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American Girl – Tom Petty

C

Well she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn’t help thinkin’ there was
A little more to life somewhere else
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
Yeah if she had to die tryin’ she
had one little promise she was gonna keep

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl

Well it was kinda cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441 like waves crashin’ on the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God it’s so painful when something that’s so close Is still so far out of reach

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl

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American Tune – Paul Simon

C

Many’s the time I’ve been mistaken and many times confused
Yes and I’ve often felt forsaken and certainly misused
Aw, but I’m alright, I’m alright, I’m just weary to my bones
Still you don’t expect to be bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home

And I don’t know a soul who’s not been battered
I don’t have a friend that feels at ease
I don’t know a dream that’s not been shattered or driven to its knees

Aw, but it’s alright, it’s alright for we lived so well so long
Still when I think of the road we’re travelin’ on
I wonder what’s gone wrong, I can’t help but wonder what’s gone wrong

And I dreamed I was dying
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly

And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea

And I dreamed I was flying
For we come on the ship they call Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the ages most uncertain hours and sing an American Tune
Aw, but it’s alright, it’s alright you can’t be forever blessed
Still tomorrow’s gonna be another working day
And I’m trying to get some rest, that’s all I’m trying to get some rest

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Amie – Pure Prairie League

c2 (A) G

I can see why you think you belong to me
I never tried to make you think, or let you see one thing for yourself
But now you’re off with someone else and I’m alone
You see I thought that I might keep you for my own

Amie, what you wanna do?
I think, I could stay with you
For a while, maybe longer if I do

Don’t you think the time is right for us to find?
All the things we thought weren’t proper could be right in time,
and can you see?
Which way we should turn together or alone
I can never see what’s right or what is wrong
(will it take to long to see)

Amie, what you wanna do?
I think, I could stay with you
For a while, maybe longer if I do

solo

Well now
Amie, what you wanna do?
I think, I could stay with you
For a while, maybe longer if I do

Now it’s come to what you want you’ve had your way
And all the things you thought before just faded into gray
and can you see;
that I don’t know if it’s you or if it’s me?
If it’s one of us I’m sure we’ll both will see
(Won’t you look at me and tell me)

Amie, what you wanna do?
I think, I could stay with you
For a while, maybe longer, longer if I do
Yeah now
Amie, what you wanna do?
I think, I could stay with you
For a while, maybe longer, longer if I do
I keep

Fallin’ in and out of love with you
Fallin’ in and out of love with you
Don’t know what I’m gonna do, I’d keep
Fallin’ in and out of love
With you

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Angel from Montgomery – John Prine

G

I am an old woman named after my mother.
My old man is another child that’s grown old.
If dreams were lightning and thunder were desire
this old house would’ve burnt down a long time ago.

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.

When I was a young girl I had me a cowboy,
He wa’rn’t much to look at, just a free ramblin’ man.
But that was a long time, and no matter how I try,
the years just flow by like a broken-down dam.

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.

There’s flies in the kitchen, I can hear all their buzzin’
but I ain’t done nothin’ since I woke up today.
But how the hell can a person go to work in the morning
come home in the evenin’ and have nothin’ to say?

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.

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Bad Moon Arising – Creedence Clearwater Revival

D

I see the bad moon a-risin’
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin’
I see bad times today

Don’t go around tonight
Well it’s bound to take your life
There’s a bad moon on the rise

I hear hurricanes a-blowin’
I know the end is comin’ soon
I fear rivers over flowin’
I hear the voice of rage and ruin

Don’t go around tonight
Well it’s bound to take your life
There’s a bad moon on the rise, alright

Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we’re in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye

Well don’t go around tonight
Well it’s bound to take your life
There’s a bad moon on the rise

Don’t come around tonight
Well it’s bound to take your life
There’s a bad moon on the rise

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Blackbird – The Beatles

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

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Blowin’ In The Wind – Bob Dylan

D

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, ‘n’ how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, ‘n’ how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they’re forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it’s washed to the sea?
Yes, ‘n’ how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?
Yes, ‘n’ how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn’t see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, ‘n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ‘n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind

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Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins

A

Well, it’s one for the money
Two for the show
Three to get ready
Now go, cat, go

But don’t you step on
My blue suede shoes
You can do anything
But lay off of my blue suede shoes

Well, you can knock me down
Step in my face
Slander my name
All over the place
And do anything
That you wanna do
But, uh-uh, Honey
Lay off of my shoes

And don’t you step on
My blue suede shoes
You can do anything
But lay off of my blue suede shoes

