William Thomas Danoff (born May 7, 1946) is an American songwriter and singer. He is known for “Afternoon Delight”, which he wrote and performed as a member of the Starland Vocal Band, and writing hits for John Denver, such as “Take Me Home, Country Roads“.

Early life and education

Danoff is a graduate of Cathedral High School in Springfield, Massachusetts, and of Georgetown University.

Career

Starland Vocal Band

On the strength of their track record as songwriters, Danoff and Nivert recorded several albums before forming the Starland Vocal Band with local musicians Jon Carroll and Margot Chapman. The group recorded “Afternoon Delight” which became a hit in July 1976, reaching #1 on the Hot 100 on July 10th. The Starland Vocal Band Show replaced Rhoda with a half-hour weekly series that same summer. Danoff and Nivert also worked with director Robert Altman and producer Jerry Weintraub on the film Nashville, doing research with screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury.

Songwriting

Danoff and his then-wife Taffy Nivert wrote “I Guess He’d Rather Be in Colorado” and “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” both of which were hits for John Denver. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is an official state song of West Virginia. Danoff has stated he had never been in West Virginia before co-writing the song, having written it in a house in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.. He had even briefly considered using “Massachusetts” rather than “West Virginia”, as both four-syllable state names would have fit the song’s meter. Denver recorded about a dozen Danoff compositions from 1972 through the end of his career.

Danoff also worked with Emmylou Harris co-authoring “Boulder to Birmingham” (one of Harris’ better-known compositions) with her. This track was recorded by The Walker Brothers in 1975 and The Hollies in 1976, and became a Top 10 hit in New Zealand. In 1982, Danoff and fellow Starland Vocal Band member Jon Carroll wrote “Who Knows How To Make Love Stay”, a Top 40 Canadian hit for Doug and the Slugs.

Danoff taught a songwriters course in 2007 and a music industry seminar (with Walter Egan) in 2008 at his alma mater Georgetown University.

Personal life

Danoff married Taffy Nivert in 1972. Both appeared together in the Starland Vocal Band; they divorced after the band’s breakup in 1981.

Danoff has three children: two daughters and a son, Owen, who auditioned for The Voice season 10.

Al Hoffman (September 25, 1902 – July 21, 1960) was an American song composer.[1] He was a hit songwriter active in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, usually co-writing with others and responsible for number-one hits through each decade, many of which are still sung and recorded today. He was posthumously made a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984. The popularity of Hoffman’s song, “Mairzy Doats”, co-written with Jerry Livingston and Milton Drake, was such that newspapers and magazines wrote about the craze. Time magazine titled one article “Our Mairzy Dotage”. The New York Times simply wrote the headline, “That Song”.

Hoffman’s songs were recorded by singers such as Frank Sinatra (“Close To You”, “I’m Gonna Live Until I Die”), Billy Eckstine (“I Apologize”) Perry Como (“Papa Loves Mambo”, “Hot Diggity”), Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (“Who Walks In When I Walk Out”), Nat “King” Cole, Tony Bennett, the Merry Macs, Sophie Tucker, Eartha Kitt, Patsy Cline, Patti Page (“Allegheny Moon”) and Bette Midler. In October, 2007, Hoffman’s “I’m Gonna Live Til I Die” was the lead single from Queen Latifah’s album, Trav’lin’ Light.

Though Hoffman had apparently little connection to Chicago, he wrote the Chicago Bears fight song “Bear Down, Chicago Bears” in 1941 under the pseudonym Jerry Downs.

