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 Waitin' on a sunny day
Bruce Springsteen - 2002 Words and Music by
Bruce Springsteen
C Am

                 
     +5    
 +5  
Intro
Hamonica

+4 -4 +5 +5 -4 +4 -4 +4 -4 +5 +5 -4 +4 -4
+4 -3'' -2 +4 -3'' -2
F C G

                    

5

Harm.
 +5 +5 +5
 +5 
+4 -4 -4 +4 -4 +4 -3'' -2 +4 -4 -4 -4 -4 +4

    

9

Harm.
+5 +4 C Am

            
     
Verse

 
1) It's rain in', but there ain't a cloud in the sky.
2) With out you, I'm work in with the rain fal lin down,
3) Hard times, well ba by they come to us all,
Am F

       
      
13

1) Must have been a tear from your eye,

2) I'm half a par ty in a one dog town,
3) sure as the tick in' of the clock on the wall,
F C G

 
                 
16

1) ev 'ry thing will be o kay.

2) I need you to chase these blues a way,
3) sure as the turn in' of the night in to the day,
 C Am

         
          
20

1) It's fun ny thought I felt a sweet sum mer breeze,

2) With out you, I'm a drum mer girl that can't keep a beat,
3) Your smile girl, brings the mor nin' light to my eyes
F

         
   
24

1) Must have been you sigh in' so deep,

2) an ice cream truck on a deser ted street,
3) Lifts a way the blues when I rise,
C G

 
                
27

1) Don't wor ry we're gonna find a way.

2) I hope that you're com ming to stay
3) I hope that you're com ming to stay.

Chorus C Am

 
           
     
 
31

I'm wai tin', wait in' on a sun ny day

Am F

         
    
36

Gon na chase the clouds a way

C G


F

        
  
40

Wait in' on a sun ny day.

 Pay Me My Money Down
Bruce Springsteen – 2006 words and music:
traditional

            
  
 = 126

  
1) Well, I thought I heard the Cap tain say,
2) As soon as that boat was clear of the bar,
3) Well, if I'd been a rich man's son,
4) Well, wish I was mis ter Gates,
5) For ty long nights at sea,


D

   
     
4


Pay me my mo ney down,

D7

             
   
6

     
1) To mor row is my sail ing day.
2) Well he knocked me down with the end of a spar.
3) I'd sit on the ri ver and watch it run.
4) I'd haul my money in big crates.
5) They worked ev'ry dol lar out of me.


G

    
      
9

Pay me my mo ney down!

G


D

        
Chorus

         
11


Pay me pay me, Pay me my mo ney down,


D7 G

        
           

15


Pay me or go to jail, Pay me my mo ney down!
 Scarborough Fair/Canticle Paul Simon
       
Moderato

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1 E 2 3 4


 



simile

            
5 Segno 6 7 8 9

     
       
          
 
   
 Are you go ing to Scar bor ough Fair.
5 E 6 7 D 8 E 9

         
     
10 11 12 13 14

     A        
  G     E 
          
Pars ley, sage, rose mar y and thyme.
10

11 12 13 14
G E

 

    
          
15 16 17 18 19


                        F
  E
   
Re mem ber me to one who lives
15 16 17 18 19
G


  

 
        
20 21 22 23 24
Coda


  D                 D    E
       
there. She once was a true love of


 
20 21 22 23 24
E D E D


       

    
25 26 27 28

       
                
mine.

25 26 27 28
E

Edição: Rui Sousa, 1/Dezembro/2014, v5 1

    
        
INTRO
A
B

  
29 30 31 32 33




On the side of a hill in the deep for est

            
29 E 30 31 D E D 32 E 33

    
              
          
Tell her to make me a cam bric shirt;
29  30 31 32 33

         
  

  
34 35 36 37 38

  
          
green. Trac ing of spar row on

     
34 35 E 36 G A 37 E 38
G

            
                 
Pars ley, sage, rose mar y and thyme;
34 35 36 37 38

    
 

  
   
39 40 41 42 43

        
snow crest ed brown. Blan kets and

         
39 40 41 42 G 43 F E

    
                         
With out no seams nor nee dle
39 40 41 42 43

   
  

        
44 45 46 47 48


bed clothes the child of the moun tain.

