So is there copying going on, and if so, who’s copying who? You can listen to the songs yourself and judge. The Coldplay part starts at 5:18, which a poster at MusicRadar mercifully pointed out.

You can hear the Coldplay song here, and the Satriani song here.

This is part 1 of a 3 part video lesson. Click here for Parts 2 and 3. You can find tablature to this song here.

Tablature for the song, and more lesson details can be found here.

Kirk has posted many other Christmas songs for you to learn. Check these out:

• Silent Night (easy)
• Silent Night (tricky)
• We Wish You a Merry…
• God Rest Ye Merry (easy)
• God Rest Ye Merry (tricky)
• Greensleeves (verse)
• Greensleeves (chorus)
• Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring (1)
• Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring (2)
• Jingle Bells
• It Came Upon a Midnight…
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Be sure to check out more lessons from Guitar for Beginners and Beyond.

The songs are Thunderstruck, War Machine, You Shook Me All Night Long, Let There Be Rock, Back in Black and Rock ‘N Roll Train.

The Guitar World Tabs site went online in December of 2007. The site features premium tabs by Guitar World Magazine, as well as user-submitted ASCII tabs and videos. The site is continuously adding new bands to their tablature database. You can view more tabs by clicking here.

Be sure it’s not just another video of a poser showing off ugly faces and impossible riffs. I took the time to get the most accurate and faithful transcription

Here’s the first video, the tab for this part of the song can be found here.

Here are links to the videos and tabs of the rest of the lesson.

• Lesson 2: Video | Tab
• Lesson 3: Video | Tab
• Lesson 4: Video | Tab
• Lesson 5: Video | Tab
• Lesson 6: Video | Tab
• Lesson 7: Video | Tab
• Lesson 8: Video | Tab
• Lesson 9: Video | Tab
• Lesson 10: Video | Tab
• Lesson 11: Video | Tab
• Lesson 12: Video | Tab

Watch this YouTube channel for lesson #13.

Here’s the list they came up with. Links go to a YouTube video of the song, and are followed by links to the tablature for the song.

• Peter Gunn | Tab
• Bonanza | Tab
• That ’70s Show (“In the Street”) | Tab
• Batman | Tab
• Beverly Hillbillies (“The Ballad of Jed Clampett”) | Tab
• Party of Five (“Closer to Free”) | Tab
• Rawhide | Tab
• Have Gun Will Travel | Tab
• The Drew Carey Show (“Cleveland Rocks”) | Tab
• (Theme from) The Monkees | Tab

Where’s The Munster s theme song? You can read more about these songs here.

They have also posted lessons on how to play these patriotic songs:

• The Star Spangled Banner – Acoustic
• America the Beautiful
• I Miss America

You can find more video guitar lessons like these at JamPlay.com.

You can find more lessons from Mike at his web site.

Here is the list they come up with, along with links to videos of the songs being performed.

