♫ Songs

❦ First Published on Saturday, 20 May, 2023
❧ Edited 15 May, 2025

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 Eb - easier transposed to D: D E F#m E, last chorus line: E C# D E F#m

Eb 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

D alternate bridge

F#m                   Dm        C#
Everything you touch will be hers
F#m                     Dm       C#     D° (5thFretVoicing?)   C#    D
A mother with no heart will give love  a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ahhh
D                                 C#m   Bm   A    G#m F#m
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
• Not For Me - Fm Cm…Abm, Cm, Db, varies then, with bass going to Eb at times =todo: finish transcription
• Snowman

Bob Dylane

• Like a Rolling Stone

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)

David Gilmour

• Luck and Strange

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#….after 2nd “Oh Society” B, C#, Ebm. Transpose up half a step to Em so Em D, eventually C.
• Snowflakes Are Dancing
• The Creature
• Wakin on a Pretty Day

Laura Veirs

• The Canyon G#, Fm. Chorus: A# D# … na na na naaa bassline: F# G# A# C D#?

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

Núria Graham

• Bird Hits Its Head Against the Wall F with Am shape moving up to G and down again, then Am to C and back, repeats. Chorus: F, E, F, E, F, E, Dm/E

Pink Floyd

• Breathe Em9, A & Asus4, Cmaj7, Bm7, Fmaj7, G, D7#9, Ebdim

• 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

• Hear The Bells
• I Know You Don’t Mean It
• The Marching Line

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:

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

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