Digital Guitar Songbook

NO RAIN (BLIND MELON)

LOSING MY RELIGION (R.E.M.)

GUANTANAMERA

THE HANUKKAH SONG (ADAM SANDLER)

AGAINST THE WIND (BOB SEEGER)

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

10

ANNIE'S SONG (JOHN DENVER)

11

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (STEVE GOODMAN, ARLO GUTHRIE)

12

COUNTRY ROADS (JOHN DENVER)

14

DUST IN THE WIND (KANSAS)

15

THE GAMBLER (KENNY ROGERS)

16

JET PLANE (JOHN DENVER)

17

KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR (BOB DYLAN, ERIC CLAPTON)

18

LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR (CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL)

19

MARGARITAVILLE (JIMMY BUFFETT)

20

MRS. ROBINSON (SIMON & GARFUNKEL)

22

THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN

23

PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON (PETER, PAUL, & MARY)

24

SCARBOROUGH FAIR (SIMON & GARFUNKEL, TRADITIONAL)

25

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN (CROSBY, STILLS, & NASH)

26

THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING (BOB DYLAN)

27

EDELWEISS

28

TURN, TURN, TURN (PETE SEEGER, BYRDS)

29

FIVE HUNDRED MILES (KINGSTON TRIO)

30

WALTZING MATILDA

31

WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD (GORDON LIGHTFOOT)

33

GIVE A LITTLE BIT (SUPERTRAMP)

34

SOUND OF SILENCE (SIMON & GARFUNKEL)

35

YELLOW SUBMARINE (THE BEATLES)

37

MORNING HAS BROKEN (CAT STEVENS)

38

LET IT BE (THE BEATLES)

39

TODAY (NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS)

40

MY SWEET LORD (GEORGE HARRISON)

41

NO WOMAN NO CRY (BOB MARLEY)

42

TEARS IN HEAVEN (ERIC CLAPTON)

43

No Rain (Blind Melon)

E
D
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
A
G
E
I like watchin the puddles gather rain

E7

E
D
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
A
G
E
E7
and speak my point of view but its not sane, Its not sane
E

D
I just want

E
some one to say to me

D
E
Ill always be there when you wake

D
oh,
D
yeah...

D
E
D
Ya know Id like to keep my cheeks dry today

D
E
So stay with me and Ill have it made

E
D
And I dont understand why I sleep all day
A
G
E
And I start to complain that theres no rain

E7

E
D
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
A
G
E
It rips my life away, but its a great escape
escape, escape, escape
Play this during guitar solo... E

E
D
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
A
ya dont like my point of view
G
E
ya think that Im insane
Its not sane, its not sane
E

D
I just want

E
someone to say to me
E

D
oh,
D

Ill always be there when you wake

yeah,

D
E
Ya know Id like to keep my cheeks dry today

D
E
so stay with me and Ill have it made

End with E D E D....

Losing my Religion (R.E.M.)

F Am F Am G
Oh....

Am
life, it's bigger,

Em
Am
it's bigger than you, and you are not me,

Em
Am
The lengths that i will go to, the distance in your eyes,
Em
Dm
G
Oh no I've said to mu ch, I've said it all,
Am
Em
Am
That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight losing my re ligion,
Em
Am
Trying to keep a view, and I do n't know if I can do it,
Em
Dm
G
Oh no I've said too mu ch, I haven't said enou gh,
F
Am
I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you sing,
F
Am G
I think I thought I saw you try,
Am
Em
Am
Every whisper, every waking ho ur I'm choosing my conf essions,
Em
Am
Trying to keep an eye on you, like a hu rt lost and blind fool,
Em
Dm
G
Oh no I've said too much, I said it all,
Am
Em
Am
Consider this, consider this, The Hint of the century, consider this, the slip
Em
Am
Em
that brought me to my knees failed
what if all these fantasies come flailing around
Dm
G
F
And now I've said to mu ch, I thought that I heard you laughing,
Am
F
Am G Am
I thought that I heard you sing, I think I thought I saw you t ry,
Am
Am
That was just a dream, that was just a dream,
Am
Em
That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight,
Am
Em
Losing my religion trying to keep a view,
Am
Em
Dm
G
And I don't know if I can do it, Oh no I said to much, I haven't said enough
F
Am
I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you s ing,
F
Am
Dm
Am
I think I thought I saw you try, that was just a dream, to try cry fly try,
Dm
Am
G
Am
That was just a dream, just a dream, just a dream, dream.

