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Across the Great Divide 4Ain’t No Mountain High Enough 5Angel From Montgomery 6Big Yellow Taxi 7The Blackest Crow 8Calypso Freedom (Freedom Coming) 9Can’t Let Go 10Catch the Wind 11A Change is Gonna Come 12The Circle Game 14Cotton Mill Girls 15Crazy 16Don’t Come Home Drinkin’ With Lovin’ On Your Mind 17Don’t Stop Believin’ 18Finlandia / This Is My Song 19For What It’s Worth 20Freight Train 21From Me to You 22Georgia on my Mind 23Grandpa Was a Carpenter 24Green Green Rocky Road 25Homeward Bound 26I Can’t Help But Wonder 27I Wanna Hold Your Hand 28If I Had a Hammer 29If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out 30Imagine 31Iowa 32Lahainaluna 34Landslide 35Lean on Me 36Leavin’ on a Jetplane 38Let it Be 39The Light and the Sea 40

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Losing My Religion 42Make Me Down a Pallet On Your Floor 44Mingulay Boat Song 45Me and Bobby McGee 46Morning Dew 48Oh Had I A Golden Thread 49On the Road Again 50Poor Wayfaring Stranger 51Please Don’t Bury Me 52Rainbow 54Scarborough Fair 56Shenandoah 57Simple Gifts 58Somos El Barco 59Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World 60St. Louis Blues 62Stand By Me 63Summer’s End 64Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 65This Little Light of Mine 65Wade in the Water 66Wagonwheel 67We Shall Overcome 68What Becomes of the Brokenhearted? 69When the Saints Go Marching In 70Wildflowers (Dolly Parton) 71Wildflowers (Tom Petty) 72Will the Circle Be Unbroken 73Woke Up This Morning 74You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere 75

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Across the Great Divide Kate Wolf - Gold in California (1984)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats - Standard strum

Intro: G G* C* G G Em Em C C G Em C* D7* G G

G G* C* G Verse 1: I’ve been walking … in my sleep

Em CCounting troubles instead of counting sheep G G Em Em Where the years went … I can’t say C D7 G GI just turned around … and they’ve gone away

Verse 2: I’ve been sifting through the layers / of dusty books and faded papers They tell a story I used to know / it was one that happened so long a-go

Chorus: G G* C* G G Em Em C CIt’s gone away … in yesterday … now I find myself on the mountain side

G Em C* D7* G GWhere the rivers change direction, across the great divide

Verse 3: Well I heard the owl calling / softly as the night was fallingWith a question, and I re-plied / but he’s gone across the border-line

Chorus

Verse 4 (Single strums on underlined lyrics): The finest hour I have seen / is the one that comes be-tween The edge of night and the break of day / it’s when the dark-ness rolls a-way

Chorus x2, End on G

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Ain’t No Mountain High Enough By Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson - Recorded by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1967)

Standard time / Each chord = 4 beats / Calypso strum

Intro: Am D7 F G7 Listen baby… Verse 1: Am D7 F G7 Ain’t no mountain high, ain’t no valley low, ain’t no river wide enough baby Am D7 F G7 If you need me call me no matter where you are, no matter how far Am D7 F G7 Just call my name I'll be there in a hurry, you don't have to worry Chorus: Am G* Am* Am G* Am* ’Cause baby there ain't no mountain high e-nough… ain’t no valley low e-nough Am G* Am* D7 F Ain't no river wide e-nough… to keep me from getting to you babe

Verse 2: Remember the day I set you free, I told you you could always count on me darling From that day on, I made a vow, I’ll be there when you want me, some way, some how

Chorus

G G G G7 Bridge: …. Oh no darling … no wind, no rain E7 Am D7 D7 Or winters cold can stop me baby G G 'Cause you are my goal … … If you're ever in trouble, I’ll be there on the double G7 G7 Just send for me, oh baby …

Verse 3: __ My love is a-live, way down in my heart, although we are miles apart If you ever need a helping hand, I'll be there on the double, just as fast as I can

Chorus x 2 - Outro: F Am

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Angel From Montgomery John Prine (1971 - John Prine)

Standard time / Each chord = 2 slow beats

Family of D: Extra chord: When you’re ready, try this strum pattern:

Intro: Vamp… D G D G

D G D G Verse 1: I am an old woman, named after my mother D G A7 D My old man is another child who's grown old D G D G If dreams were thunder and lightning was desire D G A7 D This old house it would've burned down a long time ago

D C G DChorus: Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery D C G D Make me a poster of an old ro - de - o D C G D Just give me one thing that I can hold on to D C G D To believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go

D G D GVerse 2: When I was a young girl, I had me a cowboy D G A7 D It wasn't much to look at, he was a free ramblin' man D G D G There was a long time, no matter how I tried D G A7 D The years they just rolled by like a broken down dam … Chorus

D G D GVerse 3: There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear them them buzzin' D G A7 D And I ain't done nothing since I woke up to - day D G D G But how the hell can a person go to work in the morning D G A7 D And come home in the evening and have nothing to say … Chorus

Outro: Repeat last line of chorus, end on D

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Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell

Standard time / Each chord = 4 beats, except *= 2 beats

Intro: C C/F C C/F C C/F C C/F (vamp pattern see on next page - use anytime you are hanging on C)

F F C C Verse 1: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

F G7 C CWith a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot

Chorus (repeat after each verse):C/(8)Don't it always seem to go

F F* CThat you don't know what you've got ‘til it's gone F G7 C CThey paved paradise and put up a parking lot

F F C CVerse 2: They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum

F G7 C CThen they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em

F F C CVerse 3: Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D-D-T now

F G7 C Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees CPlease!

F F C CVerse 4: Late last night I heard the screen door slam

F G7 C CAnd a big yellow taxi took away my old man

Tag after final chorus: Repeat last line of chorus

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The Blackest Crow Traditional, heard through Appalachia and The Ozarks after the Civil War

Melody made known by fiddler Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985) Optional:

Waltz time - 3 beats per chord - Waltz strum or pick

Intro: C5 C5 Am/C Am/C C5 C5 Am/C Am/C

G G C C C C Am Am Verse 1: As time draws near my dearest dear when you and I must part G G C C C C Am Am How little you know of the grief and woe in my poor and aching heart C C Am Am C C Am Am Each night I suffer for your sake, the one I love so dear G G C C C C Am Am I wish that I was going with you or you were staying here C G C5 C5 Am/C Am/C C5 C5 Am/C Am/C Or you were staying here

Verse 2: The blackest crow that ever flew would surely turn to white If ever I prove false to you bright day would turn to night Bright day will turn to night my love, the elements will mourn If ever I prove false to you the seas will rage and burn The seas will rage and burn Verse 3: And when you’re on some distant shore, think of us left be-hind We watch the waves and mark the days, the ebb and flow of time So when the wind blows high and clear pray send your love to me That _I_ might know just by your sign how time has gone with thee C G C5 C5 Am/C Am/C How time has gone with thee

Outro: C5 C5 Am/C Am/C End C5 Quarantunes Jam - 8

Calypso Freedom (Freedom Coming) Lyrics by Willie Peacock - Melody: Banana Boat Song (Day-O)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats - Calypso strum

Intro (Slow, no rhythm): G/ D7/ G/ G/ D7/ G/ Freedom! Give us free - dom! Freedom’s coming and it won't be long! (x2)

G G Verse 1: Well I took a trip on a Greyhound bus G D7* G* Freedom’s coming and it won't be long G G I got to fight segregation, now this we must G D7* G* Freedom’s coming and it won't be long

G* D7* C* G* Chorus: Free - dom, free - dom G D7* G* Freedom’s coming and it won't be long

Repeat Chorus after each Verse: V2: Well I took a trip down to Alabama way / Freedom’s coming … We met a lot of violence on Mother's Day / Freedom’s coming …

V3: Well on to Mississippi with speed we go / Freedom’s coming … Blue shirted policemen they meet us at the door / Freedom’s coming …

V4: Well you can hinder me here, you can hinder me there / Freedom’s … But I go right down on my knees in prayer / Freedom’s coming …

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Can’t Let Go Randy Weeks / recorded by Lucinda Williams (1998)

Each chord = 4 beats (fast tempo!) - Standard strum

Intro: G7 G7 G7 G7 / C7 C7 G7 G7 / D7 C7 G7 G7

G7 G7 G7 G7 Verse 1: Told you baby one more time don't make me sit all alone and cry D7 C7 G7 G7 Well it's over… I know it but I can't let go

G7 G7 G7 G7 I'm like a fish out of water, cat in a tree, you don't even want to talk to me D7 C7 G7 G7 Well it's over… I know it but I can't let go

G7 G7Chorus: He won't take me back when I come around G7 G7 Says he's sorry, then he pulls me out C7 C7 I got a big chain a-round my neck G7 G7 And I'm broken down like a train wreck D7 C7 G7 G7 Well it's over… I know it but I can't let go

G7 G7 G7 G7 Verse 2: See I got a candle and it burns so bright, in my window every night D7 C7 G7 G7 Well it's over… I know it but I can't let go G7 G7 You don't like to see me standing around, G7 G7 feel like I been shot and I didn't fall down D7 C7 G7 G7 Well it's over… I know it but I can't let go ... Chorus

G7 G7 G7 G7Verse 3: Turn off trouble like you turn off a light, went off and left me, it just ain't right D7 C7 G7 G7 Well it's over… I know it but I can't let go

