Chords with lyrics
1. Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes
Key: C majorC Major
Time: 6/8 with single 3/8 bars
To get that folk feeling play some chords with G+G on top.
For instance, FF like [1x3213], C majorC like [x32013] and so on.
CAPO: No
C/G.......................[332010]
| Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 | x12
| A minorAm FF | FF G+G | E minorEm A minorAm | 3/8 FF | G+G |
| A minorAm FF | FF G+G | E minorEm A minorAm | DmDm G+G |
| C majorC | G+G C majorC | A minorAm G+G | A minorAm |
| C majorC | G+G C majorC | A minorAm G+G | A minorAm |
| A minorAm | % |
A minorAm
Laughs and jokes
C majorC FF
And drinks and smokes
C majorC FF
And no lights on the stairs
A minorAm
We were young, so young
C majorC FF
And always broke
G+G A minorAm FF
Not that we ever cared
C majorC G+G C majorC
Not that we ever cared
G+G FF
Well, the holes in the walls
C majorC G+G
Were such a lot
FF C majorC
Welcome to London town
G+G FF
But when you?re new to it all
C majorC
And you think you?re hot
G+G FF C majorC
You?re not planning on hanging around
C majorC FF
People would go on their different ways
C majorC A minorAm FF
I left to start a band
G+G FF C majorC G+G
A augmentedA note came through the letter box
FF C majorC
In your childlike hand
A minorAm
Oh, laughs and jokes
C majorC FF
And drinks and smokes
C majorC FF
And no lights on the stairs
A minorAm
We were young, so young
C majorC FF
And always broke
G+G A minorAm FF
Not that we ever cared
C majorC G+G C majorC
Not that we ever cared
G+G FF C majorC
One day I rode to where you were
G+G FF C majorC
The doorbell jangled a note
G+G FF
They buzzed me in
C majorC
I climbed the stairs
G+G FF C majorC
In my boots and leather coat
C majorC
There?s an old brass
FF
Standing there at the top
C majorC A minorAm FF
Without her witch?s broom
G+G FF C majorC
It almost seemed like a knocking shop
G+G FF C majorC
When the girls came out of their rooms
G+G FF
And they all stood around
C majorC
And stared at me
G+G FF C majorC G+G
Two brunettes and a blonde
FF C majorC
Then the old brass shrugged and said
G+G FF C majorC C majorC
We don?t know where she?s gone
FF
Later on I picked up the ball
C majorC A minorAm FF
And I took off down the line
G+G FF C majorC
I suppose by then I?d realised
G+G FF C majorC
You?d run into hard times
A minorAm
Oh, laughs and jokes
C majorC FF
And drinks and smokes
C majorC FF
And no lights on the stairs
A minorAm
We were young, so young
C majorC FF
And always broke
G+G A minorAm FF
Not that we ever cared
C/GC/G G+G C majorC
Not that we ever cared
| A minorAm FF | FF G+G | E minorEm A minorAm | 3/8 FF | G+G |
| A minorAm FF | FF G+G | E minorEm A minorAm | DmDm G+G |
| C majorC | G+G C majorC | A minorAm G+G | A minorAm |
| C majorC | G+G C majorC | A minorAm G+G | A minorAm |
| Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 |
| Am7Am7 |
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2. Basil
Key: A augmentedA Minor
Time: 6/8 with single 3/8 bars
CAPO: No
C/G..........................[332010]
Dm/A.........................[x00231]
FMaj7........................[133210]
D9/F#........................[2x0210]
Bm7b5........................[x2323x]
| C majorC | E7E7 | A minorAm | % |
| A minorAm | % |
(A minorAm) C/GC/G FF Dm/A
My Saturday job pays six and six down
FF
A augmentedA copy boy at the Chronicle
A minorAm C/GC/G FF Dm/A
Five cigarettes and two silver half crowns
FF Dm/A
Meeting Vince at Mark Toney?s in town
FF A minorAm
Boy, do we get around
(A minorAm) C/GC/G FF DmDm
Basil sits there on the table for subs
FF
But not a part of the Bri-nylon club
A minorAm C/GC/G FF
Ancient blue sweater, too old for the job
DmDm
Bored out of his mind
FF
With the Colins and Bobs
C/GC/G FMaj7
I?m a jack and a lad
C majorC FMaj7
And I?m up for the world
C majorC FF A minorAm
And I?ve kissed a Gateshead girl
(A minorAm) C/GC/G FF DmDm
He calls for a copy boy, grumpy as hell
FF
Poets have to eat as well
A minorAm C majorC FF DmDm
What he wouldn?t give just to walk out today
FF DmDm
To have time to think about time
FF
And young love thrown away
C majorC FMaj7
I?m a jack and a lad
C majorC FMaj7
And I?m up for the world
C majorC FF
And I?ve kissed a Gateshead girl
FF C majorC E7E7
Starlings swarming a cloud
A minorAm
Over Grainger Street
FF
Over the black church
DmDm C majorC E7E7
Over the Black Gate
(A minorAm)
And the shadowy Keep
| A minorAm | D9/F# | Bm7b5 Bm7b5 | E7E7 |
| FF | % | C majorC | E7E7 |
| A minorAm | % |
(A minorAm)
He peers through his wire rims
C/GC/G FF DmDm
At the fish and chip words
FF
He?s supposed to dish up and forget
A minorAm C majorC FF
His drudgery now has become slightly blurred
DmDm FF
By one of his Players untipped cigarettes
C majorC FMaj7
Bury all joy
C majorC FMaj7
Put the poems in sacks
C majorC FF
And bury me here with the hacks
| A minorAm | Am7Am7 | % | A minorAm |
(A minorAm)
In the summer the fair
C/GC/G FF
Will stretch over the Moor
Dm/A FF
Lovers will lie and make out in the park
A minorAm C/GC/G FF Dm/A
Basil puts on his old duffel and scarf
FF
And goes out into the dark
| C majorC | FMaj7 | C majorC | FMaj7 |
| C majorC | FF | % |
| FF |
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3. River Towns
Key: BB Major
Time: 4/4
CAPO: 4
Gadd9...................[320203]
C/G.....................[332010]
Em7.....................[020000]
CMaj7/G.................[332000]
| G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G | x4
| G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G C/GC/G | G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | E minor 7Em7 CMaj7/G |
| G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G C/GC/G | G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G |
G+G
I came in three days early
C/GC/G
To meet my boat
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
It ain?t the life of Riley
E minor 7Em7 C/GC/G
But it?s keeping me afloat
G+G
It?s quiet over Christmas
C/GC/G
If you got no place to go
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
I got my home from river rats
E minor 7Em7 CMaj7/G G+G Gadd9Gadd9 G+G
The only home I know
G+G
I found myself a flophouse
C/GC/G
And I hit the streets at nine
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
Get some grub and drink a beer
E minor 7Em7 CMaj7/G
Maybe go down the line
G+G
These chips will take your money
C/GC/G
Shake a young man down
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
It?s the same in every one of these
E minor 7Em7 C/GC/G
Sorry river towns
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
River towns
G+G C/GC/G
Sorry river towns
G+G Gadd9Gadd9 E minor 7Em7 CMaj7/G
River towns
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
