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Songbook 3

January 2015

GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY By J. Clement Recorded by Johnny Cash on 4/9/58

D G Well, you ask me if I'll forget my baby D G I guess I will – some day D A7 D A7 I don't like it but I guess things happen that way D G You ask me if I'll get along D G I guess I will – some way D A7 D D7 I don't like it but I guess things happen that way Chorus: G D A7 D God gave me that girl to lean on, then he put me on my own, G D A7 D Heaven help me be a man and have the strength to stand alone D A7 D A7 I don't like it but I guess things happen that way D G You ask me if I'll miss her kisses, D G I guess I will – every day, D A7 D A7 I don't like it but I guess things happen that way. D G You ask me if I'll find another D G I don't know – I can’t say, D A7 D D7 I don't like it but I guess things happen that way Chorus: JC/SUSA

LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE

INTRO:

A (x2) D (x2) E7 (x2) A (x1) E7 (x1)

A (x2)Sally called when she got the word. D (x2) E7 (x2) A (X1) E7 (X1) She said:"I suppose you´ve heard …........... about Alice". A (x2)Well, I rushed to the window, well I looked outside, D (x2) I could hardly believe my eyes, E7 (x2) A (x1) E7 (x1)as a big limousine pulled slowly into Alice´s drive.

REFRAIN: A (x2)I don´t know why she´s leaving or where she´s gonna go D (x2)but I guess she´s got her reasons but I just don´t want to know. E7 (x2) A (x1) E7 (x1)´Cos for twenty-four years I´ve been living next door to Alice. A (x2)Twenty-four years just waiting for the chance D (x2)to tell her how I feel and maybe get a second glance, E7 (x2) A (x1) E7 (x1)now I´ve got to get used to not living next door to Alice.

We grew up together, two kids in the park.We carved our initials deep in the bark, …................ me and Alice.Now she walks through the door with her head held high,Just for a second I caught her eyes.A big limousine pulled slowly out of Alice´s drive.

REFRAIN

And Sally called back and asked how I feltAnd she said I know how to help, …............. get over Alice She said, now Alice is gone, but I'm still hereYou know I've been waiting for 24 yearsAnd the big limousine disappeared.

REFRAIN

THEN..... (SLOWING) E7 AI'll never get used to not living next door to Alice.

NOTE: The E7 should really be E but E7 is a lot easier and sounds OK!

LITTLEHAMPTON UKULELE JAM

It's Hard To Be HumbleMac Davis

Chorus:[A]Oh [D]Lord it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every [A7]wayI can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better lookin' each [D]dayTo know me is to love me, I [D7]must be a hell of a [G]manOh Lord it's hard to be [D]humble,But I'm [A7]doing the best that I [D]can

I [D]used to [G]have a [D]girlfriend, but I guess she just couldn't com[A7]peteWith all of these love-starved women, who keep clamouring at my [D]feetWell I prob'ly could find me another,But I [D7]guess they're all in awe of [G]meWho cares I never get [D]lonesome, 'cause I [A7]treasure my own compan[D]y

Chorus

I [D]guess you could [G]say I'm a [D]loner, a cowboy outlaw tough and [A7]proudOh I could have lots of friends if I wanted, but then I wouldn't stand out in a [D]crowdSome folks say that I'm egotistical,Hell, I [D7]don't even know what that [G]meansI guess it has something to [D]do with the way that I [A7]fill out my skin-tight blue [D]jeans

Chorus

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Jim Carey’s Ukulele Songbook 2013 29

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Am A7 Em D7 D7-alt G

or

Intro = Single-strum each chord in 1st verse while singing. Some [Am] things in life are [D7-alt] bad they can [G] really make you [Em] mad, and [Am] other things just [D7-alt] make you swear and [G] curse [Em]. When you’re [Am] chewing on life’s [D7-alt] gristle, don’t [G] grumble – give a [Em] whistle and [A7] this’ll help things turn out for the [D7-alt] best …and… Chorus [G] Always [Em] look on the [Am] bright [D7-alt] side of [G] life whistle [Em] .…[Am]…..[D7-alt]… [G] Always [Em] look on the [Am] light [D7-alt] side of [G] life whistle [Em] .…[Am]…..[D7-alt]… If [Am] life seems jolly [D7-alt] rotten there’s [G] something you’ve for [Em] gotten, and [Am] that’s to laugh and [D7-alt] smile and dance and [G] sing [Em]. When you’re [Am] feeling in the [D7-alt] dumps, [G] don’t be silly [Em] chumps just [A7] purse your lips and whistle that’s the [D7-alt] thing …and…………….. Chorus For [Am] life is quite ab [D7-alt] surd and [G] death’s the final [Em] word; You must [Am] always face the [D7-alt] curtain with a [G] bow. [Em] For [Am] get about your [D7-alt] sin; give the [G] audience a [Em] grin en [A7] joy it; it’s your last chance any [D7-alt] how …and… [G] Always [Em] look on the [Am] bright [D7-alt] side of [G] death whistle [Em]… .[Am]….[ D7-alt]… [G] Just be [Em] fore you [Am] take your [D7-alt] terminal [G] breathe. whistle [Em] …[Am]…..[ D7-alt]… [Am] Life’s a piece of [D7-alt] shit [G] when you look at [Em] it. [Am] Life’s a laugh and [D7-alt] death’s a joke – it’s [G] true [Em] [Am] you see it’s all a [D7-alt] show; keep them [G] laughing as you [Em] go. Just re [A7] member that the last laugh is on [D7-alt] you …and……

