Songbook - January & February 2023
A Little Bit Of Rain Fred Neil (1965)
A Pirate Looks At Forty Jack Johnson / Dave Matthews / Tim Reynolds (Jimmy Buffett, 1974)
Caught Up In The Country Rodney Atkins (Harrington/Schmidt/Walker, 2018)
Hand On My Back Mary Chapin Carpenter (2016)
Java Jive The Ink Spots (Oakland/Drake, 1940)
No Time The Guess Who (Bachman/Cummings, 1968)
On the Sunny Side of the Street Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, 1930
On the Sunny Side of the Street Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, 1930
Salt Water Joys Buddy Wasisname (Wayne Chaulk)
Try A Little Kindness Glen Campbell (Curt Sapaugh, Bobby Austin, 1969)

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A Little Bit Of Rain
Fred Neil (1965)


4/4 | D - - - D - d u |
      1   2   3   4

| [D] | [D7] | [D] | [D7]
If I should | [D] leave you | [D7] |   
| [G] ... Try to re-   | [A7] member | [D] the good times | [D7] |   
| [G] ... Warm | [A7] days filled with | [D] sunshine | [D7] |   
| [G] ... And just a | [A7] little bit | [D] of rain | [D7] |   
| [G] ... And just a | [A7] little bit | [D] of rain | [D7] | [D] | [D7]  

And if | [D] you look back | [D7] |   
| [G] ... Try to for-   | [A7] get | [D] the bad times | [D7] |   
| [G] ... Lonely | [A7] blue and | [D] sad times | [D7] |
| [G] ... And just a | [A7] little bit | [D] of rain | [D7] |   
| [G] ... And just a | [A7] little bit | [D] of rain | [D7]   | [G] | [A7] |   
| [D]   | [D7]   | [G]   | [A7] |
| [D]   | [D7]   | [D]   | [D7]  

And if | [D] I look back | [D7] |   
| [G] ... I will re-   | [A7] member all | [D] the good times | [D7] |   
| [G] ... Warm | [A7] days filled with | [D] sunshine | [D7] |   
| [G] ... And just a | [A7] little bit | [D] of rain | [D7] |
| [G] ... And just a | [A7] little bit | [D] of rain | [D7] | [D] | [D7] | [D7!]    

#Play along with the original in this key.

#Last Updated 23/01/30 JJ
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A Pirate Looks At Forty
Jack Johnson / Dave Matthews / Tim Reynolds (Jimmy Buffett, 1974)


Fingerpicking in 4/4... for example
|-------M-----------M----|      |-------R-----------R----|
|----I-----I-----I-----I-|  or  |-------M-----------M----|
|-T----------------------|      |----I-----I-----I-----I-|
|-------------T----------|      |-T-----------T----------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &          1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

Intro
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |

| [G] . Mother, mother | ocean ... | . I have heard you | call
| [C] Wanted to sail u-   | pon your waters since | I was three feet | [G] tall
'cause you've seen it | [Am] all... | [D] .. you've seen it | [G] all   | [G] |

| [G] . Watched the men who | rode you .. | . switch from sails to | steam
And | [C] in your belly, you | hold the treasures | few have ever | [G] seen
Most of 'em | [Am] dream... | [D] .. most of 'em | [G] dream | [G] |

Instrumental Verse
| [G]   | [G]   | [G]   | [G] |   
| [C]   | [C]   | [C]   | [G] |   
| [Am]   | [D]   | [G]   | [G] |   

| [G] . Yes I am a | pirate, a | few hundred years too | late
The | [C] cannons don't thunder, there's | nothin' to plunder
I'm an | [C] under forty victim of | [G] fate
Arriving too | [Am] late... | [D] .. arriving too | [G] late | [G] |

| [G] . I've done a bit of | smugglin'.. | . I've run my share of | weed
I've | [C] made enough money, to | buy Miami, but I | pissed it away so | [G] fast
Never meant to | [Am] last... | [D] .. never meant to | [G] last | [G] |

