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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

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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

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

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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

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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

[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

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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.

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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

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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

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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 on my [C] mind [C] One thing I can [D7] say girl – [F] Love you all the [C] time [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

Chorus: [G] Eight days a week – [Am] I love you [D7] Eight days a week – Is [F] not enough to [G7] show I care

[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

Chorus: [G] Eight days a week – [Am] I love you [D7] Eight days a week – Is [F] not enough to [G7] show I care

Outro: [F] Eight days a [C] week [F] Eight days a [C] week [C] [D7] [F] [C]

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Everyday I Have To Cry Arthur Alexander Jr., 1962 (Steve Alaimo, Dusty Springfield, the Bee Gees, Ike and Tina Turner, many others)

[G] Every- [Em] day I have to [Am] cry some Every- [D] day I have to [G] cry some Dry the [Em] water from my [Am] eye some Every- [D] day I have to [G] cry

There [G] was a little [Em] girl I had [Am] planned to marry G This was my [D] love, I [G] didn’t want to share it I thought that [Em] love would make my [Am] life bright and sunny She said she couldn’t [D] love me cause I [G] didn’t have no money

Chorus: e [G] So every- [Em] day I have to [Am] cry some Every- [D] day I have to [G] cry some Dry the [Em] water from my [Am] eye some Every- [D] day I have to [G] cry a

Instrumental: play through one verse

I [G] had me a girl, I [Em] guess I really [Am] loved her Every [D] night I was [G] thinkin’ of her D But you [Em] can’t mix [G] love with money Cause if you [D] do it’s gonna [G] hurt somebody

Chorus

Lord [G] I know that [Em] I’m just a [Am] poor man But is it [D] wrong to love cause [G] I’m not a rich man Every [Em] time you mix [Am] love with money Every [D] time it hurts [G] somebody

Chorus [G] So every- [Em] day I have to [Am] cry some Every- [D] day I have to [G] cry some Dry the [Em] water from my [Am] eye some Every- [D] day I have to [G] cry

Galway Bay Dr. Arthur Colahan, 1947

If you [D] ever go across the sea to [A] Ireland, It may be at the [A7] closing of the [D] day, You will sit and watch the moon rise over [Em] Claddagh, And watch the [A7] sun go down on Galway [D] bay.

[2] Just to [D] hear again the ripple of the [A] trout stream The women in the [A7] meadow making [D] hay, And to sit beside the turf fire in a [Em] cabin, And watch the [A7] bare-foot gosoons as they [D] play,

[3] For the [D] breezes blowing over the seas from [A] Ireland, Are perfumed by the [A7] heather as they [D] blow, And the women in the uplands digging [Em] praties, Speak a [A7] language that strangers do not [D] know,

[4] For the [D] strangers came and tried to teach us [A] their ways, They scorned us just for [A7] being what we [D] are, But they might as well go chasing after [Em] moonbeams, Or light a [A7] penny candle from a [D] star.

[5] And if [D] there is going to be a life here- [A] after, And somehow I am [A7] sure there's going to [D] be, I will ask my God to let me make my [Em] heaven In that dear [A7] land across the Irish [D] sea.

DAHe

I Just Want To Dance With You Written by John Prine and Roger Cook, 1986

[C] I don’t want to be the kind to hesitate Be too shy, [G7] wait too late I don’t care what they say other lovers do I just want to dance with [C] you

[C] I got a feelin’ you have a heart like mine So [G7] let it show, let it shine C If we have a chance to make one heart of two Then I just want to dance with [C] you [C7]

I want to [F] dance with you, twirl you all [C] around the floor That’s what they intended [G7] dancing for, I just want to dance with [C] you N I want to [F] dance with you, hold you in my [C] arms once more That’s what they invented [G7] dancing for, I just want to dance with [C] you

[C] I caught you lookin’ when I looked at you J Yes, I did, [G7] ain’t that true You won’t get embarrassed by the things I do I just want to dance with [C] you F Oh, [C] the boys are playin’ softly and the girls are too So am I, [G7] and so are you If this were a movie, we’d be right on cue And I just want to dance with [C] you [C7]

