80
Cranberries-Zombie
[Intro - BPM 84 - Vox - v1-1, v2-3]
(No drums - Light chord strumming)
[Em] [C] [G] [D/F#]
(Full drums)
[Em] [C] [G] [D/F#] x 2
[Guitar riff just over G and D/F# - and just bass drum]
[Em] [C] first
[G] [D]
E---------------------------------
B-12-13--10-12--8-10--7-8-s7--7---
G-0------0------7-----7---s7--7---
D-(0)---(0)-----0-----0----0--0---
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------
Dr S S S S
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum]
[Em] Another [C] head hangs lowly,
[G] child is slowly [D/F#] taken
[Em] And the violence [C] caused such silence,
[G] who are we mista [D/F#] ken .. But you
[Em] see it's not me, it's not [C] my family .. In your
[G] head, in your head, they are fighting [D/F#] .. With their
[Em] tanks and their bombs and their [C] bombs and their guns ..in your
[G] head, in your head, they are cry [D/F#] ing
[Chorus 1 - FULL DRUMS - Vocal doubling effect]
In your
[Em] head, in your [C] head, zombie, [G] zombie, zombie [D/F#]
What's in your
[Em] head, in your [C] head, zombie, [G] zombie, zombie [D/F#]
[Instrumental with 'doo doo doo doos']
[Em] [C] [G] [D/F#]
(just bass drum)
[Em] [C] [G] [D/F#] with riff over G and D
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum]
[Em] Another mo [C] ther's breaking hea [G] rt is taking ov [D/F#] er
[Em] When the violence [C] causes silence, [G] we must be mista [D/F#] ken ..It's the
[Em] same old theme since [C] 1916 ... In your
[G] head, in your head, they're still [D/F#] fighting .. With their
[Em] tanks and their bombs and their [C] bombs and their guns ... In your
[G] head, in your head, they're [D/F#] dying
[Chorus 2 - Full drums]
In your
[Em] head, in your [C] head, zombie, [G] zombie, zombie [D/F#]
What's in your
[Em] head, in your [C] head, zombie, [G] zombie, zombie [D/F#]
[Instrumental - oohs with ya eh ya yah]
[Em] [C] [G] [D/F#]
[Em] [C] [Em] [C] x2
[Solo]
[Em] [C] [G] [D/F#] x3
[Outro - with just bass drum]
[Em] [C] [Em] [C]
[Em] [C] (big fill - hard stop)
[Em]
95
Wheatus-Teenage Dirtbag
[Intro - ring B and high E open as play power chords really]
[E] [Bsus4-x24400] [E] [Asus2-x02200] X 2
(Let top two open notes ring)
e|--------0--------0--------0-------0-|
B|--------0--------0--------0-------0-|
G|---------4-4-x-------------2-2-x----|
D|-2-2-x---4-4-x----2-2-x----2-2-x----|
A|-2-2-x---2-2-x----2-2-x----0-0-x----|
E|-0-0-x------------0-0-x-------------|
[Verse 1 - B is Bsus4, A is Asus2]
Her [E] name is Noelle [B]
[E] I have a dream [A] about her.
[E] She rings my bell [B]
I got [E] gym class in half [A] an hour.
[E] Oh, how she [B] rocks,
In [E] keds and tube [A] socks,
But [C#m] she doesn't know [A] who I am [B]
And [C#m] she doesn't give [A] a damn [B] about me.
[Chorus 1]
e|----------------------------------------------------------|---------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|---------|
G|--------2-2---4-4-------------------2-2---4-4-------------|---------|
D|--2-2---2-2---4-4-----6-------2-2---2-2---4-4-----6-------|---------|
A|--2-2---0-0---2-2---4-----6---2-2---0-0---2-2---4-----6---|---7---9-|
E|--0-0-------------------4-----0-0-------------------4-----|-5---7---|
'Cause [E] I'm just a teenage [A] dirtbag [B] ba [C#m] by [G#m]
Yeah [E] I'm just a teenage [A] dirtbag [B] ba [C#m] by [G#m]
[E] Listen to Iron [A] Maiden [B] [C#m] baby, [G#m] with me
[E] ooh [A] ooh [B]
([C#m] [G#m] [A] [B])
[Instrumental]
[E] [Bsus4-x24400] [E] [Asus2-x02200] X 2
[Verse 2]
Her [E] boyfriend's a dick [B]
[E] and he brings a [A] gun to school,
[E] And he'd simply kick [B]
My [E] ass if he knew [A] the truth.
[E] He lives on my [B] block
[E] And he drives and I [A] rock
But [C#m] she doesn't know [A] who I am [B]
And [C#m] she doesn't give [A] a damn [B] about me.
[Chorus 2]
'Cause [E] I'm just a teenage [A] dirtbag [B] ba [C#m] by [G#m]
Yeah [E] I'm just a teenage [A] dirtbag [B] ba [C#m] by [G#m]
[E] Listen to Iron [A] Maiden [B] [C#m] baby, [G#m] with me
[E] ooh [A] ooh [B]
([C#m] [G#m] [A] [B])
[Bridge 1]
[E] [Asus2] Yeeah [E] - [Asus2] ------- Dirtba [E] g, -- [Asus2] --------
No, [C#m] she does [G#m] n't know [A] what she's [B] missing.
[E] [Asus2] Yeeah [E] - [Asus2] ------- Dirtba [E] g, -- [Asus2] --------
No, [C#m] she does [G#m] n't know [A] what she's [B] missing.
[Instrumental]
[E] [Bsus4-x24400] [E] [Asus2-x02200] X 2
[Verse 3]
[E] Man, I feel like [B] mould,
It [E] 's prom night and [A] I am lonely.
[E] Lo and behold: [B]
She's [E] walking over [A] to me.
[E] This must be [B] fake,
My [E] lip starts to [A] shake.
But [C#m] How does she know [A] who I am [B]
And [C#m] How does she give [A] a damn [B] about me.
[Chorus 3] (same chords but softer than previous choruses,
possibly pluck certain notes)
I've got two
[E] tickets to [A] Iron [B] Maiden [C#m] baby [G#m]
Come [E] with me Fri [A] day, don't [B] say ma [C#m] ybe. [G#m]
[E] I'm just a teen[A] age dirt [B] bag [C#m] baby [G#m] like
[E] you [A] ooh [B] ooh
([C#m] [G#m] [A] [B])
[Bridge 2]
[E] [Asus2] Yeeah [E] - [Asus2] ------- Dirtba [E] g, -- [Asus2] --------
No, [C#m] she does [G#m] n't know [A] what she's [B] missing.
[E] [Asus2] Yeeah [E] - [Asus2] ------- Dirtba [E] g, -- [Asus2] --------
No, [C#m] she does [G#m] n't know [A] what she's [B] missing.
[Outro]
E B E A
E B E(stop on E and sustain)
A G#m (F#m G#m F#m) E
80
Red Hot Chilli Peppers-Under The Bridge
[Intro - BPM 84]
[D] [F#] x4 - see end for more detail
[Verse 1 - No drums]
[E] Sometimes I [B] feel like
I [C#m] don't have a [G#m] part [A] ner
[E] Sometimes I [B] feel like
[C#m] My only [A] friend
Is the [E] city I [B] live in
The [C#m] city of [G#m] an [A] gels?
[E] Lonely as [B] I am
To [C#m] gether we [A] cry [Emaj7]
[Verse 2 - Snare slap]
I [E] drive on her [B] streets 'cause
[C#m] She's my com [G#m] pan [A] ion
I [E] walk through her [B] hills 'cause
She [C#m] knows who I [A] am
She [E] sees my good [B] deeds and
She [C#m] kisses me [G#m] win-- [A] dy
[E] I never [B] worry,
Now [C#m] that is a [A] lie [Emaj7]
[Chorus]
[F#m] I don't ever want [E] to feel
[B/F#] Like [F#m] I did that day
[F#m] Take me to the place [E] I love
[B/F#] Take [F#m] me all the way
[F#m] I don't ever want [E] to feel
[B/F#] Like [F#m] I did that day
[F#m] Take me to the place [E] I love
[B/F#] Take [F#m] me all the way
[Interlude]
[E] [B]
[C#m] [G#m] [A]
[E] [B]
[C#m] [A]
[Verse 3]
It's [E] hard to be [B] lieve that
There's [C#m] nobody [G#m] out [A] there
It's [E] hard to be [B] lieve that
[C#m] I'm all a [A] lone
At [E] least I have [B] her love
The [C#m] city, she [G#m] loves [A] me
[E] Lonely as [B] I am
To [C#m] gether we [A] cry [Emaj7]
[Chorus]
[F#m] I don't ever want [E] to feel
[B/F#] Like [F#m] I did that day
[F#m] Take me to the place [E] I love
[B/F#] Take [F#m] me all the way
[F#m] I don't ever want [E] to feel
[B/F#] Like [F#m] I did that day
[F#m] Take me to the place [E] I love
[B/F#] Take [F#m] me all the way
[Interlude]
- [A] ay, [Am7] yeah [G6] Yeah, [Fmaj7] yeah
[A] Oh [Am7] no, no, no [G6] Yeah, [Fmaj7] yeah
[A] Love [Am7] me, I say [G6] Yeah, [Fmaj7] yeah
[Fmaj7] One time [E7] [Gmaj7]
[Coda - Full Drums]
[A] Under the bridge [Am] downtown
[G6] Is where [Fmaj7] I drew some blood
[A] Under the bridge down [Am] town
[G6] I could not [Fmaj7] get enough
[A] Under the bridge down [Am] town
[G6] Forgot a [Fmaj7] bout my love
[A] Under the bridge down [Am] town
[G6] I gave my [Fmaj7] life away
[Outro]
A way [A] [Am] [G6] [Fmaj7]
repeat until just finish on [A]
[End]
[Full Intro]
D F#
e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-3----------3--------------|-2-------------------------|
G|-------2-------2-----------|------------3--------------|
D|----4-----4----------------|-------4-------4---4-2-0---|
A|-5-----------------4-2-0---|----4-----4--------------2-|
E|-------------------------4-|-2-------------------------|
D F#
e|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-3-----------3h5p3-----------|---------------------------|
G|---------2---------2---------|------------3--------------|
D|-----4-----4-----------4/6-6-|-------4-------4---4-2-----|
A|-4/5---5---------------5/7-7-|----4-----4------------5-2-|
E|-----------------------------|-2-------------------------|
D F#
e|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-3------------3--------------|-2-------------------------|
G|---------2-------2-----------|------------3--------------|
D|-----4------4----------------|-------4-------4---4-2-0---|
A|-4/5---5-------------4-2-0---|----4-----4--------------2-|
E|---------------------------4-|-2-------------------------|
D F#
e|------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-3------------3h5p3-----------|----------------------------|
G|---------2----------2---------|------------3-------3-------|
D|-----4------4-----------4/6-6-|-------4-------4------4-----|
A|-4/5---5----------------5/7-7-|----4-----4------4------4/7-|
E|------------------------------|-2--------------------------|
150
Kings of Leon-Sex Is On Fire
[Intro - riff is played offbeat ]
(Drums in on C#m)
[E] [C#m]
E------------------4-4--
B--9-9-9-9---------5-5--
G--9-9-9-9-----6-6-6-6--
D-11-9-9-9-----7-8-6-6--
A--7-7-7-7-----4-4-4-4--
E-----------------------
Dr 1-2-3-4-....1-2-3-4
[E][C#m]again
[Verse - With drums can drop second snare]
Lay where you're [E] laying
Don't make a sound [E]
I know they're [C#m] watching (actually Csus2 is more accurate)
They're watching [C#m]
All the com [E] motion (full drums)
the kiddie [E] like play
Has people [C#m] talking
Talking [C#m]
[Chorus - Play chorus riff1]
[E] You ..........Your sex is on
[C#m]fire ........[A]
[Verse - Semi drums]
The dark of the [E] alley
The break of the [E] day
Head while I'm [C#m] driving
I'm driving [C#m]
Soft lips are [E] open (full drums)
Them knuckles are [E] pale
Feels like you're [C#m] dying
You're [C#m] dying
[Chorus]
[E] You ..........Your sex is on
[C#m]fire ........[A]........Con
[E] sumed .......With what's to tran
[C#m] spire ................[A]
[Verse - Semi drums]
Hot as a [E] fever
Rattling [E] bones
I could just [C#m] taste it
Taste it [C#m]
But it's not for [E] ever (full drums)
But it's just to [E] night
Oh we're still the [C#m] greatest
The greatest [C#m]
The greatest [C#m]
[Chorus]
[E] You ..........Your sex is on
[C#m]fire ........[A]........
(just bass drum - just lower chords on 1&)
[E] You ..........Your sex is on (guitar riff)
[C#m]fire ........[A]........Con
(just bass drum - full riff)
[E] sumed .......With what's to tran
[C#m] spire ................[A]
(full drums in and full riff)
And [E] You ..........Your sex is on
[C#m]fire ........[A]........Con
[E] sumed .......With what's to tran
[C#m] spire ................[A]
[E]
[End]
[E] 1&
[Riff 1]
[E] [Cm7] [A]
E --12--11----11-9---11--11---0------
B 9-----------9--9---10--10---9------
G 9-----------9--9---9---9----9------
D 9-----------9--9---x--------x------
A x------------------0--------0------
E 0-----------9--9-------------------
50
Goo Goo Dolls-Iris
[Intro - No drums - Don't do the odd time sig - this is a motif from later in the song]
Bm Bm7/A-x07777 D D
Bm Bm7/A G G
[Verse - Play G 3x0003 so really rings - BASS IN]
And I'd (drums in - play 12/4 strumming)
[D] give up [Em] forever to [G] touch you
'Cause I [Bm] know that you [A] feel me some [G] how
You're the [D] closest to [Em] heaven that [G] I'll ever be
And I [Bm] don't want to [A] go home right [G] now
[Verse]
And [D] all I can [Em] taste is this [G] moment
And [Bm] all I can [A] breathe is your [G] life
And [D] sooner or [Em] later it's [G] over
I just [Bm] don't want to [A] miss you [G] tonight
[Chorus]
And I [Bm] don't want the [A] world to [G] see me
'Cause I [Bm] don't think that [A] they'd [G] understand
When [Bm] everything's [A] made to be [G] broken
I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] am
[Interlude]
Bm Bm7/A D D
Bm Bm7/A G G
[Verse]
And you [D] can't fight the [Em] tears that ain't [G] coming
Or the [Bm] moment of [A] truth in your [G] lies
When [D] everything [Em] feels like the [G] movies
Yeah, you [Bm] bleed just to [A] know you're [G] alive
[Chorus]
And I [Bm] don't want the [A] world to [G] see me
'Cause I [Bm] don't think that [A] they'd [G] understand
When [Bm] everything's [A] made to be [G] broken
I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] a
[Instrumental - Hum line with harmoniser - Go to distortion]
Bm Bm/A D D Bm Bm/A G G
Bm Bm/A D D Bm Bm/A G G
Bm* Bsus2* G G (ma7 riff) *=rhythm SxxS - strum dudd
Bm* Bsus2* G G (ma7 riff) *=snare hits
Bm* Bsus2* G G (ma7 riff) *=snare hits
Bm* Bsus2* (then goes to 4/4 beat)
G5(G6) at end F#m G5(G6) Bm
G5 F#m Bm (slide up to 7th fret) Bm
G5 F#m (to 244225) Bm (799779 10 7) Bm
(drums stop)
[Quiet bit back to 6/4 - No drums]
Bm Bm7/A D D - Bm Bm7/A G G
Bm Bm7/A D D - Bm Bm7/A G G -------- And I
(Double G with snare to then Bm for chorus)
[Chorus x 2]
And I [Bm] don't want the [A] world to [G] see me
'Cause I [Bm] don't think that [A] they'd [G] understand
When [Bm] everything's [A] made to be [G] broken
I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] a
I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] am
I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] am
I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] am
[Outro]
Bm Bm7/A G G x 4
[End]
ignore this - for later reference
Bm (1 triplet) Bsus2 (1 triplet + 2 beats)
G (then think GMaj7) - 2 triplets then 2 beats - the 'and id'
comes in the last beat of 2 so on the &2 of 1 2 3 1&2
Play G1 G2 G3 G1+Snare (stop) then sing 'and id' with no guitar
Important that the strings drone lots - open strings also
works as well in places
[Interlude] -
1 2S3, 1 2 3, 1 2 - Bm to Bsus2
1 2S3, 1 2 3, 1 2 - G to Gmaj7 with figure
1 2S3, 1 2 3, 1 2 - Bm to Bsus2
1 2 3, 1+S stop 2 3 no chord sing 'and you' - G
110
Lionel Richie-All Night Long
[Intro - BPM 109 - Just bass drum]
[G] [F] x2
[Verse - just bass drum ]
[with some percussion on guitar body to get the &4 bit - off beat indie beat]
[G] Well, my friends; the [F] time has come,
[Am] To raise the roof and [G] have some fun.
[G] Throw away, the [F] work to be done;
[Am] let the music p [G] lay on.
[G] Everybody sing, [F] everybody dance;
[Am] Lose your self in [G] wild romance.
We're going to; [G] party, Karamu,
[F] Fiesta, forever;
[Am] Come on and [G] sing along.
We're going to; [G] party, Karamu,
[F] Fiesta, forever;
[Am] Come on and [G] sing along.
[Chorus - Drums in]
[G] All [Am] night [F] long,(all night, all night)
[F] All [Am] night [G] long,(all night, all night)
[G] All [Am] night [F] long,(all night, all night)
[F] All [Am] night [G] long,(all night, all night)
[Verse - Just bass drum]
[G] People dancing, [F] all in the streets,
[Am] See the rhythm flow, in [G] their feet.
[G] Life is cool, [F] wild and sweet;
[Am] let the music [G] play on.
[G] Feel it in your heart and [F] feel it in your soul;
[Am] Let the music [G] take control.
We're going to; [G] party, Niming,
[F] Fiesta, forever;
[Am] Come on and [G]sing my song.
[Chorus - Drums in]
[G] All [Am] night [F] long,(all night, all night)
[F] All [Am] night [G] long,(all night, all night)
[G] All [Am] night [F] long,(all night, all night)
[F] All [Am] night [G] long,(all night, all night)
[Bridge]
[G] Once you get [C] started,You [G] can't sit [F] down,
[G] Come join the [C] fun,Its a [G] merry-go- [F] round.
[G] Everyones [C] dancing,Their [G] troubles a [F] -way.
[G] Come join our [C] party; [G] See how we [F9] play.
[Horn Section]
[F9] [F9] [F9] [F9] - [F] [F] [F] [F]
[G9] [G] [G9] [G] - [G] [G] [G] [G]
[F9] [F9] [G] [G]
(just bass drum)
[G] Tom bo li de,Say de moi ya,
Yeah, Jambo Jumbo.
Way to parti',Oh we goin',
Oh, jambali.
