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Pauline Cheng is Jack's sister
Us. Well, Julie's finger and me bouncing around. Taken in Jamaica Plain, 2001
On Friday, August 17, we're going to have a campfire singalong that I like to refer to as "The Hootenanny."
I would like to post a few song lyrics and chords on this site so that we can all learn words and chords and even figure out licks and then sing together around the fire. Html is not the best way to print things out, so I recommend cutting and pasting this stuff to a word processor and printing that way.
Don't play an instrument? So what? Use a drum, sing the bass line, clap your hands. I should point out that the Hootenanny is not entertainment--it's recreation. In other words, no listening unless you join in!
Send me your suggestions of songs to sing. If they are easy to play and are not depressing break-up songs, they will receive more consideration.
My current picks:
My Girl
Lola, The Kinks
Proud Mary, CCR
Can't Always Get What You Want, Rolling Stones
Like a Hurricane, Neil Young
Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen (Liz's pick)
Gilligan's Island Theme (Pauline's)
Honky Tonk Women (For Julie's cowbell)
Venus, Bananarama (you know, the cover--who did the original?)
Passionate Kisses, Lucinda Williams (you may know Mary Chapin Carpenter's version)
Can't help falling in love, Elvis
If I had $1,000,000, Barenaked Ladies
I Saw Her Standing There, The Beatles
Feel Like Making Love, Bad Company
Satellite of Love, Lou Reed
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My Girl by Smokie Robinson and Ronald Wright
Verse
C
I've got sunshine
F C
on cloudy day
F C
When it's cold outside
F C F
I've got the month of May
Chorus
C Dm F G
I guess you say
C Dm F G
what can make me feel this way?
C
My girl
F G7 F
talking about my girl
Verse
C
I've got so much honey
F C
the bees envy me
F C
I've got a sweeter song
F C F
Than the birds in the tree
Chorus
C Dm F G
I guess you say
C Dm F G
what can make me feel this way?
C
My girl
F G7 F
talking about my girl
Verse
C
I don't need no money
F C
fortune or fame
F C
I've got all the riches baby
F C F
one man can claim
Chorus
C Dm F G
I guess you say
C Dm F G
what can make me feel this way?
C
My girl
F G7 F
talking about my girl
Lola by Ray DaviesC D E E I met her in a club down in old Soho A D E Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry Cola A C-O-L-A Cola E She walked up to me and she asked me to dance A D E I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola A D C D E L-O-L-A Lola la-la-la-la Lola Well I'm not the world's most physical guy But when she sqeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand Why she walked like a woman but talked like a man Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola CHORUS #1: B Well we drank champagne and danced all night F#m Under electric candlelight A She picked me up and sat me on her knee B7 And said "Dear boy, won't you come home with me?" E Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola E A D C D E Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola BRIDGE: A C#m B A C#m B I pushed her away, I walked to the door A C#m B E G#m C#m I fell to the floor, I got down on my knees B Then I looked at her and she at me Well that's the way that I want it to stay And I always want it to be that way for my Lola La-la-la-la Lola Girl will be boys and boys will be girls It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola La-la-la-la Lola CHORUS #2: Well I left home just a week before And I'd never ever kissed a woman before But Lola smiled and took me by the hand And said "Dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man" Well I'm not the world's most masculine man But I know what I am and I'm glad that I'm a man And so is Lola La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Can someone sing me the bridge sometime? I don't remember how it goes after "fell to the floor". Bonus: Yoda
Proud Mary by John Fogerty Riff: C C C A A A G C C C A A A G C C C A G F F F F F D Verse: D (the whole way through) Left a good job in the city workin' for the man ev'ry night and day and I never lost one minute of sleepin' worryin' 'bout the way thing might have been [Canadians: That's 'bin', not 'bean'] Bridge: A Big wheel a keep on turnin' Bm Proud Mary keep on burnin' Chorus D Rollin' [rollin'] Rollin' [rollin'] Rollin' down the river Verse: D Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans but I never saw the good side of the city till I hitched a ride on a river boat queen Bridge: A Big wheel a keep on turnin' Bm Proud Mary keep on burnin' Chorus D Rollin' [rollin'] Rollin' [rollin'] Rollin' down the river Riff: C C C A A A G C C C A A A G C C C A G F F F F F D Verse: D If you go down to the river, bet you're gonna find some people who live You don't have to worry 'cause you got not money, people on the river are happy to give. Bridge: A Big wheel a keep on turnin' Bm Proud Mary keep on burnin' Chorus D Rollin' [rollin'] Rollin' [rollin'] Rollin' down the river Repeat Chorus
Can't Always Get What You Want by Jagger/Richards
Figure out a harmony line in the chorus and
get ready to belt it out!
