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Your Cheatin' Heart Hank Williams (1952) |
Jamaica Farewell Harry Belafonte (Irving Burgie, 1957) |
Fly Me to the Moon Frank Sinatra (Bart Howard, 1954) |
Don't Get Around Much Anymore Duke Ellington and Bob Russell (1940) |
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Bob Dylan (1962) |
Reason To Believe Tim Hardin (1965) |
Sea Of Heartbreak Johnny Cash (Paul Hampton, Hal David, 1961) |
Down On the Corner Creedence Clearwater Revival (John Fogerty, 1969) |
Last Train to Clarksville The Monkees (Bobby Hart & Tommy Boyce, 1966) |
The Letter The Box Tops (Wayne Carson, 1967 |
Winter Wonderland Felix Bernard & Richard B. Smith (1934) |
Your Cheatin' Heart
Hank Williams (1952)





| T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
Your cheatin' | [C] heart... | [C7] ..will make you | [F] weep... | [F] ..
You'll cry and | [G7] cry... | ..and try to | [C] sleep | [C] ..
But [G7] sleep won't | [C] come... | [C7] ..the whole night | [F] through... | [F] ..
Your cheatin' | [G7] heart.. | will tell on | [C] you | [C]
Chorus
When [C7] tears come | [F] down... | like falling | [C] rain | [C] ..
You'll toss a- | [D7] round... | and call my | [G7] name... | [G7]..
You'll walk the | [C] floor... | the way I | [F] do | [F]
Your cheatin' | [G7] heart... | will tell on | [C] you... | [C] [C7] |
Instrumental
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [C] |
| [D7] | [D7] | [G7] | [G7] |
| [C] | [C] | [F] | [F] |
| [G7] | [G7] | [C] | [C]
Your cheatin' | [C] heart | [C7] will pine some- | [F] day... | [F] ..
And crave the | [G7] love... | you threw a- | [C] way... | [C] ..
The time will | [C] come... | [C7] when you'll be | [F] blue... | [F] ..
Your cheat in' | [G7] heart... | will tell on | [C] you | [C↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 05/12/20 JJ
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Jamaica Farewell
Harry Belafonte (Irving Burgie, 1957)




Calypso Feel
4/4 | d - D u - u - u |
1 2 & & &
[C] Down the way where the [F] nights are gay
And the [G7] sun shines daily on the [C] mountain top
[C] I took a trip on a [F] sailing ship
And when I [G7] reached Jamaica I [C] made a stop
Chorus
But I'm [C] sad to say, I'm [Dm] on my way
[G7] Won't be back for [C] many a day
My [C] heart is down my head is [Dm] turning around
I had to [G7] leave a little girl in [C] Kingston town [C]
[C] Down at the market [F] you can hear
Ladies [G7] cry out while on their [C] heads they bear
[C] Akee rice salt [F] fish are nice
And the [G7] rum is fine any [C] time of year
Chorus
But I'm [C] sad to say, I'm [Dm] on my way
[G7] Won't be back for [C] many a day
My [C] heart is down my head is [Dm] turning around
I had to [G7] leave a little girl in [C] Kingston town [C]
[C] Sounds of laughter [F] everywhere
And the [G7] dancing girls swaying [C] to and fro
[C] I must declare my [F] heart is there
Though I've [G7] been from Maine to [C] Mexico
Chorus
But I'm [C] sad to say, I'm [Dm] on my way
[G7] Won't be back for [C] many a day
My [C] heart is down my head is [Dm] turning around
I had to [G7] leave a little girl in [C] Kingston town [C]
[C] Down the way where the [F] nights are gay
And the [G7] sun shines daily on the [C] mountain top
[C] I took a trip on a [F] sailing ship
And when I [G7] reached Jamaica I [C] made a stop
#Lovely, singable tune to introduce upbeat 'Calypso' Strum.
#Can also be done nicely in fingerpicking.
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original in G.
#Last Updated 1/5/18 JJ
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Fly Me To The Moon
Frank Sinatra (Bart Howard, 1954)







