Dreams Fly By

 This is a strumming song in Dropped D tuning (6th string tuned down to D)

It starts in standard D and this is slid up until all fingers are on the 5th fret for the Fmaj7/D.  The Em7 is played like a standard Dm7 that is slid up two frets.

Through the Rain

This is an easy song to finger pick, but the chords are played higher up the neck than usual. 

 

Many of these chords have the same shape and can be moved up and down the fret board to add a slide effect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some Rainy Day - First foray into jazz!

 

I consider this song to be my first foray into more of a jazz guitar style:

 

 Through the verses I pluck the chords three strings at a time with thumb pick, 2nd and 3rd fingers.  I have simply identified the chords by fret number to save space: 

The first verse is a slow introduction with the chords played in a simple arpeggio way: T 2 3

The other verses are chords plucked simultaneously by thumb, 2nd and 3rd fingers.  I use the 2nd and 3rd fingers so that the 1st or index finger is free for strumming if needed.

For the chorus sections starting with "Saving it up" I change to a slightly different picking pattern:  T-3 2 3

All Winter Long

This is one of my favorite recordings with the Wetband.  It is played with chords high up the neck and you can get some harmonics ringing as well.  I use a brush strum with my fingernails and add some bass with the thumb pick.   Here is a solo version with just vocal and guitar and no overdubbing:



Here are the high chords.  Note:  for the Am/E and D/E  I do a bit of alternating bass on the open E and A bass strings.

Here are the lyrics and chords.   Note:  the [E] that appears is the bass E string played with the thumb pick to add some rhythm.

Here is the song played with the Wetband. Eric Dennis added some of his fine mandolin style lead guitar as well as harmony vocals. Ted Burton did some great bass. Wayne Burton added some excellent guitar playing and rhythm slapping.

 

Shelter of Song

This is another simple picking song in D played in standard tuning with a strong bass line in the verses.  It uses standard chords except for the D/F# which is a standard D with F# added on the low E string, and the Asus2:

Here is a version with just guitar and vocal:

 

And here is the picking tablature and music:

  Here is the recording was done with The Wetband on our album Sheltersongs:  Eric Dennis added some great harmonica and lead guitar, Ted Burton played bass and Wayne Burton played guitar. Everyone joined in on the harmony vocals:

Her Song

Here is a simple picking song in standard tuning, key of G. The recording is just guitar and vocal with no overdubbing.

 

While this song can be played with the standard chords, I prefer the higher chords both for strumming and picking:

And here is the tablature and melody line:

Long Rugged Road

This song in Dropped D tuning started out as classical guitar piece but eventually the instrumental inspired some words to appear.  Here is a demo recording of the original classical guitar piece:





And here is the song the instrumental eventually turned into.  This is just the guitar and vocal with no overdubbing:

This song is in Dropped D tuning and uses the following chords:

The D5 and other chords can be played as usual in standard tuning, except for the Bb/F which in standard tuning is probably best replaced with a standard Bb chord.  The open circle in the G chord diagram indicates a fingering that is included when the chord is first played and then removed.  The numbered circles in the A chord diagram represent a  little turn around that is done at the end of a verse with finger 1 played and then removed and then finger 2  played and removed.

D5 is a power chord and can also be played in Dropped D with just the low three strings open which is the way I play it in the second last line of each verse.  D5 is technically an interval rather than a chord, but neither D nor Dm seemed to work when I was moving from the instrumental to the song and figuring out what chords should be used.

Here are the lyrics and chords:

 And here is the music including the guitar tablature for the verse instrumentals, the chords and the melody: