Songbook - Sept-Oct 2019 |
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| Copper Kettle Joan Baez (Albert Frank Bedoe, 1953) |
| Harvest Moon Neil Young (1993) |
| Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) Kris Kristofferson (1971) |
| Northwest Passage Stan Rogers (1981) |
| Those Were The Days Mary Hopkins (Gene Raskin and Boris Fomin, 1968) |
| Until It's Time For Me To Go Buffy Sainte-Marie (1965) |
| What A Song Should Do Tim Hicks (2018) |
Copper Kettle
Joan Baez (Albert Frank Bedoe, 1953)
| [C] Get you a | [G] copper | [C] kettle, | [C]
| [C] Get you a | [G] copper | [C] coil, | [C]
| [E7] Cover it with | new- made | [Am] corn mash | [Am]
And | [Dm] never more... | ... you'll | [G] toil. | [G]
Chorus
You just | [Am] lay | there by the | [Em] juniper | [Em]
| [Am] ...while the | moon is | [Em] bright, | [Em]
| [Am] ...Watch them | jugs a- | [Dm] filling | [Dm]
| [Am] In the | [Em] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C] My daddy, | [G] he made | [C] whiskey | [C]
| [C] ...My grand- | [G] mother he did | [C] too. | [C]
And | [E7] I ain't | paid my | [Am] income tax | [Am]
Since | [Dm] seventeen | ninety- | [G] two. | [G]
Chorus
I just | [Am] lay | there by the | [Em] juniper | [Em]
| [Am] ...while the | moon is | [Em] bright, | [Em]
| [Am] ...Watch them | jugs a- | [Dm] filling | [Dm]
| [Am] In the | [Em] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C] Build your | [G] fire with | [C] hickory, | [C]
| [C] Hickory and | [G] ash and | [C] oak, | [C]
Don't | [E7] use no | green or | [Am] rotten wood; | [Am]
They'll | [Dm] get you | by the | [G] smoke. | [G]
Chorus
As you | [Am] lay | there by the | [Em] juniper | [Em]
| [Am] ...while the | moon is | [Em] bright, | [Em]
| [Am] ...Watch them | jugs a- | [Dm] filling | [Dm]
| [Am] In the | [Em] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C] Get you a | [G] copper | [C] kettle, | [C]
| [C] Get you a | [G] copper | [C] coil, | [C]
| [E7] ...Cover it with | new- made | [Am] corn mash | [Am]
And | [Dm] never more... | ... you'll | [G] toil. | [G]
Chorus
You just | [Am] lay | there by the | [Em] juniper | [Em]
| [Am] ...while the | moon is | [Em] bright, | [Em]
| [Am] ...Watch them | jugs a- | [Dm] filling | [Dm]
| [Am] In the | [Em] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [G] |
| [C↓] In the | [G↓] pale moon- | [Am] light. | [Am] | [Am] | [Am↓]
#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original.
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Harvest Moon
Neil Young (1993)
:A7sus4: 
D D6 Dmaj7
| - - D - D - - - | D u D u - u d u |
1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & & 4 &
Otherwise Swiss Army Strum:
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro:
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] | ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] | ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
Riff:
A: |-7---------------|
E: |-----7-------0---|
C: |---------7-------|
G: |-----------------|
| [Em7][Riff] | Come a little bit closer |
| [Em7][Riff] | Hear what I have to |
| say [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| [Em7][Riff] Just like | children sleepin' |
| [Em7][Riff] We could | dream this night a- |
| -way [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| [G] But there's a | full moon risin' |
| [G] Let's go | dancin' in the |
| light [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| [G] We know where the | music's playin' |
| [G] Let's go | out and feel the |
| night [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| [A7sus4] Because I'm | still in love with | [A7] you
I want to | [A7] see you dance a- | [A7sus4] gain
Because I'm | [A7sus4] still in love with | [A7] you ... on this harvest |
| moon [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] | ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] | ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| [Em7][Riff] When | we were strangers |
| [Em7][Riff] I | watched you from a- |
| -far [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| [Em7][Riff] When | we were lovers |
| [Em7][Riff] I loved | you with all my |
| heart [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| [G] But now it's | gettin' late |
| [G] And the | moon is climbin' |
| high [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| [G] I want to | celebrate |
| [G] See it | shinin' in your |
| eye [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| [A7sus4] Because I'm | still in love with | [A7] you
I want to | [A7] see you dance a- | [A7sus4] gain
Because I'm | [A7sus4] still in love with | [A7] you ... on this harvest |
| moon [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] | ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] | ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
Instrumental (Harmonica Solo)
| [Em7] | [Em7] | [Em7] | [Em7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] | ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] | ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| [A7sus4] Because I'm | still in love with | [A7] you
I want to | [A7] see you dance a- | [A7sus4] gain
Because I'm | [A7sus4] still in love with | [A7] you ... on this harvest |
| moon [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] | ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] |
| ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] | ... [D↓][D6↓] ... | [Dmaj7] | [D↓]
#Play along with Neil Young in this key.
