Songbook - May & June 2023
Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell (1967)
Come A Little Bit Closer Jay and the Americans (Boyce, Hart, Farrell, 1964)
Dreams Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks, 1976)
Early Morning Rain Gordon Lightfoot (1966)
If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot (1970)
I Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You Tom Waits (1973)
The Pony Man Gordon Lightfoot (1970)
Spirit In the Sky Norman Greenbaum (1969)
Sultans Of Swing Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler, 1978)
Sundown Gordon Lightfoot (1974)
Wildflowers (by Trio) Trio (Dolly Parton, 1988)



Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell (1967)


Gentle strumming in 4/4 or
Inside/Outside Fingerpicking Pattern
|----------M-----------M-|
|----I-----------I-------|
|-T-----------T----------|
|-------T-----------T----|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

Intro:
| [G↓↓↓]  [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓]  [C↑↓] |   
| [G↓↓↓]  [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓]  [C↑↓] |   

| [G] Bows and [Am] flows of | [C] angel [G↑] hair
And | [G] ice cream [Gmaj7] castles | [C] in the [G↑] air
And | [G] feather [C] canyons | [Am] everywhere |
| [Am] . I've looked at clouds that | [D] way |
| [G] . But now they [Am] only | [C] block the [G↑] sun
They | [G] rain and [Gmaj7] snow on | [C] every- [G↑] one
So | [G] many [C] things I | [Am] would have done
| [Am] . But clouds got in my | [D] way |

Chorus
| [G] . I've looked at [Am] clouds from | [C] both sides [G↑] now
From | [C] up and [G↑] down, and | [C] still some- [G↑] how
It's | [Gmaj7] clouds il- [C] lusions | [G] I recall
I | [G] really [Gmaj7] don't know | [C] clouds... | [C]
...at | [G↓↓↓] all  [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |   

| [G] Moons and [Am] Junes and | [C] ferris [G↑] wheels
The | [G] dizzy [Gmaj7] dancing | [C] way you [G↑] feel
As | [G] every [C] fairy- | [Am] tale comes real |
| [Am] I've looked at [C] love that | [D] way |
| [G] . But now it's [Am] just a- | [C] nother [G↑] show
You | [G] leave 'em [Gmaj7] laughin' | [C] when you [G↑] go
And | [G] if you [C] care | [Am] don't let them know |
| [Am] Don't give [C] yourself a- | [D] way

Chorus
I've | [G] looked at [Am] love from | [C] both sides [G↑] now
From | [C] give and [G↑] take, and | [C] still some- [G↑] how
It's | [Gmaj7] love's il- [C] lusions | [G] . I recall
I | [G] really [Gmaj7] don't know | [C] love... | [C]
...at | [G↓↓↓] all  [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |   

| [G] Tears and [Am] fears and | [C] feeling [G↑] proud
To | [G] say "I [Gmaj7] love you" | [C] right out [G↑] loud |
| [G] Dreams and [C] schemes | [Am] and circus crowds |
| [Am] I've looked at [C] life that | [D] way |
| . [G] But now old [Am] friends are | [C] acting [G↑] strange
They | [G] shake their [Gmaj7] heads, they | [C] say I've [G↑] changed
Well | [G] something's [C] lost | [Am] . but something's gained |
| [Am] . In living every | [D] day

Chorus
I've | [G] looked at [Am] life from | [C] both sides [G↑] now
From | [C] win and [G↑] lose, and | [C] still some- [G↑] how
It's | [Gmaj7] life's il- [C] lusions | [G] I recall
I | [G] really [Gmaj7] don't know | [C] love... | [C]
...at | [G↓↓↓] all [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] |
| [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓↓↓] [C↑↓] | [G↓]
  
#Capo on 1st fret to play with Judy Collins' version.

#Retune 1/2 step lower to F# to play with Joni Mitchell's original.

