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  • Slip Slidin' Away

    Gordon Thomas posted on March 20, 2016 20:46
    "Slip Slidin' Away" is a 1977 song written and recorded by Paul Simon. ~~~ChordPro Version UPDATED April 14-15, 2016 CEL~~~
    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2016 Anything Goes (0 Comments)
  • A Little Bitty Tear

    Gordon Thomas posted on October 30, 2015 19:30
    "A Little Bitty Tear" is a song written by the American country songwriter Hank Cochran. It has been recorded by many musical acts, the firs...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, November 2015 - Country, bluegrass, old-timey... (0 Comments)
  • Yonder Comes A Sucker

    Gordon Thomas posted on October 30, 2015 19:08
    Gentleman Jim Reeves was perhaps the biggest male star to emerge from the Nashville sound. Peaking at number four, "Yonder Comes a Sucker" w...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, November 2015 - Country, bluegrass, old-timey... (0 Comments)
  • Ravishing Ruby

    Gordon Thomas posted on October 28, 2015 20:46
    "Ravishing Ruby" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in April 1973. The song peaked...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, November 2015 - Country, bluegrass, old-timey... (0 Comments)
  • Back Home Again

    Gordon Thomas posted on October 28, 2015 20:36
    "Back Home Again" is the title of a popular song written and performed by the American singer-songwriter John Denver. Released as a single f...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, November 2015 - Country, bluegrass, old-timey..., February 2016 - Anything Goes (0 Comments)
  • Delia's Gone

    Gordon Thomas posted on October 28, 2015 19:15
    TO PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEO, PUT YOUR CAPO ON THE 3RD FRET Delia Green (c. 1886 – December 25, 1900) was a 14-year-old African-Americ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, October 2019 (0 Comments)
  • House Of The Rising Sun

    Gordon Thomas posted on June 23, 2015 22:31
     "The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a life gone wrong...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2015 - Ed Sullivan, November 2016 Anything Goes Favourites, September 2017, Sept 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Do You Believe in Magic?

    Gordon Thomas posted on June 23, 2015 21:59
    "Do You Believe In Magic" is a song written by John Sebastian. It was first recorded and released by his group, The Lovin' Spoonful in 1...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2015 - Ed Sullivan, October 2018, October 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Dominique

    Gordon Thomas posted on June 23, 2015 21:50
    This one is not on the list, however the french version was done on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1963. I have posted the English version that was sung...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2015 - Ed Sullivan (0 Comments)
  • When It's Springtime In Alaska

    Gordon Thomas posted on June 05, 2015 08:00
    This particular version is Hank Snow’s cover from his album “I’ve Been Everywhere”. You can play along with the 2nd video. ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, June 2015 - Canada eh!? (2 Comments)
  • Longest Time, The - Billy Joel (1983)

    Gordon Thomas posted on March 28, 2015 09:36
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, January 2016 - music of the 1980's (0 Comments)
  • Atlantic City

    Gordon Thomas posted on January 09, 2015 07:47
    ∼You can play along in GCEA tuning if you put your capo on the 2nd fret.
    Posted in: Individual Songs, January 2015 Anything Goes (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - O Christmas Tree / Mon Beau Sapin

    Gordon Thomas posted on November 27, 2014 19:26
    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015 (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Saint Nuit/Silent Night

    Gordon Thomas posted on November 27, 2014 19:23
    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 16, 2015 (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Aspenglow

    Gordon Thomas posted on November 27, 2014 19:10
    This song is by John Denver and appears on the album Take Me to Tomorrow (1970) and on the album Rocky Mountain Christmas (1975). ****REVISED/REFOR...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 16, 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019 (0 Comments)
  • I Saw The Light

    Gordon Thomas posted on October 26, 2014 10:42
    Posted in: Individual Songs, November 2014 Anything Goes (0 Comments)
  • Blueberry Hill

    Gordon Thomas posted on October 24, 2014 08:37
    Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2015 - Ed Sullivan (0 Comments)
  • Cotton Fields

    Gordon Thomas posted on October 21, 2014 08:29
    Posted in: Individual Songs, November 2014 Anything Goes (0 Comments)
  • Walking to New Orleans