You can burn my house
Steal my car
Drink my liquor
From an old fruit jar
Do anything
That you wanna do
But, uh-uh, Honey
Lay off of them shoes

And don’t you step on
My blue suede shoes
You can do anything
But lay off of my blue suede shoes

Well, it’s blue, blue, blue suede shoes
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes, yeah
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes, baby
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes
You can do anything
But lay off of my blue suede shoes

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Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison

G

Hey where did we go, days when the rains came
Down in the hollow, playin’ a new game
Laughin’ and a-runnin’ hey, hey, skippin’ and a-jumpin’
In the misty mornin’ fog with, ah, our hearts thumpin’ with
you
My brown-eyed girl, you my brown-eyed girl

Whatever happened, to Tuesday is so slow
Goin’ down the old mine with a transistor radio
Standin’ in the sunlight laughin’, hidin’ behind a rainbow’s wall
Slippin’ and a-slidin’ all along the waterfall with you
My brown-eyed girl, you’re my brown-eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da (just like that)
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da, la te da

So hard to find my way, now that I’m all on my own
I saw you just the other day, my, you have grown
Cast my memory back there, Lord, sometimes I’m overcome thinkin’ about
Makin’ love in the green grass, behind the stadium with you
My brown-eyed girl,a-you’re my brown-eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da

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Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers

A

Bye bye, love.
Bye bye, happiness.
Hello, loneliness.
I think I’m a-gonna cry-y.
Bye bye, love.
Bye bye, sweet caress.
Hello, emptiness.
I feel like I could di-ie.
Bye bye, my love, goodby-ye.

There goes my baby
With-a someone new.
She sure looks happy.
I sure am blue.
She was my baby
‘Til he stepped in.

Goodbye to romance
That might have been.
Bye bye, love.
Bye bye, happiness.
Hello, loneliness.
I think I’m a-gonna cry-y.
Bye bye, love.
Bye bye, sweet caress.
Hello, emptiness.
I feel like I could di-ie.
Bye bye, my love, goodby-ye.

I’m a-through with romance.
I’m a-through with love.
I’m through with-a countin’
The stars above
And here’s reason
That I’m so free:
My lovin’ baby
Is a-through with me.

Bye bye, love.
Bye bye, happiness.
Hello, loneliness.
I think I’m a-gonna cry-y.
Bye bye, love.
Bye bye, sweet caress.
Hello, emptiness.
I feel like I could di-ie.
Bye bye, my love, goodby-ye.

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Dirty Work – Steely Dan

c2 – G C Em F / Em Am D G C F G D

Times are hard
You’re afraid to pay the fee
So you find yourself somebody
Who can do the job for free

When you need a bit of lovin’
‘Cause your man is out of town
That’s the time you get me runnin’
And you know I’ll be around

I’m a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah
I don’t wanna do your dirty work
No more
I’m a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah

Light the candle
Put the lock upon the door
You have sent the maid home early
Like a thousand times before
Like the castle in its corner
In a medieval game
I foresee terrible trouble
And I stay here just the same

I’m a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah
I don’t wanna do your dirty work
No more
I’m a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah
I’m a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah
I don’t wanna do your dirty work
No more
I’m a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah
I don’t wanna do your dirty work
No more
I’m a fool to do your dirty work
Oh yeah

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Don’t Think Twice – Bob Dylan

c5 (G) D

It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don’t matter, anyhow
An’ it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don’t know by now
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I’ll be gone
You’re the reason I’m trav’lin’ on
Don’t think twice, it’s all right

It ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
An’ it ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe
I’m on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there was somethin’ you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin’ anyway
So don’t think twice, it’s all right

It ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, gal
Like you never did before
It ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, gal
I can’t hear you any more
I’m a-thinkin’ and a-wond’rin’ all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I’m told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don’t think twice, it’s all right

I’m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where I’m bound, I can’t tell
But goodbye’s too good a word, gal
So I’ll just say fare thee well
I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don’t mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don’t think twice, it’s all right

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Dream – Everly Brothers

E

Dream, dream, dream, dream
When I want you in my arms
When I want you and all your charms
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Dream, dream, dream, dream

When I feel blue in the night
And I need you to hold me tight
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream

I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I’m dreamin’ my life away
I need you so that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Dream, dream, dream, dream

I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I’m dreamin’ my life away
I need you so that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Dream, dream, dream, dream
Dream, dream, dream, dream

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Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash

E

I hear the train a comin’
It’s rolling round the bend
And I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when,
I’m stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin’ on
But that train keeps a rollin’ on down to San Antone

When I was just a baby my mama told me son,
Always be a good boy, don’t ever play with guns.
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry

Suey!