• 1. Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry (1958)
• 2. Purple Haze – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
• 3. Crossroads – Cream (1968)
• 4. You Really Got Me – The Kinks (1964)
• 5. Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones (1971)
• 6 . Eruption – Van Halen (1978)
• 7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles (1968)
• 8. Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin (1971)
• 9. Statesboro Blues – The Allman Brothers Band (1971)
• 10. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana (1991)
• 11. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin (1969)
• 12. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)
• 13. Layla – Derek and the Dominos (1970)
• 14. Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen (1975)
• 15. My Generation – The Who (1965)
• 16. Cowgirl in the Sand – Neil Young with Crazy Horse (1969)
• 17. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (1970)
• 18. Blitzkrieg Bop – Ramones (1976)
• 19. Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution (1984)
• 20. People Get Ready – The Impressions (1965)
• 21. Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes (2003)
• 22. A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles (1964)
• 23. Over Under Sideways Down – The Yardbirds (1966)
• 24. Killing in the Name – Rage Against the Machine (1992)
• 25. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking – The Rolling Stones (1971)
• 26. How Blue Can You Get – B.B. King (1965)
• 27. Look Over Yonders Wall – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
• 28. Where the Streets Have No Name – U2 (1987)
• 29. Back in Black – AC/DC (1980)
• 30. Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley and His Comets (1954)
• 31. Keep Yourself Alive – Queen (1973)
• 32. Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits (1978)
• 33. Master of Puppets – Metallica (1986)
• 34. Walk This Way – Aerosmith (1958)
• 35. 1969 – The Stooges (1969)
• 36. Interstellar Overdrive – Pink Floyd (1967)
• 37. That’s All Right – Elvis Presley (1954)
• 38. Stay With Me – The Faces (1971)
• 39. Black Magic Woman – Santana (1970)
• 40. I Can See for Miles – The Who (1967)
• 41. Marquee Moon – Television (1977)
• 42. Hideaway – John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers (1966)
• 43. Holidays in the Sun – The Sex Pistols (1977)
• 44. Dig Me Out – Sleater-Kinney (1997)
• 45. I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles (1963
• 46. Miserlou – Dick Dale and the Del-Tones (1962)
• 47. Panama – Van Halen (1984)
• 48. London Calling – The Clash (1980)
• 49. Machine Gun – Jimi Hendrix (1958)
• 50. Debaser – Pixies (1989)
• 51. Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne (1981)
• 52. My Iron Lung – Radiohead (1995)
• 53. Born on the Bayou – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
• 54. Little Wing – Stevie Ray Vaughan (1991)
• 55. White Room Cream (1968)
• 56. Eight Miles High – The Byrds (1966)
• 57. Dark Star” – Grateful Dead (1969)
• 58. Rumble – Link Wray (1958)
• 59. Freeway Jam – Jeff Beck (1975)
• 60. Maggot Brain – Funkadelic (1971)
• 61. Soul Man – Sam and Dave (1967)
• 62. Born Under a Bad Sign – Albert King (1967)
• 63. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns n’ Roses (1987)
• 64. Freebird – Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973)
• 65. Message in a Bottle – The Police (1979)
• 66. Texas Flood – Stevie Ray Vaughan (1983)
• 67. Adam Raised a Cain – Bruce Springsteen (1978)
• 68. The Thrill is Gone – B.B. King (1958)
• 69. Money – Pink Floyd (1958)
• 70. Bullet With Butterfly Wings – Smashing Pumpkins (1995)
• 71. Take It or Leave It – The Strokes (2001)
• 72. Say It Ain’t So – Weezer (1994)
• 73. Summertime Blues – Blue Cheer (1968)
• 74. La Grange – ZZ Top (1973)
• 75. Willie the Pimp – Frank Zappa (1969)
• 76. American Girl – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
• 77. Even Flow – Pearl Jam (1958)
• 78. Stone Crazy – Buddy Guy (1970)
• 79. Silver Rocket – Sonic Youth (1988)
• 80. Kid Charlemagne – Steely Dan (1958)
• 81. Beat It – Michael Jackson (1982)
• 82. Walk — Don’t Run – The Ventures (1960)
• 83. What I Got – Sublime (1996)
• 84. Gravity – John Mayer (2006)
• 85. You Enjoy Myself – Phish (1988)
• 86. I Ain’t Superstitious – Jeff Beck (1968)
• 87. Red – King Crimson (1974)
• 88. Mona – Quicksilver Messenger Service (1969)
• 89. I Love Rock N Roll – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (1981)
• 90. How Soon Is Now? – The Smiths (1985)
• 91. Drunkship of Lanterns – The Mars Volta (2003)
• 92. Memo from Turner – Mick Jagger (1970)
• 93. Only Shallow – My Bloody Valentine (1991)
• 94. Money for Nothing – Dire Straits (1984)
• 95. Omaha – Moby Grape (1967)
• 96. New Day Rising – Hüsker Dü (1985)
• 97. No One Knows – Queens of the Stone Age (2002)
• 98. Under the Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)
• 99. Run Thru – My Morning Jacket (2003)
• 100. Vicarious – Tool (2006)

Rolling Stone also has commentary on each song, explaining why it made the list. You can view the complete list here.

To honor this blogs first birthday, let’s take a look at the song “Happy Birthday”, and how it’s played on the guitar.

• According to the Guinness Book of World Records, “Happy Birthday” is the most popular song in the English language.
• The song was created in the mid-1800’s by sisters Patty and Mildred J. Hill, who played the tune to their kindergarten class in Kentucky. The original title was “Good Morning to All”, but the title and lyrics changed when they began playing it at birthday parties.
• Sooner or later, someone is going to ask you to play Happy Birthday on your guitar. Here’s an easy lesson on how to play the song.
• If you have problems keeping the rhythm of the song, try this version, which is the easiest way to play it.
• If you need further help, you can try playing it this way.
• Here’s another version, with tabs found here.
• Here’s an advanced arrangement that sounds great.
• A heavy metal Happy Birthday.

Here’s to another year!