Ormeau Community Ukes Beginners
Bad Moon Rising (Maggie)
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Intro:
[C] [G-F] [C] [C] x2
Verse 1:
[C] I see the [G] bad [F] moon [C] rising
[C] I see [G] trouble [F] on the [C] way
[C] I see [G] earth [F] quakes and [C] lightning
[C] I see [G] bad [F] times [C] today
|Chorus:
|Woah [F] Don't go around tonight,
|Well it's [C] bound to take your life
|[G] There's a [F] bad moon on the [C] rise
[C] [G-F] [C] [C]
Verse 2:
[C] I hear [G] hurri[F]canes [C] blowing
[C] I know the [G] end is [F] coming [C] soon
[C] I fear [G] rivers [F] over[C]flowing
[C] I hear the [G] voice of [F] rage and [C] ruin
|Chorus:
|Woah[F] Don't go around tonight,
|Well it's [C] bound to take your life
|[G] There's a [F] bad moon on the [C] rise
[C] [G-F] [C] [C]
Verse 3:
[C] Hope you [G] got your [F] things [C] together
[C] Hope you are [G] quite [F] prepared to [C] die
[C] Looks like [G] we're in for [F] nasty [C] weather
[C] One eye is [G] taken [F] for an [C] eye
Chorus:
Woah [F] Don't go around tonight,
Well it's [C] bound to take your life
[G] There's a [F] bad moon on the [C] rise
Woah [F] Don't go around tonight,
Well it's [C] bound to take your life
[G] There's a [F] bad moon on the [C] rise [C-C-C]
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Dick Van Dyke & Co
[Intro (Ascending melody)]
C
Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
C
Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
C
Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Verse 1:
C C
Oh, you, pretty Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
G G
we love you
G7 G7
And, in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
F C
What we'll do.
|Chorus:
|C C7 F
| Near, far, in our motor car Oh what a happy time we'll spend
|F C G C
| Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Our fine four fendered friend
|F C G C
| Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Our fine four fendered friend.
[Post Chorus (Ascending melody)]
C
Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
C
Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
C
Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Verse 2:
C C
Oh, you, pretty Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
G G
we love you
G7 G7
And, in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
F C
What we'll do.
|Chorus:
|C C7 F
| Near, far, in our motor car, Oh what a happy time we'll spend
| C G C
|Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Our fine four fendered friend
|F C G C
| Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Our fine four fendered friend.
Bridge:
G C
Your sleek as a thoroughbred.
G C
Your seats are a feather bed.
G7 G7 C
We'll turn everybody's head to-day
G C
We'll glide on our motor trip
G Am
With pride in our ownership
D D G
The envy of all we sur-veyyyyyy [G7]
Verse 3:
C C
Oh Chitty, You Chitty, Pretty Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
G G
We love you.
G7 G7
And Chitty, in Chitty, Pretty Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
F C
What we'll do.
C C C7 F
High Chitty, Low Chitty, everywhere we go on, chitty chitty we de-pend
Bridge:
F C G C
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Our fine four fendered friend
F C G
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Our fine four fendered
Outro:
C
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
[G] Fine four fendered, [C] Chitty Chitty [C*] BANG!
Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
[C] [C] [C] [C]
[Verse 1]
I [C] met him on a Monday and my [F] heart stood still
Da [G7] doo ron ron ron, [C] da doo ron ro
Some[C]body told me that his [F] name was Bill
Da [G7] doo ron ron ron, da [C] doo ron ron
|[Chorus 1]
|[C] Yes my [F] heart stood still, [C] yes his [G7] name was Bill
|[C] And when he [F] walked me home,
|Da [G7]doo ron ron ron, [C] da doo ron ron [C]
[Verse 2]
I [C] knew what he was doing when he [F] caught my eye
Da [G7] doo ron ron ron, da [C] doo ron ron
He [C] looked so quiet but [F] my oh my
Da [G7] doo ron ron ron, da [C] doo ron ron
|[Chorus 2]
|[C] Yeah he [F] caught my eye, [C] yes, oh [G7] my, oh my
|[C] And when he [F] walked me home,
|Da [G7] doo ron ron ron, da [C] doo ron ron [C]
[Verse 3]
He [C] picked me up at seven and he [F] looked so fine
Da [G7] doo ron ron ron, da [C] doo ron ron
Some [C] day soon I’m gonna [F] make him mine
Da [G7] doo ron ron ron, da [C] doo ron ron
|[Chorus 3]
|[C] Yeah he [F] looked so fine, [C] yes, I'll [G7] make him mine
|[C] And when he [F] walked me home,
|Da [G7] doo ron ron ron, da [C] doo ron ron
|Da [G7] doo ron ron ron, da [C] doo ron ron
|Da [G7] doo ron ron ron, da [C] doo ron [C*] ron
Dance The Night Away (Maggie) - The Mavericks
F C7 F C7
F C7 F C7
Here comes my happiness again
F C7 F C7
Right back to where it should have been
F C7 F C7
'cause now she's gone and I am free
F C7 F C7
And she can't do a thing to me
F C7 F C7
Just wanna dance the night away
F C7 F C7
With senoritas who can sway
F C7 F C7
Right now tomorrow's lookin' bright
F C7 F C7
Just like the sunny mornin' light
[F] And if you should [C7] see her
[F] Please let her [C7] know that I'm [F] well [C7]
As you can [F] tell [C7]
And [F] if she should [C7]tell you
[F] That [C7] she wants me [F] back
Tell her [C7] no, I gotta [F] go [C7]
F C7 F C7
I just wanna dance the night away
F C7 F C7
With senoritas who can sway
F C7 F C7
Right now tomorrow's lookin' bright
F C7 F C7
Just like the sunny mornin' light
F C7 F C7
I just wanna dance the night away
F C7 F C7
With senoritas who can sway
F C7 F C7
Right now tomorrow's lookin' bright
F C7 F C7
Just like the sunny mornin' light
[Outro]
[F] Just like the [C7] sunny mornin' [F*] light [F* F* F*] [F* F* F*]
Dirty Old Town - The Pogues
Intro:
[C] [C] [C]
Verse 1:
I met my [C] love... by the gas works wall
Dreamed a [F] dream... by the old ca[C]nal
I kissed my [Am] girl... by the factory [C] wall
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town
Verse 2:
Clouds are [C] dri-i-iftin' across the moon
Cats are [F] pro-o-owling on their [C] beat
Springs a [Am] girl... from the streets at [C] night
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town
Verse 3:
I heard a [C] siren... coming from the docks
Saw a [F] train... set the night on [C] fire
I smelled the [Am] spring... on the smoky [C] wind
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town
[Instrumental Verse]
[C] [C] [C] [C]
[F] [F] [C] [C]
[Am] [Am] [C] [C]
[Dm] [G7] [Am] [Am]
Verse 4:
I'm gonna [C] make me... a big sharp axe
Shining [F] steel... tempered in a [C] fire
I’ll chop you [Am] down... like an old dead [C] tree
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town
Verse 5:
I met my [C] love... by the gas works wall
Dreamed a [F] dream... by the old ca[C]nal
I kissed my [Am] girl... by the factory [C] wall
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town
Outro:
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town
Dirty old [Dm] town... [G7] dirty old [Am] town [Am-Am-Am]
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 / / ]
Happy Birthday
Happy [C] Birthday to [G7] you,
Happy Birthday to [C] you,
Happy [C7] dear [F][Name],
Happy [C] Birthday [G7] to [C] you.
Happy [C] Birthday to [G7] you,
Happy Birthday to [C] you,
Happy [C7] dear [F][Name],
[Slowly] Happy [C] Birthday [G7] to [C] you.
I’ll Fly Away [C] - Alison Krauss
Intro:
C
Verse 1:
[C] Some bright morning, when this life is over
[F] I'll fly a [C] way
To that home on God's celestial shore
[G7] I'll fly a [C] way
|Chorus:
|[C] I'll fly away, oh, [C7] glory
|[F] I'll fly a [C] way (in the morning)
|When I die, hallelujah, by and by [G] I'll fly a [C] way
Verse 2:
[C] When the shadows of this life have gone
[F] I'll fly a [C] way
Like a bird from these prison bars I’ll fly
[G] I'll fly a [C] way
Chorus:
Verse 3:
[C] Oh how glad and happy when we meet
[F] I'll fly a [C] way
No more cold iron shackles on my feet
[G] I'll fly a [C] way
|Chorus:
|[C] I'll fly away, oh, [C7] glory
|[F] I'll fly a [C] way (in the morning)
|When I die, hallelujah, by and by [G] I'll fly a [C] way
Verse 4:
[C] Just a few more weary days and then
[F] I'll fly a [C] way
To a land where joys will never end
[G] I'll fly a [C] way
Chorus:
Plastic Jesus (Maggie)
Verse 1:
[C] I don't care if it rains or freezes
[F] Long as I have my plastic Jesus
[C] Sitting on the dashboard of my [G7] car [G7]
[C] Comes in colors pink and pleasant
[F] Glows in the dark cause it's iridescent
[C] Take Him with you [G7] when you travel [C] far [C]
|Chorus:
|[C] Plastic Jesus, [F] Plastic Jesus
|[C] Riding on the dashboard of my [G7] car [G7]
|[C] I'm afraid He'll have to go
|His [F] magnets ruin my radio
|And [C] if I have a [G7] wreck He'll leave a [C] scar - SO!!
