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Pirate Stu’s

Songs For

Beginners (For Guitar and Ukulele)

Updates posted at http://piratestu.com/song-books

16 Aug 2020

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All songsheets in this songbook were formatted by Stu Hutchinson

and are intended for private, educational, and research purposes

only, and NOT for financial gain in ANY form. It is acknowledged

that all song copyrights belong to their respective parties.

Introduction: This book is a curated version of my Picnic Table Song Book. It primarily contains songs

in the key of C, since that is what most new ukulele players learn first. The songs are chosen based on their

simplicity, although there may be a few challenging chords since most players will need to start playing songs

in other keys as they get better.

This songbook has several very deliberate features.

1) The font is as large as possible. This makes it easy to read when printed out and laid on a picnic table.

This feature has to be balanced with keeping songs on one page, so sometimes there are lines that have a

slightly smaller font to keep them on a single page.

2) Songs have to fit on 1 page. Now there are a few exceptions in this book, but every effort is made to

ensure that songs can fit on a single page. In my earlier printed versions, all 2 page songs were opposite

each other, so when placed in a 3 ring binder, you didn’t need to flip any pages. One of the main ways I

accomplish this is to only write out the chorus once, and then simply write “Chorus” when you need to repeat

it.

3) The chords have to be in-line with the lyrics. Too many times I’ve seen people try to put the chords

above the lyrics, and it always ends in disaster. As soon as the font is changed, the chords no longer line up!

Plus it takes up another line of text, making it hard to fit on one page.

4) There has to be visual cues. These consists of chords and other musical instructions being in red, having

the chorus clearly identified, and using as much space as possible between verses.

5) There is no punctuation. If that drives some of you batty, I’m sorry. As a grammar wonk, I understand.

But the elimination of punctuation can often mean keeping a line of lyrics on just one text line, or a song on a

single page. If you need punctuation to help you sing the song, you need to just become more familiar with

the song. Punctuation had to go…

6) I am not religious about chording out all the intro’s, outro’s, and instrumental breaks. Sometimes

they are there, and sometimes they are not. Most picnic table sing-a-longs, don’t do instrumental breaks like

bluegrass jam sessions do.

7) Chords are kept as simple as possible. I try to remain as true to the song as possible, but this means

this book may be frustrating to a musical purist. But remember, this book was made for the beer drinking,

Turn Back Now!

You may or may not find the songs in this book to be family friendly. As long

as there has been music, people have sung about murder, adultery and

religion. If you are easily offended or think you have the right to dictate what I

include in my song book, it’s best to go no further.

Turn Back Now!

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picnic table sitting person that wants to have some fun with their friends, not for a Nashville studio recording

artist.

8) This book assumes you know guitar, but not ukulele. Guitar is my first instrument, and I took up the

ukulele 40 years later. So all I needed for guitar were the lyrics and the chord name, hence no chord charts

for the guitar. I was about 200 songs in, when I started playing the uke, and have gone back and added uke

chord charts for all the songs.

I have included some of my original songs, and if you want to know how to play those, you can look them up

on my Youtube channel at https://youtube.com/user/PirateStu1

As of 2019, I also maintain a Facebook page where I post a short daily joke, which are mostly family

friendly. Please like and follow it if you are so inclined, at https://www.facebook.com/PirateStu1

I hope this Song Book amuses you!

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See Songs Listed by Artist Last updated on 16 Aug 2020

♫♫ - Song Title – Artist - Key

Contents ♫♫ - Song Title – Artist - Key ................................................................................................................................................................. 4

♫♫ - Ukulele Chord Chart (GCEA Tuning) .............................................................................................................................................. 7

♫♫ - Baritone Ukulele Chord Chart (DGBE Tuning) ............................................................................................................................... 8

♫♫ - Left Handed Ukulele Chord Chart (GCEA Tuning) ......................................................................................................................... 9

10,000 Hours - Dan & Shay, Justin Bieber - G - 2019 ............................................................................................................................ 10

A Thousand Miles From Nowhere - Dwight Yoakam - C ....................................................................................................................... 11

Act Naturally - Buck Owens - C ............................................................................................................................................................. 12

All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan - Am - 1968 ............................................................................................................................. 13

All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor - A ............................................................................................................................................. 14

Are The Good Times Really Over - Merle Haggard - C .......................................................................................................................... 15

Beer Never Broke My Heart - Luke Combs - D ...................................................................................................................................... 16

Bloody Mary Morning - Willie Nelson - G ............................................................................................................................................. 17

Bringing In The Georgia Mail - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - F .............................................................................................................. 18

Broken Strings And Baked Beans - Stu Hutchinson – C ........................................................................................................................ 19

Buy My Own Drinks - Runaway June - F ............................................................................................................................................... 20

Can't You See - Marshall Tucker Band - G ............................................................................................................................................. 21

Carnie Man - Cross Canadian Ragweed - C ........................................................................................................................................... 22

Caryville - The Boxcars - C - 2013 .......................................................................................................................................................... 23

Cocaine Blues (Page 1) - Johnny Cash - C .............................................................................................................................................. 24

Cocaine Blues (Page 2) - Johnny Cash - C .............................................................................................................................................. 25

Come As You Are - David Crowder - C .................................................................................................................................................. 26

Copperhead Road - Steve Earle - D ....................................................................................................................................................... 27

Counting Stars (Key of C) - One Republic - C ......................................................................................................................................... 28

Country Bumpkin (Key of C) (Page 1) - Cal Smith - C ............................................................................................................................ 29

Country Bumpkin (Key of C) (Page 2) - Cal Smith - C ............................................................................................................................ 30

Don’t Put Your Ukulele On A Shelf - Rose Marie Sand - C .................................................................................................................... 31

Don't Touch My Willie - Kevin Fowler - G ............................................................................................................................................. 32

Electric Boogie (Page 1) - Marcia Griffiths - C - 1990 ............................................................................................................................ 33

Electric Boogie (Page 2) - Marcia Griffiths - C - 1990 ............................................................................................................................ 34

Fifteen Years Ago - Conway Twitty - D .................................................................................................................................................. 35

Fish Song - Stu Hutchinson - C .............................................................................................................................................................. 36

Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead - G ................................................................................................................................................. 37

Ghost Riders In The Sky - Sons Of The Pioneers - Am ........................................................................................................................... 38

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Great Speckled Bird - Roy Acuff - G ...................................................................................................................................................... 39

Hallelujah (Key of C, Page 1) - Leonard Cohen - C ................................................................................................................................ 40

Hallelujah (Key of C, Page 2) - Leonard Cohen – C ................................................................................................................................ 41

Happy Birthday - Traditional - C & F ..................................................................................................................................................... 42

Happy Happy Joy Joy - Ren And Stimpy - C - 1993 ............................................................................................................................... 43

Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival - C ....................................................................................................... 44

How Much Is That Ukulele In The Window - Parody by Stu Hutchinson - C ......................................................................................... 45

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2- C ............................................................................................................................... 46

I’ll Fly Away (Key of C) - Traditional - C ................................................................................................................................................. 47

In Spite Of Ourselves - John Prine & Iris DeMent - C ............................................................................................................................ 48

Jackson - Johnny & June Cash - C .......................................................................................................................................................... 49

Joe The Wrangler (Page 1) - Marty Robbins - C - 1960 ......................................................................................................................... 50

Joe The Wrangler (Page 2) - Marty Robbins - C - 1960 ......................................................................................................................... 51

Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry - C ........................................................................................................................................................ 52

LA International Airport - Susan Raye - C ............................................................................................................................................. 53

Last Kiss (Key of C) - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaleirs - C ................................................................................................................... 54

Long Hot Summer Day - Turnpike Troubadours - A .............................................................................................................................. 55

More Hearts Than Mine (Page 1) - Ingrid Andress - C .......................................................................................................................... 56

More Hearts Than Mine (Page 2) - Ingrid Andress - C .......................................................................................................................... 57

Mountain Dew - Grandpa Jones - D ...................................................................................................................................................... 58

New Years Day - Charlie Robison - C - 2004 .......................................................................................................................................... 59

One Of These Days (Key of C) - Emmylou Harris - C ............................................................................................................................. 60

Pancho And Lefty - Townes Van Zandt - C ............................................................................................................................................ 61

Paperback Writer - Beatles - C .............................................................................................................................................................. 62

Pirate Looks at Forty - Jimmy Buffet - G ............................................................................................................................................... 63

Poly the Nominal Platypus - Stu Hutchinson - C ................................................................................................................................... 64

Princess Morgan - Stu Hutchinson - C ................................................................................................................................................... 65

Save The Last Dance For Me - Faron Young - G .................................................................................................................................... 66

Selfish - Stephanie Quayle - C ............................................................................................................................................................... 67

Seven Spanish Angels - Willie Nelson - C - 1982 ................................................................................................................................... 68

Shady Grove - Bill Monroe - C ............................................................................................................................................................... 69

She's No Lady - Gene Watson/Lonesome River Band - C ..................................................................................................................... 70

Silent Night - Traditional – C ................................................................................................................................................................. 71

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Am ....................................................................................................................................................... 72

Son Of A Son Of A Sailor - Jimmy Buffett – C ........................................................................................................................................ 73

Stand By Me (Key of C) - Ben E. King - C ............................................................................................................................................... 74

Sunshine Superman - Donovan - C ....................................................................................................................................................... 75

The Assumption Song - The Arrogant Worms - C ................................................................................................................................. 76

The Pirates That Don't Do Anything - Veggie Tales - G ......................................................................................................................... 77

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Together Again (Nothing Else Matters) - Buck Owens - C .................................................................................................................... 78

Truth Hurts - Lizzo - C ............................................................................................................................................................................ 79

Universal Sound - Tyler Childers - C - 2017 ........................................................................................................................................... 80

Wagon Wheel (Page 1) - Old Crow Medicine Show – C ........................................................................................................................ 81

Wagon Wheel (Page 2) - Old Crow Medicine Show – C ........................................................................................................................ 82

Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline - C ............................................................................................................................................... 83

When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt - C............................................................................................................................................ 84

Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Johnny Rivers - C ......................................................................................................................... 85

Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound - Hank Williams Jr - C - 1979 ................................................................................................................ 86

Why Don't You Meet Me Down In Corpus - Gary P Nunn - C ............................................................................................................... 87

Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Key of C) - Traditional - C ....................................................................................................................... 88

You Are My Sunshine (Key of C) - Traditional - C .................................................................................................................................. 89

Songs by Artist ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 90

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♫♫ - Ukulele Chord Chart (GCEA Tuning)

Back to Index

Courtesy of Pete Mack

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♫♫ - Baritone Ukulele Chord Chart (DGBE Tuning)

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Courtesy of Pete Mack

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♫♫ - Left Handed Ukulele Chord Chart (GCEA Tuning)

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Courtesy of Pete Mack

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10,000 Hours - Dan & Shay, Justin Bieber - G - 2019 (Capo on 3rd fret for recording)

[G] [Em7] [C] [G]

[G] Do You Love The [Em7] Rain Does It Make You [C] Dance

When You're Drunk With Your [G] Friends At A Party

What's Your Favorite [Em7] Song Does It Make You [C] Smile

Do You Think Of [G] Me

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Pre-Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] When You Close Your [Em7] Eyes

Tell Me [C] What Are You [G] Dreaming

Everything I [Em7] Wanna Know It [C] All [G] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [G] I'd Spend Ten Thousand [Em7] Hours

And [C] Ten Thousand [G] More

Oh If That's What It [Em7] Takes

To Learn That [C] Sweet Heart Of [G] Yours

And I Might Never [Em7] Get There But [C] I'm Gonna [G] Try

If It's Ten Thousand [Em7] Hours Or The [C] Rest Of My [G] Life

I'm Gonna Love You [Em7] Ooh Ooh [C] Ooh Ooh [G] Ooh

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] Do You Miss The [Em7] Road That You Grew Up [C] On

Did You Get Your Middle [G] Name From Your Grandma

When You Think A-[Em7]bout Your Forever [C] Now

Do You Think Of [G] Me

Pre-Chorus Chorus

[G] I'm Gonna Love You [Em7] Ooh Ooh [C] Ooh Ooh [G] Ooh

[Gmaj7] Ooh Want The [C] Good And The Bad

And Everything In Between

[Gmaj7] Ooh Gotta [C] Cure My Curiosity Ooh Yeah

Chorus

[G] I'm Gonna Love You [Em7] Ooh Ooh [C] Ooh Ooh [G] Ooh

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A Thousand Miles From Nowhere - Dwight Yoakam - C

[C] [Am] [C] [Am]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [C] I'm A Thousand Miles From No-[Am]where

[C] Time Don't Matter To [Am] Me

Cause I'm A [C] Thousand Miles From No-[Am]where

And There's [F] No Place I Wanna [G] Be ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I Got [C] Heartaches In My [Am] Pocket

[C] I Got Echoes In My [Am] Head

And [C] All That I Keep [Am] Hearing

Are The [F] Cruel Cruel Things That You [G] Said

Chorus

[F] Oh I Oh [G] I Oh [F] I------[G] I I---[Am] I

[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [C] [Am] [F] [G]

[F] Oh I Oh [G] I Oh [F] I------[G] I I---[Am] I

[C] I've Got Bruises On My [Am] Memories

I've Got [C] Tearstains On My [Am] Hands

And In The [C] Mirror There's A [Am] Vision

Of What [F] Used To Be A [G] Man

Chorus x 2

[F] [G] [F] Oh [G] I

[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [C] [Am] [F] [G]

[C] I'm A Thousand Miles From No-[Am]where

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Act Naturally - Buck Owens - C

[C] They're Gonna Put Me In The [F] Movies [C] They're Gonna Make A Big Star Out Of [G] Me We'll [C] Make A Film About A Man That's Sad And [F] Lonely And [G7] All I Have To Do Is Act Natura-[C]lly

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well I [G] Bet You I'm Gonna Be A [C] Big Star Might [G] Win An Oscar You Can Never [C] Tell The [G] Movie's Gonna Make Me A [C] Big Star Cause [D] I Can Play The Part So [G7] Well ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well I [C] Hope You Come And See Me In The [F] Movies [C] Then I'll Know That You Will Plainly [G] See The [C] Biggest Fool That Ever Hit The [F] Big Time And [G7] All I Have To Do Is Act Natura-[C]lly

[C] We'll Make A Scene About A Man That's Sad And [F] Lonely [C] Begging Down Upon His Bended [G] Knee I'll [C] Play The Part But I Won't Need Re[F]hearsing And [G7] All I Have To Do Is Act Natura-[C]lly

Chorus

Well I [C] Hope You Come And See Me In The [F] Movies [C] Then I'll Know That You Will Plainly [G] See The [C] Biggest Fool That Ever Hit The [F] Big Time And [G7] All I Have To Do Is Act Natura-[C]lly

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All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan - Am - 1968

