Moeraes Fate ( was Dame ) - Listen and vote for the future of rock!

Ok, I have a small favour to ask. It will take a few minutes of your time, but I think it will be an enjoyable experience. It involves listening to a great new band called Moeraes Fate ( formerly Dame ). NOTE 29 Sept 09 - Dame have been re-invented as Moraes Fate, are about to release a new EP, and you can follow their fortunes at Moeraes Fate on Facebook

Because of my song chords website, I've been involved in pretty much all of the social media sites for several years now. Needless to say, most of my Myspace and Facebook 'friends' are bands and artists - 'birds of a feather' and all that. Which is great, because I get to listen to new bands and keep my finger on the pulse of new music.

Back in November 2007 I created a blog post here extolling the virtues of Dame ( now Moeraes Fate ) - a band from the Toronto area, who are still the best new band I've heard on any of the music community websites I subscribe to. Moeraes Fate ( formerly Dame ) are a trio of young ladies who belt out some of the best rock sounds I've heard in years. Which is astonishing when you realise that none of them are over 18. They have won numerous competitions for bands in the Toronto, Canada area, and are my tip to join artists like Colbie Caillat and The Fleet Foxes ( both of whom I had previously supported and promoted ) in the transition from MySpace to the recording studio and international recognition.

What I would ask of you is to visit the voting site on YouDiscover and vote for Moeraes Fate ( formerly Dame ). You'll find two of their live videos, and two songs on audio here, but I would suggest that you also visit the Moeraes Fate ( formerly Dame ) MySpace page to get the bigger picture - some of their earlier songs, Cyclops, Intervention and Hey Angel show off their lead singer Katee's bass guitar skills, as well as her kickass vocals, alternately sweetly seductive and in-your-face goddamn scary! This is a live acoustic version of one of their new songs "Making of the new me":



Add this to Ali's aggressive-blues licks, and Kayla's mission to beat the crap outta that drumkit ( in the best possible way! ) and you have a rock band which I'm convinced will punch their way to the mainstream, and really soon.

I know you will have received requests to listen to dozens of new bands, but please visit YouDiscover , listen, enjoy and VOTE FOR DAME! You know it makes sense - don't make me tell you in a few months that "I told you so...!"

Thanks for your attention, I'll be posting more song chords and lyrics really soon!

Enjoy your music,

PJ

Bob Dylan - I feel a change comin' on chords & lyrics

Although I've been a huge Dylan fan for many years, I must admit that I haven't given much attention to his later works.

But his latest album - Together Through Life is very listenable, very likeable. Ok, lyrically I guess I'll have to accept that we won't be getting the gorgeously intricate and metaphoric lyrics of past days, but he still manages to get some wry observations on life ( "Dreams never did work for me anyway, even when they did come true" ... )

I've worked out the chords and lyrics for "I feel a change comin' on", and posted them to my Dylan chords and lyrics page at the link below:


Guitar chords and lyrics to Bob Dylan "Things Have Changed"

If the video link below doesn't work for any reason, you can check this out on Youtube at this link




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Paolo Nutini - "Candy" guitar chords and lyrics

I had previously posted just one Paolo Nutini song - "New Shoes" from the "These Streets" album, have now worked out and posted the new single, Candy.

It's a very simple song to play, with just 4 chords - A, Em, G, D7 comprising the verses and chorus, and with a C chord thrown in for the outro chord sequence.

My interpretation of the song chords and lyrics for "Candy" is on my Pop Songs page at the link below:

PJ's Guitar Chords and Lyrics - Paolo Nutini "Candy"

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



Paolo hails from Paisley in Scotland ( more info on his official website: www.paulonutini.com or on Paolo's Wikipedia page

Paolo's new album, "Sunny Side Up", and his previous record "These Streets" can be purchased online at
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B'ehl - I'm sorry for being such a Crappy Friend

There are so many idiosyncrasies around this song, it's hard to know where to start!

It's a first, in that I've never posted a B'ehl song before. Actually, if I'm completely honest, I'd never heard of B'ehl before.

It definitely wins the prize for best song title on this blog....

And, while it's quite an easy song to play, and didn't take terribly long to work out, it definitely gets the #1 spot for 'longest time spent researching the background for a song on this blog'.

When I heard this song first, as so often these days on one of my daughters' MP3 players, I thought it was by The Sundays - the vocals sounded just like Harriet Wheeler at her best. But the title on the MP3 said "Bright Eyes - I'm sorry for being such a crappy friend", so I was all set to post it as a Bright Eyes song ( I had already posted their "First day of my life" to my Rock Song Chords page ).

