favorite acustic song to play

[elvisdudette]

ok seems like nobody has posted this up yet so thought that i would whats your favorite song to play on your acustic? for me i like semisonics closing time i think they play on electric but i like playing it on acustic and also wild thing hehe whats yours?

[FadedCayenne]

blackbird is the first song i learned... also, good riddance by greenday... (heh.)

[mr mungbeen]

there are heaps... classical gas is probably my favourit, nothing else matters, wish you were here (floyd)... I tried to post a recording I did, but couldn't work out how to make it work at soundclick...

[LightSeeker]

Ok I don't know enough to play them yet, but:

Breezy (Final Fantasy 8 soundtrack)
Road Trippin (REd Hot Chilli Peppers)
Sentish-Navadni (Zmelkoow--Slovenian band)
Romansa

[Eclectifish]

All Along the Watchtower - Michael Hedges
The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin
Language of the Heart - David Wilcox

[Slipstream]

Talkin' Candy Bar Blues - Peter Yarrow
I'm Tore Down - Eric Clapton version
Before You Accuse Me - CCR version
Hey Hey - Eric Clapton version
They're Red Hot - Robert Johnson

[t_shirtsnjeans]

When I break out my acoustic EVERYTHING is my favorite to play on it!

I enjoy hearing a hard elecrified piece turned tame by the sounds of wood and steel while my fingers twinkle the strings.

"Chicken crisp bacon cheddar ranch" is my absolute favorite to HATE song that JUST WON'T LEAVE MY HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hootie and Hooters swingin' milk buckets just wreakes of porno on 30 second segments!!


Whew, to finally get that off my chest..................... :toohappy:

[Asperjames]

i like to play Andres Segovia's Fantasie, really fun

[shiggity]

I really like Dave Matthews Jimi Thing. Its just a fun progression

[D|s]

just love playin those sweet classics by beatles :D

[Plstrcast]

The Weight, by The Band

[guitaraholic680]

Deep River Blues, Doc Watson

[Katau]

My fav accoustic tune is Tequilla Sunrise by the Eagles...such a soft and soothing tune.

(in my best Homer Simpson voice) Mmmmmm....tequilla.

[Weak as Hate]

any Sublime stuff-

Ebin
Don't Push
Badfish
Boss DJ
Crazy Fool (prob my fav overall)

Bob never fails to rock either:
Concrete Jungle
Chances Are

to name a few...

[Montana Slim]

My My Hey Hey - Neil Young
Wild Horses (my acoustic version)
Angie
Nobody Knows you When you're Down and Out

These are some of my favorites.

[Silenus]

Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Leadbelly)
Bad Moon Rising (CCR)
All Apologies and Rape Me (Nirvana)
My My Hey Hey (Neil Young)
Mannish Boy (Muddy Waters)
...

[dacster]

Needle and the Damage Done
Heart of Gold
Ripple
The Weight
Watchtower
BrokeDown Palace
China Doll
Dear Prudence
Freind of The Devil
For What its Worth
Glendale Train
Hotel CA
House of the Rising sun
Handle me with Care
I am a MAn of Constant Sorrow
Jack a Roe
Keep Your lamps trimmed and Burning
Land of the Navaho
Loser
Lucky Man
Masterpeice
Me & Bobby Mcgee
Monkey & the Engineer
Put Your Lights on
REdhouse
South City Midnight Lady
Saint James Infirmary
Stealin'
Teach Your Children
Tangled up in Blue
Truckin'
Two Hangmen
Valerie
Walkin' Blues
White Dove
willin'

and thats the short list ...

[Jtaylor]

Jerry Lee Lewis tune "Wabash Cannonball" Jerry has this great walking bass line

[elvisdudette]

ooh i luv CCR hehe cant play many of their songs though :(

[PerianArdocyl]

Wow, Bad Moon Rising has an accoustic part in it? Ooh, let me at it! I LOVE Creedence Clearwater Revival!