Instrumental Verse
| [G]   | [G]   | [G]   | [G] |   
| [C]   | [C]   | [C]   | [G] |   
| [Am]   | [D]   | [G]   | [G] |   

And | [G] I have been drunk now for | over two weeks
I've | [G] passed out and I rallied and I've | sprung a few leaks
I've | [C] got to stop wishin', I've | got to go fishin'
| [C] Down to rock bottom a- | [G] gain
With just a few | [Am] friends... | [D] .. just a few | [G] friends | [G]
With just a few | [Am] friends... | [D] .. just a few | [G!] friends

#Play along with Johnson/Matthews/Reynolds cover version in this key.

#Original by Jimmy Buffett is also in this key. Mild differences in chords and form.

#Last Updated 17/01/23 JJ
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Caught Up In The Country
Rodney Atkins (Harrington/Schmidt/Walker, 2018)


     Basic rhythm
      C     G           Em    D
4/4 | D - D U - U D U | D - D U - U D U |
      1   2 &   & 4 &   1   2 &   & 4 &

Intro
| [C] [G]   | [Em] [D]   |
| [C] [G]   | [Em] [D]   |

[C] Square bales, [G] flatbeds
[Em] Clothesline [D] sunsets
[C] Sky blue, [G] barn red  [Em] [D]  
[C] Wind chimes, [G] front porch
[Em] Good dogs, [D] wood floors
[C] Work boots, [G] open doors [Em] [D]  

Pre-Chorus
And [C] miles and [G] miles of [Em] John Deere [D] green
[C] Freedom [G] far as [Em] I can see [D]  
A [C] road to [G] run and [Em] room to [D] breathe
That's [C] who I [G] am and I'll [Em] always be...

Chorus
[D↑] Caught up in the [C↓] country [G↑]      
[Em↓] .. The [D↑] only way I [C↓] wanna be [G↑]      
[Em↓] ..  [D↑] Somewhere where the [C↓] road ends
[G↑] Out there where the [Em↓] creek bends
[D↑] That's where you can [C↓] find me [G↑] [Em↓] [D↑]  

With them [C] fields of gold and [G] cotton rows
That [Em] never ending [D] sky
I [C] take it slow and [G] easy roaming this [Em] life
[D] Caught up in the [C] country [G] [Em] [D]  

Just [C] look at 'em stars [G]  
Must [Em] be a billion of [D] 'em
Just [C] doing they thing [G]  
[Em] Right where God [D] put 'em
If [C] this ain't [G] heaven it's [Em] halfway [D] there
[C] You can [G] feel it in the [Em] air

Chorus
[D↑] Caught up in the [C↓] country [G↑]      
[Em↓] .. The [D↑] only way I [C↓] wanna be [G↑]      
[Em↓] ..  [D↑] Somewhere where the [C↓] road ends
[G↑] Out there where the [Em↓] creek bends
[D↑] That's where you can [C↓] find me [G↑] [Em↓] [D↑]  

With them [C] fields of gold and [G] cotton rows
That [Em] never ending [D] sky
I [C] take it slow and [G] easy roaming this [Em] life
[D] Caught up in the [C] country

Bridge
[nc] I was brought up in it
[nc] Oh, and good Lord willing
[C] If I [G] had it my [Em] way, I'll [D] stay
[C] Caught up in it, [G] . caught up [Em↓] in it

Chorus
[D↑] Somewhere where the [C] road ends
[G] Out there where the [Em] creek bends
[D] That's where you can [C] find me [G]  [Em] [D]  

With them [nc] fields of gold and cotton rows
That [nc] never ending sky
I [nc] take it slow and easy roaming this [Em] life [D]

And [C] miles and [G] miles of [Em] John Deere [D] green
[C] Freedom [G] far as [Em] I can see [D]  
A [C] road to [G] run and [Em] room to [D] breathe
That's [C] who I [G] am and I'll [Em] always be
[D] (Caught up in the [C↓] country) [G↑]                    
[nc] Caught up in the [Em↓] country [D↑]
[C↓] (Caught up in the [G↑] country)
[nc] Caught up in the country

#Play along with the original in this key.

