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Ho Hey - The Lumineers
 
Ho Hey - The Lumineers (4/4)
    F/C             G5             G

   E A D G B e    E A D G B e    E A D G B e 
  \           /  \           /  \           /
   -----------    -----------    -----------
   | | | | @ |    | | | | | |    | | | | | |
   -----------    -----------    -----------
   | | | @ | |    | | | | | |    | @ | | | |
   -----------    -----------    -----------
   | @ @ | | |    @ | | | @ @    @ | | | @ @
   -----------    -----------    -----------
   | | | | | |    | | | | | |    | | | | | |
   -----------    -----------    -----------


Intro:
-----

F/C [C    F/C] [C   F/C] [C    F/C] [C   F/C]
    (Ho!)      (Hey!)    (Ho!)      (Hey!)


Verse 1:
-------

[C                                      F/C]
(Ho!) I've been trying to do it right
[C                                      F/C]
(Hey!) I've been living a lonely life
[C                                      F/C]
(Ho!) I've been sleeping here instead
[C                                      F/C]
(Hey!) I've been sleeping in my bed, 
      [Am                  G5     F/C] [C   F/C] [C  F/C]
(Ho!) I've been sleeping in my bed      Hey  Ho


Verse 2:
-------

[C                                      F/C]
(Ho!) So show me family
[C                                      F/C]
(Hey!) All the blood that I will bleed
[C                                      F/C]
(Ho!) I don’t know where I belong
[C                                      F/C]
(Hey!) I don’t know where I went wrong,
      [Am                 G5     F/C] C
(Ho!) But I can write a song         (Hey!)


Chorus:
------

                        [Am                  G]
(1, 2, 3) I belong with you, you belong with me you're
  C
My sweetheart
              [Am                  G]                  
I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweet

[C   F/C] [C  F/C] [C   F/C] [C   F/C]
     (Ho!)     (Hey!)   (Ho!)    (Hey!)

Verse 3:
-------

[C                                      F/C]
(Ho!) I don't think you're right for him
[C                                      F/C]
(Hey!) think of what it might have been if you
[C                                      F/C]
(Ho!) took a bus to Chinatown
[C                                         ]
(Hey!) I'd be standing on canal
          [Am                G     F/C] C
(Ho!) and bowery (Hey!)
          [Am                G     F/C] C 
(Ho!) and she'd be standing next to me (Hey!)


Chorus:
------
                        [Am                  G]
(1, 2, 3) I belong with you, you belong with me you're
    C
My sweetheart
              [Am                  G]
I belong with you, you belong with me you're 
    C
My sweetheart


Bridge:
------

      F   [G         C]
And love, we need it now
      F    G
Let's hope for some
      F   [G         C]
Cuz oh,  we're bleeding out


Chorus:
------
              [Am                  G]
I belong with you, you belong with me you're
    C
My sweetheart
              [Am                  G]
I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweet


[C   F/C] [C  F/C] [C   F/C] [C   F/C]
     (Ho!)     (Hey!)   (Ho!)    (Hey!)
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Ho Hey - The Lumineers
On June 14, 2012, the album's first single "Ho Hey" debuted at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, their first song to do so. "Ho Hey" later peaked at number 3 on the Hot 100, making it the band's first Top 5 single, and as of December 2012, the single had sold over 2 million copies, making it their first Double Platinum single. By June 23, "Ho Hey" hit No.1 at commercial Triple A radio, where it spent 8 weeks, and on September 17 the song hit #1 on the Alternative Radio chart where it stayed for two weeks. "Ho Hey" reached #1 on the US Hot AC airplay chart in December 2012, and #2 on the US Top 40 airplay chart, which makes it the highest charting independent label single in the history of the charts. "Ho Hey" is also having huge success internationally, reaching #1 on the Canadian Alternative radio chart and #17 on the Canadian single sales chart. It also reached number 8 in the United Kingdom, becoming their first Top 10 single there.