G7 G7 G7 G7 Rounds every corner something I see, bring me right back how it used to be D7 C7 G7 G7 Well it's over… I know it but I can't let go ... Chorus … end on G7

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Catch the Wind Written and released by Donovan (1965)

Waltz strum - Each chord = 3 beats - Waltz strum

Intro: C C C/F C/F (vamp) C C C/F C/F Verse 1: In the chilly hours and minutes C C C/F C/F Of un-cer-tain-ty … I want to be C C F G7 C C G7 G7 In the warm hold of your loving mind C C C/F C/F To feel you all a-round me C C C/F C/F And to take your hand a-long the sand C C F G7 C C G7 G7 Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

Verse 2: When sun-down pales the sky I want to hide a while, be-hind your smile And ev-ery-where I'd look, your eyes I'd find For me to love you now Would be the sweet-est thing, ‘twould make me sing Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

F F Em7 Em7 Bridge: Diddy di dee dee diddy diddy F F D7 D7 G G6 G7 G Diddy diddy … diddy diddy … dee dee dee

Verse 3: When rain has hung the leaves with tears I want you near to kill my fears To help me to leave all my blues behind For standin' in your heart Is where I want to be, and long to be Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

C C F G7 C C G7 G7 End on C Outro: Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind …

Waltz strum (up strums optional):1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +

D D U D U D D U D U


A Change is Gonna Come Sam Cooke (1964)

Slow 6/8 time - Each chord = 6 beats, except * = 3 beats - 6/8 strum or pick

Intro: G G Am7 Am7 C* B7* Em Em G G

G G G G Verse 1: I was born by the river … in a little tent, Am7 Am7 Em Em Oh and just like that river, I've been running … ever since G G Am7 C* B7* It's been a long ... a long time coming, but I kno-o-ow Em Em G G A change is gonna come …. oh, yes it will G G G G Verse 2: It’s been too hard living, but I'm a-fraid to die, Am7 Am7 Em Em 'Cause I don't know what's out there … beyond the sky G G Am7 C* B7* It's been a long ... a long time coming, but I kno-o-ow Em Em G G A change is gonna come …. oh, yes it will


G G G G Verse 3: I go to the movies and I go down-town, Am7 Am7 Em Em Somebody keep telling me: don’t … hang around G G Am7 C* B7* It's been a long ... a long time coming, but I kno-o-ow Em Em G G A change is gonna come …. oh, yes it will Bridge: Am7 Am7 G6 G6 Am7 Am7 Em Em Then I go to my brother … And I say brother, help me please Am7 Am7 Em Em A7 A7 D7 D7 But he winds up … knockin' me … back down on my knees, oh...

G G G G Verse 4: There been times when I thought, I couldn't last for long, Am7 Am7 Em Em But now I think I'm able to … carry on G G Am7 C* B7* It's been a long ... a long time coming, but I kno-o-ow Em Em G G A change is gonna come …. oh, yes it will


The Circle Game Joni Mitchell - recorded on Ladies of the Canyon (1970)

OR Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats - Standard strum or pick

G C G G Verse 1: Yesterday a child came out to wonder G C D7 D7 Caught a dragon-fly inside a jar G C Bm Bm Fearful when the sky was full of thunder C D7 G G And tearful at the falling of a star

G C* G* Chorus: And the seasons they go round and round G C* G* And the painted ponies go up and down C C G G … We’re captive on the carousel of time C C Bm C … We can't return we can only look be-hind from where we came G C* D7* G G And go round and round and round in the circle game

Verse 2: Then the child moved ten times round the seasons ___ Skated over ten clear frozen streams ___ Words like, when you're older, must ap-pease him ___ And promises of someday make his dreams ___ … Chorus

Verse 3: Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now ___ Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town ___ And they tell him, take your time, it won't be long now ___ Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down ___ … Chorus

Verse 4: So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty ___ Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true ___ There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty ___ Be-fore the last re-volving year is through ___ … Chorus


Cotton Mill Girls Traditional - Made famous by Hedy West (1963)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats / 1 measure, except * = 2 beats - Thumb-strum pattern

Boomerang Pattern:

A D A E7 Chorus: It’s hard times, cotton mill girls, it’s hard times, cotton mill girls A D A* E7* A It’s hard times, cotton mill girls, it’s hard times every-where

Verse 1: I’ve worked in the cotton mill all of my life And I ain’t got nothin’ but a Barlow knife It’s hard times, cotton mill girls It’s hard times every-where … Chorus

Verse 2: Us kids worked twelve hours a day For fourteen cents of measly pay It's hard times, cotton mill girls It’s hard times every-where … Chorus

Verse 3: When I die don’t bury me at all Just hang me up on the spinning room wall Pickle my bones in alcohol It’s hard times every-where … Chorus x2, End A

Chord Progression: A D A E7

A D A* E7* A


Crazy Written by Willie Nelson, famously sold for $50, then released by Patsy Cline (1962)

Each chord = 4 strums, except * = 2 strums / Slow swing strum

C A7 Dm* A7* DmCrazy, crazy for feeling so lonely G7 G7 C* Dbdim* Dm* G7* Crazy crazy for feeling so blue

C A7 Dm* A7* DmI knew you’d love me as long as you wanted G7 G7 C* F* C* C7*And then someday you’d leave me for somebody new

F F C CWorry why do I let myself worry D7 D7 G7* Dm* G7Wondering what in the world did I do?

C A7 Dm* A7* DmCrazy for thinking that my love could hold you F* Em* Dm* Dbdim* Dm* G7* CI’m crazy for trying, crazy for crying, and I’m crazy for loving you

Instrumental: C A7 Dm* A7* Dm / G7 G7 C* Dbdim* Dm* G7* C A7 Dm* A7* Dm / G7 G7 C* F* C* C7*

F F C CWorry why do I let myself worry D7 D7 G7* Dm* G7Wondering what in the world did I do?

C A7 Dm* A7* DmCrazy for thinking that my love could hold you F* Em* Dm* Dbdim* Dm* G7* CI’m crazy for trying, crazy for crying, and I’m crazy… (slow) for loving… you


Don’t Come Home Drinkin’ With Lovin’ On Your Mind Loretta Lynn & Peggy Sue Wright (1967)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats - Swing strum

Intro: C G D7 G

Verse 1: G G D7 G Well you thought I'd be waitin' up when you came home last night G G A7 D7 You'd been out with all the boys and you ended up half tight G G D7 G But liquor and love they just don't mix leave the bottle or me behind C G D7 G G7 And don't come home a-drinkin’ with lovin' on your mind

Chorus: C C C G No don't come home a drinkin' with lovin' on your mind C C G D7 Just stay out there on the town and see what you can find G G D7 G Cause if you want that kind of love well you don't need none of mine C G D7 G So don't come home a-drinkin’ with lovin' on your mind

Verse 2: You never take me any-where be-cause you're always gone Many a night I've laid awake and cried dear all a-lone And you come in a kissin' on me it happens every time No don't come home a drinkin' with lovin' on your mind … Chorus, Repeat last line


Don’t Stop Believin’ Written by Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, & Neal Schon - Recorded by Journey (1981)

Standard time / Each chord = 4 beats, straight strums Pop Progression:

Intro: C G7 Am F (x2) C G7 Am FVerse 1: Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world C G7 Am F She took the midnight train goin' a - ny - where

C G7 Am F Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit

C G7 Am F He took the midnight train goin' a - ny - where

C G7 Am F A singer in a smoky room, smell of wine and cheap perfume

C G7 Am F For a smile they can share the night, it goes on and on, and on, and on

F F C CPre-chorus: Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard

F F C C Their shadows searching in the night F F C C Streetlights, people living just to find emotion F F G7 G7 Hiding somewhere in the night

Interlude: C G7 Am F x2 Verse 2: ___ Working hard to get my fill, ___ everybody wants a thrill___ Payin’ anything to roll the dice just one more time ______ Some will win, ___ some will lose, ___ some were born to sing the blues___ Oh, the movie never ends, it goes on and on, and on, and on … Pre-chorus Chorus: C G7 Am F C G7 Am F Don’t stop be-liev-in’, hold on to the feelin’… Streetlights, people x3 End on C


Finlandia / This Is My Song Music by Jean Sibelius (1900) / Lyrics by Lloyd Stone (1934, 22yo)

Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats, / = 1 strum

Intro: C F* G7* C C/ (4)

F G7 C C Verse 1: This is my song, O God of all the nations F G7 C C a song of peace for lands afar and mine Em F Am Am this is my home, the country where my heart is C F* G7* A A/ (4) here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine C F* G7* Am Am but other hearts in other lands are beating C F* G7* C C with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine

F G7 C C Verse 2: My country's skies are bluer than the o - cean F G7 C C and sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine Em F Am Am but other lands have sunlight too, and clover C F* G7* A A/ (4) and skies are ev-ery-where as blue as mine C F* G7* Am Am O hear my song, thou God of all the nations C F* G7* C C a song of peace for their land and for mine

Outro: F G7 C C/ (End) Quarantunes Jam - 19

For What It’s Worth Stephen Stills - Performed by Buffalo Springfield (1967)

Standard time / Each chord = 4 beats

Single strums Intro: One cycle through progression

Verse 1 (Two cycles): ___ There’s somethin' happenin' here … what it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there … tellin’ me I got to be-ware

Chorus (One cycle): Stop children what’s that sound, everybody look what’s goin’ ‘round ____ ____