I want to [F] dance with you, twirl you all [C] around the floor That’s what they intended [G7] dancing for, I just want to dance with [C] you I want to [F] dance with you, hold you in my [C] arms once more That’s what they invented [G7] dancing for, I just want to dance with [C] you

Instrumental Verse:

[C] I got a feelin’ you have a heart like mine So, let it show, [G7] let it shine If we have a chance to make one heart of two Then I just want to dance with [C] you [C7]

[G7] I just want to dance with [C] you (repeat X 3)

I WILL Lennon/McCartney, 1968

Who [C] knows how [Am] long I've [Dm] loved you? [G7] You [C] know I [Am] love you [Em] still [C7] Will I [F] wait a [G] lonely [Am] lifetime? [C7] [C7] If you [F] want me [G] to, I [C] will [Am] [Dm] [G7]

For [C] if I [Am] ever [Dm] saw you [G7] I [C] didn't [Am] catch your [Em] name [C7] But it [F] never [G] really [Am] mattered [C7] [C7] I will [F] always [G] feel the [C] same [C7]

(chorus) [F] Love you for- [G] ever [Am] and for- [C7] ever [F] Love you with [G] all my [C] heart [C7] [F] Love you when- [G] ever [Am] we're together [D7] Love you when we're a- [G] part [G7]

[C] When at [Am] last I find [Dm] you [G7] Your [C] song will [Am] fill the [Em] air [C7] Sing it [F] loud so [G] I can [Am] hear you [C7] [C7] Make it [F] easy [G] to be [Am] near you [C7] All the [F] things you [G] do en- [Am] dear you to [C7] me [F] Oh, you [G] know I [C] will

[chorus]

I [C] will

[F] [G] [Am] [C7] [F] [G] [C]

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I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen Thomas P. Westendorf (1875)

[C] I'll take you [G7] home again Kath- [C] leen A- [G7] cross the ocean wild and [C] wide To where your [G7] heart has ever [C] been Since [G7] first you [D7] were my bonnie [G7] bride

The [F] roses [G7] all have left your [C] cheek I've [G7] watched them fade away and [C] die [E7] Your voice is [Am] sad when you [C] speak And [D7] tears bedim your loving [G7] eyes

Oh [C] I will [G7] take you back Kath- [C] leen To [G7] where your heart will feel no [C] pain And [C] when the fields are fresh and [F] green I'll [C] take you [G7] to your home Kath- [C] leen

And [C] when the fields are fresh and [F] green I'll [C] take you [G7] to your home Kath- [C] leen

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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams, 1949

(F) Did you hear that (Am) lonesome (Dm) whip-poor- (F) will, He sounds too (Am) blue to (F7) fly, That (Bb) midnight train is (F) whinin' (Dm) low, I'm so (F) lonesome (C) I could (F) cry,

I've never (Am) seen a (Dm) night so (F) long, When time's just (Am) crawlin' (F7) by, The (Bb) moon just went be- (F) hind a (Dm) cloud, To (F) hide its (C) face and (F) cry,

Instrumental: (play through one verse)

Have you ever (Am) seen a (Dm) robin (F) weep, When leaves (Am) begin to (F7) die, That (Bb) means he's lost the (F) will to (Dm) live, I'm so (F) lonesome (C) I could (F) cry,

The silence (Am) of a (Dm) fallin' (F) star, Lights up a (Am) purple (F7) sky, And (Bb) as I wonder (F) where you (Dm) are, I'm so (F) lonesome (C) I could (F) cry.

I'm so (F) lonesome (C) I could (F) cry.

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In Your Hawaiian Way (C)

Intro: [D7] [G7] [C] - [D7] [G7] [C]

They [C] say that the [C7] moon Will [F] shine down upon [Fm] you When you [C] say [A7] in your Hawaiian [D7] way [G7] I love you [C] too [G7]

Even the [C] stars to- [C7] night When I [F] hold you [Fm] tight Seem to [C] say [A7] in your Hawaiian [D7] way [G7] I love you [C] too

As the [C7] trade wind Gently blows your [F] hair So I can [D7] treasure each moment, That we [G7] share

