Songbook - November & December 2017 |
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| Singin' The Blues Gail Davies (Melvin Endsley, 1956) |
| Atlanta Moan Manitoba Hal (Barbecue Bob, 1930) |
| Ain't No Cure For Love Leonard Cohen (1986) |
| Le coeur est un oiseau Richard Desjardins (1995) |
| Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka (with Howard Greenfield, 1962) |
| Comme un million de gens Claude Dubois (1966) |
| You Needed Me Anne Murray (Randy Goodrum, 1978) |
| Ho Hey The Lumineers (2012) |
| Every Breath You Take The Police (Sting, 1983) |
Singin' The Blues
Gail Davies (Melvin Endsley, 1956)
Swing Wimpy Strong
4/4 | d u D u d u D u |
1 2 3 4
Well, I | [C↓] never felt more like | [F] singin' the blues
'Cause | [C] I never thought that
| [F↓] I'd e- [Gdim7↓] ver [G7↑] lose your | [F] love dear,
| [G] why'd you do me this | [C] way | [G]
Well, I | [C] never felt more like | [F] cryin' all night
'Cause | [C] everything's wrong,
there | [F↓] ain't no- [Gdim7↓] thin' [G7↑] right with- | [F] out you,
| [G] you got me singin' the | [C] blues. | [C]
Chorus
Now the | [F] moon and stars no | [C] longer shine
The | [F] dream is gone I | [C] thought was mine
There's | [F] nothin' left for | [C] me to do
But | [C↓] Cry-y-y-y over | [G] you (cry over | [G] you)
Well, I | [C] never felt more like | [F] runnin' away
But | [C] how can I go when
| [F↓] I could- [Gdim7↓] n't [G7↑] stay with- | [F] out you,
| [G] you got me sing' the | [C] blues. | [C]
Instrumental (Over Verse Progression)
| [C] | [F] | [C] | [F↓][Gdim7↓][G7↑] |
| [F] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
Chorus
Well if the | [F] moon and stars | [C] no longer shine
And the | [F] dream is gone that I | [C] thought was mine
There's | [F] nothin' left for | [C] me to do
But | [C↓] cry cry cry cry over | [G] you (cry over | [G] you)
Well, I | [C] never felt more like | [F] runnin' away
But | [C] how can I go when
| [F↓] I could- [Gdim7↓] n't [G7↑] stay with- | [F] out you,
| [G] you got me sing' the | [C] blues. | [C]
Stay with- | [F] out you, | [G↓] you got me sing' the blues. [Ending Riff] [C↓]
#Play along in this key with Gail Davies version.
#Capo 4th fret to play with original. Order of verses is different.
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Atlanta Moan
Manitoba Hal (Barbecue Bob, 1930)
Fingerpicking / Strum
4/4 | t i D u t i D u |
1 2 3 4
12 Bar Blues Chord Progression (for Intro and Solos)
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G]
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G]
| [D7] | [D7] | [G] | [G]
Ain't no- | [G] body knows At- | [G] lanta
like I | [G] do | [G]
Ain't no- | [C] body knows At- | [C] lanta
like I | [G] do | [G]
And the | [D7] reason I know it is I
| [D7] travelled it through and | [G] through | [G]
Now if you | [G] got a good woman
here's a | [G] lesson I give to | [G] you | [G]
If you | [C] got a good woman
here's a | [C] lesson I give to | [G] you | [G]
Don't | [D7] take her to Atlanta
| [D7] They'll take her away from | [G] you | [G]
You see they've | [G] taken my woman
and they've | [G] cut me to the | [G] bone | [G]
They've | [C] taken my woman
and they've | [C] cut me to the | [G] bone | [G]
That's the | [D7] reason why
| [D7] you hear me wail and | [G] moan | [G]
Well now | [G] can't you hear that
| [G] steep old whistle | [G] blow | [G]
| [C] Can't you hear that | [C] steep old whistle
| [G] blow | [G]
Man it | [D7] blows just like it's
| [D7] never blown be- | [G] fore | [G]
Ain't no- | [G] body knows At- | [G] lanta
like I | [G] do | [G]
Ain't no- | [C] body knows At- | [C] lanta
like I | [G] do | [G]
And the | [D7] reason I know it is I
| [D7] travelled it through and | [G] through | [G]
Ain't no- | [G] body knows At- | [G] lanta
like I | [G] do | [G]
Ain't no- | [C] body knows At- | [C] lanta
like I | [G] do | [G]
And the | [D7] reason I know it is I
| [D7] travelled it through and | [G] through | [G]
#Play along in this key with Manitoba Hal's version.
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Ain't No Cure For Love
Leonard Cohen (1986)
Regular Strum Choppy Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u | 4/4 | d d d d d d d d |
1 2 & & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [G] | [D] | [Am7] | [C] |
| [Em] | [D] | [C] | [D] | [D] |
| [G] I loved you for a | [G7] long, long time
| [C] ...I know this love is | [C] real
It don't matter | [G] ...how it | [G7] all went wrong
That | [D] don't change the way I | [D] feel
And I | [G] can't believe that | [B7] time is
Gonna heal this | [Em] wound that I'm speaking | [C↓] of [Eb↑] |
There | [G] ain't no cure, there | [D] ain't no cure
There | [C] ain't no cure for | [G] love | [G]
| [G] I'm aching for you | [G7] baby
| [C] I can't pretend I'm | [C] not
| [G] I need to see you | [G7] naked
In your | [D] body and your | [D] thought
| [G] I've got you like a | [B7] habit
And I'll | [Em] never get e- | [C↓] nough [Eb↑] |
There | [G] ain't no cure, there | [D] ain't no cure
There | [C] ain't no cure for | [G↓] love
Start Choppy Downstrumming
(There ain't no | [Em] cure for love) | [G]
(There ain't no | [Em] cure for | [G] love)
All the rocket ships are | [C] climbing through the sky
The holy | [C] books are open wide
The doctors | [D] working day and night
But they'll | [D] never ever find that | [Em] cure for love | [G]
(There ain't no | [C] drink, no | [C] drug)
(There's | [A] nothing pure e- | [A] nough to be a | [D] cure for | [D↓] love)
| [G] I see you in the | [G7] subway
And | [C] I see you on the | [C] bus
| [G] I see you lying | [G7] down with me
And I | [D] see you waking | [D] up
I | [G] see your hand, I | [B7] see your hair
Your | [Em] bracelets and your | [C] brush
And I | [G] call to you, I | [B7] call to you
But I | [Em] don't call soft e- | [C↓] nough [Eb↑] |
There | [G] ain't no cure, there | [D] ain't no cure
There | [C] ain't no cure for | [G] love | [G]
| [G] I walked into this | [G7] empty church
I had | [C] no place else to | [C] go
| [G] When the sweetest voice I | [G7] ever heard
| [D] Whispered to my | [D] soul
I | [G] don't need to be for- | [B7] given
| [Em] For loving you so | [C] much
| [G] It's written in the | [B7] scriptures
| [Em] It's written there in | [C] blood
| [G] I even heard the | [B7] angels
De- | [Em] clare it from a- | [C↓] bove [Eb↑] | ...
There | [G] ain't no cure, there | [D] ain't no cure
There | [C] ain't no cure for | [G↓] love
Start Choppy Downstrumming
(There ain't no | [Em] cure for love) | [G]
(There ain't no | [Em] cure for | [G] love)
All the rocket ships are | [C] climbing through the sky
The holy | [C] books are open wide
The doctors | [D] working day and night
But they'll | [D] never ever find that | [Em] cure, that | [G] cure for love
(No | [Em] cure for | [G] love, there ain't no | [Em] cure for | [G] love...)
Repeat last line and fade
#Play along in this key.
#Last Updated 11/07/17 JJ
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Le coeur est un oiseau
Richard Desjardins
Picking Pianistique:
A|-m-----m-----m-----m-----|
E|-i-----i-----i-----i-----|
C|----p-----p-----p-----p--|
G|-------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
[D] [D] [D] [D]
Par de- [D] là les front- [G] ières les prai- [D] ries et la [Am] mer
Dans les [C] grandes noir- [C#dim7] ceurs sous le [C] feu des cha- [D] sseurs
Dans les [G] mains de la [D] mort il s'envole en- [G] core
Plus [C] haut plus [G] haut le [D] coeur est un oi- [G] seau. [G]
Dans les [D] yeux des mira- [G] dors dans les [D] rues de nulle [Am] part
Au mi- [C] lieu des dé...[C#dim7] serts de froid de [C] faim et de [D] fer
Contre [G] la tyran- [D] nie il refait son [G] nid
Plus [C] chaud plus [G] chaud, le [D] coeur est un oi- [G] seau.
