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Tom Dooley Thomas Land, late 1800s,

based on the 1866 murder of Laura Foster, allegedly by Tom Dula YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/pWOoYXtrGpg

INTRO: [Light bouncy strum: duDu duDu] F C7 F | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x |

VERSE 1: (F) I met her on the mountain C7 There I took her life

Met her on the mountain F Stabbed her with my knife

VERSE 2: (F) This time tomorrow C7 Reckon where I'll be

Hadn't-a been fer Grayson F I'd-a been in Tennessee

VERSE 3: (F) This time tomorrow C7 Reckon where I'll be

Down in some lonesome valley F Hangin from a white oak tree

OUTRO: C7 F Poor boy, you're bound to die C7 F Poor boy, you're bound to die [S - L - O - W - L - Y] C7 F Poor boy, you're bound to die

CHORUS: (F) Hang down your head, Tom - Dooley C7 Hang down your head and cry

Hang down your head, Tom - Dooley F Poor boy, you're bound to die

REPEAT CHORUS

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REPEAT CHORUS ROBUSTLY

1st Note 1 7

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Turn! Turn! Turn! Pete Seeger, late 1950s; The Byrds, 1965 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/kqrdhPjWGnI

VERSE 1: A D A time to be born - a time to die A D A time to plant - a time to reap A D A time to kill - a time to heal G F#m Em A D (Dsus4-D) [STOP] A time to la-augh, a ti - ime to weep

VERSE 2: A D A time to build up - a time to break down A D A time to dance - a time to mourn A D A time to cast away stones G F#m Em A D (Dsus4-D) [STOP] A time to ga-ather sto-ones together

VERSE 3: A D A time of love - a time of hate A D A time of war - a time of peace A D A time you may embrace G F#m Em A D (Dsus4-D) [STOP] A time to re-frain fro-om embracing

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE & CHORUS: D G F#m A - D G F#m A - G F#m Em A D (Dsus4-D) - A - D - A - D - A - D - G F#m Em A D (Dsus4-D) [STOP]

VERSE 4: A D A time to gain - a time to lose A D A time to rend - a time to sew A D A time for love - a time for hate G F#m Em A D (Dsus4-D) [STOP] A time for pe-eace, I swear it's not too late

End on D

INTRO: D G F#m A Asus4-A D G F#m A Asus4-A D G F#m A Asus4-A D G F#m A Asus4-A CHORUS: D G F#m A To everything (turn, turn, turn) D G F#m A There is a season (turn, turn, turn) G F#m Em A D (Dsus4-D) And a time to every purpose - under heaven

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REPEAT INTRO

1st Notes

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3

sus4♯m sus4 m(alt)


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Cat’s In The Cradle Harry Chapin / Sandra Chapin, 1974 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/WQjt8L7_owk

INTRO: G F |- 5 5 -|750 3 -|0 - -0-|- 0| |3 - - -|- - - -|- -3- -|1 -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- -| G |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |3 - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| |- - - -|- - - -|- - - -|- - - -| [Arpeggio: 123 4-12 4-12 or light strum: D-DU-UDU] VERSE 1: (G) Bb My child arrived just the other day C G He came to the world in the usual way Bb But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay C G He learned to walk while I was away

F C Dm C And he was talkin ‘fore I knew it, and as he grew Bb Dm G He'd say, "I'm gonna be like you, dad Bb Dm G You know I'm gonna be like you." ─

VERSE 2: (G) Bb My son turned ten just the other day C G He said, "Thanks for the ball, dad; come on, let's play Bb Can you teach me to throw?" I said “Not today, C G I got a lot to do." He said, "That's okay."

F C Dm C And then - he walked away, but his smile never dimmed Bb Dm G And said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah Bb Dm G You know I'm gonna be like him." ─

[Full-on strum: D-DU-UDU] CHORUS A: (G) F And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Bb C2 Little boy blue and the man in the moon G F "When you comin home, dad?" "I don't know when Bb Dm G But we'll get together then Bb Dm G You know we'll have a good time then." G - - F-G - [G riff from intro]

REPEAT CHORUS A

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VERSE 3: (G) Bb Well, he came from college just the other day C G So much like a man, I just had to say Bb "Son, I'm proud of you. Can you sit for a while?" C G He shook his head - and he said with a smile