But to- [C] night be- [C7] longs To [F] you and [Fm] I When you [C] say [A7] in your Hawaiian [D7] way [G7] I love you [C] too [A7] When you [D7] say in your Hawaiian [G7] way [G7] I love you [C] too

Outro: [D7] [G7] [C]

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Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys Recorded by Willie Nelson, written by Ed and Patsy Bruce, 1975

[C] Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be [F] cowboys Don't [G7] let them pick guitars and drive in old trucks Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and [C] such Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be [F] cowboys They'll [G7] never stay home and they're always alone Even with someone they [C] love

Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to [F] hold And [G7] they'd rather give you a song than diamonds or [C] gold Lone Star belt buckles and old faded Levi’s And each [F] night begins a new day And if you [G7] don't understand him, and he don't die young He'll probably just ride [C] away

A cowboy loves smoky old pool rooms and clear mountain [F] mornings [G7] Little warm puppies and children and girls of the [C] night Them that don't know him won't like him And them that do [F] sometimes won't know how to take him He's not [G7] wrong he's just different and his pride won't let him Do things to make you think he's [C] right

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Man Smart, Women Smarter Norman Span, 1936 (Harry Belafonte, Joan Baez, Grateful Dead, many others)

Intro/Song: [D] [A] [D]

[D] Let us put men and women together To see which one is [A] smarter, [D] Some say men but I say no! A The [A] women got the men like a [D] puppet show.

It ain't [D] me, it's the people who say, The men are leading the women a- [A] stray. D But I [D] say that the women today Are smarter than the men in [A] every way.

That's [D] right, the women are smarter, That's [D] right, the women are [A] smarter, That's [A] right, the women are smarter, The [A] women are smarter that's [D] right.

[D] Little boy sit on the corner and cry, Big man come and ask [A] him why. [D] He said "I can't do what the big boys do," The [A] man sat down and he [D] cried too.

It ain't [D] me, it's the people who say, The men are leading the women a- [A] stray. But I [D] say that the women today Are smarter than the men in [A] every way.

That's [D] right, the women are smarter, That's [D] right, the women are [A] smarter, That's [A] right, the women are smarter, The [A] women are smarter that's [D] right.

[D] Ever since the world began, The women been bending the [A] ways of men, [D] But listen here boys 'cause I got a plan, Give it [A] up, don't try to [D] understand.

It ain't [D] me, it's the people who say, The men are leading the women a- [A] stray. But I [D] say that the women today Are smarter than the men in [A] every way.

That's [D] right, the women are smarter, That's [D] right, the women are [A] smarter, That's [A] right, the women are smarter, The [A] women are smarter that's [D] right. 18

Molly Malone

In [C] Dublin’s fair [Am] city Where the [Dm] girls are so [G] pretty I [C] first set my [Am] eyes on sweet [Dm] Molly Ma- [G] lone As she [C] wheeled her wheel- [Am] barrow Through [Dm] streets broad and [G] narrow Crying, [C] “Cockles and [Am] mussels, a- [Dm] live, a- [G] live- [C] O”

Chorus: “A- [C] live, alive- [Am] O; A- [Dm] live, alive- [G] O” Crying, [C] “Cockles and [Am] mussels, a- [Dm] live, a- [G] live- [C] O”

She [C] was a fish- [Am] monger And [Dm] sure t’was no [G] wonder For [C] so were her [Am] father and [Dm] mother be- [G] fore And they [C] both wheeled their [Am] barrows Through [Dm] streets broad and [G] narrow Crying, [C] “Cockles and [Am] mussels, a- [Dm] live, a- [G] live- [C] O”

(Repeat Chorus)

She [C] died of a [Am] fever And [Dm] no one could [G] save her And [C] that was the [Am] end of [Dm] sweet Molly Ma- [G] lone But her [C] ghost wheels her [Am] barrow Through [Dm] streets broad and [G] narrow Crying, [C] “Cockles and [Am] mussels, a- [Dm] live, a- [G] live- [C] O”

(Repeat Chorus X2) “A- [C] live, alive- [Am] O; A- [Dm] live, alive- [G] O” Crying, [C] “Cockles and [Am] mussels, a- [Dm] live, a- [G] live- [C] O”

