ACOUSTIC
Jerry Jeff Walker
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I
know a man Bojangles, and he danced for you
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In
worn out shoes,
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With
silver hair, a ragged shirt, and baggy pants,
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The
old soft shoe.
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He
jumped so high, jumped so high,
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Then
he lightly touched down.
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Mr.
Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance.
I
met him in a cell in
I
was down and out.
He
looked at me to be the eyes of age
As
he spoke right out.
He
talked of life, talked of life,
He
laughed, slapped his leg a step.
He
said his name, Bojangles, then he danced a lick
Across
the cell.
He
grabbed his pants, a better stance, oh, he jumped up high,
And
he clicked his heels.
He
let go a laugh, let go a laugh,
Shook
back his clothes all around.
Mr.
Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance.
He
danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs
Throughout
the South.
He
spoke with tears of fifteen years, how his dog and he
Traveled
about.
His
dog up and died, he up and died,
After
twenty years he still grieved.
He
said, “I dance now at every chance in honky-tonks
For
drinks and tips.
But
most of the time I spend behind these county bars,”
He
said, “I drinks a bit.”
He
shook his head; and as he shook his head
I
heard someone ask, “Please,
Mr.
Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance.”
Alabama
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Drinkin'
was forbidden in my Christian country home
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I
learned to play the flattop on them good ol' Gospel songs
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Then
I heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line
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Where
a boy could make a livin' playin' guitar late at night
Had to learn about the ladies, too young to understand
Why the young girls fall in love with the boys in the band
When the boys turn to music, the girls just turn away
To some other guitar picker in some other late night place
Yeah, held on to my music, I let the ladies walk away
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville then I moved on to L.A.
Up to New York City all across the USA
I lost so much of me but there's enough of me to say that my
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Home's
in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head
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My home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred
What keeps me goin' I don't really know
Can't be the money Lord knows I'm always broke
Could it be the satisfaction of bein' understood
When the people really love ya and let you know when it's good
Oh I'll speak my Southern English just as natural as I please
I'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me
And someday when I make it, when love finds a way
Somewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just smile with pride and say that my
Home's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head
My home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred
Southern born and Southern bred
Southern born and Southern bred
Bob Seger
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Just take
those old records off the shelf, I sit and listen to them by myself
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Today's music
ain't got the same soul, I like that old time rock 'n' roll
Don't try to
take me to a disco, You'll never even get me out on the floor
In ten minutes
I'll be late for the door, I like that old time rock 'n' roll
Chorus:
Still like
that old time rock 'n' roll, That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce
about the days of old, With that old time rock 'n' roll
Won't go to
hear them play a tango, I'd rather hear some blues or funky old soul
There's only
one sure way to get me to go, Start playing old time rock 'n' roll
Call me a
relic, call me what you will, Say I'm old fashioned, say I'm over the hill
Today's music
ain't got the same soul, I like that old time rock 'n' roll
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Chorus:
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Puff
the magic dragon, lived by the sea,
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And
frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honna-Lee.
Little
Jackie Paper, loved that rascal Puff,
And
brought him strings and sealing wax, and other fancy stuff. Oh, (Chorus)
Together
they would travel on boat with billowed sail;
Jackie
kept a lookout perched on Puff’s gigantic tail.
Noble
kings and princes would bow whene’er they came,
Pirate
ships would lower their flag when Puff roared out his name. Oh, (Chorus)
A
dragon lives forever, but not so little boys;
Painted
wings and giant rings make way for other toys.
One
gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
And
Puff, that mighty dragon, he cased his fearless roar. Oh, (Chorus)
His
head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,
Puff
no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without
his life-long friend, Puff could not be brave.
So,
Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave. Oh, (Chorus)
B.J. Thomas
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Raindrops
keep fallin’ on my head;
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And
just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed, nothing seems to fit.
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A7
Those
raindrops keep fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’.
So,
I just did me some talkin’ to the sun,
And
I said I didn’t like the way he got things done, sleepin’ on the job.
