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Peninsula Ukulele Group- June 2016 Road Songs 500 Miles……………..……………………………....... 2 King of the Road……………………………………….. 3 Homeward Bound…………………………………..... 4 Back Home Again…………………………………..... 5-6 Gentle On My Mind………………………………..... 7 Route 66…………………………..…………………….. 8 Come Fly With Me…………………………………….. 9 City of New Orleans…………………………………… 10-11 Travelin’ Band ……..……………………………….. 12 Running on Empty …………………………………… 13 Take It Easy ….....…………………………………….. 14 Do You Know the Way to San Jose?..….…………. 15 Honolulu City Lights…………………………………. 16 Traveling Man…………………………………………..17 This Land Is Your Land……………………………… 18-19 On A Slow Boat To China…………………………..… 20 Wide Open Spaces…………………………………..…. 21 On The Road Again …………..…………………….... 22 Born to Be Wild……………………………………..…. 23 Leaving On A Jet Plane…………………………..…. 24 Ventura Highway............................................. 25 Driving My Life Away………………………………...26 Day Is Done ………..……………………………………. 27

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  • Peninsula Ukulele Group- June 2016 Road Songs 500 Miles……………..……………………………....... 2 King of the Road……………………………………….. 3 Homeward Bound…………………………………..... 4 Back Home Again…………………………………..... 5-6 Gentle On My Mind………………………………..... 7 Route 66…………………………..…………………….. 8 Come Fly With Me…………………………………….. 9 City of New Orleans…………………………………… 10-11 Travelin’ Band ……..……………………………….. 12 Running on Empty …………………………………… 13 Take It Easy ….....…………………………………….. 14 Do You Know the Way to San Jose?..….…………. 15 Honolulu City Lights…………………………………. 16 Traveling Man…………………………………………..17 This Land Is Your Land……………………………… 18-19 On A Slow Boat To China…………………………..… 20 Wide Open Spaces…………………………………..…. 21 On The Road Again …………..…………………….... 22 Born to Be Wild……………………………………..…. 23 Leaving On A Jet Plane…………………………..…. 24 Ventura Highway............................................. 25 Driving My Life Away………………………………...26 Day Is Done ………..……………………………………. 27

  • 500 Miles by Peter, Paul and Mary 4|1 2 & 3 4 & | 4|D D U D D U | Intro: |C |Am |Dm |F |Dm |G7 |C | C Am If you miss the train I’m on Dm F You will know that I am gone Dm Em F G7 You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles C Am A hundred miles a hundred miles Dm F A hundred miles a hundred miles Dm Em F C You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles C Am Lord I’m one lord I’m two Dm F Lord I’m three lord I’m four Dm Em F G7 Lord I’m five hundred miles from my home C Am Five hundred miles five hundred miles Dm F Five hundred miles five hundred miles Dm Em F C Lord I’m five hundred miles from my home C Am Not a shirt on my back Dm F Not a penny to my name Dm Em G7 Lord I can’t go a home this a way C Am Dm F This a way this a way this a way this a way Dm Em F C Lord I can’t go a home this a way C Am If you miss the train I’m on Dm F You will know that I am gone Dm G7 F C You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

    F G7C Am Dm EmDm

  • King of the Road by Roger Miller 4|1 2 & 3 & 4 & | 4|D D U D U D U | C F G7 C 1. Trailer for sale or rent, Rooms to let fifty cents. C F G7 Stop No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes C F G7 C Ah, but.. two hours of pushin' broom, Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room C7 F G7 C I'm a man of means by no means, King of the road. C F G7 C 2. Third boxcar, midnight train, Destination Bangor, Maine. C F G7 Stop Old worn out suits and shoes, I don't pay no union dues, C F G7 C I smoke old stogies I have found, Short, but not too big around C7 F G7 C I'm a man of means by no means, King of the road. C F I know every engineer on every train G7 C All of their children, and all of their names C F And every handout in every town G7 And every lock that ain't locked when no one's around. C F G7 C 3. I sing,…..Trailer for sale or rent, Rooms to let fifty cents. C F G7 No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes. C F G7 C Ah, but.. two hours of pushin' broom, Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room C7 F G7 C I'm a man of means by no means, King of the road G7 C G7 C King of the road King of the road.

