Verse 1:
C#m C#m C#m C#m
Istanbul was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
G#7 G#7
Been a long time gone, old Constantinople
C#m - F#m F#m C#m
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
C#m C#m C#m C#m
Every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
G#7 G#7 C#m - G#7 C#m
So if you've a date in Constantinople, she'll be waiting in Istanbul
Chorus:
C#m C#m C#m C#m
Even old New York was once New C#msterdam
D#m7-5 G#7 C#m G#7
Why they changed it I can't say, people just liked it better that way
C#m C#m C#m C#m
So take me back to Constantinople, no you can't go back to Constantinople
G#7 G#7 C#m C#m
Been a long time gone, Constantinople, why did Constantinople get the works?
G#7 C#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:
C#m C#m
Do do do do dodo do dododo, Do do do do dodo do dododo
G#7 C#m
Do do do do dodo do dododo, Itstanbul,(Itstanbul)
C#m C#m
Do do do do dodo do dododo, Do do do do dodo do dododo
G#7 C#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:
C#m C#m G#m
C#m C#m
Do do do do dodo do dododo, Do do do do dodo do dododo
G#7 C#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]
E B F#m A
Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
E B F#m A
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
E B F#m
She was looking kinda dumb with her finger and her
A E B F#m A
Thumb in the shape of an "L" on her forehead
E B
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
F#m A
Back to the rules and I hit the ground running
E B
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
F#m A
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
E B
So much to do so much to see
F#m A
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
E B
You'll never know if you don't go
F#m A
You'll never shine if you don't glow
[Chorus]
E A A#dim A
Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
E A A#dim A
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid
E A A#dim
And all that glitters is gold
A E D#b A
Only shooting stars break the mold
[Verse 1]
E B
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
F#m A
You're bundled up now but wait 'til you get older
E B
But the media men beg to differ
F#m A
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
E B
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
F#m A
The waters getting warm so you might as well swim
E B
My world's on fire how about yours
F#m A
That's the way I like it and I never get bored
[Chorus]
E A A#dim A
Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
E A A#dim A
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid
E A A#dim
And all that glitters is gold
A E D#b A
Only shooting stars break the mold
E A A#dim A
Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
E A A#dim A
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid
E A A#dim
And all that glitters is gold
A E D#b A
Only shooting stars break the mold
[Verse 3]
E B F#m A
Somebody once asked, could you spare some change for gas
E B F#m A
I need to get myself away from this place
E B F#m A
I said yep what a concept I could use a little fuel myself
E B F#m A
And we could all use a little change
E B
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
F#m A
Back to the rules and I hit the ground running
E B
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
F#m A
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
E B
So much to do so much to see
F#m A
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
E B
You'll never know if you don't go
F#m A
You'll never shine if you don't glow
[Chorus]
E A A#dim A
Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
E A A#dim A
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid
E A A#dim
And all that glitters is gold
A E D#b A
Only shooting stars break the mold
Best Day of My Life
[Verse]
E
I had a dream so big and loud
I jumped so high I touched the clouds
A
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
A
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
E
I stretched my hands out to the sky
We danced with monsters through the night
A
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
A
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m
I'm never gonna look back
E
Woah, never gonna give it up
A
No, please don't wake me now
[Chorus]
E
Oo-o-o-o-oo
A
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
E
Oo-o-o-o-oo
A
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
E A
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
[Verse]
E
I howled at the moon with friends
And then the sun came crashing in
A
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
A
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
E
But all the possibilities
No limits, just epiphanies
A
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
A
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m
I'm never gonna look back
E
Woah, never gonna give it up
A
No, just don't wake me now
[Chorus]
E
Oo-o-o-o-oo
A
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
E
Oo-o-o-o-oo
A
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
E A
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
[Bridge]
E
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]
E
Oo-o-o-o-oo
E A
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
E
Oo-o-o-o-o
A
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
E
This is gonna be, this is gonna be, this is gonna be
A
The best day of my life
Everything is looking up, everybody up now
E A
This is gonna be the best day of my li-ife
E
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
Werewolves of London
B B A A E E E E 4x
B A E
I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
B A E
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
B A E
He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's
B A E
Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein
B A E
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
B A E
Ah-ooooo
B A E
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
B A E
Ah-ooooo
B A E
If you hear him howling around your kitchen door
B A E
You better not let him in
B A E
Little old lady got mutilated late last night
B A E
Werewolves of London again
B A E
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
B A E
Ah-ooooo
B A E
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
B A E
Ah-ooooo
B B A A E E E E 4x
B A E
He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amok in Kent
B A E
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair
B A E
You better stay away from him
B A E
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
B A E
Ha, I'd like to meet his tailor
B A E
