Brown Eyed Girl
G C G D
Hey where did we go days when the rain came
G C G D
Down in the hollow playing a new game
G C G D
Laughing and a running hey hey Skipping and a jumping
G C G D
in the misty morning fog with our hearts a thumpin’ and
C D G Em C D G D
you my brown eyed girl You my brown eyed girl
Whatever happened to staying so slow
Going down to the old mine with a transistor radio
Standing in the sunlight laughing hiding ‘hind a rainbow’s wall
Slipping and a sliding All along the waterfall with
you my brown eyed girl You my brown eyed girl
chorus
D
Do you remember when we used to sing
G C G D
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la te da Just like that
G C G D G D
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la te da la te da
So hard to find my way Now that I’m on my own
I saw you just the other day my how you have grown
Cast my memory back there Lord. Sometimes I’m overcome thinkin’ ’bout
Makin’ love in the green grass behind the stadium with
you my brown eyed girl You my brown eyed girl
chorus
Budapest
G
My house in Budapest My hidden treasure chest,
Golden grand piano My beautiful Castillo
C G
For you You I’d leave it all
G
My acres of a land I have achieved
It may be hard for you to Stop and believe
C G
But for you You I’d Leave it all
D
Give me one good reason
C G
Why I should never make a change
D
And baby if you hold me
C G
Then all of this will go away
My many artifacts The list goes on
If you just say the words I’ll up and run
Oh, to you You I’d leave it all
chorus x2
My friends and family They don’t understand
They fear they’d lose so much If you took my hand
But, for you You, I’d lose it all.
chorus x2
My house in Budapest My hidden treasure chest,
Golden grand piano My beautiful castillo
You You I’d leave it all.
Dead Skunk
G D C G
Crossin’ the highway late last night
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right
He didn’t see the station wagon car
The skunk got squashed and there you are!
chorus
You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin’ to high Heaven!
Take a whiff on me, that ain’t no rose!
Roll up yer window and hold yer nose
You don’t have to look and you don’t have to see
‘Cause you can feel it in your olfactory
chorus
Yeah you got yer dead cat and you got yer dead dog
On a moonlight night you got yer dead toad frog
Got yer dead rabbit and yer dead raccoon
The blood and the guts they’re gonna make you swoon!
chorus
Don’t Be Cruel
D
You know I can be found, sittin’ home all alone
G D
If you can’t come around, at least please telephone
Em7 A D
Don’t be cruel, to a heart that’s true
Baby if I made you mad for something I might have said
Please let’s forget the past, the future looks bright ahead
Don’t be cruel, to a heart that’s true
G A7
I don’t want no other love
G A7 D
Baby it’s just you I’m thinking of
Don’t stop thinking of me, don’t make me feel this way
Come on over here and love me, you know what I want you to say
Don’t be cruel, to a heart that’s true
Why should we be apart
I really love you baby, cross my heart
Let’s walk up to the preacher and let us say I do
Then you’ll know you’ll have me, and I’ll know that I’ll have you
Don’t be cruel, to a heart that’s true
I don’t want no other love
Baby it’s just you I’m thinking of
Don’t be cruel,(ooh ooh)to a heart that’s true
Don’t be cruel,(ooh ooh)to a heart that’s true
I don’t want no other love
Baby it’s just you I’m thinking of
Don’t Think Twice
C G Am F
C G C C
C G Am
Well, it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
F C G
Iff’n you don’t know by now
C G Am
An’ it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
D7/F# G G7
It’ll never do somehow
C C7
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
F D7/F#
Look out your window and I’ll be gone
C G Am F
You’re the reason I’m trav’lin’ on
C G C C
Don’t think twice, it’s alright
An’ it ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
An’ it ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe
I’m on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there was somethin’ you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin’ anyway
But don’t think twice, it’s all right
So it ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, gal
Like you never did before
An’ it ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, gal
I can’t hear you any more
I’m a-thinkin’ and a-wond’rin’ walkin’ down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I’m told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don’t think twice, it’s all right
So long, honey babe
Where I’m bound, I can’t tell
Goodbye is too good a word, gal
So I’ll just say fare thee well
I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don’t mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don’t think twice, it’s all right
Early Morning Rain
Intro: D G A G D G
D A
In the early morning rain
G D
With a dollar in my hand
G
With an achin’ in my heart
D
And my pockets full of sand
G
I’m a long way from home
A D
And I miss my loved ones so
A
In the early morning rain
G D
With no place to go
Out on runway number nine
Big seven-o-seven set to go
But I’m stuck here in the grass
Where the cold wind blows
Now the liquor tasted good
And the women all were fast
Well there she goes my friend
Well she’s rollin’ down at last
Hear the mighty engines roar
See the silver bird on high
She’s away and westward bound
Far above the clouds she’ll fly
Where the mornin’ rain don’t fall
And the sun always shines
She’ll be flyin’ o’er my home
G D G / A G / D G /
In about three hours time
This old airport’s got me down
It’s no earthly good to me
’cause I’m stuck here on the ground
As cold and drunk as I can be
You can’t jump a jet plane
Like you can a freight train
So I’d best be on my way
G
In the early morning rain
D G
You can’t jump a jet plane
A D
Like you can a freight train
A
So I’d best be on my way
G / D G / A G / D G / D /
In the early morning rain
Except the New Girl
D F# G
Drive your mustang down, to where you hang out
D
Alone without a friend
D F#
Girls walk by you, some in fact have tried you
G D
But once they tried they never tried again.
