Johnny Rivers

Accords et partitions

Secret Agent Man

Em Am B7 C Bm A

There's a man who leads a life of danger To everyone he meets, he stays a stranger With every move he makes, another chance he takes Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow

The Seventh Son

E A B

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Verse 2: I can tell your future, it will come to pass I can do things to you make your heart feel glad Look in the sky, predict the rain Tell when a woman's got another man

The Snake

Dm A7

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On her way to work one morning, down the path along the lake A tender hearted woman found a poor half frozen snake She Clutched him to her bosom your so beautiful she cried And if I hadn't came along You might have well had died

Poor Side Of Town

F#m7 Emaj7 E A G#m7 Am9

How can you tell me, how much you miss me When the last time I saw you, you wouldn't even kiss me That rich guy you been seein Must have put you down So welcome back, baby

Summer Rain

Am Am7 Am6 Ammaj7 F C

Summer rain taps at my window West wind, soft as a sweet dream My love, warm as the sunshine Sittin' here by me, she's here by me She stepped out of a rainbow

Mountain Of Love

E A B7 G#m B

The way I feel is a doggone pity Teardrops falling down a mountainside, Many times I've been here, and many times I've cried We used to be so happy when we were in love, High on a mountain of love

Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin')

G# C# Bbm7 Cm7 Fm Eb/G

It's late at night and we're all alone Just the music on the radio No one's comin', no one's gonna the telephone Just me and you and the lights down low And we're, slow dancin', swayin' to the music

Rockin pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie flu

C G G7

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I wanna jump but I'm afraid I'll fall I wanna holler but the joint's too small Young man rhythm's got a hold of me too I got the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu

It's Too Late

A E G#m B7 F#m D

I remember when I told you That I tried in every way To hold you and love you And kiss you and keep you till my dying day You just laughed

You Can Have Her I Dont Want Her

D G A

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Well, you can have her, I don't want her, she didn't Love me anyway. She only wanted someone to play with, but all I wanted Was love to stay.

Do You Want To Dance ?

G D Am Em C Bm

Do you wanna dance and hold my hand? Tell me that I?m your man Baby, do you wanna dance? Do you wanna dance under the moonlight Squeeze and kiss me all through the night?

500 Miles

G C D Em Am a

[Verse 2] Teardrops fell on momma's note when I read The things she wrote. She said we love you son, we miss you, come on home Well I didn't have to pack, I had it all right on my back, Now I'm five hundred miles away from home

Do What You Gotta' Do

Bb F C Am Dm D

Girl, I can understand how it might be Kinda hard to love a guy like me I don't blame you much for wanting to be free I just wanted you to know I've loved you better than your own kin did

Hey joe

D E G C A

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1. Hey Joe, oh, where you goin' with that gun in your hand? Hey Joe, I said, where you goin' with that gun in your hand? I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady,

It Wouldnt Happen With Me

C Am F G D

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INTRO: You say you could fall in love with Elvis. You say you like to hear The Beatles sing. Wait a minute, wait a minute, pretty baby. I wanna tell ya just one little thing.

Baby I Need Your Lovin'

G C F Am

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Baby I need your lovin' Baby I need your lovin' Although you're never near Your voice I often hear Another day, another night

Look to your soul

E A F#m G#m B C#m

I nearly lost myself Trying to be someone else All of my life Ive been playing the game Gotta get out of myself, it seems Life is not real when you are in a dream

Twist And Shout

G D A7 A

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Well shake it up baby now, shake it up baby Twist and shout, twist and shout Come on come on come on baby now come on baby now Come on and work it all out, work it all out You know you look so good, look so good

A Whiter Shade Of Pale

C F G Am Dm C/B

We skipped the light Fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kind of seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder

Midnight Special

D G A7

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Well, you wake up in the mornin' You hear the work bell ring And they march you to the table You see the same old thing Ain't no food upon the table

By The Time I Get To Phoenix

Fmaj7 Gm7 Bbmaj7 C7 Cmaj7 Am7

By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising She'll find the note I left hanging, on her door She'll laugh when she reads the part, that say I'm leaving Cause I've left that girl so many times before By the time I make Albuquerque, she'll be working

The Tracks Of My Tears

G D A7 F# E Dmaj7

Deep inside I'm blue So take a good look at my face You'll see my smile looks out of place If you look closer it's easy to trace

Sunny

C G B7 C# Em C7

Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain. Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain. The dark days are gone, and the bright days are here, My Sunny one shines so sincere. Sunny one so true, I love you.