River towns
G+G C/GC/G
Sorry river towns
G+G Gadd9Gadd9 G+G
River towns
| G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G C/GC/G | G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | E minor 7Em7 C/GC/G |
| G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G C/GC/G | G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G |
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
Well I picked me up a bottle
G+G CMaj7/G
To take back to the room
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
Then I saw a young girl standing
E minor 7Em7 C/GC/G
In a doorway in the gloom
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
We?d hardly started talking
G+G C/GC/G
The old scenario
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
And I just let her work me over
E minor 7Em7 C/GC/G
Down by the Ohio
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
River towns
G+G C/GC/G
Sorry river towns
G+G Gadd9Gadd9 E minor 7Em7 C/GC/G
River towns
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
River towns
G+G C/GC/G
Sorry river towns
G+G Gadd9Gadd9 G+G
River towns
| G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G | x4
| G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G C/GC/G | G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | E minor 7Em7 C/GC/G |
| G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G C/GC/G | G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G |
G+G
When I asked her if she?d like to stay
C/GC/G
She was down my stairs so quick
G+G
I never asked what got her started
E minor 7Em7 C/GC/G
With the sorry river tricks
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
So I get the bottle open
G+G C/GC/G
But something?s hit a nerve
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
And I?m looking in the mirror
E minor 7Em7 CMaj7/G
At the face that I deserve
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
River towns
G+G C/GC/G
Sorry river towns
G+G Gadd9Gadd9 E minor 7Em7 C/GC/G
River towns
G+G Gadd9Gadd9
River towns
G+G C/GC/G
Sorry river towns
G+G Gadd9Gadd9 G+G
River towns
| G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G C/GC/G | G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | E minor 7Em7 C/GC/G |
| G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G C/GC/G | G+G Gadd9Gadd9 | G+G |
| G+G |
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4. Skydiver
Key: C majorC Major
Time: 4/4
CAPO: No
G7......................[32300x]
G6......................[32200x]
C/E.....................[xx2010]
C/Bb....................[x1201x]
F/A.....................[x03211]
Fm6/Ab..................[4x353x]
C6......................[x32210]
G7G7 G6G6 G+G
E MajorE |-------|----------------------------|----------------------------||
BB |-------|--------x-----0-----x-------|--------x-----------x-------||
G+G |-------|--------x--0--0-----x--0----|--------0--0--------x-------||
D MajorD |-------|--------3-----3-----3-------|--2-----2-----0-----x-------||
A augmentedA |-------|--------2-----------2-------|--2-----x-----2-----x-------||
E MajorE |----3--|--3-------------------------|--3-----------------1b-x----||
i t ? i t ? i t ? i t ?
| G7G7 | G6G6 G+G | x8
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm C/GC/G
I?ve been banned from every racecourse in the country
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
There?s something about the unsure thing
FF C/EC/E DmDm Dm/C
Like scoring with a beauty of the county
G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B G+G
It always makes the old bell ring
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm C/GC/G
I like to go for broke and I?ll be randy
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
It?s got to be the unsure thing
FF C/EC/E DmDm Dm/C
In the Bentley Continental with the brandy
G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B G+G
It always makes the old bell ring
FF C majorC
And when it?s gone, all gone
C majorC C/Bb F/AF/A Fm6/Ab
I?ll stand on a hilltop and sing
C majorC F/CF/C C majorC F/CF/C
I go where I want, I do what I want
C majorC F/CF/C C majorC
And I don?t give a damn about a thing
C majorC
C/BC/B A minorAm C/GC/G FF C/EC/E DmDm Dm/C G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G
Sky.................................diver
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm C/GC/G
Today I lost a packet at Wincanton
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm FF
Dive Bomber in the 2.15
C/EC/E DmDm Dm/C
All on the nose and no-one counting
G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B G+G
Nothing wishy-washy in between
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm C/GC/G
Back when I made the pivotal decision
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
To take a winding road that I could see
FF C/EC/E DmDm Dm/C
It was just like being given an incredible permission
G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B G+G
The rules don?t apply to me
FF C majorC
And when it?s gone, all gone
C majorC C/Bb F/AF/A Fm6/Ab
I?ll stand on a hilltop and sing
C majorC F/CF/C C majorC F/CF/C
I go where I want, I do what I want
C majorC FF C majorC
And I don?t give a damn about a thing
C majorC
C/BC/B A minorAm C/GC/G FF C/EC/E DmDm Dm/C G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G
Sky.................................diver
Dm7Dm7 G+G C majorC A minorAm
I?m not being brave, it?s my money, not my life
Dm7Dm7 G7G7 C majorC
When I need to take a break from the brushes and the knife
DmDm Dm/C Dm/B
And I always took a fancy to the ones
Bb majorBb G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G
Heading straight into the teeth of the guns
C majorC
C/BC/B A minorAm C/GC/G FF C/EC/E DmDm Dm/C G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G
Sky.................................diver
C majorC
C/BC/B A minorAm C/GC/G FF C/EC/E DmDm Dm/C G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G | G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G | G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G
Sky.................................diver
C majorC
C7C7 C6C6 C7C7 C6C6 C7C7 C6C6 C majorC G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G | G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G
Sky...............................diver
C majorC
C7C7 C6C6 C7C7 C6C6 C7C7 C6C6 C majorC G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G | G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G
Sky...............................diver
C majorC
C7C7 C6C6 C7C7 C6C6 C7C7 C6C6 C majorC G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G | G+G G7G7 G6G6 G+G
Sky...............................diver
To fade-out.