chorus
G D
Except the new girl (x2)
Alone and lonesome, trusting no one they say
You never had a friend.
People talk about you, they say they doubt you really
Ever let anybody in.
chorus
D-F#-G-D-D-F#-G-
I guess there’s never been anyone
chorus
Last time I saw him, he was laughing
She was standing by his side.
I’ve got a feeling, that they’re still together
From the look that was in his eyes. There’s no one,
chorus
bridge
G D
See him smile, he don’t care.
A D
Says he loves her, and he’ll always love her.
G D
See him smile, it seems fair.
A D F#
That he finally found her, finally hold her. There’s no one,
chorus
Fisherman’s Blues
G F Am C
G F
I wish I was a fisherman, tumbling on the seas
Am C
Far away from dry land, and it’s bitter memories
G F
Casting out my sweet line, with abandonment and love
Am C
No ceiling staring down on me, save the starry sky above
chorus
G F Am C
With light in my hair, you in my arms, woo woo ooh
I wish I was the brake man, on a hurtlin’ fevered train
Crashing headlong into the heartland, like a cannon in the rain
With the beating of the sleepers, and the burning of the coal
Counting towns flashing by me, in a night that’s full of soul
chorus
Oh I know I will be loosened, from bonds that hold me fast
And the chains all hung around me will fall away at last
And on that fine and fateful day I will take thee in my arms
I will ride the night train, and I will be the fisherman
Helpless
D A G D A G
D A G
There is a town in north Ontario,
D A G
With dream comfort memory to spare,
D A G
and in my mind I still need a place to go,
D A G
All my changes were there,
Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
D A G
Helpless, helpless, helpless
D A G
Baby can you hear me now?
D A G
The chains are locked and tied across the door,
D A G
Baby, sing with me some how.
Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
[Outro](repeat and fade)
D A G
Helpless, helpless, helpless
Honky Tonk Blues
A
Well I left my home down on the rural route
I told my pa I’m going stepping out and get the
D A
Honky tonk blues hey the honky tonk blues
E7 A
Hey Lord I got ’em I got the honky tonk blues
Well I stopped into every place in town
This city life has really got me down I got the
Honky tonk blues hey the honky tonk blues
Oh Lord I got ’em I got the honky tonk blues
Went out last night and wore out my shoes
Woke up this morning wishing I could lose them jumping
Honky tonk blues hey the honky tonk blues
Oh Lord I got ’em I go the honky tonk blues
I’m gonna tuck my worries underneath my arm
And scat right back to my pappy’s farm and leave these
Honky tonk blues hey the honky tonk blues
Oh Lord I got ’em I got the honky tonk blues
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
I Still Miss Someone
capo 3
A D E7
At my door the leaves are falling
D E7 A
The cold wild wind will come
D E7
Sweethearts walk by together
D E7 A
And I still miss someone
D E7 A
I never got over those blues eyes
D E7 A
I see them everywhere
D E7 A
I miss those arms that held me
D E7 A
When all the love was there
I wonder if she’s sorry
For leaving what we’d begun
There’s someone for me somewhere
And I still miss someone
Like a Rolling Stone
C Fmaj7/C C Fmaj7/C C Fmaj7/C C Fmaj7/C
C Dm7
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Em F G
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you?