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Ho Hey - The Lumineers





 

Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker
 
Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker (3/4, 6/8)
Intro: C, C/B, Am, Am/G


   C           C/B            Am           Am/G
I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you
   F   '     G     '
In worn out shoes
C           C/B               Am           Am/G
Silver hair, ragged shirt and baggy pants
F   '         G     '
That old soft shoe
F   '         C       E      Am     Am/G
He jumped so high, he jumped so high.
D7     '                G    '      G7     '
Then he lightly touched down


Chorus:

Am  '       G   '   Am  '   G     '   Am  '   G     '
Mr. Bojangles!!     Mr. Bojangles!!   Mr. Bojangles!!
C   C/B  Am  Am/G
Dance.

I met him in a cell in New Orleans
I was down and out
He looked to me to be the eye of age 
as he spoke right out
He talked of life, he talked of life, 
laughs slapped his leg stale

He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick 
all across the cell
He grabbed his pants for a better stance, 
oh he jumped so high and he clicked up his heels
He let go laugh, he let go laugh, 
shook back his clothes all around

Chorus

He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs 
throughout the south
He spoke with tears of 15 years 
of how his dog and him just traveled about
His dog up and died, he up and died, 
and after 20 years he still grieves

He said "I dance now at every chance at honky-tonks 
for drinks and tips
But most of the time I spend behind these county bars, 
cause I drinks a bit" 
He shook his head, yes he shook his head, 
I heard someone ask him, please?

Chorus (fade out)
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Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker
Mr. Bojangles is the title of a song originally written and recorded by American country music artist Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1968 album of the same title. Since then, it has been recorded by many other artists, including American country music band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, whose version (recorded for the 1970 album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy) was issued as a single and rose to number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in 1971. A live version of the song appeared on Walker's 1980 album The Best of Jerry Jeff Walker.

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Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker





 

Silent Night - Justin Sandercoe
 
Silent Night - Justin Sandercoe (3/4)
   G
    ___ ___     ___ ___     ___ ___     ___ ___ 
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
e|-----0-----|-----------|-----0-----|-----------|
B|-3-------3-|-0---------|-3-------3-|-0---------|
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0---------|-0---------|
D|-0---------|-0---------|-0---------|-0---------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-3---------|-3---------|-3---------|-3---------|
  Silent     Night        Holy        Night.
  Silent     Night        Holy        Night.

   D9          D           G/D         G
    ___ ___     ___ ___     ___ ___     ___ ___ 
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
e|-5-------5-|-2---------|-3-------3-|-----------|
B|-5-------5-|-3---------|-3-------3-|-3---------|
G|-5-------5-|-2---------|-4-------4-|-0---------|
D|-0---------|-0---------|-0---------|-0---------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|
  All is      calm         all    is   bright.
  Seperds     quake,       at     the  sight.

   C           C/G         G/D         G
    ___ ___     ___ ___     ___ ___     ___ ___ 
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
e|-0-------0-|-3---2---0-|-----0-----|-----------|
B|-1-------1-|-1---------|-3-------3-|-0---------|
G|-0-------0-|-0---------|-0---------|-0---------|
D|-----------|-2---------|-0---------|-0---------|
A|-3---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|
 'Round   yon vergin      Mother and   Child
  Glories     stream from Heaven       above,

   C           C/G         G/D         G
    ___ ___     ___ ___     ___ ___     ___ ___ 
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
e|-0-------0-|-3---2---0-|-----0-----|-----------|
B|-1-------1-|-1---------|-3-------3-|-0---------|
G|-0-------0-|-0---------|-0---------|-0---------|
D|-----------|-2---------|-0---------|-0---------|
A|-3---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-3---------|
 Holy         infant so   tender and   mild.
 heavenly     Hosts       sing Alleluia,

   D9          D7          G/D         G/D
    ___ ___     ___ ___     ___ ___     ___ ___ 
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
e|-5-------5-|-8---------|-3---------|-7---------|
B|-5-------5-|-7--10---7-|-3---------|-8---------|
G|-5-------5-|-7---------|-4---------|-7---------|
D|-0---------|-0---------|-0---------|-0---------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
   Sleep in    heavenly     peace 
   Christ the Savior is     born!

