**************************************** HORSE WITH NO NAME - America 022000 200200... 020002 x00220... V1: On the first part of the journey I was lookin at all the life There were plants and birds and rocks and things, there were sand and hills and rings The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz and the sky with no clouds The heat was hot and the ground was dry but the air was full of sound C: I've been through the desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name 'cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain, La la... V2: After two days in the desert sun my skin began to turn red After three days in the desert fun I was looking at a river bed And the story it told of a river that flowed made me sad to think it was dead C: I've been through the desert on a horse with no name... V3: After nine days I let the horse run free 'cause the desert had turned to sea There were plants and birds and rocks and things, there were sand and hills and rings The ocean is a desert with it's life underground and the perfect disguise above Under the cities lies a heart made of ground but the humans will give no love C: I've been through the desert on a horse with no name... **************************************** HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - Animals Am C D F Am C E E7 Am C D F Am E Am E7 (use this for intro) V1: There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy and God I know I'm one V2: My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new bluejeans My father was a gamblin' man down in New Orleans V3: Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and trunk And the only time he's satisfied is when he's on a drunk V4: Oh mother tell your children not to do what I have done Spend your lives in sin and misery in the House of the Rising Sun V5: Well, I got one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train I'm goin' back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain V6: Well, there is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy and God I know I'm one **************************************** THE LETTER - Box Tops Am F G D7 Am F E7 Am V1: Give me a ticket for an aeroplane Ain't got time to take the fastest train Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home My baby just wrote me a letter V2: I don't care how much money I gotta spend Got to get back to my baby again Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home My baby just wrote me a letter C G F C G C G F C G E7 C: Well she wrote me a letter Said she couldn't live without me no more Listen mister can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more, anyway (V1, Chorus, V1) **************************************** ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER - Bob Dylan Am Am/G F G... Am G F G... V1: There must be some way out of here Said the joker to the thief There's too much confusion I can't get no relief Business men, they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None of them along the line Know what any of it is worth V2: No reason to get excited The thief, he kindly spoke There are many here among us Who feel that life is but a joke But you and I, we've been through that And this is not our fate So let us not talk falsely now The hour is getting late V3: All along the watchtower Princes kept the view While all the women came and went Barefoot servants too Outside in the distance A wildcat did growl Two riders were approaching The wind began to howl **************************************** TAKE IT EASY - Eagles Intro: 320003 3x2013 3x0213... G D C G D C G V1: Well I'm a runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load I've got seven women on my mind Four that wanna own me, two that wanna stone me One says she's a friend of mine Em C G Am C Em C G C G Am C G C1: Take it easy, take it easy Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy Lighten up while you still can, don't even try to understand Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy V2: Well, I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona Such a fine sight to see It's a girl my lord in a flat-bed Ford Slowin' down to take a look at me C2: Come on, baby, don't say "maybe" I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me We may lose and we may win, though we may never be here again So open up I'm climbin' in, so take it easy V3: Well, I'm a runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load Got a world of trouble on my mind Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover She's so hard to find C3: Take it easy, take it easy Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy Come on baby, don't say "maybe" I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me Outro: C C G G C C G 35x453 C C G 35x453 C C Em **************************************** MARY JANE'S LAST DANCE - Tom Petty HARP: G diatonic (3rd position, Am) Am G D V1: She grew up in an Indiana town Had a good lookin' mama who never was around But she grew up tall and she grew up right With them Indiana boys on an Indiana night V2: Then she moved down here at the age of 18 She blew the boys away, was more than they'd seen I was introduced and we both started groovin' She said, I dig you baby but I got to keep movin' on, keep movin' on Em7 A G C: Last dance with Mary Jane, One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm tired of this town again V3: Well I don't know but I've been told If you never slow down, you never grow old I'm tired of screwing up, I'm tired of goin' down I'm tired of myself, I'm tired of this town V4: Oh my my, oh hell yes Honey, put on that party dress Buy me a drink, sing me a song Take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long C: Last dance with Mary Jane, One more time to kill the pain... V5: There's pigeons down in Market Square She's standin' in her underwear Lookin' down from a hotel room And nightfall will be comin' soon V6: Oh my my, oh hell yes You've got to put on that party dress It was too cold to cry when I woke up alone I hit my last number, I walked to the road C: Last dance with Mary Jane, One more time to kill the pain... **************************************** SWEET VIRGINIA - Rolling Stones Harp key A (1st position), Capo 2nd fret C A7 G... C G D G... V1: Wading through the waste, stormy winter And there's not a friend to help you through Trying to stop the waves behind your eyeballs Drop your reds, drop your greens and blues V2: Thank you for your wine, California Thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits Yes I've got the desert in my toenail And I hid the speed inside my shoe C: But come on, come on down, Sweet Virginia Come on, honey child, I beg of you Come on, come on down, you got it in ya Got to scrape that shit right off your shoes (x1, solo, x2) **************************************** PRETZEL LOGIC - Steely Dan x0xxxx xxx43x xxx55x 1xxxxx... x-12-xxxx x0xxxx xx0xxx xxx55x xxx76x x0xxxx... 777777 x0999x 555555 xx0232... V1: I would love to tour the Southland in a travelling minstrel show Yes I'd love to tour the Southland in a travelling minstrel show Yes I'm dying to be a star and make them laugh Sound just like a record on the phonograph Those days are gone forever, over a long time ago, oh yeah V2: I have never met Napoleon But I plan to find the time I have never met Napoleon But I plan to find the time 'Cause he looks so fine upon that hill They tell me he was lonely, he's lonely still Those days are gone forever, over a long time ago, oh yeah Am F F Am A,B,C,C# BR: I stepped up on the platform The man gave me the news He said, You must be joking son Where did you get those shoes? Where did you get those shoes? Well, I've seen 'em on the TV, the movie show They say the times are changing but I just don't know Those days are gone forever, over a long time ago, oh yeah **************************************** CORTEZ THE KILLER - Neil Young 022030 x00230 x02010 x02030 V1: He came dancing across the water with his galleons and guns Looking for the new world in that palace in the sun V2: On the shore lay Montezuma with his coca leaves and pearls In his halls he often wondered with the secrets of the worlds V3: And his subjects gathered 'round him like the leaves around a tree In their clothes of many colors for the angry gods to see V4: And the women all were beautiful, and the men stood straight and strong They offered life in sacrifice so that others could go on V5: Hate was just a legend and war was never known The people worked together and they lifted many stones V6: They carried them to the flatlands and they died along the way But they built up with their bare hands what we still can't do today V7: And I know she's living there and she loves me to this day I still can't remember when or how I lost my way V8: He came dancing across the water, Cortez, Cortez What a killer **************************************** HEART OF GOLD - Neil Young HARP key G Em7 D Em... Em C D G... Em7 D Em Em C D G... Em G C G... V1: I want to live, I want to give I've been a miner for a heart of gold It's these expressions I never give That keep me searching for a heart of gold and I'm getting old Keeps me searching for a heart of gold and I'm getting old V2: I've been to Hollywood, I've been to Redwood I've crossed the ocean for a heart of gold I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line That keeps me searching for a heart of gold and I'm getting old Keeps me searching for a heart of gold and I'm getting old Em C D G (x3) (harmonica interlude) Outro: Keep me searching for a heart of gold (Intro chords) You keep me searching and I'm growin old Keep me searching for a heart of gold I've been a miner for a heart of gold