Guantanamera
F
G7
Guantanamera,
C
guajira guantanamera
C
F G7
Guantanamera,
C
F
guajira guantanamera

G7

G7

C
F
G7
Yo soy un hombre sincero
C
F
G7
De donde crece la palma
C
F
G7
Yo soy un hombre sincero
C
F
G7
De donde crece la palma
C
F
G7
Y antes de morirme quiero
C
F G7
Echar mis versos del alma
Ref.
C
F
G7
Mi verso es de un verde claro
C
F
G7
Y de un jazmn encendido
C
F
G7
Mi verso es de un verde claro
C
F
G7
Y de un jazmn encendido
C
F
G7
Mi verso es un ciervo herido
C
F G7
Que busca en el monte amparo
Ref.
C
F
G7
Por los pobres de la tierra
C
F
G7
Quiero yo mi suerte echar
C
F
G7
Con los pobres de la tierra
C
F
G7
Quiero yo mi suerte echar
C
F
G7
El arrullo de la tierra
C
F G7
Me complace ms que el mar

The Hanukkah Song (Adam Sandler)

C
Put on your
C
Its so much

G
F
G
yalmulka, here comes Hanukkah
G
F
G
fun-akkah to celebrate Hanukkah,

C
G
F
G
Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights,
C
G
F
G
Instead of one day of presents, we have eight crazy nights.
C
G
When you feel like the only kid in town
C
G
Heres a list of people who are Jewish,

F
G
without a Christmas tree,
F
G
just like you and me:

C
G
F
G
David Lee Roth lights the Menorah,
C
G
F
G
So do James Caan, Kirk Douglas, and the late Dinah Shore-ah.
C
G
F
G
Guess who eats together at the Carneggie Deli,
C
G
F
G
Bowzer from Sha-na-na, and Arthur Fonzerrelli.
C
G
F
G
Paul Newmans half Jewish; Goldie Hawns half too,
C
G
F
G
Put them together--what a fine lookin Jew!
F
You dont need no Deck the Halls or Jingle Bell Rock
G7
Cause you can spin the dreidl with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock (both Jewish!)
C
G
F
G
Put on your yalmulka, its time for Hanukkah,
C
G
F
G
The owner of the Seattle Supersonic-ahs celebrates Hanukkah.
C
G
F
G
O.J. Simpson -- not a Jew!
C
G
F
G
But guess who is...Hall of Famer--Rod Carew--(he converted!)
C
G
F
G
We got Ann Landers and her sister Dear Abby,
C
G
F
G
Harrison Fords a quarter Jewish--not too shabby!
C
G
F
G
Some people think that Ebeneezer Scrooge is,
C
G
F
G
Well, hes not, but guess who is: All three stooges.
F

So many Jews are in show biz-G7

Tom Cruise isnt, but I heard his agent is.
C
G
F
Tell your friend Veronica, its time to celebrate
C
G
F
I hope I get a harmonica, on this lovely, lovely

G
Hanukkah
G
Hanukkah.

C
G
F
G
So drink your gin-and-tonic-ah, or get drunk in Tijuana-ca,
C
G
F
G
If you really, really wanna-kah, Have a happy, happy, happy, happy Hanukkah.

Against the Wind (Bob Seeger)

G
G
It seems like yesterday
Bm
Bm
But it was long ago
C
G
Janey was lovely, she was the queen of my nights
D
C
There in the darkness with the rad io playing low
G
G
And the secrets that we shared
Bm
Bm
The mountains th at we moved
C
G
Caught like a wildfire out of control
C
D
Till there was nothing left to burn and nothing left t o prove

Prechorus1:
Em X G
And I remember what she said to me
Em
C
G
How she s wore that it nev er would e nd
Em X C
I remember how she held me oh so tight
C
D
Wish I di dn't know now what I di dn't know then
Chorus1:
G
Bm
Against the wind
C
G
We were runnin' against the wind
C
Bm
C
We were young and strong, we were runnin'
G
against the wind

House of the Rising Sun

Am
C
D
F
There is a house in New Orleans
Am
C
E7
They call the Rising Sun
Am
C
D
F
It has been the ruin of many a poor girl
Am
E7
Am
And me, oh, God, was one
Am
C
D F
My mother was a tailor,
Am
C
E7
She sewed them new blue jeans.
Am
C
D
F
My lover he was a gambler, Oh Lord
Am
E7
Am
Gambled down in New Orleans.
Am
C
D
F
My husband was a gambling man
Am
C
E7
He went from town to town;
Am
C
D
F
And the only time he was satisfied
Am
E7
Am
Was when he drank his liquor down.
Am
C
D
F
Now the only thing a gambling man needs
Am
C
E7
Is a suitcase and a trunk;
Am
C
D
F
And the only time he's ever satisfied
Am
E7
Am
I when he's on a drunk
Am
C
D
F
Go and tell my baby sister
Am
C
E7
Never do like I have done,
Am
C
D
F
But to shun that house in New Orleans
Am
E7
Am
That they call the Rising Sun
Am
C
D
F
With one foot on the platform,
Am
C
E7
And one foot on the train
Am
C
D
F
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
Am
E7
Am
To wear the ball and chain.
Am
C
D
F
I'm going back to New Orleans