   G/D         D/F#        G           G (harmonics)
    ___ ___     ___ ___     ___ ___     ___ ___ 
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
e|-3---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-0---3---0-|-3---1-----|-----------|-12--------|
G|-0---------|-2-------2-|-0---------|-12--------|
D|-0---------|-0---------|-0---------|-12--------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-2---------|-3---------|-----------|
  Sleep   in   heavenly    peace.
  Christ the   Savior is   born!
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Silent Night - Justin Sandercoe
The song was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at the St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf bei Salzburg. The small town on the Salzach river, part of the former Archbishopric of Salzburg, had just passed from the Kingdom of Bavaria to the Austrian Empire in 1816. The young priest Father Joseph Mohr had come to Oberndorf the year before, he had already written the lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" in 1816 at Mariapfarr, the hometown of his father in the Salzburg Lungau region, where he had worked as a coadjutor.

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Silent Night - Justin Sandercoe





 

Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
 
Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison (4/4)
Intro: Riff 1 (2 times), Riff 2 (4 times)

Riff 1:
------
    _   _
   | | | | | |
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|---------0---|
A|-------2-----|
E|-0-0-4-------|

Riff 2:
------
    _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---------0-4-2-0-|
A|-------2---------|
E|-0-0-4-----------|


Verse 1:
-------

        A            F#m
Pretty woman walking down the street
        A                 F#m
Pretty woman the kind I'd like to meet
        D   [D  2 beats]
Pretty woman
           E                         E
I don't believe you, you're not the truth
             E                  E
No one could look as good as you  (Mercy!)


Riff 2 (4 times)


Verse 2:
-------

        A              F#m
Pretty woman won't you pardon me
        A               F#m
Pretty woman I couldn't help but see
        D     [D  2 beats]
Pretty woman
              E            E
That you look lovely as can be
        E              E
Are you lonely just like me (Rrrrowrr...)


Riff 2 (4 times)


Bridge:
------

Dm             G
Pretty woman stop a while
C             Am
Pretty woman talk a while
Dm            G7                C     C
Pretty woman give your smile to me
Dm             G
Pretty woman, yeah yeah yeah
C              Am
Pretty woman look my way
Dm            G7                  C  A
Pretty woman say you'll stay with me
        F#m      Dm              E
Cause I need you I'll treat you right
A             F#m Dm         E      E  E  E
Come with me baby, be mine tonight ah ah


Verse 3:
-------

        A          F#m
Pretty woman don't walk on by
        A          F#m
Pretty woman don't make me cry
       D      [D  2 beats]
Pretty woman
      E          E     E    E
Don't walk away, hey        OK


E              E               E   E
If that's the way it must be, OK
             E                E
I guess I'll go on home, it's late
              E                   E
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait. 
        E
What do I see ?


Riff 1 (2 times)


Outro:
-----
           E           E      E
Is she walking back to me
E    E                     E     E
Yes, she's walking back to me
E   E          A
Oh, oh, pretty woman
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Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Oh, Pretty Woman is a song, released in August 1964, which was a worldwide success for Roy Orbison. Recorded on the Monument Records label in Nashville, Tennessee, it was written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees. The song spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. "Pretty Woman" was also Orbison's third single to top the British singles chart (for a total of three weeks). The previous Orbison singles to reach No.1 in the UK were "Only the Lonely" in 1960 and "It's Over" earlier in 1964. There were three guitar players on the session, Billy Sanford, Jerry Kennedy and Wayne Moss. Billy Sanford, who later played session for everybody from Elvis to Don Williams (and took to the road with Don in the 1990s) did the kick-off. Williams introduced him as a kid who had just arrived Nashville, with a borrowed guitar, who heard Orbison was minus a guitar player, who went over and got the gig.