[Am] There Must Be [G] Some Way [F] Out Of Here [G] [Am] Said The [G] Joker To The [F] Thief [G] [Am] There's Too Much Con-[G]Fusion [F] [G] [Am] I Can't [G] Get No Re-[F]Lief [G] [Am] Business [G] Men They [F] Drink My [G] Wine [Am] Ploughmen [G] Dig My [F] Earth [G] [Am] None Of [G] Them A-[F]long The [G] Line [Am] Know What [G] Any Of It Is [F] Worth [G] [Am] No Reason [G] To Get Ex-[F]cited [G] [Am] The Thief He [G] Kindly [F] Spoke [G] [Am] There Are Many [G] Here A-[F]mong [G] Us [Am] Who Feel That [G] Life Is But A [F] Joke [G] [Am] But You And [G] I We've Been [F] Thru [G] That [Am] And This Is [G] Not Our [F] Fate [G] [Am] So Let Us [G] Not Talk [F] Falsely [G] Now [Am] The Hour Is [G] Getting [F] Late [G] [Am] All A-[G]long The [F] Watchto-[G]wer [Am] Princes [G] Kept The [F] View [G] [Am] While All The [G] Women [F] Came And [G] Went [Am] Barefoot [G] Servants [F] Too [G] [Am] Outside [G] In The [F] Distance [G] [Am] A Wild [G] Cat Did [F] Growl [G] [Am] Two Riders [G] Were Ap-[F]proaching [G] [Am] The Wind Be-[G]gan To [F] Howl [G]

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All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor - A

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[A] Because You Know I'm All About That Bass About That Bass About That Bass No Treble I'm [Bm] All About That Bass About That Bass No Treble I'm [E] All About That Bass About That Bass No Treble I'm [A] All About That Bass About That Bass ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[A] Yeah It's Pretty Clear I Ain't No Size 2 [Bm] But I Can Shake It Shake It Like I'm Supposed To Do [E] Cause I Got That Boom Boom That All The Boys Chase [A] All The Right Junk In All The Right Places

I See The Magazines Working That Photoshop [Bm] We Know That Shit Ain't Real Come On Now Make It Stop [E] If You Got Beauty Beauty Just Raise Em Up [A] Cause Every Inch Of You Is Perfect From The Bottom To The Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Refrain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[A] Yeah My Momma She Told Me Don't Worry About Your [Bm] Size She Says [E] Boys They Like A Little More Booty To Hold [A] At Night You Know I Won't Be No Stick Figure Silicone Barbie [Bm] Doll So If [E] That's What's You're Into Then Go Ahead And Move A-[A]long ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Refrain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chorus

[A] I'm Bringing Booty Back Go Ahead And Tell Them Skinny [Bm] Bitches That No I'm Just Playing I Know You [E] Think You're Fat But I'm Here To Tell You That [A] Every Inch Of You Is Perfect From The Bottom To The Top

Refrain Chorus x 3

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Are The Good Times Really Over - Merle Haggard - C

[C] I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver And It Was Back When The Country Was [F] Strong [G7] Back Before Elvis And Before The Vietnam War Came A-[C]long Before The Beatles And Yesterday When A Man Could Still Work And Still [F] Would Is The Best Of The Free Life Be-[G]hind Us Now And Are The Good Times Really Over For [C] Good ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] Are We Rollin Downhill Like A Snowball Headed For [F] Hell With [G7] No Kind Of Chance For The Flag Or The Liberty [C] Bell I Wish A Ford And A Chevy Would Still Last Ten Years Like They [F] Should Is The Best Of The Free Life Be-[G]hind Us Now And Are The Good Times Really Over For [C] Good ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] I Wish Coke Was Still Cola And A Joint Was A Bad Place To [F] Be It Was [G7] Back Before Nixon Lied To Us All On [C] TV Before Microwave Ovens When A Girl Could Still Cook And Still [F] Would Is The Best Of The Free Life Be-[G]hind Us Now And Are The Good Times Really Over For [C] Good Chorus [C] Stop Rollin Downhill Like A Snowball Headed For [F] Hell Stand [G7] Up For The Flag And Let's All Ring The Liberty [C] Bell Let's Make A Ford And A Chevy That'll Still Last Ten Years Like They [F] Should The Best Of The Free Life [G] Is Still Yet To Come And The Good Times Ain't Over For [C] Good

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Beer Never Broke My Heart - Luke Combs - D https://youtu.be/lNGryNLm7ac

(Tune down ½ step for recording)

[D] I've Had A Largemouth Bass Bust My Line A Couple Of Beautiful Girls Tell Me Goodbye Trucks Break Down Dogs Run Off Politicians Lie Getting Fired By The Boss It Takes One Hand To Count The Things I Can Count On There Ain't Much That Ain't Ever Let Me Down ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[D] But Longneck Ice Cold [G] Beer Never Broke My [D] Heart Like Diamond Rings And Football Teams Have [A] Torn This Boy Apart Like A [D] Neon Dream It Just Dawned On Me That [G] Bars And This [D] Guitar And Longneck Ice Cold [A] Beer Never Broke My [D] Heart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[D] Now She Was A Carolina Blue Jean Baby Fire In Her Eyes That Drove Me Crazy Red Tail Lights When She Left Town I Didn't Know Then I Sure Do Now

Chorus

[G] [D] [E] [A]

[D] Now I Got One Hand To Count The Things I Can Count On But I Got One Hand That’s Gripping Down On A Cold One

Chorus

[D] It Never Broke My Heart

[G] [A] [D]

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Bloody Mary Morning - Willie Nelson - G

[G] [G7] [G] [G7] [G] [G7] [G] [G7] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] Well It's a [C] Bloody Mary Morning Baby Left Me Without Warning Sometime [D] In The Night And I'm Flying Down To Houston Forgetting Her The Nature Of My [G] Flight ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] As We Taxi Down The Runway The Smog And Haze Reminding Me Of [D] How I Feel Just a Country Boy Who's Learning That The Pitfalls Of The City Are [G] Extremely Real [G] All The Night Life And The Parties Temptation And Deceit The Order [D] Of The Day And It's a Bloody Mary Morning Cause I'm Leaving Baby Somewhere In [G] LA [G7]

Chorus

[G] Our golden Jet Is Airborne Flight 50 Cuts a Path Across The [D] Mornin Sky And A Voice Comes On The Speaker Reassuring Us Flight 50 Is The [G] Way To Fly [G] A Hostess Takes Our Order Coffee Tea Or Something Stronger To Start [D] Off The Day And It's a Bloody Mary Morning Cause I'm Leaving Baby Somewhere In [G] LA [G7] Chorus [G] [G7] [G] [G7] [G] [G7] [G] [G7]….

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Bringing In The Georgia Mail - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - F

[F] See That Engine Puffing Boy She’s Making Time That Old Train Is Wearing Out The [C] Rail Rail Rail [F] Heading For The Mountains That She’s Got To Climb Bringing In The [C] Georgia [F] Mail

Solo 1 [F] [C] [F] [C] [F]

[F] Ninety Miles An Hour And She’s Gaining Speed Listen To The Whistle Moan And [C] Wail Wail Wail [F] Has She Got The Power I’ll Say Yes Indeed Bringing In The [C] Georgia [F] Mail

Solo 2 [F] [C] [F] [C] [F]

[F] See Them Driver’s Travel Watch Her Sand The Track Ought To Put That Engineer In [C] Jail Jail Jail [F] Has He Got Her Rolling Watch Her Ball The Jack Bringing In The [C] Georgia [F] Mail

Solo 3 [F] [C] [F] [C] [F]

[F] A Rocking And A Reeling Spouting Off That Steam Bet The Fireman Hopes The Brakes Don’t [C] Fail Fail Fail [F] Curbing For The Depot Listen To Her Scream Bringing In The [C] Georgia [F] Mail

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Broken Strings And Baked Beans - Stu Hutchinson – C

https://youtu.be/dJqoDgRvGg8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [C] Broken Strings And Baked Beans [F] Tie Dyed Shirts And Faded Jeans [G7] Flash Mob Time In Tennessee It’s [C] Tuesday Night So Look For Me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] Pete Don’t Like The Wagon Wheel [F] So It’s Five Foot Two With A Speedy Feel [G7] Some Don’t Like Space Oddity But It’s [C] More Than Just Okay With Me

[C] A Hundred Ukers In A Room [F] Some To Strum And Some To Croon [G7] Some From Near And Some From Far [C] Some By Plane But Most By Car

Chorus

[C] Show Up Early If You Want A Seat [F] Onion Rings And Roasted Meat [G7] Don’t Know A Chord It’s Okay To Cheat And [C] John On Bass Will Keep The Beat

[C] Standing Room Only In The Back [F] Of This Little Barbeque Shack [G7] Ukes In Cases And Some In Sacks [C] Gets Your Blood Moving Like Jumping Jacks

Chorus

[C] Sometimes There’s A Special Guest [F] The North Forty They’re The Best [G7] Take My Word I Do Not Jest And [C] If You’re Down You’ll Leave Real Blessed

Chorus

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Buy My Own Drinks - Runaway June - F

[C] [F] [C] [F]

[C] Well Since We Been Done I’ve Been Trying To Un Fall A-[F]part And I’ve Been [C] Thinking That Some Neon Lights Would Be A Real Good [F] Start Well I [C] Call A Couple Friends But They All Say They’re Staying In So I [F] Guess I’m Going Out On My Own I Might [C] Be Heart Broke But That Don’t Mean I Gotta Stay [F] Home ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[F] I Can Buy My Own [C] Drinks And I Can Pay My Own [F] Tab And At The End Of [C] Night When They Cut Off All The Lights I Can Call My Own [F] Cab I Can [C] Drop My Own Change In The Jukebox I Can [F] Dance All By Myself Til I Can Stop [C] Thinking Bout Drinking Bout Him I Don’t Need Nobody [F] Else Yeah I Can Buy My Own [C] Drinks Tonight Tonight To-[F]night Yeah I Can Buy My Own [C] Drinks Tonight Tonight To-[F]night ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I [C] Found Myself A Dive The Type Where He Would Never Walk [F] In And Then The [C] Guy At The Bar Sees An Empty Drink In My [F] Hand Yeah I Said It’s [C] Sweet Of You To Ask If You Could Fill My Glass But I’m [F] Gonna Have To Pass This Time Oh Me [C] And Myself Well Well We’re Doing Just [F] Fine

Chorus

I Can [C] Walk My Own Self To The Front Door I Can [F] Take My Own Self To Bed I Can Medicate [C] My Own Headache [F] I Can Be My Own Boyfriend

Chorus

I Can [C] Drop My Own Change In The Jukebox Tonight Tonight To-[F]night I Can [C] Dance All By Myself Tonight Tonight To-[F]night

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Can't You See - Marshall Tucker Band - G

[D] [C] [G] [D] x3

[D] I'm Gonna Take A Freight Train [C] Down At The Station [G] I Don't Care Where It [D] Goes

[D] Gonna Climb Me A Mountain [C] The Highest Mountain Lord [G] Gonna Jump Off Nobody Gonna [D] Know ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[D] Can't You See Can't You [C] See What That [G] Woman She Been Doin To [D] Me

[D] Can't You See Can't You [C] See What That [G] Woman She Been Doin To [D] Me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[D] I'm Gonna Find Me [C] A Hole In The Wall [G] Gonna Crawl Inside And [D] Die

[D] Come On Lady Now [C] Mean Ol Woman Lord [G] Done Told Me Good-[D]bye Chorus x 2

[D] Gonna Buy A Ticket Now [C] As Far As I Can [G] Ain't Never Comin [D] Back

[D] Ride Me A Southbound [C] All The Way To Georgia Now [G] Till The Train It Run Out Of [D] Track

Chorus

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Carnie Man - Cross Canadian Ragweed - C

[C] I Want A Big Red Nose I Want Some Floppy Shoes I Want A Squirty Flower [F] Squirt It On You Like All The [C] Bad Clowns Do [G] I Want To Juggle Bowling [F] Pins In The [C] Sun [G] I Want To Join The Circus [F] The Circus Looks Like [C] Fun [C] I'll Sit And Work The Gate Or I Can Guess Your Weight I'll Even Sell The Corn Dogs [F] I Don't Care As Long As [C] I Am There [G] I'll Hand Out Baseballs [F] At The Dunk [C] Tank [G] I'll Ride My Funny Car [F] Laughing All the Way To The [C] Bank [C] Cause I'm A Carnie Man I'm A Carnie Man [C] I'm A Carnie Man I'm A Carnie Man Carnie Man Carnie Man [C] [F] [C] [G] [F] [C] [G] [F] [C] [C] The Human Cannonball I'll Rise Above It All Up Higher Than The Trapeze [F] I Can Fly Oh God I'm [C] Gonna Die [G] I Am A Carnie Worker [F] I Make Two [C] Bucks [G] Every Hour Come To [F] Find Out This Job It Really [C] Sucks [C] Cause I'm A Carnie Man I'm A Carnie Man [C] I'm A Carnie Man I'm A Carnie Man [C] You Need A Corndog I Can Tell You Need A Corndog I Can Tell [C] I'm A Carnie Man

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Caryville - The Boxcars - C - 2013

[F] [C] [G] [G] I Ran Into A Friend From High School And We [C] Stopped And Talked A-[G]while A Suc-[F]cessful Man Who'd [C] Found His Place In [G] Life

[G] He Asked Me Where I Lived I Said Cherry-[C]bottom Cary-[G]ville Towards [F] Shady Cove Bout [C] 3 Miles On The [G] Right

[G] He Laughed And He Said Damn Son You Gotta [C] Drive To Get Out [G] There In God's [F] Country Where The [C] Air And Water's [G] Clear

[G] I Said Hold On Just A Minute And [C] Listen To The [G] Truth I [F] Don't Think God's Been [C] Round This Place In [G] Years ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] God Don't Live In Cherrybottom [G] Or In Caryville There's [C] Pills And Meth And Violence All A-[G]round And [C] If He Does Then I'm Convinced He's [G] Sleeping At The [C] Wheel [F] I Don't Think God [C] Lives In Cary-[G]ville ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] I Remember When I Was A Kid This [C] Was A Nicer [G] Place The [F] People Took Pride [C] In The Land They [G] Loved

[G] But Nowadays It's Gone To Hell And [C] It's A Damn Dis-[G]grace And It [F] Ain't No Place For The [C] Man From Up A-[G]bove

Chorus

No [F] I Don't Think God Lives [C] Here In Cary-[G]ville

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Cocaine Blues (Page 1) - Johnny Cash - C

(Capo on 1st fret for recording)

[C] Early One Mornin While Makin The Rounds I Took A Shot Of Cocaine And [G] Shot My Woman Down I Went Right Home And I Went To Bed I [C] Stuck That Lovin 44 Be-[G]neath My [C] Head [C] Got Up The Next Mornin And I Grabbed That Gun Took A Shot Of Cocaine And A-[G]way I Run Made A Good Run But I Run Too Slow They [C] Overtook Me Down In Warrez [G] Mexi-[C]co [C] Laid In The Hot Joint Takin the Pill In Walked A Sheriff From [G] Jerrico Hill He Said Willy Lee Your Name Is Not Jack Brown [C] You’re The Dirty Hack That Shot Your [G] Woman [C] Down [C] Oh Yes Oh Yes My Name Is Willie Lee If You’ve Got A Warrant Just A [G] Read It To Me I Shot Her Down Because She Made Me Slow I [C] Thought I Was Her Daddy But She [G] Had Five [C] More [C] When I Was Arrested I Was Dressed In Black They Put Me On A Train And They [G] Took Me Back I Had No Friend For To Go My Bail They [C] Slapped My Damned Old Carcus In The [G] County [C] Jail

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Cocaine Blues (Page 2) - Johnny Cash - C

(Capo on 1st fret for recording)

