[Verse 1]
A F#m A F#m
Too Alarming now, to talk about
A F#m A F#m
Take your pictures down, and shake it out
A F#m A F#m
Truth or consequence, say it aloud
A F#m A F#m
Use that evidence, race it around
[Chorus]
D A
There goes my hero, watch him as he goes
D A
There goes my hero, he's ordinary
[Chorus outro]
Bm D
[Verse 2]
A F#m A F#m
Don't the best of them, bleed it out
A F#m A F#m
While the rest of them, peter out
A F#m A F#m
Truth or consequence, say it aloud
A F#m A F#m
Use that evidence, race it around
[Chorus]
D A
There goes my hero, watch him as he goes
D A
There goes my hero, he's ordinary
[Bridge]
A F#m A F#m
Kudos my hero, leaving all the best
A F#m A F#m
You know my hero, the one that's on
[Chorus] x2
D A
There goes my hero, watch him as he goes
D A
There goes my hero, he's ordinary
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Verse 1:
F#m F#m F#m F#m
Istanbul was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
C#7 C#7
Been a long time gone, old Constantinople
F#m - Bm Bm F#m
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
F#m F#m F#m F#m
Every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
C#7 C#7 F#m - C#7 F#m
So if you've a date in Constantinople, she'll be waiting in Istanbul
Chorus:
F#m F#m F#m F#m
Even old New York was once New F#msterdam
G#m7-5 C#7 F#m C#7
Why they changed it I can't say, people just liked it better that way
F#m F#m F#m F#m
So take me back to Constantinople, no you can't go back to Constantinople
C#7 C#7 F#m F#m
Been a long time gone, Constantinople, why did Constantinople get the works?
C#7 F#m
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Verse 2:
So take me back to Constantinople
No, You can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobodys business but the Turks.
Bridge Chords:
F#m F#m
Do do do do dodo do dododo, Do do do do dodo do dododo
C#7 F#m
Do do do do dodo do dododo, Itstanbul,(Itstanbul)
F#m F#m
Do do do do dodo do dododo, Do do do do dodo do dododo
C#7 F#m
Do do do do dodo do dododo, Itstanbul,(Itstanbul)
Chorus:
Verse 1:
Istanbul was Constantinople,
now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, old Constantinople
Why did constantinople get the works
That's nobodys business but the Turks
Bridge 2:
F#m F#m C#m
F#m F#m
Do do do do dodo do dododo, Do do do do dodo do dododo
C#7 F#m
Do do do do dodo do dododo, Do do do dodo dodo
Verse 2:
So take me back to Constantinople
No, You can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobodys business but the Turks.
ITSTANBUL!!!!
My Girl
[Verse]
C F C F
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
C F C F
And when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May
[Chorus]
C Dm F G
I guess you say,
C Dm F G
What can make me feel this way?
C
My girl…
F G7
Talkin' 'bout my girl
[Verse]
C F C F
I've got so much honey the bees envy me
C F C F
I've got a sweeter song (baby), than the birds in the trees
[Chorus]
C Dm F G
I guess you say,
C Dm F G
What can make me feel this way?
C
My girl…
F G7
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
[Instrumental] (one bar each chord)
C C C C
C F C F
Dm G Em A
[Verse]
D G D G
I don't need no money, fortune or fame
D G D G
I've got all the riches, baby, one man can claim
[Chorus]
D Em G A
I guess you say,
D Em G A
What can make me feel this way?
