Songbook - March & April 2023 |
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| Dust In The Wind Kansas (Kerry Livgren, 1977) |
| Hey Soul Sister Train (2009) |
| Once In A Very Blue Moon Nanci Griffith (1984) |
| Still The One Orleans (Johanna & John Hall, 1976) |
| Tennessee Waltz Patti Page (Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King, 1946) |
| There's A Kind Of Hush Hermans' Hermits (Geoff Stephens and Les Reed, 1966) |
| When I Go Away Levon Helm (Larry Campbell) |
| Wildflowers Tom Petty (1994) |
Dust In the Wind
Kansas (Kerry Livgren, 1977)
Fingerpicking Pattern
A |--X--------------X-------|
E |-----------X-------------|
C |--------X-----------X----|
G |--X-----------X----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Chords for Intro
_____C Cmaj7 Cadd9 C Am Amadd9 Am6 Am
A |--3--|--2--|--5--|--3--||--3--|--2--|--5--|--3--||
E |--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--||--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--||
C |--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--||--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--||
G |--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--||--2--|--2--|--2--|--2--||
Intro
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] [G↓] |
I [C] close [G] my [Am] eyes [Am] ...
[G] Only for a [Dm] moment and a [Am] moment's gone [Am] ...
[C] All [G] my [Am] dreams [Am] ...
[G] pass before my [Dm] eyes a curi- [Am] osity [Am] ...
Chorus
[D] ...Du...[G] ust in the [Am] wind [Am] ...
[D] All we are is [G] dust in the [Am] wind [Am↓] [G↓]
[C] Same [G] old [Am] song [Am] ...
[G] Just a drop of [Dm] water in the [Am] endless sea [Am] ...
[C] All [G] we [Am] do [Am] ...
[G] crumbles to the [Dm] ground though we re- [Am] fuse to see [Am] ...
Chorus
[D] ...Du...[G] ust in the [Am] wind [Am] ...
[D] All we are is [G] dust in the [Am] wind [Am] ...
Solo (continues from Chorus)
... ... ... ... | [G] | [G] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [G] | [G] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [G] | [G] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Am] | [Am] |
Like Intro
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] [G↓] |
[C] Don't [G] hang [Am] on [Am] ...
[G] Nothing lasts for- [Dm] ever but the [Am] earth and sky [Am] ...
It [C] slips [G] a- [Am] way [Am] ...
and [G] all your money [Dm] won't another [Am] minute buy [Am] ...
Chorus
[D] ...Du...[G] ust in the [Am] wind [Am] ...
[D] All we are is [G] dust in the [Am] wind [Am] ...
[D] ...Du...[G] ust in the [Am] wind [Am] ...
[D] Everything is [G] dust in the [Am] wind [Am] ... [Am↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 6/25/19 JJ
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Hey Soul Sister
Train (2009)
4/4 | D - d u d u d u |
1 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [F] .... | .. Hey- | [C] ay, | Hey-ay-AY-ay- | [Dm] ay, | Hey-ay-AY-ay- | [Bb] ay | [Bb]
Your | [F] lipstick | stains | [C] .. on the | front lobe of my | [Dm] left side | brains | [Bb]
I | [Bb] knew I wouldn't for- | [F] get you, and | so I went and | [C] let you | blow my | [Dm] mind | [Dm] | [Bb] | [C]
Your | [F] sweet moon- | beam | [C] . the smell of | you in every | [Dm] single | dream I | [Bb] dream
I | [Bb] knew when we col- | [F] lided you're the | one I have de- | [C] cided who's | one of my | [Dm] kind | [Dm] | [Bb] | [C]
Chorus
| [Bb] Hey soul | sister | [C] ain't that Mister | [F] Mister [C] on the | [Bb] radio | [Bb] stereo
The | [C] way you move ain't | [F] fair you [C] know |
| [Bb] Hey soul | sister | [C] I don't want to | [F] miss a [C] single | [Bb] thing you | do | [C] | [C!]