But... it didn't sound like anything I'd heard from Bright Eyes, so I started my Google journey for the truth behind the song.

A search for the song name gave confusing results, suggesting it was... Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, Commander Venus (Bright Eyes precursor), and, finally B'ehl. When I clicked on the first few results, the name B'ehl seemed to be a common link, so I tried to find them on Wikipedia. For the first time ever, I came up with a blank. Then I just searched CDUniverse for B'ehl, and discovered a 2003 album of theirs titled.... "Bright Eyes"! End of confusion!.

Apologies for the ramble, but I've been working out guitar chords and lyrics for songs for over ten years now, and this was certainly the most troublesome. But well worth it, I really love the song, and I've posted my version of the chords and lyrics to my Pop Guitar Songs page, at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to "I'm Sorry for being such a Crappy Friend" by B'ehl.


If the video doesn't load below, click here to watch it on YouTube




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B'ehl CDs at CD Universe



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Snow Patrol "Take back the city" chords and lyrics

Love to play Snow Patrol songs on my guitar, so I was delighted to hear they're releasing a new album "A Hundred Million Suns" last month, I've only had a quick 'listen-thru', but it sounds great, and I'm hoping I'll be able to work out playable versions of some of the songs.

I've got the ball rolling with the new single "Take back the city". If you're an early learner you may be put off by the number of 'sus' chords throughout the song, but I have provided the diagrams for these chords at the beginning of the song - once you get familiar with the shapes and can get into the rhythm with which they carry the verses along, you'll be fine!

I've posted the song to my Snow Patrol Song Chords page, please feel free to check it out.

You can find the official Snow Patrol website at: http://www.snowpatrol.com/

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Iron & Wine - 16, maybe less chords and lyrics

I posted my first Iron & Wine songs in May ( "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" and "Passing Afternoon" ) having just recently started to listen to the band.

I've liked everything I've heard so far, so I plan to keep listening, and working out playable versions of their songs, beginning this month with "Sixteen, maybe less" from their joint venture with Calexico, "In the Reins".

The chords are pretty simple, just D, Bm, G and A - although I have transcribed to C, Am, F and G, with capo on the 2nd fret. I suspect this is how the original was played, as there are nice little runs between the C and Am, that lend the song to being played in the key of C.



You can check out my chords and lyrics interpretation of "16, Maybe Less" on my Rock Guitar song chords page at the link below:


Miscellaneous rock guitar songs: Iron and Wine/Calexico "Sixteen, Maybe Less"

Check out the YouTube version of the song if you want to play along - YouTube - Iron and Wine/Calexico "16, Maybe Less" ( if the embedded video below doesn't work just click the link above )

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The Shins - Sea Legs chords & lyrics

My last Shins post was "Strange Powers", which actually didn't feature on "Wincing The Night Away", but was the B side of this song, "Sea Legs", the 4th single from that album.

As with almost all of the Shins songs, the quirky intricacies of the lyrics and melodies suggest that they would be hard songs to play, but again, this song has only 4 chords - G, D, A# ( Bb) and F. The rhythm of the chords sometimes seems to go counter to the melody, but it just takes a little getting used to!

You can find my version of The Shins "Sea Legs" on my guitar chords website at the link below:

The Shins - "Sea Legs" guitar chords and lyrics





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Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal chords and lyrics

The Fleet Foxes ( another debutant band for my site ) are one of the new breed of 'Social Web' artists who, like Colbie Caillet, rose to prominence principally through the exposure of their music on their MySpace page, culiminating in the release of their debut album "Fleet Foxes" last year.

I've worked out a playable chords and lyrics version of the first single from the album, you can check it out at the link below:

Miscellaneous Rock guitar songs - Fleet Foxes 'White Winter Hymnal chords'


If the video doesn't load below, click here to watch it on YouTube




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Fleet Foxes CDs at CD Universe



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Missing songs from Chordie

Those of you who regularly use Chordie will have seen frequent messages for several songs indicating that "The person hosting these songs has asked them to be removed from the Chordie index"

Apologies, but I am that person! I'm sorry if you've been frustrated by seeing these messages instead of your requested song chords, but permission was never given to Chordie to use these songs, and they have graciously removed them at my request.

I would have preferred if they had instead replaced their pages with links to my original transcriptions, but this was unfortunately not possible.

