A new favourite for me, Regina Spektor's version led me to the Peggy Lee version, both wonderful.
Originally in A, I've moved it up to C, You can move it how you like here: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/r/regina_spektor/my_dear_acquaintance_crd.htm
C F/C C Am E7
My dear acquaintance, it's so good to know you
Am Em
For strength of your hand
F G
That is loving and giving
C C/F
And a happy new year
C Am E7
With love overflowing
Am Em
With joy in our hearts
G C
For the blessed new year
Em A7 Dm G
Raise your glass and we'll have a cheer
C Am D7 G
For us all who are gathered here
C C/F C Am E7
And a happy new year to all that is living
Am Em F G
To all that is gentle, kind, and forgiving
Em A7 Dm G
Raise your glass and we'll have a cheer
C Am G C
My dear acquaintance, a happy new year
C C/F C Am E7
All of those who are hither and yonder
Am Em
With love in our hearts
F G
We grow fonder and fonder
Em A7 Dm G
Hail to those who we hold so dear
C Am D7 G
And hail to those who are gathered here
C C/F C Am E7
And a happy new year to all that is living
Am Em F G
To all that is gentle, young, and forgiving
Em A7 Dm G
Raise your glass and we'll have a cheer
C Am G C
My dear acquaintance, a happy new year
Friday, December 27, 2013
What are you doing new years eve?
This is the most recently well known version of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSq1cez_flQ with Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Though I like Ella Fitzgerald's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIcuK7wW8bU It includes the the intro verse I've written out here.
Finally, there's Diana Krall's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU_BBNeumLI which also is nice and jazzy and has the intro verse. Happy New Year everyone.
F Gm7 0111 2333
When the bells all ring and the horns all blow
G7+ G7 0101 G7 0201
And the couples we know are fondly kissing.
C7 F Gm7 2212 G7 2212 0201 1001
Will I be with you or will I be among the missing?
F 0111
Maybe it's much too early in the game
F F7 Bb Bbm
Ooh, but I thought I'd ask you just the same
F Dm7 G7 2212
What are you doing New Year's
0201 1001 F 1212 Bbm C7 C7+
New Year's eve?
F 0111
Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight
F F7 Bb Bbm
When it's exactly twelve o'clock that night
F Dm7 G7 2212
Welcoming in the New Year
0201 C7 F E7
New Year's Eve
Am Fm 1213
Maybe I'm crazy to suppose
Am Dm 1213
I'd ever be the one you chose
Am D9
Out of a thousand invitations
G7 2212 C7 2323 C7 1001
You'll receive
F 0111
Ooh, but in case I stand one little chance
F F7 Bb Bbm
Here comes the jackpot question in advance:
F Dm7 G7 2212
What are you doing New Year's
0201 1001 F Bb F all 6 then 5
New Year's Eve?
Though I like Ella Fitzgerald's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIcuK7wW8bU It includes the the intro verse I've written out here.
Finally, there's Diana Krall's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU_BBNeumLI which also is nice and jazzy and has the intro verse. Happy New Year everyone.
F Gm7 0111 2333
When the bells all ring and the horns all blow
G7+ G7 0101 G7 0201
And the couples we know are fondly kissing.
C7 F Gm7 2212 G7 2212 0201 1001
Will I be with you or will I be among the missing?
F 0111
Maybe it's much too early in the game
F F7 Bb Bbm
Ooh, but I thought I'd ask you just the same
F Dm7 G7 2212
What are you doing New Year's
0201 1001 F 1212 Bbm C7 C7+
New Year's eve?
F 0111
Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight
F F7 Bb Bbm
When it's exactly twelve o'clock that night
F Dm7 G7 2212
Welcoming in the New Year
0201 C7 F E7
New Year's Eve
Am Fm 1213
Maybe I'm crazy to suppose
Am Dm 1213
I'd ever be the one you chose
Am D9
Out of a thousand invitations
G7 2212 C7 2323 C7 1001
You'll receive
F 0111
Ooh, but in case I stand one little chance
F F7 Bb Bbm
Here comes the jackpot question in advance:
F Dm7 G7 2212
What are you doing New Year's
0201 1001 F Bb F all 6 then 5
New Year's Eve?
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Have a Happy Christmas everyone: Christmas Time is Here
Here's a ukulele version of Christmas Time is Here from the Charlie Brown Christmas special. Relax and enjoy!
How to play it is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiKhVNOdCQ8
Here's a smooth, jazzy version from Diana Krall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hENMvHM9QR4
Here's a smooth, jazzy version from Diana Krall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hENMvHM9QR4
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Halloween: Sally's Song from a Nightmare Before Christmas
A modern Halloween classic I think from A Nightmare Before Christmas: Helena Bonham Carter's version is good, but here's the original: Sally was voiced by Catherine O'Hara who was also in Beetlejuice among others.
Am/C = 2003
Em Am F
I sense there's something in the wind
B7 Em
That feels like tragedy's at hand
D G F
And though I'd like to stand by him
B7 Em
Can't shake this feeling that I have
D7 G F
The worst is just around the bend.
F Em B7
And does he notice
Am/C F
My feelings for him
Em B7 Am/C
And will he see How much he means to me
B7 Em
I think it's not to be.
Em Am F
What will become of my dear friend?
B7 Em
Where will his actions lead us then?
D G F
And though I'd like to join the crowd
B7 Em
In their enthusiastic cloud
D G F
Try as I may it doesn't last
Em B7
And will we ever
Am/C F
End up together
Em B7 Am/C
No, I think not, it's never to become
B7 Em
For I am not the one
Am/C = 2003
Em Am F
I sense there's something in the wind
B7 Em
That feels like tragedy's at hand
D G F
And though I'd like to stand by him
B7 Em
Can't shake this feeling that I have
D7 G F
The worst is just around the bend.
F Em B7
And does he notice
Am/C F
My feelings for him
Em B7 Am/C
And will he see How much he means to me
B7 Em
I think it's not to be.
Em Am F
What will become of my dear friend?
B7 Em
Where will his actions lead us then?
D G F
And though I'd like to join the crowd
B7 Em
In their enthusiastic cloud
D G F
Try as I may it doesn't last
Em B7
And will we ever
Am/C F
End up together
Em B7 Am/C
No, I think not, it's never to become
B7 Em
For I am not the one
Monday, October 28, 2013
Lou Reed 1942-12013: Sweet Jane
D A G Bm A D A G Bm A (Repeat)
Standing on the corner, suitcase in my hand
Jack is in his coat, and Jane is her vest, and me
I'm in a rock'n'roll band Hah!
Ridin' in a Stutz-Bearcat, Jim
Y'know, those were different times!
Oh, all the poets they studied rules of verse
And the ladies, they rolled their eyes
Sweet Jane! Whoa! Sweet Jane, oh-oh-a! Sweet Jane!
I'll tell you something
Jack, he is a banker
And Jane, she is a clerk
Both of them save their monies, ha
And when, when they come home from work
Sittin' down by the fire, oh!
The radio does play
The classical music there, Jim
"The March of the Wooden Soldiers"
All you protest kids
You can hear Jack say, get ready, ah
Sweet Jane! Come on baby! Sweet Jane! Oh-oh-a! Sweet Jane!
Some people, they like to go out dancing
And other peoples, they have to work, Just watch me now!
And there's even some evil mothers
Well they're gonna tell you that everything is just dirt
Y'know that, women, never really faint
And that villains always blink their eyes, woo!
And that, y'know, children are the only ones who blush!
And that, life is just to die!
And, everyone who ever had a heart
They wouldn't turn around and break it
And anyone who ever played a part
Oh wouldn't turn around and hate it!
Sweet Jane! Whoa-oh-oh! Sweet Jane! Sweet Jane!
D G D
Sweet Jane Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane Sweet Jane (repeat and fade)
Standing on the corner, suitcase in my hand
Jack is in his coat, and Jane is her vest, and me
I'm in a rock'n'roll band Hah!
Ridin' in a Stutz-Bearcat, Jim
Y'know, those were different times!
Oh, all the poets they studied rules of verse
And the ladies, they rolled their eyes
Sweet Jane! Whoa! Sweet Jane, oh-oh-a! Sweet Jane!
I'll tell you something
Jack, he is a banker
And Jane, she is a clerk
Both of them save their monies, ha
And when, when they come home from work
Sittin' down by the fire, oh!
The radio does play
The classical music there, Jim
"The March of the Wooden Soldiers"
All you protest kids
You can hear Jack say, get ready, ah
Sweet Jane! Come on baby! Sweet Jane! Oh-oh-a! Sweet Jane!
Some people, they like to go out dancing
And other peoples, they have to work, Just watch me now!
And there's even some evil mothers
Well they're gonna tell you that everything is just dirt
Y'know that, women, never really faint
And that villains always blink their eyes, woo!
And that, y'know, children are the only ones who blush!
And that, life is just to die!
And, everyone who ever had a heart
They wouldn't turn around and break it
And anyone who ever played a part
Oh wouldn't turn around and hate it!
Sweet Jane! Whoa-oh-oh! Sweet Jane! Sweet Jane!
D G D
Sweet Jane Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane Sweet Jane (repeat and fade)
Lou Reed 1942-2013: Perfect Day
E Am E Am
Am D
Just a perfect day,
G C
Drink Sangria in the park,
F Dm
And then later, when it gets dark,
E
We go home.
Am D
Just a perfect day,
G C
Feed animals in the zoo
F Dm
Then later, a movie, too,
E
And then home.
A D
Oh it's such a perfect day,
C#m D D/C# D/B
I'm glad I spent it with you.
A E
Oh such a perfect day,
F#m E D
You just keep me hanging on,
F#m E D
You just keep me hanging on.
Just a perfect day,
Problems all left alone,
Weekenders on our own.
It's such fun.
Just a perfect day,
You made me forget myself.
I thought I was someone else,
Someone good.
Oh it's such a perfect day,
I'm glad I spent it with you.
Oh such a perfect day,
You just keep me hanging on,
You just keep me hanging on.
[instrumental]
F#m E D
F#m E D
C#m G D D/C# D/B A
You're going to reap just what you sow,
C#m G D D/C# D/B A
You're going to reap just what you sow,
C#m G D D/C# D/B A
You're going to reap just what you sow,
C#m G D D/C# D/B A
You're going to reap just what you sow,
C#m G D D/C# D/B A
Am D
Just a perfect day,
G C
Drink Sangria in the park,
F Dm
And then later, when it gets dark,
E
We go home.
Am D
Just a perfect day,
G C
Feed animals in the zoo
F Dm
Then later, a movie, too,
E
And then home.
A D
Oh it's such a perfect day,
C#m D D/C# D/B
I'm glad I spent it with you.
A E
Oh such a perfect day,
F#m E D
You just keep me hanging on,
F#m E D
You just keep me hanging on.