Vamp: Cycle 1-2x as you prefer

Verse 2 (Two cycles): ___ There’s battle lines being drawn … nobody's right if everybody's wrong ___ Young people speakin' their minds … gettin' so much resistance from behind

Chorus

Verse 3: ___ What a field day for the heat … ___ a thousand people in the street Singing songs and carrying signs … mostly say, hooray for our side

Chorus

Verse 4: ___ Paranoia strikes deep … ___ into your life it will creep It starts when you're always a-fraid … step out of line, the man comes to take you away

Chorus 3x - Tag: Vamp 1-2 cycles as you prefer - End on D

Chord Progression: D G D G


Freight Train Elizabeth Cotten (written btw 1906-1912)

Made popular by Peggy Seeger, who had hired Cotten as a nanny Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats / 1 measure - Thumb-strum pattern

Mirror Pattern:

C C G7 G7 Chorus: Freight train, freight train, going so fast G7 G7 C C Freight train, freight train, going so fast E7 E7 F F Please don’t tell what train I’m on C G7 C C They won’t know what route I’ve gone

(Underlined lyrics indicate every two measures:) Verse: When I die, oh bury me deep Way down on old Chestnut Street So I can hear old Number Nine As she comes (rolling) by

Repeat Chorus

Outro: E7 E7 F F / C G7 C C

Chord Progression: C C G7 G7 / G7 G7 C C

E7 E7 F F / C G7 C C


From Me to You Lennon/McCartney - Twist & Shout (1964)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats - Calypso strum (Opt: Flamenco flare!)

C Am C Am Intro: Da da da, da da dum dum da … da da da, da da dum dum da

C Am C G7 A1: If there's anything that you want, if there's anything I can do F7 Am C* G7* C Just call on me and I'll send it along with love, from me to you C Am C G7 A2: I’ve got everything that you want, like a heart that's oh so true F7 Am C* G7* C Just call on me and I'll send it along with love, from me to you Gm C7 F F B: I’ve got arms that long to hold you, and keep you by my side D7 D7 G G5+/ (4) I've got lips that long to kiss you, and keep you satisfied (oooh!) C Am C G7 A1: If there's anything that you want, if there's anything I can do F7 Am C* G7* C Just call on me and I'll send it along with love, from me to you

Instrumental Break: C Am C G7 … From me … To you F7 Am C* G7* C Just call on me and I'll send it along with love, from me to you

Repeat B Section - A1 Section

Am Ab C Am/ (End) Outro: To you … To you … To you-ou-ou


Georgia on my Mind Stuart Gorrell & Hoagy Carmichael (1930) - Made famous by Ray Charles (1960)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats - Slow swing strum

Intro: C* A7* Dm* G7* C* F* C

C E7 Am F Georgia … Georgia … the whole day through C* A7* Dm* G7* C* A7* D7* G7* Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind

C E7 Am F Georgia … Georgia … a song of you C* A7* Dm* G7* C* F* C* E7* Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines

Am* F* Am aug* F* Am* F* Am aug* D* Bridge: Other arms reach out to me … other eyes smile tenderly Am* F* Am aug* B7* Em7* A7* Dm* G7* Still, in peaceful dreams, I see, the road … leads back to you

C E7 Am F Georgia … Georgia … no peace I find C* A7* Dm* G7* C* F* C* E7* Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind

Repeat Bridge

C E7 Am F Georgia … Georgia … no peace I find C* A7* Dm* G7* C* F* C* End on C Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind


Grandpa Was a Carpenter John Prine - Sweet Revenge (1973)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, * = 2 beats - Thumb-strum / Standard with emphasis on 2+4

A A A D Verse 1: Oh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day D A A E7 No particular reason, he just dressed that way A A A D Brown necktie and a matching vest, both his wingtip shoes D A E7 A He built a closet on our back porch, and put a penny in a burned-out fuse

D D D A Chorus: Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks D A A E7 Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks A A A D He was level on the level and shaved even every door D A E7 A And voted for Eisen-hower 'cause Lincoln won the war

Interlude: D A E7 A (x2)

Verse 2: Well, he used to sing me "Blood On The Saddle” and rock me on his knee And let me listen to the radio be-fore we got T. V. Well, he'd drive to church on Sunday and he'd take me with him too Stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew … Chorus

Verse 3: Now my grandma was a teacher, went to school in Bowling Green Traded in a milking cow for a Singer sewing ma-chine Well, she called her husband “Mister" and walked real tall and proud And used to buy me comic books after grandpa died … Chorus


Green Green Rocky RoadLyrics by Bob Kaufman, Music by Len Chandler (both beat poets in Greenwich Village before folk

music scene arrived) / Made famous by Dave Van Ronk on In the Tradition (1960)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats - Standard strum or Fingerpick!

C C C G7* C* Verse 1: When I go by Baltimore, need no carpet on my floor C C C G7* C C Come along and follow me, we’ll go down to Gal-i-lee

C-inv G7* C* C* G7* C C Chorus: Green green rocky road…. you promenade in green C-inv G7* C C Tell me who you love, tell me who you love

Verse 2: See that crow up in the sky, he don't walk, he just fly... He don't walk, he don't run, he keep on flapping to the sun

Chorus

Verse 3: Little Miss Jane runnin' to the wall, don’t you stumble, don't you fall Don't you think and don't you shout, when I sing come runnin' out

Chorus

Verse 4: Ooka tooka soda cracker, does your mama chew tobacco If your mama chew tobacco, ooka tooka, ooka tooka soda cracker

Chorus

Repeat Verse 1 & Chorus


Fingerpicking Patternt = thumb i = index m = middle

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Homeward Bound Paul Simon - released on Simon & Garfunkel’s Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (1966)

Standard time - Standard strum and/or pick

G Gmaj7 G7 E7 Verse 1: I’m sitting in the railway station, got a ticket to my destina-tion Am F On a tour of one-night stands, my suitcase and guitar in hand G D7* G* G And every stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band … C G C Chorus: Homeward bound… I wish I was … homeward bound G* G/C* G* G/C* Home, where my thought’s escaping — Home, where my music’s playing G* G/C* D7* G G Home, where my loves lies waiting silently for me …

Verse 2: Every day’s an endless stream of cigarettes and maga-zines ___ And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories And every stranger’s face I see re-minds me that I (long) to be … Chorus

Verse 3: To-night I’ll sing my songs again, I’ll play the game and pre-tend ___ But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity Like emptiness and harmony, I need someone to (com)fort me … Chorus

D7* G Gmaj7 G7 End G Outro: … Silently for me … Silently for me …


I Can’t Help But Wonder Tom Paxton (1963)


Intro: F G7 C Am / F G7 C C

C C F DmVerse 1: It’s a long and a dusty road, a hot and a heavy load

G7 G7 C C The folks I meet… ain't always kind C C F DmSome are bad, some are good, some have done the best they could

G7 G7 C C7Some have tried… to ease my troublin' mind

Verse 2: I’ve been wanderin' through this land, just doin' the best I canTryin' to find what I was meant to doAnd the people that I see look as worried as can beAnd it looks like they are a-wanderin’ too … Chorus

Verse 3: Well, if you see me passin' by and you sit and you wonder whyAnd you wish that you were a rambler tooNail your shoes to the kitchen floor, lace 'em up and bar the door

Thank your lucky stars for the roof that's over you … Chorus, End on C

F G7 C AmChorus: And I … can’t help but wonder where I'm bound, where I'm bound

F G7 C C7… Can’t help but wonder where I'm bound

F G7 C AmNo I … can’t help but wonder where I'm bound, where I'm boundF G7 C C… Can’t help but wonder where I'm bound


Standard Strum:

I Wanna Hold Your Hand Lennon-McCartney (1964)

OR

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except *= 2 beats, /= one strum

Intro: C/ C/ D7/(3) C/ C/ D7/(3) C/ C/ D7 D7 (start strum)

G D Em Bm Verse 1: Oh yeah I'll tell you something … I think you understand

G D Em Bm Then I'll say that something: I wanna hold your hand

C* D7* G* Em* C* D7* G I wanna hold your ha - a - and … I wanna hold your hand!

G D Em Bm Verse 2: Oh please, say to me you'll let me be your man

G D Em Bm And please, say to me you'll let me hold your hand

C* D7* G* Em* C* D7* G Now let me hold your ha - a - and … I wanna hold your hand!

Dm G C Am Bridge: And when I touch you I feel happy insideDm G C C/ C/ D7/(3) C/ C/ D7/(3) C/ C/ D7 D7 It's such a feeling that my love — I can't hide… I can't hide… I can't hi-i-ide!

G D Em Bm Verse 3: Yeah, you, got that something … I think you'll understand

G D Em Bm when I feel that something … I wanna hold your hand!

C* D7* G* Em* C* D7* Bm I wanna hold your ha - a - and … I wanna hold your hand …

C* D7* C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ C/ End G I wanna hold your ha - a - a - a - a - a - and!