C Dm7
People’d call, say, Beware doll,
Em F G
you’re bound to fall You thought they were all kiddin’ you
F G F G
You used to laugh about Everybody that was hangin’ out
F Em Dm7 C F Em Dm7 C
Now you don’t talk so loud Now you don’t seem so proud
Dm7 F G
About having to be scrounging your next meal.
chorus
C F G C F G
How does it feel How does it feel
C F G C F G
To be without a home Like a complete unknown
C F G
Like a rolling stone
Aww, You’ve gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
Nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you’re gonna have to get used to it
You said you’d never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He’s not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal?
chorus
Aww, You never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain’t no good
You shouldn’t let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain’t it hard when you discover that
He really wasn’t where it’s at
After he took from you everything he could steal.
chorus
Aww, Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They’re all drinkin’, thinkin’ that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
But you’d better take your diamond ring, you’d better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can’t refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You’re invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.
chorus
Minutes to Memories
Capo 2
D2 C9
On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown
He saw the sun set on the Tennessee line
He looked at the young man who was riding beside him
He said I’m old kind of worn out inside
I worked my whole life in the steel mills of Gary
And my father before me I helped build this land
Now I’m seventy-seven and with God as my witness
I earned every dollar that passed through my hands
A G
My family and friends are the best things I’ve known
Through the eye of the needle I’ll carry them home
Chorus
D2 C9 G
Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned
You are young and you are the future
A G
So suck it up and tough it out and be the best that you can
The rain hit the dog in the twilight’s last gleaming
He said Son it sounds like rattling old bones
This highway is long but I know some that are longer
By sunup tomorrow I guess I’ll be home
Through the hills of Kentucky ‘cross the Ohio River
The old man kept talking ’bout his life and his times
He fell asleep with his head against the window
He said an honest man’s pillow is his peace of mind
This world offers riches and riches will grow wings
I don’t take stock in those uncertain things
chorus
The old man had a vision but it was hard for me to follow
I do things my way and I pay a high price
When I think back on the old man and the bus ride
Now that I’m older I can see he was right
Another hot one out on highway eleven
This is my life It’s what I’ve chosen to do
There are no free rides No one said it’d be easy
The old man told me this my son I’m telling it to you
chorus
Mother Goose
D
As I did walk by Hampstead Faire
G D
I came upon Mother Goose so I turned her loose she was screaming
D G
And a foreign student said to me
D
Was it really true there are elephants and lions too in Picadilly Circus
G Em
Walked down by the bathing pond to
C G D
try and catch some sun
Saw at least a
G Em C G D
hundred school girls sobbing into Handkerchiefs as one
F D
I don’t believe they knew I was a schoolboy
And the bearded lady said to me
If you start your raving and your misbehaving you’ll be sorry
Then the chicken fancy came to play
With his long red beard and his sister weird
she drives a lorry (hmm)
Back down by the putting green I popped them in their holes
Four and twenty laborers were laboring and digging up Their gold
I don’t believe they knew that I was Long John Silver
Saw Johnny Scarecrow make his rounds
In his jet black mac which he won’t give back
Stole it from a snowman
As I did walk by Hampstead Faire
I came upon Mother Goose so I turned her loose she was screaming
G Em
Walked down by the bathing pond to
C G D
try and catch some sun
Saw at least a
G Em C G D
hundred school girls sobbing into Handkerchiefs as one
F D
I don’t believe they knew I was a schoolboy
Only Living Boy in New York
original key might be B
1 1 4 4
Tom, get your plane right on time
1 1 4 4
I know your part’ll go fine
1 1 4 4/3 2m 2m/1
Fly down to Mexico
5/7 5/7 4 4
Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da and here I am
1 4 1
The only living boy in New York .
4 4
I get the news I need from the weather report
I can gather all the news I need from the weather report
Hey, I’ve got nothing to do to-day but smile
Do-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da-n here I am
The only living boy in New York .
