Songbook - September and October 2018
Birth of the Blues Henderson, da Sylva, Brown (1926)
Circle Game (Key of A) Joni Mitchell (1968)
Circle Game (Key of C) Joni Mitchell (1968)
Country Roads John Denver (with Danoff & Nivert, 1971)
Dream A Little Dream Of Me The Mamas & The Papas (Andre, Schwandt, Kahn, 1931)
Everybody's Talkin' Fred Neil (1966)
Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) Dixie Chicks (Radney Foster, 2002)
Hasn't Hit Me Yet Blue Rodeo (Keelor & Cuddy, 1993)
Mr Bojangles Jerry Jeff Walker (1968)
Reminds Me Of You Van Morrison



Birth of the Blues
Henderson, DeSylva, Brown (1926)


Intro (Loosely sung and played)
So they say some people long a- [Cm] go
Were searching for a different [D7] tune
[Bbdim7] One that they could [D7] croon
As [Bbdim7] only they can [G] [Bbdim7] [D7↓]

Verse (Start regular strumming)
They heard the | [G] breeze in the | [Am7] trees
Singing | [G] weird melo- | [C] dies
And they | [D7] made that | [Am7]... the [D7] start of the |
| [G] blues [Bbdim7↓] [Am7↓] | [G↓]

And from a | [G] jail came the | [Am7] wail
Of a | [G] down-hearted | [C] frail
And they | [D7] played that | [Am7]... as [D7] part of the |
| [G] blues [Bbdim7↓] [Am7↓] | [G]

Bridge
From a whippoor- | [B7] will way up | on a hill
They | [B7] took a new note | [B7] ...
Pushed it through a | [E7] horn till it was | worn
Into a | [A7] blue note   | [D7↓]  

Then they | [G] nursed it, re- | [Am7] hearsed it
| [G] Then they sent out that | [C] news
That the | [D7] Southland... | [Am7]... gave [D7] birth to the |
| [G] blues [Bbdim7] [Am7] | [G↓]

Instrumental
| [G]   | [Am7] | [G] | [C] |
| [D7] | [Am7][D7] | [B7] | [E7]

And then they | [C] nursed it re- | [Bbdim7] hearsed it
| [G] And then they sent out that | [E7] news
That the | [A7] Southland | [D7] gave birth to the |
| [G] blues!  [Bbdim7↓][Am7↓] | [G↓]


#Capo on 1st fret to play along with Randy Travis' version.
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Circle Game - Key of A
Joni Mitchell (1968)


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


| [A] Yesterday a | [D] child came out to | [A] wonder | [A] |
| [A] Caught a dragon | [D] fly inside a | [E7] jar | [E7] |
| [A] Fearful when the | [D] sky was full of | [C#m7] thunder | [C#m7]
And | [D] tearful at the | [A] falling [C#m7↓] of [D↓] a | [A] star | [A] |

Chorus
And the | [A] seasons, they go | [C#m7↓] round [D↓] and [A] 'round
And the | [A] painted ponies go | [C#m7↓] up [D↓] and [A] down |
| [D] We're captive on a | carousel of | [A] time | [A] |
| [D] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [C#m7] hind from where we | [D] came
And go | [C#m7] 'round and 'round and | [D] 'round in the [E7] circle | [A] game | [A]

[A] Then the child moved [D] ten times 'round the [A] seasons [A]
[A] Skated over [D] ten clear frozen [E7] streams [E7]
[A] Words like, when you're [D] older, must [C#m7] appease him [C#m7]
And [D] promises of | [A] someday [C#m7↓] make [D↓] his | [A] dreams | [A]

Chorus
And the | [A] seasons, they go | [C#m7↓] round [D↓] and [A] 'round
And the | [A] painted ponies go | [C#m7↓] up [D↓] and [A] down |
| [D] We're captive on a | carousel of | [A] time | [A] |
| [D] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [C#m7] hind from where we | [D] came
And go | [C#m7] 'round and 'round and | [D] 'round in the [E7] circle | [A] game | [A]

