Ok as I've almost made it to play all CCR greatest hits, I'll post the excellent “Someday never comesâ€, a touching song that I guess John Fogerty dedicated to his father (or so it seems reading the lyrics). Having said that I took the basic chords from the main reference CCR site at http://www.creedence-online.net/all_in_one.php , here we go with the song.
Chords: well they're not so easy as they include a few bar chords, also in the last verse the song changes key, a typical John Fogerty's trick like in Lodi or Lookin on my back door, anyway it is well worth trying them. If you play barre maybe it is easier to play them all on sixth string (except if you have a classical guitar like me where it is difficult to play chords after the sixth fret). If you can not play a full barre, just strum the first three strings with the chord inversion (check David Hodge lesson Movin on as a reference for chord inversion).
Time signature and Chord changes: 4/4 and all chords change each and every measure except where notated
Strumming pattern: go with the classic D/du/u/du or also D/d/du/du
Bpm: never checked but at least 120-130 bpm
Ok enough talking let me know any mistakes
Matteo
SOMEDAY NEVER COMES
Credence Clearwater Revival
B F# G#m Em
First thing I remember was asking papa, why,
B G B (2)
For there were many things I didn't know.
B F# G#m E
And daddy always smiled and took me by the hand,
B F# B (2)
Saying, someday you'll understand.
(chorus:)
F# B
Well, I'm here to tell you now, each and every mother's son,
F# B
That you better learn it fast, you better learn it young,
C#m E B (2)
'Cause someday never comes.
Verse 2 and 3 same as Verse 1
Verse 4 change progression:
G7
C G Am Fm
Think it was September, the year I went away,
C A6 C (2)
For there were many things I didn't know.
C G Am F
And still I see him standing tryin' to be a man,
C G C (2)
I said, someday you'll understand.
G C
Well, I'm here to tell you now, each and every mother's son,
G C
That you better learn it fast, you better learn it young,
Dm7 F6 F (2)
'Cause someday never comes.
(outro:) C Dm7 F6 F C Dm C Dm
Bugger I really like this song but can not for the life of me play
B ....stands for bugger chord for beginners to play
I won't mention what F stands for { FMaj7 } I can play that one
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
Hi Barnabus
as I said in another post I still struggle a bit with barre chords, anyway if you can play barre there are some alternatives:
a) first play all with power chords, the sound it becomes a bit harder but it's not a slow ballad so the result is not bad
b) play some chord inversions: i.e. if you strum only the first three strings, you can play F# as a D chord on the sixth fret, for the Gm you can press the first three strings at the fird fret (333xxx), for C#m play like this
345xxx
while for the B
2444xx
(strum first four strings only)
Barnabus why not slide your F up to the 7th fret and you have B
B (XX9877) AND F IS (XX3211)