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Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison





 

Money - Pink Floyd
 
Money - Pink Floyd (7/4, 4/4)
Two Riffs that make up the Melody: 


Riff 1
------

   Bm7
      _   _       _ 
   | | | | | | | | | |
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---4-----------------|
D|-----4---------------|
A|-2-----2-------2---5b|
E|-----------2-5-------|

Riff 2
------

  F#m                Em
      _       _       _ 
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|---------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|
D|-4-4---------4-3-|-2-------------|
A|-----4-----4-----|---2-------2-5-|
E|-------2-5-------|-----0-3-5-----|


Intro: Riff 1 (8 times)


Verse 1:
-------

Riff 1:
------

Bm7           '
Money, get away.
Bm7
Get a good job with more pay and you're
Bm7
okay.
Bm7           '
Money, it's a gas.
Bm7                                '
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.

Riff 2:
------

F#m                          Em
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
                               Bm7
Think I'll buy me a football team.


Verse 2:
-------

Bm7           '
Money, get back.
Bm7                                     '
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack
Bm7           '
Money, it's a hit.
Bm7                                '
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit.

           F#m                        Em
I'm in the high-fidelity 1st class travelling set
                            Bm7
And I think I need a Lear jet.


Solo -Sax and Guitar


Verse 3:
-------

Bm7           '
Money, it's a crime.
Bm7                                     '
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie.
Bm7           '
Money, so they say
Bm7                                '
Is the root of all evil today.

           F#m
But if you ask for a raise it's no 
Em
surprise that they're
                          Bm7
giving none away.
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Money - Pink Floyd
Money is a track from English progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. Written by Roger Waters, it opened side two of the original vinyl LP, and is the only song on the album to enter the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Money is noted for its unusual 7/4–4/4 time signature, and the tape loop of money-related sound effects that opens the song.

Roger Waters and David Gilmour stated that the song had been composed primarily in 7/8 time; it was composed in 7/4, according to Gilmour in an interview with Guitar World magazine in 1993.

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Money - Pink Floyd





 

Everything At Once - Lenka
 
Everything At Once - Lenka (4/4)
Introduction: Dm


   Dm
As sly as a fox as strong as an ox
As fast as a hare as brave as a bear
   C
As free as a bird as neat as a word
As quiet as a mouse as big as a house


Dm    C
All I wanna be, 
Dm    C
All I wanna be, oh oh oh
Dm    C           A
All I wanna be is everything


   Dm
As mean wolf as sharp as a tooth
As deep as a bite as dark as the night
   C
As sweet as a song as right as a wrong
As long as a road as ugly as a toad
   Dm
As pretty as a picture hanging from a fixture 
As strong as a family, strong as I wanna be
C
Bright as day as light as play
As hard as nails as grand as a whale


Dm    C
All I wanna be, oh oh oh 
Dm    C
All I wanna be, oh oh oh 
Dm    C           A
All I wanna be is everything
              Bb
Everything at once
              Dm            Bb
Everything at once, ohh ohh ohh
              A
Everything at once


   Dm
As warm as the sun as silly as fun
As cool as a tree as scary as the sea
   C
As hot as fire as cold as ice 
Sweet as sugar and everything nice
   Dm
As old as time as straight as a line
As royal as a queen as buzzed as a bee

C
Stealth as a tiger, smooth as a glide 
Pure as a melody pure as I wanna be


Dm    C
All I wanna be, oh oh oh 
Dm    C
All I wanna be, oh oh oh 
Dm    C           A
All I wanna be is everything
              Dm
Everything at once
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Everything At Once - Lenka
Lenka (born Lenka Kripac on 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer–songwriter. Previously known in Australia as an actress, she has appeared in Australian television serials and feature films

The daughter of a jazz musician father who had immigrated to Australia from Czechoslovakia and an Australian schoolteacher mother, Lenka was born and raised in "the bush", until age seven when her family moved to Sydney, where she received her schooling and music training, and started work as a musician

