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Entry: Guitar Songs For Beginners - A3856683
Author: Skankyrich [?] - writing, subbing, curating, scouting and aviating. How about you? - U931109

I ran out of ideas with this, and don't know where to go with it. It's been in the Flea Market for a while, but it would be nice to revive the idea. Advice would be gratefully received

I tried to study guitar for all of three months once. Shouldn't strumming be addressed at some point? How a song sounds is just as reliant on the strumming as the chords. PS: whoever laid out the chords so nicely deserves a gold star.

Haven't read it as just off down the pub but I'll be back!

Ah - so this is where this one's ended up...

I've got a couple written down:

Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Greenday - the verse is Em, G, D, A, repeat, but the chorus is C, D, G, E5 x3 and then C, D, B. Not quite simple enough - haven't been able to play it to check, even.

Come As You Are by Nirvana is a better bet - the verse is Em D ad nauseum, and the chorus is Am C for seemingly ever.

Oh and one thing that keeps bothering me - why only chords? Things like the rhythm guitar melody from In My Time of Dying by Led Zeppelin is easy enough to play that even I can manage...

Alex

ahem. Mr Rich?

He's hard at w*rk. Just check his journal.

And I'm a s--t guitarist

oh, um yes. My lone protest involves funding availability so as to increase guitar playing aptitude of the people from the south...

I suggest you Flea Market this Rich