Chords for Eric Clapton Shows Some Guitar Skills
Tempo:
121.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
D
Ab
Db
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] Electronic guitar is also dismissed [Ab] as nothing but a jangling noise machine, [Dbm] incapable of subtlety or [Eb] delicacy.
Lead guitarist Eric Clapton [F] has built his reputation as a blues player on just these qualities, subtlety and [B] delicacy.
He explains, for example, how his guitar has four primary [Ab] controls, controls for volume and controls for tone [G] quality.
[Db] Those two are the volume.
This one is for that pickup and that one is for that pickup.
And this is the tone for [B] that pickup and this is the tone for that pickup.
And just by turning them all off or turning them all on, you can get a completely different sound.
[C] You just get it [D] [A] very, very thin, [E] like this.
[Am] [D]
[Db] [A] It's what you play when you've done that that makes a difference.
[B] What do you mean [Db] by that?
[C] Just the amount of [A] pressure you put on with the flat pick, [Ab] because you can hit the [G] strings very hard or hit them very soft, [A] or just touch them at any [D] volume.
You [A] [Am]
[Db] see?
Now I can play that at the same volume but softer.
[A]
[G]
The sound that's characteristic of [F] electric guitars is the wah-wah [Gb] effect that you make with the pedal.
[B] I have to kick this to start it.
[Dm] Could you play some and explain how it's done?
[G] [A] [D] [Em]
[G] [Dm] [D]
[A] As I rock the pedal, [Db] you can hear [C] it through the amplifier, as [Db] I rock the [Eb] pedal, it [C] takes bass [Bb] off [C] and puts treble on.
You see, like [Bbm] that.
[D] So in actual fact, your [A] volume isn't going down very much, but the [G] tone is going wah-wah, [E] like that.
Another [Gb] characteristic of your particular playing is a kind of whining [G] noise, usually described as woman tone.
Yeah, let me turn this thing off.
[Db] Can you tell us what that is?
The woman tone is produced by using [G] either the bass pickup or [B] the lead [Bb] pickup, but with all the bass off.
In fact, [Ab] if you use both pickups, you should take all the bass off on the tone control.
[Dbm] That is to turn it down to one or on the tone [Bb] control, and then turn the volume [F] full up. And it's supposed [D] to sound like this. [Dm] [Am]
The kind of blues I play is I started playing, was one of accompaniment, of lead accompaniment, so that is quite difficult. There are basic [Bb] things that you have to learn [G] about that style itself, which is [Gb] the finger vibrato that you have to use, which [Eb] is like that. [Ab] Which is very important. Could you just do that [G] again? Yeah. [A] [G] [Db]
[Bb] You see, that [G] itself is very difficult, can take you a long, long time to play and get that [E] perfected. When you're improvising, do you use stop phrases as [Ab] the raw material, and [B] if so, can you share some? [Eb] Yeah, there are phrases that I [Gb] always play that are [Ab] stop phrases that I work from, [Gb] which are just like [Am] [D] [C] [D] All these runs [A] are [Ab] put together from old phrases that I [A] first started on. [Em] [C] [A] [Bb] Now they're just all kind of messed up with [G] other things which I learned like that. [D] [A] [C] If a guy likes playing [A] football, then that's what he'll use to get [Ab] all of his basic [F] angry bits out of [Ab] him. That you build up through any day. [G] You can just like someone who took the horn in the car [Gb] behind you, and you'll get angry and you'll [F] have no release for it. Well, [E] that happens to everybody, [G] but I've got the advantage of [Ab] being able to play that [G] out on the guitar. By being sort of fairly aggressive in the way I play, not the way I use it. That can be done too, you know, [A] with people like The Who. Can you show us? And [Bb] Pete Townsend. What do you mean, you [Db] want me to break the guitar up? Well, no, not quite. Just an example of aggression [A] in your music. Yeah, right. [E] [D]
[F] [Am] [Em]
[A] [G]
[D]
[G] [A]
Lead guitarist Eric Clapton [F] has built his reputation as a blues player on just these qualities, subtlety and [B] delicacy.
He explains, for example, how his guitar has four primary [Ab] controls, controls for volume and controls for tone [G] quality.
[Db] Those two are the volume.
This one is for that pickup and that one is for that pickup.
And this is the tone for [B] that pickup and this is the tone for that pickup.
And just by turning them all off or turning them all on, you can get a completely different sound.
[C] You just get it [D] [A] very, very thin, [E] like this.
[Am] [D]
[Db] [A] It's what you play when you've done that that makes a difference.
[B] What do you mean [Db] by that?
[C] Just the amount of [A] pressure you put on with the flat pick, [Ab] because you can hit the [G] strings very hard or hit them very soft, [A] or just touch them at any [D] volume.
You [A] [Am]
[Db] see?
Now I can play that at the same volume but softer.
[A]
[G]
The sound that's characteristic of [F] electric guitars is the wah-wah [Gb] effect that you make with the pedal.
