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:D :D :D

Vic]]> Easy Songs Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-up-around-the-bend-2/#post-150611 RE: CCR - Up Around The Bend https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-up-around-the-bend-2/#post-150556 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:47:22 +0000

E --------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------3---------------3-------------------------------------3-------- -
G ----------2---2-----------2---2----------2---------------------2---2---
D -0-/4------4----0-/4------4--------------2----2-----0-/4------4-----
A ----------------------------------0--/4-------4------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Great song Vic!

/ = slide]]> Easy Songs lars https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-up-around-the-bend-2/#post-150556 RE: CCR - Up Around The Bend https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-up-around-the-bend-2/#post-150412 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:21:06 +0000
I play it with the following pattern


verse:
D/du/udu for the D chord
d/du/d/du for the A/D chord

chorus: d/du/d/du (G and D line), d/du/u/du (A line)]]> Easy Songs matteo https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-up-around-the-bend-2/#post-150412 RE: CCR - Up Around The Bend https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-up-around-the-bend-2/#post-59933 Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:56:00 +0000
Vic]]> Easy Songs Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-up-around-the-bend-2/#post-59933 RE: CCR - Up Around The Bend https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-up-around-the-bend-2/#post-59923 Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:27:05 +0000
I gotta favor to ask. Learn that old song from 57-58. And please post that link so everyone can listen to it. That song is awesome and a GREAT song for beginning guitarists to learn. :twisted:

Wes]]> Easy Songs Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-up-around-the-bend-2/#post-59923 CCR - Up Around The Bend https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-up-around-the-bend-2/#post-2251 Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:47:34 +0000
This got lost in the great Guitarnoise reshuffle way back in '04 so here it is again – good job I saved it!!!

This has long been one of my favourite songs – probably because it's so easy to play!
- So I thought I'd have a go at tabbing it. Rather than just slavishly ape the original, I'll try and get as close as I can while arranging it in such a way that it can be played on one guitar rather than rhythm and lead.

INTRO – I think this is pretty close –

E---------10---------------10------------------5----------------10-----------
B------------10--10----------10---10-----------5---5------------10—-10--
G---9s11------11----9s11------11------4s6-----6------9s11------11-----
D-0-----------------0------------------------------------0--------------------
A-----------------------------------------0-----------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------

(REPEAT)

However, this is supposed to be the EASY song database, so here's an alternate version that works almost as well –

E ---------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------3---------------3------------------2---------------3-------
G ------2---2---2------2---2---2--------2----2---2------2---2---2-
D -0-0--------4---0-0-------4---------2--------2----0-0-------4---
A ----------------------------------0-0-------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------

(REPEAT)

The rest, as they say, is fairly plain sailing.

First verse –


(D)There's a place up ahead and I'm goin',
(A)Just as fast as my feet can (D)fly,
Come away, come away if you're goin',
(A)Leave the sinkin' ship be(D)hind.

Chorus –

(G)Come on the (D)risin' (A)wind,
We're (G)goin' up a(D)round the (A)bend, oooh,

2nd verse-

Bring a song and a smile for the banjo,
Better get while the getting's good,
Hitch a ride to the end of the highway,
Where the neon's turn to wood.
Chorus, then 3rd verse -

You can ponder perpetual motion,
Fix your mind on a crystal day,
Always time for good conversation,
There's an ear for what you say.

Chorus, then repeat intro.
Then there's a short solo –
The rhythm plays the same chords
As in the chorus.

4th verse –

Catch a ride to the end of the highway,
And we'll meet by the big red tree,
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin',
Come along, come along with me.

Chorus then as the song fades out –

E-------5-------5------5----------5-------5----
B—5h7—-5h7---5h7---7--5h7----5h7--7---
G-----------------------------------------------7

Easy enough to play, but a complete (insert your favourite expletive here) to tab.
Ah, well, it's my first effort, so please be gentle with the critique! Any constructive criticism will, of course, be welcomed.

Vic (K.I.A. but resurrected)

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