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Hi Laurie, I don't know if you read any of my posts on how I smashed my wrist, I've lost some use of my right hand but I hope to be able to still play some style.
I can't think of how you are feeling, it must be heart crushing, you make my hand sound like a spriend wrist. I hope someone can come up with a way to let you play on.
Keep your chin up!

Luck to all!!!

Here's five that I think are easy,  the songs can all be got at the Chordie Artists section, under the names below.

Seven Spanish Angles,  Chords  A  D  E7.  By  Willie Nelson & the late Ray Charles.

The City Of New Orleans,     Chords   G  C  D  Em  D7. Willie Nelson.

Good  Hearted  Woman,        Chords   G  C  D7.  Waylon Jennings.

The Lost Highway,                Chords  G  C  D7.  Hank  Williams.

Hobo  Bill's  Last  Ride,         Chords  G  Am  C  D7.  Jimmie Rodgers.

All these songs are normaly 1  4  5,  Remember  the five chord is a Domanant 7th, beginers can
get away with playing the five chord as Major.   The City of New Orleans has 1 4 5 6, the sixth,
chord is always Minor,  Hobo  Bill's  Last  ride has 1 2 4 5, now the two chord is Minor;  however,
you can play it as a Domanant 7th, or even Major.   Remember the chord system  I.E.

[1]  G MAJOR [2] A minor [3] B minor [4] C MAJOR [5] D, Domanant 7th  [6] E minor ,

[7] F Dim [8] G Major.

I normanly never write out the eight chord it's the same as One.
Remember it's the same for any Key!  Hope this helps.

As for;  The City of New Orleans  it gives an Am  and a Bm however I play that bit with just the Am; I have tried the Bm, and it sounds out of place, or maybe it's just me.  Anybody any other,
thoughts let me know.

As you learn how to play them you can increse the number of chords, but don't go overboard?

I'll have another look through my song books, I think this is a great Idea!

Luck to all!!!

Yea, thanks Kenny, you say it coust you $275, now that should be about £150, however with Music Tax it will probley cost me double that, that's the British Tax system for you, if it doesen't have a Tax, stick one on it.

Luck to all!!!!

Hey DP,  My only advice for what it's worth is, Put the CD on close your eyes and try not to listine to the tune, try insteed to listen for the beet, and try and see if you can hear the strum of the Guitar. I think you should be able to get the timing of the song at least.
That's it for what it's worth?

Luck to all!!!

Hey, SouthPaw, thanks for the link man, my injury doesent sound so bad next to yours.
I'll keep on keeping on, Thanks Man.

Luck to all!!!

Hi Alan, you of course realize that most people on this site don't have a clue what were talking about.
I am game for a Band just no Base Drums., we'd have to have big speakers though, and that's would be just for us never mind the public.
As we say over here: May you be in Heaven a half an hour before the Devil knows you'er dead!
Live long my Friend.

Luck to all. !!!

Hi Leo Me again just a quickie, you say you have good pitch, you tune your guitar and the strings sound fine; until you play a chord.  Perhaps your pitch is not as good as you think, and I don't mean any offence by that, if it's not your pitch then something is raddicialy wrong with your guitar.
I have a pretty good ear and if I can get my high E string to sound in tune, then i can tune the rest of the strings to that.  How you do it is im most beginers books; having said that i use an electronic tunner, because how would you feel if you walked out on stage with a band to find that you were not as quite in tune as you thought. One tip, you should tune youe guitar every time you use it, if your not suer if it's out of tune then play a full E Major chord playing all six strings, play it slowly a couple of times and you'll soon hear if it's in tune or not.
Luck to all. !!!