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Everything At Once - Lenka





 

Good Lovin - The Young Rascals
 
Good Lovin - The Young Rascals (4/4)
Intro:

     D G A G      D G A G      D G A G 
Good lovin'  Good lovin'  Good lovin'  

Barre Chords: D G A G A G   (2 times)


      D  G A G         D  G A G
I was feelin' . . . so bad, 
  D        G      A           G      D   G A G
I asked my family doctor just what I had, 
         D        G  A
I said, "Doctor, (Doctor)
G     D    G  A
Mr. M.D., (Doctor)  
    G       D        G    A
Now can you tell me, tell me, tell me, 
       G      D     G  A
What's ailin' me?" (Doctor)


G         D     G     D     G     D    G
He said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 
 D     G     D     G     D    G
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) 
       E   E         A      A(hold)
Yes, indeed, all you really need 
 
         D
(Is good lovin')
G          A          G
Gimme that good, good lovin 
      D
(Good lovin') 
G     A       G
All I need is lovin' 


Barre Chords: D G A G A G   (2 times)


Now honey please, squeeze me tight
Now don't you want your baby to feel alright?
I said Baby . . . now it's for sure
I got the fever, Baby, Baby, but you've got the cure
   
I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) 
Yes, indeed, all you really need  

(Is good lovin') 
Gimme that good, good lovin 
(Good lovin') 
All I need is lovin' 
(Good lovin') 


Barre Chords: D G A G A G   (3 times) D
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Good Lovin - The Young Rascals
Good Lovin' is a song written by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick that was a number one hit single for The Young Rascals in 1966.

The song was first recorded in early 1965 by Canton, Ohio, R&B singer Limmie Snell under the name "Lemme B. Good". About a month later the song was redone -- with considerably rewritten lyrics -- by R&B/novelty artists The Olympics, but this version was only moderately successful at best, reaching number 81 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart.

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Good Lovin - The Young Rascals





 

Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
 
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds (4/4)
Intro/Solo:  (4 times)
----------

   D
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _ 
   |   | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------3-----|
G|-----2---4-2-0---|-----------------|
D|-0-----0-------4-|-2-0-4-2-----0-2-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|


Chorus:
------

G        A               
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, 
D               G
play a song for me,
        D                G               
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm 
A       A
going to.
G        A               
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, 
D               G
play a song for me,
       D             G                
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come 
 A         D     D
followin' you.


Verse:
-----

G            A              
Take me on a trip upon your 
D              G
magic swirlin' ship,
   D                G            
My senses have been stripped, my 
D                   G
hands can't feel to grip,
   D                G          
My toes too numb to step, wait 
D           G
only for my boot heels
      A         A
To be wonderin'.

    G           A             
I'm ready to go anywhere, 
D            G
I'm ready for to fade
  D         G                 
Into my own parade, cast your 
D                G
dancing spell my way,
  Em            A          A
I promise to go under it.


Chorus > Solo (at 'you') fade out...
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Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, which was released on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. The Byrds also recorded a version of the song that was released as their first single on Columbia Records, reaching number 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart, as well as being the title track of their first album, Mr. Tambourine Man.

The Byrds recording of the song was influential in initiating the musical subgenre of folk rock, leading many contemporary bands to mimic its fusion of jangly guitars and intellectual lyrics in the wake of the single's success.

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Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds





 

I Can't Explain - The Who
 
I Can't Explain - The Who (4/4)
Intro:   E  [D D]  A  [E E]  (3 times)


      E        [D D]  A      [E E]
Got a feeling inside (Can't explain)
      E        [D D]  A      [E E]
It's a certain kind  (Can't explain)
      E        [D D]  A      [E E]
I feel hot and cold  (Can't explain)
      E         [D D]        B       [E E]
Yeah, down in my soul, yeah (Can't explain)


E     [D D]       A       [E E]
          I said...(Can't explain)
            E         [D D]     A      [E E]
I'm feeling good now, yeah, but (Can't explain)
E            [D D]      A         [E E] 
Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling blue
    E            [D D]      A          [E E]
The things you've said well maybe they're true
    E            [D D]      A          [E E]
I'm gettin' funny dreams again and again
  E            D      B(hold)
I know what it means, but...