#Last Updated 13/02/23 JJ
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Hand On My Back
Mary Chapin Carpenter (2016)


Fingerpicking in 4/4... for example
|----------M-------------|      |----------M-------------|
|----I-----------I-----I-|  or  |-------I--------I-----I-|
|-T-----------------T----|      |-T-----------------T----|
|-------T----------------|      |-------------T----------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &          1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |
| [C]   | [C]   | [G] | [G]  

| [Am] . I move through the | world like an | [F] arrow that flies | [F] |   
| [C] . Slicing the | air as I'm | [G] mapping the skies | [G] |   
| [Am] . And way deep | down the | [F] echoes remain | [F] |   
| [C] . Memories | sounding like | [G] rattling chains | [G] |   

| [Am] . But lately | I think I am | [F] coming around | [F]  
I'm | [C] liking the | feel of my | [G] feet on the ground | [G] |   
| [Am] . And last night | I stopped | [F] dead in these tracks | [F]  
Re-   | [C] calling your | hand on the | [G] small of my back | [G] |   

| [F] . The slightest | brush but as | [G] powerful too | [G]    
As an | [Am] electrical storm | .... | [F] that's moving on | through
Then is | [C] gone... as | fast as it | [Em7] came | .. leaving | [F] nothing,
Not | [Dm] even the | [Em7] rain | [Em7] |     

| [Am] . When I was | younger how | [F] I took my time | [F] |   
| [C] . Folly and | wisdom form | [G] points on a line | [G] |   
| [Am] . From one to a-   | nother... with | [F] space in between | [F]  
For the | [C] lessons you | learn & the | [G] dreams that you | dream |

| [Am] . But tell me what | happens when | [F] dreams don't come | true
How you | [C] overcome | some things un-   | [G] til they overtake | you
Why you | [Am] never got chosen | ... why you | [F] never felt claimed | [F]  
By | [C] some passion or | person that is | [G] never explained | [G] |   

| [F] . I come on | quiet but I'm | [G] fierce as a | lion
Life will | [Am] take us a-   | part but we | [F] never stop | trying
To pro-   | [C] ceed as if | whole and | [Em7] intact | [Em7]      
Like I | [F] felt with your | [Dm] hand on my | [Em7] back | [Em7] |     

| [F]   | [F]   | [G]   | [G]   |   
| [Am] | [Am] | [F]   | [F]   |   
| [C]   | [C]   | [Em7] | [Em7] |   
| [F]   | [Dm] | [Em7] | [Em7] |   

| [Am] .. Nothing can | catch me | [F] when I'm moving | fast |
| [C] . Even those | rattling chains | [G] of the past | [G]  
So I'll | [Am] go like that | arrow but | [F] with nowhere to | land
I am | [C] losing ve-   | locity, | [G] height and com- | mand

We | [Am] all hit the | ground, we all | [F] fall from the sky | [F]  
We | [C] burn up, we | break up, we | [G] wreck and we | cry
But we're | [Am] bound up to-   | gether by | [F] sight and by | pact
That be-   | [C] gins with the | touch of your | [G] hand on my | back |

| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |   
| [C]   | [C]   | [G] | [G] |   
| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |   
| [C]   | [C]   | [G] | [G] |   
| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |   
| [C]   | [C]   | [G] | [G!]  

#Play along with the original in this key.

