Thursday, December 28, 2023

THERE WAS A TIME - MANDOLIN ORANGE

 

THERE WAS A TIME - MANDOLIN ORANGE                                                                                                                                                                2                                                                           

Em  udud        C udud          G/B udud          G/B udud           Em udud          C udud       G udud

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                     Em    C              G                                C               Am           G                          Em     C         G          

If I showed up      To your wedding    Wearing black and blue and red       Wouldn’t it      Seem fitting    Cause I’m as

C9                   Am                    G/B

Bruised and angry     as I’ve ever been 

 

                     Am        C            G/B                                   Am       C             C9              D

There was a time     When I called you    There was a time    When I called you mine

 

Em  udud        C udud          G/B udud          G/B udud           Em udud          C udud       G udud

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               Em          C                  G/B                    C               Am          G                      Em         C                 G                             C                            

This old house     Is cold and empty     even these old walls are bent      I laid down    You’re not with me.  Waking up just

Am      G/B                         Am       C         G/B                                     Am    C          G/B            D                 Em

Sinks it in.    There was a time   When I called you    There was a time when I called you mine

           

 

 

                     G                       Dm                         C     C/B          Am                 C                    G                         Em          C

There is no gold on either side of the Mississippi.       No silver in this world left to find.   Precious metals     And precious

G                               Dm           C                              C9                           G/B                            Am    C         G/B                    

Memories       Slip away, slip away    From your fingers and your mind.   There was a time when I called you,  There was a

Am     C          C9              D                                Am     C         G           D                  Am    C            G               D

 time when I called you mine.   There was a time when I called you   Was a time when I    called you mine.

                                                                                                                                                               (slow…………….. )

3/2  2/0  3/2  3/0  Em

 

 

 

 

 

 

C9   03200

Thursday, November 23, 2023

CAN'T GO ON WITHOUT YOU - KALEO

 

CANT GO ON WITHOUT YOU -  KALEO                                                                                                                                        1

 

C                                          B7                      Em      C                     B7              Em       C                         B7                 Em

They thought they were made for each other.  One thinking of one another.   Never thinking just for one second

C                           B7                 Em

He would take a different attraction.

                C                B7              Em                                  C              B7         Em                       C               B7                Em                    

We don’t want that,  we don’t want that,  We don’t want that,     Oh no     We don’t want that,      we don’t want that, 

                  C              B7           Em

We don’t want that,        Oh no

                              C         B7   Em                   C           B7  Em                            C           B7  Em                           C          B7  Em

Can’t go on without you,  Cant go on without you.         Can’t go on without you    .  I can’t go on without you.

 

                         C              B7                    Em                                        C           B7                    Em        C                                                                 

So what’s the point  of breaking my sweet  heart?   He wanted me   to let down my guard.   Well, you know what they say

    B7                                        Am7                                 B7

I’s better that way   So  you better hush and walk away.

                             C            B7                     Em                                              C              B7                 Em

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                             C            B7                     Em                                             C                       B7                      Em

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                C                B7              Em                                  C              B7         Em                       C               B7                Em                    

We don’t want that,  we don’t want that,  We don’t want that,     Oh no     We don’t want that,      we don’t want that, 

                  C              B7           Em

We don’t want that,        Oh no  

 

(SLOW)                                                         (SPEED BACK UP)

                              C         B7   Em                   C           B7  Em                            C           B7  Em                    C    B7  Em

Can’t go on without you,  Cant go on without you.         Can’t go on without you    .  I can’t go on without you.

 

                   C                               B7                    Em               C                  B7         Em          C                             

Where was I     supposed to wait for you sweetheart,  And hide away the shame.   Yes I keep it all inside,   All the

B7                                                            A7                             B7

Thought that crosses my mind.  I do all the things I regret 

                C                B7              Em                                  C              B7         Em                       C               B7                Em                    

We don’t want that,  we don’t want that,  We don’t want that,     Oh no     We don’t want that,      we don’t want that, 

                  C              B7           Em

We don’t want that,        Oh no

                              C         B7   Em                   C           B7  Em                            C           B7  Em                   C     B7   Em

Can’t go on without you,  Cant go on without you.         Can’t go on without you    .  I can’t go on without you.

Friday, November 17, 2023

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN - THE MAMMAS & THE PAPAS

 

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN – THE MAMMAS AND THE PAPAS                                                             1

 6/0  5/3 5/2   5/0      6/3  Am                     Am7/G      F           5/0   5/2 5/0 6/3   E*                              E7                                 C

        All   the   leaves  are brown  (all the leaves are brown) and  the sky is     gray  (and the sky is gray)   Ive been for a walk 

C/B                       Am                F            E*                               E7                    6/0  6/0 3/2  3/0  Am                   Am7/G      F

(Ive    Been for a walk.   On a winters day.   (on a winters day)                  I’d   be safe and  warm  (I’d be  safe and warm)

3/2 2/0  3/2  3/2 3/0  E*                      E7       1/0  2/3  2/1 2/0 Am                     Am7/G  F                       G                        E*    E7

If       I    was  in      L    A    (If I was in LA )     Cal    I     for   nia  dreamin   (California    Dreamin)  on such a winter’s day….

