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Ingrid Michaelson - You and I

I love this song. Ukulele Chords: (Note the alternative Am and F chords) C : 0003 F : 2013 Am: 2003 E7: 1202 G : 0232 D7: 2223 (barred 2nd fret) Csus4: 0013 I: C F Am F II: C E7 F C II': C E7 F G II": C E7 F D7 III: C FG C VERSE1: I I CHORUS: II II' II" III VERSE2: I I CHORUS: II II' II" III C Csus4 C Csus4 C CHORUS: No chords. PN on his (tenor) ukulele and me on ukulele. Chord Analysis: progI: I IV vi IV progII: I iii7 IV I progII': I iii7 IV V progII'': I iii7 IV ii7 progIII: I IV-V I = authentic cadence http://ukulelehunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/youandi.pdf VERSE 1 [C]Don't you worry there my honey [F]We might not have any money [Am]But we've got our love to pay the [F]bills [C]Maybe I think you're cute and funny [F]Maybe I wanna do what bunnies [Am]Do with you if you know what I [F]mean CHORUS Oh lets get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France Lets get rich and gi

Hallelujah

Tuned to GCEA Ukulele Chords: C : 0003 Am: 2003 Am: 2000 F : 2010 G : 0132 E7: 1202 http://ukulelehunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/hallelujah.pdf I: C Am C Am II: F G C GC III: C F,G Am F IV: G E7 Am Am V: F Am F [each chord strummed twice] VI: C G C Am C Am INTRO: I I VERSE1: I II III IV CHORUS: V VI VERSE2: I II III IV CHORUS: V VI VERSE3: I II III IV CHORUS: V VI VERSE4: I II III IV CHORUS: V VI

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Relevant Links: Baby, It's Cold Outside (Wikipedia.org) Afternoon: PN on his (tenor) ukulele, SH, PN, and I singing different parts. Though I didn't know the song as well as they did, so I just sung underneath one of them. Evening: I tried practicing the song on ukulele for a while. A lot of the chords slowly became easier to transition to. Evening Evening: PN on his ukulele, SH on ukulele, and me on guitar. We started off SH singing the female part, PN singing the male part, and I had freedom of choice. First couple rounds I just focused on guitar and keeping rhythm. When I started singing, I went with the simpler female part. Eventually, TH and I singing the female part, PN and SH singing the male part. This worked pretty well after a couple of tries. Some notes on our playing: Most chords held for one measure. For "Ah but it's [G7]cold [C7]out[F]side," the G7 and C7 each get half a measure and F goes back to getting a full measure. For playing rhythm, th

Sara Bareilles - Gonna Get Over You

I: C Am Dm G I': C Am Dm Bb II: F G Em Am II': F G IV: C Am Fm G IV': C Am Fm F G VERSE: I I' II II' CHORS: I I VERSE: I I' II II' CHORS: I I BRDGE: IV IV' Someday Oooohoooohhhoooohoooooh: I I CHORS: I I http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/s/sara_bareilles/gonna_get_over_you_ver2_crd.htm No Capo C Goodbye Am Should be sayin' that to you by now, shouldn't I? Dm Layin' down the law that I live by, G Though maybe next time C I've got a thick tongue, Am Brimming with the words that go unsung Dm Simmer then the burn for a someone, Bb A wrong one F G And I tell myself to let the story end, Em Am My heart will rest in someone else's hand F G My 'why not me?' philosophy began, And I say Chorus: C Am Ooh, how'm I gonna get over you? Dm G I'll be alright, just not tonight C Am Someday, oh I wish you'd want me to stay Dm G I'll be alright, just not tonight, C Someday C

Matchbox 20 - 3 am

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I didn't actually try to play the song, but I watched and played along with the video lesson.

Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/m/maroon_5/she_will_be_loved_crd.htm Capo on 1. Verse: Bm A Chors: D5 A Bm G So in D we'd have D Em F#m G A Bm C#dim So in Bm. Bm- X2443X A- X02220 D5- X0023X G5- 3X003X

Jack Johnson - Flake

20111108: [20111109] It's been a while since I've attempted this song. I remember when I had trouble with the barred chords. Now it's a matter of memorizing the lyrics. Without memorizing the lyrics, I occasionally lose track of the position of the chords. Otherwise, it's rather straightforward. I: Dm F Bb F I': Same as I but play each chord once. II: Dm F Bb C III: F C Dm A Bb C F C Intro: I I Verse: I I I II Chors: III III Verse: I' I' I II Chors: III III http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/j/jack_johnson/flake_ver4_crd.htm I can also practice the following strumming: D _ U D{palmhits} [U U U D U] [20111110] I've been practicing the strumming pattern. Today I started with the progression of the verse. Then the progression for the chorus. After practicing it a while I just focused on the lyrics. Then I tried to put it together.

Iron and Wine - Such Great Heights

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20160127: It's been a long time since I first looked at this song and I've learned many things since that time. Looking at the tab below, I'd start by just practicing the following chord progression: C, C, G, G, F, F, C, G. It is sufficient to strum and sing along with these chords. Then a simple finger-picking patter can spruce it up and a provides a good opportunity to practice timing the vocals. Finally, before playing the song as tabbed below, I'd start with the following simplification: C e|-------0---------|------[-]--------| B|-1-------------1-|-------1-------1-| G|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----| D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| A|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------| E|-----------------|-----------------| _| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | G e|-------3---------|------[-]--------| B|-0-------------0-|-------0-------0-| G|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----| D|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| A|-----------------|-----------

Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song

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http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/bruno_mars/the_lazy_song_crd_992284id_01102010date.htm With this tab, strum up twice on each chords. Except perhaps the occasional need to strum four times. Strumming down works. Or sometimes strumming to imitate the whistling works. I didn't want to go through and memorize it at the moment because I didn't want to spend to much time feeling it out. But the chorus is B F# E repeated three times and then B D#m E. The song appears to be in the key of B major. B C# D# E F# G# A#. The tab writes Ebm instead of D#m.

Gavin DeGraw - Nice to Meet You Anyway

20111016: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/g/gavin_degraw/nice_to_meet_you_anyway_crd.htm I took the given chords and tried to play the song how it sounded right. I didn't get a good feel for it. 20111022: The song is tabbed in the key of Bb. Bb Cm Dm Eb F Gm Adim. [I]: Bb | F | Gm | Eb Dm | is I V vi IV iii The intro has a little riff that plays over the chords. [II]: Dm Cm Eb Dm is iii ii IV iii [II']: Bb Cm Eb Dm is I ii IV iii [III]: Cm Eb is ii IV [IV]: Cm F Bb Dm Bb Dm Eb F Ab Eb is ii V I iii I iii IV V ? IV [V]: Bb F Eb is I V IV Song: Intro: [I] [I] Verse: [I] [I] (I don't want to get too close...) Chors: [II] [II'] [III] Trans: [I] [I] Verse: [I] [I] (I believe you're very...) Chors: [II] [III] Bridg: [IV] (And the sky...) Verse: [I] [I] (I don't mean to be...) PreCh: [II] Chors: [III] Bridg: [IV] (And the sky...) Verse: [I] [I] (So before this...) Chors: [II] [II'] [II'] [III] Outro: [V] x 5 I'm gonna analyze

Jamming 20110929

A little sequence "Blackbird" "Tear's in Heaven" That one little tune C Am by that guy, fingerpicking [20200120: I'm not sure which song I'm referring to here. Initially I thought "Wherever You Will Go," but technically the chords for that are C G Am7 F C. If I meant Am C then perhaps "I Will Follow You Into the Dark."] Jammed I played "Who's Knocking" (a song which I wrote). She played her little sequence. "Romance" (classical piece) The draft for the above note had the datetime 20111013 3:48 PM. But texts indicate it may be 20110929.

