Sunday, December 28, 2008

December Song Updates and Newsletter

Belated post to notify you of the December newsletter which was issued to subscribers on 20th December, and is now available online at http://www.guitarsongs.info/news201205.htm

New songs added from Jose Gonzalez, Tom Waits, Jack Johnson(2), Arctic Monkeys, Santana ft. Steve Tyler, Paul Simon, They Might be Giants, Rod Stewart and KT Tunstall, there are also recommended resource sites for guitar learning ( and more ), articles and tips from Chris Elmore (GuitarTips) and from Andy Koblick (Amazing Guitar) - I hope you'll find it useful and interesting.

Do yourself a favour for 2009, check out the best guitar lessons program available - Amazing Guitar Secrets - over 4 hours of Video lessons, more than 300 pages of instructional material - a great balance of practice and theory. It's never boring, and you can feel your guitar playing improve from day one.


Enjoy your music,

P.J. Murphy
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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Guitar Giveaway - win an Ibanez signed by Joe Satriani!

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UPDATE - Contest is now closed, winner will be announced soon, best of luck everyone!!
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I wanted to share with you a very special landmark I will be reaching sometime between now and next Monday - my website, PJs Guitar Chords and Lyrics will welcome it's 15 millionth visitor!

To celebrate the event, I asked my friends Eric and Steve at the renowned online guitar store MusicPower if they could come up with something. True pals that they are, they came back to me with something way beyond anything I could have asked for - a brand spanking new Ibanez electric guitar signed by the legendary Joe Satriani. If you're asking 'Joe Who' - where have you been??!! Find out more about this guitar hero by searching Google for "joe satriani wiki"

The link to the free competition to win this fabulous prize is at guitarsongs.info

I'd like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a magical New Year!

Enjoy your music,

PJ

PS - Competition for the Joe Satriani signed Ibanez guitar ends Monday 29th December

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Tom Waits - "Briar and the Rose" guitar chords

Always delighted to get requests for Tom Waits songs, mainly 'cos he's about my favourite artist, and also because I usually already have the chords for the song requested.

But typically...! Alan from Wellington, New Zealand requested chords for "Briar and the Rose" from the "Black Rider" album, which, I think, is the only Tom Waits album I don't own.

Strangely very little available on YouTube ( my reliable standby for songs I don't know ). I found a recent Live version of Tom singing the song at the French leg of his European tour, and a bunch of cover versions by various artists.

The live version was played in the key of E flat, so I stuck a capo on the first fret and worked out the chords in D, to be able to play along with the YouTube video. The other versions I checked out, and they were all in the key of G, so I've included both transcriptions in my interpretation of the song, which you can find at the link below:

Guitar chords and Lyrics for Tom Waits songs - "Briar and the Rose"

It's an absolutely delicious song, so thanks Alan, and I have a feeling the "Black Rider" CD could be in my stocking this Christmas!

You can check out Tom's official website at : http://www.tomwaits.com/


Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Duffy - easy chords and lyrics for "Mercy"

Really liking everything I'm hearing from Duffy, great voice, great talent!

I'd already posted both "Warwick Avenue" and "Stepping Stone" to my Soul/R&B song chords page, and have now added the lyrics and chords to "Mercy", from her brilliant debut album "Rockferry", click the link below to open the page

Guitar Chords and Lyrics - Soul, Rhythm and Blues - Duffy "Mercy"



You can find the official Duffy website at http://www.iamduffy.com/ and she is also on MySpace http://www.myspace.com/duffymyspace

If you are an early learner, or have reached a plateau and want to bring yourself to a higher level of guitar playing, I have a list of cool and useful guitarist resources on my Online Guitarist Resources page you should check out.

Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Jack Johnson - Sitting, waiting, wishing

Not sure why I took so long to work out Sitting Waiting Wishing by Jack Johnson - it's one of his best songs, and not that difficult to play. Anywaze, I finally got around to it, and just posted it to my Jack Johnson page: http://www.guitarsongs.info/jack-johnson.htm at Jack Johnson "Sitting Waiting Wishing" I hope you enjoy playing this one!

My own guitar playing is still coming along in leaps and bounds using the brilliant lessons course at Amazing Guitar Secrets. Check it out at Amazing-Guitar-Secrets.Com


If you fancy yourself as a piano or keyboard player, check out Hear & Play: http://www.hear-and-play.com/ - you'll be playing your favourite songs by ear in just a few days!

Enjoy your music,

P.J. Murphy
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Christmas songs from U2 and Bon Jovi/Eagles

In keeping with the season, I've hunted down two new songs to add to my Christmas song chords collection.

There were already 53 songs, ranging from the classic Christmas Carols through those jolly 50s rockers and ballads, the 70's glammed-up Christmas songs, and a few of the more recent seasonal songs.

This time I've worked out my versions to "Please Come Home for Christmas", originally by The Eagles, but probably more recognized as a Bon Jovi song ; I've also chorded "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), originally recorded by Darlene Love, but U2 recorded a brilliant version ( check it out on Youtube! ).


You can find both of these songs on my Christmas guitar songs page ( link below )

Christmas Songs - guitar chords and lyrics to Please Come Home for Christmas - Bon Jovi / Eagles

Christmas Songs - guitar chords and lyrics to Christmas (Baby Please Come Home ) - U2 / Darlene Love


If you are an early learner, or have reached a plateau and want to bring yourself to a higher level of guitar playing, I have a list of cool and useful guitarist resources on my Online Guitarist Resources page you should check out.

Enjoy your music, and have a really happy holiday season!

P.J. Murphy
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Monday, December 01, 2008

Tom Waits "Tell It To Me" guitar chords & lyrics

As a huge Tom Waits fan, its pretty bad form that I had to wait for a visitor's request to sit down and work out another song from the fabulous "Orphans". Anyone familiar with the album will know that there are 3 'themed' CDs - 'Bawlers' , 'Brawlers' and 'Bastards'.

The latter consists of some weird and wonderful pieces, some spoken, some with just Tom on voice-box, but pretty much none of which are suited to just playing solo on a guitar. The songs from 'Brawlers' are tricky enough too. So far I've worked out only "Rains on Me" from 'Brawlers', and 'Poncho's Lament', 'Long Way Home', 'Little Drop of Poison' and 'Fannin Street' from the gorgeous "Bawlers" CD - all of these posted to my Tom Waits song chords page

This time around it's another 'Bawler' - "Tell it To Me" - the chords should be suited to guitar players of all abilities ( chords are C, C7, G and F ), and you can find it at the link below:

Guitar chords and lyrics to "Tell it to Me" by Tom Waits

You can check out Tom's official website at : http://www.tomwaits.com/


Enjoy your music!

P.J. Murphy
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