The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA (Tab) Keeping up the summer vibes (and the Brian Wilson tributes) with The Beach Boys’ Surfin’ USA. Musically, the song is based on Chuck Berry’s Sweet Little Sixteen. But Wilson took the wise decision to change the lyrics. The key technique throughout is strum blocking i.e. muting the strings […]

Bananarama – Cruel Summer (Tabs) Here’s one to learn while sweating your bollocks (or lady bollocks) off: Bananarama’s Cruel Summer. The intro is by far the hardest part of this one. It gets fiddly at the top of the fretboard. Apart from that, it’s pretty straightforward. There’s only three chords in the whole song (Em, […]

Billy Joel – Piano Man (Tab) Here’s my take on Billy Joel’s Piano Man. Intro: The song kicks off with a couple of jazz licks that are completely unrelated to the rest of the song. But do sound cool. It’s fine to drop those if you’re not into it. Or adjust it to your taste. […]

Charles Mingus – Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Tab) I hope you’re not coming here for a detailed harmonic breakdown of Charles Mingus’s Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, because I have no idea what he’s doing most of the time. Which made it a tough song for me to memorise. With all the unfamiliar chords and movements, […]

Foo Fighters – Everlong Bob Marley – Is This Love Kendrick Lamar – reincarnated Darude – Sandstorm If you don’t care about playing in the original key, you can not bother tuning down the C-string and just move everything on the E- and A-strings up a fret. The National – Exile Vilify (Portal 2)

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The Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Tab) How else could I pay tribute to Brian Wilson than with one of the greatest songs of all time: Wouldn’t It Be Nice. The song weaves through multiple keys and spans a wide vocal range, so I’ve done some shifting to bring it all within the […]

The Doors – Riders on the Storm (Tab) Here’s one for everyone who is into The Doors: Riders on the Storm. Intro: The intro has hardest part of the whole song: the long legato line in bar 7. I’ve cut it much shorter than the original, but it’s still a challenge. Particularly since it needs […]

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Gary Portnoy – Where Everybody Knows Your Name (Tab) Here’s my take on Cheers theme in tribute to George Wendt. I thought I’d done this one years ago (with it being one of the best theme tunes of all time) but it seems not. The tune starts out simple enough. Next, things get jazzy in […]