[Gadd6-Gx0000]
Tom bo li de,Say de moi ya,
Yeah, Jambo Jumbo
[F] (horn bit - Fmaj7 at 7th fret - take little finger off and play rest of chord x68766)
then climbing is 133211 13x231 587555 587565)
[F] Wo oh [F] oh oh [Am] Yeah [Am] (stop)
[G] we're going to have a party
[Chorus - Drums in]
[G] All [Am] night [F] long,(all night, all night)
[F] All [Am] night [G] long,(all night, all night)
[G] All [Am] night [F] long,(all night, all night)
[F] All [Am] night [G] long,(all night, all night)
[Bridge]
[F] Everyone you meet, their jamming in the street
All night [G] long - yeah I said
[F] Everyone you meet, their jamming in the street
All night [G] long - people feel good
[Horns - Play at 8th fret F 8-8-10-10-10-8, G 10-10-12-12-12-10]
[F] [G] repeat
[F]
E --8--------------------------------------------------------13--
B --10---------------------------------------10--------------13--
G --10-------------------------------12121212--121012-----12-----
D --10-----------------------------------------------------------
A --8------------------------------------------------------------
E --8-8-8-8---8---8-8-8-8-8---8----------------------------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[G]
E --10----3-----------------3-5-3-5-10----3--------------------
B --12----3-------------------------12----3--------------------
G --12----4-------------------------12----4--------------------
D --12----5-------------------------12----5--------------------
A --10----5-------------------------10----5--------------------
E --10----3-------------------------10----3--------------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Repeat
[Outro]
[F] All night All night [G] All night All night
[Fade to end or end on G]
[End]
[Earlier Horn Section]
Fadd
E -3--3-33--3------------------------
B -1--1-11--1------------------------
G -2--2-22--2------------------------
D -3--3-33--3------------------------
A -x--x-xx--x--------10-12--10--10-12-10-12--
E -1--1-11--1--10-12----------12----
Gadd9
E -5--3-55-3--------33-----3-
B -3--3-33-3--------33-----3-
G -4--4-44-4--------44-----4--
D -5--5-55-5--------55-----5--
A -x--5-xx-5--------55-----5--
E -3--3-33-3--------33-----3-
Dr 4& 1 2 3
Fadd9 G
E -3--3-33--3-------33-----3-
B -1--1-11--1-------33-----3-
G -2--2-22--2-------44-----4--
D -3--3-33--3-------55-----5--
A -x--x-xx--x-------55-----5--
E -1--1-11--1-------33-----3-
Dr 4& 1 2 3
[Other horn section]
[Fmaj7 - 8-8-10-9-10-8 -- 8-8-10-9-8-8 lift little finger off to play horn part]
[F-133211 - climbing run for woh oh oh - 133211 13x231 587555 587565]
85
Queen-Fat Bottomed Girls
[Recording - V1 - standard, V2 - low 5th and high 3rd - style of voice for bvox - neutral, for main - distorted and doubled]
[Drop D - Intro - BPM 90 - No bass until verse 2 - Minimal Guitar, mainly vox, no drums
Intro - No drums - introduce the low D on D more during the song - Low but sing aggressively]
[D] Ah, you gonna [C] take me home to [G/B] night
[D] Ah, down be [C] side that red fire [A] light
[D] Ah, you gonna [G] let it all hang out
Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round
[Instrumental - With drums - 0:23]
[D]
E ----------------------------0-0-0-
B ----------------------------1-1-1-
G ----5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-0-0-0----
D ----5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-2-2-2----
A ----5---5---5---5---5-------3-2-00---
E --0-------------------------------3--
Dr B S B S B S B S
E ---
B ---
G 7-7-7-7-7
D 7-7-7-7-7 (stop)
A 5-5-5-5-5
E 0--------
DrB S B S B B B S
[Verse 1]
(snare) I was [D]just a skinny lad, never knew no good from bad
But I knew life before I left my nurse [A] ry (Huh!)
Left a [D] lone with big fat Fanny, she was [G]such a naughty nanny
Heap big [D]woman, you made a [A]bad boy out of [D]me (drums stop)
[Instrumental]
[D]
E --------
B --------
G -------5-5-5-5
D -5-3---5-5-5-5 (stop)
A -5-3---5-5-5-5
E -5-3-0--------
Dr-----B S B S B B B S
Hey hey! I've been
[Verse 2 - Bass comes in now]
[D] singing with my band, across the water, across the land
I've seen every blue eyed floozy on the [A] way (hey)
But their [D] beauty and their style, went kind of [G] smooth after a while
Take me [D] to them dirty [A] ladies every [D] time, come on! (Drum fill 1)
(Drum fill - leave all of D ringing and just play figure with right hand)
---X XX-X -X-X X-X- (keep bass drum going during)
[Chorus]
[D] Ah, won't you [C] take me home to [G/B] night?
[D] Ah, down be [C] side your red fire [A] light
[D] Ah, and you [G] give it all you got
Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round
Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round
[Drum Fill SSSB S (ring D chord at end)]
[Interlude - Just bass drum under - 2nd line - half bar for A section]
[G] [G] - [D] [D] - [A] ([A][A][A][D]) - [D] [D]
[G] [G] - [D] [D] - ([A][A] X [G]) -
......................... Hey listen (count 2 snares / 1 bar from here)
[G] [G] [G] [G]
(B) (B) (B) S
here .... ah.........now I got
(Starting count new bar at G - then come back in correctly)
[Verse 3]
Now I got [D] mortgages and homes, I got stiffness in my bones
Ain't no beauty queens in this locali [A] ty (I tell you)
Oh, but [D] I still get my pleasure
Still [G] got my greatest treasure
Heap big [D] woman, you done [A] made a big man of
[D] me
(Drum fill - SBBS BBSB BSBB SxSx - with D chord on every Snare hit)
[Chorus]
[D] Oh (I know) you gonna [C] take me home to [G/B] night (Please)
[D] Oh, down be [C] side that red fire [A] light
[D] Oh, you gonna [G] let it all hang out
Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round, [G] yeah
Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round
[Outro]
Get on your bikes and ride!
[D] w/ad lib vocals with G to F riff 555 333 000
[D]xxx xSSS [D]xxx xSSS [D]xxx xSSS [D] (keep bass drum going under)
65
4 Non Blondes-What's Up
[Intro]
[E] [F#m] [A] [E]
first note of melody is G# of the E chord (first fret on G string)
[Verse 1]
[E] Twenty-five years and my life is still
[F#m] Trying to get up that great big hill
Of [A] hope for a desti [E] nation
I [E] realized quickly when I knew I should
That the [F#m] world was made up of this brotherhood
Of [A] man, for whatever that [E] means
[Pre-Chorus]
And so I [E] cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed
Just to [F#m] get it all out, what's in my head
and I [A] - I am feeling a little pe [E] culiar
And so I [E] wake in the morning and I step outside
and I [F#m] take a deep breath and I get real high and
I [A] scream from the top of my lungs "What's going [E] on?"
[Chorus]
And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey"
I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey"
I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
[Interlude]
[E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh [E]
[E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh [E]
[Verse 2]
And I [E] try, oh my God, do I [F#m] try
I try all the [A] time, in this insti [E] tution
And I [E] pray, oh my God, do I [F#m] pray
I pray every single [A] day
For a revo [E] lution
[Pre-Chorus]
And so I [E] cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed
Just to [F#m] get it all out, what's in my head
and I [A] - I am feeling a little pe [E] culiar
And so I [E] wake in the morning and I step outside
and I [F#m] take a deep breath and I get real high and
I [A] scream from the top of my lungs "What's going [E] on?"
[Chorus]
And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey"
I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey"
I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey"
I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] HeyeYEYEYE"
I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
[Interlude]
[E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh . [E] ....
[Outro]
[E] Twenty-five years and my life is still
[F#m] Trying to get up that great big hill of [A] hope
For a destin [E] ation
[End]
80
Bob Marley-No Woman No Cry
[Intro]
[C] [G/B] [Am] [F]
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[C] [G/B] [Am] [F] [C] [F] [C] [G]
E -------------------5-------1-0-x----------
B ---0--1------------6-------1---3----------0?
G 0-2--0-------------5-------2---2-------0-2--0
D -------------------7-------3---x----------
A -------------------8-------3---3----------
E -------------------5-------1---1----------
(play 0 on E string during F with up)
[Chorus]
[C] No [G/B] woman no cry [Am] [F]
[C] No [F] woman no [C] cry [G]
[C] No [G/B] woman no [Am] cry [F]
[C] No [F] woman no [C] cry
[Verse]
[G] Said said
[C] said I [G/B] remember [Am] when we used to sit [F]
[C] In the govern [G/B] ment yard in [Am] trenchtown [F]
[C] Oba oba [G/B] serving the [Am] hypocrites [F]
As they would [C] mingle [G/B] with the good people we [Am] meet [F]
[C] good friends [G/B] we had oh [Am] good friend we los [F]
[C] [G/B] along the w [Am] ay [F]
[C] In this bright [G/B] future you [Am] cant forget your [F] past
[C] So dry your [G/B] tears I [Am] say [F]
[Chorus]
[C] No [G/B] woman no cry [Am] [F]
[C] No [F] woman no [C] cry [G]
[C] Here little [G/B] darlin' don't [Am] shed no [F] tears
[C] No [F] woman no [C] cry
[Verse]
[G] Said said
[C] said I [G/B] remember [Am] when we used to sit [F]
[C] In the govern [G/B] ment yard in [Am] trenchtown [F]
[C] And then Georgie [G/B] would make a [Am] fire [F] light
as it wa [C] s log wood [G/B] burnin through the [Am] night [F]
[C] Then we would [G/B] cook corn [Am] meal porridge [F]
[C] of which I'll [G/B] share with [Am] you [F] yeah
[C] my [G/B] feet is my [Am] only carriage [F] and so
[C] I've got to [G/B] push on [Am] through
[F] But while I'm gone
[Bridge]
[C] Ev'ry thing's gonna [G/B] be alright. [Am] Ev'ry thing's gonna [F] be alright.
[C] Ev'ry thing's gonna [G/B] be alright. [Am] Ev'ry thing's gonna [F] be alright.
[C] Ev'ry thing's gonna [G/B] be alright. [Am] Ev'ry thing's gonna [F] be alright.
[C] Ev'ry thing's gonna [G/B] be alright. [Am] Ev'ry thing's gonna [F] be alright.
[Chorus]
So [C] no wo [G/B] man no cry [Am] [F]
[C] No [F] woman no [C] cry [G]
[C] Her [G/B] e little dar [Am] lin' do [F] n't shed no tears
[C] No [F] woman no [C] cry
70
Bob Marley-Three Little Birds
[Intro]
[A] Hold A major triad at 9th fret - D shape - barre 9th fret with 1st finger when have to play those notes
E ------------------12---9-------
B 10--10--10--12-10--------12-10-
G 9---9---9----------------------
D X---X---X----------------------
A 0---0---0----------------------
E -------------------------------
[Chorus]
Don't wor [A] ry, about a thing
Cause' [D] every little thing, gonna be al [A] right
Singin' don't w [A] orry, about a thing
Cause' [D] every little thing, gonna be al [A] right
[Verse]
Rise up this m [A] ornin'
Smile with the [E] rising sun
Three little [A] birds perch by my [D] doorstep
Singin' [A] sweet songs
Of melodies [E] pure and true
Singin', [D] this is my message to [A] you-ou-ou
[Chorus]
Singin' don't [A] worry, about a thing
Cause' [D] every little thing, (is) gonna be al [A] right
Singin' don't w [A] orry, (don't worry) about a thing
Cause' [D] every little thing, gonna be al [A] right
[Verse]
Rise up this m [A] ornin'
Smile with the [E] rising sun
Three little [A] birds perch by my [D] doorstep
Singin' [A] sweet songs
Of melodies [E] pure and true
Singing, [D] this is my message to [A] you-ou-ou
[Chorus]
Don't w [A] orry, about a thing
Cause' [D] every little thing, gonna be al [A] right
Singin' don't w [A] orry, about a thing
Cause' [D] every little thing, gonna be al [A] right
[Solo]
[A] [E]
[A] [D]
[A] [E]
[D] [A]
[Chorus]
Don't w [A] orry, about a thing
Cause' [D] every little thing, gonna be al [A] right
Singin' don't w [A] orry, about a thing
Cause' [D] every little thing, gonna be al [A] right
Don't w [A] orry, about a thing
Cause' [D] every little thing, gonna be al [A] right
115
Bruno Mars-Uptown Funk
[Intro - DROP D]
(Just vocals and drums - possibly bass drop D)
Bo …. bo bo bo ..bo bo bo .. bo bo
Bo …. bo bo bo ..bo bo bo .. bo bo
(Guitar riff x 2)
Bo …. bo bo bo ..bo bo bo .. bo bo
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah (Drum hit and chord slide then stab)
[Verse 1 - Just drums]
This hit, that ice cold
Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold
This one, for them hood girls
Them good girls, straight masterpieces
Stylin', wildin'
Livin' it up in the city
Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent
Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty
[Verse 2 - C5 slide up to D5 mainly and bass riff]
[D5]I'm too hot (hot damn) [C5 to D5]
Called a [G]po [F]lice and a [G]fire [F]man ... I'm too
[D5]hot (hot damn) [C5 to D5]
Make a [G]dragon [F]wanna [G]retire, [F]man ... I'm too
[D5]hot (hot damn) [C5 to D5]
.... [G]Say my [F]name, you know [G]who I [F]am ... I'm too
[D5]hot (hot damn) [C5 to D5]
Am I [G]bad [F]'bout that money? Break it down
[Pre-Chorus - fret octave or unison of D at 10th fret]
(just bass drum)
Girls hit your hallelujah (wooh) + (high D phrase)
Girls hit your hallelujah (wooh)
Girls hit your hallelujah (wooh)
'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you (wooh)
[Start chromatic climb BUT MISS OUT THE FINAL HIGH D]
'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you
'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you
Saturday night, and we in the spot
Don't believe me, just watch, come on!
[Chorus]
[Horn riff] [Dm7] [G7add9-555765 or x-10-9-10-10-10]
Raaaaargh ............. Don't believe me, just watch
[Horn riff]
Raaaaargh .............
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Heh [F-333]Heh [G-555]heh [Dmin7-12-12-12-]haaay ...........STOP
[Verse 3 - Just drums]
Wait a minute
Fill my cup, put some liquor in it
Take a sip, sign a check
Julio, get the stretch
Ride to Harlem, Hollywood, Jackson, Mississippi
If we show up, we gon' show out
Smoother than a fresh jar of Skippy
[Verse 4 - C5 slide up to D5 mainly and bass riff]
[D5]I'm too hot (hot damn) [C5 to D5]
Called a [G]po [F]lice and a [G]fire [F]man ... I'm too
[D5]hot (hot damn) [C5 to D5]
Make a [G]dragon [F]wanna [G]retire, [F]man ... I'm too
[D5]hot (hot damn) [C5 to D5]
.... [G]Say my [F]name, you know [G]who I [F]am ... I'm too
[D5]hot (hot damn) [C5 to D5]
Am I [G]bad [F]'bout that money? Break it down
[Pre-Chorus - fret octave or unison of D at 10th fret]
(just bass drum)
Girls hit your hallelujah (wooh) + (high D phrase)
Girls hit your hallelujah (wooh)
Girls hit your hallelujah (wooh)
'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you (wooh)
[Start chromatic climb]
'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you
'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you
Saturday night, and we in the spot
Don't believe me, just watch, come on!
[Chorus]
[Horn riff] [Dm7] [G7add9-555765 or x-10-9-10-10-10]
Raaaaargh ............. Don't believe me, just watch
[Horn riff]
Raaaaargh .............
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Hey, [F]Heh [G]heh [Dmin7]oh! (CARRY ON)
[Outro - Just drums and bass riff 0 3 5 etc]
Before we leave
I'mma tell y'all a lil' something
(bass run up A - 3 4 5 - then funk guitar)
[Dm7] Uptown Funk you up
[G7add9] Uptown Funk you up
[Dm7] Uptown Funk you up
[G7add9]Uptown Funk you up
I said Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up
(bass run A 3 4 - play octaves)
(Chords in - are Dm7 x57565 and then G7add9 - 555765 in drop D)
Come on, dance, jump on it
If you sexy than flaunt it
If you freaky then own it
Don't brag about it, come show me
Come on, dance, jump on it
If you sexy than flaunt it
Well, it's Saturday night, and we in the spot
Don't believe me, just watch, come on!
[Chorus]
[Horn riff] [Dm7] [G7add9-555765 or x-10-9-10-10-10]
Raaaaargh ............. Don't believe me, just watch
[Horn riff]
Raaaaargh .............
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Hey, [F]Heh [G]heh [Dmin7]oh!
[Outro - full chords in drop D - Dmin7-000211 G7add9-500065 ]
1. [Dmin7-000211]Up town Funk you up
[G7add9-50001x]Uptown Funk you up (say what?)
[Dmin7]Up town Funk you up
[G7add9]Uptown Funk you up [Horn Run 1]
2. [Dmin7]Up town Funk you up
[G7add9]Uptown Funk you up (say what?)
[Dmin7]Up town Funk you up
[G7add9]Uptown Funk you up [Horn Run 2]
3. [Dmin7]Up town Funk you up
[G7add9]Uptown Funk you up (say what?)
[Dmin7]Up town Funk you up
[G7add9]Uptown Funk you up [Horn Run 1]
4. [Dmin7]Up town Funk you up
[G7add9]Uptown Funk you up (say what?)
[Dmin7]Up town Funk you up
[Ending just strum Dm7 xxxx -x-x xx-- x]
######################################################################
[Intro - BPM 114 - Drop D tuning - Just voice and hand claps as per snare]
[Chords are predominantly Dm7 and G7 throughout with lots of riffs]
(bass riff with voice)
D ------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------
Drop D - 0xxx xxx0 s5 3 0 s5 3 0 0xxx xxx0
(1 2 3)(1 2 3)
Drums - S S S S
Play 3rd fret on low string with upstroke so makes hitting the snare more natural over broken triplet
Doh
Doh doh doh, doh doh doh
Doh doh
Doh doh doh, doh doh doh
Doh doh
[Funk riff in - snare on 2 but no bass drum]
E 13--13---13--13---12-12-12---13--13--13--13--2s----1313-(hard horn hit with snare)
B 13--13---13--13---13-13-13---13--13--13--13--2s----1313-----
G 10--10---10--10---10-10-10---10--10--10--10--2s----1010------
D 10--10---10--10---10-10-10---10--10--10--10--1s----1010----
A ---------------------------------------------2s---------------
D ---------------------------------------------0-------------
Dr1 2 1 2 (1 2 3) Slide whole chord up
Lyrics - Doh doh doh, doh doh doh
Doh doh
Aaaaaow! (big horn double hit - X-10-9-10-10-10 double with snare)
[Verse - Just drums]
This hit, that ice cold
Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold
This one, for them hood girls
Them good girls, straight masterpieces
Stylin', wildin'
Livin' it up in the city
Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent
Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty
[Verse 2 - C5 slide up to D5 mainly and bass riff]
(To play bass riff play 00 55 33 00 55 33 play 33 with upstroke
to get broken triplet feel)
I'm too hot (hot damn) (rhythm with chords - CC (Hot)C (Damn)C CD
(Verse Riff)
E ---------------------------------
B ---------------------------------
G ---5-5-5-5-5-7-------------------
D ---5-5-5-5-5-7-------------------
A ---3-3-3-3-3-5--0-5-3-0-5-3-0----
D ----------------0-5-3-0-5-3-0----
Dr B S B S B S B S B
[broken triplets]
Called a police and a fireman
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Make a dragon wanna retire, man
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Say my name, you know who I am
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Am I bad 'bout that money?
