Eric Clapton Songs

Learning some Eric Clapton songs is always a good thing to do for any guitar player. You don't have to be into Blues. Not all his songs are blues songs.

He makes playing the guitar look so easy.

Sunshine of Your Love

Sunshine Chords

Some of these aren't chords they are octaves. You hear Jazz players use these quite often but they are in other forms of music too just not as often as with Jazz guitarist's.

Song Links

Sunshine of Your Love - mp3 Sunshine of Your Love-Sheet Music

Intro
Sunshine of Your love
Written by Jack Bruce, Peter Brown and Eric Clapton

D  C D A G# G D F D 
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D  C D A G# G D F D
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Verse One

     D        C    D             D            C     D
It's get-ting near dawn when the lights close their tired eyes

     D       C    D              D        C  D
I'll soon be with you my love to give you my dawn sur-prise

     G       F   G                   G       F   G
I'll be with you dar-ling soon  I'll be with you when the stars start fall-ing

D  C D A G# G D F D 
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D  C D A G# G D F D
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Chorus

A              C     G     A           C    G
I've  been wait-ing so-long to be where I'm go-ing

A             C        G     A 2 Bars  D  C D  A G# G  D F D        
    In the sun-shine of your love      // / /  / / /   / / /

Verse Two

    D        C   D        D          C   D
I'm with you my love  the light shin-ing through on you

         D        C  D              D        C   D
Yes, I'm with you my love  It's the morn-ing and just we two

     G         F   G                  G         F   G
I'll stay with you dar-ling-now  I'll stay with you till my seeds are dried up

Chorus

A              C     G     A           C    G
    I've  been wait-ing so-long to be where I'm go-ing

A             C        G     A 2 Bars  D  C D  A G# G  D F D        
    In the sun-shine of your love      // / /  / / /   / / /

Play Verse one chords and chorus for lead

Repeat Verse Two

Play Chorus and End

Cocaine

This is a J.J. Cale song, Eric helped make a it little more well known than J.J's version.

This song has two main chords E and D with two others used as turn-around chords like in a blues song.

Song Chords

Song links

Cocaine - mp3 Cocaine - Sheet Music

Intro
Cocaine-Written by John J. Cale

E  D E D      E  D E D
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Verse One

       E      D    E           D                         E  D E  D
If you wan-na hang out you got to check her out co-caine

        E      D    E           D                         E  D E  D
If you wan-na get down down on the ground; co-caine

          E              D              C    B
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie;  co-caine

E  D E D      E  D E D
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Verse Two

       E      D    E           D                         E  D E  D
If you got bad news, you wan-na kick them blues co-caine

          E      D    E           D                         E  D E  D
When your day is done and you wan-na run-; co-caine

          E              D              C    B
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie;  co-caine


E  D E D      E  D E D
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Play Verse for lead chords

Verse Three

        E      D    E           D                         E  D E  D
If your thing is gone and you wan-na ride on co-caine

          E      D    E           D                         E  D E  D
Don't for-get this fact you can't get back co-caine

          E              D              C    B
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie;  co-caine

E  D E D      
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E  D E D  Repeat and fade
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