Guitar Lessons: 05/01/2020

Sunday, May 31, 2020

David Bowie Quicksand Guitar Chords

David Bowie Quicksand Guitar Chords

From the 1971 album Hunky Dory is a song about the final moments of Hitler.

Chords are interesting starting with a simple G to Am7 before the verse starts with C to G chords. There’s a few nice diminished chords in there to make it a nice challenge to strum

Saturday, May 30, 2020

The Beatles Michelle Guitar Tab Cheat Sheet

From the Beatles 1965 album Rubber Soul. Although credited to Lennon & McCartney the song was written by Paul McCartney and inspired by Bohemian Paris.

The song is very interesting composition starting with a guitar hook based on Cm moving to G. The singing comes in with the chorus which has moved to C major moving threw F7#9 Bb6 Adim7 G F#dim7 G

The verse moves back to C minor Eb7 Ab G7 back to Cm

Don’t forget capo on the 5th fret

Friday, May 29, 2020

The Beatles Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Guitar Tab & Chords

Opening and title track from the 1967 Beatles album. Credited to Lennon and McCartney but written by Paul McCartney

Three guitars hopefully simplified for one guitar.

Intro Verse Interlude Chorus PreVerse Verse structure

Chords in this one are G7 A7 C7 for verse. The chorus includes Bb7 and D7 and the pre verse includes an F7

Below is link to official tab book tab for the song

Sgt Peppers Print Off Song PDF

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen Guitar Chords

Released in 1984 and from the Bruce Springsteen album Born In The U.S.A.

The Kinks Dedicated Follower Of Fashion Guitar Chords

The Kinks Dedicated Follower Of Fashion Guitar Chords

Written by Ray Davies and released in 1966, Dedicated Follower Of Fashion is one the bands best known songs and is a light hearted dig at the 60s fashion scene

Intro is C Csus4 chords

The verses alternate in structure starting with G7 to C before moving on to F C C/B A7 Dm G7 C

Watch out the interesting descending bass notes that make this a very well constructed song

Monday, May 25, 2020

The Beatles - Rain - Guitar Tab

The Beatles - Rain - Guitar Tab

Rain written by John Lennon credited to Lennon and McCartney was a B Side to Paperback Writer.

There’s some debate over the tuning of the guitar. The Beatles complete scores book below suggests GDGGBD tuning. The song is based around G C and D. The above sheet is to simplify the song down to its basis. For a full analysis see the below sheets

R.E.M. Man On The Moon Guitar Chords

Man On The Moon from the 1992 R.E.M. album Automatic For The People was about comedian Andy Kauffman and later used in the 1999 movie of the same name featuring Jim Carey as Kauffman

The song starts with C to D add2/4 chord progression (x54030) and follows that for the verses.

Chorus changes to an upbeat feel using Am G C Bm chords.

One of the bands best known songs yet only reached 30 in US charts and 18 in the U.K. charts

Sunday, May 24, 2020

U2 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me Chords

Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me U2 Guitar Lesson Learn It In 5

Part of the Batman Forever soundtrack in 1995 this is one of my favourite U2 songs

With a E5 guitar riff driving the song. There’s a distinctive acoustic E D B G hook before moving to E D B F chords

The verse is just E G A chord progression

Chorus which I really like is B A F G chord progression

Simple but effective and another song which you can learn to play on guitar in less than 5 minutes

Friday, May 22, 2020

The Beatles - We Can Work It Out - Guitar Chord Cheat Sheet

The Beatles We Can Work It Out released as a double A Side with Day Tripper in 1965 and recorded during the Rubber Soul Album sessions

Co written by Lennon and McCartney with the upbeat “we can work it out” lyric by Paul and the more pessimistic line of “life is very short” by John

The almost waltz feel of the bridge section was George Harrison’s idea

Chords in this song are simple D Dsus4 C for the verse and chorus of G D G A.

But where things get really interesting are in the bridge and where The Beatles in my opinion influenced so many songwriters with Bm Bm/A G F#7sus4 F#7 then in waltz timing Bm Bm/A Bm/G Bm/F#

The Beatles Across The Universe Guitar Tab & Chord Cheat Sheet

Credited to Lennon and McCartney but written by John Lennon

On a standard-tuned guitar (EADGBE) the song is played in the key of D; however, the recording was slowed electronically, resulting in a lower C# tuning to the ear. The verse beginning "Words are flowing out" (I (D) chord) is notable for a prolonged vi (Bm)–iii (F#m) to ii7 (Em7) minor drop to the dominant chord V7 (A7) on "across the universe" in the 4th bar. On the repeat of this chord sequence a turn following the ii7 (Em7) through a iv minor (Gm) brings the verse to a close before moving on directly to the tonic on the "Jai Guru Deva Om" refrain.

Thursday, May 21, 2020

The Beatles Paperback Writer Guitar Tab Cheat Sheet

Paperback Writer - The Beatles Easy Guitar Lesson - Learn It In 5 Minutes (Guitar Tab & Chords)

Written primarily by Paul McCartney this is a really effective guitar riff derived from G with a two chord progression of G to C

The Beatles 1962 - 1966 Red Album Guitar tab book says to tune this one down one whole step. This would mean the riff is played in A. The chord progression being A to D

In the Paperback Writer video John Lennon can be seen quite clearly playing barre chords G and C on his Epiphone Casino