est [C7] toute ma [F] vie   [Fm]
[C] Madeleine [G7] que j'attends [C] là  [E7↓] là

[A] Ce soir j'attends Madeleine
Mais il pleut sur [E7] mes lilas
[E7] Il pleut comme toutes les semaines
[A↓] Et Madeleine n'arrive pas

[A] Ce soir j'attends Madeleine
C'est trop tard pour le [E7] tram trente-trois
[E7] Trop tard pour les frites d'Eugène
[A↓] Madeleine n'arrive pas

[A7] Madeleine c'est mon horizon
[D] C'est mon Amérique à moi
[B7] Même qu'elle est trop bien pour moi
[E7↓] Comme dit son cousin Gaston

Mais [A] ce soir j'attends Madeleine
Il me reste le [E7] cinéma
[E7] Je pourrai lui dire des "je t'aime"
[A↓] Madeleine elle aime tant ça

Chorus
[C] Elle est tellement jo[G7] lie
[G7] Elle est tellement tout [C] ça
[C] Elle est [C7] toute ma [F] vie   [Fm]
[C] Madeleine [G7] qui n'arrive [C] pas    [E7↓]


[A] Ce soir j'attendais Madeleine
Mais j'ai jeté [E7] mes lilas
[E7] Je les ai jetés comme toutes les semaines
[A↓] Madeleine ne viendra pas

[A] Ce soir j'attendais Madeleine
C'est fichu pour le [E7] cinéma
[E7] Je reste avec mes "je t'aime"
[A↓] Madeleine ne viendra pas

[A7] Madeleine c'est mon espoir
[D] C'est mon Amérique à moi
[B7] Mais sûr qu'elle est trop bien pour moi
[E7↓] Comme dit son cousin Gaspard

[A] Ce soir j'attendais Madeleine
Tiens le dernier [E7] tram s'en va
[E7] On doit fermer chez Eugène
[A↓] Madeleine ne viendra pas

Chorus
[C] Elle est, elle est pourtant tellement jo[G7] lie
[G7] Elle est, pourtant tellement tout [C] ça
[C] Elle est pourtant [C7] toute ma [F] vie    [Fm]
[C] Madeleine [G7] qui ne viendra [C] pas     [E7↓]

[A] Mais demain j'attendrai Madeleine
Je rapporterai [E7] du lilas
[E7] J'en rapporterai toute la semaine
[A↓] Madeleine elle aimera ça

[A] Demain j'attendrai Madeleine
On prendra le [E7] tram trente-trois
[E7] Pour manger des frites chez Eugène
[A↓] Madeleine elle aimera ça

[A7] Madeleine c'est mon espoir
[D] C'est mon Amérique à moi
[B7] Tant pis si elle est trop bien pour moi
[E7↓] Comme dit son cousin Gaspard

[A] Demain j'attendrai Madeleine
On ira au [E7] cinéma
[E7] Je lui dirai des "je t'aime"
[A] Et Madeleine elle [E7] aimera [A] ça....  [A↓]

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Hey There Delilah
Plain White Ts (Tom Higgenson, 2006)

Fingerpicking Pattern
A|----M-----M-----M-----M-|
E|----I-----I-----I-----I-|
C|-T-----T-----T-----T----|
G|------------------------|

Intro
| [D] | [F#m] | [D] | [F#m] |

| [D] Hey there Delilah, what's it | [F#m] like in New York City?
I'm a | [D] thousand miles away, but girl | [F#m] tonight you look so pretty
Yes you | [Bm7] do ... | [G] Times Square can't [A] shine as bright as | [Bm7] you
I swear it's | [A] true |

| [D] Hey there Delilah, don't you | [F#m] worry about the distance,
I'm right | [D] there if you get lonely, give this | [F#m] song another listen
Close your | [Bm7] eyes ... | [G] listen to my [A] voice it's my | [Bm7] disguise
I'm by your | [A] side |

