Levy Uke UpSongbook 8

Contents:

1. What Goes On2. White Rabbit3. Jumping Jack Flash4. Kitchen Man5. Sunspots6. Psycho Killer7. Fishermans' Blues8. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker9. New England10. Fire and Rain11. Karma Chameleon12. Fields of Athenry13. Hey Ya14. House Of The Rising Sun15. I'll See You In My Dreams

What Goes OnLou Reed

(Velvet Underground)

[D] [C] x 4 What goes [D] on in your mind? I think that [C] I am [G] falling [D] down.What goes [D] on in your mind? I think that [C] I am [G] upside [D] down.

Chorus Baby, be [A] good, do what you [G] should, you know it will [D] work alright. [C] [D]Baby, be [A] good, do what you [G] should, you know it will [D] be alright. [C] [D]

I'm going [D] up, and I'm going down.I'm going [C] from [G] side to [D] side.See the [D] bells, up in the sky,Somebody's cut [C] the [G] string in [D] two.

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Chorus One minute [D] born, one minute doomed,One minute [C] up, [G] one minute [D] down.What goes [D] on in your mind? I think that [C] I am [G] falling [D] down.

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White RabbitGrace Slick

(Jefferson Airplane)

[F#] [G] x 2 [F#] One pill makes you larger and [G] one pill makes you smalland the [F#] ones that mother gives you don't do [G] anything at all

Go ask [A] Alice [C] when she's [D] ten feet [A] tall

[F#] And if you go chasing rabbits and you [G] know you're going to fallTell 'em a [F#] hooka smoking caterpillar has[G] given you the call

Call [A] Alice [C] when she was [D] just [A] small [E] When the men on the chessboard get up [A] and tell you where to go and you [E] just had some kind of mushroomand your [A] mind is moving on go ask [F#] Alice, I think she'll know

[F#] When logic and proportion have [G] fallen sloppy dead and the [F#] white knight is talking backwardsand the red [G] queen's off with her head [A] Remember [C] what the [D] dormouse [A] said[E] Feed your [A] head![E] Feed your [A] head![E] Feed your [A] head!

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Jumping Jack FlashJagger/Richards

(The Rolling Stones)

Riff (or just play B if not feeling adventurous?) B

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[B] [B] [E] [A] x 3[B] x 4

[B/Riff] [B/Riff]I was [B/Riff] born in a cross-fire hurri [B/Riff] cane And I [B/Riff] howled at my ma in the driving [B/Riff] rain

ChorusBut it's [D] all [A] right [E] now, in fact, it's a [B] gas! But it's [D] all [A] right, I'm [E] Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a [B] gas! Gas! Gas!

[B] [B][B/Riff] [B/Riff]I was [B/Riff] raised by a toothless, bearded [B/Riff] hag I was [B/Riff] schooled with a strap right across my [B/Riff] back

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(break)[B] [B] [E] [A] x 4

[B] [B][B/Riff] [B/Riff]I was [B/Riff] drowned, I was washed up and left for [B/Riff] dead I fell [B/Riff] down to my feet and I saw they [B/Riff] bledI [B/Riff] frowned at the crumbs of a crust of [B/Riff] bread I was [B/Riff] crowned with a spike right thru my [B/Riff] head

Chorus

[B/Riff] [B/Riff]

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Kitchen ManA.Razaf/A.Bellenda

(Bessie Smith)

(Bb) Madame Buck's was (F7) quite deluxe, Servants by the (Bb) score, (Gm7) Footmans at each (Cm) door, (F7) Butlers and maids gal- (Bb) ore. (F7) (Bb) But one day Dan, her (F7) kitchen man, Gave in his notice he's (Bb) through. (Dm7) She (Gm7) cried, (Dm) "Oh Dan, don't (Am7) go! It'll (Gm7) grieve me (C7) if you (F7) do!" (Bb) I love his cabbage, (Cm) crave his (G7) hash, (Cm) Daffy about his succo- (F7) tash, (Bb) I can't (G7) do with- (C7) out my kitchen (F7) man! (Bb) Wild about his (Cm) turnip (G7) tops, (Cm) Like the way he warms my (F7) chops, (Bb) I can't (G7) do with- (C7) out my (F7) kitchen (Bb) man! (Bb7) Anybody else could leave, and I would only (Bb) laugh! (G7) But he means too much to me, and (C7) you ain't heard the (F7) half! (Bb) Oh, his jelly roll is so (Cm) nice and (G7) hot, (Cm) Never fails to touch the (F7) spot, (Bb) I can't (G7) do with- (C7) out my (F7) kitchen (Bb) man.

