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Festival Leaders: Dan & Molly Lynn Watt [email protected]; [email protected]

2nd

ANNUAL UKULELE FESTIVAL

FUN & STRUM SONGS & CHORDS

BOOK 2 with 60 MORE SONGS

selected & arranged by Dan & Molly Lynn Watt!

WORLD FELLOWSHIP CENTER

Albany, New Hampshire

August 30- September 5, 2015

Gwen Frankfeldt

UKULELE FESTIVAL SONG BOOK (vol. 2) – at World Fellowship Center 2015 Selected & Arranged by Dan & Molly Lynn Watt for workshop and personal use only.

Dan & Molly Lynn Watt, 175 Richdale #315 Cambridge MA 02140 [email protected] [email protected] 617-354-8242

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Contents UKULELE (A POEM) .................................................................................................. 4

JAMS & UKULELE CIRCLES! ..................................................................................... 5

SONGS TO PLAY BY EAR (WITH 1, 2 OR 3 CHORDS) ........................................... 6

ALL TOGETHER NOW (F-C7- Bb) – (4/4) .................................................................. 7

ALOHA ‘OE (CHORUS) (C-G-D7-G7) – (4/4) .............................................................. 8

AMELIA EARHART’S LAST FLIGHT (D-G-A) – (4/4) .................................................. 9

AURA LEE / LOVE ME TENDER (G-A7-D7-Cmaj7-E7) – (4/4) ................................ 10

AWAY, AWAY WITH RUM, BY GUM (D-A7) – (3/4) ................................................. 11

THE BANKS ARE MADE OF MARBLE (C-G7-F) – (4/4) ......................................... 12

BANKS OF THE OHIO (D-A7-D7-G) – (4/4) ............................................................. 13

BEANS IN MY EARS (F-C7) – ( 3/4) ........................................................................ 14

BILL BAILEY (G-Gdim-G7-D7-Db7-C7-E7) – ( 4/4) ................................................... 15

BLACK WATERS (F-C7-Bb) – ( 3/4) ......................................................................... 16

BLUEBERRY PIE (G – G7 – C – D7) – (3/4) .......................................................... 17

THE BLUEBIRD SONG (G-C-D7) – (4/4 and 3/4) .................................................... 18

BYE BYE LOVE (F-C-G) – ( 4/4) ............................................................................... 19

CHARLIE ON THE M.T.A. (C-F-G) – (4/4) ................................................................ 20

DEPORTEES (PLANE WRECK AT LOS GATOS) (D-G-A7-C) – (3/4) ..................... 21

DIE GEDANKEN SIND FREI (G-D-C) – (4/4) ........................................................... 22

DOWN IN THE VALLEY (D-A7) – (3/4) .................................................................... 23

THE DRUNKEN SAILOR (Dm-C) – (4/4) ................................................................... 24

ENJOY YOURSELF (it’s later than you think) (C-Dm-C7-F-G7-C#dim) – ( 4/4) ....... 25

FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD (Dm-Am-C-G-E7) – (4/4) .................................. 26

GOODNIGHT IRENE (G-D7-C) – (3/4) .................................................................... 27

THE GRAY GOOSE (D-A) – (4/4) ............................................................................. 28

HANDSOME MOLLY (C-G-F) – (4/4) ...................................................................... 29

THE HORSE WITH THE UNION LABEL (C-C7-F-G7) – (3/4) .................................. 30

HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING? (D-G-A) – (3/4) .............................................. 31

HUSH LITTLE BABY, DON’T SAY A WORD (G – D7) – (4/4) ................................. 32

I DON’T WANT YOUR MILLIONS, MISTER (D-G-A) – (3/4) ..................................... 33

I’LL FLY AWAY (G-C-D) – (4/4) ................................................................................. 34

INCH BY INCH (F-G7-C-Am-Dm) – (4/4) .................................................................. 35

I RIDE AN OLD PAINT (A-E7) – (3/4) ........................................................................ 36



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IT COULD BE A WONDERFUL WORLD (F-C7-Bb) – (4/4) ..................................... 37

JAMBALAYA (on the Bayou) (G-D7) – ( 4/4) ............................................................. 38

JUST MY HANDS (C-G7-F-Am-Dm) – (4/4) ............................................................ 39

KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE (C-F-G7) – (4/4) ......................................................... 40

KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE (Gm – D7 – F – Dm ) – (4/4).......................... 41

THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS (C-F-D7-G7) – ( 3/4) .................................................... 42

MAXWELL’S SILVER HAMMER (C-A7-Dm-G7-D7-E7-Am-C7-F) – ( 4/4) ............... 43

MISTER TAMBOURINE MAN (F-G7-C-Dm) – (4/4) .................................................. 44

MORNING HAS BROKEN (C-Dm-G-F-Em-Am-D7-D) – (3/4) ................................... 45

OCTOPUS’S GARDEN (F-Dm-Bb-C7-C) – (4/4) ...................................................... 46

PACK UP YOUR SORROWS (C-F-G-G7) – (4/4) ..................................................... 47

PAY ME MY MONEY DOWN (F-C) – (4/4) ................................................................ 48

PUTTIN’ ON THE STYLE (G-D) – (4/4) ..................................................................... 49

RED RIVER VALLEY (A-E7-A7-D) – (3/4) ................................................................. 50

RIVER (A-D-E7) – (3/4) ............................................................................................. 51

SHIP TITANIC (F-Bb-G-C-C7) – (4/4) ...................................................................... 52

SIMPLE GIFTS (C-G7) – ( 4/4) ................................................................................. 53

SUNNY AFTERNOON (Am-G7-C-E7-A7-D7) – ( 4/4) .............................................. 54

SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT (G-C-D7-G7) ( 4/4) ............................................... 55

TENNESSEE WALTZ (G-G7-C -D7-B7) – (3/4) ........................................................ 56

TODAY’S THE ONLY DAY OF MY LIFE (F-Bb-A7-Dm-Gm-C-C7-D7) – (4/4) ......... 57

UNDER THE BOARDWALK (C-G7-C7-F-Am-G) – ( 4/4) .......................................... 58

UNION MAID (G-C-D-A) – (4/4)................................................................................. 59

WALTZING MATILDA (C-G7-F) – ( 4/4) .................................................................... 60

WALTZING WITH BEARS (G-C-D) – (3/4) ................................................................ 61

WEAVE ME THE SUNSHINE (F-G-C-Am-Em-D-G7) – (4/4) .................................. 62

WHEN I’M SIXTY-FOUR (G-D7-G7-C-C#dim-G-E7-A7-Em-D-A) – 4/4 .................... 63

WHEN PAPA PAPERED THE PARLOUR (Dm-Gm-A7) – (6/8) ................................ 64

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SWING ON A STAR? (E7-A7-D7-G-C-Em7-Am7-) – (4/4) .. 65

YELLOW SUBMARINE (G7-C-Dm) – ( 4/4) ............................................................. 66

APPENDIX: UKULELE RESOURCES AND BASIC INFORMATION ........................ 67



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UKULELE (A POEM)

by Sandra Beasley

The vessel is simple - a rowboat among yachts.

No one hides a Tommy gun in its case.

No bluesman runs over his uke in a whiskey rage.

The last of the Hawaiian queens translated the name:

gift that came here

while the Portuguese historians translate:

jumping flea

the way a player's fingers pick and fly.

If you have a cigar box, it'll do.

If you have fishing line, it'll sing.

If there is to be one instrument of love,

not love vanished or imagined,

but love, it's this one.

Fit a melody in the crook of your arm and strum.



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JAMS & UKULELE CIRCLES!

Making music as a group is about having fun, not about being super-awesome players.

However, we do want to make great music and enjoy the process. Therefore, we ask that

we all make an effort to bide by the following guidelines:

▪ During song circle time, we will each have a turn to pick & lead a song. If you do not want to lead a song, feel free to pick one for someone else to lead. The facilitator will ensure everyone knows who the leader is.

▪ If it is not clear on the song sheet, please indicate where you will be singing the chorus & indicate which verses will be sung if you do not want to sing all the verses of a song or any other wording changes you would like to make.

▪ When leading, please try to count in if possible, or at least demonstrate your preferred strum pattern so that we can determine the count & plan our strums accordingly. (ie. D DU U DU counts as 1 2& 3& 4&)

▪ No noodling between songs. The person who will be leader may play independently briefly to recall the rhythm and tempo at which they wish to play.

▪ Listen while you play – you need to be able to hear the players next to you as well as the person leading the song.

▪ The person leading chooses the style, tempo & rhythm of the song. Other members will join in with a complimentary strum or picking pattern. If you wish to do a solo or the introduction please ask the song leader. If the song leader is agreeable, make sure you are on the same page before starting the song.

▪ If you get lost in the song, strum quietly or consider muting your strings until you are able to join back in. If you don’t know the chords feel free to use your ukulele or another instrument as a percussive accompaniment to help keep the beat that the leader has chosen.

The facilitator reserves the right to stop a song if we sound like a train wreck. We can

then decide as a group if we want to try again from the beginning or just move on to the

next song choice.



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SONGS TO PLAY BY EAR (WITH 1, 2 OR 3 CHORDS)

Songs With One Chord Frere Jacques 4/4

Where is Thumbkin? 4/4

Row Row Row 6/8

Three Blind Mice 6/8

Old MacDonald

Songs With I & V Chords Only

(Tonic & Dominant)

Down In The Valley 3/4

Hokey Pokey 4/4

Tom Dooley 4/4

Ain’t No Bugs on Me

A Little Harder

Allouette 4/4

Beans In My Ears 3/4

Buffalo Gals 4/4

Clementine 3/4

Did You Ever See a Lassie? 3/4

Down At The Station 4/4

Eensy Weensy Spider 6/8

Go Tell Aunt Rhody 4/4

He’s Got the Whole World 4/4

Hush Little Baby 4/4

I Know An Old Lady 6/8

Mrs. Murphy's Chowder 4/4

Rock-a My Soul 4/4

Skip To My Lou 4/4

Songs with I, IV and V (or V7) Chords

(Tonic, Subdominant & Dominant)

On Top Of Old Smokey 3/4

Pack Up Your Sorrows 4/4

This Land Is Your Land 4/4

A Little Harder *Songs marked with * may include the I-7 chord as an option

All God's Critters 4/4

Banks Of The Ohio 4/4 *

Careless Love 4/4 *

Charlie On The MTA 4/4

Crawdad 4/4 *

Dark as a Dungeon 4/4

Deportees 3/4

Down By The Bay 4/4

Down By the Riverside 4/4

Everybody Loves Saturday Night 4/4

The Fox 4/4

Frankie And Johnny 4/4

Frozen Logger 3/4

Goodnight Irene 3/4 *

Home On The Range 3/4

I'll Fly Away 4/4

I'm A Little Teapot 6/8

I Never Will Marry 3/4

If You Miss Me At The

Back Of The Bus 4/4

If You're Happy And You Know It 4/4

Jamaica Farewell Calypso

Leaning On the Everlasting Arms 4/4

Long Black Veil 4/4

Mama Don't Allow 4/4 *

Midnight Special 4/4

New River Train 4/4 *

Oh Suzannah 4/4

Old Time Religion 4/4 *

Put Your Finger In The Air 4/4 *

Red River Valley 4/4 *

Rivers of Babylon Calypso

Sloop John B. Calypso

Tis A Gift To Be Simple 4/4

When The Saints 4/4 *

Will The Circle Be Unbroken 4/4

You Are My Sunshine 4/4

Musician’s Chord Calculator

A

G B

F C

E D

I I-7 IV V V7

A A7 D E E7

C C7 F G G7

D D7 G A A7

F F7 Bb C C7

G G7 C D D7



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ALL TOGETHER NOW (F-C7- Bb) – (4/4)