Interlude
| [F] .... | .. Hey- | [C] ay, | Hey-ay-AY-ay- | [Dm] ay, | Hey-ay-AY-ay- | [Bb] ay | [Bb] |
| [F] Just in | ti-i-i-ime | [C] .. I'm so | glad you have a | [Dm] one track | mind like | [Bb] me
You | [Bb] gave my life di- | [F] rection, a | game show love con- | [C] nection, we | can't deny- | [Dm] i- | i- | [Bb] -i | [C] -i-i-i
I'm | [F] so ob- | sessed | [C] . my heart is | bound to beat right | [Dm] out my | untrimmed | [Bb] chest
| [Bb] I believe in | [F] you, like a | virgin you're | [C] Madonna and I'm | always gonna | [Dm] wanna | blow your | [Bb] mind | [C]
Chorus
| [Bb] Hey soul | sister | [C] ain't that Mister | [F] Mister [C] on the | [Bb] radio | [Bb] stereo
The | [C] way you move ain't | [F] fair you [C] know |
| [Bb] Hey soul | sister | [C] I don't want to | [F] miss a [C] single | [Bb] thing you | [Bb] do | [C] .... | [C] .. (to-
Bridge
| [F] -night) The way you can | cut a rug |
| [C] Watching you's the | only drug I |
| [Dm] need, You're so gangster | I'm so thug
You're the | [Bb] only one I'm | dreaming of you | [F] see
I can be my- | [F] self now final- | [C] ly
In fact there's | [C] nothing I can't | [Dm] be
I want the | [Dm] world to see you | [Bb] be with | [C] me |
Chorus
| [Bb] Hey soul | sister | [C] ain't that Mister | [F] Mister [C] on the | [Bb] radio | stereo
The | [C] way you move ain't | [F] fair you [C] know |
| [Bb] Hey soul | sister | [C] I don't want to | [F] miss a [C] single | [Bb] thing you | do to- | [C] night | [C] |
| [Bb] Hey soul | sister | [C] I don't want to | [F] miss a [C] single | [Bb] thing you | do | [C] .... | [C] .. to-
Outro
| [F] night | .. Hey- | [C] ay, | Hey-ay-AY-ay- | [Dm] ay, | Hey-ay-AY-ay- | [Bb] ay | [C] .. to-
| [F] night | .. Hey- | [C] ay, | Hey-ay-AY-ay- | [Dm] ay, | Hey-ay-AY-ay- | [Bb] ay | [C!] .. to- | [F!] night
#Original in key of E - this chart in F. Raise by semitone.
#Last Updated 11/04/23 JJ
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Once In A Very Blue Moon
Nanci Griffith (1984)
2 beat chords
|----------M-------------| |----------M-
|----I-----------I-----I-| |----I-------
|-T-----------------T----| |-T----------
|-------T----------------| |-------T----
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 &
Intro
| [Bb] [C] | [F] |
| [F] . I found your [C] letter in my | [Bb] mailbox today |
| [F] You were just che- [C] ckin' if | [Bb] I was okay [C] .. |
| [F] . And if I [C] miss you well you | [Bb] know what they say
Chorus
Just | [Bb] once [C] . in a | [F↓] very [C↓] blue [Dm] moon
Just | [Bb] once in a [C] very blue | [F] moon
Just | [Bb] once [C] . in a | [A] very blue [Dm] moon
And I | [Bb] feel one [C] comin' on | [F] soon |
| [F] . No need to [C] tell me you'd | [Bb] like to be friends
And | [F] help me get [C] back on my | [Bb] feet a- [C] gain |
| [F] . And if I [C] miss you? Well it's | [Bb] just now and then
Chorus
Just | [Bb] once [C] . in a | [F↓] very [C↓] blue [Dm] moon
Just | [Bb] once in a [C] very blue | [F] moon
Just | [Bb] once [C] . in a | [A] very blue [Dm] moon
And I | [Bb] feel one [C] comin' on | [F] soon | [F]
Bridge
There's a | [Bb] blue moon | [Am↓] shin- [Dm↑] in'
When | [Bb] I am re- [C] minded
Of | [Bb↓] all we've [C↓] been [F] through
Such a | [Bb] blue moon | [Am↓] shi- [Dm↑] nin'
Does it | [Bb] ever shine [Gm] down on | [C] you? |
| [F] . You act as [C] if it never | [Bb] hurt you at all
Like | [F] I'm the only [C] one who's gettin' | [Bb] up from a [C] fall |
| [F] . Don't you re- [C] member, | [Bb] can't you recall
Chorus
Just | [Bb] once [C] . in a | [F↓] very [C↓] blue [Dm] moon
Just | [Bb] once in a [C] very blue | [F] moon
Just | [Bb] once [C] . in a | [A] very blue [Dm] moon
And I | [Bb] feel one [C] comin' on | [F] soon
Just | [Bb] once in a [C] very blue | [F] moon [F↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 17/04/23 JJ
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Still The One
Orleans (Johanna & John Hall, 1976)
Wimpy Strong Use 'Shuffle' Chords on beats 2 & 4
4/4 | d u D u d u D u | for chords C, F, and perhaps even G
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] We've been to- | gether since way back | when | [C]
