Chords for 🎸 "Honky Tonk Women" Intro Guitar Tab

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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] Honky-tonk woman. _ _
[Gb] This is in the first pentatonic pattern in the open position.
_ [G] Rather than
call this E minor pentatonic, I'm going to call it G major pentatonic because it is the
second note G that's [E] functioning as the root.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Gb] The root of the song is a G [Eb] chord.
And this
recording is a little out of tune here, [Gm] but the song starts by simply plucking the two
middle strings, strings [G] three and four. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Then you have a classic country [E] style bend here.
You're going to bend the second fret of string three, [Bb] bend it up, [B] while holding the third
fret of [D] string two, and this note has to remain [Eb] stationary. _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[N] This is kind of a tough bend to
do.
I'm fretting the bend _ note with my middle finger and I'm putting my index [A] finger on the
[G] same string.
I'm using the strength of two fingers to push it because this is a tough [Bb] bend to do.
I
need at least two fingers.
[N] And I have trouble holding my ring finger stationary while I bend
these fingers up.
I do a better job if I use my pinky.
So you might want to experiment to see
which finger works [Eb] best for you.
So I hold this note stationary with my [Gb] pinky.
I'm bending [Gm] this
note with my first [A] and second fingers.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Bm] _ _
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_ Here's the actual lick.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] I'm holding this note the [Ab] whole time.
[Cm] Let me break that down.
So [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
it's_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ I went [G] over to the second fret of string [D] four here.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ This _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ a classic bend which [F] is not only
used in the open position, but it's used in pattern one and other keys as well. _ _ _ _ _