115
David Bowie-Lets Dance
[Intro - No drums - BPM 115 - capo at 1 for original key]
[D7] Ah... Ah... Ah... Ah...
(drums in - BxxB Sxxx Bxxx Sxxx - BxxB SxBx Bxxx Sxxx)
[A7sus4-575755 or x02030] [A7sus4] [Am6-5x4555 or x02212] [Am6]
[F] [F] [Am7] [Am]
[Chorus]
(Let's [A7sus4] dance) put on your red shoes and [Am6] dance the blues
(Let's [F] dance) to the song they're playin' on the [Am7] radio
(Let's [A7sus4] sway) while color lights up your [Am6] face
(Let's [F] sway) sway through the crowd to an [Am7] empty space
[Verse]
[G] If you say run ........ I'll [C] run with [D] you [C] [D]
[G] If you say hide, .......... we'll [C] hide [D/C] [C] [D/C] .. Be
[G] cause my love for [Em] you would [C] break my heart in [D7] two
[D7] If you should fall into my arms and tremble like a....
[Bridge]
[A7sus4] Flow [A7sus4] er [Am6] [Am6]
Let's dance
[F] [F] [Am7] [Am]
[Chorus]
(Let's [A7sus4] dance) for fear your grace should [Am6] fall
(Let's [F] dance) for fear tonight is [Am7] all
(Let's [A7sus4] sway) you could look into my eyes [Am6]
(Let's sway [F]) under the moonlight, this [Am7] serious moonlight
[Verse]
[G] If you say run ........ I'll [C] run with [D] you [C] [D]
[G] If you say hide, we'll [C] hide [D/C] [C] [D/C] .. Be
[G] cause my love for [Em] you would [C] break my heart in [D7] two
[D7] If you should fall into my arms and tremble like a....
[Bridge]
[A7sus4] Flow [A7sus4] er [Am6] [Am6]
[F] [F] [Am7] [Am]
[Chorus]
(Let's [A7sus4] dance) put on your red shoes and [Am6] dance the blues
(Let's [F] sway) under the moonlight, [Am7] the serious moonlight
[Outro - Solo]
[A7sus4] Flow [A7sus4] er [Am6] [Am6]
Let's dance
[F] [F] [Am7] [Am]
Repeat to fade w/ad lib
80
Elton John-Guess Thats Why They Call It The Blues
bpm 72
Heavy mute - lot of strum with just first finger - fills are whole slaps on side of guitar with whole hand
[C C9 C G Gsus4 G F]
[Verse]
[G]Don't wish it away
Don't [Em] look at it like [F]it's forever [C F/C C F/C C F/C]
[C] BEtween you and [G]me
I could honestly [Bm] say that [F] things can only get better C F/C C F/C C F/C
And [C] while I'm [G] away
[B7] Bust out the demons inside [Em]
[Dm] And it [G7/D] won't be [C] long before you and me [G] run
To the place in our [Am] hearts [F] where [G] we hide [Am7, G/B (quick fill - like Queen find me)]
[Chorus]
And I [C] guess that's why they [G] call it the [F] blues
Time on my [C] hands could be [G] time spent with [F] you
[C] Laughing like [G] children, living like [Am] lovers
[C] Rolling like [F] thunder under the [D] covers
And I [F] guess that's why they [G] call it the [C] blues - [C C9 C G Gsus4 G F]
[Verse]
Just [G] stare into space
[Em] Picture my face [F] in your hands [C F/C C F/C C F/C]
[C] Live for each [G]second
Without hesi [Bm] tation and [F] never forget I'm your [C] man C F/C C F/C C F/C
[C] Wait on me [G] girl
[B7] Cry in the night if it [Em] helps [Dm ]
But [G7/D] more than [C] ever I simply love [G] you
More than I [Am] love [F] life it[G] self [Am7, G/B]
[Chorus]
And I [C] guess that's why they [G] call it the [F] blues
Time on my [C] hands could be [G] time spent with [F] you
[C] Laughing like [G] children, living like [Am] lovers
[C] Rolling like [F] thunder under the [D] covers
And I [F] guess that's why they [G] call it the [C] blues - C C9 C G Gsus4 G F
[Solo - Verse Chords]
NOT SUNG - Just [G] stare into space
NOT SUNG - [Em] Picture my face in your [F] hands [C F/C C F/C C F/C]
NOT SUNG - [C] Live for each [G]second
NOT SUNG - Without hesitation and [Bm] never [F] forget I'm your [C] man C F/C C F/C C F/C
[End of Verse]
[C] Wait on me [G] girl
[B7] Cry in the night if it [Em] helps [Dm ]
But [G7/D] more than [C] ever I simply love [G] you
More than I [Am] love [F] life it[G] self [Am7, G/B]
[Chorus]
And I [C] guess that's why they [G] call it the [F] blues
Time on my [C] hands could be [G] time spent with [F] you
[C] Laughing like [G] children, living like [Am] lovers
[C] Rolling like [F] thunder under the [D] covers
And I [F] guess that's why they [G] call it the [C] blues
70
Elton John-Sun Going Down
[Intro - Arpeggio for F/A and C/G]
[C] [C/Bb] ([F/A] [C/G]) |[F]
E --------------------------------------------------
B 5------65-----6-5-X--3s5-5------------------------
G 5---57----75--5-5-5-------------------------------
D 5-------------5-5-5------------------------0------
A 3-------------x-x-x-------------------------3-2-0-
E --------------6-6-6-------------------------------
[Verse 1]
[G] I can't light [C/G] [G] no more of your [F] darkness [C]
[F/C] [C] [C/E]
[F] All my pictures [Bb/F] [F] seem to fade to black and [G] white
[C/G] [G] [C/G] [G]
