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Oh, man.  This topic is LONG overdue.  Where do I begin?

1.  (Similar to Zurf's) People who drive too slow in the fast lane and refuse to move over.  Invariably it's a big honkin' SUV being driven by an overweight woman who is taking on a cell phone.  (Hey, it's not a stereotype if it's true.)

2.  People who refuse to acknowledge you when you hold a door open for them.

3.  People who think it is OK to take up more than one space when they park their car.  (Side note:  Years ago I used to carry around fake parking tickets which I would put under their windshield wipers.  The paper said:  "SUMMONS - Notice of Inconsideration.  Did you have to park this way, or are you just a selfish b*stard?"  Maybe I need to get some more of those.)

4.  You go to get a cup of coffee at work and someone who took the last cup left about 1/4" in the bottom of the pot.

5.  People who ding your car door and refuse to leave a note.  (C'mon, people, if you bang somebody's car, take accountability for your actions.)

6.  People who feel like the government owes them a living.

7.  People who refuse to say "I was wrong", even when they know they are.

8.  People who refuse to say "I'm sorry", even though they are.

9.  People who can't win an argument with facts so they resort to personal attacks.  (Here's a clue:  If you argue with someone and end up insulting them, you're probably wrong.)

I'm not perfect by any means, but I do try to treat people the way I would like to be treated.  Be CONSIDERATE, and we'll get along fine. 

Yep, I got lotsa issues . . .

Thanks Pete.  I feel better now.

This is what I hear.
The song starts out in the key of E and there is a key change up one semitone (to F) after the first chorus.

Intro:  walkup from A to B, then the chords are B A E B
Verse 1 chords:
Tammy:  E A
Tammy:  B E
George: E E7 A Am (not sure about that Am but if it's not right it's close enough)
Both:  B A E

Chorus:
B E
F#
B B7
E A Am
B A E

After the first chorus, there is an interlude similar to the intro, except that it ends with C:
Walkup from A to B, then the chords are B A C (for the key change from E to F).

After that, the verse and second chorus chords are the same as above plus one half step:
B = C
A = Bb
E = F
F# = G
Etc.

Chords for the last line ("if you want to be together") are C  Bb  F

I hope that helps.

Did the virtual capfire happen on Thursday, 8/2?

I checked in a few times throughout the evening but didn't see anyone online on Skype.

Sorry, what is "the red"?

Yeah, that was cool.  here's an article with video:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/surveil … e-robbers/

The comments made by one of the the robbers who was interviewed (in jail) are just . . . well, stupid doesn't begin to cover it.

Z, I'm not sure who you mean is the stupid one:  the guy who stole the guitar or the guy who owned the guitar for not "beating the guy until the cops got there".  I'll assume you meant the former.

Regardless, with respect, I don't think anybody in the guitar owner's situation would have tried to beat the guy due to a small snippet of info in the article which is easy to overlook:

". . . the wannabe buyer put his hand in his waistband . . . "

The robber was signaling that he had a gun.  Whether he did or was just bluffing, NO piece of property that you own is worth losing your life over.  Even if it is a really cool guitar.

Conversely, let's say the guitar owner was also carrying a gun.  In certain locales he may have been within his legal right to shoot the robber in the back as he was running away.

However, I wouldn't do that either.  As much as I might want to, no piece of property that I own is worth TAKING a life over.

Full disclosure:  I'm conservative, and I am licensed to carry.

Zurf - I got an IM from Amy wondering if anyone was interested in joining tonight (6/29) but I don't know who all she sent it to.  Hopefully one or the other (or preferably both) of you will be on this evening.  I sent a request to you on Skype to be added to your contacts list.

I'll check in from time to time, although if it gets much past 10:00 pm central I probably won't be able to play (only listen) because my office is not soundproof.

I think I get what you're saying, but I read your statements above as a contradiction.  In my tiny little mind, the rhythm, beat, feel and tempo are all determined by (or at least influenced by) the strumming pattern.

While I totally agree with your rule #1 (if it sounds good, it is good) there are purists out there, and I'm likely one of them, who expect a song to sound a certain way.  If I play an ABBA song using a boom-chuck pattern, some may think it sounds good (in the name of "interpretation"), but to me it would sound pretty awful.

So maybe I'm in the minority here, but I think the strumming pattern DOES matter.  But hey, to each his/her own.

You're welcome.  Everything is difficult before it's not.

I found a transposable version for you:
http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/m/mike_ … rs_crd.htm

Transpose down 1 half step and keep your capo on fret 1 and you should be in tune with the record.

I wouild play the verse chords like this:  G Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  Dm  Am  D  G.  I don't hear that C on "in" in the verse, sounds to me like they just stay on D after "wish" until going to G on "years".

Also, don't worry about the F in Dm/F, just play Dm.

Just a guess, but maybe what she's trying to tell you is that at this point, as long as you can strum and keep a good rhythm that it's more important to work on getting your chord changes down, clean and on time. 

Once you become more adept at changing chords quickly and cleanly, you won't have to think about that part as much, and then you can concentrate on varying your strumming pattern to better fit the song you are playing.

That's the way I really learned how to play.  I was stuck in a strumming pattern and all of my songs sounded alike.  But that allowed me to become much more adept at chord work with my fretting hand.  After that period, chords became more automatic, and then I concentrated on varying my strumming.

Anyway, it worked for me.

NELA:

I kinda suck at this, but here's my two cents.

I assume this is the video you are referring to:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBQ8dm_NZkc

In my view this song is played in the key of B.

I think you have the B-A-E progression in the verses right.  What's throwing you is that it's not a 1-4-5, it's a 1-b7-4.  Other songs which use this progression (or slight variations of it) are "No Rain" by Blind Melon and "Seven Bridges Road" by the Eagles.  And thousands more I'm sure.

The F# (or it's possibly an F#7 - doesn't matter really) is used to resolve back to the B, which is the giveaway for me that it's in B.

Anyway, that's my contribution.

'Nom

PS:  Good song.  I hadn't heard it before.

PPS:  One more thing, in your post to BGD immediately above you say the song ends on the iv.  I don't hear that.  In the video, the song ends at 2:56 and then another song follows in the video.  I hear a B at the end of "Pray For the Fish" at 2:56.