[A] Sixteen springs and [D] sixteen summers gone [A] now [A]  
[A] Cartwheels turn to [D] car wheels through the [E7] town [E7]
And they [A] tell him, take your [D] time it won't be [C#m7] long now [C#m7]
'Till you [D] drag your feet to | [A] slow the [C#m7↓] cir- [D↓] -cles | [A] down | [A]

Chorus
And the | [A] seasons, they go | [C#m7↓] round [D↓] and [A] 'round
And the | [A] painted ponies go | [C#m7↓] up [D↓] and [A] down |
| [D] We're captive on a | carousel of | [A] time | [A] |
| [D] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [C#m7] hind from where we | [D] came
And go | [C#m7] 'round and 'round and | [D] 'round in the [E7] circle | [A] game | [A]

So the [A] years spin by and [D] now the boy is [A] twenty [A]
Though his [A] dreams have lost some [D] grandeur coming [E7] true [E7]
There'll be [A] new dreams, maybe [D] better dreams and [C#m7] plenty [C#m7]
Be- [D] fore the last re- | [A] volving [C#m7↓] year [D↓] is | [A] through | [A]

Chorus
And the | [A] seasons, they go | [C#m7↓] round [D↓] and [A] 'round
And the | [A] painted ponies go | [C#m7↓] up [D↓] and [A] down |
| [D] We're captive on a | carousel of | [A] time | [A] |
| [D] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [C#m7] hind from where we | [D] came
And go | [C#m7] 'round and 'round and | [D] 'round in the [E7] circle | [A] game | [A] |
And go | [C#m7] 'round and 'round and | [D] 'round in the circle | [A] game | [A] | [A↓]


#Capo on 2nd fret to play along with original.
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Circle Game - Key of C
Joni Mitchell (1968)


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


| [C] Yesterday a | [F] child came out to | [C] wonder | [C] |
| [C] Caught a dragon | [F] fly inside a | [G7] jar | [G7] |
| [C] Fearful when the | [F] sky was full of | [Em7] thunder | [Em7]
And | [F] tearful at the | [C] falling [Em7↓] of [F↓] a | [C] star | [C] |

Chorus
And the | [C] seasons, they go | [Em7↓] round [F↓] and [C] 'round
And the | [C] painted ponies go | [Em7↓] up [F↓] and [C] down |
| [F] We're captive on a | carousel of | [C] time | [C] |
| [F] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [Em7] hind from where we | [F] came
And go | [Em7] 'round and 'round and | [F] 'round in the [G7] circle | [C] game | [C]

[C] Then the child moved [F] ten times 'round the [C] seasons [C]
[C] Skated over [F] ten clear frozen [G7] streams [G7]
[C] Words like, when you're [F] older, must [Em7] appease him [Em7]
And [F] promises of | [C] someday [Em7↓] make [F↓] his | [C] dreams | [C]

Chorus
And the | [C] seasons, they go | [Em7↓] round [F↓] and [C] 'round
And the | [C] painted ponies go | [Em7↓] up [F↓] and [C] down |
| [F] We're captive on a | carousel of | [C] time | [C] |
| [F] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [Em7] hind from where we | [F] came
And go | [Em7] 'round and 'round and | [F] 'round in the [G7] circle | [C] game | [C]

[C] Sixteen springs and [F] sixteen summers gone [C] now [C]  
[C] Cartwheels turn to [F] car wheels through the [G7] town [G7]
And they [C] tell him, take your [F] time it won't be [Em7] long now [Em7]
'Till you [F] drag your feet to | [C] slow the [Em7↓] cir- [F↓] -cles | [C] down | [C]

Chorus
And the | [C] seasons, they go | [Em7↓] round [F↓] and [C] 'round
And the | [C] painted ponies go | [Em7↓] up [F↓] and [C] down |
| [F] We're captive on a | carousel of | [C] time | [C] |
| [F] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [Em7] hind from where we | [F] came
And go | [Em7] 'round and 'round and | [F] 'round in the [G7] circle | [C] game | [C]