[G] I'm growing tired [C/G] [G] and time stands still [F] before [C] me
[F/C] [C] [C/E]
[F] Frozen here [Bb/F] [F] on the ladder of my [G] life
[C/G] [G] [C/G] [G]
[G] Too late [C/G] [G] to save myself from [F] falli [C] ng
[F/C] [C] [C/E]
[F] I took a chance [Bb/F] [F] and changed your way of [G] life
[C/G] [G] [C/G] [G]
[G] But you misread [C/G] [G] my meaning when I [F] met y [C] ou
[F/C] [C] [C/E]
[F] Closed the door [Bb/F] [F] and left me [C/G] blinded by the [G] light
[Chorus]
[C] Don't let the sun go [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me
[F/A] Although I search myself, it's always [D7/F#] someone else I see
[C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your [F/G] life [G]
to wander [C] free [C/Bb]
But [F/A] losing everything is like the [Dm] sun (fast chords)
[C/E] go--- [F] ing [C/G] down [G] on [C] me
[Intro Riff]
[C] [C/Bb] ([F/A] [C/G]) [F]
[Verse 2]
[G] I can't find [C/G] , [G7] oh the right rom
[F] antic li [C] ne
[F/C] [C] [C/E]
[F] But see me once [Bb/F] [F] and see the way
I [G] feel [G7]
[G] Don't discard me [C/G] [G] just because you
[F] think I mean you [C] harm
[F/C] [C] [C/E]
[F] But these cuts I have [Bb/F]
[F] they need love [C/G] to help them heal [G]
[Chorus]
[C] Don't let the sun go [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me
[F/A] Although I search myself, it's always [D7/F#] someone else I see
[C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your [F/G] life [G]
to wander [C] free [C/Bb]
But [F/A] losing everything is like the [Dm] sun (fast chords)
[C/E] go--- [F] ing [C/G] down [G] on [C] me
|C |C/Bb |F/A |Ab6 Bb |
[C] Don't let the sun go [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me
[F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see
[C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your [F/G] life [G] to wander [C] free
[C/Bb]
But [F/A] losing everything is like the [Dm] sun (fast chords)
[C/E] go--- [F] ing [C/G] down [G] on [C] me
|C |C/Bb |F/A |Ab6 Bb |C
[Notes]
Don't go for harmonies in the chorus too much
Opening figure - use thumb and first finger to play B - 1 3 E - 1 0 B - 1 3
Whilst still holding the C chord as much as possible so it sustains
Chord for C/Bb - 6x555
Run down - D 0 - A- 3 2 0 then play G - don't pull off play first
with first finger then rest with thumb
Piano intro C - notes - dont try to hold C maj chord - use second
finger for the 1 so in good position to finger the next chord
B 1 3 E 1 0 B 3 1 (hammer on and pull off) - 11xx1x 01xx1x x10x1x
Use side of thumb and muting with left hand to 1 &3&4 - staccato on 4
Losing everything - have snare hit with no chord OR just play bass drum with chords
90
George Michael-Freedom
[Intro Riff - No drums to start then come in during next repeat of riff]
[B] [A] [E] ([B/A] [B]) x 2
(hammer on B and A barre chords - E play from open and hammer on)
[Intro]
I [B] won't let you down. [A] I will not give you up [E]
Gotta have some faith in the sound [A/B]
[B] It's the one good thing that I've got
I won't let you down. [A] So please don't give me up [E]
Because I would really, really [A/B] love
[B] to stick around
[Vamp]
[B] [A] [E] ([B/A] [B]) x 2
[Verse 1]
[F#] Heaven knows I was just a [E] young boy
Didn't know what I wanted to be [A/B] [B] [A/B] [B]
I [F#] was every little hungry schoolgirl's pride [E] and joy
And I guess it was enough for me [A/B] [B] [A/B] [B]
To [F#] win the race, a prettier face
[E] Brand new clothes and a big fat place
On your rock [A/B] and roll TV [B] [A/B] [B]
But to [F#] day the way I play the game is not the [E] same, no way
Think I'm gonna get me some happy [A/B] [B] [A/B][B]
I [Bm] think there's something you should know [Bmmaj7 - x24332]
I think it's time I told you so [Bm7]
There's something deep inside of me [Bm6 - 7x6777]
There's someone else I've got to be [Bm]
Take back your picture in a frame [Bmmaj7]
Take back your singing in the rain [Bm7] I just
hope you understand
[F#7] Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Chorus]
[B] All we have to [A] do now
Is [E] take these lies and make
[A/B] them [B] true somehow
[B] All we have to [A] see
Is that I [E] don't belong to you
And you don't [A/B] belong [B] to me
[B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom
You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take
[B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom
You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take
[Verse 2]
[F#] Heaven knows we sure had some fun [E] boy
What a kick just a buddy and me [A/B] [B] [A/B] [B]
We [F#] had every big-shot goodtime band on the run [E] boy