[C] [G] [D] [G]
Ce n'é- [D] tait qu'un o- [G] rage ce n'é- [D] tait qu'une [Am] cage
Tu re- [C] prendras ta [C#dim7] course tu i- [C] ras à la [D] source
Tu boi- [G] ras tout le [D] ciel ouvre tes [G] ailes
Liber- [C] té Liber- [G] té [D] Li-ber - [G] té.
#Play along in this key.
#Last Updated 11/05/17 JJ
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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Neil Sedaka (with Howard Greenfield, 1962)
4/4 | d - D u d - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
Overlay
Do do do
| [A] Down dooby [F#m] doo down | [D] down, [E7] comma comma
| [A] Down dooby [F#m] doo down | [D] down, [E7] comma comma
| [A] Down dooby [F#m] doo down | [D] down
Intro
Do do do
| [A] Down dooby [F#m] doo down | [D] down, [E7] comma comma
| [A] Down dooby [F#m] doo down | [D] down, [E7] comma comma
| [A] Down dooby [F#m] doo down | [D] down
[E7] Breaking up is | [A] hard [Bm7] to | [A↓] do
Don't take [overlay] your | [A] love [F#m] a- | [D] way from [E7] me
| [A] Don't you [F#m] leave my heart in | [D] mise- [E7] ry
| [A] If you go then | [F#m] I'll be blue
'Cause | [D] breaking up is [Bm7] hard to | [E7↓] do
Remem- [overlay] ber | [A] when [F#m] you | [D] held me [E7] tight
| [A] And you [F#m] kissed me all | [D] through the [E7] night
| [A] Think of all that | [F#m] we've been through
And | [D] breaking up is [E7] hard to | [A↓] do
Bridge
They say that breaking | [Am] up [Bm7] is | [Am] hard to [Bm7] do
| [G] Now I know, I | know that it's true
| [Gm] Don't [C7] say that | [Gm] this is the [C7] end
In- | [F] stead of breaking up I wish that | [E7] we were making up again | [E7↓]
I beg [overlay] of | [A] you, [F#m] | [D] don't say good- [E7] bye
| [A] Can't we [F#m] give our love a- | [D] nother [E7] try
| [A] Come on baby, | [F#m] let's start anew
'Cause | [D] breaking up is [E7] hard to | [A↓] do
Bridge
They say that breaking | [Am] up [Bm7] is | [Am] hard to [Bm7] do
| [G] Now I know, I | know that it's true
| [Gm] Don't [C7] say that | [Gm] this is the [C7]end
In- | [F] stead of breaking up I wish that | [E7] we were making up again | [E7↓]
I beg [overlay] of | [A] you, [F#m] | [D] don't say good- [E7] bye
| [A] Can't we [F#m] give our love a- | [D] nother [E7] try
| [A] Come on baby, | [F#m] let's start anew
'Cause | [D] breaking up is [E7] hard [overlay] to | [A↓] do
Overlay - Repeat & Fade
Do do do
| [A] Down dooby [F#m] doo down | [D] down, [E7] comma comma
| [A] Down dooby [F#m] doo down | [D] down, [E7] comma comma
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 11/13/17 JJ
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Comme un million de gens
Claude Dubois (1966)
Verses: Reggae Upbeat Strum
4/4 | x U x U x U x U |
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Chorus: Open Ringing Strum
4/4 | d - D - d - D - |
1 2 3 4
Intro (Reggae Strum)
| [C] | [Am] | [Dm] | [G] |
[C] ...Il est né un jour de prin- [Am] temps,
il était le septième en- [Dm] fant,
D'une famille d'ouvri- [G] ers,
n'ayant pas peur de travaill- [C] er,
Comme un million de [Am] gens,
il a grandi dans un quar- [Dm] tier,
Ou il fallait pour subsis- [G] ter,
serrer les dents les poings fer- [C] més
Chorus
Change to Open Strum
[C] ...Autour de [D7] lui y'avait plus [G] petits et plus [G] grands
[C] ...Des hommes sem- [D7] blables en de- [G] dans. [G]
Reggae Strum
[C] ...En mangeant un morceau de [Am] pain,
il avait vu que le voi- [Dm] sin,
