Songbook - March-April 2020 |
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| All You Need Is Love The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney, 1967) |
| Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Bob Dylan (1962) |
| Here Comes The Sun The Beatles (George Harrison, 1969) |
| My Bonny Laura Smith (1995) |
| Partons La Mer Est Belle Folklore |
| Powderfinger (Key of C) Neil Young (1979) |
| Powderfinger Neil Young (1979) |
| Red Winged Blackbird (Key of C) David Francey (1999) |
| Red Winged Blackbird (Key of F) David Francey (1999) |
| Right Down the Line Gerry Rafferty (1977) |
| We Are Going To Be Friends White Stripes (2002) |
| When You're Smiling Louis Armstrong (Shay, Fisher, Goodwin, 1928) |
All You Need Is Love
The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney, 1967)
:Riff2:Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3
Em D G D
A|-------------| A|-2--3--5----------| A|------5-5-4-3-2--|
E|-----------0-| E|-2----------------| E|-----------------|
C|--------2----| C|-2----------2--4--| C|-----------------|
G|-------------| G|-2----------------| G|-----------------|
Intro (Hum the opening to the Marseillaise)
| [G] Love [D] love | [Em] love [Riff1] |
| [G] love [D] love | [Em] love [Riff1] |
| [D7] Love [G] love | [D] love [Am] |
| [D] [D7] | [D] [Riff2] |
| [G] There's nothing you can [D] do that can't be | [Em] done [Riff1] |
| [G] Nothing you can [D] sing that can't be | [Em] sung [Riff1] |
| [D7] Nothing you can [G] say but you can | [D] learn how to play the game [Am] ...
It's | [D] easy [D7] | [D] [Riff2] |
| [G] There's nothing you can [D] make that can't be | [Em] made [Riff1] |
| [G] No one you can [D] save that can't be | [Em] saved [Riff1] |
| [D7] Nothing you can [G] do but you can | [D] learn how to be you in [Am] time
It's | [D] easy [D7] | [D] [Riff2] |
Chorus
| [G] All you [A] need is love | [D] [Riff3] |
| [G] All you [A] need is love | [D] [Riff3] |
| [G] All you [B7] need is | [Em] love [G] love |
| [C] Love is [D] all you need | [G↓] [D↓]
| [G] Love [D] love | [Em] love [Riff1] |
| [G] love [D] love | [Em] love [Riff1] |
| [D7] Love [G] love | [D] love [Am] |
| [D] [D7] | [D] [Riff2] |
Chorus
| [G] All you [A] need is love | [D] [Riff3] |
| [G] All you [A] need is love | [D] [Riff3] |
| [G] All you [B7] need is | [Em] love [G] love |
| [C] Love is [D] all you need | [G↓] [D↓]
| [G] There's nothing you can [D] know that isn't | [Em] known [Riff1] |
| [G] Nothing you can [D] see that isn't | [Em] shown [Riff1] |
| [D7] There's nowhere you can [G] be that isn't | [D] where you're meant to [Am] be
It's | [D] easy [D7] | [D] [Riff2] |
Chorus
| [G] All you [A] need is love | [D] [Riff3] |
| [G] All you [A] need is love | [D] [Riff3] |
| [G] All you [B7] need is | [Em] love [G] love |
| [C] Love is [D] all you need | [G↓] [D↓]
Chorus
| [G] All you [A] need is love | [D] [Riff3] |
| [G] All you [A] need is love | [D] [Riff3] |
| [G] All you [B7] need is | [Em] love [G] love |
| [C] Love is [D] all you need | [G↓] [D↓]
Love is | [G] all you need (love is [D] all you need)
Love is | [G] all you need (love is [D] all you need)
Love is | [G] all you need (love is [D] all you need)
Love is | [G] all you need (love is [D] all you need) etc.
#Play along with original in this key.
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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.
