Wednesday 21 March 2012

Don't Look Back Into the Sun - The Libertines


G                D
Don't look back into the sun
Em7                    D
now you know that your time has come
C                       D                  G                D
and they said that it'd never come for you     (Oh Oh Oh Oh)
G                D
oh my friend you havent changed
Em7               D
looking rough and living strange
C                       D                    G       D
and I know the you've got a taste for it too


C                                                G
They'll never forgive you but they won't let you go   (Oh No)
C                                                D
no she'll never forgive you but she wont let you go, oh no


G                         D
Don't look back into the sun
Em7                D
you got your past, but you are on the run
C                    D                   G       D
I know the lies you said you dared to say
G                                 D
When they played that song at the Death Disco
Em7                   D
It starts so fast and ends so slow
C                     D                   G       D
all the time just reminds me of me and you


C                                                    G
Ah they will never forgive you but they wont let you go
(Let me go!!)
C                                             D
She'll never forgive you but she wont let you go, oh no

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Ella Fitzgerald

Music by Duke Ellington
Lyrics by Irving Mills

EmDCC7B7
What good is melody, what good is mu - sic

EmDCC7B7
If it ain't possessin' something sweet? 
EmDCC7B7
It ain't the melody, it ain't the mu - sic --
EmDCC7B7
There's something else that makes the tune complete.
EmB+Em7Em6
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing --
A7D7G6C7B7
Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat.
EmB+Em7Em6
It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing --
A7D7G6
Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat.

Dm7G7CM7/6CM7
It makes no diff'rence if that rhythm's sweet or hot,
Em7A7D7C7B7
Just give that rhythm ev'rything you got. 
EmB+CdimEm7CdimEm6
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing --
A7D7G6Gdim
Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat,
A7CdimG6
Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-waaaa.

Tuesday 20 March 2012

Bei Mir Bist Du Schön - The Andrews Sisters


Words & Music by Jacob Jacobs & Sholom Secunda, 1929

English version by sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin

Recorded by The Andrews Sisters, 1938


B7         Em         Am             Cdim         B7
Of all the boys I've known, and I've known some
 Cdim     Em       Am         Cdim         B7
Until I first met you, I was lonesome
    Cdim      Em      B+             A           Am7
And when you came in sight, dear, my heart grew light
         Em         Am           B7
And this old world seemed new to me
B7            Em        Am     Cdim       B7
You're really swell, I have to admit you
Cdim       Em       Am         Cdim      B7
Deserve expressions that really fit you
   Cdim       Em      B+             A           Am7
And so I've racked my brain, hoping to explain
         B7        Cdim       B7
All the things that you do to me


B7  Em  Cdim     Em   Am7       Em Cdim    Em     B+
Bei mir bist du schön - please let me explain, 
Em7  B7                             Em
Bei mir bist du schön means you're grand.
B7  Em  Cdim    Em      Am7   Em  Cdim    Em     B+
Bei mir bist du schön,      again I'll explain,
Em7  B7                             Em
It means you're the fairest in the land.

    B+        Am      Am+7
I could say, "Bella, bella," 
Am7  Em
Even say Wunderbar!
       B+      Am  Am+7     Cdim
Each language only helps me tell you
B7      Fdim      B7
    How grand you are.

B7   Em   Cdim   Em   Am7    Em  Cdim    Em         B+
I've tried to explain   "bei mir bist du schön,"
Em7 B7                       Em
So kiss me and say you understand.

B7   Em Cdim     Em   
Bei mir bist du schön, 
       Am7      B7     Em      Cdim   Am7       B7
You've heard it all before but let me try to explain
Cdim B7  Cdim     B7         Cdim         Em    B+  Am7  B7
Bei mir  bist du schön means that you're grand
B7  Em Cdim     Em   
Bei mir bist du schön, 
     Am7     B7     Em      Cdim     Am7     B7
It's such an old refrain and yet I should explain
Cdim B7  Cdim  B7     Cdim       Em   Am7   Em 
 It means I am begging for your hand.

    B+        Am      Am+7
I could say, "Bella, bella," 
Am7  Em
Even say Wunderbar!
       B+      Am  Am+7     Cdim
Each language only helps me tell you
B7      Fdim      B7
    How great you are.

