Guitar Chords "Old Dan Tucker" Bruce Springsteen ( Trad )

I first heard "Old Dan Tucker" played at one of the fabulous Sunday night sessions in Wexford Town's 'Sky and the Ground' bar ( If you're visiting Wexford this summer this is the place to be for great music ).

I first thought that it might have been one of Paul C.'s own creations, he performs the song so well, but it has that authentic foot-stompin' barn-dancin' sound of old Americana, so I ran my usual check on Wikipedia , and found that it was one of the songs on Springer's "Seeger Sessions", having thought to have originally been written in the early 1800's. The Seeger Sessions had totally passed me by, as I haven't been a huge Pete Seeger fan, but I will definitely be checking out this album now!

"Dan Tucker" is one of those raucous rip-roaring songs which will always get the crowd joining in on the chorus ( or during the intro, as in the video clip below! )
It's a standard old "Three Chord Trick", so you should be able to sing it in the key of your choice. In "The Boss's" version below the song is in E major, but he's playing with a capo on 4th fret, so the chords he plays are C, F, G, C.

The song does lend itself well to being played with the C chord structure, so you can just try moving the capo until it fits your singing voice. If you don't want to use a capo, my Guide to guitar chord transposition should help you find the chords which suit you best.

I've transcribed a very simple version of this song, using the lyrics from the Springsteen video ( there are many other versions with additional verses if you want to search for 'Old Dan Tucker' lyrics ), and posted it to my Bruce Springsteen song chords page at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Bruce Springsteen "Old Dan Tucker"





If the video clip above doesn't play correctly, click here to play the YouTube video.



You can check out or purchase "We shall overcome: Seeger Sessions" or any of Springer's albums or CD's at:
this Bruce Springsteen CD Universe music link

Springer's official website is at http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html


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P.J. Murphy
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Lady Antebellum "American Honey" Guitar Chords and lyrics

Once again, in the search to find good new songs which are suitable for the early learning guitar player, I'm faced with a fairly barren landscape of new rock, rock/pop, singer-songwriter etc. material, so am checking out some genres I might have previously have bypassed - you will have noticed a few electro/techno/pop songs recently!

Lady Antebellum are a roots country music group, as you might expect coming from Nashville, Tennessee. What impressed me about this song was the purity of the vocals and harmonies, Hilary Scott having one of the sweetest country voices I've ever heard.

They released their first album, the eponymous "Lady Antebellum" in 2008, which featured the US Number one single "I run to you" ( this one completely passed me by, but I will most probably post it in the future )

"American Honey" is taken from their second and latest album "Need You now" which reached #1 in the US top 40 album charts, and gave Lady Antebellum their third consecutive #1 single in the USA Billboard charts.

The chords for the song are very playable, with the verse, chorus and bridge containing C, Am, F and Dm, G and Em.

It's a song with great opportunities for vocal harmonies, so while you can play it solo, it's one of those songs which will go down well at a jam session, where the other members can lift the song with the harmonies on the chorus.

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

Rock Guitar chords and lyrics to "American Honey" by Lady Antebellum




Play along with the video above, or on Youtube at Lady Antebellum "American Honey" on YouTube

Go to CDUniverse to browse the Lady Antebellum albums, and singles: Lady Antebellum music at CD Universe

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Paramore "The Only Exception" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

Yet another debut band ( for my Blog and Website, that is! ). Paramore are a Tennessee, USA band who have been around since 2004, have released 3 hit albums and been nominated for numerous Grammy and other awards - I just somehow haven't gotten round to listening to their songs that much, so this is my first attempt to work out an easy, chords and lyrics version of "The Only Exception", the third single from their 2009 album "Brand New Eyes". Lovely song, with gorgeous lyrics from Hayley Williams.

The song is in the somewhat tricky key of B major, and doesn't exactly use a standard pop/rock sequence of chords, but I think I've come up with a very playable version, even for early learning guitarists. I've changed the key from B major to G major - if you put your capo on the 4th fret this will bring your sound back to the original key. Intro, verses and chorus are all: G, Dm and Cmaj7 ( 332000 ), there is a Bridge which uses Am, G, and D, and an Outro with F, C, and G.

My guitar chords version of "The Only Exception" has been uploaded to my Pop songs chords page, you can find it at the link below:

Pop Guitar chords and lyrics to "The Only Exception" by Paramore



Play along with the video above, or on Youtube at Paramore "The Only Exception" on YouTube

Go to CDUniverse to browse the album and singles from the band: Paramore music at CD Universe

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Train "Hey Soul Sister" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

Sometimes I wonder if I'm living on another planet. When I first heard "Hey Soul Sister" on the radio, I thought it was maybe Jason Mraz or one of the new genre of singer-songwriters, but the DJ announced it was by a band called "Train", I thought "Hey! Great to hear another new pop/rock band on the scene".

So - I worked on the song and just before creating this post I thought I'd check the band out on the ever-reliable Wikipedia, only to find that they have been a really successful band in the US since the release of their debut album "Train" TWELVE YEARS AGO!! "Hey Soul Sister" is actually the first single from their 6th album "Save me San Francisco". I dunno, maybe just one of those bands who didn't get picked up by UK/European radio stations until now.

Either way, it's a great song, and not that difficult to play. The verses consist of E, B, C#m and A, with chorus chords of A, B and E. If you find these chords a bit tricky to play, just place a capo on the 2nd fret and transpose the chords as follows:

E ->D
B ->A
C#m->Bm
A ->G

So the verse chords will be D, A, Bm and G, and the chorus will have G, A and D.

I will try to check out the Train back-catalogue, and maybe work out a few more of their songs, they sound like a really good band. In the meantime I've added my interpretation of "Hey Soul Sister" in chords and lyrics format to my Rock songs chords page, just click on the link below:

Rock Guitar chords and lyrics to "Hey Soul Sister" by Train


Play along with the video above, or on Youtube at Train "Hey Soul Sister" on YouTube

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Paulo Nutini "Worried Man" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

This is Paolo's version of the old classic Folk/Blues song "Worried Man Blues", as recorded and performed by Woody Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and many others.

I had a request for chords and lyrics for the song from Catherine, and was about to reply with the link to the song on my Folk song chords page, but discovered that I had never posted it!

In any case, Paolo had of course put his own stamp on the song, and not only changed the tempo and style, but also the lyrics and chord sequences!

So I've worked out Paolo's version, which I have posted to my Paolo Nutini song chords page, at the link below. I will revisit the original "Worried Man Blues" classic as soon as I can, and add it to the Folk page.

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Paolo Nutini "Worried Man"





If the video clip above doesn't play correctly, click here to play the YouTube video.



Paolo's new album, "Sunny Side Up", and his previous record "These Streets" can be purchased online at
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Paolo's official website is at http://www.paolonutini.com


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