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100 Great Songs TO HELP YOUENDURE A BRITISH SUMMER20181

ContentsNotes6Across The Great Divide ⓵ (Kate Wolf/Nanci Griffith)7A Hazy Shade Of Winter ⓶ (Simon and Garfunkel)8Against All Odds ⓶ (Phil Collins)9A Kind Of Hush ⓶ (Herman’s Hermits)10American Tune ⓷ (Paul Simon)11Baby I’m-A Want You ⓶ (Bread)12Beat It ⓵ (Michael Jackson)13Be My Baby ⓵ (The Ronettes)14Big River ⓷ (Jimmy Nail)15Bridge Over Troubled Water ⓷ (Simon & Garfunkel)16Carolina In My Mind ⓵ (James Taylor)17Chanson d’Amour ⓷ (Manhattan Transfer)18Cups ⓵ (Lulu and the Lampshades)19Dakota ⓵ (Stereophonics)20Da Doo Ron Ron ⓵ (The Crystals)21Dancing in the Dark ⓵ (Bruce Springsteen)22Daniel ⓵ (Elton John)23Desperado ⓶ (The Eagles)24Don’t Stop Believing ⓵ (Journey)25Do You Love Me? ⓵ (The Contours)26Drive ⓶ (The Cars)27El Paso ⓵ (Marty Robins)28Eternal Flame ⓵ (The Bangles)30Everything I Own ⓵ (Bread)31Father and Son ⓵ (Cat Stevens)32Flowers In The Rain ⓶ (The Move)33Have You Ever Seen the Rain? ⓵ (CCR)34Heads Carolina Tails California ⓵ (Jo Dee Messina)35He Thinks He’ll Keep Her ⓵ (Mary Chapin Carpenter)362

I Don't Want To Talk About It ⓵ (Rod Stewart)37I Dreamed A Dream ⓷ (from Les Miserables)38If You Could Read My Mind ⓶ (Gordon Lightfoot)39I’m Telling You Now ⓵ (Freddie & The Dreamers)40It Must Have Been Love ⓶ (Roxette)41It’s A Heartache ⓵ (Bonnie Tyler)42It’s Not Unusual ⓵ (Tom Jones)43Just The Way You Are ⓷ (Billy Joel)44Karma Chameleon ⓶ (Culture Club)45Kenny the Kangaroo ⓵ (Ralph McTell)46Kodachrome ⓷ (Paul Simon)47Let the River Run ⓶ (Carly Simon)48Livin’ On A Prayer ⓵ (Bon Jovi)49Mad World ⓵ (Tears For Fears)50Maggie May ⓵ (Rod Stewart)51Mandy ⓷ (Barry Manilow)52Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs ⓵ (Brian & Michael)53Moonshadow ⓶ (Cat Stevens)54Moon River ⓷ (Audrey Hepburn)55Morning Has Broken ⓷ (Cat Stevens)56Mother And Child Reunion ⓵ (Paul Simon)57Nine Million Bicycles ⓶ (Katie Melua)58One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor ⓷ (Paul Simon)59One Too Many Mornings ⓵ (Bob Dylan)60Our House ⓶ (Crosby Stills Nash & Young)61Over My Shoulder ⓶ (Mike & The Mechanics)62Peaceful Easy Feeling ⓵ (The Eagles)63Piano Man ⓵ (Billy Joel)64Remember When The Music ⓵ (Harry Chapin)65Rio ⓷ (Mike Nesmith & The First National Band)66Rose Garden ⓵ (Lynn Anderson)673

Sally Wheatley ⓵ (Joe Wilson)68Sentimental Friend ⓶ (Herman’s Hermits)69Silver Threads and Golden Needles ⓵ (The Springfields)70Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay ⓵ (Otis Reading)71Someday Soon ⓵ (Suzy Bogguss)72Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word ⓵ (Elton John)73Sorry Suzanne ⓶ (The Hollies)74S.O.S. ⓶ (ABBA)75Sweet Baby James ⓶ (James Taylor)76Take It Easy ⓵ (The Eagles)77Take My Breath Away ⓶ (Berlin)78Tequila Sunrise ⓵ (The Eagles)79The Call ⓵ (Regina Spektor)80The Carnival Is Over ⓵ (The Seekers)81The First Cut Is The Deepest ⓵ (Cat Stevens)82The Girl From The Hiring Fair ⓵ (Ralph McTell)83The Power Of Love ⓵ (Jennifer Rush)84The Rose ⓵ (Bette Midler)85The Sound Of Silence ⓵ (Simon and Garfunkel)86The Way I Should ⓵ (Iris DeMent)87They Don’t Know ⓵ (Kirsty MacColl)88This is the Life ⓵ (Amy MacDonald)89Those Were The Days ⓵ (Mary Hopkin)90Tom Traubert’s Blues ⓶ (Tom Waits)91Try To Remember ⓷ (Nana Mouskouri)92Turn Turn Turn ⓵ (The Byrds)93Under African Skies ⓵ (Paul Simon)94Up The Junction ⓶ (Squeeze)95Uptown Girl ⓷ (Billy Joel)96Waterloo Sunset ⓶ (The Kinks)97We Belong ⓵ (Pat Benatar)984