Sometimes | [C] I | never want to see | you again | [C]
But I | [F] want you to know, | ... after | [G] all these years | [G]
| [F] You're still the one | . I want | [G] whisperin' in my | ear
Chorus
You're | [C] still the one I want to | [F] talk to in bed |
| [Am] Still the one that | [D] turns my head |
| [F] We're still having fun, | [G] and you're still the | [C] one | [C]
I | [C] looked at your | face every | day | [C]
But I | [C] never | saw it 'til I went a- | way | [C]
When | [F] winter came, | ... I just | [G] wanted to go | (wanted to go)
| [F] Deep in the | desert, I | [G] longed for the | snow
Chorus
You're | [C] still the one that | [F] makes me laugh |
| [Am] Still the one that's my | [D] better half |
| [F] We're still having fun, | [G] and you're still the | [C] one | [C]
You're | [C] still the one that | [F] makes me strong |
| [Am] Still the one I want to | [D] take along |
| [F] We're still having fun, | [G] and you're still the | [C] one | [C] |
Solo
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [F] | [F] | [G] | [G] |
| [F] | [F] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] | [F] | [Am] | [D] |
| [F] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
Bridge (Half Time Feel)
| [C] Chan- | [C] ging, our | [D] love is going | [D] gold |
| [Bb] Even though we grow | [Am] old, it grows | [G] new | [G]
Chorus
You're | [C] still the one that I | [F] love to touch |
| [Am] Still the one and I | [D] can't get enough |
| [F] We're still having fun, | [G] and you're still the | [C] one | [C]
Acapella Chorus (Muted Strumming)
You're | [C] still the one who can | [F] scratch my itch
| [Am] Still the one and | [D] I wouldn't switch
| [F] We're still having fun, | [G] and you're still the | [C] one | [C]
| [F↓] You | [G↓] are | [C] still the one that | [F] makes me shout |
| [Am] Still the one that I | [D] dream about |
| [F] We're still having fun, | [G] and you're still the | [C] one | [C]
You are | [C] still the one | [F]
You are | [Am] still the one | [D] |
| [F] We're still having fun, | [G] and you're still the | [C] one |
Outro (Half Time Feel like Bridge)
| [C] | [C] | [D] | [D]
| [Bb] | [Am] [G] | [C↓]
#Capo on 4th fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 27/03/23 JJ
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The Tennessee Waltz
Patti Page (Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King, 1946)
Slow Waltz
3/4 | d - D - D - |
1 2 3
| [G] | [D7] | [G] | [G]
I was | [G] dancing with my | darlin' to the | [G7] Tennessee | [C] Waltz
When an | [G] old friend I | happened to | [D7] see | [D7]
I intro- | [G] duced him to my | darlin' and | [G7] while they were | [C] dancing
My | [G] friend stole my | [D7] sweetheart from | [G] me | [G]
Chorus
I re- | [G] member the | [B7] night and the | [C] Tennessee | [G] Waltz
'Cause I | [G] know just how | much I have | [D7] lost | [D7]
Yes I | [G] lost my little | darlin' the | [G7] night they were | [C] playing
The | [G] beautiful | [D7] Tennessee | [G] Waltz | [G] |
Instrumental
| [G] | [G] | [G7] | [C] |
| [G] | [G] | [D7] | [D7] |
| [G] | [G] | [G7] | [C] |
| [G] | [D7] | [G] | [G]
Chorus
I re- | [G] member the | [B7] night and the | [C] Tennessee [G] Waltz
'Cause I | [G] know just how | much I have | [D7] lost | [D7]
Yes I | [G] lost my little | darlin' the | [G7] night they were | [C] playing
The | [G] beautiful | [D7] Tennessee | [G] Waltz | [G]
She comes | [G] dancing through the | darkness to the | [G7] Tennessee | [C] Waltz
And I | [G] feel like I'm | falling a- | [D7] part | [D7]
And it's | [G] stronger than | drink, and it's | [G7] deeper than | [C] sorrow
This | [G] darkness she's | [D7] left in my | [G] heart | [G]
Chorus
I re- | [G] member the | [B7] night and the | [C] Tennessee | [G] Waltz
'Cause I | [G] know just how | much I have | [D7] lost | [D7]
Yes I | [G] lost my little | darlin' the | [G7] night they were | [C] playing
The | [G] beautiful | [D7] Tennessee | [G] Waltz | [C]
The | [G] beautiful | [D7] Tennessee | [G] Waltz | [G↓]
#Patti Page's version is in Key of F. This chart in key of G.