I bet there’s rich folks eating in a fancy dining car
They’re probably drinkin’ coffee and smoking big cigars.
Well I know I had it coming, I know I can’t be free
But those people keep a movin’
And that’s what tortures me

Suey!

Well if they freed me from this prison,
If that railroad train was mine
I bet I’d move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom prison, that’s where I want to stay
And I’d let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away

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Free Falling – Tom Petty

c3 (F) D

She’s a good girl, loves her mama.
Loves Je-sus, and America too.
Shes a good girl, crazy ’bout Elvis
Loves hor- ses, and her boy-friend too, yeah yeah.

It’s a long day living in Reseda.
There’s a free- way runnin’ through the yard.
I’m a bad boy ’cause I don’t even miss her.
I’m a bad boy for breakin’ her heart.

And I’m free,
Free fallin’, fallin’
And I’m free,
Free fallin’, fallin’

All the vampires walkin’ through the valley.
They move west down Ventura Boule-vard.
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows.
And the good girls are home with broken hearts.

And I’m free,
Free fallin’, fallin’
And I’m free,
Free fallin’, fallin’

Free fallin’ now. Free fallin’, now
Free fallin’ now. Free fallin’, now
Free fallin’ now. Free fallin’, now
Free fallin’ now. Free fallin’, now

I wanna glide down over Mul- holland.
I wanna write her, her name in the sky.
I wanna free fall out into nothin’.
Oh, I’m gonna leave this, this world for a while.

Now I’m free,
Free fallin’, fallin’
Now I’m free,
Free fallin’, fallin’

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Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac

c4 (F3) D

Loving you, isn’t the right thing to do
How can I, ever change things that I feel?
If I could, baby I’d give you my world
How can I, when you won’t take it from me?

You can go your own way, go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
You can go your own way, go your own way

Tell me why, everything turned around?
Packing up, shacking up is all you wanna do
If I could, baby I’d give you my world
Open up, everything’s waiting for you

[Chorus]

You can go your own way, go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
You can go your own way go your own way

You can go your own way, go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
You can go your own way, go your own way
You can call it another lonely day

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Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen (Jeff Buckley)

G

I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do ya?
Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jaaah

Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight over threw ya
She tied you to the kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jaaah

You say I took the name in vain
I don’t even know the name
But if I did, well really, what’s it to ya’
There’s a blaze of light in every word
It doesn’t matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jaaah

I did my best, it wasn’t much
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool ya
And even though it all went wrong
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jaaah

Baby I’ve been here before
I’ve seen this room and I’ve walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew ya
I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
But love is not a victory march
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jaaah

Well there was a time when you let me know
What’s really going on below
But now you never show that to me do ya?
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-u-u-u-jaaah

And every breath we drew was hallelujah
Well, maybe there’s a god above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
It’s not a cry that you hear at night
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah

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Handle Me With Care – Travelling Wilburys

D

Been beat up and battered ’round,
been sent up, and I’ve been shot down
You’re the best thing that I’ve ever found;
handle me with care
Reputations changeable,
situations tolerable
But baby, you’re adorable;
handle me with care

I’m so tired of being lonely,
I still have some love to give
Won’t you show me that you really care

Everybody’s, got somebody, to lean on
Put your body, next to mine, and dream on

I’ve been fobbed off, and I’ve been fooled,
I’ve been robbed and ridiculed
In day care centers and night schools;
handle me with care

Been stuck in airports, terrorized,
sent to meetings, hypnotized
Overexposed, commercialized;
handle me with care

I’m so tired of being lonely,
I still have some love to give
Won’t you show me that you really care

Everybody’s, got somebody, to lean on
Put your body, next to mine, and dream on

I’ve been uptight and made a mess,
but I’ll clean it up myself, I guess
Oh, the sweet smell of success;
handle me with care

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Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles

c7 (A) D

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And i say it’s all right

Little dar – ling, its been a long, cold, lonely winter
Little dar – ling it feels like years since its been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And i say it’s all right

Little dar – ling, the smile’s returning to their faces,
Little dar – ling, it seems like years since its been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And i say it’s all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Little dar – ling, i feel that ice is slowly melting,
Little dar – ling, it seems like years since its been clear

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And i say it’s all right

Here comes the sun.
Here comes the sun
And i say it’s all right

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Hey Jude – The Beatles

D

Hey Jude, don’t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart, then you can start to make it better

