Here's a nice song for consideration in the Easy Song Database:
John Mellencamp--Your Life Is Now. (from his self-titled album from 1998)
Opening riff--(hybrid picking) times 2
h h p
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------0-3-1----------------------0-3-1---------------|
|------0-3-3--0--2--3-3--2-0------0-3-3--0-0----------|
|--------------------------------------------2-0------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------3------------------3--|
G C D D
See the moon roll across the stars
G C D D
See the seasons turn like a heart
G C D
Your father's days are lost to you
D Em C D
This is your time here to do what you will do
Chorus:
D Em Em C D D
Your life is now. Your life is now. Your life is now.
D Em C D
In this undiscovered moment, lift your head up above the crowd
D Em C D
We could shake this world, if you would only show us how...
D G G G G
Your life is now...
Verse 2
G C D D
Would you teach your children to tell the truth?
G C D D
Would you take the high road if you could choose?
G C D D
Do you believe your the victim of a great compromise?
D B/A C D
Cause I believe you change your mind and change our lives.
Chorus:
Solo
Riff x1
G C D D
Would you teach your children to tell the truth?
D Em C D
This is your time here to do what you will do
Chorus:
G
Your life is now
G
Your life is now
G
Your life is now
G
Your life is now...
Only one different chord, B/A (XX1202)
I play this with the basic open chords.It can also be done with power chords. This
is a simplified version. If nothing else, the opening riff is cool, and is good
practice with hybrid picking. And the song has a nice positive message...
~ghost~
"Colour made the grass less green..." 3000 miles, Tracy Chapman
