Eskimo Nell - Cotton Henry and His Oklahoma Hillbillies

Thanks to Neil Hopper for sharing and chording this song.

Bb

She’ll drink your whiskey and she’ll drink your gin

                          G7

But I swear she won’t give in

      C        F                Bb  F

Be careful of Eskimo Nell

Bb

Well she’s not too hot, she’s not too cold

                                             G7

She’s not too shy and she’s not too bold 

      C        F               Bb  F

Be careful of Eskimo Nell

D7

Now she’s not a gal just come to town

G7

She bakes her biscuits with her damper down

C

Look out boys, you better leave her be

F                              

If you don’t like them peaches don’t you shake that tree

Bb

She paints her lips with iodine

                          G7

Her kisses they taste like wine

      C        F                Bb  F

Be careful of Eskimo Nell

(instrumental 1 verse)

Bb

She’ll drink your beer, she’ll drink your wine

                                                            G7

But when she turns you loose you’ve had a time

      C        F                Bb  F

Be careful of Eskimo Nell

Bb

She’s not too dry, she’s not too wet

                                  G7

You’ll have a fall you won’t forget

      C        F                Bb  F

Be careful of Eskimo Nell

D7

Now she’s not a gal just come to town

G7

She bakes her biscuits with her damper down

C

Look out boys, you better leave her be

F                              

If you don’t like them peaches don’t you shake that tree

Bb

To me it’s any old port in a storm

                                                         G7

If you can’t pay the price, don’t you toot your horn

      C        F                Bb  F  Bb F Bb 

Be careful of Eskimo Nell

Dear Jane - The Madden Brothers

Lucky Day - Aileen Quinn (The Frog Prince)

Written by Kenn Long for the 1986 film The Frog Prince.

I couldn't find this anywhere on the net so I whipped it up just now. Please contact me with any corrections. Enjoy! 



G                                                                     D
Today will be my lucky day, my lucky day I know
G                                                                                  D
The trumpets and the fanfare and the banners tell me so
C                             G                      C                           G
I don’t know why I feel this way, I don’t know why I should
C                        G               C       D
But ever since I woke today I felt good
G                        C               D             G
Today will be my lucky day, knock on wood


G                                                                   D
Today will be my lucky day, I’m sure you all agree
G                                                                                      D
If you could speak I know you’d say, How lucky can she be?
C                        G                     C                    G
My heart is all a-flutter, my poor head is in the sky
C                          G           C          D
I know just how a butterfly feels to fly
G                    C                      D       G
A giddy and exciting feeling - My oh my! 


Em                        C    G
Yesterday I felt so lone-ly
Em                            G
All day long I was so blue
Em                         C         G      D
Yesterday my only friends were you

G                                                                                        D
Last night I wished upon a star - Let all my dreams come true
G                                                                    D
And I believe it’s worked so far, I really, truly do
C                         G                        C                             G
But just for extra measure, just in case my star should fall
C                                G                   C                  D
I’ll get out my special treasure - my lucky golden ball
      G                  C                              D          G
My lucky golden ball should help me most of all


                       C      D      G      
On my lucky, lucky, lucky day
                     C       D        G
It’s my lucky, lucky, lu-cky day

Busby Berkeley Dreams - Magnetic Fields

Busby Berkeley 

(29 November 1895-14 March 1976) 

Hollywood film director and musical choreographer.

Berkeley was famous for his elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berkeley's works used large numbers of showgirls and props as fantasy elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances. All of this was quite ironic as these were all created during a depression. This song is about being so in love you've lost touch with what's real.

 

Intro:
G D C

C G D

Verse:
G                D          C
I should have forgotten you long ago
C          G        D
But you're in every song I know
G           D         C
Whining and pining is wrong and so
    Am           G
On and so forth, of course of course,
    C                  D
But no, you can't have a divorce

Chorus:
  G                   D
I haven't seen you in ages
    C                       Em 
But it's not as bleak as it seems
G        C                 G
We still dance on whirling stages
      D     G        D 
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
G                              D
The tears have stained all the pages
   C                   Em
Of my True Romance magazines
D         G              D
We still dance in my outrageously beautiful
C     G        D
Busby Berkeley dreams

Verse: 
G            D            C
And now you want to leave me for good
C   G         D    
I refuse to believe you could
G      D             C
You forget we're not made of wood
     Am              G
Well darling you may do your worst
  C                    D
Because you'll have to kill me first

Chorus:
  G                   D
I haven't seen you in ages
    C                       Em 
But it's not as bleak as it seems
G        C                 G
We still dance on whirling stages
      D     G        D 
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
G                              D
The tears have stained all the pages
   C                   Em
Of my True Romance magazines
D         G              D
We still dance in my outrageously beautiful
C     G        D
Busby Berkeley dreams
Solo (with number of beats per chord in parenthesis): 
G  D(2) C(4)
C  G(1) G(1) D(4)

G  D(2) C(4)
D(8) 


  G                   D
I haven't seen you in ages
    C                       Em 
But it's not as bleak as it seems
G        C                 G
We still dance on whirling stages
      D     G        D 
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
G                              D
The tears have stained all the pages
   C                   Em
Of my True Romance magazines
D         G              D
We still dance in my outrageously beautiful
C     G        D
Busby Berkeley dreams
Outro:
G                 D   
Do you think it's dangerous
        C     G        D
To have Busby Berkeley dreams?

