Songbook - March & April 2024 |
|---|
| I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder (1984) |
| I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers (Charlie & Craig Reid, 1988) |
| One For The Road Janzen Boys |
| Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye (2011) |
| Sweet Pea (Key of C) Amos Lee (2006) |
| Sweet Pea (Key of F) Amos Lee (2006) |
| Teach Your Children Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Graham Nash, 1970) |
| What A Good Boy Barenaked Ladies (Page/Robertson, 1992) |
I Just Called To Say I Love You
Stevie Wonder (1984)
:Dm(maj7): 
4/4 | D - X u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C↓]
No New Year's | [C] Day | .. to cele- | brate |
| [C] .. no chocolate | covered candy | hearts to give a- | [Dm] way. |
| [Dm(maj7)] .. No first of | [F] spri- | [Dm(maj7)] -ing, no song to | [F] sing |
| [Dm(maj7)] .. in fact here's | [F] just another | [G] ordinary | [C] day. | [C↓]
No April | [C] rain, | .. no flowers | bloom |
| [C] .. No wedding | Saturday within the month of | [Dm] June. |
| [Dm(maj7)] .. But what it | [F] i-i- | [Dm(maj7)] -is .. is something | [Dm] true |
| [Dm(maj7)] .. made up of | [F] these three words that | [G] I must say to | [C] you. | [C↓]
Chorus
I just | [Dm] called to | [G] say I | [C] love you | [C]
I just | [Dm] called to | [G] say how much I | [Am] care. | [Am]
I just | [Dm] called to | [G] say I | [Am] love you | [Am]
and I | [Dm] mean it from the | [G] bottom of my | [C] heart. | [C↓]
No summer's | [C] high | .. no warm Ju- | ly |
| [C] .. no harvest | moon to light one | tender August | [Dm] night. |
| [Dm(maj7)] .. No autumn | [F] bree- | [Dm(maj7)] -eeze, no falling | [Dm] leaves |
| [Dm(maj7)] .. not even | [F] time for birds to | [G] fly to southern | [C] skies. | [C↓]
No Libra | [C] Sun | .. no Hallo- | ween |
| [C] .. no giving | thanks to all the | Christmas joy you | [Dm] bring. |
| [Dm(maj7)] .. But what it | [F] i-i- | [Dm(maj7)] -is, though old, so | [Dm] new. |
| [Dm(maj7)] .. to fill your | [F] heart like no three | [G] words could ever | [C] do. | [C↓]
Original transposes next 2 choruses by 1 semitone each - this chart doesn't
Chorus
I just | [Dm] called to | [G] say I | [C] love you | [C]
I just | [Dm] called to | [G] say how much I | [Am] care. | [Am]
I just | [Dm] called to | [G] say I | [Am] love you | [Am]
and I | [Dm] mean it from the | [G] bottom of my | [C] heart. | [C↓]
I just | [Dm] called to | [G] say I | [C] love you | [C]
I just | [Dm] called to | [G] say how much I | [Am] care. | [Am]
I just | [Dm] called to | [G] say I | [Am] love you | [Am]
and I | [Dm] mean it from the | [G] bottom of my | [C] heart. | [C↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play along with Stevie Wonder.
#This chart doesn't follow the key changes at the end.
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I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
The Proclaimers (Charlie & Craig Reid, 1988)
Muted Strumming
4/4 | D - D - D - D U | or 4/4 | D - D - D - D U | D U D - D - D - |
1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 & 2 3 4
| [D] | [D] | [D] | [D]
When I | [D] wake up, well I | know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna | [G] be the man who [A] wakes up next to | [D] you.
When I | [D] go out, yeah I | know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna | [G] be the man who [A] goes along with | [D] you.
If I | [D] get drunk, well I | know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna | [G] be the man who [A] gets drunk next to | [D] you.
And if I | [D] haver, yeah I | know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna | [G] be the man who's [A] havering to | [D] you.
Chorus
But | [D] I would walk five | hundred miles
and | [G] I would walk five | [A] hundred more
Just to | [D] be the man who | walked a thousand |
| [G] miles to fall down | [A] at your door.
When I'm | [D] working, yes I | know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna | [G] be the man who's [A] working hard for | [D] you.
And when the | [D] money, comes in | for the work I do
I'll pass | [G] almost every [A] penny on to | [D] you.
When I | [D] come home (when I come home), oh I | know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna | [G] be the man who [A] comes back home to | [D] you.