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5. Mighty Man
Key: C majorC Major
Time: 6/8
CAPO: No
C5.............[x3x01x]
F/C............[x33211]
Bb6............[x13333]
Note: first part of the intro played in free time.
| C5C5 |
| F/CF/C | C majorC | Bb/CBb/C | C majorC |
| Bb/CBb/C | C majorC | F/CF/C | % |
| A minorAm | C/GC/G | FF C majorC | % |
| C majorC | Bb/CBb/C | C majorC | % |
F/CF/C C majorC
A augmentedA room on the top floor
Bb majorBb C majorC
And the chest all but knackered
Bb majorBb C majorC
Two fingers not working
F/CF/C
And the back?s shot to hell
A minorAm C/GC/G
It?s a lifetime of digging trenches
FF C majorC
In the cold and wet weather
C majorC
And for laying half the roadway
Bb majorBb C majorC
In England as well
F/CF/C C majorC
You?d finish in the one place
Bb majorBb C majorC
It was straight to the next one
Bb majorBb C majorC
And you never could settle
FF
And you were always alone
A minorAm C/GC/G
Just a drifter in limbo
FF C majorC
I was best off away, son
C majorC
Just one of the thousands
Bb majorBb C majorC
Who could never go home
Bb majorBb C majorC Bb6Bb6
That?s your mighty man, son
G minorGm C majorC
Your mighty man
FF C majorC
Well, the boat and the train ride
Bb majorBb C majorC
In a misty November
Bb majorBb C majorC
We had the worst of the lodgings
FF
And we hated the subs
A minorAm C/GC/G
Ma?s face on the leaving
FF C majorC
I will always remember
C majorC
And we wouldn?t get paid
Bb majorBb C majorC
Until they had closed up their pubs
| FF C majorC | C majorC | Bb majorBb C majorC | C majorC |
| Bb majorBb C majorC | C majorC | FF | FF |
| A minorAm | C/GC/G | FF C majorC | C majorC |
| C majorC Bb majorBb | C majorC | % |
F/CF/C C majorC
And I could stand up on horseback
Bb majorBb C majorC
Was the man for the singing
Bb majorBb C majorC
Put my hand up for boxing
FF
At the fairground on the heath
A minorAm C/GC/G
I could play my accordion
FF C majorC
And charm all of the women
C majorC
And dance round the taproom
Bb majorBb C majorC
With a chair in my teeth
Bb majorBb C majorC Bb6Bb6
That?s your mighty man, son
G minorGm C majorC
Your mighty man
Bb majorBb C majorC Bb6Bb6
That?s your mighty man, son
G minorGm C majorC
Your mighty man
| Bb majorBb C majorC | Bb6Bb6 G minorGm |
| C majorC |
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6. Broken Bones
Key: C majorC Minor
Time: 4/4
CAPO: 3
Am7.......................[x02213]
| Am7Am7 | x8
Am7Am7
She likes a man with a broken nose
Am7Am7
Lucky for me, I suppose
Am7Am7
Shots coming in like the monthly bills
Am7Am7
Soon they?ll be saying I?m over the hill
Am7Am7
Well the bell goes clang and you?re on your own
Am7Am7
You take your medicine and go home
Am7Am7
You take it like a man, on the chin
Am7Am7
And you don?t make a fuss when the towel comes in
C majorC Am7Am7
Now let me go home, got to lay in ice
FF Am7Am7
And I don?t want to hear no more advice
C majorC
Just give me my clothes
Am7Am7
Get me out of this place
G+G Am7Am7 FF C majorC
How many more stitches in my face?
Am7Am7
Those broken bones, you pick ?em up and carry ?em
Am7Am7
Broken bones, you carry ?em home
Am7Am7
Broken bones, you pick ?em up and carry ?em
Am7Am7
Broken bones, you carry ?em home
| Am7Am7 | x8
Am7Am7
He had the punch lines, I was the joke
Am7Am7
Every shot felt like something broke
Am7Am7
It was all much more than a man should stand
Am7Am7
And I finally went down to a big right hand
C majorC Am7Am7
Now let me go home, got to lay in ice
FF Am7Am7
And I don?t want to hear no more advice
C majorC
Just give me my clothes
Am7Am7
Get me out of this place
G+G Am7Am7 FF C majorC
How many more stitches in my face?
Am7Am7
Those broken bones, you pick ?em up and carry ?em
Am7Am7
Broken bones, you carry ?em home
Am7Am7
Broken bones, you pick ?em up and carry ?em
Am7Am7
Broken bones, you carry ?em home
Am7Am7
Broken bones, you pick ?em up and carry ?em
Am7Am7
Broken bones, you carry ?em home
Am7Am7
Broken bones, you pick ?em up and carry ?em
Am7Am7
Broken bones, you carry ?em home
| Am7Am7 | x49 :)
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7. Long Cool Girl
Key: C majorC Major
Time: 2/4
CAPO: 5
G5.............[3x003x]
D5/A...........[x0023x]
D5/F#..........[2x023x]
Cadd9/G........[33203x]
Cadd9/E........[03203x]
Please note: song starts on third bar of the intro.