10

Am
C
E7
My race is almost run;
Am
C
D
F
I'm going back to spend the rest of my life
Am
E7
Am
Beneath that Rising Sun.

Annie's Song (John Denver)

C
F G
Am
F
C
-Em-Am
You fill up my senses like a night in a forest,
G
F
G
F
G-G7
Like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain.
F G
Am
F
C
-Em-Am
Like a storm on the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean,
G
F G
F
G
C
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.
C
F
G
Am
F
Come let me love you, let me give my life
G
F
G
F
Let me drown in your laughter, let me die
F
G
Am
F
Let me lay down beside you, let me always
G
F
G
F
G
C
Come let me love you, come love me again.

C
-Em-Am
to you.
G-G7
in your arms.
C
-Em-Am
be with you.

(Hum first five lines...)

Let me give my life to you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again

11

City Of New Orleans (Steve Goodman, Arlo Guthrie)

Try this song using 6-Str style #1.
C
G
C
Am
F
C
Riding on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
C
G
C
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Am
G
C
Three conductors, twenty-five sacks of mail
Am
Em
All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of Kankakee
G
D
Rolls along past houses, farms, and fields
Am
Em
Passing towns that have no name freight yards full of old Black men
G
C
And the graveyards of rusted automobiles.
F
G
C
Am
F
C-G
Good mornin' America, how are you? Don't you know me, I'm your native son?
C
G
Am - D
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans,
Bb
F
G
C
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
C
G
C
Dealing card games with the old men in the club car,
Am
F
C
penny a point, ain't no one keeping score.
C
G
C
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Am
G
C
And feel the wheels grumbling 'neath the floor.
Am
Em
And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers
G
D
Ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steam
Am
Em
Mothers with their babes asleep, rockin' to the gentle beat
G
C
And the rhythm of the rails is all they dream.
C
G
C
Am
Night time on the City of New Orleans, changing cars
C
G
C
Halfway home and we'll be there by morning
Am
G
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the
Am
Em
But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad
G
D
And the steel rail still ain't heard the news
Am
Em
The conductor sings his song again, "Passengers will
G
C
This train has got the disappearing railroad blues.
F
G
C

F
C
in Memphis, Tennessee
C
sea
dream

please refrain"

12

<chorus>

Goodnight America, how are you? . . .

13

Country Roads (John Denver)

Try this song using 6-Str style #1.

C
Am
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
G
F
C
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
C
Am
Life is old there, older than the trees,
G
F
C
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze.
<chorus>:
C
G
Country roads, take me home,
Am
F
To the place I belong.
C
G
West Virginia, mountain momma,
F
C
Take me home, country roads.
C
Am
All my mem'ries gather 'round her,
G
F
C
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
C
Am
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
G
F
C
Misty taste of moonshine, tear drop in my eye.
<chorus>
Am
G
C
I hear her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me,
F
C
G
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
Am
Bb
F
C
And drivin' down the road I get the feelin' that I should
G
G7
Have been home yesterday, yesterday.
<chorus>

14

Dust In The Wind (Kansas)

Try this song using 6-Str style #1.
C
G Am
G
Dm
Am
I close my eyes, only for a moment and the moment's gone.
C
G Am
G
Dm
Am
All my dreams pass before my eyes and curiosity.
G Dm
Am
Du-st in the wind.
G
Dm
Am
All they are is dust in the wind.
C
G
Am
G
Dm
Am
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea.
C
G Am G
Dm
Am
All we do crumbles to the ground but we refuse to see.
G Dm
Am
Du-st in the wind.
G
Dm
Am -Em-F-G
All we are is dust in the wind.
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|C % |% % |% % |% % |Am % |% % |% % |% % | x 2
C
G
Am G
Dm
Am
Don't hang on. Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.
C
G Am
G
Dm
Am
It slips away and all your money won't another minute buy.
G Dm
Am
Du-st in the wind.
G
Dm
Am
All we are is dust in the wind.
G Dm
Am
Du-st in the wind.
G
Dm
Am
Everything is dust in the wind.