    F G7G7C C7

  • Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel 4|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 4|D U D U D U D U | G 1. I'm sitting in the railway station. Gmaj7 G7sus2 E7 Got a ticket for my destination, mmmmm Am F On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand. G D7 G And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and one-man band. CHORUS: C G C Homeward bound, wish I was, Homeward bound G Gsus4 G Gsus2 G Gsus4 G Gsus2 Home where my thought's escaping, Home where my mus ic's playing, G C D G Home where my love lays waiting, Silently for me. G 2. Ev'ry day's an endless stream Gmaj7 G7sus2 E7 Of cigarettes and magazines, mmmm Am F And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories G D7 G And ev'ry stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be, CHORUS G 3. Tonight I'll sing my songs again, Gmaj7 G7sus2 E7 I'll play the game and pretend, mmmm Am F But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity G D7 G Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me. Chorus Gmaj7 G7sus2 G G7sus2 Am7 c e G Silently for me.

    G Gmaj7 G7sus2G7sus4 E7 Am D7

  • Back Home Again by John Denver 4|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 4|D U D U D & D U | Intro: |C |C |C |C | C C7 F Dm 1. There’s a storm across the [valley, clouds are rollin’ in G G7 C G7 The afternoon is heavy on your shoulders C C7 F Dm There’s a truck out on the four lane s mile or more away G G7 C The whinin’ of his wheels just makes it colder C C7 F Dm 2. He’s an hour away from ridin’ on your prayers up in the sky G G7 C G7 And ten days on the road are barely gone C C7 F Dm There’s a [C] fire softly burnin’, suppers on the stove G G7 C C7 But it’s the light in your eyes that makes him warm CHORUS: F G7 C C7 Hey it’s good to be back home again, F G7 C F Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend G G7 C Yes and hey, it’s good to be back home again C C7 F Dm 3. There’s all the news to tell him, how’d you spend your time G G7 C G7 What’s the latest thing the neighbors say C C7 F Dm And your mother called last Friday, sunshine made her cry G G7 C C7 You felt the baby move just yesterday CHORUS BRIDGE: F G7 C F Oh, time that I can lay this tired old body down Dm G7 C C7 Feel your fingers feather soft upon me F G7 C F The kisses that I live for, the love that lights my way Dm F G7sus4 G7 The happiness that livin’ with you brings me

    G7C C7 F GDm G7sus4

  • C C7 F Dm 4. It’s the sweetest thing I know of, just spending time with you G G7 C G7 It’s the little things that make a house a home C C7 F Dm Like a fire softly burnin’ supper on the stove G G7 C But it’s the light in your eyes that keeps me warm F G7 C C7 Hey it’s good to be back home again, You know it is. F G7 C F Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend G G7 C Yes and hey, it’s good to be back home again F G7 C C7 Hey it’s good to be back home again, F G7 C F Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend G G7 C Yes and hey, it’s good to be back home again G G7 C hey, it’s good to be back home again G G7 C F C Yes ‘n hey, it’s good to be back home again

    G7C C7 F GDm G7sus4

  • Gentle on my Mind by Glen Campbell 4|1 2 & & 4 | 4|D D U U D | Intro |G |Gmaj7 |G6 |Gmaj7 |X2 G Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 Am AmMaj7 Am7 AmMaj7 1. It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk Am AmMaj7 Am7 D7 G Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 that makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch G Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 And it's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds G Gmaj7 Am AmMaj7 Am7 AmMaj7 and the ink stains that have dried upon some line Am AmMaj7 Am7 D7 That keeps you in the backroads by the rivers of my mem'ry Am D7 G Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 That keeps you ever gentle on my mind G Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 Am AmMaj7Am7 AmMaj7 2.It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy Planted on their columns now that bind me Am AmMaj7 Am7 D7 G Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 Or something that somebody said, Because they thought we fit together walkin'. G Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving G Gmaj7 Am AmMaj7 Am7 AmMaj7 when I walk along some railroad track and find Am AmMaj7 Am7 D7 That you're moving on the backroads by the Rivers of my mem'ry, Am D7 G Gmaj7 G6 G and for hours you're just Gentle on my mind G Gmaj7 Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines and the G6 Gmaj7 Am AmMaj7 Am7 AmMaj7 Junkyards and the highways come between us, Am AmMaj7 Am7 D7 G Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 And some other woman crying to her Mother, 'cause she turned and I was gone. G Gmaj7 G6 I still might run in silence, tears of joy might stain my Gmaj7 G Gmaj7 Am AmMaj7 Am7 AmMaj7 Face, and the summer sun might burn be 'till I'm blind Am AmMaj7 Am7 D7 But not to where I cannot see you Walkin' on the backroads, Am D7 G Gmaj7 G9 G by the rivers flowing, Gentle on my mind G Gmaj7 4. I dip my cup of soup back from a G6 Gmaj7 Am AmMaj7 Am7 AmMaj7 Gurglin', cracklin' cauldron in some trainyard; Am AmMaj7 Am7 D7 G Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 My beard a roughning coal pile and a Dirty had pulled low across my face. G Gmaj7 Through cupped hands 'round a tin can I G6 Gmaj7 Am AmMaj7 Am7 AmMaj7 Pretend I hold you to my breast and find Am AmMaj7 Am7 D7 That you're waving from the backroads by the Rivers of my memory, Am D7 |G |Gmaj7 |G6 |Gmaj7 |G |Gmaj7 |G6 |Gmaj7|G ever smilin' ever Gentle on my mind.

