Songbook - March & April 2018 |
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| Closer To Fine Indigo Girls (Emily Saliers, 1989) |
| I Wanna Hold Your Hand The Beatles (Lennon / McCartney, 1963) |
| Major Tom Peter Schilling (1983) |
| Pull Me Through Jim Cuddy (2006) |
| Remember Me From Pixar's "Coco" (Robert Lopez/Kristen Anderson-Lopez, 2017) |
| Ripple Grateful Dead (Robert Hunter, 1970) |
| San Francisco Bay Blues Eric Clapton (Jesse Fuller, 1955) |
| Unchain My Heart Ray Charles (Bobby Sharp, 1961) |
Closer To Fine
Indigo Girls (Emily Saliers, 1989)
General Strum Pattern
4/4 | d - D - - u d u |
1 2 & 4 &
Intro
| [C] | [Gsus4] | [Csus4] | [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑] |
| [C] | [Gsus4] | [Csus4] | [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑] |
I'm [C] trying to tell you [Gsus4] something 'bout my [Csus4] life [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
Maybe [C] give me insight [Gsus4] between black 'n [Csus4] white [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
And the [G] best thing you've ever done for [F] me
Is to [G] help me take my life less serious- [F] ly
It's only life [C] after all [Gsus4] yeah [Csus4] [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
Well [C] darkness has a [Gsus4] hunger that's in- [Csus4] satiable [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
And [C] lightness has a [Gsus4] call that's hard to [Csus4] hear [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
I [G] wrapped my fear around me like a [F] blanket
I [G] sailed my ship of safety till I [F] sank it I'm crawling on your [C] shores [Csus4] [C↓]
Chorus
I [G] went to the | doctor I [F] went to the [C] mountains
I [G] looked to the | children I [F] drank from the [C] fountains
There's [G] more than one | answer to these [F] questions
[F] Pointing me in a [C] crooked line [Csus4] [C↓]
And the [G] less I seek my | source for some de- [F↓] finitive
Closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine
The [G] closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
I [C] went to see the [Gsus4] doctor of phil- [Csus4] osophy [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
With a [C] poster of Ras- [Gsus4] putin
And a [Csus4] beard down to his [Gsus4↓] knee [G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
He [G] never did marry or [F] see a B grade movie
He [G] graded my performance he [F] said he could see through me
I spent [C] 4 years prostrate [Gsus4] to the higher [Csus4] mind
Got my [G] paper and I was [C] free [Csus4] [C↓]
Chorus
I [G] went to the | doctor I [F] went to the [C] mountains
I [G] looked to the | children I [F] drank from the [C] fountains
There's [G] more than one | answer to these [F] questions
[F] Pointing me in a [C] crooked line [Csus4] [C↓]
And the [G] less I seek my | source for some de- [F↓] finitive
Closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine
The [G] closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
| [G] | [G] | [F] | [F] |
| [G] | [G] | [F] | [F] |
I [C] stopped by the [Gsus4] bar at 3 A- [Csus4] M [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
To seek [C] solace in a [Gsus4] bottle or [Csus4] possibly a [Gsus4↓] friend [G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑]
And I [G] woke up with a headache like my [F] head against a board
[G] Twice as cloudy as I'd been the [F] night before
And I went in seeking [C] clarity [Csus4] [C↓]
Chorus
I [G] went to the | doctor I [F] went to the [C] mountains
I [G] looked to the | children I [F] drank from the [C] fountains
We [G] go to the | doctor we [F] go to the [C] mountains
We [G] look to the | children we [F] drink from the [C] fountains
We [G] go to the | bible we [F] go through the [C] workout
We [G] read up on re- | vival we [F↓] stand up for the [C↓] lookout
There's [G] more than one | answer to these [F] questions
[F] Pointing me in a [C] crooked line [Csus4] [C↓]
And the [G] less I seek my source for some de- [F↓] finitive
Closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine
[G] Closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine
[G] Closer I [C] am to fi- [Gsus4][Csus4] ine [Gsus4↓][G↑][Gsus2↑][G↑] [C↓]
#Capo on 9 to try along with original.