15

The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)

C
F
C
On a warm summer's evening, on a train bound for nowhere
F
C
F
G7
I met up with a gambler, we were both too tired to sleep,
C
F
C
So we took turns a-staring at the window at the darkness,
F
C
G
C
The boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.
C
F
C
He said, "Son, I've made a life out of reading people's faces,
F
C
F
G7
Knowing what the cards were by the way they held their eyes.
C
F
C
So if you don't mind my saying, I can see you're out of aces.
F
C
G
C
For a taste of your whiskey, I'll give you some advice."
C
F
C
So I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow.
F
C
F
G7
Then he bummed a cigarette, and asked me for a light.
C
F
C
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
F
C
G
C
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, you gotta learn to play it right."
<chorus>:
C
F
C
"You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
F
C
F
G7
Know when to walk away, know when to run
C
F
C
You never count your money when you're sitting at the table,
F
C
G
C
There'll be time enough for counting when the dealing's done."
C
F
C
"Every gambler knows that the secret to surviving
F
C
F
G7
Is knowing what to throw away, knowing what to keep.
C
F
C
'Cause every hand's a winner, and every hand's a loser,
F
C
G7
C
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."
C
F
C
And when he finished speaking, he turned back toward the window,
F
C
F
G7
Crushed out his cigarette, faded off to sleep.
C
F
C
And somewhere in the darkness, the gambler he broke even,
F
C
G
C
But in his final words I found and ace that I could keep.
<chorus>

16

Jet Plane (John Denver)

Try this song using 6-Str mode, style #1.
C
F
G
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.
C
F
G
I'm standing here, outside your door.
C
Am
G
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye.
C
F
G
But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn,
C
F
G
Taxi's waiting, he's blowing his horn
C
Am
G
Already I'm so lonesome I could cry.
<chorus>:
C
F
C
F
So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me.
C
Am
G
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
C
F
C
F
I'm leaving on a jet plane, I don't know when I'll be back again.
C Am
G
Oh babe, I hate to go.
C
F
G
There so many time I've let you down,
C
F
G
So many times I've played around.
C
Am
G
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing.
C
F
G
Every place I go, I think of you,
C
F
G
Every song I sing, I sing for you.
C
Am
G
When I come back, I'll wear your wedding ring.
<chorus>
C
F
G
Now the time has come to leave you.
C
F
G
One more time, let me kiss you.
C
Am
G
Then close your eyes, I'll be on my way.
C
F
G
Dream about the days to come,
C
F
G
When I won't have to leave alone.
C
Am
G
About the time I won't have to say . . .
<chorus>

17

Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton)

|C % |G % |Dm % |% % |
|C % |G % |F % |% % |
C

G
Dm
Ma, take this badge off of me
C
G
F
I can't use it anymore.
C
G
Dm
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
C
G
F
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
<chorus>:
C
Knock, knock,
C
Knock, knock,
C
Knock, knock,
C
Knock, knock,

G
knockin'
G
knockin'
G
knockin'
G
knockin'

Dm
on heaven's door
F
on heaven's door
Dm
on heaven's door
F
on heaven's door

G
Dm
Mama, put my guns in the ground
C
G
Dm
I can't shoot them anymore.
C
G
Dm
That long black cloud is comin' down
C
G
Dm
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
<chorus>
|C % |G % |Dm % | (fade)

18

Lookin' Out My Back Door (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Try this song using 6-Str style #11
C
Just got home from Illinois
F
C
Locked the front door, oh boy!
F
C
G
G7
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
C
F
C
Fascination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin'
F
C
G
C
Doo-doo-doo lookin' out my back door.
C
There's giants doin' cartwheels,
F
C
Statues wearin' high heels.
F
C
G
G7
Look at all the happy creatures dancin' on the lawn.
C
F
C
Dinosaurs patrollin', listenin' to Buck Owens.
F
C
G
C
Doo-doo-doo lookin' out my back door.
G
F
C
Memories like elephants are playin' in the band.
C
G -G7
Won't you take a ride on a flyin' spoon, doo-doo-doo.
C
F
C
Wondrous apparitions, provided by magicians.
F
C
G
C
Doo-doo-doo lookin' out my back door.
(Instrumental)
G
F
C
Tambourines and elephants out playin' in the band
C
G -G7
Won't you take a ride on a flyin' spoon, doo-doo-doo
C
F
C
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll bide no sorrow
F
C
G
C
Doo-doo-doo lookin' out my back door.
C
All our troubles we'll avoid,
F
C
Lock the front door, oh boy!
F
C
G
G7
Look at all the happy creatures dancin' on the lawn.
C
F
C
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll bide no sorrow
F
C
G
C
Doo-doo-doo lookin' out my back door.

