Kathleen Mary “Kathy” Chitty (born 1947) worked part-time selling tickets at the Railway Inn Folk Club in Brentwood, Essex, UK in 1964. She became the girlfriend and muse of Paul Simon when he lived in England in 1964 and 1965. She is referred to directly or indirectly in at least four of his songs.

He met Kathy Chitty on 12 April 1964 at the very first English folk club he played, the Railway Inn Folk Club in Brentwood, Essex. She was 17, he was 22 and they fell in love. Later that year they visited the US together, touring around mainly by bus. Kathy returned to England on her own with Simon returning to her some weeks later. When he was back in London he recorded the album The Paul Simon Songbook that included “Kathy’s Song”, and had a photo of Simon and Kathy on the cover. Also included in the album was another version of “The Sound of Silence”. (Wiki)

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“The Happy Wanderer” (“Der fröhliche Wanderer” or “Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann“) is a popular song by Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller written shortly after World War II. It is often mistaken for a German folk song, but it is actually an original composition. His sister Edith Möller conducted a small amateur children’s and youth choir in Schaumburg County, Northern Germany, internationally named Obernkirchen Children’s Choir, in Germany named Schaumburger Märchensänger.

In 1953, BBC Radio aired the choir’s winning performance at Llangollen International Eisteddfod, an annual arts festival in north-east Wales. The broadcast turned the cheerful encore into an instant hit. On January 22, 1954, the song entered the UK singles chart, and would stay on the chart – only a Top 12 at the time – for 26 non-consecutive weeks. With BBC Radio’s strong international influence, “The Happy Wanderer” suddenly turned up everywhere, e.g. as the winning song of the 1955 calypso road march season of the Trinidad Carnival (prompting protest that from now on, only calypsoes should be chosen over foreign music).

The amateur choir, many of whose original members were war orphans, turned into an unlikely international phenomenon in the following years. The group performed on countless international tours under the name Obernkirchen Children’s Choir, with performances on TV shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show (November 29, 1964, and December 11, 1966).

The song’s original German lyrics have been translated into several languages, and it has since become a choir classic. The English lyrics were written by Antonia Ridge. Milton DeLugg wrote a famous arrangement, and is sometimes falsely credited as the composer of the song. (wikipedia)

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Words & Music by Antonio Ridge & Friedrich Moller
Recorded by Frank Weir, 1954 (#4)

   A                                         E7
I love to go a-wandering along the mountain track,

    E7          D        Bm     D        E7     A
And as I go, I love to sing, my knapsack on my back.

Refrain:

       E7          A
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah,

       E7           A     D     A     D
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

       E7           A
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah,

    D       E7     A
My knapsack on my back.

I love to wander by the stream that dances in the sun;
So joyously it calls to me, 霤ome, join my happy song!?
Refrain:
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah,
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah, come, join my happy song.

I wave my hat to all I meet, and they wave back to me,
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet from ev'ry green wood tree.

Refrain:
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah,
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah, from ev'ry green wood tree.

Oh, may I go a-wandering until the day I die;
Oh, may I always laugh and sing beneath God's clear blue sky,.

Refrain:
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah,
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah, beneath God's clear blue sky.

“Wonderful World” (sometimes referred to as “(What a) Wonderful World“, but unrelated to the Louis Armstrong song “What a Wonderful World“) was written in the late 1950s by soul music pioneer Sam Cooke along with songwriters Lou Adler and Herb Alpert, although at first attributed to the pseudonym Barbara Campbell which was the maiden name of Cooke’s mother, and first recorded by Cooke in 1959 for Cooke’s self-titled debut album. The song was released as a single in 1960, reaching #12 in the US and #27 in the UK. A bouncy love song, the lyrics have the singer disavowing knowledge of academic subjects (the song is often referred to informally by its first line, “Don’t know much about history”), but affirming the object of his affection “but I do know that I love you”. Herman’s Hermits had major hit with an uptempo version of the song (omitting one verse) in the mid-1960s, which reached #4 in the U.S. and #7 in the UK. The Hermits’ version was, according to singer Peter Noone and guitarist Keith Hopwood, done as a tribute to Cooke upon his death.

In 2004, the song was placed 373rd in Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. (Wikipedia)

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“I Can See Clearly Now” is a song written and recorded by Johnny Nash. It was a single from the album of the same name and achieved success in the United States and the United Kingdom when it was released in 1972. It was covered by many artists throughout the years, including a 1993 hit version by Jimmy Cliff. (Wikipedia)

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I Can See Clearly Now

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This song was orginally recorded in the key of C  (Way too high for me!)

A         D                A

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,

          D             E

I can see all obstacles in my way

A            D                A

Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

                G                D

It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

          A

Sun-Shiny day.

I think I can make it now, the pain is gone

All of the bad feelings have disappeared

Here is the rainbow I’ve been prayin’ for

It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-Shiny day.

C                                    G

Look all around, there’s nothin’ but blue skies

C                                E          G#m  D  G#m G F#m  E

Look straight ahead, nothin’ but blue skies

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,

I can see all obstacles in my way

Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-Shiny day.

