♫ Songs

❦ First Published on Saturday, 20 May, 2023
❧ Edited 22 November, 2023

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, the way I continue learning to play music.

Albert King

• I’m Doing Fine G#m7 D#m7 C# B
• Cadillac Assembly Line
• I Got The Blues
• I Wanna Get Funky

The Animals

• House of the Rising Sun

Beastie Boys

• Gratitude

Bob Marley

• Exodus
• Iron Lion Zion

Black Pumas

• Oct 33

Buddy Guy

• Heavy Love
• Do Your Thing Fm G# Cm

Freddie King

• Your Move (Freddie King)

Guns N’ Roses

• Sweet Child o’ Mine

Iggy Pop

• The Passenger

Jenny O.

• Automechanic

J.J. Cale

• Stone River
• Thirteen Days
• Unemploytment

John Lee Hooker

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

John Lennon

• Imagine

Jimmy Hedrix

• All Along The Watchtower
• Hey Joe

Kurt Vile

• It’s Easy Like Walking with The Sadies
• Loading Zones
• Over Everything with Courtney Barnett
• Snowflakes Are Dancing
• The Creature

Legião Urbana

• Ainda É Cedo
• Tempo Perdido

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 …. oh-ohuoo B F# C# F# B F# C#

Neil Young

• Hitchhiker
• Old Man
• Peace Trail
• Rockin’ in the Free World
• Show Me
• The Restless Consumer (transpose to Am. Lyrics.)

Nina Simone

• Baltimore (E6 instead of Emaj7)

Nirvana

• Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Come As You Are
• About a Girl

Pink Floyd

• Happiest Days of Our Lives

Rainbow

• Catch The Rainbow

Red Hot Chilli Peppers

• Californication
• Other Side

REM

• The One I Love (REM)

Robert Cray

• 20

Rodriguez

• Rich Folks Hoax

Simple Minds

• Don’t You Forget About Me

Stevie Ray Vaugan

• Mary Had a Little Lamb
• Cold Shot

Thom Yorke

• Suspirium

Tori Amos

• 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)

U2

• Electrical Storm
• New Year’s Day

The War on Drugs

• Comin’ Through (C#m B A)
• Eyes to the Wind
• Pain

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Possibly Related:

• ♫ Catch the Rainbow
• ♫ My Silver Lining
• ♫ I Walk On Guilded Splinters
• ♫ Come Again
• ♫ Fragile Sensibility

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HyperTextHero writes about work and play to brighten the day ☀️ Exploring the video game art form through graphic design, photography, illustration, sound and music. Currently playing Arma, Elden Ring, Elite, Generation Zero, Noita, Starfield, Thief, Valheim, Watch Dogs: Legion 💫 Twitch, YouTube, Mastodon, Patreon, Instagram. Copyright © 2023 by Simon Griffee.

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