If I Had a Hammer Lee Hays and Pete Seeger

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats - Fast swing strum

Intro: C* Am* F* G7* C* Am* F*

G7* C* Am* F* G7* C* Am* F* Verse 1: If I had a ham - mer … I’d hammer in the mo - orning

G7* C* Am* F G7 G7 I’d hammer in the e - evening all over this land

C C Am Am I'd hammer out danger … I’d hammer out a warning

F* G7* F* G7* I'd hammer out love be-tween my brothers and my sisters

F* G7* F* G7* C* Am* F* G7* C* Am* F* A - a - a - all over this land

Verse 2: If I had a bell, I'd ring it in the morning … Verse 3: If I had a song, I'd sing it in the morning …

G7* C* Am* F* G7* C* Am* F* Verse 4: Well I've got a ham - mer and I've got a bell

G7* C/ C/ C/ G7 G7 And I've got a song to sing all over this land

C C Am Am It's the hammer of justice … it's the bell of freedom

F* G7* F* G7* It's the song about love be-tween my brothers and my sisters

F* G7* F* G7* C* Am* F* G7* C* Am* F* G7* End C A - a - a - all over this land …


If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out Cat Stevens (1971) for the film Harold & Maude

Standard time / Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats / Swing strum

Intro: C* G7* F / C* G7* F

C* G7* F C* G7* AmVerse 1: If you want to sing out, sing out … And if you want to be free, be free

Dm* Am* G7* C* G7 Cause there's a million things to be, you know that there are C* G7* F C* G7* AmIf you want to live high, live high. And if you want to live low, live low. Dm* Am* G7* C* G7 G7 Cause there's a million ways to go, you know that there are

C F G7 CChorus: You can do what you want… The opportunity's on

C F G7 C And if you find a new way… You can do it todayC F G7 C You can make it all true… And you can make it undo Em7 Am Em7 Am Em7 G7 G7You see… Ahhh! It's eas-y… Ahhhh! You on-ly… need to know

C* G7* F C* G7* AmVerse 2: If you want to say yes, say yes… And if you want to say no, say no

Dm* Am* G7* C* G7 Cause there's a million ways to go, you know that there are. C* G7* F C* G7* AmAnd if you want to be me, be me… And if you want to be you, be you Dm* Am* G7* C* G7 Cause there's a million things to do, you know that there are

Chorus

C* G7* F C* G7* AmOutro: If you want to sing out, sing out … And if you want to be free, be free

Dm* Am* G7* C* G7 Cause there's a million things to be, you know that there are

C* G7* F C* G7* FYou know that there are … You know that there are …

C* G7* F You know that there are … End on C


Imagine John Lennon (1971)

Each chord = 2 slow beats, except /= one strum

Intro: C C F F C C F F (vamp)

C C F F C C F F Verse 1: Imagine there’s no heaven… it’s easy if you try

C C F F C C F F No hell be-low us… above us only skyF Am Dm F G G G7/(4)

Imagine all the peo-ple living for to-day, ah-h-h

C C F F C C F FVerse 2: Imagine there’s no countries… it isn’t hard to do

C C F F C C F F Nothing to kill or die for… and no re-li-gion, tooF Am Dm F G G G7/(4) Imagine all the peo-ple, living life in peace, you-ou-ou

F G7 C E7 F G7 C E7Chorus: You may say I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one

F G7 C E7 F G7 C C I hope some day you’ll join us and the world will live as one

C C F F C C F FVerse 3: Imagine no pos-ses-sions… I wonder if you can

C C F F C C F F No need for greed or hunger… a brotherhood of manF Am Dm F G G G7/(4) Imagine all the peo-ple sharing all the world, you-ou-ou

ChorusQuarantunes Jam - 31

Iowa Dar Williams - Mortal City (1996)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats - March strum or Double-finger picking

Intro: G D Em C G D G G

G D Em Verse 1: I've never had a way with women C G D G G But the hills of I-o-wa make me wish that I could G D Em And I've never found a way to say I love you C G D G G But if the chance came by, oh I, I would Em Em C G But way back where I come from, we never mean to bother Am Am C D We don’t like to make our passions other people's con-cern G D Em And we walk in the world of safe people C G D G G And at night we walk in-to our houses and burn G D Em C G D G G Chorus: I-o-wa, oh-oh, I-o-wa, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, I-, I-o-wa (x2)


G D Em Verse 2: How I long to fall just a little bit C G D G G To dance out of the lines and stray from the light G D Em But I fear that to fall in love with you C G D G G Is to fall from a great and gruesome height

Em Em C So you know I asked a friend about it on a bad day, her husband had just Am Am C D Left her, and she sat down on the chair he left be-hind G D Em She said, "What is love, where did it get me? C G D G G Who-ever thought of love is no friend of mine.” … Chorus

Interlude: G D Em C G D G G

G D Em Verse 3: Once I had every-thing, I gave it up C G D G G For the shoulder of your driveway and the words I never felt G D Em And so for you, I came this far across the tracks C G D G G Ten miles above the limit and with no seat belt, and I'd do it a-gain Em Em C G For to-night I went running through the screen doors of dis-cretion Am Am C D For I woke up from a nightmare that I could not stand to see C C G Em You were wandering out on the hills of Iowa and C C D D You were not thinking of me Chorus


Lahainaluna 1Kui Lee (1932-1966)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats - Standard strum or pick

D G D DI am going to the island of the valleys A7 A7 D A7To Lahaina Lahainaluna D G D DWhere the mountains are green you will find me A7 A7 G* Gm* DIn Lahaina Lahainalu - u - u - na G G D D They say that Maui no ka oi and I agree2

E7 E7 A7 A7 ‘Cause Maui noka oi is the only place for me D G D DThat’s where you’ll find me, down by the seaside A7 A7 D DWatching the moonlight, the twinkling starlight A7 A7 D DThe morning sunrise, the golden sunset A7 A7 G* Gm* DIn Lahaina Lahainalu - u - u - na A7 A7 G* Gm* D (End)In Lahaina Lahainalu - u - u - na

Lahainaluna (lah-HI-nah-LOO-nah) = referring to Lahaina, a town on the far west coast of the Maui island1

Maui no ka oi = “Maui is the best”2


Landslide written by Stevie Nicks - recorded by Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac (1975)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except / = 1 beat - Standard strum or pick

Intro: G D Em7 D / G D Em7 D

G D Em7 DVerse 1: I took my love and I took it down

G D Em7 D I climbed a mountain and I turned a-round G D Em7 DAnd I saw my re-flec-tion on the snow-covered hills G D Em7 Em7/ D/Till a landslide brought me down

G D Em7 DVerse 2: Mirror in the sky, what is love?

G D Em7 DCan the child within my heart rise a-bove? G D Em7 DCan I sail through the changing ocean tide? G D Em7 D G D Em7 DCan I handle the seasons of my life …

Interlude: G D Em7 A7 Chorus: D F#m Bm7 Bm7 G D Em7 A7Well I’ve been a-fraid of changing… ‘cause I built my life around you D F#m Bm7 Bm7 G D Em7 Em7/ D/But time makes you bolder even children get older, and I’m getting older too

Interlude: G D Em7 D / G D Em7 D / G D Em7 D / G D Em7 A7Repeat Chorus

Verse 1 (Reprise): G D Em7 D G D Em7 D Take my love and take it down… climb a mountain and turn a-round G D Em7 D G D Em7 DAnd if you see my re-flec-tion in the snow-covered hills, a landslide will bring it down G D Em7 D (pause - 4)And if you see my re-flec-tion in the snow-covered hills… G D Em7 D G D Em7 (end one strum)a landslide will bring it down… well a landslide will bring it down


Lean on Me Bill Withers - Released on Still Bill (1972)

OR OR OR

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, / = 1 strum hold

Intro Instrumental (optional): A D-inv A A E7 A -- 0 ----------------- 0 ------------- 0 --------- 4 --- 2 ----- 2 - E -- 0 --------------- 0 - 0 --------- 0 - 0 ------- 5 --- 0 --- 0 --- C -- 1 ------------- 6 ------------- 1 ------------- 4 --- 2 - 2 ----- G -- 2 ----- 2 4 6 7 ------- 7 6 4 2 ------- 2 4 6 - 6 --- 1 --------- Bts: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

A D-inv A E7 A A -- 0 ----------------- 0 ------------- 0 --------- 2 --- 0 ------- E -- 0 --------------- 0 - 0 --------- 0 - 0 ------- 0 --- 0 ------- C -- 1 ------------- 6 ------------- 1 ------------- 2 --- 1 ------- G -- 2 ----- 2 4 6 7 ------- 7 6 4 2 ------- 2 4 6 - 1 --- 2 ------- Bts: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

A/(8) D/ A/ E7/ Verse 1: Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow A/ D/ A/ E7/(4) A/(4) But if we are wise we know that there’s always to - mor - row Chorus (Pick): A D A E7 Lean on me … when you’re not strong … and I’ll be your friend … I’ll help you carry on A D A E7* A* For … it won’t be long … ‘til I’m gonna need … somebody to lean on


A D A E7 Verse 2: Please … swallow your pride … if I have things … you need to borrow A D A E7* A* For … no one can fill … those of your needs … that you don’t let show …

Chorus (Pick): A D A E7 Lean on me … when you’re not strong … and I’ll be your friend … I’ll help you carry on A D A E7* A* For … it won’t be long … ‘til I’m gonna need … somebody to lean on

A D A E7 Verse 3: If … there is a load … you have to bear … that you can’t carry A D A E7* A* I’m … right up the road … I’ll share your load … if you just call me

Bridge (scratch March strum): So just call on me brother when you need a hand We all need some-bo-dy to lean on I just might have a problem that you’ll under-stand We all need some-bo-dy to lean on

