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One of my favorites, "Hey Little Girl", by the Syndicate Of Sound. Done on a Rickenbacker 12. Also the rhythm guitar of "Psychotic Reaction", by Count Five, is done on a Danelectro bouzouki 12 string.

Steve, thats what I'm talkin' about.

OPW, as my band played it.
Of course the chord placements are wrong, but you know where they go. Sorry

OH, PRETTY WOMAN - Roy Orbison and Bill Dees


Verse
A F#m
Pretty woman walking down the street
A F#m
Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet
D E7
Pretty woman I don't believe you – you’re not the truth
No one could look as good as you

Pretty woman, won't you pardon me
Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see
Pretty woman, that you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me?

Bridge
Dm7 G
Pretty woman, stop awhile
C Am
Pretty woman, talk awhile
Dm7 G C
Pretty woman, give your smile to me _ _ _
Dm7 G
Pretty woman, yeah, yeah, yeah
C Am
Pretty woman, look my way
Dm7 G C A7
Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me _ _ _
F#m D E7
'Cause I need you, I’ll treat you right
A F#m D E7
Come with me baby, be mine tonight _ _ _

Pretty woman, don't walk on by, Pretty woman, don't make me cry
Pretty woman... don't walk away, hey
Okay, If that's the way it must be, okay
I guess I'll go on home, it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see?, [Riff] She's walking back to me
A
Oh, pretty woman!

MERRY CHRISTMASS EVERYBODY

OK, whats the holliday song by Chrissie Hinde with the flanged 12 string RIC
It's basicly her voice [awsome!] with a 12er, thats it. very cool.

Some of the best on Ric 12 for me (that aren't Beatles)

Mother's Little Helper- The Rolling Stones
California Girls- The Beach Boys
Help Me Rhonda- same
I Get Around- same
Sloop John B- same
Little Girl- Syndicate of Sound
Psychotic Reaction- Count Five
Pretty Woman- Roy Orbison
Love Potion Number 9- The Searchers
It's Cold Outside- The Choir
Happy Together- The Turtles
Making Time- The Creation

When I get one of my 12's out, it's usually a few of those that I start off with before moving into new territory.

A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
I Should Have Known Better - The Beatles
If I Fell - The Beatles
You Can't Do That - The Beatles
What You're Doing - The Beatles
Ticket to Ride - The Beatles
If I Needed Someone - The Beatles
It's All Over Now - The Rolling Stones (I know there was no 12-string on the song, but you can get a good jangle from it)
Mother's Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
And basically anything by The Byrds from Mr. Tambourine Man to Younger Than Yesterday

I would add the following, regardless of whether a 12 string was used on the original or not.

1. Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys
2. Spooky - Classics IV or Atlanta Rhythm Section
3. Bus Stop - Hollies
4. Look Through any Window - Hollies
5. When You Walk In The Room - Searchers
6. I'm Alive - Hollies
7. Lady Jane - Rolling Stones

Let's see, there must be some old songs that I can think of that have no Rickenbacker 12 string on them. How about:

• St. James Infirmary Blues
  Nowhere Man
  I'll Follow the Sun
  Secret Agent
  Every Day (Buddy Holly)
  Aimee (Pure Prairie League)
  Sin City (Gram Parsons)
  Poncho & Lefty (Townes van Zandt)
  City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman)

JimK

tamborineman wrote:MERRY CHRISTMASS EVERYBODY

OK, whats the holliday song by Chrissie Hinde with the flanged 12 string RIC
It's basicly her voice [awsome!] with a 12er, thats it. very cool.

2000 miles.

Great 12 string song!

http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.l ... _miles.tab

Peter and Jim, Those are beeffy lists
Dan and Paul, thanks for the answer and the video.
I forgot I had the CD in the pile all along

One song that I like is The Derailers' Just To Spend The Night With You? I know it's not an old song, but in my opinion, it has some classic licks that work well with a RIC 12 string.

BTW, The Derailers' sound has been described many times as "Bakersfield Meets Liverpool". Just To Spend The Night With You appears to be more Liverpool than Bakersfield.

Check out the link for a preview:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00122 ... 12-8952660

"Pushin' Too Hard" by The Seeds??

Mike, that's a Gibson LP Junior/Marshall stack song if ever there was one...

I saw the Seeds right about then on a flatbed in a parking lot, and they were Fender gear all the way. Sky played a silverflake Jazz bass that just fascinated me.

Not to say they used the same gear in the studio. But were there many Marshalls out here in the mid-sixties?