SONGS 1 Around and Around 27 Iko Iko 2 Althea 28 In the Midnight Hour 4 Baby What You Want Me to Do 29 It Hurts Me Too 5 Beat it on Down the Line 30 It’s All Over Now 6 Been All Around this World 31 Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door 7 Bertha 32 Mama Tried 8 Big Boss Man 33 Morning Dew 9 Big Railroad Blues 34 New Minglewood Blues 10 Big River 35 Next Time You See Me 11 Brokedown Palace 36 Not Fade Away 12 Box of Rain 37 Ripple 14 Casey Jones 38 Scarlet Begonias 15 Cold Rain and Snow 39 See See Rider 16 Dark Hollow 40 Sing Me Back Home 17 Deal 41 Sitting on Top of the World 18 Deep Elem Blues 42 Stealin’ 19 Don’t Ease Me In 43 Sugar Magnolia 20 Easy Wind 44 Sugaree 21 Fire on the Mountain 45 Tennessee Jed 22 Franklin’s Tower 46 Truckin’ 23 Friend of the Devil 48 Turn on Your Love Light 24 Going Down This Road Feeling Bad 49 Whiskey in the Jar 25 I Know You Rider 50 Uncle John’s Band 26 I Need a Miracle 52 We Bid You Goodnight Compiled and arranged for uke by Spencer Gay – thanks to many sources The Copyrighted songs provided free herein are for education and thus fall under Fair Use This book is dedicated to Chris and Jo and not for sale Around and Around 1958 Chuck Berry Strum=D DU UD D First note=A A Well the joint was jumpin', goin’ 'round and 'round, D A Hey! reelin' and rockin', what a crazy sound, E7 A Well they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down. A Well it sounded so sweet, I had to take me a chance, D A I rose out of me seat, Lord, I had to dance, E7 A Started moving my feet, Yes’n clapping my hands. A Well they never stopped rockin’, goin’ 'round and 'round, D A Hey! reelin' and rockin', what a crazy sound, E7 A You know, they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down. A Well at twelve o'clock, the place was packed, D A The front doors was locked, the place was packed, E7 A When the police knocked, them ol’ doors they flew back. A Well they never stopped rockin’, goin’ 'round and 'round, D A Hey! reelin' and rockin', what a crazy sound, E7 A You know, they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down. INTRO E7 A Lick D lick E lick alt A lick A -0---0-----0-----0-----|-2-||-----------0-0-2-2-0-2-2-4-4-2-|-0-------0-| E ---3---3-2---2-1---1-0-|-0-||-0-0-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-0-3---| C ---4---4-3---3-2---2-1-|-2-||-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---------| G -----------------------|-1-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-|-1---------| 1 Althea Garcia /Hunter Intro: Am G D G Am Am G D Am x2 or lick below First note=A Am G D G Am G D I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction. Am G D G Am G D Althea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection. G Bm C G I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb. Bm D Am G D Althea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim. Solo: Am G D G Am G D x2 Am G D G You may be Saturday's child, all alone, Am G D Moving with a tinge of grace. Am G D G You may be a clown in the burying ground, Am G D Or just another pretty face. G Bm C G You may be the fate of Ophelia, sleeping and perchance to dream. Bm D Am G D Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme. Solo: Am G D G Am G D x2 Am G D G Ain't nobody messing with you, but you, Am G D Your friends are getting most concerned. Am G D G Am G D Loose with the truth, baby it's your fire, but baby don't get burned. G Bm C G When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me. Bm D Am G D Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy. Solo: Am G D G Am G D x2 2 Bridge C F D There are things you can replace, and others you cannot. C F The time has come to weigh those things. D Am G D This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot. Solo: Am G D G Am G D x2 Am G D G Am G D I told Althea I'm a rogue inside, and I was born to be a bachelor. Am G D G Am G D Althea told me, okay, that's fine, so now I'm trying to catch her. G Bm Can't talk to you without talking to me, C G We're guilty of the same old thing. Bm D Been thinking a lot about less and less Am G D And forgetting the love we bring. Solo: Am G D G Am G D x6 Intro A |---------3---|---------------|---------3---|---------| E |-2-3-4-5---5-|-3-2h3-2---2-3-|-2-3-4-5---5-|-3-1h2---| C |-------------|---------2-----|-------------|-------2-| G |-------------|---------------|-------------|---------| 3 Baby, What You Want Me To Do 1959 Jimmy Reed A First note=C You've got me runnin'. You've got me hidin' A7 You've got me run, hide, hide, run, anyway you wanna D7 A Let it roll. Yeah, yeah, yeah E7 You've got me doin' what you want me D7 A (turnaround) E7 Baby, what you want me to do? A I'm goin' up. I'm goin' down. A7 I'm goin' up, down, down, up, anyway you want me, D7 A Let it roll, yeah, yeah, yeah E7 You've got me doin' what you want me D7 A (turnaround) E7 Baby, what you want me to do? Solo A You've got me peepin'. You've got me hidin' A7 You've got me peep, hide, hide, peep, anyway you wanna D7 A Let it roll. Yeah, yeah, yeah E7 You've got me doin' what you want me D7 A (turnaround) E7 Baby, what you want me to do? Repeat first or any of verses INTRO E7 A SHUFFLE D7 SHUFFLE A 0-0--0-0--0-0---0-|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|-0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2 E 3-3--2-2--1-1---0-|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0|-0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2-|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2 C 4-4--3-3--2-2-0h1-|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2|-2-2--1-1--2-2--1-1-|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0 G---------------0h2-|-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1|-1-1--2-2--1-1--2-2-|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2 You got me.. 4 Beat it on Down the Line 1961 Jesse Fuller First note= C Intro: F x5 Strum=D DU UD C F C Well this job I've got is just a little too hard, G Running out of money, Lord, I need more pay. C F Gonna wake up in the morning Lord, gonna pack my bags, C A D G C F C I'm gonna beat it on down the line. F C I'm goin' down the line, goin down the line, G C C7 Goin' down the line, goin down the line, F C A Goin' down the line, goin down the line, D G C F C Beat it on down the line. C F C Yes I'll be waiting at the station Lord, when that train pulls on by, G C F I'm going back where I belong. I'm going back to that same old used-to-be, C A D G C F C Down in Joe Brown's coal mine. Coal mine, coal mine, coal mine, coal mine. F C Coal mine, coal mine, coal mine, coal mine. G C C7 Coal mine, coal mine, coal mine, coal mine. F C A C A D G C F C Down in Joe Brown's coal mine. HARP BREAK C F C Yeah, I'm goin' back to that shack way across that railroad track, G Uh huh, that's where I think I belong. C F Got a sweet woman, Lord, she’s waitin’ there for me, C A D G C F C And that's where I'm gonna make my happy home. Happy home, happy home, happy home, happy home. F C Happy home, happy home, happy home, happy home. G C C7 Happy home, happy home, happy home, happy home. F C A C A D G C F C That's where I'm gonna make my happy home. 5 Been All Around this World Unknown Strum=D DU UD First note= Eb Intro: below C Upon the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I'll take my stand.