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Act Naturally The Beatles (Johnny Russell & Voni Morrison, 1963) |
Teach Your Children Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Graham Nash, 1970) |
Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell (1967) |
Free Fallin' Tom Petty (with Jeff Lynne, 1989) |
True Colors Cindy Lauper (Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly, 1986) |
Witchcraft Frank Sinatra (Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh, 1957) |
Yellow Bird Michel Mauléart Monton (19th Century Haitian Song) |
Hold On Forever Rob Thomas (2015) |
Victoria The Kinks (Ray Davies, 1969) |
Farewell To Nova Scotia As collected by Helen Creighton (published 1950) |
Act Naturally
The Beatles (Johnny Russell & Voni Morrison, 1963)
| d - D u d - D u |
[G] They're gonna put me in the [C] movies [C]
[G] They're gonna make a big star out of [D7] me [D7]
We'll [G] make a film about a man that's sad and [C] lonely [C]
And [D7] all I gotta do is act natural- [G] ly [G↓]
Well, I'll [D7] bet you I'm gonna be a [G] big star [G]
Might [D7] win an Oscar you can never [G] tell [G]
The [D7] movies gonna make me a [G] big star [G]
'Cause [A] I can play the part so [D7] well [D7]
Well I [G] hope you come and see me in the [C] movies [C]
[G] Then I'll know that you will plainly [D7] see [D7]
The [G] biggest fool that ever hit the [C] big time [C]
And [D7] all I gotta do is act natural- [G] ly [G]
We'll [G] make the scene about a man that's sad and [C] lonely [C]
And [G] beggin down upon his bended [D7] knee [D7]
I'll [G] play the part but I won't need re- [C] hearsin' [C]
[D7] All I gotta to do is act natural- [G] ly [G↓]
Well, I'll [D7] bet you I'm gonna be a [G] big star [G]
Might [D7] win an Oscar you can never [G] tell [G]
The [D7] movies gonna make me a [G] big star [G]
'Cause [A] I can play the part so [D7] well [D7]
Well I [G] hope you come and see me in the [C] movies [C]
[G] Then I'll know that you will plainly [D7] see [D7]
The [G] biggest fool that ever hit the [C] big time [C]
And [D7] all I gotta do is act natural- [G] ly [G↓] [D7↓] [G↓]
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Teach Your Children
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Graham Nash, 1970)
4/4 | d - D u d - D u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [D] | [D] | [G] | [G]
| [D] | [D] | [A] | [A↓]
| [D] You, | who are on the | [G] road | [G]
Must have a | [D] code | that you can | [A] live by | [A]
And | [D] so, | become your- | [G] self | [G]
Because the | [D] past | is just a | [A] goodbye | [A]
| [D] Teach | your children | [G] well | [G]
Their father's | [D] hell | did slowly | [A] go by | [A]
And | [D] feed | them on your | [G] dreams | [G]
The one they | [D] pick's, | the one you'll | [A] know by | [A]
Chorus
| [D] ...Don't you | ever ask them | [G] why
If they | [G] told you, you would | [D] cry
So just | [D] look at them and | [Bm7] sigh- | -igh | [G] -igh
| [A↓] And know they | [D] love you | [D]
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] | [A] | [A↓]
And | [D] you, | of tender | [G] years | [G]
Can't know the | [D] fears | that your elders | [A] grew by | [A]
And so, | [D] please help | them with your | [G] youth | [G]
They seek the | [D] truth | before they | [A] can die | [A]
| [D] Teach | your parents | [G] well | [G]
Their children's | [D] hell | will slowly | [A] go by | [A]
And | [D] feed | them on your | [G] dreams | [G]
The one they | [D] fix, | the one you'll | [A] know by | [A]
Chorus
| [D] ...Don't you | ever ask them | [G] why
If they | [G] told you, you would | [D] cry
So just | [D] look at them and | [Bm7] sigh- | -igh | [G] -igh
| [A↓] And know they | [D] love you | [D]
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] | [A] | [A↓]
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Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell (1967)
Gentle strumming in 4/4 or
Inside/Outside Fingerpicking Pattern
|----------M-----------M-|
|----I-----------I-------|
|-T-----------T----------|
|-------T-----------T----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro:
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G] Bows and [Am] flows of | [C] angel [G↑] hair
