Welcome to Richard Miller’s Intermediate Guitar Performance Class! 
December 9, 2025

 

Thank you so much to Amanda, Erin, and Casey for hosting our guitar classes here at KBTS Olivenhain.  We love the warm and welcoming feeling of this community space!  We are happy to have you with us tonight and thank you for supporting us on our guitar journey!  We will be playing the following songs for you and we invite you to sing along! Light refreshments to follow.

Let the Good Times Roll - Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore
Stand by Me – Ben E. King
Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede & Bjorn Skifs
City of New Orleans – Steve Goodman
Let it Be - The Beatles
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
Take me Home, Country Roads – John Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
 
  
 
Let the Good Times Roll
 
Hey everybody
Let's have some fun
You only live but once
And when you're dead, you're done

So let the good times roll
Let the good times roll
Don't care if you're young or old
Get together, let the good times roll

Don't sit there mumblin'
And talkin' trash
If you wanna have a ball
You gotta go out and spend some cash
 
And let the good times roll
Let the good times roll
Don't care if you're young or old
Get together and let the good times roll

Hey Mr. Landlord
Lock up all the doors
When the police comes around
Tell 'em the joint is closed

Let the good times roll
Let the good times roll
Don't care if you're young or old
Go out and let the good times roll
 
 
Stand by Me
 
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No, I won't be afraid
Oh, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand
Stand by me
 
So darlin', darlin', stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand
Stand by me, stand by me
 
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountain should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand
Stand by me
 
And darlin', darlin', stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand now
Stand by me, stand by me
 
And darlin', darlin', stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand now
Stand by me, stand by me
 
 
Hooked on a Feeling
 
I can't stop this feelin' deep inside of me
Girl, you just don't realize what you do to me
When you hold me in your arms so tight
You let me know everything's alright
 
I, I'm hooked on a feeling, high on believin'
That you're in love with me
Lips as sweet as candy, their taste stays on my mind
Girl, you keep me thirsty for another cup of wine
Got it bad for you, girl, but I don't need a cure
I'll just stay addicted and hope I can endure
 
All the good love when we're all alone
Keep it up, girl, yeah, you turn me on
 
I, I'm hooked on a feeling, high on believin'
That you're in love with me
 
All the good love when we're all alone
Keep it up, girl, yeah, you turn me on
 
I, I'm hooked on a feeling, I'm high on believin'
That you're in love with me
 
I'm hooked on a feeling, I'm high on believin'
That you're in love with me
 
I said I'm hooked on a feeling, I'm high on believin'
That you're in love with me
 
 
City of New Orleans
 
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out at Kankakee
And rolls along past houses, farms and fields
Passing trains that have no name
And freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
 
Good morning America, how are you
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
 
Dealing card games with the old men in the club car
Penny a point, ain't no one keeping score
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor
And the sons of pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their fathers' magic carpets made of steel
And mothers with their babes asleep
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
 
Good morning America, how are you
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
 
Nighttime on the City of New Orleans
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
But all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rail still ain't heard the news
The conductor sings his songs again
The passengers will please refrain
This train got the disappearing railroad blues
 
Good night America, how are you
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
 
 
Let it Be
 
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
 
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
 
And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
 
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be
 
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
 
And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
 
And let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
 
And let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
 
Lean on Me
 
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
 
Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
 
Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill
Those of your needs that you don't let show
 
Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
 
So just call on me brother when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
 
Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
 
Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
 
Take me Home, Country Roads
 
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze
 
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
 
All my memories gather 'round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
 
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
 
I hear her voice in the mornin' hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin' down the road, I get a feelin'
That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday
 
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
 
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
 
Take me home, (down) country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
 

​Sweet Caroline
 
Where it began
I can't begin to know when
But then I know it's growin' strong
Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Who'd have believe you'd come along?
 
Hands
Touchin' hands
Reachin' out
Touching me, touchin' you
 
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
 
But now I look at the night
And it don't seem so lonely
We fill it up with only two
And when I hurt
Hurtin' runs off my shoulders
How can I hurt when holdin' you?
 
Warm
Touchin' warm
Reachin' out
Touchin' me, touchin' you
 
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would, oh, no, no
 
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
Sweet Caroline