Fun power chord songs...

mike_l · November 2013

imalrightjack said:

mike_l said:

Or if you're feeling brave a lot of early thrash (Metallica/Megadeth/Slayer etc) metal is power chords interspersed with open (heavily muted) low E

Megadeth are NOT an easy band to learn and are usually more riff-based than power chords, in fact all three bands are the same. Still, wonderful stuff for improving your speed technique \m/

Metallica - For whom the Bell Tolls - apart from Kirks intro lick and the harmony all power chords

Master of Puppets - powerchords/muted single notes (ok some open chords in the clean section)

Megadeth - Peace sells chorus all power chords

Slayer - Angel of death main riff low E/chromatic power chords.

EricTheWeary · November 2013

Roland;85691" said:
I'm surprised that no one's said Teenage Kicks

Apart from @not_the_dj you mean?
:bz
Its a song I've never played, quite tempted to give it a go now, add to my small punk repertoire.

thisisguitar · November 2013

Beverly HIlls by Weezer is one I often teach to people getting into power chords. Also their track Pork and Beans.

You can invert a power chord by putting the 5th in the bass like this….

224xxx or 2244xx. You could use that shape instead of a standard B5 chord (x244xx = B5)

Hope that helps.

bigjon · November 2013

Twist and Shout Should I stay or should I go

viz · November 2013

Hammer to Fall doesn't quite qualify but it's still fun to play

ThePrettyDamned · November 2013

thisisguitar;89901" said:
Beverly HIlls by Weezer is one I often teach to people getting into power chords. Also their track Pork and Beans.

You can invert a power chord by putting the 5th in the bass like this….

224xxx or 2244xx. You could use that shape instead of a standard B5 chord (x244xx = B5)

Hope that helps.

I call them death chords because they sound so big and angry. Love them.

thisisguitar · November 2013

@ThePrettyDamned

This is the most 'Death chord' I know…. the chord of doom (Steve Vai plays it when he ends the dual in Crossroads, just before the kid starts the classical piece, if memory serves)

Em7+b5 - 022330

It sounds like a childs' internal reaction to the mention of 'broccoli' :-)

Tenebrous · November 2013

Billy Bragg helped me endlessly with my power chord muting technique... Awesome, awesome pub song!

Billy Bragg - A New England.

Also agree on the Pistols

Sambostar · November 2013

Need your Love by Cheap Trick - with the E pedal tone, the E then the B, the D/DFlat/A and then the D.

Also the B-E and A-E part which I think is from the same song.

I could play those chords for a few months everyday and not get bored, knowing the song in my head, it is so ambient. Rick Nielsen was a genius for bringing mood, tension and energy to a song with simple guitar parts.

Um....also anything off the first four albums especially by WASP. School Daze, um, not really power chords but I love the Torture Never Stops riff. I could play that all day long too, and the bridge part with double stops, that is cool too. Most of the other songs are power chords though, 95 Nasty, Love Machine, Wild Child. Manimal, Somebody.

Um. Twisted sister - What you don't Know - extra low notes - heavy.

And some Blink 182 stuff, the chorus to some song, maybe anthem or another, I have this hybrid Blink song I do, as most of their stuff is kind of the same I get confused and it gets melded in my head, but the chorus goes. C-F, C-G, A-F - C and then back to the picking rhythm part and it's played like you were fly picking the chords. Really tight and cool. I think it's from the chorus of 'Stay together for the Kids'.

And...Detroit Rock City by Kiss. Playing the repeated E-D (7-5-7-5-7-5 on the A string) with the low E as well......and then G-C, gggggggggggggggggg G-D,ddddddddddd Wow. I love singing along to that one too.

The verse riff isn't bad either, mostly air, but I only tolerate it because I know I am gonna cream my pants when the bridge to the chorus comes around.

ACDC is good too, like 'Long way to the Top' etc, but mostly forgetable. KISS and Cheap Trick are where the magic are!

blueskunk · November 2013

Horrid Henry Theme Tune

my kids love it

mike_l · November 2013

@njc

stumbled over this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5T_uQD_XMaw

hopefully it'll help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0-DjZXOSUuc

Sambostar · November 2013

Here, Everyone should know these WASP songs, this is how I play them I think. The brackets are air if it makes sense. I would like to see these songs performed more often out and about instead of all this other crap. I don't care how much you can't play, if you can only play this like your life depends on it and the singer is off his head, I will listen.

ANIMAL..

E--

B--

G--------------------5-----------------2

D--2-----------------5-----------------2-----------------5--4-5-7------

A--2-----------------3-----------------0-----------------5--5-5-5--5-4-

E--0-(0) 0-0-0-0-0---(0)-0-0-0-0-0--(0)-0-0-0-0-0-------------3-2-

E-----------------------------------------2----3----2

B-----------------------------------------3----3----3

G-----------------------------------------2----0----2----2

D--2-------0----------2------------------0----0----0----2---

A--2-------0----------2------------------0----2----0----0---

E--0-(0) 0-5-(5)-(5)-0-----------------------3-------------

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />TORTURE NEVER STOPS...

E--b

B--a

G--r--

D--r------4---2------------

A--e---------------5---4----5-5

E--2-2-(2)-2---2---2----0-3-3-0

E--

B--

G--

D--4-3-4-6-4-3--4-4--6

A--4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5--7

E--

....Good luck with that and rock on brother!

marantz1300 · December 2013

Paranoid. Easy and fun.

mike_l · December 2013

Last Caress - Misfits/Metallica Cover's a load of power chords in C major (Or Am depending on your point of view)

Blitzkrieg - Blitzkrieg/Metallica

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