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February 2020 A Pot-Pourri of Songs normanskillstrummers.com Contents 1. Abilene 2. And I Love Her 3. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 4. Beautiful Kauai 5. Brown-Eyed Girl 6. Buckets of Rain 7. Danny Boy 8. Dream a Little Dream of Me 9. Eight Days a Week 10. Every Day I Have to Cry 11. Galway Bay 12. I Just Want to Dance With You 13. I Will 14. I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen 15. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry 16. In Your Hawaiian Way 17. Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys 18. Man Smart, Woman Smarter 19. Molly Malone 20. My Mind’s Got a Mind of Its Own 21. My Wild Irish Rose 22. Ophelia 23. Over The Rainbow 24. Pearly Shells 25. Remember Me 26. Ripple 27. Six Days On The Road 28. Sloop John B 29. Stealin’ 30. A Teenager in Love 31. The Long Black Veil 32. Tin Pan Alley Medley 33. Twilight 34. Twilight Time 35. Wagon Wheel 36. (What a) Wonderful World 37. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 38. White Sandy Beach 39. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere 40. You Are My Sunshine Abilene Bob Gibson, Albert Stanton, Lester Brown and John D. Loudermilk, 1963 (George Hamilton IV) [C] Abilene, [E7] Abilene, [F] Prettiest town [C] I've ever seen [D7] Women there don't [G7] treat you mean, in [C] Abilene, [F] my [C] Abilene I sit [E7] alone most every night, [F] Watch the trains [C] pull out of sight [D7] Don't I wish they were [G7] carrying me, Back to [C] Abilene, [F] my [C] Abilene [C] Abilene, [E7] Abilene, [F] Prettiest town [C] I've ever seen [D7] Women there don't [G7] treat you mean, in [C] Abilene, [F] my [C] Abilene [E7] Crowded city there ain't nothing free, [F] Nothing in this [C] town for me [D7] Wish to the Lord that [G7] I could be, Back in [C] Abilene, [F] sweet [C] Abilene [C] Abilene, [E7] Abilene, [F] Prettiest town [C] I've ever seen [D7] Women there don't [G7] treat you mean, in [C] Abilene, [F] my [C] Abilene [D7] Women there don't [G7] treat you mean, in [C] Abilene, [F] my [C] Abilene C F L N K 1 And I Love Her McCartney/Lennon, 1964 (The Beatles) [Dm] I give her [Am] all my love [Dm] That's all I [Am] do [Dm] And if you [Am] saw my love [F] you'd love her [G7] too And I [C] love her [Dm] She gives me [Am] everything [Dm] And tender- [Am] ly [Dm] The kiss my [Am] lover brings [F] she brings to [G7] me And I [C] love her [Am/C] A love like [G] ours [Am/C] could never [Em] die [Am/C] As long as [Em] I have you [G] near me [Dm] Bright are the [Am] stars that shine [Dm] Dark is the [Am] sky [Dm] I know this [Am] love of mine [F] could never [G7] die And I [C] love her [Am/C] A love like [G] ours [Am/C] could never [Em] die [Am/C] As long as [Em] I have you [G] near me [Dm] Bright are the [Am] stars that shine [Dm] Dark is the [Am] sky [Dm] I know this [Am] love of mine [F] could never [G7] die And I [C] love her 2 Are You Lonesome Tonight? Roy Turk, Lou Handman, 1926 (3/4) Are you [G] lonesome to- [GM7] night; Do you miss me to- [G6] night? Are you [G] sorry we [E7] drifted a- [Am] part? Does your [D7] memory stray to a bright summer day When I [Am7] kissed you and [D7] called you sweet- [G] heart? Do the [G7] chairs in