Just a perfect day,
Problems all left alone,
Weekenders on our own.
It's such fun.
Just a perfect day,
You made me forget myself.
I thought I was someone else,
Someone good.
Oh it's such a perfect day,
I'm glad I spent it with you.
Oh such a perfect day,
You just keep me hanging on,
You just keep me hanging on.
[instrumental]
F#m E D
F#m E D
C#m G D D/C# D/B A
You're going to reap just what you sow,
C#m G D D/C# D/B A
You're going to reap just what you sow,
C#m G D D/C# D/B A
You're going to reap just what you sow,
C#m G D D/C# D/B A
You're going to reap just what you sow,
C#m G D D/C# D/B A
Lou Reed 1942-2013: Satellite of Love
So many great songs he's left us with. Thanks Lou and goodbye.
Here's the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain covering Satellite of Love.
G A7
Satellite's gone
C Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
up to the skies
G A7
Things like that drive me
C Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
out of my mind
Em C
I watched it for a little while
A7 C
I like to watch things on TV
G D
Satellite of love
F C
Satellite of love
G D
Satellite of love
G D C D
Sa-te-llite of …
Satellite's gone
way up to Mars
Soon it will be filled
with parking cars
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Sa-te-llite of …
G D C D
I've been told that you've been bold
C D G
with Harry, Mark and John
G D
Monday Tuesday
C D
Wednesday and Thursday
C D G
with Harry, Mark and John
Satellite's gone
up to the skies
Things like that drive me
out of my mind
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Sa-te-llite of …
(Final)
G A7 C G
Here's the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain covering Satellite of Love.
G A7
Satellite's gone
C Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
up to the skies
G A7
Things like that drive me
C Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
out of my mind
Em C
I watched it for a little while
A7 C
I like to watch things on TV
G D
Satellite of love
F C
Satellite of love
G D
Satellite of love
G D C D
Sa-te-llite of …
Satellite's gone
way up to Mars
Soon it will be filled
with parking cars
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Sa-te-llite of …
G D C D
I've been told that you've been bold
C D G
with Harry, Mark and John
G D
Monday Tuesday
C D
Wednesday and Thursday
C D G
with Harry, Mark and John
Satellite's gone
up to the skies
Things like that drive me
out of my mind
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Sa-te-llite of …
(Final)
G A7 C G
Monday, October 21, 2013
Halloween: Ghostbusters!
Full sheet music here: http://www.gbfans.com/ghostbusters/books/piano-sheet-music/1/
B A E
If there's something strange
in your neighborhood
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
If there's something weird
and it don't look good
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
Bm E7
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
If you're seeing things
running through your head
Who can ya call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
An invisible man
sleeping in your bed
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
If ya all alone
pick up the phone
and call
GHOSTBUSTERS
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
I here it likes the girls
I ain't afraid of no ghost
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
If you've had a dose of a
freaky ghost baby
Ya better call
GHOSTBUSTERS
Lemme tell ya something
Bustin' makes me feel good!
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
Don't get caught alone no no
GHOSTBUSTERS
When it comes through your door
Unless you just want some more
I think you better call
GHOSTBUSTERS
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
I think you better call
GHOSTBUSTERS
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
I can't hear you
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
Louder
GHOSTBUSTERS
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
Who can ya call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
B A E
If there's something strange
in your neighborhood
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
If there's something weird
and it don't look good
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
Bm E7
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
If you're seeing things
running through your head
Who can ya call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
An invisible man
sleeping in your bed
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
If ya all alone
pick up the phone
and call
GHOSTBUSTERS
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
I here it likes the girls
I ain't afraid of no ghost
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
If you've had a dose of a
freaky ghost baby
Ya better call
GHOSTBUSTERS
Lemme tell ya something
Bustin' makes me feel good!
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
I ain't afraid of no ghosts
Don't get caught alone no no
GHOSTBUSTERS
When it comes through your door
Unless you just want some more
I think you better call
GHOSTBUSTERS
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
I think you better call
GHOSTBUSTERS
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
I can't hear you
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
Louder
GHOSTBUSTERS
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
Who can ya call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
Who ya gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Halloween: Warewolves of London
Almost Halloween!
Thanks to Gotaukulele for this: http://www.gotaukulele.com/2012/11/werewolves-of-london-warren-zevon.html
[D]I saw a were [C]wolf with a Chinese [G]menu in his hand,
[D] Walking through the [C]streets of Soho in the [G]rain.
[D]He was [C]looking for the place called [G] Lee Ho Fook's,
Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein.
[D]Ahh [C]wooooo... [G]Werewolves of London,
[D]Ahh [C]wooooo! [G]
[D]Ahh[C]wooooo... [G]Werewolves of London,
[D]Ahh [C]wooooo! [G]
You hear him howling around your kitchen door,
You better not let him in.
Little old lady got mutilated late last night,
Werewolves of London again.
Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of London,
Ahwooooo!
Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of London,
Ahwooooo! Huh!
He's the hairy handed gent who ran amok in Kent,
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair.
You better stay away from him, He'll rip your lungs out, Jim,
Huh! I'd like to meet his tailor.
Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of London,
Ahwooooo!
Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of London,
Ahwooooo!
Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen,
Doing the Werewolves of London.
I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen,
Doing the Werewolves of London.
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's,
And his hair was perfect.
Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of London,
Huh! Draw blood!
Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of London...
Thanks to Gotaukulele for this: http://www.gotaukulele.com/2012/11/werewolves-of-london-warren-zevon.html
[D]I saw a were [C]wolf with a Chinese [G]menu in his hand,
[D] Walking through the [C]streets of Soho in the [G]rain.
[D]He was [C]looking for the place called [G] Lee Ho Fook's,
Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein.
[D]Ahh [C]wooooo... [G]Werewolves of London,
[D]Ahh [C]wooooo! [G]
[D]Ahh[C]wooooo... [G]Werewolves of London,
[D]Ahh [C]wooooo! [G]
You hear him howling around your kitchen door,
You better not let him in.
Little old lady got mutilated late last night,
Werewolves of London again.
Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of London,
Ahwooooo!
Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of London,
Ahwooooo! Huh!
He's the hairy handed gent who ran amok in Kent,
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair.
You better stay away from him, He'll rip your lungs out, Jim,
Huh! I'd like to meet his tailor.
Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of London,
Ahwooooo!
Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of London,
Ahwooooo!
Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen,
Doing the Werewolves of London.
I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen,
Doing the Werewolves of London.
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's,
And his hair was perfect.
Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of London,
Huh! Draw blood!
Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of London...
Monday, October 14, 2013
What does the fox say?
Sigh, I guess this is the new Gangnam Style. The ukulele chords for What Does The Fox Say? Are actually quite simple. They are C#m, B and F#. OK, not so simple. You could play it in Am instead, then it would be: Am G D.
To transpose the whole song, use this site: http://www.transposechords.com/song_transposed
C#m B F#
Dog goes woof, cat goes meow,
C#m
Bird goes tweet, and mouse goes squeek.
B F#
Cow goes moo, frog goes croak,
C#m
And the elephant goes toot.
B F#
Ducks says quack, And fish go blub
And the seal goes ow ow ow
C#m
But there's one sound
B F#
that no one knows
What does the fox say?
CHORUS
C#m
Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringding!
F#
What the fox say?
C#m
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
F#
What the fox say?
C#m
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
F#
What the fox say?
C#m
Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
F#
What the fox say?
VERSE 2
C#m B F#
Big blue eyes, pointy nose,
C#m
Chasing mice and digging holes,
B F#
Tiny paws, up the hill,
C#m
Suddenly you're standing still,
B F#
Your fur is red, so beautiful,
C#m
Like an angel in disguise,
B F#
But if you meet a friendly horse,
Will you communicate by
C#m B
mo-o-o-o-orse? Mo-o-o-o-orse?
F#
Mo-o-o-o-orse?
How will you speak to that
C#m B
ho-o-o-o-orse? Ho-o-o-o-orse?
F#
Ho-o-o-o-orse?
What does the fox say?
CHORUS 2
C#m
Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
Chacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
Chacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
F#
What the fox say?
C#m
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
F#
What the fox say?
C#m
Ah-hee-ahee ha-hee!
Ah-hee-ahee ha-hee!
Ah-hee-ahee ha-hee!
F#
What the fox say?
C#m
Ah-oo-oo-oo-ooo!
Woo-oo-oo-ooo!
F#
What does the fox say?
BRIDGE/OUTRO
A G#m C#m
The secret of the fox,
B
Ancient mystery,
G#m A
Somewhere deep in the woods,
B A
I know you're hiding,
G#m C#m
What is your sound?
B
Will we ever know?
G#m A
Will always be a mystery
B A
What do you say?
G#m C#m B
You're my guardian angel
G#m A
Hiding in the woods,
B A
What is your sound?
(Abub-bub-bub-way-dum)
G#m C#m
(Abubidi-bi-bum-way-dum)
(Abub-bub-bub-way-dum)
B
Will we ever know?
(Babeh-dih-bah-top-beh-dum)
G#m
I want to...
(Bahbeh-dum-beh-dum)
A
I want to...
B
I want to know!
(Ababeh-dih-bah-bum-beh-dum)
To transpose the whole song, use this site: http://www.transposechords.com/song_transposed
C#m B F#
Dog goes woof, cat goes meow,
C#m
Bird goes tweet, and mouse goes squeek.
B F#
Cow goes moo, frog goes croak,
C#m
And the elephant goes toot.
B F#
Ducks says quack, And fish go blub
And the seal goes ow ow ow
C#m
But there's one sound
B F#
that no one knows
What does the fox say?
CHORUS
C#m
Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringding!
F#
What the fox say?
C#m
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
F#
What the fox say?
C#m
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
F#
What the fox say?
C#m
Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
F#
What the fox say?
VERSE 2
C#m B F#
Big blue eyes, pointy nose,
C#m
Chasing mice and digging holes,
B F#
Tiny paws, up the hill,
C#m
Suddenly you're standing still,
B F#
Your fur is red, so beautiful,
C#m
Like an angel in disguise,
B F#
But if you meet a friendly horse,
Will you communicate by
C#m B
mo-o-o-o-orse? Mo-o-o-o-orse?
F#
Mo-o-o-o-orse?
How will you speak to that
C#m B
ho-o-o-o-orse? Ho-o-o-o-orse?
F#
Ho-o-o-o-orse?
What does the fox say?
CHORUS 2
C#m
Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
Chacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
Chacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
F#
What the fox say?
C#m
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
F#
What the fox say?
C#m
Ah-hee-ahee ha-hee!
Ah-hee-ahee ha-hee!
Ah-hee-ahee ha-hee!
F#
What the fox say?
C#m
Ah-oo-oo-oo-ooo!
