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Led Zeppelin- Stairway to heaven-, kind of a medley, ending with Malaguena

http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.x … heaven.txt

Maybe you'll like this one too ozy, when holding that four finger G, for a G7 just drop your 2nd finger down to the D string on the third fret to get your F note. when I use it, I hit the open D, hammer-on the F followed by a cross-picking roll

Hi jamiechandler.  could the song be "Long Black Veil"? It's first three words are"Ten years ago". If so, you'll find it in the song section; and it was recorded by "The Oak Ridge Boys" several times.

A song can be poetic; A poem becomes a song with the addition of a cadenced reader or an instrument with a melody. In either case, I enjoy both

  Ron :-)

Self taught, mostly by playing with friends, family and strangers "who become friends".
I still spend 6 or 10 hrs(not sure how many,lose track after 12 or 14hrs,) a week wood-shedding .   
I guess every day can actually be a lesson.

  Ron:-)

Thanks for the welcome :-)  topdown & washed by Him! . 

  Ron :-)

Lots of good advice. I agree with it all, only thing I can add "and it's only my opinion" is for bluegrass try a 1-2-3-4. ----- 3 is on the second string D note,4 is on the 1st string G note. When you go to a C chord only move the 1-2 from the 6th an 5th strings to the 5th an 4th strings while leaving your 3rd an 4th fingers stationary, your third finger is already in position to go to a D chord. You can change chords this way very fast.

  Ron :-)

Hey there rallyman.  :-)   We're all beginners when we start. Mom told me to start out with a basic "carter style strum".----- bassnote-strum-bassnote-strum----- for 4 count songs and a -------bassnote-strum-strum-------- for a waltz or 3 count..  hope it helps. Then again,maybe your beyond this already? You can add upstrokes in lots of places too.

   Ron  :-)

Hi, washed by him.
  The guitar I learned to play on was built by my grandpa, for mom, in 1963. He took all the measurements from a 50's archtop gibson. In 69 when I left home, somehow it left the family. About 10 years ago I managed to track it down. Now it is mine, still plays great!  The first one I purchased was a new 74 Citation, didn't have much punch, but played easy. Then in 93 I met some bluegrassers in So. Carolina while on vac. Today I'm playing a Martin D18V. As for playing into a PA, use a good mike, a shure beta 57a works fine for what I do. Set the bass, tremble an midrange all on -o-. This way it'll sound just like it does at home. For the vocals I use a shure beta 58a. I run them both into a DTAR Solstace and run one cord to the PA. Usually there is 5 of us in a half circle around this rig. We play Traditional and newer country,with Traditional and Gospel bluegrass mixed in at the local nursing home and some senior citizen centers in the area. We have a dobro,fiddle,banjo and doghouse bass with my guitar. All of us sing"try to". We probably don't sound as good as some, but the only ones having more fun than us are in the audience.

    Ron :-)