Ending = Chorus x2 …fade.

HALLELUJAH (Leonard Cohen)

C AmI've heard there was a secret chord

C AmThat David played, and it pleased the Lord

F G C GBut you don't really care for music, do yer?

C F* G*

It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth Am F

The minor fall, the major lift G Em Am

The baffled king composing Hallelujah

F F Am Am

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

F F C - G - C G

Hallelujah, Hall-el-u-jah

C AmYour faith was strong but you needed proof

C AmYou saw her bathing on the roof

F G C GHer beauty in the moonlight overthrew yer

C F* G*

She tied you to a kitchen chair Am F

She broke your throne, she cut your hair G Em Am

And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

F F Am Am

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

F F C - G - C G

Hallelujah, Hall-el-u-jah

C Am

Maybe I've been here before C Am

I know this room, I've walked this floor F G C G

I used to live alone before I knew you

C F* G*I've seen your flag on the marble arch

Am FBut love is not a victory march

G Em AmIt's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

F F Am Am

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

F F C - G - C G

Hallelujah, Hall-el-u-jah

C AmThere was a time you'd let me know

C AmWhat's real and going on below

F G C GBut now you never show it to me do you?

C F* G*

Remember when I moved in you? Am F

The holy dove was moving too G Em Am

And every breath we drew was hallelujah

F F Am Am

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

F F C - G - C G

Hallelujah, Hall-el-u-jah

C Am

Maybe there's a God above C Am

And all I ever learned from love F G C GWas how to shoot at someone who outdrew you

C F* G*It's not a cry you can hear at night

Am FIt's not somebody who's seen the light

G Em AmIt's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

F F Am Am

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

F F C - G - C G

Hallelujah, Hall-el-u-jah

F F Am Am

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

F F C - G - C G

Hallelujah, Hall-el-u-jah

Notes:

This song is in 6/8 time. Each chord is played for 6 beats (two groups of 3) except the ones

marked * which are only 3 beats (half a bar) each.

Summertime Blues – Soprano Ukulele

(intro riff X2)

I’m gonna raise a fuss I’m gonna raise a holler

About workin’ all summer just to try to earn a dollar

Every time I call my baby, and try to get a date, my boss says “No dice, son, you gotta work late”

Sometimes I wonder what I’m a gonna do, but there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues

(repeat intro riff X2)

Well my mom and pop told me “Son, you gotta make some money,

If you wanna use the car to go ridin’ next Sunday”

Well I didn’t go to work, told the boss I was sick – “Well you can’t use the car, ‘cause you didn’t work a lick”

Sometimes I wonder what I’m a gonna do, but there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues

(repeat intro riff X2)

I’m gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation

I’m gonna take my problem to the United Nations

Well I called my congressman and he said, quote: “I’d like to help you son, but you’re too young to vote”

Sometimes I wonder what I’m a gonna do, but there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues

(repeat intro riff x4)

Brian Ward MUG Book 2: Page 38 Marlow Ukulele Group

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? – Carole King, The Shirelles (1960)

Intro : C Am F G7 ==========================================================================================

C Am F G C Am Dm G7 - Tonight you're mine completely - You give your love so sweetly E(7) E7 Am / Tonight the light of love is in your eyes F G C / - But will you love me tomorrow? ========================================================================================== C Am F G C Am Dm G7 - Is this a lasting treasure - Or just a moment's pleasure? E(7) E7 Am / Can I be-lieve the magic of your sighs? F G C / - Will you still love me tomorrow? C Am F G C Am Dm G7 - I'd like to know that your love - Is love I can be sure of E(7) E7 Am / So tell me now and I won't ask again ... F G C / - Will you still love me tomorrow? ========================================================================================== Instrumental Verse ==========================================================================================

Bridge ========================================================================================== Last Verse repeated ========================================================================================== E(7) E7 Am / So tell me now and I won't ask again F G C C7 - Will you still love me tomorrow? F G C C7 - Will you still love me tomorrow? F G Dm F C {stop} - Will you still love me tomor - row?