Woo-oo-oo-ooo!
F#
What does the fox say?
BRIDGE/OUTRO
A G#m C#m
The secret of the fox,
B
Ancient mystery,
G#m A
Somewhere deep in the woods,
B A
I know you're hiding,
G#m C#m
What is your sound?
B
Will we ever know?
G#m A
Will always be a mystery
B A
What do you say?
G#m C#m B
You're my guardian angel
G#m A
Hiding in the woods,
B A
What is your sound?
(Abub-bub-bub-way-dum)
G#m C#m
(Abubidi-bi-bum-way-dum)
(Abub-bub-bub-way-dum)
B
Will we ever know?
(Babeh-dih-bah-top-beh-dum)
G#m
I want to...
(Bahbeh-dum-beh-dum)
A
I want to...
B
I want to know!
(Ababeh-dih-bah-bum-beh-dum)
Me And the Man In The Moon
Another oldie but goodie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b03fMQwnRY
When a line ends with Eb, add the riff 3331, 3332, 3333, 3332
Eb B7 Bb7 C7 F7 Bb7 Eb B+
Eb Bb7 Eb
Why did my sweetie leave me?
Bb7 Eb
Why did we have to part?
Bb7 Eb D7 Db7 C7
no other sweetie can relieve me
F7 Bb7
Of this aching heart.
Eb Bb7 Eb
Why can't I have the sunshine?
Eb G7 Cm
The sunshine instead of gloom?
F7 Bb 1212
Why do I have to live with shadows
Cm F7 Bb7 B+ 3221
In my little room?
Eb
When the night is dark and peaceful,
B7
Loving hearts are all in tune,
Bb7
There's two lonesome people in the whole wide world,
C7 F7 Bb7 Eb
That's me and the man and the moon.
Eb
When the little birds are nesting,
B7
And I listen to them croon,
Bb7
There are two lonesome people in the whole wide world,
C7 F7 Bb7 Eb
That's me and the man and the moon.
Cm D7
Just before I'm counting sheep,
G7 C7
Through my window he comes to peep,
F7 Bb7 B+
And with each other we're sympathizing!
Eb
Looking at the happy sweethearts,
B7
While they sit around and spoon,
Bb7
There's two lonesome people in the whole wide world,
C7 F7 Bb7 Eb
That's me and the man and the moon.
Cm D7
Just before I'm counting sheep,
G7 C7
Through my window he comes to peep,
F7 Bb7 B+
And with each other we're sympathizing!
Eb
Looking at the happy sweethearts,
B7
While they sit around and spo-o-o-n,
Bb7
There's two lonesome people in the whole wide world,
C7 F7 Bb7 Eb
Just me and the man and the moon.
When a line ends with Eb, add the riff 3331, 3332, 3333, 3332
Eb B7 Bb7 C7 F7 Bb7 Eb B+
Eb Bb7 Eb
Why did my sweetie leave me?
Bb7 Eb
Why did we have to part?
Bb7 Eb D7 Db7 C7
no other sweetie can relieve me
F7 Bb7
Of this aching heart.
Eb Bb7 Eb
Why can't I have the sunshine?
Eb G7 Cm
The sunshine instead of gloom?
F7 Bb 1212
Why do I have to live with shadows
Cm F7 Bb7 B+ 3221
In my little room?
Eb
When the night is dark and peaceful,
B7
Loving hearts are all in tune,
Bb7
There's two lonesome people in the whole wide world,
C7 F7 Bb7 Eb
That's me and the man and the moon.
Eb
When the little birds are nesting,
B7
And I listen to them croon,
Bb7
There are two lonesome people in the whole wide world,
C7 F7 Bb7 Eb
That's me and the man and the moon.
Cm D7
Just before I'm counting sheep,
G7 C7
Through my window he comes to peep,
F7 Bb7 B+
And with each other we're sympathizing!
Eb
Looking at the happy sweethearts,
B7
While they sit around and spoon,
Bb7
There's two lonesome people in the whole wide world,
C7 F7 Bb7 Eb
That's me and the man and the moon.
Cm D7
Just before I'm counting sheep,
G7 C7
Through my window he comes to peep,
F7 Bb7 B+
And with each other we're sympathizing!
Eb
Looking at the happy sweethearts,
B7
While they sit around and spo-o-o-n,
Bb7
There's two lonesome people in the whole wide world,
C7 F7 Bb7 Eb
Just me and the man and the moon.
Ain't we got fun?
Definitely the song of the jazz age, the roaring 20's and now our 10's and 20's too I think. It's referenced in The Great Gatsby and George Orwell wrote about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain't_We_Got_Fun%3F
More recently, it was in the Ps3 game Bioshock Infinite. Yes, we talk about songs being used in games now. Mad huh? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaKZKy9SJ1o
This is just my version, You cal get all the right chords on Musicnotes for about $1.95 too.
B+ 3221 G# x343
Eb Bb7
Bill collectors gather 'Round and rather
Eb
Haunt the cottage next door
Bb7 Eb D7 Gm
Men the grocer and the butcher sent Men who call for the rent
D7 Gm
But within a happy chappy And his bride of only a year
0101 Bb Gm Cm G7 Cm F7 Bb B+
Seem to be so cheerful Here's an earful Of the chatter you hear
Eb
Every morning, Every evening
Bb7
Ain't we got fun, Not much money, Oh but honey
Eb
Ain't we got fun
G# B7
The rent's unpaid dear
Eb Cm
We haven't a bus
Gm D7
But smiles were made dear
Gm B+
For people like us
Eb
In the Winter in the Summer
Bb7
Don't we have fun, Times are bum and getting bummer
Eb7
Still we have fun
G# G7 Cm
There's nothing surer
Fm D7 2020 Eb Cm6
The rich get rich and the poor get children
Eb
In the meantime, In the between time
Bb7 Eb B+
Ain't we got fun.
Eb Fm Bb7
Just to make their trouble nearly double
Eb
Something happen'd last night
Bb7 Eb D7 Gm
To their chimney a gray bird came, Mister Stork is his name
D7 Gm
And I'll bet two pins, A pair of twins, Just happen'd in with the bird
0101 Bb Gm Cm G7 Cm F7 Bb B+
Still they're very gay and merry, Just at dawning I heard
Eb
Every morning, Every evening
Bb7
Don't we have fun, Twins and cares dear come in pairs dear
Eb
Don't we have fun
G# B7
We've only started
Eb Cm
As mommer and pop
Gm D7
Are we downhearted
Gm Bb7 B+
I'll say that we're not
Eb
Landlords mad and getting madder
Bb7
Ain't we got fun, Times are so bad and getting badder
Eb7
Still we have fun
G# G
There's nothing surer
Fm D7 Eb Cm6
The rich get rich and the poor get laid off
Eb
In the meantime, In between time
Bb7 Eb B+
Ain't we got fun.
Eb Fm Bb7
When the man who sold 'em carpets told 'em
Eb
He would take them away
Bb7 Eb D7 Gm
They said, "Wonderful, here's our chance, Take them up and we'll dance"
D7 Gm
And when burglars came and robbed them, Taking all their silver, they say
0101 Bb Gm Cm G7 Cm F7 Bb B+
Hubby yelled, "We're famous, for they'll name us, In the papers today
Eb
Night or daytime, it's all playtime
Bb7
Ain't we got fun? Hot or cold days, any old days
Eb7
Ain't we got fun
G# B7
If Wifey wishes
Eb Cm
To go to a play
Gm D7
Don't wash the dishes
Gm Bb7 B+
Just throw them away
Eb
Streetcar seats are awful narrow
Bb7
Ain't we got fun? They won't smash up our Pierce Arrow
Eb7
We ain't got none
G# G
They've cut my wages
Fm D7 Eb Cm
But my income tax will be so much smaller
Eb
When I'm laid off, I'll be paid off
Bb7 Eb B+ Cm6
Ain't we got fun?
More recently, it was in the Ps3 game Bioshock Infinite. Yes, we talk about songs being used in games now. Mad huh? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaKZKy9SJ1o
This is just my version, You cal get all the right chords on Musicnotes for about $1.95 too.
B+ 3221 G# x343
Eb Bb7
Bill collectors gather 'Round and rather
Eb
Haunt the cottage next door
Bb7 Eb D7 Gm
Men the grocer and the butcher sent Men who call for the rent
D7 Gm
But within a happy chappy And his bride of only a year
0101 Bb Gm Cm G7 Cm F7 Bb B+
Seem to be so cheerful Here's an earful Of the chatter you hear
Eb
Every morning, Every evening
Bb7
Ain't we got fun, Not much money, Oh but honey
Eb
Ain't we got fun
G# B7
The rent's unpaid dear
Eb Cm
We haven't a bus
Gm D7
But smiles were made dear
Gm B+
For people like us
Eb
In the Winter in the Summer
Bb7
Don't we have fun, Times are bum and getting bummer
Eb7
Still we have fun
G# G7 Cm
There's nothing surer
Fm D7 2020 Eb Cm6
The rich get rich and the poor get children
Eb
In the meantime, In the between time
Bb7 Eb B+
Ain't we got fun.
Eb Fm Bb7
Just to make their trouble nearly double
Eb
Something happen'd last night
Bb7 Eb D7 Gm
To their chimney a gray bird came, Mister Stork is his name
D7 Gm
And I'll bet two pins, A pair of twins, Just happen'd in with the bird
0101 Bb Gm Cm G7 Cm F7 Bb B+
Still they're very gay and merry, Just at dawning I heard
Eb
Every morning, Every evening
Bb7
Don't we have fun, Twins and cares dear come in pairs dear
Eb
Don't we have fun
G# B7
We've only started
Eb Cm
As mommer and pop
Gm D7
Are we downhearted
Gm Bb7 B+
I'll say that we're not
Eb
Landlords mad and getting madder
Bb7
Ain't we got fun, Times are so bad and getting badder
Eb7
Still we have fun
G# G
There's nothing surer
Fm D7 Eb Cm6
The rich get rich and the poor get laid off
Eb
In the meantime, In between time
Bb7 Eb B+
Ain't we got fun.
Eb Fm Bb7
When the man who sold 'em carpets told 'em
Eb
He would take them away
Bb7 Eb D7 Gm
They said, "Wonderful, here's our chance, Take them up and we'll dance"
D7 Gm
And when burglars came and robbed them, Taking all their silver, they say
0101 Bb Gm Cm G7 Cm F7 Bb B+
Hubby yelled, "We're famous, for they'll name us, In the papers today
Eb
Night or daytime, it's all playtime
Bb7
Ain't we got fun? Hot or cold days, any old days
Eb7
Ain't we got fun
G# B7
If Wifey wishes
Eb Cm
To go to a play
Gm D7
Don't wash the dishes
Gm Bb7 B+
Just throw them away
Eb
Streetcar seats are awful narrow
Bb7
Ain't we got fun? They won't smash up our Pierce Arrow
Eb7
We ain't got none
G# G
They've cut my wages
Fm D7 Eb Cm
But my income tax will be so much smaller
Eb
When I'm laid off, I'll be paid off
Bb7 Eb B+ Cm6
Ain't we got fun?
