• Registered: 2006-10-02
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Topic: Top 10 acoustic songs

What are your favorate 10 acoustic songs to play? I want to know so that I can check out some more and maybe find a gem!

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Mine are:


"Walkaway" - Ben Harper

&#8220;Flake&#8221; &#8211; Jack Johnson

&#8220;Fix You&#8221; Coldplay

&#8220;Cannonball&#8221; Damien Rice

&#8220;Babylon&#8221; &#8211; David Grey

&#8220;Shelter from the Storm&#8221; Bob Dylan

&#8220;My Stupid Mouth&#8221; John Mayer

&#8220;Push&#8221; Matchbox 20

&#8220;Say it aint so&#8221; Weezer

&#8220;Mr Jones&#8221; Counting Crows

  • Registered: 2007-02-13
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Re: Top 10 acoustic songs

OK Here are my top 10


Hotel California (The Hell Freezes Over Version)-- Eagles

Goodbye Time - Blake Shelton

To Make You Feel My Love Bob Dylan

Plush-- STP

Angel-- Jimi Hendrix

Little Wing -- Jimi Hendrix

Taylor -- Jack Johnson

Seventh Avenue Heartache -- Gin Blossoms

Angel Flying To Close To The Ground -- Willie Nelson

Running on Faith -- Eric Clapton

  • badeye
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Re: Top 10 acoustic songs

hey great topic.here is mine.


38 Years Old-Tragically Hip.

Cape Crusader-Matt Minglewood.

Stood Up-Matt Minglewood.

Plain Ole Miner Boy-Nell Campbell.

Queen Of The Silver Dollar-DrHook.

The Ballad Of Springhill-Peg Seger

Still The Same-Bob Seger.

Shape I'm In-The Band.

Out On The Mira-John Allen Cameron

Daydream-John Sebastian.

Old Man-Neil Young.

The Battle Of New Orleans-J.Horton


Yikes,thats 12.I could keep going

LOL,good luck in search of your gem.google Matt Minglewood for lyrics.  have a good one...Badeye.

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  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Top 10 acoustic songs

Tough one, because every few weeks it changes, but here goes for this week:

1. Wonderwall ... Oasis

2. Half the world away ... Oasis

3. A Long December ... Counting Crowes

4. ONE .... U2

5. Good Riddance ... Green Day

6. Closing Time ... Supersonic

7. Don't Cry ... Guns N Roses

8. From the Beginning ... Emerson Lake and Palmer

9. Ziggy Stardust ... David Bowie

10 All the young dudes ... Mott the Hoople

11 Superman ... Five for Fighting


Ok, I can go on and on for awhile too ! <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">


Jerry

  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
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Re: Top 10 acoustic songs

Here is my top 10 (at this particular moment):

Far From Me; John Prine

My Back Pages; Bob Dylan

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Hank Williams

Ode to Billy Joe; Bobbie Gentry

Love Hurts; Emmylou Harris

People Get Ready; Curtis Mayfield

Can't Help Falling In Love With You; Elvis Presley

Hallelujah; Leonard Cohen

Folsom Prison Blues; Johnny Cash

Ripple; Grateful Dead

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  • Registered: 2007-03-22
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Re: Top 10 acoustic songs

Nick Drake...Day is Done

John Martyn...May You Never

Bob Dylan...Don't Think Twice, It's Alright.

Ani Difranco...Evolve

Suzanne Vega...Luka

Janis Joplin...Me and my Bobby Mgee

John Martyn...Solid Air

Jose Gonzalez Remain

Joze Gonzalez Slow Moves

Ani Difranco In The Margins

  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Top 10 acoustic songs

I'm a beginning player so I like to stick to stuff that I can play and sounds like the song so here are mine in no order


Hotel California - Eagles

American Pie - Don McClean

One - u2

I'm still hangin' round - G. Love (Working on the tab for this since it doesn't exist yet)

Just like Heaven - the Cure

Sweet Child O Mine - Gun's and Roses

The Weight - the Band

Hallelujah - Leonoard Cohen via Jeff Buckley (as chords)

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

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Re: Top 10 acoustic songs

like James, this is my favourite top ten at this moment.