Avait quelque chose sur le [G] sien,
qu'il aurait bien aimé goû- [C] ter,
Comme un million de [Am] gens,
il a cessé d'étu- [Dm] dier,
Car il fallait pour mieux man- [G] ger,
serrer les dents et travaill- [C] er
Chorus
Change to Open Strum
[C] ...Autour de [D7] lui y'avait plus [G] petits et plus [G] grands
[C] ...Des hommes sem- [D7] blables en de- [G] dans. [G]
Reggae Strum
[C] ...Puis un jour il a rencon- [Am] tré,
une femme qu'il a ma- [Dm] riée,
Sans pour cela se deman- [G] der,
si du moins il pouvait l'ai- [C] mer,
Comme un million de [Am] gens,
ils ont vieilli dans leur quar- [Dm] tier,
Et leurs enfants pour subsis- [G] ter,
serrent les dents les poings fer- [C] més
Chorus
Change to Open Strum
[C] ...Autour de [D7] lui y'avait plus [G] petits et plus [G] grands
[C] ...Des hommes sem- [D7] blables en de- [G] dans. [G]
Reggae Strum
[C] ...Comme un million de [Am] gens,
qui pourraient se rassem- [Dm] bler,
Pour être beaucoup moins exploi- [G] tées
et beaucoup plus communi- [C] quer
Chorus
Change to Open Strum
[C] ...Se distin- [D7] guer, se raison- [G] ner, s'émanci- [G] per,
[C] ...se libé- [D7] rer, s'admini- [G] strer [G]
[C] ...Se déca- [D7] ver, s'équili- [G] brer, s'évapo- [G] rer,
[C] ...s'évolu- [D7] er, se possé- [G] der [G]
[C] ...mais autour [D7] d'eux y'avait plus [G] petits et plus grands
[C] ...Des hommes [D7] semblables en [G] dedans.[G]
Reggae Strum
[C] ...Comme un million de [Am] gens,
Comme un million de [Dm] gens,
Comme un million de [G] gens,
Comme un million de [C] gens
Comme toi, comme moi bébé [Am]
Comme toi, comme moi bébé [Dm]
Comme toi, comme moi, comme lui, comme [G] l'autre
Comme toi bébé
| [C] | [Am] | [Dm] | [G] [C↓] |
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You Needed Me
Anne Murray (Randy Goodrum, 1978)
4/4 Combo Strum and Fingerpicking Pattern
|-D-----------U-----D----|
|-D-----I-----U-----D----|
|-D--T-----T--------D----|
|-D----------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [D7]
I cried a | [G] tear... you wiped it | [Am] dry
I was con- | [D7] fused... you cleared my | [G] mind
I sold my | [Bm] soul... you bought it | [C] back for me
And held me | [A7] up... and gave me | [D7] dignity
Somehow you | [D7] needed me
You gave me | [G] strength... to stand a- | [Am] lone again
To face the | [D7] world... out on my | [G] own again
You put me | [Bm] high... upon a | [C] pedestal
[D7↓] So | [G] high that I could [B7↓] almost [Em↓] see e- | [A7] ternity
You | [D7] needed me... you | [G] needed me... [B7↓]
Bridge
And I | [Em] can't believe it's [D] you
I can't be- | [C] lieve it's true [Bm]
I | [Am] needed you... [D7] ...and you were | [G] there [B7]
And I'll | [Em] never leave why [D] should I leave I'd | [C] be a fool [Bm]
Cause I | [A7] finally found someone who really | [D7] cares | [D7↓]
You held my | [G] hand... when it was | [Am] cold
When I was | [D7] lost... you took me | [G] home
You gave me | [Bm] hope... when I was | [C] at the end
And turned my | [A7] lies... back into | [D7] truth again
You even | [D7↓] called me friend
You gave me | [G] strength... to stand a- | [Am] lone again
To face the | [D7] world... out on my | [G] own again
You put me | [Bm] high... upon a | [C] pedestal
[D7↓] So | [G] high that I could [B7↓] almost [Em↓] see e- | [A7] ternity
You | [D7] needed me... you | [G] needed me [E7]...
You | [A] needed me... [D7]... you | [G] needed me [E7]
| [A] [D7] | [G↓]
#Capo on 2 to play with the video.