And | [G] ice cream [Gmaj7] castles | [C] in the [G↑] air
And | [G] feather [C] canyons | [Am] everywhere |
| [Am] . I've looked at clouds that | [D] way |
| [G] . But now they [Am] only | [C] block the [G↑] sun
They | [G] rain and [Gmaj7] snow on | [C] every- [G↑] one
So | [G] many [C] things I | [Am] would have done
| [Am] . But clouds got in my | [D] way |
Chorus
| [G] . I've looked at [Am] clouds from | [C] both sides [G↑] now
From | [C] up and [G↑] down, and | [C] still some- [G↑] how
It's | [Gmaj7] clouds il- [C] lusions | [G] I recall
I | [G] really [Gmaj7] don't know | [C] clouds... | [C]
...at | [G↓↓↓] all [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G] Moons and [Am] Junes and | [C] ferris [G↑] wheels
The | [G] dizzy [Gmaj7] dancing | [C] way you [G↑] feel
As | [G] every [C] fairy- | [Am] tale comes real |
| [Am] I've looked at [C] love that | [D] way |
| [G] . But now it's [Am] just a- | [C] nother [G↑] show
You | [G] leave 'em [Gmaj7] laughin' | [C] when you [G↑] go
And | [G] if you [C] care | [Am] don't let them know |
| [Am] Don't give [C] yourself a- | [D] way
Chorus
I've | [G] looked at [Am] love from | [C] both sides [G↑] now
From | [C] give and [G↑] take, and | [C] still some- [G↑] how
It's | [Gmaj7] love's il- [C] lusions | [G] . I recall
I | [G] really [Gmaj7] don't know | [C] love... | [C]
...at | [G↓↓↓] all [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G] Tears and [Am] fears and | [C] feeling [G↑] proud
To | [G] say "I [Gmaj7] love you" | [C] right out [G↑] loud |
| [G] Dreams and [C] schemes | [Am] and circus crowds |
| [Am] I've looked at [C] life that | [D] way |
| . [G] But now old [Am] friends are | [C] acting [G↑] strange
They | [G] shake their [Gmaj7] heads, they | [C] say I've [G↑] changed
Well | [G] something's [C] lost | [Am] . but something's gained |
| [Am] . In living every | [D] day
Chorus
I've | [G] looked at [Am] life from | [C] both sides [G↑] now
From | [C] win and [G↑] lose, and | [C] still some- [G↑] how
It's | [Gmaj7] life's il- [C] lusions | [G] I recall
I | [G] really [Gmaj7] don't know | [C] love... | [C]
...at | [G↓↓↓] all [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play with Judy Collins' version.
#Retune 1/2 step lower to F# to play with Joni Mitchell's original.
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Free Fallin'
Tom Petty (with Jeff Lynne, 1989)
C F F C G
| D - - U - u d u | D U - U - u d u |
1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro:
| [C↓] [F↑] | [F↓] [C↑] [G↑] |
| [C↓] [F↑] | [F↓] [C↑] [G↑] |
She's a [C] good [F] girl, [F] loves [C] her [G] mama
Loves [C] Je- [F]sus and [F] Ameri- [C]ca [G] too
She's a [C] good [F] girl, [F] crazy [C] 'bout [G] Elvis
Loves [C] hor- [F]ses and her [F] boy- [C]friend [G] too
| [C↓] [F↑] | [F↓] [C↑] [G↑] |
It's a [C] long [F] day [F] livin' [C] in Re- [G]seda
There's a [C] free- [F]way [F] runnin' [C] through the [G] yard
And I'm a [C] bad [F] boy, 'cause I [F] don't [C] even [G] miss her
I'm a [C] bad [F] boy for [F] brea- [C]kin' her [G] heart
And I'm [C] free, [F] [F] [C] [G] free [C] fallin' [F] [F] [C] [G]
Yeah I'm [C] free, [F] [F] [C] [G] free [C] fallin' [F] [F] [C] [G]
All the [C] vam- [F]pires [F] walkin' [C] through the [G] valley
Move [C] west [F] down [F] Ven- [C]tura boule- [G]vard
And all the [C] bad [F] boys are [F] stand- [C]ing in the [G] shadows
And the [C] good [F] girls are [F] home [C] with broken [G] hearts
And I'm [C] free, [F] [F] [C] [G] free [C] fallin' [F] [F] [C] [G]
Yeah I'm [C] free, [F] [F] [C] [G] free [C] fallin' [F] [F] [C] [G]
| [C↓] [F↑] | [F↓] [C↑] [G↑] |
[C] Free [F] falling now I'm [F] [C] free [G] falling
| [C↓] [F↑] | [F↓] [C↑] [G↑] |
[C] Free [F] falling now I'm [F] [C] free [G] falling
I wanna [C] glide [F] down [F] o- [C]ver Mul- [G]holland
I wanna [C] write [F] her [F] name [C] in the [G]sky
Gonna [C] free [F] fall [F] out [C] into [G] nothin'
Gonna [C] leave [F] this [F] world [C]for a- [G]while
Now I'm [C] free, [F] [F] [C] [G] free
[C] fallin' [F] [F] [C] [G]
Yeah I'm [C] free, [F] [F] [C] [G] free
[C] fallin' [F] [F] [C] [G]
Repeat and fade:
[C] Free [F] falling now I'm [F] [C] free [G] fallin'
#Capo on 5th fret to play with original.
