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.

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

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.

guidothepimmp ooops.. Bevan has answered it

I don’t have the knowledge to comment, which is why I asked. The E5 does sound better to an extent.

So just a heads up, I've completely reworked the chords for When We're High. I'm not sure where I got the last set from but they were completely wrong (sorry about that :/) so I've transcribed them from scratch. Please double check and let me know if you find any mistakes.

I've also made minor updates to Black and Creep, but these are a lot more minor. I still have a few new songs to check out but I've run out of time and my poor, out of practice, sissy fingers are begging me to stop.

I'm really excited actually, I'm still coming, without Terence lol he and his lovely lady got a holiday as a gift

slowpoet sounds good. Last time we also messed around with the same changes on a swing 4/4. Tricky to sing but the groove was cool.

Yeti Cool, I'll practice my swing time

Two weeks to the jam, hows everyone's prep going?

Yeti prep?

Oh boy. Suppose i should start?

Yeti Going like a Boeing ie grounded at home. Actually it’s going pretty well.

Yeti I've got the solo for Talk Dirty to Me down. Still have to work on the rest, suspect I'm gonna be the camera man for a couple ?

Just confirmed with Greg and Nick so we have a venue and a drummer.
Sounds like we have a fair complement of singers, bass players, rhythm and lead guitarists too so it should be a good jam.

Yeti Just confirmed with Greg and Nick so we have a venue and a drummer.
Excellent news.

In case someone else is looking for stuff to pick up, here are the bits that I think I'll get to before the 12th:

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 (Don't have the solo for this down)
Talk Dirty to Me – Poison
Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica
Zombie - Cranberries

I probably won't get to these:
House of the Rising Sun – Animals
Black – Pearl Jam
Africa – Toto
Creep – Radio Head
Last Nite – The Strokes
When We're High – LP

I hope one of the other guitarists pick these up, otherwise let me know if we're gonna be desperately short on a song and I'll put in some extra effort.