Songbook - May to June 2022 |
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| 5 Days In May Blue Rodeo (Jim Cuddy & Greg Keelor; 1993) |
| Better Together Jack Johnson (2005) |
| Imagine (original) John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1971) |
| Imagine (Key of G) Jack Johnson (John Lennon & Yoko Ono, 1971) |
| Morningtown Ride The Seekers (Malvina Reynolds, 1966) |
| Northwest Passage Stan Rogers (1981) |
| Sierra Boz Scaggs (1994) |
| Souvenirs John Prine (1972) |
| Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Don Mclean (1972) |
| Woodstock Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Joni Mitchell, 1970) |
5 Days In May
Blue Rodeo (1994)
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [Em] | [Em] | [D] | [D] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [C] | [C] |
| [Em] They met in a | hurricane |
| [D] Standing in the shelter | out of the rain |
| [Am] She tucked a | note into his | [C] hand | [C] |
| [Em] Later on they | took his car |
| [D] Drove on down where the | beaches are... |
| [Am] He wrote her | name in the | [C] sand... | [C] ... |
| [G] Never even | [F] let go of her | [C] hand | [D] | [D] |
| [Em] Somehow they | stayed that way |
| [D] For those 5 | days in May |
| [Am] Made all the | stars around them | [C] shine | [C] |
| [Em] Funny how you can | look in vain |
| [D] Living on nerves and | uch sweet pain |
| [Am] The loneli- | ness that cuts so | [C] fine | [C]
To | [G] find the face you've | [F] seen a thousand | [C] times | [D] | [D] |
Chorus
| [C] Sometimes the | world begins,
to | [C] set you up on your | feet again
And | [Bm7] oh, it wipes the | tears from your | [D] eyes | [D] |
| [C] How will you | ever know,
the | [C] way that circum- | stances go
| [Bm7] Always going to | hit you by sur- | [D] prise | [D]
But I | [Am↓] know my past | [G↓] you were there
In | [C↓] everything I've | [Em7↓] done...
You are the | [Em] one | [Em] |
| [D] | [D] | [Am] | [Am] | [C] | [C] |
| [Em] Looking back it's | hard to tell |
| [D] Why they stood while | others fell |
| [Am] ...Spend your | life working it | [C] out | [C] |
| [Em] All I know is one | cloudy day |
| [D] They both just | ran away |
| [Am] Rain on the | windshield heading | [C] south | [C] |
| [G] Oh she loved the | [F] lines around his | [C] mouth | [D] | [D] |
Chorus
| [C] Sometimes the | world begins,
to | [C] set you up on your | feet again
And | [Bm7] oh, it wipes the | tears from your | [D] eyes | [D] |
| [C] How will you | ever know,
the | [C] way that circum- | stances go |
| [Bm7] Always going to | hit you by sur- | [D] prise | [D]
But I | [Am↓] know my past | [G↓] you were there
In | [C↓] everything I've | [Em7↓] done
You are the | [Em] one | [Em] |
| [D] | [D] | [Am] | [Am] | [C] | [C] | [Em↓]
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Better Together
Jack Johnson (2005)
4/4 | D u X u D u X u | most chords are 2 beats so | D u X u ....
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
| [F] . There's no combi- [Am] nation of words
I could | [Dm] put on the back of a [C] postcard |
| [Bb] . No song that [F] I could sing
But | [Gm] I can try for [C] your heart |
| [F] . Our [Am] dreams
and they are | [Dm] made out of real [C] things, like a |
| [Bb] . shoe box of [F] photographs
With | [Gm] sepia- toned [C] loving |
| [F] . Love is the [Am] answer
At least for | [Dm] most of the questions in [C] my heart like |
| [Bb] . Why are we [F] here?