Break it down
[Pre-Chorus - fret octave or unison of D at 10th fret]
(high D phrase)
E -10
B -13b15 with lots of vibrato - hit hard - doesnt matter if lower strings ring a bit
(just bass drum)
Girls hit your hallelujah (wooh) + (high D phrase)
Girls hit your hallelujah (wooh)
Girls hit your hallelujah (wooh)
'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you (wooh)
[Start chromatic climb ON OFF BEAT WITH NOTES 0 1 2 3 etc - drop D tuning remember]
D 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1212
A 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1212
Low D 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1212
Dr S S S S S S S S S S S S S
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
- snare on each quarter note - ALL NOTES - and mute notes to get rhythm right]
'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you
'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you
Saturday night, and we in the spot
Don't believe me, just watch, come on!
[Chorus]
[Chorus Riff] - based Dm7 to G7add9
E 13p10----10----13p10----10----13p10----10-10----10----10--10--10--10--10--13p10---
B ------13-10----------13-10----------13-10-10----10----10--10--10--10--10--13p10-----
G 10----------------------------------------10----10----10--10--10--10--10--10
D 10----------------------------------------9-----9-----9---9---9---9---9---10--
A 0-----------------------------------------10----10----10--10--10--10--10--0----
D 0-----------------------------------------(0)-slight ring makes it sound bigger
DrB S B S B S B S S S
E 10-(sustain chord)------------------------10-------------------------13-13-13-13-13-13---
B 10----------------------------------------10-------------------------13-13-13-13-13-13---
G 10----------------------------------------10-------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10---
D 10----------------------------------------9--------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10---
A 0-----------------------------------------10---------------------------------------------
D 0-----------------------------------------(0)----------------------------------------------
Raaargh........... Don't believe me, just watch
(repeat)
THEN
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn riff x4 - x x 10 10 13 13] Heh
Heh heh haaay ...........(Stop)
G -----------5
D ---3---5---5 (slide down)
A ---3---5---7
D ---3---5---0
DrB S B
[Verse - Just drums]
Wait a minute
Fill my cup, put some liquor in it
Take a sip, sign a check
Julio, get the stretch
Ride to Harlem, Hollywood, Jackson, Mississippi
If we show up, we gon' show out
Smoother than a fresh jar of Skippy
[Verse 2 - C5 slide up to D5 mainly and bass riff]
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Called a police and a fireman
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Make a dragon wanna retire, man
I'm too hot (hot damn, hot damn)
Bitch, say my name, you know who I am
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Am I bad 'bout that money?
Break it down
[Pre-Chorus - fret octave or unison of D at 10th fret]
(just bass drum)
Girls hit your hallelujah (wooh)
Girls hit your hallelujah (wooh)
Girls hit your hallelujah (wooh)
'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you (wooh)
[Start chromatic climb 0 1 2 3 etc - drop D tuning remember
- snare on each quarter note and mute notes to get rhythm right]
'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you
'Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you
Saturday night, and we in the spot
Don't believe me, just watch, come on!
[Chorus]
[Chorus Riff] - based Dm7 to G7add9
Raaargh...........
Don't believe me, just watch
[Chorus Riff] - based Dm7 to G7add9
Raaargh...........
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch
Hey, hey, hey, oh!
[Outro - Just drums and bass riff 0 3 5 etc]
[Note - you can play 057565 for Dm7 and 555765 for G7add9 in drop D tuning]
Before we leave
I'mma tell y'all a lil' something
(bass run up A - 3 4 5 - then funk guitar)
[Dm7] Uptown Funk you up
[G7add9] Uptown Funk you up
[Dm7] Uptown Funk you up
[G7add9]Uptown Funk you up
I said Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up
(bass run A 3 4 - play octaves)
(Chords in - are Dm7 x57565 and then G7add9 - 555765 in drop D)
Come on, dance, jump on it
If you sexy than flaunt it
If you freaky then own it
Don't brag about it, come show me
Come on, dance, jump on it
If you sexy than flaunt it
Well, it's Saturday night, and we in the spot
Don't believe me, just watch, come on!
[Chorus]
[Chorus Riff] - based Dm7 to G7add9
Raaargh...........
Don't believe me, just watch
[Chorus Riff] - based Dm7 to G7add9
Raaargh...........
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch [- horn x4 - x x 10 10 13 13]
Don't believe me, just watch
Hey, hey, hey, oh!
[Outro - full chords Dmin7 x57565 to Gmaj whatever
- G7 etc - play G7add9 at 555765]
1. Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up (say what?)
Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up [Horn Run 1]
2. Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up (say what?)
Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up [Horn Run 2]
3. Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up (say what?)
Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up [Horn Run 1]
4. Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up (say what?)
Uptown Funk you up
[Ending just strum Dm7 xxxx -x-x xx-- x]
[Notes]
[Horn Run 1]
D -------------
A -----5-8----5
D 7-10---------
[Horn Run 2]
G 7-5-2---------
D 7-5-2---------
A 5-3-0-5-3-5-73---
D ------5-3-5-73b-0
80
Elbow-One Day Like This
[Intro Riff - BPM 80 - No drums - 1st fret for original key - dont bother live]
[E] [E] - no drums
[E] [E] - with drums
[Verse 1 - 16th note strumming]
[E] Drinking in the morning sun
[Asus2] Blinking in the morning sun
[Bsus4-x24400] Shaking off the heavy one
[Asus2] Heavy like a loaded gun (sus4 riff from E?)
[E] What made me behave that way?..(Intro Riff)
[Asus2] Using words I never say (Intro Riff)
[F#min7] I can only think it must be love (sus4)
[Asus2] Oh, anyway (sus4 riff 2 in chords follows)
[E/A] It's [Esus4/A]loo [E/A]king
[Esus4/A]like [E/A]a
[Esus4/A]beau E/A]ti [Esus4/A]ful [E] day (hold note high before
drop to chord tone)
[E maj vamp - octaves x 2 - see notes - low to high]
[Verse 2]
[E] Someone tell me how I feel .. (Intro Riff)
[Asus2] It's silly wrong but vivid right (E/A sus4 riff)
[F#min7] Oh, kiss me like the final meal.. (sus4 riff)
[Asus2] Yeah, kiss me like we die tonight
[Chorus]
[E] Cause holy cow I love your eyes
[Asus2] And only now I see the light
[F#min7] Yeah Lying with me half-awake ............ Oh,
[Asus2] anyway ... It's [E/A]
(sus4 riff 2) looking like a beautiful day [E]
[E maj vamp - octaves x 3 - low to high - followed by intro riff]
[Verse 2 - Drums stop (just bass drum) - quiet - octaves]
(Strum each chord once lightly muted and then pick octaves muted)
[E] When my face is chamois-creased (MUTE play D2 to high E0)
[Asus2] If you think I'll wink, I did (MUTE play D2 to E0)
[B-76444x] Laugh politely at repeats (MUTE play A6 to B4)
Yeah, [A] kiss me when my lips are thin (MUTE play D2 to B2)
[Chorus]
[E] Cause holy cow I love your eyes
[Asus2] And only now I see the light
[F#min7] Yeah Lying with me half-awake
[A] Stumbling over what to say .. Oh, any
[A] way ...............
[E/A-sus4-figure] It's looking like a beautiful [E] day
[E maj vamp - octaves x 4 - low to high]
[Outro - 1st version of chords - keep E octave vamp going]
[E] So throw those curtains [Asus2/E - 002200] wide
[Asus2/E] One day like this
A year'd see me [E] right
[E] So throw those curtains [Asus2/E - 002200] wide
[Asus2/E] One day like this
A year'd see me [E] right
[E] So throw those curtains [D/A - x00232] wide
[Asus2] One day like this
[Asus2] A year'd see me [E] right
[E] So throw those curtains [D/A] wide
[Asus2] One day like this
[Asus2] A year'd see me [E] right
(repeat building higher and higher)
(perhaps Hey Jude ending)
[End]
[Riffs]
E 0-0------------0-0------------
B 0---4-0-2---0--0---4-0-2-----
G 1---------1----1---------1----
D 2--------------2--------------
A 2--------------2--------------
E 0--------------0--------------
[Strings figure 1 - version 2]
E X-12-11----9---X
B 9-------12-9-9-12
G 9----------9---9
D 9----------9---9
A X---------------
E 0---------------
[E maj vamp]
E ----12-12--------
B ----9--9-----
G 1-1-9--9-------
D 2-2-9--9-------
A 2-2-7--7-------
E 0-0------------
130
00. Medley 03-The Castle On The Street Where Mr. Brightside Lives
############ DROP D FOR ALL - Streets Have No Name
[Intro]
Start with percussive guitar and bass drum
D x 4 G x 4 D x 4 G x 4
Bm x 2 A x 2 D x 4
(open up D percussive chord to more open for start)
[Verse 1 - Bm7 works - muted low strings]
(Lift thumb but do not rotate wrist so can maintain mute and have loud snare)
I want to [D] run
I want to [D] hide
I want to [D] tear down the walls
That hold me in [G-5x0003] side
I want to reach [Bm-9x5555] out
And touch the [A] flame
Where the [C] streets have no name
I, I, I, I want to [D] feel,
sunlight on my [D] face
I see the [D] dust cloud disappear
without a [G] trace
I want to take [Bm] shelter
from the poison [A] rain
Where the [C] streets have no name Oh Ah
Where the streets have no
[Chorus - D triad at 2nd fret - play 5 3 then 2 on high E]
[D] name .............
[D] Where the streets have no name (Head voice, lips tight)
We're still building
Then [G] burning down love, burning down love
And when I [Bm] go there
I go there with [A] you...
(it's all I can [D] do)
[Play high D octave 7 10 no B and lower notes for vamp]
[Verse 2]
The city's a [D] flood
And our love turns to [D] rust
We're beaten and [D] blown by the wind
Trampled in [G] dust
I'll show you a [Bm] place
High on a [A] desert plain
Where the [C] streets have no name Oh Ah
Where the streets have no
[Chorus]
[D] Name ...... Where the streets have no name
We're still building
[G] Then burning down love, burning down love
[Bm] And when I go there
[A] I go there with you...
[D] it's all I can do
[D] Our love turns to rust
[D] We're beaten and [G] blown by the wind,
blown by the wind
Oh when I [Bm] go there, I go there [A] with you
"And i'm on my way"
############# Castle on the Hill
[Chorus 1 - Full drums]
[D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way,
[Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down
[D] those coun [D/F#] try
[G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And
[D] I miss [D/F#] the
[G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When
[D] we watched [D/F#] the
[G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill
[Riff - 0 7e 10 (10) for 2 bars - Drums stop]
[D]
[Verse 2 - chords where you hold high A - Full drums]
[D] Fifteen years [G] old and smoking
[Bm] hand-rolled cigarettes [A]
[D] Running from the law [G] through the backfields and
[Bm] getting drunk with my [A] friends
[D] Had my first [G] kiss on a Friday
[Bm] night, I don't [A] reckon I did it
[D] Right, I was younger [G] then
[Bm] take me back to w [A] hen we found
[Pre-Chorus 2]
[G] Weekend [A] jobs and when we got [D] paid
We'd buy cheap [G] spirits and drink them [G] straight
Me and my [A] friends have not thrown [D] up in so long,
[G] oh how we've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 2]
[D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way,
[Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down
[D] those coun [D/F#] try
[G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And
[D] I miss [D/F#] the
[G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When
[D] we watched [D/F#] the
[G] sunset
[Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill
[D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh
[Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill (drums stop)
############# Mr Brightside
[Intro - Drop D - BPM 148] Arpeggio up at 12th fret area - hold heel hard on body to articulate
Bass drum on all quarter notes (as per usual drum beat) - Pick intro for first verse - strum for other parts
Final arp and snare in
E ---------------0--------------------0-(Snare)
B ------15----15---15--------15----15----------
G ----14---14--------------14---14-------------
D ---------------------------------------------
A -14-------------------14---------------------
E ---------------------------------------------
[Verse 1 Chords in drop D - Dsus2 xx0230 Dmaj7sus2 xx0220 G - 5x0033]
[Dsus2] I'm coming out of my [Dmaj7sus2] cage
And I've been doing just [G] fine
Gotta gotta be down because I want it all
[Dsus2] It started out with a [Dmaj7sus2] kiss
How did it end up like [G] this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
[Dsus2] Now I'm falling asleep [Dmaj7sus2]
And she's calling a [G] cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
[Dsus2] Now they're going to [Dmaj7sus2] bed
And my stomach is [G] sick
And it's all in my head but she's touching his
[Bridge - Chords - drop D - Bm - 9x7777 Asus4 x07750 - make A x07650 G can make G6 5x5430]
[Bm] Chest now, he takes off her [Asus4] dress now let me
[G] go ..........................
[Bm] And I just can't look its [Asus4] killing me ...And
[G] taking control
[Chorus 1 - Dsus2 000230 G/A 5x0003 Bm/A 9x7777 Asus4 x07750]
[Dsus2] Jealousy, [G] turning saints in [Bm] to the sea
[Asus4] Swimming through sick [Dsus2] lullabies
[G] Choking on your [Bm] alibis [Asus4] but it's just the [Dsus2] price I pay
[G] Destiny is [Bm] calling me [Asus4] Open up my [Dsus2] eager [G] eye
[Bm] Cause I'm Mr [Asus4] Brightside (hold note over next riff)
[Intro riff - lots of vibrato - keep low D ringing]
E 0--0----10---
B 15-15---10---
G 14-14---0----
D 12-11-s-9----
A X--X----X----
E 0--0----0----
[Verse 2]
[Dsus2] I'm coming out of my [Dmaj7sus2] cage
And I've been doing just [G] fine
Gotta gotta be down because I want it all
[Dsus2] It started out with a [Dmaj7sus2] kiss
How did it end up like [G] this
(Stop chords drum phrase 1234 1(&2)3(&4))
(-------------------------------BS---BS)
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
[Dsus2] Now I'm falling asleep [Dmaj7sus2]
And she's calling a [G] cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
[Dsus2] Now they're going to [Dmaj7sus2] bed
And my stomach is [G] sick
And it's all in my head but she's touching his
[Bridge]
[Bm] Chest now, he takes off her [Asus4] dress now
let me [G] go
[Bm] And I just can't look its [Asus4] killing me
And [G] taking control
[Chorus 2]
[Dsus2] Jealousy, [G] turning saints in [Bm] to the sea
[Asus4] Swimming through sick [Dsus2] lullabies
[G] Choking on your [Bm] alibis [Asus4] but it's just the [Dsus2] price I pay
[G] Destiny is [Bm] calling me [Asus4] Open up my [Dsus2] eager [G] eye
[Bm] Cause I'm Mr [Asus4] Brightside
[Outro] D G Bm A
Play opening riff slightly quicker - mute strings a bit (predominantly lower)
with just bass then snare back in for next section
"I never" x 4 over Chorus chords
Then final phrase is
A x07650 G6/A x05430 A x02220
Bass run A - 7 5 4
140
00. Medley 06-Kings of Leon Sex on Fire and Stereophonics Dakota
[Dakota ************************************]
[Intro]
No drums - Downstrokes, mute and play slight harmonics to simulate flange
D -9999999999999999-6666666666666666--2222222222222222--9999999999999
A -------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro riff - Imply A to come into - keep barre as much as
possible]
Emaj C#m7 A E
E 0-----11-x---0------0-----
B x--12----9---x-12-----12-
G 9--9-----9---9--9---9--9--
D x--9-----9---x--x------9--
A 0--9-----x------0------x--
E x!-------9-------------0--
!Snare pick up
[Verse 1]
[E] Thinking back, thinking of [C#m7] you
Summertime, think it was [Amaj7sus2] June
Yeah, think it was [E] June
[E] Laying back, head on the [C#m7] grass
Chewing gum, having some [Amaj7sus2] laughs
Yeah, having some [E] laughs
[Chorus - STACCATO CHORD STABS - backward drums for 'make me feel like the one']
[Amaj7] You made me feel like the one
You made me feel like the one, the [Esus4-riff] one
[Amaj7] You made me feel like the one
You made me feel like the one, the [Esus4-riff] one
[Verse 2 - Can play a B/D# just before E]
[E] Drinking back, drinking for [C#m7] two
Drinking with [Amaj7sus2] you
When drinking was [E] new
[E] Sleeping in the back of my [C#m7] car
We never went [Amaj7sus2] far
Didn't need to go [E] far
[Chorus - STACCATO CHORD STABS]
[Amaj7] You made me feel like the one
You made me feel like the one, the [Esus4-riff] one
[Amaj7] You made me feel like the one
You made me feel like the one, the [Esus4-riff] one
[Bridge - STACCATO CHORD STABS - backward drums for 'I dont know where we are going']
[E] I don't know where [B] we are going [Amaj7-riff]
[E] I don't know where [B] we are going [Amaj7-riff] now
[Verse 3]
[E] Wake up call, coffee and [C#m7] juice
Remembering [Amaj7sus2] you
What happened to [E] you
[E] I wonder if we'll meet a [C#m7] gain
Talking about life since [Amaj7sus2] then
Talk about why did it [E] end
[Chorus]
[Amaj7] You made me feel like the one
You made me feel like the one, the [Esus4-riff] one
[Amaj7] You made me feel like the one
You made me feel like the one, the [Esus4-riff] one
[Bridge - STACCATO CHORD STABS]
[E] I don't know where [B] we are going [Amaj7-riff] now
[E] I don't know where [B] we are going [Amaj7-riff] now
So take a look at me [E] now
So take a look at me [B] now
So take a look at me [Amaj7sus2] now
So take a look at me [Amaj7sus2] now
[Sex is on fire]########################
[Intro - chords offbeat after first phrase]
[Intro - riff is played offbeat ]
(Drums in on C#m)
[E] [C#m]
E------------------4-4--
B--9-9-9-9---------5-5--
G--9-9-9-9-----6-6-6-6--
D-11-9-9-9-----7-8-6-6--
A--7-7-7-7-----4-4-4-4--
E-----------------------
Dr 1-2-3-4-....1-2-3-4
[E][C#m]again
[Verse - With drums can drop second snare]
Lay where you're [E] laying
Don't make a sound [E]
I know they're [C#m] watching (actually Csus2 is more accurate)
They're watching [C#m]
All the com [E] motion (full drums)
the kiddie [E] like play
Has people [C#m] talking
Talking [C#m]
[Chorus - Play chorus riff1]
[E] You ..........Your sex is on
[C#m]fire ........[A]
[Verse - Semi drums]
The dark of the [E] alley
The break of the [E] day
Head while I'm [C#m] driving
I'm driving [C#m]
Soft lips are [E] open (full drums)
Them knuckles are [E] pale
Feels like you're [C#m] dying
You're [C#m] dying
[Chorus]
[E] You ..........Your sex is on
[C#m]fire ........[A]........Con
[E] sumed .......With what's to tran
[C#m] spire ................[A]
[Verse - Semi drums]
Hot as a [E] fever
Rattling [E] bones
I could just [C#m] taste it
Taste it [C#m]
But it's not for [E] ever (full drums)
But it's just to [E] night
Oh we're still the [C#m] greatest
The greatest [C#m]
The greatest [C#m]
[Chorus]
[E] You ..........Your sex is on
[C#m]fire ........[A]........