“A- [C] live, alive- [Am] O; A- [Dm] live, alive- [G] O” Crying, [C] “Cockles and [Am] mussels, a- [Dm] live, a- [G] live- [C] O”

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My Mind’s Got a Mind of Its Own Butch Hancock, 1991 (Jimmie Dale Gilmore, The Flatlanders, Phish)

Chorus: My [G] mind's got a [D] mind of its [G] own It [C] takes me out a-walkin' when I'd [G] rather stay at home It [C] takes me out to parties when I'd [G] rather be alone My [D] mind's got a mind of its [G] own

I've been [G] doing things I [D] thought I'd never [G] do I've been [G] getting into trouble without [D] ever meaning to I no [G] sooner settle down when I'm [C] right back up [G] again I [G] feel just like a [D] leaf out in the [G] wind

My [G] mind's got a [D] mind of its [G] own G It [C] takes me out a-walkin' when I'd [G] rather stay at home It [C] takes me out to parties when I'd [G] rather be alone My [D] mind's got a mind of its [G] own

Instrumental: (play through verse and chorus) D

[G] I seem to forget [D] half the things I [G] start [G] I try to build a house and then I tear the [D] place apart I [G] freeze myself in fire and I [C] burn myself on [G] ice C I [G] can't count to one [D] without ever thinking [G] twice

My [G] mind's got a [D] mind of its [G] own It [C] takes me out a-walkin' when I'd [G] rather stay at home It [C] takes me out to parties when I'd [G] rather be alone My [D] mind's got a mind of its [G] own

I [G] tell myself to [D] do the things I [G] should [G] And then I get to thinking that them things [D] ain't any good I [G] tell myself the truth but know I'm [C] lying like a [G] snake You [G] can't walk on water at the [D] bottom of a [G] lake

Oh, my [D] mind's got a mind of its [G] own

MY WILD IRISH ROSE Chauncey Olcott, 1899

My [G] wild Irish [G] rose [G7]

The [C] sweetest [C#dim7] flower that [G] grows,

You may [D7] search every [G] where

But [D7] none can com- [G] pare,

With my [A7] wild Irish [D7] rose.

My [G] wild Irish [G] rose [G7]

The [C] dearest [C#dim7] flower that [G] grows,

And [D7] someday for my [G] sake,

She [D7] may let me [G] take

The [A7] bloom from my [D7] wild Irish [G] rose. [Cm6] [G]

C%GNHK,

Ophelia Robbie Robertson, 1975 (The Band)

Intro: [C] [E7] [A7] [D7] [F] [C] [A7] [D7] [G7]

[C] Boards on the window, [E7] mail by the door [A7] What would anybody leave so [D7] quickly for? O- [F] phelia...mm-hmm... [G7] where have you [C] gone? [A7] [D7] [G7]

[C] The old neighborhood [E7] just ain’t the same. [A7] Nobody knows just what [D7] became of O- [F] phelia. [G7] Tell me what went [C] wrong [A7] [D7] [G7]

[F] Was it somethin’ that some- [C] body said? [G7] Mama, I know we broke the [C] rules. [F] Was somebody up against the [C] law? [G7] Honey, you know I’d [G7+5] die for you-hoo.

[C] Ashes of laughter, [E7] the coast is clear. [A7] Why do the best things always [D7] disappear? Like O- [F] phelia, [G7] please darken my [C] door [A7] [D7] [G7]

Instrumental: (play through verse, repeat)

[F] Was it somethin’ that some [C] body said? [G7] Mama, I know we broke the [C] rules. [F] Was somebody up against the [C] law? [G7] Honey, you know I’d [G7+5] die for you-hoo.