And where do we | [Gm] go? And how come it's [C] so hard? |
| [F] . It's not always [Am] easy and
Sometimes | [Dm] life can be de- [C] ceiving
| [Bb] . I'll tell you one [F] thing,
it's always | [Gm] better when we're to- [C] gether |
Chorus
| [Bb] .. Mmmm, it's always | [C] better when we're together |
| [Bb] .. Yeah, we'll look at the | [C] stars and we're together |
| [Bb] .. Well, it's always | [C] better when we're together |
| [Bb] .. Yeah, it's always | [C] better when we're together |
Interlude
| [F] [Am] | [Dm] [C] | [Bb] [F] | [Gm] [C] |
| [F] [Am] | [Dm] [C] | [Bb] [F] | [Gm] [C] |
And all of these | [F] moments just might [Am] find their way into my |
| [Dm] dreams to- [C] night
But I | [Bb] know that they'll be [F] gone
When the | [Gm] morning light [C] sings
And brings | [F] new things [Am] .
For to- | [Dm] morrow night you [C] see
That | [Bb] they'll be gone [F] too
Too many | [Gm] things I have to [C] do
But if all of these | [F] dreams might find [Am] their way
Into my | [Dm] day to day [C] scene
I'd be | [Bb] under the im- [F] pression
I was | [Gm] somewhere in be- [C] tween
With only | [F] two, just me and [Am] you
Not so many | [Dm] things we got to [C] do
Or | [Bb] places we got to [F] be
We'll sit be- | [Gm] neath the mango [C] tree now |
Chorus
| [Bb] .. Yeah, it's always | [C] better when we're together
| [Bb] .. Mmmm, we're somewhere | [C] in between together
| [Bb] .. Well, it's always | [C] better when we're together
| [Bb] .. Yeah, it's always | [C] better when we're toget her
Interlude
| [F] . Mmm | [Am] mmm mm | [Dm] mm mmm | [C] mmm |
| [Bb] . Mm mm mm | [F] mm mmm | [Gm] mmmm | [C] mm mmm mm |
| [F] [Am] | [Dm] [C] | [Bb] [F] | [Gm] [C] |
Bridge
| [Gm] .. I believe in me- | [C] mories they look so |
| [Gm] .. So pretty when I | [C] sleep, hey now and |
| [Gm] .. When I | [C] wake up you look so |
| [Gm] Pretty sleeping next to | [C] me, but there is |
| [Bb] .. Not enough | [C] time there is no |
| [Bb] .. No song I could | [C] sing, and there is no |
| [Gm] .. Combination of | [C] words I could say |
But I will | [Gm] still, tell you one | [C!] thing. We're better together
Outro
| [F] [Am] | [Dm] [C] | [Bb] [F] | [Gm] [C] |
| [F] [Am] | [Dm] [C] | [Bb] [F] | [Gm] [C] | [F!]
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Imagine
John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1971)
Intro
| [C] ... [Cmaj7] | [F] ... |
| [C] ... [Cmaj7] | [F] ... |
| [C] Imagine there's no | [F] heaven |
| [C] It's easy if you | [F] try |
| [C] No hell be- | [F] low us |
| [C] Above us only | [F] sky |
| [F] Imagine [Am] all the peo- | [Dm] ple [F] |
| [G7] Living for to- | [G7↓] day, ah- ah... |
| [C] Imagine there's no | [F] countries |
| [C] It isn't hard to | [F] do |
| [C] Nothing to kill or | [F] die for |
| [C] And no religion | [F] too |
| [F] Imagine [Am] all the peo- | [Dm] ple [F] |
| [G7] Living life in | [G7↓] peace, you- ou... |
Chorus
| [F] ...You may [G7] say I'm a | [C] dreamer [E7] |
| [F] ...But I'm [G7] not the only one | [C] [E7] |
| [F] ...I hope some [G7] day you'll | [C] join us [E7] |
| [F] ...And the [G7] world will | [C] be as one |
| [C] Imagine no pos- | [F]sessions |
| [C] I wonder if you | [F] can |
| [C] No need for greed or | [F] hunger |
| [C] A brotherhood of | [F] man |
| [F] Imagine [Am] all the peo- | [Dm] ple [F] |
| [G7] Sharing all the | [G7↓] world, you- ou... |
Chorus
| [F] ...You may [G7] say I'm a | [C] dreamer [E7] |
| [F] ...But I'm [G7] not the only one | [C] [E7] |
| [F] ...I hope some [G7] day you'll | [C] join us [E7] |
| [F] ...And the [G7] world will | [C↓] live as one
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Imagine (Key of G)
Jack Johnson (John Lennon & Yoko Ono, 1971)
Fingerpicking in 16th notes
|---A-----A-----A---A-----A-----A-|
|-----M-----M---------M-----M-----|
|-------I-----I---------I-----I---|
|-T---------------T---------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Intro