And if I | [D] grow old, well I | know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna | [G] be the man who's [A] growing old with | [D] you.
Chorus
But | [D] I would walk five | hundred miles
and | [G] I would walk five | [A] hundred more
Just to | [D] be the man who | walked a thousand |
| [G] miles to fall down | [A] at your door.
Da la | [D] lat da (Da la lat da), Da la | lat da (Da la lat da),
Da da da | [G] dun-diddle un-diddle [A] un-diddle uh da | [D] da
Da la | [D] lat da (Da la lat da), Da la | lat da (Da la lat da),
Da da da | [G] dun-diddle un-diddle [A] un-diddle uh da | [D] da |
| [D] | [D]
When I'm | [D] lonely, well, I | know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna | [G] be the man who's [A] lonely without | [D] you.
And when I'm | [D] dreaming, well I | know I'm gonna dream
I'm gonna | [G] dream about the [A] time when I'm with | [D] you.
When I | [D] go out (when I go out), well I | know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna | [G] be the man who [A] goes along with | [D] you.
And when I | [D] come home (when I come home), yes I | know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna | [G] be the man who [A] comes back home with | [Bm7] you.
I'm gonna | [Em!] be the man who's [A!] coming home...
with | [D] you. | [D]
Chorus
But | [D] I would walk five | hundred miles
and | [G] I would walk five | [A] hundred more
Just to | [D] be the man who | walked a thousand |
| [G] miles to fall down | [A] at your door.
Da la | [D] lat da (Da la lat da), Da la | lat da (Da la lat da),
Da da da | [G] dun-diddle un-diddle [A] un-diddle uh da | [D] da
Da la | [D] lat da (Da la lat da), Da la | lat da (Da la lat da),
Da da da | [G] dun-diddle un-diddle [A] un-diddle uh da | [D] da
Da la | [D] lat da (Da la lat da), Da la | lat da (Da la lat da),
Da da da | [G] dun-diddle un-diddle [A] un-diddle uh da | [D] da
Da la | [D] lat da (Da la lat da), Da la | lat da (Da la lat da),
Da da da | [G] dun-diddle un-diddle [A] un-diddle uh da | [D] da
Chorus
And | [D] I would walk five | hundred miles
and | [G] I would walk five | [A] hundred more
Just to | [D] be the man who | walked a thousand |
| [G] miles to fall down | [A] at your do- o- | [D!] -oor.
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One For The Road
Janzen Boys
Fingerpicking Pattern
A|----M-----M-----M-----M-|
E|----I-----I-----I-----I-|
C|-T-----T-----T-----T----|
G|------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Chorus
The | [D] humming to the [A] moon is all I | [Bm7] need
Walk a- | [G] long the [D] splinters of | [A] starlight that bleeds |
| [D] Following the [A] wanderer's | [Bm7] code
All I | [G] need is [A] one for the | [D] road
The | [D] humming to the [A] moon is all I | [Bm7] need
Walk a- | [G] long the [D] splinters of | [A] starlight that bleeds |
| [D] Following the [A] wanderer's | [Bm7] code
All I | [G] need is [A] one for the | [D] road
All the | [Em] stories that I [Bm7] heard, all the | [A] stories that they told
We | [Em] live by the [Bm7] luck that we | [A] roll
We will | [Em] live by your [Bm7] word, we will | [A] die in the mould
While the | [Em] crack in the [Bm7] sky makes us | [A!] old
Chorus
The | [D] life that I [A] left is far be- | [Bm7] hind
Be- | [G] lieving I could [D] find some | [A] peace of mind
No | [D] strings attached no [A] contract | [Bm7] signed
Just a | [G] place for [A] me to un- | [D] wind |
| [Bm7] ... We keep on | [G] walking | [D] ... along the | [A] open fields |
