Chords for Bob Marley's Natural Mystic (guitar lesson)
Tempo:
67.1 bpm
Chords used:
A
C
G
Dm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [C] [A] [C]
[A] [Dm]
[G] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [Am] [G]
[Bm] [C] [Am] [N]
Natural Mystic.
[Am] Mostly it's out of A minor, [C] and the verse is [Dm] basically a D minor, [G] G seventh,
[Am] A minor.
[A] [C] And the riff is it takes it from an open E, [E] your low E string here, [G] to the
[A] G, to the A.
Real simple.
And then you mix that in with the chord.
[C] [G] [A] [C]
[A] [C] [A] [C]
And what you want
to do to get the reggae feel on the [E] strumming is you want to bounce your fingers off the
strings when you play the barre [A] chord.
[C] What I'm doing is [G] I'm [A] [C] [A] [C] [E] barely pressing down on it
and coming back up.
I'm pressing down and coming up with [B] the beat.
[C]
[E] [A] [Bb]
The other thing I'm
doing is I'm muting it with my right hand.
[E] I'm using the heel of my right hand right
here.
[A] See when I'm playing it?
See when I'm coming down on the [Gm] string, the chunk, I'm
muting with [A] right here.
[C] [A] [A]
[C] [A] See even though I'm hitting all the strings, almost all the [G] strings,
as soon as I do it, I'm touching the heel of my hand to it on the strings.
I'm almost
resting the heel of my hand on the strings.
[A] [C] [A]
[E] [A] And what you're doing is you're using the
guitar's percussive instrument.
[C] [E] So when it goes into the verse, it starts [A] off with a
[C] [A]
[C] [A] [Dm] [Db] [G]
[Am] [G] [A] [C] [Dm] [G]
[A] [C] [D] [Fm]
[G] [Am] [A] [E] What it's doing there is when it [A] goes [C] [N] into the verse, [A] it [D] goes
[G] [A] [Dm]
[G] [Am] [E] [B]
The chorus is very simple.
It's mostly D minor [D] and A minor.
[Fm] [A] [C] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [Dm]
[A] [C]
[Dm] [Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [Am] [A] [E]
[Em] [Dm] [A] [D] [Dm]
[E] [N]
The horn section is simple.
Play [D] something like this.
[C] [G] [Cm]
[D] [C] [D] [Cm]
[N] All I'm doing is I'm hitting the B and E string on the, looks like the [Cm] 8th fret,
[Bm] kind of 7th.
[Am] [D] [C]
[Bm] [D] [C] I'm just barring that E and the B.
[Bb] And the other riff you hear throughout it [A] is
[D] [C] [Bm] [C] [G] [C]
[Bm] [C] [Bm] [Cm] [G]
[E] [C] [D] [E]
[C]
[A] [Dm]
[G] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [Am] [G]
[Bm] [C] [Am] [N]
Natural Mystic.
[Am] Mostly it's out of A minor, [C] and the verse is [Dm] basically a D minor, [G] G seventh,
[Am] A minor.
[A] [C] And the riff is it takes it from an open E, [E] your low E string here, [G] to the
[A] G, to the A.
Real simple.
And then you mix that in with the chord.
[C] [G] [A] [C]
[A] [C] [A] [C]
And what you want
to do to get the reggae feel on the [E] strumming is you want to bounce your fingers off the
strings when you play the barre [A] chord.
[C] What I'm doing is [G] I'm [A] [C] [A] [C] [E] barely pressing down on it
and coming back up.
I'm pressing down and coming up with [B] the beat.
[C]
[E] [A] [Bb]
The other thing I'm
doing is I'm muting it with my right hand.
[E] I'm using the heel of my right hand right
here.
[A] See when I'm playing it?
See when I'm coming down on the [Gm] string, the chunk, I'm
muting with [A] right here.
[C] [A] [A]
[C] [A] See even though I'm hitting all the strings, almost all the [G] strings,
as soon as I do it, I'm touching the heel of my hand to it on the strings.
I'm almost
resting the heel of my hand on the strings.
[A] [C] [A]
[E] [A] And what you're doing is you're using the
guitar's percussive instrument.
[C] [E] So when it goes into the verse, it starts [A] off with a
[C] [A]
[C] [A] [Dm] [Db] [G]
[Am] [G] [A] [C] [Dm] [G]
[A] [C] [D] [Fm]
[G] [Am] [A] [E] What it's doing there is when it [A] goes [C] [N] into the verse, [A] it [D] goes
[G] [A] [Dm]
[G] [Am] [E] [B]
The chorus is very simple.
It's mostly D minor [D] and A minor.
[Fm] [A] [C] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [Dm]
[A] [C]
[Dm] [Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [Am] [A] [E]
[Em] [Dm] [A] [D] [Dm]
[E] [N]
The horn section is simple.