| [G] | [C] |
| [G] | [C] |
| [G] . Imagine there's no | [C] heaven |
| [G] . It's easy if you | [C] try |
| [G] . No hell be- | [C] low us |
| [G] . and above us is only | [C] sky |
| [C] Imagine [Em] all the peo- | [Am] ple [C] |
| [D7] Living for to- | [D7↓] day, you-hoo-hoo-oo-oo |
Chorus
| [C] . You may [D7] say I'm a | [G] dreamer [B7] |
| [C] . But I'm [D7] not the only one | [G] [B7] |
| [C] . I hope some [D7] day you'll | [G] join us [B7] |
| [C] . And the [D7] world will live as one | [G] .... |
| [G] . Imagine there's no coun- | [C] -tries |
| [G] . It isn't hard to | [C] do |
| [G] . Nothing to kill or die | [C] for |
| [G] . No religion too | [C] .... |
| [C] Imagine [Em] all the peo- | [Am] ple [C] |
| [D7] Living life for | [D7↓] peace, you-hoo-oo-oo |
Chorus
| [C] . You may [D7] say I'm a | [G] dreamer [B7] |
| [C] . But I'm [D7] not the only one | [G] [B7] |
| [C] . I hope some [D7] day you'll | [G] join us [B7] |
| [C] . And the [D7] world will live as one | [G] .... |
| [G] . Imagine no pos- | [C] sessions |
| [G] . I wonder if you can | [C] .... |
| [G] . No need for greed or hun- | [C] -ger |
| [G] . A brotherhood of man | [C] .... |
| [C] Imagine [Em] all the peo- | [Am] ple [C] |
| [D7] Sharing all the | [D7↓] world, you-hoo-oo-oo |
Chorus
| [C] . You may [D7] say I'm a | [G] dreamer [B7] |
| [C] . But I'm [D7] not the only one | [G] [B7] |
| [C] . I hope some [D7] day you'll | [G] join us [B7] |
| [C] . And the [D7] world will live as one | [G↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play with Jack Johnson's cover of Imagine.
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Morningtown Ride
The Seekers (Malvina Reynolds, 1966)
Swing Feel
4/4 | d - D u d - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
| [G] Train whistle | [G7] blowin' | [C] makes a sleepy | [G] noise [G7] |
| [C] Underneath their | [G] blankets, go | [Am] all the girls and | [D] boys. |
Chorus
| [G] Rockin', rollin', | [G7] ridin', | [C] out along the | [G] bay [G7] |
| [C] All bound for | [G] Morning [Em] town | [D] many [D7] miles a- | [G] way. |
| [G] Driver at the | [G7] engine | [C] fireman rings the | [G] bell [G7] |
| [C] Sandman swings the | [G] lantern, to | [Am] show that all is | [D] well. |
Chorus
| [G] Rockin', rollin', | [G7] ridin', | [C] out along the | [G] bay [G7] |
| [C] All bound for | [G] Morning [Em] town | [D] many [D7] miles a- | [G] way. |
| [G] Maybe it is | [G7] raining | [C] where our train will | [G] ride [G7] |
| [C] All the little | [G] travellers, are | [Am] warm and snug in- | [D] side. |
Chorus
| [G] Rockin', rollin', | [G7] ridin', | [C] out along the | [G] bay [G7] |
| [C] All bound for | [G] Morning [Em] town | [D] many [D7] miles a- | [G] way. |
| [G] Somewhere there is | [G7] sunshine | [C] somewhere there is | [G] day [G7] |
| [C] Somewhere there is | [G] Morning town, | [Am] many miles a- | [D] way. |
Chorus
| [G] Rockin', rollin', | [G7] ridin', | [C] out along the | [G] bay [G7] |
| [C] All bound for | [G] Morning [Em] town | [D] many [D7] miles a- | [G] way. |
| [G] Rockin', rollin', | [G7] ridin', | [C] out along the | [G] bay [G7] |
| [C] All bound for | [G] Morning [Em] town | [D] many [D7] miles a- | [G] way. |
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Northwest Passage
Stan Rogers (1981)
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
| [Bm] Westward from the | [D] Davis Strait,
'Tis | [G] there was said to | [Bm] lie,
The | [Bm] sea route to the | [D] Orient,
For | [Em] which so many | [G] died,
| [Bm] Seeking gold and | [D] glory,
Leaving | [G] weathered broken | [Bm] bones, and
A | [G] long forgotten | [D] lonely [A] cairn of | [Bm] stones. | [Bm]
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
Three | [Bm] centuries there - | [D] after,
I take | [G] passage over | [Bm] land,
In the | [Bm] footsteps of brave | [D] Kelso,
Where his | [Em] "sea of flowers" be- | [G] gan.
