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Acoustic Guitar Songs

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Bangor
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I play acoustic mostly, cause my electric sucks and I'm more of a rhythm/strummer anyway.

But most of the songs I play seem to be slow, and kinda sad.

So I'm looking for some upbeat acoustic stuff, any suggestions?
Oct 17 2005 10:37AM
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asac
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the general - dispatch
hands down - dashboard confessional
those are just a couple of the ones i play a lot. any song can be acoustic really, so whatever songs you like, just learn to play them with an acoustic rhythym.
Oct 17 2005 10:44AM
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the_hawk_of_europe
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What went wrong- Blink 182
Adam Green songs
Boys don't cry- the cure
wonderwall- oasis
Run- Snow Patrol
Oct 17 2005 11:52AM
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Spritz
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Jack Johnson is fun to play, fairly easy to.
Oct 17 2005 1:02PM
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johanblaze
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spanish fly by van halen.
Oct 17 2005 1:25PM
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mad_540_trix
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the acoustic version of pardon me by incubus, going to california by led zepplin, tangerine by led zepplin. lots more i can't think of (i play tons of guitar, i'll get back to you).
Oct 17 2005 3:02PM
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dman1260
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Jimi Thing- Dave Matthews Band
Oct 17 2005 3:23PM
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dman1260
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Lola- The kinks
Ramble On- Led Zeppelin
Hey Hey What Can I Do- Led Zeppelin
Tripping Billies- Dave Matthews Band
Oct 17 2005 3:28PM
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bermbuster49
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i love that song dude
Oct 17 2005 3:44PM
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agree.this
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the best of me
by the starting line

if you download it, get the acoustic version cause the real version is shit
Oct 17 2005 4:38PM
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SnowKristaL
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Anything Incubus sounds amazing acoustic.
Oct 17 2005 5:34PM
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Anathema
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^ agreed
Oct 17 2005 5:42PM
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linechronicskier
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a great acustic song to play is "hey what can i do" by Zeppelin
Oct 17 2005 5:44PM
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k2skierk2
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i will follow you into the dark- death cab for cutie
layla - clapton
first day of my life- bright eyes
drive - incubus

Those are a few that i really like
Oct 17 2005 6:06PM
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Anti-Hero
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if your just a beginner classical gas is pretty good


seriously though over the hills and far away by led zeppelin, black bird by the beatles if you want to learn fingerpicking..
Oct 17 2005 6:16PM
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oakjewlery
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i love that song too
Oct 17 2005 7:53PM
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Anathema
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pink floyd's got some pretty good stuff.
Oct 17 2005 9:40PM
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weazelzb
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blackbird, friend of the devil
Oct 18 2005 12:14AM
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FellowJibber
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i was just looking up how to play what went wrong and im almost as good as tom
Jul 10 2008 1:12AM
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hael
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yeah definitely.

and a lot of "i'm wide awake it's morning" by bright eyes is pretty good acoustic stuff.
sublime's pool shark is pretty sick acoustic
put a penny in the slot by fionn regan
a lot of rilo kiley has some sweet acoustic too.
such great heights-the iron & wine version
ben kweller.
Jul 10 2008 1:27AM
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drumbumocdp
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tom sucks at guitar.

learn some dave matthews stuff. its good and not that hard
Jul 11 2008 2:12PM
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FellowJibber
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toms amazing with his strumming patterns and note choices. dave matthews is the man though. ill give him props
Jul 11 2008 2:13PM
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drumbumocdp
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i hope were talking about the same tom.
from blink 182?
blink is my all time favorite band but tom is an emo bitch now. Travis is great at drums... mark is the funniest guy ever
Jul 11 2008 2:23PM
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joelle+cowbell
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elephant gun by beirut sounds excellent on a ukelele. it would probably be nice on guitar too...
Jul 11 2008 2:58PM
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sconniestyle
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almost anything from "acoustic roots" by slightly stoopid could be fun
Jul 11 2008 3:12PM
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DetroitJIBBER
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incubus - pardon me (acoustic version)
Jul 12 2008 12:18AM
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[]Soul_Steeze[]
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anything from the goo goo dolls (id recomend iris & name b/c those are my fav to play)

everlong - foo fighters

white unicorn - wolfmother

nirvana - plateau, lake of fire, about a girl, come as you are, man who sold the world

Jul 13 2008 10:46PM
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onearmwanderer
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definitely anything in john frusciante when he did all his solo stuff.  if i remember right most of it is acoustic
Jul 15 2008 2:22AM
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