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  • Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones

    For Keith’s part, tune to D, G, D, G, B, D (as usual) For Ron’s part, it’s standard tuning. Intro/Verse Chorus Complete Transcription Rolling Stones – start_me_up PDF

  • “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” by The Beatles

    Intro Pre-Chorus I am using an actual slide for the fifth guitar. I kept it as low as possible to get the weird effect. I used the “Jazz” effect on the Line 6, where I usually just use the “Bypass” for the acoustic. I also turned down the treble as much as I could, and lifted the presence up.…

  • “Drive” by REM

    Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Here are all the chords used : Dm G F Am Em C The song is performed at 72 bpm (beats per minute). There are some tricks to this song. Notice at the VERY beginning of the verse, you are asked to play a D. That is NOT a D chord.…

  • “Vertigo” by U2

    Difficulty: Easy Composer – U2 Where to find this song – How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb Pre-Verse And Verse Here’s what the pre-verse riff sounds like with guitar and bass: For the verse only the bass guitar plays. It just continues with the same riff it played for the pre-verse. Guitar You won’t have any…

  • Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash

    Intro Verse   Chorus  

  • “Daniel” by Elton John

    The lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin, Elton’s writing partner. When Elton wrote the music for it, he chopped off the last verse because he thought the song was already too long. This completely changed the meaning of the song, as the deleted verse explained that “Daniel” was a Vietnam Vet who returned home after the war, lost his…

  • “Dust My Broom” by Elmore James

    Difficulty: Intermediate Intro To play this blues classic you’ll need to tune your guitar to Open D. To do this you’ll tune the guitar to DADF#AD. Much of the song is played with a slide on your pinky finger (4th finger). Lay your other fingers softly on the strings behind the slide to help prevent unwanted noise. Measures 1…

  • “I Walk The Line” by Johnny Cash

    Difficulty: Easy Main Theme You will need to play with a capo on the first fret with this riff. The part below is played four times before you go into the verse: I Walk The Line Tab PDF Power Tab   Chords And Lyrics I walk the line (text file)

  • “Imagine” by John Lennon

    Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Genre: Rock For Electric or Acoustic guitar This Lennon classic doesn’t even have a guitar part in it. What we have for you is actually the piano part. It’s sometimes fun to play a piece of music from a different instrument. Each instrument has it’s own approach to music and sometimes it’s not a…

  • “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” by Hank Williams

    Here’s a chord/lyric version of the classic ballad. “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”  printable text version. E B7 E E Hear the lonesome whippoorwill E7 He sounds too blue to fly A E The midnight train is whining low B7 E I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry E I never seen a night so…