Chorus
| [D] Oh it's what you do to | [Bm7] me... |
| [D] Oh it's what you do to | [Bm7] me... |
| [D] Oh it's what you do to | [Bm7] me... |
| [D] Oh it's what you do to | [Bm7] me, what you do to | [D] me |

| [D] Hey there Delilah, I know | [F#m] times are getting hard
But just | [D] believe me girl some day, I'll pay the | [F#m] bills with this guitar,
We'll have it | [Bm7] good ... | [G] we'll have the [A] life we knew we | [Bm7] would
My word is | [A] good |

| [D] Hey there Delilah, I've got | [F#m] so much left to say
If every | [D] simple song I wrote to you, would | [F#m] take your breath away
I'd write it | [Bm7] all ... | [G] even more in [A] love with me you'd | [Bm7] fall
We'd have it | [A] all |

Chorus
| [D] Oh it's what you do to | [Bm7] me... |
| [D] Oh it's what you do to | [Bm7] me... |
| [D] Oh it's what you do to | [Bm7] me... |
| [D] Oh it's what you do to | [Bm7] me, what you do to | [D] me |

Bridge:
A | [G] thousand miles seems pretty far, but | [A] they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd | [D] walk to you if I had no other | [Bm7] way...
Our | [G] friends would all make fun of us, and | [A] we'll just laugh along because
We | [D] know that none of them have felt this | [Bm7] way...
| [G] Delilah I can promise you, that | [A] by the time that we get through
The | [Bm7] world will never ever be the | [Bm7] same... and you're to | [A] blame | [A] |

| [D] Hey there Delilah you be | [F#m] good, and don't you miss me
Two more | [D] years and you'll be done with school, and | [F#m] I'll be making history
Like I | [Bm7] do ... | [G] you'll know it's [A] all because of | [Bm7] you
| [G] We can do [A] whatever we want | [Bm7] to... |
| [G] Hey there [A] Delilah here's to | [Bm7] you, this one's for | [A] you | [A] |

Chorus
| [D] Oh it's what you do to | [Bm7] me... |
| [D] Oh it's what you do to | [Bm7] me... |
| [D] Oh it's what you do to | [Bm7] me... |
| [D] Oh it's what you do to | [Bm7] me, what you do to | [D↓] me

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Brian Wilson
Barenaked Ladies (Steven Page, 1992)

     Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
      1   2 &   & 4 &

[G] ...Drove [D] downtown in the rain, [Am] ...nine- [Am] thirty on a Tuesday
[G] night, Just to [D] check out the late- night [Bm] record [Am] shop.
[G] ...Call it im- [D] pulsive, call it com- [Am] pulsive, call it in- [Am] sane;
[G] But when I'm sur- [D] rounded I just can't [Bm] Sto- o- [Am] op.

[G] ...It's a matter of [D] instinct. it's a matter of con- [Am] ditioning, a matter of [Am] fact.
[G] ...You can [D] call me Pavlov's [Bm] do - [Am] og,
[G] ...Ring a [D] bell and I'll salivate, [Am] ...how'd you like [Am] that?
[G] ...Dr. [D] Landy tell me you're [Bm] not just a peda- [Am] gogue 'cause right now I'm...

Chorus
[G] Lying in [D] bed, just like [Am] Brian Wilson [Am] did
Well I'm [G] lying in [D] bed just like Brian [Em] Wilson did... [A]    [G]    [A]
[Em]  [A]  [G]    [A]

[G] ...So I'm [D] lying here, [Am] ...just [Am] staring at the ceiling
[G] tiles, And I'm [D] thinking about [Bm] oh what to think a- [Am] bout.
[G] ...Just [D] listening and re- [Am] listening... [Am] to Smiley
[G] Smile, and I'm [D] wondering if this is [Bm] some kind of cre- [Am] ative drought because

