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Randy Newman : Sail Away
1972


  1. Sail Away
  2. Lonely At The Top
  3. He Gives Us All His Love
  4. Last Night I Had A Dream
  5. Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
  6. Old Man

  7. Political Science
  8. Burn On
  9. Memo To My Son
  10. Dayton Ohio 1903
  11. You Can Leave Your Hat On
  12. God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)

Sail Away

Capo:
III
D
Bm7
E7sus4
In America, you'll get food to eat
A7
D
Won't have to run through the jungle and scuff up your feet
D
Bm7
E7sus4
You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day
A7
D
It's great to be an American
D
Bm7
E7sus4
Ain't no lions or tigers, ain't no mamba snake
A7
D
Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake
Bm7
E7sus4
Everybody is as happy as a man can be
A7
D
Climb aboard little wog, sail away with me
D
Dsus4
D
Sail away
G
Gsus4
G
Sail away
D
Bm7
E7
G/a
We will cross the mighty ocean, into Charleston Bay
D
Dsus4
D
Sail away
G
Gsus4
G
Sail away
D
Bm7
E7
G/a
D
Bm7
E7sus4
We will cross the mighty ocean, into Charleston Bay
D
Bm7
E7sus4
In America, every man is free
A7
D
To take care of his home and his family
D
Bm7
E7sus4
You'll be as happy as a monkey in a monkey tree
A7
D
You're all gonna be an American
D
Dsus4
D
Sail away
G
Gsus4
G
Sail away
D
Bm7
E7
G/a
We will cross the mighty ocean, into Charleston Bay
D
Dsus4
D
Sail away
G
Gsus4
G
Sail away
D
Bm7
E7
G/a
D
We will cross the mighty ocean, into Charleston Bay
D
Bm7
E7sus4


Lonely At The Top

Capo:
III
|
Em
|
B7
|
x2
Em
B7
I've been around the world
Em
B7
Had my pick of any girl
Em
C
Em
B7
You'd think I'd be happy, but I'm not
Am
B7
Everybody knows my name
Em
C
But it's just a crazy game
Em
B7
Em
B7
Oh, it's lonely at the top
C
Em
Am
Em
B7
Listen to the band they're playing, just for me
C
Em
Am
Em
B7
Listen to the people paying, just for me
Am
B7
All the applause, all the parades
Em
C
And all the money I have made
Em
B7
Em
B7
Oh, it's lonely at the top
|
Em
|
B7
|
x2
|
Em
|
C
|
Em
|
B7
|
Am
B7
Listen all you fools out there
Em
C
Go on and love me, I don't care
Em
B7
Em
G7
Oh, it's lonely at the top
C
B7
Em
B7
Em
Oh, it's lonely at the top


He Gives Us All His Love

D
He gives us all his love
E7
He gives us all his love
A7
He's smiling down on us from up above
D
And he's giving us all his love
D
He knows how hard we're trying
E7
He hears the babies crying
A7
He sees the old folks dying
D
And he gives us all his love
F#m
A7
D
Now if you need someone to talk to
F#m
A7
D
You can always talk to him
F#m
A7
D
And if you need someone to lean on
E7
G
You can lean on him
D
He give us all his love
E7
He gives us all his love
A7
He's smiling down on us from up above
G/d
D
And he's giving us all his love
E7
A7
He's smiling down on us from up above
G/d
D
He gives us all his love


Last Night I Had A Dream

Em*
e|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|
B|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|
G|-----0---0-------|-----0-----------|
D|-0h2--------0----|-0h2-------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
|
Em
|
Em/d
|
A7/c#
|
C7
| |
Em
|
G7
|
A7
|
C/bb
C/bb
C/a
C/g
|
Em
Em/d
Last night I had a dream
A7/c#
C7
Em*
You were in it, and I was in it with you
Em
Em/d
And everyone that I knew
A7/c#
C7
Em*
And everyone that you know was in my dream
Em
Em/d
I saw a vampire I saw a ghost
A7/c#
C7
Everybody scared me but you sacred me the most
Em
In the dream I had last night
B7
|
Em
G7
|
A7
C7/bb
| The dream I had last night
G
B7
It started out in a barnyard at sundown
C
E
And everyone was laughing and you were lying on the ground
A
E7
You said, "Honey, can you tell me what your name is?"
A
E7
"Honey, can you tell me what your name is?"
B7
I said, "You know what my name is"
|
Em
|
G7
|
A7
|
C/bb
C/bb
C/a
C/g
| |
Em
|
G7
|
A7
|
C/bb
C/bb
C/a
C/g
|
Em
Em/d
Last night I had a dream
A7/c#
C7
Em*
You were in it, and I was in it with you
Em
Em/d
And everyone that I knew
A7/c#
C7
Em*
And everyone that you know was in my dream
Em
Em/d
I saw a vampire I saw a ghost
A7/c#
C7
Everybody scared me but you sacred me the most
Em
In the dream I had last night
B7
The dream I had last night |
Em
|
G7
|
A7
|
C/bb
C/bb
C/a
C/g
| In my dream
|
Em
|
G7
|
A7
|
C/bb
C/bb
C/a
C/g
|


Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear

G
Gmaj7
C
Cmaj7
I may go out tomorrow
A
C
D
If I can borrow a coat to wear
G
Gmaj7
C
Cmaj7
Oh, I'd step out in style
A
D
With my sincere smile and my dancin' bear
G
C
A
D
Outrageous, alarming, courageous, charming
G
G7
C
Cm
Oh who would think a boy and bear
G
G7
C
Cm
Would be well accepted everywhere
G
Em
Am
D
G
Well it's just amazing how fair people can be
G
Gmaj7
C
Cmaj7
Seen at the nicest places
A
C
D
Where well-fed faces all stop to stare
G
Gmaj7
C
Cmaj7
Ma King the grandest entrance
A
D
Is Simon Smith and his dancing bear
G
C
A
D
They'll love us won't they? They feed us don't they?
G
G7
C
Cm
The great attraction everywhere
G
C
Cm
Would be Simon Smith and his dancing bear
G
Em
Am
D7
G
Would be Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear
G
Gmaj7
C
Cmaj7
I may go out tomorrow
A
C
D
If I can borrow a coat to wear
G
Gmaj7
C
Cmaj7
Oh, I'd step out in style
A
D
With my sincere smile and my dancin' bear
G
C
A
D
Outrageous, alarming, courageous, charming
G
G7
C
Cm
Oh who would think a boy and bear
G
G7
C
Cm
Would be well accepted everywhere
G
Em
Am
D
G
Well it's just amazing how fair people can be


Old Man

Capo:
IV
C
F
F
C
Everyone has gone away
G7
Em
Em
C
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
C
F
F
C
No one cared enough to stay
Bb
Em
Em
C
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
F
C
You must remember me, old man
Dm7/c
F
I know that you can if you try
C
F
D7sus4
D7
So just open up your eyes, old man
F
F/g
C
Look who's come to say goodbye
G7
C/g
C7
F
D7
F
C
C
Gm
F
The sun has left the sky, old man
C
F
The birds have flown away
Csus4
C
D7sus4
D7
And no one came to cry, old man
F
F/g
C
Goodbye, old man, goodbye
C
Gm
F
You want to stay, I know you do
C
F
But it ain't no use to try
Csus4
C
D7sus4
D7
'Cause I'll be here, and I'm just like you
F
F/g
C
Goodbye, old man, goodbye
F/g
C
Won't be no God to comfort you
G7
C
You taught me not to believe that lie
F
C
F
You don't need anybody, nobody needs you
C#dim7
Em
D#maj7
Don't cry, old man, don't cry
C#dim7
Dm6
C
Everybody dies


Political Science

C
E
No one likes us, I don't know why
Am
C7
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
F
Fm
And all around us, even our old friends put us down
C
G
Let's drop the big one, see what happens
We give them money, but are they grateful? No, they're spiteful and they're hateful They don't respect us, so let's surprise them We'll drop the big one, pulverize them Asia's crowded, Europe's too old Africa is far to hot, and Canada's too cold And South America stole our name Let's drop the big one, there'll be no one left to blame us
F
C
We'll save Australia
F
C
Don't want to hurt no kangaroo
F
C
We'll build an all American amusement park there
G
/g
/f
/e
They got surfing too
C
E
Boom goes London, and boom Paree
Am
C7
More room for you and more room for me
F
Fm
And every city, the whole world round
C
A7
Will just be another American town
D7
G7
Oh how peaceful it will be, we'll set everybody free
E7
There'll be a Japanese Kimono for you
Am
There'll be Italian shoes for me
F
C
F
G
C
They all hate us anyhow, so let's drop the big one now
F
G
C
Let's drop the big one now


