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Dublin Blues Chords And Strumming, Guy Clark

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Did You Know? Dublin Blues features Guys Clarke's son on bass and backing vocals by country legend Emmylou Harris

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Imagine Chords And Strumming, John Lennon

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Did You Know? Imagine has been covered by more that 200 different artist and is considered one of the greatest songs of all time being ranked no 3 by Rolling Stone Magazine who described it as 'Lennon's greatest musical gift to the world.


The lyrics are inspired by poems by Yoko Ono from her book Grapefruit. 

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There’s A Kind Of Hush Chords And Strumming, Herman’s Hermits

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Did You Know? There's a Kind Of Hush was originally written by Geoff Stephens for his group The New Vaudeville Band group. A single was recorded and released in 1966 by Gary And The Hornets then Herman's Hermits recorded and released their version of the song in 1977 where it was a big hit in the UK and US. 

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Day Is Done Chords And Strumming, John Prine

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Did You Know? Day Is Done is a song from John Prine's 12th studio album Lost Dogs And Mixes Blessings. It was produced by Howie Epstein the bassist for Tom Petty And The Heart Breakers. Rolling Stone Magazine considered John Prine 'One Of American's Greatest Songwriters'

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My Hero Chords And Strumming, Foo Fighters

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Did You Know? My Hero is dedicated to ordinary, everyday heroes because Dave Grohl himself never had musical or sports heroes growing up as a child. It's commonly believed to be about Dave Grohl's former bandmate in Nirvana Kurt Cobain and in a 1997 interview Grohl said - "There's definitely an element of Kurt in that song" 


American Songwriter Magazine considers My Hero to be the best Foo Fighters song. 


In 2008 Senator Join McCain used the song without permission during campaign rallies. The Foo Fighters responded - "It's frustrating and infuriating that someone who claims to speak for the American people would repeatedly show such little respect for creativity and intellectual property... The saddest thing about this is that 'My Hero' was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential. To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song."

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Millionaire Chords And Strumming, Chris Stapleton

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Did You Know? Millionaire was the first single from Chris Stapleton's 3rd album. It was nominated for the best country solo performance at the Grammys. 


Chris is joined in the chorus by his wife and fellow country artist Morgane Stapleton

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Peaceful Easy Feeling Chords And Strumming, The Eagles

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Did You Know? Peaceful Easy Feeling was written by Jack Tempchin after sleeping on the floor of the coffee shop that he has performed in. He initially wrote the lyrics on the back of a flyer for the gig. Glenn Frey heard the song 8 days after forming his new band called The Eagles and ask if he could work on the song. When he presented Tempchin with a tape of the song Tempchin later said 'it was so good, I couldn't believe it!'

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November Rains Chords And Strumming, Harry Chapin

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Did You Know? November Rains was written and recorded by Harry Chapin in 1981 and he was working on the album it's from The Last Protest Singer when he passed away. It was later released posthumously in 1988.


Harry was a dedicated philanthropist he founded World Hunger Year, helped to create the Presidential Commission On World Hunger and donated a third of the income from his concerts toward ending world hunger.

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Black Velvet Band Chords And Strumming, The Dubliners

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Did You Know? Black Velvet Band is at least as old as 1853 as it was published then as a Ballad by could be older. It's traditionally sung in many countries including Ireland, England, Australia, Canada and the US and often the location of the songs changes between Belfast Ireland and London UK. 


The Dubliners based their version on the one sung by Harry Cox in 1955, they recorded theirs in 1967. 

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Nothing Ever Happens Chords And Strumming, Del Amitri

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Did You Know? Nothing Ever Happens is Del Amitri's most successful song and was released in 1989. 


Del Amitri are from Glasgow in Scotland and invented their name to be intentionally meaningless. 

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