| [Bm7] ... Throughout the | [G] backwoods | [D] ... where the | [A] branches yield |
| [Bm7] ... We keep on | [G] walking | [D] ... along the | [A] open fields |
| [Bm7] ... Throughout the | [G] backwoods | [D] ... where the | [A!] branches yield
Chorus
The | [D] humming to the [A] moon is all I | [Bm7] need
Walk a- | [G] long the [D] splinters of | [A] starlight that bleeds
| [D] Following the [A] wanderer's | [Bm7] code
All I | [G] need is [A] one for the | [D] road
All I | [G] need is [A] one for the | [D!] road
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Somebody That I Used to Know
Gotye (2011)
Dm C
4/4 | D - X u D - X u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
Find the instrumentals at this link: https://www.soundslice.com/slices/qyblc/
Intro
| [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] |
Instrumental 1
| [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] |
| [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] |
| [Dm] Now and [C] then I think of |
| [Dm] When we [C] were to- | [Dm] gether [C] | [Dm] [C] |
| [Dm] Like when you [C] said you felt so |
| [Dm] Happy [C] you could | [Dm] die [C] | [Dm] [C] |
| [Dm] Told my- [C] self that you were | [Dm] right for [C] me |
| [Dm] But felt so [C] lonely in your | [Dm] compa- [C] ny |
| [Dm] But that was [C] love and it's an |
| [Dm] Ache I [C] still re- | [Dm] member [C] | [Dm] [C] |
Instrumental 2
| [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] |
| [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] |
| [Dm] You can get ad- [C] dicted to a |
| [Dm] Certain [C] kind of [Dm] sadness [C] | [Dm] [C] |
| [Dm] Like resig- [C] nation to the |
| [Dm] End [C] always the | [Dm] end [C] | [Dm] [C] |
| [Dm] So when we [C] found that we could | [Dm] not make [C] sense |
| [Dm] Well you [C] said that we would | [Dm] still be [C] friends |
| [Dm] But I'll ad- [C] mit that I was |
| [Dm] Glad that [C] it was | [Dm] over [C] | [Dm] [C] |
| [Dm] But you [C] didn't have to | [Bb] cut me [C] off |
| [Dm] Make out [C] like it never | [Bb] happened and that [C] we were |
| [Dm] nothing... and [C] I don't even | [Bb] need your [C] love
but you | [Dm] treat me like a [C] stranger
and that | [Bb] feels so [C] rough |
| [Dm] No you [C] didn't have to | [Bb] stoop so [C] low |
| [Dm] Have your [C] friends collect your |
| [Bb] records and then [C] change your | [Dm] number
I [C] guess that I don't | [Bb] need that [C] though |
| [Dm] Now you're just some- [C] body that I | [Bb] used to [C] know |
Instrumental 1
| [Dm] [C] | [Bb] [C] |
| [Dm] Now you're just some- [C] body that I | [Bb] used to [C] know |
| [Dm] [C] | [Bb] [C] |
| [Dm] Now you're just some- [C] body that I | [Bb] used to [C] know |
Instrumental 2
| [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] |
| [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] | [Dm] [C] |
Sung by Second Voice
| [Dm] Now and [C] then I think of |
| [Dm] All the times you [C] screwed me | [Dm] over [C] | [Dm] [C] |
| [Dm] But had me be- [C] lieving it was |
| [Dm] Always something [C] that I'd | [Dm] done [C] | [Dm] [C] |
| [Bb] And I don't wanna | [C] live that way |
| [Bb] Reading into every | [C] word you say |
| [Bb] You said that you could | [C] let it go
And I | [Bb] wouldn't catch you hung up
On some- | [C↓] body that you used to |
Sung by First Voice
| [Dm] (know) But you [C] didn't have to | [Bb] cut me [C] off |
| [Dm] Make out [C] like it never |
| [Bb] happened and that [C] we were | [Dm] nothing
And [C] I don't even | [Bb] need your [C] love