So the [C] years spin by and [F] now the boy is [C] twenty [C]
Though his [C] dreams have lost some [F] grandeur coming [G7] true [G7]
There'll be [C] new dreams, maybe [F] better dreams and [Em7] plenty [Em7]
Be- [F] fore the last re- | [C] volving [Em7↓] year [F↓] is | [C] through | [C]

Chorus
And the | [C] seasons, they go | [Em7↓] round [F↓] and [C] 'round
And the | [C] painted ponies go | [Em7↓] up [F↓] and [C] down |
| [F] We're captive on a | carousel of | [C] time | [C] |
| [F] We can't return, we can | only look be- | [Em7] hind from where we | [F] came
And go | [Em7] 'round and 'round and | [F] 'round in the [G7] circle | [C] game | [C] |
And go | [Em7] 'round and 'round and | [F] 'round in the circle | [C] game | [C] | [C↓]


#Original in key of B. This chart is a semitone higher in C.
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Country Roads
John Denver (with Danoff & Nivert, 1971)


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

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

| [G] ...Almost | heaven | [Em] ...West Vir- | ginia   |
| [D] ...Blue Ridge | mountains | [C] Shenandoah | [G] River | [G] |
| [G] ...Life is | old there | [Em] older than the | trees |
| [D] Younger than the | mountains | [C] growing like a | [G] breeze

Chorus
Country | [G] roads | ...take me | [D] home | [D]
to the | [Em] place | ...I be- | [C] long | [C]
West Vir- | [G] ginia | ...mountain | [D] mama | [D]
Take me | [C] home | ...country | [G] roads | [G] |

| [G] ...All my | memories | [Em] ...gather | round her |   
| [D] ...Miner's | lady | [C] stranger to blue | [G] water | [G] |
| [G] ...Dark and | dusty | [Em] painted on the | sky |
| [D] Misty taste of | moonshine | [C] teardrop in my | [G] eye

Chorus
Country | [G] roads | ...take me | [D] home | [D]
to the | [Em] place | ...I be- | [C] long | [C]
West Vir- | [G] ginia | ...mountain | [D] mama | [D]
Take me | [C] home | ...country | [G] roads | [G] |

Bridge
| [Em] I hear her | [D] voice
In the | [G] mornin' hours she | [G7] calls me
The | [C] radio re- | [G] minds me of my | [D] home far a- | way
And | [Em] drivin' down the | [F] road I get a | [C] feelin'
That I | [G] should've been home | [D] yesterday | ...yester- | [D7] day | [D7↓]

Chorus
Country | [G] roads | ...take me | [D] home | [D]
to the | [Em] place | ...I be- | [C] long | [C]
West Vir- | [G] ginia | ...mountain | [D] mama | [D]
Take me | [C] home | ...country | [G] roads | [G] |

Chorus
Country | [G] roads | ...take me | [D] home | [D]
to the | [Em] place | ...I be- | [C] long | [C]
West Vir- | [G] ginia | ...mountain | [D] mama | [D]
Take me | [C] home | ...country | [G] roads | [G]
Take me | [D] home | down country | [G] roads | [G]
Take me | [D] home | down country | [G] roads | [G↓] [C↓] [G↓]


#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
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Dream A Little Dream Of Me
The Mamas & The Papas (Andre, Schwandt, Kahn, 1931)


Intro
| [C] [F#dim7] | [Abmaj7] [G] |   
| [C] [F#dim7] | [Abmaj7] [G] |   

| [C] Stars [F#dim7] shining bright | [Abmaj7] above [G] you |
| [C] Night [E7] breezes seem to | [A7] whisper 'I love you' |
| [F] Birds singing in the | [Fm] sycamore tree |
| [C] Dream a little [Abmaj7] dream of | [G] me [G7]   |

| [C] Say [F#dim7] nighty-night and | [Abmaj7] kiss [G] me |
| [C] Just [E7] hold me tight and | [A7] tell me you'll miss me |
| [F] While I'm alone, | [Fm] blue as can be |
| [C] Dream a little [Abmaj7↓] dream [G↓] of | [C] me [E7] |

