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  • bigjon said:
    mike_l said:

    Van Halen - Ain't talkin' bout Love - Am - F-G (Eb tuning)

    I'll add that one to the main list as it's a genuine one-progression song and always goes down well at the Earl of Derby jam on a Saturday night
    And an absolute corker of a song.

    Actually, I'm surprised at how many there are here that are great songs. I need to simplify my writing process considerably!
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  • bigjonbigjon Frets: 680
    Danny1969 said:
    With or without you is basically D - A - Bm - G all the way through as an outline but just play a D major arp  on 8ths (D - A - F# - D) over the D -A -B - G  bassline and it works very well 
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  • bigjonbigjon Frets: 680
    Move On Up by Curtis Mayfield - ||Em . . . |. . A . |Bm . . . |. . F#m . ||
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  • bigjonbigjon Frets: 680
    edited February 2015
    Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars - ||Dm |G ||

    list is now

    Ain't talkin' 'bout love by Van Halen - ||Am .F. .G|. . . . ||
    All Along The Watchtower by Hendrix - ||C#m . B .A|. . B . ||
    Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol - ||A . . . |Amaj7/G# . . . |D . . . |. . . . ||
    Creep by Radiohead - ||G . . . |B . . . |C . . . |Cm . . . ||
    Dance The Night Away by The Mavericks - ||E . . . |B . . . ||
    Down Under by Men At Work - ||Bm . A . |Bm . G A||
    Free Fallin' by Tom Petty - ||F . Bb . |,F.C. . ||
    Get Lucky by Daft Punk - ||Bm . . . |D . . . |F#m . . . |E . . . ||
    Gloria by Them - ||E . D A||
    Halo by Beyonce - ||Bb . . . |Cm . . . |Gm . . . |Eb . . . ||
    Hey Joe by Hendrix - ||C . . . |G . . . |D . . . |A . . . ||E . . . |. . . . |. . . . |. . . . ||
    High And Dry by Radiohead ||F#m . . . |A . . . |E . . . |. . . . ||
    Horse With No Name by America ||Em . . . |F#m . . . ||
    Knocking On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan - ||G . . . |D . . . |Am . . . |C . . . ||
    Move On Up by Curtis Mayfield - ||Em . . . |. . A . |Bm . . . |. . F#m . ||
    Passenger by Iggy Pop ||Am . F . |C . G . |Am . F . |C . E . ||
    Price Tag by Jessie J ||F . . . |Am . . . |Dm . . . |Bb . . . ||
    Roar by Katy Perry ||Bb . . . |. . Cm . |Gm . . . |. . Eb . ||
    She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult - ||D . . . |. . . . |C . . . |G . . . ||
    Stir It Up by Bob Marley - ||A . . . |D . E . ||
    Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd - ||D . . . |C . . . |G . . . |. . . . ||
    Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars - ||Dm |G ||
    Wicked Game by Chris Isaak - ||Bm . . . |A . . . |E . . . |. . . . ||
    With Or Without You by U2 - ||D |A |Bm | G ||
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  • The Axis of Awesome click says it all - brilliant!

    Really useful list for using loopers as well.



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  • HAL9000HAL9000 Frets: 9551
    People Get Ready by Curtis Mayfield. D Bm G D.
    I play guitar because I enjoy it rather than because I’m any good at it
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  • bigjonbigjon Frets: 680
    HAL9000 said:
    People Get Ready by Curtis Mayfield. D Bm G D.
    Good one. Added
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  • HAL9000HAL9000 Frets: 9551
    Learning to Fly by Tom Petty - F | C | Am | G |
    I play guitar because I enjoy it rather than because I’m any good at it
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  • Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam || E ... | B ... | A ... | E ... ||

    The One I Love by REM || Em ... | Dsus2 ... | Em ... | .... ||
    OK, it's not strictly one chord sequence - the refrain at the end of each verse goes || G ... | D ... | Am ... | C ... ||

    Mr Jones by Counting Crows - again two sequences, but pretty simple:
    Verse || Am ... | F ... | Dm ... | G ... ||
    Chorus || C ... | F ... | G ... | .... ||

    Trading feedback | FS: Nothing right now
    JM build | Pedalboard plans
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  • BigMonkaBigMonka Frets: 1763
    The Offspring The Kids Aren't Alright: Em C G D Any chance we can get this discussion stickied, it took me ages to find!
    Always be yourself! Unless you can be Batman, in which case always be Batman.
    My boss told me "dress for the job you want, not the job you have"... now I'm sat in a disciplinary meeting dressed as Batman.
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  • bigjonbigjon Frets: 680
    BigMonka said:
    The Offspring The Kids Aren't Alright: Em C G D Any chance we can get this discussion stickied, it took me ages to find!
    @TTony, stickies are your call I guess
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 27346
    bigjon said:
    BigMonka said:
    The Offspring The Kids Aren't Alright: Em C G D Any chance we can get this discussion stickied, it took me ages to find!
    @TTony, stickies are your call I guess
    I called.

