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Somebody To Love Chords – Jefferson Airplane

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Did You Know? Somebody To Love was written by Darby Slick brother of Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick who was never in the band... it was originally called 'Mind Full Of Bread!'

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For What It’s Worth Chords – Buffalo Springfield

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Did You Know? For What It's Worth was named by accident. Stephen Stills took the song to the band's record label executive and said 'I have this songs here, for what it's worth, if you want it'. And the executive recorded the song as being called For What It's Worth.

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Twist And Shout Chords – The Beatles

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Did You Know? Twist And Shout was recorded in only one take. They did try to record a second take but John Lennon put so much into his vocal performance on the first one that his voice had completely gone.

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Louis Louis Chords – The Kingsmen

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Did You Know? The singing was recorded so low that nobody really knows exactly what the words are. They are so unclear that the FBI launched an investigation after a father reported them to be obscene. 

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Bad Moon Rising Chords and Strumming (CCR)

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From The Album: Green River 

Did You Know? John Fogherty wrote this song about the apocalypse and often changes the line  'There's a bad moon on the rise' to 'There's a bathroom on the right'!

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Tom Petty Free Fallin Chords Played Live

Tom Petty, Free Fallin Chords

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From The Album: Full Moon Fever 

Did You Know? Tom Petty wrote Free Fallin' while recording his first solo album. The first verse began in the studio as a joke by Tom Petty to make producer Jeff Lynne Laugh!

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12 Bar Blues in E

Songs Using The 12 Bar Sequence: Before You Accuse Me, Sweet Home Chicago, Heart Break Hotel

Key: E

Did You Know? This form of the 12 Bar Blues was codified and standardised by W.C. Handy in his songs 'Yellow Dog Blues,' 'Beale Street Blues' & 'St. Louis Blues'


Difficulty Level: Yellow Pick (Orange Pick Using Full B7 and 7th chords for E & A)

Most Advanced Chord Change: Yellow Pick (when played with open anchor chords throughout)

Yellow Pick Version

Chords: 

Open E Chord

Open A Chord

Open B7 Chord: X21202

Open E7: 020100

Open A7: x02020


Easier Chords:

Use B11 Instead of B7: X21200 (No Little finger)

Strumming Patterns:

Straight 8s:

|D  U  D  U  D  U  D  U|


Played with a shuffle:

|D   U D   U D   U D   U |


Version 1:
|E - - - |E - - - |E - - - |E - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |E - - - |E - - - |
|B7 - - - |B7 - - - |E - - - |E - - - |


Version 2: (Using 7th)
|E - - - |E7 - - - |E - - - |E7 - - - |
|A - - - |A7 - - - |E - - - |E7 - - - |
|B7 - - - |B7 - - - |E - - - |E7 - - - |

Version 3: (Quick Change Blues)
|E - - - |A - - - |E - - - |E - - - |
|A - - - |A - - - |E - - - |E - - - |
|B7 - - - |A - - - |E - - - |B7 - - - |


Version 4: (Quick Change Blues with 7ths)
|E - - - |A7 - - - |E - - - |E7 - - - |
|A - - - |A7 - - - |E - - - |E7 - - - |
|B7 - - - |A7 - - - |E7 - - - |B7 - - - |


Final Chord Strum: E

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The Eagles – Take It Easy Chords

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Did You Know? Take It Easy was The Eagles first single and is one of The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fames - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll

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Neil Diamond Sweet Caroline Chords

Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond Chords

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Did You Know? Neil wrote this song about the daughter of Jackie and John F Kennedy. 

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Thats Alright Chords – Elvis Presley

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Did You Know? This was Elvis' very first single and came about after he was messing around playing this Arthur Crudup song in a recording session at Sun Studios. Afterwards bass player Bill Black said 'get that on the radio and they'll run us out of town.' 


Other Versions: Arthur Crudup, The Beatles

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