Bring It On Home To Me by Sam Cooke
Hey Bartender There's a Bug In My Beer
Key to the Highway by Bill Broonzy
Physical by Olivia Newton John
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (The Christmas Song)
Crazy Fingers by the Grateful Dead
Whipping Post by the Allman Brothers
Boys are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy
Dancing in the Moonlight by Thin Lizzy
I'm Your Captain by Grand Funk Railroad
Happiness is a Warm Gun by The Beatles
Putting on the Ritz by Irving Berlin
Let Me Go by Nouvelle Vague / Heaven 17
Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye
If I Was a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof
Ain't That a Kick in the Head by Dean Martin
Conjunction Junction by School House Rock
I'm Just a Bill by School House Rock
Unpack Your Adjectives by Schoolhouse Rock
Lolly Lolly Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here by Schoolhouse Rock
Let 'Em In (Someone's Knocking On My Door) by Paul McCartney
Song Sung Blue by Neal Diamond
Whatever Lola Wants by Sarah Vaughn
You Do Something To Me by Cole Porter
September by Earth Wind & Fire
I'm Burning For You by Blue Oyster Cult
It Was a Very Good Year by Frank Sinatra
Science Fiction Double Feature from Rocky Horror
There's a Light (Over At the Frankenstein Place) from Rocky Horror
Sweet Transvestite from Rocky Horror
The Sword of Damocles from Rocky Horror
I Can Make You a Man from Rocky Horror
Hot Patootie Bless My Soul from Rocky Horror
Toucha Touch Me from Rocky Horror
G D7 G G7 (or 9) C [C#dim]
If you ever change your mind.. about leaving, leaving me behind...
G E7 A7
Oh, oh, bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin'..
D7 G C G D7 (or D+)
bring it on home to me..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'll give you jewelry and money too..that ain't all, that ain't all I'd do for you..
If you'd bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin'..
bring it on home to me..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know I'll always, be your slave..til I'm buried, buried in my grave.
Oh, please bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin'..
bring it on home to me..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[optional]
I try to treat you right, but you stayed out, stayed out every night.. [but I forgive you]
Bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin'..
bring it on home to me..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I know I laughed when you left..but now I know I only hurt myself..
Oh, yeah, bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin'..
bring it on home to me..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Or in C:
C G7 [to C and back] C C7 (or 9) F
If you ever change your mind.. about leaving, leaving me behind..
[Fm6 or F#dim] C A7 [or Am7?] D7 [or F]
Oh, oh, bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin'..
G7 C F C G7
bring it on home to me..yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
C [altern bass G] C7 [or 9]
Well, hey bartender there's a big bug in my beer
F Fm C C7
Hey bartender there's a big bug in my beer
F Fm6
One eye red, and the other one green
C C/B A/Bb * A7 (Can slide C7 bar down)
The biggest old bug that I ever seen
D7 G7 C
Hey bartender there's a big bug in my beer
Well, hey bartender there's one thing I want you to know
Hey bartender there's one thing I want you to know
Every time I go to take a sip
Big old bug try to bite my lip
Hey bartender there's a big bug in my beer
[or: You better tell that old bug he better leave my beer alone.]
Well hey bartender, theres a big bug in my beer
Hey bartender, theres a big bug in my beer
One eye is red, the other one is blue
The big ol bug drinkin all my brew
Hey bartender, there`s a big bug in my beer
Well hey bartender, he drinkin up all the foam
Hey bartender, he drinkin up all the foam
You better tell the olbug, you better leave my beer alone
E B7
I got the key to the highway
A A#dim
And I'm booked out and bound to go
E
I'm gonna leave here runnin'
B7 E [turnaround]
'Cause walkin' is much too slow
E B7
I'm goin down, down on the border
A A#dim
Now where I'm better known
A C#7
'Cause woman you don't do nothin'
F#7 B7 E [turnaround]
But drive a good man away from home
Now when the moon creeps over the mountain
I'll be on my way
Now I'm gonna walk this old highway
Until the break of day
[Titty]
So come here, sweet mama
Now and help me with this heavy load
I am due in West Texas
And I've got to get on the road
I'm goin' to West Texas
I'm goin' down behind the sun
I'm gonna ask the good Lord
What evil have I done
[Titty]
D Bm7
I could while away the hours,
Em7 A7
conferrin' with the flowers
D D7
Consultin' with the rain.
G Em7
And my head I'd be scratchin' while
A7 [A#dim]
my thoughts were busy hatchin'
D Em7 A7
If I only had a brain.
D Bm7
I'd unravel every riddle
Em7 A7
for any individ'le,
D D7
In trouble or in pain.
G Em7
With the thoughts I'd be thinkin'
A7 [A#dim]
I could be another Lincoln
D D7
If I only had a brain.
Bridge:
G G#dim D [or F#m7 B]
Oh, I -- could tell you why
Em7 A7 D
the ocean's near the shore,
C#m7 F#7 Bm7
I could think of things I'd never thunk before,
E7 A A7
And then I'd sit and think some more.
D Bm7
I would not be just a nothing
Em7 A7
my head all full of stuffin'
D D7
My heart all full of pain.
G Em7
I would dance and be merry,
A7 [A#dim]
life would be a ding-a-derry,
D Em7 A7
If I only had a brain.
In F: (from Youtube vid)
C#dim x4535x
Intro:
F / A7 / Dm7 / C7
F Dm7
I could while away the hours,
Gm7 C7
conferrin' with the flowers
F F7 (sounds nice C7 shape)
Consultin' with the rain.
Bb Gm7
And my head I'd be scratchin' while
C7 C#dim
my thoughts were busy hatchin'
Dm7 C7
If I only had a brain.
F Dm7
I'd unravel any riddle
Gm7 C7
for any individ'le,
F F7
In trouble or in pain.
Bb Gm7
With the thoughts I'd be thinkin'
C7
I could be another Lincoln
F F7
If I only had a brain.
Bridge:
Bb G#dim (4x343x) Am7 D7/F#
Oh, I -- could tell you why
Gm7 C7 F
the ocean's near the shore,
Em7 A7 Dm7
I could think of things I'd never thunk before,
G7 C C7
And then I'd sit and think some more.
F Dm7
I would not be just a nuffin'
Gm7 C7
my head all full of stuffin'
F F7
My heart all full of pain.
Bb Gm7
And perhaps I'd deserve you,
C7 C#dim
and be even worthy of you,
Dm7
If I only had a brain
Just lyrics:
I could while away the hours,
conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain.
And my head I'd be scratchin' while
my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.
I'd unravel every riddle
for any individ'le,
In trouble or in pain.
With the thoughts I'd be thinkin'
I could be another Lincoln
If I only had a brain.
Oh, I could tell you why
The ocean's near the shore.
I could think of things I never thunk before.
And then I'd sit, and think some more.
I would not be just a nothin, my head all full of stuffin'
My heart all full of pain.
I would dance and be merry,
life would be a ding-a-derry,
If I only had a brain.
Other Wizard of Oz stuff:
Somewhere over the rainbow (capo 1 for movie key, nice to capo higher)
Verse1:
(Barre) Am D
I'm saying all the things that I know you'll like
Am D
Makin' good conversation
Am D B7
I gotta handle you just right,
Em D E D
You know what I mean
I took you to an intimate restaurant
Then to a suggestive movie
There's nothin' left to talk about
Unless it's horizontally
Chorus:
C5 D5 C5 D5 C5
Let's get physical, physical,
C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5
I wanna get physical, let's get into physical
Em5 D5 Em5 D5
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk,
Em5 D5 Em5 D5
Let me hear your body talk
Verse3:
I've been patient, I've been good
Tried to keep my hands on the table
It's gettin' hard this holdin' back
If you know what I mean
I'm sure you'll understand my point of view
We know each other mentally
You gotta know that you're bringin' out
The animal in me
[Chorus]
[Titty]
[Chorus]
Let's get animal, animal, I wanna get animal,
let's get into animal
Let me hear your body talk, let me hear your body talk...
C Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 (Em7 Dm7)
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
C Gm7 / C7 Fmaj7 A#9
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
C A#9 Am7 B7 [or F#m7 / F7]
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
Emaj7 Bb9 D#maj7 G7
And folks dressed up like Eskimos...... everybody
C Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 (Em7 Dm7)
knows a turkey and some mistletoe
C Gm7 / [C7] Fmaj7 A#9
Help to make the season bright
C Bb9 Am7 B7
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Em7 D#maj7 Dm7 C#maj7 C
[or C Am7 Dm7 G7 C]
Will find it hard to sleep to.... night
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
They know that Santa's on his way
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
Fm7 A#9 D#maj7
And every mother's child is gonna spy
D7 [Dm7] G7
To see if reindeer really know how to fly
C Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 (Em7 Dm7)
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
C Gm7 / C7 Fmaj7 A#9
To kids from one to ninety-two
C Fm6 Am7 B7
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7 C
Merry Christmas........... to.. you
A E
Hello Muddah, hello Faddah
E7 A
Here I am at camp Grenada
C#7 D
Camp is very entertaining
A E7 A
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining
A E
I went hiking with Joe Spivey
E7 A
He developed poison ivy
C#7 D
You remember Leonard Skinner
A E7 A
He got ptomaine poisoning / last night after dinner
A E
All the counselors hate the waiters
E7 A
And the lake has alligators
C#7 D
And the head coach wants no sissies
A E7 A
So he reads to us from something called Ulysses
A E
Now I don't want this should scare ya'
E7 A
But my bunkmate has malaria
C#7 D
You remember Jeffery Hardy
A E7 A
They're about to organize a searching party
Am Dm
Take me home, oh Muddah, Faddah
Am Dm
Take me home, I hate Grenada
Am C F
Don't leave me out in the forest where
E7
I might get eaten by a bear
Am Dm
Take me home, I promise I will
Am Dm
Not make noise, or mess the house with
Am C F
Other boys, oh please don't make me stay
E7
I've been here one whole day
A E
Dearest Fadduh, Darling Muddah
E7 A
How's my precious little bruddah
C#7 D
Let me come home if you miss me
A E7 A
I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me
A E
Wait a minute, it's stopped hailing
E7 A
Guys are swimming, guys are sailing
C#7 D
Playing baseball, gee that's bettah
A E7 A
Muddah, Faddah kindly disregard this letter
D C G
Your rain falls like crazy fingers
Bb F Fm Gsus4 G
Peals of fragile thunder keeping time
Bb Bbm Ebmaj7 Cm G Gsus4 G
Recall the days that still are to come. / Some sing blue.