#Last Updated 30/01/23 JJ
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Java Jive
The Ink Spots (Oakland/Drake, 1940)


Intro   |-----5-------5---|-----5-----7--7----|
        |---5---5---5---5-|---6---6---6--6----| Play twice
        |-5-------6-------|-7---------7--7----|
        |-----------------|-------------------|

| [F] I love [Bdim7] coffee, | [C7] I love tea |
| [C7] I love the java jive and | [F] it loves me |
| [F] Coffee and [F7] tea and the | [Bb] java and [Bbm] me
A | [F] cup, a cup, a [C7] cup, a cup, a | [F] cup, [C7] boy |

| [F] I love [Bdim7] java, | [C7] sweet and hot |
| [C7] Whoops, Mr. Moto, I'm a | [F] coffee pot |
| [F] Shoot me the [F7] pot now | [Bb] pour me a [Bbm] shot
A | [F] cup, a cup, a [C7] cup, a cup, a | [F] cup

Bridge
Oh, | [Bb7] slip me a slug from the | wonderful mug |
| [Bb7] I'll cut a rug till I'm | [F] snug in a jug
A | [F!] slice of onion and a | raw one
| [nc] draw one | Waiter, waiter, percolator |

| [F] I love [Bdim7] coffee, | [C7] I love tea |
| [C7] I love the java jive and | [F] it loves me |
| [F] Coffee and [F7] tea and the | [Bb] java and [Bbm] me
A | [F] cup, a cup, a [C7] cup, a cup, a | [F] cup [C7]  

Middle Section
Oh, | [F] Boston beans, | [Bdim7] soy [C7] beans (Yeah!) |
| [F] Green beans, | [Bdim7] cabbage and [C7] greens (Home cooking!) |
| [F] I'm not [F7] keen enough | [Bb] for a [Bdim7] bean
Un- | [C!] less that is a cheery, cheery | bean, [C7!] boy |

| [F] I love [Bdim7] coffee, | [C7] I love tea |
| [C7] I love the java jive and | [F] it loves me |
| [F] Coffee and the [F7] tea and the | [Bb] java and [Bbm] me
A | [F] cup, a cup, a [C7] cup, a cup, a | [F] cup, [C7] yeah |

| [F] I love [Bdim7] java, | [C7] sweet and hot |
| [C7] Whoops, Mr. Moto, I'm a | [F] coffee pot |
| [F] Shoot me the [F7] pot now | [Bb] pour me a [Bbm] shot
A | [F] cup, a [C7] cup, a | [F] cup (Yeah!)

Bridge
Oh, | [Bb7] throw me that slug from the | wonderful mug
And | [Bb7] I'll cut a rug till I'm | [F] snug in the jug |
| [F!] . Drop a nickel in a | pot, Joe, |
| [nc] takin' it slow | Waiter, waiter, percolator |

| [F] I love [Bdim7] coffee, | [C7] I love tea |
| [C7] I love the java jive and | [F] it loves me |
| [F] Coffee and [F7] tea and the | [Bb] java and [Bbm] me, yeah |
| [F!] . A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a | cup, [F!] boy

#Play along with the original in this key.

#Last Updated 07/02/23 JJ
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No Time
The Guess Who (Bachman/Cummings, 1968)


4/4 | d - D - d u D u |
      1   2   3 & 4 &

Intro/Instrumental Melody   
  D                 Fmaj7            G                 D
|-----------------|----------------|-----------0-----|--------
|-----------0---1-|----------------|-3---3-3-3-------|--------
|-2---2-2-2-------|----------------|---------------2-|--------
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------
     D                 Fmaj7            G                 D    
---|-------0-3-5-5/7-|----------530-3-|-5-----3-0-------|-----------|
---|---1-3-----------|----------------|-----------3-----|-----------|
-0-|-2---------------|----------------|---------------20|-2---------|
---|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------|  

