HELLO
Lionel Ritchie
Am G F^ 7 G
I've been alone with you inside my mind
Am G
And in my dreams I've kissed your lips
F^7 G
A thousand times
Am G F^ G
I sometimes see you pass outside my door
Am G F^7 A
Hello - is it me you're looking for
Dm G
I can see it in your eyes
C F
I can see it in your smile
Bb E
You're all I've ever wanted
Am E7 Am
And my arms are open wide
Dm G
Cause you know just what to say
C F
And you know just what to do
Bb E Am
And I want to tell you so much, I love you
Am G F^7 G
I long to see the sunlight in your hair
Am G
And tell you time and time again
F^7 G
How much I care
Am G F^7 G
Sometimes I feel my heart will overflow
Am G F^7 A
Hello - I've just got to let you know
Dm G
Cause I wonder where you are
C F
And I wonder what you do
Bb E
Are you somewhere feeling lonely
Am E7 Am
Or is someone loving you
Dm G
Tell me how to win your heart
C F
For I haven't got a clue
Bb E Am
But let me start by saying, I love you
Solo
Am G F^7 A
Hello - is it me you're looking for
Dm G
I can see it in your eyes
C F
I can see it in your smile
Bb E
You're all I've ever wanted
Am E7 Am
And my arms are open wide
Dm G
Cause you know just what to say
C F
And you know just what to do
Bb E Am
And I want to tell you so much, I love you
FOURTH TIME AROUND (Live version: Manchester 5/17/1966) Bob Dylan - as heard on "Guitars Kissing and the Contemporary Fix"
I think for the most part Dylan is playing C and Csus4 (hammering on and
off a la "Baby Blue")
but this is my own little spin on the song.
At some point he alternates with an F as shown here instead and I think it sounds pretty cool.
So I've modified the chords appropriately for the whole song.
It may not be literally correct but I think it sounds better this way.
Chords (relative to 4th fret):
C: 032010
Csus4: 033010
F: 003210 (or 033211 if you like but I like the open 5th
string better)
Em: x22000
Dm: 200231
C Csus4 C
When she said, "Don't waste
F C
your words, they're just lies,"
Csus4 C F C
I cried she was deaf.
Csus4 C
And she worked on my face
F C
until breaking my eyes,
Csus4 C F C
Then said, "What else you got left?"
Em
It was then that I got up to leave
Dm
But she said, "Don't forget,
C Csus4 C
Ev'rybody must give something back
F C Csus4 C
For something they get."
I stood there and hummed,
I tapped on her drum
and asked her how come.
And she buttoned her boot,
And straightened her suit,
Then she said, "Don't get cute."
So I forced my hands in my pockets
And felt with my thumbs,
And gallantly handed her
My very last piece of gum.
She threw me outside,
I stood in the dirt
where every one walked.
And after finding I'd
Forgotten my shirt,
I went back and knocked.
I waited in the hallway, she went to get it,
And I tried to make sense,
Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair
That leaned up against
Her Jamaican rum
And when she did come,
I asked her for some.
She said, "No, dear."
I said, "Your words aren't clear,
You'd better spit out your gum."
She screamed till her face got so red,
Then she fell on the floor,
And I covered her up and then
Thought I'd go look through her drawer.
And when I was through,
I filled up my shoe
And brought it to you.
And you, you took me in,
You loved me then,
You didn't waste time.
And I, I never took much,
I never asked for your crutch,
Now don't ask for mine.
BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN'
written by Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland
performed by Johnny Rivers
(originally sung by the Four Tops in the key of A)
G C
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
G C
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
G C
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
G C
Baby I need your lovin'
G C
Baby I need your lovin'
G C
Although you're never near
G C
Your voice I often hear
G C
Another day, another night
G C
I long to hold you tight
G C
'cause I--'m so lonely
CHORUS:
F G7
Baby I need your lovin'
C Am
Got to have all your lovin'
F G7
Baby I need your lovin'
C Am
Got to have all your lovin'
VERSE 2:
Some say it's a sign of weakness
For a man to beg
Then weak I would rather be
If it means havin' you to keep
'Cause lately I've been losin' sleep
(CHORUS)
Bridge:
G / / / C / / / G / / / C / / /
Every night I call your name
G / / / C / / / G / / / C / /
/
Sometimes I wonder, girl, will I ever be the same?
