This edition of The Little Black Songbook presents the complete lyrics and chords to over 78 songs from The Jam, The Style Council and Paul Weller’s solo career, all in one place! This handy chord songbook is perfect for any aspiring guitarist, ideal for group singalongs, a spot of busking or simply to play along to the sounds of one of Britain’s most successful songwriters. This little book includes: - ‘A’ Bomb In Wardour Street - Above The Clouds - Beat Surrender - Bitterness Rising - Broken Stones - Come On/Let’s Go - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - English Rose - Find The Torch, Burn The Plans - Going Underground - In The City - My Ever Changing Moods - No Tears To Cry - Out Of The Sinking - Remember How We Started - Shout To The Top - Stanley Road - Strange Town - That’s Entertainment - The Changingman - The Modern World - Thick As Thieves - Town Called Malice - Wings Of Speed And many more!

This edition of The Little Black Songbook presents the complete lyrics and chords to over 100 More Acoustic Songs from the history of popular music! This handy chord songbook is perfect for any aspiring guitarist, ideal for group singalongs, a spot of busking or simply to explore the diverse collection of music on offer. This little book includes: - Ain't No Sunshine [Bill Withers] - Alison [Elvis Costello] - America [Razorlight] - American Pie [Don Mclean] - Angie [The Rolling Stones] - Band On The Run [Wings] - Beautiful [Christina Aguilera] - Champagne Supernova [Oasis] - Free Bird [Lynyrd Skynyrd] - Golden Brown [The Stranglers] - Grace [Jeff Buckley] - Homeward Bound [Simon And Garfunkel] - Mr Tambourine Man [Bob Dylan] - My Sweet Lord [George Harrison] - Nothing Compares 2 U [Sinead O'connor] - Put Your Records On [Corinne Bailey Rae] - Runaway [The Corrs] - She Moves In Her Own Way [The Kooks] - Starman [David Bowie] - Stuck In The Middle With You [Stealers Wheel] - Sunday Morning [The Velvet Underground] - The First Cut Is The Deepest [Cat Stevens] - The Sound Of Silence [Simon And Garfunkel] - The Universal [Blur] - What's Up [4 Non Blondes] - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away [The Beatles] And many more!

The Little Black Songbook of Great Acoustic Songs boasts over 80 hits from the past and present masters of the unplugged tune. Presented in chord songbook format, this collection features Guitar chords, diagrams and complete lyrics. Ideal for strumming and singing, this collection places a diverse range of songs at your disposal, from Simon & Garfunkel's America, Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues and Elton John's Tiny Dancer, through to the modern hits of Elliott Smith's Ballad Of Big Nothing, James Bay's Hold Back The River and Ho Hey by The Lumineers. Perfect for any aspiring guitarist, these tunes are ideal for a group singalongs, a spot of busking or to simply explore the rich history of the world's best popular songwriters. Songs included are: About A Girl [Nirvana] - America [Simon And Garfunkel] - Baby Can I Hold You [Tracy Chapman] - Ballad Of Big Nothing [Elliott Smith] - Breaking The Law [Emeli Sandé] - Budapest [George Ezra] - Cornerstone [Arctic Monkeys] - Dancing Barefoot [Patti Smith] - The Drugs Don't Work [The Verve] - Everlong [Foo Fighters] - Everything Has Changed [Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran] - Far From Any Road [True Detective Soundtrack] - Folsom Prison Blues [Johnny Cash] - Free Fallin' [Tom Petty] - The Girl From Ipanema [Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto] - Have You Ever Seen The Rain? [Creedence Clearwater Revival] - Heart Is A Drum [Beck] - Ho Hey [The Lumineers] - Hold Back The River [James Bay] - I Say A Little Prayer [Aretha Franklin] - I'm Looking Through You [The Beatles] - In Between Days [The Cure] - Into My Arms [Nick Cave & Bad Seed] - Ivy & Gold [Bombay Bicycle Club] - Jenny Don't Be Hasty [Paolo Nutini] - Little Lion Man [Mumford & Sons] - Lola [The Kinks] - Oblivious [Aztec Camera] - Oh Daddy [Fleetwood Mac] - One Love (People Get Ready) [Bob Marley & The Wailers] - Our House [Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young] - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want [The Smiths] - Quicksand [David Bowie] - Re: Stacks [Bon Iver] - Ship To Wreck [Florence + The Machine] - Shiver [Coldplay] - Sisters Of Mercy [Leonard Cohen] - Someone Like You [Adele] - Stay With Me [Sam Smith] - Strawberry Letter 23 [Shuggie Otis] - Sugar Man [Rodriguez] - Take Me Home, Country Roads [John Denver] - Take Me To Church [Hozier] - Tangled Up In Blue [Bob Dylan] - Thinking Out Loud [Ed Sheeran] - Tiny Dancer [Elton John] - Walk On The Wild Side [Lou Reed] - You Turn Me On I'm A Radio [Joni Mitchell]