The Way We (live)

Am G Em Bb F D

You ask me why I don't smile Is there something troublin' me Just open your eyes and look around And tell me what do you see

Johnny B. Goode

A D E E7 F#7

Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans, Way back up in the woods among the evergreens There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode Who never ever learned to read or write so well

Suzie Q

F# B A E

Oh Suzie Q, oh Suzie Q, Oh, Suzie Q, baby, I love you, Suzie Q. I like the way you walk, I like the way you talk, I like the way you walk, I like the way you talk, Suzie Q.

Dancing in the moonlight

Fm Bb Eb Eb/D Cm

We get in on most every night when that moon is big and bright It's a supernatural delight everybody's dancing in the moonlight Everybody here is out of sight they don't bark and they don't bite

When A Man Loves A Woman

G# Eb7 C# Fm Cm G#7

When a man loves a woman Can´t keep his mind on nothin´ else He´d trade the world For a good thing he´ found If she is bad, he can´t see it

Can`t Buy Me Love

C G Em Am F7 Dm

I don't care too much for money for money can't buy me love Can't buy me love, oh everybody tells me so. Can't buy me love, oh no, no, no, no Say you don't need no diamond rings and I'll be satisfied Tell me that you want the kind of things that money just can't buy I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love

Where Have All The Flowers Gone

A E B7 C#m F#m

1.6. Where have all the flowers gone long time passin'? 2. young girls 3. young men 4. soldiers 5. graveyards

Going Back To Big Sur

A D G Bm Gbm Amaj7

It's a cold and rainy Friday night, city life's Got me all uptight. My mind keeps wandering far away, vibrations tell Me it's time to leave L.A.

Walkin The Dog

C F Am G Eb Cm

Intro: .. .. .. Mary Mack, dressed in black, silver buttons All down her back.

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

F C G Dm/C Bb Gm

You never close your eyes, anymore When I kiss, your lips And there's no tenderness, like before In your finger-tips You're trying hard no to show it, baby

Sea Cruise

C G F Cm Bm Eb

Intro: Old man rhythm is in my shoes, it's no use Sittin' here singin' the blues.

Maybellene

A D E

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Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true, Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true? You've started back doin' the things you used to do. As I was motivatin' over the hill, I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville

Come home to america

G/D D G A Em7 A7

Patterns: VERSE: Pick up the dream you left behind.

Muddy River

Bbm Gb Ab F Eb Db

Life is like a mighty river, rolling on And on forever. Growing as we go along, shadows deep in Minds become strong-ong-ong-ong-ong.

If I were a carpenter

D C G {%D {%C D/F#

If a tinker were my trade would you still find me? Carrying the pots I made, following behind me Save my love through loneliness, save my love through }sorrow I give you my onlyness, give me your tomorrow

A Taste Of Honey

Am C G D A Em

A taste of honey, tasting much sweeter than wine Melody Thu, ru ru ru, thu, ru ru ru, I dream of your first kiss and then I feel apart, my lips are getting

Positively 4Th Street

D G C Am Em7

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>From uunet!decwrl!world!rogers Sat Jul 18 13:21:55 PDT 1992 Article: 857 of alt.guitar.tab Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Path: nevada.edu!uunet!decwrl!world!rogers From: [email protected] (roger j selverstone)

Walk Myself On Home

C G D F Am A

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I've been waiting in here all night, for you to meet me, I've been waiting in here all night, all alone. But it looks like by now, you ain't never gonna show, So, I guess that I'll just walk myself on home.