#Last Updated 01/05/23 JJ
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Come A Little Bit Closer
Jay and the Americans (Boyce, Hart, Farrell, 1964)


A|--8--8--8--8--8-----7-|-3--3-3----------|-----------------|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-----8-|-5--5-5----1-1-1-|-1-3-5-7---------|
C|----------------------|-----------2-2-2-|-2-4-5-7---------|
G|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Strum 4/4 | d - R u - u - u |
             1   2 &   &   &

In a | [C] little cafe on the | [F] other side of the | [C] border | [G!] [C]  
She was | [C] sitting there giving me | [F] looks that made my mouth | [C] water | [G!] [C]  
So I | [F] started walking her | way, she be- | longed to Bad Man Jo- | se
And I | [G] knew, yes I knew, I should | leave, then I heard her | [C] say- [F] ay- | [G] ay

Come a little bit | [C] closer, you're [F] my kind of | [G] man, so big and so | [G] strong
Come a little bit | [C] closer, [F] I'm all a- | [G] lone, and the night is so | [C] long [F] | [G] [F]  

So we | [C] started to dance, in my | [F] arms she felt so in- | [C] viting | [G!] [C]  
And I just | [C] couldn't resist, a just a | [F] one little kiss so ex- | [C] citing | [G!] [C]  
Then I | [F] heard the guitar player | say "Va- | moose , Jose's on his | way"
And I | [G] knew, yes I knew, I should | run, but then I heard her | [C] say- [F] ay- | [G] ay

Come a little bit | [C] closer, you're [F] my kind of | [G] man, so big and so | [G] strong
Come a little bit | [C] closer, [F] I'm all a- | [G] lone, and the night is so | [C] long [F] | [G] [F]  

Instrumental
| [C] | [F] [G] | [C] | [F] [G] |
| [C] | [F] [G] | [C] | [F] [G]

Then the | [C!] music [C!] stopped, when I | [F] looked, the cafe was | [C] empty | [G!] [C]  
And I | [C] heard Jose say, 'Man, you | [F] know you're in trouble | [C] plenty' | [G!] [C]  
So I | [F] dropped my drink from my | hand, | and from the window I | ran
And as | [G] I rode away, I could | hear her say to Jos- | [C] e [F] yay | [G] yay

Come a little bit | [C] closer, you're [F] my kind of | [G] man, so big and so | [G] strong
Come a little bit | [C] closer, [F] I'm all a- | [G] lone, and the night is so | [C] long [F] | [G] [F]  

| [C] La lala [F] lalala | [G] la laa |
| [C] La lala [F] lalala | [G] la laa |
| [C] Oh [F] oh | [G] oh |
| [C] La lala [F] lalala | [G] la laa |

#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original.

#Last Updated 08/05/23 JJ
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Dreams
Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks, 1976)


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

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

| [F] .. Now there you | [G] go again,
You say | [F] . you want your free- | [G] dom. |
| [F] ..  Well who am | [G] I to keep you down? | [F] | [G] |   
| [F] . It's only right | [G] . that you should | [F] play the way you | [G] feel it,
But | [F] listen careful- | [G] ly to the sound | [F] .. of your | [G] loneliness.

Pre-Chorus
Like a | [F] heartbeat drives you mad, | [G]  
In the | [F] stillness of re- | [G] membering what you ha- | [F] ad |
| [G] .. and what you lo- | [F] ost, |
| [G] .. And what you ha- | [F] ad, |
| [G] .. and what you lo- | [F] ost, | [G]  

Chorus
Oh, | [Fmaj7] thunder only | [G7] happens when it's | [Fadd9] raining. | [G7] |   
| [Fmaj7] Players only | [G7] love you when they're | [Fadd9] playing. | [G7]  
Say, | [Fmaj7] women, they will | [G7] come and they will | [Fadd9] go. | [G7] |   
| [Fmaj7] When the rain wa- | [G7] shes you clean you'll | [Fadd9] know.   | [G7]  
You'll | [F] know. | [G] |

Interlude
| [G] | [F] | [Am] | [G] | [G] | [F] |

| [F] . Now here I | [G] go again,
I see | [F] . the crystal vi- | [G] sion. |
| [F] . I keep my | [G] visions to my- | [F] self. | [G] |
| [F] . It's only | [G] me who wants to | [F] wrap around your | [G] dreams and |
| [F] have you any | [G] dreams you'd like to | [F] sell? Dreams of | [G] loneliness

