Chords for Back In The USSR Beatles guitar lesson solo
Tempo:
72.3 bpm
Chords used:
E
F#
D
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hello again, Bernie Hamburger here of Hamburger Guitar with another installment on how to play
certain Beatles song guitar solos.
This time we're going to cover the song, the first song off the
White Album.
It's titled Back in the USSR and with this, when you're playing [Em] through your amp,
you want a little bit of bite, a little bit of, just a little bit of distortion, [F#] not too much.
You don't want it to sound like heavy [Em] metal, but you do want it to have some punch.
Anyhow,
[G] what I'm going to do is I'm going to, besides showing you the middle [F#] main guitar solo,
I'm going to show you some of the licks that go on during the choruses and I'm also going to show
you the, it's a typical question, what's that weird chord going into the second verse?
Well,
I'll show you what that is too.
Alright, so right now I'm going to play along with,
let's see here, this is the licks that go into the [C] chorus.
[D]
[C] [D]
[E] [Am]
[F#] Alright, let's break that down.
Okay, first of all, that [E] lick that's
[G] starts on the fifth fret, [F#] high E string.
There's two parts to it.
If you listen to it real close,
you hear another guitar do the same lick an octave lower.
So either John and George did it,
or George did it twice, or who knows what, but if you listen close, you hear two notes.
[E] So while one guitar is going, the other one's going [B] at the same [F#] time.
So the high one is
on a high E string fifth fret, B [D#] string eighth fret, [E] G string fifth fret.
So it's, [F#]
move the same lick up three [G] frets to the eighth, [D] then up to the tenth.
[F]
[E] Okay, now to do it,
the other, your friend's guitar part, whoever else is going to play this song with you in the [Am] band,
it's D string [D#] seventh fret, same note of course, [A] it's an octave lower [E] than that.
So it's
on the D string, seventh fret, fifth fret, fourth fret, [C] third fret, A string.
So [G] it's
[F#]
moving up two frets, or three [A#] frets, and up to another two frets.
[B] [E] [C]
[F#] So that's that, and when you play [E] that one along with this one, it'll [F] sound just like the recording.
Now after that verse, you heard where they go back and the U.S. back [F#] and the U.S. back and the U.S.S..R. Okay, it's a pretty interesting chord. Even though the vocals go back and the U.S.,. back [A] and the U.S.,. back and the U.S.,. it doesn't do that on the guitar. [F#] It's, what you do is you bar all six strings on the fifth fret, then ring finger, or little finger, I use a ring finger, seventh fret G string, middle finger, seventh fret A string. [A] So it's [D] barred here, here, and it's a [A] So it's back and U.S.,. back and U.S.,. back and U.S. [F#].S.R., which ironically enough, you move that chord down two frets, that's the opening chord for Hard [G] Day's Night. [F#] Okay, but that's another song obviously. I just wanted to throw that at you. It's probably the only time the Beatles use that shaping, to my knowledge anyhow. Okay, now we're going to go on further. I'm going to put the recording back on and cue up the [B] guitar solo here. [E] [D] [A]
[E] [D] [Am] [D]
[C] [Am]
[A] [C] [D] [Dm]
[G] And on and on, you know how that goes. Okay, [F#] so here's the guitar solo. On the B string, 13th fret, you bend the B [A#] up. I mean, you bend that C note up to D. Then you let it faint [N] down to the C. Then on the 15th fret, B string, [G] [A#] like that. Then [F#] you go back down here, 10th fret, [A#] B string. So you want to bend it, then hit the note [Am] back to here. Then it ends like this. It's a real quick little [Cm] lick. I'm sorry. [Am] Or you can do it here, [E] which is E string, A note, [Gm] B string, G [E] note, [Cm] E, C. [E] I'm not sure which way George Harrison did it. It's either the other way. [Cm] [D] [Cm]
[A#] That's how the guitar solo ends. So it's [G] [A#]
[D] [E] All [C] right. Then of course, it's [E] follow-through. [G] All right, so there you have it. That's all the guitar solos and little licks that go on back in the USSR. And as I keep mentioning, I do accept your comments and I do accept requests. Thank you. [N]
certain Beatles song guitar solos.