1. Behind blue eyes ( the who)

2. everybody hursts. (rem)

3 Green and red mayo ( saw doctors)

4. all or nothing (small faces)

5. wasted life ( stiff little fingers)

6. one step closer to home ( the alarm)

7. you stand by me ( the who)

8. las vegas in the hills of donegal ( no idea )

9. tears in heaven ( eric Clapton)

10. anything from pink floyd's "THE WALL" album, or final cut album, or piper at the gates of dawn or anything by syd barrett, I cannot stop playing his songs right now.



Ken

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  • From: Almancil, Algarve, Portugal
  • Registered: 2006-09-02
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Re: Top 10 acoustic songs

As of this moment and in no particular order here are mine:-


01/ First Day Of My Life - Melanie C

02/ There Is A Ship - Peter, Paul and Mary

03/ All Out Of Love - Air Supply

04/ When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating

05/ Desperado - Eagles

06/ Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton

07/ Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill

08/ One Of These Days - James McCormick

09/ Bang Bang - Cher

10/ You're No Good - Swinging Blue Jeans


Roger

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  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Top 10 acoustic songs

I forgot to mention :


1 and 2 Wonderwall and Half the world away played with Capo at 2nd fret..go on You Tube and play with Oasis playing, and you will see how close it is..


# 3 " A Long December" is much easier to play in C.. If you find the song that starts with Bb, scroll down, and they transcribe in C also..Very easy to play and sounds pretty close..( or at least that is the Chord it starts with )


# 10 , All the young dudes. find the one that starts in D, then Dmaj7, BM, D, A Asus7 A ETC.


I am not sure how to direct anyone to the song. I do have them in a few of my songbooks..


And While I am at it... What it takes by Aerosmith starting in D is much easier to sing and play ( for me ) It was going to be on my top 10 or 11 ...



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Tough one, because every few weeks it changes, but here goes for this week:

1. Wonderwall ... Oasis

2. Half the world away ... Oasis

3. A Long December ... Counting Crowes

4. ONE .... U2

5. Good Riddance ... Green Day

6. Closing Time ... Supersonic

7. Don't Cry ... Guns N Roses

8. From the Beginning ... Emerson Lake and Palmer

9. Ziggy Stardust ... David Bowie

10 All the young dudes ... Mott the Hoople

11 Superman ... Five for Fighting


Ok, I can go on and on for awhile too ! <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">


Jerry
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  • Registered: 2006-07-09
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Re: Top 10 acoustic songs

hey hey!

i try to get to a couple jam sessions every week ( i'm lucky to be in an area where there are lots of them...) here's what i like to do:

Set Em Up Joe- Vern Goslin

Cocaine Blues- Johnny Cash

Dark As A Dungeon- Tennessee Ernie Ford

Cross Tie Walker- Credence Clearwater Revival

The Mighty Quinn- Bob Dylan

Dead Flowers- The Rolling Stones

Angel From Montgomery- John Prine

The Monkey And The Engineer- Grateful Dead

Everybody's Tryin To Be My Baby- Carl Perkins

White Rabbit- Jefferson Airplane

this list subject to change nightly!


peace, slim

  • From: Cornwall Ontario, Canada
  • Registered: 2006-06-01
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Re: Top 10 acoustic songs

Here's another list to ponder;

1/James McMurty

We Can't Make It Here Anymore

2/John Prine

Me, Myself & I

3/Willie Nelson

Always On My Mind

4/Bob Dylan

Desolation Row

5/Ian Tyson

Four Strong Winds

6/Hank Williams

Men With Broken Hearts

7/Rodney Crowell

Hands On The Wheel

8/ Waylon Jennings

The Road Goes On Forever

9/Don McLean

American Pie

10/Elvis Presley

Love Me Tender