(just bass drum - just lower chords on 1&)
[E] You ..........Your sex is on (guitar riff)
[C#m]fire ........[A]........Con
(just bass drum - full riff)
[E] sumed .......With what's to tran
[C#m] spire ................[A]
(full drums in and full riff)
And [E] You ..........Your sex is on
[C#m]fire ........[A]........Con
[E] sumed .......With what's to tran
[C#m] spire ................[A]
[E]
[End]
[E] 1&
135
Abba-Mamma Mia
[Intro - BPM 138 - No drums - try voice with about 5 people on VE20]
[D-10x777x] [Daug-10x877x] x 4
(drum pickup is BBS onto final Daugs)
[Verse 1 - Drums in]- play D at 5th fret so can move to A/D - x57655 easily
[D] I've been [A/D - xx0220] cheated by [D] you,
since I [A/D] don't know [G] when (G riff - start 3x002x)
[D] So I [A/D] made up my [D] mind,
it must [A/D] come to an [G] end
[D - x5777x] Look at me now, [Daug - xx0332 - OR x5877x]
[D] will I [Daug] ever learn?
[D] I don't know how [Daug] [D] but I [Daug] suddenly
[G] lose control
There's a fire with [A] in my soul
[G] Just [D/F#] one [A] look and I can hear a bell ring
[G] One [D/F#] more [A] look and I forget everything,
[Chorus]
[D] Mamma mia, here I go again
[C/G] My [G] my, [G] how can I re [D/G] sist you?
[D] Mamma mia, does it show again?
[C/G] My [G] my, [G] just how much I've [D/G] missed you
[D] Yes, I've been [A/C#] brokenhearted
[Bm] Blue since the [F#m/A] day we parted
[C/G] Why, [G] why [Em] did I ever [A] let you go?
[D] Mamma mia, [Bm] now I really know,
[C/G] My [G] my, [Em] I could never [A] let you go.
[Instrumental]
D Daug D Daug
[Verse 2]
[D] I've been [A/D] angry and [D] sad
about the [A/D] things that you [G] do
[D] I can't [A/D] count all the [D] times
that I've [A/D]told you we're [G] through
[D] And when you go, [Daug] [D] when you [Daug] slam the door
[D] I think you know [Daug] [D] that you [Daug] won't be a
[G] way too long
You know that I'm [A] not that strong.
[G] Just [D/F#] one [A] look and I can hear a bell ring
[G] One [D/F#] more [A] look and I forget everything
[Chorus]
[D] Mamma mia, here I go again
[C/G] My [G] my, [G] how can I re [D/G] sist you?
[D] Mamma mia, does it show again?
[C/G] My [G] my, [G] just how much I've [D/G] missed you
[D] Yes, I've been [A/C#] brokenhearted
[Bm] Blue since the [F#m/A] day we parted
[C/G] Why, [G] why [Em] did I ever [A] let you go?
[D] Mamma mia, even if I say
[C/G] Bye [G] bye, [G] leave me now or [D/G] never
[D] mamma mia, it's a game we play
[C/G] Bye [G] bye [G] doesn't mean for [D/G] ever
[D] Mamma mia, here I go again
[C/G] My [G] my, [G] how can I re [D/G] sist you?
[D] Mamma mia, does it show again?
[C/G] My [G] my, [G] just how much I've [D/G] missed you
[D] Yes, I've been [A/C#] brokenhearted
[Bm] Blue since the [F#m/A] day we parted
[C/G] Why, [G] why [Em] did I ever [A] let you go?
[D] Mamma mia, even if I say
[C/G] Bye [G] bye, [G] leave me now or [D/G] never
[D] mamma mia, it's a game we play
[C/G] Bye [G] bye [G] doesn't mean for [D/G] ever
[Outro]
D Daug repeated with fade-out
[End]
[G riff - Mute with right hand slightly to stop open strings being too loud]
E -x-0----332-0--
B -33-333----3-3-
G -0-------------
D -0-------------
A -x-------------
E -3-------------
For F#m/A - 3rd finger in right place for the Bm preceding so keep in place whilst making transition
145
Abba-Waterloo
[Intro - BPM 147 - Full drums - BIG HARMONY PATCH FOR CHORUS WATERLOO AND DISTORTION ON GUITAR?]
[C]
[Verse]
My, [C] my, at [D/C] (X30232) Waterloo Nap
[G/B] oleon [F/A] did sur [G] render
Oh [C] yeah, and [D/C] I have met my
[G/B] desti [F/A] ny in [C/G] quite a [G] similar [Am] way
(hard shuffle pattern)
The [Am] history book on the shelf
Is [D/F#] always repeating its (hold vocal note - don't descend)
[G] self [F] e [C/E] e [G/D] elf
[Chorus - 3rd waterloo starts on offbeat - play C mainly on snare]
[C] Waterloo - [C] I was defeated, you [F] won the war
[G] Waterloo - [G] Promise to love you for [C] ever more [G] (fill 1 - x 3)
[C] Waterloo - [C] Couldn't escape if I [F] wanted to
[G] Waterloo - [G] Knowing my fate is to [C] be with you
(C Cmaj7 C6-x3x210orx35555 C) Wo-wo-wo, wo-wo, (fill 2)
[G] Waterloo - [G] Finally facing my [C] Waterloo
[Vamp] [C] Aaaaaaaah (BIG HARMONY PATCH)
[Verse]
My, [C] my, I t [D/C] ried to hold you
[G/B] back but [F/A] you were [G] stronger
Oh [C] yeah, and [D/C] now it seems my
[G/B] only [F/A] chance is [C/G] giving up [G] the [Am] fight
(hard shuffle pattern)
And [Am] how could I ever refuse
I [D/F#] feel like I win when I
los [G] e [F] oo [C/E] ooo [G/D] ooose
[Chorus - Can status quo]
[C] Waterloo - [C] I was defeated, you [F] won the war
[G] Waterloo - [G] Promise to love you for [C] ever more [G] (fill 1 - x 3)
[C] Waterloo - [C] Couldn't escape if I [F] wanted to
[G] Waterloo - [G] Knowing my fate is to [C] be with you
(C Cmaj7 C6-x3x210orx35555 C) Wo-wo-wo, wo-wo, (fill 2)
[G] Waterloo - [G] Finally facing my [C] Waterloo
[Bridge]
So [Am] how could I ever refuse
I [D] feel like I win when I [G] lose
[Chorus]
[C] Waterloo - [C] I was defeated, you [F] won the war
[G] Waterloo - [G] Promise to love you for [C] ever more [G] (fill 1 - x 3)
[C] Waterloo - [C] Couldn't escape if I [F] wanted to
[G] Waterloo - [G] Knowing my fate is to [C] be with you
(C Cmaj7 C6-x3x210orx35555 C) Wo-wo-wo, wo-wo, (fill 2)
[G] Waterloo - [G] Finally facing my [C] Waterloo
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (fill 2)
[G] Waterloo - Knowing my fate is to [C] be with you
Wo-wo-wo, wo-wo, (fill 2)
[G] Waterloo - Finally facing my [C] Waterloo
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (fill 2)
(fade out over last 3 lines or just end on C)
[Notes]
[Fill 1]
3 times play TT TT TT fill with G chord then come in on offbeat vocal)
x--x--x--x--
--TT-TT-TT-V(ocal)
[Fill 2]
Just play snare on all Woo Woos?
100
Amy Winehouse-Valerie
[BPM 106 - Verse 1 - Start just with bass and bass drum then full drums]
[Chords? - X00232 and 079987]
Well, some [D] times I go out by myself and I look across the [Em] water
And I [D] think of all the things, what you're doin'
and in my head I paint a [Em] picture
[Chorus - Chords in now - simulate horns - Strums]
'Cos [G] since I've come on home, well my [F#m] body's been a mess
And I've [G] missed your ginger hair and the [F#m] way you like to dress
[G] Won't you come on over, [F#m] stop making a fool out of [A] me
[A] Why don't you come on over,
[Horn Riff - Fuller chords D Dsus4 D up neck x57775 - Em - 079987 079x10x 079987]
Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee
Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee
[Verse 2]
Did you [D] have to go to jail, put your house on up
for sale, did you get a good [Em] lawyer
I hope you [D] didn't catch a tan, I hope you found
the right man who'll fix it for [Em] ya
Are you [D] shoppin' anywhere, changed the colour of
your hair, [Em] are you busy?
And did you [D] have to pay that fine you was dodging
all the time, are you still [Em] dizzy?
[Chorus - Strums]
'Cos [G] since I've come on home, well my [F#m] body's been a mess
And I've [G] missed your ginger hair and the [F#m] way you like to dress
[G] Won't you come on over, [F#m] stop making a fool out of [A] me
[A] Why don't you come on over,
[Horn Riff]
Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee
Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee
[Verse 3 - Drums stop - strums]
Well, some [D] times I go out by myself and I look
across the [Em] water (drums back in)
And I [D] think of all the things, what you're doing
and in my head I paint a p [Em] icture
[Chorus - Strums]
'Cos [G] since I've come on home, well my [F#m] body's been a mess
And I've [G] missed your ginger hair and the [F#m] way you like to dress
[G] Won't you come on over, [F#m] stop making a fool out of [A] me
[A] Why don't you come on over,
[Horn Riff]
Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee
Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee
Mmm [D] Valerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee
Valer [D] ie-e-ee, Va-a-le-r [Em] ieee
Why don't you come on over Va- [Dmaj7] alerie...
[End]
80
Beatles-Come Together
[TRY PLAYING TOM FIGURE ON THE BRIDGE ON LOW BASS STRINGS SO PIEZO PICKS IT UP A BIT AND HIGH STRINGS CAN STILL RING?]
[Intro - remember SHUUUU - BPM 83]
e|-5-5--55---5
B|-6-6--66---6
G|-5-5-------7
D|-7-5h7-----7
A|-5-5-------5
E|------------ x4
[Fill is flat of hands and drag across soundboard from bottom to top
to go down in pitch]
[Verse 1 - Drums - just Bass drum - pattern 1 2 3&4]
[Dm] Here come old flat top, he come grooving up slowly,
[Dm] He got Joo Joo eyeball, he one holy roller - He got
[A7 - A to A6 blues riff] hair down to his knee
(Drum now B bB B bB - air drum hi hat to hold pattern)
(On recording no chord)
[G7] Got to be a joker, he just do what he please.
[Intro Instrumental x 4]
[Verse 2 - Drums - just Bass drum - pattern 1 2 3&4]
[Dm] He wear no shoe shine, he got toe jam football
[Dm] He got monkey finger, he shoot coca cola
He say, [A7] "I know you, you know me."
[G7] One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
[Chorus - Snare in now]
[Optional G on snare] Come [Bm] together, [A] right [G] now, [A] over me
[Intro Instrumental x 4]
[Verse 3]
[Dm] He bag production, he got walrus gumboot
[Dm] He got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker
He got [A7] feet down below his knee
[G7] Hold you in his arms, yeah you can feel his disease
[Chorus]
[Optional G on snare] Come [Bm] together, [A] right [G] now, [A] over me
[Intro Instrumental x 2 only then Solo]
[Dm7] - Riff starts 5th fret 16th notes feel - Dm Dm Dm Dm - Dm7 Dm7 Dm x)
[A7] with bends
Ending riff - Dm x x x - x x Dm7 Dm - twice
e|-5---
B|-6-6-
G|-7--7-Dm7 to Dm
D|-7--
A|-5--
E|-5--
[Verse 4]
[Dm] He roller coaster, he got early warning
[Dm] He got muddy water, he one mojo filter
He say, [A7] "One and one and one is three."
[G7] Got to be good looking 'cause he so hard to see
[Chorus]
[Optional G on snare] Come [Bm] together, [A] right [G] now, [A] over me
[Intro Instrumental x 2 only then Solo out - stay on Dm?]
[End]
[Other notes]
Bend up to high A for A7 bit - B 8b10 8b10 10r8 6
- B 8b10 8b10 10r8 6 G 7s9
then bend to high E before back to intro chords
125
Billy Joel-Uptown Girl
[BPM - 129]
[Intro]
"uh oh .." etc -
[E] [F#m] [G#m] ([A] [B])
[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl ......... [F#m] She's been living in her
[G#m] uptown world [A] I bet she [B] never had a
[E] back street guy [F#m] I bet her mama never
[G#m] told her [A] why I'm gonna [B] try for an
[E] Uptown girl [F#m] She's been living in her
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am
[Chorus]
[C] And when she [Am] knows what
She [Dm] wants from her [G] time
[C] And when she [Am] wakes up
And [Dm] makes up her [G] mind
[A] She'll see I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an
[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl ... [F#m] You know I've seen her in her
[G#m] uptown world [A] She's getting [B] tired of her
[E] high class toys [F#m] And all her presents from her
[G#m] uptown boys [A] She's got a [B] choice
[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah
[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl ..... [F#m] You know I can't afford to
[G#m] buy her pearls [A] But maybe [B] someday when my
[E] ship comes in [F#m] She'll understand what kind of
[G#m] guy I've been [A] And then I'll [B] win
[Chorus]
[C] And when she's [Am] walking
She's [Dm] looking so [G] fine
[C] And when she's [Am] talking
She'll [Dm] say that she's [G] mine
[A] She'll say I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an
[Verse - Drum fills section - snare only really on 4]
(just play bass drum and chords on 1 and put fills in on snare when appropriate)
[E] Uptown girl ......[F#m] She's been living in her
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am
[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah
[Verse]
[E]Uptown girl [F#m]
She's my uptown [G#m] girl .. You
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an
[E] uptown girl [F#m] My uptown
[G#m] girl ....... You
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown
[G#m] girl ....... You
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown
[G#m] girl ......... You
[A] know I'm in [B] love (end on E)
135
Blur-Park Life
[BPM 140 - Distorted Sound]
[Riff - No drums]
E A Aadd9
E ----------------
B 10-----11-11----
G 10-x3--10-10----
D 10-----12-10----
A x---------------
E 0---------------
[E] [E] [E] ([Asus4/E] [A/E]) x 4 - drums in second time round
[Verse 1 - with occasional A - Can play A to Asus4 for Parklife bit]
[E] Confidence is a preference for the habitual
[E] voyeur of what is known as ([A]Park [Asus4]life!)
And [E] morning soup can be avoided if you take a route
[E] straight through what is known as ([A]Park [Asus4]life!)
[E] John's got brewers droop, he gets intimidated
by the [E] dirty pigeons, they love a bit of it ([A]Park [Asus4]life!)
[E] Who's that gut lord marching? You should cut down
[E] on your pork life mate, get some exercise
[Chorus]
[E] All [Bb] the peo [B] ple
[E] So [Bb] many peo [B] ple .. And they
[G]all [Bm]go [Em]hand in [D]hand
(fast change on Asus4 to A)
[C]Hand in [Em]hand [Asus4]through [A]their ..
[Bb]park [B7]life [B7] (drums stop)
[D] [C] [B7] Know what I mean? [B7]
[Link]
[E]----------[E] x 2
Stop is x7999x x7777x x7999x
[Verse 2]
[E] I get up when I want, except on Wednesdays
when I get [E] rudely awakened by the dustmen ([A]Park [Asus4]life!)
I [E] put my trousers on, have a cup of tea
and I think [E] about leaving me house ([A]Park [Asus4]life!)
[E] I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too,
it gives [E] me a sense of enormous wellbeing ([A]Park [Asus4]life!)
[E] And then I'm happy for the rest of the day,
safe in the knowledge there will
[E] always be a bit of my heart devo ted to it
[Chorus]
[E] All [Bb] the peo [B] ple
[E] So [Bb] many peo [B] ple .. And they
[G]all [Bm]go [Em]hand in [D]hand
(fast change on Asus4 to A)
[C]Hand in [Em]hand [Asus4]through [A]their ..
[Bb]park [B7]life [B7] (drums stop)
(all over one bar) [D] [C] [B7] [B7]
[Bridge - hammer on more from x7777 to x7999]
[E] [E] [E] - [E] [E] [E] [E]
[E] (Park [E]Life) - [E] [E] [E]Park [E]Life
[E] [E] [E] - [E] [E] [E] [E]
[E] (Park [E]Life) - [E] [E] [E]Park [E]Life
[E] It's got nothing to do with your( [A]Park [Asus4]life!)
[E] Vorsprung durch Technik, you know ([A]Park [Asus4]life!)
[E] And it's not about you joggers who go 'round ([A]Park [Asus4]life!)
and [E] round and round ([A]Park [Asus4]life!)
[Chorus]
[E] All [Bb] the peo [B] ple
[E] So [Bb] many peo [B] ple .. And they
[G]all [Bm]go [Em]hand in [D]hand
(fast change on Asus4 to A)
[C]Hand in [Em]hand [Asus4]through [A]their ..
[Bb]park [B7]life [B7] (drums stop)
(all over one bar) [D] [C] [B7] [B7]
[Chorus]
[E] All [Bb] the peo [B] ple
[E] So [Bb] many peo [B] ple .. And they
[G]all [Bm]go [Em]hand in [D]hand
(fast change on Asus4 to A)
[C]Hand in [Em]hand [Asus4]through [A]their ..
[Bb]park [B7]life [B7] (drums stop)
(all over one bar) [D] [C] [B7] [B7]
[End]
[E]
100
Chaka Khan-Aint Nobody
[Intro - BPM 104] Em7 E
E 7---7---7-7--7---7x-7---7----
B 8---8---8-8--10--10-8---8----
G 7---7---7-9--7---7x-7---9----
D 9---9---9-9--9---9x-9---9----
A 7---7---7-7--7---7x-9---7----
E 0--------------------------
Just riff 3 times playing just bass drum
then 2 hits on chord then snare S S (SS)
[Vamp - with keyboard line]
[Em7] (x797810 x79787) [D] - 4 times with drums
[Verse - Play chords barred - E at 7, D at 5, C at 3 etc]
[Em7] Captured [D] effortlessly
[Em7] That's the [D] way it was
[C] Happened [D] so naturally
[C] I did not [D] know it was love
[Em7] The next thing [D] I felt was
[Em7] You holding me [D] close
[C] What was [D] I gonna do?
