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Ukeglos Songbook 2 Update 1 City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman, Arlo Guthrie) Contents Blue Moon Oh Diane / Diana City Of New Orleans Oh Susanna Common People The Old Bazaar In Cairo Cruising Down The River Rave On / Oh Boy / Peggy Sue Dedicated Follower Of Fashion Sailing Folsom Prison Blues Singing The Blues Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud) So Happy Together If I Had A Hammer Summer Nights (Mens' Copy) Iko Iko Summer Nights (Womens' Copy) Its In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Suspicious Minds Song) (Mens' Copy) Swing Low Sweet Chariot / When The Its In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Saints / This Train Is Bound For Glory Song) (Womens' Copy) Tequila Sunrise Jolene Time Warp Knockin' On Heaven's Door Under The Boardwalk Leaning On A Lamp Post Walk Right Back Leaving On A Jet Plane The Water is Wide (in C) Little Bitty Tear Whiskey In The Jar Maxwell's Silver Hammer Will You Love Me Tomorrow Meet Me On The Corner Yellow Submarine Messing About On The River You've Got To Hide Your Love Away Octopus's Garden Songbook 2 first issued: 2 July 2012 Revision (Update 1) issued: 1 September 2013 Revision (Update 2) issued: 7 September 2014 Blue Moon (Rogers and Hart) Cmaj7 Am7 Intro: Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 1. Blue moon, G7 Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 You saw me standing alone Dm7 G7 G7 Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 Without a dream in my heart, G7 Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 G7 Without a love of my own Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 F Fm 2. Blue moon, G7 Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 You knew just what I was there for G7 Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 You heard me saying a prayer for, G7 Cmaj7 F Fm C Dm Am Someone I really could care for Dm G7 C Am Bridge: And then there suddenly appeared before me Dm G7 C The only one my arms will ever hold C Fm 7 Fm7 Bb Eb I heard somebody whisper, "Please adore me" G7 D7 Dm G7 And when I looked the moon had turned to gold Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 Bb Eb 3. Blue moon, G7 Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 Now I'm no longer alone G7 Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 Without a dream in my heart 1st time G7 Cmaj7 F Fm C (repeat Bridge and verse 3) D7 only Without a love of my own 2nd G7 Cmaj7 Am7 Dm7 time Without a love of my own G7 Cmaj7 Am7 Cmaj7 Without a love of my own UkeGlos Songbook 2 Update 1 City Of New Orleans (Steve Goodman, Arlo Guthrie) G Intro: C ( x4 ) C C G C Ridin' on the City of New Orleans, Am F C G7 Illinois Central, Monday morning rail, C G C Am Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, Am G C Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail, Am Em All along the south-bound odyssey, the train pulls out at Kankakee, G D And rolls along past houses, farms and fields, F G7 Am Passing trains that have no name, Em Freight yards full of old, black men, G G7 C And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles. Em F G C Chorus: Good morning America, how are you? Am F C Say don't you know me, I'm your native son, G7 C G Am D7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans, D Bb F G C C I'll be gone five-hundred miles when the day is done. C G C Dealin' cards with the old men in the club car, Am F C G7 D7 Penny-a-point, ain't no-one keepin' score, C G C Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle, Am G C Feel the wheels a-grumblin' neath the floor, Am Em Bb And the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers, G D Ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steel, Am Em Mothers with their babes asleep, are rockin' to the gentle beat, G G7 C And the rhythm of the rail is all they feel. Contd UkeGlos Songbook 2 Update 2 City Of New Orleans (Cont'd) F G C C G Chorus: Good morning America, how are you? Am F C Say don't you know me, I'm your native son, G7 C G Am D7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans, Bb F G C C I'll be gone five-hundred miles when the day is done. Am C G C Night time on the City of New Orleans, Am F C G7 Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee, C G C Halfway home, and we'll be there by morning, F G7 Am G C Through the Mississippi darkness, rollin' down to the sea, Am Em But all the towns and people seem, to fade into a bad dream, G D And the steel rail still ain't heard the news, Am Em Em The conductor sings his song again, "The passengers will please refrain", G G7 C This train's got the disappearin' railroad blues. F G C D Chorus: Good-night America, how are you? Am F C Say don't you know me, I'm your native son, G7 C G Am D7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans, Bb F G C C7 I'll be gone five-hundred miles when the day is done, D7 F G C Good-night America, how are you? Am F C Say don't you know me, I'm your native son, G7 C G Am D7 Bb I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans, Slow Bb F G C Down I'll be gone five-hundred miles when the day is done. Here UkeGlos Songbook 2 Update 2 Common People (Pulp) Intro: Rolling C C C She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge, C She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College, G7 That's where I caught her eye, C She told me that her Dad was loaded, G7 C I said "In that case I'll have a rum and coca-cola" G7 She said "Fine" and in thirty seconds time she said, F "I want to live like common people, F F C I want to do whatever common people do, C I want to sleep with common people, C G I want to sleep with common people like you" G C Well what else could I do, I said "I'll I'll see what I can do" G C I took her to a supermarket, C G7 I don't know why but I had to start it somewhere, so it started there C I said "Pretend you've got no money", C She just laughed and said "Oh you're so funny" G7 I said "Yeah, huh, well I can't see anyone else smiling in here" (Are you sure) F You want to live like common people, F C You want to see whatever common people see, C You want to sleep with common people, C G You want to sleep with common people like me" G C But she didn't understand, she just smiled and held my hand. Contd UkeGlos Songbook 2 First Issue Common People (Cont'd) C Rent a flat above a shop, cut your hair and get a job G7 Smoke some fags and play some pool, pretend you never went to school C But still you'll never get it right, cos when you're laying in bed at night, G7 Watching roaches climb the wall, if you called your Dad he could stop it all, yeah F You'll never live like common people, C F C You'll never do whatever common people do, C You'll never fail like common people, C G You'll never watch your life slide out of view, G C And dance and drink and screw, because there's nothing else to do, ooh ooh Break: C / C / G7 G G7 G C / C / G G G G G G G G G G G7 F Sing along with the common people, F C Sing along and it might just get you through, C Laugh along with the common people, C G Laugh along even though they're laughing at you, F G And the stupid things that you do G C Because you think that poor is cooh ooh ool. C I wanna live with the common people, G Wanna live with the common people like you Wanna live with the common people like you Wanna live with the common people like you Wanna live with the common people like you Wanna live with the common people like you Ooh ooh La la la Ooh ooh La la la Ooh ooh La la la la oh yeah UkeGlos Songbook 2 First Issue Cruising Down The River Time Signature: 3/4 (Waltz time) D E7 D Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon A D Fdim A With one you love, the sun above, waiting for the moon D E7 The ukuleles playing a sentimental tune D E7 A7 D Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon. E7 D7 G The birds above all sing of love, a gentle sweet refrain E7 A7 A The winds around all make a sound like softly falling rain D E7 Just two of us together, we'll plan a honeymoon D E7 A7 D A7 Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon. Fdim D E7 Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon A D Fdim A A7 With one you love, the sun above, waiting for the moon D E7 The ukuleles playing a sentimental tune D E7 A7 D Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon.
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