         
44 D 45 46 E 47 D E 48 D E D

 
                 
         

work, Then she'll be a true love of
44 45 46 47 48

     

2 Edição: Rui Sousa, 1/Dezembro/2014, v5

 
          
49 50 51 52


Sleeps un a ware of the clar i on call.

    
49 50 51 52
E

                        
mine
49 50 51 52

 
     

 
        
C

  
53 54 55 56 57


On the side of a hill a sprink ling of

            
53
E 54 55 D E D 56 E 57

    
              
          
Tell her to find me an a cre of land;
53 54 55 56 57

         
 
 
58 59 60 61 62 63

    
             
leaves. Wash es the grave with sil ver y

    
58 G 59 E 60 G A 61 E 62 63

           
         
Pars ley, sage, rose mar y and thyme;
58 59 60 61 62 63

     
  
 
64 65 66 67 68

 
tears.  A sol dier cleans and

            
64 65 66 G 67 F E 68 D

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                     
Be tween the salt wa ter and the sea strands,


64 65 66 67 68

Edição: Rui Sousa, 1/Dezembro/2014, v5 3

          

69 70 71 72


po lish es a gun. 

        
69 70 E 71 D E 72 D E D

              
   
    

Then she'll be a true love of
69 70 71 72

 
          
73 74 75 76


Sleeps un a ware of the clar i on call.

    
73 E 74 75 76

                        
mine
73 74 75 76

   
        
D


77 78 79 80 81


War bel lows blaz ing in scar let bat

             
77 E 78 79 D E D 80 E 81

    
              
          
Tell her to reap it with a sick le of leath er;
77 78 79 80 81

         
  
82 83 84 85 86

  
          
tal ions. Gen er als or der their

     
82 G 83 E 84 G A 85 E 86

          
                   
Pars ley, sage, rose mar y and thyme;
82 83 84 85 86

4 Edição: Rui Sousa, 1/Dezembro/2014, v5

          
 

87 88 89 90 91

    
sol diers to kill. And to fight for a

            
87 88 89 90 G 91 F E

      
                       
And gath er it all in a bunch of
87 88 89 90 91

   
        
92 E
93 94 95 96


cause they've long a go for got ten.

         
92 D 93 94 E 95 D E 96 D E D

     
                       
heath-er, Then she'll be a true love of


92 93 94 95 96

 
   
97 E 98 99 100 D.S. al D.S.
Coda al Coda

       
                
mine.
97 98 99 100

 
 
     
  
D 104 E Fine


101 Coda 102 103


      
              
mine.


101 102 103 104

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 Palästinalied
German crusader song, by Walther von der VOGELWEIDE (~1220)


 = 80-100

              
DRONE

 
1.Nu al ler erst le be ich mir wer de,
2.Schö ni u lant rich un de hê re,

              
3



Sieht man sün dig ou ge siht.

           
swaz ich der noch hân ge se hen,

 
5

 
Das rei ne Lant und die Er de,

              
7 Sô bist dûz ir al ler ê re,


Den man so viel Eh ren giht.

                 
Waz ist wun ders hie ge sche hen.

   
9

    D.C.
Mirst g'sche hen des ich i e bat, Ich bin kom men

     
Daz ein magt ein kint ge bar, Hêr' ü ber al ler

  
         
12

 
an die Stat, Da Gott men nisch li chen trat.
en gel schar, Was daz nicht ein wun der gar?

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 Drunken Sailor Arrangement

4
S.R. Biffle

 4                     
 = 200

             
  
5

 
              
9


          
  

13

             

17

                
 
21
  
         
  
25

   

             
   
29

             

36

         
      
40

 
                  

45


     
50

2
 Fisherman's Blues Fiddle Solo

                           
Scott/Wickham

 

               
   
5 4 3 4

3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3

                           

9


        
 
13
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
 Old Dan Tucker


  
           

 
 
        
4

  

  

          
7

    

  
  
        
10

   


 
       
13

  

 
 
      
15

  

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