[C] I let my [D] self go
[Pre-chorus]
[Bm] And now we're fly [D] in' through the
[C] stars.... I hope this [D] night will last for
[Em7] ever (NOT CHORUS YET)
[Vamp] [Em7] [D] Wer er er eh[Em7] [D]
[Verse]
[Em7] I've been [D] waitin' for you
[Em7] It's been [D] so long
[C] I knew just [D] what I would do
[C] When I heard [D] your song
[Em7] Filled my [D] heart with your bliss
[Em7] Gave me [D] freedom
[C] You knew I [D] could not resist
[C] I needed [D] someone
[Pre-chorus]
[Bm] And now we're fly [D] in' through the stars [C]
I hope this [D] night will last for [Em7] ever
[Chord and vocal run]
[Em] [Em-022003] [D-57775]-------[Dadd6-57777] [D]57775
Oh oh -------- oh--------------oh------------oh
[Chorus - Play open chords at bottom where
possible (D play at 5th as barre)]
[Em7] Ain't nob [D] ody
[Am] Loves me [C] better -----
[Em7] ------ Makes me [D] happy
[Am] Makes me [C] feel [D] this
[Em7] way ... Ain't nob [D] ody
[Am] Loves me [C] better than
[Vamp] You [Em7] [D] [Em7] [D]
[Verse]
I ......
[Em7] wait for [D] night time to come
[Em7] And bring you [D] to me
[C] Can't be [D] lieve I'm the one
[C] I was so [D] lonely
[Em7] I feel like [D] no one could feel
[Em7] I must be [D] dreamin'
[C] I want this [D] dream to be real
[C] I need this [D] feelin'
[Pre-chorus]
[Bm] I make my wish up [D] on a star-[C]
And hope this [D] night will last for [Em7] ever
[Chord and vocal run]
Em Em 022003 57775-------57777 57775
Oh oh --------oh----------oh
[Chorus - Play open chords at bottom where
possible (D play at 5th as barre)]
[Em7] Ain't nob [D] ody
[Am] Loves me [C] better -----
[Em7] ------ Makes me [D] happy
[Am] Makes me [C] feel [D] this
[Em7] way ... Ain't nob [D] ody
[Am] Loves me [C] better than
[Bridge]
you..
[Em7] [D] And [C] first you put your arms [D] around me
[Em7] [D] [C] Then you put your [D] charms around me
[Em7] [D] I [C] can't resist this [D] sweet surrender
[Em7] [D] Oh [C] my nights are [D] warm and tender
[Em7] [D] We [C] stare into each [D] other's eyes
[Em7] [D] And [C] what we see is [D] no surprise
[Em7] [D] [C] Got a feeling [D] most with treasure
[Em7] [D] And a [C] love so deep we [D] cannot measure
[Chorus - repeat ad infinitum]
[Em7] Ain't no [D] body
[Am] Loves me [C] better -----
[Em7] ......... Makes me [D] happy
[Am] Makes me [C] feel [D] this [Em7] way
[End]
[Extra notes]
E ---3-3p0-5-3p0-
B ---X-X---5
G ---0-0---
D 2---------
A 2---------
E 0---------
--M--o-o---f
o = onbeat
f = offbeat
m = heavy mute
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
1231231
[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----------------------
100
David Bowie-Star Man
[Intro - BPM 100 - No drums]
[Bb/A] [Bb/A] [Fmaj7] [Fmaj7] x 2 (hey now now etc)
[Verse 1 - Drums in]
[Gm] Didn't know what time it was the lights were low-ow-ow.
[F] I lean back on my radio-o-o
[C] Some cat was laying down some [C7] rock'n'roll,
'Lotta soul' he said.
[F] [Ab] [Bb] (coming back to Gm after this)
[Verse 2]
[Gm] Then the loud sound did seem to fa-a-ade
[F] Came back like a slow voice on a wave of pha-a-ase
[C] That weren't no DJ that was [C7] hazy cosmic jive.
(Drums stop - hard strum)
[A] [G]
[Chorus - Drums back in]
There's a [F] star [F] man [Dm] waiting in the sky
He'd [Am] like to come and [C] meet us
But he [C7] thinks he'd blow our minds.
There's a [F] star [F] man [Dm] waiting in the sky
He's [Am] told us not to [C] blow it
'Cause he [C7] knows it's all worthwhile,
He told me,
[Bb] Let the [Bbm] children lose it
[F] let the [D7] children use it
[Gm] Let all the [C] children boogie
[Interlude - Solo]
[Bb] [F] [C] [F] - [Bb] [F] [C] (drop final bar)
[Verse 3]
[Gm] Well I had to phone someone so I picked on you-ou-ou
[F] Hey that's far out, so you heard him too-oo-oo
[C] Switch on the TV we may [C7] pick him up on Channel 2
[F] [Ab] [Bb]
[Verse 4]
[Gm] Look out your window I can see his li-i-ight,
[F] If we can sparkle he may land toni-i-ight,
[C] Don't tell your papa or he'll [C7] get us locked up in fright
(Drums stop - hard strum)
[A] [G]
[Chorus]
There's a [F] star [F] man [Dm] waiting in the sky
He'd [Am] like to come and [C] meet us
But he [C7] thinks he'd blow our minds.
There's a [F] star [F] man [Dm] waiting in the sky
He's [Am] told us not to [C] blow it
'Cause he [C7] knows it's all worthwhile,
He told me,
[Bb] Let the [Bbm] children lose it
[F] let the [D7] children use it
[Gm] Let all the [C] children boogie
[F] Star [F] man [Dm] waiting in the sky
He'd [Am] like to come and [C] meet us
But he [C7] thinks he'd blow our minds.
There's a [F] star [F] man [Dm] waiting in the sky
He's [Am] told us not to [C] blow it
'Cause he [C7] knows it's all worthwhile,
He told me,
[Bb] Let the [Bbm] children lose it
[F] let the [D7] children use it
[Gm] Let all the [C] children boogie
[Outro]
[Bb] [F] [C] [F]
[Bb] La la la la [F] la, la la la [C] la, la la la [F] la, la la la la
[Bb] La la la la [F] la, la la la [C] la, la la la [F] la, la la la la
[Bb] La la la la [F] la, la la la [C] la, la la la [F] la, la la la la
[Bb] La la la la [F] la, la la la [C] la, la la la [F] la, la la la la
105
Dexys Midnight Runners-Come On Eileen
[Intro]
[C] x xx x xx - with bass drum
|F C |F7 Bb |Bbm F |C | x2
[Violin Part Chords - Drums in - BPM 107]
|C |Em (7th fret) |F (play Fsus2 at 8th fret)
|C G | x2
[Verse 1]
[C] Poor old Johnny [Em] Ray
Sounded [F] sad upon the radio moved a
[C] million hearts in [G] mono
[C] Our mothers [Em] cried
[F] Sang along, who'd blame them [C] [G]
[C] You're grown (you're grown up) [Em] so
grown (so grown up)
[F] Now I must say more than ever
[C] [G] (come on Eileen)
[C] (Toora-loora- [Em] toora-loo-rye- [F] aye)
and we can [C] sing just like our [G] fathers
[Fill]
|G Gsus2 G Gsus2 |G Gsus2 G Gsus2 |
[Chorus]
[D] (Come on Eileen) oh, I [A] swear (well he means)
at this [Em] moment you mean [G] (every [A] thing)
With [D] you in that dress, my [A] thoughts (I confess)
verge on [Em] dirty, ah come [G] (on Eil [A] een)
[Instrumental]
A part play 9 10 on B whilst playing 0 11 9 10 9
then 12 10 12 10 on B to 11 on G
|A |A |
|C |Em |F |C G | x 2
[Verse 2]
[C] These people round [Em] here
wear+beaten [F]down eyes sunk in smoke-dried faces,
so res [C] igned to what their [G] fate is
but [C] not us (no never) no [Em] not us (no never)
[F] we are far too young and clever [C] [G] (remember)
[C] (Toora-loora- [Em] toora-loo-rye- [F] aye)
Eileen, I'll [C] hum this tune for [G] ever
[Fill]
|G Gsus2 G Gsus2 |G Gsus2 G Gsus2 |
[Chorus]
[D] Come on, Eileen, oh I [A] swear (well he means)
Ah come [Em] on, let's take off [G] (everyt [A] hing)
That [D] pretty red dress, Ei [A] leen (tell him yes)
Ah, come [Em] on, let's, ah, come [G] (on, Ei [A] leen)
That [D] pretty red dress, Ei [A] leen (tell him yes)
Ah, come [Em] on, let's, ah, come [G] (on, Ei [A] leen)
[D] Please...
[Chorus - Half speed - slow one then speeds up - D F#m G (D A)]
[D] (Come on, Eileen, too-loo rye- [F#m] aye, come on)
(Eileen, too-loo rye- [G] Now you have grown,
now you have shown, [D] oh, [A] Eileen
[D] (Come on, Eileen, too-loo rye-aye, come on)
[F#m]Come on, (Eileen, too-loo rye-aye,
[G] Now I must say more than ever,
[D] things round here have [A]changed
[D] (too-ra loo-ra- [F#m] too-ra loo-ra
[G] aye) [D] (Drum bit) [A] (Drum bit)
[Chorus]
[D] (Come on Eileen) oh, I [A] swear (well he means)
at this [Em] moment you mean [G] (everyth [A] ing)
With [D] you in that dress, my [A] thoughts (I confess)
verge on [Em] dirty, ah come [G] (on Eil [A] een)
[End]
[D]
[Violin Part and Chords]
[C] [Em] [Fsus2] [C] [G]
E-3--5--3-----7--7--7---x--x--x--0h1-3---0h1--3--
B-5--5--5-----8--10-8---8--10-8------1--------3--
G-5--5--5-----9--X--9---10-10-10-----0--------0--
D-5--5--5-----9--9--9---10-10-10-----2--------0--
A-3--3--5-----7--7--7---8--8--8------3--------X--
E---------------------------------------------3--
110
Dolly Parton-Jolene
[BPM 110 - Intro - Original key Capo at 4 - BUT DONT BOTHER LIVE - start with drums]
2 bars - Am riff - hammer open notes onto Am to play riff
[Chorus]
[Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene .. I'm
[G] begging of you [Em] please don't take my [Am] man
[Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene
[G] Please don't take him [Em] just because you [Am] can
(Please don't take him even though you can)
[Am - vamp]
[Verse]
Your
[Am] beauty is be [C] yond compare with
[G] flaming locks of [Am] auburn hair With
[G] ivory skin and [Em] eyes of emerald [Am] green.
[Am - vamp]
Your
[Am] smile is like a [C] breath of spring your
[G] voice is soft like [Am] summer rain And
[G] I can not com [Em] pete with you Jo [Am] lene.
[Am - vamp]
He [Am] talks about you [C] in his sleep and there's
[G] nothing I can [Am] do to keep From
[G] crying when he [Em] calls your name Jo [Am] lene
[Am - vamp]
Now
[Am] I can easily [C] understand how
[G] you could easily [Am] take my man .. But you
[G] don't know what he [Em] means to me [Am] Jolene
[Chorus]
[Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene .. I'm
[G] begging of you [Em] please don't take my [Am] man
[Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene
[G] Please don't take him [Em] just because you [Am] can
(Please don't take him even though you can)
[Verse]
[Am] You can have your [C] choice of men but
[G] I could never [Am] love again
[G] He's the only [Em] one for me Jo [Am] lene
[Am - vamp]
I
[Am] had to have this [C] talk with you, my
[G] happiness de [Am] pends on you And what
[G] ever you de [Em] cide to do Jo [Am] lene
[Chorus]
[Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene .. I'm
[G] begging of you [Em] please don't take my [Am] man
[Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene
[G] Please don't take him [Em] just because you [Am] can
(Please don't take him even though you can)
[Ending]
Am
Jolene Jolene.
140
Ed Sheeran-Castle On The Hill
[Intro Riff - Drop D - BPM 136 - No drums]
[D][G][Bm][A]
E(10)-----------------
B 10-10-10--10-1010---
G 7--0--x---7--6-7----
D 0-----7---7---------
A ----------0---------
D 0-----9-------------
[Verse 1 - Over riff]
[D] When I was six years
[G] old I broke my leg [Bm] [A]
[D] And I was running
[G] from my brother and [Bm] his friends [A]
[D] And tasted the
[G] sweet perfume of the [Bm] mountain grass as I [A] rolled down
[D] I was younger [G] then,
[Bm] take me back to [A] when I
[Pre-Chorus 1 - Slap snare]
[G] Found my [A] heart and broke it [D] here
Made friends and [G] lost them through the years
[G] And I've not [A] seen the roaring
[D] fields in so long, I [G] know I've grown
[G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 1 - Full drums]
[D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way,
[Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down
[D] those coun [D/F#] try
[G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And
[D] I miss [D/F#] the
[G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When
[D] we watched [D/F#] the
[G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill
[Riff - 0 7e 10 (10) for 2 bars - Drums stop]
[D]
[Verse 2 - chords where you hold high A - Full drums]
[D] Fifteen years [G] old and smoking
[Bm] hand-rolled cigarettes [A]
[D] Running from the law [G] through the backfields and
[Bm] getting drunk with my [A] friends
[D] Had my first [G] kiss on a Friday
[Bm] night, I don't [A] reckon I did it
[D] Right, I was younger [G] then
[Bm] take me back to w [A] hen we found
[Pre-Chorus 2]
[G] Weekend [A] jobs and when we got [D] paid
We'd buy cheap [G] spirits and drink them [G] straight
Me and my [A] friends have not thrown [D] up in so long,
[G] oh how we've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 2]
[D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way,
[Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down
[D] those coun [D/F#] try
[G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And
[D] I miss [D/F#] the
[G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When
[D] we watched [D/F#] the
[G] sunset
[Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill
[D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh
[Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill (drums stop)
[Bridge - No drums]
[Bm] [G] [D] [A7sus4]
(Just bass drum)
[Bm] One friend [G] left to sell clothes,
[D] one works A7sus4] down by the coast
[Bm] One had two [G] kids but lives alone,
[D] one's [A7sus4] brother overdosed
[Bm] One's al [G] ready on his second wife,
[D] one's just [A7sus4] barely getting by but
[Bm] These people [G] raised me and I-I-I,
[D] can't [A7sus4] wait to go home
[Chorus 3 - Still no drums]
[D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way,
[Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down
[D] those coun [D/F#] try
[G] lanes when [Bm] we did not [A7sus4] know the answers and
(full drums)
[D] I miss [D/F#] the
[G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When
[D] we watched [D/F#] the
[G] sunset
[Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill
[D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh
[Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill
[D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh
(slow down and quieter)
[Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill
[End with Riff - 0 7e 10 (10) - fade]
70
Elton John-Rocket Man
[Verse 1 - BPM 137]
[Gm7] She packed by bag last night, [C9] preflight,
[Gm7] Zero hour, nine a. [C9]m.
[Eb] And I'm gonna be [Bb/D] high [Cm] igh [Cm7/Bb] igh
As a kite by [F/A] then (repeat F/A at 5th fret)
[Gm7] I miss the earth so much I [C9] miss my wife
[Gm7] It's lonely out in space [C9]
[Eb] On such a [Bb/D] time
i i i i i [Cm] ime less flight [Cm7/Bb]
[F/A] [F/C] [F] [Eb9-668866] (at 7th fret whole barre)
[Chorus - Play Bb at 6th fret - stay in that area]
[Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time
[Eb] 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
[Bb] I'm not the man they think I am at home
[Eb] Ah, no no no... [Bb/D]
I'm a roc [C7] ket man
[Eb] Rocket man Burnin' out his fuse
Up [Bb] here alone [Eb] ...........
[Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time
[Eb] 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
[Bb] I'm not the man they think I am at home
[Eb] Ah, no no no... [Bb/D]
I'm a roc [C7] ket man
[Eb] Rocket man Burnin' out his fuse
Up [Bb] here alone [Eb] ...........
