If You'se a Viper - Stuff Smith

Written in the late 20s by the legendary jazz violinist Stuff Smith (1909-1967) , who is remembered as “the cat that took the apron-strings off the fiddle.”


G                         Em    Am         D
Dream about a reefer five feet long
G               Em         Am        D
It's mighty mezz but not too strong
G            G7          C         F9
You'll be high, but not for long
G    D        G
If you're a viper

I'm the king of everything
Gotta be high before I can swing
Light a tea and let it be
If you're a viper

G7
When your throat gets dry
G7
And you know you're high
C
And everything is dandy
A7
Truck on down to the candy store
D
And bust your top on peppermint candy
 
Then you know that you're body's spent.
You don't care if you don't pay rent.
Sky is high and so am I
If you're a viper.

A spontaneous rendition here by my friend Neil Hopper on the Newcastle Quayside.

Darwin Deez - Radar Detector

Tune down 3 steps

INTRO: G
Am                                                                             G
You and I buy star maps and drive my car around Los Angeles
Am                                                                        G
You and I buy star maps and ding dong ditch a televangelist
D          Em      D
It's only been a week
D                                  Em      Em+11
but I know that you are mine to keep.
C                              G
You are a radar detector.
C                                      Em
I drive a thousand miles an hour. I won't
     G        C
go on and on
C                 Em                 Am     G
but you are always looking out for me
Am                                                                       G
You and I go shopping and find exactly what we're looking for
Am                                                                G
You and I go shopping and fall asleep inside a mattress store.
D                   Em        D
We cruise the neighborhood
D                                  Em                Em+11
But it's not supposed to feel this good
C                             G
You are a radar detector
C                                      Em
I drive a thousand miles an hour. I won't
G               C
go on and on
C                Em                  Am        
but you are always looking out for me because:
C
you are a radar detector.
C
You are a radar detector.
C
You are a radar detector.
Em          G
You are a radar detector.
(x2)


C
You are a radar detector.
C
You are a radar detector.
Em
You are a radar detector.
G            A
You are a radar detector.
(x3)

C                           G
You are a radar detector.
C                              Em
I drive a thousand miles an hour. I won't
G               C
go on and on
C                 Em                 Am     G
but you are always looking out for me.

Am
When I'm driving, I'm driving, I'm driving alone,
G
you are a radar detector, you are a radar detector.
(repeat until fade-out)

Toast and Marmalade for Tea - Tin Tin

This song's distinct distorted piano melody was discovered accidentally when an engineer leaned on a tape machine creating the sound.

Intro: G       D       C

G                            D           C

Toast and marmalade for tea

              Am                    G
Sailing ships upon the sea

           D                 C
Aren't lovelier than you

            D            G           D
Or the games I see you play

 G             D                      C

You more lovely than the day

                  Am                 G
When the sun is in your eyes

   D                              C
I see through your disguise

            D            G           D
All the games I see you play

 

  G             D                      C

You more lovely than the day

                  Am                 G
When the sun is in your eyes

   D                              C
I see through your disguise

            D            G           A
All the games I see you play

D                           A           G

Toast and marmalade for tea

              Em                    D
Sailing ships upon the sea

           A                 G
Aren't lovelier than you

            A            D           A
Or the games I saw you play

 G             D                      C

You more lovely than the day

                  Am                 G
When the sun is in your eyes

   D                              C
I see through your disguise

            D            G           D
All the games I see you play

G                            D           C

Toast and marmalade for tea

              Am                    G
Sailing ships upon the sea

           D                 C
Aren't lovelier than you

            D            G           D
Or the games I see you play

 G             D                      C

You more lovely than the day

                  Am                 G
When the sun is in your eyes

   D                              C
I see through your disguise

            D            G           D
All the games I see you play

Banana Co - Radiohead

 Em               C

Oh Banana Co

            G    G/F#          G    G/F#

We really love you and we need you

       Em               C

And oh Banana Co

              G    G/F#   G     G/F#

We'd really love to   believe you but...

