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Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight (adapted from Kinky Friedman’s version) C Dm7 Just a ship out on the ocean, a speck against the sky, G7 C Amelia Earhart flying that sad day; C Dm7 With her partner, captain Noonan, on the second of July G7 C Her plane fell in the ocean, far away. Chorus: C F C There's a beautiful, beautiful field C G7 Far away in a land that is fair. C F Dm7 Happy landings to you Amelia Ear-hart, G7 C Farewell, first lady of the air. C Dm7 A half an hour later her S-O-S was heard, G7 C Her signal's weak, but still her voice was brave. C Dm7 In shark-infested waters her plane went down that night G7 C In the blue pacific to a watery grave. Chorus: C Dm7 Now you heard my story 'bout this awful tragedy, G7 C We all pray she'll fly home safe again. C Dm7 In years to come, though others blaze a trail across the sea, G7 C We'll ne'er forget Amelia and her plane. Chorus: Page 2
Battle Hymn Of The Republic Written by Julia Ward Howe
G Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord C G He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored G Em He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword D G His truth is marching on
Chorus: G Glory glory hallelujah C G Glory glory hallelujah G Em Glory glory hallelujah D G His truth is marching on G In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea C G With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me G Em As He died to make men holy let us die to make men free D G While God is marching on
Chorus: G Glory glory hallelujah C G Glory glory hallelujah G Em Glory glory hallelujah D G His truth is marching on
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Blowing in the Wind by Bob Dylan C F C Am How many roads must a man walk down C F G7 Before you call him a man? C F C Am Yes, ’n’ how many seas must a white dove sail C F G7 Before she sleeps in the sand? C F C Am Yes, ’n’ how many times must the cannonballs fly C F G7 Before they’re forever banned? F G7 C Am The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind F G7 C The answer is blowin’ in the wind
C F C Am How many years can a mountain exist C F G7 Before it’s washed to the sea? C F C Am Yes, ’n’ how many years can some people exist C F G7 Before they’re allowed to be free? C F C Am Yes, ’n’ how many times can a man turn his head C F G7 Pretending he just doesn’t see? F G7 C Am The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind F G7 C The answer is blowin’ in the wind
F G7 C Am The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind F G7 C The answer is blowin’ in the wind Page 4
Hammer Song (If I Had A Hammer) G7 C Em F G7 C Em F If I had a ham-mer, I’d hammer in the mor- or ning G7 C Em F G7 G7sus G7 I’d hammer in the even---ing, all over this land G7 C Am I’d hammer out a danger, I’d hammer out a warning F C F C I’d hammer our love between my brothers and my sisters F C G7 C Em F G7 All……ll…… .ll over this land G7 C Em F G7 C Em F If I had a bell, I’d Ring it in the morn-ing G7 C Em F G7 G7sus G7 I’d ring it in the evening, all over this land G7 C Am I’d ring out a danger, I’d ring out a warning F C F C I’d ring our love between my brothers and my sisters F C G7 C Em F G7 All……ll…… .ll over this land G7 C Em F G7 C Em F If I had a song, I’d sing it in the morning G7 C Em F G7 G7sus G7 I’d sing it in the evening, all over this land G7 C Am I’d sing out a danger, I’d sing out a warning F C F C I’d sing a love between my brothers and my sisters F C G7 C Em F G7 All……ll…… .ll over this land G7 C Em F G7 C Em F Well we’ve got a hammer, and we got a bell G7 C Em F G7 G7sus G7 And we got a song to sing, all over this land G7 C Am It’s the hammer of justice, it’s the bell of freedom F C F C It’s a song about love between my brothers and my sisters. F C G7 C Em F G7 All……ll…… .ll over this land Page 5
Hush, little baby , (southern lullaby) C G7 Hush, little baby, don't say a word, G7 C Mama's going to buy you a mockingbird. C G7 If that mockingbird won't sing, G7 C Mama's going to buy you a diamond ring. C G7 If that diamond ring turns brass, G7 C Mama's going to buy you a looking glass. C G7 If that looking glass gets broke, G7 C Mama's going to buy you a billy goat. C G7 If that billy goat won't pull, G7 C Mama's going to buy you a cart and bull. C G7 If that cart and bull turn over, G7 C Mama's going to buy you a dog named Rover. C G7 If that dog named Rover won't bark, G7 C Mama's going to buy you a horse and cart. C G7 If that horse and cart fall down, G7 C You'll still be the sweetest little boy in town. C G7 So hush little baby, don't you cry, G7 C Daddy loves you and so do I.
