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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)




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
#Original in key of A. This chart is in key of C.
#Last Updated 4/20/18 JJ
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Castle On The Hill
Ed Sheeran (w/Benjamin Levin, 2017)




| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] ...When I was six years | [F] old I broke my leg | [Am]... | [G]... |
| [C] ...And I was running | [F] from my brother and | [Am] his friends | [G]... |
| [C] ...And tasted the | [F] sweet perfume of the | [Am] mountain grass as I | [G] rolled down |
| [C] ...I was younger | [F] then | [Am] ...take me back to | [G] when... I |
Pre- Chorus
| [F] ...Found my | [G] heart and broke it | [C] here, made friends
and | [F] lost them through the years |
| [F] ...And I've not | [G] seen the roaring | [C] fields in so long, | [F] I know I've grown |
| [F] ...But I can't | [G↓] wait to go home |
Chorus
| [C] I'm on my | [F] way... | [Am] driving at | [G] ninety
Down | [C] those country | [F] lanes... | [Am] singing to | [G] Tiny Dancer
And | [C] I miss the | [F] way you make | [Am] ...me feel | [G] ...and it's real
When | [C] we watched the | [F] sunset | [Am] over the | [G] castle on the hill | [C] | [C]
| [C] ...Fifteen years | [F] old and smoking | [Am] hand- rolled cigarettes | [G] |
| [C] ...Running from the | [F] law through the backfields and | [Am] getting drunk with my | [G] friends |
| [C] ...Had my first | [F] kiss on a Friday | [Am] night, I don't re- | [G] ckon I did it |
| [C] Right, I was younger | [F] then... | [Am] take me back to | [G] when we found |
Pre- Chorus
| [F] ...Weekend | [G] jobs and when we got | [C] paid
We'd buy cheap | [F] spirits and drink them |
| [F] straight, Me and my | [G] friends have not thrown | [C] up in so long |
| [F] oh how we've grown |
| [F] ...But I can't | [G↓] wait to go home |
Chorus
| [C] I'm on my | [F] way... | [Am] driving at | [G] ninety
Down | [C] those country | [F] lanes... | [Am] singing to | [G] Tiny Dancer
And | [C] I miss the | [F] way you make | [Am] ...me feel | [G] ...and it's real
When | [C] we watched the | [F] sunset | [Am] over the | [G] castle on the hill |
| [C] Ooh | [F] ooh- ooh | [Am] Over the | [G] castle on the hill |
| [C] Ooh | [F] ooh- ooh | [Am] Over the | [G] castle on the hill |
Bridge
| [Am] | [F] | [C] | [G] |
| [Am] ...One friend | [F] left to sell clothes | [C] ...one works | [G] down by the coast |
| [Am] ...One had two | [F] kids but lives alone | [C] ...one's | [G] brother overdosed |
| [Am] ...One's al- | [F] ready on his second wife | [C] ...one's just | [G] barely getting by but |
| [Am] ...These people | [F] raised me and I- I- I | [C] ...can't | [G] wait to go home |
Chorus
And | [C] I'm on my | [F] way... | [Am] I still re- | [G] member
These | [C] old country | [F] lanes... when | [Am] we did not | [G] know the answers
And | [C] I miss the | [F] way you make | [Am] ...me feel | [G] ...and it's real |
| [C] We watched the | [F] sunset | [Am] over the | [G] castle on the hill |
| [C] Ooh | [F] ooh- ooh | [Am] Over the | [G] castle on the hill |
| [C] Ooh | [F] ooh- ooh | [Am] Over the | [G] castle on the hill | [C]... | [C]...
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original. This is a simple version.
#Last Updated 5/9/19 JJ
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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.
#Last Updated 10/04/20 JJ
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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.
#Last Updated 9/28/20 JJ
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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.
#Last Updated 9/11/18 JJ
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Hello In There
John Prine (1971)







Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
Intro
| [C] | [Dm] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] | [Dm] | [G] | [G] |
| [Cmaj7] | [Cmaj7] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] We had an a- | [Dm] partment in the | [G] city | [G] |
| [C] Me and Lo- | [Dm] retta liked livin' | [G] there | [G] |
| [Cmaj7] Well it's been | years, since the | [F] kids had grown | [F]
A life | [C] of their own | [C]
Left | [G] us alone | [G]
| [C] John and | [Dm] Linda live in | [G] Omaha | [G] |
| [C] And Joe is | [Dm] somewhere on the | [G] road | [G] |
| [Cmaj7] We lost | Davy in the Ko- | [F] rean war | [F]
And I still don't | [C] know what for | [C]
Don't matter | [G] anymore | [G]
Chorus
| [Bb] You know that | old trees just grow | [C] stronger | [C]
And old | [Bb] rivers, grow | wilder every | [C] day | [C]
| [Em] Old | people just grow | [F] lonesome | [F]
Waitin' for | [C] someone to say | [C]
Hel- | [G] lo in there... | ... hel- | [C↓] lo...
Instrumental
| [C] | [Dm] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] | [Dm] | [G] | [G] |
| [Cmaj7] | [Cmaj7] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] Me and Lo- | [Dm] retta, we don't | [G] talk much more | [G]
| [C] She sits and | [Dm] stares through the backdoor | [G] screen | [G]
| [Cmaj7] And all the | news just re- | [F] peats itself | [F]
Like some for- | [C] gotten dream | [C]
That | [G] we've both seen | [G]
| [C] Someday I'll | [Dm] go and call up | [G] Rudy | [G]
| [C] We worked to- | [Dm] gether at the facto- | [G] ry | [G]
| [Cmaj7] But what could I | say, if he | [F] asks what's new? | [F]
"Nothin' | [C] what's with you | [C]
Nothin' | [G] much to do" | [G]
Chorus
| [Bb] You know that | old trees just grow | [C] stronger | [C]
And old | [Bb] rivers, grow | wilder every | [C] day | [C]
| [Em] Old | people just grow | [F] lonesome | [F]
Waitin' for | [C] someone to say | [C]
Hel- | [G] lo in there... | ... hel- | [C↓] lo...
| [C] So if you're | [Dm] walkin' down the | [G] street sometime | [G]
| [C] And spot some | [Dm] hollow ancient | [G] eyes | [G]
| [Cmaj7] Please don't | just, pass them | [F] by and stare | [F]
As if you | [C] didn't care | [C]
Say hel- | [G] lo in there... | ... hel- | [C↓] lo...
#Play along with original in this key.
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Sonny's Dream
Ron Hynes (1976)