The shadow of your smile

Am7 Em B7 F#m7 D7 G

The shadow of your smile when you are gone, Will color all my dreams and light the dawn. Look into my eyes, my love, and see

Brown Eyed Handsome Man

E B A

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Sitting in the witness stand. The judge's wife called the district attorney Said, you free that brown-eyed man. You want your job, you better free that Brown-eyed man.

Blowin In The Wind

G D A Bm

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[Verse] How many roads must a man walk down, Before you call him a man How many seas must a white dove sail, Before she sleeps in the sand

For emily whenever I may find her

Bb F Eb C Bbmaj7

What a dream I had: Pressed in organdy; Clothed in crinoline of smoky Burgundy;

Under Your Spell Again

F# B C# C

CHORUS: You got me, under your spell again. Saying those things again. Making me believe that you're just mine. You got me scheming those schemes again,

Hello Josephine

A D E Dbm Gbm Am

You lived over yonder, by the railroad track. When it rained you couldn't walk, I used to tote you On my back. Well, you're telling me, it wasn't played like that.

Everyday I Have To Cry

D G Eb A Ab Bb

Everyday I have to cry some..everyday I Have to cry some. Dry the water from my eyes some, everyday I have to cry.

Rhythm Of The Rain

Ab C# Eb Fm Bbm7 Cm

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain, Telling me just what a fool I've been. I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain, And let me be alone a..gain.

Green Green

G D C

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Green, green, it's green, they say  On the far side of the hill Green, green, I'm going away  To where the grass is greener still 

Oh lonesome me

D A D7 G E

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I've thought of everything from A to Z Oh lonesome me I'll bet she's not like me she's out and fancy free Flirting with the boys with all her charms But I still love her so and brother don't you know I'd welcome her right back here in my arms

In The Midnight Hour

C F G Bb Bb////

I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour. That's when my love comes tumbling down. I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour. When there's no one else around.

Moody river

Em B7 G C C/B Am7

Moody river, more deadly than the vainest knife, Moody river, your muddy water took my ba - by's life. Last Saturday evenin', came to the old oak tree;

l'll Be Back

E7 A Am G11 G F7M

You know if you break my heart I'll go, but I'll be back again Cos I told you once before goodbye, but I came back again I love you so I'm the one who wants you Yes I'm the one who wants you. Oh ho, Oh ho Oh you could find better things to do than to break my heart again

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

G Am Bm D7 Em C

Kiss me each morning for a million years. Hold me each evening at your side. Tell me you'll love me for a million years. Then if it don't work out, Then if it don't work out,

A Hard Day's Night

G C F7 D Bm Em

It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log But when I get home to you, I find the things that you do Will make me feel alright You know I work all day, to get you money to buy you things

Softly As I Leave You

A E7 Bm7 C G7 Dm7

Softly I will leave you softly For my heart would break If you should wake and see me go So I leave you softly

Tunesmith

G Am/G Em7 Bb/D C/D Fmaj7

Married to the road, there's no other way to say it Baby found out, quite early in the game That I belong to my songs, she chose not to play it Now I walk down the street and I hear them call my name Tunesmith, tunesmith, sing me a song

Carpet Man

F Bb Eb Db Ab

Carpet Man:Johnny Rivers. Album - Rewind..#14 in 1967. (Didn't get much play..but, in my opinion, one Of his best.)

Help me ronda

C G Am F G7 D7

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Well since she put me down I 've been out doin' in my head Come in late at night and in the mornin' I just lay in bed Well, Ronda you look so fine and I know it wouldn't take much time For you to help me Ronda help me get her out of my heart

Lawdy Miss Clawdy

A E B Gbm D Dbm

Well, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, Miss Clawdy, You sure look good to me. Yeah, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy Miss Clawdy, You know, you sure look good to me. Well, now, don't you do it, baby, you

Cast Your Fate To The Wind

G A7 D A A9

A month of nights, a year of days Octobers drifting into Mays I set my sail as the tide comes in And I just cast my fate to the wind I shift my course along the breeze

