#11: Easy Songs: Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something

Howdi-digidi-do!

We continue with a song that's probably a bit more well-known by the younger followers; An easy 3-chord-song called Breakfast at Tiffany's by 1-hit-wonder Deep Blue Something:



       G           D          A     

-----3--------3-------0-----
-----0--------2-------2-----
-----0--------3-------2-----
-----0--------0-------2-----
-----2----------------0----
-----3---------------------


D                   G            A            D                 G            A            D
You say that we've got nothing in common, no common ground to start from,
        G      A       D          G     A
and we're falling apart.
D                      G          A          D                   G             A          D
You'll say the world has come between us, our lives have come between us,
     G            A                 D          G     A
still I know you just don't care.


 
D                                  A               G                   D                    A
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's, she said I think I remember
       G              D                            A              G              D         A
that film and as I recall I think we both kind of liked it, and I said well
               A                      G
that's the one thing we've got.


Guitar Solo


D                     G     A            D                  G             A             D            G
I see you're the only one who knew me and now your eyes see through me, I
         A          D           G        A
guess I was wrong.
D                         G        A            D           G             A                   D
So what now it's plain to see were over and I hate it when things are over
       G             A          D        G       A
and so much is left undone.




D                                  A               G                   D                    A
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany's, she said I think I remember
       G              D                            A              G              D         A
that film and as I recall I think we both kind of liked it, and I said well
               A                      G
that's the one thing we've got.






D                   G            A            D                 G            A            D
You say that we've got nothing in common, no common ground to start from,
        G      A       D          G     A
and we're falling apart.
D                      G          A          D                   G             A          D
You'll say the world has come between us, our lives have come between us,
     G            A                 D          G     A
still I know you just don't care.

#10: Easy Songs: Train - Drops of Jupiter

Down here are the Chords of Train, with Drops of Jupiter

Since we've talked about the tablature, I'll go ahead, give you guys a small practice, and give the chords in a Tablutare, instead of an Image. It also looks better so that's two plusses!

      C        G       F        D       Dm

-----0------3------1------3------1---
-----1------0------1------2------2---
-----0------0------2------3------3---
-----2------0------3------0------0---
-----3------2-----(3)-----------------
------------3-----(1)-----------------

You should try to play all the 6 notes of the F-chord. If you're not able to, don't play the notes that are between the brackets

C
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
G                                                 F
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
C
She acts like summer and walks like rain
G                                                           F
Reminds me that there's time to change, hey, hey
C
Since the return from her stay on the moon
G                                                                   F
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey

G                                             D
Tell me did you sail across the sun
                                               F                               C
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
G                                                  D
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
                                        Dm
One without a permanent scar
                                 
And did you miss me while you were looking at yourself out there

C
Now that she's back from that soul vacation
G                                                              F
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
C
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
G                                                        F
Reminds me that there's time to grow, hey, hey
C
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
G                                                           F
I'm afraid that she might think of me as plain ol' Jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land

G                                                            D
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
                                                   F                                 C
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day          
And head back to the Milky Way
G                                                   D
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind
                                                  Dm
Was it everything you wanted to find
                                 
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there

                               C
Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
         G                                     F
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you're wrong
                               C                                                G
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone conversation
F
The best soy latte that you ever had . . . and me

G                                        D
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
                                                   F                                C
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the Milky Way


G                                             D
Tell me did you sail across the sun
                                                F                               C
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
G                                                  D
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
                                        Dm
One without a permanent scar
                                 
And did you miss me while you were looking at yourself out there

#9: How to read guitar tabs? Part 1

Around me I'm hearing the question from some fellow guitar players how to read Guitar Tablature. Because I'm blogging now anyway, I decided to give a short tutorial on how to play Guitar Tabs.

This is how an empty guitar tab looks like:

|------------------------------------------------------------- 1st string  - e

|------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd string - B

|------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd string - G

|------------------------------------------------------------- 4th string - D

|------------------------------------------------------------- 5th string - A

|------------------------------------------------------------- 6th string - E

Now let's add some notes, giving us a simple Emajor chord, strummed once.

