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Best Day Of My Life American Authors (2013) |
Paperback Writer The Beatles (Lennon & McCartney, 1966) |
Thunder (No Bridge) Imagine Dragons (2017) |
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (IZ) Israel Kamakawiwo`ole’s Version (1990) |
Have You Ever Seen The Rain CCR (John Fogerty, 1970) |
Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
Singin’ In The Rain Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown (1929) |
Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus (Don Von Tress, 1991) |
Act Naturally The Beatles (Johnny Russell & Voni Morrison, 1963) |
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Willie Nelson (Fred Rose, 1975) |
You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell (1939) |
Best Day Of My Life American Authors (2013) |
Paperback Writer The Beatles (Lennon & McCartney, 1966) |
Thunder (No Bridge) Imagine Dragons (2017) |
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (IZ) Israel Kamakawiwo`ole’s Version (1990) |
Have You Ever Seen The Rain CCR (John Fogerty, 1970) |
Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
Singin’ In The Rain Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown (1929) |
Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus (Don Von Tress, 1991) |
Act Naturally The Beatles (Johnny Russell & Voni Morrison, 1963) |
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Willie Nelson (Fred Rose, 1975) |
You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell (1939) |
Best Day Of My Life American Authors (2013) |
Paperback Writer The Beatles (Lennon & McCartney, 1966) |
Thunder (No Bridge) Imagine Dragons (2017) |
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (IZ) Israel Kamakawiwo`ole’s Version (1990) |
Have You Ever Seen The Rain CCR (John Fogerty, 1970) |
Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
Singin’ In The Rain Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown (1929) |
Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus (Don Von Tress, 1991) |
Act Naturally The Beatles (Johnny Russell & Voni Morrison, 1963) |
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Willie Nelson (Fred Rose, 1975) |
You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell (1939) |
Best Day Of My Life American Authors (2013) |
Paperback Writer The Beatles (Lennon & McCartney, 1966) |
Thunder (No Bridge) Imagine Dragons (2017) |
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (IZ) Israel Kamakawiwo`ole’s Version (1990) |
Have You Ever Seen The Rain CCR (John Fogerty, 1970) |
Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
Singin’ In The Rain Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown (1929) |
Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus (Don Von Tress, 1991) |
Act Naturally The Beatles (Johnny Russell & Voni Morrison, 1963) |
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Willie Nelson (Fred Rose, 1975) |
You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell (1939) |
Best Day Of My Life American Authors (2013) |
Paperback Writer The Beatles (Lennon & McCartney, 1966) |
Thunder (No Bridge) Imagine Dragons (2017) |
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (IZ) Israel Kamakawiwo`ole’s Version (1990) |
Have You Ever Seen The Rain CCR (John Fogerty, 1970) |
Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
Singin’ In The Rain Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown (1929) |
Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus (Don Von Tress, 1991) |
Act Naturally The Beatles (Johnny Russell & Voni Morrison, 1963) |
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Willie Nelson (Fred Rose, 1975) |
You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell (1939) |
Best Day Of My Life American Authors (2013) |
Paperback Writer The Beatles (Lennon & McCartney, 1966) |
Thunder (No Bridge) Imagine Dragons (2017) |
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (IZ) Israel Kamakawiwo`ole’s Version (1990) |
Have You Ever Seen The Rain CCR (John Fogerty, 1970) |
Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
Singin’ In The Rain Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown (1929) |
Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus (Don Von Tress, 1991) |
Act Naturally The Beatles (Johnny Russell & Voni Morrison, 1963) |
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Willie Nelson (Fred Rose, 1975) |
You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell (1939) |
Best Day Of My Life American Authors (2013) |
Paperback Writer The Beatles (Lennon & McCartney, 1966) |
Thunder (No Bridge) Imagine Dragons (2017) |
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (IZ) Israel Kamakawiwo`ole’s Version (1990) |
Have You Ever Seen The Rain CCR (John Fogerty, 1970) |
Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
Singin’ In The Rain Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown (1929) |
Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus (Don Von Tress, 1991) |
Act Naturally The Beatles (Johnny Russell & Voni Morrison, 1963) |
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Willie Nelson (Fred Rose, 1975) |
You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell (1939) |
Best Day Of My Life American Authors (2013) |
Paperback Writer The Beatles (Lennon & McCartney, 1966) |
Thunder (No Bridge) Imagine Dragons (2017) |
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (IZ) Israel Kamakawiwo`ole’s Version (1990) |
Have You Ever Seen The Rain CCR (John Fogerty, 1970) |
Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
Singin’ In The Rain Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown (1929) |
Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus (Don Von Tress, 1991) |
Act Naturally The Beatles (Johnny Russell & Voni Morrison, 1963) |
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Willie Nelson (Fred Rose, 1975) |
You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell (1939) |
Best Day Of My Life American Authors (2013) |
Paperback Writer The Beatles (Lennon & McCartney, 1966) |
Thunder (No Bridge) Imagine Dragons (2017) |
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (IZ) Israel Kamakawiwo`ole’s Version (1990) |
Have You Ever Seen The Rain CCR (John Fogerty, 1970) |
Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
Singin’ In The Rain Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown (1929) |
Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus (Don Von Tress, 1991) |
Act Naturally The Beatles (Johnny Russell & Voni Morrison, 1963) |
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Willie Nelson (Fred Rose, 1975) |
You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell (1939) |
Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
Paperback Writer The Beatles (Lennon & McCartney, 1966) |
You Are My Sunshine
Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell (1939)





