Rob s Ukulele Song Book 1 - Rob DonoghueThe Road to Hell Chris Rea 49 The Unknown Athlete 50 Times...

Rob’s Ukulele

Song Book 1

50 of my favourite

songs for ukulele

CONTENTSAtmosphere Joy Division 1

Black Sun Death Cab for Cutie 2

Black Swan Song Athlete 3

Broken Jake Bugg 4

Dead Skunk Loudon Wainwright 5

Does It Ever Cross Your Mind? The Paper Kites 6

Eight Days a Week The Beatles 7

Falling Slowly Glen Hansard 8

Fire and Rain James Taylor 9

Gold Watch Blues Donovan 10

Hero Family of the Year 11

Heron Song Ralph McTell 12

How Soon the Dawn Jake Bugg 13

I Fear Ikea The Lancashire Hot Pots 14

If You Stay Heidi Talbot 15

I Got Married on Friday 16

I'll Keep You Safe Sleeping at Last 17

I'm Lying to You Cause I'm Lost The Paper Kites 19

In My Veins Andrew Belle 21

I Will Follow You into the Dark Death Cab for Cutie 22

Make It Without You Andrew Belle 23

Make You Feel My Love Bob Dylan 25

My Lady's a Wild Flying Dove Tom Paxton 26

My My, Hey Hey Neil Young 27

North Sleeping at Last 28

One Day Like This Elbow 29

On My Way Back Home Band of Horses 30

Paddy McGinty's Goat Val Doonican 31

Plastic Jesus 32

Polaroid Imagine Dragons 33

Run Snow Patrol 34

Say Something A Great Big World 35

Sea of Heartbreak 37

Silenced by the Night Keane 38

Silhouette Aquilo 39

Sixty Years On Elton John 40

Start It All Over Again Heidi Talbot 41

Street Map Athlete 42

Streets of London Ralph McTell 43

Tears in Heaven Eric Clapton 44

The Fields of Athenry Pete St John 45

The Grey Funnel Line Cyril Tawney 46

The Last Thing on My Mind Tom Paxton 47

The Old and the Young Midlake 48

The Road to Hell Chris Rea 49

The Unknown Athlete 50

Times Like These Foo Fighters 51

Where's My Love SYML 52

Window Blues Band of Horses 53

Working Man Rita MacNeil 54Colour Key: Green - slowish tempo, Brown - quicker tempo, Yellow - a bit different!

Atmosphere - Joy Division

A A D D A A D D Strumming: D DU UDU

A D Walk in silence A D Don't walk away, in silence A D See the danger, always danger A D Endless talking, life rebuilding A D Don't walk away E E D D! A A D D

A D Walk in silence A D Don't turn away, in silence A D Your confusion, my illusion A Worn like a mask of self-hate D Confronts and then dies A D Don't walk away E E D D! A A D D

A D People like you, find it easy A D Naked to see, walking on air A Hunting by the rivers, through the streets D A Every corner, abandoned too soon, D Set down with due care. A D Don't walk away, in silence, A D Don't walk away. A A D D A! 1

Black Sun - Death Cab for Cutie

Am C G Dm Strumming: DUDUDUDU

Am! C Strumming not too

There is whisky in the water loud in verses

G Dm

And there is death upon the vine

Am C

There is fear in the eyes of your father

G Dm

And there is "Yours" and there is "Mine"

Am C

There is a desert veiled in pavement

G Dm

And there's a city of seven hills

Am C

And all our debris flows to the ocean

G Dm

To meet again, I hope it will

F! Dm! G! Am!

How could, something, so fair, be so cruel

F! Dm! G! Am

When this, black sun, revolved, around you!

Am C G Dm

Am! C

There is an answer in a question

G Dm

And there is hope within despair

Am C

And there is beauty in a failure,

G Dm

And there are depths beyond compare

Am C

There is a role of a lifetime

G Dm

And there's a song yet to be sung

Am C

And there's a dumpster in the driveway

G Dm

Of all the plans that came undone

Chorus

Am C G Dm

Am! C

There is whisky in the water

G! Dm

And there is death upon the vine

Am! C

And there is grace within forgiveness

G! Dm

But it's so hard for me to find

Chorus 2

Black Swan Song - Athlete (C) (Em) x 2 Verses: D DU DU DU Chorus: D D D D

(C) / I waded through the darkest (Em) fields you'd imagine

(C) Your pretty face sketched on the (Em) barrel of my gun

And I (F) know, you'll be the first to (C) welcome me

(F) / When I climb into (C) eternity

(G) /// Oh (C) oh (G) /// Oh (C) oh (C)

I've been (F) racing the clock

And I've run out of steam

I am (Am) ready for my final (G) symphony

Oh my (F) body is weak

But my soul is still strong

I am (Am) ready to rest in your (G) arms

(C) / Though many battles (Em) I have won

(C) I lost too many friends I (Em) could count on

And I (F) know, they'll be the first to (C) welcome me

(F) / When I climb into (C) eternity

(G) /// Oh (C) oh (G) /// Oh (C) oh (C)

Chorus

And the (C!) rain beat down on the (F!) rooftops

But there was no (Am!) sound

There was no (G!) sound

And all my (C!) friends and family (F!) carried me

They carried me (Am!) home

They carried me (G!) home

Chorus

(G!) Oh (C!) oh 3

Broken Jake Bugg C Em F G Strumming: D DU UDU D DUDUDU in bold sections C Em F I'll wait here for you G For I'm broken C Em F Down, coming down this time G For my heart lies C Far and away where they took you down Am F Led them over to your house G Where I'm broken C Down by the people if they let you breathe Am F Don't give a damn if you still can't see G See my heart beats for C Em F You have become all I lost G And all I hoped for C Em But I must carry on F G Always one never broken C Run to the lobby where I saw you try Am F Don't give a damn for your reasons why G Why I'm broken F G Down in the valley where the church bells cry Am F C I'll lead them over to your eyes Am F Whoa C I am one Am F Whoa C F I am one C! I am one

4

Dead Skunk (Loudon Wainwright)

Intro:

[G][D][C][G] [G][D][C][G]

Verse 1:

[G] Crossin' the highway [D] late last night

He [C] shoulda looked left and he [G] shoulda looked right

He didn't see the station [D] wagon car

The [C] skunk got squashed and [G] there you are!

Chorus:

You got yer [G] Dead skunk in the [D] middle of the road

[C] Dead skunk in the [G] middle of the road

You got yer [G] dead skunk in the [D] middle of the road

[C] Stinkin' to high [G] Heaven!

[G][D][C][G] [G][D][C][G]

Verse 2:

[G] Take a whiff on me, that [D] ain't no rose!

[C] Roll up yer window and [G] hold yer nose

You don't have to look and you [D] don't have to see

'Cause [C] you can feel it in your [G] olfactory

Chorus

Verse 3:

You [G] got yer dead cat and you [D] got yer dead dog

On a [C] moonlight night you got yer [G] dead toad frog

Got yer dead rabbit and yer [D] dead raccoon

The [C] blood and the guts they're gonna [G] make you swoon!