By the Beatles

[F] One, two, three four, [C7] can I have a little more? [F] Five, six, seven, eight, nine, [C7] ten, I love [F] you! [F] A, B, C, D, [C7] can I bring my friend to tea? [F] E, F, G, H, I, [C7] J, I love [F] you! Bom, bom, bom… [Bb] Bom-pa-bom, sail the ship [F] Bom-pa-bom, chop the tree [Bb] Bom-pa-bom, skip the rope [C7] Bom-pa-bom, look at me! [F] All together now (all together now) [F] All together now (all together now) [C7] All together now (all together now) [F] All together now (all together now) [F] Black, white, green, red, [C7] can I take my friend to bed? [F] Pink, brown, yellow, orange and [C7] blue, I love [F] you! Bom, bom, bom… [Bb] Bom-pa-bom, sail the ship [F] Bom-pa-bom, chop the tree [Bb] Bom-pa-bom, skip the rope [C7] Bom-pa-bom, look at me! [F] All together now (all together now) [F] All together now (all together now) [C7] All together now (all together now) [F] All together now (all together now)



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ALOHA ‘OE (CHORUS) (C-G-D7-G7) – (4/4)

By Queen Liliuokalani

[C] Aloha ‘oe, A-[G]-loha ‘oe E-ke [D7] o-na o-na, no-ho i-ka [G] li- [G7] po One [C] fond embrace, a [G] ho ‘I a –‘e au Un-[D7]-til we meet a-[G]-gain [C][G] Fare-[C]-well to thee, Fare-[G]-well to thee, Thou [D7] charming one who dwells among the [G] bow-[G7]-ers One [C] fond embrace, be-[G]-fore I now depart, Un-[D7]-til we meet a-[G]-gain [C][G] REPEAT or



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AMELIA EARHART’S LAST FLIGHT (D-G-A) – (4/4)

Words by Red River Dave McEnery, music traditional gospel

[D] Just a ship out on the ocean, a [G] speck against the sky, [A] Amelia Earhart flying sad that [D] day; With her [D] partner, Captain Noonan, on the [G] second of July Her [A] plane fell in the ocean, far [D] away. Chorus: There’s a [G] beautiful, beautiful [D] field Far [D] away in a land that is [A] fair. Happy [D] landings to you, Amelia [G] Earhart (2-3) Fare-[A]-well, first lady of the [D] air. [D] Half an hour later her [G] S.O.S. was heard, Her [A] signals weak, but still her voice was [D] brave. In shark-infested [D] waters her [G] plane went down that night In the [A] blue Pacific to a watery [D] grave. Chorus [D] Now you have heard my story ‘bout this [G] awful tragedy, We [A] pray that she may fly home safe [D] again. In years to [D] come, though others blaze a [G] trail across the sea, Well [A] ne’er forget Amelia and her [D] plane. Chorus Tag: Happy [D] landings to you, Amelia [G] Earhart, Fare-[A]-well, first lady of the [D] air.

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AURA LEE / LOVE ME TENDER (G-A7-D7-Cmaj7-E7) – (4/4)

By George R. Poulton (music). Aura Lee, words: W.W, Fosdick;

Love me Tender, words by Elvis Presley and Vera Matson

AURA LEE

[G] As the blackbird [A7] in the spring, [D7] ‘neath the willow [G] tree,

[G] Sat and piped, I [A7] heard him sing, [D7] sing of Aura [G] Lee.

[G] Aura Lee, Aura Lee, [Cmaj7] maid of golden [G] hair,

[G] Sunshine [E7] came a-[A7]-long with thee,

and [D7] swallows in the [G] air.

LOVE ME TENDER

[G] Love me tender, [A7] love me sweet, [D7] never let me [G] go

[G] You have made my [A7] life complete, [D7] and I love you [G] so.

Chorus:

[G] Love me tender, Love me true, [Cmaj7] all my dreams ful-[G]-fill,

[G] For my [E7] darling [A7] I love you, [D7] and I always [G] will.

[G] Love me tender, [A7] Love me long, [D7] Take me to your [G] heart

[G] For it's there that [A7] I belong, [D7] And we'll never [G] part

Chorus

[G] Love me tender, [A7] Love me dear, [D7] Tell me you are [G] mine

[G] I'll be yours through [A7] all the years, [D7] Till the end of [G] time

Chorus

Tag: [G] For my [E7] darling [A7] I love you, [D7] and I always [G] will.



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AWAY, AWAY WITH RUM, BY GUM (D-A7) – (3/4)

Anonymous

[D] We're coming, we're coming, our [A7] brave little [D] band. [D] On the right side of temperance we [A7] now take our [D] stand. We [A7] don't chew to-[D]-bacco be-[A7]-cause we do [D] think That the [D] people who use it are [A7] liable to [D] drink!

Chorus:

[D] Away, away with rum, by gum, with [A7] rum, by gum, with [D] rum, by gum, [D] Away, away with rum, by gum, that's the [A7] song of the Salvation [D] Army.

[D] We never eat fruitcake be-[A7]-cause it has [D] rum. [D] And one little bite puts a [A7] man on the [D] bum. Now [A7] can you ima-[D]-gine a [A7] sorrier [D] sight Than a [D] man eating fruitcake [A7] until he gets [D] tight?

Chorus

[D] We never eat cookies be-[A7]-cause they have [D] yeast, [D] And one little crumb makes a [A7] man like a [D] beast. Now [A7] can you ima-[D]-gine a [A7] greater dis-[D]-grace Than a [D] man in the gutter with [A7] crumbs on his [D] face?

Chorus

[D] We never drink water, [A7] they put it in [D] gin,

[D] One little sip and a [A7] man starts to [D] grin,

Oh [A7] can you ima-[D]-gine a [A7] sorrier [D] plight,

Than a [D] man sipping water [A7] until he gets [D] tight?

Chorus

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THE BANKS ARE MADE OF MARBLE (C-G7-F) – (4/4)

By Les Rice

[C] I've travelled [G7] round this [C] country, From [F] shore to shining [C] shore And [G7] it really made me [C] wonder at the [G7] things I heard and [C] saw [C] I saw the [G7] weary [C] farmers, [F] Plowing sod and [C] loam And I [G7] heard the auction [C] hammer, Just a-[G7]-knocking down their [C] homes Chorus [C] But the banks are made [F] of [C] marble, With a [G7] guard at every [C] door [C] And the vaults are stuffed [F] with [C] silver, That the [G7] farmers sweated [C] for [C] I saw the [G7] seamen [C] standing, [F] Idly by the [C] shore And I [G7] heard their bosses [C] saying "Got no [G7] work for you no [C] more." [C] But the banks are made [F] of [C] marble, With a [G7] guard at every [C] door [C] And the vaults are stuffed [F] with [C] silver, That the [G7] seamen sweated [C] for [C] I've seen the [G7] weary [C] miners, Scrubbing [F] coal dust from their [C] backs And I [G7] heard their children [C] crying, "Got no [G7] coal to heat the [C] shack" [C] But the banks are made [F] of [C] marble, With a [G7] guard at every [C] door [C] And the vaults are stuffed [F] with [C] silver, That the [G7] miners sweated [C] for [C] I've seen my [G7] brothers [C] working, Through-[F]-out this mighty [C] land And I [G7] pray we'll get [C] together, And to-[G7]-gether make a [C] stand [C] Then we'll own those banks [F] of [C] marble, With no [G7] guard at any [C] door [C] And we'll share those vaults [F] of [C] silver, That the [G7] people sweated [C] for



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BANKS OF THE OHIO (D-A7-D7-G) – (4/4)

Traditional

[D] I asked my love to take a [A7] walk, Just to walk, just a little [D] ways

And as we walked and [D7] as we [G] talked, About our [D] golden [A7] wedding [D] day.

Chorus

Then only [D] say that you'll be [A7] mine, and in no other’s arms en-[D]-twine

Down beside where the [D7] waters [G] flow,

Down by the [D] banks of the [A7] Ohi-[D]-o.

I asked your [D] mother for you [A7] dear, But she said you were too [D] young

Only say that [D7] you'll be [G] mine, Happiness [D] in my [A7] arms you’ll [D] find

Chorus

I held a [D] knife against her [A7] breast, As gently in my arms she [D] pressed

Crying “Willie, oh Willie, don’t you [D7] murder [G] me,

I’m unpre-[D]-pared for e-[A7]-terni-[D]-ty (eternity)

Chorus

I took her [D] by her lily white [A7] hand, I let her down where the waters [D] stand,

I picked her up and I [D7] pushed her [G] in, I watched her [D] as she [A7] floated [D] down.

Chorus

Returning [D] home twixt twelve and [A7] one, Crying "My God, what have I [D] done?"

I murdered the only [D7] woman I [G] love, Because she [D] would not [A7] be my [D] bride.

Chorus

The very next [D] morn ‘bout half past [A7] four,

The sheriff’s men knocked at my [D] door [knock, knock, knock, knock]

They said, "Young man, come now [D7] and [G] go,

Down to the [D] banks of the [A7] Ohi-[D]-o."

Chorus

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BEANS IN MY EARS (F-C7) – ( 3/4)

By Len Chandler (banned by the NYC board of health!)

[F] My mommy said not to put beans in your ears! [C7] Beans in your ears! [F] Beans in your ears! [F] My mommy said not to put beans in your ears! [C7] Beans, Beans in your [F] ears! [F] Now why would I want to put beans in my ears? [C7] Beans in my ears! [F] Beans in my ears! [F] Now why would I want to put beans in my ears? [C7] Beans, Beans in my [F] ears! [F] You can't hear the teacher with beans in your ears! [C7] Beans in your ears! [F] Beans in your ears! [F] You can't hear the teacher with beans in your ears! [C7] Beans, Beans in your [F] ears! [F] Hey, mommy we've gone and put beans in our ears! [C7] Beans in our ears! [F] Beans in our ears! [F] Hey, mommy we've gone and put beans in our ears! [C7] Beans, Beans in our [F] ears! [F] That's nice, dear, but don't you put beans in your ears! [C7] Beans in your ears! [F] Beans in your ears! [F] That's nice, dear, but don't put beans in your ears! [C7] Beans, Beans in your [F] ears! [F] I think that all grownups have beans in their ears! [C7] Beans in their ears! [F] Beans in their ears! [F] I think that all grownups have beans in their ears! [C7] Beans, Beans in their [F] ears!



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BILL BAILEY (G-Gdim-G7-D7-Db7-C7-E7) – ( 4/4)

By Hughie Cannon

[G] Won't you come home, Bill Bailey, won't you [G dim] come [G] home? [G] She cries the whole [G7] night [D7] long [D7] I'll do the cook-[Db7]-in', [D7] honey, I'll pay [Db7] the [D7] rent [D7] I know I've done [C7] you [G] wrong

[G] Remember that rainy eve that I drove [Gdim] you [G] out [G] With nothin' but a fine [G7] tooth [C] comb [E7] [A7] Yes, I [C] know I'm to [A7] blame, [Gdim] well [G] ain't that a [E7] shame Bill [A7] Bailey, won't you [D7] please come [G] home?

Repeat entire song. Tag: Instead of last line, Bill [A7] Bailey, won't you [D7] please come … Bill [A7] Bailey, won't you [D7] please come … Bill [A7] Bailey, won't you [D7] please come [G] home?



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BLACK WATERS (F-C7-Bb) – ( 3/4)

By Jean Ritchie

I [F] come from the mountains, Ken-[C7]-tucky's my [F] home Where the wild deer and black bear so [C7] lately did [F] roam By [Bb] cool rushing waterfall the wildflowers [F] dream And through every green valley, there [C7] runs a clear stream Now there's [F] scenes of destruction on [Bb] every hand And there’s [F] only black waters run [C7] down through my [F] land Chorus: Sad [Bb] scenes of destruction on every [F] hand Black waters, black waters, run [C7] down through my [F] land Well, the [F] quail, she's a pretty bird and she [C7] sings a sweet [F] tongue In the roots of tall timber she nests [C7] with her [F] young But [Bb] the hillside explodes with the dynamite’s [F] roar And the voice of the small bird will [C7] sound there no more And the [F] hillsides come a-sliding so awful [Bb] and grand And the [F] flooding black waters rise [C7] over my [F] land Chorus In the [F] rising of springtime we [C7] planted our [F] corn In the ending of springtime we [C7] buried a [F] son In [Bb] summer come a nice man saying everything's [F] fine My employer just requires a way [C7] to his mine— Then they [F] threw down my mountain and covered [Bb] my corn Now the [F] grave on the hillside 's [C7] a mile deeper [C7] down And [Bb] the man stands a talking with his hat in his [F] hand While the poisonous water spreads [C7] over my [F] land Chorus Well I [F] ain't got no money, not [C7] much of a [F] home I own my own land, but my land's [C7] not my [F] own But [Bb] if I had ten million, somewheres there-a-[F]-bouts— Well, I'd buy Perry county and [C7] throw ‘em all out Set down [F] on the bank with my bait in [Bb] my can And watch [F] the clear waters run [C7] down through my [F] land! Last Chorus & tag line: Well, [Bb] wouldn't that be like the old promised [F] land? Black waters, black waters no [C7] more in my [F] land Black waters, black waters no [C7] more in my [F] land



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BLUEBERRY PIE (G – G7 – C – D7) – (3/4) (Learned from the singing of Kathy Torrey, who learned it from Fred Park)

[G] You may boast if you like of your [C] bacon and [G] beans,

you may talk of roast [G7] turkey and [D7] game,

[G] You may sing loud the praises of [C] Boston baked beans,

[G] they all may be [D7] just what they [G] claim.