19

Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett)

C
Living on sponge cake, watching the sun bake
G
All of those tourists covered with oil
Strumming my six string, on my front porch swing
C
Smell those shrimp, they're beginning to boil.
F
G
C
Wasting away again in Margaritaville
F
G
C
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
F
G
C G
F
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
G
C
But I know, it's nobody's fault.
C
Don't know the reason, I stayed here all season
G
Nothing is sure but this brand new tattoo
But it's a real beauty, a Mexican cutie
C
How it got here I haven't a clue.
F
G
C
Wasting away again in Margaritaville
F
G
C
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
F
G
C G
F
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
G
C
And I think that it could be my fault.
C
I blew out my flip flop, stepped on a pop top
G
Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home
But there's booze in the blender, and soon it will render
C
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on.
F
G
C
Wasting away again in Margaritaville
F
G
C
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
F
G
C G
F
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
G
C
And I know it's my own damn fault.

20

21

Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)

G7
C
Am
And here's to you . . Mrs. Robinson,
C
Am
F
Jesus loves you more than you will know.
C
Am
God bless you, please Mrs. Robinson,
C
Am
F
Heaven holds a place for those who pray.
A
Hey, hey, hey.

G7
Wo, wo, wo.
Dm
Hey, hey, hey,

A
We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files,
D7
We'd like to help you learn to help yourself.
G7
C
F
Dm
Look around you all you see are sympathetic eyes,
A
G7
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home.
G7
C
And here's to you . . . (chorus)
A
Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes,
D7
Put it in you pantry with your cupcakes.
G7
C
F
Dm
It's a little secret, just the Robinson's affair,
A
G7
Most of all you've got to hide it from the kids.
G7
C
Coo, coo, ca choo, Mrs. Robinson. . . (chorus)
A
Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon,
D7
Going to the candidates' debate,
G7
C
F
Dm
Laugh about it, shout about it, when you've got to choose,
A
G7
Every way you look at it you lose.
C
Am
Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?
C
Am
F
G7
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Wo, wo, wo,
C
Am
What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson,
C
Am
F
Dm
"Joltin' Joe" has left and gone away? Hey, hey, hey,
A
Hey, hey, hey.

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Am
C
F
Dm
Virgil Caine is my name, and I drove on the Danville train,
Am
C
F
Dm
Til Stonewall's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
Am
C
F
Dm
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive.
Am
C
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
C
Am
D
It was a time I remember oh so well.
<chorus>:
C
F
The night they drove
C
F
The night they drove
C
They went, "Na na na

C
Am
old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing.
C
Am
old Dixie down, and all the people were singing.
Am
D
F
na na na na na na na na na na na."

Am
C
F
Dm
Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she said to me.
Am
C
F
Dm
"Virgil, quick come see, here comes the Robert E. Lee."
F
C
Well I don't mind chopping wood,
C
F
And I don't care if my money's no good.
Am
C
F
You take what you need and leave the rest,
C
Am
D
But they should never have taken the very best.
<chorus>
Am
C
F
Dm
Like my father before me, I will work the land.
Am
C
F
Dm
And like my brother up above me, I took a rebel stand.
F
C
C
F
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave.
Am
C
F
I swear by the blood below my feet,
C
Am
D
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.
<chorus>

23

Puff, The Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul, & Mary)

C
G
F
C
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea,
F
C
D
G
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.
C
G
F
C
And little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff,
F
C
Am
D
G
C-G7
And brought him strings and sealing wax, and other fancy stuff.
<chorus>:
C
G
F
C
Oh, Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea,
F
C
D
G
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.
C
G
F
C
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea,
F
C
Am
D
G
C-G7
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.
C
G
F
C
Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail,
F
C
D
G
Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail.
C
G
F
C
Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came.
F
C
Am
D
G
C-G7
Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name.
<chorus>
C
G
F
C
A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys,
F
C
D
G
Painted wings and giant's rings make way for other toys.
C
G
F
C
One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more,
F
C
Am
D
G
C-G7
And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
C
G
F
C
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain.
F
C
D
G
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
C
G
F
C
Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave.
F
C
Am
D
G
C-G7
So Puff that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave.
<chorus>

24

Scarborough Fair (Simon & Garfunkel, Traditional)

Try this song using 6-Str style #13.
Am
G
Am
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
C
Am
D
Am
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
Am
C
G
Remember me to one who lives there.
Am
G
Am
She once was a true love of mine.
Am
G
Am
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt.
C
Am
D
Am
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
Am
C
G
Without no seams nor needle work,
Am
G
Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
Am
G
Am
Tell her to find me an acre of land.
C
Am
D
Am
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
Am
C
G
Between the salt water and the sea strands.
Am
G
Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
Am
G
Am
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather.
C
Am
D
Am
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
Am
C
G
And gather it all in a bunch of heather.
Am
G
Am
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
(repeat "Are you going ...")