[C] Early Next Morning Bout A Half Past Nine I Spied A Sherrif Coming [G] Down The Line Hot Daddy Coughed As He Cleared His Throat He Said [C] Come On You Dirty Hack Into The [G] District [C] Court [C] Into The Court Room My Trial Began Where I Was Held By [G] Twelve Honest Men Just Before The Jury Started Out I [C] Saw That Little Judge Commence To [G] Look [C] About [C] In About Five Minutes In Walked A Man Holding The Verdict In [G] His Right Hand The Verdict Read In The First Degree I [C] Hollered Lordy Lordy Have [G] Mercy On [C] Me [C] The Judge He Smiled As He Picked Up His Pen Ninety-Nine Years In The [G] Folson Pen Ninety-Nine Years Underneath That Ground I [C] Can’t Forget The Day I Shot That [G] Bad Bitch [C] Down Come On You Gotta Listen [F] Unto Me [C] Lay Off That Whiskey And [G] Let That Cocaine [C] Be

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Come As You Are - David Crowder - C

[C] [F] [C] [F]

[C] Come Out Of Sadness

From Wher-[F]ever You’ve [C] Been

[F] Come Broken [C] Hearted Let [G] Rescue Begin

[Am7] Come Find Your [C] Mercy Oh [F] Sinner Come [C] Kneel

[F] Earth Has No [C] Sorrow That [G] Heaven Can’t [Am7] Heal

[F] Earth Has No [C] Sorrow That [G] Heaven Can’t [C] Heal

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] So Lay Down Your [F] Burdens Lay Down Your [C] Shame

All Who Are [F] Broken Lift Up Your [G] Face

Oh Wonderer [F] Come Home You’re Not Too [Am] Far

So Lay Down Your [F] Hurt Lay Down Your [G] Heart

Come As You Are [Am] [C] [F] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] There’s Hope For The [Am7] Hopeless

And [F] All Those Who've [C] Strayed

Come [F] Sit At The [C] Table [G] Come Taste The Grace

There’s [Am7] Rest For The [C] Weary [F] Rest That [C] Endures

[F] Earth Has No [C] Sorrow That [G] Heaven Can’t [C] Cure

Chorus

Come As You Are [Am] [C] Come As You [F] Are

Fall In His [C] Arms Come As You [G] Are

There’s [C] Joy For The [Am7] Morning Oh [F] Sinner Be [C] Still

[F] Earth Has No [C] Sorrow That [G] Heaven Can’t [Am] Heal

[F] Earth Has No [C] Sorrow That [G] Heaven Can’t [C] Heal

Chorus [Am] [G] [F] [Am] [G] [F]

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Copperhead Road - Steve Earle - D

[D] Well My Name's John Lee Peddimore Same As My Daddy And His Daddy's Before You Hardly Ever Saw Grandaddy Down Here He'd Only Come To Town About Twice A Year He’d Buy A Hundred Pounds Of Yeast And Some Copper Line Everybody Knew That He Made Moonshine Now The [G] Revenue Man Wanted Granddaddy Bad [D] Headed Up The Holler With Everything He Had [G] Before My Time But I've Been Told [D] He Never Come Back From Copperhead Road [D] Now Daddy Ran Whisky In A Big Block Dodge Bought It At An auction At The Mason's Lodge Johnson County Sheriff Painted On The side Just Shot a Coat Of Primer Then He Looked Inside Well Him And My Uncle Tore That Engine Down I Still Remember That Rumbling Sound Then The [G] Sheriff Came Around In The Middle Of The Night [D] Heard Momma Crying Knew Something Wasn't Right He Was [G] Headed Down To Knoxville With The Weekly Load You Could [D] Smell The Whisky Burning Down Copperhead Road [D] I Volunteered For The Army On My Birthday They Draft The White Trash First Round Hear Anyway I Done Two Tours Of Duty In Viet Nam And I Came Home With A Brand New Plan I'd Take The Seed From Columbia And Mexico I Just Planted Up A Holler Down Copperhead Road Now The [G] D E A 's Got A Chopper In The Air I [D] Wake Up Screaming Like I’m Back Over There I [G] Learned A Thing Or Two From Charlie Don't You Know You [D] Better Stay Away From Copperhead Road

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Counting Stars (Key of C) - One Republic - C (Capo 4th fret for recording)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Am] Lately I've Been [C] I've Been Losing Sleep [G] Dreaming About The Things That [F] We Could Be But [Am] Baby I've Been [C] I've Been Praying Hard [G] Said No More Counting Dollars [F] We'll Be Counting Stars (Yeah We'll Be Counting [Am] Stars) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Am] [C] [G] [F] [Am] [C] [G] [F] I See This [Am] Life Like A Swinging Vine [C] Swing My Heart Across The Line [G] In My Face This Flashing Sign [F] Seek It Out And Ye Shall Find [Am] Old But I'm Not That Old [C] Young But I'm Not That Bold [G] I Don't Think The World Is Sold [F] I'm Just Doing What We're Told

[Am] I [C] Feel Something So [G] Right Doing The [F] Wrong Thing [Am] I [C] Feel Something So [G] Wrong Doing The [F] Right Thing I Could Lie Could Lie Could Lie Everything That Kills Me Makes Me Feel A-[Am]live

Chorus x 2 [Am] [C] [G] [F]

I Feel The [Am] Love And I Feel It Burn [C] Down This River Every Turn [G] Hope Is A Four-Letter Word [F] Make That Money Watch It Burn [Am] Old But I'm Not That Old [C] Young But I'm Not That Bold [G] I Don't Think The World Is Sold [F] I'm Just Doing What We're Told

[Am] I [C] Feel Something So [G] Wrong Doing The [F] Right Thing I Could Lie Could Lie Could Lie Everything That Drowns Me Makes Me Wanna [Am] Fly

Chorus x 2

[F] Take That Money Watch It Burn Sink In The River The Lessons Are Learned (x 3) Everything That [Dm] Kills Me Makes Feel A-[Am]live

Chorus x 2

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Country Bumpkin (Key of C) (Page 1) - Cal Smith - C

[C] He Walked Up To The Bar And Parked His Lanky [C7] Frame Up-[F]on A Tall Bar-[C]stool And With A [G7] Long Soft Southern Drawl Said I'll Just Have A Glass Of Anything That's [C] Cool [C] A Barroom Girl With Hard And Knowing Eyes [C7] Slowly [F] Looked Him Up And [C] Down And She [G7] Thought I Wonder How On Earth That Country Bumpkin Found His Way To [C] Town [C] And She Said [C7] Hello Country [F] Bumpkin [G7] How's The Frost Out On The [C] Pumpkin I've Seen Some [C7] Sights But Man You're [F] Something [G7] Where'd You Come From Country Bump-[C]kin [C] It Was Just A Short Year Later In A Bed Of [C7] Joy Filled [F] Tears Yet Deathlike [C] Pain In-[G7]to This Wondrous World Of Many Wonders One More Wonder [C] Came [C] That Same Woman's Face Was Wrapped Up In A Raptured [C7] Look Of [F] Love And Tender-[C]ness As She [G7] Marveled At The Soft And Warm And Cuddly Boy Child Feeding At Her [C] Breast [C] And She Said Hello Country [F] Bumpkin [G7] Fresh As Frost Out On The [C] Pumpkin I've Seen Some [C7] Sights But Babe You're [F] Something [G7] Mama Loves Her Country [C] Bumpkin

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Country Bumpkin (Key of C) (Page 2) - Cal Smith - C

[C] Forty Years Of Hard Work Later In A Simple [C7] Quiet And [F] Peaceful Country [C] Place The Heavy [G7] Hand Of Time Had Not Erased The Raptured Wonder From The Woman's [C] Face [C] She Was Lying On Her Death Bed Knowing Fully [C7] Well Her [F] Race Was Nearly [C] Run But She [G7] Softly Smiled And Looked Into The Sad Eyes Of Her Husband And Her [C] Son [C] And She Said So Long Country [F] Bumpkin [G7] The Frost Is Gone Now From The [C] Pumpkin I've Seen Some [C7] Sights And Life's Been [F] Something [G7] See You Later Country [C] Bumpkin

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Don’t Put Your Ukulele On A Shelf - Rose Marie Sand - C https://youtu.be/IzJyqqeQYJA

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Strum – Dd/Uu/D/U [C] Don’t Put Your Ukulele On A Shelf [F] Dusty Strings Don’t Play All By Themselves [G7] Strap It On [G] Strum With Your Thumb [F] Laughs And Fun Come Get You Some [G7] Don’t Leave Your Ukulele On A [C] Shelf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] Don’t Keep Your Songs Inside Your Monkey Brain [F] Trees Fall Silent Lonely In The Rain [G7] Sing It Loud And [G] Freaking Proud [F] You’ll Be Sure To Thrill A Crowd Don’t [G7] Leave Your Words Crying In The [C] Rain

Strum – D/D/D/D [C] St Peter’s Gonna Ask You [F] If You Conquered All Your Fears [G7] Don’t Let Him Hear You Drank [G] Your Beer [F] And Drowned All In Your Tears

Strum – Dd/Uu/D/U [C] Stretch Outside Your Comfy Comfort Zone [F] It Ain’t That Fun To Live Your Life Alone [G7] Take A Bath [G] Powder Your Ass [F] Be A Fool You’re That Not Cool [G7] Stretch Outside Your Room And Shake A [C] Bone

[C] Well They Don’t Pay Your Bills Or Cure Your Ills [F] And You’ll Never Find A Soulmate In Your Room [G7] Ride You Own Ride [G] Walk Your Own Walk [F] Make It Thunder When You Talk [G7] The Journeys Better Once Outside The [C] Tomb

Strum – D/D/D/D [C] St Peter’s Gonna Ask You [F] If You Helped Your Fellow Man [G7] Now’s The Time To Make A Friend [F] Straight LGB Or [C] Tran

Strum – Dd/Uu/D/U [C] Your Freaky Clothes Will Help You Make Your Mark [F] They’ll Talk About The Funny Way You Talk [G7] Dropping R’s And G’s [G] Sounding Just Like Me [F] If They See Your Ass Hitch Up Your Pants [G7] They’ll Talk About Whatever You [C] May Be

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Don't Touch My Willie - Kevin Fowler - G

[G] She Showed Up At My House At Half Past Nine In A [C] Low-Cut Dress With A Bottle Of Wine [D] She Said This Will Be A Night You Won't For-[G]get [G] She Poured Us Some Drinks To Get Us Into The Mood I [C] Reached For The Lights She Reached For My Tunes [D] She Pulled Out That Red Headed Stranger I Stood Up And [G] Said ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Don't Touch My [C] Willie I Don't Know You That [G] Well Help Yourself To Some [D] Haggard Or Some Jones Hell Or [C] Anybody [G] Else I Don't Know What You [C] Heard I Ain't That Kind Of [G] Guy Yeah So Don't Touch My [C] Willie [D] We'll Get A Long Just [G] Fine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] She Said She Never Met A Man Like Me In Her Life Who [C] Wouldn't Share His Willie On The Very First Night [D] I Said It's Nothing Personal Don't Take It So [G] Hard [G] I Don't Pull Out My Willie For Just Anyone There's [C] A Lot Of Other Records That You Can Choose From So [D] Let Me Make Myself Clear Before You Go Too [G] Far

Chorus

Keep Your Hands Off My [C] Willie [D] We'll Get A Long Just [G] Fine

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Electric Boogie (Page 1) - Marcia Griffiths - C - 1990

It's Electric [C] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C] You Can't See It (It's E-[Dm]lectric) [C] You Gotta Feel It (It's E-[Dm]lectric) [C] Ooh It's Shocking (It's E-[Dm]lectric) [C] Jiggle-A-Mesa-Cara She's A Pumping Like A Matic She's A [Dm] Moving Like Electric She Sure Got The Boogie

[C] You Gotta Know It (It's E-[Dm]lectric Boogie Woogie Woogie) [C] Now You Can't Hold It (It's E-[Dm]lectric Boogie Woogie Woogie) But You [C] Know It’s There [Dm] Here There And [C] Everywhere [Dm]

[Dm] I've Got To [C] Move [Dm] I'm Going On A [C] Party Ride [Dm] I've Got To [C] Groove Groove Groove [Dm] And From This Music I [C] Just Can't Hide [Dm]

[Dm] Are You Coming [C] With Me [Dm] Come Let Me Take You On A [C] Party Ride [Dm] And I Will [C] Teach You Teach You Teach You [Dm] I'll Teach You The E-[C]lectric Slide [Dm]

[Dm] Some [C] Say It's Mystic (It's E-[Dm]lectric Boogie Woogie Woogie) [C] You Can't Resist It (It's E-[Dm]lectric Boogie Woogie Woogie) [C] You Can't Do Without It (It's E-[Dm]lectric Boogie Woogie Woogie) [C] Jiggle-A-Mesa-Cara She's A Pumping Like A Matic She's A [Dm] Moving Like Electric She Sure Got The Boogie

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Electric Boogie (Page 2) - Marcia Griffiths - C - 1990

[C] Don't Want To Lose It (It's E-[Dm]lectric Boogie Woogie Woogie) [C] But You Can't Choose It (It's E-[Dm]lectric Boogie Woogie Woogie) [C] But You Know It's There [Dm] Here There [C] Everywhere

[C] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C]

[Dm] I've Got To [C] Move [Dm] Come Let Me Take You On A [C] Party Ride [Dm] And I Will [C] Teach You Teach You Teach You [Dm] I'll Teach You The E-[C]lectric Slide [Dm]

[C] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C] [Dm] [C]

[C] You Can’t See It (It's E-[Dm]lectric Boogie Woogie Woogie) You Gotta Feel It (It's E-[Dm]lectric Boogie Woogie Woogie) [C] Ooh It’s Shocking (It's E-[Dm]lectric Boogie Woogie Woogie) [C] Jiggle-A-Mesa-Cara She's A Pumping Like A Matic She's A [Dm] Moving Like Electric She Sure Got The Boogie

[C] You Gotta Know It (It's E-[Dm]lectric Boogie Woogie Woogie) [C] Now You Can't Hold It (It's E-[Dm]lectric Boogie Woogie Woogie) [C] But You Know It There [Dm] Here There And [C] Everywhere [Dm]

[C] Oh La Oh La Ey [Dm] Oh La Ey [C] Oh La Oh La Ey [Dm] Oh La Ey

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Fifteen Years Ago - Conway Twitty - D

[D] I Saw A Man Today Who [A7] Said He Talked To [D] You Not So Long Ago I [G] Think A Month Or [D] Two As My Mind Raced Back In [G] Time I Prayed Oh [D] Lord Don't Let It [G] Show He Thinks [D] I Forgot You [A7] Fifteen Years [D] Ago [D] Fifteen Years Ago And [G] I Still Feel The [D] Same Why Did He Have To Mention Your [A7] Name I'm As [D] Broken Up In-[G]side As If It's [D] Been A Week Or [G] So It Takes A [D] Mighty Strong [G] Love To Keep A [D] Man Thinking [G] Of A Girl He [D] Hasn't Seen Since [A7] Fifteen Years [D] Ago [D] [A7] [D] I've Got A Lovely Wife Who [A7] Thinks The World Of [D] Me Promised Her My Love Through [G] All Eterni-[D]ty I've Tried Hard To Make Her [G] Happy And So [D] Far She Doesn't [G] Know I Can't [D] Shake This Thing Of [A7] Fifteen Years [D] Ago

[D] Fifteen Years Ago And [G] I Still Feel The [D] Same Why Did He Have To Mention Your [A7] Name I'm As [D] Broken Up In-[G]side As If It's [D] Been A Week Or [G] So It Takes A [D] Mighty Long [G] Time To Get A [D] Real Love Off Your [G] Mind I Know I've [D] Tried Since [A7] Fifteen Years [D] Ago

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Fish Song - Stu Hutchinson - C https://youtu.be/OLt5ZNOIftU

[C] Little Bitty Fishy [F] Swimming In A Stream

[C] Wishing And A Dreaming [G] Dream Dream Dream

[C] Swimming In The Water [F] He’s Forever Wet

[C] You Can Put Him In A Bowl And [G] Make Him Your Pet

[C] Feed Him Every Day So [F] He Can Grow Up Strong

[C] He Will Always Love You And [G] Never Do You Wrong

[C] Little Bitty Fishy [F] Swimming In A Stream

[C] Wishing And A Dreaming [G] Dream Dream Dream

[C] You Can Even Name Him [F] He Won’t Care A Bit

[C] But You Can Never Train Him To [G] Sit Sit Sit

[C] Little Bitty Fishy [F] He Is Lots Of Fun

[C] But You Will Never See Him [G] Run Run Run

[C] Little Bitty Fishy [F] Swimming In A Stream

[C] Wishing And A Dreaming [G] Dream Dream Dream

[C] Don’t Leave Him On The Heater Or [F] In The Cold Outside

[C] Tell Him All Your Secrets In [G] Him You Can Confide

[C] After You Grow Up [F] He May Go Away

[C] But Inside Your Heart [G] He Will Always Stay

[C] Little Bitty Fishy [F] Swimming In A Stream

[C] Wishing And A Dreaming [G] Dream Dream [C] Dream

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Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead - G

[G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] I Lit Out From Reno I Was [C] Trailed By Twenty Hounds [G] Didn't Get To Sleep Last Night Till The [C] Morning Came Around ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[D] Set Out Running But I Take My Time A [Am] Friend Of The Devil Is A Friend Of Mine If [D] I Get Home Before Daylight I [Am] Just Might Get Some [C] Sleep To-[D]night ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] Ran Into The Devil Babe He [C] Loaned Me Twenty Bills I [G] Spent The Night In Utah In A [C] Cave Up In The Hills

Chorus

I [G] Ran Down To The Levee But The [C] Devil Caught Me There He [G] Took My Twenty Dollar Bill And [C] Vanished In The Air

Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Refrain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[D] Got Two Reasons Why I Cry Away Each Lonely Night The [C] First One's Named Sweet Anne Marie And She's My Hearts Delight The [D] Second One Is Prison Babe The Sheriff's On My Trail And [Am] If He Catches Up With Me I'll [C] Spend My Life In [D] Jail [G] Got A Wife In Chino Babe And [C] One In Cherokee The [G] First One Says She's Got My Child But [C] It Don't Look Like Me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Refrain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chorus

Chorus

Refrain

Chorus

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Ghost Riders In The Sky - Sons Of The Pioneers - Am

(Capo on 1st fret for Johnny Cash recording)

[Am] An Old Cowpoke Went Riding Out One [C] Dark And Windy Day [Am] Upon A Ridge He Rested As He Went Along His Way When All At Once A Mighty Herd Of Red-Eyed Cows He Saw A [F] Plowing Through The Ragged Skies And Up The Cloudy [Am] Draw

[Am] Their Brands Were Still On Fire And Their [C] Hoofs Were Made Of Steel Their [Am] Horns Were Black And Shiny And Their Hot Breath He Could Feel A Bolt Of Fear Went Through Him As They Thundered Through The Sky For He [F] Saw The Riders Coming Hard And He Heard Their Mournful [Am] Cry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Am] Yip-I-Yi-[C]O Yip-I-Yi-[Am]A [F] Ghost Riders In The [Am] Sky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lead break (play verse chords)

[Am] Their Faces Gaunt Their Eyes Were Blurred Their [C] Shirts All Soaked With Sweat He's [Am] Riding Hard To Catch That Herd But He Ain't Caught Them Yet Cause They've Got To Ride Forever On That Range Up In The Sky On [F] Horses Snorting Fire As They Ride On Hear Them [Am] Cry

[Am] As The Riders Loped On By Him He [C] Heard One Call His Name If You [Am] Want To Save Your Soul From Hell A Riding On The Range Then Cowboy Change Your Ways Today Or With Us You Will Ride A [F] Trying To Catch The Devil's Herd Across These Endless [Am] Skies

Chorus

[F] Ghost Riders In The [Am] Sky [F] Ghost Riders In The [Am] Sky

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Great Speckled Bird - Roy Acuff - G (* = Verses not on original recording)

[G] What A Beautiful Thought I Am [C] Thinking Con-[D7]cerning A Great Speckled [G] Bird Remember Her Name Is Re-[C]corded On The [D7] Pages Of God's Holy [G] Word

[G] With All The Other Birds Flocking [C] Round Her She [D7] Is So Despised By The [G] Squad The Great Speckled Bird In The [C] Bible Repre-[D7]senting The Great Church Of [G] God

*[G] All The Other Churches Are A-[C]gainst Her They [D7] Envy Her Glory And [G] Fame They Hate Her Because She Is [C] Chosen And Has [D7] Not Denied Jesus' [G] Name

[G] Desiring To Lower Her [C] Standard They [D7] Watch Every Move That She [G] Makes They Long To Find Fault With Her [C] Teachings But [D7] Really They Find No Mis-[G]take

*[G] She Is Spreading Her Wings For A [C] Journey She's [D7] Going To Leave By And [G] By When The Trumpet Shall Sound In The [C] Morning She'll [D7] Rise And Go Up In The [G] Sky

*[G] In The Presence Of All Her De-[C]spisers With A [D7] Song Never Uttered Be-[G]fore She Will Rise And Be Gone In A [C] Moment Till The [D7] Great Tribulation Is [G] O’er

[G] I Am Glad I Have Learned Of Her [C] Meekness I Am [D7] Proud That My Name Is On Her [G] Book For I Want To Be One Never [C] Fearing The [D7] Face Of My Savior’s True [G] Look

[G] When He Cometh Descending From [C] Heaven On The [D7] Cloud That He Writes In His [G] Word I'll Be Joyfully Carried To [C] Meet Him On The [D7] Wings Of That Great Speckled [G] Bird

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Hallelujah (Key of C, Page 1) - Leonard Cohen - C

[C] I Heard There Was A [Am] Secret Chord That [C] David Played And It [Am] Pleased The Lord But [F] You Don't Really [G] Care For Music [C] Do Ya [G] It [C] Goes Like This The [F] Fourth The [G] Fifth The [Am] Minor Fall And The [F] Major Lift The [G] Baffled King Com-[E]posing Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[C]lu-[G]uu-[C]jah [G] Your [C] Faith Was Strong But You [Am] Needed Proof You [C] Saw Her Bathing [Am] On The Roof Her [F] Beauty And The [G] Moonlight Over-[C]threw Ya [G] She [C] Tied You To A [F] Kitchen [G] Chair She [Am] Broke Your Throne And She [F] Cut Your Hair And [G] From Your Lips She [E] Drew The Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[C]lu-[G]uu-[C]jah [G] [C] Maybe I've Been [Am] Here Before I [C] Know This Room I’ve [Am] Walked This Floor I [F] Used To Live A-[G]lone Before I [C] Knew You [G] I've [C] Seen Your Flag On The [F] Marble [G] Arch But [Am] Love Is Not A [F] Victory March It’s A [G] Cold And It’s A [E] Broken Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[C]lu-[G]uu-[C]jah [G] There [C] Was A Time You [Am] Let Me Know What's [C] Real And Going [Am] On Below But [F] Now You Never [G] Show It To Me [C] Do You [G] I Re-[C]member When I [F] Moved In [G] You The [Am] Holy Dark Was [F] Moving Too And [G] Every Breath We [E] Drew Was Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[C]lu-[G]uu-[C]jah [G]

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Hallelujah (Key of C, Page 2) - Leonard Cohen – C

[C] Maybe There’s A [Am] God Above But [C] All I Ever [Am] Learned From Love Was [F] How To Shoot At [G] Someone Who Out-[C]drew You [G] It’s [C] Not The Cry That You [F] Hear At [G] Night It's [Am] Not Someone Who's [F] Seen The Light It’s A [G] Cold And It’s A [E] Broken Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[C]lu-[G]uu-[C]jah [G] You [C] Say I Took The [Am] Name In Vain But [C] I Don't Even [Am] Know The Name But [F] If I Did Well [G] Really What's It [C] To Ya [G] There's A [C] Blaze Of Light In [F] Every [G] Word It [Am] Doesn't Matter [F] Which You Heard The [G] Holy Or The [E] Broken Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[C]lu-[G]uu-[C]jah [G] I [C] Did My Best It [Am] Wasn't Much I [C] Couldn't Feel So I [Am] Tried To Touch I've [F] Told The Truth I [G] Didn't Come To [C] Fool Ya [G] And [C] Even Though It [F] All Went [G] Wrong I'll [Am] Stand Before The [F] Lord Of Song With [G] Nothing On My [E] Tongue But Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[C]lu [G] Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[C]lu [G] Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[C]lu [G] Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[Am]lujah Halle-[F]lujah Halle-[C]lu-[G]uu-[C]jah [G]

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Happy Birthday - Traditional - C & F (Key of C)

[C] Happy Birthday To [G7] You Happy Birthday To [C] You Happy Birthday Dear [F] ?? Happy [C] Birthday [G7] To [C] You [C] From Good Friends And [G7] True From Old Friends And [C] New May Good Luck Go [F] With You And [C] Happi-[G7]ness [C] Too

(Key of F)

[F] Happy Birthday To [C] You Happy Birthday To [F] You Happy Birthday Dear [Bb] ?? Happy [F] Birthday [C] To [F] You [F] From Good Friends And [C] True From Old Friends And [F] New May Good Luck Go [Bb] With You And [F] Happi-[C]ness [F] Too

`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` (Key of F Advanced) [F] Happy [Bb] Birth-[F]day To [C] You Happy [Bb] Birth-[F]day C]To [F] You Happy [F(alt)] Birth-[F]day Dear [C] Blah [Bb] Blah Happy [F] Birthday [C] To [F] You

Single Note

xA|--------------------------------------------------|

xE|----------------1--0--------------------3--1------|

xC|--0--0----2--0-----------0--0----2--0-------------|

xG|--------------------------------------------------|

xA|--------3--0-------------1--1--0------------------|

xE|--------------1--0----------------1--3--1---------|

xC|--0--0--------------2-----------------------------|

xG|--------------------------------------------------|

Multi Note

xA|-----0---3-2-|-----0---5-3-|-----10-7---2-0-|-8-8-7-3-5-3--|

xE|-----0-------|-----1-------|-----0------1---|-----0-----0--|

xC|-----0-------|-----0-------|-----0------0---|-----0-----0--|

xG|-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-2-0-----|-0-0-0----5-0---|-----0-----0--|

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Happy Happy Joy Joy - Ren And Stimpy - C - 1993

[G7] Hello Boys And Girls This Is Your Old Pal Stinky Whizzleteats [C] This Is A Song About A Whale.... No [G7] This Is A Song About Being Happy That's Right [C] It's The Happy Happy Joy Joy Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] Happy Happy Joy Joy [G7] Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy [C] Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy [F] Happy Happy Joy Joy [G7] Happy Happy Joy Joy [C] Joy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] I Don't Think You're Happy Enough That's Right I'll Teach You To Be Happy .... I'll Teach Your Grandmother To Suck Eggs Now Boys And Girls Let's Try It Again

Chorus

[C] If'n You Ain't The Gran-Daddy Of All Liars Mmm The Little Critters Of Nature.... They Don't Know That They're Ugly That's Very Funny A Fly Marrying A Bumblebee... I Told Ya I'd Shoot But You Didn’t Believe Me Why Didn’t You Believe Me

Chorus

[G7] Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Joy Joy [C] Joy

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Uke Riff

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Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival - C

[Am] [F] [C] [G] [C] Someone Told Me Long Ago There's A Calm Before The Storm I [G] Know And It's Been Coming [C] For Some Time When It's Over So They Say It'll Rain A Sunny Day I [G] Know Shining Down Like [C] Water ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [F] I Wanna [G] Know Have You [C] Ever [Em] Seen The [Am] Rain [F] I Wanna [G] Know Have You [C] Ever [Em] Seen The [Am] Rain [F] Coming [G] Down On A Sunny [C] Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] Yesterday And Days Before Sun Is Cold And Rain Is Hard I [G] Know Been That Way For [C] All My Time [C] Till Forever On It Goes Thru The Circle Fast And Slow I [G] Know And It Can't Stop I [C] Wonder Chorus x 2

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How Much Is That Ukulele In The Window - Parody by Stu Hutchinson - C https://youtu.be/dNAb-sBiwm4

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] How Much Is That Ukulele In The [G7] Window

The One On The Rusty Old [C] Nail

How Much Is That Ukulele In The [G7] Window

I Do Hope That Ukie's For [C] Sale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] I Must Take A Trip To Cali-[G7]fornia

And Leave My Poor Sweetheart A-[C]lone

If She Has A Uke She Won’t Be [G7] Lonesome

And The Ukie Will Have A Good [C] Home

Chorus

[C] I Read On The Facebook Times Are [G7] Boring

With Hard Times And Oppression They [C] Say

My Love Needs A Ukulele To A-[G7]muse Her

And Learn Lots Of Cool Songs To [C] Play

I [C] Don't Want A Piano Or A [G7] Guitar

I Don't Want A Banjo Or A [C] Drum

I Want Something Small And Sweet [G7] Sexy

To Play A Cool Island [C] Strum

Chorus

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I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2- C

[C] I Have Climbed Highest Mountains I Have Run Through The Fields Only To [F] Be With You Only To [C] Be With You

[C] I Have Run I Have Crawled I Have Scaled These City Walls These City [F] Walls Only To [C] Be With You

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Refrain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But I [G] Still Haven't [F] Found What I'm [C] Looking For But I [G] Still Haven't [F] Found What I'm [C] Looking For ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Refrain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] I Have Kissed Honey Lips Felt The Healing In Her Fingertips It Burned Like [F] Fire This Burning De-[C]sire

[C] I Have Spoke With The Tongue Of Angels I Have Held The Hand Of A Devil It Was Warm [F] In The Night I Was Cold As A [C] Stone

Refrain [C] [F] [C]

[C] I Believe In The Kingdom Come Then All The Colors Will Bleed Into One Bleed Into [F] One Well Yes I'm Still [C] Running

[C] You Broke The Bonds And You Loosed The Chains Carried The Cross Of My Shame Of My [F] Shame You Know I Be-[C]lieved It

Refrain x 2

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I’ll Fly Away (Key of C) - Traditional - C

[C] Some Bright Morning When This Life Is Over [F] I’ll Fly A-[C]way To That Home On God’s Celestial Shore I’ll [G] Fly A-[C]way ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] I’ll Fly Away Oh Glory [F] I’ll Fly A-[C]way In The Morning When I Die Hallelujah By And By I’ll [G] Fly A-[C]way ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] When The Shadows Of This Life Have Gone [F] I’ll Fly A-[C]way Like A Bird From These Prison Walls I’ll Fly I’ll [G] Fly A-[C]way Chorus [C] Oh How Glad And Happy When We Meet [F] I’ll Fly A-[C]way No More Cold Iron Shackles On My Feet I’ll [G] Fly A-[C]way Chorus [C] Just A Few More Weary Days And Then [F] I’ll Fly A-[C]way To A Land Where Joys Will Never End I’ll [G] Fly A-[C]way

