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songs w/ a capo

simpson,ay?simpson,ay? Posts: 45
edited May 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
i finally was able to buy a capo, and i want to put it to some use...

i only know the following songs that use it-

oasis - wonderwall
bright eyes - lua
beatles - here comes the sun

some suggestions, please? thanks...
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  • zircona1zircona1 Posts: 293
    If you're a singer and can hit those high notes in the bridge, U2's "Angel of Harlem" has capo on 3rd fret.
    "As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."—Jubilee

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  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    beatles - Norweigan Wood
    PJ - Bushleaguer, Nothingman
    Pixies - Velouria
    The Shins - Pink Bullets
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • MissYouAllDayMissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    free fallin by tom petty.

    Its a finger squisher if you have fat ones.
    I miss you already, I miss you always
    I miss you already, I miss you all day
  • Milhouse VanHoutenMilhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    hallelujah- jeff buckley

    walls- tom petty

    naked as we came- iron and wine

    suzanne- weezer
    "Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."
  • Gossard_Is_GodGossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    Bushleaguer
    Im open
    Angeles by Elliott Smith is a good song with capo
    Pearl Jam - London Astoria 20/4/06....One hell of a night :)

    Reading 2006 - WOOOOW!!!!!

    Paris 2006 - Fucking amazing

    Wembley 2007 :D
  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    Milhouse VanHouten wrote:

    suzanne- weezer
    for real? never used one for that tune.
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • pedalbrakepedalbrake Posts: 16
    My personal fav capo song is Damien Rice's Cannonball (6th fret, by the way).
  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    "in my place" - coldplay

    capo on 2nd fret.......first chord is a G (sounds like A thanks to capo)
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • CaptainSpaz91CaptainSpaz91 Posts: 266
    Lots of Damien Rice you can capo, as well as Coldplay, David Gray. PJ - Strangest Tribe you capo 1st fret.

    If you wanna try RHCP - Under the Bridge capo 2nd fret.

    or James Taylor - Fire and Rain or Mexico. Hope this helps
    "i wanna rock and roll **all night**, and part of everyday"
  • pearljam559pearljam559 Posts: 33
    I think I've seen Stone Use it on "Nothingman" on the 2000 DVD.
  • Milhouse VanHoutenMilhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    don't_go_on_me wrote:
    for real? never used one for that tune.

    i think it's in a major, so if you put the capo on the 2nd fret, you can use the open 'g' chord shape. i could be totally wrong.
    "Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."
  • nailz100nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    Green Eyes - Coldplay
    Fast Car - Tracy chapman
    Only with our eyes closed can we truly see
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    John Martyn's trick over the years has been to keep moving the capo up the guitar neck, modulating higher and higher while playing a solo(and never stopping playing in doing so). He'll be playing in DADGAD or CGCGCE tuning, being busy with both hands, and he'll be moving the capo up a key every couple of bars to build up intensity. You can hear him do this on "Seven Black Roses" and his live version of "I'd Rather Be The Devil". Well worth checking out!
  • sustainediasustainedia Posts: 112
    Landslide.
  • tmud91087tmud91087 Posts: 97
    never used a capo on bushleaguer or pink bullets....?


    yes landslide is great capo song

    iron and wine s cover of with such great heights
    5/24/06 - Boston
    5/25/06 - Boston
    6/28/08 - Mansfield
    6/30/08 - Mansfield
    8/2/08 - Eddie in Boston (FRONT ROW!)
  • celluloid_lovecelluloid_love Posts: 62
    All Or None - Pearl Jam
    Waiting For The Sun - Powderfinger
    Thrilloilogy - Powderfinger
    Let Down - Radiohead
    WE'RE FAITHFULL
    WE ALL BELIEVE
    WE ALL BELIEVE IT
  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    tmud91087 wrote:
    never used a capo on bushleaguer or pink bullets....?
    capo on 3rd fret for pink bullets.

    not sure how possible it is to play Stone's part of bushleaguer without a capo. Tuning is: BGDGBD then you put the cap on the 4th fret on strings 1-5 only (leaving the low B open). This makes the tuning: BBF#BD#F#.
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • JasmineJasmine Posts: 22
    You don't necessarily have limit your capo use to songs that require them. I play long open mic sets and because all of the songs I do are by male artists, most of them are too low for me to sing. I find that using a capo gives my fingers a break. I mean.. barring frets isn't hard, but constantly barring for 6 or 7 songs is just plain painful. Seriously, man.. use a capo whenever your little heart desires! ;)
    ONWARD!... but not upward... that would be weird.
  • The ManThe Man Posts: 15
    the only one i can think of that hasent been said is
    bryan adams-everything i do
  • lostdawglostdawg Posts: 109
    "Strangest Tribe"...capo @ the first fret...start picking at an open "E" chord and you'll be playing it before you know it!
  • CaptainSpaz91CaptainSpaz91 Posts: 266
    i beat you to that one LostDawg, look at page 1 haha
    "i wanna rock and roll **all night**, and part of everyday"
  • lostdawglostdawg Posts: 109
    CaptainSpaz91 wrote:
    i beat you to that one LostDawg, look at page 1 haha

    D'oh!! Some day I shall learn to read through things entirely...but that is an excellent song to play- ya got me.
  • FNYNKEZFNYNKEZ Posts: 75
    Johnny Marr used the Capo on a ton of Smiths recordings.

    Here's a few I play, that sounds great acoustically

    Smiths
    There's a Light That Never Goes Out - 2nd fret
    Bigmouth Strikes Again- 2nd fret
    Back to the Old House- 2nd fret
    Please, Please Please, let me get what I want- 2nd fret
    This Charming Man- 2nd

    Beatles
    Girl- 1st fret
    I'm looking through You- 2nd fret
    Norweigan Wood- 4th (I think I can't remember, might be the 3rd)
    I never really cared about you
    I never really got to thinking about you
  • bigmuzzbigmuzz Posts: 299
    my fave capo songs

    Radiohead : Exit music for a film (2nd fret)
    Coldplay: Green Eyes (2nd)
    James Taylor: Youve got a friend (2nd or 3rd, i forget)
    James Taylor: Fire and Rain (as above, i forget which one is 2nd, and which is 3rd)


    cats in the cradle is another one with cool capo, i use it on 5th

    also, i like to just experiment with songs that DONT use a capo, and try them with capo on 1st or 2nd, it gives them a whole new sound

    eg Beatles: Blackbird, sounds awesome with capo on 2nd
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