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Here Comes The Sun
The Beatles (George Harrison, 1969)
:Riff :4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [G] | [G] | [Cmaj7] | [D] |
| [G] | [G] | [Cmaj7] | [D] |
[G] Here comes the sun, du, du, du, du,
[Cmaj7] Here comes the [A7] sun
And I say [G] it's alright [Riff 1] or [C↓] [G↓] [C↓] [G↓] [D↓↓]
[G] Little darling, it's been a [Cmaj7] long cold lonely [D] winter
[G] Little darling, it feels like [Cmaj7] years since it's been [D] here
[G] Here comes the sun, du, du, du, du,
[Cmaj7] Here comes the [A7] sun
And I say [G] it's alright [Riff 1] or [C↓] [G↓] [C↓] [G↓] [D↓↓]
[G] Little darling, the smile's re- [Cmaj7] turning to their [D] faces
[G] Little darling, it seems like [Cmaj7] years since it's been [D] here
[G] Here comes the sun, du, du, du, du
[Cmaj7] Here comes the [A7] sun
And I say [G] it's alright [Riff 1] or [C↓] [G↓] [C↓] [G↓] [D↓↓]
Bridge (can use Riff 2 instead of chords)
[Bb↓] Sun [F↓] sun [C↓] sun... here it [G↓↓] comes [D]
[Bb↓] Sun [F↓] sun [C↓] sun... here it [G↓↓] comes [D]
[Bb↓] Sun [F↓] sun [C↓] sun... here it [G↓↓] comes [D]
[Bb↓] Sun [F↓] sun [C↓] sun... here it [G↓↓] comes [D]
[Bb↓] Sun [F↓] sun [C↓] sun... here it [G↓↓] comes [D]
[G] Little darling, I feel the [Cmaj7] ice is slowly [D] melting
[G] Little darling, it seems like [Cmaj7] years since it's been [D] clear
[G] Here comes the sun, du, du, du, du
[Cmaj7] Here comes the [A7] sun
And I say [G] it's alright [Riff 1] or [C↓] [G↓] [C↓] [G↓] [D↓↓]
[G] Here comes the sun, du, du, du, du
[Cmaj7] Here comes the [A7] sun
And I say [G] it's alright [Riff 1] or [C↓] [G↓] [C↓] [G↓] [D↓↓]
Optional Riffs
#Soundslice Link Riffs
#Soundslice Link Intro
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
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My Bonny
Laura Smith (1995)
Fingerpicking in 6/8
|----------R--------|
|-------M-----M-----|
|----I-----------I--|
|-T-----------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6
Intro
| [Bm] | [A] | [Bm] | [A] |
| [Bm] | [A] | [Bm] | [A] |
| [Bm] | [A] | [Bm] | [A] |
| [Bm] | [A] | [Bm] | [A] |
My | [D] bonny li... | [G] ...ies over the | [D] ocean | [D]
| [Bm] ...My bonny li... | [G] ...ies over the | [A] sea | [A]
| [Bm] ...My bonny li... | [G] ...ies over the | [D] ocean | [D]
| [G] Bring back my | [A] bonny to me | [D] | [D]
| [Bm] ...The leaves haven't | [G] even started | [D] falling | [D]
| [Bm] ...Already | [G] there's such a chill in the | [A] air | [A]
Someone's got a | [Bm] kite on the | [G] wind mating | [D] calling | [D]
I've got my | [G] tramps' whisker that tells | [A] me you still | [D] care | [D]
Chorus
So | [D] bring | [Bm] back, | [G] bring | [G] back,
Ah | [A] bring back my | [A] bonny to | [D] me | [D]
Yeah | [D] bring | [Bm] back, | [G] ...bring back | [G]
Ah | [A] bring back my | bonny to | [D] me | [D]
Instrumental
| [Bm] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [Bm] | [G] | [A] | [A] |
| [Bm] | [G] | [D] | [D] |
| [G] | [A] | [D] | [D] |
| [Bm] ...Soon there'll be | [G] no difference between the land and the | [D] water | [D]
| [Bm] ...I can walk on the | [G] ice to places I've never | [A] been | [A]
When I get as | [D] far as I can | [Bm] go...
Oh, I'm gonna turn and throw | [D] my cares over my shoulder | [D]
Along with your | [G] memory, I'll just let it all float | [A] down the Gulf | [D] Stream
And I'll | [D] walk home singing
My | [D] bonny li... | [G] ...ies over the | [D] ocean | [D]
| [Bm] ...My bonny li... | [G] ...ies over the | [A] sea | [A]
My | [Bm] bonny li... | [G] ...ies over the | [D] ocean, | [D] come on bring back
| [G] Bring back my | [A] bonny to | [D] me | [D]
Chorus
Yeah | [D] bring | [Bm] back, | [G] bring | back,
Ah | [A] bring back my | [A] bonny to | [D] me | [D]
Yeah | [D] bring | [Bm] back, | [G] ...bring back | [G]
Ah | [A] bring back my | [A] bonny to (me)
| [Bm] Bring back my | [G↓] bonny yeah
| [D↓] ...Bring back my | [A↓] bonny to | [G] me | [D] | [Bm] | [Bm] |
Outro
| [Bm] | [A] | [Bm] | [A] |
| [Bm] | [A] | [Bm] | [A] |
| [Bm] | [A] | [Bm] | [A] |
| [Bm] | [A] | [Bm] | [A] | [Bm↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
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Partons La Mer Est Belle
Folklore
6/8 | t - D - D - t - D - D - |
1 2 3 4 5 6
A- | [G] mis, partons sans | bruit, la | pêche sera | [C] bonne
La | [G] lune qui ra- | [C] yonne, é- | [D7] clairera la | [G] nuit
Il | [G] faut qu'avant l'au- | rore, nous | [C] soyons de re- | [G] tour
Pour | [G] sommeiller en- | [C] core, a- | [D7] vant qu'il soit grand | [G] jour.