Intro
| [D]   | [Fmaj7]   | [G]   | [D]   |   
| [D]   | [Fmaj7]   | [G]   | [D]   |

| [D] (No time left for you) | [Fmaj7] On my way to | [G] better things |
| [D] . I'll find myself some |
| [D] wings (No time left for you) |
| [Fmaj7] Distant roads are | [G] calling me |
| [D!] Mmda, mmda | mmda, mmda, mmda

Chorus
| [G] No time [D] for a | [Am] summer [D] friend |
| [G] No time [D] for the | [Am] love you [D] send |
| [G] Seasons [D] change and | [Am] so did [D] I
You | [C] need not wonder | [Bm7] why
You | [C] need not wonder | [Bm7] why
There's | [C] no time left for | [Bm7] you |
| [C] No time left for | [Bm7!] you ou | ou ou |

Instrumental
| [D]   | [Fmaj7]   | [G]   | [D]   |   
| [D]   | [Fmaj7]   | [G]   | [D]   |

| [D] (No time left for you) | [Fmaj7] On my way to | [G] better things |
| [D] . I'll find myself some |
| [D] wings (No time left for you) | [Fmaj7] Distant roads are | [G] calling me |
| [D!] Mmgate, mmgate | mmgate, mmgate, mmgate |

Chorus
| [G] No time [D] for a | [Am] gentle [D] rain |
| [G] No time [D] for my | [Am] watch and [D] chain |
| [G] No time [D] for re-   | [Am] volving [D] doors
No | [C] time for the killing | [Bm7] floor
No | [C] time for the killing | [Bm7] floor
There's | [C] no time left for | [Bm7] you |
| [C] No time left for | [Bm7!] you ou | ou ou |

Instrumental
| [D]   | [Fmaj7]   | [G]   | [D]   |   
| [D]   | [Fmaj7]   | [G]   | [D]   |

Chorus
| [G] No time [D] for a | [Am] summer [D] friend |
| [G] No time [D] for the | [Am] love you [D] send |
| [G] Seasons [D] change and | [Am] so did [D] I
You | [C] need not wonder | [Bm7] why
You | [C] need not wonder | [Bm7] why
There's | [C] no time left for | [Bm7] you |
| [C] No time left for | [Bm7!] you ou ou ou

Outro
| [D] . No time | [Fmaj7] . no time | [G] . no time | [D] . no time |
| [D] . No time | [Fmaj7] . no time | [G] . no time | [D] . no time |
| [D] . I got, got, got, | [Fmaj7] got no time |
| [G] . I got, got, got, | [D] got no time |
| [D] . I got, got, got, | [Fmaj7] got no time |
| [G] . I got, got, got, | [D] got no time   | [D!]  

#Play along with the original in this key.

#Last Updated 23/01/23 JJ
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On the Sunny Side of the Street
Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, 1930


[G7↓]
Grab your | [C] coat and get your | [E7] hat,
leave your | [F] worry on the | [G7] door step,
| [C] Just direct your | [A7] feet,
to the | [Dm] sunny [G7] side of the | [C] street. [G7]

Can't you | [C] hear the pitter | [E7] pat?
And that | [F] happy tune is | [G7] your step
| [C] Life can be so | [A7] sweet
on the | [Dm] sunny [G7] side of the | [C] street

I used to | [C7] walk in the | shade.
With those | [F] blues on pa- | rade.  
But | [D7] I'm not a- | fraid.
This | [G7↓↓]  rover [Z↓↓]  crossed [G7↓↓] over.

If I | [C] never have a | [E7] cent,
I'll be | [F] rich as Rocke- | [G7] feller.
| [C] Gold dust at my | [A7] feet,
on the | [Dm] sunny [G7] side of the | [C] street.

I used to | [C7] walk in the | shade.
With those | [F] blues on pa- | rade.
But | [D7] I'm not a- | fraid.
This | [G7↓↓] rover [Z↓↓] crossed | [G7↓↓] over.

