Curtis+G.+-+2011

Week 1. We did "Something in the Air" by Tom Petty. Almost got perfect on the performance.

Week 2. We learned the "Spanish Fandango" Which is a finger picking song which was pretty fun.

Week 3. We just learned how to transition into new chords.

Week 4 We have been practicing the song "Pumped up Kicks" by Foster the People.

Week 5: We got to do our own song and chose "Threshold" by Sex Bob-omb/Beck. []

Week 6: We are learning 'I'm Yours" By Jason Mraz, we also have the option to choose our own song with a bar chord in it.

Week 7: We are about to learn "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood & The Destroyers. It only has 3 chords which is going to make it easier than "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz.

Week 8. Our Peformance for "Bad to the Bone" Went ok. This Week we are going to learn a song called "One Tin Soldier"

Week 9. We are learning a pretty easy song called "Hotel Yorba" by The White Stripes. The performance went ok mainly because it was easy but still a huge improvement over our last performances.

Week 10. We are trying to learn a song called "Re: Your Brains" by Jonathan Coulton. It definitely is harder than our last song because of the new bar chords so we are practicing a lot more. []

Week 11: Our previous song was too difficult so we just changed it to the song mr Mancell assigned and did alright. Our next song is "Wild World" by Cat Stevens which is fairly challenging but we should be able to make it through.

Week 12. Our performance for "Wild World" didn't go that well since we only could learn the beginning of the song and even that was difficult for us.

Week 13. We have been practicing "Song of Storms" I'm starting to get decent at my part but I'm not sure about about my other partners if they have enough time to get faster. I also have to do a Haiku about nature, emotion, and nation.

Raindrops start to fall As the sun starts to come up A spectrum of Joy

^ Haiku

Week 14: I have started to do my first solo song which is "For The Girl" by The Fratellis. I'm probably going to have to add in a bar chord since the song doesn't have one.

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Week 15: Last performance I will have to do in this class. We'll have to start on a song and practice right away to get all the marks since he doubled them. Our final performance is going to be Love Story by Taylor Swift.

G C Spending time out in the cold F Em Eating food off paper plates, waiting for anything

G C One fight short of a divorce F Em I hope I don't get forced, to say anything

D C 2 minutes until the bell Am Dm I don't want to go back to the hell, that they call a home

G C Living this kind of life isn't at all great F Em It feels like I haven't even ate, in 3 days

F I was dead before the ship even sank

D C It seemed when I first met you Am Dm My problems suddenly became untrue

Em F Though this will never work G Em I have been such a jerk

C F So I'm sorry If I dissed you G Em I'm more sorry that I miss you

Chorus:

C Well you think you're so tough D breaking hearts made of glass Em In a second I'd arrest you C If I had the handcuffs