Anywaze, you can find all 1,800 of 'em at PJ's Guitar Chords and Lyrics - http://www.guitarsongs.info/. Or just search for PJs Chords.

While there are many 'warehouse' song chord and tab sites out there, my site is based on accurate chord interpretations of an eclectic selection of my favourite songs and artists from the 60's right up to songs in the current charts.

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P.S. I've received one post from a Chordie fan which was 'less than complimentary'. Just want to say that this post was not to 'diss' Chordie in any way, it is an excellent site, and I have had a great working relationship with Per & Co for many years. But 'an unexpected error occurred', resulting in all of my efforts of 10 years being subsumed into the Chordie 'engine'. Per has corrected this, but has left the links pointing to an apology. I'm just trying to make sure people who have reached these pages know that the songs have not just disappeared, and let them know where to find them.

Ok J??



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Midlake - "Roscoe" guitar chords and lyrics

Another 'debut' band for my site! Not that Midlake are a new band ( formed in 1999, according to the ever-reliable Wikipedia ). Hailing from Texas, they list Radiohead, Jethro Tull, Grandaddy and Travis amongst their influences, which was good enough for me to give them a listen.

I liked what I heard too. I could hear the 'Tull influences in "Roscoe", but also, I thought, a hint of the Shins in the vocals and the melody.

The song has a nice gentle flow to it, and with just three chords, is pretty playable, although the chords of G#m, F# and E might be a bit daunting to early learners. If you are among this group, you should learn to transpose songs like this to an easier key, and use your capo ( if necessary ) to bring the song pitch up to the original key.

In this case I would replace the G#m, F# and E with Em, D and C ( in that order ) and put a capo on the 4th fret, so that you're playing Em shape, but actually playing a G#m chord. Check out my beginners guide to chord transposition, you will hopefully find it useful!

I have uploaded my interpretation of Midlake's "Roscoe" to my rock guitar songs page at the link below:

Miscellaneous Rock guitar songs - Midlake 'Roscoe'


If the video doesn't load here, click here to watch it on YouTube




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Midlake CDs at CD Universe



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Bat for Lashes - "Daniel" guitar chords and Lyrics

I had been aware of "Bat for Lashes" for quite a while, they'd played Glastonbury in 2007, won the ASCAP Vanguard award the same year, toured with Radiohead and was nominated for two Brit Awards last year, but I only heard them for the first time on "Later with Jools Holland" on BBC TV, singing "Daniel". Either they aren't getting the radio coverage they deserve, or I'm not listening to enough radio!

I think they are a great band, and this is a great song! Just checking out Wikipedia's page for the band, comparisons have been made with Bjork, PJ Harvey, Annie Lennox, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Stevie Nicks and Dolores O'Riordan. Not bad company to be keeping!

The song itself is really melodic and moves along at a nice pace. The version I heard was in the key of E / G#m, but I've transcribed it to G / Em, which means the chords are a more playable set of Em, G, C, Am. These are repeated throughout both verse and chorus, making it a really easy song to learn and play. Just put your capo on the 4th fret and play the 'G' chords as indicated, and you will be able to play along with the 'real' version in E major / G minor.


I've posted my version of the song to my Pop Guitar Songs page at the link below:


Miscellaneous Pop guitar songs - Bat for Lashes 'Daniel'




If you feel like playing along to the original above, or check out the YouTube version at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSmWvU0Z_8w



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Wilco - 'My Darling' guitar chords and lyrics

So far I've mainly been working out and including Wilco songs from "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot", this having been the album which ( somewhat belatedly ) got me hooked.

The plan was to move forward thru the newer albums, but I don't make any apologies for now including the gorgeous "My Darling", from the even earlier "Summerteeth Album".

My musical taste for anything post-1990 has been mainly informed by my gorgeous daughters, who are both Wilco fans, and "My Darling" is a really beautiful song from a parent to their child, which I'd like to dedicate to them. I know, I know, you didn't have me pegged as the schmaltzy type - it's a Father thing.... But it is a lovely, simple song, with pretty basic guitar chords - C, Em, D, G, F.

You can find my chords and lyrics interpretation of "My Darling" on my Wilco page (below):

Wilco - "My Darling" 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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May Site Update and Guitar chords Newsletter

The May site update has been completed, the May Newsletter was issue to over 6,000 guitarists on 26th May.