[G] Roast beef and plum pudding may [C] answer for [G] some,

oysters in a [G7] stew or a [D7] fry,

[G] You may relish them all but my [C] favorite delight,

is a [G] big piece of [D7] blueberry [G] pie.

Chorus:

Oh [C] how I love blueberry [G] pie say I

How I love [G7] blueberry [D7] pie.

[G] Since the time of the flood there’s been [C] nothing so good,

so [G] luscious as [D7] blueberry [G] pie.

[G] ’Twas my favorite luncheon while [C] toddling [G] about,

a youngster of [G7] two years or [D7] more,

[G] I would waft up the fragrance that [C] often appeared,

through a crack [G] in the [D7] old oven [G] door.

[G] As my teeth gently press through the [C] lovely brown [G] crust,

and the fragrance it [G7] holds is set [D7] free,

[G] It sends through my frame such a [C] shuddering refrain,

it’s [G] luscious as [D7] luscious can [G] be.

Chorus

[G] I’m now growing older and [C] love it still [G] more,

and will ‘til the [G7] day that I [D7] die.

[G] For breakfast or supper there’s [C] nothing so good,

as [G] half of a [D7] blueberry [G] pie.

[G] There’s someone who’s taken a [C] fancy to [G] me,

I can tell by the [G7] look in their [D7] eye,

[G] But the one that I marry must [C] first understand,

how to [G] make a good [D7] blueberry [G] pie.

Chorus

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THE BLUEBIRD SONG (G-C-D7) – (4/4 and 3/4)

By Jean Ritchie (NOTE: Verses are in 4/4, chorus is in 3/4 time)

[G] When I was a young thing [C] on a summer’s [G] day

[G] Dreaming under my [D7] apple tree,

[G] A great flock of bluebirds came [C] Sailing through the [G] sky,

[D7] Spied my apple tree as [G] they passed by.

Oh what a [D7] wonderful [C] sight it was to [G] see

As they [C] settled down to [G] rest in my [D7] apple tree.

[G] “Count them,” said my mother, [C] “How?” said [G] I.

[G] Out of the [D7] window came [G] this reply.

Chorus (3/4): [G] One, you’ll have sorrow,

[C] Two, you’ll have [G] joy,

[G] Three, get a present,

[C] Four, get a [D7] boy,

[G] Five, receive silver,

[C] Six, receive [G] gold

[C] Seven’s a [G] secret that’s [D7] never been [G] told.

[C] Eight, a love [G] letter with [D7] promises [G] three,

[C] Nine means your [G] true love’s as [D7] true as can [G] be.

[G] Only once in a lifetime the [C] old folks [G] say,

[G] The vision of the bluebirds will [D7] come your way.

[G] Only if you’re dreaming, [C] only if you’re [G] still,

[G] Only in an [D7] apple tree [G] on a green hill.

[G] So stop all your [D7] hurrying and [C] worrying [G] away

Take time for [G] dreaming on a [C] summer’s [D7] day

[G] Wait for the bluebirds and [C] when they come [G] along,

[G] Count your [D7] blessings with the [G] bluebird song.

Chorus (3/4)

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BYE BYE LOVE (F-C-G) – ( 4/4)

By the Everley Brothers (Don and Phil)

[C] There goes my [G] baby with-a someone [C] new

[C] She sure looks [G] happy, I sure am [C] blue

[C7] She was my [F] baby till he stepped [G] in

[G] Goodbye to romance that might have [C] been

Chorus:

[F] Bye bye [C] love

[F] Bye bye [C] happiness

[F] Hello [C] loneliness

[C] I think I'm-a [G] gonna [C] cry-y

[F] Bye bye [C] love

[F] Bye bye [C] sweet caress

[F] Hello [C] emptiness

[C] I feel like [G] I could [C] die-ie

[C] Bye bye my [G] love goodbye-[C]-eye

[C] I'm-a through with [G] romance, I'm a-through with [C] love

[C] I'm through with [G] countin' the stars [C] above

[C7] And here's the [F] reason that I'm so [G] free

[G] My lovin' baby is through with [C] me

Chorus

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CHARLIE ON THE M.T.A. (C-F-G) – (4/4)

By Jacqueline Steiner, Bess Lomax Hawes, Sam and Arthur Berman

Intro: [C] 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3 ‘Let me” Let me [C] tell you a story 'bout a [F] man named Charlie On a [C] tragic and fateful [G] day He put [C] ten cents in his pocket, kissed his [F] wife and family Went to [C] ride on the [G] M T [C] A. Chorus: But did he [C] ever return? No, he [F] never returned And his [C] fate is still un-[G]-learned (poor old Charlie) He may [C] ride forever 'neath the [F] streets of Boston He's the [C] man who [G] never re-[C]-turned Charlie [C] handed in his dime at the [F] Kendall square station And he [C] changed for Jamaica [G] Plain When he [C] got there the conductor told him' [F] "One more nickel!" Charlie [C] couldn't get [G] off of that [C] train Chorus Now [C] all night long Charlie [F] rides through the tunnel Thinking, [C] "What will become of [G] me?" How [C] can I afford to see my [F] sister in Chelsea Or my [C] cousin in [G] Roxbu-[C]-ry? Chorus Charlie's [C] wife goes down to the [F] Scollay Square station Every [C] day at quarter past [G] two And [C] through the open window she hands [F] Charlie a sandwich As the [C] train goes [G] rumbling [C] through Chorus Now you [C] citizens of Boston don't you [F] think it's a scandal That the [C] people have to pay and [G] pay? Fight the [C] fare increase: vote for [F] Walter O'Brien! Get [C] Charlie off the [G] M T [C] A. Chorus



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DEPORTEES (PLANE WRECK AT LOS GATOS) (D-G-A7-C) – (3/4)

Words by Woody Guthrie, music by Martin Hoffman

The [D] crops are all in and the [G] peaches are [D] rotting, The [D] oranges piled in their [A7] creosote [D] dumps; They're[G] flying 'em back to the [D] Mexican border To pay [D] their money to [A7] wade back [D] again CHORUS: [G] Goodbye to my Juan, good-[D] bye, Rosalita, [A7] Adios mis amigos, [D] Jesus y Maria; You [G] won't have your names when you [D] ride the big airplane, All they will call you will [A7] be [D] "deportees" My [D] father's own father, he [G] waded that [D] river, They [D] took all the money he [A7] made in his [D] life; My [G brothers and sisters come [D] working the fruit trees, And they [D] rode the truck till they [A7] took down and [D] died. Some [D] of us are illegal, and [G] some are not [D] wanted, Our [D] work contract's out and we [A7] have to move [D] on; Six [G] hundred miles to that [D] Mexican border, They chase [D] us like outlaws, [A7] like rustlers, like [D] thieves. We [D] died in your hills, we [G] died in your [D] deserts, We [D] died in your valleys and [A7] died on your [D] plains. We [G] died 'neath your trees and we [D] died in your bushes, Both sides [D] of the river, we died [A7] just the [D] same. The [D] sky plane caught fire over [G] Los Gatos [D] Canyon, A [D] fireball of lightning, and [A7] shook all our [D] hills, Who [G] are all these friends, all [D] scattered like dry leaves? The radio says [D] "They are [A7] just [D] deportees" Is [D] this the best way we can [G] grow our big [D] orchards? Is [D] this the best way we [A7] can grow our good [D] fruit? To [G] Fall like dry leaves to [D] rot on my topsoil And be [D] called by no name [A7] except [D] "deportees"?

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DIE GEDANKEN SIND FREI (G-D-C) – (4/4)

Original German song, anonymous, English version by Arthur Kevess

[G] Die gedanken sind frei, My [D] thoughts freely [G] flower

Die ge-[G]-danken sind frei, My [D] thoughts give me [G] power

No [D] scholar can [G] map them, No [D] hunter can [G] trap them

No [C] one can de-[G]-ny, Die ge-[D]-danken sind [G] frei


[G] I think as I please, And [D] this gives me [G] pleasure

My [G] conscience decrees, This [D] right I must [G]treasure

My [D] thoughts will not [G] cater, To [D] duke or dic-[G]-tator



[G] And should tyrants take me, And [D] throw me in [G] prison My [G] thoughts will burst free, Like [D] blossoms in [G] season Found-[D]-ations will [G] crumble, And [D] structures will [G] tumble But [C] free folk will [G] cry, Die ge-[D]-danken sind [G] frei

But [C] free folk will [G] cry, Die ge-[D]-danken sind [G] frei



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DOWN IN THE VALLEY (D-A7) – (3/4)

Traditional song, the Flatt & Scruggs version

[D] Down in the valley, valley so [A7] low Hang your head over, hear the wind [D] blow Hear the wind blow dear, hear the wind [A7] blow Hang your head over, hear the wind [D] blow. [D] Roses love sunshine, violets love [A7] dew Angels in heaven, know I love [D] you Know I love you dear, know I love [A7] you Angels in heaven, know I love [D] you. [D] If you don't love me, love whom you [A7] please Throw your arms 'round me, give my heart [D] ease Give my heart ease love, give my heart [A7] ease Throw your arms round me, give my heart [D] ease. [D] Build me a castle, forty feet [A7] high So I can see him, as he rides [D] by As he rides by love, as he rides [A7] by So I can see him, as he rides [D] by. [D] Write me a letter, send it by [A7] mail Send it in care of, Birmingham [D] jail Birmingham jail love, Birmingham [A7] jail Send it in care of, Birmingham [D] jail. REPEAT FIRST VERSE



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THE DRUNKEN SAILOR (Dm-C) – (4/4)

Traditional

Verse 1

[Dm] What shall we do with the drunken sailor?

[C] What shall we do with the drunken sailor?

[Dm] What shall we do with the drunken sailor?

[C] Earl-aye in the [Dm] morning?

Chorus

[Dm] Way hay and up she rises

[C] Way hay and up she rises

[Dm] Way hay and up she rises

[C] Earl-aye in the [Dm] morning

Verse 2 Sling him in the long boat till he's sober…

Chorus

Verse 3 Trice him up in a runnin' bowline…

Verse 4 Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him…

Verse 5 Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end…

Verse 6 Shave his belly with a rusty razor…

Verse 7 Put him in bed with the captain's daughter…

Verse 8 That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor…



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ENJOY YOURSELF (it’s later than you think) (C-Dm-C7-F-G7-C#dim) – ( 4/4)

Words by Herb Magidson, music by Carl Sigman (a Samba)

[C] You work and work for years and years, You’re always on the [Dm] go

[Dm] You never take a minute off, too busy making [C] dough

[C] Some day you say, you’ll have your fun when [C7] you’re a million-[F]-aire

[F] Imagine all the [C] fun you’ll have in [Dm] your old [G7] rocking [C] chair

Chorus:

[C] Enjoy yourself, it’s later [C#dim] than you [G7] think

[G7] Enjoy yourself while you’re still in the [C] pink

[C] The years go by, as [C7] quickly as a [F] wink

[F] Enjoy yourself, en-[C]-joy yourself, it’s [Dm] later

[G7] than you [C] think.