Chorus
Par- | [G] tons la mer est | belle, em- | [C] barquons-nous pê- | [G] cheurs
Gui- | [G] dons notre na- | ce-e-el- [C] le, ra- | [D7] mons avec ar- | [G] deur
Aux | [G] mâts hissons les | voiles, le | [C] ciel est pur et | [G] beau
Je | [G] vois briller l'é- | toi- [C] le, qui | [D7] guide les mate- | [G] lots.
Ain- | [G] si chantait mon | père... lorsqu' | il quitta le | [C] port
Il | [G] ne s'attendait | [C] guère, à | [D7] y trouver la | [G] mort
Par | [G] le vent par l'o- | rage, il | [C] fut surpris sou- | [G] dain
Et | [G] d'un cruel nau- | [C] frage, il | [D7] subit le des- | [G] tin
Chorus
Par- | [G] tons la mer est | belle, em- | [C] barquons-nous pê- | [G] cheurs
Gui- | [G] dons notre na- | ce-e-el- [C] le, ra- | [D7] mons avec ar- | [G] deur
Aux | [G] mâts hissons les | voiles, le | [C] ciel est pur et | [G] beau
Je | [G] vois briller l'é- | toi- [C] le, qui | [D7] guide les mate- | [G] lots.
Je | [G] n'ai plus que ma | mère, qui | ne possède | [C] rien
Elle | [G] est dans la mi- | [C] sère, je | [D7] suis son seul sou- | [G] tien
Ra- | [G] mons ramons bien | vite, je l' | [C] aperçois là- | [G] bas
Je | [G] la vois qui m' | [C] invite, en | [D7] me tendant les | [G] bras
Chorus
Par- | [G] tons la mer est | belle, em- | [C] barquons-nous pê- | [G] cheurs
Gui- | [G] dons notre na- | ce-e-el- [C] le, ra- | [D7] mons avec ar- | [G] deur
Aux | [G] mâts hissons les | voiles, le | [C] ciel est pur et | [G] beau
Je | [G] vois briller l'é- | toi- [C] le, qui | [D7] guide les mate- | [G] lots.
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Powderfinger
Neil Young (1979)
4/4 | d - D - d u D u |
1 2 3 & 4 &
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] Look out, Ma, there's a | [F] white boat comin' up the | [C] river | [C]
With a | [F] big red beacon and a | [F] flag and a man on the | [C] rail | [C]
I think you'd | [F] better call John 'cause it | [F] don't look like they're here
to de- | [Em] liver... the | [F] mail
And it's | [Em] less than a mile a- | [F] way
I | [Em] hope they didn't come to | [F] stay
It's got | [Em] numbers on the side and a | [F] gun
and it's makin' big | [G] waves | [G]
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] Daddy's gone and my | [F] brother's out huntin' in the | [C] mountains | [C]
Big | [F] John's been drinkin' since the | [F] river took Emmy | [C] Lou | [C]
So the | [F] powers that be left | [F] me here to do the | [Em] thinkin' | [F]
And I | [Em] just turned twenty- | [F] two
I was | [Em] wonderin' what to | [F] do
And the | [Em] closer they | [F] got
The more those feelin's | [G] grew | [G]
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] Daddy's rifle in my | [F] hand felt rea- | [C] ssurin' | [C]
He told me | [F] "Red means run, son, and | [F] numbers add up to | [C] nothin'" | [C]
When the | [F] first shot hit the | [F] dock I saw it | [Em] comin' | [F]
Raised my | [Em] rifle to my | [F] eye
Never | [Em] stopped to wonder | [F] why
Then | [Em] I saw black and my | [F] face splashed in the | [G] sky | [G]
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] Shelter me from the | [F] powder and the | [C] finger | [C]
| [F] Cover me with the | [F] thought that pulled the | [C] trigger | [C]
Just | [F] think of me as | [F] one you never | [Em] figured | [F] (out)
We | [Em] fade away so | [F] young
| [Em] So much left un- | [F] done
Re- | [Em] member me to my | [F] love, I know I'll | [G] miss her | [G]
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [C↓]
#Capo on 4th fret to play with Neil Young's acoustic version.
