Now that the entire world is going to hell, it seems like a good time for everyone to learn the classic
folk punk song "Every Town Will Celebrate" by Mischief Brew.
The strumming pattern on this song is the hardest part - it is:
Down, up down, up up up down
Down, up down, up up up down
The commas represent a pause where you deaden the strings from the previous strum.
For example, the intro would be:
DOWN (deaden strings) UP DOWN (deaden strings) UP UP UP DOWN
CCCFFAmAm
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DOWN (deaden strings) UP DOWN (deaden strings) UP UP UP DOWN
GGGFFCC
Practice this pattern over and over and the song should come pretty naturally. Not the hardest song to learn,
but definitely not easy by any means.
I personally find that practicing the strumming pattern without using any chords (with the strings deadened)
helps the pattern come more quickly.
You only use this pattern for the intro and verses. For the pre choruses and chorus you can use
standard down down up up down up strumming (or any 4/4 pattern you want).
On the bridge there is some syncopated strumming during the bridge, just listen to the song and copy. This may
be another strumming pattern you need to spend some time practicing before you can execute it cleanly, but
don't give up and you will get it eventually!
[Intro]
CFAmGFC
[Verse 1]
N.C.
Well,big bad man come into town
N.C.
Giving sweets to the children, pushed their daddies around
N.C
Made the streets so bright in the zones of blight
N.C
No more fear in the hearts of whites
CFAm
He built a hall, put on a show
GFC
From high above watched his boulders roll
CFAm
Then he bought main street and the old town hall
GF
He named his price: his face on every wall (strum both chords once)
AmGFAmG
WOOOOAAAAH his face on every wall!
CFAm
Now the factories have all shut down
GFC
No more cloth stitched in this town
CFAm
So they only job for boy and I
GFC
In the prison making tile shine
CFAm
Someday that man will come here too
GFC
With that magic hat, spit and glue
CFAm
He'll wash the stone, paint the brick
GF
Rename the streets and make the clocks all tick
AmGFAmG
OOooooon time, he'll make us run on time! (this line is the pre chorus)
[Chorus]
CFGC
And every town will celebrate someday
FAmG
Waving sweatshop flags and grande lattes
DmFGAm
Wearing culture on their backs, wearing spirit on their hats
CFGCG
One by one they'll join the parade and celebrate!
CFGC
Yeah every town will celebrate someday
[intro progression / pattern again]
CFAmGFC
[Verse 2]
CFAm
Now corners near and corners far
GFC
Are somehow the same coffee bar
CFAm
And community is felt again
GFC
Thanks to folks I've never met
CFAm
They slayed the artists, stole their arts
GFC
Gave the toddlers shopping carts
CFAm
Raised the prices, raised the rent
GF
Some days I wish that I could go back again
AmGFAmG
Nooooo, I can't go back again! (this line is the pre chorus)
[Chorus]
CFGC
And every town will celebrate someday
FAmG
Waving sweatshop flags and grande lattes
DmFGAm
Wearing culture on their backs, wearing spirit on their hats
CFGCG
One by one they'll join the parade and celebrate!
CFGC
Yeah every town will celebrate someday
[Bridge]
CC/B
Just like they do in Florida
BbF
Down in Celebration, Florida
G#CmG
Where every road is main street USA
CC/B
We'll be safely kept at bay
BbF
From any disruption or display
G#CmGCm
Of truth, adventure, love and rage
G#CmGCm
Truth, adventure, love and rage
G#CmG
Truth, adventure, love and rage HEY!
[Chorus]
CFGC
And every town will celebrate someday
FAmG
Waving sweatshop flags and grande lattes
DmFGAm
Wearing culture on their backs, wearing spirit on their hats
CFGCG
One by one they'll join the parade and celebrate!
CFGC
Yeah every town will celebrate someday
[Outro]
CFGCFG
Every town will celebrate, every town will celebrate,
CFGC
Every town will celebrate someday!
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