Waiting for my real life to begin Cover of Colin Hay

This is a song that i dont cover well but have always enjoyed...a few mistakes as you know but this isnt my day job...
if it was, i would be much poorer than I am today :)
The tuning on this is a little different, its tuned EBGDAE from the bottom up, 3 steps down and capoed at the 3rd fret.

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[david12741]

Fantastic.

The plucking and the hammer on's sound great, they're doing my head in trying to figure them out...

Great cover, well done,

5*

[dave5053]

Thanks man....its really not that hard at all to play. Simple chord progressions with some fills thrown in...

[nikaliii]

Why did you tune 3 steps down and capo at 3rd instead of capo at 6th with standard tuning. is it simply preference over the tightness of the strings that you are strumming or am I missing something?

Thanks

[dave5053]

You didnt miss anything at all... :) It was kinda a joke. Me and my buddy were always saying that people were always asking for the tunings for songs. It was kinda a joke....its just standard tuning and capo'd at the 3rd fret.

[CaptainYin]

I am really impressed. I have been playing this song for quite a while but I still haven't got a lot of the intricacies of the guitar part. I know this is a lot to ask but could you please post a video of you playing some of the more fiddly guitar bits slowly with the camera focused on your left hand? Its a longshot but it would really help me to learn it.

[dave5053]

I wish I had the time to post something in regards to a tutorial but my time has been filled up with other things these days which is a pity.

Thanks for the comment and its not that hard, its really just hammer ons and bass runs to other chords.

[d33pthought]

hahaha - you tagged this as "terrible cover"? it's certainly not terrible!

[jacobtribiani]

prefer your voice over colin hay, in this song at least.

[Blaqueheart666]

Yes my brother! Heart in that!!

[loojyaj92]

awesome cover

[Pangaway]

It probably gives him more fretboard to work with and gives the tonal qualities of a longer scale.

Either that, or its just more comfortable for him there.

[perliva]

well done :)

[nikaliii]

Sorry I meant 4th fret with standard tuning. Actually i dont know what I mean. Hiya