Category: The Beatless Sense Mongers

LYRICS
Coversong originally made famous by The Kinks
Written by Ray Davies

  E
I met her in a club down in old Soho
          A                      D                     E
where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Coca Cola (or cherry cola)
         A   Asus4 A
C-O-L-A, cola
    E
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
  A                           D                         E
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola
         A    D             C   C  D  E
L-O-L-A, Lola,  Lo lo lo lo lola
 
[Verse 2]
 
     E
Well I'm not the worlds most physical guy
             A
but when she squeezed me tight
           D                     E
she nearly broke my spine, oh my Lola
            A   Asus4 A
Lo lo lo lo Lola
 
[Verse 3]
 
     E
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
        A                       D
why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
      E
oh my Lola
            A    D             C    C D  E
Lo lo lo lo Lola   Lo lo lo lo Lola
 
[Chorus 1]
 
        B7 ***
Well we drank champagne and danced all night
F#
under electric candlelight
    A
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
 
and said 'Dear boy, won't you come home with me'
 
[Verse 4]
 
     E
Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy
           A                         D                  E
but when I looked in her eye, well I almost fell for my Lola
            A    D            C   C  D
Lo lo lo lo Lola  Lo lo lo lo Lola
E                  A    D             C    C D   E
Lola,  Lo lo lo lo Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola
 
[Bridge]
 
  A      E *  B **
I pushed her away
  A      E *    B **
I walked to the door
  A    E *    B **
I fell to the floor
      E    G#m   C#m
I got down on my knees
     B7
Then I looked at her and she at me
 
[Verse 5]
 
     E
Well that's the way that I want it to stay
      A                 D                  E
and I always want it to be that way for my Lola
            A    Asus4 A
Lo lo lo lo Lola
E
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
       A                     D                         E
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world except for Lola
            A
Lo lo lo lo Lola
 
[Chorus 2]
 
       B7
Well I left home just a week before
    F#
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before
A
Lola smiled and took me by the hand
 
and said 'dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man'
 
[Verse 6]
 
     E
Well I'm not the worlds most masculine man
      A                      D
but I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
          E                 A    D             C    C D
and so is Lola, lo lo lo lo lola   Lo lo lo lo Lola
 
[Outro]
 
E                 A    D             C    C D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola
E                 A    D             C    C D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola
E                 A    D             C    C D E
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola

Lola.mp3

Coversongs

The Beatless Sense Mongers

Coversong originally written and made famous by Johnny Nash

[Verse]
D          G               D
I can see clearly now the rain is gone
D          G            A
I can see all obstacles in my way
D             G                D
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
 
[CHorus]
                 C                 G                         D
It's gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day
                 C                 G                         D
It's gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day
 
[Verse 2]
D              G               D
I think I can make it now the pain is gone,
D          G            A
All of the bad feelings have disappeared.
D             G              D
Here is the rainbow I've been praying for.
D                C                 G                         D
It's gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day
 
[Bridge]
F                                    C
Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies
F                                         A7         C#m  G  C#m G  C Bm A
Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies
 
[Verse 3]
D          G               D
I can see clearly now the rain is gone
D          G            A
I can see all obstacles in my way
D             G                D
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
 
[Outro]
                 C                 G                         D
It's gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day
                 C                 G                         D
It's gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day
                 C                 G                         D
It's gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day
                 C                 G                         D
It's gonna be a bright, (bright) bright, (bright) sun shiny day

I-Can-See-Clearly-Now.mp3

Coversongs

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traditional Jamaican folk song
Originally made famous by Harry Belafonte

   D            A
Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o
   D                    A
Daylight come and me wan' go home
   D
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
                             A
Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
   D                    A       D
Daylight come and me wan' go home

   D
Work all night on a drink a' rum
                        A
Daylight come and me wan' go home
   D
Stack banana till the mornin' come
                       A        D
Daylight come and me wan' go home


Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home

It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home

 
Day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day...
Daylight come and me wan' go home

A beautiful bunch a' ripe banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Hide the deadly black tarantula
Daylight come and me wan' go home

It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day...
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day-O–The-Banana-Boat-Song.mp3

Coversongs

The Beatless Sense Mongers

Coversong originally made famous by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong

Dm                                         
Bet you're wondering how I knew 'bout your 
A                G
plans to make me blue
                Dm                        
with some other guy that you knew before.  
                       A
Between the two of us guys you
                G                    Bm       
know I love you more.  It took me by surprise 
       G            Dm
I must say,  when I found out
      G
yesterday. Ooh

Dm                               
I heard it through the grapevine 
         G
not much longer would you be mine.
      Dm                             
Ooh I heard it through the grapevine, 
         G
and I'm just about to lose my mind.
             Dm
Honey, honey yeah.


