1. Album
In 2007, I released an album with 25 tracks,
Wandering Worlds, by Assad Ebrahim. Browse, Play, Download tracks here.
2. Playlist: Songs for Guitar & Voice
Standard Guitar Tuning: E A D G B E1
- Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
Voice – D (Hello darkness)
Chords – Dm C. C Dm. //F Bb F. x2// F Bb F. Dm F C Dm.
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Lyrics - Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley cover of leonard cohen’s song
Voice: G I heard there was a secret chord
C Am x2// F G C G. C F G. Am F G. E7 Am.
Chorus: Hallelujah F. Am. F. C G C.
Chords - Tequilla Sunrise – Eagles
Voice – B (It’s another)
Strum style: alternate G G6.
G D Am D7 G. x2//
Em C. Em C Em. Am D7 D G. Repeat//
Bridge: 7 8 7 5 3. D (2) 2 3 5 3 2 1 Am(1) D7(2) G(3)//
3 5 7 //
Am D. Bm E Am. Bm7 Em7 A.//
(Take) (Numb)//
G D Am D7 G. (frame)//
oooh – oooh//
8 7 5 3 2 Am(1) D7(2) G(3)// - Hotel California – Eagles
Voice: B
Chords:
Em B7 D A //
1. On a dark desert highway…
2. There she stood in the doorway…
C G Am B7 knock knock knock
Up ahead…
Then she lit…
Repeat
Chorus: C G B7 Em // F C Dm E
Repeat Verse
3. Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
4. So I called up the captain…
Chorus:
Repeat Verse
5. Mirrors on the ceiling…
6. Last thing I remember…
Chords +7 transpose
Lyrics
Video
Starts 2:35
Down up-down up-down up-pdown down down
Up-down up-down up-down up-down down down
3:35 – strum pattern - Kite – U2
Voice – G# (Something is about to give)
Strum Pattern: do the bass strings. E: Dong a-dong a-dong a-donga-donga A: donga E:
Chords – E A E. Repeat x3
E A C#m A. x2
E. B. A. x2
Chords//
Lyrics - Sometimes You Can’t Make it On Your Own – U2
Voice – G (Tough.)
Chords:
Verse: E Esus. (Tough) D Dsus. C#m A. E.x2 //
Pre-Chorus: A (Listen) E. E C#m. C#m A.
Chorus: C#m B. A A. C#m (Sometimes) B A.
(ye he he)
Scale on 2nd string, 5th fret: 4 3 1 v 3 v> 4 ^ 4 (I know that we don’t talk)
(riff) 3:9. 4:6 7 9. 3:9. (I’m sick of it all)
(riff). 3:9 4:9 5:78 10 6:79 11 12 (can you hear me when I sing B) 12th string B E - In God’s Country
- I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
- Scarborough Fair
Chords: Em D Em. G Em G A Em. Em G D Em D. Em D Em.
Chords> - House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
Chords - Morning has Broken – Cat Stevens
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3/3 time - Cat Stevens – Another Saturday Night
Chords - Moonshadow – Cat Stevens
Chords - Cat Stevens – The First Cut is the Deepest
Chords - Wild World – Cat Stevens
Chords - Sweet Child of Mine – Guns and Roses
- Wind Beneath my Wings – Bette Midler
Chords
B E c#m f#
g#m E b - Lady of Shalott – Loreena McKennit
Chords - Someone like you – Adele
Voice – A F# (I heard)
Chords – D A Bm G. A Bm G. D A Bm G. A Bm G Em F#m G.
(I hate to) (Never mind!) (Nothing compares)
Chords - Don’t you remeber – Adele
Voice – E (When will I see you again)
Chords – C G F. D D7 F G. G C G F. G C G C.
Chords - Ruby Tuesday – Rolling Stones
- Yesterday – Beatles
- Norwegian Wood –
- I’m A Believer – Monkees
- Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
- Homeward Bound – S&G
- El Condor Pasa – S&G
- The Boxer – S&G
- Hey that’s no way to say goodbye – Leonard Cohen
Voice – A (I loved you)
Chords – D. Bm. G. //x2 A D A.
Chords - Just Give me a Reason – Pink & Nate Russo (1st verse, chorus = octave, then another fifth)
Voice – E (Right from the start)
Chords –
Verse: C F Am. F C. C F Am. F C.
Am D G C. x3 // C F C Gsus G
Chorus: C. C G. G Am F. F G C.
C. C G. G Am. Am Em. Em G C.
Verse 2. Chorus 2.
Bridge: Am G. G F. F G. Am G. G. F G Gsus. G.
Chorus 3.
Chorus 4.
Chords - Mull of Kintyre – Paul McCartney
Voice: E (Mull)
Chords:
Chorus: A D A D E7 A.
Verse: A A7. D A. A A7. D E7 A.
Chords - Patience – Guns & Roses
Voice: Shed (G)
Chords:
C G A D C G A D
C G C Em C G D D
Chords - Say it Right – Nellie Furtado
Voice – F# (In the day)
Chords –
Verse: Bm D G A.
Chorus: Bm A G A.
Chords - True Colours – Cyndi Lauper
Chords: D A E. D A D E. D A D F#m. D A D A E A.
Voice: Show (A) me your true colours… They’re beautiful you know.
Chords - Castle on the Hill – Ed Sheeran
D (when I was six years old)
Chords - Hey there Delilah – Plain White Tees
Voice: A (Hey there Delilah)
Chords: D F#m Bm A
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Chords2 - Somewhere over the Rainbow – Israel Kamakoele
Voice: G (Somewhere)
Chords:
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Chord2 - Fernando – Abba
Chords: A F#m
Chords - Chiquitita – Abba
Chords - 100 years – Five for Fighting
Voice: C (I’m fifteen for a moment)
Chords: C F
Chords - Pachelbel’s Canon in D
D A Bm
ChordsC G Am Em F C F G ://
Score - Twinkle Twinkle
Chords: C F C G7 C - Roar – Katy Perry
Chords - Good feeling – Flo Rida
Voice – G# (oh, oh, sometimes, I get a good feeling)
Chords: C#m E B A.
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Video - Let it Go – Idina Menzel
Chords - Tragedy – Bee Gees
Chords: Bm F#m
Chords - Faithfully – Journey
- Apologize – One Republic
- Stairway to Heaven – Zed Zepellin
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Chords2 - Hey Jude – Beatles
Chords - You are my sunshine – Cat Stevens
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Sites
Ultimate Guitar
a.e, B*a
Plus Ultimate Guitar
ae, B*a
Tabs Ultimate Guitar
ae21, B*a
- Alternate Tuning. In 2016, I experimented with an alternate guitar tuning 2 semitones lower than standard tuning, i.e. D G C F A D to better fit my vocal range. In 2018, I reverted back to the standard tuning and worked on improving the higher vocal range. ↩