Songbook - January and February 2019 |
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| If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot (1970) |
| Jack Of All Trades Bruce Springsteen (2011) |
| Losing My Religion R.E.M. (1991) |
| Music In Your Eyes Willie P Bennett (1975) |
| New York, New York (Theme from) Liza Minnelli (John Kander, Fred Ebb, 1977) |
| The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band (Robbie Robertson, 1969) |
| Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) The Beatles (Lennon / McCartney, 1965) |
| Sonny's Dream Ron Hynes (1976) |
| Sound Of Silence Paul Simon (1964) |
| Sympathy For The Devil Rolling Stones (Jagger & Richards, 1968) |
If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon Lightfoot (1970)
Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
Intro
| [G] | [Gsus2] | [G] | [Gsus2] |
| [G] If you could | read my mind love |
| [F] what a tale my | thoughts could tell |
| [G] Just like an | old time movie |
| [F] about a ghost from a | wishing well |
Pre-Chorus
| [G] In a castle | dark, or a | [C] fortress strong,
with | [D] chains upon my | [Em] feet
you | [C] know that ghost is | [G] me
Chorus
And | [C] I will never | [G] be set free
As | [Am] long as I'm a | [D] ghost that you can't |
| [G] see | [Gsus2] |
| [G] If I could | read your mind love |
| [F] what a tale your | thoughts could tell |
| [G] Just like a | paperback novel |
| [F] the kind that | drugstores sell |
| [G] When you reach the | part
where the | [C] heartaches come
the | [D] hero would be | [Em] me
but | [C] heroes often | [G] fail
Chorus
And | [C] you won't read that | [G] book again
be- | [Am] cause the ending's | [D] just too hard to |
Instrumental Interlude
| [G] take | [Gsus2] | [F] | [F] |
| [G] | [Gsus2] | [F] | [F] |
| [G] I'd walk a- | way like a | [C] movie star,
who gets | [D] burned in a three way | [Em] script
| [C] Enter number | [G] two
Chorus
A | [C] movie queen to | [G] play the scene
Of | [Am] bringing all the | [D] good things out in | [G] me,
but for | [C] now love, let's be | [G] real
I | [C] never thought I could | [G] act this way,
and I've | [Am] got to say that I | [D] just don't get it
| [C] I don't know where | [G] we went wrong,
But the | [Am] feeling's gone and I | [D] just can't get it
| [G] back | [Gsus2] | [G] | [Gsus2] |
| [G] If you could | read my mind love |
| [F] what a tale my | thoughts could tell |
| [G] Just like an | old time movie |
| [F] about a ghost from a | wishing well |
Pre-Chorus
| [G] In a castle | dark or a | [C] fortress strong
with | [D] chains upon my | [Em] feet
But | [C] stories always | [G] end.
Chorus
And | [C] if you read be- | [G] tween the lines
You'll | [Am] know that I'm just | [D] trying to under- | [Em] stand
the | [C] feelings that we | [G] lack
I | [C] never thought I could | [G] feel this way,
and I've | [Am] got to say that I | [D] just don't get it |
| [C] I don't know where | [G] we went wrong | [Am] but the feeling's gone
and I | [D] just can't get it |
| [G] back | [Gsus2] | [G] | [Gsus2] | [G↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with orginal.