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True Colors
Cindy Lauper (Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly, 1986)
Strum gently
4/4 | d - D u d - D u |
Chords change every 2 beats
Am G C F↑
A|-10-----10-10-----10-|-10---------------|
E|----7-8-------7-8----|----7-8-----------|
C|---------------------|--------9---------|
G|---------------------|------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
[Am] [G] [C] [F↑]
[Am] [G] [C] [F↑]
You with the [Am↓] sad [G↓] eyes, [C↓] don't be dis- [F↓] couraged
Oh I [Am] realize | ... it's | hard to take [G] courage
In a [C] world full of [Dm] people, [Em] you can lose sight [F] of it all
And the [Am] darkness [G] inside you make you [F] feel so [C] small
Chorus
But I'll see your [F] true [C] colors [Gsus4] shining through [G]
I'll see your [F] true [C]colors, And [F] that's why I [G] love you
So [F] don't be a- [C] fraid to [F] let them [Am] show
Your [F] true [C] colors, [F] True [C] colors are [Gsus4↓] beautiful,
like a [Am][Riff] Rain- [G] bow [C] [F↑]
[Am] [G] [C] [F↑]
[Am] [G] [C] [F↑]
[Am] [G] [C] [F↑]
Show me a [Am] smile [G] then, [C] don't be un- [F] happy,
can't re- [Am] member when | I... | last saw you [G] laughing
If [C] this world makes you [Dm] crazy and you've [Em] taken all you [F] can bear
You [Am] call me up, [G] because you [F] know I'll be [C] there
Chorus
But I'll see your [F] true [C] colors [Gsus4] shining through [G]
I'll see your [F] true [C]colors, And [F] that's why I [G] love you
So [F] don't be a- [C] fraid to [F] let them [Am] show
Your [F] true [C] colors, [F] True [C] colors are [Gsus4↓] beautiful,
like a [Am][Riff] Rain- [G] bow [C] [F↑]
[Am] [G] [C] [F↑]
[Am] [G] [C] [F↑]
[Am] [G] [C] [F↑]
[Am] Oooo... [G] oooh... [C] oooh... [F] oh
[Am] Can't remember | when I | last saw you [G] laughing
[C] If this world makes [Dm] you crazy and you've [Em] taken all you [F] can bear
You [Am] call me up, [G] because you [F] know I'll be [C] there
Chorus
But I'll see your [F] true [C] colors [Gsus4] shining through | [G]
I'll see your [F] true [C] colors, And [F] that's why I [G] love you
So [F] don't be a- [C] fraid to [F] let them [Am] show
Your [F] true [C] colors, [F] True [C] colors,
Your [F] true [C] colors are [Gsus4] shining through [G]
I'll see your [F] true [C] colors, And [F] that's why I [G] love you
So [F] don't be a- [C] fraid to [E7] let them [Am] show
Your [F↓] true [C↓] colors, [F↓] True [C↓] colors are [Gsus4↓] beautiful,
like a Rainbow
[Riff] [Am] [G] [C] [F↑]
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#Last Updated 9/19/17 JJ
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Witchcraft
Frank Sinatra (Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh, 1957)
| [F] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [F] Those fingers | in my hair
| [Abdim7] That sly come | hither stare
| [Gm7] That strips my | [C7] conscience bare
It's | [F] witchcraft | [F] |
| [Bb] And I've got | no defense for it
| [Bbm] The heat is | too intense for it
| [Fm] What good would | [Gaug] common sense for it | [C7] do? | [C7]
'Cause it's | [F] witchcraft, | [F]
wicked | [C7] witchcraft | [C7]
And al- | [F] though I | know it's strictly ta- | [Dm6] boo | [E7]
| [Am] When you a- | rouse the need in me
| [Am7] My heart says | "Yes, indeed" in me
| [Gm] "Proceed with | [Gm] what you're leadin' me | [C7] to" | [C7]
| [F] It's such an | ancient pitch
| [Abdim7] But one I | wouldn't switch
| [Gm7] 'Cause there's no | [C7] nicer witch than | [F] you | [F↓]
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Yellow Bird
Michel Mauléart Monton (19th Century Haitian Song)
Calypso Feel
4/4 | d - R u - u - u - |
1 2 & & &
Intro:
| [D] [C#↓] | [D] |
| [D] [C#↓] | [D] |
| [D] Yel- [C#↓] low | [D] bird, up | [A7] high in banana | [D] tree,
| [D] Yel- [C#↓] low | [D] bird, you | [A7] sit all alone like | [D] me,
| [G] Did your lady friend, | [D] leave the nest again?
