ACOUSTIC
Hank Williams, Jr.
Em D A Em
The preacher
man says its the end of time, And the
The interest
is up and the stock market’s down
And you only
get mugged if you go down town
I live back in
the woods you see, My woman and the kids and the dogs and me
I got a
shotgun a rifle and a four-wheel drive and a country boy can survive
D A Em
Country folks
can survive
I can plow a
field all day long I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn
We make our
own whiskey and our own smoke too
Ain't too many
things these ole boys can't do
We grow good
ole tomatoes and homemade wine, And a country boy can survive
Country folks
can survive
Chorus:
G D
Because you
can't starve us out and you can't make us run
A Em
Cause we them
ole boys raised on shotgun
We say grace
and we say ma'am
If you ain't
into that we don't give a darn
We came from
the
And the
And we can
skin a buck we can run a trotline
And a country
boy can survive
Country folks
can survive
I had a good
friend in
My Grandpa
taught me to live off the land, And his taught him to be a business man
He used to
send me pictures of the Broadway Night
And I'd send
him some homemade wine
But he was
killed by a man with a switch blade knife
For forty
three dollars my friend lost his life
I'd love to
spit some Beechnut in that dude’s eye, And shoot ‘im with my ole 45
Cause a
country boy can survive
Country folks
can survive (Chorus)
We're from
And we can
skin a buck and run a trotline, And a country boy can survive
Country folks
can survive, Country boy can survive
Country
folks can survive
De
Metrius
G
Well a
hard-headed woman, a soft-hearted man
G
Been the cause
of trouble ever since the world began.
C G
Oh yeah, ever
since the world began, Oh yeah
D C G
A hard-headed
woman been a thorn in the side of man.
Now Adam told
to Eve, "Listen here to me,
Don't you let
me catch you messin' round that apple tree."
Now Samson
told Delilah, loud and clear,
"Keep
your cotton pickin' fingers out my curly hair."
I heard about a
king who was doin' swell,
Till he
started messin’ with that evil Jezebel.
I got a woman,
a head like a rock.
If she ever
went away I'd cry around the clock.
Don McLean
G Em
A long long
time ago
Am
C Em D
I can still
remember how that music used to make me smile
G Em
Am C
And I knew if
I had my chance, That I could make those people dance
Em A D
And maybe
they'd be happy for a while
Em Am Em Am
But February
made me shiver, With every paper I'd deliver
C Am C D
Bad news on
the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step
G Em
C D
I can't
remember if I cried, When I read about his widowed bride
G Em C
D G
But something
touched me deep inside, The day the music died
Refrain:
G C G
D
So Bye-bye,
Miss American Pie
G C G D
Drove my Chevy
to the levee, But the levee was dry
G C G D
And them good
old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Em A
Em D
Singin'
this'll be the day that I die, This'll be the day that I die
G Am C Am
Did you write
the Book of Love, And do you have faith in God above
Em D
If the Bible
tells you so
G D Em Am C
Do you believe
in rock 'n roll, Can music save your mortal soul
Em A D
And can you
teach me how to dance real slow
Em D Em D
Well, I know
that you're in love with him, 'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
C Am
Em D
You both
kicked off your shoes, Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
G D Em Am C
I was a lonely
teenage bronkin' buck, With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
G D Em C D G
But I knew I
was out of luck, The day the music died
D
I started
singin' (Refrain)
Now for ten
years we've been on our own, And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not
how it used to be
When the
jester sang for the King and Queen, In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice
that came from you and me
Oh, and while
the King was looking down, The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom
was adjourned, No verdict was returned
And while
Lennon read a book of Marx, The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang
dirges in the dark, The day the music died
We were
singing (Refrain)
Helter Skelter
in a summer swelter, The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles
high and falling fast
It landed foul
out on the grass, The players tried for a forward pass
With the
jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the
half-time air was sweet perfume, While the Sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up
to dance, Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the
players tried to take the field, The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall
what was revealed, The day the music died
We started
singing (Refrain)
Oh, and there
we were all in one place, A generation lost in space
With no time
left to start again
So come on,
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is
the Devil's only friend
Oh, and as I
watched him on the stage, My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born
in hell, Could break that Satan's spell
And as the
flames climbed high into the night, To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan
laughing with delight, The day the music died
He was singing
(Refrain)
I met a girl
who sang the blues, And I asked her for some happy news
But she just
smiled and turned away
I went down to
the sacred store, Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man
there said the music wouldn't play
And in the
streets the children screamed, The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word
was spoken, The church bells all were broken
And the three
men I admire most, The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught
the last train for the coast, The day the music died
And they were
singing (Refrain)
John Denver
D G-A-Bm G D
You fill up my
senses, Like a night in a forest
G Em G A
Like the
mountains in springtime, Like a walk in the rain
G-A-Bm G D
Like a storm
in the desert, Like a sleepy blue ocean
G-Em A
D
You fill up my
senses, Come fill me again
Come let me
love you, Let me give my life to you
Let me drown
in your laughter, Let me die in your arms
Let me lay
down beside you, Let me always be with you
Come let me
love you, Come love me again
Christopher Cross
Fdim G7 C F
Once in your
life you'll find her, Someone that turns your heart around
Bb E-E7 A
And next thing
you know, You´re closing down the town
Wake up and
it´s still with you, Even though you left her way cross town
Wonderin´ to
yourself, Hey what have I found
Chorus:
D A
When you get
caught between the moon and
Bm E-E7 A
I know it´s
crazy but it´s true
D A
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If you get
caught between the moon and
Bm A
The best that
you can do, The best that you can do, Is fall in love
Arthur, he
does as he pleases, All of his life his master´s toys
And deep in
his heart he´s just, He´s just a boy
Living his
life one day at a time, He´s showing himself a pretty good time
He´s laughing
about the way, They want him to be (Chorus)
Elvis Presley
G
Well it's one
for the money, two for the show, Three to get ready now go cat go
Chorus:
C G
But don't you
step on my blue suede shoes
D C G
You can do
anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
You can knock
me down, step on my face, Slander my name all over the place
Do anything
that you're going to do, But uh-uh honey lay off of my shoes
Frankie Valli
D Ddim
You're just
too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off of you.