F C Dm C "What I'd really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys Bb Dm G See you later; can I have them please?" ─

CHORUS B: (G) F And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Bb C2 Little boy blue and the man in the moon G F "When you comin home, son?" "I don't know when Bb Dm G But we'll get together then, Dad Bb Dm G You know we'll have a good time then." G - - F-G - [G riff from intro]

INTERLUDE: Eb F Dm G Eb F4 Dm G ─

VERSE 4: (G) Bb I've long since retired, and my son's moved away C G I called him up just the other day ─ Bb I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind." C G He said, "I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time ─

F C Dm C You see, my new job's a hassle, and the kids have the flu Bb Dm G But it's sure nice talkin to you, dad Bb Dm G It's been sure nice talkin to you." ─

F C Dm C And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me Bb Dm G He'd grown up just like me Bb Dm G My boy - was just like me ─

CHORUS B (altered): (G) F And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Bb C2 Little boy blue and the man in the moon G F "When you comin home, son?" "I don't know when Bb Dm G But we'll get together then, Dad Bb Dm G We’re gonna have a good time then." G - - F-G - [G riff from intro]

(4)

m♭




Teach Your Children Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), 1970 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/CqFnHgqhFCM

INTRO: [Bouncy folk strum: d-Du d-Du d-Du duDu] C F C G [hang] | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x |

VERSE 1: C F You - who are on the road C G Must have a code - that you can live by C F And so - become yourself C G Because the past - is just a good-bye

C F Teach - your children well C G Their father's hell - did slowly go by C F And feed - them on your dreams C G The one they pick’s - the one you'll know by

INTERLUDE: (C) F C G [hang]

VERSE 2: C F And you - of tender years [Can you hear and do you care] C G Can't know the fears - that your elders grew by [And can you see we must be free] C F And so please help - them with your youth [Teach your children what you believe in] C G They seek the truth - before they can die [Make a world that we can live in]

C F Teach - your parents well C G Their children's hell - will slowly go by C F And feed - them on your dreams C G The one they pick’s - the one you'll know by

OUTRO: (C) F C G-C

CHORUS: C F Don't you ever ask them why C If they told you, you would cry Am F G[hang] So just look at them and sigh ─ C F C G And know they love you

REPEAT CHORUS

1st Note 1

OR (2) m


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The Wayfaring Stranger Traditional; likely early 1800s

Covers by Burk Ives, Joan Baez, Glen Campbell, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, Neil Young,

Frankie Laine, Joni Mitchell, Jack White, Dusty Springfield, Natalie Merchant and of course

(love it!) Ed Sheeran YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/94blc1W51-Q

INTRO: Dm Gm A Dm | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x |

VERSE 1a: (Dm) I am a poor - wayfaring stranger Gm Dm Traveling through - this world below

But there’s is no sickness - no toil, nor danger Gm A Dm In that bright land - to which I go

VERSE 2: (Dm) I know dark clouds - will gather o’er me Gm Dm I know my way - is rough and steep

But golden fields - lie just before me Gm A Dm Where weary eyes - no more will weep

Bb F

I'm going there - to see my mother Bb A She said she'd meet me - when I come Dm I’m only go - in over Jordan Gm A Dm I'm only go - in over home

VERSE 3a: (Dm) I’ll soon be free - from every trial Gm Dm This form shall rest - beneath the sod

I’ll drop that cross - of self denial Gm A Dm And enter in - my home with God

OUTRO: Dm I'm only go - in over Jordan Gm A Dm I'm only go - in over home

VERSE 1b: Bb F I'm going there - to see my father Bb A I’m goin there - no more to roam Dm I'm only go - in over Jordan Gm A Dm I'm only go - in over home

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE Dm - - - Gm - Dm - Dm - - - Gm A Dm -

REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL VERSE

REPEAT VERSE 1b

1st Note

1

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m m(2) m(4)

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The Wayfaring Stranger Traditional; likely early 1800s

Covers by Burk Ives, Joan Baez, Glen Campbell, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, Neil Young,

Frankie Laine, Joni Mitchell, Jack White, Dusty Springfield, Natalie Merchant and of course

(love it!) Ed Sheeran YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/94blc1W51-Q

INTRO: Dm Gm Dm | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x |

VERSE 1a: (Dm) I am a poor - wayfaring stranger Gm Dm Traveling through - this world below

But there’s is no sick - ness, toil, nor danger Gm Dm In that bright land - to which I go

VERSE 2: (Dm) I know dark clouds - will gather o’er me Gm Dm I know my way - is rough and steep

But golden fields - lie just before me Gm Dm Where weary eyes - no more will weep

Bb F

I'm going there - to see my mother Bb A She said she'd meet me - when I come Dm I’m only go - in over Jordan Gm Dm I'm only go - in over home

VERSE 3a: (Dm) I’ll soon be free - from every trial Gm Dm This form shall rest - beneath the sod

I’ll drop that cross - of self denial Gm Dm And enter in - my home with God

OUTRO: Dm I'm only go - in over Jordan Gm Dm I'm only go - in over home

VERSE 1b: Bb F I'm going there - to see my father Bb A I’m goin there - no more to roam Dm I'm only go - in over Jordan Gm Dm I'm only go - in over home

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE Dm - - - Gm - Dm - Dm - - - Gm - Dm -

REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL VERSE

REPEAT VERSE 1b

1st Note

1

SIMPLER

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I Got A Name Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel (Jim Croce), 1973 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/S3SZmCYg4sY

INTRO: [Folk Strum: D duD duD duDudu] C - - - Csus4 C - - - Csus4

VERSE 1: C G7 Am Like the pine trees linin the windin road F G7 C Csus4 I got a name - I got a name C G7 Am Like the singin bird and the croakin toad D G7 I got a name - I got a name Em F C E7 And I carry it with me like my daddy did Am D G7 But I'm livin the dream - that he kept hid

[Immediately repeat “C” RIFF]

VERSE 2: C G7 Am Like the north wind whistlin down the sky F G7 C Csus4 I've got a song - I've got a song C G7 Am Like the whippoorwill and the baby's cry D G7 I've got a song - I've got a song Em F C E7 And I carry it with me and I sing it loud Am D G7 If it gets me nowhere - I'll go there proud


INSTRUMENTAL HALF-VERSE: C G7 Am - F G7 C - Csus4 C G7 Am - D - G7 -

INTERLUDE: C[hang] X X X X And I'm gonna go there free

VERSE 3: C G7 Am Like the fool I am and I'll always be F G7 C Csus4 I've got a dream - I've got a dream C G7 Am They can change their minds but they can't change me D G7 I've got a dream - I've got a dream Em F C E7 Oh, I know I could share it if you'd want me to Am D G7 If you're goin my way - I'll go with you


[Immediately repeat “C” RIFF twice] End on C

CHORUS: Em F Movin me down the highway Em Am Rollin me down the highway F G7 C Movin ahead so life won't pass me by

“C” RIFF: C |1 10-03|33-3333| |0 00-03|31-1013| |0 00-00|00-0000| |0 00-00|00-0000|

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS

1st Note 1

sus4 7 m 7m(alt)


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Folk Song Dan & Noah Rauchwerk (The Lords Of Liechtenstein), 2012 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/0cZVPaURrPA

INTRO: [Energetic chucking strum: D-Chucku-uChucku] G D A Bm G A D | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x |

VERSE 1: G D A Bm Well I - walk through shadows and I - swim the seas G D A Bm But I - know that you won’t follow me G D A Bm For the - shadow’s dark and the - ocean’s deep G D A Bm Your feet weren’t meant for paths so steep

VERSE 2: G D A Bm But I’ll - leave you beacons - along the trail G D A Bm And I’ll - sing directions to the nightingale G D A Bm And - if by chance our paths should meet G Bm D A Then I’ll guide you home

VERSE 3: G D A Bm Well the - great horned owl will know our names G D A Bm As we - walk through shadows and we - dance through flames G D A Bm And if I lose the will to speak G Bm D A Words won’t matter anymore

BRIDGE: Bm G D Carved in the clouds Bm G D A Are the visages of those who’ve gone before us Bm G D A With their voices raised Bm G D A They harmonize - in celestial chorus: G D A Bm You are string, she is drum - you bring music to the world G D A Bm You are hoof, she is wing - you bring music to the world G D A Bm Oh you are dusk, she is dawn - you bring music to the world G Bm D A In an eternal song

CHORUS: G D A Bm When you are gone and I am alone again G A D I feel a stirring in my soul G D A Bm As if only fate could tell me when G A D You will return to make me whole