Chorus:
------

E                C#m
Can't explain, I think it's love
       A                    B
Try to say it to you  when I feel blue,
      E       [D D]  A      [E E]
But I can't explain (Can't explain)
      E       [D D]  A      [E E]
Yeah, you hear what I'm saying, girl

(Can't explain)


First Solo


Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling bad
The things you said have got me real mad
I'm gettin' funny dreams again and again
I know what it means but...

Chorus

But I can't explain (Can't explain)
You give me one more time now (Can't explain)

Second Solo

I said I can't explain, yeah, baby, yeah
You drive me outta my mind
Hey, I'm the worryingest kind, yeah
I said can't explain  
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I Can't Explain - The Who
I Can't Explain is a song by the English rock band The Who, written by Pete Townshend, and produced by Shel Talmy. The song was issued as a single in December 1964 in the United States and on 15 January 1965 in the United Kingdom.

I Can't Explain was the A-side of the group's first single released under the name The Who—their previous single, "I'm the Face"/"Zoot Suit," was released as The High Numbers. The song's intro resembles "Louie Louie". In the album's liner notes, Townshend also noted the song's similarity to the contemporaneous hit single "All Day and All of the Night" by The Kinks.

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Substitute - The Who
 
Substitute - The Who (4/4)
Intro: D  A  G  D   (4 times) 


D            G                  D       D
You think we look pretty good together
D            G                 D        D
You think my shoes are made of leather


          Em             Em
But I'm a substitute for another guy
  Em                      Em
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
  Em                              Em
The simple things you see are all complicated
  Em                             Em          A  '
I look pretty young but I'm just back-dated yeah


D     A    G        D 
Substitute lies for fact
D              A            G       D 
I can see right through your plastic mac
D          A            G         D 
I look all white, but my dad was black
D               A              G           D(hold)
My fine-looking suit is really made out of sack


I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
The north side of my house faced east and the east 
was facing south

Now you dare to look me in the eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem you won't try
To work it out at all you just pass it by, 
pass it by

Substitute me for him 
Substitute my coke for gin
Substitute you for my mum
At least I'll get my washing done

But I'm a substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just back dated yeah


Break: D  A  G  D   (4 times)


I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
North side of my town faced east and the east 
was facing south

And now you dare to look me in the eye
But crocodile tears are what you cry
If it's a genuine problem you won't try
To work it out at all, just pass it by, pass it by


Substitute me for him
Substitute my coke for gin
Substitute you for my mum
At least I'll get my washing done

Substitute lies for fact
I can see right through your plastic mac
I look all white but my dad was black
My fine looking suit's really made out of sack
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Substitute - The Who
Substitute is a song by The Who written by Pete Townshend. It was released as a single in March 1966, when it reached #5 in the UK, and was later included on the compilation album Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy in 1971. It became a UK top ten hit again when re-issued in 1976, reaching #7.

The concept for the song was supposedly originally inspired by Townshend’s idea that The Who were a 'substitute' for The Rolling Stones (Townshend had been particularly impressed by The Stones' hit "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and was determined to come up with a memorable riff in response), though it was later described as a comment about the blurring between image and reality.

