SCARBOROUGH FAIR
ARE YOU GOING TO SCARBOROUGH FAIR
PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, AND THYME
REMEMBER ME TO THE ONE WHO LIVES THERE
SHE ONCE WAS A TRUE LOVE OF MINE
TELL HER TO MAKE ME A CAMBRIC SHIRT
PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, AND THYME
WITHOUT NO SEAMS NOR FINE NEEDLE WORK
WHEN SHE'LL BE A TRUE LOVE OF MINE
TELL HER TO FIND ME AN ACRE OF LAND
PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, AND THYME
BETWEEN THE SALT WATER AND THE SEA STRANDS
THEN SHE'LL BE A TRUE LOVE OF MINE
dorian (3/4)
1m 1m 7 1m 1m
3 1m 4 1m 1m
1m 3 3 7 7
1m 7 7 1m 1m
SLIP SLIDING AWAY Paul Simon
CHORUS (after every verse):
SLIP SLIDING AWAY, SLIP SLIDING AWAY
YOU KNOW THE NEARER YOUR DESTINATION
THE MORE YOU'RE SLIP SLIDING AWAY
I KNOW A MAN, HE CAME FROM MY HOME TOWN
HE WORE HIS PASSION FOR HIS WOMAN LIKE A THORNY CROWN
HE SAID, "DOLORES, I LIVE IN FEAR
MY LOVE FOR YOU IS SO OVERPOWERING
I'M AFRAID THAT I WILL DISAPPEAR"
I KNOW A FATHER WHO HAD A SON
HE LONGED TO TELL HIM ALL THE REASONS
FOR THE THINGS HE'D DONE
HE CAME A LONG WAY JUST TO EXPLAIN
HE KISSED HIS BOY AS HE LAY SLEEPING
THEN HE TURNED AROUND AND HEADED HOME AGAIN
I KNOW A WOMAN, SHE BECAME A WIFE
THESE ARE THE VERY WORDS SHE USES TO DESCRIBE HER LIFE
SHE SAID, "A GOOD DAY, AIN'T GOT NO PAIN"
SHE SAID, "A BAD DAY IS WHEN I LIE IN BED
AND THINK OF THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
GOD ONLY KNOWS, GOD MAKES HIS PLAN
THE INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE TO THE MORTAL MAN
WE WORK OUR JOBS, COLLECT OUR PAY
BELIEVE WE ARE SLIDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
WHEN IN FACT WE ARE SLIP SLIDING AWAY
CHORUS 1 1 6m 6m
1-5 4-5
1 b7-4 1 1
VERSE 6m 6m 1 1
1-5 4 4
1 1 6m 6m
1-5 4-5 1 1
SHENANDOAH
OH SHENANDOAH I LONG TO SEE YOU
AWAY, YOU ROLLING RIVER
OH SHENANDOAH I LONG TO SEE YOU
AWAY, WE'RE BOUND AWAY
'CROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI
OH SHENANDOAH'S MY NATIVE VALLEY
AWAY, YOU ROLLING RIVER
OH SHENANDOAH'S MY NATIVE VALLEY
AWAY, WE'RE BOUND AWAY
'CROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI
OH SHENANDOAH I LONG TO HEAR YOU
AWAY, YOU ROLLING RIVER
OH SHENANDOAH I LONG TO HEAR YOU
AWAY, WE'RE BOUND AWAY
'CROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI
OH SHENANDOAH I LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER
AWAY, YOU ROLLING RIVER
OH SHENANDOAH, ACROSS THE WATER
AWAY, WE'RE BOUND AWAY
'CROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI
(slow 2/4)
1 1 4-1 1
4 4 1 1
4 4 1 1
1 6m 1 6m
1 1-5 1 1
SIMPLE SONG OF FREEDOM Bobby Darin
CHORUS (after each verse):
COME AND SING A SIMPLE SONG OF FREEDOM
SING IT LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SUNG BEFORE