D C G
Hang your heart on laughing willow
Bb F Fm Gsus4 G
Stray down to the water, deep sea of love
Bb Bbm Ebmaj7 Cm G Gsus4 G [bass g-f-g]
Beneath the cool calm face of the sea / swift undertow.
Chorus:
Fm Eaug Ab Eb
Life may be sweeter for this, I don't know,
Fm Ab Eb Cm G7
See how it feels in the end.
Ab Adim7 Ebmaj7
May Lady Lullaby sing plainly for you
Dmaj7 Dbmaj7 Db7 Dbmaj7 Gsus4 G
Soft, strong, sweet and true.
D C G
Cloud hands reaching from a rainbow
Bb F Fm Gsus4 G
Tapping at the window, touch your hair
Bb Bbm Ebmaj7 Cm G Gsus4 G
So swift and bright strange figures of light float in air.
D C G
Who can stop what must arrive now?
Bb F Fm Gsus4 G
Something new is waiting to be born
Bb Bbm Ebmaj7 Cm G Gsus4 G
Dark as the night you're still by my side shine inside .
Fm Eaug Ab Eb
Gone are the days we stopped to decide
Fm [Eaug] Ab Eb Cm G7
Where we should go, we just ride.
Ab Adim7 Ebmaj7
Gone are the broken eyes we saw through in dreams
Dmaj7 Dbmaj7 Db7 Dbmaj7 Gsus4 G
Gone, both dream and lie.
Fm Eaug Ab Eb
Life may be sweeter for this, I don't know,
Fm Ab Eb Cm G7
Feels like it might be all right,
Ab Adim7 Ebmaj7
While Lady Lullaby sings plainly through you
Dmaj7 Dbmaj7 Db7 Dbmaj7 Gsus4 G
Love still rings true.
D C G
Midnight on a carousel ride
Bb F Fm Gsus4 G
Reaching for the gold ring down inside
Bb Bbm Ebmaj7 Cm G Gsus4 G
Never could reach it, just slips away but I try.
Am Am(on 2nd fret) A(on 5th fret) Am(on 2nd fret) Am
I've been run down, and I've been lied to,
And I don't know why / I let that mean woman make me a fool.
She took all my money, wrecked my new car,
Now she's with one of my good time buddies
Drinkin in some cross town bar
CHORUS:
D E7 [bass: E0 E2 E4]
Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel,
A D C
Like I've been tied to the whippin' post
A D C
Tied to the whippin' post,
A D C
Tied to the whippin' post,
C Tacet
Good lord I feel like I'm dying.
My friends tell me / that I've been such a fool,
And I have to stand by and take if, baby / all for loving you.
Drown myself in sorrow / and I look at what you've done,
But nothing seems to change, / the bad times stay the same
And I can't go on
CHORUS
Intro (chorus pattern with kazoo, da diddle dee dee)
A / A / Bm / D barre C# barre Bm / ||
A C#m7/G#
Guess who just got back today
D F#m C#m7
Them wild-eyed boys that had been away
F#m
Haven't changed hadn't much to say
Bm7 D/E [or E?]
But man, I still think them cats are crazy
A C#m7/G#
They were askin' if you were around
D F#m C#m7
How you was, where you could be found
F#m
Told 'em you were livin' downtown
Bm7 D/E [or E?]
Drivin' all the old men crazy
A Bm D
The boys are back in town (The boys are back in town)
A Bm D
I said The boys are back in town (The boys are back in town again)
Titty fill:
A / Bm7 / D/E C#m7
A C#m7/G#
You know that chick that used to dance a lot
D F#m C#m7
Every night she'd be on the floor, shakin' what she got
F#m
When I say she was cool she was red hot
Bm7 D/E [or E?]
I mean, she was steamin'
A C#m7/G#
And that time over at Johnny's place,
D F#m C#m7
Well, this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face
F#m
Man, we just fell about the place
Bm7 D/E [or E?]
If that chick don't want to know, forget her
[chorus]
A C#m7/G#
Friday night they'll be dressed to kill
D F#m C#m7
Down at Dino's Bar 'n' Grill
F#m
The drink will flow and the blood will spill
Bm7 D/E [or E?]
And if the boys want to fight, you better let 'em
A C#m7/G#
That jukebox in the corner blastin' out my favorite song
D F#m C#m7
The nights are getting longer, it won't be long
F#m
Won't be long till the summer comes
Bm7 D/E [or E?]
Now that the boys are here again
[chorus]
Pattern the whole song: Fm7 / A#7 / D# A#/D / Cm7
Fm7 played on 8th fret. Everything up high.
Fm7 A#7
We get it on most every night
D# A#/D Cm7
when that moon is big and bright
Fm7 A#7
its a supernatural delight
D# A#/D Cm7
everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Fill: Fm7 A#7 D# A#/D Cm7
Fm A#
everybody here is out of sight
D# A#/D Cm
they dont bark and they dont bite
Fm A#
they keep things loose they keep it tight
D# A#/D Cm
everybodys dancing in the moonlight
Fm A#
dancing in the moonlight
D# A#/D Cm
everybodys feeling warm and bright
Fm A#
its such a fine and natural sight
D# A#/D Cm
everybodys dancing in the moonlight
Fill: Fm A# D# A#/D Cm
Fm A#
we like our fun and we never fight
D# A#/D Cm
you cant dance and stay uptight
Fm A#
its a supernatural delight
D# A#/D Cm
everybody was dancing in the moonlight
Fm A#
dancing in the moonlight
D# A#/D Cm
everybodys feeling warm and bright
Fm A#
its such a fine and natural sight
D# A#/D Cm
everybodys dancing in the moonlight
Fill: Fm A# D# A#/D Cm
Fm A#
We get it on most every night
D# A#/D Cm
when that moon is big and bright
Fm A#
its a supernatural delight
D# A#/D Cm
everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Fm A#
dancing in the moonlight
D# A#/D Cm
everybodys feeling warm and bright
Fm A#
its such a fine and natural sight
D# A#/D Cm
everybodys dancing in the moonlight
Just lyrics:
We get it almost every night
When that moon is big and bright
It's a supernatural delight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Everybody here is out of sight
They don't bark and they don't bite
They keep things loose, they keep 'em tight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Chorus:
Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
We like our fun and we never fight
You can't dance and stay uptight
It's a supernatural delight
Everybody was dancing in the moonlight
Chorus:
Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
We get in almost every night
And when that moon is big and bright
It's a supernatural delight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Chorus [x4]
Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
D / C9 (x32030)
VERSE #1:
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
-bo- dy, lis-ten to me and re-turn me my
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
ship I'm your cap- tain, I'm your cap- tain, though I'm
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
feel- ing migh-ty sick I've been
VERSE #2: 9 M Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
lost now, days un-count- ed It's been months since I've seen
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
home Can you hear me? Can you hear me, or
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
am I all a-lone If you re-
VERSE #3: 16 M Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
-turn me to my home port, I will kiss you, moth- er
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
earth Take me back now, take me back, now, to the
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
port of my birth
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
BRIDGE: 28 M
------ *** KEY = 'F' -
V
|D |D |D |D |Dm |A# |
Am I in my ca- bin dream- ing,
|Dm |A# |Dm |
or are you real- ly schem- ing to take my
|A# |F |A7 |Dm |
ship a- way from me? You'd bet- ter
|A# |Dm |A# |
think a-bout it I just can't live with-out it,
|Dm |A# |F |A7 |
so please don't take my ship from me Yeah, yeah,
RE-INTRO: 10 M ** KEY = 'D' (Play last 10 Measures of 'INTRO') -
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|D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |D |Ca9 |
yeah
** Play 'VERSE' TAB -
|D Ds2 D Ca9 |D Ds2 D Ca9 |
I can
VERSE #4: 9 M Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
feel the hand of a stran- ger, and it's tight- 'ning 'round my
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
throat Hea-ven, help me, hea-ven, help me Take this
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
stran- ger from my boat I'm your
VERSE #5: 9 M Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap- tain, I'm your cap- tain, though I'm
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
feel- in' might- y sick Ev-'ry-bo- dy, lis-ten
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
to me, and re-turn me my ship I'm your
REFRAIN: 8 M Play 'VERSE' TAB -
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|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap- tain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm your
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap- tain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm your
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap- tain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm your
|D Ca9 |D Ca9 |
cap- tain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Just Gmaj7 / A the whole time, ignore chords. Album key is F, but G is nicer.
Now here you go again
You say you want your freedom
Well who am I to keep you down?
It's only right that you should play the way you feel it
But listen carefully to the sound
Of your loneliness, like a heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost
And what you had
And what you lost
CHORUS:
Oh thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Say, women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean you'll know
You'll know
2nd Verse:
Now here I go again
I see you crystal visions
I keep my visions to myself
It's only me who wants to wrap around you dreams and,
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell
Dreams of loneliness like a heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost
And what you had
Ooh and what you lost
repeat chorus twice:
You'll know
You will know
D G Bm A (x4)
D G Bm A
God, I feel like hell tonight
Tears of rage I cannot fight
I'd be the last / to help you understand
A re you strong enough to be my man?
D G Bm A
(My man)
D G Bm A (x2)
D G Bm A
Nothing's true and nothing's right
So let me be alone tonight
You can't change the way I am
Are you strong enough to be my man?
Chorus:
Em D G A
Lie to me I
Bm C G A
promise I'll be-lieve
Em D G A
Lie to me but
Bm C G A
Please don't leave
D / G / Bm / A
(don't leave)
D G Bm A
I have a face I cannot show
I make the rules up as I go
Just try and love me if you can
Are you man enough to be my man?
D G Bm A
[Are you strong enough] (to be my man)
[are you strong enough] (to be my man)
[Are you strong enough] (to be my man)
[Chorus]
D G Bm A
When I've shown you that I just don't care
When I'm throwing punches in the air
When I'm broken down and I can't stand
Will you be man enough to be my man?
Chorus:
Em D G A
Lie to me I
Bm C G A
promise I'll be-lieve
Em D G A
Lie to me but
Bm C G A
Please don't leave
(Clean this up!)
