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Classic Rock Songs For Guitar
On The Acoustic
Welcome to this section on classic rock songs for guitar page. Check out the other links below for more great songs for the acoustic.
Climax Blues Band - Coldplay
Daft Punk - Faces
INXS
Judas Priest - Sting
The Police - The Ramones
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Classic Rock Songs For Guitar
Chords, Lyrics, Demos, Tutorials
1. Baby I Love You - The Ramones
Baby I Love You was an old song originally recorded by The Rondells
back in1963. The Ramones covered the song for their 1980s album End Of The Century. It was released in the UK as a single and peaked at #8.
This one was recorded a fret higher in G# so use a capo if necessary with the chords , G, Am, Am7, D, G7, and Cm. Use a down down up down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern and only a few riffs in this one.
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2. Beautiful Girl - INXS
Beautiful Girl ... info soon
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3. Couldn't Get It Right - Climax Blues Band
Couldn't Get It Right released this song in 1976 as a single from their album "Gold Plated".
The song came out of nowher according to bassist Derek Holt and the song went to #10 in the UK, #8 in Canada and #3 in the US.
- Drop D Tuning: No
- Capo: No
- Rhythm: a quick shuffle and then and down down up down down up and repeat
- Picking: Yes
- Chords: Bm, A, G, Esus, E, D
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4. Don't Change - INXS
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5. Englishman In New York - Sting
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6. Every Breath You Take - The Police
The Police released this song from the 1983 album "Synchronicity" and was a number one hit in both the United States and Canada.
- Drop D Tuning = No
- Capo = original key = 1st fret
- Rhythm = you can play all downstrokes but with the riff, you'll be playing a bit of arpeggio along with downstroke rhythm
- Picking = No
- Chords = G, Em, C, D, A, D#, F, A#
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7. Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Get Lucky comes from the bands 4th and final album "Random Access Memories" from 2013. American singer Pharrell Williams is on this track. The song took 18 months to complete but it paid off.
The song was a #1 in many European countries as well as the US and #2 in Canada.
- Drop D Tuning: No
- Capo: 2nd fret
- Rhythm: a steady up and down shuffle pattern
- Picking: No
- Chords: Am, C, Em, D
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8. Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
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9. Stay With Me - Faces
Stay With Me was this bands only major hit when it was released as a single back in 1971. Faces of course was a band in which both Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood were both members.
The song if from their 3rd album "A Nod Is As Good As A Wink". The song reached #4 in Canada, #6 in the UK and #17 in the US.
- Drop D Tuning: No
- Capo: 2nd fret
- Rhythm: down up down up shuffle then use a down down down up down up and repeat
- Picking: a few riffs
- Chords: D, C, G, A
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10. When I Ruled The World - Coldplay
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11. You've Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest
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