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

Instrumental
C G-F C C

Verse 2
C I hear G hurriFcanes C blowing
C I know the G end is F coming C soon
C I fear G rivers F overCflowing
C I hear the G voice of F rage and C ruin

Instrumental
C G-F C C

Verse 3
C Hope you G got your F shit 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

Outro
C G-F C C
C G-F C*

Verse 2
You can A* knock me down... A* step on my face
A* Slander my name all A* over the place
A* Do anything that you A* wanna do but
A Uh A uh A honey A lay A7 off of them shoes
And D don't you... step on my blue suede A shoes
You can E7 do anything but lay off of my blue suede A shoes
let's go cat!

Instrumental
A A D A E7 A

Verse 3
Well you can A* burn my house... A* steal my car
A* Drink my liquor from an A* old fruit jar
A* Do anything that you A* wanna do but
A Uh A uh A honey A lay A7 off of them shoes
And D don't you... step on my blue suede A shoes
You can E7 do anything but lay off of my blue suede A shoes
rock it!

Instrumental
A A D A E7 A

Outro
Well it's A blue, blue... blue suede shoes,
A Blue, blue... blue suede shoes yeah
D Blue, blue... blue suede shoes baby
A Blue, blue... blue suede shoes
Well you can E7 do anything but lay off of my blue suede A shoes

A - Double Strum

G My child arrived just the Bb other day
He C came to the world in the G usual way
But there were G planes to catch and Bb bills to pay
He C learned to walk while I G was away
And he was F talkin' 'fore I knew it and Dm as he grew
He'd say Bb I'm gonna Dm be like G you dad
You Bb know I'm gonna Dm be like G you

G My son turned ten just the Bb other day
He said C Thanks for the ball Dad come G on let's play
G Can you teach me to throw I said Bb not today
I got a C lot to do he said G that's OK
And he F walked away but his Dm smile never dimmed
And said Bb I'm gonna Dm be like G him yeah
You Bb know I'm gonna Dm be like G him

Chorus

G Well he came from college just the Bb other day
So C much like a man I just G had to say
G Son I'm proud of you can you Bb sit for a while
He C shook his head and G he said with a smile
What I'd F really like Dad is to Dm borrow the car keys
Bb See you Dm later can I G have them please

Chorus

G I've long since retired my Bb son's moved away
I C called him up just the G other day
I said I'd G like to see you if Bb you don't mind
He said I'd C love to Dad if I could G find the time
You see my F new job's a hassle and the Dm kids have the flu
But it's Bb sure nice Dm talking to G you Dad
It's been Bb sure nice Dm talking to G you
And as I F hung up the phone it oDmccurred to me
He'd Bb grown up Dm just like G me my Bb boy was Dm just like G me

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

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

Bridge
Am I hear her G voice in the C mornin’ hour she calls me
The F radio reCminds me of my G home far away
And Am drivin’ down the G road I get a feelFin’ that I
C should have been home G yesterday... yesterG7day

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 beFlong
West VirCginia... mountain maGma
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*

Intro
C

Verse 1
C So you think I got an Em evil mind, well I'll Am tell you honey Am
I F don't C know G why, I F don't C know G why
C So you think my singing's Em out of time, well it Am makes me money Am
I F don't C know G why, I F don't C know G why, any Am mo-Gre

Verse 2
C So you see I got a Em funny face, I ain’t Am got no worries Am
And I F don't C know G why, I F don't C know G why
C I gotta say with Em some disgrace, I’m Am in no hurry Am
And I F don't C know G why, I F don't C know G why,
Any Am more, any G more G

Chorus

Verse 3
C Well you think we have a Em lazy time, you Am should know better Am
I F don't C know G why, I F don't C know G why
C So you say I got a Em dirty mind, I'm a Am mean go-getter Am
I F don't C know G why, I F don't C know G why, any Am mo-Gre

Outro
C*

Intro
C D7 F C

Verse 1
C Ooh I need your D7 love babe F guess you know it's C true
C Hope you need my D7 love babe F just like I need C you
Am Hold me F love me Am hold me D7 love me
C Ain't got nothing but D7 love babe F eight days a C week

Verse 2
C Love you every D7 day girl F always on my C mind
C One thing I can D7 say girl F love you all the C time
Am Hold me F love me Am hold me D7 love me
C Ain't got nothing but D7 love babe F eight days a C week

Verse 3
C Ooh I need your D7 love babe F guess you know it's C true
C Hope you need my D7 love babe F just like I need C you
Am Hold me F love me Am hold me D7 love me
C Ain't got nothing but D7 love babe F eight days a C week