Those
raindrops keep fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’.
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But
there’s on thing I know: the blues they
send to meet me, won’t defeat me.
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It
won’t be long till happiness steps up to greet me.
Raindrops
keep fallin’ on my head,
But
that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turnin’ red. Cryin’s not for me,
‘Cause
I’m never gonna stop the rain by complainin’.
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Because
I’m free, nothin’s worryin’ me.
John Denver
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He
was born in the summer of his twenty-seventh year,
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Comin’
home to a place he’d never been before.
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He
left yesterday behind him; you might say he was born again,
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You
might say he found a key to ev’ry door.
When
he first came to the mountains, his life was far away
On
the road and hangin’ by a song.
But
the string’s already broken and he doesn’t really care;
It
keeps changin’ fast and it don’t last for long.
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But
the
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The
shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullaby.
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He
climbed
He
saw ev’rything as far as you can see.
And
they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun,
And
he lost a friend but kept his memory.
Now
he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams
Seekin’
grace in ev’ry step he takes.
His
sight has turned inside himself to try and understand
The
serenity of a clear blue mountain lake.
And
the Colorado Rocky Mountain high, I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky.
Talk
to God and listen to the casual reply:
Rocky
Mountain high in Colorado, Rocky Mountain high.
Now
his life is full of wonder, but his heart still knows some fear
Of
a simple thing he cannot comprehend.
Why,
they never try to tear the mountains down to bring in
A
couple more people, more scars upon the land.
And
the Colorado Rocky Mountain high, I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky.
I
know he’d be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly.
Rocky
Mountain high in Colorado, Rocky Mountain high.
It’s
a Colorado Rocky Mountain high, I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky.
Friends
around the campfire and naturally high:
Rocky
Mountain high in Colorado, Rocky Mountain high.
Jim Croce
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Well, I know
it's kinda late, I hope I didn't wake you
What I gotta
say can't wait, I know you'd understand
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Every time I
tried to tell you, the words just came out wrong
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So I have to
say I love you, in a song
Yeah, I know
it's kinda strange, every time I'm near you
I just run out
of things to say, I know you'd understand
Every time I
tried to tell you, the words just came out wrong
So I have to
say I love you, in a song
Every time the
time was right all the words just came out wrong
So I have to
say I love you, in a song
Yeah, I know
it's kinda late, I hope I didn't wake you
But there's
something that I just gotta say, I know you'd understand
Every time I
tried to tell you, the words just came out wrong
So I have to
say I love you, in a song
Jack Norworth
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Shine
on, shine on harvest moon, up in the sky
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I
ain’t had no lovin’ since January, February, June or July.
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Snow
time ain’t no time to sit around and croon.
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So,
shine on, shine on harvest moon for me and my gal.
America
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Well I tried
to make it Sunday, But I got so darned depressed
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That I set my
sights on Monday, And I got myself undressed
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I ain't ready
for the altar, But I do agree there's times
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When a woman
sure can be a friend of mine
Well I keep on
thinkin' 'bout you, Sister golden hair surprise
And I just
can't live without you, Can't you see it in my eyes
I've been one
poor correspondent, And I've been too too hard to find
But it doesn't
mean you ain't been on my mind
Chorus:
B A E
Will you meet
me in the middle, Will you meet me in the air
Will you love
me just a little, Just enough to show you care
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Well I tried
to fake it, I don't mind sayin', I just can't make it
Neil Diamond
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Song
sung blue, ev’rybody knows one.
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C
Song
sung blue, ev’ry garden grows one.
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Me
and you are subject to the blues now and then;
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But
when you take the blues and make a song, You sing them out again.
Song
sung blue, weepin’ like a willow;
Song
sung blue, sleepin’ on my pillow.
Funny
thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice,
And
before you know it, start to feelin’ good-
You
simply got no choice.
