PJ song to play along with

matabele
matabele Posts: 277
edited August 2010 in Musicians and Gearheads
Any suggestions for a song that an amateur can easily play along with, get a simple rhythm going with easy chords and chord changes.
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  • hevik
    hevik Posts: 5
    LONG ROAD
  • mattdingle
    mattdingle Posts: 181
    last kiss.simple
  • the hippy jock
    the hippy jock Posts: 11
    Not For You (sooooo simple) and Rockin in the Free World are the two that I started with
  • Pearl Drummer
    Pearl Drummer Posts: 4,627
    try the rhythm to alive its quite simple
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  • Sambo Baggins
    Sambo Baggins Posts: 203
    last kiss:

    rhythm is d du udu

    chords

    G Em C D

    bridge and chorus are played with muted strings for a couple measures

    you will get the feel of it really quick
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  • phungi
    phungi Posts: 641
    Wish List is a pretty easy/good song to play along to, and all the "leads" are one-note-at-a-time...
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  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Go with Elderly Woman

    it's a good one to know
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  • matabele
    matabele Posts: 277
    Cheers for all the suggestions, I have been playing around with Long Road for a while now and enjoy it very much. Has anybody else seen that dude on Utube teaching Last Kiss, he looks totally disinterested but it is quite funny, I'm going to start working on the other suggestions, thanks.
  • Pappas
    Pappas Posts: 809
    Elderly Woman is great for practising easy chord changes and rhythm

    also you should check out whipping, its just 4 chords played fast, once you master that try life wasted, its just power chords
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  • PRLJM1
    PRLJM1 Posts: 584
    Black is fairly easy if you play the open chords. Nothingman(capo 5), lukin, Hide Your Love Away cover is easy also.
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  • DangDang
    DangDang Posts: 1,551
    For everyone's benefit, how kind it would be to also mention the chords for these songs!
  • savman
    savman Posts: 230
    Pappas wrote:
    Elderly Woman is great for practising easy chord changes and rhythm

    also you should check out whipping, its just 4 chords played fast, once you master that try life wasted, its just power chords

    I wouldnt class life wasted as that easy? I mean, Stones part has a capo crossing 5 strings and part of it is played infront and part of it is played behind the capo?

    But EWBCST is a good reco.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,178
    Stone's part in yellow ledbetter is really easy. i play mike's intro and then when i sing it i switch to stone's part. E, B, A..until the change at the quiet part before mike's outro is power chords D#, E, B, then D#, E, A....simple stuff but very very effective.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,178
    also immortality is very easy to play. it just takes a little practice to get the changes just right.
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  • Geert
    Geert Posts: 101
    Payson wrote:
    Black is fairly easy if you play the open chords. Nothingman(capo 5), lukin, Hide Your Love Away cover is easy also.

    What are the chords for Nothingman with capo 5? Can't find it.
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  • matabele
    matabele Posts: 277
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    Stone's part in yellow ledbetter is really easy. i play mike's intro and then when i sing it i switch to stone's part. E, B, A..until the change at the quiet part before mike's outro is power chords D#, E, B, then D#, E, A....simple stuff but very very effective.
    Thanks, this is the kind of thing I am looking for.
  • chorduroy
    chorduroy Posts: 72
    Patriot is another easy song to play along with....basically 4 chords
    http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/p/p ... r2_crd.htm

    I also like to play along with Society from Into the Wild...
    http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/e/e ... r2_crd.htm
  • inlet13
    inlet13 Posts: 1,979
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    Here's a new demo called "in the fire":

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  • PRLJM1
    PRLJM1 Posts: 584
    Geert wrote:
    Payson wrote:
    Black is fairly easy if you play the open chords. Nothingman(capo 5), lukin, Hide Your Love Away cover is easy also.

    What are the chords for Nothingman with capo 5? Can't find it.

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