Rock Songs for A Lone Intermediate Guitarist

DriftingByTheStorm

Ok.
I'm having a lot of trouble lately racking my brain to find songs that i
a. enjoy
b. can play, but
c. am not bored strumming the same pattern endlessly
d. are coherent FOR ONE LONE GUITARIST TO PLAY
e. ROCK!

Any ideas?
To give you some gauge of where I am at,
I have been playing the following two songs a fair amount recently:
Boston - Feelin' Satisfied
Rush - Limelight

These songs are both VERY recognizable when played by a single guitarist ... have a good tempo, changing parts, that don't get "real boring real quick", and more-or-less challenge me to some extent (rhythms are kinda intricate) ...

ANY IDEAS?

I've played a lot of covers by myself, but most either just don't sound right with one guitarist (notably, some ZZ Top songs, like "Legs",and a lot of later Soundgarden) or just are terribly fucking boring.

I already beat Dance The Night Away to death a while ago ...
I was playing Cowgirl In The Sand earlier today, and that was "ok" ...
but i'm really looking for ROCK AND ROLL ... not "folk" or acoustic down-tempo shit.

And, don't bash me for that Boston track ... i think it's a cult classic.


I'm not afraid to play hair metal either, so if someone suggested Ratt's Round & Round, I would be all over it (though not the Ryan Adams cover ... rofl).

AlbertaGirl70_

My guitar playing hubby suggest trying April Wine Don't Push Me Around

DriftingByTheStorm

AlbertaGirl70_ wrote:

My guitar playing hubby suggest trying April Wine Don't Push Me Around

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

See ... right here ...
THIS IS WHY I POST IN HERE ...

I had never even HEARD this song before ... fuck, never really heard April Wine before, to be honest ... (dang canadian rock bands!) ... but just started listening on youtube ... ROCK and ROLL ...

maybe not the cup of tea i would have chosen myself ... but STEADY ROCK no less ...

I'm on it.

Also, i just had a full can of Guinness - Irish Car Bomb (not one of those sissy half can bar versions) ...
SO I'M READY TO GO.


THANKS.


PS -- TELL YOUR HUSBAND I DON'T HAVE A DAMN HARMONICA!
:fp:

DriftingByTheStorm

Bah.
Literally NO tabs on the net for Don't Push Me Around
:( :( :(

Goddamn Canadian Under The Radar Rock N Roll Bands
:( :( :(

DriftingByTheStorm

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Something like this, i think?

Not got the chorus
OR SOLO
yet
lol


Edit:
Chorus: G D A, G D Eb .... Main Riff ... ?

DriftingByTheStorm

No one else got nothin to play?

I'm killin this april wine song now.
lol

Anyone who cares, I updated this tab after playing my fingers out on it over the past two days:

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There is some bridgey type shit towards the back half that is just a bunch of
barred A chord with a B at the end of the phrase ... repeated twice, i think.

Solo starting at 9 on the G string (ooh yeah, the G string, bitches) .... pinch teh fuck out of the harmonic ... and then do some pentatonic noodling in the key of D i reckon.

AlbertaGirl70_

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

No one else got nothin to play?

I'm killin this april wine song now.
lol

Anyone who cares, I updated this tab after playing my fingers out on it over the past two days:

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There is some bridgey type shit towards the back half that is just a bunch of
barred A chord with a B at the end of the phrase ... repeated twice, i think.

Solo starting at 9 on the G string (ooh yeah, the G string, bitches) .... pinch teh fuck out of the harmonic ... and then do some pentatonic noodling in the key of D i reckon.

Hubby don't do tab,says it slows him down,he just goes on youtube and finds shit where you can see the music being played

AlbertaGirl70_

He says try some Thin Lizzie

DriftingByTheStorm

Yeah.
I'm gonna have to start gettin in to some thin lizzy.
knew that was coming at some point.
only problem is i'm fairly unfamiliar with their material, which makes it twice as hard to learn.

FYI.
I actually started trying to play Round and Round (RATT) again today ... tried it a year or two ago and it was just way-too-hard.

Almost playable at speed now ... definitely need the Guitar Pro tab to play along to though ...
lol. shit is fun.

AlbertaGirl70_

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

Yeah.
I'm gonna have to start gettin in to some thin lizzy.
knew that was coming at some point.
only problem is i'm fairly unfamiliar with their material, which makes it twice as hard to learn.

FYI.
I actually started trying to play Round and Round (RATT) again today ... tried it a year or two ago and it was just way-too-hard.

Almost playable at speed now ... definitely need the Guitar Pro tab to play along to though ...
lol. shit is fun.

BTW chicks love guys that play guitar!......total chick magnet....... Like to think of myself as my hubbys groupie....

DriftingByTheStorm

AlbertaGirl70_ wrote:

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

Yeah.
I'm gonna have to start gettin in to some thin lizzy.
knew that was coming at some point.
only problem is i'm fairly unfamiliar with their material, which makes it twice as hard to learn.

FYI.
I actually started trying to play Round and Round (RATT) again today ... tried it a year or two ago and it was just way-too-hard.

Almost playable at speed now ... definitely need the Guitar Pro tab to play along to though ...
lol. shit is fun.

BTW chicks love guys that play guitar!......total chick magnet....... Like to think of myself as my hubbys groupie....

yeah ... uh ... my girlfriend ... as much as she likes rock an roll ... does NOT seem to like it when ***I*** pick up the guitar.

lolzers.
:(

AlbertaGirl70_

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

AlbertaGirl70_ wrote:

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

Yeah.
I'm gonna have to start gettin in to some thin lizzy.
knew that was coming at some point.
only problem is i'm fairly unfamiliar with their material, which makes it twice as hard to learn.

FYI.
I actually started trying to play Round and Round (RATT) again today ... tried it a year or two ago and it was just way-too-hard.

Almost playable at speed now ... definitely need the Guitar Pro tab to play along to though ...
lol. shit is fun.

BTW chicks love guys that play guitar!......total chick magnet....... Like to think of myself as my hubbys groupie....

yeah ... uh ... my girlfriend ... as much as she likes rock an roll ... does NOT seem to like it when ***I*** pick up the guitar.

lolzers.
:(

Bummer.........Gotta learn something that makes her melt.......my guy has learned all my fav PJ songs and I'm putty in his hands