Chords for Five Classic Blues Licks With Guthrie Trapp

[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] Okay, what we're going to do [D] now is _ [Gbm] I'm going to [Gm] give you five of what I [C] consider _ classic blues [G] licks. _
_ [Dm] Now this [G] is something that any _ [Dm] guitar player [Gm] that came in here and did this would [C] probably, _
_ [Gm] you know, there might be a few that we hit home [D] on, but these are my five.
[G] _
So we're going to start, let's [Gm] get in the key of A, [C] _ _
[Abm] and we'll do the first one, real [A] simple.
_ We're going to be out of the A _ _ blues pentatonic shape, out of your, you know, your D-shaped A chord.
_ [E] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ So kind of out of that vibe.
_ [Em] So that's basically A7.
[Db] _
Here's your D-shaped [A] A.
Here's your [Db] A7. _
[Am] So we're going to be out of that.
And this is just a simple blues with a little bend in it.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ That's just a real simple lick, right on your [A] A, _ [Ab] _ _ [E] _ bending up to your E.
[Am] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So that's it.
_ A7.
[Ab] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] And I'm really trying to get as much soul out of that as I can.
You might want to put a little _ vibrato on that last note.
[Ab] _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ And when you bend, [Am] _ try to bend as soulfully as you can.
[Ab] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] So that's that one.
And then moving on to lick number two, let's get in the key of E, _ and we're going to do
a little open string _ lick, again, out of the same _ _ chord position, which is going to be
[A] _
[E] _ _ E7.
_ _ So there's your E7 chord.
There's your D-shaped E chord.
There's your E7.
So we're basically going to take that chord shape, _ and we're going to open up that high E string.
And this is the lick.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ So right out [A] of the chord.
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ So we're [Eb] _ _ sliding [A] into the B, [B] _ _
_ E7 [E] shape, _ _ _ open E, _ sliding back.
And now when I slide back, I'm pinching the G string and the high E string with my pick
and my middle finger.
_ _ [A] _ _
So I'm sliding back to that A, and then I'm hammering on major third of E, [G] G sharp, [E] _
_ and
then _ from that open D to your E, and it makes _ right into an E chord right there.
So again, _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ and then you could follow that [A] up with [Em] _ [E] a little blues lick.
That's a great lick in [Bm] E.
So _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ it's all about connecting these phrases together.
So once you get a vocabulary of these licks, they all _ _ communicate with each other.
So _ _ how about this?
_ [Bm] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ Right out of your E, and that's right out of your E chord.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Okay, now let's get to G, _ and we'll do one in [G] G.
We're going to work right out of this G bar chord right here, and we're working out of
your [Gm] pentatonic shape. _ _
Blues pentatonic in G, or your minor pentatonic in G, _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
right out of that chord.
And so this lick is going to be kind of like maybe an Albert King style lick, but it's
just going to sound just like this.
_ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ And that's just a straight up bend.
_ _ _ _ [F] So we're bending up to your C [Eb] note, _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ and again, you just want to make sure you bend in tune.
A good exercise for that is fret the note you're bending [Ab] to, _ _ and then bend up to it.
_ _ [G] And get that in your ear, and then that'll help you bend in tune.
That's a good little side exercise for that.
So that lick there. _ _ _
_ _ And then you can follow that [Cm] up if you wanted to with a phrase.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That's a pretty classic, and that's more than one lick, but _ that's just a classic area of
the guitar to be able to play blues in.
I mean, that, you know, Albert King only had about five licks, but _ they're the greatest
things ever, and the way he attacked them and his tone and everything was just amazing.
So _ that's a classic spot, you know, that pentatonic. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And then you add that in, and you've got a ton of territory to cover there.
_ _ _ Now we'll do one now.
This is a pretty classic lick.
We're going to be in the key of G as well for this one, and this is like a Robert Johnson style lick.
So this one's a little bit more complicated, but you're going to hold down your G string
on the high E on the third fret, _ [Bb] _ and then you're going to [G] play an F with your, I'm using
my ring finger, so little finger on the third fret of the high E string on the G note, and
then you're going to play the F on the D string, your flat seven of G, your F on the D string,
third fret, and then we're going to pinch again with the pick and the middle finger,
and you're just going to hit the D string and the high E string.
You're going to walk _ the F note down chromatically, and that sounds like this is a great turnaround lick.
So that sounds like this.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And then that would be going to your [D] five chord, _ _ [G] D7, _ resolving back to G.
_ [Gm] So that sounds like this, _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[G] and then right back to your G.
So one more time, so I'll do it really slow, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ right to your G7.
_ So [Dm] there you go, friends.
[G] I hope you enjoy those.
Thanks. _ _ _ _ _ _
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