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California Dreaming (Rock Choir) [Am]Mamas and the Papas

Wait for Intro and leader count in

Verse 1
All the leaves are Am brown G leaves are F brown
And the G sky is E7 grey and the sky is E7 grey
I've been for a C walk I've been E7 for a Am walk
On a F winter's E7 day on a winter's E7 day
I’d be safe and Am warm I’d be G safe and F warm
If I G was in L.E7A if I was in L.E7A.

Chorus
California Am dreamin' CaliGfornia F dreamin'
On G such a winter's E7 day E7

Verse 2
Stopped into a Am church G F
I passed aGlong the E7 way
Well I got down on my C knees got down E7 on my Am knees
And I preFtend to E7 pray I pretend to E7 pray
You know the preacher likes the Am cold preacher G likes the F cold
He knows I'm G gonna E7 stay knows I'm gonna E7 stay

Chorus
California Am dreamin' CaliGfornia F dreamin'
On G such a winter's E7 day E7

Instrumental solo optional
Am  Am  Am  Am
C - E7  Am - F  E7  E7
Am - G  F - G  E7  E7
Am - G  F - G  E7  E7

Verse 3
All the leaves are Am brown G leaves are F brown
And the G sky is E7 grey and the sky is E7 grey
I've been for a C walk I've been E7 for a Am walk
On a F winter's E7 day on a winter's E7 day
If I didn't Am tell her G didn't tell F her
I could G leave today could leave toE7day

Outro
California Am dreamin' CaliGfornia F dreamin'
On G such a winter's Am day CaliGfornia F dreamin'
On G such a winter's Am day CaliGfornia F dreamin'
On G such a winter's F daaaaaay

Am - Single Strum

2 Am 1 2 3 G 1 2 F 1 2 3 E7 3 C

Crocodile Rock [G]Elton John

Intro w/kazoo
G G Em Em C C D D
G G Em Em C C D D

Verse 1
I remGember when rock was young
Me and Bm Susie had so much fun
Holding C hands and skimmin' stones
Had an D old gold Chevy and a place of my own
But the G biggest kick I ever got
Was doin' a Bm thing called the Crocodile Rock
While the C other kids were rockin' 'round the clock
We were D hoppin’ and boppin’ to the Crocodile Rock, well

Chorus
Em Croc Rockin' is something shockin'
When your A7 feet just can't keep still
I D7 never had me a better time and I G guess I never will
Oh E7 Lawdy mamma those Friday nights
When A7* Susie wore her dresses tight and
The D7 Crocodile Rockin' was out of C sight...

Instrumental w/kazoo
G G Em Em C C D D
G G Em Em C C D D

Verse 2
But the G years went by and rock just died
Bm Susie went and left me for some foreign guy
C Long nights cryin' by the record machine
D Dreamin' of my Chevy and my old blue jeans
But they'll G never kill the thrills we've got
Burnin' Bm up to the Crocodile Rock
Learning C fast till the weeks went past
We really D thought the Crocodile Rock would last, well

Chorus
Em Croc Rockin' is something shockin'
When your A7 feet just can't keep still
I D7 never had me a better time and I G guess I never will
Oh E7 Lawdy mamma those Friday nights
When A7* Susie wore her  dresses tight and
The D7 Crocodile Rockin' was out of C sight...

Outro Instrumental w/kazoo
G G Em Em C C D D
G G Em Em C C D D
Even Louder
G G Em Em C C D D
G G Em Em C C D D

1 2 3 G 1 2 3 Em 3 C 1 1 1 D 1 1 1 Bm 1 A7 1 2 D7 1 2 3 E7

Dreams (Rock Choir) [E]Cranberries

Intro
E A B E

Verse 1
E ... Oh my A life is changing everyBday...Every possibleE  way
E ... And oh, my A dreams, it's never quite as it B seems,
Never quite as it E seems
E I know I felt like this beAfore, But now I'm feeling it even B more
Because it came from E you
E Then I open up and A see, The person falling here is B me
A different way to E be

Instrumental
G C G C

Verse 2
E ... I want A more, impossible to B ignore, Impossible toE  ignore
E ... They'll come A true, impossible not to B do, Impossible not to E do
E Now I tell you openAly, You have my heart so don't hurt B me
Your what I couldn't E find
E Talk to me amazing A mind,So understanding and so B kind,
You're everything to E me

Outro Softly
E ... Oh my A life is changing everyBday, Every possible E way
E ... Though my A dreams, it's never quite as it B seems,
cause you're a dream to E me Dream to me

E Laaaa A laaaa B etc E  x3

Acapella
NC Laaaa laaaa etc

1 2 E 1 2 A 1 2 3 B 1 2 3 G 3 C × × × × NC

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 Ctake 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 / /