[B] I have to kick this to start it.
[Dm] Could you play some and explain how it's done?
[G] [A] [D] [Em]
[G] [Dm] [D]
[A] As I rock the pedal, [Db] you can hear [C] it through the amplifier, as [Db] I rock the [Eb] pedal, it [C] takes bass [Bb] off [C] and puts treble on.
You see, like [Bbm] that.
[D] So in actual fact, your [A] volume isn't going down very much, but the [G] tone is going wah-wah, [E] like that.
Another [Gb] characteristic of your particular playing is a kind of whining [G] noise, usually described as woman tone.
Yeah, let me turn this thing off.
[Db] Can you tell us what that is?
The woman tone is produced by using [G] either the bass pickup or [B] the lead [Bb] pickup, but with all the bass off.
In fact, [Ab] if you use both pickups, you should take all the bass off on the tone control.
[Dbm] That is to turn it down to one or on the tone [Bb] control, and then turn the volume [F] full up. And it's supposed [D] to sound like this. [Dm] [Am]
The kind of blues I play is I started playing, was one of accompaniment, of lead accompaniment, so that is quite difficult. There are basic [Bb] things that you have to learn [G] about that style itself, which is [Gb] the finger vibrato that you have to use, which [Eb] is like that. [Ab] Which is very important. Could you just do that [G] again? Yeah. [A] [G] [Db]
[Bb] You see, that [G] itself is very difficult, can take you a long, long time to play and get that [E] perfected. When you're improvising, do you use stop phrases as [Ab] the raw material, and [B] if so, can you share some? [Eb] Yeah, there are phrases that I [Gb] always play that are [Ab] stop phrases that I work from, [Gb] which are just like [Am] [D] [C] [D] All these runs [A] are [Ab] put together from old phrases that I [A] first started on. [Em] [C] [A] [Bb] Now they're just all kind of messed up with [G] other things which I learned like that. [D] [A] [C] If a guy likes playing [A] football, then that's what he'll use to get [Ab] all of his basic [F] angry bits out of [Ab] him. That you build up through any day. [G] You can just like someone who took the horn in the car [Gb] behind you, and you'll get angry and you'll [F] have no release for it. Well, [E] that happens to everybody, [G] but I've got the advantage of [Ab] being able to play that [G] out on the guitar. By being sort of fairly aggressive in the way I play, not the way I use it. That can be done too, you know, [A] with people like The Who. Can you show us? And [Bb] Pete Townsend. What do you mean, you [Db] want me to break the guitar up? Well, no, not quite. Just an example of aggression [A] in your music. Yeah, right. [E] [D]
[F] [Am] [Em]
[A] [G]
[D]
[G] [A]
Key:
A
G
D
Ab
Db
A
G
D
[N] Electronic guitar is also dismissed [Ab] as nothing but a jangling noise machine, [Dbm] incapable of subtlety or [Eb] delicacy.
Lead guitarist Eric Clapton [F] has built his reputation as a blues player on just these qualities, subtlety and [B] delicacy.
He explains, for example, how his guitar has four primary [Ab] controls, controls for volume and controls for tone [G] quality.
_ [Db] Those two are the volume.
This one is for that pickup _ and that one is for that pickup.
And this is the tone for [B] that pickup and this is the tone for that pickup.
And just by _ turning them all off or turning them all on, you can get a completely different sound.
[C] You just get it [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ very, very thin, [E] like this.
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ [Db] _ _ [A] _ _ It's what you play when you've done that that makes a difference.
[B] What do you mean [Db] by that?
[C] Just the amount of [A] pressure you put on with the flat pick, [Ab] because you can hit the [G] strings very hard or hit them very soft, [A] or just touch them at any [D] volume.
You [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ see?
Now I can play that at the same volume but softer.
[A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
The sound that's characteristic of [F] electric guitars is the wah-wah [Gb] effect that you make with the pedal.
[B] I have to kick this to start it.
[Dm] Could you play some and explain how it's done?
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ As I rock the pedal, [Db] you can hear [C] it through the amplifier, as [Db] I rock the [Eb] pedal, it [C] takes bass [Bb] off [C] and puts treble on.
You see, like [Bbm] that.
_ [D] So in actual fact, your [A] volume isn't going down very much, but the [G] tone is going wah-wah, [E] like that.
Another [Gb] characteristic of your particular playing is a kind of whining [G] noise, usually described as woman tone.
Yeah, let me turn this thing off.
[Db] Can you tell us what that is?
The woman tone is produced by using [G] either the bass pickup or _ [B] the lead [Bb] pickup, but with all the bass off.
In fact, [Ab] if you use both pickups, you should take all the bass off on the tone control.