    Gordon Thomas posted on October 20, 2014 08:49
    "Walking to New Orleans" is a 1960 song by Bobby Charles, written for and recorded by Fats Domino. Domino was a hero of Charles...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, BUG November 2017 Anything Goes (1 Comments)
  • Interview and Performance on Daytime Ottawa - Sept 3rd, 2014

    Gordon Thomas posted on September 04, 2014 16:05
    Video of the Daytime Ottawa interview with Mark and Sue Rogers and a performance by a few BUG members.
    Posted in: BUG Videos, Monthly Announcements (0 Comments)
  • Lodi

    Gordon Thomas posted on July 06, 2014 20:46
      Gord will be leading this song in the key of C on BUG night.
    Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2014 (0 Comments)
  • Little Bitty

    Gordon Thomas posted on July 05, 2014 10:44
    Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2014 , February 2015 - Sue and Mark vacation time (0 Comments)
  • Should've been a Cowboy

    Gordon Thomas posted on July 05, 2014 10:40
    Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2014 (0 Comments)
  • Kumbaya

    Gordon Thomas posted on July 04, 2014 13:27
    Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2014 (0 Comments)
  • We're Here For A Good Time (Not A Long Time)

    Gordon Thomas posted on June 04, 2014 16:15
    It goes like this: millions of records, a couple dozen hits, a Juno Award (Canada's Grammy) for Band of the Year and ongoing sold-out shows across...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, June 2014 - celebrate Canada, September 16 2015 BUG Jam, June 2017 - Canadiana (0 Comments)
  • Cousin Mary

    Gordon Thomas posted on June 02, 2014 16:18
     If you want to play along with the video - they're playing in the key of A. Fludd was a Canadian rock band in the 1970s, best known for t...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2015 - Anything Goes!, February 2016 - Anything Goes, Canada is Cool BUG Jam! June 15, 2016, June 2018 - Canada, June 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Summer of '69

    Gordon Thomas posted on June 01, 2014 15:21
    "Summer of '69" is a song recorded by Canadian recording artist Bryan Adams, from his fourth album, Reckless (1984). The song was writte...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, June 2014 - celebrate Canada, February 2016 - Anything Goes, June 2017 - Canadiana, July 2018 - Summer, June 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Consumer, The

    Gordon Thomas posted on May 25, 2014 22:13
    ***WORD document updated - SR June 10 2015*** ~~~ChordPro Verson UPDATED June 11, 2015 CEL~~~
    Posted in: Individual Songs, June 2014 - celebrate Canada, June 2015 - Canada eh!? (0 Comments)
  • Raindrops

    Gordon Thomas posted on April 04, 2014 21:38
       ~~~ChordPro Verson UPDATED May 17, 2015 CEL~~~
    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2014 - Spring! Everything old is new again!, May 2015 BUG jam (0 Comments)
  • English Country Garden

    Gordon Thomas posted on April 03, 2014 13:48
    Country Gardens is an English folk tune collected by Cecil Sharp and arranged for piano in 1918 by Percy Grainger. In 2008, Country Gardens was added ...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2014 - Spring! Everything old is new again!, April 2016 Anything Goes (0 Comments)
  • Chain Gang

    Gordon Thomas posted on February 09, 2014 21:37
     
    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2014 - Love (0 Comments)
  • Cupid

    Gordon Thomas posted on January 22, 2014 16:31
     Sam Cooke
    Posted in: Individual Songs, February 2014 - Love, February 2015 - Sue and Mark vacation time (0 Comments)
  • One on the Right is on the Left, The

    Gordon Thomas posted on January 05, 2014 14:12
    YOU CAN PLAY IN THE SAME KEY AS JOHNNY CASH IN GCEA TUNING, IF YOU PUT YOUR CAPO ON THE 2ND FRET.  Be aware though -  I've "smoothe...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, January 2014 - Old and New BUG Event Songs, April 2016 Anything Goes, Nov 2019 (0 Comments)
  • CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY - Canadian Twelve Days of Christmas, The

    Gordon Thomas posted on December 03, 2013 17:12
    The video is not exact but the closest I could find. ****REVISED/REFORMATTED NOVEMBER 26, 2019 - SR****
    Posted in: Individual Songs, December 2013 Holiday songs, December 2014 Holiday, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, Dec 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Hard Travellin'