Beth - Kiss

"Beth" is a ballad by Kiss, originally released on their 1976 album, Destroyer. To date, it is their highest-charting single in the US, reaching #7 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. It is one of only two gold selling singles for the band (the other being 1979's "I Was Made for Lovin' You"), and their first of two Top Ten singles (along with 1990's "Forever", #8) in the US. Beth was named #3 in VH1's 25 Greatest Power Ballads.Kiss' drummer Peter Criss sings the song, which was co-written by Criss and guitarist Stan Penridge. The song was written before Criss had joined the band, while he and Penridge were members of Chelsea. A bootleg exists of the song from 1971, but the song was sung "Beck, what can I do?" "Beck" was the nickname of fellow Chelsea member Mike Brand's wife, Becky, who would call often during practices to ask Mike when he was coming home. Years later, while in Kiss, both Bob Ezrin and Gene Simmons are incorrectly credited for changing the song's title to "Beth," presumably to be more recognisable as a female name.
The song was a last-minute addition to the Destroyer album. According to Bill Aucoin, the manager of Kiss at that time, Simmons and Paul Stanley did not want "Beth" on the album because it was not a typical Kiss song. Aucoin insisted on keeping the song on the record.

When released as a single, however, "Beth" was initially the B-side of "Detroit Rock City". Some of the initial credit for the flip-hit goes to Rosalie Trombley, at the time the music director at "The Big 8" CKLW in Windsor, Ontario. Trombley's daughter had a copy of the 45 and was hooked on "Beth", and began nagging her mother about it. "Beth" wasn't being promoted as the "A" side, but Trombley added it to CKLW's playlist. After "Beth" became a smash, Kiss presented Trombley's daughter with a gold record. Kiss and Casablanca Records reissued "Beth" as an A-side with "Detroit Rock City" as the B-side, and it was far more successful.The single went gold in the US (the first Kiss single to do so) on January 5, 1977 and in Canada on December 1, 1976. In 1977, Kiss received a People's Choice Award for "Beth", one of the few industry awards the band ever won. "Beth" is also credited as invigorating sluggish sales of the Destroyer album, which many fans initially saw as a misstep. It is also the only Kiss song that features no instrumental performances by any member of the band. Criss is backed by a piano and a string orchestra, a stark departure from the hard rock-oriented band.

The song was written by Criss and Penridge, both of whom were in Chelsea. A demo tape of the song, however, was recorded later, during Criss' tenure in another band, Lips, immediately before he joined Kiss. In an article for Rolling Stone, Paul Stanley questioned Criss' role in co-writing the song, saying, "Peter had nothing to do with it." During the recording sessions for the song, Criss was the only Kiss member in the studio. Live, "Beth" was performed by Criss alone on stage backed by a tape of the instrumental track. The acoustic version featured on Kiss Unplugged is the only recording with members of Kiss solely backing up Criss. The version of "Beth" featured on the group's 2003 Kiss Symphony: Alive IV DVD and subsequent album (less Ace Frehley) would be the only time the song was performed live with an ensemble. In 2010, the song was performed live for the first time with Eric Singer on acoustic guitars during their Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour and again on their The Hottest Show on Earth Tour in 2011.It has since then been re-shelved in live concerts, but the band still continues to perform the song regularly at Meet and Greets.

(INTRO)

C - Dm - G (x2)

(VERSE 1)

(C)Beth I hear you (Dm)callin’ But I (Em)can’t come home right (Am)now (G)

(F)Me and the boys are (G)playin’ and we (C)just can’t find the (Esus4)sound (E)

(CHORUS)

(Am)Just a few more (G)hours and I’ll (F)be right home to (Em)you

I (D7)think I hear them (F)callin’ (G) Oh, (Am)Beth what can I do? (Am - G)

(F)Beth what (G)can I (Am)do?

(VERSE 2)

(C)You say you feel so (Dm)empty that our (Em)house just ain’t a (Am)home (G)

(F)I’m always somewhere (G)else and (C)you’re always there a-(Esus4)lone (E)

(CHORUS)

(Am)Just a few more (G)hours and I’ll (F)be right home to (Em)you

I (D7)think I hear them (F)callin’ (G) Oh, (Am)Beth what can I do? (Am - G)

(F)Beth what (G)can I (Am)do?

(INSTRUMENTAL: VERSE CHORDS)

(OUTRO)

(C)Beth I know you’re (Dm)lonely and I (Em)hope you’ll be al-(Am)right (G)

‘Cause (F)me and the boys will be (G)playin’  all (C)night (Dm - G - C)