Songfest 2010 Rise Up Singing notation reminders p. 225 has example of notation below each line lyric of a song corresponds to a chord group when you see a / that marks the end of that line lyric (so all the chords before it should have been played when you see say C G Am/ / when you see a -
that 2nd / means repeat the first line chords
that means keep playing the previous chord for another beat or so
when you see bunched chords like CG just move to 2nd chord quicker. when you see / “ / that means repeat the chords immediately above when you see ://
that means repeat from the beginning of that chord line
Possible songs from Rise Up Singing good singing let it be 117 you can close your eyes 129 mr bojangles 25 goodnite irene 132 (G D - G/ G G G C D G) joni mitchell 17, 20, 24, 30 (tougher chording) america 1 The Boxer 137 City of New Orleans 230 Sweet Baby James 136 Desperado 50 easy chords you ain't going nowhere 114 pack up your sorrows 67 this land is your land 5 paradise 149 baby beluga 166 down by the bay 167 yellow's the color of my... 122 catch the wind 122 Some Day soon 57 froggie and the fox 168 take me home, country roads 150 Geronimo's cadillac 2 The Night they drove old Dixie down 3 standards I've been working on the railroad 172 clementine 71 ridin on the MTA 17 autoharp suzanne 32 dixie down3 desperado 50
Hard Days Night
C9(let ring for a few seconds) G C9 G F G It's been a hard days night, and I've been workin' like a dog C9 G F G It's been a hard days night, and I should be sleepin' like G a log C D But when I get home to you I find the things that you do G C9 G They make me feel alright Bm When I'm home, G When I'm home,
Em Bm everything seems to be right Em C D feeling you holding me tight, tight, yeah
You know I work all day, to get you money, to buy you things And it's worth it just to hear you say, you're gonna give me everything So why on earth should I moan, cause when I get you alone you know I'll feel OK G C9 G You know I feel alright
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER -------VERSE 1: -------G D G D G D G I________________ should have known better with a girl like you____ D G D Em That I would love everything that you do___ C And I do__
D Hey hey hey___
G And I do___
D
-------VERSE 2: -------G
D G D G D G D Whoa___Whoa___I______Ne-ver realized what a kiss could be___ This could G D Em C B7 Em Only hap-pen to me___ Can't you see___Can't you see___ That when I C G tell you that I love___you___
B7
Oh___
Em You're gonna say___you love me too___
G G7 C D7 G ___Hoo hoo hoo______Oh____ And when I ask you to be mine___ Em C D7 G D G You're gonna say___ you love me too______ ------VERSE 3 (Same as VERSE 1 but with these lyrics): ------I should have realized a lot of things before____ If this is love you've got-ta give me more___ Give me more___ Hey hey hey___ Give me more___
D So___oh___
I've Just Seen A Face (Lennon/McCartney) First verse: G Em I've just seen a face I can't for get the time or place where we just met C She's just the girl for me and I want all the world to see we've met D G Na na na na na na Second verse: Had it been another day I might have looked the other way and I'd have never been aware but as it is I'll dream of her tonight Da da da da da da Chorus: D C G C G Falling yes I am falling and she keeps calling me back again Third verse: I have never known the likes of this I've been alone and I have Missed things and kept out of sight but as it is I'll dream of her tonight Da da da da da da Repeat chorus. Guitar solo played to verse chords. Repeat chorus. Repeat first verse. Repeat chorus 3 times to end. Note: Play with capo on 2nd fret, bringing song up to the key of A.
She Loves You:Beatles. INTRO: Am She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah. D7 She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah. F C She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah..yeah. #1. C Am You think you've lost your love, Em G7 Well, I saw her yesterday. C Am It's you she's thinking of, Em G7 and she told me what to say. CHORUS: C She said she loves you, and you know that Am can't be bad. Dm7 Yeah, she loves you, and you know you should G7 be glad. #2. C Am Em G7 She says you hurt her so, she almost lost her mind. C Am But now she said she knows, Em G7 that you're not the hurting kind. CHORUS: ADD: Am She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah. D7 She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah, Dm7 G G7 C and with a love like that you know you should be glad. #3. C Am Em G7 You know it's up to you, I think it's only fair. C Am Em G7 Pride can hurt you, too, apologise to her. CHORUS: ADD: Am She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah. D7 She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah. Dm7 G G7 C With a love like that you know you should be glad. (x3) C Am Glad—Yeah ,yeah, yeah...Glad, yeah, yeah, yeah, F C Glad, yeah, yeah, yeaaaaaaaaah.