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
The Beatles (Lennon / McCartney, 1963)
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
[Bb↓↑] | [C] [Bb↓↑] | [C] [Bb↓↑] | [C] |
| [C7] Oh yeah |
| [F] I'll, tell you | [C] something
| [Dm] I think you'll under- | [A] stand
When | [F] I, say that [C] something
| [Dm] I wanna hold your [A7] hand
| [Bb] I wanna [C7] hold your | [F] hand [Dm] |
| [Bb] I wanna [C7] hold your | [F] hand
Oh | [F] please, say to | [C] me
| [Dm] you'll let me be your | [A] man
And | [F] please, say to [C] me
| [Dm] you'll let me hold your | [A7] hand
| [Bb] Oh let me [C7] hold your | [F] hand [Dm] |
| [Bb] I wanna [C7] hold your | [F] hand
Bridge
| [Cm] And when I | [F] touch you I feel |
| [Bb] happy in- | [Gm] side |
| [Cm] It's such a | [F] feeling that my | [Bb] love
[Bb↓↑] I can't | [C] hide...
[Bb↓↑] I can't | [C] hide...
[Bb↓↑] I can't | [C] hide... | [C7]
Yeah | [F] you, got that | [C] something
| [Dm] I think you'll under- | [A] stand
When | [F] I, say that | [C] something
| [Dm] I wanna hold your | [A7] hand
| [Bb] I wanna [C7] hold your | [F] hand [Dm] |
| [Bb] I wanna [C7] hold your | [F] hand |
Bridge
| [Cm] And when I | [F] touch you I feel |
| [Bb] happy in- | [Gm] side |
| [Cm] It's such a | [F] feeling that my | [Bb] love
[Bb↓↑] I can't | [C] hide...
[Bb↓↑] I can't | [C] hide...
[Bb↓↑] I can't | [C] hide... | [C7]
Yeah | [F] you, got that | [C] something
| [Dm] I think you'll under- | [A] stand
When | [F] I, feel that | [C] something
| [Dm] I wanna hold your | [A7] hand |
| [Bb] I wanna [C7] hold your | [F] hand [Dm] |
| [Bb] I wanna [C7] hold your | [A] hand |
| [Bb] I wanna [C7] hold your | [Bb] hand | [F↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play with Beatles.
#Last Updated 3/26/18 JJ
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Major Tom
Peter Schilling (1983)
Verses Chorus
4/4 | d d d d d d d d | 4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
[Em] | [Em] | [Em] | [Em]
[Em] | [Em] | [Em] | [Em]
[Am] | [Am] | [Em] | [Em]
[Em] Standing there alone, | the ship is waiting
[Am] All systems are go, [D] Are you sure?
[Em] Control is not convinced, | but the computer
[Am] Has the evidence, [D] "no need to a- [C] bort"
[Am] The countdown [Em] starts | [Em]
[Em] Watching in a trance, | the crew is certain
[Am] Nothing left to chance, [D] all is working
[Em] Trying to relax, | up in the capsule
[Am] "Send me up a drink," [D] jokes Major [C] Tom
[Am] The count goes [Em] on... | [Em]
Chorus
[Bm] 4, 3, 2, 1
[G] Earth be- [D] low us, [Am] drifting, [C] falling
[G] Floating [D] weightless, [Am] calling, [C] calling
[Em] home... | [Em] | [Em] | [Em] |
[Am] | [Am] | [Em] | [Em] |
[Em] Second stage is cut, | we're now in orbit
[Am] Stabilizers up, [D] running perfect
[Em] Starting to collect, | requested data
[Am] What will it effect, [D] when all is [C] done
[Am] Thinks Major [Em] Tom | [Em]
[Em] Back at ground control, | there is a problem
[Am] Go to rockets full, [D] not responding
[Em] "Hello Major Tom, | are you receiving
[Am] Turn the thrusters on, [D] we're standing [C] by"
[Am] There's no re- [Em] ply | [Em]
Chorus
[Bm] 4, 3, 2, 1
[G] Earth be- [D] low us, [Am] drifting, [C] falling
[G] Floating [D] weightless, [Am] calling, [C] calling
[G] home... | [D] | [Am] | [C] |
[G] | [D] | [Am] | [C] |
[Em] | [Em] |
[Em] Across the stratosphere, | a final message
[Am] "Give my wife my [D] love,"