Pre-Chorus
Like a | [F] heartbeat drives you mad, | [G]  
In the | [F] stillness of re- | [G] membering what you ha- | [F] ad |
| [G] .. and what you lo- | [F] ost, |
| [G] .. And what you ha- | [F] ad, |
| [G] .. and what you lo- | [F] ost, | [G]  

Chorus
Oh, | [Fmaj7] thunder only | [G7] happens when it's | [Fadd9] raining. | [G7] |   
| [Fmaj7] Players only | [G7] love you when they're | [Fadd9] playing. | [G7] |   
| [Fmaj7] Women, they will | [G7] come and they will | [Fadd9] go.     | [G7] |   
| [Fmaj7] When the rain wa- | [G7] shes you clean you'll | [Fadd9] know.   | [G7]  

Oh, | [Fmaj7] thunder only | [G7] happens when it's | [Fadd9] raining. | [G7] |   
| [Fmaj7] Players only | [G7] love you when they're | [Fadd9] playing. | [G7]  
They say | [Fmaj7] women, they will | [G7] come and they will | [Fadd9] go. | [G7] |   
| [Fmaj7] When the rain wa- | [G7] shes you clean you'll | [Fadd9] know.   | [G7]  
You'll | [F] know... | [G] .. You will | [F] know... | [G] .. You'll | [Fmaj7!] know  

#Play along with original in this key.

#Last Updated 01/05/23 JJ
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Early Morning Rain
Gordon Lightfoot


    Generally 2 bars per chord
4/4 | d - D - d u D u |
      1   2   3 & 4 &

Intro
| [F] | [F]   | [Bb] | [Bb] |
| [C] | [Bb] | [F]   | [Bb] |

| [F] ...In the | early morning | [Csus4] rain | [Csus4] |
| [C] ...With a | [Bb] dollar in my | [F] hand | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...With an | aching in my | [Gm7] heart | [Gm7]   |
| [Gm7] ...and my | pockets full of | [F] sand | [Fsus4] |

| [F] ...I'm a | long way from | [Gm7] home | [Gm7] |
| [C] ...and I | miss my loved ones | [F] so | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...In the | early morning | [Am] rain | [Am] |
| [C] ...With | [Bb] no place to | [F] go | [Bb] |

| [F] ...Out on | runway number | [Csus4] nine | [Csus4] |
| [C] ...big seven o | [Bb] seven set to | [F] go | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...But I'm | stuck here in the | [Gm7] grass | [Gm7] |
| [Gm7] ...With a | pain that ever | [F] grows | [Fsus4] |

| [F] ...Now the | liquor tasted | [Gm7] good | [Gm7] |
| [C] ...And the | women all were | [F] fast | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...Well now | there she goes my | [Am] friend | [Am] |
| [C] ...Well she's | [Bb] rolling down at | [F] last | [Bb] |
| [C] | [Bb] | [F] | [Bb] |

| [F] ...Hear the | mighty engines | [Csus4] roar | [Csus4] |
| [C] ...See the | [Bb] silver wing on | [F] high | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...She's a- | way and westward | [Gm7] bound | [Gm7] |
| [Gm7] ...Far a- | bove the clouds she'll | [F] fly | [Fsus4] |

| [F] ...Where the | morning rain don't | [Gm7] fall | [Gm7] |
| [C] ...And the | sun always | [F] shines | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...She'll be | flying over my | [Am] home | [Am] |
| [C] ...In a- | [Bb] bout three hours | [F] time
| [Bb] | [C] | [Bb] | [F] | [Bb] |

| [F] ...This old | airport's got me | [Csus4] down | [Csus4] |
| [C] ...It's no | [Bb] earthly good to | [F] me | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...'Cause I'm | stuck here on the | [Gm7] ground | [Gm7] |
| [Gm7] ...As cold and | drunk as I can | [F] be | [Fsus4] |

| [F] ...You can't | jump a jet | [Gm7] plane | [Gm7] |
| [C] ...like you | can a freight | [F] train | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...So I'd | best be on my | [Csus4] way | [Csus4] |
| [C] ...in the | [Bb] early morning | [F] rain | [Fsus4] |

| [F] ...You can't | jump a jet | [Gm7] plane | [Gm7] |
| [C] ...like you | can a freight | [F] train | [Fsus4] |
| [F] ...So I'd | best be on my | [Csus4] way | [Csus4] |
| [C] ...in the | [Bb] early morning | [F] rain | [Bb] |
| [C] | [Bb] | [F] | [Bb] | [F↓]