Chorus x 2 (March strum): A D A E7 Lean on me … when you’re not strong … and I’ll be your friend … I’ll help you carry on A D A E7* A* For … it won’t be long … ‘til I’m gonna need … somebody to lean on

A D A E7/ A/ Outro (Pick): For … it won’t be long … ‘til I’m gonna need … somebody to lean on


Leavin’ on a Jetplane John Denver (1969 - Rhymes & Reasons) Standard time / Each chord = 4 beats

C F C FVerse 1: All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go, I'm standing here out-side your door

C Am G7 G7I hate to wake you up to say good-bye C F C F

But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn, the taxi's waiting, he’s blowing his horn C Am G7 G7Al-ready I'm so lonesome I could die

C F C FChorus: So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me,

C Am G7 G7hold me like you'll never let me go - o - o C F C F'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again. C Am G7 G7 Oh, babe, I hate to go

Verse 2: There’s so many times I've let you down, so many times I've played around,I tell you now they don't mean a thingEvery place I go I'll think of you, every song I sing I'll sing for you,when _I_ come back, I'll bring your wedding ring … Chorus

Verse 3: Now the time has come to leave you, one more time let me kiss you,then close your eyes, I'll be on my wayDream about the days to come when _I_ won't have to leave alone,about the times _I_ won't have to say… Chorus

C Am G7 G7 G7 G7 End on COutro: Oh babe, I hate to go - o - o - o …


Let it BeLennon/McCartney (1970 - Let it Be)Standard time / Each chord = 4 beats

Intro: C G7 Am F C G7 F C

C G7 Am FVerse 1: When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me

C G7 F CSpeaking words of wisdom: let it beC G7 Am FIn my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me C G7 F CSpeaking words of wisdom: let it be

Chorus: Am Em F C C G7 F CLet it be, let it be, let it be, let it be - whisper words of wisdom, let it be

C G7 Am FVerse 2: And when the brokenhearted people living in the world agree

C G7 F CThere will be an answer: let it be C G7 Am F

For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see C G7 F CThere will be an answer: let it be

Chorus: Am Em F C C G7 F End on CLet it be, let it be, let it be, let it be - there will be an answer: let it be


The Light and the Sea Dar Williams - In the Time of Gods (2012)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats - March strum

Intro: G G | G D G G | G D Em Em | C C G G D D C G Verse 1: Setting out u-pon the waves in darkness and up-heaval D D C G I was told that I alone would not know good and evil Em Em Bm Bm Em Em C D Oooh … but in time … but oooh … in time

G G G D G G Chorus 1: It came to me … as my ship would fall and rise G D Em Em C C G G I could turn and lift my eyes … to the light … a distant light G D G G G D Em Em And there will a - all - ways be … the light and the sea C C G G The roiling sea … the light and me

D D C G Verse 2: And as the days went by, I turned my wheel towards the thunder D D C G Taking on a challenge, that I knew could take me under Em Em Bm Bm Em Em C D Oooh … and it took me down … and oooh … it took me down


G G G D G G Chorus 2: And it came to me … as I cursed the stem and sail G D Em Em C C G G Called it fate that I should fail … there is a light … there is a light G D G G G D Em Em And there will a - all - ways be … the light and the sea C C G G The roiling sea … the light and me

Em Em Bm Bm C C D D Interlude: … And it a - all comes down …

G G G D G G Chorus 3: Down to me … to feel the pre-sence of my soul G D Em Em C C G G Amidst the torrents and the cold … of the sea … G D G G G D Em Em And there will a - all - ways be … the light and the sea C C G G The roiling sea … the light and me

Em Em C C G/ Outro: Ooh … The light and me


Losing My Religion R.E.M - Out of Time (1991)


Intro: F F Am Am / F F Am G Am Am Em7 Em7 Verse 1: Oh, life… is bigger, it’s bigger than you

Am Am Em7and you are not me… the lengths that I will go to Em7 Am Amthe distance in your eyes

Em7 Em7 Dm Dm G G Oh no, I've said too much… I set it up

Am AmChorus: That’s me in the corner

Em7 Em7 Am AmThat's me in the spotlight, losing my rel-i-gion Em7 Em7 Am AmTrying to keep up with you, and I don't know if I can do it

Em7 Em7 Dm Dm G Oh no, I've said too much… I haven't said enough G F F AmI thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you singAm F F Am G I think I thought I saw you try

Am Am Em7 Em7 AmVerse 2: Every whisper of every waking hour, I’m choosing my con-fess-ions

Am Em7 Em7 Am Am Trying to keep an eye on you, like a hurt lost and blinded fool, foolEm7 Em7 Dm Dm G G Oh no, I've said too much… I set it up


Am Am Em7 Em7 Verse 3: Consider this… con-si-der this, the hint of this cent-u-ry

Am Am Em7 Em7Consider this… the slip… that brought me to my knees failed Am Am Em7 Em7What if all these fantasies come flailing a-round?

Dm Dm G GNow I've said… too much

Chorus Refrain: G F F AmI thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you singAm F F Am G I think I thought I saw you try

Bridge: Am* G* F* G* / Am* G* F* G* C Dm C DmBut that was just a dream… that was just a dream … Full Chorus

F F Am AmOutro: That was just a dream, a try, a cry, why, try F F Am G

That was just a dream, just a dream, just a dream, dream…

Outro Lick: Am Am Am AmA——7–7–7–5–5–5–5–5–3–3–3–0–0–0–0–0——7–7–7–5–5–5–5–5–3–3–3–0–0–0–0–0——E ————————————————————————————————————————C—————————————————————————————————————————G————————————————————————————————————————— E E E—D D D D D—C C C—A A A A A E E E—D D D D D—C C C—A A A A A

(slow down) (end) Am Am Am Am AmA——7–7–7–5–5–5–5–5–3–3–3–0–0–0–0–0—7–7–7–5–5–5–5–5 – 7–5–3–0–5–3–0–3–0—E —————————————————————————————————————————C—————————————————————————————————————————G————————————————————————————————————————— E E E—D D D D D—C C C—A A A A A E E E—D D D D D— E D C A D C A C A


Make Me Down a Pallet On Your Floor Folk / Blues Standard of unknown origins

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats / 1 measure - Calypso strum with a swing

Seesaw Pattern:

OR

(Underlined lyrics indicate every two measures:) Verse 1: Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me (down) a pallet soft and (low) When I’m broke and I (got) nowhere to go

Verse 2: Been hangin’ around with a good time friends of mine Been hangin’ around with a good time friends of mine Oh, they (treat) me very nice and (kind) When I’ve got a (dollar) and a dime … Chorus

Verse 3: Weary blues everywhere I see Weary blues everywhere I see Weary (blues) honey, everywhere I (see) No one ever (had) the blues like me … Chorus

Repeat Verse 1, End on D

Chord Progression: G G D D / G G D D

D F#7 G Gm / D A7 D D

Easy 3-Chord Progression: G G D D / G G D D

D D G G / D A7 D D


Mingulay Boat Song Lyrics by Sir Hugh S. Roberton (1930s) - Traditional Gaelic Melody

6/8 (quick waltz) time - Each chord = 6 quick beats - Waltz or 6/8 strum

D D D D Chorus: Heel yo ho, boys … let her go, boys A A G G Swing her head round … and all to-gether D D D D Heel yo ho, boys … let her go, boys A A G G Sailing homeward … to Mingu-lay

(Underlined lyrics indicate every two measures:) Verse 1: What care we though white the minch is What care we for wind or weather Swing her head round, every inch is Sailing homeward to Mingu-lay … Chorus

Verse 2: When the wind is wild with shouting And the waves mount ever higher Anxious eyes turn ever seaward To see us home, boys, to Mingu-lay … Chorus, End D

Chord Progression: D D D D / A A G G D D D D / A A G G


Me and Bobby McGee Kris Kristofferson (1970)

Key of G: Key of A:

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats - Thumb-strum OR Standard strum with backbeat

G G G G Verse 1: Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin’ for the train G G D7 D7 Feelin' near as faded as my jeans D7 D7 D7 D7 Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained D7 D7 G G It took us all the way to New Or-leans G G G G I took my har-poon out of my dirty red ban-dana G G7 C C I was playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues C C G G With them windshield wipers slappin' time, and Bobby clapping hands D7 D7 A A We finally sang off every song that driver knew

C C G G Chorus: Freedom’s just a-nother word for nothin' left to lose D7 D7 G G7 Nothin' ain’t worth nothin' but it’s free C C G G Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues D7 D7 D7 D7 Feelin' good was good enough for me D7 D7 G G Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee


Key change: A A A A A A Verse 2: From the coal mines of Ken-tucky to the California sun A A E7 E7 Bobby shared the secrets of my soul E7 E7 E7 E7 Standing right be-side me, Lord… through everything I done E7 E7 A A Every night she kept me from the cold A A A A Then somewhere near Sa-li-nas, Lord, I let her slip a-way A A7 D D Looking for the home I hope she’ll find D D A A And I'd trade all of my to-mor-rows, for a single yester-day E7 E7 A A To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine

D D A A Chorus: Freedom’s just a-nother word for nothin' left to lose E7 E7 A A7 Nothin' ain’t worth nothin' but it’s free D D A A Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues E7 E7 E7 E7 Feelin' good was good enough for me E7 E7 A A Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee …

A A A A A A E7 E7 Outro: La da da … me and Bobby McGee E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 A A La da da … me and Bobby McGee