Watching | [Bm] cities rise be- | [D] fore me,
Then be - | [G] hind me sink a- | [Bm] gain,
This | [G] tardiest ex- | [D] plorer,
Driving | [A] hard, across the | [Bm] plains.
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
And | [Bm] through the night be- | [D] hind the wheel,
The | [G] mileage clicking | [Bm] west,
I | [Bm] think upon Mac- | [D] kenzie,
David | [Em] Thompson, and the | [G] rest,
Who | [Bm] cracked the mountain | [D] ramparts, and
Did | [G] show a path for | [Bm] me,
To | [G] race the roaring | [D] Fraser, [A] to the | [Bm] sea. | [Bm]
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
How | [Bm] then am I so | [D] different,
From the | [G] first men through this | [Bm] way,
Like | [Bm] them, I left a | [D] settled life,
I | [Em] threw it all a- | [G] way,
To | [Bm] seek a Northwest | [D] Passage,
At the | [G] call of many | [Bm] men,
To | [G] find there, but the | [D] road back [A] home a- | [Bm] gain.
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea.
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Sierra
Boz Scaggs (1994)
Fingerpicking Pattern
-|----------M-------------|
4|----I-----------I-----I-|
4|-T-----------------T----|
-|-------T----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [Bm] | [Bm] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [A] | [A] | [D] | [D] |
| [Bm] | [Bm] | [A] | [A] |
| [Bm] | [Bm] | [A] | [A] |
| [Bm] . What about the | one who said he | [Em] loved you | [Em] |
| [A] . What about the | one who said he | [D] cared | [D] |
| [Bm] . Don't | bother trying to | [A] find him | [A] |
| [Bm] . Way up | in the icy | [A] air | [A] |
| [Bm] . Oh you | played with his | [Em] heartstrings | [Em] |
| [A] . And you | played without a | [D] care | [D] |
| [Bm] . But not up | in the high si- | [A] erra | [A] |
| [Bm] . You won't | play his heart out | [B] the- | -ere |
Chorus
| [Em] .... | ...The | [Asus4] angels lay their | [A] clouds across his | [F#] sky | [F#] |
| [Bm] . They line up | for him every | [Em] night | [Em] |
| [Asus4] Some have wings and | [A] others sing
The | [Em] rest do lazy | ballets in the | [Asus4] air | [A] |
| [Bm] . There he's got a | bird to give him | [Em] warning | [Em] |
| [A] . And he's | got a lookout | [D] too | [D] |
| [Bm] . The beauty | of the high si- | [A] erra | [A] |
| [Bm] . And she's | looking out for | [A] you | [A] |
Instrumental
| [Bm] | [Bm] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [A] | [A] | [D] | [D] |
| [Bm] | [Bm] | [A] | [A] |
| [Bm] | [Bm] | [B] | [B] |
Chorus
| [Em] .... | ...The | [Asus4] angels lay their | [A] clouds across his | [F#] sky | [F#] |
| [Bm] . They line up | for him every | [Em] night | [Em] |
| [Asus4] Some have wings and | [A] others sing
The | [Em] rest do lazy | ballets in the | [Asus4] air | [A!] |
| [Bm] . What about the | one who said he | [Em] loved you | [Em] |
| [A] . What about the | one who said he | [D] cared | [D] |
| [Bm] . He's up | in the high si- | [A] erra | [A] |
| [Bm] . But don't | bother looking | [A] there | [A] |
Outro
| [Bm] | [Bm] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [A] | [A] | [D] | [D!] |
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Souvenirs
John Prine (1972)
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 &
Intro
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] | [D7] | [D7] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] | [D7] | [D7] | [G] | [G] | [G!]
