Guitar Chords and Lyrics

Rolling Stones guitar chords "Brown Sugar" and "Angie"

2013-06-05T18:18:00.002+01:00

Two cracking songs to rework today, as I move on to my Rolling Stones chords page.

First up is probably my favourite Stones song, "Brown Sugar", but it's a song I always struggled to play on Acoustic guitar.

The song is actually in the key of C - I had previously chorded it in D, but when I tried transposing the chords, they seemed pretty tricky. So, I transposed the whole thing to A, and put a Capo on 3rd Fret to bring it up to C.

When I tried playing along with Angie from my old transcription, it just didn't sit right, so I spent quite a while painstakingly listening to the song on Youtube, nailing a chord or two, rewinding, double-checking, until I finally arrived at a chorded version of the song I'm happy with.

Actually - "rewinding", that probably isn't even a word anymore! Comes from the days when I'd tape songs from radio to cassette tape, play, stop, rewind, pause, play, stop.... oh the pain of it all!   But, that was the only game in town back then, it's so much easier now that almost all songs are available to play along with, which was the main reason for my undertaking this exercise in updating and correcting my song chord transcriptions.

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.

"Brown Sugar" chords ( relative to the Capo on 3rd Fret ) are -   Esus4 E A Asus4 C F G D - a much easier set of chords than my previous version ( see Guitar Chords for Brown Sugar )

"Angie" chords are: Am E7 G F C Dm C/B - again not too tough a group of chords for beginners ( see Guitar Chords for Angie )

These new versions are now available on my Rolling Stones guitar chords page, along with another dozen or so, I will get around to the others as time allows.    You can find all of my Rolling Stones songs guitar transcriptions at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Songs by The Rolling Stones

Video - Rolling Stones 'Brown Sugar'

Video - Rolling Stones 'Angie'
Play along with the videos above to help you learn the tempo, strumming etc.

Go to CDUniverse to browse The Stones albums and other works: Rolling Stones music at CDUniverse
If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my friend Dan Denley's great Acoustic Guitar Lessons site.

Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
Guitar Songs Website: PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics - http://www.guitarsongs.info/
Guitar Chords Blog: http://www.guitar-chords.blogspot.com/
Guitar Tips Blog: http://www.guitar-tips.blogspot.com/
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Guitar Chords - Creedence Clearwater Revival: Up Around The Bend & Long as I Can See The Light

2013-06-04T21:19:00.000+01:00

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
If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my friend Dan Denley's great Acoustic Guitar Lessons site.

Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
Guitar Songs Website: PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics - http://www.guitarsongs.info/
Guitar Chords Blog: http://www.guitar-chords.blogspot.com/
Guitar Tips Blog: http://www.guitar-tips.blogspot.com/
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Chords and lyrics for Squeeze "Cool For Cats" and "Up The Junction

2013-06-03T22:20:00.000+01:00

Still working through my artist pages and updating and correcting the song transcriptions. Today it's the turn of Squeeze, and their two major hits from 1979 "Cool For Cats" and "Up The Junction".

Only a few small changes, but I've converted them from text to web files, included links back to the Home Page and the Squeeze chords page, and embedded the Youtube videos of the songs so you can play along with the originals.

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.

"Cool For Cats" chords are - G G/F# Em C Am Eb Cm, A ( see Guitar Chords for Cool For Cats )

"Up The Junction" chords are E A C#m G#m F#m B D Am Gm F D and Bm ( see Guitar Chords for Up The Junction )

These new versions are now available on my Squeeze guitar chords page, along with just a few more, I'll get around to these as soon as possible. You can find all of my Squeeze songs guitar transcriptions at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Songs by Squeeze

Video - Squeeze 'Cool For Cats'

Video - Squeeze 'Up The Junction'
Play along with the videos above to help you learn the tempo, strumming etc.

Go to CDUniverse to browse Squeeze albums and other works: Squeeze music at CDUniverse
If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my friend Dan Denley's great Acoustic Guitar Lessons site.

Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
Guitar Songs Website: PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics - http://www.guitarsongs.info/
Guitar Chords Blog: http://www.guitar-chords.blogspot.com/
Guitar Tips Blog: http://www.guitar-tips.blogspot.com/
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Chords and lyrics for Neil Young "Harvest" and "Harvest Moon"

2013-06-02T14:28:00.001+01:00

Today's attention is drawn to my Neil Young page, and I've taken two of my many favourites, both to listen to and play - "Harvest" and "Harvest Moon", validated and corrected my transcriptions, converted them from text to website format, and embedded the Youtube videos of the songs in each new web page.

No major transcription changes, both songs are in native D major. Slight doubt about the endline of the verse and chorus of Harvest "... promise of a man", which I had chorded with D and A, but as I listen to the song, Neil seems to remain on the D for all of the end of the line. I've notated it as D (A), as I find it more natural to play the A chord myself - try playing it both ways yourself, see which you think sounds better for you.

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.

"Harvest" chords are - D A G Bm and E - a nice easy set of chords for learning guitarists ( see Guitar Chords for Harvest )

"Harvest Moon" chords are D D/B ( 004232 ) Dmaj7 Em7 G A7sus4 (002030) and A7 ( see Guitar Chords for Harvest Moon )

These new versions are now available on my Neil Young guitar chords page, along with a bunch more which will be tackled later.. You can find all of my Neil Young songs guitar transcriptions at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Songs by Neil Young

Video - Neil Young 'Harvest'

Video - Neil Young 'Harvest Moon'
Play along with the videos above to help you learn the tempo, strumming etc.

Go to CDUniverse to browse Neil Young albums and other works: Neil Young music at CDUniverse
If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my friend Dan Denley's great Acoustic Guitar Lessons site.

Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
Guitar Songs Website: PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics - http://www.guitarsongs.info/
Guitar Chords Blog: http://www.guitar-chords.blogspot.com/
Guitar Tips Blog: http://www.guitar-tips.blogspot.com/
Facebook Page: P.J. Murphy - Guitarsongs.info on Facebook

Guitar chords for Lou Reed "Perfect Day" and "Satellite of Love"

2013-06-01T14:50:00.001+01:00

Once again, venturing back into the prairies of songs on my site, replacing the text files with web file, embedding videos, correcting chords and lyrics where appropriate, and transposing to the key of the original song on video, to make it easier for learning guitarists to pick up the song by playing along with the original artist.

It's like meeting old friends at times, songs I've always loved, but haven't gotten around to playing myself in a long time. My site is deliberately eclectic - I had the choice at the beginning ( 15 years ago! ) of accepting submissions from everyone and building the site as a 'warehouse' of songs, or only including songs I like and enjoy playing, and where I have worked out the chords and lyrics myself.

I opted for 'eclectic', and while you won't find every song ever written ( or every artist ), I have a wide enough taste to ensure that most visitors find chords for at least a bunch of songs they want to play, among the 2,000 odd I have available.

Working on the Lou Reed page today, and I have re-transcribed two of my all-time favourite songs "Perfect Day" and "Satellite of Love". Neither of the songs were in the original key ( I had transcribed them to suit my own voice ), so I've changed "Perfect Day" from A minor to Bb minor, by the addition of a Capo on the first fret, and for 'Satellite of Love', which I'd always played in G, but which is actually in F, I transcribed it to D, indicating a Capo on the 3rd, as playing in F would have led to some tricky chords.

The new pages containing 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.

