Charts

Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles

[Intro]
Am   G     F    E7
Am   G     F    E7

[Chorus]
        Am   G       F               E7   Am       G        F        E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no
more.
        Am   G       F               E7      Am  G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more. (What you say?)
        Am   G       F               E7   Am       G        F        E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no
more.
        Am   G       F               E7      Am  G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more.

[Verse]
   Am        G            F           E7
Oh woman, oh woman, don't treat me so mean,
           Am          G               F    E7
You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen.
  Am       G       F  E7
I guess if you say so
     Am              G          F           E7
I'll have to pack my things and go. (That's right)

[Chorus]
        Am   G       F               E7   Am       G        F        E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no
more.
        Am   G       F               E7      Am  G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more. (What you say?)
        Am   G       F               E7   Am       G        F        E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no
more.
        Am   G       F               E7      Am  G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more.

[Verse]
     Am            G            F              E7
Now baby, listen baby, don't-a treat me this-a way
      Am    G            F         E7
For I'll be back on my feet some day.
      Am           G              F      E7
(Don't care if you do 'cause it's understood
          Am        G        F            E7
you ain't got no money you just ain't no good.)
         Am       G      F    E7
Well, I guess if you say so
     Am             G          F           E7
I'd have to pack my things and go. (That's right)

[Chorus]
        Am   G       F               E7   Am       G        F        E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no
more.
        Am   G       F               E7      Am  G F E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more. (What you say?)
        Am   G       F               E7   Am       G        F        E7
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no
more.
        Am   G       F               E7      Am    G
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more.   (Well !)

[Outro]
                                F        E7
                               Don't you come back no more.
Am            G                 F        E7
(aah! what you say)            Don't you come back no more.
Am            G                 F        E7
(I didn't understand you)      Don't you come back no more.
Am            G                 F        E7
(You can't mean that)          Don't you come back no more.
Am            G                 F        E7
(Oh, now baby, please)         Don't you come back no more.
Am            G                 F        E7
(What you tryin' to do to me?) Don't you come back no more.
Am            G                 F        E7
(Oh, don't treat me like that) Don't you come back no more.

Source: Ultimate Guitar

Charts

Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker

[Intro]
G  D  Em  C
G  D  Em  C
G  D  C


[Verse]
 G                         D
Heading down south to the land of the pines
Em                        C
I'm thumbing my way into North Caroline
  G                      D                 C
Staring up the road and pray to God I see headlights
G                            D
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Em                       C
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
          G                          D             C
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight


[Chorus]
    G                    D
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Em                C
Rock me momma any way you feel
 G  D        C
Hey,  momma rock me
 G                      D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
 Em                   C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
 G  D        C
Hey,  momma rock me


[Instrumental]
G  D  Em  C
G  D  C


[Verse]
 G                    D
Running from the cold up in New England
      Em                         C
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
   G                    D              C
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
     G                            D
Oh, north country winters keep a-getting me down
           Em                       C
I lost my money playing poker so I had to leave town
      G                      D                   C
But I ain't turning back to living that old life no more


[Chorus]
    G                    D
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
 Em                C
Rock me momma any way you feel
 G  D        C
Hey,  momma rock me
 G                      D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
 Em                   C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
 G  D        C
Hey,  momma rock me


[Instrumental]
G  D  Em  C
G  D  C
G  D  Em  C
G  D  C


[Verse]
 G                    D
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
            Em                          C
I caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke
     G                            D
But he's a heading west from the Cumberland gap
    C
To Johnson City, Tennessee
       G                   D
And I gotta get a move on before the sun
           Em                         C
I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she's the only one
    G                        D                C
And if I died in Raleigh at least I will die free


[Chorus] (one strum each chord below)
    G                   D
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
 Em                C
Rock me momma any way you feel
 G  D        C
Hey,  momma rock me
     G                      D
Oh, rock me momma like the wind and the rain
 Em                   C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
 G  D        C
Hey,  momma rock me

(normal strumming)
        G                    D
Oh, so rock me momma like a wagon wheel
 Em                C
    Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, I wanna feel
(Rock me momma any way you feel)
 G  D        C
Hey,  momma rock me
 G                      D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
 Em                   C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
 G  D        C
Hey,  momma rock me

G  D  Em  C
G  D  C
G  D  Em  C
G  D  C
G  D  Em  C
G  D  C
G  D  Em  C
G  D  C

(fade out)

Source: Ultimate Guitar

Charts

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan

[Intro]
G    D     Am    G    D     C
                   Oo oo-oo oo
G    D     Am    G    D     C
  Oo oo-oo oo      Oo oo-oo oo

[Verse 1]
G                D                Am
  Mama take this badge off of me
G         D               C
  I can't use it anymore
G              D                      Am
  It's getting dark, too dark to see
G            D                     C
  I feel I'm knockin on heaven's door

[Chorus]
G               D                    Am
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G               D                    C
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G               D                    Am
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G               D                    C
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

[Verse 2]
G             D                   Am
  Mama put my guns in the ground
G         D               C
  I can't shoot them anymore
G                 D               Am
  That long black cloud is comin' down
G            D                      C
  I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door

[Chorus]
G               D                    Am
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G               D                    C
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G               D                    Am
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
G               D                    C
  Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

[Outro]
G    D     Am    G
  Oo oo-oo oo   (fade)

Source: Ultimate Guitar

Charts

The Gambler – Kenny Rogers

[Verse 1]

     G                          C               G
On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere,
  C               G                C                 D
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
   G                               C             G
So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness
     C           G        D               G
'til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.


