Two new chords are the Dadd5 and the Eadd10. The Dadd5 is hard to find online, it's a D5 with a pinky on the 5th fret of the high E string. It's a reach. The Eadd10 is also tough one to find. Do a regular E major chord but throw your pinky onto the 4th fret of the high E string.

Note that the two measure Bm snippet that you see between the second and third lines is supposed to be the third line. So in the flow of the song it goes Dadd5, Eadd10, four measures of Bm (the drawn in measures), two more Bm, then A and E. Also, watch out for those mutes between strums during that two measure strum pattern as it indicates on the sheet. With the barre chords you can mute just by lifting your fretting fingers slightly. On the open chords you'll need to do a palm mute with your strumming hand.

Week 6 Sheet Music [PDF]

Note: This version doesn't have the original lyrics, but I like these better.

Week 5 Sheet Music [PDF]

Week 4 Sheet Music [PDF]

As mentioned, here's the Simpsons version.

Klara and Johanna Soderberg of First Aid Kit cover Fleet Foxes 'Tiger Mountain Peasant Song' in the woods near their home in Sweden

Good Lovin' is meant as an exercise in quick transitions between chords along with a 5-string major barre chord. Each two line section is in a different key but follows the same strum pattern. The copy that I got has some artifacts at the top left of the page but you can still make out the strum pattern.

Ring Of Fire exercises bass plucking and intro riffs. It has a few 2/4 measures thrown in. They are played the same as first half of the preceding measure (i.e. the 2/4 in the first line is a pluck on 3rd fret low E followed by a down then up strum of the G chord). Also, it's kind of hard to see but the third line repeats 3 times

Week 2 Sheet Music [PDF] - Weezer "Island In The Sun"

This song starts out with a sequence of three string chords (played on the top three strings). In case you can't see the first chord it's 3-5-4 starting from the top. The first line is all three string chords; the second two lines are regular, open chords; the third line is small solo riff that gets played in the middle of the song somewhere.

Week 1 Sheet Music [PDF]

• The Beatles - And I Love Her
• Randy Brooks - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

It's been fun, see you next term.

This week we got Annie's Song by John Denver. It's pretty straight forward but has an emphasis on moving between the F barre chord and other chords. It's also in 3/4 time so pay attention to the strum pattern in the upper right.

Next week is the last week for this semester. Registration is open for next semester. Acoustic Guitar 5 is offered at the same time and place as this semester.

That said here's the music for this week:
Week 8 Sheet Music - [PDF]

• Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller - Kansas City
• Carole King - You've Got A Friend

Note:Don't follow the fingering for the Gmaj7 on "You've Got A Friend", they use a very unusable shape. Instead, finger a regular G, lift the pinky, and use your index on the 2nd fret high E string.

Oh, and don't forget to use a swing strum on "Kansas City"

Week 7 Sheet Music - [PDF]

Since we didn't have a full song this week I'll just post a video of Muddy Waters at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960 playing "Hoochie Coochie Man".

I realize there's no guitar in this video clip but I like the look of vintage Mick & Keith

"Every guitar player should play acoustic at home. No matter what else you do, if you don't keep up your acoustic work you're never going to get the full potential out of an electric, because you lose that touch."
- Keith Richards