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS softly

1st Note

1

m

OR

5 (2) (2) m(2)


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John Henry Traditional; based on events from about 1873

this version by Woody Guthrie, 1989 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/8amc94Tm8bw

INTRO: [Fast train strum: duDu duDu] C |x x x x|x x x x|

VERSE 1: (C) John Henry, when he was a baby G7 Settin on his mammy's knee C Picked up a hammer in his little right hand

Said, "Hammer be the death of me, me, me G7 C Hammer be the death of me" ─

VERSE 2: Some said he's born down in Texas G7 Some say he's born up in Maine C I just say he was a Louisiana man

Leader of a steel-driving chain gang G7 C Leader of a steel-driving gang ─

VERSE 3: Well, the Captain said to John Henry G7 "I'm gonna bring my steam drill round C Gonna bring my steam drill out on the job

Gonna whup that steel on

down down down G7 C Whup that steel on down" ─

VERSE 4: John Henry said to the Captain [What he say?] G7 "You can bring your steam drill round C You can bring your steam drill

out on the job

I'll beat your steam drill down, down, down G7 C Beat your steam drill down" ─

VERSE 5: John Henry said to his Shaker G7 "Shaker, you had better pray C If you miss your six feet of steel

I'll be your buryin day, day, day G7 C I'll be your buryin day" ─

VERSE 6: Now, the Shaker said to John Henry [Yes sir] G7 "Man ain't nothin but a man [No he ain’t] C But before I'd let that steam drill beat me down [I believe him] I'd die with my hammer in my

hand, hand, hand [I believe] G7 C I'd die with my hammer in my hand" ─

VERSE 7: John Henry had a little woman G7 Her name was Polly Anne C John Henry took sick and lay in bed

While Polly Anne drove steel like a

man, man, man G7 C Polly Anne drove steel like a man ─

VERSE 8: They took John Henry to the graveyard G7 Laid him down in the sand C Every locomotive come a-rolling by

Hollered, yonder lays a steel-drivin

man, man, man G7 C There lies a steel-drivin' man

OUTRO: There lies a steel-drivin' man, man, man G7 C There lies a steel-drivin' man

1st Notes

21

7


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Blowin’ In The Wind Bob Dylan, 1963 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/oqIrNf8xq7Q

INTRO: [Dylan arpeggio: 4-1-3-1-2-1-3-1 or gentle strum: D-dU-udu] C | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x | x x x x |

VERSE 1: (C) F C How many roads must a man walk down F C Before you call him a man? F C How many seas must a white dove sail F G Before she sleeps in the sand? C F C Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly F G Before they're forever banned?

F G C Em Am The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind F G C The answer is blowin in the wind

VERSE 2: (C) F C How many years can a mountain exist F C Before it's washed to the sea? F C How many years can some people exist F G Before they're allowed to be free? C F C How many times can a man turn his head F G And pretend that he just doesn't see?

F G C Em Am The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind F G C The answer is blowin in the wind

VERSE 3: (C) F C How many times must a man look up F C Before he really sees the sky? F C How many ears must one person have F G Before he can hear people cry? C F C How many deaths will it take till he knows F G That too many people have died?

F G C Em Am The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind F G Am The answer is blowin in the wind F G C Em Am The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind F G C The answer is blowin in the wind

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He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands Traditional, first published in 1927 YouTube video tutorial: https://youtu.be/UoW8Ru4bvic

INTRO: [Bouncy strum: d-Du duDu] C G7 C G7 C |x x x x|x x x x|x x x x|x x x x|

VERSE 2: (C) He's got the itty bitty baby in His hands G7 He's got the itty bitty baby in His hands C He's got the itty bitty baby in His hands G7 C He's got the whole world in His hands

VERSE 3: (C) He's got a-you and me brother in His hands G7 He's got a-you and me sister in His hands C He's got a-you and me brother in His hands G7 C He's got the whole world in His hands

VERSE 4: (C) He's got a little ukulele in His hands G7 He's got a little ukulele in His hands C He's got a little ukulele in His hands G7 C He's got the whole world in His hands

VERSE 1: (C) He's got the whole world in His hands G7 He's got the whole world in His hands C He's got the whole world in His hands G7 C He's got the whole world in His hands

REPEAT VERSE 1

1st Note

1

7


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