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Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
 
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams (4/4)
Verses: (with palm muting)
------

   D
        _   _   _     _   _   _
   |   | |   | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|---------------|
B|-3-----3---------|-------------3-|
G|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-----------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|

   A
        _   _   _     _   _   _
   |   | |   | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|---------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|
G|-2-----2---------|-------------2-|
D|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------|---------------|


Riff: D  A:
----------

   Dsus2 D     Dsus4   D   Dsus2 D     
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2-|
B|---3-----3-----3-|-----3-----3---|
G|-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-------|
D|-0---------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|


  Asus2 A     Asus4   A   Asus2 A
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|---------------|
B|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2-|
G|---2-----2-----2-|-----2-----2---|
D|-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-------|
A|-0---------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|


Intro: D


D
I got my first real six string,
A
brought it at the Five and Dime
D
Played it till my fingers bled, 
A
was the summer of '69
D
Me and some guys from school,
A
had a band and we tried real hard
D
Jimmy quit and Jody got married, 
A
should've known we'd never get far


Bm        A
Oh when I look back now,
D                     G
that summer seemed to last for ever
Bm       A
And if I had the choice, 
D          G
I'd always wanna be there
Bm
Those were the
A              [Riff: D  A]
best days of my life


D
Ain't no use complaining, 
A
when ya gotta job to do
D
Spent my evenings down at the drive in 
A
and that's when I met you
Bm                 A
Standing on your Mamma's porch  
D                       G
you told me that you'd wait forever


Bm           A
And when I held your hand I 
D                 G
knew that it was now or never
Bm               A              [Riff: D  A]
Those were the best days of my life.
                                [Riff: D  A]
Back in the summer of '69


F             Bb
Man we were killin' time
          C
We were young and reckless. 
Bb
We needed to unwind
F         Bb                  C
I guess nothing can last forever...


[Riff: D  A] (2 times)


D
And now the times are changing,
A
look at everything that's come and gone
D
Sometimes when I play my old six string,
A
I think about you wonder what went wrong


Bm                 A
Standing on your manna's porch 
D                 G
You told me it'd last forever
Bm           A
And when I held your hand I
D                   G
knew that it was now or never
Bm               A             [Riff: D  A]
Those were the best days of my life.
                               [Riff: D  A]
Back in the summer of '69


D  A... (fade out)
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Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
Summer of 69 is a song recorded by Canadian recording artist Bryan Adams, from his fourth studio album, Reckless (1984). The song was written by Adams and Jim Vallance, a long-time writing partner of Adams. Summer of 69 was produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain. It was released in June 1985 under A&M Records as the fourth single from Reckless. As with most Adams songs, "Summer of '69" is an up-tempo rock song. According to Adams, who came up with the title, the number 69 is used in reference to sex, and not the year 1969; his co-writer Jim Vallance disagrees, however, claiming that it has nothing to do with the sex position.

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Bookends Theme (Fingerstyle) - Simon and Garfunkel
 
Bookends Theme (Fingerstyle) - Simon and Garfunkel (3/8)
Melody:


   | | |   | | |   | | |   | | |   | | |  
e|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
B|-5-7-8-|-5-7-8-|-5-7-8-|-5-7-8-|-7-3---|
G|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
D|-5-7-9-|-5-7-9-|-5-7-9-|-5-7-9-|-7-4---|
A|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----5-|
E|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|

                    _   _   _   _
   | | |   | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-------|-------|-----------------|
B|-3-----|-3-7-3-|-5-3-0---3---5-3-|
G|-------|-------|-----------------|
D|-4-----|-4-7---|-5-5-0-5---5-----|
A|(5)----|(5)----|-----------------|
E|-------|-------|-----------------|

    _   _   _   _ 
   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|
B|-7-3-2-3(3)7-3-7-|
G|-----------------|
D|-7-4-0-4(4)0-4-7-|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|


Time it was and what a time it was it was
A time of innocence, a time of confidences.

Long ago it must be, I have a photograph.
Preserve your memories, they're all that's
left you...
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Bookends Theme (Fingerstyle) - Simon and Garfunkel
Bookends is the fourth studio album by Simon & Garfunkel, released on April 3, 1968 by Columbia Records. It was produced by Paul Simon, Roy Halee and Art Garfunkel.

Bookends was a #1 hit on Billboard's (North America) Pop Albums chart, as well as in the UK. Four singles charted: "A Hazy Shade of Winter", "At the Zoo", "Fakin' It" and "Mrs Robinson," which peaked at #13, #16 and #23 and #1, respectively.

