Tuesday, July 29, 2008

July Update & Newsletter

PJs Guitar Chords and Lyrics received it's 8Millionth visitor on 26th July 2005!!!


The July site update has been completed, the July Guitar Chords and Lyrics Newsletter was issued to over 6,000 guitarist subscribers on 25th July, with 10 more songs added, more tips and articles, and recommended resources for the learning and proficient guitar player.

The July Guitar chords newsletter can be viewed online at http://www.guitarsongs.info/news250705.htm

Ten songs added to the site in July:

Misc. Rock Songs:
Everyday - Slade

KT Tunstall:
Other Side of the World
You're Beautiful - James Blunt

Greenday:
Wake me up when September Ends

Coldplay:
Speed of Sound

Foo Fighters:
Best of You

Tom Waits:
Fall of Troy

Weezer:
The world has turned and left me here
Beverley Hills

REM
Radio Song
Madness - Lovestruck

I highly recommend that you check out Chris Elmore's GuitarSongs, a multimedia guitar learning site that takes your favourite songs, and with audio and video lessons, shows you how to play the entire song - lead breaks, riffs and solos, as well as the chords and strumming patterns.



I'm always looking out for good resources for guitar players, and where possible, using the power of numbers ( 7.5 million site visitors, 6,000 newsletter subscribers ) to obtain great value for learning guitarists.

Enjoy your music,
PJ

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Friday, July 25, 2008

The Fratellis - Mistress Mabel chords and lyrics

I suppose it's inevitable, when you are bowled over by a band's debut album, that it can take a while to warm to the second one. I've only had a chance to have a couple of play's of the Fratellis "Here we Stand", the songs are great, but I kinda feel that Jon has toned down his raw, manic vocals just a bit. In fairness, I need to listen to the album a few more times.

Nothing wrong with the first single from the album. "Mistress Mabel" stands up there with the best from "Costello Music".

I've worked out my 'chords & lyrics' version of the song, and added it to my Fratellis song chords page:

The Fratellis guitar chords and lyrics

The song is in the key of B, and I had originally intended to transcribe it to A or G, and advise using capo on 2nd or 4th fret. But it's just meant to be played in B, doesn't sound nearly the same otherwise. Most of the song is covered by B, E, E7 and F#, so it's a great song to practice playing the B major chord, which I know many early learners tend to avoid like the plague!

If you do find it daunting, you can try using the capo on the 2nd fret and playing:

Verse: A D (x4)
A D7 (x2)
A D (x2)

Pre-chorus: D E (x2)

Chorus: A E (x2) D C D






If you haven't already got this album you can buy it online at this CD Universe Fratellis music link - "Costello Music" is also available there.


Check out the Fratellis official website at: http://www.thefratellis.com


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Monday, July 21, 2008

Tom Waits, John Kongos songs

Two new songs added to the site, the delicious "Singapore" by the inimitable Tom Waits, and a probably lesser known song: "Tokoloshe Man" by John Kongos.

My love of Tom Waits music is probably pretty obvious by now! Much of his stuff is difficult to translate just for guitar, but I've done my best with "Singapore", great song!

You can find my interpretation on my Tom Waits page:

http://www.guitarsongs.info/waits.htm

Younger visitors are probably saying "John WHO??". But if you haven't heard Kongos' early 70's 'Jungle Stomp' songs, you should really try to get hold of both "Tokoloshe Man" and "He's Gonna Step on you again" ( covered by Def Leppard, among others ) - the songs are available on iTunes according to www.johnkongos.com. His "Tribal Stomp" sound was, I believe, the first use of authentic African music fused with rock, well worth checking out.

Both songs are posted on my "Rock Songs" page, at:

http://www.guitarsongs.info/rock.htm#Hs ( "He's gonna step..." ) and
http://www.guitarsongs.info/rock.htm#Ts ( "Tokoloshe Man" ).