[C] You’re gonna take that ocean trip, no matter come what [Dm] may

[Dm] You’ve got your reservations but you just can’t get a-[C] -way

[C] Next year for sure you’ll see the world, you’ll [C7] really get a-[F]-round

[F] But how far can you [C] travel when you’re [Dm] six feet

[G7] under [C] ground

Chorus



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FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD (Dm-Am-C-G-E7) – (4/4)

Some say by Peg Leg Joe, sung by Harriet Tubman, Traditional American

Chorus: [Dm] Follow the [Am] drinking gourd [Dm] Follow the [Am] drinking gourd For the [C] old man is [G] a-waiting for to [Am] carry you to [E7] freedom [Am] Follow the [E7] drinking [Am] gourd When the [Am] sun comes back and the first quail calls [Dm] Follow the [Am] drinking Gourd. For the [C] old man is [G] a- waiting for to -[Am] carry you to [E7] freedom [Am] Follow the [E7] drinking -[Am] gourd. Chorus The river-[Am] bank makes a mighty good road. [Dm] The dead trees will [Am] show you the way. [C] Left foot, [G] peg foot, [Am] traveling [E7] on, [Am] Follow the [E7] drinking [Am] gourd. Chorus The river [Am] ends between two hills [Dm] Follow the [Am] drinking gourd. There’s [C] another [G] river [Am] on the other [E7] side [Am] Follow the [E7] drinking [Am] gourd. Chorus When the [Am] great big river meets the little river [Dm] Follow the [Am] drinking gourd. For the [C] old man is [G] a-waiting for [Am] to carry you to [E7] freedom [Am] If you follow the [E7] drinking [Am] gourd. Chorus



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GOODNIGHT IRENE (G-D7-C) – (3/4)

By Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter)

[G] Last Saturday night I got [D7] married [D7] Me and my wife settled [G] down [G] Now me and my wife have [C] parted Gonna [D7] take another stroll down [G] town Chorus: [G] Irene Good-[D7]-night, Irene [G] goodnight [G] Goodnight Irene. Good-[C]-night Irene I'll [D7] see you in my [G] dreams [G] Sometimes I live in the [D7] country [D7] Sometimes I live in [G] town [G] Sometimes I take a great [C] notion To [D7] jump into the river and [G] drown Chorus [G] Stop rambling, stop your [D7] gambling [D7] Stop staying out late at [G] night [G] Go home to your wife and [C] family Stay [D7] there by the fireside [G] bright Chorus [G] I love Irene, God knows I [D7] do [D7] I’ll love her ‘til the seas run [G] dry [G] If Irene turns her [C] back on me I’ll [D7] take morphine and [G] die. Chorus

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THE GRAY GOOSE (D-A) – (4/4)

By Leadbelly (Huddie Leadbetter)

[D] One Sunday mornin’, [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] Preacher wen' a-huntin’, Lord, Lord , [D] Lord [D] Carried ‘long his shotgun, [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] Along come a grey goose, Lord, Lord, [D] Lord [D] The gun went off KA-BOOM, [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] Down come the grey goose, Lord Lord [D] Lord [D] He was six weeks a fallin’, [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] He was six weeks a haulin’, Lord, Lord, [D] Lord [D] Well my wife an’ your wife, [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] They give a feather pickin', Lord, Lord, [D] Lord [D] They been six weeks a pickin', [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] An' they put him on a parboil, Lord, Lord, [D] Lord [D] He was six weeks a boilin', [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] An' they put him on the table, Lord, Lord, [D] Lord [D] An’ the fork couldn't stick him, [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] An’ the knife couldn't cut him, Lord, Lord, [D] Lord [D] So they throwed him in a hog pen, [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] The hogs couldn't eat him, Lord, Lord, [D] Lord [D] He broke the hog's teeth out, [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] So they took him to the saw mill, Lord, Lord, [D] Lord [D] An’ the saws couldn't cut him, [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] He broke the saw's teeth out, Lord, Lord, [D] Lord [D] An' the last time I seen him, [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] He was flyin’ cross the ocean, Lord, Lord, [D] Lord [D] With a long trail o' goslins, [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] And they're all goin’ "quack quack", Lord, Lord, [D] Lord [D] That’s the tale of the grey goose, [A] Lord, Lord, Lord [A] That’s the tale of the grey goose, Lord, Lord, [D] Lord

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HANDSOME MOLLY (C-G-F) – (4/4)

Traditional, Arrangement by Peggy Seeger

[C] I wish I was in London, or some other seaport [G] town,

[G] I'd set my foot in a steamboat, and [F] sail the ocean [C] round [C] While sailing around the ocean, while sailing around the [G] sea, I'd [G] think of handsome Molly, where-[F]-ever she might [C] be. [C] She rode to church on Sunday, she passed me on [G] by; I [G] knew her mind was changing, by the [F] roving of her [C] eye. [C] Don't you remember, Molly, when you gave me your right [G] hand? You [G] said if you’d ever marry, that [F] I'd be the [C] man.

[C] Now you have broke your promise, go marry whom you [G] please, While [G] my poor heart is aching, you're [F] lying at your [C] ease. [C] Her hair was black as a raven, her eyes was black as [G] coal, Her [G] cheeks was like the lilies, out [F] in the morning [C] cold. Repeat first two verses (Some people sing the second verse “While sailing round the ocean …” as a chorus.)



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THE HORSE WITH THE UNION LABEL (C-C7-F-G7) – (3/4)

By Mike Stratton and Saul Aarons

[C] My daddy was a cowboy [C7] And I [F] follow in his [C] footsteps

[C] Riding the [G7] range,

My [F] chaps are wide, my shirt is red, I'll wear my Stetson till I'm dead

I [C] keep my boots on [G7] the [C] table.

I [F] brand my cows and turn 'em free, But the brand ain't what it used to be

'Cause [C] now I ride a horse with a [G7] un-ion [C] label.

Chorus

Old [C] Paint, Old Paint, A prouder horse there [G7] ain't

[G7] 'Cause my Old [C] Paint, Is a [G7] horse with a union [C] label.

[C] When I was a little feller, [C7] And I [F] seen a cowboy [C] picture,

[C] My daddy [G7] told me,

[F] "A cowboy's life is mighty lean,

[F] When he ain't herding cows on a movie screen

So [C] here's what your daddy's [G7] ad-[C]-vising:

[F] When you swing your lariat, You're one of the proletariat

So [C] get yourself a horse and start [G7] or-ga-[C]-nizing."

Chorus

[C] I went down to the old [C7] corral, To [F] pick me out a [C] bronco

[C] Like my daddy [G7] told me,

[F] I looked 'em over one by one, And there was a great big stallion

Like [C] you won't find in no million-[G7]-aire's [C] stable.

[F] He was wild and proud and free,

And he pawed the sky and looked at me

And [C] blazing on his side was a [G7] Un-ion [C] label.

Chorus

[C] The foreman he was standing there, [C7] And said,

[F] By God!, he'd [C] ride him.

[C] Paint, he just [G7] snickered.

[F] 'Cause the SOB was a company spy, Which is why he landed in a tree nearby

And [C] ran home crying [G7] for [C] mother;

[F] But I showed Paint my union card And he says to me," Climb right on pardner

I [C] got plenty of room for a [G7] Un-ion [C] brother."

Chorus

[C] Now, some day I'll be laid [C7] to rest, But [F] I've got a [C] feelin'

[C] Paint, he'll never [G7] die.

[F] He'll thunder on through the wild mesquite

[F] To be on time to a union meeting

[C] Strong and fearless [G7] and [C] able.

[F] And working people throughout the land Will know he's a good American

Who [C] rides on the horse with the [G7] Un-ion [C] label.

Chorus



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HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING? (D-G-A) – (3/4)

w Anne Warner 1864, v3 Doris Penne (McCarthy era), m Robert Lowry, Ira

Shankey, as sung by Bill Staines (strum freely, use arpeggios)

Intro: Strum chords for last four lines of verse 1. [D] My life goes on in [G] endless song; A-[D]-bove Earth’s lamenta-[A]-tions. I [D] hear the real though [G] far off hymn That [D] hails a new [A] crea-[D]-tion: Through [D] all the tumult [A] and the [D] strife I [D] hear its music ring-[A]-ing: It [D] sounds an echo [G] in my soul, How [D] can I keep [A] from sing-[D]-ing? 2. [D] How though the tempest [G] ‘round me roars, I [D] hear the truth, it li-[A]-veth. And [D] though the darkness [G] ‘round me close, Songs [D] in the night [A] it gi-[D]-vith. No [D] storms can shake my [A] inmost [D] calm While [D] to that rock I’m cling-[A]-ing. Since [D] love is lord in hea-[G]-ven and earth, How [D] can I keep [A] from sing-[D]-ing? 3, [D] When tyrants tremble [G] in their fear And [D] hear the death knell ring-[A]-ing When [D] friends rejoice both [G] far and near, How [D] can I keep [A] from sing-[D]-ing? In [D] prison cell and [A] dungeon [D] vile Our [D] thoughts to them are wing-[A]-ing When [D] friends by shame are [G] undefiled, How [D] can I keep [A] from sing-[D]-ing? Tag (last four lines): In prison cell and dungeon vile…



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HUSH LITTLE BABY, DON’T SAY A WORD (G – D7) – (4/4)

By Mother Goose (Lullaby)

[G] Hush little baby, [D7] don't say a word, Papa's gonna buy you a [G] mockingbird. [G] If that mocking-[D7]-bird won't sing, Papa's gonna buy you a [G] diamond ring. [G] And if that diamond [D7] ring turns brass, Papa's gonna buy you a [G] looking glass. [G] And if that looking [D7] glass gets broke, Papa's gonna buy you a [G] billy goat. [G] And if that billy [D7] goat won't pull, Papa's gonna buy you a [G] cart and bull. [G] And if that cart and [D7] bull turn over, Papa's gonna buy you a [G] dog named Rover. [G] And if that dog named [D7] Rover won't bark, Papa's gonna buy you a [G] horse and cart. [G] And if that horse and [D7] cart fall down, You'll still be the sweetest little [G] baby in town!

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I DON’T WANT YOUR MILLIONS, MISTER (D-G-A) – (3/4)

Words By Jim Garland, tune, traditional (Kentucky miners’ protest song)

[D] I don't want your millions, Mister, I don't [G] want your diamond [D] ring. [D] All I [G] want is the right to live, [D] Mister, Give me [A] back my job [D] again.

[D] I don't want your Rolls-Royce, Mister, I don't [G] want your pleasure [D] yacht. [D] All I [G] want's just food for my [D] babies, Give to [A] me my old job [D] back.

[D] We worked to build this country, Mister, While you [G] enjoyed a life of [D] ease. [D] You've stolen [G] all that we built, [D] Mister, Now our [A] children starve and [D] freeze.

[D] So I don't want your millions, Mister, I don't [G] want your diamond [D] ring. [D] All I [G] want is the right to live, [D] Mister, Give me [A] back my job [D] again.

[D] Think me dumb if you wish, Mister, Call me [G] green, or blue, or [D] red. [D] This one [G] thing I sure know, [D] Mister, My hungry [A] babies must be [D] fed.

[D] Take the two old parties, Mister, No difference [G] in them I can [D] see. [D] But with a [G] Farmer-Labor [D] Party, We could [A] set the people [D] free.

[D] So I don't want your millions, Mister, I don't [G] want your diamond [D] ring. [D] All I [G] want is the right to live, Mister, Give me [A] back my job [D] again.