Cupid

E B7 A C#m

Now, I don't mean to bother you, but I'm in distress There's danger of me losing all of my happiness For I love a girl who don't know I exist And this you can fix

Run For Your Life

Bm D E Bm7 G F#7

Hide your head in the sand, little girl Catch you with another man, that's the end a little girl Let this be a sermon, I mean everything I've said Baby, I'm determined that I'd rather see you dead You better run for your life if you can, little girl Hide your head in the sand, little girl

Catch The Wind

C F G

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[Verse] In the chilly hours and minutes Of uncertainty, I want to be In the warm hold of your loving mind

Mother and child reunion

D G C Em Am

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No I would not give you false hope On this strange and mournful day But the mother and child reu-nion

California Dreamin'

Em D B7 C F#m7 G

All the leaves are brown (All the leaves are brown) And the sky is grey (And the sky is grey) I went for a walk (I went for a walk) On a winter's day (On a winter's day) I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)

Long Tall Sally

F Bb C F7

Oh baby, yeah baby, wo, wo, wo baby We'll be havin' some fun tonight Interlude: Well, long tall Sally, she's built for speed She's got everything that Uncle John needs Oh baby, yeah baby, wo, wo, wo baby

Keep A Knockin'

G D C

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Keep a knockin' but you can't come in keep a knockin' but you can't come in Keep a knockin' but you can't come in come back tomorrow night and try it again You said you love me but you can't come in you said you love me but You can't come in you said you love me but you can't come in

Its All Over Now

G C D Gm

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You know, I used to love her but it's all Over now. Because, I used to love her but it's all Over now.

Think His Name

A Bm AM7 a Am7

[Verse 1] Think his name, think his name Don't be a----shamed, say his name Say his name, Say his name Don't be a----shamed, sing his  name

Baby What You Want Me To Do

E A B Gbm Eb D

Baby What You Want Me To Do:Johnny Rivers. Album - Johnny Rivers 'Here We A-Go-Go Again - #38 on BB HOt 200 on IMPERIAL Records in 1964.

Strangers In The Night

A7 Em D D6 D7M A4/7

Strangers in my night exchanging glances Won'dring in the night what were the chances We'd be sharing love before the night was through Something in your eyes was so inviting Something in your smile was so exciting

If You Dont Want My Love

D A G E Bm C

SONG: IF YOU DON’T WANT MY LOVE ARTIST: JOHNNY RIVERS TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected]

Blue Suede Shoes

A D E A7

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Well it's a one for the money, two for the show, Three to get ready now go, cat ,go, But don't you step on my blue suede shoes. You can do anything, but lay off of my blue suede shoes. Well you can knock me down, step in my face,

The Days Of Wine And Roses

Dm Fdim C A7 Em7 Em

The days of win e and roses Laugh and run away like a child at play Through a meadow land toward a closing door A door marked "never more" That wasn't there before

I'll Cry Instead

G D11 D7 C7 D Gm7

I've got every reason on earth to be mad I just lost the only girl I had If I could get my way, I'd get my self locked up to day But I can so I cry in stead I got a chip on my shoulder that big ger than my feet

I Can't Help Myself

E A D Bm

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Sugarpie honeybunch, (sugarpie honeybunch) you Know that I love you (love you) I can't help myself, I love you and nobody else. In and out my life (in and out my life) you Come and you go (you come and you go) you leave

You win again

E B7 A

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1st Verse: The news is out - all over town That you've been seen - a-runnin' 'round I know that I - should leave, but then I just can't go - YOU WIN A- GAIN.

Sweet Smiling Children

Em G C F D Bm

Tell all those sweet smilling children About that one great pink candy love That’s waiting in the dark to change our lives And makes all worthwhile But we already are, you just don’t know it

Rosecrans Boulevard

C G D F Cm Bb

But there was a time last summer When I came down from Manhattan And though I knew I shouldn't, it was just too hard And I made my move at Rosecrans Boulevard.