Monday, August 26, 2013
Barbie Train
C G Am F Full chords on chordie.com or ukuleletabs.com
Just a small town girl, Living in a lonely world.
She took the midnight train going anywhere
My life is brilliant, my love is pure. I saw an angel, of this I'm sure.
I'm your biggest fan I follow you until you love me, papa-paparazzi
If I could, then I would. I'll go wherever you will go.
Forever young, I want to be Forever young
I can't live, with or without you.
She will be loved, she will be loved
MGMT Kids intro on Kazoo
I won't hesitate no more, no more, it cannot wait I'm yours.
Your lipstick stains, on the front lobe of my left side brains.
No woman no cry,
I come from a land down under
Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong,
And can you feel the love tonight?
I need some love like like I never needed love before, wanna make love to ya baby,
Take on me, take me on , I'll be gone in a day or two
When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me
Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner.
I'm starting with the man in the mirror.
Whenever I fall, at your feet.
Nothing's right I'm torn. I'm all out of faith.
This is how I feel. I'm cold and I am shamed.
Lying naked on the floor.
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
Are you just going to stand there and watch me burn,
it's alright because I love the way it hurts
It's my life, it's now or never, I ain't gonna live forever
Can't read my, can't read my, no he can't read my poker face
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of old ang zine
(come on barbie) let's go party
Just a small town girl, Living in a lonely world.
She took the midnight train going anywhere
My life is brilliant, my love is pure. I saw an angel, of this I'm sure.
I'm your biggest fan I follow you until you love me, papa-paparazzi
If I could, then I would. I'll go wherever you will go.
Forever young, I want to be Forever young
I can't live, with or without you.
She will be loved, she will be loved
MGMT Kids intro on Kazoo
I won't hesitate no more, no more, it cannot wait I'm yours.
Your lipstick stains, on the front lobe of my left side brains.
No woman no cry,
I come from a land down under
Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong,
And can you feel the love tonight?
I need some love like like I never needed love before, wanna make love to ya baby,
Take on me, take me on , I'll be gone in a day or two
When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me
Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner.
I'm starting with the man in the mirror.
Whenever I fall, at your feet.
Nothing's right I'm torn. I'm all out of faith.
This is how I feel. I'm cold and I am shamed.
Lying naked on the floor.
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
Are you just going to stand there and watch me burn,
it's alright because I love the way it hurts
It's my life, it's now or never, I ain't gonna live forever
Can't read my, can't read my, no he can't read my poker face
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of old ang zine
(come on barbie) let's go party
Friday, August 23, 2013
The Muppet Show Theme
I've made a few goes at this and I think this one is pretty good. The key bit was the G#7, just play that like G7 slid up one fret. The rest is kinda made up, but works I think... F/C is just 2013, in other words F and C together, or you could play Dm7.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Its The Muppet Show!
C 2323 Dm7 G7
2020 2323 G7 ((0, 2, 3, 4 on G string) G7
C G#7 G7, C G#7 G7
C G#7 G7
Its time to play the music
C G#7 G7
Its time to light the lights
C Fm Am G
Its time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight.
C G#7 G7
Its time put on make-up
C G#7 G7
Its time to dress up right
C Fm G C
Its time to raise the curtain on the Muppet Show tonight
F Fm C
Why do we always come here?
F E7 Am
I guess we'll never know
F E7 A7
Its like a kind of torture
D7 G7
To have to watch the show
C G#7 G7
Its time put on makeup
C G#7 G7
Its time to dress up right
C Fm
Its time to get things started
C
On the most sensational
D7
Inspirational
F/C
Celebrational
F/E 5558
Muppet-ational
Dm Dm6 Dm7 5555 7777 12 12 12 10
This is what we call The Muppet Show!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Its The Muppet Show!
C 2323 Dm7 G7
2020 2323 G7 ((0, 2, 3, 4 on G string) G7
C G#7 G7, C G#7 G7
C G#7 G7
Its time to play the music
C G#7 G7
Its time to light the lights
C Fm Am G
Its time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight.
C G#7 G7
Its time put on make-up
C G#7 G7
Its time to dress up right
C Fm G C
Its time to raise the curtain on the Muppet Show tonight
F Fm C
Why do we always come here?
F E7 Am
I guess we'll never know
F E7 A7
Its like a kind of torture
D7 G7
To have to watch the show
C G#7 G7
Its time put on makeup
C G#7 G7
Its time to dress up right
C Fm
Its time to get things started
C
On the most sensational
D7
Inspirational
F/C
Celebrational
F/E 5558
Muppet-ational
Dm Dm6 Dm7 5555 7777 12 12 12 10
This is what we call The Muppet Show!
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Are You Lonesome tonight?
Today in 1977 the world awoke to the news that The King had died. It was a Wednesday and I remember seeing it in the newspaper and since I was only 6 didn't really know who Elvis was, but felt the impact enough to still remember it now that I am 42, the age he died.
So, how about a nice song he did, from 1927 Are you lonesome tonight? This was an oldie even when the King recorded in in 1960. The Carter Family (as in, daughter June Carter, married Johnny Cash) recorded a version in 1936. Different melody!
This is my favourite version. Elvis generally took the piss when he played this live :-)
C 2323 Dm 0101 G7
C Em Am
Are you lonesome tonight, do you miss me tonight?
C A7 Dm A7 Dm
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
G7 F
Does your memory stray to a brighter sunny day
Dm G7 C
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
C7 F
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Cm D7 Dm 0101 G7
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
C Em C7 D7 Db7 D7
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Dm G7 C 2323 G7
Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight.
(Talking verses, play the same chords)
I wonder if you are lonesome tonight
You know someone said that the world is a stage
And you must play a part.
Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweet heart
Act one was when I met you, I loved you at first glance
You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue
Then came act 2, you seemed to change and you acted strange
And why I'll never know.
Honey, you were lying when you said you loved me
And I had no cause to doubt you.
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than go on living without you.
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there
With emptiness all around
And if you won't come back to me
Then make them bring the curtain down.
(sing again)
C Em D
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Dm G7 C G7
Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight.
So, how about a nice song he did, from 1927 Are you lonesome tonight? This was an oldie even when the King recorded in in 1960. The Carter Family (as in, daughter June Carter, married Johnny Cash) recorded a version in 1936. Different melody!
This is my favourite version. Elvis generally took the piss when he played this live :-)
C 2323 Dm 0101 G7
C Em Am
Are you lonesome tonight, do you miss me tonight?
C A7 Dm A7 Dm
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
G7 F
Does your memory stray to a brighter sunny day
Dm G7 C
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
C7 F
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Cm D7 Dm 0101 G7
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
C Em C7 D7 Db7 D7
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Dm G7 C 2323 G7
Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight.
(Talking verses, play the same chords)
I wonder if you are lonesome tonight
You know someone said that the world is a stage
And you must play a part.
Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweet heart
Act one was when I met you, I loved you at first glance
You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue
Then came act 2, you seemed to change and you acted strange
And why I'll never know.
Honey, you were lying when you said you loved me
And I had no cause to doubt you.
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than go on living without you.
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there
With emptiness all around
And if you won't come back to me
Then make them bring the curtain down.
(sing again)
C Em D
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Dm G7 C G7
Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Adventure Time
Adventure time is awesome. Here's the themes, opening and closing.
G D
Adventure time, come on, grab your friends.
C D
We'll go to very distant lands.
G D
With Jake the dog, and Finn the human,
C D G
the fun will never end. It's ADVENTURE TIME!
Closing theme by the band Lake called Christmas Island from their album Let's Build A Roof.
They're from Olympia in Washington State (where the Twilight movies were set) and Kurt Cobain had the logo of K records, their record label tattooed on his arm.
G Bmin
Come along with me
D A G
With the Butterflies and Bees
Bmin G
We can wander through the forest
D A
And do so as we please
D G Bmin
Come along with me
D A G
To a cliff under a tree
Bmin G
Where we can gaze upon the water
G A D
As an everlasting dream.
F# G
All of my collections
G A D
I'll share them all with you
F# G
Maybe by next summer
D A
We won't have changed our tune
D G Bmin
We'll still want to be
D A G
With the butterflies and bees
D G
Making up new numbers
G A D
And living so merrily.
F# G
All of my collections
G A D
I'll share them all with you
F# G
I'll be here with you always
D A
And always be with you
D G Bmin
Come along with me
D A G
and the Butterflies and Bees
Bmin G
We can wander through the forest
D G
Do so as we please
G A D
Living so merrily
G D
Adventure time, come on, grab your friends.
C D
We'll go to very distant lands.
G D
With Jake the dog, and Finn the human,
C D G
the fun will never end. It's ADVENTURE TIME!
Closing theme by the band Lake called Christmas Island from their album Let's Build A Roof.
They're from Olympia in Washington State (where the Twilight movies were set) and Kurt Cobain had the logo of K records, their record label tattooed on his arm.
G Bmin
Come along with me
D A G
With the Butterflies and Bees
Bmin G
We can wander through the forest
D A
And do so as we please
D G Bmin
Come along with me
D A G
To a cliff under a tree
Bmin G
Where we can gaze upon the water
G A D
As an everlasting dream.
F# G
All of my collections
G A D
I'll share them all with you
F# G
Maybe by next summer
D A
We won't have changed our tune
D G Bmin
We'll still want to be
D A G
With the butterflies and bees
D G
Making up new numbers
G A D
And living so merrily.
F# G
All of my collections
G A D
I'll share them all with you
F# G
I'll be here with you always
D A
And always be with you
D G Bmin
Come along with me
D A G
and the Butterflies and Bees
Bmin G
We can wander through the forest
D G
Do so as we please
G A D
Living so merrily
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Autumn Leaves
It's almost August, so here's an autumn song to start practicing.
This isn't the Ed Sheeran version or Paolo Nutini. It is the jazz standard with 2 lovely chord progressions that are quite easy when you get the hang of them.
Here's Edith Paif's version and here's one with Glen Rose showing how to play it. Buy his jazz book to say thanks :-)
This version is easy to follow when learning it.