Then [Em] nothing | more | [Am] | [D] | [C] | [Am]
[Em] Far beneath the ship, | the world is mourning
[Am] They don't realize, [D] he's alive
[Em] No one understands, | but Major Tom sees
[Am] Now the light commands, [D] this is my [C] home
[Am] I'm coming [Em] home | [Em] | [Bm] | [Bm]
Chorus
[G] Earth be- [D] low us, [Am] drifting, [C] falling
[G] Floating [D] weightless, [Am] coming [C] home
[G] Earth be- [D] low us, [Am] drifting, [C] falling
[G] Floating [D] weightless, [Am] coming [C] home
[G] Earth be- [D] low us, [Am] drifting, [C] falling
[G] Floating [D] weightless, [Am] coming, [C] coming
[G] Home... [D] [Am] [C]
[G] Home... [D] [Am] [C]
[G] Home... [D] [Am] [C]
[G] Home... [D] [Am] [C] [G↓]
#Play along in this key.
#Last Updated 3/12/18 JJ
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Pull Me Through
Jim Cuddy (2006)
Slow Ballad
4/4 | D - D - D - D u |
Intro
| [C] [F↓] [Am↓] | [G] |
| [C] [F↓] [Am↓] | [G] |
There's | [C] paper scattered on the lawn
| [Em] Birds up on the line
There's | [F] letters left unopened here
There | [C] never is the [G] time
There's | [C] messages I should return
And | [Em] people I should call
I'm still | [F] tripping over echoes
Left | [C] lying in the [G] hall
Pre-Chorus
There's a | [Em] light comes through the darkness
| [Am] Slowly to my eyes
You can | [F] fall back here forever
I just | [Gsus4] never realized [G]
| [C] Time won't [F↓] let [Am↓] me | [G] go
And | [C] every [F↓] night [Am↓] I | [G] know
Chorus
That you could | [C] pull me through
You could | [G] always pull me through
| [Am] Even when I'm lying here
| [F] Drowning in my blues
You | [C] take the sting [G] out of the rain
And | [Am] bring the sun back [F] up again
| [C] You could [G] always pull me | [C] through
We | [C] stood outside together
And we | [Em] laughed like ancient friends
Then we | [F] lay down in a field
Just where the | [C] road begins and [G] ends
I | [C] see you in the mirror
And I | [Em] watch you from afar
My | [F] friends all think I'm crazy
But I | [C] know the way things [G] are
Pre-Chorus
| [Em] Outside I hear voices
| [Am] Underneath the moon
And I'm | [F] grateful for whatever breaks
The si- | [Gsus4] lence in this [G] room
| [C] Time won't [F↓] let [Am↓] me | [G] go
And | [C] every [F↓] night [Am↓] I | [G] know
Chorus
That you could | [C] pull me through
You could | [G] always pull me through
| [Am] Even when I'm lying here
| [F] Drowning in my blues
You | [C] take the sting [G] out of the rain
And | [Am] bring the sun back [F] up again
| [C] Darlin' you could [G] always pull me | [C] through |
Instrumental
| [F] | [F] | [Bb] | [Bb]
I | [C] hope you're traveling well now
And there's | [Em] stars over your head
And I | [F] hope the river carries you
| [C] Everywhere you [G] said
I | [C] miss the way you look at me
The | [Em] way you wear your hair
I | [F] miss the conversations we left
| [C] Hanging in the [G] air
Pre-Chorus
| [Em] Late at night I wake up
| [Am] Wonder what's been done
But I | [F] know our life together
Will go | [Gsus4] on and [G] on | [Gsus4] [G] |
Chorus
That you could | [C] pull me through
You could | [G] always pull me through
| [Am] Wrap your arms around me and
| [F] Chase away my blues
You | [C] take the sting [G] out of the rain
And | [Am] bring the sun back [F] up again
| [C] You could [G] always pull me | [Am] through [F]
| [C] You could [G] always pull me | [C] through
Outro
| [F] | [F] | [Bb] | [Bb] | [C↓]
#Play along with orginal in this key.
