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Thursday, 3 July 2014

Breathing Underwater

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. It's just been sheer laziness. Anyway, let's starty off on a positive note with Metric's Breathing Underwater. They really deserve more than they've gotten, because they're an awesome band.

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Intro: A  Db  Gbm  D

         A  Db           Gbm  D
I'm the blade, you're the knife
         A    Db            Gbm   D
I'm the weight, you're the kite
           A                Db
They were right when they said
          Gbm            D
We were breathing underwater
         A             Db
Out of place all the time
     Gbm                 D          A   Db
In a world that wasn't mine to take
   Gbm  D
I'll wait

Is this my life?
Gbm
Ahhh
A      E         Gbm
Am I breathing underwater?
Is this my life?
Gbm
Ahhh
A      E         Gbm
Am I breathing underwater?

Interlude: D  Gbm  D  Gbm
     
         A  Db           Gbm  D
I'm the blade, you're the knife
         A    Db            Gbm   D
I'm the weight, you're the kite
           A                Db
They were right when they said
           Gbm              D
We should never meet our heroes
           A               Db
When they bowed at our feet
       Gbm            D
In the end it wasn't me


Is this my life?
Gbm
Ahhh
A      E         Gbm
Am I breathing underwater?
Is this my life?
Gbm
Ahhh
A      E         Gbm
Am I breathing underwater?

Interlude: D  Gbm  D  Gbm

A          D
Nights are days
           Gbm                         D
We beat a path through the mirrored maze
               A
I can see the end
  Db
Ahhh
        Gbm               D
But it hasn't happened yet
               A
I can see the end
  Db
Ahhh
        Gbm               D
But it hasn't happened yet


Is this my life?
Gbm
Ahhh
A      E         Gbm
Am I breathing underwater?
Is this my life?
Gbm
Ahhh
A      E         Gbm
Am I breathing underwater?
A      E         Gbm
Am I breathing underwater?
A      E         Gbm
Am I breathing underwater?

Thursday, 5 June 2014

Weekly News #2 - Friday, 6 June

Sorry I haven't done these in a while but as I mentioned in my last post (Blister In The Sun) I've been lazy and busy. Also I didn't really want to post a chord song because they can take a really long time. Anyway, I've got a few songs planned - Clouds by Zach Sobiech (that one's gonna be emotional), Crazy For You by Hedley, Pay Day by Classified, Be O.K. by Ingird Michealson, Line And Sinker by Billy Talent, and Lithium by Nirvana (I'm pretty much a Nirvana fan girl). Oh yeah, and maybe another secret one.

Blister In The Sun

We started playing the chords to this song and I thought "Hmm, I could tab this." So I did. Here ya go. Sorry I haven't posted in a little, I've just been busy and lazy. Enjoy peeps. P.S. I'd advise finger picking this one. It's a lot easier to play.



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-----3-----------3----------3-------x-x-x-x-
-2-----2----2-----2----2-----2---2-x-x-x-x-
-------------------------------------x-x-x-x-

Monday, 19 May 2014

Sprawl II

I learnt of this song from my Uke club and thought it would be a great addition to the blog. I'd advise playing it C, Am, F with your finger barring the third fret, and move up for the last verse. I put the chords down for those of you who don't want to do that. Enjoy!


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Source: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/a/arcade_fire/sprawl_ii_mountains_beyond_mountains_crd.htm

