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Don't let me be misunderstood

(capo 2nd)

Am - Dm - Am - Dm

Am G

1. Baby, do you understand me now,

F E

sometimes I feel a little mad.

Am G

Well, don't you know that no-one alive can always be an angel,

F E

and when things go wrong I seem to be bad.

C Am

But I'm just a soul who's intentions are good.

F - - - - - -Dm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Am - Dm - Am - Dm

oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood !

Am G

2. Baby, sometimes I'm so carefree,

F E

with a joy that's hard to hide,

Am G

and sometimes it seems that all I have to do is worry,

F E

and then you're bound to see my other side.

C Am

But , I'm just a soul who's intentions are good.

F - - - - - Dm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Am

oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood !

G-F G F G

If I seem edgy, I want you to know,

F G C Am

that I never mean to take it out on you.

F G F G

Life has it's problems and I get my share,

F G E

and that's one thing I never mean to do, 'cause I love you !

Am G

. Oh, oh, oh, baby, don't you know I'm human,

F E

have thoughts like any other one.

Am G

Sometimes I find myself long regretting

F E

some foolish thing, some little simple thing I've done.

C Am

But , I'm just a soul who's intentions are good.

F - - - - - -Dm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Am - Dm

oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood !

C Am

Yes, I'm just a soul who's intentions are good.

F - - - - - -Dm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Am - Dm

oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood !

C Am

Yes, I'm just a soul who's intentions are good.

F - - - - - -Dm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Am - Dm

oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood ! .......

Don`t worry Baby

CAPO 4 (The Beach Boys)

C F G

1. Well it's been building up inside of me for oh, I don't know how long.

C F G

I don't know why, but I keep thinkin' somethin's bound to go wrong.

Dm G Em A

But she looks in my eyes and makes me realize.

D

When she says (don't worry baby)

Em A

Don't worry baby (don't worry baby)

D

Everything will turn out all right (don't worry baby)

Em A G

Don't worry baby (don't worry baby) . Ooh...ooh

C

2. I guess I should've kept my mouth shut,

F G

when I started to brag about my car.

C

But I can't back down now,

F G

because I've pushed the other guys too far.

Dm G Em A

She makes me come alive, and makes me wanna drive.

+ CHORUS

C

3. She told me, "Baby when you race today

F G

just take along my love with you.

C

And if you knew how much I love you baby,

F G

nothing could go wrong with you.

Am G Em A

Oh what she does to me, when she makes love to me.

+ CHORUS

Dream lover (Bobby Darin)

C - Am - C - Am

C - Am

1. Every night I hope and pray, a dream lover will come my way,

C - Am

a girl to hold in my arms and know the magic of her charms.

C G C F

Because I want a girl to call my own.

- C Am F G C - G

I want a dream lover so I don't have to dream alone.

C - Am

2. Dream lover, where are you with a love, oh, so true,

C - Am

and a hand that I can hold, to feel you near as I grow old?

C G C F

Because I want a girl to call my own.

- C Am F G C - C7

I want a dream lover so I don't have to dream alone.

F - C

Some-day, I don't know how, I hope you'll hear my plea,

D - G - - - - - - - - - - G7

someway, I don't know how she'll bring her love to me.

C - Am

3. Dream lover, until then, I'll go to sleep and dream again,

C - Am

that's the only thing to do, till all my lover's dreams come true.

C G C F

Because I want a girl to call my own.

- C Am F G C

I want a dream lover so I don't have to dream alone.

(orig. moves up half a note to capo 1st here) + repeat verse 3 + Am

C - Am

Please don’t make me dream alone !

C - Am

Baby, don’t make me dream alone ....

The letter (The Box Tops)

Am F

1. Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,

G D

ain't got time to take a fast train,

Am F

lonely days are gone, I’m a-going home,

E Am

my baby, she wrote me a letter.

Am F

2. I don't care how much money I got to spend,

G D

got to get back to baby again,

Am F

lonely days are gone, I'm a-going home,

E Am

my baby, she wrote me a letter.

C G F C G

Well, she wrote me a letter, said she couldn't live without me no more.

