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yield2meyield2me Posts: 1,291
edited January 2008 in The Porch
Ok, so after years and years of putting it off, I've finally picked up a guitar and decided to learn. Can anyone give me some PJ songs that are relatively easy to play on acoustic?
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    Elderly ManElderly Man Posts: 235
    small town
    hide your love away is a really good song to practice chords
    wish list
    i am mine
    better man
    MSG 2 - 03
    Ed Sullivan Theater - 06
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    Albany - 06
    Hartford - 06
    East Rutherford 1 & 2 - 06
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    MSG 1 & 2 - 08
    Hartford - 08
    Mansfield 1 - 08
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    fyreguy73fyreguy73 Posts: 168
    yield2me wrote:
    Ok, so after years and years of putting it off, I've finally picked up a guitar and decided to learn. Can anyone give me some PJ songs that are relatively easy to play on acoustic?

    You will be moved for this one. But try "thumbing my way", it is easy. Go to "given to wail" it has all the shit.
    He who forgets, will be destined to remember.

    I wish I was the verb "to trust"
    and never let you down.


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    dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    fyreguy73 wrote:
    You will be moved for this one. But try "thumbing my way", it is easy. Go to "given to wail" it has all the shit.


    i disagree completely.. its not a 'first song' to learn.. lots of finger movements... weird chord shapes etc


    Long Road
    Wishlist
    Thin Air
    Not For You
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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    slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,744
    Yeah, I've been playing off and on for more than 10 years, and though I still suck balls, I can play most ed songs.

    I can't play Thumbing My Way. I can't use my pinkie well enough for that.

    Wishlist
    Small Town
    Corduroy
    Not For You

    are all pretty simple.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
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    stateoflove79stateoflove79 Posts: 2,845
    Foosteps
    Wishlist
    Last Kiss

    these are the easiest to play, IMO.
    Is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?
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    callencallen Posts: 6,388
    cool thread
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    JP2026766JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    Yeah, check out given to wail.

    A few to play are:

    Release
    Small Town
    Betterman
    Nothingman
    Wishlist
    Long Road
    I Got Shit
    Opening Riff for Alive (gotta learn that one!)

    Oh yeah...and Mike's Alive solo is pretty easy too ;)

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    JP2026766JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    fyreguy73 wrote:
    You will be moved for this one. But try "thumbing my way", it is easy. Go to "given to wail" it has all the shit.

    Yeah. I don't know if its good for a beginner though. I can play it. But its not easy when you're starting out.

    Mansfield II '08

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    NYC I
    NJPAC

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    willtupperwilltupper Posts: 70
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    for not mentioning "Lukin" yet! :D
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    acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    The first one I learned was Driftin
    G_C_D and a little A in there. Thats it

    Before you do anything you should learn the basic chords
    A
    C
    D
    E
    F
    G
    Then the Minors and majors and sharps etc...
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    AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Most of the easy ones have been mentioned.

    'not for you' is an easy one to add to the list of the ones already suggested. It's mostly just three chords and the intro-main riff is just an open E chord that you strum and then slide up to the 4th and 5th fret position.

    Lot's of practice and good luck with your playing, you will soon be carving it up! :)
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    BlackCorduroyBlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    last kiss for sure, its 4 chords, and it doesnt change
    just play them over and over and you have the song, its easy to sing along with too
    G Em C D
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    jonbond1779jonbond1779 London, UK Posts: 1,503
    The 1st 2 PJ songs i learnt on guitar was immortality:

    Em, D

    Black: Em, A, D

    EASY!
    "Bring it back, to the clean form. To the pure form"

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    LedbetterusLedbetterus Posts: 592
    Who You Are!

    The easiest song of them all.. and it'll sound like the song the first time you play it.. guaranteed!
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    Niko80Niko80 Posts: 1,553
    I started playing in July last year. So far I have learned these:

    Wishlist
    Long Road
    Last Kiss
    Not for you
    Thin air
    I am mine
    Release
    Sometimes


    Right now Im focusing on Neil Young. Not sure if its a good idea seing how he tweaks the chords alot. But its fun+im travelling to see him on february 15th in Paris! Gotta know something in case he invites me up for a song:-)
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    Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,329
    Long Road is the way to go.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
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    Uncle NeilUncle Neil Posts: 176
    twolegsyield wrote:
    do you have any idea what the pick progression is right before Ed sings the first line of the song?

    he does a little strumming followed by some picking that leads into the singing...

    i can't put my finger on it but i know it has to do more with D and G maybe?


    It's just a D. He strums it once, then picks the D string a few times, then strums once, then picks the D string...etc.
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    brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    didn't see any of these mentioned:

    Bee Girl
    Angel
    Off He Goes
    Lowlight
    Foldback


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    callencallen Posts: 6,388
    Soooo to push this thread a bit....if you had $500.00 to buy a guitar....for a beginner....what would you buy??
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    Uncle NeilUncle Neil Posts: 176
    callen wrote:
    Soooo to push this thread a bit....if you had $500.00 to buy a guitar....for a beginner....what would you buy??

    For an electric: Epiphone Les Paul (upgrade it later with Gibson or Duncan pickups)

    Acoustic: Probably a Takamine.

    You will get a different opinion from pretty much everyone though!
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    stevehomeairstevehomeair Posts: 318
    I think maybe a fender mexi strat might be easier to play and affordable?
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    jordn6971jordn6971 Posts: 675
    Immortality is my favorite to play. I just started learning guitar, and I learned Betterman, Crazy Mary, Black, Fatal, Elderly Woman...


    oh yeah just look here...
    http://www.giventowail.com/lessons/beginners.php
    "There was a band playing in my head, and I felt like getting high"
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    satansbedbugssatansbedbugs On Tour Posts: 2,410
    Stone Is God wrote:
    Long Road is the way to go.


    Agreed!! It was my first song
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    brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    Uncle Neil wrote:
    Acoustic: Probably a Takamine.


    i'll second this.

    first guitar i and still the only one i have.

    i like the fact that my dad wouldn't let me get an electric but made me learn on an acoustic.


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    Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,725
    Ledbetterus wrote:
    Who You Are!

    The easiest song of them all.. and it'll sound like the song the first time you play it.. guaranteed!

    I totally agree. very, very simple. a good place for someone to start. Long Road as well
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,448
    Long Road.

    I suck out loud. Maybe my Message Pit time would be spent better on practice.

    Allen Iverson: "Practice? We're talkin' about practice? Practice?" I feel you, Bro.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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