Bridge
| [A] Stars [F#m] fading but | [Bm7] I linger [E7] on, dear |
| [A] Still [F#m] craving your | [Bm7] kiss [E7]   |
| [A] I'm [F#m] longing to | [Bm7] linger till [E7] dawn, dear |
| [A] Just [F#m] saying | [Abmaj7] this... [G] ... |

| [C] Sweet [F#dim7] dreams till sunbeams | [Abmaj7] find [G] you |
| [C] Sweet [E7] dreams that leave all | [A7] worries behind you |
| [F] But in your dreams, what- | [Fm] ever they be |
| [C] Dream a little [Abmaj7↓] dream [G↓] of | [C↓] me

#Soundslice Link 4/4 time fingerpicking
#Soundslice Link 12/8 time fingerpicking
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#Play along with the Mamas & Papas version in this key.

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Everybody's Talkin'
Fred Neil (1966)


| [D] ...Everybody's | talkin' at me |   
| [D7] ...I don't hear a | word they're sayin' |
| [A7] ...Only the | echoes of my | [D] mind   | [D] |

| [D] ...People | stoppin' starin' |
| [D7] ...I can't | see their faces |
| [A7] ...Only the | shadows of their | [D] eyes   | [D] |

Chorus
| [Em] I'm goin' where the | [A7] sun keeps shinin' |
| [D] Through the pourin' | [D7] rain |
| [Em] Goin' where the | [A7] weather suits my | [D] clothes | [D7] |
| [Em] Bankin' off of the | [A7] north-east wind |
| [D] Sailin' on a summer | [D7] breeze |
| [Em] Skippin' over the | [A7] ocean like a | [D] stone | [D] |

Instrumental Verse
| [D]   | [D]   | [D7] | [D7] |
| [A7] | [A7] | [D]   | [D]   |

Chorus
| [Em] I'm goin' where the | [A7] sun keeps shinin' |
| [D] Through the pourin' | [D7] rain |
| [Em] Goin' where the | [A7] weather suits my | [D] clothes | [D7] |
| [Em] Bankin' off of the | [A7] north-east wind |
| [D] Sailin' on a summer | [D7] breeze |
| [Em] Skippin' over the | [A7] ocean like a | [D] stone | [D] |

| [D] ... Everybody's | talkin' at me |
| [D7] ... I can't hear a | word they're sayin' |
| [A7] ... Only the | echoes of my | [D] mind | [D] |

| [A7] ...I won't let you | leave my love be- | [D] hind | [D] |
| [A7] ...I won't let you | leave my love be- | [D] hind | [D] |
| [A7] ...I won't let you | leave my love be- | [D] hind | [D↓] |


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Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)
Dixie Chicks (Radney Foster, 2002)


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

| [A] Dragon tales and the | water is wide |
| [D] Pirates sail and | lost boys fly |
| [F#m] Fish bite moonbeams | [E7] every night
And | [D] I love | you

Chorus
God- | [D] speed little man | [D]  
Sweet | [A] dreams little man | [A]  
Oh, my | [D] love will fly to | you each night
on | [F#m] an- [E7] gel's | [D] wings | [D]
God- | [D] speed | [D] ...
Sweet | [A] dreams | [A] | [D] | [D] |   

| [A] The rocket racer's | all tuckered out |
| [D] Superman's in py- | jamas on the couch |
| [F#m] Goodnight moon we'll | [E7] find the mouse
And | [D] I love | [D] you |

Chorus
God- | [D] speed little man | [D]  
Sweet | [A] dreams little man | [A]  
Oh, my | [D] love will fly to | you each night
on | [F#m] an- [E7] gel's | [D] wings | [D]
God- | [D] speed | [D] ...
Sweet | [A] dreams | [A] | [D] | [D] |   