#Play with originial in this key.
#Last Updated 9/18/17 JJ
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If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon Lightfoot (1970)


     Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |


Intro
| [G] | [Gsus2] | [G] | [Gsus2] |

| [G] If you could | read my mind love |
| [F] what a tale my | thoughts could tell |
| [G] Just like an | old time movie |
| [F] about a ghost from a | wishing well |

Pre-Chorus
| [G] In a castle | dark, or a | [C] fortress strong,
with | [D] chains upon my | [Em] feet
you | [C] know that ghost is | [G] me

Chorus
And | [C] I will never | [G] be set free
As | [Am] long as I'm a | [D] ghost that you can't |
| [G] see | [Gsus2] |

| [G] If I could | read your mind love |   
| [F] what a tale your | thoughts could tell |
| [G] Just like a | paperback novel |   
| [F] the kind that | drugstores sell |

| [G] When you reach the | part
where the | [C] heartaches come
the | [D] hero would be | [Em] me
but | [C] heroes often | [G] fail

Chorus
And | [C] you won't read that | [G] book again
be- | [Am] cause the ending's | [D] just too hard to |   

Instrumental Interlude
| [G] take | [Gsus2] | [F] | [F] |
| [G]       | [Gsus2] | [F] | [F] |

| [G] I'd walk a- | way like a | [C] movie star,
who gets | [D] burned in a three way | [Em] script
| [C] Enter number | [G] two

Chorus
A | [C] movie queen to | [G] play the scene
Of | [Am] bringing all the | [D] good things out in | [G] me,
but for | [C] now love, let's be | [G] real

I | [C] never thought I could | [G] act this way,
and I've | [Am] got to say that I | [D] just don't get it
| [C] I don't know where | [G] we went wrong,
But the | [Am] feeling's gone and I | [D] just can't get it
| [G] back | [Gsus2] | [G] | [Gsus2] |

| [G] If you could | read my mind love |   
| [F] what a tale my | thoughts could tell |
| [G] Just like an | old time movie |
| [F] about a ghost from a | wishing well |

Pre-Chorus
| [G] In a castle | dark or a | [C] fortress strong
with | [D] chains upon my | [Em] feet
But | [C] stories always | [G] end.

Chorus
And | [C] if you read be- | [G] tween the lines
You'll | [Am] know that I'm just | [D] trying to under- | [Em] stand
the | [C] feelings that we | [G] lack

I | [C] never thought I could | [G] feel this way,
and I've | [Am] got to say that I | [D] just don't get it |
| [C] I don't know where | [G] we went wrong | [Am] but the feeling's gone
and I | [D] just can't get it |
| [G] back | [Gsus2] | [G] | [Gsus2] | [G↓]

#Capo on 2nd fret to play with orginal.

#Last Updated 01-29-19 JJ
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I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You
Tom Waits (1973)

          
  A|---------R------
4 E|---------M------  2 beat FP pattern  
4 C|-----I-------I--  
  G|-T--------------
     1   &   2   &

Intro
| [D]  [G]   | [A]   | [A] |
| [D]  [G]   | [A]   | [A]

Well, I | [D] hope that I don't [G] fall in love with | [A] you | [A]
'Cause | [D] falling in [G] love just makes me | [A] blue | [A]
Well the | [G] music plays and [D] you display
Your | [Em] heart for me to [D] see,
I | [G] had a beer and [D] now I hear
You | [1/2Em] calling out for | [A] me | [A] |
And I | [D] hope that I don't [G↓] fall in [A↓] love with | [D] you. | [D]

