Rock Bands In The 90s
On The Acoustic

Buddy Holly was a track the Weezer 1994 Blue Album and was a top song in many countries including the US, Canada, Sweden, UK and Iceland and reaching #2 and #18 on two US charts.

The chords here are G, C, D, Em, Bm and a Cm played with a capo 1st for the original key. You can use a down down down up down down down up and repeat rhythm pattern with a bit of lead in the middle in standard tuning.

Iris was a huge song for the Goo Goo Dolls and can be found on their greatest hits album from 2007.

Slide became a #1 hit in several countries when it was released back in 1998 from the album Dizzy Up The Girl.

Someone To Lose is a track from Wilco's 2016 album entitled Schmilco, which released two singles, but this song wasn't one of them.

Sweet Child Of Mine became the only #1 song in the US from Guns N Roses where it was released as a single from their debut album of 1987 called Appetite For Destruction.

Sympathy managed to make it to the #10 spot on the US charts when it was released from the album Gutterflower back in 2003.

The Thanks I Get was one of 16 tracks recorded for this album from 2007 entitled Sky Blue Sky. But in the end the 12 tracks that were selected did not include this song. Instead is was released on the bands MySpace page.

The Underdog is a track from the 2007 album from Spoon called Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. The song charted #26 in the US and #38 in Canada,

Under The Bridge was released  by the RHCP back in 1992 as their 2nd single from the album "Blood Sugar Sex Magik". The lyrics were written first and then the band collaborated on the writing of the music around the lyrics. The song became a #2 hit for the band.

Played in standard tuning you can use an arpeggio rhythm along with a little bit country because I'm adding the riff in under the rhythm. So my rhythm now becomes two down strokes followed by the riff. I'm playing a muted down up down up where I'm not playing the riff section.

The chords required are D, Gb, Db, E, B, Dbm, Abm, A, Emaj7, Gbm, Am7, Gmaj7/A, Fmaj7/A, Amaj7 and an Esus.

The Unforgiven is a track from the bands 1991 album known as The Black Album called Metallica. The song made it to the top 10 in the US and Australia and spawned two additional sequal songs called The Unforgiven II and The Unforgiven iii.

Water Into Wine was a single release by Australian band Cold Chisel back in 1998. The song peaked at #46 on the charts in Australia and hails from their album The Last Wave Of Summer, which spawned two other singles.

What's Up is from the only album put out by 4 Non Blondes in 1992 called Bigger Better Faster More. This track was a #1 in the US and was popular globally as well.

With Arms Wide Open is a track from the bands 2000 album Human Clay. The song was a #1 in the US and a #2 inCanada.