    G Gmaj7 G6 Am AmMaj7 Am7 D7

  • Route 66 by Nat King Cole 4|1 2 3 4 | 4|D D D D | | F#m | B7 | E7 | B7 | E7 A9 E7 Edim7 E7 Edim7 E7 1. If you ever plan to motor west. A9 E7 Edim7 E7 Edim7 E7 Travel my way, take the highway that's best. F#m B7 E7 B7 Get your kicks on Route sixty-six. E7 A9 E7 Edim7 E7 Edim7 E7 2. It winds from Chicago to LA, A9 E7 Edim7 E7 Edim7 E7 More than two thousand miles all the way. F#m B7 E7 B7 Get your kicks on Route sixty-six. CHORUS E7 Now you go through Saint Louis A9 E7 Joplin, Missouri, And Oklahoma City is mighty pretty. A9 E7 You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico, F#m B7 Flagstaff, Arizona. Don't forget Winona, E7 Fdim7 F#m B7 Kingman, Barstow, San Bernandino. E7 A9 E7 Edim7 E7 Edim7 E7 3. Won't you get hip to this timely tip: A9 E7 Gdim7 E7 Gdim7 E7 When you make that California trip F#m B7 E7 B7 Get your kicks on Route sixty-six. CHORUS E7 A9 E7 Edim7 E7 Edim7 E7 Won't you get hip to this timely tip: A9 E7 Gdim7 E7 Gdim7 E7 When you make that California trip F#m B7 E7 Get your kicks on Route sixty-six. F#m B7 E7 Get your kicks on Route sixty-six. F#m B7 E7 Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.

    E7 A9 F#m B7 Edim7 Fdim7

  • Come Fly with Me by Frank Sinatra Words & Music by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen 4|1 2 3 4 | 4|D D D D | (D7) Gmaj7 G6 Bm7 Bbdim7 Am AmMaj7 Am7 D7 1. Come fly with me! Let's fly, let's fly away! Gmaj7 G6 Dm7 G7 If you can use some ex-ot-ic booze, Cmaj7 F7 There's a bar in far Bombay, GMaj7 G6 C7 D7 B7 E7 Am7 D7 Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away. Gmaj7 G6 Bm7 Bbdim7 Am AmMaj7 Am7 D7 2. Come fly with me! Let's float down to Peru. Gmaj7 G6 Dm7 G7 In llama land, there's a one-man band Cmaj7 F7 And he'll toot his flute for you. GMaj7 G6 C7 D7sus4 G6 D7sus4 G6 Come fly with me! Let's take off into the blue. BRIDGE: Eb Ebaug Fm7 Bb7 Once I get you up there, where the air is rar - i - fied, Eb Gm7 Bbdim Fm7 Bb7 We'll just glide, starry-eyed. Eb D D7 Once I get you up there, I'll be holding you so near Gmaj7 G6 A7 You may hear the an-gels cheer D7sus4 D7 Because we're to - ge - ther, Gmaj7 G6 Bm7 Bbdim7 Am AmMaj7 Am7 D7 3. Weather-wise, it's such a lovely day! GMaj7 G6 Dm7 G7 Just say the words and we'll beat the birds Cmaj7 F7 Down to Acapulco Bay; GMaj7 C7 Dm E7 It's perfect for a flying hon-ey-moon, they say. A7 Dsus4 Gmaj7 Come fly with me! Let's fly, let's fly a - way. (REPEAT BRIDGE) (REPEAT VERSE 3) E7 A7 Dsus4 Gmaj7 G6 Come fly with me! Let's fly, let's fly a - way.

