25 Feb 07
I've been working a couple "They Might Be Giants" songs, and Beatles... and some others.
Anyone have a link to a good song that isn't too complex for me to mess about with? The chords in Across The Universe by Beatles is a bit too complex, and TMBG is driving my wife nuts.
So, please let me know of a good song with lots of standard chords like
G
E
Em
C
A
Am
D
F
Bm
etc. Not much for the funky chords that take all 4 or more of my fingers.
Thanx in advance.
P-
25 Feb 07
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Am old, so this song shows my age. Try "China Grove" by the Doobie Brothers. Very easy to play!
http://www.911tabs.com/link/?294850
Also easy-to-play is Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon."
Alternatively, if you don't want to use too many fingers, looked up "dropped D" guitar tuning. With that, you can play I-IV-V blues progressions basically with full bar-chords. Add some distortion & a few fingering mistakes won't matter. Dropped-D also goodfor adding a bit of slide work.
I drive my wife nuts, too, but mainly because I somehow manage to put obscene lyrics to many songs. When I was in bands, never listened to the lead singer. Therefore, never learned all the words!
25 Feb 07
Originally posted by GPrincipyeah, I swear a lot also... Thanx for the tips. Drop D is also easier to sing to, some say since you don't need to try and hit high notes.
Am old, so this song shows my age. Try "China Grove" by the Doobie Brothers. Very easy to play!
http://www.911tabs.com/link/?294850
Also easy-to-play is Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon."
Alternatively, if you don't want to use too many fingers, looked up "dropped D" guitar tuning. With that, you can play I-IV-V blues progressions basically with full ba ...[text shortened]... s in bands, never listened to the lead singer. Therefore, never learned all the words!
P-
25 Feb 07
Originally posted by PhlabibitSubject : Xanadu tabs
I've been working a couple "They Might Be Giants" songs, and Beatles... and some others.
Anyone have a link to a good song that isn't too complex for me to mess about with? The chords in Across The Universe by Beatles is a bit too complex, and TMBG is driving my wife nuts.
So, please let me know of a good song with lots of standard chords like
G ...[text shortened]... uch for the funky chords that take all 4 or more of my fingers.
Thanx in advance.
P-
Transcription by Charles Grogan (s3sijdp@sae.towson.edu)
intro riff
1
--12-------11---------12------11--------
-----10-12----9--10------10-12---9--10--
9-------------------9-------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
main theme
2 3
--0-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
--0-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
--4-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
--2-|-0-------4-2-0---0---------------|----------------------------------
--2-|---4-2-0-------4---4-2-0->-4-2-0-|----------------------------------
0---|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
long scale after main theme
4
----------------------------------------------------------------0-|----------
----------------------------------------------------------------0-|----------
----------------------------------------------------------------4-|----------
0-------4-2-0---2-0-----0---------------------------------------2-|----------
--4-2-0-------4-----4-2---4-2-0-4-2-0---2-0-----0-------------2-2-|----------
--------------------------------------4-----4-2---4-2-0-4-2-0---0-|----------
chord work:
First time- guitar, percussion and synth come in
2nd-bass comes in
3rd-full drums kit, synth fades out
5
---5--2--0--0---
9--7--4--2--0---
9--7--4--2--4---
9--7--4--2--5---
7--5--2--0--5---
------------3---
Fourth time:
6
---5-2-0----0-----0-------0---0-----------0----0-0-0-
-9-7-4-2--2----0-------0-------0-----------0---0-0-0-
-9-7-4-2-2---4-------3-----1-----1-----------1-4-3-6-
-9-7-4-2-----5-----4-------2-----------2-------5-3-7-
-7-5-2-0-----5-----4-------2---------2---------5-2-7-
-------------3-----2-------0-------0-----------3-2-5-
7
-------0-----------0------0-0-0-
---------0-----------0----0-0-0-
-----------1-----------1--4-3-8-
-----2-----------2--------5-4-9-
---2-----------2----------5-4-9-
-0-----------0------------3-2-7-
Progression during lyrics ('To seek...'😉
8 9
0-0-------0---|-0-0-------0---|--------------------------------------
0-0-----0---0-|-0-0-----0---0-|--------------------------------------
1-3---3-------|-8-6---6-------|--------------------------------------
2-4-4---------|-9-7-7---------|--------------------------------------
2-4-----------|-9-7-----------|--------------------------------------
0-2-----------|-7-5-----------|--------------------------------------
In between '..Paradise' and 'I had heard..'