Chorus finishing on G!

5

Does it Ever Cross Your Mind? – The Paper Kites

E E! Strumming: Gentle D dududu

Does it ever cross your (E) mind? (E!) When it’s summer in (A) July (A) When it’s (Dbm!) quiet And you (E!) find a (A!) little time Does it ever cross your (A) mind? (A!) Does it ever cross your (E) mind? (E!)

Are you so much older (E) now? (E!) Your children playing in the (A) street (A) With their (Dbm!) castles And (E!) cowboys and (A!) make believe Does it ever cross your (A) mind? (A!) Does it ever cross your (E) mind? (E!)

Mm mm mm (E) m (E!) Mm mm mm (A) m (A!) Mm mm mm (E) m (E!)

(Bm!) Driving through this (Bm!) town And I (Gbm!) remember how it (Gbm!) feels And (A!) do I ever cross your (Bsus4!) mind? Some(E!)times?

6

Eight Days A Week (The Beatles)

Intro: [C] [D7] [F] [C!]

[C] Ooh I need your [D7] love babe [F] guess you know it's [C] true [C] Hope you need my [D7] love babe [F] just like I need [C] you [Am] Hold me [F] love me [Am] hold me [D7] love me [C] Ain't got nothing but [D7] love babe [F] eight days a [C] week

[C] Love you every [D7] day girl [F] always on my [C] mind [C] One thing I can [D7] say girl [F] love you all the [C] time [Am] Hold me [F] love me [Am] hold me [D7] love me [C] Ain't got nothing but [D7] love babe [F] eight days a [C] week

[G] Eight days a week I [Am] love you [D7] Eight days a week is [F] not enough to [G7] show I care

[C] Ooh I need your [D7] love babe [F] guess you know it's [C] true [C] Hope you need my [D7] love babe [F] just like I need [C] you [Am] Hold me [F] love me [Am] hold me [D7] love me

[C] Ain't got nothing but [D7] love babe [F] eight days a [C] week

[G] Eight days a week I [Am] love you [D7] Eight days a week is [F] not enough to [G7] show I care

[C] Love you every [D7] day girl [F] always on my [C] mind [C] One thing I can [D7] say girl [F] love you all the [C] time [Am] Hold me [F] love me [Am] hold me [D7] love me [C] Ain't got nothing but [D7] love babe [F] eight days a [C] week

[F] Eight days a [C] week [F] eight days a [C] week

Outro: [C] [D7] [F] [C!]

7

Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova

C C! Strum: DDU UDU

C F C F

I don't know you, but I want you all the more for that

C F C F

Words fall through me and always fool me, and I can't react

Am G F G Am G

Games that never amount to more than they're meant will play

F F

themselves out

C F Am F

Take this sinking boat and point it home, we've still got time

C F Am F F!

Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice, you've made it now

C F C F

Falling slowly, eyes that know me, and I can't go back

C F C F

Moods that take me and erase me, and I'm painted black

Am G F G Am G

You have suffered enough and warred with yourself, it's time

F F

that you won

C F Am F

Take this sinking boat and point it home, we've still got time

C F Am F F!

Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice, you've made it now

C C F F C C F C!

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Fire and rain James Taylor A Em D A A E G G Strum: D DU UDU A Em D A 1. Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone. A E G G Susanne, the plans they made, put an end to you. A Em D A I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song, A E G G I just can’t remember who to send it to.

D E A A I’ve seen fire and I've seen rain, D E A A I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. D E A A I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, G Em A A but I always thought that I'd see you - again. G Em A A always thought that I'd see you - again.

A Em D A A E G G A Em 2. Won’t you look down upon me, Jesus D A you got to help me make a stand, A E G G you just got to see me through another day. A Em D A My body’s aching and my time is at hand, A E G G I won’t make it any other way.

D E A A I’ve seen fire and I've seen rain, D E A A I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. D E A A I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, G Em A A but I always thought that I'd see you - again.

G Em A A always thought that I'd see you - again. G! Em! A!(spead) always thought that I'd see you - again. 9

GOLD WATCH BLUES – DONOVAN

Strumming: verses - soft downstrums Am! Am! E7! E7! Am! Am! Am….. chorus - DUDU Am E7 Am Am 1. I went up for my interview on the fourth day of July, E7 Am Am Personnel, they questioned me, until I nearly cried. E7 Am Am Made me fill in forms, until I shook with fear, E7 Am! Am! ‘bout the colour of my toilet roll and if my cousin`s queer. Am E7 Am Am

Here`s your gold watch and shackles for your chain, E7 Am Am and your piece of paper, to say you left here sane. E7 Am Am And if you have a son, who wants a good career, Am! Am E7 Am! Am! Am….. just get him to sign on the dotted line, and work for fifty years.

Am E7 Am Am 2. He asked me, how many, jobs I`d had before, E7 Am Am he nearly had a heart-attack, when I answered : four! E7 Am Am Four jobs in twenty years, O, this can never be, E7 Am! Am! we only take on men, who`ll work until they die. + CHORUS

Am E7 Am Am 3. He took me outside to where the gravestones stand in line. E7 Am Am This is where we bury them, quick stone and in lime. E7 Am Am And if you come to work for us, and this you must agree, Am! Am! E7! Am! Am! that if you`re going to die, please do it during tea-break. + CHORUS

Am! Am! E7! Am! 4. This story that you`ve heard, you may think rather queer, Am! Am! E7! Am! but it is the truth, you`ll be surprised to hear. Am! Am! E7! Am! I did, not want, no job upon the board, Am! Am! E7! Am! I just wanted to take a broom, and sweep the bloody floor!

10

HERO – Family of The Year

1 2 3 4 G G Strumming: D DU U DU

G

Let me go

Em Bm

I don't wanna be your he - ro

C

I don't wanna be a big man

G D D

Just wanna fight like everyone else

G

Your masquerade

Em Bm

I don't wanna be a part of your parade

C

Everyone deserves a chance to

G D D

Walk with everyone else

G

While holding down

Em Bm

A job to keep my girl around

C

And maybe buy me some new strings

G D D D (DDUDUDU)

And her a night out on the weekend

G

We can whisper things

Em Bm

Secrets from our American dreams

C

Baby needs some protection

G D D D (DDUDUDU)

But I'm a kid like everyone else

G

So, let me go etc. finishing with G!

