Due to the Virgin festival this past weekend, I'm going with another Pearl Jam tune. This is one of their more fun songs to play on guitar......
Yellow Ledbetter
It's an aboslute beauty to sing along to while playing. You can play the lead for the intro and then strum the open chords while singing along to the verses, or play lead the whole way through.
The plan was to take Better Man by Pearl Jam but as flameswin took a Pearl Jam song ahead of me ill change it up and go with The Scientist by Coldplay. This is a lovely song to play acoustically, and great around a campfire.
Okay, so most of my songs have pretty much the same chord progression. Sorry, I still suck...but at least I can remember them when I'm drunk (well most of the time anyways)
I'll take If I Had A Million Dollars by the Barenaked Ladies!
CAPO ON 2ND FRET
INTRO- G D C G D C
G D C
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
G D C
I'd buy you a house (I would buy you a house)
G D C
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
G D C
I'd buy you furniture for your house (Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
G D C
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
G D C
I'd buy you a K-car (A nice reliant automobile)
G D C D
If I had a million dollars, I'd buy your love
C D G Em C
If I had a million dollars, We'd build a tree fort in our yard
C D G Em C
If I had a million dollars, You could help it wouldn't be that hard
C D G Em C
If I had a million dollars, We could put like a little refrigerator in there (We could keep snacks and beverages)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you a fur coat (but not a real fur coat that's cruel)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you an exotic pet (Like a llama or an emu)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you John Merrick's remains (All them crazy elephant bones)
If I had a million dollars, I'd buy your love
If I had a million dollars, We wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I had a million dollars, We'd take a limosine cause it costs more
If I had a million dollars, We wouldn't have to eat craft dinner
(but we would. We'd just eat more)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you a green dress (But not a real green dress, that's cruel)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you some art (A Picasso or a Garfunkel)
If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you a monkey (Haven't you always wanted a monkey?)
If I had a million dollars, I'd buy your love
If I had a million dollars, If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars, If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars, I'd be rich
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Let's get drunk and do philosophy.
If you took a burger off the grill and slapped it on your face, I'm pretty sure it would burn you. - kermitology
Okay, so most of my songs have pretty much the same chord progression. Sorry, I still suck...but at least I can remember them when I'm drunk (well most of the time anyways)
I'll take If I Had A Million Dollars by the Barenaked Ladies!
Thanks - that will be an easy one to play around the CP campfire this weekend.
This is a nice song on the acoustic guitar. Dave Gregory adds to the pastoral feel of the song with his beautiful playing. This song caused XTC's drummer to leave the band ("too weird"). Scroll down for the tab, from the excellent XTC fan-site, Chalkhills:
Though the hints of XTC's incipient switch from a more 'urban' to 'rural' setting and sound in their songs had been present before Mummer, it was that album's "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" which really showed that the group had new areas of inspiration to work with. As a folk-pop delight, calling to mind that period of English rock music where Bert Jantsch and Nick Drake had as much influence as Lennon and McCartney, the song can't be beat — Dave Gregory's intricate guitar work is a delight, while Andy Partridge's wistful lyric gets a lovely, winning delivery. The use of low, almost muffled percussion further helps to set the mood, while the song itself remains an XTC composition through and through — almost dripping with catchy hooks, possessed of a sudden mid-song break introducing a new melody, and practically shimmering throughout with merry energy. Few songs so readily capture the feel of a drowsy, beautiful summer day in the Home Counties. [allmusic]
This is a great song to play from a good Canadian band. Unfortunately their popularity (outside of Sask.) has diminished a fair bit since I was in high school, so there's not a great deal of video available. However, I did manage to find the following live performance:
My next pick is 'Tuesday's Gone' by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Most of you will probably remember it from Happy Gilmore. It's a fun song to play lead to, but the rythmn's pretty cool, too.
BTW Since there isn't a lot of feedback or discussion on song picks in this draft, I think we should do a quick poll and see how many people are attempting/learning the songs. I'll start....
I've highlighted in blue all the songs I've learned.
doozwimp - Wish You Were Here (12), Nothing Else Matters (42), Gagging Order (58), Never Wash Up After Yourself (72), The Scientist (83)
Berger_4_ - Wagon Wheel (15), Hurt (43), Airbag (59), Wheat Kings (74), If I Had A Million Dollars (84)
Matty C - Little Wing (17), Classical Gas (45)
troutman - Dust In The Wind (18), '39 (46), If I Can't Change Your Mind (67), Redemption Song (76), Love On A Farmboy's Wages (86)
Seabass - Hotel California (23)
Torture - Needle And The Damage Done (37), Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (49), Father And Son (68), Photographs And Memories (77), Under The Bridge (88)
LeftWing - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (25), Behind Blue Eyes (51), Apparitions (69), Plush (78) Colder than you (will learn it)
Without further adieu...Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens.
Im just starting on this one. My impression of it so far is that it requires some fairly technical playing and so in that way should be a good vessel to push playing ability forward.
Singing is far beyond my ambitions for this song, as Sufjans voice is not one i would ever attempt to match, but in case you are inclined this tab shows the chords for the entire song. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/...ki_day_crd.htm
Ill be gone without internet for a couple weeks, but ill be sure to PM my picks to trout in the coming hours.
I'll take a song by my favorite band ever, The Weakerthans
Virtute The Cat Explains Her Departure
You've got to listen to the original to really get the feeling behind it...when he sings "I can't remember the sound that you found for me"...well it just seems perfect. Anyways, the song is fairly easy to play if you follow the directions of the guy in the comments section and you feel like cheating and using a capo (that damn thing's my best friend haha).
