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America was formed in England by sons of US servicemen who were stationed there. Lead singer Dewey Bunnell wrote this when he was 19. He claims that he based the images in the lyrics on things he saw while visiting the US. An easy song to learn and a must know for the campfire.

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“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” was released on Green Day’s seventh studio album, “American Idiot” on November 29th, 2004. The music for the song was written by Green Day, with lyrics by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong. The song itself peaked on the American Billboard charts at number two. Noel Gallagher of Oasis criticized Green Day [...]

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“Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison was originally released on the album “Blowin’ Your Mind” in 1967. According to Van Morrison, the song was originally titled “Brown Skinned Girl” and over time he changed it to the title it is now known by. Always a big hit (especially with the ladies) and a must know [...]

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“Every Rose Has its Thorn” was released in 1988 on Poison’s album, “Open Up And Say…Ah!”. It spent three weeks at number on the U.S. billboard charts. According to Poison’s lead singer Bret Michaels, the song, written in a laundry mat, was a heartfelt response to a botched love affair with a stripper. Simple chords [...]

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One of Nirvana’s most accepted songs, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was released in 1991 on their hit album “Nevermind”. The song could be found on top of the Billboard charts in 1992 where it peaked at number 6. When Kurt Cobain was asked about the song, he had the following to say: “I was trying [...]

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Dubbed by Frank Sinatra as the greatest love song ever written, “Something” was written by George Harrison for his wife Pattie Boyd. Within her book “Wonderful Tonight”, Pattie had the following to say about the song: “George wrote a song called Something. He told me in a matter-of-fact way that he had written it for [...]

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TNT is the song that started it all for AC/DC. It was originally released in Australia on their second album which was also entitled TNT. Later both their native Australia albums were to be combined and released worldwide on the album High Voltage. TNT also has the distinction of being the first single that featured [...]

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Talk to anyone who plays the guitar and they’ll tell you; playing guitar is one of the most enjoyable things that they do. The trouble for someone who wants to experience the rush that comes with playing the guitar is that when first starting out, the learning curve can be pretty steep, which in turn [...]

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