    G6 Gmaj7

    Am

    D7 Bm7 Bbdim7

    AmMaj7 Am7 Dm7 Cmaj7 B7F7

    Eb Ebaug Fm7 Bb7 Gm7

    D A7 D7sus4 Bm

  • City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman 4|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | Accent 2 and 4 4|D U D U D U D U | C G C 1. Ridin on the City of New Orleans, Am F C Illinois Central, Monday mornin rail C G C There's fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, Am G C Three con-ductors and twenty five sacks of mail Am Em All a-long the south bound odyssey, the train pulls in from Kankikee G D Rolls along past houses, farms and fields Am Passing towns that have no names Em And freight yards full of old black men G G7 C And the graveyards of the rusted auto-mo-biles CHORUS F G C Good morning America, how are you Am F C G I said don't you know me, I’m your native son C G Am I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans F G C I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done C G C 2. Dealin cards with the old men in the club car, Am F C A penny a point, there ain't no one keepin score C G C Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle, Am G C I can feel the wheels a-rumblin’ neath the floor Am And the sons of Pullman porters Em And the sons of engineers G D Ride their fathers magic carpet made of steel Am And the mothers with their babes asleep Em Go rockin to the gentle beat G G7 C And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel

    Em G7C F G Am D

  • CHORUS F G C Good mornin Am-erica, how are you Am F C G I said don't you know me, I’m your native son C G Am I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans F G C I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done C G C 3. Night time on the City of New Orleans Am F C We're changin cars for Memphis, Tenness-ee C G C We're halfway home and we'll be there by mornin Am G C Through the Mississippi darkness rollin down to the sea Am And all the towns and people seem Em To fade into a bad dream G D And the steel rail still ain't heard the news Am The conductor sings his songs again, Em The passengers will please refrain G G7 C This train's got the disapp-earin’ railroad blues CHORUS(X2) F G C Good Night America, how are you Am F C G I said don't you know me, I’m your native son C G Am I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans F G C I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done F G F C (End) I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

    Em G7C F G Am D

  • Travelin’ Band by Creeedence Clearwater Revival 4|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |Rock and roll!! 4|D U D U D U D U | Intro: |E |D |A |A | A A 1. Seven thirty seven, comin' out of the sky A A7 Oh, won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride? D A I wanna move, Playin' in a travelin' band, yeah E7 D Well, I'm flyin' 'cross the land, tryin' to get a hand E7 A Playin' in a travelin' band A A 2. Take me to the hotel, baggage gone, oh well A A A7 Come on, come on, won't you get me to my room? D A I wanna move, Playin' in a travelin' band, yeah E7 D Well, I'm flyin' 'cross the land, tryin' to get a hand E7 A Playin' in a travelin' band A A 3. Listen to the radio, talkin' 'bout the last show A A7 Someone got excited, had to call the state militia D A I wanna move, Playin' in a travelin' band, yeah E7 D Well, I'm flyin' 'cross the land, tryin' to get a hand E7 A Playin' in a travelin' band Oh, wow |D |D |A |A |D |D |E |E | A A 4. Here we come again on a Saturday night A A A7 A7 A7 Oh with your fussin' and a fightin' won't you get me to the rhyme? D A I wanna move, Playin' in a travelin' band, yeah E7 D Well, I'm flyin' 'cross the land, tryin' to get a hand E7 A Playin' in a travelin' band. Oh, wow |D |D |A |A |D |D |E |E |A | A Oh, I'm playin' in a travelin' band A D Playin' in a travelin' band, won't you get me, take my hand? A Well, I'm playin' in a travelin' band E7 D Well, I'm flyin' 'cross the land, tryin' to get a hand E7 A |D |D |E |A G Ab A | Playin' in a travelin' band. Oh, wow, hey