3333 2333 3555 3335
The falling leaves drift by the window
2333 2323 0211
The autumn leaves of red and gold
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I see your lips, the summer kisses
2333 2323 0211
The sun-burned hands I used to hold
2333 2323 0211
Since you went away the days grow long
3333 2333 3555
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
2333 2323 0211
But I miss you most of all my darling
2333 2323 0211
When autumn leaves start to fall
3333 2333 3555 3335
C'est une chanson, qui nous ressemble
2333 2323 0211
Toi tu m'aimais et je t'aimais
3333 2333 3555 3335
Nous vivions tous, les deux ensemble
2333 2323 0211
Toi que m'aimais moi qui t'aimais
2333 2323 0211
Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s'aiment
3333 2333 3555
Tout doucement sans faire de bruit
2333 2323 0211
Et la mer efface sur le sable
2333 2323 0211
les pas des amants désunis
2333 2323 0211
Since you went away the days grow long
3333 2333 3555
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
2333 2323 0211
But I miss you most of all my darling
2333 2323 0211
When autumn leaves start to fall
This isn't the Ed Sheeran version or Paolo Nutini. It is the jazz standard with 2 lovely chord progressions that are quite easy when you get the hang of them.
Here's Edith Paif's version and here's one with Glen Rose showing how to play it. Buy his jazz book to say thanks :-)
This version is easy to follow when learning it.
3333 2333 3555 3335
The falling leaves drift by the window
2333 2323 0211
The autumn leaves of red and gold
3333 2333 3555 3335
I see your lips, the summer kisses
2333 2323 0211
The sun-burned hands I used to hold
2333 2323 0211
Since you went away the days grow long
3333 2333 3555
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
2333 2323 0211
But I miss you most of all my darling
2333 2323 0211
When autumn leaves start to fall
3333 2333 3555 3335
C'est une chanson, qui nous ressemble
2333 2323 0211
Toi tu m'aimais et je t'aimais
3333 2333 3555 3335
Nous vivions tous, les deux ensemble
2333 2323 0211
Toi que m'aimais moi qui t'aimais
2333 2323 0211
Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s'aiment
3333 2333 3555
Tout doucement sans faire de bruit
2333 2323 0211
Et la mer efface sur le sable
2333 2323 0211
les pas des amants désunis
2333 2323 0211
Since you went away the days grow long
3333 2333 3555
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
2333 2323 0211
But I miss you most of all my darling
2333 2323 0211
When autumn leaves start to fall
Friday, July 19, 2013
Java Jive
Java Jive is a fun song to play on the uke, though lots of chord changes. Ukulele Boogaloo has the chords here though I'd suggest a few improvements:
Play Em7 as 0202. Easier to slide up and down from A7
Gm7 is 0211
Gdim and Edim are the same here (0101) but you could play 6767 for Gdim and 3434 for Edim for a bit of variety. Edim as 0101 is easier to slide up to Em7 0202.
Cdim is 2323.
D9 is 2423 and Bm7 is the same as D6 (2222) but can also be played 4220 if you like.
Enjoy!
"Java Jive" by Ben Oakland and Milton Drake
[D]I love [Fdim]cof[D6]fee, [A7]I [Em7]love [A7]tea
[Gdim]I [Edim]love the [Em7]Java [A7]Jive and [D]it loves [D6]me
[D]Coffee and [D7]tea and the [G]jivin' and [Gm7]me,
A [D]cup, a [A7]cup, a [G]cup, a [A7]cup, a [D]cup! [Fdim] [A7]
[D]I love [Fdim]ja[D6]va [A7]sweet [Em7]and [A7]hot
[Gdim]Whoops! [Edim]Mr. [Em7]Moto, [A7]I'm a [D]coffee [D6]pot.
[D]Shoot me the [D7]pot, and I'll [G]pour me a [Gm7]shot,
A [D]cup, a [A7]cup, a [G]cup, a [A7]cup, a [D]cup!
[D9]Oh, [G7]slip me a slug from that wonderful mug,
And [G7]I'll cut a rug till I'm [D]snug in the jug.
A [D]slice of [Bm7]onion and a [Fdim]raw [A7]one, [Em7]draw [A7]one.
[Bm7]Waiter [A7]waiter [Cdim]perco[A7]lator
[D]I love [Fdim]cof[D6]fee, [A7]I [Em7]love [A7]tea
[Gdim]I [Edim]love the [Em7]Java [A7]Jive and [D]it loves [D6]me
[D]Coffee and [D7]tea and the [G]jivin' and [Gm7]me,
A [D]cup, a [A7]cup, a [G]cup, a [A7]cup, a [D]cup! [Fdim] [A7]
Oh, [Fdim]Boston [D]bean, [Em7]soy [A7]bean,
[D]Green [D6]beans, [Fdim]cabbage and [A7]greens,
[D]I'm not [D7]keen [G]for a [Gm7]bean
Un[A7]less it [G]is a [A7]cheery [Em7]cheery [A7]bean, [Edim]boy.
[D]I love [Fdim]cof[D6]fee, [A7]I [Em7]love [A7]tea
[Gdim]I [Edim]love the [Em7]Java [A7]Jive and [D]it loves [D6]me
[D]Coffee and [D7]tea and the [G]jivin' and [Gm7]me,
A [D]cup, a [A7]cup, a [G]cup, a [A7]cup, a [D]cup! [Fdim] [A7]
[D]I love [Fdim]ja[D6]va [A7]sweet [Em7]and [A7]hot
[Gdim]Whoops! [Edim]Mr. [Em7]Moto, [A7]I'm a [D]coffee [D6]pot.
[D]Shoot me the [D7]pot, and I'll [G]pour me a [Gm7]shot,
A [D]cup, a [A7]cup, a [G]cup, a [A7]cup, a [D]cup!
[D9]Oh, [G7]pour me that slug from the wonderful mug
And [G7]I'll cut a rug till I'm [D]snug in a jug
[D]Drop a [Bm7]nickel in my [Fdim]pot, [A7]Joe. [Em7]Taking in [A7]slow.
[Bm7]Waiter, [A7]waiter, [Em7]per[Cdim]co[Em7]la[A7]tor!
[D]I love [Fdim]cof[D6]fee, [A7]I [Em7]love [A7]tea
[Gdim]I [Edim]love the [Em7]Java [A7]Jive and [D]it loves [D6]me
[D]Coffee and [D7]tea and the [G]jivin' and [Gm7]me,
A [D]cup, a [A7]cup, a [G]cup, a [A7]cup, a [D]cup!
Play Em7 as 0202. Easier to slide up and down from A7
Gm7 is 0211
Gdim and Edim are the same here (0101) but you could play 6767 for Gdim and 3434 for Edim for a bit of variety. Edim as 0101 is easier to slide up to Em7 0202.
Cdim is 2323.
D9 is 2423 and Bm7 is the same as D6 (2222) but can also be played 4220 if you like.
Enjoy!
"Java Jive" by Ben Oakland and Milton Drake
[D]I love [Fdim]cof[D6]fee, [A7]I [Em7]love [A7]tea
[Gdim]I [Edim]love the [Em7]Java [A7]Jive and [D]it loves [D6]me
[D]Coffee and [D7]tea and the [G]jivin' and [Gm7]me,
A [D]cup, a [A7]cup, a [G]cup, a [A7]cup, a [D]cup! [Fdim] [A7]
[D]I love [Fdim]ja[D6]va [A7]sweet [Em7]and [A7]hot
[Gdim]Whoops! [Edim]Mr. [Em7]Moto, [A7]I'm a [D]coffee [D6]pot.
[D]Shoot me the [D7]pot, and I'll [G]pour me a [Gm7]shot,
A [D]cup, a [A7]cup, a [G]cup, a [A7]cup, a [D]cup!
[D9]Oh, [G7]slip me a slug from that wonderful mug,
And [G7]I'll cut a rug till I'm [D]snug in the jug.
A [D]slice of [Bm7]onion and a [Fdim]raw [A7]one, [Em7]draw [A7]one.
[Bm7]Waiter [A7]waiter [Cdim]perco[A7]lator
[D]I love [Fdim]cof[D6]fee, [A7]I [Em7]love [A7]tea
[Gdim]I [Edim]love the [Em7]Java [A7]Jive and [D]it loves [D6]me
[D]Coffee and [D7]tea and the [G]jivin' and [Gm7]me,
A [D]cup, a [A7]cup, a [G]cup, a [A7]cup, a [D]cup! [Fdim] [A7]
Oh, [Fdim]Boston [D]bean, [Em7]soy [A7]bean,
[D]Green [D6]beans, [Fdim]cabbage and [A7]greens,
[D]I'm not [D7]keen [G]for a [Gm7]bean
Un[A7]less it [G]is a [A7]cheery [Em7]cheery [A7]bean, [Edim]boy.
[D]I love [Fdim]cof[D6]fee, [A7]I [Em7]love [A7]tea
[Gdim]I [Edim]love the [Em7]Java [A7]Jive and [D]it loves [D6]me
[D]Coffee and [D7]tea and the [G]jivin' and [Gm7]me,
A [D]cup, a [A7]cup, a [G]cup, a [A7]cup, a [D]cup! [Fdim] [A7]
[D]I love [Fdim]ja[D6]va [A7]sweet [Em7]and [A7]hot
[Gdim]Whoops! [Edim]Mr. [Em7]Moto, [A7]I'm a [D]coffee [D6]pot.
[D]Shoot me the [D7]pot, and I'll [G]pour me a [Gm7]shot,
A [D]cup, a [A7]cup, a [G]cup, a [A7]cup, a [D]cup!
[D9]Oh, [G7]pour me that slug from the wonderful mug
And [G7]I'll cut a rug till I'm [D]snug in a jug
[D]Drop a [Bm7]nickel in my [Fdim]pot, [A7]Joe. [Em7]Taking in [A7]slow.
[Bm7]Waiter, [A7]waiter, [Em7]per[Cdim]co[Em7]la[A7]tor!
[D]I love [Fdim]cof[D6]fee, [A7]I [Em7]love [A7]tea
[Gdim]I [Edim]love the [Em7]Java [A7]Jive and [D]it loves [D6]me
[D]Coffee and [D7]tea and the [G]jivin' and [Gm7]me,
A [D]cup, a [A7]cup, a [G]cup, a [A7]cup, a [D]cup!
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Baby On Board
This one has a lovely vintage feel and was in the Simpsons episode where four of the characters form a barber shop quartet. The song was actually written and sung (well mixed in) by a real barber shop quartet called The Dapper Dans who you may have seen if you've ever been to Disneyland in California, USA.
Ukulele Boogaloo has the chords here: http://www.alligatorboogaloo.com/uke/tabs/050305.html
Ukulele Boogaloo has the chords here: http://www.alligatorboogaloo.com/uke/tabs/050305.html
Thursday, July 4, 2013
A ukulele player joke
Three ukulele players and three singers are traveling by train to a ukulele festival. At the station, the three ukulele players each buy tickets and watch as the three singers buy only a single ticket.
"How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks a ukulele player.
"Watch and you'll see," answers a singer.