1 1 1 D 1 2 A 1 2 3 G 3 C

Hallelujah [C]Leonard Cohen

Intro
C Am C Am

Verse 1
I C heard there was a Am secret chord
That C David played and it Am pleased the lord
But F you don't really G care for music C do you? G
Well it C goes like this the F fourth the G fifth
The Am minor fall, the F major lift
The G baffled king E7 composing halleAmlujah

Chorus
HalleFlujah, halleAmlujah, halleFlujah,
HalleClu-Gu-u-uCjah Am C Am

Verse 2
Well your C faith was strong but you Am needed proof
You C saw her bathing Am on the roof
Her F beauty and the G moonlight overC threw you G
She C tied you to her F kitchen G chair
She Am broke your throne and she F cut your hair
And G from your lips she E7 drew the halleAmlujah

Chorus
HalleFlujah, halleAmlujah, halleFlujah,
HalleClu-Gu-u-uCjah Am C Am

Verse 3
C Baby I've been Am here before
I've C seen this room and I've Am walked this floor
I F used to live aGlone before I C knew you
G I've C seen your flag on the F marble G arch
But Am love is not a victory F march
It's a G cold and it's a E7 broken halleAmlujah

Chorus
HalleFlujah, halleAmlujah, halleFlujah,
halleClu-Gu-u-uCjah Am C Am

Verse 4
Well, C maybe there's a Am god above
But C all I've ever Am learned from love
Was F how to shoot someGbody who outCdrew you G
It's C not a cry that you F hear at G night
It's Am not somebody who's F seen the light
It's a G cold and it's a E7 broken halleAmlujah

Chorus

Outro
C*

3 C 2 Am 1 2 F 1 2 3 G 1 2 3 E7

Jolene (Rock Choir) [Am]Dolly Parton

Intro
Am Am Am Am

Chorus
JoAmlene Joline  JoClene Joline  JoGlene...  JoAmlene
I'm G begging of you Em please don't take my Am man
JoAmlene... JoClene... JoGlene... JoAmlene
G Please don't take him Em just because you Am caaa-aa-aan

Verse 1
Your Am beauty is beyCond compare with G flaming locks of Am auburn hair
With G ivory skin and Em eyes of emerald Am green
Your Am smile is like a C breath of spring... your G voice is soft like Am summer rain
And G I cannot comEmpete with you JoAmlene

Verse 2
He Am talks about you C in his sleep...
and there's G nothing I can Am do to keep
From G crying when he Em calls your name JoAmlene
Now Am I can easily C understand how G you could easily
Am take my man
But you G don't know what he Em means to me JoAmlene

Chorus
JoAmlene Joline  JoClene Joline  JoGlene...  JoAmlene
I'm G begging of you Em please don't take my Am man
JoAmlene... JoClene... JoGlene... JoAmlene
G Please don't take him Em just because you Am caaa-aa-aan

Verse 3
Am You can have your C choice of men but G I could never
Am love again
G He's the only Em one for me JoAmlene
I Am had to have this C talk with you... my G happiness deAmpends on you
And whatGever you deEmcide to do JoAmlene

Chorus x2
JoAmlene Joline  JoClene Joline  JoGlene...  JoAmlene
I'm G begging of you Em please don't take my Am man
JoAmlene... JoClene... JoGlene... JoAmlene
G Please don't take him Em even though you Am caaa-aa-aan

Outro
JoAmlene... JoAmlene...
G Please don't take him C#m even though you Am* can

2 Am 3 C 1 2 3 G 1 2 3 Em 1 1 C#m

Radio Ga Ga [F]Queen

Intro F....Gm....Bb....Gm..BbF.BbF

I’d F sit alone and watch your light,
My Gm only friend through teenage nights
And Bb everything I had to know
I Gm heard it on my Bb radiFo, Bb radiFo
You F gave them all those old time stars
Through Gm wars of worlds - invaded by Mars

You Bb made 'em laugh - you made 'em cry
You Gm made us feel like Bb we could F fly Bb F
So F don't become some background noise
A Fdim backdrop for the girls and boys
Who Bb just don't know or just don't care
And Fdim just complain when you're not there

Chorus
You F had your time, you had the power
You've C yet to have your finest hour - Bb RaFdio - Bb F
F All we hear is Bb radio F ga ga,
Bb radio F goo goo, Gm radio F ga ga
F All we hear is Bb radio F ga ga, Bb radio F blah blah
Eb Radio what's Bb new? C
Dm Radio, Csus4 someCone Gm still C loves F you.