Cm                           G

  Everything's burning down

Cm                                            C    C/B  Am7  

  We've got to put it out somehow

           G   

Yeah yeah

Em                       G

Oh, she said no go

                           G   G/F#         G    G/F# 

She said she'd like to, she's seen you 

       Em              C 

But no, Banana Co

                    G    G/F#             G G/F# 

She says if you die then we all do

Em                                    G

And everything's underground

Cm                                      C    C/B  Am7  

We gotta dig it up somehow

            G

Yeah, yeah 

The Book of Love - Peter Gabriel (Scrubs)

From JD's emotional last episode of Scrubs

Original tuning : +1 step

OR *** Capo on Fret #1 
*** Actual Key Is Ab / Play in Key of G
*** The entire song is G/C/D/G Progression


Intro - G/C/D/G  G/C/D/G  G/C/D/G  G/C/D/G

G           C       D        G
The book of love is long and boring
G          C        D    G
No one can lift the damn thing
G            C                    G
It's full of charts and facts and figures
G   C            D      G
and instructions for dancing
G     C  D  G
But I........
G         C        D    G
I love it when you read to me
G       C   D   G
And you..........
G   C           D  G 
You can read me anything
G                C      D     G
The book of love has music in it
G              C           D     G
In fact that's where music comes from
G          C       D        G
Some of it is just transcendental
G             C    D      G
Some of it is just really dumb
G     C  D  G
But I........
G         C        D       G
I love it when you sing to me
G       C   D   G
And you..........
G       C       D     G
You can sing me anything

Bridge:  G/C/D/G  G/C/D/G  G/C/D/G  G/C/D/G

G           C       D        G
The book of love is long and boring
G       C        D    G 
And written very long ago
G            C           D            G
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
G                C       D     G 
And things we're all too young to know
G     C  D  G
But I........
G         C        D       G
I love it when you give me things
G       C   D   G
And you..........
G            C       D       G
You ought to give me wedding rings
G    C  D  G
And I.......
G         C        D       G
I love it when you give me things
G       C   D   G
And you..........
G            C       D       G
You ought to give me wedding rings
G    C  D  G
And I.......
G         C        D       G
I love it when you give me things
G       C   D   G
And you..........
G            C       D       G
You ought to give me wedding rings
G            C       D       G
You ought to give me wedding rings

Hey Ya - Outkast (Scrubs)

G          C 
My baby dont mess around

Because she loves me so
       D         Em      
And this I know for sure
G          C
But does she really wanna

But cant stand to see me
        D     Em
Walk out the door
G               C
Dont try to fight the feeling

Cause the thought alone
          D       Em
Is killing me right now
G              C
I thank god for mom and dad

For sticking two together
         D         Em
Cause we dont know how
G        C
Heeeey yaaaaa...
D    Em
Hey yaaaaa...
G       C
Heeeey yaaaaa...
D    Em
Hey yaaaaa...
G                      C
You think you got it, Oh you think you got it

But got it just dont get it
D              Em
Till theres nothing at all
G                C
We get together, Oh we get together

But separates always better
D             Em
When theres feelings involved
G                  C
If what they say is Nothing is forever

Then what makes, then what makes, then what makes
D      Em
Love exception
G                 C
So why you why you why you why you why you

Why you are so in denial
D               Em
When we know were not happy here...
G        C
Heeeey yaaaaa...
D    Em
Hey yaaaaa...
G       C
Heeeey yaaaaa...
D    Em
Hey yaaaaa...
G                        C
Shake it Shake shake it, Shake it  shake shake it

Shake it shake shake it 
D               Em
Shake it like a polaroid picture
G        C
Heeeey yaaaaa...
D    Em
Hey yaaaaa...
G       C
Heeeey yaaaaa...
D    Em
Hey yaaaaa...

Bunny and the Bull (Alone Again Or - Love)

Stephen didn't leave the house for just over a year. 

He had a hard time dealing with things.

I feel like Stephen; it's been just a year now. 

Maybe all I have to do is step outside. 

Fab film. The song Alone Again Or by Love is from the last scene.