Hey Jude, don’t be afraid, you were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin, then you begin to make it better

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain, don’t carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder
Da da da da da da da da

Hey Jude, don’t let me down, you have found her, now go and get her
Remember to let her into your heart, then you can start to make it better

So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin, you’re waiting for someone to perform with
And don’t you know that it’s just you, hey Jude, you’ll do, the movement you need is on your shoulders
[Interlude]

Da da da da da da da da

[Verse]Hey Jude, don’t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her under your skin, then you begin to make it better

[Outro]

Na na na na na na na na na na na, hey Jude
Na na na na na na na na na na na, hey Jude
Na na na na na na na na na na na, hey Jude

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Hey Ya – Outkast

c4 (E) C

My baby don’t mess around because she loves me so, and this I know for sure
But does she really wanna, but can’t stand to see me walk out the door
I can’t stand to fight the feeling, cause the thought alone is killing me right now
Thank god for mom and dad for sticking two together, cause we don’t know how

And hey ya, hey ya, hey ya, hey ya
You think you got it, oh you think you got it, but God I just don’t get it, till there’s nothing at all
We get together, oh we get together, but separate’s always better, when there’s feelings involved
If what they say that nothing is forever, oh then what makes, then what makes, then what makes
Then what makes, what makes love the exception
So why, oh why oh, why oh why oh why oh, are we so in denial when we know we’re not happy here

And hey ya, hey ya, and hey ya, hey ya
And hey ya, hey ya, and hey ya, hey ya
Alright now fellas, you’re oh what’s cooler than being cool
I can’t hear you, now, now, now, I say what’s cooler than being cool
And alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright now

Ladies, yeah we’re gonna break it down in just a few seconds here
Don’t make me break it down for nothing, I wanna see you all on your alls baddest behaviour
Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbour

Shake it, shake, shake it, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it, shake it, shake it
Shake, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it
Shake, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it, shake, shake, shake it, shake it, shake it
Shake, shake, shake it, shake it like a Polaroid Picture now
But shake it, oh now sh, oh I said shake it up
Shake it oh now, oh now shake it up
Oh I said shake it oh now now, oh now shake it up
And shake it up, oh now shake it up

And hey ya, hey ya, and hey ya, hey ya ooh no oh
Hey ya, hey ya ooh oh oh, hey ya, hey ya ooh oh
And hey ya, and hey ya

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Ho Hey – The Lumineers

c3 (Bb) G

I’ve been trying to do it right, Hey, I’ve been living a lonely life
Ho, I’ve been sleeping here instead, Hey, I’ve been sleeping in my bed
Ho, I’ve been sleeping in my bed, Hey, Ho

So show me family, Hey, all the blood that I would bleed
Ho, I don’t know where I belong, Hey, I don’t know where I went wrong
Ho, but I can write a song, Hey, two, three

I belong with you, you belong with me, you’re my sweet–heart
I belong with you, you belong with me, you’re my sweet

Ho, Hey, Ho, Hey

Ho!, I don’t think you’re right for him, Hey, look at what it might have been if you
Ho, took a bus to Chinatown, Hey, I’ve been standing on Canal
Ho, and Bowery, Hey
Ho, and she’d be standing next to me, Hey, two, three

I belong with you, you belong with me, you’re my sweet–heart
I belong with you, you belong with me, you’re my sweet–heart
And love, we need it now, let’s hope for some
‘Cause oh, we’re bleeding out

I belong with you, you belong with me, you’re my sweet–heart
I belong with you, you belong with me you’re my sweet
Ho, Hey, Ho, Hey!

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Hound Dog – Elvis Presley

A

You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog
cryin’ all the time.
You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog
cryin’ all the time.
Well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit
and you ain’t no friend of mine.

When they said you was high classed,
well, that was just a lie.
When they said you was high classed,
well, that was just a lie.
You ain’t never caught a rabbit
and you ain’t no friend of mine.

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House Of The Rising Sun – The Animals

Am

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the “Rising Sun”
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know, I’m one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gambling man
Down in New Orleans.