D7 G
You'd be like
heaven to touch. I wanna hold you so much.
Gm D
At long last
love has arrived. And I thank God I'm alive.
Em-A D
You're just
too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off of you.
Pardon the way
that I stare. There's nothing else to compare.
The sight of
you leaves me weak. There are no words left to speak.
But if you
feel like I feel. Please let me know that it's real.
You're just
too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off of you.
Em A D Bm
Em A D E7
Refrain:
Em A
D Bm
I love you
baby, and if it's quite all right, I need you baby to warm the lonely night.
Em A D-Ddim
I love you
baby. Trust in me when I say:
Em A F#m Bm
Oh pretty
baby, don't bring me down, I pray. Oh
pretty baby, now that I found you, stay.
Em Gm
And let me
love you, baby. Let me love you ...
Harry Chapin
Dm F G Dm
My
child arrived just the other day, He came to the world in the usual way,
Dm F G Dm
But
there were planes to catch and bills to pay, He learned to walk while I was
away.
C G
And
he was talkin’ ‘for I know it, and as he grew he’d say:
F Am Dm C Am Dm
“I’m
gonna be like you, dad, you know I’m gonna be like you.”
Chorus:
Dm C Am G
And
the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon, Little boy blue and the man in
the moon
Dm
C Am Dm
“When
you comin’ home, dad?” “I don’t know
when, But we’ll get together then,
C Am Dm
You
know we’ll have a good time then.”
My
son turned ten just the other day
He
said, “Thanks for the ball, dad, come on let’s play.
Can
you teach me to throw?” I said, “Not
today, I got a lot to do.” He said,
“that’s OK.”
And
he walked away, but his smile never dimmed; It said I’m gonna be like him,
yeah.
You
know I’m gonna be like him. (Chorus)
Well,
he came from college just the other day, so much like a man, I just had to say
“Son,
I’m proud of you, can you sit for a while?”
He
shook his head and said with a smile,
“What
I’d really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys
See
you later, can I have them please?” (Chorus)
I’ve
long since retired, my son’s moved away.
I called him up just the other day.
I
said, “I’d like to see you if you don’t mind.”
He
said, “I’d love to, dad, if I can find the time.
You
see, my new job’s a hassle and the kids have the flu.
But
it’s sure nice talkin’ to you, dad.
It’s
been sure nice talkin’ to you.”
C
Am G F Am Dm
And
as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me, He’d grown up just like me
C Am Dm
My
boy was just like me.
And
the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little
boy blue and the man in the moon.
“When
you comin’ home, son?” “I don’t know
when, But we’ll get together then, dad,
We’re
gonna have a good time, then.”
Mason Williams
Am G
Em Am (x4)
G C
G C F
E Am
G C
G C F
D G E
Am D
Am D Am
D
G C
F D E
A D
A (x2)
C F
C (x2)
A D
G C F
E
Am G
Em Am (x2)
C G
Am G (x2)
Em Am
G C G
C F D
G E
Am D
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John Denver
G Em D
C G
Almost heaven,
Life is old
there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains blowin' like a breeze
G D
Em C
Country roads
take me home, To the place I belong
G D
Em-C G
West Virginia,
mountain momma, Take me home country roads
All my
memories gather round her, Miner's lady stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty
painted on the sky, Misty taste of moonshine teardrop in my eyes
G D G G7
I hear a voice
in the morning how she calls me
C G D
The radio reminds
me of my home far away
Em F C G D
D7
Drivin' down
the road I get a feelin' that I should been home yesterday, yesterday
Rogers/Hammerstein
G D
Em C G Em C D
Edelweiss,
Edelweiss. Every morning you greet me.
G D Em
C G D C G
Small
and white, clean and bright. You look happy to greet me.