10
2-0-3-1-0------------------------------------------------------------
3-1-3-1-0------------------------------------------------------------
2-2-4-2-1------------------------------------------------------------
0-2-5-3-2------------------------------------------------------------
--0-5-3-2------------------------------------------------------------
----3-1-0------------------------------------------------------------
Then the chord sequence during 'I have heard...' etc. Here I've pinned
down all chords, for it's not all repetition.
11
E G A G E B A G A E B A G A E G A G E|
The second one runs from 'I scaled the frozen...'
12
E G A G E B A G A E B A G A E G A G E| E G
and going over in the picking passage.
13 14
------------------0-----------|-------------------0------------------
----3-------3-------3---------|-----3-------3-------3----------------
--2---0---2---0-------0-------|-------0-------0-------0--------------
0-----------------------------|---7-------7--------------------------
--------1-------3-------------|-5---------------3--------------------
------------------------3-2-0-|---------6---------------3-2-0--------
Two versions here, the first one is how Alex plays it, the second
one just a different fingering. See what suits you best.
Solo:
15
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------17!--19!--19->-(21)!--21->-(22)!--------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
0->-(2)--0->-(2)-----------------------------------------------------
16
---------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------_--------
-----9-11->-(13)-(13)->-11!------11-11-9-11->-(13)-(13)->-11-9----9!-
9-11------------------------9-11-------------------------------11----
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
17
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
7-6-4-------------------------------------11->-(12)->-11-9!----------
------7-5-4-5-4------------------------------------------------------
----------------7-5-4-0----------------------------------------------
------------------------2->-(3)-(3)->-2-0----------------------------
18
------------------------12-------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
9->-(11)--9->-(11)->-9!----------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
19 20
_
|-15-12----12-|-15->-(17)-15-15-15-15-14-12---------------------------
|-------15----|-----------------------------15-14-12------------------
|-------------|--------------------------------------14-13-12---------
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------14-13-12
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------
[two times]
21 22
_ _
-----------|------------------------_------12-15----12-15----|-------
-----------|---------------_------12-15----------15-------15-|-------
-----------|---------_---12-14----------14-------------------|-------
-----------|---_---12-14-------14----------------------------|-------
14-13-12---|-12-14-------------------------------------------|-------
---------15|-------------------------------------------------|-------
23
---------------------------------------17->-(19)-(19)->-17-17-15->-14
17->-(19)--17->-(19)-17-17->-(19)->-17-------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
24 25
--------|-----2-------------0-------------3----------------1---------
17-15->-|-------3-------------1-------------3------------1-----------
--------|---2--------------------------------------------------------
--------|-0---------------2------------------------------------------
--------|---------------0---------------5--------------3-------------
--------|-----------------------------3--------------1---------------
26 27
-------------------------16-|-0------
-17--------------17---------|-0------
-------16------------16-----|-4------
---14-----------------------|-2------
----------14----------------|-2------
----------------------------|-0------
------
25 Feb 07
Originally posted by LanndonKanerush rule yeahhhhhhhhhhhh
Subject : Xanadu tabs
Transcription by Charles Grogan (s3sijdp@sae.towson.edu)
intro riff
1
--12-------11---------12------11--------
-----10-12----9--10------10-12---9--10--
9-------------------9-------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
...[text shortened]... --------14----------------|-2------
----------------------------|-0------
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26 Feb 07
2 edits
Originally posted by PhlabibitLearn the more complex ones. It is not that hard to learn a lot of guitar chords, behind most of them is lot of logic, and the more chords that you learn, the easier will be to you to learn new ones. There exists certain patterns and analogies between chords. And when you learn them, you will be the coolest man around 😛
I've been working a couple "They Might Be Giants" songs, and Beatles... and some others.
Anyone have a link to a good song that isn't too complex for me to mess about with? The chords in Across The Universe by Beatles is a bit too complex, and TMBG is driving my wife nuts.
So, please let me know of a good song with lots of standard chords like
G ...[text shortened]... uch for the funky chords that take all 4 or more of my fingers.
Thanx in advance.
P-
C, G, F, a, e that you menition, does not give plenty of playing options. . It is very easy to find a good book on the theme of guitar chords, and to learn them pretty fast if you have some talent 🙂
