American Pie By Don McLean  Key of G

A long long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make You smile……
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they’d be happy for a while. ¹
But February made me shiver
With every paper I delivered,
Bad news on the door step,
I couldn’t take one more step,

I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside,
The day, the music, died.
So…

Refrain:
Bye, bye Miss American Pie ⁵
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ol’ boys were drinkin’ whiskey ‘n’ rye
Singin this will be the day that I die.
This will be the day that I die.

Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above,
If the bible tells you so.
And do you believe in rock ‘n’ roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well I know that you’re in love with him
Cuz I saw you dancin’ in the gym.
You both kicked off your shoes
And I dig those rhythm and blues.

I was a lonely teenage bronkin’ buck
With a pink carnation and a pick up truck
But I knew I was out of luck,
The day, the music, died.
I started singin…

Refrain

Now for ten years we’ve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin stone
But that’s not how it used to be,
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me.

Oh and while the king was looking down,
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned;
No verdict was returned.

And while Lennon read a book on Marx,

The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark,
The day, the music, died.
We were singin’…

Refrain

Helter Skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and fallin’ fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.

Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance
Oh but we never got the chance.

As the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed,

the day, the music, died?
We started singin’…

Refrain

Oh and there we were all in one place,
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again.
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.
Jack Flash sat on a candle stick
Because fire is the devils only friend.

Oh and as I watched him on the stage,
My hands were clinched in fists of rage,
No angel born in hell
Could break that Satan’s spell.

And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight,
The day, the music, died.
He was singin’…

Refrain

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away.
I went down to the sacred store
Where I’d heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn’t play.

And in the streets the children screamed,
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.
But not a word was spoken,
The church bells all were broken.

And the three men I admire most,
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost,
They caught the last train for the coast,
The day, the music, died.
And they were singin’…

Refrain

They were singin’…

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ol’ boys were drinkin’ whiskey ‘n’ rye
Singin’ this will be the day that I die.

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SKIN DEEP  Buddy Guy (Life Theme Song) Key of A

• I’ve been around a while
  I know wrong from right
  And since a long time ago
  Things been always black and white
  Just like you can’t judge
•  a book  by the cover
• We all gotta be careful
  How we treat one another

Blues Brothers – Sweet Home Chicago (Key of E)

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Van Morrison– Tupelo Honey Key of B-flat

You can take all the tea in China

Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around all the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can’t stop us on the road to freedom
You can’t keep us ’cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor bent on chivalry
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey, baby, from the bee

You can’t stop us on the road to freedom
You can’t stop us ’cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor intent on chivalry
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey, baby, from the bee

You know she’s alright
You know she’s alright with me
She’s alright, she’s alright (she’s an angel)
You know she’s alright
You know she’s alright with me
She’s alright, she’s alright (she’s an angel)
You know she’s alright
You know she’s alright with me
She’s alright, she’s alright (she’s an angel)
She’s alright, she’s alright (she’s an angel)
She’s alright, she’s alright (she’s an angel)
She’s alright, she’s alright (she’s an angel)

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail it right around all these seven oceans
Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea
Because, she’s as sweet as Tupelo honey, yes she is
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey, baby, from the bee

She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like the honey, from the bee
She’s my baby, you know she’s alright
She’s alright, she’s alright (she’s an angel)
She’s my baby, you know she’s alright
She’s alright, she’s alright (she’s an angel)
She’s my baby, you know she’s alright
She’s alright, she’s alright (she’s an angel)

"You and Tequila" by Kenny Chesney (featuring Grace Potter)

G Bm C (x4)

G           Bm   C    G                   Bm     C
Baby here I am again, kicking dust in the canyon wind
G        Bm      C           G Bm C
Waiting for that sun to go down
G               Bm     C    G               Bm     C
Made it up Mulholland Drive, hell-bent on getting high
G      Bm       C          G
High above the lights of town

D                        G
You and tequila make me crazy
D                          G
You run like poison in my blood
Bm                             Em
One more night could kill me, baby
C                                 D         G Bm C G Bm C
One is one too many, one more is never enough
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G               Bm    C    G                      Bm        C
For 30 days and 30 nights, I've been putting up a real good fight
G           Bm     C               G Bm C
There were times I thought you'd win
G            Bm   C    G                 Bm     C
It's so easy to forget the bitter taste morning left
G               Bm     C           G
Swore I wouldn't go back there again