Well, the | [D] room is crowded, there's [G] people every- | [A] where | [A]
And I | [D] wonder, should I [G] offer you a | [A] chair? | [A]
Well, if | [G] you sit down with [D] this old clown,
I'll | [Em] take that frown and [D] break it,
Be- | [G] fore the evening's [D] gone away,
I | [1/2Em] think that we could | [A] make it, | [A]
And I | [D] hope that I don't [G↓] fall in [A↓] love with | [D] you. | [D]

I can | [D] see that you are [G] lonesome just like | [A] me | [A]
and it | [D] being late, you'd [G] like some compa- | [A] ny | [A]
Well | [G] I've had two, I [D] look at you,
And | [Em] you look back at [D] me
The | [G] guy you're with has [D] up and split,
The | [1/2Em] chair next to you is | [A] free | [A]
And I | [D] hope that you don't [G↓] fall in [A↓] love with | [D] me. | [D] |   

Solo (Sing melody with La la la...)
| [D]  [G]   | [A]   | [A] |
| [D]  [G]   | [A]   | [A] |
| [G]  [D]   | [Em] [D] |
| [G]  [D]   | [1/2Em] | [A] | [A] |
| [D]  [G↓] [A↓] | [D] | [D]

Now the | [D] night does funny [G] things inside a | [A] man | [A]
These old | [D] tomcat feelings [G] you don't under- | [A] stand | [A]
I | [G] turn around and [D] look at you, you | [Em] light a cigar- [D] ette
I | [G] wish I had the [D] guts to bum one, | [1/2Em] but we've never | [A] met | [A]
And I | [D] hope that I don't [G↓] fall in [A↓] love with | [D] you. | [D]

Now it's | [D] closing time, the [G] music's fading | [A] out | [A]
Last | [D] call for drinks I'll [G] have another | [A] stout | [A]
I | [G] turn around and [D] look at you, you're | [Em] nowhere to be [D] found
I | [G] search the place for [D] your lost face,
I | [1/2Em] guess I'll have another | [A] round | [A]
And I | [D] think that I just [G↓] fell in [A↓] love with | [D] you | [D]


#Play along with original in this key.
#Good fingerpicking song with plenty of suspended chord decoration opportunities (not in chart).
#Last Updated 9-02-18 JJ
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The Pony Man
Gordon Lightfoot (1970)


Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
      1    2 & 3    4 &

| [A] | [A] | [A] | [A] |
| [A] | [A]  

When it's | [A] midnight on the | meadow and the | [D] cats are in the | [A] shed | [A]  
And the | [A] river tells a | [D] story at the | [E7] window by my | bed | [E7]  
If you | [A] listen very | closely, be as | [D] quiet as you | [A] can | [A]  
| [A] In the yard you'll | [D] hear him, it | [E7] is the pony | [A] man | [A]  

We're | [A] always there to | greet him when he | [D] tumbles into | [A] town | [A]  
He | [A] leads a string of | [D] ponies, some are | [E7] white and some are | brown | [E7]  
And they | [A] never seem to | kick or bite, they | [D] only want to | [A] play | [A]  
And they | [A] live on candy | [D] apples in- | [E7] stead of oats and | [A] hay | [A]  

And | [A] when we're all as- | sembled he | [D] gives a soft com- | [A] mand | [A]  
And we | [A] climb aboard our | [D] ponies as | [E7] in a row they | stand | [E7]  
Then | [A] down the road we | gallop and a- | [D] cross the fields we | [A] fly | [A]  
And | [A] soon we all go | [D] sailing off in- | [E7] to the midnight | [A] sky | [A] | [A] | [A]  

And | [A] as we gaily | rock along be- | [D] side a ripplin' | [A] sea | [A]  
There's | [A] Tom 'n Dick 'n | [D] Sally and | [E7] Mary Joe and | me | [E7]  
And the | [A] pony man is | leading 'cause he's | [D] travelled here be- | [A] fore | [A]  
And he | [A] gives a whoop and a | [D] holler at | [E7] Mr. Moon's front | [A] door | [A]  

| [A] | [A] | [D]   | [A] | [A] |
| [A] | [D] | [E7] | [A] | [A]  

