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Hello Thanasis and welcome to chordie - There are two files indexed for "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks.  The file you are looking at is a tab file for the lead guitar part (which is a very rhythmic and repetitive riff that runs throughout the song).

A tab file just shows which strings and frets to play - usually for a lead or solo part.  In this particular case, the tab file is probably not very helpful (unless you have a friend who can play that guitar part while you thrash out the chords and sing).

The other file in the index is probably what you want since it has the lyrics and the chords.  Focus your attention of the file that has the chords to learn the song.

As always, just because somebody created a version of a song for the internet it does not mean that the version is accurate.  Chords can be misplaced or incorrrect.  Lyrics can be incorrect or incomplete.  Trust your ears more than any song version you may find - hope this helps.

OK - I give up . . . just what precisely are you are looking for?

Merry Christmas noise!  I don't know what your lovely lady's musical preferences might be, but you can never go wrong with a beautiful lullaby.  So, try "Silent Night" because it uses only 3 chords.  Plus the melodic line is truly lovely.

See the Christmas Songbook section and look for my posting there - 'Christmas Carols".  There is a correct and complete version of the song in there.  Hope you (and your lovely lady) have a deeply gratifying holiday experience.

BuxomDiva, I am not an expert at anything in particular, I'm just another curious guy trying to make sense of it all . . . I write songs for fun but I have no illusions that there is a market for them beyond my own circle of friends and family.  However, if by some fluke, a song I wrote became a source of money for somebody - well then I would want my fair share of the funds.

As far as copyrights and other inellectual property issues go, it all boils down to 'fair use' of someone's creation.  The copyright heavies are probably not going to bother with a street performer or basically amatuer performers who play other people's music.  However, if someone were to use somebody else's creation to make real money - then it becomes an issue, and the original creator probably deserves some cut of the proceeds.

Night clubs and other performance venues usually pay licensing fees to ASCAP (or some other music-industry entity) for the right to publicly play copyrighted music that is recorded, or to provide a performance space for live musicians who perform covers of non-original music.  Again, this is a matter of 'fair use' and who is making money using what resources - if you are in a business where using music (recorded or live) is part of what you do to make money, then you should pay for the 'fair use' of the music.

If you want to sing a song for fun for your friends and family - go for it . . . but if you were to make a hit recording of the same song, then the creator of the music (or more likely their publisher) would have a realistic expectation of enjoying some of the commericial success.

And yes, you are correct - - - some people do have no imagination . . . these are the folks who are the non-musicians in the music industry.  They are the ones who (depending on your perspective) either; 1. Make it possible for artists to actually make a living on their creative talents.  Or, 2.  They are the ones who inhibit the creativity of others by making it a crime to use somebody else's creation to make money for yourself.

So the bottom line for this is simply this - - - do what you want to do, but if you use somebody else's creation unfairly then you might be in trouble.  So just do what you want to do - - - and it is usually easier to seek forgiveness than recieve permission.

hello johnnyvitalis - I believe the song you are looking for is indexed by chordie.  Try this link:

<a href="http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.roughstock.com/cowpie/cowpie-songs/c/campbell_glen/try_a_little_kindness.crd" target="_blank"> http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.r … om/cowpie/ cowpie-songs/c/campbell_glen/try_a_little_kindness.crd</a>

This song is charted using 'Nashville Numbers' rather than regular chord symbols.  If you are unfamiliar with this system, there are links suggested on the song's page that will help you decipher the code (it is not so hard).

Hope this helps - welcome to chordie!

So the morel to the story is this?

Music is the universal language,

However musical notation is a tower of Babel . . .

Hello Irvine Wolf and welcome to chordie - There are at least 20 versions of "Sweet Home Alabama" indexed by chordie.

Try this . . . go to the chordie main page, click on the "L" next to 'browse artist'.  Scroll down the list of L-artists until you get to 'Lynard Skynard'.  Click on that label and you will see a ton of stuff.

Another way to find a particular song on chordie is to 'Text search'.  Simply type in a song title or lyrical phrase in the blank, and then hit the 'search' button.

Once you get some practice at using chordie's index and search tools you will be able to find just about any song imaginable . . .

Great song by Frank Loesser, a very prolific composer for Broadway and Hollywood musicals.  I haven't found the chords yet, but here is a little history of this charming tune . . .

It is from the MGM film "Neptune's Daughter" (1949) starring Red Sketon and Esther Williams.  Made famous first by Johnny Mercer and Margeret Whiting.  Recorded numerous times since by many notable duets.

Here is a link to a bio on Loesser (fascinating guy) . . .

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Loesser" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Loesser</a>

Here is a link to a Frank Loesser site where sheet music is available . . .

<a href="http://www.frankloesser.com/work/songs/96" target="_blank">http://www.frankloesser.com/work/songs/96</a>

Will keep digging for chords . . .

What is a GCSE?  When you say song, do mean an instrumental piece or do you mean a song (with actual singing & playing)?  What sort of stuff do you like?  Who will your audience be?  How long of a piece do you need?

Greetings BaBa30 - To creat a new topic, hit the 'New Topic' button, type in your stuff, then hit the 'Create New Topic' button.  You probably won't see your new forum thread instantaneaously since it takes a few moments for the process to complete.

Hope this helps - sorry you were so frustrated with the Chordie forum.  I'm still figuring it out myself.  I'll see if I can get lucky with finding that Joni Mitchell song.