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time, he’s satisfied,
Is when he’s on a drunk

O, mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I’m going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the “Rising Sun”
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know, I’m one

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I Want You To Want Me – Cheap Trick

E

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I’d love you to love me
I’m beggin’ you to beg me
I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I’d love you to love me

I’ll shine up my old brown shoes
I’ll put on a brand new shirt
I’ll get home early from work
If you say that you love me

Didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I
See you cryin’ (cryin, cryin’)
Oh, didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I
See you cryin’ (cryin, cryin’)
Feelin’ all alone without a friend
You know you feel like dyin’ (dyin’, dyin’)
Oh, didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I
See you cryin’ (cryin’, cryin’)

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I’d love you to love me
I’m beggin’ you to beg me

I’ll shine up my old brown shoes
I’ll put on a brand new shirt
I’ll get home early from work
If you say that you love me

Didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I
See you cryin’ (cryin, cryin’)
Oh, didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I
See you cryin’ (cryin, cryin’)
Feelin’ all alone without a friend
You know you feel like dyin’ (dyin’, dyin’)

Oh, didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I
See you cryin’ (cryin’, cryin’)
Feelin’ all alone without a friend
You know you feel like dyin’ (dyin’, dyin’)
Oh, didn’t I, didn’t I, didn’t I
See you cryin’ (cryin’, cryin’)

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I’d love you to love me
I’m beggin’ you to beg me

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I’ve Just Seen a Face – The Beatles

G

I’ve just seen a face,
I can’t forget the time or place
Where we just met.
She’s just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see
We’ve met, mmm-mmm-mmm-m’mmm-mmm.

Had it been another day
I might have looked the other way
And I’d have never been aware.
But as it is I’ll dream of her
Tonight, di-di-di-di’n’di.

Falling, yes I am falling,
And she keeps calling
Me back again.

I have never known
The like of this, I’ve been alone
And I have missed things
And kept out of sight
But other girls were never quite
Like this, mmm-mmm-mmm-m’mmm

Falling, yes I am falling,
And she keeps calling
Me back again.
Falling, yes I am falling,
And she keeps calling
Me back again.

(break)
I’ve just seen a face,
I can’t forget the time or place
Where we just met.
She’s just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see
We’ve met, mmm-mmm-mmm-di’n’di

Falling, yes I am falling,
And she keeps calling
Me back again.
Oh, falling, yes I am falling,
And she keeps calling
Me back again.

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If I Needed Someone – Beatles

G

If I needed someone to love
You’re the one that I’d be thinking of
If I needed someone

If I had some more time to spend
Then I guess I’d be with you, my friend
If I needed someone

Had you come some other day
Then it might not have been like this
But you see now I’m too much in love

Carve your number on my wall
And maybe you will get a call from me
If I needed someone

Ah, ah, ah, ah

If I had some more time to spend
Then I guess I’d be with you, my friend
If I needed someone

Had you come some other day
Then it might not have been like this
But you see now I’m too much in love

Carve your number on my wall
And maybe you will get a call from me
If I needed someone

Ah, ah

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In My Life – The Beatles

G

There are places I’ll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I’ve loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I’ll never lose affection

For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

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Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry

A

Way down Louisiana close to New Orleans,
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens…
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,
Where lived a country boy name of johnny b. goode…
He never ever learned to read or write so well,
But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell.

Go go
Go johnny go
Go go
Johnny b. goode

He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track.
Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade,
Playing to the rhythm that the drivers made.
People passing by would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play

His mama told him someday he would be a man,
And he would be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear him play his music when the sun go down
Maybe someday his name would be in lights
Saying johnny b. goode tonight

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Lawyers, Guns and Money – Warren Zevon

G

I went home with a waitress,
the way I always do
How was I to know?
She was with the Russians too

I was gambling in Havana,
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns, and money,
and get me out of this

I’m the innocent bystander,
but somehow I got stuck
Between a rock and a hard place,
and I m down on my luck
Yes, I m down on my luck,
yes, I m down on my luck

I’m hiding in Honduras,
I’m a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns, and money,
the shit has hit the fan

Send lawyers, guns, and money, huh
Send lawyers, guns, and money, huh
Send lawyers, guns, and money, hey
Send lawyers, guns, and money, oh

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Look at Miss Ohio – Gillian Welch

c5 (Bb) F

Oh me oh my oh, look at Miss Ohio
She’s a-running around with her rag-top down
She says I want to do right but not right now

Gonna drive to Atlanta and live out this fantasy
Running around with the rag-top down
Yeah I want to do right but not right now

Had your arm around her shoulder, a regimental soldier
An’ mamma starts pushing that wedding gown
Yeah you want to do right but not right now
Oh me oh my oh, would ya look at Miss Ohio
She’s a-runnin’ around with the rag-top down
She says I want to do right but not right now

I know all about it, so you don’t have to shout it
I’m gonna straighten it out somehow
Yeah I want to do right but not right now

Oh me oh my oh, look at Miss Ohio
She a-runnin’ around with her rag-top down
She says I want to do right , but not right now
Oh I want to do right but not right now

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Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard – Paul Simon

A

Mama Pajama rolled out of bed
and she ran to the police station
When the papa found out he began to shout
and that’s what started the investigation

But it’s against the law, it was against the law
What the mama saw, was against the law

Well the mama looks down and she spit on the ground
Every time my name gets mentioned
And the papa says “Oy, when I get that boy
I’m gonna stick him in the house of detention!”

