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Run For Home Chords And Strumming, Lindisfarne

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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. 

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Don’t Know Where I’m Going Chords And Strumming, Rory Gallagher

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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. 

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Sunday Bloody Sunday Chords And Strumming, U2

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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.  

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Day Tripper Chords And Strumming The Beatles

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. 

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Dream Catch Me Chords And Strumming, Newton Faulkner

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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.

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Heal The Pain Chords And Strumming, George Michael

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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. 


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Hey Jude Chords And Strumming, The Beatles

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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. 

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Wichita Lineman Chords And Strumming, Glen Campbell

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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.


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Have You Ever Seen The Rain Chords And Strumming, CCR

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Did You Know? Have You Ever Seen The Rain was written by John Fogerty. 

It's about rising tension within the band and the imminent departure of his brother Tom. It was written about the fact that they were on the top of the charts, and had surpassed all of their wildest expectations of fame and fortune. They were rich and famous, but somehow all of the members of the band at the time were depressed and unhappy; thus the line "Have you ever seen the rain, coming down on a sunny day?". The band split up the following year.

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I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song Chords And Strumming, Jim Croce

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Did You Know? Jim Croce wrote I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song for his wife Ingrid. She retells the story of how it came about - 

'One weekend, after being on the road for many months, Jim got a chance to come home to relax with his family. We settled in to enjoy our time alone together. Though Jim was expecting company the next day, avoiding confrontation he never told me that we were to be joined by an entire film crew! The next morning, 15 people from Acorn Productions descended upon our house to record a promotional film of Jim Croce at Home on the Farm. I prepared breakfast, lunch and dinner for the whole film crew and after the group left, I questioned Jim about our finances. After a year and a half of his working so very hard on the road, we were barely making ends meet, but Jim wouldn't talk about it. He hated questions as much as he hated confrontation, especially about money. He stormed out of our bedroom and went down to the kitchen table to brood. The next morning he woke me gently by singing his new song. 'Every time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong. So I'll have to say "I love you" in a song'


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