JULY MEETING

STATE SONGS!

286

Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd

[intro] (D) (C) (G) (G) x4

(D) Big (C)wheels keep on (G)turning (D) Carry me (C)home to see my (G)kin

(D) Singing (C)songs about the (G)southland

(D) I miss ole (C)'Bamy once (G)again (and I think it's a sin)

(D) (C) (G) (G) x2

(D) Well, I heard Mister (C)Young sing a(G)bout her (D) Well, I heard ole (C)Neil put her (G)down

(D) Well, I hope Neil (C)Young will re(G)member (D) A southern (C)man don't need him a(G)round anyhow

(D) Sweet (C)home Ala(G)bama

(D) Where the (C)skies are so (G)blue (D) Sweet (C)home Ala(G)bama

(D) Lord, I'm (C)coming home to (G)you

(D) In Birming(C)ham they love the (G)Gov'nor (F)Boo (C)boo

(D)boo (D) Now we all (C)did what we could (G)do

(D) Now Water(C)gate does not (G)bother me (D) Does your (C)conscience bother (G)you? (tell the truth)

(D) Sweet (C)home Ala(G)bama

(D) Where the (C)skies are so (G)blue (D) Sweet (C)home Ala(G)bama

(D) Lord, I'm (C)coming home to (G)you

(D) Now Muscle (C)Shoals has got the (G)Swampers (D) And they've been (C)known to pick a song or (G)two (yes they do)

(D) Lord they (C)get me off (G)so much (D) They pick me (C)up when I'm feeling (G)blue (now how about you?)

(D) Sweet (C)home Ala(G)bama (D) Where the (C)skies are so (G)blue

(D) Sweet (C)home Ala(G)bama (D) Lord, I'm (C)coming home to (G)you

(D – single strum)

Written by Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant

Take me Home, Country Roads (in D)                    

 

Intro: [D]4 [A]4 [G]4 [D]4  First sung note note is A 

 

[D] Almost heaven, [Bm] West Virginia,  

[A] Blue Ridge Mountains, [G] Shenandoah [D] River 

[D] Life is old there, [Bm] older than the trees,  

[A] younger than the mountains, [G] growin’ like a [D] breeze. 

Country [D] roads, take me [A] home to the  

[Bm] place I be[G] long: 

West Vir[D]ginia, mountain [A] momma,  

take me [G] home, country [D] roads.  

[D] All my memories, [Bm] gather ‘round her,  

[A] miner’s lady, [G] stranger to blue water 

[D] Dark and dusty, [Bm] painted on the sky,  

[A] misty taste of moonshine, [G] teardrop in my [D] eye. 

Country [D] roads, take me [A] home to the  

[Bm] place I be[G] long: 

West Vir[D]ginia, mountain [A] moma,  

take me [G] home, country [D] roads.  

[Bm] I hear her [A]voice, in the [D] morning hours she calls me, 

[G] radio re [D]minds me of my [A] home far away 

[Bm] Drivin down the [C] road I get a [G] feellin that I  

[D] should have been home [A] yesterday, yester[A7]day. 

Country [D] roads, take me [A] home to the  

[Bm] place I be[G] long: 

West Vir[D]ginia, mountain [A] moma,  

take me [G] home, country [D] roads,  

take me [A] home, [G] country [D] roads. 

Down To The River To Pray–as sung by Alison Krauss Grom “O Brother Where Art Thou”