The numbers in the tab indicates a fret. So in given example you'll need to stroke all 6 strings.

|-------0----------------------------------------------------- 1st string  - e

|-------0----------------------------------------------------- 2nd string - B

|-------1----------------------------------------------------- 3rd string - G

|-------2----------------------------------------------------- 4th string - D

|-------2----------------------------------------------------- 5th string - A

|-------0----------------------------------------------------- 6th string - E

We continue adding a non-barré Gmajor chord

|-------0------3---------------------------------------------- 1st string  - e

|-------0------0---------------------------------------------- 2nd string - B

|-------1------0---------------------------------------------- 3rd string - G

|-------2------0---------------------------------------------- 4th string - D

|-------2------2---------------------------------------------- 5th string - A

|-------0------3---------------------------------------------- 6th string - E

So first we start of with an Emajor, then go with a Gmajor, and now we end up with an Amajor chord

|-------0------3------0---------------------------------------- 1st string  - e

|-------0------0------2--------------------------------------- 2nd string - B

|-------1------0------2--------------------------------------- 3rd string - G

|-------2------0------2--------------------------------------- 4th string - D

|-------2------2------0--------------------------------------- 5th string - A

|-------0------3---------------------------------------------- 6th string - E

When you want to play an A-chord, you 'll only need to play 5 strings, which the tablature also inducates, since no Fretnumber on the low E-string is given. Some tablatures will put up an X in their tabs if you don't need to stroke the string. So following tablature is exact the same.

|-------0------3------0---------------------------------------- 1st string  - e

|-------0------0------2--------------------------------------- 2nd string - B

|-------1------0------2--------------------------------------- 3rd string - G

|-------2------0------2--------------------------------------- 4th string - D

|-------2------2------0--------------------------------------- 5th string - A

|-------0------3------x--------------------------------------- 6th string - E

If you play the chords in our tablature, you'll notice we just tabbed  the well known 'Smoke on the Water' intro, by Deep Purple.

When you see a tab like this, you're required to stroke the strings óne by óne:

|--------------------------0----------------------------------- 1st string  - e

|----------------------0--------------------------------------- 2nd string - B

|------------------1------------------------------------------- 3rd string - G

|--------------2----------------------------------------------- 4th string - D

|----------2--------------------------------------------------- 5th string - A

|------0------------------------------------------------------- 6th string - E

This was part one! Part two comes later with some effects that are written in tabs like harmonic's, pull-off's etc. 

#8: Easy Songs: Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

Down here are the chords for Ring of Fire, performed by Johnny Cash
All standard tuning, no Capo.

Chords Used

G C G
G D7 G

  G            C         G       G C G
Love is a burning thing
            D7        G     G D7 G
And it makes a fiery ring
                C         G    G C G
Bound by one's desire
                           D7     G
I fell down into a ring of fire

 D7            C                   G
I fell into a burning ring of fire
           D7                                   C                G
Went down down down and the flames went higher
                                      D7     G         D7      G
It burns burns burns that ring of fire that ring of fire

        G        C           G    G C G
The taste of love is sweet
                            D7   G   G D7 G
When hearts like ours meet
                    C       G    G C G
I fell for you like a child
                     D7          G
Ohhh but the fire went wild


 D7            C                   G
I fell into a burning ring of fire
           D7                                   C                G
Went down down down and the flames went higher
                                      D7     G         D7      G
It burns burns burns that ring of fire that ring of fire



 D7            C                   G
I fell into a burning ring of fire
           D7                                   C                G
Went down down down and the flames went higher
                                      D7     G         D7      G
It burns burns burns that ring of fire that ring of fire



        G        C           G    G C G
The taste of love is sweet
                            D7   G   G D7 G
When hearts like ours meet
                    C       G    G C G
I fell for you like a child
                     D7          G
Ohhh but the fire went wild



 D7            C                   G
I fell into a burning ring of fire
           D7                                   C                G
Went down down down and the flames went higher
                                      D7     G         D7      G
It burns burns burns that ring of fire that ring of fire



 D7            C                   G
I fell into a burning ring of fire
           D7                                   C                G
Went down down down and the flames went higher
                                      D7     G         D7      G
It burns burns burns that ring of fire that ring of fire

        D7      G
The Ring of fire

#7: Easy Songs: John Denver - Leaving on a Jetplane

Another classic song, also performed by John Denver:

Chords Used

Intro:

C / G (2x)

            G                              C

All my bags are packed I'm ready to go.

        G                      C

I'm standing here out side your door.

    G                      Am                    D7       

I hate to wake you up to  say good bye.

              G                            C

But the dawn is breaking it's early morn.

        G                         C                    

The taxi's waitin he's blowing his horn.

     G                 Am                    D7

Already I'm so lonesome I could die.

      G                  C             

So kiss me and smile for me.

  G                         C

Tell me that you'll wait for me.

  G                         Am             D7   

Hold me like you'll never let me go.

                  G     C                    G   

Cause I'm leavin on a jet plane. 

                            C                          G

Don't know when I'll be back again. 

        Am                D7

Oh, babe  I hate to go.

                 G                   C               

There's is many times I've let you down.