Burn On

There's a red moon rising on the Cuyahoga River Rolling into Cleveland to the lake There's a red moon rising on the Cuyahoga River Rolling into Cleveland to the lake There's an oil barge winding down the Cuyahoga River Rolling into Cleveland to the lake There's an oil barge winding down the Cuyahoga River Rolling into Cleveland to the lake Cleveland, city of light, city of magic Cleveland, city of light, you're calling me Cleveland, even now I can remember 'Cause the Cuyahoga River goes smoking through my dreams Burn on, big river, burn on Burn on, big river, burn on Now the Lord can make you tumble The Lord can make you turn The Lord can make you overflow But the Lord can't make you burn Burn on, big river, burn on Burn on, big river, burn on


Memo To My Son

What have you done to the mirror? What have you done to the floor? Can't I go nowhere without you? Can't I leave you alone anymore? Can't I leave you alone anymore? I know you don't think much of me But someday you'll understand Wait till you learn how to talk, baby I'll show you how smart I am I'll show you how smart I am A quitter never wins A winner never quits When the going gets tough The tough get going Maybe you don't know how to walk, baby Maybe you can't talk none either Maybe you never will, baby But I'll always love you I'll always love you


Dayton Ohio 1903

Capo:
II
Gmaj7
G
Gmaj7
Sing a song, of long ago
G6
G7
When things were green, and movin' slow
A
A7
And people'd stop to say hello
Am7
D7
Or they'd say hi to you
G
C
G
"Would you like to come over for tea
A7
D7
With the missus and me?"
G
G7
C
Cm
It's a real nice way to spend the day, in Dayton Ohio
G
D/f#
Em
D
C
C/b
D
On a lazy Sunday afternoon, in nineteen oh three
G
Gmaj7
Sing a song, of long ago
G6
G7
When things could grow, and days flowed quietly
A
A7
The air was clean, and you could see
Am7
D7
And folks were nice to you
G
C
G
"Would you like to come over for tea
A7
D7
With the missus and me?"
G
G7
C
Cm
It's a real nice way to spend the day, in Dayton Ohio
G
D/f#
Em
D
C
C/b
D
G
C
G
On a lazy Sunday afternoon, in nineteen, hundred... and three


You Can Leave Your Hat On

Baby take off your coat (real slow) Baby take off your shoes (Here I'll take your shoes) Baby take off your dress Yes yes yes You can leave your hat on You can leave your hat on You can leave your hat on Go on over there And turn on the light No all the lights Come back here Stand on this chair, that's right Raise your arms up in to the air Shake 'em You give me a reason to live You give me a reason to live You give me a reason to live You give me a reason to live Suspicious minds are talking Trying to tear us apart They say that my love is wrong They don't know what love is They don't know what love is They don't know what love is They don't know what love is I know what love is


God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)

Capo:
III
Am
Cain slew Abel, Seth knew not why
Dm
Am
For if the children of Israel, were supposed to multiply
E7
Am
E7
Am
Why must any of the children die?
E7
So he asked the Lord, and the Lord said
Am
E7
Am
E7
Am
A7
Man means nothing, he means less to me
Dm
A7
Dm
A7
Dm
Than the lowliest cactus flower, or the humblest Yucca tree
Am
E7
Am
C7
F7
He chases round this desert, 'cause he thinks that's where I'll be
Am
E7
Am
E7
That's why I love mankind
Am
E7
Am
E7
Am
A7
I recoil in horror, from the foulness of thee
Dm
A7
Dm
A7
Dm
From the squalor and the filth, and the misery
Am
E7
Am
C7
F7
How we laugh up in here in heaven, at the prayers you offer me
Am
E7
Am
That's why I love mankind
Am
The Christians and the Jews, were having a jamboree
Dm
Am
The Buddhists and the Hindus, joined on satellite TV
E7
They picked their four greatest priests
Am
E7
Am
And they began to speak
Am
They said, "Lord, a plague is on the world, Lord, no man is free
Dm
Am
The temples that we built to you, have tumbled into the sea
E7
Am
E7
Am
Lord, if you won't take care of us, won't you please, please let us be?"
Am
E7
C
E7
And the Lord said... and the Lord said
Am
E7
Am
E7
Am
A7
I burn down your cities, how blind you must be
Dm
A7
Dm
A7
Dm
I take from you your children, and you say, "How blessed are we!"
Am
E7
Am
C7
F7
You all must be crazy, to put your faith in me
Am
E7
Am
That's why I love mankind
Dm
You really need me
Am
E7
Am
That's why I love mankind