(Bb) His frankfurters are (Cm) oh so (G7) sweet (Cm) How I like his sausage (F7) meat (Bb) I can't (G7) do with- (C7) out my kitchen (F7) man.

(Bb) Oh, how that boy can (Cm) open (G7) clams (Cm) No one else is can touch my (F7) ham (Bb) I can't (G7) do with- (C7) out my (F7) kitchen (Bb) man.

(Bb7) When I eat his doughnuts All I leave is the (Bb) hole (G7) Any time he wants to Why, (C7) he can use my sugar (F7) bowl

(Bb) Oh, his baloney's really (Cm) worth a (G7) try (Cm) Never fails to satis (F7) fy (Bb) I can't (G7) do with- (C7) out my (F7) kitchen (Bb) man.

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SunspotsJulian Cope

Intro: [C] [A] [D] [E] x 4

[C]Sunspots, [A] changing glare[D] Walking round with my [E] very best friend I've got a [C] love song [A] in my head[D] Strolling round with my [E] very best friendShe [C] looks good, [A] fine to me[D] I'm in love with my [E] very best friend

Chorus (1)[F] M---e----[C] oh, it goes a [E] wayAnd [F] M---e---- [C] oh, it goes a [E7] way[E7]

[C] Sunspots, [A] changing gear[D] Driving round with my [E] very best friendI got a [C] love song [A] in my head[D] Holding on to my [E] very best friendWe [C] look back, but [A] I can't see[D] Moving on with my [E] very best friendShe [C] looks good, [A] fine to me[D] I'm in love with my [E] very best friend

Chorus (2)

[F] Meeeeeeeeee [C] oh, it goes a [E] wayAnd [F] Meeeeeeeeee [C] oh, it goes a [E7] way

And [F] Meeeeeeeeee [C] oh, it goes a [E] wayAnd [F] Meeeeeeeeee [C] oh, it goes a [E7] way, way, way[E7]

Instrumental verse

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Psycho KillerByrne/Frantz/Weymouth

(Talking Heads)

[A] [G] x 2

[A] I can't seem to face up to the facts [G][A] I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax [G][A] I can't sleep cause my bed's on fire [G][A] Don't touch me I'm a real live wire [G]

Chorus[F] Psycho kil [G] ler qu'est-ce que c'est [Am] Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa, better [F] Run run run [G] run run run run a [C] way[F] Psycho kil [G] ler qu'est-ce que c'est [Am] Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa, better [F] Run run run [G] run run run run a [C] way[F] Ooooohhh [G] ayayayay!

[A] [G] x 2

[A] You start a conversation you cant even finish it [G][A] You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything [G][A] When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed [G][A] Say something once, why say it again? [G]

Chorus

[Bm] Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir [C] la [Bm] Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir [C] la [A] Realisant mon espoir [G] Je me lance, vers la gloire

[A] Okay [G][A] Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay [G][A] We are vain and we are blind [G][A] I hate people when they're not polite [G]

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Fisherman's BluesScott/Wickham

(The Waterboys)

[G] [F] [Am] [C] x 2

[G] I wish I was a fisherman, [F] tumbling on the seas[Am] Far away from dry land, and it's [C] bitter memories[G] Casting out my sweet line with [F] abandonment and love[Am] No ceiling bearing down on me, save the [C] starry sky above

Chorus: With light in my [G] head, you in my [F] arms, [Am] woo woo

[G] [F] [Am] [C]