But you | [Dm] treat me like a [C] stranger
And that | [Bb] feels so [C] rough |
| [Dm] No you [C] didn't have to | [Bb] stoop so [C] low |
| [Dm] Have your [C] friends collect your | [Bb] records
And then [C] change your | [Dm] number
I [C] guess that I don't | [Bb] need that [C] though |
| [Dm] Now you're just some- [C] body that I | [Bb] used to [C] know
Some- | [Dm] body [C] I | [Bb] used to [C] know
Some- | [Dm] body [C] that I | [Bb] used to [C] know
Some- | [Dm] body [C] I | [Bb] used to [C] know |
| [Dm] Now you're just some- [C] body that I | [Bb] used to [C] know |
| [Dm] [C] I | [Bb] used to [C] know |
| [Dm] [C] That I | [Bb] used to [C] know |
| [Dm] [C] I | [Bb] used to [C] know
Some- | [Dm] body [C] | [Bb] [C↓] |
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Sweet Pea
Amos Lee (2006)
Muted Strums Occasionally something like this
4/4 | D - D - D - D - | 4/4 | D - D - D u D - | D u D u - u d - |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 & & 4
Intro
| [C] | [E7] | [Am] | [D7] |
| [C] [Am] | [F] [G] |
| [C] [Am] | [F] [G] |
| [C] . Sweet pea, | [E7] apple of my eye |
| [Am] . Don't know when and I | [D7] don't know why |
| [C] You're the only [Am] reason I | [F] keep on [G] coming |
| [C] home [Am] | [F] [G] |
| [C] . Sweet pea, what's all of | [E7] . this about |
| [Am] . Don't get your way all you | [D7] do is fuss and pout |
| [C] You're the only [Am] reason I | [F] keep on [G] coming |
| [C] home [Am] | [F] [G]
Bridge
I'm like the | [E7] Rock of Gibraltar, I | always seem to falter
And the | [Am] words just get in the | way
Oh, I | [D7] know I'm gonna crumble, I'm | trying to stay humble
But I | [G!] . never [G!] think be- | [G!] fore I [G] say |
Instrumental
| [C] | [E7] | [Am] | [D7] |
| [C] [Am] | [F] [G] |
| [C] [Am] | [F] [G] |
| [C] . Sweet pea, | [E7] keeper of my soul |
| [Am] . I know sometimes I'm | [D7] out of control |
| [C] You're the only [Am] reason I | [F] keep on [G] coming |
| [C] You're the only [Am] reason I keep | [F] . on [G] coming yeah |
| [C] You're the only [Am] reason I | [F] keep on [G] coming | [C] home | [C!][G!][C!]
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Sweet Pea
Amos Lee (2006)
Muted Strums Occasionally something like this
4/4 | D - D - D - D - | 4/4 | D - D - D u D - | D u D u - u d - |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 & & 4
Intro
| [F] | [A7] | [Dm] | [G7] |
| [F] [Dm] | [Bb] [C] |
| [F] [Dm] | [Bb] [C] |
| [F] . Sweet pea, | [A7] apple of my eye |
| [Dm] . Don't know when and I | [G7] don't know why |
| [F] You're the only [Dm] reason I | [Bb] keep on [C] coming |
| [F] home [Dm] | [Bb] [C] |
| [F] . Sweet pea, what's all of | [A7] . this about |
| [Dm] . Don't get your way all you | [G7] do is fuss and pout |
| [F] You're the only [Dm] reason I | [Bb] keep on [C] coming |
| [F] home [Dm] | [Bb] [C] |
Bridge
I'm like the | [A7] Rock of Gibraltar, I | always seem to falter
And the | [Dm] words just get in the | way
Oh, I | [G7] know I'm gonna crumble, I'm | trying to stay humble
But I | [C!] . never [C!] think be- | [C!] fore I [C] say |
Instrumental
| [F] | [A7] | [Dm] | [G7] |
| [F] [Dm] | [Bb] [C] |
| [F] [Dm] | [Bb] [C] |
| [F] . Sweet pea, | [A7] keeper of my soul |
| [Dm] . I know sometimes I'm | [G7] out of control |
| [F] You're the only [Dm] reason I | [Bb] keep on [C] coming |
| [F] You're the only [Dm] reason I keep | [Bb] . on [C] coming yeah |
| [F] You're the only [Dm] reason I | [Bb] keep on [C] coming | [F] home | [F!][C!][F!]