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I’LL FLY AWAY (G-C-D) – (4/4)

By Albert E. Brumley

[G] Some bright morning when this life is over

[C] I’ll fly a-[G]-way

[G] To that home on God’s celestial shore

I’ll [G] fly a-[D]-way, fly a-[G]way

Chorus:

[G] I’ll fly away, oh glory

[C] I’ll fly a-[G]-way, (in the morning)

[G] When I die hallelujah, by and by

[G] I’ll [C] fly a-[G]-way

[G] When the shadows of this life have gone


[G] Like a bird from these prison walls I’ll fly


Chorus

[G] Oh how glad and happy when we meet


[G] No more cold iron shackles on my feet


Chorus

[G] Just a few more weary days and then


[G] To a land where joys will never end


Chorus

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INCH BY INCH (F-G7-C-Am-Dm) – (4/4)

By Dave Mallet

(INTRO, each chord – 2 beats!) [F] [G7] [C] [Am] [Dm] [G7] [C] [G7]

Chorus: [C] Inch by inch, [F] row by [C] row, [F] Gonna [G7] make this [C] garden grow. [F] All it [G7] takes is a [C] rake and a [Am] hoe, And a [Dm] piece of fertile [G7] ground. [C] Inch by inch, [F] row by [C] row, [F] Someone [G7] bless these [C] seeds I sow. [F] Someone [G7] warm them [C] from below be-[Am]-low 'Til the [Dm] rain comes [G7] tumbling down [C] [G7]

Coda: end on [C] [C] Pullin' weeds and [F] pickin' [C] stones, [F] We are [G7] made of [C] dreams and bones [F] We need a [G7] spot to [C] grow our [Am] own ‘Cause the [Dm] time is close at [G7] hand. [C] Grain for grain, [F] sun and [C] rain [F] I'll find my [G7] way in [C] nature's chain [F] Tune my [G7] body [C] and my [Am] brain To the [Dm] music [G7] of the [C] land. [G7] Chorus [C] Plant your rows [F] straight and [C] long, [F] temper [G7] them with [C] prayer and song [F] Mother [G7] earth will [C] keep you [Am] strong If you [Dm] give her love and [G7] care. [C] Old crow watching [F] hungry-[C]-ly [F] From his [G7] perch in [C] yonder tree [F] In my [G7] garden [C] I'm as [Am] free As that [Dm] feathered [G7] thief up [C] there. [G7] Chorus



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I RIDE AN OLD PAINT (A-E7) – (3/4)

Traditional cowboy song

[A] I ride an old paint, I lead an old Dan I'm [E7] going to Montana for to [A] throw the hoolihan They [E7] feed ‘em in the coulees, they [A] water in the draw Their [E7] tails are all matted, their [A] backs are all raw

Chorus:

Ride [E7] around little dogies, ride [A] around them slow For the [E7] fiery and snuffy are [A] raring to go

[A] Old Bill Jones had two daughters and a song [E7] One went to Denver the [A] other went wrong His [E7] wife she died in a [A] poolroom fight But [E7] still he keeps singing from [A] morning till night

Chorus

[A] When I die take my saddle from the wall Strap it [E7] on to my pony, lead him [A] out of his stall Tie me [E7] on to his back, turn our [A] faces to the west And [E7] we'll ride the prairie that [A] we love the best

Chorus (2x)



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IT COULD BE A WONDERFUL WORLD (F-C7-Bb) – (4/4)

Words by Hy Zaret, Music by Lou Singer

Chorus: If [F] we could consider each [C7] other A [C7] neighbor, a friend, or a [F] brother It [F] could be a wonderful, [Bb] wonderful world, It [C7] could be a wonderful [F] world, oh-yes It [C7] could be a wonderful [F] world If [F] each little kid could have [C7] fresh milk each day If [C7] each working man had [F] enough time to play If [F] each homeless soul had a [Bb] good place to stay It [C7] could be a wonderful [F] world, oh-yes It [C7] could be a wonderful [F] world Chorus If [F] there were no poor and the [C7] rich were content If [C7] strangers were welcome where-[F]-ever they went If [F] each of us knew what true [Bb] brotherhood meant It [C7] could be a wonderful [F] world, oh-yes It [C7] could be a wonderful [F] world Chorus



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JAMBALAYA (on the Bayou) (G-D7) – ( 4/4)

Words and Music by Hank Williams

Good-bye [G] Joe, me gotta go, me oh [D7] my oh

[D7] Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the [G] bayou

[G] My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh [D7] my oh

[D7] Son-of-a-gun, we’ll have big fun on the [G] bayou

Chorus:

Jam-ba-[G]-la-ya, crawfish pie, fillet [D7] gumbo

[D7] ‘Cause tonight I’m gonna meet my ma cher [G] a-mio

[G] Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be [D7] gay-o


Thi-bo-[G] -daux, Fontaineaux, the place is [D7] buzzin’

[D7] Kin folk come to see Yvonne by the [G] dozen

[G] Dress in style, go hog wild, me oh [D7] my oh


Chorus Tag: [D7] Son-of-a-gun, we’ll have big fun on the [G] bayou

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JUST MY HANDS (C-G7-F-Am-Dm) – (4/4)

Originally “One Man’s Hands” by Alex Comfort, Music by Pete Seeger

Words Revised by Pete Seeger to “Just My hands;”

New example verses by Molly Lynn Watt (Make up your own!)

1. [C] Just my hands can’t tear a prison [G7] down,

[G7] Just your hands can’t tear a prison [C] down,

Chorus:

[C] But if [F] two and two and fifty make a [C] million,

We’ll [G7] see that day come [Am] round,

We’ll [Dm] see that [G7] day come [C] round.

2. Just my voice can’t sing to make them hear, …

3. Just my feet can’t protest all the wars, …

4. Just my vote can’t bring a world at peace, ..

5. Just my town can’t halt the new Jim Crow, …

6. Just my eyes can’t see the future clear, …

7. Repeat First Verse



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KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE (C-F-G7) – (4/4)

By The Carter Family

[C] There's a dark and a [F] troubled side of [C] life [C] There's a bright there's a sunny side [G7] too [G7] Though we meet with the darkness and [C] strife The [G7] sunny side we also may [C] view Chorus: [C] Keep on the sunny side [F] always on the sunny side [C] Keep on the sunny side of [G7] life [C] It will help us every day it will [F] brighten all the [C] way If we [C] keep on the [G7] sunny side of [C] life [C] The storm and its [F] fury broke to-[C]-day [C] Crushing hopes that we cherish so [G7] dear [G7] Clouds and storms will in time pass [C] away The [G7] sun again will shine bright and [C] clear Chorus [C] Let us greet with the [F] song of hope each [C] day [C] Though the moment be cloudy or [G7] fair [G7] Let us trust in our Savior al-[C]-way [G7] Who keepeth everyone in His [C] care Chorus



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KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE (Gm – D7 – F – Dm ) – (4/4)

Traditional song adapted by SNCC

Paul and [Gm] Silas bound in jail, Had no money for to [D7] go their [Gm] bail [Gm] Keep your eyes on the prize, [D7] hold [Gm] on, [F] hold [Gm] on Paul and [Gm] Silas began to shout, Jail door opened and [D7] they walked [Gm] out, [Gm] Keep your eyes on the prize, [D7] hold [Gm] on, [F] hold [Gm] on Chorus [Gm] Hold [Dm] on, hold [Gm] on, [Gm] Keep your eyes on the prize, [D7] hold [Gm] on, [F] hold [Gm] on Mary [Gm] wore 3 links of chain, On every link was [D7] freedom’s [Gm] name, [Gm] Keep your eyes on the prize, [D7] hold [Gm] on, [F] hold [Gm] on The only [Gm] chain that we can stand, Is the chain of [D7] hand in [Gm] hand, [Gm] Keep your eyes on the prize, [D7] hold [Gm] on, [F] hold [Gm] on Chorus The only [Gm] thing that we did wrong, Stayed in the wilderness [D7] a day too [Gm] long, [Gm] Keep your eyes on the prize, [D7] hold [Gm] on, [F] hold [Gm] on The only [Gm] thing that we did right, Was the day we [D7] began to [Gm] fight, [Gm] Keep your eyes on the prize, [D7] hold [Gm] on, [F] hold [Gm] on Chorus We’ve met [Gm] jail and violence too, But God’s love has [D7] seen us [Gm] through, [Gm] Keep your eyes on the prize, [D7] hold [Gm] on, [F] hold [Gm] on Freedom's [Gm] name is mighty sweet, Someday soon [D7] we’re gonna [Gm] meet, [Gm] Keep your eyes on the prize, [D7] hold [Gm] on, [F] hold [Gm] on Chorus

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42

THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS (C-F-D7-G7) – ( 3/4)

By Bradley Kincaid, as sung by Steve Watt (Old Time Country Song)

[C] The lightning express from the depot so grand Had [F] just started off on its [C] way [C] All of the passengers who were on board [D7] Seemed to be happy and [G7] gay [C] Except one little boy in a seat by himself, Who sat [F] reading a letter he [C] had It was [F] plain to be seen by the [C] tears in his eyes That the [D7] contents of [G7] it made him [C] sad The [C] stern old conductor came through the car Taking [F] tickets from everyone [C] there, [C] Reaching the place where the little boy sat, He [D7] gruffly demanded his [G7] fare [C] I have no ticket the boy replied, But [F] I'll pay you back some-[C]-day I'll [F] have to put you off the next [C] station he said But he [D7] stopped when he [G7] heard the boy [C] say Chorus: [C] Please Mr. Conductor. Don't [F] put me off of your [C] train [C] The best friend I have in this whole round world Is [D7] waiting for me in [G7] vain [C] Expecting to die any moment, And [F] may not live through the [C] day I’ve [F] got to get home and kiss [C] mother goodbye Be-[D7]-fore God [G7] takes her [C] away [C] A little girl sat in seat close by, said To [F] put that boy off [C] it's a shame [C] Then taking his hat a collection she took And [D7] soon paid his way on the [G7] train. [C] I'm obliged to you miss for your kindness, he said You're [F] welcome I’m sure [C] never fear, Each [F] time the conductor [C] came through the car, These [D7] words seemed to [G7] ring in his [C] ear. Chorus

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43

MAXWELL’S SILVER HAMMER (C-A7-Dm-G7-D7-E7-Am-C7-F) – ( 4/4) By Paul McCartney

INTRO: [C](x2) [E7](x2) [Am](x2) [C7](x2) [F-4](x4) [C][G7][C](x2)

[C] Joan was quizzical [A7] studied pataphysical [Dm] science in the home (2-3-4)

[G7] Late nights all alone with a test tube [C] oh oh oh [G7] oh (2-3-4)

[C] Maxwell Edison [A7] majoring in medicine [Dm] calls her on the phone (2-3-4)

[G7] Can I take you out to the pictures [C] Jo-o-o-[G7]-oan (2-3)

But [D7] as she's getting ready to go a [G7] knock comes on the door KKK

[C]Bang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer came [D7] down upon her head (2-3-4)

[G7] Bang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer

Made [Dm] sure that [G7] she was [C] dead [G7] [C](x2)

[C](x2) [E7](x2) [Am](x2) [C7](x2) [F-4](x4) [C][G7][C](x2)

[C] Back in school again [A7] Maxwell plays the fool again

[Dm] teacher gets annoyed (2-3-4)

[G7] Wishing to avoid an unpleasant [C] sce-e-e-[G7]-ene (2-3-4)

[C] She tells Max to stay [A7] when the class has gone away

[Dm] so he waits behind (2-3-4)

[G7] Writing fifty times I must not be [C] so-o-o-[G7]-o (2-3)

But [D7]when she turns her back on the boy, he [G7]creepsupfrom behind KKK

[C]Bang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer came [D7] down upon her head (2-3-4)


Made [Dm] sure that [G7] she was [C] dead [G7] [C](x2)

[C](x8) [D7](x8) [G7](x8) [Dm](x2) [G7](x2) [C] [G7] [C](x2)

[C](x2) [E7](x2) [Am](x2) [C7](x2) [F-4](x4) [C][G7][C](x2)

[C] P.C. Thirty-one [A7] said we caught a dirty one [Dm] Maxwell stands alone (2-3-4)

[G7] Painting testimonial pictures [C] oh oh oh [G7] oh (2-3-4)

[C] Rose and Valerie [A7] screaming from the gallery [Dm] say he must go free(2-3-4)

The [G7] judge does not agree and he tells them [C] so-o-o-[G7]-o (2-3)

But [D7] as the words are leaving his lips A [G7]noisecomesfrom behind KKK

[C]Bang Bang Maxwell's silver hammer came [D7] down upon his head (2-3-4)


Made [Dm] sure that [G7] he was [C] dead [G7] [C](x2)

[C](x8) [D7](x8) [G7](x8) [Dm](x2) [G7](x2) [C] [G7] [C](x2)

[C] Sil-[E7]-ver [Am]Ham-[C7]-mer [F-4](x4) [C][G7][C](x2)

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MISTER TAMBOURINE MAN (F-G7-C-Dm) – (4/4)

By Bob Dylan

Chorus: [F] Hey Mr [G7] Tambourine Man [C] play a song for [F] me I'm not [C] sleepy and there [F] ain’t no [Dm] place I'm [G7] going to

