Chords for 50 Acoustic Blues Licks - #30 Rockin Chair Blues - Guitar Lessons
Tempo:
98.2 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Lick number 30, the rocking chair blues.
Here's a complete 12 bar blues.
There's a lot of double stops because the melody is harmonized in sixths.
You also hear a lot of dissonances.
Check this one out, the rocking chair blues.
One, two, three,
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [E]
[A] [E]
[B]
[Bm] [E] [Em]
[B] [E]
one, two, three, four.
[A]
[Em] [E] [A]
[E]
[A] [A]
[E] [B]
[E] [Em]
This melody is more of that major pentatonic
[E] harmonized in sixths.
Now on [A] the A chord, [E] I am using that B flat here.
It's got a lot of dissonance to it.
[A]
[E]
And then fill in
the pattern.
[A]
[E] I don't want to land on that dissonance for too long, so that's why I've got the turn there.
[A]
[E] [A] Back to the pattern.
Now here's something on the B [B] chord.
So here's our B seventh and [D] [B]
[Bm] [B] the melody
[E] [A] stays against the [B] constant
harmony note.
And there's our [Bm] sharp nine with that quarter step bend.
[A]
[E] And back to that dissonance
[G]
[F] [E] and our turnaround.
Here's a complete 12 bar blues.
There's a lot of double stops because the melody is harmonized in sixths.
You also hear a lot of dissonances.
Check this one out, the rocking chair blues.
One, two, three,
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [E]
[A] [E]
[B]
[Bm] [E] [Em]
[B] [E]
one, two, three, four.
[A]
[Em] [E] [A]
[E]
[A] [A]
[E] [B]
[E] [Em]
This melody is more of that major pentatonic
[E] harmonized in sixths.
Now on [A] the A chord, [E] I am using that B flat here.
It's got a lot of dissonance to it.
[A]
[E]
And then fill in
the pattern.
[A]
[E] I don't want to land on that dissonance for too long, so that's why I've got the turn there.
[A]
[E] [A] Back to the pattern.
Now here's something on the B [B] chord.
So here's our B seventh and [D] [B]
[Bm] [B] the melody
[E] [A] stays against the [B] constant
harmony note.
And there's our [Bm] sharp nine with that quarter step bend.
[A]
[E] And back to that dissonance
[G]
[F] [E] and our turnaround.
Key:
E
A
B
Bm
Em
E
A
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Lick number 30, the rocking chair blues.
Here's a complete 12 bar blues.
There's a lot of double stops because the melody is harmonized in sixths.
You also hear a lot of dissonances.
Check this one out, the rocking chair blues.
_ One, two, three, _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ one, two, three, four.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ This melody is more of that major pentatonic
_ _ _ _ [E] harmonized in sixths.
_ _ Now on [A] the A chord, _ [E] _ I am using that B flat here.
It's got a lot of dissonance to it.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ And then fill in
the pattern.
[A] _
_ [E] _ _ I don't want to land on that dissonance for too long, so that's why I've got the turn there.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Back to the pattern.
_ _ _ _ Now here's something on the B [B] chord.
_ _ _ _ _ So here's our B seventh and _ [D] _ [B] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ the melody
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] stays against the [B] constant
harmony note.
_ _ _ _ And there's our [Bm] sharp nine with that quarter step bend.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] And back to that dissonance
_ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [E] _ and our turnaround. _
_ Lick number 30, the rocking chair blues.
Here's a complete 12 bar blues.
There's a lot of double stops because the melody is harmonized in sixths.
You also hear a lot of dissonances.
Check this one out, the rocking chair blues.
_ One, two, three, _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ one, two, three, four.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ This melody is more of that major pentatonic
_ _ _ _ [E] harmonized in sixths.
_ _ Now on [A] the A chord, _ [E] _ I am using that B flat here.
It's got a lot of dissonance to it.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ And then fill in
the pattern.
[A] _
_ [E] _ _ I don't want to land on that dissonance for too long, so that's why I've got the turn there.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Back to the pattern.
_ _ _ _ Now here's something on the B [B] chord.
_ _ _ _ _ So here's our B seventh and _ [D] _ [B] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ the melody
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] stays against the [B] constant
harmony note.
_ _ _ _ And there's our [Bm] sharp nine with that quarter step bend.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] And back to that dissonance
_ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [E] _ and our turnaround. _