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Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
Kris Kristofferson (1971)
Fingerpicking
|-----M-------M---|
4 |---I---I---I---I-|
4 |-T---------------|
|---------T-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[C] I have seen the morning burning [F] golden on the mountain in the [C] skies [C]
[C] Aching with the feeling of the [F] freedom of an eagle when she [C] flies [C]
[F] Turning on the world the way she [F] smiles upon my soul as I lay [C] dy--- [C] ing
[C] Healing as the colors in the [F] sunshine and the shadows of her [C] eyes [C]
[C] Waking in the morning to the [F] feeling of her fingers on my [C] skin [C]
[C] Wiping out the traces of the [F] people and the places that I've [C] been [C]
[F] Teaching me that yesterday was [F] something that I never thought of [C] try--- [C] ing
[C] Talking of tomorrow and the [F] money, love and time we'd have to [C] spend [C]
[C] Loving her was easier than [G] anything I'll ever do a- [C] gain [C]
[F] Coming close together with a [F] feeling that I've never known be- [C] fore, in my [C] time
[G] She ain't ashamed to be a [F] woman or afraid to be a [C] friend [C]
[F] I don't know the answer to the [F] easy way she opened every [C] door in my [C] mind
but [C] dreaming was as easy as be- [F] lieving it was never gonna [C] end [C]
[C] Loving her was easier than [G] anything I'll ever do a- [C] gain [C]
#Play along with orginal in this key.
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Northwest Passage
Stan Rogers (1981)
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
| [Bm] Westward from the | [D] Davis Strait,
'Tis | [G] there was said to | [Bm] lie,
The | [Bm] sea route to the | [D] Orient,
For | [Em] which so many | [G] died,
| [Bm] Seeking gold and | [D] glory,
Leaving | [G] weathered broken | [Bm] bones, and
A | [G] long forgotten | [D] lonely [A] cairn of | [Bm] stones. | [Bm]
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
Three | [Bm] centuries there - | [D] after,
I take | [G] passage over | [Bm] land,
In the | [Bm] footsteps of brave | [D] Kelso,
Where his | [Em] "sea of flowers" be- | [G] gan.
Watching | [Bm] cities rise be- | [D] fore me,
Then be - | [G] hind me sink a- | [Bm] gain,
This | [G] tardiest ex- | [D] plorer,
Driving | [A] hard, across the | [Bm] plains.
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
And | [Bm] through the night be- | [D] hind the wheel,
The | [G] mileage clicking | [Bm] west,
I | [Bm] think upon Mac- | [D] kenzie,
David | [Em] Thompson, and the | [G] rest,
Who | [Bm] cracked the mountain | [D] ramparts, and
Did | [G] show a path for | [Bm] me,
To | [G] race the roaring | [D] Fraser, [A] to the | [Bm] sea. | [Bm]
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
How | [Bm] then am I so | [D] different,
From the | [G] first men through this | [Bm] way,
Like | [Bm] them, I left a | [D] settled life,
I | [Em] threw it all a- | [G] way,
To | [Bm] seek a Northwest | [D] Passage,
At the | [G] call of many | [Bm] men,
To | [G] find there, but the | [D] road back [A] home a- | [Bm] gain.
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea.
#These chords are just an interpretation of the harmony that works with the original recording.