11

Heron Song – Ralph McTell

Intro: [D][D] Strumming: D DU UDU

[D] And once I [G] walked, [Em] a million [D] miles [D]

[Em] All the way [A] to Yugo[D]slavia

[D] And I carried [G] you, [Em] all of the [D] way

[D] For where I [G] was, [Em] then there you [D] are [D]

[G][Em][D]

[D] As the sun [G] rose, [Em] o'er the kerb [D] stones [D]

[Em] By the road [A] where I'd been [D] sleeping

[D] Them night-long [G] trucks, [Em] as they roared [D] by

[D] They could not [G] drown, [Em] my [D] weeping [D] [G][Em][D]

[D] And it was [G] me, [Em] and I a[D]lone [D]

Who [Em] looked toward [A] the far [D] horizon

[D] And I saw King [G] Heron, [Em] on his dead tree [D] throne

[D] And I knew not [G] which, [Em] to keep my [D] mind on [D]

[G][Em][D]

[D] Now I cannot [G] speak, [Em] for every [D] one [D]

For they [Em] got their reasons, [A] all on this [D] road

[D] But Heron [G] would, [Em] that I had your [D] wings

[D] For then I'd [G] know, [Em] where I would [D] go

[D] For then I'd [G] know, [Em] where I would [D!] go

12

How Soon the Dawn – Jake Bugg

D D D D Strum: D DUDUDU

D D

Look how far I've fell

D D

Down in the wishing well, you'd forgotten

Am D D

I spent time in your head

D D

Thought I knew it all

D D

How the mighty fall, to the bottom

Am D D

You spent time in your bed

D D

How soon the dawn

G G

Of love has come

D D

And made you run

G G

You've come undone

A! Em! D D

I've been feeling it too

G G D D G G

D D

Took the subway down

D D

Until the day you've found, it was broken

Am D D

Now it can't take you away

D D

Just a silly thought

D D

Until the day you caught, me in action

Am D D

You're knowing me less every day

Chorus - finishing on D!

13

I Fear Ikea (The Lancashire Hot Pots) C C C! Strum: D DUDU

C F Let me tell of a shop that fills me with dread C G C It’s blue and it’s yellow but it makes me see red F It’s a furniture shop that makes me want to shout C G C Cos once you are in you can’t find your way out.

G G G C! That’s why I fear IKEA C F I won’t go there again C F I don’t want a bookcase called Billy G C C! Or a table called Sven

C F Don’t go on a Saturday if you don’t want to queue C G C And that don’t count sitting ont’ M sixty two F If you go on a Wednesday, well it just makes you laugh C G C It’s the size of Belgium but there’s no bloody staff.

Chorus C F It’s a good 10 mile walk if you just want a shelf C G C But I go to the warehouse and pick it myself! C F Well I fought with the trolley, didn’t get very far C G C And the boxes so big wouldn’t fit in the car.

Chorus C F Michael Palin he’s travelled the world once or twice C G C So they sent him to Ikea ‘cos it sounded quite nice C F Well the men at the Beeb must’ve been off their heads C G C He went missing a week between kitchens and beds

Chorus 14

If You Stay - Heidi Talbot

G G! Strumming: D DU UDU

In the (G) window, (G) down the (Em) meadow (Em)

A (C) path of silver (C) moonbeam, (C) slips through winter (C) snowflakes,

Like a (G) dream. (G)

Our small (G) hearth fire, (G) warms the (Em) world tonight (Em)

And I (C) get to thinking (C) you and me,

(C) Maybe we could (C) better make our (D) way (D!)

If you (G) stay. (G)

I (D) need your simple (D) healing touch,

(D) Need your power, (D) need your love,

In(Em)side me, (Em) to (Em) guide me, (Em)

I (C) know it won't be (C) easy,

But I (C) promise to be (C) with you,

Come what (D) may (D!)

If you (G) stay here, (G) there'll be (Em) no fear (Em)

If we (C) bend we'll never (C) have to break,

We'll (C) work things out and (C) it'll be O(D)K (D!)

If you (G) stay (G)

Em Em C C G G

I (D) need your simple (D) healing touch,

(D) Need your power, (D) need your love,

In(Em)side me, (Em) to (Em) guide me, (Em)

I (C) know it won't be (C) easy,

But I (C) promise to be (C) with you,

Come what (D) may (D!)

If you (G!) stay

15

I Got Married on Friday C F! C! I got married on Friday C F! C! Everyone said it was my day F When the guests were all gone C A7! We were alone D7! G7! C! Side by side C F! C! We got ready for bed then C F! C! That’s when I nearly dropped dead when F Her teeth and her hair C A7! She placed on the chair D7! G7! C! Side by side E7 Much to my amazement A7 Out her glass eye did fall D7! D7! One arm, one leg, she placed there G7 G7! G7! Side by side on the chair C F! C! This left me broken hearted C F! C! Most of my wife had departed F So I slept on the chair C A7! There was more of her there D7! G7! C! Side by side D7 G7 C(5) G7! C! Side by side

16

I’ll Keep You Safe – Sleeping At Last

Strumming: D DU U DU

G G G!

G

I’ll keep you safe

C G

Try hard to concentrate. Hold out your hand

C

Can you feel the weight of it

The whole world at your fingertips

D D C

Don’t be, don’t be afraid

D

Our mistakes they were bound to be made

D! G

But I promise you I’ll keep you safe

Bm


G

Darkness will be rewritten

Bm

Into a work of fiction, you’ll see

G Bm

As you pull on every ribbon, you’ll find every secret it keeps

C G

The sound of the branches breaking under your feet

C G

The smell of the falling and burning of leaves

C

The bitterness of winter

G

Or the sweetness of spring

C

You are an artist

G D D!

And your heart is your masterpiece

G

And I’ll keep it safe

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C G

Dismiss the invisible by giving it shape

C

Like a clockmaker fixes time

By keeping the gears in line

D D C

Don’t be, don’t be afraid

D

Our mistakes they were bound to be made

D! G

But I promise you I’ll keep you safe

Bm


G

As you build up your collection

Bm

Of pearls that you pulled from the deep

G Bm

A landscape more beautiful than anything that I’ve ever seen

C G

The sound of the branches breaking under your feet

C G

The smell of the falling and burning of leaves

C

The bitterness of winter

G

Or the sweetness of spring

C

You are an artist

G D D!

And your heart is your masterpiece

G!

And I’ll keep it safe

18

I’m Lying to You Cause I’m Lost – The Paper Kites

D D G A D D Strum: D DUDUDU

D D

Shaking in the evening sun

Em G

Counting all the times I've run

Em G A A

Trying to be honest, selfish from a point of view

D D

How'd it get away from me?

Em G

Held up in the old Q.C.

Em G A A

Watching out the window, crying in my hotel room

D G Em

Ohhhhhhhhh-ohhhhhhhhh-oh

G D

I'll do anything that you want

G A

Except what you’re wanting from me

A Em

I'm lying to you cause I'm lost

Em G

Lying to you cause I'm lost

Em D D (G A D D 1st time only)


D D

My mother seems to know it all

Em G

Sensed it from a distant call

Em G A A

How's she so objective? Tell me how you really feel

D D

And I was once a maker of my time

Em G

A celebrated man of mind

Em G A A

Always feels a dream until the real sets in

Chorus 19

D Em

So tell me darling what's it cost

Em G

When I'm lying to you cause I'm lost

G Bm


Em G A D G D G Em

I'm lost, I'm lost

G Em

I'll be anything...

G D! D!