B7   Em   Cdim   Em   Am7    Em  Cdim    Em         B+
I've tried to explain   "bei mir bist du schön,"
Em7 B7                       Em
So kiss me and say you understand.

Streets of Baltimore - Gram Parsons

Intro F

F                       Bb            F                   Bb
Well I sold the farm to take my woman where she longed to be
C                                         Bb             F
We left our kin and all our friends back there in Tennessee
F                          Bb              F               Bb
And I bought those one way tickets she had often begged me for
C                                        F
And they took us to the streets of Baltimore
C                                                F
Well her heart was filled with gladness when she saw those city lights
                                                        C
She said the prettiest place on earth was Baltimore at night
       F                  Bb             F                  Bb
Well a man feels proud to give his woman what she's longing for
C                                       F
And I kind of like the streets of Baltimore

break : 
F    Bb    F    Bb   C   C  F

F                    Bb            F              Bb
Then I got myself a factory job, I ran an old machine
C                                   Bb             F
And I bought a little cottage in a neighborhood serene
F                        Bb              F            Bb
And every night when I'd come home with every muscle sore
C                                          F
She'd drag me through the Streets of Baltimore
C                                        F
Well I did my best to bring her back to what she used to be
                                                                      C
Then I soon learned she loved those bright lights more than she loved me
     F                       Bb                F                Bb
Now I'm a-going back on that same train that brought me here before
C                                       F
While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore
C                                       F
While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore



San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller

INTRO:  C-F-C-C7-F-C-C7..___
          C                         F                    C      C7
I got the blues from my baby livin' by the San Francisco Bay
    F                        C      C7
The ocean liners not so far away
  F                                            C                     A7
I didn't mean to treat her so bad; she was the best girl I ever have had
  D7/F#
I said goodbye; I can take a cry
G7
   I wanna lay down and die

  C                        F                   C
I ain't got a nickel and I ain't got a lousy dime
    F                                      E7
She don't come back; ain't gonna lose my mind
       F                                C                    A7
If ya' ever get back to stay it's gonna be another brand new day
D7/F#                     G7                    C
Walkin' with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay


Solo.......

Play the previos chords again and go ___

C            F                C                        F      C
Sittin' down lookin' from the back door wondrin' which way to go
F                                                C
   Woman I'm so crazy 'bout she don't love me no more
F                                  C                  A7
Think I'll catch me a freight train cause I'm feelin' blue
D7/F#                                  G7
Ride all the way to the end of the line  thinkin' only you


C         F             C                   F   C
Meanwhile livin' in the city just about to go insane
F                           E7
   All I heard my baby Lord wishin' you would call my name
     F                                C                    A7
If I ever get back to stay it's gonna be another brand new day
D7/F#                    G7                    C        A7
Walkin with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay
D7/F#                    G7                    C        A7
Walkin with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay
      D7/F#                    G7                    C    F    C  G  C
Yeah, walkin with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

Monday 19 March 2012

When She Loved Me - Toy Story 2

When She Loved Me - Sarah McLachlan


C              Am      F                 G
When somebody loved me everything was beautiful
Em            Am             F                G
Every hour we spent together lives within my heart
C                Am  F               G
And when she was sad I was there to dry her tears
Em                Am          F
And when she was happy so was I
     G/F  G    C
When she loved me

F                           G
Through the summer and the fall
    Em                    Am     
we had each other that was all
    Em          Am     
just she and I together
     F               G
like it was meant to be
C                 Am
and when she was lonely
F                 G
I was there to comfort her
      Em  Am  G/F  G    C   
and I knew that she loved me

Am               G   
So the years went by
   Em        Am  
I stayed the same
   Em            Am  
but she began to drift away
G          Am
I was left alone
Fm             Cm
still I waited for the day

when she'd say
Fm      Cm     G#    G
I will always love you

C              Am      F                   G
Lonely and forgotten, never thought she'd look my way
Em                Am             F                     G
And she smiled at me and held me just like she used to do
     G/F  G    C            Am    F
Like she loved me, when she loved me


