I don't have time to be a fancy pants with my normal level of chord charting, so I will just link you up to the song I am playing at this very moment: "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" by the Beatles. It's a fun song to play with nice simple chords so you don't have to hurt yourself with any crazy finger stretching ones like those in the "B" family...
"B" is for Bar chord and Big Blisters.
I'll admit it, I can't get enough of the new JT album "FutureSex/LoveSounds". And, until last night, I never thought I could channel my ardour for the mellifluous voice of the newly eligible POPthrob into something other than a spirited interpretive dance. You'll never see those moves on YouTube. But last night that all changed. For it was on this special night that I picked up my sweet sweet Larravee guitar and jammed with Ry and his super phat Fender bass to the Justin groove "What Goes Around".
How was this possible? One simple chord progression (Am, C, G, D). Great news! And as a bonus: You can use this very same chord progression to play Jewel's "Save your Soul" if you so choose. 2 for 1. That's a super deal!
Without further ado, I present to you my weekly guitarmageddon:
"What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude" by Justin Timberlake
Verse, Pre-chorus & Chorus: 4/4 ||: Am - C - | G - D - :||
If you can't read music, all this means is strum each chord for two beats each then repeat over and over until you get to the outro.
For example:
Am
Hey girl,
C G D
Is he everything you wanted in a man?
Am
You know I gave you the world
C G D
You had me in the palm of your hand
Am
So why your love went away?
C G D
I just can't seem to understand
Am
Thought it was me and you, baby
C G
Me and you until the end
D
But I guess I was wrong
Prechorus:
Am
Don't wanna think about it
C
Don't wanna talk about it
G
I'm just so sick about it
D Am
I can't believe it's ending this way
Just so confused about it
C
Feeling the blues about it
G
I just can't do without ya
D Am
Tell me is this fate
Chorus:
C G
Is the way it's really going down?
D Am
Is this how we say goodbye?
C G
Shoulda known better when you came around
D Am
That you were gonna make me cry
C G
It's breaking my heart to watch you run around
D Am
Cause I know that you're living a lie
C G
But that's ok, baby, cause in time you will find
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around x 4
Verse 2:
Now girl,
I remember everything that you claimed
You said that you were moving on now
Maybe I should do the same
The funny thing about that is
I was ready to give you my name
Thought it was me and you baby
And now, it's all just a shame
That I guess I was wrong
Prechorus:
Chorus:
Bridge:
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
You should know that x 2
Prechorus:
Chorus:
Interlude: 4/4 ||: Cmaj7 - D7 - | Em7 - - - :||
Cmaj7
You spend your nights alone
D7
And he never comes home
Em7
And everytime you call him, all you get is a busy tone
Cmaj7
I heard you found out
D7
That he's doing to you
Em7
What you did to me
Ain't that the way it goes
Camj7
When you cheated, girl
D7
My heart bleeded, girl
Em7
So it go without saying that should let the feeling hurt
Just a classic case scenario
Tell is always time
Girl, you got what you deserved
And now you want somebody
To cure the lonely nights
You wish you had somebody
That could come and make it right
But girl, I ain't somebody
I'm out of sympathy
See..
What goes around comes back around
I thought I told ya (x many)
Here's a chord chart I made for a terrific, easy song to learn on this rainy Sunday night. No bar chords. It's a good thing. Something I just learnt: In a slash chord i.e., G/B, the right most chord, in this case "B" represents the base note in the chord. G over B is a G major chord with a B in the bass. To play it, just form a regular G chord shape and dampen or take off the G bass note (your fourth finger on the top string).
"You're Beautiful" by James Blunt
Capo 3rd fret
Verse:
4/4 ||: C - - - | G - - - | Am - - -| F - - - :|| ( x 4)
| C - - - | G - - - | Am - - - | Am - - - ||
Chorus:
||: F - G - | C - - - :|| ( x 2)
| F - G - | C - G/B - | Am - - - | F - G - | Am - - - |
| F - G - | C - - - ||
Verse 2:
||: C - - - | G - - - | Am - - - | F - - - |
| C - - - | G - - - | Am - - - | Am - - - ||
Chorus:
Bridge:
|| F - Am - | F - Am - | F - Am - | D - - - ||
Final Chorus:
||: F - G - | C - - - :|| ( x 2)
||: F - G - | C G/B | Am - - - :||
| Am - - - | F - G - | Am - - - | F - G - | C - - - ||
Lyrics:
My life is brilliant
My life is brilliant
My love is pure
I saw an angel
Of that I'm sure
She smiled at me on the subway
She was with another man
But I won't lose no sleep on that
'Cause I've got a plan
Chorus:
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You're beautiful, it's true
I saw your face
In a crowded place
And I don't know what to do
'Cause I'll never be with you
Verse 2:
Yes, she caught my eye
As we walked on by
She could see from my face that I was
Fucking high
And I don't think that I'll see her again
But we shared a moment that will last to the end
Chorus:
Bridge:
Final Chorus:
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You're beautiful, it's true
There must be an angel
With a smile on her face
When she thought up that I should be with you
But it's time to face the truth
I will never be with you