You know that a man ain't supposed to cry, 
but these tears I can't hold inside.
Losin' you would end my life you see, 
cause you mean that much to me.
You could have told me yourself 
that you found someone else.
Instead

chorus

People say believe half of what you see, 
son, and none of what you hear.
I can't help bein' confused if it's true 
please tell me dear?
Do you plan to let me go for the other guy 
that you knew before?

Ooh I chorus x 2

I-Heard-It-Through-the-Grapevine.mp3

Coversongs

The Beatless Sense Mongers

Coversong originally made famous by Simon & Garfunkel
Written by Paul Simon

C     G/B       D7sus4/A G
 Slow down, you move too fast
C           G/B      D7sus4/A G
 You got to make the morning  last, just ...
C        G/B      D7sus4/A G
 Kicking down the cobble   stones
C            G/B     D7sus4/A G
 Looking for fun and feelin'  groovy
[Chorus]
| C G/B | D7sus4/A G | (instrumental)
         C     G/B   D7sus4/A G
Ba da da da da da da, feeling groovy
| C G/B | D7sus4/A G  | (instrumental)

 Hello lamppost, what cha knowing
 I've come to watch your flowers  growing
 Ain't cha got no rhymes for me
 Doot-in' doo-doo, feelin'  groovy
[Chorus]

I got no deeds to do, no promises to keep
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to  sleep
Let the morning time drop all its petals on me
 Life, I love you, all is  groovy
[Outro]

59th-Street-Bridge-Song.mp3

Coversongs

The Beatless Sense Mongers

Coversong originally made famous by Simon & Garfunkel
Written by Paul Simon

 G                C          G
Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
          C         G         D
You're shaking my confidence daily
      C G        C         G
Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
       C         G             D
I'm begging you please to come home
 G                C          G
Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
          C         G         D
You're shaking my confidence daily
      C G        C         G
Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
       C         G             D
I'm begging you please to come home
         G
Come on home

 G                   C   D           G
Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia
 C    D     G
Up in my bedroom
             C       D
I got up to wash my face
        G            C
When I come back to bed
           D         G
Someone's taken my place ...

[Chorus]  [Interlude]
 G               C G C G D
Bo po bo bo ...


Jubilation, she loves me again
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing
Jubilation, she loves me again
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing
[Outro C G  C G  C G D

Cecilia.mp3

Coversongs

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Coversong originally made famous by the Spencer Davis Group
Written by Spencer Davis with Steve Winwood and his brother Muff

    G  C  G  C         G             C 
Hey,           well my temperature's rising 
        G             C
and my feet left the floor.
G            C                    G         C
Crazy people knockin' 'cause they want some more.
G         C            G                C
Let me in baby i don't know what you've got.
        G              C      G             C
But you better take it easy,  this place is hot. and i'm,

G            Bb       C            Eb
  So glad we made it,   so glad we made it. i want you,   
G             C       G             C
   Gimme some lovin',    gimme some lovin',
G             C              G
   Gimme some lovin',  every da-y.
Bb     Bb  A Ab G             Bb      Bb  A Ab G

Hey, well my head's ex-ploding and i'm floating to sou-nd.
Too much is happening 'cause you're  a-round.
It's been a hard day and nothing went too good.
I'm gonna re-lax, like everybody should. and i'm,
[Chorus]
[Interlude] Bb     Bb  A Ab G   Bb     Bb  A Ab G

Hey, well i feel so good, every-thing is getting higher.
You better take some firemats 'cause the place is on fire.
Better stop baby 'cause i have so much to do.
We made it baby and it happened to you. and i'm,
[Chorus Outro]

Gimme-Some-Lovin.mp3

Coversongs

The Beatless Sense Mongers

Coversong originally made famous by The Kinks
Written by Ray Davies

   A                                          A
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |   I think I'm sophisticated,
           A                     E                 Esus4   E
'Cause I'm living my life like a good homo sapien,
    A
But all around me everybody's multiplying,
            E                                Esus4  E
And they're walking 'round like flies, man,
   D
So I'm no better than the animals,
                 A                       Asus4  A
Sitting in their cages in the zoo, man,
             A
'Cause com - pared to the flowers, and the birds, and the trees, 
E       E7    A
I am an ape - man!
 