I'll be anything...except what you want me to be

20

In My Veins – Andrew Belle

Em C G D D! Strum: D DU UDU

Em Em C

Nothing goes as planned

C G G D

Everything will break

D Em Em C

People say goodbye

C G G D

In their own special way

D Em Em C

All that you rely on

C G G D

And all that you could fake

D Em Em C

Will leave you in the morning

C G G D D

Come find you in the day

Em C G D

Oh, you're in my veins, and I cannot get you out

Em C G D

Oh, you're all I taste, at night inside of my mouth

Em C G D

Oh, you run away, cause I am not what you found

Em C G D D!

Oh, you're in my veins, and I cannot get you out

Em Em C

Everything will change

C G G D

Nothing stays the same

D Em Em C

Nobody is perfect

C G G D

but everyone’s to blame

D Em Em C

All that you rely on

C G G D

And all that you can save

D Em Em C

Will leave you in the morning

C G G D D

Will find you in the day

Chorus (but single strums on last line with a D! on ‘you’) 21

I Will Follow You into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie

F Fm C C Strumming: D DU UDU C Am Love of mine, someday you will die, F But I’ll be close behind, C G I’ll follow you into the dark. C Am No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white, F Just our hands clasped so tight, C G Waiting for the hint of a spark.

Am C F C If heaven and hell decide that they both are satisfied, Am C G Illuminate the ‘no’s on their vacancy signs, Am C E Am If there’s no-one beside you when your soul embarks, F Fm C Then I’ll follow you into the dark.

C Am Catholic school, as vicious as Roman rule, F C G I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black. C Am F I held my tongue as she told me “Son, fear is the heart of love” C G So I never went back. Chorus C Am You and me have seen everything to see, F From Bangkok to Calgary, C G And the soles of your shoes C! Am! Are all worn down, the time for sleep is now, F! But it’s nothing to cry about, C! G ‘Cause we’ll hold each other soon. Chorus F! Fm! C! And I’ll follow you into the dark. 22

Make It Without You – Andrew Belle

G G Am Am D D G G Strum: D DU UDU

G C

This is the starting of my greatest fear

G C

I'm all packed up, getting out of here

Am D

But then you call and tell me not to go

Am D

That I'm the one who put the rock n roll

G

In your life ...

C

This is the starting of a brand new day

G C

I never liked this town much anyway

Am D

I need this city like I need the rain

Am D

I know that somewhere there's a north bound train

G Em G

Oh I'll make it without you

Em

Make it without you

Am

Though my body's laying here

D G

It's my mouth that must be lying now

Am Am D D G G

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G C

This is the starting of my fall from grace

G C

My self esteem, oh it's seen better days

Am D

You know I'll never let this go to waste

Am D

I'll keep this memory on the map I trace

G

Back to home . . .

C

Friends go out, but I've been staying in

G C

I know I should, but that's the way it's been

Am D

I never cared much for the taste of gin

Am D

Still don't now, but oh it's been helping

G Em G

Oh I'll make it without you

Em

Make it without you

Am


D G


Am


D! G!


24

Make You Feel My Love Bob Dylan

[A7] [D7] [G] x 2 Strum: D DUDUDU [G] / When the rain is blowing [D] in your face

[F] / And the whole world is [C] on your case

[C] / I could offer you a [G] warm embrace

[A7] To make you [D7] feel my [G] love [G] / When evening shadows and the [D] stars appear

[F] / And there is no one there to [C] dry your tears

[C] / I could hold you for a [G] million years

[A7] To make you [D7] feel my [G] love [C] / I know you haven't made your [G] mind up yet

[C] / But I would never do you [G] wrong

[C] / I’ve known it from the moment [G] that we met

No [A7!] doubt in my mind where you be-[D7] long [G] / I'd go hungry, I'd go [D] black and blue

[F] / I'd go crawling down the [C] avenue

[C] / No, there's nothing that I [G] wouldn't do

[A7] To make you [D7] feel my [G] love [C] / The storms are raging on the [G] rollin' sea

[C] / And on the highway of re[G]gret

[C] / The winds of change are blowing [G] wild and free

You [A7!] ain't seen nothing like me [D7] yet [G] / I could make you happy, make your [D] dreams come true

[F] / There is nothing that I [C] wouldn't do

[C] / Go to the ends of the [G] earth for you

[A7] To make you [D7] feel my [G] love

[A7] To make you [D7] feel my [G] love

[A7] To make you [D7!] feel my [G!] love (slower!) 25

My Lady’s a Wild Flying Dove – Tom Paxton C Am Dm G Strumming: D DU UDU C F C G 1. Some ladies are foolish, some ladies are gay, C F C G7 C some ladies are comely, some live while they may. Am Dm G G7 My lady’s a wild flying dove, my lady is wine, C F C C G C Am Dm G she whispers each evening, she’s mine, mine, mine. C F C G 2. She likes pretty pictures, she loves singing birds, C F C G7 C she’ll watch them for hours, but I see only her. Am Dm G G7 My lady’s a wild flying dove, my lady is wine, C F C C G C Am Dm G she whispers each evening, she’s mine, mine, mine. C F C G 3. She tells me she’s learning, how full her cup can be, C F C G7 C she asks me to help her, but I know she’s teaching me. Am Dm G G7 My lady’s a wild flying dove, my lady is wine, C F C C G C she whispers each evening, she’s mine, mine, mine. C F C C G C C! she whispers each evening, she’s mine, mine, mine.

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My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) Neil Young

Am G Fmaj7 Fmaj7 x 2 Strum: D DU UDU

Am G Fmaj7

My My, hey hey

Am G Fmaj7

Rock and roll is here to stay

C Em Am F

It's better to burn out, than to fade away

Am G Fmaj7

My My, hey hey

Am G Fmaj7 Fmaj7

Am G Fmaj7

Out of the blue and into the black

Am G Fmaj7

They give you this but you pay for that

C Em Am F

And once you're gone you can never come back

Am G Fmaj7

When you're out of the blue and into the black

Am G Fmaj7 Fmaj7

Am G Fmaj7

The king is gone but he's not forgotten

Am G Fmaj7

This is the story of Johnny Rotten

C Em Am F

It's better to burn out, than it is to rust

Am G Fmaj7

The king is gone but he's not forgotten

Am G Fmaj7 Fmaj7

Am G Fmaj7

Hey Hey, my my

Am G Fmaj7

Rock and roll can never die

C Em Am F

There's more to the picture, than meets the eye

Am G Fmaj7

Hey Hey, my my

Am G Fmaj7 Am!(spread)

Hey Hey, my my 27

North – Sleeping at Last

Am F C C Am F C C Strumming – D du

We will (C) call this (F) place our (C) home,

The dirt in which our (F) roots may (C) grow.

Though the (Am) storms will (F) push and (C) pull,

We will (Am) call this (F) place our (C) home.

We’ll tell our (C) stories (F) on these (C) walls.

Every year, mea(F)sure how (C) tall.

And just (Am) like a (F) work of (C) art,

We’ll tell our (Am) stories (F) on these (C!) walls.

Let the (F!) years we’re (Am!) here, be (C!) kind, be (G!) kind.