This edition of The Little Black Songbook presents the complete lyrics and chords to over 80 more Great Songs! This handy chord songbook is perfect for any aspiring guitarist, ideal for group singalongs, a spot of busking or simply to explore the diverse collection of popular music on offer. This little book includes: - American Pie [Mclean, Don] - Brown Eyed Girl [Van Morrison] - California Dreamin’ [The Mamas And The Papas] - Chasing Pavements [Adele] - Common People [Pulp] - Crazy Crazy Nights [Kiss] - Dakota [Stereophonics - Fireflies [Owl City] - Going Underground [The Jam] - Hound Dog [Elvis Presley] - I Believe In A Thing Called Love [The Darkness] - I Will Survive [Gloria Gaynor] - Ironic [Alanis Morissette] - Lean On Me [Bill Withers] - Midnight Train To Georgia [Gladys Knight & The Pips] - Mr. Brightside [The Killers] - My Sharona [The Knack] - Nothing Compares 2 U [O'connor, Sinead] - She Said [Plan B] - She’s The One [Robbie Williams] - Should I Stay Or Should I Go [The Clash] - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) [Eurythmics] - Sweet Home Alabama [Lynyrd Skynyrd] - Take Me Out [Franz Ferdinand] - Teenage Kicks [The Undertones] - The Boys Are Back In Town [Thin Lizzy] - This Charming Man [The Smiths] - Torn [Natalie Imbruglia] - Wichita Lineman [Glen Campbell] - You Can Get It If You Really Want [Jimmy Cliff] And many more!

This edition of The Little Black Songbook presents the complete lyrics and chords to over 90 acoustic classics! This handy chord songbook is perfect for any aspiring guitarist, ideal for group singalongs, a spot of busking or simply to explore the music history of pop and rock music with the acoustic guitar. This little book includes: - A Hazy Shade Of Winter [Simon & Garfunkel] - Across The Universe [Beatles, The] - Between The Bars [Elliott Smith] - Bird On The Wire [Leonard Cohen] - Candle In The Wind [Elton John] - Chasing Cars [Snow Patrol] - Crazy On You [Heart] - Do You Believe In Magic [The Lovin’ Spoonful] - Everyday [Buddy Holly] - Girlfriend In A Coma [The Smiths] - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face [Coldplay] - Gold Dust Woman [Fleetwood Mac] - Guitar Man [Elvis Presley] - Have A Nice Day [Stereophonics] - Here She Comes Now [The Velvet Underground] - I Have A Dream [ABBA] - Last Goodbye [Jeff Buckley] - Love In Vain [The Rolling Stones] - Maggie’s Farm [Bob Dylan] - Magic Bus [The Who] - Mellow Yellow [Donovan] - Motherless Child [Eric Clapton] - Mykonos [Fleet Foxes] - Private Investigations [Dire Straits] - Raspberry Beret [Prince] - Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide [David Bowie] -Save The Last Dance For Me [The Drifters] - Skinny Love [Bon Iver] - Sweet Caroline [Neil Diamond] - Teach Your Children [Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young] - Teardop [Newton Faulkner] - The Masterplan [Oasis] - Three Little Birds [Bob Marley] - Use Somebody [Kings of Leon] - Well Respected Man [The Kinks] - When The Night Feels My Song [Bedouin Soundclash] And many more!