Intro: D# D#                                                                 Cm They heard me singing and they told me to stop                                                      G#                  D#
Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock                                      Cm These days my life, I feel it has no purpose                                G#            D# But late at night the feelings swim to the surface                                       Cm 'Cause on the surface the city lights shine                                 G#          D They're calling at me, come and find your kind                                      Cm Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small                        G#             D That we can never get away from the sprawl Chorus: G#              D# Living in the sprawl G#              D#                G#                D# Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains                Cm And there's no end in sight                              G#              D# I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights D#                                 Cm We rode our bikes to the nearest park                          G#              D# Sat under the swings and kissed in the dark                                    Cm We shield our eyes from the police lights                     G#           D# We run away, but we don't know why                                     Cm On the black river, the city lights shine                                   G#          D# They're screaming at us, we don't need your kind                                      Cm Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small                        G#            D# That we can never get away from the sprawl Chorus: G#              D# Living in the sprawl G#              D#                G#                D# Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains                Cm And there's no end in sight                              G#              D# I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights F# D#m F# A# E                                          C#m They heard me singing and they told me to stop                                   A               E Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock                                      C#m Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small                  A             E Can we ever get away from the sprawl? Chorus: G#              D# Living in the sprawl G#              D#                G#                D# Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains                Cm And there's no end in sight                              G#              D# I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights D# Cm
                             G#        D# I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights

Thursday, 15 May 2014

You And I

I found out about this song... Blah blah blah and some timey-wimey, wibbley-wobbley stuff later, (If you got that reference, then you're awesome) This song seems like it has a bunch of chords, but they're all easy and the tempo's relatively slow. Once you read through the song and you realize "Oh crap. I don't know what accapela means!" and then you remember you read this and you go "Oh yeah, it means there aren't any non-percussion instruments being played for that period of time. I'm a genius!" There you are. Go have some fun and play some Uke! P.S. I'm planning to post another Ingrid osng soon, but you'd already know that if you read the weekly update and/or the "Chords/Tabs I'm Working On/Planning To Work On" thing! Go have some more fun!




Lyric Source: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/ingridmichaelson/youandi.html

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C
Don't you worry there, my honey
F
We might not have any money
Am                                                  C
But we've got our love to pay the bills

Maybe I think you're cute and funny
F                                                     Am                                C
Maybe I wanna do what bunnies do, if you know what I mean

                                    E7                      F                                    C
Oh, let's get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France                                                                                                  E7                                     F                             G
Let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
                 C                       E7                                              F                               G
Let's get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
                       C                      E7            C
From way up there, you and I, you and I

Well, you might be a bit confused
               F
And you might be a little bit bruised
       Am                                                 C
But baby how we spoon like no one else
So I will help you read those books
   F
If you will soothe my worried looks
        Am                          C
And we will put the lonesome on the shelf

                                    E7                      F                                    C
Oh, let's get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France                                                                                                  E7                                     F                             G
Let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
                 C                       E7                                              F                               G
Let's get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
                       C                      E7            C
From way up there, you and I, you and I

Accapela
Oh let's get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France

Let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
Let's get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
From way up there, you and I, you and I

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Weekly Update - #1 (Wed 14, May)

This is a series of posts that I will try to do once a week. Basically what they'll be is a quick snippet of stuff that I'm working on or changes to the blog. So here we go.

I'm currently working on six songs at the moment - Lithium by Nirvana, Pay Day by Classified, Crazy For You by Hedley, Line And Sinker by Billy Talent and Be O.K. and You And I by Ingrid Michealson, so look out for those in the next few weeks. I've just posted 3 Foot Tall by Classified so check that out. Onto other matters, I haven't got a single song suggestion ever, so remember that you're completely welcome to do so. Also, I'm planning on making a how to navigate thing on the side, so you can figure out how to navigate it if your a newcomer. Thanks, Pat.

3 Foot Tall

This song was pretty popular at one point, and I really liked it. I noticed that there weren't any online chords, so I figured them out with no hassle. Sorry it took me so long to post. I was really busy and we had a internet outage and blah blah blah. I just want to point it out that this song sound a lot better with barre chords and is easier. So instead of playing normal Bm, G, D, and As I play a normal Bm, 4232 (G), 2225 (D), and 6454 (A). Enjoy!


