The Shins - The Past and Pending chords & lyrics

Following previous posts of "Kissing the Lipless", "New Slang", "The Celibate Life", "Phantom Limb", "Caring is Creepy", "Split Needles", "Black Wave", "Australia", "Strange Powers" and "Sea Legs" to my Shins guitar chords page, I have now added "The Past and Pending", an oldie from the 2001 album "Oh, Inverted World".

Once again, while the lyrics and melodies are somewhate quirky, the chords are very playable, even for those in the early learning stages, consisting of E, D, A, G ; E, D, A, D for the verse and the chorus also featuring all major chords, A, D, G and C. Try playing along with the YouTube video ( link below ).

You can find my interpretation of The Shins "The Past and Pending" on my guitar chords website at the link below:

The Shins - "The Past and Pending" guitar chords and lyrics


You can find "The Past and Pending" on YouTube at this link


You can check out/buy all of The Shins music at CDUniverse - The Shins Music page

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Lady Lenka - The Show chords and lyrics

This is another one of those really good songs I first heard on a TV advert, though I can't actually remember what the ad was for! Took me a while to locate it, as I thought it was called "Caught in the middle", but a search on the always reliable Wikipedia set me straight.

It's just a really nice bubbly pop song, easy to play, and one I can imagine many people would enjoy playing.

The chords are very straightforward - C, G, Am and F, and there is an infectious dum-de-dum ending part, that your audience are bound to sing along to!

I've posted my version of the chords and lyrics to "The Show" to my Pop Guitar Songs page, at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to "The Show (Caught in the Middle)" by Lady Lenka.



If the video above doesn't load, click on this YouTube - Lenka "The Show link.


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Lenka CDs at CD Universe



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Iron and Wine - Arms of a Thief chords and Lyrics

I have already posted three Iron & Wine songs - "Flightless Bird, American Mouth", "Passing Afternoon" and "16 Maybe Less" to my chords and lyrics website, having been introduced to their music by my lovely daughters.

The more I listen to Sam Beam's voice, the more I like it, so I hope to continue to add more of their songs, beginning with "Arms of a Thief", from their "Around The Well" album, which I've just added to the Rock guitar songs page of my site.

The song is in the key of Eb, but I've transcribed it to D, which makes for a much easier set of chords - Em, D and C - doesn't get much easier than that! If you put a capo on the 1st fret, you can play along with the song, you'll be in the right key.


Check out my chords & lyrics version of "Arms of a Thief" on my Rock Guitar song chords page at the link below:


Miscellaneous rock guitar songs: Iron and Wine - Arms of a Thief"

Check out the YouTube version of the song if you want to play along - YouTube - "Arms of a Thief", by Iron and Wine"

The official Iron and Wine website is http://www.ironandwine.com/ , you can check out their music online at the link below:

"Iron and Wine" music at CD Universe


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Greenday - "21 Guns" chords and lyrics

Greenday were the one of the bands who got me back into listening to music again in the 90s, with their punchy songs and anthemic choruses.

I wasn't a huge fan of their "American Idiot" album, although I did post the chords and lyrics for the title song plus "Holiday", "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" to my Greenday song chords page - just one of those albums with a few gems, and some fairly forgettable songs.

Their latest album, "21st Century Breakdown", although again it's a "Rock Opera", I think it's overall a better collection of songs, I hope to work out a bunch of playable versions over the next few weeks.

For the moment I have transcribed and added "21 Guns" to my Greenday guitar chords site page. The chords are not too tricky, being Dm, A# (Bb), F and C, with a D thrown into the chorus and an A# minor ( Bb minor) appearing in the bridge. It's quite a slow tempo song, so even early learners get a chance to make the chord changes in time!

You can find "21 Guns" on my Guitar Chords & Lyrics website, on the Greenday page.




If the embedded video above doesn't play correctly, you can check it out on this YouTube - Greenday 21 Guns link.


BTW - If you are a wannabe lead guitar player, you really should check out James Todd's Guitar Leads website, it is a really excellent resource for guitarists of all levels to acquire or improve their lead guitar playing skills.

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Keane - Is it any Wonder

Added "Is it any Wonder" from Keane, one of their best songs to date. It's taken me a while to get into Keane, but they are gradually growing on me, and I have posted a few of their songs on my miscellaneous "Rock Songs" page http://www.guitarsongs.info/rock.htm

The new song can be checked out at : http://www.www.guitarsongs.info/keane.htm


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Arcade Fire - Wake Up chords and lyrics

This is actually a blog post for a song which has been on my site for some time.

I haven't listened nearly enough to Arcade Fire, I don't even have any good excuses.

But, to be honest, the main reason I'm highlighting the song today is that my nephew created a short video of my beautiful daughter's wedding ceremony, with this song as the background track, so as a proud father, it now has new meaning for me. It is also a really great and fun song to learn and to play.



My chords and lyrics version of the song is on my Rock Songs Guitar Chords page at the link below:

PJ's Guitar Chords and Lyrics - Miscellaneous Rock Songs

And you can play along with the song by playing the video below. Obviously I'd rather you gave the clip a run through first, if only to see why I've done the proud father thing - also thought my nephew did a first class job catching the moments, the little glances and the general happiness of bride, groom and everyone present.

But, of course, if you just want to learn the song, that's good too!



If the embedded video doesn't play, you can find the YouTube version at Arcade Fire "Wake Up" - Nycola and Marc's wedding

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Aqualung - Breaking My Heart guitar chords and lyrics

This is my third post of an Aqualung song, following earlier transcriptions of "Brighter Than Sunshine" and "Strange and Beautiful". Aqualung is the stage name of singer-songwriter Matthew Hales, who really only hit public prominence when "Strange and Beautiful" featured as the song for the VW Beetle TV ad, and went on to be a UK top 10 hit.

If you're not familiar with Aqualung, check out their songs on YouTube, if you like 'em, see if my interpretations are useful in helping you to play the songs.

I've posted my interpretation of the chords and lyrics for "Breaking My Heart" at the link below:

Rock Guitar Chords and Lyrics - Aqualung "Breaking My Heart"




( If the embedded video above doesn't play, you can find the song HERE on YouTube )


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Aqualung CDs at CD Universe


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