"Perfect Day" chords ( relative to Capo ) are - Am G C F Dm E A Amaj7 Dmaj7 D6 and F#m ( see Guitar Chords for Perfect Day )

"Satellite Of Love" chords ( relative to Capo ) are D E G A Bm and Em - a nice easy set of chords for beginners ( see Guitar Chords for Satellite of Love )

These new versions are now available on my Lou Reed page, along with a bunch more which I will get to as soon as I can. You can find all of my Lou Reed songs guitar transcriptions at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Songs by Lou Reed

Video - Lou Reed "Perfect Day"

Video - Lou Reed "Satellite Of Love"

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

Go to CDUniverse to browse Lou Reed albums and other works: Lou Reed music at CDUniverse
If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my friend Dan Denley's great Acoustic Guitar Lessons site.

Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
Guitar Songs Website: PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics - http://www.guitarsongs.info/
Guitar Chords Blog: http://www.guitar-chords.blogspot.com/
Guitar Tips Blog: http://www.guitar-tips.blogspot.com/
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Guitar chords for The Pogues "Dirty Old Town" and "Fiesta"

2013-05-31T17:41:00.002+01:00

Forging on with my website upgrade, today I'm moving on to my Pogues guitar songs page, and giving the 'makeover' and health check to two of my favourite songs of theirs, "Dirty Old Town", and "Fiesta" . "Dirty Old Town" is an old classic ballad by Ewan McColl ( father of the late and sadly missed Kirsty ), covered by many artists, but The Pogues version has always been my favourite. "Fiesta" is a riotous Mariachi band pastiche that always brings a smile to the face.

The new pages containing 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.

"Dirty Old Town" features chords - G C D and Em, but for the harmonica intro the key is changed to D, so the chords here are D G A and Bm. For a later instrumental part, on Uileann Pipes, the key changes to C, so the chords here are C F G and Am ( see Guitar Chords for Dirty Old Town )

"Fiesta" has chords - G D7 and C, with a G#o ( xx3434 ) and a Cm in the closing chords ( see Guitar Chords for Fiesta )

These new versions have been added to the other Pogues on the page. I'll be tackling these on my next pass through. You can find all of my Pogues songs guitar transcriptions at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Songs by The Pogues

Video - The Pogues "Dirty Old Town"

Video - The Pogues "Fiesta"
Play along with the videos above to help you learn the tempo, strumming etc.

Go to CDUniverse to browse The Pogues albums and other works: The Pogues music at CDUniverse
If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my friend Dan Denley's great Acoustic Guitar Lessons site.

Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
Guitar Songs Website: PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics - http://www.guitarsongs.info/
Guitar Chords Blog: http://www.guitar-chords.blogspot.com/
Guitar Tips Blog: http://www.guitar-tips.blogspot.com/
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Guitar chords for Blur "Country House" and "Parklife"

2013-05-30T17:29:00.004+01:00

I was fortunate enough during the 'Britpop battle' between Blur and Oasis in the 90s to actually really like both bands, so I have Blur and Oasis song chord pages on my website.

The Blur page is the subject of today's attention, I have coverted the text pages for "Country House" and "Parklife", in the process correcting some errors and omissions, including patiently placing the chords in the correct places for the spoken-word parts of "Parklife".

The new pages containing 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.

"Country House features chords - A E Bm D C#7 C# E and E7 ( see Guitar Chords for Country House )

"Parklife" has chords - E A Bb B G F# D and C ( see Guitar Chords for Parklife )

These new versions have been added to the other Blur songs on the page, which I'll be reviewing at a later date, you can find them all at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to Songs by Blur

Video - Blur "Country House"

Video - Blur "Parklife"

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

Go to CDUniverse to browse Blur albums and other works: Randy Newman music at CDUniverse
If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my friend Dan Denley's great Acoustic Guitar Lessons site.

Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
Guitar Songs Website: PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics - http://www.guitarsongs.info/
Guitar Chords Blog: http://www.guitar-chords.blogspot.com/
Guitar Tips Blog: http://www.guitar-tips.blogspot.com/
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Guitar Chords for Randy Newman "Jolly Coppers" and "My Old Kentucky Home"

2013-05-29T14:28:00.000+01:00

Continuing with my improvement and audit project for the older songs on my website PJs Guitar Chords and Lyrics , today I'm taking two songs from my Randy Newman page, "Jolly Coppers" ( from the "Little Criminals" album ) and "My Old Kentucky Home" ( from the "12 Songs" album )

You can check out the updated pages with these songs, complete with embedded videos of the songs to play along with, at the links below.