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Those Were The Days
Mary Hopkins (Gene Raskin and Boris Fomin, 1968)
[Dm↓] Once upon a time there was a [Dm↓] tavern
[D7↓] Where we used to raise a glass or [Gm↓] two
Re- [Gm↓] member how we laughed away the [Dm↓] hours
And [E7↓] think of all the great things we would [A7↓] do
Chorus
Those were the [Dm] days my friend
[D7] We thought they'd [Gm] never end
[Gm] We'd sing and [C] dance, for- [C7] ever and a [F] day
[F] We'd live the [Gm] life we'd choose
[Gm] We'd fight and [Dm] never lose
[Dm] For we were [A7] young, and | sure to have our [Dm] way [Dm↓]
La la la [Dm] di, di-di, [D7] di-di-di [Gm] di, di-di
[Gm] Di di di [A7] di, di | di-di di-di [Dm] di [Dm↓]
[Dm↓] Then the busy years went rushing [Dm↓] by us
We [D7↓] lost our starry notions on the [Gm↓] way
[Gm↓] If by chance I'd see you in the [Dm↓] tavern
We'd [E7↓] smile at one another and we'd [A7↓] say
Chorus
Those were the [Dm] days my friend
[D7] We thought they'd [Gm] never end
[Gm] We'd sing and [C] dance, for- [C7] ever and a [F] day
[F] We'd live the [Gm] life we'd choose
[Gm] We'd fight and [Dm] never lose
[Dm] Those were the [A7] days, oh | yes, those were the [Dm↓] days
La la la [Dm] di, di-di, [D7] di-di-di [Gm] di, di-di
[Gm] Di di di [A7] di, di | di-di di-di [Dm] di [Dm↓]
[Dm↓] Just tonight I stood before the [Dm↓] tavern
[D7↓] Nothing seemed the way it used to [Gm↓] be
[Gm↓] In the glass I saw a strange re- [Dm↓] flection
[E7↓] Was that lonely woman really [A7↓] me?
Chorus
Those were the [Dm] days my friend
[D7] We thought they'd [Gm] never end
[Gm] We'd sing and [C] dance, for- [C7] ever and a [F] day
[F] We'd live the [Gm] life we'd choose
[Gm] We'd fight and [Dm] never lose
[Dm] Those were the [A7] days, oh | yes, those were the [Dm] days [Dm↓]
La da da [Dm] da, da da, [D7] la da da [Gm] la, da-da
[Gm] La da da [C] da, la [C7] da da da da [F] da
[F] La da da [Gm] da, da-da, | la da da [Dm] da, da-da
[Dm] La da da [A7] da, la | da da da da [Dm] da [Dm↓]
[Dm↓] Through the door there came familiar [Dm↓] laughter
I[D7↓] saw your face and heard you call my [Gm↓] name
[Gm↓] Oh my friend we're older but no [Dm↓] wiser
For [E7↓] in our hearts the dreams are still the [A7↓] same
Chorus
Those were the [Dm] days my friend
[D7] We thought they'd [Gm] never end
[Gm] We'd sing and [C] dance, for- [C7] ever and a [F] day
[F] We'd live the [Gm] life we'd choose
[Gm] We'd fight and [Dm] never lose
[Dm] Those were the [A7] days, oh yes, those were the [Dm↓] days
La da da [Dm] da, da da, [D7] la da da [Gm] la, da-da
[Gm] La da da [C] da, la [C7] da da da da [F] da
[F] La da da [Gm] da, da-da, | la da da [Dm] da, da-da
[Dm] La da da [A7] da, la | da da da da [Dm] da....
[Dm] La da da [A7↓] da da da [A7↓] Da, la da da da [D↓] da...
#Original in F#m. This chart is in Dm.