Intro: Picking of D
Followed by: F#, G

Verse:
F#
Yeah
G
Said it's alright
F#
I won't forget
        G            A          D        G 
All the times I've waited patiently for you
           A             D     A      G
and you'll do just what you choose to do

Chorus:
 A     G        A           D       A   D
And I will be alone again tonight, my dear.

Repeat F#, G

F#
Yeah
G
I heard a funny thing
F#
Somebody said to me,
                       G       A              D       G
"You know that I could be in love with almost everyone,
      A                        G         F#
and I think that people are the greatest fun."

Chorus:
 A     G        A           D       A   D
And I will be alone again tonight, my dear.
 A     G        A           D       A   D
And I will be alone again tonight, my dear.

F#
Yeah
G
I heard a funny thing
F#
Somebody said to me
                       G       A              D       G
"You know that I could be in love with almost everyone;
       A                        G         F#
and I think that people are the greatest fun."

Chorus:
 A     G        A           D       A   D
And I will be alone again tonight, my dear.
 A     G        A           D       A   D
And I will be alone again tonight, my dear.

Screw You - Kate Micucci and Sam Lloyd (Scrubs)

INTRO

C    Em    F    G

VERSE 1
C   Em                 F                         G
I've got so many questions in my mind
C   Em                 F                G
I've got so many answers to find
C     Em             F              G
Can you be the man I've imagined?
C  Em    F                                        G
Am I magical enough for this to happen?
 

BRIDGE
       C
Cos I like you (I like you)
  Em                          F   G
I like you (I like you)
 

CHORUS
         F                        G
And like can lead to like-like
        E7                             F
And like-like can lead to love
                     C                       Em               F                  G
Sure as the stars above I'd really like to screw you
 

VERSE 2
C   Em          F                              G
Can I be the man you're looking for?
C  Em F                    G
Can I be your girl forever more?
C   Em   F                      G
I'll.. try.. real hard not to lose her
C    Em F                              G
And I'll.. try.. to be less of a loser

BRIDGE       C
Cos I like you (I like you)
  Em                          F   G
I like you (I like you)
 

CHORUS         F                        G
And like can lead to like-like
        E7                             F
And like-like can lead to love
                     C                       Em               F                                 G
Sure as the stars above I'd really like to screw you, kiss you, screw you, kiss you
C

Screw you

Guy Love - from Scrubs

C                    F      E
Let’s face the facts about me and you,
  Am          Bb
A love unspecified.
           Bb
Though I’m proud to call you “Chocolate Bear”,
    F                 G
The crowd will always talk and stare.
  C                  F         E
I feel exactly those feelings, too,
    Am                     F
And that’s why I keep them inside.
 C          F                   C
‘Cause this bear can’t bear the world’s disdain
    Bb                       G
And sometimes it’s easier to hide,
         G7
Than explain our
C
Guy love,
       E
That’s all it is,
Am
Guy love,
     C
He’s mine, I’m his,
        F             Fm            C        B
There’s nothing gay about it in our eyes.
    Am
You ask me ‘bout this thing we share
       Gm           Am
And he tenderly replies:
     F
It’s guy love,
    G      C
Between two guys.
      Ab                      Bb
We’re closer than the average man and wife.
       Ab                              Bb
That’s why our matching bracelets say “Turk and JD”.
              C
You know I’ll stick by you for the rest of my life.
           G                           G7
You’re the only man who’s ever been inside of meee!
--Whoa, whoa, I just took out his appendix!--
           C             F
There’s no need to clarify.
   Em
Oh no?
           Am                      C
Just let it grow more and more each day.
     F                C
It’s like I married my best friend.
         Bb            G
But in a totally manly way.