4/4 | d - D - d - D - |
1 2 3 4
| [Am] Fly me to the | [Dm] moon
Let me | [G7] play among the | [C] stars |
| [F] Let me see what | [Dm] spring is like
On | [E7] Jupiter and | [Am] Mars [A7]
In | [Dm] other words | [G7] ...hold my | [C] hand | [A7]
In | [Dm] other words | [G7] ...baby | [C] kiss me | [E7]
| [Am] Fill my heart with | [Dm] song
And let me | [G7] sing for ever | [C] more |
| [F] You are all I | [Dm] long for
All I | [E7] worship and | [Am] adore [A7]
In | [Dm] other words | [G7] please be | [C] true | [A7]
In | [Dm] other words | [G7] I love | [C] you | [E7]
Instrumental
| [Am] | [Dm] | [G7] | [C] |
| [F] | [Dm] | [E7] | [Am] |
| [Dm] | [G7] | [C] | [A7] |
| [Dm] | [G7] | [C] | [E7] |
| [Am] Fill my heart with | [Dm] song
And let me | [G7] sing for ever | [C] more |
| [F] You are all I | [Dm] long for
All I | [E7] worship and | [Am] adore [A7]
In | [Dm] other words | [G7] please be | [E7] true | [Am]
In | [Dm] other words | [G7] I love | [C] you
#Play along with Frank Sinatra in this key.
#Last Updated 8/02/19 JJ
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Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Duke Ellington and Bob Russell (1940)









Missed the Saturday | [C] dance |
| [C] Heard they crowded the | [A7] floor |
| [A7] Couldn't bear it with- | [D7] out you |
| [G7] Don't get around much any- | [C] more | [G7↓]
Thought I'd visit the | [C] club |
| [C] Got as far as the | [A7] door |
| [A7] They'd have asked me a- | [D7] bout you |
| [G7] Don't get around much any- | [C] more | [C7]
Bridge
Oh | [F] Darling I | [Fm] guess my | [Cmaj7] mind's more at | [C7] ease
But | [F] neverthe- | [Fm] less | [Em7] why stir up memo- | [G7↓] ries
Been invited on | [C] dates |
| [C] Might have gone but what | [A7] for |
| [A7] Awfully different with- | [D7] out you |
| [G7] Don't get around much any- | [C] more | [Fm] | [C]
#Play along with Inkspots version (1943) in this key. Ignore their intro verse.
#Last Updated 11/01/19 JJ
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Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Bob Dylan (1962)






Carter Picking or any 4/4 fingerpicking pattern
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
| [D] | [A] | [Bm7] | [G] |
| [D] | [A] | [D] | [D] |
Well, it | [D] ain't no use to | [A] sit and wonder | [Bm7] why, babe | [Bm7] |
| [G] If'n you | don't know by | [D] now | [A]
And it | [D] ain't no use to | [A] sit and wonder | [Bm7] why, babe | [Bm7] |
| [E7] ...It'll never | do some- | [A] how | [A]
When your | [D] rooster | crows at the | [D7] break of | dawn |
| [G] Look out your | window and | [E7] I'll be gone | [E7] |
| [D] You're the | [A] reason I'm | [Bm7] traveling | [G] on |
| [D] Don't think | [A] twice, it's all | [D] right | [D]
| [D] | [A] | [Bm7] | [Bm7] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] | [D] | [D]
An' it | [D] ain't no use in | [A] turnin' on your | [Bm7] light, babe | [Bm7] |
| [G] That light I | never | [D] knowed | [A]
An' it | [D] ain't no use in | [A] turnin' on your | [Bm7] light, babe | [Bm7] |
| [E7] I'm on the | dark side of the | [A] road | [A]
Still I | [D] wish there was | somethin' you would | [D7] do or | say
To | [G] try and | make me change my | [E7] mind and | stay |
| [D] We never | [A] did too much | [Bm7] talkin' any- | [G] way |
| [D] Don't think | [A] twice, it's all | [D] right |
| [D] | [A] | [Bm7] | [Bm7] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] | [D]
Well, it | [D] ain't no use in | [A] calling out my | [Bm7] name, gal | [Bm7] |
| [G] Like you | never done be- | [D] fore | [A]
And it | [D] ain't no use in | [A] calling out my | [Bm7] name, gal | [Bm7] |
| [E7] I can't | hear you anymore | [A] | [A]
I'm a- | [D] thinking and a- | wonderin' | [D7] walkin' down the | road |
I | [G] once loved a | woman, a | [E7] child I'm | told |
I | [D] gave her my | [A] heart but she | [Bm7] wanted my | [G] soul |
| [D] Don't think | [A] twice, it's all | [D] right |
| [D] | [A] | [Bm7] | [Bm7] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [A] |
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D]
So | [D] lon- | [A] -ong honey | [Bm7] babe | [Bm7]
Where I'm | [G] bound, | I can't | [D] tell | [A]
But | [D] goodbye's | [A] too good a | [Bm7] word, gal | [Bm7] |
| [E7] So I'll just | say fare thee | [A] well | [A]
I | [D] ain't a- | sayin' you treated | [D7] me un- | kind |
You | [G] could have done | better but | [E7] I don't | [E7] mind
| [D] You just kinda | [A] wasted my | [Bm7] precious | [G] time |
| [D] Don't think | [A] twice, it's all | [D] right
| [D] | [A] | [Bm7] | [Bm7] |
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [D] | [A] | [Bm7] | [Bm7] |
| [E7] | [E7] | [A] | [A] |
| [D] | [D] | [D7] | [D7] |
| [G] | [G] | [E7] | [E7] |
| [D] | [A] | [Bm7] | [G] |
| [D] | [A] | [D] | [D↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play along with Bob Dylan.
#Capo on 2nd fret to play along with Peter Paul and Mary.
#Last Update 3/30/20 JJ
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Reason To Believe
Tim Hardin (1965)





Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
Intro
| [C] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] If I listened | [G] long enough to | [C] you, | [C]
I'd find a | [F] way to be- | [G] lieve that its' all | [C] true. | [C] |
| [D7]... | [D7] Knowing, that you | [G] lied...
straight | [F] faced while I | [C] cried, |
| [C] ... Still I'd | [Am] look to find a | [F] reason to | [G] believe.
Chorus
| [G] Someone like | [F] you makes it | [G] hard to live with- | [Am] out |
| [G] Somebody else. |
| [G] Someone like | [F] you makes it | [G] easy to give,
| [Am↓] Never thinking | [G] of myself. | [G]
| [C] If I gave you | [G] time to change my | [C] mind, | [C]
I'd find a | [F] way just to | [G] leave the past | [C] behind. | [C]
| [D7]... | [D7] Knowing, that you | [G] lied...
straight | [F] faced while I | [C] cried, |
| [C] ... Still I'd | [Am] look to find a | [F] reason to | [G] believe.
Solo - Instrumental Chorus
| [G] | [F] | [G] | [Am] |
| [G] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [Am↓] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] If I listened | [G] long enough to | [C] you, | [C]
I'd find a | [F] way to be- | [G] lieve that its' all | [C] true. | [C] |
| [D7]... | [D7] Knowing, that you | [G] lied...
straight | [F] faced while I | [C] cried, |
| [C] ... Still I'd | [Am] look to find a | [F] reason to | [G] believe.
Chorus
| [G] Someone like | [F] you makes it | [G] hard to live with- | [Am] out |
| [G] Somebody else. |
| [G] Someone like | [F] you makes it | [G] easy to give,
| [Am↓] Never thinking | of myself. | [G↓]
#Play along with Tim Hardin's version in this key.
#Last Updated 3/19/19 JJ
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Sea Of Heartbreak
Johnny Cash (Paul Hampton, Hal David, 1961)





[D↓]
[D] The lights in the [Bm] harbor [Bm↓] [A↓]
[G] ...don't shine for [A] me
[D] 'm like a [Bm] lost ship [Bm↓] [A↓]
[G] ...adrift on the [A] sea [A↓]
Chorus
This sea of [D] heartbreak
Lost love and [A] loneliness
Memories of your [D] caress
So divine how [G] I wish you were mine
a- [D] gain my dear
I'm on this [A] sea of tears [A↓]
Sea of | [D] heartbreak | [G] [A] | [D]
Oh [D] how did I [Bm] lose you [Bm↓] [A↓]
[G] ...Oh where did I [A] fail
[D] why did you [Bm] leave me [Bm↓] [A↓]
[G] ...always for [A] sail [A↓]
Chorus
This sea of [D] heartbreak
Lost love and [A] loneliness
Memories of your [D] caress
So divine how [G] I wish you were mine
a- [D] gain my dear
I'm on this [A] sea of tears [A↓]
Sea of | [D] heartbreak | [G] [A] | [D]
Bridge
[G] Oh what I'd give just [D] sail back to shore
[G] back to your arms once [F#] more
[D] Come to my [Bm] rescue [Bm↓] [A↓]
[G] ...oh come here to [A] me
[D] take me and [Bm] keep me [Bm↓] [A↓]
[G] ...away from the [A] sea [A↓]
Chorus
This sea of [D] heartbreak
Lost love and [A] loneliness
Memories of your [D] caress
So divine how [G] I wish you were mine
a- [D] gain my dear
I'm on this [A] sea of tears [A↓]
Sea of | [D] heartbreak | [G] [A] | [D]
Sea of | [D] heartbreak | [G] [A] | [D]
Sea of | [D] heartbreak | [G] [A] | [D↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play along with Johnny Cash's version.
#Last Updated 9/29/19 JJ
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Down On The Corner
Creedence Clearwater Revival (John Fogerty, 1969)