Note: for "Jolly Coppers", I've chorded the song in the key of G - in the video Randy plays it in F#. This would lead to a really complex set of chords, so I figure most learning guitarists would prefer to play it in G, just a semitone higher. This means that to play along with the video, you will need to tune each string on your guitar down one semitone, i.e. Eb Ab C# F# Bb Eb ( or put a capo on the 11th fret! ). In this case it would be best to just listen to the song, learn the rhythms, strumming patterns and vocal nuances, and then pick up the guitar and try to play the song in G, having learned how the song should sound and 'feel'.

"Jolly Coppers" features the chords G D6 ( x00230 ) Cmaj7 Am7 Em7 Bm7 C and C/D ( 030210 ) ( see Guitar Chords for Jolly Coppers )

"My Old Kentucky Home" can be played with just the chords G D7 and C ( with Capo on 2nd Fret ). You could play without Capo, using chords A E7 and D, but I thing the song sounds better played in the key of G, see Guitar Chords for My Old Kentucky Home )

I've added these transcriptions to the other Randy Newman songs on the page, which will be updated later, you can find them all at the link below:

Guitar chords and lyrics to songs by Randy Newman

Video - Randy Newman "Jolly Coppers"

Video - Randy Newman "My Old Kentucky Home"
Play along with the videos above to help you learn the tempo, strumming etc.

Go to CDUniverse to browse Randy Newman albums and other works: Randy Newman music at CDUniverse
If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my friend Dan Denley's great Acoustic Guitar Lessons site.

Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
Guitar Songs Website: PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics - http://www.guitarsongs.info/
Guitar Chords Blog: http://www.guitar-chords.blogspot.com/
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Guitar chords and lyrics for The Kinks "Lola" and "Waterloo Sunset"

2013-05-28T14:09:00.001+01:00

I created my website PJs Guitar Chords and Lyrics 15 years ago.

Things were a lot different then, pages loaded very slowly, images, videos etc. were a huge overhead for a web designer trying to make their pages accessible for their visitors. My approach to this was to create web pages for each artist and genre on my site, with a list of the songs I've worked out, but with each song page being a plain text file, which loaded very quickly, and could be printed easily.

I'm now about 1/3 way through a project to convert these text files into web pages. This allows me to include links back to the artist and main pages, and also to embed videos of the songs, so that you can play along with the originals while you learn the songs.

Initially I looked on this as a 'chore', but by only taking two songs at a time from each artist, I managed to keep it interesting, and 'dug up' some treasures I had almost forgotten about myself. I'm checking out each song by playing along myself, to catch any 'doozers' and also to make sure I have the song in the original key ( or have transposed it, and shown which fret to use the capo on)

So today's artists are The Kinks, and I've given the 'makeover' to two of their most popular songs, "Lola" and "Waterloo Sunset", you can check them out at the links below.

I've also embedded the video links for the songs, so you can play along with the original and get a good feel for how the song should sound, guitar strumming patterns etc.

"Lola" features the chords C D E A Asus4 ( x02230 ), B, F#m, B7, C#m and G#m ( see Guitar Chords for Lola )

"Waterloo Sunset" can be played with A7, D, A, G, Em, G, B, E, E7 and A7 chords ( see Guitar Chords for Waterloo Sunset )

I've added these transcription to the other Kinks songs on the page, you can find them all at the link below:

Guitar chords and lyrics to songs by The Kinks

Video - The Kinks "Lola"

Video - The Kinks "Waterloo Sunset"
Play along with the videos above to help you learn the tempo, strumming etc.