Chorus

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In Spite Of Ourselves - John Prine & Iris DeMent - C

[C] [F] [C] [G] [C]

[C] She Don't Like Her Eggs All Runny She Thinks Crossin' Her Legs Is Funny [F] She Looks Down Her Nose at Money [C] She Gets It On Like the Easter Bunny [G] She's My Baby I'm Her Honey I'm Never Gonna Let Her [C] Go [G] [C]

[C] He Ain't Got Laid in a Month of Sundays I Caught Him Once and He Was Sniffin My Undies He [F] Ain't Too Sharp But He Gets Things Done [C] Drinks His Beer Like It's Oxygen [G] He's My Baby And I'm His Honey Never Gonna Let Him [C] Go [G] [C] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In Spite Of [F] Ourselves We'll End Up a'Sitting On A [C] Rainbow Against All [G] Odds Honey We're the Big Door [C] Prize [G] [C] We're Gonna [F] Spite Our Noses Right Off Of Our [C] Faces There Won't be Nothing But Big Old [G] Hearts Dancing in Our [C] Eyes [G] [C] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] She Thinks All My Jokes are Corny Convict Movies Make Her Horny [F] She Likes Ketchup On Her Scrambled Eggs [C] Swears Like A Sailor When She Shaves Her Legs [G] She Takes a Lickin but She Keeps On Tickin I'm Never Gonna Let Her [C] Go [G] [C]

[C] He's Got More Balls Than A Big Brass Monkey He's A Whacked Out Weirdo And A Lovebug Junkie [F] He's Sly As A Fox And Crazy As A Loon [C] When Payday Comes He's a Howlin At The Moon [G] But He's My Baby I Don't Mean Maybe Never Gonna Let Him [C] [G] [C]

Chorus x 2 There Won't be Nothing But Big Old [G] Hearts Dancing in Our [C] Eyes [F] [C]

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BOY

BOY

GIRL

GIRL

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Jackson - Johnny & June Cash - C

Both: [C] We Got Married In A Fever Hotter Than A Pepper Sprout We’ve Been Talking Bout Jackson Ever Since The Fire Went [C7] Out John: I’m Going To [F] Jackson I’m Gonna Mess A-[C]round Yea I’m Going To [F] Jackson [G7] Look Out Jackson [C] Town

June: [C] Well Go On Down To Jackson Go Ahead And Wreck Your Health Go Play Your Hand You Big Talking Man Make A Big Fool Out Of Your-[C7]self Yea Go To [F] Jackson Go Comb Your [C] Hair John: Honey I’m Gonna Snowball [F] Jackson June: [G7] See If I [C] Care

John: [C] When I Breeze Into That City People Gonna Stoop And Bow June: (Hah) John: All Them Women Gonna Make Me Teach Em What They Don’t Know [C7] How John: I’m Going To [F] Jackson You Turn A Loose A My [C] Coat Cause I’m Going To [F] Jackson June: [G7] Goodbye That’s All She [C] Wrote

June: [C] But They’ll Laugh At You In Jackson And I’ll Be Dancing On A Pony Keg They’ll Lead You Round Town Like A Scalded Hound With Your Tail Tucked Between Your [C7] Legs Yea Go To [F] Jackson You Big Talking [C] Man And I’ll Be Waiting In [F] Jackson [G7] Behind My Jaypan [C] Fan Both: Repeat Verse 1

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Joe The Wrangler (Page 1) - Marty Robbins - C - 1960

[C] Little Joe The Wrangler Will [F] Wrangle Never-[C]More His Days With The Roundup They Are [G7] O'er Was A [C] Year Ago Last April When He [F] Rode Into Our [C] Camp Just A Little Texas [G7] Stray And Nothing [C] More Was Late In The Evening When He [F] Rode Into Our [C] Camp On A Little Texas Pony He Called [G7] Chaw With His [C] Brogan Shoes And Overalls A [F] Tougher Looking [C] Kid You Never In Your [G7] Life Before Had [C] Saw His [F] Saddle Was A Texas Kack Built [C] Many Years Ago An Ok Spur On One Foot Lightly [G7] Swung With His [C] Pack Rolled In A Cotton Sack So [F] Loosely Tied [C] Behind And A Canteen From His [G7] Saddle Horn Was [C] Slung He Said He Had To Leave His Home His [F] Pa Had Married [C] Twice His New Ma Whipped Him Every Day Or [G7] Two So He [C] Saddled Up Old Chaw One Night And [F] Lit A Shuck This [C] Way He Said He'd Try To [G7] Paddle His Own [C] Canoe He'd [F] Said If We Would Give Him Work He'd [C] Do The Best He Could Though He Didn't Know Straight Up About A [G7] Cow So The [C] Boss He Cut Him Out A Mount And [F] Kindly Put Him [C] On He Sorta Liked This [G7] Little Kid Some-[C]How He Learned To Wrangle Horses And [F] Learned To Know Them [C] All And Get Them In At Daybreak If He [G7] Could And To [C] Trail The Old Chuck Wagon And [F] Always Hitch The [C] Team And Help The Cook [G7] Evenings Rustle [C] Wood

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Joe The Wrangler (Page 2) - Marty Robbins - C - 1960

We Had [F] Hardly Reached The Pecos The [C] Weather It Was Fine We Were Camped Down On The South Side In A [G7] Draw When A [C] Northern Commenced Blowing And We [F] Doubled Up Our [C] Guards It Took Everyone Of [G7] Us To Hold Them [C] In Little Joe The Wrangler Was [F] Called Out With The [C] Rest Scarcely Had The Little Fellow Reached The [G7] Herd When The [C] Cattle They Stampeded Like A [F] Hail Storm On They [C] Fled And Everyone Was [G7] Riding For The [C] Lead A-[F]mid The Streaks Of Lightning There Was [C] One Horse Up Ahead He Was Trying To Catch The Leaders In Their [G7] Speed It Was [C] Little Joe The Wrangler With A [F] Slicker O'er His [C] Head He Was Riding Old Blue [G7] Rocket In The [C] Lead At Last We Got Them Milling And [F] Kinda Quieted [C] Down And The Extra Guards Back To The Wagon [G7] Went But [C] There Was One A-Missing You Could [F] See It At A [C] Glance Was Our Little Texas [G7] Stray Poor Wrangler [C] Joe Next [F] Morning Just At Daybreak We [C] Found Where Rocket Fell Down In A Washout Twenty Feet [G7] Below Be-[C]neath His Horse His Life Was Gone His [F] Spur Had Rung Its [C] Knell Was Our Little Texas [G7] Stray Poor Wrangler [C] Joe

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Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry - C

[C] Deep Down In Louisiana Close To New Orleans Way Back Up In The Woods Among The Evergreens There [F] Stood A Log Cabin Made Of Earth And Wood Where [C] Lived A Country Boy Named Johnny B Goode Who [G] Never Ever Learned To Read Or [F] Write So Well But He Could [C] Play The Guitar Just Like A Ringing A Bell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [C] Go Go Johnny Go Go Go Go Johnny Go Go [F] Go Go Johnny Go Go [C] Go [G] Go [F] Johnny B [C] Goode ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] He Used To Carry His Guitar In A Gunny Sack Go Sit Beneath The Tree By The Railroad Track Old [F] Engineers Would See Him Sitting In The Shade Just a [C] Strumming With the Rhythm That the Drivers Made When [G] People Passed Him By They Would [F] Stop And Say Oh [C] My But That Little Country Boy Could Play

Chorus

[C] His Mother Told Him Someday You Will Be A Man You Will Be The Leader Of A Big Old Band [F] Many People Coming From Miles Around To [C] Hear You Play Your Music When The Sun Go Down [G] Maybe Someday Your Name'll [F] Be In Lights Saying [C] Johnny B Goode Tonight

Chorus

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LA International Airport - Susan Raye - C (Tune down ½ step for recording)

[C] Standing In That Silent Hall Waiting For That Final Call Says He Doesn't Love Me Any-[G7]more Shaking Hands I Pack A Bag Trembling Voice I Call A Cab Slowly I Start Walking To The [C] Door

[C] The Cab Arrives He Blows His Horn I Stumble Out In The Early Morn Tell Him Of A Place I've Got To [G7] Go Hit A Hundred Signal Lights Peter Builts In A Traffic Fight Getting Through These Doors Has Been So [C] Slow

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C7] LA International [F] Airport [G7] Where The Big Jet Engines [C] Roar LA International [G7] Airport I Won't See Him Any-[C]more ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] A Stewardess In A Miniskirt A Hippie In A Leather Shirt A Starlet On The Way To Naples [G7] Rome While I'm Wondering Where It's At I See A Paris Diplomat College Kids Are Trying To Get Back [C] Home

[C] Baggage Car Goes Quickly By See My Case And I Start To Cry Stumble To The Lounge To Be [G7] Alone And While I'm Trying To Get Some Rest I Bite My Lips And Try My Best To Fight The Pain That's Making Me Leave [C] Home Chorus

[C] With Silver Wings Across The Sky Vapor Trails That Wave Goodbye To Those Below Who've Got To Stay At [G7] Home I Wish That I Had Flown At Night So I Could Take That Champagne Flight Rid Myself Of Every Tear I [C] Own

[C] Soaring High Above The Heavens In A 747 Fighting Back The Tears That Curse My [G7] Eyes Captain's Voice So Load And Clear Amplifies Into My Ear Assuring Me I'm Flying Friendly [C] Skies Chorus

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Last Kiss (Key of C) - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaleirs - C

We Were [C] Out On A Date In My [Am] Daddy's Car [F] We Hadn't Driven [G] Very Far [C] There In The Road [Am] Straight Ahead A [F] Car Was Stalled The [G] Engine Was Dead

[C] I Couldn't Stop So I [Am] Swerved To The Right I'll [F] Never Forget The [G] Sounds That Night The [C] Screaming Tires The [Am] Busting Glass The [F] Painful Scream That [G] I Heard [C] Last ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] Oh Where Oh Where Can My [Am] Baby Be [F] The Lord Took Her A-[G]way From Me [C] She's Gone to Heaven So I [Am] Got To Be Good So [F] I Can See My Baby When I [G] Leave This [C] World ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] When I Woke Up The Rain Was [Am] Pouring Down [F] There Were People Standing [G] All Around [C] Something Warm Flowing [Am] Through My Eyes But [F] Somehow I Found My [G] Baby That Night I [C] Lifted Her Head She Looked At [Am] Me And Said [F] Hold Me Darling Just A [G] Little While I [C] Held Her Close I Kissed Her [Am] Our Last Kiss I [F] Found the Love I [G] Knew I Would Miss

Well [C] Now She's Gone Even [Am] Though I Hold Her Tight I [F] Lost My Love My [G] Life That [C] Night

Chorus

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Long Hot Summer Day - Turnpike Troubadours - A

[A] [E] [A] x 2 [A] Well I'm Gonna Pick Up Some Of These Empties Lord As Soon As I Find Where They [E] Lay Tied [A] Off Them Jolly And Leaving My Ends On A Long Hot Summer Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[A] For Every Day I'm Working On The Illinois River Get A Half A Day Of With [E] Pay Oh Tow Boat Picking Up Barges On A Long Hot Summer Day [A] [E] [A] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well I [A] Got Me A Gal In Pekin She's A Good Oh Gal O-[E]kay Oh She's [A] Sitting There Waiting By A Window Fan On A Long Hot Summer Day

Chorus

Well Last [A] Night We Had Pork For Supper And Morrow It'll Be Chicken Con-[E]somme And A [A] Fruit Jar Full Of Iced Tea On A Long Hot Summer Day

Chorus

Well We [A] Dropped A Man Off In Beardstown When We Got Off Yester-[E]day Gonna [A] Get Off Down In Alton On A Long Hot Summer Day

Chorus x 3

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More Hearts Than Mine (Page 1) - Ingrid Andress - C

[C] I Can't Wait To Show You Where I Grew Up

[Am] Walk You Round The Foothills Of My Town

Probably [F] Feel Like You've Been There Before

After Hearing All The Stories [C] I've Been Telling You

For 6 Months [G] Now

We'll [C] Probably Have To Sleep In Separate Bedrooms

[Am] Pack A Shirt For Church Because We'll Go

[F] I'm Not Trying To Scare You Off But

I Just Thought That We Should Talk A [C] Few Things Out

Before We Hit The [G] Road

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] If I [F] Bring You Home To [C] Mama

I [G] Guess I'd Better [Am] Warn Ya

She [F] Falls In Love A Little [C] Faster Than I [G] Do [Am] [G]

And My [F] Dad Will Check Your [C] Tires

Pour You [G] Whiskey Over [Am] Ice And Take You [F] Fishing

But [C] Pretend That He Don't [G] Like You [Am] [G]

Oh If [F] We Break [G] Up I'll Be [Am] Fine

But You'll Be [F] Breaking More [G] Hearts Than [C] Mine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] My Sister's Gonna Ask A Million Questions

Say [Am] Anything She Can To Turn You Red

And [F] When You Meet My High School Friends

They'll Buy You Drinks And Fill You In

On [C] All The Crazy Nights I Can't Out-[G]live

Chorus [F] [C] [G] [Am] [G] [F] [C] [G]

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More Hearts Than Mine (Page 2) - Ingrid Andress - C

[G] If I [F] Bring You Home To [C] Mama

I [G] Guess I'd Better [Am] Warn Ya

She [F] Feels Every [C] Heartache I Go [G] Through [Am] [G]

And If My [F] Dad Sees Me [C] Crying

He'll Pour Some [G] Whiskey Over [Am] Ice And

Tell A [F] Lie And Say He [C] Never Really [G] Liked You [Am] [G]

Oh If [F] We Break [G] Up I'll Be [Am] Fine

But You'll Be [F] Breaking More [G] Hearts Than [C] Mine

You'll Be [F] Breaking More [G] Hearts Than [C] Mine

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Mountain Dew - Grandpa Jones - D

[D] There's A Big Holler Tree Down The Road Here From Me Where You [G] Lay Down A Dollar Or [D] Two [D] Well You Go Round The Bend And When You Come Back Again There's A Jug Full Of [A7] Good Ole Mountain [D] Dew ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[D] Oh They Call It That Ole Mountain Dew And [G] Them That Refuse It Are [D] Few I'll Shut Up My Mug If You Fill Up My Jug With Some [A7] Good Ole Mountain [D] Dew ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[D] Now My Uncle Nort He's Sawed Off And Short He [G] Measures About Four Foot [D] Two [D] But He Thinks He's A Giant When You Give Him A Pint Of That [A7] Good Ole Mountain [D] Dew

[D] Well My Ole Aunt June Bought Some Brand New Perfume It [G] Had Such A Sweet Smelling [D] Pew [D] But To Her Surprise When She Had It Analyzed It Was Nothing But [A7] Good Ole Mountain [D] Dew

[D] [G] [D] [A7] [D]

[D] Well The Preacher Rolled By With His Head Heisted High Said His [G] Wife Had Been Down With The [D] Flu [D] And He Thought That I Ought Just To Sell Him A Quart Of That [A7] Good Ole Mountain [D] Dew

[D] Well My Brother Bill's Got A Still On The Hill Where He [G] Runs Off A Gallon Or [D] Two [D] Now The Buzzards In The Sky Get So Drunk They Can't Fly From Smelling The [A7] Good Ole Mountain [D] Dew

