The Boys Are Back In Town

(intro) ||:A |% |Bm |D :||

Guess who just got back today? |A |C#m |

Those wild-eyed boys that had been away |D |F#m |
Haven't changed, haven't much to say |C#m |F#m |
But man, I still think those cats are great |Bm |D/E |

They were asking if you were around |A |C#m |

How you was, where you could be found |D |F |
I told them you were living downtown |C#m |F#m |
Driving all the old men crazy |Bm |D/E |

The boys are back in town (the boys are back in town) |A |% |Bm |D |
The boys are back in town... the boys are back in town |A |% |Bm |D |
The boys are back in town, the boys are back, the boys are back in town |A|%|Bm|D |

SOLO #1 |A |A |A/C# | D/E |A |A |A/C# | D/E |

You know the chick that used to dance a lot |A |C#m |

Every night she'd be on the floor shaking what she'd got |D |F#m |
Man when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot |C#m |F#m |
I mean she was steaming |Bm |D/E |

That night over at Johnny's place |A |C#m |

Well this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face |D |F |
Man we just fell about the place |C#m |F#m |
If that chick don't want to know, forget her |Bm |D/E |

The boys are back in town (the boys are back in town) |A |% |Bm |D |
The boys are back in town... the boys are back in town |A |% |Bm |D |
The boys are back in town, the boys are back, the boys are back in town |A|%|Bm|D |
SOLO #2 ||:A |A |A/C# | D/E :||Dsus |D |

Spread the word around, guess whos back in town |C#m |F#m |Bm |D/E |F#m | % |

|Dsus |D |
You spread the word around |C#m |F#m |Bm |D/E |F#m | % |

Friday night they'll be dressed to kill |A |C#m |

Down at Dino's bar and grill |D |F#m |
The drink will flow and blood will spill |C#m |F#m |
If the boys want to fight, you'd better let them |Bm |D/E |

That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song |A |C#m |

The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long |D |F |
It won't be long till summer comes |C#m |F#m |
Now that the boys are here again |Bm |D/E |

The boys are back in town (the boys are back in town) |A |% |Bm |D |
The boys are back in town...the boys are back in town |A |% |Bm |D |
softer/pm:
The boys are back in town (the boys are back in town) |A |% |Bm |D |
The boys are back in town...the boys are back in town |A |% |Bm |D |

SOLO #3 ||:A |A |A7 |D/A |A7 |D/A |D |E :||

SOLO#4 ||:A |A |A/C# | D/E :|| (repeat until end)

"Life In The Fast Lane"

He was a hard-headed man, he was brutally handsome,

and she was terminally pretty
She held him up, and he held her for ransom
in the heart of the cold, cold city
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude,
They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude
They had one thing in common, they were good in bed
She'd say, 'Faster, faster. The lights are turnin' red."

Life in the fast lane, Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane

(Are you with me so far?)

Eager for action and hot for the game,

the coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice, she was caught up in the race
Out every evening, until it was light
He was too tired to make it, she was too tired to fight about it

Life in the fast lane, Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane, everything all the time
Life in the fast lane

SOLO (B | % | D | % | B | % | A | % |)
(pinball wizard riff x4)

Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst

They didn't see the stop sign, took a turn for the worst
She said, "Listen, baby. You can hear the engine ring,
We've been up and down this highway; haven't seen a goddam thing."
He said, "Call the doctor. I think I'm gonna crash."
"The doctor say he's comin', but you gotta pay him cash."
They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around and got lost
They didn't care they were just dyin' to get off, and it was

Life in the fast lane, Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane, Everything all the time
Life in the fast lane

(Big chords)

(E) Life in the fast lane

(D)
(C) Life in the fast lane
(A)

(Jam on E until end)

Change The World

(bass enters here)

Intro: | E F#m G |(G) | G F#m E|(E) | E F#m G |(G) |G F#m Bsus4|(Bsus4) |

(bass pedal E, 8 bars)