C G F C G

Listen, mister, can’t you see, I got to get back to my baby once more,

E - - - - -

anyway!

Am F

3. Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,

G D

ain't got time to take a fast train,

Am F

lonely days are gone, I’m a-going home,

E Am

my baby, she wrote me a letter.

+ CHORUS + repeat verse 3

E Am

+ repeat verse 1 + My Baby she wrote me a letter.

Please, don't talk about me when I'm gone

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Dean Martin)

G B7 E

1. Please don't talk about me when I'm gone,

A D G

oh honey, though our friendship ceases from now on.

D G B7 E

And listen, if you can't say anything real nice,

A D G

it's better not to talk at all is my advice.

B7 E

We're parting, you go your way I'll go mine, it's best that we do,

A A7 D D7

here's a kiss I hope that this brings lots of luck to you.

G B7 E

Oh makes no difference how I carry on,

A D G - D

remember, please don't talk about me when I'm gone.

2. Instrumental = lines 1 – 4 of verse 1

B7 E

We're parting, you go your way I'll go mine, it's best that we do,

A A7 D D7

here's a kiss I hope that this brings lots of luck to you.

G B7 E

Oh makes no difference how I carry on,

A D

remember, please don't talk about me -

Bm E A D

please don't talk about me - please don't talk about me

G

when I'm gone.

Runaway

(Del Shannon)

Am ~ G

1. As I walk along I wonder what went wrong

F E

with our love, a love that was so strong.

Am G

And as I still walk on, I think of the things we've done

F E

together, while our hearts were young.

A - F#m

I'm a walkin' in the rain, tears are fallin' and I feel the pain,

A - F#m

wishin' you were here by me to end this misery.

A F#m

And I wonder, I wa-wa-wa-wa-wonder,

A F#m

why, why-why-why-why-why she ran away.

D E

And I wonder where she will stay,

A D A

my little runaway, a-run-run-run-run-runaway.

- E

2. instrumental = verse 1

+ CHORUS

D A D A

+ a-run-run-run-run-runaway, a-run-run-run-run-runaway….

A teenager in love

(Dion & The Belmonts)

C Am F G

Ooh ooh wa-ooh ooh (2x)

C Am - F G

1. Each night we have a quarrel, it almost breaks my heart,

C Am - F G

‘cause I am so afraid that we will have to part.

C Am F G

Each night I ask the stars up above :

C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Why must I be a teenager in love ?

C Am - F G

2. One day I feel so happy, next day I feel so sad,

C Am - F G

I guess I’ll learn to take the good with the bad.

C Am F G

Each night I ask the stars up above :

C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Why must I be a teenager in love ?

F G - F G

+ I cried a tear for nobody but you,

F G F G

I’ll be a lonely one if you should say we’re through.

C Am F G

3. Well, if you want to make me cry, that won’t be so hard to do,

C Am F G

if you should say goodbye, I’ll still go on loving you.

C Am F G

Each night I ask the stars up above :

C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Why must I be a teenager in love ?

F G - F G

+ I cried a tear for nobody but you,

F G F G

I’ll be a lonely one if you should say we’re through.

C Am F G

4. Well, if you want to make me cry, that won’t be so hard to do,

C Am F G

and if you should say goodbye, I’ll still go on loving you.

C Am F G

Each night I ask the stars up above :

C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Why must I be a teenager in love ?

C Am F G

+ Why must I be a teenager in love ? (3x) ...

Up on the roof

(The Drifters)

G Em

1. When this old world starts getting me down,

C D G

and people are just too much for me to face.

Em

I climb way up to the top of the stairs,

C D G

and all my cares just drift right into space.

C

On the roof, it's peaceful as can be,

G Em C - D

and there the world below can't bother me.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Let me tell you now…

G Em

2. When I come home feelin' tired and beat

C D G

I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (up on the roof).

Em

I get away from the hustling crowd,

C D G

and all that rat-race noise down in the street (up on the roof).

C

On the roof’s the only place I know,

G Em C D

where you just have to wish to make it so. Let's go

- - - - - - - G

up on the roof (up on the roof) !

