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Right, so here’s a preliminary set list for the 12th. Thirteen songs in total, which is a lot but let’s see how we get on.
Not set in stone yet, so comments welcome.

Old songs:
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
Plush – Stone Temple Pilot
Give Me One Raisin – Tracy Chapman
Slow Cheetah – RHCP
Just Got Paid – ZZ Top/Joe Bonamassa
Zombie – Cranberries
House of the Rising Sun – Animals (snigger)

New songs:
Black – Pearl Jam
Africa – Toto (more synth than guitar… but we can give it a shot)
Creep – Radio Head
Last Nite – The Strokes
Talk Dirty to Me – Poison
When We're High – LP (another more dance track but could be fun… anyone up for the finger style?)

There are a couple of suggestions that I haven’t included simply because I don’t know if we have the vocalists to pull it off… if anyone feels strongly about them (or feels they can sing them) we can add them
Cochise - Audioslave
Welcome to the jungle – Guns 'n roses.

I already have chord sheets for the old songs, will try to get tabs for the new songs soon but between a 7 year old’s birthday party, writing a year end show at short notice and trying to record some vocals for this month’s challenge I’m a little short on time at the moment…. Watch this space

I'm going to do my darndest to be there. I can definitely get to Centurion, so I'm going to be begging for a lift from there. In the meantime, I'll see which of those I can play with my left claw!

So glad you added LP thanks, we will be there, my bud Tuckster and I that is. Oh and I'll bring a raisin for you Yeti. Where do I find the time and address please?

    Right... kid's party done, script complete... and finally had some time to look at some chord sheets. You can find them here.
    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/w8riu3rmvh78j7k/AABKA5L3qA18Dvkv3htTrr-da?dl=0

    Please check them out and let me know if there are any mistakes... I'm afraid I haven't had a lot of time to double check them.

    On a different note, I'm adding Whisky In The Jar - Metallica to the list because it seems I forgot it when I put the list together.

    As usual, we will be playing everything in standard tuning for convenience, so if a song is normally tuned a step down, we'll be playing it a semi-tone higher.

      RCVN Thank you, I can get to the Gautrain station easily enough.

          Working through Zombie on the Uke, and the Em9/F# doesn't work. I've tried various Em9 voicings and they all sound wrong. Any suggestions on what to use, I hesitate to try Em, because after Em9 it always goes to Em.

          • Yeti replied to this.

            slowpoet Em should be fine... or E sus 2. I wouldn't worry about the '/F#', the guitars and bass will pick that up.

              Yeti Even the Em sounds wrong (to me) I'll try the sus2

              • Yeti replied to this.

                  slowpoet you can try a E power chord too... that's what the distorted guitar is playing.

                    Yeti strangely a lot of sources say repeat Em C G D for the whole song. But i prefer doing it this way. More accurate i presume.

                      So that Em9/F# comes about because the clean guitar plays it's open chords with the DGBe strings unfretted while the bass line moves so you end up with
                      0
                      0
                      0
                      0
                      X
                      2
                      .... which is a bit of a mess.
                      The bass st that point is playing the F# and the distorted guitar an F# power chord.
                      The D chord would work against the bass line but not against the open chords.

                        slowpoet whilst it is true that c, g and d are played.. only certain notes are played.

                        Example.. on the c chord, only the notes on the a and d strings are held down. The b string is not held. Similarly. The g chord. Only the e and a strings are fretted. The others ring open.