[F] Hey Mr [G7] Tambourine Man [C] play a song for [F] me In the [C] jingle jangle [F] morning I'll come [G7] followin' [C] you [F] Take me for a [G7] trip upon your [C] magic swirlin' [F] ship All my [C] senses have been [F] stripped and my [C] hands can't feel to [F] grip And my [C] toes too numb to [F] step Wait [C] only for my [Dm] boot heels to be [G7] wanderin'

I'm [F] ready to go [G7] anywhere, I'm [C] ready for to [F] fade In [C] to my own pa-[F]-rade, cast your [C] dancing spell my [F] way I [Dm] promise to go [G7] under it Chorus Though I [F] know that evenin's [G7] empire [C] has returned into [F] sand [C] Vanished from my [F] hand Left me [C] blindly here to [Dm] stand, but still not [G7] sleeping

My [F] weariness a-[G7]-mazes me, I'm [C] branded on my [F] feet I [C] have no one to [F] meet And the [C] ancient empty [Dm] street's too dead for [G7] dreaming Chorus Though you [F] might hear laughin' [G7] spinnin’ Swingin' [C] madly across the [F] sun It's not [C] aimed at any [F] one. it's just es-[C]-capin' on the [F] run And but [C] for the sky there [Dm] are no fences [G7] facin'

And [F] if you hear vague [G7] traces of [C] skippin' reels of [F] rhyme To your [C] tambourine in [F] time, it's just a [C] ragged clown be-[F]-hind I wouldn't [C] pay it any [F] mind, it's just a [C] shadow You're [Dm] seein' that he's [G7] chasing Chorus



45

MORNING HAS BROKEN (C-Dm-G-F-Em-Am-D7-D) – (3/4) Words, by Eleanor Farjeon; Music: traditional Scottish;

Arrangement based on Cat Stevens

[C] Morning has brok-[Dm]-en, [G] like the first [F] mor-[C]-ning [C] Blackbird has [Em] spok-[Am]-en, [D7] like the first [G] bird [C] Praise for the [F] singing, [C] praise for the [Am] morn-[D]-ing [G] Praise for them [C] spring-[F]-ing [G] fresh from the [C] Word [F] [C] [C] Sweet the rain's new [Dm] fall, [G] sunlit from [F] heav-[C]-en [C] Like the first [Em] dew-[Am]-fall, [D7] on the first [G] grass [C] Praise for the [F] sweetness [C] of the wet [Am] gard-[D]-en [G] Sprung in [C] complete-[F]-ness [G] where his feet [C] pass [F] [C] [C] Mine is the sun-[Dm]-light, [G] mine is the [F] mor-[C]-ning [C] Born of the [Em] one [Am] light, [D7] Eden saw [G] play [C] Praise with [F] elation, [C] praise every [Am] mor-[D]-ning [G] God's [C] re-crea-[F]-tion [G] of the new [C] day [F] [C]

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OCTOPUS’S GARDEN (F-Dm-Bb-C7-C) – (4/4)

By Ringo Starr and the Beatles

[F] I’d like to be, [Dm] under the sea In an [Bb] octopus’s [F] garden in the [C7] shade [C7] [F] He’d let us in, [Dm] knows where we’ve been,

In his [Bb] octopus’s [F] garden in the [C7] shade [C7]

[Dm] I’d ask my friends to come and see [Bb] An octopus’s [C] garden with me, [F] I’d like to be, [Dm] under the sea

In an [Bb] octopus’s [C7] garden in the [F] shade [F]

[F] We would be warm, [Dm] below the storm In our [Bb] little hidea-[F]way beneath the [C7] waves [C7] [F] Resting our head, [Dm] on the sea bed,

In an [Bb] octopus’s [F] garden near a [C7] cave [C7]

[Dm] We would sing and dance around [Bb] Because we know we [C] can’t be found

[F] I’d like to be, [Dm] under the sea In an [Bb] octopus’s [C7] garden in the [F] shade [F]

[F] We would shout, [Dm] and swim about [Bb] The coral that [F] lies beneath the [C7] waves [C7]

[F] Oh, what joy, [Dm] for every girl and boy [Bb] Knowing they’re [F] happy and they’re [C7] safe [C7]

[Dm] We would be, so happy you and me, [Bb] No one there, to tell us what to [C] do

[F] I’d like to be, [Dm] under the sea, In an [Bb] octopus’s [C7] garden with [F] you [F]

In an [Bb] octopus’s [C7] garden with [F] you [F] [C7] [F]



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PACK UP YOUR SORROWS (C-F-G-G7) – (4/4)

By Richard Farina and Pauline Marden

[C] No use crying, [F] talking to a stranger,

[C] Naming the sorrows you've [G] seen. [G7]

[C] Too many sad times, [F] too many bad times,

[C] And nobody [G7] knows what you [C] mean.

Chorus:

[C] Ah, but if somehow you could [F] pack up your sorrows,

[C] And give them all to [G] me,

[C] You would lose them, [F] I know how to use them,

[C] Give them [G7] all to [C] me.

[C] No use rambling, [F] walking in the shadows,

[C] Trailing a wandering [G] star. [G7]

[C] No one beside you, [F] no one to hide you,

[C] Nobody knows [G7] where you [C] are.

Chorus

[C] No use gambling, [F] running in the darkness,

[C] Looking for a spirit that's [G] free. [G7]

[C] Too many wrong times, [F] too many long times,

[C] Nobody knows [G7] what you [C] see.

Chorus

[C] No use roaming, [F] lying by the roadside,

[C] Seeking a satisfied [G] mind. [G7]

[C] Too many highways, [F] too many byways,

[C] And nobody's [G7] walking be-[C]-hind.

Chorus



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PAY ME MY MONEY DOWN (F-C) – (4/4)

Traditional

[F] I thought I heard the captain say, "Pay me my [C] money down.

[C] Tomorrow is my sailing day; pay me my [F] money down."

Chorus

[F] Pay me. Oh Pay me. Pay me my [C] money down.

[C] Pay me or go to jail. Pay me my [F] money down.

[F] The very next day we cleared the bar, pay me my [C] money down,

[C] He knocked me down with the end of a spar, Pay me my [F] money down.

Chorus

[F] I wish I was Mr. Howard’s son, Pay me my [C] money down.

[C] Sit in the house and drink good rum, Pay me my [F] money down.

Chorus

[F] I wish I was Mr. Steven’s son, Pay me my [C] money down.

[C] Sit on the bank and watch the work done, Pay me my [F] money down.

Chorus

Make up new verses – samples:

[F] I wish I was Mr. Gates, Pay me my [C] money down.

[C] Haul my money in egg crates, Pay me my [F] money down.

Chorus

[F] Forty days and nights at sea, Pay me my [C] money down.

[C] They worked every dollar out of me. Pay me my [F] money down.

Chorus



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PUTTIN’ ON THE STYLE (G-D) – (4/4)

Traditional song from the Catskills

[G] Young man in a carriage, driving like he’s [D] mad, [D] With a pair of horses he borrowed from his [G] dad [G] Cracks his whip so lively just to see his lady [D] smile [D] But she knows he’s only puttin’ on the [G] style Chorus: [G] Puttin' on the agony, puttin' on the [D] style [D] That's what all the young folks are doing all the [G] while And [G] as we look around us, we're very apt to [D] smile [D] To see so many people puttin' on the [G] style [G] Young man home from college makes a great [D] display [D] With a great big jaw-break that he can hardly [G] say [G] It can't be found in Webster's, and won't be for a [D] while [D] But we know he's only puttin' on the [G] style [G] Young man in a restaurant smokes a dirty [D] pipe [D] Looking like a pumpkin that's only halfway [G] ripe [G] Smoking, drinking, cussing, and thinking all the [D] while [D] That there is nothing equal to puttin' on the [G] style Chorus [G] Sweet sixteen, she goes to church, just to see the [D] boys [D] She laughs and she giggles at every little [G] noise [G] She turns this way a little, and she turns that way a [D] while [D] But everybody knows she's only puttin' on that [G] style [G] Preacher in the pulpit shouts with all his [D] might [D] Glory Hallelujah, puts the people in a [G] fright [G] You might think it’s Satan running up and down the [D] aisle [D] But it's just the preacher puttin' on the [G] style

Chorus

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RED RIVER VALLEY (A-E7-A7-D) – (3/4)

Traditional

[A] From this valley they [E7] say you are [A] going [A] We shall miss your bright eyes and sweet [E7] smile For they [A] say you are [A7] taking the [D] sunshine That has [A] brightened our [E7] pathways a [A] while Chorus: [A] Come and sit by my [E7] side if you [A] love me [A] Do not hasten to bid me [E7] adieu Just [A] remember the [A7] Red River [D] Valley And the [A] cowboy that [E7] loved you so [A] true [A] Won’t you think of the val-[E7]-ley you’re [A] leaving [A] Oh how lonely and sad it will [E7] be Oh [A] think of the [A7] fond heart you’re [D] breaking And the [A] grief you are [E7] causing to [A] me Chorus [A] As you go to your [E7] home by the [A] ocean [A] May you never forget these sweet [E7] hours That we [A] spent in the [A7] Red River [D] Valley And the [A] love that we [E7] shared ‘mid the [A] flowers

Chorus

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RIVER (A-D-E7) – (3/4)

By Bill Staines

[A] I was born in the path of the [D] winter [A] wind [A] I was raised where the mountains are [E7] old Their [A] springtime waters came [D] dancing [A] down [A] And I remember the tales [E7] they [A] told [A] The whistling ways of my [D] younger [A] days [A] Too quickly have faded on [E7] by But [A] all of their memories [D] linger [A] on [A] Like the light in a fad-[E7]-ing [A] sky Chorus: [A] River, [D] take me [E7] along, [E7] In your [A] sunshine, sing [D] me a [E7] song Ever [D] moving and [E7] winding and [A] free You [D] rolling old [A] river, you [D] changing old [A] river Let's [D] you and me, [E7] river*, run [D] down to the [A] sea [A] I've been to the city and [D] back a-[A]-gain [A] I've been moved by some things that I've [E7] learned Met a [A] lot of good people and I've [D] called them [A] friends [A] Felt the change when the sea-[E7]-sons [A] turned [A] I've heard all the songs that the [D] children [A] sing [A] And listened to love's melo-[E7]-dies I've [A] felt my own music [D] within me [A] rise [A] Like the wind in the au-[E7]-tumn [A] trees Chorus [A] Someday when the flowers are [D] blooming [A] still [A] Someday when the grass is still [E7] green My [A] rolling waters will [D] round the [A] bend [A] And flow into the o-[E7]-pen [A] sea [A] So, here's to the rainbow that's [D] followed me [A] here [A] And here's to the friends that I [E7] know And [A] here's to the song that's [D] within me [A] now [A] I will sing it where-[E7]-eer I [A] go Chorus Tag: Let’s [D] you and me, [E7] river*, run [D] down to the [A] sea. *Hold “River” for 6 counts, 2 extra measures: “river 3-1-2-3-1-2–run down …”

or



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SHIP TITANIC (F-Bb-G-C-C7) – (4/4)

Traditional

[F] Oh they built the ship Titanic to [Bb] sail the ocean [F] blue And they [F] thought they had a ship that the [G] water could never go [C] through But [F] God’s almighty hand knew that [Bb] ship would never [F] land It was [F] sad when that [C7] great ship went [F] down Chorus: [F] Oh, it was [Bb] sad, Lord it was [F] sad It was [F] sad when the great ship went [C] down (to the bottom of the …) [F] Husbands & wives, little bitty [Bb] children lost their [F] lives It was [F] sad when that [C7] great ship went [F] down Oh, the [F] ship set sail from England and was [Bb] almost to the [F] shore When the [F] rich folks refused to [G] associate with the [C] poor So they [F] put them down below where they [Bb] were the first to [F] go It was [F] sad when that [C7] great ship went [F] down Chorus Oh the [F] ship was full of sin and the [Bb] sides about to [F] burst When the [F] captain hollered, [G] “Women and children [C] first” The [F] captain tried to wire, but the [Bb] lines were all on [F] fire It was [F] sad when that [C7] great ship went [F] down Chorus Oh, they [F] swung the lifeboats out o’er the [Bb] dark and raging [F] sea When the [F] band struck up with [G] “Nearer my God to [C] Thee” Little [F] children wept and cried as the [Bb] waves swept o’er the [F] side It was [F] sad when that [C7] great ship went [F] down Chorus



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SIMPLE GIFTS (C-G7) – ( 4/4)

Traditional Shaker Hymn (this is often sung as a round)

‘Tis a [C] gift to be simple, ‘tis a gift to be free

‘tis a [G7] gift to come down where we ought to be

And [C] when we find ourselves in the place just right

‘twill [G7] be in the valley of [C] love and delight

[C] When true simplicity is gained, to bow and to bend

we [G7] won’t be ashamed.

