Category Archives: Coversongs

Space Cowboy

Space Cowboy.mp3 Written and made famous by Steve Miller This is a coversong inspired by the Downingtown Acoustic Meet Up of March 24, 2013. Lyrics I told you ’bout living in the U.S. of A. Don’t you know that I’m a gangster of love Let me tell you people that I found a new way […]

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Little Willy

Made famous by Sweet D North side, east side, Little Willy, Willy G A D wears the crown, he’s the king around town. Dancing, glancing, Willy drives them silly with G A D his star shoe shimmy shuffle down. A Way past one, and feeling alright, A7 Cause with Little Willy round they can last […]

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Apeman

Originally made famous by The Kinks Written by Ray Davies D D D D D A A D E A A E Esus4 E I think I’m sophisticated cos I’m living my life like a good Homosapien A But all around me everybody’s multiplying E Esus4 E Till they’re walkin’ round like flies man D […]

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I’d Love to Change The World

I’d Love to Change The World .mp3 Originally made famous by Ten Year After Written by Alvin Lee LYRICS Em/ // G/ // Everywhere is freaks and hairies Am/ // C/ // dykes and fairies tell me where is sanity? Em/ // G/ // Tax the rich feed the poor Am/ // C/ // til […]

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Sandman

Am Ain’t it foggy outside F Em All the planes have been grounded Am Ain’t the fire inside? F Em Let’s all go stand around it Am Funny, I’ve been there D And you’ve been here G Am And we ain’t had no time to drink that beer CHORUS: Am G ’cause I understand you’ve […]

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Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

Originally by Pink Floyd Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (Syd Barrett) Coversong by The Electric Slugs Pink Floyd – Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (Barrett) Am G Am G Am Little by little the night turns around, G Am G Am Counting the leaves which tremble at […]

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You Really Got Me (Reggae ReMix)

Originally Made Famous by The Kinks LYRICS G A A G A x4 Girl, you really got me goin’ You got me so I don’t know what I’m doin’, now Yeah, you really got me now You got me so I can’t sleep at night A B B A B x2 Yeah, you really got […]

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Inside Out

Originally by Eve 6 Cover version: A E I would swallow my pride B I would choke on the rhines A But the lack thereof would leave me empty inside A E F# I would swallow my doubt turn it inside out find nothing but faith in nothing A E Want to put my tender […]

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Show Me the Way to Go Home

SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME by “Irving King” (the British songwriting team James Campbell and Reginald Connelly) D Show me the way to go home G D I’m tired and I want to go to bed D I had a little drink about an hour ago A And it went right to my […]

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Welcome To The Machine

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE Made famous by Pink Floyd Written by Roger Waters Intro: Emadd9 Cmaj7(2) Emadd9 (all strum backwards) Em C Em Welcome my son, welcome to the machine C Am Em Where have you been? It’s alright we know where you’ve been C Cmaj7(2) You’ve been in the pipeline filling in time Emadd9 […]

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Flagpole Sitta

Originally by Harvey Danger VERSE 1 D Am I had visions I was in them I was looking into the mirror Am7 C D To see a little bit clearer, the rottenness and evil in me D Am Fingertips have memories mine can’t forget the curves of your body Am7 C D And when I […]

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Mad World

“Mad World” is a song made famous by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith. It was made more famous in 2002 when covered on the Donnie Darko soundtrack. Em                G All around me are familiar faces D                 A Worn out places – worn out faces […]

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My Body

Originally by Young The Giant [intro] F A# F Stop! the train is riding Down to the station A# Where you lived when we were school kids F Hey! the rails are gone now and I am falling down A# Fools in a spiral round this town of steel [chorus] F My body tells me […]

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Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Made famous by The Animals Written by Benjamin / Marcus / Caldwell Verse 1: Bm A Baby, do you understand me now G F# Sometimes I feel a little mad Bm A Well don’t you know that no-one alive can always be an angel G F# When things go wrong I seem to be bad […]

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