4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Sonny | [G] lives on a | farm, on a | wide open | space
Where you can | [G] take off your | shoes and | [C] give up the | [G] race
You could | [D] lay down your | head, by a | sweet river- | bed
But Sonny | [C] always re- | members, what it | was his mama |
| [G] sai- ai- | [D] aid | [D↓]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D]
Sonny | [G] carries a | load, though he's | barely a | man
There ain't | [G] all that to | do, still he | [C] does what he | [G] can
And he | [D] watches the | sea, from a | room by the | stairs
And the | [C] waves keep on | rollin', they've | done that for |
| [G] years and for | [D] years | [D]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [G] | [D] | [D↓]
It's a | [G] hundred miles to | town, Sonny's | never been | there
And he | [G] goes to the | highway and | [C] stands there and | [G] stares
And the | [D] mail comes at | four, and the | mailman is | old
Oh but he | [C] still dreams his | dreams full of | silver and |
| [G] go- o- o- | [D] old | [D]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D]
Sonny's | [G] dreams can't be | real, they're just | stories he's | read
They're just | [G] stars in his | eyes, they're just | [C] dreams in his | [G] head
And he's | [D] hungry in- | side, for the | wide world out- | side
And I | [C] know I can't | hold him though I've | tried and I've
| [G] tried and I've | [D] tried | [D]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D]
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [C] | [C] | [G↓]
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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)








Waltz
3/4 | d - D - D - |
1 2 3
Intro
| [Am] | [D7] | [Am] | [D7] |
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G]
When I was | [G] just a | [Gmaj7] little | [G6] girl | [Gmaj7] I asked my |
| [G] mother | [Gmaj7] ”What will I | [D7] be? | [D7] |
| [Am] Will I be | [D7] pretty? | [Am] Will I be | [D7] rich?
| [Am] Here's what she | [D7] said to | [G] me | [G↓]
Chorus
Que | [C] sera, se- | [Cmaj7] ra | [C6]... What- | [C] ever will |
| [G] be, will | [Gmaj7] be | [G6] ...The | [G] future's not |
| [D7] ours to | [Am] see | [D7] Que se- | [Am] ra, se- |
| [G] ra | [G] | [D7↓] What will | be, will |
| [G] be | [G] | [G] | [G↓]
When I was | [G] just a | [Gmaj7] child in | [G6] school | [Gmaj7] I asked my |
| [G] teacher | [Gmaj7] ”What should I | [D7] try? | [D7] |
| [Am] Should I paint | [D7] pictures? | [Am] Should I sing | [D7] songs? |
| [Am] This was her | [D7] wise re- | [G] ply | [G↓]
Chorus
Que | [C] sera, se- | [Cmaj7] ra | [C6]... What- | [C] ever will |
| [G] be, will | [Gmaj7] be | [G6] ...The | [G] future's not |
| [D7] ours to | [Am] see | [D7] Que se- | [Am] ra, se- |
| [G] ra | [G] | [D7↓] What will | be, will |
| [G] be | [G] | [G] | [G↓]
When I grew | [G] up | [Gmaj7] and fell in | [G6] love | [Gmaj7] I asked my |
| [G] sweetheart | [Gmaj7] ”What lies a- | [D7] head? | [D7] |
| [Am] Will we have | [D7] rainbows | [Am] day after | [D7] day?” |
| [Am] Here's what my | [D7] sweetheart | [G] said | [G↓]
Chorus
Que | [C] sera, se- | [Cmaj7] ra | [C6]... What- | [C] ever will |
| [G] be, will | [Gmaj7] be | [G6] ...The | [G] future's not |
| [D7] ours to | [Am] see | [D7] Que se- | [Am] ra, se- |
| [G] ra | [G] | [D7↓] What will | be, will |
| [G] be | [G] | [G] | [G↓]
Now I have | [G] children | [Gmaj7] of my | [G6] own | [Gmaj7] They ask their |
| [G] mother | [Gmaj7] ”What will I | [D7] be? | [D7] |
| [Am] Will I be | [D7] handsome? | [Am] Will I be | [D7] rich?” |
| [Am] I tell them | [D7] tender- | [G]ly | [G↓]
Chorus
Que | [C] sera, se- | [Cmaj7] ra | [C6]... What- | [C] ever will |
| [G] be, will | [Gmaj7] be | [G6] ...The | [G] future's not |
| [D7] ours to | [Am] see | [D7] Que se- | [Am] ra, se- |
| [G] ra | [G] | [D7↓] What will | be, will |
| [G] be | [G] | [D7↓] Que se- | ra, se- |
| [G] ra | [G] | [G] | [G↓]
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#Last Updated 10/04/20 JJ
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