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Holiday - Green Day

Capo 1st Fret
Intro: Em, C, G, D
Holiday.pdf
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Old Bones Blues - Grade 3 Rockschool

Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Intro:

E:--------------------------------
B:--------------------------------
G:--------------------------------
D:--------------------------------
A:--------------------------------
E:---------------------------------

Happy Together - The Turtles

Capo 2nd fret
Intro:

E:--------5--4---2--------------2-------2---
B:-------------------------------------5-------
G:---------------------------------------------
D:----4----------------------4---------------
A:--4----------------------4-----------------
E:---------------------------------------------

Verse: Em, D, C, B (8 beats)
Chorus: E, Bm7, E, G (4 beats)


Summer Of 69 - Grade 3

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Grade 3 Rockschool

Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
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Yellow - Coldplay

Capo 4th Fret
VerseChords: G D C
Chorus Chords: C, Em, D

Enter Sandman Grade 2 - Rockschool

Highway To Hell - Grade 2 - Rockschool ​

Domino - Rockschool Grade 2 (official)

Grade 2 Exam Requires 3 pieces and accounts for 75% of the exam mark.

Must do at least 1 piece from official Grade 2 Book 
& up to 2 optional "free pieces" from Rockschool Classics

This Town - Niall Horan
This Town.pdf
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I Love Rock & Roll
I Love Rock And Roll.pdf
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Master Of Puppets


Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's

Intro: D, F#m (F#m is the bar chord on 2nd fret)
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Next Lesson:
Verse: D, F#m, D, F#m, Bm, G(x2), A(x2), Bm, A
​Chorus: D, Bm, D, Bm,  x2
Bridge: G, A, D, Bm x2       G, A, Bm, A

Sweet Home Alabama 
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I Believe In A Thing Called Love - Grade 2 - Rockschool

Highway To Hell - Grade 2 - Rockschool 

Enter Sandman Grade 2 - Rockschool

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Figure It Out - Royal Blood
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Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
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Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
Wake Me Up When September Ends.pdf
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Green Onions - Rockschool Grade 1

My Girl - Rockschool Grade 1

Dakota Stereophonics - Grade 1 Rock School Guitar

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Learn a section and then practise at a slower speed to start maybe 75% then speed up until you get to 100%.

The Man Who Can't Be Moved - Grade 1 Rock School Guitar

Learn a section and then practise at a slower speed to start maybe 75% then speed up until you get to 100%.

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynryd Skynryd

Finger Pick: D, C+9, G

Figure It Out - Royal Blood

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Enter Sandman - Metallica
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Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams

​D, A finger picking

7 Years - Lukas Graham

Capo 3rd fret

Chorus:
Em, G, C, D
Em, G, C

Verse:
Em, D,G (quick chord change from D to G)
C, D, 
Em, D,G
C, D

Sweet Child O Mine - Guns n Roses
End of intro
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Pre Solo
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Solo 1
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Solo 2
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Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Gravitz​
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Walking The Wire - Imagine Dragons
Capo 7th Fret

Verse: A, D, E, D
Pre Chorus: F#m, E
Chorus: A, D, F#m, E

Verse: A, D, E, D
Pre Chorus: F#m, E
Chorus: A, D, F#m, E

Bridge: A, D, F#m, E, A
Verse: A, D, E, D
Chorus: A, D, F#m, E
Outro: A, D, F#m, E,  (x2)

Basket Case - Green Day
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Verse
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Chorus:
G, A, D, D
G, A, D, D
G, A
D, C, Bm, 
G, A

Riff:
D, A, Bm, A
D, A, Bm, A
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Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day 
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Wake Me Up When September Ends.pdf
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​American Idiot - Green Day (clean version!)
Capo 4th Fret

Verse Chords: E, A, D, A, E
​Chorus Chords: A, E, B, E, A, E, B
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Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses

Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd


Knock On Wood.pdf
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Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin

Take it slow and build up your speed gradually. I suggest using a pick.
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Pretty Shining People - George Ezra

Capo 4th Fret

Intro
G x8

Verse
G x8, Em x4, D x4
G x8, Em x4, D x4
Em x4, D x4

Pre Chorus
G x4, D x8
G x4, Em x4, D x8
G x4, Em x4, D x8

Chorus
G x4, D x4, C x8
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G x4, D x4, C x8
Pre Verse
G x8

Verse 2
G x8, Em x4, D x4
G x8, Em x4, D x4

Pre Chorus
G x4, D x8
G x4, Em x4, D x8
G x4, Em x4, D x8

Chorus
G x4, D x4, C x8
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G x4, D x4, C x8

Bridge (1 strum on each chord but hold for "x" beats)

Play 4 times
G x4, C x4, D x4
D string:---0---------------
A string:------3--2--3--2-
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Chorus (X= no chord)
X x4, X x4, C x8
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G x4, D x4, C x8
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G x4, D x4, C x8
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G x4, D x4, C x8

Back In Black - ACDC

Alternative for the second lick after the chords
E: --7--4--7--5--7--6--7--7


Solo idea: repeat 4 times played over chords Em, D, A, Em

E:--------------------------------3-0-
B:-------------------------------------
G: -9-7-9---7-6-7---6-4-6--------


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Torture - James H
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Gladiator - Zayde Wolf
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AC/DC - T.N.T
Amp Setting: Little bit of distortion
​Verse Chords: E, G, A
Chorus: A, G, E

Notes: Timing is really important in this song. Listen carefully to the video. 