[Chorus]

And I’m on my way, I don’t know where I’m going
I’m on my way, takin’ my time but I don’t know where
Goodbye to Rosie, Queen of Corona
See you, me, and Julio down by the schoolyard
See you, me, and Julio down by the schoolyard

In a couple of days they come and take me away
But the press let the story leak
And when the radical priest come and get me released
We’s all on the cover of Newsweek.

[Chorus]

And I’m on my way, I don’t know where I’m going
I’m on my way, takin’ my time but I don’t know where
Goodbye to Rosie, Queen of Corona
See you, me, and Julio down by the schoolyard
See you, me, and Julio down by the schoolyard
See you, me, and Julio down by the schoolyard

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Never Going Back Again – Fleetwood Mac

c5 (G) Drop D

She broke down and let me in
Made me see where I’ve been

CHORUS

Been down one time
Been down two times
I’m never going back again

BREAK

You don’t know what it means to win
Come down and see me again

CHORUS

Been down one time
Been down two times
I’m never going back again

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Not Fade Away – Petty/Hardin

E

I’m gonna tell you how it’s gonna be
You’re gonna give your love to me
I’m gonna love you night and day
Well love is love and not fade away
Well love is love and not fade away

My love bigger than a cadillac
I try to show it and you’re drivin’ me back
Your love for me has got to be real
For you to know just how i feel
Love is real and not fade away
Well love is real and not fade away

I’m gonna tell you how it’s gonna be
You’re gonna give your love to me
Love to last more than one day
Well love is love and not fade away
Well love is love and not fade away
Well love is love and not fade away
Love, love is love and not fade away
Not fade away
Not fade away

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Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly

G

If you knew Peggy Sue, then you’d know why I feel blue
About Peggy, ’bout Peggy Sue
Oh, well, I love you gal, yes, I love you Peggy Sue.

Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue, Oh how my heart years for you
Oh, Pa-he-ggy, my Pa-he-ggy Sue;
Oh, well, I love you gal, and I love you Peggy Sue.

Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, Peggy Sue,
Oh, my Peggy, my Peggy Sue
Oh, well, I love you gal, and I need you, Peggy Sue.

I love you Peggy Sue, with a love so rare and true,
Oh, Peggy, My Peggy Sue
Oh, well, I love you gal, yes, I want you, Peggy Sue.

Instrumental break

Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, Peggy Sue,
Oh, my Peggy, my Peggy Sue
Oh, well, I love you gal, and I need you, Peggy Sue.

I love you Peggy Sue, with a love so rare and true,
Oh, Peggy, My Peggy Sue
Oh, well, I love you gal, yes, I want you, Peggy Sue.
Oh, well, I love you gal, yes, I want you, Peggy Sue.

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Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash

D

Love Is A Burning Thing
And It Makes A Fiery Ring
Bound By Wild Desire
I Fell Into A Ring Of Fire

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher
And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire, The Ring Of Fire

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher
And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire, The Ring Of Fire

The Taste Of Love Is Sweet
When Hearts Like Ours Meet
I Fell For You Like A Child
Ohh, But The Fire Went Wild

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher
And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire, The Ring Of Fire

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So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star – The Byrds

C

So you want to be a rock and roll star?
Then listen now to what I say
Just get an electric guitar
Then take some time and learn how to play
And with your hair swung right
And your pants too tight, it’s gonna be all right

Then it’s time to go downtown
Where the agent man won’t let you down
Sell your soul to the company
Who are waiting there to sell plastic ware
And in a week or two if you make the charts
The girls’ll tear you apart

The price you paid for your riches and fame
Was it all a strange game? You’re a little insane
The money, the fame, and the public acclaim
Don’t forget what you are, you’re a rock and roll star

La, la la la la la, la la la la la la
La la la la la

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The Waiting – Tom Petty

c4 (E) C

Oh baby, don’t it feel like heaven right now?
Don’t it feel like somethin’ from a dream?
Yeah, I’ve never known nothing quite like this
Don’t it feel like tonight might never be again?
Baby, we know better than to try and pretend
Honey, no one could have ever told me ’bout this
I said, yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part