We F watched the shows, we watched the stars
On Gm videos for hours and hours
We Bb hardly need to use our ears
How Gm music changes Bb through the F years - Bb F
Let's F hope you‟ll never leave, old friend
Like Fdim all good things, on you we depend
So Bb stick around „cause we might miss you
When Fdim we grow tired of all this vision

Chorus end with
Dm Radio, Csus4 someCone Gm still C loves
Bb yoooouu.. Gm lo..o..o..ves F yoooouu

1 2 F 1 2 3 Gm 1 2 3 Bb 1 2 3 4 Fdim 3 C 1 1 1 Eb 1 2 3 Dm 1 3 Csus4

Super Trouper (Rock Choir) [C]Abba

Intro
C Csus4 C Csus4 C G G C*
Acapella
CSuper Csus4 Trouper C beams are gonna blind me
Csus4 But I C won't feel G blue Dm like I Asus4 always G do
'Cause somewhere in the crowd there's C you
Normal Strumming
C Am Dm Oooooohhh G7 Aaaaah

C I was sick and tired of everyEmthing, When I Dm called you last night from G Glasgow
C All I do is eat and sleep and Em sing, Wishing Dm every show was the G last show
F So imagine I was C glad to hear you're coming
F Suddenly I feel all C right F and it's gonna be so C different
When I'm on the stage toGsus4night G

Chorus
Tonight the C Super Csus4 Trouper C lights are gonna find me
Csus4 Shining C like the G sun
Dm Smiling Asus4 having G fun feeling like a number C one
Tonight the C Super Csus4 Trouper C beams are gonna blind me
Csus4 But I C won't feel G blue Dm like I Asus4 always G do
'Cause somewhere in the crowd there's C you
C Am Dm Oooooohhh G7 Aaaaah

C Facing twenty thousand of your Em friends, How can Dm anyone be so G lonely
C Part of a success that never Em ends, Still I'm Dm thinking about you G only
F There are moments when I C think I'm going crazy
F But it's gonna be all C right F everything will be so C different
When I'm on the stage toGsus4night G

Chorus
Tonight the C Super Csus4 Trouper C lights are gonna find me
Csus4 Shining C like the G sun
Dm Smiling Asus4 having G fun feeling like a number C one
Tonight the C Super Csus4 Trouper C beams are gonna blind me
Csus4 But I C won't feel G blue Dm like I Asus4 always G do
'Cause somewhere in the crowd there's C you
C C

So I'll be F there when you aAmrrive,The sight of Dm you will prove to G me I'm still aClive
And when you take me in your F arms, And hold me Dm tight A
I Dm know it's gonna mean so much toGnight

Outro Acapella
Tonight the C Super Csus4 Trouper C lights are gonna find me
Csus4 Shining C like the G sun
Dm Smiling Asus4 having G fun feeling like a number C one
Back to Strumming
Tonight the C Super Csus4 Trouper C beams are gonna blind me
Csus4 But I C won't feel G blue Dm like I Asus4 always G do
'Cause somewhere in the crowd there's
C Super Csus4 Trouper C lights are gonna find me
Csus4 Shining C like the G sun
Dm Smiling Asus4 having G fun feeling like a number
C Super Csus4 Trouper C beams are gonna blind me
Csus4 But I C won't feel G blue Dm like I Asus4 always G do
'Cause somewhere in the crowd there's C* you

3 C 1 3 Csus4 1 2 3 G 1 2 3 Dm 2 3 Asus4 2 Am 1 2 3 G7 1 2 3 Em 1 2 F 1 3 4 Gsus4 1 2 A

Sweet Child o' Mine (Rock Choir) [C]Guns 'n' Roses

Intro
C Bb F C
C Whoaaaaa Sweet Bb Chiiiild... Whoa Sweet F Child,  Sweet Child of C Mine
C Bb F C

Verse 1
C She's got a smile that it seems to me
ReBbminds me of childhood… memories
Where F everything was as fresh as the bright blue C sky sky...sky
C Now and then when I see her face
She Bb takes me away to that… special place
And if I F stared too long I’d probably break down and C cry cry...cry...cry

Chorus
G Ooh Bb oh sweet child o’ C mine
G Oh oh-oh Bb oh sweet love of C mine

Instrumental + Kazoo
C Do-do dooo do-do dooo
Bb Do-do dooo do-do dooo
F Do-doooooooo do-do-do do-do-do do-do-do
C Doooooooooooooooooo

Verse 2
C She’s got eyes of the bluest skies
As Bb if they thought of rain
I F hate to look into… those eyes and C see an ounce of pain
C Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where Bb as a child I’d hide
And F pray for thunder and the rain to C quietly pass me by

Chorus
G Ooh Bb oh sweet child o’ C mine
G Oh oh-oh Bb oh sweet love of C mine
C Whoaaaaa Sweet Bb Chiiiild... Whoa Sweet F Child,  Sweet Child of C Mine
G Whoaaaa, Whoa Bb whoa sweet child of C mine
G Whoa oh oh Bb ooh sweet love of C miii-ii-iiine