And | [A] then we stop to | rest a while where the | [D] soda river | [A] glides | [A]  
Up | [A] to the slip comes a | [D] pirate ship to | [E7] take us for a | ride | [E7]  
And the | [A] pony man's the | captain and the | [D] children are the | [A] crew | [A]  
And we | [A] go in search of | [D] treasure and | [E7] laugh the whole night | [A] through | [A]  

And | [A] when the hold is | filled with gold and the | [D] sails begin to | [A] strain | [A]  
And the | [A] deck's piled high with | [D] apple pie we | [E7] head for port a- | gain | [E7]  
Then | [A] down the whirling | staircase so | [D] swift our ponies | [A] fly | [A]  
And we're | [A] safely in our | [D] beds again when the | [E7] sunbeams kiss the | [A] sky | [A]  

| [A] | [A] | [D]   | [A] | [A] |
| [A] | [D] | [E7] | [A] | [A]  

When it's | [A] midnight on the | meadow and the | [D] cats are in the | [A] shed | [A]  
And the | [A] river tells a | [D] story at the | [E7] window by my | bed | [E7]  
If you | [A] listen very | closely, be as | [D] quiet as you | [A] can | [A]  
| [A] In the yard you'll | [D] hear him, it | [E7] is the pony | [A!] man

#Play along with Gordon Lightfoot in this key.

#Last Updated 15/05/23 JJ
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Spirit in the Sky
Norman Greenbaum (1969)


      Offbeat Strumming Rhythm
4/4 | D u - u - u - u | - u - u - u - u |
      1 &   &   &   &     &   &   &   &

Intro
| [A]   | [A]  [D↓][C↓] | [A] | [A]  [C↓][D↓] |   
| [A]   | [A]  [D↓][C↓] | [A] | [A]  [C↓][D↓] |   

| [A] When I die and they | lay me to rest, |
| [A] gonna go to the | [D] place that's the best |
| [D] When they lay me | [A] down to die,
going | [E7] up to the spirit in the | [E7] sky [A] |

| [A] Going up to the | spirit in the sky, (spirit in the sky) |
| [A] that's where I'm gonna go | [D] when I die (when I die) |
| [D] When I die and they | [A] lay me to rest,
I'm gonna | [E7] go to the place that's the | [E7] best  [A] |

| [A]   | [A]  [D↓][C↓] | [A] | [A]  [C↓][D↓] |   
| [A]   | [A]  [D↓][C↓] | [A] | [A]  [C↓][D↓] |

| [A] Prepare yourself, you | know it's a must, |
| [A] got to have a friend in | [D] Jesus |
| [D] So you know that | [A] when you die,
He's | [E7] gonna recommend you to the | [E7] spirit in the [A] sky (spirit in the sky) |

| [A] Oh, recommend you to the | spirit in the sky, |
| [A] that's where you're gonna go | [D] when you die (when you die) |
| [D] When you die and they | [A] lay you to rest,
you're gonna | [E7] go to the place that's the | [A] best |

| [A]   | [A]  [D↓][C↓] | [A] | [A]  [C↓][D↓] |   
| [A]   | [A]  [D↓][C↓] | [A] | [A]  [C↓][D↓] |


Solo
| [A] | [G] | [A] | [C]     |
| [A] | [G] | [A] | [C] [D] |

| [A]   | [A]  [D↓][C↓] | [A] | [A]  [C↓][D↓] |   
| [A]   | [A]  [D↓][C↓] | [A] | [A]  [C↓][D↓] |

| [A] Never been a sinner, | I've never sinned, |
| [A] I've got a friend in | [D] Jesus |
| [D] So you know that | [A] when I die,
He's | [E7] gonna set me up with the | [E7] spirit in the [A] sky |

| [A] Oh, set me up with the | spirit in the sky, (spirit in the sky) |
| [A] that's where I'm gonna go | [D] when I die (when I die) |
| [D] When I die and they | [A] lay me to rest,
I'm gonna | [E7] go to the place that's the | [A] best |
| [E7] Go to the place that's the | [A] best |

| [A]   | [A]  [D↓][C↓] | [A] | [A]  [C↓][D↓] |   
| [A]   | [A]  [D↓][C↓] | [A] | [A]  [C↓][D↓] | [A↓]

#Play along with original in this key.