6 6sus4 6
bridge
2m 5/7
Half of the time we’re gone, but we don’t know
1 4 4
Where, and we don’t know where
1 4 1 4 1 4 4/3 2m 2m/1 5/7 4
6 6sus4 6
bridge
Tom, get your plane right on time
I know that you’ve been eager to fly now
Hey, let your honesty shine, shine, shine now,
Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-do like it shines on me
The only living boy in New York
The only living boy in New York .
1 4 1 4 1 4 4/3 2m 2m/1 5/7 4
Redneck Friend
E C#m
Pretty little one How has it all begun?
E
They’re teaching you how to walk
C#m
But you’re already on the run
A E
Little one What you gonna do?
A B
Little one Honey, it’s all up to you
Now your daddy’s in the den shootin’ up the evening news
Mama’s with a friend, lately she’s been so confused
Little one Come on and take my hand
I may not have the answer but I believe I got a plan
A E
Honey you shake and I’ll rattle and we’ll roll on down the line
B E
And see if we can’t get in touch with a very close friend of mine
A E
But let me clue you in, it ain’t like him to argue or pretend
B A E
Honey let me introduce you to my redneck friend
Well they’ve got a list of all those things of which they don’t approve
They’ve got to keep their eyes on you or you might make your move
Little one I really wish you would
Little one I think the damage would do you good
Honey you shake and I’ll rattle and we’ll roll on down the line
We’re going to forget all about the battle It’s gonna feel so fine
‘Cause he’s the missing link, the kitchen sink Eleven on a scale of ten
Honey let me introduce you to my redneck friend
Honey you shake and I’ll rattle and we’ll roll on down the line
I’m going to try to swing you up into my saddle
And then we’ll run but you’ll think we’re flyin’
Now honey don’t just stand there lookin’ like this dream will never end
Honey let me introduce you to my redneck friend
Honey let me introduce you to my redneck friend
|B |B |A |A |E |
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
Skating Away
C G F Asus4
Meanwhile back in the year one
When you belonged to no one
You didn´t stand a chance son
C G F D Dsus4 D
If your mind was undone
D G
´Cause you were bred for humanity
D Dsus4 G
And sold to society
D G
One day you´ll wake up in the present days
Csus4 C
A million generations removed from expectation of
D G A Asus4 A
being who you really want to be
G D
Skating away [x3]
G C G C D Dsus4 D
On the thin ice of a new day ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay
G D
So as you push off from the shore,
A Asus4 A
won’t you turn your head once more;
D Dsus4 D G
and make your peace with everyone?
D A Asus4 A
For those who choose to stay will live just one more day
D Dsus4 D G
To do the things they should have done
G
And as you cross the wilderness,
Em G D Dsus4 D G
a spinning in your emptiness you feel you have to pray
G Em G
Looking for a sign that the universal mind
D G A Asus4 A
has written you into the passion play
chorus
G D
And as you cross the circle line,
A Asus4 A
well the ice wall creaks behind
D Dsus4 D G
you re a rabbit on the run
D A Asus4 A
And silver splinters fly in the corner of your eye
D
Shining in the setting sun
G Em
Well do you ever get to feeling,
G Em D Dsus4 D
that the story’s just too real and in the present tense
G Em
Or that everybody s on the stage,
G Em D G A Asus4 A
and it seems like you re the only person sitting in the audience?
chorus, then
G D
Skating away [x3]
Stray Cat Strut
Cm Bb Ab G
Cm Bb Ab G
Black and orange stray cat sittin’ on a fence
Ain’t got enough dough to pay the rent.
I’m flat broke but I don’t care,
Cm
I strut right by with my tail in the air
Fm Eb Db C
Stray cat strut I’m a ladies cat, I’m a
feline Casanova hey man that’s that
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man.
Fm
Get my dinner from a garbage can.
Cm – Bb – / Ab – G x3
Cm
Fm Cm
I don’t bother chasing mice around.
Fm
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
D7 G7#5
howlin’ to the moonlight on a hot summer night.
Cm Bb Ab G
Singin’ the blues while the lady cats cry
Wild stray cat you’re a real gone guy.
I wish I could be as care-free and wild, but I
Cm
got cat class and I got cat style.