Chip Fields and
Warren Weeks
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G Em A
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Well
you’re a special girl to me, You always have and you’ll always be
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There’s
not another one like you in all the world
Em A
There’s
not a day that there goes by when I don’t get up the nerve to try,
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And
walk on over there and tell you how I feel
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You
are the apple of my eye, you’re going to be ‘til the day
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I’d
give anything just to be with you
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I’ve
always loved you and I always will, You’re a special girl
Johnny Mandel
Dm G7 C Am
Through early
morning fog I see, Visions of the things to be
Dm G7 C C7
The pains that
are withheld for me, I realize and I can see, that
Refrain:
Dm G7 C Am
Suicide is
painless, It brings on many changes
Dm G7 Am
And I can take
or leave it if I please
Try to find a
way to make, All our little joys relate
Without that
ever-present hate, But now I know that it's too late
The game of
life is hard to play, I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing
card I'll someday lay, So this is all I have to say
The only way
to win is cheat, And lay it down before I'm beat
And to another
give my seat, For that’s the only painless feat
The sword of
time will pierce our skin, It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it
works its way on in, The pain grows stronger, watch it grin
A brave man
once requested me, To answer questions that are key
Is it to be or
not to be, And I replied, oh, why ask me
And you can do
the same thing, If you please
Chip Fields
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D A D
John Denver
Chorus:
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Sunshine
on my shoulders makes me happy.
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Sunshine
in my eyes can make me cry.
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Sunshine
on the water looks so lovely.
G C G C G C G
Sunshine
almost always makes me high.
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C G Am7 Bm C
If
I had a day that I could give you,
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Am7 Bm C
Am7--D7
I’d
give to you a day just like today.
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Bm C G Am7 Bm C
If
I had a song that I could sing for you,
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Am7 Bm C G
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I’d
sing a song to make you feel this way:
(Chorus)
If
I had a tale that I could tell you,
I‘d
tell a tale, sure, to make you smile
If
I had a wish that I could wish for you,
I’d
make a wish for sunshine all the while.
Paul Williams
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Why
are there so many songs about rainbows, And what’s on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions, And rainbows have nothing to hide.
Cdim Bm
So
we’ve been told and some choose to believe it, I know they’re wrong, wait and
see.
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Someday
we’ll find it, the rainbow connection, The lovers, the dreamers and me.
Who
said that every wish would be heard and answered
When
wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it, And look what it’s done so
far.
What’s so amazing that keeps us stargazing, And what do we think we might see?
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection, The lovers, the dreamers, and
me.
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All
of us under its spell, We know that it’s probably magic...
Have
you been half asleep? And have you heard voices?
I’ve
heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The
voice might be one and the same
I’ve heard it too many times to ignore it, It’s something that I’m s’posed to
be
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection, The lovers, the dreamers, and
me.
Gordon Lightfoot
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The legend
lives on from the Chippewa on down, Of the big lake they call Gitchigumi
The lake, it
is said, never gives up her dead, When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of
iron ore, 26,000 tons more, Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship
and crew was a bone to be chewed
When the gales
of November came early
The ship was
the pride of the American side, Comin' back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big
freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew
and good captain well seasoned
Concluding
some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left
fully loaded for Cleveland
And later that
night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be
the north wind they'd been feelin'
The wind in
the wires made a tattletale sound, And a wave broke over the railing
And every man
knew as the captain did too, 'Twas the Witch of November come stealin'
