Category: Coversongs

Coversong originally made famous by Simon & Garfunkel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

The Beatless Sense Mongers

Coversong originally made famous by the Spencer Davis Group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

The Beatless Sense Mongers

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

Coversong originally made famous by The Cars
Written by Ric Ocasek

E   A-E  D-D#-E
 D-D#-E                A-E                 D-D#-E A-E
       I don't care if you hurt me some more,
 D-D#-E                A-E               D-D#-E A-EA-E
       I don't care if you even the score
E
Well you can knock me and I don't care, well you can mock me, I don't care
                                              E-D  E-D
You can rock me just about anywhere, it's alright
C                       D         C                  D
'Cause you're all I've got tonight, you're all I've got tonight
C                D                   E
You're all I've got tonight, I need you, tonight, I need you, tonight

D-D#-E                A-E             D-D#-E A-E
      I don't care if you use me again
D-D#-E                A-E              D-D#-E A-E
      I don't care if you abuse me again
E
You can make me, I don't care, and you can fake me, I don't care
                                                 E-D  E-D
And you can love me just about anywhere, it's alright
C                       D         C                  D
'Cause you're all I've got tonight, you're all I've got tonight
C                D                   E
You're all I've got tonight, I need you, tonight, I said, "I need you, tonight"
[Solo]
C D   C D   C D   D-D#-E   A-E   D-D#-E  A-E
D-D#-E              A-E               D-D#-E A-E
      I don't wanna feel sorry for you
D-D#-E                  A-E                    D-D#-E A-E
      you don't have to make me believe it's you
E
Oh you can pump me, I don't care, and you can bump me, I don't care
                                                 E-D  E-D
And you can love me just about anywhere, it's alright
C                     D         C                  D
Well you're all I've got tonight, you're all I've got tonight
C                D                   E
You're all I've got tonight, I need you tonight, I said, "I need you tonight"
[Solo]
(E  D/E) x8
C                D         C                  D
You're all I've got tonight, you're all I've got tonight
C                D                   E   A-E   D-D#-E           A-E
You're all I've got tonight, I need you tonight,    I need you tonight
     D-D#-E       A-E
I, I    need you tonight

230512_2804-Just-What-I-Needed.mp3

Coversongs

The Beatless Sense Mongers

Originally made famous by Joe Walsh and Barnstorm
Written by Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale, Rocke Grace, Kenny Passarelli

E E      D A  (4 times)
D  D  D  D  E (6 times)
                                       E A G E
Spent the last year Rocky Mountain Way
                         E A G E
Couldn't get much higher
                                       E A G E
Out to pasture think it's safe to say
                   E7
Time to open fire

       A7                                             E7       E
And we don't need the ladies cryin' cause the story's sad   Ah ha
          A7                                           B7
Cause the Rocky Mountain Way is better than the way we had
D  D  D  D  E  (4 times)
                                                              E A G E

Well he's tellin us this and he's tellin us that changes it every day
                       E A G E
Says it doesn't matter
                                                           E A G E
Bases are loaded and Casey's at bat playin it play by play
                          E7
Time to change the batter
[Chorus]

DR0000_6488-Rocky-Mountain-Way.mp3

Coversong originally made famous by Tom Petty
Written by Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Mike Campbell

         E                  E
It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
          Dsus2          | E | % |
I had the radio on, I was drivin'
E                     E       
Trees flew by, me and Del were singin' 
        Dsus2            E
“Little Runaway” - I was flyin'

      D5      G      E
Yeah, runnin' down a dream
     E           G       A
That never would come to me
D5           G    E
Workin' on a mystery
E         G       A 
Goin' wherever it leads
A       G      E
Runnin' down a dream

  E                 E
I felt so good like anything was possible
      Dsus2                       | E | % |
I hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes
    E                   E
The last three days the rain was unstoppable
       Dsus2             | E | % |
It was always cold, no sunshine
[Chorus]
E                  E
I rolled on as the sky grew dark
          Dsus2                  | E | % |
I put the pedal down to make some time
        E                      E
There's something good waitin' down this road
    Dsus2                | E | % |
I'm pickin' up whatever's mine
[Chorus]

DR0000_6442-Running-Down-a-Dream.mp3

Coversong first made famous by Shocking Blue
Written by Robbie van Leeuwen

B7 Em A  4x
    Em             A        Em  A
The goddess on the mountain top,
    Em             A      Em   A
was burning like a silver flame
    Em        A          Em  A
The summit of beauty and love,
    Em    A       Em
and Venus was her name
      Am    D Am
She's got it,
     D           Em    A Em A
yeah baby, she's got it
      C               B7
Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire;
   Em     A   Em A
at your desire
      C               B7
Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire;
   Em     A   Em A
at your desire
Em A Em A 4x

Her weapons were her crystal eyes,
making every man mad
Black as the dark night she was;
got what no one else had
Wow!

She's got it,
yeah baby, she's got it
Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire;
at your desire
Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire;
at your desire
Em   A   Em   A
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh 4x
She's got it,
yeah baby, she's got it
Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire;
at your desire
Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire;
at your desire
B7 Em A  4x

 

Venus.mp3 (Unplugged)