Instrumental
Dm Bb A Gm Gm
DmOoooooooFooooooooGmAhhhhhBb-Chhhh

Outro
Dm Where do we go F Where do we go now
G Where do we go now Bb-C
Dm Where do we go F Where do we go now
G Where do we go now Bb-C Sweet child of Mine
Dm Where do we go F Where do we go now
G Where do we go now Bb-C Sweet child of Mine
Dm Where do we go F Where do we go now
G Where do we go

Bb Now now now now now now C now

Dm Sweeeet F chiiild
Sweet chi-i-i-i-G-i-i-i-i-Bb-i-i-i-i-C-i-ild of Dm///////// mine

3 C 1 2 3 Bb 1 2 F 1 2 3 G 1 2 3 Dm 1 2 A 1 2 3 Gm

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 aveG7nue 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 aveCnue C C

3 C 1 2 3 G7 1 2 F × × × × NC

Video Killed the Radio Star (Rock Choir) [C]Buggles

Intro Single Strums only no Drums or Base
F C Dm Am
F C Dm G Pause and wait for leader count in

C I heard you Dm on the wireless F back in Fifty G two
C Lying aDmwake intent on F tuning in on G you
C If I was Dm young it didn’t F stop you coming G through
C Oh a-Fohh Dm G

C They took the Dm credit for your F second symphoGny
C Rewritten Dm by machine on F new technoloGgy,
C And now I Dm understand the F problems you can G see
C Oh a-Fohh G I met your children
C Oh a-Fohh G what did you tell them?

Chorus
C Video killed the F radio star
C Video killed the F radio star
C Pictures G came and Am broke your heart
G Oh-oh-oh-a- Am oh

C And now we Dm meet in an aFbandoned studiGo
C We hear the Dm playback and it F seems so long aGgo
C And you reDmmember the F jingles used to G go
C Oh a-Fohh Dm You were the G first one
C Oh a-Fohh Dm You were the G last one

Chorus
C Video killed the F radio star
C Video killed the F radio star
C In my G mind and Dm in my Am car
C We can’t reGwind we’ve Dm gone too Am far
G Oh-oh-oh-a-Amoh... G Oh-oh-oh-a-Amoh

Instrumental
FLa da da G da da C da da Dm daaa
FLa da da G da da C da da da Dm daaa
FLa da da G da da E7 da da da Am daaa
F C Dm G G

Chorus
C Video killed the F radio star
C Video killed the F radio star
C In my G mind and Dm in my Am car
C We can’t reGwind we’ve Dm gone too Am far
C Pictures G came and Dm broke your Am heart
C Put the G blame on Dm VCAmR Pause

Outro
You C aaaaa-Dmaaa-Gare a radio C sta-a-a-a-Dma-a-a-Gar
You C aaaaa-Dmaaa-Gare a radio C sta-a-a-a-Dma-a-a-Gar
Repeat x4
C Video killed the F radio star
Repeat with Harmony x4
C Video killed the F radio star You are a Radio Star

C Pictures G came and Dm broke your Am heart
C Put the G blame on Dm VCAm*R

1 2 F 3 C 1 2 3 Dm 2 Am 1 2 3 G 1 2 3 E7

Wild Rover [C]The Dubliners

Intro
C G7 C C

Verse 1
I've C been a wild rover for many a F year
And I C spent all me G7 money on whiskey and C beer
But C now I'm returning with gold in great F store,
And I C promise to G7 play the wild rover no C more

Chorus
And it's G7 no, nay, never
C No, nay, never, no F more,
Will I C play the wild F rover,
No G7 never, no C more C

Verse 2
I C went to an ale house I used to fre-Fquent,
And I C told the landG7lady me money’s all C spent,
I C asked her for credit, she answered me F "Nay...
Sure a C custom like G7 yours I could get any C day."

Chorus

Verse 3
I C took from my pocket 10 sovereigns F bright,
And the C landlady's G7 eyes opened up with de-Clight,
She C said, "I have whiskeys and wines of the F best,
And the C words that I G7 told you were only in C jest.

Chorus

Verse 4
I'll go C home to my parents, confess what I've F done,
And I'll C ask them to G7 pardon their prodigal C son,
And C if they forgive me as oft times be-Ffore,
Then I C never will G7 play the wild rover no C more!

Chorus
And it's G7 no, nay, never
C No, nay, never, no F more,
Will I C play the wild F rover,
No G7 never, no C more C

And it's G7 no, nay, never
C No, nay, never, no F more,
Slowing
Will I C/// plaaaay the wild F/// rover,
No G7/// never, no C////// more.

3 C 1 2 3 G7 1 2 F