The dawn came
late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales
of November came slashin'
When afternoon
came it was freezin' rain, In the face of a hurricane west wind
When
suppertime came, the old cook came on deck
Sayin'
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At seven p.m.,
the main hatchway caved in, He said "Fellas, it's been good to know
ya"
The captain
wired in he had water comin' in, And the good ship and crew was in peril
And later that
night when its lights went out of sight
Came the wreck
of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Does anyone
know where the love of God goes
When the waves
turn the minutes to hours
The searchers
all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd put
fifteen more miles behind her
They might
have split up or they might have capsized
They may have
broke deep and took water
And all that
remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives
and the sons and the daughters
Lake Huron
rolls, Superior sings, In the rooms of her ice-water mansion
Old Michigan
steams like a young man's dreams
The islands
and bays are for sportsmen
And farther
below Lake Ontario, Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
And the iron
boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales
of November remembered
In a musty old
hall in Detroit they prayed, In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
The church
bell chimed 'til it rang 29 times, For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
The legend
lives on from the Chippewa on down, Of the big lake they call Gitchigumi
Superior, they
said, never gives up her dead, When the gales of November come early
REO Speedwagon
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I've been
around for you, I've been up and down for you, But I just can't get any relief
I've swallowed
my pride for you, I've lived and lied for you
But you still
make me feel like a thief
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D
You got me
stealin' your love away 'cause you never give it
Peeling the
years away and we can't relive it
G D G D-A D-G-A-G-D-G-A-G
Oh I make you
laugh, And you make me cry, I believe it's time for me to fly
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You said we'd
work it out, You said that you had no doubt
That deep down
we were really in love
Oh, but I'm
tired of holding on, To a feeling I know is gone
I do believe
that I've had enough
I've had
enough of the falseness of a worn out relation
Enough of the
jealousy and the intoleration
Oh I make you
laugh, And you make me cry, I believe it's time for me to fly
Chorus:
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Time for me to
fly, Oh, I've got to set myself free
Time for me to
fly, And that's just how it's got to be
G A G-A-D
I know it
hurts to say goodbye, But it's time for me to fly
Jim Croce
Dm Gm A
If I could
save time in a bottle, The first thing that I'd like to do
Dm Bb Gm Dm
Gm A
Is to save
every day, 'Til eternity passes away, Just to spend them with you
If I could
make days last forever, If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every
day like a treasure and then, Again I would spend them with you
Refrain:
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But there
never seems to be enough time
G-Em-A
To do the
things you want to do once you find them
I've looked
around enough to know, That you're the one I want to go through time with
If I had a box
just for wishes, And dreams that'd never come true
The box would
be empty, Except for the memory of how they were answered by you
Chip Fields
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Being
with you is the life that I’d rather live
G A
Than
to live with all the riches that this world has to give
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I
would give them all to be with you forevermore
G A D
Just
you and me together in the Lord
You
here with me, and to know that I’ve been set free
Brings
a wave of satisfaction like a breeze from the morning sea
And
when I am alone with you, you can bet that I’m never bored
Just
you and me together in the Lord
Chorus:
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How
I ever met you is a mystery to me
G A D
And
mysteries can be a blessed thing
G A
D B
I
wish I had the courage to say three simple words
Em A
You
may not know it, I might not show it, but I always want to be with you
The
times that hurt the most are the moments we’re apart
Your
presence makes the sunshine in a cold and lonely heart
You
never turned you back on me for things I can’t afford
Just
you and me together in the Lord, You and me together in the Lord
Jerry
Chesnut
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I play an old
piano from nine to half past one
D C G
Try to make a
livin' watchin' everybody else have fun
C G
Well, I don't
miss much if it happens on a dance hall floor
D C G
Mercy, look
what just walked through that door
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G
Well, hello
T-R-0-U-B-L-E
D C G
What in the
world you're doin' A-L-O-N-E?
