Category: Coversongs

bookmark_borderOhio

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Coversong original made famous by Crosby, Still, Nash and Young
Written by Neil Young

“Ohio” is a protest song and counterculture anthem written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970″

Coversong recorded May 4, 2018

Dm               F        C    Dm             F       C
Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming we're finally on our own
Dm             F         C     Dm            F  C
This summer I hear the drumming four dead in Ohio

Gm7                 C
Gotta get down to it soldiers are gunning us down
Gm7                       C
Should of been done long ago
Gm7                     C
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
Gm7                       C
How can you run when you know?

Dm              F    C      Dm      F        C
La la la la  la la la la  la la la la  la la la
Dm              F    C      Dm      F        C
la la la la  la la la la  la la la     la la la

Gm7                 C
Gotta get down to it soldiers are gunning us down
Gm7                       C
Should of been done long ago
Gm7                     C
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
Gm7                       C
How can you run when you know?

Dm               F        C    Dm             F       C
Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming we're finally on our own
Dm             F         C     Dm            F  C
This summer I hear the drumming four dead in Ohio

Dm           F  C
Four dead in Ohio

 

 

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Classic Rock; 84 BPM Epic Ballad
Recording: live / original takes / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Omega-ga

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bookmark_borderLight My Fire

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Coversong
Originally made famous by The Doors
Written by Jim Morrison, Robbie Krieger, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek

    Am                      F#m
You know that it would be untrue 
    Am                     F#m
You know that I would be a liar 
Am                 F#m
If I was to say to you 
Am                         F#m
Girl, we couldn't get much higher 

G             A        D   Dsus4 D
Come on baby, light my fire 
G             A        D    B
Come on baby, light my fire 
G              D        E   E7
Try to set the night on fire 

    Am                  F#m
The time to hesitate is through 
   Am                    F#m
No time to wallow in the mire 
Am                  F#m
Try now we can only lose 
Am                            F#m
And our love become a funeral pyre 
[Chorus]Am  Bm Am  Bm G D   F Bb   Eb Ab   A   A 

repeat 2nd verse

[Chorus]

repeat 1st verse

[Chorus]
F              C        D
Try to set the night on fire

Light My Fire.mp3

Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Omega-ga

bookmark_borderFly Like An Eagle

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Coversong written and made famous by Steve Miller

Fly Like An Eagle AltMix.mp3

Am                                C, D
Tick, tock, tick, do- do- doo-doo 
Am                                C, D
Tick, tock, tick, do- do- doo-doo
Am                              C       D          Am     C, D
Time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin'  into the future 
Am                              C       D          Am     C, D
Time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin'  into the future 

D         Am          D    Dm7         Am
I want to fly like an eagle,    to the sea.
Am          D             Dm7          Am                        D    Dm7
Fly like an eagle, let my spirit carry me, I want to fly like an eagle,
Dm7      Am     Am        D               Dm7,  Am 
'til I'm free.  Fly right through the revolution.

            Am                   C                    D
(I want to) Feed the babies, who don't have enough to eat, 
D        Am                C              D
Shoe the children, with no shoes on their feet.
D         Am      C             D
House the people, livin' in the streets.
Am                C     D
Oh--  there's a solution.

D         Am          D    Dm7         Am
I want to fly like an eagle,    to the sea.
Am          D             Dm7          Am                        D    Dm7
Fly like an eagle, let my spirit carry me, I want to fly like an eagle,
Dm7      Am     Am        D               Dm7,  Am 
'til I'm free.  Fly right through the revolution.

Am                                C, D
Tick, tock, tick, do- do- doo-doo 
Am                                C, D
Tick, tock, tick, do- do- doo-doo
Am                              C       D          Am     C, D
Time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin'  into the future 
Am                              C       D          Am     C, D
Time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin'  into the future 

D       Am          D    Dm7         Am
I wanna fly like an eagle,    to the sea.
Am          D             Dm7          Am                        D    Dm7
Fly like an eagle, let my spirit carry me, I want to fly like an eagle,
Dm7      Am     Am        D               Dm7,  Am 
'til I'm free.  Fly right through the revolution.