They all board the train. The ukulele players take their respective seats but all three singers cram into a restroom and close the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, "Ticket, please." The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.
The ukulele players see this and agree that it is quite a clever idea so, after the festival, they decide to copy the singers on the return trip and save some money.
When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the singers don't buy a ticket at all.
"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed ukulele player.
"Watch and you'll see," answers a singer.
When they board the train the three ukulele players cram into a restroom and the three singers cram into another one nearby.
The train departs.
Shortly afterward, one of the singers leaves his restroom and walks over to the restroom where the ukulele players are hiding. He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please."
"How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks a ukulele player.
"Watch and you'll see," answers a singer.
They all board the train. The ukulele players take their respective seats but all three singers cram into a restroom and close the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, "Ticket, please." The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.
The ukulele players see this and agree that it is quite a clever idea so, after the festival, they decide to copy the singers on the return trip and save some money.
When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the singers don't buy a ticket at all.
"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed ukulele player.
"Watch and you'll see," answers a singer.
When they board the train the three ukulele players cram into a restroom and the three singers cram into another one nearby.
The train departs.
Shortly afterward, one of the singers leaves his restroom and walks over to the restroom where the ukulele players are hiding. He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please."
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Whispering Grass
A sad song made funny here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10dmK7O-KSY
These guys were in a British comedy show form the 1970's called It Ain't Half Hot Mum set in India and Burma.
A nice one to play, simple but sounds difficult. Has a sinister David Lynch feel about it too, like Blue Velvet? I think he's planning on murdering that rat in the green grass.
Bbdim = 0101, A9 = 0102, Am6 = 2020, C#m7 = 1113
Ab7 = 1023, G+ = 0332
Intro: [C] [Bbdim] [Dm] [G7] [C] [Bbdim] [Dm] [G7] [G+]
[C]Why do you whisper [Em]green grass [Em] [Ebm] [Dm]
Why tell the [Dm7]trees what ain't [Fm]so
[C] Whispering [A9]grass
The [Dm]trees don't [G7]have to [C]know [Bbdim] [Dm] [G7]
[C]Why tell them all your [Em]secrets [Em] [Ebm] [Dm]
Who kissed there [Dm7]long a[Fm]go
[C] Whispering [A9]grass
The [Dm]trees don't [G7]need to [C]know [C] [D7] [G7]
[C]Don't you tell it [Am]to the trees
For [F]she will tell the [G7]birds and bees
And [C]everyone will [Am]know
Because you [Dm]told the blabbering [G7]trees
Yes you [Am]told them [E7]once be[Am]fore [Am6]
And it's no [Dm]secret [Bbdim]any [Dm]more [G7] [G+]
[C]Why tell them all the [Em]old things [Em] [Ebm] [Dm]
They're buried [Dm7]under the [Fm]snow
[C] Whispering [A9]grass don't [Dm7]tell the [Ab7]trees
'Cause the [Dm7]trees don't [C#maj7]need to [C]know
(Spoken) [C]Don't you tell it [Am]to the trees
For [F]she will tell the [G7]birds and bees
And [C]everyone will [Am]know
Because you [Dm]told the blabbering [G7]trees
Yes you [Am]told them [E7]once be[Am]fore [Am6]
And it's no [Dm]secret [Bbdim]any [Dm]more [G7] [G+]
[C]Why tell them all the [Em]old things [Em] [Ebm] [Dm]
They're buried [Dm7]under the [Fm]snow
[C] Whispering [A9]grass don't [Dm7]tell the [Ab7]trees
'Cause the [Dm7]trees don't [C#maj7]need to [C]know
These guys were in a British comedy show form the 1970's called It Ain't Half Hot Mum set in India and Burma.
A nice one to play, simple but sounds difficult. Has a sinister David Lynch feel about it too, like Blue Velvet? I think he's planning on murdering that rat in the green grass.
Bbdim = 0101, A9 = 0102, Am6 = 2020, C#m7 = 1113
Ab7 = 1023, G+ = 0332
Intro: [C] [Bbdim] [Dm] [G7] [C] [Bbdim] [Dm] [G7] [G+]
[C]Why do you whisper [Em]green grass [Em] [Ebm] [Dm]
Why tell the [Dm7]trees what ain't [Fm]so
[C] Whispering [A9]grass
The [Dm]trees don't [G7]have to [C]know [Bbdim] [Dm] [G7]
[C]Why tell them all your [Em]secrets [Em] [Ebm] [Dm]
Who kissed there [Dm7]long a[Fm]go
[C] Whispering [A9]grass
The [Dm]trees don't [G7]need to [C]know [C] [D7] [G7]
[C]Don't you tell it [Am]to the trees
For [F]she will tell the [G7]birds and bees
And [C]everyone will [Am]know
Because you [Dm]told the blabbering [G7]trees
Yes you [Am]told them [E7]once be[Am]fore [Am6]
And it's no [Dm]secret [Bbdim]any [Dm]more [G7] [G+]
[C]Why tell them all the [Em]old things [Em] [Ebm] [Dm]
They're buried [Dm7]under the [Fm]snow
[C] Whispering [A9]grass don't [Dm7]tell the [Ab7]trees
'Cause the [Dm7]trees don't [C#maj7]need to [C]know
(Spoken) [C]Don't you tell it [Am]to the trees
For [F]she will tell the [G7]birds and bees
And [C]everyone will [Am]know
Because you [Dm]told the blabbering [G7]trees
Yes you [Am]told them [E7]once be[Am]fore [Am6]
And it's no [Dm]secret [Bbdim]any [Dm]more [G7] [G+]
[C]Why tell them all the [Em]old things [Em] [Ebm] [Dm]
They're buried [Dm7]under the [Fm]snow
[C] Whispering [A9]grass don't [Dm7]tell the [Ab7]trees
'Cause the [Dm7]trees don't [C#maj7]need to [C]know
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Fluorescent Adolescent
Fun song, enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma9I9VBKPiw&feature=share
D Bm Em A x2
D
You used to get it in your fishnets
Bm
Now you only get it in your night dress
Em
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
A
Landed in a very common crisis
D
Everything's in order in a black hole
Bm
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
Em
The Bloody Mary's lacking her Tabasco
A
Remember when you used to be a rascal?
Em
Oh the boy's a slag
A
The best you ever had
Em
The best you ever had
A
Is just a memory and those dreams
Em
But as daft as they seem
A
As daft as they seem
G
My love when you dream them up...
D
Flicking through a little book of sex tips
Bm
Remember when the boys were all electric?
Em
Now when she's told she's gonna get it
A
I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it
D
Clinging to not getting sentimental
Bm
Said she wasn't going but she went still
Em
Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle
A
Was it a Mecca dauber or a betting pencil?
Em
Oh the boy's a slag
A
The best you ever had
Em
The best you ever had
Em
Is just a memory and those dreams
A
But as daft as they seem
Em
As daft as they seem
G
My love when you dream them up
F#m Bm
Oh, where did you go?
Em
Where did you go?
F#m Em
Where did you go? Woah.
D Bm Em A
D Bm
Falling about
Em A
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
D Bm
You were just sounding it out
Em A
You're not coming back again.
D Bm
Falling about
Em A
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
D Bm A
You were just sounding it out
Em A
You're not coming back again.
D
You used to get it in your fishnets
Bm
Now you only get it in your night dress
Em
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
A
Landed in a very common crisis
D
Everything's in order in a black hole
Bm
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
Em
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco
A
Remember when he used to be a rascal?
End on Bm
D Bm Em A x2
D
You used to get it in your fishnets
Bm
Now you only get it in your night dress
Em
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
A
Landed in a very common crisis
D
Everything's in order in a black hole
Bm
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
Em
The Bloody Mary's lacking her Tabasco
A
Remember when you used to be a rascal?
Em
Oh the boy's a slag
A
The best you ever had
Em
The best you ever had
A
Is just a memory and those dreams
Em
But as daft as they seem
A
As daft as they seem
G
My love when you dream them up...
D
Flicking through a little book of sex tips
Bm
Remember when the boys were all electric?
Em
Now when she's told she's gonna get it
A
I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it
D
Clinging to not getting sentimental
Bm
Said she wasn't going but she went still
Em
Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle
A
Was it a Mecca dauber or a betting pencil?
Em
Oh the boy's a slag
A
The best you ever had
Em
The best you ever had
Em
Is just a memory and those dreams
A
But as daft as they seem
Em
As daft as they seem
G
My love when you dream them up
F#m Bm
Oh, where did you go?
Em
Where did you go?
F#m Em
Where did you go? Woah.
D Bm Em A
D Bm
Falling about
Em A
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
D Bm
You were just sounding it out
Em A
You're not coming back again.
D Bm
Falling about
Em A
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
D Bm A
You were just sounding it out
Em A
You're not coming back again.
D
You used to get it in your fishnets
Bm
Now you only get it in your night dress
Em
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
A
Landed in a very common crisis
D
Everything's in order in a black hole
Bm
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
Em
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco
A
Remember when he used to be a rascal?