Go to CDUniverse to browse The Kinks albums and other works: The Kinks music at CD Universe

If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my friend Dan Denley's great Acoustic Guitar Lessons site.

Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
Guitar Songs Website: PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics - http://www.guitarsongs.info/
Guitar Chords Blog: http://www.guitar-chords.blogspot.com/
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Guitar chords for "People Are Strange" and "Riders on The Storm" by The Doors

2013-05-27T17:56:00.003+01:00

I was saddened to hear this week of the passing of Ray Manzarek, keyboard player with legendary 1960s/1970s band The Doors.

I hope that, as well as radio stations playing their great songs, that amateur guitar players will learn them, and include them in their sets for open-mic nights, sessions with friends etc., to ensure that these songs endure and be enjoyed by future generations.

I have transcribed two of my favourites for easy guitar playing, "People Are Strange" and "Riders On The Storm", you can check them out at the links below.

I've also embedded the video links for the songs, so you can play along with the original and get a good feel for how the song should sound, guitar strumming patterns etc.

My transcriptions won't make you sound like the great Doors themselves, but even if you are a learning guitar player, you should be able to carry off your own version of at least one of these songs.

"People Are Strange" can be played with just Em, Am and B chords.

"Riders On The Storm" can be played with just Em, Am, D and C chords, although you can experiment with playing a 'Am-Bm-C-Bm' riff for the Am part, to try to capture the sound originally created by the late Ray Manzarek on keyboards.

I've added these transcription to the other Doors songs on the page, you can find them all at the link below:

Guitar chords and lyrics to songs by The Doors

Video - The Doors "People Are Strange"

Video - The Doors "Riders On The Storm"
Play along with the videos above to help you learn the tempo, strumming etc.

Go to CDUniverse to browse The Doors albums and other works: The Doors music at CD Universe

If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my friend Dan Denley's great Acoustic Guitar Lessons site.

Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
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The Script "Science And Faith" guitar chords and lyrics

2012-03-01T17:02:00.005+00:00

While the album "Science and Faith" pretty much put Irish band The Script on the global map, hitting No. 1 in UK and Irish charts, and #3 in the US charts, the single of the same name, last single released from the album, seems to have fared less well. I think it's right up there with their best songs - I've worked out a chords and lyrics version and posted it to my Rock songs guitar chords website page.

You can check it out at the link below, and I've embedded a video of the song, in case you'd like to try playing along:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics - The Script "Science And Faith"
( play along with the video below or on The Script "Science And Faith" on Youtube

You can check out The Script's albums and singles at CD Universe - The Script albums and singles

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

2012-03-01T13:15:00.007+00:00

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

If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my list of cool and useful guitarist resources on ( where else! ) my Online Guitarist Resources page

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P.J. Murphy
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Noel Gallagher "Death of You and Me" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

2011-10-28T16:22:00.001+01:00

I was a huge fan of Oasis in the mid-90s, once again thanks to the good taste of my lovely daughters! As a result, there are obout 30 Oasis songs on my Oasis guitar chords page.

I kinda didn't keep up with the later albums, but since hearing the first few songs from the debut album, simply titled "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds", I have been re-converted. Noel and his new troupe of musicians combine the best of the melodic side of Oasis, without being 'Oasis-light' - there is still a rocky edge to the sound. Delighted to hear that the new tour ( currently in Ireland ) is really kicking up a storm, with fans and critics alike.

I've worked out the chords and lyrics for the first single from the album "Death of You and Me", which for convenience I have posted to my Oasis page (see above). Click on the link below to go straight to the page for the song:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to "The Death of You and Me" by Noel Gallagher

Play along with the video above, or on YouTube at Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds "The Death of You and Me" on YouTube

You can check out the Noel Gallagher album and singles CD Universe - Noel Gallagher albums and singles

If you're looking to improve your guitar playing, check out my list of cool and useful guitarist resources on ( where else! ) my Online Guitarist Resources page

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Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
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Death Cab for Cutie "Codes And Keys" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

2011-10-28T15:07:00.003+01:00

Death Cab For Cutie are one of the bands who have been recommended to me by my daughters and their friends, but which I never seem to get around to having a good listen to.