    Gordon Thomas posted on October 21, 2013 16:22
    This is a version based on the audio track that I have.  I attached both a video and the audio track
    Posted in: Individual Songs, November 2013 - Country, Bluegrass, Old-Timey..., November 2014 Anything Goes, November 2015 - Country, bluegrass, old-timey..., Sept 2019 (0 Comments)
  • John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man

    Gordon Thomas posted on October 21, 2013 12:28
    ***Revised April 2015***
    Posted in: Individual Songs, November 2013 - Country, Bluegrass, Old-Timey..., July 2014 , April 2015 - Anything Goes! (0 Comments)
  • Maries the Name

    Gordon Thomas posted on September 10, 2013 09:03
    Posted in: Individual Songs, September 2013 - Labour Day - Anything Goes (0 Comments)
  • Bad Bad Leroy Brown

    Gordon Thomas posted on September 09, 2013 21:18
    YOU CAN USE THE (G) songsheet to play along with the video, but if a gal leads it on BUG night, we'll likely use the (C) songsheet! Especially dur...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, September 2013 - Labour Day - Anything Goes, October 2018, Sept 2019, October 2019 (0 Comments)
  • You're the One That I Want

    Gordon Thomas posted on August 06, 2013 09:58
     This song has boy / girl parts but we can just do it all together unless someone wants to lead the girl part.
    Posted in: Individual Songs, August 21, 2013 (0 Comments)
  • Beverly Hillbillies Theme

    Gordon Thomas posted on August 06, 2013 09:33
     
    Posted in: Individual Songs, August 21, 2013 (0 Comments)
  • Those were the days - All in the family theme

    Gordon Thomas posted on August 06, 2013 09:30
    I have been using the swiss army strum, but if anyone has a better one we can use it.
    Posted in: Individual Songs (0 Comments)
  • Happy Days Theme

    Gordon Thomas posted on August 06, 2013 09:20
    I used a down strum for each beat in the verses until the last line where I do an udud strum and the swiss army strum in the chorus.  
    Posted in: Individual Songs, August 21, 2013 (0 Comments)
  • Changing of the Guards

    Gordon Thomas posted on April 22, 2013 10:55
      
    Posted in: Individual Songs, May 2013 - Anything goes... again!, January 2015 Anything Goes (1 Comments)
  • Campfire and Church songbook

    Gordon Thomas posted on April 19, 2013 07:40
    Here is a songbook that I created for campfire day that will take place Sunday April 18th at Glebe St. James church as part of the Sunday school. ...
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    Posted in: May 2011 Campfire Songs (0 Comments)
  • Free Fallin'

    Gordon Thomas posted on April 08, 2013 20:02
    You can play along with Tom Petty's video in GCEA tuning! "Free Fallin'" is the opening track from Tom Petty's solo debut al...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2013 - Anything Goes!, April 2015 - Anything Goes! (1 Comments)
  • Windy

    Gordon Thomas posted on April 05, 2013 21:40
    Mark I included a bass tab.  It works on my baritone, but I am not able to try it with the chords. Please feel free to change it if you need to....
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, April 2013 - Anything Goes!, May 2013 - Anything goes... again! (8 Comments)
  • Knockin' on Heaven's Door

    Gordon Thomas posted on November 15, 2012 05:03
        
    Posted in: Individual Songs, November 2012 - Bob Dylan, Neil Young & more. (0 Comments)
  • Heart of Gold

    Gordon Thomas posted on November 04, 2012 16:17
    YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEO IN GCEA TUNING! "Heart of Gold" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young. Released from the 1...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, November 2012 - Bob Dylan, Neil Young & more., February 2016 - Anything Goes, Feb 2018 - They love me, they love me not (0 Comments)
  • Hotel California

    Gordon Thomas posted on July 01, 2012 16:56
    TO PLAY IN THE SAME KEY AS THE VIDEO IN GCEA TUNING, PUT YOUR CAPO ON THE 2ND FRET! "Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, July 2012 - Anything Goes: summertime favourites!, September 2018 , Nov 2019 (0 Comments)
  • Bad Moon Rising

    Gordon Thomas posted on June 10, 2012 09:58
    YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEOS IN GCEA TUNING, IF YOU PUT YOUR CAPO ON THE 1ST FRET! "Bad Moon Rising" is a song written by John Foge...
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    Posted in: Individual Songs, June 2012 - FLOWER POWER!, October 2018, October 2019 (0 Comments)