Revised and updated third edition of the bestselling account of the Small Faces and Humble Pie mainman. Includes two fascinating new chapters.

"Scratching around at home on an acoustic guitar, singing into my phone with these funny little rough ideas. All of a sudden, it turns into something beautiful or complete... it's a fascinating thing. It's magic." -- Paul Weller In Magic: A Journal of Song, Paul Weller gives the first and definitive account of his illustrious songwriting career, recounting a lifetime of lyrics in Weller's most candid and intimate commentary to date. As one of the most innovative and remarkable songwriters of the last fifty years, Paul Weller has proved to be the ultimate shapeshifter, moving from the Jam's punk sensibilities to the genre-defying Style Council, and later through a remarkable 30-year solo career. Alongside Lennon and McCartney, Weller is one of few artists that has attained a UK number one album over five consecutive decades, and he's also received career defining awards from the BRITs (Lifetime Achievement Award), NME Awards (Godlike Genius Award) and a GQ Award for Songwriter of the Year. The book chronicles a lifetime worth of lyrics with impressive clarity. We follow Weller through his upbringing on Stanley Road and founding the Jam in his teenage years, creating the Style Council alongside keyboardist Mick Talbot, and later into his 16-album solo career, including stories behind iconic albums such as Stanley Road and Wild Wood, as well as his latest album, Fat Pop Vol. 1. Magic presents 130 of Weller's finest lyrics to date, accompanied by an illuminating commentary which sees him give unprecedented insight into his life and lyrics, as told to GQ editor and author, Dylan Jones OBE, in their first collaboration. "Paul Weller has proved that he is not only beyond reproach, in some senses he is quite possibly without equal." -- Dylan Jones "The thing I have discovered is that music in its truest sense is beyond any trend or movement or category." -- Paul Weller

THE ART OF NOISE offers an unprecedented collection of insightful, of-the-moment conversations with twenty-seven great British songwriters and composers. They discuss everything from their individual approaches to writing, to the inspiration behind their most successful songs, to the techniques and methods they have independently developed to foster their creativity. Contributors include: Sting * Ray Davies * Robin Gibb * Jimmy Page * Joan Armatrading * Noel Gallagher * Lily Allen * Annie Lennox * Damon Albarn * Noel Gallagher * Laura Marling * Paul Weller * Johnny Marr * and many more Musician-turned-author Daniel Rachel approaches each interview with an impressive depth of understanding—of the practice of songwriting, but also of each musician's catalog. The result is a collection of conversations that's probing, informed, and altogether entertaining—what contributor Noel Gallagher called "without doubt the finest book I've ever read about songwriters and the songs they write." The collected experience of these songwriters makes this book the essential word of songwriting—as spoken by the songwriters themselves.

This edition of The Little Black Songbook presents the complete lyrics and chords to a huge selection of Coldplay’s finest songs. This handy chord songbook is perfect for any aspiring guitarist, ideal for group singalongs, a spot of busking or simply to explore all that Coldplay have to offer. This little book includes: - Amsterdam - Bigger Stronger - Clocks - Daylight - Easy To Please - Fix You - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face - High Speed - In My Place - Low - Murder - Only Superstition - Politik - The Scientist - Speed Of Sound - Talk - White Shadows - X&Y - Yellow And many more!

The inside story of The Jam and The Style Council by the man who oversaw their careers! Record industry executive Dennis Munday's frank account reveals the trials and triumphs of Paul Weller's career, from The Jam's first single in 1977 to the break-up of The Style Council in 1989. He also writes about Weller's post-style Council solo career with a unique insight. Working for Polydor, the author became a regular presence at the two groups' many recording sessions, effectively becoming an honorary member of both The Jam and The Style Council. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with the band members - and eventually leaving Polydor - Munday was the vital link between Paul Weller and his record company or years. Here then is a uniquely intimate portrait of a rock hero and two influential groups written by someone who was at the heart of the action. This new edition of Shout To The Top has been updated to include details of Paul's new album 22 Dreams, ongoing changes in the line-up to his band and the emergence of From The Jam, the group featuring Paul's former colleagues Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler which is touring the world performing a set of Jam songs to great acclaim.