1234 1 +234 1 +234 1 +2 +34 1 + 2+34
|Gm* |F Dm |F Dm |C Bb Gm |Gm* |F Dm |F Dm |C Bb C |Gm |Gm |Gm |Gm |
VERSE #1: [8 M]
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|Gm |D7 |D7 |
Ra- ven hair and ru- by lips, sparks fly from her fin-
|C Bb Gm |Gm |D7 |
-ger tips Ech-oed voic-es in the night, She's a
|D7 |C Bb Gm |
rest- less spir- it on an end-less flight
CHORUS #1: [12 M]
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|Gm |D7 |D7 |C Bb Gm |
Woo- hoo, witch-y wo- man, see how high she flies
|Gm |D7 |D7 |C Bb Gm |
Woo- hoo, witch-y wo- man, she got the moon in her eyes
1 2 3 4 1 +234 1 + 2 +3+ 4 + 1+ 2 +3+4+
|Bb Gm |F D |F D C D C Bb C| Bb F* Gm |
She
VERSE #2: [8 M]
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|Gm |D7 |D7 |
held me spell- bound in the night, danc- in' sha- dows and
|C Bb Gm |Gm |D7 |
fire- light Cra- zy laugh- ter in an-oth-er room, and she
|D7 |C Bb Gm |
drove her-self to mad-ness, with a sil- ver spoon
CHORUS #2: [16 M]
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|Gm |D7 |D7 |C Bb Gm |
Woo- hoo, witch-y wo- man, see how high she flies
|Gm |D7 |D7 C |
Woo- hoo, witch-y wo- man, she got the moon in her eyes
1 + 2 +3 4 1 2 3 4 1 +2 3 4 1 +2+3+4+ 1 + 2+ 3 4
| Bb F* Gm |Bb Gm |F D |F D C D F|D C Bb Gm |
1 2 3 4 1 +2 3 4 1 +2+3+4+ 1 + 2+ 3 4
|Bb Gm |F D |F D C D F|D C Bb Gm |
INTERLUDE #1: [8 M]
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|Gm |Gm |C Bb |Gm |Gm |Gm |Bb C |Gm |
REFRAIN: [8 M]
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1 +2 +3 4
|Gm |Dm7 |D7 |C Bb Gm |
Ah, ah
[Ah, ah ]
|Gm |Dm7 |D7 |C Bb Gm |
Ah, ah
[Ah, ah ]
INTERLUDE #2: [8 M]
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1 2 3 4 1 +2 3 4 1 +2 3 4 1 +2 +3 4
|Bb Gm |F D |F D |C Bb Gm |
1 + 2+3+ 4 +
|Bb Gm |F D |F D |C Bb C |
Well I know
VERSE #3: [8 M]
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|Gm |Gm |
you wan-na love her, but let me tell you, bro-ther, she's been
|Cm Bb Gm | |Gm |
sleep-in' in the dev- il's bed And there's some ru-mors go-in' 'round,
|Gm |Bb C |
some-one's un-der-ground She can rock you in the night un-til your
|Gm |
skin turns red
CHORUS #3: [14 M] 'CODA' -
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1 +2 +3 4
|Gm |D7 |D7 |C Bb Gm |
Woo- hoo, witch-y wo- man, see how high she flies
1 + 2 +3 4
|Gm |D7 |D7 C | Bb F* Gm |
Woo- hoo, witch-y wo- man, she got the moon in her eyes
1 + 2 +3+ 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 4 1 + 2 +3+ 4 + 1 2 3 4
|F D C D C Bb C| Bb F* Gm |F D C D C Bb C| Bb F*|Gm |Gm
G D
Making your way in the world today
G D
takes everything youve got;
G D
Taking a break from all your worries
G D
sure would help a lot.
F E Am
Wouldnt you like to get away?
G D
All those nights when youve got no lights,
G D
the check is in the mail;
G D G D
And your little angel hung / the cat up by its tail;
F E Am D
And your third fiance didnt show;
Chorus:
D G
Sometimes you want to go
F C D
Where everybody knows your name,
G F C D
And theyre always glad you came;
Bm C
You want to be where people know
Bm C
troubles are all the same;
Bm C D G
You want to be where everybody knows your name.
G D
Roll out of bed, Mr. Coffees dead;
G D
the mornings looking bright;
G D G D
And your shrink ran off to Europe, and didnt even write;
F E Am D
And your husband wants to be a girl;
[Chorus]
VERSE 1:
Am7 Am6 Em9 Em
She's not a girl who misses much,
Am7 Am6 Em9 Em
Do do do do do do do do, oh yeah.
Dm6 (XX0201)
She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand,
Am*
Like a lizard on a window pane.
Dm6
The man in the crowd with the multicoloured mirrors,
Am*
On his hobnail boots.
Dm6
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy,
Am*
Working overtime.
Dm6
A soap impression of his wife which he ate,
Am*
And donated to the National Trust.
Bridge:
|A7 |A7 |C |Am |
A7
I need a fix cos I'm going down,
A7
Down to the bits that I left uptown.
C Am
I need a fix cos I'm going down
CHORUS: (2X)
A7 C
Mother Superior jump the gun,
A7 G7
Mother Superior jump the gun.
VERSE 2: (bass walk up)
C Am F G
Happiness is a warm gun (Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot,
Happiness is a warm gun, mama (Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot).
When I hold you in my arms (Oo-oo oh yeah),
And I feel my finger on your trigger (Oo-oo oh yeah).
I know no one can do me no harm (Oo-oo oh yeah),
Because happiness is a warm gun, mama (Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot).
Happiness is a warm gun. Yes it is (Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot),
Fm NC C Am F G
Happiness is a warm'. Yes it is, gun (Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot).
(Em7 on 7th fret, descending hit the road pattern)
Em7 7th fret Em7/D Em7/C (or C7) B7
Em7 Em7/D C7 B7 (repeat pattern)
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Am7 B7 (repeat pattern)
Why don't you go where fashion sits,
Puttin' on the ritz.
[pattern]
Different types who wear a daycoat, / pants with stripes
Am7 B7 (repeat pattern)
With cut away, perfect fits,
Puttin' on the ritz.
Am7 [D7]
Dressed up like a million dollar trouper
G7 C7 B7
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper)
[pattern]
Come let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks
Am7 B7
Or umbrellas in their mitts
Puttin' on the Ritz
Am7 [D7]
Tips his hat just like an English chappie
G7 C7 B7
To a lady with a wealthy pappy (very snappy)
[pattern]
You'll declare it's simply topping to be there
Am7 B7
And hear them swapping smart tidbits
Puttin' on the ritz!
Bbmaj7 Gm7sus Gm7
Once there was a day
Ebmaj7/Bb
We were together all the way
Bbm* Ab7 (*nice as 668666)
An endless path unbroken
Bbmaj7 Gm7sus Gm7
But now there is a time
Ebmaj7/Bb
A torture less sublime
Bbm* Ab7 (*nice as 668666)
Our souls are locked and frozen
Chorus (can play as 88-10-888 / 668666):
Fm7/C Ebm7/Bb
Let me go
Fm7/C Ebm7/Bb Ab7
Let me go
Bbmaj7 Gm7sus Gm7
I tried but could not bring
Ebmaj7/Bb
The best of everything
Bbm Ab7
Too breathless then to wonder
Bbmaj7 Gm7sus Gm7
I died a thousand times
Ebmaj7/Bb
Found guilty of no crime
Bbm Ab7
Now everything is thunder
(Da da da da da dah da da, etc over a verse)
[skipped bridge]
Bbmaj7 Gm7sus Gm7
The best years of our lives
Ebmaj7/Bb
The hope of it survives
Bbm Ab7
The facts of life unspoken
Bbmaj7 Gm7sus Gm7
The only game in town
Ebmaj7/Bb
I'll turn the last card down
Bbm Ab7
And now the bank is broken
Just lyrics:
Once there was a day
We were together all the way
An endless path unbroken
But now there is a time
A torture less sublime
Our souls are locked and frozen
Let me go
Let me go
I tried but could not bring
The best of everything
Too breathless then to wonder
I died a thousand times
Found guilty of no crime
Now everything is thunder
The best years of our lives
The hope of it survives
The facts of life unspoken
The only game in town
I'll turn the last card down
And now the bank is broken
Found guilty of no crime
They were the best years of our lives
I'll turn the last card down
Intro:
Dm G, Dm G Dm (x5)
Verse 1:
Dm [G] Dm
Ooh, I bet you're wonderin' how I knew,
A7 G7
'Bout your plans to make me blue.
Dm [G] Dm
With some other guy you knew be-fore,
A7 G7
Between two of us guys, you know I loved you more.
Bridge 1:
Bm7 G7
It took me by sur-prise, I must say,
Dm G7
When I found out yester-day. Don't you know that;
Chorus 1:
Dm G7 Dm
I heard it through the grape-vine;
G
Not much longer, would you be mine.
Dm G7 Dm
Oh, I heard it through the grape-vine;
G7 Dm
Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, yeah.
Break (can do Dm with alternating bass to A):
Dm
(I heard it through the grapevine,
G Dm G Dm
Not much longer would you be my baby).
Verse 2:
Dm [G] Dm
I know a man ain't sup-posed to cry,
A7 G7
But these tears, I can't hold in-side.
Dm [G] Dm
Losing you, would end my life, you see,
A7 G7
'Cos you mean that much to me.
Bridge 2:
Bm7 G7
You could have told me your-self,
Dm G7
That you loved someone else.
Chorus 2:
Dm G7 Dm
Instead, I heard it through the grape-vine;
G
Not much longer would you be mine.
Dm G7 Dm
Oh, I heard it through the grape-vine;
G7 Dm
Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, yeah.
Break (can do Dm with alternating bass to A):
Dm
(I heard it through the grapevine,
G Dm G Dm
Not much longer would you be my baby).
Verse 3:
Dm G7 Dm
People say; believe half of what you see,
A7 G7
Son, and none of what you hear.
Dm
But I can't help, but be confused,
A7 G7
If it's true, please tell me, dear.
Bridge 3:
Bm7 G7
Do you plan to let me go,
Dm G7
For the other guy you loved be-fore?
Chorus 3:
Dm G7 Dm
I heard it through the grape-vine;
G
Not much longer, would you be mine.
Dm G7 Dm
Oh, I heard it through the grape-vine;
G7 Dm
Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, yeah.
Break (can do Dm with alternating bass to A):
Dm
(I heard it through the grapevine,
G Dm G Dm
Not much longer would you be my baby).