25

Teach Your Children (Crosby, Stills, & Nash)

C
F
You, who are on the road
C
G
Must have a code that you can live by.
C
F
And so, become yourself
C
G
Because the past is just a goodbye.
C
F
Teach you children well,
C
G
Their father's hell will slowly go by.
C
F
And feed them on your dreams,
C
G
The one they pick's, the one you'll know by.
<chorus>:
C
F
Don't you ever ask them why,
C
If they told you, you would cry.
Am-F
So just look at them and sigh
G
C
And know they love you.
C
F
And you, of the tender years
C
G
Can't know the fears that your elder grew by.
C
F
And so please help them with your youth,
C
G
They seek the truth before they can die.
C
F
Teach your parents well,
C
G
Their children's hell will slowly go by.
C
F
And feed them on your dreams,
C
G
The one they pick's, the one you'll know by.
<chorus>

26

The Times They Are A-changing (Bob Dylan)

C
Am
F
C
Come gather 'round people wherever you roam,
C
Am
G
G7
And admit that the waters around you have grown,
C
Am
F
F
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone.
C
G
G7
If your time to you is worth saving,
C
G
G7
Then you'd better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone,
C
F
G-G7-C
For the times they are a-changing.
C
Am
F
C
Come writers and critics who prophesy with your pen.
C
Am
G
G7
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again.
C
Am
F
C
And don't speak too soon, for the wheel's still in spin,
C
G
G7
And there's no telling who that it's naming,
C
G
G7
For the loser now will be later to win,
C
F
G-G7-C
For the times they are a-changing.
C
Am
F
C
Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call.
C
Am
G
G7
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall,
C
Am
F
C
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled.
C
G
G7
There's a battle outside and it's raging,
C
G
G7
It'll soon shake you windows and rattle your walls,
C
F
G-G7-C
For the times they ar a-changing.
C
Am
F
C
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land,
C
Am
G
G7
And don't criticize if you can't understand,
C
Am
F
C
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command,
C
G
G7
Your old road is rapidly aging,
C
G
G7
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand,
C
F
G-G7-C
For the times they are a-changing.

27

Edelweiss

Am

Dm G7

Edelwe iss, e delwe iss |E very mo rning you g reet me |

C
G
A
F
C
G7
C
Small and white, cl ean and br ight| You look happy to me to me|

G
C
Am
F
D
G G7
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow| B loom and g row, f ore ver |

C
G
C
F C
G7
C
Edelw eiss, e delwe iss | Bless my homeland forever|

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Turn, Turn, Turn (Pete Seeger, Byrds)

<chorus>:
C
F
G7
To everything - turn, turn, turn,
C
F
GD7
There is a season - turn, turn, turn,
F
G7
C
And a time to every purpose under heaven.
G7
C
A time to be born, a time to die,
G7
C
A time to plant, a time to reap,
G7
C
A time to kill, a time to heal,
F
G7
C
A time to laugh, a time to weep.
<chorus>
G7
C
A time to build up, a time to break down,
G7
C
A time to dance, a time to mourn,
G7
C
A time to cast away stones,
F
G7
C
A time to gather stones together.
<chorus>
G7
C
A time of love, a time of hate,
G7
C
A time of war, a time of peace,
G7
C
A time that you may embrace,
F
G7
C
A time to refrain from embracing.
<chorus>
G7
A time to gain, a
G7
A time to rend, a
G7
A time to love, a
F
A time for peace,

C
time to lose,
C
time to sew,
C
time to hate,
G7
C
I swear it's not too late.

<chorus>

29

Five Hundred Miles (Kingston Trio)

Try this song using 6-Str style #6
C
Am
Dm
F
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone.
G
G7
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
C
Am
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Dm
F
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
G
G7
C
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
C
Am
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord
G
Lord I'm five hundred miles from
C
Five hundred miles, five hundred
Dm
Five hundred miles, five hundred
G
G7
Lord I'm five hundred miles from

Dm
F
I'm three, Lord I'm four
G7
my home.
Am
miles,
F
miles,
C
my home.