Verse 4
C Love you every D7 day girl F always on my C mind
C One thing I can D7 say girl F love you all the C time
Am Hold me F love me Am hold me D7 love me
C Ain't got nothing but D7 love babe F eight days a C week

Outro
F Eight days a C week
F Eight days a C week

C D7 F C*

Intro
Am E7 G D
F C Dm E7

Verse 1
Am On a dark desert highway... E7 cool wind in my hair
G Warm smell of colitas... D rising up through the air
F Up ahead in the distance... C I saw a shimmering light
Dm My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
E7 I had to stop for the night

Verse 2
Am There she stood in the doorway... E7 I heard the mission bell
G And I was thinking to myself... this could be D heaven or this could be hell
F Then she lit up a candle... C and she showed me the way
Dm There were voices down the corridor... E7 I thought I heard them say

Verse 3
Am Her mind is Tiffany twisted... E7 she got the Mercedes Benz
G She got a lot of pretty pretty boys... D she calls friends
F How they danced in the court yard... C sweet summer sweat
Dm Some dance to remember... E7 some dance to forget

Verse 4
Am So I called up the captain... E7 please bring me my wine he said
G We haven't had that spirit here since... D 1969
F And still those voice are calling from C far away
Dm Wake you up in the middle of the night... E7 just to hear them say

Verse 5 - Single strum & Scratching
Am* Mirrors on the ceiling... E7* pink champagne on ice and she said
G* We are all just prisoners here... D* of our own device
F* And in the master's chambers... they C* gathered for the feast
Dm* They stab it with their steely knives... but they E7 just can't kill the beast

Verse 6
Am Last thing I remember... I was E7 running for the door
G I had find the passage back to the D place I was before
F "Relax" said the night man... we are C programmed to receive
Dm You can check out anytime you like but... E7 you can never leave...

Outro - w/ Kazoo
Am E7 G D
F C Dm E7

Am E7 G D
F C Dm E7 Am*

Intro
D

Verse 1
D I can see G clearly now the D rain has gone
I can see G all obstacles A in my way
D Gone are the G dark clouds that D had me blind
It’s going to be a C bright, G bright sunshiney D day
It’s going to be a C bright, G bright sunshiney D day

Verse 2
D I think I can G make it now the D pain has gone
All of the G bad feelings have A disappeared
D Here is the G rainbow I’ve been D praying for
It’s gonna be a C bright G bright sunshiney D day

Bridge
F Look all around there’s nothing but C blue skies
F Look straight ahead, nothing but
A blue skyyyyy
Amaj7 G Amaj7 G
C Bm A A*

Verse 3
D I can see G clearly now the D rain has gone
I can see G all obstacles A in my way
D Gone are the G dark clouds that D had me blind
It’s going to be a C bright, G bright sunshiney D day
It’s going to be a C bright, G bright sunshiney D day

Outro - Slowing
It’s going to be a C bright, G bright sunshiney D day

Intro
C C

Verse 1
I'm C praying for F rain in CaliCfornia
So the grapes will grow and they can make more G wine G7
And I'm C sitting in a F honky in ChicCago
With a broken heart and a G7 woman on my C mind F C

Verse 2
I C got here last F week from down in NashCville
'Cos my baby left for Florida on a G train G7
I said C I'd get a F job and just forget C her
But in Chicago a broken G7 heart is just the C same F C

Instrumental verse chords
C F C    C C C    G G7
C F C    C C C    G7 C F C

Outro
I say C* C* little old G wine drinker C me

G C

By C yon bonnie Am banks and by Dm yon bonnie G braes,
Where the C sun shines Am bright on Loch F LoGmond,
Where F me and my C true love were Dm ever wunt to F gae,
G7 On the C bonnie, bonnie F banks Em o' Loch Dm LoG7Cmond.

Chorus
Oh, C ye'll take the Am high road and Dm I'll take the G low road,
And C I'll be in Am Scotland aFfore G ye,
But F me and my C true love will Dm never meet aFgain
G7 On the C bonnie, bonnie F banks Em o' Loch Dm LoG7Cmond.

'Twas C there that we Amparted in Dmyon shady Gglen,
On the C steep, steep Amside o'Ben FLoGmon',
Where F in purple C hue the Dm Hieland hills we F view,
G7 An' the C moon coming F out Em in the Dm gloaG7Cmin'.