4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
Chorus
You are my [C] sunshine, my only sunshine [C7]
You make me [F] happy when skies are [C] gray [C7]
You'll never [F]know dear, how much I [C] love you
[Am] Please don't [C] take my [G7] sunshine a- [C] way
The other [C] night dear, as I lay sleeping [C7]
I dreamed I [F] held you in my [C] arms [C7]
But when I a[F] woke, dear, I was mis[C]taken [Am]
So I [C]hung my [G7] head and I [C] cried. [G7]
Chorus
You are my [C] sunshine, my only sunshine [C7]
You make me [F] happy when skies are [C] gray [C7]
You'll never [F] know dear, how much I [C] love you
[Am] Please don't [C] take my [G7] sunshine a- [C] way
I'll always [C] love you and make you happy, [C7]
If you will [F] only say the [C] same. [C7]
But if you [F] leave me and love a- [C] nother [Am]
You'll [C] regret it [G7] all some- [C] day]
Chorus
You are my [C] sunshine, my only sunshine [C7]
You make me [F] happy when skies are [C] gray [C7]
You'll never [F] know dear, how much I [C] love you
[Am] Please don't [C] take my [G7] sunshine a- [C] way
You told me [C] once, dear, you really loved me [C7]
And no one [F] else could come bet- [C] ween. [C7]
But not you've [F] left me and love ano- [C] ther [Am]
You have [C] shattered [G7] all of my [C] dreams.
Chorus
You are my [C] sunshine, my only sunshine [C7]
You make me [F] happy when skies are [C] gray [C7]
You'll never [F] know dear, how much I [C] love you
[Am] Please don't [C] take my [G7] sunshine a- [C] way
#Last Updated 7/10/17 JD
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Cotton Fields
Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940)



Try with 'Carter' Picking (Alternating Thumb)
4/4 | T3 - D - T4 - D - | or 4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Intro
| [A] | [E7] | [A] | [A]
When | [A] I was a little bitty | baby my Mama would
| [D] rock me in my | [A] cradle
In them | [A] old... | cotton fields back | [E7] home | [E7]
When | [A] I was a little bitty | baby my Mama would
| [D] rock me in my | [A] cradle
In them | [A] old... | [E7] cotton fields back | [A] home | [A]
Chorus
Now when them | [D] cotton bolls get | rotten
You can't | [A] pick very much | cotton
In them | [A] old... | cotton fields back | [E7] home | [E7]
It was | [A] down in Louisi- | ana
Just about a | [D] mile from Texar- | [A] kana
In them | [A] old... | [E7] cotton fields back | [A] home | [A]
It was | [A] over in Arkan- | sas the people asked
| [D] me what I come here | [A] for
In them | [A] old... | cotton fields back | [E7] home | [E7]
It was | [A] over in Arkan- | sas the people asked
| [D] me what I come here | [A] for
In them | [A] old... | [E7] cotton fields back | [A] home | [A]
Chorus
Now when them | [D] cotton bolls get | rotten
You can't | [A] pick very much | cotton
In them | [A] old... | cotton fields back | [E7] home | [E7]
It was | [A] down in Louisi- | ana
Just about a | [D] mile from Texar- | [A] kana
In them | [A] old... | [E7] cotton fields back | [A] home | [A]
It | [A] may sound a little bit | funny, but you
| [D] can't make too much | [A] money
In them | [A] old... | cotton fields back | [E7] home | [E7]
It | [A] may sound a little bit | funny, but you
| [D] can't make too much | [A] money
In them | [A] old... | [E7] cotton fields back | [A] home | [A]
Chorus
Now when them | [D] cotton bolls get | rotten
You can't | [A] pick very much | cotton
In them | [A] old... | cotton fields back | [E7] home | [E7]
It was | [A] down in Louisi- | ana
Just about a | [D] mile from Texar- | [A] kana
In them | [A] old... | [E7] cotton fields back | [A] home | [A]
#Folk Standard that's great fun to sing.
#We'll often play it in key of C but most online versions seem to be in Key of A (as shown here).
#Try using an alternating thumb picking pattern: 'Carter Picking'
#Last Updated 1/5/18 JJ
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Paperback Writer
The Beatles (Lennon & McCartney, 1966)


4/4 | d - D - d - D - |
1 2 3 4
Acapella - Followed by Riff x2 over chords
Pa - per - back wri - ter... (writer...) (writer...)
| [G7] | [G7] | [G7] | [G7]
Dear | [G7] Sir or Madam will you | read my book?
It took me | [G7] years to write will you | take a look?
It's | [G7] based on a novel by a | man named Lear
and I | [G7] need a job so I | want to be a paperback | [C] writer | [C]
paperback | [G7↓] writ- [G7↓] er. | [NC]
It's the | [G7] dirty story of a | dirty man
and his | [G7] clinging wife doesn't | understand.
His | [G7] son is working for the | daily Mail
It's a | [G7] steady job but he | wants to be a paperback | [C] writer | [C]
paperback | [G7↓] writ- [G7↓] er. | [NC]
Acapella - Followed by Riff x2 over chords
Pa - per - back wri - ter... (writer...) (writer...)
| [G7] | [G7] | [G7] | [G7]
It's a | [G7] thousand pages give or | take a few,
I'll be | [G7] writing more in a | week or two.
I can | [G7] make it longer if you | like the style,
I can | [G7] change it round and I | want to be a paperback | [C] writer | [C]
paperback | [G7↓] writ- [G7↓] er. | [NC]
If you | [G7] really like it you can | have the rights,
it could | [G7] make a million for you | overnight.
If you | [G7] must return it you can | send it here,
But I | [G7] need a break and I | want to be a paperback | [C] writer | [C]
paperback | [G7↓] writ- [G7↓] er. | [NC]
Acapella - Followed by Riff x2 over chords
Pa - per - back wri - ter... (writer...) (writer...)
| [G7] | [G7] | [G7] | [G7]
#Play along in this key.
#Last Updated 06/01/18 JJ
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