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Powderfinger
Neil Young (1979)
4/4 | d - D - d u D u |
1 2 3 & 4 &
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] Look out, Ma, there's a | [C] white boat comin' up the | [G] river | [G]
With a | [C] big red beacon and a | [C] flag and a man on the | [G] rail | [G]
I think you'd | [C] better call John 'cause it | [C] don't look like they're here
to de- | [Bm7] liver... the | [C] mail
And it's | [Bm7] less than a mile a- | [Cmaj7] way
I | [Bm7] hope they didn't come to | [Cmaj7] stay
It's got | [Bm7] numbers on the side and a | [Cmaj7] gun
and it's makin' big | [D] waves | [D]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] Daddy's gone and my | [C] brother's out huntin' in the | [G] mountains | [G]
Big | [C] John's been drinkin' since the | [C] river took Emmy | [G] Lou | [G]
So the | [C] powers that be left | [C] me here to do the | [Bm7] thinkin' | [C]
And I | [Bm7] just turned twenty- | [Cmaj7] two
I was | [Bm7] wonderin' what to | [Cmaj7] do
And the | [Bm7] closer they | [Cmaj7] got
The more those feelins | [D] grew | [D]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] Daddy's rifle in my | [C] hand felt rea- | [G] ssurin' | [G]
He told me | [C] "Red means run, son, and | [C] numbers add up to | [G] nothin'" | [G]
When the | [C] first shot hit the | [C] dock I saw it | [Bm7] comin' | [C]
Raised my | [Bm7] rifle to my | [Cmaj7] eye
Never | [Bm7] stopped to wonder | [Cmaj7] why
Then | [Bm7] I saw black and my | [Cmaj7] face splashed in the | [D] sky | [D]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] Shelter me from the | [C] powder and the | [G] finger | [G]
| [C] Cover me with the | [C] thought that pulled the | [G] trigger | [G]
Just | [C] think of me as | [C] one you never | [Bm7] figured | [C] (out)
We | [Bm7] fade away so | [Cmaj7] young
| [Bm7] So much left un- | [Cmaj7] done
Re- | [Bm7] member me to my | [Cmaj7] love, I know I'll | [D] miss her | [D]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [G↓]
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#The Cowboy Junkies also play in this key.
#There are some small differences to the chord progressions in between verses.
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Red-Winged Blackbird
David Francey (1999)
Intro
| [C] | [C] |
| [C] | [F] [C] | [F] | [G] |
| [C] | [F] [C] | [F] | [1/2G] | [C] | [C] |
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
Chorus
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [G] down my road, |
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [1/2G] down my | [C] road. | [C] |
| [C] He'll be there be- | side the river,
When | [C] winter finally | [C] breaks its [G] bones, |
| [C] He'll be king a- | [C] mong the [Am] rushes, |
| [F] He'll be [C] master | [G] of his [C] home. |
Chorus
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [G] down my road, |
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [1/2G] down my | [C] road. | [C] |
| [C] Safe as Moses | in the rushes, |
| [C] Builds his home on the | [C] river [G] wide, |
| [C] Every time I | [C] hear him [Am] singing, |
| [F] Makes me [C] feel like | [G] Spring in- [C] side. |
Chorus
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [G] down my road, |
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [1/2G] down my | [C] road. | [C] |
Instrumental
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] | [C] |
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [C] | [F] [C] | [F] | [G] |
| [C] | [F] [C] | [F] | [1/2G] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] He'll be in there | singing his heart out, |
| [C] He'll be telling me | [C] stories [G] too,
Of | [C] where he went to | [C] winter [Am] last year,
Of | [F] how he's [C] going | [G] back there [C] too. |
Chorus
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [G] down my road, |