This time we're going to cover the song, the first song off the
White Album.
It's titled Back in the USSR and with this, when you're playing [Em] through your amp,
you want a little bit of bite, a little bit of, just a little bit of distortion, [F#] not too much.
You don't want it to sound like heavy [Em] metal, but you do want it to have some punch.
Anyhow,
[G] what I'm going to do is I'm going to, besides showing you the middle [F#] main guitar solo,
I'm going to show you some of the licks that go on during the choruses and I'm also going to show
you the, it's a typical question, what's that weird chord going into the second verse?
Well,
I'll show you what that is too.
Alright, so right now I'm going to play along with,
let's see here, this is the licks that go into the [C] chorus.
[D]
[C] [D]
[E] [Am]
[F#] Alright, let's break that down.
Okay, first of all, that [E] lick that's
[G] starts on the fifth fret, [F#] high E string.
There's two parts to it.
If you listen to it real close,
you hear another guitar do the same lick an octave lower.
So either John and George did it,
or George did it twice, or who knows what, but if you listen close, you hear two notes.
[E] So while one guitar is going, the other one's going [B] at the same [F#] time.
So the high one is
on a high E string fifth fret, B [D#] string eighth fret, [E] G string fifth fret.
So it's, [F#]
move the same lick up three [G] frets to the eighth, [D] then up to the tenth.
[F]
[E] Okay, now to do it,
the other, your friend's guitar part, whoever else is going to play this song with you in the [Am] band,
it's D string [D#] seventh fret, same note of course, [A] it's an octave lower [E] than that.
So it's
on the D string, seventh fret, fifth fret, fourth fret, [C] third fret, A string.
So [G] it's
[F#]
moving up two frets, or three [A#] frets, and up to another two frets.
[B] [E] [C]
[F#] So that's that, and when you play [E] that one along with this one, it'll [F] sound just like the recording.
Now after that verse, you heard where they go back and the U.S. back [F#] and the U.S. back and the U.S.S..R. Okay, it's a pretty interesting chord. Even though the vocals go back and the U.S.,. back [A] and the U.S.,. back and the U.S.,. it doesn't do that on the guitar. [F#] It's, what you do is you bar all six strings on the fifth fret, then ring finger, or little finger, I use a ring finger, seventh fret G string, middle finger, seventh fret A string. [A] So it's [D] barred here, here, and it's a [A] So it's back and U.S.,. back and U.S.,. back and U.S. [F#].S.R., which ironically enough, you move that chord down two frets, that's the opening chord for Hard [G] Day's Night. [F#] Okay, but that's another song obviously. I just wanted to throw that at you. It's probably the only time the Beatles use that shaping, to my knowledge anyhow. Okay, now we're going to go on further. I'm going to put the recording back on and cue up the [B] guitar solo here. [E] [D] [A]
[E] [D] [Am] [D]
[C] [Am]
[A] [C] [D] [Dm]
[G] And on and on, you know how that goes. Okay, [F#] so here's the guitar solo. On the B string, 13th fret, you bend the B [A#] up. I mean, you bend that C note up to D. Then you let it faint [N] down to the C. Then on the 15th fret, B string, [G] [A#] like that. Then [F#] you go back down here, 10th fret, [A#] B string. So you want to bend it, then hit the note [Am] back to here. Then it ends like this. It's a real quick little [Cm] lick. I'm sorry. [Am] Or you can do it here, [E] which is E string, A note, [Gm] B string, G [E] note, [Cm] E, C. [E] I'm not sure which way George Harrison did it. It's either the other way. [Cm] [D] [Cm]
[A#] That's how the guitar solo ends. So it's [G] [A#]
[D] [E] All [C] right. Then of course, it's [E] follow-through. [G] All right, so there you have it. That's all the guitar solos and little licks that go on back in the USSR. And as I keep mentioning, I do accept your comments and I do accept requests. Thank you. [N]
Key:
E
F#
D
G
C
E
F#
D
Hello again, Bernie Hamburger here of Hamburger Guitar with another installment on how to play
certain Beatles song guitar solos.
