Chords for Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson - How to Play "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"

[C] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [A#] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C] _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ Hey, [B] what's up you guys?
Marty Schwartz here from GuitarJams [C].com.
A lot of requests for an acoustic blues [Fm] kind of thing.
I haven't done that in a while.
So I'm going to break it down for you.
I hope [N] you get something from it.
[F] Also if you want to get further into playing guitar, my [D] website, GuitarJams.com, I've got
a link for it down there.
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you know all that stuff.
Keeping track of it all.
Anyway, [N] let's break this one down and we'll zoom right in and do it.
Here we go.
Alright, this progression is the same thing over and over and it's really fun.
I like playing it.
It's got a diminished chord [D] in there which kind of adds a little, you know, a little
sophistication to a [Em] blues.
Anyway, [F#] it's got that old [D] timey kind of chord progression sound to it.
[C] So we start with a C chord _ _ _ and then these two [G] fingers move up a string and that's called [E] E7. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] So you got _ [E] _ _ _
[C] da [E] da E7 [A] A7. _
_ [Em] And that A7 is twice as long.
Look, [A#] boom, boom.
[B] That G string is [G] open in between.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ And then you can also add your pinky to the third fret of the high E. _
_ [C] _ [E] C [A] E7 A7. _
_ _ [C] Okay, one more time.
C [Em] _ [E] _
[A] E7 A7.
_ _ You got that pinky.
[D#] Now we're going to do [D] D minor _ [F] A7 D [Dm] minor back and forth.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ I'm playing [N] my pinky there but most people learn it that way.
I'm just used to doing it with my pinky free.
[D] I mean I'm sorry with my ring finger free.
It's just a habit.
You can do it that way.
You [G] can do it that way.
Either way.
It's [C] fine.
So from the top. _
[E] C E7 [A] A7 _ _ D minor _ A7 [Dm] D minor.
_ _ [A#] _
[D] Okay.
Now [B] here's where there's a little walk up and a [E] diminished chord as well.
_ First I'm just going to show you the [F] chords.
F major and _ then F [B] sharp diminished.
[Gm] But what we're going to do, it goes by really [F] quick.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] We're just adding our pinky [N] to the fourth fret while we're still holding that F chord.
It can [F] be a challenge.
You [D] kind of have to move your elbow in to be able to stretch that.
[Cm] Elbow [F] towards the rib cage.
_ [F#] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Am] _ [F] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Okay.
_ [Em] _ Then on [G#] this third fret of the A string we're going to go.
_ [A] _ _ _ [A] So [B] it's 3 2 [A] 1 A7. _ _ _
_ _ _ So [F] F.
_ [F#] _
F sharp diminished.
_ [G] And then _ [A] A7.
_ _ [Bm] Now instead of D minor we're going to play a [D] D7 which is like an upside down D chord.
2 3 [Bm] 4 and then [G] a G.
_ _ And I [Em] like to change it to G7 so I'm going to [F] play it with ring finger, middle [G] finger,
pinky and _ [Em] then I'm adding that first [F#] fret on the high [D] E there.
So here it is [C] from the top.
C. _ [E] D7.
_ [A] A7. _ _ _
[Dm] D minor.
[A] A7.
[Dm] D minor.
Now we go to F major.
[F] F.
[F#] F sharp diminished.
Walk [A] it on down.
_ _ [D] _ D7.
[G]
G to G7.
_ [C] _ _ [G#] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] [D] Alright, I hope you got something from that.
Remember [D#] I got my website that I'd love for you to visit down there [N] as well as liking
Guitar Jams on [Em] Facebook and Twitter and all that stuff.
[G#] Thanks for hanging out and I hope to see you in another lesson real soon.
Take care. _ _ _