Similar songs to Tears in Heaven

[pawnpurple]

Hey folks,

Im a pretty sucky vocalist, so I like songs where the melody comes out naturally through the guitar playing. Ie. easy and recognizable fingerstyle songs like Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton.

Any recommendations for songs that I should get to a learnin'?!

[JohnnyDes]

After learning Tears in Heaven I started in on Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah. Really nice and satisfying song to play and sing, and easier than it first appears.

I learned it from this tab and the JB track.

http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/j/je...elujah_tab.htm

(the JB version is lower down on the page - I capo at 1 instead of 5 since it suits my range better). The tab isn't perfect, but gives you a good guide to the chords, and once you have the chords down you can just develop your own patterns through them.

JD

[rsuizu]

Two Don McLean songs, "Vincent" and "And I Love You So", are songs where the guitar part contains the melody for the main verses; not so much in the chorus.

[DutchDude]

"Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY5i4-rWh44

My voice sucks too, but I manage to decently sing this one.

Lesson of it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjlvcuaYueQ

[edward993]

Off the top of my head:

Clapton: Change the World
Beatles: +1 on Norweigian Wood, and also Here Comes the Sun and Blackbird
Pachelbel Canon in D: Seriously, you can strip it down to basic chords and a couple of note fills and sounds great!

Edward

[mr. beaumont]

"Falling Slowly," Glen Hansard/Markita Irglova