Ukebox Pub Night - Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 - 8pm |
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| Log Drivers Waltz Wade Hemsworth (1955) |
| The French Song Lucille Starr (1962) |
| Early Morning Rain Gordon Lightfoot (1966) |
| Circle Game (Key of A) Joni Mitchell (1968) |
| Signs (Key of G) Five Man Electrical Band (Les Emmerson, 1970) |
| Heart Of Gold Neil Young (1972) |
| Complainte du phoque en Alaska Beau Dommage (Michel Rivard, 1974) |
| Sunglasses At Night Corey Hart (1984) |
| Safety Dance Men Without Hats (Ivan Doroschuk, 1983) |
| Wheat Kings The Tragically Hip (1992) |
| Angel Sarah McLachlan (1998) |
| 1234 Feist (Sally Seltmann & Feist; 2007) |
Log Driver's Waltz
Wade Hemsworth (1955)
Quick
3/4 | d - D - D - |
1 2 3
Intro
[C] [G7] [C] [C]
Verse 1:
If you should [C] ask any girl from the [F] parish a- [Dm] round
What [G7] pleases her most from her head to her [C] toes
She'll [C] say I'm not sure that it's [F] business of yours
But I [G7] do like to waltz with a [C] log driver
Chorus
[G7] For he goes [C] birling down, a- [F] down white water
[C] That's where the log driver [G7] learns to step lightly
It's [C] birling down, a- [F] down white water
A [C] log drivers waltz pleases [G7] girls com- [C] pletely
Verse 2:
When the [C] drive's nearly over, I [F] like to go [Dm] down
To [G7] see all the lads while they work on the [C] river
I [C] know that come evening they'll [F] be in the town
And we [G7] all want to waltz with a [C] log driver
Chorus
[G7] For he goes [C] birling down, a- [F] down white water
[C] That's where the log driver [G7] learns to step lightly
It's [C] birling down, a- [F] down white water
A [C] log drivers waltz pleases [G7] girls com- [C] pletely
Verse 3:
To [C] please both my parents, I've [F] had to give [Dm] way
And [G7] dance with the doctors and merchants and [C] lawyers
Their [C] manners are fine, but their [F] feet are of [Dm] clay
For there's [G7] none with the style of a [C] log driver
Chorus
[G7] For he goes [C] birling down, a- [F] down white water
[C] That's where the log driver [G7] learns to step lightly
It's [C] birling down, a- [F]down white water
A [C] log drivers waltz pleases [G7] girls com- [C] pletely
Verse 4:
[C] I've had my chances with [F] all sorts of [Dm] men
But [G7] none is so fine as my lad on the [C] river
So [C] when the drive's over, if he [F] asks me again
I [G7] think I will marry my [C] log driver
Chorus
[G7] For he goes [C] birling down, a- [F] down white water
[C] That's where the log driver [G7] learns to step lightly
It's [C] birling down, a- [F] down white water
A [C] log drivers waltz pleases [G7] girls com- [C] pletely
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with NFB film.
#Last Updated 5/04/18 JJ
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The French Song
Lucille Starr (1962)
Slow Shuffle (Swing Time)
4/4 | d - D u d - D u |
1 2 3 4
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C]
Quand le so- [C] leil dit bon- [F] jour aux mon- [C] tagnes [C]
Et que [G] la nuit ren- [G] contre le [C] jour [C]
Je suis [C] seule avec mes [F] rêves sur la mon- [C] tagne [C]
Une [G] voix me rap- | pelle tou- [C] jours [C]
É- [F] coute à ma [Fm] porte les [C] chansons du [C] vent
Rap- [D7] pelle les [D7] souvenirs de [G] toi [G↓]
Quand le so- [C] leil dit bon- [F] jour aux mon- [C] tagnes [C]
Je suis [G] seule, je ne | veux penser qu'à [C] toi [C]
Now when the [C] sun says good [F] day to the [C] mountains [C]
And the [G] night says hel- | lo to the [C] dawn [C]
I'm a- [C] lone with my [F] dreams on the [C] hilltop [C]
I can [G] still hear his | voice though he's [C] gone [C]
I [F] hear from my [Fm] door, the [C] love songs through the | wind
It [D7] brings back sweet | memories of [G] you [G↓]
Quand le so- [C] leil dit bon- [F] jour aux mon- [C] tagnes [C]
Je suis [G] seule, je ne | veux penser qu'a | [C] toi [F] | [C↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play with this version.
