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Easy "Sing Song" Songs

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  • 05-10-2008 9:25pm
    #1
    evil-monkey
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    Anyone know any good songs for a general sing song??

    Nice and handy ones, 3-chorders, that kind of thing...

    You know the usual, Wonderwall, Wild Rover... etc etc... the kind of songs that are simple to play, and EVERYBODY knows...

    Will be at a party next week and I'm always told that when the sing song starts my songs are a bit obscure...

    Thanks in advance... :D


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    Zangetsu
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    Ehh lemmie think...

    Don't look back in anger / Whatever / Live Forever - Oasis

    Time to Pretend/Weekend Wars/Kids - MGMT

    Day in the Life/ Ticket To Ride/ Day Tripper/ Little Help From My Friends/ Help! ... Anything by the Beatles.

    Christy Moore - Ride On

    Working Class Hero - Lennon

    Time of your Life/Brain Stew/She - Greenday

    Tenatious D - Tribute

    Can't think at the moment, I'll edit when if I think of more...


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    CianRyan
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    Zangetsu wrote: »
    Ehh lemmie think...

    Don't look back in anger / Whatever / Live Forever - Oasis

    Time to Pretend/Weekend Wars/Kids - MGMT

    Day in the Life/ Ticket To Ride/ Day Tripper/ Little Help From My Friends/ Help! ... Anything by the Beatles.

    Christy Moore - Ride On

    Working Class Hero - Lennon

    Time of your Life/Brain Stew/She - Greenday

    Tenatious D - Tribute

    Can't think at the moment, I'll edit when if I think of more...

    Add pieces of what by mgmt. great song.

    More chord changes, but classics for sessions.
    hallelujah by jeff buckley
    Hotel california byt the eagals

    blue swade(?) shoes by elvis


    Or you could try writing your own stuff. :)


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    Zangetsu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭Zangetsu


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Or you could try writing your own stuff. :)


    One thing that works great is playin a few chords over and over and makin up lyrics on the fly, slag people and inanimate objects, let other people take over the singing and your work is done, you could play 3 chords all night hehe

    Cheap win :P


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    Sergio
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    Eagle eye cherry 'save tonight'.very simple song that everyone knows.chords stay the same for the whole song AM/F/C/G.

    also counting crows 'Mr jones' is another good one.


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    Alanstrainor
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    Any Blues song really. 12 bar blues, should be you're man. E, A, B should have you sorted:pac:


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    windsurfer99ie
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    As a struggling beginner, the biggest problem is finding songs that I can strum and sing at the same time. I find that the easiest way of approaching this is to choose songs with simple strumming patterns:

    The Scientist (by Coldplay) : the easiest beginner lesson is at
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFe2fO2zvw8

    Viva La Vida (either use straight eighth note strumming) or try this strumming:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4g7pH-eR34

    The House of the Rising Sun (with two downstrums per chord)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9dyAQLYybU


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