End on Bm
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Back for good
Playing Tom Traubert's Blues just made me realise the chords here are similar, so here it is:
[F] [Gm7] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] [Gm7] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] I guess [Gm7] now it's time [Bb] [C] for me to give up [F] [Gm7] I feel it's time
[Bb] [C] Got a [F] picture of you beside [Gm7] me got your [Bb] lipstick mark still [C] on your
coffee cup [F] [Gm7] Oh Yeah [Bb] [F] [C] Got a [F] fist of pure emo[Gm7]tion Got a
[Bb] head of shattered [C] dreams gotta [Dm7] leave it, gotta [F] leave it all behind [Bb] now
[F] [C]
What[F]ever I said, what[Gm7]ever I did I didn't [Bb]mean it I just [C] want you back for
[F]good (Want you back,[Gm7] want you back, [Bb] want you back for [C] good)
When[F]ever I'm wrong just [Gm7] tell me the song and I'll [Bb] sing it you'll be [C] right and
under[F]stood (Want you back, [Gm7] want you back) I [Bb] want you back for good [C]
[F] Unaware [Gm7] but underlined [Bb] [C] I figured out this sto[F]ry (no no) [Gm7] It wasn't
good
[Bb] (no no) [C] But in the [F] corner of my mind [Gm7] (corner of my [Bb] mind) [C] I
celebrated glo[F]ry [Gm7] but that [Bb]was not to be [F] [C]
in the [F] twist of separa[Gm7]tion you exce[Bb]lled at being free [C] can't you [Dm7] find a little [F] room inside for [Bb] me? [F] [C]
What[F]ever I said, what[Gm7]ever I did I didn't [Bb]mean it I just [C] want you back for
[F]good (Want you back,[Gm7] want you back, [Bb] want you back for [C] good)
When[F]ever I'm wrong just [Gm7] tell me the song and I'll [Bb] sing it you'll be [C] right and
under[F]stood (Want you back, [Gm7] want you back) I [Bb] want you back for good [C]
[Bb] And we'll be together, [F] [Bb] this time is forever [F]
[Bb] We'll be fighting and forever [F] we will be so com[Dm]plete in our love [F] we will
[Bb] never be uncovered again [C]
What[F]ever I said, what[Gm7]ever I did I didn't [Bb]mean it I just [C] want you back for
[F]good (Want you back,[Gm7] want you back, [Bb] want you back for [C] good)
When[F]ever I'm wrong just [Gm7] tell me the song and I'll [Bb] sing it you'll be [C] right and
under[F]stood (Want you back, [Gm7] want you back) I [Bb] want you back for good [C]
What[F]ever I said, what[Gm7]ever I did I didn't [Bb]mean it I just [C] want you back for
[F]good (Want you back,[Gm7] want you back, [Bb] want you back for [C] good)
When[F]ever I'm wrong just [Gm7] tell me the song and I'll [Bb] sing it you'll be [C] right and
under[F]stood (Want you back, [Gm7] want you back) I [Bb] want you back for good [C]
[F] [Gm7] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] I guess [Gm7] now it’s time [B] that [F] you came [C] back for [F] good
[F] [Gm7] [Bb] [F] [C] [F] [Gm7] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] I guess [Gm7] now it's time [Bb] [C] for me to give up [F] [Gm7] I feel it's time
[Bb] [C] Got a [F] picture of you beside [Gm7] me got your [Bb] lipstick mark still [C] on your
coffee cup [F] [Gm7] Oh Yeah [Bb] [F] [C] Got a [F] fist of pure emo[Gm7]tion Got a
[Bb] head of shattered [C] dreams gotta [Dm7] leave it, gotta [F] leave it all behind [Bb] now
[F] [C]
What[F]ever I said, what[Gm7]ever I did I didn't [Bb]mean it I just [C] want you back for
[F]good (Want you back,[Gm7] want you back, [Bb] want you back for [C] good)
When[F]ever I'm wrong just [Gm7] tell me the song and I'll [Bb] sing it you'll be [C] right and
under[F]stood (Want you back, [Gm7] want you back) I [Bb] want you back for good [C]
[F] Unaware [Gm7] but underlined [Bb] [C] I figured out this sto[F]ry (no no) [Gm7] It wasn't
good
[Bb] (no no) [C] But in the [F] corner of my mind [Gm7] (corner of my [Bb] mind) [C] I
celebrated glo[F]ry [Gm7] but that [Bb]was not to be [F] [C]
in the [F] twist of separa[Gm7]tion you exce[Bb]lled at being free [C] can't you [Dm7] find a little [F] room inside for [Bb] me? [F] [C]
What[F]ever I said, what[Gm7]ever I did I didn't [Bb]mean it I just [C] want you back for
[F]good (Want you back,[Gm7] want you back, [Bb] want you back for [C] good)
When[F]ever I'm wrong just [Gm7] tell me the song and I'll [Bb] sing it you'll be [C] right and
under[F]stood (Want you back, [Gm7] want you back) I [Bb] want you back for good [C]
[Bb] And we'll be together, [F] [Bb] this time is forever [F]
[Bb] We'll be fighting and forever [F] we will be so com[Dm]plete in our love [F] we will
[Bb] never be uncovered again [C]
What[F]ever I said, what[Gm7]ever I did I didn't [Bb]mean it I just [C] want you back for
[F]good (Want you back,[Gm7] want you back, [Bb] want you back for [C] good)
When[F]ever I'm wrong just [Gm7] tell me the song and I'll [Bb] sing it you'll be [C] right and
under[F]stood (Want you back, [Gm7] want you back) I [Bb] want you back for good [C]
What[F]ever I said, what[Gm7]ever I did I didn't [Bb]mean it I just [C] want you back for
[F]good (Want you back,[Gm7] want you back, [Bb] want you back for [C] good)
When[F]ever I'm wrong just [Gm7] tell me the song and I'll [Bb] sing it you'll be [C] right and
under[F]stood (Want you back, [Gm7] want you back) I [Bb] want you back for good [C]
[F] [Gm7] [Bb] [F] [C]
[F] I guess [Gm7] now it’s time [B] that [F] you came [C] back for [F] good
Tom Traubert's Blues
This version on uke is a good guide, though I'd keep up the slow picking (in 4/4 time) and not the strum. It is a long song too, so leaving out a verse or too might be wise.
F Gm7 F Bb
F G7 C7 (end with note C on A string)
Bb F Gm7 C7 F C7 F
Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, I've got what I paid for now
Bb F G9 2212 C7
See you tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow a couple of bucks from you
F Gm7 F Bb
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
F Gm7 C7
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley
And I'm tired of all these soldiers here
No one speaks English, and everything's broken, and my Stacys are soaking wet
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
Now the dogs are barking and the taxi cab's parking
A lot they can do for me
I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open,
And I'm down on my knees tonight
Bb F
Old Bushmill's I staggered, you'd bury the dagger
G9 2212 C7
In your silhouette window light go
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
Now I lost my Saint Christopher now that I've kissed her
And the one-armed bandit knows
And the maverick Chinamen, and the cold-blooded signs,
And the girls down by the strip-tease shows, go
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
No, I don't want your sympathy, the fugitives say
That the streets aren't for dreaming now
And manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories,
They want a piece of the action anyhow
Go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
And you can ask any sailor, and the keys from the jailor,
And the old men in wheelchairs know
And Matilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred,
And she follows wherever you may go
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace,
And a wound that will never heal
No prima donna, the perfume is on an
Gm7 C7 F Gm7 F7
Old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey
Bb F
And goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers
Gm7 C7 F
And goodnight to Matilda, too
Gm7 F Bb F Gm7 C7 F
F Gm7 F Bb
F G7 C7 (end with note C on A string)
Bb F Gm7 C7 F C7 F
Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, I've got what I paid for now
Bb F G9 2212 C7
See you tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow a couple of bucks from you
F Gm7 F Bb
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
F Gm7 C7
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley
And I'm tired of all these soldiers here
No one speaks English, and everything's broken, and my Stacys are soaking wet
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
Now the dogs are barking and the taxi cab's parking
A lot they can do for me
I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open,
And I'm down on my knees tonight
Bb F
Old Bushmill's I staggered, you'd bury the dagger
G9 2212 C7
In your silhouette window light go
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
Now I lost my Saint Christopher now that I've kissed her
And the one-armed bandit knows
And the maverick Chinamen, and the cold-blooded signs,
And the girls down by the strip-tease shows, go
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
No, I don't want your sympathy, the fugitives say
That the streets aren't for dreaming now
And manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories,
They want a piece of the action anyhow
Go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
And you can ask any sailor, and the keys from the jailor,
And the old men in wheelchairs know
And Matilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred,
And she follows wherever you may go
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace,
And a wound that will never heal
No prima donna, the perfume is on an
Gm7 C7 F Gm7 F7
Old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey
Bb F
And goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers
Gm7 C7 F
And goodnight to Matilda, too
Gm7 F Bb F Gm7 C7 F
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Inchworm
A deceptively simple little song by Frank Loesser that he wrote along with Thumbelina and Wonderful Copenhagen for the movie Hans Christian Andersen starring Danny Kaye in 1952. Paul McCartney covered it for his recent album Kisses On The Bottom
Other songs he wrote? What Are You Doing New Years Eve?, On a Slow Boat to China and the xmas favourite: Baby, It's Cold Outside (he won an Oscar for that).
F Eb7 3131
Two and two are four
F Eb7
Four and four are eight
F Bb Bbm
Eight and eight are sixteen
F C C7
Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two
F Eb7
Inchworm, inchworm
F Eb7
Measuring the marigolds
F Bb Bbm
You and your arithmetic
F G7 C
You'll probably go far
F Eb7
Inchworm, inchworm
F Eb7
Measuring the marigolds
F Bb Bbm
Seems to me you'd stop and see
F C F
How beautiful they are
Other songs he wrote? What Are You Doing New Years Eve?, On a Slow Boat to China and the xmas favourite: Baby, It's Cold Outside (he won an Oscar for that).
F Eb7 3131
Two and two are four
F Eb7
Four and four are eight
F Bb Bbm
Eight and eight are sixteen
F C C7
Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two
F Eb7
Inchworm, inchworm
F Eb7
Measuring the marigolds
F Bb Bbm
You and your arithmetic
F G7 C
You'll probably go far
F Eb7
Inchworm, inchworm
F Eb7
Measuring the marigolds
F Bb Bbm
Seems to me you'd stop and see
F C F
How beautiful they are
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Bein' Green
A classic! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ZxxHbJGbY (Kermit)
Even Van Morrison covered it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3L9P4RlrjQ
Gmaj7 0222
It's not easy bein' green
F#7 3421
Having to spend each day
Dm6 4210
The color of the leaves
E7
When I think it could be nicer
Am7
Bein' red or yellow or gold
D7 G D7
Or something much more colorful like that
Gmaj7
It's not easy bein' green
F#7
It seems you blend in
Dm6
With so many other ordinary things
E7
And people tend to pass you over
Am7
'Cause you're not standing out
D7
Like flashy sparkles on the water
G D7
Or stars in the sky
Fmaj7 2413
But green's the color of spring
Bbmaj7 3210
And green can be cool and friendly like
Em7
And green can be big like an ocean
A7 Am7 D7
Or important like a mountain or tall like a tree
Gmaj7
When green is all there is to be
F#7 Dm6
It could make you wonder why
E7
But, why wonder, why wonder?
Am7
I'm green and it'll do fine
D7 G
It's beautiful and I think it's what I want to be
Even Van Morrison covered it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3L9P4RlrjQ
Gmaj7 0222
It's not easy bein' green
F#7 3421
Having to spend each day
Dm6 4210
The color of the leaves
E7
When I think it could be nicer
Am7
Bein' red or yellow or gold
D7 G D7
Or something much more colorful like that
Gmaj7
It's not easy bein' green
F#7
It seems you blend in
Dm6
With so many other ordinary things
E7
And people tend to pass you over
Am7
'Cause you're not standing out
D7
Like flashy sparkles on the water
G D7
Or stars in the sky
Fmaj7 2413
But green's the color of spring
Bbmaj7 3210
And green can be cool and friendly like
Em7
And green can be big like an ocean
A7 Am7 D7
Or important like a mountain or tall like a tree
Gmaj7
When green is all there is to be
F#7 Dm6
It could make you wonder why
E7
But, why wonder, why wonder?
Am7
I'm green and it'll do fine
D7 G
It's beautiful and I think it's what I want to be
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
Susanne was a friend who'd committed suicide. There's a lot of pain in this one though written when Taylor was only 22. I mean, what's Taylor Swift got to complain about compared to that!