To [C] turn, turn will be our delight

‘til by [G7] turning, turning we [C] come round right



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SUNNY AFTERNOON (Am-G7-C-E7-A7-D7) – ( 4/4)

By The Kinks

The [Am] tax man's taken [G7] all my dough,

And [C] left me in my [G7] stately home,

[E7] Lazing on a sunny after-[Am]-noon

and I can't [G7] sail my yacht,

He's [C] taken every [G7] thing I've got,

[E7] All I've got's this sunny after-[Am]-noon. N.C. (3-4) (1-2-3-4)

[A7] Save me, save me, save me from this squee-[D7]-eeze. N.C. (1-2)

I got a [G7] big fat mama trying to break [C] me.

[E7] And I [Am] love to live so [D7] pleasantly

[Am] Live this life of [D7] luxury,

[C] Lazing on a sunny after-[Am]-noon. [E7] (2-3-4)

In [Am] summertime [E7] (2-3-4), In [Am] summertime [E7] (2-3-4)

In [Am] summertime [E7] (2-3-4)

My [Am] girlfriend's run off [G7] with my car,

And [C] gone back to her [G7] ma and pa,

[E7] Telling tales of drunkenness and [Am] cruelty

now I'm [G7] sitting here,

[C] Sipping at my [G7] ice cold beer,

[E7] Lazing on a sunny after-[Am]-noon. N.C. (3-4) (1-2-3-4)

[A7] Help me, help me, help me sail away-[D7]-ay, N.C.(1-2)

Well give me [G7] two good reasons why I ought to [C] stay.

[E7] 'Cause I [Am] love to live so [D7] pleasantly,


[C] Lazing on a sunny after-[Am]-noon. [E7]

In [Am] summertime [E7], (2-3-4), In [Am] summertime [E7], (2-3-4)

In [Am] summertime [E7] (2-3-4)

[A7] Save me, save me, save me from this squee-[D7]-eeze. N.C.(1-2)

I got a [G7] big fat mama trying to break [C] me.

And I [Am] love to live so [D7] pleasantly


[C] Lazing on a sunny after-[Am]-noon. [E7] (2-3-4)

In [Am] summertime [E7] (2-3-4), In [Am] summertime [E7] (2-3-4)

In [Am] summertime [E7], (2-3-4) In [Am] summertime [E7], (2-3-4) [Am]

or



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SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT (G-C-D7-G7) ( 4/4)

(Traditional Spiritual)

Chorus: Swing [G] low sweet [C] char-[G]-i-ot Coming for to carry me [D7] home Swing [G] low [G7] sweet [C] char-[G]-i-ot Coming for to [D7] carry me [G] home I [G] looked over Jordan and [C] what did I [G] see Coming for to carry me [D7] home A [G] band of [G7] angels [C] coming after [G] me Coming for to [D7] carry me [G] home Chorus I’m [G] sometimes up and I’m [C] sometimes [G] down Coming for to carry me [D7] home Still [G] my [G7] soul is [C] heavenly [G] bound Coming for to [D7] carry me [G] home Chorus If [G] you get there be-[C]-fore I [G] do Coming for to carry me [D7] home Tell [G] all my [G7] friends [C] I’m a-coming [G] too Coming for to [D7] carry me [G] home Chorus

or



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TENNESSEE WALTZ (G-G7-C -D7-B7) – (3/4)

Lyrics by Redd Stewart, music by Pee Wee King (Waltz!)

Intro: [G](x3) [D7](x3) [G](x3)

[G] I was dancing with my darling to the [G7] Tennessee [C] Waltz When an [G] old friend I happened to [D7] see I intro-[G]-duced her to my darling And [G7] while they were [C] dancing My [G] friend stole my [D7] sweetheart from [G] me [G] I remember the [B7] night and the [C] Tennessee [G] Waltz Now I [G] know just how much I have [D7] lost Yes, I [G] lost my little darling the [G7] night they were [C] playing the [G] beautiful [D7] Tennessee [G] Waltz

Outro: Repeat song without the intro!

OR



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TODAY’S THE ONLY DAY OF MY LIFE (F-Bb-A7-Dm-Gm-C-C7-D7) – (4/4)

By Joe Marchado

1. [F] Today’s the only [Bb] day of my [F] life,

[F] The one and only [A7] day of my [Dm] life

[Bb] Yesterday’s a memory, to-[F]-morrow’s an idea

For the [Gm] time is always now and the place is [C] always [C7] here

2. [F] So If I’ll ever [Bb] be good and [F] true,

[F] I might just as [A7] well be true to [Dm] you

For [Bb] no one on this earth knows just [F] what tomorrow brings

And the [Gm] chance I have today might flap its [C] wings and fly [C7] away.

Chorus;

[F] So don’t wait another day don’t wait another after-[D7]-noon

[D7] Don’t wait a cotton pickin’ chicken pluckin’ minute now

Make [Bb] up your mind to be the kind of guy you want to be real [A7] soon

[A7] Make sure no matter what you do you put your whole megillah in it,

[Dm] I know [Gm] everyone [A7] knows,

[Dm] how fast your [Gm] living time [A7] goes,

So [Dm] make the [G] most of the [A7] show right [Bb] now, right [A] now

3. [F] Today’s the only [Bb] day to suc-[F]-ceed,

[F] The only day to [A7] do your good [Dm] deed

So [Bb] give your heart to everything that [F] you decide to do,

Sing a [Gm] song, swim a lake paint a picture bake a cake or [C] tie a [C7] shoe.

4. [F] Your family’s just the [Bb] people you [F] share,

[F] The folks who live a-[A7]-round you any-[Dm]-where,

[Bb] There really are no strangers, that’s [F] nothing but a myth,

So [Gm] give your loving care to every-[C]-one you’re [C7] with

Chorus

5. [F] Well I hope I have [Bb] convinced you it’s [F] true,

[F] And here’s my fervent [A7] wish now for [Dm] you

[Bb] I wish that we could all be like [F] bees within a hive

[Gm] Buzzin’, makin’ noise and honey, [C] all our [C7] lives.

6. [F] Today’s the only [Bb] day of my [F] life,

[F] The one and only [A7] day of my [Dm] life

[Bb] Yesterday’s a memory, to-[F]-morrow’s an idea

For the [Gm] time is always now and the place is [C] always [C7] here

Chorus

or



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UNDER THE BOARDWALK (C-G7-C7-F-Am-G) – ( 4/4)

By Arthur Resnick and Kenny Young Try a calypso strum:

Oh when the [C] sun beats down and burns the tar up on the [G7] roof And your [G7] shoes get so hot / you wish your tired feet were fire [C] proof [C7] Under the [F] boardwalk, down by the [C] sea, yeah [C] On a blanket with my baby is [G7] where I'll [C] be

Chorus:

[C] Under the [Am] boardwalk, out of the sun [Am] Under the [G] boardwalk, we'll be havin' some fun [G] Under the [Am] boardwalk, people walking above [Am] Under the [G] boardwalk, we'll be falling in love

[G] Under the [Am] boardwalk, boardwalk!

[C] From the park you hear the happy sound of a carou-[G7]-sel You can [G7] almost taste / the hot dogs and French fries they [C] sell [C7] Under the [F] boardwalk, down by the [C] sea, yeah [C] On a blanket with my baby is [G7] where I'll [C] be

Chorus (2x)



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UNION MAID (G-C-D-A) – (4/4)

Music: Red Wing; original words by Woody Guthrie, 1941 (third verse by Millard

Lampell, fourth verse unknown) – There are many variations and parodies

[G] There once was a union maid, she [C] never was a-[G]-fraid Of [D] goons and ginks and [G] company finks

and the [A] deputy sheriffs who [D] made the raid. She [G] went to the union hall when a [C] meeting it was [G] called, And [D] when the company [G] boys came 'round She [D] always stood her [G] ground.

Chorus: Oh, you [C] can't scare me, I'm sticking to the [G] union, I'm sticking to the [D] union, I'm sticking to the [G] union. Oh, you [C] can't scare me, I'm sticking to the [G] union, I'm sticking to the [D] union 'til the day I [G] die.

This [G] union maid was wise to the [C] tricks of company [G] spies, She [D] couldn't be fooled by a [G] company stool,

she'd [A] always organ-[D]-ize the guys. She [G] always got her way when she [C] struck for higher [G] pay. She'd [D] show her card to the [G] National Guard And [D] this is what she'd [G] say:

Chorus You [G] gals who want to be free, just [C] take a tip from [G] me; [D] Get you a man who's a [G] union man [A] and join the Ladies [D] Auxiliary [G] Married life ain't hard when you’ve [C] got a union [G] card, A [D] union man has a [G] happy life when he's [D] got a union [G] wife. Chorus We [G] modern union maids are [C] also not a-[G]-fraid, To [D] walk the line, leave [G] jobs behind, And [A] we’re not just the [D] Ladies Aid! We’ll [G] fight for equal pay, And [C] we will have our [G] say, We’re [D] workers too, the [G] same as you, And [D] union all the [G] way!” Chorus

or



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WALTZING MATILDA (C-G7-F) – ( 4/4)

Words by Banjo Paterson & music, a Scottish tune by Robert Tannahill

Note: this song is a march, not a waltz!

[C] Once a jolly [G7] swagman [C] camped by a [F] billabong

[C] Under the shade of a [G7] coolibah tree

And he [C] sang as he [G7] watched and

[C] waited while his [F] billy boiled

[C] You’ll come a-waltzing ma-[G7]-tilda with [C] me

Chorus:

(Use third line of each verse in following choruses)

[C] Waltzing matilda, [F] waltzing matilda,

[C] You’ll come a waltzing ma-[G7]-tilda with me

And he [C] sang as he [G7] watched and

[C] waited while his [F] billy boiled

[C] You’ll come a waltzing ma-[G7]-tilda with [C] me

[C] Down came a [G7] jumbuck to [C] drink at that [F] billabong

[C] Up jumped the swagman and [G7] grabbed him with glee

And he [C] sang as [G7] stuffed that [C] jumbuck in his [F] tucker-bag


Chorus

[C] Up rode the [G7] squatter, [C] mounted on his [F] thoroughbred

[C] Up rode the troopers, [G7] one, two, three

[C] Where’s that jolly [G7] jumbuck

[C] you’ve got in your [F] tuckerbag?