Life and career

Hoffman was born in Minsk in Russia (now Belarus), to a Jewish family. His parents moved to Seattle, Washington in the United States when he was six.[3] After graduating from high school in Seattle, he started his own band, playing the drums, and moved to New York City in 1928 to pursue a music career.[3] Though he continued playing the drums in night club bands and selling bagels door-to-door on Broadway, he began writing songs, collaborating with other songwriters such as Leon Carr, Leo Corday, Mann Curtis, Mack David, Milton Drake, Al Goodhart, Walter Kent, Sammy Lerner, Jerry Livingston, Al Sherman, Dick Manning, Bob Merrill, Ed Nelson, and Maurice Sigler.[3]

In 1934, he moved to London to work on stage productions and movies, co-writing the hit songs “She Shall Have Music” and “Everything Stops for Tea”.[3] He returned to the U.S. three years later. In 1984, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has over 1,500 songs registered with A.S.C.A.P. Hoffman died in New York City of prostate cancer, and was buried in New Jersey.

Partial list of published songs

Songs written by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning

• “Allegheny Moon” (1956)
• “Dennis The Menace Song” (1960)
• “Gilly, Gilly, Ossenfeffer, Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea” (1954)
• “Hot Diggity” (1956)
• “I Can’t Tell A Waltz From A Tango” (1954)
• “I Love Her, That’s Why!” (for George Burns and Gracie Allen) (1955)
• “Mama, Teach Me to Dance” (1956)
• “Moon Talk” (1958)
• “O Dio Mio” (1960)
• “Takes Two to Tango” (1952)

Songs written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, and another collaborator

• “Are You Really Mine?” (1958) (with Mark Markwell)
• “Make Me a Miracle” (1958) (with Mark Markwell)
• “Mighty Pretty Waltz” (1950) (with Moon Mullican)
• “Oh-Oh, I’m Falling in Love Again” (1958) (with Mark Markwell)
• “Papa Loves Mambo” (1954) (with Bix Reichner)
• “Secretly” (1958) (with Mark Markwell)

Songs written by Al Hoffman, Mack David, and Jerry Livingston

• “Close to you” (1943)
• “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo” (1948)
• “Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba” (1947)
• “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes” (1949)
• “Sing, Sweet Nightingale” (1950)
• “So This Is Love” (1950)
• “The Unbirthday Song” (1951)
• “Trick or Treat for Halloween” (1952)

Songs written by Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler, and Al Goodhart

• “Everything Stops for Tea” (1935)
• “Everything’s in Rhythm with My Heart” (1935)
• “I Saw Stars” (1934)
• “I’m in a Dancing Mood” (1936)
• “There Isn’t Any Limit to My Love” (1936)
• “Why Don’t You Practice What You Preach?”
• “Where There’s You There’s Me”

Others

• “Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells”
• “Auf Wiedersehn, My Dear”
• “Bear Down, Chicago Bears” (1941)^[4]
• “Black-Eyed Susan Brown”
• “Close to You” (with Jerry Livingston and Carl Lampl)
• “Don’t Stay Away Too Long”
• “Fit as a Fiddle” (1932) (with Arthur Freed and Al Goodhart)
• “From One Minute to Another”
• “Goodnight, Wherever You Are”
• “Heartaches” (1931) (lyrics by John Klenner)
• “I Apologize” (1931) (lyrics by Al Goodhart)
• “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake” (1950) (with Bob Merrill and Clem Watts)
• “I Must Have One More Kiss Kiss Kiss”
• “I Paid For The Lie I Told You” (1939) (with Al Sherman and Enoch Light)
• “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die” (1955) (with Walter Kent and Mann Curtis)
• “If You Saw What I Saw In Nassau” (1949) (with Al Sherman and Clem Watts)
• “Little Man You’ve Had a Busy Day” (1934) [with Maurice Sigler] [music by Mabel Wayne]
• “Mairzy Doats” (1943) (with Jerry Livingston and Milton Drake)
• “Roll Up the Carpet” (1933) (with lyrics by Raymond Klages, music by Raymond Klages, Al Goodhart, and Hoffman)
• “She Broke My Heart in Three Places” (c. 1944) (with Jerry Livingston and Milton Drake)
• “Fuzzy Wuzzy” (1944) (with Jerry Livingston and Milton Drake)
• “The Story of a Starry Night” (1941) (with Jerry Livingston and Mann Curtis)
• “What’s the Good Word, Mr. Bluebird?” (1943) (with Allan Roberts and Jerry Livingston)
• “A Whale of a Tale” (1954) (with Norman Gimbel)
• “Who Walks in When I Walk Out?” (1933) (with Ralph Freed and Al Goodhart)
• “Without Rhythm”
• “You Meet the Nicest People in Your Dreams” (1939) (with Al Goodhart and Manny Kurtz)