To play without capo (e.g. keys) hit transpose to +5.
| G+G | Am7Am7 | FF | G+G | x10
Am7Am7
All I do is think of you
FF G+G
As I go around the world
Am7Am7
All I do is think of you
FF G+G
Long, cool girl
G+G Am7Am7 FF
Long, cool girl
G+G
I like to say her name
G+G Am7Am7 FF
Long, cool girl
G+G
With a showgirl frame
G+G
Am7Am7 FF
You took a look at me
G+G
I took a look at you
Am7Am7
Now I just can?t see
FF G+G
What a man?s supposed to do
G+G Am7Am7 FF
Long, cool girl
G+G
I like to say her name
G+G Am7Am7 FF
Long, cool girl
G+G
With a showgirl frame
G5G5 D5/A
Me and you we?re 3 and 2
Cadd9/G D5/A
Something?s gonna happen now, it has to
G+G D5/F#
Me and you we?re 3 and 2
Cadd9/E D5/A
Something?s gonna happen now, it has to
| G+G | Am7Am7 | FF | G+G | x4
| G+G | % |
Am7Am7 FF
Pressure drop and weather change
G+G
All around the world
G+G Am7Am7
You got me at point blank range
FF G+G
Long, cool girl
G+G Am7Am7 FF
Long, cool girl
G+G
I like to say her name
G+G Am7Am7 FF
Long, cool girl
G+G
With a showgirl frame
G+G
Am7Am7
All I do is think of you
FF G+G
As I go around the world
Am7Am7
All I do is think of you
FF G+G
Long, cool girl
| G+G | Am7Am7 | FF | G+G |
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8. Lights of Taormina
Key: B-flat Major
Time: 4/4
CAPO: 3
C/G....................[332010]
D/A....................[x00232]
| G+G | x10
| G+G | C majorC | G+G | % |
| G+G | E minorEm | D MajorD | % |
| C majorC | % | G+G | C/GC/G |
| G+G | C majorC D MajorD | G+G | % |
G+G
There?s laughter in the darkness
C majorC G+G
Music floating in across the bay
G+G
He?s half listening and wondering
E minorEm D MajorD
How he could have let her slip away
C majorC
So long ago but still he wants to know
G+G C/GC/G
If anyone has seen her
G+G
And he?s sitting out in the night
C majorC D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
G+G C majorC
They were young and love was shining
G+G
Like the colours of the rainbow
G+G
Desire felt like choking
E minorEm D/AD/A
Love was smoking under the volcano
C majorC
He can still taste her kisses
G+G C/GC/G
Sweet as the red wine from Messina
G+G
Now he?s sitting out in the night
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
C majorC
Seems like another lifetime
G+G
When they rambled along the shore
Seems like another lifetime
C majorC
She used to call him her sweet senor
Maybe in another lifetime
G+G
On a pathway to the sea
D MajorD
Maybe there they?ll be
G+G
The crowd calls for the emperor
C majorC G+G
Raise their hands to hail another king
G+G
But he?s been so long a wanderer
E minorEm D MajorD
Another crowd can never mean a thing
C majorC
He came, he saw, he conquered
G+G C/GC/G
Ten thousand voices roared in the arena
G+G
Now he?s sitting out in the night
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
| G+G | C majorC | G+G | % |
| G+G | E minorEm | D MajorD | % |
| C majorC | % | G+G | C/GC/G |
| G+G | C majorC D MajorD | G+G | % |
G+G
He hears the chimes of history
C majorC G+G
Myths of gods and men forever ringing
G+G
Ancient dreams in all their mystery
E minorEm D MajorD
Wars for Sicily and Spartan women
C majorC
In the mists of antiquity
G+G C majorC
Ships of war set sail from Carthagina
G+G
Now he?s sitting out in the night
C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
G+G
Sitting out in the night
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
| G+G | C/GC/G | G+G | % |
| G+G | E minorEm | D MajorD | % |
| C majorC | % | G+G | C/GC/G |
| G+G | C majorC D MajorD | G+G | % |
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9. Silver Eagle
Key: B-flat Major
Time: 4/4
CAPO: 3
C/G.........................[332010]
CMaj7/G.....................[332000]
| G+G | C/GC/G | G+G | C/GC/G |
| G+G | % |
E minorEm C/GC/G E minorEm
It was so late and she?d be sleeping
D/F#D/F#
He came through her home town
C/GC/G
With the moonlight on the crossroads
G+G C/GC/G G+G
And the green light shining down
E minorEm C/GC/G E minorEm
And the bell at the railroad crossing
D/F#D/F#
And the horn from far away
C/GC/G
And his Silver Eagle passing
(G+G)
Half a mile from where she lay
| G+G | C/GC/G | D/F#D/F# E minorEm | C/GC/G |
| G+G | C/GC/G | G+G | C/GC/G |
| G+G | % |
E minorEm C/GC/G E minorEm
At his feet a sea of faces
D/F#D/F#
Make devotions with their love
C/GC/G CMaj7/G C/GC/G
Clap their hands and plead their cases
G+G
Call for blessings from above
E minorEm C/GC/G E minorEm
Like the rolling waves forever massing
D/F#D/F#
To crash and foam and creep away
C/GC/G
And the Silver Eagle passing
(G+G)
Half a mile from where she lay
| G+G | C/GC/G | D/F#D/F# E minorEm | C/GC/G |
| Am7Am7 | C/GC/G | D/F#D/F# G+G | C/GC/G |
| G+G | C/GC/G | G+G | C/GC/G |
| G+G | % |
E minorEm C/GC/G E minorEm
Road signs flow into the headlights
D/F#D/F#
Whisper names and fall behind
C/GC/G CMaj7/G
He finds some honor in the darkness
G+G
Hopes for grace and peace of mind
E minorEm C/GC/G E minorEm
And he thinks of how they?d lay together
D/F#D/F#
He?d run his fingers through her hair
C/GC/G
And he wonders if she?ll ever
(G+G)
Come to know that he was there
| G+G | C/GC/G | D/F#D/F# E minorEm | C/GC/G |
| Am7Am7 | C/GC/G | D/F#D/F# G+G | C/GC/G |
| G+G | C/GC/G | G+G | C/GC/G |
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10. Beryl
Key: Bb majorBb Major, G+G Minor
Time: 4/4, 2/4
Intro sounds better using all but 1st string of the guitar.