Chorus
[G] Lying in [D] bed, just like [Am] Brian Wilson [Am] did
Well I'm [G] lying in [D] bed just like Brian [Em] Wilson did... [A]    [G]    [A]
[Em]  [A]  [G]    [A]

Bridge
[Am] And if you want to [D] find me, I'll be [F] out in the [Em] sandbox
[Am] Wondering [D] where the hell all the [G] love has [F] go- o- [Am] one.
Playing my [D] guitar and building [F] castles in the [Em] sun whoa- oh
[Am] Oh, and [D] singing "Fun, Fun, [G] Fun"

Chorus
I'm lying in [D] bed, just like [Am] Brian Wilson [Am] did
Well I'm [G] lying in [D] bed just like Brian [Em] Wilson did... [A]    [G]    [A]
[Em]  [A]  [G]    [A]

Bridge 2
[Am↓] ... I [E7↓] had a [Am↓] dream that I was [E7↓] three hundred [Am↓] pounds
And [E7↓] though I was very [Am↓] heavy, I [E7↓] floated 'til I couldn't see the [Am] ground
I [E7] floated 'til I [Am] couldn't see the [E7] ground, whoa
[Am] Somebody help me ([E7] I couldn't see the ground)
[Am] Somebody help me ([E7] I couldn't see the ground)
[Am] Somebody help [E7] meeeeee, because I'm...

Chorus
[G] I'm lying in [D] bed, just like [Am] Brian Wilson [Am] did
Well I'm [G] lying in [D] bed just like Brian [Em] Wilson did... [A] [G] [A↓]

[G↓↓] ...Drove [D] downtown in the rain, [Am] ...nine- [Am] thirty on a Tuesday
[G] night, Just to [D] check out the late- night [Bm] record [Am] shop.
[G] ...Call it im- [D] pulsive, call it com- [Am] pulsive, call it in- [Am] sane;
[G] But when I'm sur- [D] rounded I just can't [Bm] Sto- o- [Bm] op.  [Em↓]

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Jolene
Dolly Parton (1974)

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

Intro
| [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
Chorus
Jo- [Am] lene [C] Jolene Jo- [G] lene Jo- [Am] lene | [Am]
I'm [G] begging of you [Em7] please don't take my [Am] man | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
Jo- [Am] lene [C] Jolene Jo- [G] lene Jo- [Am] lene | [Am]
[G] Please don't take him [Em7] just because you [Am] can | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]

Your [Am] beauty is be- [C] yond compare
With [G] flaming locks of [Am] auburn hair
With [G] ivory skin and [Em7] eyes of emerald [Am] green | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
[Am] Your smile is like a [C] breath of spring
Your [G] voice is soft like [Am] summer rain
And [G] I cannot com- [Em7] pete with Jo- [Am] lene | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]

He [Am] talks about you [C] in his sleep
And there's [G] nothing I can [Am] do to keep
From [G] crying when he [Em7] calls your name Jo- [Am] lene | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
And [Am] I can easily [C] understand
How [G] you could easily [Am] take my man
But [G] you don't know what he [Em7] means to me Jo- [Am] lene | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]

Chorus
Jo- [Am] lene [C] Jolene Jo- [G] lene Jo- [Am] lene | [Am]
I'm [G] begging of you [Em7] please don't take my [Am] man | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
Jo- [Am] lene [C] Jolene Jo- [G] lene Jo- [Am] lene | [Am]
[G] Please don't take him [Em7] just because you [Am] can | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]

[Am] You can have your [C] choice of men
But [G] I could never [Am] love again
[G] He's the only [Em7] one for me Jo- [Am] lene | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
I [Am] had to have this [C] talk with you
My [G] happiness de- [Am] pends on you
And what- [G] ever you de- [Em7] cide to do Jo- [Am] lene | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]

