“Off He Goes” by Pearl Jam – Chords, Tabs, and How to Play

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Chris Moore

“Off He Goes”
Pearl Jam

F – Am F – Am F – C F – C

F – C              F – C                                          Am
…     Know a man…        His face seems pulled and tense…
Am          F – C           F   –   C                 F      C      Am
Like he’s riding on a motorbike… in the strongest winds…
Am    F                     C      F                  C
So I approach with tact… suggest that he should relax…
C    F                  C         G             F
But he’s always moving much too fast…

F                                      Am         F                      Am
Said he’ll see me on the flipside… of this trip he’s taken for a ride.
Am            F – C     F      –     C      F   –   C
He’s been takin’… too much on… off he goes
C           F   –   C     F – C – Am           F            C
with his perfectly… unkept clothes… there he goes…

C F – C – Am

Am   F                 C         F – C
He’s yet to come back…   but I see his picture…
F – C            F – C                      Am      F                 C
Doesn’t look the same up on the rack… We go way back…

C F                     Am         F                                     Am
I wonder bout his insides… it’s like his thoughts are too big for his size…
Am           F – C      F                     C          F        C
He’s been taken… where? I don’t know… off he goes
C           F   –   C     F – C – Am       F            C
with his perfectly… unkept hope… there he goes…

C              F          C        F         C
And now I rub my eyes… for he has returned
F – C                F – C                          F     –     C       –      Am
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned…
Am F        C                   F           C
For he still smiles… and he’s still strong…
F              C                             F              C            F – C – Am
Nothing’s changed but the surrounding bullshit… that has grown…

Am F C F C
And now he’s home and we’re laughing…
F – C F – C F – C – Am
Like we always did… my same old… same old friend…

Am F C F C
Until a quarter to ten… I saw the strain creep in…
C F C F C F – C – Am
He seemed distracted and I know just what is going to happen next…

Am F – C F – C
Before his first step… He is off again…

C F – C – Am
[F – C] x 4 F – C – Am
[F – C] x 3
F – C (strum; end on C)

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“Soulful Old Man Sunshine” by the Beach Boys – Chords & Lyrics : Ask the Musician

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Jim Fusco

By Jim Fusco:

I received an email today from Mike H., who just watched my cover song music video of the Beach Boys’ semi-unreleased song, “Soulful Old Man Sunshine”. What a great song it is- it’s hard to believe they put so much effort into a song and then canned it for years. Anyway, Mike was wondering what the chords to the song were. So, I decided to post them here on the music blog for all to see! Also make sure to check out my cover song video of “Soulful Old Man Sunshine” below the chords and lyrics. Thanks for writing, Mike, and I hope this helps!

..........Am7..Gm7......F

In that soulful ol’ man sunshine

F................Bb6................F...............Bb6

She looks so fresh and sweet, keeps herself soft and tender

Am7.............Dm7...........Gm7............Gm7/C..C7

No wonder that I can sing a song about my baby

F................Bb6.....F..........Bb6

She looks so healthy, I feel so doggone wealthy

Am7.............Dm7...........Gm7............Gm7/C..C7

No wonder that I can sing a song about my baby

Dm.........G7........Bb......Bb/C..........Am7..Gm7......F

So happy, together love is better in that soulful ol’ man sunshine

F..Cm7..Bb..F

Do-do-do

F.................Bb6.............F..........Bb6

She wakes up singing songs, of happy everafters

Am7..............Dm7.................Gm7........Gm7/C..C7

Well let me just tell you ‘bout my ever-lovin’ lady

F.................Bb6.....F..........Bb6

One bright September, I can remember

Am7................Dm7..............Gm7.............Gm7/C..C7

The morning we walked together laughin’ in the sunshine

F.............................Cm7

Hey old man shine your love on me

F.............................Cm7

Hey old man shine your love on me

F............................................Cm7

Soulful old man sunshine shine your light divine on me

F.............................Cm7

Hey ol’ man shine your love on me

........Gm7..........Am7...........................Bb6................C6

Then suddenly the light shines through and I see you there standing before me

Gm7........Am7.............Bb6...................Gm7/C........C7..C/D

Today the world is new I feel so high and so far within you, yeah

G................C6........G.............C6

Morning and evening, my love is weaving

Bm7.............Em7...........Am7............Am7/D..D7

A magical thread of joy that joins our hearts together

Em.........A7........C.......C/D...........Bm7..Am7......G

So happy, together love is better in that soulful old man sunshine

“Jonathon Fisk” by Spoon – Chords, Tabs, & How to Play

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Chris Moore

To see how it’s played in the music video cover, CLICK HERE!

“Jonathon Fisk”
Spoon

Intro: A D

A
Maybe you remember, maybe you’re locked away.
A D
Maybe we’ll meet again some better day, some better life.

A
Mmmm… Jonathon Fisk speaks with his fists
A D
Can’t let me walk home on my own.
A
And just like a knife, down on my life,
A D
So many ways to set me right.

B A
It’s such a long way home.
It’s how the story goes.
A D
And it’s like atom bombs and blunt razors,
D
Atom bombs and blunt razors…

A
Jonathon then says it’s a sin,
But he don’t think twice ’cause to him
D
Religion don’t mean a thing —
It’s just another way to be right wing.
A
Just like a knife, down on my life,
So many ways to set it right.
D
That’s how it goes.
That’s how the story goes.

It’s such a long way home.
You’re too old to understand.
‘Cause I just want to get home now;
I just want to get home now.

Jonathon’s right, down on my life,
So many ways to set me right.
On the long walk home,
That’s how the story goes.
And Jonathon Fisk, always a risk,
Tells me he counts my teeth every night.
I want to get them all back now;
I want to get them all back.

E D A
And I want to turn it around.
Ooo-oo… Turn it around…
Ooo-oo, oo-oo… Turn it around…

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“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” (Traditional; Arr. by Brian Wilson) – Chords, Tabs, & How to Play

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Chris Moore

“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
(Traditional) Arr. by Brian Wilson

Intro: (Bbm – F) x2

(nc) Bbm F Bbm F# F
God, rest ye merry gentlemen; let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our savior was born on Christmas day.

F Eb Ab Bbm C# Ab
To save us all from satan’s power when we were gone astray…

Ab C# Ab Bbm Ab
Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy.
Ab C# Ab Bbm
Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.

From God, our heavenly Father, a blessed angel came,
and unto certain shepherds brought tidings of the same.

How that in Bethlehem was born the son of god by name.