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Hotel California Chords And Strumming, The Eagles

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Did You Know? Don Felder of The Eagles wrote the iconic intro and chord sequence to Hotel California in the key of Em without using a capo. But when he showed it to Don Henley to write the vocals Don Henly wanted to change the key of the song all the way up to Bm. So to make it possible Don Felder got his capo and put it all the way up on fret 7 and from there haunting intro to Hotel California was complete.

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Sea Of Heartbreak Chords And Strumming, Johnny Cash

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Did You Know? Sea of Heartbreak was originally written in 1962 by Hal David and Don Gibson, Johnny Cash was join for his version by Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood from Fleetwood Mac.

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Ain’t No Sunshine Chords And Strumming, Bill Withers

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Did You Know? Bill Withers was working at a factory making airplane bathrooms when he wrote Ain't No Sunshine. To celebrate when the song went gold, the record company presented Bill with a golden toilet seat.

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Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) Chords And Strumming, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

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Did You Know? More than 120 cover versions of Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) have been recorded. 

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‘Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett free, easy, accurate and printable beginner guitar chords and strumming’

Margaritaville Chords And Strumming, Jimmy Buffett

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Did You Know? Jimmy Buffett now owns a chain of holiday resorts called Margaritaville

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Lola Chords And Strumming, The Kinks

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Did You Know? Ray Davies knew Lola would be a hit when his 1 year old daughter sang the chorus he said 'She was crawling around singing "la la, la la Lola." I thought, if she can join in and sing, Kinks fans can do it.'


Lola was also banned by the BBC because they didn't allow product placement and 'Cola-Cola' was in the original lyrics. As a result Ray Davis interrupted The Kinks US tour and made a round trip from New York to London to change the words to 'Cherry-Cola' so that it could get radio play. 

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Starting Over Chords And Strumming, Chris Stapleton

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Did You Know? Starting Over features Chris Stapleton's wife Morgane on backing vocals (a great musician and songwriter in her own right). When he released the song he also cleared his social media profiles and started over with them. 

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Creep - Radiohead free, easy, accurate and printable beginner guitar chords and strumming

Creep Chords And Strumming, Radiohead

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Did You Know? Radiohead took elements from the 1970s song The Air That I Breathe when writing Creep and after a lawsuit  Hammond and Hazlewood who wrong the original song were given credit as co-songwriters.

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Into This World Chords And Strumming, Kelly Jones Stereophonics

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Did You Know? Into The World by Kelly Jones began life as a Stereophonics songs called Into This World and featured on the album Keep The Village Alive

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Far Far Away Chords And Strumming, Slade

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Did You Know? Far Far Away was written by Noddy Holder of Slade for a sound track to a film called Slade In Flame. He started writing the song while sitting on a balcony overlooking the Mississippi River. 

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