your parlor seem [C] empty and bare? Do you [A7] gaze at your doorstep and [Am7] picture me [D7] there? Is your [G] heart filled with pain; Shall I [A] come back again? Tell me, [Am7] dear, are you [D7] lonesome to- [G] night? Instrumental: Play through entire song Repeat from beginning G U ~ L a h K A 3 Beautiful Kauai Rudolph “Randy” Haleakala Farden (Don Ho, many others) Intro: (Vamp) - [D7] [G7] [C] X 2 #1 [C] There's an island a- [F] cross the [C] sea [C] [F] [A7] Beautiful [D7] Kauai, [G] beautiful [C] Kauai [C] [F] [A7] And it's [C] calling, yes [F] calling to [C] me [C] [F] [A7] Beautiful [D7] Kauai, [G7] beautiful [C] Kauai [C7] #2 In the [F] mist of Fern Grotto Mother [C] Nature made her home Beneath the [D7] falls of Wailua Where [G7] lovers often roam #3 So I'll re- [C] turn to my [F] isle across the [C] sea [C] [F] [A7] Beautiful [D7] Kauai, [G7] beautiful [C] Kauai [C7] Where my [C] true love is [F] waiting for [C] me [C] [F] [A7] Beautiful [D7] Kauai, [G7] beautiful [C] Kauai [C7] Repeat #2 and #3 Beautiful [D7] Kauai, [G7] beautiful [C] Kauai Outro: (Vamp) - [D7] [G7] [C] X 2 C K N J F H 4 Brown-Eyed Girl Van Morrison, 1967 [C] Hey, where did [F] we go? [C] Days when the [G] rains came [C] Down in the [F] hollow, [C] Playin’ a [G] new game [C] Laughin’ and a [F] runnin’ (hey hey), [C] skippin’ and a [G] jumpin’ [C] In the misty [F] morning fog [C] with our hearts a [G] thumpin’ and [F] you [G] My brown-eyed [C] girl [Am] [F] You, my [G] brown-eyed [C] girl [G] [C] Whatever [F] happened, to [C] Tuesday and [G] so slow [C] Going down to the [F] old mine [C] with a transistor [G] radio [C] Standin’ in the [F] sunlight laughin’ [C] hidin’ behind the [G] rainbow’s wall [C] Slippin’ and a [F] slidin’ [C] all along the [G] waterfall with [F] you [G] My brown eyed [C] girl [Am] [F] You, my [G] brown eyed [C] girl Chorus: [G7] Do you remember when, we used to [C] sing Sha la la la [F] La la la la [C] La la la la lat tee [G7] dah (just like that) [C] Sha la la la [F] La la la la [C] La la la la lat tee [G7] dah - la tee [C] dah [G] [C] [G] [D] X2 [C] So hard to [F] find my way, [C] Now that I’m [G] on my own [C] I saw you just [F] the other day, [C] My how [G] you have grown [C] Cast my memory [F] back there, Lord, [C] Sometimes I’m overcome [G] thinkin’ about it [C] Makin’ love in the [F] green grass, [C] behind the [G] stadium with [F] you [G] My brown-eyed [C] girl [Am] [F] You, my [G] brown-eyed [C] girl Chorus: [G7] Do you remember when, we used to [C] sing Sha la la la [F] La la la la [C] La la la la lat tee [G7] dah (just like that) [C] Sha la la la [F] La la la la [C] La la la la lat tee [G7] dah - la tee [C] dah [C] Sha la la la [F] La la la la [C] La la la la lat tee [G7] dah (just like that) [C] Sha la la la [F] La la la la [C] La la la la lat tee [G7] dah - la tee [C] dah C F G N a 5 Buckets of Rain Bob Dylan, 1975 [G] Buckets of rain; [G] Buckets of tears [G] Got all them buckets comin' out of my ears [C] Buckets of moonbeams in my [G] hand [D] You got all the love, [C] honey baby [Am] I can [G] stand [G] I been meek; and [G] hard like an oak, [G] I seen pretty people disappear like smoke. [C] Friends will arrive, friends will disap- [G] pear, [D] If you want me, [C] honey baby, [Am] I'll