Instrumental
| [A]   | [A]   | [D]   | [D]   |   
| [F#m] | [E7] | [D]   | [D]   |   
| [A]   | [A]   |

| [A] God bless mommy and | matchbox cars |
| [D] God bless dad and | thanks for the stars |
| [F#m] God hears "amen" wher- | [E7] ever we are
And | [D↓] I love | you  

Chorus
God- | [D] speed little man | [D]  
Sweet | [A] dreams little man | [A]  
Oh, my | [D] love will fly to | you each night
on | [F#m] an- [E7] gel's | [D] wings | [D]
God- | [D] speed | [D] ...
God- | [A] speed | [A] ...
God- | [D] speed | [D] ...
Sweet | [A] dreams | [A] | [D] | [D] | [A↓]  


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Hasn't Hit Me Yet
Blue Rodeo (Keelor & Cuddy, 1993)


     Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
      1   2 &   & 4 &


D chord intro riff (capo 2 to play with original)
|-0-----0-----0--0-----0-|----0-----0-----0--0--0-|
|-2-----2-----0--2-----3-|----2-----0-----2--2--2-|
|-2-----2-----2--2-----2-|----2-----2-----2--2--2-|
|-2-----2-----2--2-----2-|----2-----2-----2--2--2-|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &
  D     D     D  U     U      U     U     U  D  U

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

| [G]... You | say that you're | [D] leaving | [D]
Well that | [Em] comes as... | ...no sur- | [C] prise | [C] |
| [G]... Still I | [G] kinda like this | [D] feeling | [D]
Of | [Em] being... | ...left
be- | [C] hi- | [G]i- | [A] ind | [A] | [A] | [A] |

| [G]... | This ain't nothin' | [D] new to me | [D]
Well it's | [Em] just like... | ...going | [C] home | [C] |
| [G]... It's | kinda like those | [D] sunsets | [D]
That | [Em] leave you feeling | [Em]
So | [C] sto- | [G] o- | [A] oned | [A] | [A] | [A] |

Chorus
| [Em]... Hey, | [G] hey I guess it | [D] hasn't hit me | [A] yet |
| [Em]... I fell through | [G] this crack and I | [D] kinda lost my | [A] head |
| [Em]... I stand trans- | [G] fixed be- | [D] fore this street- | [A] light |
| [Em]... Watching the | [G] snow fall on this |
| [D] Co- | [A] old December
Like Intro
| [D] Night | [D] | [Em] | [C] |
| [D]       | [D] | [Em] | [C] |

| [G]... I | never thought this could | [D] happen | [D]
But some- | [Em] how... | ... the feeling's | [C] gone | [C] |
| [G]... | You got sick of the | [D] patterns | [D]
And | [Em] I... got | lost in this
| [C] so- | [G] o- | [A] ong | [A] | [A] | [A] |

Chorus
| [Em]... Hey, | [G] hey I guess it | [D] hasn't hit me | [A] yet |
| [Em]... I fell through | [G] this crack and I | [D] kinda lost my | [A] head |
| [Em]... I stand trans- | [G] fixed be- | [D] fore this street- | [A] light |
| [Em]... Watching the | [G] snow fall on this |
| [D] Co- | [A] old December
Like Intro
| [D] Night | [D] | [Em] | [C] |

Instrumental Solo (over Verse progression)
| [G]   | [G]   | [D] | [D] |
| [Em] | [Em] | [C] | [C] |
| [G]   | [G]   | [D] | [D] |
| [Em] | [Em] | [C] | [G] |
| [A]   | [A]   | [A] | [A] |