#Last Updated 5/22/18 JJ
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Early Morning Rain
Gordon Lightfoot
Generally 2 bars per chord
4/4 | d - D - d u D u |
1 2 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [F] | [F] | [Bb] | [Bb] |
| [C] | [Bb] | [F] | [Bb] |
| [F] ...In the | early morning | [Csus4] rain | [Csus4] |
| [C] ...With a | [Bb] dollar in my | [F] hand | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...With an | aching in my | [Gm7] heart | [Gm7] |
| [Gm7] ...and my | pockets full of | [F] sand | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...I'm a | long way from | [Gm7] home | [Gm7] |
| [C] ...and I | miss my loved ones | [F] so | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...In the | early morning | [Am] rain | [Am] |
| [C] ...With | [Bb] no place to | [F] go | [Bb] |
| [F] ...Out on | runway number | [Csus4] nine | [Csus4] |
| [C] ...big seven o | [Bb] seven set to | [F] go | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...But I'm | stuck here in the | [Gm7] grass | [Gm7] |
| [Gm7] ...Where the | cold wind | [F] blows | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...Now the | liquor tasted | [Gm7] good | [Gm7] |
| [C] ...And the | women all were | [F] fast | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...Well now | there she goes my | [Am] friend | [Am] |
| [C] ...Well she's | [Bb] rolling down at | [F] last | [Bb] |
| [C] | [Bb] | [F] | [Bb] |
| [F] ...Hear the | mighty engines | [Csus4] roar | [Csus4] |
| [C] ...See the | [Bb] silver wing on | [F] high | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...She's a- | way and westward | [Gm7] bound | [Gm7] |
| [Gm7] ...Far a- | bove the clouds she'll | [F] fly | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...Where the | morning rain don't | [Gm7] fall | [Gm7] |
| [C] ...And the | sun always | [F] shines | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...She'll be | flying over my | [Am] home | [Am] |
| [C] ...In a- | [Bb] bout three hours | [F] time
| [Bb] | [C] | [Bb] | [F] | [Bb] |
| [F] ...This old | airport's got me | [Csus4] down | [Csus4] |
| [C] ...It's no | [Bb] earthly good to | [F] me | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...'Cause I'm | stuck here on the | [Gm7] ground | [Gm7] |
| [Gm7] ...As cold and | drunk as I can | [F] be | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...You can't | jump a jet | [Gm7] plane | [Gm7] |
| [C] ...like you | can a freight | [F] train | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...So I'd | best be on my | [Csus4] way | [Csus4] |
| [C] ...in the | [Bb] early morning | [F] rain | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...You can't | jump a jet | [Gm7] plane | [Gm7] |
| [C] ...like you | can a freight | [F] train | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...So I'd | best be on my | [Csus4] way | [Csus4] |
| [C] ...in the | [Bb] early morning | [F] rain | [Bb] |
| [C] | [Bb] | [F] | [Bb] | [F↓]
#Play with originial in this key.