[G] I wish I was the brake man, on a [F] hurtling fevered train[Am] Crashing headlong into the heartland, like a [C] cannon in the rain[G] With the beating of the sleepers, and the [F] burning of the coal[Am] Counting towns flashing by me, in a [C] night that's full of soul

Chorus

[G] [F] [Am] [C]

[G] Oh I know I will be loosened, [F] from bonds that hold me tight[Am] And the chains all hung around me will [C] fall away at last[G] And on that fine and fateful day I will [F] take thee in my arms [Am] I will ride on a train, and I will [C] be the fisherman

Chorus[G] [F] [Am] [C] repeat to fade

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Sheena Is A Punk RockerJoey Ramone

(The Ramones)

[C] for 4 bars (or [B] slide to [C] for the adventurous!)

[C] Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go, they're ready to go nowThey [G] got their surfboards and they are going to the disco [C] theque a go go [Am] but she just [F] couldn't stay [Am] she had to [F] break away[C] Well, New York City really has it [G] all, oh yeah, oh yeah

Chorus[C] Sheena is [F] a punk [G] rocker[C] Sheena is [F] a punk [G] rocker[C] Sheena is [F] a punk [G] rocker[C] Now [F] [G]

[C] Sheena is [F] a punk [G] rocker[C] Sheena is [F] a punk [G] rocker[C] Sheena is [F] a punk [G] rocker[C] Now [F] [G]

[C] Well she's a [F] punk punk a punk rocker[C] punk punk a punk rocker[G] punk punk a punk rocker[Bb] punk punk a punk rocker

2nd verse, same as the 1st!

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Outro[C] for 4 bars

[C] Sheena is [F] a punk [G] rocker[C] Sheena is [F] a punk [G] rocker[C] Sheena is [F] a punk [G] rocker[C] Now [F] [G]

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A New EnglandBilly Bragg

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I was [F] twenty-one years when I wrote this songI'm [C] twenty-two now but I [Dm] won't be for long[Bb] People ask me when will grow [F] up to be a manBut all the [C] girls I loved at school are al [Bb] ready pushing prams

I [F] loved you then as I love you stillThough I [C] put you on a pedestal, they [Dm] put you on the pill I [Bb] don't feel bad about [F] letting you goI [C] just feel bad about [Bb] letting you know

Chorus[Bb] I don't want to [Am] change the world [F] I'm not looking for a new [Dm] EnglandI'm just [Bb] looking for another [Am] girl [C]

[Bb] I don't want to [Am] change the world [F] I'm not looking for a new [Dm] EnglandI'm just [Bb] looking for [C] another [F] girl

I [F] loved the words you wrote to meBut [C] that was bloody [Dm] yesterdayI [Bb] can't survive on [F] what you send[C] Every time you [Bb] need a friend

I [F] saw two shooting stars last nightI [C] wished on then but [Dm] they were only satellitesIs it [Bb] wrong to wish on [F] space hardware?I [C] wish I wish I [Bb] wish you'd care

Chorus

Post-chorus[Bb] looking for [C] another [F] girl[Bb] looking for [C] another [F] girl[Bb] looking for [C] another [F] girl[Bb] [C] [F] x 3

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Fire and RainJames Taylor

[C] Just yesterday [Gm7] morning they let me know [F] you were gone [C]Susanne the [G] plans they made put an [Bb] end to you[C] I walked out this [Gm7] morning and I [F] wrote down this [C] songI just cant re [G] member who to [Bb] send it to

Chorus[F] I've seen [Dm7] fire and [G7] I've seen [C]rainI've seen [F] sunny days that I [Dm7] thought [G7] would never [C] end I saw [F] lonely times when I [Dm7] could not [G7] find a friend [C] But I [Bb] always thought that I'd see you again [C]

[C] Wont you look down upon me [Gm7] Jesus you got to [F] help me make a [C]standYou just got to [G] see me through [Bb] another day[C] My body's [Gm7] aching and my [F] time is at [C] handAnd I wont [G] make it any [Bb] other way