All the snow has turned to | [C] water | [C] |
| [D7] .. Christmas | days have come and | [G] gone. | [G] |
| [G] .. Broken | toys and faded | [C] colours | [C] |
| [D7] .. are all that's | left to linger | [G] on. | [G] | [G!]
I hate graveyards and old | [C] pawn shops | [C] |
| [D7] .. For they | always bring me | [G] tears. | [G] |
| [G] .. I can't for- | give the way they | [C] robbed me | [C] |
| [D7] .. of my | childhood souve- | [G] nirs. | [G] | [G!]
Chorus
| [D7] .. Memo- | ries, they can't be | [G] boughten. | [G]
They | [D7] can't be won at | carnivals for | [G] free. | [G] |
| [D7] . Well it took me | years... to | [G] get those souve- | [G] nirs
And I | [C] don't know how they | slipped away from | [D7] me. | [D7] |
Instrumental
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] | [D7] | [D7] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] | [D7] | [D7] | [G] | [G] | [G!]
Broken hearts and dirty | [C] windows | [C] |
| [D7] .. Make life | difficult to | [G] see. | [G] |
| [G] .. That's why | last night and this | [C] morning | [C] |
| [D7] .. Always | look the same to | [G] me. | [G] | [G!]
I hate reading old love | [C] letters | [C] |
| [D7] .. For they | always bring me | [G] tears. | [G] |
| [G] .. I can't | forgive the way they | [C] rob me | [C] |
| [D7] .. Of my | sweetheart's souve- | [G] nirs. | [G] | [G!] |
Chorus
| [D7] .. Memo- | ries, they can't be | [G] boughten. | [G]
They | [D7] can't be won at | carnivals for | [G] free. | [G] |
| [D7] . Well it took me | years... to | [G] get those souve- | [G] nirs
And I | [C] don't know how they | slipped away from | [D7] me. | [D7] |
Outro
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] | [D7] | [D7] | [G] | [G] | [G!]
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Vincent (Starry Starry Night)
Don Mclean (1972)
:Am9: 
Any fingerpicking pattern in 4/4 Lick for beginning verses
Try:
|-A-----A-A-----A-| |---------------0-|
|---M-------M-----| |-----------0-3---|
|-----I-------I---| |---------2-------|
|-T-------T-------| |-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Starry, starry | [G] night [Gsus4] .... | [G] .... paint your palette | [Am] blue and grey [Am9] .... |
| [Am] .... [Am9] Look out on a | [C] summer's day [Cmaj7] .. with | [D7] eyes that know the darkness in my | [G] soul
Shadows on the | [G] hills [Gsus4] .... | [G] .... Sketch the trees and | [Am] daffodils [Am9] .... |
| [Am] .... [Am9] Catch the breeze and | [C] winter chills [Cmaj7] .. in | [D7] colors on the snowy linen | [G] land [Gsus4] | [G]
Chorus
And now I under- | [Am] stand ... | [D7] .. what you tried to | [G] say to [Gmaj7] me |
| [Em] . and how you suffered for your | [Am] sanity | [D7] .. and you tried to set them | [Em!] free
They would not listen, they did | [A] not know how | [Am] ... per- [D7] haps they'll listen | [G] now [Gsus4] | [G]
Starry, starry | [G] night [Gsus4] .... | [G] .... flaming flowers that | [Am] brightly blaze [Am9] .... |
| [Am] .... [Am9] Swirling clouds in | [C] violet [Cmaj7] haze, re- | [D7] flecting Vincent's eyes of china | [G] blue
Colors changing | [G] hue [Gsus4] .... | [G] .... Morning fields of | [Am] amber grain [Am9] .... |
| [Am] .... [Am9] Weathered faces | [C] lined in [Cmaj7] pain, are | [D7] soothed beneath the artist's loving | [G] hand
Chorus
Now I under- | [Am] stand ... | [D7] .. what you tried to | [G] say to [Gmaj7] me |
| [Em] . and how you suffered for your | [Am] sanity | [D7] .. and you tried to set them | [Em!] free