Dm C Am
Where are you going, where are you going?
Can you take me with you?
For my hand is cold and needs warmth
Dm
Where are you going?
C D
Far beyond where the horizon lies
C
Where the horizon lies
D
And the land sinks into mellow blueness
Cadd9 D
Oh please take me with you
C D
Let me skip the road with you
I can dare myself (I can dare myself)
I'll put a pebble in my shoe
And watch me walk, I can walk and walk (I can walk)
Dm C Am Dm
I shall call the pebble Dare (I shall call the pebble Dare)
We will talk (we will talk) together about walking
Dare shall be carried and when we both have had enough
I will take him from my shoe, singing, "Meet your new road"
Then I'll take your hand, finally glad (finally glad) that you are here (that you are here)
By my side (by my side)
By my side (by my side)
By my side (by my side)
By my side (by my side)
Day by Day from Godspell
3/4 time. Count in slow.
Fmaj7 Gm Fmaj7 Gm
Day by day, day by day,
Bbmaj7 Am G
oh, dear Lord, three things I pray:
Em7 A7
To see Thee more clearly,
Em7 A7
love Thee more dearly,
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
follow Thee more nearly, day by day.
Turn Back Oh Man from Godspell
[incomplete]
Gm Gm/F Gm/E (0x5333) Ebmaj7
Turn back, O man
Gm A7 D
Forswear thy foolish ways
G7 Ab7
Old now is earth
Cm6 D7
And none may count her days Da da da da da
Gm Gm/F Gm/E (0x5333) Ebmaj7
Yet thou, her child
Gm A7 D
Whose head is crowned with flames
G7 Ab7
Still will not hear
Thine inner God proclaims
Turn back, O man (is your seat comfortable sir?)
Turn back, O man (mmm, I like that)
Turn back, O man (can you take it?)
Forswear thy foolish ways
(See ya later I'm going to the front of the thee-AY-ter)
Earth might be fair
And all men glad and wise
Age after age their tragic empires rise
Built while they dream
And in that dreaming weep
Would man but wake
From out his haunted sleep
Turn back, O man...(i'll say it again)
Turn back, O man... (can you see from where you're sittin'?)
Turn back, O man... (hiya big boy)
Forswear thy foolish ways
[JESUS]
Earth shall be fair
And all her people one
Not till that hour
Shall God's whole will be done
Now, even now
Once more from earth to sky
Peels forth in joy
Man's old undaunted cry
Earth shall be fair
And all her people one
[GIBBON]
C'mere Jesus, I got something to show ya!
[CHORUS]
Turn back, oh man
Forswear thy foolish ways!
Old now is earth
And none may count her days
Yet thou, her child
Whose head is crowned with flames
Still will not hear
Thine inner God proclaims
Turn back, oh man
Turn back, oh man
Turn back, oh man
Forswear thy foolish ways!
[GIBBON]
Play it honey!
[Chorus:]
C
If I were a rich man,
Bb C
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
Fm or Fm6 Cm
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
F#dim (xx1212) or D7/F# G
If I were a wealthy man
C
Wouldn't have to work hard
Bb C
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
Fm Cm F#dim G7 C
If I were a biddy biddy rich / deedle didle deedle daidle man
[Verse 1:]
Riff = D2 D3 D5
[riff] Fm A#7
I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozens
D#maj7 C7
Right in the middle of the town
Fm G7 C C7
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
[riff] Fm A#7
There could be one long staircase just going up
D#maj7 C7
And one even longer coming down
Fm F#dim G7
And one more leading nowhere just for show.
[riff] Fm A#7
I'd fill my yards with chicks and turkeys and geese
D#maj7 C7
And ducks for the town to see and hear
Fm G7 C C7
Squawking just as noisly as they can
[riff] Fm Fm6 (or A#7)
And each loud "cheep" and "swaqwk" and "honk" or "quack"
Cm A7
Would land like a trumpet on the ear
Fm F#dim G7
As if to say "here lives a wealthy man"
[Chorus:]
C
If I were a rich man,
Bb C
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
Fm or Fm6 Cm
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
F#dim (xx1212) or D7 G
If I were a wealthy man
C
Wouldn't have to work hard
Bb C
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
Fm Cm F#dim G7 C
If I were a biddy biddy rich / deedle didle deedle daidle man
[Verse 2:]
[riff] Fm A#7 (or Fm6)
I'd see my wife, my golden, looking like a rich man's
D#maj7 C7
wife with a proper double chin.
Fm G7 C C7
Supervising meals to her heart's delight.
Fm A#7 (or Fm6)
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock.
Cm A7
Oh, what a happy mood she's in.
Fm F#dim G7
Screaming at the servants, day and night.
Bridge (fast strum) [altered a lot, can skip it]
Fm Fm6
The most important men in town,
Cm
would come to fawn on me!
D7 G
They would ask me to advise them,
D7 G
Posing problems I'd advice them
Fm
And it won't make / one bit of difference
Fm6 (or A#7) Cm
if I answer right or wrong.
Fm F#dim G7
When you're rich, they think you really know!
[Ending Chorus:]
C
If I were a rich man,
Bb C
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
Fm or Fm6 Cm
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
F#dim (xx1212) G
If I were a wealthy man
C
Wouldn't have to work hard
Bb C
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
[Ending:]
Fm6 Cm
Lord who made the lion and the lamb,
Fm6 Cm
You decreed I should be what I am.
Fm6 Cm Cm/Bb G#
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan?
Adim (5x434x) G7 Cm6
If I were a wealthy man
Verse 1:
D6 (10th fret)
How lucky can one guy be?
Dmaj7 (5th fret)
I kissed her and she kissed me
Like a fella once said
D#dim A7
"Ain't that a kick in the head?"
Em7
The room was completely black,
Em6 (12th fret)
I hugged her and she hugged back
A7
Like a sailor said quote,
A#dim Dmaj7
"Ain't that a hole in the boat?"
F#7
My head keeps spinnin',
Bm
I go to sleep and keep grinnin'
E7
If this is just the beginnin'...
A7 A7+
My life is gonna be.. beauti-ful
+ Dmaj7
I've sunshine enough to spread,
B7
It's just like the fella said
E7 A7sus Dmaj7 A7+
Tell me quick, ain't love a kick in the head?"
[repeat whole song with some lines omitted]
D6 (10th fret)
Dmaj7 (5th fret)
Like a fella once said
D#dim A7
"Ain't that a kick in the head?"
Em7
Em6 (12th fret)
A7
Like a sailor said quote,
A#dim Dmaj7
"Ain't that a hole in the boat?"
F#7
My head keeps spinnin',
Bm
I go to sleep and keep grinnin'
E7
If this is just the beginnin'...
A7 A7+
My life is gonna be.. beauti-ful
Dmaj7
She's tellin' me we'll be wed.....
B7
she's picked out a king sized bed
E7 A7 Fm7-5 B7
I couldn't feel any better / or I'll be sick
E7 Gm6
Tell me quick........ain't love a kick
E7 A7sus Dmaj7 D beatles
Tell me quick, ain't that a kick in the head.
Again, with more notes:
Intro: (over this part of the verse starting with "I've sunshine enough to spread")
Verse 1:
D6 C#6 alternate (10th fret)
How lucky can one guy be?
Dmaj7 C#maj7 alternate (5th fret)
I kissed her and she kissed me
Like a fella once said
D#dim A7 [whats that rising chord prog?]
"Ain't that a kick in the head?"
** Em7 Ebm7 alternate (7th fret) (can do B+ on "black")
The room was completely black,
Em6 Ebm6 (12th fret)
I hugged her and she hugged back
A7
Like a sailor said quote,
A#dim (or A#+) Dmaj7 alternate
"Ain't that a hole in the boat?"
F#7
My head keeps spinnin',
Bm
I go to sleep and keep grinnin'
E7
If this is just the beginnin'...
A7 A7+
My life is gonna be.. beauti-ful
+ Dmaj7 / C#maj7 alternate
I've sunshine enough to spread,
B7 / A#7 alternate
It's just like the fella said
E7 A7sus Dmaj7 / C#maj7 A7+
Tell me quick, ain't love a kick in the head?"
[repeat whole song with some lines omitted]
D6 C#6 alternate (10th fret)
Dmaj7 C#maj7 alternate (5th fret)
Like a fella once said
D#dim A7
"Ain't that a kick in the head?"
** Em7 Ebm7 alternate (7th fret) (can do B+ on "black")
Em6 Ebm6 (12th fret)
A7
Like a sailor said quote,
A#dim (or A#+) Dmaj7 alternate
"Ain't that a hole in the boat?"
F#7
My head keeps spinnin',
Bm
I go to sleep and keep grinnin'
E7
If this is just the beginnin'...
A7 A7+
My life is gonna be.. beauti-ful
Dmaj7 / C#maj7 alternate
She's tellin' me we'll be wed.....
B7 / A#7 alternate
she's picked out a king sized bed
E7 A7 Fm7-5 B7
I couldn't feel any better / or I'll be sick
E7 Gm6
Tell me quick........ain't love a kick
E7 A7sus Dmaj7 (alternate) D beatles
Tell me quick, ain't that a kick in the head.
Just lyrics:
How lucky can one guy be? I kissed her and she kissed me
Like a fella once said "Ain't that a kick in the head?"
The room was completely black, I hugged her and she hugged back
Like a sailor said quote, "Ain't that a hole in the boat?"
My head keeps spinnin', I go to sleep and keep grinnin'
If this is just the beginnin'... My life is gonna be.. beauti-ful
I've sunshine enough to spread, It's just like the fella said
Tell me quick, ain't love a kick in the head?"
Like a fella once said, "Ain't that a kick in the head?"
Like a sailor said quote, "Ain't that a hole in the boat?"
My head keeps spinnin', I go to sleep and keep grinnin'
If this is just the beginnin'... My life is gonna be.. beauti-ful
She's tellin' me we'll be wed..... she's picked out a king sized bed
I couldn't feel any better / or I'll be sick
Tell me quick........ain't love a kick
Tell me quick, ain't that a kick in the head.
Riff: G chord (D0 D2 D4) / Gm (3x0333) D0 D2 D3
Verse 1:
G Gm
Such a night, it's such a night,
D F#7 Bm D9
Sweet confusion, under the moonlight.
Verse 2:
G Gm
Such a night, it's such a night,
D F#7 Bm D9
To steal away; the time is right.