[C] They got your number [E7] scared and runnin’ [A7] But I’m still waitin’ for the [D7] second comin’ Of O- [F] phelia...mm-hmm... [G7] come back [C] home [A7] [D7] [G7]

Outro: [C] [E7] [A7] [D7] [F] [C] [A7] [D7] [G7] C L K H F N h

Over the Rainbow (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole version)

Intro: [C] [Cmaj7] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [F] [Fadd9] [F]

[C] Oooh- [Em] oooh- [F] oooh- [C] [F] Oooh- [E7] oooh- [Am] oooh- [F] [C] Somewhere [Em] over the rainbow, [F] way up [C] high [F] And the [C] dreams that you dream of [G] once in a lulla- [Am] by [F]

[C] Somewhere [Em] over the rainbow, [F] blue birds [C] fly [F] And the [C] dreams that you [G] dream of, dreams really do come [Am] true [F]

CHORUS: Some- [C] day I'll wish upon a star And [G] wake up where the clouds are far be- [Am] hind [F] me Where [C] troubles melt like lemon drops High above the [G] chimney tops, that's [Am] where you'll [F] find me

[C] Somewhere [Em] over the rainbow, [F] blue birds [C] fly [F] And the [C] dreams that you dare to, [F] why, oh [G] why can't [Am] I . . . [F]

Outro: [C] Oooh- [Em] oooh- [F] oooh- [C] [F] Oooh- [E7] oooh- [Am] oooh- [F]

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PEARLY SHELLS (Pupu A ʻO ʻEwa) John Kalapana-Leonpobar

Vamp: [G] [D7] [G] (pause)

Pearly [G] Shells, from the ocean. Shining in the [C] sun, covering the [A7] shore [D7] When I [G] see them, my heart [C] tells me that I love you G More than [G] all the [D7] little pearly [G] shells.

For every [D7] grain of sand upon the beach, I’ve [G] got a kiss for you. C And I've got [D7] more left over for each star, That [A7] twinkles in the [D7] blue-ooo (pause) K (repeat) Pearly [G] Shells, from the ocean. Shining in the [C] sun, covering the [A7] shore [D7] When I [G] see them, my heart [C] tells me that I love you H More than [G] all the [D7] little pearly [G] shells.

For every [D7] grain of sand upon the beach, I’ve [G] got a kiss for you. And I've got [D7] more left over for each star That [A7] twinkles in the [D7] blue-ooo (pause)

Pearly [G] Shells, from the ocean. Shining in the [C] sun, covering the [A7] shore [D7] When I [G] see them, my heart [C] tells me that I love you More than [G] all the [D7] little pearly [G] shells.

More than [G] all the [D7] little pearly [G] shells. [D7] [G]

[G] [D7] [G]

Remember Me Scott Wiseman, 1939 Performed by Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and others.

[C] The sweetest songs are sung by [F] lovers in the [C] moonlight, The sweetest [G7] days are the days that used to [C] be. The saddest words I ever [F] heard were words of [C] parting When you [G7] said "Sweetheart, remember [C] me." Remember [F] me when the candle lights are [C] gleaming Remember [G7] me at the close of a long, long [C] day And it would be so [F] sweet when all alone I'm [C] dreaming Just to [G7] know you still remember [C] me

[C] You told me once you were [F] mine alone for- [C] ever And I was [G7] yours till the end of eterni- [C] ty But all those vows are broken [F] now and I will [C] never Be the [G7] same except in memo- [C] ry

Remember [F] me when the candle lights are [C] gleaming Remember [G7] me at the close of a long, long [C] day And it would be so [F] sweet when all alone I'm [C] dreaming Just to [G7] know you still remember [C] me

Instrumental: Play through verse

A brighter face may take my [F] place when we're a- [C] part dear Another [G7] love with a heart more bold and [C] free But in the end fair weather [F] friends may break your [C] heart dear And if they [G7] do, sweetheart remember [C] me

Just to [G7] know you still remember [C] me

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Ripple Hunter/Garcia, 1970

Intro: (play through verse) G / G / C / C / C / C / C / G/ G / G / C / C / G / D / C / G/

If my words did [G] glow; With the gold of [C] sunshine; And my [C] tunes were played on a uke un- [G] strung. Would you hear my [G] voice; Come through the [C] music? [G] Would you hold it [D] near; [C] As it were your [G] own?

It’s a hand-me [G] down; The thoughts are [C] broken; Per- [C] haps they’re better left un- [G] sung. I don’t [G] know; Don’t really [C] care; [G] Let there be [D] songs; [C] To fill the [G] air.

[Am] Ripple in still [D] water, Where there [G] is no pebble [C] tossed, Nor [A7] wind to [D7] blow.