LET IT FILL THE AIR, TELL THE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE
WE THE PEOPLE HERE DON'T WANT NO WAR
HEY THERE ANYONE CAN YOU HEAR ME
I DON'T WANT YOUR DIAMONDS OR YOUR GAME
I JUST WANT TO BE SOMEONE KNOWN TO YOU AS ME
AND I WILL BET MY LIFE YOU WANT THE SAME
SEVEN HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE ARE YOU LISTENING
MOST OF WHAT YOU READ IS MADE UP OF LIES
BUT SPEAKING ONE TO ONE MAKE IT EVERYBODY'S SUN
TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WHEN WE RISE
NO DOUBT SOME FOLKS ENJOY DOIN' BATTLE
LIKE PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS AND KINGS
SO LET US BUILD THEM SHELVES WHERE THEY CAN FIGHT AMONG THEMSELVES
AND LEAVE THE PEOPLE BE WHO LIKE TO SING
1 5 1 1
4 4 1 1
4 5 1 6m
4 5 1 1
SIXTEEN TONS "Tennessee" Ernie Ford, 1955 (#1)
written by Merle Travis
SOME PEOPLE SAY A MAN IS MADE OUT OF MUD
A POOR MAN'S MADE OUT OF MUSCLE AND BLOOD
MUSCLE AND BLOOD AND SKIN AND BONE
A MIND THAT'S WEAK AND A BACK THAT'S STRONG
CHORUS (after each verse):
YOU LOAD SIXTEEN TONS AND WHAT DO YOU GET
ANOTHER DAY OLDER AND DEEPER IN DEBT
SAINT PETER DON'T YOU CALL ME 'CAUSE I CAN'T GO
I OWE MY SOUL TO THE COMPANY STORE
I WAS BORN ONE MORNIN' WHEN THE SUN DIDN'T SHINE
PICKED UP MY SHOVEL AND I WENT TO THE MINE
LOADED SIXTEEN TONS OF NUMBER NINE COAL
AND THE STRAW BOSS SAID, "WELL, BLESS MY SOUL"
I WAS BORN ONE MORNIN' IN THE DRIZZLIN' RAIN
FIGHTIN' AND TROUBLE ARE MY MIDDLE NAME
I WAS RAISED IN THE BOTTOMS BY AN OLD MAMA HOUND
AIN'T NO HIGH-TONE WOMAN GONNA PUSH ME AROUND
IF YOU HEAR ME A-COMIN' YOU BETTER STEP ASIDE
A LOT OF MEN DIDN'T AND A LOT OF MEN DIED
WITH ONE FIST OF IRON AND THE OTHER OF STEEL
IF THE RIGHT ONE DON'T GET YOU THEN THE LEFT ONE WILL
(aeolian)
INTRO 1m 7 6 5
1m 7 6 5
VERSE/CHORUS 1m 7 6 5
1m 7 6 5
1m 1m 4m 4m
5 5 5 (intro)
SLOOP JOHN B. Beach Boys, 1966 (#3)
WE CAME ON THE SLOOP JOHN B., MY GRANDFATHER AND ME
AROUND NASSAU TOWN WE DID ROAM
DRINKIN' ALL NIGHT--GOT INTO A FIGHT
I FEEL SO BROKE UP, I WANT TO GO HOME
CHORUS (after each verse):
SO HOIST UP THE JOHN B. SAILS, SEE HOW THE MAIN SAILS SET
CALL FOR THE CAPTAIN ASHORE AND LET ME GO HOME
LET ME GO HOME--LET ME GO HOME
I FEEL SO BROKE UP I WANT TO GO HOME
THE FIRST MATE, HE GOT DRUNK, BROKE OPEN THE CAPTAIN'S TRUNK
CONSTABLE HAD TO COME AND TAKE HIM AWAY
SHERIFF JOHN STONE PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE
I FEEL SO BROKE UP, I WANT TO GO HOME
(Use 2m-chord on twelfth measure during chorus)
1 1 1 1
1 1 5 5
1 1 4 4 (2m)
1 5 1 1
SOUND OF SILENCE Simon & Garfunkel, 1966 (#1)
HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND, I'VE COME TO TALK WITH YOU AGAIN
BECAUSE A VISION SOFTLY CREEPING LEFT ITS SEEDS WHILE I WAS SLEEPING
