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Q & R: Learning How to Love

WAY back in the 1970's I recorded an LP (remember those?) of original music which is now available for free download here.
I recently received this inquiry ...

Hi Brian..I love 'Immanuel'...''Sailing out on Life' and "Believe on Him" on your 1976 album (I downloaded it)....VERY EXCELLENT WORK!
I love the entire album but those were my absolute favorites...
By any chance, do you have the guitar tabs etc that I may learn how to play these songs on my guitar?

Reply after the jump ...


R: I'm so glad you enjoyed the songs. I don't have tabs on the songs, unfortunately, but I can give you a bit of info about those three.

Immanuel is in key of G ... the first chord is the weird one - it's a D-diminished add 6 (X - X - D - Ab - B - F). Here are the chords for the verse:
Ddim - Am7sus4-Am7 - D - Gsus4-G - D/F# - Em - Am7sus4-Am7 - B7 - Em
The instrumental section pulls an Am7 up two frets, then goes down to an G, then resolves with a B7-Em - B7-C - G

Sailing Out on Life is in the key of D, with a C9 - Em7/B - D run in the verse.

I Believe in Him is in the key of D. It keeps an open high-E string with a hammered-on F#, and runs through these chords:
D - F#m - G - D - Em7/B - D
Em - D/F# - G - G
Em - A - D

I hope that helps!