♫ Songs

❦ First Published on Saturday, 20 May, 2023
❧ Edited 10 November, 2024

An evolving list of ♫ songs I can be asked to perform on my livestream at twitch.tv/hypertexthero. I know some better than others and tend to improvise all by ear in a sort of haphazard manner after referring to the chords which is the way I continue learning to play music.

4 Non Blondes

• Drifting

Albert King

• Cadillac Assembly Line
• I’m Doing Fine G#m7 D#m7 C# B
• I Got The Blues
• I Wanna Get Funky
• Raining in California (Gm key)

The Animals

• House of the Rising Sun

Aurora

• Heathens
  alternate bridge

  Gm                   Ebm        D
  Everything you touch will be hers
  Gm                     Ebm       D     Eb° 5thFretVoicing?   D    Eb
  A mother with no heart will give love  a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ahhh
  Eb                                 Dm   Cm   Bb    Am Gm
  Her love is yours, but only if you give your heart to her
  

• You Keep Me Crawling

Beastie Boys

• Gratitude

Blonde Redhead

• 23 (transpose to Bm: Bm D A G, Bm G A B, F# F#/E G G/F#, BM A E G BM)
• Kiss Her, Kiss Her
• Snowman

Bob Marley

• Exodus (Am, bass line: A G A G A C A, G G# A, AA ABB BCC CDD)
• Iron Lion Zion

Bon Jovi

• Livin’ On A Prayer
• Wanted Dead or Alive

Black Pumas

• Oct 33

Bruce Springsteen

• Downbound Train Transpose to Gm

Buddy Guy

• Heavy Love
• Do Your Thing Fm G# Cm

Courtney Barnett

• Out of the Woodwork
• Over Everything Main: A G D A G ¶ Bridge: E G Bm A ¶ Jam on Bm

Chris Isaak

• Lie To Me

Dire Straits

• Sultans of Swing chords and licks

Fiona Apple

• O Sailor

Flower Face

• Stranger

Freddie King

• Your Move (Freddie King)

Guns N’ Roses

• Sweet Child o’ Mine

Iggy Pop

• The Passenger

Jenny O.

• Automechanic
• Make it a Plan Bm, F#m, A, E…Bm, F#m…A, E, D, A…A, B/Bm, C#m, D, E

Jim James

• In The Moment Em, D, Am … D, Em… C, D, Em

J.J. Cale

• Lean on Me
• Santa Cruz
• Stone River
• Thirteen Days
• Unemploytment

John Lee Hooker

• Boom Boom
• I’m Bad Like Jesse James 🎼🎶

John Lennon

• Imagine (and piano)

Jimmy Hedrix

• All Along The Watchtower
• Hey Joe

Julia Jacklin

• Body
• Love, Try Not To Let Go

K.D. Lang

• Constant Craving orig has capo on 1st fret (Fm key) though Em is fine

Kurt Vile

• Beach on the Moon (recycled lyrics) (Album: C#m, B, A (probably capo). Alt version: Bm, A, G. Bmaj…walk, down myyyyy Dliiiine…better…Abe…sure you’ll be…G)
• It’s Easy Like Walking with The Sadies
• Loading Zones
• Over Everything with Courtney Barnett
• Society is my Friend Ebm C#….eventually G#m, F#?. Transpose up half a step to Em so Em D, eventually C.
• Snowflakes Are Dancing
• The Creature
• Wakin on a Pretty Day

Legião Urbana

• Ainda É Cedo
• Tempo Perdido (D between Em and C)

Madonna

• La Isla Bonita

Michael Jackson

• Billie Jean F# Bm, D F# D F# D F# D E

Miranda Lee Richards

• 7th Ray D#m F# D#m F# B F# C# …. oh-ohuoo B F# C# F# B F# C#

Neil Young

• Birds
• Hitchhiker
• My My Hey Hey Out Of The Blue
• Old Man
• Peace Trail
• Rockin’ in the Free World
• Show Me Dm Bb C ¶ Bassline: DD CC AA EE BbBb-D Bb-CCE, DD CC A BbBb-D Bb-CCE
• The Restless Consumer (transpose to Am. Lyrics.)
• Valley of Hearts (Love to Burn)

Nina Simone

• Baltimore (E6 instead of Emaj7)
• I Put A Spell On You

Nirvana

• Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Come As You Are Lazy to tune to low D? Play main riff starting on D string with Em chord, then switch to D, and so on. ¶ Em D Em D…E, G, E, G… Bridge: A, C, A, C
• About a Girl

