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HALF BEAT BOUNCE
PRACTICE PROGRESSIONS
C FAMILY CHORDS
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C FAMILY CHORDS - HALF BEAT BOUNCE
For the songs below, play the 'Straight Beat' Rhythm first then try the 'Half Beat
Bounce' and notice the difference the extra half beat makes.
RHYTHM: HALF BEAT BOUNCE (Auld Lang Syne - New Years Eve favourite)
C Am Dm G F
C Am Dm G
Should old acquaintance be for - got,
C F
And never brought to mind?
C Am Dm G
Should old acquaintance be for - got,
F G C
And the days of auld lang syne?
RHYTHM: HALF BEAT BOUNCE (Carrickfergus - Van Morrison/Brian Kennedy/Ronan Keating)
C Dm G Am
(C) Dm G C Am
I wish I was, in Carrickfergus.
Dm G C (C)
Only for nights, in Ballygrand.
Dm G C Am
I would swim over, the deepest ocean.
Dm G C (C)
The deepest ocean, to be by your side.
C Am G
But the sea is wide, and I can't swim over
G Am Am G
And nor have I the wings to fly.
Dm G C Am
If I could find me, a handy boatman.
Dm G C (C)
To ferry me over, to my love and die.
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HALF BEAT BOUNCE - C FAMILY
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Plaisir d'Amour - Can't Help Falling In Love)
C G F Am
C G C
The joy of love
F C G
Is but a moment long.
F G Am F
The pain of love endures
C G C
A whole life long.
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Motherless Child - Old Spiritual Song / John Legend)
C G F Am
Am Am Am Am
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.
Dm Dm Am Am
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.
Am Am Am Am
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.
F G Am
A long way from my home.
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HALF BEAT BOUNCE - C FAMILY
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley - CHORUS)
C G Am F Em Dm
Chorus
C G Am F C F Em Dm C G
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Let It Be - Beatles - CHORUS)
C G Am F Em Dm
C G Am F C G F Em Dm C
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Jolene - Dolly Parton)
Dm F C
Dm F C Dm Dm C C Dm Dm
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (You Say Nothing At All - Notting Hill - “It’s amazing how you...”)
C G F
Verses
C G F G Repeat x 4
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (When A Man Loves A Woman - Michael Bolton)
C G Am F
C G Am C F G C G
These progressions are for improvisational purposes only - You can find the complete chord progressions, with lyrics, for FREE at ultimate-guitar.com
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HALF BEAT BOUNCE - C FAMILY
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Knockin’ On Heavens Door - Bob Dylan)
C G Dm F
C G Dm Dm C G F F Repeat
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd)
G F C
G F C Repeat
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Everything I Do I Do It For You - Bryan Adams - “look into my eyes”)
C G F
Verse
look into my C G F G repeat
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Like A Rolling Stone “once upon a time...” - Bob Dylan)
C Dm Em F G
C Dm Em F G G
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Hey Jude - Beatles)
C G F
C G G C F C G C
These progressions are for improvisational purposes only - You can find the complete chord progressions, with lyrics, for FREE at ultimate-guitar.com
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HALF BEAT BOUNCE - C FAMILY
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (The First Cut Is The Deepest - CHORUS)
C G F
Chorus
C G F G Repeat
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Memories - Maroon 5 - “here’s to the ones that we got...”)
C G Am Em F
Intro + verses
C G Am Em F C F G
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Memory - Lloyd Webber - “midnight..not a sound from the pavement”)
C Am F Em Dm G
C Am F Em Dm Am G C
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas)
C Am Dm G
C Am Dm G Repeat
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Love Is All Around - Love Actually - “I feel it in my fingers”)
C Dm F G
C Dm F G Repeat
These progressions are for improvisational purposes only - You can find the complete chord progressions, with lyrics, for FREE at ultimate-guitar.com
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HALF BEAT BOUNCE - C FAMILY
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Someone Like You - Adele - “I heard that you...”)
C Em Am F
verses
C Em Am F Repeat
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Wonderwall - Oasis - “today.. is gonna be the day... “)
Dm F C G
Dm F C G Repeat
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Say You Won’t Let Go - James Arthur - “I met you in the dark”)
C G Am F
C G Am F Repeat
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Moon River)
C Am F Bdim
C Am F C F C Bdim
RHYTHM: HBB (Blue Moon / It’ll Be Lonely This Christmas / All I Have To Do Is Dream)
C Am F G
C Am F G repeat
These progressions are for improvisational purposes only - You can find the complete chord progressions, with lyrics, for FREE at ultimate-guitar.com
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HALF BEAT BOUNCE - C FAMILY
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis - “wise men say...”)
C Em Am F C G
C Em Am F C G
F G Am F C G C
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Heart Of Gold - Neil Young)
Am F G C
Am F G C Repeat 3 times
Am C F C Repeat twice
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (You Raise Me Up J. Groban - “When I am down and oh my soul”)
C F G Am
C F C C C F G G
Am F C F C G C
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Everybody Hurts “when the day is long...” R.E.M.)
C F Dm G
C F C F C F Dm G
Dm G Dm G C F C F
These progressions are for improvisational purposes only - You can find the complete chord progressions, with lyrics, for FREE at ultimate-guitar.com
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HALF BEAT BOUNCE - C FAMILY
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Streets Of London - Ralph McTell - “Have you seen...”)
C G Am Em F Dm
C G Am Em F C Dm G
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (After The Goldrush - Neil Young - “Well I dreamed I saw...”)
C F G
C F C F C G F G
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Man Needs A Maid - Neil Young - “My life has changed ...”)
Am G F C
Am G F C Am G F Am
The 1 5 1 2 3 5 1 Ballad
C C Am Am F F G G
These progressions are for improvisational purposes only - You can find the complete chord progressions, with lyrics, for FREE at ultimate-guitar.com
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HALF BEAT BOUNCE - C FAMILY
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Mad World - Gary Jules - “All around me...”)
Dm F C G
Dm F C G Repeat
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Never Say You Cant - Bruno Mars - “when I was just a little boy”) in C
C G Am C F
Intro & Verse
C G Am C F Repeat
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Tupelo Honey)
C Em F G
C Em F C C Em F G C Em F C
C Em F C
RHYTHM: Half Beat Bounce (Boulevard of broken dreams - Green Day - “I walk a lonely road...”)
Dm F C G
Intro and Verses
Dm F C G Repeat
These progressions are for improvisational purposes only - You can find the complete chord progressions, with lyrics, for FREE at ultimate-guitar.com
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STUDENT Q & A
Q - How can I use these rhythms with other songs? How do I
figure out what rhythm works with a particular song?
A - To begin with you are best to just practice these rhythms
on the songs I have suggested for the practice progressions.
I have selected songs that work with the rhythms and only
use the chords that you learn at each stage of the course.
Once you have gone through sections 1 to 5 you will be able
to apply the rhythms to other songs.
Working out what rhythm to use will be trial and error to
begin with. You take a guess at the rhythm and try it out - if it
doesn’t seem to work try another rhythm and so on.
Eventually you will instinctively know what rhythm will work
with any song.
But it takes time and lots of PRACTICE to reach that stage.
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