D D7 G G7 C C# D-D7
Blossoms
of snow, may you bloom and grow, Bloom and grow forever,
G D Em
C G D C
G
Edelweiss,
Edelweiss. Bless my homeland forever!
James Taylor
D Am7
G D
Just yesterday
morning they let me know you were gone
D A C
Susanne the
plans they made put an end to you
I walked out
this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can’t
remember who to send it to
Chorus:
G Em A
D
G Em
A D
I’ve seen fire
and I've seen rain, I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
G Em A
D
I've seen
lonely times when I could not find a friend
C Am7 D7
But I always thought
that I'd see you again
Won’t you look
down upon me Jesus you got to help me make a stand
You just got
to seem through another day
My bodies
aching and my time is at hand
An' I wont
make it any other way (chorus)
Been walking
my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows
when the cold wind blows it’ll turn your head around
Well there's
hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come
Sweet dreams
and flying machines in pieces on the ground (chorus)
Thought I'd see
you one more time again
There's just a
few things coming my way this time around, now
Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now
Ray Henderson
C E7 A7
Five
foot two, eyes of blue, But oh! what
those five foot could do
D7 G7
C
Has
anybody seen my girl?
C E7 A7
Turned
up nose, turned down hose, Never had no other beaus,
D7 G7
C
Has
anybody seen my girl?
E7 A7
Now
if you run into a five foot two, covered with fur,
D7 G7
Diamond
rings and all those things, Betcha’ life it isn’t her, but
Could
she love, could she woo? Could she,
could she, could she coo?
Has
anybody seen my girl?
Lynyrd Skynyrd
G D Em F C D
If I leave
here tomorrow, Would you still remember me?
For I must be
trav'ling on now, 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see.
Refrain:
But if I
stayed here with you girl, Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause I'm as
free as a bird now, And this bird you'll never change.
And this bird
you cannot change, And this bird you cannot change.
Lord knows I
can't change.
Bye, bye baby
it's been a sweet love, Though this feeling I can't change
But please
don't take it so badly, 'Cause the Lord knows I'm to blame. (Refrain)
Chip Fields
D G Em A
D A D
G A D
G A D
G A D Fdim
Em A D
Jim Croce
D G-A D
Like the pine
trees lining the winding road, I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name
D E A
Like a singing
bird and a croaking toad, I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name
F#m G D
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A
And I carry it
with me like my daddy did, But I’m living the dream that he kept hid
Refrain:
F#m G F#m B
Rollin’ me
down the highway, rollin’ me down the highway
G A C
Moving ahead
so life won’t pass me by
Like a north
wind whistling down the sky, I’ve got a song, I’ve got a song
Like a
whippoorwill and a baby’s crying, I’ve got a song, I’ve got a song
And I carry it
with me and I sing it loud, If it gets me nowhere, I’ll go there proud
(Refrain)
D
And I’m gonna
go there free
Like a fool
that I am and I’ll always be,I’ve got a dream, I’ve got a dream
They can
change their minds but they can’t change me
I’ve got a
dream, I’ve got a dream
Oh, I know I
could share it if you want me to, If you’re going my way, I’ll go with you
(Refrain)
Elvis Presley
G
The warden
threw a party in the county jail
The prison
band was there and they began to wail
The joint was
jumpin' and the band began to swing
You should've
heard those knocked out jailbirds sing
Chorus:
C G
Let's rock,
everybody, let's rock
D C G
Everybody on
the whole cell block, Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Spider Murphy
played the tenor saxophone
Little Joe was
blowin' on the slide trombone
The drummer
boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang
The whole
rhythm section was the Purple Gang
Number
forty-seven said to number three
"You're
the cutest jailbird I ever did see
I sure would
be delighted with your company
Come on and do
the Jailhouse Rock with me"
The sad sack
was a sittin' on a block of stone
Way over in
the corner weepin' all alone
The warden
said, "Hey, buddy, don't you be no square
If you can't
find a partner use a wooden chair"
Shifty Henry
said to Bugs, "For Heaven's sake
No one's
lookin', now's our chance to make a break"
Bugsy turned
to Shifty and he said, "Nix nix
I wanna stick
around a while and get my kicks"
Chuck Berry
G
Deep down in
Louisiana close to New Orleans
G
Way back up in
the woods among the evergreens
C
There stood a
log cabin made of earth and wood
G
Where lived a
country boy named Johnny B. Goode
D C
He never ever
learned to read or write so well
G
But he could
play the guitar like a-ringing a bell
Refrain:
G
Go go, go
Johnny go, go
G C
Go Johnny go,
go
G
Go Johnny go,
go
D-C G
Go Johnny go,
go, Johnny B. Goode
He used to
carry his guitar in a gunny sack
And sit
beneath the trees by the railroad track
Old engineers
would see him sitting in the shade
Strummin' with
to the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing
by would stop and say
Oh, my that
little country boy could play (Refrain)
His mother
told him, "Someday you will be a man
And you will
be the leader of a big old band
Many people
coming from miles around
To hear you
play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday
your name’ll be in lights
Saying “Johnny
B. Goode Tonight”
Chip Fields
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