If I could reach the stars, pull one down for you |E F#m G |(G) | G F#m E|(E) |
Shine it on my heart, so you could see the truth |E F#m G |(G) |G F#m E|(E) |
(bass pedal A, 4 bars)
That this love inside, is everything it seems. | A Bm A7/C#|(A7/C#)| A7/C# Bm A|(A) |
But for now I find, it's only in my dreams. |E F#m G |(G) | G F#m G#7|(G#7) |

And I can change the world, |F#m G#7 | C#m |

I will be the sunlight in your universe. |D# G#7 |C#m |
You would think my love was really something good, |D# G#7 |C#m Cm Bm |
Baby if I could changethe world. |Amaj7 E/G#|E/G# G6 F#m | (F#m) |

(bass pedal E, 8 bars)

|E F#m G |(G) |G F#m E|(E) |
If I could be king, even for a day, |E F#m G |(G) |G F#m E|(E) |
I'd take you as my queen; I'd have it no other way. | E F#m G |(G)| G F#m E|(E) |
(bass pedal A, 4 bars)
And our love would rule, this kingdom we had made. |A Bm A7/C#|(A7/C#)| A7/C# Bm A|(A)|
'Til then I'd be a fool, wishing for the day |E F#m G |(G) | G F#m G#7|(G#7) |

That I can change the world, |F#m G#7 | C#m |

I would be the sunlight in your universe. |D# G#7 |C#m |
You would think my love was really something good, |D# G#7 |C#m Cm Bm |
Baby if I could change the world. |Amaj7 E/G#|E/G# G6 F#m | E E7 |
Baby if I could change...the world. |Amaj7 E/G#|E/G# G6 F#m | (F#m) |

(Solo) |E F#m G |(G) | G F#m E|(E) |E F#m G |(G) |G F#m G#7|(G#7) |

I could change the world, |F#m G#7 | C#m |
I would be the sunlight in your universe. |D# G#7 |C#m |
You would think my love was really something good, |D# G#7 |C#m Cm Bm |
Baby if I could change the world. |Amaj7 E/G#|E/G# G6 F#m |
Baby if I could change the world. |Amaj7 E/G#|E/G# G6 F#m |
Baby if I could change....the world. |Amaj7 E/G#|E/G# G6 F#m |(F#m)| 24 (F#m)|

|E F#m G |(G) | G F#m E|(E) ||

Save Your Love For Me (key of A)

Riff:

Wish I knew...why I'm so in |Bm9 | % |

Love with you...No one else in this |Dm9 | G7 |
World will do...Darling, please save your love |Bm9 | Esus|
For me (riff) |A Em |A F#+ |

Run away...If I were wise I'd |Bm9 | % |

Run away...But like a fool in |Dm9 | G7 |
Love I stay...And pray you'll save your love |Bm9 | Esus|
For me. (riff) |A Em |A A7 |

I can feel it, even when you're not here |F7 |% |

Can't conceal it, I really love you my dear |A Bm7 | C#m Bm A |
And though I know no good, can come from loving you |F 7 |% |
I can't do a thing, I'm so in love with you. |A C7 | Bm7 Esus F#7|

So darling, help me please...have mercy on a |Bm9 | % |

Fool like me...I'm so unwise but |Dm9 | G7 |
still I plead...Darling, please save your love |Bm9 | Esus|
For me. (riff) |A Em |A F#+ |
SOLO: |Bm9 | % |Dm9 |G7 |Bm9 | Esus |A Em |A F#7 |
|Bm9 | % |Dm9 |G7 |Bm9 | Esus |A Em |A A7 |

I can feel it, even when you're not here |F7 |% |

Can't conceal it, I really love you my dear |A Bm7 | C#m Bm A |
And though I know no good, can come from loving you |F7 |% |
I can't help myself, oh what will I do |A C7 | Bm7 Esus F#7|