[Dbm] That is to turn it down to one or on the tone [Bb] control, and then turn the volume [F] full up. And it's supposed [D] to sound like this. _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The kind of blues I play _ is_ I started playing, was one of accompaniment, _ of lead accompaniment, so that is quite difficult. There are basic [Bb] things that you have to learn [G] about that style itself, which is [Gb] the finger vibrato that you have to use, which [Eb] is like that. _ _ _ _ [Ab] Which is very important. Could you just do that [G] again? Yeah. [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] You see, that [G] itself is very difficult, can take you a long, long time to play and get that [E] perfected. When you're improvising, do you use stop phrases as [Ab] the raw material, and [B] if so, can you share some? [Eb] _ Yeah, there are phrases that I [Gb] always play that are [Ab] stop phrases that I work from, [Gb] which are just like_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ All these runs [A] are [Ab] put together from old phrases that I [A] first started on. _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] Now they're just all kind of messed up with [G] other things which I learned like that. _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] If a guy likes playing [A] football, then that's what he'll use to get _ [Ab] all of his _ _ basic _ [F] angry bits out of [Ab] him. That you build up through any day. [G] You can just like someone who took the horn in the car [Gb] behind you, and you'll get angry and you'll [F] have no release for it. Well, [E] that happens to everybody, [G] but _ I've got the advantage of [Ab] being able to play that [G] out on the guitar. By being sort of _ fairly aggressive in the way I play, not the way I use it. That can be done too, you know, [A] with people like The Who. Can you show us? And [Bb] Pete Townsend. What do you mean, you [Db] want me to break the guitar up? Well, no, not quite. Just an example of aggression [A] in your music. Yeah, right. _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Lead guitarist Eric Clapton [F] has built his reputation as a blues player on just these qualities, subtlety and [B] delicacy.
He explains, for example, how his guitar has four primary [Ab] controls, controls for volume and controls for tone [G] quality.
_ [Db] Those two are the volume.
This one is for that pickup _ and that one is for that pickup.
And this is the tone for [B] that pickup and this is the tone for that pickup.
And just by _ turning them all off or turning them all on, you can get a completely different sound.
[C] You just get it [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ very, very thin, [E] like this.
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ [Db] _ _ [A] _ _ It's what you play when you've done that that makes a difference.
[B] What do you mean [Db] by that?
[C] Just the amount of [A] pressure you put on with the flat pick, [Ab] because you can hit the [G] strings very hard or hit them very soft, [A] or just touch them at any [D] volume.
You [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ see?
Now I can play that at the same volume but softer.
[A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
The sound that's characteristic of [F] electric guitars is the wah-wah [Gb] effect that you make with the pedal.
[B] I have to kick this to start it.
[Dm] Could you play some and explain how it's done?
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ As I rock the pedal, [Db] you can hear [C] it through the amplifier, as [Db] I rock the [Eb] pedal, it [C] takes bass [Bb] off [C] and puts treble on.
You see, like [Bbm] that.
_ [D] So in actual fact, your [A] volume isn't going down very much, but the [G] tone is going wah-wah, [E] like that.
Another [Gb] characteristic of your particular playing is a kind of whining [G] noise, usually described as woman tone.
Yeah, let me turn this thing off.
[Db] Can you tell us what that is?
The woman tone is produced by using [G] either the bass pickup or _ [B] the lead [Bb] pickup, but with all the bass off.
In fact, [Ab] if you use both pickups, you should take all the bass off on the tone control.
[Dbm] That is to turn it down to one or on the tone [Bb] control, and then turn the volume [F] full up. And it's supposed [D] to sound like this. _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The kind of blues I play _ is_ I started playing, was one of accompaniment, _ of lead accompaniment, so that is quite difficult. There are basic [Bb] things that you have to learn [G] about that style itself, which is [Gb] the finger vibrato that you have to use, which [Eb] is like that. _ _ _ _ [Ab] Which is very important. Could you just do that [G] again? Yeah. [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] You see, that [G] itself is very difficult, can take you a long, long time to play and get that [E] perfected. When you're improvising, do you use stop phrases as [Ab] the raw material, and [B] if so, can you share some? [Eb] _ Yeah, there are phrases that I [Gb] always play that are [Ab] stop phrases that I work from, [Gb] which are just like_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ All these runs [A] are [Ab] put together from old phrases that I [A] first started on. _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] Now they're just all kind of messed up with [G] other things which I learned like that. _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] If a guy likes playing [A] football, then that's what he'll use to get _ [Ab] all of his _ _ basic _ [F] angry bits out of [Ab] him. That you build up through any day. [G] You can just like someone who took the horn in the car [Gb] behind you, and you'll get angry and you'll [F] have no release for it. Well, [E] that happens to everybody, [G] but _ I've got the advantage of [Ab] being able to play that [G] out on the guitar. By being sort of _ fairly aggressive in the way I play, not the way I use it. That can be done too, you know, [A] with people like The Who. Can you show us? And [Bb] Pete Townsend. What do you mean, you [Db] want me to break the guitar up? Well, no, not quite. Just an example of aggression [A] in your music. Yeah, right. _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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