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Irene, Goodnight (Huddie Ledbetter, aka Leadbelly) C G7 Last Saturday night I got married G7 C Me and my wife settled down C Dm7 Now me and my wife have parted G7 C I'm gonna take a little stroll downtown
Chorus: C G7 Irene good night… G7 C Irene good night… C Good night Irene, F Dm7 Good night Irene G7 C I'll see you in my dreams C G7 Some times I live in the country G7 C Some times I live in town C Dm7 Some times I take a great notion G7 C To jump in the river and drown
Chorus: C G7 Quit your rambling quit your gambling G7 C Stop staying out late at night C Dm7 Stay home with your wife and family G7 C And stay by the fireside of right
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Keep on the Sunny Side (of life), by the Carter Family C Dm7 C There's a dark and a troubled side of life C G7 There's a bright and a sunny side too G7 C7 Am Though we meet with the darkness and strife G7 C The sunny side we also may view
Chorus: C F Keep on the sunny side always on the sunny side C G7 Keep on the sunny side of life C F C Dm7 It will help us every day it will brighten all our way C F C G7 C If we keep on the sunny side of life C Dm7 C Oh the storm and its fury broke today C G7 Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear G7 C7 Am The clouds and storm will in time pass away G7 C The sun again will shine bright and clear
Chorus: C Dm7 C Let us greet with a song of hope each day C G7 Though the moment be cloudy or fair G7 C7 Am Let us trust in our Savior always G7 C To keep us every one in His care
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Kumbaya (Peter, Paul & Mary) C F C Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya C G7 Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya C F C Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya F C G7 C Oh Lord, kumbayah
Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya Oh Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya Oh Lord, kumbaya
Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya Oh Lord, kumbaya Oh Lord, kumbaya
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Michael Row the Boat Ashore (Peter, Paul & Mary) C F C Michael row the boat ashore, hallelu-jah C Em G7 C G7 C Michael row the boat ashore, hallelu-jah C F C Sister help to trim the sail, hallelu-jah C Em G7 C G7 C Sister help to trim the sail, hallelu-jah
C F C River Jordan is chilly and cold, hallelujah C Em G7 C G7 C Chills the body but not the soul, hallelujah
C F C Jordan river is deep and is wide, hallelujah C Em G7 C G7 C I've got a home on the other side, hallelujah
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On Top of Old Smokey (Burl Ives version)
C F On top of old smokey F C All covered with snow C G7 I lost my true lover G7 F G7 C F C From a courtin' too slow ………………..
C F On top of old smokey F C I went there to weep C G7 A false hearted lover G7 F G7 C F C Is worse than a thief
C F For a thief, he will rob you F C And take what you have C G7 But a false hearted lover G7 F G7 C F C Will send you to your grave
C F She'll hug you and kiss you F C And tell you more lies C G7 Than the cross ties on the railroad G7 F G7 C F C Or the stars in the skies
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Puff, The Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul & Mary)
C Em F C Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea F C Am Dm7 G7 And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee C Em F C Little Jackie paper loved that rascal Puff, F C Am F G7 C G7 And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff. Oh
Chorus: C Em F C Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea F C Am Dm7 G7 And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee, C Em F C Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea F C Am Dm7 G7 C And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee,
C Em F C Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail F C Am Dm7 G7 Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff’s gigantic tail, C Em F C Noble kings and princes would bow when e'r they came, F C Am F G7 C G7 Pirate ships would lower their flag when Puff roared out his name. oh!
Chorus: C Em F C Dragons live forever but not so little boys F C Am Dm7 G7 Painted wings and giant strings make way for other toys. C Em F C One sad night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more F C Am F G7 C G7 And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
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Seek Ye First C Em F C Seek ye first the kingdom of God F C G7 And His righteous-ness C Em F C And all these things shall be added unto you F C G7 Hallelu, Hallelujah!
C Em F C Ask, and it shall be given unto you F C G7 Seek, and you shall find C Em F C Knock, and it shall be opened unto you F C G7 Hallelu, Hallelujah!
C Em F C Man shall not live by bread alone F C G7 But by every word C Em F C That proceeds out, from the mouth of God F C G7 Hallelu, Hallelujah!