“Imagine” is a song written and performed by English rock musician John Lennon. It is the opening track on his album Imagine, released in 1971. “Imagine” was released as a single in the United States where it reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. When asked about the song in one of his last interviews, Lennon declared “Imagine” to be as good as anything he had written with the Beatles.^[1] The song is one of three Lennon solo songs, along with “Instant Karma!” and “Give Peace a Chance“, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked “Imagine” the 3rd greatest song of all time.^{[2] (Wikipedia)}

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John Lennon/ Imagine.

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Imagine

John Lennon

C       Cmaj7  F

C       Cmaj7  F

C             Cmaj7       F

Imagine there’s no heaven

C            Cmaj7   F

It’s easy if you try

C      Cmaj7   F

No hell below us

C        Cmaj7  F

Above us only sky

Am/E       Dm7  F/C

G          C/G   G7

Living for to – day

Imagine there’s no countries

It isn’t hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace

(chorus)

F       G         C       Cmaj7  E  E7

You may say I’m a dreamer

F       G              C  Cmaj7  E E7

But I’m not the only one

F           G          C     Cmaj7  E E7

I hope some day you’ll join us

F       G          C

And the world will be as one

Imagine no posses – sions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world

You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope some day you’ll join us

And the world will live as one

Imagine all the people

Chords

C- X32010         G- 320003

Cmaj7- X32000     C/G-320001

F- XX3211         E – 022100

Am/E- XX2210      E7- 022130

Dm7- XX0211       F/C- X33211

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“In My Life” is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The song originated with Lennon, and while McCartney contributed to the final version, the extent of his contribution is in dispute. Released on the 1965 album Rubber Soul, it is ranked 23rd on the Rolling Stone article “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time“, and placed second on CBC’s 50 Tracks. Mojo magazine named it the best song of all time in 2000. (Wikipedia)

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                               In My Life
							Lennon/McCartney

G     D     G     D

            G            Em    G7         C   Cm         G
There are places I'll remember    all my li--ife though some have changed,

        G             Em    G7            C   Cm      G
Some forever not for better,    some have go--one and some remain.

            Em              C             F                     G
All these places had their moments, with lovers and friends I still can recall,

          Em                A7        Cm            G                  D
Some are dead and some are living, in my life I've loved them all.

        G                     Em    G7          C  Cm      G
But of all these friends and lovers,   there is no one compares with you,

           G                   Em     G7          C       Cm      G
And these memories lose their meaning,   when I think of love as something new.

          Em                     C           F                      G
Though I know I'll never lose affection for people and things that went before,

   Em                              A7           Cm            G               D
I know I'll often stop and think about them, in my life I'll love you more.

(Piano/Harpsichord solo)

   G                   Em     G7          C       Cm      G

   G                   Em     G7          C       Cm      G

          Em                     C           F                      G
Though I know I'll never lose affection for people and things that went before,

   Em                              A7           Cm            G               D
I know I'll often stop and think about them, in my life I'll love you more.

   Cm                     G      D    D7   G
In my life I'll love you more.

“Hey Jude” is a song written by Paul McCartney, credited to Lennon/McCartney, and released as a single by The Beatles in 1968. Originally titled “Hey Jules”, McCartney wrote the ballad to comfort John Lennon’s son Julian during his parents’ divorce.

“Hey Jude” was the first single from The Beatles’ record label Apple Records. Over seven minutes in length, “Hey Jude” was at the time the longest single ever to top the British charts.^[2] It also spent nine weeks as number one in the United States—the longest run at the top of the American charts for a Beatles single. The single has sold approximately eight million copies and is frequently included on professional lists of the all-time best songs, such as number eight on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 greatest songs.

“Hey Jude” begins with a verse-bridge structure based around McCartney’s vocal performance and piano accompaniment; further details are added as the song progresses to distinguish sections. After the fourth verse, the song shifts to a fade-out coda that lasts for more than four minutes. (Wikipedia)

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Hey Jude Guitar Chords-

Tabbed by Ollie Kiersnowski

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E                       B7

Hey Jude, don't make it bad

                                    E

Take a sad song and make it better

A                                   E

Remember to let her into your heart

                  B7                         E

Then you can start to make it better

E                   B7

Hey Jude, don't be afraid

                                     E

You were made to go out and get her

A                                 E

The minute you let her under your skin

       B7                          E

Then you begin to make it better

                            A

And anytime you feel the pain

A          A

Hey Jude, refrain

            B7                               E

Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

                                 A

For well you know that it's a fool

A

Who plays it cool

               B7                    E

By making his world a little colder

E                            B7

Hey Jude, don't let me down

                                        E

You have found her, now go and get her

A                                E

Remember to let her into your heart

                 B7                          E

Then you can start to make it better

             A

So let it out and let it in

A        A

Hey Jude, begin

            B7                                 E

You're waiting for someone to perform with

                                   A

And don't you know that it's just you

A       A

Hey Jude, you'll do

           B7                            E

The movement you need is on your shoulder

E                        B7

Hey Jude, don't make it bad

                               E

Take a sad song and make it better

A                              E

Remember t let her under your skin

           B7                         E

Then you'll begin to make it better

E      E     E     E     E

Better, Better, Better, Bettter, Better

E           D

Na- na na, Na na na na

A             E

Na na na na, Hey Jude                 Repeat till fade.