Verse 3 [can skip]:
G Gm
Your eyes caught mine, and, at a glance,
D F#7 Bm D9
You let me know, that this was my chance.
Bridge 1:
G
And you came here with my best friend, Jim,
A7 (n.C)
And here I am, trying to steal you away from him. Oh...
Chorus 1:
D G D G
But if I don't do it, you know some-body else will,
D G D G
If I don't do it, you know some-body else will.
D G D G
If I don't do it, you know some-body else will,
D G D G
If I don't do it, you know some-body else will.
Verse 4 [verse 1 repeated]:
G Gm
And it's, such a night, such a night,
D F#7 Bm D9
Sweet confusion, under the moonlight.
Verse 5 [verse 2 repeated]:
G Gm
It's such a night, such a night,
D F#7 Bm D9
To steal away; the time is right.
Verse 6 [can skip]:
G
Yet I couldn't believe my ears,
Gm
And my heart just skipped a beat,
D
When you told me,
F#7 Bm D9
To take you walkin' down the street.
Bridge 2:
G
Oh yeah, you came here with my best friend, Jim;
A7 (n.C)
Here I am, and stealin' you away from him. Oh...
Chorus 2:
D G D G
But if I don't do it, you know some-body else will,
D G D G
If I don't do it, you know some-body else will.
D G D G
If I don't do it, you know some-body else will,
D G D G
If I don't do it, you know some-body else will.
Coda:
G Gm, D F#7 Bm D9
'Cos it's such a night.
G Gm, D F#7 Bm D9
(Repeat to Fade)
Intro [B3] [E0] G Em7 / Am7 D9
G7* = 3rd fret with pinky
Am7** (maybe C sounds better?)
For the Bbdim might be better as Gdim?
Lots of sliding of those 7th chords
G (or G7) G7* C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G Bbdim (or Gdim) Am7** D7
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
G G7* C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
G Bbdim Am7 D7
I got three favorite cars, that get most of my job done.
G G7* C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
G Bbdim Am7 D7
I got "and", "but", and "or", they'll get you pretty far.
G7 G7*
"And"...thats an additive, like "this AND that".
C9 C9/G (alternating bass)
"But"...thats sort of the opposite, "Not this BUT that".
Bb7
And then theres "or": O-R, when you have a choice like "this OR that."
D7
"And," "but," and "or," get you pretty far!
G G7* C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G Bbdim Am7 D7
Hooking up / two boxcars and making 'em run right.
G G7 C Eb7
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice, hey that's nice!
G G7 C Eb7
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching, losing your shoe and a button or two.
G G7 C Eb7
He's poor but honest, sad but true, Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
G G7* C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G Bbdim Am7 D7
Hooking up two cars to one when you say something like this choice:
"Either now or later". Or no choice:
"Neither now nor ever" [Hey that's clever!]
Eat this or that, grow thin or fat,
Never mind, I wouldn't do that, I'm fat enough now!
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
He cut loose the sandbags,
But the balloon wouldn't go any higher.
Let's go up to the mountains,
Or down to the seas.
You should always say "thank you",
Or at least say "please".
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
In complex sentences like:
[spoken] In the mornings, when I'm usually wide awake, I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake, where I often see a duck and a drake, and I wonder, as I walk by, just what they'd say if they could speak, although I know that's an absurd thought.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up cars and making 'em function.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, watch that function.
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
G (or G7)
I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill, and I'm sittin' here on Capitol Hill
[G/F/Em] C7 (or C9)
Well it's a long, long journey to the capitol city. It's a long, long wait
D D7
while I'm sittin' in committee - but I know I'll be a law someday, at least
F Eb7 C [C Bb G]
I hope and pray that I will, but today I am still just a bill.
G Am G
(Kid) "Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage."
(Bill) "Well, I got this far. When I started I wasn't even a bill, I was
just an idea. Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed,
C7
so they called their local congressman and he said, 'You're right,
there ought to be a law.' Then he sat down, wrote me out, and
introduced me to Congress, and I became a bill - and I'll remain a
D
bill until they decide to make me a law."
G
I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill, and I got as far as Capitol Hill.
C7
Well now, I'm stuck in committee, and I'll sit here and wait, while a
D
few key congressmen discuss and debate whether they should let me be a law.
F Eb
How I hope and pray that they will, but today I am still just a bill.
G
(Kid) "Listen to those congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate
about you?"
(Bill) "Yeah, I one of the lucky ones. Most bills never get this far. I
C7
hope they decide to report favorably, otherwise I may die."
(Kid) "Die?"
G
(Bill) "Yeah, die in committee. Ooh, but it looks like I'm gonna' live.
D
Now I go to the House of Represenatives and they vote on me."
C7
(Kid) "If they vote 'Yes,' what happens?"
G
(Bill) "Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again."
D
(Kid) "Oh, no."
(Bill) "Oh, yes!"
G
I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill, and if they vote for me on Capitol Hill,
C7
well, then I'm off to the White House, where I'll wait in a line with a lot
D
of other bills for the President to sign, and if he signs me then I'll be a law
F Eb C
How I hope and pray that he will, but today I am still just a bill.
G Am G
(Kid) "You mean, even if the whole Congress says you should be a law,
G
the President can still say no?"
(Bill) "Yes. That's called a 'veto.' If the President vetoes me, I'll
have to go back to Congress and they vote on me again, and by that
time you're so old, you...
C7 D
(Kid) "By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become a law. It's not
easy to become a law, is it?"
(Bill) "No..."
F Eb C
But how I hope and pray that I will, but today I am still just a bill.
(Congressman) "He signed you, Bill. Now you're a law."
(Bill) "Oh yes!"
Eb Ab Bb
Got home from camping last spring.
Eb Ab Bb
Saw people, places and things.
Eb Ab
We barely had arrived,
Db Gb
Friends asked us to describe
B Bb
The people, places and every last thing.
Eb Ab Bb
So we unpacked our adjectives.
Eb Ab Bb
I unpacked "frustrating" first.
Eb Ab Bb
Reached in and found the word "worst".
Eb Ab
Then I picked "soggy" and
Db Gb
Next I picked "foggy" and
B Bb
Then I was ready to tell them my tale.
Eb Ab Bb
'Cause I'd unpacked my adjectives.
Bb A Ab G
[Bridge]
F#7 [B9]
Adjectives are words you use to really describe things,
Handy words to carry around.
Ab7 [C#9]
Days are sunny or they're rainy
Boys are dumb or else they're brainy
Adjectives can show you which way.
Bb7 [Eb9]
Adjectives are often used to help us compare things,
To say how thin, how fat, how short, how tall.
C7 Db7
Girls who are tall get taller,
Boys who are small get smaller,
Till one is the tallest
C7 Db7 Bb
And the other's the smallest of all.
Eb Ab Bb
We hiked along without care.
Eb Ab Bb
Then we ran into a bear.
Eb Ab
He was a hairy bear,
Db Gb
He was a scary bear,
B Bb
We beat a hasty retreat from his lair.
Eb Ab Bb [roll down to F#]
And described him with adjectives.
[Spoken, can skip spoken part, but if do, can use bridge pattern]
F#7 B9
Boy, that was one big, ugly bear!
You can even make adjectives out of the other parts of speech, like verbs or
All you have to do is tack on an ending like "-ic" or "-ish" or "-ary". For example, this
can grow up to be a beautiful woman but still have a girlish face. "Girl" is a noun,
the ending "-ish" makes it an adjective - girlish. That describes the beautiful woman's
get it?
Eb Ab Bb
Next time you go on a trip,
Eb Ab Bb
Remember this little tip:
Eb Ab
The minute you get back,
Db Gb
They'll ask you this and that,
B Bb
You can describe people, places and things...
Eb Ab Bb
Simply unpack your adjectives.
You can do it with adjectives.
Tell them 'bout it with adjectives.
You can shout it with adjectives.
C G
Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Bb F
Lolly Lolly Lolly, got some adverbs here!
Ab Eb
Come on down to Lolly's, get the adverbs here!
G F Em Dm
You're going to need if you write or read or even think about it
C G
Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Bb F
Got a lot of Lolly, jolly adverbs here!
Ab Eb Am7b5
Anything you need and we can make it / absolutely clear!
[epic bridge]
D7[b9] Gm C7[b9] Fm
An adverb is a word, that modifies a verb
Ab/Bb Eb Abmaj7
It modifies an adjective or else another adverb
Dm7add4 (xx0011) G7sus4 G7
And so you see that it's positively, very, very, necessary
C G
Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here!
Bb F
Father, son and Lolly selling adverbs here!
Ab Eb
Got a lot of adverbs and we make it clear
Bb7
So come to Lolly!
[Spoken Bb7 / Eb whole time]
Hello, folks, this is Lolly Senior
Saying we have every adverb in the book
So come on down and look!
Hello, folks, Lolly Junior here
Suppose your house needs painting
How are you going to paint it?
That's where the adverb comes in
We can also give you a special intensifier
So you can paint it very neatly or rather sloppily
Hi, suppose you're going nut-gathering
Your buddy wants to know where and when
Bb7 or Ab/B
Use an adverb and tell him "get your adverb"
C G
Use it with an adjective, it says much more
Bb F
Anything described can be described some more
Ab Eb
Anything you'd ever need is in the store
G F Em Dm
And so you choose very carefully, every word you use
C G
Use it with a verb it tells us how you did.
Bb F
Where it happened, where you're going, where you've been
Ab Eb Am7b5
Use it with another adverb at the end / and even more!
[Bridge, a little different rhythm than last]
D7[b9] Gm C7[b9] Fm
How, where, or when, / condition or reason
Ab Eb
These questions are answered
Abmaj7 G7sus4 G7
When you use an adverb [Come and get it!]
C G
Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here
Bb F
Quickly quickly quickly, get your adverbs here
Ab Eb
Slowly surely really, learn your adverbs here
G F Em Dm
You're going need 'em, if you read 'em, if you write or talk or think about it
[Spoken C / G7. Also a groove C7 F7 / F#dim7 / ]
If it's an adverb we have it at Lolly's!
Bring along your old adjectives too, like slow, soft and sure
We'll fit them out with our "l-y" attachment
And make perfectly good adverbs out of them!
(Get your adverbs here!)
Lots of good tricks at Lolly's, so come on down!
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!)
Adverbs deal with manner, place, time...
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!)
Condition, reason...