Let our (F!) hearts, like (Am!) doors, open (C!) wide, open (G!) wide.

Settle our (Am!) bones, like (G!) wood, over (F!) time, over (C!) time.

Give us (Am!) bread, give us (F!) salt, give us (C!) wine.

A little (C) broken, a (F) little (C) new.

We are the impact (F) and the (C) glue.

Cap(Am)able of more (F) than we (C) know,

We call this (Am) fixer (F) upper (C) home.

With each (C) year, our (F) colour (C) fades.

Slowly, our paint (F) chips a(C)way.

But we will (Am) find the (F) strength and the (C) nerve it (G) takes

To re(Am!)paint and re(F!)paint and re(C!)paint (G!) every (C!) day.

Chorus +

Give us (Am!) bread, give us (F!) salt, give us (C!) wine.

Smaller (C) than dust (F) on this (C) map

Lies the greatest (F) thing we (C) have:

The dirt in (Am) which our (F) roots may (C) grow

And the (Am!) right to (F!) call it (C!) home.

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One day like this (Elbow) G G Strum: D DU UDU G C Drinking in the morning sun, blinking in the morning sun D C Shaking off the heavy one, heavy like a loaded gun G C What made me behave that way? Using words I never say D Can only think it must be love C G G G G Oh anyway, it’s looking like a beautiful day…… G C Someone tell me how I feel, it’s silly wrong but vivid right D C Kiss me like a final meal, kiss me like we die tonight G C ‘Cause holy cow I love your eyes, and only now I see the light D Lying with you half awake C G G! Oh anyway, it’s looking like a beautiful day…… G G G G Strum: D DU DU D G F Strum: D DU DU DU Throw those curtains wide C G One day like this a year, would see me right G F Throw those curtains wide C G One day like this a year, would see me right G F Throw those curtains wide C! G! One day like this a year, would see me right

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On My Way Back Home – Band of Horses

C C Strumming: D DU U DU

On my (C) way back home, by (G) chance I thought of

All my (C) favourite songs, (G) where I'd gone wrong

The (F) only words, that I could think (C) of (G)

I'm (F) chucking my life away (in) the form of a (C) song (G)

(On) my way back (C) home

(C) Every step, a (G) victory it was

I was (C) cheating death, (G) just in time I woke

My (F) memories start, to wander (C) off (G)

(F) Come to me, the remembrance (C) of (G)


Instrumental Verse

I (C) came in this way, and (G) here now I'll stay

If the (C) unknown, (G) have to wait one more day

There's (F) often times, that it comes out (C) wrong (G)

But (F) luckily I, got a mind to (C) know (G)


Instrumental (last 2 lines - slowing down and ending with C!)

30

Paddy McGinty’s Goat

C A Dm G x 2 Instrumental Strum: DUDU

Now [C] Patrick McGinty, an Irishman of note

Fell [Dm] in for a fortune, and he bought himself a goat

Says [C] he: “Sure of goat’s milk, I’m going to have me fill”

But [Dm] when he brought the [G7] Nanny home, he [C] found it was a Bill

All the young ladies, who live in Killaloo

They’re [Em] all wearing bustles, like their mothers used to do

They [F] each wear a [C] bolster, be[Dm]neath their petti[C]coat

And [Dm] leave the rest to [G7] providence, and [C] Paddy McGinty’s goat

C A Dm G x 2

Now [C] Norah McCarthy, the knot was goin’ to tie

She [Dm] washed out her trousseau, and hung it out to dry

A[C]long came the goat, and he saw the bits of white

And [Dm] chewed up all her [G7] falderals, and [C] on her wedding night

“Oh, turn out the light quick”, she shouted out to Pat

For [Em] though I’m your bride, sure I’m not worth looking at

I [F] had two of [C] ev’rything, I [Dm] told you when I [C] wrote

But [Dm] now I’ve one of [G7] nothing, all thro’ [C] Paddy McGinty’s goat

C A Dm G x 2

Mickey [C] Riley, he went to the races t’other day

He [Dm] won twenty dollars, and shouted: “Hip Hooray!”

He [C] held up the note, shouting: “Look at what I’ve got!”

The [Dm] goat came up, and [G7] grabbed at it, and [C] swallowed up the lot

“He’s eaten my banknote”, says Mickey with the hump

They [Em] went for the doctor, and they got a stomach pump

They [F] pumped and they [C] pumped, for the [Dm] twenty dollar [C] note

But [Dm] all they got was [G7] ninepence, out of [C] Paddy McGinty’s goat

C A Dm G x 2

Now [C] old Paddy’s goat, had a wondrous appetite

And [Dm] one day for breakfast, he had some dynamite

A [C] big box of matches, he swallowed all serene

Then [Dm] out he went, and [G7] swallowed up a [C] quart of paraffin

He sat by the fireside, he didn’t give a hang

He [Em] swallowed a spark, and exploded with a bang (STOP)

So [F!] if you go to [C!] heaven, you can [Dm!] bet a dollar [C!] note

That [Dm] angel with the [G7] whiskers on, is [C] Paddy McGinty’s goat

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PLASTIC JESUS (Ed Rush/George Cromarty)

[D] [A] [D] [D!] Strum: D DUDUDU

Plastic [D] Jesus, Plastic [G] Jesus [D] Riding on the dashboard of my [A] car Plastic [D] Jesus, Plastic [G] Jesus [D] Riding on the [A] dashboard of my [D] car

[D] I don't care if it rains or freezes [G] ‘Long as I have my Plastic Jesus

[D] Riding on the dashboard of my [A] car [D] Through all trials and tribulations [G] We will travel every nation [D] With my Plastic [A] Jesus I’ll go [D] far [D] I don't care if it’s dark or scary

[G] Long as I have magnetic Mary [D] Riding on the dashboard of my [A] car [D] I feel I’m protected amply [G] I’ve got the whole damn Holy Family [D] Riding on the [A] dashboard of my [D] car [D!]


[D] You can buy a sweet Madonna [G] She will only cost a dollar

[D] Sitting on an abalone [A] shell [D] Going ninety, I’m not wary [G] Cause I’ve got my Virgin Mary [D] Guaranteeing [A] I won’t go to [D] Hell [D] I don't care if it rains or freezes

[G] ‘Long as I have my Plastic Jesus [D] Riding on the dashboard of my [A] car [D] But I think he’ll have to go, his [G] Magnet ruins my radio [D] And if we have a [A] wreck he’ll leave a [D] scar [D!]


Finishing [D(5)] [A!] [D!]

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Polaroid - Imagine Dragons

I'm a reckless mistake

I'm a cold nights intake

I'm a one night too long

I'm a come on too strong

(Add shaking)

All my life, I've been living in the fast lane

Can't slow down, I'm a rolling freight train

One more time, gotta start all over

Can't slow down, I'm a lone red rover

(No tapping)

Whistling x 2

I'mma hold my cards close

I'm a wreck what I love most

I'm a first class letdown

I'm a "shut up, sit down"

I am a headcase

I am the color of bone

That's never arriving, and

You are the pay raise

Always a touch out of view

And I am the color of

(Add shaking)

All my life, I've been living in the fast lane

Can't slow down, I'm a rolling freight train

One more time, gotta start all over

Can't slow down, I'm a lone red rover

(Slower with No tapping or shaking)

Oh-Oh, how did it come to this?

