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VERY TRUE!  I look back at some of my youtube videos and think... OH GOD that's so bad, I should take it down!  But then I remember how long I had been playing at that point, and can SMILE at how far I've come (and the fact that I can realize how horrible it was, when at the time I was happy with it).  Even if you don't put it online, just a simple recording with what ever you have, save it, and listen to it in a few months.  You'll be sooooo happy and be able to really SEE what you've done! 

example... a few months:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDY5fwcBMQM
a year and a half (yes, I hear that horrid squeek, but darn how the strumming and chord changes have come along, far bigger comfort levels):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmUPLnE2 … re=related

AND to not totally hijack this thread... ALL this improvement and talk of it IS exactly the kind of thing that has SAVED MY LIFE!  JOEY... good thread! 

I actually have Gretchen Wilson's album (CD).  I like all her songs, and they are ALL very redneck!    "One Bud Wiser", "Skoal Ring", etc... She was a "poor bartender" turned superstar.  A normal gal

ABSOLUTELY!  Thank you ALLLL for the help!  I expect I'll come back to this thread and try a few more of these after I can manage to get one down! 

Ok... so I haven't made any decisions yet, but I am leaning upon... Leader of the band, Daddy's hands, and Silver Haired Daddy of mine.

I believe my Dad sings Silver haired Daddy of mine and claims it as the song for his dad (my only grandparent that's still alive) so I'm not so sure if that's a good choice.  He sings Ma ma Tried for his mother... when she was still alive, she would get such a HUGE proud smile on her face every time he'd sing that to her.  (dang it now I'm welling up)

Jeff, I do remember before when someone brought up the song "Leader of the band" (it was probably you )  and I had printed it out because of the powerful lyrics that reminded me of being a good "Daddy song".  One day my Dad saw it in my folder and commented on it, tried to play it, but didn't get very far through it.  I have a feeling "Daddy's Hands" will be easier, but he may not know that song at all.  So, I guess there I have it.  Time to listen up and learn that song huh?    Thanks again to everyone!  I REALLY enjoyed listening to all of these!!

So sorry to hear... it's a tragedy anytime a young person passes on especially when we are not expecting it, and it could have easily been avoided with different choices.  ((HUGS))

I wish I was an expert so I could follow along with the question...   I'm not!  Perhaps since we've had a little action here someone else will see this now and jump in.  If you don't get a response in the next few days however, and you're still looking for a better answer than what you've figured out the music theory section might be a good place to attempt a repost.  If you do, just mention it in here and I'll close this thread.  Good luck NELA!  I'm quite sure you know more than I do about this stuff!! 

It's working great!  Music theory.... so I'm playing it -5 which is G, Em, Am etc... capo on 2nd fret...  So, my G is really an A, is this in the key of A now? (yes, this is as close as my feeble attempt at music theory gets).  I'm seriously thinking I need to start figuring this out more so that at the least, when/if I ever play with my Dad I can tell him what key to play it in so I can sing along, )or at least we can be playing the same stuff (he doesn't use a capo but knows his notes/chords enough to change keys!    Thanks!

Hey folks... this is a very old thread and likely some of the original posters aren't here any longer (haven't posted more than once and it was a while ago).

Anyhow... as for Chordie adding strum patterns to songs... it just doesn't work that way.  Chordie doesn't host any of the songs here.  Chordie is more of a search engine that indexes songs from other sites around the web and pulls the chordpro formatting to make it look all pretty for you and work with it by transposing etc.  Sooooo, if the original author that posted this somewhere else on the web includes a strum pattern, great, if not, there's nothing much chordie can do.  I have noticed that some songs have been commented on (scroll to the very bottom of the song) and people have included notes for strum patterns, or minor corrections here and there.  Not all of them of course, but some.

If you have a song that you're dying to get a strum pattern for... you could always post in the "song requests" section asking for that help with a link to a recording of the song (perhaps on youtube) for another member to listen to and give you their suggestion on a strum pattern.    We're all here learning together!!

oooops... typo up there... I typed Alex, meant Alice (my son's name is Alex, I think my fingers went into auto mode on that one!  SORRY!!!)

I was afraid I'd be told that.  My Dad can play his stuff... but then, my Dad's been playing since he was a kid!