Chorus
Jo- [Am] lene [C] Jolene Jo- [G] lene Jo- [Am] lene | [Am]
I'm [G] begging of you [Em7] please don't take my [Am] man | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
Jo- [Am] lene [C] Jolene Jo- [G] lene Jo- [Am] lene | [Am]
[G] Please don't take him [Em7] even though you [Am] can | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]

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Alison
Elvis Costello (1977)

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Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Jim Croce (1973)

Key of: C
Intro:
[C] [G7]
Well the [C] South side of Chicago, is the [D7] baddest part of town
And if you [E7] go down there, you better [F] just beware
Of a [G7] man named Leroy [C] Brown
Now [C] Leroy more than trouble, you see he [D7] stand 'bout six foot four
All the [E7] downtown ladies call him [F] 'Treetop Lover'
All the [G7] men just call him [C] 'Sir'

Chorus
And he's [C] bad, bad Leroy Brown
The [D7] baddest man in the whole damned town
[E7] Badder than old King [F] Kong
And [G7] meaner than a junkyard [C] dog

Now [C] Leroy, he a gambler, and he [D7] like his fancy clothes
And he [E7] like to wave his [F] diamond rings,
In front of [G7] everybody's [C] nose
He got a [C] custom Continental, he got an [D7] Eldorado too
He got a [E7] 32 gun in his [F] pocket for fun
He got a [G7] razor in his [C] shoe

Chorus
And he's [C] bad, bad Leroy Brown
The [D7] baddest man in the whole damned town
[E7] Badder than old King [F] Kong
And [G7] meaner than a junkyard [C] dog

Well [C] Friday 'bout a week ago, [D7] Leroy shootin' dice
And at the [E7] edge of the bar sat a [F] girl named Doris
And [G7] oo that girl looked [C] nice [C]
Well he [C] cast his eyes upon her, and the [D7] trouble soon began
Cause [E7] Leroy Brown learned a [F] lesson 'bout messin'
With the [G7] wife of a jealous [C] man

Chorus
And he's [C] bad, bad Leroy Brown
The [D7] baddest man in the whole damned town
[E7] Badder than old King [F] Kong
And [G7] meaner than a junkyard [C] dog

Well the [C] two men took to fighting
And when they [D7] pulled them from the floor
[E7] Leroy looked like a [F] jigsaw puzzle
With a [G7] couple of pieces [C] gone

Chorus
And he's [C] bad, bad Leroy Brown
The [D7] baddest man in the whole damned town
[E7] Badder than old King [F] Kong
And [G7] meaner than a junkyard [C] dog
Yeah, you were [E7] badder than old King [F] Kong,
and [G7] meaner than a [F] junkyard [C] dog

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Big Bad John
Johnny Cash (Jimmy Dean & Roy Acuff, 1961)

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

Every [G] morning at the mine you could see him arrive [F]
He stood [G] six foot six and weighed 245 [F]
Kinda [G] broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip [F]
And [G] everybody knew you didn't give no [F] lip to Big [G] John.
Big [Em] John, Big [C] Jo---- [D] ohn, Big Bad [G] John.

No[G] body seemed to know where John called home [F]
He just [G] drifted into town and stayed all alone [F]
[G] Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and shy  [F]
And [G] if you spoke at all you just said [F] hi to Big [G] John

[G] Somebody said he came down from New Orleans  [F]
Where he [G] got in a fight over a Cajun Queen  [F]
And a [G] crashing blow from a huge right hand  [F]
Sent a [G] Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land [F] Big [G] John
Big [Em] John, Big [C] Jo---- [D] ohn, Big Bad [G] John. ...[F] Big [G] John

Then [G] came one day at the bottom of the mine  [F]
When a [G] timber cracked and the men started [F] crying
[G] Miners were praying and their hearts beat [F] fast
And [G] everybody thought they'd breathed their [F] last 'cept [G] John

Through the [G] dust and the smoke of this man made [F] Hell
Walked a [G] giant of a man that the miners knew [F] well
Grabbed a [G] sagging timber and gave out with a [F] groan
And like a [G] giant oak tree just stood there a- [F] lone  Big [G] John
Big [Em] John, Big [C] Jo---- [D] ohn, Big Bad [G] John. ...[F] Big [G] John