I did get a chance to have a listen to their new album "Codes And Keys", and was really impressed. Comparisons to Coldplay, Keane, Snow Patrol are inevitable, particularly with many of the songs being keyboard driven. But they acquit themselves very highly in this company.

I was particularly taken with the Title track, "Codes and Keys ( duh... ) and have worked out the chords and lyrics for it, which I've posted to my Rock Songs Guitar Chords page, or you can just click on the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to "Codes And Keys" by Death Cab For Cutie.

Playing along with the video above, or on Youtube at Death Cab For Cutie "Codes And Keys" on YouTube

Just a throwaway piece of info for the anoraks - the band got their name from a really funny song by the great 60's outfit "The Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band". Just sayin'..!

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Bruno Mars "The Lazy Song" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

2011-10-27T13:23:00.003+01:00

I've already worked out chords and lyrics for "Just The Way You Are" and "Grenade", the first two singles from Bruno Mars' chart-topping album "Doo-Wops and Hooligans". I really like his upbeat mix of pop, reggae and just generally "feelgood" music.

I recently worked out and posted my interpretation of the third single from the album, "The Lazy Song", and posted it to my Pop Songs Guitar Chords page, at the link below. The original song is in the key of B major, which means that the song chords would be quite tricky for learning players. I have transposed the song down four semitones, to the key of G ( every beginner's favourite! ), so the transposed chords are G, D, C, B7, Am, Bm and Em. Just put a capo on the 4th fret to bring the song back to B, if you want to play along with the original. The song is available on my website at:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars

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Aloe Blacc "I Need A Dollar" Chords and Lyrics

2011-10-20T17:15:00.003+01:00

Aloe Blacc is yet another artist I'd never heard of before this song hit the airwaves with a vengeance - but it would seem he has been performing and recording since the mid 90's. "I need a dollar" was taken from his Eight album, good things.

The song is a pretty simple, straightforward R&B ( that's Rhythm and Blues folks! ) song, which maybe accounts for it's universal popularity.

Although the song is in the fairly tricky key of G# minor, I have transcribed it down four semitones to E minor - put a capo on the 4th fret if you want to play it in the original key. After transcription, the chords I've worked out are: Em, D, Am, and B7 for the Verse/chorus, with the 'bridge' being Bm, Em and Am.

I've posted the chords for "I need a dollar" to my Pop songs guitar chords at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to "I Need A Dollar" by Aloe Blacc

You might enjoy playing along with the video above, or on YouTube at Aloe Blacc "I Need A Dollar on YouTube

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Adele "Set Fire To The Rain" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

2011-10-19T17:01:00.004+01:00

Yes, it's another Adele song, who'd have thought?! In fairness, she has just brought out a bunch of really good songs in rapid succession, so when looking for songs to add to my website, she's a Godsend!!

Another power-ballad, with nice melodic verse and bridge building up to an anthemic and memorable chorus. The original song is in the key of D minor - I have transcribed it to A minor to create an easier set of chords to play, so you would need to put a capo on the 5th fret to play along with Adele's version.

I've posted my transcription of "Set Fire To The Rain" to my Pop Songs guitar chords page at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics for Adele "Set Fire To The Rain"

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La Roux "Bulletproof" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

2011-10-17T15:37:00.006+01:00

Regular visitors to my website will know that I generally stick to an eclectic selection of the musical genres I like, mainly Rock and Indie songs, plus some niche areas like Folk Songs , "Golden Oldies" , Soul/R&B Songs and of course Christmas Songs ( Never too early ....! )

While I do have a large bunch of songs on my Pop Songs guitar chords page, these are mainly songs by the Rock or Indie bands that were just a bit 'light' to be considered as "Rock" - sometimes it's a fine line!