4 5 5 5 5 -4 4 5
It’s never been ea-sy for me
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To find words to go along with the melody
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But this time it’s actually something on my mind
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So please forgive this few brief awkward lines
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Since I met you my whole life has changed
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It’s not just my furniture you rearranged
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I was living in the past
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But somehow you brought me back
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And I haven’t felt like this
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Since before Frankie said relax
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And though I know based on my track record
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I might not seem like the safest bet
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All I’m asking you is don’t write me off just yet
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For years I’ve been telling myself
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The same old stories
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That I’m happy to live off my
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So called former glories
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But you’ve given me a reason
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To take another chance
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Now I need you
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Despite the fact that you killed all my plants
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And though I know I’ve already blown
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More chances than a-ny-one should ever get
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All I’m asking you is don’t write me off just yet

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The way you wear your hat
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The way you sip your tea
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The mem`ry of all that
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No no They Can`t Take That Away From Me
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The way your smile just beams
b-7 b-7 b-7 b-7 b-7 -5
The way you sing off key
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The way you haunt my dreams
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No no They Can`t Take That Away From Me
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We may never never meet again on the bumpy road
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to love
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Still I`ll always always keep the mem`ry of
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The way you hold your knife
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The way you danced `till three
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The way you changed my life
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No no They Can`t Take That Away From Me
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No They Can`t Take That Away From Me

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The way you wear your hat
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The way you sip your tea
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The memory of all that
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No, no, they can’t take that away from me

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The way your smile just beams
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The way you sing off key
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The way you haunt my dreams
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No, no, they can’t take that away from me

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We may never never meet again
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On the bumpy road to love
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But I’ll always, always
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Keep the memory of

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The way you hold your knife
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The way we danced till three
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The way you’ve changed my life
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No they can’t take that away from me
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No they can’t take that away from me
(15, 4 Count Interlude)

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We may never never meet again
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On the bumpy road to love
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But I’ll always, always
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Keep the memory of

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The way you hold your knife
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The way we danced till three
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The way you’ve changed my life
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No they can’t take that away from me
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No they can’t take that away from me
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(Pause, Repeat Last Line)

This plays with karaoke music, same Artists, run time 3:10.

By: George & Ira Gershwin
Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra
Key: Eb

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Our ro-mance won’t end
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on a sor-row-ful note
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Though by to-mor-row you’re gone
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The song is end-ed
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But as the song-writ-er wrote
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The mel-o-dy lin-gers on
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They may take you from me
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I’ll miss your fond ca-ress
8 -9 8 8 -7* 8 -7*
But though they take you from me
7* 8 7 -6
I’ll still pos-sess

-5* -5* -5* -5* -5* 7
The way you wear your hat
-5* -5* -5* -5* -5* -3*
The way you sip your tea
-5* -5* -5* -5*-5* -7*
The mem-`ry of all that
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No no They Can`t Take That A-way From Me
-5* -5* -5* -5* -5* 7
The way your smile just beams
-5* -5* -5* -5* -5* -3*
The way you sing off key
-5* -5* -5* -5* -5* -7*
The way you haunt my dreams
8 8 8 -9* 8 -7* 7*-7* 7 -5*
No no They Can`t Take That A-way From Me
7 -7 -7* 7 -9 8 -7* 7 -9
We may nev-er nev-er meet a-gain
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on the bump-y road to love
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Still I`ll al-ways al-ways keep
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the mem-`ry of
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The way you hold your knife
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The way you danced `till three
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The way you changed my life
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No no They Can`t Take That A-way From Me
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No They Can`t Take That A-way From Me

