Wooden Ships - Crosby Stills nash

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[stevertr]

incorrect. It was written by Crosby, Stills, and Paul Kantner

[drumbabe]

I would like to correct the record. This song was written by Stephen Stills back in at least 1968. He brought it to CSN and they recorded it. If you want to hear the original song it is on Stephen Stills album called Just Roll Tape.

Thanks

[stevertr]

You are mostly incorrect, thought Stephen did write a verse. See below...

"In David Crosby's liner notes for the 1991 box set Crosby, Stills & Nash, he says this cryptic, apocalyptic, anti-war song was "Written in the main cabin of my boat, the Mayan. I had the music already [and Jefferson Airplane's] Paul Kanter wrote 2 verses, Stephen wrote one and I added the bits at both ends." escaping on a boat to create a new civilization."

[stevertr]

It's not really the "guitar" itself, but the pedal board. With the T5, you have the option of flipping that switch up top to be using only the bridge pickup, as opposed to the on board microphone.  I used the full electric pickup, with the bass turned up and the treble down...but then I pass it through a Roland pedal board with a blues setting which is nothing more than a bit of echo and reverb.

[cornhuskbag]

Nice, many thanks! I have a request if possible? May you show us how to play Ohio?

Kind Regards,

Steve

[stevertr]

Sure thing Steve, happy to.

Ohio is in Drop D tuning (some folks play it in Double Drop D)

Basically just tune the low E down to D.

The chords are Dm F C for the verse and Gm C for the chorus. It's the picking pattern that's the cool thing in that song.

I'll do that one next for you. Subscribe to my video's and as soon as I post it you'll be notified.

Regards

Steve

[SuperVictormedina]

It toght me alot , dont worry Migh about the siging, i dont think anyone can sin like them, i love that song

[SmackeralJoe]

@drumbabe Crosby had a whole bunch of chord changes written but didnt know what to do with them. Finally, after a year or so, Paul Kantner, David Crosby and Steven Stills collaborrated on the final song. Then Jefferson Airplane went and recorded the better version. What I've heard, and i just like the ja one better.

[5hawnK3lly]

@stevertr I agree with drumbabe's comments and suspect that Stills wrote much of their early music. But I wasn't born until the 70s. CSN published the song in '69 and Stills apparently published it in April of '68 but the recording was "lost". Just Roll Tape is is a fantastic album, which was re-discovered in 2004 and features good series of almost exclusively acoustic double-dropped D tracks, including this song.

[Davidbzm01]

G D A.. Ummm really. D A G.

[dogheartch]

Steve, cool; additions/corrections, stolen from a Crosby note 4 note book done around 1973 (out of print?), as I recall:

a. the chorus: maybe Nash plays what you do here, but Crosby's main 3 chords are like Lee Shore chords:

079900, X079-10-0, X05770

b. in the chorus, on "We are Leaving's" word, "LEAVING", X03550;

c. to the 2 chords at end of each chorus & on the jam: 024030 X03550

d. Final chord in song: 024030

e. My take on Intro's 3 chords is: Asus A G; please check me on that, someone.

[K3Harn]

Song was written by Joni Mitchell

[Stratobendix81]

fu..in great!

[Absraction]

@TheGreatStonedOne Really doesn't matter. Play whatever you're most comfortable with, that's what will sound the best.

[TheGreatStonedOne]

Whats gauge of strings would you guys reccomend for Jefferson Airplane/CSN/Grateful Dead style stuff? I was thinking .10's or .11's.