C F
Saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she was gonna meet her connection
At her feet was a footloose man
Chorus
C F
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
D F
but if you try sometimes you might find
C
you get what you need
F
oh yeah!
I went down to the Chelsea Drugstore
to get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mister Jimmy
and man, did he look ill (I said to him:)
Chorus
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
Chorus
Like a Hurricane by Neil Young Canadian content! Verse Am Once I thought I saw you G In a crowded hazy bar F Dancing on the light from star to star Em G Am Far across the moonbeams G I know that's who you are F I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire Em G Chorus C G F G You are like a hurricane C G F G There's calm in your eye C G F G And I'm getting blown away F There's somewhere safer where the feelings stay I wanna love you but I'm getting blown away Am G F Em G Verse2 I am just a dreamer but you are just a dream and you could have been any one to me Before that moment you touched my lips that perfect feeling when time just slips away between us and our foggy trips Chorus Verse 3 You are just a dreamer but I am just a dream and you could have been any one to me Before that moment you touched my lips that perfect feeling when time just slips away between us and our foggy trips Chorus (Rock out!)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Freddie Mercury Verse1: D This thing called love G I just C G can't handle it this thing D called love G I must C G get round to it. I ain't D ready Bb C D Crazy little thing called love Verse2: D This thing [this thing] called love [called love] G It cries [like a baby] C G in a cradle all night, it swings [woo woo] D it jives [woo woo] G it shakes all over like C G a jelly fish. I kinda D like it Bb C D Crazy little thing called love Bridge Tacet G There goes my ba-a-by C she knows how to rock 'n' roll G Bb she drives me crazy She gives me E A hot and cold fever, then she F leaves me in a cool cool sweat [Instr: d c# c, a g# g] E [triplets] A I gotta be cool D G re-lax get hip C get on my tracks G D take a back seat hitch hike G and take a long ride on my C G motorbike until I'm D ready [ready Freddie] Bb C D Crazy little thing called love Repeat Verse1 Repeat: Bb C D Crazy little thing called love
Honky Tonk Women by Jagger/Richards G C I met a gin soaked bar room queen in Memphis G A D She tried to take me upstairs for a ride G C She had to heave me right across her shoulder G D G 'Cause I just can't seem to drink you off my mind Chorus G D G It's the Honky Tonk Women G D7 G Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues I laid a divorcee in New York City I had to put up some kind of a fight The lady then she covered me in roses She blew my nose and then she blew my mind Chorus Instr.Verse Chorus Yee Haw!
Venus by Shocking Blue (Thanks, Andrew!)This song is built on a "vamp" (how appropriate). Just go back and forth--you'll remember it. Vamp Em-A Goddess on a mountain top Burning like a silver flame Summit of beauty and love Riff and Venus was her name Bridge: Vamp Am-D She's got it Em-A Yeah baby she's got it Chorus C I'm your Venus B Vamp Em-A I'm your fire, your desire Her weapons are her crystal eyes Making every man go mad Black as the dark night she was Had what no one else had Bridge Chorus Chorus Repeat Verse 1 Bridge Chorus Chorus (shout Chorus until you're hoarse)
Passionate Kisses by Lucinda Williams
Originally a few frets up but we'll leave the
capos at home, I guess
C G
Is it too much to ask?