#[D][E7]
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Until It's Time For Me To Go
Buffy Sainte-Marie (1965)
Fingerpicking
|-----M---M---|
3 |---I---I---I-|
4 |-T-----------|
|-------------|
1 & 2 & 3 &
| [G] | [Gmaj7] | [G] | [Gmaj7]
You're not a [G] dream you're not an [Gmaj7] Angel you're a [G7] man [E7]
I'm not a [Am] queen I'm a [Caug] woman take my [Am7] hand [D]
We'll make a [G] space in the [Gmaj7] lives that we [G7] planned [E7]
And here we'll [Am] stay until it's [D] time for you to [G] go [Gmaj7]
Yes we're [G] different worlds a- [Gmaj7] part we're not the [G7] same [E7]
We laughed and [Am] played at the [Caug] start like in a [Am7] game [D]
You could have [G] stayed outside my [Gmaj7] heart but in you [G7] came [E7]
And here you'll [Am] stay until it's [D] time for you to [G] go [G]
Chorus
[Ab] ... [F] Don't ask [G] why [G]
[Ab] ... [F] Don't ask [G] how [G]
[B7] ... [B7] Don't ask for- [E7] ever [E7]
[Am] ... [Am] Love me [D] now [D]
This love of [G] mine had no be- [Gmaj7] ginning it had no [G7] end [E7]
I was an [Am] oak now I'm a [Caug] willow now I can [Am7] bend [D]
And though I'll [G] never in my [Gmaj7] life see you a- [G7] gain [E7]
Still I'll [Am] stay until it's [D] time for you to [G] go [G]
Chorus
[Ab] ... [F] Don't ask [G] why love [G] me
[Ab] ... [F] Don't ask [G] how love [G] me
[B7] ... [B7] Don't ask for- [E7] ever of [E7] me
[Am] Love me [Am] love me [D] now [D]
You're not a [G] dream you're not an [Gmaj7] Angel you're a [G7] man [E7]
I'm not a [Am] queen I'm a [Caug] woman take my [Am7] hand [D]
We'll make a [G] space in the [Gmaj7] lives that we [G7] planned [E7]
And here we'll [Am] stay until it's [D] time for you to [Em] go
And here we'll [Am] stay until it's [D] time for you to [G] go
[Ab] oooh [F] ooh [G] oohhh
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
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What A Song Should Do
Tim Hicks (2018)
Sparse Verse Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u - u|
1 2 & & &
Intro
[C] [Csus4] [C] [Csus4]
If it don't make ya [C] dance, [Csus4] it better make ya [C] think [Csus4]
If it don't get you [C] sober, [Csus4] it better make ya [C] drink [Csus4]
Yeah, it's what you [Am] drive to, cry to [F] make you feel alive to
[C] When you got nothing left to [F] lose
If they don't get you [C] laughin', or break your heart in [G] two
That's what a song should [C] do [F↓]
Chorus
It should make you go [Am] hell, yeah (hell yeah) [F] me, too (me too)
[C] Yeah, that's what a song should [G] do
It should make you feel [Am] alright (alright) [F] all night (all night)
[C] ...The four chords and the [G] truth, that's what a song should [C] do [Csus4]
It's that old [C] record, [Csus4] your daddy used to [C] play [Csus4]
It's that first [C] dance, [Csus4] on your weddin' [C] day [Csus4]
Pre-Chorus
Yeah, it should [Am] shape you, change you
[F] Break you down and break through
[C] Like you got nothing left to [F] prove
Worthy of [C] words on your tat- [G] too,
That's what a song should [C] do [Csus4]
Chorus
It should make you go [Am] hell, yeah (hell yeah) [F] me, too (me too)
[C] Yeah, that's what a song should [G] do
It should make you feel [Am] alright (alright) [F] all night (all night)
[C] ...The four chords and the [G] truth, yeah
It should be the [Am] soundtrack singing every moment of your life
The [F] beat that'll keep the party going 'til the sunrise
[C] Can't help but sing along [G] to
It should make you go [Am] hell, yeah, oh me, [F↓] too
That's what a song should [C] do, [Csus4] oh, yeah
(Whoa- [Am] whoa - oh- oh- [F] oh)
That's what a song should [C] do
That's what a song should [G] do
(Whoa- [Am] whoa - oh- oh- [F] oh)
It should mean something to [C] you [G]
So what keeps it [C] going
[Csus4] What puts that flicker in your [C] flame
[Csus4] And when your candle [C] burns out
[Csus4] What song they gonna [C↓] play, what song they gonna [NC] play
Chorus
It should make you go [Am] hell, yeah (hell yeah) [F] me, too (me too)
[C] Yeah, that's what a song should [G] do
It should make you feel [Am] alright (alright) [F] all night (all night)
[C] ...The four chords and the [G] truth, yeah
It should be the [Am] soundtrack singing every moment of your life
The [F] beat that'll keep the party going 'til the sunrise
[C] Can't help but sing along [G] to
It should make you go [Am↓] hell, yeah, oh me, [F↓] too
That's what a song should [C↓] do
#Play along with the original in this key.
#Last Updated 9/23/19 JJ
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