Nitebob wrote:
I played it with C...F...G...and Am...not sure which sequence tough... that should narrow it down...use a Capo to transpose
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Well... depending on what key you find you can sing it in. The above chords are the 1, 4, 5 and 6 chords in the key of C. There are keys in which it is very easy to play on a guitar - C is one, D, A and G are others. If you find that you sing it well in C# then, sure, use a capo (or get a good barre chord work out). But if you can sing it in G then play it in G - that's an easy key to play in, and you'll be building up your repertoire of chords. Same with D or A.
Capos have their uses, and there are some very good players that use them. However they can become a crutch that you don't need.
Back to Nitebob's post again: You will find that you can play a surprising number of songs using the 1, 4, 5 and 6 chords. Chuck in the 2 chord as well (Dm in C, the key that Nitebob used) and you can fake your way through quite a bit. Be able to do that in the 4 keys I mentioned and you can start to have some fun.
One thing that often gets overlooked is TIMING. Start working now at maintaining a solid rhythm all the way through. If one part of the song poses a problem for you and you tend to stumble there then slow the whole thing down until you can get through the difficult bit, and as you practice and improve you will find the speed starts going back to where it should be. Audiences (be they your wife or Wembley stadium) will notice timing issues much more readily than they will notice bad notes of a fluffed chord change.