[Verse 2]
[Gm7] Mars ain't the kind of place
[C9] To raise your kids
[Gm7] In fact, it's cold as hell [C9]
[Eb] And there's no one [Bb/D] there to
[Cm] raise them
[Cm7/Bb] If you did (don't climb all the way - stay on F/A)
[F/A]
[Gm7] And all this science
[C9] I don't understand
[Gm7] It's just my job
[C9] Five days a week
A Rocket [Eb] Man [Bb/D] an a [Cm] an [Cm7/Bb]
Rocket Man [F/A] [F/C] [F] [Eb9]
[Chorus]
[Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time
[Eb] 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
[Bb] I'm not the man they think I am at home
[Eb] Ah, no no no... [Bb/D]
I'm a roc [C7] ket man
[Eb] Rocket man Burnin' out his fuse
Up [Bb] here alone [Eb]
[Chorus again]
70
Elton John-Sun Going Down
Don't go for harmonies in the chorus too much
Opening figure - use thumb and first finger to play B - 1 3 E - 1 0 B - 1 3
Whilst still holding the C chord as much as possible so it sustains
Chord for C/Bb - 6x555
Run down - D 0 - A- 3 2 0 then play G - don't pull off play first
with first finger then rest with thumb
Piano intro C - notes - dont try to hold C maj chord - use second
finger for the 1 so in good position to finger the next chord
B 1 3 E 1 0 B 3 1 (hammer on and pull off) - 11xx1x 01xx1x x10x1x
Use side of thumb and muting with left hand to 1 &3&4 - staccato on 4
Losing everything - have snare hit with no chord OR just play bass drum with chords
[Intro]
|C |C/Bb |F C |F |
[Verse 1]
[G] I can't light [C/G] [G] no more of your [F] darknes [C] s
F/C C C/E
[F] All my pictures [Bb/F] [F] seem to fade to black and [G] white
C/G G C/G G
[G] I'm growing tired [C/G] [G] and time stands still [F] before [C] me
F/C C C/E
[F] Frozen here [Bb/F] [F] on the ladder of my [G] life
C/G G C/G G
[G] Too late [C/G] [G] to save myself from [F] falli [C] ng [F/C] [C] [C/E]
[F] I took a chance [Bb/F] [F] and changed your way of [G] life
C/G G C/G G
[G] But you misread [C/G] [G] my meaning when I [F] met y [C] ou
F/C C C/E
[F] Closed the door [Bb/F] [F] and left me [C/G] blinded by the [G] light
[Chorus]
[C] Don't let the sun go [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me
[F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see
[C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your [F/G] life [G]
to wander [C] free [C/Bb]
But [F/A] losing everything is like the [Dm] sun (fast chords)
[C/E] go--- [F] ing [C/G] down [G] on [C] me
|C |C/Bb |F/A C/G |F |
[Verse 2]
[G] I can't find [C/G] , [G7] oh the right rom [F] antic li [C] ne [F/C] [C] [C/E]
[F] But see me once [Bb/F] [F] and see the way I [G] feel [G7]
[G] Don't discard me [C/G] [G] just because you [F] think I mean you [C] harm
F/C C C/E
[F] But these cuts I have [Bb/F] [F] they need love [C/G] to help them heal [G]
[Chorus]
[C] Don't let the sun go [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me
[F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see
[C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your [F/G] life [G] to wander [C] free
[C/Bb]
But [F/A] losing everything is like the [Dm] sun (fast chords)
[C/E] go--- [F] ing [C/G] down [G] on [C] me
|C |C/Bb |F/A |Ab6 Bb |
[C] Don't let the sun go [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me
[F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see
[C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your [F/G] life [G] to wander [C] free
[C/Bb]
But [F/A] losing everything is like the [Dm] sun (fast chords)
[C/E] go--- [F] ing [C/G] down [G] on [C] me
|C |C/Bb |F/A |Ab6 Bb |C
75
Fleetwood Mac-Chain
[Intro - Just bass drum - BPM 76]
[Strum the first chord and then just flatpick notes with first fingernail
BUT MIGHT BE EASIER TO JUST STRUM THE LOT, DROP THE SLIDE TO 5TH FRET
AND JUST PLAY UPSTROKE ON HIGH E TO ALLUDE TO
or pick really close to bridge]
e|-0------2-----------------0------2----------------
B|-0-03--0-------03---3s5---0-03--0-------03-03-3s5-
G|-0------------------------0-----------------------
D|-2------------------------2-----------------------
A|-2------------------------2-----------------------
E|-0-----------0------------0-----------0-----------
e|-0-------------0--2-------0------------0------------
B|-0-03-03-3s5---0-0----3s5-0-03-03-3s5--0------------
G|-0-------------0----------0------------0------------
D|-2-------------2----------2------------2-5p2*-------
A|-2-------------2----------2------------2----5p2-----
E|-0-------------0----------0------------0--------3b4-0
*hard down pick with other strings muted to bring this out
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum - Slap strings for snare - some finger picking]
[Em] Listen to the wind bl [A] ow,
watch the (finger pick) [Bm/D - x00432] sunrise
[Am/C - x3x210] [Em] (stop)
[Em] Run in the shad [A] ow, damn your love,
damn your lies [Bm/D] [Am/C] [Em]
(finger pick section)
e|-------2-----------0---------3p0-----------0-------|
B|-----3--3--------1--1------------3p0------0--------|
G|----4----4------2----2----------------2p0----------|
D|-0--------------------------------------------2----|
A|--------------3-------------------------------2----|
E|-----------------------------0----------------0----|
[Chorus - Bass drum on all 4,snare on 2 and 4]
And if
[Am7] you don't love me now,
You will never love me again .. I can (can sing same note)
[Em] still here you [C] saying You would
[Dsus4] never break the chain .. And if
[Am7] you don't love me now
You will never love me again .. I can
[Em] still hear you [C] saying You would
[Dsus4] never break the chain [Em]
(Stop - bass drum back in for second half of phrase)
e|----0------------------------0---------------------
B|---0-0--3--------3-03-3s5----0-3-03-3s5------------
G|--0-------------0------------0---------------------
D|---------------------------------------5p2---------
A|------------------------------------------5p2------
E|-0-------------0-------------0---------------3b4-0-
[Verse - Just bass drum]
[Em] Listen to the wind [A] blow
Down comes the night [Bm/D] [Am/C] [Em] (stop)
[Em] Run in the shad [A] ow
Damn your love, damn your lies [Bm/D] [Am/C]
[Em] Break The si [A] lence
Damn the dark damn the night [Bm/D] [Am/C]
[Em]
[Chorus - Bass drum on all 4,snare on 2 and 4]
And if
[Am7] you don't love me now,
You will never love me again .. I can (can sing same note)
[Em] still here you [C] saying You would
[Dsus4] never break the chain .. And if
[Am7] you don't love me now
You will never love me again .. I can
[Em] still hear you [C] saying You would
[Dsus4] never break the chain .. And if
[Am7] you don't love me now
You will never love me again .. I can
[Em] still hear you [C] saying You would
[Dsus4] never break the chain .. And if
[Am7] you don't love me now
You will never love me again .. I can
[Em] still hear you [C] saying You would
[Dsus4] never break the chain
(Stop)
[Em]
[Ahead of bass section - Bass drum stabs only - keep second finger on 2nd fret of D whilst
transitioning from Em to the other chord]
e|-0---2--2-----2------2------2-----2--------|
B|-0---1----1-----1------1------1-----1------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2------2-----2------2------2----------| 4x
A|-2-----------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------------------------|
Left hand tap - play snare roll with right hand
then at some point start to play notes with right hand pick
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-h5----h5h7h8-p7p5s3h5s7----p0------------|
[Vamp - chords follow bass line]
[Am] [Am] [C] [G-G/B] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em]
Implying solo - apply some vibrato on 45 to help mute D string
mute low E when playing notes on A string
e|-0--sustain-chord
B|-5------------5-
G|-4------------4-
D|-2------------x- then repeat at 12th fret
A|-0--023-20-02-2--
E|-x----x---3-x-0--
[Outro - Sing down from original with 3rd on harmony - not during Running in bit]
[YOU CAN JUST PLAY A5 THEN THE RIFF MUTING ALL THE OTHER STRINGS THE E5 - STILL SOUNDS BIG AND CAN SING AGAINST]
[Am] Chains [C] [G-G/B] keep us to
[Em] gether ... Running in the shadows
[Repeat to end - Slow the riff for the end]
[END RIFF]
E -------------
B -------------
G 2------------
D 2------------2
A 0-023--20-02-2
E ---------3---0
115
Human League-Don't You Want Me Baby
[INTRO / INTERLUDE - BPM 118]
--Am---------------C----------------Am
--1-+-2-+--3-+-4-+--1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+--1-+-2--+-3-+-4-+--1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+
e|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G|2---2------------|2-----5---------|2----------------|2---------------|
D|2---2------------|2-----5---------|2----------------|2---------------|
A|0---0-----0------|0-----3---------|0---0------0-----|0-3---0---------|
E|-------03--------|--0-3-----------|-------03--------|----3-----------|
--Am---------------C----------------Am
--1-+-2-+--3-+-4-+--1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+--1-+-2-+--3-+-4-+--1---+---2-+-3-+-4-+
e|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|2----------------|2-----5---------|2----------------|--------------------|
D|2----------------|2-----5---------|2----------------|--------------------|
A|0---0------0-----|0-----3---------|0---0------0-----|5h7p5---------------|
E|-------03--------|--0-3-----------|-------03--------|-----87---5---------|
[Chords summarised]
| Am | Am C | Am | Am | x 2
[Verse 1]
You were
[F] working as a waitress in a [Gsus4] cocktail [G] bar
[F] When I (offbeats) [C]met [G]you ......... I
[F] picked you out, I shook you up and [Gsus4] turned you a [G] round
[F] Turned you into some [C]one [G]new
[Verse 2]
Now [F] five years later on you've got the [Gsus4] world at your [G] feet
Suc [F] cess has been so easy [C]for [G]you
But [F] don't forget it's me who put you [Gsus4] where you are [G] now
And [F] I can put you back [C]there [G]too
[Bridge]
[Am] Don't, don't you [Em] want me? ... You
[F] know I can't believe it When I
[Dm] hear that you won't [Gsus4] see [G] me
[Am] Don't, don't you [Em] want me? .. You
[F] know I don't believe you When you
[Dm] say that you don't [Gsus4] need [G] me
[Pre-Chorus]
It's [A] much too late to find
When you [Bm] think you've changed your mind
You'd [C6-x35555] better change it back or we will both be [E] sorry
[Chorus]
[F] Don't you want me, [G] baby?
[F] Don't you want me, [G] oh?
[F] Don't you want me, [G] baby?
[F] Don't you want me, [G] oh?
[Verse 3]
I was [F] working as a waitress in a [Gsus4] cocktail [G] bar
[F] That much [C]is [G]true
But [F] even then I knew I'd find a [Gsus4] much better [G] place
[F] Either with or with [C]out [G]you
[Verse 4]
The [F] five years we have had have been [Gsus4] such good [G] times
[F] I still [C]love [G]you
But [F] now I think it's time I live my [Gsus4] life on my [G] own
I [F] guess it's just what I [C]must [G]do
[Bridge]
[Am] Don't, don't you [Em] want me? ... You
[F] know I can't believe it When I
[Dm] hear that you won't [Gsus4] see [G] me
[Am] Don't, don't you [Em] want me? .. You
[F] know I don't believe you When you
[Dm] say that you don't [Gsus4] need [G] me
[Pre-Chorus]
It's [A] much too late to find
When you [Bm] think you've changed your mind
You'd [C6] better change it back or we will [E] both be sorry
[Chorus]
[F] Don't you want me, [G] baby?
[F] Don't you want me, [G] oh?
[F] Don't you want me, [G] baby?
[F] Don't you want me, [G] oh?
[Interlude]
| Am | Am C | Am | Am | x 2
[Chorus]
[F] Don't you want me, [G] baby?
[F] Don't you want me, [G] oh?
[F] Don't you want me, [G] baby?
[F] Don't you want me, [G] oh?
(repeat and fade)
130
Irene Cara-Fame
[Intro - Chugging guitar - can ring other strings when playing E to fill sound]
[Em - chug for 4 bars then keyboard riff below]
--Em------------------------C-----Am7--B7-Em-------------------------C-----------Am7--B7
e|----7-5-7--5-7--5-|-3--2--0-----0----5-|----7-5-7--5-7--5-|-3--2---2--3-0-|----0----5-|
B|---(0)------------|(0)----1-----1----4-|---(0)------------|--------1----1-|----1----4-|
G|---(0)------------|(0)----0-----0----4-|---(0)------------|--------0----0-|----0----4-|
D|----x-------------|-x-----2-----2----4-|------------------|--------X----2-|----2----4-|
A|----7-------------|-2-----3-----0----2-|------------------|--------3----3-|----0----2-|
E|-00---------------|--------------------|-00---------------|---------------|-----------|
[Verse 1 - Chugging guitar]
[Em] ........Baby [B7] look at me...
[Em] ....and tell me [Am7] what you see.
[D] You ain't seen the best of me yet
[A] Give me time I'll [C] make you for
[D] get [B7] the [Em] rest.
[Em] ......I got [B7] more in me..
[Em] ....and you can [Am7] set it free.
[D] I can catch the moon in my hand
[A] Don't you know who I [B] am?
Re [Bsus2] member [B7] my [Em] name.
[Chorus]
[Em] *Fame!
[Am7] I'm gonna [C] live for [D] ever
[Bsus2] I'm gonna [B7] learn how to [Em] fly *High!
[Am7] I feel it [C] comin' to [D] gether
[Bsus2] People will [B7] see me and [Em] cry *Fame!
[Am7] I'm gonna [C] make it to [D] heaven
[Bsus2] Light up the [B7] sky like a f [Em] lame *Fame!
[Am7] I'm gonna [C] live for [D] ever
[Bsus2] Baby re [B7] member my [Em] name.
Re [Em] member re [Em] member x4
[Interlude / Intro again]
Em Em Em Em Em C Am7 B7 x2
[Verse 2]
[Em] ....Baby [B7] ..hold me tight.
[Em] ...cause you can [Am7] make it right.
[D] You can shoot me straight to the top
[A] Give me love and [C] take all I've
[D] got [B7] to [Em] give.
[Em] ....Baby. [B7] ..I'll be tough.
[Em] ...too much is [Am7] not enough.
[D] I can ride your heart till it breaks
[A] Ooh, I got what it [B] takes.
[Chorus]
[Em] *Fame!
[Am7] I'm gonna [C] live for [D] ever
[Bsus2] I'm gonna l [B7] earn how to [Em] fly *High!
[Am7] I feel it [C] comin' to [D] gether
[Bsus2] People will [B7] see me and [Em] cry *Fame!
[Am7] I'm gonna [C] make it to [D] heaven
[Bsus2] Light up the [B7] sky like a [Em] flame *Fame!
[Am7] I'm gonna [C] live for [D] ever
[Bsus2] Baby re [B7] member my [Em] name.
Re [Em] member re [Em] member x4
[Solo - Key change up a tone but don't bother for live]
(over just B I think)
[B] with some Bsus2 and B7 sprinkled in
[Outro]
[Em] *Fame!
[Am7] I'm gonna [C] live for [D] ever
[Bsus2] I'm gonna l [B7] earn how to [Em] fly *High!
[Am7] I feel it [C] comin' to [D] gether
[Bsus2] People will [B7] see me and [Em] cry *Fame!
[Am7] I'm gonna [C] make it to [D] heaven
[Bsus2] Light up the [B7] sky like a [Em] flame *Fame!
[Am7] I'm gonna [C] live for [D] ever
[Bsus2] Baby re [B7] member my [Em] name.
Re [Em] member re [Em] member x4
125
James-Sit Down
[Intro - Solo 1 - BPM 126]
[Verse]
[E] I sing myself to sleep [A] A song from the [B] darkest hour
[E] Secrets I can't keep [A] Inside of the [B] day
[E] I swing from high to deep [A] Extremes of [B] sweet and sour
[E] Hope that God exists [A] I hope, I [B] pray
[E] Drawn by the undertow [A] My life is out of [B] control
[E] I believe this wave will bear my [A] weight so let it [B] flow
(triplet fill like Higher Ground - play B increasing in volume)
[Chorus]
[E] Oh sit down, Oh sit down, Oh sit down
[A] Sit down next to [B] me
[E] Sit down down down down down [A] in sympa [B] thy
[Solo 2]
[Verse]
[E] Now I'm relieved to hear that you've [A] been to some [B] far out places
It's [E] hard to carry on when you [A] feel all [B] alone
[E] Now I've swung back down again It's [A] worse than it was be [B] fore
If I [E] hadn't seen such riches I could [A] live with being [B] poor
(Triplet drum fill - as per higher ground - start strum on upstroke)
[Chorus]
[E] Oh sit down, Oh sit down, Oh sit down
[A] Sit down next to [B] me
[E] Sit down down down down
[A] down [###########Scroll#########] in sympa [B] thy
[Bridge - Quiet bit]
(Drums x 4 triplet figure - no chords
One hand - bounce off strings - and bass drum on 2 and 4
Then play chords as barres so can mute
effectively x7999x 577655 799877 - pattern
123 123 123 1xx) - can also use Higher Ground rhythm if works better
[E] Those who feel the breath of sadness [A] Sit down next to [B] me
[E] Those who find they're touched by madness [A] Sit down next to [B] me
[E] Those who find themselves ridiculous [A] Sit down next to [B] me
(Drums - pickup sS)
[E] In love, in fear, in hate, in tears
[A] In love, in fear, [B] in hate, in tears
[E] In love, in fear, in hate, in tears
[A] In love, in fear, [B] in hate
[Less chords bit]
(Play E loud once and sustain then just drums until A and B)
[E] "Doooooooooooooooooown" [A] [B]
[E] "Doooooooooooooooooown" [A] [B]
(Triple drums back in - Higher Ground)
[Chorus]
[E] Oh sit down, Oh sit down, Oh sit down
[A] Sit down next to [B] me
[E] Sit down down down down dow [A] n in sympa [B] thy
[E] Oh sit down, Oh sit down, Oh sit down
[A] Sit down next to [B] me
[E] Sit down down down down dow [A] n in sympa [B] thy
(Finish on triplet fills and then "Down" - Slide D# to E)
[End]
[Notes]
[Intro - Solo 1]
Riff and solo - same approach as Dire Straits - Walk of life
Flick first notes so really ring out
Drum B SS B S
E --- 0-0 --- --- --- --- 4*- 2-- 0-- --- --2 --2
B --- 0-0 --- --- --- --- 5-- 0-- 2-- --- --2 --4
G --- 1-1 --- --- --- --- 4-- 1-- 2-- --- --2 --4
D --- 2-2 --- --- --- --- 6-- 2-- 2-- --- --2 --4
A --- 2-2 --- --- --- --- x-- x-- 0-- --- --0 --2
E 0-- 0-0 --- --- --- --- 0-- x-- --- --- --- ---
Rh123
D B-- S-S--BS
* - think as being like a min7 chord but do not fret the root of it - use tip of finger to mute A string
can slide up then from E and stops any wrong notes from ringing out
(Second section after play E to Esus2 again)
x02224 x02224 x02222 x 2
x24444 x24444 x24442
x24444 x24444 x24442 x2445x x24442
[Solo 2 - Broken triplets to begin with - then normal swing rhythm]
E -4-4-4--4-4-4--4-44--4-----------------------------7
B -5-5-5--5-7-5--5-75--5-----9-10--12--121212--10-9--7----
G -4-4-4--4-4-4--4-44--4-----9-----------------------8---
D -X-X-X--X-X-X--X-X---X-----9-----------------------10---
A -7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7---7-----------0-----------------10---
E -0-------------------------------------------------7
---1-2-3--1-2-3-then-swing
D--B--S---B--S---
E -----------------------------------------
B -9-10-12-9-10-12-9-10-12-9-10-12--12-x2--12--x2
G -9-9--9--9-9--9--9-9--9--9-9--9---9------11---
D -9-9--9--9-9--9--9-9--9--9-9--9---9------9----
A ----------------------------------0------9----
E -0--------------------------------------------
160
Kaiser Chiefs-I Predict A Riot
[Intro BPM 159 - Just bass drum - then repeat with full drums]
[Bm] [Bm] [D] [D/C#] - [Bm] [Bm] [D] [D/C#]
[G] [G] [F#] [F#] - [E] [E] [D] [D/C#]
[Repeat]
[Verse - Full drums]
[Bm] oha, watching the people get [D] larey, it's
[E] not very pretty i [Bm] tell thee
[Bm] walking through town is quite [D] scary and
[E] not very sensible [Bm] either
[Bm] a friend of a friend he got [D] beaten, he
[E] looked the wrong way at a po [Bm] lice man
[Bm] would never have happened to [D] smeaton and
[E] old leodensian
[Bm] ah___ ah, [F#] ah___ [A] la, la, la, la, la, [E] la___ ah, ah
[Bm] ah___ ah, [F#] ah___ [A] la, la, la, la, la, [E] la_______
[Chorus - G to C bass run - A-23 D-0]
[G] i predict a riot, .....[C]i predict a [G] riot [C*]
[G] i predict a riot, .....[C]i predict a [G] riot [C*]
[Verse]
[Bm] oha, i tried to get in my [D] taxi,
[E] man in a tracksuit at [Bm] tacks me
[Bm] he said that he saw it be [D] fore me, he
[E] wants to get things a bit [Bm] gory
[Bm] girls run around with no [D] clothes on to
[E] borrow a pound for a [Bm] condom
[Bm] if wasn't for chip fat they'd be [D] frozen,
they're [E] not very sensible
[Bm] ah___ ah, [F#] ah___ [A] la, la, la, la, la, [E] la___ ah, ah
[Bm] ah___ ah, [F#] ah___ [A] la, la, la, la, la, [E] la_______
[Chorus]
[G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*]
[G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*]
and if there's [C#] anybody left in [B] here
who that [A] doesn't want to be out
[G] there....(4 bars).............................