With [G] all of his strength he gave a mighty [F] shove
Then a [G] miner yelled out "There's a light up [G] Gove
And [G] 20 men scrambled from w would be [F] grave
Now there's [G] only one left down there to [F] save Big [G] John

With [G] jacks and timbers they started back [F] down
Then [F] came that rumble way down in the [F] ground
And [G] smoke and gas belched from outta that [F] mine
[G] Everybody knew it was the end of the [F] line for Big [G] John
Big [Em] John, Big [C] Jo---- [D] ohn, Big Bad [G] John. ...[F] Big [G] John

Now they [G] never re-opened that worthless pit  [F]
They just [G] placed a marble stand in front of it [F]
[G] These few lines are written on that [F] stand  [G]
[NC] "At the bottom of this mine, lies one Helluva man.--BIG JOHN".
Big [Em] John, Big [C] Jo---- [D] ohn, Big Bad [G] John. ...[F] Big [G↓] John

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Billie Jean
Michael Jackson (1982)

Key of:Gm

  Gm    Am
| D - - U - - d - |

Intro
| [Gm]  [Am]   | [Gm]  [Am]   |
| [Gm]  [Am]   | [Gm]  [Am]   |

[Gm] She was [Am] more like a [Gm] beauty queen, from a [Am] movie scene,
[Gm] I said; [Am] don't mind, but what [Gm] do you mean; [Am] I am the [Cm] one?
Who will [Cm] dance on the floor, in the [Gm] round. [Am]    [Gm]
She said; [Am] I am the [Cm] one, who will dance on the floor, in the [Gm] round.

| [Gm]  [Am]   | [Gm]  [Am]   |

[Gm] She told me [Am] her name was [Gm] Billie Jean, as she [Am] caused a scene.
[Gm] Then every [Am] head turned, with [Gm] eyes that dreamed of [Am] being the [Cm] one,
Who will dance on the floor, in the [Gm] round.

| [Gm]  [Am]   | [Gm]  [Am]   |

Pre-Chorus
[Eb] People always told me; be [Gm] careful what you do;
And don't [Eb] go around breaking young girl's [Gm] hearts.
And [Eb] mother always told me; be [Gm] careful of who you love;
And be [Eb] careful of what you do, 'cos the [D7] lie becomes the truth.

Chorus
[Gm] Billie [Am] Jean is [Gm] not my [Am] lover;
[Gm] She's just a [Am] girl who, [Gm] claims that [Am] I am the [Cm] one.
But the [Cm] kid is not my [Gm] son. [Am]   [Gm]
She says; [Am] I am the [Cm] one, but the [Cm] kid is not my [Gm] son.

| [Gm]  [Am]   | [Gm]  [Am]   |

[Gm] For [Am] forty days and [Gm] forty nights, the law was [Am] on her side.
[Gm] But who can [Am] stand, when she's [Gm] in demand, [Am] her schemes and [Cm] plans?
'Cos we [Cm] danced on the floor, in the [Gm] round.  [Am]  [Gm]
So take [Am] my strong ad- [Cm] vice; just remember to always think [Gm] twice.
[Am](Do think [Gm] twice, do think [Am] twice).

[Gm] She told my [Am] baby we'd [Gm] danced 'till three, then she [Am] looked a me,
[Gm] Then showed a [Am] photo; my [Gm] baby cried; his [Am] eyes looked like [Cm] mine.
Go on [Cm] dance on the floor, in the [Gm] round, baby. [Am]   [Gm]    [Am]

Pre-Chorus
[Eb] People always told me; be [Gm] careful what you do;
And don't [Eb] go around breaking young girl's [Gm] hearts.
She [Eb] came and stood right by me; then the [Gm] smell of sweet perfume.
This [Eb] happened much too soon; she [D7] called me to her room.

