VOC Songbook 1999

This is the archival page for the VOC songbook 1999

We all love the VOC Songbook, but it's not perfect. The purpose of this wiki page to to track proposed changes to the VOC Songbook so that a future printing of the songbook can be as good as possible. Each song should have it's own page that contains the lyrics and Guitar chords for that song only. This way, corrections can be managed on a song by song basis. Please make use of the discussion feature on these wiki pages to discuss the proposed changes.

Table of Contents 1999 Songbook

A Adia - Sara Mclachlan All I Really Want - Alanis Morissette American Pie - Don McLean B Barrett's Privateers - Stan Rogers Black Boys on Mopeds - Sinead O'Connor Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan Blue Suede Shoes - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell the Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel the Sporto - VOCer Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison C California Dreaming - The Momas & Popas Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley Cats in the Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel Closer To Fine - Indigo Girls Cryin' - D Dark Angel - Blue Rodeo Dee, Dee Dee - Ernie the muppet Down on the Corner - Credence Clearwater Revival Dust in the Wind - Kansas E El Condor Pasa - Simon & Garfunkel F Father and Son - Cat Stevens The 59th Street Bride Song - Simon & Garfunkel 5 Days in May - Blue Rodeo Free Fallin' - Tom Petty From Hank to Hendrix - Neil Young G The Gambler - Kenny Rogers Galileo - Indigo Girls Gililgan's Island Theme Good Day Sunshine - Lennon/McCartney

H Hair Have you ever seen the Rain - Credence Clearwater Revival Heart of Gold - Neil Young Help! - Lennon/McCartney Here comes the Sun - The Beatles Hey Jude - The Beatles Home for a Rest - Kelly/Mann Hotel California - The Eagles House of the Rising Sun I I am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel Ice Cream - Sarah McLachlan I'm Gonna be (500 Miles) - Proclaimers Into the Great Wide Open - Tom Petty Ironic - Alanis Morissette It Ain't Me Babe - Bob Dylan J Joking - Indigo Girls K Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan L The Lady in Red - Least Complicated - Indigo Girls Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan Lily the Pink - Irish Rovers Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi Lola - Ray Davies Lost Together - Blue Rodeo Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles M Maxwell's Silver Hammer - Lennon/McCartney Me & Bobbdy McGee - Kris Kristofferson (Good Old) Mountain Dew - Mt. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel My Girl - N New Kid in Town New York, New York - Frank Sinatra No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley Northwest Passage - Stan Rogers

O OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA - The Beatles Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison P Piano Man - Billy Joel Pocahontas - Neil Young Proud Mary - Credence Clearwater Revival Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul and Mary R Revolution - The Beatles Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young S Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel Sesame Street Theme - Sgt. Pepper's Lonley Hearts Club Band - The Beatles Slip Sliding Away - Simon & Garfunkel Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel Stand By Me - Ben E. King Still Crazy After All These Years - Simon & Garfunkel Strong Enough - Sheryl Crow Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious Susie Q - Credence Clearwater Revival Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns 'n' Roses Sweet Home Alabama - Leonard Skynner T Take Me Home Country Road Talkin' Bout a Revolution - Tracy Chapman Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton Turn, Turn, Turn - Seekers W Wake up Little Suzie - Everly Brothers Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi Where Do the Children Play? - Cat Stevens Wild World - Cat Stevens High World - VOcer Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Y Yellow Submarine - The Beatles You've Got a Friend - James Taylor

Additions and Removals

know a good song that should be in the songbook? Is there a song in the songbook that nobody knows the tune to and never gets sung? Add it to the list here with a good reason.

Songs to Add

• The Skier (to the tune of the Gambler - see the Brew Hut logbook)
• Tin Soldier (was in old songbook but not in 1999 version)
• Summertime (Gershwin)
• Build me up Buttercup (fun, easy to sing)
• Wagon wheel (Old crow medicine show)
• Don't Think Twice It's Alright (Bob Dylan)
• The Outdoor Type (The Lemonheads)
• The cat came back (?)
• I would do anything to ski, by Matthew Carroll
• Caviar - See old VOC song book
• Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)
• Shelter From the Storm (Bob Dylan)
• Son of a preacher man (Dusty Springfield, great to sing along)
• Me and Bobby McGee ( Janis Joplin, classic)
• We've got tonight ( Bob Seger)
• One love ( Bob Marley, because that is what all is about)
• Redemption song ( Bob Marley, everyone knows it)
• Fast Car ( Tracy Chapman)
• Ain't no sunshine (Bill Withers)
• Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
• Free Bird ( Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Get up stand up (Bob Marley, because you can sing and jump around at the same time)

The black cover

• Taking Care of Business
• Twist and Shout
• Wind of Change
• You and I
• Take It Easy
• American Woman
• Blister In the Sun

Songs to Remove

All the Indigo Girls songs. Nobody sings them as the melodies are too subtle and they require harmonies to sound good.

Past Editions

Past editions are available online in pdf format.

• Pre-1950 VOC Songbook (Ski V.O.C. Notes)
• 1954-1955 VOC Songbook
• 1956 (?) VOC Songbook (VOC Folly)
• 1958 VOC Songbook (Pogo Cover)
• 1971 VOC Songbook (Revised)
• 1975 VOC Songbook (Revised)
• 1983 VOC Songbook
• 1993 VOC Songbook (Special VOC 75th Anniversary)
• 1999 VOC Songbook
• 2013 VOC Songbook

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