(Father Son and Lolly!)
Comparison, contract...
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!)
Enrich your language with adverbs!
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!)
Besides, they're absolutely free!
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!)
At your service!
Indubitably!
Bbmaj7
Someone's knockin' at the door.
Bb6
Somebody's ringin' the bell.
Bbmaj7
Someone's knockin' at the door.
Bb6
Somebody's ririgin' the bell.
F7/Bb
Do me a favor,
Eb/Bb
Open the door and let 'em in.
[titty over a verse]
Chorus:
Fm Bb
Sister Suzie, Brother John,
Fm Bb
Martin Luther, Phil and Don,
Fm Bb
Brother Michael, Auntie Gin,
Fm F Fmaj7 F6 F7
Open the door and let 'em in. Yeah
[titty over a verse]
[Chorus]
Bbmaj7
Someone's knockin' at the door.
Bb6
Somebody's ringin' the bell.
Bbmaj7
Someone's knockin' at the door.
Bb6
Somebody's ririgin' the bell.
F7/Bb
Do me a favor,
Eb/Bb
Open the door and let 'em in.
Intro
Am7 D6 Am7 D6 (with riff D0-D2 G2 G2 G2-G0 D2 A0)
Verse 1
Am7 D6
Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time
Am7 D6
There's something wrong here, there can be no denying
Am7 Gm7 Fmaj7
One of us is changing, or maybe we've stopped trying
Chorus
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Though we really did try to make it
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 Dm7
Something inside has died and I can't hide
E7 [intro]
And I just can't fake it
Verse 2
Am7 D6
It used to be so easy living here with you
Am7 D6
You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do
Am7 Gm7 Fmaj7
Now you look so unhappy, and I feel like a fool
Chorus (same as last but different ending)
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Though we really did try to make it
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 Dm7
Something inside has died and I can't hide
E7 Cmaj7
And I just can't fake it, no no
Fmaj7 / Bbmaj7 / Am7 / Gm7 / Fmaj7 / Dm7 / E7
[intro riff, jam over it as long as want]
Am7 D6
There'll be good times again for me and you
Am7 D6
But we just can't stay together, don't you feel it too
Am7 Gm7 Fmaj7
Still I'm glad for what we had, and how I once loved you
Chorus 2
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Though we really did try to make it
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 Dm7
Something inside has died and I can't hide
E7 Cmaj7
And I just can't fake it, no no
Fmaj7 / Bbmaj7 / Am7 / Gm7 / Fmaj7 / Dm7 / E7
Outro (can repeat a couple of times)
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
It`s too late, / darling, its too late....
Intro: D
Verse 1
C Bm
People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one
E7
And we've just begun
A Asus A
Think I'm gonna have a son
D C Bm
He will be like she and me, as free as a dove
E7
Con - ceived in love
A Asus A
Sun is gonna shine above
Chorus
G A
Even though we ain't got money
D [A/C#] Bm [A]
I'm so in love with ya honey
G A D A/C# Bm A G
And everything will bring a chain of love
A
And in the morning when I rise
D C
You bring a tear of joy to my eyes
Bm E7 A
And tell me every things gonna be alright
Verse 2
D C Bm
Seems as though a month ago I was Beta Chi
E7
Never got high
A Asus A
Oh, was a sorry guy
D C Bm
And now I smile and face a girl that shares my name, yeah
E7
Now I'm through with the game
A Asus A
This boy will never be the same
Chorus
G A
Even though we ain't got money
D [A/C#] Bm [A]
I'm so in love with ya honey
G A D A/C# Bm A G
And everything will bring a chain of love
A
And in the morning when I rise
D C
You bring a tear of joy to my eyes
Bm E7 A
And tell me every things gonna be alright
Verse 3
D C Bm
Pisces, Virgo rising is a very good sign
E7
Strong and kind
A Asus A
And the little boy is mine
D C Bm
Now I see a family where there once was none
E7
Now we've just begun
A Asus A
Yeah, we're gonna fly to the sun
Chorus
G A
Even though we ain't got money
D [A/C#] Bm [A]
I'm so in love with ya honey
G A D A/C# Bm A G
And everything will bring a chain of love
A
And in the morning when I rise
D C
You bring a tear of joy to my eyes
Bm E7 A
And tell me every things gonna be alright
Verse 4
D C Bm
Love the girl who holds the world in a paper cup
E7
Drink it up
A Asus A
Love her and she'll bring you luck
D C
And if you find she helps your mind, buddy
Bm
Take her home
E7
Don't you live alone
A Asus A
Try to earn what lovers own
Chorus
G A
Even though we ain't got money
D [A/C#] Bm [A]
I'm so in love with ya honey
G A D A/C# Bm A G
And everything will bring a chain of love
A
And in the morning when I rise
D C
You bring a tear of joy to my eyes
Bm E7 A
And tell me every things gonna be alright
TURNAROUND (or just C F G)
C F/C G/C F C/E G/D
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|----0---0---|----1---1---|----3---3---|------------|
B|----1---1---|----1---1---|----0---0---|1---1---0---|
G|----0---0---|----2---2---|----0---0---|2---0---0---|
D|----2---2---|------------|------------|3---2---0---|
A|3-----------|3-----------|3-----------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
Intro: Dm7 / Daug (xx0101), then a first verse pattern
C C/B (x20010) Am7 Am7/G
[low] It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
F C/E D7 G
The regular crowd shuffles in
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
There's an old man sitting next to me
F G C
Making love to his tonic and gin
C / C/B / Am7 / Am7/G / F / G / turnaround: C F G F
C G F C
[high] He says, "Son, can you play me a memory
F C/E D7 G
I'm not really sure how it goes
C G F C
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
F G C
When I wore a younger man's clothes."
Am Am/G D7/F# F
la la la, di da da
Am Am/G D7/F# G G/F G/E G/D
La la, di di da da dum
C G F C
[H] Sing us a song, you're the piano man
F C/E D7 G
Sing us a song tonight
C G F C/E
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
F G C
And you've got us all feeling alright
C / C/B / Am7 / Am7/G / F / G / turnaround: C F G F [Em] (x2)
C C/B (x20010) Am7 Am7/G
[L] Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
F C/E D7 G
He gets me my drinks for free
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
And he's quick with a joke and he'll light up your smoke
F G C G
But there's some place that he'd rather be
C G F C
[H] He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
F C/E D7 G
As the smile ran away from his face
C G F C
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
F G C
If I could get out of this place"
Am Am/G D7/F# F
la la la, di da da
Am Am/G D7/F# G G/F G/E G/D
La la, di di da da dum
C C/B (x20010) Am7 Am7/G
[L] Now Paul is a real estate novelist
F C/E D7 G
Who never had time for a wife
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy
F G C
And probably will be for life
C / C/B / Am7 / Am7/G / F / G / turnaround: C F G F [Em] (x2) / G
C G F C
[H] And the waitress is practicing politics
F C/E D7 G
As the businessman slowly gets stoned
C G F C
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
F G C
But it's better than drinking alone
SOLO
| Am | Am/G | D7/F# | F |
| Am | Am/G | D7/F# | F |
| Am | Am/G | D7/F# | D7/F# |
| G | G/F | G/E | G/D |
C G F C
[H] Sing us a song, you're the piano man
F C/E D7 G
Sing us a song tonight
C G F C/E
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
F G C
And you've got us all feeling alright
C / C/B / Am7 / Am7/G / F / G / turnaround: C F G F [Em] (x2) / G
C C/B (x20010) Am7 Am7/G
[L] It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
F C/E D7 G
And the manager gives me a smile
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see
F G C F
To forget about life for a while
C G F C
[H] And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
F C/E D7 G
And the microphone smells like a beer
C G F C
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
F G C
And say, "Man, what are you doing here?"
Am Am/G D7/F# F
la la la, di da da
Am Am/G D7/F# G G/F G/E G/D
La la, di di da da dum
C G F C
[H] Sing us a song, you're the piano man
F C/E D7 G
Sing us a song tonight
C G F C/E
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
F G C
And you've got us all feeling alright
Ebmaj7/C = 8x878x (cool chord!)
INTRO A:
G/D D G/D D G/D D (x4)
INTRO B:
G/D D Ebmaj7/C Ebmaj7/F F7 Bb (x2)
VERSE:
D D/F#
Got a call from an old friend
G
We used to be real close
A D G
Said he couldn't go on the American way
D D/F#
Closed the shop, sold the house
G
Bought a ticket to the West Coast
A D
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
[OPTIONALLY REPEAT INTRO B G/D D Ebmaj7/C Ebmaj7/F F7 Bb (x2)]
CHORUS:
D D/F# G
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright
A D G
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
D D/F# G [G D/F# Em D]
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
A Bm
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone
F#7
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
D7 E
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
G D/F# F#7 Bm
I still belong, don't get me wrong
E7
And you can speak your mind
G A G A [or as G/A A G/A A]
But not on my time
VERSE:
D D/F# G [G D/F# Em D]
They will tell you you can't sleep alone in a strange place
A D G
Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody else
D D/F# G [G D/F# Em D]
But sooner or later you sleep in your own space
A D
Either way it's okay you wake up with yourself
[OPTIONALLY REPEAT INTRO B: G/D D Ebmaj7/C Ebmaj7/F F7 Bb (x2)]
CHORUS:
D D/F# G
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright
A D G
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
D D/F# G [G D/F# Em D]
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
A Bm
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone
F#7
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
D7 E
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
G D/F# F#7 Bm
I still belong, don't get me wrong
E7
And you can speak your mind
G A G A [or as G/A A G/A A]
But not on my time
C C7 C . . .
C
Song sung blue
G
Everybody knows one
Song sung blue
C
Every garden grows one
C7 F F C G F G
Me and you, are subject to, the blues now and then
G
But when you take the blues and make a song
C
You sing them out again
Dm7 G7
Sing them out again
C
Song sung blue
G
Weeping like a willow
Song sung blue
C
Sleeping on my pillow
C7 F F C G F G
Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
G
And before you know it, start to feeling good
C G7
You simply got no choice
[Titty over first half of verse (C G G C)]
C7 F
Me and you, are subject to, the blues now and then
G
But when you take the blues and make a song
C
You sing them out again
Dm7 G7
Sing them out again
[Chorus]
[Funny Thing verse]
Em F#7 (9th fret)
Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets
F#m7b5 C7 [Am6] B7
And little man, little Lola wants you [or "wants food" or "your lap" ]
Em
Make up your mind to have (make up your mind to have)
F#7
No regrets (no regrets)
F#m7b5 or Am6 Em B7 Em
Recline yourself, resign yourself, you're through
Bridge:
F Em
She always gets what she aims for
F Em B7
And your heart and soul / is what she came for
Em F#7
Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets
F#m7b5 C7 [Am6] B7
Take off your coat, / don't you know you can't win
Em C7
You're no exception to the rule
Em C7
Shes irresistable you fool
F#m7b5 B7 Em Em6 ending chord
Give in, / give in, you'll never win.