CAPO: 3
Cadd9..................[x3203x]
Gadd9/B................[x2023x]
CMaj7/G................[33200x]
| Cadd9Cadd9 | Gadd9/B G+G | Cadd9Cadd9 | B minorBm | % |
| Cadd9Cadd9 G+G | 2/4 D/F#D/F# | CMaj7/G | % |
| Am7Am7 G/BG/B | 2/4 D MajorD | G+G | % |
| E minorEm | % | % | % |
E minorEm
Beryl, was on another level
When she got her Booker medal
D MajorD E minorEm
She was dead in her grave
G+G C majorC
After all she gave
D MajorD E minorEm
After all she gave
E minorEm
Beryl, every time they?d overlook her
When they gave her, her Booker
D MajorD E minorEm
She was dead in her grave
G+G C majorC
After all she gave
D MajorD E minorEm
After all she gave
G+G C majorC G+G
It?s all too late now
C majorC B minorBm
It?s all too late now
C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC
It?s too late you dabblers it's all too late
Am7Am7 G/BG/B D MajorD G+G B7B7
It?s too late you dabblers it's all too late
E minorEm
Beryl, the tobacco overtook her
When they gave her, her Booker
D MajorD E minorEm
She was dead in her grave
G+G C majorC
After all she gave
D MajorD E minorEm B7B7
After all she gave
| E minorEm | % | % | 2/4 D MajorD |
| E minorEm | % G+G | C majorC | % D MajorD |
| E minorEm | % G+G |
C majorC G+G
It?s all too late now
C majorC B minorBm
It?s all too late now
C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC
It?s too late you dabblers it's all too late
Am7Am7 G/BG/B D MajorD G+G B7B7
It?s too late you dabblers it's all too late
E minorEm
Beryl, was on another level
When she got her Booker medal
D MajorD E minorEm
She was dead in her grave
G+G C majorC
After all she gave
D MajorD E minorEm
After all she gave
G+G C majorC
After all she gave
D MajorD E minorEm E minorEm G+G
After all she gave
| C majorC | G+G | C majorC | B minorBm | % |
| C majorC G+G | 2/4 D MajorD | C majorC | % |
| Am7Am7 G/BG/B | 2/4 D MajorD | G+G | % |
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11. Wherever I Go
Key: BB Major
Time: 4/4
To play without capo hit transpose button to +4 (not recommended, buy a capo!).
As it often happens with mainly piano songs, chord voicings are quite varied.
Some guitar chords are crucial, though, and played through the song identically.
Basically, you can always simplify fancy chords to first letter (e.g. Cadd9Cadd9 to C majorC).
CAPO: 4
G5.....................[3x00xx]
Cadd9..................[x32033] or simplify to C majorC
D5.....................[xx023x] or simplify to D MajorD
Csus2..................[x30033] or simplify to C majorC
C/G....................[332010]
D5/F#..................[2x023x]
Dsus2..................[xx003x]
| G5G5 |
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Maybe I?m bound to wander
D5D5
From one place to the next
G+G Csus2Csus2 D5/F#
Heaven knows why
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
But in the wild blue yonder
D5/F# G+G C/GC/G G+G Csus2Csus2
Your star is fixed in my sky
G+G C majorC
Just another bar at a cross roads
D5/F#
So far from home
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC D5/F#
But that?s alright
G+G C majorC
Whenever I?m going down a dark road
D/F#D/F# G+G C majorC G+G
I don?t feel the mood in the night
C majorC
There?s a place in my heart
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Though we're far apart
G/BG/B D5/F# Dsus2Dsus2 D5/F#
May you always know?
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
No matter how long since I saw you
C majorC D/F#D/F# Cadd9Cadd9 Csus2Csus2
I keep the flame there for you
G+G C/GC/G G+G Csus2Csus2
Wherever I go
| G+G Cadd9Cadd9 | C majorC D5/F# | G+G Csus2Csus2 | C majorC D5/F# |
| G+G Cadd9Cadd9 | C majorC D5/F# | G+G C majorC | G+G |
Am7Am7
G/BG/B Cadd9Cadd9
They?re looking to close up in here
D5/F# Am7Am7
Pulling down the blinds
G/BG/B Csus2Csus2
But they?ll let you stay a while
D5D5
And I?m going in a while
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Now I?ve got leave you brother
C majorC D5/F#
So this round?s mine
G+G Csus2Csus2
Just looking at you
C majorC D5D5
Anyhow
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
You can go on and have another
C majorC D5D5
You wouldn?t call time
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
I?m going to say
G+G
My goodbye?s now
C majorC
There?s a place in my heart
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Though we're far apart
G/BG/B D5/F# Dsus2Dsus2 D5/F#
May you always know?