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Jack Of All Trades
Bruce Springsteen (2011)
Fingerpicking in 6/8
A|-------I-----|
E|-----M---M---|
C|---I-------I-|
G|-T-----------|
1 2 3 4 5 6
| [A] | [A] | [A] | [A]
I'll mow your | [A] lawn... | ...clean the leaves out your | [D] drain | [D]
I'll mend your | [A] roof... | ...to keep out the | [E7] rain | [E7]
I'll take the | [A] work... | ...that God pro- | [D] vides | [D]
I'm a Jack of all | [A] trades, | [E7] honey, we'll be al- | [A] right | [A]
I'll hammer the | [A] nails... | ...and I'll set the | [D] stone | [D]
I'll harvest your | [A] crops... | ...when they're ripe and | [E7] grown
| [E7] I'll pull that engine a- | [A] part... patch her | up 'til she's running | [D] right | [D]
I'm a Jack of all | [A] trades, | [E7] ...we'll be al- | [A] right | [A]
The hurricane | [D] blows... | ...brings a hard | [A] rain | [A]
When the blue sky | [A] breaks... it | feels like the world's gonna | [E7] change
| [E7] We'll start caring for each | [A] other... | ...like Jesus said that we | [D] might | [D]
I'm a Jack of all | [A] trades, | [E7] ...we'll be al- | [A] right | [A]
Instrumental
| [A] | [A] | [A] | [A] |
| [A] | [A] | [E7] | [E7] |
| [A] | [A] | [D] | [D] |
| [A] | [E7] | [A] | [A]
The banker man grows | [D] fatter... | ...the working man grows | [A] thin | [A]
It's all happened be- | [A] fore... | ...and it'll happen a- | [E7] gain | [E7]
It'll happen a- | [A] gain... | ...yeah they'll bet your | [D] life | [D]
I'm a Jack of all | [A] trades | [E7] ...and darling, we'll be al- | [A] right | [A]
Now sometimes to- | [A] morrow... | comes soaked in treasure and | [D] blood | [D]
Here we stood the | [A] drought... | ...now we'll stand the | [E7] flood | [E7]
There's a new world | [A] coming... | I can see the | [D] light | [D]
I'm a Jack of all | [A] trades, | [E7] ...we'll be al- | [A] right | [A]
So you use what you've | [A] got... | ...and you learn to make | [D] do | [D]
You take the | [A] old... | ...you make it | [E7] new | [E7]
If I had me a | [A] gun... I'd find the | bastards and shoot 'em on | [D] sight | [D]
I'm a Jack of all | [A] trades, | [E7] ...we'll be al- | [A] right | [A]
I'm a Jack of all | [A] trades, | [E7] ...we'll be al- | [A] right | [A↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
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Losing My Religion
R.E.M (1991)
Strum:
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro Riff played before each chord:
A |--------5-7-5-0-|
E |----------------|
1 2 3 & 4 &
Intro
[Riff] | [F] | [F] [Riff] | [Am] | [Am] [Riff] |
| [F] | [F] [Riff] | [Am] | [G] Oh....
| [Am] Life, it's | bigger |
| [Em] it's bigger than | you, and you are |
| [Am] not me. The | lengths that I will |
| [Em] go to, the | distance in your | [Am] eyes | [Am] |
| [Em] Oh no I've | said to |
| [Dm] much, | I've said it | [G] all | [G]
That's me in the | [Am] corner, | that's me in the |
| [Em] spotlight | losing my | [Am] religion, | trying to |
| [Em] keep a | view, and I | [Am] don't know if I can | do it. |
| [Em] Oh no I've | said too |
| [Dm] much, I | haven't said e- | [G] nough
Chorus
I | [G] thought that I heard you | [F] laughing,
I | [F] thought that I heard you | [Am] sing | [Am]
I | [F] think I thought I | saw you | [Am] try | [G]
Every whis- | [Am] per, | every waking |
| [Em] hour, I'm | choosing my con- | [Am] fessions |
| [Am] Trying to | [Em] keep an eye on | you,