This time we're going to cover the song, the first song off the
White Album.
It's titled Back in the USSR and with this, when you're playing [Em] through your amp,
you want a little bit of bite, a little bit of, just a little bit of distortion, [F#] not too much.
You don't want it to sound like heavy [Em] metal, but you do want it to have some punch.
Anyhow,
[G] what I'm going to do is I'm going to, besides showing you the middle [F#] main guitar solo,
I'm going to show you some of the licks that go on during the choruses and I'm also going to show
you the, it's a typical question, what's that weird chord going into the second verse?
Well,
I'll show you what that is too.
Alright, so right now I'm going to play along with,
let's see here, this is the licks that go into the [C] chorus.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] Alright, let's break that down.
Okay, first of all, that [E] lick that's
_ [G] starts on the fifth fret, [F#] high E string.
There's two parts to it.
If you listen to it real close,
you hear another guitar do the same lick an octave lower.
So either John and George did it,
or George did it twice, or who knows what, but if you listen close, you hear two notes.
[E] So while one guitar is going, _ the other one's going _ [B] at the same [F#] time.
So the high one is
on a high E string fifth fret, B [D#] string eighth fret, _ _ [E] G string fifth fret.
So it's, [F#]
move the same lick up three [G] frets to the eighth, [D] then up to the tenth.
[F] _
_ [E] Okay, now to do it,
the other, your friend's guitar part, whoever else is going to play this song with you in the [Am] band,
it's D string [D#] seventh fret, same note of course, [A] it's an octave lower [E] than that.
So it's
_ on the D string, seventh fret, fifth fret, fourth fret, [C] third fret, A string.
So [G] it's
_ [F#]
moving up two frets, or three [A#] frets, _ and up to another two frets.
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] So that's that, and when you play [E] that one along with this one, it'll [F] sound just like the recording.
Now after that verse, you heard where they go back and the U.S. back [F#] and the U.S. back and the U.S.S..R. Okay, it's a pretty interesting chord. Even though the vocals go back and the U.S.,. back [A] and the U.S.,. back and the U.S.,. it doesn't do that on the guitar. [F#] It's, what you do is you bar all six strings on the fifth fret, _ then ring finger, or little finger, I use a ring finger, seventh fret G string, middle finger, seventh fret A string. [A] So it's [D] barred here, here, and it's a_ _ _ _ [A] So it's back and U.S.,. back and U.S.,. back and U.S. [F#].S.R., which ironically enough, you move that chord down two frets, that's the opening chord for Hard [G] Day's Night. _ _ _ [F#] Okay, but that's another song obviously. I just wanted to throw that at you. It's probably the only time the Beatles use that shaping, to my knowledge anyhow. Okay, now we're going to go on further. I'm going to put the recording back on and cue up the [B] guitar solo here. _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm]
[G] And on and on, you know how that goes. Okay, [F#] so here's the guitar solo. _ On the B string, 13th fret, you bend the B [A#] up. I mean, you bend that C note up to D. _ _ _ Then you let it faint [N] down to the C. Then on the 15th fret, B string, [G] _ _ _ [A#] like that. Then [F#] you go back down here, 10th fret, [A#] B string. _ _ _ So you want to bend it, then hit the note _ _ _ _ [Am] _ back to here. _ Then it ends like this. It's a real quick little [Cm] lick. _ _ _ I'm sorry. _ [Am] Or you can do it here, _ [E] which is E string, A note, [Gm] B string, G [E] note, [Cm] E, C. [E] I'm not sure which way George Harrison did it. It's either the other way. [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Cm] _ _
_ [A#] That's how the guitar solo ends. So it's_ _ _ [G] _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] All [C] right. Then of course, it's [E] follow-through. [G] _ _ _ All right, so there you have it. That's all the guitar solos and little licks that go on back in the USSR. And as I keep mentioning, I do accept your comments and I do accept requests. Thank you. [N] _
certain Beatles song guitar solos.