#Last Updated 9/18/17 JJ
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Circle Game - Key of A
Joni Mitchell (1968)
Fingerpicking in 4/4... for example
|----------M-------------|
|----I-----------I-------|
|-T-----------------T----|
|-------T----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
| [A] Yesterday a | [D] child came out to | [A] wonder | [A] |
| [A] Caught a dragon | [D] fly inside a | [E7] jar | [E7] |
| [A] Fearful when the | [D] sky was full of | [C#m7] thunder | [C#m7]
And | [D] tearful at the | [A] falling [C#m7↓] of [D↓] a | [A] star | [A] |
Chorus
And the | [A] seasons, they go | [C#m7↓] round [D↓] and [A] 'round
And the | [A] painted ponies go | [C#m7↓] up [D↓] and [A] down |
| [D] We're captive on a | carousel of | [A] time | [A] |
| [D] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [C#m7] hind from where we | [D] came
And go | [C#m7] 'round and 'round and | [D] 'round in the [E7] circle | [A] game | [A]
[A] Then the child moved [D] ten times 'round the [A] seasons [A]
[A] Skated over [D] ten clear frozen [E7] streams [E7]
[A] Words like, when you're [D] older, must [C#m7] appease him [C#m7]
And [D] promises of | [A] someday [C#m7↓] make [D↓] his | [A] dreams | [A]
Chorus
And the | [A] seasons, they go | [C#m7↓] round [D↓] and [A] 'round
And the | [A] painted ponies go | [C#m7↓] up [D↓] and [A] down |
| [D] We're captive on a | carousel of | [A] time | [A] |
| [D] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [C#m7] hind from where we | [D] came
And go | [C#m7] 'round and 'round and | [D] 'round in the [E7] circle | [A] game | [A]
[A] Sixteen springs and [D] sixteen summers gone [A] now [A]
[A] Cartwheels turn to [D] car wheels through the [E7] town [E7]
And they [A] tell him, take your [D] time it won't be [C#m7] long now [C#m7]
'Till you [D] drag your feet to | [A] slow the [C#m7↓] cir- [D↓] -cles | [A] down | [A]
Chorus
And the | [A] seasons, they go | [C#m7↓] round [D↓] and [A] 'round
And the | [A] painted ponies go | [C#m7↓] up [D↓] and [A] down |
| [D] We're captive on a | carousel of | [A] time | [A] |
| [D] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [C#m7] hind from where we | [D] came
And go | [C#m7] 'round and 'round and | [D] 'round in the [E7] circle | [A] game | [A]
So the [A] years spin by and [D] now the boy is [A] twenty [A]
Though his [A] dreams have lost some [D] grandeur coming [E7] true [E7]
There'll be [A] new dreams, maybe [D] better dreams and [C#m7] plenty [C#m7]
Be- [D] fore the last re- | [A] volving [C#m7↓] year [D↓] is | [A] through | [A]
Chorus
And the | [A] seasons, they go | [C#m7↓] round [D↓] and [A] 'round
And the | [A] painted ponies go | [C#m7↓] up [D↓] and [A] down |
| [D] We're captive on a | carousel of | [A] time | [A] |
| [D] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [C#m7] hind from where we | [D] came
And go | [C#m7] 'round and 'round and | [D] 'round in the [E7] circle | [A] game | [A] |
And go | [C#m7] 'round and 'round and | [D] 'round in the circle | [A] game | [A] | [A↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play along with original.
#Last Updated 9/11/18 JJ
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Signs (Key of G)
Five Man Electrical Band (Les Emmerson, 1970)
Basic Strum:
4/4 | D - - - D - D u |
1 2 3 4 &
Intro Riff:
G Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Gsus4 G
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 | [F] sign said | [C] "Long- haired freaky people
| [G] need not ap- | [C] ply"
So I | [G] tucked my hair up | [D] under my hat and I
| [C] went in to ask him | [D] why
| [Em7] He said "You look like a | fine upstanding young
| [C] man, I think you'll | do"
So I | [G] took off my hat and said "I- | [D] magine that!