Verse 2:
[C] Get yourself a Sweet Madonna
[F] Dressed in rhinestones sittin on a
[C] Pedestal of abalone [G7] shell [G7]
[C] Goin' ninety, I ain't scary
[F] 'Cause I've got my Virgin Mary
As-[C]suring me that [G7] I won't go to [C] Hell [C]
|Chorus:
|[C] Plastic Jesus, [F] Plastic Jesus
|[C] Riding on the dashboard of my [G7] car [G7]
|[C] Though the sunshine on His back
|[F] Makes Him peel, chip and crack
|A [C] little patching [G7] keeps Him up to [C] par [C]
|Chorus:
|[C] Plastic Jesus, [F] Plastic Jesus
|[C] Riding on the dashboard of my [G7] car [G7]
|[C] I'm afraid He'll have to go
|His [F] magnets ruin my radio
|And [C] if I have a [G7] wreck
|He'll leave a [C] scar [C]
Sloop John B
The Beach Boys
Intro:
[C] [C] [C] [C]
Verse 1:
We [C] come on the sloop [F] John [C] B
My grandfather [F] and [C] me
Around Nassau town we did [G7] roam
Drinking all [C] night [C7] Got into a [F] fi-i-[Dm]-ight
Well I [C] feel so broke up [G7] I wanna go [C] home
|Chorus:
|So [C] hoist up the John [F] B [C] sail
|See how the main [F] sail [C] sets
|Call for the captain ashore, let me go [G7] home
|Let me go [C] home [C7]
|I wanna go [F] ho-o-[Dm]-ome
|Well I [C] feel so broke up
|[G7] I wanna go [C] home
Verse 2:
[C] First mate he [F] got [C] drunk
Broke in the [F] cap[C]tain’s trunk
Constable had to come and take him a[G7]way
Sheriff John [C] Stone [C7]
Why don’t you leave me a-[F] lo-o-[Dm]-one
Well I [C] feel so broke up
[G7] I wanna go [C] home
Chorus:
Verse 3:
The [C] poor cook he caught [F] the [C] fits
Threw away all of [F] my [C] grits
Then he took and ate up all of my [G7] corn
Let me go [C] home [C7]
I wanna go [F] ho-o-[Dm]-ome
This [C] is the worst trip
[G7] I’ve ever been [C] on
|Chorus:
|So [C] hoist up the John [F] B [C] sail
|See how the main [F] sail [C] sets
|Call for the captain ashore, let me go [G7] home
|Let me go [C] home [C7]
|I wanna go [F] ho-o-[Dm]-ome
|Well I [C] feel so broke up
|[G7] I wanna go [C] home
Outro:
I [C] feel so broke up
[G7*] I wanna go [C] home
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]
Tell Me Ma [☘️]
|Chorus:
|I'll [C] tell me ma when[F] I go [C] home
|The [G7] boys won't leave the [C] girls alone
|They [C] pulled me hair, they [F] stole my [C] comb
|But [G7] that's all right till [C] I go home
|[C] She is handsome [F] she is pretty
|[C] She is the Belle of [G7] Belfast city
|[C] She is a-courtin' [F] one two three
|[C] Please won't you [G7] tell me [C] who is she
Verse 1:
[C] Albert Mooney [F] says he [C] loves her
[G7] All the boys are [C] fightin' for her
They [C] rap on her door and [F] ring on the [C] bell
Saying [G7 ]oh my true love [C] are you well
[C] Out she comes as [F] white as snow
[C] Rings on her fingers and [G7] bells on her toes
[C] Old Jenny Murray says [F] she’ll die
If she [C] doesn't get the [G7] fella with the [C] roving eye
|Chorus:
|I'll [C] tell me ma when[F] I go [C] home
|The [G7] boys won't leave the [C] girls alone
|They [C] pulled me hair, they [F] stole my [C] comb
|But [G7] that's all right till [C] I go home
|[C] She is handsome [F] she is pretty
|[C] She is the Belle of [G7] Belfast city
|[C] She is a-courtin' [F] one two three
|[C] Please won't you [G7] tell me [C] who is she
Verse 2:
Let the [C] wind and the rain and the [F] hail blow [C] high
And the [G7] snow come travellin' [C] from the sky
[C] She's as nice as [F] apple [C] pie
[G7]She'll get her own lad [C] by and by