The Guitar chords newsletter can be viewd online at http://www.guitarsongs.info/news270505.htm

Ten songs added to the site:

Rock Songs:
California - Phantom Planet
Madness - Lovestruck
First Day of my Life - Bright Eyes
Such Great Heighs - Postal Service

Pop Songs:
Songbird - Eva Cassidy
Sway - Bic Runga
She Came Home for Christmas

Bob Dylan:
Don't Fall apart on me Tonight

The Smiths:
Last Night I dreamt that Somebody Loved Me

John Mayer:
Daughters


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I've also negotiated a $5 discount with the Amazing Guitar guru Andy Koblick, you can see more details in the newsletter.

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,
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Lisa Mitchell "Neapolitan Dreams" guitar chords and lyrics

Regular readers of my Blog will know that as I try to come up with good new songs for the website, I use TV shows and TV ads quite a lot for my inspiration.

The song from the UK "Surf" ad caught my attention quite a few weeks ago, but only this week I managed to catch the artistname and song title from a radio play - it's "Neapolitan Dreams" by Lisa Mitchell. I have to confess I knew nothing of Lisa, but have discovered from the ever-reliable Wikipedia that she is a young Austrialian singer-songwriter, and the song "Neapolitan Dreams" is from the soundtrack of "Packed to the Rafters", an Australian Comedy show. This album looks worth checking out, as it also features songs by Jason Mraz, Gabrielli Cilmi and Jose Gonzalez, among others.

"Neapolitan Dreams" is a really cute little song, and easy to play, featuring only 4 chords - C, C/B Am F, a very common riff - but Lisa gives the song a really distinctive sound. It is certainly one of those songs to add to the repertoire ( particularly for female guitarist/singers ), with it's anthemic "Ba-da, ba-da-da-da-da..." sing along bit at the end of the chorus, it should go down well at sessions with friends / family.


If you'd like to try playing this song, check out my interpretation at this link:


Miscellaneous Pop guitar songs - Lisa Mitchel 'Neapolitan Dreams'



If you feel like playing along to the originl, check out the YouTube version at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSmWvU0Z_8w



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Iron and Wine - "Passing Afternoon" chords and lyrics

Iron and Wine fans will be pleased to hear that, having posted chords & lyrics for my first Iron & Wine song ( Flightless Bird, American Mouth ) only yesterday, I have posted another today - "Passing Afternoon".

Followers of the US series "House" may remember this one from the final double-episode of Season 4, played over the tearjerking moments...

If you are not an Iron and Wine fan, take time out to listen to their stuff. It might be easy to dismiss as 'Emo', but Sam Beam's singing is absolutely knockout, lying somewhere between Neil Young, Michael Stipe and Jeff Buckley, while not sounding like any of these - just unique.

For the early learning guitarist, most of their stuff is a godsend, simple chords but with really tuneful melodies, so if you can nail them vocally, you can sound really professional without being a guitar virtuoso.

Just to repeat from the previous post, that I also have chords and lyrics to "Such Great Heights" which was an Iron and Wine cover of the Postal Service original. I've listed it as a Postal Service song, but I think my interpretation covers both versions.


You can check out my chords and lyrics interpretation of "Flightless Bird" is on my Rock Guitar song chords page at the link below:


Miscellaneous rock guitar songs: Iron and Wine "Passing Afternoon"

Check out the YouTube version of the song if you want to play along - YouTube - Iron and Wine "Passing Afternoon" ( if the embedded video below doesn't work just click the link above )

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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Iron and Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth Chords & Lyrics

Once again, I have no excuses to offer. My daughters have been singing the praises of Iron and Wine for years now, and I'm finally getting round to posting my first chord & lyric interpretation of one of their songs - the gorgeous "Flightless Bird, American Mouth", from their 2007 album "The Shepherd's Dog" ( it was also released as an iTunes single in 2008 ).

I had heard their excellent version of the Postal Service song "Such Great Heights", but as I'd already posted the original version of that to my Rock song chords page and the chords seemed pretty much the same, there wasn't much point in reposting.

I worked the Iron and Wine song out while listening to a live version on YouTube ( see below ), it was played in the key of C, but with capo on 2nd fret bringing it up to D. You'd really need to play this one with the C set of chord shapes, as it has that nice C, C/B, Am run going all the way through. If you find it doesn't suit your voice, keep moving the capo up a fret until you find a key that suits, as this one doesn't really lend itself to transposition ( unless you move it right up to G, where the chords would be G, G/F#, Em, C, D - which would have a similar flowing chord set. Way too high ( or low ) for me tho! ).

