Backing tracks

intro – 4 bars pedal steel (follow the bass)

verse 1 – bass only
You, who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by.
And so become yourself,
Because the past is just a goodbye.

verse 2 – pedal steel joins
Teach your children well,
Their father’s hell did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams,
The one they picked, the one you’ll know by.

bridge
  Don’t you ever ask them why,
If they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh,
And know they love you.

verse 3
And you, of the tender years
   (Can you hear – and do you care?)
Can’t know the fears your elders grew by.
              (Can’t you see we must be free to)
So, please, help them with your youth,
   (Teach your children – what you believe in)
They seek the truth before they can die.
             (Make a world that we can live in)

verse 4
Teach your parents well,
Their children’s hell will slowly go by.
And feed them on your dreams,
The one they picked, the one you’ll know by.

bridge
  Don’t you ever ask them why,
If they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh,
And know they love you.

intro – slow at first

verse 1
Well East Coast girls are hip, I really dig those styles they wear.
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They knock me out when I’m down there.
The mid-west farmers’ daughters really make you feel alright,
And the northern girls with the way they kiss
They keep their boyfriends warm at night.

chorus
I wish they all could be California gi – i – i – i – irls,
                                  I wish they all could be California,
I wish they all could be California girls.

verse 2
The West coast has the sunshine and the girls all get so tanned.
I dig a French bikini on Hawaiian island dolls
By a palm tree in the sand.
I’ve been all around this great big world
And I’ve seen all kind of girls,
Yeah, but I couldn’t wait to get back in the States,
Back to the cutest girls in the world.

chorus
I wish they all could be California gi – i – i – i – irls,
                                  I wish they all could be California,
I wish they all could be California girls.

glockenspiel break

outro – (4 times through then end on “girls”)
I wish they all could be California gi – i – i – i – i – irls,
  Girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig the girls, girls, girls
                                     I wish they all could be California…
Girls.

intro – chord and count 1-2-3-4    1-2-3 (come in quick)
Do-do-do down dooby doo down down, comma comma,
Down dooby doo down down, comma comma,
Down dooby doo down down, breaking up is hard to do.

verse 1
Don’t take your love away from me.
(Do-do-do down dooby doo down down, comma comma)
Don’t you leave my heart in miser-y.
(Down dooby doo down down, comma comma)
If you go, then I’ll be blue
(Down down I’ll be blue)
‘Cause breaking up is hard to do.

verse 2
Re-mem-ber when you held me tight,
(Do-do-do down dooby doo down down, comma comma)
And you kissed me all through the night?
(Down dooby doo down down, comma comma)
Think of all that we’ve been through
(Down down we’ve been through)
And breaking up is hard to do.

bridge 1
They say that breaking up is hard to do.
Now I know, I know that it’s true.
Don’t say that this is the end.
Instead of breaking up I wish that we were making up again.

verse 3
I beg of you, don’t say goodbye.
(Do-do-do down dooby doo down down, comma comma)
Can’t we give our love another try?
(Down dooby doo down down, comma comma)
Come on, baby, let’s start anew
(Down down let’s start anew)
‘Cause breaking up is hard to do.

bridge 2
They say that breaking up is hard to do.
Now I know, I know that it’s true.
Don’t say that this is the end.
Instead of breaking up I wish that we were making up again.

verse 4
I beg of you, don’t say goodbye.
(Do-do-do down dooby doo down down, comma comma)
Can’t we give our love another try?
(Down dooby doo down down, comma comma)
Come on, baby, let’s start anew
(Down down let’s start anew)
‘Cause breaking up is hard to do.
(Down dooby doo down down, comma comma)

outro
Down dooby doo down down, comma comma,
Down dooby doo down down, breaking up is hard to do.

intro – quick chord and 4 clicks, then…
(sniff)Sha lala lala lala la. Sha lala lala lala la.
Sha lala lala lala la. Ah – ah – ah – ah  (wait 2 bars)

verse 1
When the day is dawning on a Texas Sunday morning
How I long to be there with Marie who’s waiting for me there
Every lonely city where I hang my hat
Ain’t as half as pretty as where my baby’s at.

chorus
Is this the way to Amarillo? Every night I’ve been hugging my pillow
Dreaming dreams of Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me.
Show me the way to Amarillo. I’ve been weeping like a willow,
Crying over Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me.
Sha lala lala lala la. Sha lala lala lala la. Sha lala lala lala la.
And Marie who waits for me.

verse 2
There’s a church bell ringing.
Hear the song of joy that it’s singing
For the sweet Maria and the guy who’s coming to see her.
Just beyond the highway there’s an open plain
And it keeps me going through the wind and rain.

chorus
Is this the way to Amarillo? Every night I’ve been hugging my pillow
Dreaming dreams of Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me.
Show me the way to Amarillo. I’ve been weeping like a willow,
Crying over Amarillo and sweet Marie who waits for me.
Sha lala lala lala la. Sha lala lala lala la. Sha lala lala lala la.
And Marie who waits for me.

sha la la’s (backing track only – time to add capo on 1)
Sha lala lala lala la. Sha lala lala lala la. Sha lala lala lala la.
And Marie who waits for me.

sha la la’s – with capo
Sha lala lala lala la. Sha lala lala lala la. Sha lala lala lala la.
And Marie who waits for me.