Pink Floyd

• Breathe

• Echoes (Gm root for Pompeii version)

• Happiest Days of Our Lives | Another Brick In The Wall Part 2

  riff

  Dm                  C     Dm        C     G      F
  
   e|-5---5-5--------10---8---|-10---10---8--8--7-7-7--5--|
  
   B|-6---6-6--------10---8---|-10---10---8--8--8-8-8--6--|
  
   G|-7---7-7--------10---9---|-10---10---9--9--7-7-7--5--|
  
   D|-7---7-7-----------------|---------------------------|
  
   A|-5---5-5-----------------|---------------------------|
  
   E|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  
  

• Time

Rainbow

• Catch The Rainbow

Red Hot Chilli Peppers

• Breaking the Girl Verse alt: G# A# B, C# G#
• Californication
• I Could Have Lied
• Other Side

R.E.M.

• The One I Love (REM)
• ÜBerlin Transpose to Gm if no capo

Robert Cray

• 20

Rocco DeLuca

• Crash of Worlds Gm, F (D bass), repeat

Rodriguez

• Forget It
• Rich Folks Hoax
• Sugar Man

Simple Minds

• Don’t You Forget About Me

Stevie Ray Vaugan

• Mary Had a Little Lamb
• Cold Shot

Supergrass

• Alright

Thom Yorke

• Suspirium

  Transposed to Bm: Bm E G Bm Aadd9 E G B

  [Intro]
  Bm  E  G  Bm  Aadd9  E  G  B
  [Verse 1]
  Bm        E            G          Bm
  This is a waltz thinking about our bodies
  Aadd9      E  G           B
  What they mean for our salvation
  Bm            E          G         Bm
  With only the clothes that we stand up in
  Aadd9     E    G            B
  Just the ground on which we stand
  Bm     E      G        Bm
  Is the darkness ours to take?
  Aadd9      E        G          B
  Bathed in lightness, bathed in heat
  F#m  G  F#m  Em  Bm
  [Verse 2]
  Bm     F#m     G       F#m     Em    Bm
  All is well as long as we keep spinning
  Bm       F#m  G          F#m     Em
  Here and now, dancing behind a wall
  Bm       F#m           G       F#m  Em
  Hear the old songs and laughter within
  Bm     F#m
  All forgiven
  G          F#m        Em  Bm  B  Bm
  Always and never been true
  [Verse 3]
  Bm       E     G               Bm
  When I arrive will you come and find me
  Aadd9    E   G           B
  Or in a crowd  be one of them?
  Bm     E      G        Bm
  Mother wants us right beside her
  Aadd9   E      G   B
  Know tomorrow’s at peace
  F#m G F#m Em Bm

Tom Petty

• Love Is A Long Road

Tori Amos

• 29 Years
• Pancake (…seems like you and your tribe: C instead of Am)
• Carbon (transpose to Am, hold last chord of chorus — G/Am/F — for one extra measure)

Tracy Chapman

• Fast Car
• Remember the Tinman
• Speak the Word
• Tellings Stories

U2

• Drowning Man Em C in various voicings and instruments. Add a “T” to “his” so it becomes “This”
• Electrical Storm
• New Year’s Day
• Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (song is half-step up at D#, but D is fine/easier to play in standard tuning. Riff is C#>D>C#>D>E on B string.)

Vanessa Carlton

• I Know You Don’t Mean It

The War on Drugs

• Comin’ Through (C#m B A)
• Eyes to the Wind
• Holding On Original song in C# with solo over Eb penta
• Pain
• Strangest Thing (B instead of F#m in beginning…B between C#m and A…, E between F#m and B…also G#m, F#m between E and C#m in Now the sky is painted…)

Wolf Alice

• Delicious Things
• Planet Hunter
• St. Purple & Green Voicing 8 for CMaj7/G

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Possibly Related:

• ♫ Blue Fish（青い魚)
• ♫ Il Mio Nome è Mai Più
• ♫ Everything Matters
• ♫ The Bug Collector
• ♫ ÜBerlin

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HyperTextHero is no hero, but plays one on the internet, flying between work and play to brighten the day ☀️ Seeing the video game art form through graphic design, photography, drawing, writing, music, and LOL. Currently playing with Arma Reforger, Dead Cells, Flight Simulator 2024 and other sims, Generation Zero, GTA, Helldivers 2, KitHack Model Club, Noita, X100VI 💫 Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Bluesky, Mastodon, Patreon, Instagram. Copyright © 2024 by Simon Griffee. ⇡

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