D                       G
You and tequila make me crazy
D                          G
You run like poison in my blood
Bm                             Em
One more night could kill me, baby
C                                     D       Em
One is one too many, and one more is never enough
Em                    A
When it comes to you, oh the damage I could do
Em                            C
It's always your favorite sins that do you in

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
G Bm C (x4)

D                        G
You and tequila make me crazy
D                          G
You run like poison in my blood
Bm                             Em
One more night could kill me, baby
C                                     D         G Bm C G Bm C
One is one too many, and one more is never enough

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Rainy Night In Georgia     Brook Benton or Ray Charles or Bozz Skaggs

Dmaj7   D C G D 2x *

D              G         D                G             D
Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
           G        D                       G             D           Bm
Heavy rain fallin', seems I hear your voice callin' "It's all right."

                 F#m    Bm                 F#m    Em
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia
                   G                    D     Em
It seems like it's rainin' all over the world
                 G                    D
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

D            G         D                   G       D
Neon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night
          G            D              G                  D            Bm
A distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night

                 F#m    Bm                      F#m    Em
A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia
                     G                    D    Em
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
                 G                    D
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

Cmaj7            Bm       Cmaj7
How many times I wondered
                       Bm
It still comes out the same
Em        D                     Em
No matter how you look at it or think of it
     G     Em           Cmaj7  G        D
It's life, and you just got to play the game

  D                    G        D            G         D
I find me a place in a box car, so I take my guitar to pass some time
                        G              D                 G               D          Bm
Late at night when it's hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine

                          F#m    Bm                            F#m    Em
But it's a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it's a rainy night in Georgia,  I
          G                    D    Em                          G
feel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now and it's rainin' all over the
D    Em
world
                       G              Em
Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?
                         G                           D    Em
And you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's world
                G     D
You're talking about, rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',
                                                    G
rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin' over the world
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“Jesus Just Left Chicago”   ZZ TOP (Key of G)

Jesus just left Chicago and he’s bound for New Orleans.
Well now, Jesus just left Chicago and he’s bound for New Orleans.
Yeah, yeah.
Workin’ from one end to the other and all points in between.Took a jump through Mississippi, well, muddy water turned to wine.
Took a jump through Mississippi, muddy water turned to wine.
Yeah, yeah.
Then out to California through the forests and the pines.
Ah, take me with you, Jesus.You might not see him in person but he’ll see you just the same.
You might not see him in person but he’ll see you just the same.
Yeah, yeah.
You don’t have to worry ’cause takin’ care of business is his name.

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Only Women Bleed   Alice Cooper “G”

Man’s got his woman to take his seed
He’s got the power – oh
She’s got the need
She spends her life through pleasing up her man
She feeds him dinner or anything she canShe cries alone at night too often
He smokes and drinks and don’t come home at all
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleedMan makes your hair gray
He’s your life’s mistake
All you’re really lookin’ for is an even breakHe lies right at you
You know you hate this game
He slaps you once in a while and you live and love in painShe cries alone at night too often
He smokes and drinks and don’t come home at all
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleedBlack eyes all of the time
Don’t spend a dime
Clean up this grime
And you there down on your knees begging me please come
Watch me bleedOnly women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed

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Buddy Guy – Early In The Morning Lyrics   (Drop down D)

Early in the morning I can’t get right
I had a little date with my baby last nightI said, early in the morning (early in the morning)
I know it’s early in the morning (early in the morning)
Early in the morning (yeah)
And I ain’t got nothin’ but the blues (blues)I went to the places where we used to go
I went to her house and she don’t live there no moreI said, early in the morning (early in the morning)
I know it’s early in the morning (early in the morning)
Early in the morning (yeah)
And I ain’t got nothin’ but the blues (blues)I went to a girlfriend’s house and she was out
I knocked on her father’s door and he began to shoutI said early in the morning (early in the morning)
I know it’s early in the morning (early in the morning)
Early in the morning (yeah)
And I ain’t got nothin’ but the blues (blues)(yeah)
(early in the morning)
(early in the morning)
(early in the morning)
(yeah)
(blues)I went to Bob Evans to get me something to eat (yeah)
The waitress looked at me said, “Buddy, you sure look beat” (yeah)I said early in the morning (early in the morning)
I know it’s early in the morning (early in the morning)
Early in the morning (yeah)
And I ain’t got nothin’ but the blues (blues)