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Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Friday, July 18, 2008

John Mayer - "Say" chords and lyrics

To be honest, working out versions of John Mayer songs suitable for learning to intermediate guitar players is quite a challenge, but his latest song "Say", from the film sountrack of "The Bucket List", is a really nice, melodic song, and with the use of the learning guitarist's best friend, the Capo, can be played with very basic chords - G, C, D, Em and Am7

I've worked out my interpretation of the song which you can find on the link below:

Chords and lyrics for John Mayer songs

"Say" has been added to the re-released versions of John Mayer's third album "Continuum", from which I've already included chords for "Waiting on the World to Change". There are now 15 songs on the John Mayer page (above).


Find out more about John Mayer on his website: http://www.johnmayer.com/ and on Wikipedia's John Mayer page

You can sample and purchase John Mayer CDs, DVDs etc at the CD Universe page below:

John Mayer Music


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Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Weezer - 'Pork & Beans' chords and lyrics

For my most recent post of a Weezer song, I went all the way back to 1994 with "Suzanne" from the original eponymous "Weezer" ( known as the "Blue Album" ).

Well, the boys are still going strong, and this time I have worked out my interpretation of their new single "Pork and Beans", from their second album with the main title of "Weezer", but which is known as the "Red Album".

Althought there are 14 years, a bunch of great albums and 22 singles seperating the two, Weezer have managed to retain the charm of their old sound, without compromizing or sounding repetitive. It makes me think of all of the promising bands who have tried too hard to keep their sound changing, usually ending up losing the old fan base along the way, without creating a new generation of loyal fans.

Not that Weezer haven't made innovative changes along the way, but just that they have never strayed too far from the sound they obviously were formed to create. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I've worked out my version of the chords and lyrics to "Pork and Beans" and posted them to my Weezer guitar chords page. It's a really catchy song, I hope you like it, and will have fun playing and singing along.


Weezer's official site is at : weezer.com and you can check out their album and singles list on their CDUniverse page


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P.J. Murphy
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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Colbie Caillat - "Realize" chords and lyrics

Colbie Caillat ( pronounced like 'ballet' ) is probably the first performer to become famous via the social media. Her MySpace page was a huge success, and she was "No. 1 unsigned singer" for three months. Shortly afterward, she cracked the US charts, hitting #1 with the brilliant "Bubbly", which had had over 22 million plays on her MySpace page.

I posted my version of the chords and Lyrics for Bubbly back in April, and have now worked out my interpretation of her latest single "Realize" which got to #2 in the US charts recently. I still find it strange that she's having virtually no success on this side of the pond?

For those who are familiar with these songs, and would like to attempt playing them, I have worked out fairly easy to play versions which you can reach at the links below:

Colbie Caillat - "Bubbly" chords and lyrics.

Colbie Caillat - "Realize" chords and lyrics.


If you're not familiar with the songs, you can check them out at these links:

Colbie Caillat - "Bubbly" on YouTube.

Colbie Caillat - "Realize" on YouTube.

You can buy her brilliant first album "Coco", featuring "Bubbly" and her other singles at CD Universe - Colbie Caillat music page

Colbie's official website is at http://www.colbiecaillatmusic.com/ Her world renowned MySpace page is at http://www.myspace.com/colbiecaillat - this is a 'must visit' page!!!



Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
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Friday, July 11, 2008

KT Tunstall - Saving My Face chords and lyrics

KT Tunstall, Edinburgh's finest ( and prettiest! ) rock star, has come a long way since her appearance on "Later with Jools Holland" shot her to fame with "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" ( for which she won a Q Music Award for 'Best Track' )

I have worked out my interpretation of the chords and lyrics from her #1 UK single "Saving My Face", from her latest ( and absolutely brilliant ) "Drastic Fantastic" album - you can check out the song on my KT Tunstall guitar chords page, below:

KT Tunstall song chords and lyrics




Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
webmaster: PJ's Guitar Chords and Lyrics - http://www.guitarsongs.info/

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Wilco - guitar chords to Heavy Metal Drummer & Break Your Heart

Having been introduced to Wilco by my daughters, who are big fans, I posted 'Either Way' from last year's "Sky Blue Sky" to my Miscellaneous Rock Guitar Songs page some months ago.