If I | [C] never have a | [E7] cent,
I'll be | [F] rich as Rocke- | [G7] feller.
| [C] Going to set my | [A7] feet,
on the | [Dm] sunny [G7] side of the | [A7] street
...on the | [Dm] sunny [G7] side of the | [G↓↓] street [C↓↓] | [C↓] [G7↓] [C↓]

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On the Sunny Side of the Street
Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, 1930


[D7↓]... Grab your [G] coat and get your [B7] hat,
leave your [C] worry on the [D7] door step,
[G] Just direct your [E7] feet,
to the [Am7] sunny [D7] side of the [G] street. [D7]

Can't you [G] hear the pitter [B7] pat?
And that [C] happy tune is [D7] your step
[G] Life can be so [E7] sweet
on the [Am7] sunny [D7] side of the [G] street

I used to [G7] walk in the shade.
With those [C] blues on parade.  
But [A7] I'm not afraid.
This [D7↓↓]  rover [Z↓↓]  crossed [D7↓↓] over.

If I [G] never have a [B7] cent,
I'll be [C] rich as Rocke- [D7] feller.
[G] Gold dust at my [E7] feet,
on the [Am7] sunny [D7] side of the [G]street.

I used to [G7] walk in the shade.
With those [C] blues on parade.
But [A7] I'm not afraid.
This [D7↓↓] rover [Z↓↓] crossed [D7↓↓] over.

If I [G] never have a [B7] cent,
I'll be [C] rich as Rocke- [D7] feller.
[G] Going to set my [E7] feet,
on the [Am7] sunny [D7] side of the [E7] street
...on the [Am7] sunny [D7] side of the [G↓↓] street [C↓↓] [G↓] [C↓] [G↓]

#Follow along with Ukester Brown. Ignore the intro verse.
#Last Updated 4/2/18 JJ
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Salt Water Joys
Buddy Wasisname (Wayne Chaulk)


      Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
  
Intro melody outline for ukulele

Soundslice Link for Intro & Instrumental: https://www.soundslice.com/slices/pgL4c/

Intro
| [F] [Em] | [C] | [F] [Em] | [C] |
| [C] | [G] | [Am] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G7] | [C] |

Just to | [C] wake up in the | [G] morning to the | [Am] quiet of the | [F] cove
And | [C] hear Aunt Bessie | [G7] talking to her- | [C] self | [C]
And to | [C] hear poor Uncle | [G] John mumbling | [Am] wishes to old | [F] Nell
It | [C] made me feel like | [G7] everything was | [C] fine. | [C]

Chorus
I was | [G] born down by the | [Am] water and | [F] here I'm goin' to | [C] stay
I've | [G] searched for all the | [Am] reasons why | [F] I should go a- | [C] way
But I | [C] haven't got the | [G] thirst for all those | [Am] modern day | [F] toys
So | [C] I'll just take my | [C] chances with those | [G] saltwater | [C] joys.
| [F] [Em] | [C] | [F] [Em] | [C] |

| [C] Following a little | [G] brook as it | [Am] trickles to the | [F] shore
In the | [C] Autumn when the | [G7] trees are flaming | [C] red | [C]
Kicking | [C] leaves that fall a- | [G] round me, watching | [Am] sunset paint the | [F] hills,
'Tis | [C] all I'll ever | [G7] need to feel at | [C] home | [C]

Chorus
This | [G] island that we | [Am] cling to, has been | [F] handed down with | [C] pride
By | [G] folks who fought to | [Am] live here, taking | [F] hardships all in | [C] stride.
So I'll | [C] compliment her | [G] beauty hold | [Am] on to my good- | [F] byes.
And I'll | [C] stay and take my | [C] chances with those | [G7] saltwater | [C] joys.
| [F] [Em] | [C] | [F] [Em] | [C]

How | [C] can I leave those | [G] mornings with the | [Am] sunrise on the | [F] cove
And the | [C] gulls like flies sur- | [G7] rounding Clayton's | [C] wharf? | [C]
Platters | [C] Island wrapped in | [G] rainbow in the | [Am] evening after | [F] fog
The | [C] ocean smells are | [G7] perfume to my | [C] soul. | [C]

