If I Could - Jack Wild (Pufnstuf OST Soundtrack)

So, I finally got around to chording this song from my childhood - 

Jack Wild's intro track from the film 1970 film Pufnstuf.
Lyrics by Norman Gimbel, Music by Charles Fox
from 'Pufnstuf' The Movie (1970)
Produced by Sid & Marty Krofft
Directed by Hollingsworth Morse
Performed by Jack Wild

Jack, you were my first love and I miss you. 

D     A     D     A

       D                      G

If I could, I would be 

    Dm                   C               F                            

A balloon that a little kid let go

                A♯                   C       Am               

Floating through the sky, flying free

A      D      Dm  Am  D                                           

If I could

       Dm                 Am

If I could, I would be 

    Dm                    C                        F

A giraffe with my head above the trees

                  A♯      C          Am 

So at big parades I could see

A     D     

If I could

               Am                                  

Jump on one and two and three

                                                 F

Lose to chase a  busy bumble bee

                   Am

Fire on the mountain, run and see

              A♯   F  Am  A♯  F  

If I’m a fool

Am

Lady, lady turn around, 

                                                  F

Lady, lady turn and touch the ground

                C                   A       

Yankee Doodle went to town 

                              D♯

And I’ll be late for school 

C         A

   Oh, school! 

D   D   A

       D                      G

If I could I would be

              Am-A♯                        C              F

Old and wise,     Knowing all there is to know

                A♯               C       Am   A

Then I’d answer right every time

                     D      Dm   D

When they asked. 

       D                   Dm

If I could, I would be 

F       A♯            C               F                            

A balloon that a little kid let go

                A♯                     C       Am               

Floating through the sky, flying free

A     D                                              

If I could

This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies

This Will Be Our Year was written and recorded in 1967 by The Zombies for their album Odessey and Oracle. 

         A                      C#m

The warmth of your love

                   A7                 D

Is like the warmth of the sun

         F                 E7

And this will be our year

              D                 A

Took a long time to come

          A                 C#m

Don't let go of my hand

           A7               D     

Now darkness has gone

         F                E7

And this will be our year 

             D                   A

Took a long time to come

            B

And I won't forget 

       Dm                       A

The way you held me up when I was down

            B                      Dm        

And I won't forget the way you said, 

D

"Darling I love you”

E                                A

You gave me faith to go on

                   C#m                                    A7

Now we're there and we've only just begun

F                  E7

This will be our year

             D                   A

Took a long time to come

         A                      C#m

The warmth of your smile

                 A7          D

Smile for me, little one

         F                E7

And this will be our year

             D                   A

Took a long time to come

          A                 C#m

You don't have to worry

                  A7                      D     

All your worried days are  gone

         F                E7

And this will be our year 

             D                 A

Took a long time to come

            B

And I won't forget 

        Dm                      A

The way you held me up when I was down

           B                       Dm        

And I won't forget the way you said, 

D

"Darling I love you”

E                                A

You gave me faith to go on

                   C#m                  A7

Now we're there and we've only just begun

F                   E7

This will be our year

             D                  A

Took a long time to come

                A7

Yeah we only just begun

          F                E7

Yeah this will be our year

             D                  A

Took a long time to come

I love this edit with home movies filmed by the same couple between 1965 and 1979. The soundtrack coupled with super 8 makes it incredibly moving and nostalgic. The film features a young couple in love and their growing family from 1965 to the moon landing in 1969, through holidays, and every days and ending in 1979, this is an amazing record of life in those times.

Norman Stanley James St. Clair - The Tremeloes

Norman Stanley James St. Clair
by The Tremeloes, from the 1967 album Chip, Dave, Alan, Rick

F     / Dm  F  /       / Dm    / 

F                    Em    Dm   C                                          F      E

  Look at him there,         Norman Stanley James St. Clair 

D                             C     F             Dm

  He wrote sonnets very well you know, 

Bb           C                         F

  People read them long ago. 

