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Great power chord songs

rjwhite19rjwhite19 Posts: 574
edited April 2013 in Musicians and Gearheads
Yes after 20 years of playing guitar I bought a new electric and have been practicing all those power chords, bar chords, and everything else I've always found a way to cheat around.


Any suggestions on some very simple standards......pj or otherwise, but pj of course.
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Toronto 2011 1 & 2 London 2013. Quebec City 2016. Ottawa 2016
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  • phungiphungi Posts: 641
    Two that immediately come to mind are:
    Not For You
    State of Love and Trust
    37 PJ Shows, 3 EV Shows, 1134 Total Songs, 24 Different Openers, 9 Different Closers, 252 Unique Songs (never enough)
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    Spin The Black Circle
    Corduroy
    Lukin
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • rjwhite19rjwhite19 Posts: 574
    Keep em coming
    Montreal 2003. Halifax 2005. EV Montreal 2008. Toronto 2009
    Toronto 2011 1 & 2 London 2013. Quebec City 2016. Ottawa 2016
    Fenway 2016 1 & 2
  • MagnumPJMagnumPJ Posts: 78
    A cover, yet Sonic Reducer is always a fun one in this area.
  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,414
    Green Disease
    I LOVE MUSIC.
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  • rjwhite19rjwhite19 Posts: 574
    Perfect
    Montreal 2003. Halifax 2005. EV Montreal 2008. Toronto 2009
    Toronto 2011 1 & 2 London 2013. Quebec City 2016. Ottawa 2016
    Fenway 2016 1 & 2
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    For non PJ, try some White Stripes. Seven Nation Army to start.
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,243
    BRAIN OF J.
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  • OGT92OGT92 Posts: 1,588
    I Believe in Miracles.
    "I read about the evils of drinking, so I gave up reading." - Henry Youngman
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Basically anything by Nirvana or Green Day


    For PJ, Yellow Ledbetter (Stone's part)
    Black
    Leash
    Whipping
    Lukin
    Save You
    Army Reserve (chorus)
    Life Wasted
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • rearviewrossrearviewross Posts: 3,055
    OGT92 wrote:
    I Believe in Miracles.

    This is a good one. Makes fret hand cramp like a mother. :lol:

    Also love playing the fast version of Lukin.
    Forced to endure, what I cannot forgive.
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    The entirety of The Who's Tommy
    At least half of REM's Monster

    Living After Midnight
    The Brews - NOFX
    almost any song by Social Distortion
    Most ramones songs, Sheena is a punk rocker, I wanna be your boyfriend, Chinese rock, etc.
    Dance The Night Away if you play the power chord E B and A at 7 and 5th frets
    Downtown - Neil Young and the boys
    Mama Kin, the GnR version, with some blues pinky hammer ons.
    Hit Me With Your Best Shot, fuck the solo though
    Sweet Jane
    Mountain Song - Janes Addiction
    Feelin Satisfied by Boston - Tricky as fuckin fuck but fuckin fun as fuckin fuck
    Cinnamon girl - double drop d
    Kickstand - drop d


    Pearl jam - Porch, definitely.
    hail hail
    Mankind
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Round 2, having slept on it...

    Plump - Hole (and most of the Live Through This album)
    Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
    Glycerine & Mchinehead - Bush ( I know I know )
    Don't Damn Me - GnR (not easy)
    Limelight - Rush (not as hard as you'd think. And fun)
    Burnin For You - BOC (bridge and chorus)
    Wind Cries Mary - Hendrix (more or less)
    Daytime Dilemma - Ramones, Pearl Jam
    Time For Me To Fly - REO Speedwagon (in open D tuning)
    Feel Like Makin Love - Bad Co. (Chorus, but most REO and Bad Co hits can be played all power chord if you don't care about the open string sound)
    More Than A Feeling - Boston (chorus)
    I Love Rock & Roll, Hate Myself For Loving You - Joan Jett (probably any song by her you can name)
    What Goes On In Your Mind - Velvet Underground (D,C,G. A,G,D. probably open chords but who cares, it rocks hard)
    Tom Petty - a lot of his earlier hits
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • phungiphungi Posts: 641
    If you are looking to learn Hail Hail, this guy pretty much nails it...
    37 PJ Shows, 3 EV Shows, 1134 Total Songs, 24 Different Openers, 9 Different Closers, 252 Unique Songs (never enough)
  • rjwhite19rjwhite19 Posts: 574
    Thanks again
    Montreal 2003. Halifax 2005. EV Montreal 2008. Toronto 2009
    Toronto 2011 1 & 2 London 2013. Quebec City 2016. Ottawa 2016
    Fenway 2016 1 & 2
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Had a dad - janes addiction
    And also
    Stop (more or less)
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Main riff in Iron Man...almost all Black Sabbath (early) songs (except solos)
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,170
    four horsemen by metallica.

    i cut my teeth on that song when learning power chords.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • rjwhite19rjwhite19 Posts: 574
    Great stuff
    Montreal 2003. Halifax 2005. EV Montreal 2008. Toronto 2009
    Toronto 2011 1 & 2 London 2013. Quebec City 2016. Ottawa 2016
    Fenway 2016 1 & 2
  • The Big CheeseThe Big Cheese Posts: 255
    Gotta through in 'I Cant Explain ' and 'Young Man Blues' from The Who Live At Leeds.

    Also 'Ramblin Rose' by the MC5

    :twisted:
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    Hyde Park 250610
    Bridge School Benefit 23/241010
    Manchester MEN 210612
    Amsterdam Ziggodome 270612
    Berlin '02' 040712
  • drewdawgqdrewdawgq Posts: 168
    Aspiring player here, love these threads.
    Tread Lightly.
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Was screwin' with these today:

    Meat Puppets - Backwater and Station ... both very similar rhythms, and 3or4 chordish easy playing for verse and chorus. If you wanna fuck with the leads, then god speed. :D

    Kings of Leon - Fans, and Day Old Blues ... again, both somewhat similar patterns, 3 chords, and very easy. no real leads to worry about. Day Old Blues not technically "power chords" but a pretty easy 3string inversion to fret.

    :D
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • PSUS2HPSUS2H Posts: 2,151
    Wicked Garden STP
    American Idiot Greenday
    Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters
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  • BerasapjBerasapj Posts: 292
    Meat puppets- Lake of fire
    Manchester 1&2 2012

    Waiting for the next PJ euro Tour

    Hoping not to get drown in the wave of life
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