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
No matter how long since I saw you
C majorC D/F#D/F# Cadd9Cadd9 Csus2Csus2
I keep the flame there for you
G+G C/GC/G G+G Csus2Csus2
Wherever I go
| G+G Cadd9Cadd9 | C majorC D5/F# | G+G Csus2Csus2 | C majorC D5/F# |
| G+G Cadd9Cadd9 | C majorC D5/F# | G+G C/GC/G | G+G Csus2Csus2 |
| G5G5 |
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12. .38 Special
Key: A-flat Major
Time: 4/4
TUNING: Dropped D MajorD
CAPO: 1
G...................[55000x]
Fadd9...............[33301x]
D5..................[00023x]
Dm/F................[3x023x]
Csus4...............[x3301x]
| G+G | Fadd9Fadd9 | G+G D5D5 | G+G | x2
G+G Fadd9Fadd9
The fate of a roving gambler
G+G D5D5 G+G
Is waiting down the bloodthirsty highway
G+G Fadd9Fadd9
The highway is my home, I?m a rambler
G+G D5D5 G+G
And I have to pay the devil every day
G+G Fadd9Fadd9 G+G
Now if I should owe a friend a million dollars
D5D5 G+G
He knows my guarantee is sound
G+G Fadd9Fadd9
If we should get hijacked by robbers
G+G D5D5 G+G
There?d be no big money laying all around
C majorC
Csus4Csus4 C majorC G+G
I may be gone to the devil
G+G Dm/F
But I ain?t rollin? over for you
G+G Fadd9Fadd9
If you?ve got a pistol in your pocket
G+G D5D5 G+G
I?ve got my .38 Special too
| G+G | Fadd9Fadd9 | G+G D5D5 | G+G | x2
G+G Fadd9Fadd9
Are you dancing for the payers of the piper?
G+G D5D5 G+G
Are you jumping through your party hoops for them?
G+G Fadd9Fadd9
You won?t see any nine to fivers
G+G D5D5 G+G
At the tables of my poker playing friends
G+G Fadd9Fadd9
So take your politician or your banker
G+G D5D5 G+G
Take your friendly health insurance man
G+G Fadd9Fadd9
I never met a cold hearted gambler
G+G D5D5 G+G
Could carry off a hustle like they can
C majorC
Csus4Csus4 C majorC G+G
I may be gone to the devil
G+G Dm/F
But I ain?t rollin? over for you
G+G Fadd9Fadd9
If you?ve got a pistol in your pocket
G+G D5D5 G+G
I?ve got my .38 Special too
| G+G | Fadd9Fadd9 | G+G D5D5 | G+G |
| G+G | Fadd9Fadd9 | G+G D5D5 | G+G |
| C majorC | G+G | G+G | Dm/F |
| G+G | Fadd9Fadd9 | G+G D5D5 | G+G |
| G+G |
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13. My Heart Has Never Changed
Key: G+G Major
Time: 4/4
TUNING: Dropped C majorC
CAPO: No
G..................[x0222x]
Gsus4..............[x0223x]
C..................[0x423x]
Cadd9..............[0x4230]
D5.................[2x240x]
G/B................[x4222x]
Em.................[4x4222]
| G+G Gsus4Gsus4 | x4
G+G
My car?s in for a brake job
C majorC
Be ready in a while
Something about the waitress
Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC G+G
Made me think about your smile
Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
I tip her a ten spot
G/BG/B C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
And I try to read her name
G+G D5D5
I?m just an old long hauler
G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G Gsus4Gsus4
A augmentedA grinder at the game
G+G
Heaven knows the highways
G/BG/B
Since we?ve been apart
C majorC
But my heart don?t feel like leaving
Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC G+G
Or you won?t leave my heart
Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Now and then I might take
G/BG/B C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
A augmentedA little something for pain
G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G D5D5
But there?s nothing much for heartache
C majorC D5D5
And my heart has never changed
G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G Gsus4Gsus4
My heart has never changed
| G+G Gsus4Gsus4 | G+G G/BG/B | C majorC | C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 |
| G+G Gsus4Gsus4 | G+G G/BG/B | C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 | C majorC |
| G+G Gsus4Gsus4 | D MajorD | G+G Gsus4Gsus4 | G+G G/BG/B |
C majorC
Now there?s no more rough and tumble
G+G E minorEm
Down Highway 199
Nothing lasts forever
D5D5
I just miss it sometimes
G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
She comes to pour more coffee
G/BG/B C majorC
But it?s time to see more world
I pick up my check and keys
Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
And go and pay the girl
G+G Gsus2Gsus2 G+G
My mind?s in Hell?s Half Acre
G/BG/B C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC
And the rooms along Exchange
G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G D5D5
And the scenes are always shifting
C majorC Cadd9Cadd9 C majorC D5D5
But my heart has never changed
G+G Gsus4Gsus4 G+G Gsus4Gsus4
My heart has never changed
| G+G Gsus4Gsus4 |
| G+G |
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14. Terminal of Tribute To
Key: BB Minor
Time: 4/4
CAPO: 2
C/G...................[332010]
D/A...................[x00232]
A5....................[x022xx]
E/G#..................[4x645x]
Em/G..................[3x545x]
D/F#..................[2x423x]
Dm/F..................[1x323x]
Gm/Bb.................[x1003x] or [6x878x]
Dm/B .................[x2x231]
Play intro, outro & 1st verse with bass notes only.