Cm – Bb – / Ab – G x3
Cm
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
Tupelo Honey
G Bm C G
You can take all the tea in China
G Bm D D
Put it in a big brown bag for me
G Bm C G
Sail right round all the seven oceans
G Bm C G
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
chorus
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey baby from the bee
You can’t stop us on the road to freedom
You can’t keep us cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor bent on chivalry
chorus
You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail it right round the seven oceans
Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea
chorus
Welcome to the Machine
Emadd9 Cmaj7(2) Emadd9
Em C Em
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine
C Am Em
Where have you been? It’s alright we know where you’ve been
C Cmaj7(2)
You’ve been in the pipeline filling in time
Emadd9
Provided with toys and “Scouting for Boys”
C Cmaj7(2)
You bought a guitar to punish your ma
Emadd9
And you didn’t like school, and you know you’re nobody’s fool
C Cmaj7 Emadd9 Cmaj7 Em/F#
So welcome to the machine
Em Em/F# Em/G Em/A C/G Esus2
Em Em/F# Em/G Em/A C/G Esus2
C D6+9 C D6+9
Em Em/F# Em/G Em/A C/G Esus2
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine
What did you dream? It’s alright we know what you dreamed
You dreamed of a big star
He played a mean guitar
He always ate in the Steak Bar, he loved to drive in his Jaguar
So welcome to the machine
White Rabbit
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don’t do anything at all
Go ask Alice, when she’s ten feet tall
/ F# – / G – / F# – / G – / A CD A – /
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you’re going to fall
Tell ’em a hookah-smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Alice when she was just small
When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you’ve just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice, I think she’ll know
/ E – / A – / E – / A – / F# – – – /
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen’s off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head, feed your head
/ F# – / G – / F# – / G – / A CD A – / E A E A /
Wish You Were Here
Em7 G
Em7 G
Em7 A7sus4
Em7 A7sus4
G
C DF#
So, so you think you can tell,
Am G
Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain?
D C Am
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail, a smile from a veil?
G
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts,
Hot ashes for trees, hot air for a cool breeze, cold comfort for change,
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
C D
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
Am G
We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
DF# C
Running over the same old ground, what have we found
Am G
The same old fears Wish you were here.
Wonderful Tonight
G D C D G D C D Em D Am G
G D C D
It’s late in the evening; she’s wondering what clothes to wear.
G D C D
She puts on her make-up brushes her long blonde hair.
C D G Em
And then she asks me, “Do I look alright?”
C D G D C D Em D Am G
I say, “Yes, you look wonderful tonight.”
We go to a party and everyone turns to see
This beautiful lady walking around with me.
And then she asks me, “Do you feel alright?”
I say, “Yes, I feel wonderful tonight.”
G C D
I feel wonderful because I see
G Em
The love light in your eyes.
C D
And the wonder of it all
C D G
You just don’t realize how much I love you.
D C D Em D Am G
It’s time to go home now I’ve got an aching head,
So I give her the car keys she helps me to bed.
And then I tell her, as I turn out the light,
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight.
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight.”
D C D G D C D Em D Am G
If I Had a Boat
Capo 4
Chorus:
F C/E C
If I had a boat
F C/E C
I’d go out on the ocean
F C/E C
And if I had a pony
Am G
I’d ride him on my boat
F C/E C
And we could all together
F C/E C
Go out on the ocean
C G C
Me upon my pony on my boat
C
If I were Roy Rogers
F C/E C
I’d sure enough be single
C G
I couldn’t bring myself to marrying old Dale
C
It’d just be me and Trigger
F C/E C
We’d go riding through them movies
C G C
Then we’d buy a boat and on the sea we’d sail
Chorus
C
The mystery masked man was smart
F C/E C
He got himself a Tonto
C G
‘Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
C
But Tonto he was smarter
F C/E C
And one day said Kemo Sabe
C G C
Kiss my ass I bought a boat, I’m going out to sea
Chorus
C
And if I were like lightning
F C/E C
I wouldn’t need no sneakers
C G
I’d come and go wherever I would please
C
And I’d scare ’em by the shade tree
F C/E C
And I’d scare ’em by the light pole
C G C
But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea
Chorus (repeat last line)
With or Without You
D A Bm G
D A Bm G
D A Bm
See the stone set in your eyes
G D
See the thorn twist in your side
A Bm G
I wait for you
D A Bm
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
G D
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
A Bm G
And I wait, without you
D A
With or without you
Bm G
With or without you
D A Bm
Through the storm we reach the shore
G D
You give it all but I want more
A Bm G
And I’m waiting for you
D A
With or without you
Bm G
With or without you
D A
I can’t live
Bm G
With or without you
D A Bm G
D A
And you give yourself away
Bm G
And you give yourself away
D
And you give
A
And you give
Bm G
And you give yourself away
D A
My hands are tied
Bm G D
My body bruised, she’s got me with
A
Nothing to win and
Bm G
Nothing left to lose
D A
And you give yourself away
Bm G
And you give yourself away
D
And you give
A
And you give
Bm G
And you give yourself away
D A
With or without you
Bm G
With or without you
D A
I can’t live
Bm G
With or without you
D A
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Bm G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
D A
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Bm G
Ooh-ooh
D A
With or without you
Bm G
With or without you
D A
I can’t live
Bm G
With or without you
D
With or without you
Son of a Son of a Sailor
Intro:
G, F, C, G
G, F, C, G, C, G
G
As the son of a son of a sailor
F C G
I went out on the sea for adventure
C G
Expanding the view of the captain and crew
D G C G
like a man just released from indentured
G
As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin’ man
F C G
I have chalked up many a mile.