Heh, | [C] me workin' for | [D] you!" Whoah
Chorus
| [G] Sign sign | [F] everywhere a [C] sign |
| [G] Blockin' out the scenery, | [C] breakin' my mind |
| [G] Do this, don't do | [D] that, can't you read the | [F] sign? | [F] |
Intro Riff | [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
Verse 2
And the | [F] sign said anybody | [C] caught trespassin'
| [G] would be shot out of | [C] sight
So I | [G] jumped on the fence and I | [D] yelled at the house
| [C] "Hey, what gives you the | [D] right?
To | [Em7] put up a fence to | keep me out but to
| [C] keep Mother Nature | in,
If | [G] God was here he'd | [D] tell you to your face,
| [C] "Man you're some kind of | [D] sinner!"
Chorus
| [G] Sign sign | [F] everywhere a [C] sign |
| [G] Blockin' out the scenery, | [C] breakin' my mind |
| [G] Do this, don't do | [D] that, can't you read the | [F] sign? | [F] |
| [G] | [G] |
Bridge
Now | [D] hey there mister | can't you read?
You | [C] gotta have a shirt and | [G] tie to get a seat
You | [G] can't even watch, no | [D] you can't even
| [C] You ain't supposed to
Intro Riff | [G] be here | [G] | [G] | [G]
Acappella
Sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside...Uh!
Instrumental Chorus
| [G] | [F] [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [G] | [D] | [F] | [F] |
Intro Riff | [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
Verse 3
And the | [F] sign said | [C] "Everybody welcome come
| [G] in, kneel down and | [C] pray"
But when they | [G] passed around the plate at the | [D] end of it all,
I | [C] didn't have a penny to | [D] pay
So I | [Em7] got me a pen and a | paper,
and I | [C] made up my own little | sign
I said | [G] "Thank you Lord for | [D] thinkin' about me,
I'm a- | [C] live and doin' | [D] fine!"
Chorus
| [G] Sign sign | [F] everywhere a [C] sign |
| [G] Blockin' out the scenery, | [C] breakin' my mind |
| [G] Do this, don't do | [D] that, can't you read the | [F] sign? | [F] |
| [G] Sign sign | [F] everywhere a [C] sign |
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [D] | [F] | [F] |
Intro Riff | [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
#Capo on 5th fret to play along with original. (See other chart in orginal key)
#Last Updated 5/05/18 JJ
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Heart Of Gold
Neil Young (1972)
Short Strums
4/4 | d - d - d - d - |
1 2 3 4
Intro
| [Em] | [Em] | [D↓↓↓] [Em↓] | [Em] |
| [Em] | [Em] | [D↓↓↓] [Em↓] | [Em] |
Harmonica Solo
| [Em] | [C] | [D] | [G] |
| [Em] | [C] | [D] | [G] |
| [Em] | [C] | [D] | [G] |
| [Em] | [Em] | [D↓↓↓] [Em↓] | [Em] |
| [Em] I want to | [C] live, | [D] I want to | [G] give |
| [Em] I've been a | [C] miner for a | [D] heart of | [G] gold |
| [Em] It's these ex- | [C] pressions | [D] I never | [G] give |
| [Em] That keep me | searching for a | [G] heart of gold- | -old |
| [C↓↓↓] And I'm | getting old | [C↓] [Cmaj7↓] [C6↓] [G↓] | [G] |
| [Em] Keep me | searching for a | [G] heart of gold- | -old |
| [C↓↓↓] And I'm | getting old | [C↓] [Cmaj7↓] [C6↓] [G↓] | [G] |
Harmonica Solo
| [Em] | [C] | [D] | [G] |
| [Em] | [C] | [D] | [G] |
| [Em] | [C] | [D] | [G] |
| [Em] | [Em] | [D↓↓↓] [Em↓] | [Em] |
| [Em] I've been to | [C] Hollywood, | [D] I've been to | [G] Redwood |
| [Em] I crossed the | [C] ocean for a | [D] heart of | [G] gold |
| [Em] I've been in | [C] my mind, | [D] it's such a | [G] fine line |
| [Em] That keeps me | searching for a | [G] heart of gold- | -old |