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/firerain.asp
C Gm7 0211 F C
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
G Bb
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
C Gm7 F C
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
G Bb
I just can't remember who to send it to
F Dm7 2213 G11 0213 C F Dm7 G11 C
I've seen fire and I've seen rain I seen sunny days that I thought would never end
F Dm7 G11 C
I saw lonely times when I could not find a friend
Bb F Gm7
But I always thought that I'd see you again
C Gm7 0211 F C
Won't you look down upon me Jesus you got to help me make a stand
G Bb
You just got to see me through another day
C Gm7 F C
My bodies aching and my time is at hand
G Bb
An' I won't make it any other way
(chorus)
C Gm7 0211 F C
Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
G Bb
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn you head around
C Gm7 F C
Well there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come
G Bb
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
(chorus)
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/firerain.asp
C Gm7 0211 F C
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
G Bb
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
C Gm7 F C
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
G Bb
I just can't remember who to send it to
F Dm7 2213 G11 0213 C F Dm7 G11 C
I've seen fire and I've seen rain I seen sunny days that I thought would never end
F Dm7 G11 C
I saw lonely times when I could not find a friend
Bb F Gm7
But I always thought that I'd see you again
C Gm7 0211 F C
Won't you look down upon me Jesus you got to help me make a stand
G Bb
You just got to see me through another day
C Gm7 F C
My bodies aching and my time is at hand
G Bb
An' I won't make it any other way
(chorus)
C Gm7 0211 F C
Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
G Bb
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn you head around
C Gm7 F C
Well there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come
G Bb
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
(chorus)
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Get Lucky for ukulele. Get L-uke-y?
Chords are Bm (4222), D (2220), F#m (2120) and E (4442), I guess easier would be Am, C, Em (0402) and D.
I like this uke version, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3KqxY0xzhc though I don't try and sing the hook in that octave!
I also slide the Bm up from Bbm to give it a funky feel.
Strum is just a feeling rather than anything easy to pin down, just feel the funk y'all!
Bm D
Like the legend of the phoenix
F#m E (repeat all through the song)
All ends with beginnings
What keeps the planet spinning
The force from the beginning
[Hook]
We've come too far
To give up who we are
So let's raise the bar
And our cups to the stars
She's up all night 'til the sun
I'm up all night to get some
She's up all night for good fun
I'm up all night to get lucky
We're up all night 'til the sun
We're up all night to get some
We're up all night for good fun
We're up all night to get lucky (x5)
The present has no ribbon
Your gift keeps on giving
What is this I'm feeling?
If you want to leave, I'm wit' it
[Hook]
[Bridge: Daft Punk]
We’re up all night to get (x4)
We’re up all night to get back together
We’re up all night (let’s get back together!)
We’re up all night to get funky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky (x8)
[Hook]
[Outro x4]
We're up all night to get lucky
I like this uke version, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3KqxY0xzhc though I don't try and sing the hook in that octave!
I also slide the Bm up from Bbm to give it a funky feel.
Strum is just a feeling rather than anything easy to pin down, just feel the funk y'all!
Bm D
Like the legend of the phoenix
F#m E (repeat all through the song)
All ends with beginnings
What keeps the planet spinning
The force from the beginning
[Hook]
We've come too far
To give up who we are
So let's raise the bar
And our cups to the stars
She's up all night 'til the sun
I'm up all night to get some
She's up all night for good fun
I'm up all night to get lucky
We're up all night 'til the sun
We're up all night to get some
We're up all night for good fun
We're up all night to get lucky (x5)
The present has no ribbon
Your gift keeps on giving
What is this I'm feeling?
If you want to leave, I'm wit' it
[Hook]
[Bridge: Daft Punk]
We’re up all night to get (x4)
We’re up all night to get back together
We’re up all night (let’s get back together!)
We’re up all night to get funky
We’re up all night to get lucky
We’re up all night to get lucky (x8)
[Hook]
[Outro x4]
We're up all night to get lucky
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Wayfaring Stranger
I love the versions by Ed Sheeran, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Johnny Cash.
Though the off-tune versions by Bill Monroe (few more versions in this playlist) and Jack White have a strange beauty too.
I am a (Am) poor way- (E7) faring (Am) stranger
While travelling (Dm) through this world of (E7) woe
There's no (Am) sick- (E7) ness no toil or (Am) danger
In that bright (Dm) wo- (E7) rld to which I (Am) go
I'm going (F) there (G) to meet my (C) father
I'm going (F) there (G) no more to (C) ro- (E7) am
I’m only (Am) go- (E7) ing over (Am) Jordan
I’m only (Dm) go- (E7) ing over (Am) home (E7)
I know dark (Am) clouds will (E7) gather a- (Am) round me
I know my (Dm) path is rough and (E7) steep
But golden (Am) fields lie (E7) there be- (Am) fore me
Where weary (Dm) eyes no (E7) more shall (Am) weep
I'm going (F) there (G) to see my (C) mother
She said she'd (F) meet me (G) when I (C) come (E7)
I’m only (Am) go- (E7) ing over (Am) Jordan
I’m only (Dm) go- (E7) ing over (Am) home (E7)
I'll soon be (Am) free from (E7) every (Am) trial
This form will (Dm) rest beneath the (E7) sod
I'll drop the (Am) cross of (E7) self de- (Am) nial,
And enter (Dm) in my (E7) home with (Am) God.
I'm going (F) there to (G) see my (C) Saviour
Who shed for (F) me His (G) precious (C) blood (E7)
I’m only (Am) go- (E7) ing over (Am) Jordan
I’m only (Dm) go- (E7) ing over (Am) home (E7)
I'm going to (Am) wear the (E7) crown of (Am) glory
When I get (Dm) home to that bright (E7) land
I'm going to (Am) shout salvation's (Am) story
In concert (Dm) with that (E7) bloodwashed (Am) band
I'm going (F) there (G) to meet my (C) Saviour
To sing His (F) praises (G) for ever (C) more (E7)
I’m only (Am) go- (E7) ing over (Am) Jordan
I’m only (Dm) go- (E7) ing over (Am) home (E7)
Though the off-tune versions by Bill Monroe (few more versions in this playlist) and Jack White have a strange beauty too.
I am a (Am) poor way- (E7) faring (Am) stranger
While travelling (Dm) through this world of (E7) woe
There's no (Am) sick- (E7) ness no toil or (Am) danger
In that bright (Dm) wo- (E7) rld to which I (Am) go
I'm going (F) there (G) to meet my (C) father
I'm going (F) there (G) no more to (C) ro- (E7) am
I’m only (Am) go- (E7) ing over (Am) Jordan
I’m only (Dm) go- (E7) ing over (Am) home (E7)
I know dark (Am) clouds will (E7) gather a- (Am) round me
I know my (Dm) path is rough and (E7) steep
But golden (Am) fields lie (E7) there be- (Am) fore me
Where weary (Dm) eyes no (E7) more shall (Am) weep
I'm going (F) there (G) to see my (C) mother
She said she'd (F) meet me (G) when I (C) come (E7)
I’m only (Am) go- (E7) ing over (Am) Jordan
I’m only (Dm) go- (E7) ing over (Am) home (E7)
I'll soon be (Am) free from (E7) every (Am) trial
This form will (Dm) rest beneath the (E7) sod
I'll drop the (Am) cross of (E7) self de- (Am) nial,
And enter (Dm) in my (E7) home with (Am) God.
I'm going (F) there to (G) see my (C) Saviour
Who shed for (F) me His (G) precious (C) blood (E7)
I’m only (Am) go- (E7) ing over (Am) Jordan
I’m only (Dm) go- (E7) ing over (Am) home (E7)
I'm going to (Am) wear the (E7) crown of (Am) glory
When I get (Dm) home to that bright (E7) land
I'm going to (Am) shout salvation's (Am) story
In concert (Dm) with that (E7) bloodwashed (Am) band
I'm going (F) there (G) to meet my (C) Saviour
To sing His (F) praises (G) for ever (C) more (E7)
I’m only (Am) go- (E7) ing over (Am) Jordan
I’m only (Dm) go- (E7) ing over (Am) home (E7)
Friday, April 26, 2013
Hula Girl
A fun little song, and not too hard, I think. This one is in the key of F, like mine below.
There's a few versions in G as well. That one has the chords in G in the description.
Love this one with Robert Crumb & The Cheap Suit Serenaders.
F D7 G7 C7 F
F G7
All the time, In the tropical clime, where they do the hula hula dance
C7 F Bb F
I fell in love, With a chocolate dove while learning that funny funny dance
F G7
This poor little kid, Why, she never did a bit of loving before
G7 F G7 C7 F
So I made up my mind, That I struck a find, she's the only girl I'd dare adore
[CHORUS]
C7 F
I love a pretty little Honolulu, hula hula girl (she's the candy kid to wriggle)
C7
Hula girl, (she will surely make you giggle)
F
Hula girl, (with her naughty little wiggle)
C7 F
Some day, I'm goin' to try to make this hula hula girlie mine, this girlie mine
D7 G7 F C7 F
'Cause all the while I'm dreaming of her my Honolulu hula girl
C7 F C7 F C7 F D7 G7 F C7 F
F G7
Out at the beach, with your dear little peach where the waves are rolling in so high
C7 F Bb F
Holding her hand, while you sit on the sand, promise you'll win her heart or die
F G7
You start in to tease, you give her a squeeze her heart is all in a whirl
G7 F G7 C7 F
If you get in a pinch, go to, it's a cinch! When spooning with a hula girl
[CHORUS]
There's a few versions in G as well. That one has the chords in G in the description.
Love this one with Robert Crumb & The Cheap Suit Serenaders.
F D7 G7 C7 F
F G7
All the time, In the tropical clime, where they do the hula hula dance
C7 F Bb F
I fell in love, With a chocolate dove while learning that funny funny dance
F G7
This poor little kid, Why, she never did a bit of loving before
G7 F G7 C7 F
So I made up my mind, That I struck a find, she's the only girl I'd dare adore
[CHORUS]
C7 F
I love a pretty little Honolulu, hula hula girl (she's the candy kid to wriggle)
C7
Hula girl, (she will surely make you giggle)
F
Hula girl, (with her naughty little wiggle)
C7 F
Some day, I'm goin' to try to make this hula hula girlie mine, this girlie mine
D7 G7 F C7 F
'Cause all the while I'm dreaming of her my Honolulu hula girl
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Out at the beach, with your dear little peach where the waves are rolling in so high
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Holding her hand, while you sit on the sand, promise you'll win her heart or die
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You start in to tease, you give her a squeeze her heart is all in a whirl
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If you get in a pinch, go to, it's a cinch! When spooning with a hula girl
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