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THE COMPENDIUMOF AWESOME!THE COMPLETEVOLUME 1 & 2REVISED JANUARY 2016
The HUG Songbook Volume 1 & 2A collection of songs used by the Halifax Ukulele Gang (HUG)Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaAll of the songs contained within this book are for research and personal use only.Many of the songs have been simplified for playing at our club meetings.General Notes:¶ The goal in assembling this songbook was to pull together the bits and pieces ofmusic used at the monthy gatherings of the Halifax Ukulele Gang (HUG)¶ Efforts have been made to make this document as accurate as possible. If younotice any errors, please contact us at http://halifaxukulelegang.wordpress.com/¶ The layout of these pages was approached with the goal to make the text as largeas possible while still fitting the entire song on one page¶ Songs have been formatted using the ChordPro Format:The Chordpro-Format is used for the notation of Chords in plain ASCII-Text format.The chords are written in square brackets [ ] at the position in the song-text wherethey are played: [Em] Hello, [Dm] why not try the [Em] ChordPro for[Am]mat¶ Many websites and music collections were used in assembling this songbook. Inparticular, many songs in this volume were used from https://ukutabs.com/, RichardG’s Ukulele Songbook (http://www.scorpex.net/uke.htm), the Bytown Ukulele Groupwebsite (http://www.bytownukulele.ca/) and the BURP (Berkhamsted UkuleleRandom Players) website (http://www.hamishcurrie.me.uk/burp/index.htm).¶ Ukulizer (http://www.ukulizer.com/) was used to transpose many songs intoChordPro format.¶ Arial font was used for the song text. Chord diagrams were created using thechordette fonts from Uke Farm (http://www.ukefarm.com/chordette/)HUG Songbook – VOLUMES 1 & 2 - Halifax Ukulele Gang (HUG) 2016 (http://halifaxukulelegang.wordpress.com)Page 2
Table of ContentsAcross the Universe (The Beatles).8Act Naturally (Buck Owens / The Beatles).9Ain’t Misbehavin’. 10Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers) . 11Ain’t She Sweet . 12All I Have To Do Is Dream (Everly Brothers) . 13All of Me (Seymour Simons / Gerald Marks). 14All My Loving (The Beatles). 15Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Monty Python) . 16American Pie (Don McLean). 17Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival) . 19Bang the Drum All Day (Todd Rundgren). 20The Battle of New Orleans (Johnny Horton) . 21Big Rock Candy Mountain . 22Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) . 23Black Velvet Band. 24Blitzkreig Bop (Ramones). 25Blowin’ In the Wind (Bob Dylan). 26Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis Presley) . 27Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino. 28The Boxer (Paul Simon) . 29Brand New Key (Melanie Safka) . 30Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison) . 31Build Me Up, Buttercup (The Foundations). 32Bus Stop (The Hollies) . 33Bye Bye Love (Everly Brothers). 34California Sun (The Rivieras). 35The Charleston . 36Centerfold (J Geils Band) . 37City Of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie) . 38Closing Time (Semisonic). 39Come Dancing (The Kinks). 40Come On Eileen (Dexy’s Midnight Runners) . 41Cover of the Rolling Stone (Dr. Hook) . 42Crazy G (HUG Style). 43Creep (Radiohead) . 44Crocodile Rock (Elton John) . 45Daydream Believer (The Monkees). 46Delilah (Tom Jones) . 47Dirty Old Town (The Pogues) . 48Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (Culture Club). 49Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey). 50Don’t You Want Me? (Human League) . 51Doo Wah Diddy (Manfred Mann) . 52Drunken Sailor (Traditional). 53East Bound and Down (Jerry Reed). 54Eight Days A Week (The Beatles). 55Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles). 56End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys) . 57Every Breath You Take (Police). 58Every Day (Buddy Holly) . 59HUG Songbook – VOLUMES 1 & 2 - Halifax Ukulele Gang (HUG) 2016 (http://halifaxukulelegang.wordpress.com)Page 3
Farewell to Nova Scotia (Traditional) . 60Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen). 61Feelin’ Groovy - 59th Street Bridge Song (Simon & Garfunkel) . 62Five Foot Two. 63500 Miles (Proclaimers). 64Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) . 65Forget You (Cee Lo Green) . 66The Gambler (Kenny Rogers). 67(The Ballad of) Gilligan’s Island . 68Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen). 69Handle With Care (Travelling Wilburys). 70Happy Birthday . 71Happy Together (The Turtles). 72Hard Sun (Indio / Eddie Vedder) . 73Heart of Gold (Neil Young) . 74Hello Mary Lou (Rick Nelson) . 75Help Me Rhonda (The Beach Boys). 76Henry the Eighth (Herman’s Hermits). 77Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles) . 78Hey, Good Lookin’ (Hank Williams). 79Hey Soul Sister (Train) . 80Hey There, Delilah (Plain White T’s) . 81Hit the Road Jack (Ray Charles). 82Ho Hey (The Lumineers) . 83The Hockey Song (Stompin’ Tom Conners) . 84Ho
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