Guitar Songs

Played 20091219: Not bad, play slowly and on rhythm. Then work up in speed to the pace of the song. I added lyrics to the tab below; in general, each phrase is sung somewhere around the first and second beat of every two measures, i.e., four measures will have two phrases sung. The tabber uses "&" for Coda and "$" for Segno. Lyrics during the first play at "$" follows (1) and during the second play follows (2). I=[C][F][C][F] II=[F,Am/E][Dm,F][G,C/G][G7] III=[F,G][C,E7][F,G][C,E7] III'=[F,G][C,E7][F,G][C] Where the chords Am/E and C/G are played by holding Am and C but just at the appropriate strings. IntroX I Verse1 I,I,II Verse2 I,I,II Chorus III,III' Verse3 I,I,II Chorus III,III' http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/j/john_lennon/imagine_ver2_tab.htm Intro [C][F][C][F] Verse [C][F][C][F] Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try [C][F][C][F] No hell below us Above us only sky [F,Am/E][Dm,F][G,C/G][G7...

B B B B B B B B C#m C#m C#m C#m E E C9 C9 B B B B B B B B C#m C#m C#m C#m E E C9 C9 Chorus: B B F# F# E E B B Repeated several times Repeat Above

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.

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 ...

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...

20100927: So I asked for a song recommendation and was given Hey Soul Sister by Train. Interesting, as the next song I will try is I'm Yours and that would be three songs that employ the ukulele. And my friend just got a ukulele. I think I'm being told I need to get a ukulele too! I don't have this song in my music library, so I don't have the lyrics memorized. Though the basic layout of the song is fairly simple. It'll take a while before I can remember the lyrics. Overall Patterns: I: |C |G |Am |F II: |C |G |Am |F; G II': |C |G |Am; F |G III: |F |G; C, G IV: |F |G Song breakdown: Hey Ay: I Verse1: I II I II Chorus: III III III IV Hey Ay: I Verse2: I II' I II Chorus: III III III IV HVerse: I II HChoru: III III ChorusAlter: III III III III IV Hey Ay: II II C

20100925: I strummed and felt like the song was in the key of D major. With the chords D, G, and A repeating. The third tab I came to had the chords A, D, and E (key of A major). Lol, either I'm off (wrong key) or I'm close (consecutive major keys have two major chords in common). Though I'm more likely off, because when I was first listening, I was switching between the A and the G. And then only added the D when trying to complete the key. And D sounded right. But I didn't realize that A and D belong to the key of A. If I had realized, I would have tried A, D, and E compared to D, G, and A. Oh well... You learn from your mistakes.