C Em F C Seek ye first the kingdom of God F C G7 And His righteousness C Em F C And all these things shall be added unto you F C G7 Hallelu, Hallelujah!
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The Eddystone Light (version by Burl Ives) G My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light C D G he courted a mermaid one fine night. Gg From this union there came three, C D G A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me. Chorus: D D` Yo, ho, ho, the wind blows free: D G oh, for a life on the rolling sea.
G One night while I was a-trimmin' the glim C D G A-singin' a verse from the evening hymn, G A voice from the starboard shouted, "Ahoy!" C D G And there was me mother a-sittin' on a buoy. Chorus G "Oh, what has become of my children three?" C D G My mother then she asked of me G "One was exhibited as a talking fish C D G And the other was served in a chafing dish." Chorus G Then the phosphorus flashed in her seaweed hair; C D G I looked again, and me mother wasn't there. G A voice come a-echoing out through the night: C D G "To Hell with the keeper of the Eddystone Light!" Chorus Page 14
The Happy Wanderer I love to go a-wandering,
Along the mountain track,
And as I go, I love to sing,
My knapsack on my back.
Chorus: Val-deri,Val-dera,
Val-deri,
Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-deri,Val-dera.
My knapsack on my back.
I wave my hat to all I meet,
And they wave back to me,
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet
From ev'ry green wood tree.
Chorus
Oh, may I go a-wandering
Until the day I die!
Oh, may I always laugh and sing,
Beneath God's clear blue sky!
Chorus
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The Sloop “John B” C F C F C We came on the sloop John B, my grandfather and me. C G7 Around Nassau town we did roam. G7 C F Drinkin' all night. Got into a fight. F C G7 C Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home.
[Chorus:] C F C F C So, Hoist up the John B's sails. See how the main sails set. C G7 Call for the captain ashore, let me go home. G7 C F Let me go home. I want to go home F C G7 C Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home C F C F C The first mate, he got drunk. Broke up the people's trunk. C G7 Constable had to come and take him away. G7 C F Sheriff John Stone, why don't you leave me alone? F C G7 C Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home.
[Chorus] C F C F C Well, the poor cook, he caught the fits. Threw away all of my grits. C G7 Then he took and ate up all of my corn. G7 C F Let me go home I want to go home. F C G7 C This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on.
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This Land Is Your Land (Words and Music by Woody Guthrie) C F C This land is your land this land is my land C G7 C From Cali…fornia to the New York island; C F C From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters G7 C This land was made for you and me.
C F C As I was walking that ribbon of highway C G7 C I saw above me that endless skyway: C F C I saw below me that golden valley: G7 C This land was made for you and me.
C F C I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps C G7 C To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts; C F C And all around me a voice was sounding: G7 C This land was made for you and me.
C F C When the sun came shining, and I was strolling, C G7 C And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling, C F C As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting: G7 C This land was made for you and me.
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Shady Grove (chorus) Am Gm7 Shady Grove, my little love Am Shady Grove I say C G Shady Grove, my little love Am Gm7 Am I'm bound to go away Am Gm7 Cheeks as red a blooming rose Am And eyes are the prettiest brown C G She's the darling of my heart Am Gm7 Am Sweetest girl in town
(chorus) Am Gm7 When I was a little boy Am I wanted a Barlow knife C G And now I want little Shady Grove Am Gm7 Am To say she'll be my wife
(chorus) Am Gm7 A kiss from little Shady Grove Am Is sweet as brandy wine C G And there ain't no girl in this old world Am Gm7 Am That's prettier than mine
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Stewball Joan Baez C Am Stewball was a good horse Am Dm7 He wore his head high G7 And the mane on his foretop G7 C F C Was fine as silk thread …..
