Monday, May 18, 2020

The Eagles Hotel California Guitar Tab & Chord Cheat Sheet



The Eagles Hotel California is a classic rock song. 

Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics). The Eagles' original recording of the song features Henley singing the lead vocals and concludes with an extended section of electric guitar interplay between Felder and Joe Walsh.

With the capo on the 7th fret the Bm chord becomes an Em followed by B7 Dsus2 A9 C G Am7 B7
This serves as the progression for intro, verse and Outro which the guitar solo is played over 

The chorus is simply C G B7 Em - C G Am B7



Saturday, May 16, 2020

The Beatles Day Tripper Guitar Tab & Chords Cheat Sheet


The Beatles Day Tripper Guitar Tab & Chords Cheat Sheet 

Day Tripper recorded during the Rubber Soul album sessions although not on the album was released as a double A Side with We Can Work It Out. 
Written primarily by John Lennon the main guitar riff based on an E7 chord. The verse is the the main riff E7 which moves to A7 then back to E7

The chorus chords are F#7 A7 G#7 C#7 B7 

Guitar solo is based on the main riff melody over B7 

The Beatles Come Together Guitar Tab




Learn Come Together By The Beatles On Guitar In Less Than 10 Minutes ( Guitar Tab)

Guitar Tab Sheets https://guitaristbandscore.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-beatles-come-together-guitar-tab.html

In this guitar lesson / tutorial we look at the Beatles song from their Abbey Road album.

The main riff is based on a Dm7 chord the verse based on an D to A to G chord shuffle rhythm 

The chorus B5 B5/A G5 A5 chord progression 

The solo and outro lead guitar is simply based on D Minor Pentatonic 


John Lennon played rhythm guitar and electric piano and sang the lead vocals, Paul McCartney played bass, George Harrison played lead guitar and Ringo Starr played drums.



Friday, May 15, 2020

I Feel Fine - The Beatles - Guitar Lesson (Guitar Tab & Chords)






I Feel Fine - The Beatles - Guitar Lesson (Guitar Tab & Chords)

This 1964 Lennon & McCartney track has one of the earliest examples of feedback.

In the key of G but starting on D moving to C and G 

Verse chords are G D C G and the Bridge is G Bm C D then G Bm Am D 

Great classic rock riff which is based on the chord

Thursday, May 14, 2020

The Beatles - Because - Guitar Tab and Lesson





Because - The Beatles - Guitar Lesson (Guitar Tab)

Guitar Tab Sheet https://guitaristbandscore.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-beatles-because-guitar-tab-and.html

From the 1969 Beatles album Abbey Road.
The songs kicks off on harpsichord and has layered vocals of Paul McCartney George Harrison and John Lennon.

According to John Lennon, the song's close musical resemblance to the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata was no coincidence: "Yoko was playing Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' on the piano ... I said, 'Can you play those chords backwards?', and wrote 'Because' around them. 

Some lovely use of chords starting on Dm D#m7b5 G# A C#m A7 A13 D/F# Daug 

This progression is intro verses and outro 

When the bridge switches to F# it lifts the song before moving to G#7

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Tangerine Led Zeppelin Guitar Tab Chords and lesson





Tangerine - Led Zeppelin Acoustic Guitar Lesson Made Easy 

Guitar Tab Sheets Tangerine - https://guitaristbandscore.blogspot.com/2020/05/tangerine-led-zeppelin-guitar-tab.html

From Led Zeppelin III Album Jimmy Page plays this one on a 12 string guitar tuned half a step down.

Based on a Am Asus4 Am G D chord progression. This song is a lot easier than at first appears

Monday, May 11, 2020

David Bowie Life On Mars Chords






Life On Mars - David Bowie Acoustic Guitar Lesson (Guitar Chords)

Guitar chord sheet https://guitaristbandscore.blogspot.com/2020/05/david-bowie-life-on-mars-chords.html

If Queen had Bohemian Rhapsody The Eagles Hotel California and Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven the. Bowie had Life On Mars

I’ve never covered a song with so many chords and interesting progression is master class in song writing.
From the 1971 album Hunky Dory with Rick Wakeman on keyboard and Mick Ronson on Guitar.

A great challenge to play on acoustic guitar but this tutorial hopefully makes strumming on guitar a lot easier. Watch out for diminished and augmented chords as well as normal chords with altered bass notes