Jam Set

Ukebox Pub Night - Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 7pm (Doors 5:30)
Bye Bye Love The Everly Brothers (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, 1957)
Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival (John Fogerty, 1969)
Lodi Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fogerty, 1969)
Crossroads Eric Clapton (Robert Johnson, 1936)
Atlanta Moan Manitoba Hal (Barbecue Bob, 1930)
Cocaine Blues Townes Van Zandt (Trad. New Orleans)
Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again Tom Waits (1971)
Jolie Louise Daniel Lanois (1989)
Tainted Love Soft Cell (Ed Cobb, 1964)
Sympathy For The Devil Rolling Stones (Jagger & Richards, 1968)
Always Look On the Bright Side of Life Monty Python (Eric Idle, 1979)
*Extras* (Themed Songs for 2nd set)
Limehouse Blues Douglas Furber & Philip Braham (1921)
Singin' The Blues Gail Davies (Melvin Endsley, 1956)
House Of The Rising Sun Traditional Folk Song
Bluebird Mark Knopfler (2012)

Bye Bye Love
The Everly Brothers (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, 1957)

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Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival (John Fogerty, 1969)

4/4 | d - D - - u D u |  and  | d - D - | for 2 beat chords

Intro:
| [D]   | [A7]  [G]   | [D]   | [D]

[D] I see the [A7] bad [G] moon a- [D] rising  [D]
[D] I see [A7] trouble [G] on the [D] way   [D]
[D] I see [A7] earth- [G] quakes and [D] lightning   [D]
[D] I see [A7] bad [G] times to- [D] day   [D]

Chorus
[G] Don't go around tonight
Well it's [D] bound to take your life
[A7] There's a [G] bad moon on the [D] rise

[D] I hear [A7] hurri[G]canes [D]blowing
[D] I know the [A7] end is [G] coming [D] soon
[D] I fear [A7] rivers [G] over [D] flowing
[D] I hear the [A7] voice of [G] rage and [D] ruin

Chorus
[G] Don't go around tonight
Well it's [D] bound to take your life
[A7] There's a [G] bad moon on the [D] rise

Instrumental (Verse & Chorus)

[D] Hope you [A7] got your [G] things to[D]gether
[D] Hope you are [A7] quite pre[G]pared to [D] die
[D] Looks like we're [A7] in for [G] nasty [D] weather
[D] One eye is [A7] taken [G] for an [D] eye

Chorus
[G] Don't go around tonight
Well it's [D] bound to take your life
[A7] There's a [G] bad moon on the [D] rise

Chorus
[G] Don't go around tonight
Well it's [D] bound to take your life
[A7] There's a [G] bad moon on the [D] rise

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Lodi
Creedence Clearwater Revival

#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original.
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Crossroads
Eric Clapton (Robert Johnson, 1936)

Treat this 2 bar pattern as 1 bar in song

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

I went [A7] down to the crossroads, [A7] ... fell down on my [A7] knees.  [A7]
I went [D7] down to the crossroads, [D7] ... fell down on my  [A7] knees. [A7]
Well I [E7] asked the Lord to have mercy, [D7] ... "Save me if you  [A7] please." [A7]

I went [A7] down to the crossroads, [A7] ... tried to flag a [A7] ride. [A7]
I went [D7] down to the crossroads, [D7] ... tried to flag a [A7] ride. [A7]
Nobody [E7] seemed to know me, [D7] ... everybody passed me [A7] by.  [A7]

I'm [A7] going down to Rosedale, [A7] ... take my rider by my [A7] side. [A7]
I'm [D7] going down to Rosedale, [D7] ... take my rider by my [A7] side. [A7]
You can [E7] still barrelhouse darlin', [D7] ... cos'a mama is'a on the river- [A7] side. [A7]

You can [A7] run, you can run, [A7] ... tell my friend, po'r Willie [A7] Brown. [A7]
You can [D7] run, you can run, [D7]... tell my friend, po'r Willie [A7] Brown. [A7]
I am [E7] standing at the crossroads, [D7]... believe I'm sink-ing [A7] down. [A7]

#Play along with Eric Clapton in this key.
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Atlanta Moan
Manitoba Hal (Barbecue Bob, 1930)