REPEAT FROM:
The way you wear your hat

4 -3 -2 -2
Take me to church
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I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
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I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
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Offer me that deathless death
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Good God, let me give you my life

TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS
By: Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert,
John Denver
Key: A

2 2 -2* 2 -2* 2 -2* -3
Al-most heav-en West Vir-gin-ia
-4 -4 4* -4 -2* -2*-2* 2 -2*-3-3
Blue ridge moun-tains Shen-an-do-ah Riv-er
2 2 -2* 2 -2* -3 -3 4* 4*
Life is old there old-er than the trees
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Young-er than the moun-tains
-2* -3 -3 -4 -3
Grow-in’ like a breeze

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Coun-try Roads take me home
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to the place I be-long
-6* -6* 6 5* 5*-4-3 -3 -4 4*
West Vir-gin-ia moun-tain ma-ma
4*-4 -3 -3 -3 -4 -3
take me home coun-try roads

2 2 -2* 2 -2* 2 -2* -3
All my mem’ries gath-er ‘round her
-4 -4 4* -4 -2* -2* -2* 2 -2*-3 -3
Min-er’s la-dy strang-er to blue wa-ter
2 -2* -2* 2 -2* -3 -3 4* 4*
dark and dus-ty paint-ed on the skies
-4 -4 -4 -4 4* -4
mist-y taste of moon-shine
-2* -3 -3 -4 -3
tear-drop in my eye

-3 -4 4* 4* -3 -4
Coun-try Roads take me home
4* -4 -3 5* 6 -6*
to the place I be-long
-6* -6* 6 5* 5*-4-3 -3 -4 4*
West Vir-gin-ia moun-tain ma-ma
4*-4 -3 -3 -3 -4 -3
take me home coun-try roads

-3 -3 -3 3* -3 -4 4* 4* 4*
I hear her voice in the morn-ing hours
4* 4* -4 -3
she calls me
-3 -5 -5-5 -5 -5 4*
the ra-di-o re-minds me
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of my home far a-way
-4 4* 4* 4* 4* -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3
and driv-in’ down the road I get a feel-ing
-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -4 4* -4
that I should have been home yes-ter-day
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yes-ter-day

-3 -4 4* 4* -3 -4
Coun-try Roads take me home
4* -4 -3 5* 6 -6*
to the place I be-long
-6* -6* 6 5* 5*-4-3 -3 -4 4*
West Vir-gin-ia moun-tain ma-ma
4*-4 -3 -3 -3 -4 -3
take me home coun-try roads
4*-4 -3 -4 4*-4 -3 -3
take me home coun-try roads

4 -4 5 -4 5 -5 -3 4
You can turn, off and on, more times
-4 5 -5 -3 4 -4 5
Than a flashin’ neon sign
-4 5 -5 -3 4
When you want, you’re bad
-4 5 -5 -3 4 -4
But you can be so kind

-4 5 -5 4 -4 5
Just take it, or leave it
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Don’t tell your friend just want you’re gonna do now
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You take it, or leave it, it’s just my life

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oe la la la, la la la, la la la la la
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oe la la la la, la la la la la

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I’m sick and tired, of the smile, that you give
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When you don’t come home at night
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Said you’d call, that’s a lie
-4 5 -5 -3 4 -4
But you can be so kind

-4 5 -5 4 -4 5
Just take it, or leave it
-3 4 -4 -6 6 6 -5 -5 5 5 -4
Don’t tell your friend just want you’re gonna do now
-4 5 -5 4 -4 5 -3 4 -4 -4 4 4 -4 4
You take it, or leave it, it’s just my life

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oe la la la, la la la, la la la la la
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oe la la la la, la la la la la (2x)

TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY
By: Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Bobby Vee, The Beatles
Key: F

4   -3   -2   2   -1
My tears are fall-in’
2     -2   -3  3  -2 -3 -33
’cause you’re tak-in her a-way
1     4   -3   3  -3   3   -2 -2
And though it real-ly hurts me so
-2    -5   -5   -3* -3  3  -2  3
There’s some-thing that I got-ta say