I think I'm so educated, and I'm so civilised,
'Cause I'm a strict vegetarian,
But with the over population, and inflation, and starvation,
And the crazy poli - tici - ans,
I don't feel safe in this world no more,
I don't wanna die in a nuclear war,
I wanna sail away to a distant shore,
And make like an ape - man!

I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
'Cause com - pared to the sun that sits in the sky,
Com - pared to the clouds as they roll by,
Com - pared to the bugs, and the spiders, and flies,
I am an ape - man!
     (D)                (A)(E)      D   E      A
     La-la, la-la!  La - la-la!
   In man's evolution he has created the city,
And the motor traffic rumble, ...but, give me half a chance,
And I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle,
'Cause the only time that I feel at ease,
Is swinging up and down in a coconut tree,
Oh, what a life of luxury to be like an ape - man!
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
I look out the window, but I can't see the sky,
The air pollution is a - fogging up my eyes,
I want to get out of this city alive,
And make like an ape - man!
    (D)                (A)(E)    D  E    A   N.C.
    La-la, la-la!  La - la-la!               A- come on and..
    E            E  N.C.         A            A  N.C.
...love me       ...be my apeman girl,           and we'd be so..
     E            E  N.C.           A
  ...happy...     ...in my ape-man  world!
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane,
I'll keep you warm, and you'll keep me sane,
We'll sit in the trees, and eat bananas all day,
Just like an ape - man!

I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
I don't feel safe in this world no more,
I don't want to die in a nuclear war,
I want to sail away to a distant shore,
And make like an ape - man!
[Coda]

Apeman.mp3

Coversongs

The Beatless Sense Mongers

Coversong originally made famous by Foreigner
Written by Mick Jones, Lou Gramm, and Ian McDonald

        Dm                               
It was a Monday a day like any other day 
        C                  Dm
I left a small town for the Apple in decay 
         Dm                                 
It was my destiny it's what we needed to do 
         C          Dm              C Bb A
they were telling me I'm telling you 
     Dm                         C                 
I was inside looking outside the millions of faces 
    Dm
but still I'm alone 
                         
Waiting, hours of waiting 
C                      Dm
paying a penance I was longing for home 

F             C           G
I'm looking out for the two of us 
Bb                                   G                A+
I hope we'll be here when they're through with us 
Dm C Dm C C Bb A Dm

I was inside looking outside 
oh the millions of faces but still I'm alone 
Waiting hours of waiting 
I could feel the tension I was longing for home 
I'm looking out for the two of us 
I hope we'll be here when 
they're through with us I’m coming home 
Bb    Dm    Bb    Gm
A+    Dm    C    Dm
C    C    Bb    A    Dm
Dm                            
Monday, sad, sad Monday she's 
C                        C    Bb   A        Dm
waiting for me but I'm a long long way from home 
Sad, sad Monday she's waiting for me 
but I'm a long long way from home 
Sad, sad Monday ah she's waiting for me 
but I'm a long long way from home     
C Bb A Dm

Long-Long-Way-From-Home.mp3

Coversongs

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Coversong originally made famous by Bob Seger
Written by George Jackson and Thomas E. Jones III, with uncredited lyrics by Bob Seger

                            E
Just take those old records off the shelf
                           A
I’ll sit and listen to ’em by myself
                    B
Today’s music ain’t got the same soul
                     E

I like that old time rock and roll

Don’t try to take me to a disco
You’ll never even get me out on the floor
In 10 minutes I’ll be leavin’ for the door
I like that old time rock and roll
[Chorus]
B                        E
Still like that old time rock and roll
                        A
That kind of music just soothes the soul
                      B
I reminisce about the days of old
                   E             B
with that old time rock and roll
[Solo] E    E    A    A    B    B    E

