TEACH YOUR CHILDREN Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, 1970 (#16)
YOU WHO ARE ON THE ROAD
MUST HAVE A CODE THAT YOU CAN LIVE BY
AND SO, BECOME YOURSELF
BECAUSE THE PAST IS JUST A GOOD-BYE
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL
THEIR FATHER'S HELL WILL SLOWLY GO BY
AND FEED THEM ON YOUR DREAMS
THE ONE THEY PICK, THE ONE YOU'LL KNOW BY
CHORUS:
DON'T YOU EVER ASK THEM WHY
IF THEY TOLD YOU, YOU WOULD CRY
SO JUST LOOK AT THEM AND SIGH
AND KNOW THEY LOVE YOU (intro)
AND YOU (CAN YOU HEAR)
OF TENDER YEARS (DO YOU CARE)
CAN'T KNOW THE FEARS (CAN YOU SEE)
THE YOUR ELDERS GREW BY (MUST BE FREE TO)
AND SO PLEASE HELP (TEACH YOUR CHILDREN)
THEM WITH YOUR YOUTH (TO BELIEVE)
THEY SEEK THE TRUTH (MAKE THE WORLD SO)
BEFORE THEY CAN DIE (WE CAN LIVE AND)
TEACH YOUR PARENTS WELL
THE CHILDREN'S HELL WILL SLOWLY GO BY
AND FEED THEM ON YOUR DREAMS
THE ONE THEY PICK, THE ONE YOU'LL KNOW BY (chorus)
INTRO 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 VERSE 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 CHORUS 1 1 4 4 1 1 6m 6m 4 5 (intro) THEY CALL THE WIND MARIAH
AWAY OUT HERE THEY GOT A NAME
FOR RAIN AND WIND AND FIRE
THE RAIN IS TESS, THE FIRE'S JO
AND THEY CALL THE WIND MARIAH
MARIAH BLOWS THE STARS AROUND
AND SENDS THE CLOUDS A'FLYIN'
MARIAH MAKES THE MOUNTAINS SOUND
LIKE FOLKS UP THERE IS DYIN'
CHORUS:
MARIAH, MARIAH
THEY CALL THE WIND MARIAH
BEFORE I KNEW MARIAH'S NAME
AND HEARD HER WAIL AND WHININ'
I HAD A GIRL AND SHE HAD ME
AND THE SUN WAS ALWAYS SHININ'
BUT THEN ONE DAY I LEFT MY GIRL
I LEFT HER FAR BEHIND ME
AND NOW I'M LOST, SO GOL-DARN LOST
NOT EVEN GOD CAN FIND ME (chorus)
OUT HERE THEY GOT A NAME FOR RAIN
FOR WIND AND FIRE ONLY
BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOST AND ALL ALONE
THERE AIN'T NO WORD BUT LONELY
BUT I'M A LOST AND LONELY MAN
WITHOUT A STAR TO GUIDE ME
MARIAH BLOW MY LOVE TO ME
I NEED MY GIRL BESIDE ME (chorus)
VERSE 1 6m 1 6m 1 6m 2m-5 1 1 CHORUS 6m 6m 3m 3m 4 5 1 1 THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND Woody Guthrie
CHORUS (after each verse):
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS
MY LAND
FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE NEW YORK ISLAND
FROM THE REDWOOD FOREST TO THE GULF STREAM WATERS
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME
AS I WENT WALKING THAT RIBBON OF HIGHWAY
I SAW ABOVE ME THAT ENDLESS SKYWAY
I SAW BELOW ME THAT GOLDEN VALLEY
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME
I ROAMED AND I RAMBLED AND I FOLLOWED
MY FOOTSTEPS
TO THE SPARKLING SANDS OF HER DIAMOND DESERTS
AND ALL AROUND ME A VOICE WAS SOUNDING
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME
WHEN THE SUN COME SHINING AND I WAS
STROLLING
AND THE WHEAT FIELDS WAVING AND THE DUST CLOUDS ROLLING
A VOICE WAS CHANTING AS THE FOG WAS LIFTING
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME
4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 THIS TRAIN Peter Yarrow & Paul Stookey
THIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY, THIS
TRAIN
THIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY, THIS TRAIN
THIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY
DON'T RIDE NOTHIN' BUT THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE HOLY
THIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY, THIS TRAIN
THIS TRAIN DON'T CARRY NO GAMBLERS,
THIS TRAIN
THIS TRAIN DON'T CARRY NO GAMBLERS, THIS TRAIN
THIS TRAIN DON'T CARRY NO GAMBLERS
NO HYPOCRITES, NO MIDNIGHT RAMBLERS
THIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY, THIS TRAIN
THIS TRAIN IS BUILT FOR SPEED NOW, THIS
TRAIN
THIS TRAIN IS BUILT FOR SPEED NOW, THIS TRAIN
THIS TRAIN IS BUILT FOR SPEED NOW
FASTEST TRAIN YOU EVER DID SEE, WOW
THIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY, THIS TRAIN
THIS TRAIN DON'T CARRY NO LIARS, THIS
TRAIN
THIS TRAIN DON'T CARRY NO LIARS, THIS TRAIN
THIS TRAIN DON'T CARRY NO LIARS
NO HYPOCRITES AND NO HIGH FLYERS
THIS TRAIN DON'T CARRY NO LIARS, THIS TRAIN
THIS TRAIN DON'T CARRY NO RUSTLERS,
THIS TRAIN
THIS TRAIN DON'T CARRY NO RUSTLERS, THIS TRAIN
THIS TRAIN DON'T CARRY NO RUSTLERS
SIDESTREET WALKERS, OR TWO-BIT HUSTLERS
THIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY, THIS TRAIN
1m 4 1m 1m 3 3 3 (2 beats) 5 5 1m 17 4m 4m 1m 4 1m 1m THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin, 1968 (#2) Gene Raskin, 1962
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A TAVERN
WHERE WE USED TO RAISE A GLASS OR TWO
REMEMBER HOW WE LAUGHED AWAY THE HOURS
AND DREAMED OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS WE WOULD DO
CHORUS:
THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIEND, WE THOUGHT
THEY'D NEVER END
WE'D SING AND DANCE FOREVER AND A DAY
WE'D LIVE THE LIFE WE CHOOSE, WE'D FIGHT AND NEVER LOSE
FOR WE WERE YOUNG AND SURE TO HAVE OUR WAY
THEN THE BUSY YEARS WENT RUSHING BY
US
WE LOST OUR STARRY NOTIONS ON THE WAY
IF BY CHANCE I'D SEE YOU IN THE TAVERN
WE'D SMILE AT ONE ANOTHER AND WE'D SAY (chorus)
JUST TONIGHT I STOOD BEFORE THE TAVERN
NOTHING SEEM THE WAY IT USED TO BE
IN THE GLASS I SAW A STRANGE REFLECTION
WAS THAT LONELY FELLOW REALLY ME
THROUGH THE DOOR THERE CAME FAMILIAR
LAUGHTER
I SAW YOUR FACE AND HEARD YOU CALL MY NAME
OH, MY FRIEND, WE'RE OLDER BUT NO WISER
FOR IN OUR HEARTS THE DREAMS ARE STILL THE SAME (chorus)
VERSE 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 17 4m 4m 4m 4m 1m 1m 27 27 57 57 (...THOSE WERE THE...) CHORUS 1m 1m 4m 4m 7 7 3 3 4m 4m 1m 1m 5 5 1m 1m TIME IN A BOTTLE Jim Croce, 1973 (#1)
IF I COULD SAVE TIME IN A BOTTLE
THE FIRST THING THAT I'D LIKE TO DO
IS TO SAVE EVERY DAY TILL ETERNITY PASSES
AWAY JUST TO SPEND THEM WITH YOU
IF I COULD MAKE DAYS LAST FOREVER
IF WORDS COULD MAKE WISHES COME TRUE