Chorus

[C] Been walking my mind to [Gm7] an easy time with my [F] back turned towards the [C] sunLord knows when the [G] cold wind blows [Bb] it'll turn your head aroundWell there's [C] hours of time on the [Gm7] telephone line to [F] talk about things to [C] comeSweet dreams and [G] flying machines in [Bb] pieces on the ground

Last Chorus + Outro[F] Whoah I've seen [Dm7]f ire and [G7] I've seen [C] rain I've seen [F] sunny days that I [Dm7] thought [G7] would never [C] end I saw [F] lonely times when I [Dm7] could not [G7] find a friend [C] But I [Bb] always thought that I'd see you baby one more time again [C]

Thought I'd see [Bb] you one more time again [C]There's just a [Bb] few things coming my way this time [C] around now Thought I'd [Bb] see, thought I'd see you fire and [C] rain now

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Karma ChameleonCulture Club

There's a [Bb] loving in your [F] eyes all the [Bb] wayif I [Bb] listen to your [F] lies would you [Bb] sayI'm a [Eb] man without con [F] victionI'm a [Eb] man who doesn't [F] knowHow to [Eb] sell a contra [F] dictionYou come and [Eb] goYou come and [Gm] go [F] oooh

Chorus[Bb] Karma Karma Karma Karma [F] Karma Chamele [Gm] onYou come and [Cm] goYou come and [Bb] go [F] oo [Bb] Loving would be easy if your [F] colours were like my [Gm] dreamRed, gold and [Cm] greenRed, gold and [Bb] gree [F] een

Didn't [Bb] hear your wicked [F] words every [Bb] dayAnd you [Bb] used to be so [F] sweet I heard you [Bb] sayThat my [Eb] love was an ad [F] dictionWhen we [Eb] cling our love is [F] strongWhen you [Eb] go you're gone for [F] everYou string a [Eb] longYou string [Gm] alo [F] ng

Chorus

[Eb] Every day is like a sur [Dm] vival[Eb] You're my lover not my [Gm] rival[Eb] Every day is like a sur [Dm] vival[Eb] You're my lover not my [Gm] rival [F]

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I'm a [Eb] man without con [F] victionI'm a [Eb] man who doesn't [F] knowHow to [Eb] sell a contra [F] dictionYou come and [Eb] goYou come and [Gm] go [F] oooh

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Fields of AthenryPete St. John

[G] By the lonely prison wall, I [C] heard a young girl [G] call [D] ing[G] Michael they have [C] taken you a [D] way[G] For you stole Trevelyan's [C] corn so the [G] young might see the [D] morn Now [D] a prison ship lies waiting in the [G] bay

Chorus [G] Low [C] lie the [G] fields of [Em] Athenry [G] Where once we watched the small free birds [D] fly[G] Our love was on the [C] wing [G] We had dreams and songs to [D] sing[D] It's so lonely round the [D7] fields of [G] Athenry

[G] By the lonely prison wall, I [C] heard a young man [G] cal- [D] ling[G] Nothing matters [C] Mary when you're [D] free [G] Against the famine and the [C] crown, I [G] rebelled they cut me [D] down [D] Now you must raise our child with [G] dignity

Chorus

[G] By the lonely harbour wall, [C] she watched the last star [G] fa [D] ll[G] As the prison ship [C] sailed out against the [D] sky [G] For she lived to hope and [C] pray [G] for her love in [D] Botany BayAnd it's so lonely round the fields of [G] Athenry

Chorus x 2

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Hey YaAndré 3000(Outkast)

[No chords] One two three go!

[G] My baby don't [C] mess around, because she loves me soAnd [D] this I know for [E] sure[G] Uh, but does she [C] really wannaBut can't stand to see me walk [D] out the [E] door...[G] Don't try to [C] fight the feelin'Because the thought alone is killing [D] me right [E] now[G] Uh, thank God for [C] Mom and DadFor sticking through together 'Cause we [D] don't know [E] how...

Chorus[G] Heeeyyy... [C] Yaaaaaaa...[D] Heeyy [E] Yaaaaaaaa...[G] Heeeyyy... [C] Yaaaaaaa...[D] Heeyy [E] Yaaaaaaaa..[G] Heeeyyy... [C] Yaaaaaaa...[D] Heeyy [E] Yaaaaaaa...[G] Heeeyyy... [C] Yaaaaaaa...[D] Heeyy [E] Yaaaaaaaa...