| [C↓↓↓] And I'm | getting old | [C↓] [Cmaj7↓] [C6↓] [G↓] | [G] |
| [Em] Keeps me | searching for a | [G] heart of gold- | -old |
| [C↓↓↓] And I'm | getting old | [C↓] [Cmaj7↓] [C6↓] [G↓] | [G] |
Harmonica Solo
| [Em] | [C] | [D] | [G] |
| [Em] | [C] | [D] | [G] |
| [Em] | [C] | [D] | [G] |
| [Em] Keep me | searching for a | [D↓↓↓] heart of [Em↓] gold | [Em] |
| [Em] You keep me | searching and I'm | [D↓↓↓] growing [Em↓] old | [Em] |
| [Em] Keep me | searching for a | [D↓↓↓] heart of [Em↓] gold | [Em] |
| [Em] I've been a | miner for a | [G] heart of gold- | -old |
| [C↓↓↓] | .... | [C↓] [Cmaj7↓] [C6↓] [G↓]
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#Last Updated 11/27/18 JJ
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Complainte du phoque en Alaska
Beau Dommage (Michel Rivard, 1974)
3/4| d - D - D - |
1 2 3
Cré | [C] moé, cré moé | pas,
Quelque part | [G] en Alas- | [E7] ka
Y'a un | [Dm] phoque qui s'en- | [G7] nuie en mau- | [Em7] dit | [A7]
Sa | [Dm] blonde est par- | [G] tie | [B7] gagner sa | [Em] vie
Dans un | [Am] cirque aux | [D7] États-U- | [G] nis | [G7]
Quand le | [C] phoque est tout | seul
Y r' | [G] garde le sol- | [E7] eil
Qui des- | [Dm] cend douc'ment | [G7] sur le glac- | [Em7] ier | [A7]
Y | [Dm] pense aux É- | [G] tats en | [B7] pleurant tout | [Em] bas
C'est comme | [Am] ça quand ta | [D7] blonde t'a lâch- | [G] é | [G7] |
Chorus
| [C] Ça | [G] vaut pas la | [Am] peine de lai- | [Em] sser ceux qu'on | [Am] aime
Pour all- | [Em] er faire tour- | [Dm] ner des ball- | [G7] ons sur son | [C] nez | [G7] |
| [C] Ça fait | [G] rire les en- | [Am] fants, ça dure | [Em] jamais long- | [Am] temps
Ça fait | [Em] plus rire per- | [Dm] sonne quand les | [G7] enfants sont | [C] grands |
| [B7] Ou - ou | [Em] ou... | [D7] ou - ou | [G] ou... | [G7]
Quand le | [C] phoque s'en- | nuie,
Y r'garde | [G] son poil qui | [E7] brille
Comme les | [Dm] rues d'New-York | [G7] après la | [Em7] pluie | [A7]
Il | [Dm] rêve à Chica- | [G] go
à | [B7] Marilyn Mon- | [Em] roe
Il voud- | [Am] rait voir sa | [D7] blonde faire un | [G] show | [G7]
C'est | [C] rien qu'une his- | toire
Je peux pas | [G] m'en faire à | [E7] croire
Mais des | [Dm] fois j'ai l'im- | [G] pression que c'est | [Em] moé | [A7]
Qu'y est a- | [Dm] ssis sur la | [G] glace
Les deux | [B7] mains dans la | [Em] face
Mon a- | [Am] mour est par- | [D] ti, pis | [G] j'm'ennuie | [G7]
Chorus
| [C] Ça | [G] vaut pas la | [Am] peine de lai- | [Em] sser ceux qu'on | [Am] aime
Pour all- | [Em] er faire tour- | [Dm] ner des ball- | [G7] ons sur son | [C] nez | [G7] |
| [C] Ça fait | [G] rire les en- | [Am] fants, ça dure | [Em] jamais long- | [Am] temps
Ça fait | [Em] plus rire per- | [Dm] sonne quand les | [G7] enfants sont | [C] grands |
| [B7] Ou - ou | [Em] ou... | [D7] ou - ou | [G] ou... | [G7]
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Sunglasses At Night
Corey Hart
Tight Downstrumming
4/4 | d d d d d d d d |
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Am D7
A|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|
E|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-2-2-------------|-2-2-------------|
F Am
A|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|
E|-1-1-------------|-1-1-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
[Am] I wear my sunglasses at [D7] night
[D7] so I can so I can
[F] Watch you weave then [G] breath your story [Am] lines