            Em   Dm                C                 F     E                                   

Totally bare,    with just a leafy little square

D                           C         F        Dm

  Did he write his sonnets in the nude? 

Bb               C                         F     D

  Questions like that can be rude.

A                                                                         D

Now he stands upon the steps of City Hall all alone

G                                                                          Cm

Thinkin’ ‘bout the prose he wrote in his world of stone

F              Em    Dm           C                          F      E

  Nobody cares what he’s done or what he wears

D                        C               F             Dm

  Only children sometimes stop and stare

Bb                    C                         F

  At Norman Stanley James St. Clair

Dm  D 

 A                                             D

  Norman Stanley James St. Clair 

G                            Gm           Cm   C             

  Norman Stanley James St. Clair 

F              Em    Dm           C                          F      E

  Nobody cares what he’s done or what he wears

D                        C               F             Dm

  Only children sometimes stop and stare

Bb                    C                         F

  At Norman Stanley James St. Clair

Dm                          F

   Norman Stanley James St. Clair 

Dm                          F

   Norman Stanley James St. Clair 

Dm                          F

   Norman Stanley James St. Clair

Wespen op de appeltaart - Spinvis

Spinvis is a Dutch one-man project centred on Erik de Jong (born 2 February 1961, Spijkenisse). Using experimental, lo-fi music, Spinvis became an instant success in his home country, earning two gold records in the process and performing sold-out tours in both the Netherlands and Belgium.

In 2001, Erik de Jong, or Spinvis, at the age of 40, sent a three song demo to the Dutch indie label, Excelsior Recordings. Within two weeks, a record deal was signed.The label decided to keep the songs that had been recorded by Spinvis on his home computer. With some minor mixing touch-ups these songs comprised Spinvis' first album, released in the Netherlands on 1 April 2002. The music press responded with very positive reviews and the album reached the number one position in Oor magazine’s Moordlijst, an important alternative chart in the Netherlands.

D Em

A     D
Aadd4/E

Verse
D             D/A          Em
Het wordt een hele mooie dag vandaag
   A                 D
De stoelen gaan naar buiten en er
G                            D
hangen nieuwe slingers in de heg
           D/A            Em
Meneer van Ouwenaar zet alle dingen recht
    A                  D              G
Hij fluit heel vals en zwaait naar de portier

Verse
D       D/A            Em
Er is behoorlijk wat bezoek vandaag
A            D              G 
Wespen op de appeltaart, de koffie komt voorbij
            D                 D/A          Em
Ik vind het best, ik zou niet weten wie er jarig is hoera
   A                D               G
Of hoe het nou toch verder moet met mij

Chorus
              D   D/A
En de dag is kort
            Em
En de dag is lang
A                 D
's Avonds zijn er stemmen
       G
En een liedje op de gang
          D      D/A           Em
En ik doe precies wat de dokter zegt
A               D       A
Goed je groente eten en niet te laat naar bed

Bridge
C            B               Em               D
Niet met die pen, niet op de grond, niet elke keer,
           G                A                Gm
Niet in de zon, niet op die toon, niet tegen mij
                         D  D/A       Em
En de wolken gaan voorbij... vaarwel vaarwel
   A                D           E
Ik hoop maar dat er roze koeken zijn

G
E   G
C   A

Verse
D             D/A        Em
Het wordt een hele mooie dag vandaag
        A             D
Ik weet zeker dat ze komt
        G                               D
Want ze was er gisteren ook, in donkerrood
      D/A                Em
En de zon scheen en toen aten we chinees
           A             D                  G
En ik weet zeker dat ze wist dat ik naar haar keek

Verse
            D    D/A
Ze is hier nieuw
         Em 
Ze is genoemd naar een prinses
A           D         G                              D
Alles is zo anders nu sinds een week en 14 uur precies
             D/A           Em
Ik weet niet wat ze van me vindt maar ik doe m’n best
A                D              A
Zachtjes praten, rustig naar de mis