| A minorAm | A minorAm Am/G# | Am/GAm/G Am/F# | Am/F Am/E |
| Am/GAm/G Am/F# | Am/F Am/E | Am/GAm/G Am/F# | Am/F Am/GAm/G |
| A minorAm |
A minorAm
Am/G# Am/GAm/G Am/F# Am/F
On the road again in cabaret
Am/E Am/GAm/G Am/F# Am/F
Grey hair and Fenders
Am/E Am/GAm/G Am/F# Am/F
Old ghosts revisited today
Am/GAm/G A minorAm
No original members
A minorAm
C/GC/G D/F#D/F# FF
Pick out a pretty one and toss your hair
C majorC G+G D/AD/A FF
Seems foolish when you?re older
C majorC G+G D/AD/A FF
You always felt you never had your share
G+G A5A5
A augmentedA chip on both your shoulders
A augmentedA
E/G# Em/GEm/G D/F#D/F# Dm/F
You?ve been faking it so long
C majorC G+G D/AD/A FF
Now you don?t know right from wrong
C majorC G+G D/AD/A FF
Or what the future has in store for you
G+G A minorAm
In the terminal of tribute to
A minorAm
C/GC/G D/F#D/F# FF
Every day you take the bitter pill
C majorC G+G D/AD/A FF
The minibus driver says and you are who
C majorC G+G D/AD/A FF
You never made it and you never will
G+G A5A5
In the terminal of tribute to
C majorC G/BG/B
Where your plans are forever falling through
Gm/Bb A7A7
And your dreams are movies never shot
DmDm Dm/C
And you?re someone, a shadow passing through
Dm/B E7E7
Nobody ever knew
(A minorAm)
So nobody forgot
| A minorAm C/GC/G | D/F#D/F# D/AD/A | FF C majorC | G+G D/AD/A |
| FF C majorC | G+G D/AD/A | FF G+G |
| A minorAm | % | % |
A minorAm
C/GC/G D/F#D/F# D/AD/A FF
Your bag has fallen from the carousel
C majorC G+G D/AD/A FF
They say one day it could come back to you
C majorC G+G D/AD/A FF
Exactly when nobody can tell
G+G A5A5
In the terminal of tribute to
A augmentedA
E/G# Em/GEm/G D/F#D/F# Dm/F
You?ve been faking it so long
C majorC G+G D/AD/A FF
Now you don?t know right from wrong
C majorC G+G D/AD/A FF
Or what the future has in store for you
G+G A5A5
In the terminal of tribute to
A augmentedA
E/G# Em/GEm/G D/F#D/F# Dm/F
You?ve been faking it so long
C majorC G+G D/AD/A FF
Now you don?t know right from wrong
C majorC G+G D/AD/A FF
Or what the future has in store for you
G+G A5A5
In the terminal of tribute to
| A augmentedA E/G# | Em/GEm/G D/F#D/F# | Dm/F C majorC | G+G D/AD/A |
| FF C majorC | G+G D/AD/A | FF G+G | A5A5 |
| A minorAm Am/G# | Am/GAm/G Am/F# | Am/F Am/E |
| Am/GAm/G Am/F# | Am/F Am/E | Am/GAm/G Am/F# | Am/F Am/GAm/G |
| A minorAm |
| A minorAm Am/G# | Am/GAm/G Am/F# | Am/F |
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15. Heart of Oak
Key: B-flat Major
Time: 3/4
CAPO: 3
E minorEm C majorC G/BG/B C majorC G+G E minorEm G/DG/D CMaj7 D/F#D/F# G+G G/F#
E MajorE |---3--2-|--0-----------0-------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------||
BB |---0----|--1--x--3-----1--3----|--0-----------0-------|-----------0----------|--------0-------------||
G+G |---0----|--0--x--0-----0-------|--0-----0--------0----|--------0-----2h-0----|--0--------0----------||
D MajorD |---2----|-----x----------------|--------2-----0-------|-----2--------0-------|-----0----------------||
A augmentedA |--------|--3-----2-----3-------|----------------------|--3-------------------|----------------------||
E MajorE |--------|----------------------|--3-------------------|--------------2-------|--3-----------2-------||
E minorEm CMaj7 D/F#D/F#
And how he used to thrill the crowd
G/BG/B CMaj7 D/F#D/F# G+G
The ready eye with bat and ball
G/F# E minorEm CMaj7 D/F#D/F#
The village fighter, heavy browed
G/BG/B CMaj7 D/F#D/F# G+G
The Englishman who had it all
E minorEm C majorC G/BG/B CMaj7 D/F#D/F#
A augmentedA mighty shoulder to the wheel
C majorC G+G E minorEm CMaj7 D/F#D/F#
To join in battle with the best
G/BG/B E minorEm CMaj7 D/F#D/F#
The iron arm, the will of steel
G/BG/B CMaj7 D/F#D/F# G+G E minorEm
And heart of oak to mourn the rest
| C majorC G/BG/B C majorC | G+G E minorEm G/DG/D | CMaj7 % D/F#D/F# | G+G |
G/F# E minorEm CMaj7 D/F#D/F#
A augmentedA power harnessed to the game
G/BG/B CMaj7 D/F#D/F# G+G
Once yoked and tempered fades away
G/F# E minorEm CMaj7 D/F#D/F#
The willing arm, the steady aim
G/BG/B CMaj7 D/F#D/F# G+G
The youth and fire that won the day
E minorEm C majorC G/BG/B CMaj7 D/F#D/F#
As twilight shadows dim the field
C majorC G+G E minorEm CMaj7 D/F#D/F#
The ageing fighter stands bereft
G/BG/B E minorEm CMaj7 D/F#D/F#
With just the will to never yield
G/BG/B CMaj7 D/F#D/F# G+G E minorEm
And heart of oak to mourn what?s left
| C majorC G/BG/B C majorC | G+G E minorEm G/DG/D | CMaj7 % D/F#D/F# | G+G |
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16. Time Will End All Sorrow
Key: C majorC Major
Time: 4/4
CAPO: 5
G........................[3xx00x]
G/B......................[x2x03x]
C........................[x3xx10]
CMaj7/G..................[332000]
D/F#.....................[2x023x]
Em7......................[0x003x]
B7/F#....................[2x120x]
| G+G G/BG/B G+G C majorC G+G | C/GC/G | % | G+G % C/GC/G G+G |
