Chords for Don Rich Guitar Lesson #1 - Speed Lick
Tempo:
64.3 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
A
D
B
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I had a request to do a lesson for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Love's Gonna Live Here.
And what their lead guitarist Don Rich always did was he liked to swap whatever they played live.
He liked to be spontaneous.
He [B] believed in improvisation at all [Bb] times.
And Don had a core set of licks that he liked to use.
So I'm gonna teach you one of those licks today.
I'll get on with the lesson soon, but it's a lot easier to improvise like Don Rich than it is to try to play exactly what he does.
[D] So, alright.
So the first lick [Bb] I'm gonna teach you is what I consider Don [Bb] Rich's speed lick.
30 second notes, goes like [A] this.
[B] And obviously it's [Bb] fast.
30 second notes.
[D] And basically [Bbm] it just follows the pentatonic scale.
[Eb] Don loved to use the minor pentatonic scale in [Bb] A played down near the nut.
[Eb] So it just fits in pieces like that.
You might recognize that lick from a lick that Don often uses during outros of songs [Bb] in the key of A.
Also, he uses that lick in [C] the solo for Act Naturally.
More like a [A] turnaround.
[Bm] Alright, we're gonna start here [Gm] on our G string.
[Bb] And what we're gonna do is [Gm] play the open G string, hammer on to it and pull off.
Real quick.
Gonna hit our D string.
Gonna hit that with our [B] ring finger, [D] hammer on and pull off.
[Dm] And hit our A string on the 3rd fret [C] with our middle finger.
[A] Then open.
It doesn't sound [D] musically correct unless we do it fast, so.
[A]
[C] It is a very useful lick.
This is a derivative that [N] I used to use that I thought was correct.
It's easier to do.
The first part is the same.
[D] Open G, hammer on, pull off.
[A] Then do the same thing on the next string.
[D] Sorry.
It's not the exact same, but [A] it still works.
First step.
[Eb] I hope the case either can be used as [Bb] a, uh, some den to song with in the key of A.
Also, if you listen to [Bbm] Tiger by the Tail, um, not the, [B] uh, studio cut, there's a video [Bb] on YouTube of it.
[A] It's one of the old ones from the private collection of Buck [Bb] Owens and Cezar.
During the verse whenever it [Cm] switches to the B chord, you can hear Dong-
[B] Sorry.
[B]
Or, whatever the case is, he plays those 30-second notes down to a B chord.
And I just thought that sounds real interesting.
[Bb]
So whatever the case, you can switch strings [D] around, play it down to an E.
[E]
[D] [A] See, [A] even I switch between
Sometimes.
Besides, for [F] a bunch of drunks in a bar, they're not gonna know the difference.
[Eb] In fact, a bunch of guitarists in a bar probably [Bb] wouldn't, uh, call the difference.
Whatever the case, it's still a good lick.
And, [A] heck, it's really useful.
[B] Until Brad Paisley likes it.
And what their lead guitarist Don Rich always did was he liked to swap whatever they played live.
He liked to be spontaneous.
He [B] believed in improvisation at all [Bb] times.
And Don had a core set of licks that he liked to use.
So I'm gonna teach you one of those licks today.
I'll get on with the lesson soon, but it's a lot easier to improvise like Don Rich than it is to try to play exactly what he does.
[D] So, alright.
So the first lick [Bb] I'm gonna teach you is what I consider Don [Bb] Rich's speed lick.
30 second notes, goes like [A] this.
[B] And obviously it's [Bb] fast.
30 second notes.
[D] And basically [Bbm] it just follows the pentatonic scale.
[Eb] Don loved to use the minor pentatonic scale in [Bb] A played down near the nut.
[Eb] So it just fits in pieces like that.
You might recognize that lick from a lick that Don often uses during outros of songs [Bb] in the key of A.
Also, he uses that lick in [C] the solo for Act Naturally.
More like a [A] turnaround.
[Bm] Alright, we're gonna start here [Gm] on our G string.
[Bb] And what we're gonna do is [Gm] play the open G string, hammer on to it and pull off.
Real quick.
Gonna hit our D string.
Gonna hit that with our [B] ring finger, [D] hammer on and pull off.
[Dm] And hit our A string on the 3rd fret [C] with our middle finger.
[A] Then open.
It doesn't sound [D] musically correct unless we do it fast, so.
[A]
[C] It is a very useful lick.
This is a derivative that [N] I used to use that I thought was correct.
It's easier to do.
The first part is the same.
[D] Open G, hammer on, pull off.
[A] Then do the same thing on the next string.
[D] Sorry.
It's not the exact same, but [A] it still works.
First step.
[Eb] I hope the case either can be used as [Bb] a, uh, some den to song with in the key of A.
Also, if you listen to [Bbm] Tiger by the Tail, um, not the, [B] uh, studio cut, there's a video [Bb] on YouTube of it.
[A] It's one of the old ones from the private collection of Buck [Bb] Owens and Cezar.
During the verse whenever it [Cm] switches to the B chord, you can hear Dong-
[B] Sorry.
[B]
Or, whatever the case is, he plays those 30-second notes down to a B chord.
And I just thought that sounds real interesting.
[Bb]
So whatever the case, you can switch strings [D] around, play it down to an E.
[E]
[D] [A] See, [A] even I switch between
Sometimes.
Besides, for [F] a bunch of drunks in a bar, they're not gonna know the difference.
[Eb] In fact, a bunch of guitarists in a bar probably [Bb] wouldn't, uh, call the difference.
Whatever the case, it's still a good lick.
And, [A] heck, it's really useful.
[B] Until Brad Paisley likes it.