G

As I went down in the river to pray

D G

Studying about that good old way

G

And who shall wear the starry crown

D/ C G

Good Lord show me the way

D G

O Sisters let's go down

C G

Lets go down come on down

D G

O Sisters lets go down

C G

Down in the river to pray

G

As I went down in the river to pray

D G

Studying about that good old way

G

And who shall wear the robe & crown

D/ C G

Good Lord show me the way

D G

O Brothers let's go down

C G

Lets go down, come on down

D G

Come on Brothers lets go down

C G

Down in the river to pray

G

As I went down in the river to pray

D G

Studying about that good old way

G

And who shall wear the starry crown

D/ C G

Good Lord show me the way

D G

O Fathers let's go down

C G

Lets go down come on down

D G

O Fathers lets go down

C G

Down in the river to pray

G

As I went down in the river to pray

D G

Studying about that good old way

G

And who shall wear the robe & crown

D/ C G

Good Lord show me the way

D G

O Mothers let's go down

C G

Lets go down, don’t you wanna go down

D G

Come on Mothers lets go down

C G

Down in the river to pray

G

As I went down in the river to pray

D G

Studying about that good old way

G

And who shall wear the starry crown

D/ C G

Good Lord show me the way

D G

O Sinners, let's go down

C G

Lets go down, come on down

D G

O Sinners, lets go down

C G

Down in the river to pray

G

As I went down in the river to pray

D G

Studying about that good old way

G

And who shall wear the robe & crown

D/ C G

Good Lord show me the way

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Rockin’ Me (Steve Miller Band) A Well I've been lookin' real hard and I'm tryin' to find a job G But it just kept gettin' tougher every day D But I got to do my part ‘cause I know in my heart A I got to please my sweet’n baby, ya A Well, I ain't superstitious and I don't get suspicious G But my woman is a friend of mine D And I know that it's true that all the things that I do A Will come back to me in my sweet’n time A So keep on rockin' me baby G Keep on a rockin' me baby D Keep on a rockin' me baby A Keep on a rockin' me baby A I went from Phoenix, Arizona all the way to Tacoma G Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A. D Northern California where the girls are warm A So I could be with my sweet baby, ya A Keep on a rockin' me baby G Keep on a rockin' me baby D Keep on a rockin' me baby A Keep on a rockin' me baby, baby, baby, baby G D G A G A Keep on rockin', rockin' me baby G A G A Keep on rockin’, rockin’ me baby D A Whoooooooooooooo Ya

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A Don’t get suspicious, now don't be suspicious G Babe you know you are a friend of mine D And you know that it's true that all the things that I do A Are gonna come back to you in your sweet time A I went from Phoenix, Arizona all the way to Tacoma G Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A. D Northern California where the girls are warm A So I could hear my sweet’n baby say A Keep on a rock'n me baby G Keep on a rock'n me baby D Keep on a rock'n me baby A G Keep on a rock'n me, rock'n me, rock'n baby, baby, baby A Keep on a rock'n me baby (Fade to end) G Keep on a rock'n me baby D A Keep on a rock'n me baby

Hawai’i Aloha (in C)  

|C  .  .  .   |C       .   .    .       |C    .     F     .     |C .   .   . 

         E Ha‐wai’‐ i   e   ku’u   o ‐ ne  ha ‐ nau  e 

|C  .  .    .   |G7  .   .   . |G7   .      .   .     |C    .   .   . 

         Ku’u   ho  ‐   me   ku ‐ la ‐ i ‐ wi   nei 

|G7  .  .  .   |C   .    .   .       |C   .     F    .    |C . . . 

           O‐li   no au i   na     po‐no  la ‐ ni   ou 

|C  .  .    .   |G7   .     .   .     |G7  .    .   .     |C    .   .   . 

          E Ha ‐ wai’  ‐  i        a‐lo   ‐    ha        e 

 

Hui: 

|C7 .  .   .     |F   .     .     .   |F    .      .           .   |C  .   .   .  |C . 

           E hau’ o ‐ li e na o – pi ‐ o o Hawai ’i    ne             i 

.   .  |C  .  .  .  |C .   .   .    |G7 .   .    .   

O‐li e!                      O‐li   e! 

|G7 .   .      .    |C    .       .     .         |C     .      F    .     |C . . . 

           Mai na  a – he – a ‐ he ma‐ka ‐ ni e pa mai   nei 

|C  .   .      .      |G7 .   .    .  |G7  .  .  .  |C    .   .   .     

        Mau ke a‐lo  ‐   ha,      no    Ha ‐ wai’i 

Repeat Hui 

Outro: 

|C  .   .      .      |G7 .   .    .  |G7  .    .  .   |C    .   .   .     

