Fat Bottomed Girls [D]
Queen
[Intro - Acappela]
Aaaaaare you gonna take me home tonight?
Aaaaah down beside that red firelight
Aaaaare you gonna let it all hang out?
Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go [D] round
[Verse 1 - Strumming]
I was [D] just a skinny lad, never knew no good from bad
But I knew life before I left my [A] nursery
Left [D] alone with big fat Fanny ... she was [G] such a naughty nanny
Heap big [D] woman, you made a [A] bad boy out of [D] me [D*]
Verse 2:
I've been [D] singing with my band, across the water across the land
I seen ev'ry blue eyed floozy on the [A] way
But their [D] beauty and their style ... went kind of [G] smooth after a while
Take me [D] to them dirty [A] ladies every [D] time [D*]
|Chorus:
|[D] Ohhhhh won't you [C]take me home [G] tonight?
|[D] Ohhhhh down [C] beside your red fire-[A]-light
|[D] Ohhhhh and you [G] give it all you got
|Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round [G] (yeah)
|[G] Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round [D*]
Instrumental:
[G] [D] [A] [D]
[G] [D] [A] [G*]
Verse 3:
Now I got [D] mortgages and homes, I got stiffness in the bones
Ain't no beauty queens in this locali-[A]-ty (I tell ya!)
Oh but [D] I still get my pleasure ... still [G] got my greatest treasure
Heap big [D] woman you gone and [A] made a big man of [D] me [D*]
|Chorus:
|[D] Oh won't you [C] take me home [G] tonight? (Please!)
|[D] Oh down [C] beside that red fire-[A]-light
|[D] Oh you gotta [G] let it all hang out
|Fat bottomed [D] girls You make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round [G] (yeah!)
|Fat bottomed [D] girls You make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round
[D / / ]
Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash
Intro Instrumental & Kazoo:
[G] Da da-da da-da [C] dah dah [G] dah
[G] Da da-da da-da [D] dah dah [G] dah
[G] Da da-da da-da [C] dah dah [G] dah
[G] Da da-da da-da [D] dah dah [G] dah
Verse 1:
[G] Love... is a [C] burning [G] thing
And it [G] makes... a [C] fiery [G] ring
[G] Bound by [C] wild de[G]sire
I fell into a [D] ring of [G] fire
|Chorus:
|[D] I fell in to a [C] burning ring of [G] fire
|I went [D] down, down, down
|And the [C] flames went [G] higher
|And it [G] burns, burns, burns
|The [C] ring of [G] fire
|The [D] ring of [G] fire
Instrumental & Kazoo:
[G] Da da-da da-da [C] dah dah [G] dah
[G] Da da-da da-da [D] dah dah [G] dah
[G] Da da-da da-da [C] dah dah [G] dah
[G] Da da-da da-da [D] dah dah [G] dah
|Chorus:
|[D] I fell in to a [C] burning ring of [G] fire
|I went [D] down, down, down
|And the [C] flames went [G] higher
|And it [G] burns, burns, burns
|The [C] ring of [G] fire
|The [D] ring of [G] fire
Verse 2:
The [G] taste... of [C] love is [G] sweet
When [G] hearts like [C] ours [G] meet
I [G] fell for you [C] like a [G] child
Oh but the [D] fire went [G] wild
|Chorus x 2:
|[D] I fell in to a [C] burning ring of [G] fire
|I went [D] down, down, down
|And the [C] flames went [G] higher
|And it [G] burns, burns, burns
|The [C] ring of [G] fire
|The [D] ring of [G] fire
Outro:
And it [G] burns, burns, burns
The [C] ring of [G] fire
The [D] ring of [G] fire [G] [C-G]
Take Me Home, Country Roads [C]
John Denver
Intro: [Same as first 2 lines]
[C] [Am]
[G] [F] [C]
Verse 1:
[C] Almost heaven... [Am] West Virginia
[G] Blue ridge mountains [F] Shenandoah [C] river
[C] Life is old there [Am] older than the trees
[G] Younger than the moun-tains... [F] blowing like a [C] breeze
|Chorus:
|Country [C] roads... take me [G] home
|To the [Am] place... I be[F]long
|West Vir[C]ginia... mountain ma[G]ma
|Take me [F] home... country [C] roads
Verse 2:
[C] All my memories... [Am] gathered round her
[G] Miner’s lady... [F] stranger to blue [C] water
[C] Dark and dusty... [Am] painted on the sky
[G] Misty taste of moonshine [F] teardrops in my [C] eye
|Chorus:
|Country [C] roads... take me [G] home
|To the [Am] place... I be[F]long
|West Vir[C]ginia... mountain ma[G]ma
|Take me [F] home... country [C] roads
Bridge:
[Am] I hear her [G] voice in the [C] mornin’ hour she calls me
The [F] radio re[C]minds me of my [G] home far away
And [Am] drivin’ down the [G] road I get a feel[F]in’ that I
[C] should have been home [G] yesterday... yester[G7]day
Acapella:
Country roads... take me home
To the place... I belong
West Virginia... mountain mama
Take me home... country roads
Outro:
Country [C] roads... take me [G] home
To the [Am] place... I be[F]long
West Vir[C]ginia... mountain ma[G]ma
Take me [F] home... country [C] roads
Take me [G] home... down country [C] roads
Take me [G] home... down country [C] roads [C]
Amarillo
Tony Christie
Intro:
[A] Sha la la la [D] la la la la (boom boom)
[A] sha la la la [E7] la la la la [E7] (boom boom)
[D] Shalala la [A] la la la la [E7] and Marie who [A] waits for me.