Chorus
[Gm] Billie [Am] Jean is [Gm] not my [Am] lover;
[Gm] She's just a [Am] girl who, [Gm] claims that [Am] I am the [Cm] one.
But the [Cm] kid is not my [Gm] son. [Am]    [Gm]    [Am]

[Gm] Billie [Am] Jean is [Gm] not my [Am] lover;
[Gm] She's just a [Am] girl who, [Gm] claims that [Am] I am the [Cm] one.
But the [Cm] kid is not my [Gm] son.  [Am]     [Gm]
She says; [Am] I am the [Cm] one, but the kid is not my [Gm] son.

| [Gm]  [Am]   | [Gm]  [Am]   |
She says [Am] I am the [Cm] one,
but the [Cm] kid is not my [Gm]son. [Am]  [Gm]  [Am]

[Gm] Billie [Am] Jean is [Gm] not my [Am] lover;
[Gm] She's just a [Am] girl who, [Gm] claims that [Am] I am the [Cm] one.
But the kid is not my [Gm] son. [Am]     [Gm]
She says; [Am] I am the [Cm] one, but the kid is not my [Gm] son. [Am]     [Gm]
She says; [Am] I am the [Cm] one, but the kid is not my [Gm] son. [Am]     [Gm]

Coda
She says [Am] I am the [Gm] one,  [Am]   [Gm]
She says [Am] he is my [Gm] son.  [Am]   [Gm]
She says [Am] I am the [Gm] one.
Repeat and Fade
[Gm] Billie [Am] Jean is [Gm] not my [Am] lover,
[Gm] Billie [Am] Jean is [Gm] not my [Am] lover,
[Gm] Billie [Am] Jean is [Gm] not my [Am] lover,
[Gm] Billie [Am] Jean is [Gm] not my [Am] lover,

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Maggie Mae
Rod Stewart (with Sam Quittenton, 1971)

:A7sus2: :A7sus4:

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Michelle
The Beatles (McCartney & Lennon, 1965)

:A7sus4:

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Victoria
The Kinks (Ray Davies, 1969)

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

Intro
| [G]   | [G]   | [G]   | [G]   | [G]   | [G]
| [D]   | [G]   | [C]   | [G]   | [D]   | [G]   | [G]

Long a [D] go life was [G] clean
Sex was [C] bad and ob- [G] scene
And the [D] rich were so [G] mean

Stately [D] homes for the [G] Lords
Croquet [C] lawns, village [G] greens
Victori- [D] a was my [G] queen

Chorus
Vic- [G] tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] a, 'tori- [G] a

I was [D] born, lucky [G] me
In a [C] land that I [G] love
Though I'm [D] poor, I am [G] free

When I [D] grow I shall [G] fight
For this [C] land I shall [G] die
Let her [D] sun never [G] set

Chorus
Vic- [G] tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] a, 'tori- [G] a

Vic- [G] tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] a, 'tori- [G] a
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G]

BRIDGE
[Em] Land of hope and [D] gloria
[D] Land of my Vic- [C] toria
[Em] Land of hope and [D] gloria
[D] Land of my Vic- [C] toria | [C] | [G]
[G] Victori- [D] a, tori- [G] a   | [G]   | [G]

INSTRUMENTAL
| [D]   | [G]   | [C]   | [G]   | [D]   | [G]   | [G]

Chorus
Vic- [G] tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] a, 'tori- [G] a
Vic[G]tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] a, 'tori- [G] a

Cana- [D] da to Indi- [G] a
Australi- [C] a to Corn- [G] wall
Singa- [D] pore to Hong [G] Kong
From the [D] West to the [G] East
From the [C] rich to the [G] poor
Victori- [D] a loved them [G] all

Chorus
Vic- [G] tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] a, 'tori- [G] a
Vic- [G] tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] aaaaa...      [G]

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