sing_those_songs_a-f.pdf

H OW TO R EAD THE C HORD N OTATION

When you figure it out, you will see how easy it is... here are some examples

A slash shows where the end of a measure is, usually four beats.

Each chord symbol represents one regular beat.

A hyphen means that you repeat the previous chord; it also represents one regular beat.

An "empty measure" between two slashes means to repeat the same set of chords in the previous

measure (chords notated between previous set of slashes)

An example is Dancing in the Street:

D - - - / / D7 - - - / / = D D D D / D D D D / D7 D7 D7 D7 / D7 D7 D7 D7 /

When there is a "xN" (x2, x4, etc.) between two slashes it means to repeat the previous amount of

measures according to the number. An example is Heart of Gold:

- C

- /

/ D

- G

- / x2 / = Em Em C C / D D G G / Em Em C C / D D G G /

/ x2 / = Em Em C C / D D G G / Em Em C C / D D G G /

Two chords squeezed together represents that these chords are played twice as fast, or in triplet feel if

three are put together. As the double (twice as fast) in I'll Cry Instead and the triplet (three times as fast)

in Stormy Monday.

Stormy: Am - - Am7B b m7Bm7 /

G - GC - /

I'll cry instead:

If at the end of a line of chords a (2x) or other multiple is given (Nx), then repeat the entire line of chords

that amount of times. If this found inside the slashes, then repeat that measure that amount of times.

A double slash represents the break between two sections of the song, usually the verse and chorus.

If a single quotes is between two slashes /

/ then use the corresponding measure in sequence from

the line above. And if the quotes is followed by a 1st xN, / " 1st xN / then use the first number of

measures from the line above or previous section. An example is A Day in a Life.

/ " /

"(Capo Nth Fret)" indicates that you will have to capo at that fret to keep in key with song. You may capo

any piece to fit with your voice also...

If no chords are given after the chorus, then the chorus uses the same chords as the verses. Also some

songs will identify that you repeat the same set of chords throughout the piece.

Chords with a small slash and letter following them represent the bass notes played with that chord. See

next example.

A greater than symbol “ >” indicates a descending bass run, likewise a less than symbol an ascending

bass run. A descending example is Friend of the Devil.

G > - - / C > - - / = G G /F# G /E G /D / C C /B C /A C /G /

When you see this symbol & (the clef sign) it represents that song has been charted in an easy to play key.

A capo notation will follow which brings it into the key of the original recording.

; represents that the song key has been changed for easy sing or play.

Also, a musical note

A CHILD IN THESE HILLS

Jackson Browne

I am a child in these hills

I am away, I am alone

I am a child in these hills

I'm looking for water, and looking for life

Who will show me the river and ask me my name

Is there nobody here who can do that?

D - - - / G - A - / D - - - / / A - - - / /

D - - - / G - A - / x2 / x2 / x2 / D - - - /

A - - - / G - - - / / D - - - / G - - - / A - - - //

Well I have come to these hills,

I will come to the river,

As I choose to be gone

From the house of my father

I am a child in these hills

D - - - / As4 - A - / x2 / x2 / D - - - / G - - - /

A - - - / D - Em - / G6 - A - / D - - - / //

Chased from the gates of the city,

Where no one had touched me

I am away, I am alone

I am a child in these hills

I'm looking for water, and looking for life

Who will show me the river and ask me my name

Is there nobody here who can do that?

