Share the Sundown Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know?
Sundown was released in 1974 and is the single from the album with the same name. It's Gordon's only song to reach number 1.
About writing the Sundown he said 'I think my girlfriend was out with her friends one night at a bar while I was at home writing songs. I thought, 'I wonder what she’s doing with her friends at that bar!' It’s that kind of a feeling. 'Where is my true love tonight? What is my true love doing?'
Share the To Her Door Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Paul Kelly released To Her Door in 1987 after spending 7 years writing it.
in 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Society ranked To Her Door as one of the Top 30 Australians songs of all time.
Share the Run For Home Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Lindisfarne are named after the island on the northeast coast of England also known as Holy Island. It's featured on the cover of the album Back And Fourth which includes the song Run For Home.
Share the Don't Know Where I'm Going Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Don't Know Where I'm Going is from Rory's second album Deuce. Rory recorded most of the songs from this album immediately after live performances to try to capture the energy and feeling of a live performance.
When Jimi Hendrix was asked - “How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world?” his alleged answer was “I don't know, go ask Rory Gallagher.”
Rory was also Brian May's favourite guitar player. Not bad.
Share the Sunday Bloody Sunday Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Sunday Bloody Sunday was the first song on U2's 1983 album War.
It's one of their most political songs and a call for peace and an end to violence.
The core of the song was begun by guitar player David Evans 'the Edge' with the main riff and part of the vocal melody.
Did You Know? Day Tripper was the first double A side single in Britain. It was released with We Can Work It Out.
It was inspired by American soul music from Stax and Motown labels and the riff from Watch Your Step By Bobby Parker.
Share the Dream Catch Me Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Dream Catch Me was a single from Newton Faulkner's debut album Hand Built By Robots. During the following winter Newton slipped on ice and badly injured his wrist, requiring doctors to insert a metal plate into it. Due to this decided to call his follow up album, Rebuild By Humans.
Share the Heal The Pain Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Heal The Pain was written in 1991 by George Michael in the style of Paul McCartney.
When it was released the review in the Guardian said that the song "with its close harmonies and neck-brushing acoustic guitars, is the Paul McCartney ballad the Fab One never wrote.
Later on in 2006 George Micheal and Paul McCartney recorded a version of the song together.
Share the Hey Jude Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Hey Jude was written by Paul McCartney and started out as a song called Hey Jules. It was written to comfort John Lennon's son Julian after John split with Julian's Mother Cynthia. It encourages a positive outlook on a sad situation and for Julian to pursue opportunities to find love.
It was the first Beatles song to be recorded on an 8 track instead of a 4 track.
Share the Wichita Lineman Chords and Strumming:
Did You Know? Wichita Lineman is considered by some to be the greatest song of all time. It stayed in the top 100 pop charts for 15 weeks on release.
It was written by Jimmy Webb for Glen Campbell after their success with By The Time I Get To Phoenix. Based on that song Glen decided they needed a song that was set in a specific place.
Jimmy Webb was heading westward on a straight road into the setting sun anddrove past a seemingly endless line of telephone poles, each looking exactly the same as the last. Then he noticed, in the distance, the silhouette of a solitary lineman atop a pole. He described it as "the picture of loneliness". Webb then "put himself atop that pole and put that phone in his hand" as he considered what the lineman was saying into the receiver.