#Last Updated 3/26/18 JJ
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Remember Me
From Pixar's "Coco" (Robert Lopez/Kristen Anderson-Lopez, 2017)
Remember | [C] me
Though I | [Fm6] have to say goodbye
Remember | [C] me
Don't | [Bb7] let it make you [E7] cry
For | [Am] even if I'm far away I
| [Gm7] hold you in my [C] heart |
I | [F] sing a secret song to you each |
| [Fm6↓] night we are a- [Dm7↓] part
Remember | [C] me
Though I | [Fm6] have to travel far
Remember | [C] me
Each time | [Gm7] you hear a sad [C] guitar |
| [F] Know that I'm with you the only |
| [Em↓] way that [E7↓] I can [Am↓] be [Cm↓]...
Un- | [Fm6] til you're in my arms a- | [G↓] gain...
[Cm↓] Re- [Ab↓] mem- [Fm6↓] ber [C↓] me
#Play along in this key for the 'Lullaby' version of the tune.
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Ripple
Grateful Dead (Robert Hunter, 1970)
Carter Style Picking
4/4 | t3 - D u t4 - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
Intro
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [G] |
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
| [G] | [D] | [C] | [G] | [G]
If my words did [G] glow, | with the gold of [C] sunshine [C]
And my [C] tunes, were | played, on the | harp un- [G] strung
Would you hear my [G] voice, | come through the [C] music [C]
Would you [G] hold it [D] near [C] as it were your [G] own?
It's a hand me [G] down, | the thou- oughts are [C] broken [C]
Per- [C] haps, they're | better | left un- [G] sung
I don't [G] know, | don't really [C] ca- are [C]
[G] Let there be [D] songs [C] to fill the [G] air [G]
Chorus
[Am] Ripple | in still [D] water [D]
When there [G] is no pebble [C] tossed
Nor [A] wind to [D] blow
Reach out your [G] hand, if your cup be [C] empty
If your [C] cup, is full, may it be a- [G] gain
Let it be [G] known, there is a [C] fountain [C]
[G] That was not [D] made [C] by the hands of [G] men
There is a [G] road, no simple [C] highway
Be- [C] tween the dawn and the dark of [G] night
And if you [G] go no one may [C] follow
[G] That path is [D] for [C] your steps [G] alone [G]
Chorus
[Am] Ripple | in still [D] water [D]
When there [G] is no pebble [C] tossed
Nor [A] wind to [D] blow
You who [G] choose to lead must [C] follow
But [C] if you fall you fall a- [G] lone
If you should [G] stand then who's to [C] guide you?
[G] If I knew the [D] way [C] I would take you [G] home
La da da [G] da, La da a da [C] daa da
La da [C] da, da da, da da daa da [G] da
La da da [G] da, La da a da [C] daa da
[G] Laa daa [D] da, da [C] da da da da da [G↓] daa
#Play along in this key.