What Am I Doin’ Hanging Round ⓶ (The Monkees)99What a Wonderful World ⓵ (Sam Cooke)100When I Kissed The Teacher ⓵ (ABBA)101When Tomorrow Comes ⓶ (Annie Lennox)102Who’ll Stop The Rain ⓵ (CCR)103Who Will Sing Me Lullabies ⓵ (Kate Rusby)104Without You ⓷ (Harry Nilsson)105Wuthering Heights ⓷ (Kate Bush)106YMCA ⓵ (The Village People)1075

NotesThere are 100 songs in this songbook arranged (near as makes no difference) inalphabetical order. Hopefully this will be enough to get you through the worst delugethat the British Summer can throw at you. They range from the very simple (look foranything by Creedence Clearwater Revival) to the downright impossible (“WutheringHeights” from Kate Bush) with all stops in-between. I’ve tried to be as wide as possiblein the choice of musical genres and there is enough well-known material to balance outthe less well-known. There are some songs in here that I’m not all that fond of to behonest but there is obviously going to be a personal bias to stuff that I like. What youwon’t find is anything by the Beatles. We have a separate book coming out for theirsongs later, in Autumn 2018.Each song has a difficulty grading (on the Contents page):⓵Relatively simple. Not that many chords (usually fewer than 8).⓶Quite a bit trickier with quite a lot of scope for going wrong. Lots of chords.⓷Well hard. Will test the best players.Nearly all of these songsheets were derived from published music, rather than blaggingstuff from the internet. Some of the songsheets from the internet are truly hopelessand I would rather source the music properly and take it from there. That said, somesongs have modified chords and every songsheet is, in a sense, “ukulele adapted”;none of them are direct copies of the original - and they are not meant to be. Theukulele, with four strings (and hence only four notes per chord) has its limitations andchords such as [G13] , for example, are always going to be approximate on a uke. It’sapproximate enough on a guitar! Complicated arrangements and long instrumentalsare out too.All chords are in red in square brackets (e.g. [F7]). Chords are always placed as closeas possible to where they are needed but that is not always possible. Any instructionsare in curly brackets and also red and in italics (e.g. {quietly}). Musical terminology has,by and large, been avoided. Where there is a specific “second voice” part the secondpart is in normal brackets.I’ve also included chords (for GCEA tuned ukes) for each of the ⓵ or ⓶ songs and asmany of the ⓷ songs as possible. Sometimes there isn’t space for all the chords. Withthem, you are on your own. I haven’t included YouTube links for the songs. Simply go to YouTube and type the titlefollowed by the artist. It will almost certainly be there. I haven’t found any that aren’t.Alternatively, I’ve created a playlist on my YouTube channel. Just navigate to that andyou can access all the songs in the order they’re in the book.Enjoy!John TimneyJuly 2018 (in time for the glorious Summer of 2018)6

Across The Great Divide ⓵ (Kate Wolf/Nanci Griffith)Kate Wolf/Nanci GriffithI've been [D] walkin’ [G] in my [D] sleepCountin' [Bm] troubles 'stead of countin' [G] sheepWhere the [D] years went I can't [Bm] sayI just [G] turned around [A7] and they've gone a-[D]-wayI've been [D] siftin’ [G] through the [D] layersOf dusty [Bm] books and faded [G] papersThey tell a [D] story I used to [Bm] knowAnd it was [G] one that [A7] happened so long [D] agoIt's gone a-[D]-way in [G] yester-[D]-dayNow I [Bm] find myself on the mountain-[G] sideWhere the [D] rivers [G] change di-[D]-rectionA-[A7]-cross the Great Di-[D]-videNow, I [D] heard the [G] owl a-[D]-callin’Softly [Bm] as the night was [G] fallin’With a [D] question and I re-[Bm]-pliedBut he's [G] gone a-[A7]-cross the border-[D]-lineHe’s gone a-[D]-way in [G] yester-[D]-dayNow I [Bm] find myself on the mountain-[G] sideWhere the [D] rivers [G] change di-[D]-rectionA-[A7]-cross the Great Di-[D]-videThe finest [D] hour that [G] I have [D] seenIs the [Bm] one that comes be-[G] tweenThe edge of [D] night and the break of [Bm] dayIt's when the [G] darkness [A7] rolls a-[D]-wayIt's gone a-[D]-way in [G] yester-[D]-dayNow I [Bm] find myself on the mountain-[G] sideWhere the [D] rivers [G] change di-[D]-rectionA-[A7]-cross the Great Di-[D]-videIt's gone a-[D]-way in [G] yester-[D]-dayNow I [Bm] find myself on the mountain-[G] sideWhere the [D] rivers [G] change di-[D]-rectionA-[A7]-cross the Great Di-[D]-vide [D]!The playalong key is A major. This version (D major) is more suited to male voices.7