Well yeah, I might have chased a couple of women around
All it ever got me was down
Yeah, then there were those that made me feel good
But never as good as I feel right now
Baby, you’re the only one that’s ever known how
To make me wanna live like I wanna live now
I said, yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you get one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part

Oh, don’t let it kill you, baby, don’t let it get to you
Don’t let ’em kill you, baby, don’t let ’em get to you
I’ll be your bleedin’ heart, I’ll be your cryin’ fool
Don’t let this go too far, don’t let it get to you
Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you get one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
Yeah, the waiting is the hardest part
Ooh
Is the hardest part
Ooh
Is the hardest part

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Two of Us – Beatles

G

Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone’s hard-earned pay.
You and me Sunday driving, not arriving
On our way back home
We’re on our way home
We’re on our way home
We’re going home.

Two of us sending postcards
Writing letters on my wall
You and me burning matches, lifting latches
On our way back home
We’re on our way home
We’re on our way home
We’re going home.

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun.
You and me chasing paper, getting nowhere
On our way back home
We’re on our way home
We’re on our way home
We’re going home.

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun.
You and me chasing paper, getting nowhere
On our way back home
We’re on our way home
We’re on our way home
We’re going home.

[we’re going home, better believe it, goodbye]

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Wake Up Little Susie – Everly Brothers

D

Wake up little Susie, wake up
Wake up little Susie, wake up
We both been sound asleep, wake up little Susie and weep
The movie’s over, it’s four o’clock and we’re in trouble deep
Wake up little Susie, wake up little Susie

Well, what’re we gonna tell your mamma?
What’re we gonna tell your pa?
What’re we gonna tell our friends when they say “ooh la la”?
Wake up little Susie, wake up little Susie

Well I told your momma that you’d be in by ten
Well now Susie baby looks like we goofed again
Wake up little Susie, wake up little Susie, we gotta go home

Wake up little Susie, wake up
Wake up little Susie, wake up
The movie wasn’t so hot, it didn’t have much of a plot
We fell asleep, our goose is cooked, our reputation is shot
Wake up little Susie, wake up little Susie…

Well, what’re we gonna tell your mamma?
What’re we gonna tell your pa?
What’re we gonna tell our friends when they say “ooh la la”?
Wake up little Susie, wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie

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Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show

c2 (A) G

Headin’ down south to the land of the pines
I’m thumbin’ my way into North Caroline
Starin’ up the road and pray to God I see headlights

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Pickin’ me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I’m a-hopin’ for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight

So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey… mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound train
Hey… mama rock me

Runnin’ from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now

Oh, north country winters keep a-gettin’ me down
Lost my money playin’ poker, so I had to leave town
But I ain’t a-turnin’ back to livin’ that old life no more

So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey… mama rock me
Yeah, rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound train
Hey… mama rock me

Walkin’ to the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly, had a nice long toke
But he’s a-headin’ west from the Cumberland Gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee

And I gotta get a move on before the sun
I hear my baby callin’ my name and I know that she’s the only one
And if I died in Raleigh, at least I will die free

So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey… mama rock me

Oh, rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound train
Hey… mama rock me
So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel

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What’s So Funny About Peace, Love And Understanding – Nick Lowe

c5 (G) D

As I walk through this wicked world
Searching for light in the darkness of insanity
I ask myself, is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred and misery?

And each time I feel like this inside
There’s one thing I want to know
Oh, what’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding?

And as I walk on through troubled times
My spirit gets so down-hearted sometimes
So where are the strong?
And who are the trusted
And where is that harmony? Sweet harmony

‘Cause each time I feel it slipping away
Just makes me want to cry

What’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding?
Oh, what’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding?
So where are the strong?
And who are the trusted?
And where is that harmony? Sweet harmony

‘Cause each time I feel it slipping away
Just makes me want to cry
Oh, what’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding
Oh, what’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding

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When I’m Sixty-Four – Beatles

C

When I get older losing my hair,
Many years from now.
Will you still be sending me a Valentine.
Birthday greetings bottle of wine.
If I’d been out ’till quarter to three.
Would you lock the door.
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I’m sixty-four.

You’ll be older too,
And if I say the word,
I could stay with you.

I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone.
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday morning go for a ride,
Doing the garden, digging the weeds,
Who could ask for more.
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I’m sixty-four.

Every summer we can rent a cottage,
In the Isle of Wight, if it’s not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck & Dave

Send me a postcard, drop me a line,
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I’m sixty-four.