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Teach Your Children
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Graham Nash, 1970)
4/4 | d - D u d - D u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [D] | [D] | [G] | [G]
| [D] | [D] | [A] | [A↓]
| [D] You, | who are on the | [G] road | [G]
Must have a | [D] code | that you can | [A] live by | [A]
And | [D] so, | become your- | [G] self | [G]
Because the | [D] past | is just a | [A] goodbye | [A]
| [D] Teach | your children | [G] well | [G]
Their father's | [D] hell | did slowly | [A] go by | [A]
And | [D] feed | them on your | [G] dreams | [G]
The one they | [D] pick's, | the one you'll | [A] know by | [A]
Chorus
| [D] ...Don't you | ever ask them | [G] why
If they | [G] told you, you would | [D] cry
So just | [D] look at them and | [Bm7] sigh- | -igh | [G] -igh
| [A↓] And know they | [D] love you | [D]
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] | [A] | [A↓]
And | [D] you, | of tender | [G] years | [G]
Can't know the | [D] fears | that your elders | [A] grew by | [A]
And so, | [D] please help | them with your | [G] youth | [G]
They seek the | [D] truth | before they | [A] can die | [A]
| [D] Teach | your parents | [G] well | [G]
Their children's | [D] hell | will slowly | [A] go by | [A]
And | [D] feed | them on your | [G] dreams | [G]
The one they | [D] fix, | the one you'll | [A] know by | [A]
Chorus
| [D] ...Don't you | ever ask them | [G] why
If they | [G] told you, you would | [D] cry
So just | [D] look at them and | [Bm7] sigh- | -igh | [G] -igh
| [A↓] And know they | [D] love you | [D]
| [G] | [G] | [D] | [D] | [A] | [A↓]
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What A Good Boy
Barenaked Ladies (Page/Robertson, 1992)
4/4 | D - - D - - D - | or 4/4 | D - d U - u D - |
1 2 & 4 1 2 & & 4
Chord Progression Occasional Variation
d - d u - u d u
| G | D | Cadd9 | Cadd9 | | G | D | Cadd9 | Cadd9 D |
| [G] .. When I was | [D] born, they looked at me and |
| [Cadd9] said, what a good boy, what a | [Cadd9] smart boy, what a strong boy. |
| [G] .. And when you were | [D] born, they looked at you and |
| [Cadd9] said, what a good girl, what a | [Cadd9] smart girl, what a pretty girl. |
| [G] .. We've got these | [D] chains that hang around our |
| [Cadd9] necks, people want to strangle us with them | [Cadd9] . before we take our first breath. |
| [G] .. Afraid of | [D] change, afraid of staying the |
| [Cadd9] same, when temptation calls, | [Cadd9] . we just look away. |
Chorus
| [G] ...This name is the | [D] hairshirt I wear,
and this | [Cadd9] hairshirt is woven from | [Cadd9] your brown [D] hair. |
| [G] ...This song is the | [D] cross that I bear,
bear it | [Cadd9] with me, bear with me, bear | [Cadd9] with me [D] be with me tonight |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .. I know that it isn't right |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .. but be with me tonight. |
| [G] .. I go to | [D] school, I write e- | [Cadd9] xams,
if I pass, if I fail, if I drop | [Cadd9] out, does anyone give a damn? |
| [G] .. And if they | [D] do, they'll soon for- | [Cadd9] get
'cause it won't take much for me to | [Cadd9] show my life ain't over yet. |
| [G] .. I wake up | [D] scared, I wake up | [Cadd9] strange.
I wake up wondering if any- | [Cadd9] thing in my life is ever [D] going to change. |
| [G] .. I wake up | [D] scared, I wake up |
| [Em7] .. strange and | [Cadd9] everything around me stays the |
Chorus
| [G] .. same. It's the | [D] hairshirt I wear,
and this | [Cadd9] hairshirt is woven from, is | [Cadd9] woven from, your brown |
| [G] hair .. This song is the | [D] cross that I bear,
bear | [Cadd9] with me, bear with me, bear | [Cadd9] with me.. [D] be with me tonight |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .. I know that it isn't right |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .... |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .. be with me tonight. |
| [G] .. I couldn't | [D] tell you that I was |
| [Cadd9] wrong, chickened out, grabbed a pen and paper, | [Cadd9] sat down and I wrote this song. |
| [G] .. I couldn't | [D] tell you that you were |
| [Cadd9] right, so instead I looked in the mirror, | [Cadd9] watched TV, laid awake all night. |
| [G] ...We've got these | [D] chains, hangin' 'round our |
| [Cadd9] necks, people want to strangle us with them | [Cadd9] before we take our first breath. |
| [G] .. Afraid of | [D] change, afraid of staying the |
[Cadd9] same when temptation calls | [Cadd9] .. yeah hey |
Chorus
| [G] .. This name is the | [D] hairshirt I wear,
and this | [Cadd9] hairshirt is woven from, is | [Cadd9] woven from, is woven from |
| [G] hair. This song is the | [D] cross that I bear,
bear | [Cadd9] with me, bear with me, bear | [Cadd9] with me, [D] be with me tonight |
| [G] .. When I was | [D] born, they looked at me and |
| [Cadd9] said, what a good boy, what a | [Cadd9] smart boy, what a strong boy. |
| [G] .. And when you were | [D] born, they looked at you and |
| [Cadd9] said, what a good girl, what a | [Cadd9] smart girl, what a pretty girl, hey | [G↓] yeah
#Capo on 1st fret to play along with the Janzen Boys
#Last Updated 04/03/24 JJ
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