[Am] And I wear my sunglasses at [D7] night
[D7] so I can so I can
[F] Keep track of the [G] visions in my [Am] eyes
Prechorus
While [F] she's de- [G] ceiving me
[F] it cuts my se- [G] curity
Has [F] she got con- [G] trol of me
I [Am] turn to her and [G↓] say
Chorus
[Am] Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades
oh [F] no [F]
[Am] Don't masquerade with the guy in shades
oh [F] no.... I can't believe it
[Am] You got it made with the guy in shades
oh [F] no [F] [D]
[Am] And I wear my sunglasses at [D7] night
[D7] so I can so I can
[F] Forget my name while [G] you collect your [Am] claim
[Am] And I wear my sunglasses at [D7] night
[D7] so I can so I can
[F] See the light that's [G] right before my [Am] eyes
Prechorus
While [F] she's de- [G] ceiving me
[F] it cuts my se- [G] curity
[F] Has she got [G] control of me
I [Am] turn to her and [G↓] say
Chorus
[Am] Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades
oh [F] no
[Am] Don't masquerade with the guy in shades
oh [F] no... I can't believe it
[Am] Don't be afraid of the guy in shades
oh [F] no... it can't escape you
[Am] 'cause you got it made with the guy in shades
oh [F] no
Am D7
A|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|
E|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-2-2-------------|-2-2-------------|
F Am
A|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|
E|-1-1-------------|-1-1-------------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
Outro
[Am] I wear my sunglasses at [D7] night
[D7] I wear my sunglasses at [F] night
[F] I wear my sunglasses at [Am] night
[Am] I said to you now
[Am] I wear my sunglasses at [D7] night
[D7] I wear my sunglasses at [F] night
[F] I wear my sunglasses at [Am] night
[Am] I cry to you
[Am] I wear my sunglasses at [D7] night
[D7] I wear my sunglasses at [F] night
[F] I wear my sunglasses at [Am] night.......
#Capo on 1st fret to play with original.
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The Safety Dance
Men Without Hats (Ivan Doroschuk, 1983)
Intro Riff:
A|-3---3---3---3-3-|-3-3-----3---3-3-|
E|-3---3---3---1-0-|-1-3-----3---1-0-|
C|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-----0---0-0-|
G|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-----0---0-0-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Basic Strum - 2 bar rhythm
4/4 | D - D - D - D U | D U - U D - D U |
1 2 3 4 & 1 & & 3 4 &
Intro Riff 4x
[C] We can dance if we want to
We can [Bb] leave your friends be- [F] hind
'Cause your [F] friends don't dance and [Bb] if they don't dance
Well they're [C] no friends of [G] mine
I say [C] we can go where we want to
A place where [Bb] they will never [F] find
And we can [F] act like we come from [Bb] out of this world
Leave the [C] real one far be- [G] hind
And we can [F] dance and [Bb] sing [Eb] [Ab]
And we can [F] dance and [Bb] sing [Eb] [Ab]
[C] We can go when we want to
The night is [Bb] young and so am [F] I
And we can [F] dress real neat from our [Bb] hats to our feet
And sur- [C] prise 'em with the victory [G] cry
Say, [C] we can act if we want to
If we [Bb] don't nobody [F] will
And you can [F] act real rude and [Bb] totally removed
And I can [C] act like an imbe- [G] cile
Chorus
I say, [F] we can dance, [Bb] we can dance
[Eb] Everything's out of con- [Ab] trol
[F] We can dance, [Bb] we can dance
We're [Eb] doing it from pole to [Ab] pole
[F] We can dance, [Bb] we can dance
[Eb] Everybody look at your [Ab] hands