My version of "Flightless Bird" is now on my Rock Guitar song chords page at the link below:


Miscellaneous rock guitar songs: Iron and Wine "Flightless Bird, American Mouth"

Check out the YouTube version of the song if you want to play along - YouTube - Iron and Wine "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" ( if the embedded video below doesn't work just click the link above )

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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Noah and the Whale - Shape of my Heart chords and lyrics

As with "5 Years Time" ( which is also featured on my Rock Guitar song chords page ) "Shape of My Heart" seems to have been another slow burner, in that both of these released earlier as singles from the 2008 album "Peaceful, the world lays me down", and have since both been re-released as singles, as the reputation of the band gains momentum.

I'm kinda undecided whether they're a good band or a GREAT band, the songs are really very simple, but have the same kind of appeal for me as The Kinks, or say, Belle and Sebastian. But they are good fun to play, and many ( including "Shape of My Heart" ) can be played with just 3 Major chords and one Minor.


I've worked out my version of the chords and lyrics for "Shape of my Heart" - it's in the key of F, chords are F, Bb, C with an Am in the chorus. If you're an early learner and find these chords difficult, you can transpose down to C and put a capo on the 5th Fret, so you'll be playing: G,C,F,C for the verse, and Em,F,C for the chorus. Check out my guide to chord transposition to learn how to do this for any song where you find the chords too tricky, or where the key of the song doesn't suit your voice.

I've posted my interpretation of the chords and lyrics for "Shape of My Heart" to my Rock guitar songs page at the link below:

Miscellaneous rock guitar songs: Noah and the Whale "Shape of My Heart"

Check out the YouTube version of the song if you want to play along - YouTube - Noah and the Whale "Shape of My Heart"

The official Noah and the Whale website is http://www.noahandthewhale.com/ , you can check out their music online at the link below:

"Noah and the Whale" music at CD Universe


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Bon Iver - "Skinny Love" guitar chords and lyrics

Just finished working out chords and lyrics to my first song by Bon Iver, who's music I was introduced to by my daughters - their musical taste, as always, impeccable!

I've been listening to the album "For Emma, Forever Ago" ( which reached #1 in the US Top Heatseekers chart in 2008 ) for just a short while, but it's really growing on me. I know I keep moaning on about how little good 'guitar music' is being produced lately, so it's great to 'discover' a new artist to listen to and to try to work out and play good new songs.

If you'd like to try playing this song, check out my interpretation at this link:


Miscellaneous Rock guitar songs - Bon Iver 'Skinny love'

You can listen to the Youtube version here:


The Bon Iver Myspace page, featuring 3 of their songs is at : http://www.myspace.com/boniver , and their music can be browsed or bought online at the link below:

Bon Iver CDs at CD Universe



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Nickelback - "I'd come for you" guitar chords & lyrics

Up to now I didn't have a Nickelback page on my guitar chords & lyrics site, but I had previously posted my interpretations of "You Remind Me", "Rock Star" and "Be Somebody" to my Rock song chords page. As I have now added the song chords and lyrics for "I'd come for you", one of the other singles from the Dark Horse album, and am pretty certain to be adding more, I've created a seperate Nickelback song chords page on the site. You can now find the 3 earlier song interpretations, plus my chords and lyrics version of "I'll come for you" on the new Nickelback page:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Nickelback "I'd Come for You" ( plus other Nickelback songs )



Nickelback's official website can be found here: http://www.nickelback.com/

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Badfinger - Come and get it chords and lyrics

I've often been listening to radio, or watching TV and a great old 70s song from my .. em.. infancy... comes on, and I think 'That's a brilliant guitar song, nice chord sequence, not too tricky, good melody' But I end up not working it out for inclusion on my guitar chords Website or this Blog on the basis that most of the guitar community are just too young to know the song.

This situation arose recently watching "Top of the Pops 2" when Badfinger appeared, playing "Come and Get It", a really nice pop/rock song, with a great melody, and mostly straightforward chords, with one or two challenging ones for the early learning guitarist.

So I figured that while there will be people going 'What-finger? - who???', that in the age of YouTube and Wikipedia there are no excuses for anyone not being able to listen to a song, or find out about an artist - I'll post it, and encourage people to have a listen and maybe learn a little about the band. They were actually mentored by none other than The Beatles ( particularly George, if memory serves ), and for a while were touted as the next BIG band from the Apple label.

