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Amos Lee - Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight

20101015: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/a/amos_lee/keep_it_loose_keep_it_tight_tab.htm http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/a/amos_lee/keep_it_loose_keep_it_tight_ver2_tab.htm http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/a/amos_lee/keep_it_loose_keep_it_tight_crd.htm None of these tabs really fleshes out the song fully. But all capture bits and pieces to throw together. As such... I'm just gonna get the general idea. And go with the flow. 20101016: Actually the chord tab has all the chords in place so I go off that. E F#m G#m A B C#m. E major. (F# C# G# D#) Capo on II should make the relative key D major, yes? D Em F#m G A Bm (F# C#) I'll have to see later.

Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

20101011: This song will get the simplification treatment. And the simplification is very simple. One tab has the same four chords repeating throughout the whole song. F# C# D#m B (F# major) (http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/j/jason_mraz/im_yours_ver4_crd.htm)(The tab labels D#m as Ebm, which is the same chord, but technically speaking, F# major has D#, not Eb). B F# G#m E (B major). (Original Key)(http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/j/jason_mraz/im_yours_ver3_crd.htm) In either case, the progression is I V vi IV. (Thus in C major one would have C G Am F) I guess you could play open chords with a capo on the 6th fret. Lyrics Breakdown: Verse (Well you done done...) Chorus 1 (I won't hesitate...) Verse 2 (Open up your mind...) Chorus 2 (I won't hesitate... + There's no need to complicate...) Verse 3 (I've been spending way too long...) Chorus 1 First 1/2 Verse 2' (... the sky is yours) [Background First 1/2 Chorus 2] Leads over Second 1/2 Chorus

Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

20101010: This is one of the first songs I "learned" to play. The chords are simple. Now, I should tackle the chord breakdown and memorize it. Key of C major or A minor. Legend: [I] Am F Dm G [II] Am F G G [III] C F G G [IV] Am G Single Strum [V] F G Single strum Song Breakdown: Intro I II Verse I II I II Intro I II Verse I II I II Chorus III III III Verse I II I II Chorus III III III Bridge IV V IV V IV (Picks up coming into chorus) Chorus III III III III Chorus III III III III Outro III Strum Pattern: I'm not sure, but I was listening to the song today and it sounds like maybe the pattern goes: P_P_DUD_ or D_D_DUD_, where P is Pick a string, D is Down strum, and U is Up strum. Or perhaps the pattern changes depending on the part. D_D_DU__ or the way I've been playing it this whole time (in the past) D_DU_UDU. Intro sounds like D_D__UD_. So it could be subsets of D_DU_UDU. Like D_DU_UD_. Or perhaps the intro is PP_D_DU_ or DU_U_UD_ Mayb