Temper Trap "Sweet Disposition" chords and lyrics

With the shortage of guitar bands getting airplay on radio or making into the charts, I find myself trying to work out guitar versions of songs from other genres, such as Owl City's "Fireflies" ( see previous post ) and the techno-pop "Sweet Dispostion" by Australian band Temper Trap, from their debut album "Conditions"

While the strumming patterns required to play this on guitar can be tricky, the chords themselves are very playable - D, Bm, G, and A. You can actually get away with just playing straight down-up strums throughout, unless you want to be brave and double-up as the tempo of the song speeds up!

Temper Trap were chosen by BBC (UK) as one of their 15 "Sounds of 2009"

I've uploaded my guitar chords interpretation of "Sweet Surrender" to my Rock songs chords page, you can find it at the link below:

Rock Guitar chords and lyrics to "Sweet Dispostion" by Temper Trap



Play along with the video above, or on Youtube at Temper Trap "Sweet Dispostion" on YouTube

Go to CDUniverse to check out the Temper Trap album: Temper Trap music at CD Universe

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P.J. Murphy
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Owl City "Fireflies" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

Although this is pretty much a techno or synth-pop song, I liked it so much I decided to have a go at working out a playable version for guitar.

I think it worked out quite well, considering - key was E flat, which was a bit tricky for early learners, so I stuck a capo on 3rd fret, and chorded it in C.

Owl City ( a.k.a. Adam Young ) is a relatively new act, hadn't heard any of their stuff before, but "Fireflies", from their 2nd album "Ocean Eyes" got loads of airplay, Adam having built up a huge following on MySpace before releasing the debut album "Maybe I'm Dreaming".

I think "Fireflies" works ok without the synth effects, and once you use the Capo on the 3rd fret, the chords are C, F, G, Em and Am - a nice enough set of chords, playable by people at most levels.

I've uploaded my chords version of "Fireflies" to my Rock songs chords page, you can find it at the link below:

Rock Guitar chords and lyrics to "Fireflies" by Owl City




Play along with the video above, or on Youtube at Owl City "Fireflies" on YouTube

Go to CDUniverse to browse the Owl City albums, EPs and singles: Owl City music at CD Universe

If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my list of cool and useful guitarist resources on my Online Guitarist Resources page

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P.J. Murphy
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Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind #2 guitar chords and lyrics

Hard to believe that it's over 2 years since I've posted a song by Alicia Keys! But it was indeed March '08 when I uploaded chords and lyrics for "Like you'll never see me again" to my Soul/R&B songs page.

When I heard the 'original' Empire State of Mind I had my usual rant: "Another good song ruined by taking a great soul vocal and letting some banal rapper take all the good out of it". So I was delighted to hear that Alicia released her own version, Empire State of Mind #2, and got right down to working out a playable version for guitar.

Easy enough chords, just E, Amaj7 ( x02120 ) and B. If you're still finding the B a bit tricky, I've given an alternate version with C, Fmaj7, E, putting a capo on the 6th fret.

I have worked out my version of the chords and lyrics for "Empire State of Mind #2" and added them to my Pop Songs guitar songs page at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind"



Play along with the video above, or on YouTube - Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind #2".

Alicia's official website is at www.aliciakeys.com


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P.J. Murphy
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