Main Strumming Rhythm
4/4 | D u d u D - - - | D u - u D - - - |
1 3 1 & & 3
Easy Version
4/4 | D - - - D - - - |
1 3
Intro - Verse Progression
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [C] Early in the | evenin' | [G] just about supper | [C] time |
| [C] Over by the | courthouse they're | [G] starting to un- | [C] wind. |
| [F] Four kids on the | corner | [C] trying to bring you | up. |
| [C] Willy picks a | tune out and he | [G] blows it on the | [C] harp. |
Chorus
| [F] Down on the | [C] corner, | [G] out in the | [C] street
Willy and the | [F] Poorboys are | [C] playin'
Bring a | [G] nickel, tap your | [C] feet.
| [C] Rooster hits the | washboard and | [G] people just got to | [C] smile |
| [C] Blinky, thumps the | gut bass and | [G] solos for a- | [C] while. |
| [F] Poorboy twangs the | rhythm out | [C] on his kalama- | zoo. |
| [C] Willy goes in- | to a dance and | [G] doubles on ka- | [C] zoo. |
Chorus
| [F] Down on the | [C] corner, | [G] out in the | [C] street
Willy and the | [F] Poorboys are | [C] playin'
Bring a | [G] nickel, tap your | [C] feet.
Instrumental - Verse Progression
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
Chorus
| [F] Down on the | [C] corner, | [G] out in the | [C] street
Willy and the | [F] Poorboys are | [C] playin'
Bring a | [G] nickel, tap your | [C] feet.
Instrumental - Verse Progression
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [C] You don't need a | penny | [G] just to hang a- | [C] round
But | [C] if you've got a | nickel, won't you | [G] lay your money | [C] down? |
| [F] Over on the | corner | [C] there's a happy | noise. |
| [C] People come from | all around to | [G] watch the magic | [C] boy. |
Chorus
| [F] Down on the | [C] corner, | [G] out in the | [C] street
Willy and the | [F] Poorboys are | [C] playin'
Bring a | [G] nickel, tap your | [C] feet.
| [F] Down on the | [C] corner, | [G] out in the | [C] street
Willy and the | [F] poorboys are | [C] playin'
Bring a | [G] nickel, tap your | [C] feet. [C↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 4/20/18 JJ
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Last Train to Clarksville
The Monkees (Bobby Hart & Tommy Boyce, 1966)



4/4 | d - D - d - D - |
1 2 3 4
Intro Riff 4x:
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------3----------------|-1--------0-------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|-0----------------------|-0--------0-----0-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville and I'll | [G7] meet you at the | station
You can | [G7] be here at 4: | 30 cause I've | made my reser- | vation
don't be | [C7] slow... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
Cause I'm | [G7] leaving in the | morning and I | won't see you a- | gain
We'll have | one more night to- | gether, 'til the | morning brings my | train
and I must | [C7] go... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
and I | [D7] don't know if I'm | ever coming | [G7] home [RIFF 2x]
Intro Riff 2x: (Starts right on last chord G7)
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------3----------------|-1--------0-------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|-0----------------------|-0--------0-----0-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. I'll be | waiting at the | station
We'll have | time for coffee | flavored kisses | and a bit of | conversation
| [C7] Oh... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. Now I | must hang up the | phone
I can't | [G7] hear you in this | noisy railroad | station all a- | lone, I'm feelin'
| [C7] low... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
and I | [D7] don't know if I'm | ever coming | [G7↓] home [RIFF 2x]
Intro Riff 2x: (Starts right on last chord G7)
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------3----------------|-1--------0-------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|-0----------------------|-0--------0-----0-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville and I'll | [G7] meet you at the | station
You can | [G7] be here at 4: | 30 cause I've | made my reser- | vation
don't be | [C7] slow... | oh no no | no... | oh no no | no... | [C7↓]
and I | [D7] don't know if I'm | ever coming | [G7↓] home [RIFF 2x]
Intro Riff 2x: (Starts right on last chord G7)
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------3----------------|-1--------0-------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|
|-0----------------------|-0--------0-----0-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Outro
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. | [G7] | [G7]
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. | [G7] | [G7]
Take the | [G7] last train to | Clarksville. | [G7↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 6/28/19 JJ
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The Letter
The Box Tops (Wayne Carson, 1967)