VERSE 3:
When you see me smile you know
Things are just gettin' worse
Any smile you might see baby
Has all been rehearsed
Baby I can't go on without ya
This lonliness won't let me live without ya
This emptiness inside me baby
Makes me feel half alive
(repeat chorus and fade)
ANGEL CHILD
Noel Gallagher
Third song on the Oasis "D'You Know What I Mean?" CD single.
Notes on playing:
1) There's a bit of lovely guitar played after one of the choruses.
I have yet to work this out but I will try to get this done.
2) At the end of each line in the verse (after the Dsus2 chord is played,
there is a sliding up sound.
This is where the Dsus2 shape is slid up two frets,
then two notes are picked (A, then G on the G string)
before returning to the Am chord, i.e.
Dsus2 Am
----0------------0-----------------
----3/5----------1-----------------
----2/4----2--0--2-----------------
----0------------2-----------------
-----------------0-----------------
-----------------------------------
Thanks to Jeff for suggesting this slide bit.
3) The trickiest part is the picking of the Dsus2 chord in the chorus.
In the first chorus the picking pattern is shorter than in the subsequent
choruses. I.e. initially the chords are Dsus2 and then Dsus2/Ab.
In a later chorus, the descending pattern goes a stage further,
i.e. Dsus2, Dsus2/Ab, Dsus2/G.
4) The tab for this picking pattern is something like the following:
Dsus2 Dsus2/Ab Dsus2/G
--------0---0------------0---0------------0---0---------
------3---3---3--------3---3---3--------3---3---3-------
----2-----------2----1------------1---0-----------0-----
----0----------------0----------------0-----------------
--------------------------------------------------------
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You can probably play quite a few variants on this simple pattern.
The important thing is the descending run on the G string.
Chords
Numbers refer to fret positions on each of the six (EADGBe) strings.
Am 002210
Em 022000
Dsus2 x00230
F 133211
C 032010
G 320003
D x00232
Dsus2/Ab x00130
Dsus2/G x00030
The Song
Intro:
Am, Am, Em, Dsus2
Am, Am, Em, Dsus2
VERSE 1:
Am Em Dsus2
Won't you take me,
Am Em Dsus2
Won't you take me to the edge of night and
Am Em Dsus2
Make me,
Am Em Dsus2
Won't you make me walk into the light
Am Em Dsus2
And there'll be no eyes,
Am Em Dsus2
No eyes have seen such beauty would lose their sight,
Am Em Dsus2
And there'll be no lies,
Am Em Dsus2
No lies that you could tell me to make things right,
Pre chorus:
F C G D
Cos I gave all my money to people and things,
F C G D
And the price I'm still paying, for the shit that it brings,
F C G D
Doesn't fill me with hope for the songs that you sing
CHORUS:
Dsus2
To-night,
Dsus2/Ab
This is your life,
G D
Angel Child.
Verse 2:
Am Em Dsus2
When you find out,
Am Em Dsus2
When you find out who you are
Am Em Dsus2
You know you'll, be free
Am Em Dsus2
To see your own appearence to then there'd be no eyes,
Am Em Dsus2
No eyes have seen such beauty would lose there sight,
Am Em Dsus2
And there'll be no lies,
Am Em Dsus2
No lies that you could tell me to make things right,
Pre chorus:
F C G D
Cos I gave all my money to people and things,
F C G D
And the price I'm still paying, for the shit that it brings,
F C G Dsus2
Doesnt fill me with hope for, the songs that you sing,
CHORUS:
Dsus2
To-night,
Dsus2/Ab
This is your life,
G D
Angel Child.
Dsus2
To-night,
Dsus2/Ab Dsus2/G
This is your life, this is your life
G D
Angel Child.
Dsus2
To-night,
Dsus2/Ab Dsus2/G
This is your life, this is your life
G D
Angel Child.
*repeat as desired*
End on Dsus2.
BLACK MESSIAH
written by Ray Davies
performed by The Kinks from "Misfits" 1978
C G
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
Bb F f g g#
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
Everybody talking about racial equality
F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
'cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes.
F C Dm
Dm/C
Bb
But if I told you that God was black what would you think of that
F C F
I bet you wouldn't believe it.
F6 A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
There's a self made prophet living right next to me
F A7
Dm Dm/C
Bb
he said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free.
F C Dm Dm/C Bb
He looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied
F C F f g g# a
and he really believed it.
A7 Dm A7 Dm
He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire
F C C7 F
and he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word.
F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
Everybody talking about racial equality
F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
but I'm the only honky living on an all black street
F C Dm Dm/C Bb
they knock me down 'cos they brown and I white.
