Chords for Can You Play This Riff? Ep.5 "Glen Campbell"

[E] In this series [Am] we take a look at the best riffs [E] and licks known to mankind.
And get ready, because in [A] this episode we're gonna [E] look at a beast of a guitarist.
Here's [D] Mr.
Glenn Campbell.
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_ _ Phenomenal guitar playing by Glenn Campbell.
The song is called Gentle on my Mind and basically it's a very simple song. _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ That's basically the entire song almost.
And when you listen to the beginning of his guitar solo, the first couple of notes_
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[Em] That's the melody from the vocals.
_ But played in a very joyful [F#m] way. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ Very melodic and almost a comical melody in a sense.
But then he does something which is a little bit more difficult. _ _ _ _ _ _
Beautifully done.
Here he basically follows the chords which are E minor with the lowest note descending.
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[Em] _ And there he [G] plays_
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You would expect him to continue on.
_ [C#] _ [G] But no, he does_
[A] [Em] And that's just the beginning.
And if you think that's hard, listen to this.
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Ah!
Okay.
So he has a basic lick which is_
[Em] _ _ And he keeps repeating [G] that over and over again. _
_ _ But the [A#] problem is, the tempo of the [Em] song is_
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Damn you Mr.
Glenn [Em] Campbell. _ _ _
_ [A] _ [D] The key thing here is, whenever you have to play something that's very difficult_
Don't do this.
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_ [N] You see my face?
It's all tense.
And the hand as a consequence is also_
My whole body is tense.
And then it's game over.
You don't have a shot.
The key thing is to keep everything relaxed.
Whenever there's something difficult, I keep my whole body totally relaxed.
And then you'll find you might be able to pull it [Em] off.
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_ _ [D] Ah!
So it's not a question of what to do.
It's a question of knowing what not to do.
Now let's see what we've got so far.
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_ _ _ And that's half of the entire thing.
Now let's see what else Glenn Campbell is playing.
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[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Here _ _ _ _ [F#m] he starts at the same spot as in the opening.
But this time slightly different. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ Then he starts to play a [F] bunch of octaves.
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[Em] _ Or he starts to use this [Am] hybrid picking [B] technique as well.
Hybrid picking when you use the guitar pick as well as finger picking at the same [Em] time.
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[G] _ [A] _ And by the [A#] way, he's phenomenally good at doing this.
He can play like Chad Atkins with the boom chick [C] bass.
But where Chad Atkins would use his thumb [D] or thumb pick.
_ Glenn Campbell can do that with a guitar pick.
Which feels incredibly awkward.
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_ [G#m] [F#] It's one thing to be able to do that boom chick Chad Atkins bass.
But to do it with a guitar pick.
That's hybrid picking [Em] on a whole different level.
Let's continue. _
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_ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ What an incredible run.
He starts off by playing this E Dorian scale.
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[G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [E] _ _ But normally you would want to play that scale going from one string to the other.
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[Em] _ That's the most common way to do it.
But he does it all on one string.
Which makes it a little bit more [G] difficult.
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Until [C#] finally.
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[C#] _ And this is all improvised on the spot.
Amazing.
Let's see if we can play the whole thing together.
You can find the tips as always on my Patreon site.
A little bit slower than the original.
Here we go.
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