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Tennessee Waltz simple melody part 1

Tennessee Waltz sheet music and chord chart.

Chords and strumming pattern “Tennessee Waltz”. This is a lovely, stately old tune, and not too difficult to play as a fingerstyle piece. The first video has a simple fingering for the first part of the melody.

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2026-04-20T16:09:28-04:00
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Push Off

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“Push Off” is an acoustic ballad by the alternative band The Palms, noted for its focus on piano and layered, emotional vocals. The song explores themes of being overwhelmed by the world. It was featured on Last.fm and reviewed as having a distinct, piano-driven sound.How to play “Push Off” by the Palms for easy guitar. You can download the chord chart for this great song below, and view the video for strumming pattern and chord fingering positions. “Push Off” is an acoustic ballad by the alternative […]

2026-04-21T12:56:24-04:00
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Hey Jude

Hey_Jude part 1 lesson with Tabs
This video and chart can help you play the melody of “Hey Jude” in the first position. Set your fingers for each chord as the chord charts indicate. Being deliberate about where your fingers go is pretty important for moving ahead with guitar playing! Be patient and enjoy your progress… and your success!

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How to play “Hey Jude” on guitar. This is a great tune for solo guitar and vocal accompaniment! And it’s not too hard to get under your hand. Hey Jude! The Beatles 1968. The song’s original title was “Hey Jules“, and it was intended to comfort Julian from the stress of his parents’ separation. McCartney said, “I knew it was not going to be easy for him”, and that he changed the name to “Jude” “because “I thought that sounded a bit better”.

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It’s simple.

Paul McCartney

2026-04-29T12:43:14-04:00
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Major Intervals

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Intervals are the spaces between the notes. For a major scale (do re me fa so la ti do) the intervals are: whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step.

W W H W W W H

On the neck of the guitar each fret represents a half step, so notes that are separated by one fret- in other words, frets not next to one another but with a fret between them- are a whole step apart.

We can easily play a major scale from any open string! The name of the string will also be the name of the major scale. For instance, an E major scale (EM, EMaj or E with a triangle after it) from the 6th string stats with the open E. Then put your pointer finger on the 2nd fret and play that note. Next put your pointer finger on the 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th fret in that order. Lastly, put your finger on the 12th fret (the one with two fret markers usually). That is the octave, so you have played all the notes in the major scale! Practice this on all six strings. We don’t have to start at the open string. […]

2026-03-29T12:32:11-04:00
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Nobody Knows You

nobody_knows_you_when_you_re_down_and_out  Chord/lyric sheet

“Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” is a blues standard written by pianist Jimmie Cox in 1923 and originally performed in a Vaudeville-blues style. The lyrics in the popular 1929 recording by Bessie Smith are told from the point of view of somebody who was once wealthy during the Prohibition era and reflect on the fleeting nature of material wealth and the friendships that come and go with it. Since her 1929 recording, the song has been interpreted by numerous musicians in a variety of styles.

“Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.” – Sarah Dessen

2026-04-18T12:47:12-04:00
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Stand by me

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“Stand by Me” is a song originally recorded by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King in 1961, and written by him, along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who together used the pseudonym Elmo Glick. According to King, the title is derived from, and was inspired by, a spiritual written by Sam Cooke and J. W. Alexander called “Stand by Me Father”, recorded by the Soul Stirrers with Johnnie Taylor singing lead.

“Stand by Me” was featured on the soundtrack of the 1986 film Stand by Me, and a corresponding music video, featuring King along with actors River Phoenix and Wil Wheaton, was released to promote the film. The song was also featured in a 1987 European commercial of Levi’s 501 jeans, contributing to greater success in Europe. In 2012, its royalties were estimated to have topped $22.8 million (£17 million), making it the sixth highest-earning song of its era. Fifty percent of the royalties were paid to King. In 2015, King’s original version was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”,[4] just under five weeks before his death. Later in the year, the 2015 lineup of the Drifters recorded it in tribute.

There have been over 500 recorded versions of the song,

2026-03-10T12:53:31-04:00
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When Irish Eyes are Smilin’

When Irish Eyes are Smilin’ guitar chords”

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” is a lighthearted song in tribute to Ireland. Its lyrics were written by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Jr., set to music composed by Ernest Ball, for Olcott’s production of The Isle O’ Dreams, and Olcott sang the song in the show. It was first published in 1912, at a time when songs in tribute to a romanticised Ireland were very numerous and popular both in Britain and the United States. During the First World War the famous tenor John McCormack recorded the song.

The song continued to be a familiar standard for generations. Decades later it was used as the opening song on the American radio show Duffy’s Tavern. The song has been recorded on over 200 singles and albums and by many famous singers, including Bing Crosby, Connie Francis, and Roger Whittaker.

“There are a million things in music I know nothing about. I just want to narrow down that figure.” – Andre Previn

2026-03-16T11:37:03-04:00
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Lola

“Lola” is a song by the English rock band the Kinks, written by frontman Ray Davies for their 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. The song details a romantic encounter in a Soho bar between a young man and Lola, who is possibly a trans woman or cross-dresser. In the song, the narrator describes his confusion towards Lola, who “walked like a woman but talked like a man”, yet he remains infatuated with her.

The song was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 12 June 1970, while in the United States it was released on 28 June 1970. Commercially, “Lola” reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. The track has since become one of the Kinks’ most popular songs and appears on Rolling Stone and NME‘s lists of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

Say no to almost everything – Warren Buffett

2026-04-19T09:48:08-04:00
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Oh Darlin’

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“Oh! Darling” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, appearing as the fourth song on their eleventh studio album Abbey Road (1969). It was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Its working title was “Oh! Darling (I’ll Never Do You No Harm)”. Although not issued as a single in either the United Kingdom or the United States, a regional subsidiary of Capitol successfully edited it as a single in Central America, having “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” as its B-side. It was also issued as a single in Portugal. Apple Records released “Oh! Darling” in Japan with “Here Comes the Sun” in June 1970.

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McCartney later said of recording the track, “When we were recording ‘Oh! Darling’ I came into the studios early every day for a week to sing it by myself because at first my voice was too clear. I wanted it to sound as though I’d been performing it on stage all week.” He would only try the song once each day; if it was not right he would wait until the next day. According to sound engineer Alan Parsons, McCartney […]

2026-04-02T08:33:51-04:00
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