Repeat Outro, end on A


Morning Dew 3Words by Hawaiian language scholar Larry Kimura / Music by ukulele virtuoso Eddie Kamae

Listen to this recording by Don Ho for reference

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats - Calypso strum

Intro: G A7 D D G A7 D D Verse 1: To you alone I say: wait for me, wait for me

G A7 D DThe hours go slowly by without you close to me G A7 D DI’m standing on a hill, looking down, all around G A7 D DAwaiting your return to me once more

G A7 D DVerse 2: I thought of moving on, pack my bags, on my way

G A7 D DI gazed upon that poem you gave me yesterday G A7 D DThere’s no one else to see so I know it’s time to go G A7 D DBut I’m on my way alone once more

G A7 D DVerse 3: E ku’u morning dew, alia mai alia mai (My morning dew, wait for me wait for me)

G A7 D DMaliu ma il ‘oe … i ka’u e hei nei (Pay attention to my calling here) G A7 D DE kali mai ‘oe ia’u nei ia’u nei (Wait for me here, here) G A7 D D‘O wau iho nō me ke Aloha (I remain deeply in love)

Repeat Verse 1

According to Kimura, “The morning dew, in Hawaiian culture, represents young love, because of its freshness. But it’s 3

temporary, it doesn’t last.” - Quoted in “50 Greatest Songs of Hawaii” 06/2007: http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Quarantunes Jam - 48

Oh Had I A Golden Thread Pete Seeger (1960), as arranged for Judy Collins (1970)

Waltz time - Each chord = 3 beats - Waltz strum

Intro: C C C7 C7 F F Dm Dm | C C C C G D G G Verse 1: C C C7 C7 F F Dm Dm C C C C G D G G Oh … had I a golden thread … and a needle … so fine C C C7 C7 F F Dm Dm C C C C G D G G I … would weave a magic strand … of rain - bow de-sign F F C G C F C G Of rain-bow design Verse 2: C C C7 C7 F F Dm Dm C C C C G D G G In it … I’d weave the bravery of women … giving birth C C C7 C7 F F Dm Dm C C C C G D G G In it … I’d weave the innocence of children of all the earth F F C G C F C G Child-ren of all the earth Verse 3: C C C7 C7 F F Dm Dm C C C C G D G G Show my brothers and sisters … my rainbow de-sign C C C7 C7 F F Dm Dm C C C C G D G G I would bind up this sorry world … with hand … and heart and mind F F C G C F C G Hand and heart and mind Repeat Verse 1 End on G


On the Road Again Willie Nelson (1980)


/ = 1 strum held 4 beats

C C C C E7 E7 E7 On the road again … Just can't wait to get on the road again E7 Dm DmThe life I love is making music with my friends F G7 C CAnd I can’t wait to get on the road a-gain

C C C C E7 E7 E7On the road again … Goin’ places that I've never been E7 Dm DmSeein' things that I may never see a-gain F G7 C CAnd I can't wait to get on the road again

F F F F C C On the road again … Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway F F F F C CWe're the best of friends … Insisting that the world keep turning our way G7 G7/And our way …

C C C C E7 E7 E7 … is on the road again … Just can't wait to get on the road again E7 Dm DmThe life I love is making music with my friends F G7 C And I can’t wait to get on the road a-gain

RepeatOutro: F G7 C End on C


Standard Strum:

Poor Wayfaring Stranger Traditional, arranged by Avery Hill (2020)

Intro: Vamp Am

Verse 1: Am Am Am Am Dm Dm Am Am I am a poor wayfaring stranger … traveling through this world of woe Am Am Am Am Dm Dm Am Am There’s no sickness, toil or danger … in that bright land to which I go F F C C F F C E7 I’m going there to see my mother … going there no more to roam Am Am Am Am Dm Dm Am Am I’m only going over Jordan … I’m only going over home

Interlude: Dm Dm Am Am

Verse 2: Am Am Am Am I know dark clouds will gather ‘round me … Dm Dm Am Am I know my way is rough and steep Am Am Am Am Dm Dm Am Am But beauteous fields lie just before me … where those redeemed their vigils keep F F C C F F C E7 I’m going there to see my father … going there no more to roam Am Am Am Am Dm Dm Am Am I’m only going over Jordan … I’m only going over home … Interlude

Instrumental (Verse chords) - Interlude - Repeat Verse 1 Repeat last line, end on Am


Please Don’t Bury Me John Prine (1973)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats - Thumb-strum

G G C C Verse 1: Woke up this morning, put on my slippers G G D7 D7 Walked in the kitchen and died G G C C And oh, what a feeling when my soul went through the ceiling D7 D7 G G And on up into heaven, I did ride

C C G G Pre-Ch: When I got there, they did say, ”John, it happened this way G G D7 D7 You slipped upon the floor, and hit your head” G G C G And all the angels say, ”Just be-fore you passed a-way G D7 G G These were the very last words that you said"

C C G G Chorus: Please don't bury me down in the cold, cold ground G G G D7 No, I’d rather have 'em cut me up and pass me all around G G C G Throw my brain in a hurricane and the blind can have my eyes C G D7 G And the deaf can take both of my ears if they don't mind the size

Interlude: C G D7 G Quarantunes Jam - 52

G G C G Verse 2: Give my stomach to Milwaukee if they run out of beer G G A7 D7 Put my socks in a cedar box just to get 'em out of here G G C G Venus De Milo can have my arms, Look out! I've got your nose C G D7 G Sell my heart to the junk man and give my love to Rose!

C C G G Chorus: Please don't bury me down in the cold, cold ground G G G D7 No, I’d rather have 'em cut me up and pass me all around G G C G Throw my brain in a hurricane and the blind can have my eyes C G D7 G And the deaf can take both of my ears if they don't mind the size

Interlude: C G D7 G

G G C G Verse 3: Give my feet to the footloose, careless, fancy free G G A7 D7 And give my knees to the needy, don’t pull that stuff on me G G C G Hand me down my walking cane, it’s a sin to tell a lie C G D7 G Send my mouth way down south and kiss my ass good-bye

Chorus


Rainbow Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats - March strum or Standard pick

Intro: C Am F C C Am F F/

C Am F C Verse 1: When it rain it pours but you didn't even notice C Am F G7 It ain't rainin' any-more, it's hard to breathe when all you know is Am E7 Am D7/ (8) The struggle of stay-ing above, the rising water line

C Am F C Chorus: Well the sky is finally open, the rain and wind stopped blowin' Am D7 G7 G7 But you're stuck out in the same old storm again C Am F C You hold tight to your um-brella, well, darlin' I'm just tryin' to tell ya Am C G7 C C That there's always been a rainbow hangin' over your head

C Am F C Verse 2: If you could see what I see, you'd be blinded by the colors C Am F G7 Yellow, red and orange and green, and at least a million others Am E7 Am D7/ (8) So tie up the boat, take off your coat and take a look a-round


C Am F C Chorus: Well the sky is finally open, the rain and wind stopped blowin' Am D7 G7 G7 But you're stuck out in the same old storm again C Am F C You hold tight to your um-brella, well, darlin' I'm just tryin' to tell ya Am C G7 That there's always been a rainbow hangin' over …

Interlude: C Am F C C Am F G7 … your head Am E7 Am D7/ (8) Oh tie up the boat, take off your coat and take a look a-round F/ (8) Everything is alright now …

C Am F C Chorus: Well the sky is finally open, the rain and wind stopped blowin' Am D7 G7 G7 But you're stuck out in the same old storm again C Am F C You hold tight to your um-brella, well, darlin' I'm just tryin' to tell ya Am C G7 C That there's always been a rainbow hangin' over your head Am C G7/ (8) Yeah there's always been a rainbow hangin' over … C Am F C Am D7 G7 End C your head … it’ll all be al-right


Scarborough Fair Traditional, likely derived from “The Elfin Knight” - arranged by Avery Hill (2020)

Waltz time - Each chord = 3 beats

Intro: Am G Em7 Am Am Am Am

Am Am Em7 Am Am Verse 1: Are you goin’ to Scarborough Fair? Am Am D Am Am Parsley, sage, rose-mary and thyme Am G Am Em7 Em7 Re-mem-ber me to one who lives there Am G Em7 Am Am Am Am She once was a true love of mine

Verse 2: Tell her to make me a cam-bric shirt __ Parsley, sage, rose-mary and thyme With-out any seam or need-le-work Then she’ll be a true love of mine

Verse 3: Tell her to find me an acre of land __ Parsley, sage, rose-mary and thyme Be-tween the sea foam and the sea strand Then she’ll be a true love of mine

Instrumental: Verse chords Repeat Verse 1

Outro: Am G Em7 End Am


Shenandoah Traditional, arr. Avery Hill

Use conventional chords, or try these variations: Standard picking pattern:

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats - Standard strum or pick

Intro: C C C/F C/F C C C/F C/F

Verse 1: C C F C F F C C Shenandoah… I long to hear you, a - way… you rolling river Am Am F F Oh Shenandoah… I long to hear you C C C C Am F C C (Intro chords) A - way… I’m bound a-way… cross the wide Miss - our - i Verse 2: Shenandoah, I love your daughter, away, you rolling river I’ll take her ‘cross the rolling water Away, I’m bound a-way, cross the wide Missouri

Verse 3: He sold the chief that fire-water, away, you rolling river And ‘cross the river he stole his daughter Away, I’m bound a-way, cross the wide Missouri