Oh-Oh, love is a polaroid

Oh-Oh, better in picture

Never could fill the void 33

RUN (SNOW PATROL)

Am G x 2 Strum: D DUDUDU

Am G

I'll sing it one last time for you

Am G

Then we really have to go

Am G

You've been the only thing that's right

Am G

In all I've done.

Am G

And I can barely look at you

Am G

But every single time I do

Am G

I know we'll make it anywhere

Am G

Away from here

C

Light up, Light up

G

As if you have a choice

Am

Even if you cannot hear my voice

F F

I'll be right beside you dear

C

Louder, louder

G

And we'll run for our lives

Am

I can hardly speak I understand

F F

Why you can't raise your voice to say

Am G x 2

Am G

To think I might not see those eyes

Am G

It makes it so hard not to cry

Am G

And as we say our long goodbyes

Am G

I nearly do.

Chorus – Full

Chorus - First section only and acapella 34

Say Something – A Great Big World

Am F C G Strum: D D

Am F C G

Say something, I'm giving up on you.

Am F C G

I'll be the one, if you want me to.

Am F C G

Anywhere, I would've followed you.

Am F C G


C Em

And I, am feeling so small.

F

It was over my head

C G

I know nothing at all.

C Em

And I, will stumble and fall.

F

I'm still learning to love

C G

Just starting to crawl.

Am F C G


Am F C G

I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you.

Am F C G

Anywhere, I would've followed you.

Am F C G

Say something, I'm giving up on you. 35

C Em

And I, will swallow my pride.

F

You're the one that I love

C G

And I'm saying goodbye.

Am F C G


Am F C G


Am F C G


Am F C G Am!(spread)

Say something

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Sea of Heartbreak

C C G G Strum: D DUDUDU

C Am F G

The lights in the harbour, don't shine for me.

C Am F G STOP

I'm like a lost ship, adrift on this sea.

C G

Sea of heartbreak, lost love and loneliness.

C C7

memories of your caress, so divine,

F C

how I wish that you were mine again, my dear.

G STOP C F G G

I'm on this sea of tears Sea of heartbreak.

2nd chorus C7 at end rather than F G G

C Am F G

How did I lose you? oh, where did I fail?

C Am F G STOP

Why did you leave me, always to sail?

CHORUS: but C7 at end rather than F G G

F C

Oh, what I'd give to sail back to shore

F E7 G7

back to your arms once more.

C Am F G

Oh, come to my rescue, come here to me.

C Am F G STOP

Take me and keep me, away from the sea.

CHORUS +

C F G G C F G C!

Sea of heartbreak.. Sea of heartbreak. 37

Silenced by the Night Keane F-Am -G-Am (x2) Strum: DUDU F Am G Am - F-Am -G-Am 1. In a city like mine, there's no point in fighting, F Am G Am - F-Am -G-Am I close my eyes, see you and me driving. F Am G Am - F-Am -G-Am If I am a river, you are the ocean, F Am G Am - F-Am -G got the radio on, got the wheels in motion. F G Am G F We were silenced by the night, but you and I, we gonna rise again, F G Am G F divided from the light, I wanna love the way we used to then. F Am G Am - F-Am -G-Am 2. I lie in the dark, I feel I'm falling, F Am G Am - F-Am -G-Am feel your hand on my back, hear your voice calling. F Am G Am - F-Am -G-Am I'm out of my depth, girl, stick close to me, F Am G Am - F-Am -G because the people in this town, they look straight through me. F G Am G F We were silenced by the night, but you and I, we gonna rise again, F G Am G F divided from the light, I wanna love the way we used to then. F-Am -G-Am F-Am -G F G Am G F We were silenced by the night, but you and I, we gonna rise again, F G Am G F divided from the light, I wanna love the way we used to then. F-Am -G-Am (x3)

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Silhouette – Aquilo (3/4 time – D DU DU)

Em x 4

Em Em C C G x 4

Stood at the cold face, stood with our backs to the sun

Em Em C C G x 4

I can’t remember being nothing but fearless and young

Em Em C C G x 4

We’ve become echoes, but echoes that fade away

Em Em C C G!

We fall into the dark as we dive under the wave (I heard you say)

C

Devil’s on your shoulder

C Am

Strangers in your head

Am D

As if you don’t remember

D Em

As if you can’t forget

Em C

It’s only been a moment

C Am

It’s only been a lifetime

Am D

Tonight you’re a stranger

D Em!

Some silhouette

Em Em C C G x 4

Let’s go out in flames so everyone knows who we are

Em Em C C G x 4

Cos these city walls never knew that we’d make it this far

Em Em C C G x 4

We’ve become echoes, but echoes are fading away

Em Em C! C! G!

So let’s dance like two shadows burning out the glory day

[Chorus]

C! G!

And just hold me

Am! Em!

just hold me

C! G!

just hold me

Am! Em!

just hold me

[Chorus] (LOUDER plus percussion - slow down for last line) 39

Sixty Years On – Elton John

Am Am Strumming: DDU UDU, Capo: 3rd fret

Am G Dm Am

/ Who'll walk me down to church when I'm sixty years of age

Dm E

When the ragged dog they gave me has been ten years in the grave

Am G Dm Am

Senorita play guitar, play it just for you

Dm E Am

My rosary has broken and my beads have all slipped through

Am G Dm Am Am

Am G Dm Am

/ You hung up your great coat and you laid down your gun

Dm E

You know the war you fought in wasn't too much fun

Am G Dm Am

The future you're giving me holds nothing for a gun

Dm E Am

I've no wish to be living sixty years on

Am G Dm Am Am

Am G Dm Am

Yes I'll sit with you and talk, let your eyes relive again

Dm E

I know my vintage prayer would be very much the same

Am G Dm Am

Magdelena plays the organ, plays it just for you

Dm E

Your coral lamp that burns so low when you are passing through

Am G Dm Am

The future you're giving me holds nothing for a gun

Dm E! Am!(spread)

I've no wish to be living sixty years on

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Start It All Over Again – Heidi Talbot (John McCusker/Karine Polwart)

Intro: Last line of first verse Strum: D DU UDU

I'm the (C) sea that sur(G)rounds you,

The (Am) garden that (F) grounds you,

The (C) sun and the (C) wind and the (G) rain. (G)

I am (Am) every (C) season,

You’re (F) every (C) reason,

To (F) start it all (G) over a(C)gain. (C)

Soon you'll (C) sail the wild (G) river,

We’ll (Am) set sail to(F)gether,

And (C) oceans will (C) call out your (G) name. (G)

And by (Am) stars you will (C) follow,

Your (F) hopes for to(C)morrow,

And (F) start it all (G) over a(Am)gain, (F)

(C) Start it all (G) over a(C)gain. (C)

Instrumental: (Am) (C) (F) (F) (C) (G) (C) (C)

If you (C) stagger or (G) stumble,

If (Am) dreams start to (F) crumble,

I’ll (C) pick up the (C) pieces of (G) pain. (G)

I will (Am!) cradle you, (C!) cry with you,

(F!) Pray that to(C!)night, we’ll

Just (F) start it all (G) over a(C)gain, (C)

Who has (C) eyes that can (G) see,

All the (Am) things you can (F) be?