Oh and by the way, currently, my favorite accoustic song to play is "Yer So Bad" by Tom Petty (and the Heartbreakers? I'm not sure, it's hard to tell sometimes).

[Terren]

Oh boy! I wish I knew a bunch of songs fully. My favourite to play right now is the solo acoustic version of Three Of A Perfect Pair by King Crimson. I'm still learning it, and it's very difficult for me, but one day it'll be the one I'll want to play the most!

[shiggity]

The Weight, by The Band

oooooo... good one!

[SlowDance]

The widow-mars volta
Blackbird-The Beatles
Can't make a sound-Elliott Smith
The calender hung itself-Bright eyes
Yesterday-The Beatles

[NinjaBoat]

Bob Dylan anything.

[Jimbo]

The acoustic version of Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones, what a song!

[Modestbrad26]

"We're going to be friends"-White Stripes
"Wish you were here"-Pink Floyd
"Hello in there"-John Prine
"Black"-Pearl Jam
"Hotel Yorba"-White Stripes

[Poldy]

Joe Satriani - Tears In The Rain

Very simple but beautyful

[Poldy]

Oh, I forgot about this one... my fav.

Adrian Legg - Tracy's Big Moment

[CaptainSG]

Over the Hills and Far away....and also, a decade old cliche, the beginning of stairway to heaven.

[crimso54]

How about "Clap" by Yes. It took me so long to get that song down, that it is all I want to play anymore.

[Harris]

Picking 6 String:
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down

Strumming 6 String:
The Shins - Kissing the Lipless

Picking 12 String:
Weezer - My Name is Jonas

Strumming 12 String:
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (Yes, I know. Cliche.)
Radiohead - Karma Police
System of a Down - Chop Suey

[martinedwards]

Naw, I'm with Tshirt on this.

I play all the same stuff on both acoustic and elecric

Crazy train

Always with me always with you (Satch)

Sweet home Alabama

And loads of worship songs for church.........

[Carbohydrates]

Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There

When I'm just sitting around and my guitar's on a stand by me, it's always fun. Good crowd-pleaser, too.

[travisfraughton]

ok, first of all i'd like to second dacster's suggestion of
put your lights on- santana, the acoustic background was one of my firsts
knocking on heaven's door- good ol classic,
wish you were here-pink floyd, easy to play & sing
dust in the wind-kansas
what's this life for- creed (i know i know)
glycerine-bush, even better electric, but i just can't stop on this song.

[Carbohydrates]

wish you were here-pink floyd, easy to play & sing
Ooh, good one. My teacher and I played that a few days ago, he backed and I soloed (on a telecaster) and we both sang. Way too fun.

[ferrariman74]

I Will Always Be Beat Down by John Frusciante. Realy gud song. The whole albums great. Just incase any1 didnt no, u can download an official album of john's for free off www.johnfrusciante.com. Its all completely legal 2. Amazing album, check it out, its called "From The Sounds Inside". Theres some other downloads aswell.

Ferrariman

[Strungout]

"Early Morning Rain" pounded on a 12 string.

[maxx11778]

Save tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry

[TT2701]

Anything by The Band is Great!

[OnionBlaster]

I'm currently in an acoustic group for my camp. We're doing "New Slang" by The Shins, "Creep" by Stone Temple Pilots, and "Black Star" by Radiohead. The cellist plays the bass part on "Creep," and it's really haunting and beautiful.

The trick is to use brush sticks so that the drums don't overpower the guitars.

[Lazy Bee]

Change The World...Clapton
Reptile...Clapton

[metalwildchild]

Defenetly Hotel California...My dad used to play it to me when i was a baby so i had to learn it.