Chorus
| [Em]... Hey, | [G] hey I guess it | [D] hasn't hit me | [A] yet |
| [Em]... I fell through | [G] this crack and I | [D] kinda lost my | [A] head |
| [Em]... I stand trans- | [G] fixed be- | [D] fore this street- | [A] light |
| [Em]... Watching the | [G] snow fall on this | [D] Cold December | [A] night |
| [Em]... And out in the | [G] middle of Lake On- | [D] ta-r-i-
| [A] o | [A] | [A] | [A] |

| [Em]... The same snow is | [G] falling |
| [Em]... On the deep silent | [G] water |
| [Em]... The great dark | [G] wonder |
| [Em]... Into the | [D] waves of my | [A] heart | [A] |
| [Em]... Into the | [D] waves of my | [A] heart | [A] of my |
Like Intro
| [D] heart | [D] | [Em] | [C] |
| [D]       | [D] | [Em↓] | [C↓] [G↓] | [D↓]


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Mr. Bojangles
Jerry Jeff Walker (1968)
:G7sus4:

3/4 | d - D - D - |
      1   2   3

Intro
| [C]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Am7]   | [Cmaj7]   |
| [C]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Am7]   | [Cmaj7]

I | [C] knew a man Bo- | [Cmaj7] jangles and he'd | [Am7] dance for you | [Cmaj7]... |
| [F]... In | [F] worn out | [G7] shoes | [G7]...
With | [C] silver hair, a | [Cmaj7] ragged shirt and | [Am7] baggy pants | [Cmaj7]... |
| [F]... The | [F] old soft | [G7] shoe | [G7]... |
| [F]... He | [F] jumped so | [C] high, | [E7] jumped so | [Am] high | [Am7].... |
| [D7] Then he | [D7] lightly touched | [G7] down | [G7sus4] | [G7] | [G7] |

Chorus
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]   |   
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]   |
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]   |
| [C] dance | [Cmaj7]   | [Am7]   | [Cmaj7]

I | [C] met him in a | [Cmaj7] cell in New Or- | [Am7] leans I was | [Cmaj7]... |
| [F]... | [F] Down and | [G7] out | [G7]...
He | [C] looked to me to | [Cmaj7] be, the | [Am7] eyes of age | [Cmaj7] |
| [F]... As he | [F] spoke right | [G7] out | [G7] |
| [F]... He | [F] talked of | [C] life, | [E7] talked of | [Am] life | [Am7] |
| [D7]... He | [D7] laughed, slapped his leg and | [G7] stepped | [G7sus4] | [G7] | [G7]

He | [C] said his name "Bo- | [Cmaj7] jangles" and he | [Am7] danced a lick | [Cmaj7] |
| [F]... A- | [F] cross the | [G7] cell | [G7]
He | [C] grabbed his pants and | [Cmaj7] spread his stance
Oh he | [Am7] jumped so high | [Cmaj7] |
| [F]... He | [F] clicked his | [G7] heels | [G7] |
| [F]... He | [F] let go a | [C] laugh, | [E7] let go a | [Am] laugh | [Am7] |
| [D7] And shook | [D7] back his clothes all a- | [G7] round | [G7sus4] | [G7] | [G7] |

Chorus
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]   |   
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]   |
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]   |
| [C] dance | [Cmaj7]   | [Am7]   | [Cmaj7]

Instrumental
| [C] | [Cmaj7] | [Am7] | [Cmaj7] |
| [F] | [F]     | [G7]   | [G7]     |   
| [C] | [Cmaj7] | [Am7] | [Cmaj7] |
| [F] | [F]     | [G7]   | [G7]     |
| [F] | [F]   | [C]   | [E7]     | [Am] | [Am7] |
| [D7] | [D7] | [G7] | [G7sus4] | [G7] | [G7]   |

He | [C] danced for those at | [Cmaj7] minstrel shows and | [Am7] county fairs | [Cmaj7] |
| [F] Through- | [F] out the | [G7] south | [G7]
He | [C] spoke through tears of | [Cmaj7] fifteen years how his | [Am7] dog and him | [Cmaj7] |
| [F]... | [F] Traveled a- | [G7] bout | [G7]   |
| [F]... The | [F] dog up and | [C] died, | [E7] he up and | [Am] died | [Am7] |
| [D7] And after twenty | [D7] years he still | [G7] grieves | [G7sus4] | [G7] | [G7]

