The following are 3 songs that I want to be able to play , my teacher helped me out with the chords { and I can play them :lol: :lol: }
How ever since hurting my left hand I can not play so I am going to put a capo on the 2nd or 3rd fret and practice my strumming ...
So if anyone could help me out with the strum pattern for any or all of these songs I would be greatly appreciate it ...
BROWN EYED GIRL
Words and music by Van Morrison
G C G D
1. Hey, where did we go days when the rain came
2. Whatever happened to Tuesday and so slow
G C G D
Down in the hollow playing a new game
Going down the old mine with a transistor radio
G C G D
Laughing and a running, hey hey Skipping and a jumping
Standing in the sunlight laughing hiding 'hind a rainbow's wall
G C G D
in the misty morning fog, ah with our hearts a thumpin'
Slipping and a sliding all along the waterfall
C D G Em
and you, my brown eyed girl
and you, my brown eyed girl
C D G D
You, my brown eyed girl
You, my brown eyed girl
BRIDGE:
D
Do you remember when we used to sing
G C G D
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da Just like that
G C G D G
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da la te da
VERSE 3:
So hard to find my way
Now that I'm all on my own
I saw you just the other day
My, how you have grown
Cast my memory back there Lord
Sometimes I'm overcome thinkin' 'bout it
Makin' love in the green grass
Behind the stadium
With you, my brown eyed girl
You, my brown eyed girl
REPEAT BRIDGE AND END
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LEAVING ON A JET PLANE
Words and Music by John Denver
G / / / C / / /
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
G / / / C / / /
I'm standing here outside your door
G / / / C / / / D ///////
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
G / / / C / / /
But the dawn is breakin' it's early morn
G / / / C / / /
The taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his horn
G / / / C / / / D ///////
Already I'm so lonesome I could die
Chorus:
G / / / C / / /
So kiss me and smile for me
G / / / C / / /
Tell me that you'll wait for me
G / / / C / / / D ///////
Hold me like you'll never let me go
G / / / C / / /
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
G / / / C / / /
Don't know when I'll be back again
G / / / C / / / D ///////
Oh, babe, I hate to go....
Verse 2:
There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back I'll bring your wedding ring
CHORUS
Verse 3:
Now the time has come to leave you
One more time, let me kiss you
Then close your eyes, I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times I won't have to say
CHORUS
end on G chord
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THE GAMBLER
words and music by Kenny Rogers
G C G
On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere,
C G C D
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
G C G
So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness
C G D G
'til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.
G C G
He said, "Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces,
C G C D
and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
G C G
And if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.
C G D G
For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."
G C G
So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
C G C D
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
G C G
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
C G D G
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.
CHORUS:
G C G
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
C G C D
know when to walk away and know when to run.
G C G
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
C G D G
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
D C G
Ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
C G C D
is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
G C G
'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser,
C G D G
and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."
G C G
And when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
C G C D
crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
G C G
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
C G D G
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.
CHORUS 2x and end...
Here is to you as good as you are
And here is to me as bad as I am
As good as you are and as bad as I am
I'm as good as you are as bad as I am
There are any number of strumming patterns that one can use in all three of these songs. If you're just trying to be able to play them (or play them and sing them at the same time), then it's probably best to start out with some very simple ones. And, actually, these patterns can be used for many, many other songs.
Some suggestions:
For Brown Eyed GirlBeat:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Strum:
D D U U D U
For Leaving On A Jet PlaneBeat:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Strum:
D D U D
For The GamblerBeat:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Strum:
D D U D D U
And there are all sorts of little variations you can do. Instead of any whole chord on beat 1, use a single bass note (usually the root note of the chord). You can use alternating root notes on beats 1 and 3 in The Gambler, much like the strum used in the Margaritaville lesson, only a little livelier.
Hope this helps, Trevor.
Also, I'm moving this post out of the ESD, since that forum is supposed to be just for those songs and a thread like this, while helpful, kind of messes with the whole "search and database" thing that everyone's worked so hard to put together. And you'll probably get a lot more responses here. Hopefully better that this one! :wink:
Peace