Play [D] something like this.
[C] [G] [Cm]
[D] [C] [D] [Cm]
[N] All I'm doing is I'm hitting the B and E string on the, looks like the [Cm] 8th fret,
[Bm] kind of 7th.
[Am] [D] [C]
[Bm] [D] [C] I'm just barring that E and the B.
[Bb] And the other riff you hear throughout it [A] is
[D] [C] [Bm] [C] [G] [C]
[Bm] [C] [Bm] [Cm] [G]
[E] [C] [D] [E]
[C]
Key:
A
C
G
Dm
Am
A
C
G
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ [A] _ [C] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Bm] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ Natural Mystic.
[Am] Mostly it's out of A minor, [C] and the verse is [Dm] basically a D minor, [G] G seventh,
[Am] A minor.
[A] _ [C] _ _ And the riff is it takes it from an open E, [E] your low E string here, [G] to the
[A] G, to the A. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Real simple.
And then you mix that in with the chord.
[C] _ [G] _ [A] _ [C] _
[A] _ [C] _ [A] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
And what you want
to do to get the reggae feel on the [E] strumming is you want to bounce your fingers off the
strings when you play the barre [A] chord.
[C] _ What I'm doing is [G] I'm [A] _ [C] _ [A] _ [C] _ [E] barely pressing down on it
and coming back up.
I'm pressing down and coming up with [B] the beat.
[C] _ _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
The other thing I'm
doing is I'm muting it with my right hand. _ _ _
[E] I'm using the heel of my right hand right
here.
[A] See when I'm playing it? _
See when I'm coming down on the [Gm] string, the chunk, I'm
muting with [A] right here.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _ [A] _
[C] _ [A] See even though I'm hitting all the strings, almost all the [G] strings,
as soon as I do it, I'm touching the heel of my hand to it on the strings.
I'm almost
resting the heel of my hand on the strings.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] [A] And what you're doing is you're using the
guitar's percussive instrument.
_ [C] _ [E] _ _ _ _ So when it goes into the verse, it starts [A] off with a_
[C] _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Db] _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ [A] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [Fm] _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ [E] What it's doing there is when it [A] goes [C] [N] into the verse, [A] it [D] goes_ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ The chorus is very simple.
It's mostly D minor [D] and A minor.
_ [Fm] _ [A] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [Dm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The horn section is simple.
Play [D] something like this.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _
[N] All I'm doing is I'm hitting the B and E string on the, looks like the [Cm] 8th fret,
[Bm] kind of 7th.
[Am] _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ I'm just barring that E and the B.
_ _ _ [Bb] And the other riff you hear throughout it [A] is_
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _
[E] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Bm] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ Natural Mystic.
[Am] Mostly it's out of A minor, [C] and the verse is [Dm] basically a D minor, [G] G seventh,
[Am] A minor.
[A] _ [C] _ _ And the riff is it takes it from an open E, [E] your low E string here, [G] to the
[A] G, to the A. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Real simple.
And then you mix that in with the chord.
[C] _ [G] _ [A] _ [C] _
[A] _ [C] _ [A] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
And what you want
to do to get the reggae feel on the [E] strumming is you want to bounce your fingers off the
strings when you play the barre [A] chord.
[C] _ What I'm doing is [G] I'm [A] _ [C] _ [A] _ [C] _ [E] barely pressing down on it
and coming back up.
I'm pressing down and coming up with [B] the beat.
[C] _ _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
The other thing I'm
doing is I'm muting it with my right hand. _ _ _
[E] I'm using the heel of my right hand right
here.
[A] See when I'm playing it? _
See when I'm coming down on the [Gm] string, the chunk, I'm
muting with [A] right here.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _ [A] _
[C] _ [A] See even though I'm hitting all the strings, almost all the [G] strings,
as soon as I do it, I'm touching the heel of my hand to it on the strings.
I'm almost
resting the heel of my hand on the strings.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] [A] And what you're doing is you're using the
guitar's percussive instrument.
_ [C] _ [E] _ _ _ _ So when it goes into the verse, it starts [A] off with a_
[C] _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Db] _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ [A] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [Fm] _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ [E] What it's doing there is when it [A] goes [C] [N] into the verse, [A] it [D] goes_ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ The chorus is very simple.
It's mostly D minor [D] and A minor.
_ [Fm] _ [A] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [Dm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The horn section is simple.
Play [D] something like this.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _
[N] All I'm doing is I'm hitting the B and E string on the, looks like the [Cm] 8th fret,
[Bm] kind of 7th.
[Am] _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ I'm just barring that E and the B.
_ _ _ [Bb] And the other riff you hear throughout it [A] is_
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _
[E] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _