150
Darius Rucker-Wagon Wheel
[Intro - BPM 148 - Capo 2 - No drums]
[G] [D] [Em] [C] (drum pickup)
(Violin line - drums in)
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[Verse]
[G] Heading down south to the [D] land of the pines
[Em] I'm thumbing my way into [C] North Caroline
[G] Staring up the road and [D] pray to God I see
[C] headlights .........
[G] I made it down the coast in [D] seventeen hours
[Em] Picking me a bouquet of [C] dogwood flowers And I'm a-
[G] hopin' for Raleigh, I can [D] see my baby to
[C] night .................
[Chorus]
So [G] rock me momma like a [D] wagon wheel
[Em] Rock me momma any [C] way you feel
[G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me...................
[G] Rock me momma like the [D] wind and the rain
[Em] Rock me momma like a [C] south bound train
[G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me ......................
[Instrumental - Violin line]
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[G] [D] [C] [C]
[Verse]
[G] Running from the cold [D] up in New England
I was [Em] born to be a fiddler in an [C] old time string band
My [G] baby plays a guitar, [D] I pick a banjo
[C] now ,,,,,,,,,,,,
Oh, [G] north country winters keep a [D] getting me down
I lost my [Em] money playing poker so I [C] had to leave town
But I [G] ain't turning back to [D] living that old life
[C] no more ...............
[Chorus]
So [G] rock me momma like a [D] wagon wheel
[Em] Rock me momma any [C] way you feel
[G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
[G] Rock me momma like the [D] wind and the rain
[Em] Rock me momma like a [C] south bound train
[G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
[Instrumental - Violin line]
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[G] [D] [C] [C]
[Guitar Solo]
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[G] [D] [C] [C]
[Verse - No drums - Quiet - one strum each chord below]
[G] Walkin' to the south [D] out of Roanoke
I caught a [Em] trucker out of Philly had a [C] nice long toke
But [G] he's a heading west from the [D] Cumberland gap
To [C] Johnson City, Tennessee [C]
And I [G] gotta get a move on [D] before the sun
I hear my [Em] baby calling my name and I [C] know that she's the only one
And [G] if I died in Raleigh at [D] least
I will die [C] free ................
[Chorus] (Quiet - one strum each chord below - slight slap snare drums)
So [G] rock me momma like a [D] wagon wheel
[Em] Rock me momma any [C] way you feel
[G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
[G] Rock me momma like the [D] wind and the rain
[Em] Rock me momma like a [C] south bound train
[G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
(Full volume - normal strumming)
So [G] rock me momma like a [D] wagon wheel
[Em] Rock me momma any [C] way you feel
[G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
[G] Rock me momma like the [D] wind and the rain
[Em] Rock me momma like a [C] south bound train
[G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
[Ending - Acapella]
violin line out - fade or drop to finger picking halfway
So [G] rock me momma like a [D] wagon wheel
[Em] Rock me momma any [C] way you feel
[G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
[G] Rock me momma like the [D] wind and the rain
[Em] Rock me momma like a [C] south bound train
[G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
[G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
[End]
[Notes]
Drum fill - swing
--TT-TB - Prep first finger to strum after thumb hit
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[Notes]
[Drum pickup bit - Relative to Capo at 2]
G D Em C
E -2-22-0h2--22--2---7-5----x--x-----0--03s5--7--------
B -2-22-3-3--33--3---0-0--8-0--101--3---------x--------
G -0-00-2-2--22--2---0-0--0-7--0----0---------0--------
D -0-00-0-0--00--0---x-x--x-x--2----2---------0--------
A -2-22--------------7*7--7-7--3----3---------x--------
E -3-33-------------------0-0-----------------3--------
* fret with 3rd finger
Note for Em section can also play
Em to Emadd4 Em Em7
x-9-11-11-10-9 x-9-11-9-12-9 x-9-11-11-10-9 x-9-11-9-10-9
[Main theme]
G D Em C
E -7--7--7-5-2-----0-0-0---x----0--03s5--7----
B -x--x--x-x-3-----3-0-0---101-3--3-----------
G -0--0--0-0-2-----0-0-0---0---0--0-----------
D -0--0--0-0-0-----2-2-2---2---2--2-----------
A -x--x--x-x-0-----2-2-2---3---3--3-----------
E -3--3--3-3-x-----0-0-0----------------------
115
Rolling Stones-Honky Tonk Woman
[Intro - 120 BPM]
[Just drums with cowbell - Cowbells muted strums - then ]
Cowbell - CCxC CxCx CCxC xSxS (G Chord comes in)
Drus - BxSx BxSx BxSx BxSx
[G Riff - Really try to play notes individually whilst holding full chord]
E -3----------------------------------------
B -3----------------------------------------
G -0--2h4-2-0-2-0--2h4-2-0----0-2-0-0------
D -0-----------------------2-----------------
A -X----------------------------------------
E -3----------------------------------------
D--B--S----B--S-----B----S----B----S-----
[Verse 1 - Barre chords for - put G riff in sometimes]
I [G] met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Mem [C] phis
She [G] tried to take me [A] upstairs for a [D] ride (G riff)
She [G] had to heave me right across her [C] shoulder
cause [G] I just can't seem to [D] drink you off my [G] mind
[Chorus - Open chords for]
It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women
That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
[Verse 2]
I [G] laid a divorcee in New York C [C] ity
I [G] had to put up s [A] ome kind of a f [D] ight
The [G] lady then she covered me in r [C] oses
She [G] blew my nose and [D] then she blew my m [G] ind
[Chorus]
It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women
That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
[Solo]
| G | G | C | C |
| G | A | D | D |
| G | G | C | C |
| G | D | G | G
[Chorus]
It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women
That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women
That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
[End figure] BSSB SSSB SSSS
[Notes - play sus4 on D and C to approximate riff]
[G riff - bass run is (play down strokes for all to articulate)]
D ------5-
A --------
E -3-5s7--
110
Luther Vandross-Never Too Much
[Intro]
[G/A] [Gb/Ab] [G/A] [Ab/Bb] [A/B]
1 2 3 4 xxxX
[A/B] (high riff) - [G/A] ([G/A] [G/A] [A/B])
[A/B] (high riff + low riff) - [G/A] ([G/A] [Ab/Bb] [A/B])
(repeat)
[Verse]
[A/B] I can't fool myself, I don't want nobody else to ever love me
[G/A] You are my shinin' star, my guiding
light, my [Em7] love fan [G/A] tasy [A/B] (Em7 and G/A onbeat , A/B off as per intro)
There's not a minute, hour, day or night that I don't love you
[G/A] You're at the top of my list 'cause I'm
always [Em7]thinkin [G/A]of you [A/B] (chord rhythm as per intro)
I still remember in the days when I scared to touch you
[G/A] How I spent my day dreamin' plannin'
how to [Em7]say I love [G/A] you [A/B] (chord rhythm as per intro)
[A] You must have known that I had feelings deep enough to swim in
[G/A] That's when you opened up your heart
and you told me [G/A] to come in
[Chorus]
[A6/B-x22222] Oh, my love [Em7]
[Em7] [F#m7]* [G] (Em7 on beat, *F#m7 off beat, [G] on beat)
A thousand [G] kisses from [A] you is ne [A6/B] ver too [Em7] much
[Em7] [F#m7]* [G]
[G] I just don't wanna [A6-x02222] stop- Oh [A6/B] my love [Em7]
[Em7] [F#m7]* [G]
[G] A million days in your [A6] arms is ne [A6/B] ver too [Em7] much
[Em7] [F#m7]* [G]
[G] I just don't wanna [A6] stop-
(drums and music stop)
Too much, never too much, never too much, never too much
(odd time sig here - adds one beat)
[G/A] ..... [Gb/Ab] [G/A] [Ab/Bb] [A/B]
1 2 1 2 3 xxxX
[Refrain]