Won’t go to hear ’em play a tango
I’d rather hear some blues or funky old soul
There’s only one sure way to get me to go
Start playing old time rock and roll

Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I’m old-fashioned, say I’m over the hill
Today’s music ain’t got the same soul
I like that old time rock and roll
[Chorus] [Solo] [Chorus] [Chorus] [Chorus] A       B       E

Old-Time-Rock-and-Roll.mp3 (unplugged)

Coversongs

The Beatless Sense Mongers

Coversong originally made famous by Heart
Written by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher, Mike Derosier

   E                                      C
     So this ain't the end - I saw you again today
                                 E
     I had to turn my heart away
                                           C
     Smile like the Sun - kisses for ev'ry one
                          E
     and tales - it never fails!
                  C                    E
        You lying so low in the weeds
          C                        E
        I bet you gonna ambush me
                      D                            A
        You'd have me down, down, down, down on my knees
                 N.C.          E           F#  G
        Now wouldn't you, Barracuda?

     E                                          C
     Back over time when we were all trying for free
                                      E
     you met up with porpoise and me
                                            C
     No right, no wrong; selling a song - a name
             E
     Whisper game

*                  C                             E
        And if the real thing don't do the trick
                   C                        E
        You better make up something quick
                  D                                A
        You gonna burn, burn, burn, burn it to the wick
                   E
        Oooh, Barracuda?
[Bridge]
      C
     "Sell me sell you" the porpoise said
     A                                        E
     Dive down deep, now.  Save my head. You ...
     I think that you got the blues too
     C
     All that night and all the next
     A
     Swam without looking back
                          E
     Made for the western pools - silly, silly fools
[* Chorus]

Barracuda.mp3 (unplugged)

Coversongs

The Beatless Sense Mongers

Coversong originally made famous by Jim Stafford
Written by Jim Stafford and David Bellamy

[Intro] E G A  A G E / E G A  A G E
E
I remember when Mary Lou said
"You wanna walk me home from school"
     A               E
Well I said, "Yes, I do"
E
She said, "I don't have to go right home
And I would kinda like to be alone some
   A
If you would"
             E
I said, "Me, too"
B
And so we took a stroll
Wound up down by the swimmin' hole
    A                              E
And she said, "Do what you want to do"
B
I got silly and I found a frog
In the water by a hollow log
      A
And I shook it at her
                            E
And I said "This frog's for you"

           E
She said, "I don't like spiders and snakes
                                A
And that ain't what it takes to love me
              E
You fool, you fool
E
I don't like spiders and snakes
                                A
And that ain't what it takes to love me
                           E G A A G E
Like I want to be loved by you"
E G A A G E

Well, I think of that girl from time to time
I call her up when I got a dime
I say, "Hello, baby"
She says, "Ain't you cool"
I say, "Do you remember when
"And would you like to get together again"
She says, "I'll see you after school"
I was shy and so for a while
Most of my love was touch and smile
Til she said, "Come on over here"
I was nervous as you might guess
Still looking for somethin' to slip down her dress
And she said, "Let's make it perfectly clear"
[Chorus]

DR0000_0166-Spiders-and-Snakes.mp3

Coversongs

The Beatless Sense Mongers

Originally made famous by Tommy James
Written by Tommy James, Bob King

	F#
	Makin' a living the old hard way
	Takin' and giving by day by day
	                                        E
	I dig snow and rain and the bright sunshine
	              F#
	Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)


	My dog Sam eats purple flowers
	We ain't got much but what we got's ours
	We dig snow and rain and the bright sunshine
	Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)
	Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)
[Chorus]
	F#  E    F#
	I  feel fine
	     E            F#   E   F#
	I'm talkin' bout peace of mind
	E          F#  E   F#
	I'm gonna take my time
	                 E
	I'm gettin' the good sign
	              F#
	Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)
                      F#
	Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)
 
	Loving the free and feelin' spirit
	Of huggin' a tree when you get near it
	Diggin' the snow and the rain and the bright sunshine
	Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)
	Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

	(repeat chorus)

	F#
	La la la la la la la la
	draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

Draggin-the-Line.mp3

Coversongs

The Beatless Sense Mongers