C G
Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks
D G C G
and I learned much from both of their styles.
F C
Son of a son, Son of a son
G C G
Son of a son of a sailor
F C
Son of a gun, Load the last ton
G C G
One step ahead of the jailor
G
Now way in the near future,
F C G
Southeast of disorder
C G
You can shake the hand of the mango man
D G C G
As he greets you at the border
G
And the lady she hails from trinidad,
F C G
Island of the spices
C G
Salt for your meat, and cinnamon sweet
D G C G
And the rum is for all your good vices.
F C
Haul the sheet in as we ride on the wind
G C G
That our fore-fathers harnessed before us
F C
Hear the bells ring as the tide rigging sings
G C G
It’s a son of a gun of a chorus
Solo:
F, C, G
F, C, G C G
G
Now where it all ends, I can’t fathom my friends
F C G
If I knew I might toss out my anchor
C G
So I’ll cruise along always searching for songs
D G C G
Not a lawyer, a thief or a banker
F C
But a son of a son, son of a son
G C G
Son of a son of a sailor
F C
Son of a gun, load the last ton
G C G
One step ahead of the jailor
F C
I’m just a son of a son, son of a son
G C G
Son of a son of a sailor
F C
The sea’s in my veins, my tradition remains
G C G
I’m just glad I don’t live in a trailer,
(repeat bridge chords to fade)
Into the Mystic
capo III
C
We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
G
‘Ere the bonny boat was won
G C
As we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now, hear the sailor’s cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly
Into the mystic.
Em F
When that foghorn blows,
C
I will be comin’ home, Mmm hmm hm
Em F
When that foghorn blows,
G
I wanna hear it, I don’t have to fear it
And I wanna rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And magnificently we will float
Into the mystic
C G C
[repeat bridge]
And I wanna rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will float
Into the mystic Come on girl
C G C
C G C
Too late to stop now
Babylon
Intro: : / D – – – / G – – – / x4
D G D G
Friday night I’m going nowhere–all the lights are changing green to red
D G D G
Turning over TV stations, situations running through my head
D G D G
Looking back through time you know it’s clear that I’ve been blind I’ve been a fool
D G D G
To open up my heart to all that jealousy, that bitterness, that ridicule
Em x2
D G D G
Saturday I’m running wild and all the lights are changing red to green
D G D G
Moving through the crowd I’m pushing chemicals all rushing in my bloodstream
D G D G
Only wish that you were here you know I’m seeing it so clear I’ve been afraid
D G D G
To show you how I really feel admit to some of those bad mistakes I’ve made
Chorus
D A Em F#m (can substitute A)
If you want it come and get it (for) crying out loud
D A Em G
The love that I was giving you was never in doubt
D A Em A
Let go your heart let go your head and feel it now
D A Em A (2)
Let go your heart let go your head and feel it now
D G D G
Babylon, Babylon
D G D G
Babylon
D G D G
Sunday all the lights of London shining–sky is fading red to blue
D G
I’m kicking through the autumn leaves and wondering where it is you might
D G
be going to
D G D G
Turning back for home–you know I’m feeling so alone I can’t believe
D G D G
Climbing on the stair, I turn around to see you smiling there in front of me
Chorus 2:
D A Em F#m (can substitute A)
If you want it come and get it (for) crying out loud
D A Em G
The love that I was giving you was never in doubt
D A Em A
Let go your heart let go your head and feel it now
D A Em A
Let go your heart let go your head and feel it now
D A Em A
Let go your heart let go your head and feel it now
D A Em A (2)
Let go your heart let go your head and feel it now
D G D G
Babylon, Babylon
D G D G
Babylon, Babylon
D G D (3)
Babylon
End on D
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
|: C Csus4 C Csus4 😐
C Am
Oh, the ragman draws circles
C Am
Up and down the block.