[F] We can dance, [Bb] we can dance
[Eb] Everybody takin' the [Ab] cha- [Bb] -a-a- [C] ance
[G] It's safe to [D] dance [A]
Oh well it's safe to [C] dance [G]
Yes it's safe to [D] dance [A]
Intro Riff 4x
A|-3---3---3---3-3-|-3-3-----3---3-3-|
E|-3---3---3---1-0-|-1-3-----3---1-0-|
C|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-----0---0-0-|
G|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-----0---0-0-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[C] We can dance if we want to
We've got [Bb] all your life and [F] mine
As [F] long as we abuse it, [Bb] never gonna lose it
[C] Everything'll work out [G] right
I say, [C] we can dance if we want to
We can [Bb] leave your friends be- [F] hind
'Cause your [F] friends don't dance and [Bb] if they don't dance
Well they're [C] no friends of [G] mine
Chorus
I say, [F] we can dance [Bb] we can dance
[Eb] Everything is out of con- [Ab] trol
[F] We can dance [Bb] we can dance
We're [Eb] doing it from pole to [Ab] pole
[F] We can dance [Bb] we can dance
[Eb] Everybody look at your [Ab] hands
[F] We can dance [Bb] we can dance
[Eb] Everybody's takin' the [Ab] cha- [Bb] -a-a- [C] ance
[G] Well it's safe to [D] dance [A]
Yes it's safe to [C] dance [G]
Well it's safe to [D] dance [A]
Well it's safe to [C] dance [G] it's safe to [D] dance [A]
Yes it's safe to [C] dance [G] well it's safe to [D] dance [A]
It's a Safety [C] Dance, well it's a Safety Dance
Well it's a Safety [C] Dance, oh it's a Safety Dance
Well it's a Safety [C↓] Dance
#Play with original in this key.
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Wheat Kings
The Tragically Hip (1992)
G C
| D - - u D - D - | - u - u D - D u |
1 (2)& 3 & 4 & & 3 4 &
Intro
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] Sun- [C] down in the [G] Paris of [C] the prairies
[G] Wheat [C] kings have [G] all [C] their treasures buried
[G] And all [C] you hear are the [G] rusty [C] breezes
[G] Pushing [C] around the [G] weather vane [C] Jesus
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] In his Zippo [C] lighter, he [G] sees the [C] killer's face
[G] Maybe [C] it's someone [G] standing in the [C] killers place
[G] Twenty years [C] for nothing, well that's [G] nothing [C] new, besides
[G] No-one's [C] interested in [G] something you [C] didn't do
[D] Whe-e- [D] eat kings, and [G] pretty things [C] [G] [C]
[D] Let's just [D]see what the [G] morning brings [C] [G] [C]
[G] There's a dream [C] he dreams where the
[G] High school is [C] dead and stark
[G] It's a mu- [C] seum and we're all [G] locked up in it [C] after dark
[G] The walls [C] are lined all [G] yellow, grey and [C] sinister
[G]Hung [C] with pictures of our [G] parents' prime [C] ministers
[D] Whe-e- [D] eat kings, and [G] pretty things [C] [G] [C]
[D] Wait and [D] see what to- [G] morrow brings [C] [G] [C]
[G] Late break- [C] ing story on the [G] CB [C] C
[G] A na- [C] tion whispers, "we [G] always knew that [C] he'd go free"
[G] They add, [C] "you can't be fond of [G] living in the [C] past
[G]'Cause if [C] you are then there's no
[G] Way that you're [C] gonna last"
[D] Whe-e- [D] eat kings, and [G]pretty things [C] [G] [C]
[D] Let's just [D] see what to- [G] morrow brings [C] [G] [C]
[D] Whe-e- [D] eat kings, and [C] pretty things
[C] That's what tomorrow brings
[C] [D] [C] [D]
[C] [D] [C] [G↓]
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Angel
Sarah McLachlan (1998)
Any 6/8 strum. Here are a couple of options.