#Last Updated 3/06/18 JJ
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San Francisco Bay Blues
Eric Clapton (Jesse Fuller, 1955)
4/4 | d - D - d u D u |
1 2 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [A7] |
| [D7] | [G7] | [C] | [G7] |
I got the | [C] blues when my baby left me | [F] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay | [C7]
The | [F] ocean liner, | gone so far a- | [C] way | [C7]
I | [F] didn't mean to treat her so | bad, she was the | [C] best gal I ever, ever | [A7] had
She | [D7] said “Goodbye”, she'd | like to make me cry | [G7] I wanna lay down and | die
I | [C] ain't got a nickel and I | [F] ain't got a lousy | [C] dime | [C7]
If she | [F] don't come back, I | think I'm gonna lose my | [E7] mind | [E7] |
| [F] Ever get back to | stayin', gonna | [C] be another brand new | [A7] day |
| [D7] Walkin' with my baby down | [G7] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay | [C] |
Instrumental (Harmonica)
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [A7] |
| [D7] | [D7] | [G7] | [G7] |
Instrumental (Kazoo)
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C7] |
| [F] | [F] | [E7] | [E7] |
| [F] | [F] | [C] | [A7] |
| [D7] | [G7] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] Sittin' down [F] lookin' through my | [C] back door |
| [C] Wonderin' which [F] way to | [C] go |
| [F] Woman I'm so | crazy about, | she don't love me no | [C] more |
| [F] Think I'll catch me a | [Fm] freight train | [C] because I'm feelin' | [A7] blue |
| [D7] Ride all the way to the | end of the line | [G7] thinkin' only of | you |
| [C] Meanwhile [F] in another | [C] city |
| [C] Just about to [F] go in- | [C] sane |
| [F] Well I heard my | baby, Lord, the | [E7] way she used to call my | name
If I | [F] ever get back to | stayin', there's gonna | [C] be another brand new | [A7] day |
| [D7] Walkin' with my baby down | [G7] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay, hey | [A7] hey |
| [D7] Walkin' with my baby down | [G7] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay | [A7]
Yeah I'm | [D7] walkin' with my baby down | [G7] by the San Francisco | [C] Bay [G7↓] | [C↓]
#Clapton plays it in this key (C).
#Jesse Fuller plays it in key of Bb in this video.
#Last Updated 3/20/18 JJ
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Unchain My Heart
Ray Charles (Bobby Sharp, 1961)
Unchain my [Am] heart (Unchain my heart)
[Am] ...Baby let me be (Unchain my heart)
Unchain my [Dm] heart (Unchain my heart)
[Dm] ...'cause you don't care about [Am] me (Unchain my heart)
[Dm] You've got me sewed up like a [Am] pillow case
[Dm] but you let my love [Am] go to waste so
un- [F] chain my [E7] heart please set me [Am] free
Unchain my [Am] heart (Unchain my heart)
[Am] ...Baby let me go (Unchain my heart)
Unchain my [Dm] heart (Unchain my heart)
[Dm] ...'cause you don't love me no [Am] more (Unchain my heart)
[Dm] Every time I call you [Am] on the phone
[Dm] some fella tells me that you're [Am] not at home
so un- [F] chain my [E7] heart please set me [Am] free [Am!]
I'm under your [Dm] spell (I'm under your spell)
Like a man in a [Am] trance (Like a man in a trance)
But I know [Dm] darn well (I know darn well)
[F] that I don't stand a [E7] chance (Don't stand a chance) [E7!]
So unchain my [Am] heart (Unchain my heart)
[Am] ...Let me go my way (Unchain my heart)
Whoah ... [Dm] oh oh oh (Unchain my heart)
[Dm] ...You worry me night and [Am] day
[Dm] Why lead me through a life of [Am] misery
[Dm] When you don't care a bag of [Am] beans for me
So un- [F] chain my [E7] heart please set me [Am] free
Instrumental
I'm under your [Dm] spell (I'm under your spell)
Like a man in a [Am] trance (Like a man in a trance)
But I know [Dm] darn well (I know darn well)
[F] that I don't stand a [E7] chance (Don't stand a chance) [E7!]
So unchain my [Am] heart (Unchain my heart)
[Am] ...Let me go my way (Unchain my heart)
Whoah ... [Dm] oh oh oh (Unchain my heart)
[Dm] ...You worry me night and [Am] day
[Dm] Why lead me through a life of [Am] misery
[Dm] When you don't care a bag of [Am] beans for me
So un- [F] chain my [E7] heart please set me [Am] free
[Am] Oh won't you set me free (Please set me free)
[Am] Whoooaa set me free (Please set me free)
[Am] I wanna go free now (Please set me free)
[Am] Oh won't you set me free (Please set me free)
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 4/3/18 JJ
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