Songbook - September & October 2022 |
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| Africa Toto (1982) |
| After The Goldrush KD Lang (Neil Young, 1971) |
| Annie's Song John Denver (1974) |
| Dream A Little Dream Of Me The Mamas & The Papas (Andre, Schwandt, Kahn, 1931) |
| Handle With Care Travelling Wilburys (1988) |
| Here Comes The Sun The Beatles (George Harrison, 1969) |
| Space Oddity David Bowie (1969) |
| Universal Soldier Buffy Sainte-Marie (1964) |
Africa
Toto (1982)
4/4 | D - d u - u d u |
1 2 & 3 & 4 &
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [G] . I hear the drums | [Bm7] echoing to- | [Em7] night |
| [G] She hears only | [F] whispers of some |
| [Am] quiet conver- | [Em7] sa- | [F] tion | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] |
| [G] . She's coming | [Bm7] in, twelve thirty | [Em7] flight
The moon- | [G] lit wings re- | [F] flect the stars that |
| [Am] guide me towards sal- | [Em7] va- | [F] tion | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] |
| [G] . I stopped an | [Bm7] old man along the | [Em7] way |
| [G] Hoping to find some | [F] old forgotten |
| [Am] words or ancient | [Em7] melo- | [F] dies | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] |
| [G] He turned to | [Bm7] me as if to | [Em7] say |
| [G] Hurry boy, it's | [F] waiting there for you | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
Chorus
| [Dm] It's gonna take a | [Bb] lot to drag me a- | [F] way from | [C] you |
| [Dm] There's nothing that a | [Bb] hundred men or | [F] more could ever | [C] do |
| [Dm] I bless the | [Bb] rains down in | [F] Afri- | [C] ca |
| [Dm] Gonna take some | [Bb] time to do the | [F] things we never |
| [Am] Ha-a-a | [C] -ad | [Dm] [C↑] oo | [F] oo | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [G] . The wild dogs | [Bm7] cry out in the | [Em7] night
As | [G] they grow restless | [F] longing for some |
| [Am] solitary | [Em7] compa - | [F] ny | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] |
| [G] . I know that | [Bm7] I must do what's | [Em7] right
As sure as | [G] Kilimanjaro | [F] rises like
O- | [Am] lympus above the | [Em7] Serenge- | [F] ti | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] |
| [G] . I seek to | [Bm7] cure what's deep in- | [Em7] side |
| [G] Frightened of this | [F] thing that I've become | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
Chorus
| [Dm] It's gonna take a | [Bb] lot to drag me a- | [F] way from | [C] you |
| [Dm] There's nothing that a | [Bb] hundred men or | [F] more could ever | [C] do |
| [Dm] I bless the | [Bb] rains down in | [F] Afri- | [C] ca |
| [Dm] Gonna take some | [Bb] time to do the | [F] things we never |
| [Am] Ha-a-a | [C] -ad | [Dm] [C↑] oo | [F] oo | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
Instrumental
| [G] | [Bm7] | [Em7] | [G] |
| [F] | [Am] | [Em7] | [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] |
| [G] | [Bm7] | [Em7] |
| [G] Hurry boy, she's | [F] waiting there for you | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
Chorus
| [Dm] It's gonna take a | [Bb] lot to drag me a- | [F] way from | [C] you |
| [Dm] There's nothing that a | [Bb] hundred men or | [F] more could ever | [C] do |
| [Dm] I bless the | [Bb] rains down in | [F] Afri- | [C] ca |
| [Dm] I bless the | [Bb] rains down in | [F] Afri- | [C] ca |
| [Dm] I bless the | [Bb] rains down in | [F] Afri- | [C] ca |
| [Dm] I bless the | [Bb] rains down in | [F] Afri- | [C] ca |
| [Dm] I bless the | [Bb] rains down in | [F] Afri- | [C] ca |
| [Dm] Gonna take some | [Bb] time to do the | [F] things we never |
| [Am] Ha-a-a | [C] -ad | [Dm] [C↑] oo | [F] oo | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [F] | [F↓] [Em7↓] [Am↓]
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After The Goldrush
KD Lang (Neil Young, 1971)
Sparse
4/4 | D - - u D - D - |
1 & 3
Intro
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [C]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [C]
Well, I | [G] dreamed I saw the knights in | [C] armour coming,
Sayin' | [G] something about a | [C] queen.