Chorus

The C wee birdies Am sing and the Dm wild flowers Gspring,
And in C sunshine the Am waters are F sleeGpin',
But F my broken C heart it Dm kens nae second F spring,
G7 Tho' the C waefu' may F cease Em frae their Dm greeG7Ctin'.

Chorus

Intro C

Verse 1
C When the rain is blowing G in your face
Bb And the whole world is F on your case
Fm I could offer you a C warm embrace
D7 To make you G7 feel my C love

Verse 2
C When evening shadows and the G stars appear
Bb And there is no one there to F dry your tears
Fm I could hold you for a C million years
D7 To make you G7 feel my C love

Bridge 1
F I know you haven't made your C mind up yet
Caug But I would never do you C wrong
F I've known it from the moment C that we met
D7 No doubt in my mind where you beG7long

Verse 3
C I'd go hungry, I'd go G black and blue
Bb I'd go crawling down the F avenue
Fm No, there's nothing that I C wouldn't do
D7 To make you G7 feel my C love

Bridge 2
F The storms are raging on the C rollin' sea
Caug And on the highway of reCgret
F The winds of change are blowing C wild and free
D7 You ain't seen nothing like me G7 yet

Verse 4
C I could make you happy, make your G dreams come true
Bb There is nothing that I F wouldn't do
Fm Go to the ends of the C earth for you
D7 To make you G7 feel my C love

Outro
D7 To make you G7 feel my C* love

In D Dublin's fair Bm city, where the Em girls are so A pretty,
I D first set my F#m eyes on sweet Em Molly Ma Alone
As D she wheeled her wheel-Bmbarrow
Through Em streets broad and A narrow
Crying D cockles and F#m mussels, aA live, alive-D O!

ADlive, alive-BmO! a Em live, alive-A O!
Crying D cockles and F#m mussels, a Alive, alive- D O!

She D was a fish-Bmmonger, but Em sure 'twas no A wonder
For D so were her F#m father and Em mother be Afore
And they D each wheeled their Bm barrow
Through Em streets broad and A narrow
Crying D cockles and F#m mussels, aAlive, A7 alive-D O!

ADlive, alive-BmO! a Em live, alive-A O!
Crying D cockles and F#m mussels, a Alive, alive- D O!

She D died of a Bm fever, and Em no one could A save her
And D that was the F#m end of sweet Em Molly Ma Alone
But her D ghost wheels her Bm barrow
Through Em streets broad and A narrow
Crying D cockles and F#m mussels, a Alive, alive- D O!

ADlive, alive-BmO! a Em live, alive-A O!
Crying D cockles and F#m mussels, a Alive, alive- D O!

Intro
C C C C

Verse 1
C I'd like to be... Am under the sea
In an F octopus’ garden in the G7 shade
C He'd let us in... Am knows where we've been
In his F octopus’s garden in the G7 shade

Verse 2
Am I'd ask my frie-e-ends to come and seeeeeee...
F An octopus’ G7 garden with me! stop
C I'd like to be... Am under the sea,
In an F octopus’s G7 garden in the C shade

Verse 3
C We would be warm... Am below the storm
In our F little hideaway beneath the G7 waves
C Resting our head... Am on the sea bed
In an F octopus’s garden near a G7 cave

Verse 4
Am We would sing and dance around
F Because we know... we G7 can't be found! stop
C I'd like to be... Am under the sea...
In an F octopus’s G7 garden... in the C shade

Verse 5
C We would shout... Am and swim about
The F coral... that lies beneath the G7 waves
C Oh what joy... Am for every girl and boy
F Knowing... they're happy and they're G7 safe

Outro
Am We would be so happy, you and me!
F No one there to tell us G7 what to do... stop
C I'd like to be... Am under the sea
In an F octopus’s G7 garden... with C you
In an F octopus’s G7 garden... with C you
In an F octopus’s G7 garden... with C you

Outro
C - Double Strum

Intro: Cajon & Bass x 2
then Ukes  E7 x4 //////

Verse 1
Pretty A woman... walking F#m down the street
Pretty A woman... the kind I F#m like to meet
Pretty D woman D
I don't beE7lieve you... you're not the truth
No one could look as good as E7 you E7 x4 ///////
Mercy

Verse 2
Dm Pretty woman G7 stop a while
C Pretty woman Am talk a while
Dm Pretty woman G7 give your smile to C me-e-e C
Dm Pretty woman G7 yeah yeah yeah
C Pretty woman Am look my way
Dm Pretty woman G7 say you'll stay with C me-e-e-A-e-e-e

Bridge
'Cause I F#m need you... Dm I'll treat you E7 right
A Come with me F#m baby... Dm be mine to E7//// ni-i-i-i- E7///// -i-i-ght

Outro
If that's the E7 way it must be, okay...
I guess I'll go on home, it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait* pause ukes.....what do I see?
Is she E7//// walking back to me-e-e E7////
Yea-ea-eah, E7//// she's walking back to me

Oh... ohhhhh... Pretty Wo-A-double strum-man!

