Nice one Rebel, I enjoyed playing this one although to be honest I played standard open chords but it sounded good.

Roger

Hi there Aron,

Welcome to Chordie. I have read your post several times and I am still unsure of what you are asking. If you want a chart of chord diagrams then click on the 'Resources' and you will see there is a large chord chart available which you can print out as a permanent reference.

If I have misunderstood your question please post again but be a little more specific.

Take care,

Roger

Hi James,

Sorry but I had to laugh my sox of at that as about 2 years ago I did the self same thing only I went down the middle and gave myself a reverse mohican. I dithered for a bit, decided there was nothing else for it, continued and finished the job but I wore a hat for the next 4 weeks.

There is an old adage that that 'great minds think alike', may be it should be 'great mind act alike'.

Roger

PS
If someone mentions 'fools seldom differ' I will ban them from Chordie :lol::lol:

Helena,

I really wish you had not posted that!!

I shall now NEVER be able to watch one of my all time favourite films without busting my gut at that scene

Roger

Well for my two penny worth,

I reckon that my memory can only hold a finite amount so if I can remember how to play my guitar and remember how to sing I can use a sheet of paper for the chords and lyrics. That way I will not fill my memory with stuff that is not neccessary and leave room for more important things.

Seriously why worry, a lot of artists when they are performing will have an Autocue in front of them so they do not forget and most of the semi-pro musicians that I know will have their songbook at their gig. OK there are exceptional people who have incredible memories and do not need a memory aid but if you do need one, as I certainly do, then you have to accept it.

Roger

Hi Ark and Russell,

I have listened to both recordings of this fine instumental and the addition of the percussion certainly adds the finishing touches to it. Great work from both of you.

Roger

Hey Mark I can only think that perhaps your version was better than the original and they got frightened.

Roger

Hi vhagopian,

What you are doing with all this practice, practice, practice is training your finger muscles and tendons  to immediately go to a certain position each time you think to play a different chord and it does take time for this to become automatic.

I have been playing a number of years (my first guitar used dinosaur gut for strings ) but I still come across a song with a chord I do not normally use and have to spend time learning it. OK, it comes easier with experience but it is never instantaneous.

So keep at it, everyone's progress is different, but the rewards make the effort worthwhile.

Roger

Hi Oldnewbie,

Wonderful song which brought back many happy memories of my childhood, and one in particular.

My maternal grandfather spent hours playing with us kids (he had 10 children and 28 grandchildren). He was at his happiest when we were around and in the bottom drawer of his desk were all his toys for us kids, amongst then some musical instruments, drums, triangle, xylophone, tambourine, trumpet etc. The story goes that one day there were 8 or 9 of us grandkids there and my grandfather had us marching up and down his back yard, he was singing and we were in line behind making 'music' (you can imagine the racket). My grandmother rushes out and shouts "Bill, what are you doing? You will annoy the neighbours" to which he replied "No it is all right I am only keeping the children quiet".

Thank you,

Roger

HI Jeff,

Just gave your song a whirl, strumming the verses and fingerpicking the chorus worked just fine for me, the Eb+ was just right in it too. I changed one word in the lyric though - I substituted cat for dog . Well done.

Hate to tell you, we had a little rain today but it is still T shirt weather in Portugal.

Roger

Hi Jeff,

I am wondering whether your message about the Ebaug chord came after you saw the chord chart. According to my info xx1003 is Eb+ and xx1004 is Gmmaj7 (G minor Major7). It is possible that the chord chart is incorrect and if I can get confirmation I will ask Per to amend the existing chart.

I will play your song and comment on it later.

Take care,

Roger

Hi Russell,

Well done, with even just a basic knowledge of scales and your video, anyone can 'walk up to G' (with a bit of practice, of course).

Asked for and delivered in a very short time.

Roger