I rode him in England I rode him in Spain And I never did lose, boys I always did gain
The gray mere, she'll stumble Most likely she'll fall But never you'll lose, boys On my noble Stewball
And way out yonder Ahead of them all Came a prancing and a dancing My noble Stewball
Stewball was a race horse And by the day he was mine He never drank water He always drank wine
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Waltzing Matilda C G7 F Am F Once a jolly swagman, camped beside a billa-bong C G7 Under the shade of a collibah tree. G7 C G7 F Am F And he sang as he watched, and waited while his billy boiled C C7 G7 C You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me! Chorus: C F Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda C G7 You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me C G7 F Am F And he sang as he watched and waited while his billy boiled C G7 C You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me C G7 F Am F Down came a jumbuck, to drink at the billabong C G7 Up jumped the swagman, and grabbed him with glee G7 C G7 F Am F And he sang as he stowed that Jumbuckin his Tuckerbag C C7 G7 C You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me C F Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda C G7 You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me C G7 F Am F And he sang as he stowed that Jumbuck in his Tuckerbag C G7 C You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
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Waltzing Matilda (continued)
C G7 F Am F Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thorough-bred, C G7 Down came the troopers, one, two, three G7 C G7 F Am F “Where’s that jolly jumbuck, you’ve got in your Tuckerbag C C7 G7 C You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
C F Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda C G7 You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me C G7 F Am F “Where’s that jolly jumbuck, you’ve got in your Tuckerbag C G7 C You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Up jumped the swagman, and sprang into the billabong
“You’ll never catch me alive” cried he
And his ghost may be heard, as you pass beside that billabong
You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
C F Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda C G7 You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me C G7 F Am F And his ghost may be heard, as you pass beside that billabong C G7 C You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
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Wildwood Flower (Adapted from o riginal lyrics) C G7 C I'll twine 'mid the ringlets Of my raven black hair, C G7 C The lilies so pale And the roses so fair, C F C The myrtle so bright With its emerald hue, C G7 C And the pale aronatus With eyes of bright blue.
C G7 C He told me he loved me, He call'd me his flower C G7 C That blossom'd for him All the brighter each hour; C F C Another has won him, Ah! misery to tell; C G7 C He left me in silence No word of farewell!
C G7 C I'll sing, and I'll dance, My laugh shall be gay, C G7 C I'll cease this wild weeping Drive sorrow away, C F C Tho' my heart is now breaking, He never shall know, C G7 C That his name made me tremble And my pale cheek to glow.
C G7 C I'll think of him never I'll be wildly gay, C G7 C I'll charm ev'ry heart And the crowd I will sway, C F C I'll live yet to see him Regret the dark hour C G7 C When he won, then neglected, His frail wildwood flower.
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Jamaica Farwell C F Down the way where the nights are gay, G7 F C And the sun shines daily on the mountain top. C F I took a trip on a sailing ship, G7 F C And when I reached Jamaica, I made a stop.
(Chorus) C Dm7 But, I’m sad to say, I’m on my way, G7 C Won’t be back for many a day, C Dm7 My heart is down, my head is turning around, C G7 C I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town.
C F Down at the market you can hear, G7 F C Ladies cry out while on their heads they bear. C F “Akey” rice, salt fish are nice, G7 F C And the rum is fine any time of year. (Chorus)
C F Sounds of laughter everywhere, G7 F C And the dancing girls sway to and fro. C F I must declare my heart is there, G7 F C Though I’ve been from Maine to Mexico. (Chorus) (Chorus)
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The Rose C F C Some Say love, it is a river, that drowns the tender reed C F C Some say love, it is a razor, that leaves your soul to bleed. C Em Am C Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. C F C I say love, it is a flower and you, its only seed.
C F C It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. C F C It’s the dream afraid of waking that never takes a chance. C Em Am C It’s the one who won’t be taken, who cannot seem to give. C F C And the soul afraid of dying, that never learns to live.
C F C When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long. C F C And you feel that love is only for the lucky and strong. C Em Am C Just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snow. C F C Lies the seed that with the sun’s love, in the Spring becomes the rose.
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TODAY (Intro: C Am F G7) C Am F G7 Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine, C Am F G7 I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet wine C Am F G7 A million tomorrows shall all pass away, C Am F G7 C ‘Ere I forget, all the joy that is mine, today
C Am F G7 I’ll be a dandy and I’ll be a rover. C Am F G7 You’ll know who I am by the song that I sing C Am F G7 I’ll feast at the table, I’ll sleep in the clover C Am F G7 C Who cares what tomorrow shall bring.
C Am F G7 I can’t be contented with yesterday’s glory. C Am F G7 I can’t live on promises, winter to spring. C Am F G7 Today is my moment and now is my story, C Am F G7 C I’ll laugh, and I’ll cry and I’ll sing.
C Am F G7 Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine, C Am F G7 I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet wine C Am F G7 A million tomorrows shall all pass away, C Am F G7 C ‘Ere I forget, all the joy that is mine, today