• Registered: 2010-04-27
  • Posts: 3

Topic: All songs

I have a problem. I want to look for certain songs and some of them arent the right chords or they are not there. But what is really annoying is you look up a song, its there, they have the song up and then halfway down the page they say, couldn't be bothered to put all of it up? Why put it up in the first place then?!

So can someone that is actually bothered to put the whole song up of Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes, can you put it up please?

Also can someone put the whole song up of John Murphy's In The House, In a Heartbeat please?

Thanks

  • From: Renfrewshire, Scotland
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 1,359

Re: All songs

Boo hoo. Here, I'll pick your toys up for you, they seem to have been thrown out the pram.

The songs that are listed on the Chordie index are not hosted or "put up" by Chordie. Chordie acts as a search engine, searching the internet for songs and then displaying them in usually a nice format for us to enjoy.

As with any song on any site they are added by people who have taken the time to work them out so that folk like you and me don't have to or have a good place to start working from.

If you have a problem with any of the songs on the Chordie index you can find the host site by clicking on "original song" which appears in the box marked "IMPORTANT INFORMATION" and contacting either the author of the post or the host of the website.

Thanks.

Is anything really made up of zeros and ones??

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  • From: Tooele Ut
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 4,049

Re: All songs

smile

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  • From: Western Oregon,US
  • Registered: 2008-07-22
  • Posts: 2,498

Re: All songs

Hi Hollie,

  Sorry you are frustrated with the way some of the music is formatted, as Alvee said, Chordie doesn't "make" any of the music on the site... just links users to others who have hosted them.  Particularly in TAB and also in chords, the tunes are based on the contributers "best guess" of what sounds correct to their ear.  It might be in a different key than the original recording and not sound right if you played along with the original artist's recording.... in which case you can try the transpose feature and adjust the chords to your voice or whatever.

  Many songs will only have the chords annotated for the Intro, Verse, and Chorus, and then only the lyrics for the rest.  It is assumed that all the verses will have the same chords and so you simply play the chords from the first verse for each successive verse and the same goes for the chorus,  If the piece has a bridge, then usually that will also be specifically scored further down the page where appropriate.

  Don't give up on it, it is likely not "laziness" just redundancy.  We are thankful that someone even "bothered" to try to figure out the tune in the first place, and you will usually find a notation on the music that allows you to contact the "Tabber" directly to submit suggestions or corrections so that all may benefit from the most accurate version that you don't have to pay $$$ to some publisher for.

Thanks for posting your question and
Take Care;
Doug

"what is this quintessence of dust?"  - Shakespeare
  • From: Renfrewshire, Scotland
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 1,359

Re: All songs

Thanks , Doug, you said it better than me, smile

Is anything really made up of zeros and ones??

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  • Registered: 2009-11-16
  • Posts: 605

Re: All songs

hollie try Ultimateguitar.com I believe it's listed there. I've benifited SOO much from chordie, I've never been able to figure a single song out, I just don't have that gift and I am so glad that there are so many gifted people here willing to share.

Thanks Cordie Peps.