[Repeat from bridge]
Ending:
F#m7b5 B7 Em A7 or Em6 [repeat to taste]
Give in, / give in, you'll never win.
F#m7b5 B7 Em Em6 ending chord
Give in, / give in, you'll never win.
Bbm C7 (3rd fret)
Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets
Cm7b5 Gb7 [Ebm6] F7
And little man, little Lola wants you [or wants food or your lap]
Bbm
Make up your mind to have (make up your mind to have)
C7
No regrets (no regrets)
Cm7b5 Bbm F7 Bbm
Recline yourself, resign yourself, you're through
Bridge:
B Bbm
She always gets what she aims for
B Bbm F7
And your heart and soul / is what she came for
Bbm C7
Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets
Cm7b5 Gb7 [Ebm6] F7
Take off your coat, / don't you know you can't win
Bbm Gb7
You're no exception to the rule
Bbm Gb7
Shes irresistable you fool
Cm7b5 F7 Bbm Bbm6 ending chord
Give in, / give in, you'll never win.
[Repeat from bridge]
Intro: Ebmaj7 / Eb6 / Fm7 / A#7
Eb[maj7] D7 Ebmaj7 Eb6
You do something to me
Eb [Edim] Fm7 Bb7
Something that simply mystifies me
Fm7 C7 Fm7 C7
Tell me, why should it be
F7 Fm7 Bb7
You have the power to hypnotize me?
Bridge:
Eb [Edim7] Bb7 C7
Let me live 'neath your spell
B7 Bb7 Fm7 Bb7
Do do that voodoo that you do so well
Eb[maj7] D7 Eb C7
'Cause you do something to me
Fm7 Bb7 Eb Eb6 Bb7
That nobody else could do
[Repeat from bridge]
Ending:
Fm7 Bb7 Gm7b5 C7
That nobody else could do
Fm7 Bb7 Eb ending chord: Eb beatles
That nobody else could do
Intro: Bbmaj7 / Bb6 / Cm7 / F7
Bb[maj7] A7 Bbmaj7 Bb6
You do something to me
Bb [Bdim] Cm7 F7
Something that simply mystifies me
Cm7 G7 Cm7 G7
Tell me, why should it be
C7 Cm7 F7
You have the power to hypnotize me?
Bridge:
Bb [Bdim7] F7 G7
Let me live 'neath your spell
F#7 F7 Cm7 F7
Do do that voodoo that you do so well
Bb[maj7] A7 Bb G7
'Cause you do something to me
Cm7 F7 Bb Bb6 F7
That nobody else could do
[Repeat from bridge]
Ending:
Cm7 F7 Dm7b5 G7
That nobody else could do
Cm7 F7 Bb ending chord: Bb beatles
That nobody else could do
Verse 1
Dmaj7 C#m7
Do you remember
Bm7 F#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7
the 21st night of September?
Bm7 F#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7
Love was changing the minds of pretenders
Bm7 Fm7 G/A
While chasing the clouds away
Verse 2 (Dmaj7 - C#m7 - Bm7 - F#m7 G/A)
Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing.
As we danced in the night,
Remember how the stars stole the night away
Chorus
Bm7 E7 C#m7 F#m7
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Bm7 E7 C#m7 F#m7
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Bm7 E7 C#m7 F#m7 G/A
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day
Verse 3 (Dmaj7 - C#m7 - Bm7 - F#m7 G/A)
My thoughts are with you
Holding hands with your heart to see you
Only blue talk and love,
Remember how we knew love was here to stay
Verse 4 (Dmaj7 - C#m7 - Bm7 - F#m7 G/A)
Now December found the love that we shared in September.
Only blue talk and love,
Remember the true love we share today
[Chorus x 2]
Dm A
Dm
When I was seventeen
D#
It was a very good year
Dm F
It was a very good year for small town girls
D#
And soft summer nights
D
We d hide from the lights
C
On the village green
D
When I was seventeen
Dm A
Dm
When I was twenty-one
D#
It was a very good year
Dm F
It was a very good year for city girls
D#
Who lived up the stair
D
With all that perfumed hair
C
and it came undone
D
When I was twenty-one
Dm A
Dm
When I was thirty-five
D#
It was a very good year
Dm F
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
D#
Of independent means
D
We d ride in limousines
C
Their chauffeurs would drive
D
When I was thirty-five
Dm A
Dm
But now the days are short
D#
I'm in the autumn of the year
Dm F
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
D#
from fine old kegs
D
from the brim to the dregs
C
It s oh sweet and clear
D
It was a very good year
Dm A
Just lyrics:
When I was seventeen, it was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen
When I was twenty-one, it was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stairs
With all that perfumed hair
That came undone
When I was twenty-one
When I was thirty-five, it was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
We'd ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five
But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of the years
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
From fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs
It poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year
Intro: A / G D [x2]
A G
Michael Rennie was ill the day the Earth stood still
F E
But he told us where we stand
[same descending chords]
And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear
Claude Rains was the invisible man
Then something went wrong for Fay Wray and King Kong
They got [falsetto] caught in a celluloid jam
Then at a deadly pace it came from outer space
And this is how the message ran
[Short Chorus]:
D E A F#m
Science fiction double feature
Doctor X will build a creature
See androids fighting Brad and Janet
Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet
D E A [Intro G / D, don't do "rko"]
Oh, at the late night double feature picture show.
[Intro]
I knew Leo G. Carrol was over a barrel
When Tarantula took to the hills
And I really got hot when I saw Jeanet Scott
Fight a triffid that spits poison and kills
Dana Andrews said prunes, gave him the runes
And [falsetto] passing them used lots of skill
But when worlds collide, said George Powell to his bride
I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills, like a
[Full Chorus]
D E A F#m
Science fiction double feature
Doctor X will build a creature
See androids fighting Brad and Janet
Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet
D E A F#m
Oh, at the late night double feature picture show, I wanna go.
Oh, to the late night double feature picture show, by RKO
Oh, at the late night double feature picture show, in the back row
Oh, at the late night double feature picture show.
Eb F Bb Gm
Science fiction double feature
Frank has built and lost his creature
Darkness has conquered Brad and Janet
The servant's gone to a distant planet
Eb F Bb Gm
Oh, at the late night double feature picture show, I wanna go.
Oh, to the late night double feature picture show
*riff = bass A0 A1 A2
D
In the velvet darkness
D/C (x30230)
Of the blackest night
G
Burning bright
Gm (3x0333) D [bass riff]
There's a guiding star
B E A
No matter what or who you are
[Chorus:]
D
There's a light, over at the Frankenstein place
G Gm
There's a light, burning in the fireplace
D [*] B
There's a light, light
E A D [for that bassline, x2x0032 to D x5777x]
In the darkness of everybody's life
[Optional verse, or go to bridge]
D
I can see the flag fly
D/C
I can see the rain
G
Just the same
Gm D
There has got to be
B E A
Something better / here for / you and me
[Chorus:]
D
There's a light, over at the Frankenstein place
G Gm
There's a light, burning in the fireplace
D [*] B
There's a light, light
E A D [for that bassline, x2x0032 to D x5777x]
In the darkness of everybody's life
[Riff Raffy Bridge:]
D F#m
The darkness must go
Bm/F#
Down the river of nights dreaming
D F#m
Flow morphia slow
Bm/F#
Let the sun and light come streaming
G A
Into my life, into my life
[Chorus:]
D
There's a light, over at the Frankenstein place
G Gm
There's a light, burning in the fireplace
D B
There's a light, light
E A D [for that bassline, D then 0706xx]
In the darkness of everybody's life
A B7
It's astounding, time is fleeting
G D A B7
madness takes its toll. But listen closely, not for very much longer
G D A
I've got to keep control.
B7 G D A
I remember doing the Time Warp, drinking those moments when
B7
the blackness would hit me, and the void would be calling...
Chorus:
F C G D A
Let's do the Time Warp again! (x2)
E A
It's just a jump to the left and then a step to the right
E A
With your hands on your hips, you bring your knees in tight
D A
But it's the pelvic thrust, that really drives you insane
F C G D A
Let's do the Time Warp again! (x2)
A B G D A
It's so dreamy, oh fantasy free me! So you can't see me, no not at all.
B
In another dimension, with voyeuristic intention,
G D A
Well secluded, I'll see all.
B
With a bit of a mind flip, you're into the time slip
G D A
Nothing can ever be the same
B
You're spaced out on sensation, like you're under sedation!
F C G D A
Let's do the Time Warp again! (x2)
Bridge:
Well I was tapping down the street just-a having a think
A7 D
When a snake of a guy gave me an evil wink, well it shook me up,
A
it took me by surprise, he had a pick-up truck and the devil's eyes,
E D A
He stared at me and I felt a change, Time meant nothing never would again.
Chorus:
F C G D A
Let's do the Time Warp again! (x2)
E A
It's just a jump to the left and then a step to the right
E A
With your hands on your hips, you bring your knees in tight
D A
But it's the pelvic thrust, that really drives you insane
F C G D A
Let's do the Time Warp again! (x2)
[Tap Dancing Bridge over verse pattern. Fun to do over Bo Diddley style percussion]
Chorus:
F C G D A
Let's do the Time Warp again! (x2)
E A
It's just a jump to the left and then a step to the right
E A
With your hands on your hips, you bring your knees in tight
D A
But it's the pelvic thrust, that really drives you insane
F C G D A
Let's do the Time Warp again! (x2)
D# E
How do you do I,
F# G
see you've met my
G# A D# E G# A D# E
Faithful handyman.
D# E
He's just a little brought down,
F# G
Because, when you knocked
G# A D# E G# A D# E
He thought you were the candyman.
D# E
Don't get strung out
F# G
by the way I look.
G# A D# E
Don't judge a book by its cover.
D# E F# G
I'm not much of a man by the light of day
G# A E
But by night I'm one hell of a lover.
