Hi Ya'll..... anyone have some the strum pattern for Times Like These by The Foo Fighters? I have having trouble grabbing the strum pattern for the verses. I grabbed the below off of the net.
Standard Tunning: EBGDAe
D - xx0232
Am - x02210
Am7 - x02213
C - x32010
Em - 022000
Em7 - 022033
intro: a plain D while hammering the A (2nd fret) on the G sting.
e||---2-2-2---2-----2-----2-----2-2---||
B||o--3-3-3---3-----3-----3-----3-3--o||
G||---0-2-2-0-2---0-2---0-2---0-2-2---||
D||---0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0---||
A||o---------------------------------o||
E||-----------------------------------|| 3x
(verse)
D Am Am7
I, I'm a one way motorway
C Em Em7 D intro
I'm the one that drives away, follows you back home
D Am Am7
I, I'm a streetlight shining
C Em Em7 D intro
I'm a white light blinding bright, burning off and on
(chorus)
C Em Em7 D
It's times like these you learn to live again
C Em Em7 D
It's times like these you give and give again
C Em Em7 D
It's times like these you learn to love again
C Em Em7 D intro
It's times like these time and time again
(verse)
D Am Am7
I, I'm a new day rising
C Em Em7 D intro
I'm a brand new sky that hangs stars upon tonight
D Am Am7
I, I'm a little divided
C Em Em7 D intro
Do I stay or run away and leave it all behind
(chorus)
C Em Em7 D
It's times like these you learn to live again
C Em Em7 D
It's times like these you give and give again
C Em Em7 D
It's times like these you learn to love again
C Em Em7
It's times like these time and time again
(oooh part)
D...C...Em7...D...C...Em7....D intro
lead part (mess around with it)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|----------12--11----------12--11----------|
D|--12--10----------12--10------------------|
A|----------------------------------12--10--|
E|------------------------------------------|
(chorus 2x)
C Em Em7 D
It's times like these you learn to live again
C Em Em7 D
It's times like these you give and give again
C Em Em7 D
It's times like these you learn to love again
C Em Em7
It's times like these time and time again
(outro)
C...Em7...D...C...Em7...D...
C...Em7...D...C...Em7...D...C
"All the world's indeed a stage, and we are mearly players, performers and portrayers, each another's audience, outside the guilded cage" - now was that Rush or Shakesphere?
I just use a dduud pattern, and change the chords as needed. I also use different chords though - D, Am, C, Em for the verses and C, Em, D for the chorus. Also, there is that little chord that he strums at the beginning - I found somewhere one that works well:
e|-5
b|-0
g|-5
d|-0
a|-5
e|--
He throws that in there at the end of some of the verse lines, and also I think at the end of the chorus. Good luck :)
Justin does a really good lesson on this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCUrhjJ975g
Regards,
Paul
That is a good lesson and Justin does a good job running through the song, but I disagree with his version of opening chord strums. I've seen a bunch videos of the acoustic version of this song and Dave is definitely playing a straight D chord and just lifting his pointer finger on and off the G string (going from A - G) to create that pattern/sound. The chord shape Falcon1 tabbed (and Justin shows) is used in the electric version and sounds fine acoustic, but it is not the way I've seen Dave play it.
All that said, in the end, if it sounds good to you, go with it!
Steve
That is a good lesson and Justin does a good job running through the song, but I disagree with his version of opening chord strums. I've seen a bunch videos of the acoustic version of this song and Dave is definitely playing a straight D chord and just lifting his pointer finger on and off the G string (going from A - G) to create that pattern/sound. The chord shape Falcon1 tabbed (and Justin shows) is used in the electric version and sounds fine acoustic, but it is not the way I've seen Dave play it.
All that said, in the end, if it sounds good to you, go with it!
Steve
But the strumming pattern is good, which was what the OP asked. The comments for that video are full of debate about that chord.
Regards,
Paul
Hey everyone,
Thanks for the replies! They are greatly appreciated.. good stuff!
"All the world's indeed a stage, and we are mearly players, performers and portrayers, each another's audience, outside the guilded cage" - now was that Rush or Shakesphere?