Let’s go!
     C
It’s guy love,
      E
Don’t compromise,
    Am               C
The feelings of some other guy,
F               Fm              C
Holding up your heart in to the sky.
        Am
I’ll be there to care through all the lows
        G                  Am
I’ll be there to share the highs.
   F
It’s guy love,
    G   C           Em
Between two guys.
    Am
And when I say, “I love you, Turk”,
     G               Am
It’s not what it implies.
     F
It’s guy love,
   F
Between,
G
Two,
C      F    G    C
Guys.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World - Israel Kamikawiwo'ole

I bought a ukulele for myself for Christmas but neglected it as i was trying to learn the mandolin at the time, but then i saw an episode of Scrubs with the Israel Kamikawiwo'ole version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow / It's a Wonderful World and thought - i could learn to play that! so i found a tutorial on youtube and hand copied the lyrics and chords out in my little notebook and spent 12 hours on a sick day learning to play it on my Mahalo ULP1/CS Cherry Sunburst. Then  I saw the Kala KA-SC for sale, and  she was the vintage style ukulele i had originaly wanted, so now I have two ukuleles - Johnny and Baby - and i've been playing for 3 weeks now!

Intro:

C Em Am F C Em Am A9 F F

C C Em Em F F C C

C                   Em

Somewhere over the rainbow

F            C

Way up high

F               C

And the dreams that you dream of

G                   Am    F

Once in a lullaby

C                   Em

Somewhere over the rainbow

F              C

Blue birds fly

F               C

And the dreams that you dream of,

G                                      Am     F

Dreams really do come true

C

Someday I’ll wish upon a star

G                                                             Am   F

Wake up where the clouds are far behind me

C

Where trouble melts like lemon drops

G                                                             Am             F

High above the chimney tops that’s where you'll find me

C                   Em                           F           C

Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly

F               C                                          G                        Am     F

And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I?

                  C          Em               F              C

Well I see trees of green and red roses too,

F                        C            E7        Am

I'll watch then bloom for me and you

           F

And I think to myself

G                              Am    F

What a wonderful world

                  C            Em                      F            C

Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white

                  F                 C

And the brightness of day

E7          Am

I like the dark

F

And I think to myself

C                                F   C   C

What a wonderful world

G                                                   C

The colours of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

         G                                C

Are also on the faces of people passing by

             F                        C

I see friends shaking hands

                 F                 C

Saying, "How do you do?"

F                     C         Dm7       G

They're really saying, I...I love you

             C        Em            F                C

I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,

F                           C

They'll learn much more

E7              Am

Than we'll know

F

And I think to myself

G                               Am   F

What a wonderful world

C

Someday I'll wish upon a star

G                                                              Am  F

Wake up where the clouds are far behind me

             C

Where trouble melts like lemon drops

G                                                             Am             F

High above the chimney tops that’s where you'll find me

C                    Em

Somewhere over the rainbow

F            C

Way up high

 F              C                                      G                      Am    F

And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't I?

C   C   Em   Em   F   F   C   C

ooh...                   ooh....

F   F   E7   E7   Am   Am   F   F

ooh...                 ooh, ee, ah, uh-uh....

Song Tutorial

Strumming pattern tutorial

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Jeff Mangum 

  G Em C D

G                 Em
What a beautiful face
                       C
i have found in this place
                  D
that is circling all around the sun.
G                  Em
What a beautiful dream
                          C
that could flash on the screen
                  D                    G
in a blink of an eye and be gone from me
      Em
soft and sweet
         C                 D                G Em C D
let me hold it close and keep it here with me


 G                   Em
and one day we will die
                    C                      D
and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea
 G                   Em
but for now we are young
                  C
let us lay in the sun
                D                        G
and count every beautiful thing we can see
      Em    
Love to be
        C               D              G   Em C D
in the arms of all i'm keepin here with me

 G              Em                       C       
what a curious life we have found here tonight
                     D        
there is music that sounds from the street
 G                       Em
there are lights in the cloud
                 C
Anne's ghost all around
                        D                          G
hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me
     Em
soft and sweet
        C                  D                G   Em C D
How the notes all bend and reach above the trees

Em                   C
now how i remember you
                                  G
how i would push my fingers through
                                    D
your mouth to make those muscles move
                                       Em
that make your voice so smooth and sweet
                                  C
And now we keep where we don't know
                                  G
All secrets sleep in winter clothes
                             D
with one you loved so long ago
                               Em C G D
now he don't even know his name

 G                 Em
What a beautiful face
                      C
i have found in this place
                  D                   
that is circling all round the sun
 G                     Em
and when we meet on a cloud
                      C
I'll be laughing out loud
                       D          G
I'll be laughing with everyone i see
     Em
Can't believe
     C                 D            G  Em C D  G 
how strange it is to be anything at all

Power To The People? (Springtime for Hitler - The Producers)

Today friend of mine asked, "What's the diference between power and authority?"