B b - - - / / F - - - / / A - - - / / G - - - / /

Bm - - - / / Em - - - / G - - - / D - Em - / G6 - A - / D - - - / /

A - - - / G - - - / / D - - - / G - - - / A - - -//

Well I have come to these hills,

I will come to the river,

As I choose to be gone

From the house of my father

I am a child in these hills

A DAY IN THE LIFE

The Beatles (Paul McCartney)

V1:

I read the news today, oh boy

About a lucky man who made the grade

And though the news was rather sad

Well I just had to laugh

I saw the photograph

G - D /F# - / Em - D - / C - C /B / As2 - - - /

G - D /F# - / Em - D - / C - F - / Em - - - / x2 //

V2:

He blew his mind out in a car

He didn't notice that the light had changed

A crowd of people stood and stared

They seen his face before

Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords

I saw a film today, oh boy

The English army had just won the war

A crowd of people turned away

But I just had to look

Having read the book

G - D /F# - / Em - D - / C - C /B / As2 - - - /

G - D /F# - / Em - D - / C - F - / Em - - - / C - - - //

I'd love to turn you on...

C - G - / D - A - / A - - - // go wild

Woke up, got out of bed,

Dragged a comb across my head

Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,

And looking up I noticed I was late

Found my coat and grabbed my hat

Made the bus in seconds flat

Found my way upstairs and had a smoke

And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

E - - - / - - D - / - - / E - / D - E - / D - - - // (2x)

( C - - - / G - - - / D - - - / A - - - / x4 / C - C /B A // )

V2:

I read the news today, oh boy

Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

And though the holes were rather small

They had to count them all

Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall

I'd love to turn you on...

A MURDER OF ONE

Counting Crows (Adam Duritz/Matt Malley/David Bryson)

Blue morning

Wrapped in strands of fist and bone

Curiosity, Kitten, doesn't have to mean you're on your own

You can look outside your window

He doesn't have to know

We can talk awhile, baby

We can take it nice and slow

D - - - / / C - - - / // (4x)

All your life is such a shame ... All your love is just a dream

G - - - / / C - - - / // (4x)

Are you happy where you're sleeping?

Does he keep you safe and warm?

Does he tell you when you're sorry?

Does he tell you when you're wrong?

I've been watching you for hours

It's been years since we were born

We were perfect when we started

I've been wondering where we've gone

All your life is such a shame ... All your love is just a dream

I dreamt I saw you walking up a hillside in the snow

Casting shadows on the winter sky as you stood there counting crows

One for sorrow

Two for joy

Three for girls and four for boys

Five for silver

Six for gold and

Seven for a secret never to be told

D - - - / / C - - - / / x4 / D - - - / / Am - - - / / G /B - - - / / C - - - / //

There's a bird that nests inside you

Sleeping underneath your skin

When you open up your wings to speak

I wish you'd let me in

All your life is such a shame ... All your love is just a dream

Open up your eyes, you can see the flames

Of your wasted life, you should be ashamed

You don't want to waste your life, baby

You don't want to waste your life, darling (4x)

I walk along the hillsides, in the summer 'neath the sunshine

I am feathered by the moonlight falling down off me (4x)

Change ...

ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE

Kate Wolf

I've been walkin' in my sleep

Countin' troubles 'stead of countin' sheep

Where the years went I can't say

I just turned around and they've gone away

A - - - / A - D - / A - - - / - - - > / F#m - - - / / D - - - / /

A - - - / - - - > / F#m - - - / / D - - - / E - - - / A - - - / //

I've been siftin' through the layers

Of dusty books and faded papers

They tell a story I used to know

And it was one that happened so long ago

It's gone away in yesterday

Now I find myself on the mountainside

Where the rivers change direction

Across the Great Divide

A - - - / A - D - / A - - - / - - - > / F#m - - - / / D - - - / /

A - G#m - / F#m - - - / D - E - / A - - - / //

Now, I heard the owl a-callin'

Softly as the night was fallin'

With a question and I replied

But he's gone across the borderline

He's gone away in yesterday

Now I find myself on the mountainside

Where the rivers change direction

Across the Great Divide

(Solo on verse)

The finest hour that I have seen

Is the one that comes between

The edge of night and the break of day

It's when the darkness rolls away

And it's gone away in yesterday

Now I find myself on the mountainside

Where the rivers change direction

Across the Great Divide

And it's gone away in yesterday

Now I find myself on the mountainside

It's where the rivers change direction

Across the Great Divide

Rooms"

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