Who has (C) ears for the (C) sweetest re(G)frain? (G)

May your (Am) heart sing (C) forever,

Where the (F) sea meets the (C) river,

And (F) start it all (G) over a(Am)gain, (F)

(C!) Start it all (G!) over a(C!)gain.

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Street Map - Athlete

C C Strumming: D DU UDU

C Em I would like to think our paths are straight C G

Disconnected from choices we make Dm G There is no reason why it can't be like you said

F C One dayyyyyyyyyyyyy it's gonna happen

Em G I don't know when I'll be on your street

F C One dayyyyyyyyyyyyy it's gonna happen Em G

You're gonna be swept off your feet

C Em I would like someone to make a map C G Mark my home and draw some lines that match

Dm G All of the reasons why it can be like you said

CHORUS

Dm! I don't know when G!

I don't know why Dm! I don't know when

G I don't know why

CHORUS – finishing with C! (spread) 42

STREETS OF LONDON (RALPH McTELL) C - G - Am -Em- F - C – G7 - C - C Strumming: D DU U DU C G Am Em 1. Have you seen the old man in the closed-down market, F C D G7 kicking up the paper with his worn-out shoes? C G Am Em In his eyes you see no pride, hand held loosely at his side, F C G7 C C yesterday`s papers, telling yesterday`s news. F Em C Am So how can you tell me, you`re lo…….nely, D D7 G G7 and say for you, the sun don`t shine? C G Let me take you by the hand Am Em and lead you through the streets of London, F C G C C I`ll show you something to make you change your mind. C G Am Em 2. In the all-night café, at a quarter past eleven, F C D G7 same old man sitting there on his own. C G Am Em Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup, F C G7 C C each tea lasts an hour, and he wanders home alone. + CHORUS C G Am Em 3. Have you seen the old man outside the Seamen`s Mission, F C D G7 memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears? C G Am Em In our winter city, the rain cries a little pity, F C G7 C C for one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn`t care. + CHORUS + F C G C! I`ll show you something to make you change your mind. (slowing down) 43

Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton) C G Am Am F G7 C C Strumming: D du C G Am Am F C G G 1. Would you know my name, if I saw you in heaven? C G Am Am F C G G Would it be the same, if I saw you in heaven. Am E7 Gm A7 I must be strong, and carry on, Dm G7 C G `cos I know I don`t belong here in heaven. Am Am F G7 C C C G Am Am F C G G 2. Would you hold my hand, if I saw you in heaven? C G Am Am F C G G Would you help me stand , if I saw you in heaven? Am E7 Gm A7 I`ll find my way, through night and day, Dm G7 C G `cos I know I just can`t stay here in heaven.

Am Am F G7 C C F Em Dm G C G Am G Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees, F Em Dm G C C C Time can break your heart, have you begging please. C A A A A Begging please. C G Am Am F C G G x 2 Am E7 Gm A7 Beyond the door, there`s peace, I`m sure, Dm G7 C G and I know there`ll be no more tears, tears in heaven. Am Am F G7 C!

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The Fields of Athenry Dm G7 C G7 Strum: D DUDUDU C F C G 1. By the lonely prison wall I heard a young girl ca..llin', C F G “Michael they have taken you away C F C G For you stole Trevellian's corn, so the young might see the morn, Dm G7 C G7 now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.”

C F C Am Low lie the fields of Athenry, C Am G where once we watched the small free birds fly, C F C G our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing, Dm G7 C G7 it's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

C F C G 2. By a lonely prison wall I heard a young man ca..lling, C F G “Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free. C F C G Against the famine and the Crown, I rebelled, they cut me down, Dm G7 C G7 now you must raise our child with dignity.”

CHORUS C F C G 3. By the lonely harbour wall she watched the last star fa..lling, C F G as the prison ship sailed out against the sky. C F C G For she lived to hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay, Dm G7 C G7 it's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

CHORUS but play Am instead of the last G7 Repeat last line with slow spread finish on C

45

The Grey Funnel Line - June Tabor (Cyril Tawney)

D A D D! Strum: D DUDUDU (Swing) Don't mind the (D) rain or the rolling sea The weary night never worries (A) me But the hardest (D) time in a sailor's (G) day Is to watch the (D) sun (A) as it fades a(D)way (D!) And it's one more (D) day on the grey (A) funnel (D) line (D!) The finest (D) ship that sails the sea Is still a prison for the likes of (A) me But give me (D) wings like Noah's (G) dove I'll fly up (D) harbour (A) to the girl I (D) love (D!) And it's one more (D) day on the grey (A) funnel (D) line (D) G G D A D D! Oh Lord, if (D) dreams were only real I'd have my hands on that wooden (A) wheel With all my (D) heart I’d turn her (G)’round And tell the (D) boys (A) that we're homeward (D) bound (D!) And it's one more (D) day on the grey (A) funnel (D) line (D!) I'll pass the (D) time like some machine Until blue water turns to (A) green Then I'll dance (D) down that walka(G)shore And sail the (D) Grey Funnel (A) Line no (D) more (D!) And sail the (D) Grey Funnel (A) Line no (D!) more.

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The Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton)

G C G C G D G G Strum: D DU U DU

G C G

It's a lesson too late for the learnin',

C G D G

made of sand, made of sand

C G

In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin',

C G D G

in your hand, in your hand.

D C G

Are you going away with no word of farewell,

C G D

will there be not a trace left behind?

G C

Well, I could have loved you better,

G

didn't mean to be unkind;

D D7 G

you know that was the last thing on my mind.

G C G

You've got reasons a-plenty for goin',

C G D G

this I know, this I know.

C G

For the weeds have been steadily growin',

C G D G

please don't go, please don't go.

CHORUS

G C G

As I lie in my bed in the mornin',

C G D G

without you, without you.

C G

Every song in my breast lies a bornin',

C G D G

without you, without you.

CHORUS + repeat last line

47

The Old And The Young - Midlake

Em x 4 Strum: D DUDUDU (swing)

Em D

Time will have warranted all that the foliage brung

Am C

Falls to the ground at the feet of the old and the young

Em D

Tired and worn from a life made of wallow and pain

Am! Am! C

Of what will be made, is all that remains, at the core

D Am

Bear the old and the young

D

Time will have warranted

Am

All that the foliage brung

Bm C Em

So bear the old and the young

Bm C Em


Em D

Awoke from a long one that came on the heels of a day

Am C

Where sun would arise and grant us the kindness of ray

Em D

Fields full of gladness surrounded by droves that await

Am! Am! C

And look for the grave, in every-thing, adorn

D Am

Bear the old and the young

D

Time will have warranted

Am

All that the foliage brung

Bm C Em


Bm C Em


Bm C Em


Bm C! Em!