This time we're going to cover the song, the first song off the
White Album.
It's titled Back in the USSR and with this, when you're playing [Em] through your amp,
you want a little bit of bite, a little bit of, just a little bit of distortion, [F#] not too much.
You don't want it to sound like heavy [Em] metal, but you do want it to have some punch.
Anyhow,
[G] what I'm going to do is I'm going to, besides showing you the middle [F#] main guitar solo,
I'm going to show you some of the licks that go on during the choruses and I'm also going to show
you the, it's a typical question, what's that weird chord going into the second verse?
Well,
I'll show you what that is too.
Alright, so right now I'm going to play along with,
let's see here, this is the licks that go into the [C] chorus.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] Alright, let's break that down.
Okay, first of all, that [E] lick that's
_ [G] starts on the fifth fret, [F#] high E string.
There's two parts to it.
If you listen to it real close,
you hear another guitar do the same lick an octave lower.
So either John and George did it,
or George did it twice, or who knows what, but if you listen close, you hear two notes.
[E] So while one guitar is going, _ the other one's going _ [B] at the same [F#] time.
So the high one is
on a high E string fifth fret, B [D#] string eighth fret, _ _ [E] G string fifth fret.
So it's, [F#]
move the same lick up three [G] frets to the eighth, [D] then up to the tenth.
[F] _
_ [E] Okay, now to do it,
the other, your friend's guitar part, whoever else is going to play this song with you in the [Am] band,
it's D string [D#] seventh fret, same note of course, [A] it's an octave lower [E] than that.
So it's
_ on the D string, seventh fret, fifth fret, fourth fret, [C] third fret, A string.
So [G] it's
_ [F#]
moving up two frets, or three [A#] frets, _ and up to another two frets.
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] So that's that, and when you play [E] that one along with this one, it'll [F] sound just like the recording.
Now after that verse, you heard where they go back and the U.S. back [F#] and the U.S. back and the U.S.S..R. Okay, it's a pretty interesting chord. Even though the vocals go back and the U.S.,. back [A] and the U.S.,. back and the U.S.,. it doesn't do that on the guitar. [F#] It's, what you do is you bar all six strings on the fifth fret, _ then ring finger, or little finger, I use a ring finger, seventh fret G string, middle finger, seventh fret A string. [A] So it's [D] barred here, here, and it's a_ _ _ _ [A] So it's back and U.S.,. back and U.S.,. back and U.S. [F#].S.R., which ironically enough, you move that chord down two frets, that's the opening chord for Hard [G] Day's Night. _ _ _ [F#] Okay, but that's another song obviously. I just wanted to throw that at you. It's probably the only time the Beatles use that shaping, to my knowledge anyhow. Okay, now we're going to go on further. I'm going to put the recording back on and cue up the [B] guitar solo here. _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm]
[G] And on and on, you know how that goes. Okay, [F#] so here's the guitar solo. _ On the B string, 13th fret, you bend the B [A#] up. I mean, you bend that C note up to D. _ _ _ Then you let it faint [N] down to the C. Then on the 15th fret, B string, [G] _ _ _ [A#] like that. Then [F#] you go back down here, 10th fret, [A#] B string. _ _ _ So you want to bend it, then hit the note _ _ _ _ [Am] _ back to here. _ Then it ends like this. It's a real quick little [Cm] lick. _ _ _ I'm sorry. _ [Am] Or you can do it here, _ [E] which is E string, A note, [Gm] B string, G [E] note, [Cm] E, C. [E] I'm not sure which way George Harrison did it. It's either the other way. [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Cm] _ _
_ [A#] That's how the guitar solo ends. So it's_ _ _ [G] _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] All [C] right. Then of course, it's [E] follow-through. [G] _ _ _ All right, so there you have it. That's all the guitar solos and little licks that go on back in the USSR. And as I keep mentioning, I do accept your comments and I do accept requests. Thank you. [N] _