Unfortunately tragedy overtook two of the band members, and the band never realised it's potential. But they have left us with some great tracks, and I'm happy to have worked out chords and lyrics to 'Come and Get it', which I've posted on my Pop guitar songs page, at the link below:

Chords and Lyrics to Pop songs - Badfinger 'Come and get it'


You can buy Badfinger music at CDUniverse - Badfinger Music page

While there doesn't appear to be an official Badfinger website, individual members have their sites ( just search for: badfinger official website ), as usual wikipedia is the best source of information if you want to find out more about the band. Link below:

Badfinger Wikipedia page


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The Shins "Strange Powers"

As I said in a previous post, I'm a huge fan of the Shins, and will try to get as many playable versions of their songs on my Shins guitar chords page as possible - but a lot of their stuff is pretty quirky, and the songs don't always translate to playing simplified acoustic versions.

But one of my favourite of their songs is a cover they did of Magnetic Fields' "Strange Powers", for which the rhythm guitar part uses just 5 chords - F, C, G, Dm and Am. The song doesn't feature on "Wincing the Night Away", but was the "B-side" for the "Sea Legs single.


You can find my version of The Shins "Strange Powers" on my guitar chords website at the link below:

The Shins - "Strange Powers" guitar chords and lyrics ( cover of Magnetic Fields song )


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

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The Smiths "How soon is now" chords & lyrics

In a recent post I made the (slightly) exaggerated claim that "Oasis saved my life!" After the mid 70's punk and late 70's post-punk/new wave we entered into that musical void commonly known as the 80's. My point being that with the arrival of Oasis, I could once again pick up my guitar and work out and play a current song, after enduring 10 years of 'New Romance', Disco and electro-pop.

But there was one band who sustained me through the trauma - Stephen Patrick Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke & Mike Joyce - aka The Smiths. With a new album every year from 1984 to 1987, each packed with classic songs, few if any fillers, I really just switched off the radio and listened to REAL music by the few good bands there were - and The Smiths were tops.

I haven't worked on a Smiths song for some time, haven't even listened to their stuff much ( bad idea to group your iPod/Zen playlists by decade...! ) But I had mine on random play recently, and the booming reverb that kicks off "How Soon is Now" brough me right back. So, I've worked out the chords and lyrics, and added this song to the 16 Smiths already on my "Smiths song chords" page, you can check it out at the link below:



Guitar Chords and Lyrics to The Smiths "How Soon is Now"

If you'd like to play along with the song, this is the YouTube link: Smiths "How Soon is Now"

I hope you'll have as much fun playing the song as I've had!

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The Script "Man who cant be moved" chords & lyrics

I had already posted chords and lyrics for "Breakeven" by Dublin three-piece band The Script, who are maintaining the trend of new Irish band producing pop-rock anthems over the past few years.

"Breakeven" was actually the third single take from their eponymous first album, released in 2008, which contains a number of gems, and few, if any, "fillers".

I have now worked out my interpretation of their second single from the album "The Man Who Can't be Moved" and posted it to my Rock Guitar songs page, at the link below:

Guitar chords and lyrics to "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" by The Script

If you want to play along with the song on YouTube, the link is: The Script "The Man who cant be moved"

The band's official website is at: http://www.thescriptmusic.com/ie/home/


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April Site Update and Newsletter

Main site update completed and April newsletter issued to 6,000+ subscribers on April 17th .

The Newsletter is now available online at: http://www.guitarsongs.info/news170405.htm

Ten songs added from Avril Lavigne, Tom Waits, Kings of Leon, Keane, Snow Patrol, Natasha Bedingfield, Greenday, Damien Rice, Beck and McFly, plus guitar tips from Andrew Koblick at AmazingGuitar, Chris Elmore at GuitarTips, and a new article and multimedia lesson from James Todd at Guitar-Leads, plus recommended online guitarist resources and more!

I hope you'll find it useful and informative!



Can't say I don't do me best for ya!

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PJ

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Nilsson - Without You chords and lyrics

As my site has now been around for 10 years, I've come to assume that I had posted all of the older, classic songs years ago. It's really only now, when I'm struggling to find good, new guitar songs, that the "Golden Oldie" radio stations are getting me to rush to the PC, just to confirm that the song I'm listening to is already on the site.

