20 Nov 09 Chords Friday: After Hours – Velvet Underground

I love this song. I have done for years and years. Its perhaps a little ‘twee’ conpared to some of The Velvet Undergound’s earlier stuff, but it has that same ‘show tunes’ feel that features in Lou Reed’s later work. It appeared on their 3rd album, and was sung by the drummer, Maureen (Mo) Tucker

After Hours – The Velvet Underground

So put those drum sticks down and get warbling along to this one in a Mo’ Tucker Stylee

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30 Oct 09 Chord Friday: Ever fallen in love – The Buzzcocks

Cracking song this one!! Like all good punk songs, the faster you play it the better it sounds

The majority of the song is pretty easy, the trick is to get the changes right at the end of the “You should’nt have fallen in love with” line. The best way for me to explain it, is to spell it out phonetically. Its ‘Cee-Cee Eff-Cee, Cee-Cee-Eff-Cee’. The same pattern is used on the Bb/Eb bit.

Ever Fallen In Love – The Buzzcocks

Theres also a Db that pops up at the end. On the chord sheet ive written this as 4111, but it could also be played as 4456. Either way, you then just need to slide everything down 1 fret to play the C.

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