Jam Set

Ukebox Pub Night - Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 - 7pm
Ob-la-di Ob-la-da The Beatles (McCartney, 1968)
Castle On The Hill Ed Sheeran (w/Benjamin Levin, 2017)
7 Years Lukas Graham (2015)
Cat's In The Cradle Harry Chapin (w/ Sandra Chapin, 1974)
Circle Game (Key of C) Joni Mitchell (1968)
Hello In There John Prine (1971)
Sonny's Dream Ron Hynes (1976)
Copperhead Road Steve Earle (Earle & Tony Brown, 1988)
Fast Car Tracy Chapman (1988)
Que Sera Sera Doris Day (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans, 1956)

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

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Castle On The Hill
Ed Sheeran (w/Benjamin Levin, 2017)

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7 Years
Lukas Graham

Intro Melody
             Am      C             F
A|-3-2-0---|-------------3-2-0---|------------------|
E|---------|-0---0---0-----------|-0---0---0---0----| x2
C|---------|---------------------|------------------|
G|-------0-|---0---0---0-------0-|---0---0---0------|
N.B. Can continue playing melody under first verse.

| [Am] Once I was seven years | [C] old, my mama told |
| [F] me, "Go make yourself some | [F] friends or you'll be [G] lonely." |
| [Am] Once I was seven years | [C] old | [F] | [F]

It | [Am] was a big, big | [C] world, but we thought we were bigger |
| [F] Pushing each other to the | [F] limits, we were [G] learning quicker |
| [Am] By eleven smoking | [C] herb and drinking burning liquor |
| [F] Never rich so we were | [F] out to make that [G] steady figure |

| [Am] Once I was eleven years | [C] old, my daddy told |
| [F] me, "Go get yourself a | [F] wife or you'll be [G] lonely." |
| [Am] Once I was eleven years | [C] old | [F]   | [F]

I | [Am] always had that | [C] dream, like my daddy before |
| [F] me. So I started writing | [F] songs, I started [G] writing stories |
| [Am] Something about that glory | [C] just always seemed to bore me
| [F] 'Cause only those I really | [F] love will ever [G] really know me |

| [Am] Once I was twenty years | [C] old, my story got |
| [F] told, before the morning | [F] sun, when life was [G] lonely |
| [Am] Once I was twenty years | [C] old | [F] | [F]

I | [Am] only see my | [C] goals, I don't believe in failure |
| [F] 'Cause I know the smallest | [F] voices, they can [G] make it major
I | [Am] got my boys with me, | [C] at least those in favor
And | [F] if we don't meet before I | [F] leave, I hope I'll [G] see you later |

| [Am] Once I was twenty years | [C] old, my story got |
| [F] told, I was writing about | [F] everything I saw [G] before me |
| [Am] Once I was twenty years | [C] old | [F] | [F] |

| [Am] Soon we'll be thirty years | [C] old, our songs have been |
| [F] sold. We've traveled around the | [F] world and we're still [G] roaming |
| [Am] Soon we'll be thirty years | [C] old | [F] | [F]

| [Am↓] I'm still learning about | [C↓] life, my woman brought children for me. |
| [F↓] So I can sing them all my | [F↓] songs and I can [G↓] tell them stories |
| [Am↓] Most of my boys are with me | [C↓] some are still out seeking glory |
| [F↓] And some I had to leave be- | [F↓] hind my brother, [Em↓] I'm still sorry |

Bridge
| [F] Soon I'll be sixty years | [C] old, my daddy got sixty- |
| [G] one. Remember life, and then your | [Em] life becomes a better one |
| [F] I made a man so happy | [G] when I wrote a [Am] letter once |
| [Em] I hope my children come and   | [E7] visit once or twice a month |

| [F] Soon I'll be sixty years | [Am] old, will I think the world is |
| [Em] cold or will I have a lot of | [G] children who can warm me? |
| [F] Soon I'll be sixty years | [Am] old | [F] | [F]

| [F] Soon I'll be sixty years | [C] old, will I think the world is |
| [F] cold or will I have a lot of | [F] children who can [G] warm me? |
| [Am] Soon I'll be sixty years | [C] old | [F] | [F]

(c:Play Riff Under Last Chorus)
| [Am↓] Once I was seven years | [C↓] old, my mama told |
| [F↓] me, "Go make yourself some   | friends or you'll be [G↓] lonely." |
| [Am↓] Once I was seven years | [C↓] old   | [F↓] ... | ... |
| [Am↓] Once I was seven [G↓] years | [C↓] old

#Original key Bb. This chart in key of C.