      G                    C  

So many time I've played around.

  G                 C                         D7

I tell you now they don't mean a thing.

            G                C

Every place I go I'll think of you.

          G                  C

Ev'ry song I sing I'll sing for you.

         G                        C                          D7

When I come back I'll bring your wedding ring.

 C                    G

Now the time come to leave you.

 G                    C    

One more time let me kiss you.

          G                    C                 D7        

Then close your eyes I'll be on my way.

G                         C

Dream about the days to come.

         G                      C

When I won't have to leave alone.

     G                C                      D7          

About the times I won't have to say...

      G       C                   G   

I'm leavin on a jet plane. 

                            C                          G

Don't know when I'll be back again. 

        Am                D7

Oh, babe  I hate to go.

Hope U enjoyed!

#6: Easy songs: Country Roads - John denver

We'll continue with this next easy song, called Take me home, by all-time-legend John Denver:
To play this song as in the original key, you're required to put a Capo on the 2nd fret. It's not necessary to play with a capo, the only effect It'll have is that if you're going to sing, you're required to sing two semi-tones lower, which is no biggie.

But since I haven't explained what a Capo is, I'ts time for it now I suppose!

A capo is a device used on the neck of a guitar to shorten the lenght of playable strings, hence raising the pitch. A picture explains it.

Chords Used

Capo on Fret 2

G

 G                   Em
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
D                                    C               G
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
                          Em
Life is old there, older than the trees,
 D                                          C                    G
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze.

                                      D
Country roads, take me home,
            Em          C
To the place I belong:
               G                      D
West Virginia, mountain momma,
                C                    G
Take me home, country roads.

                             Em
All my mem'ries, gather 'round her,
   D           C                              G
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
                           Em
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
  D                                           C             G
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.


                                      D
Country roads, take me home,
            Em          C
To the place I belong:
               G                      D
West Virginia, mountain momma,
                C                    G
Take me home, country roads.


 Em                               D                       G
I hear her voice, in the mornin' hours she calls me,
       C                                   G              D
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
          Em                    F
And drivin' down the road,
              C                 G                                       D
I get a feelin' that I should have been home yesterday,
      D7
yesterday.


                                      D
Country roads, take me home,
            Em          C
To the place I belong:
               G                      D
West Virginia, mountain momma,
                C                    G
Take me home, country roads.



                                      D
Country roads, take me home,
            Em          C
To the place I belong:
               G                      D
West Virginia, mountain momma,
                C                    G
Take me home, country roads.


                D                    G
Take me home, country roads.
                D                             G
Take me home, down country roads.

Good luck! And if you got any questions or want to have a video tutorial just ask me!

#5: Let's Rock! Basic Chords, Basic Song

So, we're all ready, set, and tuned up, but now what? Let's start out with the most used basic chords:

The numbers indicate the fingers position:

1. Index Finger
2. Middle Finger
3. Ring Finger
4. Small Finger

The strings with 'x'-mark on top means you won't have to stroke the certain strings. Remember to hold your fingers on the right position of the fingerboard, make sure every single string sounds nicely and sustains well.

The chords are both major and minor chords. Normally we learn guitar we'll play in the following keys:

• C-Major: C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am
• G-Major: G, Am, Bm, C, D, Em

Let's start out with playing the following song on the guitar while playing it as a background music on the computer. If you're a beginner, it'll definitely take some weeks before you master switching between the chords, but keep focussed, train a lot, and you'll be happy when you're able to do it!

Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heavens Door

INTRO

G     D     Am

               

G     D     C  

G     D     Am

G     D     C

VERSE 1

 G        D                       Am

Mama take this badge off'a me

G        D             C   

I can't use it any more

G              D                  Am

It's getting dark to dark to see

G                     D                          C

Feels like I'm knocking on heavens door

Chorus:

G                      D                         Am

knock knock knockin on heavens door

G                      D                          C   

knock knock knockin on heavens door

G                      D                         Am

knock knock knockin on heavens door

G                      D                          C

knock knock knockin on heavens door

Solo:

G D Am

G D C

G D Am

G D C

Verse 2:

G        D                           Am 

Mama put my guns in the ground

 G     D                     C

I cant use them any more

G                        D                  Am

That cold black cloud is comin' down

G                     D                         C  

Feels like I'm knocking on heavens door

Chorus:

G                      D                         Am

Knock knock knockin on heavens door

G                      D                          C   

Knock knock knockin on heavens door

G                      D                         Am

Knock knock knockin on heavens door

G                      D                          C

Knock knock knockin on heavens door

G D  Am

G D  C

Cheers!