Chorus:
B [Can do the boogie riff off B7]
I'm just a sweet transvestite
A E D# E
From Transexual, Transylvania.
D# E
Let me show you around
F# G
Maybe play you a sound.
G# A D# E
You look like you're both pretty groovy.
D# E
Or if you want something visual
F# G
That's not too abysmal,
G# A D# E
We could take in an old Steve Reeves movie.
D# E
I'm glad we caught you at home,
F# G
Could we use your phone?
G# A D# E
We're both in a bit of a hurry. Right.
D# E
We'll just say where we are,
F# G
Then go back into the car.
G# A D# E
We don't want to be any worry.
D# E
Well you got with a flat,
F# G
Well, how 'bout that?
G# A D# E
Well, babies, don't you panic.
D# E
By the light of the night
F# G
It'll all seem alright.
G# A D# E
I'll get you a satanic mechanic.
Chorus:
B
I'm just a sweet transvestite
A E D# E
From Transexual, Transylvania.
D# E
Why don't you stay for the night? Night.
F# G
Or maybe a bite? Bite.
G# A D# E
I could show you my favorite ... obsession.
D# E
I've been making a man
F# G
With blond hair and a tan
G# A D# E
And he's good for relieving my ... tension
Chorus x2:
B
I'm just a sweet transvestite
A E D# E
From Transexual, Transylvania.
[Bridge (can skip)]
E
So - come up to the lab,
G
And see what's on the slab.
A E
I see you shiver with antici ... .... pation
E
But maybe the rain
G
Isn't really to blame.
A
So I'll remove the cause.
E
(chuckles) But not the symptom.
[Chorus]
A D A D
The Sword of Damocles is hanging over my head
A D A D
And I've got the feeling someone's gonna be cutting the thread
C# D E A
Oh, woe is me, my life is a misery
C# D
Oh, can't you see
E [D C# B A]
That I'm at the start of a pretty big downer
A D A D
I woke up this morning with a start when I fell out of bed (That ain't no crime)
A D A D
And left from my dreaming was a feeling of unnameable dread (That ain't no crime)
C# D E A
My high is low, I'm dressed up with no place to go
C# D
And all I know
E [D C# B A]
Is I'm at the start of a pretty big downer (Oh, Rocky!)
A D
Sha la la la that ain't no crime (Oh no no no)
A D
Sha la la la that ain't no crime (Oh no no no)
A D E D D# E
Sha la la la That ain't no crime, that ain't no crime
A D A D
The Sword of Damocles is hanging over my head (That ain't no crime)
A D A D
And I've got the feeling someone's gonna be cutting the thread (That ain't no crime)
C# D E A
Oh, woe is me, my life is a mystery
C# D
And can't you see
E E [D C# B A]
That I'm at the start of a pretty big downer
A D
Sha la la la that ain't no crime (Oh no no no)
A D
Sha la la la that ain't no crime (Oh no no no)
A D E D D# E
Sha la la la That ain't no crime, that ain't no crime
Verse 1:
C E7
A weakling weighing ninety-eight pounds
Am
Will get sand in his face
C7
When kicked to the ground
F
And soon in the gym
D7
With a determined chin
C
The sweat from his pores
A7
As he works for his cause
D7
Will make him glisten and gleam,
G7
And with massage and just a little bit of steam
F C
He'll be pink and quite clean
G7 F C G7
He'll be a strong man, but the wrong man
Verse 2:
C E7
He'll eat nutritious, high protein
Am C7
And swallow raw eggs
F
Try to build up his shoulders
D7
His chest, arms, and legs
C
Such an effort
A7
If he only knew of my plan
D7 [bass: E0 E1 E2 E3] G
In just seven days
G F (xx3211) (xx201x) (xxx01x) C G7
I can make you a man
Verse 3:
C E7
He'll do press-ups and chin-ups
Am C7
Do the snatch, clean, and jerk
F
He thinks dynamic tension
D7
Must be hard work
C
Such strenuous living
A7
I just don't understand
D7 [bass: E0 E1 E2 E3] G
When in just seven days
G F (xx3211) (xx201x) (xxx01x) C [G7]
I can make you a man
[Skip!]
C# A#m
Whatever happened to Saturday night,
C# A#m
You dressed up sharp and you felt all right,
F# G#
It don't seem the since cosmic light,
F# G#
Came into my life, it really was divine.
C# A#m
I used to ride with a chick who'd go,
C# A#m
And listen to the music on the radio,
F# G#
A saxophone was playin' in a rock'n roll show,
F# G#
You climbed in the backseat, we really had a good time.
Chorus:
C# D# F# C#
Hot patootie, bless my soul, I really love that rock'n roll,
C# D# F# C#
Hot patootie, bless my soul, I really love that rock'n roll,
C# D# F# C#
Hot patootie, bless my soul, I really love that rock'n roll,
C# D# F# C#
Hot patootie, bless my soul, I really love that rock'n roll,
C# A#m
My head used to swim from the perfume I smelled,
C# A#m
My hands fumbled with a white plastic belt,
F# G#
I'd taste her pink lipstick and that's when I'd melt,
F# G#
She'd whisper in my ear tonight she really was mine.
C# A#m
Get back in the front and put some hair oil on,
C# A#m
Buddy Holly was singing his very last song,
F# G#
With my arms around my girl I'd try to sing along,
F# G#
It felt pretty good, Whoo! We really had a good time.
Cm Bb
I was feeling done in, couldn't win
Eb Fm
I'd only ever kissed before.
Bb Eb
I thought there's no use getting into heavy petting
G7 [Can do F#7 to G7]
It only leads to trouble and seat wetting...
Cm Bb
Now all I want to know is how to go
Eb Fm
I've tasted blood and I want more (more, more, MORE)
Bb Eb
I'll put up no resistance, I want to stay the distance
G7
I've got an itch to scratch, I need assistance:
[Chorus:]
C D F C
Toucha toucha toucha touch me, I wanna be dirty
C D
Thrill me chill me fulfil me
F C
Creature of the night.
Cm Bb
Then if anything grows while you pose
Eb Fm
I'll oil you up and rub you down (down, down, DOWN)
Bb Eb
And that's just one small fraction of the main attraction
G7
You need a friendly hand and I need action...
[Chorus:]
C D F C
Toucha toucha toucha touch me, I wanna be dirty
C D
Thrill me chill me fulfil me
F C
Creature of the night.
[Chorus up a half step:]
C# D# F# C#
Toucha toucha toucha touch me, I wanna be dirty
C# D#
Thrill me chill me fulfil me
F# C#
Creature of the night.
F# C#
Creature of the night.
F# C#
Creature of the night.
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|-1--3--1---------1--0---------|
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|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Intro: one verse
Brad:
Am Am/G# (or E+)
I've done a lot, God knows I've tried
Am7/G Am/F# (aka F#m7b5)
To find the truth, I've even lied
F E Am (riff*) E7 or x02200
But all I know, is down inside I'm Bleeding
Janet:
Am Am/G#
And super heroes, come to feast
Am7/G Am7/F# (aka F#m7b5)
To taste the flesh, not yet deceased
F E Am (riff*) E7
And all I know, is still the beast is Feeding
Bridge:
A / D /
Ah Ah [x3]
B / E /
Ah Ah
Criminologist:
Am Am/G# (or E+)
And crawling on the planet's face,
Am7/G Am/F# (aka F#m7b5)
some insects called the human race
F E Am (riff*) E7
Lost in time, and lost in space and meaning
Nice to play the Cmaj7 as x32000.
Intro: Gmaj7 / Cmaj7. For the riff play the Gmaj7 as 3x0002 and play E3 on high E. Middle finger on low E.
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Photographs and memories, Christmas cards you sent to me
Am7 Bm7 Em Am7 D7
All that I have are these / to remember you
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Memories that come at night / take me to another time
Am7 Bm7 Em Am7 D7 [D7sus - D7]
Back to a happier day, when I called you mine
[Chorus]
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
But we sure had a good time when we started way back when
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Bm7 F#m7 D7
Morning walks and bedroom talks, oh, how I loved you then
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Summer skies and lullabies, nights we couldn't say goodbye,
Am7 Bm7 Em Am7 D7 [D7sus - D7]
And of all of the things that we knew, not a dream survived.
[Titty over a verse]
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Photographs and memories, all the love you gave to me,
Am7 Bm7 Em Am7 D7
Somehow it just can't be true, that's all I've left of you.
[Chorus without final D7]
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
But we sure had a good time when we started way back when
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Bm7 F#m7
Morning walks and bedroom talks, oh, how I loved you then
intro:
G barre
D|----------3--3--2--0---------|
A|--3--3----------------3------|
[Can also do the riff with C barre 7th fret to E / F chord]
[Intro riff]
C F C F C
TV party tonight! TV party tonight!
F C F C
TV party tonight! TV party tonight!
C G
We're gonna have a TV party tonight (alright!)
C G
We're gonna have a TV party alright (tonight!)
F C Bb G
We've got nothing better to do
F C Bb G
Than to watch TV and have a couple of brews
C F C F G
All our friends are gonna hang out here tonight (alright!)
C F C F G
We'll pass out on the couch, alright (tonight!)
F C Bb G
We've got nothing better to do
F C Bb G
Than to watch TV and have a couple of brews
D Bb F
Don't talk about anything else, we don't wanna know
D Bb F
We're dedicated to our favourite shows
[Intro riff again]
That's Incredible! Hillstreet Blues
Dallas Winsave
TV news shows us what it's like out there (it's a scare!)
You can go out if you want (we wouldn't dare)
F C Bb G
We've got nothing better to do
F C Bb G
Than to watch TV and have a couple of brews
D Bb F
Don't talk about anything else, we don't wanna know
D Bb F
We're dedicated to our favourite shows
I wouldn't without my TV for a day (or even a minute)
I don't even bother to use my brain anymore
(there's nothing left in it)
Chorus
Hey, wait a minute, my TV set doesn't work! (it's broken)
Hey, this isn't fair; what are we gonna do tonight? (we're hurting)
with prechorus/chorus chords:
We've got nothing left to do
We're with no TV and just a couple of brews
What are we gonna talk about? I don't know!
We're gonna miss our favourite shows
No! That's Incredible! No! Hillstreet Blues
No! Dallas No! Winsave!!
slower:
C F C F C F G
No T-V party tonight
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