like a | [Am] hurt lost and blind | foal, foal |
| [Em] Oh no I've | said too
| [Dm] much, | I said it | [G] up | [G]
Consider | [Am] this, | consider this,
the | [Em] hint of the centur- | y, consider |
| [Am] this, the | slip, that | [Em] brought me to my | knees failed
| [Am] what if all these | fantasies come
| [Em] flailing a- | round,
And now I've | [Dm] said... | ...too | [G] much
Chorus
I | [G] thought that I heard you | [F] laughing,
I | [F] thought that I heard you | [Am] sing | [Am]
I | [F] think I thought I | saw you | [Am] try | [G]
Instrumental
Am↓ G↓
A |-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
F↓ G↓
A |-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
C↓ D↓
A |-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
That was just a dream
C↓ D↓
A |-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
That was just a dream
That's me in the | [Am] corner, | that's me in the |
| [Em] spotlight | losing my | [Am] religion, | trying to |
| [Em] keep a | view, and I | [Am] don't know if I can | do it. |
| [Em] Oh no I've | said too |
| [Dm] much, I | haven't said e- | [G] nough
Chorus
I | [G] thought that I heard you | [F] laughing,
I | [F] thought that I heard you | [Am] sing | [Am]
I | [F] think I thought I | saw you | [Am] try | [Am]
but | [F] that was just a | dream
to | [Am] try, cry, | fly, try |
| [F] That was just a | dream,
just a | [Am] dream, just a | [G] dream, dream. |
Outro Instrumental
Am↓
A ||o -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7- o|| 3X
E ||o -----------------|----------------- o||
Am↓ Am↓
A |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-5-3-0-5-3-0-3-|-0
E |-----------------|-----------------|--
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Music In Your Eyes
Willie P. Bennett (1975)
Carter Picking (Alternating Thumb)
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
Intro
| [C] | [C] | [Csus4] | [C] | [C] | [C] |
| [F] | [F] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G7] | [G7] | [G7] | [G7]
| [C] When I was younger, | ... in the | [Csus4] days of my | [C] youth |
| [C] I used to sit down | and watch the ri- | [F] ver go | down |
| [F] And see my dreams roll 'round the | [C] bend |
| [C] Hoping they'd come | [G7] back again | [G7] | [G7] | [G7] |
| [C] Now a long time's gone | by and at | [Csus4] least once a | [C] day |
| [C] I sit and think a- | bout when you were | [F] ho- | ly |
| [F] And so eager to | see what you could | [C] find; |
| [C] It's funny how we | [G7] lost the time | [G7] | [G7] | [G7] |
| [F] You wonder why I lay a- | wake at night
Well I | [F] just can't get to | [C] sleep |
| [F] It's not the devils or the | feelings inside
It's the | [F] peace of mind I | [C] seek
And you | [G7] stand there starin', I'm | standin' laughin' |
| [G7] I've come all this | [C] way and all you | [F] ever said | [F] was
"That's O- | [C] kay" | [C] |
Instrumental Chorus
| [F] | [F] | [F] | [C] |
| [F] | [F] | [F] | [C] |
| [G7] | [G7] | [G7] | [C] |
| [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [Csus4] | [Csus4] |
| [G7] | [G7] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [Csus4] | [Csus4] |
| [G7] | [G7] |
| [C] Music in your eyes | ..., | [G7] I can tell by your | surprise |
| [C] You've been doin' fine | ..., so | [G7] don't give me no more | lies;
| [F] We'll under- | [Em] stand it [Dm] all in | [C] time | [C] |
| [C] Music in your eyes | ..., | [G7] God, I love to | watch you dance!