I want to hold your hand G D I'll tell you something Em Bm I think you'll understand. G D When I say that something. Em Bm I wanna hold your hand Chorus C D G Em I wanna hold your hand. C D G I wanna hold your hand. Verse 2 Oh please say to me you'll let me be your man. And please say to me you'll let me hold your hand. (Repeat Chorus) Bridge Dm G C Am And when I touch you I feel happy inside. Dm G C It's such a feeling that my love, D C D C D I can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide. Verse 3 Yeah you got that somethin', I think you'll understand. When I say that something. I wanna hold your hand. (Repeat Chorus) (Repeat Bridge) Verse 4 Yeah you got that somethin', I think you'll understand. When I feel that something. I wanna hold your hand. Outro Chorus C D G Em I wanna hold your hand. C D B7 I wanna hold your hand. C D C (Gtr Outro Riff 2) G I wanna hold your hand.
Ripple Grateful Dead G C If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine C G And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung G C Would you hear my voice come through the music C G D C G Would you hold it near as it were your own? G C It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken C G Perhaps they're better left unsung G C I don't know, don't really care G D C G Let there be songs to fill the air (Chorus) Am D Ripple in still water G C When there is no pebble tossed A D Nor wind to blow G C Reach out your hand if your cup be empty C G If your cup is full may it be again G C Let it be known there is a fountain G D C G That was not made by the hands of men Verse 4 G There is a road, C Between the dawn G And if you go no G D That path is for
C no simple highway G and the dark of night C one may follow C G your steps alone
(Chorus) Verse 5 G C You who choose to lead must follow C G But if you fall you fall alone G C If you should stand then who's to guide you? G D C G If I knew the way I would take you home
Stuck in Lodi again Credence Clearwater
G Just about a year ago C G I set out on the road G G/F# Em Seekin' my fame and fortune Am D And lookin' for a pot of gold G Em Things got bad, and things got worse C G I guess you know the tune D C G Oh, Lord, stuck in Lodi again I rode in on a Greyhound, I'll be walkin' out if I go I was just passin' through Must be seven months or more Ran out of time and money Looks like they took my friends Oh, Lord, stuck in Lodi again The man from the magazine Said I was on my way Somewhere I lost connection Ran out of songs to play I came into town on a one-night stand Looks like my plans fell through Oh, Lord, stuck in Lodi again If I only had a dollar For every song I've sung And every time I've had to play While people sat there drunk You know I'd catch the next train Back to where I live Oh, Lord, stuck in Lodi again
Emmylou Harris
Pancho & Lefty
written by Townes Van Zandt
C 1 4 5 Living on the road my friend C F G G G C D Is gonna keep you free and clean F Now you wear your skin like iron C G Your breath as hard as kerosene F Weren't your mama's only boy C F But her favorite one it seems Am F C G She began to cry when you said goodbye F Am G And sank into your dreams C G Pancho was a bandit boys his horse was fast as polished steel F He wore his gun outside his pants C G For all the honest world to feel F C F Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico Am F C G F Am G Nobody heard his dying words ah but that's the way it goes F C F All the Federales say they could have had him any day Am F C G F Am G They only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose C G Lefty he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to F C G The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth F C F The day they laid poor Pancho low Lefty split for Ohio Am F C G F Am G Where he got the bread to go there ain't nobody knows F C F All the Federales say could have had him any day Am F C G F Am G They only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose
Song:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
For Bobbie...