Since then I've been listening to them on and off, and have particularly taken to the "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" album, all great songs.

I have recently posted my interpretations of the guitar chord and lyrics for both "Heavy Metal Drummer" and "I am Trying to Break your Heart", both from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, also to my Miscellaneous Rock Guitar Songs page at the links below:

Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer song chords and lyrics
Wilco - I am Trying to Break your Heart song chords and lyrics

Check out the songs on YouTube, hopefully these interpretations can help you play along with the songs while learning them.

Wilco's official site is http://www.wilcoworld.net/ If you want to browse or buy Wilco music online, click the link below:
Wilco CDs at CD Universe


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P.J. Murphy
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10 Million guitarists can't be wrong!

On Wednesday 5th July, I received the 10 millionth visitor to my website ...... 10 MILLION!!

I was delighted, humbled, proud... and pretty much gobsmacked! That's more than twice the population of the country I live in! Ten million visitors - that's a lot of tea and biscuits!!
Certainly not what I expected when I created the site as a hobby/experiment back in 1999. And quite an achievement for a one-man, (very) amateur outfit competing for traffic with some very large 'company' guitar sites.

Apologies for blowing my own trumpet there, but it is a huge landmark for me.

Anywaze, since my last post I have issued the monthly guitar newsletter with 10 songs added to the site, some more guitar tips, recommended online guitar and music resources and latest news. I've published it online at http://www.guitarsongs.info/news.htm - the new songs are from Pink, Christy Moore, John Kongos, Raconteurs, Sheryl Crow/Sting, Tom Waits , The Shins, Jack Johnson , Bob Marley and Keane.

I hope you find it useful, and thank you for your continued support of the website, and for helping me achieve this amazing milestone.

Enjoy your music,

P.J. Murphy
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Monday, July 07, 2008

Aqualung - Strange and Beautiful guitar chords

I had previously posted just one song from Aqualung ( aka Matt Hales ) - which was the classic "Brighter than Sunshine", from the "Still Life" album, posted on my Miscellaneous Rock Guitar Songs page

Strange and Beautiful was actually the debut Aqualung single, from the "Aqualung" album, but both songs feature on the first Aqualung US album, also titled "Strange and Beautiful", which was my first introduction to the band/artist, and consisted of selected songs from the two earlier albums.

If you're not familiar with the music, the sound is kind of a cross between Radiohead, Wilco and The Shins. Check out some of the songs on YouTube, if you like 'em, see if my interpretations are useful in helping you to play the songs.

You can check out my version of the chords and lyrics for "Strange and Beautiful" at the link below:

Rock Guitar Chords page - Aqualung "Strange and Beautiful"

The official Aqualung website is at: http://aqualung.net/ , and you can view and/or purchase Aqualung music at the link below:

Aqualung CDs at CD Universe


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P.J. Murphy
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Thursday, July 03, 2008

Kings of Leon - On Call chords and lyrics

This is my third attempt at 'chording' a Kings of Leon song - following on from "Bucket" ( from the "Aha Shake Handbrake" album) and "Fans" ( from "Because of the Times" ) both of which you can see on my Miscellaneous Rock Guitar Songs page

"On Call" is one of the other singles from "Because of the Times". It's a challenging enough song vocally, but I've worked out a pretty playable version with just 3 chords - G, Bm and Em. Click the link below to try it out:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to "On Call" by Kings of Leon

or browse around the other miscllaneous songs on my "Rock guitar songs page"

The official Kings of Leon website is at: http://www.kingsofleon.com/ , and their albums etc are available to peruse or purchase online, just click the link below:

Kings of Leon CDs at CD Universe


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P.J. Murphy
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