These may not be all the chords contained with in the songs, but it's a start...
Horse with No Name - America - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEHBTjIYejE
Em - 022000, D6(add9)/F# - 200200
Paperback Writer - The Beatles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvkICbTZIQ
G - 320033, C - x32010
What I Got - Sublime - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uc3ZrmhDN4
D - xx0232, G - 320033
Everyday People - Sly and the Family Stone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUUhDoCx8zc
G - 3x0003, C/G - 3x2013
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrZRURcb1cM
F - 133211, G - 355433
Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byQIPdHMpjc
A - x02220, E - 022100
Jane Says - Jane's Addiction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anWmfN-dODs
G - 3x0033, A - x0222x
Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yU0JuE1jTk
Capo 1st - G - 320033, C - x32010
Closer - Ne Yo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_aC5xPQ2f4
C2(#11) - x34030, Em9 - 024030
Songbird - Oasis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YU94V1q4c8
G - 320033, Em7 - 022033 (passing chord G/F# - 2x0033)
Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake and Palmer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89g1P_J40JA
G - 320033, D - xx0232, Em - 022000, Am - x02210
Blue Suede Shoes, a Pub with no beer (slim Dusty); Sloop John B; you are my sunshine; love me do.
Monday, August 3, 2020
Saturday, November 16, 2019
How to Sing the Blues
How to Sing the Blues by Lame Mango Washington (attributed to Memphis Earlene Gray with help from Uncle Plunky, with revisions by Little Blind Patti D. and Dr. Stevie Franklin)
1. Most Blues begin, "Woke up this morning."
2. "I got a good woman," is a bad way to begin the Blues, 'less you stick something nasty in the next line: "I got a good woman - with the meanest face in town."
3. The Blues is simple. After you get the firstline right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes...sort of: "Got a good woman - with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher - and she weigh 500 pound."
4. The Blues are not about choice. You stuck in a ditch: You stuck in a ditch ain't no way out.
5. Blues cars: Chevys and Cadillacs and broken down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or SUV's. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.
6. Teenagers can't sing the Blues. They ain't fixin to die yet. Adults sing the blues. In Blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
7. Blues can take place in New York City, but not in Hawaii or any place in Canada. Hard times in St. Paul or Tucson is just depression. Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City still the best places to have the Blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.
8. A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg cuz you skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg cuz an alligator be chomping on it is.
9. You can't have no Blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
10. Good places for the Blues: a. highway b. jailhouse c. empty bed d. bottom of a whiskey glass. Bad places: a. ashrams b. gallery openings c. Ivy League institutions d. golf courses
11. No one will believe it's the Blues if you wear a suit, 'less you happen to be an old black man, and you slept in it.
12. Do you have the right to sing the Blues? Yes, if: a. you're older than dirt b. you're blind c. you shot a man in Memphis d. you can't be satisfied. No, if: a. you have all your teeth b. you were once blind but now can see c. the man in Memphis lived d. you have a retirement plan or trust fund
13. Blues is not a matter of color. It's a matter of bad luck. Tiger Woods cannot sing the blues. Gary Coleman could. Ugly white people also got a leg up on the blues.
14. If you ask for water and Baby give you gasoline, it's the Blues. Other acceptable Blues beverages are: a. wine b. whiskey or bourbon c. muddy water d. black coffee The following are NOT Blues beverages: a. mixed drinks b. kosher wine c. Snapple d. sparkling water
15. If it occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die. So is the electric chair, substance abuse, and dying lonely in a broken down cot. You can't have a Blues death if you die during a tennis match or getting liposuction.
16. Some Blues names for women: a. Sadie b. Big Mama c. Bessie d. Fat River Dumpling
17. Some Blues names for men: a. Joe b. Willie c. Little Willie d. Big Willie
18. Persons with names like Sierra, Sequoia, and Rainbow can't sing the Blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.
19. Make yer own Blues name (starter kit): a. name of physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.) b. first name (see above) or name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, Kiwi, etc.) c. last name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.) For example, Blind Lime Jefferson, or Cripple Kiwi Fillmore, etc.
20. I don't care how tragic your life; you own a computer, you cannot sing the blues. You best destroy it. Fire, a spilled bottle of MadDog, or shotgun. Maybe your big woman just done sit on it. I don't care. Now go on.
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Monday, February 5, 2018
Friday, January 12, 2018
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Stuff I Use Links...
My Gear -
Dunlop Guitar Picks for Electric
Gravity Guitar Picks for Electric
Dunlop Guitar Picks for Acoustic
Elixir Electric Strings
Elixir Acoustic Strings
Augustine Classical Guitar Strings
Intellitouch Clip On Tuners
Shubb Acoustic Capo
Shubb 12-String Capo
Shubb Electric Capo
Shubb Nylon String Capo
String Winder Tool
Mogami Cables straight ends
Mogami Cables one straight and one angle ends
George L’s Cable Kit (for pedal boards)
Off The Wall Guitar Hangers Standard
Off The Wall Guitar Hangers Wider
ProLine Seven Guitar Stand
ProLine Five Guitar Stand
Ultimate Support Guitar Stand
Dunlop Blues Bottle Slide
Production Tools -
Apple Logic
Apogee Duet 2 Interface
API Mic Pres
“Lunch Box” for API’s
Native Instruments Komplete
Yamaha HS8 Speakers
Hair Product -
Bumble and Bumble Bb. Gel 5 ounce
Not kidding here. How many of you have run your hand through your hair only to transfer sticky hair product to your guitar neck. Not a problem with this stuff. You’ll thank me later!
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
The Business of Making Music | #13 Types of TV Music
In this video I talk about the three types of music found in television shows....
1. The score
2. "Needle Drops"
3. Source music
4. Theme
5. Bumpers
6. Library Music
Each have their own qualities and requirements.
1. The score
2. "Needle Drops"
3. Source music
4. Theme
5. Bumpers
6. Library Music
Each have their own qualities and requirements.
For example...
The Business of Making Music | #12 Types of Film Music
In this video I talk about the three types of music found in films.
1. The score
2. "Needle Drops"
3. Source music
Each have their own qualities and requirements.
1. The score
2. "Needle Drops"
3. Source music
Each have their own qualities and requirements.
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