There where | [G] peasants singin' and | [D] drummers drummin'
And the | [C] archer split the | [D] tree.
There was a | [Em] fanfare blowin' | [F] to the sun
that was | [C] floating on the | [F] breeze. | [F] |
| [G] Look at Mother Nature | [D] on the run
In the | [F] nineteen seven- | [C] ties. | [C]
I was | [G] lying in a burned out | [C] basement
With a | [G] full moon in my | [C] eye
I was | [G] hoping for re- | [D] placement
When the | [C] sun burst through the | [D] sky
There was a | [Em] band playing | [F] in my head
And I | [C] felt like getting | [F] high | [F]
I was | [G] thinking about what a | [D] friend had said
I was | [F] hoping it was a | [C] lie | [C] |
Instrumental
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [C] |
| [G] | [D] | [C] | [D] |
| [Em] | [F] | [C] | [F] | [F]
| [G] | [D] | [F] | [C] | [C]
| [C] Well I | [G] dreamed I saw the silver | [C] spaceship flying
In the | [G] yellow haze of the | [C] sun
There were | [G] children crying and | [D] colors flying
All a- | [C] round the chosen | [D] one
All in a | [Em] dream, all | [F] in a dream
The | [C] loading had be- | [F] gun | [F] |
| [G] Flying mother nature's | [D] silver seed
To a | [F] new home in the | [C] sun | [C] |
| [G] Flying mother nature's | [D] silver seed
To a | [F↓] new home... | [C↓]
#Soundslice Link Instrumental Solo Version
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Annie's Song
John Denver (1974)
Fingerpicking Strumming
|-----M---M---| 3/4 | D - d u d u |
|-------I---I-| 1 2 & 3 &
|-T-----------|
|-------------|
1 & 2 & 3 &
Intro
| [D] | [Dsus4] | [D] | [Dsus4] |
| [D] | [Dsus4] | [D]
You | [D] fill up my | [G] sen- | [A] ses | [Bm]
Like a | [G] night in the | [D] forest | [F#m] | [Bm]
Like the | [A] mountains in | [G] spring- | [F#m] time | [Em]
Like a | [G] walk in the | [A] rain | [Asus4] | [A]
Like a | [Asus4] storm in the | [G] de- | [A] sert | [Bm]
Like a | [G] sleepy blue | [D] ocean | [F#m] | [Bm]
You | [A] fill up my | [G] sen- | [F#m] ses | [Em]
Come | [A7] fill me | [D] again | [Dsus4] | [D] |
| [Dsus4] Come let me | [G] love | [A] you. | [Bm]
Let me | [G] give my life | [D] to you. | [F#m] | [Bm]
Let me | [A] drown in your | [G] laugh- | [F#m] ter. | [Em]
Let me | [G] die in your | [A] arms. | [Asus4] | [A]
Let me | [Asus4] lay down be- | [G] side | [A] you. | [Bm]
Let me | [G] always be | [D] with you. | [F#m] | [Bm] |
| [A] Come let me | [G] love | [F#m] you. | [Em]
Come | [A7] love me a- | [D] gain. | [Dsus4] | [D] |
Bridge (Hum melody)
| [Dsus4] | [G] | [A] | [Bm] |
| [G] | [D] | [F#m] | [Bm] |
| [A] | [G] | [F#m] | [Em] |
| [G] | [A] | [Asus4] | [A] |
| [Asus4] | [G] | [A] | [Bm]
(Let me | [G] give my life | [D] to you) | [F#m] | [Bm] |
| [A] (Come let me | [G] love | [F#m] you. | [Em]
Come | [A7] love me a- | [D] gain.) | [Dsus4] | [D]
You | [Dsus4] fill up my | [G] sen- | [A] ses | [Bm]
Like a | [G] night in the | [D] forest | [F#m] | [Bm]
Like the | [A] mountains in | [G] spring- | [F#m] time | [Em]
Like a | [G] walk in the | [A] rain | [Asus4] | [A]
Like a | [Asus4] storm in the | [G] de- | [A] sert | [Bm!]