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
B A E
Ah-ooooo
B A E
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
B A E
Ah-ooooo
B A E
Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
B A E
Doing the werewolves of London
B A E
I saw Lon Chaney Jr. walking with the Queen
B A E
All Summer Long
[Intro]
B A E
[Verse]
B A E
It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long
B A E
Caught somewhere between a boy and man
B A E
She was 17 and she was far from in between
B A E
It was summertime in Northern Michigan
[Instrumental]
B A E
[Verse]
B A E
Splashin' thru the sandbar, talkin' by the campfire
B A E
It's the simple things in life like when and where
B A E
We didn't have no internet, but man I never will forget
B A E
The way the moonlight shined upon her hair
[Chorus]
B A E
And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
B A E
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
B A E
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
B A E B A E
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
B A E
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
[Verse]
B A E
Catchin' walleye from the dock watchin' waves roll off the rocks
B A E
She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul
B A E
We'd blister in the sun we couldn't wait for night to come
B A E
To hit that sandy place of rock 'n roll
[Chorus]
B A E
And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
B A E
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
B A E
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
B A E B A E
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
B A E
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
[Solo]
[Verse]
B A E
Now nothin' seems as strange as when the leaves began to change
B A E
Oh how we thought those days would never end
B A E
Sometimes I hear that song and I'll start to sing along
B A E
And think man I'd like to see that girl again
[Chorus]
B A E
And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
B A E
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
B A E
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
B A E B A E
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
B A E
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
B A E
And we were tryin' different things and we were smokin' funny things
B A E
Makin' love out by the lake to our favorite songs
B A E
Sippin' whisky out the bottle not thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
B A E B A E
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
B A E
Singin' sweet home alabama all summer long
[Outro]
B A E
Africa
[Intro]
A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m
A G#m C#m
[Verse 1]
B D#m G#m
I hear the drums echoing tonight
B/F# A/E C#m G#m A G#m C#m
She hears only whispers of some quiet conversa - tion
B D#m G#m
She's coming in, twelve thirty flight
B/F# A/E C#m7 G#m A G#m C#m
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me toward salva-tion
B D#m G#m
I stopped an old man along the way
B/F# A/E C#m G#m A G#m C#m
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melo-dies
B D#m G#m A C#m
He turned to me as if to say “hurry boy, it's waiting there for you”
[Chorus]
F#m D#b A E
Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m D#b A E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m D#b A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D#b A C#m E F#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had…
A G#m C#m
Ooo Ooo
A G#m C#m
[Verse 2]
B D#m G#m
The wild dogs cry out in the night
B/F# A/E C#m G#m A G#m C#m
As they grow restless longing for some solitary compa-ny
B D#m G#m
I know that I must do what's right
B/F# A/E C#m G#m A G#m C#m
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
B D#m G#m
I seek to cure what's deep inside
G#m A C#m
Frightened of this thing that I've become
[Chorus]
F#m D#b A E
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m D#b A E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m D#b A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D#b A C#m E F#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had…
A G#m C#m
Ooo Ooo
A G#m C#m
[Interlude]
B D#m G#m
B A C#m G#m A G#m C#m
[Bridge]
B D#7 G#m A C#m
“hurry boy, she's waiting there for you”
[Outro/Chorus]
F#m D#b A E
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
F#m D#b A E
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
F#m D#b A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D#b A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D#b A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D#b A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D#b A E
I bless the rains down in Africa
F#m D#b A C#m E F#m
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had…
A G#m C#m
Ooo Ooo
(repeat fading)
A G#m C#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'
I Just Can’t Wait to be King
D Dsus4 D
I'm gonna be a mighty king
D Dsus4 D
So enemies beware!
G7
Well, I've never seen a king of beasts
G D
With quite so little hair
D Dsus4 D
I'm gonna be the main event
D Dsus4 D
Like no king was before
G7
I'm brushing up on looking down
G D
I'm working on my ROAR
Em Em7 A7
Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing
G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
[You've rather a long way to go,]
[young master, if you think…]
G
No one saying do this
[Now when I said that, I--]
Em7
No one saying be there
[What I meant was…]
A7
No one saying stop that
[Look, what you don't realize…]
Dsus4 D
No one saying see here
[Now see here!]
Em Em7 A7
Free to run around all day
[Well, that's definitely out…]
G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Free to do it all my way!
D Dsus4 D
I think it's time that you and I
D Dsus4 D
Arranged a heart to heart
G7
Kings don't need advice
G D
From little hornbills for a start
D Dsus4 D
If this is where the monarchy is headed
Dsus4 D
Count me out!
G G7
Out of service, out of Africa
G D Dsus4 D
I wouldn't hang about… aagh!
Em Em7 A7
This child is getting wildly out of wing
G A D
Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
BREAK … SHIFT TO CAPO 5th FRET
D -- Dsus4 -- D -- Dsus4 -- D
D -- Dsus4 -- D -- Dsus4
G
Everybody look left
Em7
Everybody look right
A7
Everywhere you look I'm
Dsus4 D
Standing in the spotlight!
[Not yet!]
Em Em7 A7
Let every creature go for broke and sing
Em Em7 A7
Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing
Em Em7 A7
It's gonna be King Simba's finest fling
G A D Dsus4 D
Oh I just can't wait to be king!
G A D Dsus4 D
Oh I just can't wait to be king!
G A D Dsus4 D
Oh I just can't waaaaaait … to be king!