Chords for Basic strumming techniques

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[Abm] Okay, we're going to record something here.
I'm going to show you [C] something about picking, about strumming.
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Because _ the way that I play guitar is _ the way that _ _ someone _ who doesn't have access to
a drummer plays.
_ _ And one of the things that I've found out through my career of playing guitar is [E] that
people like to hear a drum beat. _
So if you're playing guitar and you've got nobody else there, you can either play sort of _ [Bb] like_
_ Or [Abm] you can play with a bit of a drum beat.
And I like to play a drum beat [N] because I like _ thumping stuff.
So I came up with this stuff [A] to try [Abm] and get around the _ lack of drums.
And it basically, if I damp the strings, _ to give you an idea of what sort of a strumming
pattern it sounds like.
So it's kind of [E] _ like_ _ _ _ _
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_ _ If I sneak that with my _ _ _ mic, it's like_
It _ _ _ _ _ sounds something like this.
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[Am] _ _ [E] _ So [A] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ you get the idea. _
Anyway, [E] you can also do it with songs like [Ab] Funky Coleman.
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[A] [E] Or you can do it with _ _ _ _ [A]
songs _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] like_
[G] [A] Anyway, _ [Db] _ _
so it's _ [E] just_
Basically what you've got to do is just learn to go _ _ _ on the downstroke _ and on the upstroke
with your thumb. _
_ _ So_
_ [Db] Just like
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_ _ [Gbm] _ that.
[E] _ _ _
_ _ _ And up with the thumb. _
_ _ _ Like that. _ _ _
_ _ _ So _ _ [Db]
it looks [E] _ [Db] like_ _ _ _
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[N] And if you damp it _ _ _ correctly_
_ _ _ _ And _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ the damping is achieved by [Ab] pressing your fingers on and lifting them off. _
_ Further chord.
Lifting.
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[A] That's an A.
_ [Abm] It's like a bastardised version of [A] an A, right?
_ [Abm] _ Should have been played like this.
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[E] If you play the dirty version, it's like that.
It's [Dbm] so nuts.
It's just the dirty sort of rock and roll [A] version. _
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And then to stop it from making a noise, as soon as I've finished [A] playing the chord,
_ [Abm] _ I try to damp the E string with my thumb there by resting it [A] on. _
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I'm [Am] going to try not to hit _ _ [Abm] the top A, because that's not in it.
[E] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _
_ _ So hopefully I get [A] a sound _ [E]
like_
[A] _ _ [Db] And then when I don't want to hear anything, _ I just put my fingers there.
I don't press, I'm just touching [E] them.
And I put my other fingers on too, _ because I don't want it to ring.
Because if you put one finger down, _ you'll _ hear_
You could hear _ harmonics. _
[A] _ _ [E] _ So_
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_ Anyway, hopefully you can get something out [N] of that.