    :D
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  • BigMonkaBigMonka Frets: 1763
    Happy days, thanks @TTony
    Always be yourself! Unless you can be Batman, in which case always be Batman.
    My boss told me "dress for the job you want, not the job you have"... now I'm sat in a disciplinary meeting dressed as Batman.
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  • bigjonbigjon Frets: 680
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    Hit The Road Jack by Ray Charles - ||Fm . Eb . |Db . C . ||

    List now reads
    Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love by Van Halen - ||Am .F. .G|. . . . ||
    All Along The Watchtower by Hendrix - ||C#m . B .A|. . B . ||
    Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol - ||A . . . |Amaj7/G# . . . |D . . . |. . . . ||
    Creep by Radiohead - ||G . . . |B . . . |C . . . |Cm . . . ||
    Dance The Night Away by The Mavericks - ||E . . . |B . . . ||
    Down Under by Men At Work - ||Bm . A . |Bm . G A||
    Free Fallin' by Tom Petty - ||F . Bb . |,F.C. . ||
    Get Lucky by Daft Punk - ||Bm . . . |D . . . |F#m . . . |E . . . ||
    Gloria by Them - ||E . D A||
    Halo by Beyonce - ||Bb . . . |Cm . . . |Gm . . . |Eb . . . ||
    Hey Joe by Hendrix - ||C . . . |G . . . |D . . . |A . . . ||E . . . |. . . . |. . . . |. . . . ||
    High And Dry by Radiohead ||F#m . . . |A . . . |E . . . |. . . . ||
    Hit The Road Jack by Ray Charles - ||Fm . Eb . |Db . C . ||
    Horse With No Name by America ||Em . . . |F#m . . . ||
    Knocking On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan - ||G . . . |D . . . |Am . . . |C . . . ||
    Move On Up by Curtis Mayfield - ||Em . . . |. . A . |Bm . . . |. . F#m . ||
    Passenger by Iggy Pop ||Am . F . |C . G . |Am . F . |C . E . ||
    People Get Ready by Curtis Mayfield ||D . Bm . |G . D . || 
    Price Tag by Jessie J ||F . . . |Am . . . |Dm . . . |Bb . . . ||
    Roar by Katy Perry ||Bb . . . |. . Cm . |Gm . . . |. . Eb . ||
    She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult - ||D . . . |. . . . |C . . . |G . . . ||
    Stir It Up by Bob Marley - ||A . . . |D . E . ||
    Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd - ||D . . . |C . . . |G . . . |. . . . ||
    Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars - ||Dm |G ||
    Wicked Game by Chris Isaak - ||Bm . . . |A . . . |E . . . |. . . . ||
    With Or Without You by U2 - ||D |A |Bm | G ||
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  • harpoharpo Frets: 177
    Stand by me ....by Otis. G/Em/C/D Dancing in the moonlight....... by Lizzy Em/D/C/G7
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  • harpoharpo Frets: 177
    Also People get ready shouldn't be in the list as there's two minor chords thrown in on the line "don't need no ticket ' So .if we're in D the chords would be F#m and Em
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  • bigjonbigjon Frets: 680
    I'm learning "Earned It" by The Weeknd (from the Fifty Shades soundtrack) for the jams this week. Just two chords Gm & Dm

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  • bigjonbigjon Frets: 680
    Definitely going in the list - Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins ||Cm . . . |Fm . Gm . |Cm . . . |Fm . Cm . ||
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  • bigjonbigjon Frets: 680
    Probably not enough of a long-term classic to warrant inclusion in the main list, but Wake Me Up by Aloe Blacc is
    ||C#m . A . |E . . . || throughout.

    List is now
    Ain't talkin' 'bout love by Van Halen - ||Am .F. .G|. . . . ||
    All Along The Watchtower by Hendrix - ||C#m . B .A|. . B . ||
    Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol - ||A . . . |Amaj7/G# . . . |D . . . |. . . . ||
    Creep by Radiohead - ||G . . . |B . . . |C . . . |Cm . . . ||
    Dance The Night Away by The Mavericks - ||E . . . |B . . . ||
    Down Under by Men At Work - ||Bm . A . |Bm . G A||
    Free Fallin' by Tom Petty - ||F . Bb . |,F.C. . ||
    Get Lucky by Daft Punk - ||Bm . . . |D . . . |F#m . . . |E . . . ||
    Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins - ||Cm . . . |Fm . Gm . |Cm . . . |Fm . Cm . ||
    Gloria by Them - ||E . D A||
    Halo by Beyonce - ||Bb . . . |Cm . . . |Gm . . . |Eb . . . ||
    Hey Joe by Hendrix - ||C . . . |G . . . |D . . . |A . . . ||E . . . |. . . . |. . . . |. . . . ||
    High And Dry by Radiohead ||F#m . . . |A . . . |E . . . |. . . . ||
    Hit The Road Jack by Ray Charles - ||Fm . Eb . |Db . C . ||
    Horse With No Name by America ||Em . . . |F#m . . . ||
    Knocking On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan - ||G . . . |D . . . |Am . . . |C . . . ||
    Move On Up by Curtis Mayfield - ||Em . . . |. . A . |Bm . . . |. . F#m . ||
    Passenger by Iggy Pop ||Am . F . |C . G . |Am . F . |C . E . ||
    People Get Ready by Curtis Mayfield ||D . Bm . |G . D . || 
    Price Tag by Jessie J ||F . . . |Am . . . |Dm . . . |Bb . . . ||
    Roar by Katy Perry ||Bb . . . |. . Cm . |Gm . . . |. . Eb . ||
    She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult - ||D . . . |. . . . |C . . . |G . . . ||
    Stir It Up by Bob Marley - ||A . . . |D . E . ||
    Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd - ||D . . . |C . . . |G . . . |. . . . ||
    Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars - ||Dm |G ||
    Wicked Game by Chris Isaak - ||Bm . . . |A . . . |E . . . |. . . . ||
    With Or Without You by U2 - ||D |A |Bm | G ||
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  • HAL9000HAL9000 Frets: 9551
    Old Time Rock'n'Roll by Bob Seeger | F# | F# | B | B | C# | C# | F# | F# |
    I play guitar because I enjoy it rather than because I’m any good at it
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