But I have lately found that there are less and less 'guitar songs' around, particularly being played on the radio stations, and in the singles charts, so I've opened my mind to some of the other music styles I might previously have bypassed.

One of these is the great 'Electro-pop' single by La Roux called "Bulletproof". I found by concentrating on the Bass lines, it wasn't too difficult to figure out which chords would underpin the song. Although the song is in the key of E flat minor, I was able to transpose it down a semi-tone to D minor, producing chords: Dm, G, Bb and F - not too tricky, huh?!

The plus side of playing songs like this out at open-mic or just get-together sessions is the 'surprise element' - you get a few bonus 'kudos points' for playing a song that your audience would'n have expected an acoustic guitar player to manage.

I have the chords and lyrics for La Roux "Bulletproof" at the link below:

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to "Bulletproof" by Laroux.

Playing along with the video above, or on Youtube at La Roux "Bulletproof" on YouTube

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Train "Marry Me" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

2011-10-15T20:24:00.004+01:00

I first heard of Train last year, when their single "Hey Soul Sister" ( which I have posted to my Rock Songs Guitar Chords page ) was getting lots of radio play, but I gather they've been around for quite a few years.

I will try to catch up on their older stuff at some point, but in the meantime I have worked out the chords and lyrics for their latest single "Marry Me".

The chords are pretty playable, even for beginners: C, G, G5, Am, F, Am/G, Bb and Csus4. If some of these chords don't sound familiar, don't worry, I have included diagrams for them, they are mainly just variations of chords you'll already know.

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

Guitar Chords and Lyrics to "Marry Me" by Train

You might enjoy playing along with the video above, or on YouTube at Train "Marry Me"

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Loggins and Messina "Danny's Song" Guitar chords and lyrics

2011-10-15T16:32:00.005+01:00

This is one of those in the 'Songs I'd almost forgotten' class. I was only reminded of it when my daughter heard the Anne Murray version on radio, and asked me if I could work out the chords for her - which, as a good, thoughtful Dad I of course did! I thought I didn't know the song at all until I heard the chorus, then remembered it from back in that early period in the 70's when Kenny Loggins and Dan Messina were up there with The Eagles in the big Country/Rock scene.

It's actually a pretty nice song to play, nice chord sequence - D, C, Bm, E7 and A for the verse, and G, A, D, Bm for the main part of the chorus, ending back with the verse chords.

I posted my version of the song chords and lyrics to my Old Songs guitar chords page on my website. Check it out at the link below:

Guitar chords and lyrics to "Danny's Song" by Loggins and Messina

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Adele "Rolling in The Deep" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

2011-10-14T20:14:00.009+01:00

It's hard to avoid Adele when thinking of songs to work out these days! There have been times where she seems to occupy every second position in the singles charts.

I have already worked out the chords and lyrics for "To Make You Feel My Love", "Someone like You", and "Set Fire To The Rain", and posted them to my Pop Songs Guitar Chords page.

Struggling to keep up with the prolific Adele, but I have now worked out easy to play chords and lyrics for "Rolling In The Deep". The song is in the key of C# minor / E flat major, which would be pretty difficult for those of us who are not quite expert guitar players, so I have transcribed the song to be in the key of A minor / C major, which makes for a much more playable set of chords - Am, F, G, Em, E, and C. Putting a capo on the 3rd fret will bring the song back to the original key - but you should obviously aim for a key which suits your voice.

There is a 'bridge' part which is piano/keyboard based, which involves playing some notes over an A minor chord, but you can busk it through with just the A minor if you find this too difficult.

You can find the guitar chords and lyrics for "Rolling In The Deep" on Guitarsongs.info at Adele - guitar chords for "Rolling in the Deep"

Play along with the video above, or on YouTube at Adele "Rolling In The Deep"

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MGMT "Kids" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

2011-10-14T18:57:00.004+01:00

I honestly thought I had worked out the chords for "Kids" a long time ago - when the song was always on the radio. But I received a request on Facebook for the chords of the song, and discovered that it was one of the 'ones that got away'.

