Chicks with Picks Melbourne is a music teaching business run by Helen Begley from Melbourne. It encourages women and girls to pick up their guitars and ukes and get strumming together.
This blog is where students of guitar and ukulele can access chord charts, youtube videos, tab sheets, audio files and meet each other through sharing comments.
Honorary Chicks (Blokes) welcome!
A classic Cole Porter Song. In this film clip there's even a kiss for the Chicks from Trigger. You won't be able to play your uke along with this one - I'll put one up that you can - for now enjoy Roy Rogers.
"Don't Fence Me In" by Cole Porter
(G)Wildcat Kelly was (C)lookin' mighty (G)pale
(G)Standin by the sheriff's (D7)side
(G)When that sheriff said (C)I'm taking you to (G)jail
(G)Wildcat raised his (D7)head and (G)cried
Oh give me [G]land lots of [GMaj7]land
Under [G6]starry skies a[G]bove
Don't [C]fence [G]me [D7]in
Let me [Am7]ride through the [D7]wide
Open [Am7]spaces that I [D7]love
(Am7)Don't (D7)fence me [G]in
Let me [G]be by myself in the evening [Dm7]breeze [G7]
[C]Listen to the murmur of the [Cm7]cottonwood trees
[G]Send me off for[Dm]ever but I [E7]ask you [Cm7]please
[G]Don't [D7]fence me [G]in
[G7]Just [Dm7]turn [G7]me [C]loose
Let me straddle my old saddle underneath the western [G]skies
[G7]On [Dm7]my [G7]Ca[C]yoose
Let me wander over yonder where the purple mountains [G]rise [G#dim] [D7]
I [Am7]want [D7]to [G]ride to the ridge when the west com[Dm7]men[G7]ces
[C]Gaze at the moon 'til I [Cm7]lose my senses
[G]Can't look at [Dm]hovels and I [E7]can't stand [Cm7]fences
This is a lovely version of this song. You can see Scott Matthews hands very clearly. Remember that the guitar is in open D tuning so tune your strings to DADF#AD and bung your capo in the 4th fret. Then play along with Scott. Enjoy! (Will post the tabs in next few days)
Eyes Wider Than Before – Scott Matthews
Tuning: Open D DADF#AD Capo 4
Intro Bmsus4/E x4
(Bmsus4/E)Follow the (Dsus2/G)distant beam of (D)light
(Bmsus4/E)A drop of neon (Dsus2/G)floods my weary (D)eyes
(Bmsus4/E)Illuminates my (Dsus2/G)soul reason(s) (D)why
(Bmsus4)I'm heading your way with the (Dsus2/G)traffic by my (D)side
(Bmsus4/E)Remember how it (Dsus2/G)was be (D)fore
Just a (Bmsus4/E)minute away I'd be (Dsus2/G)knocking on your front (D)door
Don't (Bmsus4/E)underestimate this (Dsus2/G)precious (D)time
(cause) every (Bmsus4/E)second is treated as (Dsus2/G)though there is no (D)time
(Bm2)Your eyes are (Dsus2/G)wider than be(D)fore
(Bm2)So little has changed
but your (Dsus2/G)eyes now see much (D)more
(Bmsus4/E)Hush, now sway and (Dsus2/G)fall asleep (D)
Gonna (Bmsus4/E)drive you away from the (Dsus2/G)trampling of bustling (D)feet
(Bmsus4/E)You can lose your troubled (Dsus2/G)thoughts for tonight at (D)least
You can (Bmsus4/Ewake in the morning (Dsus2/G)feeling that you can breathe (D)
Little (Bmsus4/E)darling you're (Dsus2/G)mine for to (D)night
Your (Bmsus4/E)mellow and tender (Dsus2/G)self is hard to (D)find
From (Bmsus4)you, I draw no(Dsus2/G) doubts deep (D)inside
I (Bmsus4)surrender myself to your (Dsus2/G)presence and peace of (D)mind
(Bmsus2)Your eyes are (Dsus2/G)wider than (D)before
(Bmsus2)So little has changed but your (Dsus2/G) eyes now see much (D)more
Carlos Santana played at Rod Laver arena last night. One of our Chicks was lucky to go along and see him, so tonight, at her lesson, we were inspired by her experience of the concert to leave off playing Black Velvet Band and learn Black Magic Woman.
Here's the chord chart, it's a great example of what you can do with the twelve bar blues progression. Turn on the Youtube and play your guitar along with Santana:
BLACK MAGIC WOMANP. Green (Santana)
Dm A
I got a black magic woman, I got a black magic woman
Dm Gm
I got a black magic woman got me so blind I can't see
Dm A Dm
I got a black magic woman she try'in to make a devil out of me
Dm A
Don’t turn your back on me baby, don’t turn your back on me baby
Dm Gm
Don’t turn your back on me baby Stop messing round with your tricks
Dm A Dm
Don’t turn your back on me baby you just might pick up my magic sticks
Dm A
Got your spell on me baby, got your spell on me baby
Dm Gm
Got your spell on me baby turnin my heart into stone
Dm A Dm
I need you so bad magic woman I can't leave you alone
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