#Last Updated 11/27/17 JJ
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Ho Hey
The Lumineers (2012)
Verses:
F C F C
u D - | D - - - D - - u | - u D - - u D - |
& 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Chorus:
4/4 | d - D u d u D u |
Intro
[F↓][C]Ho [F↓][C]Hey [F↓][C]Ho [F↓][C]Hey
[F↓][C](Ho) I've been trying to do it right
[F↓][C](Hey) I've been living a lonely life
[F↓][C](Ho) I've been sleeping here instead
[F↓][C](Hey) I've been sleeping in my bed
[Am](Ho) Sleepin' [G]in my bed [F↓]
[C]Hey [F↓][C]Ho
[F↓][C](Ho) So show me family
[F↓][C](Hey) All the blood that I will bleed
[F↓][C](Ho) I don't know where I belong
[F↓][C](Hey) I don't know where I went wrong
[Am](Ho) But I can [G]write a song [F↓][C] (Hey - two, three)
Chorus
I belong with [Am]you, you belong with [G]me,
You're my sweet- [C]heart
I belong with [Am]you, you belong with [G]me,
You're my sweet
[C]Ho [F↓][C]Hey [F↓][C]Ho [F↓][C]Hey
[F↓][C](Ho) I don't think you're right for him
[F↓][C](Hey) Think of what it might've been
[F↓][C](Ho) Took a bus to Chinatown
[F↓][C](Hey) I'd be standing on Canal
[F↓][Am](Ho)...and [G]Bowery [F↓][C](Hey)...
[Am](Ho) She'd be standing [G]next to me
[F↓][C](Hey) two, three
Chorus
I belong with [Am]you, you belong with [G]me,
You're my sweet- [C]heart
I belong with [Am]you, you belong with [G]me,
You're my sweet- [C]heart
And [F]love... [C]we [G]need it [C]now
Let's [F]hope... [C]for [G]some
Cuz [F]oh... [C]we're [G]bleeding [C]out
I belong with [Am]you, you belong with [G]me,
You're my sweet- [C]heart
I belong with [Am]you, you belong with [G]me,
You're my sweet
[C]Ho [F↓][C]Hey [F↓][C]Ho [F↓][C↓]Hey
#Play with original in this key.
#Last Updated 11/28/17 JJ
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Every Breath You Take
The Police (Sting, 1983)
|-------------M----------|
|-------I--------I-----I-|
|----T--------------T----|
|----------T-------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Note: FP pattern starts after 1st beat
Intro
| [G] | [G] | [Em] | [Em]
| [C] | [D] | [G] | [G]
Every breath you [G] take
[G] Every move you [Em] make
[Em] Every bond you [C] break,
every step you [D] take
I'll be watching you [Em] [Em]
Every single [G] day
[G] And every word you [Em] say
[Em] Every game you [C] play,
every night you [D] stay
I'll be watching you [G] [G]
Chorus
Oh, can't you [C] see
[C] You belong to [G] me
[G] How my poor heart [A7] aches
[A7] With every step you [D] take [D]
And every move you [G] make
[G] And every vow you [Em] break
[Em] Every smile you [C] fake
Every claim you [D] stake
I'll be watching [Em] you [Em]
Bridge (strum)
[Eb] Since you've gone, I've been [Eb] lost without a [F] trace
I dream at night, I can [F] only see your [Eb] face
I look around but it's [Eb] you I can't re- [F] place
I feel so cold and I [F] long for your em- [Eb] brace
I keep crying [Eb] baby, baby,
Instrumental Verse (fingerpicking)
[G] please... [G] [Em] [Em]
[C] [D] [Em] [Em]
[G] La la la [G] La la la [Em] La la la [Em] La la la
[C] La la la [D] La la la [G] La la la [G]
Chorus
Oh, can't you [C] see
[C] You belong to [G] me
[G] How my poor heart [A7] aches
[A7] With every step you [D] take [D]
Every move you [G] make
[G] And every vow you [Em] break
[Em] Every smile you [C] fake
Every claim you [D] stake
I'll be watching [Em] you [Em]
Every move you [C] make
Every step you [D] take
I'll be watching you [Em] [Em]
[Em] I'll be watching [G↓] you
#Capo on 1st fret. It will still be just a bit out of tune though.
#Last Updated 12/04/17 JJ
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