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [G] down my [C] road. |
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [G] down my road, |
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [1/2G] down my | [C] road. | [C] |
Outro
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [F] [C] | [G] [C↓]
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Red-Winged Blackbird (Key of F)
David Francey (1999)
Intro
| [F] | [F] |
| [F] | [Bb] [F] | [Bb] | [C] |
| [F] | [Bb] [F] | [Bb] | [1/2C] | [F] | [F] |
| [Bb] | [C] | [Bb] | [C] |
| [Bb] | [C] | [Bb] | [C] | [F] | [F] |
Chorus
| [F] Thought I heard a | [Bb] red winged [F] blackbird, |
| [Bb] Red winged [F] blackbird | [C] down my road, |
| [F] Thought I heard a | [Bb] red winged [F] blackbird, |
| [Bb] Red winged [F] blackbird | [1/2C] down my | [F] road. | [F] |
| [F] He'll be there be- | side the river,
When | [F] winter finally | [F] breaks its [C] bones, |
| [F] He'll be king a- | [F] mong the [Dm] rushes, |
| [Bb] He'll be [F] master | [C] of his [F] home. |
Chorus
| [F] Thought I heard a | [Bb] red winged [F] blackbird, |
| [Bb] Red winged [F] blackbird | [C] down my road, |
| [F] Thought I heard a | [Bb] red winged [F] blackbird, |
| [Bb] Red winged [F] blackbird | [1/2C] down my | [F] road. | [F] |
| [F] Safe as Moses | in the rushes, |
| [F] Builds his home on the | [F] river [C] wide, |
| [F] Every time I | [F] hear him [Dm] singing, |
| [Bb] Makes me [F] feel like | [C] Spring in- [F] side. |
Chorus
| [F] Thought I heard a | [Bb] red winged [F] blackbird, |
| [Bb] Red winged [F] blackbird | [C] down my road, |
| [F] Thought I heard a | [Bb] red winged [F] blackbird, |
| [Bb] Red winged [F] blackbird | [1/2C] down my | [F] road. | [F] |
Instrumental
| [Bb] | [C] | [Bb] | [C] |
| [Bb] | [C] | [Bb] | [C] | [F] |
| [Bb] | [C] | [Bb] | [C] |
| [Bb] | [C] | [Bb] | [C] |
| [F] | [Bb] [F] | [Bb] | [C] |
| [F] | [Bb] [F] | [Bb] | [1/2C] | [F] | [F] |
| [F] He'll be in there | singing his heart out, |
| [F] He'll be telling me | [F] stories [C] too,
Of | [F] where he went to | [F] winter [Dm] last year,
Of | [Bb] how he's [F] going | [C] back there [F] too. |
Chorus
| [F] Thought I heard a | [Bb] red winged [F] blackbird, |
| [Bb] Red winged [F] blackbird | [C] down my road, |
| [F] Thought I heard a | [Bb] red winged [F] blackbird, |
| [Bb] Red winged [F] blackbird | [C] down my [F] road. |
| [F] Thought I heard a | [Bb] red winged [F] blackbird, |
| [Bb] Red winged [F] blackbird | [C] down my road, |
| [F] Thought I heard a | [Bb] red winged [F] blackbird, |
| [Bb] Red winged [F] blackbird | [1/2C] down my | [F] road. | [F] |
Outro
| [Bb] | [C] | [Bb] | [C] |
| [Bb] [F] | [C] [F↓]
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Right Down The Line
Gerry Rafferty (1977)
Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [C] | [G] | [Am] [G] | [F] | [F] |
| [Dm] ...You know I | [C] need your love | [Am] ...You've got that hold over | [F] me |
| [Dm] ...Long as I | [C] got your love | [Am] ...You know that I'll never | [F] leave |
| [Dm] ...When I wanted you to | [C] share my life I | [Am] had no doubt in my | [F] mind
And it's been | [C] you | [G] woman | [Am] right [G] down the | [F] line | [F] |
| [Dm] ...I know how much I | [C] lean on you | [Am] ...only you can | [F] see |
| [Dm] ...The changes that | [C] I've been through | [Am] ...have left a mark on | [F] me |
| [Dm] You've been as constant as a | [C] northern star | [Am] ...the brightest light that | [F] shines
It's been | [C] you | [G] woman | [Am] right [G] down the | [F] line | [F] |
Chorus
| [D] ...I just want to | [Bm7] say this is | [G] my way of | [E7] telling you |
| [A] everything I could | [F] never say be- | [Dm] fore | [Dm] |
| [Bm7] ...Yeah this is | [G] my way of | [E7] telling you
that | [A] every day I'm | [F] loving you so much | [Dm] more...