    A7A D E7 F#m E2

  • Running on Empty by Jackson Browne 4|1 & 3 &| & & 3 & 4 | 4|D U D U| U U D U D | |D |D A |D |D A |D |D A |F♯m |F♯m |D |A |E7 | D A D A 1. Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels D A D A Looking back at the years gone by, like so many summer fields D A D A In sixty-five I was seventeen, and running up 101 D A E7 I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on CHORUS D A D A Running on, running on empty, Running on, running blind D A F#m Running on, running into the sun, but I m running behind. D A D A 2. Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive D A D A Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive D A D A In sixty-nine I was twenty-one, and called the road my own D A E7 I don't know when that road turned onto the road I'm on. CHORUS |D |A |D |A |D |A |F♯m |F♯m |D |A |E7 | F#m D E7 A F#m E7 D Everyone I know, everywhere I go, People need some reason to believe; A I don't know about anyone but me. F#m D E7 A If it takes all night, that'll be all right D E7 D A Bm7 A If I can get you to smile before I leave D A D A 3. Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels D A D A I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels D A D A I look around for the friends I used to turn to, to pull me through D A E7 Looking into their eyes I see them running too CHORUS D A D A 4. Honey you really tempt me; you know the way you look so kind D E7 D A Bm7 A I'd love to stick around but I'm running behind D E7 D A Bm7 A You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find. D E7 D A Bm7 A Running into the sun but I'm running behind |D |D A |D |D A |D |D A |D |D A |D |E7 |D A E7 A|

    D A E7 F#m Bm7

  • Take It Easy by The Eagles Written by: Jackson Browne & Glenn Frey Intro Rhythm: Verse and Chorus: 4|1 2 + + 4 +| 4|1 2 + 3 4 +| 4|D D U U D U| 4|D S U D S U| INTRO: G Am7/G D7sus/G G Am7/G D7sus/G G G Well, I'm running down the road, tryin' to loosen my load D C I've got seven women on my mind, G D Four that wanna own me, Two that wanna stone me, C G One says she's a friend of mine, Em C G Take it easy, take it easy Am C Em Don't let the sound of your own wheels, Drive you crazy C G C G Lighten up while you still can, Don't even try to understand Am C G Just find a place to make your stand and take it easy G Well, I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona D C Such a fine sight to see G D It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford C G Slowin' down to take a look at me Em D C G Come on, baby, don't say maybe, Am C Em I gotta know if your sweet love, Is gonna save me C G C G We may lose and we may win though we will never be here again Am C G so open up, I'm climbin' in, take it easy..."Alright" G Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen D C my load, got a world of trouble on my mind G D C G lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover, she's so hard to find Em C G Take it easy, take it easy Am C Em don't let the sound of them old wheels drive you crazy, C G C G come on baby, don't say maybe Am C G I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me C G C G C ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh G F C G F C You know we got it ea--sy, You know we got it ea--sy G F C Em We oughta take it ea—sy

    CG Em AmD FAm7/G D7sus/G

  • Do You Know the Way to San Jose? by Dionne Warwick 4|1 & 3 | 4|D U D | Intro: |C |F6 |Cmaj7 |Cmaj7 |X2 Wo wo wo wo Wo wo wo wo wo wo C F6 1. Do you know the way to San Jose? C G7sus4 G7 I've been away so long. I may go wrong and lose my way. C F6 Do you know the way to San Jose? C G7sus4 G7 I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose. Em7 Am7 L.A. is a great big freeway. Em7 Am7 Em Put a hundred down and buy a car. C#m7b5 Dm7 G In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star Dm7 G Weeks turn into years. How quick they pass G G G And all the stars that never were G G Are parking cars and pumping gas C F6 2. You can really breathe in San Jose? C G7sus4 G7 They've got a lot of space. There'll be a place where I can stay C F6 I was born and raised in San Jose C G7sus4 G7 I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose. Em7 Am7 Fame and fortune is a magnet. Em7 Am7 Em7 It can pull you far away from home C#m7b5 Dm7 G With a dream in your heart you're never alone. Dm7 G G Dreams turn into dust and blow away G G And there you are without a friend G G You pack your car and ride away C F6 Cmaj7 F6 I've got lots of friends in San Jose C F6 Cmaj7 F6 Do you know the way to San Jose? C F6 Cmaj7 Can’t wait to get back to San Jose

    Cmaj7 C G7G7sus4 Em7 Am7 Em C#m7b5F6 Dm7 G

  • Honolulu City LIghts by The Beamer Brothers 4|1 2 3 4 |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &| 4|D D D D |D U D U D U D U| C G Looking out upon the city lights, Bb F And the stars above the ocean, Ab C Am Got my ticket for the midnight plane, Dm G7 C and it's not easy to leave again. C G 2. Took my clothes and put them in my bag, Bb F Tried not to think just yet of leaving. Fm C Am Looking out into the city lights, Dm G7 C C7 and it's not easy to leave again. CHORUS F G7 C F Each time Honolulu city lights, Am A7 G7 stir up memories in me. F G7 C F Each time Honolulu city lights, G7 C bring me back again. Eb Bb C You are my island sunset, Eb Bb G7 and you are my island breeze. C G 2. Put on my shoes and light a cigarette, Bb F Wondering which of my friends will be there. Fm C Am Standing with their leis around my neck, F G7 C C7 it's not easy to leave again. CHORUS G7 Cmaj7 Bring me back again.

