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Miss Misery Chord Chart

Posted in guitar, Guitars, Music, musicians, songs on August 7, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Posted the lyrics here the other day, and worked out the chords to the original version of the song. You can listen/see to how it goes here. If you want to listen to the actual original version, go to iTunes and search on “Miss Misery.” You’ll find “Miss Misery (Early version).”
Capo IV or V

Am   G       F           C

I'll fake it through the day

F/C                     Dm

with some help from Johnny Walker Red

C    Em

and the cold pain

F       C

behind my eyes that shoots

Esus-E

that through my head

Am  G       F       C

Two tickets torn in half

F/C               Dm

and a lot of nothin' to do

C   G/B

but it's all right

Am     G       D/F#

some enchanted night

F       C

I'll be with youEb    Gm            C           AbM7

Tarot cards and the lines in my hand

Eb        G/B       Am

tell me I'm wrong but they're untrue

G         F       C

I got plans for both of us

F/C                 Dm

that involve a trip out of town

C         Em        F   C

to a place I'd seen in a magazine

Esus-E

that you left lyin' around

Am      G       F      C

I can't hold my liquor but

F/C             Dm

I keep a good attitude
C   G/B
'cause it's all right
Am     G       D/F#
some enchanted night
F       C
I'll be with you

A                          F
I know you'd rather see me gone
C                 D/F#
than to see the, come the day
F           G      E/G#
I'll be waiting for you anyway

Am   G        F    C
Next door the TV's flashing
F/C                Dm
blue frames on the wall
C          Em          F    C
It's a comedy from the seventies
                     Esus-E
with a lead no one recalls

Am G F C
To vanish into oblivion
Dm
it’s easy to do
C G/B
and I cried to sleep
Am G
when you talked to me
D/F# F C
the day you said we were through

C G/B
but it’s all right
Am G D/F#
some enchanted night
F C
I’ll be with you

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Have a Jam Session

Posted in guitar, Guitars, Music, musicians on August 7, 2007| 1 Comment »

This past weekend, I invited my band mates and their families over to my house for a barbeque. After we had all eaten our share of the feast, those who brought their guitars got them out, and we all sat around my patio table playing songs and jamming. We played for an hour and a half straight, going through a couple of gig books. At the end, I commented, “You know, you can tell we’ve been playing together for a long time because we all play off each other. There’s no egos, just an incredible comfort with playing together.” Smiles and nods of agreement followed. The memory of this past Saturday afternoon got me to thinking about what makes jammin’ with your buds so special.

  1. As I said to the guys, there’s no ego when you’re jamming. You play songs, do solos, sing harmonies, etc., spontaneously.
  2. There are no rules when you’re jammin’. You do what you do, and it’s all right.
  3. You also learn riffs that you didn’t know before. For instance, my bassist is not only a great bassist, but also an accomplished acoustic guitarist, and he taught me some riffs to songs that I never knew, and vice-versa.

Those are just a few things that make jammin’ special. But there’s one thing that I took away from that and that is during our jam session, I took the route of comping against what the other guys were playing. That was incredibly valuable to me because it allowed me to play with different chord shapes up and down the neck; taking a minimalistic approach – perhaps playing a simple triad or adding an 11th or 13th where appropriate. It was VERY cool.

So next time you get the chance to jam with your buds, try to comp and see where it takes you.

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