-2    2   2   -1 2  -2  2
Take good care of my ba-by
-2     2   2  -1  -1  -2  -3 3
Please don’t ev-er make her bl-ue
-5   -5   4   -3* -3   3*  -3
Just tell her that you love her
4    4    -3*    -3    3  -2* 3
Make sure you’re think-ing of her
-3*-3* -3   3   -2   2  -2  3
In ev-‘ry-thing you say and do

-2    2   2   -1 2  -2  2
Take good care of my ba-by
-2    2  2  -1  -1  -2  -33
Don’t you ev-er make her cry
-5  -5    4   -3* -3    3*  -3
Just let your love sur-round her
4   4   4  -3* -3  3  -2*   3
Paint a rain-bow all a-round her
-3*  -3* -3   3 -2   -2  3 -2
Don’t let her see a cloud-y sky

3  -3 -3 -3* 4
Once up-on a time
-5   6  -5   5   -5   5
that lit-tle girl was mine
3 -3 -3   -3*   4
If I had been true,
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I know she’d nev-er be with you

3    -2   2     2  -1 2  -2 2
So, take good care of my ba-by
-2  -2  2    2  -1 -1  -2 -33
Be just as kind as you can be
-5  -5  4    -3*  -3   3* -3
And if you should dis-cov-er
4    4   -3*   -3  3   -2*  3
That you don’t real-ly love her
-3*  -3* -3 3  -2  -2   -5  2  -2
Just send my ba-by back home to me

REPEAT

Key of Bb Range: F3 to Bb4
Best for either 16 hole “C”, or 12 hole Tenor “C”

Notations: none = blow – = draw * = button in
. = lower register ____ = hold
Hint: -2 = 2*

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If you change your mind,__

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I’m the first in line.____

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Hon – ey, I’m still free,___

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take a chance on me.____

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If you need me, let_ me know, gon-na be a-round,__

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if you’ve got no place_ to go when you’re feel-ing down.__

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If you’re still a – lone___

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When the pret-ty birds have flown,

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Hon – ey I’m still free,____

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take a chance on me.____

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Gon-na do my ver – y best and it ain’t no lie,__

1 -1 -1* 2*
If you put me

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to_ the test, if you let me try.__

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Take a chance on me,______________

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take a chance on me.______________

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We can go__ danc-ing, we can go__ walk-ing,__

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As long as we’re to – geth-er.____

.3 .4 .4__ .4 -1__ 1 .3 .4 .4 -1___ 1______
Lis-ten to__ some mu – sic, may-be just talk – ing,___

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you’d get to know__ me bet – ter.___

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‘Cause you know I got

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so much that I wan-na do_____

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when I dream I’m a-lone with you,___ it’s mag – ic.____

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You want me to leave it there___

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a-fraid of a love af-fair,____ but I think you know____

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that I can’t let go._________

-.3* .4 -1 2* -3*_______
If you change your mind,_____

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I’m the first in line.__

-.3* .4 -1 -2 -2_______
Hon – ey, I’m still free,____

-.3* .4 -1 2* 2*______
take a chance on me._____

1 -1 -1* 2*
If you need me,

-3___ -3 -3 1 -1 -1* 2* 2*______
let__ me know, gon-na be a – round,__

1 -1 -1* -2
if you’ve got no

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place__ to go when you’re feel-ing down._

-.3* .4 -1 -2 -3*____
If you’re all a – lone___

-3* -3 3 -2 3_____ -1 -2 -.3* .4 -1 2* 2*
when the pret-ty birds_ have flown, hon – ey, I’m still free,

-.3* .4 -1 -2 -2___
take a chance on me.__

1 -1 -1* 2*
Gon-na do my

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ver – y best and it ain’t no lie,___

1 -1 -1* 2*
if you put me

-3___ -3 -3 1 -1 -1* -1 -1_____
to___ the test, if you let me try.___

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Take a chance on me,__________

1 -1 -1* 2* 2*____________
take a chance on me.___________

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Oh, you can take your time,_ ba – by,

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I’m in no_ hur – ry____, I know I’m gon__ – na get__ you.

