2018 Edition JCC Ranch Camp, 21441 North Elbert Road, Elbert, CO 80106 Summer Office: 303-648-3800 [email protected] www.ranchcamp.org Rav todot, many thanks, to Carly Coons for recognizing that it was time for an update to our Ranch Camp songbook. With popular hits of its time becoming less familiar, and newer favorites missing, a new compilation was in order. Our songbook nonetheless provided an excellent foundation upon which to build. We would be remiss not to credit Matt Cohen, Polly Hall, and Dan Yolles for their work, which remains the single largest contribution to the current edition. Deepest thanks to those that contributed their time and feedback to this collection. Brynn Tully, Amy Stein Miller, Amalia Ritter, Dan Yolles, and Debra Winter put thought and spirit into the production of this book, including meticulous chord notation. It must be said that this songbook is “Tam v’lo nishlam,” finished, but not yet complete. Brynn and Carly will be tasked with implementing this collection over the course of Summer 2018 with the goal of producing a final edition after integrating feedback from our Ranch Camp Kehila. L’Shalom, Noah Gallagher Ranch Camp Director JCC Ranch Camp Songbook 3 ADAMAH V’SHAMAYIM – Segev Chorus (X2) Em Bm G Heya Heya Heya Heya Heya Heya Heya Ho (X2) Love is all you need G D C D Em G Heya Heya Heya Heya Heya Heya Heya Ho! Love is all you need (repeat till end) Em Bm Adamah… V’shamayim… AM I AWAKE? – Noah Aronson Em Bm Capo 2-3 Chom Ha’eish… Tzlil Hamayim… G D Ya la lai lai lai… Ani Margish Zot B’gufi Em D C G Em Bm C G C D Em Am I awake? Am I prepared? Are you listening? To my prayer? B’ruchi B’nishmati Em D C G Can you hear my voice? Can you understand? Love the Earth… Love the sky… Em Bm C G Heat of fire… Drop of water… Am I awake? Am I prepared? I can feel it in my body, in my spirit, in my soul G D EmBm C G D Heya… Barchu et Adonai Hamevorach! G D Em Bm Baruch Adonai Hamevorach, C D Em C D Em ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE – The Beatles Le’olam vaed---, le’olam vaed G D Em Love, love, love (X2) Am G D D D7 Bm D AM YISRAEL CHAI – Noam Katz Love love, love (inspired by the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda) G D Em D D D G A \ There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done Am-eh am-eh am-eh Yisra-el-eh chai \ G D Em D D D G A E / X2 Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung Am-eh am-eh am-eh Yisra-el-eh chai / Am G D Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game, D D7 Bm D D G D A It’s easy. O--oh--od-eh A-vi-nu chai \ D G D A D X2 There’s nothing you can make that can’t be made. O--oh--od-eh A-vi-nu chai / No one you can save that can’t be saved Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time; It’s easy. AMERICAN PIE – Don McLean Chorus (X2): G D Em G A D D7 A long, long time ago, All you need is love, Am C I can still remember G A D D7 Em D All you need is love How the music used to make me smile. G A D D7 C D G G D Em All you need is love, love, love is all you need And I knew if I had my chance Am C There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known. That I could make those people dance Nothing you can see that isn’t shown. Em C D Nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be, And maybe they’d be happy for a while. It’s easy. Em Am But February made me shiver, JCC Ranch Camp Songbook 4 Em Am Now, for ten years we've been on our own With every paper I’d deliver. And moss grows fat on a rolling stone C G Am But, that's not how it used to be Bad news on the doorstep, When the jester sang for the king and queen C D In a coat he borrowed from James Dean I couldn’t take one more step. And a voice that came from you and me G E Em Oh and while the king was looking down I can’t remember if I cried The jester stole his thorny crown Am D The courtroom was adjourned When I read about his widowed bride No verdict was returned G D Em And while Lennon read a book on Marx But something touched me deep inside The quartet practiced in the park C D7 G C G And we sang dirges in the dark The day the music died. I started singing... The day the music died We were singin'… Chorus: Chorus G C G D Bye-bye, Miss American Pie, Helter-skelter in the summer swelter G C G D The birds flew off with a fallout shelter Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry. Eight miles high and fallin’ fast G C G D It landed foul on the grass. Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye The players tried for a forward pass Em A7 With the jester on the sidelines in a cast Singing this’ll be the day that I die, Now the half-time air was sweet perfume Em D7 While the sergeants played a marching tune This’ll be the day that I die. We all got up to dance but we never got the chance ‘Cause the players tried to take the field The marching band refused to yield G Am Do you recall what was revealed Did you write the book of love The day the music died C Am We started singin’... And do you have faith in God above? Em D If the Bible tells you so Chorus G D Em Now do you believe in rock and roll. And there we were all in one place Am C A generation lost in space Can music save your mortal soul With no time left to start again Em A7 D7 So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick And can you teach me how to dance real slow Jack Flash sat on a candlestick Em Am ‘Cause fire is the devil’s only friend Well, I know that you’re in love with him And as I watched him on the stage Em Am My hands were clenched in fists of rage ‘Cause I saw you dancing in the gym, No angel born in hell could break that Satan’s spell C G A7 And as the flames climbed high into the night You both kicked off your shoes. To light the sacrificial rite C D7 I saw Satan laughing with delight Man I dig those rhythm and blues. The day the music died. G D Em He started singin’… I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buck Am C Chorus With a pink carnation and a pickup truck G D Em C D7 G C G I met a girl who sang the blues But I knew I was out of luck the day, the music died And I asked her for some happy news, G D7 But she just smiled and turned away. I started singin’... I went down to the sacred store Where I heard the music years before Chorus But the man there said the music wouldn’t play. And in the streets the children screamed, The lovers cried and the poets dreamed. JCC Ranch Camp Songbook 5 But not a word was spoken Wo-o-o-o-o-oh The church bells all were broken. Wo-o-o-o-o-oh And the three men I admire most The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost Pre-Chorus They caught the last train for the coast Chorus The day the music died. And they were singin’... D I hear it calling outside my window Chorus I feel it in my soul (soul) The stars were burning so bright The sun was out 'til midnight I say we lose control (control) BEST DAY OF MY LIFE – American Authors Chorus D I had a dream so big and loud D This is gonna be, this is gonna be, this is gonna be I jumped so high I touched the clouds G G The best day of my life Wo-o-o-o-o-oh G Everything is looking up, everybody up now Wo-o-o-o-o-oh D G D This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife I stretched my hands out to the sky D My li-i-i-i-i-ife We danced with monsters through the night G Wo-o-o-o-o-oh G BIG YELLOW TAXI – Joni Mitchell Wo-o-o-o-o-oh G D They paved paradise and put up a parking lot Pre-Chorus: G A D Bm With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot I'm never gonna look back D Woah, never gonna give it up Chorus: G D A No, please don't wake me now Don’t it always seem to go G D That you don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone Chorus: D G A D Oo-o-o-o-oo They paved paradise and put up a parking lot G This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife They took all the trees and put ‘em in a tree museum And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see ‘em My li-i-i-i-i-ife D Chorus Oo-o-o-o-oo G Hey farmer, farmer, put away your D.D.T.