#Play along in this key with Manitoba Hal's version.
#Last Update 10/31/17 JJ
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Cocaine Blues
Townes Van Zandt (Trad. New Orleans)

Intro (8 Bar Blues Pattern)
| [C] | [E7] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [G]   | [C] | [G] |

[C] Cocaine, [E7] cocaine,
[F] 'Round my heart and runnin' [F] 'round my brain,
Co- [C] caine, [G] aw, you ol' co- [C] caine.  [G]

I [C] woke up this mornin', Lord, I [E7] had a hunger pain.
And [F] all I want for breakfast is my [F] good cocaine,
Co- [C] caine, [G] aw, you ol' co- [C] caine.  [G]

[C] Jump out of bed, babe, [E7] run downtown;
[F] Take along the money and look [F] all around.
[C] Find the man, [G] the man that sells co- [C] caine.  [G]

Solo
| [C] | [E7] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [G]   | [C] | [G] |

[C] Come here, Mama, [E7] come here quick;
[F] That ol' coke's got me and I'm [F] feelin' sick.
Co- [C] caine, [G] aw, you ol' co- [C] caine.  [G]

[C] Get out of here, Mama, I [E7] thought you understood;
[F] You got no connections then you're [F] no damn good.
Co- [C] caine, [G] aw, you ol' co- [C] caine.  [G]

[C] Coke's for horses, Lord, it [E7] ain't for men.
[F] They say it kills you, but they [F] don't say when.
Co- [C] caine, [G] aw, you ol' co- [C] caine.  [G]

Solo
| [C] | [E7] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [G]   | [C] | [G] |

[C] C'mon, Mama, let's [E7] rent us a boat.
[F] We'll sail down that Gi- [F] braltar moat;
[C] Shed a tear every [G] time we pass [C] Tangiers.  [G]

[C] Cocaine, [E7] cocaine,
[F] 'Round my heart and runnin' [F] 'round my brain,
Co- [C] caine, [G] aw, you ol' co- [C] caine.  [G]

#Play along with original in this key.

#Lyric structure comes from this live version.

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Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again
Tom Waits (1971)

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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

#Capo on 1st fret to learn it with original.
#Last Updated 4/28/28 JJ
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Tainted Love
Soft Cell (Ed Cobb, 1964)

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

Intro:
[A]   [C]   [F]   [C]
[A]   [C]   [F]   [C]
Some- [A] times [C] I [F] feel I've [C] got to
[A] [C] Run a- [F] way I've [C] got to
[A] [C] Get a- [F] way from the [C] pain that you
[A] drive into the [C] heart of [E7] me

The [A] love [C] we [F] share [C] seems to
[A] [C] Go no- [F] where [C] and I've
[A] Lost [C] my [F] light, [C] for I
[A] Toss and turn; I can't [C] sleep at [E7] night

[A] Once I ran to you
[C] Now I'll run from you
[F] This tainted love you've given
[D] I give you all a girl could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly [A] all...
[A] [C] Tainted [F] love [C]
[A] [C] Tainted [F] love [C]

[A] Now [C] I [F] know I've [C] got to
[A] [C] Run a- [F] way I've [C] got to
[A] [C] Get a- [F] way [C] you don't
[A] Really want any [C] love from [E7] me

To [A] make [C] things [F] right you [C] need
Some- [A] one to [C] hold you [F] tight, [C] and you'll
[A] Think love [C] is to [F] play, [C] but,
I'm [A] sorry; I don't [C] pray that [E7] way.

[A] Once I ran to you (I ran!)
[C] Now I'll run from you (I'll run!)
[F] This tainted love you've given
[D] I give you all a girl could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly [A] all...

[A] Oh... [C] tainted [F] love[C]
[A] [C] Tainted [F] love [C]
Don't [A] touch [C] me [F] please; [C] I cannot
[A] Stand the [C] way you [F] tease [C]

[A] love you, though you [C] hurt me [F] so [C] Now I'm
[A] gonna pack my [C] things and [E7] go

[A] Oh... [C] tainted [F] love [C]
[A] Oh... [C] tainted [F] love [C]
[A] Oh... [C] tainted [F] love [C]
[A] Oh... [C] tainted [F] love [C]

#Original in key of G. This chart is in A.
#Last Udated 09/2022 JJ
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Sympathy For The Devil
Rolling Stones (Jagger & Richards, 1968)

Use this 2 bar pattern over every bar
(I don't want to write it out in 16th notes)
4/4 | D - D - D - - u | - u - u D u D u |
      1   2   3 (4) &     &   & 3 & 4 &

Intro (Z chord strumming or shakers)

[E7↓] ...Please allow me to intro- [D↓] duce myself, I'm a [A↓] man of wealth and [E7↓] taste
[E7↓] ...I've been around for [D↓] long, long years I've [A↓] stolen many a man's soul and [E7↓] faith
[E7↓] ...I was around when [D↓] Jesus Christ had his [A↓] moments of doubt and [E7↓] pain
[E7] ...I made damn sure that [D] Pilate, washed his [A] hands and sealed his [E7] fate   [E7]

Chorus
[B7↓] ...Pleased to meet you, [B7↓] ...hope you guess my [E7↓] name,   [E7↓]
But what's [B7↓] puzzling you, is the [B7↓] nature of my [E7↓] game    [E7↓]

[E7] ...I stuck around St. [D] Petersburg when I [A] saw it was time for a [E7] change
[E7] ...I killed the Tzar and his [D] ministers, Anas- [A] tasia screamed in [E7] vain
[E7] ...I rode a tank, held a [D] gen'ral's rank, when the [A] blitzkrieg raged and the [E7] bodies stank  [E7]

Chorus
[B7] ...Pleased to meet you, [B7] ...hope you guess my [E7] name, oh [E7] yeah
Ah what's [B7] puzzling you, is the [B7] nature of my [E7] game, oh [E7] yeah

Backup Vocals begin "Oo oooh" on beats 2 & 3 of every bar.)
[E7] ...I watched with glee while your [D] kings and queens, fought for [A] ten decades for the [E7] gods they made
I [E7] shouted out "Who killed the [D] Kennedys?", when [A] after all it was [E7] you and me
[E7] Let me please intro- [D] duce myself, I am a [A] man of wealth and [E7] taste
[E7] ...And I lay traps for [D] troubadours, who get [A] killed before they reach Bom- [E7] bay      [E7]

Chorus
[B7] ...Pleased to meet you, [B7] ...hope you guess my [E7] name, oh [E7] yeah
But what's [B7] puzzling you, is the [B7] nature of my [E7] game, oh [E7] yeah

Solo (Backup Vocals Continue)
| [E7] | [D] | [A] | [E7] |
| [E7] | [D] | [A] | [E7] | [E7] |

Chorus
[B7] ...Pleased to meet you, [B7] ...hope you guess my [E7] name, oh [E7] yeah
But what's [B7] puzzling you, is the [B7] nature of my [E7] game, oh [E7] yeah

Just as [E7] every cop is a [D] criminal, and [A] all the sinners, [E7] Saints
As [E7] heads is tails, just call me [D] Lucifer, 'cause I'm in [A] need of some res- [E7] traint
So if you [E7] meet me, have some [D] courtesy, have some [A] sympathy and some [E7] taste
Use [E7] all your well- learned [D] politesse, or I'll [A] lay your soul to [E7] waste  [E7]

Chorus
[B7] ...Pleased to meet you, [B7] ...hope you guess my [E7] name, hmm [E7] yeah
But what's [B7] puzzling you, is the [B7] nature of my [E7] game, hmm [E7] baby, get down...

Outro Solo (Backup Vocals Continue)
Repeat and Fade
| [E7] | [D] | [A] | [E7] |
| [E7] | [D] | [A] | [E7] |

#Play along with original in this key.

#Last Updated 01-31-19 JJ
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Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Monty Python (Eric Idle, 1979)

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Limehouse Blues
Douglas Furber & Philip Braham (1921)

#Here is a version with singing... not in this key.

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Singin' The Blues
Gail Davies (Melvin Endsley, 1956)

#Play along in this key with Gail Davies version.