#Last Updated 07/13/20 JJ
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Sultans Of Swing
Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler, 1978)


4/4 | D - X u D - X u |
      1   2 & 3   4 &
         Instrumental Hook
      Dm        C   Bb              Dm      C  
4/4 | D - X u D U - U | d - d - d - D - | D U - U - - - - | D - X u D - X u |
      1   2 & 3 &   &   1   2   3   4     1 &   &(3) (4)    1   2 & 3   4 &

Intro
| [Dm] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] |   
| [Dm] | [Dm] |   
| [Dm] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] |   
| [Dm] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] |   

You get a | [Dm] shiver in the dark, it's | [C] raining in the [Bb] park but | [A] meantime | [A] |   
| [Dm] . South of the river you | [C] stop and you [Bb] hold every- | [A] thing | [A] |   
| [F] . A band is blowing | Dixie double | [C] four time | [C] |   
| [Bb] . You feel alright | when you hear that music | [Dm] ring | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] | [C] | [C]  

Well now, you | [Dm] step inside but you | [C] don't see [Bb] too many | [A] faces | [A] |   
| [Dm] . Coming in out of the | [C] rain to hear the [Bb] jazz go | [A] down | [A] |   
| [F] ... Compe- | tition in other | [C] places | [C] |   
| [Bb] ... Uh, but the | horns they blowin' that | [Dm] sound | [Dm] [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... way on | down south [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... way on | down south |

Instrumental Hook
| [Dm] London Town [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C]

You check out | [Dm] Guitar George | [C] .. [Bb] . he knows | [A] all the chords | [A] |   
| [Dm] . Mind he's strictly rhythm he | [C] doesn't want to [Bb] make it | [A] cry or sing | [A] |   
| [F] ... They say an | old guitar is | [C] all he can af- | [C] ford |
| [Bb] . When he gets up under the | lights to play his | [Dm] thing | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] | [C] | [C] |

| [Dm] .. And Harry doesn't | [C] mind [Bb] if he doesn't | [A] .. make the | [A] scene |
| [Dm] . He's got a daytime | [C] job, he's [Bb] doin' al- | [A] right | [A] |   
| [F] . He can play the | honky tonk like | [C] anything | [C] |   
| [Bb] .. Saving it | up, for Friday night | [Dm] | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... with the | Sultans [Bb↑↑] |   
| [C] ... with the | Sultans of |

Instrumental Hook
| [Dm] Swing [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |

Instrumental Solo
| [Dm] | [C] [Bb] | [A] | [A] |   
| [Dm] | [C] [Bb] | [A] | [A] |   
| [F]   | [F]   | [C] | [C] |   
| [Bb] | [Bb] | [Dm] | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] | [C] [Bb↑↑] | [C] | [C]

Instrumental Hook
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |

| [Dm] . And then the man he | [C] steps right [Bb] up to the | [A] microphone | [A]   |
| [Dm] .. And says at | [C] last just as the [Bb] time bell | [A] ring | [A] |   
| [F] ... Good- | night, now it's | [C] time to go | home |
| [Bb] . Then he makes it | fast with one more | [Dm] thing | [Dm↓] [Bb↑↑] |   
| [C] ... We are the | Sultans [Bb↑↑] |
| [C] ... We are the | Sultans of |

Instrumental Hook
| [Dm] Swing [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] |
| [Dm] [Dm↓] [C↑] [Bb↑] | ... [Dm↓] | [Dm↓] [C↑↑] | [C] | [Dm↓]

#Soundslice Link for Instrumental Hook
#Play along with Dire Straits in this key.