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Cat's In The Cradle
Harry Chapin (w/ Sandra Chapin, 1974)

Riff:
               d u               d u
A|-----0---0---0-0-|-2p0---------0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------------2-2-|-----3---3---3-3-|-0-------0-------|-----0-----------|
C|-2-----------2-2-|-------------2-2-|-----------------|-2p0-----2-------|
G|-------------2-2-|-------------2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Intro (First 4 bars play riff)
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D]

My | [D] child arrived just the | [F] other day
He | [G] came to the world in the | [D] usual way
But there were | [D] planes to catch and | [F] bills to pay |
| [G] He learned to walk while I | [D] was away
And he was | [C] talkin' 'fore I [Em7] knew it, and | [Am] as he grew [Em7]
He'd say | [F] "I'm gonna [Am] be like | [D] you dad
You | [F] know I'm gonna [Am] be like | [D] you" | [D]

Chorus
And the | [D] cat's in the cradle and the | [C] silver spoon |
| [F] Little boy blue and the | [G] man on the moon |
| [D] "When you comin' home dad?" "I | [C] don't know when,
but | [F] we'll get to- [Am] gether | [D] then
You | [F] know we'll have a [Am] good time | [D] then |

Instrumental (First 4 bars play riff)
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [D] | [D]

My | [D] son turned ten just the | [F] other day
He said, | [G] "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come | [D] on let's play
Can you | [D] teach me to throw", I said | [F] "Not today
I got a | [G] lot to do", he said, | [D] "That's ok"
And he | [C] walked a- [Em7] way but his | [Am] smile never [Em7] dimmed
And said, | [F] "I'm gonna [Am] be like | [D] him, yeah
You | [F] know I'm gonna [Am] be like | [D] him" | [D]

Chorus
And the | [D] cat's in the cradle and the | [C] silver spoon |
| [F] Little boy blue and the | [G] man on the moon |
| [D] "When you comin' home dad?" "I | [C] don't know when,
but | [F] we'll get to- [Am] gether | [D] then son
You | [F] know we'll have a [Am] good time | [D] then |

Instrumental (First 4 bars play riff)
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [D] | [D]

Well, he | [D] came home from college just the | [F] other day
So | [G] much like a man I just | [D] had to say
"Son, I'm | [D] proud of you, can you | [F] sit for a while?"
He | [G] shook his head and | [D] said with a smile
"What I'd | [C] really like, [Em7] Dad, is to | [Am] borrow the [Em7] car keys |
| [F] See you [Am] later, can I | [D] have them please?" | [D]

Chorus
And the | [D] cat's in the cradle and the | [C] silver spoon |
| [F] Little boy blue and the | [G] man on the moon |
| [D] "When you comin' home son?" "I | [C] don't know when,
but | [F] we'll get to- [Am] gether | [D] then, Dad
You | [F] know we'll have a [Am] good time | [D] then" |

Instrumental Bridge
| [Bb] | [C] [Am] | [D] | [D] |
| [Bb] | [C] [Am] | [D] | [D] | [D] | [D]

I've | [D] long since retired, my | [F] son's moved away |
| [G] I called him up just the | [D] other day   | [D]
I said, "I'd | [D] like to see you if you | [F] don't mind"
He said, "I'd | [G] love to, Dad, if I can | [D] find the time | [D]
You see my | [C] new job's a [Em7] hassle and | [Am] kids have the [Em7] flu
But it's | [F] sure nice [Am] talking to | [D] you, Dad
It's been | [F] sure nice [Am] talking to | [D] you" | [D]

And as I | [C] hung up the [Em7] phone it oc- | [Am] curred to [Em7] me
He'd | [F] grown up [Am] just like | [D] me
My | [F] boy was [Am] just like | [D] me | [D]

Chorus
And the | [D] cat's in the cradle and the | [C] silver spoon |
| [F] Little boy blue and the | [G] man on the moon |
| [D] "When you comin' home son?" "I | [C] don't know when,
but | [F] we'll get to- [Am] gether | [D] then, Dad
We're | [F] gonna have a [Am] good time | [D] then" |

Outro (Play intro riff)
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D] |

#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original.

