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Permalink Reply by Allan Kingdom on September 17, 2009 at 6:27

any songs in particular? i don't claim to be an authority, but i can muddle through a few

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Permalink Reply by Simon Flood on September 17, 2009 at 17:57

Hi Allan
thanks for replying. Blue Boy, falling and laughing and felicity would be fab.

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Permalink Reply by Kirky on September 17, 2009 at 20:42

http://boring-rich.blogspot.com/2006/12/falling-and-laughing.html

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Permalink Reply by Kirky on September 17, 2009 at 20:47

http://www.chordie.com/song.php/songartist/Edwyn+Collins/index.html

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Permalink Reply by Barry McLuskie on September 17, 2009 at 20:35

Nice one, I was thinking that this would be a good idea for a discussion thread.

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Permalink Reply by Ian Murphy on October 5, 2009 at 11:56

I have also been looking for these. I have seen the ones on chordie, but I am not sure how accurate they are. Mind you it could be my playing. Any further info would be great. I am going to make up a disc of favourites and see if my guitar teacher can work any of it out better than me, and teach me some. I will let you know if this works out at all. Having seen Roddy Frame in action in Edwyn's band I am resigned to the fact that I will never be as good as him, or even as good as he was when he was 17 and starting out!

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Permalink Reply by Robert Smith on October 6, 2009 at 22:50

30 yrs on and those are still my thoughts, the man is just........Great ,as of course is oor Edywn, just have to keep on keeping on. :)

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Permalink Reply by Administrator on October 7, 2009 at 8:01

Good luck folks! Dennis Bovell used to say "Collins.....his chords are the best, the things he comes up with..." Edwyn in his younger days didn't know what they were called, the weirder ones. If he was teaching them to someone he would have to show them. I can hear him saying...."It's that, see..then that." And very proficient musicians would have a good close stare. He's still doing that these days as the names have eluded him again. His left hand can still form the shapes. He thinks he's forgotten a lot of chords, until someone gets it wrong, and miraculously it comes back. "No, no no! Stop, stop stop!" Roddy, naturally, needs no help. Firstly, he's known Edwyn's music so long. Secondly, he's a genius. He hears it, he knows what it is. If you're really stuck on something, ask me and I'll ask Edwyn or Roddy.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Black on November 19, 2010 at 14:31

The best chords are the ones you cannot really give a name

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Permalink Reply by Ian Murphy on October 7, 2009 at 11:47

I have just come across this guy on youtube who does a pretty good version of Rip It Up and Bridge, with lots of help;

http://www.youtube.com/user/vonhasselbach#play/uploads/0/3tpffR0tJ7g

I tried to embed the video but failed. Enjoy.
Ian

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Permalink Reply by Tender Object on October 7, 2009 at 23:16

the chords for Felicity are: E A and B throughout. then theres a chord change to G and D for the chorus.

consolation prize is just E A B too.

poor old soul chords are: D - Gm - G - Gm , for intro, verses and outro, and when it changes to,
" forlorn, i'm tattered and torn...." the chords are: F#m - D - F#m - A
and then for the "too tired to see, how sick youve grown...." the chords are: F#m - G - A - D.



i know falling and laughing too, but its too hard to describe, ill have a shot at properly writing it out!

thats a pretty shambolic description of Poor old Soul haha, but i hope it helps, that is exactly how its played, if you just take that and put the song on, it will all become clear.... and its fun to play...!
:)

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Permalink Reply by Gary Harris on April 16, 2010 at 13:35

Hi Simon,

Have a look at the forum. It's not tab but, you know, chords and stuff.

Gary

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