Like a | sleepy blue | [D] ocean. | [F#m] | [Bm]
You | [A] fill up my | [G] sen- | [F#m] ses | [Em]
Come | [A7] fill me a- | [D] gain. | [Dsus4] |
| [D] | [Dsus4] | [D] | [Dsus4] | [D!]
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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
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Handle With Care
Travelling Wilburys (1988)
4/4 | D - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Connector Riff:
G D
A|-2---2-----0-2-3-|-5----
E|-3---------------|-2----
A|-2---------------|-2----
A|-0-----0---------|-2 ----
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 ...
| [D] [C] | [G][Riff] | [D] [C] | [G][Riff] |
| [D] Been beat [C] up and | [G][Riff] battered around |
| [D] Been set [C] up and I've | [G][Riff] been shut down |
| [C] You're the best thing that | [G] I've ever [Em] found |
| [C] Handle [D] me with | [G] care [G↓] |
| [D] Repu- [C] tations | [G][Riff] changeable |
| [D] Situ- [C] ations | [G][Riff] tolerable |
| [C] But baby you're a- | [G] dora- [Em] ble |
| [C] Handle me with | [D] care |
Pre-Chorus
| [G] I'm so [Gaug] tired of | [C] being [D] lonely |
| [G] I still [Gaug] have some | [C] love to [D] give |
| [G] Won't you [Gaug] show me | [C] that you [D] really | [G] care | [G]
Chorus
Every- | [C] body's got some- | body to | [G] lean | [G] on
Put your | [C] body, next to | mine... and | [D] dream | [D] on |
| [D] I've been fobbed [C] off and I've | [G][Riff] been fooled |
| [D] I've been [C] robbed and | [G][Riff] ridiculed |
In | [C] daycare centers and | [G] night [Em] schools |
| [C] Handle [D] me with | [G] care [G↓] |
Instrumental
| [D] [C] | [G][Riff] | [D] [C] | [G][Riff] |
| [D] Been stuck in [C] airports | [G][Riff] terrorized |
| [D] Sent to [C] meetings | [G][Riff] hypnotized |
| [C] Overexposed com- | [G] mercial- [Em] ized |
| [C] Handle me with | [D] care |
Pre-Chorus
| [G] I'm so [Gaug] tired of | [C] being [D] lonely |
| [G] I still [Gaug] have some | [C] love to [D] give |
| [G] Won't you [Gaug] show me | [C] that you [D] really | [G] care | [G↓]
Chorus
Every- | [C] body's got some- | body to | [G] lean | [G] on
Put your | [C] body, next to | mine... and | [D] dream | [D] on |
I've | [D] been up [C] tight and | [G][Riff] made a mess
But | [D] I'm cleaning [C] up my | [G][Riff] self I guess |
| [C] Oh the sweet | [G] smell of suc- [Em] cess |
| [C] Handle [D] me with | [G] care [G↓] |
Outro
| [D] [C] | [G][Riff] | [D] [C] | [G][Riff] |
| [C] | [G] [Em] | [C] [D] | [G] [G↓] |
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Here Comes The Sun
The Beatles (George Harrison, 1969)
:Riff :4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [G] | [G] | [Cmaj7] | [D] |
| [G] | [G] | [Cmaj7] | [D] |
[G] Here comes the sun, du, du, du, du,
[Cmaj7] Here comes the [A7] sun
And I say [G] it's alright [Riff 1] or [C↓] [G↓] [C↓] [G↓] [D↓↓]
[G] Little darling, it's been a [Cmaj7] long cold lonely [D] winter
[G] Little darling, it feels like [Cmaj7] years since it's been [D] here
[G] Here comes the sun, du, du, du, du,
[Cmaj7] Here comes the [A7] sun
And I say [G] it's alright [Riff 1] or [C↓] [G↓] [C↓] [G↓] [D↓↓]
[G] Little darling, the smile's re- [Cmaj7] turning to their [D] faces
[G] Little darling, it seems like [Cmaj7] years since it's been [D] here
