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Life on Mars - Chords
Today, I picked up my guitar for the first time in months, because I wanted to see if I could manage to play Life on Mars well enough to have something to sing along to.
Sheesh, that song is complicated.
But I wouldn't let that discourage me. After I'd found out that there's no way in hell you can strum that song and still make it sound good, I took it apart and wrote a how-to file complete with lyrics, chords, chord tables and chord notes.
I found it helpful, so I thought I'd share it with you guys :).
I've got an MS Word .doc, and a .pdf file for all you guys who might be using a different OS or an older version of Word (mine's the 2002 version).
What you'll find in the file will look something like this:
I put the small base note annotations in there because while picking, I never manage to remember quickly enough which string is carrying the base note. From time to time, you'll find a small number behind the base note annotation (as in 'E (3)'). Those are the bar numbers for the more exotic bar chords.
And this is how I structure chord tables:
Pretty standard. If you have any questions, just drop me a line in a comment :).
The chords I found on this site. The guy who put them online suggests that you pick the verse with the following pattern: base note plus first and second strings all simultaneously, then the third string.
Feel free to share this with anyone you think might be interested.
Happy Easter, everyone! If you don't celebrate it, well, I hope your Sunday will still be a happy one :).
Sheesh, that song is complicated.
But I wouldn't let that discourage me. After I'd found out that there's no way in hell you can strum that song and still make it sound good, I took it apart and wrote a how-to file complete with lyrics, chords, chord tables and chord notes.
I found it helpful, so I thought I'd share it with you guys :).
I've got an MS Word .doc, and a .pdf file for all you guys who might be using a different OS or an older version of Word (mine's the 2002 version).
What you'll find in the file will look something like this:
I put the small base note annotations in there because while picking, I never manage to remember quickly enough which string is carrying the base note. From time to time, you'll find a small number behind the base note annotation (as in 'E (3)'). Those are the bar numbers for the more exotic bar chords.
And this is how I structure chord tables:
Pretty standard. If you have any questions, just drop me a line in a comment :).
The chords I found on this site. The guy who put them online suggests that you pick the verse with the following pattern: base note plus first and second strings all simultaneously, then the third string.
Right click & save target as:
Word file
PDF file
Word + PDF (.zip)
Feel free to share this with anyone you think might be interested.
Happy Easter, everyone! If you don't celebrate it, well, I hope your Sunday will still be a happy one :).