It's too good a song not to have on my site, so I've remedied the situation and posted my version of the song chords and lyrics to my Rock Songs guitar chords page on my website. Check it out at the link below:

Guitar chords and lyrics to "Kids" by MGMT

The chords for "Kids" are very simple, F#m, D, A and E throughout, except for the bridge, which also features a B major chord.

Try playing along with the video above, or on Youtube at MGMT "Kids" on YouTube

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Sade "Still In Love With You" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

2011-10-14T17:48:00.003+01:00

Following a return from over 10 years of retirement, and the release of a new album "Soldier of Love", Sade have released a brilliant compilation album, "The Ultimate Collection", featuring all of the old classics ( including my own personal favourite "By Your Side".

As well as providing all your favourite Sade songs on one album, there is also the inclusion of an absolutely gorgeous cover of a ( to me at least ) lesser-known Thin Lizzy song "Still in Love with You". Since hearing the cover, I have checked out the original, which is brilliant, but when you listen to the cover version it just sounds like the song was written for Sade's smooth and smoky vocals.

The chords for the song are straightforward enough - Am, D, Dm, G, C, C/B and Am7, with a single Fmaj7 right at the end, although as indicated in my transcription, you can alter these chords slightly for a bluesier sound.

I've posted my interpretation of Sade's cover of "Still in Love With You" to my Sade song chords page, or at the link below:

Guitar chords and lyrics to "Still In Love With You" by Sade

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Foo Fighters "Rope" Guitar Chords and Lyrics

2011-10-14T15:28:00.009+01:00

"Rope" is the first single from the new Foo Fighters album "Wasting Light", and it's Dave and the boys doing what they do best - nifty riffs and chords, building up to the trademark anthemic chorus. It's the first Foo Fighters song I've added to PJs Guitar Chords and Lyrics since "Wheels", almost two years ago.

It's great to see a classic rock band like the Foo Fighters still out there making good rock songs and releasing singles - I have been finding it really difficult in the past few years to use the charts as a source of good songs to work out on guitar, and I'm hearing fewer and fewer songs on radio that make me want to reach for my guitar.

Although it's not an obvious song for playing on acoustic guitar, I have worked out a set of chords which will hopefully be playable on either electric or acoustic ( no tabs for the lead solo, I'm afraid! ). The main body of the song is carried along with a set of 'triads' - three chords played in quick succession, i.e.:

Bm-D-Bm ; F#m-A-F#m ; Dm-C-Dm ; Dm-C-Dm ;

The chords in the pre-chorus and chorus are pretty straightforward, Bm, F#m, Dm, G, Em and A, with a nice little slide up at the end: G-G#m-A-Bb-Bm

I have uploaded my transcription of "Rope" to my Foo Fighters songs chords page, or at the link below:

Rock Guitar chords and lyrics to "Rope" by The Foo Fighters

Play along with the video above, or on Youtube at Foo Fighters "Rope" on YouTube

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Adele "Someone Like You" chords and lyrics

2011-08-12T22:32:00.005+01:00

Like pretty much everyone else, I've run out of superlatives to describe the amazing vocal talents of Adele. A glance at any UK, US or other charts inevitably will have at least 4, maybe 5 of her songs in the top 40, so it's great to see she is getting the recognition she deserves.

"Someone Like You" is the second single from her "21" album, and co-written by Adele and Dan Wilson.

I have worked out the chords for "Someone Like You" and posted them to my Pop Songs guitar chords page, along with "To Make You Feel my Love", which I'd posted earlier.

The song is in the key of A major, but I've transposed it to G major to generate an easier set of chords to play. Use a capo on the 2nd fret to bring the song back to the original key, particularly if you want to play along with the video (below).

The song chords for "Someone Like You" are now available on Guitarsongs.info at Adele - chords for Someone Like You"

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