Does anyone have any cool accoustic guitar tabs to learn?

[PerianArdocyl]

I am in great need of some new accoustic tabs I can learn, fingerpicking or otherwise. I can't think of anymore I'd like to try, so I don't really care what genre it is, just could you recommend something for me to learn and post the link?

Please and thank you! :smile:

[guitaraholic680]

Leaving on a Jet Plane by John Denver
Fire and Rain... James Taylor
Any simon and garfunkel.

[PerianArdocyl]

Hmmm...Simon and Garfunkel eh? These guys look pretty groovy. What time era are they from?

[AcousticShred]

2 Songs by the same guy

Song of Life by Eric Johnson
Song for George by Eric Johnson.

They are kind of tough, but are fun to play

[PerianArdocyl]

I just remembered. The problem with this is that I've never heard any of those songs, and that's on-line tabs' greatest flaw...you have to know how the song goes.

Still, it's fun just to mess with these, even if I don't know the songs.

Thanks guys!

[t_shirtsnjeans]

Hmmm...Simon and Garfunkel eh? These guys look pretty groovy. What time era are they from?
Mostly 60's. But Paul Simon went on and went through a metamorphosis musically and really brought his stuff full circly.
Simon and Garfunkel really brought out the tight vocal harmonies that got me started back in the olden days. "Sound of Silence", "Scarborough Fair", etc, are well knowns by the duo, but really anything they touched turned gold as far as I'm concerned, even the goofy songs were awesome. The acoustic guitar was fabulous too.
John Denver had several books of tabs for acoustic songs. They're fairly easy, BUT the trick is singing the songs and doing the fingerpicking stuff too.

[Carbohydrates]

An easy but fun "instant gratification" song would be Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There?

[PerianArdocyl]

the trick is singing the songs and doing the fingerpicking stuff too.

Yeah...strumming I can sing with by now. Fingerpicking I'm still working on.

[guitaraholic680]

Mostly 60's. But Paul Simon went on and went through a metamorphosis musically and really brought his stuff full circly.
Simon and Garfunkel really brought out the tight vocal harmonies that got me started back in the olden days. "Sound of Silence", "Scarborough Fair", etc, are well knowns by the duo, but really anything they touched turned gold as far as I'm concerned, even the goofy songs were awesome. The acoustic guitar was fabulous too.
John Denver had several books of tabs for acoustic songs. They're fairly easy, BUT the trick is singing the songs and doing the fingerpicking stuff too.


Wow... u hit it right on the head. SImon and garfunkel are an amazing duo. Fingerpicking is the highlight of my acoustic style. It has probably been the most rewarding thing i learned. Just make sure u do it correctly!

[bugman]

http://www.acousticsongtabs.com/guitar/

[PerianArdocyl]

What? How in the heck can Avril Lavigne's "My Happy Ending" have accoustics in it? Did I miss something in the song? (then again, I only heard the chorus line)

[mishmannah]

What? How in the heck can Avril Lavigne's "My Happy Ending" have accoustics in it? Did I miss something in the song? (then again, I only heard the chorus line)

Ms Lavigne is a gal with a guitar, and that is all.....*ducks*

[Jake]

Someone needs to poison her food for the good of the world. It's almost like assassinating Hitler, in a way.

[bugman]

What? How in the heck can Avril Lavigne's "My Happy Ending" have accoustics in it? Did I miss something in the song? (then again, I only heard the chorus line)


easy...if you can play it on electric, you can play it on acoustic (it'll sound different though)

[Grim Riffer]

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Suicide is Painless(MASH Theme)

[PerianArdocyl]

easy...if you can play it on electric, you can play it on acoustic (it'll sound different though)

Ah, ok.

[Xachisonfire]

Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd......beautiful song

[mhdsummers]

I have the same problem with not know the tune before trying to play it. Pretty tough.
I did find some sites that provide MP3s and videos of the song being played. They have
been invaluable.

A couple of my favorites:
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/lessons.html
Do what it says to get the videos. It works and the videos are worth it.

http://www.guitarnoise.com/index.php
Try the "Songs for Beginners" and "Songs for Intermediates"

Good luck.

[Silenus]

Add this link...
These are all "easy" songs (some acoustic, some not) ans
sorted by decenium ('60, '70,...)
Have fun...
http://guitar.about.com/library/bleasysongs60s.htm

[PerianArdocyl]

Do what it says to get the videos. It works and the videos are worth it.

Does that cost money? I just had my last guitar lesson for the year yesterday.

[FadedCayenne]

raid on entebbe by the mountain goats....

[mhdsummers]

Does that cost money? I just had my last guitar lesson for the year yesterday.

No, its free. Nothing to worry about. The guy is just trying to generate traffic to his site.

[ScarcelyHeard]

"Is There Anybody Out There" by Pink Floyd

It's a short song, and I really like playing it.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/p/pink_floyd/is_there_anybody_out_there_tab.htm

[PerianArdocyl]

No, its free. Nothing to worry about. The guy is just trying to generate traffic to his site.