On G Raglan Road on an Autumn C day I G saw her C first and G knew
That C her dark hair would G weave a Em snare that G I might one day Drue
I C saw the danger G yet I Em walked aG long the enchanted Dway
And I G said 'Let grief be a falling C leeeeaf
At the G dawning C of the Gday

On G Grafton Street in Novem C ber we walked G lightly aC long the G ledge
Of a C deep ravine where G can be Em seen the G worth of passion's Dpledge
The C Queen of Hearts still G making Em tarts, and G I not making hay
Oh I G loved too much and by such, by C such is G happiness C thrown aG way

I G gave her gifts of the mi - C ind I G gave her the C secret G sign
That's C known to the artists G who have Em known the G true gods of sound and Dstone
And C word and tint G without Em stint, I G gave her poems to say

With her G own name there and her long dark C hair
Like G clouds o'er the C fields of G May

On a G quiet street where old ghosts C meet I G see her C walking G now
AC way from me so G hurried-Em ly my G reason must alDlow
That C I have wooed not G as I Em should, a G creature made of clay
when the G angel woos the clay he'll C lose his G wings at the C dawn of G day.

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 D fiery G ring
G Bound by C wild deGsire
I fell into a 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

Verse 2
The G taste... of C love is G sweet
When G hearts like D ours G meet
I G fell for you C like a G child
Oh but the D fire went G wild

Outro
And it G burns, burns, burns
The C ring of G fire
The D ring of G fire G C-G

Intro
Am G F E7

Verse 1
Am As I walk along I G wonder
What went wrong with F our love... a love that was so E7 strong
Am And as I still walk on I G think of
The things we done togFether... while our hearts were E7 young

Instrumental Verse
Am G F E7
Am G F E7

Outro
D Run- run-run-run A runaway
D Run-run-run-run A runaway
A* cha Cha Cha

You can C dance .. every dance with the guy
Who gave you the eye, let him G7 hold you tight.
You can G7 smile .. every smile for the man
Who held your hand ‘neath the C pale moonlight

Oh I C know Oh I know that the music’s fine
like sparkling wine, go and G7 have your fun ‘Yes I know, Oh I know
Laugh and G7 sing, but while we’re apart, don’t give your heart to C anyone

Baby, don’t you know I G7 love you so?
Can’t you feel it when we C touch?
I will never, never G7 let you go
I love you, oh, so C much

You can C dance You can dance, go and carry on
Til the night is gone and it’s G7 time to go You can dance
If he G7 asks .if you’re all alone,
Can he take you home, you must C tell him “no”

G7 Darlin’, save the last dance for C me
G7 Sweet Darlin’, save the last dance for C me

Intro 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.

Am

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."

Am

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.

Outro
That I Am met in the G County Am Down
G* Am*

Verse 1
C Oh the summer F time is C come
And the F trees are sweetly C blooming
And the F wild Gmountain Am thyme
Grows a Dm round the blooming F heather

Verse 2
I will C build my F love a C tower
By yon F clear crystal C fountain
And F round it G I will Am pile
All the Dm flowers of the F mountain

Verse 3
If my C true love F she were C gone
I would F surely find aCnother
To pluck F wild G mountain Am thyme
All a Dm round the blooming F heather

Verse 1
You never F close your eyes any-more when I kiss your G lips.
And there's no F tenderness like before in your finger-G tips.
You're trying Am hard not to show it Bm baby
But C baby, D baby, I know it.

Verse 2
Now there's no F welcome look in you eyes when I reach for G you.
And girl you’re F starting to criticize little things I G do.
It makes me Am just feel like crying Bm baby
'cause C baby something D beautiful's dying!

Key Change

G C D C

Verse 3
G Baby, C Baby, D I'll get down C on my knees for G you. C D C
G If you would C only D love me C like you used to G do C D C
G We had a C love, a D love, a C love you don't find every G day C D C
G Don't, C don't, D don't, C don't let it slip a-G way C D C

Pre-Chorus
G Baby C baby D baby C baby
G Please C D C
G I need your love C D C
G So bring it on back C D C