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
Country Roads [C]
John Denver
Intro: [Same as first 2 lines]
[C] [C] [Am] [Am]
[G] [F] [C] [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… [G* C]*
Danny Boy
Intro: [A] [A7] [D] [Dm] [A] [E7] [A] - first 2 lines
[A] Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the [A7] pipes are [D]calling [Dm]
From glen to [A] glen and down the mountain [E7] side
The summer's [A] gone and [A7] all the flowers are [D] dy[Dm]ing
It's you, It's [A] you must [E7] go and I must [A] bide
But come ye back when [D] summer's in the [A] meadow [F#m]
Or when the [A] valley's hu[D]shed and white with [E7] snow
Tis I'll be [A] here in [D] sunshine or in [A] shadow [F#m]
Oh Danny [A] Boy, oh Danny [E7] Boy, I love you [A] so
[A] But if you come and [A7] all the flowers are [D] dying [Dm]
And I am [A] dead, as [A7] dead I well may be [E7]
You'll come and [A] find the [A7] place where I am [D] lying [Dm]
And kneel and [A] say an [E7] Ave there for me [A]
And I will know tho' [D] soft you tread a[A]bove me
And all my [A] grave will [D] richer sweeter [E7] be
And you'll bend [A] down and [D] tell me that you [A] love me [F#m]
And I will [A] rest in peace un[E7]til you come to [A] me
[A] [E7] [A]
Dirty Old Town - The Pogues
Intro:
[C] [C] [C*]
Verse 1:
[NC] 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.........
Que Sera Sera [G] - Doris Day
Intro:
[G]
Verse 1:
When I was [G] just a little girl
I asked my mother ”What will I [D7] be?
[Am] Will I be [D] pretty? [Am] Will I be [D] rich?
[Am] Here’s what she [D] said to [G] me... [G7]
|Chorus:
|“Que [C] sera, sera. What[Am]ever will [G] be will be
|The future’s not [D7] ours to see... que sera [G] sera.”
Verse 2:
[D] When I was [G] just a child in school,
I asked my teacher ”What should I [D7] try?
[Am] Should I paint [D] pictures? [Am] Should I sing [D] songs?
[Am] This was her [D] wise [G] reply... [G7]
|Chorus:
|“Que [C] sera, sera. What[Am]ever will [G] be will be
|The future’s not [D7] ours to see... que sera [G] sera.”
Verse 3:
[D] When I grew [G] up and fell in love,
I asked my sweetheart, ”What lies a[D7]head?
[Am] Will we have [D] rainbows [Am] day after [D] day?”
[Am] Here’s what my [D] sweetheart [G] said... [G7]
|Chorus:
|“Que [C] sera, sera. What[Am]ever will [G] be will be
|The future’s not [D7] ours to see... que sera [G] sera.”
Verse 4:
[D] Now I have [G] children of my own,
They ask their mother ”What will I [D7] be?
[Am] Will I be [D] handsome? [Am] Will I be [D] rich?”
[Am] I tell them [D] tender[G]ly... [G7]
|Chorus:
|“Que [C] sera, sera. What[Am]ever will [G] be will be
|The future’s not [D7] ours to see... que sera [G] sera.”
Outro:
[D] What will be will [G] be.... [D] que sera [G] sera.
Star of the County Down
Traditional
Intro: [Am] [Am] [Am] [Am]
Verse 1:
In [Am] Banbridge Town in the [C] County [G] Down
One [Am] morning [F] last [G] July,
Down a [Am] boreen green came a [C] sweet [G] colleen
And she [Am] smiled as she [G] passed me [Am] by.
She [C] looked so sweet from her [G] two bare feet
To the [Am] sheen of her [F] nut brown [G] hair.
Such a [Am] coaxing elf, sure I [C] shook my [G] self
To make [Am] sure I was [G] really [Am] there.
|[Chorus]
|From [C] Bantry Bay up to [G] Derry Quay and
|From [Am] Galway to [F] Dublin [G] Town,
|No [Am] maid I've seen like the [C] sweet col[G]leen
|That I [Am] met in the [G] County [Am] Down.
Verse 2:
As she [Am] onward sped, sure I [C] shook my [G] head,
And I [Am] gazed with a [F] feelin' [G] rare,
And I [Am] says, says I, to a [C] passer [G]-by,
"Who's the [Am] maid with the [G] nut brown [Am] hair?"
He [C] smiled at me and he [G] says, says he,
"That's the [Am] gem of old [F] Ireland's [G] crown.
That's [Am] Rosie McCann from the [C] banks of the [G] Bann,
She's the [Am] star of the [G] County [Am] Down."
|[Chorus]
|From [C] Bantry Bay up to [G] Derry Quay and
|From [Am] Galway to [F] Dublin [G] Town,
|No [Am] maid I've seen like the [C] sweet col[G]leen
|That I [Am] met in the [G] County [Am] Down
Verse 3:
At the [Am] Harvest Fair she'll be [C] surely [G] there
So I'll [Am] dress in my [F] Sunday [G] clothes,
With my [Am] shoes shone bright and my [C] hat cocked [G] right
For a [Am] smile from my [G] nut brown [Am] rose.
No [C] pipe I'll smoke, no [G] horse I'll yoke
Till my [Am] plough is a [F] rust coloured [G] brown.
Till a [Am] smiling bride by my [C] own fire [G] side
Sits the [Am] star of the [G] County [Am] Down.
|[Chorus]
|From [C] Bantry Bay up to [G] Derry Quay and
|From [Am] Galway to [F] Dublin [G] Town,
|No [Am] maid I've seen like the [C] sweet col[G]leen
|That I [Am] met in the [G] County [Am] Down.
Outro:
That I [Am] met in the [G] County [Am////] Down
Sweet Caroline
Neil Diamond
Intro:
Verse 1:
[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?
Pre-Chorus:
[C] Hands [C] [Am] touchin' hands [Am]
[G7] Reachin' out [G7] [F] touchin' me [F] touchin' [G] you [F*] [G*]
|Chorus:
|[C] Sweet Caro[F]line... [F*] Bom! [C*] Bom! [F*] Bom!
|Good times never seemed so [G] good... So good! So good! So good! [F*][G*]
|[C] I've been in[F]clined... [F*] Bom! [C*] Bom! [F*] Bom!
|To believe they never [G*] would
|[F*] But [Em*] now [Dm*] I...
Verse 2:
[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?
Pre-Chorus:
[C] Warm [C] [Am] touchin' warm [Am]
[G7] Reachin' out [G7] [F] touchin' me [F] touchin' [G] you [F*] [G*]
|Chorus:
|[C] Sweet Caro[F]line... [F] Bom! [C] Bom! [F] Bom!
|Good times never seemed so [G] good... So good! So good! So good! [F*][G*]
|[C] I've been in[F]clined... [F] Bom! [C] Bom! [F] Bom!
|To believe they never [G*] would
|[F*] Oh [Em*] no [Dm*] no...
Instrumental build up:
Outro:
[C] Sweet Caro[F]line... [F] Bom! [C] Bom! [F] Bom!
Good times never seemed so [G] good... So good! So good! So good! [F*][G*]
[C] Sweet Caro[F]line... [F] Bom! [C] Bom! [F] Bom!
I believe they never [G*] could
[F*] Oh [Em*] no [Dm*] no... [G*]
Charted by Kristybird Smith
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
|(Slower)
|[C*] Please won't you [G7*] tell me [C*] who [C*] is [C////////] she