A Hazy Shade Of Winter ⓶ (Simon and Garfunkel)Simon and GarfunkelIntro: [Dm] [C] [Bb] [A7][Dm] Time, time, time, see what's be-[C]-come of me.While I [Bb] looked around for my possi-[Am]-bilities,I was so [C] hard to please.But look a-[Dm]-round, the leaves are [C] brown,And the [Bb] sky is a [A7] hazy shade of [Dm] winter.Hear the Salvation [C] Army band[Bb] Down by the riverside, it's bound to be a better rideThan [Am] what you've got planned,Carry your [C] cup in your hand.And look a-[Dm]-round, the leaves are [C] brown now,And the [Bb7] sky is a [A7] hazy shade of [Dm] winter.Hang on to your [C] hopes, my friend.[Bb] That's an easy thing to say but if your hopes should pass away,[Am] Simply pretend, that you can [C] build them again.Look a-[Dm]-round, the grass is [C7] high, the fields are [Bb7] ripe,It's the [A7] springtime of my [Dm] life.[Bb] Seasons change with [F] scenery [Fmaj7]Weaving time in a [C7] tapestry,Won't you stop and re-[Dm]!-mem-[A7]!-ber [Dm]! me?[C] At any convenient time.[Bb] Funny how my memory skips while looking over manuscriptsOf [Am] unpublished rhyme,Drinking my [C] vodka and lime.I look a-[Dm] round, the leaves are [C7] brown,And the [Bb7] sky is a [A7] hazy shade of [Dm] winter.Look a-[C]-round, the leaves are [Bb7] brown,There's a [A7] patch of snow on the [Dm] ground,Look a-[C]-round, the leaves are [Bb7] brown,There's a [A7] patch of snow on the [Dm]! ground (Abrupt ending)This is the playalong key.8

Against All Odds ⓶ (Phil Collins)Phil Collins[Em] How can I just [Em7] let you walk [F#m7] awayJust let you [G] leave without a [D] trace?When I [C] stand here taking [D] every breathWith [Bm7] you, ooh [Em7] oohYou're the [Am] only one who really knew me at [D] all[Em] How can you just [Em7] walk a-[F#m7]-way from meWhen all [G] I can do is watch you [D] leave?'Cause we've [C] shared the laughter [D] and the painAnd [Bm7] even shared the [Em7] tearsYou're the [Am] only one who really knew me at [D] all[D] So take a look at me [G] nowWell there's just an [A7] empty spaceAnd there's nothing [Em7] left here to re-[C]-mind meJust the [Am] memory of your [D] faceOh, take a look at me [G] nowWell there's just an [A7] empty spaceAnd you coming [Em7] back to me is a-[C]-gainst the oddsAnd that's [Am] what I've got to [D]! face[Em] I wish I could just [Em7] make you turn a-[F#m7]-round[G] Turn around and see me [D] cryThere's so [C] much I need to [D] say to youSo [Bm7] many reasons [Em7] whyYou're the [Am] only one who really knew me at [D] all[D] So take a look at me [G] nowWell there's just an [A7] empty spaceAnd there's nothing [Em7] left here to re-[C]-mind meJust the [Am] memory of your [D] faceNow, take a look at me [G] now‘Cause that's just an [A7] empty spaceBut to [Em7] wait for you is [C] all I can doAnd that's [Am] what I've got to [D] face[D] Take a good look at me [G] now'Cause I'll still be [A7] standing hereAnd you coming [Em7] back to me is a-[C]-gainst all oddsIt's the [Am] chance I've got to [D] take{slow arpeggiated splangs} [Dsus4]! Take a look at me [C]! now [D]!To play along with Phil, put a capo on the first fret.9