G I WAS STANDING BY MY WINDOW C G ON A typical Seattle Day WHEN I SAW THAT truck COME ROLLING D G FOR TO CARRY MY recycle AWAY. CHORUS G WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN C G BYE AND BYE LORD, BYE AND BYE, THERE'S A BETTER WORLD HOME A-WAITING D G IN THE SKY LORD, IN THE SKY.
More lyrics; I was singing with Wendo I was singing with my friends And we all can sing together, cause the circle never ends G WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN C G BYE AND BYE LORD, BYE AND BYE, THERE'S A BETTER WORLD HOME A-WAITING D G IN THE SKY LORD, IN THE SKY.
Some before us some come after but our love stays ever more One day we’ll be united on that sunlit Hawaiian shore
I shall be Released Bob Dylan alternate key—try D
Em
F#m
Em
D
G Am They say ev'rything can be replaced, Bm Am G Yet ev'ry distance is not near. G Am So I remember ev'ry face Bm Am G Of ev'ry man who put me here. G
Am I see my light come shining Bm Am G From the west unto the east. G Am Any day now, any day now, Bm Am G I shall be released. They say ev'ry man needs protection, They say ev'ry man must fall. Yet I swear I see my reflection Some place so high above this wall. I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released. Now yonder standing here in this lonely crowd, a man who swears he's not to blame. All day long I hear his voice shouting so loud, Crying out that he was framed. I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released.
Carolina in my Mind
James Taylor
CHORUS: G
C
D
In my mind I'm going to Carolina C D Can't you see the sunshine C D Can't you just feel the moonshine G Em Maybe just like a friend of mine C D It hit me from behind G C D G Yes I'm going to Carolina in my mind G C Karen she's a silver sun Am D You best walk her way and watch it shining Em C D Watch her watch the morning come C G Em D C D A silver tear appearing now I'm cryin, ain't I? G C D G Going to Carolina in my mind G C There ain't no doubt it no one's mind Am D That love's the finest thing around Em C D Whisper something warm and kind C G Em D C D And hey babe the sky's on fire, I'm dying, ain't I? G C D G Going to Carolina in my mind G C Dark and silent late last night Am D I think I might have heard the highway calling Em C D Geese in flight and dogs that bite C G Em D C D Signs that might be omens say I going, going G C D G I'm going to Carolina in my mind
The Weight
The Band
Lyric format below deserves looking at... G Bm C G (1)I pulled in to Nazareth, I was feeling about half past dead. (2)I picked up my bag. I went looking for a place to hide. (3)Go down, Miss Moses, there's nothing you can say. (4)Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog. (5)Get your Canonball now, to take me down the line. G Bm C G I just need some place where I can lay my head. When I saw Carmen and the devil walking side by side. It's just old Luke, and Luke's waiting on the judgement day. He said, "I will fix your rack, if you'll take Jack my dog." My bag is sinking low, and I do believe it's time G Bm C G "Hey, Mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?" I said, "Hey, Carmen, come on. Let's go downtown." "Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee? I said,"Wait a minute, Chester. You know I'm a peaceful man." To get back to Miss Fanny. You know she's the only one G He just grinned, She said, "I got "He said, "Do me He said, "That's Who sent me here
Bm C G shook my hand, "No" was all he said. to go, but my friend can stick around." a favor, son, won't you stay and keep Anna Lee company." okay, boy. Won't you feed him when you can?" with her regards for everyone.
chorus G Bm Take a load off, Fanny. C G Take a load for free. G Bm Take a load off, Fanny. C G G/F# And And And you put the load right on me.
Em
C (play twice)
Guitar cheats
1. Alternate fingering of chord to anticipate next chord o G to C o E to A or Em to F#m 1.5 Use “enhanced” C chord when not alternating with G. 2. alternate D is “enhanced” C chord up two frets 3. use thumb with D chord 4. when you see G followed by Em, hit F# in bass on way down 5. if you don't like barre chords, learn to play a 3 stringed guitar o C F G power chords o Bm and B 6. don't fret about 7th, 6ths or etc when you see them, just play the major chord. But don't substitute a major for a minor when in a group...