Reach out your [G] hand; if your cup be [C] empty; If your [C] cup is full; May it be a- [G] gain; Let it be [G] known; There is a [C] fountain; [G] That was not [D] made; [C] By the hands of [G] man.

There is a [G] road; No simple [C] highway; Be- [C] tween the dawn; And the dark of [G] night. And if you [G] go; No one may [C] follow; [G] That path is [D] for; [C] Your steps a- [G] lone.

[Am] Ripple in still [D] water, Where there [G] is no pebble [C] tossed, Nor [A7] wind to [D7] blow.

You who [G] choose, to lead, must [C] follow; But [C] if you fall; You fall a- [G] lone. If you should [G] stand; Then who’s to [C] guide you? [G] If I knew the way; [C] I would take you [G] home.

Finish with La, La’s for last verse

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Six Days on the Road Earl Green and Carl Montgomery, 1961 (Dave Dudley, Steve Earle, many others)

[G] Well I pulled outa’ Pittsburgh a- [D7] rollin' down the Eastern Sea- [G] board I got my diesel wound up and she's a-runnin' like a never be- [D7] fore There's a [C] speed zone ahead [D7] alright, I [G] ain’t seen a cop all [C] night Six [G] days on the road and I'm a- [D7] gonna make it home to- [G] night [D7]

I got [G] ten forward gears and a [D7] Georgia over- [G] drive I'm takin' little white pills and my eyes are open [D7] wide I just [C] passed a Jimmy and a [D7] White, I been a- [G] smokin' everything in [C] sight Six [G] days on the road and I'm a- [D7] gonna make it home to- [G] night [D7]

Well it [G] seems like a month since I [D7] kissed my baby good- [G] bye I could-a had a lotta women but I'm not like-a some other [D7] guys I could [C] find one to hold me [D7] tight, but I could [G] never make believe it's al- [C] right Six [G] days on the road and I'm a- [D7] gonna make it home to- [G] night [D7]

Instrumental: Play through one verse

Well the [G] I- C- C is a- [D7] checkin' on down the [G] line Well I'm a little overweight and my log book's way be- [D7] hind But [C] nothin' bothers me to- [D7] night, I can [G] dodge all the scales al- [C] right Six [G] days on the road and I'm a- [D7] gonna make it home to- [G] night [D7]

Well my [G] rig's a little old but [D7] that don't mean she's [G] slow Got the stacks spoutin’ fire, and that smoke's a-rollin' black as [D7] coal My [C] hometown's a comin' in [D7] sight, if you [G] think I'm a-happy you're [C] right Six [G] days on the road and I'm a- [D7] gonna make it home to- [G] night

Six [G] days on the road and I'm a- [D7] gonna make it home to- [G] night Six [G] days on the road and I'm a- [D7] gonna make it home to- [G] night

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Sloop John B (trad., arr. Brian Wilson)

Intro: We [C] come on the sloop [F] John [C] B, my grandfather [F] and [C] me,

We [C] come on the sloop [F] John [C] B, my grand- [F] father and [C] me, Around Nassau town we did [G7] roam Drinking all [C] night, [C7] Got into a [F] fight [Dm] Well, I [C] feel so broke up, [G7] I want to go [C] home

So [C] hoist up the John [F] B’s [C] sail, See how the main- [F] sail [C] sets, Call for the Captain ashore, let me [G7] go home Let me go [C] home [C7] I wanna go [F] home [Dm] Well, I [C] feel so broke up, [G] I want to go [C] home

The [C] first mate, he [F] got [C] drunk and broke the Cap- [F] ‘n’s [C] trunk, The constable had to come and take him [G7] away Sheriff John [C] Stone [C7] Why don’t you leave me [F] alone [Dm] Well, I [C] feel so broke up, [G7] I want to go [C] home

The [C] poor cook he caught [F] the [C] fits and threw away all [F] my [C] grits, And then he took and he ate up all of my [G7] corn Let me go [C] home [C7] Why don’t they let me go [F] home [Dm] This [C] is the worst trip [G7] I’ve ever been [C] on

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Stealin’ Gus Cannon/Will Shade (American folk song, first recorded by Clarence Williams, 1921) (Memphis Jug Band, 1928) (Grateful Dead single, 1966)