Viper Half-Century Songbook

Under Construction

So I’m starting in earnest to pull together my “Viper Half-Century” songbook. This will be a compilation of 50 Viper songs I wrote before I turned 50. Wait’ll you hear the sequel in 2068! Here, I’ll be posting my progress as I incorporate files for each of the song pages linked to below. Each will have at least a PDF version of the lead & chord sheet for each song, plus the Midi mp3 created from the software I used to create the music which should help you follow along with the music even if you don’t read music.

Most pages will also have audio & video of Viper performances. And eventually the songbook will also include ukulele chord diagrams, artwork, and introductory context.

  1. And Sometimes Dmytryk – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  2. Another Birthday Song – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  3. (It’s Gonna Be) Another Day – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  4. Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been Blue? – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  5. Ballad of the Henry 55 – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  6. Big-Headed Small-Minded Man – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  7. Bled-a-Loe Lang-de-Lang – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  8. Body and Soul – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  9. Bone Dry – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  10. Curb Your Dog – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  11. Dirge – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  12. Don’t Want To – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  13. Dopamine – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  14. Fillmore and Buchanan March, The – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  15. First Round Polka – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  16. Four Degrees – Song Page | PDF | mp3
  17. Good Morning Irene – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  18. Heartbreak for Beginners – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  19. Hey! Rounders – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  20. Heyse Latke, Kalte Latke – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  21. Hotzeplotz Calls (Vocal) – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  22. Hotzeplotz Calls (Instrumental) – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  23. I Left My Liver In Libertyville – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  24. I Love a Girl in Moscow – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  25. I’m Here to Steal Your Song – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  26. Ich Bin Berlin (The Sundown Song) – Song Page | PDF | Midi mp3
  27. It Doesn’t Feel Like Summer – Song Page | PDF | Midi Mp3
  28. Just That Good – Song Page | PDF | Midi Mp3
  29. Kapital, Das
  30. Last Call Waltz
  31. Let Not Life Far From These Fingers Flee / My Dog Has Fleas
  32. Make a World Brand New
  33. Monsters Are Coming, The
  34. My Seafaring Lassie
  35. Neapolitan, The
  36. One More
  37. Out of the Blonde On Blonde
  38. Randolph St.
  39. Save Me a Krampus
  40. Sharkin’
  41. Sing a Song of Texas
  42. Stepping the Betsy
  43. Stopper In My Hand
  44. Take the Measure of It All
  45. They All Made Peace (What Is Peace)
  46. Ukulele Rhythm
  47. Ultimo en Saber, El
  48. Cooking / Just in Time
  49. Viper’s Blue Yodel No. 6.02 x 10 to the 23rd
  50. Winnebago Bay
  51. Yodeler’s Christmas, The
  52. XTRA – El Cortador
  53. XTRA – The Older I Get the Younger I Feel

the kind of music your great-great-great-grandparents warned your great-great-grandparents about