-8 7 -6 -7 -8 6 -6 -7 Down to Fourth Street over to Main 5 6 6 -6 6 5 5 -6 5 Lookin’ for the gal that sells cocaine, -7 -8 5 6 -6 -7 -7 6 Cocaine, runnin’ all ’round my brain, -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 Come here, mama, […]
Tom Traubert’s Blues
(Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) -5 -5 -5 -5 6 Wast-ed and wound-ed -4 5 5 5 5 4 It ain’t what the moon did 4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 43 I got what I paid for now 4 -5 -5 -5 -5 6 I see ya to-mor-row -5 5 5 5 […]
The Vacant Chair (chrom)
Hymn Cathy Mattea Key: A Time: 3/4 2 2 2 2 -2* 2 2 -3 We shall meet but we shall miss him, 2 2 2 2 -2* 2 -4 There will be one va-cant chair; 2 2 4* -4 -3 3* 3* -2* We shall lin-ger to ca-ress him 4* -4 -3 3* -2* […]
Vacant Chair, The
CIVIL WAR DIRGE 4 4 4 4 -4 4 4 -5 We shall meet, but we shall miss him. 4 4 4 4 -4 4 6 There will be one va-cant chair. 4 4 -6 6 -5 5 5 -4 We shall linger to caress him, -6 6 -5 5 -4 5 -5 While we […]
Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in film. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, Porter defied his grandfather’s wishes and took up music […]
Les Misérables
Les Misérables (/leɪ ˌmɪzəˈrɑːbəl, –blə/, French: [le mizeʁabl(ə)]) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title. However, several alternatives have been used, including The Miserables, […]
Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed “Satchmo“, “Satch“, and “Pops“, was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz. In 2017, he was […]
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager (born Carol Bayer on March 8, 1947) is an American lyricist, singer, and songwriter. [toc heading_levels=”2,3,4,5″] Early life and career Bayer Sager was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Anita Nathan Bayer and Eli Bayer. Her family was Jewish. She graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic […]
Beyonce Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/biːˈjɒnseɪ/ bee-YON-say; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, actress and record producer. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny’s Child, one of the best-selling girl groups […]
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main […]
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll” or simply “the King”. His energized […]
Click go the Shears Boys
5 5 4- 4 5 6 7 7 7- 6- Out on the board the old shearer stands 6 6 6- 6 5 5 5 4- 4 4 Grasping his shears in his thin bony hands 5 5 4- 4 5 6 7 7 7- 6 Fixed is his gaze on a bare bellied joe […]
I’d Love You To Want Me
By LOBO Key: G 7 7 7 7 -7 -8 -5 When I saw you stand-ing there -5 7 7 -7 -8 6 I ‘bout fell out my chair 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 -8 8 8 And when you moved your mouth to speak -5 -6* -6* -6* -6* -7 -8 -5 I felt […]
Stormy Weather
W: Ted Koehler M: Harold Arlen Don’t know why -3* -4 -5 There’s no sun up in the sky -3* -4 -5 -4 -5 4* 4 Storm-y weath-er -3* -4 -5 -1 Since my man and I ain’t to-geth-er -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 3 2 3 -1 Keeps rain-in’ all the time 1 2 […]
Trouble In Mind (chromatic)
Big Bill Broonzy Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee Johnny Cash Key: G Play D7 1/2 measure before beginnin’ (D7) G -1 2 -1 -4 -4 -3 Trou-ble in mind, I’m blue C -4 -4 -5 -3* -3 3 1 But I won’t be blue al-ways, C#dim G E7 A7 3 2 -1 3 3 -3 […]
Trouble In Mind
Big Bill Broonzy, Johnny Cash Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee Key: G Tabbed for an F diatonic Play D7 1/2 measure before beginnin’ (D7) G -3” -3 -3” -5′ -5′ 5 Trou-ble in mind, I’m blue C -5′-5′ -6 -5 5 -4 3 But I won’t be blue al-ways, C#dim7 G E7 A7 -4 -3 […]
Flip Flop and Fly harp parts
Intro – Warble -4 -4b (wah ah wah ah wah ah wah ah wah ah wah ah wah ah wah ah wah ah wah ah)-4 -3 -2 |-4 -3 -2|-4 -3 -2|-4 -3 -2|-2b -2b -2b -1b|-4 -3 -2// Build up momementum with -123(dah) 123(dit) -123 -123(dah dah) –123(dit) -123 -123(dah dah) -123 -123(dit dit) […]
Flip Flop and Fly
-6 -7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -8 -7 -6 -7 -6 -5 Now when I got the blues, I get me a rockin’ chair. 8 -8 8 8 -8 -8 -9 8 8 -9 -8 -8 When I get the blues I get me a rockin’ chair. 8 8 -9 8 8 -9 -9 […]
Robert Burns
Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known […]
- 1. Cocaine Blues
- 2. Tom Traubert’s Blues
- 3. The Vacant Chair (chrom)
- 4. Vacant Chair, The
- 5. Cole Porter
- 6. Les Misérables
- 7. Louis Armstrong
- 8. Carole Bayer Sager
- 9. Beyonce Knowles
- 10. Willie Nelson
- 11. Elvis Presley
- 12. Click go the Shears Boys
- 13. I’d Love You To Want Me
- 14. Stormy Weather
- 15. Trouble In Mind (chromatic)
- 16. Trouble In Mind
- 17. Flip Flop and Fly harp parts
- 18. Flip Flop and Fly
- 19. Robert Burns