I'D SAVE EVERY DAY LIKE A TREASURE AND THEN
AGAIN I WOULD SPEND THEM WITH YOU
CHORUS:
BUT THERE NEVER SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH TIME
TO DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO ONCE YOU FIND THEM
I'VE LOOKED AROUND ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT YOU'RE THE ONE I WANT TO GO THROUGH TIME WITH
IF I HAD A BOX JUST FOR WISHES
AND DREAMS THAT HAD NEVER COME TRUE
THE BOX WOULD BE EMPTY EXCEPT FOR THE MEMORY
OF HOW THEY WERE ANSWERED BY YOU
(3/4) INTRO 1m 1m+7 1m7 1m6 4m 4m 57 57 VERSE 1m 1m+7 1m7 1m6 4m 4m 57 57 1m 1m 6 4m 1m 4m 57 57 CHORUS 1 1+7 16 1 4 4 2m 57 TODAY New Christy Minstrels, 1964 (#17) written by Randy Sparks
CHORUS (after each verse):
TODAY WHILE THE BLOSSOMS STILL CLING
TO THE VINE
I'LL TASTE YOUR STRAWBERRIES, I'LL DRINK YOUR SWEET WINE
A MILLION TOMORROWS WILL SOON PASS AWAY
'ERE I FORGET ALL THOSE JOYS THAT ARE MINE TODAY
I'LL BE A DANDY AND I'LL BE A ROVER
YOU'LL KNOW WHO I AM BY THE SONG THAT I SING
I'LL FEAST AT YOUR TABLE, I'LL SLEEP IN YOUR CLOVER
WHO CARES WHAT THE 'MORROW WILL BRING
I CAN'T BE CONTENTED WITH YESTERDAY'S
GLORIES
I CAN'T LIVE ON PROMISES WINTER TO SPRING
THIS IS MY MOMENT AND NOW IS MY STORY
I'LL LAUGH AND I'LL CRY AND I'LL SING
(3/4) CHORUS 1 6m 2m 5 1 6m 2m 5 1 1 4 4m 1 6m 2m 5 VERSE 1 6m 2m 5 3m 6m 2m 5 1 6m 2m 5 4 5 1 5
A LONG TIME AGO WHEN THE EARTH WAS GREEN
THERE WERE MORE KINDS OF ANIMALS THAN YOU'VE EVER SEEN
THEY'D RUN AROUND FREE WHILE THE EARTH WAS BEIN' BORN
BUT THE LOVELIEST OF ALL WAS THE UNICORN ... AND THERE WERE ...
CHORUS (after each verse):
GREEN ALLIGATORS AND LONG-NECKED GEESE
SOME HUMPTY-BACK CAMELS AND SOME CHIMPANZEES
SOME CATS AND RATS AND ELEPHANTS BUT SURE AS YOU'RE BORN
(1) THE LOVELIEST OF ALL WAS THE UNICORN
(2) DON'T YOU FORGET MY UNICORN
(3) I JUST CAN'T SEE NO UNICORN
(4) NOAH CRIED CLOSE THE DOOR BECAUSE THE RAIN IS POURIN'
AND WE JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR NO UNICORN
(5) YOU'RE NEVER GONNA SEE NO UNICORN
NOW GOD SEEN SOME SINNIN' AND IT GAVE
HIM PAIN
AND HE SAID STAND BACK I'M GONNA MAKE IT RAIN
HE SAID BROTHER NOAH I'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO
BUILD ME A FLOATING ZOO ... AND TAKE SOME OF THEM ...
WELL NOAH WAS THERE TO ANSWER THE CALL
HE FINISHED MAKING THE ARK JUST AS THE RAIN STARTED TO FALL
HE MARCHED IN THE ANIMALS TWO BY TWO
AND HE CALLED OUT AS THEY WENT THROUGH ... HEY LORD, I GOT YOUR
...
WELL NOAH LOOKED OUT THROUGH THE DRIVIN'
RAIN
THE UNICORNS WERE HIDIN' AND PLAYING SILLY GAMES
THEY WERE KICKIN' AND A-SPLASHIN' WHILE THE RAIN WAS POURIN'
OH THEM SILLY UNICORNS
WELL THE ARK STARTED MOVIN' AND IT DRIFTED
WITH THE TIDE
THE UNICORNS LOOKED UP FROM THE ROCKS AND THEY CRIED
AND THE WATERS CAME DOWN AND SORT OF FLOATED THEM AWAY
"AND THAT'S WHY YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A UNICORN TO THIS VERY
DAY"
BUT YOU'LL SEE ...