        Mau ke a‐lo  ‐   ha,      no      Ha ‐ wai’i 

 

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ColoradoBy Christopher Guest, Sean Kelly, and Tony Hendra

C C/B C/A C/G F G CI'm stuck in this old city now, where living ain't no fun

C C/B C/A C/G D/F# GWhere steel and glass and concret cancel out the wind and sun

F G C FAnd I'm thinking of last winter now, when we walked hand in hand

C F G CIn the trails of the Colorado Rockies

C C/B C/A C/G F G CThe wind sang us a lulla - by, the snow was thick as cream

C C/B C/A C/G D/F# GAnd icicles were chandeliers like crystals in a dream

F G C FAnd the streams were strips of diamonds, and the fields were white as snow

C F G C C7And a bear ate all our soybeans in the night

F G COh, Colorado's calling me

F G C EFrom her hillsides and her rivers, and her mesas and her trees

F G C FWhen blizzards snap the power lines, and all the toilets freeze

C F G CIn December in the Colorado Rockies

C C/B C/A C/G F G CWe had time and space and freedom, we had love and peace to spare

C C/B C/A C/G D/F# GThough we ran out of things to smoke and say and eat and wear

F G C FAnd the morning of the avalanche, the yeti kidnapped Blanche

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Colorado

C F G CAnd he took her to his cave up in the Rockies

F G COh, Colorado's calling me

F G C EFrom her glaciers and her canyons, and her badlands and ravines

F G C FAnd infectious hepatitis was all that came to stay

C F G CIn January in the Colorado Rockies

C C/B C/A C/G F G CThe baby didn't die until we burned up all our wood

C C/B C/A C/G D/F# GConsidering we ate her raw, she tasted pretty good

F G C FAnd the fascist health inspectors dug us out and mailed us home

C F G CExcept for Blanche, who wouldn't leave her mate

F G CAnd oh, Colorado's calling me ("Hey! You!")

F G C EFrom her mountains and her rivers, and her meadows and her trees

F G C FThe tell me I'll be cured soon, thawed and ready to return

C F G CWhen it's April in the Colorado Rockies

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Hotel California – The Eagles

(Am) On a dark desert highway… (E7) cool wind in my hair (G) Warm smell of colitas… (D) rising up through the air

(F) Up ahead in the distance… (C) I saw a shimmering light (Dm) My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim (E7) I had to stop for the night

(Am) There she stood in the doorway… (E7) I heard the mission bell

(G) And I was thinking to myself… this could be (D)heaven or this could be hell (F) Then she lit up a candle… (C) and she showed me the way (Dm) There were voices down the corridor… (E7) I thought I heard them say

(F) Welcome to the Hotel Calif(C)ornia

Such a (E7)lovely place… such a lovely place… such a (Am)lovely face There's (F)plenty of room at the Hotel Calif(C)ornia Any (Dm)time of year… any time of year… you can (E7)find it here

(Am) Her mind is Tiffany twisted… (E7) she got the Mercedes Benz

(G) She got a lot of pretty pretty boys… (D) she calls friends (F) How they danced in the courtyard… (C)sweet summer sweat (Dm) Some dance to remember… (E7) some dance to forget

(Am) So I called up the captain… (E7) please bring me my wine (he said)

(G) We haven't had that spirit here since… (D) 1969 (F) And still those voices are calling from (C)far away (Dm) Wake you up in the middle of the night… (E7) just to hear them say-ay

(F) Welcome to the Hotel Calif(C)ornia Such a (E7)lovely place… such a lovely place… such a (Am)lovely face

They’re (F)livin’ it up at the Hotel Calif(C)ornia What a (Dm)nice surprise… what a nice surprise… bring your (E7)alibis

(Am) Mirrors on the ceiling… (E7) pink champagne on ice (and she said) (G) We are all just prisoners here… (D) of our own device

(F) And in the master's chambers… (C) they gathered for the feast (Dm) They stab it with their steely knives… but they (E7)just can't kill the beast

(Am) Last thing I remember… I was (E7) running for the door (G) I had find the passage back to the (D)place I was before

(F) "Relax" said the night man… we are (C) programmed to receive (Dm) You can check out any time you like (E7)but-you-can never leave

[outro – same chords as verse] (Am) (E7)

(G) (D) (F) (C)

(Dm) (E7) ... (Am – single strum)

Written by Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey

Paradise John Prine Fast waltz tempo (3/4 time) Verse 1: G C G When I was a boy my family would travel D G Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born C G There's a backwards old town that's often remembered D G So many times that my memories are worn. Chorus: G C G And Daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County D G Down by the Green River where Paradise lay C G Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking D G Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away Verse 2: G C G Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River D G To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill C G Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols D G But empty pop bottles was all we would kill. Verse 3: G C G Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel D G They tortured the timber and stripped all the land C G Well, they dug for their coal ‘til the land was forsaken D G Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man. Verse 4: G C G When I die let my ashes float down the Green River D G Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam C G I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waiting D G Just five miles away from wherever I am.