C G
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
Bb F f g g#
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
Everybody talking about racial equality
F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
you hear everybody talking about equal rights.
F C Dm Dm/C Bb
But white's white, black's black and that's that
F C F f g g# a
and that's the way you should leave it.
A7 Dm A7 Dm
Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire
F C C7 C13 F
a Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world
F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
Everybody got to show a little give and take
F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
Everybody got to live with a little less hate
F C Dm Dm/C Bb
Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out.
C G
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
Bb F
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
BOX OF RAIN
Grateful Dead
Music by Phil Lesh
Words by Robert Hunter
[INTRO]
(A) (Bm7/A) (A) (Asus4)
(D) (Am)
Look out of any window
(Em) (C)
Any morning, any evening, any day
(D) (Am)
Maybe the sun is shining
(Em) (G) (A)
Birds are winging, no rain is falling from a heavy sky
(D) (G) (Am) (Em) (D)
What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
(C) (D) (Am)
For this is all a dream we dreamed, one afternoon long ago
(D) (Am)
Walk out of any doorway
(Em) (C) (G)
Feel your way, feel your way like the day before
(D) (Am)
Maybe you'll find direction
(Em)
Around some corner where
(G) (A)
It's been waiting to meet you
(D) (G)
What do you want me to do?
(Am) (Em) (D)
To watch for you while you're sleeeeeeeeping?
(Am) (C) (G) (D)
Then please don't be surprised when you find me dreaming too.
(D) (Am)
Look into any eyes
(Em) (C) (G)
You find by you, you can see clear to another day
(D) (Am) (Em)
Maybe been seen before through other eyes
(G) (A)
On other days while going home
(D) (G) (Am) (Em) (D)
What do you want me to do, to do for you, to see you through?
(C) (Em) (D) (G)
It's all a dream we dreamed, one after-noon long a-go
(D) (Am) (Em)
Walk into splintered sunlight, inch your way through
(C) (G)
Dead dreams to another land
(D) (Am) (Em)
Maybe you're tired and broken, your tongue is twisted with
(G) (A)
Words half-spoken and thoughts unclear
(D) (G) (Am) (Em) (D)
What do you want me to do, to do for you, to see you through?
(Am) (C) (G) (D)
A box of rain will ease the pain, and love will see you through.
(G) (Am) (Em)
Just a box of rain, wind and water
(C) (A) (D)
Be-lieve it if you need it, if you don't, just pass it on.
(G) (Am) (Em)
Sun and shower, wind and rain
(C) (D) (Em) (A)
In and out the window, like a moth before a flame
(A) (D) (Em)
And it's just a box of rain
(Em) (G) (D)
I don't know who put it there;
(D) (Bm) (G) (A)
Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare.
(A) (D) (Em)
And it's just a box of rain
(Em) (G) (D)
Or a ribbon for your hair
(Em)
Such a long, long time to be gone
(G) (D)
And a short time to be there.
[OUTRO]
(D) (C) (G) (D) (Asus4)
A (Bm7/A) (Asus4) (D)
o o o o o o o o
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Am Em C G
o o o o o o o o x o o o
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Bm
x
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BATHSHEBA SMILES
Richard Thompson 1997.
Gm Cm
Bathsheba smiles -
Gm Cm
she smiles and veins turn to ice,
Gm Cm
she smiles and heads bow down.
Gm Cm
She works the room
Gm Cm
and kisses every victim twice.
Gm Bb C
She spreads her joy around.
F Eb
Do you close your eyes to see miracles?
F Eb
Do you raise your face to kiss angels?
F Eb
Do you float on air to hear oracles?
Cm F Dm
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
Cm F Dm
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
Ab F Eb Bb (sus 4) Bb
No doubt can cross her mind, can cross her mind.
Bathsheba knows,
she knows you better than yourself P
confess upon your knees.
She shares her love,
and sharing love is sharing wealth P
dig in your pockets, please.
Do you close your eyes to see miracles?
Do you raise your face to kiss angels?
Do you float on air to hear oracles?
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
No doubt can cross her mind.
C
No pain no gain's a strain,
B Bb
but she never seems to hurt.
C
Catwalk pilgrims sing this song:
B Bb
"Hello heaven, goodbye dirt" P
Gm Eb
and no hair shirt.
Do you close your eyes to see miracles?
Do you raise your face to kiss angels?
Do you float on air to hear oracles?
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
No doubt can, no doubt can cross her mind.