So darling, help me please...have mercy on a |Bm9 | % |

Fool like me...I know I'm wrong but |Dm9 |G7 |
Still I plead...That you will save your love |Bm9 | Esus |
For me...Go ahead |G7(#11) | F#7 |
Have fun in a crowd, but for crying out loud |Bm9 |Dm9 G7 |

Darling, please save your love |Bm9 Esus (pause)|

For me (riff) |A Em |A Em |A Em | A |
 SLEDGEHAMMER

You could have a steam train, If you'd just lay down your tracks |D7 |% |% |% |

You could have an aeroplane flying, If you bring your blue sky back |D7 |% |% |% |

All you do is call me, I'll be anything you need |Bm7 |% |D7 |(1,2,3!) } |

You could have a big dipper, Going up and down, all around the bends |D7 |% |% |% |

You could have a bumper car bumping, This amusement never ends |D7 |% |% |% |

I want to be your sledgehammer, Why don't you call my name |Bm C |Em7 |Bm C |Em7 |

Oh, let me be your sledgehammer, This will be my testimony |Bm C |Em7 |Bm C |Em7 |

|D7 |% |% |(1,2,3!) } |

Show me round your fruitcage, 'Cause I will be your honey bee |D7 |% |% |% |

Open up your fruitcage, Where the fruit is as sweet as can be |D7 |% |% |% |

I want to be your sledgehammer, Why don't you call my name |Bm C |Em7 |Bm C |Em7 |

You'd better call the sledgehammer, Put your mind at rest |Bm C |Em7 |Bm C |Em7 |

I'm going to be the sledgehammer, This can be my testimony |Bm C |Em7 |Bm C |Em7 |

I'm your sledgehammer, Let there be no doubt about it |Bm C |Em7 |Bm C |Em7 |

|Dm7 |% |% |% |

SOLO: |Dm7 | % |Bb |G7 |Dm7 | % | Bb |G7 |

I've kicked the habit (Ive kicked the habit) |Dm7 | % |

Shed my skin (Shed my skin) |Bb |G7 |
This is the new stuff (This is the new stuff) |Dm7 | % |
I go dancing in (we go dancing in) |Bb |G7 |
Oh, won't you show for me (show for me) |Dm7 | % |
And I will show for you (show for you) |Bb |G7 |
Show for me (show for me), |Dm7 | % |
I will show for you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |Bb |G7 |

(Repeat show for me / show for you, with ad lib vocals)

(Optional Solo to end)
IF YOU LOVE ME LIKE YOU SAY
if you love me
Intro: | } C7 C7 C7 | C7! } } } |

If you love me like you say (C blues throughout)

Why you treat me like you do?
If you love me like you say, baby
Why you treat me like you do?
Well, I'm ain't no fool
I'm cool, I know the rule

Said you'll never run around

Said you'll never stay out late
Said you'll never run around, baby
Said you'll never stay out late
Let me tell you, pretty baby
I got to set you straight

If you love me like you say

Why'd you treat me like you do?
If you love me like you say, baby
Why you treat me like you do?
Well, I'm ain't no fool
I'm cool, I know the rule

SOLO

If you love me like you say, yeah, yeah, yeah

Why you treat me like you do?
If you love me like you say, baby
Why you treat me like you do?
And well, I'm ain't no fool
I'm cool, I know the rule

Why, yi, yi, yi?

I'm cool, I know the rule
Why, yi, yi, yi?
I'm cool, I know the rule
"I Am The Walrus"
(originally by The Beatles)

I am he, as you are he, as you are me, and we are all
together |G F |
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly |Bb |C |
I'm crying |G (d c# d c#)|

Sitting on a corn flake, waiting for the van to come |G F | C/E Eb F | G F|

Corporation T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday |Eb |
Man, you been a naughty boy; you let your face grow long |A | %|
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen |Bb | C |
I am the walrus, goo, goo g'joob |D |

Mr. City, policeman sitting |G F |

Pretty little policemen in a row |Bb C |G |
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run |Bb | C |
I'm crying, |G |
I'm crying, I'm crying, |C | % |G |
I'm crying |D |C |

Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye |G F| C/E Eb F | G F|

Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess, |Eb |
Boy, you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down |A | % |
I am the egg man, they are the egg men |Bb | C |
7
I am the walrus, goo, goo g'joob | 4 D
(hold) |
4
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun | 4 A G | F Eb |
If the sun don't come, you get a tan |D Eb |A |
From standing in the English rain |A |
I am the egg man, they are the egg men |Bb | C |
I am the walrus, goo, goo g'joob, |D |
Solo:
|G F | Bb C | G | Bb | C | G |
|G F | C/E Eb F | G F | Eb | A | % |
|Bb | C |

Expert text-pert choking smokers, guitar and vox only: |G F |

Don't you thing the joker laughs at you? |Bb C |G |
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, |Bb |
See how they snide |C |
I'm crying bass and drums in: |G (d c# d c#)|

Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower |G F | C/E Eb F | G F |

Elementary penguin singing "Hare Krishna" |Eb |
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe |A | % |
I am the egg man, they are the egg men |Bb | C |
I am the walrus, goo, goo g'joob, g'goo goo g'joob |D |C |
Goo, goo g'joob, g'goo goo g'joob g'goo |Bb |A |

G |F | Eb | D |C | Bb | A | Ab | G ||
Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam

Intro (gtr only): |E |B |A |E | x2

Unsealed on a porch a letter sat. (bass & drums in)|E |B |

Then you said, "I wanna leave it again." |A |E |
Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand. |E |B |
And on the sand I wanna leave it again. Yeah. |A |E |
On a weekend I wanna wish it all away, yeah. |E |B |
And they called and I said that "I want what I said" and then I call out again. |A |E |
And the reason oughta' leave her calm, I know. |E |B |
I said "I dont know if I was the boxer or the bag." |A |E |

Ah yeah, can you see them? |E |B |

Out on the porch, yeah, but they don't wave. |A |E |
I see them round the front way. Yeah. |E |B |
And I know, and I know I don't want to stay...make me cry |A |E |

GUITAR SOLO: |E |B |A |E | x3
|E |B |
I see... Oh I don't know why there's something else. |A |E |
I wanna drum it all away |E |B |
Oh, I said, "I don't, I don't know if I was the boxer or the bag." |A |E |

Ah yeah, can you see them? |E |B |

Out on the porch, yeah, but they don't wave. |A |E |
But I see them round the front way. Yeah. |E |B |
And I know, and I know. I don't wanna stay. |A |E B |A |
I don't wanna stay. Yeah. |E B |A |
I don't wanna stay-eee. |E B |A |
I don't wanna stay, I don't, don't wanna, oh |E B |A |
 Breakdown section (drummer clicks time on sticks):

Outro (gtr only): |E |B |A |E | x3

Were An American Band
(drum intro)
D | % | C | % | Bb | C | D
|C|
main riff:
D | % gacd | C | D F E C |

D
Out on the road for forty days
C D
Last night in Little Rock, put me in a haze
D
Sweet, sweet Connie was doin' her act
C D
She had the whole show and that's a natural fact

PRE CHORUS:
G D
Up all night with Freddie King
C D
I got to tell you, poker's his thing
G D
Booze and ladies, keep me right
F G
As long as we can make it to the show tonight

CHORUS:
D
We're an American band
C
We're an American band
Bb
We're comin' to your town
C
We'll help you party it down
D /C
We're an American band
(main riff)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/g/grand-funk-railroad/304513.html ]
D
Four young chiquitas in Omaha
C D F

Waitin' for the band to return from the show
D
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night
C D
The hotel detective, he was outta sight

G D
Now these fine ladies, they had a plan
C D
They was out to meet the boys in the band
G D
They said, "Come on dudes, let's get it on!"
F G
And we proceeded to tear that hotel down

CHORUS x2

GUITAR SOLO over PRE CHORUS chords

CHORUS x2

D C
We're an American band (whooo)

We're an American band (whooo)

We're an American band (whooo)