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Wildflowers – Tom Petty

c4 (A) F

You belong among the wildflowers
You belong in a boat out at sea
Sail away, kill off the hours
You belong somewhere you feel free

Run away, find you a lover
Go away, somewhere all bright and new
I have seen no other,
who compares with you

You belong among the wildflowers
You belong in a boat out at sea
You belong with your love on your arm
You belong somewhere you feel free

Run away, go find a lover
Run away, let your heart be your guide
You deserve the deepest of cover
You belong in that home by and by

You belong among the wildflowers
You belong somewhere close to me
Far away from your trouble and worry
You belong somewhere you feel free

You belong somewhere you feel free

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Wild World – Cat Stevens

Am

Now that I’ve lost everything to you
You say you wanna start something new
And it’s breaking my heart you’re leaving
Baby, I’m grievin’
But if you want to leave, take good care
Hope you have a lot of nice things to wear
But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
It’s hard to get by just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
I’ll always remember you like a child, girl

You know I’ve seen a lot of what the world can do
And it’s breaking my heart in two
Because I never want ot see you sad, girl
Don’t be a bad girl
But if you want to leave take good care
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember theres a lot of bad, and beware

Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
It’s hard to get by just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
I’ll always remember you like a child, girl

Baby I love you
But if you want to leave take good care
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember theres a lot of bad and beware

Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
It’s hard to get by just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
I’ll always remember you like a child, girl

Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
It’s hard to get by just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
I’ll always remember you like a child, girl

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Yer So Bad – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Am

My sister got lucky, married a yuppie
Took him for all he was worth
Now she’s a swinger dating a singer
I can’t decide which is worse

But not me baby, I’ve got you to save me
Oh, yer so bad, best thing I ever had
In a world gone mad, yer so bad

My sister’s ex-husband can’t get no lovin’
Walks around dog-faced and hurt
Now he’s got nothin’, head in the oven
I can’t decide which is worse

But not me baby, I’ve got you to save me
Oh, yer so bad, best thing I ever had
In a world gone mad, yer so bad
Oh, but not me baby, I’ve got you to save me
Oh, yer so bad, best thing I ever had
In a world gone mad, yer so bad
Oh, yer so bad, best thing I ever had
In a world gone mad, yer so bad

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Yesterday – The Beatles

c1 (C#) C

Yesterday
All my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly
I’m not half the man I used to be
There’s a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go
I don’t know, she wouldn’t say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go
I don’t know, she wouldn’t say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, hmm-hmm

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You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The Rolling Stones

c2 (A) G

I saw her today at a reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she would meet her connection
At her feet was her footloose man

No, you can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
And if you try sometime, you might find
You get what you need ahhhhhhah yeah

And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
Singing, “We’re gonna vent our frustration
If we don’t we’re gonna blow a 50-amp fuse”
Sing it to me now…

You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
And if you try sometime, you might find
You get what you need ahhhhhhah yeah

I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
And man, did he look pretty ill
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was “dead”
I said to him

You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
And if you try sometime, you might find
You get what you need ahhhhhhah yeah
Oh yes! Woo!

You get what you need–yeah, oh baby!
Oh yeah!

I saw her today at the reception
In her glass was a bleeding man
She was practiced at the art of deception
Well I could tell by her blood-stained hands

You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
And if you try sometime, you might find
You get what you need

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You’ve Got A Friend – Carole King

G

When you’re down and troubled and you need a helping hand,
and nothing, oh, nothing is going right,
close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
to brighten up even your darkest night.

You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am,
I’ll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you got to do is call
and I’ll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You’ve got a friend.

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds,
and that old north wind should begin to blow,
keep your head together and call my name out loud.
Soon I’ll be knocking upon your door.

You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am,
I’ll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you got to do is call
and I’ll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You’ve got a friend.

Hey ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend when
people can be so cold.
They’ll hurt you and desert you.
Well, they’ll take your soul if you let them.
Oh yeah, but don’t you let them.

You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am,
I’ll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you got to do is call
and I’ll be there, yes I will.
You’ve got a friend. You’ve got a friend.
Ain’t it good to know you’ve got a friend?
Ain’t it good to know you’ve got a friend?
Oh, yeah, yeah. You’ve got a friend.

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You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away – The Beatles

G

Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she’s gone I can’t go on
Feelin’ two-foot small

Everywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say

Hey, you’ve got to hide your love away
Hey, you’ve got to hide your love away

How can I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I’m in

How could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather ’round all you clowns
Let me hear you say

Hey, you’ve got to hide your love away
Hey, you’ve got to hide your love away

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