Guitar Chords - Creedence Clearwater Revival: Up Around The Bend & Long as I Can See The Light

It's a lotta fun, this blogging lark - yesterday I was 'Up the Junction' with Squeeze, today I'm going 'Up around the Bend' with Creedence Clearwater Revival!!

I'm reworking two of the classic songs on my Creedence guitar chords page - "Up around the Bend" and "Long as I can see the Light"

First thing I discovered was that I had both songs in the wrong key. These would have been worked out in pre-YouTube days, back then I was just working the keys and chords from my memories of the song, it's so much easier now that you can listen to pretty much every song on YouTube while working out the chords.

There were also a few endline 'filler' chords I'd omitted, which make the song sound more complete. I converted the text files to web files, added links to the parent and home page, and embedded the videos to play along with.

The converted and updated pages with these songs are at the links below, and videos for both songs have been embedded. The songs are chorded in the correct key for playing along with the video.


"Up Around The Bend" chords are -   D  A  A7  G  and F#m, a nice easy set of chords for learning guitar players.  ( see Guitar Chords for Up Around The Bend  )

"Long as I can see the Light" chords  are ( relative to capo on 2nd fret )  A  E  D  and F#m, also a handy enough bunch of chords for beginners  ( see Guitar Chords for Long as I can see the Light )


These new versions are now available on my Creedence Clearwater Revival guitar chords page, along with another 10 or so, I'll be revisiting the page to 'fix up' these songs ASAP.    You can find all of  my Creedence songs guitar transcriptions at the link below:


Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Video - Creedence 'Up Around The Bend'
 


Video - Creedence 'Long As I Can See The Light'

Play along with the videos above to help you learn the tempo, strumming etc.

Go to CDUniverse to browse Creedence albums and other works: Creedence music at CDUniverse
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Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
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Ed Sheeran - Guitar Chords for "A Team" and "Lego House"

Ed Sheeran is a rising star in the 'singer-songwriter' genre, one of the few areas I can draw on for good guitar-based music these days.

I first heard of Ed Sheeran when I heard him perform "A Team" on "Later with Jools Holland", about 8 or 9 months ago, and it was obvious that this was a new talent about to burst upon the mainstream. Sure enough, Ed released his debut album '+' in September last year, with 'A Team' as the lead single hitting the UK charts at number 3.

This was closely followed by the second single "You Need Me", which entered the charts at #4 - this one was a total change of pace, with Ed having fun with a catchy little rap number, unfortunately not one I would attempt to work out guitar chords for!

The lovely, whimsical "Lego House", 3rd single from the album reached number 5 in the UK charts, and with the album + reaching number one in the Album charts, a new star was born.

I will make a point of getting hold of the new single "Drunk" and having a close listen, and hopefully working out the chords. In the meantime, I have worked out easy chords and lyrics versions of both "A Team" and "Lego House".

You can find my chords and lyrics interpretations at the links below ( both songs are on my Pop Songs Guitar Chords page ) :

A TEAM
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Guitar Chords and Lyrics to "A Team" by Ed Sheeran ( play along with the video below or on Ed Sheeran "A Team" on Youtube




LEGO HOUSE
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Guitar Chords and Lyrics to "Lego House" by Ed Sheeran ( play along with the video below or on Ed Sheeran "Lego House" on Youtube



LEGO HOUSE
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Guitar Chords and Lyrics to "Lego House" by Ed Sheeran ( play along with the video below or on Ed Sheeran "Lego House" on Youtube




You can check out the Ed Sheeran album and singles at CD Universe - Ed Sheeran albums and singles


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Guitar Chords - Jamie Lawson "I wasn't expecting That"

Like David Gray before him, Jamie Lawson is another West of England singer-songwriter who has been 'adopted' by the Irish music loving people as one of their own. His great single "I wasn't expecting that" went to #1 in the Irish iTunes charts, having gone viral on YouTube, with over 360,000 views since it was posted earlier this year.

Jamie has been touring his new album of the same name ( "Wasn't expecting That" ) around Ireland over the past few months, and is building up a huge following around the country. I have only had the chance to 'dip into' the album, some of the songs sound amazing, some possibly need to grow on you. Very much a new artist finding his feet, but one I believe will explode on the international scene very soon.

I have worked out an easily playable chords and lyrics version of the single, and posted it on my Pop Songs Guitar Chords page at www.guitarsongs.info (PJ's Guitar Chords and Lyrics)

The chords are straightforward enough: C, Em, Am, G, F, Dm and E7 for the verse and chorus, and a bridge which also includes G# and G7. The key for the song is actually F#, but Jamie plays it with a capo on the 6th fret, using the chords above, which just seem to suit the song.

The chords and lyrics for "Wasn't Expecting That" are at this link:

Guitar chords and lyrics to "Wasn't Expecting That" by Jamie Lawson

Play along with the video below, or on Youtube at Jamie Lawson "Wasn't Expecting That" on YouTube




Significantly, Jamie has opted for an Irish domain for his website, which is at http://www.jamielawson.ie/

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