They would not listen, they did | [A] not know how | [Am] ... per- [D7] haps they'll listen | [G] now
Bridge
For they could not | [Am] love you .... | [D] . but still your love was | [G] true [Gmaj7] |
| [Em] ... And when no | [Am!] hope was left in sight on that | [Cm!] starry, starry night,
You | [G] took your life as [G7] lovers often | [E7!] do
But I | [Am] could have told you, Vincent, this | [C] world was never meant for one as
| [D] beautiful as... | [G] you [Gsus4] | [G]
Starry, starry | [G] night [Gsus4] .... | [G] .... portraits hung in | [Am] empty halls [Am9] |
| [Am] .... [Am9] Frameless heads on | [C] nameless [Cmaj7] walls, with | [D7] eyes that watch the world and can't for- | [G] get
Like the strangers that you've | [G] met [Gsus4] ... The | [G] ragged men in | [Am] ragged [Am9] clothes |
| [Am] ... The [Am9] silver thorn of | [C] bloody [Cmaj7] rose, lie | [D7!] crushed and broken on the virgin | [G] snow
Chorus
And now I think I | [Am] know [Am9] .... | [D7] . what you tried to | [G] say to [Gmaj7] me |
| [Em] . How you suffered for your | [Am] sanity | [D7] . how you tried to set them | [Em!] free
They would not listen, they're not | [A] listening still | [Am] ... per- [D7] haps they never | [G] will [Gsus4] | [G!]
#Play along with Don Mclean in this key.
#Last Updated 5/30/22 JJ
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Woodstock
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Joni Mitchell, 1970)
4/4 | d u - u - u - u |
1 & & & &
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G]
Well I | [G] came upon a | child of God
He was | [C] walking along the | road
And I | [C] asked him "Tell me where are you | going"
This he | [G] told me | [G]
"Said I'm | [G] going on down to | Yasgurs farm
Gonna | [C] join in a Rock 'n Roll | band
Gotta | [C] get back to the | land
And set my | [G] soul free" | [G!!]
Chorus
We are | [C] stardust , we are | [G] golden
We are | [C] billion year old | Carbon
And we | [Bb] got to get our- | [F] selves
Back to the | [C] gar- | [G] ar- | [G] den
Well then | [G] can I walk be- | side you?
I have | [C] come to lose the | smog
And I | [C] feel to be a | cog
with something | [G] turning | [G]
and | [G] maybe it's the time of | year
yes and | [C] maybe it's the time of | man
And I | [C] don't know who I | am
but life is for | [G] learning | [G!!]
Chorus
We are | [C] stardust , we are | [G] golden
We are | [C] billion year old | Carbon
And we | [Bb] got to get our- | [F] selves
Back to the | [C] gar- | [G] ar- | [G] den
Intrumental
| [G] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G]
Chorus
We are | [C] stardust , we are | [G] golden
We are | [C] billion year old | Carbon
And we | [Bb] got to get our- | [F] selves
Back to the | [C] gar- | [G] ar- | [G] den
By the | [G] time we got to | Woodtsock
We were | [C] half a million strong | [C]
And | [C] everywhere was a | song
and cele- | [G] bration | [G]
And I | [G] dreamed I saw the | bomber death planes
riding | [C] shotgun in the | sky
Turning | [C] into butter- | flies
above the | [G] nation | [G!!]
Chorus
We are | [C] stardust , we are | [G] golden
We are | [C] billion year old | Carbon
And we | [Bb] got to get our- | [F] selves
Back to the | [C] gar- | [G] ar- | [G] den
Chorus
We are | [C] stardust , we are | [G] golden
We are | [C] billion year old | Carbon
And we | [Bb] got to get our- | [F] selves
Back to the | [C] gar- | [G] ar- | [G] den
#Play along with Crosby Stills Nash and Young in this key.
#Last Updated 01/14/2022 JJ
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