C G
Say, good
L-double O-K-I-N-G
D C G
I smell
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
G
I was a little
bitty baby when my papa hit the skids
G
Mama had a
time tryin' to raise nine kids
G
Told me not to
stare ‘cause it was impolite
G
And did the
best she could to try to raise me right
C G
But mama never
told me 'bout nothing like a Y-O-U
D C G
I bet your
mother must have been a good-looking mother, too
C G
Say, hello
good L-double O-K-I-N-G
D C G
I smell
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Well, you talk
about a woman I've seen a lot of others
But too much
something' and not enough another
You've got it
all together like a lovin' machine
You're lookin'
like glory and walkin' like a dream
Mother
Nature's sure been good to Y-O-U
And your mama
must have been another good lookin' mother too
Say, hey, good
L-double O-K-I-N-G
I smell
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Well, you talk
about a trouble-makin' hunka poky bait,
That men are
gonna love and all the women gonna hate
Reminding them
of everything they're never gonna be
Maybe the
beginning of a World War III
But, the world
ain't ready for nothin' like a Y-O-U
Well, I bet
your mama must have been a good lookin' mother too
Say hey good
L-double O-K-I-N-G
I smell
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Chip Fields
D Em A
D A D
G A D B7
Em C F#m A
Garth Brooks
D G
Just
the other night, at a hometown football game
D Bm Em A7 A
My
wife and I ran into my old high school flame
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And
as I introduced them the past came back to me
G Em G A7 A
And
I couldn’t help but think the way things used to be
She
was the one that I wanted for all time
And
each night I’d spend praying that God would make her mine
And
if He’d only grant me this wish I wished back then
Then
I’d never ask for anything again
Chorus:
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Sometimes
I thank God, for unanswered prayer
D Bm Em A
Remember
when you’re talking to the Man upstairs
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Just
because He doesn’t answer, doesn’t mean He doesn’t care
D G A D
Some
of God’s greatest gifts, are unanswered prayers
She
wasn’t quite the angel that I remembered in my dream
And
I could tell the time had changed me, and her eyes too it seemed
We
tried to talk about the old days, there wasn’t much we could recall
I
guess the Lord knows what He’s doing after all
G F#m
And
as she walked away, I looked at my wife
G Em G A7 A
And
then and there I thanked the good Lord, for the gifts in my life
(Chorus)
Peter, Paul, and Mary
D A
He
is now to be among you, At the calling of your hearts.
G D
Rest
assured this Troubadour, Is acting on His part.
D A G D
The
union of your spirits here, Has caused Him to remain,
Bm D G A
For
wherever two or more of you, Are gathered in His name
G D-E-G-D
There
is love, there is love.
A
man shall leave his mother, And a woman leave her home.
They
shall travel on to where the two shall be as one.
As
it was in the beginning, Is now, and ‘til the end,
Woman
draws her life from man, And gives it back again,
And
there is love, there is love.
G Em A D
Then
what’s to be the reason, For becoming man and wife?
G Em A D
Is
it love that brings you here, Or love that brings you life?
For
if loving is the answer, Then who’s the giving for?
Do
you believe in something that you’ve never seen before?
Oh,
there’s love, oh. there’s love.
Beetles
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F# Bm
Yesterday
all my troubles seemed so far away.
G A D
Now
it looks as though they’re here to stay.
Bm
E G D
Oh,
I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly
I’m not half the man I used to be,
There’s
a shadow hanging over me.
Oh,
yesterday came suddenly.
Chorus:
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Bm A G Em A D
Why
she had to go I don’t know. She wouldn’t
say.
F#
Bm A G Em A
D
I
said something wrong; now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday
love was such an easy game to play,
Now
I need a place to hide away.
Oh,
I believe in yesterday.
Carole King
G C D C G B7
Em B7 Em
B7 Em7
When you're
down and troubled, and you need a helping hand
Am7 D7sus G
And nothing,
whoa nothing is going right.
Em
B7 Em Em7
Close your
eyes and think of me, and soon I will be there
Am7 Bm D7sus-D
To brighten up
even your darkest nights.
Refrain:
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You just call
out my name, and you know where ever I am
G-Gmaj7 D7sus
I'll come
running, oh yeah baby, to see you again.
G Gmaj7 C Em
Winter,
spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call
C D7 G
And I'll be
there, yeah, yeah, yeah. You've got a
friend.
If the sky
above you, should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old
north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head
together and call my name out loud
And soon I
will be knocking upon your door. (Refrain)
Fmaj7 C G Gmaj7
Hey, ain't it
good to know that you've got a friend?
People can be so cold.
C Fmaj7 Em7 A
They'll hurt
you and desert you. Well they'll take
your soul if you let them.
Am7 D7sus
Oh yeah, but
don't you let them. (Refrain)
Ain't it good
to know you've got a friend. Ain't it
good to know you've got a friend.
You've got a
friend.