Now | [C] don't be feelin' shy | ..., | [G7] I know you know | how |
| [F] ... | [Em] you're not [Dm] sleeping | [C] now | [C] |
| [Em] When I came in- | to this town I | [F] knew my hands were | [C] bound; |
| [Em] They say you have to | pay for your way or | [F] else go under- | [C] ground
But I said, | [C] "Music in your eyes | ..., | [G7] I can tell by your | surprise
That | [C] you've been doin' fine | ..., so | [G7] don't give me no more | lies |
| [F] We'll under- | [Em] stand it [Dm] all in | [C] time | [C] |
Instrumental
| [C] | [C] | [G7] | [G7] |
| [C] | [C] | [G7] | [G7] |
| [F] | [Em] [Dm] | [C] | [C] |
| [Em] Don't place me | in a hole, 'cause | [F] that's not the way to | [C] do it; |
| [Em] I have to keep on | changing my face, | [F] 'til I can | quit being con- | [G7] fused | [G7] |
| [C] Music in your eyes | ..., | [G7] I can tell by your | surprise |
| [C] You've been doin' fine | ..., so | [G7] don't give me no more | lies; |
| [F] We'll under- | [Em] stand it [Dm] all in | [C] time | [C] |
| [F] We'll under- | [Em] stand it [Dm] all in | [C] time | [C] |
| [F] We'll under- | [Em] stand it [Dm] all in | [C] time | [C↓] |
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New York, New York (Theme from)
Liza Minnelli (John Kander, Fred Ebb, 1977)
Basic Riff
C Dm7
A|| -3---3---2--3-0--- || -3---3---2--3-0---|-3---
E||o-0---0---0--0-0---o||o-1---1---1--1-1---|-1---
C||o-0---0---0----0---o||o-2---2---2----2---|-2---
G|| -0---0---0----0--- || -2---2---2----2---|-2---
D D D u D D D D u D D
Swing Feel
4/4 | D - D - D u D - |
1 2 3 & 4
Intro (Use Basic Riff)
| [C] | [C] | [Dm7] | [Dm7↓] |
Start spreading the | [C] [Riff] news, | I'm leaving | [Dm7] today | [Dm7]
I want to | [C] be a part of it | ... New York, | [Dm7] New York | [Dm7↓]
These vagabond | [C] shoes, | are longing to | [Dm7] stray | [Dm7]
And step a- | [C] round the heart of it | [C] ... New York, | [C7] New York | [C7↓]
I want to | [F] wake up in a | [Fm] city, that doesn't | [C] sleep | [C]
To find I'm | [Em] king of the hill | [A7] ...top of the | [Dm7] heap | [Dm7↓]
My little town | [C] blues, | are melting | [Dm7] away | [Dm7]
I'll make a | [C] brand new start of it | ... in old | [C7] New York | [C7]
If I can | [F] make it there, | [Fm] I'll make it | [C] any- where | [A7]
It's up to | [Dm] you [Em] New | [F] York [G7] New |
| [C] [Riff] York | [C] | [Dm7] | [Dm7↓] | [C↓]
#Play along in this key with Liza Manelli. (Basic song, no key changes.)
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with Frank Sinatra. (Basic song, no key changes.)
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Band (Robbie Robertson, 1969)
Verse Strum: 4/4 | D - D - D - D - |
Chorus Strum: 4/4 | D - - - D - d u |
Riff
A|-----------0-2-3-|
E|-----0-1-3-------|
C|---2-------------|
G|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [C↓]... | [Riff] |
| [Am] Virgil | [C] Caine is the name and
I | [F] served on the [Am] Danville | [Dm] Train |
| [Am] 'Til Stoneman's | [C] cavalry came and
They | [F] tore up the [Am] tracks a- | [Dm] gain |
| [Am] In the winter of | [F] '65,
We were | [C] hungry, just | [Dm] barely alive |
| [Am] By May tenth, | [F] Richmond had fell
It's a | [C] time I re- | [Dm] member oh so | [D↓] well
Chorus
The | [C] night they | [F] drove old Dixie | [C] down
When all the | [F] bells were ringin'
The | [C] night they | [F] drove old Dixie | [C] down
And all the | [F] people were singin'
They went | [C] na...na- na | [Am] na- na- na na... |
| [D] Na- na na- na na | [F] na na- na- na- na | [F↓][C↓] | [Riff] |
| [Am] Back with my wife in | [C] Tennessee
When | [F] one day she [Am] called to | [Dm] me |
| [Am] Said “Virgil, | [C] quick come and see
| [F] There goes the [Am] Robert E. | [Dm] Lee!”