AND THE VISION THAT WAS PLANTED IN MY BRAIN STILL REMAINS
WITHIN THE SOUND OF SILENCE
IN RESTLESS DREAMS I WALKED ALONE THROUGH NARROW STREETS OF COBBLESTONE
BENEATH THE HALO OF A STREET LAMP
I TURNED MY COLLAR TO THE COLD AND DAMP
WHEN MY EYES WERE STABBED BE THE FLASH OF A NEON LIGHT SPLIT THE NIGHT
AND TOUCHED THE SOUND OF SILENCE
AND IN THE NAKED LIGHT I SAW TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE MAYBE MORE
PEOPLE TALKING WITHOUT SPEAKING, PEOPLE HEARING WITHOUT LISTENING
PEOPLE WRITING SONGS THAT VOICES NEVER SHARED, NO ONE DARED
DISTURB THE SOUND OF SILENCE
"FOOLS!" SAID I, "YOU DO NOT KNOW, SILENCE LIKE A CANCER GROWS
HEAR MY WORDS THAT I MIGHT TEACH YOU
TAKE MY ARMS THAT I MIGHT REACH YOU"
BUT MY WORDS LIKE SILENT RAINDROPS FELL, OH OH OH
AND ECHOED IN THE WELLS OF SILENCE
AND THE PEOPLE BOWED AND PRAYED TO THE NEON GOD THEY MADE
AND THE SIGN FLASHED OUT ITS WARNING IN THE WORDS THAT IT WAS FORMING
AND THE SIGN SAID "THE WORDS OF THE PROPHETS ARE
WRITTEN ON THE SUBWAY WALLS AND TENEMENT HALLS"
AND WHISPER IN THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE
1m . . .
7 7 1m 1m
6(2 beats) 3 3 6(2 beats) 3 3
6 6 3 1m 1m
7 7 1m 1m
STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN
NEAR BANBRIDGE TOWN IN THE COUNTY DOWN
ONE MORNING LAST JULY
DOWN A BOREEN GREEN CAME A SWEET COLLEEN
AND SHE SMILED AS SHE PASSED ME BY
SHE LOOKED SO SWEET FROM HER TWO BARE FEET
TO THE SHEEN OF HER NUT-BROWN HAIR
SUCH A WINSOME ELF I'M ASHAMED OF MESELF
TO SEE I WAS STARING THERE
CHORUS (after each verse):
FROM BANTRY BAY UP TO DERRY'S QUAY
AND FROM GALWAY TO DUBLIN TOWN
NO MAID I'VE SEEN LIKE THE FAIR COLLEEN
THAT I MET IN THE COUNTY DOWN
AS SHE ONWARD SPED SURE I SCRATCHED ME HEAD
AND I LOOKED WITH A FEELING RARE
AND I SAYS SAYS I TO A PASSER BY
WHO'S THE MAID WITH THE NUT-BROWN HAIR
WELL HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID TO ME
THAT'S THE GEM OF IRELAND'S CROWN
YOUNG ROSIE McCANN FROM THE BANKS OF THE BANN
SHE'S THE STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN
SHE HAD SOFT BROWN EYES AND A LOOK SO SHY
AND A SMILE LIKE THE ROSE IN JUNE
AND SHE SANG SO SWEET WHAT A LOVELY TREAT
AS SHE LILTED AN IRISH TUNE
AT THE LAMMAS DANCE I WAS IN A TRANCE
AS SHE WHIRLED WITH THE LADS OF THE TOWN
SURE IT BROKE ME HEART JUST TO BE APART
FROM THE STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN
AT THE HARVEST FAIR SHE'LL BE SURELY THERE
SO I'LL DRESS IN ME SUNDAY CLOTHES
WITH ME SHOES SHONE BRIGHT AND ME HAT COCKED RIGHT
FOR A SMILE FROM THE NUT-BROWN ROSE
NO PIPE I'LL SMOKE NOW HORSE I'LL YOKE
TILL ME PLOW IS A RUST-COLORED BROWN
AND A SMILING BRIDE BY ME OWN FIRESIDE
SITS THE STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN
(aeolian, 3/4)