F Eb
Do you close your eyes?
F Eb
Do you raise your face?
F Eb
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
F Eb
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
F Eb
Bathsheba smiles.
OLD MAN INSIDE A YOUNG MAN
Intro: G C Gm7 G
E A
I was walking down the street when I met with Billy
G E
He shook his head at me and then he shook my hand
E A
He said "I've seen the world, I've done some living,
G D (F# bass) E
I don't believe in giving, you've got to take it while you can"
C F
I'm an old man inside a young man,
Em D
You've got to take it while you can.
C F
I'm just an old man inside a young man,
Em D
Take a heart and break it while you can.
Bm
E A
He said "I'm sick of whores, madames and misses.
G E
The only kiss for me is the kiss of a knife.
E A
There's no one thing on earth that I'm not through with.
G D E
What can I do with the rest of my life?"
(CHORUS)
(Instrumental break: D D7 F G F
E A
Billy turned and he walked away. He said "I must be going.
G E
There's just no knowing who follows me around.
E A
They see my fancy clothes and they want to shoot me.
G D E
I'd rather be dead on my feet than dead down in the ground"
(CHORUS - twice)
BEAT THE RETREAT Richard Thompson from "Pour Down Like Silver" or Disk B of "Watching the Dark"
Lyrics gotten from the OLGA file - "pour_down_like_silver_album.crd"
The song is in C mixolydian (C-D-D-F-G-A-Bb), but sometimes a B shows up.
I haven't bothered to TAB it out since it really wouldn't help with
the whole feel of the song,
and is kind of against Richard's whole philosophy anyway -
he doesn't play anything the same way twice.
It's better to improvise within the feel of the song, which is slow,
solemn, and bluesy,
than to learn exactly what he plays.
He said exactly that on his Homespun Lesson Tape, so I don't feel this
is a stretch of logic!
Tuning: CGDGBE, low to high Chords are: C: o-o-2-o-1-0 Cadd4: o-o-3-o-1-o G5: x-o-o-o-3-3 a: x-2-2-2-1-o C Cadd4 G5 Beat my retreat, back home to you C Cadd4 G5 Beat my retreat, back home to you a C I'm burning all my bridges a C I'm burning all my bridges a C I'm burning all my bridges G5 C Cadd4 I'm running back home to you Trailing my colours, back home to you Trailing my colours, back home to you This world is filled with sadness This world is filled with sadness This world is filled with sadness I'm running back home to you [instrumental over same chords as verse] Follow the drum, back home to you Follow the drum, back home to you There was no sense in my leaving There was no sense in my leaving There was no sense in my leaving I'm running back home to you You can play the song quite adequately in standard, but you won't get the same bass feel. Also, Richard frequently plays octave bass runs like: E_______________________________ B_______________________________ G___0___2-sl-3-sl-2_____________ D_______________________________ G___0___2-sl-3-sl-2_____________ C_______________________________ These are _much_ easier when you have the octave G strings as open, since you can damp out the B string more easily. (Actually, I was led to using this tuning because I heard these, tried to play them in standard, and was disappointed. :)
STRANGE AFFAIR
Richard Thompson
* (harm/art harm 12 frets higher)
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G
This is a strange affair
C G C
The time has come to travel but the road is filled with fear
G
This is a strange affair
C G C
My youth has all been wasted and I'm bent and grey with years
F C G C
And all my companions are taken away
F C G C
And who will provide for me against my dying day?
F C Dm Am G
I took my own provision but it threw me and wasted away
C F G C
This is a strange, this is a strange affair
Oh, where are my companions?
My mother, father, lover, friend and enemy
Where are my companions?
They're prisoners of death now and taken far from me
And where are the dreams I dreamed in the days of my youth?