C              Am      F                 G
When somebody loved me everything was beautiful
Em            Am             F                G
Every hour we spent together lives within my heart

     G/F  G    C
When she loved me




not sure the names of the chords but it looks like she used
4442
6444
2100
4322

Friday 16 March 2012

Despair in the Departure Lounge - Arctic Monkeys

Despair In The Departure Lounge by Alex Turner


D   F#m    Em    A7


          D                               F#m
He's pining for her in a people carrier
                             Em
There might be buildings and pretty things to see like that
       A7
But architecture won't do
                    D
Although it might say a lot about the city or town
            F#m
I don't care what they've got, keep turning them down
                  Em
It doesn't say the funny things she does
                     A7                                                                      D
Don't even try and cheer him up because it just won't happen.


D   F#m    Em    A7

                       D                                       F#m
He's got the feeling again, this time on the aeroplane
                             Em
There might be tellys in back of the seats in front
       A7
But Rodney and Del won't do
                     D
Although it might take your mind off the aches and the pains
                              F#m
Laugh when he falls through the bar, but you're feeling the same
                       Em
'Cause she isn't there to hold your hand
                         A7
She won't be waiting for you when you land

                               Bm                   G
It feels like she's just nowhere near
         Bm                                         G
You could well be out on your ear
                                     Bm                                    E
This thought comes closely followed by the fear
               G                F#m 
And the thought of it 
                     Em     A7
Makes you feel a bit… ill

D   F#m   Em   A7 (x2)

(instrumental solo)

D                                              F#m                                                           Em
Yesterday I saw a girl who looks like someone you might knock about with
                      A7
And almost shouted
                     D                                            F#m
And then reality kicked in within us, it seems as we become the winners
         Em                                                A7
You lose a bit of summat, and half wonder if you won at all

                                   Bm                               G
And don't say owt, 'cause you've got no idea
                   Bm                   G
And she's still nowhere near
                                            Bm                                    E
And this thought comes closely followed by the fear
               G                F#m 
And the thought of it 
                     Em     A7
Makes you feel a bit… ill

        D                    Em
Despair in the departure lounge
      F#m                    G          F#m         Em
It's one and they'll still be around at three
                                   A7
No signal and low battery
(chord rings and fades out)
         What's happened to me?



Saturday 10 March 2012

Ragtime Cowboy Joe - The Chipmunks

Ragtime Cowboy Joe
lyrics by Grant Clarke, music by Lewis F. Muir and Maurice Abrahams
© 1912, F.A. Mills, 122 W. 36th St, New York

C           Cdim            C       F7
Out in Ar-i-zon-a where the bad men are
        C              A7              D7   G7
And the on-ly thing to guide you is an Eve-'ning star
Gaug C          Cdim      C   E7 Am     D9       G       C
The  rough-est, tough-est man by far is Rag-time Cow-boy Joe
G                 Gdim            G        C7
Got his name from sing-in’ to the cows and sheep
G                E7               A9   D7 G
Ev'ry night they say he sings the herd to sleep
C    Cdim   C    E7  Am   B7                 Em   G7
In a bass-o rich and deep croon-in' soft and low.

CHORUS
           C
He al-ways sings rag-gy mu-sic to the cat-tle
      D7
As he swings back and for-ward in the sad-dle
     G7
On a horse that is syn-co-pat-ed, gait-ed, 
            C             Am            D7             G7
And there's such a fun-ny me-ter to the roar of his re-peat-er
         C                  
How they run when hear that fel-low's gun
            D7
Because the West-ern folks all know
E7     Am    
He's a high-fa-lut-ing, scoot-ing, shoot-ing
                       D7b5  C   A7   D9  G7  C
Son-of-a-gun from Ar-i-zo-na Rag-time Cow-boy Joe.

He dressed up ev'ry Sun-day in his Sun-day clothes
He beats it for the vil-lage where he al-ways goes
And ev'ry girl in town is Joe's 'cause he's a rag-time bear.
When he starts a-spieling on the dance hall floor
No one but a lun-a-tic would start a war
Wise men know his fo-rty four makes men dance for fair.

CHORUS