    C G Bb F Fm AbX Am G7 Cmaj7 EbDm

  • Travelin’ Man by Ricky Nelson 4|1 & 2 & & 4 | 4|D U D U U D | |C |Am |C |Am | C 1, I'm a travelin' man; Am C Am I've made a lot of stops, all over the world C C7 F And in every port I own the heart, C G C G of at least one lovely girl. C Am I've a pretty Seniorita, waiting for me; C Am down in old Mexico C C7 F If you're ever in Alaska stop and see, C G C my cute little Eskimo. BRIDGE: F Em Oh, my sweet Fraulein down in Berlin town; F G7 C makes my heart start to yearn F Em And my China doll down in old Hong Kong; D G7 waits for my return C Am 3. Pretty Polynesian baby over the sea, C Am I remember the night C C7 F When we walked in the sands of the Waikiki, C G C G and I held you oh so tight Repeat Bridge and Verse 3 C Am Oh, I'm a travelin' man C Am Yes, I'm a travelin' man C Am Oh, I'm a travelin' man C Am C G C Yes, I'm a travelin' man

    C GAm C7 F G7Em D

  • This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie 4|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &| 4|D U D U D U D U| Intro: | G | G7 | C | C7 | F C 1. As I went walking that ribbon of highway G G7 C C7 I saw above me an endless skyway F C Am I saw below me a golden valley G G7 C C7 This land was made for you and me CHORUS F C This land is your land, and this land is my land G G7 C C7 From California, to the New York Island F C Am From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf stream waters, G G7 C C7 This land was made for you and me F C 2. I've roamed and rambled and followed my footsteps G G7 C C7 To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts F C Am And all around me a voice was sounding G G7 C C7 This land was made for you and me CHORUS F C 3. The sun comes shining as I was strolling G G7 C C7 The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling F C Am As the fog was lifting a voice came chanting G G7 C C7 This land was made for you and me CHORUS F C 4. In the squares of the city, in the shadow of the steeple. G G7 C C7 By the relief office, I saw my people F C Am As they stood there hungry. I stood there whispering. G G7 C C7 This land was made for you and me. CHORUS

    CG C7 F G7 Am

  • F C 5. A great high wall there - It tried to stop me G G7 C C7 A great big sign there- said Private Property F C Am But on the other side .... it didn't say nothing G C C7 That side was made for you and me! F C This land is your land, and this land is my land G G7 C C7 From California, to the New York Island F C Am From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf stream waters, G G7 C C7 This land was made for you and me F C 5. Nobody living, can ever stop me. G G7 C C7 As I go walking, the freedom highway. F C Am Nobody living, can make me turn back. G G7 C C7 This land was made for you and me. F C This land is your land, and this land is my land G G7 C C7 From California, to the New York Island F C Am From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf stream waters, G G7 C C7 This land was made for you and me G G7 C C7 This land was made for you and me. G G7 F C This land was made for you and me.

    CG C7 F G7 Am

  • On A Slow Boat To China by Bette Midler 4|1 2 & 3 & 4 | 4|1 2 & 3 & 4 | INTRO: |G7 |C7 |F |C7 | F D7 Gm7 G#dim I'd like to get you on a slow boat to China F A7 Bb D7 G7 All to myself alone Gm7 G#dim F D7 Get you and keep you in my arms evermore G7 Gm7 C7 Leave all your lovers weeping on the faraway shore F D7 Gm7 G#dim Out on the briny with the moon big and shiny F A7 Bb D7 G7 Melting your heart of stone Gm7 Eb7 F D7 I'd love to get you on a slow boat to China G7 C7 F C7 All to myself alone REPEAT G7 C7 F F6/9 All to myself a lone.