Chorus
Some | [G] go to where the | [Am] buildings | [F] reach to meet the | [C] clouds
Where | [G] warm and gentle   | [Am] people turn to | [F] swarming faceless | [C] crowds
So I'll | [C] do without the | [G] riches, the | [Am] glamour and the | [F] noise
And I'll | [C] stay and take my | chances with those | [G7] saltwater | [C] joys. | [C]

Some | [G] go to where the | [Am] buildings | [F] reach to meet the | [C] clouds
Where | [G] warm and gentle | [Am] people turn to | [F] swarming faceless | [C] crowds
So I'll | [C] do without the | [G] riches, the | [Am] glamour and the | [F] noise
And I'll | [C] stay and take my | chances with those | [G7] saltwater | [C] joys. | [C]

| [G] | [Am] | [F] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [G7] | [C] | [C!]

#Play along with the original in this key.

#Soundslice Link for Intro & Instrumental: https://www.soundslice.com/slices/pgL4c/
#Last Updated 16/01/23 JJ
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Try A Little Kindness
Glen Campbell (Curt Sapaugh, Bobby Austin, 1969)

As performed by Jann Arden w/Doane USchool

Intro (Play 4x)
    A                         G↓  D↓
  |-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-2---0---|
4 |---0-----0-----0-|-----0---3---2---|
4 |-----------------|---------2---2---|
  |-2-----2-----2---|---2-----0---2---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Intro (Play tab above or chords below)
| [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
| [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |

If you | [A] see your brother | [D] standing by the | [A] road | [A]
With a heavy | [E7] load | [D] from the seeds he's | [A] sowed | [A]
And if you | [A] see your sister | [D] falling by the | [A] way | [A]
Just stop and | [E7] say, | [D] you're going the wrong | [A] way | [A↓]

Chorus
You got to | [E7] try a little | kindness |
| [D] Show a little | [A] kindness
Just | [D] shine your light for | [A] everyone to | [E7] see | [E7↓]
[A↓] And [A↓] if [A↓] you | [D] try a little | kindness
Then you'll | [A] overlook the | [F#m] blindness
Of a | [D] broken-hearted | [E7] people on the | [D] broken [E7] hearted

Instrumental (Play like Intro)
| [A] streets | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
| [A] ...     | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |

| [A] Don't you walk a- | [D] round down and | [A] out | [A]
Lend a helping | [E7] hand | [D] instead of | [A] doubt | [A]
And the | [A] kindness that you | [D] show every | [A] day | [A]
Will help some- | [E7] one | [D] along their | [A] way | [A↓]

Chorus
You got to | [E7] try a little | kindness |
| [D] Show a little | [A] kindness
Just | [D] shine your light for | [A] everyone to | [E7] see | [E7↓]
[A↓] And [A↓] if [A↓] you | [D] try a little | kindness
Then you'll | [A] overlook the | [F#m] blindness
Of a | [D] broken-hearted | [E7] people on the | [D] broken [E7] hearted |
| [A] streets [A↓] You [A↓] got [A↓] to |

| [E7↓] Try a little | kindness |
| Show a little | kindness
Just | shine your light for | everyone to | [E7] see | [E7↓]
[A↓] And [A↓] if [A↓] you | [D] try a little | kindness
Then you'll | [A] overlook the | [F#m] blindness
Of a | [D] broken-hearted | [E7] people on the | [D] broken [E7] hearted |

Outro (Play like Intro)
| [A] streets | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] |
| [A] ...     | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A] ... | [A] [G↓] [D↓] | [A↓]

#Play along with Jann Arden and Doane USchool in this key (Key of A).

#Here is the original Glen Campbell version in the key of E.

#Last Updated 05/05/20 JJ
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