6/8 | t D D t D D |
1 2 3 4 5 6
6/8 | D - u D D - u d |
1 2 & 3 4 5 & 6
Intro
| [C] | [Csus4] | [C] | [Csus4]
You spend all your time | [Dm] waiting for that | [F] second chance,
For a | [C] break that would [Csus4] make it | [G] okay
There's always some | [Dm] reason to feel | [F] not good enough,
And its | [C] hard at the [Csus4] end of the | [G] day
I need some | [Dm] distraction, Oh, a | [F] beautiful release. |
| [C] Memories [Csus4] seep from my | [G] veins
Let me be | [Dm] empty, oh, and | [F] weightless and maybe,
I'll | [C] find some [Csus4] peace | [G] tonight.
Chorus
In the | [C] arms [Csus4] of the | [C] angel, fly a- | [Em] way... from | here
From this | [F] dark, cold ho- | tel room, and the | [C] endlessness that you | [G] fear
You are | [C] pulled [Csus4] from the | [C] wreckage of your | [Em] silent.... reve- | rie
You're in the | [F] arms of the | angel, may you | [C] find- | [G] -ind, some comfort
| [C] here. | [Csus4] | [C] | [Csus4]
You're so tired of the | [Dm] straight line, and | [F] everywhere you turn,
There's | [C] vultures and [Csus4] thieves at your | [G] back.
the storm keeps on | [Dm] twisting, you keep on | [F] building the lies
That you | [C] make up for [Csus4] all that you | [G] lack.
Don't make no | [Dm] difference, | [F] escaping one last time
It's | [C] easier [Csus4] to | [G] believe...
In this sweet | [Dm] madness, oh, this | [F] glorious sadness,
That | [C] brings me [Csus4] to my | [G] knees.
Chorus
In the | [C] arms [Csus4] of the | [C] angel, fly a- | [Em] way... from | here
From this | [F] dark, cold ho- | tel room, and the | [C] endlessness that you | [G] fear
You are | [C] pulled [Csus4] from the | [C] wreckage of your | [Em] silent.... reve- | rie
You're in the | [F] arms of the | angel, may you | [C] find- | [G] -ind, some comfort
| [C] here. | [Csus4] | [C] | [Csus4] | [C↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play along with this video.
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Feist (Sally Seltmann & Feist; 2007)
Strong on every beat.
| 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- [Dm] age hopes are [Am] lying at your [F] door
[C] Left you with [Dm] nothing but [Am] they want [F] some more
Chorus
[G] Oh- [G6] -oh- [G] -oh
You're [F] changing your heart
[G] Oh- [G6] -oh- [G] -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- [Dm] age hopes who have [Am] tears in their [F] eyes
[C] Too scared to [Dm] own up to [Am] one little [F] lie
Chorus
[G] Oh- [G6] -oh- [G] -oh
You're [F] changing your heart
[G] Oh- [G6] -oh- [G] -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- [G6] -oh- [G] -oh
You're [F] changing your heart
[G] Oh- [G6] -oh- [G] -oh
You [F] know who you are
Chorus
[G] Oh- [G6] -oh- [G] -oh
You're [F] changing your heart
[G] Oh- [G6] -oh- [G] -oh
You [F] know who you are
| [C] [Cmaj7] | [Am] [F]
| [C] [Cmaj7] | [Am] [F] | [C↓]
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#Last Updated 4/20/18 JJ
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