[G] Here comes the sun, du, du, du, du
[Cmaj7] Here comes the [A7] sun
And I say [G] it's alright [Riff 1] or [C↓] [G↓] [C↓] [G↓] [D↓↓]
Bridge (can use Riff 2 instead of chords)
[Bb↓] Sun [F↓] sun [C↓] sun... here it [G↓↓] comes [D]
[Bb↓] Sun [F↓] sun [C↓] sun... here it [G↓↓] comes [D]
[Bb↓] Sun [F↓] sun [C↓] sun... here it [G↓↓] comes [D]
[Bb↓] Sun [F↓] sun [C↓] sun... here it [G↓↓] comes [D]
[Bb↓] Sun [F↓] sun [C↓] sun... here it [G↓↓] comes [D]
[G] Little darling, I feel the [Cmaj7] ice is slowly [D] melting
[G] Little darling, it seems like [Cmaj7] years since it's been [D] clear
[G] Here comes the sun, du, du, du, du
[Cmaj7] Here comes the [A7] sun
And I say [G] it's alright [Riff 1] or [C↓] [G↓] [C↓] [G↓] [D↓↓]
[G] Here comes the sun, du, du, du, du
[Cmaj7] Here comes the [A7] sun
And I say [G] it's alright [Riff 1] or [C↓] [G↓] [C↓] [G↓] [D↓↓]
Optional Riffs
#Soundslice Link Riffs
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Space Oddity
David Bowie (1969)
2 bar strumming pattern
4/4 | D - - - D - D U | - U - U D - D U |
1 2 3 4 & (1)&(2)& 3 4 &
1st Verse FP Chorus FP
|-M-------M-------| |-R-------R-------| |-------R-------R-|
|-I-------I-------| or |-M-------M-------| |-----M-------M---|
|-----T-------T---| |-----I-------I---| |---I-------I-----|
|-----------------| |-T-------T-------| |-T-------T-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [Fmaj7] | [Fmaj7] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [Fmaj7] | [Fmaj7] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [C] . Ground con- | trol to Major | [Em] Tom | [Em] |
| [C] . Ground con- | trol to Major | [Em] Tom | [Em] |
| [Am] . Take your | [Am7] protein pills and | [D7] put your helmet | on |
| [C] . Ground con- | trol to Major | [Em] Tom | [Em] |
| [C] . Commencing | countdown engines | [Em] on | [Em] |
| [Am] . Check i- | [Am7] gnition and may | [D7] God's love be with | [D7] you...
Raise barre chord D7 by semitones to 12th fret
| [C] This is ground con- | trol to Major | [E7] Tom
You've | [E7] really made the | [F] grade | [F]
And the | [Fm] papers want to | [C] know whose shirt you | [F] wear | [F]
Now it's | [Fm] time to leave the | [C] capsule if you | [F] dare | [F]
| [C] This is Major | Tom to ground con- | [E7] trol
I'm | [E7] stepping through the | [F] door | [F]
And I'm | [Fm] floating in a | [C] most peculiar | [F] way | [F]
And the | [Fm] stars look very | [C] different to- | [F] day | [F]
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For | [Fmaj7] here... | .. am I | [Em] sitting in a tin can | [Em] |
| [Fmaj7] Far... | .. above the | [Em] world | [Em] |
Strumming
| [Bb] Planet Earth is | [Am] blue and there's | [G] nothing I can | [F] do | [F] |
Instrumental
C F G A A
4/4 | D - - U - - D - | - - D - D - - - | 2x
1 2 & 3 & 4 1 2 3 4
| [Fmaj7] | [Fmaj7] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [A] | [A] | [C] | [C] |
| [D] | [D] | [E7] | [E7] |
| [C] Though I'm past one | hundred thousand | [E7] miles
I'm | [E7] feeling very | [F] still | [F]
And I | [Fm] think my spaceship | [C] knows which way to | [F] go | [F]
Tell my | [Fm] wife I love her | [C] very much she | [F] knows | [F]
Bridge
| [G] Ground control to | [E7] Major Tom
Your | [Am] circuit's dead, there's | [Am7] something wrong
Can you | [D7] hear me Major | Tom?