D
My girl…
G A7
Talkin' 'bout my girl
Fade Out
All Star
[Verse 1]
A E Bm D
Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
A E Bm D
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
A E Bm
She was looking kinda dumb with her finger and her
D A E Bm D
Thumb in the shape of an "L" on her forehead
A E
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Bm D
Back to the rules and I hit the ground running
A E
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Bm D
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
A E
So much to do so much to see
Bm D
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
A E
You'll never know if you don't go
Bm D
You'll never shine if you don't glow
[Chorus]
A D D#dim D
Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
A D D#dim D
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid
A D D#dim
And all that glitters is gold
D A G#b D
Only shooting stars break the mold
[Verse 1]
A E
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
Bm D
You're bundled up now but wait 'til you get older
A E
But the media men beg to differ
Bm D
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
A E
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
Bm D
The waters getting warm so you might as well swim
A E
My world's on fire how about yours
Bm D
That's the way I like it and I never get bored
[Chorus]
A D D#dim D
Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
A D D#dim D
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid
A D D#dim
And all that glitters is gold
D A G#b D
Only shooting stars break the mold
A D D#dim D
Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
A D D#dim D
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid
A D D#dim
And all that glitters is gold
D A G#b D
Only shooting stars break the mold
[Verse 3]
A E Bm D
Somebody once asked, could you spare some change for gas
A E Bm D
I need to get myself away from this place
A E Bm D
I said yep what a concept I could use a little fuel myself
A E Bm D
And we could all use a little change
A E
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Bm D
Back to the rules and I hit the ground running
A E
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Bm D
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
A E
So much to do so much to see
Bm D
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
A E
You'll never know if you don't go
Bm D
You'll never shine if you don't glow
[Chorus]
A D D#dim D
Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
A D D#dim D
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid
A D D#dim
And all that glitters is gold
D A G#b D
Only shooting stars break the mold
Best Day of My Life
[Verse]
A
I had a dream so big and loud
I jumped so high I touched the clouds
D
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
D
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
A
I stretched my hands out to the sky
We danced with monsters through the night
D
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
D
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m
I'm never gonna look back
A
Woah, never gonna give it up
D
No, please don't wake me now
[Chorus]
A
Oo-o-o-o-oo
D
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
A
Oo-o-o-o-oo
D
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
A D
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
[Verse]
A
I howled at the moon with friends
And then the sun came crashing in
D
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
D
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
A
But all the possibilities
No limits, just epiphanies
D
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
D
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m
I'm never gonna look back
A
Woah, never gonna give it up
D
No, just don't wake me now
[Chorus]
A
Oo-o-o-o-oo
D
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
A
Oo-o-o-o-oo
D
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
A D
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
[Bridge]
A
I hear it calling outside my window
I feel it in my soul (soul)
The stars were burning so bright
The sun was out 'til midnight
I say we lose control (control)
[Chorus]
A
Oo-o-o-o-oo
A D
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
A
Oo-o-o-o-o
D
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
A
This is gonna be, this is gonna be, this is gonna be
D
The best day of my life
Everything is looking up, everybody up now
A D
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
A
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
Werewolves of London
E E D D A A A A 4x
E D A
I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
E D A
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
E D A
He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's
E D A
Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein
E D A
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
E D A
Ah-ooooo
E D A
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
E D A
Ah-ooooo
E D A
If you hear him howling around your kitchen door
E D A
You better not let him in
E D A
Little old lady got mutilated late last night
E D A
Werewolves of London again
E D A
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
E D A
Ah-ooooo
E D A
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
E D A
Ah-ooooo
E E D D A A A A 4x
E D A
He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amok in Kent
E D A
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair
E D A
You better stay away from him
E D A
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
E D A
Ha, I'd like to meet his tailor
E D A
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
E D A
Ah-ooooo
E D A
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
E D A
Ah-ooooo
E D A
Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
E D A
Doing the werewolves of London
E D A
I saw Lon Chaney Jr. walking with the Queen
E D A