Bridge
C        B                Em
Ze is zo stil, we drinken thee
          D                  G
Het is al laat ze neemt haar pil
         A                 Gm
Die neem haar veilig mee en zacht
                        D   D/A
Naar het einde van de nacht
                Em
Slaap wel, slaap wel
   A                 D                 E
Ik hoop maar dat ze nooit zo droomt als ik

G
E   G
C   A

Verse
D         D/A              Em
Ze zeggen dat het wel iets frisser worden zou,
   A              D
Ze zeggen vaak hetzelfde
     G                                  D
En geregeld dat het goed is voor het gras
            D/A                Em
Ik weet nog steeds niet wie de jarige nou was
   A                    D               G
En ook niet hoe het nou verder moet met mij

Chorus
              D   D/A
En de dag is kort
            Em
En de dag is lang
A                 D
's Avonds zijn er stemmen
       G
En een liedje op de gang
          D      D/A           Em
En ik doe precies wat de dokter zegt
A              D                 Gm
Ik vind alles best en meneer van Ouwenaar zet alle dingen recht

...

Play the verse chords again for the Nananananana part, until the fade out.

The Mermaid - Lucky Fonz III

Lucky Fonz III (born in 1981 as Otto Wichers) is a Dutch singer-songwriter from Nijmegen, Netherlands. 

Wichers studied at the University of Amsterdam when he recorded his first titleless album in 2005. After winning the Grote Prijs van Nederland in the category singer-songwriter, Lucky Fonz III received more media attention. In 2007 the second album, called Life is short was released. In 2008 he did a serie of monthly live performances at VARA's De Wereld Draait Door, a Dutch talkshow on Nederland 3. In 2009 he did his first US tour including a performance at SxSW. In 2009 A family like yours. The single Ik heb een meisje entered the Dutch charts in May 2010 and is a precursor of the new album Hoe je honing maakt, which was released on 8 October 2010.

G   C/G   D   G   (X 4)

G           C/G       
I bless the day 
D              G
that you were born
G              C/G     
The stars came up 
     D                G
and the heavens were torn
G             C/G
Apart to make way for your 
D              G
Ragged little soul
G           C/G 
Unlike many other thing 
           D             G
You had a purpose and a goal

G               C/G
This café is my island 
         D       G
And the city my sea
G              C/G
You will be my mermaid 
         D              G
And the castaway that’s me 

G   C/G   D   G   (X 2)

G           C/G
Magic is my sugar 
       D              G
I can put it in your tea
G                  C/G
I know it sounds insane 
             D              G
But that’s what she said to me 
G                 C/G
Oh I could make a hymnbook
        D                  G
Out of all the things she does
G                    C/G
From looking like a movie-star
    D              G
To reading on the bus

G               C/G
This café is my island 
         D       G
And the city my sea
G              C/G
You will be my mermaid 
         D              G   
And the castaway that’s me

G   C/G   D   G \
                   C/G \
I would like to be cynic 
        D \             G \
But without you I’d be dead  
    G \               C/G \                       
I would set myself on fire
         D \           G \
Just to light you cigarette
    G \            C/G \      
And if you want to hold my hand 
D \            G \
Every day and night
G \            C/G \
I would gladly chop it off 
D \                     G \
You can keep it if you like

G               C/G
This café is my island 
         D       G
And the city my sea
G              C/G
You will be my mermaid 
         D              G
And the castaway that’s me

G               C/G
This café is my island 
         D       G
And the city my sea
G              C/G
You will be my mermaid 
         D              G
And the castaway that’s me

G   C/G  D           G
Hey hey mama call a doctor
G   C/G D                    G
Hey hey I think I’m going insane
G   C/G  D           G
Hey hey mama call a doctor
G   C/G D                    G
Hey hey I think I’m going insane

(Everybody now)

G   C/G  D           G
Hey hey mama call a doctor
G   C/G D                    G
Hey hey I think I’m going insane
G   C/G  D           G
Hey hey mama call a doctor
G   C/G D                    G
Hey hey I think I’m going insane