[C] When she gets a [F] lad of her own
She [C] won't tell her ma when [G7] she gets home
[C] Let them all come [F] as they will
For it's [C] Albert [G7] Mooney [C] she loves still
|Chorus:
| I'll [C] tell me ma when [F] I go [C] home
| The [G7] boys won't leave the [C] girls alone
| They [C] pulled me hair, they [F] stole my [C]comb
| But [G7] that's all right till [C] I go home
|[C] She is handsome [F] she is pretty
|[C] She is the Belle of [G7] Belfast city
|[C] She is a-courtin' [F] one two three
|[C] Please won't you [G7] tell me [C] who is she
Things [C] - Bobby Darin
Intro:
[C] [C] [C] [C]
Verse 1:
[C] Every night I sit here by my window (window)
Staring at the lonely ave[G7]nue (avenue)
[C] Watching lovers holding hands and [F] laughing (laughing)
[C] And thinking ‘bout the [G7] things we used to [C] do [C]
|Chorus:
|[NC] Thinking of [G7] things, like a walk in the park
|[C] Things, like a kiss in the dark
|[G7] Things, like a sailboat ride
|[C] [Stop] What about the night we cried?
|[F] Things, like a lovers vow, [C] things that we don't do now
|[G7] Thinking ‘bout the things we used to [C] do [C////]
Verse 2:
[C] Memories are all I have to cling to (cling to)
And heartaches are the friends I'm talking [G7] to (talking to)
[C] When I'm not thinking of just how much I [F] loved you (loved you)
[C] Well I'm thinking ‘bout the [G7] things we used to [C] do [C]
Chorus:
Verse 3:
[C] I still can hear the jukebox softly playing (playing)
And the face I see each day belongs to [G7] you (belong to you)
Though there's [C] not a single sound and there’s [F] nobody else around
Well it's [C] just me thinking ‘bout the [G7] things we used to [C] do [C]
Chorus:
Outro:
And the [G7] heartaches are the friends I'm talking [C] to
You got me [G7] thinking ‘bout the things we used to [C] do,
[G7] staring at the lonely ave[C]nue [C] [C]
When I’m 64 (Maggie)[C]
The Beatles
[Intro-Kazoos]
[C] [C] [C] [C]
[F] [G7] [C] [C]
[Verse 1]
[C] When I get older losing my hair, many years from [G] now
Will you still be sending me a valentine, Birthday greetings [C] bottle of wine?
If I'd been out till quarter to three, [C7] Would you lock the [F] door
Will you still [Dm] need me, [C] will you still [A7] feed me,
[D] When I'm [G] sixty-[C] four?
Bridge:
[Kazoos] [Am] [Am] [Am] [Am] [G7] [G7] [Am] [Am]
[Am] You'll be older [E7] too
[Kazoos] [Am] [Am] [Am] and if you [Dm] say the word
[F] I could [G7] stay with [C] you [G7]
[Verse 2]
[C] I could be handy mending a fuse, when your lights have [G] gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside, Sunday mornings [C] go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds, [C7] Who could ask for [F] more?
[F] Will you still [Dm] need me, [C] will you still [A7] feed me,
[D] When I'm [G] sixty [C] -four?
Bridge:
[Am] Every summer we can rent a cottage,
In the Isle of [G7] Wight, if it's not too [Am] dear
We shall scrimp and [E7] save,
[Am] our grandchildren [Dm] on your knee,
[F] Vera, [G7] Chuck, and [C] Dave [G7]
[Verse 3]
[C] Send me a postcard, drop me a line, stating point of [G] view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say, Yours sincerely, [C] Wasting Away
Give me your answer, fill in a form, [C7] mine for ever[F] more
[F] Will you still [Dm] need me, [C] will you still [A7] feed me,
[D] When I'm [G] sixty-[C] four?
[F] Will you still [Dm] need me, [C] will you still [A7] feed me,
[D] When I'm [G] sixty-[C] four? [G*] [C*]