LET IT FLOW 20110720 5 to 8 songs

20110720: So it's been a while since I've done this. I've decided to call it "LET IT FLOW." How I used to do it: I'd load up Pandora, let a station play. As a song comes by, I'd look up the guitar tab. Sometime there wouldn't be enough time to find a tab and understand it, but I'd have a print out, so the next time the song comes up, I'd have the tab ready. How I'll do it today: I've since looked for patterns to learn songs, and so it takes a little bit more processing. I'll load up an artist on Last.fm, let the radio start. Pause it on a song that I think I can learn. Look up the tab. Process it a bit. Play the song. If I want, I can look up the song on YouTube and practice it one or two more times if it's worth trying. Today's Radio: Last.fm. Artist: Goo Goo Dolls. Goo Goo Dolls - Here is Gone http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/g/goo_goo_dolls/here_is_gone_ver3_crd.htm The Calling - Wherever You Will Go http:/

The Eagles - Hotel California (Drums)

I played the following over and over until I played it with little struggle. http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/e/eagles/hotel_california_drum_tab.htm H |x-xx--x-x-xx--x-|x-xx--x-x-xx--x-| S |----o-------o---|----o-------o---| B |o-------o-----o-|o-------o-----o-| I started H+S. Then I tried to do H+B but it was too hard to time so I just tried to do all three. I would often do: H |x-xx--x-x-xx--x-| S |----o-------o---| B |o-------o-------| Or: H |x-xx--x-x-xx--x-| S |----o-------o---| B |o-----o-o-----o-| Or basically I would have to do at least the double or single bass in a row before my mind could mentally switch. But at some point I get into the rhythm and just do it. I really just have to trust myself that I'm doing it, otherwise the moment I try to concentrate on it, I lose it. In the end, it was easiest for me to start the pattern as a double tap and then single and then focus on starting over with the double. So instead of: H |x-xx--x-x-xx--x-|x-xx--x-x

Eric Hutchingson - Rock and Roll [C3]

20110306: I've practiced a little of this song before, but today I think I got the rhythm down a little better than I did before. I feel like I might even start to remember the chord progression. Let me try to see if I can remember it: Capo on 3. G B7 C A7 Repeats for a while. Three chords in a row: B7 C Am. Followed by D. Twice. Then to the chorus. C G D G. The chorus was a little tricky at first, but the key for me was to feel the music and sing along with soul instead of trying to focus too hard on how I heard Eric Hutchingson playing it. In any case let I=G B7 C A7 II=Bm Am C D III=C G D G IV: Am F C Intro: I Verse I: I He's been... I Lately... II II Chorus(He): III III III III NaNaNa: III III Verse II: I See her... I Reading... II II Chorus(She): III III III III NaNaNa: III III Bridge: IV IV IV IV II Chorus(They): III III III III NaNaNa: III III... Later, because the fire alarm in the building was triggered, Sinan and I went to the drum room to

The Beatles - Let It Be

20110303: The other day (20110301) Sinan and I were in the drum room and he played Let It Be on his guitar. I improvised on the drum, since I didn't know how the actual drum part. Inspired, I've set out to learn the song on guitar. In the key of C we have C G Am F C G F (C/E Dm C) for the verse and Am G F C C G F (C/E Dm C) for the chorus. I like to remember it in terms of chord numbers: I V vi IV I V IV (I ii I) and vi V IV I and the second part of the verse gets repeated. At least that's what I've tried and it sounds decent. One tab had, instead of (C/E, Dm, C), (E note 4th string, D note 4th string, C) I played the notes to the solo as tabbed here: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/beatles/let_it_be_solo_ver2_tab.htm It's fun even though my timing is off, because it just moves along the pentatonic scale. It's getting late, so I'll call it a day. But searching for "Let It Be Solo" in YouTube seems promising. Just watchin

Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

20101222: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/e/eagle_eye_cherry/save_tonight_ver2_tab.htm The song is simply: Am F C G. What takes a little getting used to is the moments to sing. The key is to start certain sentences before the start of the next strum, not the start of the previous strum. It is perhaps easiest to get accustomed to this by starting with the chorus. Chorus lyrics are easy: Save tonight. Fight the break of dawn. Come tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll be gone. Repeat twice. Come and close the curtains, we have enough light, all we need is candle light. Let's drink wine. I'm going away. So let's drink the wine and delay our misery. Third verse: Fire, desire Fourth verse: Ain't easy to say goodbye. 20110302: I've gotten used to playing the rhythm and singing if I look at the lyrics. Now its a matter of memorizing this simple progression and memorizing the lyrics. I suppose the difficulty for me is that most songs I think about, I want to go fro