Biography:
Widespread Panic is a rock band which formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in 1986. The band currently consists of John Bell (vocals, guitar), Jimmy Herirng (guitar), Dave Schools (bass), John "JoJo" Hermann (keyboards), Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz (percussion) and Todd Nance (drums). The band has previously included Michael Houser (guitar) and George McConnell (guitar) and have released 11 albums.
Michael Houser and John Bell ('JB') met at the University of Georgia at Athens between 1982 and 1984
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Other songs:
- Aunt Avis
- Blue Indian
- Chilly Water
- Christmas Katie
- Diner
- Makes Sense To Me
- Nobody's Loss
- Pickin' Up The Pieces
- Pleas
- Porch Song
- Radio Child
- Space Wrangler
- Action Man
- Aint Life Grand
- Airplane
- All Time Low
- And It Stoned Me Live
- Barstools And Dreamers
- Bayou Lena
- Benefactor
- Big Wooly Mammoth
- C Brown
- Climb To Safety
- Coconuts
- Crack And Whistle
- Dog Song
- Dont Tell The Band
- Dont Wanna Lose You
- Dyin Man
- Entering A Black Hole Backwards
- Fishwater
- From The Cradle
- Gimme
- Give
- Glory
- Goodbye My Love
- Gradle
- Greta
- Heroes
- Holden Oversoul
- Hope In A Hopeless World
- Im Not Alone
- Imitation Leather Shoes
- Imposible
- Jack
- Little Lilly
- Love Tractor
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Mercy
- Old Joe
- One Arm Steve
- Papas Home
- Plastic Jesus
- Proving Ground
- Sparks Fly
- Stop And Go
- This Cruel Thing
- Up All Night
- Weight Of The World
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Widespread Panic
Coconut
two ways to do Mikey's signature Coconut riff:
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|-----------------------------|-------8---6-5-6-5-6-5------|
|-----------------------------|-----7-----------------7-5--|
|-------5---3-2-3-2-3-2-------|---5------------------------|
|-----5-----------------5-3---|----------------------------|
|---3-------------------------|----------------------------|
G C G C
This riff is used all over the place, so just listen and
toss it in whenever you think it's appropriate. When it
moves up to the key of A, move the above riffs up 2 frets.
G
I like coconuts
C
You can break them open
G C
They smell like ladies lying in the sun
G
I like coconuts
C
You can break them open
G C
They smell like ladies lying in the sun
D D-C
And if I had my way
(no chord) G
I'd give a coconut to everyone
G (arp) C (arp) x2
G
I got a friend named Jack
C
Look like a bone in a paper sack
G C
That's my friend Jack
G C G C
C'mon Jack, smell these coconuts
G C
There's enough for everyone
G
Jackie likes the smell of cut grass
C
He used to play ball on Saturdays
G C
Playing in the sun
G
Jackie likes the smell of cut grass
C
He used to play ball on Saturdays
G C
Playing in the sun
D D-C
If Jackie had his way
(no chord) G
He'd give some cut grass to everyone.
G C D
It's time to play
C-D C- D C- D C- D
Never tasted such a sweet thing
G C D
Yesterdays
C-D C- D C- D C- D
Sweet memories my heart's repeating
G C D
Time today
C- D C-D C- D C- D
Everybody's heart is beating
Everybody's smile is greeting
Everybody's soul is heating (eating?)
A D A A D A B E B A D (new rhythm, up whole step)
A
I know a guy named Fred
D
Look like a bone in a slanted shed
A D
That's my friend Fred
A D A D
C'mon Fred, smell these coconuts
A D(x2)
There's enough for everyone
A
Freddy likes the sound of cold drink
D
He used to pop tops on Saturday
A D
Sipping in the sun
A
Freddy likes the sound of cold drink
D
He used to pop tops on Saturday
A D
He was sipping in the sun
E E-D
And if Freddy had his way
NC A
He'd give a cold drink to everyone
A
Gonna follow my nose to where the coconut grows
D A
Nobody knows like I know my nose knows (repeated till end)
I like... ladies lying in the sun... (repeat + 1st verse)
Coconut
two ways to do Mikey's signature Coconut riff:
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------8---6-5-6-5-6-5------|
|-----------------------------|-----7-----------------7-5--|
|-------5---3-2-3-2-3-2-------|---5------------------------|
|-----5-----------------5-3---|----------------------------|
|---3-------------------------|----------------------------|
G C G C
This riff is used all over the place, so just listen and
toss it in whenever you think it's appropriate. When it
moves up to the key of A, move the above riffs up 2 frets.
G
I like coconuts
C
You can break them open
G C
They smell like ladies lying in the sun
G
I like coconuts
C
You can break them open
G C
They smell like ladies lying in the sun
D D-C
And if I had my way
(no chord) G
I'd give a coconut to everyone
G (arp) C (arp) x2
G
I got a friend named Jack
C
Look like a bone in a paper sack
G C
That's my friend Jack
G C G C
C'mon Jack, smell these coconuts
G C
There's enough for everyone
G
Jackie likes the smell of cut grass
C
He used to play ball on Saturdays
G C
Playing in the sun
G
Jackie likes the smell of cut grass
C
He used to play ball on Saturdays
G C
Playing in the sun
D D-C
If Jackie had his way
(no chord) G
He'd give some cut grass to everyone.
G C D
It's time to play
C-D C- D C- D C- D
Never tasted such a sweet thing
G C D
Yesterdays
C-D C- D C- D C- D
Sweet memories my heart's repeating
G C D
Time today
C- D C-D C- D C- D
Everybody's heart is beating
Everybody's smile is greeting
Everybody's soul is heating (eating?)
A D A A D A B E B A D (new rhythm, up whole step)
A
I know a guy named Fred
D
Look like a bone in a slanted shed
A D
That's my friend Fred
A D A D
C'mon Fred, smell these coconuts
A D(x2)
There's enough for everyone
A
Freddy likes the sound of cold drink
D
He used to pop tops on Saturday
A D
Sipping in the sun
A
Freddy likes the sound of cold drink
D
He used to pop tops on Saturday
A D
He was sipping in the sun
E E-D
And if Freddy had his way
NC A
He'd give a cold drink to everyone
A
Gonna follow my nose to where the coconut grows
D A
Nobody knows like I know my nose knows (repeated till end)
I like... ladies lying in the sun... (repeat + 1st verse)
Wild Arms
Wild Belle
Wild Cherry
Wild Child
Wild Nothing