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The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

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This song is fairly easy. The bass approaches the chords and does a few octaves. It's a good song to improvise and try out different things, as long as you keep the drive and that you hit the root note of the chord on the first beat of every measure.

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The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

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This song is fairly easy. There are two different chord progressions: Verse & Chorus. They repeat different amount of times for each section, so pay attention to the number of repeats. Other than that, it's fairly straight forward.

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Dni Ktorych Nie Znamy - Marek Gretchuta

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This song is folk/country which means that on the guitar, you alternate from root to fifth on every beat. In between the beats, you play high strings. Other than that, be aware of the D.C. (Da Capo) with repeat which takes you back to the beginning of the song.

Dni Ktorych Nie Znamy - Marek Gretchuta

Dni Ktorych Nie Znamy - Marek Gretchuta

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Life is Beautiful - Keb' Mo'

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This song is very interesting, as it is country, but it incorporates jazz chords, making it quite original. It is also a feel good song. When playing this song, you can either alternate the bass line with your thumb from root to fifth, or you can stay on the root. Keb' Mo' himself doesn't always play it the same way. So, you can pluck away and have fun with hammer ons and pull offs. What is really important is to keep the chord progression. The form is simple, you go through the whole thing three times with a slight variation at the end of each form, so watch for the boxes 1 & 2. There are two main guitar figures, one at the intro, the other at the outro. They are variations of each other.

Life is Beautiful - Keb' Mo' Chord Chart 

Life is Beautiful - Keb' Mo' Chord Chart 

Guitar Figure 1

Guitar Figure 1

Guitar Figure 2

Guitar Figure 2

Life is Beautiful - Keb' Mo' Lead Sheet P1

Life is Beautiful - Keb' Mo' Lead Sheet P1

Life is Beautiful - Keb' Mo' Lead Sheet P.2

Life is Beautiful - Keb' Mo' Lead Sheet P.2

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Rocky Racoon - The Beatles

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The sound of the piano and the instrumentation of the song are typical of honky-tonk/country songs . There is no ukulele in this song, but you can play it anyway. The double time feel doesn't affect the ukulele, but adds energy to the song. Other than that, the song is the same thing throughout except for the intro.

Rocky Racoon - The Beatles Ukulele Chords

Rocky Racoon - The Beatles Ukulele Chords

Rocky Racoon - The Beatles

Rocky Racoon - The Beatles

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Green Eyes - Coldplay

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This song is a nice country/pop ballad. Three sections that repeat and finish with an outro. The guitar has a capo on fret 2 and the strumming is in 8th note swing feel. The band starts at the pre-chorus after the D.C. (Da Capo)

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Green Eyes - Coldplay

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This song is pretty simple. There are three sections played twice and the song finishes with an outro. Be aware of the D.C. (Da Capo) which repeats the whole song from the beginning with repeats. Also, this song is played in an 8th note swing feel.

Green Eyes - Coldplay Ukulele Lead Sheet

Green Eyes - Coldplay Ukulele Lead Sheet

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Green Eyes - Coldplay

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This song is pretty simple. The bass doesn't come in until after the D.C. (Da Capo) and it plays the classic country bass line which is to alternate between playing the root and fifth of each chord.

Green Eyes - Coldplay Lead Sheet

Green Eyes - Coldplay Lead Sheet

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The Bird Song - Florence and the Machine

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This song is a little bit tricky to play, because the whole song is ad lib, meaning that there is no fixed tempo like most songs. You need to listen to the singer to follow the tempo of the song. During the full band parts, the rhythm is a bit more constant. The p or pp (piano or pianissimo) mean that you play soft or softer and the f or ff (forte or fortissimo) mean that you play loud or louder.

The Bird Song - Florence and the Machine Lead Sheet

The Bird Song - Florence and the Machine Lead Sheet

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A Place Called Home - P J Harvey

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This song is very ambient, so the guitar does mostly sixteenth notes the whole song with slight accents to emphasize the drums beat. Just be aware of the Da Capo (D.C.) with repeat.

A Place Called Home - P J Harvey Lead Sheet

A Place Called Home - P J Harvey Lead Sheet

We hope you enjoyed this lesson. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at patrice@paliatsky.com

Rocky Racoon - The Beatles

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The sound of the piano and the instrumentation of the song are typical of honky-tonk/country songs . The guitar part is pretty simple once you are comfortable with the chords. The double time feel doesn't affect the guitar, but adds energy to the song. Other than that, the song is the same thing throughout except for the intro.

Rocky Racoon - The Beatles Lead Sheet

Rocky Racoon - The Beatles Lead Sheet

We hope you enjoyed this lesson. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at patrice@paliatsky.com

Je suis une Pizza

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This song called Je suis une Pizza is a great song to play with two people. The top page is the melody of the song which is repeated throughout the song and the bottom page is the chords that are played behind the melody.

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