You'd better think about it, I just can't live without it. GRAND FUNK RAILROAD I'm Your Captain (1971) Shea stadium,NYC Skip to main content Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. In this part the Acoustic sustains chords while the Electric plays a Strumming) twice, like after the lead in the beginning.Īfter that the Electric comes in playing the same thing, but with Wah-Wah,Īnd then back to the D Dsus2 D Cadd9 strumming pattern for about 24 times.ĭuring this the lyrics go "I can feel the hand, of a stranger.".ĭ Csus2 D F6/C e| -2 -| -3 -| REPEAT the chords e| -2 -| -10 -|ī| -3 -| -3 -| 5 times B| -3 -| -10 -|Ī| -0 -| -3 -| Then play this A| -0 -| -| Then the Acoustic plays D and Cadd9 (just sustaining the chords, not Am I in my cabin dreaming, or are you really scheming,Ģ.
Verse and then an additional 8 times with no singing.Īnd the bass plays 2 measures e|-1-|-(3)-|-1-|-0-| I think that you play the chord progression above about 9 times for EACH Lost now." and the other with "If you return me to my home port.". There are two verses with the chords above. But, keepĮ| -| the Electric's volume down. Is played, the lyrics come in, "Ev'rybody listen to me.".ĭ Dsus2 D Cadd9 e| -2 -2 -0 -2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -| This is played about 11 times.ī| -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -| When the lyrics get to "I've been The Electric drops out and the Acoustic plays. Then Electric JOINS the Acoustic by playing the same chords, D and Cadd9.īut, the Electric uses Wah-Wah. Now the acoustic immediately jumps in with this chord progression: There is also a part where the electric uses a WAH-WAHĮ| -| -|ī| -0 -1 -0 -| -1 -|
Is a small lead riff for the electric guitar at the very beginning, and it There is a combination ofĪcoustic and electric guitars in this song. You play the same chords for about 5 minutes. The driving tempo of Mel Schacher's viscous lead basslines on "Aimless Lady" and "Nothing Is the Same" adds a depth when contrasted to the soul-stirring and somewhat anthem-like "Get It Together." The laid-back and slinky "I Don't Have to Sing the Blues" also continues the trend of over-the-top decibel-shredding however, instead of the excess force of other bands, such as MC5, Grand Funk Railroad are able to retain the often-elusive melodic element to their heavy compositions.This is one of those songs that is impossible to sing while you are playing.Īlthough, if you know a decent bass player, then this song is great to play. The majority of Closer to Home is filled with the same straight-ahead rock & roll that had composed their previous efforts. Most evident is the inclusion of strings, the acoustic opening on the disc's leadoff cut, "Sins a Good Man's Brother," as well as the comparatively mellow "Mean Mistreater." But the boys had far from gone soft. Rather than rushing headlong into their typical hard, heavy, and overamplified approach, Grand Funk Railroad began expanding their production values.
Closer to Home, the trio's third album, was the record that really broke them through to the commercially successful level of metal masters such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
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