u | D u - u D u - u | D u ...
& 1 & & 3 & & 1 &
[Em] Give me a ticket for an [C] aeroplane
[D] Ain't got time to take a [A] fast train
[Em] Lonely days are gone, [C] I'm a-goin' home
My [B7] baby, she wrote me a [Em] letter | [Em]
[Em] I don't care how much money I [C] gotta spend
[D] Got to get back to my [A] baby again
[Em] Lonely days are gone, [C] I'm a-goin' home
My [B7] baby, she wrote me a [Em] letter | [Em]
Chorus
Well, she | [G] wrote me a [D] letter
Said she | [C] couldn't [G] live with- | [D] out me no more | [D] |
| [G] Listen, mister, [D] can't you see
I | [C] gotta get [G] back to my | [D] baby once more, | [B7↓] anyway yeah...
[Em] Give me a ticket for an [C] aeroplane
[D] Ain't got time to take a [A] fast train
[Em] Lonely days are gone, [C] I'm a-goin' home
My [B7] baby, she wrote me a [Em] letter | [Em]
Chorus
Well, she | [G] wrote me a [D] letter
Said she | [C] couldn't [G] live with- | [D] out me no more | [D] |
| [G] Listen, mister, [D] can't you see
I | [C] gotta get [G] back to my | [D] baby once more, | [B7↓] anyway yeah...
[Em] Give me a ticket for an [C] aeroplane
[D] Ain't got time to take a [A] fast train
[Em] Lonely days are gone, [C] I'm a-goin' home
My [B7] baby, she wrote me a [Em] letter
My [B7] baby, she wrote me a [Em] letter [Em↓]
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Winter Wonderland
Felix Bernard & Richard B. Smith (1934)







Intro
| [F] | [C7] | [F] | [C7]
Sleigh bells | [F] ring ... are you | listenin'...
In the | [C7] lane ... snow is | glistenin'...
A | [C7] beautiful sight, we're | happy tonight |
| [C7] Walkin' in a winter wonder- | [F] land ...
Gone a- | [F] way ... is the | blue bird ...
Here to | [C7] stay ... is the | new bird ...
He | [C7] sings a love song, as | we go along |
| [C7] Walkin' in a winter wonder- | [F] land ... |
Bridge
| [A] In the meadow [E7] we can build a | [A] snowman ... |
| [A] And pretend that [E7] he is parson | [A] Brown ... |
| [C] He'll say are you [G7] married, we'll say | [C] no man...
But | [C] you can do the [G7] job when you're in | [C] town [G#aug] ...
Later | [F] on ... we'll con- | spire ...
As we | [C7] dream ... by the | fire ...
To | [C7] face unafraid, the | plans that we made |
| [C7] Walkin' in a winter wonder- | [F] land... |
Bridge
| [A] In the meadow [E7] we can build a | [A] snowman ... |
| [A] And pretend that [E7] he's a circus | [A] clown ... |
| [C] We'll have lots of [G7] fun with Mister | [C] Snowman ...
Yes un- | [C] til the other [G7] kiddies knock him | [C] down [G#aug] ...
Later | [F] on ... we'll con- | spire ...
As we | [C7] dream ... by the | fire ...
To | [C7] face unafraid, the | plans that we made |
| [C7] Walkin' in a | winter wonder- | [F] land ... |
| [G7] Walkin'... in a | [C7] winter wonder- | [F] land | [F↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with the Macy Gray version.
#Macy Gray version does vary a bit from the more standard version.
#Last Updated 12/15/20 JJ
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