Now | [Am] I don't mind | [F] choppin' wood, and
I | [C] don't care if the | [Dm] money's no good
You | [Am] take what you need and you | [F] leave the rest
But they should | [C] never have | [Dm] taken the very | [D↓] best
Chorus
The | [C] night they | [F] drove old Dixie | [C] down
When all the | [F] bells were ringin'
The | [C] night they | [F] drove old Dixie | [C] down
And all the | [F] people were singin'
They went | [C] na...na- na | [Am] na- na- na na... |
| [D] Na- na na- na na | [F] na na- na- na- na | [F↓][C↓] | [Riff] |
| [Am] Like my father be- | [C] fore me |
| [F] I will [Am] work the | [Dm] land |
| [Am] And like my brother a- | [C] bove me |
| [F] I took a [Am] rebel | [Dm] stand
He was | [Am] just 18, | [F] proud and brave
But a | [C] Yankee laid him | [Dm] in his grave
I | [Am] swear by the blood be- | [F] low my feet
You can't | [C] raise a Caine back | [Dm] up when he's in de- | [D↓] feat
Chorus
The | [C] night they | [F] drove old Dixie | [C] down
When all the | [F] bells were ringin'
The | [C] night they | [F] drove old Dixie | [C] down
And all the | [F] people were singin'
They went | [C] na...na- na | [Am] na- na- na na... |
| [D] Na- na na- na na | [F] na na- na- na- na | [F↓][C↓] | [Riff] |
Chorus
The | [C] night they | [F] drove old Dixie | [C] down
When all the | [F] bells were ringin'
The | [C] night they | [F] drove old Dixie | [C] down
And all the | [F] people were singin'
They went | [C] na...na- na | [Am] na- na- na na... |
| [D] Na- na na- na na | [F] na na- na- na- na | [F↓][C↓] | [Riff] |
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Norwegian Wood
The Beatles (Lennon / McCartney, 1965)
3/4 | D - - u d |
1 (2)& 3
Instrumental Verse:
G
A||--5-----|-7-5-3-|-2-----|-0-3-2-|------|---3---|------|-2----||
E||o-3-----|-------|-3-----|-------|-3----|-1---0-|------|-3---o||
C||o-2-----|-------|-2-----|-------|-2----|-------|-2----|-2---o||
G||--0-----|-------|-0-----|-------|-0----|-------|------|-0----||
Instrumental Verse
| [G] I... | once had a | girl... | [G] or should I |
| [G] say... | [F↓] she [F↓] once [C↓] had | [G] me | [G] |
| [G] She... | showed me her | room... | isn't it |
| [G] good | [F↓] Nor- [F↓]we- [C↓] gian | [G] wood | [G]
She | [Gm] asked me to | stay and she |
| [Gm] told me to | sit any- |
| [C] where | [Csus4] | [C] | [C]
So | [Gm] I looked a- | round and I |
| [Gm] noticed there | wasn't a |
| [Am] chair | [Am] | [D] | [D] |
| [G] I... | sat on a | rug... | biding my |
| [G] time... | [F↓] drin- [F↓] king [C↓] her | [G] wine | [G] |
| [G] We... | talked until | two... | and then she |
| [G] said... | [F↓] it's [F↓] time [C↓] for | [G] bed | [G] |
Instrumental Verse
She | [Gm] told me she | worked in the |
| [Gm] morning and | started to |
| [C] laugh | [Csus4] | [C] | [C]
I | [Gm] told her I | didn't and |
| [Gm] crawled off to | sleep in the |
| [Am] bath | [Am] | [D] | [D] |
| [G] And... | when I a- | woke... | I was a- |
| [G] lone | [F↓] this [F↓] bird [C↓] had | [G] flown | [G] |
| [G] So... | I lit a | fire... | Isn't it |
| [G] good | [F↓] Nor- [F↓]we- [C↓] gian | [G] wood | [G] |
Instrumental Verse
#Original in key of E. This chart in key of G.
