Society live was VERY different from the studio version, right guitar players?

pjtaper
pjtaper Posts: 3,020
edited June 2008 in The Porch
Did anyone else think it was totally different? If my memory serves me correctly, Ed used a C chord on stage in the song, at least I saw him playing a C.... There is NO C chord in the studio version
(I pulled out a harp at the show and tried to play it, my G harp that I always play Society with, it was TOTALLY different, I'm a nerd...)
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  • Evo2010
    Evo2010 Posts: 90
    The studio version starts in B minor but he couldve been using a capo or diffrent tuning. I havent heard the live version but you are right about no C in the studio version at least. Couldve been a G.
  • faithfull44
    faithfull44 Posts: 14
    pjtaper wrote:
    Did anyone else think it was totally different? If my memory serves me correctly, Ed used a C chord on stage in the song, at least I saw him playing a C.... There is NO C chord in the studio version
    (I pulled out a harp at the show and tried to play it, my G harp that I always play Society with, it was TOTALLY different, I'm a nerd...)

    I haven't heard or seen the live version. I play it with standard tuning, capoed 2nd fret, and a C chord pops up throughout.
  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    faithfull44 wrote:
    I haven't heard or seen the live version. I play it with standard tuning, capoed 2nd fret, and a C chord pops up throughout.

    Yeah, I think this is how Hannan plays it at least. So the first chord is an Am shape, but it's really a Bm.
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    faithfull44 wrote:
    I haven't heard or seen the live version. I play it with standard tuning, capoed 2nd fret, and a C chord pops up throughout.

    Yup. Technically, it is a D chord, but with the capo you play it like you would an open C
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  • Uncle Neil
    Uncle Neil Posts: 176
    I play it with a Capo on 2, and then use Am, C, G, F chords varied throughout and it sounds dead on to the recording.
  • pjtaper
    pjtaper Posts: 3,020
    wow...
    I can't find my goddamn capo, I'm going to have to find a guitar shop here...
    I've been playing Empty by Ray Lamontagne a lot, and barring the 2nd fret is getting really tiring, I need a capo!
    Anyone know a good spot to hit up in downtown denver?
  • faithfull44
    faithfull44 Posts: 14
    Uncle Neil wrote:
    I play it with a Capo on 2, and then use Am, C, G, F chords varied throughout and it sounds dead on to the recording.

    yep. does sound right on.

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