be [G] here. [G] Like your smile, [G] and your fingertips, [G] Like the way that you move your hips. [C] I like the cool way you look at [G] me, [D] Everything about you [C] is bringing [Am] me [G] misery. Inst: [G] [G] [G] [C] [G] [D] [C] [Am] [G] [G] Little red wagon, [G] little red bike, [G] I ain't no monkey but I know what I like. [C] I like the way you love me strong and [G] slow, [D] I'm taking you with me, [C] honey baby, [Am] when I [G] go. [G] Life is sad, [G] life is a bust, [G] All you can do is do what you must. [C] You do what you must do and you do it [G] well, [D] I'll do it for you, [C] honey baby, [Am] can't you [G] tell. G C D a 6 DANNY BOY (lyrics by Frederic Weatherly, 1910, set to the tune of “Londonderry Air” (trad.) Oh, Danny Boy, the [C] pipes, the pipes are [F] calling From glen to glen, [C] and down the moun- [G] tain side The summer's gone [C], and all the roses fall- [F] ing 'Tis you must go, [C] 'tis you must go, and [G] I must [C] bide But come [C] ye back when [F] summer's in the [C] meadow Or when the [Am] valley's hushed and [F] white with [G] snow 'Tis I'll be [C] there in sun- [F] shine or in [C] shadow [Am] Oh Danny Boy, [C] Oh Danny boy, [G] I love you [C] so But if you [C] come, and [F] all the flow’rs are [C] dying If I am dead, [C] as dead I may well [G] be You'll come and [C] find the place where I am [F] lying And kneel and [C] say an [G] "Ave" there for [C] me And I shall [C] hear, tho' [F] soft you tread above [C] me And all my [Am] grave shall [F] warm and sweeter [G] be If you will [C] bend and [F] tell me that you [C] love me [Am] Then I will [C] sleep in peace [G] until you come to [C] me C F a G 7 Dream a Little Dream of Me Andre/Schwandt/Kahn, 1931 (Cass Eliot, 1968) (1) [F] Stars shining bright a- [C#7] bove [C7] you [F] Night breezes seem to [D7] whisper “I love you” [Bb] Birds singing in the [Bbm6] sycamore trees [F] Dream a little [C#7] dream of [C7] me (2) [F] Say nightie-night and [C#7] kiss [C7] me [F] Just hold me tight and [D7] tell me you’ll miss me [Bb] While I’m alone and [Bbm6] blue as can be [F] Dream a little [C#7] dream of [C7] me (Bridge) [D] Stars fading, but I [A7] linger on dear [D] Still craving your [A7] kiss [D] I’m longing to [A7] linger ‘til dawn dear [D] Just saying [C7] this (3) [F] Sweet dreams ‘til sunbeams [C#7] find [C7] you [F] Sweet dreams that leave all [D7] worries behind you [Bb] But in your dreams [Bbm6] whatever they be [F] Dream a little [C#7] dream of [C7] me (Bridge) [D] Stars fading, but I [A7] linger on dear [D] Still craving your [A7] kiss [D] I’m longing to [A7] linger ‘til dawn dear [D] Just saying [C7] this (4) [F] Sweet dreams ‘til sunbeams [C#7] find [C7] you [F] Sweet dreams that leave all [D7] worries behind you [Bb] But in your dreams [Bbm6] whatever they be [F] Dream a little [C#7] dream of [F] me F ] J D H K * 8 Eight Days a Week McCartney - Lennon, 1964 (The Beatles) Intro: [C] [D7] [F] [C] [C] [C] Ooh, I need your [D7] love babe – [F] Guess you know it’s [C] true [C] Hope you need my [D7] love, babe – [F] Just like I need [C] you [Am] Hold me, [F] Love me – [Am] Hold me, [D7] Love me [C] Ain’t got nothing but [D7] love babe – [F] Eight days a [C] week [C] Love you every [D7] day girl – [F] Always