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    Just ran across this place & don't know if it's been posted before, lotsa great tunes with original, not necessarily politically correct, lyrics:
    http://www.midnitesun.co.uk/
    mandollusional Mike

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    That rocks. Thanks, not only chords but midis also. What I also like about it is some (maybe all) the songs have a second chord sheet that will help me in learning chords and the chord scale.

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    Yeah, I thought that was a cool addition as well, seeing just how the progression is put together.

    Here's another good one for those obscure lyrics:
    http://www.heptune.com/artists.html
    mandollusional Mike

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    I like Perry Terhune's Guitar Masters site - "real book" style lead/chord sheets for many jazz standards:

    http://guitar-primer.com/Charts/index2.html

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    Thanks John, that is even better! I wonder how long that would take to print all that material out and make a book out it. There is some great stuff there, about theory and chord substitutions also, stuff inquiring musicians want know...

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    One of the benefits of (re)learning to read music has been the ability to formulate "chord-melody" arrangements of tunes- first learned on guitar a few years ago & boy was it hard to learn an old dog like me new tricks! #It has really opened up new ways of playing guitar & mando for me. #

    Rather than only playing rhythm using tried & true chord shapes, it forces you initially to expand your thinking to come up with solutions that incorporate the melody line on the uppermost string or set of strings- a mind & ear opening experience!

    Now, if I could ever fully integrate my playing to include truely creative & innovative lead lines that dance and sparkle around the melody & don't just wander aimlessly...

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