Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay, Watching the Ti--Ide Roll Away, Oo-Ee C D C a I'm Just Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay, Wastin' Ti---Ime
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Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay Otis Reading C E F D Sittin' in the mornin' sun, I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come C E F D Watching the ships roll in, And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah C A C A I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, Watching the ti--ide roll away, oo-ee C D C A I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay, Wastin' ti---ime I left my home in Georgia Headed for the 'Frisco bay 'Cause I've had nothing to live for And look like nothin's gonna come my way chorus C G F C G F Look like nothing's gonna change Everything still remains the same C G F C Bb G I can't do what ten people tell me to do So I guess I'll remain the same, yeah Sittin' here resting my bones And this loneliness won't leave me alone It's two thousand miles I roamed Just to make this dock my home chorus whistle Moon River Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer C Am F C Moon river, wider than a mile F C Bm7 E7 I'm crossing you in style some day Am C7 F Bb9 Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker Am Am7 F#m7 B7 Em7 A7 Dm7 G9 Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way Two drifters, off to see the world There's such a lot of world to see Am Am7 Am6 F7 C F C F We're af--ter the same rainbow's end, waitin' 'round the bend C Am Dm G7 C My huckleberry friend, Moon River, and me Moon River, wider than a mile I'm crossin' you in style some day Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way Two drifters, off to see the world There's such a lot of world to see We're after that same rainbow's end, waitin' 'round the bend My huckleberry friend, Moon River, and me Cabaret / D A9 D A9 / D Dmaj7 D7 - / G Abdim7 F#m B7 / Em7 A7 D - / What good is sitting alone in your room Come hear the music play Life is a cabaret, old chum Come to the cabaret Put down the knitting, the book and the broom It's time for a holiday Life is a cabaret, old chum Come to the cabaret / Gm - D - / Bm Bm7 / A7 - / Come taste the wine, come hear the band Come blow your horn, start celebrating Right this way, your table's waiting What good's permitting some prophet of doom To wipe every smile away Life is a cabaret, old chum So come to the cabaret / D A+ D - / / A7 - Bm - / E - A - / I used to have a girlfriend known as Elsie With whom I shared four sordid rooms in Chelsea She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower As a matter of fact she rented by the hour / D A+ D - / / A7 - Bm - / G A D - / The day she died the neighbors came to snicker Well that's what comes from too much pills and liquor But when I saw her laid out like a queen She was the happiest corpse I'd ever seen / C#7 - F#m - / E - A - / I think of Elsie to this very day I remember how she'd turn to me and say What good is sitting all alone in your room Come hear the music play Life is a cabaret, old chum Come to the cabaret / Gm - D - / Bm Bm7 / A7 - / And as for me, and as for me I made my mind up back in Chelsea When I go I am going like Elsie / D A9 D A9 / D Dmaj7 D7 - / / G Abdim7 F#m B7 / / Em7 A7 D - / Start by admitting from cradle to tomb It isn't that long a stay Life is a cabaret, old chum It's only a cabaret old chum And I love a cabaret America West Side Story ANITA Puerto Rico G: Lots of new housing with more space My heart's devotion B: Lots of doors slamming in our face Let it sink back in the ocean G: I'll get a terrace apartment B: Better get rid of your accent Always the hurricanes blowing Always the population growing And the money owing And the sunlight streaming G: Life can be bright in America And the natives steaming B: If you can fight in America G: Life is all right in America I like the island Manhattan B: If you're a white in America Smoke on your pipe And put that in! C F G: Here you are free and you have pride G: I like to be in America B: Long as you stay on your own side C G G: Free to be anything you choose G: Okay by me in America B: Free to wait tables and shine shoes Cm7 F G: Everything free in America G F G C B: For a small fee in America B: Everywhere grime in America B: Organized crime in America C F B: Terrible time in America G: Buying on credit is so nice G: You forget I'm in America G F B: One look at us and they charge twice G: I have my own washing machine B: What will you have not to keep clean? B: I think I'll go back to San Juan G: I know a boat you can get on (bye bye) B: Everyone there will give big cheer! G: Skyscrapers bloom in America G: Everyone there will have moved here G: Cadillacs zoom in America G: Industry boom in America B: Twelve in a room in America Y.M.C.A. The Village People G They have everything that you need to enjoy, Young man, there's no need to feel down. You can hang out with all the boys ... Em I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground. It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. C It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal, D C D C G D You can do whatever you feel ... There's no need to be unhappy. Young man, I was once in your shoes. Young man, there's a place you can go. I said, I was down and out with the blues. I said, young man, when you're short on your dough. I felt no man cared if I were alive. You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find I felt the whole world was so tight ... Many ways to have a good time. That's when someone came up to me, G And said, young man, take a walk up the street. It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. There's a place there called the y.m.c.a. Em They can start you back on your way. It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. Am C It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a. They have everything that you need to enjoy, It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a. D7 You can hang out with all the boys ... They have everything for you men to enjoy, You can hang out with all the boys ... It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. Y-m-c-a ... you'll find it at the y-m-c-a. You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal, You can do whatever you feel ... Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down. Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground. Young man, are you listening to me? I said, young man, what do you want to be? Y-m-c-a ... you'll find it at the y-m-c-a. I said, young man, you can make real your dreams. But you got to know this one thing! Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down. Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground. No man does it all by himself. I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf, Y-m-c-a ... just go to the y-m-c-a. And just go there, to the y.m.c.a. I'm sure they can help you today. Young man, young man, are you listening to me? Young man, young man, what do you wanna be? It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. I Do, I Do, I Do Abba C G C Love me or leave me, A7 make your choice Dm but believe me G I love you G7 C G7 I do, I do, I do, I do, I do I can't conceal it, don't you see, can't you feel it? Don't you too? I do, I do, I do, I do, I do Gm C7 F Dm Oh, I've been dreaming through my lonely past D D7 Dm G7 Now I just made it, I found you at last So come on, now let's try it, I love you, can't deny it 'Cos it's true I do, I do, I do, I do, I do Sax solo Oh, no hard feelings between you and me If we can't make it, but just wait and see So come on, now let's try it, I love you, can't deny it 'Cos it's true I do, I do, I do, I do, I do So come on, now let's try it, I love you, can't deny it 'Cos it's true I do, I do, I do, I do, I do I can't conceal it, don't you see, can't you feel it? Don't you too? I do, I do, I do, I do, I do You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Leo Sayer G Em Am D7 Quarter to four in the mornin', You’ve got a cute way of talkin'.