[Stray Dog]

Patience - Guns n Roses
Used To Love Her - Guns n Roses
You're Crazy - Guns n Roses
Don't Cry - Guns n Roses
My My Hey Hey - Neil Young
Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young
The One I Love - REM
Country Feedback - REM
All I Can Do Is Write About It - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Stand By Me - Oasis

[Ebene]

Knockin' on Heavens Doors - GNR
Life by the Drop - SRV
All That I Need - Blind Melon
Change - Blind Melon
Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix (makes it sound folky)
Black Bird - Beatles
Soulshine - Allman Brothers

[Gibson075]

Taylor and Flake, both by Jack Johnson

[robbyporter]

I may be in a minority, but I love to play anything by Jimmy Buffett. His stuff is pretty simple on a six or twelve string, and easy to personalize when done acoustically. Also love.....

Zepplin
CCR
Allman Bros
Marshall Tucker
3 Doors Down

Favorite song to do hands down is Love Song By Tesla.

[bcjames]

Del Amitri - Nothing ever happens
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
I like playing some Justin King kinda instrumental stuff too, although I cant do that crazy acoustic tapping like he can :p

[Slipstream]

I may be in a minority, but I love to play anything by Jimmy Buffett. His stuff is pretty simple on a six or twelve string, and easy to personalize when done acoustically. Also love.....

Zepplin
CCR
Allman Bros
Marshall Tucker
3 Doors Down

Favorite song to do hands down is Love Song By Tesla.Can't You See by Marshall Tucker is cool. Easy to play too.

[maxx11778]

Wish you were here - Pink Floyd

Drive - Incubus

[Komodo]

Dry Country (Acoustic) - Bon Jovi

[adgardad]

The Old Brown Case - Norman Blake
Cowboy Calypso - Russ Barenburg
Both Sides Now - Finger picked version by Randy Scruggs
Cannonball Rag - Merle Travis

[Slipstream]

I got a new fav: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

For some reason the G and C bass notes before strummin' a C chord and then to E turns me on. :)

[Duff_Man]

I love taking rock and making it acoustic...

Everlong - Foo Fighters
My Hero - Foo Fighters
Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters
Best of You - Foo Fighters
This is a Call - Foo FIghters
Times Like These - Foo Fighters
Baby Hold On To Me - Eddie Money
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Never Talking to You Again - Husker Du
Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas
Anything by comedian Stephen Lynch

There's just so many when you throw in the Nirvana, STP, Pearl Jam, 311, Beck, Beatles, etc, that this list is almost endless. I always believed you can make electric songs sound cool on acoustic, but not the other way around.

[C#m7th]

Hmm...this thread isn't quite cold yet...time to bump it


Older Chests - Damien Rice
Delicate - "
The Professor/La Fille Danse - "
3x5 - John Mayer
Love Soon - "
Wheel - "
St Patrick's Day - "
She Runs Away - Duncan Sheik

Pretty much and Jack Johnson and Jars of Clay, some Floyd, Melloncamp, Steeler's Wheel...even some Green Day songs sound killer with a single acoustic.

[Duff_Man]

Hmm...this thread isn't quite cold yet...time to bump it



She Runs Away - Duncan Sheik




What chords do you use for She Runs Away? There's one or two I can never pick out and the tab is not on the net.

[akoostick man]

[QUOTE=C#m7th]Hmm...this thread isn't quite cold yet...time to bump it


Older Chests - Damien Rice
Delicate - "
The Professor/La Fille Danse - "

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Any good sites for Damien Rice tabs?
Ultimate-guitar.com is alright but I only liked the tab for Cannonball..any other sites?

[Terren]

Recently,

Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
Neil Young - Needle And The Damage Done
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

[Silenus]

I got a new fav: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

For some reason the G and C bass notes before strummin' a C chord and then to E turns me on. :)

Slipstream, which tabs do you use or can you recommand me ?
(is this the Big Joe Williams version or another)
Thanks

[damien03]

try mxtabs.net much better than UG.

Good Riddance - Green Day
Broke into the old appartment - Bare Naked Lady
Moonlight Sonnata - Ludwig Von Beethoven
Sweet dreams - Marilyn Manson version played on D 4 and G 6(as opposed to A and D)
Slide - Goo Goo Doll
Green Sleaves simple and classic
Stairway (once I finish learning it, for now the intro works hehe)
the list really does go on. And on. And on.
:P

[Slipstream]

Slipstream, which tabs do you use or can you recommand me ?
(is this the Big Joe Williams version or another)
ThanksI just pick it up by ear. I do the Eric Clapton version.