All Summer Long
[Intro]
E D A
[Verse]
E D A
It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long
E D A
Caught somewhere between a boy and man
E D A
She was 17 and she was far from in between
E D A
It was summertime in Northern Michigan
[Instrumental]
E D A
[Verse]
E D A
Splashin' thru the sandbar, talkin' by the campfire
E D A
It's the simple things in life like when and where
E D A
We didn't have no internet, but man I never will forget
E D A
The way the moonlight shined upon her hair
[Chorus]
E D A
And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
E D A
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
E D A
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
E D A E D A
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
E D A
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
[Verse]
E D A
Catchin' walleye from the dock watchin' waves roll off the rocks
E D A
She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul
E D A
We'd blister in the sun we couldn't wait for night to come
E D A
To hit that sandy place of rock 'n roll
[Chorus]
E D A
And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
E D A
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
E D A
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
E D A E D A
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
E D A
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
[Solo]
[Verse]
E D A
Now nothin' seems as strange as when the leaves began to change
E D A
Oh how we thought those days would never end
E D A
Sometimes I hear that song and I'll start to sing along
E D A
And think man I'd like to see that girl again
[Chorus]
E D A
And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
E D A
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
E D A
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
E D A E D A
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
E D A
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
E D A
And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
E D A
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
E D A
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
E D A E D A
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
E D A
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
[Outro]
E D A
Africa
[Intro]
D C#m F#m
D C#m F#m
D C#m F#m
D C#m F#m
[Verse 1]
E G#m C#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight
E/B D/A F#m C#m D C#m F#m
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion
E G#m C#m
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight
E/B D/A F#m7 C#m D C#m F#m
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva-tion
E G#m C#m
I stopped an old man along the way
E/B D/A F#m C#m D C#m F#m
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo-dies
E G#m C#m D F#m
He turned to me as if to say “hurry boy, it's waiting there for you”
[Chorus]
Bm G#b D A
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Bm G#b D A
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
Bm G#b D A
I bless the rains down in Africa
Bm G#b D F#m A Bm
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had…
D C#m F#m
Ooo Ooo
D C#m F#m
[Verse 2]
E G#m C#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
E/B D/A F#m C#m D C#m F#m
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny
E G#m C#m
I know that I must do what's right
E/B D/A F#m C#m D C#m F#m
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
E G#m C#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside
C#m D F#m
Frightened of this thing that I've become
[Chorus]
Bm G#b D A
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Bm G#b D A
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
Bm G#b D A
I bless the rains down in Africa
Bm G#b D F#m A Bm
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had…
D C#m F#m
Ooo Ooo
D C#m F#m
[Interlude]
E G#m C#m
E D F#m C#m D C#m F#m
[Bridge]
E G#7 C#m D F#m
“hurry boy, she's waiting there for you”
[Outro/Chorus]
Bm G#b D A
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Bm G#b D A
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
Bm G#b D A
I bless the rains down in Africa
Bm G#b D A
I bless the rains down in Africa
Bm G#b D A
I bless the rains down in Africa
Bm G#b D A
I bless the rains down in Africa
Bm G#b D A
I bless the rains down in Africa
Bm G#b D F#m A Bm
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had…
D C#m F#m
Ooo Ooo
(repeat fading)
D C#m F#m
Everything is Awesome
[Chorus]
D
Everything is awesome
A D A
Everything is cool when you're part of a team
G A | Bm | % |
Everything is awesome, when we're living our dream
[Verse]
G Bm
Everything is better when we stick together
G A
Side by side, you and I gonna win forever, let's party forever
Bb
We're the same, I'm like you, you're like me
A
We’re all working in harmony
[Chorus]
E
Everything is awesome
B E B
Everything is cool when you're part of a team
A B C#m
Everything is awesome, when we're living our dream
(Wooo)
3, 2, 1. Go
[RAP]
[N.C.]
Have you heard the news, everyone's talking
Life is good 'cause everything's awesome
Lost my job, it's a new opportunity
More free time for my awesome community
I feel more awesome than an awesome opossum
Dip my body in chocolate frostin'
Three years later, wash off the frostin'
Smellin' like a blossom, everything is awesome
C#m
Stepped in mud, got new brown shoes
B [ B ]
It's awesome to win, and it's awesome to lose (it's awesome to lose)
[Verse]
G Bm
Everything is better when we stick together
G A
Side by side, you and I gonna win forever, let's party forever
Bb
We're the same, I'm like you, you're like me
A B
We’re all working in harmony
[Chorus]
E
Everything is awesome
Bsus4 E Bsus4
Everything is cool when you're part of a team
B A
Everything is awesome, when we're living our dream
[Bridge]
E A
Blue skies, bouncy springs
C#m
We just named two awesome things
E A
A Nobel prize, a piece of string
C#m
You know what's awesome? EVERYTHING!
