Guitar work

I haven't been picking up my guitar anywhere near as often as I should or as I would like. Having said that, though, it's not like it's been sitting in the closet collecting dust.

Back before I got completely and utterly hooked on C64 remixes, I spent quite a bit of time listening to Shanty Raid-io, which is an Internet radio station that plays piratey-themed music and is run by people who spend their time playing the Yohoho Pirate Puzzle game. Being a Maritimer and being obsessed by all things piratey, it's easy to understand the attraction I had for the station.

While they play lots of great tunes, there was one in particular that really caught my ear - One For The Road by The Jolly Rogers. It's a fun song and the guitar work is quite simple - simple enough that I figured that even I could learn how to play it.

As I always do when I hear a song that I'd like to learn how to play, I consulted the almighty Internet for a guitar tab of the song. I searched and searched and searched some more, but all I could find were the lyrics. Problem. However, although my musical skills are very weak, the song sounded simple enough that I figured that, given enough hacking away, I would be able to figure out all of the chords.

I managed to get the chords for the verses figured out with little trouble, but the chorus proved to be much more difficult. Over the course of a few months, I'd pick up the guitar and try and try again to figure out the chorus. After much aggravation, though, I believe that I finally have the results. In hopes that maybe my hard work will help someone else, I'll include the chords here. Rather than post the whole song, I'll only bother with the first verse and the chorus.

Intro: lots of D's

Verse:
D D D D
G G A A
D D D D
G G A D

Chorus:
A
D D G G D D A A
D D G G A A D D
G G G G C C D D
G G G G C C D D
A E
A E
D D D D G G A A
D D D D G G A D

- Mike