I'm looking for approachable instrumentals that might not be so obvious. I'm not a singer so often get asked to play things people will recognize. I'm also always looking for things friendly for a jam that are outside of some acoustic old time songs I know.
By the obvious I mean I love noodling with chord progressions and a few times have realized nice songs were in front of my face.
Stand By Me and People Get Ready as examples.
Stand By Me, or what I play is (I-vi-IV-V) C Am F G, G Em C D7, C Am F G, A F#m D E, D Bm G A etc.... Acoustic or electric will at times determine where or how. I'll find myself playing from C open on acoustic and D barre chord if electric.
Then there was that doh, moment of realizing People Get Ready popular recording is a black key version of much the same.
So, are there some popular or recognizable songs staring me in the face like these? Fun stuff that's also a step or two outside of I, IV, V jail?
Thanks for any inspiration and ideas. I can waste time here instead of YouTube or both!