'Cause you bel- | [C] ieved in me | [Am] through my darkest | [F] night |
| [Dm] Put something better in- | [C] side of me | [Am] You brought me into the | [F] light |
| [Dm] Threw away all those | [C] crazy dreams | [Am] I put them all be- | [F] hind
And it was | [C] you | [G] woman | [Am] right [G] down the | [F] line | [F] |
Solo
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [C] | [G] | [Am] [G] | [F] | [F] |
Chorus
| [D] ...I just want to | [Bm7] say this is | [G] my way of | [E7] telling you |
| [A] everything I could | [F] never say be- | [Dm] fore | [Dm] |
| [Bm7] ...Yeah this is | [G] my way of | [E7] telling you
that | [A] every day I'm | [F] loving you so much | [Dm] more...
If I should | [C] doubt myself | [Am] if I'm losing | [F] ground |
| [Dm] I won't turn to | [C] someone else | [Am] they'd only let me | [F] down |
| [Dm] When I wanted you to | [C] share my life | [Am] I had no doubt in my | [F] mind
And it's been | [C] you | [G] woman | [Am] right [G] down the | [F] line | [F] |
Outro (Chorus chords with Ooohs..)
| [D] | [Bm7] | [G] | [E7] |
| [A] | [F] | [Dm] | [Dm] |
| [Bm7] | [G] | [E7] | [A] | [F] | [Dm]
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We Are Going To Be Friends
White Stripes (2002)
Fingerpicking in 4/4
|----M-----M-----M-----M-|
|----I-----I-----I-----I-|
|-T-----T-----T-----T----|
|------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[G] Fall is here, hear the yell, back to school, ring the bell
[C] Brand new shoes, walking blues, [G] climb the fence, books and pens
[D] I can tell that [C] we are gonna be [G] friends [G]
[D] I can tell that [C] we are gonna be [G] friends | [G] | [G] | [G] |
[G] Walk with me, Suzy-Lee, through the park, and by the tree
[C] We will rest upon the ground and [G] look at all the bugs we've found
[D] Safely walk to [C] school without a [G] sound [G]
[D] Safely walk to [C] school without a [G] sound | [G] | [G] | [G] |
[G] Here we are, no one else, we walked to school all by ourselves
[C] There's dirt on our uniforms, from [G] chasing all the ants and worms
[D] We clean up and [C] now it's time to [G] learn [G]
[D] We clean up and [C] now it's time to [G] learn | [G] | [G] | [G] |
[G] Numbers, letters, learn to spell, nouns, and books, and show and tell
At [C] playtime we will throw the ball, [G] back to class, through the hall
[D] Teacher marks our [C] height against the [G] wall [G]
[D] Teacher marks our [C] height against the [G] wall | [G] | [G] | [G] |
Bridge:
[C] And we don't notice any [G] time pass [G]
[C] We don't notice any- [G] thing [G]
[A] We sit side by side in every class [A]
[C] Teacher thinks that I sound funny, [D] but she likes the way you sing
To- [G] night I'll dream while I'm in bed, when silly thoughts go through my head
A- [C] bout the bugs and alphabet, and [G]when I wake tomorrow I'll bet
That [D] you and I will [C] walk together a- [G] gain [G]
[D] I can tell that [C] we are going to be [G] friends [G]
Yes [D] I can tell that [C] we are going to be [G↓] friends
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#Last Updated: 04/21/2020 JJ
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When You're Smiling
Louis Armstrong (Shay, Fisher, Goodwin, 1928)
4/4 | d - D - d - D - |
1 2 3 4
| [G] | [G] | [E7] | [E7] |
| [Am] | [D7] | [G↓] | [D7↓]
Oh when you're | [G] smiling | [G]
When you're | [Gmaj7] smiling | [Gmaj7]
The | [E7] whole world | ...smiles with |
| [Am] you [E7] | [Am]
Yes, when you're | [Am] laughing | [Am]
When you're | [C] laughing | [C]
The | [D7] sun | comes shining | [G] through | [G]
But when you're | [G7] crying | [G7]
You | [C] bring on the rain | [C]
So stop your | [A7] sighing baby | [A7]
and be | [D7] happy again | [D7]
And keep on | [G] smiling | [G]
Keep on | [E7] smiling baby | [E7]
and the | [Am] whole world | [D7] smiles with |
| [G] you [Em7] | [Am] [D7] | [G↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play with Louis Armstrong.
#Last Update 3/30/20 JJ
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