Chorus

[D] Oh I'll Shut Up My Mug If You Fill Up My Jug With Some [A7] Good Ole Mountain [D] Dew

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New Years Day - Charlie Robison - C - 2004

[Am] [C] [G] [C] [Am] [C] [G] [Am] [C] I Woke Up [Am] Early Sunday [C] Morning Had My-[G]self A Piece Of [C] Toast Had Fifty [Am] Dollars In My [C] Pocket Gonna [G] Chase Myself A [C] Ghost Went Down Ca-[Am]mino Espi-[C]noza Gonna [G] Get Me A Di-[C]vorce I’m Gonna [Am] Split With All My [C] Money See That [G] Girl Who Loves A [C] Horse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [C] It's New Year's [Am] Day Here On The [C] Border And It's [G] Always Been This [C] Way I Never [Am] Do The Things I [C] Oughta Think I'll [G] Stay It's New Year's [Am] Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] Well I Met Them [Am] Boys There From O'[C]conner Cow-[G]boy Like You Never [C] Seen They're Up For [Am] Anything You [C] Wanna Live On [G] Steak And Refried [C] Beans They Bought Up [Am] Half Of Southern [C] Texas It's Why They [G] Act The Way They [C] Do When Them [Am] Boys Meet Me In La-[C]redo They Think They [G] Own Laredo [C] Too Chorus [C] I Know A [Am] Girl Here In La-[C]redo Her Name's [G] Pussy Willow [C] Rose She Got That [Am] Ring Around The [C] Collar Got That [G] Ring Stuck Through Her [C] Nose She Works There [Am] At The Dallas [C] Cowboys But She's [G] Got No In [C] Between Like All Them [Am] Other Boys In [C] Dresses They Ain't [G] Every Cowboys [C] Dream Chorus x 2

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One Of These Days (Key of C) - Emmylou Harris - C

(Tune down a half step for recording) https://youtu.be/7WUfIc9Vf1Y

[C] Well I Won't Have To Chop No Wood I Can Be Bad Or [F] I Can Be [C] Good I Can Be Any [F] Way That I [C] Feel One Of These [G] Days I Might Be A [C] Woman That's Dressed In Black Be A Hobo By The [F] Railroad [C] Track I'll Be Gone Like The [F] Wayward [C] Wind [G] One Of These [C] Days ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] One Of These [F] Days It Will [G] Soon Be All [C] Over Cut And Dry And [F] I Won't Have This [C] Urge To Go All Bottled Up In-[G]side One Of These [F] Days I'll Look [G] Back And I'll [C] Say I [F] Left In [C] Time Cause Some-[F]where For Me I [C] Know There's [G] Peace Of [C] Mind ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Instrumental Break [C] I Might Someday Walk Across This Land Carrying The Lord's Book [F] In My [C] Hand Going Cross The Country Singing [F] Loud As I [C] Can One Of These [G] Days But I Won't [C] Have Trouble On My Back Cutting Like The Devil With A [F] Chopping [C] Axe Got To Shake It [F] Off My [C] Back [G] One Of These [C] Days Chorus [C] There’s Going To Be [F] Peace Of Mind For [C] Me [G] One Of These [C] Days

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Pancho And Lefty - Townes Van Zandt - C

[C] Living On The Road My Friend [G] Was Gonna Keep You Free And Clean [F] Now You Wear Your Skin Like Iron Your [C] Breath’s As Hard As [G] Kerosene [F] You Weren't Your Mama's Only Boy But Her [C] Favorite One It [F] Seems She Be-[Am]gan To Cry When You [F] Said [C] Good-[G]bye And [F] Sank Into Your [Am] Dreams [Am] [G] [C] [C] Pancho Was A Bandit Boys [G] His Horse Was Fast As Polished Steel [F] He Wore His Gun Outside His Pants For [C] All The Honest [G] World To Feel [F] Pancho Met His Match You Know On The [C] Deserts Down In [F] Mexico And [Am] Nobody Heard His [F] Dy-[C]ing [G] Words Ah But [F] That's The Way It [Am] Goes [Am] [G] [F] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[F] All The Federales Say [C] Could’ve Had Him [F] Any Day [Am] They Only Let Him [F] Slip [C] A-[G]way Out Of [F] Kindness, I Sup-[Am]pose [Am] [G] [C] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] Lefty He Can't Sing The Blues [G] All Night Long Like He Used To [F] The Dust That Pancho Bit Down South [C] Ended Up In [G] Lefty's Mouth [F] The Day They Laid Poor Pancho Low [C] Lefty Split For [F] Ohio [Am] Where He Got The [F] Bread [C] To [G] Go There [F] Ain't Nobody [Am] Knows [Am] [G] [F]

Chorus

[C] The Poets Tell How Pancho Fell [G] Lefty's Living In A Cheap Hotel [F] The Desert's Quiet And Cleveland's Cold [C] And So The Story [G] Ends We're Told [F] Pancho Needs Your Prayers It's True [C] But Save A Few For [F] Lefty Too [Am] He Only Did What He [F] Had [C] To [G] Do [F] And Now He's Growing [Am] Old [Am] [G] [F] Chorus (A Few Grey Federales Say)

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Paperback Writer - Beatles - C

[C] Paperback [G] Writer Writer [G] Dear Sir Or Madam Will You Read My Book It Took Me Years To Write Will You Take A Look It's Based On A Novel By A Man Named Lear And I Need A Job So I Want To Be A Paperback [C] Writer Paperback [G7] Writer [G] It's A Dirty Story Of A Dirty Man And His Clinging Wife Doesn't Understand His Son Is Working For The Daily Mail It's A Steady Job But He Wants To Be A Paperback [C] Writer Paperback [G7] Writer [C] Paperback [G] Writer Writer [G] It's A Thousand Pages Give Or Take A Few I'll Be Writing More In A Week Or Two I Can Make It Longer If You Like The Style I Can Change It Round And I Want To Be A Paperback [C] Writer Paperback [G7] Writer [G] If You Really Like It You Can Have The Rights It Could Make A Million For You Overnight If You Must Return It You Can Send It Here But I Need A Break And I Want To Be A Paperback [C] Writer Paperback [G7] Writer [C] Paperback [G] Writer Writer [G] Paperback Writer Paperback Writer Paperback Writer …

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Pirate Looks at Forty - Jimmy Buffet - G

[G] Mother Mother Ocean I Have Heard You Call [C] Wanted To Sail Upon Your Water Since I Was [Bm7] Three [Am7] Feet [G] Tall [G] You [Am7] Seen [Bm7] It [Am7] All [Bm7] You Seen It [G] All

[G] Watched The Men Who Rode You Switch From Sail To Steam And [C] In Your Belly You Hold The Treasures Few Have [Bm7] E-[Am7]ver [G] Seen [G] Most [Am7] Of [Bm7] Them [Am7] Dream [Bm7] Most Of Them [G] Dream

[G] Yes I Am A Pirate Two Hundred Years Too Late The [C] Cannons Don't Thunder There's Nothing To Plunder I'm An Over Forty [Bm7] Victim [Am7] Of [G] Fate [G] Arri-[Am7]ving [Bm7] To [Am7] Late [Bm7] Arriving To [G] Late

[G] I Done A Bit Of Smuggling I've Run My Share Of Grass I [C] Made Enough Money To Buy Miami But I Pissed It [Bm7] Away [Am7] So [G] Fast [G] Never [Am7] Meant [Bm7] To [Am7] Last [Bm7] Never Meant To [G] Last

[G] I Have Been Drunk Now For Over Two Weeks I Passed Out And I Rallied And I Smoked A Few Reefs But I [C] Gotta Stop Wishing I Got To Go Fishing Down To Rock [Bm7] Bottom [Am7] A-[G]gain [G] Just [Am7] A [Bm7] Few [Am7] Friends [Bm7] Just A Few [G] Friends

[G] I Go For Younger Women Lived With Several A While Though I [C] Ran 'em Away They Come Back One Day Still Could [Bm7] Manage [Am7] A [G] Smile [G] Just [Am7] Takes [Bm7] A-[Am7]while [Bm7] Just Takes A [G] While

[G] Mother Mother Ocean After All These Years I've Found [C] Occupational Hazzard Beats An Occupation [Bm7] Just [Am7] Not A-[G]round [G] Feel [Am7] Like [Bm7] I [Am7] Drowned [Bm7] Gonna Head Up [G] Town [G] Feel [Am7] Like [Bm7] I [Am7] Drowned [Bm7] Gonna Head Up [G] Town

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Poly the Nominal Platypus - Stu Hutchinson - C

https://youtu.be/4vQ5o1Hb4Lg & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDll-95lny0

[C] Poly Was A [F] Platypus [G] Of The Nominal [C] Kind But Poly Was [F] Exceptionally [G] Sound Of Animal [C] Mind [Am] As A Platypus It Can Be [G] Hard To Find A Job Some-[Am]times It Would Get To Her And [G] She’d Just Sit And [C] Sob But Poly Could Do [F] Algebra As [G] Easy As Playing [C] Marbles She Understood [F] Expressions [G] Constants And [C] Variables To [Am] Poly Numbers Were The Only [G] Thing That Made Sense [Am] She Could Solve Equations Even If They [G] Had Coeffici-[C]ents [C] Variables [F] Of The Inde-[G]terminate [C] Kind [C] Never [F] Flustered [G] Poly’s Platypus [C] Mind [Am] Take A Number Squared Cause A [G] Square Has Four Sides [Am] Call It Quadratic And Then [G] Solve For The [C] Wides [C] Poly Was A [F] Platypus [G] Of The Nominal [C] Kind [C] But Poly Put Her [F] Mind To Work [G] Helping Out Man [C] Kind

[Am] If You Have A Polynomial [G] That You Need To Solve [Am] Poly Is Your Platypus [G] With A Mind E-[C]volved [C] She Can Do [F] Math For You [G] If Your Brain’s A [C] Muss Just Don’t Forget Her [F] Hubby [G] Is Quite Veno-[C]mous [Am] But If You Don’t Mind Her [G] Platypusy Germs She’ll [Am] Think Of Your Polynomials In [G] Algebraic [C] Terms [C] Poly Was A [F] Platypus [G] Of The Nominal [C] Kind

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Princess Morgan - Stu Hutchinson - C

https://youtu.be/xojJkQqPjGQ [C] Morgan Was a Princess That Wasn’t [G] Born to Royalty She [C] Liked To Work Real Hard And Was [G] Know For Loyalty

[C] On Her Desktop Counter She [G] Had a Chocolate Jar But She [C] Always Kept It Empty Like She Was [G] Saving For a Car

[F] And If Things Got Real Slow She’d [C] Ask For 59 [F] And For Drug Testing She Was [G] Back Of The Line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

They [C] Say She Likes To Travel And [G] Crab Shacks Make Her Full And [C] If You Go To The Casino You Might [G] See Her On a Bull While [C] Morgan is a Princess She Almost [G] Had An EEO Claim When They [C] Sent Her To An All Male Ship [G] Fooled By Her Name [F] They Wouldn’t Let Her Stay And [C] Play Their Reindeer Games [F] And Now We Know All About It [G] Thanks To Miss Partain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [C] While a Princess She’s a Grandma But [G] Far From Oklahoma And [C] Keeps Her Daughter Caitlyn [G] Dancing Towards A Diploma [C] When the Nest Is Empty She [G] Might Just Travel Around [C] Photographing Animals She [G] Finds On The Ground [F] A Bear Or Two Would Be Great Fun If She Could [C] Kiss One On the Snout

[F] And Bring Him Home To Dinner And [G] Make Poor Carl Shout ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [C] But She’s the Queen of Decorating And [G] Reading Horror Stories [C] She Likes Wicked and Teal And The [G] Alaskan Territories [C] When the Nest Is Empty She [G] Might Just Travel Around [C] Photographing Animals She [G] Finds On The Ground [F] A Bear Or Two Would Be Great Fun If She Could [C] Kiss One On the Snout

[F] And Bring Him Home To Dinner And [G] Make Poor Carl Shout

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Save The Last Dance For Me - Faron Young - G

[G] You Can Dance Every Dance With The Guy Who Gives You The Eye Let Him [D7] Hold You Tight You Can Smile Every Smile For The Guy Who Holds Your Hand Neath The [G] Pale Moonlight ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] But Don't For-[C]get Who's Taking You Home And In Who’s Arms You're [G] Gonna Be Oh [D7] Darling Save The Last Dance For [G] Me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yes I Know That The Music's Fine Like Sparkling Wine Go And [D7] Have Your Fun Dance And Sing But While We're Apart Don't Give Your Heart To [G] Any One

Chorus

[G] You Can Dance Go And Carry On Till The Night Is Gone And It's [D7] Time To Go If He Asks If You're All Alone Can He Take You Home You Must [G] Tell Him No

Chorus

[G] You Can Dance Every Dance With The Guy Who Gives You The Eye Let Him [D7] Hold You Tight You Can Smile Every Smile For The Guy

Who Holds Your Hand Neath The [G] Pale Moonlight

Chorus Oh [D7] Darling Save The Last Dance For [G] Me

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Selfish - Stephanie Quayle - C (Capo on 3rd fret for recording)

[G] [C] [Am] [C] Wash My Hair Blow It All Out For You To Mess It [Am] Up [C] I Took An Hour Picking Out This Dress Your Gonna Slip Right [Am] Off Your [F] Friends Ain't Gonna Call Cause I Already Let Em Know [G] That I Want You All To My Own ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'm [C] Selfish When It Comes To You Boy I Can't [Am] Help It I'm Like A Kid With A Toy I Ain't [F] Sharing Feel Them Staring [G] Let Me Spell It Out I Want You And No One Else I'm [C] Selfish ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] So Deep In Conversation They All Want Your Time Anyone Can [Am] See You [C] Light Up The Room Everyone's Watching You But You're Watching [Am] Me One [F] Look From Me Baby And You Know We Gotta Leave I Can't [G] Take It Any Longer I Need Your Hands On Me I'm [C] Selfish

Chorus [Am]

One [F] Look From Me Baby And You Know We Gotta Leave I Can't [G] Take It Any Longer I Need Your Hands On Me

Chorus

I’m So [Am] Selfish So [C] Selfish I’m [Am] Selfish

[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [C] [Am]

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Seven Spanish Angels - Willie Nelson - C - 1982 (Capo on 5th fret for recording)

[C] He Looked Down Into Her Brown Eyes And Said Say A Prayer For [G7] Me She Threw Her Arms Around Him Whispered God Will Keep Us [C] Free They Could Hear The Riders Coming He Said This Is My Last [F] Fight If They Take Me Back To [C] Texas They Won't [G7] Take Me Back A-[C]live ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] There Were Seven Spanish Angels At The Altar Of The [G7] Sun They Were Praying For The Lovers In The Valley Of The [C] Gun When The Battle Stopped And The Smoke Cleared There Was Thunder From The [F] Throne And Seven Spanish [C] Angels Took A-[G7]nother Angel [C] Home ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] She Reached Down And Picked The Gun Up That Lay Smoking In His [G7] Hand She Said Father Please Forgive Me I Can't Make It Without My [C] Man And She Knew The Gun Was Empty And She Knew She Couldn't [F] Win But Her Final Prayer Was [C] Answered When The [G7] Rifles Fired A-[C]gain Chorus x 2 or 3

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Shady Grove - Bill Monroe - C

