I'm pretty terrible with the guitar but I picked up the first few parts of Man of the Hour pretty quickly. I've never tried to get through the whole song but that might be one to try as well.
... Try playing just the chords for 'Man Of The Hour'. C-G-C-G C-G-Am-G Am-G
You can fake the bridge something like this (I don't have a guitar with me right now): E And the road __________F The old man paved ______C The broken seams ________D Along the way ______F Rusted signs __________E Left just for me ______Am He was guiding me C_______D Love, his own way F
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Man. What a wealth of knowledge on here. Tomorrow night is the start night. Momma and son off to see the in-laws. Free evening to myself. My starter song is gonna be Long road. If that goes well, then Man of the hour. I'm really dreaming here, but if all that goes, then SOLAT. You know, as a good wake up call.
Basically any song ed plays guitar on is pretty easy. It s the songs like half full and red mosquito that kill me. Corduroy and in my tree are two more easy ones.
I'll have to give Drifting a try. Agree about the tricky-ness of Elderly Woman...just can't get the timing down no matter how many times I watch "how to" videos or listen to the song (as if the past 20 years wasn't enough).
Yeah I would not have gotten Small Town if my teacher hadn't showed me. But once he did it really was pretty easy. It's in 6 / 8 time, so theres 6 8th notes per measure, with emphasis on the 1st and 4th ones.
Jeremy is just A-G, Chorus F-G-A Black chords are also pretty easy release chords are just D-G-C indifference Elderly woman Immortality not for you Down
Its best to learn a few songs with just chords until your comfortable with timing and chord-transition. Then you can slowly add in some tabs: corduroy, off he goes, betterman, wishlist, evolution etc
I'll have to give Drifting a try. Agree about the tricky-ness of Elderly Woman...just can't get the timing down no matter how many times I watch "how to" videos or listen to the song (as if the past 20 years wasn't enough).
Yeah I would not have gotten Small Town if my teacher hadn't showed me. But once he did it really was pretty easy. It's in 6 / 8 time, so theres 6 8th notes per measure, with emphasis on the 1st and 4th ones.
You guys are rattling off the entire PJ acoustic catalogue. Putting aside guitar solos, what are the hardest PJ songs to play?
Stone songs tend to have some tricky parts. Here's a couple of PJ songs which I find harder to play: Leash In hiding Sleight of hand You are Let the records play Hail, hail
Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006,
Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin
2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012,
Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012,
Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes
2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)
While I do agree that the 'Ed on guitar' songs are a bit more straightforward, I must say that he also amazes me on some songs where he has to play a part which is tough to sing on top of. The Sad main riff comes to mind. And also his playing in RVM is impressive. That's a tough one to nail folks!
But to get back to the OP, I would choose Long road as well. Plenty of time to do the chord changes. I never thought Small town was THAT easy. Fast chord changes and the melody line keeps evolving throughout the song from low notes to pretty high notes. You need quite a range to sing this
Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006,
Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin
2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012,
Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012,
Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes
2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)
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Good shout for Long Road, just played it for the first time and its nice and easy. That constant D chord is probably not making me popular with the neighbours tho
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Try playing just the chords for 'Man Of The Hour'.
C-G-C-G
C-G-Am-G
Am-G
You can fake the bridge something like this (I don't have a guitar with me right now):
E
And the road
__________F
The old man paved
______C
The broken seams
________D
Along the way
______F
Rusted signs
__________E
Left just for me
______Am
He was guiding me
C_______D
Love, his own way
F
Hail, Hail!!!
OP: if u get good at Long Road try SOLAT. Fun and easy to play
Thanks all
Immortality is pretty simple as long as you skip the solo.
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Jeremy is just A-G, Chorus F-G-A
Black chords are also pretty easy
release chords are just D-G-C
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Elderly woman
Immortality
not for you
Down
Its best to learn a few songs with just chords until your comfortable with timing and chord-transition. Then you can slowly add in some tabs: corduroy, off he goes, betterman, wishlist, evolution etc
Good luck, and don't give up
Putting aside guitar solos, what are the hardest PJ songs to play?
Leash
In hiding
Sleight of hand
You are
Let the records play
Hail, hail
Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006, Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin 2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012, Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes 2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)
But to get back to the OP, I would choose Long road as well. Plenty of time to do the chord changes. I never thought Small town was THAT easy. Fast chord changes and the melody line keeps evolving throughout the song from low notes to pretty high notes. You need quite a range to sing this
Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006, Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin 2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012, Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes 2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)
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