#Capo 4th fret to play with original. Order of verses is different.
#Last Update 10/31/17 JJ
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House Of The Rising Sun
Traditional Folk Song

6/8 Fingerpicking Pattern
A|----------R-------|
E|-------M-----M----|
C|----I-----------I-|
G|-T----------------|
   1  &  2  &  3  &

Intro
| [Am]   | [C]   | [D]   | [F]
| [Am]   | [E7]   | [Am]   | [E7]

There [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New Orleans [F]
They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E7] Sun [E7]
And it's [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor [F] boy
And [Am] God I [E7] know I'm [Am] one [E7]

My [Am] mother [C] was a [D] tailor [F]
She [Am] sewed my [C] new blue [E7] jeans [E7]
My [Am] father [C] was a [D] gamblin' [F] man
[Am] Down in [E7] New Or- [Am] leans [E7]

Now the [Am] only [C] thing a [D] gambler [F] needs
Is a [Am] suitcase [C] and a [E7] trunk [E7]
And the [Am] only [C] time [D] he's satis- [F] fied
Is [Am] when he's [E7] on a [Am] drunk [E7]

He [Am] fills his [C] glasses up [D] to the [F] brim
And [Am] pushes those [C] cards a- [E7] round [E7]
The [Am] only [C] pleasure he [D] gets out of [F] life
Is [Am] rambling from [E7] town to [Am] town [E7]

Now [Am] tell my [C] baby [D] sister [F]
Not to [Am] do what [C] I have [E7] done [E7]
But [Am] shun that [C] house in [D] New Orleans [F]
They [Am] call the [E7] Rising [Am] Sun [E7]

Oh [Am] mother [C] tell your [D] children [F]
Not to [Am] do what [C] I have [E7] done [E7]
[Am] Spend your [C] lives in [D] sin and miser- [F] y
In the [Am] House of the [E7] Rising [Am] Sun [E7]

Well, I got [Am] one foot [C] on the [D] platform [F]
The [Am] other foot [C] on the [E7] train [E7]
I'm [Am] goin' [C] back to [D] New Orleans [F]
To [Am] wear that [E7] ball and [Am] chain [E7]

Well, there [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New Orleans [F]
They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E7] Sun [E7]
And it's [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor [F] boy
And [Am] God I [E7] know I'm [Am] one [C] | [D] | [F]
| [Am] | [E7] | [Am] | [Am↓]

#Good tune for learning fingerpicking. Easy 6/8 (or 3/4) pattern.
#Though this version doesn't track directly with the Animals' famous rendition, you can still play along with it in this key.
#Last Updated 1/5/18 JJ
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Bluebird
Mark Knopfler (2012)

     Slow swing feel
4/4 | d - R u - u - - |
      1   2 &(3)&(4)

| [Dm] | [Dm]   | [Dm] | [Dm] |
| [Gm] | [Gm]   | [Dm] | [Dm] |
| [F]   | [Gm6] [A7] | [Dm] | [Dm↓] |

Got [Dm] crows in my pasture
[Dm] ...Rats in my [Dm] barn   [Dm]
[Gm] ...Crows in my pasture, babe
[Gm] ...Rats in my [Dm] barn  [Dm]
If I was [F] you, little bluebird
[Gm6] ...I'd [A7] up and find a- [Dm] nother farm  [Dm↓]

I've got [Dm] nightshade in my meadow
[Dm] ...Ragweed in my [Dm] corn   [Dm]
[Gm] ...Nightshade in my [Gm] meadow
And ragweed in my [Dm] corn   [Dm]
If I was [F] you, little bluebird
[Gm6] ....  [A7] I'd be long  [Dm] gone [Dm↓]

| [Dm] | [Dm]   | [Dm] | [Dm] |
| [Gm] | [Gm]   | [Dm] | [Dm] |
| [F]   | [Gm6] [A7] | [Dm] | [Dm↓] |

Yes, I got [Dm] squirrels in my rafters
[Dm] ...Weevils in my [Dm] hay    [Dm]
[Gm] ...Squirrels in my rafters
[Gm] ...Weevils in my [Dm] hay    [Dm]
If I was [F] you, little bluebird
[Gm6] ...  I'd [A7] up and fly a- [Dm] way   [Dm] Fly away, baby

| [Dm] | [Dm]   | [Dm] | [Dm] |
| [Gm] | [Gm]   | [Dm] | [Dm] |
| [F]   | [Gm6] [A7] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm↓]

#Capo on 1st fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 7/3/18 JJ
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