Share the Wild Horses Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? The original Stones keyboard player Ian Steward was present at the recording session but refused to play on the song as he didn't like playing minor chords!
Mick Taylor uses 'Nashville tuning' on his guitar with the 4 thickest strings E, A, D & G replaces with thinner strings and tuned 1 Octave higher.
Share the Lady In Black Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Lady In Black was considered a Metal-Folk song by Uriah Heep.
Share the Mrs. Robinson Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Mrs. Robinson was written specifically for the film The Graduate. It started life as two separate musical ideas that they joined together to form the verses and choruses.
The lines about Joe DiMaggio randomly came into Paul Simon's mind as a stream of consciousness and he liked them and decided to keep them.
It was Simon and Garfunkel's second number 1.
Share the California Blue Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? California Blue was written by Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty. It was recorded in Jeff's garage.
Share the Dance Me To The End Of Love Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know?
Although the song very quickly became a love song, the very initial inspiration for the song was when Leonard Cohen learned that in some of the Nazi death camps a quartet would play classical music.
It's loosely based on the rhythm and structure of Greek Hasapiko dance music, Leonard Cohen lived for a time on the Greek island of Hydra.
Share the Nights In White Satin Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Justin Hayward wrote Nights In White Satin at 19 years old while touring in Belgium. he named the song after his girlfriend gave him a gift of satin bedsheets.
Justin Hayward said - 'It was just another song I was writing and I thought it was very powerful. It was a very personal song and every note, every word in it means something to me and I found that a lot of other people have felt that very same way about it'
Share the A Rainy Night In Soho Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? A Rainy Night In Soho was written by Shane MacGowan and originally recorded on their 1986EP Poguetry In Motion.
It's considered by many to be one of Shane MacGowan's finest songs and was shortlisted as one of Ireland's 10 most favourite folk songs.
The band originally recorded two versions, one featuring a cornet and one featuring an oboe. Pogues singer Shane MacGowan preferred the cornet version while producer Elvis Costello preferred the oboe versions. Ultimately the version used on the Ep was the cornet version.
Share the Missing Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Missing was originally release by the band in 1994 and saw moderate success. The band then gave the song to Todd Terry to remix in a dance style where it became a worldwide hit.
Share the Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know?
Me And Julio Down By The School Yard was written and released by Paul Simon in 1972.
It's about 2 boys who have broken a law and it was witnessed by a mum.
In an interview in Rolling Stone magazine Jon Landau asked Simon: "What is it that the mama saw? The whole world wants to know."
Paul Simon replied "I have no idea what it is... Something sexual is what I imagine, but when I say 'something', I never bothered to figure out what it was. Didn't make any difference to me"
Share the Always The Sun Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Always The Sun was originally released in 1986 and later in 1990. Singer Hugh Cornwell originally thought that the song could have been as big as The Strangers biggest hit so far - Golden Brown. It was hit internationally more than in the UK where it reached number 30 in the charts. It reached 15 and 16 in France and almost broke the band in the US.