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The Best Life Ever

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C
This world would like to make me lonely, but I got my friends with me
We’re trying hard to help others find friends eternally
F C
When I would worry about me, oh, this world would bring me down
F C
I’m feeling better lifting others off the ground
G
Look what I’ve found

C G Am F
I want to know what I can do; I want to give what I can give
C
That is the best feeling ever
C G Am F
I know this’ll last forever. I’m where I want to be
C
This is the best life ever.

So many good things yet to be done with these two hands of mine
I’ll take some love and build us a bridge—⁠connects your heart to mine
When I would worry about me, oh, this world would bring me down
I’m feeling better lifting others off the ground
Look what I’ve found

C G Am F
I want to know what I can do; I want to give what I can give
C
That is the best feeling ever
C G Am F
I know this’ll last forever. I’m where I want to be
This is the best life

F C
I’m not afraid, come what may
F C Am D
This kind of life gets better ev’ry day—⁠ev’ry day, ev’ry way

C G Am F
Oh, I want to live for more than me; I want to give ’til I feel free
That is the best feeling ever
C G Am F
I know this’ll last forever. Come with me; you’ll see
F C
This is the best life ever
This is the best life ever
This is the best life ever

Only Living Boy in New York

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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

I Still Miss Someone

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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

Babylon

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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

It Won’t Be Long

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C Am F G C
Time keeps on ticking; the years seem to fly
I’m not getting younger; from pain, I can’t hide
But I know it won’t be long
I have lost loved ones at times in my life
And living without them has been a hard fight
But I know it won’t be long

C Am F G C
And I will wake up tomorrow, and life will be new
The Kingdom has come, and forever its rule
over us will bring peace
It won’t be long
C Am [F G]x2 C
Friends and loved ones we’re welcoming back
Pain and sorrow is all in the past
Yes, I know Jehovah’s will
will be done
in all the earth
It won’t be long

When I look at this world and the days we’re in
The time is reduced. It is clear, my friend
Yes, I know it won’t be long
So I try my best to do what is right
To make Jehovah the purpose in my life
’Cause I know it won’t be long

C Am F G C
And I will wake up tomorrow, and life will be new
The Kingdom has come, and forever its rule
over us will bring peace
It won’t be long
C Am [F G]x2 C
Friends and loved ones we’re welcoming back
Pain and sorrow is all in the past
Yes, I know Jehovah’s will
will be done
in all the earth
It won’t be long

F D C
Even if I don’t get to see
this old world pass away
Safe I know I will be
in Jehovah’s memory

C Am F G C
And I will wake up tomorrow, and life will be new
The Kingdom has come, and forever its rule
over us will bring peace
It won’t be long
C Am [F G]x3 CFriends and loved ones will welcome me back
Pain and sorrow is all in the past
Yes, I know Jehovah’s will
will be done
in all the earth
And we’ll see
Paradise
It won’t be long

jazz album links to audio

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I Want You to Know


Moonlight Dreaming


This Sad Dance


Tropical Vacation


Whispering Love

If I Had a Million Dollars

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intro G D C x4

G D C
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well, I’d buy you a house, (I would buy you a house)
And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
I’d buy you furniture for your house (Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well, I’d buy you a K-car (A nice reliant automobile)
G D C D
And if I had a million dollars, I’d buy your love.

C D G Em C
(If I had a million dollars) I’d build a tree fort in our yard
D G Em C
(If I had a million dollars) You could help, it wouldn’t be that hard
D G
(If I had a million dollars) Maybe we could put, like, a
Em C D
little tiny fridge in there somewhere……

(in which we talk about the fridge and what we would find in it)

G D C G D C

G D C
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well, I’d buy you a fur coat (But not a real fur coat, that’s cruel)
And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well, I’d buy you an exotic pet (Yep, like a llama, or an emu)
And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well, I’d buy you John Merrick’s remains (Ooh, all them crazy elephant bones)
And if I had a million dollars, I’d buy your love.

C D G Em C
(If I had a million dollars) We wouldn’t have to walk to the store
(If I had a million dollars) We’d take a limousine cause it costs more
D G Em C D
(If I had a million dollars) We wouldn’t have to eat Kraft Dinner……

intro x2

G D C
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well, I’d buy you a green dress (But not a real green dress that’s cruel)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well, I’d buy you some art (A Picasso, or a Garfunkel)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
Well, I’d buy you a monkey (Haven’t you always wanted a monkey?)
G D C D
If I had a million dollars, I’d buy your love.

C D G Em C
(If I had a million dollars) If I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars) If I had a million dollars
D G Em C D G
If I had a million d – o – l – l – a – r – s, I’d be rich

new instrumentals 2024

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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

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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.