He | [C] said “I dance now at | [Cmaj7] every chance in | [Am7] honky tonks | [Cmaj7] |
| [F]... For | [F] drinks and | [G7] tips | [G7]
But | [C] most the time I | [Cmaj7] spend behind these | [Am7] county bars | [Cmaj7] |
| [F]... 'Cuz I | [F] drinks a | [G7] bit” | [G7] |
| [F]... He | [F] shook his | [C] head, and | [E7] as he shook his | [Am] head | [Am7] |
| [D7] I heard | [D7] someone ask | [G7] please | [G7sus4] | [G7] | [G7] |

Chorus
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]     |   
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]     |
| [Am]   | [Am] Mr. Bo- | [G] jangles | [G]     |
| [C] dance | [Cmaj7]   | [Am7]   | [Cmaj7] | [C↓]
  


#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 5/04/18 JJ
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Reminds Me Of You
Van Morrison


Intro
| [G]   | [Bm]     | [C]   | [C]  
| [G]   | [D] [C] | [G]   | [G]  

I miss you [G] so much... [Bm] ...I can't [C] stand it, [C]  
Seems like my [G] heart... [Bm] ...is breaking in [D] two.   [D]  
My head says [G] no... [Bm] ... but my soul de- [C] mands it    [C]  
Everything I [G] do... [D]  ...re- [C] minds me of [G] you. [G]    

I miss you [G] so much... [Bm] ...in this house full of [C] shadows,     [C]  
While the rain keeps [G] pouring down... [Bm] ...my window, [D] too.   [D]  
When will the [G] pain... [Bm] ... recede to the [C] darkness,  [C]  
From whence it has [G] come?... [D] ...And I'm [C] feeling [G]so blue. [G]    

Bridge
Ain't goin' [C] down... [C] ...no more to the [Bm] well.... [Bm]    
Sometimes it [C] feels like [D] ...I'm going to [G] hell.   [G7]  
Sometimes I'm [C] knocking... [C] ...on your front [Bm] door,  [Bm]    
But I don't have [C] nothing... [D] ...to [C] sell, [G] no more.

Seems like the [G] spirit... [Bm] ...is pushing me [C] onwards,   [C]  
I'm able to [G] see... [Bm] ...where I tripped and went [D] wrong.    [D]  
I'll just have to [G] guess... [Bm] ...where my soul will find [C] comfort.  [C]  
And I miss you so [G] much... [D] ... when I'm [C] singing [G] my song.

Instrumental
| [G]   | [Bm]     | [C]   | [C]   |
| [G]   | [Bm]     | [D]   | [D]  
| [G]   | [Bm]     | [C]   | [C]  
| [G]   | [D] [C] | [G]   | [G]  

Bridge
Ain't goin' [C] down... [C] ...no more to the [Bm] well      [Bm]  
Sometimes it [C] seems... [D] ...I'm going to [G] hell.  [G7]  
You'll find I'm [C] knocking... [C] ...on your front [Bm] door, [Bm]  
But I don't have [C] nothing... [D] ...to [C] sell, n[G] o more.

Seems like the [G] spirit... [Bm] ...is pushing me [C] onwards,  [C]          
I'm able to [G] see where... [Bm] ...I tripped and went [D] wrong.   [D]  
I'll just have to [G] guess... [Bm] ...where my soul will find [C] comfort.  [C]  
And I miss you so [G] much... [D] ...when I'm [C] singing [G] my song.

I miss you [G] so much... [Bm] ...I can't [C] stand it, [C]  
Seems like my [G] heart... [Bm] ...is breaking in [D] two.   [D]  
My head says [G] no... [Bm] ... but my soul de- [C] mands it    [C]  
Everything I [G] do... [D]  ...re- [C] minds me of[G]   you. [G]    
Everything I [G] do... [D]  ...re- [C] minds me of[G]   you. [G]    
Everything I [G] do... [D]  ...re- [C] minds me of[G]   you. [G]    

Outro
| [C]   | [Cmaj7]   | [C6]   | [G]


#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 7/25/18 JJ
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