.3 .4 .4__ .4 -1____ 1__ .3 .4 .4___ -1___ 1____
You don’t wan – na hurt__ me_, ba-by, don’t wor – ry___

-.2 -.3* -.3*__ -.3* .4____ -.3*___
I ain’t gon___ – na let___ you.___

-.3* -.3* -1 2* -3*
Let me tell you now,

3 3 3 3 3 -3 -3*____
my love is_ strong e – nough__

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to___ last when things are rough,__ it’s mag – ic.____

3 3 3 3 3 -3 -3*____
You say that I waste my time,__

3 3 3 3 3 3 -3 -3*____ 1 -1 -1* 2* 2*___
but I can’t get you off my mind,__ and I can’t let go___

1 -1 -1* -2 -2_______
‘cause I love you so.______

-.3* .4 -1 -2 -3*____ -3* -3 3 -2 -1_____
If you change your mind,__ I’m the first in line.__

-.3* .4 -1 2* 2*_______ -.3* .4 -1 -2 -2_____
Hon – ey, I’m still free,____ take a chance on me.____

1 -1 -1* 2*
If you need me,

-3___ -3 -3 1 -1 -1* 2* 2*_____
let__ me know, gon–na be a – round,_

1 -1 -1* -2
if you’ve got no

-3_____ -3 -3 1 -1 -1* -1 -1_____
place__ to go when you’re feel-ing down.__

-.3* .4 -1 -2 -2_____
If you’re all a – lone___

-3* -3 3 -2 3_____ -1 -2 -.3* .4 -1 2* 2*__
when the pret–ty birds_ have flown, hon-ey, I’m still free,____

-.3* .4 -1 -2 -2___
take a chance on me.__

1 -1 -1* 2*
Gon–na do my

-3__ -3 -3 1 -1 -1* -2 -2_____
ver – y best ba-by can’t you see,___

1 -1 -1* 2*
Got-ta put me

-3___ -3 -3 1 -1 -1* -1 -1___
to___ the test, take a chance on me.__

-.3* .4 -1 -2 -3* -3* -3 3 -2 -1
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa

-.3* .4 -1 2* 2*_____ -.3* .4 -1 -2 -2____
Hon – ey I’m still free___, take a chance on me.___

1 -1 -1* -2 -3 -3 -3 1 -1 -1* 2* 2*____
Gon-na do my ve-ry best, ba-by can’t you see,__

1 -1 -1* -2 -3 -3 -3 1 -1 -1* 2* 2*____
Got-ta put me to the test, take a chance on me,___
(take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)

-.3* .4 -1 -2 -3* -3* -3 3 -2 -1 -.3* .4
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa ba ba

-.3* .4 -1 2* 2*_____ -.3* .4 -1 -2__ -2____
Hon – ey I’m still free,__ take a chance on__ me. {fade}

1 -1 -1* -2 -3 -3 -3 1 -1 -1* 2* 2*____
Gon-na do my ve-ry best, ba-by can’t you see___

Chorus:
4 -4 5 6 7
If you change your mind,
-7 -7 -6 6 5
Im the first in line.
4 -4 5 6 6
Honey Im still free,
4 -4 5 6 6
take a chance on me.
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 6 6
If you need me, let me know, gonna be a round.
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5
If youve got no place to go, if youre
-5 5 5
feeling down.
4 -4 5 6 7
If youre all a lone
-7 -7 -6 6 -6 5 6
when the pretty birds have flown,
4 -4 5 6 6 4 -4 5 6 6
honey Im still free take a chance on me.
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 6 6
Gonna do my ve—ry best and it aint no lie,
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 5 5
if you put me to the test, if you let me try.
-4 5 -5 6 6
Take a chance on me.
-4 5 -5 6 6
Take a chance on me.

