"Melt With You" - English Beat (early '80's)
This song is a snap to learn and hard to forget.
I used the video of this song on Mtv to get the
chords and solos. The guitar players hands are
in good view throughout. It's a very basic song,
but when done right (and with an OK voice) it
sounds very nice.
I play it on an 'old' Fender acustic 6 string. It
will definitely sound better using a large bodied
12 string.
Apology: I'm not that well versed in the names of
different chords, so I don't know the name of the
two chords in this song.
These two chords shown are 90% of the song. The
intro and the chorus are played the same. (Each
chord strummed for an 8 count) For the refrain
the #1 chord is held and picked. The rest is even
simpler. The refrain, bridge and solo shown here
are paterns which are repeated.
Good luck and (as always) have fun.
(Frets are:F#; Numbers match to fingers)
Chord#1:
F4 F3 F2 F1----|---3-|-----|------| E----|-4---|-----|------| A----|-----|--2--|------| D----|-----|-----|------| G O----|-----|-----|--1---| B----|-----|-----|------| E O
Chord#2:
F4 F3 F2 F1----|-----|-----|------| E X----|---3-|-----|------| A----|-4---|-----|------| D----|-----|--2--|------| G----|-----|-----|--1---| B----|-----|-----|------| E O
(Numbers denote fret)
Refrain:------3-----------3---------| E----3---3-------3---3-------| A--2-------2-0-2-------2-0---| D----------------------------| G----------------------------| B----------------------------| E
Bridge to solo:----------------------------| E----------------------------| A----------------------------| D----------------------------| G----------------------------| B---13--11--9--13--11--9-----| E
Solo:-------------10-------------| E--10-----10-------------10--| A------9----------10--9------| D----------------------------| G----------------------------| B----------------------------| E
