Just received this from my buddy:

hi mate you might have trouble with the strum pattern.but the chords
are easy.starts off with a verse:

C----Am----Dm----G
C----Am----Dm----G(stay with theGfrom here>>>
---------------
chorus
---------------
>>>>to here G----Cadd9---C---G/B---Am
            G----Cadd9---C---G/B---Am

Trouble is, as a beginner acoustic guitarist, I'm not quite sure of
the notation.

Can somebody tell me where to place my fingers on the fretboard for
each chord mentioned? Thanks. So that a simpleton could follow it ;-)

BTW if it helps you answer, buddy has put the sounds up at:

http://www.ormskirkplumbing.co.uk/tester1.wav

He's done it as a pretty big .wav file though.

Hello gan,

As a guitarist of many years, I can relate to the frustration. I still
have a hard time 'making' myself choose sheet music over tablature.
The tabs are just so much faster.

Instead of trying to tab out the chords, I will have to refer you to
links that show a diagram of each chord. Our formatting when answering
questions would surely mess up whatever diagram I could come up with,
and probably confuse you. The site that carries the images I am
linking you to is:

The Online Guitar Chord Dictionary
http://hatbox.lib.virginia.edu/text/gtrchord/

I went ahead and constructed each chord, because the site asks for
different criteria that you have yet to learn. With that said - here
are some pictures of each chord you will need to play:

C     (major)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Online Guitar Chord Dictionary - C Chord
http://hatbox.lib.virginia.edu/text/gtrchord/image/C/37.gif

Am    (A Minor)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Online Guitar Chord Dictionary - A Minor Chord
http://hatbox.lib.virginia.edu/text/gtrchord/image/A/3736.gif

Dm    (D Minor)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Online Guitar Chord Dictionary - D Minor Chord
http://hatbox.lib.virginia.edu/text/gtrchord/image/D/1044.gif

G     (major)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Online Guitar Chord Dictionary - G Chord
http://hatbox.lib.virginia.edu/text/gtrchord/image/G/2729.gif

Cadd9 (add9)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Online Guitar Chord Dictionary - Cadd9 Chord
http://hatbox.lib.virginia.edu/text/gtrchord/image/C/11.gif

G/B    (G chord with a B bass)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Online Guitar Chord Dictionary - G/B Chord
http://hatbox.lib.virginia.edu/text/gtrchord/midi/G/2715.mid

Please take note:
The last chord is a G/B. The program was unable to generate this
chord, so I linked you to the closest one. All you have to do, is
remember to not use the 'number two (2)' in that picture. Play that
string open, with nothing pressed while you hold the other two notes
in the chord.

Now - what do all the numbers mean?

As you are looking at the images, the string farthest to the left is
your fattest, or Low E string. The string farthest right in the
images, is your High E string. (skinniest one). Everything else is in
between :-) In case you wanted to know what they are:

------------- High E String
------------- B String
------------- G String
------------- D String
------------- A string
------------- Low E string


The numbers in the pictures match up to your fingers, and all the
chords are referenced from the very first fret on your guitar:

1 = 'pointer' finger
2 = middle finger
3 = ring finger
4 = pinky


If you come up with different ways to hold them and they work for you
- go for it. I have been playing quite a while and I play chords
extremely different than recommended. I use my thumb for many of the
first string positions etc..

I hope this answers your question. Should you need clarification,
please ask before rating this answer as I would love to offer more
help.

To help assist with this answer I searched Google for:

guitar chords
://www.google.com/search?q=guitar+chords

Thanks for the great question!
SgtCory

P.S.
As far as the timing and strumming is concerned - This is just one of
those practice make perfect, make it fit type of situations. Your
buddy has good timing, so you should be able to keep up after only a
few days of dedication. His annotation doesn't indicate a timing
pattern, but I'm confident that you'll catch it rather quickly.

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Clarification of Answer by sgtcory-ga on 06 Nov 2002 10:03 PST

Wow gan! Thanks for the rating and the very generous tip. Good luck
with your progress!

SgtCory

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Clarification of Answer by sgtcory-ga on 06 Nov 2002 12:05 PST

I just noticed the G/B link is incorrect. Please take a look here:

G/B chord
http://hatbox.lib.virginia.edu/text/gtrchord/image/G/2715.gif

Remember to *not* play the number 2 to get a real G/B chord.

Thanks again!
SgtCory

Thanks sgtcory, exactly what I needed. I'll be suprising the heck out
of him next time I drop round for a jam ;-)

gan,

May I also recommend to you this site:
http://guitar.to/folder/guitar.html

It features an online chord generator as well. I have found it very
useful as you can get different variations on chords besides just the
open strings.

I always navigate to that site from http://www.harmonycentral.com also
an excellent site. There are dozens of other links to instruction
sites, product reviews, and articles.

Good luck with your playing!