Verse:1
3 -4 -4 5 -4 3 -4 -4 5 -4
We can go dancing, we can go walking,
-4 -4 -2 4 4 4 -4 4
as long as were together.
3 -4 -4 -4 5 -4
Listen to some music,
3 -4 -4 5 -4
maybe just talking,
-4 -2 4 4 4 -4 4
you’d get to know me better,
4 4 5 6 7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7
cos you know Ive got so much that I wanna do,
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -6 -6 -6
when I dream Im alone with you, it’s ma–gic.
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7
You want me to leave it there,
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7
afraid of a love affair,
-4 5 -5 6 6 -4 5 -5 6 6
but I think you know, that I cant let go.

Chorus:
4 -4 5 6 7
If you change your mind,
-7 -7 -6 6 5
Im the first in line.
4 -4 5 6 6
Honey Im still free,
4 -4 5 6 6
take a chance on me.
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 6 6
If you need me, let me know, gonna be a round.
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5
If youve got no place to go, if youre
-5 5 5
feeling down.
4 -4 5 6 7
If youre all a lone
-7 -7 -6 6 -6 5 6
when the pretty birds have flown,
4 -4 5 6 6 4 -4 5 6 6
honey Im still free take a chance on me.
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 6 6
Gonna do my ve—ry best and it aint no lie,
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 5 5
if you put me to the test, if you let me try.
-4 5 -5 6 6
Take a chance on me.
-4 5 -5 6 6
Take a chance on me.

Verse:2
5 -4 4 3 -4 -4 5 -4
Oh, you can take your time baby,
3 -4 -4 5 -4 -4 -2 4 4 -4 4
Im in no hurry, know Im gonna get cha.
3 -4 -4 -4 5 -4
You dont wanna hurt me,
3 -4 -4 5 -4 -2 4 4 4 -4 4
Baby dont worry, I aint gonna let cha.
4 4 5 6 7
Let me tell you now,
-6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7
my love is strong enough,
-6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -6 -6 -6
to last when things are rough, it’s ma–gic.
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7
You say that I waste my time,
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7
but I cant get you off my mind.
-6 6 -6 6 6 -4 5 -5 6 6
No i can’t let go, cos I love you so.

Chorus:
4 -4 5 6 7
If you change your mind,
-7 -7 -6 6 5
Im the first in line.
4 -4 5 6 6
Honey Im still free,
4 -4 5 6 r 6
take a chance on me.
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 6 6
If you need me, let me know, gonna be a round.
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5
If youve got no place to go, if youre
-5 5 r 5
feeling down.
4 -4 5 6 7
If youre all a lone
-7 -7 -6 6 -6 5 6
when the pretty birds have flown,
4 -4 5 6 6 4 -4 5 6 6
honey Im still free take a chance on me.
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 6 6
Gonna do my ve—ry best and it ainât no lie,
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 5 5
if you put me to the test, if you let me try.
-4 5 -5 6 6
Take a chance on me.
-4 5 -5 6 6
Take a chance on me.
take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me

4 -4 5 6 7 -7 -7 -6 6 5
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa
4 -4 5 6 6 4 -4 5 6 6
Honey Iâm still free, take a chance on me.
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 6 6
Gonna do my ve ry best,baby cant you see,
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 5 5
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me,
take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me

4 -4 5 6 7 -7 -7 -6 6 5
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa
4 -4 5 6 6 4 -4 5 6 6
Honey Im still free, take a chance on me.
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 6 6
Gonna do my ve ry best,baby cant you see,
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 5 5
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me,
take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me

4 -4 5 6 7 -7 -7 -6 6 5
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa
4 -4 5 6 6 4 -4 5 6 6
Honey Im still free, take a chance on me.
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 6 6
Gonna do my ve ry best,baby cant you see,
-4 5 -5 6 -7 -7 -7 -4 5 -5 5 5
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me,
take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me