So bear the old and the young Slower finish

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The Road to Hell - Chris Rea

Am Am Dm Dm F E Am Am Strum: D DUDUDU

Am

Well I'm standing by a river,

Dm

But the water doesn't flow.

F E

It boils with every poison

Am Am

You can think of.

Am

And I'm underneath the street light,

Dm

The delight of joy I know,

F E

Scared beyond belief,

Am Am

Way down in the shadows.

C

And the perverted fear of violence,

G

Chokes a smile on every face,

F E E

Common sense is ringing, out the bells.

Am Dm Dm

This ain't no technological breakdown,

F E Am Am

Oh-no, this is the road to hell.

Am Am Dm Dm F E Am Am

C

And all the roads jam up with credit,

G

And there's nothing you can do,

F E

It's all just bits of paper, flying away from you.

Am Dm Dm

Oh look out world take a good look, look who's down here,

F E Am Am

You must learn this lesson fast, and learn it well.

Am Dm Dm

This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway,

F E

Oh-no, this is the road,

F E

This is the road,

F E Am Am

This is the road ... to hell.

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The Unknown – Athlete

Intro: First two lines Strumming: D DU U DU

Let your (C) world, be wide (Am) open and your (F) fears, be blown a(G)part May your (C) voice, be louder (Am) than bombs Somewhere in (F) silence, find one to (G) trust

(C) Lift your (Am) head up (F) Untie (G) the knot (C) My little (Am) sunshine (F) Hope is never (G) light-years a(C)way Oh Oh Oh (Am) Oh Oh Oh Oh (F) Oh (G)

Let your (C) senses, be ig(Am)nited by streams of (F) neon, singing in the (G) dark Con(C)nected, to the (Am) planet A million (F) neighbours, a sea of (G) stars

Chorus

(F!) Leaders, (F!) lovers, (C!) come and go (Am!) Outside (Am!) forces, you (C!) can't control I see you (Dm) smiling, at the un(F)known I see you (Dm) smiling, at the un(G)known

Chorus (without the final (G)) + (G!) Hope is never (G!) light-years a(C!)way (slower)

Blue - Boys; Red - Girls

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Times Like These (Foo Fighters)

[D] [D] [D] [D]

[D] I, [D] I'm a one way [Am] motorway

[Am] / I'm a road that [C] drives away And [G] follows you back [D] home [D] [D] I, [D] I'm a street light [Am] shining [Am] / I'm a white light [C] blinding bright [G] Burning off and [D] on [D] Oh [D] Oh [D]

It's [C] times like these you [G] learn to live a[D]gain

It's [C] times like these you [G] give and give a[D]gain It's [C] times like these you [G] learn to love a[D]gain It's [C] times like these [Em] time and time a[D]gain [D] [D] [D]

[D] I, [D] I'm a new day ris[Am]ing

[Am] / I'm a brand new [C] sky to hang The [G] stars upon to[D]night [D] [D] I, [D] I’m a little di[Am]vided [Am] / Do I stay or [C] run away And [G] leave it all be[D]hind? [D] Oh [D] Oh [D]

Loud: It's [C] times like these you [G] learn to live a[D]gain It's [C] times like these you [G] give and give a[D]gain It's [C] times like these you [G] learn to love a[D]gain It's [C] times like these [Em] time and time a[D]gain

Soft: It's [C!] times like these you [G!] learn to live a[D!]gain

It's [C!] times like these you [G!] give and give a[D!]gain It's [C!] times like these you [G!] learn to love a[D!]gain It's [C!] times like these [Em!] time and time a[D!]gain (slower)

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Where’s My Love - SYML

Black – DDU UDU, Red – DDUDUDU

Am C F Dm Capo: 2nd Fret

Am C F Dm

Cold, bones, yeah that’s my love

Am C F Dm

She, hides away, like a ghost

Am C F Dm

Does she know that we bleed the same?

Am F C C

Don’t wanna cry but I break that way

G Em F F!(Spread)

Am C F Dm

Am C F Dm

Cold, sheets, but where’s my love?

Am C F Dm

I am, searching high, I’m searching low, in the night

Am C F Dm

Does she know that we bleed the same?

Am F C C

Don’t wanna cry but I break that way

G Em F F

Did she run away, did she run away, I don’t know

G Em F F!

If she ran away, if she ran away, come back home

Am C F Dm

Am C F Dm

I, got a fear, oh in my blood

Am C F Dm

She, was carried up, into the clouds, high above

Am C F Dm

If you bled I bleed the same

Am F C C

if you’re scared I’m on my way

Chorus: with ‘you’ instead of ‘she’ followed by

‘just come home’ with Am!(spread) on ‘home’

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Window Blues – Band of Horses

C C Dm G C C D DUDUDU (swing)

C

Erase the facts

C

The sh*t was flyin' outta the window

G Dm Am

I painted blue. I paint the whole room

Dm

When it's time to get in trouble

G C C

We know just what to do

C

The screen door swayin'

C

Now baby gimme something to live for

G Dm Am

I’ve been a fool. I’ve been a fool

Dm

No revelations in the water

G C C

No tears into the booze

Dm G C C

C

In pains, the floor

C

The worried people shaking the whole house

G Dm Am

I take it back. I take it all back

Dm

The regret that's got us sayin'

G C C

The hounds upon the tracks

C

And always in time

C

I'm never looking over my shoulder

G Dm Am

I sing to you. I sing it to you

Dm

Keeping heads above the water and

G C C

Feet into the shoes

Repeat last 2 lines, slowing down and ending with C! 53

Working Man (D) Rita MacNeill

Intro: [D] [A] [D] [D] Strum: D DU UDU

It's a [D] Workin' Man I am,

and I've [G] been down under [D] ground,

and I [D] swear to God,

If I [D] ever see the [A] sun,

or for [D] any length of time, I can [G] hold it in my [D] mind,

I [D] never again will [A] go down under [D] ground.

[D] [A] [D] [D!]

At the [D] age of sixteen years,

Oh, he [G] quarrels with his [D] peers,

Who [D] vowed they'd never see another [A] one,

In the [D] dark recess of the mines,

Where you [G] age before your [D] time,

and the [D] coal dust lies [A] heavy on your [D] lungs





or for [D] any length of time, I can [G] hold it in my [D] mind,


[D] [A] [D] [D!]

At the [D] age of sixty- four,

Oh, he’ll [G] greet you at the [D] door,

and [D] he will gently lead you by the [A] arm,

Through the [D] dark recess of the mines,

Oh, he’ll [G] take you back in [D] time,

and he'll [D] tell you of the [A] hardships that were [D] had.





or for [D] any length of time,

I can [G] hold it in my [D] mind,


I [D] never again will [A] go down under [D] ground [D!]. …2 bars of [A]…

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