They took me to illusion and they promised me the truth
And what do sleepers need to make them listen,
why do they need more proof
This is a strange, this is a strange affair
BORROWED TIME
Richard Thompson
(The C chords in the verse are fragments played by the guitar,
which alternates between Gm and C on these lines)
Intro (4 times) Gm Fadd9 Ebadd9 Fadd9
Gm F Gm
Gm C Gm C Gm
There's riders in this county
Gm C Gm C Gm
They're taking heads for bounty
F Eb Gm
Wake up Coreen they've come to ride us down
Gm C Gm C Gm
Sweetness we have tasted
Gm C Gm C Gm
The time to move is wasted
F Eb Gm C Gm
They're riding like a hurricane through this town
Gm Bb Gm
We've been too many nights sleeping in a feather bed
Bb Gm
You can't close both your eyes with a price on your head
F Eb
You've got to stand and fight for what you believe
F Eb
You've got to face death with your heart on your sleeve
F Eb Eb Bb
Life is a card game you've soon got to leave
Gm
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Gm C Gm C Gm F
Living on borrowed time
Gm
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Gm C Gm
Living on borrowed time
Gm Fadd9 Ebadd9 Fadd9 Gm Fadd9 Ebadd9 Fadd9
Gm F Gm
If you say that you want your freedom
They'll hear you in every kingdom
They'll travel ten thousand miles just to shoot you down
Well, the judge he was deluded
And the sheriff he soon colluded
And he swore . . . six feet off the ground
They'll hunt you down 'cause you dared to tell the truth
A man ain't safe these days under his own roof
But you can't live your life under no man's thumb
They'll all pay double for what they've done
High days come and the bad days come
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time
But you can't live your life under no man's thumb
They'll all pay double for what they've done
High days come and the bad days come
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time
Living on borrowed, living on borrowed
Living on borrowed time
(repeat)
YANKEE GO HOME
Richard Thompson
Intro
G C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G
G D
G.I. Joe put your gun away
G D
The sun is setting on another day
C D
Why don't you leave us alone
G C/G
Yankee Go Home
G D
They're burning effigies out in the street
G D
Man the lifeboats, sound the retreat
C D
Pentagon's on the Phone
G
Yankee Go Home
F C
You can't just kiss and run away
Eb Bb
There ain't enough money on a sergeant's pay
D/A Am7 D
When the dance hall girl you banged's in the family way
You turned my sister into a whore
With a pair of silk stockings from the P.X. store
Why don't you leave us alone
Yankee Go Home
My girlfriend won't talk to me
Since she met with a sailor from the land of the free
I'm tired of being alone
Yankee Go Home
I've lost count of the chewing gum that I've had
And vodka-cola make my teeth go bad
We'll handle this on our own
Yankee Go Home
Dow Jones going into a stall
Spray paint saying it on every wall
The climb was fine, now it's time to decline and fall
Overpaid, oversexed and over here
get smart, gringo, disappear
The Hun's at the gates of Rome
Yankee Go Home
1952 VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING Richard Thompson 1991 A D Said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike, D A A girl could feel special on any such like A D Said James to Red Molly, well my hat's off to you D A It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952 A E D A And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems E D A Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme A Bm D A And he pulled her on behind and down to Boxhill they did ride A D Said James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right hand D A But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man A D I've fought with the law since I was seventeen D A I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine E D A Now I'm 21 years, I might make 22 E D A And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you A Bm D And If fate should break my stride D A I'll give you my Vincent to ride Come down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant McRae For they've taken young James adie for armed robbery Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside Come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left He was running out of road, he was running out of breath But he smiled to see her cry Said I'll give you my Vincent to ride Said young James. in my opinion, there's nothing in this world Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl Now Nortons and Indians and Greeves won't do They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52 He reached for her hand and he gave her the keys He said I don't have any further use for these I see angels and ariels in leather and chrome Swooping down from heaven to carry me home He gave her one last kiss and died And he gave her his Vincent to ride.
A MAN IN NEED
Richard Thompson
A
I packed my rags went down the hill
Left my dependents A-lying still
F#m
Just as the dawn was rising up
E
I was making good speed
A
I left a letter lying on the bed
F#m
From a man in need it read
A E D
It's so hard to find
A E D
It's so hard to find
A
Who's going to cure
F#m E D A F#m A
The heart of a man in need?
All of my friends don't comprehend me
Their kind of style it just offends me
I want to take them
I want to shake them
'Til they pay me some heed
You've got to ride in one direction
Until you find the right connection
It's so hard to find
It's so hard to find
Who's going to cure
The heart of a man in need?
(Guitar solo over verse and chorus chords)
Who's going to give you Real happiness?
Who's going to give you contentedness?
Who's going to lead you?
Who's going to feed you?
And cut you free?
Well I've sailed every ship in the sea
But I traveled this world in misery
It's so hard to find
It's so hard to find
Who's going to cure
The heart of a man in need?
E D A
Who's going to shoe your feet?
E D A
Who's going to pay your rent?
E D A
Who's going to stand by you?
A F#m E D A F#m A
Who's going to cure the heart of a man in need?
A F#m E D A F#m A
D A
Of A Man in Need?