https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/massachusetts-the-bee-gees/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:18:04 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/massachusetts-the-bee-gees/#post-120166 Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:03:46 +0000 Three Steps To Heaven and Runaway are the other two that do the job, but nobody except me and her needs to know the sordid details behind their stories.... Victor!!!!!
The mind boggles
Those song titles give far to many clues :shock: :wink: :shock:

Calm yourself Vic!!!!

Moving swiftly on to the Bee Gee's subject, yes, their songs always sound simple but when you find the chords & tabs for them they are not always as easy to play as you might think.

Peace Man,
Chris]]> Easy Songs dogsbody https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/massachusetts-the-bee-gees/#post-120166 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/massachusetts-the-bee-gees/#post-120096 Thu, 25 Aug 2005 05:16:47 +0000
:D :D :D

Vic

PS - dunno if you'll remember this, but Angus Deayton (Actor/Presenter) was in a band in the late 70's who did a great mickey-take of the Bee Gees - they called themselves the HeeBeeGeeBees, and had a minor hit with a song called "Meaningless Songs In Very High Voices"....they also "did" Status Quo, calling themselves "Status Quid" with a song that sounded suspiciously like "Down Down" but consisted of nothing but false endings.....

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Easy Songs Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/massachusetts-the-bee-gees/#post-120096 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/massachusetts-the-bee-gees/#post-11185 Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:52:46 +0000
I'm always reminded by this song of Kenny Everett's impression of this (Zany DJ/Comedian in UK, sadly no longer with us). He dressed up as each Gibb brother in a white suit with large false teeth and did a play on the song's title "Mass Of Chew Sets". He did a brilliant job of Barry's falsetto while flashing the teeth, really funny at the time.

He could do a brilliant Rod Stewart too but thats another story. And it was "all in the best possible taste"

Anyway to the song:

The strum pattern I've added on the intro should work (I'm not very good at putting these on paper, sorry if its wrong)



Intro:

(G) ///// // /// ////// (Play twice) Strum Pattern: ddddd uu ddd ddduud


Verse 1:

Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts, /// ////

Something's telling me I must go home.

And the (G)lights all went out in Massachusetts

The day I left her standing on her own. /// ////


Verse 2:

Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco, /// ////

Gotta do the things I wanna do.

And the (G)lights all went out in Massachusetts

They brought me back to see my way with you. /// ////


Verse 3:

Talk about the life in Massachusetts, /// ////

Speak about the people I have seen,

And the (G)lights all went out in Massachusetts

And Massachusetts is one place I have seen. /// ////


Outro:

I will remember Massachusetts...

I will remember Massachusetts... Fade out



Enjoy it everyone,

Chris]]> Easy Songs dogsbody https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/massachusetts-the-bee-gees/#post-11185