| [A7] That is very sad, | [D] makes me feel so bad,
| [G] You can fly away, | [D] in the sky away,
| [A7] You're more lucky than | [D] me. [C#↓] | [D]
| [D] I also had a | [G] pretty girl,
| [A7] she's not with me to- | [D] day,
| [D] They're all the same those | [G] pretty girls,
| [A7] Take tenderness, | [A7↓] then they fly a- | [D] way. [C#↓] | [D]
| [D] Yel- [C#↓] low | [D] bird... | [A7] | [D] |
| [D] Yel- [C#↓] low | [D] bird... | [A7] | [D] |
| [G] Did your lady friend, | [D] leave the nest again?
| [A7] That is very sad, | [D] makes me feel so bad,
| [G] You can fly away, | [D] in the sky away,
| [A7] You're more lucky than | [D] me. [C#↓] | [D]
| [D] Wish that I were a | [G] yellow bird, | [A7] I'd fly away with | [D] you,
| [D] But I am not a | [G] yellow bird,
| [A7] so here I sit, | [A7↓] nothing I can | [D] do. [C#↓] | [D]
| [D] Yel- [C#↓] low | [D] bird... | [D] [C#↓] | [D] |
| [D] Yel- | [C#] low | [D] bird... | [D↓]
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#Last Updated 10/03/17 JD
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Hold On Forever
Rob Thomas (2015)
4/4 | D u X u D u X u | D u X ...
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
[C] Another night and here we [G] are again
All our [F] faults laid out a- [G] head
[C] Let it out, then let it [G] right back in
All those [F] voices in your [G] head
Pre-Chorus
And we [1/2F] both know [1/2G] everything,
but [1/2C] we can't learn to [F] leave
So I'll [G↓] tell you what you need
Chorus
[C] First thing we make you feel better
[G] Next stop we pull it all together
[Dm] I'll keep you warm like a sweater
[F] Take my hand, hold on forever
[C] Just fall apart if you need to
[G] I'm here and I won't leave you [Dm] now-o-ow
Don't look [F1/2] do-o-own, [F↓] hold on forever
[C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
[C] Lay down all your troubles [G] end to end
They could [F] reach up to the [G] stars
[C] So many roads, you don't know [G] where you've been
But you [F] still know who you [G] are
Pre-Chorus
And if I [1/2F] seem pre[1/2G]occupied,
I'm [1/2C] wondering what to [F] do
So here's my [G↓] recipe for you
Chorus
[C] First thing we make you feel better
[G] Next stop we pull it all together
[Dm] I'll keep you warm like a sweater
[F] Take my hand, hold on forever
[C] Just fall apart if you need to
[G] I'm here and I won't leave you [Dm] now-o-ow
Don't look [F] do-o-own, [F↓] hold on forever
[C] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
[F] | [F] | [C] | [G] |
Pre-Chorus
And we [F↓] both know [G↓] everything,
but [C↓] we can't learn to [F↓] leave [F↓]
So I'll [G↓] tell you what you need
Chorus
[C] First thing we make you feel better
[G] Next stop we pull it all together
[Dm] I'll keep you warm like a sweater
[F] Take my hand, hold on forever
[C] Just fall apart if you need to
[G] I'm here and I won't leave you [Dm] now-o-ow
Don't look [F] do-o-own, [F↓] hold on forever
Outro
[C] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
[F] | [F] ... Just | [C] take my hand, | [G] hold on forever
[C] | [C] | [G] | [G] Hold on forever
[F] | [F] ... Just | [C] take my hand, | [G↓] hold on forever [C↓]
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Victoria
The Kinks (Ray Davies, 1969)
4/4 | D u X u D u X u |
1 2 3 4
Intro
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] | [G]
| [D] | [G] | [C] | [G] | [D] | [G] | [G]
Long a [D] go life was [G] clean
Sex was [C] bad and ob- [G] scene
And the [D] rich were so [G] mean