C E A Dm A Dm

F Gbm G A D7 G


That's the basic progression.



Got a new favorite. Dead Flowers by the Stones.

[bacterozoid]

One of my favorite acoustic progressions is something our church Worship leader came up with (I think). It's part of a song, but real neat:


e -----------------------------
B -----------------------------
G -13----11---9----8---6/9-----
D -M-----M----M----M---7/9-----
A -11----9----7----7-----------
E -----------------------------
D DU D DU D DU DU D




Play that twice through. First time, use the 6 and 7 frets on the last chord, and second time use the 9 and 9. I think both are formations of the A chord.

Basically, make the first formation, then on the upstroke you slide your fingers down two frets.

M is for mute the string. I find it easiest to use my index finger to play on the G, then just press it on the D to mute.

http://www.jzie.com/YouAlone.mp3 - Click to hear what it sounds like. I play it three times, then go to C#m (kinda), B, then E.

[Stray Dog]

Found a new one, great to strum along and sing to.

Neil Young - Hangin' On A Limb

[GuitarChick]

Like ValveTronix said, anything off of Book Of Shadows by Zakk Wylde!

[TectonicFrets]

Anything that i can change to my own style, or i can jam along to. Yes, believe or not i like jammin on my acoustic.

[moongoose29]

here are my top 5
the Weight- the band
Give it up - the Format
Run- the Snow Patrol
Can't always get what you want- Rolling Stones
Yellow-Coldplay

[anthony2]

"As Tears Go By" - Rolling Stones
"Think I'm Going Out of My Head" - Little Anthony and the Imperials
"Sea of Love"
"You Were Meant for Me" - Jewel
"Anticipation" - Carly Simon
"Colour My World" - Chicago
"Plush" -Stone Temple Pilots
"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" - Jim Croce
"There is Love (the Wedding Song)"
"Nobody's Fool" - Cinderella
"Under the Milkway Tonight" - The Church
"Wicked Game" - Chris Isaak
"Don't Take the Girl" - Tim McGraw

[Poldy]

Hm, how about some solo acoustic fingerstyle?

[dacster]

pick up the latest Acoustic guitar magazine and look over the "Hesitation Blues"

[SG_74]

Intro to Pinball Wizard :riff:

[sumx4182]

Stairway (once I finish learning it, for now the intro works hehe)
I cringe everytime I hear or read that...nothing worse than hearing the Stairway intro 45 times in a guitar store...

[PhantomLord]

it's actually ok...the problem is that half the people can't play it properly.
Hm, how about some solo acoustic fingerstyle?
check out asturious, one of my favs to play. i mainly play my own stuff acoustically, since it involves a lot of hybrid picking stuff.

[Jiggleman]

I got a few to add, all beginner songs and i'd dream i could play them all, all the way through.

Nirvana - MTV Unplugged!!! (yes the entire CD)
Chilli Peppers - otherside, Road Trippin', under the bridge (well the intro :whstl: )
REM - Losing my Religion, everybody hurts (off course!!)
Staind - Outside, It's been awhile (primarily the main riff)
Cold - No One (this is the very first riff i learned, this song is like the reason I started to play)
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight :shifty:


Well that's all i can think of right now... cheers

[dirtyfloyd]

i just got done with Asturias - paco de lucia its a classical piece. took me like two month to get the whole thing down. its beautifule

[jimi is god]

all along the watchtower was by bob dillan

[jimi is god]

My favourites are as follows

signe- eric calpton
crossroads-robert johnson
whiskey blues- robert johnson
layla-eric calpton
stairway to heaven- led zepplin

[Priesty]

Maton Lyrebird...anything is a joy to play. ;)

Life By The Drop is probably one of my favourite acoustic songs...
and Zakk Wyldes acoustic stuff too.