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Sonny's Dream
Ron Hynes (1976)
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Sonny | [G] lives on a | farm, on a | wide open | space
Where you can | [G] take off your | shoes and | [C] give up the | [G] race
You could | [D] lay down your | head, by a | sweet river- | bed
But Sonny | [C] always re- | members, what it | was his mama |
| [G] sai- ai- | [D] aid | [D↓]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D]
Sonny | [G] carries a | load, though he's | barely a | man
There ain't | [G] all that to | do, still he | [C] does what he | [G] can
And he | [D] watches the | sea, from a | room by the | stairs
And the | [C] waves keep on | rollin', they've | done that for |
| [G] years and for | [D] years | [D]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D] | [D] | [D] |
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [G] | [D] | [D↓]
It's a | [G] hundred miles to | town, Sonny's | never been | there
And he | [G] goes to the | highway and | [C] stands there and | [G] stares
And the | [D] mail comes at | four, and the | mailman is | old
Oh but he | [C] still dreams his | dreams full of | silver and |
| [G] go- o- o- | [D] old | [D]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D]
Sonny's | [G] dreams can't be | real, they're just | stories he's | read
They're just | [G] stars in his | eyes, they're just | [C] dreams in his | [G] head
And he's | [D] hungry in- | side, for the | wide world out- | side
And I | [C] know I can't | hold him though I've | tried and I've
| [G] tried and I've | [D] tried | [D]
Chorus
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [D]
Oh, Sonny | [G] don't go a- | way, I am | here all a- | lone
Your | [G] daddy's a | sailor, who | [C] never comes | [G] home
All these | [D] nights get so | long, and the | silence goes | on
And I'm | [C] feeling so | tired, I'm | not all that |
| [G] stro- o- | [D] ong | [C] | [C] | [G↓]
#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 02-13-19 JJ
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Sound Of Silence
Paul Simon (1964)
2/4 | d u D u |
Intro Fingerpicking Pattern over this Em9 chord
A-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
E--------2-----|--------2-----|
C--4-----------|--4-----------|
G--------------|--------------|
1 & 2 & 1 & 2 &
| [Em] | [Em] |
| [Em] .. Hello | darkness, my old | [D] friend | [D] |
| [D] . I've come to | talk with you a- | [Em] gain | [Em] |
| [Em] . Because a | vision soft- | [C] ly creep- | [G] ing |
| [G] .. Left its | seeds while I wa- | [C] as sleep- | [G] ing |
| [G] .. And the | [C] vision | .. that was | planted | in my | [G] brain |
| [G] .. Still re- | [G] mains | [Em] |
| [G] . Within the | [D] sound | ... of | [Em] silence | [Em] | [Em↓]
In restless dreams I walked a- [D] lone
Narrow streets of cobble- [Em] stone
'Neath the halo of a [C] street- [G] lamp
I turned my collar to the [C] cold and [G] damp
When my [C] eyes were stabbed by the [C] flash of a neon [G] light
That split the [G] night [Em]
[G] And touched the [D] sound
of [Em] silence
[Em] And in the naked light I [D] saw
Ten thousand people, maybe [Em] more
People talking with- [C] out speak- [G] ing
People hearing with- [C] out listen- [G] ing
People writing [C] songs that [C] voices
never [G] share
And no one [G] dare [Em]
[G] Disturb the [D] sound of [Em] silence
[Em] “Fools” said I, “You do not [D] know
Silence like a cancer [Em] grows
Hear my words that I mi- [C] ight teach [G] you
Take my arms that I mi- [C] ight reach [G] you”
But my [C] words... like [C] silent raindrops [G] fell [Em]
And [G] echoed in the [D] wells of [Em] silence
[Em] And the people bowed and [D] prayed
To the neon God they [Em] made
And the sign flashed out [C] its warn- [G] ing
In the words that it wa- [C] as form- [G] ing
And the sign said “The [C] words of the prophets
Are [C] written on the subway [G] walls
And tenement [G] halls [G]
And [G] whispered in the [D↓] sounds
of [Intro FP] [Em] silence [Em]
A-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|
E--------2-----|--------2-----|
C--4-----------|--4-----------|
G--------------|--------------|
1 & 2 & 1 & 2 &
#Original key is semitone lower (Ebm) so a capo won't help for playing along.