Which wasn't the case today, when listening to Harry Nilsson's "Without You", which for me will always be a classic 1970's ballad, while I know that many will think of it as a Mariah Carey song ( see... I'd written down Whitney Houston, but luckily Googled it, just to be sure...! ).

Either way, there can be very few of my website visitors and Blog readers who won't be familiar with the song, and it has the great advantage of being a huge ballad which was a big success for both a male and female singer, so let's take this one out of the shower and into the public performance domain, eh?

You can find chords and lyrics for "Without You" on my Pop Songs guitar chords page, at the link below:


Miscellaneous Pop guitar songs - Harry Nilsson - Without You

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(If you're reading a syndicated version of this post (Facebook, MySpace etc, the video may not play - just click THIS LINK )

The official Harry Nilsson website can be found at: www.harrynilsson.com


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Arctic Monkeys - 'Bakery' Chords and Lyrics

Sometimes when I'm scraping around for good songs to add to the site, inspiration comes from unexpected places. Quite a few songs on the site are courtesy of the song appearing in a TV ad, or on a TV program like House or Scrubs.

This one was a post from one of my Facebook Friends Diona ( I've made a bunch of new FB friends from my participation in the Guitarist Groups and forums ). Not for the first time, a video post has introduced me to a song I hadn't heard, by one of my favourite bands - the Arctic Monkeys. The song was called "Bakery", and I couldn't find it on either "Favourite Worst Nightmare" or the debut album "Whatever people say, that's what I'm not".

Diona got back to me and identified it as being included on the "Fluorescent Adolescent" single, while not being on the album - thank you Diona!! So, I've worked out what I believe is a pretty playable version, and added it to my Arctic Monkeys chords page ( which already includes "Fluorescent Adolescent". You can check out the song at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics for Arctic Monkeys "Bakery" ( included on Fluorescent Adolescent single )








You can find the official Arctic Monkeys website at: http://www.arcticmonkeys.com/

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- Guitar Tips: Over 70 multimedia lessons to skyrocket your learning process
- Guitar Songs: 50 classic rock songs broken down into intros, rhythm, lead, solos with audio, video and tab to give you all you need to be able to play these great numbers.
- Guitar Backing Tracks - Your very own backing band in the comfort of your home!
- Guitar Leads - Electric, Acoustic, Rock, Jazz - learn to play lead guitar in 30 days
- Guitar Theory - Binds it all together by teaching you the reasoning behind the music

For early learners, or those who want to bring their guitar playing to a higher level, I have put together a list of cool and useful guitarist resources ( including the Elmore Music lessons above ) on my Online Guitarist Resources page, please feel free to check them out!


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No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand

You might well ask what I'm doing working out chords for a Franz Ferdinand song NOW, when I've pretty much ignored them thus far, even when they were winning the 2004 Mercury Prize, "Brit" awards in 2005 for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act, with the "Franz Ferdinand" album also named as NME's Album of the Year.

In truth, I don't really have an excuse. Except maybe that there was such a plethora of good guitar music around those days the band just passed me by. Possibly the label "Dance-Rock" didn't help.

But... good rock guitar songs are becoming thin on the ground these days, and I'm struggling to find good new songs to give the newest batch of learning guitarists a chance of playing their favourite songs early on in the process. I check the US and UK Singles charts regularly, more in hope than expectation, but tonight ( coincidentally the name of their new album! ) I find, among the instantly forgettable and the songs I've already posted, a new entry at #27 in the UK charts for "No You Girls" by Franz Ferdinand. So I think, "can't hurt", and turn to the ever-reliable YouTube. I've been listening to the song all night since, only stopping to pause and check a chord here, a lyric there. The results of my attempts to work out a playable version of the song can be found at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Franz Ferdinand's "No You Girls"





I'd be delighted if you'd take a look at the other miscellaneous songs on my Rock guitar songs or Pop guitar songs pages or browse through the list of artists on the left of my Guitar Chords & Lyrics home page.


The official Franz Ferdinand website is at: http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk/

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Oasis - 'Falling Down" guitar chords & lyrics

Oasis saved my life!! Well... my musical life at least. After enduring the horrors of 80's disco and 'New Romance', I'd pretty much accepted that I'd just keep plodding on playing old 60's and 70's folk and rock songs. And then I heard the rip-roaring raucousness that was 'Definitely Maybe', and I was back on track - 15 years on I'm eagerly awaiting albums from Kings of Leon, Killers, Arctic Monkeys, The Fray, The Shins ... any of the great rock bands that resurfaced after that mid-90's guitar revolution and were influenced by it.

