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This is easier to play than explain but I will have a go.
The pattern for each beat is D DUD. The values are quaver (eighth note), demisemiquaver (thirtysecond note), demisemiquaver (thirtysecond note), semiquaver (sixteenth note).
If that is as clear as mud 
try this:
count: 1 2 3 and 4
play: D D U D
Do it slowly at first to get the pattern fixed and then increase the tempo until you can play four repetitions of that pattern as one bar (measure).
I hope that helps.
Roger
Hi Paul,
This song is a 12 bar in E.
E / / / E / / / E / / / E / / /
A / / / A / / / E / / /E / / /
B7 / / / A / / / E / / / B7 / / /
Roger
No roof 'bove my head, no car and no horse,
Tears in my jeans and a shirt that is worse,
Ain't got no cash and have holes in my shoe,
Just got my guitar and a heart that is true.
Nice one Jeff,
Any prizes for guessing who the girl fom Omaha is?
I just broke out the 12er and gave it a whirl, and an interesting change starting the chorus with G, which nearly caught me out the first time. Well done.
I may have mentioned this before but any chance of a recording?
Roger
PS You might want to break the last line of the chorus in to two lines to prevent the overwriting of the chords.
Hi Margriet and welcome to the Forum,
If you go into the 'Resourses' and look to the bottom of the page you will see "Change settings (instrument/tuning)". Click here and you can save Baritone, C or D tuning uke.
However if this is the setting that you have been saving then please let me know.
Roger
Hi Cindy,
There was a similar question a year ago and I have just managed to find it. A suggested link to convert to ChoPro (ChordPro) was: http://webchord.sourceforge.net/
Roger
Thanks Roger. Nice to have someone with the same name here on Chordie. I am looking forward to the results of your penmanship.
Thank you too Mark. I hope the band is still going strong.
Phill, thanks to you too. Your song 'Broken Doll' is still one of my favourite songs and I am still working on a new version of it but it was put on hold as I had to complete this first. You will, of course, be the first to hear it.
Roger
Hi Ian,
I am pleased to hear you are no longer a 'hacked off lefty' and good luck with the job hunt.
Roger
Thank you Ian. Persevere with the B and Bb, they are a bit of a struggle but well worth mastering.
Thanks too Amy. A CD of the song was presented to "she who will remain anonymous" this evening. I await the verdict 
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Daddycool. For a change I decided to harmonise the verse and not the chorus and on this song I think it works OK. Thank you.
Roger
I get confused very easily these days, you can blame a certain waitress, but enough of that 
.
Sorry Dan. Amy is right, then again women always are .
Roger
My 3,000th post just had to be a song, so here it is.
A recording is on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/rogerguppy
Roger
Hi Jeff,
You did well to record this song. Thanks for taking the time to do so as it is so much better to hear what melody and tempo is intended. Mind you, I notice that you dropped it a semitone from what was posted which caught me out for a moment as I played along with you .
Thank you,
Roger
Hi Johnny,
I too like a narrative song and what better than the old wild west to write about. I had to drop it to G to sing it comfortably but I struggled a bit with the phrasing on a few lines so I shall probably give it another whirl on Monday when I have my recording gear to hand to see if I can get it right.
Talking of recording , are we going to have one from you so we know how it should be?
Roger
Hi Dean and welcome to Chordie,
Had you read the 'Stickys' at the start of this section (and they have recently been give a green box to make them stand out) you would know the answer to your question. Sadly newbies rarely read the 'Stickys' so you are not on your own .
Chordie does not host any songs, it is a search engine that finds them on other sites (if you read the message at the top of a song you can see where it came from). So the song is shown as the author wrote it and if he did put the chords all the way through there is nothing that can be done about it unless you go the the hosting site, find the author's email address and ask him/her to complete the song.
You could, of course print, out the song and write in the missing chords yourself.
Roger.
Hi Justin,
As the chords (using the open Em) are easy to play, using a capo is probably the simplest solution. You could if you wish transpose it to another key and substitute as follows:
For Em use Am
For D use G
For C use F
and for the A use D
I would be interested to hear what key, or capo position, suits your voice and if you master this song.
Roger.
Great Zurf. Now get her to do it again but this time have the video recorder handy so we can all enjoy.
Roger
Hi Justin,
I have sent to you, in an e-mail, the first verse of this song with the chords in square brackets where the changes are made which I hope will help. Once you have the first verse sorted, the rest follow the same pattern.
If you have any more problems, please let me know.
Roger
Hi Justin and welcome to Chordie,
I have just looked and listened to this song the chords go:
Em D Em C D Em
Em D Em C D Em
Em D Em C D A
It then repeats these sequences. The last 'A' chord I am a little unsure about as his fingering is not clear but it sounds OK. If you play along with Mekidsmom's video you will get the timing and see where the changes are. He is playing a barred Em but the open one works just as well.
Hope that helps.
Roger
My take on this is that if someone is asking a question there is something that they either do not know or do not understand. OK they might have got the wrong end of the stick and to someone who knows it may seem stupid but if they do not ask they never will know. So, as I said before, as far as I am concerned the unasked question is the only one that is stupid.
Roger
Hi DC,
I saw thie title of this song, thought you had won the lottery and was composing a begging letter .
Better still it is a love song, which I guess is for your better half. I hope she likes it and you at least get breakfast in bed for a week for your efforts.
Well done,
Roger
Hi Ian,
I love this song, sad love songs are my favourite ones. However I have to agree with Dan that, to me, the D7 to D change does not seem to flow. I tried changing it to D, D7 but a Bm, D worked best for me. But at the end of the day it is your song so a recording of your song would be great to know how you really intend it to be. So get begging, borrowing or stealing .
Great work, well done,
Roger
Great song Jim. Your audience obviously appreciated it too.
Well done,
Roger
Hi Jeff,
Great song and very nice chord sequence, it is just the reason behind it that stinks.
Good luck with the job hunting.
Roger
PS. Maybe there will be a bit of time for some recordings!!
Hi Dan,
Any of us who have lost pets can relate this song. After playing it I had to dry my eyes before I could write this. Beautful song, well done.
Roger
Hi Jim,
I have just given your song another run through as you have amended it. I had diffuculty understanding the intro but with just chords that is usual.
You asked for suggestions and as I like the chorus to be different to the verses I played the chorus as Dm, Am, E7, Am (reversing the first two chords) which worked for me.
Still would like to hear a recording though to know how you intended it to be (and I bet your voice is not that bad).
Roger
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