Solo.. Key is Em 

You can play any of the following notes: 
E string- 3 - 5 - 7

B string - 3 - 5
G string - 0 - 2 - 4

Start by sliding on G string from 2 - 4 and play 4 multiple times.
Middle - any of the notes 
End - slide on E string from 5 - 7 

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynryd Skynyrd

Chords: D, C+9, G
Finger pick these chords shown below

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Sweet Child O Mine - Guns n Roses

Standard Tuning. 
​Practice with a plectrum.
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​Budapest - George Ezra

Tuning: D, G, C, F, A, D
Budapest
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Paradise - George Ezra
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Paradise.pdf
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Hells Bells - AC/DC

You can use  a pick or your fingers to pick this song
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Swimming In Death Pools - James Flame

Verse Chords: Am, C, G, D
Chorus: D, C+9, G, D, C+9


Counting Stars - One Republic
Capo 4th Fret
Strumming Pattern: D, D, D, DDU

Chords: Am, C, G, F
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Shotgun - George Ezra
Capo 5th Fret
Chords: C, F, Am, G
​Strumming Pattern: D, D, D, DU
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Clocks - Coldplay
Start by learning the chords with a 1,2,3, 1,2,3, 1,2 downward strumming pattern.

Also a great easy tune to practise your finger picking! On your right hand use your thumb to pick the D string, 1st finger to pick the G string and middle finger to pick the B string. See image.


Verse/ Chorus Chords: D, Am, Em
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Seven Nation Army - White Stripes

Fairly simple riff to play but a good one to speed up your fingers! 
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Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Intro
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Paradise City - Guns N Roses
Chords: G, C, F, C, G

Strumming Pattern: D, D, DU, U, DU, D
This is for the chords in Bold.

Strumming Pattern: D, D, DU
This is for the chords F & C not in bold!

Johnny B. Goode
This song is played quite quickly but take it slowly and ensure you use the correct fingers.
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Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
Part 1
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Part 2
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​Sweet Child O Mine
Good song to practice with a plectrum.. this version is for an acoustic guitar.
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Wonderwall - Oasis
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Strumming Pattern: DU, D, D, DU (Verse, Pre Chorus part 1, Chorus)
Strumming Pattern Pre chorus part 2:    G: D,DU     F#: D,DU      Em: D,DU  D,DU       A: DU, D, D, DU x4
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Verse x 12
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Pre Chorus Part 1.. x3 on 3rd time skip Em and go to part 2
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Pre Chorus Part 2
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Chorus .. repeat these two chords

I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness
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Slither - Velvet Revolver
Played at speed using first and second fingers on left hand.
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Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
G x x C C G C G DD
GG D G D G

watch video for instruction!

​Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
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Hells Bells - AC/DC
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Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Use a plectrum
Intro x8
h = hammer on (if you can)
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Galway Girl - Ed Sheeran
Capo 2nd Fret
Chords: Em, G, D, C+9
Strumming Pattern: D=Down U=Up
Em: DDUDU   G: D   D:DDUDU   C+9: D

Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Intro
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AC/DC - Highway To Hell
3 chords for this song. 
Check out the video, pay attention to the timing.
Practice using a plectrum.
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AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Played on the B string.
Start off playing the notes individually and then at a later stage we can play using hammer ons and pull offs.
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How Long - Charlie Puth

Capo 4th Fret
Verse : Am , G , F , G
Pre Chorus:  Dm7 , G , F , Em.... Dm7, G , F , E
Chorus: Am, G , F , G
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Stitches - Shawn Mendes

Capo 1st Fret
Chords
Verse: Am, G, C, F

Strumming Pattern: D=Down Strum   U=Up Strum
D, U, U, U, D, U

AC/DC - Back In Black
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Counting Stars Continued
- Practise counting the 4 beats in each chord along with this backing track.
- Try and find the Am chord each time it comes around.
- Try and play along in time to the backing track
- note the very last F chord is worth 16 beats!
Counting Stars 80 bpm.m4a
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Counting Stars - Capo 4th Fret
Counting Stars.pdf
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