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Circle Game - Key of C
Joni Mitchell (1968)

Fingerpicking in 4/4... for example
|----------M-------------|
|----I-----------I-------|
|-T-----------------T----|
|-------T----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

| [C] Yesterday a | [F] child came out to | [C] wonder | [C] |
| [C] Caught a dragon | [F] fly inside a | [G7] jar | [G7] |
| [C] Fearful when the | [F] sky was full of | [Em7] thunder | [Em7]
And | [F] tearful at the | [C] falling [Em7↓] of [F↓] a | [C] star | [C] |

Chorus
And the | [C] seasons, they go | [Em7↓] round [F↓] and [C] 'round
And the | [C] painted ponies go | [Em7↓] up [F↓] and [C] down |
| [F] We're captive on a | carousel of | [C] time | [C] |
| [F] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [Em7] hind from where we | [F] came
And go | [Em7] 'round and 'round and | [F] 'round in the [G7] circle | [C] game | [C]

[C] Then the child moved [F] ten times 'round the [C] seasons [C]
[C] Skated over [F] ten clear frozen [G7] streams [G7]
[C] Words like, when you're [F] older, must [Em7] appease him [Em7]
And [F] promises of | [C] someday [Em7↓] make [F↓] his | [C] dreams | [C]

Chorus
And the | [C] seasons, they go | [Em7↓] round [F↓] and [C] 'round
And the | [C] painted ponies go | [Em7↓] up [F↓] and [C] down |
| [F] We're captive on a | carousel of | [C] time | [C] |
| [F] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [Em7] hind from where we | [F] came
And go | [Em7] 'round and 'round and | [F] 'round in the [G7] circle | [C] game | [C]

[C] Sixteen springs and [F] sixteen summers gone [C] now [C]
[C] Cartwheels turn to [F] car wheels through the [G7] town [G7]
And they [C] tell him, take your [F] time it won't be [Em7] long now [Em7]
'Till you [F] drag your feet to | [C] slow the [Em7↓] cir- [F↓] -cles | [C] down | [C]

Chorus
And the | [C] seasons, they go | [Em7↓] round [F↓] and [C] 'round
And the | [C] painted ponies go | [Em7↓] up [F↓] and [C] down |
| [F] We're captive on a | carousel of | [C] time | [C] |
| [F] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [Em7] hind from where we | [F] came
And go | [Em7] 'round and 'round and | [F] 'round in the [G7] circle | [C] game | [C]

So the [C] years spin by and [F] now the boy is [C] twenty [C]
Though his [C] dreams have lost some [F] grandeur coming [G7] true [G7]
There'll be [C] new dreams, maybe [F] better dreams and [Em7] plenty [Em7]
Be- [F] fore the last re- | [C] volving [Em7↓] year [F↓] is | [C] through | [C]

Chorus
And the | [C] seasons, they go | [Em7↓] round [F↓] and [C] 'round
And the | [C] painted ponies go | [Em7↓] up [F↓] and [C] down |
| [F] We're captive on a | carousel of | [C] time | [C] |
| [F] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [Em7] hind from where we | [F] came
And go | [Em7] 'round and 'round and | [F] 'round in the [G7] circle | [C] game | [C] |
And go | [Em7] 'round and 'round and | [F] 'round in the circle | [C] game | [C] | [C↓]

#Original in key of B. This chart is a semitone higher in C.
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Hello In There
John Prine (1971)

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Sonny's Dream
Ron Hynes (1976)

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Copperhead Road
Steve Earle (Earle & Tony Brown, 1988)

Intro Instrumental
| [D]   | [D]   | [D]   | [D]
| [D]   | [D]   | [D]   | [D]
| [G]   | [G]   | [D]   | [D]
| [D]   | [D]

Well | [D] my name's John Lee | Pettimore   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
| [D] Same as my daddy and his | daddy before | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
You | [D] hardly ever saw Grand- | daddy down here   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
He | [D] only came to town about | twice a year   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
He'd buy a | [D] hundred pounds of yeast and some | copper line   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
| [D] Everybody knew that he | made moonshine   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]

Now the | [G] revenue man wanted | Grandaddy bad
He | [D] headed up the holler with | everything he had
It's | [G] before my time but | I've been told
He | [D↓] never came back from Copperhead Road

Instrumental
| [D]   | [D]   | [D]   | [D]
| [D]   | [D]   | [D]   | [D]
| [G]   | [G]   | [D]   | [D]
| [D]   | [D]

Grand- | [D] Daddy ran the whiskey in a | big block Dodge | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
| [D] Bought it at an auction at the | Mason's Lodge | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
| [D] Johnson County Sheriff painted | on the side | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
Just | [D] shot a coat of primer then he | looked inside   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
Well | [D] him and my uncle tore that | engine down   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
I | [D] still remember that | rumblin' sound   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]

Well the | [G] sheriff came around in the | middle of the night
| [D] Heard mama cryin', knew | something wasn't right
He was | [G] headed down to Knoxville with the | weekly load
You could | [D↓] smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road

Instrumental
| [D↓↑↓↑↓]   | [D↓↑↓↑↓]   | [D↓↑↓↑↓]   | [D↓↑↓↑↓]
| [D] Hey↓ | [D]     | [D]     | [D]     |
| [D]       | [D]     | [D]     | [D]     |
| [G]       | [G]     | [D]     | [D]     |
| [G]       | [G]     | [D]     | [D]     |
| [D]       | [D]