Key:
Bb
A
D
B
Eb
Bb
A
D
_ _ _ I had a request to do a lesson for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Love's Gonna Live Here.
And what their lead guitarist Don Rich always did was he liked to swap whatever they played live.
He liked to be spontaneous.
He [B] believed in improvisation at all [Bb] times.
And Don had a core set of licks that he liked to use.
So I'm gonna teach you one of those licks today.
I'll get on with the lesson soon, but it's a lot easier to improvise like Don Rich than it is to try to play exactly what he does.
[D] So, alright.
So the first lick [Bb] I'm gonna teach you is what I consider Don [Bb] Rich's speed lick.
30 second notes, goes like [A] this. _ _ _
[B] And obviously it's [Bb] fast.
30 second notes.
[D] And basically [Bbm] it just follows the pentatonic scale.
[Eb] Don loved to use the minor pentatonic scale in [Bb] A played down near the nut.
[Eb] So it just fits in pieces like that.
You might recognize that lick from a lick that Don often uses during outros of songs [Bb] in the key of A.
Also, he uses that lick in [C] the solo for Act Naturally.
More like a [A] turnaround.
_ [Bm] Alright, we're gonna start here [Gm] on our G string.
_ [Bb] And what we're gonna do is [Gm] play the open G string, hammer on to it and pull off.
_ Real quick.
Gonna hit our D string.
Gonna hit that with our [B] ring finger, [D] hammer on and pull off.
_ [Dm] And hit our A string on the 3rd fret [C] with our middle finger.
[A] Then open.
It doesn't sound [D] musically correct unless we do it fast, so.
[A] _
_ _ [C] It is a very useful lick.
This is a derivative that [N] I used to use that I thought was correct.
It's easier to do.
The first part is the same.
[D] Open G, hammer on, pull off.
[A] Then do the same thing on the next string.
[D] Sorry.
_ It's not the exact same, but [A] it still works.
First step.
_ _ [Eb] I hope the case either can be used as [Bb] a, uh, some den to song with in the key of A.
Also, if you listen to [Bbm] Tiger by the Tail, um, not the, [B] uh, studio cut, there's a video [Bb] on YouTube of it.
_ [A] It's one of the old ones from the private collection of Buck [Bb] Owens and Cezar.
During the verse whenever it [Cm] switches to the B chord, you can hear Dong-
[B] Sorry.
[B] _
Or, whatever the case is, he plays those 30-second notes down to a B chord.
And I just thought that sounds real interesting.
[Bb]
So whatever the case, you can switch strings [D] around, play it down to an E.
[E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] See, [A] even I switch between_
Sometimes.
Besides, for [F] a bunch of drunks in a bar, they're not gonna know the difference.
[Eb] In fact, a bunch of guitarists in a bar probably [Bb] wouldn't, uh, call the difference.
Whatever the case, it's still a good lick.
And, [A] heck, it's really useful.
[B] Until Brad Paisley likes it.
And what their lead guitarist Don Rich always did was he liked to swap whatever they played live.
He liked to be spontaneous.
He [B] believed in improvisation at all [Bb] times.
And Don had a core set of licks that he liked to use.
So I'm gonna teach you one of those licks today.
I'll get on with the lesson soon, but it's a lot easier to improvise like Don Rich than it is to try to play exactly what he does.
[D] So, alright.
So the first lick [Bb] I'm gonna teach you is what I consider Don [Bb] Rich's speed lick.
30 second notes, goes like [A] this. _ _ _
[B] And obviously it's [Bb] fast.
30 second notes.
[D] And basically [Bbm] it just follows the pentatonic scale.
[Eb] Don loved to use the minor pentatonic scale in [Bb] A played down near the nut.
[Eb] So it just fits in pieces like that.
You might recognize that lick from a lick that Don often uses during outros of songs [Bb] in the key of A.
Also, he uses that lick in [C] the solo for Act Naturally.
More like a [A] turnaround.
_ [Bm] Alright, we're gonna start here [Gm] on our G string.
_ [Bb] And what we're gonna do is [Gm] play the open G string, hammer on to it and pull off.
_ Real quick.
Gonna hit our D string.
Gonna hit that with our [B] ring finger, [D] hammer on and pull off.
_ [Dm] And hit our A string on the 3rd fret [C] with our middle finger.
[A] Then open.
It doesn't sound [D] musically correct unless we do it fast, so.
[A] _
_ _ [C] It is a very useful lick.
This is a derivative that [N] I used to use that I thought was correct.
It's easier to do.
The first part is the same.
[D] Open G, hammer on, pull off.
[A] Then do the same thing on the next string.
[D] Sorry.
_ It's not the exact same, but [A] it still works.
First step.
_ _ [Eb] I hope the case either can be used as [Bb] a, uh, some den to song with in the key of A.
Also, if you listen to [Bbm] Tiger by the Tail, um, not the, [B] uh, studio cut, there's a video [Bb] on YouTube of it.
_ [A] It's one of the old ones from the private collection of Buck [Bb] Owens and Cezar.
During the verse whenever it [Cm] switches to the B chord, you can hear Dong-
[B] Sorry.
[B] _
Or, whatever the case is, he plays those 30-second notes down to a B chord.
And I just thought that sounds real interesting.
[Bb]
So whatever the case, you can switch strings [D] around, play it down to an E.
[E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] See, [A] even I switch between_
Sometimes.
Besides, for [F] a bunch of drunks in a bar, they're not gonna know the difference.
[Eb] In fact, a bunch of guitarists in a bar probably [Bb] wouldn't, uh, call the difference.
Whatever the case, it's still a good lick.
And, [A] heck, it's really useful.
[B] Until Brad Paisley likes it.