C
Am
Dm
F
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name,
G
G7
Lord I can't go home this-a-way.
C
Am
This-a-way, this-a-way,
Dm
F
This-a-way, this-a-way,
G
G7
C
Lord I can't go home this-a-way.
(repeat "If you miss ...")

30

Waltzing Matilda
C
G
Am
F
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
C
Em
G
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
C
G
Am
F
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled
<chorus>:
C
G
C
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
C
F
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
C
G
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."
C
G
Am
F
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled,
C
G
C
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."
C
G
Am
F
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,
C
Em
G
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee.
C
G
Am
F
And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
<chorus>
C
G
Am
F
And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
C
G
C
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."
C
G
Am
F
Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred
C
Em
G
Down came the troopers, one, two, three.
C
G
Am
F
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?"
<chorus>
C
G
Am
F
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?"
C
G
C
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."
C
Up jumped the
C
"You'll never
C
And his ghost

G
Am
F
swagman, sprang into the billabong
Em
G
catch me alive," said he
G
Am
F
may be heard as you pass by that billabong,

31

<chorus>

32

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)

Dm
Am
The legend lives on from the chippewa on down
C
G
Dm
Of the big lake they called "Gitche Gumee"
Dm
Am
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
C
G
Dm
When the skies of November turn gloomy
Dm
Am
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
C
G
Dm
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty.
Dm
Am
That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed
C
G
Am
When the gales of November came early.
The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
And later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too,
T'was the witch of November come stealin'.
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashin'.
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind.
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'.
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya."
At seven PM a main hatchway caved in, he said
"Fellas, it's been good t'know ya"
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
And the good ship and crew was in peril.
And later that night when its lights went outta sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Does any one know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her.
They might have split up or they might have capsized;
May have broke deep and took water.
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion.

33

Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams;

The islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her,
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of November remembered.
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed,
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral.
The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call "Gitche Gumee".
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early!

Give A Little Bit (Supertramp)

Intro: 2x's
G7 G7 C C

G7 G7 C C

F F G7 G7

F F G7 G7

C
G7 C
F G7
F G7 F
Give a little bi t, give a little bit of y our love to me
C
G7 C
F G7
F G7 F
Give a little bi t, I'll give a little bit of my l ove to you
Am
D
There's so much that we need to sha re
F
Am
G7
So s end a smile and s how you ca re

34

Sound Of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)

Am

G
Am
Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk to you again.
F
C
For the vision softly creeping,
F
C
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
F
C
And the vision that was planted in my brain,
Am C
G
Am
Still remains,
within the sound of silence.
Am

G
Am
In restless dreams I walked alone through narrow streets of cobblestone.
F
C
Beneath the halo of a street lamp,
F
C
I turned my collar to the cold and damp.
F
C
When my eyes were stabbed by a flash of the neon light,
Am C
G
Am
And split the night,
and touched the sound of silence.
Am

G
Am
And in the naked light I saw ten thousand people maybe more.
F
C
People talking without speaking,
F
C
People hearing without listening.
F
C
People writing songs that voices never shared,
Am C
G
Am
No one dared
disturb the sound of silence.
Am

G
Am
"Fools," said I, "you do not know, silence like a cancer grows.
F
C
Hear my words that I might teach you,
F
C
Take my arms that I might reach you."
F
C
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
Am C
G
Am
Echoed in the wells of silence.
Am

G
Am
And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made.
F
C
And the sign flashed out its warning,
F
C
In the words that it was forming, and the sign said:
F
C
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
Am
C
G
Am
and tenement halls," and whispered the sounds of silence.

35

36

Yellow Submarine (The Beatles)

C
G
F
C
In the town where I was born
Am
Dm
F
G
Lived a man who sailed to sea
C
G
F
C
And he told us of his life
Am
Dm
F
G
In the land of submarines
C
G
F
C
So we sailed up to the sun
Am
Dm
F
G
Till we found the sea of green
C
G
F
C
And we lived beneath the waves
Am
Dm
F
G
In our yellow submarine
CHORUS:
C
G
We all live in a yellow submarine
C
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
C
G
We all live in a yellow submarine
C
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
And our friends are all on board
Many more of them live next door
And the band begins to play ...CHORUS
As we live a life of ease
Everyone of us has all we need
Sky of blue and sea of green
In our yellow submarine ...CHORUS TWICE

37

Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens)

C
Dm
G
F
C
M orning has brok en, l ike the first m orni ng,
Em Am
D
G
Blackbird has s pok en, L ike the first b ird.
C
F
C
Am D
P raise for the s inging, P raise for the m orn ing,
G
C
F
G7
C
P raise for them s pring ing, F resh from the w orld.

