new instrumentals 2024

Under Spanish Skies

Bumblebee in the Meadow

banjo tune

A Slice

Dark Thrash 1 in F-sharp

Fresh Peaches

Now I Must Go

Sadder Day

Dark Thrash 2 in A minor

Star

That Surfing Jazz

When You Fly

Dark Thrash 3 in C

Quiet in the Dark

Snow

New Morning

A 1224
D 2245
C#m 1124
A7 1020
F#m 1244
Bm 2445
E11 4445

A D x4
A D x4

A D A D
A D A D
Can’t you hear that rooster crowin’?
A G#
A C#m
Rabbit runnin’ down across the road
G F# Dx8
A7 F#m D
Underneath the bridge where the water flowed through
B C#
Bm C#m
So happy just to see you smile
D E
D E(11)
Underneath the sky of blue
A D A D
On this new morning, new morning
A D A
On this new morning with you.

notes

bring

  • cajon
  • snare and sticks
  • picks
  • seagull
  • chester
  • tenor and cable
  • mandolin and cable
  • four instrument stands
  • foot switch, power cord, instrument cable
  • amp and power cord
  • speakers and cable
  • three mics with stands and cable
  • iPad holder and stand (camera tripod)
  • both drum stools
  • tambourine
  • ORS at least a gallon

I Can See Clearly

D G D
I can see clearly now the rain is gone
D G A
I can see all obstacles in my way
D G D
Gone all the dark clouds that had me blind
C G D
It’s gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day
C G D
It’s gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day

Yes I can make it now the pain is gone,
All of the bad feelings have disappeared.
Here is the rainbow I have been praying for.
It’s gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day

C G D
Look all around, there’s nothing but blue skies
C G D
Look straight ahead, there’s nothing but blue skies

F C
Look all around, there’s nothing but blue skies
F A C#m G C#m G C Bm A
Look straight ahead, there’s nothing but blue skiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiies .

I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Here is the rainbow I have been praying for.

It’s gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day
It’s gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day
repeat as desired

Shoulda Been a Cowboy

Intro: A E D E

E A E D E A
I’ll bet you’ve never heard ole Marshall Dillon say
E D E A
Miss Kitty have you ever thought of running away
Settling down, would you marry me
If I asked you twice and begged you pretty please
She’d have said yes in a New York minute
They never tied the knot His heart wasn’t in it
E D E
He just stole a kiss as he rode away
A E D
He never hung his hat up at Kitty’s place

chorus
A E D
I should’ve been a cowboy
E A E D E
I should’ve learned to rope and ride
A E D E A E D
Wearing my six-shooter, riding by pony on a cattle drive
E A E D E
Stealing a young girl’s heart
A E D
Just like Gene and Roy
E A E
Singing those campfire songs
D E A E D
Oh I should’ve been a cowboy

I might have had a side kick with a funny name
Running wild through the hills chasing Jesse James
Ending up on the brink of danger
Riding shotgun for the Texas Rangers
Go west young man, haven’t you been told
California’s full of whisky, women and gold
Sleeping out all night beneath the desert stars
A dream in my eye and a prayer in my heart

chorus, then

E A E D
Yeah, I should’ve been a cowboy
E A E D E
I should’ve been a cowboy

what kind of day

Bb C F
get up every morning and put on my shirt and pant
down to the table for egg and toast and tea
put on my sock and shoe and head out the door
dive into the day to see what kind of day it’ll be

slip behind the wheel fire up Betty Lou
just an old Beetle but we get from B to A
looking sharp in new sunglass and haircut
pootle along with a song on another day

C F
I cook with a tong, eat with a chopstick
cut coupon with scissor to save a few cent
Bb C F Bb
pretend to wonder what it was that happened
don’t need a binocular to see why you went

errand run and had some fun on the coast
heading home I turn on my headlight
park at the curb and pat Betty Lou on the head
swap shoe for slipper and settle down for the night

get up every morning and put on my shirt and pant
down to the table for egg and toast and tea
put on my sock and shoe and slip through the door
out for the day to see what kind of day it’ll be
out for the day with just I myself and me
out for the day to see what kind of day it’ll be

Stuck in the Middle with You

D D
Well I don’t know why I came here to-night
D D
I got the feeling that something ain’t right
G7 G7
I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair
D D
And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs
A
Clowns to the left of me
C G D
Jokers to the right, here I am,
D
Stuck in the middle with you.

Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you
And I’m wondering what it is I should do
It’s so hard to keep this smile from my face
Losing control, yeah, I’m all over the place
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right
Here I am, Stuck in the middle with you.

G7 G7
Well you started out with nothing and you’re proud that you’re a
D x2
Self made man.
G7 G7
And your friends, they all come crawlin, slap you on the back and say
D x2 A7 x2
Please…. Please…..

Trying to make some sense of it all
But I can see that it makes no sense at all
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor
Cause I don’t think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right
Here I am, Stuck in the middle with you.

bridge

repeat first verse

Lullaby in Ragtime

[1] Won’t you play the
[3m] music so the
[1(6)] [0022] cradle can
[1] rock to a
[2m7] [5566] lullaby in ragtime
[2m] Sleepy hands are
[6aug] [0123] creeping to the
[2m7] end of the
[5] clock, play a
[2m7] lullaby
[1] ragtime

[1] You can tell the
[3m] sandman is
[1(7)] [1011] on his way
[4] by the way
[4m] [0112] that they play As
[2(7)] still as the
[6m7] trill of a
[2(7)] [3230] thrush at twilight’s
[5] hush

[5] ..so you can hear the
[1] Rhythm of the
[3m] ripples on the
[1(6)] side of the
[1] boat as you
[2m7] sail away to dreamland

[2m] High above the
[6aug] moon you hear a
[2m7] silvery
[5(7)] note as the
[2m7] sandman
[5(7)] takes your
[1] hand
[1(7)] So
[4] rock-a-bye my baby,
[4m] don’t you cry my baby,

[1] sleepy
[6#7] time is
[6(7)] nigh Won’t you
[2m] rock
[6(7)] me
[2m] to a ragtime
[2m7] lull-
[5(7)] a-
[1] by
[1(6)]