Can you | [C] hear me Major | Tom?
Can you | [G] hear me Major | Tom? Can you...
Chorus
Fingerpicking
| [Fmaj7] Here... | ..am I | [Em] floating 'round my tin can | [Em] |
| [Fmaj7] Far... | ..above the | [Em] Moon | [Em] |
| [Bb] Planet Earth is | [Am] blue and there's | [G] nothing I can | [F] do | [F] |
Instrumental Outro
C F G A A
4/4 | D - - U - - D - | - - D - D - - - | 2x
1 2 & 3 & 4 1 2 3 4
| [Fmaj7] | [Fmaj7] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [A] | [A] | [C] | [C] |
| [D] | [D] | [E7] | [E7] | [E7↓]
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Universal Soldier
Buffy Sainte-Marie (1964)
4/4 | D - d u d u d u |
1 2 & 3 & 4 &
| [C] | [D] | [G] | [Em] |
| [C] | [C] | [Am] | [D] | [D]
He's | [C] five feet two | [D] . and he's | [G] six feet | [Em] four
He | [C] fights with mis- | [D] siles and with | [G] spears | [G]
He's | [C] all of thirty- | [D] one and he's | [G] only seven- | [Em] teen
He's been a | [C] soldier for a | [C] thousand | [Am] years | [D]
He's a | [C] Catholic, a Hin- | [D] du, an | [G] atheist, a | [Em] Jain
A | [C] Buddhist and a | [D] Baptist and a | [G] Jew | [G]
And he | [C] knows he shouldn't | [D] kill and he | [G] knows he always | [Em] will
kill you for | [C] me my friend and | [C] me for | [Am] you | [D]
And he's | [C] fighting for | [D] Canada, he's | [G] fighting for | [Em] France
He's | [C] fighting for the | [D] US- | [G] A | [G]
And he's | [C] fighting for the | [D] Russians and he's | [G] fighting for Ja- | [Em] pan
And he | [C] thinks we'll put an | [C] end to war this | [Am] way | [D]
And he's | [C] fighting for de- | [D] mocracy he's | [G] fighting for the | [Em] reds
He | [C] says it's for the | [D] peace of | [G] all | [G]
He's the | [C] one who must de- | [D] cide who's to | [G] live and who's to | [Em] die
And he | [C] never sees the | [C] writing on the | [Am] walls | [D]
But with- | [C] out him how would | [D] Hitler have con- | [G] demned him at Da- | [Em] chau
With- | [C] out him Caesar | [D] would have stood a- | [G] lone | [G]
He's the | [C] one who gives his | [D] body as the | [G] weapon of the | [Em] war
And with- | [C] out him all this | [C] killing can't go | [Am] on | [D]
He's the | [C] universal | [D] soldier and he | [G] really is to | [Em] blame
But his | [C] orders come from | [D] far away no | [G] more | [G]
They come from | [C] him and you and | [D] me and | [G] brothers can't you | [Em] see
This is | [C] not the way we | [C] put an end to | [Am] war | [Am!]
#Capo on 1st fret to play along with Buffy.
#Capo on 4th fret to play along with Donovan.
#Last Updated 9/26/22 JJ
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