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Lyric Source: http://www.metrolyrics.com/3-foot-tall-lyrics-classified.html

Bm               G                                       D
When you're alone, life can be a little rough. 
                      A                                 
Bm
It makes you feel like you're 3 foot tall. 
                      G                
                    D
When its just you, well times can be tough. 
                       A                                          Bm                 G

When there's no one there to catch your fall (Ay ay ay ay)
          D                    A
3 foot tall (Ay ay ay ay)

                             Bm                G
Like you're 3 foot tall (Ay ay ay ay)
         D

3 foot tall
                       A                                         Bm

When there's no one there to catch your fall

I'm from the cross roads, off roads
G                                                      Bm                                    G

Dodgin' all of the pot holes, in my auto-mobile hollerin' out watch out
      Bm                                           G

We lost hope like Bob Hope, so what are we supposed to follow?
        D                                            A

I'm a leader not an apostle, but I believe in the freedom that god holds
Bm                                    G

S***, I'm on the top rope, ready to jump so watch close
          Bm                                    G                                       Bm

Been criticized and boxed out since I was a snot nosed kid
                            G

We ain't livin' for tomorrow we live for the lord though
D                                           A

Everybody tryin' to fit in the crowd like where's Waldo
  Bm                                           G

I freeze time like photographs livin' for the moment
      Bm                                        G 

I'm taking mental pictures reminiscing while I'm smokin' 
Bm                                              G

When I see the the light of day right away I'll ride away
       D                                                 A

Cuz things I write and say give me direction like Michael Bay
            Bm                                                 G

I need somethin' in my life because my plans, they never work out
        Bm                                                     G

Like when I make plans to work out cuz everything don't always turn out
               Bm

Like you want them to, honest truth
G                                                              D

Nahh ain't nothin' wrong with Luke go walk this path alone 
                  A

But I need somebody here to talk me through, but who?



Bm               G                                       D
When you're alone, life can be a little rough. 
                      A                                 
Bm
It makes you feel like you're 3 foot tall. 
                      G                
                    D
When its just you, well times can be tough. 
                       A                                          Bm                 G

When there's no one there to catch your fall (Ay ay ay ay)
          D                    A
3 foot tall (Ay ay ay ay)

                             Bm                G
Like you're 3 foot tall (Ay ay ay ay)
         D

3 foot tall
                       A                                         Bm
When there's no one there to catch your fall

I know I have my unity, community, 
       G                                                                          Bm

But everyone that I did music with over the years disappeared,
                                      G
When they're ain't too many still doin' this
Bm                                           G

Feeling like I've gone to war, lost my soldiers on the journey
D                                                   A                                   Bm

Feeling like we built a team but only I wear the jersey, yeah
                                                   G

Everything comes and goes, I dealt with the undertow
Bm                                                       G
Keeping my head above the water, pushed on, now I run the show
  Bm                                       G

I know this situations never perfect deal with what you got
D                                                    A

Never bite your tongue, tell your piece don't let them shut you up
Bm                                                     G

They say everything about money, nah only business
           Bm                                       G

If your friends think that, then you hang round money hungry pigeons
                      Bm                           B

The world is hollow y'all need to eat up I'm makin' a pot roast
            D                                      A

These people are all over themselves and I ain't in to feeding no cockroach.
Bm                                               G

Wrong or right right, I know the type don't be a gimmick
        Bm                               G

Cuz everything comes full circle jerk get it?
          Bm                                              G

I ain't looking for the exit, I'm tryin' to show you where my head is
                 D                             A                                                           Bm

When you feel alone play my song and that keeps us connected. Check it

Bm               G                                       D
When you're alone, life can be a little rough. 
                      A                                 
Bm
It makes you feel like you're 3 foot tall. 
                      G                
                    D
When its just you, well times can be tough. 
                       A                                          Bm                 G

When there's no one there to catch your fall (Ay ay ay ay)
          D                    A
3 foot tall (Ay ay ay ay)

                             Bm                G
Like you're 3 foot tall (Ay ay ay ay)
         D

3 foot tall
                       A                                         Bm
When there's no one there to catch your fall     x2