I had a lot of money when I started out (yeah)
I can’t find my baby, you know my money run out (yeah)

I said early in the morning (early in the morning)
I know it’s early in the morning (early in the morning)
Early in the morning (yeah)
And I ain’t got nothin’ but the blues (blues)

Early in the morning (yeah)
And I ain’t got nothin’ but the blues (blues)

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“Trudy”  Charlie Daniels Band    A

And if she asks you how I’m fairing
Tell her I’m just about to lose my mind
Worried about old Johnny Lee Walker,  And the girl I left behind
Now Johnny Lee Walker was a card mechanic
Had a hand for trouble and a eye for cash
Luckiest man in Dallas County
He had a gold watch chain and a black moustache

And he loved his whiskey and he loved his women
Drove a big long Cadillac limousine
Kept a big fine fancy town house in Dallas
And a hotel suite in New Orleans

Carried a switch blade knife in his left hip pocket
And a 44 hog leg up under his coat
Cut you down in a New York minute
If he catch you cheating that was all she wrote

So call up Trudy on the telephone
Send her a letter in the mail
Tell her I’m hung up in Dallas
And they won’t let me outta’ this jail

If she asks you how I’m fairing
Tell her I’m just about to lose my mind
Worried about old Johnny Lee Walker
And the girl I left behind

I just got to town last Friday evening
Sure as hell didn’t mean to stay
I was on my way back to Louisiana
Had a powerful thirst and six months pay

I met a peroxide blonde in a bar on D-ville
I was flying high and feeling mean
Poured down a bottle and a half of red eye
I dropped 35 dollars in the slot machine

And the boys in the back was dealing 7 card
I set down and won me a 110
I was raking in chips like Grant took Richmond
Till big Johnny Lee come a strolling in

He red dogged the table like a 707
Pretty soon he done won all of my bread
I accused him of cheating he reached for a pistol
I grabbed a chair and went upside of his head

Then I took off a running like a motorcycle
Heard the bullets whining and sirens wail
But it took half the cops in Dallas County
Just to put one coon ass boy in jail

So call up Trudy on the telephone
Send her a letter in the mail
Tell her I’m hung up in Dallas
And they won’t let me outta’ this jail

And if she asks you how I’m fairing
Tell her I’m just about to lose my mind
Worried about old Johnny Lee Walker
And the girl I left behind

The Road  Jackson Brown   “G”

Highways and dance halls
A good song takes you far
Your write about the moon
And you dream about the stars
Blues in old motel rooms
Girls in daddy’s car
You sing about the nights
And you laugh about the scars
Coffee in the morning cocaine afternoons
You talk about the weather
And you grin about the rooms
Phone calls long distance
To tell how you’ve been
Forget about the losses, you exaggerate the wins
And when you stop to let ‘em know
You’ve got it down
It’s just another town along the road

The ladies come to see you
If your name still rings a bell
They give you damn near nothin’
And they’ll say they knew you well
So you tell ‘em you remember
But they know it’s just a game
And along the way their faces
All begin to look the same
And when you stop to let ‘em know
You got it down
It’s just another town along the road

Well it isn’t for the money
And it’s only for a while
You stalk about the rooms
And you roll away the miles
Gamblers in the neon, clinging to guitars
You’re right about the moon
But you’re wrong about the stars
And when you stop to let ‘em know
You got it down
It’s just another town along the road

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If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river , at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
oh ooh oh ooh

Lord make me a rainbow, I’ll shine down on my mother
She’ll know I’m safe with you when she stands under my colors
Oh, and life ain’t always what you think it ought to be, no
Ain’t even gray, but she buries her baby

The sharp knife of a short life
Oh, well, I’ve had just enough time

If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

The sharp knife of a short life
Oh, well, I’ve had just enough time

And I’ll be wearing white when I come into your kingdom
I’m as green as the ring on my little cold finger
I’ve never known the loving of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand

There’s a boy here in town, says he’ll love me forever
Who would have thought forever could be severed by
The sharp knife of a short life
Oh, well, I’ve had just enough time

So put on your best, boys, and I’ll wear my pearls
what i never did is done

A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I’ll sell ‘em for a dollar
They’re worth so much more after I’m a goner
And maybe then you’ll hear the words I been singing
Funny, when you’re dead how people start listening

If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

The ballad of a dove
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep ‘em in your pocket
Save them for a time when you’re really gonna need them, oh

The sharp knife of a short life
Oh, well, I’ve had just enough time
So put on your best boys
And I’ll wear my pearls

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Suite Judy Blue Eyes  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  “D”

It’s getting to the point
where I’m no fun anymore
I am sorry
Sometimes it hurts so badly
I must cry out loud
I am lonely

I am yours, you are mine
you are what you are
And you make it hard
Remember what we’ve said
and done and felt
about each other
Oh babe, have mercy
Don’t let the past remind us
of what we are not now
I am not dreaming

I am yours, you are mine
you are what you are
And you make it hard

Tearing yourself away
from me now you are free
and I am crying
This does not mean I don’t love you
I do, that’s forever
yes and for always

I am yours, you are mine
you are what you are
And you make it hard

Something inside is telling me that
I’ve got your secret
Are you still listening?
Fear is the lock
and laughter the key to your heart
and I love you

I am yours, you are mine
you are what you are
And you make it hard
And you make it hard
And you make it hard
And you make it hard

Friday evening, Sunday in the afternoon
What have you got to lose?
Tuesday mornin’, please be gone
I’m tired of you
What have you got to lose?

Can I tell it like it is?
(Help me I’m sufferin’)
Listen to me baby
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Help me I’m dyin’
It’s my heart that’s a sufferin’
(it’s a dyin’)
that’s what I have to lose

I’ve got an answer
I’m going to fly away
What have I got to lose?
Will you come see me
Thursdays and Saturdays? (hey hey hey)
What have you got to lose?

Chestnut brown canary
Ruby throated sparrow
Sing a song don’t be long
thrill me to the marrow

Voices of the angels
ring around the moonlight
Asking me, said she so free
“How can you catch the sparrow?”

Lacy, lilting, lady
losing love, lamenting
Change my life, make it right
Be my lady

Doo doo doo doo doo
doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
doo doo doo doo

(sung simultaneously with the doo-doo’s)

Que linda me la traiga Cuba
(How happy it makes me to think of Cuba)
la reina de la Mar Caribe
(the smiles of the Caribbean Sea)
Cielo sol no tiene sangreahi
(Sunny sky has no blood, and how sad that)
y que triste que no puedo vaya
(I’m not able to go)
Oh va, oh va, va
(Oh go, oh go go)

Doo doo doo doo doo
doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo
doo doo doo doo doo

Rolling Stones  “You can’t Always Get What You Want”  C

I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she would meet her connection
At her feet was a footloose man
No, you can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need

I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she was gonna meet her connection
At her feet was a footloose man
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you might find
You get what you need

And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
Singing, “We’re gonna vent our frustration
If we don’t we’re gonna blow a 50-amp fuse”
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you just might find
You get what you need

I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
And man, did he look pretty ill
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was “dead”
I said to him

You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You get what you need
You get what you need–yeah, oh baby

I saw her today at the reception
In her glass was a bleeding man
She was practiced at the art of deception
Well I could tell by her blood-stained hands

You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need

“IF”  Pink Floyd  E7

If I were a swan, I’d be gone.
If I were a train, I’d be late.
And if I were a good man,
I’d talk with you
More often than I do.

If I were to sleep, I could dream.
If I were afraid, I could hide.
If I go insane, please don’t put
Your wires in my brain.

If I were the moon, I’d be cool.
If I were a rule, I would bend for you.
If I were a good man, I’d understand
The spaces between friends.

If I were alone, I would cry.
And if I were with you, I’d be home and dry.
And if I go insane,
And they lock me away,
Will you still let me join in the game?

If I were a swan, I’d be gone.
If I were a train, I’d be late again.
If I were a good man,
I’d talk with you
More often than I do.