Cool! I think that I will stay over here and learn those songs and NOT go back to the couch where there is a helluva big spider... :scared:

[100percentbajan]

I don´t have any cool acoustic tabs to learn but if you really want to speed up your guitar skills and you have an extra 30 dollars, try buying a DVD by Peter Huntlinger called A Guitarists Guide to Better Practising, I was amazed at how badly I had been practising for years and this DVD not only taught some cool acoustic songs but also great practise methods/ezxcercises. Check the web he has to great DVDs both using the acoustic.

[tinsmith]

Jorma Kaukonen made a good instructionary vid too. I have volume one.

Easy to understand.

[Bowie]

Stumbleine by the Smashing Pumpkins. It's f'n beautiful

[Emixolydian]

Yasunori Mitsuda - Radical Dreamers

best fingerpicking I ever heard. I can hook you up with the song and the tab if you want.

[PerianArdocyl]

Yasunori Mitsuda - Radical Dreamers

best fingerpicking I ever heard. I can hook you up with the song and the tab if you want.

Oh, dude, don't even. I played that game, I heard that song, and I learned that tab.

And you could not be more right. :smile:

Rock on, Yasunori!!!

[Emixolydian]

Oh, dude, don't even. I played that game, I heard that song, and I learned that tab.

And you could not be more right. :smile:

Rock on, Yasunori!!!

I've been rocking out to it for like 3 years. I play it lighting-speed now. It's hot.

[Slipstream]

Hmmm...Simon and Garfunkel eh? These guys look pretty groovy. What time era are they from?Funny you should say that. They happen to be from the era when sayin' "groovy" was the new thing. They even wrote a song called "Feelin' Groovy".

Kickin' down, the cobble stones,
look at the fun of feelin' goovy . . .

Man, that was a long time ago.



Edit: I just looked it up. It's called The 59th St. Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) released on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme in 1966.

[FadedCayenne]

hmmm. anything by the stones sounds great acousticly.

[Emixolydian]

Funny you should say that. They happen to be from the era when sayin' "groovy" was the new thing. They even wrote a song called "Feelin' Groovy".

Kickin' down, the cobble stones,
look at the fun of feelin' goovy . . .

Man, that was a long time ago.



Edit: I just looked it up. It's called The 59th St. Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) released on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme in 1966.

Hello lamppost, whatcha knowing, i've come to see your flowers growinnn.
ain't you got no rhymes for me, doot in doo doo feelin' groooovy.

I had to sing that in guitar class when I was a youngin'.

[Slipstream]

". . . when I was a youngin'". :) I don't mean any offense, but that amuses me. My sister's grandkids are about your age (I had kids, but they got into Rap and Hip Hop so I had to put them in a cardboard box and put one-way postage on it).

Butt seriously, Simon and Garfunkle have some fun music. Just thinkin' about that song makes me feel kinda, well, groovy (a word I never really got into using).

[PerianArdocyl]

Maybe I'll pick up a CD of their's. Any recommendations?

[Emixolydian]

". . . when I was a youngin'". :) I don't mean any offense, but that amuses me. My sister's grandkids are about your age (I had kids, but they got into Rap and Hip Hop so I had to put them in a cardboard box and put one-way postage on it).

Butt seriously, Simon and Garfunkle have some fun music. Just thinkin' about that song makes me feel kinda, well, groovy (a word I never really got into using).

Haha, it was actually when I was a freshman in high school. There's a guitar class, and the teacher is the football couch, he's totally a burnt out hippy. We ended up playing feeling groovy. IT was a fun class.

[Slipstream]

Maybe I'll pick up a CD of their's. Any recommendations?I would recommend Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. I think it was their third album or so.

[PerianArdocyl]

Awesome. Now that I got rid of all my illegally downloaded songs (don't sue me please, and don't rat me out to the government, I really did get rid of them all), I'm gonna need to stock up on CDs.

[adgardad]

I just remembered. The problem with this is that I've never heard any of those songs, and that's on-line tabs' greatest flaw...you have to know how the song goes.
Still, it's fun just to mess with these, even if I don't know the songs.

Have you ever tried Power Tabs? It is a free tablature writing/reading program that 1) looks like a tab from a book or a magazine 2) will play all or a part of a song for you.
If you haven't seen it, it is worth checking out. Go on and search for "power tab archive". There is a link there to download the program (did I mention that it is absolutely FREE?) as well as a huge searchable database of free downloadable tabs. I love it! I can't even make myself look at those horrid aascii tabs anymore.

[Acoustic]

Mostly 60's. But Paul Simon went on and went through a metamorphosis musically and really brought his stuff full circly.
Simon and Garfunkel really brought out the tight vocal harmonies that got me started back in the olden days. "Sound of Silence", "Scarborough Fair", etc, are well knowns by the duo, but really anything they touched turned gold as far as I'm concerned, even the goofy songs were awesome. The acoustic guitar was fabulous too.
John Denver had several books of tabs for acoustic songs. They're fairly easy, BUT the trick is singing the songs and doing the fingerpicking stuff too.

Perfectly said.