#Thanks to Sharon and VUP (Vernon Ukulele Players) for this great chart.
#Last Updated 1/15/19 JJ
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Sympathy For The Devil
Rolling Stones (Jagger & Richards, 1968)
Use this 2 bar pattern over every bar
(I don't want to write it out in 16th notes)
4/4 | D - D - D - - u | - u - u D u D u |
1 2 3 (4) & & & 3 & 4 &
Intro (Z chord strumming or shakers)
[E7↓] ...Please allow me to intro- [D↓] duce myself, I'm a [A↓] man of wealth and [E7↓] taste
[E7↓] ...I've been around for [D↓] long, long years I've [A↓] stolen many a man's soul and [E7↓] faith
[E7↓] ...I was around when [D↓] Jesus Christ had his [A↓] moments of doubt and [E7↓] pain
[E7] ...I made damn sure that [D] Pilate, washed his [A] hands and sealed his [E7] fate [E7]
Chorus
[B7↓] ...Pleased to meet you, [B7↓] ...hope you guess my [E7↓] name, [E7↓]
But what's [B7↓] puzzling you, is the [B7↓] nature of my [E7↓] game [E7↓]
[E7] ...I stuck around St. [D] Petersburg when I [A] saw it was time for a [E7] change
[E7] ...I killed the Tzar and his [D] ministers, Anas- [A] tasia screamed in [E7] vain
[E7] ...I rode a tank, held a [D] gen'ral's rank, when the [A] blitzkrieg raged and the [E7] bodies stank [E7]
Chorus
[B7] ...Pleased to meet you, [B7] ...hope you guess my [E7] name, oh [E7] yeah
Ah what's [B7] puzzling you, is the [B7] nature of my [E7] game, oh [E7] yeah
Backup Vocals begin "Oo oooh" on beats 2 & 3 of every bar.)
[E7] ...I watched with glee while your [D] kings and queens, fought for [A] ten decades for the [E7] gods they made
I [E7] shouted out "Who killed the [D] Kennedys?", when [A] after all it was [E7] you and me
[E7] Let me please intro- [D] duce myself, I am a [A] man of wealth and [E7] taste
[E7] ...And I lay traps for [D] troubadours, who get [A] killed before they reach Bom- [E7] bay [E7]
Chorus
[B7] ...Pleased to meet you, [B7] ...hope you guess my [E7] name, oh [E7] yeah
But what's [B7] puzzling you, is the [B7] nature of my [E7] game, oh [E7] yeah
Solo (Backup Vocals Continue)
| [E7] | [D] | [A] | [E7] |
| [E7] | [D] | [A] | [E7] | [E7] |
Chorus
[B7] ...Pleased to meet you, [B7] ...hope you guess my [E7] name, oh [E7] yeah
But what's [B7] puzzling you, is the [B7] nature of my [E7] game, oh [E7] yeah
Just as [E7] every cop is a [D] criminal, and [A] all the sinners, [E7] Saints
As [E7] heads is tails, just call me [D] Lucifer, 'cause I'm in [A] need of some res- [E7] traint
So if you [E7] meet me, have some [D] courtesy, have some [A] sympathy and some [E7] taste
Use [E7] all your well- learned [D] politesse, or I'll [A] lay your soul to [E7] waste [E7]
Chorus
[B7] ...Pleased to meet you, [B7] ...hope you guess my [E7] name, hmm [E7] yeah
But what's [B7] puzzling you, is the [B7] nature of my [E7] game, hmm [E7] baby, get down...
Outro Solo (Backup Vocals Continue)
Repeat and Fade
| [E7] | [D] | [A] | [E7] |
| [E7] | [D] | [A] | [E7] |
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 01-31-19 JJ
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