1 2m 5 1 1 2m 1 5-1 (2, 3) 1-5 1
THE UNIVERSAL SOLDIER Buffy Sainte-Marie
HE'S FIVE FOOT TWO AND HE'S SIX FEET
FOUR
HE FIGHTS WITH MISSILES AND WITH SPEARS
HE'S ALL OF THIRTY-ONE AND HE'S ONLY SEVENTEEN
HE'S BEEN A SOLDIER FOR A THOUSAND YEARS
HE'S A CATHOLIC, A HINDU, AN ATHEIST,
A JAIN
A BUDDHIST AND A BAPTIST AND A JEW
AND HE KNOWS HE SHOULDN'T KILL AND HE KNOWS HE ALWAYS WILL
KILL YOU FOR ME, MY FRIEND, AND ME FOR YOU
AND HE'S FIGHTING FOR CANADA, HE'S FIGHTING
FOR FRANCE
HE'S FIGHTING FOR THE U.S.A.
AND HE'S FIGHTING FOR THE RUSSIANS AND HE'S FIGHTING FOR JAPAN
AND HE THINKS WE'LL PUT AN END TO WAR THAT WAY
AND HE'S FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY, HE'S
FIGHTING FOR THE REDS
HE SAYS IT'S FOR THE PEACE OF ALL
HE'S THE ONE WHO MUST DECIDE WHO'S TO LIVE AND WHO'S TO DIE
AND HE NEVER SEES THE WRITING ON THE WALL
BUT WITHOUT HIM HOW WOULD HITLER HAVE
CONDEMNED HIM AT DACHAU
WITHOUT HIM CAESAR WOULD HAVE STOOD ALONE
HE'S THE ONE WHO GIVES HIS BODY AS A WEAPON OF THE WAR
AND WITHOUT HIM ALL THIS KILLING CAN'T GO ON
HE'S THE UNIVERSAL SOLDIER AND HE REALLY
IS TO BLAME
HIS ORDERS COME FROM FAR AWAY NO MORE
THEY COME FROM HIM AND YOU AND ME, AND BROTHERS CAN'T YOU SEE
THIS IS NOT THE WAY WE PUT AN END TO WAR
4 5 1 6m 4 5 1 1 4 5 3m 6m 4 4 2m 2m VINCENT Don McLean, 1972 (#12)
STARRY STARRY NIGHT--PAINT YOUR PALETTE
BLUE AND GRAY
LOOK OUT ON A SUMMER'S DAY WITH EYES THAT KNOW THE DARKNESS IN
MY SOUL
SHADOWS ON THE HILLS--SKETCH THE TREES AND DAFFODILS
CATCH THE BREEZE AND WINTER CHILLS IN COLORS ON THE SNOWY LINEN
LAND
CHORUS:
NOW I UNDERSTAND (2. NOW I THINK I KNOW)
WHAT YOU TRIED TO SAY TO ME
HOW YOU SUFFERED FOR YOUR SANITY, HOW YOU TRIED TO SET THEM FREE
THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN, THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW--PERHAPS THEY'LL
LISTEN NOW
STARRY STARRY NIGHT, FLAMING FLOWERS
THAT BRIGHTLY BLAZE
SWIRLING CLOUDS IN VIOLET HAZE REFLECT IN VINCENT'S EYES OF CHINA
BLUE
COLORS CHANGING HUE, MORNING FIELDS OF AMBER GRAIN
WEATHERED FACES LINED IN PAIN ARE SOOTHED BENEATH THE ARTIST'S
LOVING HAND
BRIDGE:
FOR THEY COULD NOT LOVE YOU, BUT STILL
YOUR LOVE WAS TRUE
AND WHEN NO HOPE WAS LEFT IN SIGHT ON THAT STARRY STARRY NIGHT
YOU TOOK YOUR LIFE AS LOVERS OFTEN DO
BUT I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU, VINCENT
THIS WORLD WAS NEVER MEANT FOR ONE AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU
STARRY STARRY NIGHT, PORTRAITS HUNG IN EMPTY HALLS FRAMELESS HEADS ON NAMELESS WALLS WITH EYES THAT WATCH THE WORLD AND CAN'T FORGET LIKE THE STRANGERS THAT YOU'VE MET, THE RAGGED MEN IN RAGGED CLOTHES THE SILVER THORN AND BLOODY ROSE LIE CRUSHED AND BROKEN ON THE VIRGIN SNOW (SLOW 4/4) VERSE 1 1 2m 2m 4 5 1 1 1 2m 2m 4 5 1 CHORUS 2m 5 1 6m 2m 5 6m 27 4-5 1 1 BRIDGE 2m 5 1 6m 4 4m 1 67 2m 4 5 1 1 4 4m 1 67 2m 4 5 1 1