C Am
I’d ask him what the matter was
F G
But I know that he don’t talk.
F C
And the ladies treat me kindly
Am C
And furnish me with tape,
Am C
But deep inside my heart
F C
I know I can’t escape.
Em
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
C G F
To be stuck inside of Mobile
C F C
With the Memphis blues again.
Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley
With his pointed shoes and his bells,
Speaking to some French girl,
Who says she knows me well.
And I would send a message
To find out if she’s talked,
But the post office has been stolen
And the mailbox is locked.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.
Mona tried to tell me
To stay away from the train line.
She said that all the railroad men
Just drink up your blood like wine.
An’ I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that,
But then again, there’s only one I’ve met
An’ he just smoked my eyelids
An’ punched my cigarette.”
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.
Grandpa died last week
And now he’s buried in the rocks,
But everybody still talks about
How badly they were shocked.
But me, I expected it to happen,
I knew he’d lost control
When he built a fire on Main Street
And shot it full of holes.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.
Now the senator came down here
Showing ev’ryone his gun,
Handing out free tickets
To the wedding of his son.
An’ me, I nearly got busted
An’ wouldn’t it be my luck
To get caught without a ticket
And be discovered beneath a truck.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.
Now the preacher looked so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of headlines
Stapled to his chest.
But he cursed me when I proved it to him,
Then I whispered, “Not even you can hide.
You see, you’re just like me,
I hope you’re satisfied.”
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.
Now the rainman gave me two cures,
Then he said, “Jump right in.”
The one was Texas medicine,
The other was just railroad gin.
An’ like a fool I mixed them
An’ it strangled up my mind,
An’ now people just get uglier
An’ I have no sense of time.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.
When Ruthie says come see her
In her honky-tonk lagoon,
Where I can watch her waltz for free
‘Neath her Panamanian moon.
An’ I say, “Aw come on now,
You must know about my debutante.”
An’ she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need
But I know what you want.”
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
Where the neon madmen climb.
They all fall there so perfectly,
It all seems so well timed.
An’ here I sit so patiently
Waiting to find out what price
You have to pay to get out of
Going through all these things twice.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
G
Clouds so swift
Am
Rain won’t lift
C
Gate won’t close
G
Railings froze
G Am
Get your mind off wintertime
C G
You ain’t goin’ nowhere
G Am
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
C
Tomorrow’s the day
G
My bride’s gonna come
G Am
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
C G
Down in the easy chair!
I don’t care
How many letters they sent
Morning came and morning went
Pick up your money
And pack up your tent
You ain’t goin’ nowhere
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
My bride’s gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!
Buy me a flute
And a gun that shoots
Tailgates and substitutes
Strap yourself
To the tree with roots
You ain’t goin’ nowhere
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
My bride’s gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!
Genghis Khan
He could not keep
All his kings
Supplied with sleep
We’ll climb that hill no matter how steep
When we get up to it
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
My bride’s gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!
Clouds so swift an’ rain fallin’ in
Gonna see a movie called “Gunga Din”
Pack up your money, pull up your tent McGuinn
You ain’t goin’ nowhere.
Whoo-ee, ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
That my bride’s a-gonna come
Whoo-ee, are we gonna fly
Down into the easy chair.
Genghis Khan an’ his brother Don
Could not keep on keepin’ on
We’ll climb that bridge after it’s gone
After we’re way past it.
Buy me some rings an’ a gun that sings
A flute that toots an’ a bee that stings
A sky that cries an’ a bird that flies
A fish that walks an’ a dog that talks.