Chords

F / Em / - Tonight with words unspoken ..... F / C / - You said that I'm the only one F / Em / - But will my heart be broken? F Dm Dm7 (F) G7 When the night meets the morning sun

Bridge

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Those Were The Days

(Boris Fomin, Gene Raskin, Mary Hopkin, 1968) [Am] Once upon a time there was a [Am7] tavern

[A7] Where we used to raise a glass or [Dm] two

[Dm] Remember how we laughed away the [Am] hours

And [B7] dreamed of all the great things we would [E7] do

Chorus

Those were the [Am] days my friend we thought they'd [Dm] never end

We'd sing and [G] dance for [G7] ever and a [C] day

We'd live the [Dm] life we choose we'd fight and [Am] never lose

For we were [E7] young and sure to have our [Am] way

[Am] La la la la la la [A7] la la la [Dm] la la la

Those were the [E7] days oh yes those were the [Am] days

[Am] Then the busy years went rushing [Am7] by us

We [A7] lost our starry notions on the [Dm] way

[Dm] If by chance I'd see you in the [Am] tavern

We'd [B7] smile at one another and we'd [E7] say

Chorus

[Am] Just tonight I stood before the [Am7] tavern

[A7] Nothing seemed the way it used to [Dm] be

[Dm] In the glass I saw a strange re [Am] flection

[B7] Was that lonely woman really [E7] me

Chorus

[Am] Through the door there came familiar [Am7] laughter

I [A7] saw your face and heard you call my [Dm] name

[Dm] Oh my friend we're older but no [Am] wiser

For [B7] in our hearts the dreams are still the [E7] same

Chorus

Brian Ward MUG Book 2: Page 23 Marlow Ukulele Group

Brown-Eyed Girl – Van Morrison (1967)

Intro Play chords or tab x 2

=======================================================================================================================

F Bb F C7 Hey, where did we go? ... Days when the rains came? F Bb F C7 Down in the hollow .... playin' a new game F Bb F C7 Laughing and a - running, hey hey ... Skipping and a - jumping F Bb F C7 Bb In the misty morning fog with .... our hearts a - thumping and you .. C7 F Dm Bb C7 F C7 My brown-eyed girl ......... You, my ... brown-eyed girl =======================================================================================================================

F Bb F C7 Whatever happened .... to Tuesday and so slow F Bb F C7 Going down the old mine with a ... transistor radio F Bb F C7 Standing in the sunlight laughing ... Hiding behind a rainbow's wall F Bb F C7 Bb Slipping and a-sliding ..... all along the waterfall with you .. C7 F Dm Bb C7 F My brown-eyed girl ......... You, my ... brown-eyed girl C C C7 Do you remember when ..... we used to sing:.... F Bb F C7 So hard to find my way ... now that I'm all on my own F Bb F C7 I saw you just the other day and ... my, how you have grown F Bb F C7 Cast my memory back there lord ... Sometimes I'm overcome thinkin’ 'bout it F Bb F C7 Bb Making love in the green grass ....behind the stadium with you C7 F Dm Bb C7 F My brown-eyed girl ......... You, my ... brown-eyed girl C C C7 Do you remember when ..... we used to sing ,,,, =======================================================================================================================

First line of Chorus x 4 =======================================================================================================================

Ending : (C7) F C7 F ...... My brown-eyed girl .... my brown-eyed girl

Chords

Chorus F Bb F C7 Sha la la la la la la la la la la de-da .. just like that F Bb F C7 F C7 Sha la la la la la la la la la la de-da la de -da

A E C G

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Dance the Night Away

(The Mavericks 1998)

Into F/C7 * 4

[F] Here comes my [C7] happiness

a-[F]-gain, [C7]

[F] Right back to [C7] where it

should have [F] been. [C7]

[F] 'Cause now she's [C7] gone and I

am [F] free, [C7]

[F] And she can't [C7] do a thing to

[F] me. [C7]

Chorus

[F] I just wanna [C7] dance the night

a-[F]-way [C7]

[F] With Senho-[C7]-ritas who can

[F] sway. [C7]

[F] Right now to-[C7]-morrow's

looking [F] bright, [C7]

[F] Just like the [C7] sunny morning

[F] light. [C7]

And [F] if you should [C7] see her,

[F] please let her [C7] know

That I'm [F] well - [C7] as you can

[F] tell. [C7]

And [F] if she should [C7] tell you,

that [F] she wants me [C7] back,

Tell her [F] "No" - [C7] I gotta [F]

go. [C7]

Chorus

And if you should see her

Please let her know that I'm well

As you can tell

And if she should tell you

That she wants me back

Tell her no

I gotta go

Chorus twice

Outro F/C7 *

Stop on next F – then F/F/F.