C F G C Am F G C

C
Dm
G
F C
S weet's the rain's new f all, s unlight from h eav en,
Em Am
D
G
Like the first d ewf all, o n the first g rass.
C
F
C
Am D
P raise for the s weetness, o f the wet g ard en,
G
C
F
G7
C
S prung in compl eten ess, w here his feet p ass.

C F G C Am F G C

C
Dm
G
F C
M ine is the sunli ght, m ine is the m orn ing,
Em Am
D
G
ne
Born of the o
ight, E
den saw p lay.
l
C
F
C
Am D
P raise with ela tion, p raise every m orn ing,
G
C F
G7
C
G od's recrea ti on, o f the new d ay.

C F G C Am F G C

C
Dm
G
F
C
M orning has brok en, l ike the first m orni ng,
Em Am
D
G
Blackbird has s pok en, L ike the first b ird.
C
F
C
Am D
P raise for the s inging, P raise for the m orn ing,
G
C
F
G7
C
P raise for them s pring ing, F resh from the w orld.

C F G C Am F G C

38

Let it Be (The Beatles)

C
G
Am
F
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
C
G
F C Dm C
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
C
G
Am
F
And in my hour of darkness, She is standing right in front of me
C
C
F C Dm C
Speaking words of wisdom, Let it be
CHORUS:
Am
G
F
C
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
C
G
F C Dm C
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
C
G
Am
F
And when the broken hearted people, Living in the world agree
C
G
F C Dm C
There will be an answer, let it be
C
G
Am
F
But though they may be parted, There is still a chance that they may see
C
G
F C Dm C
There will be an answer, let it be
<CHORUS>
And when the night is cloudy,
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine on till tomorrow, let it be

39

Today (New Christy Minstrels)

<chorus>:
C
Am
F
G7
Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine,
C
Am
F
G7
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine.
C
Am
F
G7
A million tomorrows will all pass away,
C
Am
F
G7
C
'Ere I forget all the joys that were mine today.
C
Am
F
G7
I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover,
C
Am
F
G7
You'll know who I am by the song that I sing.
C
Am
F
G7
I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover,
F
G7
C
I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing.
<chorus>
C
Am
F
G7
I can't be contented with yesterday's glory,
C
Am
F
G7
I can't live on promises winter to spring.
C
Am
F
G7
Today is my moment and now is my glory,
F
D7
C
Who cares what tomorrow may bring?
<chorus>

40

My Sweet Lord (George Harrison)

*Intro/Chorus:
Dm

G
My sweet lord

Dm

G
Hm, my lord

Dm

G
Hm, my lord

*Verse:
C
Am
I really want to see you
C
Am
Really want to be with you
C
Really want to see you lord
C7
But it takes so long, my lord
*Chorus:
Dm

G
My sweet lord

Dm

G
Hm, my lord

Dm

G
Hm, my lord

[Repeat a lot with variations and Hare Krishna chants in the background]

41

NO WOMAN NO CRY (Bob Marley)

C G
Am
F
C F
C
G
No woman, no cry. ..... ...... No woman, no cry.
C G
No woman,

Am F
C F
C
G
no cry. ...... No woman, no cry.

G
Said, said,
C
G
Am
F
Said I remember when we used to sit
C
G
Am
F
In the govern ment yard in Tr enchtown.
C
G
Am
F
Oba, Obs erving the h ypocrites
C
As they would mingle

G
Am
F
with the good people we meet,

C
G
Good friends we had oh

Am
F
good friends we've lost

C G
Am
F
al ong the way. .........
C
G
Am
F
In this bright future you can't forget your past
C
So dry your

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tears I

Am

F
say..................... And

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Am
F
C F
C
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No woman, no cry. ..... ...... No woman, no cry.

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Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)

C
G
Am
Would you know my name,
F
C
G
If I saw you in heaven,
C
G
Am
Would it be the same,
F
C
G
If I saw you in heaven,
Am
E
I must be strong,
Gm
A
and carry on,
Dm
G7
Cause I know I don't belong,
C
Here in heaven.
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G | Am

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C
G
Am
Would you hold my hand
F
C
G
If I saw you in heaven
C
G
Am
Would you help me stand
F
C
G
If I saw you in heaven
Am
E
Gm
A
I'll find my way, through night and day
Dm
G7
Cause I know I just can't stay
C
Here in heaven

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