| G+G G/BG/B G+G C majorC G+G | C/GC/G | % D/F#D/F# | G+G % C/GC/G G+G |
G+G G/BG/B G+G C majorC G/BG/B C/GC/G
The campfires have been lit along the river
C6C6 C majorC G+G C/GC/G G+G
You wouldn?t know of trouble anywhere
G+G G/BG/B G+G C majorC G/BG/B C/GC/G
Someone is playing a concertina
D/F#D/F# G+G C/GC/G G+G
Some old familiar air
G+G G/BG/B G+G C majorC G/BG/B C/GC/G
It takes me back into another lifetime
G+G C/GC/G G+G
Before we ever fought in fields of mud
G+G G/BG/B G+G C majorC G/BG/B C/GC/G
Where lives like autumn leaves are tossed and scattered
CMaj7/G D/F#D/F# G+G C/GC/G G+G
And lost in the swirling flood
G+G G/BG/B C majorC D/F#D/F# G+G
But how a song can heal a weary heart
C/GC/G G+G F/D# E minor 7Em7 F/D#
And bring you closer to me where I lie
E minorEm C majorC B7/F# E minorEm
A augmentedA song can heal a weary heart
C/GC/G G+G G/C G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G G+G
Time will end all sorrow by and by
G+G G/BG/B G+G C majorC G/BG/B C/GC/G
The moon is laying soft upon the water
C6C6 C majorC G+G C/GC/G G+G
Smoke comes drifting gently from the hill
G+G G/BG/B G+G C majorC G/BG/B C/GC/G
They tell us that this war will soon be over
D/F#D/F# G+G C/GC/G G+G
Maybe in another lifetime it will
G+G C/GC/G C majorC D/F#D/F# G+G
But how a song can heal a weary heart
C/GC/G G+G D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D/F#D/F#
And bring you closer to me where I lie
E minorEm C majorC B7B7 E minorEm
A augmentedA song can heal a weary heart
C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G G+G
Time will end all sorrow by and by
C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
Time will end all sorrow by and by
| G+G |
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17. Oklahoma Ponies
Key: D MajorD Major, G+G Major
Time: 2/4
CAPO: 2
C5...................[x3x01x]
G5...................[3x003x]
G5/C.................[x3003x]
Gsus4................[3x001x]
| C5C5 |
| C5C5 | F/CF/C | G5/C | C5C5 | x8
C majorC
We?re a badass band
F/CF/C C majorC
From the kick ass south
G5G5
Pizza goin? down the sofa
C majorC
A augmentedA rockin? little band
FF C majorC
Got a record out
G5/C C majorC
And buddy it?s a hit all over
C majorC
We?re a badass band
F/CF/C C majorC
From the kick ass south
C majorC Gsus4Gsus4
Cornchips in the shagpile
C majorC
We?re a? gonna punch
F/CF/C C majorC
One another in the mouth
G5G5 C majorC
They?re giving us a brand new hairstyle
C majorC FF C/GC/G
Get on down, turn ?em all around
C majorC G5G5
Kick ?em in the old cojones
C majorC FF C majorC
Gotta get on down, turn ?em all around
G5G5 C majorC
We?re the Oklahoma Ponies
C majorC C/EC/E FF C/GC/G
Get on down, turn ?em all around
C majorC G5G5
Kick ?em in the old cojones
C majorC FF C majorC
Gotta get on down, turn ?em all around
G5G5 C majorC
?Cos we?re the Oklahoma Ponies
C majorC
Now the badass boys
F/AF/A C majorC
They?re a? gonna wanna fight
C majorC G5G5
Like they do in Oklahoma
C majorC
They got a killer girl
F/AF/A FF
To dress us right
C/GC/G G5/B C majorC
And buddy do I wanna bone her
C majorC C/EC/E
We?re a badass band
FF C/GC/G
From the kick ass south
C majorC G5G5
Pizza going down the sofa
C majorC
A augmentedA rockin? little band
F/AF/A FF
With a record out
G5G5 G5/B C majorC
And buddy it?s a hit all over
C majorC C/GC/G FF C/GC/G
Get on down, turn ?em all around
C majorC F/AF/A Gsus4Gsus4 Gsus4/B
Kick ?em in the old cojones
C majorC C/EC/E FF C majorC
Gotta get on down, turn ?em all around
G5G5 G5/D C majorC
We?re the Oklahoma Ponies
C majorC C/EC/E FF C majorC
Get on down, turn ?em all around
C majorC C/EC/E G5G5
Kick?em in the old cojones
C majorC C/GC/G FF C majorC
Gotta get on down, turn ?em all around
G5G5 G5/D C majorC C/GC/G
?Cos we?re the Oklahoma Ponies
| FF F/AF/A | Bb majorBb FF | FF F/AF/A | C majorC C/GC/G |
| FF F/AF/A | Bb majorBb FF | C majorC C/GC/G | FF F/CF/C |
| FF |
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18. Hot Dog
Key: C majorC Modal
Time: 4/4
CAPO: No
C5.................[x355xx]
F5.................[133xxx]
Bb5................[x133xx]
| C5C5 | x8
C5C5
I?m coming off your cooking
C5C5
I?m coming off my food
C5C5
I?m staring down this hot dog
C5C5
And I?m in a fighting mood
F5F5 C5C5
Hot dog, it?s either your or me
C5C5 Bb5Bb5 F5F5
I guess the hot dog blues
C5C5
Got a hold on me
C5C5
Well I drink my coffee leaded
C5C5
?Til I?m good to go
C5C5 C5C5
They tell me it ain?t good for me
Maybe so
F5F5 C5C5
Hot dog, it?s either you or me
C5C5 Bb majorBb F5F5
I guess the hot dog blues
C5C5
Got a hold on me
| C5C5 | % | % | % |
| F5F5 | % | C5C5 | % |
| G5G5 | Bb majorBb F5F5 | C5C5 | % |
C5C5
Well you?re gonna give me trouble
C5C5 C5C5
I?m gonna stick around
Ain?t no hot dog
C5C5
Gonna run me out of town
F5F5 C5C5
Hot Dog, it?s either you or me
C5C5 Bb5Bb5 F5F5
I guess the hot dog blues
C5C5
Got a hold on me