G - Em - C - D - G

C

At night the stars put on a show for free,

G Em C - D

and, darling, you can share it all with me.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

I keep a-tellin' you

G Em

3. Right smack dab in the middle of town

C D G

I've found a paradise that's trouble proof (up on the roof).

Em

And if this world starts getting you down,

C D G

there's room enough for two up on the roof (up on the roof).

Em

Up on the roo-oo-oof (up on the roof),

G

oh, come on, baby (up on the roof),

Em

oh, come on, honey (up on the roof),

G

everything is all right (up on the roof)….

Li'l Red Riding Hood

(Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs)

G-D-Em - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Owwww! Who's that I see walkin' in these woods?

G-D-Em - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Why, it's Little Red Riding Hood!

G-D - Em G A

1. Hey there, Little Red Riding Hood, you sure are lookin' good,

C B7 Em - B7

you're everything a big bad wolf could want. Listen to me !

Em G A

Little Red Riding Hood, I don't think little big girls should

C B7 Em B7

go walkin' in these spooky old woods alone. Owwww!

G Em

What big eyes you have? The kind of eyes that drive wolves mad !

A

So just do see that you don't get chased,

D7

I think I ought to walk with you for always

G Em

What cool lips you have, they're sure to lure someone bad,

A

so until you get to Grandma's place,

D7

I think you ought to walk with me and be safe.

Em G

2. I'm gonna keep my sheep suit on,

A

until I'm sure that you've been shown

C B7 Em B7

that I can be trusted walkin' with you alone. Owwww!

Em G A

Little Red Riding Hood, I'd like to hold you if I could,

C B7 Em B7

but you might think I'm a big bad wolf, so I won't. Owwww!

G Em

What a big heart I have, the better to love you with,

A D7

Little Red Riding Hood, even bad wolves can be good.

G Em

I'll try to be satisfied, just to walk close by your side,

A D7

maybe you'll see things my way, before we get to Grandma's place.

Em G A

3. Little Red Riding Hood, you sure are lookin' good,

C B7 Em

you're everything that a big bad wolf could want.

B7 Em - G A

Owwww - I mean baaaa! Baaaa! .....

Wooly bully

(Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs)

G7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Uno, dos, one, two, tres, quatro

G7 ~ ~ - G

Hey, Wooly Bully! Watch it now! Watch it!

C - G

Yeah it comes! Yeah it comes! Watch it now or it gets ya!

D - C - G - D

G

1. Matty told Hatty, about a thing she saw,

G7

had two big horns and a wooly jaw.

C G D C G - D

Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully, woolly bully.

G

2. Hatty told Matty, "Let's don't take no chance,

G7

let’s not be L-seven, come and learn to dance."

C G D C G

Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully, woolly bully.

- D

Watch it now ! Watch it ! Watch it !

G7 ~ ~ + (instrumental = verse 2) G - G7 - C - G - D - C - G - D

Hey !!

G

3. Matty told Hatty, "That's the thing to do.

G7

get you someone really to pull the wool with you."

C G D C G

Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully, woolly bully.

D

Watch it now ! Watch it ! Here it comes!

G7 ~ ~

You got it ! You got it !

She’s not there

(The Zombies)

Am - D - Am - D (2x)

Am D Am D - Am F - Am - D

1. Well, no one told me about her, the way she lied,

Am D Am D - Am F - A

well, no one told me about her, how many people cried.

D Dm Am

But it’s too late to say you’re sorry,

Em Am

how would I know, why should I care,

D Dm C E - E7

please, don’t bother tryin’ to find her, she’s not there.

Am - D

Well, let me tell you bout the way she looked,

Am F Am - D

the way she’d acted and the colour of her hair.

Am - F Am - D

Her voice was soft and cool, her eyes were clear and bright,

A

but she’s not there.

+ Am - D - Am - D (2x)

Am D Am D - Am F - Am - D

2. Well, no one told me about her, what could I do,

Am D Am D - Am F - A

well, no one told me about her, though they all knew.