Style: Alternative Classic Rock
Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards

From the album Fill-er-up

bookmark_borderAin’t That A Shame

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Coversong originally made famous by Fats Domino
Written by Antonio Domino and Dave Bartholomew

Antoine Dominique “Fats” Domino, Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017) was an American pianist and singer-songwriter of Louisiana Creole descent.

G
You made me cry when you said goodbye
G7           C                        G
Ain't that a shame my tears fell like rain
G7           C                       D7
Ain't that a shame you're the one to blame
 
G
You broke my heart when you said we'll part
G7           C                        G
Ain't that a shame my tears fell like rain
G7           C                       D7
Ain't that a shame you're the one to blame
 
G
Farewell  goodbye  although I'll cry
G7           C                        G
Ain't that a shame my tears fell like rain
G7           C                       D7
Ain't that a shame you're the one to blame
 
G
You made me cry when you said goodbye
G7           C                        G
Ain't that a shame my tears fell like rain
G7           C                       D7
Ain't that a shame you're the one to blame
 
G
Farewell  goodbye  although I'll cry
G7           C                        G
Ain't that a shame my tears fell like rain
G7           C                       G
Ain't that a shame you're the one to blame

Ain’t That A Shame.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock & Roll
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Hear Here

bookmark_borderSummertime Blues

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Written by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart
“It has been covered by many artists, including being a number-one hit for country music artist Alan Jackson, and scoring notable hits in versions by The Who and Blue Cheer. Jimi Hendrix performed it in concert.”

E A  B7 E  x2
E                               A             E    E A  B7 E 
I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler  
        E                           A             E    E A  B7 E 
About a-workin' all summer, just to -try to earn a dollar
      A             
Every time I call my baby, try to get a date
E                                              E
My boss says: No dice son, you gotta work late

A 
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          E 
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
E A  B7 E x2
E                                       A                E   E A  B7 E 
Well my mom and poppa told me: Son, you gotta make some  money  
E                                A           E    E A  B7 E 
If you wanta use the car to go a-ridin' next Sunday   
       A  
Well I didn't go to to work, told the boss I was sick
E                                                       E
Now you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick
A 
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          E 
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
E A  B7 E x2
E                         A                   E      E A  B7 E 
I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation  
E                                A      E     E A  B7 E 
I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations
A 
Well I called my Congressman and he said, quote:
    E                                                  E
I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote
A 
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
          E 
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

230512_2793-Summertime-Blues.mp3 (2023)

Summertime Blues.mp3

Summertime Blues (Alt. Version).mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Classic Rock
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

From the album The End Game

bookmark_borderFeel Like Making Love

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Written by Paul Rodgers and Mick Ralphs
Originally made famous by Bad Company

D                   G
Baby, when I think about you,
              D  G
I think about love.
D                          G
Darling, couldn't live without you, 
         D  G
and your love.
     D                G             D      G
If I had those golden dreams, of my yesterday
        D
I would wrap you, 
       G
In the heavens,
            D                           G
And feel it dying (dying, dying) on the way
                   D 3x
I feel like making
          C      G       D
Feel like making love to you

Baby, when I think about you,
I think about love.
Darling, couldn't live without you, 
and your love.

And if I had, the sun and moon,
and they were shining 
I would give you both night and day,
love satisfying
I feel like making

And if I had those golden dreams, of my yesterday
I would wrap you, 
In the heavens,
And feel it dying (dying, dying) on the way
I feel like making

Feel Like Making Love Alt. Version

Feel Like Making Love (Live Unplugged).mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Classic Rock
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album The End Game

bookmark_borderYer Blues

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Coversong originally made famous by The Beatles

“Yer Blues” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their titular 1968 album The Beatles, also known as “The White Album”. Though credited to Lennon–McCartney, the song was written and composed by John Lennon during the Beatles’ retreat in Rishikesh, India.

The song is believed to be a satirical reference to white English boys trying to sing the blues.