[Solo - Repeat intro]
[Bm] [Bm] [D] [D/C#] - [Bm] [Bm] [D] [D/C#]
[G] [G] [F#] [F#] - [E] [E] [D] [D/C#]
[Bm] ah___ [D] ah, [D/C#] ah,
[Bm] ah___ [D] ah, [D/C#] ah,
[G] ah___ [F#] ah, ah, [E] ah___ [D] ah, [D] ah
[Verse - No drums]
[Bm] oha, watching the people get [D] larey, it's
[E] not very pretty i [Bm] tell thee
[Bm] walking through town is quite [D] scary and
[E] not very sensible
(Drums back in)
[Bm] ah___ ah, [F#] ah___ [A] la, la, la, la, la,
[E] la___ ah, ah
[Bm] ah___ ah, [F#] ah___ [A] la, la, la, la, la,
[E] la_______ oh_____ oh_____ oh_____
(keep 'oh' going 6 bars - hold F for chord)
[Chorus]
[G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*]
[G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*]
and if there's [C#] anybody left in [B] here
who that [A] doesn't want to be out [G] there
[C] i predict a [G] riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot
[C] i predict a [G] riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C]
[G]
[End]
125
KC and the Sunshine Band-Give It Up
[Intro - No drums]
Ooh with this
Dxxx AxxG xxxx (GxAx) x3
D (hold)
[Riff - Drums in]
Dxxx AxxG xxxx (GxAx) x 3
Dxxx AxxG xxxx (GAAx) big stab on final As
[Verse]
D A G G A
Everybody wants you
D A G G A
Everybody wants your love
(play this bit straight in terms of chords)
D A G A
I'd just like to make you mine all
D A G A
mine
[Chorus]
D A G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,
G A D
Baby give it up
A G A
Give it up, baby give it up
D A G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,
G A D
Baby give it up
A G A
Give it up, baby give it up
[Riff]
Dxxx AxxG xxxx (GxAx) x 3
Dxxx AxxG xxxx (GAAx) big stab on final As
[Verse]
D A G G A
Everybody sees you
D A G G A
Everybody looks and stares
(play this bit straight in terms of chords)
D A G A
I'd just like to make you mine all
D A G A
mine
[Chorus]
D A G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,
G A D
Baby give it up
A G A
Give it up, baby give it up
[Riff]
Dxxx AxxG xxxx (GxAx) x 3
Dxxx AxxG xxxx (GAAx) big stab on final As
[Chorus]
D A G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,
G A D
Baby give it up
A G A
Give it up, baby give it up
[Riff]
Dxxx AxxG xxxx (GxAx) x 3
Dxxx AxxG xxxx (GAAx) big stab on final As
[Verse]
D A G G A
Everybody wants you
D A G G A
Everybody wants your love
(play this bit straight in terms of chords)
D A G A
I'd just like to make you mine all
D A G A
mine
[Chorus]
D A G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,
G A D
Baby give it up
A G A
Give it up, baby give it up
D A G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,
G A D
Baby give it up
A G A
Give it up, baby give it up
[Outro]
D A G A
Can you give it, give it up
Come on baby, I need your love
Do you know I want it baby
Come on and play the game of love...
Give it up, some of your love
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]
115
Killers-All These Things That I've Done
[Intro - Capo 2 - Free time no drums - Pluck harmonic at 12th with 1st and 4th finger whilst playing chords with thumb]
[Melody descends]
[E] When there's nowhere else to run
[E7] Is there room for one... more... [A] son?
One more [E] so o on? [E/D#]
If you [C#m] can hold on,
If you [A] can hold on, hold on [E]
[Drums in - Just bass drum B B B (BB)B]
| E | E | E | E |
(full drums - B S B SS)
| E | E | E | E |
| A | A | E | E |
[Verse 1 - Full drums]
[E] I wanna stand up, I wanna let go
You know, you know - no, you don't, you do oh [A]on't
I wanna shine on in the hearts of [E] men
(backward drums)
[E] I want a meaning from the
(melody offbeat slow) back of my broken hand
[E] Another head aches, another heart breaks
I'm so... much ol...der than I I can ta a ake [A]
And my affection, well it comes and g [E] oes
(backward drums)
[E] I need direction to perfection, no no no no - help me
[Chorus - Put some offbeat chordal work in to drive]
[E] out, yeah
You know you gotta help me [E] out, yeah
Oh, don't you put me on the [A] back burner
You know you gotta help me [E] out, yeah
[Verse 2 - Melody descends]
[E] And when there's nowhere else to run
Is there room for one more son?
These [A] changes ...... ain't changing me,
The [E] cold-hearted boy I used to be
[Chorus]
[E] Yeah, you know you gotta help me [E] out, yeah
Oh, don't you put me on the [A] back burner
You know you gotta help me [E] out, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself [C#m] down, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself [A] down, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself [E] down
[Drums stop - Chug on E]
[Bridge]
[E] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
[E] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
[A] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier (go high)
[E] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
[Straight drums in - Use 1 offbeat per chord - the & - per bar to drive - &1 2 3 4 &1 2 3 4]
[E] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
[E] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
[A] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
[E] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
[C#m] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
[A] I got soul, but I'm not a soldi [E] er
[Vamp - Drum solo etc]
[E]
[Chorus]
[E] Yeah, you know you gotta help me [E] out, yeah
Oh, don't you put me on the [A] back burner
You know you gotta help me [E] out, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself [E] down, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself [E] down, yeah
Oh, don't you put me on the [A] back burner
You're gonna bring yourself [E] down, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself [C#m] down
[Outro]
[(C#m)] Oh .. ver .. and ..
[F#m] in .. last.. call.. for..
[A] sin While everyone's lost, the battle is
[B] won
(Drums stop)
With all these things that I've ...... [E] done (drums back in)
With all these things that I've ...... [C#m] done
[Vamp on C#m]
If you [A] can hold on, if you [B] can hold on.. [E]
[Drum outro - just bass drum - Chug on E and play the odd fast strum]
[E]
150
Killers-Mr Brightside
[Intro]
[D] x 1
[Verse 1 Chords in drop D - Dsus2 xx0230 Dmaj7sus2 xx0220 G - 5x0033]
[Dsus2] I'm coming out of my [Dmaj7sus2] cage
And I've been doing just [G] fine
Gotta gotta be down because I want it all
[Dsus2] It started out with a [Dmaj7sus2] kiss
How did it end up like [G] this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
[Dsus2] Now I'm falling asleep [Dmaj7sus2]
And she's calling a [G] cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
[Dsus2] Now they're going to [Dmaj7sus2] bed
And my stomach is [G] sick
And it's all in my head but she's touching his
[Bridge - Chords - drop D - Bm - 9x7777 Asus4 x07750 - make A x07650 G can make G6 5x5430]
[Bm] Chest now, he takes off her [Asus4] dress now let me
[G] go ..........................
[Bm] And I just can't look its [Asus4] killing me ...And
[G] taking control
[Chorus 1 - Dsus2 000230 G/A 5x0003 Bm/A 9x7777 Asus4 x07750]
[Dsus2] Jealousy, [G] turning saints in [Bm] to the sea
[Asus4] Swimming through sick [Dsus2] lullabies
[G] Choking on your [Bm] alibis [Asus4] but it's just the [Dsus2] price I pay
[G] Destiny is [Bm] calling me [Asus4] Open up my [Dsus2] eager [G] eye
[Bm] Cause I'm Mr [Asus4] Brightside (hold note over next riff)
[Intro riff - lots of vibrato - keep low D ringing]
E 0--0----10---
B 15-15---10---
G 14-14---0----
D 12-11-s-9----
A X--X----X----
E 0--0----0----
[Verse 2]
[Dsus2] I'm coming out of my [Dmaj7sus2] cage
And I've been doing just [G] fine
Gotta gotta be down because I want it all
[Dsus2] It started out with a [Dmaj7sus2] kiss
How did it end up like [G] this [##############Scroll###############]
(Stop chords drum phrase 1234 1(&2)3(&4))
(-------------------------------BS---BS)
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
[Dsus2] Now I'm falling asleep [Dmaj7sus2]
And she's calling a [G] cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
[Dsus2] Now they're going to [Dmaj7sus2] bed
And my stomach is [G] sick
And it's all in my head but she's touching his
[Bridge]
[Bm] Chest now, he takes off her [Asus4] dress now
let me [G] go
[Bm] And I just can't look its [Asus4] killing me
And [G] taking control
[Chorus 2]
[Dsus2] Jealousy, [G] turning saints in [Bm] to the sea
[Asus4] Swimming through sick [Dsus2] lullabies
[G] Choking on your [Bm] alibis [Asus4] but it's just the [Dsus2] price I pay
[G] Destiny is [Bm] calling me [Asus4] Open up my [Dsus2] eager [G] eye
[Bm] Cause I'm Mr [Asus4] Brightside
[Outro] D G Bm A
Play opening riff slightly quicker - mute strings a bit (predominantly lower)
with just bass then snare back in for next section
"I never" x 4 over Chorus chords
Then final phrase is
A x07650 G6/A x05430 A x02220
Bass run A - 7 5 4
[Notes]
[Intro - Drop D - BPM 148] Arpeggio up at 12th fret area - hold heel hard on body to articulate
Bass drum on all quarter notes (as per usual drum beat) - Pick intro for first verse - strum for other parts
Final arp and snare in
E ---------------0--------------------0-(Snare)
B ------15----15---15--------15----15----------
G ----14---14--------------14---14-------------
D ---------------------------------------------
A -14-------------------14---------------------
E ---------------------------------------------
75
Kinks-Lola
[Intro - Count 1 2 start phrase on 3 - No drums]
X X X X - X X X X
[C] [C] [C] [C] - x [D] [D] X
[E] ..............
[Verse 1]
I [E] met her in a club down in old Soho
where you [A] drink champagne and it [D] tastes just
like coca [E] cola - C-O-L-A, [A] cola [Asus4] [A]
She [E] walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I [A] asked her her name and in a [D] dark brown voice
she said [E] Lola L-O-L-A,
[A] Lola, [D] Lo lo lo lo
[C] lola
[Intro phrase] [C] [D] [E]
[Vamp - Drums in - Bendy blues phrase - Fill 1]
[E] x 4
e|---------------------------------------
B|-----9-9-9---9-----------------------
G|-----9-9-9------11-9----9------------
D|-----9-9-9-----------11---11-9-------
A|--x--x-x-x---------------------9-9s11
E|--0------------------------------------
[Verse 2]
Well
[E] I'm not the worlds most physical guy but when she
[A] squeezed me tight she nearly
[D] broke my spine, oh my
[E] Lola .. Lo lo lo lo
[A] Lola [Asus4] [A]
[Verse 3]
Well
[E] I'm not dumb but I can't understand why she
[A] walked like a woman and [D] talked like a man oh my
[E] Lola .. Lo lo lo lo
[A] Lola [D] Lo lo lo lo
[C] Lola
[Intro phrase] [C] [D] [E]
[Vamp - Bendy blues phrase]
[E] x 4
[Chorus 1]
Well we
[B7] drank champagne and danced all night
[F#] under electric candlelight She
[A] picked me up and sat me on her knee and
[A] said 'Dear boy, won't you come home with me'
[Verse 4]
Well
[E] I'm not the world's most passionate guy but when I
[A] looked in her eye, well I [D] almost fell for my
[E] Lola Lo lo lo lo
[A] Lola [D] Lo lo lo lo
[C] Lola ......
[Intro phrase] [C] [D] [E]
[E] Lola Lo lo lo lo
[A] Lola [D] Lo lo lo lo
[C] Lola .......
[Intro phrase] [C] [D] [E]
[Vamp - Bendy blues phrase]
[E] x 4
[Bridge]
I
[A] pushed [E] her a [B] way .. I
[A] walked [E] to the [B] door ..I
[A] fell [E] to the [B] floor .. I got
[E] down [G#m] on my [C#m] knees .. Then
[B7] I looked at her and she at me
[Verse 5]
Well
[E] that's the way that I want it to stay and I
[A] always want it to [D] be that way for my
[E] Lola .. Lo lo lo lo
[A] Lola [Asus4] [A]
[E] Girls will be boys and boys will be girls It's a
[A] mixed up, muddled up, [D] shook up world except for
[E] Lola Lo lo lo lo [A] Lola
[Chorus 2]
Well I
[B7] left home just a week before And
[F#] I'd never ever kissed a woman before
[A] Lola smiled and took me by the hand and
[A] said 'dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man'
[Verse 6]
Well
[E] I'm not the worlds most masculine man but I
[A] know what I am and I'm [D] glad I'm a man and so is
[E] Lola, lo lo lo lo
[A] lola [D] Lo lo lo lo
[C] Lola
[Intro phrase] [C] [D] [E]
[Outro]
[E] Lola Lo lo lo lo
[A] Lola [D] Lo lo lo lo
[C] Lola ......
[Intro phrase] [C] [D] [E]
[E] Lola Lo lo lo lo
[A] Lola [D] Lo lo lo lo
[C] Lola ......
[Intro phrase] [C] [D] [E]
[End]
[E]
[Notes]
Here's approximately how the picking goes:
e|---0----0----0-0-0-0--2-2----0---0----0----0-----0---------|
B|---1----1----1-1-1-1--3-3----0-----0----0----0--------0----|
G|---0----0----0-0-0-0--2-2----1-------1----1----1----1---1--|
D|---2----2----2-2-2-2--0-0----2-----------------------------|
A|---3----3----3-3-3-3---------2-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------0-----------------------------|
[Fill 1 - Keep underlying chord ringing to fill sound - play riff by strumming all strings but emphasis those notes]
e|---------------------------------------
B|-----9-9-9---9-----------------------
G|-----9-9-9------11-9----9------------
D|-----9-9-9-----------11---11-9-------
A|--x--x-x-x---------------------9-9s11
E|--0------------------------------------
115
Kinks-Sunny Afternoon
[Intro - No drums
CAN ALSO TAP WITH RIGHT HAND AS NO SNARE
Dm figure play as per Mr Blue Sky]
(play Dm at 5th fret - just play Bb on its own, A at nut)
[Dm] [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb]
[A] [A/G] [A/F] [A/E] (drums in)
[Dm] [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb]
[A] [A/G] [A/F] [A/E]
[Verse]
The [Dm] taxman's taken [C7] all my dough
And [F] left me in my [C7] stately home
[A] Lazin' [A/G] on a [A/F] sunny
[A/E] after [Dm] noon
And I can't sail [C7] my yacht
He's [F] taken every [C7] thing I've got
[A] All I've gots [A/G] this sunny [A/F]
[A/E] after [Dm] noon
[Chorus]
[D] Save me, save me, [D7] save me from this
[G] squeeze [G7] .. I got a big
[C7] fat mama tryin' to break
[F] me [A7] .. And I
[Dm] love to live so [G] pleasantly
[Dm] Live this [G7] life of luxury
[F] Lazin' on a [A] sunny after
(JUST BASS DRUM, NO SNARE, STRUM CHORD AND SUSTAIN IT THEN TAP BASS LINE WITH RIGHT HAND)
[Dm] noon [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb] In the
[A] summer time [A/G] [A/F] [A/E] In the
[Dm] summer time [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb] In the
[A] summer time [A/G] [A/F] [A/E]
[Verse]
My [Dm] girlfriend's run [C7] off with my car
And [F] gone back to her [C7] ma and pa
[A] Tellin' [A/G] tales of [A/F] drunke [A/E] ness and
[Dm] cruelty .. Now I'm sittin' [C7] here
Sippin' [F] at my ice- [C7] cooled beer
[A] Lazin' [A/G] on this [A/F] sunny
after [A/E] noon [Dm] on
[Chorus]
[D] Help me, help me, [D7] help me sail
away [G] [G7] Or give me
[C7] Two good reasons why I oughta
[F] stay [A7] And I
[Dm] love to live so [G] pleasantly
[Dm] Live this life of lux [G7] ury
[F] Lazin' on a [A] sunny after
(TAP BASS LINE WITH RIGHT HAND)
[Dm] noon [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb] In the
[A] summer time [A/G] [A/F] [A/E] In the
[Dm] summer time [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb] In the
[A] summer time [A/G] [A/F] [A/E]
[Chorus]
[D] Save me, save me, [D7] save me from this
[G] squeeze [G7] .. I got a big
[C7] fat mama tryin' to break
[F] me [A7] .. And I
[Dm] love to live so [G] pleasantly
[Dm] Live this [G7] life of luxury
[F] Lazin' on a [A] sunny after
(TAP BASS LINE WITH RIGHT HAND)
[Dm] noon [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb] In the
[A] summer time [A/G] [A/F] [A/E] In the
[Dm] summer time [Dm/C] [Dm/B] [Dm/Bb] In the
[A] summer time [A/G] [A/F] [A/E]
[Repeat a few times]
[End] [D]
E X---------------------
B 3---------------------
G 2-2-2-2---------------
D 0---------------------
A ----------------------
E ----------------------
80
Monkees-I'm a Believer
[Intro riff BPM - 80]
Keyboard part Strum
[F] [F] - x-x-10-10-13-13
[C] [C] - x-x-x-11-12-11
Guitar part
D-------3-------3----3
A-3-h-5---3-h-5---3h5-- X 2 (last 3h5 is faster)
E---------------------
[Verse]
[G] I thought love was [D] only true in [G] fairy tales
Meant [G] for someone [D] else but not for me [G]
[C] Love was out to [G] get me (hammer on G from 333333 to simulate vocals below)
[C] That's the way it seemed [G]
[C] Disappointment [G] haunted all my [D7] dreams
[Chorus - OPEN CHORDS]
Then I saw her
[G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be
[G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a
[G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my
[G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in
(Drum pattern B S x S)
[G] Love (ooooh)
[C] (aah) I'm a
[G] believer I couldn't
[F] leave her if I
[D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Verse]
[G] I thought love was [D] more or less a [G] givin' thing
[G] Seems the more I gave, [D] the less I got [G]
[C] What's the use in [G] tryin'?
[C] All you get is pain. [G]
[C] When I needed [G] sunshine, I got [D7] rain.