+ CHORUS

+ Am - D - Am - D (3x) + Am - D - A - A7

+ CHORUS

DOWN IN MEXICO

Em(aah) Am(aah)
Em(aah) B7(aah) Em(aah) B7(aah)

[Verse 1]

Em Em(ba-shoowa-shoowa)
Down in Mexicali,
Em(aah) Em(ba-shoowa-shoowa)
There's a crazy little place that I know.
Em(aah) Em(ba-shoowa-shoowa)
Where the drinks are hotter than the chilli sauce,
B7 B7
And the boss is a cat named Joe.

[Chorus]

Em Em
He wears a red bandana, plays a blues piano,
Am Em
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico.
Em(aah) Am(aah)
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache,
Am Em
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico.

[Verse 2]

Em(aah) Em(ba-shoowa-shoowa)
Well, the first time that I saw him,
Em(aah) Em(ba-shoowa-shoowa)
He was sittin' on a piano stool.
Em(aah) Em(ba-shoowa-shoowa)
I said "Tell me dad, when does the fun begin?"
B7 B7
He just winked his eye and said "Man, be cool."

[Chorus]

Em Em
He wears a red bandana, plays a blues piano,
Am Em
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico.
Em(aah) Am(aah)
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache,
Am Em
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico.

[Verse 3]

(Double time feel, solo drums)

(B C# D#E) N.C.
(In Mexico) All of a sudden in walks this chick
(B C# D#E) N.C.
(In Mexico) Joe starts playing on a Latin kick
(B C# D#E) N.C.
(In Mexico) Around her waist she wore three fishnets
(B C# D#E) N.C.
(In Mexico) She started dancin' with the castanets
(B C# D#E) N.C.
(In Mexico) I didn't know just what to expect
(B C# D#E) N.C.
(In Mexico) She threw her arms around my neck
(B C# D#E) N.C.
(In Mexico) We started dancin' all around the floor
(B C# D#E) N.C.
(In Mexico) And then she did a dance I never saw before.

[Verse 4]

(A tempo)

Em(aah) Em(ba-shoowa-shoowa)
So if you're south of the border,
Em(aah) Em(ba-shoowa-shoowa)
I mean down in Mexico,
Em(aah) Em(ba-shoowa-shoowa)
And you wanna get straight, Man, don't hesitate,
B7 B7
Just look up a cat named Joe.

[Chorus]

Em Em
He wears a red bandana, plays the cool piano,
Am Em
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico.
Em(aah) Am(aah)
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache,
Am Em
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico.

[Outro]

(Lyrics spoken)

Em(aah) B7(aah)
Hey, como est usted senorita?
Em(aah) B7(aah)
Hey, come with me to Mexico city.
Em(aah) B7(aah)
Ah you can get your kicks in Mexico.
Em(aah) B7(aah)
Ha crazy, come with me baby, come with me. (Fade to end)

Verse 1]
F Dm Gm
Blue moon,
C F Dm Gm
You saw me standing alone.
C F Dm Gm
Without a dream in my heart,
F
Without a love of my own.
Gm C
*Scat* -my own

[Verse 2]
F Dm Gm
Blue moon,
C F Dm Gm
You saw me standing alone.
C F Dm Gm
Without a love in my heart,
C F Bb F
Without a dream of my own.

[Chorus]
Gm C F Dm
And then I suddenly found right before me.
Gm C F
The only one I ever wanted to hold.
E Am
And then you said you'd come and then you'd adore me.
D C7
Blue moon, you went to turn to gold.

[Verse 3]
F Dm Gm
Blue moon,
C F Dm Gm
Now I'm no longer alo-*Paul Laughs*-ne.

Help me Rhonda (midi)

G C D G - C - G - C

1. Since she put me down I`v be out doin` in my head.

G C D G - C - G - C

Come in late at night and in the morning I just lay in bed.

Em C A7

Well, Rhonda, you look so fine, I know it wouldn`t take much time,

G D7 G

for you to help me Rhonda, help me get her out of my heart.

D7

Help me Rhonda, help, help me, Rhonda,

G