 So I replied, "Power is what people misuse when you give them too much authority."

I'll never forget being in the middle of a demonstration once with people shouting POWER TO THE PEOPLE! to which a passerby commented to his friend,"I don't want power to the people! That's too much power!"

On a lighter note, here's a cheeky little number which i'd love to learn to play on the ukulele about a man who was given too much power once

Springtime for Hitler
(Melvin Brooks) 


Introduction  

C  (instruments playing (C-G-A-B) x 3  then C-E (story)

Germany was having trouble
What a sad, sad story

D (instruments playing (D-A-B-C#) x 3  then D-F# (glory)

Needed a new leader to restore
Its former glory

Em7                          A7
Where, oh, where was he?
Em7                           A7
Where could that man be?
 D            D7/C        Bm       D/A
We looked around and then we found
D
The man for you and me 
G7   G9   G7
And now it's...

Verse 1
C                    Dm7 Dm7(add4)   C          Dm7  G9
Springtime for Hitler and            Germany
C                   Dm7 Dm7 (add 4)    E7
Deutschland is happy and               gay!
Am7              Dm7         C     (Em/B) 
We're marching to a faster pace
Fmaj7            Dm7           G9             (chromatic run G-F#-G-Ab-A-Bb-B)
Look out, here comes the master race! 
C                    Dm7 Dm7(add4)   C          Dm7  G9
Springtime for Hitler and            Germany
C                   Dm7 Dm7 (add 4)    E7
Rhineland's a fine land once more!
F 7            Dm7      C  (Em/B)  Am7  (C/G)
Springtime for Hitler and Germany
Dm6                G9                       C
Watch out, Europe We're going on tour! 

Verse 2
C                    Dm7 Dm7(add4)   C          Dm7  G9
Springtime for Hitler and            Germany
 C                   Dm7 Dm7 (add 4)    E7
Winter for Poland and France 
F 7            Dm7      C  (Em/B)  Am7  (C/G)
Springtime for Hitler and Germany
Dm6                G9                       C
Come on, Germans Go into your dance! 

I was born in Dusseldorf und that is why they call me Rolf. 

Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Nazi party!

Verse 3
C                    Dm7 Dm7(add4)   C          Dm7  G9
Springtime for Hitler and            Germany
C                   Dm7 Dm7 (add 4)    E7
Goosestep’s the new step          today
Am7              Dm7         C     (Em/B) 
Bombs falling from the skies again
Fmaj7            Dm7           G9             (chromatic run G-F#-G-Ab-A-Bb-B)
Deutschland is on the rise again
C                    Dm7 Dm7(add4)   C          Dm7  G9
Springtime for Hitler and            Germany

C                   Dm7 Dm7 (add 4)    E7
U Boats are sailing         once more!
F 7            Dm7      C  (Em/B)  Am7  (C/G)
Springtime for Hitler and Germany
Dm7                G9           Dm7                    G9            
We have got to be going, We have got to be going 
Dm7                    G9                  C   Em/B  Am   G  
We have got to be going  to war!

Tonight You Belong To Me - from The Jerk

I've got her here with me! She's beautiful and makes my heart go all melty and there's a lump in my throat - I'm in love! ♥

G            G7       C       Cm

I know you belong to somebody new

       G        D         G

But tonight you belong to me

G               G7        C              Cm

Although we're apart, you're part of my heart

       G        D         G

And tonight you belong to me. 

         Cm                  Cm

Way down by the stream, How sweet it would seem

    G               E7             A7

Once more just to dream In the moonlight

D7          G

My honey I know 

          G7   C                Cm

With the dawn That you will be gone

       G       D           G

But tonight you belong to me.

D7              G

Just little old me.