I volun- | [D] teered for the Army on | my birthday   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
They draft the | [D] white trash first, 'round | here anyway   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
I done | [D] two tours of duty in | Vietnam   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
| [D] I came home with a | brand new plan   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
I take the | [D] seed from Colombia and | Mexico   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]
I'd | [D] plant it up the holler down | Copperhead Road   | [D]   | [D] [Riff]

Well the | [G] D.E.A.'s got a | chopper in the air
I | [D] wake up screaming like I'm | back over there
I | [G] learned a thing or two from ol' | Charlie don't you know
You | [D↓] better stay away from Copperhead Road

Instrumental Outro
| [D↓↑↓↑↓]   | [D↓↑↓↑↓]   | [D↓↑↓↑↓]   | [D↓↑↓↑↓]  Hey!
| [D] Whoa   | [D]     | [D]     | [D] Copperhead
| [D] Road   | [D]     | [D]     | [D] Copperhead
| [D] Road   | [D]     | [D]     | [D] Copperhead
| [D] Road   | [D]     | [D]     | [D↓]

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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman (1988)

  C     G           Em    D
| D - D U - u d u | D - D U - u d u |
  1   2 &   & 4 &   1   2 &   & 4 &

[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]

[C] You got a fast [G] car.
[Em] I want a ticket to [D] anywhere.
[C] Maybe we make a [G] deal,
[Em] Maybe together we can [D] get somewhere.

[C] Any place is [G] better.
[Em] Starting from zero, got [D] nothing to lose.
[C] Maybe we'll make [G] something,
[Em] Me myself, I got [D] nothing to prove.

[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]

[C] You got a fast [G] car.
[Em] I got a plan to [D] get us out of here:
[C] I been working at the [G] convenience store,
[Em] Managed to save just a [D] little bit of money.

[C] Won't have to drive too [G] far
[Em] Just 'cross the border and [D] into the city,
[C] You and I can [G] both get jobs
And [Em] finally see what it [D] means to be living.

[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]

You see, [C] my old man's got a [G] problem
He [Em] live with the bottle, that's the [D] way it is.
He [C] says his body's too old for [G] working,
His [Em] body's too young to [D] look like his.

My [C] mama went off and [G] left him,
she [Em] wanted more from life than [D] he could give,
I said, "[C] Somebody's got to take [G] care of him."
So [Em] I quit school and that's [D] what I did.

[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]

[C] You got a fast [G] car.
But is it [Em] fast enough so we can [D] fly away?
[C] We gotta make a de- [G] cision
[Em] Leave tonight or live and [D] die this way.

[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]

Chorus
So remember when we were [C] driving, driving in your car,
The [G] speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
[Em] City lights lay out before us
And your [D] arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
And [C] I - [Em] I   had a [D] feeling that I belonged
And [C] I - [Em] I   had a [D] feeling I could be someone,
[C] be someone, [D] be someone.

[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]

[C] You got a fast [G] car.
And [Em] we go cruising to enter- [D] tain ourselves;
[C] you still ain't got a [G] job
And I [Em] work in a market as a [D] checkout girl.

[C] I know things will get [G] better
[Em] You'll find work and [D] I'll get promoted,
[C] We'll move out of the [G] shelter
[Em] Buy a bigger house and [D] live in the suburbs.

[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]

Chorus
So remember when we were [C] driving, driving in your car,
The [G] speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
[Em] City lights lay out before us
And your [D] arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
And [C] I - [Em] I   had a [D] feeling that I belonged
And [C] I - [Em] I   had a [D] feeling I could be someone,
[C] be someone, [D] be someone.

[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]

[C] You got a fast [G] car.
And [Em] I got a job that [D] pays all our bills.
[C] You stay out drinking [G] late at the bar,
You see [Em] more your friends than you [D] do your kids.
[C] I'd always hoped for [G] better,
[Em] Thought maybe together [D] you and me would find it,
[C] I got no plans I ain't [G] going nowhere,
so [Em] take your fast car and [D] keep on driving.

[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]

Chorus
So remember when we were [C] driving, driving in your car,
The [G] speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
[Em] City lights lay out before us
And your [D] arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
And [C] I - [Em] I   had a [D] feeling that I belonged
And [C] I - [Em] I   had a [D] feeling I could be someone,
[C] be someone, [D] be someone.

[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]

[C] You got a fast [G] car.
But is it [Em] fast enough so we can [D] fly away?
[C] We gotta make a de- [G] cision
[Em] Leave tonight or live and [D] die this way.
[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G] [Em] [D]
[C] [G]

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Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
Doris Day (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans, 1956)

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