        E                 E7+9
Yes I'm lonely wanna die
        A            E
Yes I'm lonely wanna die
   G
If I ain't dead already
B7                            E    A  E  B7
Ooh girl you know the reason why.
In the morning wanna die
In the evening wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh girl you know the reason why.
E                         A E
My mother was of the sky
E                         A E
My father was of the earth
E                         A E
But I am of the universe
And you know what it's worth

I'm lonely (verse)
The eagle picks my eye
The worm he licks my bone
I feel so suicidal
Just like Dylan's Mr. Jones
Lonely (verse)

Black cloud crossed my mind
Blue mist round my soul
Feel so suicidal
Even hate my rock and roll
Want to die
Yeah, want to die
If I ain't dead already
Oh, girl, you know the reason why

Yer Blues.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs from in doctors’ waiting rooms]

bookmark_borderWoodstock

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Coversong originally made famous by Joni Mitchell and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Written by Joni Mitchell

I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me
I’m going on down to Yasgur’s farm
I’m going to join in a rock ‘n’ roll band
I’m going to camp out on the land
I’m going to try an’ get my soul free
We are stardust
We are golden
And we’ve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog in something turning
Well maybe it is just the time of year
Or maybe it’s the time of man
I don’t know who l am
But you know life is for learning
We are stardust
We are golden
And we’ve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation
We are stardust
Billion year old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the devil’s bargain
And we’ve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

Woodstock.mp3

Capo 3 Em Esus D6

From the album The Bleeding Edge

The Beatless Sense Mongers

bookmark_borderRadar Love

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Coversong originally made famous by Golden Earring
Written by George Kooymans / Barry Hay

Capo 2 (transposed from f#m)

NC                (Em)       
I've been drivin' all night,
My hand's wet on the wheel.
There's a voice in my head,
That drives my heel.
It's my baby callin',
Says, "I need you here."
And it's a half past four,
And I'm shifting gear.

D5
When she is lonely,
            A5               E5
And the longing gets too much.
D5
She sends a cable,
         A5    G5/A  A5/B
Coming in from above.
B5                  A5/B
Don't need a phone at all.
C           G5           D5           E5
We've got a thing that's called Radar Love,
C           G5              D5
We've got a wave in the air.
NC    (Em7)
Radar Love.

The road has got me hypnotized
And I’m speedin’ into a new sunrise
When I get lonely and I’m sure I’ve had enough
She sends her comfort comin’ in from above
We don’t need no letter at all
We’ve got a thing that’s called radar love
We’ve got a light in the sky, radar love

No more speed, I’m almost there
Gotta keep cool now, gotta take care
Last car to pass, here I go
And the line of cars drove down real slow
And the radio played that forgotten song
Brenda Lee’s comin’ on strong
And the newsman sang his same song
Oh one more radar lover gone
When I get lonely and I’m sure I’ve had enough
She sends her comfort comin’ in from above
We don’t need no letter at all
We’ve got a thing that’s called radar love
We’ve got a light in the sky
We’ve got a thing that’s called radar love
We’ve got a thing that’s called radar love

Radar Love.mp3

From the album The Bleeding Edge

The Beatless Sense Mongers

bookmark_borderDreams (I’ll Never See)

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Dreams (I’ll Never See).mp3

Coversong originally made famous by the Allman Brothers and Molly Hatchet
Written by Gregg Allman

G/D              D     G/D         D     
  Just one more morning, I had to wake up with the blues
G/D             D             G/D          D      
 Pulled myself out of bed yeah, put on my walking shoes
G/D               D          G/D                     D      
 Climbed up on a hilltop, Baby, to see what I could see, yeah
G/D                          D        G/D               D      
  The whole world's falling down, Babe, right down in front of me
                  G                    F                     E7-9
'Cause I've been hung up on all them dreams, I'm never gonna see 
C                  Bb                             A7-9  
 Lord help me Babe, dreams get the best of me, yeah

Pull myself together, and put on a new face yeah
Climb down from the hilltop, Baby, Lord get back in the race
'Cause I've got dreams, I've got my dreams to remember, Lord yeah
I've got dreams, yeah I've got my dreams, to remember, Lord yeah
                  G           F                          E7-9
'Cause I've been hung up on dreams I'm never gonna see yeah
C                 Bb                              A7-9
 Lord help me babe, dreams get the best of me, yes
(jam)
Pulled myself together, put on a new face, yeah
Climbed down from the hilltop, Baby, Lord get back in the race
'Cause I've got dreams, I've got my dreams to remember, Lord yeah
I've got dreams, yeah I've got my dreams, to remember, Lord yes
               G                    F     
And I've been hung up on all them dreams, 
                        E7-9
I'm never gonna see yes, no babe, no Babe
C                 Bb                              A7-9
 Lord help me babe, dreams get the best of me, yes,    alright
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ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Southern Folk Rock
Vocals, Guitar, Organ