[G] You think you've got it [C] oh, you think you've got itBut got it just don't get it [D] till there's nothing at [E] all[G] We get together [C] Oh, get together but separate's always better [D] when there's feelings [E] involved[G] If what they say is [C] "Nothing is forever"Then what makes, then what makes, then what makes[D] Love the ex [E] ception [G] So why you, why you, [C] why you, why you, Why you are so in denial[D] When we know we're not [no chord] happy here

Chorus[G] [C] [D] [E] x 4

[G] Shake it Shake, shake it, [C] Shake it shake, shake itShake it shake shake it [D] Shake it like a polaroid [E] picture

[G] Shake it Shake shake it, [C] Shake it shake shake itShake it shake shake it [D] Shake it like a polaroid [E] picture

Chorus ad infinitum

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House of the Rising SunTraditional

There [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New Or [F] leans They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E7] Sun And it's [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor [F] boy And [Am] God I [E7] know I'm [Am] one [E7]

My [Am] mother [C] was a [D] tailor [F]She [Am] sewed my [C] new blue [E7] jeans My [Am] father [C] was a [D] gamblin' [F] man [Am] Down in [E7] New Or [Am] leans [E7]

Now the [Am] only [C] thing a [D] gambler [F] needs Is a [Am] suit [C]case and [E7] trunk And the [Am] only [C] time that [D] he's satis [F] fied Is [Am] when he's [E7] on a [Am] drunk [E7]

Oh [Am] mother [C] tell your [D] children [F] Not to [Am] do what [C] I have [E7] done [Am] Spend your [C] lives in [D] sin and mise [F] ry In the [Am] House of the [E7] Rising [Am] Sun [E7]

Well I got [Am] one foot [C] on the [D] platform [F] The [Am] other [C] foot on the [E7] train I'm [Am] goin' [C] back to [D] New Or [F] leans To [Am] wear that [E7] ball and [Am] chain [E7]

Well there [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New Or [F] leans They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E7] Sun And it's [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor [F] boy And [Am] God I [E7] know I'm [Am] one [E7] [Am]

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I'll See You In My DreamsGus Kahn and Isham Jones

Intro: [F] [F6] [FMaj7] [F6] (4 times)

[F] Tho' the [F6] days are [Fmaj7] long [F6] [D7] Twilight [D] sings a [D9] song [D] [G7] Of the happi [Bbm6] ness that [C7] used to [F] be [F6] [FMaj7] [F6] [Am] Soon my [E7] eyes will close Soon I'll [Am] find repose [C] And in [C#dim] dreams you're [Dm] always [G7] near to [C] me [CMaj7] [C7]

I'll [Bb] see you [Bb6] in [BbMaj7] my [Bbm6] dreams [F] Hold you [F6*] in [E7*] my [F6*] dreams [D7] Someone [Am] took [D7] you out of my arms [G7] StillI feel the [C7] thrill of your charms

[Bb] Lips that [Bb6] once [BbMaj7] were [Bbm6] mine [F] Tender [F6*] eyes [E7*] that [F6*] shine [Cm6] They will [D7] light my [A7] way to [F] night [F7] I'll [Bb] see you [Bbm6] in [C] my [F] dreams [F6] [FM7] [F6] [F]

[Bb] Lips that [Bb6] once [BbMaj7] were [Bbm6] mine [F] Tender [F6*] eyes [E7*] that [F6*] shine [Cm6] They [D7] will light my [A7] way to [Dm] night [F7] I'll [Bb] see you [Bbm6] in [C] my [F] dreams

[Cm6] They [D7] will light my [A7] lonely way to [Dm] night [F7] I'll [Bb] see you [Bbm6] in [C] my [F] dreams [F6] [FMaj7] [F6]

[F] [F6] [FMaj7] [F6] [F]

Chorus x 2 (Finish with [D] [G] [A] [D] last 4 chords)

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