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  • Wide Open Spaces by The Dixie Chicks Original Key E 4|1 - 2 - 3 - 4 &|- & 2 & 3 & 4 -| 4|D – D – D – D U|- U D U D U D -| Intro:|G |C |G |C |G |C |G |C |G |Am |G |G |Am |D |G | G C G C 1. Who doesn't know what I'm talking about, G C G Who's never left home, who's never struck out C G To find a dream and a life of their own C D A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone G Am G 2. Many preceed and many will follow G Am G A young girl's dream no longer hollow C G It takes the shape of a place out west C D But what it holds for her, she hasn't guessed yet G Am C D G Am C D She needs wide open spaces Room to make her big mistakes G Am C D G Am C D She needs new faces She knows the high stakes G Am G 3, She traveled this road as a child G Am G Wide eyed and grinning, she never tired C G But now she won't be coming back- with the rest C D If these are life's lessons, she'll take this test G Am C D G Am C D She needs wide open spaces Room to make her big mistakes G Am C D G Am C D She needs new faces She knows the high stakes She knows the high stakes |G |Am |G |G |G |Am |G |G |G |Am |G |G |Am |D |G | C G 4. As her folks drive away, her dad yells, "Check the oil!" C G Mom stares out the window and says, "I'm leaving my girl" C G She said, "It didn't seem like that long ago" C D When she stood there and let her own folks know G Am C D G Am C D She needs wide open spaces Room to make her big mistakes G Am C D G Am C D She needs new faces She knows the high stakes She knows the high stakes |G |Am |G |G |G |Am |G |G |G |Am |G |G |Am |D |G |

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  • On The Road Again by Willie Nelson 4|1 2 & 3 4 | 4|D D U D D | Intro:|G |G B7 | Am |C D |G | G B7 1. On the road again, Just can't wait to get on the road again Am The life I love is making music with my friends C D G And I can't wait to get on the road again G B7 2. On the road again, Goin' places that I've never been Am Seein' things that I may never see again C D G And I can't wait to get on the road again BRIDGE: C B7 On the road again, Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway C We're the best of friends G D7 STOP Insisting that the world keep turning our way and our way G B7 On the road again, Just can't wait to get on the road again Am The life I love is making music with my friends C C G And I can't wait to get on the road again C B7 3. On the road again, Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway C We're the best of friends G D7 STOP Insisting that the world keep turning our way and our way G B7 1. On the road again, Just can't wait to get on the road again Am The life I love is making music with my friends C C G And I can't wait to get on the road again C D G And I can't wait to get on the road again Outro: |C |D |G |C |D |G |

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  • Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf 4|1 & 3 &| & & 3 4 | 4|D U D U| U U D D | |C |C |C |C | C C 1. Get your motor runnin', Head out on the highway C C Lookin' for adventure, And whatever comes our way CHORUS Bb F C Yeah darlin' gonna make it happen Bb F C Take the world in a love embrace Bb F C Fire all of your guns at once and Bb F C Explode into space C C 2. I like smoke and lightning, Heavy metal thunder C C Racin' with the wind, And the feelin' that I'm under CHORUS BRIDGE: C Bb Like a true nature's child, We were born, born to be wild, F Bb C We can climb so high, I never want to die C Bb F C Bb F C Bb F C Bb F C Born to be wi---iild, Born to be wi---iild d C C 3. Get your motor runnin', Head out on the highway C C Lookin' for adventure, And whatever comes our way Repeat Chorus Repeat Bridge

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  • Leaving On A Jet Plane by John Denver 4|1 2 & 3 & 4 &| 4|1 2 & 3 & 4 &| Intro:|G |C |G |C | G C 1. All my bags are packed I'm ready to go G C I'm standing here outside your door G Am D7 I hate to wake you up to say goodbye G C But the dawn is breakin' it's early mornd G C The taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his horn G Am D7 Already I'm so lonesome I could cry CHORUS: G C G C So kiss me and smile for me, Tell me that you'll wait for me G Am D7 Hold me like you'll never let me go G C G C I'm leavin' on a jet plane, Don't know when I'll be back again G Am D7 Oh babe I hate to go. G C 2. There's so many times I've let you down G C So many times I've played around G Am D7 I tell you now they don't mean a thing G C Ev'ry [place I go I'll think of you G C Ev'ry [G] song I sing I'll sing for you G Am D7 When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring CHORUS G C 3. Now the time has come to leave you G C One more time let me kiss you G Am D7 Then close your eyes, I'll be on my way G C Dream about the days to come G C When I won't have to leave alone G Am D7 About the times I won't have to say CHORUS G Oh Babe, I hate to go.