VERSE 1m-6 3-7 1m 5m
1m-6 3-7 1m-4m 1m
3 7 1m 5m
1m-6 3-7 1m-4m 1m
CHORUS 3 7 1m 5m
1m-6 3-7 1m-4m 1m
SUNLIGHT Jesse Colin Young (Youngbloods)
HAVE YOU SEEN THE SUNLIGHT POURIN' THROUGH HER HAIR
FELT HER WARM MOUTH ON--IN THE SUMMER'S AIR
ROLLIN' ON A FIELD OF BROWN
LAUGHIN', ROLLIN' ON THE GROUND
SMILIN' AS SHE SHE PULLS YOU DOWN
THAT'S THE WAY SHE FEELS ABOUT YOU
THAT'S THE WAY SHE FEELS ABOUT YOU
IF YOUR DREAMS CAN WAKE YOU SCREAMIN' IN THE NIGHT
SHE CAN TOUCH YOUR FACE AND TAKE AWAY YOUR FRIGHT
LIKE A TREE IN THE MEADOW WIND
SHE WILL BEND TO TAKE YOU IN
MAKE NO DIFFERENCE WHERE YOU'VE BEEN
THAT'S THE WAY SHE FEELS ABOUT YOU
THAT'S THE WAY SHE FEELS ABOUT YOU
BRIDGE:
IF YOU WAKE UP SCREAMIN'
SCARED BY WHAT YOUR DREAMIN'
YOU KNOW SHE IS THERE, SHE CAN SHARE,
DON'T KNOW WHERE--SHE CARES ABOUT YOU
IN THE MORNIN' WAKE UP LAUGHIN' WITH THE DAY
SHE WILL SMILE AND ASK YOU WITH HER EYES TO STAY
LIKE THE SUNSHINE WARMS THE SAND
SHE WILL TOUCH YOU WITH HER HANDS
TOUCHIN' MAKES YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT'S THE WAY SHE FEELS ABOUT YOU
THAT'S THE WAY SHE FEELS ABOUT YOU
VERSE 2m 2m 1 1
2m 2m 1 1
6m 5 4 4m
1 27
4-4m 1 4-4m 1
BRIDGE 6m-2 2 6m-4 4
6m-2 2-4 4-4m 5
SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS John Denver, 1974 (#1)
CHORUS (after each verse):
SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS MAKES ME HAPPY
SUNSHINE IN MY EYES CAN MAKE ME CRY
SUNSHINE ON THE WATER LOOKS SO LOVELY
SUNSHINE ALMOST ALWAYS MAKES ME HIGH
IF I HAD A DAY THAT I COULD GIVE YOU
I'D GIVE TO YOU A DAY JUST LIKE TODAY
IF I HAD A SONG THAT I COULD SING FOR YOU
I'D SING A SONG TO MAKE YOU FEEL THIS WAY
IF I HAD A TALE THAT I COULD TELL YOU
I'D TELL A TALE SURE TO MAKE YOU SMILE
IF I HAD A WISH THAT I COULD WISH FOR YOU
I'D MAKE A WISH FOR SUNSHINE ALL THE WHILE
CHORUS 1-4 1-4 1-4 1-4
1-4 1-4 2m 5
1-4 1-4 1-4 1-4
1-4 1-4 1-4 1-4
VERSE 1-2m 3m-4 1-2m 3m-4
1-2m 3m-4 2m 5
1-2m 3m-4 1-2m 3m-4
1-2m 3m-4 1-2m 3m-4
SWING LOW
I LOOKED OVER JORDAN AND WHAT DID I SEE
COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME
A BAND OF ANGELS COMIN' AFTER ME
COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME
SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME
SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME
IF YOU GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE I DO
COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME
TELL ALL MY FRIENDS I'M COMIN' THERE TOO
COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME
I'M SOMETIMES UP AND SOMETIMES DOWN
COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME
BUT STILL MY SOUL IS GLORY BOUND
COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME
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1 4-1 1-5 1