Am F
I want a comfortable bed that won't hurt my back
C G
Food to fill me up
Am F
And warm clothes and all that stuff
Bridge
C Em7
Shouldn't I have that?
Am7
Shouldn't I have that?
F
Shouldn't I have all of that and...
Chorus
C F
Passionate Kisses
C F
Passionate Kisses (whoa-oh-oh-oh)
C F C G Am F
Passionate Kisses from you
Is it much to demand?
I want a full house and a rock and roll band
Pens that won't run out of ink
And cool quiet and time to think
Bridge
Chorus
Did I ask too much?
Am I going overboard to want that touch?
I shouted out to the night:
Give me what I deserve, cuz it's my right
Bridge
Chorus
Chorus
Can't Help Falling in Love
F Am Dm
Wise men say
Bb F C7
Only fools rush in
Bb C7 F
But I Can't Help
Gm F C7 F
Falling in Love with You
Should I stay?
Would it be a sin?
When I Can't Help
Falling in Love with You
Bridge
Am E7
Like a river flows
Am E7
Surely to the sea
Am E7
Darling so it goes
Am D7
Some things were meant to be
Take my hand
Take my whole life, too
Cause I can't Help
Falling in Love with you
No I Can't Help
Falling in Love with you
If I had $1,000,000 by Page and Robertson
G D C C
If I had a million dollars (If I had a $1,000,000)
I would buy you a house (I would buy you a house)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a $1,000,000)
I'd buy you furniture for your house
(maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a $1,000,000)
I would buy you a K Car (A nice Reliant automobile)
If I had a million dollars
I'd buy your love
Chorus
C D G Em
If I had a $1,000,000 I'd build a treefort in your yard
If I had a $1,000,000 You could help it wouldn't be that hard
If I had a $1,000,000 We could have a little tiny fridge in there..
If I had a million dollars (If I had a $1,000,000)
I would buy you a fur coat
(but not a real fur coat--that's cruel)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a $1,000,000)
I would buy you John Merrick's remains
(ooh all those crazy elephant bones)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a $1,000,000)
I would buy you a monkey (haven't you always wanted a monkey?)
If I had a million dollars
I'd buy your love
Chorus
C D G Em
If I had a $1,000,000 We wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I had a $1,000,000 We'd take a limousine cuz it costs more
If I had a $1,000,000 We wouldn't have to eat Kraft dinner
(But we would--I think we'd eat more)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a $1,000,000)
I would buy you a green dress
(but not a real green dress--that's cruel)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a $1,000,000)
I would buy you an exotic pet (Yep, like a llama or an emu)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a $1,000,000)
I would buy you some art (A Picasso or a Garfunkel)
If I had a million dollars
I'd buy your love
Chorus
C D G Em
If I had a $1,000,000 (If I had a $1,000,000)
If I had a $1,000,000 (If I had a $1,000,000)
C D G Em C
If I had a million Doll-oll-oll-ars
D
G
I'd be rich.
I Saw Her Standing There by Lennon and McCartney Verse Well she was just E7 seventeen and you A7 know what I mean E7 and the way she looked was way beyond B7 compare Chorus E7 A7 So how could I dance with another C woo E7 B7 E7 when I saw her standing there Verse Well she E7 looked at me and I A7 I could see E7 that before too long I'd fall in love with B7 her Chorus E7 A7 She wouldn't dance with another C woo E7 B7 E7 when I saw her standing there Bridge well my A7 heart went boom when I crossed that room A7 and I held her hand in B7 A7 mine (hold that high note!) Verse Oh we danced E7 through the night and we A7 held each other tight E7 and before too long I fell in love with B7 her Chorus E7 A7 Now I'll never dance with another C woo E7 B7 E7 since I saw her standing there E7 Oh since I saw her B7 standing there
Feel Like Making Love by Paul Rodgers and Mick Ralphs
Key: D
Intro: Acoustic strum: D / C
D G
Baby, When I think about you
D G
I think about love ( 3 voices)
D G
Darling, Don't live without you
D G
And your love (3 voices)
D
If I have
G
Those golden dreams
D G
Of my yesterday (voices)
D
I would wrap you
G
In the heaven
D
Till I'm dying (voices)
G
On the way
C-D C-D
Ch; Feel like making -- -- -- --
G D C-D C-D
Feel like making love(3)
C G D
Feel like making love to you
D etc.