Verse 1:
[A] When the day is [D] dawning [A] on a Texas [E7] Sunday morning
[A] How I long to [D] be there
With [A] Marie who's [E7] waiting for me there
[F] Every lonely [C] city [F] where I hang my [C] hat
[F] Ain't as half as [C] pretty as [E7] where my baby's at
|Chorus:
|[A] Is this the way to [D] Amarillo
|[A] Every night I've been [E7] huggin' my pillow
|[A] Dreaming dreams of [D] Amarillo
|[A] And sweet Ma[E7]rie who [A] waits for me
|[A] Show me the way to [D] Amarillo
|[A] I've been weepin' [E7] like a willow
|[A] Crying over [D] Amarillo
|[A] And sweet Ma[E7]rie who [A] waits for me
Bridge:
[A] Sha la la la [D] la la la la [A] sha la la la [E7] la la la la
[D] Sha la la la [A] la la la la [E7] and Marie who [A] waits for me
Verse 2:
[A] There's a church-bell [D] ringing
[A] Hear the song of [E7] joy that it's singing
[A] For the sweet Ma[D]ria [A] and the guy who's [E7] coming to see her
[F] Just beyond the [C] highway [F] there's an open [C] plain
[F] And it keeps me [C] going [E7] through the wind and rain
|Chorus:
|[A] Is this the way to [D] Amarillo
|[A] Every night I've been [E7] huggin' my pillow
|[A] Dreaming dreams of [D] Amarillo
|[A] And sweet Ma[E7]rie who [A] waits for me
|[A] Show me the way to [D] Amarillo
|[A] I've been weepin' [E7] like a willow
|[A] Crying over [D] Amarillo
|[A] And sweet Ma[E7]rie who [A] waits for me
Outro:
[A] Sha la la la [D] la la la la [A] sha la la la [E7] la la la la [E7]
[D] Sha la la la [A] la la la la [E7] and Marie who [A] waits for me
[A] Sha la la la [D] la la la la [A] sha la la la [E7] la la la la [E7]
[D] Sha la la la [A] la la la la [E7] and Marie who [A] waits for me
[A] Cha cha cha
Sweet Caroline*
Neil Diamond
[C]
[C] Where it began, [F] I can't begin to knowin'
[C] But then I know it's growing [G] strong
[C] Was in the Spring [F] and Spring became the Summer
[C] Who'd have believed you'd come a[G]long?
[C] Hands [C] [Am] touchin' hands [Am]
[G7] Reachin' out [F] touchin' me [F] touchin' [G] you [G] [G] [F] [G]
[C] Sweet Caro[F]line [F][Em][Dm], Good times never seemed so [G] good [G] [G] [F] [G]
[C] I've been in[F]clined [F][Em][Dm], to believe they never [G] would [F] but [Em] now [Dm] I
[C] Look at the night [F] and it don't seem so lonely
[C] We fill it up with only [G] two
[C] And when I hurt [F] hurtin' runs off my shoulders
[C] How can I hurt when holding [G] you?
[C] Warm [C] [Am] touchin' warm [Am]
[G7] Reachin' out [G7] [F] touchin' me [F] touchin' [G] you [G] [G] [F] [G]
[C] Sweet Caro[F]line [F][Em][Dm], Good times never seemed so [G] good [G] [G] [F] [G]
[C] I've been in[F]clined [F][Em][Dm], to believe they never [G] would
[F] oh [Em] no [Dm] no
[C] Sweet Caro[F]line [F][Em][Dm], Good times never seemed so [G] good [G] [G] [F] [G]
[C] I've been in[F]clined [F][Em][Dm], to believe they never [G] would
[F] oh [Em] no [Dm] no [C*] no.