 

5/0        5/2 5/0  6/3 Am              Am7/G                            F                 

Stopped in   to    a   church          3/2    3/4    3/2   3/0    F

                 G            E*  E7         F                G           C                             CB         Am

I passed along the way       Well I got down on my knees   (got down on my knees)  and

         F           E*                              E7                                                                    Am                          Am7/G    F          

I pretend to pray   ( I pretend to pray.)    You know the preacher likes the cold    (Preacher  likes the cold)     He knows

G                E*                                          E7                                  Am                    Am7/G    F                     G                        E*   E7

I’m gonna stay      (knows I’m gonna stay        )     California dreamin   (California   Dreamin)  on such a winter’s day….

 

                          Am                                F                       G         Am                     F                               

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                                            Am                     Am7/G      F           5/0   5/2 5/0 6/3  E*                                E7       F                        C

        All   the   leaves  are brown  (all the leaves are brown) and  the sky  is gray  (and the sky is gray)   Ive been for a walk 

C/B                       Am                F            E*                               E7           6/0  6/0 6/3   6/0      Am                  Am7/G  F

(Ive    Been for a walk.   On a winters day.   (on a winters day)          If      I     did   n’t       tell her   (if I didn’t     tell her)          

               G       E*                                    E7

I  could leave today.  (I could leave today)

                  Am                      Am7/G    F                      G                         Am           Am7/G  F                       G                         Am

California Dreamin  (California       Dreamin)   On such a winter’s day  (California     Dreamin)  On such a winter’s day 

       Am7/G     F                      G                        Fmaj7

(California    Dreamin)   On such a winter’s day….

 

 

 

 

 

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E*  (E7 sus4)    000200              Am7/G   302010          Fmaj7    003210

Friday, October 13, 2023

GRATITUDE - Brandon Lake - selected excerpt

 

GRATITUDE – Brandon Lake                                                           1

 

       C                          Em7                    Am                 F

All my words fall short   Ive got nothing new   How could I express  All my gratitude

 

         C                     Em7                 Am                     F     

I could sing these songs  As I often do, But every song must end, Yet you never do

 

     C                       Em7                  Am          C

So I throw up my hands  And praise you again and again  Cause all that I have is a

F           Am   G  C                                      Em7                    Am

Hallelujah, hallelujah  And I know it’s not much  But I’ve nothing else fit for a king

Am7                         F          Am    G  C   

Except for a heart singing  Hallelujah, hallelu jah

 

         C                      Em7                    Am

I've got one response  I’ve got just one move  With my arms stretched wide  I will

       F

I will worship You           

 

     C                       Em7                  Am          C

So I throw up my hands  And praise you again and again  Cause all that I have is a

F           Am   G            C                            Em7                    Am

Hallelujah, hallelujah  And I know it’s not much  But I’ve nothing else fit for a king

Am7                         F          Am    G  C   

Except for a heart singing  Hallelujah, hallelu jah

Monday, September 4, 2023

Into the Mystic - Van Morrison

 

INTO THE MYSTIC – VAN MORRISON                                                                                               4 –

C                                                                                                            G

We were born  before the wind.   Also younger than the sun.  Ere the bonny boat was won

                                        C

as    We sailed into the mystic.      Hark now, hear  the sailors cry.  Smell the sea and feel the

          G                                                                                C

Sky.   Let your soul and spirit fly as   We sail into the mystic.   (below plays in “when that foghorn”)

                  

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Em                             F                           C                         G             Em                             F

When that foghorn blows,  I will be comin home,  mmm     When that foghorn blows,  I

             G

Wanna hear it.     I don’t want to have to fear it.

      C                                                         C                                                               G

And I want to rock your gypsy soul,   Just like way back    in the days of old.  And

                                                                      C

magnificently We will float      Into the mystic.     (REPEAT CHORUS)

C                                                                     C                                                                                     C

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Rich Men North of Richmond - Oliver Anthony Music

 

Rich Men North of Richmond   Oliver Anthony                                                                         3 –

G  Em  D  G         

                 Em                      C                            G                                 D                                   Em

I’ve been selling my soul, working all day,  Overtime hours, for bullshit pay.  So I can sit out

                             C                             G                                                       D

here, and   (waste my life away).   Drag back home and drown my troubles away.

 

 

CHORUS

          Em                                     C                                      G                                  D

It’s a damn shame, what the worlds gotten to.  For people like me, and people like you.  Wish

             Em                              C                                G              D                        Em                  C              

I could just wake up and it not be true.  But it is.  Aw it is.  Livin in the new world,  with an

 G            D           Em                                                  C                                              G

Old soul.  These rich (men north of Richmond)  Lord knows they (all just)  Wanna have total

       D                                                   Em                                                   C

control.   Wanna know what you think.  Wanna know what you do.  And they don’t think you

G                                                 D                                              Em                                       C

know.  But  I know that you do.  Cause your dollar aint shit, and it’s taxed to no end. 

                        G                                        D

Cause of rich men    North of Richmond.

 

 

   Em                                   C                                                         G                                                 D

I wish politicians, would look out for miners, And not just minors on an island somewhere.

                      Em                                           C                                      G                              D

Lord we got folks in the street, aint got nothin to  eat, and the obese milking welfare.  But God

             Em                               C                                                         G                                    D

if your five foot three, and three hundred pounds, taxes not ought to pay for your bags of

 

 fudge rounds.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

 

                           Em                                       C                                                      G       

Young men are putting themselves six feet in the ground.  Cause all this damn country does, is

           D                                      

 keep kickin them down.

 

CHORUS

 

 

 

Em  u               Am          D                            Em

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                 Em                      C                            G                                 D                                  

I’ve been selling my soul, working all day,  Overtime hours, for bullshit pay. 

 

 

Ending ins.

Em                    C                             Am                       Em

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