Baby, If I think about you
I think about love
Darling, If I live without you
I live without love
And if I had
The sun and moon
And they were shining
I would give you
Both night and day
Love satisfying
Repeat chorus-
Guitar instru: D / G / D / G (twice).
D etc.
And if I had
Those golden dreams
Of my yesterdays
I would wrap you
In the heaven
Till I'm dying
On the way
Repeat chorus many times (with solo)
Satellite of Love by Lou Reed
G A7 C D
Satellite's gone up to the sky (Riff 1)
G A7 C D
Things like that drive me out of my mind (Riff 1)
Em(VII) D(V) C(III)
I watched it for a little while (Riff 2)
Am C (Riff 3)
I love to watch things on TV
Chorus:
G(X) D(X)
Oh Satellite of Love
F(VIII) C(VIII)
Ah Satellite of Love
G(X) D(X)
Satellite of Love
G(X) D(X) C(VIII) D(X)
Sa - tel - lite
(The above chording throughout the versus and for the chorus is the same
for the rest of the song except where noted.)
Satellite's gone, way up to Mars
Soon it will be filled with parking cars
I watched it for a little while
I like to watch things on TV
Chorus
Bridge
G D C D
I've been told that you've been bold
C D G
With Harry, Mark and John
G D C D
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday,
C D D
Harry, Mark and John
Satellites gone up to the sky
Things like that drive me out of my mind
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV
Chorus
Ending: G A C(VIII)
CHORDS:
A7 X 0 2 0 2 0 Em(VII) 7 7 9 9 8 7
D(V) 5 5 7 7 7 X C(III) 3 3 5 5 5 X
G(X) 10 10 12 12 12 10 D(X) 10 12 12 11 10 10
F(VIII) 8 8 10 10 10 8 C(VIII) 8 10 10 9 8 8
Experiment with the following riffs!
Riff 1: Riff 2:
D
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Riff 3
C 2x
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Yoda ---- parody of "Lola" by the Kinks Lyrics by "Weird Al" Yankovic I met him in a swamp down in Dagoba Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda S-O-D-A, soda I saw the little runt sitting there on a log I asked him his name, and in a raspy voice he said, "Yoda" Y-O-D-A, Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Well, I've been around, but I ain't never seen A guy who looks like a muppet, but he's wrinkled and green Oh, my Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Well, I'm not dumb, but I can't understand How he can lift me in the air just by raising his hand Oh, my Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Well, I left home just a week before And I've never ever been a Jedi before But Obi Wan, he set me straight, of course He said, "Go to Yoda and he'll show you the Force!" Well I'm not the kind that would argue with Ben So it looks like I'm gonna start all over again With my Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda So I used the Force I picked up a box I lifted some rocks While I stood on my head Well, I won't forget what Yoda said He said, "Luke, stay away from the darker side, And if you start to go astray, let the Force be your guide." Oh, my Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda "I know Darth Vader's really got you annoyed, But remember if you kill him then you'll be unemployed." Oh, my Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Well, I heard my friends really got in a mess So I'm gonna have to leave Yoda, I guess But I know that I'll be coming back some day I'll be playing this part till I'm old and gray The long-term contract that I had to sign Says I'll be making these movies till the end of time With my Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda Yo Yo Yo Yo Yoda
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