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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Orange Orange Pick
Most Advanced Rhythm: Yellow Pick (White Pick when played with The Bouncer Rhythm only)
Most Advanced Chord Change: Yellow Pick (White Pick when played with Django chords only)
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Love Is Strange Chords And Strumming, Buddy Holly
Django Chords:
(Capo fret 6)
Django G Chord
Django C Chord
Django D Chord
Key: With capo Db, without G
Strumming:
"The Bouncer":
|D D U D D U |
"The Bouncer 1/2":
|D D U |
Tempo:
110 bpm
Intro -
||G - - - |C - D - || x4
Verse 1 -
||G - - - |C - D - || x8
(G)Love - (C) (D)love is (G)strange (C)
(D)Lot of (G)people (C) (D)take it for a (G)game (C)
(D)Once you (G)get it - (C) you're (D)in an awful (G)fix (C)
(D)After you've (G)had it - (C) you (D)never want to (G)quit (C) (D)
Verse 2 -
||G - - - |C - D - || x8
Many (G)people (C) (D)don't under(G)stand, no (C)no
(D)They think (G)lovin', yeah (C)yeah - is (D)money in the (G)hand (C)
(D)Your sweet (G)lovin' (C) is (D)better than a (G)kiss, yeah (C)yeah
(D)When you (G)leave me (C) sweet (D)kisses I (G)miss (C) (D)
Middle 8 -
||G - C - |D - G - || x2
|G - C - |D - |
Verse 1 -
||G - - - |C - D - || x8
(G)Love - (C) (D)love is (G)strange (C)
(D)Lot of (G)people (C) (D)take it for a (G)game (C)
(D)Once you (G)get it - (C) you're (D)in an awful (G)fix (C)
(D)After you've (G)had it - (C) you (D)never want to (G)quit (C) (D)
Verse 2 -
||G - - - |C - D - || x8
Many (G)people (C) (D)don't under(G)stand, no (C)no
(D)They think (G)lovin', yeah (C)yeah - is (D)money in the (G)hand (C)
(D)Your sweet (G)lovin' (C) is (D)better than a (G)kiss, yeah (C)yeah
(D)When you (G)leave me (C) sweet (D)kisses I (G)miss (C) (D)
Ending -
||G - - - |C - D - || x4
Final Chord Strum: G
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Love Is Strange Chords And Strumming - Buddy Holly
Open Chords:
(Capo fret 6)
Open Chords D, G & C
Tempo: 110bpm
Key: With capo Db, without G
Techniques:
1 fret bend up,
& release of bend
Strumming:
"The Everyman":
|D D U U D U |
"The Bouncer":
|D D U D D U |
(Alternate the above 2 rhythms)
"The Bouncer 1/2":
|D D U |
Intro -
e|9 9 9 12 |14↑ -14↓-12 9 |9
b|- - - - |- - - -12|
||G - - - |C - D - || x4
Verse 1 -
||G - - - |C - D - || x8
(G)Love - (C) (D)love is (G)strange (C)
(D)Lot of (G)people (C) (D)take it for a (G)game (C)
(D)Once you (G)get it - (C) you're (D)in an awful (G)fix (C)
(D)After you've (G)had it - (C) you (D)never want to (G)quit (C) (D)
Verse 2 -
||G - - - |C - D - || x8
Many (G)people (C) (D)don't under(G)stand, no (C)no
(D)They think (G)lovin', yeah (C)yeah - is (D)money in the (G)hand (C)
(D)Your sweet (G)lovin' (C) is (D)better than a (G)kiss, yeah (C)yeah
(D)When you (G)leave me (C) sweet (D)kisses I (G)miss (C) (D)
Middle 8 -
||G - C - |D - G - || x2
|G - C - |D - |
Verse 1 -
||G - - - |C - D - || x8
(G)Love - (C) (D)love is (G)strange (C)
(D)Lot of (G)people (C) (D)take it for a (G)game (C)
(D)Once you (G)get it - (C) you're (D)in an awful (G)fix (C)
(D)After you've (G)had it - (C) you (D)never want to (G)quit (C) (D)
Verse 2 -
||G - - - |C - D - || x8
Many (G)people (C) (D)don't under(G)stand, no (C)no
(D)They think (G)lovin', yeah (C)yeah - is (D)money in the (G)hand (C)
(D)Your sweet (G)lovin' (C) is (D)better than a (G)kiss, yeah (C)yeah
(D)When you (G)leave me (C) sweet (D)kisses I (G)miss (C) (D)
Ending -
||G - - - |C - D - || x4
Final Chord Strum: G
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