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] Shady Grove My Little Miss Shady Grove My Darling Shady Grove My Little Miss I’m [G7] Going Back To [C] Harlan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] Coffee Grows On White Oak Trees The River Flows With Brandy The Rocks On The Hill All Covered With Gold And The [G7] Girls Are Sweeter Than [C] Candy

Chorus

[C] Oh I Wish I Was An Apple A Hanging On A Tree And Every Time That Little Girl’d Pass She’d [G7] Take A Bite Of [C] Me

Chorus

[C] Every Time I Go That Road It’s Always Dark And Cloudy Every Time I See That Girl I [G7] Always Tell Her [C] Howdy

Chorus X 2

Alternate verse

[C] What Makes You Think My Pretty Miss I Can’t Live Without You I’ll Let You Know Before I Go I [G7] Care But Little About [C] You

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She's No Lady - Gene Watson/Lonesome River Band - C

[C] [F] [C] [G] [C]

[C] Tonight I Hold The One I Love Far [F] From The One At [C] Home I [C] Picked Her Up Some Time Ago Now I Never Feel A-[G]lone I [F] Held On Tight Too Many Years To [C] Ever Set Her [F] Free And [C] Though She's [F] Not A [C] Lady She Still [G] Means The World To [C] Me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

She's No [F] Lady But I Love Her She's Been [C] Known To Be Untrue She's Been [G] Knocked Around And Picked On Even [C] Dropped A Time Or Two She's Been [F] Passed Around At Parties Sat On [C] Everybody's [Am] Knees This Old [C] Guitar's Changed [F] Hands A [C] Time Or Two But It [G] Still Belongs To [F] Me It Still Belongs To [C] Me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] [F] [C] [G] [C]

[C] She's The One Who Keeps Me From My Wife And [F] Family Half The [C] Time She [C] Haunts Me And She Drives Me To These Honky Tonk [G] Dives I [F] Pick Her Up Each Evening As The [C] Neon Starts To [F] Glow And [C] Hold Her Closer [F] To My [C] Heart Than Any [G] Lady I’ll Ever [C] Know

Chorus x 2

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Silent Night - Traditional – C

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[C] Silent Night Holy Night [G] All Is Calm [C] All Is Bright [F] Round Yon Virgin [C] Mother And Child [F] Holy Infant So [C] Tender And Mild [G7] Sleep In Heavenly [C] Peace Sleep In [G7] Heavenly [C] Peace

[C] Silent Night Holy Night [G] Shepherds Quake [C] At The Sight [F] Glories Stream From [C] Heaven Afar [F] Heavenly Hosts Sing [C] Alleluia [G7] Christ The Savior Is [C] Born Christ The [G7] Savior Is [C] Born

[C] Silent Night Holy Night [G] Son Of God [C] Love's Pure Light [F] Radiant Beams From [C] Thy Holy Face [F] With The Dawn Of [C] Redeeming Grace [G7] Jesus Lord At Thy [C] Birth Jesus [G7] Lord At Thy [C] Birth

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Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Am

[C] [G] [Am] [Am] My Momma [C] Told Me [G] When I Was [Am] Young Come Sit Be-[C]side Me [G] My Only [Am] Son And Listen [C] Closely [G] To What I [Am] Say And If You [C] Do This It Will [G] Help You Some Sunny [Am] Day Well Take Your [C] Time [G] Don't Live Too [Am] Fast Troubles Will [C] Come [G] And They Will [Am] Pass Go Find a [C] Woman [G] And You'll Find [Am] Love And Don't For-[C]get Son There Is [G] Someone Up [Am] Above ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Am] And Be a [C] Simple [G] Kind of [Am] Man Oh Be [C] Something You Can [G] Love and Under-[Am]stand Baby Be a [C] Simple [G] Kind of [Am] Man Won't You [C] Do This For Me [G] Son If You [Am] Can ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Am] Forget Your [C] Lust [G] For the Rich Man's [Am] Gold All That You [C] Need [G] Is In Your [Am] Soul And You Can [C] Do This [G] If You [Am] Try All That I [C] Want For You My [G] Son Is To Be Satis-[Am]fied

Chorus

[Am] Oh Don't You [C] Worry [G] You'll Find Your-[Am]self Follow Your [C] Heart [G] And Nothing [Am] Else You Can [C] Do This For Me [G] If You [Am] Try All That I [C] Want For You My [G] Son Is To Be Satis-[Am]fied

Chorus x 2

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Son Of A Son Of A Sailor - Jimmy Buffett – C

[G] As The Son Of A Son Of A Sailor I Went [F] Out On The [C] Sea For Ad-[G]venture Ex-[C]panding The View Of The [G] Captain And Crew Like A [D] Man Just Released From In-[G]denture As A Dreamer Of Dreams And A Traveling Man I Have [F] Chalked Up [C] Many A [G] Mile Read [C] Dozens Of Books About [G] Heroes And Crooks And I've Learned [D] Much From Both Of Their [G] Styles

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[F] Son Of A Son [C] Son Of A Son Son Of A Son Of A [G] Sailor [F] Son Of A Gun [C] Load The Last Ton One Step Ahead Of The [G] Jailer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] Now Away In The Near Furture [F] Southeast [C] Of Dis-[G]order You Can [C] Shake The Hand Of The [G] Mango Man As He [D] Greets You At The [G] Border [G] And The Lady She Hails From Trinidad [F] Island [C] Of The [G] Spices [C] Salt For Your Meat And [G] Cinnamon Sweet And The [D] Rum Is For All Your Good [G] Vices

[F] Haul The Sheet In As We [C] Ride On The Wind That Our [C] Forefathers Harnessed [G] Before Us [F] Hear The Bells Ring As The [C] Tide Rigging Sings [C] It's A Son Of A Gun Of A [G]

Chorus

[G] Where It All Ends I Can't Fathom My Friends If I [F] Knew I Might [C] Toss Out My [G] Anchor So [C] I'll Cruise Along Always [G] Searching For Song Not A [D] Lawyer A Thief Or A [G] Banker

Chorus

[F] Son Of A Son [C] Son Of A Son Son Of A Son Of A [G] Sailor The [F] Sea's In My Veins My [C] Tradition Remains

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Stand By Me (Key of C) - Ben E. King - C

[C] [Am] [F] [G] [C] [C] When The Night Has Come [Am] And The Land Is Dark And The [F] Moon Is The [G] Only Light We’ll [C] See [C] No I Won’t Be Afraid No I [Am] Won’t Be Afraid Just As [F] Long As [G] You Stand Stand By [C] Me [C] So Darlin Darlin Stand By Me Oh [Am] Stand By Me [F] Stand By [G] Me Stand By [C] Me [C] If The Sky That We Look Upon [Am] Should Tumble And Fall Or The [F] Mountains Should [G] Crumble To The [C] Sea [C] I Won’t Cry I Won’t Cry No I [Am] Won’t Shed A Tear Just As [F] Long As You [G] Stand Stand By [C] Me [C] And Darlin Darlin Stand By Me Oh [Am] Stand By Me Won’t You [F] Stand Now [G] Stand By Me Stand By [C] Me [C] And Darlin Darlin Stand By Me Oh [Am] Stand By Me Oh You [F] Stand Now [G] Stand By Me Stand By [C] Me [C] Whenever You’re In Trouble Won’t You Stand By Me Oh Now Now [Am] Stand By Me Won’t You [F] Stand Now [G] Stand By Me Stand By [C] Me

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Sunshine Superman - Donovan - C (capo on 1st fret for recording)

[C] Sunshine Came Softly Through My Window To-[C7]day [C] Could've Tripped Out Easy But I've Changed My [C7] Ways [F] It'll Take Time I Know It But In A While [C] You're Gonna Be Mine And I Know It We'll Do It In [C7] Style [G7] Cause I Made My Mind Up You're [F] Going To Be Mine I'll Tell You Right [C7] Now [C7] Any Trick In The Book Now Baby All That I Can Find ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Verse 2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] Superman Or Green Lantern Ain't Got Nothing On [C7] Me [C] I Can Make Like A Turtle And Dive For Your Pearls In The [C7] Sea [F] You You Can Just Sit There Thinking On Your Velvet Throne [C] About All The Rainbows You Can Have For Your [C7] Own [G7] Cause I've Made My Mind Up You’re [F] Going To Be Mine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Verse 2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'll Tell You Right [C7] Now

[C7] Any Trick In The Book Now Baby All That I Can Find [C] Everybody's Hustling Just To Have A Little [C7] Scene [C] When I Say We'll Be Cool I Think That You Know What I [C7] Mean [F] We Stood On The Beach At Sunset Do You Remember When [C] I Know A Beach Where Baby It Never [C7] Ends [G7] When You've Made Your Mind Up For-[F]ever To Be Mine

[C] I'll Pick Up Your Hand And Slowly Blow Your Little [C7] Mind [G7] Cause I Made My Mind Up You're [F] Going To Be Mine I'll Tell You Right [C7] Now [C7] Any Trick In The Book Now Baby All That I Can Find

Instrumental (Repeat Verse Chords)

Verse 2

[C] I'll Pick Up Your Hand And Slowly Blow Your Little [C7] Mind [G7] When You've Made Your Mind Up For-[F]ever To Be Mine I'll Pick Up Your [C7] Hand [C] I'll Pick Up Your Hand And Slowly Blow Your Little [C7] Mind

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The Assumption Song - The Arrogant Worms - C

[C] There Was An Old Farmer Who Lived On A [G] Rock He Sat In The Meadow Just [F] Shaking His [C] Fist At Some Boys Who Were Down By The [G] Crick Their Feet In The Water Their [F] Hands On Their

[C] Marbles And Playthings And At Half Past [G] Four There Came A Young Lady She [F] Looked Like A [C] Pretty Young Creature She Sat On The [G] Grass She Pulled Up Her Dress And She [F] Showed Them Her

[C] Ruffles And Laces And White Fluffy [G] Duck She Said She Was Learning A [F] New Way To [C] Bring Up Her Children So They Would Not [G] Spit While The Boys In The Barnyard Were [F] Shoveling

[C] Refuse And Litter From Yesterday's [G] Hunt While The Girl In The Meadow Was [F] Rubbing Her [C] Eyes At The Fellow Down By The [G] Dock He Looked Like A Man With A [F] Sizable

[C] Home In The Country With A Big Fence Out [G] Front And If He Asked Her Politely She'd [F] Show Him Her [C] Little Pet Dog Who Was Subject To [G] Fits And Maybe She'd Let Him Grab [F] Hold Of Her

[C] Small Tender Hand With A Movement So [G] Quick And Then She'd Bend Over And [F] Suck On His [C] Candy, So Tasty Made Of Butter[G]-Scotch And Then He'd Spread Whipped Cream All [F] Over Her

[C] Cookies That She Had Left Out On Her [G] Shelf If You Think This Is Dirty You Can [F] Go Scratch Your[C]-Self!

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The Pirates That Don't Do Anything - Veggie Tales - G

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[G] Cuz We Are the Pirates Who Don't Do [C] Anything We Just [G] Stay at Home And Lie [D] Around And If You [G] Ask Us To Do [C] Anything We'll Just [G] Tell You [D] We Don't Do [G] Anything ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] Well I've Never Been to Greenland And I've [C] Never Been to Denver And I've [G] Never Buried Treasure in St [D] Louie or St Paul And I've [G] Never Been to Moscow And I've [C] Never Been to Tampa And I've [G] Never Been to [D] Boston in the [G] Fall Chorus

[G] And I've Never Hoist the Main Sail And I've [C] Never Swabbed the Poop Deck And I've [G] Never Veered Starboard Cause I've [D] Never Sailed at All And I've [G] Never Walked the Gang Plank And I've [C] Never Owned a Parrot And I've [G] Never Been to [D] Boston in the [G] Fall Chorus

[G] I've Never Plucked a Rooster And I Am [C] Not Too Good At Ping-Pong And I've [G] Never Thrown My Mashed Potatoes [D] Up Against the Wall And I've [G] Never kissed a Chipmunk And I've [C] Never Gotten Head Lice And I've [G] Never Been to [D] Boston in the [G] Fall Chorus

[G] And I've Never Licked a Spark-Plug And I've [C] Never Sniffed a Stink Bug And I've [G] Never Painted Daisies On A [D] Big Red Rubber Ball And I've [G] Never Bathed in Yogurt And I [C] Don't Look Good in Leggings And I've [G] Never Been to [D] Boston in the [G] Fall

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Together Again (Nothing Else Matters) - Buck Owens - C

(Capo on 1st fret for recording)

[C] Together Again My Tears Have [F] Stopped Falling The Long Lonely [G] Nights [G7] Are Now At An [C] End [G] The Key To My [C] Heart You Hold In Your [F] Hand And Nothing Else [G] Matters [G7] We're Together [C] Again [G] [C] [F] [G] [G7] [C] [G] [C] Together Again The Gray Skies Are [F] Gone You're Back In My [G] Arms [G7] Now Where You Be-[C]long [G] The Love That I [C] Knew Is Living A-[F]gain And Nothing Else [G] Matters [G7] We're Together A-[C]gain [F] [C] And Nothing Else [G] Matters [G7] We're Together A-[C]gain [C] [F] [C] [G] [C]

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Truth Hurts - Lizzo - C https://youtu.be/lzKgDKITfXk

[C] Why're Men Great [Am] Til They Gotta Be Great [C] Woo [Am] I Just Took A [C] DNA Test Turns [Am] Out I'm A Hundred Per [C] Cent That Bitch Even [Am] When I'm Crying Crazy Yeah I [C] Got Boy Problems That's The [Am] Human In Me Bling [C] Bling Then I Solve Em That's The [Am] Goddess In Me You Coulda Had A [C] Bad Bitch Non-[Am]committal Help You With Your [C] Career Just A [Am] Little You're Posed To Hold Me [C] Down But You [Am] Holding Me Back And That's The [C] Sound Of Me Not [Am] Calling You Back

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [C] Why're Men Great [Am] Til They Gotta Be Great [C] Don't Text Me [Am] Tell It Straight To My Face [C] Best Friend Sat Me [Am] Down In The Salon Chair [C] Shampoo Press [Am] Get You Out Of My Hair [C] Fresh Photos [Am] With The Bomb Lighting [C] New Man On The [Am] Minnesota Vikings [C] Truth Hurts Needed [Am] Something More Exciting [C] Bom Bom Bom Bi [Am] Dum Bum Bay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You Tried To [C] Break My Heart Oh That [Am] Breaks My Heart That You [C] Thought You Ever Had It No You [Am] Ain't From The Start Hey I'm [C] Glad You're Back With Your Bitch I Mean [Am] Who Would Wanna Hide This I Will [C] Never Ever Ever Ever Ever [Am] Be Your Side Chick I Put The [C] Sing In [Am] Single Ain't Worried About A [C] Ring On My [Am] Finger So You Can Tell Your [C] Friend Shoot Your [Am] Shot When You See Em [C] It's Okay He Al-[Am]ready In My DMs

Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Refrain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] I'ma Hit You Back In A [Am] Minute [C] I Don't Play Tag Bitch I [Am] Been It [C] We Don't Fuck With Lies [Am] We Don't Do Goodbyes [C] We Just Keep It Pushing Like [Am] Aye Aye Aye ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Refrain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Refrain Chorus