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bookmark_borderYou’re No Good

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“You’re No Good” is a song written by Clint Ballard, Jr., first performed by Dee Dee Warwick for Jubilee Records in 1963 with production by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It has since been covered by many artists, including charting versions by Betty Everett in 1963, The Swinging Blue Jeans in 1964, and Linda Ronstadt in 1975, whose version was a number 1 hit in the United States.

Am         D   Am             D
Feeling better now that we're through  
Am         D          Am        D
Feeling better 'cause I'm over you
    F          G         C      
I learned my lesson, it left a scar
Am     D            F     E
Now I see how you really are

          Am                  D     
You're no good     You're no good   
           Am          D        Am    D
You're no good  Baby you're no good
           Am     D
I'm gonna say it again
          Am              D    
You're no good  You're no good 
You're no good  Baby you're no good

I broke a heart that's gentle and true
Well I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me
[Chorus] Instrumental Jam 
Gsus2 F / F   G   C  Am  D  F  E

            Am      D             Am      D
I'm telling you now baby and I'm going my way
   Am              D                 Am       D
Forget about you baby 'cause I'm leaving to stay

You’re No Good.mp3

DR0000_6445-Youre-No-Good.mp3 (Live on the Lake)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Vocals, Guitar, Organ

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bookmark_borderJohnny B. Goode

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Coversong originally written and made famous by Chuck Berry

Johnny B. Goode.mp3

[Capo 1 to play in original key of Bb]

     A
Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,
A
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens,
      D
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
      A
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
    E
Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
             A
But he could play the guitar just like a ringin' a bell.

A
Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!
                  D
Go, Johnny, go! Go!
A
Go, Johnny, go! Go!
A                   E
Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track.
Old engineers would see him sittin' in the shade,
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made.
When people passed him by they would stop and say,
'oh, my but that little country boy could play'
[Chorus]
His mother told him, 'someday you will be a man
You will be the leader of a big ol' band.
Many people comin' from miles around
Will hear you play your music when the sun go down.
Maybe someday your name'll be in lights,
Sayin' "Johnny B. Goode tonight"

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock & Roll
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Exoskeleton

bookmark_borderGet Together

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Coversong originally made famous by the Youngbloods
Written by Chet Powers, also known as Dino Valenti
The song was originally recorded as “Let’s Get Together” by the Kingston Trio and released on June 1, 1964

A
Love is but the song we sing,
                      G
And fear's the way we die.
A
You can make the mountains ring,
                   G
Or make the angels cry.
A
Know the dove is on the wing,
                      G
And you need not know why.

D                 E
C'mon people now, smile on your brother,
     A                          D
everybody get together, try and love one
  E           A   G A
another right now.

Some will come and some will go..
And we shall surely pass.
When the one who left us here,
returns for us at last.
We are but a moments sunlight,
fading in the grass.

C'mon people now, smile on your brother,
everybody get together, try and love one
another right now.

If you hear the song I sing,
You must understand.
You hold the key to love and fear,
All in your trembling hand.
Just one key unlocks them both,
It's there at your command..

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bookmark_borderCotton Fields

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Coversong made famous by Creedence Clearwater Revival

“Cotton Fields” is a song written by American blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, who made the first recording of the song in 1940.

 G   N.C.
When I was a little 'itty bitty baby
                C                  G
My momma would rock me in the cradle
                                  D
In them old... cotton fields back home
         G                              C            G
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
               D                 G      C
In them old cotton fields back home
 G           C
When them cotton balls get rotten
            G
You can't pick very much cotton
                                D
In them old cotton fields back home
         G                              C             G
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
               D                 G   C   G
In them old cotton fields back home

Cotton Field.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Faux-fiddle

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