#Last Updated 22/05/23 JJ
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Sundown
Gordon Lightfoot (1974)


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

I can [D] see her lyin' back in her | satin dress
In a [A] room where you do what you [D] don't confess
[D] Sundown, you [G] better take care
If I [C] find you bin creepin' round [D] my back stairs
[D] Sundown, you [G] better take care
If I [C] find you bin creeping round [D] my back stairs [D]

She's been [D] lookin' like a queen in a | sailor's dream
And she [A] don't always say what she [D] really means
[D] Sometimes I [G] think it's a shame
When I [C] get feelin' better when I'm [D] feelin' no pain
[D] Sometimes I [G] think it's a shame
When I [C] get feelin' better when I'm [D] feelin' no pain  [D]

I can [D] picture ev'ry move that a | man could make
Getting' [A] lost in her lovin' is your [D] first mistake
[D] Sundown, you [G] better take care
If I [C] find you bin creepin' round [D] my back stairs
[D] Sometimes I [G] think it's a sin
When I [C] feel like I'm winnin' when I'm [D] losin' again  [D]

I can [D] see her lookin' fast in her | faded jeans
She's a [A] hard lovin' woman got me [D] feelin' mean
[D] Sometimes I [G] think it's a shame
When I [C] get feelin' better when I'm [D] feelin' no pain
[D] Sundown, you [G] better take care
If I [C] find you bin creepin' round [D] my back stairs
[D] Sundown, you [G] better take care
If I [C] find you bin creepin' round [D] my back stairs
[D] Sometimes I [G] think it's a sin
When I [C] feel like I'm winnin' when I'm [D] losin' again [D] [D↓]  


#Capo on 4th fret to play along with original.
#Extended jams are all on a [D] chord.
#Last Updated 3/30/18 JJ
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Wildflowers
Trio (Dolly Parton, 1988)


Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
      1    2 & 3    4 &

Intro
| [A]   | [A]   | [D]   | [A]  
| [A]   | [E7] | [A]   | [A]  

The | [A] hills were a- | live with wild | [D] flowers and | [A] I
Was as | [A] wild, even | [E7] wilder than | [A] they | [A]  
For at | [A] least I could | run, they just | [D] died in the | [A] sun
And I re- | [A] fused to just | [E7] wither in | [A] place | [A]  

Chorus
Just a | [D] wild mountain | rose needing | [A] freedoms to | grow
So I | [D] ran fearing | not where I'd | [A] go-o- | [E7] o
When a | [A] flower grows | wild it can | [D] always sur- | [A] vive
Wild- | [A] flowers don't | [E7] care where they | [A] grow | [A]  

And the | [A] flowers I | knew in the | [D] fields where I | [A] grew
Were con- | [A] tent to be | [E7] lost in the | [A] crowd | [A]  
They were | [A] common and | close, I had | [D] no room for | [A] growth
And I | [A] wanted so | [E7] much to branch | [A] out | [A]  

Chorus
So I up- | [D] rooted my- | self from my | [A] home ground and | left
Took my | [D] dreams and I | took to the | [A] roa-oa- | [E7] oad
When a | [A] flower grows | wild it can | [D] always sur- | [A] vive
Wild- | [A] flowers don't | [E7] care where they | [A] grow | [A]  
| [A] | [E7] | [A] | [A]  

I grew | [A] up fast and | wild and I | [D] never felt | [A] right
In a | [A] garden so | [E7] different from | [A] me | [A]  
I just | [A] never be- | longed, I just | [D] longed to be | [A] gone
So the | [A] garden one | [E7] day set me | [A] free | [A]  

Chorus
I hitched a | [D] ride with the | wind and since | [A] he was my | friend
I just | [D] let him de- | cide where we'd | [A] go-o- | [E7] o
When a | [A] flower grows | wild it can | [D] always sur- | [A] vive
Wild- | [A] flowers don't | [E7] care where they | [A] grow | [A]  

Just a | [D] wild rambling | rose seeking | [A] mysteries un- | told
No re- | [D] grets for the | path that I c | [A] ho-o- | [E7] ose
When a | [A] flower grows | wild it can | [D] always sur- | [A] vive
Wild- | [A] flowers don't | [E7] care where they | [A] grow | [A]  

Outro - Hummed Verse Melody
| [A]   | [A]   | [D]   | [A]  
| [A]   | [E7] | [A]   | [A]  
| [A]   | [A]   | [D]   | [A]  
| [A]   | [E7] | [A]   | [A!]  

#Capo on 1st fret to play with original.

#Last Updated 05/06/23 JJ
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