We were living in a fantasy [A/B] [B] [A/B] [B]
We [F#] won the race, got out of the place
[E] Went back home got a brand new face for the boys [A/B]
on MTV [B] [A/B] [B]
But to [F#] day the way I play the game has got to c
[E] change oh yeah Now I'm gonna get
myself happy [A/B] [B] [A/B] [B]
[Bm] I think there's something you should know
[Bmmaj7 - x24332] I think it's time I stopped the show
[Bm7] There's something deep inside of me
[Bm6 - 7x6777] There's someone I forgot to be
[Bm] Take back your picture in a frame
[Bmmaj7] Don't think that I'll be back
[Bm7] again . I just hope you understand
[F#7] Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Chorus]
[B] All we have to [A] do now
Is [E] take these lies and make
[A/B] them [B] true somehow
[B] All we have to [A] see
Is that I [E] don't belong to you
And you don't [A/B] belong [B] to me
[B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom
You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take
[B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom
You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take
[Bridge] - Bm Bmmaj7 Bm7 Bm6 x2
[Bm]Well it looks like the road to heaven
But it [Bmmaj7] feels like the road to hell
When I [Bm7] knew which side my bread was buttered
[Bm6]I took the knife as well
[Bm] Posing for another picture
[Bmmaj7] Everybody's got to sell
[Bm7] But when you shake your ass. They notice fast
[Bm6] And some mistakes were build to last
[Bm] That's what you get
[Bmmaj7] That's what you get
[Bm7] That's what you get for
[Bm6] changing your mind
[Bm] That's what you get. And after all this
[Bmmaj7] time I just hope you understand
[F#7] Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Chorus]
[B] All we have to [A] do now
Is [E] take these lies and make
[A/B] them [B] true somehow
[B] All we have to [A] see
Is that I [E] don't belong to you
And you don't [A/B] belong [B] to me
[B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom
You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take
[B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom
You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take
95
Tears For Fears-Shout
[Intro - Chorus - Could work well with I'm only Human by Rag and Bone man]
[Gm] Shout, Shout, let it all out. [D#maj7/Bb-668786] These are the things I can do without
Come [Csus2] on, I'm talking to you, come [Gm] on
[Gm] Shout, Shout, let it all out. [D#maj7/Bb] These are the things I can do without
Come [Csus2] on, I'm talking to you, come [Gm] on
[Verse]
In [Bb] violent times, you shouldn't have to [Csus2] sell your soul
In [Bb] black and white, they really really [Csus2] ought to know
Those [Bb] one track minds that took you for a [Csus2] working boy
Kiss them [Bb] goodbye, you shouldn't have to [Csus2] jump for joy (You shouldn't have to...)
[Chorus]
[Gm] Shout, Shout, let it all out. [D#maj7/Bb] These are the things I can do without
Come [Csus2] on, I'm talking to you, come [Gm] on
[Verse]
They [Bb] gave you life and in return you gave [Csus2] them them hell
As [Bb] cold as ice, I hope we live to tell [Csus2] the tale (I hope we live to...)
[Chorus]
[Gm] Shout, Shout, let it all out. [D#maj7/Bb] These are the things I can do without
Come [Csus2] on, I'm talking to you, come [Gm] on
[Gm] Shout, Shout, let it all out. [D#maj7/Bb] These are the things I can do without
Come [Csus2] on, I'm talking to you, come [Gm] on
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Gm] [Gm] [Gm] [Gm]
[Csus2] [Gm]
[Gm] [Gsus4-3555x3] [Gm] x4
[Chorus]
[Gm] Shout, Shout, let it all out. [D#maj7/Bb] These are the things I can do without
Come [Csus2] on, I'm talking to you, come [Gm] on
[Verse]
[Bb] .........…. And when you've taken down [Csus2] your guard
If [Bb] I could change your mind, I'd really love to
[Csus2] break your heart (I'd really love to...)
[Chorus]
[Gm] Shout, Shout, let it all out. [D#maj7/Bb] These are the things I can do without
Come [Csus2] on, I'm talking to you, come [Gm] on
[Gm] Shout, Shout, let it all out. [D#maj7/Bb] These are the things I can do without
Come [Csus2] on, I'm talking to you, come [Gm] on
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Gm] [D#maj7/Bb] [Csus2] [Gm] x2
[Chorus]
[Gm] Shout, Shout, let it all out. [D#maj7/Bb] These are the things I can do without
Come [Csus2] on, I'm talking to you, come [Gm] on
[Gm] Shout, Shout, let it all out. [D#maj7/Bb] These are the things I can do without
Come [Csus2] on, I'm talking to you, come [Gm] on
[Gm] Shout, Shout, let it all out. [D#maj7/Bb] These are things I can do without
Come [Csus2] on, I'm talking to you, come [Gm] on