Monday, March 12, 2012

Mad World

These chords will not work for you if you are singing the harmony to the song, fyi.
Mad World
Am: 002210
C: 032010
G: 320003
D: 000232
strum: 1&2, 3&4  down up down, down up down


(Am)
                                             C                             G                               D                 Am...
All around me are                 familiar faces,         worn out places,        worn out faces,
Bright and early for the         daily races,             going nowhere,         going no where,
And their tears are filling      up their glasses,       no expression,           no expression
Hide my head I want to        drown my sorrow,    no tomorrow,            no tomorrow

Chorus:
(Am )
                                             D                                                 Am     
And I find it kind of             funny and I find it kind of            sad,
The dreams in which I'm       dying are the best I've ever          had,
I find it hard to                     tell you, I find it hard to              take,
When people run in              circles it's a very very....             Mad World..... Mad World

(Am)
                                             C                             G                               D                 Am...
Children waiting for the      day they feel good,    Happy Birthday,       Happy Birthday,
made to feel the way that     every child should,    sit and listen,            sit and listen,
Went to school and I was      very nervous,           no one knew me,       no one knew me,
Hello teacher tell me           what's my lesson,      look right thru me,     look right thru me.

Chorus again.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Black Boys On Mopeds Sinead O'Connor Easy

(Sinead O'Connor)

strum 1, 2, &3
D: x00232
A: x02220
G: 320003

D                    A             G          G
Margaret That-cher on T-V....      Shocked by the
D                        A                G       G
deaths that took place in Bei-jing          It seems
D                        A                 G         G
strange that she should be of-fended...    The same
D               A           G    G
orders are given by her...
D           A               G         G
I've said this before now...   You said I was
D                 A               G        G
childish and you'll say it now...
D           A               G     G
"Remem-ber what I told you
D                  A                 G          G
If they hated me they will hate you"

England's not the mythical land of Madame George and roses
It's the home of police who kill black boys on mopeds
And I love my boy and that's why I'm leaving
I don't want him to be aware that there's
Any such thing as grieving

Young mother down at Smithfield
5 am, looking for food for her kids
In her arms she holds three cold babies
And the first word that they learned was "please"

These are dangerous days
To say what you feel is to dig your own grave
"Remember what I told you
If you were of the world they would love you"

England's not the mythical land of Madame George and roses
It's the home of police who kill blacks boys on mopeds
And I love my boy and that's why I'm leaving
I don't want him to be aware that there's
Any such thing as grieving.

Foggy Dew Easy Chords

Foggy Dew
Easy Guitar Chords by Isabelle Hakala

Am: x02210
G: 320003
C: x32010
lr: x02010
strum: down, down, up-down. as 1, 2, &3
(lr) means lift your ring finger for the upstroke

Intro: Am x4

      Am         Am         G         G
As down the glen one Easter morn
        C    Am  (lr)  Am    repeat (Am (lr) Am)
To a city fair rode I,
         Am      Am        G            G
There armed lines of marching men
    C              Am       (lr)  Am   repeat (Am (lr) Am)
In squadrons passed me by.
      C          Am          G       C
No phife did hum, nor battle drum
       Am         C     Am   (Am (lr) Am)
Did sound its loud tattoo
            Am        Am               G            G
But the Angelus' bells o'er the Liffey swells
         C              Am (lr)  Am   repeat (Am (lr) Am)
Rang out in the fog -gy dew.

Right proudly high in Dublin town
Hung they out a flag of war.
'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky
Than at Suvla or Sud el Bar.
And from the plains of Royal Meath
Strong men came hurrying through;
While Brittania's Huns with their long-range guns
Sailed in through the foggy dew.

The bravest fell, and the requiem bell
Rang mournfully and clear
For those who died that Easter-tide
In the springing of the year.
While the world did gaze with deep amaze
At those fearless men but few
Who bore the fight that freedom's light
Might shine through the foggy dew.

And back through the glen I rode again
And my heart with grief was sore
For I parted then with valiant men
Whom I never shall see more
But to and fro
In my dreams I go
And I kneel and pray for you
For slavery fled
Oh, glorious dead
When you fell in the foggy dew

Leonard Cohen Famous Blue Raincoat (using only 3 finger chords)

3 Figure Chords version (easy)
Chords by Isabelle Hakala

Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat

Strum: down down up down in a 1, 2 &3 count
Am: x02210
Em: 022000
G: 320003
C: x32010

Am                                   
It's
four in the morning, the
end of December I'm
writing you now just to
Em
see if you're better
Am                      
New York is cold, but I
like where I'm livingThere's
music on Clinton Street
 Em
all through the evening.
   Am  
I hear that you're
G
building
Am
your little house deep
G
in the desert
 Am          
You're living for
G
nothing now, I hope you're
Am
keeping some kind of
G
record, Yes, and


Jane came by with a lock of your
 G                                          
hair, She said that you gave it to
 Am
her, That night that you planned to go
G
clear
Am                          
......Did you ever go
Em
clear?

Am                               Am
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
     Am                                        Em
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
Am                           Am
You'd been to the station to meet every train
Am                                        Em
And you came home without Lili Marlene


              Am            G                Am                 G
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
        Am                   G    Am                     G
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.


       C                                                         G                   
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
                                   Am
One more thin gypsy thief
                           G
Well I see Jane's awake
Am             Em
She sends her regards.

Am                         Am
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
Am                  Em
What can I possibly say?
Am                         Am
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
Am                           Em
I'm glad you stood in my way.

        Am              G                Am          G
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Am                   G                       Am           G
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

              C                                        G
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
                         Am                                  G
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

    C                                                      G
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
                                          Am
She said that you gave it to her
                                                     G      
That night that you planned to go clear
Am                 Em
.....Sincerely, A friend

Shorthand of the notes:
(Am)x3 Em
(Am)x3 Em
(Am G)x4

C G Am G
...Am Em