Which of course, still includes Oasis - their 2008 album 'Dig Out Your Soul' showed signs of a return to former greatness, leading to them receiving the NME award for "Best British Band of 2009"

I have already worked out my interpretations of "I'm outta time" and "Shock of the Lightning" and posted them to my Oasis Chords and Lyrics page I've now worked out chords & lyrics for "Falling Down" ( the 27th Oasis song on my site ) which you can check out at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Oasis "Falling Down"





I hope you'll have as much fun playing the song as I've had!

Oasis' official website is at http://www.oasisinet.com/ if you want to get any info on the band, and their MySpace page can be found at http://www.myspace.com/oasis


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Ray Lamontagne - You are the Best Thing chords & lyrics

Y'know, when I first heard Ray Lamontagne sing "You are the best thing", the song sounded so familiar I was sure it was his version of one of those great 1960's soul songs, but the album cover for the great "Gossip in the Grain" album on which it features says "all songs written by Ray Lamontagne". I guess the song is just *that* catchy!

Anyway, somewhat later than intended, I have worked out the chords & lyrics to "You are the Best Thing" and have posted them to my Soul/R&B page at the link below:

Guitar Chords and lyrics to Ray Lamontagne's "You are the best thing"




I hope you'll have fun trying this one out, I certainly did! I also have my interpretation of Ray's earlier hit "Trouble" on the same page.


Ray's official website is at: http://www.raylamontagne.com/


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The Shins 'Australia' guitar chords & lyrics

Just realized that it's nearly five months since I added a song from my newest 'favourite band', The Shins - shame on me!

The songs are pretty quirky, and difficult enough to work out, although in the end, reasonably easy to play. This time around, sticking with the 'Wincing the Night Away' album, I've worked out the chords and lyrics for 'Australia'. The chords are: E, C#m, F#m and A - if you find these too difficult, put your capo on the 2nd fret and play D, Bm, Em and G ( substituting D for E, Bm for C#m etc. ). I have a guide to chord transposition you might find handy at http://www.guitarsongs.info/transpos.htm


You can find my version of The Shins "Australia" on my guitar chords website at the link below:

The Shins - "Australia" guitar chords and lyrics



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

The Shins official website is at http://www.theshins.com/ and their MySpace page is at http://www.myspace.com/theshins


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Ane Brun 'Big in Japan' guitar chords & lyrics

I have to admit, I hadn't heard of Ane Brun, who hails from Norway, until I tried to find out who sang the song on the Sky HD TV ad, and found it was her.

Not sure if "Big in Japan" has been released in Ireland/UK ( or even the US? ) but it's getting a load of airplay here in Ireland at the moment. I knew the song sounded familiar when I first heard it, but only when the chorus kicked in did I recognize it as another Cyndi Lauper song ( also covered by Alphaville ).

It's an amazing version of the song, if you can imagine Norah Jones singing with a Jeff Buckley guitar backing, you get the idea.

It's a lovely, soulful version of what was a pretty raucous pop song, as I recall it. I've worked out the chords and lyrics for the song, which you can find below. Just guessing, but I would imagine you just speed it up if you want to play the Cyndi Lauper / Alphaville version. Check it out at this link:


Miscellaneous Pop guitar songs - Ane Brun 'Big in Japan'

You can listen to the Youtube version here:


The official Ane Brun website can be found at: http://www.anebrun.com/ , and her music can be browsed or bought online at the link below:

Ane Brun CDs at CD Universe



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Bell X1 'The Great Defector' guitar chords & lyrics

Bell X1 ( pronounced 'bell-ex-one' ) are a hugely up-and-coming rock band from Kildare in Ireland, who are beginning to hit it big in the US ( some of their songs have featured on US TV shows like The O.C. and Grey's Anatomy )

I have already featured two of their songs on my 'Rock Songs' page: 'Flame' and 'Rocky Takes a Lover', and have now worked out the chords and lyrics for their latest single 'The Great Defector', from their soon-to-be-released 2009 album "Blue Lights on the Runway". If you haven't heard Bell X1 yet, you're really missing out - great rollicking songs with anthemic choruses and lyrics which always raise a smile. Chords & Lyrics to "The Great Defector" are at the link below:

Guitar chords and lyrics to "The Great Defector" by Belle X1

Listen to the song on YouTube here:

The band's official website is at: http://www.bellx1.com


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