[A/B] (high riff) - [G/A] ([G/A] [G/A] [A/B])
[A/B] (high riff + low riff) - [G/A] ([G/A] [Ab/Bb] [A/B])
[Verse]
[A/B] Woke up today looked at your picture just to get me started
[G/A] I called you up but you weren't there and I
[Em7] was [G/A] broken [A/B] hearted
[A/B] Hung up the phone can't be too late the boss is so demanding
[G/A] Open the door up and to my surprise there
[Em7] you were [G/A] standing [A/B]
[A/B] Who needs to go to work to hustle for another dollar
[G/A] I'd rather be with you cos you make my life
[Em7] scream and [G/A] holler [A/B]
[A/B] Love is a gamble that I'm so-oo glad that I am winning
[G/A] We've come a long way and yet this is only
[G/A] the beginning
[Chorus]
[A6/B] Oh, my [Em7] love -
[Em7] [F#m7]* [G]
[G] A thousand kisses from [A] you is [A6/B] never too [Em7] much
[Em7] [F#m7]* [G]
[G] I just don't wanna [A6] stop-
Oh, my [Em7] love
[Em7] [F#m7]* [G]
[G] A million days in your [A6] arms is ne [A6/B] ver too much [Em7]
[Em7] [F#m7]* [G]
[G] I just don't wanna [A6] stop-
[A6/B] Oh, my love
[Em7] [F#m7]* [G]
[G] A thousand kisses from [A6] you is ne [A6/B] ver too much [Em7]
[Em7] [F#m7]* [G]
[G] And I just don't wanna [A6] stop-
[End]
[Intro riffs - implying by just playing chords and then using little finger to play notes from riff]
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E ---5---5---------3--3------------------------
B ---5---5---------3--5-----77--7--79*7*----------
G ---7---6---------4--4-----77--7--79-7-------
D ---x---7---------6--x-------9---9-------------
A ---x---x---------x--x-------------------------------
E ---7---7---------6--6-------------------------------
115
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Have You Ever Seen The Rain
[Intro - Drums]
[Am] [F/C] [C] [G] (Can try chord run instead of playing G - Am G Em Dm)
[C] - Then next run - C C/B Am Am7/G
[Verse]
[C] Someone told me long ago
[C] There's a calm before the storm, I k [G] now
It's been coming fo [C] r some time
[C] When it's over, so they say
[C] It'll rain a sunny day, I k [G] now
Shining down like w [C] ater
[Chorus - Run is same finger moving]
[F] I wanna kn [G] ow
Have you [C] ever [C/B] seen the [Am] rain [Am7/G]
[F] I wanna kn [G] ow
Have you [C] ever [C/B] seen the [Am] rain [Am7/G]
[F] Coming do [G] wn on a sunny da [C]
[Vamp]
[C] Run - C C/B Am Am7/G
[Verse]
[C] Yesterday and days before
[C] Sun is cold and rain is hard, I k [G] now
Been that way for al [C] l my time (run)
[C] 'Til forever on it goes
[C] Through the circle fast and slow, I k [G] now
It can't stop, I wo [C] nder
[Chorus]
[F] I wanna kn [G] ow
Have you [C] ever [C/B] seen the [Am] rain [Am7/G]
[F] I wanna kn [G] ow
Have you [C] ever [C/B] seen the [Am] rain [Am7/G]
[F] Coming do [G] wn on a sunny day [C] (run) yeah!!!!
[Chorus]
[F] I wanna kn [G] ow
Have you [C] ever [C/B] seen the [Am] rain [Am7/G]
[F] I wanna kn [G] ow
Have you [C] ever [C/B] seen the [Am] rain [Am7/G]
[F] Coming do [G] wn on a sunny day [C]
Run - Am G Em Dm [Stop]
85
Keane-Somewhere Only We Know
[Intro - Full drums - plodding rhythm]
| A | Amaj7 | Bm | Esus4 x x E - x Esus4 x x | x 2
[Verse - Drums stop - gentle vocals - plodding downstroke muted guitar]
[A] I walked across [Amaj7] an empty land
[Bm] I knew the pathway like the [Esus4] back of my [E] hand [Esus4]
[A] I felt the earth [Amaj7] beneath my feet
[Bm] Sat by the river and it [Esus4] made me comp [E] lete [Esus4]
[Pre-chorus]
[F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone
[D] I'm getting old and I need [D6-x00202] something to re [E] ly on
[F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in
[D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin (drums in)
[Verse - muted plodding downstroke chords]
[A] I came across [Amaj7] a fallen tree
[Bm] I felt the branches of it [Esus4] looking at [E] me [Esus4]
[A] Is this the place [Amaj7] we used to love?
[Bm] Is this the place that I've been [Esus4] dreaming [E] of?
[Pre-chorus - open up chords]
[F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone
[D] I'm getting old and I need [D6] something to re [E] ly on
[F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in
[D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin
[Chorus]
[Bm] So if you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go
[Bm] Talk about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know
[Bm] This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing
[D] So why don't we go
[E] Somewhere only [A] we know? (drums stop)
[D] ..........
So [E] mewhere only we know [D] ....
[E] (drum fill)
[Pre-chorus]
[F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone?
[D] I'm getting old and I need [D6] something to re [E] ly on
[F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in
[D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin
[Chorus]
[Bm] And if you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go
[Bm] Talk about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know?
[Bm] This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing
[D] So why don't [D]we go
[D] so why don't [E]we go
[Instrumental]
[Bm] [Bm] [A/C#] uuuuuh [E] ....uh
[Bm] uh! [Bm] [A/C#] uuuuuh [E] ....uh uh
[Chorus]
[Bm] ........ This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing
[D] So why don't we go
[E] Somewhere only [A] we know [D] (drums stop - slow vocals to end)
[E] Somewhere only we know [D]
[E] Somewhere only [D] we know
[End]
[A]
80
Lumineers-Hey Ho Song
Pattern 1(C) 2 3 4 1 2 3 &4(F) 1
[Intro - No drums - C is on the one but start on F pickup phrase on 4]
x x x [F]
([C] Ho!) -- [F]
([C] Hey!) - [F]
([C] Ho!) -- [F]
([C] Hey!) - [F]
[Verse 1]
([C] Ho!) I've been trying to do it right [F]
([C] Hey!) I've been living a lonely life [F]
([C] Ho!) I've been sleeping here instead [F]
([C] Hey!) I've been sleeping in my bed,
([Am] Ho!) sleeping in [G] my bed ....... [F]
([C] Hey!) --- [F]
([C] Ho!)--- [F]
[Verse 2]
([C] Ho!) So show me family [F]
([C] Hey!) Or the blood that I would bleed [F]
([C] Ho!) I don't know where I belong [F]
([C] Hey!) I don't know where I went wrong
([Am] Ho!) But I can write [G] a song [F][C] Hey! (Drums in)
[Chorus - Slap snare 2/4]
I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me,
you're my sweet [C] heart
I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my
[F - play just before next C] sweet (just bass drum)
([C] Ho!) --- [F]
([C] Hey!)--- [F]
([C] Ho!) --- [F]
([C] Hey!)--- [F]
[Verse 3 - Bass drum]
([C] Ho!) I don't think you're right for him [F]
([C] Hey!) Think of what it might've been if [F] w
([C] Ho!) Took a bus to Chinatown [F]
([C] Hey!) I'd be standing on Canal
([Am] ho!) and [G] Bowery
([F] [C] Hey!)
([Am] Ho!) She'd be standing [G] next to me ( [C] hey!) (Drums in)
[Chorus - Slap snare 2/4]
I belong with
[Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart - I belong with
[Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart
(full drums)
Cause [F] love ........................
we [G] need it now [C]
Let's [F] hope for some [G] ...........
'Cause [F] oh......................
, we're b [G] leeding ou [C] t
[Chorus]
I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart
I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet
([F][C] Ho!) ... [F]
([C] Hey!) ... [F]
([C] Ho!) ... [F]
([C] Hey!)