Stately [D] homes for the [G] Lords
Croquet [C] lawns, village [G] greens
Victori- [D] a was my [G] queen
Chorus
Vic- [G] tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] a, 'tori- [G] a
I was [D] born, lucky [G] me
In a [C] land that I [G] love
Though I'm [D] poor, I am [G] free
When I [D] grow I shall [G] fight
For this [C] land I shall [G] die
Let her [D] sun never [G] set
Chorus
Vic- [G] tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] a, 'tori- [G] a
Vic- [G] tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] a, 'tori- [G] a
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G]
BRIDGE
[Em] Land of hope and [D] gloria
[D] Land of my Vic- [C] toria
[Em] Land of hope and [D] gloria
[D] Land of my Vic- [C] toria | [C] | [G]
[G] Victori- [D] a, tori- [G] a | [G] | [G]
INSTRUMENTAL
| [D] | [G] | [C] | [G] | [D] | [G] | [G]
Chorus
Vic- [G] tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] a, 'tori- [G] a
Vic[G]tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] a, 'tori- [G] a
Cana- [D] da to Indi- [G] a
Australi- [C] a to Corn- [G] wall
Singa- [D] pore to Hong [G] Kong
From the [D] West to the [G] East
From the [C] rich to the [G] poor
Victori- [D] a loved them [G] all
Chorus
Vic- [G] tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] a, 'tori- [G] a
Vic- [G] tori- [D] a, Vic- [Em] tori- [Bm] a,
Victori- [D] aaaaa... [G]
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Farewell to Nova Scotia
As collected by Helen Creighton (published 1950)
Fast
4/4 | d - D u d u d u |
| [F#m] | [F#m] | [F#m] | [F#m]
The [A] sun was setting in the west
The [F#m] birds were singing on ev'ry tree [F#m]
All [A] nature [E7] seemed inclined for rest
But [F#m] still there [D] was no [F#m] rest for me [F#m]
Chorus
Fare- [A] well to Nova Scotia, the sea-bound coast
Let your [F#m] mountains dark and dreary be [F#m]
For when [A] I am far a- [E7] way on the briny oceans tossed
Will you [F#m] ever heave a [D] sigh and a [F#m] wish for me? [F#m]
I [A] grieve to leave my native land
I [F#m] grieve to leave my comrades all [F#m]
And my [A] aged [E7] parents whom I always held so dear
And the [F#m] bonnie, bonnie [D] lass that I [F#m] do adore [F#m]
Chorus
Fare- [A] well to Nova Scotia, the sea-bound coast
Let your [F#m] mountains dark and dreary be [F#m]
For when [A] I am far a- [E7] way on the briny oceans tossed
Will you [F#m] ever heave a [D] sigh and a [F#m] wish for me? [F#m]
The [A] drums do beat, and the wars do alarm
The [F#m] captain calls, we must obey [F#m]
So fare- [A] well, fare- [E7] well to Nova Scotia's charms
For it's [F#m] early in the [D] morning, I am [F#m] far, far away [F#m]
Chorus
Fare- [A] well to Nova Scotia, the sea-bound coast
Let your [F#m] mountains dark and dreary be [F#m]
For when [A] I am far a- [E7] way on the briny oceans tossed
Will you [F#m] ever heave a [D] sigh and a [F#m] wish for me? [F#m]
I [A] have three brothers and they are at rest
Their [F#m] arms are folded on their breast [F#m]
But a [A] poor simple [E7] sailor, just like me
Must be [F#m] tossed and [D] driven on the [F#m] dark, blue sea [F#m]
Chorus
Fare- [A] well to Nova Scotia, the sea-bound coast
Let your [F#m] mountains dark and dreary be [F#m]
For when [A] I am far a- [E7] way on the briny oceans tossed
Will you [F#m] ever heave a [D] sigh and a [F#m] wish for me? [F#m]
Slower
Will you [F#m↓] ever heave a [D↓] sigh and a [F#m↓] wish for me?
#Play along in this key.
#Last Updated 10/03/17 JD
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