Hey ,

 

here's a story about how Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote a "terrible piece of old tripe"

 

Before The Rolling Stones wrote their own music they mainly played blues standards.

 

One day their manager locked them in a kitchen and forced them to write a song together.

 

The result was a wonderful song called As Tears Go By.

 

But get this...

 

Jagger and Richards hatted it. They called it a "terrible piece of old tribe"

 

But they thought songwriting was "money for old rope" so they sold the song to Marianne Faithfull. She had a huge hit with it in 1964.

 

The Rolling Stones subsequently recorded their own version in 1965. And it still sounds great to this day.

 

This song is a welcome addition to the Beginners Fingerstyle Section at the LGIL Website. Just click the image below or go here to learn it. (There's also free TAB at the Student Area)