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Universal Sound - Tyler Childers - C - 2017 [Am] [F] [G] [C] Up In Pocahontas In The Cranberry Glades [Am] Ain’t Got Bars [F] Nor The Charge To [G] Call Her Any-[C]ways My [Am] Mind’s A Mile A [F] Minute My [G] Thoughts They Bark Like [C] Hounds I [Am] Focus On My [F] Breathing In The [G] Universal [C] Sound [C] I Think About My Darling Girl Sleeping All Alone I [Am] Pray The Stars Will [F] Shoot Her All The [G] Wishes She Can [C] Hold

On The [Am] Day That I Re-[F]turn I [G] Aim To Lay Her [C] Down

But [Am] Right Now I’m [F] Focused On The [G] Universal [C] Sound [C] I Think About Tobacco Juice And Mason Jars Of Shine I [Am] Think About The [F] Vices I’ve Let [G] Take Me Over [C] Time I Re-[Am]call When I Was A [F] Baby I Didn’t [G] Need Nothing A-[C]round But A [Am] Little Bitty [F] Rattler And The [G] Universal [C] Sound [F] I Close My [C] Eyes [F] It Was All So [C] Clear [F] It Was All Right [C] Then It Was All Right [G] Here [C] I Focus On My Breathing In The Universal Sound I [Am] Let It Take Me [F] Over From The [G] Toenails To The [C] Crown Til The [Am] Body That I’m [F] In Til They [G] Put Me In The [C] Ground And [Am] I Return To The [F] Chorus Of The [G] Universal [C] Sound [C] I’ve Been Up On The Mountain And I’ve Seen His Wondrous Grace I’ve [Am] Sat There On A [F] Bar Stool And I’ve [G] Looked Him In The [C] Face He [Am] Seemed A Little [F] Haggard But It [G] Did Not Slow Him [C] Down He Was [Am] Humming To The [F] Neon Of The [G] Universal [C] Sound

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Wagon Wheel (Page 1) - Old Crow Medicine Show – C

[C] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [F] [F] x2

[C] Headed Down South To The [G] Land Of The Pines And I'm [Am] Thumbing My Way Into [F] North Caroline [C] Staring Up The Road And [G] Pray To God I See [F] Headlights I [C] Made It Down The Coast In [G] Seventeen Hours [Am] Picking Me A Bouquet Of [F] Dogwood Flowers And I'm A [C] Hoping For Raleigh I Can [G] See My Baby To-[F]night ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So [C] Rock Me Mama Like A [G] Wagon Wheel [Am] Rock Me Mama Any-[F]way You Feel [C] Hey [G] Mama [F] Rock Me [C] Rock Me Mama Like The [G] Wind And The Rain [Am] Rock Me Mama Like A [F] South-Bound Train [C] Hey [G] Mama [F] Rock Me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [F]

[C] Running From The Cold [G] Up In New England I Was [Am] Born To Be A Fiddler In An [F] Old Time Stringband My [C] Baby Plays The Guitar [G] I Pick A Banjo [F] Now Oh The [C] North Country Winters Keep A [G] Getting Me Now Lost My [Am] Money Playing Poker So I [F] Had To Up And Leave But I [C] Ain't A Turning Back To [G] Living That Old Life [F] No More

Chorus

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Wagon Wheel (Page 2) - Old Crow Medicine Show – C

[C] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [F] [F] x2

[C] Walking To The South [G] Out Of Roanoke I Caught A [Am] Trucker Out Of Philly Had A [F] Nice Long Toke But [C] He's A Headed West From The [G] Cumberland Gap To [F] Johnson City Tennessee And I [C] Gotta Get A Move On [G] Before Sun I Hear My [Am] Baby Calling My Name And I [F] Know That She's The Only One And [C] If I Die In Raleigh At [G] Least I Will Die [F] Free Chorus

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Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline - C

[C] [G7] [C]

[G7] I Go Out [C] Walking After [C7] Midnight Out In The [F] Moonlight Just [C] Like We Used To Do I'm Always Walking After [F] Midnight [G7] Searching For [C] You

[G7] I Walk For [C] Miles Along The [C7] Highway Well That's Just [F] My Way Of [C] Saying I Love You I'm Always Walking After [F] Midnight [G7] Searching For [C] You ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C7] I Stopped To [F] See A Weeping Willow Crying On His Pillow [C] Maybe He's Crying For [C7] Me And [F] As The Skies Turn Gloomy Night Winds Whisper To Me I'm [C] Lonesome As [Am] I Can [G7] Be ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G7] I Go Out [C] Walking After [C7] Midnight Out In The [F] Starlight Just [C] Hoping You May Be Somewhere Out Walking After [F] Midnight [G7] Searching For [C] Me

Chorus

[G7] I Go Out [C] Walking After [C7] Midnight Out In The [F] Starlight Just [C] Hoping You May Be Somewhere Out Walking After [F] Midnight [G7] Searching For [C] Me

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When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt - C (Capo on 4th fret for recording)

[C] I've Been Cheated Been Mistreated [C] When Will [F] I [G] Be [C] Loved [C] I've Been [F] Put [G] Down [C] I've Been [F] Pushed A-[G]round [C] When Will [F] I [G] Be [C] Loved [F] When I Find A [G] New Man [F] That I Want For [C] Mine He [F] Always Breaks My [G] Heart In Two It [Am7] Happens Every [G] Time [C] I've Been [F] Made [G] Blue [C] I've Been [F] Lied [G] To [C] When Will [F] I [G] I Be [C] Loved [F] When I Find A [G] New Man [F] That I Want For [C] Mine He [F] Always Breaks My [G] Heart In Two It [Am7] Happens Every [G] Time [C] I've Been [F] Chea-[G]ted [C] Been Mis-[F]trea-[G]ted [C] When Will [F] I [G] I Be [C] Loved [C] When Will [F] I [G] I Be [C] Loved Tell Me [C] When Will [F] I [G] I Be [F] Lo-o-[C]ved

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Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Johnny Rivers - C

[C] Where Have All The [Am] Flowers Gone [F] Long Time [G] Passing [C] Where Have All The [Am] Flowers Gone [F] Long Time A-[G]go [C] Where Have All The [Am] Flowers Gone [F] Young Girls Picked Them [G] Every One [F] Oh When Will [C] You Ever Learn [F] Oh When Will [G] You Ever [C] Learn [C] Where Have All The [Am] Young Girls Gone [F] Long Time [G] Passing [C] Where Have All The [Am] Young Girls Gone [F] Long Time A-[G]go [C] Where Have All The [Am] Young Girls Gone [F] They've Taken Husbands [G] Every One [F] Oh When Will [C] You Ever Learn [F] Oh When Will [G] You Ever [C] Learn [C] Where Have All The [Am] Young men Gone [F] Long Time [G] Passing [C] Where Have All The [Am] Young men Gone [F] Long Time A-[G]go [C] Where Have All The [Am] Young men Gone [F] Gone To Soldiers [G] Every One [F] Oh When Will [C] We Ever Learn [F] Oh When Will [G] We Ever [C] Learn [C] Where Have All The [Am] Soldiers Gone [F] Long Time [G] Passing [C] Where Have All The [Am] Soldiers Gone [F] Long Time A-[G]go [C] Where Have All The [Am] Soldiers Gone [F] Gone To Graveyards [G] Every One [F] When Will [C] They Ever Learn [F] When Will [G] They Ever [C] Learn [C] Where Have All The [Am] Graveyards Gone [F] Long Time [G] Passing [C] Where Have All The [Am] Graveyards Gone [F] Long Time A-[G]go [C] Where Have All The [Am] Graveyards Gone [F] Covered With Flowers [G] Every One [F] When Will [C] We Ever Learn [F] When Will [G] We Ever [C] Learn

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Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound - Hank Williams Jr - C - 1979 (Capon On 1st Fret For Recording)

[C] I've Got A Good Woman At Home Who [F] Thinks I Do No [C] Wrong But Sometimes Lord She Just Ain't Always A-[G7]round And You Know That's [C] When I Fall I Can't [F] Help Myself At [C] All And I Get Whiskey [G7] Bent And Hell [C] Bound [C] Play Me Some Songs About A Rambling Man Put A [F] Cold One In My [C] Hand Cause You Know I Love To Hear Those Guitar [G7] Sounds Don't You Play I'm So [C] Lonesome I Could Cry Cause I'll Get [F] All Balled Up In-[C]side And I'll Get Whiskey [G7] Bent And Hell [C] Bound [C] Sure Enough About Closing Time I'm About [F] Stoned Out Of My [C] Mind And I End Up With Some Honky-Tonk Special I [G7] Found Just As Sure As The [C] Morning Sun Come Thinking Of [F] My Sweet Girl At [C] Home And I Need To Get Whiskey [G7] Bent And Hell [C] Bound [C] Play Me Some Songs About A Rambling Man Put Old [F] Jim Beam In My [C] Hand Cause You Know I Still Love To Get Drunk And Hear Country [G7] Sounds But Don't You Play Your [C] Cheating Heart Cause That'll [F] Tear Me All A-[C]part I'll Get Whiskey [G7] Bent And Hell [C] Bound [C] Yeah Ole Hank Songs Always [G7] Make Me Feel Low [C] Down

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Why Don't You Meet Me Down In Corpus - Gary P Nunn - C

[C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G] [G] It's So [C] Good To Hear Your Voice On The [F] Telephone But I'm [G] Sorry To Say Don't Think I'm Coming [C] Home But This Morning I Was Thinking I Could Rent A Car In [F] Santa Fe You Could [C] Leave Tomorrow I Could [G] Leave Today And We Could [C] Slip Away ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [G] Why Don't You Meet Me Down In [C] Corpus There's Just So Much That I [F] Need To Say If I Can Keep It On The [G] Interstate I'll Be There By [C] Saturday [G] But If You Beat Me Down To [C] Corpus Just Find That Little Place We [F] Like To Stay Take A [C] Day Or Two Make It [G] All Brand New On Corpus [C] Christi Bay (last time) On Corpus [F] Christi Bay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G] [G] Yes I [C] Know You Get So Tired Of Always [F] Being Alone And I'm [G] Tired Of This Thing Always Being [C] Gone But For Now We'll Have To Work A Little Harder Drive A Little Farther Do The [F] Best That We Can Leave The [C] Baby With Your Mama Leave The [G] Dog With The Neighbors And [C] Pack Up Your Van Chorus x 2 [F] Why Don't You Meet Me Down In [C] Corpus

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Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Key of C) - Traditional - C

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[C] Will The Circle Be Unbroken Bye And [F] Bye Lord Bye And [C] Bye There’s A Better Home A-Waiting In The [Am] Sky Lord [G] In The [C] Sky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] I Was Standing By My Window On A [F] Cold And Cloudy [C] Day When I Saw That Hearse Come Rolling For To [Am] Carry [G] My Mother [C] Away

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[C] Lord I Told That Undertaker Under-[F]taker Please Drive [C] Slow For This Body That You Are Hauling Lord I [Am] Hate To [G] See Her [C] Go

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[C] I Followed Close Behind Her Tried To [F] Hold Up And Be [C] Brave But I Could Not Hide My Sorrow When They [Am] Laid Her [G] In The [C] Grave

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[C] I Went Home My Home Was Lonely Now My [F] Mother She Was [C] Gone All My Brothers Sisters Crying What A [Am] Home So [G] Sad And [C] Alone

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You Are My Sunshine (Key of C) - Traditional - C

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[C] You Are My Sunshine My Only Sunshine You Make Me [F] Happy When Skies Are [C] Grey [C] You'll Never [F] Know Dear How Much I [C] Love You Please Don’t Take My [G] Sunshine [C] Away ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] The Other Night Dear As I Lay Sleeping I Dreamt I [F] Held You In My [C] Arms [C] When I [F] Awoke Dear I Was [C] Mistaken And So I Hung My [G] Head And I [C] Cried

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[C] I'll Always Love You And Make You Happy If You Will [F] Only Say The [C] Same [C] But If You [F] Leave Me To Find A-[C]nother You Will Regret It [G] All Some-[C]day

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[C] You Told Me Once Dear You Really Loved Me And No One [F] Else Could Come Be-[C]tween [C] But Now You've [F] Left Me And Love A-[C]nother You Have Shattered [G] All My [C] Dreams

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Songs by Artist

Artist Title Key

Arrogant Worms The Assumption Song C

Beatles Paperback Writer C

Ben E. King Stand By Me (Key of C) C

Bill Monroe Shady Grove C

Bob Dylan All Along The Watchtower Am

Buck Owens Act Naturally C

Buck Owens Together Again (Nothing Else Matters) C

Cal Smith Country Bumpkin C

Charlie Robison New Years Day C

Chuck Berry Johnny B Goode C

Conway Twitty Fifteen Years Ago D

Credence Clearwater Revival Have You Ever Seen The Rain C

Cross Canadian Ragweed Carnie Man C

Dan & Shay, Justin Bieber 10,000 Hours G

David Crowder Come As You Are C

Donovan Sunshine Superman C

Dwight Yoakam A Thousand Miles From Nowhere C

Emmylou Harris One Of These Days (Key of C) C

Faron Young Save The Last Dance For Me G

Gene Watson She’s No Lady C

Grandpa Jones Mountain Dew D

Grateful Dead Friend of the Devil G

Hank Williams Jr Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound C

Ingrid Andress More Hearts Than Mine C

J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaleirs Last Kiss (Key of C) C

Jimmy Buffett Pirate Looks At Forty G

Jimmy Buffett Son Of A Son Of A Sailor C

John Prine & Iris DeMent In Spite Of Ourselves C

Johnny & June Cash Jackson C

Johnny Cash Cocaine Blues C

Johnny Rivers/Peter, Paul and Mary Where Have All The Flowers Gone C

Kevin Fowler Don't Touch My Willie G

Leonard Cohen Hallelujah (Key of C) C

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Bringing In the Georgia Mail F

Linda Ronstadt When Will I Be Loved C

Lizzo Truth Hurts C

Lonesome River Band She's No Lady C

Luke Combs Beer Never Broke My Heart D

Lynyrd Skynyrd Simple Man Am

Marcia Griffiths Electric Boogie C

Marshall Tucker Band Can’t You See G

Marty Robbins Joe The Wrangler C

Meghan Trainor All About That Bass A Back to Index

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Merle Haggard Are The Good Times Really Over For Good C

Old Crow Medicine Show Wagon Wheel (Key of C) C

OneRepublic Counting Stars (Key of C) C

Patsy Cline Walking After Midnight C

Ren And Stimpy Happy Happy Joy Joy C

Rose Marie Sand Don’t Put Your Ukulele On A Shelf C

Roy Acuff Great Speckled Bird G

Runaway June Buy My Own Drinks F

Sons of the Pioneers Ghost Riders In The Sky Am

Stephanie Quayle Selfish C

Steve Earle Copperhead Road D

Stu Hutchinson Broken Strings and Baked Beans C

Stu Hutchinson Fish Song C

Stu Hutchinson How Much Is That Ukulele In The Window C

Stu Hutchinson Poly the Nominal Platypus C

Susan Raye LA International Airport C

The Boxcars Caryville C

Townes Van Zandt Pancho And Lefty C

Traditional Happy Birthday C & F

Traditional I’ll Fly Away C

Traditional You Are My Sunshine (Key of C ) C

Turnpike Troubadours Long Hot Summer Day A

Tyler Childers Universal Sound C

U2 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For C

Veggie Tales The Pirates That Don’t Do Anything G

Willie Nelson Bloody Mary Morning G

Willie Nelson Seven Spanish Angels C Back to Index