Chorus

[C] Up jumped the [G7] swagman and [C] sprang into that [F] billabong

[C] You’ll never take me [G7] alive, said he

And his [C] ghost may be [G7] heard as you

[C] pass by that [F] bill-a-bong


Chorus

Note: Sing last two lines of last chorus slowly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tannahill



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WALTZING WITH BEARS (G-C-D) – (3/4)

Words by Dr, Seuss, music by Eugene Poddany, adapted by Dale Marzen (waltz)

[G] I went to his room in the [C] middle of the [G] night [D] I tiptoed in and I [G] turned on the light [G] But to my surprise, he was [C] nowhere in [G] sight— [C] For my Uncle [G] Walter goes [D] waltzing at [G] night CHORUS: [G] He goes wa-wa-wa, wa-wa-wa, [C] waltzing with [G] bears [D] Raggy bears, shaggy bears, [G] baggy bears too [G] There's nothing on earth Uncle [C] Walter won't [G] do— [C] So he can go [G] waltzing, [C] wa-wa-wa [G] waltzing [C] So he can go [G] waltzing, go [D] waltzing with [G] bears CHORUS [G] We gave Uncle Walter a [C] new coat to [G] wear [D] When he came home it was [G] covered with hair [G] Lately I've noticed [C] several new [G] tears— [C] I think Uncle [G] Walter's been [D] waltzing with [G] bears CHORUS [G] We told Uncle Walter that [C] he should be [G] good [D] Do all the things we [G] think that he should [G] But I know that he'd rather be [C] out in the [G] wood— [C] I'm afraid we [G] might lose Uncle [D] Walter for [G] good CHORUS [G] Well we begged & we pleaded, "Oh [C] please won't you [G] stay" [D] Managed to keep him at home for a [G] day [G] But the bears all barged in and [C] they took him [G] away— [C] Now he's dancing with [G] pandas, [C] And he can't under-[G]-stand us And the [C] bears all [G] demand at least [D] one waltz a [G] day CHORUS

OR:



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WEAVE ME THE SUNSHINE (F-G-C-Am-Em-D-G7) – (4/4)

By Peter Yarrow

Chorus: (2X) [F] Weave, [G] weave, [C] weave me the [Am] sunshine [F] out of the [G] falling [C] rain [Am] [F] Weave me the [G] hope of a [C] new to-[Em]-morrow, And [D] fill my cup a-[G]-gain Well, I've [Am] seen the steel and the [Em] concrete crumble [F] Shine on [G] me a-[C]-gain [Am] The [Am] proud and the mighty [D] all have stumbled [G] Shine on me a-[G7]-gain Chorus (2X) They [Am] say that the tree of [Em] loving [F] Shine on [G] me a-[C]-gain [Am] Grows [Am] on the bank of the [D] river of suffering [G] Shine on me a-[G7]-gain Chorus (2X) If [Am] only I could heal your [Em] sorrow [F] Shine on [G] me a-[C]-gain [Am] I'd [Am] help you to find your [D] new tomorrow [G] Shine on me a-[G7]-gain Chorus (2X) Only [Am] you can climb that [Em] mountain [F] Shine on [G] me a-[C]-gain [Am] If you [Am] want to drink at the [D] golden fountain [G] Shine on me a-[G7]-gain Chorus (2X) Tag: [F] Weave, [G] weave, [C] weave me the [Am] sunshine [F] out of the [G] falling [C] rain



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WHEN I’M SIXTY-FOUR (G-D7-G7-C-C#dim-G-E7-A7-Em-D-A) – 4/4

By the Beatles, credited to Lennon & McCartney (Note: No diagrams for chords C & A7)

[G] When I get older, losing my hair, many years from [D7] now

[D7] Will you still be sending me a valentine, birthday greetings, [G] bottle of wine

[G] If I’d been out ‘til a quarter to three, [G7] would you lock the [C] door

[C] Will you still [C#dim] need me, [G] will you still [E7] feed me,

[A7] when I’m [D7] sixty [G] four

[Em](x8) [D](x4) [Em](x4)

[Em] You’ll be older [B7] too [Em] and if you [A] say the word

[C] I could [D] stay with [G] you [D7]

[G] I could be handy mending a fuse when your lights have [D7] gone

[D7] You could knit a sweater by the fireside, Sunday mornings, [G] go for a ride

[G] Doing the garden, digging for weeds, [G7] who could ask for [C] more



[Em] Every summer we can rent a cottage on the Isle of [D] Wight

[D] if it’s not too [Em] dear

[Em] We shall scrimp and [B7] save,

[Em] Grandchildren [A] on your knee, [C] Vera, [D7] Chuck & [G] Dave [D7]

(spoken, no strumming) 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8

[G] Send me a postcard, drop me a line, stating point of [D7] view

[D7] Indicate precisely what you mean to say, yours sincerely [G] wasting away

[G] Give me your answer, fill in a form, [G7] mine forever [C] more



Will you still [C#dim] need me, [G] will you still [E7] feed me,




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WHEN PAPA PAPERED THE PARLOUR (Dm-Gm-A7) – (6/8)

By Robert P. Weston & Fred J. Barnes (English Music Hall)

[Dm] Our parlour wanted papering and [Gm] Pa said it was [Dm] waste [Dm] To call a paperhanger in and [A7] so he made some [Dm] paste [Dm] He bought some rolls of paper a [Gm] ladder and a [Dm] brush [Dm] And donning Mama’s nightgown on at [A7] it he made – one – [Dm] rush. Chorus: [Dm] When Papa papered the parlour, You [Gm] couldn't see him for [Dm] paste [A7] Dabbing it here, dabbing it there, paste and paper everywhere [Dm] Mama was stuck to the ceiling; The [Gm] kiddies were stuck to the [Dm] floor I never [Gm] saw such a [Dm] blooming [A7] family, So [Dm] stuck up [A7] be-[Dm]-fore. [Dm] The pattern was ‘blue roses,' its [Gm] leaves red white and [Dm] brown [Dm] He'd stuck it wrong way up and now we [A7] all walk upside [Dm] down [Dm] And when he trimmed the edging off the [Gm] paper with the [Dm] shears [Dm] The cat got underneath it and [A7] Pa cut off its [Dm] ears. Chorus: Soon [Dm] Pa fell down the stairs and dropped [Gm] his paperhanger's [Dm] can [Dm] On little Henrietta sitting [A7] there with her young [Dm] man [Dm] The paste stuck them together as we'd [Gm] thought 'twould be for [Dm] life [Dm] We had to fetch the parson in [A7] to make them man and [Dm] wife. Chorus: [Dm] We're never going to move away from [Gm] that house any [Dm] more [Dm] For Papa’s gone and stuck the chairs and [A7] table to the [Dm] floor [Dm] We can't find our piano though it's [Gm] broad and rather [Dm] tall [Dm] We think that its behind the paper [A7] Pa stuck on the [Dm] wall. Chorus:



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WOULD YOU LIKE TO SWING ON A STAR? (E7-A7-D7-G-C-Em7-Am7-) – (4/4)

By Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen

Chorus

Would you [E7] like to swing on a [A7] star?

Carry [D7] moonbeams home in a [G] jar?

And be [E7] better off than you [A7] are

[D7] Or would you rather be a [G] mule? (…pig?) (…fish?)

A [G] mule is an [C] animal with [G] long funny [C] ears

[G] Kicks up at [C] anything he [G] hears.

His [A7] back is brawny but his [D7] brain is weak

He’s [Em7] just plain [A7] stupid with a [D7] stubborn streak

And by the [G] way, if you [C] hate to go to [G] school. [E7]

[Am7] You may grow [D7] up to be a [G] mule.

Chorus

A [G] pig is an [C] animal with [G] dirt on his [C] face

His [G] shoes are a [C] terrible [G] disgrace.

He [A7] has no manners when he [D7] eats his food

He’s [Em7] fat and [A7] lazy and [D7] extremely rude

But if you [G] don’t care a [C] feather or a [G] fig [E7]

[Am7] You may grow [D7] up to be a [G] pig.

Chorus

A [G] fish won’t do [C] anything, but [G] swim in a [C] brook,

He [G] can’t write his [C] name or read a [G] book.

To [A7] fool the people is his [D7] only thought

And [Em7] though he’s [A7] slippery, he [D7] still gets caught

But then if [G] that sort of [C] life is what you [G] wish [E7]

[Am7] You may grow [D7] up to be a [G] fish.

And all the [E7] monkeys aren’t in the [A7] zoo

Every [D7] day you meet quite a [G] few.

So you [E7] see it’s all up to [A7] you

[D7] You can be better than you [G] are, [Em7]

[Am7] You could be [D7] swingin’ on a [G] star.

or

Am7



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YELLOW SUBMARINE (G7-C-Dm) – ( 4/4)

By the Beatles

[C] In the [G7] town where I was [C] born,

Lived a [Dm] man who sailed to [G7] sea,

And he [G7] told us of his [C] life,

In the [Dm] land of subma-[G7]-rines.

[C] So we [G7] sailed up to the [C] sun,

‘Til we [Dm] found a sea of [G7] green,

And we [G7] lived beneath the [C] waves,

In our [Dm] yellow subma-[G7]-rine.

Chorus:

[C] We all live in a [G7] yellow submarine,

[G7] Yellow submarine, [C] yellow submarine.

[C] We all live in a [G7] yellow submarine,

[G7] Yellow submarine, [C] yellow submarine.

[C] And our [G7] friends are all on [C] board,

Many [Dm] more of them live next [G7] door,

And the [G7] band begins to [C] play... (band sounds ) ..[G7]

Chorus

[C] As we [G7] live a life of [C] ease

Every [Dm] one of us has all we [G7] need

Sky of [G7] blue and sea of [C] green

In our [Dm] yellow subma-[G7]-rine

Chorus (2X)



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APPENDIX: UKULELE RESOURCES AND BASIC INFORMATION

A FEW FAVORITE RESOURCES FOR UKULELE PLAYERS!

Books

American Roots – Music for Ukulele, by Dick Sheridan, CD, notation, tab & chords $19.99

Camp Ukulele, compiled and arranged by Jim Beloff $14.95

Daily Ukulele, 365 Songs compiled by Liz & Jim Beloff $34.99

Daily Ukulele Leap Year Edition, 366 more compiled by Liz & Jim Beloff $34.99

Fingerstyle Ukulele, Method & Songbook, Back-up & Solos, by Fred Sokolow $16.99

Gospel Hymns for Ukulele, Hal Leonard, notation & chords, $8.99

Play Ukulele Today Level 1, by Barrett Tagliarino CD & Demo tracks $9.99

Rise Up Singing, Rise Again, 2,400 songs with chords, Blood & Patterson, ed., Sing Out

Ukulele—Complete Guide for Absolute Beginners, Level 1 by Ben Parker $10.95

Ukulele – A Visual History, by Jim Beloff, (small print & hard to read) $24.95

Ukulele Chord Dictionary, by Morton Manus $4.99

Ukulele Chord Finder, by Hal Leonard (1,000 Chords) $5.99

Ukulele for Dummies, by Allstair Wood with CD $14.12

Ukulele Fretboard Roadmaps, by Fred Sokolow & Jim Beloff $8.00

Ukulele Method Book 2, by Lil’ Rev (Hal Leonard) tab, scale & chords $6.99

Ukulele Method Complete & CD, by Horne, Aisenberg & Ho (3 books, 3 levels)

Ukulele Tips ‘n’ Tunes, A Beginners Method and Songbook, by Jim Beloff $14.95

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Jumpin’ Jim’s Ukulele Workshop DVD, Jim Beloff, $29.95

Joy of Uke, DVD, Jim Beloff, $29.95 (Basic instruction for beginners)

Joy of Uke, 2 DVD, Jim Beloff, $29.95 (Intermediate level instruction)

Documentary Films Under the Boardwalk, A Ukulele Love Story; Mighty Uke

The Amazing Comeback of a Musical Underdog

Jake Shimabukuro, Life on Four Strings

Websites 1800sunstar.com to find traditional Hawaiian Medley culture, ukulele and hula

boatpaddleukuleles.com (a democratic listing of links 200 of lessons, blogs, events, ads, Chinese finger picking styles etc. from the wide world of uke)

HalifaxUkuleleGang.wordpress.com (H.U.G.) 2 downloadable songbooks

makeuseof.com ( Linked to 5 resources to get started (how to play, how to tune) Pineapple Pete’s Uke School (with lessons) Ukulele Underground (to bring new players in, gives basic lessons for free), Easy Ukulele (Video lessons, chord charts, tips for tuning & strumming, uke reviews) Ukulele Songs (when you want to do more, like perform, Hendrix, The Wind Cries Mary with tablature), Uketoob has videos of performers and is a blog with an index of every subject blogged.

Meetup.com Boston Ukulele Union, Southern New Hampshire Ukulele Groups etc

Sanjoseukeclub.org pdfs of hundreds of songs downloadable in clear formats

UkuleleHunt.com (Before You Buy, Learn to Play, Tabs, Chords, Strums, lessons, how-to, reviews, blog! Music by Allstair Wood, author of Ukulele for Dummies)

Youtube Lessons Danno Sullivan (Pop, fun, a uke teacher gearing up to teach on-line including strums)

Jake Simabukuru (a range from one chord songs to Bohemian Rhapsody)

Jumpin’ Jim (zen ukulele examples from his CD),

Madeline L. Pots (7 sequential lessons to move from 1 chord to 5)

Ukulele Mike (tutorials – Amazing Grace etc.),

Use google for hundreds more resources for your ukulele adventure!

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-fantastic-resources-web-ukulele-players/

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