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Bookends Theme (Fingerstyle) - Simon and Garfunkel





 

Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard
 
Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard (4/4)
Intro:
-----

   D 
      _   _   _
   | | | | | | |
e|---------2-----|
B|-----3-------3-|
G|---2-------2---| (4 times)
D|-0-------------|
A|-------0-------|
E|---------------|


Verse 1:
-------

   D
      _   _   _       _   _   _       _   _   _ 
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   
e|---------2-----|---------2-----|---------2-----|
B|-----3-------3-|-----3-------3-|-----3-------3-|
G|---2-------2---|---2-------2---|---2-------2---|
D|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|
A|-------0-------|-------0-------|-------0-------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|
  We don't smoke   marijuana        in Muskogee;

   D
      _   _   _
   | | | | | | |
e|---------2-----|
B|-----3-------3-|
G|---2-------2---|
D|-0-------------|
A|-------0-------|
E|---------------|

   D                         A7
      _   _   _                 _   _   _
   | | | | | | |   | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---------2-----|---------|---------0-----|
B|-----3-------3-|---------|-----2-------2-|
G|---2-------2---|---------|---0-------0---|
D|-0-------------|---------|---------------|
A|-------0-------|-2-0-----|-0-------------|
E|---------------|-----3-2-|-------0-------|
   We don't take our trips on L S D

   A7
      _   _   _
   | | | | | | |
e|---------0-----|
B|-----2-------2-|
G|---0-------0---|
D|---------------|
A|-0-------------|
E|-------0-------|

   A7
      _   _   _       _   _   _       _   _   _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---------0-----|---------0-----|---------0-----|
B|-----2-------2-|-----2-------2-|-----2-------2-|
G|---0-------0---|---0-------0---|---0-------0---|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|
E|-------0-------|-------0-------|-------0-------|
  We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street;

   A7
      _   _   _
   | | | | | | |
e|---------0-----|
B|-----2-------2-|
G|---0-------0---|
D|---------------|
A|-0-------------|
E|-------0-------|

   A7                        D
      _   _   _                 _   _   _
   | | | | | | |   | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---------0-----|---------|---------2-----|
B|-----2-------2-|---------|-----3-------3-|
G|---0-------0---|---------|---2-------2---|
D|---------------|---------|-0-------------|
A|-0-------------|-----5-4-|-------0-------|
E|-------0-------|-2-0-----|---------------|
 We like livin' right and    bein'    free.

   D
      _   _   _
   | | | | | | |
e|---------2-----|
B|-----3-------3-|
G|---2-------2---|
D|-0-------------|
A|-------0-------|
E|---------------|


Chorus:
------

      D            ‘             ‘              ‘
I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
  D                ‘                  ‘         ‘
A place where even squares can have a ball
A7                 ‘                  ‘         ‘
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
    A7                        ‘                 D    ‘
And white lightin's still the biggest thril of all


Verse 2:
-------

We don't make a party out of lovin';
We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo;
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy,
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.


Chorus:
------

I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightin's still the biggest thril of all


Verse 3:
-------
Leather boots are still in style for mainly footwear;
Beads and roman sandals won't be seen.
Football's still the roughest thing on campus,
And the kids here still respect the college dean.


Outro:
-----

We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.  
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Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard
Okie from Muskogee is an American country music song performed by its co-writer, Merle Haggard. Released in September 1969, the song became one of the most famous of his career

Haggard told "The Boot" that he wrote the song after he became disheartened watching Vietnam War protests and incorporated that emotion and viewpoint into song. Haggard says, "When I was in prison, I knew what it was like to have freedom taken away. Freedom is everything. During Vietnam, there were all kinds of protests. Here were these [servicemen] going over there and dying for a cause — we don't even know what it was really all about. And here are these young kids, that were free, bitching about it. There's something wrong with that and with [disparaging] those poor guys." He states that he wrote the song to support the troops.

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