Verse 4: Shenandoah, I’m bound to leave you, away, you rolling river Shenandoah, I’ll not deceive you Away, I’m bound a-way, cross the wide Missouri

Am F C C Outro: Cross the wide Miss - our - i Am Am F F C C (Intro chords) End C Cross the wide … Miss - our - i


Simple Gifts Melody & Verse 1 Text by Shaker Elder Joseph Brackett, Jr. (1848) Additional text origins unknown, printed in Friends Journal (1984)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats and / = 1 beat

C C Verse 1: ’Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free G7 G7 ’Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be C C And when we find ourselves in that place just right G7 C/ F/ C* ’Twill be in the valley of love and de-light

C C Chorus: When true simp - li - city is gained C G7 To bow and to bend we shan’t be ashamed C C To turn, turn, will be our delight G7 C/ F/ C* Until turning, turning we come round right

Verse 2: ’Tis a gift to be knowing, ’tis a gift to be kind ’Tis a gift to wait to hear some-one else’s mind That when we speak our feelings we might come out true ’Tis a gift for me and a gift for you … Chorus

Verse 3: ’Tis the gift to have friends and a true friend to be ’Tis the gift to think of others not only think of me And when we hear what others really think and really feel Then we’ll all live together with a love that is real … Chorus


Somos El Barco By Lorre Wyatt - on the album Roots & Branches

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats - Standard strum

Intro: C D7 G G7

C D7 G Em Verse 1: The stream sings it to the river and the river sings it to the sea

C D7 G G7 The sea sings it to the boat that carries you and me

C D7 G Em Chorus: Somos el barco … somos el mar …

C D7 G G7 Yo navego en ti … tu navegas en mi …

C D7 G Em We are the boat … we are the sea …

C D7 G G7 I sail in you … you sail in me …

C D7 G Em Verse 2: Now the boat we are sailing in was built by many hands

C D7 G G7 And the sea we are sailing on touches every land …

Chorus C D7 G Em

Verse 3: So with our hopes we raise the sails to face the winds once more C D7 G G7

And with our hearts we chart the waters never sailed be-fore …

Chorus, end on G


Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World As recorded by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

Standard time - each chord = 4 beats

Intro: C C Em Em F F C C Ooh ooh oo-ooh … (cont.) F F C C G7 G7 Am Am F F

(Over the Rainbow:) C C Em Em F F C C Some-where over the rainbow, way up high F F C C G7 G7 Am Am F FAnd the dreams that you dream of once in a lul - la - by

C C Em Em F F C CSome-where over the rainbow, bluebirds fly F F C C G7 G7 Am Am F FAnd the dreams that you dream of, dreams really do come true

C C G7 G7 Am Am F FSomeday, I’ll wish u-pon a star, wake up where the clouds are far behind me C C G7 G7 Where trouble melts like lemon drops, high above the chimney top Am Am F F That's where you'll find me, oh

C C Em Em F F C CSome-where over the rainbow, bluebirds fly F F C C G7 G7 Am Am F FAnd the dreams that you dare to - why, oh why can't I?


(What a Wonderful World:) C Em F C Well, I see trees of green and red roses tooF C E7 Am I'll watch them bloom for me and you F F G7 G7 Am Am F FAnd I think to myself what a wonderful world

C Em F CWell, I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white F C E7 Am And the brightness of day, I like the dark F F G7 G7 C F C C And I think to myself what a wonderful world

G7 G7 C CThe colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky G7 G7 C C And also on the faces of people passing by F C F CI see friends shaking hands saying: How do you do?F C Dm Dm G7 G7 They're really saying I, I love you

C Em F CI hear babies cry and I watch them growF C E7 Am They'll learn much more than we'll ever know F F G7 G7 Am Am F FAnd I think to myself what a wonderful world ... World ...

(Over the Rainbow - Reprise:) C C G7 G7 Am Am F FSomeday, I’ll wish u-pon a star, wake up where the clouds are far behind me C C G7 G7 Where trouble melts like lemon drops, high above the chimney top Am Am F F That's where you'll find me, oh

C C Em Em F F C CSome-where over the rainbow, bluebirds fly F F C C G7 G7 Am Am F F End on CAnd the dreams that you dare to - why, oh why can't I?


St. Louis Blues Originally by W.C. Handy / Lyrics as performed by Billie Holliday

Family of D: Plus:

Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats - Swing strum

Intro: Vamp on D

D G D D7 I hate to see that evening sun go down G G7 D D7 I hate to see that evening sun go down A7 G D D* A7* 'Cause, my baby... he's gone left this town

D G D D7 If I’m feelin' tomorrow like I feel to - day G G7 D D7 If I'm feelin' tomorrow like I feel to - day A7 G D D* A7* I'll pack my truck and make my get-a-way

Dm Dm A7 A7 St. Louis woman with her diamond ring A7 A7 Dm Dm Pulls that man a-round by her apron string Dm Dm A7 A7 If it wasn't for powder and her store-bought hair A7 A7 Dm A7 That man I love wouldn't have gone no-where, no - where

D G D D7 I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be G G7 D D7 That man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea A7 G D End on D7 Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me


Ind-Mid-Ri or Mid-Ri-Pin

Ind or Mid

Stand By Me Ben E. King (1961) 50s Progression:


Intro: C C Am Am F G7 C C

C C Am AmVerse 1: When the night has come and the land is dark

F G7 C CAnd the moon is the only light we see C C Am AmOh I won’t be afraid, no I won’t be afraid F G7 C Just as long as you stand, stand by me

C C Am AmVerse 2: If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall

F G7 C CAnd the mountains should crumble to the sea C C Am AmI won’t cry, I won’t cry, no I won’t shed a tear F G7 C Just as long as you stand, stand by me … Chorus / End on C


C C C Am AmChorus: So darling, darling, stand by me, oh stand by me

F G7 C COh stand, stand by me, stand by me

Summer’s End John Prine (2018)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats - Standard picking / double-finger variation

Intro: C C Em Em (x2)

C C Em Em Verse 1: Summer’s end's a-round the bend just fly - ing C C Em Em The swimming suits are on the line just dry - ing F F G G I'll meet you there per our conver- sa - tion F F G G I hope I didn't ruin your whole va - ca - tion

Verse 2: Well you never know how far from home you're feel - ing Un-til you watch the shadows cross the ceil - ing Well _I_ don't know but _I_ can see it snow - ing In your car the windows are wide o - pen

C C Am Am Chorus: Just come on home, … come on home F F G G C (Intro chords) No you don't have to … be a-lone … just come on home

Verse 3: Valentines, break hearts and minds at ran - dom That ol' Easter egg ain't got a leg to stand on Well _I_ can see that you can't win for try - ing And New Year's Eve is bound to leave you cry - ing … Chorus

F F G G F F G G Interlude: … just come on home

Verse 4: The moon and stars hang out in bars just talk - ing _I_ still love that picture of us walk - ing Just like that ol' house we thought was haunt - ed Summer's end came faster than we want - ed … Chorus x2


Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Traditional Spiritual / Standard time (4 beats) / Swing strum

Chorus: Swing low, sweet char-i-(ot) ... Comin’ for to carry me homeSwing low, sweet char-i-(ot) ... Comin’ for to (carry) me home

Verse 1: (Caller:) I looked over Jordan and what did I (see)? ...(Chorus:) ... Comin’ for to carry me home

(Caller:) A band of angels comin’ after (me) ...(Chorus:) ... Comin’ for to carry me home … Chorus

Verse 2: (Caller:) If you get there be-fore I do ...(Chorus:) ... Comin’ for to carry me home

(Caller:) Tell all my friends I’m comin’ home too ...(Chorus:) ... Comin’ for to (carry) me home … Chorus

This Little Light of Mine Traditional Spiritual / Standard time / Standard strum

Verse 1: This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shineThis little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shineThis little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shineLet it shine, let it shine, let it shine ____

Verse 2: Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine …

Verse 3: Nobody’s gonna “whoof” it out, I’m gonna let it shine …

Repeat Verse 1, End on C

Chord Pattern: C F* C* / C G7C F* C* / C* G7* C

Chord Pattern: C C C C / F F F C C C E7 Am / C G7 C C


Wade in the Water Traditional - First published by Fisk Jubilee Singers (1901)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except * = 2 beats - Slow swing strum

Seesaw Pattern:

Am Am E7 E7 Chorus: Wade in the water … wade in the water, children, Am Am Am E7* Am* Wade in the water … God’s gonna to trouble the wa - ter

Am Am Am E7* Am* Verse 1: See that host all dressed in white … God’s gonna trouble the wa - ter Am Am Am E7* Am* The leader looks like the Israelite … God’s gonna trouble the wa - ter

Chorus

Verse 2: See that band all dressed in red … God’s gonna trouble the wa - ter Looks like the band that Moses led … God’s gonna trouble the wa - ter

Chorus x2, End Am

Chord Progression: Chorus: Am Am E7 E7 Am Am Am E7* Am

Verse: Am Am Am E7* Am Am Am Am E7* Am


Wagonwheel Old Crow Medicine Show, w/Bob Dylan

Swing strum pattern:

Standard time / Each chord = 4 beats, straight strums

Intro: C G7 Am F C G7 F F

C G7 Verse 1: Heading down south to the land of the pines Am F I'm thumbing my way into North Caroline C G7 F F Staring up the road and pray to God I see headlights C G7 I made it down the coast in seventeen hours Am F Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers C G7 F F And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight

Verse 2: I'm running from the cold up in New England I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band My baby plays a guitar, ___ I pick a banjo now ___ Oh, the north country winters keep a-getting me down Lost my money playing poker so I had to leave town But I ain't turning back to living that old life no more ___ ... Chorus

Verse 3: (Single strums) Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke Caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke But he's a heading west from the Cumberland gap to Johnson City, Tennessee (Resume strumming) I gotta get a move on before the sun I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she's the only one And if I die in Raleigh at least I will die free ___ ... Chorus / End on C

C G7Chorus: So rock me momma like a wagon wheel Am F C G7 F F Rock me momma any way you feel, hey… momma rock me… C G7 Rock me momma like the wind and the rain Am F C G7 F F Rock me momma like a south bound train, hey… momma rock me…


We Shall Overcome Gospel / Civil Rights song, derived from hymn originally by Charles Albert Tindley (1900) with

revised lyrics by Lucille Simmons (1945) and others (Lyrics below selected from: https://www.negrospirituals.com/songs/we_shall_overcome.htm)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats / 1 measure, except * = 2 beats - Slow swing strum

G* C* G G* C* G Verse 1: We shall over-come … we shall over-come … G* C* Em* A7* G G We shall over-come some day G* C* G C* D7* Em Deep in my heart, I do be-lieve G* C* G* D7* G G We shall over-come some day

Verse 2: We’ll walk hand in hand, we’ll walk hand in hand We’ll walk hand in hand some day ___ Oh, deep in my heart, … _I_ do be-lieve We’ll walk hand in hand some day ___

Verse 3: We are not a-fraid, we are not a-fraid We are not a-fraid to-day ___ Oh, deep in my heart, … _I_ do be-lieve We are not a-fraid to-day ___

Verse 4: We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace We shall live in peace some day ___ Oh, deep in my heart, … _I_ do be-lieve We shall live in peace some day ___

End G

Chord Progression: G* C* G G* C* G / G* C* Em* A7* G G G* C* G C* D7* G / G* C* G* D7* G G


What Becomes of the Brokenhearted? By W. Weatherspoon, P. Riser, & J. Dean - Recorded by Jimmy Ruffin (1996)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats, except *= 2 beats, /= 1 beat

Slow Calypso strum

Intro: G Bm7 Em7 C G Gdim7 C C* G/ Am/ Verse 1: G Bm7 Em7 C As I walk this land with broken dreams… I have visions of many thingsG Bm7 Em7 C* D7* But happiness is just an illusion…. filled with sadness and con-fus-ion A C#m7 Chorus: What becomes of the broken-hearted

F#m D Who had love that's now departed? A C#m7 C#7 D* C/ D/ I know I've got to find some kind of peace of mind may-be …

Verse 2: __ The roots of love grow all around, __ but for me they come a-tumblin' down__ Every day heartaches grow a little stronger, __ I can't stand this pain much longerVerse 3: __ I walk in shadows searching for light, __ cold and alone, no comfort in sight__ Hoping and praying for someone to care, __ always moving and goin' nowhere

Chorus (Last line: Help me…)

Verse 4: __ I’m searching, though I don't succeed, __ someone look, there's a growing need__ He is lost, there's no place for beginning, __ all that's left is an unhappy ending

Chorus & Coda A C#m7 … I know I've got to find some kind of peace of mindF#m D I'll be searching everywhere, just to find someone to careA C#m7 I'll be looking everyday, I know I'm gonna find a wayF#m D Nothing's gonna stop me now, I’ll find a way somehowC#7 D7* C/ D7/ End on G Help me …


When the Saints Go Marching In African-American Spiritual - Origins unknown, first recorded in 1923

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats / 1 measure - Thumb-strum pattern

G G G G Verse 1: When the saints … go marching in G G D7 D7 When the saints go marching in G G7 C Cm Oh I want to be in that number G D7 G G When the saints go marching in

Verse 2: When the sun ___ begins to shine ___ When the sun be-gins to shine ___ Oh I want to be in that number ___ When the sun be-gins to shine ___

Verse: Make up your own or play a solo! Repeat Verse 1 Outro: Repeat last two lines, End G

Chord Progression: G G G G / G G D7 D7

G G7 C Cm / G D7 G G


Wildflowers (Dolly Parton) Dolly Parton - Trio (1987) with

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats

Intro: A A D A A E7 A A

A A D A A E7 A V1: The hills were a-live with wild-flowers, and I was as wild, even wilder, than they A A D A A E7 A For at least I could run, they just died in the sun, and I re-fused to just wither in place D D A A D D A E7 Just a wild mountain rose needing freedom to grow, so I ran fearing not where I'd go A A D A A E7 A A When a flower grows wild it can always sur-vive, wild-flowers don't care where they grow

V2: And the flowers I knew in the fields where I grew were con-tent to be lost in the crowd They were common and close, I had no room for growth, and I wanted so much to branch out So I up-rooted my-self from home ground and left, took my dreams and I took to the road When a flower grows wild it can al-ways sur-vive, wild-flowers don't care where they grow

Interlude: A E7 A A

V3: I grew up fast and wild and I never felt right in a garden so different from me I just never be-longed, I just longed to be gone, so the garden one day set me free I hitched a ride with the wind and since he was my friend I just let him de-cide where we'd go When a flower grows wild it can al-ways sur-vive, wild-flowers don't care where they grow V3.5 (2nd half verse): Just a wild mountain rose seeking mysteries un-told, no re-gret for the path that I chose When a flower grows wild it can al-ways sur-vive, wild-flowers don't care where they grow A A D A A E7 A A A A D A A E7 A A Outro: Mm mm mm… A A D A A E7 A End on A Dee-dee dum … Wild-flowers don't care where they grow...


Wildflowers (Tom Petty) Tom Petty (1994)


Calypso Strum (with a swing!)

Intro: One cycle through progression

Verse 1 (Two cycles): ___ You be-long a-mong the wild-flowers, ___ you be-long in a boat out at sea ___ Sail a-way, kill off the hours, ___ you be-long somewhere you feel free

V2: __ Run a-way, find you a lover… __ go a-way somewhere all bright and new __ I have seen … no other … __ who com-pares with you

V3: __ You be-long a-mong the wild-flowers … ___ you be-long in a boat out at sea __ You be-long with your love on your arm , __ you be-long somewhere you feel free

V4: __ Run a-way, find you a lover… __ run a-way, let your heart be your guide __ You de-serve the deepest of cover … __ you be-long in that home by and by

V5: __ You be-long a-mong the wild-flowers, __ you be-long somewhere close to me __ Far a-way from your trouble and worry, __ you be-long somewhere you feel free

Outro: … __ you be-long somewhere you feel free (End on A)

Chord Progression: D A E7 A


Will the Circle Be Unbroken Ada R. Habershon / Charles H. Gabriel (1907) - with verse lyrics by A.P. Carter (1935)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats / 1 bar - Thumb-strum pattern or dbl finger standard pick

Circle Pattern: Boomerang Pattern:

Chorus: Will the circle … be un-broken … by and by, Lord, by and by? There’s a better … home a-waitin’ … in the sky, Lord, (in) the sky

(Underlined lyrics indicate every two measures:) Verse 1: I was standing … by the window … on one cold and cloudy day When I saw that … hearse come rolling … for to carry my (mo-)ther a-way

Verse 2: Under-taker … under-taker … under-taker please drive slow For this woman … you are carrying … Lord I hate to (see) her go

Chorus

Verse 3: Oh I followed … close be-hind her … tried to hold up and be brave But I could not … hide my sorrow ... when they laid her (in) the grave

Verse 4: I went home, my … home was lonesome … for my mother she was gone All my brothers … and sisters crying ... what a home so (sad) and a-lone

Chorus x2, End C

Chord Progression: C C C7 C7 / F F C C

C C Am Am / C G7 C C


Woke Up This Morning Traditional - Recorded by Ruthie Foster (2002)

Standard time - Each chord = 4 beats - Standard strum

C C C C7 Verse 1: I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom F F F C I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom C C C Am I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom G7 G7 F C Hal le lu … ha le lu … ha le lu … jah

V2: I’m walking and talking with my mind stayed on free-dom …

V3: I’m singing and praying with my mind stayed on free-dom ...

V4: I’m teaching and preaching with my mind stayed on free-dom ...

V5: There ain't no harm to keep your mind stayed on free-dom ...

G7 G7 F C (End) Outro (slow): Hal le lu … ha le lu … ha le lu … jah


You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere Bob Dylan (1967)

Standard time / Strum swing

Verse 1: Clouds so swift, rain won't lift Gate won't close, railings froze Get your mind off wintertime You ain't goin' no-where ... Chorus

Verse 2: _I_ don't care how many letters they sent Morning came and morning went Pick up your money and pack up your tent You ain't goin' no-where ... Chorus

Verse 3: Buy me a flute and a gun that shoots Tailgates and substitutes Strap yourself to the tree with roots You ain't goin' no-where ... Chorus

Verse 4: Genghis Khan, he could not keep All his kings sup-plied with sleep We'll climb that hill, no matter how steep When we come up to it ... Chorus x 2 / End on C

Chord Pattern: C - - - / Dm - - - / F - - - / C - - - C - - - / Dm - - - / F - - - / C - - -

Chorus: Whoo-ee, ride me high To-mor-row's the day my bride's gonna come Ooh-ee are we gonna fly Down in the easy chair


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