“A Taste of Honey” is a pop standard written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow. It was originally an instrumental track (or recurring theme) written for the 1960 Broadway version of the 1958 British play A Taste of Honey (which was also made into a film with the same name in 1961). Both the original and a cover by Herb Alpert in 1965 earned the song Grammy Awards. A vocal version of the song, first recorded by Lenny Welch, became popular when it was recorded by The Beatles in 1963. (Wikipedia)

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Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 22:05:44 +0000

From: joe earles
Subject: b/beatles/a_taste_of_honey.crd

Here are the chords for ~SA Taste of Honey~T (Scott/Marlow) from The
Beatles~R first LP-~SPlease Please Me~T released in 1963.

[F#m] __ A taste of honey
[A]Tasting much [E]sweeter than [F#m]wine

[F#m]Do-Do ~Qn~R Do
[F#m]Do-Do ~Qn~R Do

I [F#m]dream of [A]your first [E]kiss, and [F#m]then,
I [F#m]feel u[A]pon my [E]lips a[F#m]gain,
A [F#m]taste of honey… (a taste of honey) [A]tasting much [E]sweeter than [F#m]wine.
F#m, F#m

4/4

I [F#m]will re[A]turn, yes F#mI will re[E]turn,

I’ll come [F#m]back for the [A]honey and [F#m]you.

[F#m]Do-Do ~Qn~R Do
[F#m]Do-Do ~Qn~R Do

Yours [F#m]was the [A]kiss that a[E]woke my [F#m]heart,
There [F#m]lingers [A]still, ‘though we’re [E]far a[F#m]part,

That taste of [F#m]honey..(a taste of honey) [A]tasting much [E]sweeter than [F#m]wine.
F#m, F#m

I [F#m]will re[A]turn, yes F#mI will re[E]turn,
I’ll come [F#m]back (he’ll come back)
For the [A]honey (for the honey)
And [F#m]you
F#m, F#m, end on F#

“Cat’s in the Cradle” is a 1974 folk rock song by Harry Chapin from the album Verities & Balderdash. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin’s only #1 hit song, it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music.

The lyrics to the verses of the song were originally written as a poem by Chapin’s wife, Sandy Chapin, who is credited as the song’s co-writer.^[1] The poem itself was inspired by the awkward relationship between Sandy Chapin’s first husband, James Cashmore, and his father, a New York City politician. She was also inspired by a country song she heard on the radio. More than a year later, after the birth of his own son, Harry added the music and the chorus. Label executive David Geffen selected the song as a single, over Chapin’s objections. (Wikipedia)

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Cats in the Cradle

My [E]child arrived just the [G]other day; he [A]came to the world in the [E]usually way. but there were [E]planes to catch and [G]bills to pay. [A] __ He learned to walk while I [E]was away. He was [D]talking ‘fore I [A]knew it. And [Bm]as he grew he said, [G]I’m gonna [Bm]be like [E]you, Dad. [G]You know I’m gonna [BM]be like [E]you.

(And the [E]cat’s in the cradle and the [D]silver spoon, [G]Little boy blue and the [A]man in the moon. [E]When you coming home? dad, I [D]don’t know when. [G]We’ll get to[Bm]gether then [E]. You [G]know we’ll have a [Bm]good time [E]then. )

My son turned ten just the other day. He said, Thanks for the ball, Dad. Come on, let’s play. Can you teach me to throw? I said, Not today. I got a lot to do. He said, That’s okay. And he walked away but he smiled to another kid he said, I’m gonna be like him, yeah. You know I’m gonna be like him.

Well, he came from college just the other day, So much like a man I just had to say, I’m proud of you. Could you sit for a while? He shook his head and he said with a smile, What I’d really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys. See you later. Can I have them please?

I’ve long since retired, my son’s moved away. I called him up just the other day. I’d like to see you, if you don’t mind. He said, I’d love to, Dad, if I could find the time. He said, I’d love to, Dad, if I could find the time. You see my new job’s a hassle and the kids have the flu, But it’s sure nice talking to you, Dad. It’s been sure nice talking to you.

And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me, He’d grown up just like me. My boy was just like me.

Red River Valley is a folk song and cowboy music standard of controversial origins that has gone by different names—e.g., “Cowboy Love Song”, “Bright Sherman Valley”, “Bright Laurel Valley”, “In the Bright Mohawk Valley”, and “Bright Little Valley”—depending on where it has been sung. It is listed as Roud Folk Song Index 756, and by Edith Fowke as FO 13. (Wikipedia)

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Red River Valley

From this [G]valley they say you are going, I will [G]miss your bright eyes and sweet [D7]smile. For I [G]know you are taking the [C]sunshine. That has [G]brighten my [D7]pathway a [G]while.

Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adeu, But remember the Red River Valley, And the cowboy who loved you so true. Just remember the Red River Valley And the cowboy who loved you so true