#Last Updated 04/03/23 JJ
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There's A Kind Of Hush
Hermans' Hermits (Geoff Stephens and Les Reed, 1966)
4/4 | D---D-duDud-D-du | | D - - - D - d u | D u d - d - D u |
1 2 &a3e& 4 &a 1 2 3 4 & 1 & 2 3 4 &
There's a | [C] kind of hush | [E7] all over the | [Am] world, to- | [C7] night
All over the | [F] world, you can hear the | [G7] sounds, of lovers in | [C] love
You | [G] know what I mean
Just the | [C] two of us | [E7] and nobody | [Am] else, in | [C7] sight
There's nobody | [F] else, and I'm feeling | [G7] good
Just holdin' you | [C] tight | [C7]
So | [F] listen very | [Dm] carefully |
| [Fmaj7] Closer now and | [Dm] you will see what I | [C] mean | [C]
It isn't a | [C7] dream | [C7]
The | [F] only sound that | [Dm] you will hear
Is | [Fmaj7] when I whisper | [Dm] in your ear, I love | [G] you |
| [G] For ever and | [G] ever | [Gaug]
There's a | [C] kind of hush | [E7] all over the | [Am] world, to- | [C7] night
All over the | [F] world, people just like | [G7] us, falling in | [C] love | [G7]
La | [C] la la la- la- la | [E7] laaa, la- la | [Am] la la la- la- la | [C7] laaa
La- la- la- la | [F] laaa, la-la-la-la | [G7] la la, la-la-la-la | [C] la laaa | [C7]
So | [F] listen very | [Dm] carefully |
| [Fmaj7] Closer now and | [Dm] you will see what I | [C] mean | [C]
It isn't a | [C7] dream | [C7]
The | [F] only sound that | [Dm] you will hear
Is | [Fmaj7] when I whisper | [Dm] in your ear, I love | [G] you | [G]
For ever and | [G] ever | [Gaug]
There's a | [C] kind of hush | [E7] all over the | [Am] world, to- | [C7] night
All over the | [F] world, people just like | [G7] us, are fallin' in | [C] love |
| [G7] Yeah, they're fallin' in | [C] love | [G7] they're fallin' in | [C] love | [G7] | [C↓]
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#Last Updated 20/03/23 JJ
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When I Go Away
Levon Helm (Larry Campbell)
Riff |-------------------0--3--| Strum | D - D u - u d u |
|-------------0--3--------| 1 2 & & 4 &
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Riff] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
[Riff] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
Early in the | [Am] morning, | ...when the church bells | toll.... |
| [Am] ...The choir's gonna | sing, | ...and the hearse will | [G] roll... |
| [G] ... On down to the | [Am] graveyard, | ...where it's cold and | gray... |
| [Am] ...And then the | [C] sun's gonna shine through the |
| [G] shadows when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am↓]
Don't want no | [Am] sorrow, | ...for this old orphan | boy... |
| [Am] ...I don't want no | crying, | ...only tears of | [G] joy... |
| [G] ...I'm gonna see my | [Am] mother, | ...gonna see my | father... |
| [Am] ...And I'll be | [C] bound for glory in the |
| [G] morning when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am] |
Chorus
| [G] I'll be lifted up to the | clouds on the wings of | [Am] angels | [Am]
There's | [G] only flesh and bones in the | ground where my troubles will | [E7] stay |
| [E7] ...See that storm over | [Am] yonder, | ...it's gonna rain all | day... |
| [Am] ...But then the | [C] sun's gonna shine through the |
| [G] shadows when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
Bridge
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trouble
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | crying
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trials
(I'm going) | [Am] Home to leave my | worries in the graveyard
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trouble
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | crying