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  • Ventura Highway by America (Riff 1) ho=hammer on po=pull off G6 A|-0-ho2-po0----------|------------------|-2—---2—-2--2--2—-2----| E|------------2--0—ho2|po0------------2--|-0----0--0--0--0--0----| C|--------------------|-----1--1--ho2----|-2----2—-2--2--2--2----| G_--------------------|------------------|-0----0—-0--0--0--0----| (Riff 2) Dmaj7 A|-0-ho2-po0----------|------------------|-0----0--0--0--0--0----| E|------------2--0—ho2|po0-------------2-|-2—---2--2--2--2--2----| C|--------------------|-----1--1--ho2----|-1----1--1--1--1--1----| G|--------------------|------------------|-2----2--2--2--2--2----| | 1 & 2 3 4 & | 1 2 3 & 4 | 1 2 & 3 & 4 | | D U D D D U | D D D U D D D U D U D | (Intro)|G6 |G6 |G6 |Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 | X2 (Riff 1) (Riff two) G6 Dmaj7 Chewin' on a piece of grass, walkin' down the road. G6 Dmaj7 Tell me, how long you gonna stay here Joe? G6 Dmaj7 Some people say this town don't look good in snow. G6 Dmaj7 You don't care, I know. CHORUS G6 Dmaj7 Ventura highway in the sunshine G6 Dmaj7 Where the days are longer, the nights are stronger than moonshine G6 Dmaj7 F#m7 You gotta go, I know Em7 F#m7 'Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair Em7 F#m7 And the days surround your daylight there Em7 F#m7 Seasons crying no despair Em7 F#m7 G6 Alligator lizards in the air, In the air |Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 |G6 |G6 | Di di di dit, Di di di it, Di di di dit, Di di di di dit |Dmaj7 |Dmaj7 |G6 |G6 | Di di di dit, Di di di it, Di di di dit, Di di di di dit G6 Dmaj7 Wishin' on a fallin' star, waitin' for the early train G6 Dmaj7 Sorry son, But I been hit by Purple rain G6 Dmaj7 Aw, c'mon Joe, You can always change your name G6 Dmaj7 Thanks a lot son, just the same. CHORUS

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  • Driving My Life Away by Eddie Rabitt 4|1 & 2 3 & 4 | 4|D U D D U D | Intro: |E |E |E |E | E 1. Well, the midnight headlight blind you on a rainy night, A steep grade up ahead, slow me down, makin' no time. E I gotta keep rollin'. E Those windshield wipers slappin' out a tempo, keepin' A perfect rhythm with the song on the radi..o. E Gotta keep rollin'. CHORUS: E D A E Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a better way, for me. E D A |C#m|C#m|A |A |E7 |E7| Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a sunny day. E 2. Well, the truckstop cutie, comin' on to me, tried to talk me into a ride, A E said I wouldn’t be sorry. But she was just a ba..by. E Hey, waitress pour me, another cup of coffee, pop it down, jack me up, A E shoot me out, flyin' down the highway..lookin' for the morn..ing. CHORUS: E D A E Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a better way, for me. E D A |C#m|C#m|A |A |E7 |E7| Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a sunny day. E 3. Well, the midnight, headlight, find you on a rainy night, A E steep grade, up ahead, slow me down, makin' no time. I gotta keep rollin'. E Those windshield wipers, slappin' out a tempo, A Keepin’ perfect rhythm with the song on the radi..o. E Gotta keep rollin'. CHORUS E D A E Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a better way, for me. E D A |C#m|C#m|A |A |E7 |E7| Ooooooo, I'm driving my life away..lookin' for a sunny day. Repeat CHORUS and fade

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  • Day Is Done by Peter Paul and Mary 4|1 & 2 & & 4 | 4|D U D U U D | |G Gsus |G Gsus |G Gsus |G Gsus | G Am Tell me why you're crying my son, D G I know you're frightened like everyone. Em Am Is it the thunder in the distance you fear? Bm C Am D Will it help if I stay very near G I am here. CHORUS C G And if you take my hand my son, D G All will be well when the day is done, C G And if you take my hand my son, D G All will be well when the day is done. D G D G Gsus G Gsus (End G) Day is done, Day is done, Day is done, Day is done. Am Do you ask why I'm sighing, my son? D G You shall inherit what mankind has done. Em Am In a world filled with sorrow and woe, Bm C Am D If you ask me why this is so... G I really don't know. CHORUS Am Tell me why you're smiling, my son, D G Is there a secret you can tell everyone? Em Am Do you know more than those that are wise? Bm C Am D Can you see what we all must dis-guise G Through your loving eyes? CHORUS X2

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