E A C#m
Dogs with fleas, allergies, a book of Greek antiquities
E A
Brand new pants, a very old vest
C#m
Awesome items are the best
E A C#m
Trees, frogs, clogs - They're awesome
E A C#m
Rocks, clocks, and socks - They're awesome
E A C#m
Figs, and jigs, and twigs - That's awesome
E A C#m
Everything you see, or think, or say … is awesome
[Interlude]
| A | E/B | G#m | C#m | [break] | % |
| E A | F#m C#m | E A | F#m [N.C.] |
[Solo]
| E A | F#m C#m | E A | F#m [N.C.] |
[Chorus]
E
Everything is awesome
B E B
Everything is cool when you're part of a team
A B E6
Everything is awesome, when we're living our dream
One Jump Ahead
[Intro]
Em C7 B7
One jump ahead of the breadline
Em A9
One swing ahead of the sword
G/D Eb7 G Am
I steal only what I can't afford
G/B B C#m7 Ddim7 B/D#
Em C7 B7
One jump ahead of the law----men
Em A9
That's all, and that's no joke
G/D Eb7 D7 G Am7 A#dim
These guys don't appreciate I'm broke
[Crowd]
G/B D7 Cmaj7/D D7 G6/D G/D G6/D G/D
Riffraff! Street rat! Scoundrel! Take that!
[Aladdin]
C/D F7 Cmaj7/D D7 Gsus4 G
Just a little snack, guys
[Crowd]
F#m7 B7 Esus4 Em G/D Em/D
Rip him open, take it back, guys
[Aladdin]
C7
I can take a hint, gotta face the facts
F#7 B7
You're my only friend, Abu!
[Crowd]
Who?
[Ladies]
Em C7 B7
Oh it's sad Aladdin's hit the bottom
Em A9 G/B Cm A7/C#
He's become a one-man rise in crime
Dm
I'd blame parents except he hasn't got 'em
[Aladdin]
F#7
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
B Dm
Tell you all about it when I got the time!
Fm Db7 C7
One jump ahead of the slow----pokes
Fm Bb7 Ab/Eb
One skip ahead of my doom
Ab/Eb E7 Eb7#5 Ab Bbm Bdim7 Ab/C
Next time gonna use a nom de plume
C Dm7 D#dim7 C/E Fm
Fm Fm Db7 C7
One jump ahead of the hit----men
Fm Bb7
One hit ahead of the flock
Ab/Eb E7 Eb7 Ab Bbm7 Bdim7 Ab/C
I think I'll take a stroll around the block
[Crowd]
Db/Eb Eb7 Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7 Ab6/Eb Ab/Eb Ab6/Eb Ab/Eb
Stop, thief! Vadal! Outrage! Scandal!
[Aladdin]
Db/Eb Eb7 Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7 Absus Ab Ab
Let's not be too hasty
[Lady]
G7sus Gm7b5 C7sus C7 Fm Fm/Eb
Still I think he's rather tasty
[Aladdin]
Db7
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
G7 C7
Otherwise we'd get along
F#
[Crowd]
Wrong!
[Aladdin]
G#m E7 D#7
One jump ahead of the hoofbeats
(Vandal!)
G#m C#7
One hop ahead of the hump
(Street rat!)
B/F# G7 F#7
One trick ahead of disaster
(Scoundrel!)
D#m7 G#7
They're quick, but I'm much faster
(Take that!)
F#7sus/C# F#7sus
Here goes, better throw my hand in
Wish me happy landin'