[Chorus]
Then I saw her
[G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be
[G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a
[G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my
[G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in
[G] Love (ooooh)
[C] (aah) I'm a
[G] believer I couldn't
[F] leave her if I
[D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Vamp G to D]
Simple G x x x D x x x - G x D x - G x D x - Repeat
(More complex - GxGx xxFx DxDx DxFx Gxxx Dxxx Gxxx DxFx)
[Part of Verse]
[C] Love was out to [G] get me
[C] That's the way it seemed [G]
[C] Disappointment [G] haunted all my [D7] dreams
[Chorus]
Then I saw her
[G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be
[G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a
[G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my
[G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C] I'm in
[G] Love (ooooh)
[C] (aah) I'm a
[G] believer I couldn't
[F] leave her if I
[D7] tried. (Full drums - riff - hammer on from x55555 x57775)
[Chorus - Higher vocal - repeat to fade]
Then I saw her
[G] face [C] .. [G] .. Now [C] I'm a be
[G] liever!.... [C] ...... [G] ... [C] Not a
[G] trace.. [C] ... [G] .. Of [C] doubt in my
[G] mind... [C] ... [G] .. [C]
120
Pogues-Dirty Old Town
[Intro - BPM 120 - No drums - Free time sort of feel]
Chords
D G D Em Bm
E --0-2-------02-----x--------2-5---7---5-2--0------2-------0-2-0-----0-----2----
B -3--3------3------33--------3-----x---x---------3!3------3----0------3-0--3
G 2---2--------------2--------2-----0---0-----------2-----------0-----------4
D ----0--------------0--------0-----0---0-----------0-----------2-----------4
A ----------------------------------x---x-----------------------2-----------2
E ----------------------------------3---3*----------------------0------------
* - fret with 2nd figure so can hold Gmaj and play higher lines
! - fret with 3rd finger to hold to go straight from G to D
[D] [D] [D] [D]
[G] [G] [D] [D]
[Em][Em][Bm][Bm]
[Verse 1 - Drums in] (key change)
I met my [G] love by the gas works [G] wall ...............
Dreamed a [C] dream by the old ca [G] nal ...............
I kissed my [G] girl by the factory [G] wall ...............
Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
[Verse 2]
Clouds are [G] drif.........ting across the moon
Cats are [C] prowl........ing on their [G] beat
Springs a [G] girl .........from the streets at night
Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
[Instrumental] (key change)
[C][C][C][C]
[F][F][C][C]
[C][C][C][C]
[G][G][Am][Am]
Ch C F C
E -----0---------0------x--------0-3---5---x*--x------x---
B -1-3-1------1-3-----1-1--------1-----6---8-5(5)---5-5---
G 0----0----------------0--------0-----5--(5)----7--5-5---
D -----2----------------2--------2-----7--(5)-------5-5---
A -----3----------------3--------3-----8---x----------7---
E -----------------------------------------x----------8---
Ch C G Am
E -----0---------0------x--------0---0-x--------0----------
B -1-3-1------1-3-----1-1--------1-3---3--3-1---1-----------
G 0----0----------------0--------0-----0------2-2----------
D -----2----------------2--------2-----0--------2---------
A -----3----------------3--------3-----x--------0---------
E -------------------------------------3!-----------------
* kind of holding a barre across all 5 frets to make fuller sound but don't ring high and low notes
! play G with just 3rd and 4th finger so can use 4th finger to play pull off to
[Verse 3] (key change)
I heard a [G] siren from the [G] docks
Saw a [C] train set the night on [G] fire
I smelled the [G] spring on the smoky [G] wind
Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
[Verse 4]
I'm gonna [G] make ............ me a big sharp [G] axe
Shining [C] steel.......... tempered in the [G] fire
I'll chop you [G] down like an old dead [G] tree
Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
[Verse 5 - Quiet - no drums]
I met my [G] love by the gas works [G] wall ...............
Dreamed a [C] dream by the old ca [G] nal ...............
I kissed my [G] girl by the factory [G] wall ...............
Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em]town(stop)
[End]
105
Tina Turner-Simply The Best
[Intro]
[E]
[Verse - Play add6, maj7 riff throughout all]
I [E] call you when I need you, my heart's on fire
(riff - E Eadd6-022120 Emaj7-022444 E)
You [E] come to me, come to me wild and wired
When you come to [C#m] me
Give me everything I [A] need [A] (ring - drums stop then back in)
Give me a [E] lifetime of promises and a world of dreams
Speak the language of love like you know what it means
ohh, it can't be [C#m] wrong
Take my heart and make it [A] stronger baby
[B] [B] [B] N.C.
[Chorus]
You're simply the best [E] ,
(riff - [E] [Eadd9-022102] [Esus4-0-x-9-9-10-x] [E-0-x-9-9-9-x])
better than all the rest (riff again)
Better than [C#m] anyone, anyone I've [B7] ever met
I'm stuck on your [E] heart, (riff) I hang on every word you say (riff)
Tear us a [C#m] part, baby I would [B7] rather be dead
[Verse]
In your heart [E] I see the stars of every night and every day
In your eyes I get lost, I get washed away
Just as [C#m] long as I'm here in your arms
I could be in no [A] better place
[B] [B] [B] N.C.
[Chorus]
You're simply the best [E] (riff), better than all the rest (riff)
Better than [C#m] anyone, anyone I've [B7] ever met
I'm stuck on your [E] heart (riff), I hang on every word you say
Tear us a [C#m] part, baby I would [B7] rather be dead
[Bridge - TOTAL HEAD VOICE]
[A] Each time you leave me I start losing control
You're [C#m] walking away with my heart and my soul
[A] I can feel you even when I'm alone
[B] Oh baby, don't let [C#] go
(Key change to F#)
[Sax Solo]
[F#] [F#] [F#] [F#]
[D#m] [C#7]
[Chorus - TOTAL HEAD VOICE]
You're the best [F#] , better than all the rest
Better than [D#m] anyone, anyone I've [C#7] ever met
I'm stuck on your [F#] heart, and hang on every word you say
Tear us a [D#m] part, baby I would [C#7] rather be dead
Oh, you're the best [F#] .. (ring)
105
Wild Cherry-Play That Funky Music
[Intro BPM 109]
Guitar riff x 4 - no drums - 4th time around the riff play below
E ----------------777-777-----
B ----------------777-777-----
G ----------------777-777-----
D ----------------666-666-----
A --------7---5---777-777-----
E 0---0-----------X-----------0
"-Heeeeey.--------Do.it....No.ow
D-----------------SSS-SSS-----Drums in
[Verse + Riff - Full drums]
[E] Hey, once I was a boogie singer
Playin' in a rock-and-roll band
I never had no problems
Burnin' down the one-night stands
And everything around me
Got to start to feelin' so low
And I decided quickly
Yes, I did
To disco down and check out the show
(Horn Riff 0x991212 xx771010 0x991212)
[Pre-Chorus - E7#9 or 076777]
[E] Yeah they were dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin'
And just when it hit me
(Drum roll - use electronic bass drum pedal)
(straight 8 notes)
----BBBB-B+SBBB-BBBB-------S
Or play B drum on offbeat
SBSB SBSB SBSB SBS "shouted" for final snare
Somebody turned around and shouted
[Chorus G7add9]
[G7add9] "Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, [A#7add9] white boy
[A7] Lay down that [E7#9] boogie
And [B7#9] play that funky music 'til you die."
'Til you die?
[Verse + Riff]
[E] I tried to understand this
I thought that they were out of their minds
How could I be so foolish
To not see I was the one behind
So still I kept on fighting
Well, losing every step by the way
... we can do
I said, I must go back there
I got to go back
And check to see if things still the same
[Pre-Chorus]
[E7#9 or 076777]
Yeah they were dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin'
And just when it hit me
Somebody turned around and shouted
[Chorus G7add9]
[G7add9] "Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, [A#7add9] white boy
[A7] Lay down that [E7#9] boogie
And [B7#9] play that funky music 'til you die."
'Til you die?
Oh, 'til you die
Gonna play some electrified funky music
[Solo - All over riff - E7#9]
[Verse + Riff]
[E] Hey, wait a minute
Now first it wasn't easy
Changing rock-and-rolling minds
And things were gettin' shaky
I thought I'd have to leave it behind
Oh, but now it's so much better (it's so much better)
I'm funking out in every way
But I'll never lose that feelin' (you know, I won't)
Of how I learned my lesson that day
[Pre-Chorus]
[E7#9 or 076777]
Yeah they were dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin'
And just when it hit me
Somebody turned around and shouted (drum roll)
[Chorus G7add9]
[G7add9] "Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, [A#7add9] white boy
[A7] Lay down that [E7#9] boogie
And [B7#9] play that funky music 'til you die."
[Riff]
'Til you die?
Oh, 'til you die
They shouted
[Chorus - All G7]
"Play that funky music
Play that funky music
Play that funky music
You got to keep on playin' funky music
Play that funky music
Play that funky music
Play that funky music
Gonna take you high and low."
[Now A7]
"Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right."
[End]
[Notes]
Notes - G7 with add 9 them
A#7add9 then A7
For A7 play x 0 11 12 12 12 then
Hendrix chord at 7 then at 2
During main riff really flick
finger out to make it sound full
90
Billy Joel-Piano Man
[Piano Intro - Freetime then BPM 90]
[Dmin7-xx0211, DSomething-xx0101 - See tab at end for piano part]
[Chords with Harmonica - now on tempo - BPM 90]
[C] - [G/B] - [F/A] - [C/G] - [F] - [C/E] - [D7] - [G]
[C] - [G/B] - [F/A] - [C/G] - [F] - [G7sus4]
[Chords - Build up to verse]
[C] - [F/C] - [G/C-x35433] - [F/C] - [C] - [F/C] - [G/C] - [F/C]
[Verse - Play arp but hit snare and all low strings at
same time to get bass note]
It's [C] nine o' - [G/B] clock on a [F/A] Saturday [C/G]
[F] The regular [C/E] crowd shuffles [D7] in [G]
There's an [C] old man [G/B] sitting [F/A] next to me [C/G]
Making [F] love to his [G7sus4] tonic and [C] gin
[Harmonica - Chords simulate]
[C] [G/B] [F/A][C/G][F] [G7sus4]
[Small Build] [C] - [C] - [F/C] - [F/C]
He says, [C] Son, can you [G/B] play me a [F/A] memory? [C/G]
I'm [F] not really sure [C/E] how it [D7] goes, [G]
But it's [C] sad and it's [G/B] sweet and I [F/A] knew it complete [C/G]
When [F] I wore a [G7sus4] younger man's [C] clothes
[Am] Laa la [Am/G] laa litty [D7/F#] daah,[Am/F-102210] [G]
[Am] La laa [Am/G] litty daa [D7/F#] daah da dum
[G] [G/F-120003] [C/E-032013] [G/D-x55433]
[Chorus]
[C] Sing us a [G/B] song, you're the [F/A] piano man [C/G]
[F] Sing us a [C/E] song to - [D7] night [G] .. 'Cause we're
[C] all in the [G/B] mood for a [F/A] melody [C/G] ..And
[F] you've got us [G7sus4] feeling all - [C] right
[Harmonica] [C] - [G/B] - [F/A] - [C/G] - [F] - [G7sus4]
[Big Build] [C] - [F/C] - [G/C] - [F/C] - [C] - [F/C] - [G/C] - [F/C]
[Verse]
Now [C] John at the [G/B] bar is a [F/A] friend of mine [C/G]
He [F] gets me my [C/E] drinks for [D7] free [G]
And he's [C] quick with a [G/B] joke or a [F/A] light up your [C/G] smoke,
But there's [F] some place that's [G7sus4] he'd rather [C] be [C] [F/C] [F/C]
He says, [C] Bill, I be [G/B] lieve this is [F/A] killing me [C/G]
As the [F] smile ran a - [C/E] way from his [D7] face [G]
"Well, [C] I'm sure that [G/B] I could be [F/A] a movie [C/G] star
If [F] I could get [G7sus4] out of this [C] place.
[Am] Laa la [Am/G] laa litty [D7/F#] daah,[Am/F-G]
[Am] La laa [Am/G] litty daa [D7/F#] daah da dum [G] [G/F] [C/Ei] [G/D]
[Verse]
Now [C] Paul is a [G/B] real estate [F/A] novelist [C/G]
Who [F] never had [C/E] time for a [D7] wife [G]
And he's [C] talking to [G/B] Davy who's [F/A] still in the [C/G] Navy
And [F] probably [G7sus4] will be for [C] life
[Harmonica] [C] - [G/B] - [F/A] - [C/G] - [F] - [G7sus4]
[Small Build] [C] - [C] - [F/C] - [F/C]
And the [C] Waitress is [G/B] practicing [F/A] politics [C/G]
As the [F] businessmen [C/E] slowly get [D7] stoned [G]
Yes, they're [C] sharing a [G/B] drink they call [F/A] loneliness, [C/G]
But it's [F] better than [G7sus4] drinking a - [C] lone
[Break]
[Am] - [Am/G] - [D7/F#] - ([Am/F] - [G])
[Am] - [Am/G] - [D7/F#] - ([Am/F] - [G])
[Am] - [Am/G] - [D7/F#] - [D7/F#]
[G] - [G/F] - [C/Ei] - [G/D]
[Chorus]
[C] Sing us a [G/B] song, you're the [F/A] piano man [C/G]
[F] Sing us a [C/E] song to - [D7] night [G]
'Cause we're [C] all in the [G/B] mood for a [F/A] melody [C/G]
And [F] you've got us [G7sus4] feeling all - [C] right
[Harmonica] [C] - [G/B] - [F/A] - [C/G] - [F] - [G7sus4]
[Big Build] [C] - [F/C] - [G/C] - [F/C] - [C] - [F/C] - [G/C] - [F/C]
[Verse]
It's a [C] pretty good crowd [G/B] for a [F/A] Saturday [C/G]
And the [F] manager [C/E] gives me a smile [D7] [G]
'Cause he [C] knows that it's [G/B] me they've been [F/A] coming to see [C/G]
To for - [F] get about [G7sus4] life for a [C] while
[Small Build] [C] - [C] - [F/C] - [F/C]
And the [C] piano [G/B] sounds like a [F/A] carnival [C/G]
And the [F] microphone [C/E] smells like a [D7] beer [G]
And they [C] sit at the [G/B] bar and put [F/A] bread in my [C/G] jar
And say [F] Man, what are [G7sus4] you doin' [C] here?"
[Am] Laa la [Am/G] laa litty [D7/F#] daah,[Am/F-G]
[Am] La laa [Am/G] litty daa [D7/F#] daah da dum [G] [G/F] [C/Ei] [G/D]
[Chorus]
[C] Sing us a [G/B] song, you're the [F/A] piano man [C/G]
[F] Sing us a [C/E] song to - [D7] night [G]
'Cause we're [C] all in the [G/B] mood for a [F/A] melody [C/G]
And [F] you've got us [G7sus4] feeling all - [C] right
[Harmonica] [C] - [G/B] - [F/A] - [C/G] - [F] - [G7sus4] (slow down)
[Big Build] [C] - [F/C] - [G/C] - [F/C] - [C] - [F/C] - [G/C] - [F/C]
[C]
[End]
[Notes]
[Tab for piano figure at start of song]
Use first finger to play B string then second for E as nail is longer - better articulation
first 4 notes are 16th notes, then triplets for rest of phrase
-------(fast--------slower---------------)
E 1----------10h12--15-14-13-12-
B 1----10h13--------------------16-15-14-13
G 2----------------------------------
D 0--(leave-ringing)---------------
sp = slight pause
-------------------------------(sp)--
E 1---6h7h8-6h7h8-6h8----3h4h5--------3--
B 0---------------------------3---3h5--(let 3 ring)
G 1-----------------------------------
D 0-----------------------------------
[Tab for main Intro]
E -3--5310--55--X---X--X---2--3-------
B -5---300--65--1---1--1-311--3-5-6---
G -5---400--55--0---2--0---2--4-------
D -5---500--77--2---3--2---0--5-------
A -3---5xx--88--3---3--3------5-------
E -----333-(55)-3---1--0------3-------
Dr B S B S B S B S
E -3--53----55--X---1--1-0--
B -5---354--65--1---1--1-1-3
G -5---4----55--0---2--0---
D -5---5----77--2---3--0---
A -3---5----88--3---3--x---
E -----3---(55)-3---1--3---
Dr B S B S B S
############
[Tab - Build up verse]
E -0---1---3---1-1-1---
B -1---1---3---1-1-1---
G -0---2---4---2-2-2--- x 2
D -2---3---5---3-2-0---
A -3---3---3-----------
E ---------------------
[Tab - Part of intro over harmonica]
E -3--53----55--X----1--1-0--
B -5---354--65--1----1--1-1-3
G -5---4----55--0----2--0---
D -5---5----77--2----3--0---
A -3---5----88--3----3--x---
E -----3---(55)-3----1--3---
Dr B S B S B S
125
Monkees-Daydream Believer
[Intro G 320003 Am7/D xx0013 or x55555 - No drums]
[G] / / / / | [Am7/D] / / / / | x 2
(JUST PLAY D TO DSUS4 AT 7TH FRET)
E 7-8---------
B 8-8---------
G 7-7---------
D 0-----------
[Verse]
Oh, I could [G] hide 'neath the w [Am] wings
Of the [Bm] bluebird as she [C] sings
The [G] six-o-clock a [Em] larm
would never [A7] ring [D7]
But it [G] rings and I [Am] rise
Wash the [Bm] sleep out of my [C] eyes
My [G] shaving [Em] razor's [Am] cold
[D7] and it stings [G]
[Pre-chorus-riff - NO SNARE - JUST BASS DRUM - INDIVIDUALLY AND LOUDLY PICK EACH NOTE]
Use 1st and 2nd finger so G chord is always ringing under but can play these octaves
e |--3--7--5--7--8--7--5--3-|
B |--x----------------------|
G |--0----------------------|
D |--0----------------------|
A |--x----------------------|
E |--3--7--5--7--8--7--5--3-|
[Chorus - Drums in]
[C] Cheer up [D] sleepy [Bm] Jean
[C] Oh what [D] can it [Em] mean [C] to a
[G] Daydream (longer than you think)
[C] believer and a [G] home [Em]
coming [A7] que e-e- [D7] een
[Verse - Light drums]
You [G] once thought of [Am] me
As a [Bm] white knight on a [C] steed
Now [G] you know how [Em] happy
Life can be [A7] [D7]
And our good [G] times start and [Am] end
Without [Bm] dollar one to [C] spend
But [G] how much [Em] baby [Am] do we
[D7] really need [G]
[Pre-chorus-riff - All over G]
[Chorus]
[C] Cheer up [D] sleepy [Bm] Jean
[C] Oh what [D] can it [Em] mean [C] to a
[G] Daydream (longer than you think)
[C] believer and a [G] home [Em]
coming [A7] que e-e- [D7] een
[Break as per intro G Am7/D G Am7/D etc] - Drum fill at end
[Chorus]
[C] Cheer up [D] sleepy [Bm] Jean
[C] Oh what [D] can it [Em] mean [C] to a
[G] Daydream (longer than you think)
[C] believer and a [G] home [Em]
coming [A7] que e-e- [D7] een
[Ending as per Break G Am7 G Am7/D etc]