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trials
(I'm going) | [Am] Home to leave my | worries in the graveyard |
| [Am] Home to leave my | troubles in the graveyard
| [Am] Home to leave my | [Am↓] trials
And I'll be | [C] bound for glory in the |
| [G] morning when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am] | [Am] |
| [Am] . All my kin who | love me, | ... all my friends who | care... |
| [Am] . Look beyond the | dark clouds | ...we're gonna meet up | [E7] there |
| [E7] . When they lay me in the | [Am] cold ground, | . bow your heads and | pray | [Am]
And I'll be | [C] bound for glory in the | [G] morning when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
And then the | [C] sun's gonna shine through the | [G] shadows when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
Bridge
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trouble
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | crying
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trials
(I'm going) | [Am] Home to leave my | worries in the graveyard
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trouble
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | crying
(I'm going | [Am] home) No more | trials
(I'm going) | [Am] Home to leave my | worries in the graveyard |
| [Am] Home to leave my | troubles in the graveyard
| [Am] Home to leave my | [Am↓] trials
And I'll be | [C] bound for glory in the | [G] morning when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
And then the | [C] sun's gonna shine through the | [G] shadows when [D] I go a- | [Am] way | [Am]
Ah when I go a- | [Am] way | [Am] .. when I go a- | way (When I go a- | [Am] way)
When I go a- | [Am] way (When I go a- | way) When I go a- | [Am↓] way
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Wildflowers
Tom Petty (1994)
4/4 | D - d u d u d u | Hammer-on chord to 1st beat
1 2 & 3 & 4 &
| [Bb] | [F] | [C] | [F] |
| [Bb] | [F] | [C] | [F] |
| [Bb] .. You be- | [F] long a- | [C] mong the wild- | [F] flowers |
| [Bb] .. You be- | [F] long in a | [C] boat out at | [F] sea |
| [Bb] .. Sail a- | [F] way, | [C] kill off the | [F] hours |
| [Bb] .. You be- | [F] long some- | [C] where you feel | [F] free |
| [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [Bb] .. Run a- | [F] way, | [C] find you a | [F] lover |
| [Bb] .. Go a- | [F] way, somewhere | [C] all bright and | [Csus4] new |
| [Bb] .. I have | [F] seen | [C] no | [F] other |
| [Bb] .. who com- | [F] pa-- | [C] ares with | [F] you |
| [Bb] .. You be- | [F] long a- | [C] mong the wild- | [F] flowers |
| [Bb] .. You be- | [F] long in a | [C] boat out at | [C] sea |
| [Bb] .. You be- | [F] long with your | [C] love on your | [F] arm |
| [Bb] .. You be- | [F] long somewhere | [C] . you feel | [F] free | [F] |
| [Bb] [F] | [C] | [F] [C] | [Dm] |
| [Bb] [F] | [C] | [F] [C] | [Dm] |
| [Bb] | [Bb] | [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [Bb] .. Run a- | [F] way, | [C] go find a | [F] lover |
| [Bb] .. Run a- | [F] way, let your | [C] heart be your | [F] guide |
| [Bb] .. You de- | [F] serve the | [C] deepest of | [F] cover |
| [Bb] .. You be- | [F] long in that | [C] home by and | [F] by |
| [Bb] .. You be- | [F] long a- | [C] mong the wild- | [F] flowers |
| [Bb] .. You be- | [F] long some- | [C] where close to | [Csus4] me |
| [Bb] .. Far a- | [F] way from your | [C] trouble and | [F] worry |
| [Bb] .. You be- | [F] long somewhere | [C] you feel | [F] free |
| [Bb] .. You be- | [F] long somewhere | [C] you feel | [F] free |
| [F] | [F] | [F!]
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#Last Updated 13/03/23 JJ
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