[Verse 2]

         G                             C                G
He said, "Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces,
    C                  G                 C                   D
and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
       G                               C                 G
And if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.
      C             G            D             G
For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."


[Verse 3]

     G                           C                  G
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
C                G             C              D
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
        G                                C                 G
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
                 C                    G             D
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it
G
right.


[Chorus]

           G                     C             G
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
C            G         C                D
know when to walk away and know when to run.
          G                            C              G
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
                 C          G        D                 G
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.


[Verse 4] (transpose +1 here if you want to play it correctly)

G                             C             G
Ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
   C               G              C               D
is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
       G                         C              G
'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser,
        C                 G              D           G
and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."


[Verse 5]

    G                               C                       G
And when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
C               G             C            D
crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
    G                             C                 G
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
    C            G                D                G
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.


[Chorus]

           G                     C             G
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
C            G         C                D
know when to walk away and know when to run.
          G                            C              G
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
                 C          G        D                 G
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

           G                     C             G
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
C            G         C                D
know when to walk away and know when to run.
          G                            C              G
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
                 C          G        D                 G
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

           G                     C             G
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
C            G         C                D
know when to walk away and know when to run.
          G                            C              G
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
                 C          G        D                 G
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

Source: Ultimate Guitar

Charts

Hurt – Johnny Cash

[Intro]
Am    C  D  Am    C  D


[Verse 1]
Am   C       D     Am       C      D       Am
   I hurt myself today   to see if I still feel
  C    D        Am        C      D          Am
I focus on the pain   the only thing that's real
    C      D       Am         C      D       Am
The needle tears a hole   the old familiar sting
       C      D      Am           C      D      G
Try to kill it all away   but I remember everything


[Chorus 1]
Am              F     C               G
What have I become?     My sweetest friend
Am          F             C        G
Everyone I know  goes away in the end
    Am                 F    G               G
And you could have it all   My empire of dirt
Am              F      G                Am
I will let you down    I will make you hurt


[Transition]
(Am)   C  D  Am    C  D


[Verse 2]
Am   C         D        Am        C      D       Am
   I wear this crown of thorns   upon my liar's chair
C       D        Am       C     D    Am
Full of broken thoughts   I cannot repair
  C          D        Am         C       D       Am
Beneath the stains of time   the feelings disappear
C         D      Am    C     D           G
You are someone else   I am still right here


[Chorus 2]
Am              F     C               G
What have I become?     My sweetest friend
Am          F             C        G
Everyone I know  goes away in the end
    Am                 F    G            G
And you could have it all   My empire of dirt
Am              F     G               G
I will let you down   I will make you hurt


[Outro]
   Am               F     G              G
If I could start again  a million miles away
Am              F    G
I would keep myself  I would find a way
                 (single strum)

Source: Ultimate Guitar

Charts

Jolene – Dolly Parton

[Intro]
Am
(4 bars)

[Chorus]
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
     G                                  Am
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
  Am      C       G      Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
   G                   Em             Am
Please don't take him just because you can

[Verse]
       Am        C
Your beauty is beyond compare
       G                Am
With flaming locks of auburn hair
       G             Em              Am
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
       Am             C
Your smile is like a breath of spring
       G                  Am
Your voice is soft like summer rain
       G         Em             Am
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene

[Verse]
    Am             C
He talks about you in his sleep
     G                Am
There's nothing I can do to keep
       G             Em               Am
From crying when he calls your name, Jolene
    Am            C
And I can easily understand
    G                 Am
How you could easily take my man
         G                  Em           Am
But you don't know what he means to me, Jolene

[Chorus]
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
      G                                 Am
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
  G                    Em             Am
Please don't take him just because you can

[Verse]
Am                    C
You could have your choice of men
    G              Am
But I could never love again
   G           Em           Am
He's the only one for me, Jolene
   Am               C
I had to have this talk with you
    G           Am
My happiness depends on you
        G          Em            Am
And whatever you decide to do, Jolene

[Chorus]
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
      G                                 Am
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
  G                    Em            Am
Please don't take him even though you can

Source: Ultimate Guitar

Charts

Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver

[Verse 1]

G             Em             D                         C         G
 Almost Heaven; West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
G                   Em                     D
 Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains,
  C              G
Blowin' like a breeze.

[Chorus]

         G              D            Em         C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
         G               D             C             G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

[Verse 2]

G               Em                D                 C              G
 All my memories gather round her, miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
G                 Em                  D
 Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine,
  C            G
Teardrop in my eye.

[Chorus]

         G              D            Em         C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
         G               D             C             G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

[Bridge]

Em             D            G
   I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
    C        G             D
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
    Em                F            C
And driving down the road I get a feeling
       G                     D                 D7
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

[Chorus]

N.C.     G              D            Em         C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
         G               D             C             G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
         G              D            Em         C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
         G               D             C             G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
         D                  G              D                  G
Take me home, down country roads; take me home, down country roads

Source: Ultimate Guitar